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WHOLE NUMBER 1506.
NORWALK, CONNECTICUTZQTUE‘SDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1876.
VOL. - LIXNUMBEM
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Sunlight and Shadow.
Sunlight and shadow play upon the hills,
And chase each other on the restless waves,
Seeming to follow but their own sweet wills,
Yet to the powers above them faithful
slaves— '
Reflecting every changing cloud with ease,
Stirr’d by aleaf, and dancing with thebreeze.
Oh, blessed shadows, who so kind as you.
So patient, humble, generous and good?
Obedient to the sun, and ever true,
Your presence beautifies the roughest road,
Lends to the sternest rock a tender grace,
And throws a charm upon the meanest place.
Oh, blessed lights that make the shadows
sweet.
That make the world so exquisitely fair!
Life is more full when lights and shadows
meet
Then in the midnight gloom or noonday
glare,
- And humane hearts have little tenderness
Till grief and joy have met in fond caress.
- Sunday Magnum.
From Oassell’s Family Magazine.
~ A Blight in Summer.
I was not the regular doctor, for the prac-
tice at Burnly belonged to Fred. ' Garnet, an
old hospital friend of mine, who had taken to
a simple country practice while I had been
roaming the world as surgeon in emigrant
ships, and during the Franco-German war.
I We had met after seven years, when I wanted
a month’s quiet in the country, and he had
asked me to attend to his practice, while he
came up to town to pass a degree, for he was
a hard-studying, ambitious fellow.
A man at the door desired me to come over
and see his master, who was dying of gout.
This was the announcement by the s t.
Saving that I had been consulted about”
riblc wherritin’ pain” in the back of a ”o
lady of seventy-five, this was my first call.
“ There’s Miss Kate a-watching for us."
I could see the flutter of a white dress by
the gate as we drove on, but my attention was
too much taken up by the prettiness of the
place, and I was gaping idly about, thinking
nothing of “Miss Kate” and her cares, when
the gig stopped, and I jumped down.
“Here he is, uncle, dear," she cried.
“Time he was here,” exclaimed some one,
with a savage roar.
After giving various little orders I placed
the tender leg in an easy position, the patient
breaking out into furious exclamations the
while. Then, by means of some hoops from
a small wooden tub, I made a little gypsy
tent over the limb so that the coverings did
not touch the exqusitely tender skin, and at
the end of half an hour had the pleasure of
hearing a sigh of satisfaction, of seeing a
smile steal over the face, which was now
smooth and bedewed'with a gentle perspira-
tion, and directly after, in a drowsy voice,my
patient said: _
“Kitty, my darling, he’s a trump. Take
him into the next room and apologize to him,
and tell him I’m not always such a beast.”
He was half asleep already, while I—even
in that short hour—I had fallen into a dream,
a dream of love; I who had never loved be-
fore, nor thought of it, but as sickly boy and
girl stuff, unworthy of busy men.
I cannot tell you how that day passed, only
that Kate Anstey had implored me not to
leave her uncle yet; and I ? I was her slave,
and would have done her bidding even to the
death. .
He was soon better, but my visits to the
farm were more frequent than ever. I went
one day as usual, but insteadof Kate being at
the window and running out to meet me, the
old gentleman stood at the door, looking very
angry, and he at once caught hold of my coat
and dragged me into the kitchen. '
“Is anything wrong i” I said, trembling.
“Yes, lots,” said the old man. “What do
you come here, for ?” ' '
“For mercy’s sake, don’t keep it back !" I
said, for the room seemed to swim around me.
“Is Kate ill P”
“Yes—I think she is,” he said griiilly.
“But look here, young man, what does this
rn
mean 1
“Mean!” .1 said. “-Oh, Mr. Brand, if she
is ill let me see her-at once i” _
“She don’t look very bad,” he said, peering
through the crack of the door into the parlor,
where I could see her white dress; “but I say
young man, you’d better'not come any more.
‘She’s growing dull, and I can’t have my dar-
ling made a fool of.”
“Made a fool of i" I stammered.
“Yes,” he said, grufiiy; “what do you
come here for ?" ,
I was silent for a minute, with a wondrous
feeling stealing over me, as at last my lips
said—I did not prompt, them—“because I
love her with all my heart.”
“ And you’ve told her \so ?” ~
“Not a word,” I said, slowly. My hand
was being crushed as in a vice the next min-
ute.
“I’m not a gentleman, but I know one
when I meet one. There, you may go and
talk to her, if it’s as you say; for if it's true
you wouldn’t make her unhappy; but my
lad, the man who trifled with that girl’s heart
would be the greatest scoundrel that ever
stepped on God’s earth.” .
The whole of this part of my life is so
dreamy that it is all like some golden vision.
But I was at her chair, I know, and that glo-
rious evening I was content to watch the soft,
dreamy face beside me as she sat there with
hands folded in her lap, watching the sunset.
At last we rose and walked together through
the wood, to stop at last beneath an over-
shadowing tree, and there in low, broken
words I told her I loved her, and in her sweet
girlish simplicity she laid her hands upon my
shoulders, looked up in my face and promis- '
ed to be my little wife.
I went home that night riding in a wonder— .
ful triumphal chariot instead of a gig, and to
my great surprise on reaching the house there
was Fred Garnet.
“Back already 7" I stammered.
, “Already? Why, the month’s up,” he said,
laughing. “You must have good sport with
your fishing, Master Max."
It came upon me like thunder, this return,
and I lay that night awake—happy, but mis—
erable, for this meant the end of my visit,and
what was to come in the future? I had not
thought of that. .
I put it ed for the time, and having obtain-
ed willing permission from Garnet, I went his
rounds the next morning,and of course found
my way to the form.
I fancy the servant looked at me in rather
a peculiar, constrained way, as she said that
her master had gone to the off-hand farm.
“And Miss Kate 2’" I said.
“She's down in the wood, sir," said the
girl. _
I waited to hear no more, but ran along the
garden, leaped the gate. and crossing two
fields, went through the wilderness, and over
the stile into the wood.
“My darling,” I kept repeating, as I hurri-
ed on, expecting to meet her at every turn,
and then I stopped short with ahorrible pang
seeming to catch my heart. I was dizzy,faint,
raging with anger, and half mad in turn; but
that all passed off to leave a bitter, crushing
sense of misery, as I held on by a young sap-
ling, and peered at the scene before me.
There stood, with her back to me, Kate—
false, false, Kate—with the arm of a tall,
handsome, military-looking man encircling'
her waist, her head resting on his shoulder ;
and even as I gazed, be bent his head dowa
~ and she raised her arms—her face—her lips
to meet his kisses, as be folded her tightly to
his breast.
I saw no more, but stole blindly away,went
to the stable, saddled and bridled the horse in
a dreamy fashion, mounted, - rode back to
Burnley, threw the bridle to the man, walked
straight to the station without seeing Fred
Garnet, and went off to London.
Six months passed by, and then I was once
more called upon to take charge of the prac-
tice of a friend in the suburbs.
It was one dark night in winter that I was
just going to bed, half-wishing that I had had
a call—for I knew that I should only he and
toss about sleepless, and Iwas too good a doc-
tor to try my own drugs—when the surgery
bell rang sharply, and the summons that I
had wished for came. \
It was a policeman with a hansom cab,and
his oilskin shone wet and vividly in" the red
light of the lamp over the door.
