Tuesday, March 20th,,1877.
The" Mystery Explained.
Miss Chloe was a gentle maid,
Who somewhat loved old Darwin staid;
And Darwin did not hate the fair,
Who thus his lot would gladly share.
Now Darwin was a dreamer fine,
Who loved to trace the human line—
Including Chloe’s heavenly shapew
Back unto some ancestral ape.
And in their love-talk, sweet and soft,
He taught his doctrines to her off. :
Arid thus it came about one day.
He explained the myst‘ry this we)”
~"0, what becomes," said Chloe fair.
“Of alltlic pins that from my hair
I drop unliceded on the floor,
And never miss or see them more 1"”
“My dear,“ said Darwin, “they all go
Into—our mother Earth below,
There their development begins,
A mi ending they are Term-pins."
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New YORK March 13, 1877.
THE GREAT vaxnannrur CASE.
It is now a fixed fact that the Vanderbilt
will is to be attacked,‘that is if W. . H. Y -_
derbilt, to whOm: was. left the entire cs-
:atc, does not compromise and divide with
his brothers and sisters. The mover in the
matter, primarily, is one of the sisters;
iIlOllg’ll Cornelius, me other son, stands nomé
inally at the head of the contestants. The
{acts in the case are,as Cornelius states them,
about thus: The old man never showed very
much feeling for any of the children but
William. Cornelius was stricken with epi-
lepsy in his early youth, and has been the
victim of that terribledisease until within a
few years past. He had it for along time in
Its worst form, and was actually unable to do
'iusiness. Later in life he recovered from it,
.o a very great degree, and married, but'in
:hc meantime, William had grown to man’s
estate, and Was being trained by his father
into the care of the rapidly growing estate.
Cornelius had no children, and the old man
paid but little more attention to him_ than as
it“ he had not been his son. Worth at the
:ime half a hundred millions, he allowed his
recoud son and his wife the magnificent sum
of $2,500 for their support, about half that
.my respectable employee in his railroad en- ‘
tor-prises was receiving. ,The representative
-)f the Vanderbilt name could not live upon
xiiis, as a matter of course, and so he ran into
debt. Finally old age warned the great rail-
road man that he had but a short time on
earth, and he made his preparations for his
departure.
.ind that was to perpetuate the name of Van-
.lerbilt, and hold together in one mass the
money that ' gilded it and made it all it was.
His dflghters could not carry the name, be-
cause their children took the names of their
fathers, Cornelius, the second son, had no
children, and WilliamEH, the eldest son, had
not only children but they were boys. So
he left Cornelius, not $200,000, but the in
come from that amount. To the daughters
he left similar incomes, and all the balance
he left t'o William H. and, ' sons. That is
to say, he left one hundred millions of dollars
in the son fortunate enough to have sons to car-
rytlie Vanderbilt name,providing that the in-
come from about three millions of it should
be. paid to his other children. The will is to
be contested, if it is contested at all, on the
ground that it is unnatural, and that the old
man was under undue influence when he
made it. Several of the most celebrated law-
yers in the country have been employed by
the contestants. On the other side it is said
that the old gentleman knew exactly what
he was about. He left Cornelius about $20,-
000 a year, which he claims is enough for
him, and he left his daughters equally Well
fixed,ivliiclr is enough for them. He left the
estate in the hands of William because he
was the only one capable of handling the
vast interests, and that they might be contin-
ued successfully, it- was necessary that the
property should not be divided. Public opin
ion is divided. Some insist that the vast cs-
tate should be divided,because the possession
of so much mtfcy in the hands of one man
is dangerous, and others want it kept as it is,
that the grand conceptions of the dead finan-
cier may be carried out. The fight will be a
very pretty one, and the lawyerswill have a
fat. thing of it.
romrrcar.
The. inauguration is over,and Hayes is, as
as he should be, President. Tilden and Mor-
rissey played a bold, daring game for Ivery
high stakes. they lost, and subside. All the
talk of resistance has stopped, for it was
never meant to be anything. It was intended
to prevent the inauguration if possible, but
was not intended to go any farther. The bus-
iness democracy are as well pleased as the
Republicans that the question is settled, and
they will give the new administration a cor-
dial and honest support. The Wall street
men held a meeting. and resolved, and the
Union League Club did likewise. Both
bodies recognized Hayes as the legitimate
President of the United States, and endorsed
the policy shadowed forth in his inaugural as
fully as he could have desired it. The Cabi-
net is entirely satisfactory to New York, and
altogether there is a sort of political love-
feast prevailing, that is not only pleasant but
encouraging. Idon't know which party is
the best satisfied. It looks now as though
Hayes would so amalgamate the warring fac-
tions as to make but one party before his
term is out. And let me put a word in here.
Go very slow in the matter of the Senators
oer sus the President. Gov. Hayes is going to
be President himself. He went into office
with the promise that he would reform the
civil service, and that he would be the Presi-
dent of the whole country. He will surround
himself with the right men. He will urge
the right measures, and if the politicians re-
fuse to support him, he will throw himself
upon the people. Those who suppose Hayes
to be a more men of putty, who can be ma-
nipulated by traders and oflice-mongers, and
made a mere machine of for others to grind,
will find themselves mistaken. He is a
strong, self-reliant, self-willed man, who
knows all about the government and who
will run it. He has a fight on his hands, but
he will win. He has the confidence of the
people, and can afford to antagonize the trad-
ing politicians.
Flamenco: nernnrxos.
The fire in Bond street, in which two mil-
lions of dollars went up,.shows how little
sense there is in builders. The building was
built by the Waltham Watch Company, and
was intended to be fire-proof. The walls
were massive, the front was iron, the beams
and girders were iron, and everything was
done to make the receptacle of millions of
property absolutely safe. But the floors were
laid with Georgia pine, which is about all
resin, and the casings and all the interior
work was made of wood. A fire got into it
--how, no one knows—and this fire-proof
building went up about as quickly as a com-
mon frame barn. The inflammables inside
made a heat that curled the iron supports
like pipe stems, and actually melted the
walls. The brick and iron afforded no resist-
ance to the fire—it licked it up as readily as
it did the wood. And now the architects are
figuring on buildings which won't burn.
They never will do it, if they make the out-
side of brick and iron, and then put enough
Georgia pine inside to melt it.
mrcnrnxnn cnowns.
Another terrible accident took place Thurs-
day night. A series of meetings are being
held in St. Xavier Catholic church, for we-
men and children, under the direction of a
Jesuit missionary, who is awonderfully mov-
ing preacher. He was dwelling on the her-
rors of purgatory, and had the congregation
of women-there were twentyhve hundred
‘ed light will flash upon your darkness.
of them—terribly excited. One woman lost
control of herself, and shrieking, fainted.
