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POLITIOAL—VANDnnniLr’s WILL—LOTTERY
'DEALEBS—BUSINESS. « .
NEW YORK, Mon 19, 1877
POLITICAL. ‘
The new President is a surprise to both his
friends and enemies. , The Republicans are
astonished to find him a much greater man
than they had any idea of, and the democra-
cy are gnashing their teeth at the splendid
success that has attended his efforts to do
what he promised in his letter of acceptance
and inaugural address. The Republicans
knew that Gov. Hayes was a well-meaning
man, who meant what he said, but as Grant
had failed to make any reform in the line of
civil scvieo, they had no idea that it was pos-
sible to do it. The democracy believed that
all his talk was of the ante-election order,
that nothing would come of it, and that they
would havc“broken promises” as electionecr-
ing capital. Both are disappointed. Hayes
promised reform and he is carrying it out.
The “easy-going, well-meaning ' man." has
developed into an iron-handed, strong-willed,
intelligent man, who knows what he
wants and proposes to do it. In his hands
civil-service reform is an accomplished fact.
The office seekers who did not believe that he
was in earnest are coming back in droves,
their carpet bags lightened by the exact
weight of the recommendations they took
with them. They have all met with the same
answer: “Theoiucumbent is a good, capable
man, and the good of the service does not de-
mand a change." “But my services in the
campaign?” “Thc y go for nothing whatever.
Every citizen did what he could to elect the
man of his choice. We recognize nothing
of the sort, and shall not. Good service is
what we want. Good morning.” And so
the applicant who has made politics a busi~
ness,and is in politics for purely business rea-
sons, goes away sorrowing to his‘ member of
Congress. Up starts, Mr. Blank, with blood
in his eye, and he demands the appointment
of his friend. The same imperturbable polite-
ness and the same Roman firmness meets him.
“There will be no changes made for party
reasons. If the present incumbent is unfit
for the place, show it, and we will put a bet-
ter man in, and your recommendation will
have its weight. But there will be no change
except for cause." And the Congressman
storms and raves, but it all‘ amounts to noth.
ing. Cool, selfipossessed, the President sits,
paying no more heed to the storming and
raving-than as though it was the softest
zephyr. 0h ye people, do you know why
President Hayes is in position to do this?
learn and apply the same to your local poli-
tics, and get good government all around.
This is the secret—he don’t owe anybody any
favor for his nomination or election. He
never asked for the nomination, he never
asked for the election, and he is complicated
with nobody. He is President because the
people wanted him to be. 'He has no one to
thank, for he asked no one for his vote or in-
flufle. In short, the office sought him-
not he the office. He can afford to do as he
thinks best, for he is in ‘no one's hands.
There are no rings or cliques controllinghim,
and all the efforts to organize them have been
failures. Rutherford B. Hayes, not a clique
usinghis name, is the President.
And there is disappointment. The Re-
publicans are jubilant an e democracy are
depressed. “Why, blast? ," said one in my
' hearing, yesterday, “If he keeps on in this
way, for a year, I shall have to,vote for him
myself.” “Yes,” said another, “and when
we have to vote for a Republican, what he-
comes of the democratic party ?” That
bothered them. I predict that Gen. Hayes
will so run the administration that there will
be opposition to him, long before his four
years are out. He is an honest man, and a
man of will. What more can we want in a
President? As it stands now there is no dem-
ocratic party, in New York, except in the
grog-shops and gambling hells. The respect-
able democracy are giving the administration
a hearty support, for after all, business is of
more importance than politics in a business
community. The era of good feeling is at
hand. _
run- vx NDERBILT WILL.
The contest of the Vanderbilt will, has
ended in smoke. All objections are with-
drawn, and the will was duly probated,
Tuesday. The friends of Wm. H. say that
he made no compromise with the other chil-
dren, but the friends of the other children
say he did. It is rumored that he promised
if they would let the will go through without
opposition, that he would give them a million
a piece, and that, rather than wash the family
linen in public, this was acceeded to'. This
ends it. An estate of one hundred millions
controlling the most important lin of rail-
way in the country, passes into th ands of
one man, preserving intact the most odious
monopoly that exists. It is a pity, so far as
the public is concerned,that the heirs did not
wade in and breakthe whole thing. As Wil~
H. is bound, if he carried out his father’s
idea, to place the hundred millions and its
accumulations in the hands of one of his
children, there will be a fortune of five hun-
' dred millionsin the hands of his eldest son.in
less than ten years. This is altogether too,
muclimoney for one man to hold, in a'repub-
lic. In fact, if he happens to be shrewd
enough to handle it selfishly, he could con-
trol the country with it. But fortunately
there comes in dissipation , disease and death
to prevent such calamities. The only good
there is in dissipation is it distributes estates
when they get to be to large. Sin is made to
work good in some cases. -
rm: Lor'rxnv DEALERS.
Anthony Comstock, in the employ of the
post office department, has made a raid upon
the lottery dealers, and has arrested thirty of
them. The extent of this business is little
understood. There are over a thousand firms
in this city, whose business is selling policies
in lotteries, of which the poor dupes who
send their money know as little as they do of
Senegambia. With the exception of two or
three, these frauds. represent no drawings—
they simply pocket the money that is sent
them. They advertise a drawing for the
benefit of a school in Kentucky or Nevada,
or a hospital in Washington, in which capital
prizes of $250,000 and other prizes running
down to $100 are promised the holders of the
“lucky" tickets. Where it will pay they do
send a few dollars, sayfifty, just enough to
inflame the poor dupe, and have him spread
the fact that he drew a prize and got the
money, over a whole county. 9 Thus twenty-
five or fifty dollars is the cheapest advertising
they can have. Comstock found them in all
sorts of places, but never one of them with
the slightest pretext of having anything le-
gitimate. The letters captured were curious
reading. They were from all sorts of peo-
ple and from all sorts of professions. A cler-
gyman in the state of New York, enclosed
$4.50, for a ticket in some mythical scheme,
with the remark, “If you can arrange this so
as to have we draw a prize, it will work to
your advantage.” This man was bidding to
have a fraud perpetrated to his advantage,
forgetting that if the dealers would swindle
at all, they were as liable to swindle him as
any one else. Laboring men, widows, seam-
stresses, all classes and sorts of people,
showered their money upon these sharks,
each hoping to draw the big prize that would
make them comfortable for life. Except the
little thrown out for bait, none' of them ever
get a dollar—all that whs sent them went
down into the pockets of the swindlers, and
enabled them to live in good style. But their
little gamc'is up. Comstock is after them,
and he will make it lively for them. He had
them all in the police court, and every swin-
dler of them will go up except those who
give bail. And policemen will be put to
guard their premises, the post-office will stop
their letters, and the people will be made vir-
tuous whether they will or not. Money ad-
dressed to these fellows will, hereafter, be
detained at the post-office and will be returned
to those sending it. And this is for the ben-
>«' ‘3 . V .i‘ 1 $3-
feflt of those . _
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‘hat you have done so. From 11,115.11?” out
you do it at your ownrisk. " ' " ' '
E BUSINESS
is, getting better, every day. Since Hayes
has taken the helm there nas been a lighten-
ing up, a revival, that is delightful. . People
.are not only paying but thcy'rare investing.
