Norwalk Gazette, Tuesday, April 3, 1877 · page 1

 

 

WHOLE NUMBER 1525.

SONNET.

Those that of late had fleeted far and fast
To touch all shores, now leaving to the skill
0f others their old craft, seaworthy still,
Have chartered this; where, mindful of the
past,
Our true co-mates regather round the mast,
Of diverse tongue, but with a common will
Here, in this roaring moon of daffodil .
And crocus, to put forth and brave the blast;
For some, descending from the sacred peak
Of hoar high-templcd Faith have leagued
again
Their lot with ours to rove the world about ;
And some are wilder comrades, sworn to seek
If any golden harbor be for men
In seas of Death and sunless gulfs of Doubt.
—Aifred Tennyson, in the “Nineteenth Cen-
luv-y.”

 

‘ Briersville Sketches.

 

DEAR GAZETTE :—I believe I do not make
a practice of falling’ out with the weather,
provided there is a cheerful atmosphere with-
in doors, but, about this time, one does begin
to have such an overpowering longing for the
spring, and, without, the mud is quite dis—
heartening, one cannot walk unless one takes
to the stone fences, driving simply worries
one into an unwholesome fit of temper, and,
when the sun deigns to shine, all I can do in
the way Of out-door exercise, is to sit, wrap-
pe’d in a big shawl, sunning myself on the
south side of the veranda.

Some of the young ladies here have taken
to horseback riding, but, for my part, I fail
to see the joy of galloping through such a
slough as poor Bricrsville is at present.
Within doors the ferns On the walls have
curled up and grown yellow, and the coal
heater wears a sullen, discontented look.

My hammock hangs limp from a hook in
the hall, looking as if it quite despaircd of
ever being slung up airily under a green tree
again.

If one listens, one may hear the plaintive
blcat of lambs smiting the air, and, at almost
any time of day, one may catch glimpses
from the window of the grotesque figure of
a man with straw clinging to his garments, a
bottle of milk peeping from his pocket, and,
under each arm, a very young lamb, which
looks quite the personification of helpless-
ness with its pathetically innocent head, its
thin slip of a body and a set of dangling legs,
absurdly out of proportion to the rest of the
poor little creature. About the kitchen fire
may often be seen a group of what appears at
first sight to be a lotof limp rags spread out
on a blanket to dry so wrinkled are they, and
such is the inanimate abandon of their atti-
tude, if suchrag-Iike objects may ever be
said to take attitudes, but, as the grateful
warmth revives them,they develop into lambs
and stagger upon their uncouth legs to pitch
feebly about the floor, to the fear and amaze-
ment of Fritz and the rage of “Silhoutte,”
the black cat, who immediately shows fight.

All this reminds me, a little, of that charm-
ing book by Hardy, “Far From the Modding
Crowd,” and which all, who are interested in
country living and thinking, ought to read.
It is filled with quaint shepherd characters,
and pretty, English descriptions of country
scenes. I always thought sheep (not lambs)
were rather uninteresting animals till I read
that book.

What a pity ’tis that we have no real shep-
herds and shepherdesses in this country, with
picturesque crooks and musical dialect, with
simple pleasures and contented lives. Reap-
ers too, and “all that sort of thing,” which
is wonderfully artistic, but very uu-Ameri-
can. Our Maud Muller-s now days, if we
ever have any, “rake the meadows sweet with
hay," in flapping sun-bonnets on raking-ma-
chines. I have seen one of this kind, but I
never beheld an ideal Maud Muller.

The busiest places of Briersville' now are
the barnyards, where there is a tremendous
cackle and bustle among the hens. The state-
ly cattle group themselves picturesquely and
the colts stretch graceful necks from the sta-
ble windows, their daintily pointed ears and
be'seeching eyes beg. for bit aof something
nice from us if we pass them on our way to
look at the calves. The latter are my partic-
ular admiration; not for their velvet eyes
and funny little heads, but for their wonder-
ful spirits. One never finds anywhere else
the rollicking hilarity that there is displayed in
the rather awkward gambols Of a calf, and
that reminds me that one summer a gentleman
near us owned a large, fine calf, pretty, but
wicked, that he brought from the stable every
morning and tied by a long rope to a tree
near the place where we generally played
croquet. It was a playful creature and at
night, when the rope was untied and some
deluded mortal, with many a blandishment
tried to coax it into the stable, 'it was our de-
light to watch the amusing little game. First
it always started on a gentle amble with its
nose turned dutifully towards the stable door,
but the feeling of freedom always began to
intoxicate it, and the demure little trot would
end in a wild prance anywhere and every-
where. Its little heels cut many a wild caper
and the man at the end of the rope, pulling
back with all his might, was jerked frantical-
ly this way and that, performing an unwill-
ing war dance all over the field. Sometimes
it would start for a pair of bars, which had
been let down, and the poor man would fol-
low by a series of wild jumps to be dragged
over the reclining rails and banged through
the stable door in quite a heartless manner.
It would often be hours before that possessed
animal could be beguiled into its stall, and
the poor beguiler was in a pitiful state of ex-
haustion. Once, when the evening sky was
red with the sunset and the shadows stretched
themselves lazily across the hills,we leaned on
our mallets and waitde with expectation for the
usual untying of the calf. We described the
scene the while in our best style, to a nice
young man from town, who was one of our
party. We sighed and said we had begun to
think it would really make us happy to
see a man withenough 'of thespirit of his
forefathers about him to enable him to
subdue that calf. We should really think
him equal to the old mythological he'-
roes, who conquered dragons and slew me-
dusas. We shfild have that profound'admir-
ation for him that we felt for the knights of
chivalry, &c., else. Our unsuspecting young
friend said -he thought it did not need so
much bravery to manage a calf, one should
reason with it gently, but firmly, and ‘not
give it too much rope. In fact he almost
thought he could do it himself. A few more
artful words from us and, to our intense joy,
we beheld him gently approach the calf with
soothing words and caressing hand. The
animal wagged its head and we noticed the
mephistophelean gleam in its naughty little
eye the while.

We girls leaned on the fence and pinched
each other to keep from shouting, as the
deluded youth undid the knot and freed the
calf, firmly grasping the rope about its neck
and gathering the rest of it in his other hand.
The animal took a few quiet steps and really
appeared as if he were going to behave him-
self for once, and the young 'man said in too
hasty triumph, “Ah, did I not say there was
always a way to quiet animals ?” The latter
part of the sentence was jerked into the air
rather forcibly as that wicked calf gave one
bound which sprawled the young man on the
ground. He ,clung manfully to the rope,
however, but, with malice aforethought, the
«calf made for a recumbent log, dragging our
ydung friend wildly after. The way he was
rolled over that log was heart-reading, and
our shrieks of wicked mirth were in very
poor taste I fear. The poor young man loosed
the rope andthe calf flourished its heels in the
joyous freedom and tore out of sight behind
the barn. The victim, with a face of sad

"at Mandarin, near the residence of Mrs. Har-

'as $1000 will start one of several hundred trees

wisdom, rose from the ground with all the
remaining dignity he could muster, and .con-
fronted a row of quivering faces, vainly
trying to pull themselves to their accustomed
length as their owners in quaking voices, be-
gan svmpathizing with him over the knee
he fell to nursing directly. Perhaps fine-
looking young fellows from town are apt to
be a trifle self-confident, and who shall say
this one was not taught a'lcsson. Shall we
not learn of calves since we are told to find :
“Books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones, >
And good in everything?"