Borne equally frightened »woman,shrieked
fire, and the mass made a rush for the door.
the strong trampled remorselessly over the
weak, and when the building was finally
emptied, it was found that six adults and four
or five children had been trampled to death. '
Nobody seems to be blame, but 'it does seem
as though in buildings intended for such pur-
poses, some provision should be made for
these constantly occurring accidents. The
trampling killed as many people in the Brook-
lyn theater as the fire.
Jon convax. ,
There is some hope for New York. Joe
Coburn, the pugilist, and democratic politi-
cian, discharged his. little pistol at a police-
mau,a few weeksfig'omud wounded him. The
law, which men of the Coburn kidney have
heretofore laughed at, took hold of him, and
Joseph was not only convicted, but sentenced
him to ten years in Sing Sing. This rufiian
has been the terror of New York for years.
He has been a prize-fighter, a keeper of all
sorts of criminal resorts, and has been arrest-
‘ed hundreds of times, but he was so useful
to the democracy in handling repeaters, and
'in organizing the shoulder-hitters for election
days, that he has always been let off without
much punishment. But the day of these fel-
lows is over. Public opinion has got at last
some influence with judges, and they dare
not compromise with scoundrels who are so
well known as this Coburn. And so,Joscpb,
much to his disgust, goes up for ten years,
and his fellows shake in their shoes. Joe
Goss, another one of the fraternity, who was
concerned in the Allen prize-fight in Ken-
tucky, and was employed by the democracy
in stuffing the ballot-boxes in Cincinnati, was
taken out of the city on a requisition from
the Governor of Kentucky, and he will lan-
guisli in the prison of that State for a while.
The sky is brigliteniurr.
nosrxass
is improving for certain. The hotels are full
of merchants, and, thank heaven, they are
buyinc. The big importers are rolling out
bales and boxes in the most cheerful way,
and the heart of the truckman is made glad.
Now, good peopb in the interior, take a little
heart. We are not going to have‘war. We
have a President, and things are going on
smoothly and well. Build, buy, marry, and
"give in marriage, just the sameasthough you
never, heard of hard times. There was no
I-occasion whatever for the how], and now
:that the shadow is gone, don’t stay frighten-
ed. If the people get back their courage the
times will be as good in a month as they eve,-
werc. Courage is what we want now.
Pra'rno.
P. S.-——The Vanderbilt matter has finally
been compromised and all suits withdrawn.
vi... Your "Wife.
3 The following advice from a correspondent
of the Country Gentleman is well worthy of
iacceptance, but we would add a little more
,to it in the form of a suggestion, that in case
. i you are a farmer and have no wife—Get one.
He seemed to have but one idea 1
“If you are in any trouble or quandary,
:tell your wife—that is if you have one—all .
about it at once. Ten to one her invention will
:solve your difficulty sooner than all your
logic.
:but her instincts arc quicker and keeuer
The wit of woman has been praised,
than her reason. Counsel with your
wife, or your mother, or sister, and be assur-
Wo-
men arc too commonly adjudged verdant in
all but purely womanish "affairs. No philo-
sophical students of the sex thus judge them
.Their intuitions, or insights, are the most
subtle, and if they cannot see a cat in the
meal, there is no eat there. I advise a .nan
to keep none of his affairs 8 secret from his
wife. Many a home has been happily saved,
and many a fortune retrieved, by a man’s full
confidence in his wife. IVoman is far more
a seer and a prophet than a man, if she be
. given a faircliance. As a general rule, wives
confide the minutest of their plans and
thoughts to their husbands. Why not recip-
rocate, if but for the pleasure of meeting
confidence with confidence ? I am certain no
iman succeeds so well in the world as he who,
taking a partner for life, makes her the part-
.ner of his purposes and hopes.
What is
wrong of his impulse or judgment she will
check and set right with her almost univer-
sally riglit instincts. And what she most
craves and most deserves is confidence, with-
out. which,love is never free from a shadow.”
A Washington special to the Philadelphia
Tones, March 11th,says :—
_ The new President not ohlv has a new pol-
icy and a new cabinet, but if his first Sunday
in Office is a sign, he is going to change the
administration preacher. Hayes and his fami-
ly walked several squares to the Foundry
Methodist church, not far from Newspaper
Row, and heardasermon from the lips of .
Dr. Duncan, professor of Randolph and Ma-
con college, Georgia, under the control of the
Methodist Church south. The conference of
the Methodist Church is now sitting at Alex.
andria, near Washington, and this preacher
was only a visitor, but it is considered here
asn terrible cut to “ Major General” New-
man, as Piatt calls the pastor of the church 5
to which Grant and his family was accustom
cd to go. General Grant, it will he remem-
bered, sent Dr. Newman around the world to ‘
vrsit consulates, at the government expenie. ‘
The President’s-walking to church is spoken
Of as another innovation by old residents, and
his receiving yesterday afternoon at the larg.
est day reception ever held in Washington,
without gloves is regarded as almost grotesque
in showing to what lengths republican sim-
plicity, aided by western manners, can go.
The cold stiff bow of the silent man who has
been there eight years was superccded by a
genial smile and a “glad to see you," which
put even the most captions in a good humor
with the new White House people.
New Jersey Midland.
The Receivers report for December total
receipts of $62,806.83, of which $176.32 was
balance from previous month, and $10,214 01
on loan account. The expenditures were
$62,754.99, leaving a balance of $51.84. Ex-
penditures outside of current Operating ac
counts were $7,000 for Middletown, Union-
ville & Water Gap lease; $2,912 87 for con-
struction; $1,061.33 for equipment: $250
for right of way, and $4,842.53 on loan ac-
count. ,
The receipts and expenses on current ac-
count were:
Passengers, $6,691 16
Freight, _, 27,250 56
Milk,. is 12,804 59
Miscellaneous, 5,670 19
Total ($610 per mile) $52,416 50
Drawbacks, freight, charges, etc. 17,731 58
Balance, 034.684 92
Working and terminal expenses, 29,351 87
Net earnings, $5,333 05
In addition to the above,which shows only ac-
tual cash receipts,there was an uncollected bal~
ance of $2,571.22 due from the Pennsylvania
Railroad on December passenger ac count.
The gross earnings show an increase of $6,-
664.86, or 14.6 per cent. over 1875*.
A missionary of the American Sunday-
school Union in South Carolina writes thus,
of a review of his work and its results in his
native state: “When on aged-in organiz-
ing new Sunday-schools find the people
firmred in advance; showing the spreading
nppy influence of schools previously estab-
lished by me. I also find that schools that
were gathered by me under bush-arbors in
the wild forest, where no gospel privileges
had been enjoved, have grown into organized
congregations. worshiping in comfortable
buildings. Four new schools last mom ."
..gunday‘School T z‘mea.
