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WHOLE NUMBER 1510.
What is Life ?
A little crib beside the bed,
A little face above the spread ;
A little frock behind the door,
A little shoe upon the floor.
A little lad with dark brown hair,
A little blue-eyed face and fair;
A little lane that leads to school,
A little pencil, slate and rule.
A little blithesome, winsome maid,
A little hand within is laid;
A little cottage, acres four,
A little old-time household store.
A little fahnily gathered round
A little turf-heaped, tear-dcwed mound ;
A little added to tire soil,
A little rest from hardest toil.
A little silver in his hair,
A little stool and easy chair,
A little night of earth-lit gloom,
A little cortege to the tomb.
My insane;
BY A MARRIED WOMAN.
I had plenty of beaux when I was young,
and liked that very well. However, I had
heart enough at bottom, and when Steven
Lashlc ' asked me to marry him, in the end
I consented, though‘I kept him in suspense
along at first.
Neither Steve nor I was rich. My father
had suflicient income to keep the family in a
good style of living ; but he saved nothing,
and I could expect nothing from him when I
was married. Steve had just begun to prac-
tice medicine, and was struggling as young
doctors must. There was a pretty house
just outside the town that Steve and I had
our eye on for a long time, and I had prom-
ised to become his wife as soon as he would
call it his own.
By dint of such struggling and economy as
I never could have guessed, he had put by
enough for the first payment, and was plod-
ding patiently on toward the second and
last.
1 can now see what a selfish creature I was,
wlnat awretch, indeed, to please myself with
the fiatteris of others, while Steve was work-
ing so faithfully for me.
That sounds as though I wasn’t going to
marry Steve'for love, but I was.
Our town was something of a fashionable
resort for summer-boarders ; and many of
the people were in the habit of taking
boarders then. Father had always objected
to our doing so ; but this summer of which
I speak he fell in with a stranger, as he was
returning froma long ride in the country,
who having shared his phaetou with him
during the lnozneward drive, succeeded in so
ingratiating himself with my father that he
allowed him to board with us.
The stranger was very much in my line—
distinguished-looking, possessing an eloquent
pair of eyes nearly the color of my own, and
having apropensity for saying “pretty things”
that was just delicious to a girl of my turn.
It was such fun to draw him out, and then
laugh at him ; to pretend pleasure then shy-
ness ; to invite and repulse in the same
breath. It was a genuine flirtation, as much
so to him as to me.
Steve came often to see me, but he did not
see me alone, and he never stayed late.
Steve’s sister Marian and I were intimate,
and spent much time together.—,—Poor Steve
enjoyed my visits to Marian better than he
did seeing me anywhere else, and I liked it
too.as much because of seeing Steve as Marian,
It was a miserable piece of heartlessness for
me to permit Mr. Fordyce, the ”stranger,” to
accompany me thither, thus parading, as it
were, my conquest, and the establishments
and attractions ‘of Steven’s new rival, in
the most disagreeable manner possible.
Steve was good-natured, and kept his dis-
appointment to himself ; but he did not like
Mr. Fordyce, and he was quite alone in that.
Everybody liked Mr. Fordyce but. Steve.
He was an immensely popular man in our
small community, entering as he did irith
such genuine zeal into all our interests,
and bearing himself genially towards all.
When Parson Hammond, who lived nearest
to us, lost a valuable horse from his stable,
and came over to our house to see about pur-
suing the thief, Mr. Fordyce, though he had
just got home from a jaunt with some friends,
which kept him most of the night, insisted
upon being one of the pursuing party, and
indeed, quite led it. It was the same way
when Mr. Dudevant‘s shop wgs broken open
and robbed. Mr. Fordyce went over and
over the ground, and gave shrewder guesses
as to how the robbery had been managed
than any one else. When other thefts of a
similar nature, and also of lesser'degree, con
tinued to vex and puzzle us from time to
time, it was Mr. Fordyce who insisted on
severe measures, prevailed on the authorities
to ofier large rewards for the apprehension
of the offenders, and made himself so actch
in the matter as to win the gratitude of the
whole town.
He often joined our social gatherings and
became the life of them. I was quite envied
in having his escort so frequently, and thc
rumor was very soon circulated that we Wern
engaged.
Steve and I had some words on the sub-
ject several times; and, because it was Sf.
unusual for him to insist in such a matter, l
resented it when he did ; and the more I sus-
pected myself to be in the wrong, the morcl
resolved I would not own it.
I detected Steve’s dislike of Mr. Fordyce,
and taxed him with it. Steve said nothing,
but he only shook his head and looked grave-
ly at me when I praised him. He never said
worse about Mr. Fordyce than that he did
not believe in him.
Steve objected to my intimacy with him
on rather general grounds, and I answered in
such an ill-tempered manner that Steve, not
being ice, but fiint,struck fire and, angrily for
the first time in all our acquaintance. The
result was a serious coolness. ~ Steve apolo-
gized for his part of it the next day, but I
listened cooly and retained my anger.
I flirted with Mr. Fordyce more desperately
than ever after that, but the affair had really
lost all its relish for me. I went recklessly
on, however, in my foolish course, ttll Mr
Fordyce in so many words asked me to marry
him. I don't know what it was about the
man that all at once struck me as insincere.
Ikuew that he did not mean what he said ;
and yet he wore a very love-like air, and he
would have claSped and kissed me if I had not
shrank swiftly away from him.
I answered him, however, as though he
had spoken sincerely, and told him, what I
did not often acknowledge, that I was engago
ed to Steve Lashly. No man likes,to hear
“No“! from a woman’s lips when even his
petition is an idle one. For the first time, I
saw Mr. Fordyce's face distorted with a sneer
of mingled anger and dislike; and I knew
that my poor Steve’s strange feeling toward
Mr. Fordyce was reciprocated by that gentle.
man with at least equal intensity.
One night there was a party at Steve’s
father’s. It was Marian’s birthday. Mr.
Fordyce took me over about 8 o’clock. It
was a gay party. We had dancing, _ which
we did not always have, and the music and
3upper were good. I danced with Steve
several times, and, being in good spirits,
found it rather difficult to maintain the dis-
tance I had lately adopted towards him.
His eyes, too, had such a soft, tender light
in them, and his lips such brightness.
“Come into the garden a minute, Bell," he
whispered to me at the close of a dance;
“I have something to say to you ;"—and for
the life of me I could not say no.
When we were in the bright moon‘lt
garden, he stopped where a clump of lilac
buslnes hid us from the housc,and drew from
his bosom a roll of notes.
“I shall finish paying for our house, to.
morrow, dear," he said, in a voice that ex
cessive happineSs made tremulous. “I drew”
the money from the bank to-day—twentyfiw
hundred dollars. Ah, how I have worked fon
this hour l" ,
I should lnavc been harder than a mill
stone if I had not forgotten all my foolisl
anger at that moment, if I had not meltet
rather from my coldness ; for I was as glat
as he was, and I dropped my head on hi;
shoulder there in the moonlight, and criet.
happy, happy, rennorseless tears.
“Steve,” I said, “you shall let me keep tht
money till morning. I shall' think I haVn
dreamed if you don’t."
