WHOLE NUMBER 1517. , The Old Homestead. When home the woodsman plods with axe Upon his shoulder swung, And in the knotted apple tree Are scythe and sickle hung; When low about her clay-built nest, The mother swallow trills, And decorously slow, the cows Arc wending down the hills; What a blessed picture of comfort In the evening shadows red, Is the good old-fashioned homestead, With its bountcous table spread! . And when the winds rfioan wildly, When the woods are bare and brown, And when the svvallow’s clay-built nest From the rafter crumbles down; When all the untrod garden paths Are heaped with frozen leaves, And icicles like silver spikes, Are set along the eaves; Then when the book from the shelf is brought _ And the fire-lights shine and play, ,In the good old-fashioned homestead Is the farmer’s holiday! —Alice Cary. The Brakemaii’s Story. ' “Yes, sir,” said the brakeman, as he stood by 'the stove warming his numbed hands, af- ter coming in from braking. “People think, as they sit here in their warm seats and only hear us call out the different stations, that we have a nice, soft, easy 'time. But we know better. Imagine yourself out on a flat car all night with the snow dashing into your face, your hands on a cold iron brake, and think if that’s easy; or,up on top of a freight car, run- ning along, the wind cutting likea knife,dark as pitch, and watching for fear you may rush suddenly under a bridge and be swept off, and perhaps left to die in the snow. Is that easy? Does that look like a soft job i" To be sure, when we are transferred to passenger cars, the work is nice enough, but the dangers we have to go through (for generally we have to go on freight cars first) entitle us to some- thing better on a passenger car, and we ain’t sorry when we get orders to take the head end of such a regular train. “There are very few brakcmen who can’t tell some never-to-be-forgotten incident con- nected with their life on the rail. To explain, . let me tell you a story of my own experience. I remember one night, it was fearfully cold, right in the middle of winter, and snowing hard,I was braking in the middle of a freight train. It was running along on slow time that night, and we were two or three miles from the station. I was standing by the brake of a flat car, trying to get 'warm by stamping, wishing we were at the depot, so that I could go back to the-caboose out of the bitter cold, when suddenly I felt the train bumping and jumping as if a wheel had broken,and I knew something was wrong. The whistle blew for brakes, and in a mighty short time we had the train stopped. “With the rest of the men I went back to see what was the matter, thinking that I might get a chance at the stove,for I was near- ly frozen. Going back about three hundred feet, we found that one of the rails'had got loose and was out of place, but, as we had been going'slow, we had run over the spot safely. Our conductor looked up, and seeing me, said : ' “ ‘Jim, get back and signal the passenger train. She will be along in a short tiine,now; and take this,’ he said, handing mea red light lantern; ‘we’ll go on. You can come along with the other train.’ “With that, all hands got on beard, and soon there was nothing but myself and the lantern left. ' * . “A cold gust brought me to myself with a quick turn, and'then I remembered what I had to do. Holding the lantern up I saw the light" was flickering, and shaking it found it almost empty. Then I began to feel the responsibil- ity of my position. A lamp with no oil in it, the train due in ten minutes,with the chain; ces of it being thrown ofi the track, and no telling how many people killed or wounded! In a case of this kind, sir, every brakeman will do his best to save human life, although he sometimes loses his own in the attempt, and all he gets' for it is having his name in the papers and-being a brave fellow. “Quicker than I tell it, I made up my mind . that the train must be signaled, lamp or no lamp. But how to do it was the question. If I ran ahead without a' light, the engineer might think I wanted to stop the train for robbery-for such things have often been done, you know—and would not only dash right on faster than ever, but maybe. try to scald me as the locomotive‘rusbed by. I tell you I felt like praying just then; but brake- men are not selected for their religious feel- ings—"so I didn’t pray much, but looked around and saw a light shining in a window some distance ofi. I laid ‘lwn my lantern carefully on the track, made a bee line for the house and soon my knock broughta woman to the door, who looked more frightened than I was at my excited appearance. It was use- less to ask for ’sperm oil—the. only sort we use—so I cried out : “For God’s sake give me some straw!” “She seemed to realize the position, and quickly brought a bundle. Feeling .in my pocket, I found three matches, and, grabbing the straw, I made my way back to the track. “Laying the straw between the rails, I struck a match and shoved it into the bundle. It flickered an instant, and then went out. I felt and found the straw damp. “Just then a. dull, faint, rumbling sound came down on the wind, and I knew she was coming—the train would Soon be there. “I struck the second match, and it touched oi the straw. A blaze, a little smoke, and it was dark again, and, raising my eyes, I saw the head-light of the approaching train away in the distance. But trains don’t crawl, and the buzzing along the rail told me to be live- ly. The red light was burning but faintly; five minutes more, and it would go out. For an instant, I stood paralyzed, when a shrill scream from the engine brought me to my senses, and I saw that inside of two minutes she would be there, “Seizing the lantern with zone hand,I struck the last match, and, bending down, laid it carefully inside the straw, and then dashed forward, waving the red light. The glare from the head-light shone down the tr‘ackmid the engineer saw me, but did not notice the red light-the sudden waving had put it out -0nly screeching he came straight on. When the'train was almost on me, I jumped one side, and, slinging the lantern over my head, dashed it into the cab. The engineer saw the lamp as it broke on the floor, and, seeing the red glass and battered lantern, whistled the danger signal, and tried to check up. “Looking down the track,I almost screamed from excitement. The last match had found a dry spot, and the straw was' blazing up bright. The train came to a standstill. She was saved; that’s all I remember. “The next I knew I was in the baggage car. They said they had found the lying by the train in a dead faint, and—excuse me, we are going to stop now.” “Stamford I” he sung out. The train stop: d, and the writer went home, satisfied that a brakeman’s life is an exciting one. An experienced writer, who says that one good cow gives all the milk that is needed in a family of eight persons, and from which , cow was made 200 pounds of butter last year, , says these results were due to giving the cow threetimes a 'day a pail of warm water, all htly salted, in which bran had been stir- r at the rate of one quart to .two gallons of water. He claims that the yield was increas- ed twenty-five per cent, and the quality of milk improved in a like degree. From the Portland Times. Who Made the Proposal. ' Dr. Gibson, having made an unprofessional visit to Mrs. Kellicott, walked down'to the . gate with her daughter Matty. Matty‘as twenty years old, and the Doc- tor was