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WHOLE NUMBER 1485.
FORGOTTEN.
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BY. CONSTANOI IINIMORE WOOLSON.
Once, looking through a little sheaf
01 papers stored from girlhood’s years,
I chanced upon a faded leaf,
And read, half smilling, half in tears,
This legend on the wrapping set
In delicate girl-writing small :
“Never this day, this leaf, forget ;"
And, lo I I had forgot it all.
Nor could I think with all my care c
What it did ever mean, and so
I slowly let the summer air
Weft it away, and watched it go
With dreaming gaze. And is it thus,
I mused, with this world’s joy and grief ?
“Never forget,"- it seems to us,
As I wrote on my little sheaf ;
When, 10'! without our knowledge, curled
' Our scroll of. earth ; its story small
Comes not into that higher world;
Besides—we have forgot it all I
—Hamrs Magazine for July.
The War Record of Gov. Hayes.
No soldier or lover of the Union can fail
to appreciate the splendid qualities which are
developed in the war record of our candidate.
We have reason to be proud of it and of him
and we ask all our readers to carefully pe-
ruse it i— -
At the outbreak of the war he received the
appointment of Major of the 22d Ohio Infan-
tray. This was one of the first regiments in
.the field, and had a distinguished leader-
Col. William S, Rosecrans. Early in June,
1861, the regiment was wtered into service
for three years, but before It left Camp Chase
its commander received a commission as
brigadier-general in the regular army. Late
in July the regiment was ordered to Clarke-
burg, _W. Va, and had its first active service
in hunting down the guerrillas that infested
the spurs or the >th Mountain range.
Major Hayes served temporarily as Judge.
Advocate on Gen. Rosecrans’s staff, and in
November, 1861 received his commissioners
lieutenant-colonel. In April, 1862, the regi-
ment, under command of Lieut.-Col. Hayes,
left his Winter quarters and moved in the
direction of Princeton. After two weeks of
skirmishing and foraging the force was at-
tacked by four regiments of infantry under,
command‘of Gen. Heath, and after making a
determined stand, was compelled to retire.
In the heat of August orders were received
to march with all possible dispatch to the
Great Kanawha. The regiment made 104
miles in about three days, embarked on
transports for Parkersburg, and took the
cars for Washington, 'where it joined Gen.
McClellan’s army.
The first shots at South Mountain were
fired by Col. Hayes' command. The regi-
ment was ordered to ascend the mountsi'n at
an early hour by an uufrequeuted road.
The enemy were posted behind stone walls,
and greatly out numbered their assailants,
and the regiment was exposed to a murder-
ous fire of musketry and grape at short range.
Out‘of the 350 men who went into action, 100 _
soon lay dead or wounded onthe field.
Lieut.-Col. Hayes was badly wounded, his
arm being broken, and the command devolv-
ed upon'Major Comly. The commander, how-
ever, was not ready for ambulance or hos.
pital; there was still a good deal of fight in
him, for he reappeared on the field undaunt-
ed, with his wound half dressed, and fought
until he was so weak that his men had to.
carry him away. After the battle of Antie-
, tam the regiment was ordered to the Kaua-
wha Valley. Lieut.-Col. Hayes was appoint-
ed to the colonelcy. of the regiment, and in
December, 1865, was placed in the command
of the First Brigade of the Kanawha division.
During the campaign of 1863 his division
was exposed to arduous rather than danger-
ous service, but in 1864 he won his promo.
ti0n by his gallantry at W'mchester, Fisher's
‘ Hill, anl Cedar Creek. In the battle of
Opequan, Col. Hayes’s brigade, after advanc-
ing across several open fields, gained the
crest of a hill and caught a glimpse of the
enemy’s line. Moving forward under a heavy
fire the brigade dashed through a fringe of
underth and halted on the edge of the
slough 40 or 50 yards wide and nearly waist
deep. When he saw the whole line waver-
ing Col. Hayes plunged in under a shower of
bullets and grape, and dragged his way
through. He was the first man over. The
infantry fioundered through the morass, and
the enemy were driven back. Col. Hayes
' exposed-himself recklessly, and was half the
time in advance of the line. At Winchester
his horse was shot under him, and he narrow-
ly escaped with his life. As he lay on the
field, stunned by his fall and wondering why
the troops werenét ordered to charge the
enemy's hue, there was a cloud of dust on
the Winchester turnpike, and Sheridan rode
into camp on his magnificent horse in time to
save the day. During this terrible campaign
Col. Hayes hadthree horses shot under him
and was wounded four times. In the Spring
of 1875 he was given the command of an ex-
pedition against Lynchburg, and was prepar-
ing to cross the mountains of West Virginia
when the war was brought to a close. For
_ his bravery at Fisher’s Hill and Cedar Creek
he was breveted major-general.
Politically he was always successful, and
is known as a “lucky" man. ' He has served
two terms in Congress, and three as Gover-
nor of Ohio. In the matter of culture it is
' enough to say that he is a graduate of Ken- -
on College and Harvard Law School, with
the added discipline of legal practice and
literary study.
We tender our thanks to the Vermont
judge, who, the other day, in pronouncing
upon a divorce suit, laid down the opinion
that when a woman marries a man of known
intemperate habits, she takes her happiness,
prosperty and welfare in her own hands, and
has no claim for riddance of him thereafter.
We have great pity for the wife who is joined
to an intemperate husband, but we tremble
for the fate of the woman who marries an
intemperate man. If these words reach the
eye of any woman under engagement of mar-
riage to such a- man, we most solemnly appeal
to her to pause before she imperil her well-
being by accepting any such risk. —Congrega..
timralist.
A Newport letter says: “An officer of one
of Newport’s banks has in his possession a
solid gold watch which'was the property of
his grandfather, who one hundred and ten
years ago took it for a debt of $300 gold. It -
is still in excellent order and ticks with per.
feet regularity. It is a pocket chronometer,
and was the fourth made by John Arnold of
London, who was the inventor and maker.
The gentleman who now owns it calculated
the other .day what the 0300 original value
would have amounted to if it hadbeen placed
out at interest, at 6 per cent., one hundred
and ten years ago and kept to this day, and
was astonished to find that it would now
have represented $150,000. Although a
Centennial relic, it is truly a costly watch.
An Iowa postmaster spent a week in a vain
edort to balance his accounts, and thenhis
wrfe,_dlscovenng what he was about, inform-
‘eigahlm tlhat slushad been ifn the Ihabit of
mag er pin moue " rom t -
funds. Tableau! y e ofiice
_ ‘
The invitations to a ball to begiveu in a
subterranean chamber in Deaveuworth ’00.,
001., stated that “the dancing would be con-
tinued until ten'boxes of wax candles had
hen consumed. .
A Railway Incident.
. It was a third-class carriage. She was a
pleasant-faced young woman, - going, I think,
for the first time after her marriage, to visit
her parents in her old home, -to show them
their two fine grandchildren; At least, this
was the little history _I built up for her in my
own brain from a word or two ‘that I heard
betWeen her and her young husband at the
station, as he put her into the carriage with
an affectionate farewell. I always watch
with great interest the farewells and greet-
ings of my fellow-travelers, and have a fash-
ion of thinking out for myself the whole story
of their previous lives from the little hints
that I get in this way. It is to me as if I
were permitted to open the second volume of
an interesting romance, and allowed to read
only one short scene in this, and asked to
guess as nearly as possible from this one
scene the previous course of the story and
the characters of the actors in it.
