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POOL“! ACTS OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT
-Pussed at the January Session of the
General Assembly, 1877.
[Published by Authority]
[House Bill NO. 130.]
- CHAPTER Lviii. _
An Act in addition to an Act Relating to As,
'scssors.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House 01' Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened :
SECTION 1. That no assessor duly elected,
in any town in this state, shall, during the
continuance of his said office of assessor, act
as member of the board Of relief in any such
town. -
SEC. 6. This act shall take effect from and
after its passage. ,
Approved March 9, 1877.
[House Bill No. 121.]
CHAPTER Lix. 4 ,
An Act in addition to an Act in Regard to
Closing saloons on Election Days.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened : _
That section forty-eight, cilapterlninc, title
twenty, be amende adding In the first
line; of said section or the. words Cities,
“warden of boroughs,” and In the second
line, after the word city, “borough,” section
to read as amended :
Mayors of cities, wardens of boroughs, and
selectmen of towns, may between sunrise
and sunset on the day of any city, borough,-
town, or clectors’ meeting, close any place
therein wherein any intoxicating liquors or
cider are ordinarily sold or reputed to be sold
to be drunk on the premises, and may order
any such place to be kept closed between
sunrise and sunset on the day of any such
meeting, and every sheriff, deputy sheriff,
constable, bailiff, and police offiar, within
their respective precincts, shall enforce such
orders and arrest any person disobeying them,
who shall be fined not more than one hundred
dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty
days or both. ’
[Approved March 9, 1877.]
[House Bill No. 183.]
‘ CHAPTER Lx. .
An Act in alteration of an Act entitled Taxa—
ation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives In General Assembly convened“
SECTION 1. No 'real estate encumbered by
mortgage or other lien shall be sold for the
payment of any taxes hereafter to become
due, except the taxes laid upon the assessed
valuation of the particular real estate so en-
cumbcred, unless the sale is made subject to
such mortgages, or other liens 'thereon, as
were recorded before the laying of such taxes.
SEC. 2. Whenever the equity of redemption
in any real estate shall be offered for sale for
the payment of taxes, and the whole of such
equity shall not be required therefor, the-col-
lector of taxes shall sell only such undivuled
part of the whole equity as may be necessary
to raise the amount required to pay the taxes
and expenses of sale, and he shall .give to the
purchaser a deed of so much of the equity as
shall be 'so sold.
[Approved, March 12, 1877.]
House Bill No. 175.]
CHAPTER LXI.
"An Act Relating to Election of President.
Bait enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened:
SECTION 1. Those electors of President and
Vice President of the United States, duly
chosen by the electors of this state, who may
attend any ' legal meeting of such electors,
may fill by ballot any vacancy that may exist
from any cause whatever in the electoral col-
lege of this state, before they proceed on the
business Of their appointment; and they,
with the person or persons so elected by them
shall be the electors for this state.
SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsist-
ent with this act are hereby repealed.
[Approved March 12, 1877.
[House Bill No. 271 ]
CHAPTER LxH.
An Act Relating to the Election of Sheriffs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of‘chrc-
sentativcs in General Assembly convened.
SECTION 1. The electors in the several
counties shall on the Tuesday after the first
Monday of November, 1877, and triennially
' thereafter, elect a sheriff in the manner pro-
vided by law. .
SEC. 2. The Sheriffs elected on the Tues.
day after the first Monday Of November,
1877, and triennially thereafter, shall hold
their respective offices from and after the
next succeeding June.-
Approved March 9, 1877.
[Senate Bill No. 61 1 _
CHAPTER ani.
An Act Providing for the Engrossing of Cer-
tain Bills for Acts and Resolutions after the
Adjournment of the General Assembly.
Be it enacted bythe Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened:
SECTION 1. That all bills for acts and reso-
lutions which shall hereafter be passed by the
two houses Of the general assembly, but
which shall not have been engrossed prior t6
the final adjournment thereof. shall be trans-
mitted to the governor for his approval ; and,
if approved by him, he 'shall sign the same,
endorsing his approval thereon, and transmit
the same to the secretary of state, which bills
shall thereafter be engrossed by said secreta-
-ry, under the direction of the engrossing com
mittee,.and, when so engrossed, receive the
signatures of the presiding officers of the two
houses, the clerks and the governor, in the
manner provided by law; and such bills so
passed, signed and approved, shall, from and
after theirlsaid approval, have the same force
and validity as all other laws of this state.
SEC. 6. This act shall take effect from its
passage. . ,4
[Approved March 9, 1877;]
[House Bill No. 75.]
CHAPTER I.x1v.
An Act in Amendment of an Act concerning
- Education. ‘
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened: .
SECTION_1. Public IOhOOls shall be' estab-
lished and maintained for at ieastthirty Weeks
in each year, in every school district in which
the number of persons between four and six-
teen years of age at the fist preceding enu-
meration was twenty-four or more, and for
at least twenty-four weeks in the other dis-
tricts; but no school need be maintained in
any district in which the average attendance
of persons at the school in said district dur-
ing the preceding year, ending the thirty-first
day of August, was less than eight. In said
schools shall be taught, by teachers found
duly qualified by the school visitors, reading
Ipelling, writing, arithmetic, English gram-
mar, geography, and such other studies as
may be prescribed by the board of school
visitors, and said schools shall be Open to all
children over four- ears of age in the respem
tive districts ;» an no person shall be denied
admittance to and instruction in said schools
on account of race or color. '
SEC. 2. Section one of chapter two, of title
eleven of the general statutes, revision of
1875, is hereby repealed. ‘ .
Approved March 12, 1877.
[SenateBill No. 59.].
CHAPTER va.
An Act to change the Terms of the Supreme
' . Court of Errors. .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House or Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened:
SECTION 1. The term of the supreme court
of errors in the first judicial district which is
now fixe'd by law on the third Tuesday of
June, shall hereafter be held on the first Tues-
day of May, and all process made returnable
to the term held ,on the third Tuesday of
June shall notabate, but shall be considered
and taken as returnable to the the term holden
on the first Tuesday of May.
SEC. 2. So much of an act in relation to the
terms of courts approved J one 19, 1876, as
provides that said term shall. be held on the
third Tuesday of June is hereby repealed.
[Approved March 12, 1877.]
[Senate Bill No. 25.]
CHAPTER vai.
An Act in addition to An Act in Relation to
the terms of Courts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House 01' Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened:
SECTION 1. That the words “allprocess in.
civil actions," in the first line of section three
of An Act in Relation to the terms of Courts,
passed May session, A. D. 1876, shall be held
to include all appeals fmm courts of probate,
where by law appeals are allowed.
Sec. 2. ‘This act shall take effect from its
passage. ‘ . . .
[Approved-, March 12,1877]
[House Bill No. 268.] .
. CHAPTER vaII.
An Act Amending the General'Statutes Con-
cerning the Support of Public Schools.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of' Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened:
That in lieu of . the form of oath now re-
quired b title eleven, chapter el ,. section
,three, 0 the general statutes, 1h following
form shall be used by the school visitors;
We, the school visitors of the town of ——
certify that from the returns made to us un-
der oath, as by law provided, we find that on
the first Monday of January, A, 1),. .. . ,
there were residing within the school districts
belonging to said town the number of __.
persons between the ages of four and sixteen
years, and, from the best Information we can
obtain, we truly believe that said number is
correct.
l
7
School Visitors;
, A. D.
On this ——- day of
[Approved, March,14, 1877.],
personally apeared the above named school
visitors, and made oath to the truth of the
above ccrtificatc,by tii ‘ i submitted before me,
. ustice of e Peace. ,
Senate Bill No.5.5
CHAPTER vani.