Steve laughed, but he let me have my way
“Ah, what a foolish whim it was 1 Fen
women would have dared to take charge (-
so much money; and fewer men would hav.
permitted them. But Steve knew it was a
safe, to all common calculation, with me a:
with himself.
As, we turned toward the house, for a sin
glc instant I thought I saw the shadow of -.
man across our path; but, looking back, n
saw nothing but the lilac bushes tossing ir-
thc summer air.
“What’s the matter ?" said Steve, noticing
my backward gaze.
“I thought I saw the figure of a man cros-
sing the path,” I replied.
“Nonsense!" said he; and we were in-
doors
“Wcll, Steve and I were the happiest psi
there that night ; and Mr. Fordyce saw, an
could not quite keep lni’s eyes from saying
that he hated us both for it, or I fancier.
so at least
Ths party broke up at 12 o’clock ; the.
was late for us, “and Mr. Fordyce, having
brought me there, took me home. On the
way he told me of another robbery that had
taken place the night before at one of the
hotels. A person had been robbed of $500.
which he had just received at the bank.
Perhaps it was that story that make me,tiren
as I was, bestow some thought on‘a hiding.
place for Steve’s money. I pondered very
seriously as I took down my hair and arrang
cd it for the night ; then, with a laugh at my
own ingenuity, I tucked the roll of notes in.
my luxuriant trcsses, and drew a not over tn
hold all in place. I was asleep almost “It
instant my head touched the pillow.
I ought to lnave slept soundly,and dreamdn
happy dreams, but I did not. Some counte.
influence seemed to ruffle my slumbers and l
awoke.
Some one was in my room. I knew it as
well as though I could see,» and the roonn.
was too dark for that. There was no sounc'
either, but for all that I knew I was not
alone. I tried to scream, to raise my voice.
I was frozen with terror. I never though
once of the money, or robbers, or anything.
that I know of. I was only frightened an
that I could not move hand or foot, or make
a noise. I don’t know=but I stopped breath
'ing. I can remember yet how cold I felt,
though the night was warm.
Suddenly, without the warning of a breath.
I was concious that a hand was creeping
stealthily about my pillow.
I did not even think of moneycvcn then.
As terror had stolen my senses, so now in
brought some of them back. I gave out
scream and sprang from the bed, or tried to.
Two strong hands stopped me; a firm hand
held me, while the other hand vainly sought
to loose my hair. The, net, more obstinate
than nets usually are, would not come ofi
probably because, in his hurry, my mysteri-
ous assailant was unconscious of its pliann
meshes. He pulled my hair in his awkare
attempts horribly. The pain was like a spun
to me. As his arm lay across my arms, I
bent my head swiftly, and fastened my teeth
upon it with a vicious snap that only a woman
in my situation would have been capable
of.
The unexpectedness of the attack dissolved
my bonds. With an audible oath he let me
go, and I darted away with winged feet, and
met father in the passage. Of course I
fainted then and there ; and by the time any-
body got into my room my robber had made
good his escape.
Alas, however, he should not have allowed
himself to swear, above all, to a woman of
such acute ears as I had. I lnad heard the
voice, andI knew it belonged to Mr. For—
dyce.
Father fairly turned pale when I told him;
out he cautioned me not to betray that I sus-
pected any one present, and he took Steve‘s
money under his special charge. We all
met at breakfast. I slnould have said that
Air. Fordyce had made his appearance about
the same time as the rest of thc famiiy whom
my screams had aroused, and in the most
natural manner. He came down to break—
fast now, smiling, and just interested enough
an my adventure. .
Father went away into town after break-
fast, and Mr. Fordyce sat in the garden and
smoked.
The officers who came to arrest him stole
npon him from the back way, and secured
.nim before he thought of resistance.
It was a plain case.
enough of robberies he had been at the bot-
.om of all along, hid away in his trunks, and
£10 owned them at last, with smiling monola-
lance, turning back hifileeve actually, when
.no one was looking, and slnowcd me the
grints my teeth had made on his right arm,
and kissing them with the old gallant
.ampfessmmt. .
Of course Steve made his payment, and we
were married at an early day. i
The Cause of the ’Splosion.
“I would invite you to my house, brudder
Iaekson," said Deacon Johnson, as lnc
emerged from church, last Saturday evening,
“but I dunno as we’ll get any supper dis
night,rtlne cook stove am so dreadeully out
ob repair.” “What's der matter wid der
stove ?" “Why, you see cold wedder am
comin‘ on and woods getting skase and
high, an’ I've ’structed de folks to be berry
eknocomical in de us’n’, ob it. \Ve’se bin
buyin’ in small lots, an’ last night, bein’ out
ch feul, I sent one oh my boys ober to a
neighbors’s to borrow a few sticks. De man
or his family had gone to bed owin' to de
lateness ob de hour, an’ dat boy, who would
’spise to do a unhonest transaction, wrote his
note for de value ob de wood, an’ droppin’ it
in a prominent place in de woodshed,should-
cred an arnnful and brought it home." “Jess
so.” “Well, a fire was made,de tea kittle put
on, de ole women she is gettin’ de supper.
All ob a sudden, puff went de stove, zoon ;
ke swish, kushlush went something, and as I
tumbled over I saw dc ole woman makin’ for
de roof, wid the tea kittle and the stove
piates followin’ her, while de boys an’ de
gals was as black wid smut as de ace of
spades. Dc stove’s goose was cooked for a
fact.” "What was de cause of de ’splosun .9"
“I’m strongly ’clined to. believe dat dar was
powder in dat wood, an’ dat de powder was
done put in dar by dat white man to kctch
thicvin’ darkeys wat nebbcr buys no wood,
an’ brecsed ef I don't think dat man ’spccts
me, kase he couldn’t find dat note, and won't
make any ’pologies." “Dat am an outrage."
“Fora fact, an‘ de children's supper was
spiled, too."
A motto for young lovers : So—fa and no
father. - ,
“Home’s the place for boys," said a stern
parent to his son, who was fond of going out
at night. ,
“That’s what I think, when you drive me
of! to school, every morning."
They found proof .
' that will be a florin apiece.
NORWAILKICONNECTICUT,TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, .1876.
The Presidency.
A REPUBLICAN vmw or run SITUATION
[New York Herald Special] '
Here is one republican view of tlnc politi-
cal situation: -
“The Oregon case amounts to nothing. It
is easy to so arrange that the vice president
shall open only the republican returns, and if
no declares them in proper form no objection
.vill be entertained. In this way the question
nf the regularity of the returns will not come
np at all in the joint convention. The electo-
‘al return will, therefore, show Gov. Hayes
:hoscn, and that business will not last long.