A law of New York relating to tree plant-
ing says: “An inhabitant liable to highway
tax who transp ants by the side of the public
highway any forest shade trees or fruit trees,
of suitable size, shall be allowed by the over-
seers of highways, in abatement of
way tax, one dollar for every four rees set
out; no row of elins shall be placed nearer
than 70 feet, no row of maples or other for-
est trees nearer than 50 feet, except locust
which may be 30 feet apart; and no allow
ance as before mentioned shall be made unless
such trees shall have been set out a year pre.
vious to the demand of said abatement of tax
and are living and well protected from ani-
mals at the time of such demand.”
That President Hayes’ Cabinet means an
early resumption of specie payments there
can be no question. Every member of it in
staunch hard money man, and all of them will
work to secure a specie basis as soon, at least,
as the law of 1875 demands. This fact is so
reassuring to the country that business con-
fidence Will be rapidly restored, and the
wheels of industry will soon be whirring in
every section of the country.
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OF THE
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- F. S WINSTON. PRESIDENT.
in THE YEAR ENDING. DECEMBER 3111, 1876.
Dr.
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To Balance from last account, $75,414,928 42
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“ Interest and Rents.... .. 4,878,260 34
$95,429,887 12
REVENUE ACCOUNT.
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“ Annuities. .. .. . . . 24,611 40
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and Additions.... ....6,319,785 21
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676,967 49
56,160 85
664.302 35
Balance to New Account . . . .79,526,900 87
‘395,429,887 12
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To Reserve at four per cent . $77,502,062 00
" Claims by Death, not yet as. 610,750 00-
“ Premiums pnid in advance. .... 24,372 43
Contingent Guarantee Fund . ; 654,842 59 '-
Surplus for.Division. . . . . 33,568,161 57
8‘
a“
882,360,188 59
BALANCE SHEET.
.By
ll
1" RealEstate........ 4,246,245 40
“ Cash in Banks and Trust
Companies at interest 2,183,001 73
‘f - interestmrued. . . . . . . .. 1,322,294 16
“ Premiums deferred, quar-
ly and semi-annual. . . . 923,332 90
u, Premiums'intransit, prin-
cipally for December.. 137,195 10
Balances due by Agents. 18,349 70.
Mortgages onRe‘il Estate $60,856,200 18
United States and State
Bonds, etc. . . . .. .. 12,673,569 33
$82,360,188 59
Premiums deferred and in transit in the'fohogoing Balance Sheet, have been subjected to
a deduction of twenty-flv‘e’per cent, by the Insurance Department, for the estimated cost of
collecting the same.‘ See Ofleial Report below.
Hex. WM. :Surrn,
pany of N07? York.
THE REPORT OF THE EXAMINATION
'BY
TIEINSURANOEDEPARTMENT
':. .4ch 'Supm'ntenden-l New York Insurance Department .-
, with instructions received from you under appointment Number 363, I re
p etioii of the examination into the afl'airs of The Mutual Life Insurance Com-
Madd 146,021.50 when the annual investi' ition by the Trustees-as called for by the
706 87.
of $10,262,879 44.
Department.
New York City bonds, registered. . . . . . . . ..
Boston Water bonds, registered . . .. . . . . . . . ._.
Providence, R. 1., bonds registered.... . . . . . . ’
Cherry Valley Town bonds.... . . . . . . . .
Buffalo City bonds... . .. ..
Missouri State bonds. .
San Francisco bonds. .
Union Co., N. J., bonda........
Plainfield, N. J., bonds.... ..
.... .... .... ......
Interest due and accrued. . . . . . .. . . . . . .
' Total liabilities, .. ..
All of which is respectfully submitted,
Cityononkersbonds.... .... 17
That the Company hasbeen successfullyim
necessary that the. custodians of this sacred trust fund should be men eminently competent to
guard zealously the money that in the futuqé ifford the protection guaranteed. by contracts
with the holders of ninety-two thousand one-hundred and twenty-five policies. I
The Company does not need any other endorsement by the Department than is shown
in the assets and liabilities enumerated below, exhibiting a surplus, as regards policyholders
A schedule giving in detailthe information
.
r
i
l
Elmira Citybonds............ .....
company’s chartér;wasvin progress, the work was considerably facilitated by each Depart-
ment reproacntativo‘acting' with one of the said iTrustees, thus giving a double force with a
check that was inmate... to the correctness of the labor performed.
The valuatiens Of-the'Poli'eies in forcehave; been made in the Department under the
supervision of-Mr. D. H. Keefer-,10ur‘Actuary, land have occupied his attention with that of
the rest Of our acturaial forcei'not engaged in New Yer-k. .
The investments of the company, with other admissible asset's, make It fetal of $82,076,.
waged is everywhere conceded; and. it is very
$12,003,550
Cashinbanks and trust companies........
Netuncollected and deferred premiums.....7.......................
o... ...-...uno-o...
__ necessary foriva'luationa of property, verifi-
cation of title, &c., of each of the seven thousand one hundred and'flfty-six (7,156) mortgages,
has been compiled, and with a list of uncolleeted anddefe'rred premiums is now on file in the
The following was the condition of the Company on' December 31st, 1870:
ASSETS.
RealEstate $4,246,24540
BondsandMortgages ........ .. 60,850,20018
Stocks and Bonds. 5 Par value.:'. ;._.Ma.rket value.
U. S. bonds, registered........ ...; 37,473,550 :. '37:?02340 62
2, 2,405,000 , 2,412,587 50
500,000 7: 556,250 00
$500,000 337,500 00
E ""50.000 50,000 00
118.000 128,250 00
140,500 145,417 50
56,000 57,435 00
215,000 225,025 00
600,000 637,528 71
f‘ 14,000 14,735 00
1.509 1,500 00
$12,673,560 33
12,671,569 33
2,183,001 73
1,322,294 16
795,396 07
.1. n. Porn-En
BIA“! IN
rilaashitalas,
MELODEONS,
. SHEET MUSICo&°99
Wall Streetlloiwalii, 0t.
NEXT noon to SAVIGS BANK
1 keep alargestoek oflnstruments on hand and
sell them on Monthly Installments. Everybody
can have a Piano or Organ. ,
SOLE AGENT Ion TEE CHHBBATBD
WEBER P141603,
STANLEY a s 010.9,
aadvasmmv a woman's,
11.41st 12120 T171717,
VASE cf: 8 017 ,
and will furnish at short action
Calland see them.
OLD INSTRUMENTS
Taken in Exchange for New
TUNING ANDREPAIRI G
Done at short notice.
The Weber Plano.
A few extracts from the cat number received
by the most eminent usic ans in the United States
may not be ruapprop late:
I have never seen a Piano which equals the We-
ber Pianoforte. Geo. F. Brianna.
The Weber Piano occupies justly the first rank
amongst the Best Pianos. » J. N. Pattisan.
The Weber Pianoscanuot possibly be an asscd.
s. B. ills.
I used the Weber Grand. Piano because Iconsid-
or it the best in the world. Harry Sanderson.