Goods are selling, exchanges are being made,
there is life and vitality that the country has
not had for years. And everything looks bet-
ter. We are all going to do well from this
time out. Prnmo.
“But Not the Last.”
BY TI. CLAY TRUMBUTL.
The appalling disaster at Ashtabula, with
its attendant sorrow to so many hearts and
homes, brings back again most vividly, to not
a few, the facts and lessons of the first great
accident of this nature on an American rail-
way, at the drawbridgc, in Norwalk, Conn.,
almost a quarter of a century ago.
. It was at the time of the great religious an-
niveraries in New York and Philadelphia, in
May, 1853. The Baptist anniversaries were
just over,in Philadelphia. On the evening of
May 5 the American Medical Association
closed its sessions in New York City with a
grand banquet in Metropolitan Hall, at which
sOme eight hundred physicians sat down to
feast and chat together. Dr. Oliver Wendell
Holmes read a poem to them, and Drs. Fran-
cis and Detinold and Welford and Osgood of
New York, and Professor Knight of Yale
College, were among the more eminent speak-
ers. , The bauqnetcontinued until midnight,
but quite a number of its guests were up
early enough the next morning, of Friday.
May 6, to fake the eight o’clock train on the
New Haven road for their New England
homes. .
- At South Norwalk, Conn., the train dashed
into an open draw, in consequence of the
criminal carelessness of the engineer, who
failed to look for the signal of safety, which
alone could justify his leaving the station,’a
half-mile below the bridge. It Was a fright-
ful disaster. Nearly fifty persons were killed
outright, and many others were injured more
or less severely. Among the more prominent
of the dead were Dr. Abel L. Pierson,-of Sa-
lem, Mass, a distinguished surgeon, and a
member of the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences; Dr. Archibald Welch, of Hart-
ford, Conn. ; Drs. Smith and Gray, of
Springfield, Mass; Dr. Beach, of Bridge-
port, Conn. ; the Rev. Oliver Burr, agent of
H. Luhrs, of Williamshnrgh, N. Y. Of the
injured, there were Professor Tenbroeck, a
daughter of the Rev. Rufus W. Griswold;
sionary, 'frdm Germany, who with'other cler-
gymen was returning from Philadelphia.
Thomas Hicks, the artist, and a number of
well-known physicians, were of those who
escaped unhurt. Dr. Smith, of Springfield,
was the father of Professor David P. Smith,
of the same eity, an eminent volunteer sur-
geon in the civil war, and at present a mem-
ber of the faculty of theYalc Medical School.
By a sad coincidence, a daughter of Dr.
Gray, of Springfield, was “on the Ashtabula
train, and was severely injured, while her
child and nurse were killed.
But it was of a funeral service at Hartford,
Conn., that I proposed to speak more partic-
ularly in recalling the Norwalk disaster. The
Pearl street Congregational Cliurch,was new-
ly formed in that city. The Rev. Dr. R.
Beadle, now of Philadelphia, was its first
flown It had a strong membership, largely
' rawn, at first, from the overflow of other
city churches. It had recently entered its
new and elegant house of worship. Dr.
Archibald Welch, a prominent citizen and a
“beloved physician,” one of the Norwalk vie-
tims, was the first of its members to be taken
away by death. His funeral was held in the
new church, and its ‘occasion was a memora-
ble one.
The railroad horror had impressed the
whole community. Tne loss of Dr. Welch
was felt as a personal one in a very wide cir-
'cle._ At the funeral service the large church
was crowded to overflowing. The members
of the Hartford medical faculty were present
in a body; so also were the oflicers and di-
rectors of the New Haven Railroad Compa-
ny. In the pulpit were Dr. Beadle, and the
Rev. Drs. Joel Hawes and Mark Tucker.
former pastors of Dr. Welch. The coffincd
remains of the dead physician were just be-
fore the pulpit. The house was draped in
mourning. The entire congregation was un-
der the influence of deep and strong feeling.
After the singing of a dirge, and other im-
pressive services of worship, Dr. Beadle arose
tospeak the first direct words to the great
congregation. Looking from the pulpit down
upon the face of the dead, he pointed to it
significantly, as he turned his face to the
members of the church, and said in his ten-
der and musical tones, which reached every
car and thrilled every heart in that vast as-
sembly: “Brethren, there lies the first of our
dead !” And at that utterance he paused "for a
moment; then broke again the oppressive
stillness with : “The first, but not the last.
Henceforth for us the gates of death stand
wide open, day and night. God only knows
who’ll pass through next 1”
A more effective enforcement of a timely
and important lesson from a great and sudden
bereavement I have never known made by a
single sentence, than was manifest when
those words of Dr. Beadle were taken‘ home
by those who listened amid the surroundings
and in the circumstances of that hour. His
whole address was most appropriate. He
sketched with rare felicity of expression the
admirable character of the deceased. He
brought out the facts and the teachings of the
great disaster, so as to carry all with him in
his thoughts and feelings. He described the
effect of the news in the Hartford streets,
when its first intelligence flashed over the
wires, and men were in doubt who might be
of its victims. Hstold of the crowding to-
ward the railroad station of men and women
and children with anxious hearts, when the
first train was expected from Norwalk, bring-
ing home the injured passengers, and fuller
lists of the lost and saved.
