Norwalk Gazette, Tuesday, December 26, 1876 · page 1

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From Death to Life.

 

0 change! 0 wondrous change!
Burst are the prison bars ;
This moment there, so low,
So agonized, and now
Beyond the stars!

0 change! stupendous change!
There lies the soulless clod;

The sun eternal breaks,

The new immortal wakes-«

“’akcs with his God, -
—-.ll/'s. Southey.

 

The Box of Honey.

 

Mrs. H. seated herself hastily at the table.
Her right. hand rested firmly upon the handle
of the teapot, a position plainly indicating to
Mr. II. that the customary blessing must be
cut short. Conspicuous among the neat fix-
ings of a well-ordered tea-table. were the
steaming hot biscuit and a plate of “that de-
licious honey” from their own hive among the
. clover blossoms in their garden.

The “olive branches" were not there. They.
never had been—therefore order, neatness,

. precision governed the minutest details of the
domestic economy.

Dolnestic peace requires its sacrifices, and
chief of this is quiet acquiescence. Mr. H.
had learned this also, and for its sake,though
sometimes "‘rilcd" and nettled, he acquiesced.

In this instance he snapped offythe “truly
thankful” witll one hand on the butter-plate,
giving evidence that there should be no unnec-
essary delay on his part

“Do you remember,” said Mrs. IL, with a
honeyed accent, “how beautiful that honey
is ? Notice the liquid transparency of the
comb l—aud the honey l—as translucent as a
liquid pearl I I never saw anything so lovely!
How thankful we ought to be to know that
we are priviledged to live in a world where
even the stinging insects are made to minis-
ter to the delicacy of our most exquisite taste.
We must take abox of that honey with us to-
morrow to our friends in Boston. They will be
so delighted to receive a box of our own hon-
ey, from our hive in the garden, won’t they
dear ?

“Likely. But how are we to carry it ?”

“Carry it ? I am not to carry it. You are
to carry it.” '

“Not if I know myself. I‘d like to see my-'
self lugging a box of honey all the way to
Boston.”

“But you will though—pity if I can’t have
my own way once in a while I" .

“Once in a while,” muttereer. H., mak-
ing a deadly thrust at the butter and adding

' something that sounded very much like “dang
the honey,” or words to that effect.

However, next morning a small box of
honey neatly wrapped in a copy of The Bap-
tist Register might have been seen beside the
satchel on the hall table. The trunks had
been sent down to the “Jenny Lind,” a small
packet that took passengers as far as Roches-
ter to connect with the ears, and Mrs. H. re-
marked :

“You‘ll take the honey and I’ll take the
satchel.”

“I‘ll have nothing more to do with it.”

“Don’t forget tlle honey,” he heard her call
back from the gate as she walked off with the
satchel, and soon receded around the corner.
Picking tip the box he followed,muttering all
sorts of incoherent adjectives about woman’s
whims and nonsense.

The monotony of the packet trip was varied
by the usual games of checkers and backgam-
mon in one end of the cabin, while in the
other a strolling musician was tipping a round
keyed melodeon back and forth on his knees,
and singing :

h, It ow happy is the man who has chosen
wisdom‘s ways ‘

And lneasured out his span with the partner
of his days ;

With his God and his Bible he knows he’s
not alone,

His declining days are sweeter, yea,‘ than
honey in the comb.

About this time one of the attentive listen-
ers might have been seen tucking a small
package under the end of a settce, and whis-
pering :

“There 1
now, anyhow, and there it’ll stay for
me i”

Arriving in Rochester, Mr. H. meditated
till everybody had left the‘boat, then he took
up the box, then put it down again; then
he shook his fist at it—then he picked it up
and followed his wife to the cars, in which
they were soon seated, the satchel stowed
away under tlle.r feet, and the honey put up
in the rack.

Mr. II. resigned himself to reading the
“Reveries of a Bachelor,” and Mrs. H. to‘
sweet dreams other friends in Boston and the
exquisite pleasure it would give herto present
the nice little “box of honey from their own
hive among the clover blossoms.”

The ‘darn’ stuff is out of sight
all of
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“What is that ?" exclaimed Mrs. II., start-
ing up with surprise, as she heard something
drop down among the rosebuds on her bott-
net, and looking up saw another pearly
pendant about to descend on the same spot.
“Good Lord.” \Vllat have you been doing '3
My hat is ruined l” Ilcrcupon Mr. H. seeing
his opportunity to rid himself of the incubus,
he seized the oboxious sweetening and was
about to hurl it from the car window, when a
passenger came to the rescue with sympathy
and newspapers. The box was thoroughly
“done up,” and Mr H. was reluctantly im-
pressed to rest it upon his knees until their
arrival in Utica, when, placing it again in
the rack, they took up their satchel and pas-
sed out for refreshments.

“We’ll go to Bagg’s Hotel and get a. nice
dinner for fifty cents,” said Mr. H.

“No. I don’t give fifty cents for a dinner
when I can get as good as I want for twenty-
five cents," said Mrs. II, pointing to a pla-
card that dangled ona strip from the window
of a restaurant “That’s the way with you
men~always squandering your money,while
your poor wives have to stay at home and
drudge frommorning till night.” .

“That settles it,” said Mr. 1-11, swinging his
hand savagely at a mistletoe of flies as he took
a chair opposite his beloved in one of the
side stalls in the “eating house.”

“Pork and beans—roast beef—mutton stewl”
said the waiter, knocking overa vinegar cruet
in a spasmodic slap at tllc flies.

“Pork and beans or anything,” said Mrle,
loosening her bonnet strings ; “and please
hurry, for we’ve left a box of honey on the
cars, and we should be in an awful bad—”

“Stew ! of course," said Mr. H. to the
Waiter, who stood with a slimpsv napkin
thrown over his shoulder and balancing him-
self with both hands on the back of his
chair. - .

“Whew! I’m glad I’m out .of that dirty
hole ! I didn’t enjoy my dinner a bit. I
knew I shouldn’t, for I we , inking all the
time about that honey," sa -Irs. IL, as they
were about taking their seats in the car.

“And where is the honey ?" said Mr. 1f.,
looking up to the rack.

“Gone 1” sure as I’m alive I” gasped Mrs.
IL, falling back in the scat. “Somellody‘s
stole it. Where’s the conductor 7”

“What is the matter ?” said the conductor,
stepping forward.

“Matter fr" Where’s our honey ? We left
it up there in the rack while we were out to
dinner. We’re taking that honey to our
friends in Boston. and you‘d better find it, or
there’ll be trouble."

“Well, I’m very sorry, indeed,” said the
conductor, “but the fact is, the car you came
in Was switched off at Utica. The best you

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can do now is to telegraph back from Albany
and have it forwarded to Boston by express.”

“I told you just how it would be if you
left it in that rack—all you own carelessness.
And there’s my bonnet ! Oh, it’s enough to

. provoke a saint I” Then, relapsing into that

peaceful condition of unconsciousness that
follows mental exhaustion, she remained un-
disturbed until their arrival jn Albany, when
.Mr. H. rushed in great haste to the telegraph
office, and, after cautioning the operator
against making any mistake, dictated the fol—
lowing message :

“Well, you see, my wife and ], we started
from Brockport to go down to Boston with a
box of honey to give to our friends there, fox
my wife says they don’t have any such honey;
besides, she wanted to make them a present,
so she thought we’d better take a box. I did
my best not to have llertake it, for I knew it
would make us mgre trouble and expense
than ’twas worth ; but she’s bound to have
her own way, so for the sake or peace I just
brought it along, and it was 'left in the am
that was switched off at Utlca, and we want
to have it sent right on to Boston by express."