The Weber Piano possesses everythin that can
he wished for- in a Piano. Geo. W. organ.
The Weber Plano ranks foremost amen t the
best manufactured. William axon.
The Weber Pianos stand first amongst the splen-
did Pianos produced in this Country.
Clara N. Brinkerhal.
A ten years‘ experience satisfies me that the We-
ber France are unapproacbablc.——Jahn Zundel.
I would callespeclal attention to
THE ESTY CflTTAGE 011011
Beautifully finished in black walnut and
rosewood ,combining moreperfectionsthan
any otherin the world. Has taken more
than our: uuxmmn AND FIFTY GOLD MED-
ALB AND Fras'r PREMIUMS, at Fairs and Ex-
hibitions throughout the United States.
They areendorsed by theliigheafmusical
authorities.
Certainlythe best I ever heard .
Geo. W. Morgan.
It is oocal,which is thehighest praisethat
can be bestowed on any instrument.
G. B.Seymour, MuswalCritw N. Y. Times.
Theyarefhe bestreedinstrumcntwe have
met with. -
(7. .0 J. II. Odell, Organ Buzlders ,N. 1’.
It i s the neplus ultra ofreedi nstruments.
Prof. E. L. Baker.
1'. contains sweetness and power in an
unusual degree—Rec. Bishop Simpson, M
E. Church.
Language fails in adequacy to“convey a
fair idea of the perfectly enchanting power
of this instrument.—Independen t .
Vasilysuperior to anything of‘ the kind
have ever played upon.— Wm.A. 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 for beau-
ty ot'eflect.-— Wm. A .Johnaon,0rganbmlder.
It is not merely the beat,butit is theonly
mechanicalreproduction of the human voice
which has ever satisfied mc.—Reo. II. 0'.
cal Assocmtwn .
WILLIAM 0. STREET,
18 Water Street,
. .Vho.csa1t undRetail Dealer in
iHARDWARE,
IRON ,S‘I‘EEL. MECHANICS’ TOOLS. A0111
CULTURAL lMPLEMENTS, CARRIAGE
BODIES, WHEELS, RIMS, SHAFTS,
BUBS AXLES, SPRINGS, BOLTS,
SASB, BLINDS, DOORS, PAINTS.
OILS, GLASS, VARNISH , .20.,
At LowestNew York Prices,
COWLES & MERRILL,
Agents at Norwalk, Conn., issue Policies for the
following Insurance Ccm aauies:
Etna, of Hartford, Ct., 84,047,378 07
Hartford, “ 1,537,51900
thn‘rx, “ 1,061,189 84
People’s, of Middle town , Ct., 348,874 86
Home of New York. 2,423,206 52
Pheanix,Brooklyn, N. Y., 1,545,557 10
Continental of New York . 1,427,496 21
International, , 829,476 00
Westchester. of Net. Rochelle, 1 . 1., 453.930 32
Sprin field. ofSpringfleld, Mass., 579.78000
Peep e’s, Worcester, Mass.. 600,000 00
Franklin.Phila., Pa., 3,268,81839
Commerce, Albany, N. Y., 264,424 00
Narragansett. of Prevalence. R. 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,sepa-
~ rate fire assets, , 5,055,10500
North British and Mercantile. do do 2,104,508 00
Quecnof Liverpool a London, do do 1,355,c60 90
Imperial, of London. do do 5,313,665 00
Ann othchompanies, Stock and Mutual, in Con-
necticut and New York..
GEORGE B. COWLES, HOMER MERRILL.
Total admitted asaefa.... ”$82,076,706 87
LIABILITIES.
Net value of outstanding policies and additions,. ....$71,031,205 00
Unpaid losses, not yet due, (including resisted claims)...
Premiumspaid in advance....................
758,250 00
24,372 43
"$71,813,827 43
:4. .... .... I... .4.-
Surplusasregardspolicyholders,....................... 10,262,879 44
Aggregate....................... sssoreroe 87
JOHN A. .ncblLL, 311.,
' Deputy Superintendent-
The Superintendent was present in person during the examination of the United States securi-
ties,bonds and mortgages, and other stocks and bonds owned by_tlie Company, and took part in
said examination. He desires to join with his Deputy in assuring “the public that the system
of management and accuracy of detail, as well as the cheeks and. individiial responsibilities
imposed on each person who has anything to do with the loaning Or investing the funds of
the Company, command his meat hearty approval. The President and all other officers of
the Company were most prompt and courteous in affording every information; while so per-
feet is the organization of each department that any special 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
FREDERICK S. WINSTON,
Jomv V. L. Pacrx,
R. H. McCcanr,
WILLIAM Barre,
Saxons E. Srnonnns,
Saucer. M. CORNELL,
Looms Ronrxsorv,
W. Sarrru BROWN,
WILLIAM B. POPHAM,
Samurai. D. Bancocx,
I-Innnr A. SMY'I‘EE,
Winmnr E. Donne,
in a few weeks, which under ordinary circumstances, would have required as many months.
WILLIAM SW, Acting Superintendent.
ROBERT A. GRANNISB, 2d Vice-President,
W. H. C. BARTLETT, LL 1)., Actuary,
o. a. mason, 14.1)
A. H. CAMP A; at, Norwalb.
w. n. GILLETTE, M. D.,
I Medical Examiners.
TRUSTEES; '
GEORGE S. Con,
WM. M. Vnnmmc,
Jenn E. Dnvanm,
Manna Barns,
Wu. A. llamas,
Snrxoua L. Hearse, '
Omvna H. Pawns,
Hanna E. DAVIES,
mean. A. McCunnr,
Fulxcrs Signor,
Janna C. ‘HOLDEN,
Banana 0. Vex Posr,
.1 GEO. C. chuannsox,
‘ ,. Am. B. Bren, ‘
W. F. 84300017,
11. ercrmonn Suns,
Encounter: H. Cossrr'r,
LaWrs Mar,
Omvan Hummus,
Tarmac Drcxson,
Hana! W. Siam,
Joan E. Sunnwoon,
11:61er P. FABBRI,
Gnonon H. Axrmnwa.
RICHARD A. MCCURDY, Vice-President,
ISAAC F. LLOYD, Secretary,
0. H. PALMER, Solicitor.
‘~ JOHN W. NICHOLS, General Agent for Connecticut, New Haven, Ct.
a
w. E. QUINTARD,
General Furnishing Undertaker,
a OPPOSITE HORSE R. R. DEPOT.
fi'Oi-ders attended to day or night. Residence
Main Street,3 doors from Union Avenue. .
FARM
—AND—
IIIIIIIIBIIITIIIIM IMPLEMENTS.
A FULL stock of the most approved Farm and
Garden Implements now in store and for sale,
\iihglesalc and retail. at manufacturers’ prices, in-
c u n : .
