WHOLE NUMBER .1519.
Conceit and Humility.
l
[Augusta Moore, in Scribner’s for November.]
Whither away, 0 brawliug Stream,
Whither away so fast?
‘Fleeing for life and death you seem.
Speak, as you hasten past.
Answered the Brook, with a pompous roar,
Tossing its creamy foam, .
“I go, my flood in the Main to pour——
Listen, 0 Sea, I come i”
Whither away, 0 River deep,
Gliding so slow and calm?
Your gentle current seems half asleep,
And chanting a drowsy psalm.
Answered the River with whisper low,
Swaying her lilies fair:
“Down to the measureless Sea I go-
The Sea will not know I am there.
A Word to Girls.
FROM CYNTHY.
The rufile of Sukey’s jaunty sweeping cap
casts a shadow on her classical nose and she
looks propitious, so I pause, pen in hand, to
ask a question. First, though, let me tell
'you what a source of comfort that same pa-
trician nose of hers is to our family. How
can we feel piebeian with that dainty, “high-
toned” feature ever before us in our .hum-
drum, country life? (In tableaux Sukey
makes a perfect Mater Dolorosa.) We feel
ourselves in having such a nose in the family.
To return to my question,—“Sukey, on what
do you suppose I am about to write ?”
A deeper shadow than that shed by her
cap gathers on her brow as she replied, se-
verely:
“I never pretend to prophesy of your do-
ings lately, Cynthy, I can only say that I
tremble for the reputation of your family
every time you take yourpcn in hand!"
“Querida min, don’t be alarmed, my next
piece is 'to be so proper and precise that it
will be quite after your own heart. it shall
be nothing more nor less than a ‘letter of ad-
vice to girls.’ "
“Cynthy, you never mean to do such a
thing i” -
“And why not, indeed? I am sure it is the
fashion to write advice to young ladies.”
“Angels and ministers of grace defend us!
I advise you to put on cap and spectacles,and
mount a pedestal without more ado. What
girl of spirit ever reads letters of advice to'
her sex? I wash my hands of you, hence-
forth and forever, Cynthy !” ' -
As Sukey walks away with that aristocrat-
ic nose a trifle lifted, and the border of her
cap trembling angrily, I want to tell you, in
confidence, that I should never presume to
offer advice, but I do feel like having a cosy
talk with all girls about our tribulations gen~
eraliy. Do let’s condole together sympatheti-
cally. '
There is a sweet verse which says:
“I wait for my story, the birds cannot singit,
INot one as he sits on the tree,
The bells cannot ring it,
But long years, oh bring it,
Sucli as I wish it to be.”
It is tiresome to be always waiting for a
story. I often feel like going to work and
hewing one out for myself; don’t you? And,
I am sure you all agree with me that it is a
dreadfully discouraging, unsatisfactory thing
to be a girl sometimes. Not that we want to
be men, though they do enjoy grand oppor-
tunities, and privileges, which half of them
do not, by any means, seem to appreciate.
Now I think it must be dreadfully disagreea-
ble to be a man (for a world of reasons,which
I will tell you sometime,) but you need n’t
tell them so, poor creatures, they cant’t help
it. People are so unjust to girls. They
wonder why they are so frivolous and roman-
tic, why they havc such love of dress, &c.,
when our very nursery tales infuse such prin—
ciples. What do “Cinderella," “The Sleep-
ing Beauty," &c., teach us but that it is the
best thing in life to wear fine clothes and
meet the “fairy prince.” ' Not that I would
do away with fairy tales entirely. The mem.
cry of my delight in them 'is very sweet now,
and I must confess that I can read a_ good
fairy tale to-day with almost as much enjoy-
ment asI ever did. I would not have missed
the joy I took in the Arabian Nights out of
my life for anything. While we sit in the
, house learning patchwork,or engaging in lady-
likc games with every precaution taken that
we shall not grow to be « “tomboys,” (thank
' fortune I was that disgraceful object, and.-
Sukey fears there is a suspicion of it clinging
, to one still,) boys are enjoying the moat glori-
ous exercise with perfect freedom of the
whole country round. When they read it is
generally such books as Gulliver’s Travels, or
Robinson Cruso.
Everything is done to make them thought.
ful, to stimulate their minds and prepare
them for active, useful lives. It is rather
disheartening t8 be told by young men, who
have enjoyed every advantage in life, that
women are intellectually inferior to men. So
then, look at the glorious position we occupy
-——a little lower, intellectually, than man, and
a little higher in that respect. than animals.
I hate betweens; don’t you? According to
that theory it is much finer to be an ape than
a woman, I am sure! After a girl leaves
school what way has she for giving vent to
her surplus energy and ambition. For we do
have energy as fierce and strong as men
sometimes, though they seem to imagine we
are like cats in our love of comfort and idle-
ness. To be sure we have embroidery and a
thousand graceful ways of amusing ourselves,
but they do not suffice. There are times
when we country girls are quite at aloss, and
we go out to climb rocks and shout till we
are hoarse in quiet, lonely places, in this un-.
satisfactory way. giving vent to our restless
spirits. People say that a girl’s sphere is
married life and that she ought to enter upon
it as soon as possible. But, incredible as it
may seem, there are girls who do not care to
marry. They want some work to do. It is
dreadful to sit idly by and look on at this
busy, work-a—day world. We want to take
part—not in governing the country, nor any
such thing, but we want to be useful, active.
People say that if you wont work you can
easily find it, but it is not always to be found;
is it girl? -
Some of you love art, I have no doubt,
and would like to devote your lives to it.-
Others are fond of writing, but we are told,
“What is the use, you can neither be a Mad-
ame dc Staci, nor a George Eliot, aRosa Bon-
hcur nor a Harriett Hosmer.”
But there is no use in whining about all
this. I suppose we must learn to make the
best of this sad state of affairs, and there are
ways of fighting off this dreadful discontent.
[n the first place it is good to think that mar-
riage is not the end and aim of one's exist-
ence. It is well to keep in view the fact that
we may live alone and independently all our
days, and to fit ourselves for the best way of
spending a life of that kind. It is a fine
thing for a girl to be able to be a good,
entertaining comrade for herself when she .
s -alone in a lonely place, and life
begins to put on a serious aspect. We can
llways have those rare,good comrades, books,
.f we will. Begin a deep friendship with
;hem' as early as possible. Especially will
lhakspeare prove ahost of beautiful compan-
onship. Ah, how inspiring it is to study his
vorks, how it broadens the mind and sweet-
us the life. Then you will discover, if you
lave not already, that: the books of nature
vill while away many a discontented hour.
The friendships of dear, old mother nature
a very ennobiing, and you will do well to in-
rease your intimacy with the lovely old
ame on every possible occasion.
Last, but not least, there remains a most
fascinating study of which you will never
tire, study of endless variety, and that is hu—
man nature. Ah, a grand study and ' b-
limc, if you only know how to enjoy i . If
I have been led into giving you advice, you
must forgive me for I, did not intend it. Well,
everything comes to those who know how to
wait, and I suppose we shall all find our
proper niche in the. world with plenty of
work about us, sometime.
You remember the discontent of poor Por-
tia, chained as she was, to her three caskets,
governed by the will of a dead father, how
she exclaimed, “My little baby is a'-weary of
this great world 1” Ion recall, also her glo»
rious work finally. Take heart of hope,
dear girls, and let us give one another love,
and help, and sympathy. There are good
things in life for girls even if they cannot be
famous benefactors of the world.
A Bachelor’s Wooing.
' BY aura Ransom
“Buttons jagged out again!” - said Mr
Milnthrope Rover, with a despairing groan.
“Sleeves rough dry—starch lumped about
like an archipelago of while islands! Does
the woman call this shirt ‘done up’ I wonder?”
The July sunshine wove itself merrily about
the stems of smilax ’vines in Mr. Milnthrope
Ilover‘s window, a teasing blue-bottle hum-
med noisily against the,panes, and Mr. Ro-
ver, in an attitude of desperation, would have‘
made a study for any ~ambitiously-minded
'sculptor.