[‘he democrats may protest, but what good
will it do them? They may possibly go on to
ieclare Mr. Tilden elected by the House, but
i what use will that be to them? Governor
(ayes, being declared elected, will come here
nd be inaugurated on the 4th of March. Who
a to prevent that? Certainly not the present
louse; that will cease to exist at the close of
ne 3d of March; its members, unless they
b we been re-elccted, will be private citizens
nel'orc the hour arrives for the inauguration
.f the new President; they will have, .as
a body or as individuals, no rights to the
loor of the House which any private citizen
as got. Nor is this all. Not only will the
nresent House be fumtus oficfo, but the
next House cannot lawfully assemble until the
irst Monday in next December unless the next
President summons it; and it is very doubtful
f Mr. Tilden, even if he should be so silly as
3:) allow somebody to declare him President,
vould want to summon the new House, for
t lnas, probably, a slight republican majority,
nnd even if it should prove to have a small
lemocratic majority, there will undoubtedly
nc members of that side who will not encour-
nge revolutionary nonsense. You see, there-
' ore, that neither this House nor the next has
my real power in the matter. The present
louse will expire before the time arrives to
inaugurate ci her Governor Hayes or Mr. Til-
lcn. If it should offer to hold over it would
sommit a revolutionary act, and the police
vould properly arrest the men who engaged
n such a folly. The next House could not be
:ummoncd in any case until the new President
vas inaugurated; until, that is to say, the
mergency for which some democrats are said
0 desire its presence is past. The 4th of March
3 usually a cold and blustering day, If Mr.
l‘ildcn should appear here and attempt to make
in address from thé capitol he would have a
.'cry uncomfortable time and would probably
:atch a bad cold, and that is all.
“Suppose the democrats in the House do re-
"use to come over to the Senate to meet in
,oint convention, do you not see that they are
.-iolating the law ? The original practice was
for the House to meet in the Senate chamber,
nnd it thus met for the first, second,fourth and
ifth counts. There is no danger of a popular
umult, for the Senate has a right to close the
galleries, and it was so ordered in the count
nf 1801. In my opinion Hayes is elected.
that is what tlnc President believes, and we
as going to inaugurate him if on the 14th of
c‘ebruary he proves to have 185 votes. The
louthern committcc will not be able to show
my cause wlny this should not be done. As
1.0 what ? democrats can do about it, what
nan they 0? We mean to move only by con-
ntitutional and legal methods. It is all fudge
nbout General Grant holding over; he don't
nean to hold over, but he means to put
.{ayes in'the White House, and then his duty
.vill be done. There is going to be no occa-
:nion for democrats stirring up riots anywhere,
ind if they did so, they would only put
themselves in the wrong. As to the next
:leetnons, they will take care of themSelves.
If Hayes is a satisfactory President the coun
try will be content; if he is not then the dem-
ncrats will have their chance, and they may
nake the best of it."
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It has been said that when a famous Amer-
ican dies the first thing his grateful country-
men do is to resolve to build a monument to
his memory and the next is to fail to do it.
the implied reproach is not undeserved; but
in the ceremonies at “the silent city of the
lead,” just across from the busy metropolitan
city of the living, recently, there was proper
honor done to an American citizen whose
life was an illustration of lofty purpose, in-
tegrity, and industry. It is but a few days
more than four years since Horace Greeley
said farewell to mortality, and went to join
the great majority, and last week, at
Greenwood Cemetery, there was unveiled
the bust that is a tribute to his memory
from the craft of printers, of which he was
so distinguished a member. It would not be
fitting any. newspaper in the land to pass over
the occasion without recalling the purity and
nobility of Mr. Greelcy’s nature, and holding
it up to the young men of America as an ex-
ample of that perseverance and high morality
which triumphs over all obstacles and con-
quers the substantial prizes of the world.
[‘he unhappy close of his days on earth will
always. confer a mournful interest on his his-
tory, but the luster of his working years can-
not be dimmed, nor their grand results belit-
tlcd. The good that he did lives after him.
and his memory is fragrant and sweet in the
hearts of his countrymen. He was eminent-
ly a man of the people, and his success in
life was due altogether to lnis fidelity to great
aims.
m—
For the Gazette.
Massns. Enn‘ous :
Ihave thought that the bringing together
of some of the prominent facts, as to tlnc
constitutional rights of all the people, may
turn the minds of some, to examine and see
for themselves, the fullness and tire clearnncss
of all the articles of the same. In the first
any treaty, alliance, or confederation, grant
letters of marque and reprisal; coin money;
emit bills of credit ; make anything but gold
and silver coinsa tender in payment of debts,
etc.
Article 4, section 4 ; the United States
shall guarantee to every state in this Union
a Republican form of Government, and shall
protect each of them against invasion, and
on application of the Legislature, or of the
Executive (when the Legislative cannot be
convened) against domestic violence.
As you know I have before made the sug-
gestion that you print in pamphlet form cop-
ies of the entire Constitution, to be put into
all our schools and into the hands of the
people.
It perhaps would not be so remunerative at
sight as the Barnum Letter, yet it would be
in the end, and also make more friends to
the cause of right. Respectfully Yours.
C. F. R.
In the revolutionary times of 1848, when
the red cap of Liberty was a little too prom-
inent in Europe, and Communists were
creeping from their holes and corners, and
showing their faces boldly, two stalwart lead-
ers of the people one day entered the Roths-
childs’ back at Frankfort. They asked for
the baron, and were admitted into his pres
ence.
“You have millions on millions,” said they
to him, “and we have nothing; you must
divide with us.”
“Very well, gentlemen,”calmly replied the
baron. “What do you suppose, now, the
firm of Rothschild is worth ?"
“About forty millions of florins.”
“Forty millions you think, eh ? Well,therc
are just forty millions of people in Germany;
Here are yours;
now, of course you are satisfied. Good mor-
nnng."
And the fiabbergasted mobocrats actually
allowed themsdves to be bowled out.
article, section 10,—no state shall enter into
WESTI’ORT.
The presidental closeness inspires aspiring
place holders, especially on the democratic
side, with confidence. So full of promise is
the future that these hungry office seekers
are canvassing the field, and preparing
machinery with which to operate so soon as
Congress indicates who is to be the “coming
~man." _
They are foolish enough to believe Tilden
has gained one vote—enough to give him the
requisite 185, by Gov. Grovcr‘s “counting
out” a republicon elector in Oregon, and
they fancy, the while acknowledging two
wrongs don’t make one right, and Grover’s
act is but a trick, that they are, warranted in
making ready to divide the spoi’§. The
Westport Post-office, the Saugatuck Post—
oificc, and the position of Railway Postai
Clerk, are tlnc political bones sought ‘to 'bn
picked, the first [named taking precedence
'l‘en persons claim this bone, and their names
are given, not for the purpose of killing them
off before the crisis comes, but merely to in
form the public who are likely to become its
scrvants,- Mr. Lewis Bradley is placed at tin
lnead of the list from the fact that he ha:
dwelt 60 years in town and knows every-
body. and everybody knows him. He ha:
undoubted qualifications. It is urged that
he should lnavc the place because he is not
seeking it, and yet, some say, after a lift
long support of the Whig and Republican
parties, his voting for Tilden, Nov. 7th.
means that he desires “change." The officr
could be put right into Bradley’s store on
State street,and would’nt interfere in the less
with his grocery business, or the important
duties of the East Side Hog Hayward Asso-
ciation. The store is a trifle out of the way.
to be sure, but fealty to Tilden must be re
warded, and afcw steps to get onc’s mai
won’t make much difference The Ilaywarn
and Post-office accounts could be kept on
one book, thus saving expense. -
John Gorham, Esq., comes next. Fo .