“All right,” said the operator, “your mes-
sage has gone forward just as you stated ii
(figuring up the bill)—flfty cents for the firs
ten words,an three cents for each additiona‘.
word, is 553,98,” said the operator, leaning hi:
chin upon his hands and looking blandly mm
the dis racted countenance of his customer.

. “ ll’liat ."‘ $3.98 for that short letter ? I
didn’t spbse ’twould cost more than ten cents

“That‘s the charge," said the operator, rap
ping nervously upon the desk—with the cut.-
of llispeneil as if to expedite payment.
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There are moments in life when the spirit
receives whole volumes of thought; on its un-

written leaves.

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with each particular hair standing on end,and
struggling with emotions of indignation inex
pressible, he plunked down the dust and re
paired to the depot just in time to see thl
train depart without him, and Mrs. H. run
ning up and down the platform crying they hat
carried off her satchel.

“Glad of it,” said Mr. IL, “and I wisl
they’d carriedtyou off with it I All thh
‘danged’ trouble and expense for abox o
honey that you could buy anywhere for :1
dollar 1” .

“It’s your own fault. You‘d no busines-
to leave it in the car; and here we’ve got ti
wait four hours in this nasty depot for the
next train. ” * * '9‘

They waited in silence those four wear)
hours,then they journeyed on to Boston with
-ont further incident, found their satchel not
their friends,exchanged the customary greet
ing and were happy.

It was three miles by horse cars to the ex
press office, the day was hot, and 114;. H. wa
lost in the narrow and entangled streets, bu
he found the office at last, only to be toll
that the honey had not arrived. The seconi
day he received the same melancholy re
port, but on the third the expressman rejoic-
ed his heart with the welcome words, “You
butter has come,” and reaching up to thx
shelf he handed down a large platter, saying

“We were obliged to purchase this platter
as the shaking of the car and the hot weathe.
were too much for it. Express charges, tWi
dollars, platter one dollar fifty-,is tllree-fifty.’
s or e at! -i< * ' c

There are moments in every man’s lift
when all the forces of his moral nature an

loudly called for, and this was one of then
to Mr. II., in which he demonstrated hi:

complete mastery over the baser instincts 0.
his nature by liquidating the bill without i
murmur; and with that Christian resignation
that “hopeth all things and endureth al
things,” he picked up the platter, walked:
rod _or two along the sidewalk, and then giv-
ing it a sling saw it break into a llundrei
pieces in the middle of the street. * *

“Did you throw that platter of honey ii
the public thoroughfare ?" said a policeman
tapping him gently upon the shoulder.
“ch, I did, and I’ln danged if I wouldn’t :-
thrown it there if it had been a barrel ! YOi
see my wife and I we started from Brock
port ——”

“Five dollars fine for throwing anything of
that character in the public highway, so fork
over, or accompany me to the station house."

There was a momentary pause, during
which “Recollections of a Busy Life” swzirn
before his eyes in a sea of honey, and a heav-
enly smile played around his features as llt
plunked down the last installment that honor
love and exacting custom could claim of it:

most consistent worshipper.——Drtroz‘t Fro
Press.

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Willie Lloyd has a question which some 0
our readers may know how to answer : “My
father and my Uncle Ned both smoke cigars.
and my cousin Tom has a splendid pip
which came from Vienna, and he is very
proud of it indeed. Now, I want to smoke.
for I think it must be right to do what m}
father does. But the other day, when a littl.
cigarette happened to fallout of my pocket.
they were all shocked, and my mother said
she was surprised, and my sister, who alway:
puts in her word when there isn‘t my need,
she said : “Well. I’ve told you that you out
papa have no idea. what a naughty boy Willi.
is getting to be.” It was very unpleasant
the way they all acted, and I had to go [-1.-
bed without my supper. Now, why can’t I
do what big men do ?
to know.”

 

The Cllcanncss of Good Things.

The prob‘emof Cheapness is thus discuss-
ed in Summer: for January, by Professm
Carroll. Though the observations are calcu
lated for the longitude of New York City
they will probably be found reliable for other
localities.

"I'havc scolded about Broadway prices.”
says the Pcdagoguc, “ and ralfsacked side
streets and down-town lanes and corners for
cheap tailors, restaurants, apothecaries, gro-
cers, or what not, but always with much the
same result. The gain in price was generally
slight, the loss in quality, style, finish, dura-
bility, and so on, both constant and percepti-
ble. When I occasionally found an article in
some by.corner which could fairly be called
a bargain, I found I had spent in fussing
about it enough time and energy to earn the
wholepricc several times oven—even at the
very. limited money 'value which my time
bears to me” (glancing at a pile of manu-
script On his writing desk.) “People don’t
sufficiently consider, in this matter,” he went
on, "how great is the'value of mere insurance
afforded by high-class, and therefore high-
priced, establishments. If I can find, as
practically I of ten can, a butcher who gives
me the best of meat nineteen days. out of
twenty, it is worth a heavy percentage more
to me to deal steadily with him at any prices
within reason than to try to bring down my
expense account by buying of his cheaper
and less responsible rivals, who give me a
geod article to-day, and then disappoint me
to-morrow.

Old Mr. Tllorp went into the parlor, the
other night. at the witching hour of 11:45
and found the room unhghted.and his daugh-
ter and a dear friend occupying a tete-a-tcte
ln_the corner. “Evangeline," the old man
said sternly, “thisis scandalous.” Yes, papa,”
she answered sweetly, “it is candleless be.-
cause times are so hard and lights cost so
much that Ferdinand and I said we should
try and get along with the starlight.” And
the old gentleman turned about in speechless
amazement and tried to walk out of the room
through a panel in the wall paper.

 

It is in North Stonington where they raise
nice turkeys and lots of them. Fifty-seven
thousand pounds were shipped from that

 

 

town to Providence and Boston, for Thanks.
giving. The local buyers paid 16 and 18
cents per pound.

And this was one of them to Mr. H , as'

rible scourge, yellow fever.

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The Electoral College.

“'0 are so often questioned as to the de-
tails of our complex mode of electing a
President, that we publish the modus oper-
andi in full for the information of such of
our readers as may not be familiar with the
system in all its parts :—

Our method of electing a President and
Vice-President of The United States is in.
direct. The people—or yather the different
political parties—each choose a certain num-
ber of men called Electors, and these Electors
choose the President and Vice-President.

The number of Electors which each State
is entitled to select, is the some as the num-
ler of Senators and Representatives which it
sends to Congress. Delaware, with one
Representative and two Senators has three
Slectors. New York, with thirty-three
.teprescntatives and two Senators, chooses

hirty-fivc Electors.

It is not necessary that the Electors should
)8 voted for by the people. The Constitu-
ion says that “each State shall appoint" the
Electors “in such manner as the~ Legislature
hereof may direct.” Before the war the
Electors for South Carolina were always
chosen directly by its Legislature, and this
year, in order to save the expense and trouble
if a new election, the Colorado Legislature
las done the same. But hereafter all the
states will choose Presidential Electors by a
,lopular vote.

