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Tuesday, March 1301., 1877.
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From the Spirit of the Times.
Turning the Tables.
One practical joke has lasted me a life-time._
When Inyone invites me now to what Martin
calls a “bit of executive pleasahtry," I say,
“No, excuse nie. I don’t believe in pleasant.
ry.” The fact is, some people have their f on
distributed for them all along the pathway of
life. i had mine showered on me all .in one
day. Cleared the whole thing oil, so to
speak, in one job, and have been solemn ever
since. .
When I bought that box at Scarborough,
and Went into the idyllic thing, with dogs
and grapevines and pruning knives, I believe
there wasn’t a prettier cottage in Westchcs-
for. It was _ such a bowcry blossoming
place, with its big, inviting verandab, smothi
ered in honeysuckle and climbing roses, and
. its cool lawn, that you may be sure I had lots
of good fellows coming up there from the
city in the season. They sketched, hoated.
whipped the mountain streams, and loafed on
my verandah in the most princely fashion.
One day Martin and Scott stopped at the
gate, and pretended to be tramps. I believe
they‘d w. lked all the way tip from the city,
for they were covered withkdust. So I set
the dogs on them—Nip and Tuck were both
with me then—told Angeline to scream for
help, and then took them in, identified then),
poured some Rhenislidown, and, planting
”Mill in their right minds on the veran-
dali, accepted their apologies. _ '
I believe they stayed two weeks. I can
tell exactly by referringto the housekeeper’s'
book,if you wou.d like me to be correct. They
poked about all over the country, pretending
to commune with nature and make color
studies, but in reality lying on their backs
under the trees, exposing themselves in the
brooks, and making me believe, every other
day, that they had been bitten by rattlesnakcs.
You couldn’t get mad at "cm. They did
pretty much as they pleased, and I believe
Angeline abet ted them in half their deviltry}
In one of their rambles they discovered,
about a half mile up the road, a forsaken
rookery, just upon the edge of a lane. It
was an old, tumble-down frame house, that
had been deserted by an Irish family. The
windows'were boarded tip. The door was off
its hinges. There was a green mud-puddle
by its side. Inside, dirt and desolation had
fought themselves out, and gone into an in}
dissoluble alliance. ’
d I don’t think there was a meaner, wretchj—
cdcr, nastier shanty} on the Hudson. The
only grace it had was lent by a sycamore
that tenderly hid the most of it from'thc few
passers-by. . - '
"What do you think- my two galliards pro}
posed? It wasn’t enough that, they should
praise the beauty of the old house, and make
sketches of its rat-holes andpbroken down
chimney, but they carried me and Angeline
off to enjoy their discovery. That mad Mar-
tin stood there in the road, with his head
cocked on one side, in rapt admiration, and
vowed it was the most picturesque pile he’d
ever seen. Then they made me sit down on
what had been a portion of apig-pen, and
they divulged to me one of the blackest,cold-
blooded schemes that ever entered into the .
heart of inalign menster. ' .
“Lets hire the place," says Scott, "and in-
vite White Tyson and Browii Glover up to
see us.” ' . g '
‘v'c all looked finch other in silence a
moment, as the ' rich perifidy‘ of the scheme
flashed through our minds.
If you know Ty.'—-.vre~ always Called him
White Ty. in our familiar Srn'oments—fyou
must be aware that'he is theth punctilious
snob out of Piccadilly. He is the fellow who
had three sets of false teeth, a walking, an
office, and full dress set; who boasted in the
Halcyon, one night, that he had the finest
frillcd underclothes of any man in .1115 set;,
and who really never countenanced a fellow
who violated the formalities of artificial life.
Fancy the luxury of asking Ty. to this place
—Ty., who said things behind his back, after
eating Col. Dunkin’s dinner, because there
was only one kind of wine. ' _
“We'll sand the fioor,put in a broken chair
or two, get an old pine table and some bro-
kcn crockery,” said Scott.
“We’ll point out the charms of rusticity to
him,” said Martin, making a motion toward
the ash-heap bytheside of the door. “We’ll
swear tlia but out from the rude world in
such a on as this, with the lakelet’s smiling
bosom at our feet ( here he directed our atten-
tion to the green slough where late the young
pigs rolled), we are content to dream the
happy hours away.” .
“We’ll rouse him up at four o'clock inAthe
mofiiing, give him bacon for breakfast, drag
him tlirouglifhe dung heaps, and vow, by all
that‘s holy, that this sort of thing fills our
souls with delight,” said Scott.
"The inexpressihle and superhuman humor
of it,” remarked Martin, “will consist in
making them come in swallow-tail coats." .
“No,” cried Seott,-“It will consist in An
geliuc sitting by the side of that old door in
a rocker, talking about the freedom from
conventional restraint there isin the country.’
“Good heavensl', I said, “You don’t sup-
pose, gentlemen, that Angeline could be—
tliat I would permit—that she can. Why, a
woman cannot understand a practical joke 1‘1
But they insisted upon it. Scott said we
could have a rattling dinner ready down at
the cottage, and, when the joke was all over,
we could treat them to a genuine surprise and
transformation scene, all the brighter and
more beautiful from strong contrast.
Now, I put it to you, did yOu ever hear of
caything so diabolically, insanely wicked as
this scheme ? .
Do you know what I did? Co'nsider my
outraged feelings, and think,if you can, what
'I said to Scott and Martin.
I’ll tell you. I agreed with them.
As I remarked before, all my humor was
exercised at one time. It overcame me just
then. I was idiotic enough to tumble neck
and heels into this plot. I owed Ty. one,
and I found myself suddenly burning with an
insatiable desire to lavish my humor pon
somebody. And then the conspirators were
so casuistical. The convinced me that all
this would only thro into high relief the
matchless charms of in; genuine home when
they all got to it. An was proud of my
box, I tell you.
Well, to be brief, we hatched our wicked-
ness there at night on the verandah. Scott
swinging in the hammock, and Martin, with
his grin made green and ghastly by the moon-
light, smiling like the arch fiend himself
among the roses. _
It was all deliberately planned to the small-
est detail. Scott now and then going down
to the lawn to roll and laugh. .
What is more, it was all carried out to
the letter. Only instead of two, the invited
guests grew to four.
One bright morning in August,tliere might
have been seen, to put it traditionally, getting
off the Hudson River train, four princely-
looking fellows nnexceptioably attired. One
of them were mutton-chop whiskers, and
carried 11 Scott gun and rod in a silver-mount-
ed case. It was Ty. Two or three of the
freight men around the depot got the notion
that 10 was the Duke Alexis. As soon as I.
heard it I encouraged thejdea. Glover, who,
as you know, is a- valetudinarian, asked the
first man _he met if there was any miasmata
in the Vicinity, and I heard the man say he
thought it might be got up on the hill, but
the stores by the river didn’t keep much of
anything but hardware and fish. Fred. Gran-
ger looked as if he’d been taken softly out of
an open box or bandbox, and Liston gave the
heathen round the door a few dimes to pro-
pitiate the town. Then they all. lit cigarettes,
and were presently met by Scott and Martin.
Now it isn’t over a mile from the depot to
the rustic retreat, but I believe they drove
those fellows about five miles through all the
most inaccessible places in the township be-
fore they pulled up at the rookery.
According to agreement, I rushed out of
the place in a fez, crying, “Welcome to
Nymsclove !” thatwas the name fixed nponl;
"Welcome, welcome to N sclove l”
I shall never forget y.’s expression of
countenance as he stood up in the vehicle and
surveyed the scene through his glass. We
had written them the most glowing accounts
of—well, of the other place. There sat An-
geline in a calico dress, rocking herself by
the ash heap, and darnmg a woolen stocking
of most preposterous size, that Scott had cv-
ideutly imported specially for this occasion.
But the two conspirators gave them little
time to think. They bursted them out with
many additional welcomes .to the Sylvan
haunt. “Everything,” cried Martin, “you
will perceive, is purely rustic, and truly r11-
ral; we live in the simple patriarchal style,
and nature out of her magnificence furnishes
sufficient delight.” ‘ _
“Seems to me,” said Glover, sotto coco. “it’s
dirty.”