“As we hurried down Asylum street we
heard the shriek of your locomotive whistle
at the curve below,” he said, turning sudden-
ly to the railroad directors. ' And he ejacula-
ted with startling effectiveness, “Would to
God it could have waked our dear!”
But of all the impressions of that funeral
service, those from the first words by Dr.
Beadle come back most forcibly. And when
I heard the news of the Ashtabula‘disaster,
the thought flashed into my mind, in how
many homes and social circles may
1
broken heart turns to that terrible chasm of
destruction: “There lies the first of our dead
The first, but not the last. Henceforth for
us the gates of death stand wide open day
and night. God only knows who’ll pass
through next."
“Therefore be ye also ready; for in such
an hour as ye think not the Son of man
cometh."—Sanday School Times.
The story of the Custer massacre, as told
by Red Horse, who has surrendered, with
229 companions at the Cheyenne agency, is
as follows:—The= Custer massacre was on
Greasy Grass Creek and the Minninyoux.
The San Sarcs, the two Kettles, the Brules,
the Ogalallas. the Cheyennes, the Yankon-
nais and the Santa tribes were all in the fight.
The details are the same as before printed.
They took no prisoners, and left none alive,
even for, a few minutes. The Indianslost 136
killed and 100 wounded.
It is related of a Parisian portrait painter,
that having recently painted the portrait of a
lady, a critic who had just dropped in to see
what was going on in the studio, exclaimed.
“It is very nicely painted, but why did you
take such an ugly model?” “It is my moth-
er,” calmly replied the artist. “Oli! pardon,
a thousand times,” from critic, in great con-
fusion. “You are right; I ought to have
perceived it. It resembles you completely."
Antioch College, Ohio; and the Rev. John'
and the Rev. J. G. Oncken, the Baptist misl
that sad refrain be again repeated, as the .
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OF NE'W'YO'RK.
F. S. WINSTON, PRESIDENT,
1011 1111 an ' 111110 1101102114 310, 18726.
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To Balance from last account, $75,414,923 42
“ Premiums received ...... 15,138,703 36
“ Interest and Rents....‘.. . 4,878,260 34
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$95,429,887 12
REVENUE ACCOUNT.
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By paid'lgcath and Endowment
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Balance to
laims..............$4,459,458 52
“ Annuities............ 24,611 49
Surrendered Policies -
and Additions.... ....6,319,785 21
Commissioned-1mm
of .Currcntdand exiin-
Gentihflcii’tifluiuntee
“ Expenses and Taxes.
New Account . . .
, 676,967 40
.79,526,900 87
$95,429,887 12
Dr.
BALANCE SHEET.
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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
$2,360,188.31.
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“ Interest accused. . . . . . .J.. . 1,322,294 16
“ Premiumsdcfcfi'cd, quar-
ly and'umiL'ahnuaL. . . 923,382 99
“ Premiumsintrausityprin-
-‘ cipally for December. . 137,195 10
Balances due by Agents. . . .. 18,349 70
Mortgages ouBcul'Estate $60,856,200 18
United States and State
12,073,569 33
Bondmetc............
RealE-tate........ _ 4,246,245 40
Cash in Banks and Trust
$82,360,188 59
collecting the same.
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Premiums deferred'and in transit in the foregoing Balance Sheetihavc been subjectedto
a deduction of twenty-five per cent, by the Insurance Department, 'for' the estimated cost 0f
See Oflcial Report below. ‘
HON. Wm'Surru,
cempany’s charts
706 87.
0310262879 44
Department.
Real Estate ...
All of which is respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK S. WINSTON,
J OHN V. L. PRUYN,
R. H. McCoan,
WILLIAM Burrs,
SAMUEL E. SPROULLS,
SAMUEL M. CORNELL,
Looms ROBINsON,
W. Surrn BROWN,
WILLIAM H. POPHAM,
SAMUEL D. BABCOCK,
HENRY A. Snrrun,
WILLIAM E. Donon,
W. H. c. BARTLETT, LL D., A nary,
A. H. CAMP Ag lit, Norwalk.
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Total liabilities,.... .... .......”..... ..
G. S. WINSTON. M. D ,
W. R. GILLETTE, M. D.
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ASSETS.
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the Company were most prompt and courteous in afford‘ , _ ,
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THE REPORT OF THE EXAMINATION
BY
SURANCEE DEPARTMENT
Actinflupen’n fondant New York Insurance Department :
ih instructions received from you under appointment Number 363, I re
.1 :of the examination into the affairs of The Mutual Life Insurance Com-
jvhen the annual investigatiOn by the Trusteesé-as called for by the
. , —,vv_a,§\inj'pr0gress, the work. wad considerably facilituted by each Depart-
ment represehthtivc'actirig' with one of_ the said Trustees, thus giving a double‘ force with a
check that was invaluabé‘actethe cOrrectness g the labor performed. ‘
The valuations of the Politics in foi‘ce have been made 'in the Department under the
supervision of Mr. D. H. Keefer,"our Actuary, and have occupied his attention with that of
the rest of our acturaial force not engaged in New" York.
The investmentsof the company, with other admissible assets, make a total of $82,070,-
That the Company has been successfully managed is everywhere conceded; and it is very
necessary that the custodians of this sacred trust fund should be men emine'iitly cempetent to
guard zealously the money that in the future aflord 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 cudoriscment by the Department than is shown
in the assets and liabilities enumerated below, “1.11511qu ...-proof... regards policy-holders
has been compiled, and with a list of unccllected alrid’defsrrcd premiumc—ic'now on file in the
The following ,was the condition of the Company on December 31st, 1876:
34.240245 40
Bonds and Mortgages ........ ............ 60,850,200 18
Stocks and Bonds. , Par value. Market value.
U. s. bonds,registored............ 37,473,550- 37,702,340 62
New York City bonds, registered. . . .. .. . . . 2,405,000 2,412,587 50
Boston Water bonds, registered .. . . ... . . 500,000 ' 556,250 '00
Providence, R. 1., bonds registered . . .. . . . . . . 500,000 537,500 00
CherryValleyTownbonds........ 50,000 50,00000
City of Yonkers bonds ....... . . , 118,000 128,250 00
Buffalo City bonds........................ 140,500. 145,417 50
.Elmira Citybonds......................... 56,000 0 57,43500 -
MissouriState bonds... 215,000 225,02500
San Francisco bonds.- ......... . . . . . 590,000 637,528 71 ~.