When it is ascertained who among the
Electoral candidates have been chosen,
iotices are sent to them by the Governor of
he State, and they are required by the laws
nf the United States to meet at the State cap-
tal on the first Wednesday in December for
he purpose,of voting. Each State has the
right to provide for filling vacancies, and
:lost of the States have passed laws, allow-
og those Electors who assemble on the ap-
uointcd day, to choose others when it is nec-

' ssary to make their number complete.

After meeting and organizing, the Elctoral
lollege of each State votes by-ballot, first for

President, and next fga Vice-President.
‘he members then make, sign and seal certi.
icates of the result of their election. They
lake three such certificates, each a copy of
be others. One of these thdy send by a
aessengcr, appointed by themselves, to the
’resident of the Senate at Washington. The
messenger must carry the certificate and de-
ivcr it either to the President of the Senate,
Ir to the Secretary of State, before the first
,Vednesday in January. A copy is also to
no mailed through the post-office to the Presi-
ient of the Senate. The third is to be de-
ivered to the Judge of the district in which
he Electors assemble.

In case no copy of the Electoral vote of a
tale has. been delivered to the President of
he Senate on the first Wednesday of J anuary,‘
he Secretary of State must send a special
uessenger to'the Judge, in whose hands the
nird copy has been placed, for the purpose
If obtaining il.

Congress is required to be in session on the
=econd Wednesday in February, after a
leeting of Electors ; and on that day the
’resident of the Senate opens and reads the
llectoral votes of all the States, and declares
vho has been elected to the' office of Presi-
lent, and who as Vice-President of the
Inited States. There is now no law regula-
ing the manner in which this ceremony
.hallbe performed. There was a’ joint rule
lf the Senate and the House on this subject

out it has been repealed.

The term of office of the'President is four
vears. As Gen. Grant was installed on the
lib of March, 1873, his term ends on the 4th
If March, 1877, which is a Sunday. The
low President will be installed on the 5th,
ind for the intervening day the President of
he Senate will be President of ‘the United
States. Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, now pro-
vides over the Senatc,but his term will expire
is Senator on the 4th of March. The Senate
am, however, elect another presiding officer,
who would become the chief magistrate of
.be nation for 'one day.

. ' Experience has shown that some impor-

ant changes are needed in the Constitution
ind laws relating to elections to the Presiden-
iy. There have been elections where the
)8308 of the country has seemed to be in
101‘“, because the present mode was too in-
lefiniie, and gives too great a chance for de-
feating the will of the people. It_ seems
irobable that amendments will be made in
be whole system before another election
akes place.

 

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Miss Clara J. Richards.
. The following lines were written by a very

'lear friend, a resident of Charleston, S. 0.,

)f Miss CLARA J. Rlonanns, who died in
chat city, Octobef' 30th, a victim of that ter-
Her many
'ricnds will read this tribute with mingled
-:‘eelings of pleasure and sorrow. Sorrow
but she has left us, and pleasure that she' had
he esteem and love of those with whom she
issociated in her southern home. We there-
’ore print the poem that the friends of Miss
Ricnanns may derive the pleasure of read-
ngit :
She, a stranger, cameamong us,
Lovely, pious, cheerful, gay;
Blooming in simplicity, .
Like a rose in month of May.
New, alas! her work is done.
To her Jesus she has gone.

’Neath the oaks of our Magnolia,
Sleeps that beauteons, lbvely frame;

Mouldcring now, she cannot hear us
When we call her darling name,

Angels hover round her bed,

Jesus guards His cherished dead.

Lovely was that Sabbath morning,
When she chose “ the better part ;"
Like the gentle, pious Mary,
To the Lord she gave her heart.
Joy supreme, in heaven doth reign,
When the soul is born again.

Sudden did the stern destroyer
Bear her from our earthly sight ;
Rapid did disease consume her,
Lead her soul to realms of light:
While we mourn th sleeping sod,
There she rests, at home with God.

Home with Father, Mother dear,
Where no pain can ever harm;

Or the din of war can reach her,
Spreading sorrow and alarm.

Every tear is wiped away,

In those realms of endless day._

Farewell, Friend! we could but love thee,
For thy heart warso sincere,

That although we know thou’t happy. _
Still we shed the silent tear.

But to us the hope isgiven .

Of one day meeting thee ill Heaven.
==—-

“ Sun hath done what she could.” She
hath had many successors. May this succes-
sion be perpe tuatcd! '

A missionary of the American Sunday
School Union in Kentucky writes: “In one
neighborhood, where there were over 80 chil-
dren, when it. was proposed to establish a
Sunday-school and all were anxious for it,
not one man could be found to superintend
it; for not one had, ever been in a Sunday
school nor offered prayer in public. When
the effort seemed about to fail, a timid mother
said she would do the best she cou‘d -, and a
young lady offered to be her assistant and
librarian. These had been in Sunday-school
before. We had 38 children to begin with,
shall double soon.

I am just home from the mountains, and so
far as I know a Sunday-school missionary
had never been ill that region before. In one
of the largest of those mountain counties I
found only one lone Sunday-school. I did
not leave it until wchad ten schools, with a
good prospect for more. Old men and worn-
en told me, they had not the first idea of how
a Sunday-school should be started taught and
conducted.~A'domte amt Guardian.

School Board Report.

 

The Joint Board of Selectmen and School
Visitors would Report relative to the Schools
”of the Town, and their doings in regard to
the same, as follows :~

The enumeration of 1876, shows that there
are 3,254 children and youths in the town of
Norwalk,.that,are admissible to the Public
Schools. . ,

Of these the wllole number actually at tend-
ing is 2,848, with an average of 1,642 It
thus appears, that over 400. of those com-
prised in the enumeration are not included
in the actual attendance.

Taking from this number, (100) one hun-
dred who may be reckoned as attending tllc
different private schools of the town, there
remains not less than 300 who are not brought
under the immediate instruction of any
school. ,

Assuming that this state of things results
in a measure from actual or imagined pecu-
niary inability on the part of those to whom
such children belong, it is yet evident that
its chief explanation is to be found in their
lack of a just appreciation of the object of
the Public school, and their general indiffer-
ence to the best interests of their children.

Whatever be ,the reason for it, the fact
itself, in proportion to its extent, is a grave
evil and peril in,a free Government, and is
contemplated as such by that provision in the
law of tll Commonwealth which relates to the
matter of compulsory 'education. It is be-
lieved that the evil in question may be rem-
edied toa good degree by the ,Dir'strict Com-
mittees in earnestly calling the attentio f
their respective districts to the real intent
and power of the law on this point.

One of these Committees has already done
this with encouraging success.

The figures as to average attendance are
not in every respect what could be desired.
This is owing in part to an unusual rate of
sickness among the children during the year,
and partly to the lowestimate at which many
parents and guardians seem to hold the im
portanee of regular and prompt attendance.
This shows itself conspicuously in the too
,genernl readiness of districts to encourage the
children in the idea that it is their right to be
indulged in release from school attendance
on occasions of fairs, ball games, circuses
and the like. The Board of Visitors believ-
ing that such a notion in the schools is detri-
mental to their best regularity and efllciency
have deemed it their duty to call the special
attention of committees and teachers to the
evil and to urge the exertion of their infill-
cnce towards its remedy.

