WHOLE NUMBER 1498.
AFTERWAR'D.
Light after darkness,
Gain after loss,
Strength after suffering,
Crown after cross,
Sweet after bitter,
Song after sigh,
Home after wandering,
Praise after cry.
Sheaves after sowing,
Sun after rain,
Sight after mystery,
Peace after pain,
Joy after sorrow,‘
Calm after blast,
Rest after weariucss,
Sweet rest at last.
”
For the Gazette.
The King’s Fool—His Origin, Po-
sition and Office, With a Story
to Illustrate.
BY nasni'rn.
As the “King’s F001” is a term that may
almost be considered absolute, a few remarks
concerning this time-honored man, may not
be out of place. We .rcad of them in con-
nection wicheour'ts ages ago, and are amused
at thesame time astonished, that a person,
with such a title and dress to correspond,
Should be allowed almost perfect freedom of
speech and action among the noble and paw-
crful of the earth. Such, however, was the
fact, for history abounds with their witti-
cisms, their critical opinions, and their learn-
ing; for, be it known, the most talented were
selected for the office, verifying the old max-
im, “It takes a wise man to play the fool
correctly," and besides, the well-known fact,
that none but the wisest could humble them-
selves sufficiently to play the role with credit.
The tutor of King James, In private life was
his fool in public, and many capital jests
were attributed to him. The origin of this
singular appendage to the court, has never
been made a subject of much inquiry, but it
has been supposed that he was gotten up, so
to speak, or we might say, an appointment
made necessary by the exigencies of the time
in which he flourished. The kings and no-
bles sunk in luxury and almost effemiucncy,
with mental paralysis to ma ch, saw the great
need of some one to rouse their energies by
an amusing story, a well-timed hit or sar-
casm, or some well suited antic or imitation.
1V0 may imagine the idea was borrowed and
acted on by a party of nobles who were sa-
tiatcd with revelry, and somebody more him...
self than his companions,with probably a cer- _
tain degree of forwarduess, made himself
applicable and useful at once. Thus, proba-
bly the custom commenced, and was carried
on for years, making itself, in time, the fash-
ion and rule of the court. The “ Fool” also
was allowed to use sarcastic and other re-
marks, which from any one else would be
considered-highly indecorous and unbecom-
ing. If he hit any one, however severe, the
“ galled jade" was made the laughing-stock
for his carelessness, who, in turn, could say,
“ what matters it ?-—Iit is only a Fool’s re-
mark." His character, therefore, adrhitted of
two strongly marked and opposite peculiari-
ties—playing the fool and telling the truth
with perfect safety. “ Once on a time" as
my story commences, a certain Fool made
himself more than ordinarily conspicuous by
his wit and shrewduess, the more so as it
saved his life. It seems, the Queen, who had
tired of his “unperte'nenee” at court, was aux-
ious to be rid of him, and accordingly on an
occasion presenting itself, she reported an ac-
tion of his (legitimate enough in his charac-
ter but distorted by her exaggeration into
something heinous) to the King, who was the
only one having power to punish him.
Knowing which she made complaint and en-
dcavorcd to‘obtaiu the punishment of death
for his tcmerity. Upon the King being in-
formed of the occurrence, he seemed unwill-
ing to execute his fool for the act, but as the
Queen was vehement in her request, he final-
ly agreed to consent to his death, under cer-
tain conditions, to give, as he said, his un-
fortunate favorite a chance to save himself.
He proposed to have the Queen propound
three questions (any she might select,) and if
not anSwered-suthfaetorily'in ten minutes for
each she'should have her desire. To this her
majesty assented, thinking her revenge sure,
as she knew she could easily give questions
which were literally impossible .for any one
to give answers to; the King being as posi-
itive that the Fool’s wit would come to his
rescue, and being anxious for _au exhibition
of it, particularly with his life in the bal-
ance. The intended trial and probable pun-
ishment was 'then promulgated with the
usual royal ceremonies, and caused quite an
excitement, as the 'Fool had many admirers
and also enemies—the first fearing for his
safety, and the latter. anxious to revenge old
grudges.
The day at length arrived, and the royal
party and attendants assembled—the dread-
ful headsmau behind to fulfil his office in
case of failure.I After the crime was read and
heralded—in presence of the prisoner, a
court attachee also told the conditions of par-
don. That three questions were to be given
with ten minutes to each for a satisfactory
answer, and failing, even in one, death was
to be the penalty. The' Fool heard his doom
with great calmness, and when asked if he
was ready, replied in the affirmative. The
herald then read.
The first question is—How many sands are
there on the sea shore '1’
All eyes were directed to the Fool, for ev-
erybody thought this question , alone would
seal his doom. .,
After a pause of a moment, he replied,
with great firmness,having appeared to calcu-
late it, Nine hundred and eighty-nine oct'il-'
lions, seven hundred and sixty-four scptil-
lions, three hundred and twenty-six scxtil-
lions, four hundred and eighty-two quintil-
lions, nine hundred and thirty.one quadril-
lous, two hundred and thirty-four trillions,
eight hundred and sixty-nine billions, two
hundred and. tWeuty—thrcc millions, five hun-
dred and forty—one thousand, two hundred
and thirty-four~—(969', 764, 325', 482 9,31, 234,
769, 223, 541, 284. ( This number to be multi-
plied into itself as many times as it contained
unitsl. '
A buzz‘ of astduishinent was heard all over
the court, which was shared by the King and
Queen, who, in great displeasure, instantly
violated all the usual customs on such men;
sions, by hiking the prisoner herself how he
knew the number was correct?
“Ah 1” said he, “if my calculation is dis-
puted, your majesty, you must count them
yourself.”
This was a poser, and the King was rejoic—
ed that the answer had so far coincided with
his prediction. The Queen was evidently
disappointed, but exhibited great composure,
feeling that she would succeed yet, as she
had two more, even harder than this
The second alluded to a large mountain
which stood near the palace.
“ How many baskets of earth would it take
to remove it from its present place to anoth-
er ?”
“ To this he readin replied.
“ Well, your majesty, that depends entire-
upou the size of the basket; if large enough,
one only would be needed."
At this point the friends of the prisoner
exalted, feeling he Ivan safe, and that an ex-
hibition of so much adroitness would not fail
to give him all necessary perception. for any
other question however obtuse, the disap-
pointment of his enemies increasing in a
proportionate ratio. The Queen was literally
astonished. and put “to her trumps," and
having her imagination heightened by her
probable failure to convict, abandoned her
third question and substituted another which
she supposed was impossible 0fIsolution 01'
answer, which was no less than this:
“ What are my thoughts this moment?
The Fool immediately smiled, and replied:
“You are thinking about my probable next
answer, niadam;" which struck all as being
so true, that it carried a conviction that none
could resist, and both friends and enemies
shouted for his acquittal. This was immedi-
ately granted by the King—who was doubly
delighted to save his old favorite,and to show
his courtiers the proof of his sagacity in'the
action as he had privately told them of the
Queen's almost certain failure pitted against
the Fool’s well-known quick-wittcdness. I
will close my recital by a quotation from
“Puss in Boots”—-knowing all will be able
to see the application. “The Cat became a
great Lord, and never more ran after rats or
mice, except for his own amusement.”
#
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16th, 1876.
