WHOLE NUMBER 159:6.
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT
TUESDAY, JUNE 19.. 1877. , .
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A Woman’s “N 0.”
0 no! I could not wed you, No ;
But I hope you won’t forget
I love you as a sister should——
——0 please, Will, don’t go yet.—
Yes, love you as a sister should,
But marry you ? Ah, no! .
I’m grieved you should have thought of it—
—0h, Will! Don't leave me 90,— ~
Come'back, sit down' and talk to me,
Don’t! Don’t frown, when you go.
One cannot love just when she would,
Though she’s a girl you know.
And I don’t think you love me much,
I don’t upon my life; _ .
But if I really thought you did—
—Yes, Will; I’ll‘be your wife.—
IBILL WALKER’S WIFE.
BY ROBERT C. MYERS.
Some one knocked at the door. It was a
wild night, the snow flying drearily around,
the air dying away and then coming in swift
twirls down the chimney, bringing with it a
burden of snow which hissed as it touched
_the roaring fire. Quietness within. A come-
ly matron was sitting alone by the hearth,
mending a child’s frock. The three little
pairs of shoes lying to dry before the fiam'e
told that the quietness was only a temporary
peace to be broken after the little active
brains were rccuperated by sleep. Sitting
there alone, the woman heard a knock at the
door. 'Hurriedly rising, she unlocked and
opened it. A man’s voice said:
“Do Bill Walker’s wife live here ?"
“Yes,” she answered; “I am,she. What
do you want with me?"
“Lass, may I: come in? I've news from
Bill." '
“From Bill? Come in, sailor, for the love
of Heaven, and tell me what you know.”
Out of the; wintry darkness into the light
and heat .of 'the pungent w00d fire stepped a
big, brawny fellow, dressed in the rough garb
of a common sailor. He shook the snow
from him, and looked down into the little
woman’s face in clOse inquiry. She return‘ed‘
the look with a startled expreséion, as of one
bewildered, and then a new look came into
her face, as of comprehension. '
“Sit by the fire,” she said to him; "you
musflie chilled.” '
“I am that, Bill Walker’s wife. Arc ye all
alone ?"
“No,” she said, pointing to the three little
pair of shoes.
The man looked' at them, and dfew‘his
hand roughly across his eyes.
“Now,sa.ilnr," said she, “what’s the news ?”
“Bill Walker’swife', I can’t tell yeimuch'
just now. Ye must bear with me. -I am but
a rough sailor, and don’t hardly know how to
commence my yarn.”
“0, it's a yarn, is it? Well, wait till I put
some wood on the fire, then commence.” She
suited the action to the word, sat down on a
low stool in the red light from the blazing
fire, and took up her work. “Now,” she said,‘
“I am ready.” ,
The man seemed a little confused.
“Are you not a littlc'n’ervous ?" he asked.
“I’ve got over that. I was a little afraid
afore you came in. Now I‘m steady-Ilka"
“Bill Walker’s wife, I‘ve that to tell ye
which’ll not make ye easy in yer mind. Bill’s
been gone three years. When did ye hear
from him last ?"
“Five months. ago. He was sailing by Mad-
agascar, and hadn't time to write much."
“Lass,” said the man, solemnly, “ye’ll not
hear from Bill in a hurry again. ”.
“I expect not. There ain’t much use of
his writing, seeing I can never answer his
letters, as I don’t know if they’d find him.”
“Lass, he’ll neyer write to ye again."
_ “That’s a pity for Bill, for he likes me I
know.”
The man looked at her in astonishment.
“Bill Walker’s Wife, now I’ll commence
my yarn.” ’ ‘
“Sailor, I’m waiting.”
“Ye know five months ago- Bill sailed
around Madagascar. I Was 0' Bill. Him
and me was fast chu‘ms. Wheresomever he
went there I. When he writ to ye, I saw
that ere letter. When he thouget of' ye, I
thought that ere thought. But there's storms
at sea, lass. There’s storms that. make ye
think 0' home an' all that’s near an’. dear,
while Heaven seems to be fightin’ wi’ mad
waves. There's'storms as makes even a sail-
or’s heart quiet, while his lips cuss and was
at the work he is trying to do. Who knew
more about storms nor Bill and me? We fol- '
lowed the sea for nigh twenty year,and never
septirated. I can't tell ye all, for ye’ll feel
ba .”
“No, I won’t, sailor. I like to hear you
talk. It sounds like old times.”
“Old times, lass ?”
“Yes, when'Bill used to sit there and tell
his awful yarns, and try to make me'swallOw
them. You see I never behave all I hear."
“Ye don't think I am deciving ye, do ye ?”
“Of course not, sailor, I don’t think any-
thing like that. And so you musn‘t have
that in your noddle. Go on now.” .
“Well,jthere-come a stormpne 'day. The
skipper ‘colnes to us, and says, says he,
'Lads, ’ti‘s a'll _up_ wi’ us unlem we get out in.
ten minutes.’ ‘But,’ says Bill, ‘where’ll we
20 ?i n
“ ‘Anywhere you can,’ says the skipper,-
says he."
“Ye see I can’t talk like a book, and I jist,
tell ye this as it were. The ship had sprung .1
a-leak. In fact, the whole side were stove in
on a rock, and the pumps was nonseLand we
was going .down, an’ 0, Bill Walkers's wife!
yer husband wouldn't forsake that ere ship.”
“That’s right in him,” she said. I wouldn't
have a man who would forsake his work
when it got troublesome.”
“Well—but, lass, Bill was aboard till the
very last. He wouldn’t go. He got all the
others off, and there he stayed, looking to-
Iwards home, and thinking of ye and the ba-
lea.”
“Good for Bill," she said, her pleasant eyes
sparkling with tears. ' '
“But why don't you get excited? Didn’t ye
care for Bill? Why don't ye get excited ?”
“0, I’ll getfall that after a while."
“But didn’t ye care for Bill ?"
“Now, look here, sailor. You know Bill,
you say, so well, and you don’t know that?
\Didn't Bill ever know of the many weary
times when I sat here alone . in the night—
when the snow was falling and the wind
screaming, and the little ones tilcked up in
bed ? Didn’t Bill ever know that at such
times my heart left these pretty things and
went far over-the cruel sea hunting for him ?
Didn’t be ever know how I clung to every
hope—to every dream of him—to every
prayer fdrhis good that I learned over and
over again ? And how I-used to go to the little
children’s crib when the wind grew stronger
and strongerlrand the storm grew ‘wild‘ and
awful, and how I waked them ‘up from their
. happy sleep, crying, ‘Babies, "babies! wake
with mammy,and prayfor-daddy onithe wild,
wild scas?’ And how I have fixed their little
hands together, and we but would kneel
down, and, though they only knew the one
prayer, ‘Our Fatber,"yct they said it after me,
and I knew that God understood they ‘Were
praying for their poor storm-tossed daddy far
out at sea, and that he Would listen and have
pity ? .
“Didn't Bill ever know how .I counted the
days, then weel‘theu. months, and at last
years-longing and waiting for him—always
true to him, in word and thought? And how
I loved all sailors, and pitied the: lonely man
who mme to port here without a friend .in
the world but me! For I've gene to them,and
and him a sailing far away. Let me help you
if I can. And if you’re sick or lonesome,
come to me.’ And how often and often this
little room has been filled with seafaring men,
who came for comfort and the little kindness
I could do for them? And how they kissed
the children—for they said they were «sailor’s
babies, and they loved them for the sake of
their own little ones many miles off? And.
how often I have got tears from these men,
and blessings, till I’ve gone down to the
wharf, and her eyes on the little frock she
was mending.