MowIng Machinesaud LawnMowor a.
Lawn Mowers, full size, 812.
Wheel, lawn, steel and hay rakes
Ploughs—Mead’s. Marsh, Eagle. die.
Shovels, Spades, Scoops, Garden Forks. and
oes.
RIIIW Cutters—Burdick’s, Whitmorc's,and Hide
0 ers.
Harrows, Corn Shellers,0x Yokes and Down.
Churns—Blanchard’s, the very bestin use ;also.
smaller implements in great variety.
Phonphaeoe~kussell’s, Coc’s. Baifli’s. and
Bridgeport. W. C. S EET.
Nor-walk, April. 1875.
AT
Quintard’s Furniture Rooms
will befound a complete assortment of
FURNITURE, ac,
lncludingeverythin usuallyfound inn first-class
establishment, at P ass to suit the Times. Also.
a large assortment of
CHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
Loornxu‘ unassns, are.
Glass Plates cnttoany size. Repairingdonein the
best‘manner, at short notice. Also, old Hair Mat-
trusses made over as good as new.
2. ouui‘rasn's soil.
WM. LOCKWOOD,
(Successor to one. 11. RAYMOND a 00..) '
Furniture Dealer.
No. 36 Main Street, Norwalk.
UNDERTAKING.
At in store will be found a large assortment of
V all kin s of
COFFINS, CA SKETS,
and everything necessa for the interment of the
- dead. Residencsat W. .SWAN’S.Main St. bl
.3
. Wagon for Sale.
Good Business WAGON
I .
én&mt of I!“ A“
will be sold on
It the 0%
‘Riggs,Preaidcnlonm-thernNew York—Mus»: ,
.l as. Po'r'rnn',ivorwaik. '
CONVEYANCES.
\MWMAAAA A A n n
FREIGHT LINE
101qu 1:00 NEW inn;
White’s Propellers '
Willcontlnue to make regular trips betweenNor-
walk Bridgeand New York. stopp ngat South Nor-
walk to receive and leave freight. .Freight received
from and delivered at the freight depot of the
Danbury and Norwalk Railroad.
Produce sold as heretofore. Freight at usual
rates. ,
a- All persons are forbid trusting any of the
employees of the boats of thlslinc on account of
the owners thereof.
DANBURY d: NORWALK II. II.
“’INTER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing December 11, 1876.
DAILY TRAINS
Leave Norwalk Bridge
At 9 43 3- me} For Danbury and intermediate
262212-113? stations.
At 11 03, a. m., on Mondays only, for Ridgelicld.
Learn Norwalk Bridge for South Norwalk.
At’.‘ 33, a. m., 1 08, 5 53 p. m.
Leave Bazaar—31701- Norwalk.
630. a. m.,: 12 00 m.,4 45. p. m.
Freight Train at 610 p; m.
JOHN W. ACON. Supt.
IEWYIIBIJEW IIAVEI LHARJ’FIIIID IlAlllllAlI
Trains leave South Norwalk for New. York at
1 25, (Washington Exp , via. llarlcm River). 3 47,
(Epr, 4 ll, (Exp.) 6 00.* 6 3-1,* 7 34, 7 45*, (Exp)
9 28.*1050, (ll-xv.) A. M., l 23*. 2 56,* (17.pr 4 30,
(Exp.)5 03, 6 36,. Exp.) 7 00., 9 43,(Exp.)ll'.M,For New
Haven, 1 33. (Exp) 6 49. 9 01, 9 34.(Exp.)10 48, A.
M., 12 11, (Exp.) 1 43, 218, (Exp ) 4 04, 4 19.712211.)
615. 646. 1036, (Exp.) 3: ll 36, (Exp) 1'. M. or
Springfield, 6 49. 9 34, (Exp) A. M., 1211. (Exp)
1 45, 4 l9, (Exp) 6 49, 10 36. (Exp) 1’. M. Express
for Boston, via. Springfield, 9 34, A. M., 12 ll. 4 10,
and 10 36, P. M., vm. New London : 2 18 and 11 36,
P. M., via. Air Line R.R.,1 33, A. M., and: l8.P.M.
*Ccnlnect at New Rochelle with Harlem River
Branc 1.
[Published gratuitously for the concurrence of
the Public]
Norwalkllarse Railwaylime Table.
COMMENCING DEC. 11TH,1876.
Lnavc Nonwanx. So. Nonwanx
615a. nr. N. Y. &N.H.Accom. 535A-M.
6 45 " 1'05 ”I
7 05 “ New York Accommo’n 7 25 “
7 25 " N. Y. Express 7 45 “
8 05 “ 8 25 “
8 35 “ New Haven Accord’n 9 00 “
910 “ N.Y.Ac.&N.H.Ex. 935 “
9 35 “ 10 00 H
1000 -“ 10 25 “
1025 “ N. Y. Ex. 80 N. H. Ac. 1050 “
10 50 “ ' 11 15 “
ll '25 ' New Haven Express 11 55 "
11 55 “ I2 15 p. m
1235p.m., 1255 “
12 55 ‘ ‘ New York Accommo’n l ‘25 "
l 25 “ New Haven Accom’n 1 45 "
2 55 “ N. H. Express. 2 20 “
2 30 “ New York Express 2 55 u
3 m U 3 25 II
335 “ N.H.Ac.&N.II.Ex 405 “
4 05 “ New York Express -4 30 "
4 40 “ N. Y. Accommodation. 5 05 “
5 05 “ 6 25 ‘
5 25 “ ’ 5 45 ‘
5 35 .' N. H. Accom’n 6 15 “ .
6 15 “ New York Express 6 35 “ .
625 “ N.Y.&N.H.Accom 645 "
6 45 “ 7 05 “
7 05 u 7 % u
7 3S “ 7 55 “
8 05 u 3 25 u
8 25 u 855 ‘
9 05 " New York Express 9 25 ‘
25 “ . o 9 45 "
HOW res lOllll WATER PIPES.
Wm. Glover 8:. Son,
Are ready to putin your WATER,STEAM or GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at as low a rate as
anyone. WROUGHT AND CAST IRON, TIN-
LINED, LEAD PIPES, &c., of every size and de-
scription. PLUMBING in all its branches.
Undertaking!
0 THE PUBLIC 1 Anyone wishing myservices
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 H. RAYMOND, Agentl
Starch Polish.
By the use of which every family may ive their
Linen that brilliant polish peculiar to no laun-
dry work. Saving time and labor in ironing, more
than its entire cost. Warrantcd. Ask lor Dob-
iiifiibinssmc 00.13 N 4th stPhil
Sold by DEMMON .e NEWCOMB, Grocers, Main
Street, N orwulk. 41
THE HARTFORD
STEAM BUILER INSPECTION !