thirty. Her eyes were brown and his were gray. She “had on” a pink calico dress, and a white muslin apron ; he wore. clean-looking linen clothes, and a wide Pana- ma hat. very much, especially the white rosese—one of which", by the way, she had tucked under her (car. She inquired with considerable show of interest about the Ruggles children, who had the measles. He told her gravely all about Tommy and Ben, Alice and Kit ; and, when he had finished,a silence fell upon them. Matty was leaning on the gate, looking down the village street. She thought how funny it was for Mr. Scott to paint his new house pea-green with lavender trimmings,and was about to say so to Dr. Gibson, when he stopped her. He said the very last thing she would have expected to hear. He said : “Matty, I love you, and want you to mar- ry me !” The very look in the bright, brown eyes would have told, without a single, spoken word, how. thoroughly unlocked for such a proposal had been. She had never, in all the years she had known Dr. Gibson, thought for a'moment of the possibility of his loving her. She was very sorry, she told him, but she Mdn’t love him one bit, at least in that way. But the tears came into her eyes as she saw the quiet face grew a trifle paler. “I hardly believed you did care for me,” he went on after a pause. “But I hoped you might yet learn to do it." “But—but——” said Matty, with embarrass- ment. “I thought every one knew I was, engaged to my cousin Tom.” “Your cousin Tom I” echoed the Doctor. It was impossible to mistake the impression which'passedover his face. It was not mere- 1y personal regret at the fact she announced, but an impartial disapproval of the match. ,He made no comment, however,but direct- ly said : I . “Matty, I shall never get over this—I mean that I shall always love you, and, if you need a friend or protector, or—or any one, you’ll come to me, won’t you i” She promised and held out her band to him He shook it warmly, “and said “God bless you I” and left her hurriedly. Matty, still leaning on the wooden gate, watched the retiring figure out of sight. She was very quiet all day, and in the evening propounded this absurd question : ' “Tom, what would you do if I should jilt on ?” .‘ Tom stroked his downy upper lip, and looked pensive. . , “Couldn’t Say,” he replied, after some mo- ments 'of reflection. “You might try and see.” ' ' . .“Perhaps I will,” she replied more soberly than the occasion seemed to warrant. Tom stared very hard at her, but immediately for- get the Udent. ' i , Nearly a year passed. One day. Mrs. Kel-_ licott’s “help” rushed franticelly into Dr. Gibson’s house, and breathlessly announced to that gentleman that “Mr. Tom would be deader’n a door nail long before he got there," if no didn’t jump.” Eortwo. managflmk. ing of him as his rival in Matty’s affections, the doctor had half a'mindto consign him to the tender mercies of good, stupid. old Dr. Wells ; but his better nature 'prevailed, and he started for Mrs. . Kellicott’s at the very heels of the servant girl. . , . When he arrived he found Tom in high fever and delirous. He pronounced it a. se-. vere case of typhoid fever, and privately ad- ded a doubt that he would recover. He sent to his own house for changes of clothing, prepared to devote himself to the sick man. Matty, too, was unwcaried in her work, and, being necessarily much in Toms’s room, con- ,sequently saw the doctor constantly. He and his patient presented a marked contrast to each'other. The latter was captious and peevish to an unheard of degree, and talk ed almost incessantly of some unknown being named Kate. 0n the other hand, Dr. Gib- son, was so patient and gentle, so strong and helpful, doing so much for Tom, and yet not forgetting one of his accustomed duties, that Matty opened her eyes in admiring astonish- ment. One morning, as the Doctor prepared a sleeping draught for somebody, and dictated to Matty a prescription for somebody else, she said with real solicitude : 4 “Dr. Gibson, you will certainly kill your- self if you keep on'at this rate; and ’tis my belief that you are overworked, and you ought to take a rest." “Do I appear to be at death’s door ?’3 he in- quired, straightening up and squaring his shoulders, as if proud Of his proportions. “No, Matty," he continued solemnly, though with a merry twinkle in the honest eyes, “work, as Mrs. Bowers frequently remarks, is a pannaky.” Matty understood him and eolbred crimson. _ _ At last Tom was pronounced out of danger and now the doctor felt that he must remove r cott’s house to his own. Matty, hidden by the honeysuckle vines over the piazza,watch- ed him go and cried a little. The merning after, Tom and Matty sat on the piazza ; be reading or pretending to read, while she sewed diligently. Neither uttered a word for more than half an hour. Presently Matty shook out the muslin cap she was making, and laid it on her work box, put her little silver thimble aside, and drop- ped her hands, one over the other, into her lap. Then she looked up. Tom was staring. straight at her. She colored violently, and so, for that matter, did he. “Torn,” she began, “don’t be angry. Oh, do forgive me I” She paused, trying to think how she could tell him softly ; but she ment." “So do I,” rejoined he, with difllculty sup- pressing a whistle. Then both burst into a hearty laugh. “You see, Mat.” said Tom, when he could speak, “I love some one else." Matty appeared to be taken quite by sur- prise at this declaration. “But I couldn't help it, indeed I couldn’t She is——” “She is ayoung lady whose name is Kate, and her eyes are the blackest, and her checks the reddest, and she sings ‘Under the Stars’ with guitar accompaniment," rattled Matty all in a breath. ' It was Tom’s turn to stare. you find all this out ?” he asked. “My dear little bird, etc. ,- I think I’ll go and write to my future cousin ;" and off she ran glad to escape the questions she feared he might propound. “But you haven’t told me—” he called after her. . “And never shall,” she returned, whisking into her own room. In less than an hour she had reconciled her Kate Spencer, and persuaded Tom to write also,- and had done much toward informing the whole village of her altered-prospects. In due time Tom was married, Matty ofli- ciating as first bridesmaid. Matty, after the excitement of Tom’s wed- ding betbought herself what she" should do. There were her summer dresses to be made A up, her music scholars to‘attend to, t.he sew- ' The gentleman admired the lady’s. flowers ' himself and his belongings from Mrs. Kelli- , went on bluntly, “I want to end our engage- -. “Where did ' mother to Fate ’s decree, and written to Miss ' ing-circle and the flowers ; but these occu- pied neither all her time nor thoughts. There Ought to have been Dr. Gibson, too, she could not help thinking; but that gentleman, instead of falling at her feet as soon as he heard she was free, paid her no more atten- tion than before. She waited for him, in growing wonder and worry, an eternity— two w'eeks—and then took measures to bring him to his senses. She employed only recognized and lady- like means, hotvcver. ' She began by flirting a little with diflerent gentlemen. There was Will Ellis. ' This young gentle- man had offered himself to our heroine, on an average, four times a year ever since she was fifteen. She had invariably refused him, decidedly and emphatically ; but they were the best of friends in the world. . She now told him in so many words that she would accept 