The man looked at her, was silent for a
moment, and then went on :
“Yes, he knew it, lass. He thought it for
a truth. And n6w comes the awful part 0’
my yarn !” J
“Yes, sailor.”
“Well—now don't cry out, and don’t flop
down—Bill will never come home again ?"
She never said a word, but smiled up into
his face.
0
law to me and introduced him’ as a person
combining many of the most desirable quali-
ties of a pensioner. One ofhis strong points
was that he had been accidentally carried off
to America, having falling asleep one day in
the hold of a fruit vessel.
“But, sir,” I said, “why should I give you
anything ? I don’t'know you." '
“That is thc reason, signer.” ,
At bottom it was an. excellent reason. If I‘
paid the" father-in-law for the, pleasure 'of
knowing him, was it not logical and just that
I should pay the son-in-law for the much
greater pleasure I had had in knowing~ him ?
The slightest thing will serve, in Italy, for a
lien upon your cxchequer. Au , urchin who
turns himself into n Catherine ’wheel at your
carriage side, or stands on his head under the.
very hoofs of your horses, approaches
you with the confidence of a prodigal
son. A threeday old nose.gay thrown into
your ldp gives a small Italian maiden in- one
garment the right to cling to the foot-board
“Why won‘t be come home again?” she
“Because he's drowned,” he replied.
“I don’t believe it, sailor.”
“But I was with him all 0' the time."
“Then why wasn't you drowned, too? If
you were so much with him, why wasn’t you
“Well, because I was washed ashore, But
:0 )r Bill, he‘s gone."
“Well, if that's so, I might as well make
up my mind to be a widow, first as last."
“Why don’t you get excited, widder ?"
asked the man, aghast.
“I’ll get all that after a while. ”
“But Bill's drowned !"
“I can’t help that, so there! Now, sailor,
I can’t live here all alone, so I must get mar-
ried.” ' .
“Married? Why, woman, yer husband ain't
cold yet l” .
“I can not wait till I'm cold because he.
ain't." . ‘
“But don’t yerlove him?”
. “It would be wrong to love a dead man,
and still marry a live one."
“Who will have ye for a wife, seeing yer
don't care for Bill ?"
“You will, sailor! I know that you will.”
“Bill Walker’s widdcr—I won’t ! I thought
too much of him for to like the woman as’ll
slight his memory in such a way."
' “Sailor, you shall have me 1”
“I will leave the house now.”
“Sailor, I will lock the door. You shall
not leave this room till you say that you will
have me for your lawful-wife."
“That I shall never do! And, woman!
you're a bad lot, that's what ye are—a bad,
ungodly creature ; and I pity poor Bill from
the bottom of my heart,—-that I do. And I.
don’t believe as these babies ever thought of
him more than ye did.”
“Of course they didn’t sailor—of course
they didn't."
' “Whose babies are they? Who's their
fathgr f” ' '
“You are, sailor l"
and then'he'felt a woman's arms thrown
around his neck, and her kisses and tears
pressing on his face,-and he heard a woman's
voice crying : ' .
“Babies! children! wake up and come to
mammy, for daddy’s home l—daddy’s home !
And he tried to make mummy believe he was
some one else. 0, Bill! 0, Bill! I knew
you all the time, and could hardly keep from
kissing you while you told the yarn !"
And the children came running instocking.
less, and in their nightgowns, and were caught
together with their mother to "_Bill Walker’s
breast, and—That's all! '
nets and Customs.
BY Elk-B. ALDRICH.
There is one thing which sometimes comes
near taking the joy out of the'heart of for-
eign travel. It is one of those trifles which
frequently prove a severer test to philosophy.
than'calamitics. In the East this thing is
called bakhsht‘sh, in Germany trinkgold, in
Italy bourboire, ‘K in England—I do notknow'
how it is called in England, but it is called
for pretty often. Invwhatever soft, insidious
syllable it may wrap itself, it is nothing but
hateful. A piece Of money which is not
earned by honest service, but is extracted
from you as a matter of course by any vaga--
bond may start out of the bowels of the earth
like a gnome or a kobold, at the sound of
your footfall, is a shameless coin : it debases
him that gives and him that takes.
Everywhere on the Continent the tourist
is looked upon as a.bird to be plucked, and
presently the bird himself. feebly comes to
regard plucking as his proper destiny, and
nbjectly.’holds out his wingsz long as there
is a feather left on it. I- say everywhere on
the continent, but, indeed, aman of ordinary
ogilitymight walk over the greater part‘of
Europe on the outstretched palms of the
lower classes. Russians and Americans
have the costly reputation of being lavish of»
money on their travels,e—the'-latter' are pic-
tured by' the fervid Italian imagination to.
reside in gold mines located in Carolina‘and
ivarious parts of the State of New York,—
and are consequently favorites. The Friends-
man is too artful and the Briton too brusque
to cut up well as victims. The Italian rare-
ly, ventlnes far frombis .accustomedfiea, but
when he does, like the German (who, on the
1other hand, is fond of traveling), he voy ages-
On a most economical basis. . He carries oi!-
the unburnt candle-end,and hi sgratuities are
hemmpathic. In spite of his cunning, I have
he doubt—I shouldibe' sorry to doubt—that-
his own countrymen skin him alive. .
In Italy one is besieged, by beggars morn-
ing. n00n and night ; a small ' coin generally
suffices, and a little good nature always goes
a great way ; for they are is childish face ;
there is something-innocent in their deepest
strategy, and something .very. winning in the
.Jamiabilityswith which they will accept the
situation when their villainy is- frustrated.
Sometimes, however, when the petitioner-is
net satisfied with your 'largess,eas alWays
happens when you give him more than he
expected,‘—he is scarcely polite. ’I learned
this from a venerable exssailor in Genoa.
“Go, brigand l” was the candid advice of ‘
that ancient mariner. He then felltocursing
my relatives, the family ' tomh,.and every-
thing appertaining to 'me—with my coin
warming in his pocket. .
It is fair to observe that the Italian beg-
gar usually renders tribute to an abstract
idea of manhood by assuming that he has
done.ou some sort of service.’ This service
is not generally visible to the unaided eye,
and I fancy thatrthe magnifying glass of suffi—
cient power to enable you always to detect it
has yet to he invented. But it is to his ever-
lasting praise-tbat he often does try to throw
a veil of decency over thene‘cke'd injustice of
his demand, thoughhe is too apt to be con-.-
tent with the thinnest 'of fabrics. . I have
paid a Neapolitan gentleman- ten sous for
leaning against a dead-wall in front of a-hotel
window. The unexpectedness’ and the in-
sinuating audacity of your appeals frequently
take away your presence. Of mind and leave-
you lirnp. ,There was an old‘son of Naples
who dwelt on a curb-stone near the Castel
.dell’ Ova. , Stumbling on his private public
residence quite unintentionally'olle forenoon,
I was immediately assesSed. ’ Even' after he
claimed me, and finally brbught his sou-in-
‘We met a fellow-countryman in Paris
who fell into a singular. error Concerning this
word “pourboire‘.” He thought it was the
French for “poor boy," and on being accos-
ted .one day by a very old be woman, he
was struck by the incohgrlilty‘. “Oh," he
exclaimed, “you are .aJpoor boyt. too, are
you ? Come, now, that’s alittle too steep !"
