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From the. Congregationalist.
The Unknown Pilgrim.
BY MRS. .l. I). CHAPLIX-
On a bright autumn afternoon, half a doz-
en fishing smacks were drawn up on a
beach which glowed in the sunlight like frost-
ed silver; and their owners were gossiping
about village matters.
An old man, whose face looked as if made
of sole leather and whose grey beard and
hair stood out around it like a circular saw,
making the countenance look like a very
homely “rising, sun,” sat in the prow of his
boat, mending his stockings with very coarse
yarn and a sail needle. ‘
One of the younger men, looking tenderly
at the old skipper, said: “ It’s a shame for
you to be mending stockings, Uncle ’Zekle,
when the world is full of women folks. \Vhy
don‘t you get married again ?"
“ Me! Oh my day for inarryin’s gone by,”
replied the old man. “ I’ve had four as good
wives as the Lord ever gave to any man.
And I haie never had a child of my own,
have raised up three families of fatlierless
ones for their mothers; and they all fallback
on me now when tlierfs any troubles, and get
all the money I have to spare. I don’t take
to marryin’, somehow; and I guess I’ll get
down to the grave pretty comfortable alone.
But if there should come a time when I can’t
take kcer o’ myself, you’ll look after me
wont you, boys, and see me towed safe into
harbor ?”
“ Yes, that we will !” said several voices at
once.
The old man began pushing his needle
through the stocking again; but looking UP
suddenly, he exclaimed: “Who’s that are~
stranger jist comiu' round the pint, with his
coat in one hand and his shoes in the other ?”
“ Never see him aforc,” replied one of the
company; “ but . lie‘s' used to walkin’ the
deck; and he‘s been travelin’ a good piecc,or
he wouldn’t be so hot as to take oil? his coat
and shoes. You speak tohim when he comes
up, Mr. Wardell,” he added,.addrcssing the
schoolmaster, who had just joined them.
When the usual gi'eeting'about wind and
weather had passed, the ‘stranger, a grave
looking man, asked: “ Can any of you give
me a lodging to-niglit ?” “ Yes, shipmate,”
replied a merry-eyed fellow, “any of us can,
thank the Lord, You may look at us all and
take your choice; for we’ve all learned the
story of the man who entertained angels un-
awares, and are ready to try our luck at it.”
The wayfarer smiled, and looking from one
to another, as if to read their faces, he repli-
ed: “well, I’d like to go with the man who
keeps and uses the most liquor of any one in
town." ‘-
Tlie men looked at him in surprise. They
had been expecting tracts or a.good word.
They all saw they were deceived in their man.
“ You're welcome to the best I’ve got; but
my wife won’t have even Cider in her pies;
she‘s more afraid of spirits than she is of
small pox, on account of the boys,” said a
brave young skipper.
“Well, I liavn’t touched a drop 0‘ drink
sence the Lord converted my soul out in the
(l‘hiny seas, twenty—five years ago; and with
His help I never will again !” said Uncle
'Zekle. “Better go home with me, and I’ll
tell you how the Lord took the love 0’ drink
clean out 0’ me, so that I don’t harnkcr after
it no more than an angel in heaven does.”
“ Thank the Lord, then, and stick fast to
your principles; but I want to find the man
who has the most liquor in his house,” rc-
pcated the stranger.
“ Well, then,” said one of the men, laugh-
ing, “you’ve got to go up the hill to that big
house there among the trees—See? They say
the old captain, and his father before him,
and his sons after him, have drunk sperits
enoughfrom that cellar to float a man 0’ war.”
“ \Vill they let a rough fellow like me in
for the night P" asked the stranger.
“Land sakes, yes; and give you a wel-
come, too. the old captain is as free as the
wind, and there’s room in his harbor for all
sorts of craft; and mind, sliipmate, we don’t
say he’s a drunkard, for he isn’t but he can
sail straighter with a heavy cargo of liquor
aboard than any Jack-tar ever I saw. But
he‘s a good neighbor, and we’re all sorry for
his trouble. He lost two sons, who broke
their mother’s heart.”
“ Has he had two little grandsons left in
his care of late?” asked the stranger.
“ Yes.”
“Then he’s the very man I’m after,” said
the stranger aslie put on his hat and shoes,and
ran his fingers through his hair, by way of
making himself presentable at the big house.
The sun was setting in full glory, lighting
every pane in front of the house, when the
stranger stood before the gate. The old'ca'p-
tain, whose time hung heavy on his hands,
was in the front yard busily‘ punching holes
in the greensward with his stout cane. In
answer to the stranger’s question, he replied:
“Yes, friend, I can accommodate you and
all your shipmates, if they were here. \Valk
in.”
When the evening closed in, the captain
and his guest sat before the blazing fire in the
old-fashioned Franklin stove, which, fashion
had not power to remove.
They talked of atoms and wrecks; of the
build of different kinds of craft, and of for-
eigu ports; while two bright boys, playing in
the room, stopped now and then to listen' to
their stories.
“In what capacity do you sail ‘3” asked
the captain.
“Well, sii. I’ve been everything betwixt a,
second mate and deck-swabber. I got up to
second mate, and there the devil, who’d been
close on my heels for a long time, got up
with me, and grasped me by the throat, and
—don’t stare so friend, I’m sober, and speak-
in’ the livin’ truth. I believe in a personal
devil, who goes about like a roarin’lion, seek-
in’ whom he may devour. He used his sharp-
est weapon on mc‘; the weapon poisoned and
cursed with skill above all others; and he
wounded me so that I was left for dead.
“ From that hour I felt the poison in my
veins, and I never‘ was myself again for
years! I went down, down, down, till I was
good for nothing but' a ships drudge. For
years I came into Boston port, took my pay,
and lost it all before next morning. Then I
would go home 'ashamcd and crushed, and
be hid up from my neighbors, till my wife
made me fit to be seen again. Then I’d prom-
ise her never to tamper with the devil again,
and go off on another voyage, and come back
the same way.
I had a snug little place that I hadn’t pow-
er to alienate, and there my Wife tried to
bring up her boys for Heaven—thankin’ G0]
I suppose, that I wasn’t there, with my bad
influence, to ruin them.
“ All this time I held on, with a powerful
love, to those boys; and when I gave myself
Up, I Wigs proud of them; for I felt that
their mother would make men of them.
Sometimes I used to vow and swear that I
would never yield to the devil again in a
fight, but would turn to the God of my moth-
er and my wife. But when I got into port
again, he would bind me hand and foot, and
lead me into sin.
“ \Vell, one night, about three years ago, I
lost my money, and everything else I had
about me, but just Change-enough to buy a
ticket to the depot five miles from home. I
reached our village as miserable a lookin’
cretur as ever drew breath—the dogs, even,
were afraid of me. I was cold and hungry
and ragged, and as I passed through town on
way home, I stopped to look into the bar-
room of the tavern, where it was bright and
warm. But I was, thank heaven, ashamed
to meet my neighbors who were tippling
.know it all.
there, but who had strength to keep their
heads abovewater. When I came to the ice-
cream saloon, I saw it was full of young fel-
lows, rough and noisy, as if they’d been
drinking, and my boys stood among them!
