Tuesday, January 23rd,1877.
The Early Crocus.
One night—’twas in a hot J nly—
I slept at Farmer Brewster’s;
But long ere sunrise lit the sky,
Was wakened by the roosters.
At breakfast then I made a pun,—
The farmer couldfi’t catch it ;
Although in serious matters he
Was sharp as any hatchet.
I said, “ My friend, at four o’clock
Your screeching roosters woke‘iis.
Beneath your windows—though J uly—
Yen raise the early crowfeuss.
-—Scribnerfor February.
For the Gazette.
Among the Cotesuxoi’ East-
ern Dacotah.
BY A. II. BISSELL.
No. 1.
“Civilization to the rear,” was the expres-
sion of more than one of the party which left
New Ulm, Minnesota, one morning in late
J one, 187—, in the interest of the Winona &
St. Peter Division of the Chicago & North-
Western Railroad, to explore a route west-
ward to the Big Sioux River, and Northern
Pacific Railroad. “Three hours to ice water
and newspapers,"_ was the heartfelt ejacula-
tion of every member of the same party, as
it sighted Breeken ridge at mid-day, sixteen
days later. Within the meaning 'of these
two expressions, the history of the expedi-
tion is written. _
As already stated, the expedition was un-
dertaken in the interest of the Winona & St.
Peter Railroad. This road, (now one of the
divisions of the Chicago &. North-Western
Railroad), known in old territorial times, as
“The Transit Railroad Company,” as origi-
nally chartered was to be construe ed from
the Mississippi River, westward to the boun-
dary line Of the state of Minnesota, near the
forty-sixth parallel of latitude. In common,
with nearly all the western railroads of that
day, this road received from the General
Government, a very munificeut land grant,
coupled, however. with the condition that
the road should be fully completed and
equipped by the close of the year 18—, which
time had been extended by various subse-
quent acts of legislation, to the beginning of
the year 1875. By the completion of the
road to New Ulm, at the great bend of the
Minnesota River, and one and seventy miles
from the Mississippi, there had issued to the
company, nearly three hundred and seventy-
fivc thousand acres of land, which were
marketable at seven dollar per acre. A very
‘ valuable land grant, hOWever, lay between
this, at that time western terminus, and the
State line, and lost this should revert to the
original proprietors, it was necessary to com-
plete and equip the remaining portion before
the close of the next year. To make actual
observations for the most feasible route
thither, and if deemed advisable, to an anti-
cipated junction with the Northern Pacific
Railroad was the object of the expedition.
The winter and spring of the year had
been unusually busy seasons with me, and I
was only too glad to proclaim a truce to law
and politics, and accept of' the invitation of
Supt. J. H. Stewart toaccompany the expe-
dition as historian, and although but a , few
hours were accordedjme in which to make
my preparationsLI, :was’ready for the special
train which left? one talk following morn-
ing. ’ '
Coming from f
members of thg‘ ‘
xiiifierent states, the
réiidezvouscd at New
Ulm, on the eveniii ’f June 10, and imme-
diately beganlfpi‘“ Jae for the start of
the morrow. TWORnel and -materials
of the party, liddfiéim’jinder the careful in-
spection of Supt—”Stewart, and had been
chosen with due regard to their fitness and
use. ' The leader, Mr. J. B. Howe, of Clin-
ton, Iowa, was one of the most valuable of
the officers of the Chicago and NOrth~West-
crn road, a civil engineer by profession, and
for a long time the Superintendent of the
Iowa Division of that road. J udicious,
thorough, reliable and energetic, he infused
a spirit of activity into the laggard of the
party, that brought about the accomplish-
ment of a journey of three hundred miles in
two weeks time, and that, too, over a path-
less, and at times almost impassible country.
The real worker of the party, was Engineer
F. A. Kimball, of the Winona & St. Peter
Engineer Corps. Untiring and industrious,
both in camp and on the march, he was our
count-courier to the State line, was day after
day in the saddle, riding hither and thither,
in search of government and railroad section
stakes, and I make no doubt that he inter,-
viewed every stake between Ft. Ridgely and
he Big Sioux, within a radius of three miles
on each side of our route.
Gen. Hancock in command of the depart-
ment of the Missouri, had furnished as an
escort to guard against any hostile attack of
“The Sioux" “whose voice that sounded
was still for war” and had assigned to the
command of it, Lieut. Morris, of the .20th
U. S. Infantry. This gentleman proved
himself no mean addition to the party. He
was a soldier every inch of him, impetiious,
yet withal hearty and genial, fertile in expc
dients, a superb shot either with rifle or gun,
an uncommonly successful angler, he most
admirably rounded off the trio of leaders.
The other members of thOparty, will ap-
pear from time to time in the course of this
sketch. .
New Ulm, in June, 1873, was the frontier
town of South Western Minnesota, well be-
haved and ambitious, There was a time in
its history, when it aspired to be the leading
German city of the northwest; but the se-
vere ordeal through which it passed, during
the Sioux War of 1862, dampened the ardor
of its projectors, and crippled the growth of
the town. Since the beginning of the year,
however, under the fostering influence of the
railroad, the town had put on a new face and
its inhabitants were once more floating on
the waves of hope.
The van of the party left the Henschiell
House at an early hour June 20th, but owing
toanunavoidable delay in the obtainining
of our supplies, it was high noon, ere the
last wagons were started. Crossing the
Minnesota River, which at this season is
easily fordable, four miles from town we
followed the course of the stream until an
hour after mid-day, and then halting to
await the coming of the supply wagons took
dinner with a friend who came to this valley
from Pennsylvania five years ago. Our host
was just afair prototype of a western farm'er.
Not one of your thin-faced, lantern-jawed till-
ers of the soil, such as are to be met with in
many of the New England States, but a
hale, hearty, ruddy old man, hardened by
honest toil, and who looked as though at his
time of life, the fountain of perennial youth,
had been constantly renewed within him.
Dinner over, we bade him and his trim little
wife good bye, and our party and outfit now
complete by the arrival of our'supply wagons
we turned our faces once more “westward
ho," and still following the course of the
river encamped at sunset in a beautiful val-
ley on the margin of a small stream of trans-
lucent cool water, almost under the cruinb-
ling ruins of old Ft. Ridgeley. Whilst
aviaiting supper, I availed myself of the
opportunity offered, to sketch “Joe,” our
half-breed guide, who was togilot the expe-
dition from the State line. “Our Joe” was
not that famous Joe Rolette, who figured
some years ago, during the capital removal
legislation, by check-mating the speculators
in town lots at St. Peter by running away
with the Removal Bill, (which had passed
both houses of the Legislature) in his pocket
and under whose supervision Democratic
majorities could always be relied upon from
the Pembina half-breeds, during those old
Anti-Lecompton days—but still he was a
character well-known throughout the State,
and has well filled his niche in its history.