There are employed in the 11 Districts,
46 teachers, of whom all but six were em-
ployed the previous year, and with few ex-
ceptions, for the same positions which they
now occupy. In the main, they have proved
themselves worthy of the places assigned
them, by their conscientious fidelity in duty, '
by their growing adaptation to the work in
hand, and by the increasing evidences of suc-
cess that have attended their efforts. 1n
some cases the new‘teachers have introduced
methods of teaching that are likewise some-
what new and have furnished thereby a prof-
itable variety in the routine of instruction.
Certain of the outlying schools have lnade a
decided gain by coming under the charge of
new; teachers. Still it is unfortunate, as has
been the case with West Norwalk; and as is
to be the case with Broad River that a total
change of teachers shouldtakc place during
tcrni-time or even during the sclloolLyear,
such a change can hardly fail to put both
teacher and scholars at a temporary disad-
vantage. This, lloweve has been measura-
bly obviated in one of the schools referred to
by the cholera of asuecessor who seems adop-
ted to the emergency.

In general, therefore, touching the present
condition of the schools, the committee are
able to say that none are much below a fair
mediocrity, while. the great majority are
creditably above that point, and a, few are of
marked excellence.

In saying this the committee are aware
that they do not report such evidence of
uniformity in the good resillts of school-work
as ought to be expected from well equipped
schools conducted under one general 'man-
agemcnt. For in their judgment one school
in proportion to the number and quality of
its pupils should offer as valuable facilities
for instruction as another and should give
proof of the same in the work accomplished.

But, in attempting to act on this principle
they have found themselves beset with pecu-
liar diffcultics. *

Certain of the Districts, particularly those
of South Norwalk, Over ' River, and the
Center have aimed to accommodate their
arrangements to the demands of a. higher
course of education, such as is implied in the
study of Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry,
the Ancient Classics, and the languages of
French and German.

Any worthy degree of success ill this
direction would imply of necessity a certain
amount of apparatus net otherwise needed
ahd inercscd expense for securing competent
instructors. Accordingly these, in the years
past have been gradually provided for and
the three schools have taken on the form,and
as far as possible, the aim of High. schools,
each complete in itself and striving to make it-
self better than the others. The Down Town
School also came at length to comforln to the
same ideal. The result of course on the one
bird was to increase rapidly the expense of
tllesechools and on the other to hurry the schol
ars on to take the higher branches of study he—
forc they were prepared to pursue tllcm to
advantage. As therefore, the Joint Board
felt themselves responsible for such increase
of expenses. so long as they recommended
the appropriations to meet the same, and as
they also felt themselves responsible for the
necessarily imperfect instruction and inevita-
ble ill-success of these four higher depart-
ments, so long as they virtually provided for
their cpntinuancc ; and especially, as all this
was extra-legal, seeing that the town had
taken no steps to establish Hi! schools
agreeably to the statute requisitions upon
that point ; they heldit to be their plain duty
to limit their appropriations hereafter to the
requisite amount for carrying on the schools
according to law. ’

In pursuance of that conviction they ap-
propriated the sum of $23,697—it being esti-
mated on the basis of four dollars. ($4) for
each child enumerated, and five dollars ($55)
for each scholar registered.

This amount as distributed to the several
districts gave ,

South Norwalk Union. $6,873 00

Center, 4,330 00
Over River, 3,050 00
Down Town, 2,675 00
North West, _ g 1,850 00
South Five Mile River, 1,057 00
North Center, 836 00
Nortll East, 606 02
Middle Five Mile River, 420 00
North Five Mile River. 57 2 00
Broad River. 5728 00

 

Total, $23,697 00
It was assumed that this might prove in-
sufficient for some Districts as the obtained
data, upon which the division was made was
necessarily approximate only. But as the
law made it the duty of the Board in the
September following to consider and provide
for, if necessary, any excess of expenditure
over appropriation in the several Districts,
they could then add to all appropriations that
proved to be smaller than the actual needs.

submitted.

amounts actually paid therefor ‘to the differ-

ent Districts were as follows : .

South Norwalk Union, $3,719 96

Center, 5,573 48
Over River, 5,601 72
Down Town, 3,104 71
North West, 1,850 00
South Five Mile River, 1,529 47
North Center, 829 50
'North East, 653 47
Middle Five Mile River, 585 15
North Five Mile River, 57f 00

547 30

Broad River,

 

Total, $29,565 76
These deficiencies Wercthus allowed on the
ground that apart of cacti of them was in-
creased to meet the.actual needs of the re-
spective schools, and again on the ground
urged by the different committees, that they
had already engaged their teachers with the
old plan of appropriatioq in view, not having
been informed of the proposed reduction of
appropriations by the joint Board. .
For the support of the schools during the
school year of 1876—77, the Board have voted
to recommend to the town and do hereby
recommend to the town, the following appro-
priations, viz:

South Norwalk Union, $7,615 00
Center, 4,909 00
Over River, 4,715 00
Down Town, 2,740 00
North West, 1,873 00
South Five Mile River, 1,203 00
North Center, 933 09
North East, 660 00
Middle Five Mile River, \ 524 00
North Five Mile Rover, ' 568 00
Broad River. ' . 830 00

Total, 0 . $26,570 00

These amounts have been determined con-1
formably to the vote of the joint Board to
make the appropriations for the ensuing year
on the basis of five dollars ($5) for each child
enumerated, and six dollars and twenty-five
cents ($6.25) for each scholar implied in the
average attendance, provided the sums thus
derived shall be required by the actual needs
of the respective schools._ .

It is proper here to state that the commit-
tee of, the Down Town District, in accord-
ance with the above principle of appropriao
tion, reorganized that school at the beginning

of the present year, having its expenses

within the amount granted, at the same time
improving the school as compared with its
former well-known efficiency, and making it
second to none in the town for excellence.

' ‘It is believed that the same substantially
may be accomplished withinhthe sums appro-
propriated, by each of the eleven Districts,
provided that each cenfine itself to that
range of instruction which. the law contem-
plates. '

In the action thus taken the Board desire
to be understood as not opposing the higher
branches of study. in the schools, but only
aiming to correct the abuses into which cer-
tain of the Districts have been led' by their

desire to promote this branch of studyunder

existing circumstances. High schools should
be legallyr ecognized and provided for if they
would in any true sense be successful. Be-
sides it is clearly impracticable for any town
of no more than twelve or fifteen thousand
inhabitants, to make even a decent . pretence
of maintaining three High Schools. This
principle._i_s_ acknowledged and acted upon
universally by towns or qities that claim any
worthy Success in this higher department of
public instruction. It is plainly enough,
thereforen the duty of] the town to look a
this question with earnestness. Three courses
suggest themselves 'to its consideration,—
cit-her to withold support entire from this de-
partment of instruction, and leave it to each
District to provideits own; High School, if it
desires one. Or else' codeizntratc such in-
struction in one, or‘at most two Districts,
and prohibit it in the others. Or else con-
tinue to allow its'recognition in all the
schools as it is at present, with all its present
want of success, and all its hurtful effects
upon the other departments of the schools,
and all unrcl‘nuncrativc and. increasing expen-
ses.

Of these three courses the Board has, for
the time being, adapted its action to the first
course mentioned,hoping that the town‘ivould
see its way clear to adopt, at no distant day,
the second. All of whidh is respectfully
J. A. HAMILTON,

Secretary.

