WHOLE NUMBER 1539
Love aud'llfoncy.
My aunt, Cornelia Rushington, had written
to me to invite .metto spend a summer with
her, adding thorhilo'miohoh that-
“Elizabeth has taken one of her freaks,and
gone to bury herself in Maysvillc for the
summer,_’ and I want some one to take her
place in the meantime.”
Not exactly a complimentary invitation but .
being complimentary to her poor relations
was not one of Aunt Cornelia's ‘weuknesses.
And I was a poor relation, teaching German
in a fashionable seminary,.and.spending my
vacations with'my Grandmother Rushington
upon her farm at Maysville. Since Elizabeth
had gone there, I resolved to go to Newton.
Now Elizabeth and I were both named af- _
ter this same grandmother; Elizabeth ArnOld
Rushington. ~_We_were both orphans, with a
difference of two years of age in my favor.
We were both blonde and tall, but she inher
ited a hundred thousand from her mammn; I
inherited nothing from any body. '
When we were babies we were called Liz-
sic and Bessie, to distinguish us apart, and it
was only whenaunt was deeply offended", 'or,
as Lizzie would say, “very mad indeed,” that
she ever called either of us Elizabeth.
There was one drawback to my departure.
Mr. Herbert Worth, our _ music teacher, had
asked me to share his name and his poverty,
and l—I hesitated. He was a man of ster-
ling worth—one of those thoroughly good
men, who seem to have no talent for mOney
making, but who win love by their own
power of bestowing it.
But I was horribly tired of poverty, teach-
ing and toiling, and I saw no luxury or sale
as Herbert’s wife. I was not quite sure that
I loved him well enough to help to hear his
burden or privations as well as my own. So
I asked for time to consider,;and I took the
vacation time I had decided .to spend "with
auntie. . . ' ' ‘ '
We secured a- large, lairy- front room in a
fashionable boarding house, and my aunt
made me a present 'of a few new dresses.
“For really, child, you are scarcely present--
able,” she informed me, receiving in turn the
valuable information: that my entire salary.
for a year would not cover the expénse of
what she considered a presentable outfit.
However, although we had a'few quarrels,
and although I was told that'I was “forty
times as saucy as Lizzie with all her money,”
we jogged along very comfonably on the
whole, and aunt was-very; generous, though
she was not rich—only Comfortably provided
for.
It was in August thlit Mr. Selwyn Trafiord
came to board in the, same ‘hOus’e' where we
were staying. ., - ,
“Somebody," that mysterious aeant courier
who precedes most watering-place arrivals,
had told us that Mr. Trafford was nephew
and probably heir of Eramons Selwyn ;. and
when he came we found him lavish with his
money, dressing handsomely, drivingsplendid
horses in—a faultless equipage, and supporting
the idea of ‘unlimited'comm'a'nd or his uncle’s
purse. He was very handsome, well-read ,full
of society grace, and, after our first introduc-
tion, was very attentive to me.,
' Herbert Worth, with his heart full of true '
love, had not said, in the two years' of our
friendship, one-tenth part as many pretty
things to mess Selwyn Trafiord said in one
week. He invited‘aunt'and myself to drive
with him nearly every pleasant afternoon,
and my venerable relative smiled grimly and
accepted the invitations, being especially
careful to select my freshest costumes for the
occasion, and-lavish in the matter of ruffles,
neck-ribbons and kid gloves.
“You are not half so bad looking'whcn you
are well dressed," she said,‘ “though you are
not nearly so~pretty'as your cousin Lizzie. " ..
She fretted‘for her favorite niece,and could
not resist the temptation to give such little
pin-thrusts as these.
Mr. Tralford was a fine German Scholar,
and had visited Berlin, where I was educated
In the days when my father lived. He could
quote Goethe, and make pretty allusions to
my flaxen locks in a language that was familiar
to me as my own, and while aunt dozed on a
back seat in the handsome barouche, he
courted mein German on the'front. And I,
wrapped in one of Lizzie’s India shawls,with
a silk dress presented by my aunt falling
gracefully about my French boots, dreamed
of a continuance of ease and .luxury and 'a
final farewell to German teaching, the semi-
nary and Herbert Worth. Dreamed for I
had waking hours when ' I despised Selwyn
Trafford, his idle, useless existence, and his
honeyed speeches. ,
And yet when he came nearer and nearer,
at every interview, to that proposal which his
persistent attentions committed'him, I gave,
him every encouragement and .aunt every op- . -
portunity. , 0
, August was nearly. over when I sat one
. morning upOn the wide, vine-wreathed porch
of our cottage boarding house, alone. I had
on my prettiest white morning dress, all ruf-
fles and embroideries, and crisp new ribbons ,
in my hair and at; my throat. For SelWyn
' Trafford had requested ap’rivate interview,
and AuntvCoruelia‘f had? solemnly charged me
to avail myself of it. ' .
“The only‘gOOd'otfer you are ever likely to
receive, my child.” '
Only aunt, Selwyn Traffor‘d and myself
were at home, so there was little fear of in-
terruption. ‘ ‘ _ '_ '
By the morning post I hadreceived a letter
from Cousin Lizzie, with whom, at all times,
I kept up an irregular correspondence, for
we were fond of one another though our
lives ran in such. difierent grooves. She
wrote along, gessipingacconnt . of the farm
that was my only real home, or grandmoth-
er's failing eyesight,.attd such items of, inter-
est. But on‘the'ver'y last page she'told' me a
piece of news.
“I will write by this post to Aunt, Bess,
that you may be prepared to receive the in all
my new dignity. I am engagedto 'be mar:
ried to a gentleman who is here for the sum-
mer holidays. 'I will’nOtdesCribe him to you.
for you will see him Wile? we all meet next
week. Aunt Cornelia will not faint, for he
is a man‘ of ‘gbod familyggood, business posi-
tion and moderate fortune, and he loves me.
He loves me Bess, but the cream ‘of my story
is to come. He believes Lauryou. He, thinks
Miss ElizabZath Rushingtofl, Ihéhciress, is at
Newton, and that I uni 1 the GErnian teacher.
Nobody told him so, only he knows our
history. and accepted my position here as ev-
idence of my being the Elizabeth Rushing-
ton who always spends her vacations at May-
' ville. I have not told him the truth yet; it
is so delicious to 'feel‘ that- he' cares nothing
for my fortune, knewsn'othing whatever of
its existence. By the‘ 'way, Aunt Cornelia
hints that you will soon have a confidence to.
impart. May you be as happy in your love
as I am in2 ,iggfl’, . , .
A shadow fell ' g’lny‘mper. and a voice
said: .; '.:~1~fi-. .. ' -
“What have you so absorbingto read ?" and
I looked up to see SeriTyanrQEOrd. '
“A letter from my cousin in Maysville,” I
said, “withh‘pi’éity EQPWP-géhijt” ,, 4
“I am fonds‘of' renames» ‘ in: said. , -
"Then you shall bear this one,” I said, “if
you will promise (cheap it secrct till all‘ the
world hears of It.”
“I will be silent as u'sfihigx.” , ~ .1 ~' ,
I read Lizzie's ommehoeawmhamisheaa
I'eading I looked up, and my sharp lesson 0f
mortification was stricken-“upon I"? heart at
one blow. Selwyn Trafiord had made the
same mistake. ,
It was the first time I ever suspected that
Selwyn Trafford thought Iwai the heiress
Elizabeth. But the black consternation upbn
his face could not be concealed by the forced
r
- preserve the peace.
s nile upon his handsome moustached‘ lip.