Born at the foot of Lake Traverse, he was
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familiar with the whole country, having
served as scout and guide to more than one
gOvernment party from 1858, to the outbreak
of the “Sioux war.” He accompanied Gen.
Sully on his expedition pgainst this murder-
ous Sioux nation whom he bated with an in-
tense hatred, and was with him“ throughout
his entire campaign. Joe was short of stat-
are, but of muscular and wiry frame, had a
bullety head, long arms and a broad flat
hand. Unfailing good spirits and a generous
disposition, made him an agreeable compan-
ion, and altogether he was a breezy healthful
fellow. His features showed both his French
and Indian parentage. He sat a horse close
as a Centaur, was agile as a cat, fleet on foot,
clear-headed and keen-sighted. Joe’s pet
fiiilure was his laziness. He boasted that as
his one fault, and was very careful that no
day should pass without some striking exhi-
bition of it. At the Sioux outbreak, he was
living with his family at the lgr Sioux
Agency, where he kept a trading' re. His
store was burned and he was obliged to flee
to“? with his wife and children. Of late
ye c has been living at St. Peter, and has
a farm of'one hundred and fifty acres, but
is always glad to visit his old tramping
grounds.
The route the first day traversed, a most
delightful country—a magnificent undulating
prairie. This part of the Minnesota valley
is under a high state of cultivation, and from
the richness of the soil must ever be one of
the finest wheat sections of the state. It re-
minds one of Douglas Jerrolds, famous apo-
thegm on Australia, “where, if you tickle
the earth with a hoe. she laughs at you with
a harvest. ”
Our first meal in camp.~was delicious, in-
deed, after the long march of the afternoon.
true we had tin plates and cups and our only
table was the grOund, but hunger sharpened
the appetite, and to a hungry man food is as
toothsome served on tin, as on gold bordered'
china; fried ham, a snipe and prairie-chicken
shot by the Lieutenant, and roasted before
the fire, coffee and pickles comprised the
bill of fare. Hard by the camp was the
glimmering light from another camp fire,
and supper once._ over, I discovered that it
was kindled by. an emigiant,who was moving
into the valley “to take up a claim.” He
had with him a wife and two children frow-
zy-headed and unwashed, but full of glee,
who upon my approach crawled under the
wagon and remained until I took my depart-
ure. The emigrant had sold his farm in
western Wisconsin, and attracted by the de-
scriptions of the productiveness and beauty
of this valley had brought his family hither.
His new claim was one days journey further
During the day we had passed other
emigrants destined for points along the fron-
tier, forerunners of that great tide which was
to fill these well-sheltered and welLirrigated
valleys with towns and villages. ,
,Breakfast over the next morning, whilst
most'of the party were engaged in breaking
camp, a few of us mounted our horses, and
rode up the bill for an inspection of the
ruins of Ft. Ridgely. These ruins are situa‘
ted on the crest of the bluffs, and on the
edge of a prairie that stretches far as eye can
reach to the west. They are about half
a mile from the river, a timbered bottom in-
tervening, and a wooded ravine running up
out of the bottom around two sides of the
fort, and within about twenty rods of what
was once the barracks. The fort and build-
ings formed three sides of a square fronting
the river. Being at that time ungarrisoncd
and for the most part unoccupied they were
fast crumbling into rain. The sides of the
building nearest tlieraviue out of which the
Indians poured their deadliest volleys, were
perforated with bullet holes, clearly sugges
five of the sharp attack. The fort was built
of stone, and occupied the side of the square
fartherest removed from the-ravine. On each
side of it, and built of wood were the bar-
Packs, and about twenty rods away to the
west was the magagine. Having made a
hasty examination of the ruins, and quafiing
a drink of clear, cold water from the spring
at the post we rode on after our train which
had passed as a few moments before, and
which We could see winding over the prairie
on the edge of the horizon. It was an ex-
hilarating galop we had the morning of that
soft floating summer day, just one of the
kind that. maintain an equipoise between
summer and autumn. The sun shone out of
a cloudless sky, and there was just the slight
tremor of a breeze which we could feel with
gentle fingers pushing away the rays disposed
to search us. Below and all about us the eye
rested on a gorgeous carpet bright with wild
flowers of varied hues. Giving our horses
the rein we sped on, every sense intensified
by the beauty of the picture spread out be-
fore us. Riding all the morning over a heavy
rolling prairie, we halted at noon upon the
battle ground of Birch Coolie, and resting
only long enough to give the animals their
noon-day grazing, we pushed on rapidly
without incident, and by seven o’clock were
camped upon the banks of a bubbling stream
heavily wooded and near to the rude cabin
of a settler, to whom after supper Joe and I
paid a viéit, and for our neigliborliness were
rewarded with a glass of rich, fresh milk.
Two hours aftermid-day the next-"day we
tumbled down from the highlands, border-
ing the Minnesota into the very penetralz’a
of a virgin forest, through which the sug-
beams only flickered, and within the rcccssbs
of which we gladly escaped the suns Parthean
arrows. Emerging, we crossed the ferry at
Hawk Creek, and at nightful around the
'camp fire upon the banks of the Yellow Med-
icine were inhaling inc delightful aroma of
briar wood and killikinie. On Monday, at
sunset, we reached the sources of the Lac-
qui-parle, the blue line of the Coteaux front-
ing usa half score of miles away. Herc,
wearied with the long days march under the
burning sun, we pitched our tents. Our
course for the two days had been over the
pathless, unbroken prairie. Not a belt of
timber, nor' a rise of any kind to break the
dead level, and but once in the two days
journeying did we find water in any way
wholesome. The heat was intense, and
fierce, battles had been waged with the mos-
quitoes who swarmed about us remorselessly
and greedily—thcir appetites whctted by the
unusual visitation. I know not to what final
place entomologists assign these morbidly
hungry insect cannibale. I do know how-
ever thc place assigned them by more than
one of our party, but the more courteous we
were in our offers of assistance thither the
less inclined were they to go, so they swarm-
ed about us by the millions, alternately sing-
ing and stinging, perforating and piercing
our tenderest cuticle, flying into our eyes and
mouth whenever we dared to open them;
and making the days as unendurable as pos-
sible. The enthusiasm of the party had long
before .subsided, although some of us,
novices in frontier traveling, had set out with
the determination to enjoy everything. Still
absolute truth compels the admission that
we were not supremely buoyant. More than
one of us would have gladly stretched his
tired limbs upon the long prairie grass and
bubbled out of green fields and cool waters
like very Falstail’s, but the watchful eye of
our purveyor was upon us and his decree
was a camp fire and supper. About in ad-
mirable Confusion were dead trees, unshorn
of fire b) etting branches, and ere long a
pyre from the “world’s fire wood pile” was
kindled and the delicious aroma of coffee,
exlialing from the singing kettle. With fire
and coffee comes cheer, and cheer dissipates
wearincss, and ’twas long after the embers
had turned to ashes gray, ere we sought our
tents and the folds of our blankets.