 

Franklin’s Wit.
Franklin, one night. cold,freezing to his skin,
Stopped on his journey at a public inn ;
Rejoiced, perceives the kindling flames arise;
But, luckless sage ! perceives with dislagt
eyes

A motley crew monopdtize the heat :

Each, firm as Banquo’s ghost, maintains his
seat.

“Ho i” cried the doctor, never at a loss,

“Landlord, a peek of oysters for my horse.”

“Your horse eat oysters 3-” cries the wonder-
ing host.

“Give him a peck, you’ll see they won’t be
lost.”

The crowd, astonisned, rush into the stall :

"A horse eat oysters—what, with shells and
all ?"

Meantime our traveler, as the rest retire,
Picks the best at the deserted fire ;

A place convenient for the cunning'clf
To roast his oysters and‘warm himself.

The host returned. “Your horse won't eat
them, ‘sir. ”
“Won't eat good oysters ? He‘s a simple cur.
I know who will,” he adds, im merry mood.
“Hand them to me ; a horse don’t know

what's goot . "

Jov AND Horn or A Uxxox Lineman.—

~A missionary of the American Sunday-school

Union in Nebraska reports: In the last
three months I have organized 16 new
Sunday-schools being my best record for any
three months, including ’my work in other
and older schools. My work is crowding me
this year more than in any former years.
Thejoy of it lies chiefly. in the history of
what has been done for the neighborhoods
where my schools have been planted, and in
the hope which this work begets for the new
places where we have just begun. Take an
example.

Two years ago, I started a Sundayvschool
in a district composed largely of Catholics.
One of thenylockcd the sc hool-house against

us ; and so we climbed in at the window to

hold our first meeting—four men, tllrce
women, two children. The next Sunday
twelve came. Soon the Superintendent
wrote, “We are running over .‘th Dutch
children.” Then their parents began to
come in; then a prayer meeting was started;
next a sermon-reading; and now, for three
3months,a Congregational minister has preach-
ed to them, once in two weeks.

Isn’t that grand? And now. I have} got
four score of schools with a history just as
glorious—Church Union.

 

 

The voice of the Indiana Democracy seems
to be for war. It was once before—till the
fighting began—Tribune.

Discussion between a wise child and tu-
tor: “That star you see up there is bigger
than this world,” “No, it isn’t.” “Yes, it
is.” “Then why doesn’t it keep the min 0E?”

Tobacco and opium have broad backs, and
will cheerfully carry the load of armies,if you
choose to make them pay high for such joys
as they give and such harm as they do.—
Emerson.

 

In the case of a part of the Districts this
turned out to be, to an extent, true, and the
Board at their September meeting increased
the necessary emanation accordingly. The

 

The Mel-idea Cutlerv works, in South
Meriden, were damaged nearly $5,000 worth
on Wednesda .. the 13th, by a. fire \Qlch
caught from rictidn.

litany all Counsellor at Law.

34

.— NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26. 18.76.

NORWALK GAZETTE.

PIIILISHED EVERY IDESDAY MDHIIID.

the Second Oldest. P’er In the State,

v-

 

OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.

A. H. BYINGTON'& CO.
J. 'B. ELLs, G. N. Enns.

 

.I. II. Blearox,

Subscription $2.00 per year, in advance.
Single Copies 5 Cents. .
____.._..—-——-.__.‘
Advertising Rates :

Four lines 0) less, 1 insertion 50 cts.; 3 times $1 lri
)ne Square, one insertion, - - - - . - - 1 0.

Per week. for continuance, ------ . 50
the Square, Six Months, - - . ..... 7 o.
“ “ one year—withpapcr - - - 1501-
‘4 It It 5‘ H - . . 250!

:l‘lvroec ‘5 U LI to H _ . . . 3o 0‘
Quarter of aColumn,one time, -‘- . . - 5 0,
Due quarter-column, one year, - - - . . 50 on
me half Column, one time, - . - ; . 10 01
me half Colman, one year, - - - '- - - 80 0t
Full Column, one time, - ~ - - . - . - 20 0|
- 15001

Full Column, one year, ......
One inch space constitutes a square.

Spool-«I Notices '25 per cent. advhnce onthr
ibovc.

Local Notlces in Reading Columns, 25
Cents per line.

Yearly advertisers restricted to the busincs»
contemplated at the time of contract, but are per
~nitted to make monthly on mgcs of their adver-
tiaemcnts.

Marriages ‘a'nd’ deaths inserted gratuitously
Obituary or Funeral Notices 15 etc. per line.

All unusual cuts and devices 25 per cent. extra

 

A LEE. 5‘. GIBSON. '
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
Teacher of the
Plano-Forte. Organ and Mil-lea]

Compobltlon. .
’ 0 Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.

GEO. W. (DRAM.
Contractor &: Builder

ll Railroads, Water Works, Sewers, Grad-ing nn-
ltock Work of all kinds; Stone and Brick Mr
oonry. Will furnish men and teams by the do)
l‘ools to let. Ollice in IIubhcll’s Block. ,
[4 Address Nor-walk P. O.,-‘Box 452. ’

J. Belden Hurlbutt,

‘noom No. 4, [up stalrs,l

9 GAZETT-zl BUILDI‘IG

H. H. BARBOUR,

COUNSELOR AT LAW,

 

Room No. 3, Bank Building,

NORWALK, CONN.

 

EYE AND EAR-W. R. OAKE‘

-.\I. D. Occulist and Aurlst, has his 'Jfflc-

’ Cor. Wall and Water Streets. where ll-

nmy be found every nay except .Sunda}

from 9 a. m., to 1'). m. and '2 to 6 p. m., lor tree can

Sillml.tl0:l.' Besides the eye and ear. the docto.
treats successfully all scrolulous and catharrhu

diseases ol‘the lungs. wmdplpe and throat, Horn:

of which are often predisposing causes of blind-

ness and deafness. Callanulsee the statistics in
cases. testimonials, &c., at the office as above

Charges forscientillc exalnina ion and treatment

aliviiy'i inul-erate. No charge for consultation.
Call for a circular. 46

a antennas- W. MANY.

Surgeon Dentist,

NOR'IVALK, CONN.

illfice corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxide Gas administered.

c. B. coonlnen,
DENTIST.

Successor to
Dr. Asa. Hill,
WALL STREET, nonwALK,

Office over
C. J. Griuban’s Dry Goods Store.
'3' Gas adminisfered for extracting teeth with
out pain. .

D E N TI STE. VY
. AT HARD TIMES PRICES,

For Cash - No Credit I
All work executed in the Best Manner, at my office
OVER. SELLECK’S BOOK STORE.

T. E. SWIFT, D. D. S.

The Medicine that Cures

-15..

VEGETINE!

Taking into consuleratlon the character 01 llr
vouchers. the history of its euros and the immense
increasing demand, Visor-Irma may be fairly eu-
titled the leading medicine of the. age. _

For Surol'ula ill the blood, VEG E'risr: is an infal-
Iible remedy, and no person need sutl'el from tu-
mors. ulcers. and all diseases arising from impure
blood, if VEG mum: is used according to directions.
l‘here is not a case of ~lorol‘ula in existiince than
Vronrrnu will not cure. provided, however. thi
vital functions have not lost their power of action.
all that may be said to the contrary notwuhstand-

“1F- . . . .

VEGETINE is pleasant to the taste, mild In its
influence, and absolute ln‘lts action on disease, a.-
the following unqestiouable eVldcnce in” show.