That went like an arrow to my soul, and I
said, half aloud: ‘Why don’t their mother
look after them !’
“ I looked up at the stars, and I thought of
God, and I heard—I thought I did—a voice
saying; ‘ Why don’t their father look after
them ‘3’ '
“Then I walked away to a lonely place
near a bridge, and threw myself down on my
face and cried to God to save those boys. I
saw there in the dark, and alone with God,all
my life ; and I felt that if drink was to cost
me my soul, I must lose it, for I was beyond
help! I was as dead as if I was buried out
of sight; but I said: ‘Oh Lord, my child-
ren, my children! Save them from drunk-
ard’s graves!’ I thought as my example had
ruined them I would lie there and die! Then
what right I had to ruin souls he had made——
mine and my children’s! '
“ I don’t know how many hours I lay
there with God’s heavy hand on me. But all
of a sudden, I felt life in my soul. 'I rose
and stood up like a man; and I said with
God’s help, I swear under these high lieav-
ens never again to near the rock that had
shipwrecked my honor, and almost my soul!
I dared not think of my sons. '
"' I rose up and walked as I used to walk
when I was a strong man. I went to my
home; and, poor and miserable as I was, I
found a welcome from my wife. .
“I told my story, and I called my boys
from bed to hear it; and there, on our knees,
we wrote our names before God on a pledge,
never to touch the unclean thing. It was a
solemn hour. The boys had taken the first
downward steps ; but there God stopped
them. We have since been a happy family,
and have set up our banner.in- the name of
the Lord, and vowed before him to put about
whenever we saw a wreck, or a craft running
on the rocks, and go to the rescue! From
that hour I have loathed the smell of liquor.
“Sometimes folks say its none of my busi-
ness; that they’ve aright to ruin themselvm if
they please. But Godsays, ‘No.’ WheneverI
hear of a case I can help, I go, no matter if
it’s a hundred miles, and I have to walk !‘ I’d
walk round the globe to save one soul from
the clutches of, the devil, and—and—aud—
and that’s what brings me here to-night.” ‘
- “ What?” asked the captain, opening his
eyes very wide. “ Where did you ever hear
of me?”
“ I went into an office in Boston to get a
chance to ship—for I’ve got a duty to do to
sailors as well as landsmen. As I went in,
one gentleman said to another: ‘ They say
that family has used more liquor than all the
other families in the town of —. Some of
them have gone under the billows without
any one putting out allife-boat to save them;
and now thereare two boys just left father-
less to fight the storm alone.’ I came here to
hunt you up, though I didn’t even know your
name, and I’ve walked forty miles to warn
you not to. send these dear boys down -to
drunkards' graves. Some skippers on the
shore pointed out your house to me.” ‘
“ Then my neighbors, the boys that have
many a gale in life, told you I was the great-
tcst drunkard in ?”
“ No; they all said you never got capsized
yourself, but—but that—”
" There, there, don’t say any more. I
I see it all. But I’ve drank so
long I couldn’t live without my toddy—”
“ Then die !” cried the stranger, laying his
hand heavily on the old man’s shoulder;
die a soldier in an honest fight, and give
these boys 3. chance for heaven!”
The two sat long over the fire. The cap-
tain offered the poor man money for his jour-
ney home, which was refused, because “this
long tramp was an offering to the Lord, who
had crushed the head of the serpent and re-
leased me from his power.”
“ Where do you live? Tell me, that I may
express my gratitude some way,” the old man
said.
“ Forty mile ahead on the shore,” was the
reply; but which way “ ahead” the old man
did not know.
The captain rose early to give a solemn
pledge of abstinence to his guest.
But the man was gone. And on inquiry,
no one had seen him go through the village.
He had gone about his Master’s business long
before the break of day.
The next day, the village cxpressman was
surprised at the increase of his business; for
he had boxes, hampers and demijohns to
take to" all the hospitals in the region.
And the hotel-keeper, and two or three
store-keepers, were still more surprised when
they were warned by the captain, who was
their landlord, either to stop selling liquor
from that moment, or to quit his premises at
the end of a month.
The faces of his two ruined boys, now
sleeping in dishonored graves, had risen be-
fore the old man, pleading with him to save
the little ones left in his care from a doom
like theirs. '
That poor, weary wayfarer had by God's
help wrought a miracle; and the man he re-
leased from Satan’s grasp is now doing in his
county what all the laws and all the temper-
ance societies have failed to do.
Shall we not try the power of personal ef-
fort, with faith in God's power, to crush this
terrible foe to man ?
A Duawrxe—Roou INCIDiiNr.——A young
nobleman, whose family had not been at court
since the accession of her Majesty, a firm,
tall fellow, of manly bearing, was presented
the last. As his name, Lord George Alfred
Connaught, was being announced, he passed
Prince Albert and the young Princess in an
apparently haughty manner, without remov-
ing his cliapeau. They seemed enraged, but
as it might have been a mistake, arising from
embarrassment in a young nobleman first ap-
proaching his sovereign, no notice was taken
of the apparent rudeness. When he reached
the Queen however, he uncoveted his head,
knelt gracefully before her, kissed the pro-
iIered hand, arose, thrust his cliapeau in a
positive manner upon his head, and turned to
address Prince Albert, The latter drew back ;
his face flushed scarlet. It looked like an in-
tended insult to the Prince Consort in the pres-
ence of his wife and sovereign. A murmur
'of indignation ran through the throne-room.
The 'old duke of Wellington, bending under
the weight of seventy-eight years, and cover-
ed with decorations, stepped forward to in-
terfere. The Lord Chumberlain, however,
was before him, and whenjust upon the point
of arresting the offender, the queen interposed
saying, “Right! right! Lord Connaught is
right !” and then turning, explained the trans;
action to the Prince, the young nobleman
meanwhile lookod on. It was sometime be-
fore this strange conduct could be understood
by those present; Lord Connaught the only
person whose head was covered, moving with
great self-Posession among bishops and chan-
cellors, leaders of the Commons and dons of
the, universities, the observed of all observers
It seemed that, for special services rendered
to the‘King by Lord Counaught in the reign
of Henry VII, a right had been given by a
patent in perpetuity, to the head of the house
in each succeeding generation, to remain with
covered head in the presence of the ruling sov-
ereign. This right had been in abeyance dur.
ing the minority of the present Lord Con-
naught, and had been forgotten by all but the
Queen. He had uncovered his head to her
as a woman, but jealous of the inherited priv-
ilege, had resumed his chapeau upon rising,
and continued to wear it afterward—Lomlon
00ml Circular.
an awful fear of God seized me; and I asked -
sailed with me, and whom I’ve helped out 'of.
ADDRESS. OF
Stewart L. Woodford
.AT 'rmi Dneoua'riox or ’l‘lIEv SOLniuas’
GRAVES .vr ARLINGTON.
These heroic dead, in whose memory we
meet, have justly earned the largest praise
that living men may give. But our best hom-
age must be with deeds and not alone with
words and flowers. \Ve shall pay them fit-
ting honor only as we ourselves take up and
carry forward the work, which living they
did so well, which dying they bequeathed 'to
their Survivors. We can justify the sacrifice
which they 'so freely offered, only as we our-
selves render faithful and unselfish service to
the state for which they died. If we weakly
fail to use their great gift well, then for us
and ours have they sadly died invain. ’
We need not here and now repeat the story
of their achievements. ' What they so grand-
ly did is not buried with the dust. It can
never be forgotten, so long as liberty is loved,
so long as courage in the right and for the
right is honored among men.