An old bachelor from the crown of his head
to the sole of his feet—an old bachelor, un-
mistakably and decidedly—and yet not so
very old, after all. The top of his caput to
be sure, was bald, but there was a fringe of
curly brown locks around the Side, and his
hazel eyes sparkled brilliantly behind the
convex glasses that he always wore, and al-
together there was something genial and
pleasant about him, in spite of his old bach-
elorbood.
“Mrs. Jex,” said Mr. Rover to his landla-
dy, who was skirmishing in and out of the
room, with a duster and Chamois-leather.
“Sir!” said Mrs. Jex, who was very much
in awe of her testy—tempered boarder.
“Where does this fiend of a washerwoman
live that you recommended to me ?"
“I’m very sorry she don’t Suit,” said Mrs.
Jex, beginning to tremble. “I never would
have recommended her if—” .
“Where does she live, I _say i” roared Mr.
Rover. ‘ _
“It’s No. 13 Calico Court, sir,” whimpered
Mrs. Jex; “and sure, sif—” _
“That’ll do," said Mr. Rover, rolling up the
shirts into a-compact bundle and tucking
them’ under his arm. “I’ll go there myself,
and I’ll let her know I’m not to be trifled
with in the matter of starch and'buttonsl"
“Dear me,” thought Mrs. J ex, the feather
duster suspended limply from her finger, “he
is a dreadful gent when he’s angry, to be
sure. And ain’t I glad I ain’t the washerwo-
man, though!” ‘
While Mr. Milnthrope Rover started reso-
lutely down the street, in the direction of No.
13 Calico Court.
But the tracking out of this defaulting
laundress was not so easy as Mr. Rover, in
his inexperience, had fondly imagined. No.
13 Calico Court was there all right, but it was
as if some one in pursuit of a particular vel-
vet-backed bee had been directed to a whole
hive. It was one of those massive buildings
which have sprouted out of this nineteenth
“Mu-‘3‘ 0- rod brick combination of stores,
Mr. Rover not a little. 4' . ‘
“Look here, sonny,” said our hero to a tow
headed little boy who was playing on the.
stairs. “Where does the washerwoman live i”
“Washerwoman ?” repeated the littlevboy,
turning a pair of black-lustre eyes upon his
interrogator. . -
“Yes, washerwoman 1"
“Oh i" said the little boy, stimulated by
the sight of a sixpence which Mr. Rover
drew cautiously from his pocket. “Fifth
floor, back. Mis. Rooney. You’ll easy find
it, sir.”
And awayhe scampered,to lay out his sud-
denly acquired fortune to the best advantage,
while Mr. Rover resumed his search.
There was a bewilderment of doors, open
and shut, on the fifth floor, when at last our
panting hero reached it; and he made a dive
for one particular apartment, whose low win-
dows faced the “sunny south,” and in which,
upon lines stretched from wall to wall, hung
a row of the satin-smoothest, shiniest shirts
it had ever been his good luck to behold.
“This is the place,” said Mr. Rover,bounc-
ing in. "And why can’t she do my shirts
like these, I’d like to know'? Queer place this;
for a washerwoman. Roses in the window—
volume of Tennyson on the mantle—canary
bird. Poetry of the working classes, eh ?
Ha, ha, ha! But I can’t wait here all day.
Hey! Hallo! Mrs. Rowey! Laundress !
Somebody!”
- And'in answer to this summons, a door
opposite was Hurriedly opened,‘and a young
woman of some two or three and twenty
came in, with a bowl of clear starch in one
hand and a handful of collars in the other.
“Now look here,” said Mr. Rover, “I’m not
going to stand it !”
“Sir!" said the young woman.
“No, I’m not i” said Mr. Rover. “Buttons
dragged off, shirts half-ironed! If you can’t
do better than that I shall take away my cus-
tom, and the sooner you understand this, the
better it will be for both parties l”
“I think there must be some mistake, sir,”
said the young woman, with a puzzled
air. “I don’t think I quite understand you.”
“You are Mrs. Rooney, aren't you ?” said
Mr. Rover.
“No, sir, I am not,” said she.
Alice Browne.”
“Dear me i” said Mr. Rover, growing red
to the very roots of his hair. “I beg a thou-
sand pardons, 'I am sure, but—did you iron
these shirts ?”—with a glance at the bowl.
.“Yes, Idid,” said Alice, looking with par-
donable pride at her handiwork.
“Would—would you be so good as to take
my wash, ma’am ?” hesitated Mr. Rover.
“1 have never done any except for my fa-
ther,” said Alice Browne, coloring and laugh-
1ng. .
She might have been offended, had it not
been for the genuine honesty and simplicity
of Mr. Rover’s address.
“But you’re an artiste in lincn, I know
you are l” pleaded our old bachelor. “Do
undertake mine, ma’am !- Do oblige me! A
dollar a dozen-and very much obliged into
the bargain !” '
Alice Browne hesitated. A lady born and
bred, this request could not but jar a little on
her sensitive ear—and yet dollars were very»
scarce with the Browne family, just then.
‘ But I never did such a thing before,” she
said.
“That’s no reason you shouldn’t begin
now,” said Mr. Rover.
“And I couldn’t send for the clothes nor
deliver them,” added Alice, dubiously.
“I’ll do both,” promptly assented our bach-
elor. “There’s plenty of small boys in our
neighborhood, with nothing else to do.”
"And—and-you must promise never to tell
any one!” added Alice, hahging dcwu her
head. “For aunt Betheral gives lessons in
general literature to ladies whose early edu-
cation has been neglected, and papa is a book
keeper down town, and—”
“Trust me for beinng silent as the grave,"
said Mr. Rover, solemnly.
“Because,” added Alice, as if reasoning
with herself, “the money would be so very,
“I am Miss
flats and tenement houses, which perplexed '
very acceptable, and I have so little of my-
own, and I really don’t see why it’s any
worse to iron shirts than it is to read about
the Roman Empire and set sums in algebra.
“I‘here‘s‘not a whit difference,” pronounc-
ed Mr. Milnthrope, with great decision.
“Very well,” said Alice—“I'll try it.”
And Mr. Rover trudged of! down town, to-
ward his place of business, muttering to him-
self: V _ .
“I thought it was very strange for a wash-
erwoman to keep roses in her window and
read Tennyson. Pretty looking girl, that.
ing at things, too!”
For three weeks, Mr. Milnthrope Rover’s
shirts came home satin-glossed, perfect, and,
what was better, with the buttons sewn tight-
ly on, and the incipient rips arrested on their
way to yawning destruction. Sometimes he
sent Mrs. Jex’s little boy for them, sometimes
he came himself, but always, according to
strict agreement With Miss Alice,Brown,when
aunt Betheral was safe with her pupils.
. 'But one day he found Alice in tears, and a
grim-looking. elderly lady sitting up, like
Fate, in the big chair, with folded hands and
compressed lips. 7
“What’s the maser ?” said Mr. Rover.
“I can’t do your shirts any more,” said
Alice. ‘
“Our family,” put in the grim, elderly fe-
male-no other than aunt Betheral—“have
never yet descended to menial labor, and I
cannot [consent that my niece Alice should
thus demean herself.”- ‘
“Hoity-toity I” said the bachelor. ,“And
where’s the difference, I’d like to know, be-
tween ironing my shirts and' ironing her fa-
ther’s ‘2”
“The ties of cousanguinity—” began Miss
Betheral Browne.
“Fiddlesticksl” irreverently interrupte
Mr. Rover. ‘
He took home his~ shirts again, and fell
once more into the toils of Mrs. Rooney.
At the end of a month, he called once more
at the rooms in No. 13' Calico Court.
“Here I am again, Miss Alice,” said be.
"But aunt Betheral won’t let me do any
one’s shirts but papa’s,” said Alice, piteously.
“Couldn’t we contrive to get even with
aunt Betheral ?" questioned Mr: Rover, mys-
steriously lowering his voice.
“How ?” said Alice, with brightening eyes.