He was pale as a ghost, and said faintly:
“Quite a romance, indeed, Miss Rushing.
ton. Your cousin seems very happy.”
‘i'She is happy,” I said, bitterly,.for my
mortification was deep and biting; “sire has
found one true llcartin a world of false ones.”
There was a moment of silence, IIIUI Scl-
wyn Traifr'nrd said, llOarsely : '
“You despise me! I see it in your face, I
hear it in your voice. -~ But hear me. I am
:wholly dependent upon my uncle. If I of-.
fend Eramons Selwyn, I am a beggar.”
“Your family afiairs do not interest me," I
said haugbtily, rising as'I spoke.
“You shall hear me,” he cried, passionate-
1y; “You shall not condemn me without de-
fence.” -
‘fI have heard no accusation,” said I.
“But'yOu know my error: I was sent here
by my'un'cle t'OwOo Miss Elizabeth Rushing
ington. Somewhere he has met your cousin,
and it occurred to him that she would make
me a suitable wife, with a suitable fortune.
I came, as I obey all commands laid upon me,
to please my uncle. I was wholly indifferent,
_ expecting to find a frivolous butterfly of fash-
ion,'who would waltz through society with
her fortune, and allow me 'perfect liberty to
do the same. I found a woman who had a
heart, a brain, a disposition that might win
the true and loyal love of any man; a woman
full of noble inspiration, Winsome and digni-
fied; and while I obeyed my uncle, I loved
Elizabeth Rushington. I have been an empty
headed fop, but you could have made me a
man! And with the love strong in my heart,
the hope bright and clear, I came to ask you
to be my wife, and’I find I must tear myself
from you. '
I smiled bitterly,
“N ot‘because you are poor, but because I
am! Not because you are not the heiress, but
because my uncle will thrust me out to starve
if I bring home a wifi other than the one he
has chosen.
you down to such poverty as an utterly use-
less man, deprived of fortune, must endure.”
Without Waiting for my reply. he' turned
away and went into the house, and I heard ,
the door of his room close sharply.
A moment later my aunt stepped from the
low window of the parlor. Never had her
face‘beeu so womanly in its tenderness as it
was when she pressed her lips upon mine,
saying: '
“Bessie, forgive me! It was all my fault.
But I thought it was such scheme for you."
“You have heard it I said.
“Yes; I was dozing 'on the sofa when your
voice av‘vakened me. ”
You knew the mistake Selwyn was makg
ing ?”
“I guessed it! had really, child, I could
not be expected to set him riglltL’.’
“No! It is a- pity, thong .”
“You love him? I did not think‘you did.”
“I don’t! I might have marricd'him, as he
might have-married me,.for money, but I do
not love him. Still, as you heard, he loves
me." »
And when I heard six months later of Sel-.
wyn Trafford’s engagement to a real‘ibonafide
heiress, ’I endorsed my aunt’s opinion.
But I went back to the seminary a sadder
and a wiser woman, having. learned the value
of the true‘hea’rt‘that loved .me. -
Herbert Worth is my beloved and honored
husband, and we live upon his salary in a
modest, cozy fashion, but verleappy.
But I drive out no more wrapped in. India
shawls, leaving all such luxuries to my Cou-
sin Elizabeth, the heiress, who was married
at the same time as’mysclf, our aunt insisting
upon giving a grand entertainment to cele-
brate.the double wedding of the Misses Eliz-
abeth Rushington.
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‘ The Brattleboro Method.
Under the law every case of drunkenness
is capable of producing four distinct prosecu-
tions,—one against the drunken‘man and three
againt the seller. The three against the seller
are—first, a prosecution for the act of selling
the liquor; second, one for the keeping it
with intent to sell; and, third, one for the
search and seizure and confiscation of liquor
if found. It . is the last two prosecutions
which the Brattleboro’ authorities decline to
bring, but which are brought everywhere else
where the enforcement of the law is attempt-
ed.
To detail aparticularcase, that the practi-
cal workingof this plan may be more clearly
seen; A. is found in the streets intoxicated,
and because of such intoxication a disturber
,of the peace. He is arrested and sent to the
lock-up. When sober enough to be examin-
ed, he is broug‘t before a magistrate and
fined five dollars and'. costs. In .default of
payment,-he is committed to the county jail,
and stands committed until the fine is paid.
During his examination, he is compelled, un-
‘der the law, to disclose where he obtained
his liquor. (The law is imperative on this
point; the magistrate m'ust inquire and the
accused must tell wherE he procured it.)
The liquor-seller is then arrested, and if the
offense is proved, he is fined ten dollars and
costs. It frequently happens where the case
is'an aggravated one, that more than one of-
fense is charged against the seller inathe same
prosecution. In such acasethe fine my be.
for several offenses—ten dollars for each—-
according to the rulings of the, magistrate
and the pleasureof the prosecuting Officers.
At these trials for the sale of,liquor-and
here’js, another feature of the Brattleboro’
plan—one or more of the village bailiffs are,
present, not as prosecuting officers, but in the'
interest of law and order. No statute com-
pels their attendance, no custoni even; but a
sense of the responsibilities of their position
Incites them to see to it,that the law is effect-
ually put in force, so far as it is necessary td
. Public opinion requires
this of them. The ofiender, too, is more
sensibly confronted with the majesty of the
law in the presence of an official of this char-
acter than he is by a constable, grand juror,
or village policeman. The effect of such at-
tendance by the bailifls is very marked. Here
the'prosecution ends; the two further cases
in which the seller may be involved are not
brought, and he knows they will not be.
Consequently, he pays his fine and keeps on
selling as before, but he is verycareful to
whom he sells. He keeps an orderly house.
well knowing ’ that ‘if he-is caught again the
penalty will be heavier. Furthermore, he is
well aware that ‘ what has heenrdoneto huh
has not been done, out of any'splrit Of're-,
vengc, nor from,‘ what. he is very likely .-_to
look upon sad/spirit of fanaticism. It has
not'heen‘donej by the temperance people, as
such, at all ; .in fact, the very persons who
perhaps have been .most active in punishing
him have not unfrequently, it may be, hob-
nobbed with him at his, own bar. So he
knows very well that'what has been done has
been done by Lsflociety, represented by the
.bfilcers of the body gpplitlcaor which hen a;
member; anlgthat‘public opinion has com:
pelled these oflicers to do it for the preserva-
tion of that society. He takes a cOmmon-
mouse-view of the case;‘:and3while’ he feels
' that—Lite has been severely. Milli-with, he:
knows that he has not been unjustly dealt
with. The logic of the whole" proceeding is
very clear to his mind. He therefore submits
,with very good grace, and tries-to do‘ better
in the futurc.—0harks II. Bliss, in. Scribner
for July.
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The Baltimore Minoan leading Roman
Catholic weekly, has the. following: “Any
parent who permits his children to read the ‘
vitiating’ stories in the weeklynewi’papérs’,
such as Our Bow. leBoys and Girls-Week.
11.9,, 3931‘ of ”“3 WW“: 30.70 Of New I'm-k,
need not be surprised If his boys and girls go
to the bad.”
London-had 3.171, Stonington 3,518, including
And I love you too well to drag ’
ed that he be not sentenced to death, but be
NORWALK, C
Connecticut One Hundred and
Twenty-five Years Ago.
Mr. Charles J. Hoadly, the accomplished
state librarian, has just issued the tenth vol-
ume of The Public Records of the Colony of
Connecticut, covering the period from May,
1751, to February, 1757, inclusive. This com-
pletes the publication of the eighth manu-
script volnme of the Records. It is now 242
years since Connecticut was settled by the
English. The Records, have been brought
down 121 years—j ust half way.