“Axiden’ case sir,” he said. - “Dr. Barker
in the next street's got it in and, sir, and he
wants help.”
I learned from him that a gentleman had
been knocked down by the very same cab we
were in, and trampled upon by the horse be.
fore the wheel went over and broke his leg.
We were there in a few moments, and I was
shown into the back parlor of a comfortably
furnished house, where the sufferer had been
laid upon a mattress.
A brief conversation with my colleague en-
sued, and he told me what he feared and how
he was situated, another important call de-
manding his presence. The result was that I
agreed that we would examine the patient,and
then I would stay till Dr. Barker’s return.
A faint groan from the mattress saluted us
as we turned to our patient, and asI held the
lamp over his face, and the light fell upon the
fair hair and long drooping moustache,I near-
ly dropped it.
“Nemesis!” I thought. Mine enemy de-
livered into my. hand. Kate’s lover lying
bruised and broken—crushed like a reed at
my feet. And now I need not kill him to be
revenged for all his cruelty to me, but stand
by supine, and he would die.
For a few brief moments told me that I
possessed far greater knowledge than my col-
league, and that if I withheld mine, nothing
which Dr. Barker could do would save the
flame even now trembling in the socket of
life’s lamp.
_ The scene in the wood flashed before me
once again as Istood there—Kate's sweet face
upturned asking for this man‘s kisses,and all
so vivid that my brain reeled and amist float-
ed before my eyes.
" What do you think, Mr. Lawler ?” saida
voice at my elbow, and I started back into
the present.
“That he’ll be past saving in an hour,” I
said, quietly.
“I fear so,” said Dr. Barker, shrugging his
shoulders.
“Unless "
Here I unfolded my plans as I said bitterly
to myself, “And heap coals of fire upon his
head.‘ Kate, take your lover, and God for-
give you!”
“Excellent,” exclaimed Dr. Barker, who
wasa frank, gentlemanly fellow, without pro
fessional jealousies ; and in an hour’s time we
had done all that was necessary, our patient
was breathing easily, and Dr. Barker was
shaking my hand.
“He’s saved, Mr. Lawler. You‘ve saved
his life. Now I’ll be off and get back in an
hour's time. You’ve given me the greatest
lesson in surgery I ever had in my life.”
And then I was alone, thinking bitterly of
what I had done.
“Kate—Kate—darling !”
Those words feebly muttered brought me
to myself, and I was the cold, hard man once
more as I rose, and taking the lamp, bent
down over my patient, whose eyes now open-
ed and stared at me.
“Where’s Kate ?" he asked; and where—
what—” He stopped short.
“Hush!” I said, coldly; “you have had
an accident.”
“Accident? Oh, yes, I remember, I was
going to catch the night train for Burnley,
when that confounded cab— "
“You must not talk," I said fighting hard
to contain myself. “You are seriously hurt."
This last was not professional, but there
was a grim pleasure in giving hint some pain.
“That’s bad, doctor,” he whispered, “for
I was going down—to see my darling—she’s
very ill.”
“Ill 1” I exclaimed, starting.
“Yes,” he said, speaking with pain and I
could not stop him now. “Consumption,they
say; broken heart, I think. Some scoun-
drel—”
I almost dropped the lamp as I caught his
hand and gripped it, and said, in a hoarse,
choking voice, for I was struggling to see the
full light:
“What do you wish me to do ?”
“Telegraph, at any expense, to my brother
in-law. Take it down, or you’ll forget. From
Christopher Anstey to John Brand, Green-
mead, Burnley. Say Kate is not to fidget.
You know best. ”
“Yes, yes," I stammered, my hands trem-
bling as I took out a pencil and pretended to
write. “Miss Kate, then,” I faltered, “is—-”
“My darling child!” sobbed the poor fel-
low, “and she’s dying!”
He was too weak, too faint to heed me, as
with a bitter groan I turned away stunned—-
mad, almost, at my folly. For I saw it all
now, poor, weak, pitiful, joyous fool that I
was. I had seen the girl I worshipped pet-
ted and caressed by her own father, and with-
out seekiug or asking an explanation, I had
rushed away, leaving her to think me a
scoundrel—nay, worse.
When I turned once more to the mattress
my patient had fallen asleep, and I stood
there thinking. _
In a few moments I had rmade my plans;
then, watch in hand, I impatiently waited for
Dr. Barker’s return. , ,
He was back to his timepnd in a few words
I had made my armuge“ents.
“Doctor,” I said,’.“yd_,said you werein my
debt for this night’s wor I”
"My dear sir, I’ll use you a check for
twenty guineas with pleasure," he replied.
“Pay me in this way,” I said; “see that
these patients whose'na'me‘s I have written on
this slip of paper are attended to well for the
next two days, and tell our friend here that
his message has been seen to. ” .
He promised eagerly, and the next minute
I was in the street, running to the nearest
cab-stand. '
' I wasjust in time to catch the early morn-
ing train, and half mad, half joyous, I sat im-
patiently there till the train dropped me at
Burnley, there the fly slowly jolted me over
to the Four Mile Farm.
It was a bright, clear, frosty morning, and
the sun glanced from the river upon the trees
but I could not think of only one thing as I
kept urging the driver on, and he must have
thought me mad as I leapt out and i-ushed
into' the well-known parlor.
“Kate l” I cried, as half blind Iran towards
a pale face lying back in an easy chair by the .
fire.
“You scoundrei !” was roared at the same
moment, and the sturdy farmer had pinned
me by the throat.
“Yes, all that,” I said; “only hear me.”
His hands dropped as Kate uttered a low
cry and fainted.
“Quick!” I said, water and some brandy.”
With a low growl of rage my old patient
‘for ,gout obeyed me, and in a few minutes
Kate opened her eyes to look full into mine as
her head rested on my arm.
“Have you come to say good by ?” she said
ebly ; and there was such alook of reproach
in that poor, worn face, that I could only an?
swer in a whisper: -
“No, no-to ask you to give and bless me
with your love; to ask you to forgive me for
my cruel weakness, for I must surely have
been mad.” ‘
A deep groan made me turn my head, to
see that the farmer’s head was down upon his
arms, and his broad shoulders were heaving
deeply.
“I thought you would never come again,"
said Kate feebly; “but I never gave up
hope.”
#
From the Hartford Post.
The Vote or Connecticut.
The enormous vote returned in this State
at the late election—121,974—has naturally
excited remark, for the total exceeds all
calculations. The democratic vote exceeds
by some seven thousand the expectations of
Mr. Brown, the chairmaii of their executive
committee,” exprest the day before the
election. Let uska at the probability of
these figures representing an honest vote.
We will suppose that '5 per cent. of the
registered voters did not appear at the polls.
In Hartford the silent vote was nearer 10 per
cent; but taking the state at large we will
put the figure at 5 per cent, or five in every
hundred. This would indicate a registered
vote of 128,072. It is reckoned there is. on
an average, one voter in every six of popula-
tion. At this rate Connecticut would appear
to _. titled to six members of Congress.