"Look at the color, the prismatic hues of
that little lake,” exclaimed Martin, pointing
to the hog wash, “by George, sir, we’ll have
you whip some trout out for us, we will, and
no mistake. Gentleman, Mrs. Crinkle.”
"Welcome to Nymsclove,” said Mrs. Crin-
kle, modestly, “I trust you will find the de-
lights of the country ample.”
"Step inside, step inside,” cried Scott,
“come into the cottage !" ‘
Upon my word, when I recall that fastidi-
ous group crowding into that carpctless room,
where there were was nothing but a pine ta-
ble and two or .three pine. chairs ; I
bottle, with whisky and a green tumbler, and
recollect: the polite, petrifaction that would
betray itself on the faces of my guests, I have
to smile yet. ,
But, alas,.I did not then know to what
depths my confederates had gone in their
wickedness. In the first place _ey had ar-
ranged to keep the guests with a mouthful
to eat as long as possible, with the promise of
a hearty dinner, which was to be ruined by a
family disturbanec at the last moment. They
had even pulled out some of the rear frame-
work of the house so that it would fall down
at the proper moment. “Make yourself at
home,” I said, “There is no formality here,
we, call this Liberty.Hall; dinner will be
served at six. 1n the meanwhile, lct every-
body do as he pleases.” ‘
“Come and see the grounds,” cried Scott,
we’ll take a ramble through the mead and
haunted glen, it will freshen us up I”
When they had gone, I asked Martin to
explain his idiotic conduct. He had a bottle
of ammonia that he whipped out of his
pocket and applied to his nostrils every five
minutes, accompanying the act with howls
and tears.
“Heavens l” he answered; “I‘must do
something, or I’d suffocate. They think I
am suffering with ha -fever, and that it at-
tacks me in spasms an paroxysms.”
Half an hour later, he said he’d go out and
He wasn’t gone ten minutes; he came tear-
ing back, panting and couvulsed.
“Here, in the name of all that’s stupend-
ous, come quick!”
We ran out and followed him to a bit of
marsh lying in the rear of the place. There
was a common ston’e fence running through
the hog, and crawling upon its precarious
summit, every man on his hands and knees,
were our guests led by Scott.‘ He had taken
them We roundabout path into the meshes
of the morass, and then offered them no
means of extrication but this. He shouted
when he saw us, and pointing backward at
Ty., grew red in the face, and dropped. flat
upon his stomach as if seized with convul-
sion. It was the funniest sight I ever saw.
To crawl upon the top of an old cobble-stone
fence is not an easy task at any time. When
thereare two feet of black muck on either
side of it,-the difficulty is spiced with dan-
ger. If you. wear pearl gray trowsers and
white vest, there is a dash of romance in (it.
Mad ? Well, they were all disgusted. But
the splendidenthusiasm of Scott and Martin
left them little Opportunity to demur. When
they got back to the house Ty. looked at his
watch, and said he believed he’d catch the
one o’clock train. It had bceii his intention
all along merely to make a flying visit. He
would come up aga’n, and stay a week, when
fishing was good.
“Yes,” they all chorused, “we’ve got to
get back in an early train. It’s hard to tear
ourselves away from this retreat, but duty
compels us to he in the city.” ‘
held up the rod and gun. Martin vowed they
shouldn’t go back till the next day. It was
an insult to liberty hall, a withering slight to
Nymsclovc. -
I remarked that they must stay to dinner at
least, and then, if they insisted, why I would
drive them down in my own conveyance.
“Why, you haven’t seen half the features
of the place, ” says Scott. “I wantyou to
see the Berkshire sow. Its the noblest ani-
mal you ever clapt eyes on.” With that he
lit a candle, and pulling up a trap in the mid-
dle of the floor, insisted that they shOuld
come down the old step-ladder into the pit.
They protested, and one of them even swore
he didn’t care for Berkshire sows: but Mar-
tin insisted, and they actually got three of
’em down into that hole, and then we heard
the direct sounds 'of “Sn boy, there, an boy!”
and a series of yells from Martin, accompan-
ied by an indescribable smirching and rush-
ing round in the dark, for the light had been
knocked out, and then they all came scram-
bling up the p ; Scott bringing up the rear
with a red, c ngested face, and Martin hold-
ing a bottle to his nose to allay a paroxysm.
Glover went out and sat down on a wet,
green stone, and wiped his forehead With his
handkerchief. He looked wild, as if life
might be a dream. Ty. went down to the
dry duck pond, and held his nose at: the pros.
pect of trout. The others get together un-
der the sycamore, and tried to make a. chart
of the way back to the train.
I comforted myself with the promise of
delight when I got them all down to the cot-
tage and made up for this.
There were two more degrees to this iniqui-
ty, and then it ended. Perhaps you think a
woman cannot carry out a practical joke. -I
wish you could have seen Angeline make her
preparations for the dinner. Why; that wo-
man ought to be on the stage. It ot to be
the hungriest kind of a crowd, but believe
they were chiefly anxious for the dinner to
come on, because after that they were to get
away. Angeline put out the pine table,
spread it with a white cloth, and then, at
long intervals, brought in. a green tumbler,
or a‘ sodawater bottle, and after making a
show of rubbing them tip with a napkin, set
them out daintily.
Whenever she went through with one of
to sneeze and cough, and Scott would sing,
“Rally Round the Flag, Boys,” and look out
of the window. It was arranged that I should
go out into the kitchen at the last moment,
and have an altercation with Angeline, loud
enough to be heard in the' other room, and
Scott and Martin were to make a show of
covering it up by talking loud, and .calling
the listeners attention to the various interest-
ing things.
At the appointed time I was called to assist
in serving up the viands, and with a joyous
invitation to sit by, I left them gathering the
wooden chairs round the empty table, and
went out to help bring in the banquet. Ot'
rse there wasn’t an ounce of food in the
#se, or a spark of fire; and when I looked
ack through the door, and saw the six fel-
lows sitting round that Barmecede bard. a
pain took me under each shoulder blade, and
Angeline had to pound me on the back.
“You’re a nice man,” she cried, “to fillflle
house full of people when I’ve nothing to
give them to eat.”
“Hush, —sh, my dear,” I said,loud enough
for them all to hear. “You’ll disgrace me.
Where’s the codfish ?” '
“Codfish, indeed,” replies Angeline. “I
set it down there to cool, and the ducks got
into it.”
“Hist,” I answered, “that won’t hurt it;
they’ll never know. Besides ducks are not
birds of prey.”
I could hear'Scott break out at this point
in fine oratorical style. I could hear Ty. say
that on the whole he never ate when he came
into the country; and Granger remark that
he believed they were intruding on the family.
Finally I had to go out and make any apol-
ogy in the stage "manager style. I think it
relieved them. -
It was then I noticed that Liston had dis-
appeared. Nobody knew where he had one.
They all became impatient now to cave,
and well they might be, for they were doubt-
less half-starved. I chuckled as I thought of
the princely banquet that was awaiting them
at the cottage. So I said, “Well gentlemen,
if you must go, all right; there‘s the team in
the road. But my wife and I insist upon
seeing you off.”
Then we all bundled in except Liston. He
had unquestionably gone off disgusted. A
glummer party I never saw. Searcely any-
thing was said till- we got dow the gate
of the cottage. It was then .. , and there
wasa New York train at 6.
“Stop here a moment, driver,” I said;
“we’re all going in to get a glass of wine.” 2
don’t want any wine.
There was a man in a slouclied hat leaning
over my gate. I did not know him ; but he
sang out, “Go on with your drunken party,
Crinkle. You can’t come in here. I haven't
got any wine.” ' ’
“You !” I exclaimed in utter bewilderment
-—-“Who the depce are you 7”
“Go on, go on,” says the fellow. “Don’t
make a row here.” '
I had jumped out, and Angeline had fol-
lowed me.
“Come,” I said to the rest; “thcs is 7723/
house."
Seott and Martin alone obeyed.