An Act to Authorize the Redemption of Cer—
tain State Bonds Bearing Six Per Cent. In-
tercst, and the Issue of State Bonds Bear-
ing Five Per Cent. Interest.
Be It enacted by the Senate and House of‘ Ilcprc-
sentativcs in General Assembly convened: ,
SECTION 1. The treasurer is hereby author-
ized to call in the bonds of this state which
are now redeemable, and he shall fix a time
or times for the redemption of the same or of
any designated portion or portions thereof,
and shall give public notice of such time or
times, and shallredeem said bondsnamed in
whenever thereafter presented. And all bonds
named in any such notice shall cease to bear
interest after the time therein named for re-
~dcmption.
SEC. 2. To enable the treasurer to borrow
money for the purposes aforesaid, bonds of
the state of Connecticut may be issued for
the amount of one million and eighty thou-
sand dollars, bearing interest at the rate of
five per cent. per annum, with semi-annual
coupons attached, payable on the first days of
May and November of each year, at the treas-
urer’s Office in Hartford, in this state, with
the principal payable in twenty years from
date, or at an earlier period after the expira-
tion of ten years, at the pleasure of the gen-
eral assembly; which bonds shall be signed
by the treasurer, sealed with the Official, seal
countersigued by the comptroller Of public
accounts, andrcgistercd in his .officc. The
said bonds shall be for the sum of one thou-
sand dollars each, and shall be made payable
to the person or persons to whom they may
be issued, or bearer, and shall be transferable
by delivery. ‘
SEC. 3. The treasurer; shall cause to be pre-
pared the bonds and coupons authorized to be
“issued under this act, and by and with the
advice and consentof the governor,may sellthc
same in such ma'nncr and in such sums as he
may deem to be for the best interests of the
state ; provided, that no bonds,are sold at less
than their par value thereof.
Connecticut are hereby pledged for the. pay.
ment of the interest'and the redemption of the
principal of said bonds,according to the tenor
thereof. t- '
SEC. 5. This act shall take cfi’cct from
and after its passage. .
prprovcd, March 15, 1877.]
[Senate Bill No. 31.]
CHAPTER inx.
An Act in alteration of an Act entitled “An
Act in relation to the Terms of Courts."
Be it enacted by the Senatc and House ‘of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened :
SECTION 1. The terms of the superior court
in and for Windham county shall hereafter be
held annually as follows:
On the first Tuesday of February; the first
Tuesday of May; the fourth Tuesday of Au-
' gust, and the second Tuesday of November.
SEC. 2. All bonds, appeals, writs or other
process or proceedings, civil or criminal,
which have been or may be taken or made re-
turnable to said court as heretofore by law to
be holden on the tliird Tuesday of April,
1877, and business and matters pending be.-
fore said court, shall he proceeded with,
heard and determined at said session to be
holden on said first Tuesday of May, 1877 .
SEC. 3. So much of the statute law of this
state entitled An Act in Relation to the terms
of Courts, as is inconsistent herewithi's here-‘
by repealed. '
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect upon its
passage. ~
. [Approvcd, March 12-, 1877.]
[Senate Bill NO. 50.]
CHAPTER Lxx.
An Act relating to Education.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened:
SECTION 1. That title eleven, chapter two,
section two of the revised statutes of 1875 be
amended by erasing from the last line thereof
the words “shall be filled,” and inserting in
lieu thereof the words “shall be filled in the
mannq‘ prescribed in the third section of this
act for the election of school visitors for the
full term of three years, and the ballots shall
distinctly specify the vacancyto be filled.""
Approved March 12, 1873.
[Senate Bill No. 57.]
CHAPTER LXXI
An Act submitting the Constitutional Amend-
ments to the Inhabitants of the Towns
for their Approval. .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened
WHEREAS: At a general assembly of the
state of Connecticut, holden at Hartford, on
the first Wednesday of May, A. D. 1876, the
house of representatives did passtwo certain
resolutions, therein .and thereby proposing
certain amendments to the constitution of this
state, which said amendmentswcre by order
of said house continued to the present session
of the general assembly, and were published
in the manner prescribed by the eleventh ar-
ticle of the constitution; and, whereas, at
this present session of said assembly, two-
thirds of-cach house thereof have approved of
all of said amendments, in the manner pre-
scribed and specified in said article, the first
of which said amendments" is in thewords fol-
lowing, viz.:
Resolved by the House of Representatives;
That the following be proposed as an a~
mendment to the constitution of this state,
which when approved and adopted in the
manner provided by the constitution, shall
become a part thereof, viz: “Neither the gen-
eral assembly, nor any county, city, borough,
town, or school district, shall have power to
pay or grant any extra compensation to any
public ofiicer, employee, agent, or servant, or
to increase. the compensation of any public
officer or employee, to take effect during the
continuance in office of any person whose sal-
ary might be increased thereby, or increase
the m or compensation of any public con-
tractor above the amount specifiedin the con-
tract.” '
And the second of which amendments is in
the words following, viz.:
Resolved by the House of Representatives;
That the following be propbsed as an
amendment to the constitution of» this state,
which, .when approved and adopted in the
manner provided by the eleventh article of
the constitution, shall become a part thereof,
v1z.:
f‘NO county, city, farm, borough, or other
municipality shall ever subscribe to the capi-
tal stock of any railroad corporation, or be-
come a purchaser of the-bonds, or make do-
nation to, or loan its credit, directly or indi-
rectlyin aid of any such corporation ; but noth-
ing herein contained shall affect the validity
of any bonds or debts incurred under existing
laws, nor be constr ed to prohibit the general
assembly from out rizing any town or city
to protect by additional appropriations of mon-
ey or credit, any railroad debt contracted
prior to the adoption of this amendment.”
Now, therefore, to provide for the consider-
ation of said amendments by the inhabitants
of this state, in town meetings to be warned
and held for thatlpurpose, pursuant to the re.
quirements of said eleVenth article of the cou-
stitution of this state.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened :
SECTION 1. That the constable in the sever-
al towns in this state shall warn the inhabi-
tants in their respective towns to meet on the
first Monday of October, A. D., 1877, 'at 7
o’clock in the morning of said day, for the
purpose of signifying, in the manner hereaf-
ter provided, their approbation or disappro-
batian of any or all of said proposed amend-
ments, which meetings shall be held at the
usual places of holding annual town meetings
in said towns respectively. ,
SEC. 2. The presiding officers of such meet-
ings shall be appointed” in the manner provid-
ed by law for theappointment of such officers
at electors' meetings. The polls shall remain
several towns and votin districts respective-
ly] for the reception of be ots for town Officers
at the annual town meetings,and no longer.
SEC. 3. It shall'bo the duty of the town
the several voting districts in the several towns
by the town clerks, immediately after the or-
ganization of said meetings, to present to said
meetings said proposcd amendments to said
constitution according to the requirements of
the eleventh article thereof and the electors
resent at such meetings shall be called upon
y the presiding Officers thereof, to bring in
their ballots, approving or disapproving said
5 amendments in the manner hereiniiftcr provid-
ed. The legal form of ballot to be used for
that purpose shall be as follows, viz.:
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDuENTs, FIRST MONDAY
or OCTOBER, 1877.
NO- 1: Prohibiting extra dampensntion to
public officers, ' . ' ‘
No. 2. Prohibiting cities and towns aiding
railroads.