My letter has been strickly pastoral so far,
suggestive of Pandean pipes and warbling'
birds I might say. ‘ I have not even mention-
ed Sukey, who actually remarked the other
day when surrounded by a few people, who
were, perhaps, a little pedantic, that she
thought it “wonderfully refreshing to meet
a fool, sometimes,” but. I think I had better
let one letter go without saying much about
her —— not but there is enough to say ——
but .—-— friends, I take back all I said about
her nose; please forget. it. Indeed, when
you think of Sukcy I would rather you would
think she hasn‘t any nose at all. It would
have been better for me had she never pos-
sessed one ? '

Yours pensively and rurally,

March 24th, ’77.

_.__._....._——
Florida Oranges.

Crxrnr.

At a meeting of the Farmers’ Club of
American Institute, on the 27th inst., Mr. E.
Thomas, said : - ’

At a late meeting of the club, after the
reading of a communication in reference -to
the value of Florida lands,it was stated that
the cultivation of oranges in Florida must be
a very unprofitable business as they were
seen on Greenwich street selling at 20 for
25 cents.

Now, Mr. President, as Florida was under
discussion, all who heard the remarks, sup-
posed they had reference to Florida oranges;
if such was the case, the gentleman was
greatly mistaken. The lowest price I have
ever been able to buy such oranges, has been
at 50 cents per dozen. .I suspect the oranges
the speaker saw were the Mcssina or Valencia
fruit, which always sell for -a song at this
season, whilst the Florida oranges could not
be obtained at any price. I determined
when I heard the statement to see for my-
self, if such was the case, and to;day I com-
menced at Chambers Street, and inquired at
every store where oranges were exposed for
sale both in Greenwich- and Washington
streets, and out of the millions of that fruit
exposed for sale, I could find only one store,
F. S- Maynards, 214 Washington street,
where a single box could be had. Each box
contains about 125 oranges, and they would
not sell me a box for one cent less than $4.50
a pretty wide margin, from the statement-
made in the Club.

Havana oranges can always be obtained
at less than half. the price of Florida, and to
my taste, the latter are far ahead of the
former. Heretofére it has paid the growers
of them and may do so, for some time to
come. Opposite Palatka, Col. Hart’s orange
grove contains 700 trees, 40 years old yield-
ing an average income of $15,000. :The trees
bear from 12 to 2500 oranges each, some so
high as 5000 oranges. Three men only are
required to keep the orchard in order; an
overseer and two negroes. If you plant three
year old grafted trees, which can be obtained
at $3 or less, in four or _five years they will
yield liberaliy, and if 100 trees are set out in
an acre, that acre will yield 10,000 oranges,
in seven years 20,000, and in ten years from
time of transplanting, one may expect from
$20 to $40 for each tree or $2,000 to $5,000
for the 100 trees. The orange is a hardy
tree, gives asure crop. Insects do not trouble
it, and will hear one hundred years. A good
tree will yield from ‘one thousand to three
thousand oranges yearly. Some of the trees

rict Beecher Stowe, produces one thousand
five hundred oranges yearly. One grove on
the Indian River of thirteen hundred trees is
represented as yielding 700,000 oranges.
Most of these cultivated groves were a few
years since, government lands, and were
bought at government prices, and consider-
ing the small capital required to start a grove

it is no wonder that those who engaged in
the business a few years since, have become
rich, and are now yearly reaping a rich re—
turn for their investment. Until two or
three years since, the Florida orange did not
appear in New York. Speculators bougl‘
the whole crop at Jacksonville, and gave
two cents each, as they hung upon the trees,
doing the picking themselves ; that would be
from $20 to $40 per tree clear, and would
then sell them to the southern, portions of
our country at a large profit, very few oran-
ges being received further north than
Charleston. Owing to the large number of
trees planted of late, the yield is immense
and prices have come down a trifle, and for
once New York has reaped the benefit, but
even at one cent or one-half cent each, in-
stead of two cents as at present, any owner
of two hundred trees, would be able to lay
up something‘ handsome each year. It is
possible that the orange planting can be over-
done, like the peach planting in eastern
Maryland, but at present there .-is a wide
margin left for encouraging the business,with
a certain, prospect of success, and if any
young man, with a few hundred dollars
wishes to emigrate to Florida for the sake of
improving his health, as-Others have done
done successfully, for Col. Hart went
there some forty years since, expecting to
fall into a consumptive grave, and Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe has for years resided
there, simply for the benefit she received
from that climate. If Isay, any one goes
for purposes of health, _or any other reason,
let him be sure to start an orange grove ‘of a
few hundred trees,at an expense of a few
hundred dollars, and I am sure he will never
regret so doing, even if he should be com.‘
pelled to sell his oranges from the trees at.
fifty cents per hundred, instead of $2 per
hundred as at present.

 

ALRUSSIAN CROWD.

(Eugene Schuyler, in SCRIBNER for April.)

Every crowd has a. physiognomy and a
character of its own, and after experience of
an English or an Irish crowd, one is rather
pleased with a Russian one. Not that it is
particularly clean or savory, but it is so ex-
tremely good-natured and well-behaved.
There is very little pushing or elbowing.
Every one is courteous to his neighbors, and
you are sure not to see any acts of brutality
or to incur any danger in mixing in it. Smi.
ling, good-natured faces are everywhere, no
matter what the rank or position, for good
humor is indeed the chief Russian virtue.
And then such a curious mixture of pcoplein
such _a crowd l—mcrchants with long dark-
blue or black caftans, reaching to their heels,
and their cravats tied tight around their
throats, not showing a shirt collar if they in-
deed have one; stout old women with silk
kerchiefs wound around about their heads so
as to conceal their hair; shocmakers’ boys
and apprentices in what seems a‘ dirty muslin
dressing-gown: artizans in their blue work-
ing-blouses; the ordinary tOwn peasant in his
red shirt and high boots, and the outside
fresh from the country with coat of undycd
homespun, cloths wound round his legs in
lieu of stockings and sandals made of plaited
linden bark; here and there a student with
dirty shirt and long hair and most foul finger
nails, evidently Of the idea that neatness is
incompatible with learning ; there will prob.

NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, APRIL '3, 187.7. _ I

A Russian Romance.

 

It has often been said that the inventions of
the liveliest imagination of romance writers
are always surpassed by the reality. The fol—
lowing is a new and curious proof of this say-
ing. An officer of the engineer corps, who
has just arrived here (Odessa). from Kicheneff
the head quarters of the Russian Army of
the South, relates in his own language this
curious little history :

There is nothing talked of down there at

- . Hichedefi but a most remantic incident.