I've said‘ ‘Ho lads! I’m Bill Walker’s wife,
sneeze to do it.
at Venice,,an unassuming effort of my own
in this line was. attended by a most unex-
pected result. Eight or ten young ragauluf-
fins, who had been sunning themselves at a
gondola landing, instantly started up from a
recumbent posture and advanced upon me in
a semi-circle, with “Salute, signer, salute l”
One of these youths disturbed a preconceived
of your mum-a until you reimburse her.‘ In
driving from Pompeii to Sorrento, no fewer
than fifty of those floral tributes will be
showered upon you. The little-witches who
throw the. flowers are very often pretty
enough to be caught and sculptured. An in.
advertent glance lowards a fellow sleeping
by the roadside places you at once in a false
position. Ihave known an even less com.
promising thing than a turn of» the eyelid to
establish financial relations between the
stranger and the native. I have knowna
One morning, on the Mole
idea of mine by suddenly exclaiming,-—
“I am a boy Americana, dam .!.’~’
As I had come so far from home to relieve
the necessities of my own countrymen, and
as 'I reflected that possibly this rogue's
companions were also profane Americanos, I
gave them nothing but a genial smile, which
they divided among them with the resign-
ation that seems to be a national trait.
Thetransatlautic imposter, like Meph-
istopheles,'has as many shapes as men have
fancies. Sometimes he kcepsa. shop, and
sometimes he turns a handorgan. Nowhe
looks out at you from the cowl of a medi—i
ceval monk, had now you behold him in a
white choker, pretending to be a verger.
You become at last so habituated to seeing
persons approach in forma pauperis, that
your barber seems to lack originality when
he “leaves it to your generosity," though he
has a regular tariff for his local patrons. He
does not dare name a‘ price in your case,
though the price were four or five times
above his usual rate, fer he knows that you i
would accept his terms unhesitatingly, and
his existence would be forever blighted by
~
the reflection that ’he might have charged
you more. These things, I repeat, cease to
amaze one after a while, though I plead guil-
ty to a new sensation the day a respectable
Viennese physician left it to. my generosity.
I attempted to reason with Herr Doctor
Scheister, but quite futilely. No, it was so
he treated princes and Americans. ' It was
painful to see a member of a noble profession,
not to say the noblest. placing himself on a
footing with grooms and barbers .and ven-
tiers of orange-wOod walking-sticks. But
the intelligent Herr Doctor Scheister was
content to do that.
In many cities the street beggar is under
. ._ the strict surveillance, of, othevpolice; yet
A. Slight Glance at Certain Man— .there is no spot in Europe but has its empty
palm. It is only in " Italy, however, that
pauperism is a regular branch. of industry.
There it has been elovated to a fine art. Else—
where it is a sordid, clumsy make shaft, with
no joy in it. It falls short of being a gay
science in France or Germany, or Austria or
Hungary. In Scotland it is depressing.
The guide-books give disheartening accounts
of mendicancy in Ireland; but that must be
in the interior. I saw nothing of it. along
the coast, at Dublin and Cork. I encounter-
ed only one beggar in Ireland,at Queenstown,
who retired crest-fallen-when I informed him
in English that I wasa Frenchman and'didn’t
understand him. . .
“Thrue for—ye," he said, “had ’cess to me,
what was I thinkin’ ov l"
' On the rising and falling inflection of
that brogue I returned to America quite
independently of a Cunard steamer. I
had to call the man back and pay my pas-
‘BIU England you are subjected to a dif-
ferent kind of pillage. There are beggars
enough and to spare in the larger cities ; but
that is not the class that preys upon you in
Merrie England. It is the middle-aged
housekeeper, the smart chamber-maid, the
elegiac waiter and his assistant, the boy in
buttons who opens the hall door, the frowzv
subterranean person called Boots,:the coach-
man, the hostler, and one or two other indi-
viduals whose precise relevancy to. your at
fairs will always remain a 'pleasing mystery
to you, but who nevertheless stand in line
with the rest in the hall of the wayside inn,
at your departure, and expect a' gratuity
They each look for a fee ranging from two
to ten shillingssterling, thought very mag-
nificent‘charge for '_ attendance has already
been recorded in your bill, :which appears to
have been drawn up by an amateur mathema-
tician of som'ewhatvuncertain touch-as yet in
the intricate art or addition. -
The English cousin of the American work-
ing malr,"who_womd‘afeel inclined to knock
you doWn if you offered =-him mOncy for
telling you the time of day, will very placid-
ly pocket a fee for that heavy service. In
walking the streets of London‘you never get
over astonishment at the eminently respecta-
ble parson in black—your conjecture. makes
him a small curate or a tutor in some institu-
tion of learning-who, after answering your
trivial question, takes the brgath out of you
by suggesting his willingness to drink your
'ealth.
0n the whole, I am not certain that I do
not prefer the graceful, foliage-like, vaga-
bond ways of Pietro and Giuhanaa to the icy
mendicity of heme—Atlanta Monthly.
For théTNorwallt Gazette.
Statesmauship, President Hayes.
Brianne-romlowa, May_28,:'1877 ' .
To run Eritrean—American statesmanship'
is a thing of which much has been written and
spoken upon; engaging the attention of the
best minds in our cohntry, seeking for infor-
mation and knowledge into those varied and':
intricate questions which mystify and befog
the path way of many whose ambition carries
them forward to a fuller and more complete
development of those essential attributes,
qualifying them in their estimation to grasp
and successfully dispose of on a satisfactory
basis all matters relating to our public affairs,
which will stand the contemporary criticisms
and the test of time.
Many have been crowned with the title of
statesman by party admirers for: the great
services they have rendered" their party, 'by
the rigid andmncompromising fealty to party
behest, haviugbeen-Cengaged .vsuccessfully. for
a long term Of -years-._iri;sll thc arts cfgpolitical
chicaper-yfito win-positions of;=honor.ahd trust.
Never fer. a" moment havingidny higher aspiri
rtions than to proclaim the liiEh sounding title
“they are the public functionary’! performing
duties, whose labors and services to the coun-
tryflhey only can discharge,_: while the secret
and controlling impulses of their, nature is,
not to labor to lessen thebnrd‘cns of the pee:
pic, but to scheme in all secret and- sinister
purposes for personal ends. to fill their pri-
vate cofiers. ~
A
Pure and undefiled statesmanship is a rare
prOduction, and aman possessing and com-
bining thonecessary requisites, after passing
through our system of American politics, is
an acquisition much in demand in these de-
generate times. He should be cherished
when found, with that love and affection
springing from the watch-fires of Liberty, as
a choice and much-needed representative, to
guard the American republic from the en-
croachments of its‘encmies, one in whom the
people can implicity trust with no serious
misgivings of fidelity, but‘a proud conscious-
ness that the race of statesmen has not be-
come extinct. There are hands till which
have not been soiled; to them may be com-
mitted the government of our fathers, with
.all the additional franchises conferred, upon
it by t‘ir children, who will protect and de-
fend it without allowing one stone to be re-
moved from its basis of liberty; strengthen-
ing its foundations,its outposts and approach-
es, becoming more and more durable in the
passage of time.