This ballot willbe counted as an afllrma-
tive ballot for both amendments, unlessthe
number 0i one Of them is plainly erased. and
in that event it will be counted as a negative
ballot for the amendment which may be so
erased. _
Those in favor of approving and adopting
said amendments shall give in a ballot in the
form preceding. Those who disapprove of
either of said amendments shall give in a bal-
lot in the form preceding, but with the num-
ber set opposite the amendment they disap-
prove plainly erased; and each number crim-
sucli noticeat the time therein named, or .
, SEC. 4.‘ The faith and creditof the state of.
open during the time prescribed by law in the ‘
clerks, or their assistants, to be appointed for,
' heroic courage. The Zoological society should
ed sliallcount as a negative ballot, disapprov-
ing the amendment opposite such number.
All numbers not erased shall be counted as
affirmative ballots approving the amendments
set opposite them respbctivcly. The ballots
shall be examined, assorted, and coantcd in
the manner now provided by law for the ex-
amination, assorting, and counting of ballots
given in at the annual town meetings, and
the number of negative and affirmative ballots,
for each amendment shall be declared in Open
meeting by the presiding officer. In towns
divided into wards or voting districts for an-
nual town meetings, the ballots may be re-
ceived at the places and in the manner pro-
Vlded for the reception of ballots for town of-
ficers, and they shall be examined, counted as-
sorted, and declared in the manner above pro-
vided, and the result shall be returned in the
manner provided by law to the presiding of-
ficer to whom other returns are made.
SEC. 4. The presiding OfficErs in said sever-
al town meetings, shall, under their hands re-
spectively, makeduplicate certificates of the
number of votes given approving said amend-
ments, and of the number of votes disapprov-
ing said amendments, the numbers to be in
words at full length, one of which certificates
shall be deposited in the office of the town
clerk, and the other shall be transmitted by-
mail to the secretary of state at Hartford, 'or
shall be delivered to him, séaled up within
five days after the holding of said meeting.
The certificate shall be in form as prescribed
by the secretary Of state.
SEC. 5. The secretary of state shall, on or
before the third Monday of September, 1877 ,
transmit certified copies of each of the pro-
posed amendmepts, and also blank forms and
instructions fofthe counting and return of
votes to be given pursuant to this act, and
also a 'suflicient number of ballots in the form
herein provided for, to the town clerks of
each of the several towns in this state for the
use of said towns.- ‘
SEC. 6. The votes so returned to the secre-
tary of state shall be counted by the secreta-
ry, treasurer, and comptroller, on or before
the sixteenth day of October, 1877, and they;
on or before theeighteci'ith day of October,
1877, shall transmit a certificate under their
hands of the number of votes so returned as.
approving and adopting, and of those, return-
ed as disapproving each of said amendments,
to the person administering the government
of this statCLWho, within five days after the
receipt of the same, shall issue his proclama-
tion reciting said certificate, and if it shall
appear therefrom that a majority of said votes.
15 in favor of approving and adopting any or
all of said amendments, he shallso declare in
such proclamation, and that amajority of the
electors present at the meeting aforesaid have
apgroved said amendments, or._any of them,
an that the sameare valid to all intents and
purposes as a part of the constitution of this
mate; and-if it shall appear from said certifi~
cates that a majority. of said votes is not'in
favor of all, or any one, Of said amendments,
he shall so declare in said proclamation; and
said proclamation shall be published, at the
expense of the state, in two newspapers in
each county in this state, and shall be record-
ed inthe public records of the state.
SEC. 7. The qualifications of voters at said
meetings shall be the same as prescribed by
law for voters at electors’ meetings. A reg-
Istry list shall be used, and the names of
those voting shall be checked in the manner
provided at meetings of electors.
SEC. 8. Any person who shall neglect or
refuse to perform any duty required of him
by this act, or shall be guilty of fraud in the
performance thereof, shall, upon conviction
thereof before the sdperior- court in the coun-
ty where he resides, pay a fine not cxeeeding
one hundred dollars, or he. shall he imprisOn-
ed in the county jail not exceeding sixty days.
Approved, March 12, 1877. -
[House Bill No. 235.]
. \. CHAPTER LXII.
An Act In relation to Justices Of the Peirce.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprb~
scntativcs In General Assembly convened :
SECTION 1. When a justice of the peace
shall be unable, by-absence or sickness, to try
any Civil action pending before him,the plains
tiff, With the consent of the justice before
whom the case is pending, indorsed upon the
writ, may designate any other justice of the
peace of the town Where either party resides,
who may try it and render judgment, and
issue execution; but before proceeding to
such trial he shall issue awritten notice to the
defendant specifying the time and placeap-
pointed therefor, which the plaintiff shall
cause to be served upon the defendant at least
six days prior to that time. .
[Approved March-12, 1877.
[HOUSE BILL No. 108.]
.. CHAPTER Lxxui.
An Act relating to disqualified Judges of Pro-
ate.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened :
SECTION 1. Whenever in any district it
shall become necessary to cite and designate
the judge of probate of an adjoining district
to act as such judge in the district in which
he is so cited and designated, and in all such
adjoining.districts the judges of probate shall
decline, or be disqualified to act as such judge
or be unable to discharge their duties, any
other judge of probate in the county wherein
he may be required to act, may be cited and
designated to'execute the office of judge of
probate, and act as such in the district to
which he may be so cited and designated, in
the same manner and for the same purposes
as now by law provided in case of the cits.
tion and designation of judges of probate of
such adjoining districts.
Approved, March 12, 1877.3
[House Bill No. 275.]
. CHAPTER LXXIv.
An Act to Confirm Certain Conveyance of
- Real Estate.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives In General Assembly convened:
SECTION 1. Any deed or conveyance of the
real estate of a married woman which has
heretofore been executed by such married
woman without joining her husband‘in the
execution thereof, and the grantee in which
has subsequently conveyed said real estate to
Said husband, shall, in favor Of any bona fide
mortgagee or grantee for a'yaluable consider-
ation from said husband, be as valid and 'ef-
fectual to all intents and purposes as if the
said husband had also executed the same;
but nothing in this act shall in any event be
construed to make said defective deed or con-
veyance valid in favor of said husband. ‘
SEC. 2. This act shall take eerct from its
passage, but shall not affect any suit-now
pending. . ,
Approved, March 12,1877.
[House BlllNo. 271.]
CHAPTER Lxxv.
An Act Relating to the Election of J udgcs Of
Probate andSheriflr‘s.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives In General Assembly convened :
SECTION 1. That section twentyeightmhap-
ter four, title five, of the general statutes
(page 74), being the section. relating to pro-
ceedings In cases. of contested elections of
udges‘ of probate and sheriffs, be amended
y substituting the word “December” for the
word “May," in the seventh and eleventh
lines of said section, and all petitions hereaf-
ter brought to contest the election of any
sheriff or judge of probate, shall be made rc-
turnable on or before the fifth day of Decem-
ber following their election,and-all such cases
shall be finally determined and notice'of the
judgment shall be transmitted to the secreta-
ry on or before the twent -second of Decem-
ber. Approved, March 2, 1877.
[House Bill N o. 221,]
CHAPTER Lxxvr. .
An Act Concerning Alimony. _
Be it enacted b the Senate and House of It -
sentativer in Eenernl Assembly convened genre
SECTION 1. The provisions of section clev-
en, chapter one, title nineteen, of the general
statutes. authorizing the issuance-of orders of
attachment pending suit, are hereby extended
to petitions for divorce which contain a
prayer for alimony. . . :.
Approved March 12, 1877.