But suppose we take the ratio of one voter
to every five of population, a rule which is
only applicable to large cities. We find that
the registered vote, as reckoned above, would
give us a population of 640,360. In 1870
the population of Connecticut, as indicated
by the United States census, was 537,454, so
that, if the vote of the 7th inst. is a. fair in-
dication, taking the low ratio of 5 per cent,
we must have increased 102,906 since June,
1870 l The actual increase from 1860 to 1870
—ten years—was 77,307. ‘ The ratio of 6 per
cent. of voters to population which we deem
much the fairer for the state at large, would
show an increase of our population to the
extent of 230,978 in six years 1 Of course
nobody believes there has been any such
growth in Connecticut, especially in view of
the depressed condition of manufacturing
industries during the past three years. Take
a few of the towns. New Haven, by her
vote and supposed registration would seem to
have increased her population 24,024 since
1870—a very thriving town. Hartford actu-
ally had a little over a thousand, silent voters,
and yet managed to cast 0,139 votes for pres-
ident. Supposing a voter to one in six of
population, Hartford must have grown since
1870, in spite of the loss of some important
manufacturing establishments in the mean-
time, 23,654 ! Thisis only 380 behind the
growth of New Haven and proves conclusive-
ly that the capital is not easily to be out-
done.
Without going into further comparisons
we think we have shown enough to satisfy
the reader that the vote in this state is out of
all proportion to the population, and that
there must have been a large fraudulent in-
crease. The explanation is not far to seek.
It is notorious that for a number of years
the republicans have not polled their full
strength in Connecticut. In 1872 they threw
50,318 votes, with a large desertion to the
liberal movement, and when it was well set-
tled before the polling began that the demo-
crats were to be beaten. This year more ex-
ertion was made. Public meetings and
parades were held in almost every town ;
clubs were maintained, and a determined
effort made to interest and bring out the
“silent vote.” These efforts succeeded, and
the republican vote rose to. nearly 59,000.
The liberals had to a large extent returned to
their first love ; the prohibition vote drappcd
almost to nothing, and the laggards came
out. The increase, large as it was, was a
healthy and natural increase, and was very
largely made in the small agricultural towns,
where men were personally known to each
other, and where bogus voting is compara-
tively diflicult. The increase of the demo-
cratic vote of over 10,000 from last spring,
when the democrats spent over $30,000 by
their own confession, to bring out their vote
and capture the 'senatorship, is made chiefly
in the cities and in the worst districts of the
cities. It was remarked by the authorities of
the country towns that scarcely a tramp was
seen for a week previous to the. election.
After that we hear of their making their
calls again, and we know of some cases
where they confessed that they had voted for
I‘ilden in Hartford.
We conclude from this that the registry
law of Connecticut is fatally defective, and
that it will be the duty of the new legislature
to see to it that such changes are made as
will throw around the ballot box safeguards
against the perpetration of wholesale frauds.
Give every man entitled to vote thc.opportu-.
nity to do so just once; but make it im-
possible for one man to personate another, or
for bogus names to be placed upon the lists
for the accommodation of repeaters, and
Connecticut will tell a different story on
election day.
The extraordinary vote polled in this
State last week Tuesday is beginning to at-
tract attention all over the country, and there
are loud calls for a Returning Board for
Connecticut. Mr. “J. L. T.," an inhabitant
of Camden, N. J ., writes to the New York
Times as follows on this subject :
In view of the fact that the State of Con-
necticut east some 24,000 votes more than at
any previous election, is it not well to have
an investigation and review of the vote. It
is a State where, in important elections,
nearlyjevery vote is polled, and certainly its
population has not increased during the last
few years. If there is'any legal method of
doing so, certainly its vote should be inves—
tigated. ' '
Many fair-minded men here doubt if the
vote of Connecticut is correct. We believe
that the fraudulent voters in New Haven
and Hartford alone, if thrown out, would
elect the Republican ticket.
His Little Grocery.
He was a clean-looking. colored man of ad-
vanced age, and when he‘entered a wholesale
house on Vesey street, one of the clerks po-
litely informed himthat the situation of por-
ter was already filled. -
“Does I look like a man who’d be regarded
as s porter ?" demanded the stranger.
“Ah! excuse me.” '
“You is diseased, sah. Whar’ is de fore-
man? Over duh, ”eh? No, sar, I dOn't want
to be porter. I’ze one obe dc: solid men ob
Newark, and I’ze here on "portant business.”
He wanted goods. There were lots of
goods there, and it was very easy to suit him
as to price, but he had no money and no rec-
ommendations,
“De pay is sure in sixty days," he urged.
“But you can give no security.”
“What you wants of security? won't de
goods be dar ?"
“You may have sold them.”
“Den won’t do money be dar, all counted
out on de counter? And if de money ain’t
dar, won’t I be dar? And if I 'aint dar, and
de old-woman's gone, and do children can’t
be found, can’t I be frowed into bankruptcy
and all smashed up?
But he didn’t get any goods.——Telegra’ph. '
*
He Had Been Tho—re.
“I .suppose there are plant of saw mills
over in your stato,”.said it Oh cago man to s
party from Michigan, the other night.
: Wall, I shad say there was,” replied the
Michigander; “Why, sir, Michigan is gettin’
so darn full uv saw-mills that you can hard-
ly meet a man over there with more'n two
ngers on a hand.”
And sticking up a paw on which dwelt a'
10“ digit.” proof of his assertion, he quietly
eo‘nfinueg: k h d ‘
’ve s no on swith umm f l”-- '-
caga Journal. "01 Ola
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Congregational Conference.
The annual conference of the Congregation-
al churches of this State, was in session last
week at New Haven. Hon. 0. H. Platt, of
Merlden, was chosen moderator. Rev. S. G.
Willard offered the opening prayer, Tuesday.
Report of Annalist, Rev. Mr. Moore, was
read. Rev. E. Johnson, of Bridgeport, read
report on the state of religion. The reports
. Fairfleld West Consociation show that in
the church at Black Rockthirty to forty have
been added to its numbers. The Second
church at Bridgeport reports thirty converts.
Greenfield Hill Church celebrated its 150th
anniversary during the year. The Southport
church finished its new house of worship and
added twenty—five to its membership. New
Canaan reports constant interest and growth;
Georgetown twelve additions ; Wilton twelve
additions and also the celebration of its 150th
anniversary. The church of South Norwalk
hi‘is received an addition of seventy since
March, while the church at Norwalk received
at one communion in May, 112, of whom up-
ward of thirty were men and heads of fami-
lies.
The report closed with a brief allusion to
the Congregational clergy who have died du.
ring the year, from which we learn that Rev,
Horace Bushnell,,D. D., died in Hartford,
February 17, 1876, aged 74; Rev. Au-
gustus B. Collins died in Norwalk, March 16,
1876, aged 87 ; Rev. William Phipps died in
‘Plainfield, June 13, 1876, aged 53; Rev. Hi-
ram Bell died in Westchester, June 19, 1876,
aged 69; Rev. J. C. Bodwell, D. D., died in
Mount Desert, Maine, July 17, 1876, aged 64;
Rev. Frederick Chapman died in Rocky Hill,
July 21, 1876, aged 90; Rev. Thomas Wil-
liams died in Providence, R. I., September
29, 1870. .