 

PAID NEARLY

‘$4-OO,.OO!I

Jxxu >1:\’ 2, 157'.
II. It. STEvi—lxs, Esq.:

Dear Sir— .v hen about SIX months old I was vac~
cinatcd. Tito parties who were vaccinated from
the same virus died from the humor. The llumul
spread over me to such an extent that! was rolled
in bran to prevent me from scratching my person.
The disease tlnully settled in my head. I remained
in this Condition about twenty years. troubled ull
the time with sores breaking in my head and (Illi-
charging corruption l'rom my car. At this time a
small kernel appeared on my neck, grailuallyjn-
creasing in size until a tumor formed of such lln
mense size I could see it by turning my eycsdown
ward. All this time I Was ta king various remedies
for my blood without any substunglal benefit.

I then went to a prominent lllyslclan in Boston,
who. during his treatment of six months, fanned
the tumor eight times, which cost me nearly 3:00
This left. me with a rouglnaggravateil sore,wltllont
at’all diminishing the size of" the tumor, and in a
slukly,t‘ceblc condition. I consulted another phy-
sician in Nutick, who. af'terconslilcrahle time. suc-
ceeded ill healing the sore without reducing the
size. At this point I commenced to use VEGE-
TINE, through t it: earnest persuasion of a friend.
After I had taken this medicine about one week
I experienced Wendel-tut sensa'ions. My whole
blllI ' seemed to be undergoing a. radical change,
until tllc tumor broke and discharged frightl'ul
quantities. From this time it decreased in elze
until the bunch disappeared, hilt my neck still

now healtllyaud strong and able to workercry

da .

Iywill also mention that I have been an acute
sufferer from inflammatory rheumatism ever since
[can remember. until commencing the use of VEC-
E‘I‘INE. when almost immediately all rheumatic
pains ceased. This statement I‘voluuteerl‘or the
purpose of benefiting other suffering Illlllltlllll)’,lln(l
you will conf‘ura favor by giving it “5‘ much pub-
licity as thought proper. Very gratefully,

0. It. SAVELS, Ashland, Mass.

 

. What is vegetine I

It is a'compouud extracted from barks, rohs and
herbs. Itisualure’s rcmcdv. Illsperfectlyharm-
less from any bad effect upon the system. . It IS
nourishing and strengthening. It acts directl)
upon the blood. It quiets the nervous system.‘ It
gives you a. good, sweet sleep at night. It lsa

rent panacea for our aged tathers and mothers,
fin- it gives them strength,qulets their nerves. and
gives them nature’s sweet sleep—as has been
proved by many an aged perscn. It In the great
Blood Purifier. It is a soothing remedy for our
children. It has relieved and. mad thousands.
Itis pleasant to take; every club likes it. It re-
lieves and cures all disease ai-lsingf‘rom lmnure
blood. Try tllc VEGETINE. Give it atrial for
your complaints: then you will say to yourfrienil.
neighbor and acquaintance. “Try it, it has cured
inc.” ,

 

Report of a. Practical Chemist

and Apothecary.
Bos'ro x, Jan. 1,1874.
Dear Sirz—This is to certiiv that I have sold at
retail 151 5-; dozen (1:532 bottles) of your VEGETINE
since April 12, 1570, and can truly say that it has
given the best satisfaction of any reincdv for the
complaints for which it is recommended that I
ever sol-l. Searcoly a liar passes without some of
my customers testifying to its merits on themselves
ur'their friends. I am perfectly cognizant of sev-
orttl cases of Scnf‘ulous Tumors being cured by
VEGETINI-I alone in this vicinity.
Vi-ry respectfully yours.
_-\I GILMA N, 468 Broadway.
To II. R. S'l‘vExS. Esq.

Vegctillr is sold by all Dl-irggists.

bears the ugly scars of the sore and lance. ‘ I am ‘

REAL -.E'sTATE.

v vxnmeWm/‘imnnnlxlx /\ An

To Rent.

THE place formerly occupied by the subscriber,
near the head of Main Street, is offered to rent
rem the hit of October next, at a very iow rent.

‘ ' 1:. L. ELLS.

 

Desirable Property for sale.

Verydesirnble place on East Avenue.
Also, a low choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue, for sale cheap.

Alamo nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
lviu Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquire of

S, E. OSBORN. East Avenue,
tfll or to I). V. FI'I‘CII, West Avenue.

To Rent.

«RT of a House, (three rooms) right in the vil
Inge. Itcnt 812 per month. Possession given
immediately. Enquire at this office.

 

 

A BARGAIN.

. 0R SALE—A first-rate bullt Housc,(on East
Avenue,) containin nine rooms; will be let
I notsol'l. Also DUIL INC LOTS for sale.
. Apply to D. II. FITCH.
Norwtilk, Nov. 27th, 1875. . lStl

FOR SALE .

W0 very desirable Bulldm Lotson West Main
Street. Apply at the GA ETTE OFFICE.

 

For: SALE:

NEAT RESIDENCE on one of the best,pleas-
antest and most accessible streets in town.
[as eight rooms. with gas in each, and heatercu-
table of heating the whole house. Large barn
vxth stabling for several horses. Apple, Pear ano
them-y Trees, just commencing to bear fruit. I.
vithm five minutes’ walk of the Post Ufllce,&c.
'rlce57,500. Or will rentit to a good tenantfm
4500 pcryear. Enquire at this ofllcc.

 

BARN T0 RENT. -A new Barn with good Sta
. bllng for several horses, near the bridge
'rlcc $3 per month, Enquire at this Office.

Ell lIlY VJ). PA RDEE,M.D,,

u‘raduate of N. Y. Medical College for Women.
Cor. MAIN d: MARSHALL STREETS, '
SOUTH N03 w ALE, CON N 0
Office Hours, until!) a. m., and_lrom 3 ’p. m. Al-
eniion to all clusseoof diseases incident to a gel.
-ral practice of medicine and surgery. llam-
lies supplied with Homoeopathic remedies.
References by permission :—S.I.ilenthal, M, D.
'rot‘. of Theory and I?ractice,N. Y.city; Clemenc-
.ozter, M. D. Dean of College, N. Y.: Alfred K
Iills, llI. D.,Prot‘. Materia Medica. 3m2:

 

 

:VHAISLES 5. LOCKWOOD,

fashionable Draper and Tailor,»

AND

0 EN T S’ 17 URNLSIIING EMPORIUJIL
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.

 

i a w. MITCHELL,
3.

- At the ever popular -
UNION MARKET
has always the best of

Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,

.t tairliving prices. Union (formerly Model) Mar
:et. on the Bridge. 1:

lorrrcruu'l' Horn,

, Comer Main and Wall Sts., NORWALK, CT.

 

' DEE subscriber having taken the above well

knoivn centrally located Hotel, is prepared t-
utertain permanent and transient guests. Goo-
ooms; good table: reasonable rlces. A first
lass Livery connected with the otel. Carriage
Every effort made to please.

o all trains. . '
' D'. B. MOREIIOUSE,Proprietox-.

 

,‘ DWARD P. WEED, .
l
D R U G- G- I S 'I'
Wan-hired, opposite Norwalk Uprra Home.