The youngest child was an infant of about
three or four months old—very quiet and
good; the other was a pretty, restless little
girl of three, who could not be still a single
moment, and kept the careful mother 'busy
by her questions and wants and childish prat—
tle.
talked to us also in such anatural, coquettish,
condescending way that we were quite in
love with the charming little lassie, and
begged her mother not to check her-innocent
advances to us. . . '
\Vhen we had been traveling together for
two or three hours, and began to feel quite
like old acquaintances, while the train was
going at full speed, the mother half rose from
her seat to place the little girl, who had left
her place, again on the opposite seat. How
it happened I have never understood; it was
one of those accidents which seem impossible,
and, in fact, only happen once in. a hundred
thousand \times; but just as she steed half
erect, holding her sleeping babe upon one
arm and her little frolicsome maiden some.
what awkwardly on the other, the little girl
made one of- her sudden, quick movements,
and in an instant she was gone from our eyes.
What a moment! The, poor mother stood
fixed and rigidly in exactly the same altitude,
her arm still bent as though around her child,
gazing with wide-open,- fixed eyes at the
place whence she vanished. She seemed
literally suddenly turned to stone; with the
rest of ' us the case was almost the same.
How long this lasted I do not know; doubt-
less it seemed to us much longer than it really
was. Then the young mother seemed to
come to herself, and made a sudden move-
ment as if she would spring through the
window after her vanished darling, now far
away. I caught her quickly fast and held
her, while the kind young lady who sat oppo-
site to me took the baby from her arms, and
we all began to talk together, no one listen-
ing to the other, about what was to be done
for her. Somehow we managed in our ex-
citement to do all that was possible the
guard came, the train was stopped, and the
mother, without speaking to "tune of us, or
even looking at us, left the train, supporting
herself on one arm of the sympathining guard,
while he held the still sleeping baby fast in
the other.
Of course the train must go with increased
speed-to make up for the mement of delay,
so there was no chance for us to see more of
the poor bereaved mother. “ Telegraph to
us at the next station," said 'one of the rail-
road functionaries to the guard. “ Yes, yes,
be sure to do it immediately,” cried a dozen
voices; for in some mysterious way the news
of the accident had run through the train as
if by electricity, and a long row of‘sympathi4
zing faces watched from the carriage the disapq
peering forms of the mother and the guard.
“ It will take her half an hour to reach the
spot, and it is just thirty-five minutes now to
the next station,” said the stout gentleman in
the corner, taking out his watch and holding
it open in his hand, his eyes fixed upon it.
He had struck me as one of the most selfish
and disagreeable old gentlemen possible;
scarcely answering'a polite question from a
neighbor; and then in the shortest and gruff-
est manner possible; he had seemed comple-
tely absorbed by his newspaper and his snuff-
box, not having noticed the little fairy in any
way except to glance at her now and then
with a savage expressionas her clear, childish
laugh had disturbed his reading. Now his
whole soul seemed to be fixed on the watch
before him, and he “chided the tardy flight
of time” again and again in words more
forcible than ornamental.
There was a young would-be dandy in one
corner; lightgstraw-colored gloves, a slender
cane, an infant moustache, and an eye-glass
stuck in one eye, seemed to be, in his opinion,
tokens of vast superiority over the other trav-
elers; and he spoke very little, except occa-
sionally to make some supercilious remark or
ask some question about third-class traveling,
apparently to produce on us the impression
that he was a young nobleman or prince, per-
haps, in disguise, seeing for himselfhow ordi-
nary mortals fared. What a change had
come over him now; the eye-glass hung dang-
ling hither'and thither; with the kid gloves,
of which he had been so dainty, he had
grasped the diry facing of the door, and was
straining his gaze, first backward until the
poor mother was no longer to be seen, and
then forward to the next station, where news
was to meet us.
Now at last we are there; the train halts,
sndoue of the guards runs. quickly into the
little ofiice over which “ Telegraph" is paint-
ed. Everybody who can possibly get his or
her head out of the window on that side
thrusts it out. ‘ There is a moment of intense
suspense; here comes the guard again with a
despatch in his hand; he stands about mid-
way between the ends of the train and begins
to read it out in his clear, loud, official tones :
“ Child perfectly'sound; ahghted on a pile of
straw in a field, not two feet from a stone
wall!" '
Then what a scene 1 Every man at the
train windows has his hat off in amoment
and is waving it and cheering as if he would
split his throat; and every woman is buried
in her pocket-handkerchief, crying and laugh-
ing together. The stout old egotist and the
vain young dandy have thrown their arms
around each other, and are embracing with
that ,heartiness that belongs to the‘sons of the
Vaterlaud, although they never met before
this morning. The stiff old maid in the cor-
ner has shaken my hands in both hers so
many times that I feel they are quite sore.
All the inhabitants of the little village come
running around the train; “ What is it I
Where is he ? Is it the Kaiser himself, or is
it the Kronprinz 1’” they ask in bewildered ex-
citement at the sight of us.
But all the Kaisers and Kronprinzes in
Europe put together could not have aroused
the flood of feeling that surged through that
train. It was sympathy with a sentiment far
older than loyalty-older than the kings to
whom loyalty is due—which was stirring
every heart, it was sympathy with a mother's
love I—Boeton Advertiser.
Goon Momma—Don’t forget to say,
“ Good morning!” Say it to your parents,
your brothers and sisters, your schoolmates,
your teachers—4nd say it cheerftu and
with a smile; it will do your friends good.
There is a kind of inspiration in every “good
morning” heartily and smiliugly' spoken, that
helps to make hope fresher and work lighter.
It really seems to make the morning good,
and to be a prophecy of a good day to come
after it. And if this be true of the “good
morning,” it is also true of all kind, heart.
some greetings. They cheer the discouraged,
rest the tired one, and somehow make the
wheels of his run smoothly.
She was not at all bashful, and soon,
BLOCK ISLAND.
-“ The island lies nine leagues away.
Along its solitary shore
Of 0 rock and sandy bay
No soun but ocean’s roar,
Save when the bold, wild sea-bird makes her
ome -
Her shrill city coming through the sparkling
foam.
“ But when the light winds lie at rest,
And on the glassy, heaving sea
The black duck with her g ossy breast,
Sits'swinging silently—V
How beautiful! no ripples break the reach,
And silvery waves go noiseless up the beac ”
Its exact position, at the junction of Long
Island Sound and Narragansct Bay, is longi-
tude 71 ° 30 west, and latitude 41 ° 8 north,
and is washed by those waters of the Atlantic
which are perpetually blue. From Newport
it is, indeed, just “nine leagues ' away,” less
than five from Point Judith, eight from
Watch Hill, and seven from Montauk. The
island is between eight and nine miles long,
and from two to four_ in width. At its
northern extremity, where stands a light.