Two miles below us on one of the forks of
the stream was a quaint little setttlement of
Germans, who had but a short time before
grounded there 'in anticipation of the rail-
road. ‘Wc met two of them that afternoon,
just before reaching camp, who informed us
that they were eagerly awaiting the arrival
of the “iron horse,” and so wereasoned, are
railroads, the begettors and abettors of civ-
ilization scattering its blessings with an un-
‘stunted hand. At this day silence reigns
supreme over many of these smiling prairies,_
but looking forward to the future and meas-
uring it by the advancement already made,
made musical with the hum of a continuous
activity.
only one incident disturbed the weary
monotony of the two days march and fur-
nished merrimcnt for the party. Plodding
our way through the long grass of the prairie
unmarked by even the shadow of a trail,
Davis, our purveyor, an old campaigner in '
California and Oregon, and On the plains
with eye far reaching as the horizon, who
had been scanning the prairie in all directions
in search of wild game, startled us with the
exclamation that a herd of elk was just with.
in sight to the left. Glasses which were
brought into requisition seemed to confirm
this statement and immediately the hunters
of the party carry Spencer rifles borrowed
from the soldiers, started in pursuit, while
Davis plentifully supplied with ammunition
was left in the long grass near the trail which
we had made in hope of astray shot. Mean-
while the rest of the party pursued their way
to a small stream two miles away while they
halted for dinner. One hour went by and
nothing was heard from the hunters. Another
elapsed and just as we were preparing to
move forward in they came, grest fallen and
hungry, and without their game. Their elk
proved to be oxen quietly grazing upon the
claim of a settler, who, seeing the approach
of the party and divining their purpose, in-
tcrccpted them. Poor Davis, mercilessly
bitten by mosquitoes, foot sore and with an
appetite like one of Homer’s heroes, came up
shortly after. He didn’t hear the last of his
herd of elk. The camp went to bed that .
night elk-supperless. .
A Pretty Vine.
Nothing looks prettier, in winter, for a
window ornament, than a graceful vine. For
this purpose the sweet potato vine is very
desirable ; it is a rapid grower, and much
more delicate in appearance under house eul-
tnrc than when growing out of doors. Select
(the earlier the better) awell ripened tuber of
the Red Nansemond variety—said to be a
most vigorous grower—eight or ten inches
long and four or five inches in diameter. A
dark colored hyacinth glass ‘is a suitable and
pretty holder for the potato, but a common
glass fruit-can or small earthen jar will do.
Fill the vessel with rain water and stand the
potato in the mouth of it, allowing only two
or three inches of the potato to go down into
the water. Set it in a warm bright place to
sprout, filling-up the holder with water as
fast' as it evaporates. Probably a large
number of sprouts will start at once or in
quick succession ; break off all but three or
four of these, as your vme will by so doing
be much longer and more luxuriant. Noth-
ing will now be needed for the perfection of
the vine. except to keep the vessel filled with
rain water. '
Anoiimonooioar. DISCOVERIES IN Gunner..—
A private letter to the editor of the Troy, N.
Y. Times, dated at Athens, contains the fol-
lowing interestingcsume of Dr. Scliliemann’s
discoveries at Mycense, and also an account '
of some valuable objects brought to light by
the Archaeological Society at Athens: “Is not
Dr. Schliemann the luckiest of men? He has
found treasures of great intrinsic value, as
well as of arcliccological importance, at My.
cenaa. The new treasures in gold weigh 85
pounds avoirdupois. The government has
sent troops to guard the place. He hasfound
five graves in the acropolis at Mycenie,which
were full of precious things. Among the
objects brought out by Dr. Schliemann are
the following: One head of, an ox made of
bronze, but decorated with silver and golden
solid horns; alsoa golden girdle and more
than seventy buttons; many bronze spears
with golden handles; many flasks and vases
of different sizes and of gold and silver: and
a large number of other valuable objects.
Dr. Schliemann .works for the Archieological
Society of Greece, paying all the expenses
and getting only the honor for the trouble.
The“ have been very fortunate this
yeamz. yhave made very valuable dis-
coveries at Athens. They have cleared away
the debris on the south side of the acropolis,
and discovered the temple Esculapiusm iere
they have found many bus-reliefs, represent-
ing the goddess of health, and two very
beautiful marble heads, vcry prefect; also
some inscriptions of great historical value.
They have also found a Byzantine
church in a‘cave under the rock. In this
church is a spring of water; and the ques-
tion is where the water comes from at this
height, some hundreds of feet above the
plain. '
Tun Risxs OF GOLD MiNiNG.—Takc Idaho
for example; There is in that territory a
group of no fewer than twelve mines, with a
collective capital of $53,000,000, of which but
r$5,301,500‘have been paid in, all of which
have made repeated calls on their stockhold-
ers, to the number of from twenty to one sep-
arate assessments, 0' an average of 11 times
on each share. Three only have paid any div-
idends. One, with a capital of $9,000,000,
paid 13 dividends of $500,000—the list in
1873. This mine has made 20 assessments,
and yet another is in progress. A second, 6
dividends of $60,000, but none since early in
1870. Another has paid but one dividend, of
$15,000, in 1872, but immediately called it
'back as an assessment, having previously
made 16 others. ’l‘lircc mines of the 12 only
have paid dividends, and there have been 132
assessmen's made against 20 paid dividends,
le viiig the stockholders $2,426,000 out of
ikct. Still, it will make no difference.
The average small speculator, with limited
capital, never-leariis‘wisdoui from cxpaience.