Tuesday evening a discourse was preached
by Rev. Leonard Bacon.
Rev. S. J. M. Merwin, Wilton, waselected
one of the delegates to the National Conven-
tion. -
On Wednesday the report of the cOmmit-
tee on denominational coinity was read, clos-
ing with the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the Congregational churches
of Connecticut-{ha represented in this general
conference, recognize, and always have rec
ognized, the churches of‘ other evangelical
communions in the commonwealth as veritap
ble members of the one body of Christ, and
inthe spirity of their liberal policy hold them-
selves ready to enter into any honorable ar-
rangement with these churches, with a view
to the settlement and adoption of such prin
ciples of comity as are fitted to remove all
occasions of annoyance and conflict in their
inter-denominationalrelations, and as tend’
toward the ultimate and complete union of
the people of God of all names in every good
work. -
Resolved, That this conference invites the
ecclesiastical bodies with which the churches
of other evangelical communions in the State
are connected, to confer with us in respect to
this very desirable object. '
Resolved, That Rev. WrClarkc, Rev. G. B.
Wilcox and Rev. J. H. Twitchell be a com-
mittee to act in behalf of this conference in
extending the invitatio ,ontainedinthe fore-
going resolutions to the- ies therein named,
and in taking part in such inter-denomina.
tional correspondence and consultations as
may be held, having the proposed object in
view, the result of such correspondence and
consultations-to be reported to the next annu-
al conference for further action. -
The twelfth annual report of the trustees
of the fund for ministers was presented by
Rev. William H. Moore. secretary, showing
that the receipts were $2,774 27, of which
$312 52 was the remainder from 1874, and
$2,461 75 contributions. The disbursements
were $2,823 82, of which $35 61 was for
expenses,and $2,760 to thirteen beneficiaries.
As the disbursements exceed the receipts by
$49 4.5, a debt of that amount is left. A ta-
ble was presented with the report, showing
that since 1874, "the donations to the fund
have amounted to $25,134 63, the grants to
$24,590, and the expenses to $25,184 51.
The trustees were incorporated in 1867 and
are prepared to hold bequests, but, thus far
have had no legacies and no surplus for in-
vestment. In tWelve years, 1864—1875, of
the 295 churches, 263 contributed and 32 gave
nothing. In this period 23 beneficiaries have
been aided, ten males and thirteen females,
seven of whom have died. ,
The sixteenth annual report of the direc-
tors of the Connecticut Home Missionary So-
ciety, for 1875, was presented. The receipts
were, remainder from 1874, $2,687 71 ; over-
pay returned by Rev. , Wm. C. Foster, $15;
legacies, $772 95; contributions, $13,966 11;
total, $17,441 71. The disbursements were
to James L. Chapman, treasurer, $224 41;
to the American Home Missionary Societies,
$2,695 24; to William H. Moore, secretary
and state missionary, $2,742 37; to thirty-six
aided churches, $8,347 90; total disburse-
ments, $15,008 94; remainder in the treasu-
ry December 31, 1875, $3,432 83; claims on
the treasury at that date for which order had
been issued only in part, $2,374 55; the
amount received by this society in legacies
was $3,749 77 less than in 1874; the amount
in contributions was $1,672 78 less than in
1874; and the total of legacies and contribu-
tions was $5,422 55 less than in 1874, and
was less than in any year since 1865. The
amount expended in Connecticut was $11,-
313 70, or $648 66 less than in 1874, and was
an average of 22 cents for each church mem-
her.
The following gentlemen were chosen di.
rectors of the Connecticut Home Missionary
Society: -
Rev. S. G. Willard of Colchester, Rev. N.
J. Burton of Hartford, Rev. J. W. Backus of
Thomaston, Rev. John Avery of Central Vil-
lage, Rev. H. N. Dunning of South Norwalk,
Rev. J. A. Gallup of Madison, Rev. E. H.
Richardson of Hartford, Rev. A. W. Hazen
of Middletown, Rev. J. Andersdnof \Vater-
bury, Rey. F.~A. Noble of New Haven, W.
C. Crum of New London, J. N. Stickney of
Rockville, J. B. Eldridge of Hartford, Cyrus
Northrop of New Haven, and D. N. Camp of
New Britain. ~
The same gentlemen were also chosen trus-
tees of the fund for ministers.
The following resolutions on the subject of
Temperance were discussed and adopted, to-
gether with one recommending the use of un-
fermented wine at communion: /'
Resolved 1. That the chief obstacle to the
Christian work in the State is the drink evil;
the chief foe of the church is the dram shop,
and the suppression of this evil is the _next
great enterprise to which, within the limits
of the State, these churches are called.
Resolved 2. That, under the circumstances
of our time, it is the duty of Christian men
to abstain wholly from the use of intoxica-
ting liquors as a beverage.
Resolved 8. That it is wrong under all cir-
cumstances to license the drum shops.
Resolved 4. That to sell liquor for common
drinking purposes, and to rent property for
such sale, except where the rental is beyond
the control of the owner, is incom tible with
the Christian character, and shou d be made
a disciplinable offence by the churches.
Resolved 5. That where a church has in its
membership a reformed drinker to whom the
taste or smell of alcoholic wine is perilous,
that church may not offer to that man such
wine at the communion table; nor may it
debar him participation in the cup.
Wednesday evening Rev. Myron N. Morris
of West Hartford, delivered a. historical lec-
ture with regard to the influence of Congre-
gationalism upon civil government, popular
education and social reform from 1776 to
1876.
It was voted that the next general meeting
of the general conference beheld in the Cen-
ter church, Hartford, November 13th, 1877,
commencing at 11:30 a. m. ,
On Thursday, among other discussions
was one on the question of Bible reading in
our pnbhc schools, by Dr. Woolscy, Leon
Bacon and others. At the evening session,
Rev. oseph Anderson .delivered an address
on “The Growth of Christian Literature,”
and Rev. S. J. M. Merwin addressed the Con-
ference on “ The Development of the Sunday
School work." President Porter, of Yale,
made the closing address, oaths sub ect of
“ The Christian Outloo ,” and-the onfer-
once adjourned also on.
Fashion in Furs.
“.7“
TREASURES OF THE FUENERB’ STORES—THE
Lunar srxus.
The first frosty dayslbring demands upon
the furriers for muffs and boss, and already
sealskin sacques are seen upon the streets.
Since it has become the fashion to use fur
trimmings for dresses and fur linings for
cloaks, the furricr’s business has so much. in-
creased that it is no easy thing for a lady to
inform herself about the various styles in
furs. Fur-seal sacques are shown as the
most popular of all for garmenm. These are
made from 30 to 34 inches long, fitted to the
figure, with a reverse collar, lined with fur,
and cost from $75 to $250. A muff to
match should go with each sacque; these
cost from $6 to $25. Ladies who have no
sacques buy a muff and boa of seal; the boa
is long and flat and is about the price quoted
for muffs. It is new the fashion to border
seal sacques with some other fur, such as
black marten, beaver, otter—either plucked
or unplucxed—and also the beautiful gray
chinchilla. Sealskin dolmans, very long and
lined with fur, are shown, but are not in as
general use as the jaunty sacques. Hats of
sealskin are shown in more varied. shapes
than hitherto, when turbsns were the only
wear, as the fine for is found to be as pliable
as velvet. and very little heavier. There are
the picturesque Gainsborough hats of seal,
with one side turned back like that in the
stolen picture of the Duchess of Devonshire,
and held in place by game feathers and bows
of gros grain ribbons. There arealso' toQues
with brims turned down in front; English
walking hats with the brim turned up , on
each side, and with long plumes over the
crown, and also the quaint looking Pificrnaro,
with high crown tapering almost to a point.
