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

mammalian-1533.

ONLY.

Only a? baby,
‘ Kissed and caressed, A
Gently held to a mother’s breast.

Only a child, ,
. T-‘oddling alone,
Btlghtoning now its happy home.

On'ly agboy, .
Trudging to school, .
Governed now by stclncr rule.

I Only-a youth,
Livmg in dreams;
Full of promise life now seems.

Only a man,
Battling, with life, ‘
. Shared in now by loving wife.

Only a father, '
Burdened with care,
~ Silver threads in dark brown hair.

Only a graybeard,
Toddling again,
Growing old and full of pain.

Only a mound,
O‘ergrown with grass,
Dreams unrealized—rest at last.
;‘ —.-.G’h_t'cago Tribune.
Correspondence of the. Gazette.-

 

Booxnsnono, IoWa, J unc 13, 1377.
Due Gazar'rnz—You must come -of a
nturdy,:tempemte auditing-lived stock, for in
these twenty years, during which, without
fail, whether 'in‘ Illinois, Iowa, Massachu-
aetts,‘V‘crmout or‘Minn‘esota, your welcome
weeklyvlsits have never failed to gladden
iou'r home; you have not grown old one par-
ticle. Always thoroughly up in the news'of
. the day' ballasted nnd balanced with knowl
‘e'dse. news. narrative. Brier nonsense. and
local items, each feature alone worth your
priced full (what apere‘nuial gift to- the
Home Kiwanis?! Dion are here. its young
My'asyfhen in ’57 you found us in our
Georgetown home. ‘ ' '
Now a word about the times and prespects
here in" our trans-Mississippi state. While
. writing, we think nadic by 'name of some of
' your readers who knew. of the founding of
these three or four Congregational churches,
in years ’75 and ’70; allover yet formed in
Boone County, of which werk this in Beam-
hero was ithemother church.‘ ' Not a few gen-
erous donors- in Wilton, Norwalk, Danbury,
Neil-Canaan, Georgetown, Ridgefield,Bridge-
port and other points in Fairfield County, and
abroad throughgsterling Conn. Christendom,
well know how Boonsboro church was built.
One generous Norwalk homews wot‘vofr, that
héyond all'others gave "help an'd'comfort in
the darkest hours. Often, to-day, the chil-
dren wish are had again ',that beautiful gift:
pony, called for itsdohor, "Trankie’s Pet.”
Heaven’will reward them. ‘ ' .
. Last summer afvieit from our chosen field
in Owatonna,A-:Minn;, made it very clear to no
that "somebody must take ‘up again :"the werk:
laid down in ’70, for that of the A. S. S. N. in
Northern New Engl'and,or the gifts and gains
and sacrifices of four weary years, and many
honored helpers would be quite or nearly
lost. The railroad had wrought change of
centre, the population had changed. The
church was (closed. Garden Prairie Congrega-
tion hadanew and tasteful edifioemearlydoneh
all without a pastor, but? had reached. the
verge cf angry disruption. ' From these two
and the new church over in Story County, at
Kelley, on the narrow g'uage railway, there
followed us back to Minn. such a cry from
Macedonia, (“Come mid help us," that we;
were constrained to forego the comforts and
prospects Owatonna so willingly and securely
'ofiered, to take up again the now prostrate:
work which we left prospering' seven: yenrs
ago, ‘3 These'cOunties in Central research;
their railway ndvantages; the sure Agricul-
gural'College in their midst, doing a noble:
work: having the state capital within. an.
hour's ride on the south; pierced from north,
to south by the heavily timbered Boone, “Coon:
and Wes rivers; immense coal'ficldsi
ready opanedto th: market and worked by
powerfulsteafn apparatus, and laid deep with
a soil of rich, vegetable mold, onlyjsecond to
that of Illinois, must in not far distant years
become rich and prosperous. ,But ' just now
swales, ponds and basins make their broad;
rolling prairies nearly impnsssble. Any mo-
ment may land you, froma high'bold swell;

and sweeping trot, in the midst of a little .

valley of almost fathomless mud ; “the bot!
tom's fell out here,” a native would say, or,
at least‘gbring you to some deep, heavy wad-
inge—perhaps a, regular ffscrapc" with the'dis-
rusted-horses.- _ -.4 . j
These “slough," as they are called, separate.

wearable toilet frommarket. repel the an? . . .
members of your club believe that the spar-

proach' of capital, and of course generally re-
tard the growth of their: vicinage. Too fre-
quent end broad to bridge,-uhless there were
more bands to help, these bogs and lagoons
has proved unwelcOme neighbors. ' - ' '
'We knew and dreaded them. Many a
frantic flounder could - our spotted pony re-
call, if his horse memory served as ours,
through broken ice, or, ”swollen creek, 0|
marsh of flag, or stiffening mire—blessings
on him—as we sought together the scattered

settlements 9f-- the praires in 1807, ’68, ’69., '

But we weighed and’acceptedft all again.
Sir”. deaths more. .921. A." item 8.th
remnant of' twenty‘ four, Boouesboro church
new numbers forty-eight, and all seem in
spodheart again. Garden Praire church 11.98:
adjugted her difficulties and peacefully ping
sues her way, having added eight to her roll
and Kelley stronger by' five completes the
triangle.

"The’lay and latitude of our Central Iowa
laridsroombine in- determining our population;

 

Toolbw tollinviite capital, they were too: -

be overlooked‘by. cleartheaded, resolute men
just beginning life; and far enough north (as
emigration follows hues of latitude,) to give
unhealthy scenes of northern vigor, from
Eastern and Middle states. But capital will
find us. Already .the tide is slowly rising,
while that in the swamps recedes. Cultiva-
tion and the ditching machines dry out the
low‘ places.‘ Harvests' 'of' "Wheat, "oats and
corn.;alrendy~.t9“9hl§§ii¢1i”mt", mixes
and’mileséroh'ls-‘Tonyv following the sentionv
115.5%}? " pihiries, ”once' explored it" “will‘
by pony and I. Temporarily we are feeling
the hard times and dreading the harder grass-
hoppers. We live with'hcarts'of'hope but
pockets rather light; potatoes _ Oi, fionr $12

 

 

per‘barrel (after our farmers hm sold! “16"")? .“ swallow-tail ” is a survival of the '

while of things" plenty and for sale, Ihay
brings from $3 to $5 per ton, butter 15 cents
per 11)., eggs. 10 cents pct dozen, pork heavy
at ten cents, and other marketing in propor-

tion-.3 finch: rooms the “lights mesh“!
‘ dund‘ilbbf'of"odI'Iowainherit-‘

ows‘bn the , ‘
ance. But know thou,-oh'kind Gazar'rn, we
have other and-better living up stairs.

E. G, gopd;echools, bright, intelligent boys

and girlfiwithjall the issuance. and modern;

conveniences of ,mindgculture and heart-cul-
ture needful for the ftp-rearing of a' half-cen-
tury' crop of - brda’dahtdnl’ed,’ great souled,
heaven~honoriug and heaven-bound. men and
women. equal, at least; to any to be found

hundred‘years of American destiny.

This American Mesopotamia hides her
time ,Eethrans‘plnnts from New York
and New— England, .. are promising heavy
yields of pilgrim life fruit. She has machin.
ery, brains, institutions, growing resources,
and fast compacting communities well adapt-
ed and as fully resolved, .at' aneurly day, to
lift from her deep, rich soil, just those mag-
nificent poasibilities’ with which; it a stored.

Your. Cordially, 0.0. Dromsbx.