If he looses to-day, he expects by some lucky
bit, if things at the mines will only “pan
out” right, to recover his sinking fund and
become probably a millionaire. He has great
expectations, which are rarely realized; and
when the end comes, when he can no longer
speculate, he is fortunate if he can “pan out"
enough to procure six feet of earth, into
which he must finally drop, and thus escape
all further assessments and all further anxie-
ties about promiscd dividends 'tliat never
come—N. Y. Bulletin.
m
THE ARCTIC WiN'l‘ER.-—~Tlle officers of the
English Arctic cxpediton tell us how they
passed a winter in the Arctic regions as fol-
lows:
The long Arctic winter, With its unparal-
leled intensity and duration of darkness pro-
duced by an absence of sunlight for one hun-
dred and forty-two days, was passed by each
individual on board with much cheerfulness
and contentment. Owing to the sameness in
the daily routine, which, when looking into
futurity, is thought to entail a long duration
of dreamy mpnotony,the time,in reality,pass-
ed with great rapidity, and in January, when
the first glimmering increase in the midday
twilight began to lengthen sensibly day by
day, the want of light was scarcely noticed
by any one; and not until the sun actually
returned on the first of March did we in any
way realize the intense darkness we must
have experienced for so long a period. The
manifold ordinary duties of the ship—to
which were added the constant repair of the
snow embankment, which, in consequence of
our being frozen in close to a stranded piece
of ice, was thrown down every spring tide——
kept the ship‘s company fully employed, and
gave them plenty of exercise during the day.
On fine evenings in the week,a school, formed
on the lower deck, under Commander Mark-
ham and several of the ofilecrs, was well at-
tended, each Thursday being devoted to Ice-
tures, songs in character, and readings, with
occasional theatrical representations ;- the
whole so admirably arranged and conducted
by Commander Markham as to keep up the
pleased interest of all for the whole period.
A newly married air were on the Erie
Railway cars one nig t last week, when the
husband took from his pocket a roll of brown
paper, which the bride snatched and threw
out of the window, remarking: “You said
you’d quit chewing tobacco when I’married
you.” As gently as he could under the cir-
cumstances, the husband remarked that the
brown paper contained, not tobacco, but $100
in bills.
The actual price paid for the Plymouth
$15,000.
one can easily see these untamed prairies 1
church pews was $48,421—a falling off of
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eases contracted during t e war. Increased pen-
sion .rates for old pensioners applied for, and
bounties collected, y addressing JOHN H.
SCROLL Pension Agent 51 Chamber
.51., New York P. 0. Boxi534.
FAIRFIELD
FIRE:-
INSURANEE GEMPANY,
South Norwalk {loan .
000 00000, $200,000.00
1100010100. 1, 1876, $336,112.78
W .s. llANFORDJ'residcnI,
II. Ii. TURNER, Sec’y and Tron.
IIIE‘ HARTFORD
STEAM BUILER INSPECTION !
AND
insurance Company,
CASH CAPITAL, $500,000
ISSUES Policies of’ Insurance. Aftercaref‘ul in- -
spection of the Boi.lers,covcring all loss or
damage to Boilers, Buildings,and Machinery aris-
ing from
STEAM vBoinR EXPLoSIons !
President
- Vice-President
Secretary
Agent
J. NI. ALLEN.
C. I". BEACH. "
J. B. PIERCE.
w. G. LINEBURGII',
Ofilccover the FirstNatioua Bank, cor. Main'and
BankSts.. BRIDGEPORT. CONN. ' 23
000 1.1000 0000100
‘ DOMESTIC
Sewing Machine.
Is the Best of all. Agency for
Norwalk and Vicinity, in
J. SPENCER’S
JEWELRY STORE.
,Undcr Norwalk Opera House.
1 8 '7 ’7 .
BUY .YOUR
Provisions,
Groceries,
Poultry.
CRUCKERY fill] GLASS WARE,
Fruits, Nuts, etc.
F I 8 IE! ,
(Fresh, Salted and Canned.)
OYSTERS.
(Opened or in the Shell.) .
CLAMS,ceo.
ALSO
Vegetables of all Kinds?
. (Fresh and Canned.)
Canned Fruits.
BREAD, PIES, OAKES, 81.0., 8.0.
. AT
DEMMON & NEWCOMB’S,
53 &. 55 Main St., N orvvalk.
Legal Blanks, Deeds
Writs, &c.,
PRINTED AT THE
essarrn
STEAM PRINTING OFFICE
NORWADK. -
present suffer from dis-.
J.M.,P-O'1".IPEB
BILLIE III
' PIANOS,ORGANS, -
.MELODEONS. ~
SHEET‘MU.IQI 5‘0”
Wall Street,iloiwalii,ilt.
NEXT DOOR to SAVIGS RANK
1 keep a iargestock oftnstruments on hand and
sell them on Monthly Installments. Everyley
can have a Piano or (”3&th
V ’ SOLEAOENT FOR THE CELEBRATE!)
WEBER PIANOS,
I
STANLEY 02 BONUS,
0R0 VESTEEN d: FULLER’B,
HAINES BROTHER,
vasu c 8019,
and will furnish at short notice.
Call and see them.
oun‘fnsrauusu'rs
Taken in Exchange for N ew
ruumcauonapmm c'
Dons at short notice.
The Weber Piano.
A few extracts than the great number received
by the most eminent musicians in the United States
may not be inappropriate:
I have never seen a Piano which 0 usls the We-
ber Pianoforte. Geo. . Bristow.
The Weber Plano occupies justly the first rank
amongst the Best Pianos. . . N. Patmon.
The Weber Pianos cannot possibly go 3;: imam.
. . I.
I used the Weber Grand. Piano because Iconsid-
er it the best in the world. Harry Sanderson.
The Weber Piano possesses everythin that can
he wished for in a Piano. Geo. W. organ.
The Weber Piano ranks foremost amon t the
best manufactured. William use».
The Weber Pianos stand first amongst the splen-
did Pianos produced in this'Couutry. .
Clara N. Brinkerhofl'.
A ten years‘ experience satisfies me that the We-
ber Pianos are nnapproachablo.—John Zumleb
I would call especial attention to - ,
THE ESTI COTTAGE ERGAII
Beautifully finished in black walnutand
rosewood ,combiniug moreperf‘ectionsthan
any otherin the world. Has taken more
than ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY o‘onn MED-
ans AND rms'r PREMIUMS, at Fairs and Ex-
hibitions throughout the United States.
They areendorsed by thehighesimusinl
authorities.
Certainlythe best I ever heard.
Geo. W. Morgan. .
It is oocal,which is the highest praisethat
can be bestowed on any instrument.
G. B.Seymour, MumalC’ritze N. Y. Times.
Theyarethe bestreedinstrumentwehave
net with.
0. d’: J. 11,-0dell, Organ Builders ,N. Y.
Itis the ncplus ultra of reedinstrnments.