'all the attention that he would ofler her during the next week, taking care to re- member that the singular declaration pro- ceedcd not from any special regard for him, but was made in pursuance of some occult design on her part. Forthwith the pair cm- barked upon what seemed to be the stormiest flirtation Skinnersville ever saw. In the long morning they drove or rowed together ; they dined at Mrs. Kellicott‘s, and immedi- ately after sallied forth on some other excur- sion. Both were excellent equestrians, and Matty gloried in galloping over hill and dale, On one of Will’s handsome horses. (Will, by-the-by, was the son of a rich man). Then they drank an early tea on the veranda and spent the evening at the piano or in reading. At the hour of nine, Matty always sent Will home, without a particle of ceremony or re- gret at his "departure. In short, what apl peared to Skinnersville as a serious court- ship was, in reality, a pure business matter, and so understood between thqwo parties to it. This state of affairs continuedfor a week or so, duringwhich time the Doctor ignored Matty’s existence, except as she was the daughter of his dear friend, Mrs. Killicott. And all the girl was raging inwardly at her. quandom suitor. “Why don't be ask me at once again ?" she queried, mentally ; “I am sure he loves me, and one might see that I love him; but I can’t, and I suppose I shall be an old maid.’ But the doctor was not to blame. A man of the world would have seen through Matty’s ' stratcgem, but he did not; he imagined that she was either trying to drown her disap- pointment at losing Tom, or had really decid- ed to‘marry the enamored Will. ‘ The truth occurred to Matty at last. She could hardly believe such stupidity existed in the mind of man ; but she determined to try what modest and retiringbehavior would effect. So she dismissed,.Will, and became to all outward resemblance, a little nun . Still no advance on the Doctor’s part. He came and vvent constantly to the house, how- ever. Matty gave np all hope, finally, of ever coming to a better understanding with him, when something happened, Dr. Gibson dropped in'one morning, when Mrs. Killicott‘s‘at sewing on the pleasant ve- randa in the cool, refreshing breeze. - “You mus'n’t come here,” she called, as he tied his horse to , the hitching-post. “My work requires my undivrded attention ; ‘ besides, you'll step on the rufllcs.~ You may go and help Matty, if you like.” ' That young woman was making ‘pics in the kitchen. She saw the Doctor coming round the corner of the house, gave a hurried glance nuhabright bottom of a tin pan she was holding, found herself presentable. and greet: ed him compos‘edly. She was very. glad to see him, she said. Wouldn’t he come in ? No, he wouldn’t come in, the‘ day was so beautiful. He would just stand on the little brick pavement under the window, and lean over the sill. . So there he stood under the grape-vine trel- lis, witha little golden sunshine falling over his hair and shoulders. Matty observed that he looked thoroughly _unloverlike, and con- cluded that he didn’t intend to propose. She also noticeda rip in his coat, and wondered who would mend it for him. ‘ ' Some way the talk veered round from the weather to Woman’s Rights. Matty, on this, spoke up. She didn’t at all believe in the second-hand influence which reached the ballot box through the agency of husbands and brothers. “When I vote," she said, "I want to march to the polls and put in my own vote my own self.” “What a pretty spectacle you’d make, Matty, with that rolling-pin in your hand, and -” “I’m not stall sure that I want to vote,” she interrupted ; “but I just would like to make some laWs, that’s all.” “Well,you might petition theLegislature,” suggested the Doctor, gravely. “Oh, they’re not legal laws ; only social customs and usages. I'll tell you just what I mean.” She laid the rolling pin aside,with an empathic bang, placed her floury arms akimbo, looked very earnest and determined, . and quite regardless of the fact that she and Dr. Gibson were in love with each other. “Now, at a party, when a lady sits alone in a stuff-chair all the evening, not dancing, sim- ply because she hasn’t any pattner, and can’t ask anyone, oh, you know, Dr. Gibson, you knew—” . _ “How it is myself !” interpolatedhe. “How was it at Mrs. Campbell’s'the other night. If I had been Anna Radcliffe, or Dora Collard, I’d have asked some of you men to dance with me." ' ' “Then yen think women should have the privilege of asking for whatever they wish i” he restorted with a half smile. , ~ I She answered that she thought just that. “Well Matty, I quite agree with you. I not only think they should have this rightin such a case as you mention, but also in more serious affairs. ‘ For instance, women might, with perfect propriety, make proposals of marriage.” Now such an idea had never entered Mat- ty’s foolish litle head,and she seized the sugar- gar with great embarrassment. The Doctor went on with much gravity : ' “I am aware that it would be a very un- conventional .proceeding,and I am afraid that no woman ever will be wise enough to take the initiative ; and yet I am persuaded that in many instances it would be the most natural and beautiful thing she could do.” He 'was looking unconsciously up at the blue sky shining through the filagree work of vine leaves above him. ‘ It was evident he was thinking in the abstract only, but a faltering little “Dr. Gibson,” recalled him to the concrete. And there stood Matty, smil- ing, blushing, dimpling, ready to extinguish herself in her brown gingham apron. Dr. Gibson, I like you everso much 1” she faltered, bravely, but breathlessly. The Doctor jumped through an open win- dow. and made his proposal over again. * It is not cod for ' Should bnyga dog. man to be alone. ,He About half. of Boston’s $500,000,000 of property is said to be mortgaged. For trying to steal two herrin s, 9. Dan- bury woman had to pay fourteen dollars. The public debt statement for the month of January shows areduction of $2,069,669.71 Fools and their money soon part It’s worth while bein a foo 0 have h I to part'with though. Ilt t e money Miss Kate :Field‘ has stopped actin and gong back to journalism, where she beIongs. he is on the staff of the London Number. A SouthIIill man came down town yester- day with his face badly battered up, and he explained the_ matter to the other brethren of the congregation by saying that .they had a pound party out at his house the night be- fore. -Hawkeye. — l The following interesting letter from Rev. Dn. Wnavnn, of Richmond, Virginia, was read before the Farmers’ Club of the Ameri- can Institute, on Tuesday last. His denun- ciation of the SPARROW provoked quite an in- teresting discussion, as a majority of those present were friendly to the birds. Wishing to find a climate milder than New York, I came down here among the “blood- ed” Virginians, and so far like it very well. My experience confirms my opinion often ex- pressed in the club, that if persons coming here do not get along comfortably it is their own fault. I have mingled a good deal with the people here, and talked with them on pretty much every subject, and have found them quite as rdasonable and forbearing as our own people north. Indeed I have not yet been made sensible of any change and seldom think that I am in the South and with Southernpeople. But this is not- what I wish at this time to write about. You know my hostility to the Sparrow, and this was