house, a sandy bar shoots out for smile and a
half_ under water, upon the end of which
people now living allege that they have
light-houses have been removed in the last
fifty years on account of the encroachments
of' the sea. Clgy blufis, rising to the height
of one and two hundred feet, alternate with
broad stretches of white beach in .forming its
entire shores. Its surface is undulating to an
uncommon degree, and almost entirely desti-
tute of trees. The highest hill, lying south of
the centre, rises more than three hundred
feet above the sea; and by way of atoning
for its want of running streams, it hastWo
handsome lakes, one of which is of fresh-
water, and the other of salt-water, with an
area of about two thousand acres. Small
ponds fed by springs are numerous, and of
great value to the farmers. The only harbor
onthe island lies on the eastern side, nearly
midway between the two extremities, and
the contrast presented by what are called the
striking. At this point also is the only col-
lection of houses that approaches to the dig-
nity of a village. Here the Block Island fieet,
the fish-houses appertaining thereto, a relief
station, one big and one smaller hotel, and
several boarding-houses, half a dozen shops,
one church, and two wind. ,pare scattered
about in very much‘of a heltcr'-ske1ter fash-
ion. One‘of these‘wind-millsiwas built upon
the main shore at Fall River sixty years ago;
twenty years ago it stood near the Old Har-
bor, at which time we made a sketch of it;
and to day it is a conspicuous land mark in
the interior of the' island. From this village,
branching out in every direction, are many
winding roads, most of them private and
blocked up with gates, upon which are located
the snug habitations of the islanders, number-
ing in all about thirteen hundred souls, three-
fburths of 'whom are thrifty farmers, while
the balance are supported by the harvests of
the sea. Barring the massive and intermin-
able stone walls which intersect the entire
island, the island landscapes are almost in-
variably composed of undulating pastures,
studded with picturesque homes and barns
and hay-stacks, the most of them command-
ing glimpses of the sea. From the height of
land already mentioned, and known as Beacon
Hill, the ocean presents nearly a complete
circle, broken only by one bill, and well-nigh
every house upon the island may be distinct-
ly seen, as well as about two hundred sails
per day during the summer months. Other
prominent landmarks are Clay Head, a lofty
and solemn promontory pointing toward the
northeast; Pilot Bill, also in the northeastern
part; Bush Hill, near the Grant 1‘0““; me
Great Bathing Beach, which is two miles
long, and as fine as any on the Atlantic coast ;
and the southern chffs, which are the crown-
ing attraction of the island, next to the sea
air and the ocean scenery. These great bul-
warks are both imposing and beautiful, and
it is in keeping with the fitness of things that
the highest of them should be surmounted by
afirst-class modern light-house, which, though
near the brow, can not be seen from the
beach below. Their formation is of clay in-
terspersed‘with bowlders, and hence we find
here a great variety of colors than at Mount
Desert or the Isle of Shoals—Cumulus LAN-
suN in Harper‘s Hagaes'ne for July.
Harper's Weekly, contains the following
leader trom tho pen of its able editor, Geo.
Wm. Curtis :-- .
The Republican Nominations.
The ticket nominated at Cincinnati com-
mands our most cordial approval. It is one
upon which all republicans who have labored
for reform within the party can most grate-
fully aud heartily unite, not only as the
sure earnest of victory, but as a sign of the
power of the better republican sentiment.
Mr. Bristow, who did not seek nor expect a
nomination, will undoubtedly be entirely
satisfied with the action of the convention,
and his supporters may be sure that his
spirit, if not his name, is at both ends of the
ticket. The long and ardent strugle which
preceded the nominations ended when the
names of Rutherford B. Hayes, of Ohio, and
William A. Wheeler, of New , York, were
presentedto the country; The rival can-
didates for the foremost place on the ticket
hastened to express, in the most cordial terms,
their approval of the work of the convention,
and the republican party will present an
unbroken front in the approaching campaign.
The ticket is unexceptiouable in every sense
and from ever point of' view. Governor
Hayesisa man whose character in public
and private life is above reproach‘ and above
suspicion. All that is known of him is most
creditable. He was a brave and capable
soldier in the war, and has displayed marked
executive ability in the administration of
civil afiairs. Three times has be defeated
the most popular democratic leaders in Ohio,
and his most bitter political opponents were
compelled to admit that his administration as
governor was invulnersble to criticism, and
that his hold upon the confidence of the peo-
ple was won by inflexible integrity and high
statesmaulike qualities. Under his leader-
ship the presidential campaign will be aggrca.
sive and enthusiastic.
Equally fortunateis the selection of a name
for the second place on the 'ticket. William
A. Wheeler during his congressional career
haswon the respect and confidence of the
best men of both parties, and his nomination
will be a force of strength not only in New
York, New England and the west, but in
several of the southren states whose electoral
vote has been considered doubtful or conced-
ed to the democratic party. His record in
congress is clear and admirable, and his
claims upon the confidence of the country
rest upon services the high value of which
is freely admitted by his political . oppo-
nen s.
The combination of these names forms a
ticket on which all the friends of reform and
honest government can heartily unite. Not
a word of evil can be spoken of either. Con-
spiciously incorruptible, thorougly identified
with the reform element"iu the republican
party, and in full accord with the spirit
which demands the elevation of the public
service and its emancipation from the rule of
machine politics, the men nominated at
Cincinnati will lead the republican party
through no doubtful fight. No ticket that
canbe nominated at St. Louis can present
better or equally popular names. The
countryi‘snot yet prepared to turn oVer the
contro of the natiOnal government to the
democratic party. The alacrity displayed
zinindorsiug the republican ticket by those
who'were the rivals of Governor Hayes
for thituotmtihnatgutinsuras for it theh united
suppo o e y an an overw ehnin
poqu triumph in November. 5
gathered berries, and from which at least two ‘
Old Harbor and the New Harbor is very»
‘ THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
SnNArn, Tuesday, June 20.
Bill fixing penalt of not more than twenty
years as penalty or blowing up a house
with gun powder, reported favorably;
Passed. . . . , .
Bill to cure an omission in General Statutes
so as to allow towns to aid public libraries
established prior to 1860. Passed.
Bill concerning appointment of moderators
of town meetings, placing the power in the
hands of the registrars, an requiring them to
select alternately from the parties. Mr.
Johnson advocated the bill, stating very
clearly the operatiOn of the law, and urging
the justice of the measure, especially as to-
ward the minority in theseveral towns. .
Bill providing that railroad and other
stocks shall be taxed in the several towns;
rejected.
Bill rescribing a penalty for selling}
horse With the glauders; rejected. ,
Resolutions restorin forfeited ri hts ‘to
Ben amin-C. Cobb of sub , Fran Post
and arius Curtis of Madison. . Appleby of
gladisonda‘ud E. B. Jenner .of Scotland were
esolution appropriatin $3,000 to State
Agricultural society in ai of a state fair;
passed. . . .
Bill rasiiiug id? of Sheriéfs for court attend-
ance to r ;, . .
Bill reqdiiin yWaterbury to maintain
bridges over augatuck and Mad rivers;
Bill providing for appointments of inspec-
tors of target practice; . ,
Bill allowing camp meeting societies to
prohibit temporary traffic, horse racing and
es within two miles of the place of meet-
m ; passed. :
ill changin compensation of clerks of two,
houses. Mr. 5 movedto amend so as
to give clerk of‘ Senate $1,000 ; clerk of
House $800; assistant clerk $500; (makin
an aggregate reduction of $500; carried an
bill passed. , ‘
Bill de a pointment of moderators called
up by Mr. ohnson and adopting his amend-
ment; bill passed. 2 ‘
- Hones Tuesday, June 20.
Report from committee on Railr
Favbrable on resolution extending the time
on the Ridgefleld and New York Railroad
compan to secure the right of way for one
year. ulcs suspended and pmed.
Resolution authorizin administration on
the estate of Emehne anford of Bedding;
passed. .
Bill providing that girls ma be omitted to
up to 16, and providing penalties for aiding
the escape of .girls from this school or boys
from the State Reform school, or enticing
them awa from the persons to whom they
may have. on ideutured; p . .
Bill r_ fring town treasurer’s to keep a
record 0 all orders. presented to them for
payment; an amendment that the selectmen
shall make a monthly report to the treasurer
of all (orders drawn by. them. Agreed to and
passe v
Bill that superior Courts, or courts of equity,
may, on apphcation of a trustee under a will,
order'thc sale of any real estate held in trust.
by such trustee when calculated to romote
trust—due notice to be given them of such
proposed sale. Further provided that no ap-
phcatiou for sale shall made when the
estate is pending for settlement in the probate
court, the bill . ‘ ' ,
Bill reducing the salaries of members from
$300 to $200 per annum with one mileage
of twenty-five cents was reported adversely.