 

easement rLUB, Anagram;
- Ias'rf'w'nm

 

Dsmnrusxr or Cosmos & Sonaassfl
CITY HALL, Bos'roN. - "

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JonN GALYIN, SUP'I‘. '
The. Sparrow.

‘ Read before the Club,- June 19, 1877.
. Nér'mxfl- an}, ‘Esq., Pansmm’. '

' 'Dnan Sm :—‘Some time since I received a
letter addressed to the City Forrester of Bos-
ton, asking for certain information relative to
the European sparrow, to he sent to you. It
was signed. E. T. Bearer, 35 W. 12 St.‘ New
York“, The letter came in my busiest time.
I had just previously written a letter giving
my views as to the great value of the spar—
row, published in the Boston Transcript of
April ,Zfith, “d as I am told "republished in
fulbin the.“ForeI_t:and Stre'on ’ o‘fmay 3lst.
My‘timc is too much taken-up at this season
of the year for me to write letters. If the
ddys'were twice their present length, I could
use all my day-light in out-of door work. I
can therefore only write briefly. Mr. Boarer
writes that several members of your Club in;-
sisti'that n’o'mau living—bassoon the” sparrow
€31 11. worm and that therefoie {they ought, to
gE-éxterminated. I have‘hea'rd suithj talk be-
fore. It'is véry’ silly, weak talk “and"it is
not true. I have known thesparfows to stuff
themselves with canker worms so that they
could hardly move. There are worms" that
no bird will touch, in their worm form.
These are the hairy catapillars. But these
worms have four’forms of life—the egg, the
worm, the butterfly and the srysalis. The
sparrow, to my certain knowledge, will eat
any insect in three, or in two,»of these four
forms. If the sparrow eats all the eggs there
will be no worms to be eaten. It isfwell that
the nature of the sparrow prompts it to eat,
and thus destroy insects, as eggs, and not to
'wait until they:'hatch and then scatter as
worms. , ' ' ' - '

The men who make these silly speeches
don't knew enough' of the subject they are
talking about, or’are so prejudiced they will
hear nothing on the side of truth. In either
case I mind their talk no more than I would
that of ablind man who at noon-day tells me
there is no sun. ' .

I am told by those who know, that before
you of New York had any sparrows you had
measure-worms and they were a great nui-
sance. The sparrows were introduced. They
did not touch the worm, but they did eat.
the eggs and the moths. This they were
seen to do and the worms all disappeared. It
seems to me that you of New York need not
come to Boston to learn how ungrateful and
how untruthful all this talk against the spar-
row se'éms'coming‘from _'thos‘e‘ for whom it
has done ‘so much good.

But as I am asked for my experience in
Boston you shell have 'it briefly. Eight or
ten years ago, before the sparrows came, our
shade trees had three pests to contend against ..
Canker worms - in the outer wards, yellow
catapillars in tte .city,’ and plant liccevery-
where. ' The sparrows came and now, in all
of Boston proper there are no canker worms.
'l‘he foliage is fresh, green and uneaten. The
sparrows have eaten these worms, and there
are none left. This I know, everywhere else
about here where there are few or no spar-
rows, in the Dorchester, Brighton and Rox-
bury wards, the ehns and the apple trees are
almost leafless. All this we owe to the spar-
row in the one place, and; to the want of it
in the other. You need not take my word
for all this,you have but to come here and sec
for yourself.

A much worse pest than the canker worm,
was once the yellow, hairy catapillar. It was
beyond remedy till the sparrows came. It

bred in the treetops out of our reach, unless

we hit" the trees down. It had several broad;
in a season. In spite of all _I could do, in,
spite of extra gang of men, these worms
continued to increase, and I believe that in
two years more they would have ruined all
our shade trees. The sparrows came just in
time. They did not eat the nasty worm, but
they eat what was better, they eat the eggs,
the butterflies and the chrysalis. In one sea-
son the worms Were fewer, and since the
second winter I have 'not seen one except
here and there, in a few by streets where the
sparrows do not go. Before the~ sparrows
came I employed thirty men from June to

and the bark lice no longer give me any trou-
ble. The lsparrows go for them whenever
they show themselves and destroy them.

Only we, too, have the blind who wont see,

among us, who'every spring cryjou‘t', that the.
sparrows are ing the buds. All the feds
are not dead in Boston any more than in
New York. Mr. Boarer writes me that some

rows “drive out of the country our own

:Americanhirds.” This seems to me a fiery
strange statement.

It is so contrary to all my experience, that

‘I am sure they must be mistaken. I cannot
believe that sparrows act any different else-
:where than they do here. or that American
birds are more easily"drl’v'en out of the coun-

are in Boston.
itiiout my see-
; ‘ _ ' each year
our Amerieajkbir an on- the-increase with-
in the limits ofB on: Thnse , ebad be.
fore come iu‘large _,_nufi1bers,hnd we have
each year the’.addi_' ' new kinds. The
present year and Edith; Tune, 1877, there
are more birds and more kinds of native birds
on our. Common, in the very heart of Beston,
than I ever knew before, certainly several
times as many r6bins, and very many kinds I
never saw before. And all this by coming to
Boston you can see for yourselves. ‘ .

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

The Editor of the Hartford Courant in a
labored editorial leader, advances the startling
statement that ladies’ trails that so lavisbless
and recklessly sweep the» streets and gutters
at’ the present day, are “a survival of the
serpent in the Garden. In its- use by woman

goes on to say that— .

“ The painted, pen-shaped skirt 'of
dress-cont has puzzled as good many investiga-
tors: - *Smceethere is little warmth in, it, and

for. - Theanswer is, that it"is: not" for an -,
thingnow. but it is ,a ‘survlval .of a habit.
Some philosophers who know 'wbatrelation
pa wool/9w in man bears to the retained tail of
the deserted monkey, have supposed t the

tail
-of pro-historic man. We are convinghat
the tail of the dress-coat had another origin,
and that it indicates a very impommt histori-
‘calfabt. There was a time, before evolution
gotfwell a- _
- twas the ashfonable thing to: have 'a tail,
and to writ-mu the:outaid‘e, and to have it
painted in the national colors; By. and by,
in-the development of man, (the tail .began to
disappear slowly, of course, and with here
and therean individual of the species. It
was not .worn away. as some philosophers
have absurdly claimed, by sitting on it, but it
was chltfvated out by a process of natural
selection—first in one individual, then in two,
and four, and so on.
and peop

‘ le, there would not be more than
one abso utel

tail-less and perhnps'three with

between the oceans, ‘in the coming‘(second)" half tails, 9n, mne W b thr quarter "all“

and.§‘a>’soore' with seven-oi the. But of
cohrse'thetail was still fashionable, and the
man'who had none would be conspicuous,
and exceedingly mortified. He couldn’tgo
into society. We know from the record what

dence of it. When he wasinvited to mpnrty,

longer than theyare new.)
conceal his lack of a tail.
victim of evolution did the same.

 

want of it.” .

there survives‘ the graceful, sinuous motic’m‘
of the serpent.’.’ And then the horrid man.

the "

7no beauty, many have wondered what it is.

ing, when everybody . had a tail. .

In a city of eight thous-'

happened; the old Silurian is full of the evi-

he had madczand Wore there a swallowtail
coat "(they usbdto be‘, in our‘ memory, much
He Woreitto
The next tailless
And so
the custom of wearing swallow-tails arose.
It lS not a survival of the tail, butof the

Pen Pictures up the Shepaug.