“I have a first-rate way, if you’ll only con-
sent,” whispered our hero.
“What is it ?” .
, “Marry me,” said Mr. Rover. “Nowdon’t
you speak rashly until you’ve considered the
matter. I’m not young, but neither old.’ I’m
well off, and I'm only particular in one mat-
ter, and that is my shirts. Come, now-—
don’t you think you can like me '3”
“I—I don’t dislike you i” owned blushing
Alice. '
“Shall it be a bargain ?" said Mr. Rover.
“Well—I think—yes i” said Alice.
This is a strange world. Cupid has differ-
ent ways of carrying out his campaigns, and
this time his arrows revolved within the tiny
circumference of a pearl shirt—button. And
Mr. Rover was wont to remark, complacent-
ly : '
“A fig for your French, German and guitar
practice. To my mind, there is nothing like
’domestic comfort, and there is nobody in all
the world who can do up shirts like my wife.”
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What Might Have Been.
Through the courtesy of one of our sub-
scribers we are enabled to give the following
.account of a thrilling “occurrence on the line
of the Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon
raierad. in the copper-mining region at the
hadnf Lake. Rotunda" . . " '
'Os'roxxaox, Wednesday, December 16.
DEAR—z * * "‘ But the principal
Freason for my writing was to tell you what
happened to Johnny -—. (He used to run
on the Central, you remember.) He was push-
ing one of our big heavy snow plows over the
road with a sixty-ton engine, such as we
have to use here on account of the heavy
grades, and had‘ just started down a very
long and heavy grade near Michigamee.
You know how they have to run. Well, John.
had just let her out for what she was worth
when, on turning a short curve, he saw,
about a quarter of a mile ahead, a four-horse
team hitched to a sleigh that was caught in
the track somehow. The men in charge
seemingly made frantic efforts to get the
sleigh loose, but at last gave it up, and to
Johnny’s surprise they all ran off as hard as
they could go across the fields. Jack threw
her over as soon as they came in sight, but
the old thing was going too fast to allow
brakes to hold her. Then he opened his
whistle and “made her howl!” At that the
horses began to get restivc and scared, and at
last gave a plunge altogether that started the
sleigh—just in time for the engine to graze
it as it went by—thc horses starting off on
the run, but were caught by the- men in
charge. As soon as Johnny stopped he went
to find out if any hurt had been done, and
you may guess how he felt when he learned
that the sleigh was loaded with 800 pounds
of nitro-giyccrine just from the magazine at
Michigamee, enough to Start a young rail-
road in the moon if Jack had struck it.
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Cleaning and Oiling Harness.
Many a harness is spoiled for want of a lit-
tle care at the proper time. The Chicago
Journal gives the following directions for
cleaning and oiling harness : “Our advice
to those intending to clean harness, is first to
unbuckle all the straps and remove all metal-
lic portions possible without ripping the
stitching ; then, if a thick coating has form-
ed on any part where the harness came in
contact with the horse, remove it by scraping
it with a wooden scraper ; then place the
straps in water, and after they have been
well soaked lay them on a board, ‘and With
soap and brush clean off all superfluous mat-
ter on the surface. They should then be al-
lowed to surface dry, and if they were hard
before cleaning, neatsfoot oil should be ap-
plied; this will penetrate the leather and open
the pores. As soon as the oil has entered the
leather, apply a coat of melted tallow, thor-
oughly smearing all parts of the strap ; then
them to dry ; as the water dries out, the oil
and grease will enter and fill the pores of the
leather, the one softening it, the other form-
ing a barrier against moisture from atmos-
pheric or othl.‘ sources. After the moisture
has dried out, all the superfluous grease -on
the surface may be removed with a cloth,
and some varnish black be applied if desired.
Leather will absorb moisture rapidly, unless
the pores are well filled, and there is no
grease so well suited for this purpose as tal-
low. It is the province of the oil to soften
the fibre, but in so doing it opens the pores,
and renders the leather extremely sensitive
to moisture, unless they are well saturated
with grease." '
=_—_=
Vermont taxes 18,862 dogs.
Stock cattle are selling at $3 per head, in
Refugio county, Texas. .
William Sabin, of Sexton, Vt., has had
3,874 fits in eight years.
Nine million barrels of beer were brewed
in the United States, last year.
Amagnanimous gas company in Nevada
has rushed down its rates to $7 a thousand.
Fifty thousand partridges have been sent
to the North from North Carolina,this season.
Mormon elders are fishing for converts in
Wausau, W18., their hooks baited with polyg-
amy. '
A bear’s foot was found in a steel trap in
Vermont. the beast having gnawed it off, to
free itself. .
A great many fish, some of them weighing
thirty pounds, were thrown upon the banks
by the breaking up of the ice near Christians-
burg, Va. -
And had a remarkably sensible way of look-'
lay all the straps out on a board _and allow ,
A Neat Wire.
BY MRS. ANABEL O. ANDREWS.
’Charles Maynoll was walkingbriskly home
from his store one rainy evening, and think-
ing as he went that it was the second anni-
versary of his marriage.
here, and get some little reminder of the
day," he said, almost aloud.
A pretty handkerchief-box, well filled with
dainty handkerchiefs, was his choice, and,
starving it safely away under his coat, he
went out into the rain again.
He was wet,and his feet were muddy when
he reached home ; giving them a hasty wipe
on the mat, he opened the door of the pretty
_sitting room, and tossed his overcoat overua
chair, with a cheery, “Here, wifey, is a
package for you.” '
“Charles Maynoll ! LOOK at you feet ! and
See your overcoat, right on that chair ! I
never saw such a careless man in all my
life !”
“I’m sorry, Clara, dear ; see what I’ve
brought you.”
“I don’t want to see it,” she answered,
petulantiy, pushingit'away. “I’m tired of
work, and dirt, and tired of life ; I just wish
I were dead 1”
“Clara l” exclaimed her husband.
“Well, I do !" she said leaving the room.
Charlie put on the ofiending coat, and went
out into the rain again. It was Tuesday
night, and the bell was ringing for prayer-
mceting ; hardly knowingwhy he did so, he
went into the lecture-room and took a seat
by the door. Every way he looked, he
seemed to see, “Ijust wish I were dead,” in
flaming letters, and all he heard was that
same sentence. He sat there until the last
one had passed out, and was roused by a man
who touched his shoulder and said, “Were
you asleep, sir ? I’m turning off the gas.”
Charles went to the door, and found the
storm was over, and the moon was shining.
He walked out of the city, and sat down 'to
z
laughing girl. In this short time, her pas-
sion for neatncss had ruined her disposition,
and'madc hcra cross, fretful, woman. In
servant. o
“Fudge,” she would say, “I wouldn’t have
one around ; they slight eveything, they do,
spot .of dirt, and speck of dust, instead of
being quietly removed without a thought
that it was anything more than she ought to
grown to be a perfect mania; she wouldn’t
have company because it made so much dirt;
plants she wouldn’t have in the house, he-
floor. All this passed through Charlie’s mind
as he sat there alone in the moonlight, and
he said aloud, “I’ll tell her that we will sepa-
happy, even if I am miserable. I know I’ve
been careless, and made her lots of work,but
she shall be free 1”
family happened to be up, though it was so
late. Thinking Clara to be, visiting her moth-
er, as she sometimes was, Mrs. Maynoll
most frozen, you’d'better go right to bed !”
stairs to his bid room. He slept but little all
night, and it was late _when he went
down stairs. The family
gone but his mother, and she was out in the
garden tying up some shrubs for-winter. He
swallowed a cup of coffee, and went to
bww. WT»-.. .w "‘21.“: mm um omce, a.
tie figure came up to him and lifting her veil
revealed the tear-stained face of Clara.
last night when you didn’t come home,.—my
fits of temper, and _thougtlcssness of your
happiness,—and I thought I was the wicked-
est woman in the city. I couldn’t wait any
longer. Ididn’t know as you’d ever come
back to me,and I came' right liege to see you,
Of course he didn’t, and—well, really, its
none of our business what they said, but I
how near they had been to parting. Clara
was a model wife after that, and though she
was still a pattern of neatness, she never al-
lowed herself to be cross about dirt.