A large and well selected stock of

'JRUGS AND MEDICINES,

'“rt'lfiery, Patent Medicines, all kinds Mllleri-
~‘ater~, l‘oilet and Medicated Soaps. Fluvorin
il-l Haw‘kerehicl' Extracss, HairBrushesEombe
pongcsLChamois Skins, Stutionerv. Cigars, the.
lid is constantly adding to his stock all the nei-
.ud popular met icines ot‘ the day.

a. s. Bassoon,

\t h isStorci n )IALLORY'S BLOCK,hasconstant
ly on handa general assortmen to f

GROQER'IES

' CRCCKERY,GLASS,

TIN .4 ND WOODEN WARE, E10. , ETC
“-y vlevotingliisconstanl personalattentiomo th-
iusinesrhc hopes to merit pnb.ic:)atronage. '-

FRANCIS McKBON, Jr.,
Practical Plumber.
PLUMBING in all its B RAN GEES

Green Houses Fitted up.

Orders left at Shop on School Street, or on slat-

LI. Belileu's Tin Shop. Jobbing promptlyattcnldeli
.o, y '.

 

Edward Banks,
lilil Engineer &Bnlough Surveyor

Office lilain St., near Center Ave.,

Norwalk, Conn.
Particular attention paid to. the mappinganc
ueasuremcnt of farmsntnd to the division of e.—
ates. Also to drainage and sewerage matter:-

lrdcrs by mail promptly attended to. _

John A. Homeccker,

B A K E R;
F00'l‘ or MILL HILL.

Bread, Rolls, Pies, Cakes, Crullers, &c..baker '
'resh everyday. Everything~ made out of gom
oaterials,aml bycareful and competent workmen

I‘ry our Baking.

von‘vanx INSURANCE 00.,
.- NOR WALK, CONN.

‘hartcr Capital 3500,00!
Paul up Capital - 100,00(
")1. C.‘Snannr, Pres, GEO R. Cowl.ns,Sec’3

ZE'I‘ N A [NSU u A NOE Co. ofHARTFORD
Incorporated 1512. Charter Perpetual

Capital and Assets, $5,052,880.19

Insures against loss and damage by Fire, on term:
omitted to the hazard and consistent With the lam
of compensation. COWLES & MERRILI,

Solo Agents for Norwalk and vicinity

AT

Quintard’s Furniture Boom
will be found a complete assortment of

FURNITURE, ac,

includingcvcrythingusuallyfound in a first-clan:
establishment, at Prices to suit the Times. Also.
a large assortment of

CHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
noornuo GLASSES, ac.

Glass Plates cut to any size. Repairingdonein the
best manner, at short notice. Also, old Ilalr Mat-
trasnes made over as good as uew.§

E. OUIHTAHD'S 30“. ~
WM, LOCKWOOD,

(Successor to GEO. n. n’avmoxn a co..)

 

Furniture Dealer,

No. 36 Main Street, Nonvalk.

U NDERTAKING.

At my store :‘lii be found a large assortment of
all kinds of '

COFFINS, CA SKETS,

and everything necessarv hr the intermentol the
dead. Residence at W. I'-, SWAN‘S, Main St. 5:

BELFAST GINGER Alli

ON DRAUGHT.

 

 

- MEA D ’S-
O onfectionery.
Ice Cream & Dining Saloon,

Gazette Building, Norwalk.

Cold sparkling Soda Water, with choice Fruit
Syrups. Root Beer. Ginger Ale. and Mineral
\ liters. 5 cent per glass. Superior quality of Ice
Cream delivered to any part of the town in plain
canswfaucytorm-i. Parties and Festivals sup-
plied at abort notice and at lowest prices. Pure
Confectionery always fresh. Fine Imported Cigars
from Park & ’l‘ilt‘oril’s

2 FREDERICK MEAD, Proprletor.

 

RANGES.

A GOOD N07 RANGE. - - - - - 312.01
A £L bl u _ - _ 144’“
Call and see them before bnyin elsewhere.
GEUIIG .F‘. BELDEN.

 

Notice. .

ersons arolorhiil-sctting are to the leaves

FOR A GOOD PARIOR .STOHE

 

”(d0 .
n grass on the Amphitheatre, underpenalty

 

. a
of Mine]. .

Go to Brennan’s.

> I.‘o No. 4 Phoenix Block, Wall St,

’ VOL, LlXN

Are you going to Paint?
' USE,
’AVERILLKB .

CHEMICAL PAINT!

. THE BEST IN THE MARKET.

_ Itls more beautllul.moredurable, lowerin price.
is all ready for use, does not wash by rain. best
wood preset-var, ls water and fire proof, and Is the
best fol-.Feneral uses, either. for wood, iron or
brick bul dings. Many of the finest residdnces in
town are painted with

avenlm’s CHEMICAL PAINT

Put uprcady for use in pails of l. 2 or 3 gallons
kegs of o, 10 or 15 gallons, half barrels or barrels

.All orders promptly filled and ally information
given by applying to

D. H. WEBB, Sole Ag’t for Norwalk

Office at Store of RAYMOND Buo’s, foot of
Washington Street, SOUTH NOBWALK.

maniacs MAKERS.
MULLINGS &T|LLY,

Successors to S. P. TUITLE, .

 

MARSH’AL STREET, SOUTH NORWALK,

Would respectfully inform the citizens of Nor-
walk and Vicinity that they are prepared to

Build Carriages and Wagons
OF E VERY DESCRIPTION.
Particular attention paid to REPAIRING in a1
branches of‘the trade.

One SECOND-HAND ROCKAWAY, and one
N0 TOP BUGGY, for sale. ly2

REAL ESTATE

.Bounhl,-Sold or Exchanged,

Office 4 Gazette Building, I B. J. STURGES.
Nor-walk. Conn. Broker.

INSURANCE.

 

B. J. STURGES, Agent.

C. W. Burritt .,

Has Removed

 

“99‘ of Mill Hill, where with increased facilities
.e is prepared to do

PLUMBING,

u all its branches. Also special attention given

-_» 'I‘ln Roofing, Tin and Sheet Iron Work and Job-

-lng. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand.
Norwalk, April, 1876.

.‘I-IAST. LEONARD a sea

DEALER IN

0, o A L ,
WOOD AND, BEIGE,
I’th River Blue Sgggelimc, (lemoni

DEIEI'I' PIPE EDI SEWEHS, WELLS AID

tumult,
wnonnsa LE AND RETAIL.

Water St._ NIITWIIII. Calm

II. II. DOUGLASS,

Manufacturing Bnnfectiune'ry

Keeps constantly on hand a. large variety of

Pure Confectionery

Always-Fresh and of the Best Quality, at
Wholesale and Retail.

Also a superior-article of

ICE ' CREAM.

~0DA W ATER, with fruit syrups, and OTTAWA
ӣ11911,de from Matthews Patent Steel Foun
it as.

"ruits, Nuts. fine Imported and
Domestic Cigars.
No. 21 Main Street.

An Elegant Ice Cream Saloon and Restaural
orLailles and Gentlemen.

O. H. OOUGLASS. Proprietor.

 

 

 

cannon whim sunken,

Haaconstnntly in stock at hisnew stand ,

\To. 9 Main Street.

Achoice andflne assortmentof
Groceries,
Provisions,
’ Flour,
Fruit, &c.,

‘0 which he wouldlnvitethe attentiono f's w-
wishto[.urchasetirst-classgoods.at

Reasonable Prices.