Turbans have the round Canadian crowns
with wide rolled brim. For more elderly la-
dies there are bonnets of seal with close sides,
high fronts, and shapely crowns trimmed
with feathers, and for face flowers soft tea
roses. Prices range from $20 to $30 for bon-
nets, and from $14 to $18 for bats.
Russian sable sets are in such demand
abroad that they are very high here, and are
only worn by the most wealthy women;
moreover, the difficulty of obtaining: the skins
becomes greater every year. 'Dark Hudson
Bay sable is still very popular, and is sold
for lower prices since such a variety of other
furs have come into use. Chinchilla sets will
be in fashion this Winter, and indeed prom-
ise to excel all others in favor, as they are
required with the chinchilla trimmings so
largely used on, polonaises and cloaks. A
chinchilla border, three inches wide, Costs
$0, $8, or $10, according to quality. This
can be split and would then be wide enough
for trimming. Arica chinchilla of the ' same
quality is from $8 to $15. The set, 'of muff
and boa, costs $50 or more. Of all the low
priced furs, the black marten is the most
fashionable, but it needs to be thoroughly de-
odorizcd, as it is the skin of .the American
polecat. A set, of long round boa and muff,
costs from $12 t0'$20. The trimmings of
black marten are very much prized in
Europe, and are used on some of the hand-
somest velvet, cloth, and sealskin wraps; a
border of it, perfectly dressed to conceal the
odor, costs from $1.25 to $3 a yard, measur-
ing an inch and a half on the leather side,
but appearing at least three inches wide on
the cloak; for three inches wide on the pelt
it costs $8.50 a yard. Very good fur borders
are also made of the shaded gray coon skins.
This wears better than many finer furs, is
very stylish, and closely resembles the fash-
ionable fox furs; it costs from $1.25 to $3 a
yard. Natural gray fox’furs are from $1.50
to $3. This fur is clog-colonial and lfidde to
resemble silver fox. “The for of the Prussian
hare costs from 75 cents to $2.25 a yard.
Black and brown coney bands, used for chil-
dren’s clothes, costs from 50 to 75 cents. The
more expensivegfur trimmings are the beauti-
ful silver fox, with shaded gray hairs, tipped
at intervals with silvery white. These are
very tasteful when used as a boa and muff,
with a border of the same on camel’s-hair po-
lonaises or velvet cloaks.
The wrap of the period most desired by
women of fashion, is a cloak with fur lining,
and the treasure-room of the furrier is filled
with regal garments of this kind. The out-
side is thick, heavy, black~repped silk, or Si-
cilienne, plainly rapped, or else brocaded in
fish-scale designs, or leaves, or stars. The
‘shapes are the jaunty short sacque, the Dol-
man, the long _cloak with sleeves, and the
royal circular. The popular for lining is
made of squirrel-skins. Some of these are
entirely of gray shades, as in the Siberian
squirrel; the greater number are made with
the flanks of white on a gray surface, while
the newest fancy is to have the entire skin of
the animal partly white and‘ partly gray.
Sicilienne short sacques, with squirrel lining,
are sold most readily. New Doiman shapes
have fur borders, as well as linings. Circu-
lar cloaks are the favorite shape, and cost
from $100 upward; with a fur border out-
side, they begin as low as $120. The treas-
ure of treasures, however, are the linings
of silver fox, such as the imperial family of
Russia wear. Such' cloaks cost $1,200. Sa-
ble linings are also most luxurious, and are
made with the tails of the sable skins hang-
ing at intervals all down the garment, making
it doubly warm. The price is $1,200. Blue
fox linings in a cloak are worth $700. Most
charming of all are those lined with the soft
chinchilla and bordered with it. These cost
from $300 to $400. Fisher tail borders are
almost as handsome as sable. Elegant sleeve
cloaks of long sacque shape are made of rich
silks, bordered with fur and then ornamented
with passementerie, cords and tassels. The
price is $350. A word of caution is necessa-
ry to purchasers of fur linings. ' They should
see that the white of the squirrel lock is
clear, instead of being clouded with murky
yellowish spots; that the whole fleece is thick
and long enough for warmth, and, most inn;
portant of all, that the bits of skins are well
sewed together and prettily shaded instead of
being merely cut out of the square plates of
fur. The new silvered beaver and silvery
black marten should also be closely examined
to make sure that the silver hairs are sewn in
one by one, instead of being pasted in, as in
the latter case they fall out when dampened.
All furs that are colored black are to be
avoided. All sealskin is dyed, but the finer
qualities dyed in England do not rub 01!, nor
do they mat when moistened.
”
A Hardware store in Bed. ’
The Burlington (Iowa) Hawker/e man says
the other night a man who lives. out on Co-
lumbia street was kept down town by
business until a very late hour, and his wife,
knowing how cold he would be when he got
home, put an iron on the stove, and when
she heard him open the gate she jumped up
of flannel, chucked it into bed for him 'to
warm his great feet by. The man was cold,
and tacitnrn, and cross. He crawled into
bed with a groan, and shuddering with cold
as he stretched himself out.
, 'l' hen he gave a yell that shook the roof,
and jammed his head through the headboard,
and screamed fire, and waltzed out on the
floor and around the room in the dark, filling
the darkness with weird profanity. When
his wife lighted the lamp they discovered a
beautiful photograph of a sadiron on that
aid man’s feet, and it was found that the flannel
had somehow got off the foot-warmer. The
man says that hereafter, if he must sleep
with a hardware store, he wants it put in
cold.
————o-éo>+—————
~ Whydidn't the last dove return to the ark?
Because she had sufficient grounds for re-
maining away.
and, hurriedly wrapping the iron in a piece.
NORWALK GAZETTE.
Plllllfllill “I“ TUESDAY Illfllllli
The Second Oldest Paper in the state.
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REAL ESTATE.
To-Let.
FOR THE WINTER MON TIIS,
or until the first ofiliay, a House in good repair,
V\I\I\I\r\/\
- containing 10 rooms, with all the modern improve-
ments, including Gass Hot and Cold Water. Bath
Room, Range &c, Apply at this ofilce, or to
MRS.C. C. FERRY.
To Rent.
THE place formerly occupied by the subscriber,
near the head of Main Street, is offered to rent
' mm the 1st of October next, at a very low rent.
B. L. ELLS.
Desirable Property for sale.
A Vervdcsirable place on East Avenue.
Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue, for sale cheap.
Also,a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
wrn Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquire of
S. E. OSBORN. East Avenue,
tfll or to D. W. FITCH, West Avenue.
To Rent.
A’RT of a House, (three rooms) right in the vil
loge. Rent 812 per month. Possession given
immediately. Enquire at this olllcc.
A BARGAIN.
OR SALE—A first-rate built House, (on East
Avenue,) containing nine rooms; will be lot
if not sold. Also BUILDING LOTS for sale.