In-1750 the colony was divided into six
counties (Tolland and Middlesex were not
yet created,) sixteen probate districts, and
seventy-two towns, one (Colebrook) not set-
tlcd. A glance at the census of 1750 shows
same interesting facts in regard to the rela-
tive importance of towns now and then. The
population returned for Hartford county was, '
whites, 35,714, negroes, 854; New Haven,
whites, 17,955, neg'rocs, 220; New London,
whites, 22,015, negrocs, 829, Indians, 017; 1
Fairfield,‘ whites, 19,849, negroes, 711;
Windham, whites, 19,070, negrocs 340 ; Litch—
field, whites 11,773, uegroes 5-1. The aggre-
gate popnlation' was 180,012. Hartford coun-
ty led, but the town was not the leading
one in the county. Middletown had the lar-
gcst population in the colony, 5,004; Windsor
4,220, Farmington 3,707, and Hartford only
3,027, Wethersfield 2,483, Colchcster 2,312,
and Simsbury 2,245. '
In the whole colony, Norwich was next to
Middletown; vit-had 5,540; New Haven 'was
the third town, with 5,085 and negroes; New
p
Indians; Wallingford 3,718, Fairfield, 4,415,’
Stratford 8,058, Norwalk 3,050; Lebanon,the
largest town in Windham, 3.274. Woodbury
was the largest town in Litchfield, and Litch-
field town was next with 1,300. Poor Bark-
hamsted had then only 18, and Hartland
thinly provided with 12.
In 1755 the Board of Trade in London ad-
dressed a number of inquiries about the colo-
ny to the governor and company, and we
have here the report of the latter. Our cli-
mate has not improved since then, when it
was “cold in winter and hot in summer, and
subject to sudden changes." The trade of
the colonywas in beef and :pork (reckoned
equal in goodness to that of any other planta
tion), flour, horses, and lumber, exported ‘to
the West Indies and exchanged for rum, su-
gar, molasses and salt, and some bills of ex-
change remitted to England. The colony
also sent its produce to other colonies and got
in exchange British manufactures, of which
it imported almost none directs—although it
used about £50,000 worth of British goods
annually. It had no foreign trade except a
few vessels going to Lisbon and the Mediter-
ranean with fish. The value of the produce
exported was reckoned at £130,000. Copper
mines had been opened, but proved unprofit-
able, and there was not enough iron for the
necessities of the people. The population
had doubled in. twenty-four years, “which
(under the Divine benediction) we attribute
to an industrious, tempfiate life and early
marriage.” The militia numbered 20,000. The
colony raised its revenue by taxes on polls,
personal estate and lands, and very little by
duties. The ordinary revenue by tax was
£4,000; the ordinary expense of government-
in time of peace was £3,500. About .9190
annually was appropriated to public schools.
The colony was laboring under a heavy debt
of £00,000 on account-of the late expedition
to Crown Point. It had no Indians nearer
than the New York Six Nations, no Span-
iards nearer than St. Augustine, but the
French in Canada were an annoyance, and
from Cape Breton they sent out privatcers
along the coast. The only coast defence was
a small battery of nine guns at New London.
The colony had of ships and vessels 74, with
an aggregate tonnage of 3,102. and 415 men ;
the majority of the vessels were sloops, the
rest schooners, brigantines and scows.
Slavery existed, but we find it referred to
only incidentally in these records. Vagabonds
were provided for by the erection of work-
houses in each county for “rogues, common
beggars and other lewd, idle, dissolute, pro-
fane and disorderly persons." One John
Green, of Norwalk, in 1752, was tried and
convicted of blasphemy against Almighty
God; He petitioned the assembly to interpose
andstay against him the sentence of death,
and grant him a milder punishment, alleging
that he was in a frenzy increased by strong
drink when he uttered the words of blasphe-
my, and that when calm and sober “he al-
ways had a high esteem of the Majesty of
Heaven,” and that his words spoken were the
effect of a disturbed brain, “and not of any
set principle or malignant design to speak
evil of the great God.” The assembly order-
fined, give surety for good behavior, andbe
exposed in the 'pillory. ' ' '
4 We got some idea of the price of commod-
ities in 1755 by the act that permitted taxes
to be paid in pork at ,5ls.per bbl., beef at 30s
per bbl., wheat at 35 0d per bushel, rye at 2s,
Indian corn at ls 9d, and flax at 4d per
pound. The pay of a colonel in active ser-
vice was £12 05 per month ; of a captain £4
10s; of a drummer 30s,; of a corporal 28s;
of a private sentinel 205 8d.‘ The chaplain
received £0 a month: _ . f
The care of ‘the assembly was that of a na-
lional government. . In 1854 Isaac Chalker,
third minister of Glastdnbury, through “ad-
verse Providencc became. deeply involved in
debt,” principallylto the government, and the
people were like to lose his services. The as-
sembly‘ laid a tax to help him out. The same
year it set up a public lottery to raise £000 to
build a wharf from Ferry Point in New Ha-
ven. There was "one “infamous Mary Rogers,
a. transient person,” who spent day and night
prowling about and stealing secretly, and had
been many times prosecuted and punished.
She lay in Norwich jail upon a process brought
by Joseph Peck for stealing from him. Peck
refused to support her in jail; but Hezekiah
Huntington, “with a view to promote the pub-
lic good," came forward andsupported her in
jail to the amount of £0 4s. 0d lawful money;
and then petitioned the assembly to reimburse
him, which it did. Benjamin U ncas, Sachem,
of the tribe of Mohegan Indians, owing to
the scarcity of food among the Indians, peti--
tioned for £25 or £30 to provide dinners for
the Indian children attending school. The
assembly granted 80s for said dinners.
The colony was very cautious in commit-
ting itself to a union with the- other colonies
at a meeting of commissioners at Albany in
June, 1754, fearing a loss of its own freedom
and an injury to his majesty’s interest by the
proposed union ;: and the governor as [di-
rected to use means to “prevent anflurther
proceedings'towards it, and to send an agent
to London to‘oppose any applicntiOn t‘o Par-
liament for an act for any plan of union. ‘
Here is a bit of fashionable intelligence
from the Kansas City Times; “The daughter
-of gr. Proddy of Twelfth street, has return-
\ed.-to her father’s house from .a .visit to the
east, and_oh! how many fond and foolish
boys rejoxce over that Proddy gal’s' return.”
Two steomers sailed from New York Wed-
nesday, gig: Thefoel‘Iere, for Havre, and
theAIgerla, for Liverpool. The latter’s car-
go Included9,000, boxes of cheese,400 quarters
of fresh'heefrund; cotton, gmin'and sundries.
The Perlere carried 308 hoxes..of..bacon, 200
tlerccs of lard, 300 bales of hides, 305 pack—
ages of tallow, 0,815 pieces-of timber aind'
sundries. -
The number of applicants for admission to
the Yale Freshman class is two hundred and
fort Jour, of whom one hundred and seven-
ty. I“. offer for the Academiesl department
and sat -nlne for the Shefileld Scientific
School. xaminalions are beinglheld in Chi-
rcago. where twenty-five-applicants were ex—
.januned for the: Academical department and
six for the Scientific school. These are in-
olnded-In the total-Of two hundred and forty-
our. ’
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W/W/
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The Taxes We Pay. ‘
If it were for nothing but the taxes it pays,
the United States would be regarded as a
great nation. We are great in territory, but
decidedly greater as taxpayers. The Public
has taken the trouble to collect the municipal
debts of 120 cities, which it finds to be $744,-
090,104. The editor found the task of col-
lecting this data an exceedingly difilcult one.