EDI'rons GAzETTE.—Yes, those “guns”
from Vermont and Maine were heard very
distinctly here in Washingtou,and the “rebel
democracy” were as sullen and sour when
the result was made known, as they were in
the days of the rebellion when news of a
Union victory reached them. They would
have been rejoiced beyond expression, had
the democrats made a gain, but as it is, they
say: “ Well, it signifies nothing—wait till
Indiana is heard from." Our opinion is that
When then hear from Indiana they will Wish
that “ Blue Jean Williams" had never been
born to lead them to the inglorious defeat that
awaits them. Accounts received within the
past few days from that state, give strong as-
surances of the success of Gen. Harrison, th'e'
Republican candidate for governor. The “old
Tippecanoe" spirit is aroused, and the cam-
paign is being conducted in a vigorous man-
ner. Hendricks has declined to “ divide
time" at the meetings with Senator Morton,
and Dan Voorhecs has likewise declined 11
similar invitation from Senator Sherman,
which of itself is a very weakening concession
by such able democratic orators—in fact the
ablest in their party.
The long-looked for and anxiously antici-
pated dismissal of the departmental cldxs
have been made, and has not caused the ex-
citement which was expected, from the fact
that most of those who “ walked the plank"
we're democrats, who, knowing they ought
not to be retained in preference to soldiers
and republicans, made no great outcry.
There were some old “back numbers" un-
them not disguising their sympathy with the
rebel-ocracy. The dismissal of the female
clerks in the Treasury was felt with greatse-
verity, and much suffering caused in many
cases, still there was no alternative, and the
democratic order had to be carried into effect
.The efforts to be re-instatcd, made by some
of the dismissed, were so annoying to the
heads of the departments that they had, final-
ly,to issue orders that 110 applicants be admit-
ted. One official informs us, that in his divi-
sion he had to discharge some thirty-eight
females, and the day following he was beset
by them wherever he went. Some came to
his residence before he arose in the morning,
others met him there upon his arrival home
in the evening. He bore it with heroic bra-
very, until one weak invalid, weighing over
two hundred pounds, came into his room, and
lying down on his desk gave way to tears.I
This was too much, and the gallant Connect-
icut 'vetcrau whose bravery had been unques-
tioned during the war, ‘had to surrender.
Gathering his papers together he retired and
took refuge in another room in a remote part
of the building, leaving orders With his mes-
sengeIr not to divulge his whereabouts.
The loss of the clerks is seriously felt in
all the Depactnicnts, audIthe businessof the
Patent and Pension offices is seriously im-
peded. In the latter, while looking after the
case of a Connecticut soldier the writer was
informed that they were previously short—
hauded, and with this reduction'they hardly
knew' how to manage, as'some of the busi-I
ness had to be neglected. .- In the case of the
soldier of whom we write, a member of the.
old 17th Regiment, his papers had been there
since '1874, and the cases coming to the oflicc
now will have to remain unattended for an
unknown length of time. Still we are told
this' is democratic reform, and the country is
called? upon to endorse it. Maine and Ver-
mont failed to do so, and it remains for Con-
necticut to give he rdecisiou in November.
The flame assaults of the democratic party
upon the financial policy of the administra-
tion, can but be viewed as farcical, when we
consider how eagerly the new bonds of the
four and a half per cent loan were sought for,
and how readily they are disposed of. The
four per cent bonds could be disperied of just
as readily, had the government officials
authority to place them upon the market.
What a contrast to the loan of $10,000,000,
made 'by the Buchanan Administration,
which, as shown by official records, could
only be effected' 111‘ driblets, and at rates rang-'
ing from seven to twelve per cent.
J. W. Nichols has been commissioned as
Post-master at Little River, Conn". This' is a
new oflice,‘ in Middlcsex County, established
in June 1876'. I
Pastemaster-General. James O. Jennings,
with a corps of artists, has been" in town the
past week, and has elaborately decorated the
fences and billboards with posters for the
“Great Barnum Show." Henry Jennings,
Lithograph Agent, devoted his attention to
the store windows, consequently the force of
the “Great Showman” greets you at every
turn. OccASIONAL.
INDEPENDENT WoanEs. —-The best open-
ings are the small ones Especially do wa
commend to the unemployed the cultivation
of small farm or gardens near the to'vvnIsIJ
Innd should be rented for these purposes at
slow figure, payable in produce. A place
to live' in does not cost much, and an' Irish--
man and his family can earn their living at
least on one of those patches of ground very
comfortably. It is too late, this year, to
raise crops, but it is not too to move out,
set up the shanty, the pig _ pen, and the hen
roost, from which the income will .be steady.
The city, without doubt, will gladly furnish
forth the larder with potatoes and cabbages,
and another harvest, well husbanded, will
bring independence. The cofifiifiiity furn-
ishes a constant and dear market for butter,
eggs, chickens, potatoes, all kinds of vegeta-
bles aud'berries, while the alackuess of our
garbage system still affords sustenance to all
the swine for which any one will gather the
swill. We contend that there is no more
promisiugmeans of livelihood than this of
agriculture, half way between the farm and
the city. The industry and thrift .of the
Irishman; and all the members of his family
can best be “brought to bear" in his own
maintenance in this way. -—Spr1'ngflsld Repub-
h'can.
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It looks very much as if it was to be the
’72 campaign over again.
A Maine girl has soft, fine hair, very thick
and beautiful, seven feet and a-half long.
Beecher in recent lettter speaks of the
“ pensive apple orchard.” Perhaps he likes
to go there to con-cider.
If the high-toned white soutlicrner will
keep his derringer in his pocket, we will in-
sure him against any serious inconvenience,
physical 0r political, from the " federal bayo-
net '1_Sp)-mgfield Republican.
A meeting of educators is now in session in
Philadelphia to settle upon some lan of re-
vising the orthography of the nglish lan-
gauge. The subject is to be thoroughly dis-
cussed, and if possible a decisiOu will be ar-
rived at as to the feasibility of the proposed
1‘0 VlSlOll.
earthed in some of the departments, many of '
Mr. Blaine’s Speech.
Mr. Blaine, fresh from his victory and on
the way to help the republicans of Ohio and
Indiana to win such another, dropped in at-
Boston. The réccptiou he met was amagnif:
iccnt one. Five thousand people crowded
Music Hall, and more than ten thousand:
throngcd its approaches. At the conclusiOu
of the meeting Mr. Blaine was escorted to
his hotel by a torchlight procession, and the
reception he held was attended by the lead-
ing republicans of the city. His cowardly
persecution by a Confederate Congress, and
the malignant assaults upon his reputation by
Mr. Samuel Bowles and other scandal-mon-'
gers, has only the more endeared him to the
Republicans of New England. They believe
in Mr. Blaine, they honor him for his cour-‘
age and ability, and they know the men who
are assailing him and the mean motives inspir-
ing the assault.
His speech was in his best vein, and show-
ed no lack of vigor. Having shown why he
was opposed to the election of Samuel J.
Tilden, the man who was unfaithful to his
country in the hour of trial, who from hav-
ing been openly and ostentatiously committed
to the resumption of specie payments in Jan-
uary, 1879, broke his faith with the country
at the dictation “of the bad repudiationists
of the West and the worst repudiationists of
the South, who want tocoutinue paper money
in the interest of southern rebel claims," Mr.
Blaine turned his attention to the recordof
the democratic Congress. Fourteen years
ago, when he first entered Congress, he heard
Mr. Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana,‘ in n
speech on the “ironclad oath, " declare that
it was unnecessary, for the reason that at the
close of the war the leaders 0f the rebellion
Would bc'fleeing for safety rather. than seek-
ing office in I-Washington. Last winter seven:
ty of the leaders of therebelliou came to the.
bar of the House and took “not the ‘iron-
clad’ oath, but the ‘modified’ oath, which is
itself a monument of republican leniency .