A man who confines his statesma‘ship to
the narrow limits of party platforms, and is
afraid of offending its wire pullers, and has
to consult them, whether it would be politic
and to the parties' interest to grapple with
any public question, taking action thereon
adversely to previous party theories’which
the public good may require; that has pro-'
'gresscd faster and beyOnd the tenents of an-
tiquated politicians, that is afraid to step out
of the party lines to meet the issue on nation—
al grounds and settle it for the general good
of the whole country, is not a statesman, but
a demagogue 'and ,hide-bound politician
whose statesmanship lies within the confines
of party, and his patriotism has no respon-
sive swell, only as the call salutes his cars
from the party bugle. ‘
The republican party has been the great
progressive party of this country, with no
redecessor who can begin to show such a
record. Meeting and disposing of the great
political issues as they have come up for ac-
tion and settling them on broad, national
grounds; receiving from time to time such a
strong endorsement of the people as to show
it has men of sufficient comprehensive grasp
on important national questions, to settle
them in a statesmanlike manner. Its first
President, Mr. Lincoln, in breadth of knowl-
and penetration, depth of research, and cap-
ped with the highest moral attributes, made
him preeminent a_ statesman. Standing in
the front rank of American statesmen every
way qualified to carry the nation safely
through the terrible crisis which it
passed during his administration. His suc-
cessor, Andrew Johnson, was neither a states-
man or patriot, though apparently earning
this last named title for a short time, but
only for personal aims and sectional purpos-
es, possessing none of those enlarged nation-
al conceptions of , his predecessors. Gen.
Grant was not only a patriot, stepping (wt of
from his old party lines and leaving his for-
_mer political confreres, by springing to his
cOuntry’s defence and its imperiled liberties,
but he was a general, the pride of our coun-
trymen, the nation’s noble defender, and es-
tablished a world-wide military reputation,
standing a peer among the military celebri-
ties of the age.
In military matters it has been said he
never made a mistake. His plans were con-
cise, deeply laid and the' carrying out of
which was like the movements of properly
adjusthd machinery, without any jar or fric-
tion: his selection of ofiicers for positions in
important military operations, showed the
greatest wisdom he discriminatingly select-
ing exactly the men adapted for the position
and work. ~
As President of the United States and'the
first civil officer of our country, I think his-
tory may chronicle some blunders .and mis-
takes, bllt no lack of patriotism or hive of
country on his part in the discharge of his
oflcial duties, but a lack of a general and di-
versified knowledge in our civil affairs, themr
by committing blunders by bad appointments
to office as also through many phases and fea-
tures connected with his policy of fraterniza-
tion of the sections and civil service reform.
so apparent during his first administration,that
some-of the most eminent men of the party,
such as Charles Sumner and Horace Greeley,
saw a wide departure, in their estimation,
from its original principles, with no expan-
sive designs of progressive republicanism
adapted to future needs and wants, hence the
break in the party and the. nomination Of
Greeley in 1872.
Men of course will differ as to the moral
responsibility attached to their political acts,
that an independent action on their part with-
drawing fron’one party and associating with
another is a betrayal of their principles.
them who saw fit to support Horace Greeley
could see the justice Of the thing. As one.
of his supporters I never lost sight of my rc-
publicanism, but went for him as one of the
strongest and best fortified republicans in the
United States, whose moral constitutioh was
invulnerable and impreguable, and having
given state affairs his chief study and atten-
tion from his boyhood days; having become
well-versed in the whole history and machin-
ery of our government, that it had become, as
it were, a science to him; possessing the ne-
cessary requisites of a statesman, my adhe-
sion to him was for the general good of our
common country, never for. a moment enter-
taining the least idea of bartering away our
liberties, but to hedge them in and strengthen
them by a policy .of universal and fraternal
feeling throughout the whole extent of our
country, I conceived it to be true statesman-
ship, the sdpport of which was above the
mandates-of party. Before the assembling of
the Cincinnati convention, last yetir, a wide-
spread feeling was manifested for the repub
lican party to reform the errors of. the past,
to re-unitc its shattered forces, hence the
strong feeling fOr Mr. Bristow as a tried and ‘
practical refOrmer; but Mr. Blaine was a
stronger partisan and received the plurality
strength in the convention as the great cham-
pion of the constitutional amendments and
the force Southern policy, rather ignoring
civil service reform. The united opposition
to Mr. Blaine was too strong for his friends
to overcome, but being united on Mr.
Hayes securedhis nomination, and time has,
I think, shown the wisdom of the selection.
I have scanned pretty closely the course pur-
sued by him since his nomination to the pres-
eutf time, his, letters of acceptance and inaug-
ural as well as his general deportment and be-
havior during the campaign, and the terrible
‘ struggle ' during the long pending controversy
of the’commission and its decision, and ' the
policy he has pursued since his inauguration.
We see plainly outlined the grandest concep—
tions of statesmanship that was seldom if '
ever exhibited by any chief magistrate during
the same length of time of our national exist-
, ence. His plans.and conceptions sprang from
grand and noble designs to restore harmony
and good feeling between the North and
South, to purify the civil servic of the gov-
ernment, to build up and restore the shatter-
ed industries 'of the country. Let us all give
him all the moral support we can to make his
us intrigue at state conventions, to replidiate
the President and his policy tillit has failed;
even if we had thud thought it would.
' ' B. BENEDICT.
A young and studious Indiana postmaster
robbed the mails to get the means to pursue
his medical studies, and so worked upon the
“feelings“ of the court that he was given but
These mistakes and blunders having become ‘
These charges were made by many against 3
for the preddency five years ago, but I never '
policy a success, and if it fails, throw the rc-. _ ‘
sponsibility on those who have spurned the‘ -, ,
proffered boon, but not by any means let .1:
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Organist of the First Congregational Church .
Teacher of the
Plano-Forte, Organ and Muolcol
Composition.
Box_379 P. 0., NORWAlllK, CONN.
‘ J. Belden Htlrlbutt,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Room No. 4, [uplifting
GAZETTE BUILDING)
EMILY V.D.PABDEE,M.D.,
(Graduate of N.Y. Medical Cgllege fonWomon,
007'. MAIN d: MARSHIjfiL STREETS,
SOUTH N03‘VA‘Ey-OONI.
Office Hours,until9 a. m;, ' _lrom3 p.m_. At-
tention to allclasses of disc ,Incidepjtftoo fur
eral practice of medicine uni 'sur ry. , am-
tlies supplied with Hommopatflc rom’ so. - .
References by pennlssron:+S.Lllenthal,M. 1).,
Prof. of Theoryand Practice, 1' .silgy ; Clemoncc
Lozler. M. D. Dean of Calls ,N‘.‘ .:‘=Alfl'ed"K‘."
Hills, M. D.,I'rof. MateriaM . ica. 3m”
' 1
CHARLES W. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
uoiswamr, CONN.
Office corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxide Gas administered.
‘0. B. COOLIDLG‘E,
D E'NTI.S 'I' .
Successor to
. Dr. Asa. Hill,
WALL erase-r. NORWALK,
,Ofllce over
C. J. Gruma'n’s Dry Good. Store.
as- Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
put pain. »
DENTISTRY
A T HARD TIMES PRICES,
For Cash-3‘18“» soredit-l
All work cxcutcd in the Best Manner, at my office
Corner of Main and Washington Streets,
SOUTH N ORWALK. CONN.
o 'l‘. E. SWIFT, D. D. s.