Apply to D. II. FITCH.
Norwalk,Nov. 27th,187 . , isu
FOR SALE.
YFWO very desirable Buildin gLots on Westliiain
Street. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE.
FOR SALE. .
A NEAT RESIDENCE on one of the best,pleas-
antest and most accessible streets in town.
Has eight rooms, with gas in each, and heater ca-
pable of heating the whole house. Large barn
with stabling for several horses. Apple, Pear and
Cherry Trees. just commencing to our fruit. Is
,within five minutes’ walk of the Post Oillce, &c.
Price91,500. Or will rentit to a good tenantfor
8600 per year. Enquire at this oflice.
Are you going to Paint?
' _ USE
AVERILL’S
_ Itis morcbeuiitiiul,moredurable,lowerin price.
is all ready for use, does not wash byfrain.best
best forfeneral, uses, either for wood, iron or
brick bui dings. Many of the finest residences in
town are painted with
AVBRILL’S CHEMICAL PAINT
Put up ready for use in pails of 1. 2 0'.’ 3 gallons
kegs of 5, 10 or 15 gallons, half barrels or barrels,
All orders romptly filled and any information
given by app ying to
D. H. WEBB, Sole Ag’t for Norwalk
Office at Store of Barnes!) Bno’s, foot of
Washington Street, SOUTH NORWALK.
CARRIAGE MAKERS.
MU LLINGS & TI LLY,
Successors to S. P. TUTTLE,
MARSHAL STREET, SO UTH NOR WALL’,
Would respectfully inform the citizens ‘of Nor-
walk and Vicinity that they are prepared to
Build Carriages and Wagons
OF E VER Y, DESCRIPTION.
Particular attention paid to REPAIRING in all
branches of the trade.
One SECOND-HAND ROCK iwax and one
NO TOP BUGGY, for sale. ‘ ’ iy2
REAL ESTATE
Bought, Sold or Exchanged,
Office 4 Gazette Building, B. J. STURGES.
Norwalk, Conn. 2 Broker.
INSURANCE.
capital Represented. $23,000,000.00.
‘ B. J. STURGES, Agent.
ALEX, S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
, Teacher of tho
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composition.
Box 379 P._ 0., NORWALK, CONN.
GEO. W. CRANE.
Contractor &: Builder
Oi Railroads, Water Works, Sewers, Grading and
Bock Work of all kinds ; Stone and Brick Ma-
sonry. Will fumish men and teams by the day.
Tools to let. Ollice in Hubhell’s Block.
‘14 Address Norwalk P. 0., “Box 452."
J. Belden' Hurlbutt,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Room No. 4, [up stairs,]
'9 GAZETTE BUILDING.
H. H. BARBOUR.
COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Room No. 3, Bank Building,
,NORWALK, CONN.
CEIARLES W. MANY,
‘ Surgeon Dentist,
INORWALK, CONN.
Ofllce corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxidc Gas administered.
0. B. COOLIDGE,
"DENTIST.
\ Successor to
Dr. Asa. 11111,
WALL STREET. NORWALK,
, . _ Ofllce over
0. J. Gruman’s Dry 000113 more.
‘3‘ Gas administered for extracting teeth with
out pain. - , ,
DENTISTB. Y
AT HARD TIMES PRICES,
For Cash - No Credit :
All work executed in the Best Manner, at my office
OVER SELLECK’S BOOK STORE.
34 '1‘. E. SWIFT, D. D. S.
ETNA INSURANCE Co. ofHARTFORD.
Incorporated 181-2. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Ansell, $5,052,880.19
Insures against loss and damage by Fire, on toms
adopted to the hazard and consistent with the laws
of compensation. WLES a MERRILL,_
._ Sole Agents for Norwalknnd Vicinity.
Nouwn 1.x insunnncn co.,
NORIWALK, CONN.
Charter Capital - - - $550,000
Paul up Capital - - - 1 00,000
WM. 0. SnunE'r, Pres., Gno R. Cowmas,Sec’y.
A RARE CHANCE FOR
Cash Buyers 3
We have a Large Consignment ol »
CHOICE TEAS,
and are prepared to sell them so cheap that cus-
tomers will be compelled to buynif they have to
borrow the money to do it. We Will warrant each
ound of Tea to be what it is sold for.
00d Oolong Tea, per pound. ......... 45 cents
Choice Oolong Tea, “ ..... . . ...60 “
Extra Oolong Tea, “ .......... 75 “
Extra fine English Breakfast, per lb...90 “
Good Young H son Tea, . “ ...5 “
Choice Young yson Tea, “ ...70 “.
Choice 01d HysonTea,very fine,“ ...75 “
Good Japan, per lb .......... .. ............ 32 ::
Choice Japan “
Club Rates:
Also A cnt for Norwalk and vicinity for the cel-
ebrated rand oi‘ Flour. “GILT EDGE.” It is
said to be the best Flour in the world. We have
it in Bags: would like all lovers of good Bread to
ivc it a trial ; it will speak for itself. Chorce Cos-
ee. Spices, Rice, Hominy, Barley,Cheesc Pork,
Hams, Shoulders. Tongues, Dried Beei,>Sngars.
Pickles, Sardines Soaps, to" in fact all goods usu-
aly kept in First-Class Groceries. Agent lor Wes-
ton & Fiske’s celebrated Oils :— Lard, S _erm,
Whale. Signal, Cylinder, Machinery. and ero-'
seno Oils ; Kerosene Oil 150 Fire Test.
SAMUEL DASKAIVI,
Opp. Leonard’s Coal Ofiicc, Lynes’ Block.
‘ . Water Street, Norwalk, Conn.
f 5 lb lots, 5 per cent. off,
110 .5 10 u “
Special Announcement!
OUR FALL AND WINTER
, ASSORTMENT or
Stoves 8: Ranges
is NOW COM PLETE.
ALL STYLES AND PRICES OF
Parlor Stoves,
AMONG WHICH THE
GnuiBauruETramii
Unequalcd for Beauty of Design
and Cheapness.
Several First‘Cluss' Stoves
WILL BE SOLD AT 0081‘ -
TO REDUCE THE STOCK.
Old Stoves Taken in Exchange.
RPEAIRING & JOBBING
of all kinds promptly and neatly executed.
E. K. LOCKWOOD.
Wall Street, - Norwalk, Conn.
PEOWI-r'rns
Glycerine Lotion,
FOR CHAPPED HANDS.
This preparation is peculiarly soothing and heal-
ing. and is unpleasant to use. Prepared only by
H. M. & C. S. PROWITT.
ARN TO RENE—A new Barn with good Stu-
biing for several horses, near the bridge.
Price as per month, Enquire at this Office.
EMILY VJ). PARDEEMJ},
(Graduate of N.Y. Medical College for Women,
Cor. MAIN i2 MARSHALL STREETS,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
Ofllcc Hours, untils a. m., and from 3 p. in. At-
tention to all classes of diseasesincident to a en.
oral practice of medicine and surgery. Slate cpl
at Frank Mead’s Confectionery. up town, and all
irdersprom tlyl‘orwardedandattendcd to. Fam-
iliessupplie with Homeopathic remedies. _,
References by permission :—S. Lilcnthal, MAI,
Prof. of Theoryand Practice, N. Y. cit ; Clemence
Lozier. M. D. Dean of College, N. . : Alfred R.