Reader have you ever been up the sheep
dog road? (as a countryman once called it,)
if not, read, rubles and go, even if only to go
up'iu the 4:30 p. m. train from Norwalk and
return at 7:15 in the. morning. Should you
go now, while the days are at their longest,
you will have daylight all the way to Litch-
field, where you arrive at 7:40. You will
find ConductOr Fowler very agreeable, and
ready to impart information regarding points
of interest along the road. ' J

The 4:30‘train is an express to Hawlcyville
making but few stops, and following the ex-
ample I pass by the interesting towns ou the
Danbury road‘s'o familiar to most of your
readers, and will speak only of the Shepaug
road from Hawleyville to Litchfield.

An old traveler told the conductor that he
had been on most of the roads in Europe and
in this country, but never had 'seen, for wild,
picturesque beauty anything‘to compare with
the Shepaug. Leaving 11—. the first picture
of interest was a high hillside stretching far
away to the right and. beautifully wooded;
at its base was an old mill on Pond Brook,
around which We curved, and before I could
make a note of it it was passed, but its, beau-
!y left an impression and I set it down for
picture No. 1. On we go, sometimes high,
sometimes low, for you must know that when
we reach our journey’s end we are over a

'thousand feet above tide water; there are

Several grades on the road over 85 feet to the
mile. After crossing and recrossing Pond
Brook several times, we reach the Housaton-
ic river. This brow and beautiful stream
looked (owing to its clearnsss) as though you
could wade ncross it, but probably it was
several feet deep. Arriving at the-railroad
bridge that crosses it, and looking to the
right, is, a magnificent mountain covered
with foliage, on the left the Shepaug river
entering the Housatonic, presenting a broad
and expansive river front where theyvjoin
near the railroad bridge,and in full view from
the cars; call this No. 2.

Just beyond the bridge, Shepaug station is
reached, and from here all the way to Box-
bury Falls are high hillsides with out-crop-
ping rock. The word falls is a misnomer at
this season of the year, but there is that,
which is more beautiful, a succession of rap-
ids through a rocky gorge ; great shadowing
rocks protrude on either side of the stream
filled with holes apparently large enough to
admit the body of a‘man ; these holes have
evidently been produced by the action of the.
water during many years. The sight here
must be grand at freshet times, for , I am told
that the water has been known to go over the
railroad track, and to look down from the
cars itlooks as though it‘ might be forty feet
to the water. From the rear platform of the
last car you have a fine view of the whole ra-
vine, and this sight alone wlll repay a ride
over this road, and we call it picture No. 3.
There is a large quarry here owned by
Messrs. Mower & Burll,and in fact the entire

‘hillside between Ro'xbury Falls and Roxbury

contain immense quantities of the finest stone

'for building purposes or flagging; no blasting
-is required to get it_out,'—-wedges' are driven

audit splits off in immense cakes varying
from three to eight and ten inches in thick-
ness. Besides stone there is an iron mine in
this singular mountain, with a narrow gauge

railroad leading to it, not much used of'late.
The next place of interest is Steep Rock, a

place much frequented by parties from Lake
Warnmaug; this immense rock reminds one
of the Palisades on. the Hudson, but is more
abrupt. Shepaug‘ river flows at its base.
Now we come to Washington, an' important
station on this road, and noted for its Gun-

nery—a school for buys, quite celebrated.
:The approachto this station coming down
'theroad Is simply beautiful. In “the fore-

ground a lovely meadow, and gently rising
for along distance are 'cultivated fields sur-
mounted at the top by a=clustcr of houses and
a church spire; to‘ the left the Shepaug
river, and an old mill; surely this will make
picture No. 4. This last picture so different
from the rest, showing instead of wilderness
and rocksthe culture and refinement of civ-

‘ilization. But into the'woods again (we are

traveling in the wilds of nature to-day) and
still beside the Shepaug river, and soon New
Preston is reached; one would hardly imag-
ine from the meagre accommodations at the

Sept ember killing catapillars at an expense of l'depot that at this station large numbers of

‘nearly a hundred dollars a day. Now I have
'no occasion to employ one for this purpose,
'and all this I owe to the sparrow. The tree

people of wealth and fashion from New York
and other large cities leave the cars, and
plunging into the woods that surround the
station, after traveling a few miles by stage

coach, emerge by the still waters of a charm- ,

ing lake, Lake Waramaug. Here my pen
would speak of its beauties, enjoyed years
ago, but I refrain, and back to the Shepaug
again, but only for a few minutes for soon
the Bantam comes in and drives the Shepaug
off, and we see it n?) more. We follow the
Bantam to Romford, where a beautiful land-
scapc forms picture No. 6. Leaving Romford
we pass two mountains, Mount Tom and
Mount Rat, the former resembling the sugar
loaf of the Hudson. The next and last sta-
tion before reaching Litchfield is Bantam,an‘d
here we have a parting gem. Bantam Falls,
an old mill and cotton mill with mill pond.
forming one of the most befiutfful pictures on
the road, and seven being a complete number
we will close our pen pictures of the road.
Only three miles to Litehfield. The approach
to L. is not of a very interesting character.
To the right one corner of Bantam Lake is
visible; to the left and in front the country
is _level, but as. Litchfleld comes into view
with its church spires, one after another
peeping out amid the green trees, and on thr
left we see the Lake View House—we forget
the surroundings and wish to be twre.
Litchfield we hope to see thee again,
and by rising early have two hours of day
light to enjoy the revealed beauties am.
refinements, pleasant walks and shaded ave
nues, if ever, met with in other towns, rarely
If the person could be known who sel
ont those glorious old ehns a century ago, his
name should be inscribed on every tree. Be-
fore closing I would say that there are many
beautiful views about ‘Litchfleld,but one view
I think best of all, that from the Lake View
House cupola, showing at your feet Bantam
Lake with its island in the centre; the whole
Lake - covering 1,000 acres, high hills and
valleys to the right and left, and the most
beautiful grazing country in all Connecticut
Litchfleld is celebrated for its dairy products.
At some suitable.time,and. we hope one no:
far distant, we propose to take some stereo-
scopic views of this romantic scenery. I
have named seven points of interest, but in
reality three times that number could be
made, all of a highly interesting character.
E. T. anrNsv.
Norwalk, June 23, 1877. ..
-——_—

J When Chicago was burned in 1871. 'St-
ohns came to the rescue with $100,000 in
old. Now the tables are turned, and the
ardcn City proposes to, repay the generous

peoplejwho stood by it in the hour of its
adversity. -

A lovely creature of sixteen years, on her
return from the graduation ball at West Point
was asked by her brother, 4‘ Well, May, this
was yonr’first’ ball. wasn’t there a smack 0!
romance about It?" “Yes, Will, two smacks "
was the naive reply. ' ’

The Russrad Government has purchased
the monster Krupp gun which was made for
the Philadelphia Exhibition. The destination
of the weapon is unknowm'but there is talk
of (placing it‘upon some vessel at Nikolaiefi
an using If. against the Turkish ironclnds in
the Black Sea.

G. H. Waterous arrived at Hartfor
day, having ridden all the way from 1:21.???)
on horseback. Mr. Waterous and W. H.
Enell started from New Mexico, rode 400
miles, then proceeded by rail to Kentucky
where they bought new horses and rode te
New York together, Mr. Waterous coming on

 

 

 

from there alone makin 1 500 ' -
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NORWALK, CONNECTI?

Aid for Respectable Miserables.

 

We all know that some people are never so
happy as when they are able to‘declare to cv-
eryone who will listen to them that they are
unhappy. We all know it to be our first du-
ty to contribute to the happiness of (fibers-
have we not been told from our youth up,
“always and under all circumstances, no mat-
ter what he the cost, try to make others hap-
py"? Well, should it not follow then as a
conclusion, that when one is brOught into
contact with these misery hunters, these
grumbling loversQf grumbling, our plain du-
ty is to give them in so far as it lies incur
power what they are hunting after. Indeed
I think that if this syllogism be not logically
correct it is valid, most valid practically. .