[nsurancdmllonipanyy
851) ES Policies of Insurance. Aftercarefnl in-
spection of the Boilers, covering all less or
damage to Boilers, Buildings, and Machinery aris-
inzfrom
S'rcarr Benin Exrtosreas !
J. ill. ALLEN, . - - President
0. M. BEACH, - - Vlcc-Presldcnl
J. B. PIERCE, Secretary
W. G. LINEBURGH, - Agent
Officeover the First- Nationa Bank, cor.Main and
Bank Sts.. BRIDGEPOBT. CONN. 23
The oiva BLACKING that meets 1h.
demand for a. quirk am! brilliant folk/z.
“ BIXBY’S BEST”
d'brotm’efy nourishes am! preterru r' :e
lea/IMP.
5‘ :5. 1:12:22 3; Co, 173 a 1'15 Washington St. N. Y-
15010 by
STALFORD & STODDARD, Grocers. Norwalk
Tine Blut'i
REAL
1'; Made soluble by
‘ ' ‘ Patent Process.
LU _
I‘ Packed in Patonfi
\(7 ‘LJ.
755' 3
roadydnnde
- ‘ BAGS and scars.
'INDI
”BAG ,1; -
crying: The only
3‘ 1': “True Blue"
Per the
T0
TRY I l”...
67?. WI), 6!. CO" 173 df. 175 Washington Sf.
Sold by
GEO. WARD SELLECK. ‘rocer, Main Street.
ENDE5C. to GEO. P. ROWELL & Cm,Ncw
York, for Pamphlet of 100 pages, containing
.Ists of 3000 newspapers, and estimates showing
10st of‘ advertising.
John A. Honnecker,
B A. KE R,“
FOOT 0F MILL HILL.
Bread, nous, Pies, Cakes, Crullci-s, &c., baked
Fresh every da . Everything made out of good
materials, and yeareful and competentworkmen.
l‘ry our Baking. '
Visiting Garcia.
1.]. THE NEW STYLES,—plain. rep,
A. pure whitevor fashionable tints, imported
.toek,p.1t up in neat card bexes,can be had a
shortnotiec, attire Gazette Job Prlnflnl
Cleo. mount.”
'grgalgntios. '
Notice.
OJohn Buttery, Edward Fitch and Mrs. Ed-
ward Fitch Jainei- Lane. Charles M. Gregory,
Mrs. Edward Kceler, Thomas M. Raymond, Miss
Francis Keeler, Town of horwalk, Town or Wil-
ton, Augustus Bulkley, and all other persons and
corporations interested 3n the damages or benefits
occasioned by, or resulting from the laying out by
the undersigned committee of a new highway, in
the towns of Wilton and Norwalk.
You are hereby notified that the undersigned
will meet at the Norwnik Hotel, in the town of
Network, on Friday, them any of March. A. D.,
1877. at the hour Name it!) o’clock. in the forenoon,
for the purpose of hearing you and all persons en-
titled to be ucnrd relatrye to the damages sustain-
ed by, or benefits accruing to any erson or per-
sons by the luy our. of‘suiu new hi way.
And you are hereby lurther nori ed, that the said
hearing will commence at said time and place,
aforesaid, and will he proceeded wiih on thin day ,
and on each succeeding week day thereafter, until
said hearing is completed.
And you are hereby further notified. To be pre-
sent it you see cause, on said 270 day or March, A.
1).. 1877. at the hour and place above named, and
be fully heard upon said subject matter of said
hearing.
Saiu new highway, so laid out, commences in
the town of Wilton, on the west side of the exist-
ing hi hway in front of the dwelling house or the
late C arlotte lieeler. now occupied and owned
by Mrll‘. M. Raymond, and runs substantially in a
straight course to tthorwalk Millgn the town
of Norwalk. -
The survey of" said new highwa , so laid out by
us, the undersigned, is on file in 1 ie 001cc of the
Clerk of the Superior Court, for Fairflelu County.
and all persons are hereby referred thereto for a
full and accurate description of said new highway.
J unliUA B. r‘ERRlS,
11. E. SCOTT. Committee.
D. M. MARVIN. 2t11
Dated at Stamford. March 10th, A. D., 1877
flBankrupt Notice-‘—
IN THE DISTRICT COURT of the UniicdStates
for the District 01‘ Connecticut.
In the matter of ELIAS GUSUWSRI, of Nor-
walk, in said district, Bankrupt—iii Bankruptcy.
Before Hon. L. N. Middlcbrook, Register in Bank-
ru tc .
To 3whom it may concernz-"l‘he undersigned
hereby gives notice of his appointment as As-
signce of the Estate of Elias Gusowski, of" Nor-
walk. in the County or Fairfleld. and State of
Connecticut, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt
upon a petition, of his creditors by the District
Court of said District.
Dated at Norivitlk. in said District, the 6th day
of March, A. D., 1877.
31.11 JOHN F. RAYMOND, Assignee.
WV vs
Tax Collector’s Sale.
OTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
under and by virtue of a. certain tax warrant
duly executed and signed by proper authority.
anddirccted to the undersi ned, commanding him
to levy and collect of ENRY \VlCH, and
other persons named in the rate book, on
the list to said Warrant annexed, their several
proportions of the sum total as therein stated, said
sum beings. tax or assessment agreed upon by the
inhabitants of the Down Town School District,
regularly and legally assembled, to wrtz-on the
1st day or November, A. D., le‘75, met for the pur-
pose of providing for the indebtedness of said
School District, levies upon and will sell at pub-
lic auction.at the premises hereinaftcrdescrrbcd,
on the 10th day of May, A. D., 1877, at 2 o’clock,
p. m., so much of the following described real es-
tate of Henry Wich, bounded northerly by lot,
No. 16. easterly by land of Mr. Shullz, or heirs,
southerly b ' highway called Third Avenue, west-
erly by ion of Chester F. Tones, and others, said
piece of land being 50 feet front and rear, and 150
feet in depth, with the buildings thereon standing
and known as lot No. 11, fronting southerly on
said l‘hird Avenue, as designated on the map now
on file in the Town Clerk’s ofllce, in said Norwalk,
entitled a map of East Norwalk, as wrll raise the
sum of two dollars and forty cents, (32 40), that
being the preportioii of Henry wich. of the
sum total in said list together with interest, and
charges of'lcvy, sale, the. _
lIlRAM C. JONES.
_ Collector. —
Dated Norwalk. March 5th, 1877. 3t10
[STRICT OF NORWALK, ss. Probate Court
March 3th, A. D., 1877. .
Estate of SALLY NORTHRUI’, late of New
Canaan, in said District, deceased.
The Court of Probate for the District of Nor-
walk, hath limited and allowed six months from
the date hereof, for the creditors of said estate,
to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who
neglect to present their accounts properly attested,
within said time. will be_ debarrcd a. recovery.
All persons inuebted to sand estate are. requested
to make immediate payment to
3tll CYRUS E. CRABB, Administrator.