stirred up by an article which appeared in one of our papers here a' day or two ago,‘ and which I enclose to you. If the Long Islanders have not yet waked up to the injury these birds are likely to do them, they no doubt will when they have over-run the coun- try as they have the cities and begin to prey upon their fruits and crops as they do in Eng- land,'and will do here so soon as the country becomes filled with them. My suggestion is nate these pests, while it is yet possible to do so. They are now chiefly in our cities and at this season depending upon sustenance from the hand of man. Let this food be mixed with strychnine or some other poison which will destroy them, and then let there be the ea c provision and care extended to our own fie birds and we will have our trees and p s filled,not only with birds as effective in destroying insects, but those beautiful to be- hold and lovely to listen to. Here in the Park they have several grey squirrels, as tame as cats, and when I go into the Park I carry . some nut's, and lean take a nut and call these squirrels as far as I can see them. They come bounding to me, run up my leg, leap into my hand, jump down and eat the nut at my feet. ' Now we could domesticate our na- tive birds in the same way, and let .us join together, exterminate these pestiferous spar- rows and then supply their place with our own lovely birds, quite as useful and-infinite- ly more attractive and beautiful. CONNECTICUT LEGISLATURE Hausa—Tuesday Jan. 30. Petitions of Amasa L. Hall, Edwin Fay, various citizens of Danbnry, various citizens of‘New Haven, also Jacob Kimball, for re- duction of the legal rate of interest; finance. 0f Charles Beardsley et al., for' setting off of Roxbury from the jurisdiction of the Litchfield court ; judiciary. Resolutions offered, authorizing the sale of lands devised as a life estate to Deborah Hol- lister of Danbury ; sale of lands. Directing the railroad commissioners to re- port totbe legislature all correspondence with the Danbury and Norwalk railroad company, relative to annual returns ; passed. ‘- Resolution appointing George Pierpoint county commissioner of Litchfield county ; passed. Resolution appointing David P. Nichols of Danbury and Charles M. Pond of Hartford auditors, of public accounts ; finance. Mr. Colyer of Darien—Resolution limiting the expenditure on new capitol this year to $2,000,000 and noexpenditure for grading or terracing the park ; referred to a joint special committee to be raised. 1 Mr. Graves of Litchfield offered the fol- owmg : Resolved, That the thanks of this General Assembly are due to the President of the United States for his act approving n... on... 101111 bill recently passed by Congress, and that'we cordially endorse the message of the, Executive to the Senate of the United States, giving his reasons for such approval. Mr. Cleveland of Brooklyn approved the resolution, and after indications of objec- tions on the part of Mr. West of Hartford, the resolution passed unanimously. Bill (House 97) that terms of 6filce of all oflieers except those of the Governor’s staff shall begin July 1 ; explained by Mr. Willey of East Haddam and passed. Sauna—Wednesday Jan. 30. Senate confirmed the appointment of George P. Pierrepoint as Commissioner of Litchfield county. and passed the House res- olution thanking. the President for his ap- proval of the compromise bill and endorsing his message. Mr. Houston presented a bill prohibiting the lease of .any railroad to extend for a longer period than twelve months without the approval of the owners -of three-fourths of the capital of the company ; referred to, the Committee on Railroads. Also a. bill confining the fees paid for services of sheriffs and constables to the limit laid down in the statutes; judiciary. Mr. Dean, 9. bill fixing a fine of $100 for trespass on private fishing grounds advertised as such; referred to Com- mittee on Fisheries. . - The Committee on Military Affairs report- ed for the acceptance of the Adjutant Gen- eral’s report, and transmitted a resolution ap- pointing the commanders of the regiments a committee to examine sites for a permanent camping ground and to report at the next session of the General Assembly ; tabled for the calendar. The House resolution de amending the con- stitution to prohibit town aid to railroads ; favorable report, passed. Hausa—Quite a number of petitions were presented for the restoration of public rights, reduction of rate of interest, etc., nothing however of' local importance. Bills introduced permitting town taxes for the erection of soldiers’ monuments ; pro- hibiting railroads from being laid out through cemeteries. The following special committee was an. nonnced b the speaker: Joint Special Com- mittee on xpenses of the. State Capital,Vin- cent Colyer, of Darien ; Amps Prentiss, of Norwich; A. N. Baldwin, of New Milford; Wallace A. Miles, of Meriden. The calendar was then taken up and the following bills passed .: ——Bill allowing Board of .Water Commissioners of South Norwalk to supply water to any person in the town in which their works are situated. Bill valida- ting co.nveyances of real estate by women. SENATE—Thursday, Feb. 1. Reports from committees were received : Favorable to the petition of. citizens of South Norwalk for-power to furnish the city with water; tabledfor calendar. Resolution appointing Frank L. Holt dep- uty judge of the city court of Bridgeport, was passed in concurrence. The resolution calling for the correspond- ence betweén the railroad cbmmissioners and the ofllcers of the Danbury and Norwalk railroad was amended by giving the railroad committee power to call for the correspond- ence with any road in relation to returns,was_ referred to the committee on judiciary. A resolution came from the House fixing the limit for the reception of new business at Thursday, February 8. This was tabled to allow Mr. Bishop to present a resolution more definite in its'character, providing .that no new business be referred to the committees of the General Assembly ; this was passed. Adverse report from the - judiciary com- mittee relating to the increase of the number of judges of the superior court from eleven to thirteen ; it was explained by Mr. Brown and rejected. House Bill (ii—An Act giving the select- men power to obtain the necessary material for the repair of highways by taking it wherever they found it, and pay a .proper compensation therefor; the bill was explain ed by Mr. Bowers and passed. ‘ HOUSE. —- H L. Goodwin, of East Hartford, asked for an investigation of the N. Y.,N. H. & H., Danbury and Norwalk and N. H. and Northampton railroad com- panies ; relative to watered stock. The bill was read at the request of Mr. Graves, of Litchfield, and was referred to the commit- tee on railroads. . _ ~ Of citizens of Darien, asking aid for mature poor; humane institutions. ' Bill (House 65) that collectors of taxes shall‘not sell real estate mortgaged and sub-t ject to lien unless he first notifies all holders of mortages liens, the sale, and'shall have $1 sent. - . An amendment reducing he fee for noti- fication from $1 to 50c was agreed to and Mr. Sanford of Bedding, then moved a fur- ther allowance to the collector of the fee of the towu clerk for examination; also adopted and the bill then passed. ' Mr. Gay of Winchester called up the res- olution appo' ing F. D. Tyler judge of the Litchfleld dist ct court. - The resolutions of appointments were pas- 'for each netice sad. then that