A.“ NOBLE DONKEY FONDLY PRAISED.—The
heroic little Jackass. who twice repulsed a
raginrr lioness in a single combat at the Zoo-
logiogl Garden on the 24th of last March,
died yesterday of the wounds received in
that encounter. This little jackass vindicated
insraco from the injustice of the literary
elmlles of_all ages. In classical literature the
royal family of the lion looks upon the ass
With contempt, and .Wi ’ (1qu a ridiculous
humor in the notion of e ass as a fighting
animal. Butthis lion was excited to fierce
rage by the Sight of the little jackass. She
bounded through the bars of her cage, and
With her ponderous jaws seized the jackass
by the flank. With great self-possession
he reached for the back of the lionuess with
his teeth, and gavcr her such a grip that she
W88 glad to let go and'slink away. After
such a royal encounter the jackass was in no
mood tobe seized again by the halter. On -
evading the pursuit of the anxious attendants,‘
the jackass again came into this vidnity of
the lioness, when she bounded for him‘ again,
andhe met 1101’ With his heels, and sent her
rollingdowuagully. But .hcr first assault
upon him, when unsuspecting, wounded him
cruelly, and after this long lingering he ex-
pired yesterday, and has gone where the good
asses go. He. vindicated his race from the
ridiculcus traditions of all ages, and showed'
that honest Industry may be combined .with
preserve his inanimate form, as it has that of
the houses, as a mementoof a famous but;
tie—Gamma Gazette.
'by as a matter of course.
' they die—about six hours.
Cornelius O’Dowd, in one of his clever pa-
'pcrs on “Men and Women and other Things
in' General,” bewails the misery of selling a
horse—the pain of having Ithc animal who
was to you a living friend put up as a mere
article of merchandise (1 to hear the nu-
merous doubts and sagas suggested as to
his soundness and othe good qualities; Still
worse, the unaccountable manner in which
men who formerly held you in the highest
respect now seem to look on you as one who
without honor or honesty is trying to cheat
them into an unfair bargain; and all because
you are obliged to sell your noise. The pic-
ture is a melancholy one, but at least the pain
is quickly over, and in my opinion, after some
recent experiences of my own, not to be com-
pared with the prolonged and abject misery
of selling a house. Of course I don’t deny
that there are many instances in which the
parting with your house brings no sorrow,
and but the faintest passing shade of regret.
Your fortunes are on the increase, you are
about to enter a more conimodious mansion,
and you shake off your old dOmicile with no
more pangs than a snake feels in changing its
old skin for a new, or a dragon-fly who is
about to change its pupa state for wings and
liberty. You are in no great hurryto sell:
that much capital lying idle is not a very mo-
mentous question to you, and you can afford
to hold quietly to your price until a fitting
purchaser comes-along. But the picture is
vastly different when other causes bring
about the sale. Fortune’s wheel has made a
big turn in the wrong direction, and the first
step in the melancholy and heart-reading pro-
cess called retrenchment that followsis to sell
the house. ,Now, “the house” is not an old
homestead, in which your father and his fath-
er/ before him were born and flourished and
died. No: it is a city house, built by your-
self somc ten or twelve years ago, when all
was prosperous, and on which you have lav-
ished every minute care that your wife’s fan-
cy, your architect’s sagacity and your own
ample means could suggest. It is a gem of a
house : so your friends have always said. You
havebeen properly proud Of it for years, and
now you must part with it.
'there has beeiflong encugh and happy enough
to make every yard of carpet on the floor and
cverybit of paper on'tlie wall, in some degree
dear to you ; but you shut your eyes resolute-
ly on that po’nt and hand it over to a real-
estate agent.
Now comes the tug of
peace of mind is over and past. An adver-
tisement. is put up in the parlor window,
which -for some unaccountable reason makes
you ashamed of yourself whenever you look
at it. People call and. cnquire' the price, and
retire; other people, closely resetnblinngs.
Lirripcr’s “ wandering Christians,” who peri-
odically visit all the lodgings in London, ask
to be shOWn through generally at the most
inconvenient times, make the tour carefully,
ask six dozen useless and trying questions,
and also retire, never to be heard of more.
Others, again, seem to be laboring under the
delusion. that to have the house Off your
hands is your solc'desire, entirely apart from
such a trifling consideration as what you get
for it; and they also departjn righteous in.
dignation at your presumption in asking what
it is worth. By this time you are becoming
nervous, harassed by doubts as to your selling
at all, and worn out by the repeated annoyan-
ces and disappointments to which you have
been subject.
Just at this point at last comes a real pur-
chaser—a big, handsome man, with an odious
air of property about him, a tongue more vol-
uble than refined, and an easy patronizing
manner that fairly maddens you. He goes
over the house with the hurried and preoccu-
pied air of one who expects to look at a doz-
en more in the course of the morning, and
can’t really afford to bestow too much time
and attention on yours. All the careful de-
tail, all the ingenious contrivanccs for com-
fort, are either altogether unnoticed or passed
You tell yourself
they will be all thrown away gpon this man,
and you writhe inwardly at the thought.
After some days of suspense, nnspeaknbly
trying, he makes an offer—just eight thous-
and dOllars under your price—from which he
refuses to budge. '
Now, it is a singular thing that a close bar-
gain, which you by no means condemn in the
abstract, becomes simply disgusting when
driven with yourself; and so you 'are at first
indignant, then despondeut, and finally un-
certain. In this cOndition you solicit advice.
Advice differs to such an extent that you are
like a_ man tied to wild homes who have each
formed a separate opinion as. to the road he
intends to take. But your difficulties are
pressing, property is low—it always is when
any one wants to sell—and after a tussle with
yourself, and an abortive attempt to move
your purchaser from his offer, to which he
sticks like a limpit, you close with him ;‘ but
certainly no good-will accompanies the house
and fixtures. New everything about it be-
comes regretfully dear to you,— and yet their
very merits make you more savage. You
wish you had never put walnut stairs all
through the house; pine would be quite good
enoughofor that fellow: You think with rc-‘
gret of the expensive repairing you had done
to the roof only last winter, and wonder
whether the snow will ever come in on him
as it did on you. Your wine-closet, your ce-
dar closet, every thoughtful luxury your
house contains, now only serve .to irritate you
by their perfections. . .
,Then, again, your privacy is invaded at the
most unreasonable hours by that. dreadful
man, who comes one day to have the floors
measured—a process that threatens to keep
him in the house half the morning ; another
to show his purchase to a friend, whom he
conducts from cellar to attic ; ,a third to see
about the necessary accommodations for his
books (you dont believe the fellow has any.
books to accommodate), andso on ad infini-
tum. Happily unconscious of the state of
your feeling toward him, he is sociable in
the extreme, talking freely of his own affairs
and exhibiting the same easy alacrity in in-
quiring after yours. He tells you the improv-
ments he intends to make, very much as if
he had bought a hovel and expected to trans-
form itinto apalace. He intimates, casually
that he don’t think much of. your taste in pa-
pering or carpeting, and that the rooms will
have quite another look when he has substi-
tuted Axminster for your Turkey, ,and Pearl
gray for your brown and-gold. He prices
articles in an easy manner, from your bronze
Diana to your favorite chair, apparently un-
der the impression that you expect to live in
the streets hereafter, and that furniture and
ornaments will be useless encumbrances. He
tells you which rooms he intends giving his
sons and which his daughters, as if he “10:12
the subject likely to interest you. Finally,
’_he leaves'you worked into such nostatc of ex-
asperation that the only COmeltt you-can find
is in contemplating .the cracks in the wall
which he will have to fill up, reflecting that
the back furnatc never did draw well, and
furtivcly kicking" the best paint with your
very heaviest pair of walking-boots. 'A. R
~Lippincott's Magazine, May.