J. HARVEY BETTE,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
GROCERIES,
Provisions, Flour, Grain, Feel, &c.,
Wilton... Conn.
Just Received, a. Fresh Supply of
Geyser Spring, Selser,
mm and CIRBUNIUMIU WATER,
_ At S. GRUMMAN’S -
51;; MAIN STREET, NORWALK, cox N.
. FAIRBANK’S
sutlllln SCALES.
“‘8 THE
Latest, moot volunblojmprovomento
TH E. ébgsAI-STEAN Danu.
RECEIVED IQGHEST MEDALS AT
world’s Fair, LondOn, ...... . ....... 1851
1858
womv- Fair. New York
World’s Fair, Polls......'
World’s Folr. Vlonnis. . . .
World’s Fair, Santiago. Chill, ..... 1
World’s Fair, Philadelphia ....... I
ALSO
COFFEE AND SPICE MILLS,
TEA AND COFFEE CANS,
, STORE TRUCKS, so.
AGTS for MILES’ ALARM MONEY DRAWERS.
FAIRBANKS & 00., 311 Broad’y, N. Y.
v'AIRBANKS a 00,, 166 Baltimore St., Baltimore.
FAIRBANKS & Co'., 53 Camp-sh, New Orleans,
FAIRBANKS a: Co.,2lti Main-St., Buffalo. N. Y.
FAIRBANKS d'. 00., 333 Broadway, Albany, N. Y.
FAIRBANKS & 00., 403 St. Paul-st Montreal,
FAIRBANKS d5 00.. 31 King William-an, London
FAIRBANKS, BROWN d5 Co .2 Milk-St., Boston.
FAIRBANKS &. EWING. Masonic Hall. Phila.
FAIRBANKS, MORSE & (10., Chicago, Ill. . ,
FAIRBANKS, MORSE 6c 00., Cincinnati, Ohio.
FAIRBANKS, MORSE d7 00., Cleavelaud, Oblo.
FAIRBANKS, MORSE & Co , Pittsburgh, Pa.
FAIRBANKS, MORSE at 00., Louisville, Ky.
FAIRBANKS. d7 00 . St. Louis, Mo.
FAIRBANKS &-lIUTCHINSt)N, San Francisco
For sale by leading Hardware Dealers.
STRATENA.
Feter L. Guigue,
" . shearer, :
Union Avenue, North of Nmuvallc Cemetery,
DEALER IN
Greenhoirse, Hothouse, Bedding,
and Vegetable Plants,
Grape Vines, Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Flow-
ering Shrubs, Bouquets. and Baskets‘of Flowers,
Wreaths, Crosses. and all other designs in Flowers
to order. Grading and ltetlttlug of Cemetery
Plots promptly attended to. . 3mlti
Dr. C. 11. Kendall & Son,
DENTISTS.
Are now prepar-
ed to recelve,
their patrons at
either. ‘ Norwalk
Bridge or South
'Norwulk. » The
senior partner
has taken rooms
0 v e r .Selleck's
. Bookstors. Nor-
walk. while the
junio r retains
the old office, Lauder’s Block, south Norwulk.
Teeth extracted Without cam. and all dental ope-
rations performed at either omce.
' 0. ll. KENDALL, M. D..
G. S. LENDALL, D. D. S.
P. S. Dr. C. H. Kendall Wlll devote Mondays to
Ridgcficld.
. STRATENA.
t ' "E. K. LOCKWOOD’S.
[to the business .
lens-and Will make a com ortable and
REAL} ESTATE.
\AA/wmrvvvxrv‘
To Rent,
V\I\I\I\I
Main Street,
’ t d Boron h Water on the premises.
gésfcrn an 3 J. M. CARPENTER
For Sale or Exchange
WALK. A Farm in Amherst, Alana, on
main roud,largc House,Out-bnildlnps, and new
mm' frehlims’ U°°il‘“3€ii.iii End railroad
ur cs so 00 . .
Egarupm OI Dl't. MOSMAN, or' E. JJIILL, Nor-
wallr. .. 4 ‘ ,. ..: u ' 331,1,
|..—The St. John'flouse on Ht h
To Jigs?! Eliltljuirc of JAMES FINN CY. 20
HE HOUSE, either partly furnlahed or with-
out. Also. either with or without Bgrn and
Carriage House, Meadow and PosturcLond. be-
ing the to homestead of the late Hrs. Lonro‘mkf
Lockwood. . _ . . .
E. K. LOCKWOOD, Administrator.‘
Norwalk, Conn. May 1011,1877. . : tm
. To Rent.
A. J .dl’alNTO. _. Esq!” Brgaél ”if?“ loLarge gar-
denan of: 01' roun Wit l . .' ' n .
1'2 Karly g .RQUEB’EELLS
. . To Rent:
House corner of Elm Street and Franklin
Avenue. south side of Elm Street. . Possess-
luce has the Borough water 'ond a fine well.
EBENEZER HILL,‘
'onsiisi AND duo-mas 10.1.31.
.. EF¥105251W5‘¥€°‘-2.,, - -
To Rent. ,
HE elegant residence known as the“Dimon_
Place," pleasantly located on West Avenue
The p
- lltl'
'7!
'I‘
L one of the most desirable places in the Borough of
rod. to rent on moderate tends. —‘ . .
N orwalk,.is ull'e
Also. alarge carpenter Shop, located on . .
Street, on the Benton property. will be rented.
Very low. For full particulars enqure of
26“ JAMES F NNEY,Beal Estate Agent,
A
For Sale Cheap,
Or Exchange for other property,
One of the nearest. and co'siest little Cottages in
the BOrongh. ‘Will sell to a good tenant for: little
ori 3% money down.‘ Enquire at GAZETTE. 0F-
‘4—
_ For Sale.
A “If“! “I A Slllli H
II“, new.
convenient, wellflocuteu and heap. Lu-
.qnire of . . C._I’. TURNEY.
- Norwalx. March 12, 1877. . 11
House for. Sale.
THE subscriber, being about to leave town,
offers for sale his residence on nghStreet.
lls is a two story frame dwelling, containing ten
rooms, with pantry, closets, water, gas, &c., 10!.
'abo‘ut 80x24» feet, with choice variety of fruit.
Possession given immediately. For. terms and
'ther a tleulars en uire of
for p r, q D. S.BAR’1‘RAM.
. Norwalk, April 2d, 1877. all.“ .
For Sale.
-:- A House and Lot, in a healthy location on
@Fair Street, above Catharine. _'.l.‘lle House ls
‘ ' nearly new. well bull conveniently arming--
leasant
home for at‘amlly of average size. The at runs
back to the river. There is a well of excellent
water on the place, and Borough water in the
Street. Price low. andpart of the money can re.
mum on mortgage. A line chance to secure a '
home. Apply at GAZETTE. OFFICE.
Desirable Property for sale.
A. Verydesirable place on East‘Avcnue.
Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue, for sale cheap.
Also, a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
win Street nearWest Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. ‘ Enquire of . -
. S, E. OSBORN. East Avenue,
tfll or to D. W.FITCH, West Avenue.
A BARGAIN.
OR SALE.—-A first—rate built House,(onant
Avenue.) containing nine rooms; will be let
If notsold. Also BUILDING LOTS for sale.
Apply to D. B. FITCH.
Norwnlk, Nov. 27th, 1875. 48“
FOR SALE.