For some reason, and a singulai‘ one consid-
ering the importanceof the inquiry, the vast
majority of city officers to whom the writer
in thclPublt‘c applied for information, (lid not
favor him with even the poor courtesy of a
reply. In consequence some figures be pre-
sents were obtained from reports that. were
published ‘as far back as May, 1875. But
their value, as showing the enormous dimen-
sions to which municipal indebtedncs has
grown, is not at all affected by that fact, as it
is safe to venture the opinion that, instead of
the debt being reduced in the interim, it has
increased everywhere. The depressed condi-
tion of business has had its effect in increas-
ing rather than diminishing the volume of
the debt,‘for at such a period it has generally
been the policy to mitigate the sufferings of
the pooras fares possible by finding them
employment on the public works. The fig-
ures of the 129 cities given above show an
increase of 176 per cent. in seven years. In
1870' the debts of the same cities was only
$209,035,551. The total municipal debt of
the‘country at the present time is estimated
at over a thousand millions of dollars, and
taking the figures offered above, we think the
reader will agree with us that placing the
aggregate debt at such a figure is putting the
estimate verylow. But at that figure it ne
cessitates the payment of at least $00,000,000
per annum direct tax. That does not include
the cost of Government, nor county, State, or
Federal taxes, which, together brings the to-
tal up to something like $650,000,000. This
is taxes directly levied, but there are others
that men pay in one way or another that do
not come under any of the heads designated.
Thus, placing the figures at the lowest possi-
ble point, we find taxes levied at the rate of
$10 25 per capita. Asbove we have alluded
to the alarming increase of the municipal
debt. We have shown that in 129 cities, the
debts of which are known, their obligations
have increased 170 per cent. in seven years.
The same steady piling up will be found
everywhere. The Public estimates that mu
nicipal debts are increasing at the rate of $2
per capita every year. That ought to be
enough to give the most careless of people a
a significant hint. No matter how trade may
flourish, how commerce may spread, how
population incredses, there can be no healthy
prosperity under such a load as this. Taxa-
tion is preying upon the Vitals of the nation,
and if something is not done to produce a
healthy reaction the end is not difficult to
see. The country is like a wealthy well pa-
tronized commercial house that has fallen
into the hands of young heirs, who are care-
less and extravagant. The responsibility of
this deplorable condition of affairs rests di-
rectly on the people. Neither of the great
parties must bear the onus, for the figures
show that one has been as reckless as the
other. It is no wonder with such a showing
as this that the country is pinched, and all
industries languish. NO matter how much
comes in, if as much goes out there must be
suffering. This exhibit ought to do more to-
ward impressing the country with the danger
that menaces us than all the llarangues of
partisan orators. There are the figures, which
show that one party is just as bad as the
other. A continuation of such a condition of
affairs would swamp even a richer and
stronger government than our. We com-
mend the exhibit to the people of the coun-
try. It is as interesting to one section as the
other—as significant . to the. farmer as the
millionaire, to the laborer as the professional
man. There must be some change or de-
struction will overtake us.——Oom.mercz‘al Ad-
oertisen
FRoe_SonP.—Mr. Breck’s father was a rich
merchant in Boston, who was agent for the
French government, and brought“ into close
connection thus with the French officers at-
tached to the squadron which for a time was
anchored in Boston Harbor. 8 His house was
the resort of the foreigners, who were looked
upon with unbounded curiosity by the Boston
people, brought for the first time into ac-
quaintance with a nation uniformly traduced
by the British. It was incredible to them'
that persons who were popularly supposed to
subsist mainly on frogs should be so plump
and well favored; but the original facts were
stoutly maintained and supported by the ru-
mor that they had been discovered hunting
for their favorite food in the'Frog Pond on
the. Common .
“With this last notion in his head, Mr.
Nathaniel Tracy, who lived in a beautiful
villa at Cambridge (formerly Washington‘s
head-quarters, and now Mr. Longfellow’s
house), made‘a great feast for the admiral
and his officers. Everything was furnished
that could be had in the country to ornament
and give variety to the entertainment. My
father was one of the guests, and told me
often after that two large tnreens of soup wrs
placed at the ends of the table. The admiral
sat on the right of Tree , and M. Del’Etcmbe
on the left. L’Etombe was consul of France,
resident at Boston. Tracy filled a plate of
soup, which went to the. admiral, and, the
next was handed to the consul. As soon as
L’Etombe put his spoon into the plate, he
fished up a large frog, just as green and per—
feet-as if'he had hopped from the pond into
the turecn. Not knowing at ' first what it
was, be seized it by one of its hind legs, and,
holding it up in view of the whole company,
discovered that it was a full-grown frog. As
soon as he had thoroughly inspected it,_and
made himself sure of the matter, he exclaim-
ed, ‘Ah !~ mon Dieu! une grenouillel' Then
turning to the gehtléman next to him, gave
him the frog. He received it and passed it
round the table. Thus the poor craupaud
made the tour from hand to hand until it
reached the admiral. The company, convul-
sed with laughted, examined the soup
plates as the servants brought them, and in
each was to be found a frog. The uproar
was universal. Meanwhile Tracy kept his
ladle going, wondering what his outlandish
guests meant bysuch extravagant merriment.
‘Wllat’s the matter ?’ asked he; and turning
his head,discovered the frogs dangling by a leg
in all directions. 'Why don’t they eat them?’
he exclaimed. ,‘If they knew the confound-
ed trouble I had to catch them, in order to
treat them to a dish of their own country,they
would find that with me, at least, it was no
joking matter.’ ”—From “An Old Gentle—
man's Recollections," by Horace E. Shudder,
in Harper’s Magazine for May.
A member of the Hazardville baud recent-
'ly won a wager by whistling half an hour
without stopping or speaking or repeating any
tune. He began Will), “We won't go home
till morning,” and finished with, “Paddle
your own canoe,” whistling twenty minutes
over the half hour.
Men have threaded the cactus thickets of
the West beyond the Rocky Mountains for
ages, and have been stung by their thorns and
gazed in wonder at their strange forms and
delicate flowers without realizing that these
outlandish plants ‘conld be put to a valuable
use. The Californians have now discovered
that they make a good quality of printing pa-
er.
Blunts with steam and alkali, which extracts
from them their fibre in a. condition suitable
for manufacture, and the paper made from it
is~ of a good quality. The world is obliged
to seize u on everything that will do for pa-
per now, ecause the supply of rags is inade-
quate. As cactus is a cheap material, and
there are immense quantities of it, the dis-
covery that paper can be made of it cannot
fail to be extremely useful. A mill has been
erected at Los All 103 County, Cal.,-for its
manufacture as a rst experimen .
There is a method of treating the.
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Plano-Forte, gun and Musical
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9
EMILY V.D.PARDEE,M.D.,
Graduate of N .Y. Medical College for Women,
Cor. MAIN if: MARSHALL STREETS,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. ‘
Office Hours, untils a. m., andqu'm3 p. m. At-
tention to all classes of discasesmcldcnt to a gen-
eral practice of medicine and surgery. Fam-
Iies supplied with Homoeopathic remedles.
References by permisslpn :—S..Lll.enthal, M. D.,
r’rol‘. ol'Theoryund Practice, N. I may ; Clemence
Lozler, M. D. Dean of College, N. 1 .: Alfred K.
rlills, M. D., Prof. Materia Medica. 3m%
CHARLES w. . MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
NORWALK. CONN.