While yonder Potomac flows, its miustrcl
waves shall sing, in verse more grand than
human lips may breathe, the epic of that ar-
my, so many of whose dead sleep here.
While yonder Capitol shall standmhe statue
of freedom, which fitly crowns its risng
donie,shall tell that when our civil strife had
ended, there was no slave before the law in
ail the land.
Nor is there any need that we recount the
causes of the war in which our comrades fell.
If our fathers erred, as err they did in their
oppression of the weak and lowly; if they
erred, as err they did in, compromises of the
right forsake of gain, or case, or power, this
land has suffered serelyi Justice weighed
the Nation’s crime. Justice heaped and yet
may heap the scale with tears and blood and
agony, for no sin of man or people ever yet
escaped, none ever can escape full penalty.
Still it is no part or manhood idly to mourn
above a buried past) “Let the dead bury
their dead." Our duty is in to-day and with
the living. '
Nor yet among these graves would we re-
call even one memory of bitterness and anger.
With equal‘love for what was good in their
common humanity, with equal love for what
was evil, Nature folds alike the ashes of loy-
alist and rebel in her resurrection robes of
the Spring-time flowers. To judge the living
was and still remains our duty. To enforce
that judgment, even in the last appeal of bat-
tle and against our brothers, was our hard
necessity. But at the grave: our feet must
pause, for the sentence of the- dead is with
God alone. There speaks no voice of anger
from these cold ashes. ‘So let there be no
wratliful memory in any heart this day
through all our borders.
Courage and honor alike require that we,
who by God’s providence were victors in the
strife, should be freely and absolutely gener-
ous in peace. Courage and honor equally re-
quire that they who were beaten shOuld yield
manly submission to the decision of that
final tribunal of the sword to which they
appealed. These are plain words plainly
spoken among our dead. Peace, complete
peace, peace that shall endure,- peacc from'
the bone that'sliall .leave no scar upon the
skin, can come in ' no other way. Let us
heartily remember, let us fully own that
those whom we fought were and still are our
brothers—brothers not alone in name, but _in
blood and in love. We fought them to save
our Union. We freed their slaves as oppor-
tunity was given, and were devoutly glad
that thus the way was opened to put from
them and us alike the sin and shame and hurt
of slavery. And yet while we remember.
this, let us as directly say that we would
keep with resolute will and unyielding hand
all the results of justice, of liberty, of equal
and fair play for labor and manhood, that
have been bought at such terrible cost to
North and South alike.
Does any seek this day for any cause, to
revive the old prejudice of class and caste
and race? He is no friend. of the Union.
Does any seek this day, for self or partisan
success, to set white against black or black
against white? He is no friend of the Union.
The man, who this day draws the color line
in politics,is either traitor,knave or simpleton.
His place is among the shadows and bats of
the past, and not in the sunlight of the pres:
ent. Does any seek to deny to loyal comers
in any part of the South full citizenship,
complete protection and hearty welcome be-
cause such comers wore the Federal blue
in other days? He is no friend-0f the Union.
Does any seek to taunt loyal subjects of
the law and keepers of the peace, because
such wore the gray in the days of battle? He
is no friend of the Union.
The land is one that should be at rest. We
owe too much and earn and save too little,
to waste in past strife hours that are needed
for present labor and present duty. It should
not be hard for us to dwell together in full
accord. On many firiis the ashes of our
common dead are mingled. On many fields
the living proved and learned to respect each
the manhood of the other. All that should
be asked, all that need be yielded by any,
each and ‘1 should be swift to offer—simply
obedience to the law, in spirit as in letter,
with the honest performance by every Citizen
of his personal duty to the State.
Where so-called conservatism has triumph-
ed at the South there have been too often
practical intolerance, practical denial of per-
sonal liberty, practical denial -of popular ed-
ucation, and presistcnt effort to revive old
systems under new forms. Where so-ealled
radicalism has succeeded there have been too
often official corruption and much venality.
One turns in sadness from such partnership
on either side and asks for a patriotism of
conscience, courage and common sense, that
will neither coerce the ballot of the citizen
nor steal the revenue of the State; that will
deal with white and black alike in the great
but rare wisdom cf simple justice ; that will
seek to reform each public trust with brave
fidelity and intelligent honesty. ‘
Not alone upon others, but equally upon
ourselves, this hour lays its injunction. Let
no man feel, as he turns from this Memorial
meeting and goes back to his daily living,
that he can safely or justly neglect the per-
sonal performance of his individual political
duty. Let no man feel that ,he can absent
himself from caucus and convention, and
then, when bad men have foisted their tools
upon his political party, cast his individual
responsibility upon that party and blindly
follow its leaders and support its candidates.
Let no man feel that he can stay away from
the polls and be guiltless if bad men wrig-
gle their way into power and trust.
If there be truth in the charge, so freely
made, that partisan morality is low 'in' both
the gieat organizations of our day, then the
fault is yours and mine. Ours is the shame,
for ours has been and is the power to cure
such wrong. if lingering paralysis still
dcadens our industries and checks our reviv-
ing trade and commerce, then with us, the
people, rests large share of blame, for we
have not insisted that in Natioz affairs the
same laws of common honesty should ’pre-
vail that rule in our daily dealings between
man and man.
If our methods of the public civil service
still continue to he helps to partisan control
rather than means for the prompt, economi-
cal and efficiency performance of pubilc
duty, it is simply and mainly because we,
the people, have either deliberately preferred
that this should be so, or have, indoleutly'
neglected practical efforts towards establish-
ing the civil service upon the ordinary bus-
iness principles and usages of the factory and
the counting room. Whenever we, the‘pco-
ple, pledge our candidates for Congress and
—the Senate to neither ask nor recommend ap-
pointments, and wheneverave, the people,
ourselves cease to torment our representa—
tives and senators to secure positions for us,
they will naturally abandon any anxious at-
tempts to control official patronage. But so
long as we, the people, insist upon being rc-
warded by political place for our political
service, I fear that we shall not change the
system which we ourselves practically insist
upon perpetuating. Trees usually grow from
the roots up; and not from the top down-
ward. ,
Any failure to have good government un-
der our system is as much our fault as that of
our rulers. Nay, it is mainly our fault.
For with us lies the final power. When we
deliberately resolve, they must either or
ccute our purpose, or give place to such as
will. .
This is the lesson I would press home this
day upon each brain and conscience—the
personal performance by each citizen of his
individual duty to the State.‘ ‘
\Ve stand in the Centennial time of the
Republic. The good deeds, the brave deeds
of many true men have made this year pos-
sible. Broad and full harvest fields lic'before
us. Are we wise enough, :faithful enough,
unselfish enough to'cross the river and enter
the promised land ?