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corn fodder are-reported in numerous towns
in the northern part of Connecticut, and
some of the cases in New Canaan, which were
sup )osed to be a new cattle disease, are
don ticss due to this cause. The unusual
amount of smut on com, the past season, is
said to be due to wet weather during silking
time. « ,
A mysterious cattle disease prevails at New
Canaan, Conn. The cows are suddenly taken
sick, get on their knees, and turning their
heads to the left, remain in that position till
was opened and the gall apppcarcd to have
burst, but experienced-Cattle men fail to name
the disease“ or give rehe'i.
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Box 319 P. 0.. Nonwarix, CONN’. _ .
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Attorney and Counselor. at Law,
Room No. 4, [up clan-5,]
GAZETTEKUILDING.
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9
EMILY VJ). PARD-EE,M.D.,
(Graduate of N.Y. Medical College for Women,
Cor. MAIN J: MARSHALL STREETS,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
Office Hours,until9 a. In., andfrom 3 p. In. A;
tention to all classes of“ diseases incident to a ge
eral practice of' medicrne and surgery. Fam-
iliessuppiied with Homeopathic remedies.
References by permission :—S.L1lenthal, M. D.,
Prof. of Theoryand Practice,N.Y.CIty; Clemenee
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Hills.M.D.,Prof‘.MateriaMe ca. - 3m23
EYE AND BAIL—W. R. CAKES, M. D.,
Occulist and Aurist, has his Office corner
Wall and Water Sts., where he may be
‘ found every day from 9 o’clock, a. 111., to
9 o’clock, . m., for free consultation. Besides
fear, the doctor treats successfully all
scrolulous and catharrhal diseasesrot' the lungs.
wrndpipe and throat, some of whichare often re-
dlsposing causes of blindness II deafness. all
am see the statistics of eases;._ estimonials. &c.,
atthe office as above. Char cs for, soicntific ex-
amination and trefltmonfr a wayr-mpdcrate. No
charge for consultation. Call for acircular. 46
CHARLES. W MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
NORWALK. “CONN.
0111ce corner of Main and Wall Street's. N itrous-
- Oxide Gas administered.
0. B. COOLIDGE.
D ENT.IS.T.-
“"sixeobaaoi-"E" ‘ -
. Dr. A'sa. Hill,
WALL STREET, NORWALK,
Office over
0. J. Grumnn’s Dry Goods Store.
3' Gas administered for extractingteeth with-
out paim -
DENTISTRY
A T HARD TIMES PRIOES,‘
For Cash—No» Credit I
All work cxcuted in the Best Manner, at my office
Corner of Main and Washington Streets,
‘ SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
T. E. SWIFT, 1). D. s.
J. EAR VEY .BETTS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
GROCERIES, ‘
Provisions, Flour, Grain, Feel, in,
Wilton, Conn. _
EDWARD 'P. WEED,
1:) a U" G- G- : s '1-
Wall Street,opp.osite Nor-walk Opera House,
A large and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICH‘IES,
Perfumery, Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters, toilet and . Medicated. Soaps, Flavoring
and Handkerchief Extracss, Hair Brushes,Combs,
Sponges, Chamois Skins,_StatIpnery, Cl are, &c.,
.and is constantly adding to his stock 9.1 the new
and popular medicines of the day. i ‘
S & W. MITCHELL,
C
At the ever popular
UNION 'MARKE'I “
has always the best of
Beef, Vealhlllntton, and Pork ,
at fairliving prices. Union (formerly Model) Mar
ket, on the Bridge. ,. . 18
HAKLES s. Looxwoo'n,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor,
AU
GEIVTS’ FURNISHING EMPORIUM.
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
TO THE LADIES .',
Mrs. McLean, _
is now fully.ared to execute
North Avenue,
allorders in
“STAMPING.”
Monogrames . Crests, are, Stamped to order,as
well as plain stamping; Call and sec specimens. 9t!
ORWA LK INSURANCE 00.,
NOR WALK, CONN.
Charter Capital $500,000
Paid up Capital - - 100,000
Wri.0.Si-:REET,PI-es.. GEO R.CowI.Es,Sec’y.
’I‘NA INSURANCE co. OIHARTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter'l’erpetual .
Capital and Assets, $5,052,880.19.
Insarcs against loss and damage by Fire, on terms-
adopted to the hazard andconsmtent with the laws
of compensation. WLES & MERRILLL
Solo Agents for Norwnlk and Vicinity.
THEODORE E. SMITH,
.DEALER 1N
1141 RD WA R E,
Cutlery
AND '
Agricultural Implements.
WALL PAPER, WINDOW SHADES, PAINTS
OILS, GLASS, SASH, BLINDS,
. AND DOORS. ‘
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn._
SIGN PAINTING, PAPER HANGING, &c
B. S. BIAASCER,
'At his Store in _MALLOBY’S BLOCK. has can.
stantly on hand, a. general assortment of
'GRO'OEEIEES,
' cnocxnnvmnass,
TINAND WOODEN WARE, ETC',_. ETC. _
Bv devoting his Constant personal attention to
tllebusiness he hopes to merit public patrondgc.9
FRANCIS MCKEON, .rr.,
- Practical Plumber.
5 Green House's‘l‘ittcd up.
Orders left It Shop on SchoolStreet, or on slate
Special Notices 25 per cent. Skylines onthe
PLUMBING in all its BRANCHES. .
V\1\/\IV\AIWVVVVW\MWI\/\nl\‘lx
For Sale or to Let,
. At Cannon’s Station, D. & N. R. B... a very desir-
able UOUNTRY PLACE, containing 13 acres of
land, improved by a superior 'I‘WO STORY AN D
ATTIC DWELLING, and all necessary out-build-
and hencry in thorough order; Abundance
in s
ot‘gchoice fruits, berries, (to. Terms can . Call
on or address ' L. GAMB ILL,
Cannon’s Statlon.
For Sale‘Cheap.
0r Exchange for Other property,
‘One of the neatcst, and cosiest little Cottages in
the Borough. Will sell to .a good tenant for little
or no money down. Enquire at GAZETTE CF-
FIC E.
2m‘15
~.._.
For. Sale. -
rare chance to secure a Home cheap, in a
A. beautiful location, within 12 minutes walk of
the Horse Car Rail Road Depot, House almost
new 22x28 Iect,6rooms; size of lot about 60 feet
front and 300 feet deep, wrth Boron h water, a
ood assortment of Fruit Trees, Shun cry. Grape
glues, &c., Enquire of T. S. STOUT,
~ 43 Main Street.
To Rent.
A Call Yali‘il Gullah Drier
FOR BUSINESS.
Sheds, Scales, kc. Capacity for storing 5,000 tons
lApli‘ly at thc‘oflice of THE A. E. SMITH’SSON 155;
. m
.-
U I‘ERY GO.
TO Rent.
HE Homestead formerly. the residence .of
George Platt, Esq., on Bhoton Hill, within
ten minutes walk 01‘-depot Sonth Norwalk, Conn.
Nice Country Housc,.containlng 17 Rooms, Bath
room &c., all. in good. order. Farm House, Hot
' House, Barns,and other out buiidin s, with about
4 acres of land. Fine Gra cries an great variety
pf fruit and shade trees. Vill be rented for the
summer. or for the year. Posspsswn Immediate-
l . For terms n pl to
y ORGE’IEH’OLMES, or E.I’.WEED,
3t13 N orwalk. Conn.
To Rent;
A small cotta c8moms opposite residence of‘
J .PANTOI , Bsq., Broad River. Large gar-
denand lot 01' round With it. Rent low.
12 Emily" Oz ROBERT ELLS.
I
To Rent ’
OUSE corner of Elm Street and ranklin
H Avenue, south side of Elm Street. Possess-
ion given immediately. Ground iloorsm a month.