Mr. Sanford, ‘of Bedding, author of the
bill, advocated its passage. He said the pay
of members years ago was $1.50 per day; if
the session of 1876 closes this week, each
member will receive $10 for each day, which
be, regarded as extravagant.
Mr. Graves, of Litchfield believed the pay
sufiicient, but he favored a session on] once
in two years, which would save $1 ,000.
He announced that before the close of the
session he intended to introduce a resolution
for a constitutional amendment to this effect.
Mr. Sanford again advocated his bill tak-
ing the ground that $200 was sufficient pay
for a winter session, when many of the mem--
here have abundant leisure. The bill was re-
jected, . '
The first order of the day, de town aid to
railroads, was passed over, and the House
took up the next, a constitutional amendment
introdu by Mr. Smith 0 S on. reducing
towns thedone member eac iii‘izhe House of
Representatives. .
Mr. Sanford of Reddin opposed the bill,
and showed by it that Hart 0rd county would
lose 15 members, New Haven 8, New Lon-
don 9, Middlesex 9 Fairfield 8, Litchfield 15,
Windlam 7, and Tolland 9, making a total of
80. Reduce the House to this extent and the
hall of the house in the new capitol will be a
bare looking place..
The vote was. as follows: ‘
Whole number voting......,.. .. . . . . .. 197
Necessary to a majority.... ..... 99
For ..... ..... ...118
Mr. Smith of Sharon, chairman of the
special committee on female suifrage,made a
favorable re rt on a' bill resented in the
flouse by r. Johnson of artford, as fol-
ows: .
Be it meow, That every woman of twenty-
one or more years of age, residing in any city,
borough, or town or school district of this
state, and who shall have been assessed as a
tax payer in such city, borough, town or
school district upon property owned in her
own right, valued at five hundred. dollars
($500) or more, shall, for one year from the
time of the payment of any such tax be euti.
tled to vote in anys uch meeting of such
city, borough. town or school district, and
in the election of ofilcers thereof in the same
mannerand under the same limitations with
regardtoresidence, with the male voters of
such city, borough, town or school district.
Two visa noes votes being indefinite, the
yeas and nays were demanded by Mr. Graves,
and were ordered, resulting as follows :
Whole number voting.... ......... ....17
Necessary to a majority...
{or femolonglufl . .
gainst e e s rage .
Absent or not voting.................. 69
Considerable fun occurred during the roll
call. Mr. Forsyth of Preston, desired to ex-
plain his vote, but Mr. Harrison of Guilford
objected. He then refused to answer to his
name when called. Mr. Hanford of N orwalk
declined to vote and avoided it in the same
way, through the ruling of the speaker.
After this quite a number of members quietly
dodged the vote by making no response, the
ommission passing unnoticed in the rapid
call of the roll. Subsequently, the chair call-
ed attention to the rules requiring all mem-
bers to vote, and under this several members
voted, including Mr. Hanford, who voted
“no" to please his wife.
. SENATE, Wednesday, June 21.
Bill authorizing towns after a special town
meetiérg to appoint night .patrolmen;
Resolution incorporating Birmingham and
Ansonia horse railroad; passed.
Mr. Guy, from the committee on adjourn-
ment reported that the state of business was
found tobe such that it could not properly
be finished this week, and recommending
that on Thursday an adjournment be taken
to Tuesday of next week. Report accepted.
Bill providing a process for the abrogation
of contracts, reserving ri hts of way, etc., in
conveyance of land to rat and com 'es.
After a long debate by Messrs. Hubbard,
Austin, Seymour, Wilcox and Coogan the
senate refused to indefinitely postpone, and
(I Mr. Merwin’s amendment.
Mr. Buck moved to so amend that compa-
praisals; earn . _
Mr. Seymour moved ‘to strike out “ con-
venien " inthe seventh line, and insert “safe
and necessary ;" carried. .
Coo called for the yeas and Days;
ordered. 0 moved to indefinitely postpone.
1 The vote on passing the bill stood as fol-
ows: '
Yeas—Senators ‘ Pond, Palmer, Austin,
Cutter, Beardslfiy,
H de, White, e ,——11.
syn-Johnson, Coogan, Nichols, Brown,
Bruggerhoif, Tourtellotte, Eastman, Harden-
berg, Hubbard—9. '
Absent—Guy—l.
Mr. Wilcox oflered a bill from the judi.
ciary committee increasing the number of
superior court judges from eleventothirteen.
He explained and advocated the hill asneces-
sary for the discharge of the public business.
Hones, Wednesday, J uue 21.
Bill prohibiting shoWs, horse racing, trad-
ing. etc., within two miles, of acamp meeting,
without permit; passed in concurrence after
an explanation by Mr. Johnson 'of Hartford,
tendin to,further protect such meetings.
Mr. raves of Litchfield introduced a reso-
lution rescinding the resolution fixing ad-
journment for the 22d.
Mr. Johnson of Hartford held that it would
be impossible to get through this week, and
suggested that a committee be a pointed to
Seaport when an adjournment coul be reach-
. The resolution was adopted.
Mr. Graves of Litchfield offered a resolu-
tion for a constitutional amendment for ses;
sions every two years after 1877 ; referred to
the committee-on constitutional amendments.
Also that members of the general assembl
shall be chosen for 'two years; same -
the Connecticut Industrial Sc ools for Girls'
the interest of the beneficiaries un er such » d
nies ’must pay _ per cent. in addition to ap- .
Buck, Seymour, Wilcox, '
The order of- the day, a~ constitutional
amendment prohibiting town aid to railroads
was taken up, havmg been passed in 1875,
and coming up this year for approval.
The vote was as follows: *
Whole number voting.... 1
Necessary two-thirds................134
or . . . . . ..... .. ..133
On announcin the vote the chair stated
that a single ditional vote was needed to
make the necessary two-thirds,'aud that he
had not recorded his own vote. He did not,
however, think that under the rule he was
justified in voting, and therefore decided
thatthe necessary two-thirds had not been
received, and that the constitutional amend-
ment had not been adopted.
_ The house then at 1 p. m. proceeded to an
election for supreme court ju to fill the
I?“ Twit? ”ind? ‘3?“ °‘
u go as er, po i res aving
placed Miles T. Granger in nomtion. The
ballots cast were 185, of which Jud
r received 184, and James A. ovey 1.
c chair declared Judge Granger elected
and the usual resolution was adopted.
For superior court' udge, the republican
nominee was Joth. ach, of New Haven,
and the democratic, Judge James A. Hovey,
,of Norwich. The vote was as follows:
Whole numer voting...........
Necessary toa choice.. ..... ..... 92
James A. Hovey of Norwich......120
John S. Beach of New Haven.... 55
E. S. Cleveland.......... ............ ..
Jud e Hovey was thereupon declared
elect and the. declaratory resolution was
adopted. , _ -
Bill so changiug‘Jawin relation. to im
pounded cattle that the amount of damage
done by them shall determine which court
shall have jurisdiction; passed. .
Bill changing time for assessing and collect-
ing taxesto conform to changing of time of
annual elections; assed.’ . ‘ '
Bill providiugt a justice unwilling or
disqualified to try a case shall, on application
of plaintiff, designate some other justice;
passe .
' The claim of EW. Cole of 'Darien, for
nuns-sun.- -
Med Birch. now in state prison, who had
stolen three boots, was taken up and Mr.
Hilton of Darren explained that Cole’s
boat was stolen ‘-and he followed-Birch to
‘Barnggat and secured him. Mr. Hilton ex-
plain thercase‘fnlly, and trusted that the
m “rue... .
e motion to n e 'te us was
carried 64 to 61.’ y postpo ‘
» Resolution authorizing the Bridgeport
m Bank tolerect a new banking house; ~
_ , SENATE, Thursday, June 22.