[STRICT of NORWALR,ss.l‘robatc~Court.
March (Mr, A. D. 1877.
Estate of J OSEPHILE RICE, late of Nor-
walk,in said District. deceased.
The Court of Probate for the District of Nor-
walk, hath limited and allowed six months from
the date hereof, for the Creditors of said Estate,to
exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who
neglecttoprescnttheiraccounts, prbperly attested
within said time, will be debarred a recovery. All
persons indebted to said Estate are requested to
makeimmediate payment to ' . .
3t11 ADELINE S. THORP, Administratrix.
ISTRICT 0FNORWALK,ss.Probate Court.
March 11th, A. D. 1877.
Estate 01 ISAAC FASCHER, late 01 Wilton,
in said district, deceased.
ORDERED—'1 hat the Administrator- exhibit his
Administrationaccount‘to this court for adjust-
ment, at the Probate Oflice in No) walk, on the
7th day of April, 1377. at 9 o’clock. rorenoon;
and that all persons interested in said Estate may
be notified thereof, the said Administrator wi l
cause this order to be published in a newspaper
printed in Fmrfieltl County. and post acopy there-
of on the sign—post in said Wilton, nearest the
plaCc where the deceased last dwelt, at least ten
days before said 7th day of’ApriI.
2111 GEORGE A. DAVENPORT, Judge.
.. . .
ISTRICT OF RE DDING, ss. PROBATE
COURT, l‘ebruary. 17th, 1877.
Estate of llORATlO G. S' ‘URGES, late of'Red
ding, in said District, deceased.
The Court of Probate 101' the District of Red-
ding, hath limited and allowed six months from
the date hereof, for the-creditors of said Estate,
represented insolvent, in which to exhibit their
claims thereto: and has appornled ’I‘haiildcns ill.
Abbot and Jonathan R. Sanford, 01 said Refilling,
Commissioner sto receive and examine said claims.
Certified by
LEMUEL SANFORD, Judge.
The srrbscribers give notice that they shall meet
at the late residence or the deceased in said Red
ding. on the l7t-h days of April and August, 1877.
at one o’clock, in the afternoon, on each of said
days, for the purpose of attending on the business
or' said appointment. ‘
THA I) DEUS M. ABBOTT, Commiso
JONATHAN R. SANFORD, sioners.
All persons indebted to said Estate are request-
ed to make immediate payment to
JOHN S. ST URGES, Administrator.
Commission'ers’ N otrce.
HE subscribers appomted by the Court of
_ Probate, for the District of Norwalk, Com-
missioners to receive, exumincand decide upon
the claims of the creditors of the Estate of
SALLY P. STUA RT, late of Norwalk,iu said dis-
trict deceased, represented insolvent. hereby give
not-cc that we will attend to the business of our
said appointment at the Office of the Norwal.
Horse Railway Company, in said Nor-walk, on the
'241h day of May, 1877, and on the 24th day of Au-
gust, 1877, at 10 o’clock in the forcnoon 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.
DDrlrggtll at Norwalk the 24111 day of' February, .‘ .
., 4 .
W. S. MOODY,
TALLMADGE BAKER,
Cpmmis-
sroners.
0 THE PROBATE COURT. for the Distict of
Norwalk, in the State of Connecticut. .
The application of‘ Edward A. Ulmsteud, of the
town or Wilton, in said district, respectfully
showeth :—
That he is lawful guardian to Agnes C. Olmstead
a minor residing and belonging in Brooklyn,in
the State of New York, and also to William S.
Olmstead, a minor belonging to said district of
Norwaik, and that said minors are the owners of
an undivuled in estin the following described
Real Estate sit ing and being in said town
tract of” land, in quantity
forty acres, in s, with the buildings stand~
ing thereon, it (led northerly and westerly
by highway. easterly by land 01' George Monroe,
and land of net rs of Mary I". Rusco, deceased, and
by land of the Bald Hill Methodist Episcopal So-
ciety, and Southerly by land of Ruins Seymour,
land of Aaron Gregory, and land of Silvcnus S.
Brown. Also one other tract. of land, in quantity
two acres and two reeds, more or less, bounded
northerly by land of Aaron Gregory, easterly by
land of Legrand W. lieeler. southerly by land of
John Lockwood, and \vestcr'y by land of William
M. Hoyt. The interest or 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 miners, 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-
iore he saysh that ihere 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 provrded.
EDWARD A. OLMSTEAD.
Guardian.
Dated March 3rd. 1877.
of Wilton, to '
DISTRICT OF NORW ALK,PROBATE COURT,
ss. March 3rd, A. l). 1877. . .
ORDERED, That the foregoing application be
heard and determined at thr Probate Oflicc in
Norwalk. on the the 31st day or March. 1877, at 10
O’clock, forenoon; and that notice thereof be pub-
lished in some public newspaper nearlhe place
where such Real Estate lies. three weeks succes-
sively, before said time assigned.
3t10 GEORGE A. DAVEN PORT, Judge.
Notice.
In accordance with a petition very largely sign~
walk, fertile suppressing of the selling of intoxi-
cating drinks on Sunday, we do hereby givze notice
same, found guilty of selling, in violation of the
Sunday Law, will be by no reported to the County
Commrssroners, With a request that their license
be revoked.
Thelaw requires that Grand-Jurors shall dili-
gently inquire after. and make complaint of all
crimes and misdemeanors that shall come to their
knowledre, to the court having cognizance of the
offense, or to some Justice of the Peace in the
town where the offense is committed. J Bclde'n
Hurrbuttis the prosecuting officer appointed by
the County Commissioners.
JOSEPH P. HANFORD
}-' Selectmen.
15,2
CHARLES W. SMITH,
- PLATT PRICE.
Nor-walk. May 26th. 1876.
o. B. D’ARTOIS
is ready and prepared £0 act as ‘
CATEREtg,
IOR " '
Weddings,Balls,Parties or Festivals
and to furnish any and cverythiu required in his
line at short notice. His persona attention given
to all orders. Will ofliciate anywhere in the coun-
try, Give him a 69.0.:
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52 SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
Boon, JOB AND
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clever-y Description. It the
that all persons having a license for the sale of the -
. I’m sure I hear something."
Lecdle Yawcob Strauss.
BY CHAS. F. ADAMS.
1 have von funny leedle poy
Vet gOmes shust to my knee;
Der queerest schap, der createst rogue,
As cfer you dit see. '
He runs, and schumps, und schmashes dings
In all barts of! der house ;
But vat of dot ? He vas mine son,
Mine leedle Yawcob Strauss.
He gets der measles und der mumps,
' Und cfcryding dot's oudt;
He schpills mine glass of lager bier,
Poors schnufi into mine kraut;
Hefills mine pipe mit Limburg cheese——
Dot vas der roughest chouse ;
I'll dake dot vrom no Oder poy
But leedle Yawcob Strauss.