The place has the Borough water and a fine well.
litf‘ EBENEZER HILL, Elm Street. .
To Rent. -
ART 01' a House,(three rooms) right in the vi):
lage. Ben:L 810 permqililth. IxIl’ossession given
immediately. ‘an5 0 cc. . .
~ , 'To Rent.
A HOUSE upon the top of the hill above Bene-
dict’s Hat Shop. Will be rented to one or two
good tenants at a low figure. E. J. HILL;
OUSES AND 13001713 To LET. by
H. FITCH, 51 Main Street. ' 7
STORE TO RENT.
THE VERY DESIRABLE STORE
Corner Wall and Water Streets,
Norwalk, now occupied by l). S. Curtis. Enquire
Of‘ . JOSEPH I.‘ LXNES.
I To Rent. .
‘ HILS‘I‘ORE now occupied by Seileck Brothers,
T from April lat. .Also a house on Main Street.
near the residence of E. Quintard.
5t! E. QUIN’I‘ARD.
TO Rent.
THE elegant residence known as the “Dimon
Place," pteasantly located on West Avenue
one of‘ the most desirable placefi‘ln the Borough of
N orwalk, is offered to rent on moderate terms.
Also. a large Carpenter Shop, located on Arch
Street, on the Benton property. Will be rented
very low. For full particulars enqurc of -
61.! JAMES FINNEY,Beal Estate Agent.
For Sale. '
A OOTTAOE FOR A SINGLE FAllllg, DQW’
‘ convenient, well located and c iea . Bu-
0. P. TURNEY.1
1
-. quire of
Norwalk, March 12, 1877.
House for Sale.
THE subscriber, being about to leave town,‘
offers for sale his residence on High Screen.
It is a two story frame dwelling, containing ten‘
rooms, with pantry, closets, water, gas, &c., lot
about 80x200 feet, with choice variety of fruit.
Possession given immediately. For terms and
further particulars enquire of
D. S.BAR’1‘RAM.
N orwalk, April 2d, 1877. . 4ti~l
ADesirableFumishedHousetulet
l-IE subscriber oflers his House, containing-12
‘ rooms, furnace, gas, Borough water. Also on
premises, an excellent well Of water, afine garden,
with asparagus and strawberry beds,aople, 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 cnqnirc of
CHARLES T. LEONARD.
Norwalk, Feb. 12th, 1877. _ , 7
For Sale.
.5: A House and Lot. in a healthy location on
fi Fair Street, above Catharine. The House is
‘ nearly new, well built, conveniently arrang-
ed, and Will make a comfortable and leasant
home for a family of average size. The ot runs
back to the river. There isawcil of‘ excellent
water on the place, and Borough water in the
Street. Price low, and part Of' the money can re-
main on mortg e. A line chance to securea
home. Apply at. AZE'I‘TE OFFICE. 3ft
‘ For Sale or Exchange.
THE Large, Elegant and Pleasantly Located
Dwelling of the subscriber, on East Avenue;
House has 15 rooms, with- all modern improve-
ments ; about two acres ground attached. Will
be sold at reasonable price or exchanged for New
York City roperty. Apply to or address
. GIEO W. CRAM, Box 452, Norwalk, Ct.
Defible Property for sale.
Ver vdesirable place on East Avenue.
Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on
A
, Osborn Avenue, forsale 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,
III or to D. W. FITCH, West Avenue.
A BARGAIN.
0R SALE—A first-rate built Housc,(on East
Avenue,) containing nine rooms ; will be let
if notsol'i. Also BUILIAING LO'II‘)S Erlsf'filn
ppyto . -. ‘ “ .
Norwalk,Nofl875. am
' FOR SALE.
TWO very desirableBuildingLots on West Main
.Street. Apply at the GA' ETTE OFFICE.
C. W. Locxwoon’s sous
Have taken the Store. No. 4 Skiddy’s Block, Main
Street, where they will open a first-class
Fish, - ‘
Fruit,
Vegetable
and Poultry Market.
They intend to keep it well stocked with
Fresh. Salt, Smoked lit Canned Fish
of all the choice vurities; and Fruits and Vegeta-
bles of all kinds, in their season. The furnishing
of POULTRY, either alive or dressed, a specialty.
Also EGGS. ‘
Norwalk, Conn., February 201b, 1.877.
CEMENT PIPE FUR CHIMNEYS,
Square and Round Cement Pipe, with plain and
ornamental tops, for chimneys;have nmore er-
f‘ect .draught, and are cheaper and better t Ian
brick; also
DRAIN PIPE,
The best in the Market. « Warrantcd to givesatis-
faction, and from 25 to 30 per ccnt.cheapcr than
any other. ltfanut'actnred and for sale by
CHAS. T. LEONARD & SON.
Speciaclesiu suitallkiniis of Eves‘
AGENT FOR
LAZARUS as MORRIS’S
CELEBRA'I‘ED PERFECTED
SPECTAULES & EYEGLASSES.
Also, a large assorinent of GENUINE PARA
BOLD or PEBBLE SPECTACLES the only kind
ever yet produced that do not tircthe eye.tlint
gives a clear and distinct vision, and makes weak
eyes strong. War-ranted for five years without
oi‘lense. Special attention given to fittingnear
sighted people. A large assortmentof -
OPERA and FIELD GLASSES
, AT ‘
Wecd’s Jewelry Store,
UNDER THE OPERA HOUSE.
c H U, R' N s ,
Milk Pans, Milk .Pails, '.
Butter Bowls, But-
ter Ladles,&c'.,
K
AT '
_ E. K._'LOCKW:OOD'S.-
.at Buldon's'flnfihop. Jobbingpromptlyutteiigg: l
METAL at the
m OHIO].
"MACHINISTS' canvobtuin YPE-
THE subscriber, having returned to Nor-walk,
bbulzht out the Bluckomithing business at the
old established stand known as “Lamb’s Shop.”
Main Street, is now fully preparcd‘to do ~
HORSE AND OX S}IOEING,
—AND--
Carriage Making.
, in the best_manner, and at low rates. Special at-
tention paid to Lame and Interfering Horses.
mm" c. LLOYD.
1 .8 '7 '7
'BUY YOUR
Provisions,
Groceries,
._ , Poultry, ,
UROCKEBY All. GLASS WARE
_ Fruit, Nuts, etc.
15‘! S 1-: ,. . ‘
(Fresh, Salted and Canned.)
OYSTERS,
(Opened or in the Shell.)
CLAMSR'ec‘.
O
ALSO ,
Vegetablesof all- Kinds,
(Fresh and Can’ )-
Qanned :F'ruits,
BROAD, PIES, CAKES, &.O., ILO.
AT
DEMMON & NEWCOMB’S‘,
53 &. 55 Main st, NOT-walk,
CHAS r. LEONARD & sou
, _ DEALERIN
,0 o . .A. L , ,
' WOOD AND BRICK, ‘
N’th River Blue Sgggedime, Cement
GEUEIT PIPE ran “Wills, Wills All ‘1
GIIIMIEYS,
_ WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Water St... Norwak, Conn -
CARRIAGE MAKERS.
M U LLIIN'GS & fl LLY,
Successors to S. P. TUTTLE.
MARSHAL sTEEET, SOUTH NOR WALK-
Wonld respectfully inform the citizens of Nor-
waik and Vicinity that they are prepared to
Build Carriages and Wagons
0F EVER Y'DES CR IPTI 01V.
Particular attention paid to REPAIRING in nl
branches of the trade.
One SECOND-HAND ROCKAWAY, and one
N0 TOP BUGGY, for sale. ' 1‘y2
Are you gOing to Paint?