Ty. took the reins. “Another time, per:
haps,” he remarked ; “we’ve had all the
country that we want for the. present ;” and
he whipped up_the team and. went dashing
dpwn the road, Scott and Martin vainly run-
ning after the vehicle and shouting that it
was all a mistake.
As for me, I was stunned. I went up to
the man at the gate. Hc brushed up liis.liair
and took off his hat.
It was Liston. _ '
“Did you ever see Turning the Tables
played ?” he asked.
“But, good heavens!” I exclaimed, “they
will go away with the horrible ‘notion that
that hole up there is where I live."
“Why, of course,” says he. “That's what
you wanted, wasn’t it '1’”
And do yo know, they really believe it to
this day. I can't get a fellow up from the
Halcyon any more than I can
MIX.
yGlover to speak to me. Nut
remember Scott’s bringing out a ging eer .
see what had become of the sylvan hunters“
The conspirators wouldn’t hear of it. Scott,
these performances, Martin would commence,
“No, no.” cries Ty.; “don't stop. “’6'
We want that train.” '
ct Ty. or .
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Lander ’5 Block,
cor. Washington
a Main sts..SoutIi
.SSSSSSSSSSSSESSSSS$885352?
no...
Norwalk, Conn.
A RARE CHANCE FOR
Cash Buyers !
We have a Large Consignment of.
CHOICE TEAS,
and are prepared to sell them so cheap that cus-
tomers will be compelled to bllyhll they have to,
borrow the money to do it. We Will warrant each
pound of Tea to be what it is sold for. _
Good Oolong Tea, per pound. ........4o cents
Choice Oolong Tea, “ ......... .60 “
Extra Oolong Tea, .1 “
Extra fine English Breakfast, per lb...90 “
U
Good Young H son Tea, “ ...50 “
Choice Young yson Tea, “ ...70 “
Choice Old Hyson Tea,very fine,“ ”7.; 2:“
...................... 1)
Good Japan, per lb .. 5
Choice Japan “ r
Club Rat es: { I011) 1908, .1 pcrgent. 31!,
Also A cut: for Norwalk and viclnlt for the cel-
ebrated rand of Flour. “GILT F. GE.” It I!
said to be the best Flour in the world. We have
it in Bags: would like all lovers of good Bread to
give it a trial {it will speak for itself. Choice Cos-
I‘ec, Spices, Rice, Hominy, Barley, Cheese Pork,
Hams, Shoulders..Tongues, Dried Beet, Sugars.
Pickles, Sardines. Soaps, &c.. in fact all goods usu-
aly kept in First~Class Groceries. A gentler Wes-
ton & Fiske’s celebrated Oils :——1.a1-d, Sperm,
Whale. Signal, Cylinder, Machinery, and (ero-
sene Oils; Kerosene Oil 160 Fire Test.
SAMUEL DASIKAM,
Opp. Leonard’s Coal Ofiice, Lynes’ Block,
Water Street. Roi-wall. Conn.
..'-
' CON DEN E
0'
Mutual Lil ' In.
D TA?
THE
~
01' NEW YORK.
T
F. S _WINSTON. PRESIDENT,
7. 000 000 1010 000100 DECEMBER 90, 1070.
Dr.
REVENUE ACOO-UNT.
Cr-
To Balance from last account, $75,414,923 42
" Premiums received.. .. .. 15,136,703 36
“ Interest and Rents.... .. 4,878,260 34
1
$95,729,887 12
If
. 6‘
H
II
By paid Death
Ola
and Endowment
ima.... ..........$4,459,458_52
Annuities”... .. .
Dividends.... ..
. Snrrendercd .. Policies
and Additions. . .. ....6,319,785 21 '
a
24,611 49
3,701,700 34
“ ‘." Commissions, pa eut
of~Current.a:(1d-’::tin- '
~ guisliincnt'of future). . . 676,967 49
“ “., ; Contingent Guarantee '
accent-.... .... ...... 56,160 85
“ “ Expenses and Taxes... 604,802.35
Balance to New Account . . ..79,526,900 87
' 95,429,887 12
Dr.
To Reserve at four per cent $77,502,062 00
" Claims by, Death-not yet due 610,750 00
“ Premiums paid in advance. . . . .24,372 43
Contingent Guarantee Fund . . 654,842 59
Surplus for Division. . . . . . . 3,568,161 57
H
$82,360,188?
By
“
H
u
H
BALANCE SHEET.
' Cr.
Mortgages on Real Estate $60,856,200 18
United States and State
Bonds, ete.. . .
Real Estate..'.. .. ..
Cash in Banks and Trust
Companies at interest
Interest accrued. . . .'. ..
Premiumsdeferred, quar-
‘ly'and‘ieni-annnal. . . .
Premiums in transit, prin-
cipally for December. .
Balances due by Agents. . . . .
12,673,569 33
4,246,245 40
2,183,001» 73
1,922,294 10
923,332 99
137,195 10
18,349 70
382,300,188 59
collecting the same.
Hon. WM. Stir-r11,
puny Off'Nelw' York.
BY
THE REPORT OF THE EXAMINATION
" Acting Superintendent New York Insur‘mee Department :
Premiums deferred and in transit in the foregoing Balance Sheet, we been subjected to
a deduction of twenty-five per (Sent, by the Insurance Department, for the estimated cost of
See Official Report below.
'TIE’INSURANOE DEPARTMENT
In accordance with infractions rtceived'from you under appointment Number 363, I re
port the completion of the examination into the “hits of The Mutual Life Insurance Com-
Made Eat a'time when the annual investigation by the Trustees—as called for _by the
the rest of our acturaial force 'not engaged in.
706 87.
of $10,262,879 44.
has been compiled, and with a list of uncollec
Department.
AS
Real Estate
Bonds and Mortgages.... ....’. . . . ..
Stocks and Bonds,
U. 5. bonds, registered . . . . . . . . . . . .
New York City bonds, registered. . . . . . .
...-ooo.-o-Oltnoool ......u.......-- .
0
New York.
A schedule giving in detail the information necessity-y for-35,1 it
cation of title, &c., of eat-.11 of the seven thousand one huii
. 9111631151.
company’s Charter—was in progress, the work was considerably facilitated by each ~Depart:-
ment raprescntativo'actiug with one of the said Trustees, thus giving a double force with a
check that} was invaluabébito‘gthe correctness of the labor performed. .
The valuations of tho‘P'OIicies in force have been made in the Department under the
supervision,“ Mr. D. HE Keefer, our Actuary, and have occupied his attention with that of
The investments of the company, with other admissible assets, make a total of $82,076,-
That the Company has been successfully managed is everywhere conceded; and it is very
necessary that the custodians of this sacred trust fund shopld be men eminently competent to
guard zealously the money that in the future afford the protection guaranteed by contracts
with the holders of ninety-two thousand one hundred and twenty-five policies. . ‘
The Company does not need any other endorsement by the Department than is shown
in the assets aniliabilities enumerated below, exhibiting giant-flan as regards. policy-holders
" if: roperty, verifi-
(7,156) mortgages,
ted and detox-20111101111111... is now on file in the
SETS.
Baritone.
9,4735%" " ‘
2,405,000
The following was the condition of the Company on‘lDec'einber 31st, 1876:
wholesome:
327021140. .02 -
"’ 'TZL‘LEASI 50
Interest due and adorned. . .
Premiums paid in advance. . . .. . . .
Totflliabllities“...
Aggregate.... ..
All of which is respectfully submitted,
LIABILITIES.
Net value of outstanding policies and additions,. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . .
Unpaid losses, not yet due, (including resisted claims). . . . . .*
Boston Water bonds. registered .. . . . . . . . 500,000 . 556,250 00
Providence, R. 1., bonds registered.. .. . . . . . . ' 500,000 »' 537,500 00
' Cherry .Valley Town bonds. . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . 50,000 150,000 00
City of Yonkers bonds.... . “1318200 128,250 00
Buffalo City.bonds........ ................ “160,500 145,417 50
'Elmira Cit.ybonds......................... 00,000 257,435.00
Missouri State bonds.. .. 215,000 225,025.00
SanFrancisco bonds....................... ';590,000 637,528 71
UnionCo.,N.J..bonds.................... ' 14,000 14,73500-
Plainfield,N.J.,bonds..................... 1.500 1,500 00
$12,063,550
Cash-in banks and trust companies.... . . . . .... . .. . ...... .. . .... . _W
.....-.......271,813,827 43‘
'Surplusasregardspolicyholders,............................‘........ 10,262,879 44
.. . . .,_‘ 734,240,245 40
.;. .. . _. -~ 60,856,200 18
1297:1509 33
V. 33001 73
Netuncollected and deferred premiums....... ............