These scamps from the South are let in on
the simple promise that they will behave wel1
hereafter. As they said themselves, they
felt at home, and they began on the instant
to rule the House; and from that day to the
day of adjournment the House was imder as
absolute southern dictation as ever it was in
the days of Pierce or Buchanan.” The House
is governed by thirty-one committees, and
“ the proportion of the South on those com-
mittees would be one-third, and that would
would be dealing liberally with it. But out
of those thirty-one committees, the South
with one-third the population took two-
thirds of the positions, and the northern dem-
ocrats seemed pleased with it. [Laughton]
Indeed, S. S. Cox, of New York, thanked
God for it on the floor of the House, for like
Uriah Heep he was ‘so very umble.’ " The
ten democratic Congressmen from New Eng-
land had no recognition.
. Taking up the legislation of the session Mr.
Blaine exposed the series of blunders perpe-
trated by the democratic majority. A Brit-
ish member of parliament told him that the
seizure of the old dispatches of the Atlantic
and Pacific telegraph company was an out-
rage on the liberties of the people that would
not be tolerated in England. The motive of
the South _in fighting resumption “is that they.
may push through their war claims; for with
a return to hard money principlesthere would
be no chance for these. I _do not mean the
rebel war debt nor the value‘ of the Southern
slaves. The Constitution ah;eady provides
that these shall never be paid. I refer to the
great class of claims for the destruction of
property, to which, if once the door' is open-
ed, will involve an expenditure of from
$400, 000, 000 to $700, 000, 000. Already has
the democratic House struck out the loyalty
clause, and made the affidavit of the claimant
and one other conclusive evidence of the
claim. Gideon Pillow,who builds his trenches
on the wrong side, had command of Island
N o. 10 during war, and he had bought a load
of corn, which he was having transported
down the Ohio. It never reached him; for
Grant intercepted it, and it Was used for his
army. Now, he not only claims pay for the
corn, but he also wants the government to
indemnify him against a suit brought by the
man who sold him the corn, and probably
the next thing will be a bill to pay him the
amount he would have made if he had got
the corn."
The speech was brilliant throughout, and
was frequently interrupted by applause.
When Mr. Blaine comes back, bringing the
news of the victory from Ohio and Indiana,
we hope he will find time to speak in Con,
necticut. He has always been well received
in this State; his welcome 'now would be
heartier than ever.
The Connecticut Brigade.
The following correspondence. between
Brigadier General Smith, commanding the
National Guard of Connecticut, and Adju-
tant General Trowbridge, in behalf of Gov-
ernor Ingersoll, is published. -—
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS,
CONNECTICUT NATIONAL GUARD,
NORWALK, Conu., Se L9, 1876.
Brigadier General William Trowbridge,
Adjutant General State of Connecticut: --
Sm . Ibeg leave to report the return of
the brigade, C. N. G, to Connecticut from its
encampment at Philadelphia, Penn.
So far as I am at present informed, the
command returns without casualties or mis-
haps worthy of mention, having conducted
itself in a manner which has brought no dis-
credit upou the state of Connecticut.
I have the honor to remain,
Very respectfully your obedient servant,
WILLIAM RANDE'L SMITH, - .
Brigadier General Commanding C. N. G.
ADJUTA'NT-GENEBAL’ s OFFICE,
NEw HAvEN, Sept. 11,1875
Brigadier-General, William Raudel Smith,
Commanding C. N. G., Norwalk:
General—I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your communication announc-
ing the return of the brigade of the C. N. G. .,
to Connecticut from the. encampment in
Philadelphia,’ in good health and condition.
The comuiander-in—chief desires to express
his thanks and commendations to you for the
good order and military discipline maintain-
ed' in your command duri'n‘ the exhibition,
and for the highly credita 1e military dis.
pings made by the brigade.
the oflicers and men of your command,
his thanks are also dueJ for their hearty co.
operatiouI and exertions to render the expedi-
tion creditable to the state. By order of the
Commander-iIILChief,
W. P. TnownnIDeE, Adjutant General.
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, STATE or on}
It' is a very terrible thing to begin to let
conscience grow hard, for it soon sears as
with a hot' iron. It' is like the freezing of a
pond. The first film of ice is scarcely per-_
ceptible: keep the waters stirring, and you
will prevent the ice from hardening it; but
once it film over and remains so, it thickens
over the surface and it thickens still, and at
last it is so solid that a wagon might be
drawn over the solid water. 0So with con-
vmieuce, it films over gradually, and at last it
becomes hard unfeeling, and it can bear up
awcight of iniquity. ——B'1'shop Simpson.
*
The law in Illinois making women eligible
to appointment as notaries public, went into
effect on the first instant. The only difficul-
ty anticipated is that the ladies will not be
willing to admit that they have reached the
legal age of twenty-one. The necessity for
acknowledgements and affidavits would in-
crease in this state if there was an opportu-
nity to make them before pietty girls as
notaries.
The tax levy for New York city, this year,
aggregates $34,904 395, which' is at the rate
of $2. 80 on each $100 of valuation.
Thirty thousand pieces of Brussels carpet-
ing, mostly of New England manufacture,
were sold at auction Thursday, bringing
from 87c. to $1.52} per yard.
A Sa'rato letter writer asks in des airin
t0nes, “ Where are the men’?" Wop dour”;
know, dear, just where all of them are, but
from our sanctum window we just now saw
six of them file around behiiid the screen of
a sample room own the way.
Accmnpllslred.
tion bills, in which Congressman Foster rid-
dled the democratic pretense of economy, he
plished: —
The great republican party, bcside; saving
the republic whose destruction_ was sought
not only by the rebellion but by all the crown"
1111111111,) has shown itself capable of adjusting
the delicate task of reconstructiomand to-day,
but cleven'ycars sincc'thc close of the war,
every state is represented on this flodr.
citizenship to all, its people. , Every one of
its great fundamental principles form a part
of the constitution and are the accepted prin-
ciples of all parties. As a practical business-
like party it has reduces the per capita 'ex-
pensc (less war expense) twenty-five cents
below what it was when it assumed govern-
mental power.
Since this party assumed the control it has
reduced the average annual cost of clerks by
the sum of $175 each and they do fifty per
cent. more work.
The losses on the collections and disburse-
ments of the public funds have greatly dc-
crcased. , .
The system of checks and _bala’nccs in the
keeping governmental accounts is vastly iI'm-'
proved. ~-
ofiicials are greatly bettered.
The government credit which stood at.12
'per pent interest on its loans' is now reduced
to 4} per cent.
reduced expenses and taxation.
public debt in the last eleven years.
government, including the sinking fund.
It'lias reduced the annual interest burden
soldiers who fought to save the country. I
It may not at all times done the wisest
honest and cerrupt. But it has a glorious,
record, bus that causes its adherents to re-
To put against this party, the democracy
not shown a single characteristic that entitles
them to the appellation of refermers'. Under
this cry they will try. to have the people for. I
get that the complete friiition of reconstruc-I
tion is not yet an accomplished met.
They want us to forget that democratic
success means the practical loss of the rights
of citizenship to the celored people of l3the
south. .Witli the democratic success these
rights will exist only in name.
They want the people to forget that hun-
dreds of millions of war claims are' to be paid
dependent upon their success.
They want .the people to forget the many
schemes of southern plunder that will be ac-
complished facts with their ascendeucy.
