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NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1876.
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VOL. LIX.--NUllfBEll
DROUGHT.
For rain, for rain the parched lands cry,
Reproachful to the cloudless sky.
The hot white fields in light are blinking, '
The rivers in their beds are shrinking.
For rest, for rest the weary cry
That watch from dark to dawn the sky;
A little sleep their limbs are craving,
A little rest from'ccaseless raving.
God gives in his good time the rain,
And sends the sick man peace for pain;
But while we wait his gracious sending,
Alas! the sad days seen unending.
Yet, when the evening comes, the dew
Brings to the fields a fragrance new;
And ioving smiles at day’s returning
' Will soothe awhile the sick man's yearning.
The Galaxy,
MY LITTLE ROMANCE.
CHAPTER I.
“Good evening, Mr. Lancaster. You don’t
remember me." _
I was standing in the brilliantly lighted
Kursaal of one of the minor German water-
ing places, where I, Harry Lancaster, then a
newly fiedged'master of arts, and reading for
the bar, was spending a part of my Easter
holiday. , The room was thronged with the
mixed'assemblage usually to be foundin such
places, and I had been amusing myself by
. speculating (probably very wide of the mark)
on their characters and fortunes. Two indi-
viduals had especially attracted my attention.
One was a young Englishman of about my
own age, of a remarkably pleasant and pre-
posses'sing countenance, though disfigured for
the time by the fierce excitement of his pres-
ent occupation. With intense eagerness he
followed the chances 6f the game, his expres-
sion varying from joyous exultation to the
opposite extreme, as his ventures met good or
evil fortue.
looking American, who, as it seemed to me,
was leading on the young Englishman and
encouraging him to further hazards. I had
been, half unconsciously, studying the line of
these two faces, and mentally comparing the
pair to Faust and Mephistopheles, when I was
roused from river-ie by hearing myself greet-
ed by name, as above. The speaker was a,
man of gentlemanly appearance, with neat
moustache and closely shavemcheeks. The
voice seemed familiar, but' somehow I could
not succeed inrecailing the features.
“I ought to remember you, " I replied, “but
when or where we have met 'I haven't the.
smallest idea." , ' ‘ , ~
“Do you remember being at the Level and
Corner-Stone one evening last December f”
“To be sure I do. But I confess my mem-
Ory is still hazy. I seem to recognize your.
voice, but I can’t recall your face."
' “Possibly foreign travel may have altered
me a little. And I don’t wear quite so much
whiskers as I did then." .
The mist suddenly cleared _ away from my
memory, and I was able to reconcile the fa-
miliar tones and the unfamiliar face. I had a
few months previously been spending the
evening at one of the lodges of the great Ma-
sonic fraternity, and had set next a stranger
who had charmed me by his gentlemanly
bearing and his varied information. And I
had been much astonished on finding after-
wards that the genial individual with whom
I fratemized so cordially was none other than
the Ferrett, the celebrated detective. And it
was Ferrett who now stood beside me, but so
altered in appearance by the sacrifice of his
whiskers and a slightly different arrangement
of his hair, that I should never have suspect-
ed his idcntity had he not voluntarily chosen
to reveal it. He saw the gleam of recogni-
tion in my face, and anticipated any exclama-
~ tion, by saying quietly J! .
“Ah, ”I see you remember me now. Let
me give you my card as a reminder," at the
same time handing me a Card on which was
printed “Mr. Edwin Brown, dealer in French
and German wines.”
Scarcely comprehending his meaning, I be.
gan : ‘ ' ,
‘_ ‘But surely you are—"
“Accept my assurance that you are mis-
taken, Mr. Lancaster, and that my name (for
the present) is Edwin Brown. I am sure I
can rely on your discretion, or I should not
have venturEd to claim your acquaintance.”
“I will endeavor to justify your confidence,
Mr. Brown. Will you’aliow me to offer you
a cigar?”
“Thank you,” he replied, selecting a weed .
with great deliberation. “Have you been
trying your fortune at the tables ?"
“Not at present; but I think I shall risk a
few thalers presently. I know little or noth-
ing about the game, however. Perhaps you
' would give me the benefit of your advice."
“I will advise you with pleasure—not to
play at all. You may dep'end upon one thing
—no outsider ever wins, in the long run, at
places of this description; and though .you
begin by staking a few shillings, you will
find shillings mount up to pounds, and pounds
to ten pound notes, with alarming rapidity. ’:
“But why should not an outsider win ?
Surely chance is the same for all.”
“Chance, doubtless; but chance is a very
small element in matters of this description.
Come, I will make you an offer—you talked
just now of risking a few thalers.- Are you
disposed to spend a couple of soverignsto be
quite convinced you had better not venture
your money on games of so-called chance ?"
“With pleasure. I am quite Sure they will
be well invested under your guidance." . _
“Come to me, then, in half amhour, (I am
stopping at the Three Kings), and you shall
make the acquaintance of one of the most
distinguished professors of the art of correct-
ing fortune. Till then, good-by! for I have,
in the first place, to find the gentleman in
question; and in the second, to satisfy him
that you are to be trusted with his secrets.
Don’t forget; the Three Kings. Mr. Brown,
Numero 49.”
‘I was punctual-to the rendezvous; and
found Ferret in the company of an individu-
al whom he introduced to me as M. Le Chev-
alier Koltoif, and who greeted me with a cer-
‘emoniou's bow, assuring me that any friend
of Monsieur Brown would always be the ob-
ject of his ,most sincere consideration. I
returned his compliments rather awkwardly,
I am afraid, and we drew around the table,
on which coffee and cigars were placed. The
appearance of the Chevalier was decidedly
striking; tall, and almost painfully thin, with
scanty gray hair falling almost to his shoul-
ders, keen, piercing eyes, and a hard, vultur-
ine profile: dressed in a blue frock coat elab-
orately braided, and with a ribbon of some
order at the button hole, but worn absolutely
A thread bare, and buttoned up close to the chin,
showing not a vestige of linen. Shabby al-
most to the last degree, yet scrupulously neat
and’ clean, and with something of afaded aris-
tocracy about him, the Chevalier, once seen,
was not readily to be forgotten. To what .,
country he belonged I was at a loss to discov.
er. His name seemed to indicate a Russian
or Polish origin, but hisfeatures gave no clue
to his nationality, and his language was a
polyglot of nearly every European tongue,
French, however, predominating.
few sentences of casual conversation, Ferret
remarked:
“Chevalier, my friend is very anxious to
see something of your dexterity with the
cards. Will you oblige me '1’”
“Main certainement. Wiz ze greatest pleas-
But M.
_ are. ,I vill do mon petit possible.
Lancastere vill give me his vord of honor,
foi de gentlihomme, zat he vill not make no-
bad use of my lecon.”
“Sir l” _I exclaimed indignantly; but Ferret
interposed‘with a smile.
“You mistake, my dear air. The Cheva-
Close by his side was a tall evil.
After a
he: has not the least objection to your making
a personal profit by his instructions. What
he refers to as a bad use would be your expos-
ing his secrets to others. "
“Oh!" I exclaimed, relieved but still more
than half indignant, “he need have no fear on
that score. " As I spoke I caught Ferret’s
eye, and was so tickled by the quaintness of
the idea that I was about to pledge my “word
of honor” (Heaven save the mark l) to use the
information Ilwas about to obtain for swind-
ling purposes only, that I could not control
my risible faculties, but was compelled to
give away to a hearty laugh. I The Chevalier
looked extremely scandalized at my levity;
and it took all Ferret’s tact, and the assurance
that he would answer for me as himself, to
restore our friend’s equanimity. Being at
last pacified, he produced from his breast
pocket a couple of packs of cards. I
“Allons l" he said. “A quel jeu i Vat is
zat you vant to know ? L’ecarte, le piquet,
le baccarat, le lansquenet, lc birlibibi—vat
you call ‘three card trick’——les petits paquets
—how you call him, ‘blind hooke ?’ Vat you
vant to learn? I teach you i" .