Two years ago, at a masked ball in St.
Petersburg, a black domino accosted Prince
D—-—, an officer of the Ataminski regiment
of Cossacks, in these terms: “I love you,
Prince; will you love me 7” “Why not?
But, first,I should like to see what that
sombre domino cove” “Not so fast;
consent, at first, to answer my question.”
“What l love you without knowing whether
you are pretty or ugly, young or old ?”
hths.” i —

Prince D. broke out into a loud laugh,

which was not very proper, as he himself
confessed, and, between two pcals of laugh-
ter, he replied: “Well, yes, I will love
you ; will you-lay aside that rag, no ”
He sought to unmask the unknown, bugle,
recoiled, saying, “Now less than every; I
have your promise; I retire, and in two
years you will see me.” “Two years?”
“Yes, in two years, I will, be your wife.”-
“My wife in two years 7’” “Certainly.”
“Am I afllanced, then ? , Is it to a demon,
or an angel 7” And he broke out into a new
laugh, for he took the adventure for a joke.
The unknown answered: “To a woman who
loves you, rich, beautiful, powerful, and
sixteen years of age.” .

“My dear journalist,” interrupted the en-
gineer officer, “you see things are in Russia
as in France.”

Prince D~— exclaimed, “Alas ! why wait
two years? \Ve shall be Old and dead by
that time. .Two years! two centuries l”
“Yes, two years, during which you will
prove to me your love.” “How 1” “In
being faithful, absolutely faithful to me 1’
“At least, I shall see you, I shall know who
you are, and where you live ?” “No ! Par-
don !———Pardon ! I will write to you every
Sunday, and you can answer me.” “And
how can I send you my letters ?” By giving
them to the person who wlil bring you mine.
Two years! Adieu! Here is my hand in
pledge of my faith. Do not forget, Prince,
your promise l” He took the little proffered
hand, and was astonished. It seemed that

she was pretty. At the sight of this simple'

hand he grew mad with love, and determin-
ed to remain faithful to his unknown.
' More than twenty monthshad elapsed since
this meeting, and the two years begin to rise
on the horizon when the Army of the South
was formed. Prince D— had a command
in it. He wrote to the lady of his thoughts
“I leave ; who knows if I shall ever return ?
This event was not anticipated. Will you
emain insensible to my sorrow, and will you
refuse me the favor of bestowing a kiss on
you chaste brow ? She replied : “I Said
two years. The term expires. I will go
to rc-join you, were it even in another world
for I love you so that I would renounce my
own life if God should take yours.”

He set out. At Kichenaff he was intro-
duced to the Princes K—, a young lady of
eighteen, a beauty, a pearl, a masterpiece of
nature, recently arrived from St. Petersburg.
After some days he remarked that the young
Princes did not look upon him with indiffer-
ence. Their intimacy increased. 0pc fine
evening, or one fine morning, she said to him
“Prince, I love you ; I am rich ; marry me.”
The unfortunate Prince was confounded :
then summing up his courage, he *fraukly
told her his situation.

“Oh I” exclaimed the Princes; “I know
her very well ; she is an intriguante ; she,
does not love you.” “You must deceive
yourself ; a person cannot write as she does
to me without loving.” “I assure you she is
merely acting. You do not know her, or
rather you know her face, but not her heart.
I am the very opposite, a heart like mine
cannot assume a part it does not feel.” The
little P'rinccs made no impression; several
times she returned to the attack, but always
in vain.

At last, the two years expired on the 18th
of February. The 10th, Prince D—— receiv-
ed the following telegram : ' .

To-morrow evening I will be at Kichencff;
the day after you will see me and I will be
your wife when you please. The sooner the
better. TuE Uxxxown.

It was thus that she had signed her letters
to that date‘. On the 12th, Prince D— was
requested to repair at noon to a property in
the environs Of the town, which was indica-
ted to him. He‘flew thither. He was in-
troduced in a large saloon, where he waited
five mortal minutes. She appeared at last.
“Here I am l” she said. “Heaven I The
Princess K—l” It was, in fact, she. She
had left St. Petersburg at the same time with
the Prince,and had fixed herself at Kicheneff
while she sent to a confidante the letters
which the lover was to continue from the
capital. Thanks to this'subterfuge, she had
been able to have herself presented to the
Prince, and to easily play a double part. As
to the denoument, you can divine it. The
Princess K— on the morrow became the
wife of Prince D—. It was on the 13th,
and the friends wished to postpone it to the
14th. “Not at all,” ‘said the Princess. “It
is two years that we have been waiting for
that thirteenth.” The Grand Duke could
not assist at the ceremony, but he sent rich

presents to the bridal pair._ I assure you
that at this moment at Kicheneff they busy

themselves but little about the Turks or the
Christians; the whole talk is only of the
Prince and Princess D——.

 

, Wreck of the Rockaway.

. NEW YORK, March27.—-The hullof the new
steamer Rockaway, the largest excursion bpat
ever built, went to pieces in the storm Off At-
lantic City, N. J ., about six o’clock yesterday
morning, and drifted ashore a total wreck.
She was built at Norfolk, Va., for R. Cornell
White of this city, and was being towed here
for completion and intended for the Rock-
away Beach route. She was launched on Sat-

,urday afternoon, and immediately left for

New York in tow of the steamer Wyanoke.
The gale of Sunday night struck the vessels
while Off the lower New Jersey coast, and it
was proposed to seek shelter in the Delaware
breakwater, but the captain of the Wyanoke
decided to proceed. About five o’clock yes-
terday morning the Rockaway, which was
about six hundred feet astern of the Wyanoke,
put up a distress signal, and boats were run
alongside and the crew taken-on. The Rock-
away was broken in two by this time and had
settled so her decks were level with the water.
At 7:30 the last hawsers between the two ves-
sels parted and the Rockaway drifted and
broke up. A side of the vessel lay on the
outer bar at Atlantic City this morning. The
wmd was still northeast, and aheavy fog pre-

vailed. Mr. White iralues the'hull it about

$30,000. There was no insurance on it that
he knows of, but he supposies that the Old
Dominion Steamship Company, which owns
the Wyanoke, and which undertook to safely
transport the Rockaway from Norfolk to New
York, is responsible for any damage that has
occurred. '

 

No PLACE FOR BROTHERS-IN-LAW.—-Among
the unsuccessful candidates for the United

‘States Marshalship for the northren district

of Illinois, says the Tribune, was a Mr. Still-
well of Livmgston county. He was admitted
to a private'audience with the president, and
presented his papers. The president fioked
them through. and looking Mr. Stilwc full
in the face, said : “ Your papers are unexce‘pl
tionable, there is nothing in your record which
does not seem to show that you are well qual
died for the position; but there is one insup-
erable Objection to your appointment to any
federal thce—that is, your wife is a favorite
cousm of Mrs. Hayes.
“—
Never go into your barn with an uncovered

 

 

 

ably be a, priest or two, and a. few soldiers.

light, and never: set your lantern on the barn
floor, but hang it up. ’

Memorial Services
or ‘
CHARLES V. BESSON.

Died, lilarch 12th, 1877.

The Services were held in the Chapel of the
Weston Military Institute, March 19th,
' at .2 p. in.