, Resolution levying a state taxrof one mill
on the dollar, payable, November 10th;
Resolution appointing _A. N. Baldwin of
New Milford, directoro state prison; passed.
On motion the Senate proceeded to elect a
judge of the . supreme .court of, errors in
whee of Judge Fasten. The ballot stood:
ole number of Votes ....... ........... ....20
Necessary to a choice...........,;...... .......... 11
Miles T. Granger;.....-...'.........’.. ..20
Judge Granger wasformally'declared elect-
e .
The ballot for
jud e of the su rior court
resulted: ' g pe
5
Judge Hovey was declared elected.
Bill raising to sixteen the age to which
girls dmay be _ kept in Industrial School;
Bill empowering Superior Court to author-
tilzle sales of lang‘in hands omtees, to avoid
e necessityo comiugto ' ture; passed.
Resolutions extending time for R1 gefield
and New York railroad to secure right of
wiry;
. in increasing the number of superior
court judges from 3 to 11. ' .
The vote on passage stood 10 to 10. Mr.
Merwin called the yeas and nays, which re-
sulted: - - .
—Messrs. Coogan, Austin, Cutter, Beards—
ley, Brown, Bruggerhoif, Buck, Seymour,
Hardenber , Wilcox and Hyde—11.
Nays— essrs. Pond. Johnson, Merwin,
Nichols, Guy, Palmer, Tourtellotte, Eastman,
Hubbard and White—10.
7 sotnebrllpasseo. ~ v ,
Homer—Bill conferring on new railroad
corporators all the rights of the original
co rators, was passed in concurrence.
' he brll reported from committee provid-
ing that In returns of railroad corporations the
reqmrements shall be ‘ capital stock issued
and entitled to dividend instead of actually
paid in.—The bill was put upon its passage
and passed.
Life in Connecticut.
Mr. Charles J. Hoadly’s report on the Con-
necticut vital statistics is all we have by
which to know how we are living, and its
importance is only equaled by its interest.
This year he tell us that in 1875 there were
14,328 births, and 9,833 deaths; 4,385 mars
riages, and 466 divorces in the state. New
Haven county had the most births, deaths,
marriages, and divorces, (we Data regarding
this a typographic error on page 27). The
birthsare112 less than in 1874 but greater
than for any other year; the deaths were 137
less than'iu 1872 but greater than for any
other year; divorces were more numerous
in 1874 and 1868 and only then; andmar
riages, where the efiects of the panic, are
easiest traced, were less than in any year
since 1864!‘ There wasasteady increase up
cline. ‘
Among the deaths the mat interesting
facts are revealed. First of all the fact men-'
tioned last year and the year before reappears
now, that deaths from ills of the digestive
organs are declining in proportion to those
from other causes. Either we have discover.
ed something more fatal to do than eat pie
or else bv process of survival we are reaching
a condition of pie-proof inwardness that will
combine prosperity for bakers with existence
for boarders—a result on which no little
skepticism has been expressed. The theory
that Our nerves are wearing out in our
present ways of life is met by the fact that a
less part of the deaths was from ills |of the
nervous organs than for many years past.
As always, so this year consumption did the
heavy work for the undertakers. The dis-
eases of the respiratory organs killed more
than one quarter of the whole list. There
were 1,193 deaths from consumption and 835
from pneumonia. Typhus fever carried off
449 and cholera] infantum 557. Diphtheria
took 361, and carried off 140 in Fairfield
county alone.
Small pox killed 24 and delirium tremens
22. Ours is the banner county for drunkards,
we had half of all the “tremens" cases.
There were 21 persons who died ofl “sudden-
ly.” A very remarkable thing is the increase
iu suicides.
them, while two or three years agofrom 20 to
30 was the range. Now we have one aweck.
Nobody froze to death, died of heat, was
hanged, or was struck by lightning; but 3
starved, to death. Twenty-five were burned
to death, and 47 drowned, suggesting that
water is twice as dangerous as fire. With
14,328 births there were 118 deaths from
child-birth, and there were 160 plurality
births. February had the fewest births, and
August the most. .
There is about one divorce for every ten
marriages, and New Haven had 152 agath
73 in the next highest county, and out of 476
in all. Of the petitioners 148 were husbands
and 328 wives, implying that the husbands
are twice as bad as the wives. Tolland was
the only county where there was no divorce
granted for adultery, but general misconduCt
is the greatest cause for separation. There
have been only 5,391 divorces in this state
since 1861!
A HINT Iron FASHIONABLE Cums-runs.—
At' the annual meeting of the Women’s
Board of Foreign Missions recently, a report
from the officers of the society was read. It
has the following:
Wehope that the ladies of our church begin
to feel that it is better for them to practice
economy than for the poorer women who la-
bar for Christ in foreign lands.' Do not ask
the money for foreign contributions from your
husband or father, nor take it from the in-
come of the family, but deny yourself; per-
.soually lay upon the Lord’s altar the sum you
have saved from our own wants, and the
.b‘glbles you , ' cc will be transmuted into
brilllsuts of your immortal crown.
Gran-v
$200 for the pursuit and arrest. of a negro -
to 1873, since then it has been a constant de- '
There were ascertained 51 of.
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, JUNE 27, .1876. ”‘
NORWALK'cAzETTE,
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ALEX, S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church. -
i _ Teacher of tho
Piano-Forte, Organ and-Musical
. Composition.
. Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK,'CONN.
GEO. w. CREAM.
Contractor &' Builder _-
Oi Railroads, Water Works, Sewers, Grading and
Bock .Work of all kinds; Stone and Erica Ma-
sonry. Will furnish men and teams by the day.
Tbols to let. Office in Hubbell’s Block.
14 . Address N orwalk P. 0., “Box 452."
- IIIl. CHARLES l-'. MORIAII,
Physician & Surgeon,
Oflico over 0. J. Gruman’s,
Norwdik, Conn.
Ofiice lIonrs:-7 A. 15., 1 r. In, _7 r. M.
J. Beldeu Hlurlbutt,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Room No. 4, [up stairs,]
9 GAZET'I‘I BUILDING.
C HARLES W. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
-‘ souwanx. CONN.
Ollicc corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxido Gas administered.
c. s. cooL’Inen,
DENTIST
Successor to .
Dr. Asa. Hill, _
WALL STREET, NORWALK,
' ' - ounce over . . _
c. J. Grumun’I Dry Good- min-e.
8' Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain.
CONNECTICUT HOTEL,
Corner Main and Wall Sts., NORWALK, CT.
THE subscriber having taken the above well-
kuown centrally located Hotel, is prepared to
entertain permanent and transient ests. Good
rooms; good table; reasonable rlces. A first-
class Livery connected with the otel. Carriages
to all trains. Every effort made to lease.
38tf D. B. MOREIIOUS , Proprietor.
S A: W. MITCHELL,
. .
At the ever popular
U N I o N M A R K E I
has always the best of
Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
at fair livingprices. Union (formerly Model) Mar-
ket, on the ridge. . ' 18
Apply to A. B. BENEDICT, Smith’s Ridge.
_ pabla of heating the, whole house. Large barn
with stabliug for several horses. Apple, Pear and
Cherry Trees,
Price-81,500. Or will rent it to a good tenant for
8600 per year. Enquire atthis ofilce.
Price $8 per month. Enquire at this Office.
A choice selection of new and fashionablegoods
aE'I‘N A INSURANCE Co. ofHARTFORD.