The majority of the games mentioned I
scarcely knew by nine. I chose the first
that came to my mind—“Ecurto.” I said—
and forthwith the Chevalier, taking Ferret as
his adversary, played a few games by way of
specimen. There was no apparent eifort,.no
suggestion of sleight-of-hand, the Chevalier’s
long, lissom fingers seemed scarcely to touch
the cards; and yet, whether he dealt, or
whether Ferret dealt, the result was the same.
All the winning cards found their way into
the Chevalier’shand, and all the losing ones
into Ferret’s. After having sufficiently exci-
ted our wonderment, the Chevalier proceeded
to explain the methods by which this result
was produced, methods not less astonishing
by their ingenious simplicity than by the
marvelous dexterity displayed in their use.
After having exhausted the subject of ec-
arte, our professor gave us a similar, demon-
stration in reference to piquet. Baccarat,
faro, and rouge ct uoir, were in turn discus-
sed, leaving me fully convinced that the only
safe way to avoid losing at either of these
games is never to paiy at them; and lastly,
the Chevalier struck a blow at my most cher-
ished convictions; by showing that our good
old English game of whist is, in bad hands,
just as susceptible of foul play as any other.
Time had sped so fast during the develop-
ment of these mysteries that we were far into
the small hours before the Chevalier took his
leave. I- presented him with a couple of
guineas, which he accepted with the delicate
nonchalant air of a fashionable physician re-
ceiving his fee, murmuring, “Pour acheter
des cigaree, monsieur, pour acheter cigares.
J c vous remercic beaucoup. I sail have as
great plaisir of give you annaor lecon, what
time you shall please. Sleep you well, mes-
sxeurs." ,
And with many bows, he departed. A few
minutes later lalso took my leave, remarking
to Ferret :' , .
“I have to thank you for a lesson of pru-
dence, by which I shall certainly profit. But
one thing I cannot understand, How is it
that with such extraordinary powers, and be-
ing I may fairly assume, not overburdened
with scrupulousness, the Chevalier is in such
poverty as his appearance would lead one ‘to
believe." '
“Simply because he has reached the point
which all his fraternity arrive at sooner or
later, of being too well known. ‘The pitcher
goes often to the well'—you know the prov-
erb. The Chevalier with all his dexterity,
has been found out too‘ often. He has lost
the entree of the public saloons. and. is now-
driven into the highways and byways in
t ' r ° C
Efficlfis‘sealf.htmt°t;..&nseella
then for a season he feasts or; champagne and
tufiles; but for the most part he is in the con-
dition-in which you have seen him. Take
my word for it, rogues rarely die rich. You
know the old joke that the man who first de-
clared honesty was the best must have tried
the other thing. I really shouldn’t be sur-
prised if it was founded on fact. You may
depend upon it no one feels the truth of the
maxim more keenly than an elderly swindler.
The mischief is that he finds it out too” late."
CHAPTER II.
Two days later and I was seated .in a Pull-
man car enroute for England. I had not in-
tended starting quite so soon, but special cir-
cumstances had, hastened my departure. A
young lady, Miss Edith Carlyon, who had
been staying, under the chaperonage' of an
English family, at the same hotel as myself,
had made‘a deep impression on me. She was
now about to return to England, under the
escort of her brother, Clement Carlyon, who
had arrived a few days previously, and I had
accelerated my arrangements in order to have
the pleasureof traveling with them. Circum-
stances had prevented my making the ac-
quaintance of Clement Carlyon until the pre-
vious day, when, to my surprise, I-recognized
in him the young man who had so excited
my interest at the gambling-table a few days
earlier. 0f Ferret, I had seen nothing since.
our scenes with the Chevalier. ' I had called
at his hotel to take leave of him, but he was
not to be found. ‘
The train was fairly on its way. Clement
Carlyon had betaken himself to the smoking-
saloon, which formed part of the car, and I
was doing my best to make myself agreeable
to his sister; but she was by no means in her
usual spirits. I strove to cheer her, but the
conversation languished, and after a more
than ordinary long pause a tear fell on the
book she held. _
“Dear Miss Carlyon,” I said, “you are un-'
happy; won’t you tell me the reason ii If
there is anything a true friend could do—".
“Oh, Mr. Lancaster,” she replied, “I can’t
help being' so foolish. The truth is, I am so
very miserable about Clement. He has got
into such dreadful gambling ways since he
has been here, and I am afraid he has lost a
great deal of money. And he'has got mixed
up with a horrible American called Colonel
Fisk, who I am sure leads him on to more and
more extravagance; and I am very, 'very
wretched." .
Here thepoor girl broke down altogether
dud burst into a fit of suppressed sobbing,
much to the ainazement of a literary looking
lady in spectacles, who wasseated just oppo-
site to us. '
“Dear Miss Carlyon, dear—Edith l pray
calm yourself. Things may not be sobad as
you think; and at any rate your brother is
going out of the, reach of temptation now."
“I wish I could think so Mr. Lancaster;
but, unfortunately Colonel Fisk is also going
to England—indeed he is now in this very car
-and so long as Clement is in his company I
cannot tell what may happen.' on, Mr. Lan-
caster, if you could only save him from ,the.
influence of that dreadful man, I cannot tell
how grateful I should be." ,
“I only wish I could be of some service,
but I really don’t see my way. , It would be
rather awkward to suggest to ayoung man of
sixand-twenty or so that he is keeping bad
company. I’m afraid your brother would
probably tell me to mind my own business."
“True. I am unreasonable. I know ; but
yet I can’t feel happy while he is with that
horrible man. Would you mind telling him
I want him ? If I can only get him away for
a little while it is something gained."
“Certainly; I will fetch him at once."
I proceeded to the smoking carraigc with
my message. I found Clement Carlyon lazily
smoking-a short pipe, and seated close by him
reading the New York Herald, the unpleasant
American whom I had noted in the Knrsaal.
I delivered Miss Carlyon’s message. . '
“Thanks; but I really can’t come at pres-
ent. I have inst challenged Unload Fisk to
a game at ecarte. Come, Colonel, shut up
that confounded Herald. Tim’c enough for
that after you’ve lost all your money. "
“I recon you're too strong for me at eearty,
Mister Carlyon. I guess we’ll make it poker
or van John.” '
“Nonsense, man; no shirking. You've
won a good bit of money out; of me, one way
and another. The least you can do is to give
me a chance to get some of it back at a game
I know something about."
I returned. to Miss Carlyon to report the
failure of my mission. I remained with her
for the best part of an hour, and then return-
ed to the making saloon to report progress.
Clement and the Colonel had acushion spread
upon their knees,and the game was proceeding.
A glance at Carlyon’s face was’ sumcient to
tell me that he was losing considerably, as I
entered the carriage he scribbled on I O U,
and dashed it over to his 'companion, indica.
ting pretty clearly that he had parted with all
his ready cash. The other occupants of the
carriage—a supercilious looking Englishman,
a stolid German, and a heavily bearded old
gentleman whom I mentally sat down as a
Dutch or Russian merchant, took no apparent
heed of the game, but read or smoked in
their respective corners.