Office comer of Main and Will] Streets. Nitrous-
Oxide Gas administered.
c. a. coomnen,‘
D EVIEI'FI'tIS '1'
. Dr. Asa. H111,
WALL STREET.'NORWALK,
Ollice over
0. J. Gruman’s Dry Goods Score.
9' Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
)ut pain. -
DENTISTRY
A T HARD TIMES PRICES,
For Cash—No Credit 1
all work excuted in the Best Manner= at my office
Corner of Main and Washington Streets,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
T. E. SWIFT, D. D. S.
J. EAR VEY BETTS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
GRO CERIE S,
Provisions, Flour, Grain, Feel, 8a.,
Wilton, Conn.
Just Received, a Fresh Supply of
Geyser Spring, Selser,
mm and Cililllltllc ltlll WATER,
5
At S. GRUMMAN’
51;; MAIN STREET, NORWALK, CONN.
' IEDRIIE Ii. almost,
Furnishing Undertaker,
No. 53 MAIN STREET, (Up Stairs.)
IVEGETINE.
NECROSIS, SCROFULA, DYSPEPSIA,
GENERAL DEBILITY,
CANKER HUMOR, LIVER COMPLAINT,
RHEUMATISM,
CONSUMPTION OF THE BOWELS.‘
._._.
CHARLESTOWN, Mass., March %, 1569.
MnJH. ll. S'rnvnxs. -
Dear Sin—The following is a statement of my
experience with the great Blood Itemcdy.ann-
rise. 1 have been keeping a boarding-muse for
many years, and have had thc_nllstortune to have
a great deal of sickness in my tamlly. . In one case
111 particular, I noticed the wonderful effect of
VEGE'I‘INE.
About the year IS“, a young man, then sixteen
years old, who was a distant relative of minimums
nome lrom sen. 'IIe had injured me left leg on
board the sill p some months before; and when the
ship came IIILO this port he came to my house, be-
ing so feeble that he could not go to his home In
Lowell. Hie leg was swollen above the knee more
than twice its natural size, and be was obliged to
drag it along after him, having no use ol lt what-
ever. The ell‘ect of this had reduced him to a mere
skeleton. His father came down, and employed
or. George Hayward ol Boston to attend hlln, who
then occupied a prominent position In the Massa-
chusetts General Hospital. He pronounced it a
bad case of Necrosis: said he must be removed to
the hospital. have his leg opened and the bone
bored to allow the discharge of matter there col-
lected; otherw1se the leg must be amputated.
Not thinking it advisable to pursue this course,
and having used Vnonrlxe. the great Blood Item-
any. in the past with so good effect, concluded to
try it in this case. After using it regularly l‘orstx
weeks, his leg was but little swollen, and his gen-
eral health so much improved that he did not look
like the same person. At the end of five months
he went. home to Lolvelt pertectly cured. lie re-
mained in Lowell until the commencement of the
war: then joined the army, and was pronounced a
sound and well man.
The above is but one case out of many where 1
have seen this blood remedy used with unparall-
GII success. 1 have taken it myself for twenty
years, more or less. tor Dyspepsia and General
Debility, and it always appealed to give me . new
"re and vigor.
One lady boarder was completely cured front
Canker llumor. utter she had suffered for years.
and tried almost everything else without receiv-
ing any benefit. Another lady was cured from
Liver Comptuiut,which was_a bad case, and so
considered by thcnlany physlcinns who had at-
tended ller't'roln time to time.
I have known its use by other boarders for
Rheumatism wrtll extraordinary good effect
A lady took it for Consumption of the Bowcls.
and found more relief than in anything else she
could.p rocure.
1 do not want to ever-estimate its usefulness;
but I do want those suffering from sickness to
know what this good medicine has_ done and is
still doing, tor I Kl‘lO\V how itts to be lmposell upon
when sick, and 1 think it is wrong for any one to
over-estimate a. remedy at the expense of the
helpless sick; and I, for one, will not do it under .
““l‘ Circumstances whatever.
Mus. ALVA S. lllONltOE, 101 Chelsea Street.
V EG ET I N E
THE BEST SPRING DIEDIC [NE
Cll.\nl.l-:STO\vN..
II. R. STEVENS. , .
Dear Sir :—.'1‘nis is to ccrtllv that I have usenl
your “Blood Preparation” in my l‘amll y lor‘severn
al years.‘ and think that, forficrotunt or (Junker
llumors or Rheumatic Alfoctlons, it cannot be ex-
celled; and as a blood purifier and spring nletIl-
cinc it is' the best thing I have ever used. nod I
have used almost everything. I can cheerlully
recommend it to any one In nee-l of such a. medi-
cine. Yours rcspcetlully, '
Mus. A. A. DINS‘MUBE, 10 Russell Street
V'E G- E '1' I N E
Prepared by
H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass
Vegetine is sold by all Druggists-
and popular met
ONNECTICUT,TUESDAY, JULY 10, 18
REAL ESTATE.
\JMVVW\I\I\IV\I\I-\I\I\NV\I\I\N‘
Rooms to . Rent.
OUR. ROOMS, suitable forasmall familyI in
the house £3" thgihillsoppotsito‘rcslldencc of
1 Short” sq.. am roe . pp yvto
mm es 3’ j J. B. ELLS, Gazette Olllcc.
V\J
For Sale or Exchange
on IDEAL ESTATE NEAR NOR-
F WALK. A Farm ill Anlhcrst,Mnss.,on
main road,lurgo llousc,0ut—bulldln_gs, and ricw
Barn, Orchards, Woodland. &c. Flnc locality,
near churches, schools. colleges. amt railroad.
Enquire of Dlt. MOSMAN, or E. J. HILL, Nor—
walk. 23tt‘
To High
“1' DR SELL—The St. John [louse on p
t L0
Street, Enquire of JAMES FINNEY.
To Rent.
small colta eSroolns opposite residence of
J. PANTON'. Esq, Broad Blver. Large gar-
(ten and plot of ground With it. Rent low.
12 Apply 0 ROBERT ELLS.
- To Rent-
OUSE corner of Elm Street and Franklin
Avenue. south side of Elm Street. Possess-
ion given immediately. Ground fioor$l3 a month.
The place has the Borough water and a line we“.
lltt‘r EDENEZER l'IILL, Elm Street.
ovens AND Rooms. TO Law. by
H. FITCH, in Main Street; 7
For Sale or Exchange.
IIE Large, Elegant and Pleasantly Located
T Dwelling of the subscriber, on EastAvenue;
House has 15 rooms, with all modern Improve-
ments; about two acres ground attached. Will
be sold at reasonable pflricel or cxshtgllged for New
Yor Cit to art . - p to or a l rcss
2 DEOIWyCRAM': Box 452, Norwalk, Ct.
Also one of thc:handsomcst Building Sites on
East Avenuc,cosisting 'of four acres, being the
north portion of the old Van Zzlnut Homestead :'
as a fine, Orchard of choice Frult and line Shade
Trees.
To Rent.
[IE elegant residence known as. the "Dimon
Place," pleasantly located on West Avenue
one ot‘the most desirable places in the Borough of
Norwalk, is offeredr to rent on moderate terms.
Also. a large Carpenter Shop, located on Arch
Street, on the Bouton property. Will be rented
very low. For full particulars cnqure 01'
JAMES FINNEY, ltcal estate Agent.
For Sale Cheap,
Or Exchange for other property,
One of the neatest. and easiest llttlc Cottages in
the Borough. Will scllto .a good tenant for little
or no money down. Enquire at GAZETTE OF-
FICE. ' ‘
6t!