All the students and the Principal, and his
associates being present ; the Rev. E.
Lubkert,Pastor of the Congregational church,
in his capacity 6f Chaplain of the Institue,
opened with a short prayer and delivered the
following address:

MY DEAR FRIENDS :

It is with more than usual, al-
most with a painful embarrassment that I
now rise to address you on' this sad. and
solemn occasion. I.say “sad” because the
circumstances which have brought us togeth-
er are still too fresh in our memory and too
vivid to be lightly dismissed from our minds,
and I say “solemn,” inasmuch as it would
indicate a lightness of heart and an apathetic.
state of mind, if any of you could at this
time utterly disregard the solemnity of the
occasion and sit here with coldness and in-
difference.-

What transpired a week ago in this place,
when they carried away our young friend—
a "corpse—walled involuntarily to my mind
that touching incident near the city gates of
Naia, “Behold there was a dead man carried
out, the only son,” and when Jesus of Naz-
areth touched the bier and gentlyftenderly
addressed the mourning followers in the fun-
eral cortege, “Weep not.” And I cannot but
hope that this same tender and gentle voice
of the man of sorrows and acquainted with
grief, Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, may
haVc reached the hearts of the parents of
Charles Besson and brought peace and com-
fort to them, such as the world cannot give.

An only son! This certainly is sufficient
to make the stoutest heart sad. The only
son'of doting parents, their joy and their
delight, carried out—dead—cold and rigid in'
the frozen embraces of Death.

With what pleasure he réturned but a
short time ago to his studies. What glowing
anticipatiOns of the future. what fine resolu-
tions, what manly efforts, what sweet expec—

 

filled our young friend’s breast. But now,
all is changed. Charles Besson died—here—
far from his home, not exactly amid strangers
but among those whom he had known com-
paratively but a short time, surrounded in-
deed by the kindest of nurses, nursed by' the
dearest of friends, tended' by a gentle moth-
er’s hand, looked upon with agony by a
loving father, Watched over by his school-
mates, but delirious most of the time, uncon~
scious of that wealth of love bestowed upon
him, and alas ! unable to recognize his own
danger, as well as the tender solicitudc
watching over him. Our pupil, your friend
and comrade, the only son of his parents,
died, was carried away and is no longer with
us.

What were the sorrows and agonies, the
intensity of grief hnd keencst anguish of
those parents, we cannot tell, we can only
faintly imagine. At such time there is no
adequate language to express the heart’s
emotions The soul’s workings at such times
we cannot understand. There are sighs, and
tears and silent prayers. And God only can
hear and comprehend that silent heart lan-
guage and answer by the whisperings of His
Son, “Be not afraid, behold, It is I I”

But that faithful loving mother coming up
from the distant city, to be with her son in
his last days, hours, moments,how her heart
must have been crushed almost beneath this
seemingly cruel blow I
my child, hast thou left me ?

That father, stern in business, but yearn-
ing over his son, hoping perhaps against hope,
but at last realizing the sad truth and speak-
ing in some such language as pious David
used at the death Of Absalom, “O my son,
my son, my son, would God that I had died
for thee, O, my son, my son I Was th'ele no
sorrow in your young hearts when on that
stormy and dismal Monday night, one of
your instructors came and informed you, in a
hushed voice,“Poor Charlie Reason is dead 7"
Do not let that sad feeling of sorrow and
sympathy pass away too quickly. It is good
to have a sorrowful heart occasionally and
especially young hearts. It brings them
nearer to God. He speaks, hear His voice,
and from this death learn a lesson of lifc,and
earnestness. ‘ V _ .

What was the life of our dead boy whilst
in our midst? True, not for years but for
months only did we know him. But did he
not in that short time endear himself to all
of us, instructors as well as pupils ? As far
as my intercourse with him_ is concerned,
let me bearthistestimony and let me bear
it cheerfully, to his diligence, to his manli-
ncss, to his truthfulness, and to his gentle-
manly bearing. I surely never had an 0c.-
casion to reprimand him.

Those of you who study Latin, may know
the old adage, “Dc mortuis nil nisi bonum,"
Of the dead speak nought but good i’ It is
always a wise and withal a charitable thing
to do so. But what I have said of my dead
pupil and your comrade, is not according to
this Roman advice but according to the
promptings of my own heartfelt convictions.
I do not say he was an angel, perfect in
every particular. Far from it. It would be.
unnatural. But I believe him to have been a
good boy, a diligent student, a tender son, a
true friend, a faithful comrade, well behaved
in school, attentive and orderly in church,
quiet and endeavoring to do right. And
believing this with all my heart, this thought
gives me comfort in this dark hour as I
know it will cheer and comfort the friend’s
heart for all time to come.

And that you, hisschoolmatcs and student
companions, who kn 'm more intimately,
held him very dear,» IS evinced by those
mournful tokens of. grief as displayed, in
very tasteful and touching manner, on one of
the school-buildings. It is testified by your
mourning badges and oh I let me not be
wrong in my surmises, is confirmed by those
faster pulsations of you hearts now,:by'thése
silent emotions and tears in memory of your
dead friend, which speak far more eloquent-
ly than words could possibly do. May his

on to greater exertions in- the path of recti-
tude, morality and religion. May his exam-
ple whenever and wherever it was worthy of
emulation be imitated by you. Above all,
forget not, that God speaks to you through
this early death of your friend. The rules
laid down in His word are always a safe
guide to follow. Do it, try it, take example
from that youth of Nazareth, of whom the
great God Himself has declared, "‘This is my
beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.”
- Following Him'and God’s commandments
your youthful days will pass away smoothly
and pleasantly and old age will have nothing
in it to make you look back with regret upon
your- youthful life.

There is a beautiful custOm among some
nations. It is this. When a dearly beloved
one departs this life and he is buried, either
to whisper in accents of faith and love, or
afterwardsto have inscribed upon marble
slab or wooden tablet these simple words,
“Requicscat in pace I” “May he rest in
peace.” ‘0

Thus will we go to-day in imagination to
that newly made grave of our dead pupil and
school-mate, and gathering around! it, we
will pluck, as it were, out of the garden of
our souls some forget-me-nots and laying
them softly and gently upon the grave of
Charles Besson, we will bid him “Farewell”
for this world,saying; “Requiescat” in pace!
Maycst thou rest in peace.

 

l And if, my young friends, you should

tations of a life of ‘ usefulness, may have '

My child, my child,~

' other respects.

« Be it enacted by the Senate and House of chrc-

memory be ever sweet to your and spur you ‘

 

profit by these lessons of death, and become
good, honest,high-minded,moral young men,
hating that which is evil and doing that
which is good, following after righteousness,
honoring your parents and honoring your
God, if this'shouldbe the result, then, sad
though it was, and much as we grieve over,
it, we may yet be taught to learn, that
“blessed to us was the death of Charles
Behson.” .

 

Gen. A. S. Jarvis in a few pertinent re-
marks addressed his. pupils in a very feeling
manner, exhorting them to do always right
and giving them some very salutory advice,
which, if the young gentlemen .will only
follow it, can not but result in happy con-

sequences.
Prof. C. A. Cole, spoke feelingly on the

character of the deceased and especially laid
stress upon the point of‘ manliness in his
character as combining all the true elements
of a successful life.

Mr. Comstock cheerfully corroborated all
that had been said. ,

Some of the school-mates of the departed
having spoken a few words in his memory,
the whole audience united in the Lord’s
prayer and was dismissed with the- benedic-
tion by the Chaplain. ,

 

rustic serials Mann-101‘ consumer '

 

Passed at the Jangfly’ Soulon or the
General All' f byl'y,1877.