. The game proceeded, and again the Ameri-
can was the winner. “Curse the cards 1"
muttered Carlyon between his teeth, shuffling
savagely, as though to break the spell of his
ill luck.
The train stopped at a station and a new
passenger entered the car and took a seat by
the elderly Russian.
_ The players began a fresh game. I watch-
"ed it silently. Carlyon was evidently no
match fer his opponent; but the Yankee art-
fully led him oa by extolling his play, and at-
tributing his own good fortune entirely to his
luck in holding so many winning cards. Sud-
denly, however, a suspicion flashed across the
which changed .my passive interest to the
keencst excitement. I was all but certain the
American had just used one of the dishonest
expedients I had seen employed by tho Chev-
alier Koltoif.
As yet, howover, the matter rested on sus-
picion only. Nothing but proof positive,
plain to others as to myself, would sufilce to
take actionupon. ' Leaning back in my seat,
half closed my eyes and affected drowisness,
keeping, however‘, the closest watch upon the
American’s movements. Aftera few minutes
my patience was rewarded. Among the cards,
“faced” in the course of play were several
leading cards of the club suit. It was the
American's turn to deal. In the act of col-
lecting the cards and ofiering them to be
shufiied,he spread his broad palm over those
I have named. He availed himself of his
right to shufiie after Carlyon, then offered
the cards to be cut. In picking up the cards,
however, he did it in such a manner asto neu-
tralize the effect of the‘cut, and, as I had an-
ticipated, a club made 'its appearance as the
tum-up card, while the king, Queen and ace
fell in course of play from the American’s
hand. Again an I. 0 U was handed over by
Carlyon to the American. 4 .
Again I watched, and presently I saw the
American spread his hand over another group
of cards and hand the remainder to be shuf- I
fled. , I pnt on him a clean shirt. * .
“Mr. Carlyon,” I said, “let me recommend I made him black his boots, hevin, first furn-,
youyto count the car "
Carlyon, looked at me with a blank exprea
sion of countenance, not in the least under-
standing the drift of my suggestion. But
the American was quicker of comprehension.
“I reckon you mean), to insinuate that I
don't play on the square, stranger, which is
an observation no man makes twice;" and the
colonel’s hand disappeared within a roomy
“no. nnn ru-
ringcr pistol.‘
I gave myself up for lost, and tried (inef-
fectualiy) to console myself for the prospect
of an early grave by picturing Edith Carl.
yon weeping over my tomb; but quick as
thought, before the American had time to
raise the pistol, a strong band seized his wrist -
from behind, and the bullet passed harmless-
ly through the floor of the car. Another in-
stant and the Colonel's wrists were securely
hand-cuffed behind him. _
7 “Not so fast, Colonel; we don’t want to,
try you for murder just at present. There's
a. little forgery matter to answer for first.
Now, Mr. Carlyon, I think the Colonel has a
few trifies belOnging to you about him.- First,
allow me to hand you the king, knavc and
ten of hearts, which were to have been the
winning cards in your next game if Mr. Lan-
caster had not so indiscreetly interrupted
you. Now, .as to money; how much have
you lost r" _
The speaker was the elderly Russian mer-
chant, but the voice was the voice of Ferret.
“About £45 in cash,” said Carlyon, very
crest-fallen,. “and twice or three times that
amount in I 0 Us. But do you mean to say
it has not been fairly won ?" '
“I mean to say you have been risking your
money against the biggest thief in the United
States. Come, Colonel, I must trouble you
to disgorge. Your winnings are in this pod-
et, I think. There, Mr. Carlyon, there is
your money, and there are your I O U’s.
You may thank your stars and your friend,
Mr. Lancaster here, that you have escaped so
easily." _ ,
“But, if, as I infer," said I, “the Colonel
was ‘wanted’ for some independent matter,
how is it that you did not arrest him earlier?"
“Because, my good sir, in the first place, I
had to be sure he'was the man I wanted; and
secondly, there were certain extradition for-
malities to be fulfilled. In truth, until my
assistant here got in at the last station I held
no warrant to take him. As it was, I would
rather have avoided ,a disturbance," (the news
had spread, and other passengers were now
beginning to crowd into the car), “and should
not have made the arrest until the next stop-
ping place, unless you had hastened the dc-
nou'ement. Our friend Koltofif's lessons have
not been lost_on you, I see." _
The Colonel had remained perfectly silent
since his arrest, but if Iooks could kill, his
eyes would have been more deadly than his
Derringer. “I'm played out, I reckon; but
I owe you one, stranger," he said, “and I’ll.
not forget'it." _
At the next station Ferret and his assistant
removed their charge to a coupe. I traveled
the whole distance to London with the Carl-
yons, Clement being profuse in his acknowl-
edgements, and Edith also generously warm in
her appreciation of what she called my hero—
ism- I accepted their kind expressions‘with
becaming modesty/ dimly conscious that if I
had known the American had a pistol in his
pocket the circumstance might somewhat
have moderated my ardor, but indulging in
delicious dreams of the future happinessshared
with one to whom I felt I might now_ aspire
with every hope of success. In. the midst of
my daydreams, however, the train reached
Charing Cross and Edith—my Edith~sprang
out of the carriage and into the arms of a
young man of insignificant aspect, who 'em-
braced her with an unmistakable air of pro-
prietorship.
“Bob Redburn, you know,” said Clement,
answering my look of agonized interrogation.
“Man Edith's going to marry next mouth.
You must come to the wedding, old fellow!"
And I went. Little deemed the assembled
guests that beneath my calm exterior raged a
volcano of disappointed hopes and smoulder-
ing passion. Happily there was no eruption
and I am even told that Imhde myself partic-
ularly agreeable to the bridesmaids.
Assam J. strs. '
*_ .
New Orgasms, June 20.,—The Picayune,
(dem’) reports the hanging of five negroes at
Mt. Pleasant by the white regulators.
From the Toledo Blade.
N ASBY.
HR AND ISSAKEI GAVITT GO TO INDIANA ON A
POLITICAL MISSION—THE MISTAKE THAT
rusr MADE, AND rm: Dian RESULT.
CONFEDBBIT X Rosns,wnron rs is run
Stars on Knuruxr, .1me 15, 1876.
Man is uv but few days and full uv trouble.
I can’t understand why life should be sich a
conundrum; I can’t understand why things
shoodent go on with a more perfect loosenis
and an easier gait. In short, why shoodnt
everybody, except the black Republikins,
.hev precisely wat they want without all this
trouble and perplexity te git it ?
Feelin it to be my dooty to do suthin in the
interest of “Tilden and Reform,” Iconclood-
ed to spend a porshen uv the money that
John Morrissey left with me, to infiooence
voters in a lower county in Inleeimy ; and,
to do it effectooally, 1 made perfect prepar-
ashen before-hand and made sich arrange-
ments ez wood result in a proper demons-
trashen uv the sooperiority uv “Tilden and
Reform” over Hayes and Wheeler.
Ez I bed to do the speekin, I intended it to
be effective. I wantid that my work shood
count for the coz, and be seed that shood re-
sult in a harvest in November.
I hev alluz notised that of a speeker kin be
interruptid at the rite time, and ef the feller
wat interrupt; happens to ask a queltioll on
wich the speeker is perfeekiy postid, his
prompt anser alluz put the questioner, or in-
terrupted, to fiite, and wins for the speeker
the sympathy of the people. I perposed to
with me my own interrupter, so that I cood
be sure that the queries he shood put wood
be sich that I cood properly anser, and anser
with efieck. ' . , -
I selected ez the questions I wantid asked
me, these—
Wat is the amount uv the nashnel debt ?
