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out, LX.--NUMBER 29.
An Irish Mistake.
For more than twenty years it has been my
custom to recruit myself every autumn with
a walking tour of over a moatli’s duration.
By this means I have seen more of these is-
lands than any one of my acquaintance, and
have had peeps into the inner life of the peo-
ple such as few tourists obtain.
_In doing this I never overstmincd myself,
as is now too often the fashion. I walked
just so far as I pleased, and rested when na-
ture or my inclination gave me the hint.
Sometimes my journeys were made in the
cool of the evening, sometimes in the early
morning; I often slept in the cabin of some
laborer, and‘not once or twice, but a dozen
time, have been forced to make my lodging
under the lee of some friendly hay-rick.
One of these autuinns, not less than ten,
nor more than twenty years ago, I made the
west of Ireland the field of operations. .
Starting from Galway, in a little less than
three weeks time I beheld the broad waters
of Corib, Mask and Conn—had lost myself
in the wilderness under, the shadow of Croag
Patrick—and looked with awe at the head-
lands of Mayo, agtin t which the restless At-
lantic beats with a ceaseless roar.
By the evening of the twenty-first day I
found myself at Ballina, my mind full of in-
decisiors as to how I should occupy the week
or ten days I had yet to spare. To go back
over the same ground I looked on as loss of
time; to plunge inland was to doom myself
to days of weary trudging through rather
uninteresting country. After deliberation, I
decided to head for Sligo, feeling sure that
the beauties of Lough Gill would repay me
for my long walk thither.
Next morning I was up early, and knap-
sack on back and stick in hand, started off on
my journey. ' .
For the first mile of two, the road was
level and. easy; but presently its character
changed, and the country grew wild and
poor. It seemed land drenched With constant
showers, and beat upon by constant gales.
There was nothing to charm me in anything
I saw, so I hurried on.
After ten houfs’ almost constant walking,
the country began toimprove,aud presently I
found myself in the little village Ballysadare.
Here I halted, for, as may be expected, I was
both tired and hungry.
A good dinner, however, soon made a
wonderful changein me for the better. There
were still a couple of hours to pass before
dark, and how better could I employ them
than by attempting to cover in an easy way
the five miles between me and Sligo? Once
there, I could make up by ‘a day’s idleness
for this day of extra exertion. So, after a
short rest, I shouldered my knapsack, grasp-
ed my stick, and started on again.
Once clear of the village, the country be-
gan rapidly to improve, and its scenery at
one or two spots was so pleasant, I was
tempted to loiter. I was not more than half
the way, when I suddenly wakened to the
fact that night was beginning to fall about
me fast.
“I cannot reach Sligo now before dark,
that’s certain,” I muttered, as I hoisted my
knapsack an inch or two higher, and began
to cover the ground at my best rate.” How-
ever, the sooner I gct there the better.
Presently, I met a spot where four roads
met, and while I stood doubtful which to
take, a gig driven by some one singing in a
loud key, overtook me. At sight of my
lonely figure the gig was halted suddenly,and
the driver ceased his song.
“Ah, thin, may I ask, is your honor going
my way ?" said a full, round voice. “It’s
myself that’s mighty fond of company of
nights about here.”
“I don’t know what your way may be,” I
then replied. “I wish to go to Sligo.”
“Ah, thin, an’ it’s that' same Sligo, the
weary be on it, that I’d be afther gorn’ to my-
self,” answered the driver. “But your honor
looks tired—mania no offence—an’ perhaps
you‘d take a lift in the gig ?”
“Thank you; I will take a lift,” 1 replied,
as I stepped forward and sprang quickly to
the seat. “The truth is, I feel rather tired,
as you say."
“An’ has your honor walked far ?” asked
the driver, as the gig rolled on towards town.
“I’ve walked from Ballina since morning,”
I replied quietly. ‘ '
“From Ballina! There now, the Lord save
us!” cried the man, as he half turned in his
seat and gazed at me in astonishment. “Why,
that’s a day’s work for the ,best horse in the
masther’s stables.” ,
“Your master must keep good horses, if I
may judge by the one before us,” I answered
“The best in all the country, your honor
though I do say it. There isn’t a gosson in
the three baronics but knows that.” ,
“Your master's a bit of sportsman, then ?"
“Yes, your honor; an’ if he’d stick to that,
it’s himself’d be the best liked man from Bal-
lina to Ballyshannon. You wouldn’t find».
better rider or a warmer heart in a day’s
march. But sure thim politics has been his
rain with the people." '
“Oh, ah; I have often heard that Sligo is
rather a hot place during election,” I replied.