Tot-a1 admitted aslets.... . .... “$82,076,706 87
71,031,205 00
758,250
J’. M. POTT‘EB
DEALER l N
PIAN08,6IIIIANS,
MELODEONS,
SHEET MUSIC.&c,,
Wall Street,florwall,ct
NEXT noon to savi‘o s Dash
1 keep a largostock oft ments on hand and
sell them on Monthly Iuslallments. Everybody
can have a Piano or Organ. '
SOLEAGENTI'OR THE CELEBRATED
WEBERPIANOS,
STANLEY if: SOII"S,
GROVESTEB'N if: FULLER’S,
HAINE'S BROTHER,
VASE if: S DIV ,
and will furnish at short notice
- Calland see‘thcm.
oLD firs-23111021725;
Taken in Exchange for New
TUNING AND REPAIRI c
Done at short notice.
The Weber Plano .
A few extracts from the cat number received
by the most eminent musiciansin the UnltedStatcs
may not be inappropriate: .
I have never seen a Piano Which equals the We-
ber Pianoforte. Geo. F. Brahma
The Weber Plano occupies Justly the first rank
amongst the Best Pianos. . N. Pattison.
The Weber Pianos cannot possibly be su assed.
. B. ills.
I used the Weber Grand. Piano because Icousid- ‘
erit the best in the world. Harry Sanderson.
The Weber Piano possesses everythin that can
he wished for in a. Piano. ' Geo. W. organ.
The Weber Plano "ranks foremost amou at the
best manufactured. ~ William axon.
The Weber Pianos stand first amongst the splen-
did Pianos produced in this Count . _
Clara N. Erin kerho].
A ten years' experience satisfies me that the We-
ber Pianos are unapproachable.—John Zundel.
I would call especial attention to
000 0001 0000100 00010
Beautifully finished in black walnut and
rosewood ,combining moreperfections'than
any otherin the world. Has taken more
than our; HUNDRED AND rirrv GOLD MED-
ALS AND FIRST rnnmuus , at Fairsand Ex-
hibitions throughout the‘United States.
They areendorsed by thehighestmusical
anthor’itie s . '
Certain-lythe best I ever heard ._
Geo. W. Morgan.
Itisoocalm’htch is the highest pfaisethaf
can be bestowed on any instrument.
G. B.Seymour, Miswalaritzc N. 1". Times.
Theyarethe bestr'eedinstrumentwehave
met with.
0.17: J. II. Odell, Organ Builder-9,17. Y.
It is the neplus ultra ofreedinstruments.
‘ Prof. E. I.. Baker.
It contains sweetness and power in an
unusual degree—Rec. Bishop Simpson, 11!
E. Church.
Language fails. in adequacy to convey a'
fair idea of thc’perfectly enchanting power
of this instrument—I ndepen den i
Vastlysuperior to anything of the kind
have ever played upon.— Wm .11. King.
The Esty Organs are without a superior.
Geo. Jardme, Organ Buzlder,N. Y.
No tremolo has yet been invented that
will in any way compare with this forbeau-
ty of'cfiect.—- Wm .4 .Johnsonflrgan builder.
It is not merely the best,bntit is theonlg
mechanicalreproductionofthehumanvoice
which has ever satisfied mes-Ree. II. 0.
Riggs,[’resz'dentonortliern New Torkzllusa-
cal :4 ssoozatwn . .
4 M. 9011 EB, Non-walk;
WILLIAM 11. STREET,
Is Water Street,
~Vno.elaltand Retail Dcalertn
H A R. D WAR E ,
[Rob _ .rsst, nacuaxics’ roots. AGRI
.‘ULI‘URAL niPLsiisx'rs, CARRIAGE
Boniss,’ warms, mus; sunr'rs,
nuns AXLES, SPRINGS, BOLTS,
sasn, BLINDS, DOORS, eamrs,
OILS, GLASS, VARNISB . 1120.,
At LowestNew York Prices,
COW LES 81.11 ERRILL,
Agents atNorwalk,Conn., issue Policies for the
following Insurance Ccm 'ianies:
Etna, of Hartford, 01., ' $4,047,378 07
Hartford, " 1,587,519 06
Phcenix, " , 1,081,18984
People’s, of Middle :own , CL, 248,874 86
Home of New York , 2,723,206 52
Phoenix, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1,545,557 10
Continental of New York . 1,427,496 21
International, 829,476 00
Westchcster,ot New Rochelle, N. 1., 453.930
Sprin’gllcld, ofSpringneld, Mass., 579.780 0t
. People’s, Worcester, 111159.. 600.000 OI
Franklid,Pliila., l’a.-, 3,268,81839
Commerce, Albany, N. Y., 264,424 00
N arragansett. of Providence, It. 1., . 754,947 00
Andes, Cincinnati, 0., 1,250,000 00
Home, of Columbus, 0.. 438,447.34
Alemania, Cleveland. 0., 295,00000
Liverpool, and London, and Globc,scpa-
rate fire assets, 5,056,105 00
North British and Mercantile. do do 2,164,508 00
Queenot‘Liverpool A; London, do do 1,355,196090
Imperial, of London, do do 5,313,665 00
And other Companies, Stock and Mutual, in Con-
necticut and New York. .
GEORGE E. COWLES,
w. 1:. 0011071110,—
6000001 ‘ Finishing Undertaker,
V OPPOSITE. HORSE R. R.DEPOT.
HOMER. MERRILL.
0{*'Ordcrs attended to day or night. Residence
24,372 43 am Street, 3 doors from Union Avenue.
............'......’........'..$82,076,706 87
JOHN A. MCCALI., Jn.,
Deputy Superintendent-
Tlie Superintendent was present in person during the-examination of the United States securi'
‘ tics,bonds and mertgages, and other stooksand bonds owned by, theeompany, and took. part in
said examinatiiin. He desires to join with his Deputy in assuring the public that the system
of management and aceuraey of detail, as well as the‘cliecksd'nd individual responsibilities
imposed on each person who has anything to do with tholo't'mingor investing the funds of
> the Company, command his most hearty approval. The” Presidciit'in'nd all other officers of
the Company were most prompt and courteous in affordingievc'ry information; while so per.
feet is the organization of each department that any‘spscial item required was at: once furnish-
ed with all its necessary and satisfactory vouchers. This will account for the fact that a cor;
poration of such vast magnitude and importance could be fully and satisfactorily examined
in a few weeks, which under ordinary circumstances, would have required as many months.
WILLIAM SMYTH,‘Acting Superintendent.
FREDERICK S. WINSTON,
Joan V. L. Pauvn,
R. H. McCanv,
WILLIAM Burrs,
SAMUEL E. SPROULLS,
8.1110111." M. CORNELL,
Lu'Cius Ronmsox,
W. SMITH Bnown,
WILLIAM H. Poruxn,
SAMUEL D. BABCOCK,
HENRY A. Smyrna,
WILLIAM E. Donor,
WM. M. VDanvn,
Samoan L.