years he has filled the humble position 0-
constable, with very questionable pay ; ha-
attcndcd caucuses, peddlcd democratic ticl-
cts on election days and put in telling blow
for the party, thereby maintaining its loea
majority, and he should be rewarded. , Hf
lnas little to do now but stand on the whar
and jerk frost fish,and the salary of the offic
would relieve him of the rough and tumbl
attendant on heavy carpenter work in wlnicl
he engages during pleasant weather. Gov
ernment pap alone, it is urged, will recrui
his declining health. All agree he wouln
make a worthy successor to Capt. Burn
Number three is Mr. S. G. Taylor, who ha
tried for thirty years to get elected Westports
representative in the Legislature, and slipper
up each time, only gaining by the operation
the title of “The Standing Democratic Can
didate.” Though “despised and rejected,
he has nevertheless kept right on votin,
democratic tickets, in the hope, no doubt, o
ultimate recognition of some sort. P
The field looks fair now, though all sort:
of animals are prowling about in it,and whil-
it may be by a close shave, that success i~
reached ; he believes the game is worll
the powder. He got into the office by a tricl
some years ago, but, held it only while
more favored democrat was being formally
elected to the place, and now there appear:
to be a first rate chance for him. Harrasset
by working among the rocks and stones on
his Wolfpit Hills’ farm, and by uncertain
patronage in the coal business, he feels thn
need of quiet and repose. The post offic
salary, would place him in circumstances.
He hopes the Oregon Republican elector i:
really ineligible.
Charles Gorlnam, Esq, wants the oflicn
also. He has nothing in particular to "do
now that he knows of, and it would’nt inter-
fere with his tree agency. He has support-
ed democratic candidates all his life withou
asking why, or wherefore, voting for Gen.
Jackson as ofted as the leaders said it was
“all right,” and as old age is slowly creeping
over him, lne believes he should have .some-
thing. This is the first favor asked and tin
party should grant it. Failing to get offiCn
in 1876, he’ll be too old in 1880. , He has nn
objection to staying in the office 14 hour:
daily, and paying political assessments as
fast as the party may demand them.
Mr. John Goodsell has cast his vote solid
democratic for forty years, and never con-
ceded any honesty of purpose to a Republi-
can,—an achievement few can boast 01.
Until he gets in republicans will all be liar:
and thieves. He will accept the office gladly ,
as it can be placed in his grocery store at :
small expense. Between calls for mail, h.
could weigh out codfish and bar soap, am
the salary of the office would be a clean ex-
tra. The Postmaster should be a man 0.
maturity and judgment, and he's just the in-
dividual. He could learn the letter distribu-
tion in about a couple of days, and the systt-
matic style of thinking which jury duty in
Superior Court has given lninnn, would makt
it possible for him to maintain a oreditabh
and well regulated office.
William Burr Wright’s two} years in legis-
lative halls, andthe success which. attendee
the “working up” of his late nomination,
make him a fit candidate for Postmaster.
If chosen he would step into the cfficc‘ with
colat, and he would draw around him till
strength of the party and the elite, of the
town. He bas’nt “worked on committee"
for nothing. He don’t want the office fon
its salary, for his wealth, accumulated in
Wall street, makes him independent of such
trifles. I-Iis income from estates and Adams
Express Stock is very great, (you know) and
hence the Postoffice would be used simply as
a place to set party machinery in motion,and
keep those confounded republicans out of
power. He would take the office and it
would not cost the party a cent to fit it up,
and when, by chance, if he should be select-
cd by the party to go to the'State Senate, or
fill some higher place, he would resign in
time for “J im” Condon, or any other party
man to qualify as his successor. ,
T. S. Jones would like recognition for
services. He has been with the party both
at labongand refreshment. His induction
into office would be a mere form, for he lnas
“been there" once, and knows how the thing
works.
W. R. Palmer, a young man of promise,
having left the ranks of the republicans and
embraced democracy, purely for democracy’s
sake, has won the hearts of the local unter.
rifled, any one of whom on occasion, will
fall down at his feet and acknowledge their
superior. Naturally astute, he was born to
lead, and the vigor with which he has work-
ed for party success, entitles him to any
place possible to be reached. His early prop-
osition relative to the choice of Capt. Burr’s
successor after the November election, set-
tles the doubts, if any existed, as to his com-
plete comprehensiveness of political situa-
tions. Left to him, the party would never
fail to grab time by the forelock, and thus
secure that which otherwise would be lost.
As Postmaster he would take the Palm—(er)
anything else partywise calculated to advance
the name of Palmer. , - .
It is not known that E. M. Lees, our Post-
master'during Lincoln's time, and who jump-
ed into the democratic camp when Johnson
was raised (?) thinking the whole country
would follow, aspires to the Pastmastcrship,
as many assert that the courts before which
he now labors furhisning a greater field for
the development of talent than the circum
scribed area of a Postoflicc. His activity in
the democratic fold would seem to mean
something, though if one believes what lnc
says, he seeks nothing. The first in town
during the war to volunteer and shoulder a
fluke! in defence 6f the Union, and new
that another fight is imminent, most loudly
denounces republicansas rascals and cxtols
democrats and other rebels to the skies for
their virtues ; he is the proper man for
Postmaster whether he will have it or not.
He would inspire confidence in the party,-
and assist its upward course. As it is the in-
tent of the people to hoist (?) the party, Mr.
Lees is one of the men who should be invited
to see it “go up.” . '
Last, but not least, is Mr. H. W. Lyon,
orator, scholar, and Life Insurance agent.
“It is the cause, my soul? Let me not name
What greater boon can a people overflowing
with gratitude bestow than a fat Postoffice
on so faithful a party servant as tlnis. Did
he not speak to the democrats of Easton, and
was not the town carried by the republicans?
Be silent ye doubters when facts appear.
into how many cars of the wavering on elec-
tion day did he whisper, and how much eon-
idence in them did he inspire, as a democrat-
.c nnajorty greatly reduced after the counters
had counted, indicates. And then such
equanimity all through the campaign, never
flying off on atangent, not once getting ex-
cited, and at all times calmas amorning after
a. thunder slnowcr. The office in his hands
.vould pay, and ..thc Tilden administration
vould rejoice that fromone quarter at least,
same the element‘of substantial support.
In addition to these names, might be men-
:ioned John H. Hun-lbntt, who has ached for
on years to be elected representative, and
.vould now do public penance for a post of-
ice. Rufus D. Cable, who has claims for
he place more than he speaks of, and a half
iozen others. A few weeks more of waiting
and we may all see what is to grow out of
lne present wrangle. , PAUL.
Smilcr’s Health Lift.
They are in the, midst of a very big
tw suit down in my native village between
)r. Smiler and the rest of the population
.f the town of Pencader. The doctor, it
eems, had a large tank placed on the top of
nis house from which to supply his bath room
.nd so forth, with water. The water had to
e pumped tip about fifty feet from the cis-
era in the yard, and the doctor found it to be
npretty good sized job, which would cause
nim constant expense. So after thinking the
aatter over very carefully, one day, an idea
ntruck him. He built a room over the cistern
nnd put the word “Sanitarium” over the door,
then be concealed the-pump machinery be-
neath the floor, and he‘ rigged up a kind of
-omplicatcd' apparatus with handles, and
ningcs and a crank, so that a man by stand-
:ng in the middle of the machine and pulling
he handle up and down would operate that
nump. 3'
Then the doctor got out circulars and pub-
ished advertisements abo'gt. “Smiler’s Patent
{calth Lift,” and he séeiued'3'testimonials
rom a thousand or so people who agreed that
he health lift was the only hope for the phy-
ical salvation of the human race. Pretty
oon people began to call to see about it, and
1d Smiler would rush them out to the “San
.zarium” and set them to jerking-the handles.
ind when a customer had pumped up fifty
;allons or so Smiler would charge him a .
platter, and tell him that three months of
bat kind of thing would give lninu muscles
nke a prize-fighter.