Ellis, M. D.,Prof. Materia Medica. ' 3m23
HARLES S. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor,
AND
GEIVTS’ FURNISHIIVG EMPORIUJV.
I Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
S & W. MITCHELL,
0
At the ever popular .
UNION MARKET
has always the best of
Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
at fairlivingprices. Union (formerly Model) Maré
1
ket, on the Bridge.
UONNEGTIGUT HOTEL,
Corner Main and Wall Sts., NORWALK, 01'.
THE subscriber having taken the above well~
known centrally located Hotel, is prepared to
entertain permanent and transient guests. ,Good
rooms; good table: reasonable rices. A first-
ciass Livery connectedwith the otel. Carriages
to all trains. Every effort made to please.
38tf D. B. MOREIIOUSE, Proprietor.
DWARD P. WEED,
I) R U G- G- I S '1'
Wall Street, opposite Norwalk Opera Home,
A large and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Pcri'umcr ,Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters, oilet and Medicated Soaps, Flavoring
and Hand kerchiet' Extracss, Hair Brushes,Combs,
Sponges, Chamois Skins, Stationery. Cigar-3.1m.
and is ounswnrl aiming to' ulsncuck all the new
and popular met icmes of the day.
B. s. BLASCER,
At h isS torci n MALLORY’S BLOCK,hasconstnnt
ly on hands general assortmento f
Gnocmn'xms,
CBCCKEBY, GLASS,
TIN AND WOODEN WARE, E10., ETC _
By devotinghisconstantpcrsonalattentionto the
businesshc hopes tomeritpubjcpatronage. 9
FRANCIS McKEON,.Jr.,
Practical Plumber.
PLUMBING in all its BRANCHES.
Green Houses Fitted up.
Orders left at Shop on School Street, or on slate
at Belilen‘s Tin Shop. Jobbing promptly attended
to. 1 y19
Edward Banks, .
civil Engineer &Boinugh Surveyor,
Office Main St., near Center Ave.,
Norwalk, Conn.
Particular attention paid to the mapping und
measurement of farms, and to the divrsion oi es-
tates. Also to drainage and scweragcmatters.
Orders by mail promptly attended to.
J 01m A. Hounecker,
B A K E R,
FOOT OF MILL HILL.
Bread, R0118,‘PICS, Cakes, Crnllers, &c., baked
fresh every day. Everything made out of good
materials, and by careful and competcn t workmen.
Try our Baking. / ‘
A '1‘ .
Quintard’s Furniture Rooms
will be found a complete assortment of
ransom, ms, ac,
includingovcrything usu ally found in a first-class
establishment, at Prices to suit the Times. Also.
a large assortment of . .
CHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
, LOOKING GLASSES, &c.
Glass Plates cut to any size. Repairingdonein the
best manner, at short notice. Also, old Hair hiat-
trasses made over as good as new.;
E. OUINTARD’S SON. _
WM. LOCKWOOD,
(Successorto G 80. ii. RAYMON D .k. 00..)
Furniture Dealer,
No. 36 Main Street, Norwalk.
U NDERTAKING.
At my store will be found a large assortment of
all kinds of
COFFINS, CA SKETS,
and everything necessar for the iiiterizzeiitoi the
dead. Residence at \V. . SWAN’S, Main St. 5]
ON DRAUGHT.
MBA 1375
O onfeotionery,
Ice Cream .2 Dining Saloon,
Gazette Building, Norwalk.
Cold sparkling Soda Water, with choice .it‘ruit
Syrups. Root Beer, Ginger Ale, and. Mineral
Waters. 5 cent per glass. Superior quality of Ice
Cream delivered to any part of the town in plain
cans or fancy lorms. Parties and Festivals sup-
lied at short notice and at lowest prices. Pure
.onlectioncry always fresh. Fine Imported Cigars
irom l’arkab 'I‘iil‘ord's
2 FREDERICK MEAD, Proprietor.
. Colgate’s Rosodora.
‘AND
Violet Water,
FOR SALE BY
ii. iii. a o. s. PROWI’I‘T.
RANGES.
GOOD N0 7 RANGE, - - - - - “2.00
u u u _ - _ _ . 14-00
Call and see them before bi in elsewhere.
GE G ‘ F. BELDEN.
BELFAST GINGER Alli
C. W. .Burritt
Has Removed
To No. 4: PJioenix Block, Wall St.,
Foot of Mill Hill, where with increased facilities
he is prepared to do
PLUMBING,
In ailits branches. Also special attention ivcu
to Till Roofing. Tin and Sheet Iron Work an Job-
bing. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand.
Norwalk, April, 1876. .
cuts r. LEONARD & son
0 o A L ,
WOOD AND BRICK, 7 '.
N’th River Blue SfigpeLime, Cement
cruiar PIPE run srwrns, unis no‘
EHIMIEYS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Water St., Norwak, Conn
. 0. H. DOUGLASS,
Manufacturing tonicclinner,
Keeps constantly on hand a large variety of
Pure Confectionery
Always Fresh and of the Best Quality, at
“’liolcsale and Retail.
Also a superior article or .
I C "’i‘ ORE AM-
.14 ,
SODA WATER, with fruit syrups, and OTTAWA
gEERflrawn from Matthews Patent Steel Foun-
ins. '
Fruits, Nuts, fine Imported and
Domestic Cigars. -
No. 21 Main Street.
. An Elegant Ice CreamSaloon and Restauranv
rorLadies and Gentlemen.
- C. H. DOUGLASS,Propriotor-.
osoaes warm SELLECK,
Hssconstautly in stock at his pew stand ,
No. 9 Main Street,
A choice and flneassortmentof
Groceries,
Provisions,
Flour,
Fruit, &'c.,
To which he wouldi nvitethe attentiono in who
wish to[,urcbasefirst-ciassgoods .a t
Reasonable Prices.
DRIED BEEF, SLICED A SPECIALTY. BEST
01“ HAMS, EITHER WHOLE OR SLICED .
Dropin and see usin our newstore.
\To. 9 lllAIN STREET.
Stalford cf: Stoddm-d’s
CHEAP CASH STORE,
(Successors to HARVEY FITCH,)
No. 51 MAIN STREET, NOB‘YALK.
Having purchased the
GROCERY BUSINESS
recently conducted by Mr. Fitch. we are prepared
to accommodate all, and will make every effort to
. please our customers. We purchase our Goodsi‘or
Cash, and are enabled to
can tr low FIGURES.'. .\
. All kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE taken in ex-
change for goods. Call and see us and leave-your
orders.
STALFOBD & srooDiaD.
Just Arrived .
A Full and Complete Stock of
will. rivers
:Window Shades,
820., in all the
LA TEST S! Y .1. 1:33,
Fresh and Beautiful. Call and
Examine.
ii. M. it .3. ’l‘.
PliilWl’i‘T,
DEALERS IN
HARDWARE, '
PAINTS, OILS, GLASS,
Cords, Tassels, Cornices, &c.