’RlEll BEEF, SLICED A SPECIALTY. BES"
0F RAMS, EITHER WHOLE 0R SLICED .

Dropin and see usin our newstore.

\lo. 9 MAIN 's'rnnn'l

 

Stalford cf: Stoddm'd’s

CHEAP CASH STURE,

Successors to HARVEY F PICK.)
\‘o. 51 MAIN STREET, NORWALK.

Having purchasedthr

GROCERY BUSINBS ‘

-ccently condmted by Mr. Fitch, we are woven I
o accommodate all, and u ill make every effort"
.lcase our customers. We purchase our Goods lo)
lash, and are enabled to

SELI. AT [OW FIGURES. '

All kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE taken in ex
iehgnge for goods. Call and see us and leave you-
or ers.

STALFORD & STODDAIID.

TO THE PUBLIC 1.

‘ I am receiving

GROCERIES

ln variety suitable for the wants of this market
which I am selling at lair, prices. Bilyers‘a
Wholesale or Retail will receive prompt :ittcntlm
and orders will be filled with as little ilelayig
ossible. One year ago 10-day I commenced thl
uslness anew, and I am truly thankful for th.
patronage I have received, and hope to merit:
continuance of the same.

 

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FLOUR,
CORN, 0.4 TS,
FEED &' BEAN,

By Car Loa-ls, Direct from the Mills,

I am receiving nice

Dairies of Butter

For Family Ilse.

21150.3 full simply of Vermont and Maine

EARLY ROSE POTATOES.

A Full Line of

linedGlittluelalhithilt
Lowest Market Prices,
FOR CASH.

 

hapllu‘l Represented. 323.000.000.00. ‘

 

 

“ ’77.”:
Ding, dong! Ding, dong!
SEVENTY-BI! will soofibe 'gone ;
vaumr-srvas’s coming on,—
Ding, dong ? Ding, dong !.

Tell 118. year, before you go,—
Ding, dongl Ding, dong!

Why at last you hurry so,

Though at first so very slow 1'
Ding, dong!

Can’t you wait a little'longcr,

Till the baby-year gets stronger!
Ding, dong! Ding, dongl

Why can’t years come back again,
Just the same as they have been ?
Ding, dong! Ding, dong!
Big folks say ’t would never do,
None would live the past anew;
But. I'd like it,——wonld n't you P
Ding, dong! Ding, dong!

Just the same 1’ No, I must be
Better with each year, you see,
01d year! Don’t you pity inc?
Ding, dong! Ding, dong,
Ding 1
—.9t. M'chokzsfoi- January.

 

The Herons of Elmwood.

Warm and still is the summer night,

As by the river’s bank I wander;

While overhead are the stars, and white

The glimmering lumps on the hillside
yonder.

Silent are all the sounds of day ;
’ Nothing I bear but the chirp of cricke'ts,

And the cry of the herons ' ging their way
O'er the poet’s house I the Elmwood
thickets. '

Call to him, herons, as slowly you pass
To your roosts in the haunts of the exiled
thrushes ; -
Sing him the song of the green morass, ‘
And the tides that ‘water the weeds and
’ ashes.

Sing him the mystical song of the hem.

And the secret that baflies our utmost seek-
ing ;

For only a sound of lament we discern,

And cannot interpret the words you are
speaking.

Sing of the air, and the wild delight

Of wings that uplift and winds that up-
hold you, '

The joy of freedom. the rapture of flight

Through the drift of the floating miststhat
enfold you.

0f the landscape lying so far below,

With its towns and rivers and desertplaces;
And the splendor of light above,and the glow
0f the limitless, blue, ethereal spaces.

Ask him of songs of the Troubadours, ‘
Or of Minnesingers in old black-letters,
iound in his cars more sweet than yours,
And if yours are not sweeter and wilderand
better.

Sing to him, say to him, here at his gate

- Where the boys of the stately aims are,
meeting

Some one hathlingcred to meditate,

And send him unseen this friendly greeting;

That many another hath done the same
Though not by a sound was the silence
broken ;
The surest pledge of a deathless name
Is the silent homage of thoughts unspoken.“
—I.ongflllow in January Atlantic.

ThculfoIe—irnmthe Floor.

BY LIZZIE CLARK HARDY:

 

 

In the primitive days of our grandfathers’
time,
When the fire-place, genial and bright,

‘ts cavernous recesses glowing with flame,
Filled the old-fashioned kitchen with light;
they used often to gather at clOse of the dayg
Round the hearth-atone,that altar of yore,
.lut men'of this modern and glorified age,

Collect round—a hole in the floor.

[he grandfather sat in the chimney nook,
In an old-fashioned split-bottomed chair,
\nd solemnly read from the blessed old Book,
Then knelt with the household in prayer ;
l‘heir altar the time-honored heartbbtone
with gleams
Of the fire-light flickering o'er. ‘
.Ve moderns all worthip ’neath fresco and gas,
Our altar—a hole in the floor.

When from the old hearth~stone the children
went forth
To join in the‘ soul-thrilling strife
\nd win themselves laurels or valiantly brave
The buffeting surges of life- '
i‘ben With werld-wearied hearts yearning .
sadly for rest, ~
They would seek the old hearth-stone once
i more;
lut we,when awcary with toil and oppressed,
Return to—thc hole in the floor.

When the tumult of war overshadowed our
land
Andpur forefathers rushed to the» fray,
f‘o repel the invaders that threatened their
homes, -
Leaving mothers and daughters to pray—-
.‘be thoughts of their hearth-stones gave
strength to their arms
And thrilled their brave hearts to the core,
Sut our heroes when called on their homes to
defend,
Must fight for-—-a hole in the floor.

.‘hen let us rejoice that we live in an age
When instead of the hearth-stone's bright
glow, '
)r the cavernous fire-place cheery with flames,
We have “modern improvements,” you
know. . ‘
And when we converse of those primitive
times,
And the jolly old customs of yore,
We will laugh as we think of their old-lash.
toned ways,
.13 we sit round—the hole in the floor.
eqcrt'bner for January (Bric-a-Ih'ac),

 

The Darling—.171 Manhood.

By William. Cullen. B73 ant, in the In term:
_ tz'onal Review.
Youth! whose ingenuous spirit, just and

kind, '
Looks from that gentle eye, that open
brow, .

Wilt thou be ever thus in heart and mind,
As guileless and as merciful as now ?
Behold this streamlet, whose sweet agaters

wind
Among green knolls unbroken by the plow,
Where wild flowers woo the bee, and wild

birds find '
Safe nests and secret in the cedar bough.
I‘llis stream must reach the sea, and then no
more ' ‘
ts purity and peaceful mood will keep,

But change to bitter brine and mildly roar
Among the breakers there and toes and leap,
Anddash the helpless bark against the shore,
And 'whelm the drowning seamen in the

deep. '

tr:
GOLD.

Mere store of money is not wealth, but rather
The proof of- poverty and need of bread;
Like men themselves is the bright gold they

gather,— ' .
It. may be living, or it may be (lead?k

It may be filled with love and life and vigor,
To guide the wearer and to cheer the way;
It mayfi. corpse-like in its weight and rigor,
Binding the bearer to‘his native clay.

[here is no comfort but in outward showing
In all the sci-vile hbmagc paid to drws;
Better to_ heart and soul the silent kpo'wijg

 

Geo. O. Keefer.

Our little alo‘l'e has not been guidedliy IO!!-