The people who saved the Republic are
ever watchful and alert. They who have;
sacrificed so much to make the old flag an
emblem of freedom and glory will not trust
gentlemen with power who sought to trail it
in the dust and substitute in its place the
stars' and bars, until they manifest a spirit
that will assure them that the great princi-
ples fought for and won are secure in their
hands.
. The spectacle of a people turning over the
destinies Of a great country to the very men
who sought to destroy it will not be witness-
ed for four years to come at least.
TIIE GAY TAKING OPE—If Iall . widows
could give as emphatic a proof of _ being in-I
consolable as did a certain Mrs; Cheng, in
Foochow, China, the novelists would, per-
haps, cease their pleasantry, although many
a middle aged gentleman would loose a good
wife. Mrs. Chcng ,it appears, had ample op-
portunity to assuage her sorrows upon the
bosom of a second spouse, and might have
dolled her weeds for the red ,flowers and
gilded garments of a native wedding. But
she was inexorable She not only told the
kindly match makers around her that nothing
could compensate her for the- loss of the
lately departed Cheng, but announced that
she was no longer fit for this world, and
therefore intended siraightway to follow
Cheng to another.
Her method 0f departure, as expressed by
herself, would have somewhat puzzled a for-
eigner if he had heard it; for she said that
she would “ascend to heaven on the back of
a star ."fHe would soon have learned, how-
ever, that this was one of those poetical
metaphorical phrases in which the Oriental
fancy abounds. To' go to heaven on the back
of a stork means, in our own prosy language,
to be hanged. Mrs. ICheng availed herself
of a device borrdwed from the barbarian
west, to seek her Cheng' iu realms yet more
celestial than the celestial laud. And she
was as 'good as her word. The gallows
which was erected for her cheerful sacrifice
is described as being. very pretty indeed.
It was graced with flowers and red cerds, and
was quite a fanciful and pleasing object to
the eye.
The widow, on the'last—in such a case we
hesitate to say “fatal’f—morning, arrayed
herself in all the joyous fluery of colored and
- gilt paper, with a paper crown upon her
head, and flowers pinned here and there on
her person. She entered a sedan chair, and
was conducted past the houses of her friends
Cheng was not too absorbed' in grief to keep
a too sober countenance, or contemn the
every day creature comforts to which she
had been wont. It is explicitiy declared
that, as she made her progress in- the sedan
chair, she distinctly and repeatedly smiled,
and—smoked a. pipe, Ever and anon she
mouth, to taste the sweetmeats offered to
her by her friends as she came to their
houses. Several thousand people witnessed
the final scene, which seems to have been
very far from a tragic One. '
The general and freely expressed opinion-
pleasantly and gracefully _and satisfactorily
as possible. Indecd,so very enviable did the
widow's lot seem to a small Chin'aman of
eight who witnessed her cheerful exit, that
he lost no time in following .her example, by
hastening to a neighboring mill, and there
hanging himself. '
“works" to “faith," aud'that she was 'really
inconsolable there can be no season to deubt.
——Appleto7is’ Journal.
Lg
Many complaints are made of the long
vacations taken by the New Y ork pastors,
and people speak as if it was exclusively an
American custom. But a London papei of
August 25, refcriiug to the Presbyterian
churches (the same remark will doubtles ap-
ply to all), says: “Very few pulpits in Lon-
tors. London ministers, for the most part,
are enjoying a season of rest north of the
Tweed, and by way of change nota few
ministers resident in Scotland are snugly
housed In southern manses.”
The Greenville, S. 0., News says: “There
are two men in the city of Greenville who
five hundred dollars toward carrying the
state democratic. How many more will re-
port at this office immediately? We want
$200, 000 for the campaign in South Carolina.
Speak out, mouicd men. That amount of
money will insure the election. We believe
that there are ten men in Grccnvillc county
who will give that amount. What do the
other counties say 7”
What the Republican Party has I _ .-'..:
In his masterly speech 11 _ion the appropria-”
gave the following comprehensive summary
of what the republican party has acconi-"
ed heads of the world, (save the czar'of.
The great party has given freedom and
The character and capacity of g0ver1'11nei'1tI
It has gradually year by year since the war ,
-. It has paid nearly $000,000,000 of the .
I’ It has provided for every Obligation of theI
by' $45, 000, 000. It has pensioned the brave '
thing, and some of its officials have been disi-~
joice and be glad that they share its glories.,
propose economy and inform, when they have
to the place of “euthanasia. ” It' is gratifying
-~to know that on this final journey M11.
would take the fragrant bowl from her;
was, that the whole thing had gone off as
Mrs. Cheng clearly added
don 1110 now occupied by their regular pasa'
will be two of foui hundred who will 'give‘
NdWD’éflld 1.11.0 Negroes.
' Reading Northern nooSpapers for some
weeks past,Ihev come to the conclooshen
that the people uv the North don’t understand
the troo status uv the feclins uv a Sutherncr.
The Northerner never wuz a aristocrat like us
I—he never wuz a superior race.
Ine're lab'riu men, or mere men of bizuis, or
bend 110w semc things strike the minds uv
hawty, shiv'elru's people, which he'v ben
obleegerl to succqui to force. '
That the nigger is a trubble to 1111 that ain’t
no question, and noboddy denies uv it. He
‘ is a worriment and an irritasheu, and more
than that, an absloot noosencc, and there
ed and oucontrolled.I. -
1. We are in: constant fear uv him. Here'
in the Corners ther' is about 200 11v em—jtlie'r
wuz more, but ther repected assaults onto us
--and them 200 keep. us in constant feer.
They form a boddy by theirselveIs, and hev‘
doubtlis organized to act agiu us. I myself
hev frequently seen two uv em in- close‘ con-
f'arious desiues. ;' .
11v theirn, for the Corners is prompt.
ever we- antissipat'e danger, and feer a risin,
so, wich nips it." in 'the bud.
“boy will not liIbor for us, and thus
stand in the way uv the progress uv the coun-
try. This season the folleriu losses was inc.
‘flictied on citizens uv. the Co ners b ItlicIse'
' ( Y . ‘Marriages and deaths. inserted gratuitously.
people refoosin to work for em:
Issaker Gavit, four akirs uv grass.
Captain McPelter, six akirs,Iditto.
Deckiu Pogram, four akirs,"'ditto.
Elder McGrath, four akirsI, ditto. -
And others too tejus to menshun. ,
dc'r to think that I shood hev lost all my crop
ef' I’d hed eny. But ez I ain't I wuz merci-
fully spared.
This loss comes direkly upon the people by,
the absloot refoosal' uv ‘theniggers to .cut and
git'I in the hay. Every man. uv us was at Bas- '
com’ 5 every day dooriu the hayin season, im-
foosed, giviu as a re‘eSou that they had their
own to take keer by. One Iuv éIn insultily
'_ask'Ied why we didn’t‘ go and git it in our-
I'sclves? He never asked no more questions.
And ez .
Ther wuz only $2. 50 On his body.
we lost the hay crop so shel we lose our corn.
ther is uv it is to' be cut and huskeId, is the
selves at Bascom’s. I
3. They are not a couteutld' race, and are
oufi'ttiu themseves cz fast ez they kin 'to' be
an inferior people. They hev skools' among
,their selves, which is taught by emissaries
from N00 England They are not only learn-
theirselves. They hev the impudeuce to dis;
cuss things, and in one uaborhood they hev
'rcelly started a debati'n skooll Uv course all'
this worries us.
they won’t be fit to' be agiu; redoosed' even e'f
we do git a Dimo'cratic President. I ain’t
shoot that it ain’t too late now, and that even
'ef Tilden should be elected, I doubt if we
cood bring em to anything ncer what they
yOOSed to be. '
4. They are iuslcnt to us to a. degree that' is
onhmirahle.
hats When they meet us, and teach their chil-
dren 'to show. us the same disrespect.
race, this is sufilcicut to drive him'to madnis.