Union Co.,N.J.,bonds.. ..... 14,000 14,735 00
Plainfield,N.J.,honds....................: 1,500 1,50000
$12,063,550 $12,673,569 33
_ 12,671,669, 33
Cashinbanks andtrust companies........ ..... '.. 2,188,001 73
Interestdue andaccrued... . 1,822,294 16
Netuncolleeted and deferred premiums....... 795,896 07
Total admitted assets...; ........ "$2,070,700 87
LIABILITIES.
Net value of outstanding policies and additions,. .... . . . . . .. .. . .871,031,205'00
Unpaid losses, not .yet due, (including resisted clairhs). . . .. .. . . . . . . . .. . . .
Pmmiumspaid in advance..... .......
758,250 00
24,372 43
...a71,s1a,s2743
Surplusasregardapolicyholderc,”u.............'.....:.................. 10,262,879 44
Aggregate.............;......... ...................,.‘........$82,076;706'87
JOHN A. gearshift.
‘ Dopot‘y' a’pmo"‘”“ilo‘iident.
Ithou; while so per-
,WILLIAN say-m, Acting superintendent. -
ROBERT A. GIANNIss, 2.1 Vice-President,
I Medical Examiners.
TRUSTEES: .
Gaoncu 8. Con,
- WM. M. VEBMILYE,
JOHN E. DEVELIN,
MAn'rrN BA'rms,
War. A. HAINEB,
SEYMOUR L. Hus'run,
OLIvnu H. PALunn,
Huxnr E. Davras, .3
Rrenn. A. MCCURDY,
FRANCIS SKIDDY,
J AMES 0. HOLDEN,
HERMAN C. VON Pos'r,
GEO. C. RICHARDSON,
AL‘nx.H. Bren,
W. .F. BA‘Dcocx,
R. RA'rcur-oun SrAnn,
Fanpnmox H. 007mm,
TLEWIsMAv,
Oniirmmnmnx.
Tuoxxs‘ DreirsON, ' -
HENRY W. Snirrr,
J OIIN H. SHERWOOD,
Eers'ro P. FABnnr,
Gnouen H. ANDanws.
RICHARD A. McCURDY, Vice-President,
ISAAC F. LLOYD, Secretary,
0. H. PALMER, Solicitor.
JOHN W. NICHOLS, General Agent for Connecticut, New Haven, Ct.
Dividends. . . . .. ..3,701,700 34-
56.802 35
- may not be inappropriate:
cargo-1.11.62... :or properly, verifi-
1
iii
MnLODEONs. C ,
srncmr uvsxc.aoc.. '
Wall Streetllorwalhill.
NEXT noon to SAVIGS BANK
' I keep aiargcstock Of‘lnstrumcnté on hand and
sell them on Monthly Installments. Everybody
can have a Piano or Organ. ‘ .
SOLE AGENT FOR THE CELEBRATE!) '
WEBER PIA Nos,
STANLEY .0 some,
0120 VESTEEN c FULLER’S, '
HA INES BRO THEE,
VASE It 8 010 ,
and will furnish at short notice.
Call and see them.
OLD INSTRUMENTS
Taken In Exchange for New
TUNING AND REPAIR! c'
Don's at short notice.
The Weber Piano.
A few extracts from the great number received
bythe most eminent musicians in the United States
I have never seen a Piano which equals the We-
ber Pianof'orte. . Geo. F. Briatcw.
The Weber Plano occupies justly the first rank
amongst the Best Pianos. J. N. Future».
The Weber Pianos cannot possibly be surpassed.
S. B I la.
I used the Weber Grand. Piano because I consid-
or it the bestin the world. Harry Sanderson.
The Weber Piano possesses everythin that can
he wished for In a Piano. Geo. W. organ.
The Weber Piano ranks foremost amon at the
,bcstmannfactured. William asan.
The Weber Pianos stand first amongst thesplen-
did Pianos produced in this Country.
Clara N. Brinkerhofi.
A ten years' experience satisfies me that the We-
ber Pianos are uuapproaehable.—Jolm Zundel.
I would callespecial attention to
THE ESTY COTTAGE ORGAN
Beautifully finished In black walnut and
resewood ,combining more perfection s t han
any other in the world. Has taken more
than ONE HUNDRED AND r'rr'rv GOLD MED-
ALs AND rmsr summons , at Fairsand Ex-
hibitions throughout the United States.
They” are endorsed by the highest musical
authorities.
Certainly thebest I ever heard .
Geo. TV. Morgan.
It is cocal,whieh is the highest praisethat
can be bestowed onany instrument.
G.B.Scymour, MuswalOritzc N. 1'. Timon.
Theyarethe bestreedinstrumenfwehave
met with.
0. d: J. H. Odell, Organ Builders ,N. 1'.
It i s the neplusultra ofreedinstrumenis.
Prof. E. L . Bake-r.
It. contains sweetness and power in an
unusual degree.—Reo.sthop Simpson, I!
E. Ohm-ch.
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 Builder-JV. Y.
No tremolo has yetbeen invented that ,
will in any way compare with this for beau-
ty ofeflect.— le.A .Johnsonflrgbnbualder.
It is not merely thebut,butit is theonly
mechanical reproduction ofthe human voice
which has ever satisfied me.—Reo. H. 0.
13011113 , Presiden (a f Northern New York Illusi-
cal dasocmtzm . -
.I m . POT'I‘ Ell, Norwalk.
WILLIAM c. STREET. :
IB Water Street,
1V ......1. andRetail Dealer in _
HARDWARE,
iiiou ,srnsh, nscnaurcs' roots. Acar
dUL'i‘URAL IMPLEMENTS, CARRIAGE
Eacorns, WHEELS, mus, snar'rs,
nuns AXLEs, SPRINGS, BOLTS,
' SASH, BLINDS,DOORS,PA1NTS,
0iLS,GLASS,VARNISlI,&C.,
At LowestNew York Prices,
COWLES & MERRILL,
Agents at Norwalk, Conn., issue Policies for the
following Insurance Ccm aanies :
Panamaqst-rLIN-E,
:J Trina: of! £19.11. 111/ fl ,ll'mzl.‘ f (_ all!)