a united ' effort be made to extermi- ‘ etc., three weeks before r NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY FEBRUARY Samara, Friday, Feb. 2, 187.7- Reports or Committees 0n Banks,_adverse on a bill authorizing-8am . banks to act as executors and trustees o ' states, and the committee offered a substitute billuto the end that banks could act when apponizcd by the deceased person. to have quite an efiicct on the presentation of new business. Bill for the extension of the privileges of Fitch’s Home for Soldiers’ .Orphans, author- izin said corporation, to receive, care for and instruct such minors as may be sent to it for those purposes, or either of them, for remuneration; passed. . -. . Hones. A bill fixing a penalty for cutting down trees upon highways; referredto Committee on Roads and Bridges. A bill in amendment of an act providing that the general acts shall be published in not more than two newspa~ pers; Judiciary. A bill providing for the appointment of a Bank Commissioner by the General Assembly: Banks. ; The resolution de the Danbury & Norwalk railroad was indefinitely postponed by a' unanimous vote. ; . . Petition of the Warden and Burgesses of Norwalk, for power to issue! bonds; passed: . Breeds of Cows. . Like sheep, "swine, and poultry, it has never been decided which breed of cows, is, best, as dairymen difiér in their; opinions in regard to the merits of ‘diflcréhf‘breeds'. The following qualities pertain ,ioflllbfonrliest breeds in the United States'l ‘7 i‘ " " AyrshiraeGood size, a good feeder, well adopted tohillyufarms, produces a great flow, of milk of ordinary richness, making good butter and cheese ; and as a dairy cow is highly esteemed. Holstein.—This breed is of Dutch origin, is larger than the Ayrshire, an enormous er, with a very large flow of milk, exceedin all‘ other breeds, and of good" quality. . This breed is better for beef thallhc Ayrshires. ‘ Short4horn.—This ‘is the breed for good beef, decidedly the best that “exists; and the most beautiful in form of all breeds ; and in 'size about as large as the Holsteins, but do not equal that breed in their flow of milk. The Shortlhorns are not adapted to hilly farms, and short pastures, flourishing only when highly fed. ‘ Jersey—This breed and‘the Alderney are now rated as the same breed. They are small and unfit for profitable beef. Their flow‘of milk is small, but of astonishing richness, makingtwo pounds of butter from the same quantity of milk that makes but one pound from other cows. This breed is mostly kept by-men who want, but one or two coWs, and pcrfcr quality. to quantity in milk. ‘ » No farmer or dairymen should breed cows pure, as it has been found more profitable to breed grades ; and to have grades of different breeds in the same dairy. The Ayrshires, Holsteins, or the Short.horns crossed, make good dairy cows; and a cross on Jerseys makes cows of great value. Econo.in the use of Fuel. ‘ , Much money. is wasted (in the‘ too rapid combustion of coal, especially when the heat- ing apparatus is a furnace in the cellar. If this is left to the management of servants .they will keep the fire-box; full, and all the damp- ers open, with the grateébars red hot below and? the thermometer among the eighties in the rooms above. This istOo hot for health, injures doors and furniture, uses up the fur- nace and wastes fuel. In running a furnace for the last three years, we have found “ pea coal.” which is the screened refuse of the coal ._r-—-1, -— «vfnlloht regulator of the heat, and a great savrngin the CouL._l.:l]_ “7,777,, “m, , thrown awayin the"coal yard, and when sol can generally be had for half the price of fur- nace coal, or less. It contains as much car- bon as cool of larger size, and if the combus- tion is properly regulated will go as far in heating a house. For all that is consumed there is a reduction of one-half in the cost. But it is of special service in the regulation of the combustion of the coarser coal in moder- ate weather, or during the night when a low- er temperati'ire is desirable for the sleeping rooms. Ordinarily, a furnace need be visited but three times a day to keep up a comforta- ble warmth in therooms above. Beginning in the morning at six o’clock, the ashes are well shaken down, fresh coarse coal is added and a thin layer of pea coal on top of this. This 'process is repeated at mid-day, andat nine or ten in the evening, on retiring for the night. More of pea coal is added at the last visit, to check the combustion for the night. In the morning the whole mass of coal in the fire-box is completely ignited, and there is a good fire to begifwith. More or less of the pea coal is used, according to the temperature of the weather. It is the best regulator of combustion we have ever tried, and saves from a quarter to a third in the expense of heating for the Winter. This is an item worth looking after in these hard times. American. Agricultlmist. Farewell to the Potato Bug.' The Colorado potato beetle, or potato bug, as we' generally call itohas at last found its match in the shape of a mite parasite. Prof. Riley, at a meeting of the St. Louis Academy of Science, exhibited a potato bug which was so completely covered with a mite parasite that the point of a needle could not be placed on any part of the beetle‘s body without touching one of the parasites. He estimated the number of mites at 800. The bug had been attacked by these enemies and killed. The potato bug seems to have a number of natural enemies, such as thg crow, the tend, the rose-breasted grossbeak and domestic fowls. There are no less than twenty-three insect enemies that attack and kill it. The bug has also been migrating eastward across the continent for several years, until, it has now reached the‘ Atlantic coast. We hope it may finder-watery grave, and let the waves sing its requiem—Rocky Mountain News. AN Ixxdonur MAN Pannoxnn Olin—A man was pardoned from the Charlestown State Prison, Friday, after serving almost eight n a life sentence, for a crime which he neve committed. This was Moses B. Whee- ler, convicted of arson in February, 1866, on the testimony of his sister and her hasband, Who-said they saw him fire a house in Brigh- ton occupied by a widow, and against his own oath and the testimon of the widow herself, who declared that healer saved her house from burning, the actual damage the building sustained being $30. Two_ years after Wheeler’s entrance upon his life-rm- prisonment, the sister who had condemned him to it died of small pox. On the day be- fore her death she confessed to another sister, in an agony of remorse, that she had perjur. ed herself at that trial at the bidding of oth- ers, and for the purpose. of getting her “oth- er out of the way. Before a legal deposition could be’ obtained the woman was too far gone to _ ive it. The motive for this un- natural con act. was at the outset explained by Wheeler to be that he was charged by a brother who died in battle by his side, tosee that their mother had his property, which, when he returned home, he found claimed by this sister on the strength of a ‘forged letter purporting to be from the dead brother. Be the motive what it may, she and her husband had actually at him out of the way by per- jury. Whec or has made incessant efforts since to have his sentence revoked, and at last succeeds. .Rcd used on a railroad signifies d_an er, and says stop. It is the same thing drop by. ed on a man’s nose. . We should count time by heart-throbs.