Now it is not so difficult to make others
feel unpleasant—particularly when they are
predisposed to it—whcn they meet you half
way. Then it does not require much going
out of one's own way as‘ a general thing.
Some people do not go but of their own way
at all, and find this method effective—they of-
ten succeed admirably.

. Women who grieve that in many things
precedence should be so unjustly aWarded to
men, must be forced to acknowledge, I think,
that' as far as this point is concerned they
cannot even begin _to compete with them;
cannot ever hope that their efforts will be
crowned with the success that attends the
stronger efforts of the stronger sex. 1

flow familiar we all are with these phenom-
ena of human nature! In general, they may
be described as disciplines, wit sharpeners,
mysteries, and—necessities: yes, evidently
necessities. In particular we often find them
in the shape of men whothink all the world
made expressly for them: in a maiden Aunt
or elder sister who either lives that her fam-
ily may keep her together or that she may
keep the family together. Oh, beware of the
latter institution: If she be of the bustling,
or mildly persuasive kind. it is all the same.
Those who belong to this class may appear to
be self-depreciating, but they in reality do not
fail to appreciate themselves sufficiently to
make up for what they do not receive from
the cold sympathizingcrowd. They all have
minds like that unfortunate woman

“ — by nature indisposed to aught
So placid, so inactive, as content;

A mind intolerant of looting peace,
And cherishing the pang her heart deplored.”_

I believe these lines are not generally sup-
posed to be up to the common level of Wads-
worth, but I am sure that if his admirers love
and glory in him for his strict adherence to,
and faithful portraiture of nature, they are
not consistent if they do not grant due praise
to these. Why, just think, as we read them,
do not visions immediately arise of “myAunt”
or “my, sister," or “old Mr. Brown ‘9" Oh,
they must dear sympathetic reader. Certain
I am that they appear to me. When first I
read those lines'no such good fortune had Ias
merely seeing visions or ghosts, .but it was
real flesh and blood, and tongue and eyes. In-
deed I do not like to dwell upon that time, or
upon that “it" ’twas far too terrible. Rath-
er would I ascend from particulars to general.
ities.

Some kindly soul has politely observed that
H. S. M., who is supposed to be the origina-
tor of evil, should always be awarded his
dues; and although I think this remark was
quite superfluous and uncalled for, as many
of us are inclined (perhaps through partiality
to his characteristics) to‘ make too many al-
lowances for him; yet. it is in something of

5this spirit that we should force ourselves to
allow that these “peculiar" people are very
ingenious, very for seeing, very persevering.
'We read of the perseverance of the Saints,

but what is it in comparison to the persever-
ance of the sinners. It brings everyone down
to their feet, leanings to them the softest
cushions, the rarest fruits, they are carried to
Heaven,or whithersoever they are bound, on
flowery beds of ease.

Now what I wish to urge is this: That to
yield to these people is mistaken kindness on
our part, for it diminishes their unhappiness.
if everyone were to do so where comes in a
chance for their ingenuity? They must be
allowed to say for instance, “ oh, I have had
to drag myself all the way from Mrs. Robin-
son’s this morning I just think of it ‘2” instead
of,"‘I have just been to Mrs. R0binsons;” or
“ here I am so tired and I suppose I must
write that letter to Mrs. B——, or she will be
lfurt; she ought to know what an effort it is
for me to write I am sure,” instead of “ I am
going to write now to Mrs. B.

Now you well intentioned people would,
in the first instance, run and get a glass of
wine, declare that the sun 'ought to do up its
intermediate stages and turn moon at once, or
at least net stop before 'it got to be a planet;
that it was a real shame that because people
had feet they should be imposed on, and be
made to use them, and you would tlfen asspre
her that she should lie down and rest her
weary bones. In the second instance _you
would with‘ graceful alacrity offer to write
the letter for her, and at her request would
sit down and write that your dear—whatever
relation she may be to you; we are safe in
speaking of her anonymously as your Thorn-
xn-the-flesh, is so unwell (oh, you miserable
lécision ?) that she has begged you to etc.,
etc.; and then I suppose you would after
having sent her love and regrets that she
could not write rise with a conscience clear
asthe driven snow.

But, oh, misguided ones listen. If you had
not given that wine, if you had not written
that letter, if you had not offered those words
)f consolation, what a happy result! The
ad: of these attentions would have furnished
food for contemplation. For a day or two at
east she could have reflected on what a for-
lorn, illAtreated, wretched saint she was. Now
you have taken away her comfort, you have
leized from her her daily bread, her staff of
do: Where is your spirit of considerate-
uess, your christian thoughtfulnees ?

Some objection may be offered to all this
in account of its tending to lower your own
character while endeavoring to benefit your
unfortunate friends. I am sure however,that
it is your too great modesty that suggests
this difilculty and that it will be such a severe
self-denial for you to let these people alone,
or to give them cause to grumble that you
will only too gladly, when you conscientious-
Iy can, swing back to your_accustomcdindul-
gencc of good works, sympathisinfrattentions
ind care for the feelings of others.

There are some gentleman waifs, and little
haters who may find it impossible to reform.
[ fear that they _-will not 'h'ave sufficient
strength of character to carry out this method.
And if they do fail, why, under our breath
of course, we are glad of it. But this feeling
springs from selfishness of course. It has
just occured tome that there are others to be
made happy besides this class. 1 had almost
forgotten it. Indeed, I believe it is a very
difilcult thing to remember. '

Then I suppose the Little Sisters aremade
for them exclusively, for those who are real-
ly made happy by being with such lovely,
gentle characters. And are we not glad of
this too i I fear so. .. .

I have had dreams that the time might
come when these 'grumblers might. all live
together in a place called as a last compli-
ment from the outside world. The saints
rest; but Ifear that this may not be. And
meanwhile these phenomena die and are born,
and we learn very little by: experience, if we
do not decide to reform our method of treat-
.ng them. There are not so many tremend-

iusly kind hearted people who allow their
hearts to get ahead of their reason, but that
we may take hope if we wish . to succeed in
this method. Let us, therefore. endeavor to
provide theserunfortunntcs with food for

contemplation, and this way render their lives
as agreeable as is possible under the circum-

 

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Organist of the First Congregational Church .
Teacher of the '
Plano-Fbrte.-Orian sauna-leaf
Composition.- ‘
Box 379 P. 0.. NOR'WALK. CONN.

J. ‘Belde‘r‘f Hurlbutt,
Attorney and cunullu at Law,

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EMILY nonsense-.1).

(Graduate of' N. Y. Medlcal College for Women.

Cor. MAIN .e DIARSHALL STREETS,

, son's]! Nonswanra, coNN.
Office Hours,until9 s; m.,andtr 3 p.m. At-
tention to allclasses ofzdiseaaeslncfdent to a eu-
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References by permission :—-S.I.flenthal, M. 1)..
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CHARLEIs’Z 1w. MANY,
Surgeon DcntiSt,
souwnlnx, coNN.

Office corner of Main and Wall Streets. N itrons-
\ Oxide Gashdministered.

c. n. cogouncs,
:D E Null: 5 '1' .
. ‘ Eases-{01: .tov
' - Dr; :A-sgs Hill,
WALL STREET. NORWALK,

-Ofilco- over .