.1311 139 WE¥ANGfis,u go
W\1\MM% MW] KAT/MM MM‘ -’ ”AV/Ur,
W hctc’s Propellers
Willcontinue to make. regulartripsbetwcenNOr-
walk Bridge and New York, stopping at South Nor-
walk to receive andlcavc 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‘ thisliiic on account of
the owners thereof. ~ -
DANBURY A: NORWALK R. ll.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing December 11, 1876.
DAILY TRAINS
Leave Norwalk Bridge
2 27 p. m.,} For Danbury and intermediate
624 p.m. stations. /
At 11 08, a. m., on Mondays only, for Ridgcficld.
At 9 42 a. m.,
Leave Norwalk Bridgefor South Norwalk.
At 7 33, ll.
m., 553 p.m.
Leave Dan \ Norwalk.
630, a.m.,: 12 ..4 45, p. m.
Freight Train at 6 10 p. In. .
JOHN W. BACON, Supt.
. IIWYIIRKJEW HAVE! LHABTFORD'IAILRIMI
Trains leave Sontli Norwalk for New York at
1 25, (Washington Exp., via. Harlem River). 3.47,
(Exp.), 4 14, (Exp.) 6 003' 6 343 7 34, 7 45*, (Exp)
9 28;“ 10 50, (Exp.) A. 111., l 23*, 2 56,* (E. .) 4 so,
(Expo?) 0:1, 6 36,iExp.) 7 00. 9 43,(Exp.)P.M. or New
Haven, 1 33. (Exp) 6 49, 9 01, 9 34, (Exp) 10 48, A.
m., 12 11, (Exp.) 1 45, 2 15, (Exp) 4 04, 4 10, (lain)
615, 646, 1036. (Exp.) .7. ll 36, (Exp) 1’. M. or
Spring old, 6 40, 9 34, (Exp.) A. M., 1211, (Exp.)
1 45, 41 , (Exp) 6 49, 10 36, (Exp.) P. M. Express
for Boston, Via. Springfield, 9 34, A. M., 12 ll, 4 19,
and 10 36, i’. 10., Via. New London ; 2 18 and 11 36,
P. 11., via. Air Line R.R., 1 33, A.M., and2 18.P.M.
‘Connect at New Rochelle with l-larlcm River
Branch. .
[Published gratuitously for the concenzence of
the Public]
liorwalkilorse HailwayTime Table.
COMMENCING DEC. 1151'“, 1876.
LEAVE Nouwau. ' So. NORWALK
615 a. m. N. Y. St N. II. Accom. ‘5 35 A- M.
6 45 “ 705 “I
7 05 “ New York Accommo’n 7 25 “
7 25 “ N. Y. Express 7 45 “
8 05 “ 8 25 “
8 35 “ New Haven Accom’n 9 00 “
910 “ N.Y.Ac.&N.H.Ex. 935 “
9 35 “ - . 10 00 u
10 00 “ 10 25 “
1025 “ N. Y. Ex. & N. 11. Ac. 1050 “
10 50 “ ll 15 "
ll 25 ‘ New Haven Express 11 55 't
1155 . . 1215p.m:
1235p.m., 1255 “
1‘2 55 ‘ ‘ New York Accommo’n 1 25 "
‘1 25 “ New Haven AccOm’n ] 45 “ 0
2 55 “ N. H. Express. 2 20 “
2 30 “ New York Express 2 55 “
3 05 u , 3 25 u
'335 “ N. H.Ae.&N.H.Ex 405 "
4 05 ‘ ‘ New York Express 4 30 "
4 40 “ N. Y.Accommodati m. 5 05 “
5 05 “ 5 25 ‘
5 25 “ 5 45 ‘
5 c5 2‘ N. II.Accom’n 6 15 “
6 15 ' New York Express 6 35 “
625 “ N. Y.&N. H.Accom 645 "
6 45 ” 7 05 u
705' “ 7 25 “
7 35 u 7 55 is
8 05 u 8 25 u
825 “ 855 ‘
9 05 “ New York Express 925 ‘
925 H 945 s.
NOW FOR YOUR WATER PIPES.
Wm. Glover 85 Son,
Are ready to put in your WATER,STEAM or GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at as low a rate as
anypnc. \VROUGHT AND CAST IRON, TIN-
Ll ED, LEAD PIPES, &c., of every size and de-
scription. PLUMBING in all its branches.
Undertaking!
TO THE PUBLIC! Anyone wishing my services
in the Undertaking business will find me at
the late residence of' m father, 55 Main Street, or
at Demmon 8'. Newcom ’s Store.
11 GEORGE H. RAYMOND, Agent!
By the use of which every family may give their
Linen that brilliant polish peculiar to ”fine laun-
dry work. Savrng time and labor inironing,more
than its entire cost. Warrantcd. ‘Ask for Dob-
bius’.
Dobbins.Bro.&. 00.,13 N 4th stPhil
Sold by DEMMON Sr. NEWCOM B, Grocers, Main
Street, N orwalk. 41
THE Hiarronn
311111 101111 1111101101!
AND '
Insurance Company,
CASII CAPITAL,
‘__
Etna, of Hartford. Ct" 34.047.37807 _ISSUES Policies ofInsnI-aucc. Af‘tcrcarcf‘nl in-
l-lartl‘ord, " 1.537.51900 spectiou of the Boilers,covcring all loss or
Phoenix. “ 1,081,18984 damage to Boilers, Buildings,and Machinery aris-
POople’s, of Middle ”:own . Ct., 248,87486 ing from
are-“rues Y 22221: -
.osnix, me ya, . ., , , ,
common... on... .0... 1.27.4962: STEAM BOIER Exrhosmas i
illiteioniimigal’m a h n N x soansgg "
5 care cw ocee,.. .
spit. o1d.$r5pringaeid,nross., ’ 579.75000' 'J-Vfll- ALLEN. - - President
geopfijsnrxlorl'eestlnglassu 3 gggggggg C. M. BEACH, - - Vice-President
1’.” ' "17 l “n a.. r 7 J". B. PIERCE - - Secretary
Commerce Albau ,N.Y., 264,42400 9
Narragansétt. ofP’r’ovidence,R. L, 754,94700 W. G. LlN EBUBGH! " 43""
Andes, Cincinnati, 0., 1,250,000 00
Heme, of Columbus, '0.. 38.44734
Alemania, Cleveland, 0., 295,00000
Liverpool, and London, and Giobe,scpa-
rate fire assets, 5,055,105 00 '.