He h'ez alluz taken great comfort in the idec'
that there wuz a race beneath him, and it cuts
to the quick to destroy the illushen. Niggers
11 ich only a few years ago was the property
erect and their hats on, and even irritate us
by appeariu with better close than we kin
wear. Issaker Gavitt’s wife Iwuz- only last
week driven to the very verge of maduis by
s'eeiu Mirandy, the wife uv one of their nig-
gers, 0n the street with a black silk dress on
suthin Mrs. .Gavit't hezen’t had seuce Issaker'
sold Mirandy’s daughter to get one for her in
1860. This. prodooscs insubordinashen in our
families. Mrs; Gavitt made it lively forIssa-
ker., 'She told him cf he wood quit loafiu
around Bascom’s and go to work _ez; Miran—
dy s, husband did, possibly né mite get her an-
other dress. Issaker coodeut make her un-
'derstand that _a. shivelry coodéut be expect-
id to vvork' in the feeld like a nigger, and to
escape her tongue he didn’t go home for two
days, but slept on the floor at Bascom's. .
, 5. This inferior race insists ‘on votin fund
takin’ part in public affares. At meetius'
called to, decide 'ez to levyiu taxes for roads
and other purposes, they 'corn'e' *Ill and vote,
and speck, jest? ez tho? they wuz white, claim-_
in’ that becoz they 'pay taxes they hev‘ a rite
to a voice in the disposisheu uv ’em, forget.
tin that an inferior race ain't no rites to mix
in any. hing. At a meeting last Week to con-
sidcrthe extenshim av a road, 'one of these
degraded beings corn with a paper, on Wich
he hed written the cost per mile, and all
about It, and he hed the impu'den'ce to hand
it to the secretary, Issukcr Gavitt, to reed.
I bed to relative Issaker’ s embarrassment by
telling the inferior man to' reed it hisself',
wich he did, and in cousekens the proposishen
was voted. down. They inflict these humili -
ashens Data as perpetyoolly. '
is but one way out. o'v this trouble. The two
, races waz never calkelated to live together
except ez master and servant, and ther never
will be peece—ther can’t be—till these infe-
rior people take the place nacher intended ’em
for. The aristocraticy uv the. sunny south
will never admit ’em to an, .ekality. .They
liav'suceeeded in gittin farms, and gittiu a
foothold that iritatesI'us, to a point past eu-
doaraucc. We shel never be content till the
01d order uv things is 'rc'stablished. Ez the
stronger race, we must be releeved Iuv all
fecr uIv I'em. We must be .wunst agiu made
their guardians and protectors and. guides.
They must wunst more labor for us, and un-
der ouI'Idireckshun. We shel never ask that
they be absolootely reenslavcd, but they
must be made our wards, ez it were. They
must not be elevatedtot'he rites of citizen-
ship till they are fit far it. They must shut
cz they hev progressed fur enuff to be safely
iutrustcd with the rite uv freemen.
This is wat we want, and this -wat we
must 1m: to hav pccce. . Ef the nigger will
consent {to this there will’be peece—otherwise
not. We can’t endoo'r the present condislmn
uv things no longer. I _ I
This fall will decide the matter. IEf TiL
den is elected, all will be well. With a dim-
ocratic president and a dimocratic Icongris,
with the southern claims all allowed, with
capital, and the means to compel nigger la-
bor, the south will enter upon a new career
of prosperity, and be almost ez well ofi cz if
it wood hev bin hed we succeeded in conker-
in the minyuns uv the Gorriller Liiikin, and
cstablishiu a governmet uv our Own. Dim-
ocrats uv the north to your posts. l
PETROLEUM V.- Nasnr,
Reformer.
P. S. —-—In the interests 11v reform I hev ar-
ranged for four hundred Kentucky dimokrats
to go over into Injcany in October, provided
the money for their expenses is fourthcomin
We are Waitin anxiously.— Toledo Blade.
.-_-_
AyounIg man who left ale four years
ago, with the brightest prospects for n bril-
liaiit career, is now a commuter on the
Harlem raihoad. Rum did it ~—Danlu/J
News. "
But being
Sich, they kin hardly be expected to com'pre-‘
never kin be peace so long cz hc" is ouréstraini
hez ended' in that being thinned out sumwhat‘
vers, and they hev their own religious meet-'
ings, which is doubtless a kiver for their nc._
One Square,0ne insertion, -' - - - - - - 1 00
Per week, for continuance, ------- 50
One Square, six Months, -------- 7 oo
“ “ one yoar—with paper - - - 15 $.00
-‘TWO 60, u u u u _ . _ '25'00
Three to «‘ u u u u _____ 30 ooI
.Quarter' of a Column, one time, ----- 5 00
'One quarter column, one year, ----- 50 00
' iOir'e half Column, one time, -. - - - - 10I00I
' One half Column, oncjear, -' - - - -I - 80 00
Full Column, one time, '- - - '- - - - - 20 00
150 '00
We hev never- suffered from any outbreaks _
When I
we immediately sally out and kill a dozen or. 3.,
I shad; '
ploriu them wretches to get it“ 111, but they rc-I
coodeu’t git the labor, and how what little .
question that We are perpetyooally askin our. ' I
in. their. children to read, and 'sieli, but they ;
' 'h’r'e fiyin' in the face of Providence bylearniu'; "
Ef they keep on in this way "
Thcymfoose to "Intro 91-: cats».
To' a ' ‘
.troo Suthern entlcman one of theSooI rior '
g ’ ' pc ‘ 01111111110111.1101 Ham and Wall Streets. Nitrous-I
11v our citizens now pass 115 with their beds ‘
H 11.1mm s
I. IcooId- say. more, but this is e'u'uff'. Ther'
up their skoolhouses and churches and ;
resoou'i their normal coudishen till scch time-
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26' 1876
'NORWALK GAZETTE
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All unusual cuts and devices 25 per cent. extigu.
I ALEX. S. GIBSON, , : '
'Organis't ol‘ the First Congregational Church. I
' . Teacher of the I
PinnorFoI-te, Organ and MIIIIIGIII
. Composition. I.
Box 879 P. 0.. NORWALIK. CONN.
GEO w. ORAM.
Contractor &:' Rudder
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iRock “Work of all kinds; Stone and BricxI Ma-
191111: . warm-111511 men and teams by 1116' day.
“cola to lot. Cities in Hubbell’s Block. .
, Address INot-walk P. 0?, “Box 452.I I"
011. CHARLES F. MORIAH,
Pkg/swims ‘& Surgeon,
Office over C.J.Gri'11nan’s,
Norwalk, Conn.
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Room No. 4, [up staIII-‘I,l .
a ' I’ -. . GAZETTE BUILDING.
H. H. BARBOUR
COC'NS'EL'OR AT LAW,
Roam No. 3, Bank Building,
NOBWALKI, costs. I
CHARrjns W. I11IIANY,
Surgeon Dent/wt, .
NORWALK. CONN.
Oxide Gas administered.
'0. B..C'OOLIDGE, .
DENTIST.
. Successor to .
Dr'. Asa. Hill,"
Onlce over '
C. J. Gruman’s Dry Goods store.
3‘ Gas administered for extracting teeth with—n '
out pain.