C. J. Grumanisll'ry Goods Store.
'3' Gas administered {oi-extracting teeth with~
out pain. . . '

DENTISTRY‘Il
AT HARD ‘TIMES PRIUES,

2-0.- Oa-h-aNo Credit :

All work excutcd in the :Best Manner, at my office
Cornerof mm, a,_,,.;;5vzssnington Streets, .; C
' "s‘uu'jé’u" N0 RWALK, CONN. '
'l‘.‘ E. SWIFT, D. ID. 5.

J. 'HARVEY BETTE,

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in

GROOERIES,
Provisions, Flour, Grain, Feel, It,

Wiltcn, (Donn.
Just'Receivcd, a. Fresh Supply of
' Geys'erSpring, Selser,
IICHI and CIRBDIIIC ACID WATER.

At S. GRUMMAN’S
51:4 um: smear, NORWALK, coax.

AAAAAAEA.
E. NELSON,
Bullies, Sleigh Might Wagons,

BROOK ST., NORWALK, CONNI

eBroken Carriages or Wagons neatly and
promtly repaired.

THEODORE B. SMITH,

. DEALER 1N ‘
HA 1: D W4 R E,
Cutlery

AND

 

 

Agricultural Implements.

W ALL PAPER, WINDOW SHADES,‘I'AINTS'
OILS, GLASS, SASH, BLINDS,
AND DOORS.

Main Street, N orwnlk, Conn.
SIGN PAINTING, PAPER HANGING, &c

LORD & TAYLOR,

To Reduce Stock, Wig offer for the next Sixty
ays

 

Extraordinary Reductions

.Bfigflgg

PRICES ONE-FOURTH LESS THAN LAST YEAR.

BLACK SILKS 'at 15¢, 90%, $1.00, $1.25
and splendid qualities at $1.50 up.

PLAIN COLORED SILKS. 850. nd $1.00 and
HEAVY LYONS GOODS at $1.25 to $2 00.

PLAIDS and STRIPES from 750. a yard up.

All nun mcu uTvl nntss nouns

In Camel’s Hair, Matelasse. Damsssc, Algerme.

ltfnsnique. DcBeige, Cashmere. Serge, Toflene

Vienne, Basket Cloth and other Special Novelties
marked down

TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT.

Low‘ Priced Popular Dress Goods

THE LA EST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL
STOCKR?N AAVERICA, OF THE BEST
KNO WIV MAKES A'I' THE .‘IIOST
TEMPTING PRICES.

Suitin s of Arlington and Amure Poplfns at
25c; Cfnterbury Suttings in fine effect at 30c.,
and some really splendid Foods at 350.. 40c. and
50c., which have been so d at from we. to 31.00.

French and English Or nndiee. Lawns: ml Cam-
brics, and Printed Irish fnens In great variety.

Grenadines and Black and Colored Goods from
20c. a yard upwards. Also, ' n as
In 1111139 MlSSES’ and CHILD EN

A ’ usnunwnAu. ~
Embracin g every article in request, made in best
manner at about what it would cost to purchase
the materials.

nanmss, MISSES’ and CHILDREN’S
suns. ,

E‘SE . VERDRESSES & MANTLES. IN THE
BEWDES'F STYLES OF MATERIALS & MAKES.

Full Ward: obc, or any garment wanted supplied
from stock or to order, and perfect satisfaction

arranted.
wlfadics’, Missses’and Children’s Hosrery, Vests
and Drawers, and Gloves, the largest variety of
the best Goods. Trimmings and Small Wares.
Parasols, Sunshades and Umbrellas. .bc.‘ I)omes—.
tics and House Furnishing Goods, Fui mture and
Upholstery, at the Lowest Possible Prices.

 

FSam ice of Goods and Catalogues of Ladies
Misses angchildren’s Furnishing Goods sent free
on application to all parts of’ the country. Orders
for Goods of every description carefully filled
without charge, and goods packed and forwarded
to destination.

Lord. ch Taylor.
Grand, Chrystlc and Forsvth Streets.

 

, Possession

. home. Apply atG.\ZETTE ounce.

'Oshorn Avenue, for sale cheap.

. street, where they will open a first-class '

sues. CDLDIIED ans riser;

REAL ESTATE.

\J\I\IV\r\.N\/WW\JW\MI\J\I u\/ \l‘lv‘

To Rent . . ’

THE ‘whole or part of new dwelling on West
Main Street, now occupied by the subscriber;
has 12 rooms.w1th closets, pantrfes. Ilns a. well,
cistern and Borough water on the premises. '
23tl' J . M. CARPENTER.

For Sale .or Exchange

3 REAL ESTATE NEAR NOB-

WALK. A Farm In Amherst, Mnss..ou
main road, large Housc,Out-buifdmgs, and new
Barn, Orchards, 'Woodlund, Jtc. anq locality,
near churches schools, colleges. and. railroad.
En ulre of D1 . MOSMAN, or E. J. HILL, zg‘fib
W111 ’.

 

 

1' I 8 [L—The St. John House on Hi‘h
"algae: thuirc ot‘ JAMES FINN EY. t 20

For Sale or to Rent.

HE HOUSE, either partly furnlshcd or with—
out. Also, either with or without Barn and
Carriage House, Meadow and Pasture Land, be-
fngtheto homestead of the late Mrs. Laura Lock-

Lockwood. -
E. K. LOCKWOOD, Administrator.
1. Norwalk,}?onmblay 14th, 1877. tfiw

To Rent.

A small cottage 8 rooms oppoeite residence of
J .I’AN TO. .‘Esq., Broad River. Large gar-
den and-plot of ground With it. Bent low.

12 ' Apply 0 ROBERT ELLS.

I
To Rent
OUSE corner of Elm‘ treat and Franklin
Avenue. south side of lm Street. .I'ossess-
non given immediately; Ground Iloorfltla month.
The place has the Borough water and a fine well.
fltt‘ EB‘ENEZER HILL, Elm Street.

. ousns AND nouns ao-Ln'r, by
H. FITCH, bl Main Street. 7

. To Rent.

TH E elegant residence known as the ”Dimon
Place,” pleasantly located on West Avenue
one of“ the most desirable places in the Borough of
Norwalk, is offered to rent on moderate terms.
Also. a large Carpenter Shop, located on Arch
Street, on the Benton property. Will be rented
very low. For full articulars enqure of’
lift JAMES F NNEY,Bcal estate Agent.

For Sale Cheap,

Or Exchange for other, property,
One of the neatest, and cosiest lfttlc Cottages in
the Borough. Will sell to- a good tenant for little
figfémoney down. Enquire at GAZETTE OF-

 

 

 

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For Sale.
A all“! for A SIIILE ramu, new,
(I h Ian-

conv‘enient Wefffocateu an e eap.
quir r ’ drummer.“

o 0
Norwalk, March 12, 1877.

House for Sale.

THE subscriber, being about to leave town,
offers for sale his residence on High_Streer.
ft is a two story frame dwelling, containing ten
rooms, with pantry. closets, water; gas, &c., lo;
about 8011200 feet, with choice variety of fruit.
iveu immediately. For terms and
further particulars enquire ot

. D. S.BARTRAM.
N orwalk, April 2d, 1877. 4:14

For Sale.

A [louse and Lot, in a healthy location on
Fair Street, above Catharine. .The House lS
nearly new, \vell built,convcnxently arrang-

eutnnd Will make a comf‘ortnblo and lcasant

uomc foraf‘amfly of average size. The ct runs
neck to the river. There fsa well ol‘cxccllent
water on the place, and Borough water no the
street. Price low, and part'of‘ the money can re-
nafn on mortgage. -A.- fine chance to secure“?