And lnc would push the project among his
natients. If a man was bilious, or had the
oothache, Or was afflicted with rheumatism,
nembranous croup, or meascls, or yellow fe-
.'er, or cholera morbus, Smiler 'would turn
nim in at the health *lift and get a quarter
ach time. The thing became so popular that
ne had to enlarge his tank and put in a small-
:n' pump; and he not only got all his pump-
nng done for nothing, but the people who did
it paid him about $1,500 if your for the privi-
ege. It began to look like an uncommonly
40ft thing, and everybody was contented and
nappy.
One day, however, old Mr. Maginnis, who
nad been practising at the health lift every
lay for months in order to cure himself of
.ndigestion, jammed the handles down alitt-
le too hard, and broke the board upon which
ne was standing. As the board gave way it
‘nlunged Mr. Maginnis into the cistern, and
,ust as he was sinking for the third time
Smiler fished him out with a crooked nail in
he end of a clothes prop. As soon as the
rater was drained out of him, Maginnis said:
“I didn’t know you had a cistern under
hat floor. What did you do that for?
“Why, to keep the air moist. It is health-
,er than dry air.” ,
“It looked to me as if there was some kind
nf a pump under there.”
“Oh, no,” said Smiler, those are only the
:vers of the lift.”
“Mighty queer,” said Maginuis thoughtful-
y. “If that isn’t a pump then I don‘t know
me when I see it."
So a few days later Maginnis came around
vith a lot of other patients and found the
loctor out. They determined to investigate.
l‘hey pulled up a couple of boards, and as-
:crtaincd tlnc facts about that pump. Tlncn
2, hey cross-examined Smiler’s servant girl, and
earned about the truth, and then they went
nome made. A consultation was held, at
vhich every billions and rheumatic individu-
nl who had been working the doctor’s pump,
nsed violent language, and talked about mur-
ler and sudden death. Finally they resolved
,0 prosecute Smiler for damages and for 0‘.)
aining money under 'false pretences. It is
bought by good judges that by the time the
nourt gets through with Smiler that will be
nbout the unhealthicst lift for him lnc was
ever interesW
Now and then an honest man of tlnc South
has the manliness to tell the truth of the real
condition of the real political condition, and
a case of this kind came under the experi-
ence of J u lge Kelley, of Pennsylvania, who
was one of a number of prominent gentle—
count of the Presidential vote of that State.
Fire circumstances are best described by the
Judge himself, as follows : '
I was one of a party of twenty gentlemen,
embracing Republicans and Democrats from
all sections of tlnc country, who visited the
magnificent sugar plantation of Mr. Effing
ham Lawrence, situated a few miles below
New Orleans. Mr. Lawrence was a Calhoun
secessionist, and as such fought to take his
State out of the Union. He sustained the
war to the bitter end, and subsequently act-
ing with the democratic party, had been re.
turned by it to the Forty-third Congress. In
the course of some remarks addressed to his
guests while sitting around his hospitable ta-
ble, he said that no candid man could deny
that any fair election in Louisiana would
show a Republican majority of 15,000, and
that there was indisputably a Republican ma-
jority of 40,000 in Mississippi and 20,000 in
Alabama. He also said that whenever the
Democratic party in the Gulf States could
make up its mind to truly accept the situa-
tion, and give the colored voters nomiwtions
for sonne of the respectable offices in each
parish, vote for them fairly. and sustain them
elected, the color line would disappear and
good order prevail throughout that section;
and that so long as the Democratic party
should continue to carry elections by bull-
dozing and other methods of intimidation,
disorder would prevail, and the returns of
elections would require revision. In proof
of the goorll‘eeling manifested by the colored
people. lnc pointed to the fact that there was
not a lock or fastening of any kind upon his
doors Though Mr. Lawrence emigrated
from the North thirty-five years ago, he is
not regarded as a carpet-bugger, and we ac-
cepted his testimony as that of an independ-
on Southern gentleman.
it to you, ye chaste stars, it is the causc,etc.” _
men who went to‘ New Orleans to witness the'
in the performance of their duties when.
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7 ALEX. S. GIBSON.
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
Teacher of the
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composition.
Box 379 P. 0., N ORWALK, CONN.
. GEO. W. (DRAM.
Contractor & Builder
'Df Railroads, Water Works, Sewers, Grading annn
Rock Work of all kinds ; Stone and BI‘ICA Mr
sonry. Will furnish men and teams by the day
I‘ools to let. Office in llubhell’s Block.
ll Address Norwalk 1’. 0.,-‘Box 452." .
J. Beiden H urlbutt,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Room No. 4, [up stall-8,1
9 GAZETTE BUILDING
H. H. BARBOUR.
COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Room No. 3, Bank Building,
NORJVALK, CONN.
EYE AND EAR:—“’. R. OAKES,
/ hi. I). Occulist and Aurist, has his Ofllcr
- ‘ Cor. Wall and Water Streets. where hr
may be found every day except Sunday
from 9 a. m., to 12 m. and '2 to 6 p. m., for free nnou
sultation. Besides the eye and car. the doctor
treats successfully all scronulous and catharrhan
diseases of the lungs. wnndplpc and throat, scan-
of' which are often prcdlsposmg causes of blind-
ness and deafness. Callaudsce the statistics on
cases. testimonials. &c., at the office as abuvn-
Charges for scientific cxamiua ion and treatment
always moderate. Io charge for consultation.
Call for a circular. 46
CHARILES W. DIANY.
Surgeon Dentist,
NORl‘VALK, CONN.
omce corner obMair. and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxtdc Gas administered.
0. B. COOLIDGE,
'DEN‘I‘IST.-
Successor to
Dr. Asa. Hill,
WALL STREET, NORWALK.
Office over
0. J. Gruman’s Dry Goods Store.
‘3‘ Gas administered for extracting teeth with
out pain.
DENTISTR Y
AT HARD TIMES PRICES,
For Cash - No Credit 3
All work cxecutéd in the Best Manner, at my office
OVER SELLECK’S BOOK STORE.
T. E. SWIFT, ‘D. D. 8.
THE MILD POWER
3*
7%
34
GURESss
H U M P H B. E Y s ' .
HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS
Been in general use for twent ears.
live where proved the most. SAFE,
SIMPLE ECONOMICAL and EF CIEN'I‘
medicines known. They are Just what
sickness and suffering. Every 5 n: e
s c the well trlell prescr ption 0
an eminent physician.