JAMES 0. Ho
ROBERT A. GRANNISS, 2d Vice-Presi
G. S. WINSTON, M. D
A. II. CAMP Ag nt,Norwa1k.
wjii; e. BARTLETT, LL D., Actuary,
W. R. GILLETTEWI. D.,
TRUSTEES :
Gnomes: 8.0010,
Joan E. Dnvnmn,
Manrm Barns,
WM. A. Hamns,
HcsrnD,
OLIVER 11. PALMER,
HENRY E. DAVIES,
Mean. A. McCuaDv,
FRANCIS SKIDDY,
max,
_Hnnnax C. VON Pos'r,
CEO. 0. 11101113
ALEX. H. RICE,
W. FrBABcocx,
anxs MAY,
RICHARD A. MCCURDY, Vice-President,
noon,
R. RA'rcnr'onD STARR,
FREDERICK H. Cossrrr,
OLivnn Hummus,
Tnouas DICKSON,
Emmy W1 Smrn,
JOHN H. SHERWOOD,
Eors'ro P. FABBRI,
_Guoucn II. Axnnlws.
dent. ' 13.4.1011. LLOYD, Secretary, '
O. H. PALMER, Solicitor.
’ 3 Medical Examiners.
JOHN W. NICHOLS, General Agent forConuectieut,‘New Haven, Ct.
fl OFFICE.
FARM
” —AND—,'
11001100110011 IMPLEMENTS.
A FULL stock of the most approved Farm and
Canton Implement now in store and for sale,
Shalesale and retail, manufacturers’ prices, in-
u in :
I HowIng Machlncsand LawnMoweu .
Lawn Mowers, full size, 812.
Wheel,lawn, steel and hay rakes
Ploughs-Mead’s. Marsh, Eagle, Ac.
Shovels, Spades, Scoops, Garden Forks. and
cos.
HayCuttcrs—Bnrdick’a, Whitmore’s, and Bide
Rollers.
Barrows. Corn Shellers,0x Yokes and Bows.
Churns—Blanchard’s, the very bestin use ;also,
smaller implements in great variety.
Phosphates-Russell’s, Coc’s. Ban Ma. and
Bridgeport. W.O. S REET.
Norwalk, April, 1875.
AT
Quintard’s Furniture Rooms
will he found a complete assortment of
FURNITURE, 9.0.,
Includingeverytblngusuallyfound in a first-class
establishment, at Prices to suit the Times. Also.
a large assortment of
CHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
LOOKING OLAssns, to.
Glass Plates cut to any size. Repairing done in the
best-manner, at short notice. Also, old Hair Mate
tmlses made over as good as new._
E. OUINTARD’S 80H.
WM. LOCKWOOD,
(Successor to GEO. 11. RAYMOND a 00..)
Furniture Dealer.
No. 36 Main Street, Norwnlk.
UNDERTAKING.
be found a large assortment of
At my ...... will
all kinds of
COFFINS, GASKETS,
and everything ueccssar for the intermentof the
dead. Residence at W. . SWAN’S, Main St. 51
Wagon for Sale.
Good Business WAGON. will be sold 'chscB '
for not of use. Apply at the GAZETE“ L
~
CONVEYANCES. '. .
W\I\I\I\N\I\I\M AMAMAAAAAAM
FREIGHT LINE
00110111 AM 000 1001.
White’s Propellers
Willeoutlnnc to make regular tripsbetwcanor~
walk Bridge-and New York, stopping at South Nor-
walk to receive udleuvc freight. l‘reightreceived
from and delivered at the freight depot of the
Danbury and Norwalk Railroad.
Produce sold as heretofore. Freight at usual
rates.
a- All persons are forbid trusting any of the
employees of the boats 01' this line on account of
the owners thereof.
DANBUBY A: NOR‘VALK R. 1%..
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing December 11, 1876.
DAILY TRAINS
Leave Norwalk Bridge
At 3 3:} “' Ev For Danbury and intermediate
62411))..m? stations.
At 1108, a. m., on Mondays only, for Ritlgeticld.
Leave Nomalk Bridge for South Norwalk.
At7 33, a. m., 1 08, 5 53 p. in.
Leave Danbury for Norwalk.
630, a. m.,:1200 m.,4 45. p. m.
Freight Train at 610 p. m.
JOHN W. BACON, Supt.
IEWIORIJEW HAVEI AHAQTFDIIII IAIlIflAD
Traiuslesvc South N orwalk for New. York at
l 2.5, (Washington Exp, via. Harlem River). 3 47.
(Epr, 4 14, (Exp) 6 0 .* 6 34,* 7 34, 7 45*, (Exp)
9 283‘ 10 50, (Exp) A. M., I 23*, 2 56,* (Ex .) 4 30,
(Exp.)503. 630,.Exp.) 7 00. 943,(Exp.)r..\i,i«or New
Haven, 1 33. (Exp) 0 49, 9 01, 9 31, (Exp.) 10 4s, A.
AL, 12 11, (Exp.) 145, 2 IS, (Exp) 4 04, 4 19, (Flip)
615, 0 40, 10 36. (Exp.) .0. 11 30, (Exp) v.11. or
Springfield, 6' 49. 9 34, (Exp) A. 111., 12 11, (Exp.)
1 45, 4 19, (Exp) 6 49, 10 30. (Exp) 1’. M. Express
for Boston, Via. Springfield, 9 34, A. M.. 12 11, 4 19,
and. 10 36, P. M., via. New London ; 2 18 and 11 36,
_ P. M., via. Air Line R.ll.,l 33, A. M., and 2 18,P.M.
*Conncct at New Rochelle with Harlem River
Branch.
[Published gratuitously for the convenience of
' the Public._] '
NorwalkHurse Railwaylime Table.
COMMENCING DEC. 11TH, 1876.
_ LEAVE NORWALK. So. i'onwan
6 15 a. at. N. Y. .1: N. 11.Accom. ‘) 35 A. M.
6 45. u ‘ 105 “I
7 05 “ New York Accommo’n 7 25 “
7 25 “ N. Y. Express 7 45 “
8 05 ‘6 S 25 “
8 35 “ New Haven Accom’n 9 60 “
910 “ N.Y.Ac.&N.H.Ex; 935 "
9 35 “ 10 00 “
10 00 “ 10 25 “
1025 " N. Y.Ex.&N.11.Ac. 1050 ‘4
10 50 " 11 15 h
11 25 ‘ New Haven Express 11 55 H
1155 H 1215p.m
1235p.m., 1255 H
12.55 ‘ ‘ New York Accommo’n l 25 “
125 “ New Haven Accom’n } 45 "
‘3 55 “ N. H. Express. 2 20 “ o
2 30 “ New York Express 2 55 “
3 05 u 3 25 u
335 “ N.H.Ac.&N.H.Ex 405 “
'4 05 “ New York Express 4 36 "
4 40 “ N. Y. Accommodati )n. 5 05 4‘
5 05 “ 5 25 ‘
5 25 “ ,‘ 5 45 ‘
5 55 " N. H. Accom’n 6 15 “
6 15 ‘ New York‘Exprcss 6 35 "
625 “ N.Y.‘&N. 1-1.Accom 645 ",
6 45 “ . 7 05 “
7 05 “ 7 25 ‘5
735 u 755 u
805 u 325 u
8 25 “ . s 55 4
9 05 “ New York Express 9 25 6
925 " - 945 u
To the Public.
The subscribers, Livery men of Norwalk, desire
to inform the public that hereafter they will look
to those ersons ordering carriages, for all purpo-
ses. for t eir pay. Bills will be made out directly
to the parties using them, and presented Within
reasonable time.
WILLIAM E. DANN,
D. B. MOREHOUSE,
J. S. SHERMANN.
Norwalk, May 15111, 1876. '
NOW F011 YOUR WATER PIPES.
Wm. Glover & Son,
Are ready to put in your WATER,STEAM or GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at as low a rate as
an one. WROUGHT AND CAST IRON, TIN-
Ll ED, LEAD PIPES, 300., of every size and de-
scription. PLUMBING in all its branches.
Undertaking!
TO THE PUBLIC! Anyoncwishing my services
in the Undertaking business will find me at
the late residence of my father, 55 Main Street, or
at Demmon a». Newcom ’s Store.
11 . GEORGE II. RAYMOND, Agent'
(Robbins’ Starch Polish.
20
, a a ., 4.:
A GREAT DISCO VERY.