Ef Linkin hed bin defectid, wood that
debt hev bin incurred ? ‘
Wuz not the ineurrin uv the debt a bles'sin,
pertickerlerly on it , was incurred to‘ give
frecdon to 4,000,00011iggers ? _
Is it not the wisest thing we kin do to git
down to a gold basis to wunst ? .
Hadent the western farmers ought to swet
and scald to pay the debt to the eastern capi-
talist ? , , ,
I writ these questions all down, and arran-
ged for the answers. You see they give me
give the Republikins sich a hidih ez they
never bed. It give me an opportoonity to
.show thatthe debt was made in the interest.
uv Ablishnism; that, of the Republikin par-e
ty hed never succeeded, there never wood ‘.
hav bin no debt ; that to git back to gold
wood rooin everybody ; and that the Eastern
bondholder wanted the Western farmer to
pay the debt anyway. . .
I decided to take Issaker Gavitt With me to
act ez Republikin interrupter, and I hed to
git him up ez aRepublikin. Itwuz shard job
'-—thc hardest I ever undertook. To meta-
morphose a CrossBoads Democrat into a Re-
I
I
ished him with -a pair, and then I put on him :
a
cd to em, and cood appear easy in cm.‘ Then
I
I wanted him to ask. I hed him repeat em
over and over agin till he hed em by heart,
and I told himexactly where in my speech I his face, but alacrity in his heart. And
thtid him“). zit ill With eech [IV - em. I -mB:I%\Bw um‘t nah uu‘u Mawn‘m uh my
and bed him interrupt me, with his questions close by, dangling his legs, munched his
or rather the questions I hed prepared for apple, and planned the slaughter of more in-
him, and then I made the ansers, and intro- noccnts. There was. no lack of material;
need him in all the minutia even to his boys happened along every little while ;
they came to jeer, but remained to white.
I got him so well instrfictid that I flattered wash. By the time Ben. was fagged out
myself Ishood go through with a wet sheet Tom had traded the next chance, to Billy
811d 9- fiowin 8819: 311d 31100“ accomplish a big Fisher for a kite in good repair '; and. when
work for the party. » Ilafied to think wat a he played out, Johnny Miller bought in for a
good thing it W00d be to hev Issaker dIWd dead rat and a string to swing it with ; and
“P ez a Republikin, With his 110” powdered, so on, and so- on, hour after hour. And
and to hev him ask me sich questions ez I when the .middle of the afternoon came,
anser—askin em on a Republikin, and from being a poor poverty-strickenboy in the
_ morning, Tom was‘literally rolling'in wealth.
The fast nite I spoke I hed it all arranged. He had, besides the things I have men-
Issaker W to 5% in the awjence, 811d 8'9““! tioned, twelve marbles, part 'of a jewsharp,
proper time,_in all uv wich he wuz instructed, a piece of blue bottle glass to look through,
he wuz to commence. It wuz a big meetin, a spool cannon, a key that wouldn’t unlock
the skool-house wuz full, and I hoped for anything, a fragment of chalk, a glass dop-
d
blushin when he sot down discomfittid'.
uttin him to utter shame.
great things.-
speech, and hedn’t got decently into the in-
troduchen—I think I wuz dwellin onto the
horrors uv missegenashen—when up he got.
Great Heavens 1 He wuz ez drunk ez a
biled owl, and hend't any more ides -uv wat
he was doin than a 800 Injun. Risin to his
feet, be swayed around unsteadily, and re-
marked that he had a question to ask. In
agony, for I coodent help myself, . I sod,
“Ask it."
“Ez a Republikin," said he—
The awjence all lafied, for they knewed by
his nose that he wus no Republikin. ‘
“Ez a Republikin I want to know whether
a debt wich was incurred to nominate Til-
den, and bring about the blessing uv a Suth-
ern Confedcrisy, oughtent to be paid by. the
bloated Democrasy _ uz N00 York, wich
nominated Tilden and paid the likker bills
uv the speeker on the platform, who owes
me for . more than 'four yeers’ board, and
never paid for a drink in his _life onless it
wuz amistake, and wich brot me here to
interrupt him, wich I swear I won't do .on-
less he—" _
“Sit down, you ideout,” I yelled, “and don’t
interrupt me when I am discussin great con-
stitooshnel questions."
'“Ideot yoorself,” yelled. Issaker, > in a
drunken rage. “I come hereon yoor account
and at yoOr expense, to play Republikin and
intterupt you and I won't take no ideot
from you or any other man.”
And the infooriated beest made his way
thro that awjence and precipetatid hisself
onto me, and dragged me off the platform an
whaled me tillI thot I hed gone thro the en-
tire rebellion. I hed no idea afore oz to wet
was meant by being whaled. ,
Uv course the meetin wuz broken up, and
the awjence' dispersed with a. row. ulsgaken
in his drunkenness went to the nearest bar-
room, and tole em all uv our'arrangement,
and before mornin hed; not only spent the
money I hed provided him with, but hed
pawned the close .Ihed furnished him, and
I found him in the morning a mere wreck.
“Parson,” said the inebriated lunatic, “I
don’t suppose I hev been uv much yoose to
the party, and hevn’t furthered the coz to
any alarmin extent : but I hev bed a good
timel Let us go on to the next town at
once. ,Get me another soot uv close, and let'
us go on electin Tilden in this; way. And,
by the way, can’t I fill in my spare time by
.arrangin on o nites to be a Dimocrat to . in.
terrupt a Republican ker ?"
I didn’t anser him— wuz too sick. But,
witherin him with a cuss, I bade him depart,
and borrowed money uv the community to
get on to my next appointment alone. _ ,
It is singlet, yoo can’t make a Dimocrat
without ’whiske : but, by the time they
have taken enu uv it to make em secoor,
they are so burnt out they haven’t eny sense
anyhow, and ain’t an .yoose to the partg
except to be,_votid. ~ t is a cold world, and
am tired uv it. Ef I didn’t hev a tollable
hope that Tilden wood be elected, and I
wood git that Post-Ofils, I shood ve up all
h ' eform and lay me own and
dig“ u? r Personnel: V. Nassr,
Wich wood like to be Postmaster.
interdooseanewijec in stumpin, by takin '
'the effect—added a touch here- and there-6
a chance, ef I cood hav em asked in order, to“ -
publikin *8 8 ink that requires genius; bl“ Polly—well,Jim wanted to do ‘it, but: she
undertook it. and succeeded to some extent. wouldn't let him.~ Sid Wanted to do it, but
powdered hi8 11059» I hed him “876d. Md she wouldn’t let Bid. 5 Now, don’t you see
how Iain fixed ? If you was to tackle this -
fence, and anything-was to happen to it”—
decent 300‘ 01. 01059, and made him. Well? lemme try. Say—I'll give you- the core of 1
cm about the corners awhile till he got yoos— ”my apple.” _ , - ' .
. ~; :“.We11. new.
took him and coached him in the questions afraid"— , _,
Alars for human expectashunsl I hed tadpoles, six firecrackers, a kitten with only
bin so bizzy drumming up the meetin thro one eye, a brass door-knob, a dog collar—-
the day that I didn’t watchlssaker, and knew but no dog—the ‘handle....of a knife, four
nothin uv wat he wuz doin till -I saw him in pieces of orange peel _
hisplace in the awjence. I commenced my window sash. He had had a nice, good, idle
How Tom Sawyer Got His Fence
Whitewashed.
(From Mark Twain’s new Book “The Adventures
of Tom Sawyer.”