If Charles forgot to be careful, when he
saw her pick up any of his things he went to
help her with a pleasant, “I forgot, little we-
man ; I’ll take careof ’em next time.”
Men are often careless, but cross looks and
words never mend their ways. It only makes
home hateful to them ; and here, young
wives, I am about to advance a doctrine
which will stamp me at once, in your esti-
mation, as a woman of no spirit, I suppose.
“I have found that in married life. it is far
better to “pick up” forever, to yield one’s
will to her husband’s always, than to have‘
one cross word. , First quarr‘els may be
patched up, but the seam is there, and the
remembrance of bitter words spoken in anger
often outlast kindly ones. Beware of cross
words ; remember you can win by iove,what
you 'can never drive by anger!
_—
A lady who has had much experience in
the treatment of canary birds gives the fol.
lowing as her mode of dealing With these
universal household pets: I put 111 one seed-
cup oatmeal, and in another, seed, mixed as
follows: One pound canary . and one-half
pound rape seeds, putting on the top 'of this
seed-cup about one dozen hempseed daily,
and part of the time leaving out the hemp,
and giving a little good fresh lettuce-seed,
say twenty or thirty seeds daily —not too
much, or it will make the bird ’drunk and
dumpish. Hang also in the cage 8. nice iece
of salt pork, as well as a cattle bone. fter
treating the bird in this way for three or four
week; I procured another canary, a fine, free
songster, and hang it in the hearing, but out
of sight of my hi and in a short time I had
as good asinger I could- wish. He has
sung ever since, through molting and .all.
Most people are afraid of getting their birds
in too good condition; but remember you
must not get them fat on hempseed, for that
seed is their candy and cake.
#
Delaney do Manson of Unionville have an
order for 500 tons of collar paper, which will
keep them busy for a year.
The old Seth Thomas Clock , company of
Thomaston has increased its capital stock to
$400,000, and is running on full time.
Rat skins are coming into prominence as an
article of commerce, at Fort Dodge, Iowa.
‘One dealer has bought, within a few months,
35,000 pelts. ,
The snow has been very, deep in the town
of Sterling, Cayuga county, New York, so
that for five weeks the people have been una-
ble to reach their church.
A four-yeanold daughter of Mr. Louis
Schwertie of West Stratford was fatally scald-
ed Saturday night by the boiling water from
4a broken tea-pot. She died Monday.
The Rev. Petroleum V. Nasby concurs
with J udgc Church in denouncing the Elect-
oral commission. “With Bradle on the
commission,” they both say, “the orncrs «is
eleerly uv the opinyun that it is unconstoosh-
nel.” _
The President is quietly packing up and
preparing to retire to private life two weeks
from next Monday. Notice is given that Vis-
itors at the White House will not be received
hereafter in the afternoon, as the time is occu:
pied in preparations for removal. .
Nantucket, Mass, is one of the Isles of the
Blest, for it has a jail without a prisoner. The
whole expense of the cstablishment‘last year
was only $133.32. Part of this sum was ex-
pended in whitewashing the outside of the
building, which is certainly no whited sepul-
chre.
The Rev. John S. 0. Abbott has had for
some time several Japanese students living in
his family, at Fair Haven, Conn.- - One of
them, a young lady ‘of high rank, wrote
home recently to the government and her
family for pemiission to join a Christian
cnurch. This was granted, and she was
baptised by Mr. Abbo t.
O
“I'll just step in '
He did not tell her an thing but went u t .
y ”’ p to the comptroller _of their indebtedness, ex-
penditures, 'ctc'.; passed;
committees :
tingent Ex
Brooklyn; Francis 0. Bartholomew. of North ,
_ Brnnford; Greene Kendrick, of Waterbury.
know no one knew hill“ the” looks then On Mileage, Charles H. Crosby, of Danbury:
corms CTICUT Ln'GISLArpnn
Sssars.-—Tuesday,Feb. 13, 1877.
The appointments of , E. H. Lathrop, of
Vernon, as Commissioner of Toliand county,
'and of Vincent Colyer, of Dario-i, as Trus-
tees of the State Reform School, were con-
firmed by the Senate. .
The bill for town representation in the
General Assembly; rejected. _ ,
Senate bill No. 33 was passed after being
amended to read as folloWs: “Every person
who shall enter on the land of another for the
purpOse of taking fish'from any private pond
stream or spring thereon, after the owner or
occupant of such land or pond, stream or
spring, shall have- posted a notice adjacent
thereto, forbidding such entry, shall, in addi-
tion to the damages for such entry, forfeit to
such owner or occupant not less than $10 or
more than $25 and in default of the payment
of said forfeiture, shall be imprisoned not
less than ten days nor more than thirty days.
The bill legalizing the abatement of certain
taxes made by a collector in the town of Red-'
ding was passed. . ' '
Honsa.——The bill dc terms of town officers
was so amended as to provide that all town
officers, hereafter elected for yearly terms on
the first_Monday in October in each year, ex-
cept registrars of' voters and registrars of
births, marriages and death, shall hold their
respective offices forono yearfrom the date
of the election and until their successors shall
be qualified, provided, however, that the pro-
visions of this section shall'ntit apply to the
election and term of o'flice of assessors in the
towns of Hartford and New -Haven. ' As
thus amended, the bill was passed. : .
The adverse report of the ,Coninrittee , on-
Railroads on the bill prohibiting. ”railroads
from being laid out through1 cemeteries; was
accepted and the bill rejected»: ‘r .- , ' ‘ '
SENATE, Wednesday, ,Feb. 14, 1877.
The judiciary committee reported favora-
bly on the bill vaiidating‘the'doin s of the
Judge of Probate in the town of ewtown.
. -An act do the collection of taxes; ,an act
in relation to corporations»; sun not do the reg;
istrationof marriages, births and deaths.
At 11:20 a joint cemmittee of’courtesy were ‘
announced and introduced to the Senate, the
members of- the Chinese Educational Com-J
mission. The commission was welcomed by
the Senate, the following resolution being
passed in concurrence wit the House :
Resolved, That the General Assembly 'of
think. _HC “10%th Clara 33 She “'39 when Connecticut extends a cordialv‘velcome to the
he married her, two years before,—-a happy, Chinese Commission now present for the pur
pose of educating their sonsin the schools
tion in the fact that the great nation they
represent has selected as the first assistant
vain he had offered and urged her to have a ambassador to our country, one of their peo-
ple educated in our - midst, and, requests our
Senators and Representatives :in Congress to
continue to use in the future,'as in the past,
their best endeavors to promote peace and
and make more work than they do.” Every gOOd Will between the two nations.-
Mr. Yung Wing thankedtheSenate for the
cordial welcome extended to the-commission,
and expressed their hopes for along continu-
e of the present amicable .relations exist-
expcct, were so many thorns to her. It had ing between the tWO nations. After 8- few
moments of intercourse with the Senators the
commission withdrew. ‘ ‘ ' ‘
The following nominations made by the
Governor, were confirmed: Railroad Com-
cause the water was sure to leak down on to the missioner, George 15- WWW. 0f Litch- ’
field; Members of the State Board of Agri-
culture, Messrs. John T. Rockvl'rell, of Win-
chester, and Albert Day, of-LBrooklyri.
Hausa—The Chinese Educational Com-
rate 1'“ 8° back to fathers,’ and she shall be mission visited the House before going to the
Senate.
The house bill imposing a-penalty, on trus-
tees holding personal property subject. to tax-
, , ation, for failure to make return 'of' the same
He walked bflCk to his fathers, and the to the assessors, the forfeit' tb‘be two per
cent. of the cash value of the. property so tax-
able; passed. Bill providing thatr thetaxable
Estate of a rfisrrlilcdlyyoman owned by her in
_ , _ er own 1'] s' a e set in a ‘ arate. tax
said, “Why, Charlie, you .aI°,_ill”§d and 81- list and duIy established by legalgggcceding's;
passed. Bill providing that counties, cities;
owns and boroughs shall make nuptial return
Bill providing that mayors and common-
were all mouncils in cities,‘and wardens and burgesses
of boroughs, may have the same poWers as
selectmen of towns, in regard 'to railroad
crossings; passed. Substitute bill making va.