Nos. Cures. Cents; -
l. Fevers, Congestion,1nflammations, . . 2a
2. Worms, Worm. Fever, Worm Conic, . . 25
3. Cryln -Collc or Teething of’ Infants,. 25
4. Dial-r man, of Children or Adults, . 2;.
5. gamma-3‘, Griping, Bilious Colic, . 2o
6. olera-. orhus, Vomiting, . . . 25 *
'7. Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, . . .' . . 25
8. Neuralsla, Toothache, Faceache . . "
9. Headaches, Sick Headache, Vertigo, .
10. Dyspepsia, Billous Stomach, . . . .
11. Ell Pressed, or Painful Periods, . . .
12. WE tes too Profuse Periods . . . .
13. (Iron . Cough, Difficult Breathing, . .
14. Salt heum, Er sipclas,.Eruptions. .
15. Rheumatism, cumstnc Pains, . .
16. Fever and Asue, Chill Fever, Agnes, .
17. Plies blind or bleeding, . . . . . .
18. Ophthalmy, and Sore or Weak Eyes, .
19. Catarrh, acute or chronic, Influenza, .
20. Whooping-Cough violcpt coughs, .
2]. Asthma, oppressed ’Breathmg, _. . .
22. Ear Discharges, impaired hearnng, .
23. Scrofllla enlarged glands, Swellnngs, .
24. General bcbility, Physical Weakness, .
25. llropsy and scanty Secretnons, , _. . .
26. Sea-sickness, sickness from riding,
27. Kidney-Disease, Gravel, . . . .
28. Nervous nobility, Vital Weakness, 1
29. Sore Mouth, Canker, . . . . . . .
30. llrlnar Weakness, wetting the bed,
31. Palnfu Periods, orwith Spasms, . .
32. Disease of Ileart, al ntatnons,ctc. . 1
33. E llepscy, Spasnns, t. ltus' Dance, . 1
34. Drplltherla, ulcerated sore throat, . .
35. Chronic Consestlons and Eruptions, ..
FAMILY CASES. ‘
Case, Morocco, with above as large vials and
Manual of directions. 810 00
Case Morocco, of 20 large vials and Book, 6.00
These remedies are sent by the case
single box or vlal to any part of the
country, free of charge, on receipt or
. dress
Iii‘lzriplu-eys'Homeopathic Medicine Co.
Office and De ot 562 Broadway, New York.
For Sa e 'hy all Drugglsts.
J. M. llOl’T. ~ounh Norw'alk. and F. REGNIER,
M. D.. Normdk, Agents.
BANK-RUFF ST00
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS’SGGGGif?
w
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JUST RECEIVED or
Cooking Pots,
Tea Kettles, Yankee and
Scotch Bowls, Grid-
dles, Roll Pans,,&c.
Also a lot of
ENAMELED KETTLE ,
OTHER WARE .
Which will be offered at
Extremely Low Rates.
-—AT--
‘ E. K. LockWOOd’s.
AND
Wagon for Sale.
If ess WAGOV. wnll be sold chca
Good usln A ETT
or want of use. Apply at the GAZ ,
OFFER}. tfal
i
-.0.
REAL ESTATE.
\JV\I\r\IV\/V\l\/\I\I\IU\I\I\I\I\I\I\l\/'\ I\r\/\
To Rent.
THE place formerly occupied by the subscriber,
near the head of‘ alaln Street, is offered to rent
mm the lst of October next, at a very low rent.
. it. L. ELLS.
Desirable Property for sale.
Very desirable place on East Avenue.
Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue, for sale cheap.
Also,a nicely located Ilousc and Lot on Mer-
wnn Street near West Avenue, l'or sale at a bar-
gann. Enquire of
S, E. OSBORN. East Avenue,
or to D. W. FITCH, West Avenue.
To Rent.
ART of a llousc,(thrcc means) right in tlnc vil
lane. item. 512 pernnonth. Possession given
nnmedlately. Enquire at this ofllec.
1 1'1 1
A BARGAIN.
OR SALE.—A first-rate built Ilouse,(on East
Avenue.) containing nine rooms; will belcl
f' notsolll. Also BUILDING LOTS for sale.
Apply to 1). ll. I-‘l'I‘Cll.
Norwalk, Nov. 27th, 1875. 431.1
FOR SA LB .
W0 very desirable Building Lots on West Main
Street. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE.
F0 R S A LE.
NEAT RESIDENCE on one of the best,plcas-
autest and mostacccssiblc streets in town.
{as eight rooms, with gas in each, and heater ca-
.ablc of heating the whole house. Large barn
vnth stabling for several horses. A nplc. Pear and
:herry Trees, just comnncncingto near fruit. ls
vnthtn five minutes’ walk of the Post Oflicc,&c.
n’ricc$7,5t)0. Or will rent it to a good tenant for
$600 per year. Enquire at this office.
3Ale To RENT. -—A new Barn with good Sta-
_ bhng for several horses, near the bridge.
..‘rnee 33 per month, Enquire at this Office.
EMILY VJ). PA It DEEJLI),
Graduate of N.Y. Medical College for Wonnen,
001'. MAIN if: MARSHALL STREETS,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN .
Office HOItrs,‘t1nti19a. m., andlrom 3 p. m. At-
ention to all classes of diseases inncident to a eu-
el'lll practice of medicine and surgery. Slate cm
1" Frank Mcad’s Confectionery. up town, and all
-rdcrspn-omptly forwarded aml attended to. Fam-
lics supplied with Hommopathic remedies. _
References by permission :—S. Lilenntlnal, M. D..
'rol‘. of'l‘hcoryand Practice, N. Y. city; Clemencc
.ozncr, M. D. Dean of College, N.Y.: Alfred K
lills, hf. D.,1’rof‘. Materia Medica. 3m23
HAIILES S. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable‘ Draper and Tailor,
AND
GENTS’ FURNISIIING EllII’ORIUJI.
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn. I
5 & W. MITCHELL,
» . At the ever popular
UNION MARKET
has always the best of
Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
ntfairliving prices. Union (formerly Model) Mar-
:et. on the Bridge. 18
loNNEGTIllUT Hora,
Corner Main and Wall Sts., NORWALK, CT.
HE subscriber having taken the above well-
known centrally located Hotel. is prepared tn-
;ntcrtain permanent and transient guests. Goon
ooms; good table: reasonable prices. A llrst
lass Livery connected with the Hotel. Carriage.~
.0 all trains. Every effort made to please.
:Stf‘ D. B. MORElIOUSE, Proprietor.
.pnwann P. WEED,
‘l
DRUG-G- IS '1'
Wall Street, opposite Norwalk Opera House,
A large and well selected stock or
dRUGS AND MEDICINES,
'crl'umcry, l’atent Medicines, all kinds Almcra-
Vatcra 1‘oilet and Medicated soaps, Flavoring
nnd Han kerchicl‘ Extracss, Hairllrushcs.Combs,
~pongcs, Chamois Skins, Stationery. Cigars, Jim,
and is constantly adding to his stock all the new
ind popular medicines of the day.
a. s. mascara?
\t b isstorei n MALLORY'S BLOCK,hasconstant
lyon handsgeneralassortmentof .
GROCERIEfi.
CIRCGKEBY, GLASS,
TIN AND WOODEN- waas, 1:10., nave.
tv dcvotinghisconstant personal attention to the
onsincsshc hopes to merit pub.ic:natronage.