_.
.
For Sale.
A GDTIABE m A SIIDLE FAMIth, “f3“
convenient, welllocateu and cheu . n-
' quire of . C. P. TURKEY.
Nurwalk, March 12,1877. ll
House for Sale. 1. '
THE subscriber, being about to leave town,
ollcrs for sale his residence on Iltgh_Street.
It is a two story frame dwelling, contalnlng ten
rooms, with pantry. closets, wuter._gas, &c., lot.
about 80x2ll0 test, with choice vurlety of fruit.
Possession given immediately. For terms and
further particulars enqllirc of
D. S. BARTIIA M.
Norwa'lk, April 2d, 1877. 4114
For Sale.
.r‘. A llouse and Lot. inu healthy location on
‘ Fair Street, above Catharine. _The House l5
‘ nearly new. well built, conveniently arrang-
ed, and wtll make a comfortable and leasant
home forat'amlly of average Size. The ot runs
back to the river. There~ is a well of excellent
water on the place, and Borough water In the
Street. Price low, and part of the money can re-
main on mortgage. A line chance to sccnrea
home. Apply at. GAZETTE OFFICE. 3tt
Desirable Property for sale.
Vcrydcsirable place on East Avenue.
Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue, for sale cheap. .
Also, a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
win Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquire of
S, E. OSBORN. East Avenue,
tfll or to 1). W. FITCH, West Avenue.
A BARGAIN.
0R SALE—A first-rate built llouse,(on East
Avenue,) containing nine rooms; will belet
if notsol'i. Also BUILDING LOTS for sale.
Apply to I). II. FITCH.
Norwalk, Nov. 27th, 1875. lat!
FOR SALE.
Y W0 very desirable Iluiltlin '1 Lotson West Main
1‘ Street. Apply at the GAEETTE OFFICE.
c. w.-Locxwoon’s' SONS
Have taken the Store, No 4 Skiddy’s Block. Main
Street, where they will open a first-class
Fish,
Fruit, - ,
Vegetable
and Poultry Market.
They intend to keep it well stocked with
Fresh. Salt, Smoked dz Gann ed Fish
of all the choice varities, and Fruits and Vegeta-
blcs of all kinds, in their season. The furnishing
of POULTRY, either alive or dressed, a spectalty.
Also EGGS. .-
Norwalk. Conn., February 20th, lb77.
nwann 1'. wnnn,
:D R u‘ G- G I s '1'
Wall Utrechopposite Normal]: Opera House,
A large and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Perfumery, Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters. Toilet and Medicated Scam. Flavoring
and Handkerchieflslxtracss, flair Brnshcs,Combs,
Sponges, Chamois Skins, Stationery. Claars, &c.,
and is constant] adding to Ills stock all the new
Ilcines ot'thc day.
a w. MITCHELL,
o 0
At the ever popular
UNION MARKET
has always the best of
Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork, .
atfairliving prices. Union (formerly Model) Mar“
ket, on the Bridge. 18
HAHLES s. Lockwoon, .
fashionable Draper and Tailor
AND
GENT S’ FURNISHING EMPORIUM.
Main Street,Norwalk, Conn.
NOBWA LK INSURANCE 00.,
NOR WALK, 'C'ONN.
$500,000
- 100,000
GEO ll. CowI.Es,Sec’y.
Charter Capital
Paldup Camus! -
WM. 0. Sensor. Pres.,
1‘ NA INSURANCE Co. ofIIABTFORD.
Incorporated ISlZ. Churtcr Perpetual.
capital and Assets, $5,052,,sso.19
Insures against loss and damage by Fire,on terms
adopted to the hazard and consistent with the laws
of compensation. CO WLES SMERBILL,‘
Sole Agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
w. s. onlnrlhn,
General Furnishing Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE IL. ILDEPOT
. ETOrdel-s attended to day or night. Residence
Main Street, 3 doors from Union Avenue.
E. NELSON,
Manufacturer of
no intention
8’ Broken Carriages or Wagons neatly and
pronltty repaired.
CHAS T. LEONARD & SON
DEALER IN
C O A. L ,
WOOD AND BRICK,
N ’th River Blue Sfogemhne, Cement
DEMEIT PIPE FDR SEWEBS, WELLS All
GIIIMIEYS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Water St, Norwalk, Conn.
lrlm'vniturc -Fm'niturc
lf you wish
Parlor,’.lihrar .ilinin all! Sitting
Ilium Sag,
walnut or Cottage Chamber Sets,
or anything ill the Furniture Line, of the Latest
Style, Best Finish and Make and for the
Least: Money, go to
WM. LOCKWOOD’S,
N0. 36 Main Street, NOHIVALK, CONN.
A‘ISO.
General Furnishing Undertaker.
Orders attended to promptly day or night. Resi
«tones with Mr. C. '1‘. Cornwall. France St.
”STRATENA.
77.
1877.
BUY YOUR
‘ Provisions,
Groceries,
5 Poultry,
UROCKERY AID GLASS WARE
Fruits, Nuts, etc.
17' I S H ," “
(Fresh,Salted and Canned.)
OYSTERS.
(Opened or in the Shell.)
CLAMS,dc‘o.
’ALSO
-Vegetables’ of 'all Kinds,
. (Fresh and Canned.)
Canned. Fruits,
BREADLPIES, CAKES, 0.0., ac.
AT
DEMMON & NEWCOMB’S,
53 & 55 Main St., N orwalk.
0.1!. DOUGH-SS:
Manufacturing Confection"...
Keeps constantly all hands large variety of
Pure - Confectionery
Always Fresh and of the Best Quality, at
.Wholesale and Retail.
‘ Also a superior article of
ICE CREAM.
SODA W ATER, with fruit syrups, and OTTAWA
:lEERulrawn from Maflhcws Patent Steel Foun-
alns.
Fruits, Nuts. fine Imported and
Domestic Cigars.
No. 21 Main Street.
An Elegant Ice Cream Saloon and Restauran
forLadles and Gentlemen.
(I. H. DOUGLASS,Froprietor.
Closing Out Sale !
T0 Consumers of Groceries!
The subscriber will sell for the next
15 DAYS,
Hts entire stock of
GROCERIES at COST.
FOR CASH !
As he is closing up his Grocery Business, having
engaged in the sale of
.HARD WARE, A GRIOC'LTURAL Ill!-
PLEM'ENTS, PAINTS, OILS, (130.
which he offers at ldwest Cash Prices. at the old
stand on Main Street, next door to C. B. D’ Artois,
South Norwalk. _
GEO. C. SCOFIELD.
REMOVAL!
.—+...s—.
l. SPENCER,
Watchmaker
and Jeweler,
Has Removed to his Newly Fitted-up Store
on Main Street,
Next to Prowitt’s Drug Store,
and has enlargul his stock of
J E WE L R Y ,
Silverware,
Watches and Clocks,
with a good selection of all the newest styles ill
his line and is prepared to do all kinds of
R EPAIRING—
in thc_best manner at LowestI’riccs.
Repairing Fine Watches and French
Clocks a Specialty.
John A. Honncclccr,
B .A. KE R,
' FOOT 0F MILL IIILL.
Bread, Rolls. Pies, Cakes, Crullers, &c., baked
fresh every day. Everything made out of good
materials. and bycareful and competen tworkmen.
Try our Baking.
CEMENT PIPE. FOB CHIMNEYS
Square and Round Cement Pipe, with plain and
ornamental tops, for chimneys ; have amorc er-
fect draught, and are cheaper and better t on
brick;also
BRAI.‘N PIPE,
The best in the Market. Warranted to give satis-
faction, and from 25 to 30 per cent. cheaper than
any other. Manufactured and for sale by
CHAS. '1‘. LEONARD A SON.