“But surely the people don’t turn upon their
friends at such atime.”
“They’d turn upon their own father, if he
wint agin them,” replied the driver solemnly.
“See now, here I am, driving the master’s
own gig to town, just by way of a blin’ ye
see, while he’s got to slip down the strame in
Jimmy Sheridan’s bit of a boat. Ah, thim
politics, thim politics l”
“Oh! then there’s an election about to be
held I presume ?”
“Thrue for ye, your honor, thrue for ye,”
replied the man dolefully. ‘-There niver was
such aruction in Sligo before in ‘the mimiry
of man. Two lawyers a flghtin’ like the
divil to see who’s to be mimber."
“Then I am just in time to see the fun ?”
“Fun, your honor,” echoed the man, “it’s
not meself that 'ud object to a bit of a scrim-
mage, now and thin. But it’s inurdhcr your
honor’ll see before it’s over, or my name’s
not: Michael O’Connor. .Whist now! Did ye
hear nothin’ behind that hedge there?”
At this moment we were about the middle
of a rather lonely stretch of the road, one
side of which was bounded by a high, thin
hedge. The dusk of the evening was fast
giving Way to the gloom of night.
“I—ah—yes, surely there is something
moving there," I replied. “It’s some animal,
most likely.”
“Down in the sate! down for your life!”
shouted the driver, as in his terror he brought
the horse to a halt, “I—
His speech was cut short by a couple of
loud reports. A lance-like line of fire gushed
from 'the hedge, and one if not two bullets
whistled close past my ear.
As I sprang to my feet. in the gig the driver
slid down to the mat, and lay there moaning.
“Are you hurt ?" I asked, as I strove to take
the reins from his palsied hands.
“I'm kilt, kilt entirely,” he moaned.
“Aisy there, aisy now, your honor i” cried
a voice from the hedge just as I had gained
the reins. “It’s all a mistake, your honor, all
a mistake." _ '
“Give the more the whip! give the mare
the whip !” cried the driver, as he tried to
crawl under the seat; “we’ll all be murther-
ed.”
Instead of taking his advice,‘ioweyer,I held
the more steady, while a man pressed through
the thin hedge' and stood before us, a yet
smoking gun in his hands.
“What’s the meaning of this?” I asked
coolly, for the newcomer‘s coolness
affected me. “Did you want to murder a
man you never saw before?”
“I’m raalc downright sorry, your honor,”
replied the man in just such a tone as he
might have used had he trod upon my toe by
accident, “but ye see you’re in Wolf O’Neil’s
gig, an’ I took ye for him—where’s that fel-
low Michael ?” , .
As he said this,the man prodded the driver
with the end of his gun, while I——I actually
laughed outright at the strangeness of the af-
fair. '
“Go away wid ye, go away,” moaned the
driver. “Murther, thaves, murther !”
“Get up with ye, and take the reins, you
gomeril,” said the llltlll as he gave Michael
another prod that brought him half out;
“You’re as big a coward as my granny’s pct
calf. Get up or I’ll——"
“Oh, don’t‘; there, don’t say iiotliiii’ for
the love of heaven,” cried the driver, as he
scrambled into his seat again, and took the
reins again into his shaking hands. “I‘ll do
anythiu’ you till me, ou’yput that gun away.”
“There,” replied the man, as be lowered
the gun till its mouth pointed to the ground ;
“will that plasc ye? Now tell me where’s
Squire O’Neil ?”
“He's in the town Do this," replied the
driver. “Oh, them politics, them politics!”
“Hum; so he’s managed to get past us,
after all. \Vcll, tell liim‘from me, Captain
Rock, that if he votes for the Sarjint to-mor-
row, it’s an ounce of lead out of this he’ll be
aftlici' trying to digest. Now, mind.”
L‘Tll tell him, captain, dear! I’ll tell him,"
replied the driver, as he fingered the reins
and whip nervously. “But mayn't we go on
now? mayn’t we go .ou '3” ‘
“Yis, whiniver the gentleman p1ases,"re-
plied the man. “An’ I’m raale sorry, as I
tould your honor, I’m raale sorry at the mis.
take.”
“Well, I’m pleased, not sorry," I replied,
laughing, “for if you’d hit me it wouldn’t
have been at all pleasant. But let me advise
you to make sure of your man next time be-
fore firing. Good night.”