‘ USE . ‘ .
AVERII-L’S
CHEMICAL PAINT!’
THE BEST INJHE MARKET.
Itis more beautiful,morednrable, lowerin price.
is all ready for. use, does not wash by rain. best
wood preserver, Is waterand fire proof, and is the
best forfeneral uses, either for wood, iron or
brick bui dings. . any of the flu est residenccsin
town are painted with ~
AVERILL’S CHEMICAL PAINT
Put up readyfor use in pails of 1, 2 or 3 gallons
» kegs of 5, 10 or 15 gallons half barrels or barrels
All orders r_omptly filled and any information
given by app ying to
D. H. WEBB, Sole Ag’t for Norwalk
Ofncc atStorc of RAYMOND Bno’s. foot of
Washington Street, SOUTH NORWALK.
" o. r. DOUGLASS,
Manufacturing Contactionel,
Keeps constantly on hand a large variety of
Pure Confectionery
'Alway's Fresh and of the Best Quality, at
IVhoIesale and Retail .
Also asup‘crior article of
ICE CREAM.
SODA. WATER, with fruit syrups, and OTTAWA
llldhmfirawn from Matthews Patent Steel Foun-
a no. '
Fruits, Nuts. fine Importedand
Domestic Cigars.
No. 21 Main Street.
An Elegant Ice Cream Saloon and Restauran
forLadies andGcntlcmcn. -
G. H. DOUGLASS.PrOprie-tor.
GEORGE WARD SEIIEOK, '
has constantly in stock~at his ne‘ere,
NO. 9 Main. Street.
a choice and fine assortment of
Groceries,
[ PTO/visions,
,Flour,
Fruit, &c.,
To which he would invite the attention of'aliwho
Wish to purchase first-class goods at
Reasonable Prices.
DRIED BEEF. SLICED. A SPECIALIY.
BEST of HAM Ag LEII g’H ER IVH OLE OR
.1 -
Drop in and see him at his new store
No.9 MAIN STREET.
I would request the attention of
any persons who contemplate
building to the very desi-
. Table stock of
. .
LUMBE R
Now in my Yard at Nonvalk.
_I‘am now prepared to furnish in the line of
S H I N ° G L E S .
k 3
—BOTH-— '-
SHAVED PINE and CEDAR,
And of SaWed Shingles
The S. K. &_Co., f
The Curtis & 00.,
And other Brands; Also,
S‘awed "Spruce.
.Also a Large and Thoroughly Seasoned Lot of Soft
Michigan Siding,
' ‘ Both Rough Edge’and Jointed.
In‘ all gradesof‘ Lumber, of every description,
used in this market, my assortment never was
better, or [ii ices more favorable. .
Now is the Time to Buy,
When a good selection can be hail,bel'ore the
yards are thinned out
Whitewuod. Ash and Blackwam'ut
.
Lumber 'delivg'ed by rail .Or
teams. No, “charge for loading on
‘ board cars.,
E. J.tl_-I'ILL.
1 »Wagon for Sale. .
Good Business WAGON. will be sold cheap
Always on hand.
FELIX BEGNIEB, M. D., PERLEY H, GLI‘NES,
Drugglsts & Apothecaries,
Successors to H. L. UHLE, No. 11 Main Street,
N orwalk, Lt., keep constantly on hand it full stock
Our Dispensing Room is in chat e of DR. W. C.
GLINES, an experienced Pharmagcist. With his
knowlegfe of Chemistry, and care in the repara-
tion of edicines. generally, we feel Confident all
gigggevgho favor us With their orders will be well
FARMERS AND HORSEMEN
Should know that we keep a full supp] of' Veteri-
nary Medicmes and are prepared to fillT prescrip-
tions for Horses and Neat Cattle. from Clater,
Blaine, -Delaf‘osse, Moiroud, and other celebrated
authorities. ‘
Our stock, among other articles, com
choicest Perfumes.Soaps, Colognes and air-Oils,
also Brushes, Colnbs, Chamors Skins. Sponges,
Pure GlycerineriI-d Seed, Fancy Articles,Patent
Medicines, Cigars, etc.-, etc.
Also Choice Liquors, Wines, Ale and Porter for
Medicinal p‘urposes.
Family Groceries
CHEAP rou cAsm '
The undersigned having purchased the stock of
goods formerly owned brthe Soverlgns of Indus-
try, and fitte up the store with an entirely‘new
stock of Goods, is now offering to the public as
good an assortment of‘ '
OIIOIOE FAMILY IROOEBIES,
Provisions, Flour. Teas, Sugar-,5 legs, 10.. at the
very lowest market prlces for can . Goods deliv-
ered anywhere about town free of charge. Calf
and tryvus, it will be to; your advantage.
GEORGE CARTER,
:Lynes’ Block, Water Street, opposite Railroad
Crossing. . 11
Sewing, Machines Repai ed.
Allzkinds of Sewing Machines
Repaired and put in perfect run-
mg order.. Every machine guar-
anteed to run as good as now. Or-
ders left at S. h.Sta'nley’s News
Office, or sent to me by 'mail will
receive prompt attention. ' ~
C. J. Gruman, Jr.
" smii
. Pianos for Sale.
One New Weber and One New
Chickering Pianos,
AKEN in exc n eforothcr ro ert willbe
T sold at a gggafsacriflce. l’Foi') paificulars
address immediately or en hire of
11 GEO.R. CHOL ELL, High Street.
W. 'W'.CLARK,
Practical H0118 and Sin Painter.
GRAINING, MARBLING, GILDING, KALSO-
MINING. Plain and Decorative PAPER
HANGING. FURNITURE Be-
, . ainted Ind Varnished. ‘
41 MAIN S BEET. -(3m9)- NORWALK
Notice.
B EING desirous of changing my business, I will
sell. at a bargain my house, containing 12
rooms, situated in West Main. Street, Norwalk.
Within _two minutes’ walk of the Bridge. Allo
In business at Cannon’s Station. There is a Post
O 98 and Railroad Station connected With. the
busmess. Inquiry may be made of me for terms
at Cannon’s Station, of JAS. MITCHELL, Nor-
walk. I hereby forbid allpcrsons trusting anyone
on my account, as I will pay no debt contracted
by anyone but myself, unless I ‘glve a written
order. . JOHN \ . RENOUD.
Cannon’s Station, March 15th, 1877. 3mm
11.1w 0. SJPI'OWitt,
DRUGGISTS,
Cor. Main and Wall Sts., Norwalk,
DEALERS 1N
DRUGS,-
ALL THE
Popular Patent Medicines,
PERFUMES, SOAPS, POMADES,
B R U S H E S , 'CQMBS, MIRRORS,
WALLETS, DOLLS, CARRIAGE
&. SLATE SPONGES, SODA
WATER, MINERAL
WATERS, ROOT
BEER do GINGER
A L E .
Fine Bath (Bleached) Sponge, a
Specialty.
A GREAT SUCCESS l
FLORIDA TONIC BITTEBS
This article has been placed into the market by
REUBEN HOYT, iormerly of this town, who has
furnished such excellent remedies, as
.NESBITT’S CflflGH SYRUP,
C A M PH 0 R I N E
Walslmal’s Diarrhea Remedy.
It is pleasant to the taste, and can be used in
cases when a mild tonic isdesired. Give them all
atrial. For sale by ,
H. M. & C.'s. PRovaT-T,
‘ CORNER DRUG STORE.
GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS.
H. M. H C. S. PROWITT
Havp a full supply of the BEST SEEDS.
TUBEROSE BULBS,
5 Cents Each.
Two years ago, we had the same kind of
DOUBLE BULBS,
and at that time sold several hundred which gave
‘ general satisfaction.