Hf? Silldfi "(li‘r‘édffy’ “6r“ indirectly en“ ”2: iii" the
sale of intoxicating liquors, an
county commissioners to become surety on
the bonds of any one licensed to:sell liquor;
“I’m s6 sorry Charlie; it all came to me passed.
orbidding
House, Thursday, Feb. 15.
The chair announced the following special
0n Slate Pau ers, Charles
Randell, Mansfield; Henry .Robbins, of
Newington; Alfred Ives, of. North Haven;
Edward Luce, of East Lyme; Thomas San-
ford, of Bedding; Lawrence Aldrich, of
for I thought you’d come here if you were Thompson ; George H. Davis, of Harwinton;
alive. Do you quite hate me ?”
Ozias H. Par r, of East Haddam. On Con-
ses, Henry M Cleveland, of
Augustus H. Warren, of Bristol; Hubert H.
Johnson, of Naugatuck; William H. Hilliard
of North Stonin' ton; G. Thurston Murdock,
of Thompson; V illiam H. Clark, of Crom-
well; Gilbert Stevens, of Saybrook; Penn
Potter, of Willington.
The petition of the ‘Ridgefield savings bank
for permission to make loans on real estate in
Westchester and Portchester counties, New'
York, was discussed at some length and was
finally rejected. Bill legalizing the abatement
of taxes made by the Selectmen of the town
of Bedding; passed.
The resolution for constitutional amend-
ment in regard to new senatorial districts.
Mr. Sturges, of Wilton, thought the amend-
ment proposed a change in the established
principle of the State. government, and he
thought it should be'iejected. -Mr. Stevens,
of Hartford, favored the bill.
The roll was called and the vote resulted as
follows : -
Number of votes cast 202
Necessary for approval 135
Favorable ' 12;
Negative
and the amendment was declared not ap-
proved. The proposed amendment prohibit-
ing special legislation was put to vote Without
debate and resulted adversely—176 to 1. .
#
From the New Canaan Messenger
Mn. EDITOR.-—I am not much of a ,“ back-
scratcher,” and yet I can’t resist the impulse
to especially and heartily commendfyour sug-
gessions as to modes of correcting our present
totally insufficient law regulating cert:
voting. Your ideas are clear, cogent an con-
clusive. Men of both parties in our legisla--
ture would honor themselves by adopting
them and incorporating their effectual fea-
tures into enduring law. This done, there
would be an end of all illegalzvoting on cer-
tificates in this State. As the old darkcy said
of his "expired mule: {‘ No use doc'torin'
dat mule no more—his eyes is sot.’l: '
Now another idea in the way of geriume re-
form. Our present state law requires any
persgn desiring a license to’aet as a pilot, to
advertise his intended application therefor.
would extend this acquirement to-every per-
son applying for license to sell liquors; Every
person applying for a license to sell’intoxicat-
ing liquors should be required .to‘ advertise
his said purpose at least three weeks -succes-_
sively in. two public newspapers printed near—
est his placc of business. say two _papers,
meaning that they should be' of opposrte poli-
tics, so that, if a man. is notoriously, or_for
any reason, unfit to receive a. license,» his neigh-
bors and the public may. have notice of his
intended application, and, oppose their knowl-
edge of his unfitness to prevent his obtaining
the same. You newspaper men ought not
to'oppose it, and in the interest of a purer
morality I am sure the pubhc Will endorse
and commend it. Won’t on call the atten-
tion of our honorable legis store to these crude
sug gestions from a SINCERE REFORMER.
#
An Oakland (Cal) woman gets $140,000
for entertaining a sick stranger, by the iatter’s
will; - - _
Didn’t want his heirs to starve to death—'—
The man who left provisions in his Will.—.ZV.
Y. 00m. Adv.
Sir Edward Thornton, at the recent “pound
party" in Washington, chipped in a pound of
of silver quarter-dollars.
Memphis, Tenn, has got tired of being a
city, and petitions the legislature “to repeal
all laws constituting us in any manner a
municipality, and receive us back into the
body of Shelby county." ,
The billiard match, at the Royal Opera
House, at Toronto, Ontario; between W.
Jakes, champion of Canada, and John Hickey
of Boston, 500 points, French carom, for $400
was won by Hickey in 126 innings game,
standing Hickey 500, Jakes .417. Best runs,
Hickey 39, J akes 21.
Mr. Tilden must begin to suspect by this
time’ that he made a blunder. The people do
not exactly like the idea of private counselin
congress. They are not used to it. There is
something in it which jars their finer feelings
and shocks their sense of propriety. They
cannot separatethe legislator from the advocate
and whenever Mr. Field is talking they invol-
untarily think of fees.
/
NQRWALK, CONNECTICUT, THESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 18.77.
NORWALK GAZETTE,
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY “Mill".
The Second Oldest Paper In the State.
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
.A. H. BYINGTON Sr. CO.
A. H. BYINGTON, J. B. ELLs, G. N. ELLs.
Subscription $2.00 per year, in‘ advance.
Single Copies 5 Cents.
.____..__..__
Advertising Rates :
Four lines or less, 1 insertion 50 cts.; 3 times 81 00
One Square, one insertion, - - - ‘- . - - 1 00
Per week, for continuance, ------- 50
REAL ESTATE.
To Rent.
at a very low rent.
"00 Parlor and iur c Pant .
Watemq the house, Enquirb ot‘A. A. W
store of 1.. J. Curtis.
1.1.3...
7
HOUSES AND ROOMS TO LET, by
7
H. FITCH, 51 Main Street.
Rooms to rcpt, second floor. in pleasant loca-
tion. Enquire or C. EMANUEL. 2t7
F05 SALE OI T0 [IL—A Cottage on Camp Street.
nquire on the premises.
3t* . MRS. W. A. GORHAM.
\1\I:/\/\/~.r\r\/\I\/\/\I\I\r\I\/\I\/\ /\ 1\./\ I.\I‘\I\J\
THE place former} occupied by the subscriber,
near the head of farm Street, is offered to rent
8 m le'IAKitchanwo Bell Rooms,
ETTS'o‘oft
AVERILL’S
no: seat In THE-“flAlllE-‘I'a’ii
' Itismorebeautitn1,moredurahle,lowerlnprice.
is all ready for. use, does not wash by rain. best
wood preservcr, ls water fire proof; and is the
best forfeneral uses, therfor wood; iron- or
brick but dings. Manta! the finest residencosiu
town are painted with " ' '
AVERILL’S enrolment. PAINT
Put up ready for use in pa“ of 1 2 or 8 "aliens
kegs of 5, 10 or 15 gallons .DZ' bari'eis or 8bar els
.All orders romptiy filled and any informs ion
given by app yang to » . ‘
D. H. WEBB, Sole Ag’t foryorwalk
Office at Store ornnxoan Bno’s, footof' -
Washington Street,‘SOUTH-NOBW‘AL_K.‘ _
To Let.
THE pleasantly located and every way desirable
resodencc, formerly owned by Mr. B. E.
Stunts, on Belden Avenue, is offered to let from
the first of April next. Apply to
7 GEO. G. BISHOP.
To Let. '
THE NEAT COTTAGE on Osborn Avenue,
. formerly occn led b Aaron Ambler, contain-
mgeightrooms. ent 14m er month. Inquire
on the premises, or of JAM S L. AMBLEK, of
and colleges of our State, and finds satisfac- .
One inch space constitutes a square.
Special Nouces
above.
I :Local 'Notlces in Beading Columns, 25
Cent‘s per line. -
tisements.
Marriages and deaths inserted gratuitously.
Obituary or Funeral Notices 15 ct’s. per line. .