FRANCIS McEIEON, Jr.,
Practical Plumber.
PLUMBING in all its BRANCHES.
Green Houses Fitted up.
Orders left at Shop on SchoolStreet, or on slate
ll. Belden’s Tin Slnop. Jobbing promptly attenldcig
)‘ .
Edward Hanks,
”.ivil Engineer &Buuugh Surveyor
Office Main St, near Center Ave.,
Norwalk, Conn.
Particular attention paid to the nnappingaud
ueasurcment of farms, and to the division of cs-
:ntcs. Also to drainage and sewerage matters.
’rnlct‘s by mail promptly attended to.
J 01m A. H onncckc‘r,
B A K E ..fi ,
[3091‘ OF MILL HELL.
Bread. Rolls, Pies, Cakes, Crullers, &c.. baked
'rcsh everyday. Everything made out 01 good
~naterials,aunl bycarcl‘ul and competent workmen.
l‘n'y our Raking. .
OIRTVALK ESSIFRAHCE 00.,
NO R WA 1. If, C 0 NS.
"lrnrtcr Capital -. - $500,000
Paid up Capital - 100,000
\’.u. C. Sl-zasa'r;l‘res., Get) It. Cowt.r-:s,Scc’y.
.7“
ET \' .1 INSU ll \ NCE Co. ofliARTI-‘ORD.
Incorporated 151-2. Charter Perpetual.
‘apital and Assets, ' $5,052,830.19
nnsures against loss and damage by Fire, on terms
nnluptcnl to the hazard anndconsintent with the laws
if compcn-xatiou. ()OWLES 8'. Maltltllllfl.
Sole Agents for Norwalk and Vicinity
l.
.\ 'l‘
inthntard’s furniture Rooms
will be found a complete assortment of
FURNITURE, 840.,
nncludiugcverything usually found in a first-class
nstablishmcut, at Prices to suit. the Times. Also.
n large assortment of
lEROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
LOOKEZ‘JG GLASSES, ac.
Glassi’lates out to any size. ltepairingdonc inn the
nestvmanner. at short notice. .-\.lso,olnl ilznir Mat-
tresses made over as good as noun,
r. censuses espmg
was. tookwooo,
(Successor to (l ‘nif‘n. ll. ll..\\‘MO.‘-‘ 1‘ at. 00..)
Furniture Dealer,
No. 36 Main Street, i'orwalk .
U ND ERTAKING.
At my store '. in :ne found a large assortment of
all kinds of
00 FFINS, 0A SKETS,
and everythingucccssary for the interment of the
dead. Residence at w. ll. SWAN’S, Main St. 51
BELFAST silvers. in:
ON DRAUGHT.
MEA D 98
O onfectionery,
Ice Cream d: Dining Saloon,
Gazette Building, Norwalk.
Cold sparkling Soda Water, with choice Fruit
Syrups. ltoot licen‘. Ginger Ale. and Mineral
Waters. 5 cent per glass. superior quality of Ice
Cream delivered to any part of tlnc town in plain
cansor fancy forms. Parties and Festivals sup.
plied at short notice and at lowest. prices. l’ure
Confectionery always fresh. Fine Inn ported Cigars
from Park & 'l‘ill‘nrd’s
21 REDERICK MEAD, Proprietor.
RANGES.
GOODNOTRANGE, - - - - - Sl-ZJlO
' “ “ “ - - - - 11.00
Call and see them before buying elsewhere.
(ll-Cf HIGH l-‘. RELD EN,
FOR A GOOD PARLHR STOVE
. N0 TOP BUGGY, for sale.
Are you going to Paint?
USE
AVERILL’S
CHEMICAL PAINT!
THE BEST IN THE MARKET.
. Itns more beautiful,morenlurable,lowerin-prlce.
is all ready for. use, does not wash by rain. best
wood preservcr, is water and fire proof, and is the
best 101" encral uses, either for wood. iron or
brick bun dmgs. Many of the finest rcsidenccsl'n
town are panntcd with
avast: ups CHEMICAL PAINT
Put up ready for use in pails ot' l,2 or 3 gallons
kegs of :n, 10 or 15 gallons, half barrels or barrels
.All orders lpronnnptly filled and any information
given by app ynng to
D. E. WEBB, Sole Ag’t for Norwalk
Office at Store of Barnes!» Buo’s, foot of
Washington Street, SOUTH NORWALK.
CARRIAGE MAKERS.
MULLINGS &T!LLY,
Successor s to S. l'. TUTTLE,
.‘lIARSIL-ll. STREET, SOUTII A’ORWALK,
Would respectfully inform the citizens of Nor-
walk and vicinity that they are prepared to
Build Carriages and Wagons
OF' EVER I' DESCRIPTIOIV.
Particular attention paid to REPAIRING in al
branches ol'thc trade. '
One SECOS D-llAND ROCKAWAY, and out
ly‘.’
REAL ESTATE
Bought, Sold or Exchangcd,
Ofllce'l Gazette Building, .12. J. STURGES.
horwalk, Conn. i Broker.
INSURANCE.
Capital Represented. $23.000.000.00.
B. J. STURGES, Agent.
C. W. quritt
Has Removed
To No. 4 Plimnix Block, Wall St,
Foot of Mill Hill, nvherc with increased facilities
he ns prepared to do .
PLUMBING,
m all its branches. Also special attention given
to Tm Itoollng, Tlll and Sheet Iron Work and Job-
nning. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand.
Norwalk, April, 1876.
CHAS T. LEONARD 8n SON
DEALER I N
O O A L ,
woos AND BRICK,
il’th River Blue Stone ,Lime, Cement
ALSO
iii-“Mill PIPE FDR SEWERS, WELLS All
CHIMIEVS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Water St._ Norwah, (our
sin. DOUGLASS,
Manufacturing Cententimier,
Keeps constantly on hand a large variety of
Pure Confectionery
Always Fresh and of the Best Quality, at
\Vholcsale and Retail.
Also a. superior article of
ICE CREAM.
SODA W ATER,with lruitsyrups. and OTTAWA
BEERuln-awn from Matthews Patent Steel Foun-
'anns. ‘
Fruits, Nuts. fine ‘Imported and
Domestic Cigars.
No. 21 Main Street.
. An Elegant Ice Creann Saloon and Restauran
(or Ladies and Gentlemen.
0. H. DOQGLASS,Proprietor.
GEORGE WARE SELLECE ,
‘ Hasconstantly in stock at hisnew stand ,
No. 9 Main Street,
A choice and fineassortmen tof
Groceries,
Provisions,
Flour,
Fruit, (120.,
be which he \vnnuldnnvitcthc attentiono fa \vb-
\vishton urchasefirst-classgoods .at
Reasonable Prices.
DRIED BEEF, SLICEI) A SPECIALTY. BES']
0F IIAMS, EITHER WHOLE OR SLICED .
Dropin and see usln our newstore.
V0. 9 RIAIE STREET.
Stafford c0 Stocidcrrd’s
CHEAP CASH STORE,
Successors to HARVEY FITCH.)