By the use of which every family may ive their
Linen that brilliant polish peculiar to no laun-
dry work. Saving tinic and labor in ironing,more
than its entire cost. Warrantcd. ‘Ask for Dob-
‘fiiiibinssroe 00.13 N 4011.01.31.11
Sold by DEMMON A: NEWCOMB, Grocers, Main
Street, Norwalk. 41
THE HARTFOBII
STEAM BOILER INSPECTION !
AND
Insurance Company,
CASH CAPITAL, $500,000
880 ES Policies of Insurance. A ftcr careful in-
spection of the Boi-lers,coyeriiig all loss _or
damage to Boilers, Buildings, and Machinery aris-
in; from
Stream Balsa Exptosiorsl
J. M. ALLEN, - - President
0. I'LBEACII. - - Vice-President
.l’. B. PIERCE. - - Secretary
W. G. LINEBURGH, — ,Agcnt
Otllceover the First Nations Bank, cor. Main any;
Bank 515.. uni-nonpoun‘, CONN.
The ova Bnacaixo that meets 1h.
demand for a guid- nml drz’llz'ant folk/1.
“ BIXBY’S BEST”
(.t'IJoluiely nourir/mx and pr erem'cs‘
foul/13):
‘- 1.1. 131x313”; Co, 173 a 1'5 Washington St. lI.Y-
. {Sold by
8'! ALFORD & STODDARD, Grocers, Norwalk
B'BY& [1 “True Blue“
REAL
3.1-0
‘ I ,1 Patent Process.
L U. Packed in Patent
' ready-made
BAGS :ad 130223.
The only
_"True Blue”
For the
Lab n d r;.!.
a::n=
TRY i ll.
3"}; 1'10le & CW I73 CL 175 Washington Sh
‘ [Sold by .
GEO. WARD SELLECK, Grocer, Main Street.
END 25c. to GEO. 1’. ROWELL & Co.,New
York, for Pamphlet of 100 pages, containing
lists of 3000 newspapers, and estimates showing
cost of advertising. .
John A. Honnecker, _
B A KE R,
FOOT 0F MILL. HILL.
Bread, Ro‘lls, Pies, Cakes, Crnllers, to” baked
fresh everyday. Eve thing made out of good
matcrlalsmnd ycaretu and competentworkmen.
l
m 6“ B ‘9
Q
'heirs of Pliitt F. Ra mond, easterly
$13111 airline.
N otice.’
THE BOARD OF RELlEF of the BOROUGH
of Norwalk will meet at the Ofiiccflf' A. 11.
Camp, Room 1, Snvmgs Bank Building, on Satur-
day, March 10, 1877. Monday, March 12, 1877, Sat-
urday, March 17, 1877, and on Monday, March 19,
1877, between the hours of" 9 A.M. and 5 P.1d. of
said.days,1’or the purpose of hearing and deter-
mining all appeals that'may be made from the do-
ings of the Borough Board of“ Assessors for the
present your (1877). and the rcvtslon -ot' the Assess-
ment Lists of said your (1877), in the manner rc-
qnircd by law
Dated, Borough ofNorwalk, February 26, 1877.
GEORGE M. HOLMES,
ALFRED II. CAMP.
. _ EDWARD MERRILL,
Board of Relief of Borough ot'Norwalk for 1877.
[STRICT ot NORWAl.K,ss.Probate Court,
February 28d, A. D. 1877.
Estate ofJA1\E N. BUNTON, late of New Ca-
naan,in said District. deceased.
The Court of Probate for the District ofNor-
walk, hath limited and allowed six monthst‘rom
the date hereof for the Creditors of said Estate,to
exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who
neglecttoprcscnttbciraccounts, properly attested
within said time, will be dcharred a recovery. All
persons indebted to said Estate are requested to
make immediate payment to
3t9 WILLIAM L. \VARING, Executor.
ISTRICT OF REDD ss. PROBATE
COURT, February. 1 77.
Estate of HORATIO G. STURGES, late ochd
ding, in said District, deceased. .
“The Courtofl’robate for the District‘ of Red-
ding, hath limited and allowed six months from
the date hereof, tbr the creditors of said Estate,
represented insolvent, in which to exhibit their
claims thereto; and has up intcd Thaddeus ll.
Abbothnld Jonathan R. Sim 0rd, of said Rcdding,
Commissioneisto receive and examine said claims.
Certified by
LEMUEL SANFORD, Judge.
The subscribers give notice that they shall meet
at the late rcsulcncc of the deceased in said Bed
ding, on the 17th days of April and August, 1577,
at one o’clock, in the afternoon, on each of said
days, for the purpose of attending on the business
of” said appointment.
THADDEUS M. ABBOTT, Commis-
J ONATHAN 1t. SANFORD, sioners.
All persons indebted to said Estate are request-
ed to make immediate payment to
JOHN S. S'IURGES, Administrator.
COmmissioners’ Notice.
V BE subscribers appointed by the Court of
Probate, for the District of‘ Norwalk,Com-
missioncrs to receive, examine and decide upon
the claims of the creditors of’ the Estate of‘
SALLY 1’. STUART, late ol‘Norwalk,in said dis-
trict deceased, represented insolvent, hereby give
notice that we will attend to the business of our
said. appointment at the Oflicc of the Norwalk
Horse Railway Company, in said Norwalk, on the
24th day of May, 1877, and on the 24th (lay of Au-
gust, 1877, at 10 o’clock in the f'orcnoon of‘ each of"
said days. ~
Said Court hath limited and allowed six months
from the date hereof, for the exhibition to us of all
claims against said estate.
Dated at Norwalk the 24111 day 01' February, A.
D., 1877. W S
.MOODY, ‘ . Commis-
. ’I‘ALLMADGE BAKER. I
si oners.
TO THE PROBATE COURT. for the Distict of
1 Norwalknin the State of Connecticut.
The application of Edward A. Olmsrcad, of the
town of Wilton, in said district, respectfully
showcth :—
That he is lawful guardian toAgnes C. Olmstead
a minor residing and belonging in Brooklyn, in
the State of‘ New York, and also to William S.
Olmstcad,a minor belonging to' said district of
Norwalk, and that said minors are the owners of
an undivided interest in the following described
Real Estate situated, Jymg and beingin said town
of Wilton, to wit :—0ne tract of land, in quantity
forty acres, more or less. with the buildings stand-
ing thereon, and bounded northerly and westerly
by highway. easterly by land of George Monroe.
and land of heirs of Mary 1". Rusco, deceased, and
by land of? tlic Bald Hill Methodist Episcopal So-
ciety, and Southerly by land of Rufus Seymour,
land of Aaron Gregory, and land of Silvenns S.
Brown. Also one other tract Miami, in quantity
two acres and two roods, more or less, bounded
northerly by land of Aaron Gregory, easterly by
land of Legrand W. Keeler, southerly by land of
John Lockwood, and westerly by land of William
M. Hoyt. The interest of each of said minors in
said real estate. is the equal undivided one-twen-
ty fourth part thereof.
And he further says, that the Estate is at pre-
sent unproductive; that the avails thereof are
wanted for the support, maintenance and educa-
tion of said minors, and that it will be for the ad-
vantage Of’said minors to sell the same, and in-
vest the avails thereof according to law; where-
fore he says,_ that there is just and reasonable
cause for selling the same. He therefore prays
the Court to order said Real Estate to be sold,
and.to empower him or some other meet person
to sell the same, pursuant to the Statute in such
case made and provided.
EDWARD A. OLMSTEAD.
Guardian.
Dated March 3rd.1877.
DISTRICT OF NORWALK,PROBATE COURT,
53. March 3rd, A. D. 1577.
ORDERED That_tlie foregoing application be
heard and determined at the Probate Oflicc in
Norwalk. on the the 315: day of March, 1577, at 10
o’clock, t'orenoon; and tliatnotice thereof be pub-
lishedin some public newspaper near the place
where such Real Estate lies, three weeks succes-
sively, before said time assigned.
3110 GEORGE A. DAVEN PORT. Judge.
'l‘ax Collector’s .Salc.