Capital and Assets,
Insures against loss and damage by Fire, on terms
adopted to the hazard and consistent with the laws
of compensation.
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Perfumerlyé
and Handkerchief-Extreme, Hair Brushes,Combs,
Sponges, Chamois Skins, Stationery, Ci are, &c.,
and Is constantl adding to his stock all the new
and popular me icines of the day.
Shaving and Hair Cuttiuu Saloon!
Pleasant 'Shave,
Mr. Franke’s Hair Cutting Boonie,
Children’s Hair Cutting and Shampooing._a
Hot andCold Water Baths
REAL ESTATE.
RESIDENCE on West Avenue is ofi'ered
- to Rent. Part of the rent will be taken out in
board, Ifdesired. Apply by letter to “A. 15.,” care
N orwalk Gaza-run.
Dealrable Property for sale.
A Verydeslrable 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-
wiu Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquire of
S,_ E. OSBOBN. East Avenue, »
tfll or to D. W. FITCH, West Avenue.
To Rent.
P ART of a House, (four rooms) right in the vil-
‘ lsge. Rent 912 per month. Possession given
imlncdiately. Enquire at this ofilce. ,
FOB. .sALE.
THE subscriber offers for sale his ,
Dwelling House and Lot,
pleasantly situated on the lower end of Fair Street
The house is new and well finished; the lot is
610x305 feet. Will be sold low, and a large part of
the purchase money can. remaln on bond and
mortgage. Enquire at the Straw Factory.
11 D. s. VAIIr.
FOR SALE OR TO RENT.
HE House and-Mill Property occupied by Eb-
enezer I’attcuden in Silver Mine. Enquire of
RAYMOND d; PARDEE.
New Canaan, Feb. 10th, 1876. _ (7)
A BARGAIN.
OR SALE—A'first-rate built House, (on East
Avenue.) containing nine rooms; will be let
if not sold. Also BUILDING LOTS for sale.
- Apply to D. H. FITCH.
Norwalk, Nov. 27th, 1875. . istf
FOR SALE .
TWO‘very desirable Buildin Lots on West Main
Street. Apply at the GA ETTE OFFICE.
FOR SALE CHEAP.
Goon FARM of about 40 acres ofhighland,
situated three miles north of New Canaan. 4
A
FOR SALE.
NEAT RESIDENCE on one of the best,pleas-
antest and most accessible streets in town.
A
Has eight rooms, with gas in each, and heater ca-
jnstcommencingto ear fruit. 1s
within five minutes’ walk of the Post Ofiice,&c.
ARN T0 RENT.-A new Barn with good Sta-
bhng for several horses, near the bridge.
FRANCIS J. McKEON‘.
Draper and] Taller.
constantly on hand
Room No. 1, Gazette Building.
HARLES S. LOQKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor,
AND
'GENTS’ FURNISHING Eli! P0131 UM.
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
Charter Perpetual.
$5,052,880.19
Incorporated 1812. .
COWLES d. MERRILL,
Solo Agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
DWARD r. wnnn,
D R U G- G- I S '1‘
Wall Street, opposite Norwalk Opera House,
A large and well selected stock of
Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters. ilet and Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
FOR A I000 000K SW“
(:0 To BELDEN’S
“CLEANLINESS IS NEXT T0 GODLINESS.”
G. A. FRAN KE’S
FOR A
Artistic Hair Cut.
. or Thorough shampoo,
CALI. AT
No. l GAZETT‘I‘E BUILDING.
I" Particular attention given to Ladies and
AT HOME T0 EVERYBODY.
o'nv'nnx Insursascn co.,
NOR WALK, cozvuv.
charter espnsl esoo,ooo
Enid up Capital - - 100,000
Wu. C.Snunn'r. Pres., Gno It. Cownns,Sec’y.
JUDGMENT 0f the PUBLIC.
During the ast five years the public have care-
fully observe the wonderful cures accomplished
from the use of VEGETINE. From Its use many
an afflicted sufferer has been restored to perfect
health. after havtng expended a small fortune in
procuring medical advice and obtaining poisonous
mineral medicines.
It is now JFSIIE remarked by all classes of people
that VEGE IN , holds a higher position in the
estimation of the public than any other medical
compound. and it has won its great reputation and
immense demand from actual merit.
Its medical properties are Alterative, Tonic, Sol-
vent. and Diuretic. There is no disease of the
human system for which the VEGETINE cannot
be used with perfect safety, as it does not contain
any metahc or poisonous compound. It is compos. .
ed exclusively or barks, roots,_and. herbs ;.it is
very pleasant to take ' eve? child likes it. lt_ls
safe and reliable, as the fol owung evidence wril
s ow: .
VALUABLE EVIDENCE.
The followingJuneolicited testimonial from Rev.
0. T. Walker, . 1)., formerly pastor of Bowdoln
Square Church, Boston, and at present settled in
Providence. IL 1., must be deemed as reliable evr-
deuce. N 0 one should fall to observe that this tes-
timonial is the result of two cars’ e orient-e
with the use of VIGETINE in 1‘s Rev. r. Wai-
ker’s family. who pronounces it invaluable:
Pnovrnnnon, R. 1., let Tnausrr Srunnr.
II. R. STEVENS, Eso.:—- _
I feel bound to express, with my 81 nature. the
high value I place u on your VEGE lNE. My
family have used it or the past two years. In ner-
vous debility it is invaluable and _I recommend it
to all who may need an invigorating, renovating
tonic. - - O. T. WAL E ,
Formerly Pastor of the Bowdoin Square Church,
Boston.
A WALKING "MIRACLE.
Mr. II. R. srnvnrts;
Dear S;r—Though a stranger, I want to inform
you what Vaon'rlxn has done for me.
Last Christmas Scroiula made its appearance in
my system—large running ulcers appearing on me
as to lawn: One on each ofmy arms. one on m
thi h. which extended tothe seat.one on my hes ,
wh ch eat into the skull bone, one on my left leg,
which became so bad that two physicians came. to
anputate the limb. though .npon consultation
concluded not to do so, as my whole body was so
run of Scrofula; they deemed It advisable to cut
the sore. which was painful beyond description,
and there was a quart of matter run from this one
sore. .
The physicians all gave me up to die. and said
they could do no more for me. _ Both of m le . s
were drawn up to my seat, and it was thong t i I
did at up again I would be a cri pic for life.
on in this condition I saw non'rmn adver
tised, and commenced taking- it in March, and fol-
lowed on with it until I had used sixteen bottles,
and this morning I am going to plough corn, a well
man. All my townsmen so it is a miracle to see
me round walking and wor ng.
In conclusion 1 will add, when I was enduring
-such great suffering, from that dreadful disease,
Scroiula, I pra ed to the Lord above to take me
out of this war d, but as Ve etluc has restored to
desire more than ever
humanity, than to inclose. you this statement of my
case, with an earnest hope that you Will publis
it, and it will afierdme leasure to reply to any
communication which may receive therefrom.
I am, sir, very reso‘octfully
Ismail PAYN,
Avery, Ben-ion, 00., Mich., July, 10, 1872.
Reliable Evidence.
mt. II. It. STEVENS: .
Eear Sir—1 will most cheerfully add my testimo-
ny to the great number you have already received
in favor o lyour great and good medicine. VEGE-
TINE, for do not think enough can be sald in its
sraiserfor I was troubled over 30 years with that
resdiul disease, Catarrh, and had. such bad
coughing spells that it would seem as though I
cou d never breathe any more. and VEGE INE
has cured me; and I do feel to thank God all the
time.that there is so good a medicine as VEG If.-
TINE. and I also think it one of the best medi-
clues for con hs and weak sinking feelings at the
stomach. an advise everybody to take the VEGE-
TINE. for I can assure them it is one of the best
medicines that ever was.