 

- [Published by Authority]

[House Bill No. 4;]
cudmu i. ‘
An Act in amendment of an act relating to‘
the Militia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repro-
sentatives in General Assembly convened:

That section one, chapter three, title ten,
of the general statutes be and it hereby ‘is
amended so as to read as follows : “The
quartermastengeneral shall, upon due requi-
sition therefor, approved by the adjutaut-
general, furnish the active militia at the ex-
pense of the state, with suitable aims, armo-
ries, ammunition, equipments, colors, camp
equipagc, and transportation from its armo-
ry to the place of parade or encampment,
and a regimental headquarter _ room, for each
regiment for the safe keeping of the colors
and other state property in charge of the
regimental commanders.” '

[Approved, January 31, 1877.]

[House Bill N o. 20.]
CHAPTER n.
An Act entitled An Act relating
amendment and repeal of public acts.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-

sentatives in General Assembly convened :

SECTION 1. Every, bill for a public not
amending or repealing any of the statutes of
this state, hereafter introduced into the gen—
eral assembly, shall recite the statute to be
amended or repealed, or so much thereof as
may be necessary to show the effect of such,
amendment or repeal; '

SEO. 2. This act shall take effect from its
passage. [Approved, January 31, 1877.]

 

 

 

' [House Bill N o. 32.]
CHAPTER In.
.An Act Validating Deeds.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-

sentatives in General Assembly convened :

SECTION 1. That all the deeds heretofore
made for the conveyance of real estate in the
state of Connecticut, and otherwise valid,
except that the acknowledgement of the
same was taken before a justice of the peace'
of said state, not having jurisdiction in the
town where said deeds were executed and
acknowledged, are hereby declared valid and
complete conveyances under the statute.

SE0. 2; This act shall not» affect any suit

now pending. .
[Approved, January 31, 1877.]
[Senate Bill No'. 5.1

oumnn Iv.

An Act in addition to An Act entitled crimes

and criminal prosecutions.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of‘ Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened:
Every person summoned, or who may be

used as a witness in any civil or criminal

proceeding, who shall~accept or receive any-
thing to influence his’testimony or his con-
duct, or to delay or hinder his appearance as

a witness in such proceeding, and every per-

son who shall give or offer anything to. any

such person, with intent thus to influence,
delay, or hinder him, or who by any means
shall wilfully hinder or prevent, or endeavor
to hinder or prevent any such person from
appearing as a witness, or from giving his
testimony in any such’ proceeding, shall be
fined not more than five hundred dollars, or
imprisoned in the common jail not more than
onelyear, or both.

[.lpprovcd, February 14, 1877.]

[House Bill No. 30.]
CHAPTER v. ,
An Act to validate and confirm the
of Jurors.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rome'-
sentatives in General Assembly convened :

That in all cases where the town Clerk of
any town has not given due and legal notice of
the meeting of the justices of the peace,
sclectmen, constables, and grand jurors, on
the first Monday of January, A. D. 1877,

 

 

election

for the choice of judicious electors to serve -

as jurors in the superior court, court of com-
mon pleas, or district court as the case may
be, the defectin the call of said meeting shall
not vitiate the election of the persons chosen
by such meeting to act as jurors as foresaid
provided the law has been complied with in

[Approved February 14, 1877.]

[House Bill No. 97.].
, onsrrnn vr.
An Act concerning the commencement of
'. terms of office.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of‘ Repre-
sentatives in General A ssembly convened: _

SECTION 1. The terms of oflice of al
officers, other than the governor’s staff, pri-
vate secretary, and messenger, appointed by
the governor, general assembly or senate,
unless otherwise specially provided by law,
shall commence on the first day of July fol-
lowing their appointment ; but the terms of
office of the governor’s staff, private secretary
and messenger,, shall commence from the
date of their appointment.

SE0. 2. All acts and .parts Of acts incon-
sistent herewith are hereby repealed, and
this act shall take effect upon its assage.

[Approved, February 14, 18773 ,

 

 

[House Bill No. 37.]
CHAPTER vu. .
An Act repealing Section 10, Chapter IV.,
Part 2, Title 10, Page 225, of the revised
Statutes.

sentativcs in General Assembly convened :‘

That section 10, chapter four, part two,
title sixteen, page 225, of the general statutes,
revision of 1875, be and the same is hereby
repealed. [Approved, February 14, 1877.]

 

[House Bill No. 197.]
CHAPTER vnr.
An Act amending An Act entitled An Act in
‘ regard to railroad crossings.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repro-
scntatives in General Assembly convened :

' That—all the provisions of chapter thirty-C
six, entitled an act in re d to railroad cros-
sings, of the acts of 187 applying to select-
men of towns in regard tohighway crossing
or crossed by railroads, be, and the same are
hereby extended Io mayors and common
councils of cities and to the warden and
burgesses of boroughs in regard to streets
crossing or crossed by railroads.

[Approved February 21, 1877.]

House Bill No.61]
CHAPTER Ix.
An Act regulating the sale of real estate for
» taxes-

30 it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre—

sentatives in General Assembly convened :

No collector of taxes shall levy upon or
sell, under his warrant, any real estate which

 

is subject to a mortgage, lien, or other in- _

cumbrance, appearing on record at the time
of such levy, unless he shall have deposited
in the post-office, postage paid, a written
notice, directed to the holder of every such
mortgage, lien, or incumbrancc, at his usual_
place of abode, at least three weeks before
such sale, stating the property to be sold,thc
time and place of sale, and the amount to
recover which such sale is to be made ; and
foreach notice so sent, said collector shall be
entitled to add the sum of fifty cents and the
amount he may have necessarily paid the

town clerk for makings. search of the records .

to his fees now by law provided.
lApproved February 14, 1877.]

[House Bill No. 201.]
- CHAPTER x.
'An Act‘ in addition to An Act concerning
. taxation.

Be it enacted by the Senate and [louse of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened: ‘

That it shall be the duty of trustees hold-
ing taxable personal property, to return to
the assessors the tax lists provided for by
the twenty-fifth section of the act concerning
taxation ; and on the failure of any trustee
to do so, he shall forfeit to the treasurer of
any town that wouild have been entitled to a
tax upon such property two per cent. of the
cash value of the property so taxablein such

‘ o
to the‘

 

town. .[Approved, February 21, 1877.]

NORWALK GAZETTE, A

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~ALEX, S . GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
Teacher of the '
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composition.
Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.

J. Belden Hurlbutt, ,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,

Room No. 4, [up stalrs,l

 

9 GAZETTE BUILDING.

EMILY VJ). PARDEEMJ}.

(Graduate of N.Y. Medical College for Women,
Cor. MAIN d: MARSHALL STREETS.
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.

Office Hours, until9 a. m., andfrom 3 p. m. At-
tention to all classes of diseases incident to a gen-
eral practice of medicine and surgery. Fam-
ilies supplied with Homoeopathic remedies.