‘ H. M. &_ C. S. PROWITT,
DRUGGISTS.
.l. P.Ilallforll b.8011,
_ Having rented the store occupied the past year
by Mr. ,G. 0. Keeler, they will open on
THURSDAY EVENING. April 51h,
A very nice market for the sale of
Poultry, ‘
‘ Fish,
Fruit
AND
, Vegetables.
Where will be kept all the
Finest, as well as the Common
Varieties in their Season,
and we shall endeavor by fair dealing and strict
attention to business to merit, and would respect-
fully invitc a share of the public patronage. They
,have engaged the services of Charley Doolan to
take charge of the Fish Department, \\ birth is a
sufficient guarantee that everything will be nice.
oirSTERs .e CLAMS
Opened or in the Shell. '
ALSO
Pure Milli from our own Daily.
‘ FRANK HANronn.
¢
J. P. ILiNronD.
LARGE ASRORTMENT OF
I] EIRLRERAEGNE S
' EXTREMELY LOW PRICES. —
AT
‘A. for want Of use. Apply at the GAZETTE
OFFICE. fill
l in. K. Mkwoqd'q.
of a .
Pure Drugs and ChemiMs.
rise the ‘
' little money, and stillbedr‘ gentleman? "
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Br .7. D. Ems.
. . -——-—
0, Thou, Whose Iacred feet have had
Thetllorn'y path of woe,
Forbidthaflrlllonld’slight the rod
0: faint .beuea, th thé lblow.
My spirit to its chastening stroke
0' I meekly would resign,
Nor murmur at the heaviest yoke
That tells me 1am thine.
Give me the spirit of Thy trust;
To suffer as a sour-4
To say.'though l'yin’g in the. dust,
My Father's will be done!
I know that trial works for ends
Too high for sense to trace—.- .-
That oft in dark attire He sends
Some embassy of grace.
May none depart till 1 have gained
The blessing which it bears, ' -
And learned, though late, I entertained
An angel unawares. ‘
So I bless the hour that lent
Themerey of the rod,
And build an altar by the tent ' - -
Where I have met with God.
Crotch lathe carrier.
“Why, Billy, your room is'u’colav’u‘ the hut
We, had by the swamp and the‘rivér,
Where we lost our Major, and Tim-you know, A
And sixty more, with the fever.”
“Well, Tom, old fellow, it’s bad! enough,
But the best at times knock nuder'!
There's nary a stick of wood in the house
But that crutch in the corner yonder.
'. The
“Sorry I ’listed'? Don’t ask me that, Tom’
If the flagwas again in danger, , _
I’d aim at gun with this aching stump
At the foe, were he brother or stranger,
But, I say, ought: wound‘from a shot or shell,
Ora piste] bullet, by thunder!
Forever doom a fellow to want,
With that ar in the corner yonder?
“That crutch, old comrade, ought ever to be
A draft at sight on the nation
For honor, respect, and a friendly hand;
For clothing, and quarters, And ration.
My Wife ? She begs at the Nugget House,
Where the big:bugs live in splendor.
And bng' o’er there wine of.the fights that
brought f ‘
Suchas that in the corner yonder.
“And Charley 2 He goes to sonfeplace up town
Some ticket foi-obup' arrangement, '
All well enough for a hungry boy:
But, Tom, its effect is estrangement.
I’d sooner have kicked the buck twice o’er,
By a shell or a round ten pounder,
Than lead such a life as I'm doing now,
With thatar in the corner yonder.
“There's nary a thing left to pawn or sell,
_ And the ‘winter’s closed in on labor;
This medal is all that is left me now,
. With my'pistols'and trusty-ohm;
And them, ’by the sunlight above, us, Tom,
N 0 power from my trust can sander,
Save'th'e Power, that releases me at last .
From that at in the corner. yonder.
. “I can raise this am that’s left to me
To the blessed heavens above us,
And swear by the throne of the Father, there,
And the angels all, who love us,
That the hand I lost and the hand I have
Were never yet stained by plunder ;
And for love of the dear old flag, I now
Use that ar in the corner yonder.
‘-Do I ask too much when I say, we boys
Who lost for the nation’s glory,
Now, that the danger is past and gone,
In comfort’should tell our story?
How should we have fought when mad shells
screamed.
And shivered our ranks, I wonder,
Had we known that our lot would have been
to beg ' 1
With that hr in the‘coriier yonder 1
“There’s little we hear of now-a-days
But pardon and reconstruction, .
While the sojer who fought and bled for both
Is left to his own destruction. _ . ’
,Twould be well, .I think, in these nipping
times, , .
For those Congress fellows to ponder,
And think of us boys who use such things
As that ar in the corner yonder. "
_ The Family Circle.
What a simple, beautiful,powerful, institu.
tion it is! The nursery and preparatory
school of the affections and moral sentiments - 4
of our nature—whatan incalculable influence '
it brings to bear upon the development ofour
best capabilities 1 Take, for example, the-re-
lation of children to parents ; submission to
right authority ; trust in a higher wisdom
and a stronger power than their own—love
answering to love. meeting . .it sOmetimes as a
monitor, sometimes as a playmate, and un-
consciously becoming assimilated to it ; is
it possible to conceive an atmosphere. more
exquisitely adopted to quicken in young heals
the innate germs of that moral and Ipiritlial
life which is destined to find its highest ob‘
ject in the disclosures» it of the fatherhood
of God i' . »
We often speak of the slincthies of home.
Literally,- as well as figuratively, “or charac-
terization of it- i true ; for. it is there that
those affections are first c1icited,-exefcised,
and expanded, which in 'due time, and unless
perverted .by evil, will be' filled with the ful-
ness that flows from that uncreated source,
and that will constitute our sublimer life
when the present initiatory one has passep
away. The family circle is a. scénic repre-
sentation to young hearts of that higher
world of relationships wherein humanity is to
reach its perfection {and the unquestioning
obedience we yield to earthly parents, our im-
plicit trust in them, our unreserved love of
them, are, in their first exercise, just those
susceptibilities of our nature which in their
' last will unite us forever with the "Parent
Divine." '
our training for immortality begins with
our first recognition of the right to command
which the tones of a father’s voice express,
with the first appreciation of the love which
plays in a mother's smile. True, we may
frustrate but too effectually these simple
preparations for what we should be hereafter;
but it is not the less true that it is‘ in the
family circle that we acquire those primary
sentiments which constitute the very sub-
stratum of subjective religion. ' .
How to be a Gentleman.
Money will buy a great many things, but
it will not buy what makes-a gentleman. ' If
you have money you can go to a' store and
buy clothes. But but, cost, pants and beets
do not make a gentleman. . They make a
fop, and sometimes come near making _ a
fool. - Money will'buy'dogs and horses, [but
how many dogs and horses do, you think it
will take to make a gentleman 1’ Let no bOy
therefore think that he I: to be made agenda-
mlin by the clothes-lie wears, ’ the horses :lie
rides, the stick he carries, the dog that _ trots.
I after him, the house he liveginbr the meney
he spends. Not one or all of these things do
it—and yet every'bo'y can" be (gentleman.
He may wear an old hat,-clieap‘clbtli earn; ya,
no horses, live in a. poor house and spend “H
how 1’ By being true minly and honOribl’T‘“
By keeping himself neat and respectable. By "
being civil and courteous. g Targeting
himself and respecting others. ’ y "do ‘ the
best he knows how. And finally, and a ve
all, by fearing God- 'and keeping Hi: Can-
mndmenn—Pm'ah Waiter '
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Norwalk Chronicler