All unusual _cuts and devices 25 per cent. extra.
. ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
Teacher of the '
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
1 , Composition. ‘
Box 379 P. _o.. NORWALK, oofvn.
J. Belden Hurlbutt,
lllooool oil Counsellor at Law,
Room No. 4, [up staln,i
GAZETTI BUI LDING.
9.!
MELVILLE E. MEAD,
AGENT FOR
ELEAL ESTATE.
FIRE Mill llFE lNSUflANBE,
Ocean Steamer Tickets Sr. Drafts,
South Norwalk, Conn.
EMILY V.D.PARDEE,M.D.,
(Graduate of N.Y. Medical College for Women,
Cor. MAIN do MARSHALL STREETS,
SOUTH NOBWALK, CONN.
Chloe Hours, until!) a. m., andfrom 3 p. m. At-'
tention to all classes of diseasesincident to a eu-
eral practice of medicine and surgery. am-
ilies supplied with Homoeopathic remedies.
References by permrssron :—S.Lilenthal, M. D.,
Prof. of Theoryand Practice,N. Y. city“; Ciemeuce
Lozler, M. D. Dean of College, N.Y.: Alfred K.
Hills, M. D. ,Prof. Materia Medica. 3m23
‘ EYE AND EAR.-_-—W.‘R. CAKES, M. D..
.Occulist and Aurist, has his omce corner
Wall and Water Sts., where he may be
. found every day from 9 o’clock, a. m., to
9 o’clock, ). m , for free consultation. Besides
the eye an ear, the doctor treats successfully all
scrotulons and catharrhal diseases of the lungs.
wmdpipe and throat. some of which are often pre-
dis osm causes of blindness and deafness. Call
am see t e statistics of cases. testimonials. do,
at the office as above. Char es for scientific ex-
amination and treatment a ways moderate. No
charge for consultation. Call for a circular. 46
S
1"? ‘l’ 0 “TV
urgeOn Dentist,
NORWALK, CONN.
Office corner of Main and Wall Streets.‘ Nitrous-
Oxide Gas administered.
0. B. COOLIDGE,
DENTIST.
Successor to
Dr. Asa. H111,
WALL STREET, NORWALK,
Office over
0. J. Gruman’s Dry Goods Store.
'3‘ Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain. ‘
DENTISTR Y
. .4 T HARD TIMES morons,
For Cash. — No Credit 2
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 .
-13-
VEGETINE!
Taking into consideration the character of its
vouchers, the history of its cares and theimmensc
increasin demand. Vaonrmn may be fairly en-
titled the ending medicine of the age. . .
For Scrot‘nla in the blood. Vacuum; is an infal-
lible remedy, and no erson need suffer from tu-
mors, ulcers, and all (1 senses arising from impure
blood, it' VEGETINE is used according to direct: ous.
There is not a case of Serot‘ula in existence that
VEGETINE will not cure. provoded. howeverfltho
vital functions have not lost their power of action,
all that may be said to the contrary notwothstand-
in . _ . _
snourmn is pleasant to the taste, mild in its
influence, and absolute in its action on disease, as
the following unqestionabie ovrdcnce will show.
LY
PAID NEAR
$ 4 O O . 0‘0 !!
- J ANUARY 2, 1875.
H. II. S'rnvnns, Esq.: . '
Dear Sir—When about six months old I was vac-
cinated. ' ‘
the same virus died from the humor. 'lhc humor
spread over me to such an extent thatI was rolled
in bran to prevent me from scratehln my person.
The disease finally settled in my hea . I remained
in this condition about twenty years. troubled all
the time with sores breakin in my head land dis-
charging corruption from in car. At this tune a
small kernel appeai-ed on my neck, vaginallym-
crossing in size until a. tumor former of such im-
mense size I could see it b turning my eyes down-
ward. All this time I was king various remedies
for my blood without any substantial benefit.
‘I then, went to a prominent physrelau In Boston,
who. (lurin his treatment of six months, ianced
the tumor eight times, which cost me nearly $100.
This left me with a rough,aggruvatcd sorc,w thout
at all diminishin the size of the tumor, and in a
'slekly,feeble'con ition. I consulted ano'therphy-
sician in N atick,who, al‘tercouslderabietimc, sue-
cecdod, in healing the sore without reducing the
size. . At this point I commenced to use Yam-:-
Tle’, through I: e earnest persuasion 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 l ischargcd frightful
quantities. From this time it decreased- in size
until‘ the bunch disappeared, but my neck still
bears the ugly scars of the sore and lance. I am
now healthy and strong and able to work every
dafivill also mention that I have been an acute
sufferer from inflammatory rheumatism ever since
I can remember, until commencmgthe use of Vag-
nrmu, when almost immediately all rheumatic
pains ceased. This statement Iyolunteer for the
purpose ot'beneflting other suffering liulnanitymnd
you will again}; it; favor by‘gégiel (115‘ Lfirsuil~.li;i¢ili pub-
‘ ' on re er. g '. ,
lrcity as t g 8. EB SAVELS, Ashland, Mass.
What is Vegetine?
is a com )ound extracted from barks, roots and
heIers. It ishaluro‘s remedy. Itisporf‘ectlyharm-
less from any bad effect upon the system. . It Is
nourishing and strengthening. It acts directly
upon the blood. It quiets the nervous system.. It
gives you a good, sweet sleep at night. It ran
rcat pzluaccufor our aged fathers and mothers,
m strength,quiets their nerves, and
. fr. he
orltblvcst ~03 has 1380!)
'ves them nature’s sweet slee _
Isieved by many an aged poi-so ,u the gpea‘
llood Purifier. It is a. sootllln medytcr our
children. It has relieved amtourccl thousands.
It is pleasant to take; every child like}! it. It ro-
liovcs and cures all disease artsinglrom 1m ure
blood. Try the VEGETINEn Give it a that for
your complaints; then you Will say to yourtrlend,
neighborand acquaintance. “Try it, it has cured
me.”
Reportof a Practical Chemist
and Apothecary.
ISOs’rlorqul an. 1,183. t
Dear Sin—This is to certify t at rave so a
retail 154}; dozen (1352 bottles) or your VEGETINE
since Apr-i112, 1670, and can truly say that it has
given the best satis‘l‘actioxrot any remedy for the
complaints for which it 18 recommended that I
ever sold. Scarccly a day passesgvithout some of
my customers testifying to its merits on themselves
or their friends. I mu pertectiy cogplznnt of sev-
eral cases of Scofulous Tumors being cured by
VEGETINE $0110 in thistylplimty. rs -
er res so u y you .
y {I GILMAN, 468 Broadway.
To H51. S'rvnxs. Esq.
Vegetiuc is sold byall Druggists.
One Square, Six Months, -------- 7 00
“ “ one year—with paper - - - 15 00
Two ‘fi I E l‘ I L E t - _ _ 25 00
Three ‘5 H 5. H II - _ _ _ 30 00
Quarter of a Column, one time, ----- 5 00
One quarter column, one year, ----- 50 00
One half Column, one time, - - - - - 10 00
One hall‘_Column, one year, ------ 80 00
Full Column, one time, -------- 20 00
Full Column, one year, - - . ----- 150 00
75 per cent. advance on the
' House at Granitevrlle and Springwood.
. Yearly advertisers restricted to the business
contemplatcdat the time of contract, but are per-
mitted to make monthly ch logos of their adver-
. if none“. Also Bill
The parties who were vaccinated from .
ting firm of Van Hooscar'k Ambler.
- orwaik, Feb. 10th,1877. . 2t7*
‘ To Let-
sucks on Main Street to let. ’ " " ‘
- ~ Rooms or Main Street. for good ofllces. Also
s E. OLMSTEAD. '
- To Rent.
NE-II ALF of a convenient Dwelling, about 12
, minutes walkfrom the bridge, on the West-
port Road, consistln ot' five rooms, up stairs.
Rentss permonth. nquire of'W B. NEWCOMB
at Demmon & Newcomb’s, Main Street. 3t?