Tom Sawyer having offended his sole guar-
dian,iAunt Polly,is by that sternly-afifectionate v
dame punished by being set to whitewash
the fence in front of‘the garden. The world
seemed a hollow mockery to Tom,’ who had
planned fun for that day, and who knew that
he would be the laughing-stock of all the
boys as they came past and saw him set to
work like a “nigger." But a great inspira-
tion burst upon him and he went tranquilly
to work. What that inspiratisn' was will
appear from what follows. One of the boys,
Ben. Rogers, comes by and pauses, eating a
particularly fine apple. Tom does not see
him. Ben stared a. moment and then
said :
“ Hi-yi ! You're up a stump ain’t you?”
No answer. Tom surveyed his last touch
with the eye of an artist, then he gave anoth-
er gentle sweep, and surveyed the result as
before. Ben. ranged up alongside of him.
Tom’s mouth watered for the apple, but he
stuck to his work._ Ben said :
“ Hello, old chap ; you got to work,
hey i" ' i . .
“ Why, it's you, Eon ; I wasn't noticing.”
“ Say, I’m going in a swimming, I am
~Don’t you wish you could i' But of course,
you’d druther work, would'nt you ? Course
you would 1')“; H, T ,
Tom contemplated that boy a bit, and '
said : »
“ What do you call work ?”
“Why ain’t that work ?"
Tom resumed his whitewashing, and an-
swered carelessly : .
~ “ Well, maybe it is, and maybe it ain’t.
All I know is, it suits Tom Sawyer."
“ Oh, come now, you don’t mean to let on
that you like it '1’"
.Thebrush continued to move.
“ Like it ? Well, I don’t see why I
onghtn’tto like it. ‘ Does a boy get a chance
to whitewasha fence every day 1’." '
That put the thing in' a new light. Ben.
stopped nibdling his apple. Tom swept his
brush back and forth—stepped back to note
criticised the effect again. Ben watched every
mid : ‘
“ Say, Tom, let me whitewash a' little ?” '
Tom considered ;" was about. to consent ; -
but he altered his mind :——“No, no ;' I reck-
on it wouldn’t. thardly- do, \Beu. You see,
Aunt Polly’s awful particular about this fence
e-right‘herd on the :street- youknowf-but if
it was on the back fence I wouldn’t mind, ;
and she 'Wouldn't. - Yes, she's - awful particu-
larTaboutthis‘fence; it's—got to‘be done” very
careful ; .Ireckon there ain’t one boy .in a
thousand, may bettWo thousand, that can do
it in the wayit’s-gbt to bei-done."
“ No—is that so ? Oh, come now ; lemme
just try,-»only just a little. I’d let you, if ‘
you was‘me, Tom.” - '
V
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With stabimg for several horses. A
Cherry Trees, just commencing to
within five minutes’ walk of the Post Ofilcc, &c.
Price 07,500. Orwill rent it to a
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Pkg/atom", & Surgeon,
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Apply to A. B. BEN EDICT, Smith_’s Ridge. .
0600 per year. Enquire at this ofilce.
REAL ESTATE.
A
board it‘dcsire A
N orw'alk (sausage.
RESIDENCE on West Avenue is altered
to Rent. Part of the re t will be taken out in
pply by etter to “A. 13.," care
AVERILL’S
CHEMICAL PAINT!
Very desirable place on East Avenue.
A
Osborn Avenue, for sale cheap.
win Street near W
gain. Enquire of .
S, E. OSBORN. East Avenue,
tfll or to D. W. FITCH, West Avenue.
To Rent.
_ la e. Rent Empermonth. Possession given
immc lately. Enquire at this ofilce.
, ' FOR SALE OR TO BEN T.
THE House and Mill Property occupied by Eb-
One Square, one insertion, - - - - - - - 1 00 - RAYMOND a PARDEE.
Per week, for continuance, ------- 50 N9“ Canaan, Feb- 10th: 1376- ' (7)
One Square, Six Months, -------- 7 00
“ “ one year—with paper - - - 15 00 A BARGAIN.
Two “ “ “ “ ‘ ” - - - 2500 _ Oi: SALES—A amt-rate built Housedhn East
Three to s. u u u _ . _ _ 30 00 . venue, con ming nine rooms; wi lbc let
Quarter of aColumn,one'tlme. - - - - .-_ 5 00 1‘ notsolrl. Also DUILafifigggéiar§f%%H_
One quarter column, one year, ----- 50 00 Norwalk, Nov. 27th, 1875. , _ ldtl
One half Column, one time, - . - - - 10 00
One half Column, one year, ------ 80 00 - FOR SALE.
Full Column, one time, -------- 20 00 7 W0 ver ~ - - V
. . y desirable Buildin Lots on West Main
Full Column, one year, ------- 150 00 1‘ Street. Apply at the GAEETTE OFFICE.
FOR SALE CHEAP.
GOOD FARM of about 40 acres ofhigh land,
situated three miles north of New Canaan. ‘
FOR SALE.
NEAT RESIDENCE on once! the best,pleas-
antest and most accessible streets in town.
Has eight rooms, with gas in each, and heater ca-
ple,I'ea'r and
ear fkuit. Is
B
good tenant for
All unusual cuts and devices 25 per cent. extra.
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
ARN T0 Balm—A new Barn with good-Sta-
. bllug for several horses, near the bridge.
Price 08 per month. Enquire at this Office.
Organist of a First Congregational Church.
, Teacher of the ‘
Plano-Forte, organ and Musical
Composition.
' Box 879 P. 0.,.NORWALK, CONN.
GEO. w. ORAM.
FRANCIS J.- Manson,
,aprapcr and Tailor.
A choice selection of new and faihionablegoods
- V constantlyon hand
Moon No. l, Gazette Bulldlng.
Contractor .e Builder
Work of all kinds; Stone and Brick Ma-
oury. Will furnish men and teams by the day.
Ofilco in Hubbell’s Block.
ddlcss Norwalk P. 0., “Box 452.”
on. crisis: I. ransom,
canals s. [.00an»,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor,“
AND
ohms FURNISHING nirponrzm.
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
Office over-C. J. Gruman’s,
Nor-walk, Conn.
" ,Ofilc'e Hours :47 A. an, 1 r. M.,‘7 P. M.
ltlor‘nu all—Counsellor at Law,
capital and Anon;
.lnsnres against loss and damage by Fire, on terms
adopted to the hazard and consustent with the have ' ‘
of compensation.‘
was INSURANCE Co. of HARTFORD.
Incorporated 181‘). Charter Perpetual.
$5,062,880.19
COWLES'a: MERRILL,
Solo Agents for Norwallr and vicinity.
J. Belden' Hurlb'utt,
Boom no. 4, [up Italrlfl
“ Ben, I’d like to, honest Injun; but Aun
," 0h, shucks ;_I'll be just as careful. Now
”No, Ben; now don't; I’m
“ rn give you all or it 1"
Tom gave up the brush with relucthnce "i
9
Chloe corner of Main and Wall Streets. N itrous-
D. E N T I S T -
WALL STREET, NORWALKg
“out pain.
GONNEGTIGUT ll
ntertain permanent and transient guests.
rooms; good table ;. reasoua
class Livery connpetcd With the
to
am
S a w. MITCHELL,
.
.and is constantl ,adding to his stock al th
and popular me mines of the day.