To us, to all, these dead speak as living
men may not. Let us here and now, as at
altars of sacrifice, dedicate ourselves anew
to the duties of our citizenship. Thus shall
we turn back to our daily living, better,
more hopeful, more resolute because we have
been here to scatter these flowers upon the
graves where our comrades sleep.
From the N. Y. Evening Post.
SAVING AGAIS'I‘ STARVIN G.
“ A young man, a clerk in one of the Wall
street moneyed institutions, applied to one of
our distinguished merchants, who is a direc-
tor, and asked him for his influence to get his
salary raised.
The merchant said to him, “ How much is
your salary now ?" “ Twelve hundred dol-
lars,” was the answer. ' .
Question—How much do you save a year?
Answer'—Not one dollar; with a wife and
two children I can only just make both ends
meet. ‘, '
Question—What! don’t save anything?
Answer—No, air 5 I can but just exist.
Question—I make it a rule to assist no one
who does not save something every year. No
matter how small his pay. something should
be saved. How many segars do you smoke
.—and their cost?
Answer—Well, some three a day; costing,
together, about twenty cents.
Question—.Do you go to the theaters, and
howoften! and how many persons with you?
Answer—J g9 some half a dozen times du-
ring the winter, with my wifc and sister,
costing, including railroad fare, say $80. ‘
Question—Do you drink ardent spirits,
wine, beer, etc. -
whiskey daily, and sometimes a glass of ale
with my wife at the gardens in the evening.
Question—Do you say you cannot save any
thing? while your unnecessary yearly expen-
ses for cigars, drinks and amusements, by
your own showing,cannot cost less than $200.
Until you begin to save, raising your salary
would do you no good. Begin to-day to save,
if only five cents a day. Try saving for six
months and report to me the result.
- At the end of the time the young man
brought the merchant his expense book,show-
ing a clear saving of $104.20. This induced
the merchant to take him cordially by the
hand down to the institution, and urge the
president to increase his salary from 81,200
to $1,500. In another six months his sav-
ings amounted to almost $300. The mer-
chant on this showing said to him, “ Young
man, you are now on the road to wealth and
position. Go down to my brokers and ask
them to buy $20,000 of sucli:and such stocks,
and'I will pay‘ for them and give you the
profits.” This young man is now worth some
$30,000—all due to the saving of the first
$100. The merchant, no doubt, is now daily
made happy every time he sees~ the institution
by the delightful reflection of having saved
this man, as well as his family.
There are now hundreds of families in this
city who are highly cultivated that do not know
where their next meal is‘ coming from. Could
they have had the advice of this old merchant,
and followed it, they would now be _in afllu-
ence, not beggary. Only yesterday, ahighly
respectable lady, with three young daugh-
ters, applied for immediate assistance to buy
bread. Her husband had recently died, after
enjoying a salary for some twenty years of
from $2,500 to $3,000 witliout'having saved
anything; The practical result of this case is
that this lady, for twenty years, has secured
every luxury within her reach, while I am in-
debted for all I now have to the denial of
luxuries for myself and family, and am now
asked to help support her, Out of my savings
such as she would not make for herself. With
her present views of economy she sees how
she could have lived on half his salary. -Had
she done so, it would amount to some fifty
thousand dollars, the interest of which would
have made her and her children independent
for life. Such cases do not warmly commcnd
themselves to my charity; such people must
be taught, by natural laws, that they must
save or be liable to starve.
Another case occurs to me. A young man,
recently married, has put up his carriage
with livery on a salary of $54,000 a year. One
of three things will soon probably follow.
The carriage will be laid down, or defalcation
will come next, and ruin and beggary follow.
All this reminds me of the old maxim that
nineteen persons out of every twenty who are
now respectable would not be so if they could
get the means to make themselves otherwise.
This man with his carriage on $4,000 is one
of the nineteen.
Deal gently with those who stray. Draw
the back by love and persuasion. A kiss is
wortha thousand kicks. A kind word is
more valuable to the lost than a mine of gold.
Think of this and be on your guard, yc who
would chase to the grave an erring
brother. We must consult the gentlest: man-
ner and the softest seasons of address; our
advice should not fall like a violent storm,
bearing down and making those to droop
'whom it is meant to cherish and refresh.
It must dcscendas the dew upon the. tender
herb, or like the melted flakes of snow ; the
softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and
sinks into the mind. If there are few who
have humility to receive advice as they 'ouglit,
discretion to convey it in a proper way, and
who can qualify the harshness and bitterness
of reproof, against which human liature is
apt torevolt. To probe the wound to the
bottom, with all the boldness and resolution
of a good spirited surgeon, and yet with‘ all
the delicacy and tenderness of a friend,
requires a very dcxterous and masterly Hand.
An afiable deportment and complacency of
behavior will disarm the most obstinate ;
whereas, if, instead of calmly pointing out
their mistakes, we break out into unseemly
sallics of passion, we cease to have any influ-
ence.
H w
While a democratic rag-money fiend was
spouting financiull heresy at a political
meeting near Cleve and, a burglar broke into
his house and stole a bag of gold, which was
secreted in an old trunk. Consistency for-
bade him to inform the police of his loss, but
he sits out under his stoop in the back yard,
as if he meant to shun the society of his
fellow creatures for the balance of the season.
-—Brookl_1/n Argus. -
Answer—I generally take two glasses of .
it is often because there are few who have the '
The Dress Maker and the Tele-
graph Operator.
“ Did the thunder storm affect your wires?”
remarked the reporter to'the telegraph opera-
tor across the boarding house table.
“ Well, no, not much ; we have got good
insulation, and the lightning arrestcrs keep it
out of the office." ' '
“ I spose the rain‘ made it bad for the ’Lan-
tie and ’Cific company, where their line runs
across the country and into the wood’s, don’t
it ?” inquired the bank clerk over his eye
" glasses.
“ Yes, it. leads of! their current by bending
twigs against the wires, and one way and an-
other.”
“ Beats all about this telegraph business,”
exclaimed the wood-engraver, “a 'chap told
me the other day they’d got so they could
send news both ways on a wire at once.”
“ That’s what they call the duplex meth-
od,” said the operator.
.“ Well, I don’t see'how they do it.” mut-
tered that obtuse artist on boxwood.
‘9 Why, we‘ have diflerent kinds of cur-
rents, and they pass without interfering. I
can't explain the science of Rio you without
going through a long story." Having thus
“thrown" his audience the operator prodeeded
to “Shut off their' wind" by saying—WBut
that duplex affair is a small matter compared
with the quadruplex arrangement by which
we can send four messages on one wire at
once, two each way." The drummer gasped
and called for a glass of water, while the
wood-engraver reached for the Halford sauce,
that being the most ready stimulant. The
operator, was now getting warmed to his
subject. ' ; '
“ But most remarkable of all is that auto-
matic machine. The message is prepared at
leisure by puncturing it on a strip of paper,
and then when the wire is free it is put on a
cylinder, and by simply turning a crank 1,-
400 or 1,500 words per minute may be sent
and recorded at theother end in Morse‘s ail-
phabet. But this can be worked only on
through lines.” Consternation sat on all
faces except one. How long would this
thing last»? Deliverance came, however.