DEN TIS'I‘R Y
AT HARD TIMES PRICES, '
For Gas'h—No Credit:
OVER' SELLECK’S BOOK STORE.
34 ' T. I E. SWIFT, _D. D. S.
IOIRWA LK INSURANCE 00.,
NORWAL‘K, CONN. ..
cum-toi- Capital - - $500,000
PI'ahd up Capital I ' - . .- 100,000
WM.C.SEuEnT.Pres., GEo ll. Cowr.Es,Sec’y.
T. E. a II 11 .san,
DEALERS 1N ,
HARDWARE,
Cutlery
AND
Agricultural Implements.
WALL PAPER, WINDOW SHADES, PAINTS.
OILS, GLASS, sAsu, BLINDS,
__ A'ND DOORS. .
' Main Street, N orwalk, Conn. .
sieN PAINTING, PAPER HANGING, so
Harvell’s Condition Powders,
. .Prenefiel'd’s 'Gattle Powders,
Pondersoii’s'Co‘ndition Powders.
Sheridan’ 1: Gondittion Powders,
Tobias’ Derby Powders, . ,-.
Emerson’ sDead Shot Worm Powder,
Uen'taur Horse Liniment,
Fronefield’s Horse L tniment,
'Mext'can Mustang Line'ment,
' Tobi'as’ Venetian Horse Linimcnt,
11711100 Lino/wilt, ,
Merchant’s (1m glmg Oil,
ALL SPECIALLY FOR :IIORSES.
Also afull stock of . i
Oils, Powders-and DrUgs,
for re arin Iivate Recipes for Condition
p 1?0\V(l(.grg and llorsc Liniine‘nts.
. Anico assortment of
03.25.3101. mars,
f'or use on fine Carriages. selling low.
SPONGES of any size and almost any price.
Castor Oil by the Pint or Gallon,
and is the best Oil' in use for Wagon Axles.
and Cuitle F ish, for the Birds.
Dead Canaries (it other Birds Stuffed
and handsomely setup by an experienced Taxi-
(II-Imist. Orders taken at any time. -
BRUSHES. WCOVBS, ‘..1804PS 'LILLY
IVHI'I'ES, O'CQNME’I'IC. HAIR OIL,
1ND P0 1114 DES, CULOGNES,
HANDII'ERUII'F EYTRAC'I '18,
AND FLORIDA WATERS,
Dean’s Celebrated Ointment
for sale, and all the 110 ulu’r Mediciucsofthc 'day. .
'llie DRUGS AND C lililCALS as good as the
. market affords.
carefully prepared
Prescriptions and all orders by mail
or otherwise quickly attended to, at
Uhle’ a Drug Store,
No. 11 Main Street,
NORWALK. CONN.
Wagon fo'r Sale.
0110111111 incss WAGON. will he sold chenu
for wanat of use. Apply at the GAZETIII"
"5'", Osborn Avenue, for sale cheap.
IAlso,a nicely located House and Lot' on 'Mer-
'. ‘ P ART of a House, (four rooms) right in the .1111-
Linitted tomakc monthly on inges of their adver-
I'v00NNE0TIGUT INTEL,
THE subscriber having taken the above well-
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
'Gnooznnxms
. PLUMBING in all its BRANCHES.
WALL ISTBEET, NORWALK, ,
'Ciiil'fnglneer & Bolough Surveyor,
All work executed in the Best Manner, at my office _
’ ~ Breatholls',
' Quiiitard’s Furniture Rooms
1 Furniture Dealer,
.Lcelgate’s Bosodora
Canary Seed, Ri'ipc Seed. Hemp Seed, Bird Gravel '
REAL ESTATE
szxnz\m\/\N\J\/_\N
RESIDENCE on was: Avenue is olfcrcd
to Rent. Part of the. rent will bc‘ tnk'cn out‘ In
board, if desired. Apply by letter to “A. B.. ” care
Norw alk GAZETTE.
Deali'able Property for sale.
A
\
Very desirable place on East Avenue.
Also, a Ilcw choice Building Lots situated on
Win street near West Avenue. for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquire of
$.11: OSBORN. East Avenue,
Ital. or to D. W: FITCH, West Avenue.
' To Rent.
l
luge. Rent 31" per month. Possession given
‘IIimnieIliately- Enquire at this 001cc.
FOR SALE OR TO BENT.
[IE House and Mill Property occupied by Eb-
cnezcr l’atteudeii' in Silver Aline. Enquire of
: RAYMOND N. PARDEE.
New Canaan, Feb. 10th,1876. (7)
A BARGAIN.
on S ALE .——A first-rate built Housc,(on East
, Avenuc,)cmitaining nine rooms; Will be 1111
ii' notsoll. Also BUILDING LOTS 101 sale. .
Apply to D. 11. FITCH.-
Norwalk. Nov. .1th,181.1I48
FOR SALE.
1 W 0 very desirable Buildingimts on WestMain
‘ Street. Apply at the GALETTE OFFICE. .
non SALE.
3A. NEAT BESIDENCE on one 01 the best,plels-
antcst and most accessible streets in town.
I‘Has eight rooms. with gas in each, and heater ea-
'ablc or heating the whole house. Large barn
with stabhu g for several horses. Apple, Pear and
Cherry Trees, just commencing to ear fruit. Is
Within the minutes’ walk of the Post Olllce, the.
'1’1'icIe’ $7, 500. Or will rent it to a good tenauttor
$00 per year. Enquire at this office.
ARN TO RENT. -—A new Barn with good Sta-
blmg for several horses, near the bridge.
Price SS per month Enquire at this Ofilce. .
HARLES S. LOCKWOODI,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor,
AND
GENTS FURNISIIING EMPORIUM.
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
'I'NA INSURANCE Co. of HARTFORD.
Incorporated 1312. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $5, 052,880.19
:Iusures against loss and damage by Fire. on terms
adopted to the hazard and consistent with the laws
of' compensation. ' COWL ES .1: MERRILL",
. Sole Agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
'ISI. & W. MITCHELL,
At the ever popular ,
UNION MARKET
has always the best of
Beer, Veal,'lVIu't‘ton, and Pork,
at fairllvingprices. Union (formerly Model) Mgr-I
'l'retf, on the Bridge. . , ' '
Corner Main and Wall Sts.', NORWALK, 01'.
known centrally located Hotel,‘ Is prepared to
entertain permanent and transient guests. Good
rooms' , good table , reasonable riccs. A first-
class LivIery connected with the otel. Carriages
to all trains. Every effort made to please. - -
3 BMO,REIIOUSE Proprietor;
EDIT'VABD P. WEED,
13 EU G- G- I S '1‘ -
Wall Ntreet, opposite Norwalk Opera House,
'A large and well selected stock of
Perfumery,I Patent medicines, all kinds Mineral
Wateu, Toilet and Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
and Handkerchief" Extiacss, HairBrushes ,Combs,
Sponges, Chamois Skins, Stationery, Cigars, &c.,
and pepular Inc iciucs of the day.
11.11. ntAscnu, '
l MALLORY’S BLOCK, 1] c
At 'Ib 38313221.” auuaweuerirl SSSOTmuTIBUI 00518113
C ROCKEBY, GLASS,
TIN AND WOODEN WARE, £10.. ETC
11y dcvotiughis coustautpersoual attentI'onto the
businesshe hopes tomeritpnblicpatronage.
' FRANCIS McInEON, Jr.,
Practical Plumber.
' Green Houses Fitted up.