' Prof. E. L. Baker.
It contains sweetness and power in an
unusual degree—Rem Bashop Simpson, M
10'. Church. '
Language fails in adequacy to convey a
fair idea of the perfectly enchanting power
ofthis instrument.—Independen t.
Vastlysuperior to anything of the kind
have ever played upon.— Wm .A, King.
The Esty Organs are without a superior.
Geo. Ja-rdme, Organ Builder, N. Y.
No tremolo has yet been invented that
will is. any way compare with thisforbeau-
ty of efiect.-. Wm .A .Johnson,0ryanbuilder.
It is not merely the but ,but i tis the only
mechanicalreproduction ofthe human voice
which has ever satisfied me.-'-Rec. H. 0'.
Ragg8,PraulleutofNorthernNew Yorkilfust-
salAsaootahon.. ‘.' ‘ ,.
.I. rI;"‘roT Thiifidi-wnm.
' .0 Mainsts..sguth
, .._N0rw:ilk,Conn.
rs; nun-saris,
T'Diiiitniisis .1_
~ Cutlery
Agricultural implements.
-1 WALL PAPER, WINDOW. saunas, PAINTS.
OILS, GLASS, SASH,‘BLINDS,
Main: erect.1smm:cm.
SIGN PAINTING, PAPER HANGING, ac
.. ARARELHANCM F91!" ..:
(380511: .Buyers!
We have a Large Consignment of '
OEOIOEC 1 imAS,
and are preparattd sell them so cheap that cus-
tomers: will. .beeompnllnd-to buy.- if they have .to
borrow the moneyto do it," ‘We‘ will warranteach
pound of‘ Tea tube .what, it is? sold for.
Good Oolong Tea, per pound. .........45 cents
Choice Ooloiig.Tea, . ' “ ...60 “-
Extra .Ool'ongTeaL, . “ ........ ..75
Extra fine Engiish Breakfast, per lb...90
Good Young‘ son Tea, “ ...50
Choice Young yson Tea, ...70
We Old Hysou Tea,very fine,“ ...75
J0 an, per lb
Choice apan “ ..............75 3
Club Rates: . «{ng EM {5013“ ‘cent. .0. ’
Also A cut for N orwalk and vicinit for the cel-
ebrated rand of Flour, “GI L'l.‘ E GE.” It is
said to be the best Flour inthe world. We have
‘ in Bass: wouldillkejjatl" levers of good Bread to
no it a trial gilt. ‘3‘ Mkwtselt; Choice'cos-
ee.8plces. co. m on. c .Cbeese :Pork.
Hams; Sh, cry? ,obgu‘omn ,,
Pickles, Saul pa, he. in
aly kept in: Erode ~ ’
Stall. Eittt‘i‘éigmmam
scnc 0ils;\K ‘r'o" u‘c claw—El ' .
o .I. user- Headlamp?
23 w an .'Water3trect,Norwalk',Cokii'n.
; A' cum.- . . ,
Iwould inform; Iii. «Bldgcnstoipers, End. public
enemlly...thst I w the found hermit. with
hem-Harrison. 89 Main Street; where 'I- shall: be
pleased totakctheir orders for Boots ‘or Shoes.
or sell them anything in this line from "the stock
in the Store. . ‘_ S. N. FRENCH.
1039 29-.- ,
10310250. to. GEO..P. ROWELL & .Co._.iNew
York. for Pamphlet-of 100 pages, containing
lists of 3000. newspapers, and estimates showrng
cost ofadvcrtisiug. ' ,
8000031? 0000031 1 000003 1 l
nail-05:33:30: 0Stoves _
Gia‘o. F. flout-en’s.
so“ 10 "IE
FOR 0000
Ob HP“ "ti "g.
at‘
Low Rates.
. which formed the corner-stones of Guy. Hayes’s
. for and read by the American people than of any
Vlllilfil ll. STREET.
18 Water Street,
Whomuleandlletcll Deslcrin
H A R D WA R E,
[RON ,STEEL, MECHA . .s, routs. sent
cunrunar.’ mrnnnnnrs, CARRIAGE
acorns, wansts, runs, sass-rs,
nuns sxnas, SPRINGS, BOLTS,
sasn,nunnsmoonsmsmrs,
01LS,GLASS,VARNISH,&C.,
At LowestNew York Prices.
cowws & MERRILL,
Agents atNorwalk,Conn.. issue Policies for the
following Insurance Com armies:
Etna, of Hartford, Ct., ' 34,017,378 07
Hartford 1,537,519 00
Phcnnix, ' " 1,081,189 34
People’s, of Middle’20wn , Ct., 248,874 86
Home of'Now York, 2,723,206 52
thnix,Brooklyn, N. Y., 1,545,557 10
Continental of Nu York. ’ 1,427,490 21
International, ‘ 829,476 00
Westchcster, of New Rochelle, N. ‘1 ., 453,930 2
Springfield, ofSpriugileld, Mass., 579,780 00
Poop e’s, Worcester, Mass.. 000,00000
Franklin. Phila., Pa., 3,208,81839
Commerce, Albany, N. Y., 264,424 00
N arragansett. of Providence, 1t. 1., 754,947 00
Andes, Cincinnati, 0., , 50,000 00
Home, of Columbus, 0.. 38.44734
Alemanla, Cleveland, 0., 295,00000
Liverpool,and London, and Glob ,scpa-
rate fire assets, 5,055,105 00
North British and Mercantile, do do 2,104,508 00.
Queen oi‘Liverpool'dt London, do do 1,355,060 90
Imperial, of London, do do 5,313,665 00
And otherCompanies, Stock and Mutual, in Con-
necticut and New York.
GEORGE R. COIVLES,
w. ‘2. 0.0100001),
General 1100001000 Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R.DEPOT.
KTOrders attended to day or night. Residence
Main Street, 3 doors from Union Avenue.
HOMER MERRILL.
FARM
IIOHTIVBIIITIIE—Al IMPIEMENTS. ‘
FULLstock of the most_approved Farm and
Garden Implements now in store and for sale,
vihglesalc and retail, at manufacturers’ prices,in-
c a in : -
Mowm Machincsand Lawnlliowcis .
Lawn owers, full size, 312.
Wheel,1awn, steel and no rakes
Ploughs—Mead’s, Marsh, agle. the.
Shovels, Spades, Scoops, Garden Forks. and
Hoes. .
RHay Cutters—Burdick's, Whitmore’s, and Hide'
0 lers. ‘
Barrows. Corn Shellers, 0x Yokes and Bows.