House for Sale.
THE subscriber, being about to leave town.
. offers for sale hls residence on High Street.
It as two story frame dwelling, containing ten
rooms, wrth pantry. clasets, water, gas, &c.. lot
about Box-200 teethwith choice variety or fruit.
Possessron lveu immediately. For terms and
further particulars enquire of .
D. S. BARTRAM. .
- It.
Norwalk, Feb. 12th, 1877. .
For Sale Cheap.
HE homestead of the late Phineas S. Disbrow
. deceased, consisting of about 30 acres of ion
\vrth comfortable Dwelling House, Barn, and other
out buildings. and located about two miles from
the villages of N orwalk and Westport. Possession
given immediately. If not sold b April ist will be
.1011. OSBORN,
Administrator.
3W.
rented. Apply to
SL7
Inesilable Furnished Houseto let
HE subscriber otters his House, containing 12
rpms, furnace, gas, Borough water. Also on
premises, an excellent well of water, a fine garden.
woth asparagus and strawberry beds,apple, pears.
grapes, and other irultm abundance, lar e barn,
poultry_hous_e and yard, wash house, 0., &c.
Possession given on short notice. For further
particulars enquire of
‘ CHARLES T. LEONARD.
Norwallr, Feb. 12th, 1877. 7
Farm for Sale.
A Small Farm for sale cheap, beautifully situateo
_ on the old Boston Post Road between the Red
Mills and Darren Seminary, and x of a mile from
De ot, consisting of 28 acres, good dwelling, barn,
an conveniences. well watered, and wooded, and
otherwose m goodorder. Terms part cash and the
balance can remain on bond and mortgage.
_ HARRISON BALL.
Darren, Feb. 12th, 1877.
2t‘7
To Rent.
IRST Floor. four rooms. sink-room and pantry
. water in the house. 612 per month. Posses-
sessoon first of A ll'II. Inquire of
MRS. J. P. CR. SSMON, on Plymouth Avenue,
or P. O. Box 434. 4ti'
For Sale.
,7:- A House and Lot. in a. healthy location on
a? Fair Street, above Catharine. The House is
' nearly new.weii built. conveniently arrang-
ed, and will make a comfortable and lesson:
home foraf‘amlly of average size. The at runs
back to the river. There isawell 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 line chance to securea
home. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE. 3ti
. ’ 113"]: at VVIHI'IIanK.
ROM the 1st of the month, one half of a small
cottage, 4 rooms, with garden privileges
Rent 35 per month. Enqmrc at this ofliee.
Heuse for Rent.
Good sized House on Butler Street, by the
Straw Factory. Enquire of
BURR SMITH.
To Rent.
IIE elegant residence known as the “Dimon
Place," pleasantly located on West Avenue
one of the most desirable places in the Borough oi
Norwaik,-is offered to rent on moderate terms.
Also. a large Carpenter Shop, located on Arch
Street, on the Bout property. Will be rented
very low. For f‘ullfihrticulars enqure of
tilt JAMES FIANEY,Real Estate Agent.
For- Sale, of Exchange.
THE Large, Elegant and Pleasantly Located
Dwelling of the subscriber, on East _Avenue;
House has 15 rooms. with all modern im prove-
ments ; about two acres ground attached: Will
be sold at reasonable price or exchanged for New
York City u'operty. _ Apply to or address
2 G O. W. CRA , Box 452, Norwalk, Ct.
To Rent.
HE STORE now occupied by Seilcck Brother
T from April 1st. Also. a. house on Main Street.
near the residence of E. Quintard
on E.
Number of very desirable tenements for rent
A. near the Bridge. Enquire of O. E. WI LSON ,
No. 4 Gazette Building, Norwalk.
Desirable Property for sale.
Verydesirabie place on East Avenue.
A Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue, for sale cheap. -
Also, a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
win Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquire of .
S, E. OSBORN. East Avenue,
tin or to D. W. FITCH, West Avenue.
To Rent.
ART of a House, (three rooms) right in the vii.
lage. Rent 312 per month. Possession given
immediately. Enquire at this oflice.
A,
6th
QUINTARD.
A Barman.
Oil. SALE.—A first-rate built House, (on East
Avenue,) contain' g nine rooms; wollbe let
ING LOTS for sale.
Apply to D. H. FITCH.
Norwalk, Nov. 27th, 1875. IS“
FOR SALE.
IllWO very desirable BuildingLotson WestMain
Street. Apply at'thc GAZETTE OFFICE.
FOR SALE. ,
NEATRESIDENCE on one of the best,pleas-
A. antest and most accessible streets in town.
Has eight rooms. with gas in each, and heater ca-
pable of heating the whole house. Large barn
with stabliug for several horses. Apple, Pear and
Cherry‘Trces. just commencing to ear fruit. Is
within live minutes’ walk of the Post Office, doc.
Price $7,500. 01' will rentit to a good tenantfor
3600 poi-year. Enquire at this office.
BARN TO RENT—A new Barn with good Sta-
bling for several horses, near the bridge.
Price 33 per month. Euquireat thls Ollice.
PETER L. GUIGUE,
FLORIST,
Union Avenue, north of Norwalk Cemetery, is
now ready to furnish
CUT FLOWERS. BOQUETS. BASKETS,
51 w it EATHS, CROSSES, ‘
and allother «highs in Flowers at short notice.
NOBW
Charter Cu‘pltal
Paul up Capital -
Wu. C. Sunsn'r. Pres.
ALK INSURANCE (10.,
NOR WALK,~CONN.
$500,000
- ' - 100,000
GEO , R. CowI.Es,Sec’y.
SD R A NC E Co. of~IIARTFORD.
Incorporated islz. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $5,052,880.19
insures a ainst loss and damage by Fire, on terms
adopted til the hazard unllcons‘i’stcnt With the laws
of compensation. COWLES 8'. MERRILLL
Solo Agents for Norwalk and Vicinity.
TNAIN
ED‘VARD P. \V EED;
I) RU G- G- I S '1'
Wall Street, opposite Norwalk Opera. House,
A large and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
P r mcr Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
WcaEgrs, dilet and Medicatedfioaps. Flavoring
and Hand k'crchief‘Extracss, flair Brushes,Combs,
Sponges, Chamois Skins, Stationery. Olgars, &c.,
and is constant] adding to his stock all the new
and popular mm icines of the day.
__.____._.___._—__L
IIAKLES S. LOOKWOOD,
Fashionable trainer and Tailor,
AND
GENT 8’ FURNISHING EMPORIUM.
Hot [louse and Green House Plants. -
-71.; Ti“ :r ’
CARRIAGE moaning,
MULLINGS &Tll=i-”Y
successors to S. P. TUITm..
MARSHA L, on. BET, courtrooms WALA'
Would respectful] [infer - the cit -
walk and vicinity that megsai‘c'prcplazfdldstgf Nor
Build Carriages and Wagons
or EVERYDWHTIGN." _
Particularatt‘entlo hid" ' EP J ‘ '
branches of the ”31.12,” £0 R AIRING m a1
One SECOND—HAND ROCKAWA
so TOP BUGGY, for sale. Y’ and (i3;
REAL ESTATE.
Ollice 4 Gazette Building. B. J. STURGES -
Norwalk. Conn. 2 Broker. '
INSURANCE.
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 where with increased 1 ' ' '
he is prepared to’ do ucihtics
PLUMBING,
on all its branches. Also special attention ivcn.
[($131] léqlgfil‘l‘rg,tTin an‘d Sliifietéron Work anngob-
u . lxureso‘a in she t .
Norwalk,April, 1376. . p on hand
CHAS T. LEONARD & SON
C O A. I.- ,
WOOD AND BRICK,
N’th River Blue SyggleLhne, filament
EEMEII PIPE Fill SEWERS, WELLS All
EHIMIEYS, .
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Water St, Norwak, Conn
0. ll. oooonss,
Manufacturing Confectioner,’
Keeps constantly on hand a large variety of
Pure Confectionery
Always Fresh and of the Best Quality, at
\Vliolcsule and Retail.