W0 very desirable Buildlng
Street. Apply at the GA
Jr
C. W. LOCKWOOD’S SONS
Have taken the Store, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block, Main
Street, where they will open a llrst~class
Vegetable
and Poultry Market.
They intend to keep it well stocked with
Fresh. Salt, Smoked C Canned Fish
of all the choice varities, and Fruits and Vegeta-
bles ot‘all kinds, in their season. The furnishing
of POULTRY, either alive or dressed, in specialty.
Also EGGS.
N orwalk. Conn., February 20th, 1877.
EDWARD P. WEED.
, D R 'U' G G- I B '1'
Wall Streetmpposite Norwalk Opera House,
A large and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Perfumery, Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters, Toilet and Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
and Handkerchief Extracss, Hair Brushesflombs,
Sponges,-Ohamois Skins, Stationery, U! 11,- 06.,
and is constant! adding to hisstock al the new
and popular met iclncs of thwav.
S a W. MITCHELL,
. 'At the ever popular
UNION MARKET
has always the best of
Beef, Veil, Mutton, and Pork,
at fairlivingpriees. Union (formerly Model) More
ket, on tlle Bridge. . I
T
Ila-suns s. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor
GENTS" FURNISHING EMPORIUM.’
Main-Street. Norwalk, Conn.
NORWALK INSURANCE 00.,
NOR WALK, CONN.
$500,000
- 100,000
GEO R. Cowr.ns.Sec’y.
Charter Capitol
Paid up Coplsal -
War. 0. SEBEET, Pres.,
1' NA INSURANCE Co. ofHARTFOBD..
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual'o’
capital and Anon, o5,osa,sso.lo{
Insllreo againstioss and damage by Fire, on tcml‘
adopted to thc'hazard andconslsteut with the laws:
or compensation. COWLES a. MERRILL,_
Sole Agents for Norwalkand vicinity.
w. s. columns,-
Geltral Funlslllt Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R.DEPOT ,,
“Orders attended to day or night. Residence
Main Street, 3 doors from Union Avenue.
fitiittti?
; AREIAGE;
EXTREMELY LOW PRICES.
AT
E. K. Lodkwood’a.
CARRIAGES! CARRIAGES!
as unusual}. arc" gm,
NEW FIRM
‘AT’THE OLD STAND
Messrs. Mailings an Tilly,
Having taken the business lately conducted by Si-l
Ins P. Tattle, are prepared to manufacture all:
kinds of
Carriages and Wagons to order.
Bop-lung In» all Bro-che-
donc in a most workmanlikemanner. Both being
practical mechanics, and thoroughly aequalnte
with all branches of the bustness,}hey feel asour-
ed that they can give perfect sutlslaction to all
who'may entrust work to their care. '
PAINTING, VARNISHING. .UPHOLSTERINGS
DOING OVER. CA RRIAGES a S eclalty. " '
Machine For-g ng.
cuss. MULLINGS. 2m '
Furniture-Furniture
‘ If you wish
Pat!
H. TI LLY
blaty,llininglantl Sitting
ol,’.li
' gllnnm‘Sets,
ng- in the Furniture Line, of the Latest
0 an thi
r y Best Finish and Make and‘forthe
St la
y ’ Least Money, go to
WM. LOCKWOOD'S,
No'. 36 min Street, nonwamr, CONN.
'Also.
. General Furnishing Undertaker.
rdors attended to romptl day or night. Resi-
0 ’ deuce with Mr. D. T.'Co’i'nwall, Franco St.
ten days in the county jail for his offense.
l .
now occupied by the subscriber;
THE whole or part of new dwelling on'Wc'st
has 1?. rooms.w1th closets, pantrles. Has a well,
on nun. n's'Ta-rn unassumi-
nc ' locality, i
For Sale for lowest. «
small cottage 8rooms opposite residence of ,
i‘oujgivcnimmediately- Groundnoorml a‘month.‘ ‘
Elm; SE??? 5
Lotson West M
ETTE OFFlC
. n. a. weaned. Ag’t for Norwalk
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Walnut Off-Cottage Chamber Sets, . _ ,7. . .
. ;.Pr:_lnted or :Plain, ,
s a] . “7 '7 ..
_ BUY YOUR,
Provrsions, . .
' Groceries,
. . Poultry. .
(littlilllilllfillss villi;
'rinii-g‘_snts,eto.-a -- «.
FIS‘H‘. ' I ‘
: [(TI‘GSD,‘BIIE3¢ underlined.) "
. <99?i°49h‘fltt°..$t°'lzl .1 . .
-. Gunmawo.
: ALSO I , '
Vegetables of an- Kinds,
; . , (FreshhndCannedJ ‘ .
' Canned Fruity.»
bans, PlES,-8A_KE8,’ ac.,ac.
l AT ‘ ' '
iDEM'MON a NEwcouB’s,
‘ ‘ 53 at 55 Main St.,:Norwallt. -
L .. Q I
“Mimi-"alienation" .
Reopen-sandy on hind stasis-variety or
- Pure confectionery
' always Fresh and org... Best Quality, at
, Wholesale and Retail.
, - . Alsooouporlorartlclool
«ICE CREAM.
3.3mm“ from Matthews Patent -Steel- Foun-
I‘raits, Nuts. fine Importedaad
_ Domestic . Cigars.
N0. 91‘. llaln Street.
An Elegant Ice cream Saloon and Restanrol
fox-Ladies ondaontlemon.
0.", H. DOUGLASS,Proprietor.
:_ stellar ll. armour,
Furnishing" Undertaker,
No. to slash sunning, (up Stain.)
CHAS r, trams aso
c o A. ':r_. .'
DEALERIN '
WOOD AND BRICK,
N’th River Blue Sggpomime, Cement
“III! p... m atom. out: no '
III-lilo, .
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Water St., Norwalk, Conn.
Closing Out Sale!
To Consumers of Groceries !‘
The subscriber will sell for the next
13 ' DAYS,
His entire stock of
FOR- CASH}
HARD WARE, A 012mm TUBAL IM-
PLEMENTS, PAINTS, OILS, (£0.
stand on Mtiin Street, next door to C. B. D’ Artois.
South Norwalk.
GEO. C. SCOFIELD.
canallcs MAKERS.
MUL'LINGS a-TlL'LY.
. Successors to s. P. TUTTLE, ' '
MARSHAL STREET, SOUTH NOR WALK
Would respectfully inform the citizens of Nor-
walk and Vicinity that they are prepared to
Build Carriages and Wagons
OF EVERY DESCRIU’I ON.
Particular attention paid to REPAIRING in ol
branches of the trade.
One SECOND-HAND ROCKAWAY, and one
N 0 TOP BUGGY, for sale. 112
Are you going to Paint?
" USE ‘
AVERILL’S
CHEMICAL PAINT!
? THE-BEST!" THE MARKET.
. Itls morebcautilnlmoredurable,lowerin price.
II all ready for. use, dooo not wash b rain. boot
wood preserves, Ia water and fire proo , and id'tho
best for non] uses, either for wood. iron or
brick bui dings. ans.“ the fin est residenecsin
town are painted wi ‘
AVEIILL’S CHEHICAL PAINT
Put up ready for use in pails of 1,2 or 3 ollono
k of 5, In or 15 gallons half barrels or anal:
_ '11 orders romptly filled and anyinformation
given by app ying to - .