The demure little dressmaker at the head of
the table, who alone retained her self-posses-
sion, said : . - ' -
When I was at Halifax, last month, my big
brother took me ’ into 'the ocean' telegraph
office to show me anew automatic telegraphic
machine. It was operated by an eight-horse
power tide-wheel situated at the mouth of
the Bay of Fundy, and connected by a shaft
just two and a half kilometers long. The
machine was something like a cabinet organ,
only that it had no keys.‘ A silver mouth-
piece projected froni the front; and also a
Apressure on the right pedal ungears the
machine from'the motive wheel, and on the
left a pedal throws it into gear. The send-
ing or receiving of a- message is simplicity
itself, though," looking archly at the opera-
tor, “I can’t explain the science or it to you
WithOut going throughf'a long story.",
“When one wants to send a’message he just
sits downfin the luxurious plush chair and
whispers it into the silver mouth-piece. If
his correspondent‘is at the cable office at
Valentin Bay,'Irclaud, he can put his ear to
the machine over there and receive the words
direct, but if he is'nbt, the operator there
simply holds a piece of prepared paper be-
fore the lenses of that instrument, and the
message is photographedon it in the hand-
writing ' of tliei‘sen-i‘ler. - If. the sender in
America cannot be personally at the office,
he writes his message, the operator holds it
before the lenses, and it is instantaneously
whispered in the ear of the party at Valentia
if he is at that office,‘ or else photographed
for him in fac simile. They have different
currents'for the photographic and voice mes-
sages, you see. '
“But one of ~the most interesting points
about this machine is the translator, and it is
a very important attachment for an inter-
continental line. There are something like a
dozen “stops” to the machine, and instead of
being marked diapason, flute, etc., they are
marked French, Dutch, Hottentot, Zula, and
so on through the list. Well, my brother
told me to speak to Kaxtwkcli, the beautiful
and accomplished niece of the Russian "Eni-
peror, and he pulled .out the stop marked
Russian. I said. “Good morning, my dear ;
Have you read How They Made a Man of
Him’ f”
“In three minutes there came a perfect tor-
rent of consonants through that tube. My
brother had forgotten to put in the Russian
stop and pull out the English. We asked
her to repeat, and-the took the answerin good
shape. The royal Kaxtwkch said : “Thanks.
My name is accented on the last syllable.
What would you wear to the Centennial ?"
As she was so ilLbred as not to answer my
question, I didn’t reply to hers, and we
haven’t spoken to each other since. I pulled
out the Portuguese stop and . asked Princess
d’Eu if she wasn’t lonesome during the ab-
Sence of her father and mother Pedro. '
“ You must be a green un," said she. “I'm
having the very deuce of a time, and I hope
they’ll. stay all summer. ”
“I had aphotographic fiw aimile of that
message, but. I sent it to the Centennial along
with a copy of a. note from the ruling 'chief
of the-Fijii Islands, who ,asked me ‘how
much Iweighed when fat, and 'if I didn't
think it my duty to be a missionary. I told
him I never was fat, and that 85 pounds was
my highest figure. He replied that he.
thought Providence plainly indicated that I
ought to comfort the declining years of my
parents in America. Well, -I had a great
time with that machine, and it seemed so sad
that the man who invented it should have
died in the poor house. By brother told me
that the inventor left rough drawings of an
attachment by which a hose could be run a
great distance 'under ground and connected
secretly with any apartment, so that what-
ever was spoken there would be immediate-
ly photographed and given to the world.
This will do away with reporters, and will
beparticularly useful in cascof secret in-
vestigation meetings, etc. Why, my tea is
cold l” '
All the boarders at that table, except the
telegraph operator, have subscribed from 50
cuts to $3 apiece to buy a suitable testimo-
‘i‘iial for that little dressmaker, who saved
them from impending annihilation.
—___.—__=
Phosphorous and Sleeplessneés.
Dr. Cutter relates an interesting case in his
practice—that of an energetic carpenter who,
in building a hot house, was exposed to the
sun’s heat under glass in the summer time,
this exposure being followed by symptoms of
disturbance of the nervous system evincing a
loss of nerve force. Naturally of a cool tem-
per, he becameexcitable, was unable to cast
accounts, his steps were rapid and manner
nervous, but sleeplessness was the the most
prominent and perplexing symptom. Chlo-
ral hydrate, bromide of potassium, opium,
sulphate of morphia, and valcrianate of mot:-
phia, were successively tried w'tlio‘ut avail.
Fnallyreasoning that here was a case of
loss of nerve force, and knowing phospho-
rus to be a most important nerve food, Dr.
Cutter prescribed one-fiftieth of a grain thrice
'daily in pill form. In a few days he slept as
well as ever, and, discontinuing the pills, has
'since had his natural sleep.
“ Charles," said a‘young wife to her hus-
band, as they sat at the window watching the
fasliionables on their way to church, “when
you die and I get hold _ of the insurance
money, I intend to have a fur cape and muff
just like that .ady has on over there.“
camera-like tube with a pair of lenses in it .
now. run ioun wnra PIPES.
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‘ ALEX. S . GIBSON, _
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
> Teacher of the .
Piano-Forte, organ and Musical
. Composition. .
Box 379 P. 0.. NORWALK. CONN.
G16. w. 03AM. ,
Contractor & Builder
0t Railroads, Water Works, Scorers, Grading and
Rock ,Work of all kinds ; Stone and Brick Ma-
sonry. Will furnish men and teams by the day.
Tools to let. Office in Hubbell’s Block.
14 Address Norwalk P. 0., "Box 4533."
‘ Marriages and deaths inserted gratuitously;
REAL ESTATE.
\J \N\I\I\IV\I\IW\I\.I\JI\—I\
I\
RESIDENCE on West Avenue is ofl‘ered
to Rent, Part of the rent will be taken out in
board. if desired. Apply by letter to “A. 11.,” can
N orwulk GAZETTE. '
For Sale or Exchange.
THE lot‘eontulnlng about two acres. adjoining
the residcdce of the undersigned. on Prospect
llill. Itjspne oi’ the most desirable building sites
on the lull, commanding a fine view of the Sound.
’l‘lic_soll is ricludeep and remarkably productive.
It Will be divided into two lots of 96 by 4'25 feet and
sold separately if desired. R. B. CBAUFURD.
Desirable Property for sale.
A Verydcsirable place on East Avenue.
Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue, for sale cheap.
Also, a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
wm Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquire of
S, E. OSBORN. East Avenue,
all or to D. W. FITCH, West Avenue.
To Rent or Lease
ROM April lst, 1876.
The Brick Store
now occupied by Geo. H.Brncken. .Said store is
55 feet deep. 1 int door north of“ Skiddy’s Block,
so-callcd. Also HOUSE on . High street fi om
April lst. Inquire of NOAH WOOD,
or C. N. WOOD,at Pronsion Store, 33 Main Sr; 11
T6 'fEl'ent.
P ART of a House, (four rooms) right in thc,vil-
lune. Rent 812 per month. Possession given
immediately. Enquire at this olllcc. .
, FOR. SALE.
THE subscriber offers for sale his
Dwelling House and Lot,
pleasantly situated on the lover end of Fan-Street
Ilie house is new andwell finished; the lot is
60x305 feet. Will be sold low, and a large part of
the purchase money can remain on bond and
mortgage. Enquire at the Straw Factory.