 

Desirable Property for sale;

A. Verydesirablc place on East Avenue.
Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on

Also, a. nicely located House and Lot on Mere
win Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
,rain. Enquire of
S, E. OSBORN, East Avenue,
“‘11 or to D. W. FITCH, West Avenue.

A BARGAIN.

0R SALE.—-A first-rate built House,(onEasf
Aveuuc,) containing nine rooms; will be let

If none“. Also BUILDING LOTS for sale.

_ _Apply to D. II. FITCH.

Norwalk,Nov. 27th, 1875. - lStf

- FOR SALE.

'PWO very desirable Buildin Lotson WestMain
Street. Apply at the GA' ETTE OFFICE.

 

 

C. W. LOCKWOOD’S SONS
davc taken the Store, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block, Main
Finn, .
Fruit, " '
Vegetable ‘ »

and Poultry Market.
I‘hey intend to keep it well stocked with

Fresh. Salt, Smoked «k Canned Fish
of all the choice varities, and Fruits and Vegeta-
bles of all kinds, in their season. The furnfehmg
of POULTRY, either alive or (lrcsscdm specialty.
.Ilso EGGS.

Norwalk, Conu., February 20th, 1877.

‘ ”WARD P. WEED,

D R U G G- I 5 fl‘
Wall Street, opposite Nor-walk Opera Home,
A large and \ch1 selected stock of

DRUGS AND MEDICINES,

Perfumery, atent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Haters. 1‘0I ct and Medicatcdmoaps, Flavoring
and Handkerchief Extracss, flairllrushesflombs,
iponges, Chamois Skins, Stationery. CI are, me"
sad is constantly adding to his stock hi the new _

F

S a W. MITCHELL, .
. At the ever popular

. UNION MARKET

has always the best of

Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork, I

at tairliviugprices. Union (formerly Model) Mar-
ket, on the Bridge. 18

assaults s. Locxwoon,

Fashionable Draper and Tailor
AND .

GENT S’ -FURNISHING EMPORIUM.
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.

onivanx INSURANCE co.,
NOR WALK, CONN.

Charter Capital $500,000
Pald up Capital - - 100,000
WM.C.SfcnsEr,Pi-es., Gso R.Cowr.es,Sc’c’y.

1‘ NA INSURA NCE Co. ofIIAItTI-‘ORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.

Capital and Assets, $5,052,880.19-

fusures against loss and damage by Fire. on terms
ufopted’to the hazard andconsrstcnt With the laws
of compensation. COWLES d5 MERRILL,-

Sole Agents for ,Norwalk and Vicinity.

w. E. DUINTARD,
General Furnishing Undertaker, -

orrosi'rr. nonsn It. mnnro'r

B'Orders attended to day or night. Residence
Main Street,3 doors from Union Avenue.

LARGE ASRORTIIIEN'I‘ OF

HILDREN’
ARRIAGE‘

EXTREMELY LOW PRICES.
E. K. Loihiwood’s.

 

NEW FIRAM
AT THE OLD. STAND
Weasrs. Dialling-s 85 Tilly.

Having taken the businesslatcl y conducted by Si-
las P. I'Ll‘uttle, are prepared to mar ulucturc all
kinds of .
Carriages and Wagons to order.
Repairing III-all Branches
done in a most workmanlike manner. Both being
practical mechanics, and thoroughly unquamtet
with all branches of' the business, they feel assur-
ed that they can givckperfiict satisfaction to all
vho may entrust Nov to fefr cure.
PAINTING. VARNISIIING. UPIIOI.STERING&
DOING OVER. CAItRlAGES a Specialty.
Machine Forming.

CHAS. MULLTNGS. ‘1‘th II. TI LLY

 

Furniture AFm'niturc,

If you wish

Parlor,'.lihrary. Dining and Sitting
Room Sets, -

Walnut or Cottage Chamber Sets,

n thin ' in the Furniture Line of the Latest
or a‘Stgl’lefiifihst Finish and Make a’nd for the
Least Money, go to

WM. LOCKWOOD’S,
No. 36 Main Street, NORWALK, CONN.
Also,

General Furnishing Undertaker.

SODA W ATER, with fruit syrups, and OTTAWA
cBliDnEllfirawufrom Matthews Patent Steel Foun-
n s. . . . - .

Fruits, Nuts. 'fine'Import'ed and

forLatfres and Gentlemen .

cars 1". LEONARD a. son

N’th River Blue Stone,I.ime, Cement
ALSO ' "

To Consumers of Groceries!

As he is closing up his Grocery Business, having

HARDWARE,‘ AGRICULTURAL IJTI-

which he offers at lowest Cash Prices. at the old
stand on Main Street,
South Norwalk.

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

branches of the trade.

NO TOP BUGGY, for sale.

CHEMICAL PAINT!

and popular medicines of'the (IDY- is all ready for use, does not wash by rain. best
wood ureserver, is water and fire proof, and is the
best for
brick bui .
town are painted wit

AVERILI.’S CHEMICAL PAINT

kegs of‘ 5, 10 or 15 gallons, half barrels or barrels

given by app ying to
D. H. WEBB, Sole Ag’t for Norwalk

Ofilce at Store ofmn'norm Blto’s, foot of

WITH CAST-IRON BASIN.

By the Dozen _or Thousand, at Manufacturers

 

TH E WORLD’S STANDARD.

__ 5.-., V ' World? Idi'flir: prev; York... ......... 11%;;

CARRIAGES! CARRIAGES. 35233:; $81.3] .‘vflgnli'fiiiiitiilfl u I '.' I i gt;
. . c . : ...

~ “3""me “‘0" 050., $3339: will, Philahel’phfa...’ ..l are

' ALSO
COFFEE AND SPICE MILLS,

AGTS for MILES’ ALARM MONEY DRA‘VERS.
FAIRBANKS Jr. 00.31 1 Broadly, N. Y.

FAIRBA KS .b 00., 53 Camp-sh, New Orleans,

FAIRBA KS .v. EWING..Masonic»Hall. Philn.

FAIRBANKS, MORSE & 00., Louisville, Ky.

. ” " 1 a "7 '7 .

provi'é‘i’éfiif‘? .-
.Groceries.

_ . , Poultry... .

URUCKERY All! GLASS WIRE

Fruits, Nuts, etc.
F' I s H , . '

(Fresh, Salted and Canned.) '

OYSTERS,

(Opened or in the Shell.) .
OLAMS,&O.'
‘ ‘ ALSO ‘ .
Vegetables of all Kinds.
. (Fresh anannncd.)
'Oanued Fruits.

snuff, PIES, cans, an, at.
~ AT

Demon & NEWCOM‘B’S,
, 53 & 55 Main St., Norwhlk.’ ‘

- . “A .11- DWGLASS. . .
i Manufacturing *cnnnuunn. _
macaw:0912299’“‘“‘€°,‘T‘-”9-":’5 .
Pure Confectionery
Always Fresh pad of the Best quality)“:

Wholesale and Retail. ,
- Alsoasuperlo'rartféle of' . ,

ICE - - CREAM.

 

. Domestic Cigars.
No. 21 Main Street. _
An Elegant Ice CreamSaloon..and Restaurant

0. H. DOUGLASS,Proprietor.

BEDRIE- If.” RAYMOND,
Furnishing Undertaker,

No. 53 MAIN sa-REET, lUp Stairs.)

 

 

_ DEALERIN
C 0 A L g,
‘ WOOD AND BRICK,

Bill" "I! "I; “WE”, WELLS Ail

, ' unlit";
wnonasahn AND RETAIL.

Water St.-,'Nbriva1k, Conn.
'_ Cllosing‘Out Sale!