Ofilce at Store of Ransom) Bno’s, foot of '
Washington Street, SOUTH VNORWALK.
We invite the ladies
of Norwalk and vicini-
t to call at our estab-
l ailment to examine
OUR STOCK
and
PRICES
of
T R I M M E D
and
U N T R I M M E D
BONNETS
"’ and
ROUND HATS,
because we believe we
can and will sell our
goods 0 H12: A P E R
than any other house
in-Norwalk. _ ’
If W‘cAbSu exailnslllvt‘gly
or ‘ an se or
, EMANUEL CASH ONLY, thus
- saving at least 10 t9 )5
per cenaiu purchasing
, onralockmnd give our
customers the benefit
of this ADVANTAGE
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We 0 ened to-day 1
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casdc ohnblgtzk, ml‘lwt's'
a 8 W a
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EMANNEL
nus
nus .
na'rs
nus
'nars
mvrs
na'rs
na'rs
na'rs
HATS
na'r's
na'rs . .
nars’
nus
nus
Domains
nouns/rs
nonnn'rs
nonxnrs
Banners
'norzxn'rs
nonnms
nonnnrs
BONNETS
BONNETS
nonun'rs
BONNETS
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at 476 each, soul at all
othermilliuera at life.
These came in all the
new shapes.
StOnepfie tinebllilan
raw ac . rown .
whiteii‘tui drain. 81.105 30“?“
regular price 8160. _ ONSET-s .
‘ One case French chip ‘BONNE’I‘S
W1~15..vg%rthSI-l7bitggse rnownns
canno e rep ace or
that rice.‘ Our stock FLOWERS
of ldren’s hats is the FLOWERS
largest in Norwalk, at FLownns
verylow rices.3cbool FLOWERS
hats at 4 coach; well
worth 75c each. 1 case FLOWKBS
‘Eull dowzilgf 0:01;)in FLOWERS
rowu an ac . ur
stock of French flew; FLOWERS
ers one of the finest FLOWERS
and ngamlstvartictty I: FLOWERS *
-wn. ueegan soc ' ~
,orsuks, Ribbons and 523::3:
FLOWERS
RLOWERS
FLOWERS
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Ornaments. Call and
convince yourself. ,
EM A N UE L’S
Millinerv Eatoblshm’t
W all Street.
EMANUEL
EMANUEL
EMANUEL
. For Sale Cheap. -
l . BEAUTIFUL FOUNTAIN,
with? Qca—or alnou naolu.
. Apply at the cams Oman.-
By tneDozen or Thousand,tit-Manufacturers
Prices, at the -
'_ GAZETTE OFFICE. .
.STRATNEA. _.
9-JDRU-G... sTORE.
1 mix REGNIEB,’ at. 1).. P'n'nnmr 11. Guns. ,
, Iiidress im
GROCERIES at COST .
As he'is closing n' his Grocery Business, havrng ' '
- engaged in the as e of
which be ofiers at lowest Cash Prices, at the old -
thinning and lltltlallllt .l‘au, .'
Druggists a Apothecaries.
Successors to B. L. UHLE. No. 11 Main Street
Norwalk, Ct.,’keop constantly on hand a full stock.
of
Pure Drugs and Chemica s.
0m- Dlo‘p'enslng Room is in charge or DR. W. C.
GLINES, an experienced Pharmacist. With his
knowledge of Chemistry, and 'c'are‘in'lhe repara-
tion of Medicines, generally. We feel congdcnt all
zmvshofavor'us wrth their orders will be well
‘ FARMERS AND HOBSEMEN
Should know that we keepa full sup I of Veteri-
nary Mcdlclnes andarc prepared to fill prescrip-
tions for Horses and Neat. ,Cattle from ,Clater
Blaine, pclafosse, Moiroud‘and other celebrated
authorities.
Our stock, among other articles, com rise the
choicest PcrfumesSoaps, Colo es and [air Oils,
also Brushes, Combs, Chamo s skins, Sponges,
Pure Glycermedllrd Seed, Fancy Arttcles,Patent
Medicines, Ci are, etc., etc.
. Alpo Choice lquors, Wines, Ale and Porter for
”criminal purposes. ‘
Family Groceries
one“ son cull: '
The undersigned having urchased the stock of
goods former! ownedby t e Soverlgns'of Indus-
try, and fit 31 the store with an ontirel new
stock of Goods, a now offering to the pa lie so
good an assortment of '
% CHOICE FAMILY IIOCERIES,
Provrslons, Flour. Teas, Sugar, Spices, he" at the
cry lowest market prices for cash. Goods deliv-
red onywhcreabout. town tree of charge. Call
and try us,- lt will be for your advantage. '
GEO-Ran: clan-rams",
Lynes’ Block, Water Street, opposite Railroad
= ' . Crossing. ‘ ‘ ll
l_
Sewing Machines-Repaired.
‘ All kinds of Sewing Machines
. Bepaired and put in perfect run-
"31’ mg order. Every machine guar-
. anteed to run as od as new. Or—
ders left at S.“ .Stanlcy’s News
Office. or sent to me by mailwill
receive prompt attention.
L. J. Gruman, Jr.
' " 3mll
Pianos for Sale-
New Weber and One New
_ Chickcring Pianos,
_ AIKEN in exchange for other property,will be
~ sold at a great sacrifice. For particulars
mediatoly or enquire of
GEO. R. CHOLWELL, High‘Street. -
A CARD.
. It is with pleasure that I return my grateful
thanks to my friends and former patrons for their
klnd and liberal patronage in times past. And I
now extend the lnvltion to all by giving notice
that I can be found at the Store No. at Main Street
formerly occupied by myself, and latterly by
Messrs. Stall'ord A: Stoddard, where I shall take
leasure to wart upon such as wrll favor me with
belt patronage. VEY FITCH;
§ Norwalk,January 29,1877.
h. ilk C. S. frowitt,
, DRUGGISTS,
Cor. Main and Wall Sts., Norwalk,
, ‘ DEALERS 1N
DRUGS,
ALL THE
. Popular Patent Medicines,
PERFUME S; SOAPS, POMADES,
‘B R U S H E S , COMBS, MIRRORS,
WALLETS, DOLLS, CARRIAGE
& SLATE SPONGES, SODA
WATER, MINERAL
'WATE RS, :ROQT
BEER &. GINGER
A L E .
Fine Bath (Bleached) Sponge, a
Specialty.
One
A GREAT SUCCESS!
FLORIDA TONIC BITTER-S
This article has been placed into the market by
REUBEN l-lOYT. tormerly of this town, who has
furnished such excellent remedies, as
NESBITT’S- 'UUUUH SYRUP,
'CAMOP-HOARIVNE
AND
Waltlman’slllarrlea Rtlltlll. ‘
It is pleasant to the taste. and can be uéed in
cases when a mild tonic is desired. Give them all
a trial. For sale by -
H. M. at c. s.' PROWITT,
CORNER DRUG STORE.
GARDEN A‘ND FLOWER SEEDS.
H. M. (k C. S. PROWITT
Have a lull supply of the BEST SEEDS.
Ulllllt Fluverhfiulerose Bulls.
5 Cents Each.
Two years ago. we had the some kind of
DOUBLE BULBS,
and at that time sold several hundred which gave
general satisfaction.
ll. ll. 8: U. 'S. PRUWITT,
' DRUGGISTS.
A!