18'7'7.
MALLURY flirts, AGT’S.
Nurserymefi—dnd Florists.
Roses. Geranium.» Carnations and numerous va-
rieties ot Bedding Plants. We would especially
call attention to our unusually fine collection of
Geraniums, Coleus and Callas,
.
which we will sell cheap. We constantly keep‘
on hand a large assortment ofmlscellallcous bulbs
'alsoLlresh and reliable
Flower and Vegetable Seeds.
Lettuce and other salads. Tomato, egg, pepper,
cabbage,cauliflower. celery. asparagus. and sweet
potatoc plants. Bouquets, wreaths, baskets.-
crosses, and other floral decorations arranged to
order. Baskets and vases tilled. Agents for the
sale of the Manhattan Blood Guano.
Mallory & Downs, Agents.
SO. NORWALK, CONN.
Nursery and office near the depot.
Are you going to Paint?
-USE
AVERILL’S
CHEMICAL PAINT!
THE BEST IN THE MARKET.
Itls more beautiful, moretlurllble, lower in price.
is all ready (Or use, does not wash by rain. best
wood preset-vet. is water and fire proof, and is the
best for general uses, either for wood. iron or
brick buildings. any of ”10“" rst. residences in
town are painted with .
AVE!!! LL’S CHEMICAL PART
Put up really for use in pails ol’ 1, 2 or 3 gallons
kegs of 5, 10 or 15 gallons, hull‘ barrels or barrels
All orders promptly lllled and any information
given by applying to
D. H. WEBB, Sole Ag’t for Norwalk
Office at Store of RAYMOND knots, tool or
Washlngton Street, SOUTH NOIIWA LII.
CARRIAGES! CARRIAGES!
'rsnrarnlsn. ac.,_&c.,
NEW 'FIR'M
AT THE OLD STAND
Messrs. Mullluga "gkr Tilly.
Having taken the businesslately conducted by Si-
las P. Tattle, are prepared to marufactnre all
kinds of , . ‘ ,
Carriages and Wagons to order.
Repair-1h: In all Branches
done ill a. most workmanlikemnnner. Both being
practical mechanics, and thoroughly acquainted
with all branches ot‘tllc bnsmess, they feel assur.
ed that they can give perfect sntlstuctlon to all
who may entrust work to their care.
PAINTING. VARNISHING. UPHOLSTERINGJ‘L
DOING 0V Etc CA ttRlAGES a Specialty.
Machine Forging.
CIIAS. MULLINGS, 22lt‘
Slipping all Merchandise Tau,
Printed. or Plain,
By the Dozen or Thousand, at Manufacturers
Prices, at the
GAZETTE OFFICE.
’21“
II. TILLY
At.
n. n. LOCKWOOD’S t
Nursery Stock. Grape Vines, Shrubs. New Plants -
Drggists &.Apothecaries.‘
Successors to 11. L. UllLE,~N0.’ 11 Main Street,
Norwulk, Ct.,kccpconstantly on hand al'ullstbck
:.. ' . » ’
ot .
Ptu'e Drugs and Chemicals.
Our Dispensing Room is in charge of DR. W. C.
‘ NES, an experienced Pharmacist. With his
knowledge of Chemistry, and care in the repara-
tion of Medicines. generally. we feel cont dental]
tllloso lathe favor as with their orders Will be well
p case . ‘
FARMERS AND HORSEMEN'
Should know that we keep a full supp! of Veteri-
nary ltlcdlcnles and-are prepared to Ill prescrip-
IlOn-S for Horses and Neat Cattle. from Clater,
Blame, Delnt'osse, Moll-cud and other celebrated
authorities.
,Our stock, among other articles, com rise the
choicest Perfumes Soaps. Colognes and air Oils,
also Brushes, Combs, Chamois Skins, Sponges,
Pure glycerlnefimt Seed, Fancy Artxcles,Patent
Medicines, Cl are, ctc., etc. -
Also Cholcc lqnors, Wines, Ale and Porter for
Medicinal purposes. .
Family Groceries
cuss!» son 9433‘:
The undersigned having nrchasedthe stock of
goods formerly owned by t c Sovcrlgns of Indus-
try, and . fitted up the store‘with- an entirely new
stock of Goods, is now offering to the public as
good an assortment of *
clinics rlulll allocrtll‘rs,
Provisions, Flour..Teas. Sugar, S ices, tonal: the.
very lowest market prices for one . Goods deliv-
eretl any where-about town tree of‘ charge. Call
and try us, it will be for your advantage.
mamfinam -.c.a;pn:1a1_s.
Lynes’ BlOck,lWate’r Street. Opposite Bililroad
. _ . Crossing; ' - ‘ ‘ ’11
‘ Pianos for Sallie-
One New Weber and One New
Chickcring Pianos,
AKEN in exchange for other property,willbe
sold at a great sacrifice- For particulars
address immediately or enq‘r‘lrire of
II G E0. R. CHOL ELL, High Street.
A CARD.
It is with pleasure that I return my grateful
thanks to my friends and former patrons for their
kind and liberal patronage in times past. And I
now extend the mvition to all by giving notice
thatd can be fennel at the Store No. 51 Main Street
formerly occupied by myself. and latterly by
Messrs. Stall’ord & Stoddard, where I shall take
pleasure to wait upon such as w1ll favor me with
their patronage. HARVEY FITCH.
Norwalk, January 29,1877.
Peter L. Guigue,
. FLORIST,
Union Avenue, North of Natural]: Cemetery,
DEALER IN
Greenhouse, Hothouse, Bedding,
and Vegetable Plants,
Grape Vines, Fl nit anthl-namcntal Trees. Flow-
ering Shrubs, Bouquets, and Baskets of Flowers,
Wreaths, Crosses. and all other designs in Flowers
to order. Grading and Refitting of Cemetery
Plots promptly attended to. 3m16
‘ v
Dr. L. H. Kendall & Son,
DENTISTS.
' , .- . . Are nowprcpnr-
ed to receive
their patrons at
either Norwalk
Bridge or South
N orwalk. The
‘ senior partner
has taken rooms
o v e r Selleck's
Bookstore. Nor-
. walk. while the
j u n i o r retains
the old office. Lender’s Block. South Norwalk.
'I‘cetll extracted without pain, and all dental ope-
rations performcd at either office. ,
' C. II. KENDALL, M.D.,
G. S. KENDALL, D. D. S.
P. 5. Dr. C. 11. Kendall will devote Mondays to
Ridgcfield. .
.l. P. llanfortl 85 Son,
Having rented the store occupied the past year
by Mr. C. 0.1{eelcr,lhey will open on
nunsnll .EVENING. April at.
A very nice market for the sale of
Poultry,
Fish,
Fruit
AND
Vegetables.
Whue will he kept all the
Finest, as well as the Common -
Varieties in their Season,
and we shall endeavor by fair dealing and strict
attention to business to merit, and would res ect-
f‘ully invite a share of the public patronage. The)
have engaged the services qf’CharIey Doolan to
take charge of the Fish Department, which is a
sufilclent guarantee that everything will be nice.
0 YSTERS &' CLAMS
opened or in the Shell. ~
ALSO
Pure Milk from our own llaity
J. 'P Haxronb. FRANK HANFORD
' GEORGE WARD SELLEDK,
\
has constantly in stock at his new store,
No. 9' Main Street.
a choice and line assortment of
Groceries,
Pro otsc'ons,
. VOL. LX.--NUMBER 2‘5,
DRUGSTORE. »
FEle‘nncNmn, M. 1).. PERLEY n. OLINES, -
The springing. Life.