References by permission :—-S.Lilenthal, M. D.,
Prof. of Theoryand Practice,N.Y.ctt ; Clemence
Lozier, M. D. Dean of College, N. .: Alfred K.
Hills. M. D. ,Prof‘. Materia Medica. 3m23

EYE AND EAR.7W. R. OAKES, M. D.,
Occulist and Aurist, has his Ofilce corner
Wall and Water Sts., where he may he
found every day from 9 o’clock, a. m,, to
9 o’clock, . m., for free consultation. Besides
the eye an ear, the doctor treats successfully _all
scrotulous and catharrhal diseases of the lungs, ’
wmdpxpe and throat, some of which are often pre-
dls osin causes of blindness and deafness. Call
ant sec t e statistics of‘ cases, testimonials. &c.,
at the office as above. ' Chars for scientific ex-
amination and treatment a 5 moderate. , No
charge for consultation. ,Call or a circular. 46

 

 

CHA'RLES W. MANY,

Surgeon Dentist,
NORWALK, CONN.

Ofilcc corner of_Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
. Oxide Gas administered.

c. B. COOLIDGE,
DENTIST.

Successor to

Dr. Asa. Hill,

,WALL STREET, NORWALK,

Office over
C. J. Gruman’s Dry Goods Store.
3' Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain.

-ED\VARD P. \VEED,

D R 'U' G- G I S '1‘
.Wall Street, opposite Norwallc Opera. House.
Alargc and well selected stock of

DRUGS AND MEDICINES,

Perfumciiy, Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral.
Waters, oilct and Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
and Handkerchief Extracss, Hair Brushes,Combs,
Sponges, Chamois Skins, Stationery, Cigars, due"
and is constant] adding to his stock all the new
and pOpular me icincs of the day.

S & W. MITCHELL},
C

At the ever popular
UNION MARKET
has always the best of
Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,

at fairlivingpriccs. Union (formerly Model) Mar“
kct, on the Bridge. - 18

 

 

[IA-(LES s. Looxwoon,

Fashionable Draper and Tailor,
‘ AND
'GENTS’ FUnNJszifNa EMPORIUM.
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.

TO THE LADIES;
Mrs. McLean,

North Avenue, is now fully prepared to execute
allorders in -

“STAMPING.”

Monogrames . Crests, &c., Stamped to. order,a 5
well as plainstamping. Call andsee specimens. 9t!

 

 

ORWALK INSURANCE 00.,
NOR IVALK, CONTV.‘

Charter-Capital - - - $500,000
PaldupCapltal - - - 100,000

WM. C.SEREET,P1‘CS., , GEO R. CowI.Es,See’y.

 

'I‘NA INSURANCE Co. of‘lIARTFORD.
Incorporated 1512. Charter Perpetual.

Capitalnnd'Assess, $5,052,880.19

Innures against loss and damage by Fire, on terms

adopt dto the hazard andconsistent with the lawe

of cor pencation. COWLES d7 MERRILL,-
Sole Agents for Norwalk and vicmity.

THEODORE E. éuITH,

DEALER 1N p
HA R‘D WA B. E, .

" Cutlery.
AND

Agricultural Implements.

\VALL PAPER, WINDOlV SHADES, PAINTS
OILS, GLASS, SASH, BLINDS,
.AND DOORS.

.lVIain Street, N orwalk, Conn.
SIGN PAINTING, PAPER HANGING, &c

B. s. BIAASCER,

At his Store in MALLORY’S BLOCK. has con-
stantly on hand, a general assortment Of‘

G R O C E R I E S ,
enccxnnx,onass,
TIN AND WOODEN lt’ARE, ETC" ETC.

, By devoting his constant personal attention to
the business he hopes to merit public patronagc.9

 

FRANCIS McKEON, Jr.,
Practical Plumber.
PLUMBING in all its BRANCHES.

Green Houses Fitted up.

Orders left at Shop on SchoolStreet, or on slate
at Belden’s Tin Shop. Jobbingpromptlyatteridsg
to. . . y

CEMENT PIPE FIJII CHIMNEIS,

Square and Round Cement Pipe, with plain and‘
ornamental tops, for chimneys; have amore er-
f‘cct draught, and are cheaper and bettcrt an

brick;also
n R A l‘ N P 1 P E,
ted to give satis-

The best in‘the Market. “'a

faction, and from 25 to i301)“centiclficaperthan
oth - Manufacturer out or so 0 y

any W ‘ cuss. T. LEONARDSSSON.

HARNESSES FOR S ALE .

HE subscriber would respectfully inform the
T public that he has now on hand a good asaort
ment of HARNESS, made of the very best mater].
als, which he will SE1. 1. As IA“? as they can
possibly befurnishcd at any other similar estabe
lishmcnt in the country. Now for your orders
Let me have them at once . W . . SWAN. 6

Norwalk, May I . 1875.

REAL ESTATE.

\Iu~./\/vvvm\N\/WV\NV\}\I\I\I\N\

To Rent.
,l'tuul Yarl- lu-Uuuululu llrllur

FOR BUSINESS.
Sheds, Scales, Sac. Capacity for storing 5,000 tons

POTTERY CO. 1ml3

To Rent.

r HE Homestead formerly the residence of
George l’latt, Esq., on Rhoton Hill, within
ten minutes walk of depot South Norwalk, Conn.
Nice Country House, containing 17 Rooms, Bath
room &c., all in good order. Ij‘arm House, Hot
House, Barns,and other out buildings, with about
4 acres of' land. Fine Gra cries and great variety
of‘fruit and shade trees. Vill be rented for dlie
summer, or for the year. Possession immediate-
ly. For terms,fipply to .
' GEORGE . HOLMES, or E. P. W EED,
N orwalk. Conn.

 

 

' -—Four large pleasant robms with
To Let- Sinkroom,l’antry, and Closc’ts, on
second floor; rcntlow to asmallt‘umily, Enquire
of‘ 11.11. PILLOW, near Union School. 3t*10

 

A Cottage contaiuin nine rooms
To Rent- with arden attachgd. Apply tr;
- MRS. CAT ERINE STEVENS.

Prospect Hill.
To 1 Rent.

small cottageSroOms opposite residence of
J.1’ANTON. Esquroad River. Large gar-
den and plot or ground with it. Rent. low. -
12 Apply: 0 . ROBERT, ELLS.

"To Rent.

HOUSE corner q£<~Elm Str. t and,1‘ranklin..
Avenue, south side of Elm treet. Possess-

ion given April lst. Suitable for one or two fami-

lics. Up stairs 310 ‘er month. Ground floor 813

per month. The p ace has the Borough water

and a fine well. EBENEZER HILL,

lltt‘ Elm Street.

3t*l‘2

 

To Let.

THE upper tenement of house on Union Street;
six rooms; supplied with gas and water.
The house is next south of Mr. nrvey Fitch’s.

Enquire of Mr. Munson Hoyt, on M ' Street. or
Mr. Ferd. B. Smith, or address Mrs. L. . SMITH,
Hartford, Conn. , 10

 

To Rent.

ART of aHouse,(three rooms) right in the vi];
lagc. Rent 310 per-month. Possession given
immediately. Enquire at this olllcc.

To Rent Cheap.

TWO BRICK HOUSES and Tenement of eight
rooms, on High Street. Also Brick Store on

castcrl y side of Main Street. Enquire of

10 -N. WOOD, 32 Main Street.

To Rent.

HOUSE upon the top of
dlct’s Hat Shop. Will be
good tenants at a low figure.

To Rent.

The pleasant residence of the Subscriber with
barn and choice fruit, corner of Merwin and Aca-
demy Sts. Possession given about April 15.

9tf‘ Apply to THOMAS G. OSBORN.