 

Thc subscriber will sell for the next

13 DAYS;

His entire stock of

GROCERIES at COST
FOR. CASH !

engaged in the stile of

PLEMENTS, PAIN TS, OILS, «to.
next door to ‘C. B. D’ Artois,

GEO. C. SCOFIELD.~

CARRIAGE MAKERS. .
MULLlhIGS &T|LLY,

Successors to S. 1’. ’I‘U’I’I‘LE,

 

. . » "Anetta r. N’IZDPF'F. .onrr'rw. wnnll’AZ‘K-.

Build Carriages and Wagons '
OE E VER Y DESCRIPTI 01V.
Particular attention paid to REPAIRING in a]

One SECOND-[IAND ROCKAWAY, and tint
. y.

 

Are you'going to Paint?
USE
AVERILL’S

THE BEST III-THE MARKET.

Itt‘s morebeautiful,moredurahlc, lowerin price.

general uses, either for wood, iron or
drugs. an ol'thcfin csf residencesm

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

Allorders romptly filled and anyiuf'ormation

 

Washington Street, SOUTH NORWALK.
For Sale Cheap.

A BEAUTIFUL FOUNTAIN.

Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE.

Shipping fall Merchandise Tags,

Printed! or Plain,"

 

Prices, at the

GAZETTE OFFICE.

 

FAIRBANKS
STANDARD SCALES .

MADE WITH THE _
Latest, most valuable Improvements

RECEIVED HIGHEST MEDALS AT
World’s Fair, London, ............. 1

 
 

 

. TEA AND COFFEE CANS,
STORE TRUCKS, the.

FAIRBAKS a (20,,166 Baltimore St., Baltimore.
FAIRBAKS & Co.,2l6 Main-st., Bufi‘nlo‘. N. Y.
l-‘AIKBA KS &. Co., 333 Broadway, Albany, N . Y.
FAIRBAKS It 00., 40:1 St. Paul-st Montreal,
FAIR BAKS s; 00.. 3!. King William-sh, London
FAlltBAKS, B ROWN‘N: Co .2 Milk-sh, Boston.
FAIRB A KS ., MORSE & 00., Chicago, Ill.
FAIRBANKS, MORSE a 00., Cincinnati, Ohio.
FAIRBANKS, MORSE A: 00., Clcavcland. OhIO.
FAIRBANKS, MORSE & Co , Pittsburgh, Pa.
FAIRBANKS. ft Co . St. Louis, Mo.

FAIRBANKS a MUTCHINSON, San Francisco
For sale by leading Hardware Dealers.

JAS. . D. DE WELL,

SUCCESSOB TO BUSHNELL St DEIVELL,

237 Dr 239 State Street.
NEW HAVEN, 'coNN.,

WHOLESALE GROCER

AND

Jobber in Teas.

‘ Especial attention paid to Choice grades
POBTO: RICO MOLASSES,

1' of New Haven Importationh

 

 

Broadwayand Twentieth Streets ,
nnw roan. ’

 

Or lers attended to promptly day or night. Resi-
‘ dance with m. c. 1‘. Cornwall, France at. _

 

DRUG STO R E.
FELIX REGNIER, M. D.. PERLEY H. GLINES,
,Dr’uggists &,Apothe_car.ies,

Successors to II.’_L. UHLE. No. 11 Main Street,
Norwalk, Ct, kcepconstantly on hand a in" stock

cg ,
Pure Drugs and Chemicals.

Our Dispensing Iloom’ is in charge of DR. W. C.
' GLIAES, an experienced Pharmacist. With his
knowledge git-Chemistry, and care in the prepara-
tion of Medicines. generally. we feel confident all
tligge ‘dho favor us with their orders In]! be well
n so .

FARMERS AND HORSEMEN .

nary Medicines and nre’prepnrcd to 11 prescrip-
tions for Horses, andNeat Cattle. from Clater,
Blame: Dclaf‘osse, Morroud and other celebrated
authorities.

 

Our stock, nmpng other articles, com rise the
choicest Perfumes Soaps. Colognes and air Oils,
also Brushes, Combs, Chamois Skins, Sponges,
Pure (:1yccnne,Bml Seed, Fancy Artfclcs,I’atent
Medicines, Cf ai-s,ctc.‘, etc. , .

Also Choice fquors, Wines, Ale and Porter for
Medicinal purposes. '

Family Groce ' e
CHEAP FOR CASH r .
The undersigned having urchascd the stock of
goods former? owned by t_ e Soserfgns ot’ Indus-
try, and fltte up the store with an entirely new

stock of Goods. is now offering to'the public as
good an assortment of .

. cantor-«ramu anocrslra,

Provisions, Flour. Teas,.Sugar, gees, .ltc..at‘the
very lowest marketprlcesforca . . Goods deliv-
ered anywhereabcut town free of charge. Call
and try us, it will. befor yourmlvantage.

GEOBG‘E: CARTER.

Lynes’ Bloch. Water Street, opposite Railroad
. - . . _ ‘Crossmg. , 11

 

 

o 'Pienos' for Sale. 1

One New Weber rind One New-
.Chickering Pianos,

TAKEN in exchange for other property,will be
.sold at a. great. sacrifice. For particulars
address immediately or en uire of ' '

l GEO. R. CHOL ELL, High Street.

 

A CARD.
It iswith leasuve that I_ return my gratefjnl
thanks to m friends and former patrons for their

kind and lib ral patronage-in times past. And I
now extend the invition to all by giving notice
that I canbe found at the Store No. 51 Mam Street
formerly, occupied. by 'mysclf‘. and latterly by
Messrs. Stalf‘ord a; Stoddard, where I shall take
pleasure to wait upon such as Will favorma with
their patronage. HARVEY FITCH.

Norwalk, January 29,1877. . ' as:

Peter L. Guigue,
5 FLORIST, T

. Union Avenue, North of Norwalk C'emclcry,

 

DEALER. 1N

Greenhouse, Hothouse, Bedding,
and Vegetable Plants,

Grape Vines, Fruit and Ornamental Trees. Flow-
enng‘Shrubs, Bouquets. and Baskets of Flowers,
Wreaths, Crosses.and all other designs in Flowers
ro order. Grading and ltefitting of Cemetery
Plots promptly attended to. 3m '

Dr. 0. H. Kendall a Son,
DENTISTS. '

Are now prepar-

ed to receive
-their patrons at
either Norwnlk
Bridge or South
Norwalk. The
, . ‘ partner
has taken rooms
, l ' o v e r Selleck‘s
l % Bookstore, Nor-
. . - walk, while the

~ . ' junior retains
the old, . .. . . _ South Norwalk.
Teeth extracted Without vain, and all dental ope-
rations performedat either office.

. C. H. KENDALL, M. D.,
_ _ ' G. s. KENDALL, D. I). s.

P. S. Dr: C. ll.l\cnclall will devote Mondays to
Ridgefiel;l.

STRATENA.

E. K. LOCK‘VOOD’S.

.l. P. “animal It Son,

occnpicd the. past year
.,ol..\......:n “a. ._

can nun,

 

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Barinbgrrented‘ thevstorc

Minn

THUBSDII 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 andstrict
attention to business to merit, and would reagect-
fully invite a share of the public patronage. hey
have engaged the services of‘ Charley Doolan to
take charge of" the Fish Department, which is a
sufficient guarantee that everything will be nice.

OYSTERS &' CLAMS

Opened or in the Shell. ;
ALSO

Pure Milk from our own Daily.