1 D. S. VAIL.
FOR SALE OR TO RENT. .
-THE House and Mill Property occupied by Eb-
enezer I’attenden in Silver Mine. Enquire of
RAYMOND a; PARDEE.
New Canaan, Feb. 10th, 1876. (7)
,A humans.
on SALE..—A first-rate built House, (on East
Avenue.) cdntaining nine rooms; will be lot
if not sold. Also BUILDING LOTS for sale. ,
. Apply to D. Ii. ,FITCII.
Norwalk, Nov. 27th, 1875. . 48“
FOR SALE.
Street. Apply at the GA ETTE OFFICE}.
FOR SALE curiae.
(-‘OOD FARM of about 40 acres of high laud.
situate d three miles north of New Canaan.
Apply to A. B. BENEDICT, Smith’s Ridge. 4
DR. CHARLES F. MORGAN.
Physician &' Surgeon,
Oflicc over 0. 5T: Grunian’s,
N orwaik, Conn.
Oflicc Hours 2—7 A. an, 1 r. 31.. 7 P. M.
- J. Belden Hurlbutt, .
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Room No. 4, [up stuffs-,1
GAZETTE BUILD! NG-
9
CHARLES W. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
NORWALK. eons.
Oillce corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxide Gas administered.
c. B. countries,
1: ENTIS '1- .
Successor to .
Dr. Asa. Hill.
W‘LL STR EET, NORWALK,
Office over ~
C. J. Grumnms Dry Goods Store.
‘3‘ Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain. ' . .
Corner Mainland Wall Sts., xoawamr, c'r.
HE subscriber having taken the above well-
T known central] y located Hotel, is prepared to
entertain permanent and transient guests. Good
rooms; good table: reasonable prices. A first-
class Livery connected With the Hotel. Carriages
to all trains. Every effort made to please. .
D. B. MOREHOUSE, Proprietor.
S & \V. MITCHELL.
0
At the ever popular .
UNION MARKET
has always the best of
Beer, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
at fair living prices. Union (formerly Model) Mar-
ket. on the Bridge. 18
ORWA LK INSURANCE 00.,
NORWALK, CONN.
Charter Capital - - - $500,000
Puld up Capital - - - 100,000
WM. C. SEREE'I‘, Pres, GEO R. COWLES, Sec’y.
EdWard Han ks,
Civil Engineer &BoI-uugh Surveyor,
Office Main St., near Center Ave.,
Norwalk,‘ Conn.
Particular attention paid to the mapping and
measurement of farms, and to the lelSlOll of es-
tates. Also to drainage and sewerage matters.
Orders by mail promptly attended to.
To the Public.
The subscribe/rs, Livery men of Norwalk, desire
to inform the public that hereafter they will look
to those persons ordering carriages, for all purpo-
ses. for t eir pay. Bills Will be made out directly
to the parties using them. and presented Within
reasonable time.
WILLIAM E. DANN,
' ‘ D. B. MOREHOUSE,
J. s. SIIERMANN.
Norwalk, May 15th, 1876.
Wm. Glover & Son,
Arc ready to put in your WATER, STEAM or GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at as low a rule as
anyone. WROUGHT AND CAST IRON, TIN-
LINED, LEAD PIPES, Soc" of every Size and de-
scription. PLUMBING in all its branches.
DENIM!“ it NEWCOM B
Havetaken the TWO LARGE STORESin Ray
mond’sBuilding, 2405.53 and 55 Main Streetmnd
intend ‘to keep constantly on hand a choicraud
llneassortmeut of
FAMILY C'BOCEHIES
together with a good variety of
Crockery and Class Ware. _-
in the upper store they have also opened a
FISH MARKET
where all kinds of Fish can be obtained in the
proper season. Also the best of
FRUITS AND VECTABLES.
in large or small quantities. Also
BJEIEAD.
Cake, Pies. c190,,
always a supply offresh baked on hand.
DEMMON & NEWCOMB,
53 and 55 Main Street.
Plymouth Rock
I C E .
[IANKFULto our customers for past favors
we would request a continuance of their cus-
tom the prescut season. Prices reasonable and
prompt attention givcii.. R. EELS & SON.
N. ll.-—-I’riec to families, so long as present Slip-
ply lasts, {:0 etc. per hundred weight.
AWM. LOCKWOOD,
iSuccessor to G EO. H. RAYMOND & 00..)
Furniture Dealer,
No. 36 Muln Street, Norwulk.
U NDERTAKING.
At my store will be found a large assortment of
all kinds of . -
COFFI N S, CA SKETS,
and everything necessarv l‘orthe iiitermcntol llio
CONNECTICUT HOTEL, .
For: SALE. .
A N EATBESIDENCE on one of the best,plcus-
safest and most accessible streets in town.
Has eight rooms. with gas in each, and heater ca-
pable of heating the whole house. Large barn
with stabling for several horscs. Apple, Peiir and
Cherry Trees, just commencing to our fruit; 18
within five minutes’ walk of the Post Oflicc,&e.
Price 87,500. Or will rent it to a good tenant for
8600 per year. Enquire at this office.
ARN 1‘0 RENT.—-A new Barn with good sni-
_ bling for several horses, near the bridge.
Price $3 per month. Enquire at this Office.
FRANCIS J. McKEON,
Draper and. Tailor.
A choice selection of new and fashionable goods
, constantly on hand
Room No. l, Gazette Blinding.
Ila-curs s. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor,"
AND
GENTS’ FURNISIIING' EMPORIUM. '
Main Street, Norwalk. Conn.
.i
'I‘NA INSU RANGE Co. of HARTFORD.
Incorporated 131-2.. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $5,052,880.19
Insures against loss and damage by Fire, on terms
adopted to the hazard and consistent with the laws
of compensation. COWLES lb MERRILL,
Sole Agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
EDIVARI) P. WEED,
D R U' G- G- I S '1'
Wall Street, opposite Norwallc Opera House,
A large and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Pcri‘umer ,Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters, ‘oilet and Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
and Handkerchief Extracss, HairBrushes,COinbs,
Sponges, Chamois Skins, Stationery, Ci ars, &.c.,
and is constantly adding to his stock al the new
and popular met icincs of the day.
FOR A 6000 000K STOVE
GO TO BELDEN’S
DRUGS & MEDICINES,
THE undersigned would announce to the citi-
zone in this vicinity, that at his Drug Store,
COR. OF WASHINGTON d: DEPOT 57's.,
can always be found
PURE DRUGS,
Choice Wines & Liquors,
FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES,
IAIN llflllil‘ ARTICLES, PATEII’ MEBIGIIES.
Physicians! Prescriptions carefully compounded
.day and night. Can be found nights in same
building; entrance on Washington Street.
lyl9 S. If. DECK, South Nor-walk.
B. s. BIAASCER,
At hlsStorein HAL'LORY’S BLOCK,bascoustant
‘ ly on bandageneralassortmentof
GITOOERIES,
enocxuav, GLA’ss,
TIN AXD‘ WOODEN WARE, E10” ETC
By devotinghlscoustant personalsttentlonto tho
busineuhe hopes to merit publicpatromge. 9
GO TO BuLm-iws
' and hsee tencw
Hot Closet Range.