-He must live who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best—Bailey: You may never have thought of it, but it is impossible to get downright angry without raising your voice. Control your veice and you are sure to control your temper. .“Toddie,” one of the originals of “Helen’s Babies,” died suddenly of membranous cronp on Tuesday evening, in Brooklyn. He was the youngest son of John Habberton, the author of the book named, and _was a child of unusual quaintness and pronuse. courts, or by the last willand testament of a _ The light attendance and the day seemed . _ NORWALK GAZETTE, PIIILIIIIEI EVE“ TUESDAY MIIIIII. The Second Oldest Paper In the State. OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING. .A. H. BYINGTON & co. A. H. Bvixo'rox, J. B. ELLE, G. N.'Ei.i.s. Subscription $2.00 per year, in advance. ' Single Copies_5 Cents. __—_+-—-—- Advertising Rates : Four lines or less, 1 insertion 50 cts.; 3 times 31 00 One Square, one insertion, - - - - - -. - 1 00 Per week, for continuance, - - - -‘ - - - 50 One Square. 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Belden Hurlbutt, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Room No. 4, [up stalrs,l GAZETTE BUILDING. MELVILLE E. MEAD, AGENT FOR REAL ESTATE. FIIIE‘ANII lIFE INSURANCE, Ocean Steamer Tickets & Drafts, South Norwalk, Conn. EMILY v.0. Monsanto, (Graduate of N.Y. Medical College for Women, Cor. MAIN d: .MARSHALL STREETS, SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. Ofilce Hours until9 a. m., and_from_ 3 p. m. At. tentlon to all cIasses of diseases incident to a gen- eral practice of medicine and surgery. Fam- ilies supplied with Homoeopathic remedies. References by permissron:—S.Lilenthal,M.D., Prof. of Theoryand Practice, N. Y. cit ; Clemence Lozier, M. D. Dean of Collc e, N. .: Alfred K. Hills.M 3m23 . :D.,Prof. MatcriaMe 'ca. Q Cor. Wall and Water Streets, where he may be found every day except Sunday from 9 a. m., to 12 m. and 2 to 6 . m., for free con- sultation. Besides the eye an ear, the doctor treats successfully all scrofulous and catharrhal diseases of the lungs. Windpipe and throat, some of which are often predisposing causes of blind- ness and deafness. Call and see the statistics of cases. testimonials, &c., at the ofiice as above. Charges for scientific examination and treatment always moderate. No charge for consultation. Call for a circular. 46 Surgeon Dentist, uonwanx, CONN. EYE AND BAIL—W. R. OAKES, M. D. Occulist and Anrist, has his Ofilce afi-Lsml. Office corner of Main and Wall streets. Nitrous- Oxide Gas administered. 0. a. COOLIDGE, DEN'TIST. Successor to Dr. Asa. Hill, . WALL STREET, NORWALK, 7 ' Office over 0. J. Grumau’s Dry Goods Store. 3' Gas administered for extracting teeth with- out pain. DENTISTR Y .41 HARD TIMES PRICES, For Cash. — No Credit : All work executed in the Best Manner; at my office OVER SELLECK’S BOOK STORE. ‘ 34 '1‘. E. SWIFT, D. D. S. The Medicine that Cures ~15— VEGETINE! Taking into consideration the character of its vouchers, the history of Its cares and the immense increasin demand, Vnon'rixn may be fairly cn- titled the ending medicine of the age. . . For Scrofula in the blood,VEGETlNE is an infal- lible remedy, and no erson need sufi'er from tu- mors, ulcers, and all (i senses arising from impure blood, ifVEGETlNE is used ac cording to directions. There is not a case of Scrofula in cxrstance that memorial: will not cure. provided, howeverhthe vital functions have not lost their power of action, all that may be said to the contrary notwrthstand- in . _ ' _ Nectarine is leasant to the taste, mlld in its influence, and a solute in its action on disease, as the following nnqestionable evrdcnce wrll show. PAID NEARLY $400.00.” . Jaxnsnr 2,1875. H. n. Srnvnns, Esq.: . _ Dear Sir—When about six months old I was yac- cmated. The parties who were vaccinated from the same virus died from the humor. The humor spread over me to such an extent thatI was rolled in bran to prevent me from scratchln my person. The disease finally settled in my hon . I remained in this condition about twenty years. tfoubled all the time with.sores breakin in my head and dis- charging corruption f'romm car. At this time a small kergel appeared on my neck, (graduallyin- creasin in size until a tumor forms of such lm- ‘mense s ze I could see it by turning my eyes down- ward. ‘All this time I was taking various remedies for my blood without any’substantjal benefit. I then went to a prominent physician in Boston, during his treatment of six months, lanced the tumor eight times, which cost me nearly $400. This left me with a rough,aggravated sore,wrthout at all diminishin the sizoof the tumor, and in a sickly,feeble con ition. I consulted another phy- sician in Natick, who, after considerable time, suc- ceeded in healing the sore Without reducing the size. At this point I commenced to use Vpou- TINE, thronght e earnest persuasron of a friend. After I had taken this medicine about one week I experienced wonderful sensations. . My whole body seemed to be undergom a. radical change, until the tumor broke and isobarged frlghtlul quantities. From this time it decreased in Sl_ze until the bunch disappeared. but my neck still bears the ugly scars of the sore and lance. I am now healthy and streng and able to work every da . Iy will also mention that I have been an acute sufferer from inflammatory rheumatism ever since- I can remember, until commencing the use of VEG- ETINE, when almost immediately all rheumatic pains ceased. This statement I‘volunteei- for the purpose ofbenefitingother sufl‘errnghumanity,and you will confer a favor by ivrng lists “inch pub- “ ' as thou ht roper. er gra u y, "my 8 3. a. savor. , Ashland, Mass. What is Vegetine? _ It is a. compound extractedf'rom barks, roots and herbs. Itis nature’s remedy. It is pcrfectlyharin- less from any bad effect upon the system. _ Itis nourishing and strengthening. It acts direct]: upon the blood. It quicts the nervous system._ It gives you a good, sweet sleep at night. It isa rcat panacea for our aged fathers and mothers, or it gives them strength,quiets their nerves, and gives them nature’s sweet sleep—as has been roved by many an aged person. -Itla the great Iood Purifier. It is a soothing remedy for our children. It. has relieved and. cured thousands. It is pleasant to take; every childlikes it. It re- lieves and cures all disease ansingfrom fin ure blood. Try the VEGETINE._ Give it a trio for your complaints; then you Will say to ourfricnd, neighborandacqualntance.“Try t, thascurcd me." whO. Report of a Practical Chemist and Apothecary. . Boarorv, J an. 1,1874. Dear Sin—This is to certify that I have sold at retain“); dozen (1852 bottles) of our Vnos'rms since April 12, 1870, and can trul y that it has given the best satisfactrouot any emcdy for the complaints for which it is recommended that I ever sold. Scurcelv a day nasscsgvithout some of my customers testifying to its ments on themselves or their friends. I am perfectly cognizant of sev- eral cases of Scofulous Tumors being cured, by VEGn'riNE alone inthis vicinity. - .Very respectfully you AI GILM N, To 11. R. Srvnns. Esq. rs 468 Broadway. ,pable of heating the whole house. Large barn 6, 1877. - '. REAL ESTATE. WAAI\I\I\I\I\ To Rent. \IV\r\.I\ Tnear the head of at a very low rent. To Rent. .. IRST Floor. four rooms, sink-room and pantry water in the house. 