~————
From Tennyson’s “In Memoriam.”
Now fades the last long streak of snow,
New bonrgeons every maze of quick
About
By dshen
the flowering squares, and thick
roots the violets blow.
Now rings the woodland loud and long,
The distance takes a Iovelier hue,
And drowu’d in yonder living blue
The lark becomes a sightless song.
Now dance the lights on lawn and lea,
The flocks are whiter down the vale,
And milkier every milky sail
On winding stream or distant sea;
Where now the sea-mew pipes, or dives
In yonder greening gleam, and fly
The happy birds, that change their sky
' To build and brood; that live their lives
Front land to land; and in my breast
Spring wakes, too; and my regret
Becomes an April violet,
And buds and blossoms like the rest.
The Old Man Goes to School.
BY JOHN H. YATES.
sons and tasks are done,
light of Life's settin’sun,
carry
me, soon, away; .
grown, so I hobbled to school today.
cred up to the skies; .
grew these old eyes,
schOol house of years ago—
I knew I‘m too .old to learn, wife; my les-
The dews of Life’s'evenin’ glisten in the
To the grave . the side of my father’s they’ll
. But I wanted to see how the world has
I couldn’t it told ’twas a school house; it tow-
I gazed on the noble structure till dimmer
My thoughts went back to the log house—the
Where I studied and romp'ed with the merry
boys who sleep where the daisies grow.
_ its monster bell,
sweet
proffe
notes rose and fell,
red chair,
of the young and fair.
room appeared to me—
so full of glee, *
broke
man‘s
when
o'er the whisperin’ rule,
a cemin’ to schoo .”A
I was a scholar-lad—
all the studies we had ;
I wasstartlcd out of dreamin' by the tones of
.On these cars, that are growin’ deaf, the
Ientered the massive door, and sat in the
An old man wrinkled and gray, in the midst
Like a garden of bloomin’ roses the school
The children were, all, so tidy—their faces
They starcd‘at me when I entered, then
And said with a smile to each other “the old
When the country, here, was new, wife—
Our readin’, writin’, and spellin’ were ’bont
We cleaned up the farm through the summer,
then traveled through woods and snow
house
of years ago.
hard Latin and Greek;
they are drilled on the stage to speak;
out through the college spout;
are gr
world
indin’ our great men out.
needs the good and true;
trot ’em into the new.
- age of mine’
leave the old man behind.
glory
and crown;
tear it down.
glowin’ skies,
bleeds and dies.~
large and grand;
lovin’
land,
school house stood,
shadows fell 'in the wood.
carry
me soon away;
I have seen to-day;
where the scholars never grow old—
ful college of gold.
Hans and Fritz.
side by side,
' pride ;
ments were spent,
content.
quo
Fritz kindly consented the money to lend,
And gave the required amount to his friend,
Remarking—his own. simple language to
te—
way—
To the log-house in the openin’-—the school
Now, boys go to school ina palace. and study
They are taught to write scholarly essays;
They gointo the district hopper, but come
And this is the way the schools of our land
Let ’em grind! let ’em grind, dear wife! the
. Let the children out of the old house, and
I’ll cheerfully pay my taxes, and say to this
All aboard! All aboard! Go ahead! If you
Our system of common schools is the nation’s
May the arm be palsied, ever, that is lifted to
If bigots can not endure the light of our
Let them go to oppression's where Liberty
I'm glad Ihave been today to the new house,
' 4 .' With pride I think of my toilsin this liberty-
I’ve seen a palace arise where the old log-
Aud gardens of beauty bloom, where the
To the grave by the side of my father's they'll
Then I’ll go to a higher school than the one
Where the Master of masters teacheth;
From glory to glory I’ll climb, in the beautie
Remote from the world, its dwelt and its
With their pretzels and beer the spare mo-
Aud the fruits of their labor were peace and
Hans pnrchaseda horse of a neighbor one day ,
And, lacking a part of the Geld—as they say
-Made a call upon Fritz to solicita loan, 4.
To help him to pay for his beautiful roan.
“Berhaps it vas bedder ve make us a note.”
The note was drawn up in; their primitive
Hans and Fritz were two Deutchers who lived ‘
14 (our ,'
1’7"“? t, (90. ,
\risll'to purchase tirst~class goods at
BESTof IIAMS It'lTl-IJ'7R "710le OR
8L1 ' .D. .
Drop in and see him at his new store
To which he would ilwitt- the attention ol'allwho
Reasonable Pric'es. *
DRIED BEEF. NLICED, A SPECIALIY.
IV0. 9 MAIN STREET.
PAINTING
F
O bcscmanner.
House ' Painting,
Wall Painting a Specialty.
sonally made to the subscriber
(liate attention.
C. C. BROTHERTON.
every description. promptly executed in the
l’apgring, and
All‘orllers sent through the Post (mice. or per-
will rcccivcimmc-
constantly _ .
prices than -
BULED BEFORE
Establishments in the State.
ing all kinds of Printing
ARE U‘NSURPASSED.
Gazelle J llll. Printing lltice, *
GAZETTE BUILDING.
REDUCTION IN PRICES l
Cheap! Cheaper! Cheapest !
Although not eternally lloviug the people with
theory or “Reduction in l‘rlces,”&c.,\vc have
Followed the-Time‘s,
and reduced our charges for Job Printing from
day to day, and “1c are now doing work at lower
“I Hans,gets from Fritz feefly tollars to lay"—
When the question arose, the note being made
“Vich von holds dot baper until it vas bald?"
“You keeps dot,” says Fritz, “und den you
vill know
You owes me dot money.” Says Hans : .“Dot
isll so ;
Dot makes me remempers I haf dot to bay,
And I prings you der note und der money
some day.”
A month had expired when Hans, as agreed,
Paid the amount,and from debt he. was freed.
Says Fritz, “Now dot settle us.” Hans re-
plies, “Yaw;
Now who Cakes dot baper accordings to law?”
“I gceps dot, now, aind’t it?" says Fritz ;
“den you see
I alvays remempers you bald dot to me."
Says Hans, “Dot ish so, it vos now sllust so
blain
Dot I knows vot to do ven I porrows again."
—0. F. Adams in Amleton’s Journal. '
.
The following Officers of the Veteran Ma-
sonic association were elected at the annual
meeting in Meriden, Wednesday. 27th: Pres-
ident, Ii, C. Narramore; Vice Presidents H.
A. Mitchel, Geo. B. Glendenning, Obadiah ‘
Pease, lloracc Butler, V. T. Hubbell; secre-
tary and treasurer, A. N. Lewis; chaplain,
Elder Atwell. About forty veteran Masons
were present. '
THE wart:
This is an actual-fact. We have always made a thin of a was called nna colored Ba List
point to do good work at fair prices. We have g a’ I.)
one of the Largest and best appointed Printing
Uur facilities for do-
Dr. Louis, of New Orleans, who is some-
minister, and propounded a few puzzling
question. “Why is it,” said he, “that you
are not able— to do the miracles that the Apos- -
tles did? They were protected a ainst .all _
poisons and all kinds of perils. ow is it
you are not protected now in the same wa ? -
The colored preacher responded promptly
“Dontt know about that, doctor; I s'spect I
.3. I‘ve taken a mighty sight of strong med-
lcine from you, doctor, and I is alive yet.”_
Norwalk Chronicler