A large stock of
0
JEWELL’S BELTING
constantly on hand, which we are proposed toiurs
nish at lowestdiscouuts. We invite special atten-
tion to this branch of our business. Also
lacings Tinted & lace leather.
CHEMICAL, PAINIJ:
THE BEST'INTHE'MAIKETJ, - i
wood preserver, is water and are proof, and is the '
He as... may; “ ‘5 '7 "
~ He never prays! The God of heaven-ills;
glitched . . 3
O’er a his steps‘, and, With that careful eye
Which never sleeps, has guard'cduhim from,
, death ' . ,
And shielded him from danger. *Through the
hours, . > , .5 -, ‘r .
The thoughtless hours of youth, a handun-
. seen _. . * i '
Has guarded his footsteps favor the wild ., ;
And thorny paths of life, and 'led‘hiul on
In safety through'them all. In later days,
Still the 'same hand had ever been his guard
From dangers seen and unseen-.1 ‘-Clonds have
lowered,
And tempests oft have burst over his head,
But that protecting hand has worded ofi
The thunderstrokcs of death; and still he
stands ‘
A monument of Mercy. Years have passed,
Of varied danger and of varied "guilt, '
But still the sheltering wings of love have
been .
Outspread in mercy o’er him. He hath walked
Upon the beauteous earth for many years,‘~
And skies and stars, and the magnificence .
of mighty waters, and the warning voice
That speaks amid the tempest, and'the notes
Of softer tone that flowed on evening winds—-
All these have told him of a God who claims
The homage of the scab And he has lived,
And viewed them in their glory as they stood,
The workmanshipofyaGod-aand there has
breathed . _ , ,
Around him, even from infancy, a voice
That told of mercy bending o'er'him
With looks of angel sweetness, and of} power
Resistless in its goings forth, but stayed
By the seraphic mercy.‘,—still'3he stands,
Cold and unflinching as the. rock that braves
The ocean billows, Still, henever prays!
He never prays ! (A loneless wanderer out
On life’s wild, thorny desert, urging on _
His heedless steps through. many a secret
snare , . ,.
And many a danger. Darkness slows round
His dubious path, save here 'and there a ray
That flits along theg'loOni ; ‘but still helicems,
From some bewildered meteor of the‘ni'ght,
To ask for guidance .anddirectiou stilL.
. He heie’rprays.
Earth’s many voices s'end their songs I '
Of grateful praise up to the th’rliiié 7’ ' _ ,
or the Eterhal.‘ Morning," noon, and night,
On every side arbu‘nd him,’sviell‘the=hbtes
0f adoration, gratitude, and joy;
The lake, the grovehthe “valley and the hill,
Swell the loud CHONS'73nd fsdin‘omhappy
hearts, . . .,. ...-.::.. .~'E~". . .
Redeemed from error and restored tdpéiée
And blest coMuniOn willith'e Holyione, '
Join in the glad, the' humblefblissfui st'rain !
But still—he never prays l? _ ' " ‘ f '
When evening spreads ,
Her solemn shades around him and the ,world
Grows dim upon hiseye and many stars,
Scattered in glory o’er the ivault of heaven,
Call on the spirit‘to retire awhile ' '
From earth and its low vanities, and seek
The high and holy. intercourse with God
Vouehsafed to mortals here—he never prays!
When morning kindles in the eastern sky
With all its radiant glory, and the sun
Comes up in majesty, and‘o’er'the'earth
Wakes all 'her activetribcs to busy life '
And breaks the death-like solitude, that
reigned '_ . .75“ V
Erewhile o’er nature’s face, when, on his eye
Earth smiles in beauty’neeth the lucid ray, '
The feathered songsters pour their strains of
JOY
Upon the ear; still, not anote of, praise ,
0r humble prayer arisesfrorn .hislipsr
Niomsaenmnm mm. . .‘einnnita sweet . .
And peaceful loveliness, and oft invites»
His spiritto commune with God; but still
He spurns the often—still, he never prays!
Short is the dream of life. Its days Of care,
its hours of pleasure, soon will pass away’
And on the wondering eye shall pour the
broad, ' ;
Uneeasing splendor of eternity.
0, when the scenes of life have faded all
Like morning visions,an‘d my spirit stands
Before the judgment throne, and finds its
deeds . ' ‘ >
And words and thoughts all registered in
heaven, '
Then may it not be found recorded there
Of me—He'never prayed!
The Last Wish. . ‘
This is all, is it much my‘darli'ng ? You must
’ follow your path in life, ' >
Have a head for its' complex windings, aliand
for its sudden strife; ‘
The sun will shine, the flowers will bloom,
. through my course mid them all is o’er
I would not that dear living eyes should light
in their joy no-more ; '
Only just for the sake of the‘happy past, and
the golden days that have been, _
By the love we 'have'loved, and ‘the hopes
we have hoped, willinihave my grave
keptgreen'?“ ’ fl "‘
Just a moment in the morning; in: the ,eager
flushoftheday, , i ‘ _
To pluck some Creeping :weed' perchance, or
: train the white rose spray ; .
J u'st a moment to shade my violets from} the
glare of, the noontideheotn . - .
Just a tear and agpray‘er in . the gloaming, ere
you leave me with lingering feet. .
Ah 1 it is weak and foolish,,but I think that
in God’s serene. . .: -_ - ‘
I should know, and love tovknow, mine own,
that you keep my'grave so green:
I would Iain, when the drops are plaShing
against your window pane, "
That you should be thinkingwistfully-of my
.grassesoutiuthei‘rain; --.
That when the water vellisfispr'ead-‘o’er the
fair white world below, 4" l , '
Your tender hands twine the "holly wreaths
that mark my rest inthe 'snow.’ " '
My clasp on life’s rich gifts: grows faint “and
cold I ween, . ‘ ' *
'et Oh ! I would hold it to the- Int—the
trust of my grave kept green: ' ‘
Because it is by Buch"’lftfl8”lfgll8‘“th“e heart
and its-.fgjmiaramfi ,5} :1 .r: ." I; 'f :-
Because the natural man must shrink ere he
joins the forgotten dead ; ’
The heavenly hope' isLb'right: and pure, and
calm is the heavenly rest,
Yet the human love clings yearni'ngly ' to
it has prized thebest. . a -
We have been so happy, darling,
parting pang is keen, - " .
Ah ! soothe it by this last vow .to me—you
will watch that my grave keeps green?
—All the Year Round.
all
lid the
Shakspcarc.
Like to a glass of magic old
Ills soul each passing image caught :
His mind an ocean that-could hold
The river of each human thought.
My dimmer eyes meet far-off rays
His all-immortal visions saw ; V
That inner word—the Dawn of days——
Breaks through the clouds earth's vapors
drawn.
And ever, while I read, there seems. .. ‘. . .
A world of real hfe around; _ 1
And f riends‘ of old float throughtbe {beams '
Oi" peopled air and fairy ground. ' '
Great Nature‘s self so in him dwelt,
was all her w'enituos songs and springs.
That never throb'of his is felt ' . . ' "
But she is vocal while he sings.
.__._..._..»——— .'.
Senator’EatOn and General Franklin. who
were invited by Chairman Hewitt to goSouth
to see the counting of votes, went soffar “as
EM; York, changed their minds,‘and came
so . '
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Norwalk Chronicler