 

e hill above Bene-
ted to one or two
E. J IIILL'.

 

 

OUSES AND ROOMS TO LET, by
H. FITCH, 51 Main Street. 7

To Let.

HE NEAT COTTAGE on Osborn Avenue,
‘ formerly occu red by Aaron Ambler, contain-
ing eight rooms. ent 814.00 or month. Inquire
on the premises, or of‘ JAM S L. AMBLER, of
the firm of Van Hooscar S7 Ambler.

Norwalk, Feb.‘10th, 1877. 6t7*

House‘for Rent.

Good sized House on Butler Street, by the
Straw Factory. Enquire of
- BURR SMITH.

STORE TO REN T. ‘

THE VERY DESIRABLE STORE

Corner Wall and Water Streets,

Norwalk, now.oceupicd' by D. S. Curtis. Enquire
of JOSEPH I. LYNES.

To Rent.

THE STORE now occupied by Selleck Brothers,
from April 1st. Also a house on Main Street.

 

 

A

0th

 

 

néar the residence of E. Quintafil.
5tf . QUINTARD.

To Rent.

HE elegant residence known as the “Dimon
Place,” pleasantly located on West Avenue
one of themost desirable places in the Borough of"
Norwalk, is offered to rent on moderate terms.
Also, a. large Carpenter Shop, located on Arch
Street, on the Bouton property. Will be rented
very low. For full particulars enqurc of
'th JAMES FINNEY, Real Estate Agent.

For Sale.
A COTTAGE Hill A SIIIELE FAMILY, new.

convenient, well located and cheap. En-
~ _ quire of‘ C. 1’. TURNEY.
Norwalk, March 12, 1577. . 11

For Sale Cheap.

11E homestead of the late Phineas S. Disbrow,
deceased, consistingpt‘ about 30 acres 01 land
with comfortable Dwelling House, Barn, and other
out buildings, and located about two miles from
the villages of N orwalk and Westport. Possession
given immediately. If not sold by April lst will be
rented. Apply to JOHN OSBORN,
St7 Administrator.

ll Desirable FumlshedHuusetulel

HE subscriber oflers his House, containing 12
rooms, furnace, gas, Borough water. Also on
premises, an excellent well of' water, a fine garden,
with asparagus and strawberry beds, apple, pears,
grapes, and other fruit in abundance, large barn,
poultry house and yard, wash house, &c., &c.
Possession given on short notice. For further
particulars enquire of
CHARLES T. LEONARD.

Norwalk, Fob.1‘.’th, 1877. ' 7

For Sale. '

an”: A House and Lot, in a healthy locationon
fl Fair Street, above Catharine. The House 15
nearly new, well built. conveniently arrang-

ed. and Will make a. comfortable and leasant
home foraf‘auuly of average size. The at runs
back to the river. There isawell of excellent
water on the place, and Borough water in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

~ Street. Price low, and part of the money can re-

A fine chance to securea

main on mortgage.
_ 3st

home. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.

For Sale or Exchange.

THE Large, Elegant and Pleasantly Located
Dwelling of the subscriber, on East Avenue;
House has 15 rooms, with all modern improvc-
ments ; about two acres ground attached. “’1“
be sold‘at reasonable price or exchanged for New
York City property. A plyto or address

2 GEO. W. ORA , ’0x 452, Norwalk, Ct.

 

 

Desirable Property for sale.

A Verydesirable place on East Avenue.

Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue, for sale cheap.
Also, a. nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
win Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquire of '

S, E. OSBORN. East Avenue,

tf‘ll or to D.,W. FITCH, West Avenue.

A annulus.

- 0R. SALE-A first-rate bruit Housc,(on East
Avenue.) containing nine rooms; Will be lot

if notsol'l. Also BUILDING LOTS for sale.

Apply to D. H. FITCH.
Norwalk, Nov. 27th, 1875. 48”

FOR SALE .

1 W0 very desirable BuildingLots on Westhl'ain
Street. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE.

 

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gives clear and distinct vision, and makes weak
eyes strong. Warranted for five years without
Of'lcnsc. Special attention given to fittmgncar
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RETURN TO NORWALK.

THE subscriber, having returned to Nor-walk,
bought out the Blacksmithing business at the
Old_ established stand known as “Lamb’s Shop.”
Main Street, is now fully prepared to do

HORSE AND' OX. SHOEIN G,
' - —AND-—
Carriage Making.

in the best manner, and at low rates. Special at-
tention paid to Lame and Interfering Horses.

EDWIN C. LLOYD.

 

1 8 '7~ '7 .
BUY ,Yovn‘tp
Provisions, ‘1
' Groceries;
' Poultry,
CRflCKERY AND GLASS WARE,

. Fruigs, Nuts, etc.
F I S H ,

(Fresh, Salted and Canned.) .

OYSTERS,

(Opened or' in the Shell.)

CLAMS,ce:c.

ALSO

Vegetables of all Kinds,
,. (Fresh and Canned.)
~Oannec‘l. Fruité,
BREAD, PIES, CAKES, 87.6., 81.0.
AT ’

DEMMON & NEWCOMB’S,

' 53 Sr 55 Man St, Norwalk.

cuss T. LEONARD & SON"

DEALERIN

C 0‘ A. L ,
WOOD AND BRICK,
N ’thBiver Blue ngpeiime, Cement

CEMEIT PIPE FDR SEWEIIS, WELLS All

BHIMIEYS, ,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.

Water St, Norwak, Conn

CARRIAGE MAKERS.
MULLINCS. & TILLY,

Successors to S. 1’. TUTTLE,

 

 

MARSHAL STREET, SOUTH NORWALK

Would respectfully inform the citizens of Nor-
walk and vicinity that they are prepared to

. Build Carriages andWagons
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.

Particular attention paid to REPAIRING in all
branches of the trade.
One SECOND-HAND ROCKAWAY, and one.

 

NO TOP BUGGY, for sale. 1y2
Are you going to Paint?
' USE
AVERILL’S

CHEMICAL PAINT!

THE BEST IN THE MARKET.

_ Itis morcbcautilul,more durable, lowerin price.
is all ready for use, does not wash by rain. best
wood preservcr, is water and fire proof, and is the
best forfeneral uses, either for wood, iron or
brick but dings. any of the fin ( st residences in
town are painted with

AVERILL’S CHEMICAL PAINT

Put up ready for use in pails of 1, 2 or 3 gallons

kegs of‘ 5, 10 or 15 gallons, half barrels or barrels
.All orders promptly filled and any information
given by applying to

D. H. WEBB, Sole Ag’t fOr N orwalk

Office at Store of RAYMOND Buo’s, foot of
Washington Street, SOUTH NORWALK.

C. II. DCIIGLASS,

Manufacturing Confectioner,

Keeps constantly on hand a large variety of

Pure Confectionery

Always Fresh and of the Best Quality, at
\Vllolcsale and Retail.
Also a superior article of

ICE CREAM.

SODA WATER,‘vvitli fruit syrups, and OTTAWA
BEER,drawn from Matthews Patent Steel Foun-
tains. '

Fruits, Nuts, fine Impofied and
. Domestm Cigars.

No. 21 Main Street.

An Elegant Ice Cream Saloon and Restauran
forLadies andGcntlcmcn.