Churns—Blauchard’s, the very bestin use ; also,
smaller iinlplements in great variety.
Phosp ates—Russell's, Coe’s. Baugh’s, and
Bridgeport. W. C. STREET.
Norwalk, April, 1875.
ISTRICT OF RIDGEFIELD,ss.Probatc Court
Decemb’cr 30th. 1870. -
Estate of JEREMIAH BENNETT, an insolvent
and assigning debtor, of Ridgefield, in said Dis-
trict. .
The Court of Probate for the District of Ridge-
field, hath limited and allowed three months from
the date hereof, for the creditors of said estate,
represented insolvent, in which to exhibit their
claims thereto; and has unpainted Edward H.
Smith and Ira S. K_eeler, both of Ridgefleld, Com-
missioners to receive and examine said claims.
Certified by HIRAM K. SCOTT, Judge.
The subscribers give notice that the shall meet
at the store of Edward H. mama sai Rid efield,
on the 3d day of February, and 31st day of roll,
1877, at 11 o’clock in the forcnoou, on each of said
days, for the_purposc of attending on the business
of said 03%) utmeut. .
IE“ A. ggpgisnig’ru, Commissioners.
All ersons indebted to said estate are requested
to pin 6 immediate a meat to
4t1 BENJAMI I . NORTHROP, Trustee.
Bankrupt Notice.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT of the United States
for the District of Connecticut :—
In the matter of MELVILLE E. MEAD. of
Barton, in said District, Bankrupt—in Baukru t-
cy. Before Hon. L. N.Middlebrook, Register -n
Bankruptcy.
To WHOM 11‘ MAY CONcuRN :—-The undersigned
hereby gives notice of his apipointmcnt as As-
sigaee of the estate of Melville . Mead, 01‘ Darien,
in the County of Eairfield. and State of Connecti-
cut, withiu said District, who has been adjudged
a Bankruptupon his own petition, by the District
Court of said District. .
Dated at Norwalk, in said District, the 5th day
of January, A. D. 1877. JOHN H. SMITH.
8t2 Assignce
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new YORK.
Notice.
In accordance with a petition verylargely_sign-
ed, and presented to us by the Citizens of Nor-
walk, for the suppressing of the selling of intoxi-
catlug drinks on Sunday, we do herebygive notice
that all persons having a license for the .sale of“ the
same, found guilty of selling, in violation of the
Sunday Law, will be by as reported to the County
Comm ssioners, with a request that their license
be revoked.
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crimes and misdemeanors that shall come to their
knowledge, to the court having cognizance of the
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JOSEPH P. IIANFORD
.IITII,
' PLATT PRICE,
Norwalk. May 26th. 1876.
’1 .
l
} Selectmen.
The ONLY BLACKING that meets flil
demand for a. quick and drilliant job's/z.
“ BIXBY’S BEST”
(16:01:42er nourishes and preterm: il'e
[cal/rein
S. M. Bzxzx E: Co, 173 a 1'13 Washington St. N.Yg
Sold by
m CONYEYANCES.
FREIGHT LINE
0000100 000000 0000.
W hete’s Propellers
Willcontiuuo to make regular tripsbctwcenNor-
walk Bridge and New York, stoppingat SouthNor-
walk to receive and leave freight. Freightreceived
from and delivered at the freight depot of the
Danbury and Norwalk Railroad.
Produce sold as heretofore. Freight at usual
rates. ,
a- All persons are forbid trusting any of the
employees of the boats of this line on account of
the owners thereof.
DANBUBY Gr. NORWALK R. B.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing December I}, 1876.
DAILY TRAINS
Leave Norwalk Bridge
A” g a; a). :35, For Danbury and intermediate
6 2411). ml: stations.
At 11 08, a. m., on M0mlays only, for Ridgbfield.
Leave Norwalk Bridge for South Norwalk.
At7 33,a.m., 108,553 p.m.
Leave Danlmryfor Norwalk.
630, a. m.,: 1200 m., 4 45, p. In.
Freight Train at 610 p. m.
JOHN W. BACON, Supt.
IEVIVBRKJEW HAVE! Millil'l’flllll IAIlIIlAI
NEW YORK a NEW HAVEN DIVISION.
Trains lca’ Passenger Station at South Norwalk
as follows : ‘
South Norwalk for New York.
At 1 25 a. m., Washin ton night express via. Har-
lem iver. .
3.47 A. 11!, Boston Express
l.14 “ Boston Ex ress
. Accommo ation
Accommodation
Accommodation [and Greenwich
Local Express, stoppingat Stamford
Accommodation
Local Express
. Accommodation
Boston Express
Boston Express.
Accommodation
Boston Ex rcss '
Accommo ation.
. Boston Express _
Sundays l ‘Z‘fl Adm 033.0“ EXP)?“
Nchork forSoth Norwalk.
At 7.10. 8.05 (0X). 9.05. 11. (ex), 12 11.30,; 1.00 (ex),
2.20,(ex.), 3.00 [ex]. *4.§0(1ocal ex.) 5.15 local ex.
5.45 [special], 6.35 [special], 9 [ex.]. 101cm]
South Norwalk for New Haven
1 33 a. in. Washington night express via. Har-
lem River Branch.
At 6 49 A. bi. Accommodation
“9499a
enaGSNRe
sekskkessasas
9.01 “ Accommodation.
9.34 “ Boston Ex rcss, via. Springfield
10.48 “ Accomm tion
12.11 P. u.Boston Express, via. Springfield
1.45 “ Accommodation
2 18 “ Boston Express via. N cw London
4.04. “ Accommodation
4.19 “ Boston Express via. Springfield
6.15 “ Accommodation
6.46 “ Accommodation
10.36 “ Boston Express via. Springfield
11.36 “ Boston Express via New London
10 36 p. in. Boston E ress
Sundays I 11 36 “ Boston Egress .
Trainsleavc New Haven for South Norwalk, at
2 40‘e’x, 3 10 ex, 5.30, '6 30 local ex, 8.10, 9.35 local
ex. A. n; 12 03, 1 50 (ex.). 3 85, ex. 3 45, 5 35 ex.,
5.45, 8.40 ex, r. 111.; “12.15 A. M. ex. _
Trains marked thus (') connect at New Rochelle
with Harlem River Branch. ‘ ,
See larg‘e bills of Advertisement at Station
Houses ant Hotels. . .
E. M. REED, Gen'l Supt., New York.
JOHN T. MOODY, Sup’t,
, Grand Central Depot,New York.
[Published gratuitously for the convenience of
the Public] -
llamalkHorse RailwayTime 0.01..