J. P Hmronn. FRANK HANFORD

 

"arena: was ssuscx,

has constantly in stock at his new store,

No. 9 Main Street,

a choice and fine assortment of
Groceries,
PTO/visions,

Flo N r, .
Fruit, &c.,

To which he would invite the attention ol'ail who
Wish to‘purchasc first-class goods at

ld‘énsdnuble Prices.
DRIED BEEF. NLIC’ED, A SPECIALI Y.
12 EST of HAMS EJTH Flt WHOLE OR
SLICED.
Drop in and see him at his new store

\‘o. 9 IIIAIN STREET.

C.W. Burritt ‘
Has Removed

To No. 4 Phoenix Block, Wall St.,

Foot of‘ Mill Hill,whcre with increased facilities
he is prepared to do

P L U M B I N G- ,
in all its branches. Also special attention given
to Tin Roofing, Tinand Sheet'lrnn Work and Job-
bing. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand
Norwalk, April, 1876. .

 

noon MATS,

i worm WILLOW WIRE,

BROOMS.
BAS KETS, Etc.,

A’I‘

E. K. LOCKWOOD’S.
STRATENA.

 

should know that we keep a full snpglyof‘ Veteri- V

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A

"311' We Would.”

 

If we would but check the speaker,
. When he spoils his neighbor’s fame;
If we would but help the erring
Ere we utter words of blame;
If we would,.how many might we
Turn from paths of sin and shame!

Ah! the wrongs that might be righted
If we would but see the way!

All I the pains that might be lightened
Every hour and everyday,

If we would but hear the pleadings
Of the hearts that go astray.

Let us step outside the stronghold
. Of our selfishness and pride;
Let us lift our fainting brothers,
Let us strengthen ere we abide;
Let us, ere we blame the fallen,
Hold alight to cheer and guide.

Ah] how blessed—ah l‘how blessed
Earth would be if we’d but try '
Thus to aid and right the weaker,
Thus to check each brother’s sigh ;
Thus to talk of duty's pathway
To our better life on high.

In each life, however lowly,
There are seeds of mighty good;
Still, we shrink from souls appealing
' With a timid “if we could";
But a God who ijudg'eth all things
Knows the-truthfis, “if we would."

The Model Town- of AII'A‘merfcuv.

 

A conesgondent of the Boston Transcript
writes most enthusiastically respecting what
he terms the “transformation? of Williams-
town, Mass.) intb “the model town of'all
America.” Inasmuch as the good work thus
proposed has been undertaken by the gen-
erous public spirit of one of, our own best-
known citizens, combined with the profes-
sional talent of another eminent New Yorker,
the matter has a local interest, here, apart
from it’s intrinsic importance.

According to the correspondence of our
Boston contemporary, Mr. Cyrus W Field,
of New York city, a graduate of “'illiams
College, two years ago, at the college" com-
mencement dinner. made the munificent gift
of $10,000 for the improvement of, the‘ col-
lege grounds and parts of the village contigu-
ous to them, the improvements to be done to
the satisfaction of a’ committe consisting of
Judge Nott, of Washington, D. D.; Parker
0. Chandler, of Bosto'n, and Mr. Field’s two
sons, students in the college. The first step
taken was to secure the services of Fred Law
Olmstead who made Central Park for the
city of New York. This was to insure the
adoption of a uniform plan, so that all future
work should be on a symmetrical’and lasting.
basis. The report of Mr. Olmstead has re-
cently been made, be having spent a consider-
able time in making 'a study of the village,
hrs assistants having made an accurate survey
of the entire college grounds, some fifty
acres, and the village street adjacent for
half a mile on either side of the Colleges.
Mr. Olmstead has presented to the committee
the most elaborate and accurately drawn
plan, some twelve feet in length by five in
width, ever: made of a village, showing inde-
tail, drawn on a regular scale, the entire main
street of the village, one mile in length,
which has a width of two hundred feet
throughout. This. street he has made into
lawns, roadways and paths, appropriate to
each estate or house bordering on it, and at
the same time regarding general effect, mak—
ing most of the natural advantages, which he
says are greater than those of any village he
has ever known, the street having several
abrupt inclines, permitting much terracing.
The plan introduces on one side of the col-
lege grounds a series of very elaborate Italian

garden steps, made of the native stone “mic,
cuuuu‘y, uuu an owner cuu 01 the roadway Is

to be treated as an ornamental park with an
artificial pond and fountain. The present
growth of old and graceful ‘elms: on this
broad street he makes the most of, and, ad-
vises as to thezposition of each new one to be
planted. The unusual feature of this plan is
to make the whole village one great park, and
this park effect is secured by removing the
front and the side fences and hedges from all
the bordering estates. The stores, of which
there are several on the part of the street
treated, are arranged with approaches and
conveniences for carriages, and the main
roadway, which he makesonly twenty feet
in width, is macadamized and drained in the
most approved fashion. The ’sward, which
is treated with no regularity, is also graded
and drained, but strictly with regard to con-
venience and ornamental effect. Thetollege
grounds receive most elaborate treatment;
and, situated as they are on both sides of the
street, on two elevated knolls, with steep
sides and considerable of a valley between,
they permit of most elaborate and ornament-
al effects; terracing, winding paths and steps
oeing worked in with great skill. On one
side arunning stream is dammed up and
mite a lake secured, with continuous falls,
over which a very effective bridge is project-
:d, seen through numerous vistas provided

for in the surrounding grove of pine and fir

"688.
The plan abovfietailed has been accepted

by Mr. Field, and it's execution determined

on. But, beyond what this plan proposes,
other local public and private improvements
are completed or in progress, whose result
must be to completly effect the “transforma-
tion” which shall make a “model” of this al-
ready beautiful ~ village. The three local ho-
tels aryfow equal to the best of country hos-
;elries; the grounds of Williams College are
undergoing ornamentation of the English
order; the college dormitories. are no longer
red and glaring, but have been freshly coated
with a grayish tint; thcechapel and gymnasi-
um have been repainted andfreshened; and
private enterprise has been inspired to exer.
cise itself in various directione,jwhose effect
will greatly help to make the village of Wil-
liamstown, not more “beautiful for situation"
—-for that may not bc—but the “joy of the
whole earth” ‘so far as universal earthdom
shall be favored with the sight.

and we cannot put on our wishing cap to
better purpose than to wish that every one of
our many naturally beautiful villages might
fall in with j . such good fortune as has
Williamstown. New York has many citizens
who could take a hint from the details given
above—Mail.

 

The Boston Post reports Pillow as confined
to his bed.

Old saw reset in Paris—“Worth makes the
\\'oman.+sz)10hl .,
Work is proceeding vigorously upon the
Poughkeepsie bridge.

Ship-building is livelier at. Port Jefferson,
L. 1., than it has been for years.

Almost all the Russian officers are married
and are used to wan—Boston Post.

The most cuervating effect of this weather
is on the man who works by the hour.

There are fresh rumors of the postpone-
ment of the Paris Exposition of 1878.
Chief-Justice Waite will spend a part of
the summer in his old Connecticut home.
The 52-ton gun to be mounted in New
York Harbor has been successfully cast in

 

 

- South Boston.

The new oil wells, yielding together near-
1 y two thousand barrels per day. having been
struck in the Bullion districts of Pennsylva‘
ma. .

The New York Tribune says'a well known
down town broker, member of a prominent
firm and club, and society man, confessed to
stealing valuable jewelry from different resi-
dences to which he had been invited to attend
a social gathering. Financial pressure com-
pelled the crime. The case will probably be

 

' At a. n. LOCKWCOD’S

 

compromised:

, VOA—LXA-NUMBEA 27.

Now, what cap be done for one village, ‘
happily located, maybe done for another;