Euwa-rrn P. WEED,
‘ :D a U G- G- : a '1-
Wall Street, opposite Norivalk Opera House,
' A large and well selected stock of '
DRUGS AND MEDICINES, '
' Pcrfumer Patent Medicines all kinds'lilineral
9 'GAIFTTE BUILDING" -W3tfirs.di:5ile£i 1|th litfedicattelil;hfiaps.l Flabvorilhg ,u
- ' an an are e x races air no ice cm s
CHARLES W. MANY, Sponges, Chamois Skins, Sthtionery, Ci a’rs, Cc;
e new
.. Surgeon Dentist,
' uonwanx, cons.
Oxide Gas administered.
’ro’s A coon eons srovs,
' GO TO BELDEN’S
c. a. CO-OLIDGE,‘
Successor to
Dr. Asa. Hlll,
m
Office over
CornerMain and Wall Ste". NORWALK, or.
E subscriber havin taken the above well.
nown centrally locagted Hotel, is preparaggg
rices. A first-
otel. Carriages
effort made to please.
his
all trains. Ever
mi.
lama and H
"OLEANLINESS IS NEXT T0 GODLINESS.”
C. A. FBANKE’S
air Cutting Saloon!
FOR A , _ .-- 7 . '_
or Thorough shampoo,
our. AT
Mr. Franke’s Hair Cutting Room,
No. l GAIIT’ITE BUILDING.
[1' Particular attention given to‘Ladies and
Children’s Hair Cutting and Shampooing..g
.. AT HOME TO EVERYBODY.
Hot and Cold Water Baths .
MOB-EHOUSE , Proprietor.
At the ever popular
U N I 0 N M A R K E '1'
has always the best of
Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
at falrlivingprices. . Union (formerly Model) Mar-
kct, on the ridge. - 18 b
NOBWALK INSURANCE (10.,
- ' NOR WALK. CONN,
a tin soldier a con lc of Charter Capital - - - “00,000
pet to a demter’ ' p run up oaplral - - - 100,000
Wu. 0.833113“, Pres., 030 R. Cownns,Sec’y.
B. S. BLASCER,
At b isSthrel nMALLORY’S BLOCK,hasconstsnt
i y on hands general assortmen to
GROOERIES,
CROOKERY, GLASS,
’1'th AND WOODEN WARE, E10" ETC
By devotinghisconstantpersonai attentionto the
usinessh‘c hopes to merlt publicpatronage.
GO TO BELDEN’S
and see the new
Hot Closet Range.
sulfa dilapidated old
time all the while-plenty of company—and
thefe'nce had three coats of whitewash on
it i If he hadn’t run out of whitewash he
would have bankrupted every boy in _the
village. ' ‘
Tom said to himself that «it was not such a l
hollow world after all. He had discovered a ‘
great law of human action without knowing
it, namely, that inorder to make a man or
boy covet. a thing, it is only necessary to
make the thing difficult to attain. If he had
been a great and wise philosopher, like the
writer of this book, he would now have
comprehended that work consists of what-
ever a body is obliged to do, and that play
consists of whatever a body is not obliged to
do. And this would help him to understand
why constructing artificial flowers, or per--
forming on a treadmill, is work, whilgt rol-
ling ninc pins or climbing Mount Blane is
only amusement. There are wealthy gen-
tlemen in England who drive four-horse pas-
senger coaches twenty or thirty miles on a
daily line, in the summer, because the pn'vil-
ege costs them considerable money; but if
they were offered wages for the service, that
would turn it into work, and then they would
resign. , .
How Niagara almost ran dry.
On March 29th, 1848, a ' remarkable phe
nomenon occurred. The preceding winter
had been intensely cold, and the ice formed
on Lake Erie was unsually thick. In .the
warm days of early spring, this mass of ice
was loosened around the shores of the lake
and detached from them. Durihg the fore-
noon of the day hauled, a stiff easterly wind
moved it up the lake. A little before sunset
the wind chopped suddenly round and blew
a gale from the west. This brought the vast
field of ice back again with such tremendous
force that it filled in the neck of the lake and
its outlet so as to form a very effective dam,
that caused a remarkable diminution in the
outflow of the water. Of course it needed
but little time for the Falls to drain off the
water below this dam. The consequence
was, that on the morning of the following
day, the, river was ‘nearly half gone. The
American channel had dwindled to a deep
and narrow creek. The British channel seemed
to have been smitten with a quick consump-
tion, and to be fast passing away. " Far up
from the head of Goat Island and‘out into the~
Canadian rapids, and from the foot of Goat
Island out beyond the old Tower to the deep
channel of. the Horseshoe fall, the water was
gone. The rocks were bare, black and for.
bidding: The roar of Niagara had subsided
to a moan. This extraordinary syncope of
the waters lasted all the day, and night closed
over the strange scene. , But during the night
the dam gave way, and the next morning, the
river was restored in all its strength, beauty,
and majesty.—Bor£bner.
General Cochraneis himself satisfied with
the work of the convention, and seems to be
reasonably confident that the liberals of New
York will, in November, vote With the IQ!
VEGETI'NE!
vouchers. the history of its cures and the immense
increasiu
titled the
i l emed and no erson need sufiertrom tn-
m%&.rnlcers’,’and all iseascs arising from I
There is not a case of Scrofula in existance that
Viola-rum will not cure. provid .
vital functions have not lost their power of action,
all that may be said to the contrary notwrthstand-
ing.
scrimmage p
' c an a .
ihgugdllioiving unqestionable evidence wrll show.
H. 3. Sunrise, Es
cinated. The parties who were vaccinated
the same virus died from the humor. The humor
spread over me touch an extent thatI was rolled ,
in bran to prevent me from scratchin .
The disease finally settled in my hea . I remained
in this condition about twenty years, troubled all
the time with sores breaking In my head and dis-
charging corruption t‘rom my our.
small kernel appeared on my neck,
creasin in size until a tumor forme
mouse s
w
for my blood without any substantial benefit.
h durin
Hieot'umor e ght times, which cost me near] 9400.
This left me_with a rough,aggravated sorc,w thout
at all dimimshin _ _
slekly,feeble con men. I consulted another phy-
sician in Natick, who, after considerable time, suc-
ceedod in healing the sore Without reducm the
size.
urns, through t c earnest
The Medicine that Cures
Taking into consideration the character of its
demand. Vnom‘mn may be fairly en-
Teadiug medicine of the age. -
For Scrofula in the blood, VEGETINE is an infal-
, _ mpure
iood, if Violins": is used according to direct one.
ed, however, the
leasant to the taste, mild in its
osoluto in its action on disease, as
9
"PAID 'NE:ARLY
"$400.00!!-
Jnrwpnr 2, 1875.
mat six months old I was vac-
Dear Sir-When from
my person.
At this time a
graduallyjn-
of such im-
I could see it by turning my eyes down-
ard. All this time I was taking various remedies
, I then went to a prominent physician in Boston,
his treatment of six months, lanced
the size of the tumor, and in a.
At this . oint I commenced to use _ os-
persuasion of a mend.
After I had taken this med clue about one week
I experienced wonderful sensations.'» My whole
bod seemed to be undergoin a radical chan cI
out?! the tumor broke and .ischarged frigbth
quantities. From this time it decreased in me
until the bunch disappeared, but my neck still
bears the ugly scars of the sore and lance. I am
now healthy and strong and able to work every
a . .
G {will also mention that I have been an acute
sutferer from inflammatory rheumatism ever since
I can remember, until commencing the use of Vag-
Errrm, when almost immediately -all rheumatic
pains ceased. This statement I_volunteer for the
purpose of benefiting other sudermg-humanitymnd
you will confer a favor by ‘gmng it as much pub-
ic . e
ht o r. atcl‘nlly,
ity‘sg‘thoug CFEEBSAVE 'fishland, Mass.