812 per month. Posses- sesslou first of April. Inquire of MRS. J. P. CROSSMON or P. O. Box 434. For Sale. ' 'A House and Lot, in a health location on IL L. ELLS. Fair Street, above Catharine. he House is nearly now. well built, conveniently arrang- cd, and will make a. comfortable and leasant home forafamily of average size. The ot runs .back to the river. There lsawcll of excellent water on the place, and Borough water in the Street. Price low, and part of the money can re- main on mortgage“ A fine chlfnce to secures. home. Apply at AZETTE OFFICE. ’3tf 'To Rent. HOUSE and Barn on West Main.St., formerly owned by F. Mead. _ House and Barn at Winnlpauk, formerly owned by G. H. Randlc. House on Chapel and Academy Street. Carpenter Shop on Mechanic Street. t‘ ‘~ near Horse Railway Depot. , Also several Apartments in good locations. Machine Shop on Knight Street. Two Two-Horse Lumber Wagltams for sale. St! S. . OLMSTEAD. v For Sale or Exchange.- THE Large, Elegant and Pleasa'utly.Located -'Dwelling of the subscriber, on EastAvenue; House has 15 rooms, with all modern improve- ments; about two acres ground attached. Will be sold at reasonable price or exchanged for New York City roperty. A l to or address 2 (5390. W. CRANK Box 452, Norwalk, Ct. To Rent. THE STORE now occupied by Sellcck Brothers, _ from April 1st. Also a house on Main Street, near the residence of E. Quintard. 5tt E. QUINTARD. A Number of yery.desirab_lc tenements [01' rent near the Bridge. Enquire of O. E. WILSON , No. 4 Gazette Building, Norwalk. Desirable Property for sale. A Verydeslrllble place on East Avenue. Also, a few chorce Building Lots situated on Osborn Avenue, for sale cheap. ' Also, a nicely located House and Lot on Mer- wm Street near West Avenue, for sale at a. bar- gain. Enquire of . , S, E. OSBORN. East Avenue, tfll or to D. W. FITCH, West Avenue. To .Rent. PART of a House, (three rooms) right in the vil; ' lsgc. Rent 312 per month. Possession given immediately. Enquire at this office. A BARGAIN. OR SALE—A first-rate built Honse,(on East . Avenue,) containing nine rooms; will be let if notsol'l. Also BUILDING LOTS for sale. ' Apply to D. H. FITCH. Norwalk,Nov. 27th, 1375. . lBtf FOR SALE. '1‘ W0 very desirable BuildingLotson West Main Street. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE. " For: SALE. NEAT RESIDENCE on one of the best,pleas- antcst and most accessible streets in town. Has eight rooms, with gas in each, and heater ca- with stabling for several horses. A ple, Pear and Cherry Trees, just commencingto ear fruit. Is within five minutes’ walk of the Post Ofiice, &0. Priccs7,500. Or will rent it to a good tenant for $600 per year. Enquire at this ofiicefi ARN 'l.) RENT—Anew Barn with good Sta- ' bling for several horses, near the bridge. Price $8 per month, Enquire at this Office. PETER L. GUIGUE, ‘ FLORIST, Union Avenue, north of Norwalk Cemetery. is now ready to furnish Hot House and Green House Plunls. CUT FLOWERS. BOQUETS. BASKETS, 1 WREATHS, CROSSES, and all other designs in Flowers at short notice. ,chhaiallalt all Poultry? . V! I 'WV-‘wnnn Would announce to the citizensof Norwalk gener- ally, that hc is making a specialty of DRESSED Chickens, Turkeys, Geese or Ducks, delivered to order in any part of the town, either in large or small quantities. Orders can be left at his so cast of' Episcopal Church. Norwalk, Oct. 30, 1876. AT Quintaid’s Furniture Booms will be found a complete assortment of FURNITURE, &C., Includingeverything usuallyfouiid in a first-class establishment, at Prices to suit the Times. Also. a large assortment of . . (ROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES, LOOKING GLASSES, kc. Glass Plates cut to any size. Repairing done in the best-manner, at short notice. Also, old Hair Mat- tresses made over as good as new. 'E.0IIIIITAIII!’S son. _ WM. Lockwooo, (Successor to GEO. H. RAYMOND 55 00.,) Furniture Dealer, No. 36 Main Street, Norwalk. UNDERTAKING. At my store will be found a large assortment of all kinds of GOFFINS, GASKETS, and everything necessary for the intermentof the dead. Residence at W. B. SWAN ’S, Main St. El Nonwn m INSURANCE 00., , NOR WALK, CONN. Charter Capital $500,000 Paid up Capital - - 100,000 WM. 0. Sienna/r, Pres., Gnov R. Cowi.ns,Sec’y. ETNA INSURANCE Co. ofHARTFORD. Incorporated 1812. . Charter Perpetual. Capltal and Assets, Insures against loss and damage by Fire, on terms adopted to the hazard and consistent with the laws of compensation. COWLES St MERRILL,- Sole Agents for Norwalk and vicinity. FRANCIsMcKI-ioiv, J'r., Practical Plumber. PLUMBING in all its BRANCHES. Green Houses Fitted up. Orders left at Shop on School Street, or on slate at Beldcn’s Tin Shop. Jobbing promptly attendtig . Y Eorrrcuuu Horst, Corner Main and Wall Sts., NOBWALK, CT. THE subscriber having taken the above well- known centrally located Hotel, is prepared to entertain permanent and transient guests. Good rooms; good table; -reasonable prices. A first- class Livery eonncc ted with the Hotel. Carriages 3th.“ trains. sidcncc on hill just Every effort made to please. . - D. l£.l\IOREIIOUSE,Proprietor. ”WARD P: \VEED, D R U G- G- I S '1' Wall Street, opposite Norwalk Opera. House, A large and well selected stock of DRUGS AND MEDICINES, Pcrfumer ,Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral Waters, oilet and Medicatcd‘Soaps. Flavoring 'aud Handkerchief“ Extracss, flair Brnshcs,Conibs, Sponges, Chamois Skins, Stationery. Cigars, &c., and is constantly adding to his stock all the new and popular medicines of the day. nnxnns s. Locruvoo'o, Fashionable Draper and Tailor, AND GENTS’ FUIZNISIIING EMI’ORIUM. Main Srrect,Norwalk, Conn. S a \V. MITCHELL, 0 At the ever popular UNION MARKET has always the best of ' Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork, at fail-livingzpriccs. Union (formerly Model) Mar- ket, on the ridge. 13 N otlce. ALL persons are forbid setting fire to the leaves and grass on the Amphitheatre, under penalty of the law. can obtain MACH I N ESTS METAL at the YPE GAZETTE OFFICE. Vegetine is sold by all Druggists. IIE place former! occupied by the subscriber, aln Street, is offered to rent , on Plymouth Avenue, - Alf $5,052,880.19 ‘ Are you 503115 to Paint? , - SE ' ' AVERILL’S CHEMICAL” PAINT! . THE BEST IN TIIE MARKET. . Itls more beautiful, moredurable,lowerln price. is all readgfor use, does not wash b rain. best wood nreserver, is water_and fire proo , and is the best forgeneral uses, either for wood, iron or brick buildings. Many of the finest resldcnccsln town are painted With AVERILL’S CHEMICAL PAINT Put up ready for use in pails of 1, 2 or 8 gallons kegs of 5, 10 or 15 gallons half barrels or barrels _ 1! orders romptly filled and any information given by app ying to D. H. WEBB, Sole Ag’t for N orwalk Office at Store of RAYMOND Bno’s, foot of Washington Street, SOUTH NORWALK. CARRIAGE MAKERS. MULLI‘NGS & TILLY, Successors to s. P. TUTTLE, MARSHAL smear, SOUTH NORWALK Would res walk and v pectfully inform the citizens of N or- cfnity that they are prepared to Build Carriages and Wagons OF EVERY DESCRIPTI 01V. Particular attention paid to REPAIRING in al branches of the trade. One SECOND-HAND ROCKAWAY a (1 one no men BUGGY, for sale. ’ n 1 2 y am nsrnrn Bought, Sold or Exchaugcd, Office 4 Gazette Building, 2 .B. J. STURGES. N orwalk. Conn. Broker. - NSURANCE. Capital Represented. $23.000,000.00. ' B. J. STURGES, Agent. C. W. Burritt Has Removed To No. 4 Phoenix Block, Wall St., Foot of Mill Hill,wherc with increased facilities he is prepared to do PLUMBING, in all its branches. Also special attention ivcn t3 n12" Iagofilti'g,t$in'anit_l 13:11:? llron Work an Job- . s ix rcso 'n she tonh . Norwalk, April, 1876. p and CHAS r. LEONARD .