COMMENCING DEC. 11TH,1876.|
LEAVE NORWALII. So. Nonwnx
615a.m. N.Y.&N.H.Accom. 63511.11.
6 45 u 705 u'
7 05 “ New York Accommo’n 7 25 “
7 25 “ N. Y. Express 7 45 “
8 05 “ ‘ . 8 25 “
8 35 “ New Haven accom’n 9 00 “
910 “ N.Y.Ac.&N.H.Ex. 935 u
9 35 “ 10 00 “
10 00 “ 10 25 “
1025 “ N. Y. Ex. .11: N. 11. Ac. 1050 “
10 50 “ 11 15 “
ll 25 ‘ New Haven Express 11 55 “
Ii 55 “ 12 15 p. 1:.
123511.!!!" 1255 “
12 55 ‘ ‘ New-York Accommo’n l 25 "
l 25 “ New Haven Accom’n 1 45 “
'2 55 “ N. II. Express. 2 20 “
2 30 “ New York Express 2 55 “
3 ()5 u - 3 25 u
.335 “ N.H.Ac.&.N.H.Ex 405 “
4 05 “ New York Express 4 30 “
4 40 “ N. Y. Accommodation. 5 05 0
5 05 u . 5 25 g
5 25 " o 5 45 ‘
5 c5 1‘ N. H. Accom’n 6 15 “
6 l5 ‘ P New York Express 6 35 "
625 “ N. Y. if: N. H.Accom 6 45 “
G 45 “ 7 05 “
7 05 u 7 25 I;
7 33 .. 7 55 u
8 ()5 fl 3 25 u
8 25 u . 855 s
9 95 “ New York Express 9'25 ‘
925 u 945 u
To the Public.
The subsc i ers, Livery men of Norwalk,_ desire
to inform t ublic that hereafter they Will look
to those e s ordeying carriages, for all _urpo-
see. for t cir pay. Bills will be made out irectly
to the parties using them. and presented Within
reasonable time. .
WILLIAM E. DANN,
D. B. MOREHOUSE,
J. S. SHERMANN.
Norwalk, May 15th, 1876.
NOW Hill Yflllli WATER PIPES.
Wm. Glover & Son,
Are ready to put in your_WATERi STEAM or GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at as low a rate as
anyone. WROUGHT AND CAST IRON, TIN.
LIN ED,- LEAD PIPES, $0., of every size and de-
scription. PLUMBING in all its branches.
- Undertaking!
0 THE PUBLIC! Anyone wishing myservices
T in the Undertaking business Will find me at
the late residence of m father, 55 Main Street, or
at Demmou & Newcom ’s Store.
11 GEORGE H. RAYMOND, Agent'
20
Rabbins’ Starch Polish.
A lliil
A GREAT DISC VERY.
By the use of which every family may give their
Linen that brilliant pelish peculiar to i ho hum.
dry work. Saving time and labor in ironing, more
than its entire cost. Warrautcd. Ask for Dob-
iiifiibinssma. 00.13 N 4th st.Phil
Sold by DEMMON 8'. NEWCOMB, Grocers, Main,
Street, N orwalk. 41 -
‘CLEANLINESS IS NEXT T0 GODLINESS
G. A. FRAN KE’S
31100100 00111100 11011100 801000!
FOR A
Pleasant Shave,
Artistic Hair Cut,
or Thorough Shampoo,
CALL AT
Mr. Franke’s Hair Cutting Rooms,
No. l GAZETT'I‘E BUILDING.
WParticnlaY attention given to Ladies and
Children’s Hair Cutting and Shampooing._a
AT HOME .TO EVERYBODY.
Hot and Cold Water Baths
ALL KINDS OF
PRINTING
-113-
BLACK,
- --AND
COLORED INKS,
-0]:-
BRONZES,
On any kindof Stockin generalusc, atthe
Gazette Steam Printing llifice
nonwsnx.
Visitin 5 Cards.
AIL THE NEW sTYLEs,.piuin. rep.
pure white or fashionable tints, imported
stock,1..it npin neat card boxes, can be had a
shortnotice, at the Gazette Job Printiuc
STALFORD «it. STODDABD, Grocers. Norwalk
D
0.00. mm Oo'rdl monitor.
\
{000 0000100 (0000000 I
E VERY TUESDAY. OHNING ,
is furnished to subscribers at
£2.00 per Annum, in advance, free of postage.
One of' the oldest and largest newspapers in New
England, and unsurpassed as a local
family journal.
The GAZETTE is one of thebest advertising
mediums in the State.
Speciaclesto suitallliinds niEIe:
AGENT FOR
LAZARUS & MORRIS’S
CELEBRATED PERFECTED
SPECTAELESE EYEGLASSES
Also, a large assorment of GENUINE PARA
BOLD or PEBBLE SI’ECTACLES the only kint
eyer yet produced. that do not tire the eyedlm‘
gives a clear and distinct vision, and makes weal
eyes strong. Warranted for five years withou
of lense. Special attention given to fitting new
sighted people . A large assortment of,
OPERA and FIELD GLASSES
AT
Wecd’s Jewelry Store
UNDER THE OPERA HOUSE.
CEMENT PIPE FDR CHIMNEIS.
Square and Round Cement Pipe, with plain am
ornamental tops, for chimneys;have amore er
feet draught, and are cheaper and better t In
brick; also
DRAIN PIPE,
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6
Au Anecdote of Aleclr Stephens.
A writer in Harper’s tells this pretty little
story of Alch Stephens : A Doctor Royston,
doubtless a most excellent .man, had sued
Hr. Bennett, a farmer, for his bill. “Little
Alec ," as Alexander is minified by his
friends, told his cheat, Peter B., that the
case of service and its value were proved
against him in legal form, and there was no
real defence. But the old farmer insisted
that his lawyer should “speak to the case."
Mr. Stephens told him that he ought to speak
himself if he thought a speech could be
nude, and. was surprised by the retort :
“I will, if Bobby Toombs won’t be too hard
on me." Mr. Toombs promised, and Peter
Bennett began :
“Gentlemen of the jury, I ain’t no lawyer
.md no doctor, and you ain’t, nuther. And
if we farmers don’t stick together, these
uere lawyers and doctors will get the advan- ,
rage of us. I ain’t no objections to lawyers
or doctors in their place, and some is clever
men, but they ain’t farmers, gentlemen of the
jury. Now, this Dr. Royston was a new
ioctor, and I sentfor him to come to doctor
my wife’s sore leg. And he did, and put
some salve truck on it and some rags, but
never done it a bit of good, gelitlemen of the
jury. I don’t believe he’s no doctor, no V1 0:.