No. 51 MAIN STREET, NOR‘VALK.
liaving purchased thr
GROCERY' BUSINES S
recently conducted by Mr. Fitch. we are prepared
to accommodate all, and will make every effort to
please our customers. We purchase our Goods for
Cflrll, au‘nl are enabled to
Sit—Li AT lOW FIGURES.
All kinds ol COUNTRY PRODUCE taken in cx~
change for goods. (Fall and see us and leave your
orders.
sum-”cans. sronnisn.
TO THE PUBLIC 1
l mu receiving
Gaooanlss
_' suitable lor the wants of this market.
“'llll'll I am selling at lntir prices. - Buyers at
Wholesale nnn' lie-Innil ii iii wooin- prnnnnnpl attention.
and orders will be tilled with as lnttlt- nlehnvn.»
possible. One year ago unuln)‘ I t-mnnlnnn-tzci-nl illlr
business :nnrw, and I am trnnlyllnuukf'ul l'on'tht-
patronage l have n'ct-ciu-(l.unn«l hope to nntn'rita
continuance ol the Filllif‘. .
in variet-
F L 0 U1 3,
CORN, 0:1 ’95},
.F'EED (£3 13112137,
ny Car Loads. Direct from the Mills.
I am receiving nice
Dairies of En
For Family ”Use.
.4.
tier
Also. a full supply of Vermont‘aml )laiue
EARLY ROSE POTATOES.
A Full Line of
Cannnefllinmlsflegetailesthrill.
All the above Goods I will sell at
Lowest Market Prices,-
FOB. ' CASE-i.
The Christian’s Wings.
BY H. H.
“ A Hymn is a Wing.” .
HENRY Warm szcunn.
' Ah, Never yet was said or heard
In any clime or age
A wiser or a truer word
By prophet or by sage,
Than this which seems a simple thing.
“A hymn can lift us like a wing.”
A simple thing, and yet there lies
Discovered by the phrase
A secret spell to reach clear skies
Upon the darkest days;
Our souls will soar if, we but sing,
“A hymn can liftfus like a wing.”
Can lift us like a wing-yes, higher;
Can lift us off the earth! '
0, souls that sorrow, souls that fire,
Try once what this is worth ,
Though voices break and quavcr—sing!
“A lnymn c-‘m lift us like a wing."
There is a wondrous story told—
A story sweet and true—
llow, once in cruel days of old,
Two Christian captives knew
Such hymns of magic power to sing,
That prison doors did open swing
At sound of them. For centuries
The tale was known and read ‘
By men with careless, idle eyes;
And no man felt or said
The lniddcn lesson of the thing.
Or bade poor captive hearts to sing.
Good thanks to him the sign who saw,
And-set for us to—day,
In phrase wlnosc love will live when law
Has lost its hold and sway
This simple phrase, this simple thing,
“A lnymn can an uslike a wing.” '
A Poet’s Constancy.
A MADRIGAL : [BY JOHN C. SAXE.
O praise is ever sWeet to hear ;
In simple candor I confess it ;
And then, I own, ’tis doubly dear,
When loving lips,—like yours,—exprcssit.
And yet, when calmly I reflect
How much is due to Cupid’s blindness,
Forgive me, dear, if I suspect '
Your praises only prove your kindness.
Whatever virtues I may boast,
(And slight indeed is my profession,)
The one you praise and prize the most '
May be the least in my profession.
You tell me, sweet ! you love—revere
A mind so steady and unswerving :
But never Poet yet, I fear,
Of such applause was quite deserving.
The Poet’s constancy, at best,
Is like the Bee's—voluptuous rover ;
Still constant to her honey-quest,
Though found in lily, rose, or clover.
And do I thus my faith impeach
As one untrue to love’s vocation ?
A moment’s patience—I beseech—
And you shall bear the explanation :
Suppose the Bee—so prone to stray,
As Fancy bids, from bower. to bower,
Should chance to find, some lucky day, - .
A wonderous honey-bearing flower ;
Which,——though she sipped, and came again
As often as the day was sunny,——
Quite uncxhaustcd should remain,
An ever-flowing fount of honey.
Such praise as slnc might fitly claim,
If ne’er again she proved a rover,
So much (the cases are the same)
I due your fond and faithful lover ?
—— Q'crz'bner’s Magazn’n r.
Satisfied.
[PSALMS xvu : 15.]
Not here! Not here! Not where the spark-
ling;waters
Fade into mockingsounds as we draw near;
Where in the wilderne55 each footstep fal-
ters—
£ I shall be satisfied—but oln, 'not here !
Not. here, where every dream of bliss de-
ceives us,
Where the worn spirit never gains its goal;
Where, lnaunted ever by the thoughts that
grnevc us,
Across-us floods of bitter memory roll.
There is a land where every pulse is thrilling
With rapture earth’s sojourners may not
know,
Where heaven’s repose the weary heart is
stilling,
And peacefully life's time—tossed currents
flow. '
Far out of sight,while yet the flesh enfolds us
Lies the fair country where our hearts abide=
And of its bliss is naught more wondrous
told us
Than these few words,“I shall be satisfied,”
Satisfied ! Satisfied l the Spirit’s yearning
For sweet companibnship with kindred
minds,
The silent love that here-meets no returning,
The inspiration no language finds——
Shall they be satisfied ‘3
longing— _
The aching void which nothing earthly
fills ? .
Oh, what desires upon my soul are thronging,
As I look upward to the heavenly hills 3
The soul’s vague
Tlnither my weak and weary steps are tend-
nng : .
Saviour and Lord,wilh thy frail t-lrildabide
Guide me toward home, where, all my wan-
derings ending, V
I then shall see Thee and “be sati: fled.”
Bearing the Heat and Burden.
A missionary of the American Sunday
school Union in Texas, gives this summary
of lnis labors during July, August and Sep.
tember, under the discomforts and difficul-
ties of tlnc lust and drought of that cli-
iate. . .
In July, lnc organized two Sunt’nay-schools,
with 15 teachers, and 120 scholars; visited
and aided 12 other schools, having 81 teach-
ers and 535 scholars ; delivered 15 sermons
and addresses ; attended one county Sunday-
school Convention, and several Sunday-
sehools mass meeting, and rode 220 miles.
In August, lntnorganized fivc schools, with
2-1 teachers and $00 scholars; visited and
aided nine schools, lnaving 07 teachers and
660 scholars ; delivered 14 sermons and ad-
dresses, and rode 470 miles.
In September lne organized five schools,
with 33 teachers and 250 scholars; visited
and aided 13 schools, with 114 teachers and
1125 scholars; delivered 17 sermons and
addresses, and rode 286 miles. ‘
Three months are the vacation season of
many workers; but the missionary keeps
right on. No disparagement is intended to
those who must rest in order to work the
better, if they have earned the rest; but
congratulation to such as can work and love
to w )l‘k while the day lasts, knowing that
the night cometh when no man can work,
and that there will be rest from their labors
in the “sweet by—and— y.”-—C’hurch Union.
It ecrf looks a little odd, when a mar-
ried couple are visiting at a friend’s house,
to see the wife accidentally lay her hand up-
on a coal-shovel, and the husband, :as if , by
instinct, dodge behind the nearest object the
(:0 To BBLD‘EN’S.
Geo. 0. Keefer.
can afford him shelter. -
VOL. LIX-NUMBER 751,
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