North British and Mercantile, do do 2,104,508 00
Queen oi‘Liverpool & London, do do 1,355,560 00
Imperial, of London, do do 6.313.665 00
And otherComp’anies, Stock and Mutual, in Con-
necticut and New York.
GEORGE 11. comes.
w. E. coin-rial),
General 11111111111 01110111101,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. ILDEPOT.
“Orders attended to day or night. Residence
Main Street, 3 doors from Union Avenue.
HOMER MERRILL.
_AND;—
HBRTIBHITUR-il ‘IMPlEM-ENTS.
FULL stock of them 1: approved Farm and
Garden Implements no in store and for sale,
:ihgi‘esale and retail, at manufacturers’ prices,in-
u n : -
310an Machinesand LawnMoweis.
Lawn owers, full size, 812.
Wheel.lawn, steel and hay rakes
Pioughs—Mead’s, Marsh, Eagle. &c.
Shovels, Spades, Scoops, Garden .Porks. and
ass.
Billy Cuiters—Bnrdick’s, Whitmore’s, and Hide‘
0 ers.
Barrows. Corn Shellcrs, Ox Yokes and Bows. -
Chums—Blanchard’s, the very bestln use ;also,
smaller implements in great variety.
Phosphates—Russell’s, Coc’s. Bangh’s. and
Bridgeport. _ W. C. STREET.
Norwalk, April, 1875.
A T
Quintard’s Furniture Rooms
will be found a complete assortment of
FURNITURE, &O.,
includingeverytbingusuallyfound in a first-class
establishment, at Prices to suit the Times. Also.
a large assertment of '
CHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
Looruivo GLASSES, to.
Glass Plates out to any size. Repairing douein the
bestouanner, at short notice. Also, old Hair Mato
tralacsmadeover as good as new]
E. OUINTARD’S 8011.
WM. LOCKWOOD,
(Successor to GEO. H. RAYMOND A. 00..)
Furniture Dealer.
No. 30 Main Street, Norwalk.
UNDERTAKING.
At In store will be found a large assortment of
all km s of
COFFIN S, GASKETS,
and everything necessar for the intermentof the
dead. Residence at W. . SWAN’S. Main St. 51
' Wagon for Sale.
Good Business WAGON. will be sold cheag
for want or use. Applyat the (iAZlfi'i‘u'l‘81
0
OFFICE.
fresh every day.
.Oflieeover the First Nationa Bank, corJIain'and
. BankSts.. ‘BBIDGERORT.’ CON N. 23
. D .
The ONLY BLACKING that meets 1h.
demand for a quick and Million! polish.
“ BIXBY’S BEST”
66:01:11er nourishes and preserve: ifre
_ fwd/ter.
51. M. Brxnx S: Co, 1'13 3 176 Washinctcn SLII. Ye
. ,Sold by!
8'] ALFORD «It STODDARD, Grocers, Norwalk
. ".‘
“é .afi); 2 Made soluble by
‘ Patent Process.
' Packed in Patent
ready-made
The only
_ "True Blue"
Porlhc
31!. do. can 173.1. 175 washingona
Sold bé
GEO. WARD SELLECK. roeer, Mam Street.
'END 25c. to GEO. P. ROWELL & Co.,Ncw
York. for Pamphlet of‘ 100 pages, containing
lists of 3000 newspapers, and estimates‘ showing
cost of‘ advertising. ‘
John A. Honnecker,
BAKE R.
:.;;j WOT OF MILL HILL.
LBlead, Rolls, Pics, Cakes, Crullers, &c.,baked
Everything made out of good
materialsmnd bycareful and competentworkmen.
Try our Baking.
Twasatang Cards.
LL THE NEW STYLES,—plain. rep,
A pure white or fashionable tints, Imported
stock,1..1t upin neat card boxes, can be had 8
Shortnotice, at the Gazette Job Prinilnz
01cc. Engraved Cards toculcr.
$500,000 ,,
r
* i aim-Bankrupt Notice-r: vi»;
' NIHIEDISTRIGTOOURTOFth‘eUIii’iedSlates‘
for the District of‘ Connecticut. ,
1n the matter of‘ ELIAS GUSOWSKI, of Nor-
‘ .. walk, in saiddistrict, Bankrupt-in Bankruptcy.
Bci‘oreHon. L. N. Middlebrook, Register in Bank-
ruptcy; . . . . - . '
'10 whom it may concern z—Thc undersigned
hereby gives notice of his appointment as As-
signee of the Estate of‘ Elias Gusowski, of‘ Nor-
" , walk,in~ the County of Fairfield, and State of
- - Connecticut, who has been adjud ed aBankrnpt
upon a petition. of his creditors y the District
Court of said District. .
Dated at Norwalk, in said District, the (lib day
of March, A. D.. 1877.
3111 JOHN F. RAYMOND, Assignce.
ISTRIOT OF NORWALK, so. Probate Court
‘ March 8th. A. D.. 1877.
‘Estate of SALLY NORTHRUP, late of New
Landau, In 53111 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 resent their accounts properly attested,
Within an d_ time, Will be dcbarred a recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment to
3711 CYRUS E. CRABB,'Administrator.
lsTRICT of NORWALK,ss.l'robatc Court,
March 0th, A. D. 1877.
Estate of‘ JOSEPHINE RICE, late of Nor-
walk, in said District. deceased.
The Court of Probate for the Districtof‘ Nor-
walk,hath limited and allowed six monthsf‘rom
the date hereof 191' the Creditors of said Estate, to
exhibit their claimsfor settlement. Those who
neglect to presenttlreir accounts, pifoperly attested
Within said time, Will be debarrcd a recovery. All
persons indebted to said Estate are requested to
make immediate pa ment to ‘
3t11 ADELIN 1 S. THORP, Administratrix.
Notice.
In accordance with a petition very largely sign-
ed, and presented to us by the Citizens of Nor-
walk, for the suppressing of the selling of intoxi-
cating drinks on Sunday, we do hereby give notice
that all persons having a license for the sale of the
same, found guilty of selling, In Violation of' the
Sunday Law, will be by as reported to the County
Commissioners, 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
knowledge, to the court having cognizance of the
offense, or to some J usticc of the Peace in the
town where the offense is committed. J Beltien
Huribntt is the prosecuting cfliccr appointed by
the County Commissioners;
JOSEPH P. HANFORD
CHARLES W. SMITH,
PLATT PRICE.