Funnels McKEON, JP”
Practical Plumber.
PLUMBING in all its BRAN GEES;
Green Houses Fitted up.
Orders left at Shop on School Street, or on slate
at Behien’s Tin Shop. Jobbing promptly attcnldtig
y
to. ~
MAHGI N ISTS Ct‘ixtliiil... “PE
GAZETTE OFFICE.
'C. W. Burritt
Has Removed
To No. 4 Phoenix Block, Wall St.,
Foot of Mill Hill, where with increased facilities
he is prepared to do
P I.- ‘U M B I N .G ,
in all its branches. Also special attention lvcn
to ’I‘in Roofing, Tin and Sheet Iron Work am .lob-
bing. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand.
Norwulk, April, lull}.
I John A. Houueoker,
B A K E a;
room 0F MILL HILL.
Bread, Rolls, Pies, Cakes, Crullors, Jim, baked
fresh everyday. Eyerythlng made out of good
materials, and by careful and competentworkmeu.
Try our Baking.
"CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS.”
G. A. FRAN KE’S
Shaving and Hair Cutting Saloon!
FOIL A .
Pleasant Shave,
Arlluuc Hair Cat.
or Thorough Shampoo.
can. AT
Mr. Pranko’s Hair Cutting Room,
No. l GAZETT’I‘E BUILDING. ’
er Particular attention given to Ladies and
Children’s Hair Cuttingund Shampooing._g|
AT HOME TO EVERYBODY.
Hot and Cold Water Baths.
Billheads
allsizes andstylcs can be hadat the ‘
. NO TOP BUGGY, for sale.
TWO very desirable Buildin Lots on West Mm ’
Are you going to Paint?
USE '
AVERILL’S
CHEMICAL PAINT!
THE BEST IN THE MARKET.
. It is more beautiful, morcdurable. lowerin price.
is all ready for. use, does not wash b rain. best
wood preserver, Is wutcruud fire proo , and is the
best Iorfeneral uses, either for wood. iron or
brick bui dings. Many of the finest residence-in
town are painted with :
AVICBILL’S CHEMICAL PAINT
Put up ready for use in polls of LS or 3 lion:
kc s of 5, 10 or 15 gallons, half barrels or arrels,
_ ll orders promptly filled and any information
given by app ying to '
D. n. WEBB, Sole Ag’t forNorwalk
Ofllcc west end of Bridge, SOUTH NORWALK
[IANFMLD WILCOX
DEALER IN
can awn-on
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Yard at the West end of the Bridge,
S (DUTH N ORWALIK,
Families and Factories supplied with the beat at
lowest market prices. Delivered within any rea-
wnable'distance. Prompt attention given to all
orders, large or small.
I). ll. WEBB, Agent.
Call and see us and leave your orders.
CARRlAGE MAKERS.
MULLINGS & TILLY,
Successors to s. r. TUTTLE,
MARSHAL swarm: SOUTH NORWALK,
29
inform the’ citizens of Nor-
Wonld rcspectfullg1
t at they are prepared to
walk and vicinity
Build Garriazes and Wagons
OF EVERY DESCRIPTI 01V.
Particular attention paid to REPAIRING in all
branches of the trade. -
One SECOND-HAND ROCKAWAY, and one
.' , . 1,2
REAL ESTATE
Office 4 Gazette Building, B. J. S'I‘UBGES.
. Norwalk, Conn“ i Broker. ‘ -
INSURANCE.
Capital Represented. $28,000,000.00.
B. J. STURGES, Agent.
Norwalle Fish Market.
The subscriber. respectfully announces that at
the Old Bridge Fish Marketa constant supply of
FRESH FISH, .
OYS'I‘ERS. CLAMS, &c.,
and all varieties of choice I
HUI" All VEIETAILES II IIIEII SEAS“.
CHARLES W. LOCKWOOD.
fi‘Spi-ing Chickens Dressed to order.
Trotting Stallion
VICTOR VON B SMARCK
THIS celebrated horse sired by Byrd k’s Ham-
' bletonian. dam. Hattie Wood by any Clay
bred by Charles Backman, Earp, Orange County.
New York, Will make the season 011876 at West-
port. Conn. This cross produced Bodine witha
record of 2:19 1-2; Gauche, a full sister of Bis-
moi-ck, 221 l.“ the 5th heat of a. race; Prospero,
2:22 1-2 as a six year old; Dame Trot: St. J ulien,
2:22 [-2, and others. Terms $50.00 the season in
advance. Mares stinted to this horse last season.
not in foal, may be returned this season free of
charge. '
ARTHUR SHERWOOD Greens’ Farms
- M. W. WILSON. Conn.
Westport, March I, 1876.
J OHN SON ’8
Boston Boy:
HIS FOUR YEAR OLD STALLION will stand
. at the Stable of LcGrand Johnson, West
Norwalk. for the Season of 1876. This Stallion is a
bright bay, fifteen hand: high, free and easy gait,.
good style and action. ‘
Terms for the Season $10.00
EDWIN J OI-IN SO N .
West Norwalk, April, 1876. 3m16
Undertaking!
0 THE PUBLIC !~ Anyone wishing my services
in the Undertaking business WI" find me at
the late residence of m father, 55 Main Street, or
at Ucmmon It Newcom ’s Store.
11 GEORGE II. RAYMOND. Agent
Union Marble 7
-AND- ' -
GRANITE WORKS,
Nos. 3 and 5 Mechanic St., & 9 and 11 Water St"
NORWALK, CONN.
Manufacturers of
Monuments, Tombs,.Vaults, and
Grove; Stones,
of Italian and American Marble, Granite, Drab
or Brown Stone. Plumbers’ Slabs, Tablets, Sinks,
to, as well as Mantles. .
All kinds of Cemetery and Building work on
hand and made to order. Flagging, Curb and Gut-
ter, Sills and Lintel P_ier Caps, Coping. Steps, the”
of Blue Stone. Havmg secured the services of a
first-class worker of CastSteol. we are prepared
to db all kinds of jabbing in that line. Also, hav-
ing opened a quarry,are prepared to furnish Build-
ing Stoneof‘ a superior quality, as cheap as common
stone can be_t‘urnished otherwise. Importers of
Scotch Granite.
Price,‘Bates & Co.
CHAS T. LEONARD & SON
DEALERIN "
O O A L ,
. WOODAND BRICK,
N’thBiverBlueASLuSipeJimLCement
“Hill PIPE Fill 8mm, will! All
GIIIIIE",
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Water St, Norwalk, Com:
0. H. DOUGLASS,
Manufacturing Confectionei,
Keeps constantly on hand a large variety of
Pure GonfeetiOnery
Always Fresh and of the Best Quality. at
“molecule and Retail.
, Also a superior article of
ICE CREAM.
SODA WATER, with fruit syrups, and OTTAWA
bFERalrawn from Matthews Patent Steel Foun-
aina. .
Fruits, Nuts, fine Imported and
Domestic Cigars.
No. 21 Main Street.
An Elegant Ice Cream Saloon and Restaurau
for-Ladies andGoutlemeu.