.l. P. llaniord h Soil,
“within.attestatianuu5°"
lllllllSllll EVENING, lpiil til,
Poultry, '
‘ Fish,
Fruit '
AND
Vegetables.
o
. Where will be kept all the
Finest, as well as the. Common
Varieties in their Station,
and we shall endeavor by fair dealing and strict
attention to business to merit, and would respect-
fully invite a share of the public patronage. hey
have engaged the services of Charley Doolan to
take charge of the Fish Departmenl,which is a
sullclent guarantee that everything will be nice.
OYSTERS .e OLA MS
Opened or in the Shell.
:ALSO
Pure. lllllt from our own Baily.
J. P Hartman FRANK Hanson)
IEO“! WARD SELLEGK,
has constantly in stock at his new store,
New-9? Main Street. ‘
O'cholce and fine assortment of
Groceries,
Provisions,
Flour, .
Fruit, &c.,
To which he would invite the attention ofall who
wish to purchase first-class goods at
Reasonable Prices.
DRIED BEEF. sLICED. A SPECIALIY.
BEST of HADIS E1 TH FR. WHOLE OR
., - . ’ SLICED.
Drop in and see him at his new store
can .obtaiu
. v... 9 sum STREET.
METAL» tho-
Wfll 01'
\
- funny.
is, .r .:,- ,...-.. . . ~..-
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VOL- mm. ' ER 25
» The Seven Ages. 1 -
.1.
, . 1..
.At Two, she is ’3 tiny lass,
And joy she scarcely knows from 'sorrow;
She scarce consults her looking-glass,
She has no thought of sad'to-morrow!
_ . 11.
At Four, she is a merry maid,
And looks on naught but play as folly;
She cap't believe bright flowers fade—
That only sawduat is her dolly.
In.
At Eight, her treaties come in scares,
For oft she is'perverse and haughty!
A panting puss in pinafores—
Who's sometimes whipped when naughty!
Iv.
At Twelve she is a saucy tease.
Who knows full well her glances rankle,
Her petticoats scarce veil her knees,
And fairy frills scarce kiss hcl' ankle.
. in.
At Fifteen she's the pearl of pets,
And» feels assured her poweris strengthened;
Her snowy school-girl trouser-cues
Are hidden; when her skirt is lengthened
“- .
At Sixteen'sbe's the sweetest sweet,
And dressesin the height of fashion;
She feels her heart V’neath bodice beat,
. In earnest for the tender passion. ,
vu.
At Eighteen p'raps, she may be sold,
' Harlot to share for worse or better;
She'll either sell her heart for gold—
Or give it for a golden fetter!
The Two Serpents. o
as ORIENTAL FADLE.
Carigma, the sultan, put his son _
With Saib, the wise ; and when the boy was
. done _
With studious tasks, it was the teacher’s way
To weave for him some moral tale each day,
One evening when the hour had come around
This tale he told—in Persian annals found :
,“ Once a magician, skilled in every art,
Meeting. King Lohak, breathed upon his
, heart.
When from that region, venomous and bright
Two hideous serpents wriggled forth in sight.
The King, who saw them follow in his path,
Stormed the magician with his fiercest wrath;
But he, undaunted, answered back again:
{These are the tokens of your glorious reign ;
And, if you wish honceforth unbounded good,
jFail not to feed them well with human blood;
Give them your sturdiest men in sacrifice
For their support—for this is just and wise.’
The King, at first, grew pale when this was
1 . said ~
But by degrees to its result was led,
And scattered slaughter till tumultuous fear
Smote all its stricken subjects for and near.
At length the people, seeing so many slain,
Bevolted at the King’s blood-thirsty reign,
And locked him in a cavern far away,
Where to the serpents he himself was prey.”
“ 0 history horrible! " the young prince said
“ Whatcould have put such baseness in his
head ? _
Now tell another tale more fair, I pray,
That I with shuddering may not end the day."
“ Most willingly," said Saib, “and, when ’tis
done, ‘
You will confess it is a simple one :
“ Once on a time a young sultan was led
:To heed all‘hings an artful courtier said,
-Who crammed him with delusions that were
rife
With all the poignancies of sinful life-
With dreamsof glory and imagined joy, _
And things that dazzle only to annoy. '
Pride and voluptuousness performed their
. pa" ‘ _
Till they became joint rulers of his heart ;
"And, held by these. above his people’s groan
He walked, until they snatched him from
the throne. _ _
Still, though he losthis crown, Pleasure an
Pride - '
Clung, like two adders perched upon his side,
Till sinking down within their coiling snare,
He died, at length, of sorrow and dispoir.”
Then said the young prince, when Saib pans»
ed for rest, ‘
“ Untrue or true, I like this tale the best."
“ Alas 2." said Saib, “ why do you thus ex-
claim ?
Better or not—both stories are the same! ”
—.IonL BENTON, in Appletom' Jamaal for
July. ‘ '
From the Detroit Free Press.
The Way they do In Congress.
Saturday, when the “Big English” saw .
that it was going to be alouesome day for the
boot blacks. he set his head to work tO‘devlse
something to break the monotony. About
10 o'clock he got a number of _ boys into the
alley behind the post office, and ,orgamzed' .
the “Forty-Fifth Congress.” “Big Engli‘sh’i
is a regular reader of the daily papers, and
he isa great organizer. It took him but fif— ,
teen-minutes to get the “House” and “Senate"
running so smoothly that lawyers and others
looked down from their windows with- great
interest. _
“Who's a liar ?” yelled a
as he jumped up, -
“Oh, dry up,” shouted Sixth Ward Tom.
-"I’nt him out—he was in the rebel army 1" -
called a boy from Grand River avenue.
“Some one clilbbed my dog fifteen years
ago, and I can never forgive him,” howled
Strawberry Beb..
“Git out the records and let’s see who was
loval,"-pnt in King’s boy.
Big English rapped on his ‘box to restore
order, but Ring Tommy threw up his hat and
yelled: . -. .
“I moves for the sizes and noses.” -
“He can't gag me," shouted a lathy boy
from Windsor.
“Less have a salary grab,” piped aCongress “
street boy. ’
“The peeple won't 'stand it,” wllooped an-
other.
“Haiu't we the people ?" demanded a boy
on the railing.
' “Are weone country ?”¢atked the speaker
as he rose up.
“I are, nllt you haiu't !" yelped “ Nickety
Nic .”
“Doesn’t one flag float for us all?" contin-
ued the speaker.
“It does about tax time !" screamed a cross—
white-headed boy
eyedyouth from Springwells.
Somebody kicked the honorable speaker.
He. then struck the honorable gentleman from
Wisconsin. The honorable gentleman from
Wisconsin smashed atlthe honorable gentle-
man from Georgia, and hair stood up and
coat tails stood Out. When the row had
quieted down, the honorable speaker re-
marked: '» ,
“It as pretty good for the fast time.
though you didn't abuse each other enough.”
#
Tom Beecher says the greatest misfortune
of his life is his last name. .
Experienced life insurance. operators say
that it costs in advertising about $125 to get
an average religious newspaper to inform its
rpaders that any given company is one of the
' betit-;” $250 is the. figure for the observation
that “this cempany is unsurpassed;” and
about $500 will lead tothe devout, 'exolama~
tion, “To insure in. this. company is a
Christian duty. Pastors, urge it upon your
flecks." These statements show‘how life in-
surance operator‘will lie—when they feel-
as $1.0qu woon’s.
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