MRS. L. GORE,
Cid“, Magazine and Walnut streets, Cambridge,
ass.
AthlsStorein MALLORY’S BLOCK,hsscoustant
GROOEBIES,
businesshe hopes to merit publicpatronage.
PLUMBING in all its BRANCHES.
at Beldcn’s Tin Shop. Jobbing promptly attended
to.
Civil Engineer &Bumugh Surveyur,
Office Main St., near Center Ave.,
measurement of farms; and to the divrsion of cs-
tstcs. Also to drainage and sewerage matters.
Orders by mail promptly attended to.
To No. 4 Phoenix Block, Wall St.,
Foot of Millllill, where with increased facilities
he is prepared to do
in all its branches.
to Tin Roofing, Tin and Sheet Iron Work an
bing. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand:
BAKER,
fresh everyday. Everything made out of good
materials. and by careful and competent workmen.
Try our Baking.
Quintard’s Furniture Rooms
I l s in s ofhealth, .
3319b? thgtsl nIay be of some service to my fellow- includingevcrythlng usually found in a first-class
men, and I know of no better way to aid suffering establishment, at Prices to suit the Times. Also.
a large assortment of
GHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
Glass Plates cut to any size. Repairiugdone In the
best manner, at short notice.
trusses made over as good as new.
B. S. BLASCER,
ly on hands general assortmento f
cuocxnuu, GLASS,
TIN AND WOMEN wane, mm, are
By devotinghisconstantpersonal sttentionto til:
GO TO BELDBN’S
and see the new
Hot Closet Range.
FRANCIS McKEON, Jr.,
Practical Plumber.
Green Houses Fitted up.
Orders left at Shop on School Street, or on slate
ly19
Edward Banks,
Norwalk, Gonn-
Particular attention paid to the mapping and
C. W. Burritt
Has Removed
PLUMBING,
Also special attention dgdvi:
0
Norwalk, April, 1876. ‘
J ohu A.YIonuecIccr,
FOOT 0F MILL HILL.
Bread, Rolls, Pies, Cakes, Crullers, dc, baked
A
will be found a complete assortment of
FURNITURE, ac,
LOOKING. GLASSES, kc.
Also, old llair hiat-
E. oummtn's sou.
NESBITT’S
COUGH SYRUP!
Try it, all of you who have colds.
H. ll. & I}. S. PRUWITT
SELL IT.
Hand Press for Sale.
old Washington. Hand Press, size 20x30, is
.alt Demmon d5 Newcomb’s Store.
’ ’GRANI'I‘I - WORKS.
N ’th River Blue Stone,Lime, Cement
ALSO
SODA w ATER, with fruit syrups, and OTTAWA
{SEEltah-awn from Matthews Patent Steel Foun-
aim.
for Ladies and Gentlemen.
1:"
.
Are you going 'tol'P'aint‘?
USE : . i ‘
A'V'EBILL’S '
CHEMICAL PAINT!
THE BEST Il'TI'IE MARKET.
It Is more beautiful,moredurable, lower in price}
Is all ready'for use, does not washb rain. best
wood preserver, is water and fire proo , and is the
best for_ oneral uses, either for wood, iron or
brick bur dings. Many of the finest residences in
town are painted wuth ' ‘
AVERILL’S CHEMICAL-PAINT
Put up ready for use in pails of l, 2 or 8 811ch
he s of 5, 10 or 15 gallons, half barrels or ’arrels,
- 11 orders romptly filled and any inforinati’on'
given by app ylug to . ' ~
Ofiice wrest end of Bridge, SOUTH NORWALK
aluminum
. DEALER IN
cull/awash
: ' I 1
WEIOLESALE ANDBETAIL. l , .
Yard at the West, end of the Bridge,
‘s'btrjkjrx Nonwnyu,’
9
lowest market prices. Delivered within any rea-_
sonablo distance. Prompt atteutiontgiven to all
orders,large or small. _ _ . , . - :» _
11.11. WEBB,_Ageut.
Call andsee us and leave your orders. 2 ,. ‘29
cusslucs MAKERs. ,_
MULLINGS & TILLY;
Successors to S. If. TUTTLE,
MARSHAL STREET, SOUTH NOR WALK,
Would respectful] inform the citizens .of Nor-
walkand vicinity t at they are prepared to? ~
I Build carriages and Wagons
on EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Particular attention paid to REPAIRING in all
branches of the trade. ' '
N0 TOP BUGGY, for sale.
Bought, Sold'or'nxehanged ,3
Office 4 Gazette Building, } B. J. srunclus.
Norwalk, Conn. . , Broker.~ ?
INSURANCE. _
Capital Represented. ”3,000,000.00.
. ' . B. J. STURGES, Agent.
The subscriber respectfully announces that at
the Old Bridge Fish Market at constant supply of .
FRESH FISH, _.
OYSTERS, CLAMS, &c.,
and all varieties of choice '
EIIITS A". VEIETAIEES II THEIR 'SEASIII.
. . CHARLES W. LOCKWOOD. .
fiSprrng Chickens Dressed to order.
J OHNSON ’8
Boston Boy.
THIS FOUR. YEAR OLD STALLION willstand
' at the Stable of LcGrand Johnson, West
Norwalk. for the Season of 1876. This Stallion is a
bright bay, fifteen hands high, free and easy gait,
good style and action. ‘
Terms for the Season 910.00
EDWIN JOHNSON. ' '
WestNorwalk, April, 1876. ' - 3m16
d . 'l . . '
U n e rtakl n g . ,
0 THE PUBLIC! Anyone wishin m services
T in the Undertaking business wfil dud me at
the late residence of my father, 55 Main Street, or
GEORGE H. RAYMOND, Agent
. ' . e ‘ '
Umon Marble ; ~
-AND- '
Nos. 3 and 5- Mechanic St., & 9 and 11 Water-St.,
NOBWA LK, CONN.
Manufacturers of
Monuments, Tombs, Vaults, and '
Grave Stones,
of Italian and American Marble, Granite, Drab
or Brown Stone. Plumbers’ Slabs, Tablets, Sinks,
duo. as well as Mantles. _
All kinds of Cemetery and Bnlldin work on
hand and made to order. Flagging, Cur and Gut-
ter, Sills and Lintcl Pier Caps, Co ing. Steps, due"
of Blue Stone. Havrng secured e services of a
first-class worker‘of Cast_Stecl. we are prepared
to do all kinds of Jobbing In that line. A so, hav-
ing 0 ened a quarry,are prepared to furnish Build-
ing S oneofa snpenorqnality, as chea as common
stone con befurmshed othgrwxse, mporters of
Scotch Granite. - '
Price, Bates if: 00.
cans r. LEONARD & son _
DEALER IN
C O A L ,
woos AND BRICK,
:rursr run run sures, um: m
e I um, -
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Water St., Norwalk, Conn
0. H. DOUGLASS, '
Manufacturing Confectioner,
Keeps constantly on hand a large variety of
Pure Confectionery
Always Fresh and of the Best Quality, at
\Vholesulc and Retail.
Also a superior article of
ICE CREAM.
Fruits, Nuts, fine Imported and
Domestic Cigars.
No'. 21 Main Street.
An Elegant Ice Cream Saloon and Restauran
C. H. DOUGLASS, Proprietor.
(I [101161) WARD SELLECK ,
Hasconstantly in stock at bisnew stand .
No. '9 Main Street,
A choice and fine assortmentof
Groceries,
Provisions,
Flour,
Fruit, .20.,
To which he wouldinvitc the attentionofallwho
wishtoparchasefirst-classgoods ;st
Reasonable Prices.