0. H. DOUGLASS,Proprietor.
GEORGE WARD SELLECK,
Has constantly In stock at his new stand .
No. 9 Main Street,
A choice and fine assortmentoi
Groceries,
Provisions,
' Flour,
Fruit, &o.,
To which he wouldlnvitcthe attention! 3! 1 who
wishtopurchaseflrst-classgoods .at
Reasonable Prices.
DRIED BEEF, SLICED A SPECIALTY. BEST
OF HANS, EITHER WHOLE 0R SLICED.
Dropin and fee usiu our newstore,
.. NESBITT’S
COUGH SYRUP 1
Try it, all of you who have colds.
H. M. 8; C. S. PRCWITT
SELL IT.
dead. Residence at W. B. SWAN’S. Main St. 51
. Gazette Joli Printing Olllcc.
‘ . .
First and Last. , ’
“ But tell me, dear," she said——
And coaxingly the soft eyes shone,
And slyly drooped.the modest bead
Beside his, .W'll—I .
“But tell me, have you loved before ?
Or one, orImore ?”
The eager, sparkling face
Was full of. tender, trusting grace;
She did not-bear his answer then,
Her king of men! "
“ But tell me, dear, the best and
Or. am I first 1’ " '
He turned his face away;
Yet closer still her hand be pressed,
Nor answered yea ornay ;
A blush confessed
All in one burning word,
Unsaid, unheard !
wont,
Quick came a burst of tears—:
A tempest from an April sky——
And then: “Forgive my doubts and fears,”
He heard her sigh,
“ Why should I care what loves are
past. '
So mine be last? ” -
“covnu THEM OVER."
Cover them over with beautiful flowers,
Deck them with garlands, these brothers of
ours, -
'Lying so silent by night. and by day;
Sleeping the years of the‘ 00d away;
Years they had marked for the joys of the
brave; .
Years they must wage in the mouldering
grave.
All the bright laurels they waited to bloom,
Fell from their hopes when they fell to the
tomb. ~
Give them the mood they have won in the past;
Give them the honors their future forecast ;
Give them the laurels they lost with their
life. ‘ - . -
Cover them overeyéa, cover them ever—
Parcnt, husband, brother and lover!
Crown in your hearts those dead heroes of
ours, '
And cover them over
with beautiful flowers.
Cover the faces that‘motionleu lie,
Shut from the biqe‘ot-mggiouom'i‘iry,‘ .
Faces once deckedeith' the smiles'of the'gay,
Faces now marked with the frown of decay;
Eyes that looked friendship and love to your
own, . ‘ '
Lips that the thoughts of affection
~ known; ‘
Brows you have
tress, - ' _ .
Cheeks you have brightenedby .teudercaress.
Oh! how they gleamed at; the nation’s first .
cry! _
Oh! how they streamed when they bade you
good-bye!
Oh! how they gleamed in the battle’s fierce
flame ! ’
Oh! how they poled when thedeath angel
.camel , ‘
Cover them over; oh, cave'r them over,
Parent, husband, brother and lever!
Kiss in your hearts those deadheroes of ours,
And cover them over with beautiful’flo'wera.
Cover their hands thatare lying untried,
Crossed on the bosomaud low by the aide,
Hands to you, mother, in infancy shown;
Heads to you, father, clasped close to your
own; .
Hands where you, sister, when tried and dis-
myed. , ' -
Hung for protection andoouncil and aid;
Hands that you, brother, in loyalty knew;
Hands that you, wife, wrong- in bitter adieu.
Bravely the musket and sabre they bore, .
Words of affection they wrote in their gore.
Graudly they grasped for a garland of light,
Catching the mantle of death-darkened night.
Cover them over; oh, cover. them over,
Parent, husband and brother and lover! .
Crown in your. hearts those heroe'g of ours, '
And cover them over with beautiful flowers.
made
soothed in the hour of dis-
Cover the feet, that, all weary and‘torn,
Hither by comrades were tenderlyborne';
Feet that have troddenthe- floweiry‘,_wiiys
Close by your own in the‘old lumpy: days;
Feet that have pressed in life'sopcningmorn.
Roses of pleasure and death’s poisoned thorn.
Swiftly they rushed to the'helpjof the right,
Firmly they stoodju thefshock of the fight.
Ne’er shall the enemy's hurrying tramp '
Summon them forth from their death-guard-
ed camp; '
Ne’er till the bugle of Gdbriel 50qu
Will they come out of their couch in the
ground. . -
Cover them over; yes, cover them over,
Parent, husband, brother and lover! :
Rough were the pubs . of those heroes of
ours—
Now cover them over with beautiful flowers.
Cover the hearts that have beaten so high,
Beaten with hopes that were doomed but to die,
Hearts that have burned in the heat of the
fray, ' _ H
Hearts that haveyearncd for the homes far
away, '
Hearts that beat high
' tramp! . i _ ‘
Hearts that fell low in the prison’s foul damp,
Once they were swelling with courage and
will ; - - p - . -- ' _
Now they are lying all puueie'aa and sun. -
Once they were growing in friendship and
love; . -. _v'
Now their great souls have gone soaring above.
Bravely their blood to the nation they gave 2
Then in her boun they found them a. grave.
Cover them over ; yes, cover them over,
Parent and husband, brother and lover!
Kiss in your hearts those dead heroes of ours,
And cover them over with, beautiful flowers.
in the charm loud
Cover the thousands who sleep far away,
Sleep where their friends cannot find them
to-day, . p “ ' “
They who in mountain and hillside and dell
Rest where they weal-led and lie vherethey
fell. ‘ - '
Softly the grassLblades creep round * their re-
Swe'etly above them the'wild floweret blown,
Zephyrs of freedom fly'gentlygo’e‘r head,
Whispering prayers for are patriot, dead
So in our mind we'lfname thénron'ce more,
So in our hearts we’ll cover them o'er.
Roses and lilies and violets blue 3‘
Bloom in our souls forthe brave and the true.
Cover them over; yet, cover them over,
Parent, husband, brother and lover! _
Think of those far-awayheroen of ours.
And cover them over with beautiful flowers.
When the long years have rolled slowly away,
E’en to the dawn of earth's funeral :day, ‘
When at the archangel’s trumpet and tread
Rise up the faces and forms of the dead, .
When the great world its last judgment - ‘
awaits, . ..~..-
When the blue sky shall swing open its gates,
And our long columns march, silently through,
Past the Great Captain for final review,
Then from the blood that has flowed for the
right ,
Crowns shall spring upward,
bright; .. ...
Then the glad ears of each war-martyrediuin
Proudly shall bear the gnod‘; things, ”Well
done.” " '. -, " " ' "
Blessings for garlands shall cover theuvdver,l
Parent and husband and- brotheraud 'loier,”
God will reward thoserdeu'd homes ofoursp .2
And cover them over with beautiful flowers. .
. - ' L f'—"-€le.'rrox.‘~_. :
untimmih' ed and
.... .n.
An awfully impertinent Frenchman fines
to a Paris paper about the women‘in England
who, since the Baker case. are inclined to
carry poinards. He says the most of them
are better defended by their faces.
Norwalk Chronicler