Norwalk. May 26th. 1876.
ng
%
HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS
H U M P H B. E Y 8 ’ "
Been In general use [or tw i: care.
vc w ere proved the most SAFE
_ SIMPLEECONOMICKL all EFFICIENT
medicines known. 'I‘ e'y unjust what
i: e people want, sav II: I me, money,
sickness and suffering. Ever single
I Inc the we“ tried prescription or
an eminent physician. 1
s. , Cures. Cents.
. Fevcrs, Congestion, Inflammations, . .
Worms, Worm Fever, Worm Colic, . .
Crying-Colic or Teething of Infants, .
moi-rhea, of Children or Adults, . .
D sente Griping Bilious Colic. . .
olera- orbus, ’Vomlting, . . . .
Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, .....
Neuralsla, Toothache, Faceache, .‘ .
. Headaches Sick Headache, Vertigo,
10. Dyspepsia, ’Bllions Stomach, . . .
if Sufltresseil, or Painful Periods, . .
W
} Selectmen.
PssseoP—g
'0
12. ten too Profuse Periods . . .
13. up. Cough, Difficult Breathing, .
14. Salt Rheum, E sipelas,_Ernptions. .
15. Rheumatism, heurnatic Pains, . .
16. Fever- and Agile, Chin Fever, Agnes, .
17. Piles blind or bleeding, . . . . . .
18. Ophthalmy, and Sore or Weak Eyes, .
19. Comm-h, acute or chronic, Influenza,
20. Whooping-Cough violent coughs.
2]. Asthma, oppressed Breathing, _. .
22. Ear Discharges, impaired hearing, .
Scrofula. enlarged glands, Swellings,
General Debillty, Physical Weakness, .
Dropsy and scanty Secretions, . .. . .
26. sen-Sickness, sickness from riding, .
. Kidney-Disease, Gravel, . . . .- .
Nervous nobility, Vital Weakness, 1
Sore llloutll, Canker, . . _ .....
Urinar Weakness, wetting the bed,
31. Paint Periods, orwlth Spasms, . .
, Disease of Heart, £8l%tatl0ns. etc. . 1 00
E liepscy Spasms, t. itus’ Dance, . 1 00
Dfphthcrl’n, ulcerated sore throat. . . 50
Chronic Consestlons and. Eruptions, 50
FAME! CASES. ’
(lose, Morocco, with above 35 large vials and
Manual of directions, 10.00
Case Morocco, of 20 large vials and Book, 6.00
These remedies are sent by the case ~
single box or via] to any of the
country, free of charge, on receipt of
53.33
ssssssssssssssssaaccsaucacuussc
3.3553
£13.83
rice. Address
Mumpbreys’llomeo thicMcdicineCo.
Office‘and Depot, 562 roadway, New York.
For sale by all nruggints. ,
Jam. HOYT, SJ‘. PECK and G. C. STiLLSON
South Norwalk.
F. REGNIER and II. M. it C. S. PROWITT, Nor-
walk, Agents:
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 buy, if 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. ......... 45 cents
Choice Oolong Tea, “ .......... 60 “
Extra Oolong Tea, “ . ......... 75 “
Extra fine Enolish Breakfast, per 1b...90 “
Good Young yson Tea, “ ...50 “
Choice Young Hyson Tea, “ ...70 “
Choice Old HysonTea,very fine,“ ...75 “
Good Japan, per lb ........................ 65 “$73
Choice Japan “ .................. . ..... 75 “
011w Rates: {fob 19“" foperfient' 3ft.
Also A cut for Norwalk and vicinit for the cel-
ebrated rand of Flour, “GILT E E.” It is
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. Chowe Cos-
iee, Spices, Rice, Hominy, Barley, Cheese, Pork,
Hams, Shoulders, Tongues, Dried Beef, Sugars.
Pickles, Sardines, Soaps, &c.. in fact all goods usu-
aly kept in First-Class Groceries. Agentfor Wes-
ton St Fiske’s celebrated Oils :— Lard, S cm,
Whale: Signal, Cylinder, Machinery, and ero-
sene Oils; Kerosene Oil 150 Fire Test.
SAMUEL DASKAllI,
Opp. Leonard’s Coal Ollice, Lynes’ Block.
Water Street, N orwalk, Conn.
r111 110111 RUNNING
1D 4155 TIC
Sewing Machine,
Is the Best of all. Agency for
Norwalk and Vicinity, in
J.’ JSPENCER’S
JEWELRY ISTORE.
Under Norwalk Opera House.
C. B. D’ARTOIS
is ready and prepared to act as
CATEBER,
FOR
Weddmgs,Balls,Part1_es or Festivals
and to furnish any and everythina required in his
line at short notice. His persona attention given
to all orders. Will ofliciate anywhere in the coun-
try, Give him a c1111.!
0. B. D’ARTOIS
‘ca'rmum a. CONFECTIONER,
52 SOUTH NORW’ALK, CONN.
Carriages to Sell
ATA -
Sioairieii !
One for 2 or 4 persons, Carryall style, and some-
what worn, but in good order, will be sold for less
than a fifth of its cost.
A SINGLE-SEAT TOP BUGGY,
Miner & Stevens make, very light running—cost
3500 will be sold for $125. ' ‘
An entirely new Stivers J amp-seat buggg for 2
or 4 crsons-very easy running—will be so much
less lian its cost, Enqifiire‘at the office of the
OR‘VALK GAZETTE.
Boon, _ _
CARD wonx,
ofevery Description, at the
': . ,_ ._ - Andragallus chap sailed by,..
, erasraame”i 1"?
.. AW] 11¢ .cuta lively swell:
' ‘ ‘He'waS'a'eTerk cosh-0mg"
- 'vAiid‘lie'gave'that hat akick,
Andlie Fcame’ across a brick— '. .‘ ‘
Now upon a crutch he goes
Minus half a pound of toes.
Why Biddy anfi Pat~Marrled.
-‘0h, why did you marry him, Biddy ?
Why did you take Pat for your spouse?
Sure he's neither party nor witty,
And his hair is as red as a cow’s! .