What is 'Vegetine -? ' 1
It is a com ound extracted from barks, roots and
herbs. Itis galare’s remedy. Itis perfectlyharm-
less from any bad effect upon the system. ’ It is
uourishin and strengthening. It acts direeth
upon the lood. It quiets the nervous system. It
gives you a good. sweet sleep at night. It isa
rest panacea for our aged fathom and mothers.
Tor it gives them strength,qulets theirnerves and .
gives them nature’s sweet sleep—as has een
roved by many an aged person. It is the great
Blood Purifier. It is a soothing remcdyfor our
children. It has relieved and cured thousands.
It is pleasant to take; ovary child likes it. It re-
lieves and cures all disease arisingil'om tm ure
blood. Try-itho Vlhos'rmn.mleetit a glided?
ourcom la nts; t on you w as 0 cu , ,
heighbor lrind acquaintance, “Try it, it has cured
me." . .
Report of a. Practical Chemist
and Apothecary.
- ‘ Boa:o:t,lJ 131m. 1.183. t
Dear Sir :—This is to certify t a ave so a
retail 154% dozen (1352 bottles) of your Vnen'rmn
since April”, 1870, and can truly say that it has
given the best satisfactionot any remedy for the
complaints for which it is recommended that I
ever sold. Scarcely a day asses without some of
my customersdtestlltying torfu't‘ierdtigiiizhliftlgi'egz?
their frien s. am s cc y o _ -
gal cases of Scofulouii) Tumors being cured by
Vacuums alone in this vicinity.
ttull ours. ~
Very “EXI‘CILMXN, 468 Broadway.
To H. n. s'rvnss, Esq.
Vegetino is sold by all Draggists.'
at Belden’s Tin Shop. Jobbing promptly atte
to.
‘,
‘ t branches.
:3 Tiiiilgoofingr'rin and Sheet Iron Work an J ob-
bing. ‘Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand.
fresh eve da .
materialsgugl gycareful and competent workmen.
Try our Baking.
O
inclndin eve hiu usually found ia a firs
cstablisbgmenmt l’gces to suit the Times.
a large assortment of
CHROMOS, . PICTURE FRAMES,
AN
OFFICE.
runners Henson, 33.,
Practical Plumber.
PLUMBING in all its BRANCHES.
Green Houses Fitted up.
Orders left at Shop on School Street, oron 331:3
1y19
'1 Edward Banks,
llivilEngineertBnmugh Surveyor, ; ‘
Office Main St., near Center Ave.,
Norwalk, Conn.
Particular attention paid to the mapping and
measurement of farms and to the divrsion of es-
- ates. Also to drainage and sewegage matters, _
Orders by mail prompt
ly attended to.
C. ‘W. Bdrritt
'Has Removed
To No. 4-thnix Block, Wall St.,
Foot of Mill Hill, where with increased facilities
he is prepared to do
P'LUMBIENG,
Also special attention ivcn
Norwalk, April, 1876.
John A. Honneclcer,
BAKER;
FOOT OF MILL HILL.
ii I’l
Brandt!“ 5' Everything made out of good
AT.
Quintard’s Furniture Rooms
will be found «complete assortment of
- roams-nun, ac.
t-class
Also.
. LOOKING GLASSES, kc.
Glass Plates cut to any size. Repairing done in the
best manner, at short notice.
trusses made overas good as now..
Also, old llair Mat-
E. CIIINTABD’S 80H. . '
FOR A GOOD PABLOB STOVE
Go T0 Batman’s.
Hand Press for Sale.
old Washington Hand Press, size 201539, is
offered for sale cheap. Apply at GAZETTE
WM. LOCKWOOD,
(Successor to GEO. H. RAYMOND & 00..)
Furniture Dealer,
No. 80 'lllaln Street, Nos-walk.
. UNDERTAKING.
At in store will be found a large assortment of
all km s of
COFFINS, .CASKAETS,‘
:6: the interment of tfi
SWAN tam SK
and everyt ng necessa
dead. lies! cnoost w.
publican portl-
l
Desirable Property for sale.
Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on
Also,a.nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
cst Avenue, for sale at a bar-
ART of a House, (four rooms) right in the vil-
enczer Pattenden in Silver Mine. Enquire or
. walk and v cinlty
7o 0 AL 7,"
es, Cakes, Crullcrs, Cm, baked -
THE BEST IN THE MARKET.
It is more beauti1u1,more durable,
is all ready for use,
wood reserver
best or
brick bui
town are painted with
avnmurs CHEMICAL PAINT
Put up ready for use in pailsof l, 2 or 3 alions
kegs of 5, 10 or 15 gallons, half barrels or arrels.
’ All orders romptly filled and any information
given by app mm: to
D. H. WEBB, Sole Ag’t for N orwalk
Ofilce west end of Bridge, SOUTH NORWALK
llANFtlltl) WILCCX
DEALER IN
. WHOLESALE ANDBETAIL.
Yard} at the West end or the Bridge,
SOUTH N O RWALK,
Families and Factories supplied with the best at
lowest market prices. Delivered within any rea-
sonable distance. Prompt attention given to all
orders, large or small.
D. II. ‘VEBB, Agent.
Call and see us and leave your orders.
creamer: "MAKERS. "
MULLINGS & Tl LLY,
Successors to S. P. TUTTLE.
dings. Many of the finest residences in
29
MARSHAL STREET, 80 UTE N 01?. HULK,
inform the citizens of Nor-
.Would res ectfulli
t at they are prepared to
Build Carriages and Wagons
”OF E VER 1’ DESCRIPTION.
Particular attention paid to REPAIRING in all
branches of the trade.
One SECOND-HAND ROCKAWAY, and one
1y2
REAL. ESTATE
Bought, Sold or ”channel,
001cc 4 Ghzette Building, B. J. STUBGEB.
Norwalk, Conn. ’ Broker. ,
INSURANCE.
capital Barre-onset]. 023.000.000.00.
. B. J. STURGES, Agent.
Nor-walk MshMarlcet. -
The subscriber respectfully announces that at
the Old Bridge Fish Market a constant supply of
FRESH FISH, '
OYSTEBS, OLA
. and all varieties of choice
mm All vrornsm ll. rails swan.
CHARLES w. LockwooD.'
FSpring Chickens Dressed‘to order.
Undertaking! .
O_TIIE PUBLIC 1 Anyone wishing may services-
m the Undertaking business wrll nd me at
the late residence of my father. 55 Main Street, or
at Dcmmon A; Newcom ’s Store.
GEORGE H. RAYMOND, Agent'
m, a
CHAS T. LEONARD& SON' '
DEALER IN
. WOOD AND BRICK;
N ’th River Blue Sltggemime, Cement
til!" PIPE FIII Sill", Witt: AII‘
:Hlllfls, '
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Water St._ Norwalk Conn
' . ll... DUUUMDD,
Manufacturing Confections,
Keeps constantly on hand a large variety of
Pure ConfeCtionery
Always Fresh and of the Best Quality, at
Wllolesaledaml Retail.
Also a superior article of
ICE - CREAM.
son‘A w ATER, with fruit syrups, and O'I'I‘AWA
BEER,drawn from Matthews Patent Steel Foun-
tains. ,4
Fruits, Nuts. fine' Imported and
Domestic Cigars. ’
No. 21 Main Street.
Au Elegant Ice Cream Saloon' and Restaurant
for Ladies and Gentlemen.
C. H. DOUGLASS, Proprietor.
‘GEORGE WARD SELLECK,
Hasconstantly in stock at bisnew stand ,
No. 9 Main Street.