Orders left at Shop on School Street, or on slate
at Beldcn’s Tin Sh op. Jobbing promptly attenlded
to.
Edward Banks,
Office Main St, near Center Ave”
Norwalk, Conn.
Particular attention paid to the mapping and
measurement of farms, and to the divmion of es-
tates. Also to drainage and sewerage matters.
Orders by mail promptly attended to.
C W. Burritt
Has Removed
To No. _4 Phoenix Block, Wall 811.,
Foot of Mill Hill, where with increased facilities
he“ is prepared to do ‘
PLUMBING,
in all its branches. Also special attention given
to Tin Roofing, Tin and Sheet Iron Work and Job-
bing. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept 011 band.
Nor walk, April, 1576.
J elm A. I Emmett”,
j'FOOT 0_l-‘ MILIII “I'LL.
Pies, 'Cakes, Crullcr’s, 51c. ., baked
fresh everydaya Everything made out of good
materials, and byearei' 11] and com pctcut workmen.
Try our Baking.
ATI'
will be round a complete assortmentof
' -I,EI'URNITURE &C.,
including everything usually found in a first-class
establishment. at Prices to suit the Times. Also.
a la'rg‘éI assortment of
GHEOMQS, PICTURE FRAMES,
,nooxmc GLASsEs, are.
Glass Plates cut to any size. Repairingdonc 111 the
best manner, at shortnotice. Also, old llair Mat-
trass'esmade over as good as news
E. 00111171111018 8011.
WM. LOCKWCO D,
(Successor to GEO. H. l‘ AY MOND Jr. 00..)
No. 36 Main Street, Norwalk.
' 'UNDERTAKING.
At my store will' be found a large assortment of
all kinds 01‘_
GOP F1 N S, CA SKETS,
and everything necessar for the intern. cntol the
(load. Residcng 1- at \V. LSWAN'S. Main St. 51
Violet: Water,
II, .M. & C. S. PROWITT.
BELFAST GINGER ALE
. ON Duauonr. .
M11323. D ’S
O o'nfectionery,
Ice Cream & Dining Saloon,
Gazette Building, Norwalk.
Cold sparkling Soda Water, with choice F ruit
Syrups. Root Beer, Ginger Ale,
Waters. 5 cent per,3 "l: 133. Sunci' 101' quality of 11: 0
Cream delivered to.'3 any part of the town in plain
cans or fancy 101 ms Parties and Festivals sup-
plied at short 'notiec 11nd at lowest prices. Puic
Coulee tionciy always fresh. F inc Imported Cigars
from 1’1 11k 1". Till‘ord’s
‘21 F RLDERICK Bil-1A1), Proprietor.
RANGES.
1 ' N IIIIINGE - .. $12.00
00011517 - _ _ 11.00
. 0111c§ 4 'Gaz'e’lktte Building,
' IIC'Iapltnl Represented. _a23.ooo,ooo.oo.
and is constant] adding to his stock all the new .
and Mineral .
USE
(/Avjanxhnra
CHEMICAL PAINT
THE BEST- IN THE MARKET.
It is more beautiful ,moredurable, lower in price.
is all ready for use, does not wash by rain. best
wood preservcr, is water and fire proof, and in the
best to 1'. general uses, either for wood, iron or
brick buildings. Many of the finest residences in
town ar e _paintcd with
AVEEILL’S CHEMICAL PAINT
3 Put up ready for use in pails of 1, 2 or 3 aliens
kegs of 5,10 or 15 gallons half barrels or arrels,
I: All orders romptly filled and any information
given by appy yiug to
D. H. WEBB, Sole Ag’t for Norwalk
:Ofilcc west end of Bridge, SOUTH NORWALK
Eli-1111101111 111117101
DEALER IN
0011 8. W001
WHOLESALE AND", RETAIL.'
Yard at the West end 01 the Bridge.
SOUTH NORWALK,
Families and Factories supplied With the best at
lowest market p1 ices Delivered within any rea-
sonable distance. P101npt attention given to all
orders,l'urge or small. .
D. II. “’EBB, Agent.
Call and see us and leave your orders.
CARRIAGE MAKERS.
MULLINCS & TILLY,
Succcsams to S. 1’. TUTTLE.
29
HARSIIAL STREET, SOUTH NORW'ALK,
inform the citizens of Nor-
Would respectfull
lint they are prepared to .
walk and vicinity t
Build carriages and Wagons
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Particular attention paid to REPAIBING in all
branches of. the trade. .
One SECOND-HAND ROCKAWAY, and one
NO TO? BUGGY, for sale. 12
REAL assess
Bought, $0111 or IExchqnggd,
11:, Conn. Broker.
INSURANCE 7'
. . B. J. sTIIncEs,Agen1. _:I
' Norway: Fish Market. fill
The subscriber respectfully announces that at
the Old Bridge Fish Market a constant supply of
excess: T1511,
and all varieties of choiecI
"FITS AID VEGETABLES II THEIR SENSII.
~ CHARLES W. LOCKWOOD.
FSpring Chickens Dressed to order. .
' TOT-IKE PUBLIC! Anyone wishing my services
In the Undertaking business will find me atf
the 11111: residence of m Ifathe‘r, 55 Main Street, or
at Demmon J“, Newborn ’s Store. -
ll OEGE II. RAYMOND, Agent
CHAS T. LEONARD 81 SON
. DEALERIN .
o o A 1;. , .
WOOD AND BRICK, ~
N’thBiver Blue Stone ,Li'ma, Gems'ii't'
I'IlllfllI PIPE FBI AGNES; WELlSI All
. CIIIIIIYS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Water St, 111111111111 Conn
ll. H 1100611188
Manufacturing confectioner,
Keeps constantly on hand a large variety of
, ~. . - . : ' . .
Pure Confectionery
‘- Always Fresh and of the Best Quality, at
IWholesalc 11111] Retail.
Also a superior article of'
ICE CREAM
I !
SODA WATER, with fruit syrups, and OTTAWA
IBEER, ,drawn from Matthews Patent Steel Foun-
ains
Fruits, Nuts. fine Imported and
Domestic Cigars.
No. 21 Main Street. '
An Elegant Ice Cream Saloon and Bestauran
for Ladies and Gentlemen.
G. H. DOUGLASS,ProprietIor.
csouas'WAnn _ssLanx,
Hasconstautly luI stack at his new stand ,
No. 9 Main Strcet,
' A'choice andfineassortmcntof
Groceries, ,
Proms-ions,
Flour,
Fruit, &c.,
wishto [.urcbasefirst-classgoods .a t
Reasonable IPrices.
DRIED BEEF, SLICED A SPECIALTY.
OF HAMS, EITHER WHOLE 0R S'LIICED.
Dropln and seeusiu or'r newstore.
No.0 MAIN ‘s'rir'EET.
I have afloat and due here withln'two weeks, I
OVER HALF A MILLION
or 'riIE'i'AtioUs
S. K. :52 Co.
311 11*
Lower 1111111 than Ever B11011.
I guarantee them equal to am- 5- 111 ml Shingle
er or sold in this marl ct.
. I have, also, one our lead of the
U. B 8111111 31111111
selected by n1 sell personallv “Run" the p is
week, In Michigan, where 11: 11c lice '11 111'-
ranging 1'01 acontinucd supply 01 one
uniioim 111;".111uluctiue This car
10 1d 1 shall offer at the same
1011 PRICES is 1111111010111,
But when the new ones come in
I must get better figures for them.
It is a good time to buy Shingle
r03 cAsni
E'.IJ.'H|LL.