- sou » DEALER IN C O ' A L , WOOD AND BRICK, N’th River Blue Stggediime, Cement BEMENT PIPE EIIII SEWER, WEI.“ All slllllfls, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Water St._ Norwak, Conn a. II. 'noueiiss, Manufacturing Confectionel, Keeps constantly on hand a large variety of Pure Gonfebtionery Always Fresh and of the Best Quality, at Wholesale and Retail. Also a superior article of ICE CREAM, SODA WATER with fruit syrups and OTTAWA gliflfSRfirawn frbm Matthews Patilut Steel Foun- s. - Fruits, Nuts, fine Imported and Domestic Cigars. ' No. 21 Main Street. .. An Elegant Ice Cream Saloon and Restauran for-Ladies andGentlemen. . a- IT nnTlnl.ASS.Pronrintoi., scones WARD salmon, Hasconstsntly in stockat hlsnew stand , No. 9 Main Street, Acholce andfineassortmentof Groceries, Provisions, Flour, Fruit, &c., To which he wouldi nvitethe attentiono fa who wishtopurchasefirst-classgoods,st . Reasonable Prices. DRIED BEEF, SLICED A SPECIALTY. BEST OF HAMS, EITHER WHOLE 0R SLICED . Dropin and see usln ctr newstore. W0. 9 MAIN STREET. I would request the attention of any persons who contemplate building to the very (lesi- rable stock of LUfimBER Now in my VYard at Norwalk. ’ I am now prepared to furnish in the line of SHINGLES, -BOTH— SHAVED PINE and CEDAR, And of Sa-wcd Shingles The S. K. &.Go., ., . i . The Curtis.& 00., ~ And other Brands. Also. wed spruce. ' Also a Large and Thoroughly Seasoned Lot of Soft Michigan Sill-ing, In all grades of Lumber, of every description, used in this market, my assortment never was better, or pl ices more favorable. Now is the Time to Day, When a good selection can be had,before the ‘ yards are thinned out Whitewu‘oll, Ash and Black Walnut Always on hand. Lumber delivered by rail or teams. N 0 charge for loading on board ears. E. J. HILL. Wagon for Sale. Good Business TVAGON, will be sold often for want of use. Apply at the GAZE’I‘ OFFICE: t! ‘ 3] ' f . J 01m A. Honn‘ecker, B A. K.E R, roo'r OF'MILL HILL. Bread, Rolls, I’ies, Cakes, Crullers, dim, baked fresh every da . Everything made out of good matcrials,and ycarel'ul and competentworkmen. Try our Baking. B. s. nmscnn, At his Store in MALLORY’S BLOCK. has con- stantly on hand, a general assortment of GEEO O‘E RI!!! 5 , CBCCKEBY, GLASS, TIN AND WOODEN WAR. E, ETC" ETC. By‘devtmn his constant personal attention to the trainees a hopes to merit public purchases "1116 means 5:0" 11"“; .. VOL. LXNUMBEM The Foolish Virgins. i Late, late, solute! and dark the night, Chm : . Late, late, so late! but we can enter still! Too late! too late! ye cannot enter now! No light had we; for that we repent, _ And learning this the Bridegroom will re- lent. Too late! too late! ye cannot enter now! No light! so late! and dark and chill the night! Oh, let us in, that we may find the light! Too late! too late! ye cannot enter' now! " and Have we not heard the Bridegroom is so sweet? Oh let us in, that we may kiss his feet; Too late! too late! ye cannot enter now—Alfred Tennyson. The Bride in Heaven. BY MABILLA. What wonder the reaper with vision nn- clouded - ‘ Should come from the mansions above, To waft from this world, with its sorrows enshrouded, . , ,The soul just awakened to love? . I know that the teardrops are fresh on the faces .. . - So lately enwrcathed with a smile, And lonely and desolate now are the places She brightened with gladness the while. And while I‘ remember the grief,‘and the sorrow— . The anguish that will not be stayed, I think that the Lord, looking over life’s morrow, ' And hearing the prayer that she made, Sent bwn his fair reaper, the loving death- angelv . To bring her more near to his side; And there he hath crowned her, a living evangel, To wait for the loved o’er the tide. The fair earthly robes of a bride in her beauty _ Were changed for the garments of light; And one who hat ed in the pathway of duty, ' Finds rest where there cometh no night. Methinks that the boatman she joined at the river Might sing as the city drew near, . “I come with a bride who hath gladnm for. ever .- A bride who hath never a tear.” THERE’S SUNSHINE AFTER RAIN. BY E. H. B. There’s sunshine after rain, dear friends, There’s sunshine after rain ; And twilight comes when darkness ends, To usher day again; ' Spring brings to life the sleeping grain And varied flowers gay; And hope, when all is grief and pain, Shines o’er the heart‘s highway. ‘ Then never let that fiend despair, Enchain our troubled mind; Nor let the clouds of bitter care, The soul’s bright mission blind! For if life’s morn be dark and drear, By gloomy ills o’ercast, A glowing noontide, bright and clear, May cancel troubles past! .L- “A,” And sweeter smell the flowers; And why not man receive the charm From e’en embittered hours! Good with the evil ever blends, Weeds grow among the grain; While there is love for all, dear friends, And sunshine after rain. m Men of Many Wants. AN OLD POEM RESURBEOTED. B, John Quincy Adams. “Man wants but little here-below, Nor wants that little long." ’Tis not with me e actly so, But ’tis so in the song,’ My wants are many, and if told, Would muster many a score; And were each wish a mint of gold, I still should long for more. What first I want is daily bread.— And canvas-backs and wine— And all the realms of nature-spread Before me when I dine. Four courses scarcely can provide, My appetite to quell, With four choice cooks from France beside To dress my dinner well. What next I want, at princely cost, ‘ Is elegant attire; Black sable fare for winter’s frost, And silks for summer’s fire, And cashmere shawls, and Brussels lace My bosom front to deck— . And diamond rings my hands to grace, And rubies for my neck. \ I want (who does not want?) a wife—— Affectionate and fair— To solace all the woes of life, And all its joys to share; 0f temper sweet, of yielding will, Of firm yet placid mind—.- With all my'faults to love me still, With sentiments refined. And as Time's care incessant runs, And fortune fills my,,,store, I want of daughters and of sons . From eight to half a score, I want, alas l—can mortal dare Such bliss on- earth to craye ?— That all the girls be chaste and fair, The boys all wise and brave. I want a firm and faithful friend, To cheer the adverse hour; Who ne’er to flatter will descend; Nor bend the knee to power— A friend to chide me when I’m wrong, My inmost soul to see; And that my friendship proves as strong For him as this for me. I wants the seals of power and peace— The'ensigns of command— ' Charged by the people’s unbought grace To rule my native land. Nor crown nor sceptre would I ask, But from my country’s will. By day, by night, to ply the task Her cup of bliss to fill. I want the voice j an honest praise, To follow me behind, And to be thought in future days, The friend of human kind. That after ages as they raise, Exulting may proclaim ’ In choral union to the skies Their blessings on my name. These are the wants of mortal man—- I cannot want them long; For life itself is but a span, - ' And earthly bliss a- song, My last great want—absorbing all—— Is when beneath "the sod, And summOued to my final call,— The mercy of my God. Washington, August 31. 1841. Four thousand canaries and a collection of wild animals from the interior of Africa were landed in New York, Monday, from the stamhip Weser, from Bremen.
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