He dakes der milk3ban for a dhrum,
Und cuts mine cane in dwo
To make der schticks to beat it mit——
Mine cracious, dot vos druel
l dinks mine bed vas schplit abart,
He kicks up sooch a. tense ;
But ncfer mind—dcr poys vas few
Like dat young Yawcob Strauss.
He asks me questions sooch as dese :
Who baints mine nose so red?
Who vas it cuts dot schmoodth place oudt
Vrom dcr hair upon mine hcd?
Und vhere (101' blaze goes vrom der lamp
Yene‘er der glim I douse?
How gun I all dese dings eggsblain
To dot schmall Yawcob Strauss?
l somcdimes tink I schall go vild
Mit sooch a grazy boy,
Und vish vonce more I goud haf rest,
Und beaceful dimes enzhoy.
But ven he vas ashlecp in pcd,
So quiet as a mouse,
I brays dcr Lord, “ Dake anydings,
But leaf dot Yacoh Strauss.”
Detroit Free
Press.
Irish Song.
[Air—“The Banks of the Daisies.”]
When first I saw young Molly
Sthritched beneath the holly,
Fast asleep, foreninst her sheep. wan dreamy
summer’s day.
Wid daisies laughin’ round her,
Hand and foot I bound her,
softly stole away.
But as, wid blushes burnin’,
Tiptoe I was turnin’, .
From sleep she starts and on me darts a dread-
ful lightnin’ ray. ,
My foolish flowery fetters
Scornfully she scatters,
And like a winter sunbeam she coldly sweeps
away.
But Love, young Love, comes stoppin’
O’er my daisies droopin',
‘ And oh! each flower, wid fairy power, the
rosy Boy renews;
Then twines each charmiu’ cluster
In links of starry lustre,
And wid the chain enchanting, my colleen
proud pursues. ;
And soon I met young Molly,
Musin’ melancholy,
Wid downeast eyes and startin’ sighs, along
the meadow bank;
And oh! her swellin' bosom
Was wreathed wid daisy blossom,
Like stars in summer heaven, as in my arms
she sank.
Lon don Spectator.
Tun OLD Bacnaron’s Lanna Exp.
Let us glance at the latter scenes. Even
he has his day. When people find that he
will not marry, and that he is getting on in
years, they gradually "drop him." He ceases
to be asked to parties, and haughty beauties
turn up their no:cs when he supplicates for
their favor. He may not lose caste at the
same time the bloom of youth is robbed from
him, but when he begins to enter upon the
regions of the acre and yellow leaf his flatter.
ers drop away. He sees younger rivals upon
his heels, and has to make room for them.
The old ties that rendered life dear to him
snap, one by one, and no form to take their
place. 'Not being engaged in any work of
usefulness, he has to fly to his club for com-
panionship, and he has no difficulty in discov-
ering that the “ friends” whom he makes
there do not care a straw about him. People
feel that he is, in some respects, a social fail-
ure, and they feel, further, that it is his own
fault. They laugh at him because he is vain
and selfish and continues to banker after ad-
miration ; they hold his little foibles up to
ridicule; they use him when it suits them,
and forsake him when it suits them. Per-
haps there is no man more hopelessly alone
in the world than the gallant bachelor who
has outlived the pleasures of youth and turn-
ed fifty.—Home Journal.
Charles O’Conor’s peculiar wooing is thus
told by the Washington correspondent of the
Cleveland Herald : The yormg and beautiful
widow of Commodore McCracken, of our
navy, returned from abroad, and, finding her
financial affairs in a complicated state, went
to Mr. O’Conor‘ to get his legal advice. Mr.
O’Couor discovered that the commodore had
died insolvent, and the beautiful widow was
left to the cold mercies of a selfish world
without a penny to call her own. This he
was obliged to break to her, whereupon she
held up her hands in piteons dismay, crying,
“0h! Mr. O‘Conor, what shall I do. I who
have lived in luxury all my life i” “ Madam,"
said the great lawyer, “the best advrce I can
give you, is to marry me.” They were mar—
ried.
#
Servant “I suppose, ma’am, I shall not
have to . -it on the table P” Lady: “Oh, no!
I want a housemaid.” Servant : “I suppose,
ma’am, I shall not have to make the beds ?”
Lady (surprised and composedly): “Certain-
not.” Servant (thinking the place will
expected to answer the door 7" Lady: “Of
course not. The fact is, I want a servant to
look at! but 1 don’t think you will suit 1” ‘
The times are so hard that an Irishman says
he has parted with all his elegant wardrobe,
except the armholes of an old waistcoat.
An advertisement in a rural newspaper in
England announces that “ a grand pianoforte
will be exchanged for three or four small
pigs.” '
A fireman in Ellsworth, 119., having dressed
himself hurriedly, found, when he got to the
scene of conflagration, that he had on his
wife’s best velvet sack, all covered with bu-
glcs and beads.
As Mr. Twombly put it—our forefathers
simply said to such imprudent-Quakers as
ublic without it, “This is not the climate
or you."— The Boston Congregatz'onalfst.
A New Londoner has discoved that a mira.
cle can be depended on to cure intern rauce
when everything else fails. He pray to be
delivered from his o’er-mastering propensity,
and now he abhors the ardent as a mad dog
does water. -
. Aged Retainer (to Garden'er)——“ It’s a bad
50b about young matter being a-took so sud-
' en like with appleplexy!" Gardener—“Well
well, it' hain’t to be wondered at; I never
could keep him out of the orchard, he were
such a boy for fruit t”——[Fun.
The frost flowers bloomed in the window
panes in all their beauty last Sunday morning
but their loveliness was dispelled as soon as
the sunshine came, and the girls flattened
ed, andprescuted to us by the Citizens of‘ Nor~ left their clothing at hour and appeared in
fiarm noses against the beautiful formations
as they peered out to see who had come to
take the next door girl out riding. _
Young man, if you should see your girl
gazing intently at your feet don’t shift them
about uneasily, or draw them up and sit upon
them, under the impression that she is over-
whelmed by their immense size. She is mere-
ly taking their measure mentally for a pair
of slippers, on the toes of which she intends
to work a blue dog with a green tail and sear-
"‘Georgel George!” said the wife .of a
Market street man the other night, waking
him from his slumbers. "Whadder you
want it” he growled. “Oh, listen, George!
“Lemme alone,
Maria,” “But I do hear something—I know
I do." “What does she sound like ?" “George
it sounds like a watch ticking.” “It's the
bed ticking.” responded the brute, and then
turned over and began to snare. Maria has
gone home to her rumba—Atlanta 00734::—
oamre scar-mun: om. l W"
Then kissed her on her bloomin' cheek, and '
suit): “And I suppose, ma’am, I shall not be '
let earns-Norristown Herald. - .
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