Are you going to Point's”
.} .IBI.J. sruncEsI, -
o'vs'rnns, ”01.111115, &C.,
To: which he wauldiuvltethe attentiouofallwho .
nss'r', .
The Neal-field Bank : Cashier.
' Unto how few the fadclcss bays
Belong 1 How few the" can crown
. Of virture wear. ' _And few the lays
' That bear a herd" 11 1151111; Idown
Untarnished to the latest days 1
Yet there was one buttnowwho breathed
Faithful to trust, and in that hour
Summoned he laid dewn life, bequeathed
To aIll good men his good deeds power,
For tell me not his place‘iwaslow,
His sterling voice till the! unheard :'
He knew and dared to answer “No l"
' Whole volumes spoke in that one word,
And duty could uofnrthcr go.
Not oftenest on war’s glorious field
Or in the gaze of favoring men
Does Duty call, but when the shield
0f secrecy protects, or when ..
Our dearest hopes to her ImIi'iIst yield;
'Not oftenest does the martyr gain
By sacrifice his righteous fame. -— '
And this man knew it, stood the strain
Of silent 111111, He prized the name
IiOf truth, 'and kept it free from stain.
IE‘IIf he betrayednot, death was sure,
BefoI'e' h'iu'iI stood the murderous thief. --—-
He did not flinch . . .I _Of one life fewer.
' The angels turned the blood-scaled leaf
That night, and said. “The page is pure. "
O simple faith and loyalty ! '
1 If each true heart like this were strong
The nation’s ancientIma'jesI'ty
Would riSe again with joyous song,
Her beauty shinc 0' er every seal .
Cambridge, Mass. IG1'PJI1A'I'nIIor.
Theres- 0.110110, Cool Nook.
' ' nv JonN nENnv EoNIAn.
I'Thcrc s a lone, .cool nook where the shade is,
, deep. ‘
And the waves of a river softly run
To the shore where the Odor-011s musk-rats
'afEroin dripping roots when the dayI' is done.
IB'etWeén green rushes cud silverrceds,
'Where dragon files are ever at- play,
Alwinding path to the 'w'ater leads, '"
lAInIl there a boat lies rocking sway—
Booking, rocking, at rest and asleep
that lone, cool nook where. the shade is
deep. I, _sz '."’.
When the day 18 hot you can lie at rest
theb‘oat and dreamtill the sunlight fades,
While thelulliugsouiids that the car lov'es best
Are whisperch by waves Iand the long reed
blades, '
- And a vine With trumpct- blossoms of red
Is lightly flung 011 the branches high
Oil 11 leaning tree. In such a bed, I
'Forgettiug the world, you may idly lie,
Rdcking, rocking, at' rest and asleep
1111 that lone, cool nook where the shade' 111
I 'I deep. ,
'Aii'd' at night, when the sky“ is full of stars,
When shadowy birds flit down fthc shore
And the water-snake glides to thesaudy bars,
You may touch the waves Iwith a noiseless
Tour.
Till you float far out on the slunirgstream
Whore winds from the carnalaud freshly
blow,
, And more you may gently drift and dream,
With stars above you and stars below—-
Drifting, drifting, may dream and rest
On Ilhc peaceful riv'er' 3 cool sweet breast.
A Spanish Anecdote.
“ It' is a holy usage to record
Upon each refectory’ 5 side or end
Thellast‘: mysterious Supper of: our Lord,
That meanest appetites might upward tend.
Within the convent palace of old Spain,
. kings,
IIu such a picture, said by. some foreign
T e sovereign glory or those' wo'iidcrous
things.
A painter of 111.111.111.111 deep delight,
Di'yclt on each beauty lie so we‘ll discerned, ~
While, in low tones, 11‘ gray geronomite
This answer to his ecstasy returned:
‘StraIngerl I have recoived my daily meal
In this good company, now tines-score
years,
And Thou, whee" _er thou art,. can 'st hardly
feel
How time these lifeless images endears.
‘Lifeless—ah! no: both faith audI on have
given-
That passing hour a life of endless r,cst
And' every soul who loves the food of Heaven
May to that table come a welcome guest.
‘ ‘Lifeless—I—ah! no: while mminc- heart are
stored
:Sad memories of my brethren dead and
g'one, ‘
Familiar plaCes vacant round our board, . '
ANIII still that silent Supper lasting on- , -
1'
‘Whil'e I review my youtb',II
t en,—
It _se'eins as if these were thehvmg men,
maa- '
The election of a democraticpresidcnt litter
the Vérmont and Maine ;ekctions and the
fiasco in New Y o-.rk is ggso impldbable an
event that even the most desperate political ‘
be poured into Indiana. The moutesti there
Iwill probably be the fiercest escrofought—in
any state of the Union. Both Senator Nor;
ton and Governor Hendricks: ham: petsonal ‘
Ireas'IoiisI for wishing to be. successhilLin the
'state they represent, and the' immense im- .
portauce of the issue will call out every vote .
in the state, and we fearn good many votes .,
beyond the state. -A democratic success .
does not insure the election- of Mr. Tilden by
any u'i'eiius, but democratic defeat will cause
a stampede to the Hayes ticket. _—.I-Ne to York
Sun, ( Tilden sI- organ. ) '
A capital type of Chinese manhood is _to be
'Iseenin the person of a stout middle-aged
~ merchant, who holds position through many
hours- of the (lay in the southernmost com-
pa'rtuient of the Chinese 11111111119111-1113
que, his slim e11 head, his ample, well-
formed figure, his blaudnes's, his serene con-
tent—the quick intelligence and the conta-
gious mirthfulness \1 hIi'ch light up his features '
interpreter, are soiiietliing' as 11.511 I11ortli
seeing as the c‘u'ii'oiis 'wari-s inliis exhibit.
directing fmccs 11 hich preside 01' 01' the great
industries of China than we are apt Ito get
from the sillow laundiy-mcn so familiar to
us, 0'1 from most of the subordinates in at-
' temlance upon the Fair. —.Dovial¢l G. Mitchell
b'mt'Ime/ I-jb: January.
C . .
A young may who has tricdf i't suggestsihat
before you pop the' question it"s" just as _wcll
to question the pop. —.—‘N.; Y; Connie’s-61211.- --
a party of men y vii-ls, 13h! 1111- -_111:
small potatoes'” "\Ve may. be s'iiia’ll. pota-
toes, " said one of 'thc‘111,-"‘but 111- are sweet
ones. ” '
- Saida mothci to her little so'n'. “There'!
your toes are out- of your stockings agai'n- , ‘
seems to me they wear out in a hurry. " Giv-
ing a comical leer, he said. “Do' you know
why stockings wear out first at the toes?"
“No." :“Bccausc toes “rigglc, and heels
don’t.”
lsc them before buying elsewhere.
Call ant 1: 1613011619 F. BELDEN
01‘ F1015. 31
Mai with the gifts and monuments of"
.—'-'what _I Iwgi' .2. I
tam I 1190,1011 ye, belovedones 111131,. "
And We the '_color'ed shadows ouhhe Will ”’
—L01'1D Houoa'rox-I . '
gamblér's do not care to put their money up. . 7
' What little money the: democrats: have. will
as he listens to ”N. tiirying reperiIs'I of his
His st~1l11 'ut propoiiicns. inatch 111011111 aleI'I'tI . ' ' '
shiemlm as, give a better ii'itiinaliouI o'l. 'tho'se' -
An old bathclor having been laughed at by ~
“ 1,1011 are c. ..
uni
Norwalk Chronicler