NOTICE is licrcbygivcn that the undersigned,
under and by virtue of a certain tax warrant
duly executed and signed by proper authority,
and directed to the undersigned, commanding him
to levy and collect of GEORGE II. BRACKEN
and other persons named in the rate book, on the
list to said warrant annexed, their several propor-
tions of' the sum total as therein stated, said sum
heinga tax or assessment agreed upon by the in-
habitants of the town of Wilton, regi fly and
legally assembled, to wit :—on the 2nd y of Ce
her, A. D. 1876, met for the purpose of providing
for the indebtedness of said town list 01"1375,
levies upon and Will sell at Public Auction, at the
premises hereinafter described, on the 7th ,day of
Alay, A. D., 1377, at‘). o’clock, p. m . so much of
the following described real estate With the build-
ings thereon standing, of‘Gcorge 11. Bracken, sit-
uated in said town of Wilton, and bounded as fol-
lows, to win—northerly by land of Wllliani C.
Street, easterly, by highway, southerly by land of
the Estate of William Sturges.and westerly by
Norwalk River. as “'11! raise the sum of Nineteen
Dollars and twoccnts. ($19.02), that beingthc pro-
portionelithe said George H. Bracken. of the sum
total in said list, together with the charges of levy,
5.110, &e SAMUEL W. RUSCOE,
_ Tax Collector, list 011875.
Dated at Wilton, February 26th,1577. 319
Tax Collector’s Sale.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned.
under and by virtue of'a certain tax warrant
duly executed and signed by proper authority,
amt directed to the undersigned. commanding hiiii
to levy and collect ofJOllN MURPHY, and other
Estates and persons named in the rate book on
the list to said warrant annexedyhcir several pro-
portions of the sum total as therein stated, said
sum being a tax or assessment agreed upon by the
inhabitants of the Down Town School District.
regularly and legally assembled to witz—Un the
1st day ot‘Novcmhcr, A. D., 1875, met for the pur-
pose of‘ providing for the indebtedness of said
School District, levies upon and will sell at public
auction, at the premises hereinafter described on
the 2d day of May, A. D., 1577, at 3}; o’clock, in
the afternoon, so much of the following described
real estate of John Murphy. situated in Norwalk,
on St. John’s Farm. so-callcd, being lot number
seventeen, (17) on Laurel Avenue, EO-Cfillod, and is
fifty (50) feet front and rear, by one hundred and
forty-two (142) feet in depth, and is bounded nor—
therly by land of Lewis fliibbell and Marshall 11.
Tollcs, easterly by said Laurel Avenue, southerly
by other land of Frank 15. Smith and wife, wester-
ly by land of Moses B. Pardee, as will raise the
sum of sixty (60) cents, that being the proportion
of‘ the said John Murphy, of the sum total in said
list to ether with the intercst,and charges ot‘levy,
sale, c. HIRAM C. JONES. collector.
Dated at Norwalk, February 26, 1877.
Tax Collector’s ‘Salc.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned,
under a d by virtue Of a certain tax warrant,
duly execute and signedbyproper authority.and
directed to the undersi ned, commanding him to
levy and collect of E IAS 11. EDMON DS, and
other persons named in Inc rate book on the list
to said warrant annexed,their several roportions
of the sum total as therein stated, sai sum being
a tax or assessment agreed upon by the inhabi-
tants of the Down Town School District, regular-
ly and legally assembled, to wit :-on the lst day
of November, A. D., 1575. met for the purpose of
providing for the indebtedness of said School
District, levtes upon-and _will sell at public anc-
tion, at the premises hereinaf'terdescribed, on the
' 2d day of May, A. 1)., 1877, at 3 o’clock, afternoon,
so much of the following described real estate of
Elias 11. Edmonds, situated in the Down Town
School District, bounded easterly by William W.
Comstock, southerly now or late by Edwin T.
.Whitney, westerly by Chester F. Tollcs, northerly
by bridge or highway, being 20 feet from; and 70
feet deep, more or less, With buildings thereon
‘stauding, as will raise the sum of two dollars. (32)
that being the proportion of the said Elias 11. Ed-
monds, of the sum total in said list, together with
interest, charges oi levy, sale, tic.
“RAM 0. JONES. Collector.
Dated, Norwalk, Feb. 26, 1877. 2
..t9
Tax Collector’s Sale.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned,
under and by virtue ol‘acertaln tax warrant du-
ly executed and signed by piOper authority, and di-
rected to the undersigned, commanding him to
levy and collect of LEWIS HAYMOND,and other
csratcs and persons named in the rate book on the
list to said warrant annexed.theirseveral propor-
tions of the sum total as therein stated, said sum
being a tax or assessment agreed upon by the in-
hnbitants of the Down Town Schom District, reg-
ularly and legally assembled, to wit :——on the lst
day of November, A. I). 1875, met for the-purpose
of" providing for the indebtedness of' said School
District, levies uponand will sell at public auction
atthc premises hereinafter described, on the 211
day 01‘ May. A. D., 1877. at {o'clock in the after-
noon, so much of the followmg described real es-
tate, of Lewis Raymond, situated on Benedict’s
Farm, so called, and known as the Grove House,
bounded northerly on Benedict’s Mill Pond, cast
by highway called East Avenue, south by land
now or late of Anna B. Smith. west by land now
or late 01' Hartz Z. Norton, being 120 feet front and
300 feet in depth, \vith buildings thereon standing,
as will raise the sum of‘fittcen dollars and’nincty-
two cents, (515.92), that being the proportion of"
the said Lewis Raymond, 01 the sum total in said
list, together with the interest, and charges of
levy. sale, (to. BIRAM C. JONES. Collector.
Dated Not-walk. Feb. 26th, 1877. 31
Tax Collector’s Sale.
OTlCE is hereby given that the undersigned,
under and by virtue of a certain tax warrant
duly executed and signed by properautliority. and
directed to the undersigned,commanding him to
levy and collect ct" MARVIN RAYMOND, and
other estates and persons named in the rate
hook, on the list to said warrant annexed ,their
several proportions of‘ the sum1 total as therein
stated, said sum being a tax or assessment agreed
upon by the inhabitants of the Down Town School
District, regularly and legally assembled, to wit:
on the lst day of November, A_. D. 1875, met for the
urpose of providing for the indebtedness of said
School District, levies upon and will sell at public
auction. at the premises hereinafter described on
the 3d day of May, A. D. 1877, at 2 o’clock, in the
afternoon, so much of the following described real
estate of Marvin Baymoud,situatcd in Norwalk,
Down Town, so called. bounded southerly by the
by heirs of‘
Henry Smith. wester y by highway, and northerly
by highway, and Rufus E. Ra ‘mond, being_iu
quantity I. ran acres, more or less, as wrll raise
the sum of fifty cents, (.50) that being the. propor-
tion of the said Marvin Raymond,ot the sum total
in said listgogetner with intciest, and charges of
' a e c. . .
m” s ’ 111111111 0. JONES, Collector
Dated Norwalk. Feb. 26111, 1877. 319 *
BOOK, ‘
JOB AND
ofevery Description. It the
CARD WORK,
Gazette Job Print-ing 051cc.
i like his sermon, and as blasphemous.
New York Letter.
A Snxsmna WVOMAN—TIIE TELEGRAPH Ri-
\‘ALRY—THE GRAND DUKE—TALMADGE-
——BCSL\‘i-:ss. -
NEW You!" March 3, 1877.
A ssxsinm wonax.
It is not often that a woman,rich and char-
itable,is not also weak. Not so was Miss Mary
Dancer, a rich maiden lady of this city, who
died afew weeks ago. Miss Mary was well
endowed with this world‘s goods, and She
had lots of relatives who loved her with all
the devotion that poor people always, love
rich relations—till the will is read. Miss
Mary considcicd their feelings. She divided
.up a portion of her property among them in
such away as to make them all comfortable,
so that they would not feel aggrieved, and go
to disputing the will. If a. relative has left
you thirty thousand dollars, you are not go.
ing round and swear she was insane because
she left the same amount to charity. After
doing this she made a clean, clear will, leav-
ing the rest of her estate , to. ten of the be_st
charities in the city. She distributed $335,-
000 among the charities that are known to be
well managed, and fixed it so that the money
goes to them without any interference of
lawyers or courts.- The curious thing about
it is, that her father’, who made all this
money, was a noted gambler, and every dol-
lar of it was made by gambling. The gam-
blcr’s wife and daughter were, however, not
only exemplary, but devotedly pious women,
and it was the wish of the mother, as well as
of the father, that the money should be ap-
plied to a good use. The managers of the
charities had, at the beginning, some scruples
as to accepting money so acquired, but it
was finally decided that they could sanctify
it. After taking Daniel Drew’s, I don’t see
why they should hesitate about Dancer’s. A
great many people will for a great many
years hence, rise up and call her. blessed.