[here’s doctorsas I know is doctors, sure
enough, but this ain’t no doctor at all."
This was evidently telling, and Mr. Roya-
ton put in with, “look at my diploma, and
see if I am not a doctor. ”
“His diplomal” said the new-fledged om;
tor with great contempt. “That ain’t nothin’,
{1:220 piece of paper ever made a doctor
. “Ask my patients,” shbuted the now fu-
rious physician.
This was the conventional straw that w
to break the back of the orator’s patient:
‘Ask you patients!” he said in a slow and
' mournful deliberation. “Ask your patients I
Why, they are all dead I” Then, in rapid de-
clamation, he named case after case, well
known, but mostly among the negro servants
'of his neighbors, where his opponent had
treated them and their owners buried them
and continued : “Askyour patients! Why,
I would have to seek them in the lonesome;
_ churchyard, and rap on the silent tomb :0
get answers from the dead. You know they
can’t say nothin' to this case, for you’ve kill-
ed them alli" The applause closedithe speech
and the defence had.his case.-
The other evening as a patient policeman
was pacing his beat on Howard street, a
young man passedhim and ran up a flight of
stone steps and rang the bell. The officer
heard the door open, a young lady’s voice
sing out, and he said to himself: “ ’Tis
love’s young dream." He was just moving
on . when another young man approached,
looked up at the house, and in a sheepish
way asked the officer if he had seen any one
go in. He was informed of what had occur-
red a moment before, and he gasped: “It
was that sneaking chap from Cass Avenue.”
He walked on, and the officer walked, but 10
minutes later the young man climbed the
stone steps with a pail of water in his _hand
and emptied its contents over every stone.
He was sitting on the horse-block opposite as
the officer came back, meaning to stay there
,until his plan unfolded or until he froze to
death. He didn’t freeze. In about ten min-
utes the door opposite opened, two voices
were heard for a moment, and then the young
man from Cass avenue came down the steps
on his ear, his elbow, his shoulder-blade, his
heel, or on most any other part of the human
make-up. He struck the sidewalk, shot
across it to the gutter, and came to a‘xtand-
still with his head in the snow. , There was
a peal of laughter from the house as the door
shut,and the watcheron the horse-block chuck-
led and remarked: “That heartless laugh was
not uttered by a woman who loves—I’m hun-
ky 1" Five minutes latér be carefully crawl-
ed up the icy steps, and the good policeman
heard him cordially greeted and mused:
“Well, if there ain’t more’n seventeen ways
of finding out if a girl loves you i”
Detzoit Free Press.
=—__~_——
Nasby has given up the fight for this time,
but he has invented a plan for certain suc-
cess in 1880. He thus explains; “It don’t
anser to put up a man like Tilden, and stand
him up between John Morrissey and Fernan-
dy Wood, and try to make anybody bleeve in
a pure government from them. It won’t
work. It didn’t work, and it never will. We
hev tried the respectability dodge, till I am
tired uv it. To do that rekires clean shirts,
and no genuine democrat feels comfortable
or easy in em. And besides, when you git
one uv our fellows to go into cleen linen, and
get him everything else conformin, the
chances are that he goes over to the Radikles
to oust. I’ve knowed several sicli cases.
Tilden spent, this yeer, three millions uv dol-
lars, and failed. Now suppose he commen-
ces to wnnst with three millions more; and
lays the foundashens deep and wide for a
'victry in 1880! It kin be done. Let him
immejitly establish lines uv sailin vessels to .
Ireland, to the minin deestricks uv England,
where a bull-pup is countid higher than a
baby, to the poorest parts uv Italy, and bring
over, free uv charge, all that can be indoost
to come. The nigger must be given to un-
derstand that onless he gits‘ safely into the
bosom uv the Dimckratic party he is liable at
any minit to git l’nto Abraham’s bosom. This
then, wood be our sitooashen: Fifty thou-
sand additional votes froni forrin shors, dis-
tributed through the close states, carryin
them. The nigger vote either convertid to
Dimokricy, or killed. This gives us not only
the Presidency, but the Senit. The House
we liev, and that wood be so strengthened
that nothin under hcvin could touch it. ' The
nigger vote we kin git beyond question. A
moral idee is all well enuif, but it kan’t hold
out agin a shot-gun.”
__ _..____
TRYING ms LIBERALITY.—Whlle a well-
known citizen was ercssiug the Campus Mar-
tins yesterday morning, says the Detroit Free
Press, he was approached by an old man,
whose shabby clothes showed that he was a-
mendicant, and when the citizen had halted
the old man inquired:
“Will you please give me ten cents ?”
“No, sir!” was the prompt ’ 1Y-
“Won’t you give a starving man enough to
buy a loaf of bread?” ,
“No, sir!”
“That’s all right—that’s enough,” said the
old man. “I’m worth half a million dollars
and want to will it to some liberal-hearted
man. Your looks pleased me and I gave you
a test. Had you given me even a nickle, I
should have put a fortune into your hands to-
morrow. Good day, sir i”
The stranger walked away, leaving the cit-
izen diimfounded. He may 110‘ be worth a
cent; he may be rich. The citizen thinks one
way and then the other, and rather wishes he
had been charitable-
—_
“Our or EvERYTmNG."—~Justice Smith
had disposed of all the cases in the Essex
market police court yesterday morning, and
was about to go away,when a tall, broafi
shouldered young man, who gave his name
asiphn Edmond Allen, stepped up to the
es .
“Well," said the Justice, “what can I do
for you 7” _
The young man hesitated a minute, and
then, ina voice choked With emotion, ans;
wered, “I want to be sent to the workhouse.
“What is your trade ?'_' . ..
“Plumbing and gasfitting, 811'.
“Out of work 7” .
The tears rolled down-his checks as he
answered, “I am out of everything, Judge.”
He was committed for three months.
’4‘.»—————
The Hartford ball nine is now made us as
follows: Allison, catcher , Harbridge, change
catcher and center fielder; Larkins, pitcher;
Cassidy, change pitcher and right fielder;
Start, first baseman; Burdock, second base-
man; Ferguson, third baseman; Carey,
short stop; York, left'fielder; Holdsworth,
center fielder.
Mistress :
p
“Come, Bridget, how much
' to be about filling that
pepper-box ?” Bridget (a fresh importation
from where they don’t use pepper—custom):
“Shure, ma’am, and its meesclf cant say
how ion it’ll be takin’ me_to git all this stuff
in the thging through the little holes in the
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