DRIED BEEF, SLICED A SPECIALTY. BEST
OF RAMS, EITHER WHOLE 0R SLICED. ,
Dropin and see usin our new store,
v... 9 MAIN STREET.
FOR A 8000 PARLOR STOVE ’_
(so To nunnuvs.
ALL KINDS OF
PRINTING
BLACK,
-—AND-
COLORED INKS,
. —on—
_ BRONZES,
V On any kind of Stock in generalusc, at the
Gazette Steam Printing Office
NOI‘ALI.
. ,
ve’ ‘3
D. H. WEBB, Sole Ag’t for Norwalk ; . .
Families anszactories supplied with the hcstat , .,
7-3
osnc -HAN ..
ne 0ND D Rocuawnr. and any; . 0h, 111.19%!!!“ theghttlelaggard my?
REAL. ESTATE .
Nerwalk EtshMai-Icet. .
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.1- . ' 1" 2-
2.: amount at?
v.01. LIX.-.NIIMBER26
THE OLD‘FRIENDS.
"A'!.‘-——-—"' 2;."
Where are they scattered now,
The old, old friends f
One mado her. dwelling where the maples
glow,
.. And‘mightystreams through solemn forests
, flow. , _ , ,
But :never, from that pine-crowned land of
‘ » snow . .. _ L . <
' A'messagesends.
Some meet me oft amid
_ ~ "Life’s common ways ;
And then,-perchance;ta_ Word'or smile de.
That warm hearts thrbb beneath their lead of
"cares;i' ,.. 4
For 'lovez‘gmws en, like wheat among the
'tarcs, -' ‘ .,
Till harvest days.
I
“ But some. arsisllen asleep
The words are sweet !
on, friends at rest beneath the blessed sod.
My feet stilltresdthe wean. road yemd
, .Erc yet your loving souls went back to God I —
.‘Whenshall we meet? '
- ‘Oh‘, Thou divinest Hand,
1 ‘- ' ' Whenshsll itbev‘? ' 7"
That I-may know them‘ in their garments
’ "white? ' ‘ -
' ' . Andsee them 3with a new and clearer sight,
Mine on “familiar friends—made .fair and
' bright, '
Like unto Thee I
’ —Sunday1lagazi1w.
" gruUAN'r MADGE.
BY KATIE PUTNAM OSGOOD.
CThe‘ shadows lie sleeping on field and hill;
. The cows came home an hour ago;
The bees are hived, and the nests are still :—
' .Where can the (3th be lingering so ?
So custom. asheeverhas been
Itis not. so tar. by. the meadowmr. .
To the lanewhere the. blackberry, vines
basin ' , .. . .. -
I Her mother stands in the door-way there,
Shading her eyes from the setting sun,
And up'and' down, with an anxious air,
' Looks for ”race of the truaut one.
Has: she _ wandered on where the swamp-
, flowers: blow. _ ‘ '
In the darklingwood and lost her way?
Has she slipped in the treacherous bog below
That hides under mosses en and gay ?
Nay, timorous mother, spare your fears!
_ ‘ Your little maiden is safe the while.
‘No_marsh.bird screams in'her startled ears;
Name’s: mazes her feet beguile. ‘ -
She is only standingamid the rye
‘ There at the cadet the clover-plain,
‘Aud pulling a daisy-star, to try
' Whether her love loves-backagain :
And :Will bends over the bars beside,—
Two heads are better than one, forsooth '—
Leaning and looking, eager-eyed, _
Tosee if the daisy tells the truth!
' ~ » ’ r-Sm'bner for June.
”—
BY AFFLICTION PURIFIED.
n'r RALMRR.
“And he shall all as’a refiner and pun'fler
of eileor.f’:—'MAL. iii : 3. ' ‘ i '
By fiercest heat, inthe furnace . tried, ~
Must the silver vessel be purified, '
Forthe master knows to the inmost core,
The taints of earth in the precious ore.
- SkimmiDg the dross from the cup away,
He waits, and watches the shades that play,
. Till looking down in this shining sphere,
He can see his face refiectm' g clear. '
. , i -. ,
, Thus He who sceth through each disguise,
The evil, lurking from human eyes,
In love that never our needs can mete, _
Doth try our hearts as with furnace heat.
The golden 'visions that pale and dim,
The loves that sander our hearts from Him,
The failing vigor of thought and deed,
The friends that cool in our time of need,
Our strong ambitions and fond desires—
With these, He feedeth the furnace fires.
Ah I well for the soul, if they purge away
From the precious ore the taint of clay ;
Etch sinful passion and selfish aim, '
The greed of lucre, the lust of fame,
The plan and purpose that basely touch
All else so little, and self so much,
The pride that keepeth its- place, the last
To melt away in the furnace blast.
And, blessed thought that may well sustain,
However broken we cower in pain-—
That only thus in our hearts sincere
Can God’sownirmgebemirrored clear!
m
Big Fish in Lake Waramaug.
A correspondent 'of the Com-ant says: The
"capture of a three and three-quarters pound
trout in Warama‘ ug lake, by Mr. Hemingway
of Terryville, mentioned Tuesday. calls to
mind the fish-bearing qualities of the lake.
Large troththough perhaps not quite solarge
as this one-are caught nearly every winter
through the ice, perhaps shelf-dozen in a sea-
son; but only very rarel in the summer,aud
then upon set hues. ey do not bite at
spoons or ordinary baited hooks. It is suppos-.
ed that there are cool springs on 'the bottom
of the lake where they take themselves out of
the way in hot weather. There are a few
trout left in the streams that empty into the
lake, but while thirty or forty years ago such
fish of four or five pounds each were not un-
common, now they are never seen there.
Pickerel used to be immense, but have de-
generated very much in size and also become
comparatively very few in quantity. One to
weigh two pounds isconsidered now as much
of a fish as one of five pounds usedto be. The
black bass that were introduced ten or fifteen
years ago, and that iu‘their turn have passed
their maximum and are thought to be declin- -
ing, are the supposed cause of the diminution
of the pickerel. Both of these fish live large-
- ly upon perch,- and these have sufiered no de-
cline in numbers for a dozen years.
In the spring, suckers, running up the
streams, are speared, which sometimes weigh
as much as six pounds each, and often four
pounds. It is the prevailing notion about the
lake that its eels and suckers are its heaviest
creatures, except, of course, the turtles. Oc
casionally a tremendous turtle develops there.
A few years ago the fishcommissioners plant-
ed land-locked salmon in a tributary of the
lake, but at last accounts nothing had been
heard of the strangers. It will be time for ,
them to have grown up this summer. They
are said to rise to files, but the bass of the
lake, though moderately ready for spa ons,
cannot be persuaded to come up to flies.
With bass, pickerel, perch, eels, bull heads,
suckers, the promise of salmon and the hope
of trout all to be had, the lake is pretty in-
dustriously fished and avails to support
several fishermen besides hundreds of ama-
teurs in the course of the year. In the sum-
mer bass ”sell at the lake readily for twenty
cents a pound, live weight, and large ones
range from one to five dollars, according to
the purchaser's desire to shine as a fisherman.
If he seems very eager he has to pay for his
eagerness. There is also every Thursday in
summer a general fish-buying, at which
time ten cents atpou'nd is pdd for everything,
dressed from out of the lake.
A canoe of ash, from the Indians of Va.
conver’s Island, arrived at the Centennial on
Saturday. It is 60 feet in length» and 8 in ,
breadth,with not a chunk nor joint discernsble.
—-—
Vaseline is sold In all humus.
N
A ofiorcd tor sale cheap Apply at GAZETTE
cruel. ‘
l It is do: out with stones and pages.
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