Acnolcc and finenssortmentof
Groceries, _ .
Pro/visions,-
' Floor,
Fruit, &c.,
To which he wouldinvite the attentionofallwho
wish to parchesefirst—classgoods .st
Reasonable Prices.
DRIED BEEF, SLICED A SPECIALTY. BEST
OF RAMS, EITHER WHOLE OR SLICED.
Dropin and see data our newstorc. ‘
The Bank’s '1
SPRING BED.
- THE BEST BED
roars. tram MONEY :
a
l l.-
Wc can recommend it as an
EXCELLENT SPRING BED
AT A ' ' '
llIode'rate' Price.
1
sou SALE: BY
Buckingham & 00.,
Furniture Dealers tlnlertilers,
MAIN STREET,
Opposite R. R. Depot.
South. Norwalk.
N. B.——We sell at Reduced Prices,
and strihtly for Cash.
—In UNION CEMETEBYoa plot
16x32 feet, desirabl located.
tFtllor sale Enquire ottlQ INTABD.
Are you going to Paint?
USE '
lowerin price.
__ does not wash by rain. best
, )3 water and fire proof, and is the
general uses, either for weed, iron or
(3-1 ' H
' the old house.' It makes one fee
m
T R I E D .
[Selected for the ”Alpha-"3
Does the road wind up hill all the
. Yes, to the very end. ‘
So tired! I rain wouldrest,
But Lord, Thou knowest best,
I waiton Thee.
I will struggle on from day to day,
Bearing Thy cross, and only prey
To follow Thee.
So tired ! my heart is low,
Shadows of earthly woe
Around me fall.
And memories I have so long Wept,
And hopes denied that long have slept,
Arise and call. ‘
So tiled ! yet I would work
For Thee! Lord hast Thou work
For humble me P
Small things—which others, hurryi‘ o
In Thy blest service, swift and strong
Might never see ?
So tired! yet I might reach
A flower, to cheer and teach
Some sadder heart.
Or for parched lips perhaps might brii
One cup of water from the spring
Ere I depart.
So tired! yet it Were sweet
Somejaltcring tender feet
To help and guide.
Thy little ones whose steps are slow
I should not weary them I know,
Nor roughly chide
So tired .’ Lord Thou wilt come
To take me to Thy home,
So long desired,
Only Thy grace and mercy send,
That I may serve Thee to the end.
an
, My King.
When,.and how, shall I meet him If e
What are.the words he first will say?
How will the barriers, now that sever
Our kindred spirits be broken away 2
This seitsame sunshine on him is Ihiliis
Shining somewhere the while I sing;
The only one who my will team ' g,
. Could I acknowledge my King, my I
Whether his lair be golden, or raven,
- Whether his eyes be dark or blue,
‘I know not now,_but 'two‘uld be epgravs
On that white day, as a perfect has.
Many a face I have liked for a minute—
Been charmed by a voice with a pie
But ever and aye there was something in
. Something that'could not be his, my 1
I ivill'iiot dream of him handsome or st:
My ideal love may be weak and slight
It matters not to what class he belong,
‘He will be noble enough in my sight.
He may not be brilliantly gifted, my lor
And he may be learned in everything:
But if ever he comes, he will strike the cl
Whose melody waits for the hand 0
King.
But he must be courteous toward the 10‘
Kind to the weekend sorrowful too;
He must :be brave, refined and holy,
- By a nature exalted, and firm and true
To such I might fearlessly give the‘ keopi
Of love that would never outgrow its lp
There would be few tears of swomsn's w
ing.
If they loved such. men as my King,
King!
pedp e Bethlehem «The losses s
I
. Judge Grant was in Little Rock, Arkan
in attendance at the United States Court. '
morning he saw a farmer with a slouch a:
genuine butternut suit, trying to sell It
in the market there.
horned animal and the planter was inform
a man that the cow would give four qunte
milk a day, if fed well.
y. for beef and hides.
It was a lsrgs,i
“Up stepped the judge. “What do;
ask for the cow l”
“About $30. She’ll give five quarts
milk, if you feed her well,” replied the plan
and he proceeded to describe her good qu
ities.
Said the judge, “I have news on my fan
not much more than half as big as your so
'which give twenty to twenty-five quarts
milk a day." '
The planter eyed the judge sharply a m
ment, as if trying to remember whether 2
had ever seen him. before or not, and tin
asked, “Stranger, where do you live 2"
“My home is in Iowa.”
“ Yes, stranger, I don't dispute it. There
was heaps of sogers from Iowa down here du-
ring the war, and, stranger, they was the
all-firedest liars in the whole Yankee army.
Mabbe you mout be an ofilcer insomc of thorn
regiments i" '
The judge slid for the Court House.
Why She Should Go West.
AccOTding to the last census Massachusetts
had, in 1870, 49,793 females more than raglan.
The Boston Adorrlmr‘ discards many theories
in regard to this excess, such as the migration
of men to Western States, some occult law
governing births, 8m, and attributes itsololy
ti) the incoming of Women from other States
to work in the factories, particularly from
Maine and Vermont. This seems a somewhat.
plausible theory, yet every State in New Slag-
land excepting Vermont, has a large excess of
females. Maine has the smallest, viz., 700;
New Hampshire and Rhode Island about 7,.
000 each, and Connecticut 6,914. Vermont
in 1870. had an excess of about 1,000 males.
New York State has an excess of 56,301 to
males, and the District of Columbia mm
more females than males. A proportionate
excess of. females over males is found in al-
most every Eastern and (Middle State, and yet
the census of 1870 shows an excess-of ”8:700
males over females in the aggregate popula-
tion of the States and Territories. This 01-.
cess is mainly found in the Western States
and Territories, as, for instance, in California
where it reaches 138,000. The intuitive fac-
ulty of the female mind will readily compro-
heud'why the “Go West” injunction of the
late Mr. Greeley is especially applicable to
éuch of the sex as are unprovided for in the
East—Wilmington (Del) Slur.
=—,_-—___—_——
Startling Depreciation in Value.
intelli ent old darkey was met by
anlhnytzl-‘hellum Tricnd the other day for the
first time since the war, and the old man's
delight in seeing'one oi’ Massa‘s tickler friends
in on times was unbounded. After a hearty
hand-shaking and a protracted laugh peculiar _
to the Southern darkey, the gentleman asked:
“Well, Uncle Joe, how are you getting
along in the world ?”
- “ Sorter slow, Marse —, Been had rheu-
matiz right smart lately, and things aifit gone
’zactly right no how," replied the darkey.
“ A great many changes have taken place
since 1 lust-saw you, Uncle Joe. Death has
taken your old master away, the family are
scattefed about tbs fourthartters of thzcglgpbo
' u an sran en
the farm is dulde p, right udy,
Uncle J cc, to think of thechange: that have
been wrought by old Father Time. '
“ Yes," replied Uncle Joe. ,“ You mem-
ber when I was a slave I worked hard. at odd
times, and made money ’nufl to buy my's'olf.
I paid old massa $1,000 for my freedom. ..
“ Yes,” said r. —, “ I remember it.
“Wish I had dat money now," mused tho .
Old darkey- ' I'C lied Mr. __ ; “IL would
“ Well, yes,’ .
be quite a fortune or you. ’ .
“ Lots 0' fortune, Sar," hand the old man
‘mournfully; “and every time Ithmk about
it I kinder rue de bargam. Nigger wa’s wufl
a thousand dollars then, but now he sin twufl
. ' hanesindiswofld "
acuss. Mightyc g V” 3:,”
Norwalk Chronicler