Also a superior article of
ICE CREAM.
SODA WATER with fruit syru )5 and OTTAWA
gliinlgllglrawn lrbm Matthews Platcnt Steel Foun~
Fruits, Nuts. fine Imported and
Domestic Cigars.
No. 21 Main Street.
'05s. catamarans... '
cannon WARD saLLseK,
Hssconstantiy in stock at hisnew stand ,
No. 9 Main Street.
A choice andfineassortmen to!
Groceries,
Provisions,
Flour,
Fruit, &c.,
[‘0 which he wouldinvilethcnttcntiono fa win
wishtor.urchasetlrst-classgoods.at
Reasonable Prices.
DRIED BEEF, SLICED A SPECIALTY. BES'i
OF HAMS, EITHER WHOLE OR SLICED .
Dropinand see usin on newstore,
W0. 9 lllAIN STREET.
I would request the attention of
any persons who contemplate
building to the very (lesi-
rable stock of
LUMfB E R
Now in my Yard at Nor-walk.
I
S
snovnn PINE “mama,
And of Sawed Shingles
The S. K. & 00., '
The Curtis & 00.,
And other Brands. Also.
‘ Sawed Spruce.
Also a Large and Thoroughly Wsoned Lot of Soft
Michigan Siding,
Both Bough Edge and Jointed.
am now prepared to furnish in the line of
HINGLES,
~BOTH—
In all grades of" Lumber. of every description.
used in Ibis market, my assortment never was
better, or px ices more favorable.
Now is the Time to Buy,
When a good selection can be had,betorc the
yards are thinned out
wooewooo, Ash and BlaokWafnul
Always on hand.
w
Lumber delivered ,by rail or
teams. No charge for loading on
' board cars. .
E. J. HIL_L.
Wagon for Sale.
Good Business \VAGON. Will be sold cheap
I
for want of use. Apply-at. the GAZETT
OFFICE. t13
John. A. Honncclccr,
B A KB R,
FOOT OF MILL HILL.
. Bread, Rolls, Pies, Cakes, Crullers, Aim, baked
fresh every day. Everything made out of good
materials,and byearctul and competent workmen .
Try our Baking.
B. s. BIAASCER,
At his Store in MALLORY’S BLOCK. has con-
stantly on hand, a general assortment of p
G- B. 0 O E R I E S ,
CROCKERY,GLASS, Q
TIN A1 "D WOODEN WAR E, ETC. ETC.
By devotin his constant personal attention to
Are you goigg to Paint?
. US
Don’t take it to Heart." ‘
There’s manya trouble
Would break like a bubble
And into the waters of Lethe depart,
Did not we rehearse it, ‘
And tenderly nurse it,
And give it a permanent place in the heart.
There’s many 'a sorrow
Would vanish to-inorrow,
Were we not unwilling to furnishdie wings;
So sadly intruding
, And quietly brooding,
'It hatches out all sorts of horrible things.
i
l How welcome the seeming
l 0f looks that are beaming,
:fWhether one’s wealthy or whether one’s poor
l Eyes bright as a berry,
3 Cheeks red as a cherry,
The groan and the curse that the heartache
can cure. '
l
I Resolved to be merry,
i All worry to ferry ,
Across the famed waters that bid as forget;
~ And no longer tearful,
But happy and cheerful,
We feel that life has much that’s worth liv-
ing for yet. '
~
A Foot-Hold.
n
_—
Hardly a steamer that crosses the sea
. 2 But carries one traveler more,
For a little time, out on the shoreless sea,’
Than she counted when leavingtbe shore.
Blown far away from his mate where she
songs, , '
By the pitiless sea-bound gale,
Lost, and plying his patient wings
Till heart and courage fail;
Loston the shoreless, unknown main,
Blinded with salt white spray,
Dazed with the endless, waving plain,
Scared by the lengthening way;
Lost on the sea, and no land in sight;
Through the heavy and misty air
Struggling on through the dark and the light
To terror and mute despair;
Till on the horizon a cloudy speck
Clears to the mast, like a tree,
Clears to the solid and ground-like deck,
'And he follOws it weariiy,
And clings and crouches, a welcome guest,
An eager and tremulous bird,
With the green and blue on his neck and
By his heart’s hard panting stirred.
Then come pity, and food and drink to the
brim, _
And shelter from wave and cold;
But the quick head droops, and Ithe bright
eyes dim, '
And the story all is told!
Pitiful comfort, yet comfort still
Not to drop iii the hungry sea,
Reeling down out of the empty height
To that terrible agony.
Bitter and hard to be driven to roam -
Between the sea and the sky,
To find a foot-hold and warmth and home,
And thenf-only to die!
Yet it was harder, God he kngws,
Who counts the sparrows that fall,
For the birds that were lost when the wild
winds rose,
When the sea and the sky were all;
When the sky bent down to infold the see,
And never a ship went by!
—Anna C. Crackett, in Harper’s Magazine
for March.
The Old Sweet s3...
I remember a song whose numbers throng
As sweetly-in memory’s twilight hour
As the voice of the blessed in the realm of
rest,
Or the sparkle of dew on a dreaming flower.
Tis a simple air, but when others depart,
Like an angel whisper, it clings to my heart.
I
I have wandered far under sun and star,
Heard the rippling music in every clime,
From the carol clear of the gondolier
To the wondrous pen] of a sacred clime;
I have drunk in the tones which bright lips
let fall
To thirsting spirits in bower and hall.
The anthems bland of the masters grand
Have borne me aloft on their sweeping-
Wings;
And the thunder roll of the organ’s soul
Drowns not the murmur of fairy strings,
Or the shepherd’s pipe, whose music thrills
With the breath of morn o‘er the sleeping
. hills.
But none remain like the simple strain
Which my mother sang to my childish ears,
As nightly and oft o’er my pillow soft
She gently hovered to sooth my fears.
I can see her now with her bright head bent
In the light which the taper so feebly lent.
I can see her now, with her fair,‘pure brow,
And the dark locks pushed from her tem-
ples clear,-
And the liquid rays of her tender gaze
Made eloquent by a trembling tear, .
As she watched the sleep that is sweet for all,
Like rose-leaves o’er my spirit fall.
And the notes still. throng of that old sweet
30113,
Though silent the lips that breathed them
to me. I ’
Like the chimes so clear which mariners hear
From the sunken cities beneath the sea ; s
And never, ah! never can they depart
While shines my being and beats my heart.
That song, that song, that old sweet song!
I gather it up like a golden chain,
Link by link, when to slumber I sink,
And link by link when I wake again,
I shall bear it, I know, when the last deep
rest
Shall fold me close to the earth’s dark breast.
Posthumous Fame.
[From “Phidias to Pericles."]
BY w. w. S'ronr.
What matters it, when I am turned to dust,
When all emotions, joys, loves, passions, hopes
Are van'flled like a breeze that dies away,
And ai at I am now—these hands, this
heart,
This spirit—nay, the very friends I own,
And all that lent this life its perfect charm, .
Are past and over; ah! what matters it
What in the future men say or (10?
Whether, disputing o’er my grave, at last
They call me good or bad, honest or vile?
What joy can any verdict give me then,
When I myself, and all who love me now,
And all who hate or envy me as well,
Will be but mute insensate dust, whose car
No word of blame can reach, no word of
praise ?
And yet, even then, although it matters not,
Truth, standing by my grave'I trust, will say
Honest he was, and faithful to the last,
Above low frauds, striving for lofty ends,
Friend of the gods, and also friend of man,
Doing his work with earnest faith and will;
Not vaunting what he did, but knowing well
Perfection is impossible in art;
Receiving with humility the praise
The world accorded, wishing well to all,
And never envious of hisbrothea‘s fame.
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There is in Stonington anative of the island
of St. Helena, who was in the employ of the
Emperor during his captivity there.
Main Street, Norwalk. Conn.
l the business e hopes to merit public purchases
And thesmreachndimstnflmkxAAA- ..__._
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