The lawyers, who love fat estates, are gnash-
ing their teeth because she gave them no ex-
cuse for getting their long fingers in her pic.
An acute as well as good woman was Miss
Mary Dancer.
HOGGISHNESS GETTING ITS REWARD.
Vanderbilt, before he died, wanted to get
hold of the Wealern Union Telegraph Com-
pany, that he might bleed that monopoly as
he has every other one that he got his claws
on. He did get enough of it to control it,
and his estate is reaping the reward. Scott,
Hewitt and Garrett, the other railroad mag-
natcs, turned about and put a million of dol-
lars into the Atlantic and Pacific, and turned
over their especial lines to that company, and
are now pushing new lines in every direction.
Consequently, Western Union, which was an
eight per cent. stock, notwithstanding it has
been watered a dozen times, goes down to
sixty, and the Atlantic and Pacific goes up
proportionately. Telegraphing is the most
outrageous swindle of this century. The
Western Union is, or has been, a monopoly,
and the people have been compelled to pay
whatever it Sh‘lld exact. Consequently’the
cost of telcgraphing has been four times what
it is in any other country. Now that the
new company has been bolstered, down will
go the prices. It is a good thing to throw
patronage to weak companies, to sustain
them. They are the only safeguards we have
against imposition. The prices have been al-
ready reduced a half, at competing points,
and they will go lower still. Would that
there could be found some relief from .the
express swindle.
THE GRAND DUKE.
When the Grand Duke Alexis was here a
few years ago, New York went wild over
him. He was feted and danced and ballcd
and ridden and photographed—and belles
quarrelled for the privilege of danicng with
him. He is here again, but alas! his Royal
Highness doesn’t excite as much sensation as
did Cronin, the fraud with the nose. He
walks about the streets followed by an Eng-
lish bull-dog, the same as any other man, and
the crowd scarcely turn and look at him. He
is a good fellow and rather likes the being let
alone. New York needs a new prince every
time—it don’t gush Over an old one worth a
cent. It is said that his business is to marry
a girl with whom he fell in love when he was
here first. She is the daughter of a wealthy
mechanic up town, and is beautiful and ac-
complished. The Grand Duke met her at
the big ball given in his honor, and was so
smitten that he demanded permission of his
father to marry her. The old Emperor sug-
gested that possibly it might be well enough
to ascertain whether the lady would marry
him—something that hadn’t occurred to
Alexis. So, after worrying the imperial fam-
ily for four years, he get permission to come
over and pay his court in person. The girl
will marry him, never fear. The New York
girl who would marry a penniless fraud if he
had a. title, will not stop at taking: an actu-
al Grand Duke, with revenues enough for a
dozen German or French Counts. She has
already signified her acquiescence, and now
comes a new trouble. The Emperor never
supposed that Alexis meant matrimony—lie
presumed that his boy was struck with a
pretty face and figure,and that he wanted her
for a sort of left-handed wife, such as all
German Princes are allowed. , He was willing
to receive the American girl in the capacity
of his son’s mistress, but as his with—that
was another thing. He might want to mar-
rv his son to some one of the great reigning
families to strengthen his empire after the
fashion of kings and emperors, who make no
more account of love in such matters than
Ocy do of whipping-tops. So -he has posi-
tively forbidden the young man to do any-
thing-of the kind, and sent out royal ofiiccrs
in any number to prevent the match. And '
the young man is under orders to either give
up his mad design or come home. And
Alexis swears, in unexccptionable Russian,
that his imperial father may go to blazes, and
that he will follow the dictates of his own
heart, which he clai is his personal proper-
ty and not a part of e great Russian Eni-
pire. He has a dozen or two millions in his
own right, and be rather fancies the notion
of settling down as a quiet gentleman, in
America, and dodging the cares of royalty.
How it will result, no one can tell. 1f the
Grand Duke is as stubborn as the rest of his
family, he will do it. He is a good deal of a
democrat, and cares very little for the forms
of royalty. The attendants that his state im-
poses upon him are irksome to him, and he
enjoys not hing so much as his liberty.
ramsnor.
No man who ever made religion :1 business
does so much that might be called advertising
of himself as the eminent sensationalist who
sails under the name of T. DeWitt Tal
madge. He had built for him a church that
looked more like a theatre than anything else,
and be fitted it up solely for effect. He is a
long, cadavcrous man, with a sepulchral
voice and a brimstone manner . and he got up
his place of meeting with a view solely to its
fitness for him. He histhe best organist and
cornct player in the city to lead the congre-
gational singing,- and as five thousand voices
are upi'aiscd the effect is wonderful. Tal-
madge aims constantly at sensation. Just now
he is preaching to the different professions,
and his sermons, as he calls them, are. singu-
lar mixtures of pathos, cant, and what in any
one clse’s mouth would be blasphemy. Last
Sunday he preached to the insurance people,
and what do you think of these as sample
bricks:
“If I did not think that God instituted the
life insurance organizations, I would not take‘
up your time and my own on the Sabbath
morning in discoursing on the subject. Life
insurance provides for our families when we
are gone.
“If we do not pay the prfimiam we have no
right to expect mercy; we are worse than in-
fidcls. After the certificate of death has
been made out, and the thirty insurance days
have passed, and the officer of the com any
pays down the hard cash, that officer an the
company are pcrfg‘ming a religious rite.
“Set thy house in order." In our day that
would mean make your will. Do not deceive
your heirs with railroad stock or Jay Cooke’s
Northern Railway bonds; do- not deceive
them with deeds for Western lands that nev-
er will yield any crop, but fevers or second
mortgages on property that wont pity thg first.
It: * 11‘ IR )I‘
“There is coming a confiagration, compar-
ed with which that of Chicago in 1871, or
that of Boston in 1872, or that of New York-
in 1837 or 1832, I've forgotten whigh,1s as
nothing. Brooklyn on fire, New lork on
fire, Vienna on fire, Canton on fire, St. Pe-
tei'sburg on fire, Paris on fire,Loud0n on fire,
the Andes on, fire, the Appeunines on fire,
the Himalayas on fire! And what will be pc—
culiar about: that day will he that the water
with which werput. out great fires will itself
take flame. The Ohio and'Hudson, and Mis-
sissippi and tremblingNiagara, shall with red
tongues lick the heavens. The geological
beats in the center of the earth will burn out
toward the circumference, and this world
will be a living coal, the living coal falling
into ashes, the ashes scattered by the breath
of the last hurricane, and all that will he left
of this glorious planet will be flakes of ashes
falling on other worlds. _ 011, on that day
will you be fireproof, or will you be a total
loss ‘3 Will you be rescued or_w11‘l you be con-
sunied ? When this world in its baptismal
font of the sea shall blaze, will. you go out on
fire-escape of the Lord’s deliverance ? 011,
on that'day, for which all other days were
made. may itybe found that this'ltfe insurance
man had a paid-"up policy, and that this fire
insurance man had given him, instead of the
debris of a consumed world, a house not
made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”
And after this turgidity he stands for a mo-
ment, as if overcome by his feelings, looking
slyly out of his left eye to note the effect
1 upon the thrmg, and with a “let us pray,”
very
Still
this humor draws more people every Sunday
than Beecher, or any other preacher in tlzc
two cities. Curious thing human nature.
BUSINESS. .
Is somewhat better, and shows Signs of per—
manent improvement. Buyers from all parts
of the country tire ere, and, I am happy to
say, are purchasing reely. Pill-mo.
utters what he calls a prayer, which is
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