G. H. DOUGLASS.Proprietor.
GEORGE WARD SELLEC‘K,

He‘seonstantly In stock at hisnew stand ,

No. 9 Main Street,

Achoioe andfincassortmen lof

Groceries,

 

 

PTO/visions,
Flour,
‘ Fruit, (£200,

To which he \vauldlnvitetheattentiono fa who
wishtoparehasctlrst-classgoods,at
Reasonable _ Prices.

DRIED BEEF, SLICED A SPECIALTY. BEST
'01" HAMS, EITHER WHOLE OR SLICED .

Dropin and see usin on, ncwstore,

Mo. 9 PLAIN STREET.

 

I would request the attention of
_ any perSons who contemplate
building to the very (lesi-

- rable stock of

LUMIB E R
Now in my Yard at N orwalk.

I am now prepared to furnish in the line of

SHINGLES,

—BOTII—

Spectacles lo suit-all kinds of [WSLSIIAVED PINE and CEDAR,

And of Sawcd Shingles

The S. K. & 00., "
The Curtis &. 00.,

And other Brands. Also,

Sawed Spruce.

Also a, Large and Thoroughly Seasoned Lot of Sol)

0 o . q o l o :
Michigan Sit ing,
Both‘ Rough Edge and Jointed.
In all grades 01‘ Lumber, 01‘ every description.

used in this market, my assortment. never was
better, or prices more favorable. I

Now is the Time to Buy,

When a good selection can be luul,betorc the
. yards are thinned out

Whilewuud, Ash and BlackWa'nul

Always on hand.

Lumber delivered by rail or
teams. No charge for loadingon
board cars.

”,E.'J. HILL.

YPE
METAL at the
GAZETTE OFFICE.

 

 

 

Agents wanted everywhere.

lMACHINISTS

vOL. LX..-NUEBER 14

I Make me Loving.

Savior who in love divine

Came to bless a heart like mine,

Make my spirit now thy shrine——
_ Make me loving,

Make me mild,

Let me be thine own dear child.

Very frail and weak am I,

0ft forgetting thou art nigh;

Hear my prayer and swift reply—
Make me loving,

Make me mild, ,

Let me be thine own dear child.

|

Ever watch about my home,

Never let its dear ones roam

Where the tempte'r’s voices come—
Make me loving,

Tender, mild,

Let me‘bc thine own dear child.

Through the hours of the day,

When I study, work or play,

Close to thee I fain would stay. .
Make me loving,

Tender, mild,

. Let me be thine own dear child.

—C’hiz'st£an at Work.

 

Beware of “Crooked “fiiiskey.

 

BY MRS. M. A. KIDDER.

 

Of all the crooked things in life

To breed distemper, care, and strife,
The crookcdest is whiskey.

For those who drink it day by day
There is no “straight and narrow way” ;
By devious winding paths they stray

‘ Beware of crooked whiskey !

Beware, beware, my friends, beware 1
Don’t do a thing so risky

As breeding strife and shortening life
By drinking'crooked whiskey.

A man may be as upright, sir,

As yonder poplar, ash, or fir ;

But let him take to whiskey,

As you will see, my watchful friend,
His blood will turn, his back will bend,
And “crooked” fancies prove his end——
And all by drinking whiskey. '

The drunkard’s wife and children know
Such crooked facts in homes of woe ;
They hate the name of whiskey.

In crooked paths their shoeless feet

Go wearily from street to street,

And scanty is the bread they eat,

And all by crooked whiskey.

 

BLISS’ LAST HYDIN.

[The last verses written by the evangelist who
perished at the Asht'abula bridge]

I know not what awaits me,
God kindly veils mine eyes,
And o’er each step on my onward way
He makes new scenes arise;
And every joy he sends me comes
A sweet and glad surprise.
Cnonrs.
Where he may lead I’ll follow,
My trust in flim repose,
And every hour in perfect peace
I’ll sing, “He knows, he knows.

 

One step I see before me,
’Tis all I need to see,

kThe light of heaven more brightly shines

When earth 5 illusions flcc ;
And sweetly through the silence came
His loving “Follow me! ” ‘

O blissful lack of wisdom!
’Tis blessed not to know ;

He holds me with his own right hand,
And will not let me go,

- And lulls my troubled sOul to rest

In him who loves me so.

So on I go, not knowing ;
I would not if I might.

I’d rather walk in light with God
T han go alone in the light ;

I’d rather walk by faith with Him
Than go alone by sight. '

 

REPLEVIN.

 

BY MARGARET VA NDERGRIFT.

He was a youth all simpleness,

And she a maiden full of wiles;

How could the rustic ever guess

That mischief lurked beneath such smiles ?
She did not wish his heart to break
Forpastimc ere she went to town-,—

But just to 'ecp herself awake, _
And win, perhaps, some slight renown.

She flirted with him at the well,

She flirted with him in the wagon,

And at her meals—though, truth to tell,

His mother watched her like a dragon.

_ He cut her pencils when she drew,

He cut her name on several beeches-—

In fact, he did thc'best he knew,

And racked his brain for pretty speeches.

The thing went on some little while,
Until at last the maid grew weary;
She could not alwaysraisc a smile,

The country, too, was growing dreary;
She thought she’d try a new effect,

And so, without the slightest warning,
She said to her fiirtee-elcct,

“I’m going home to-morrow morning.”

She scanned his face for signs of grief,

, But what she saw surprised her, slightly;
A look of most intense 'relief _
Appeared there, and he answered brightly—
“I’m thankful—no—I mean to say,

I hope you’ll find some other fellows

To flirt with, if you come our. way

Again, for Suc'smost awful jealous!

“I’ve tried to tell you, but somehow
I always felt so dreadful sheepish,
And next there’d ’a’ been a fow,

For really, it was getting dcepish!

. You see, we’re promised, Sue and me—

She’s bright, though she's not had much
schooling— in

She said last night she’d set me free,

Unless I’d say I’d quit this fOoling! -

“Of course I said I would, but then

I wondered what you’d think about me

I thought I’d catch it sure, again,

You seemed so lonesome-like without me.
I never thought that you might hear

From some one else of my engagement,

But Ma’s been telling you, its clear 1”
l: 1: a! -s or t . 1r at
U .
He wondered what hcrlook of rage meant!
:—“1:’ri'c-a-1?7'(.'c;” Scribner for April.

 

Fortitude Amid Trials.

Oh, never from thy tempted heart

Let thine integrity depart; '

When disappointment fills thy c'up,

Uudaunted nobly‘dt‘ink it up 2

Truth will prevail, and Justice shew

llcr tardy honors sure though slow,
Bear on, bear bravely on !

 

Bear On. Our life is not a dream,
Though often such its mazes seem;
We were not born for lives of ease,

. Ourselves alone to aid and please.
TO each a daily task is given; '
A labor which shall fit for heaven ;
When Duty calls, let Love grow warm .
Amid the sunshine and the storm,
With Faith life’s trials boldly breast,
And come a conqueror to thy rest.

Bear on,’bear bravely on!

The RoclifillO—mills now employ 1,813 per
sons and the monthly pay rolls‘f’oot up $45,-
517.

The loudest claimant to the St. Louis post
office is thbc Cozzens; but Hayes we be-
lieve. doesn’t appoint ccusinsto office—Wor-

 

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