You might had your pick had you waited;
.You done a dale better with Tim;
And Phelim O’Toole was expectin’—
You couldn’t do better nor him.
You talk of us young people courtin'—
Pray tell how your courtin’ began,
When you were a widdy woman,
And he was a widdy man.”
“Tim and Pat, miss, ye see, was acquainted
Before they came over the sea,
When Pat was a-courtin’ Norah,
And Tim was a-courtin" me.
She did not know much. the poor Norah,
Nor, for that matter, neither did Pat;
He had not the instinct of some one,
But no one had then told him that;
But he soon found. it out for himself,
For life at best’s. but a span——
When I was a widdy woman,
And he was a widdy man.
S‘I helped him to take care of Norah,
And when be compared her with me,
He saw, .as he whispered one evening,
What a woman one woman could be.
She went out like the snuff of a candle;
Then sickness seized upon Tim,
And we watched by his bedside together—
It was such a comfort to him.
I was not alone in my weeping,
Our tears in the same channel ran——
For I was a widdy woman,
And he was a widdy man.
“We had both had our troubles, mavourneen,
Though neither, perhaps, was to blame;
And we both knew by this what we wanted,
And were willing to pay for the same.
We knew what it was to be married,
And before the long twevemonth had flown
We had made up our minds it was better
Not to live any longer alone;
We wasted no time shilly-shally,
Like you, Miss, and MasterDan—
For I was a widdy woman,
And he was a widdy man.”
——R. H STODDARD, in EDITOR’S anwan,
Harper‘s Magazine for April.
Maureen Cosha Dhas.
Maureen Cosha Dhas!
Yer the purtiest lass
Ever walked on shoe leather or dhrovc a boy
mad ; .
For your wee little feet,
And your figure so sweet
Are too much for the brain of apoor Irish lad.
Maureen Cosha Dhas!
When I see ye at Mass, ,
Saints above 1 I'm afraid that it’s t’ye I pray:
An’ th’ crown o’ my hat,
When I look into that,
Has yer party face there wid the dimples at
play.
Maureen Cosha Dhas!
Thin the medda ye cross,
To your father’s uafe cabin just under the
hill. -
Th’ divil, we’re tould,
Tempted Tony of ould
Wid a woman—Bedad! we’ve the pattern
still.
Maureen Cosha Dhas!
(Y er th’ all? little lass)
Wid yer “Top 0’ th’ mornin’," thin ye'll go
on yer way, ~
But yer purty eyes dance
And ye gives me a glance
That sez, “Dinny, agra! have ye nothin' t’
say ?"
Maureen Cosha Dhas!
I’ll not let ye pass
Th’ next time I meet ye at fair or at wake;
Me pace ye destroy
An’ that’s hard on a boy
That ’ud fight a whole faction and die for yer
sake 1
Maureen Cosha Dhasl
We’ll sit on the grass
Wid me aigm roun’ yer waist, and a tear in
yer eye;
And ye‘ll say, “Darlin’ Dennis!
Spake to Father Maginnis;
Shurc I'd rather do that, now, not think that
ye’d die 1”
A BLUE GLASS MAN—He had read much
about blue glass, and believed in it, and he
was determined to be the healthiest individ-
ual in town. “ Have ye any blue glass in
strips for windows ?” inquired he as he rush-
ed into a glazipg shop. “We have, sir," was
the cheering reply ; “just the thing, a! rec-
ommended in the Pleasanton theory.” “Wal
'then,” said Bluey "I'll take enough for four
winders.” He paid the money and departed.
while the glazier chuckled “Good thing for
us fellows, this blue glass craziness.” Bliey
kept on. He went into an optician’s and
bought a pair of blue goggles to wear on his -
eyes. He dropped into a hat store and order-
ed a little round piece of blue glass pntin the
top of his hat, in place of the usual tin ven-
tilator. He then partook of adinner of blue
fish, at a restaurant with a blue skylight,
dipped his fingers into a blue glass finger
bowl, and refused to ‘drink anything until the
waiter hunted him up a tumbler with a blue
glass bottom. The day was now spent, and
going home in ,a blue-fight street car, the
blue-light man, meeting his children at the
door, refused to kiss any but those having
blue eyes, sat down in a blue chair to read a
copy of the blue laws of Connecticut, and got
into such a fit of the blues that he took some
blue ink, and writing in his will that at .his
death the glass in his coffin should be blue
glass and his monument be made of blue
granite, he grabbed a revolver and blew out
his brains.
. Electric Fishes.
com: or run PnnULIARrrms or rm: TORPB'DO.
Of course the peculiarities of the torpedo
have led to its receiving a variety of charac-
teIistic names. In England it is known as
the cramp fish, numb-fish, and electric ray;
in France as (it tremble ; and in Malta as
haddayla, a word which refers to is benumbe
ing powerf Sometimes its flesh is eaten by
the poorer classes, although ‘ the electrical
organs are scrupulously avoided, being slimy
and disagreeable. But it is with these organs
that we have chiefly to do. The uninitiated
person who for the first time boldly grasps a
torpedo is likely to be very much astonish.
ished. A lively fish sixteen inches long will
give him a more violent electric shock than
any common person can bear. If. however,
he should be plucky, and retain his hold up-
on the creature, the lattcr will soon exhaust
itself, and be some time unable to generate
any more electricity. But for a while the
shocks will succeed each other very intensely
and with great repidity. Walsh obtained.
fifty shocks from a vigorous torpedo in one
minute and a half, and by means of wires
was able to transmit the impulses through
eight persons at once. After the fish has
become languid, it needs along rest to re-
cupurate its powers. When it is in full
vigor the shocks are emitted from all parts of
its body, but soon limit themselves to the im-
mediate vicinity of the head. They are vol-
untary in character, being given off at the
option of the torpedo, which cannot, how-
ever, control their direction. . Ordinarily a
shock is not felt upon merely touching the
fish ;- the latter needs first to be irritated,best
by pricking its fins. In shallow water the
torpedo has the unpleasant habit of supeiilici-
ally burying itself in the mud, in which con-
dition it emits its most powerful strokes.
Then the unhappy bother who inadvertently
treads upon the spot receives a charge which
literally knocks him over. Imagine a colony
of torpedoes at Newport, Cape May, or
Long Branch 1
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