“Good night, your honor, good night,” cried
the man, as Michael gave the mare the whip,
and sent her along at the top of her speed to
the now fast-nearing lights of the town, In
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less than a quarter of an hour we dashed
through the streets and halted opposite In
large hotel. Here Michael found his master,
as he expected; and here I put up for the
night, very much to the astonishment of eve-
ry one. Soon after my arrival, I asked to be
shown to my room"; but it was one o’clock in
the morning before-the other guests ceased
their noise and allowed me to go to sleep-
Next day_ I slept rather late, and might have
slept even later, but that I was rudely shaken
out of a pleasant dream by a wild howl, tis of
a thousand demons just let loose. Starting
up quickly, and looking out on the street, I
saw that it was filled with a fierce—looking
crowd, out of whose many months had pro-
ceeded the yell. that wakened ine. Dragging
on my clothes, I rushed down to the coffee
room, There I learned that the people out-
side had just accompanied Squirc O‘Neil back
from the polling place, where he had been
the first.to vote for the “Sarjiut.” Now that
this fact had become generally known, they
were clamorous that he should be sent to
them, “to tear him limb from limb.” Pres-
ently, while their cries rose loud and long,
the squire entered the room—a tall, military
looking man,'with a little of the horsey tone,
nose like a hawk, eyes dark, yet glowing like
fire.
“They don’t seem over fond of me, I see,"
he said with a smile, as he bowed to those in
the room, and advanced to one of the win-
dows and coolly opened it. Waving his hand»
the crowd became instantly silent.
“Now, don’t be in a hurry, gentlemen,” he
said in a,cleafr voice’that must have been dis-
tinctly heard by every one. “You shallhaVe
the honor of my company so soon as my
horse can be harnessed, I assure you.”
“Eli, what! what does he mean ?” I asked
of a person next me. “Surely he will not
venture out among those howling fiends ?”
“That is just what he is going to do,” rc-
plicd my companion. “There is no use talk-
ing to him. He has given orders for the
mare and gig to be got ready, and it is as
'much any one’s life is worth to try to Stop
him. Wolf by name, and wolf by nature;
he’s enraged at having to steal down here
last night like a thief. Ah, there the fun he-
gins! Look out !” '
, As my companion spoke, he gripped me by
the arm, and dragged me close against a space
between two windows. Next moment, a
shower of stones crashed through the win-
dows, leaving not a single inch of glass un-
broken. Then, at longer or shorter intervals,
volley followed volley, till the floor of the
room Was completely covered with road-metal
and broken glass. Presently there was a lull
in the storm, 'and theorowd became all at
once as silent as. the grave. In the hush, I
could distinctly hear the grating soufid of the
opening of some big door almost under us.
I looked inquiringly at my companion.
“It's the entry doors being opened to let
the wolf out," he said in reply.. “Ah, there
he is !”
I glanced out of the window, and saw the
squire alone in his gig, a smile on his face,
his whole hearing as cool and unconcerned as
if there was not a single enemy within a
thousand miles. Then I heard the great
gave vent to a. bowl of delighted rage.
At the first appearance of the squire in
his gig, the people had swayed back, and left
an open space in front of the hotel. Now
they seemed about ‘to close in upon him, and
one man in'the front stooped to fifth stone.
Quick as lightning, the hand of the squire
went to his breast, and just as the man stood
upright to throw, I heard thesharp crack of
a pistol. The man uttered a wild shriek of
pain, clapped his hands to his cheeks, and
tered at one check and gone out at the other,
after tearing away a few teeth in its passage.
The man was the very person 'who had
made the mistake in shooting at me over
night. . - ’
“A near nick for 'our friend,” said the
squire in his clear voice, while the crowd
swayed back a pace or two. “But the next
will be nearer still, and I’ve nearly half a-
dozen still left. Now, will any of you oblige
me by stooping to pick up a stone ‘2”
He paused and glanced around,while every
man in the crowd held his breath and stood
still as a statue.
“No, you won't oblige me ?” he said pre-
sently, with a sneer. Then fierce as if charg-
ing in some world-famous battle: “Out of my
way you scoundrcls! Faugh a-ballah!"
At the wordhe jerked the reins slightly,
and the mars move forward at a trot with
head erect, and hearing as proud as if she
knew a conquerer sat behind her. Then in,
utter silence, the crowd swayed to right and
left, leavmg a wide alley, down which the
squire drove as gaily as if the whole thing
were some pleasant show. When he had dis-
appeared, the crowd closed to again, utterly
crestfallen. Then for a short time the whole
air was filled with their chattering one to an.
other like the humming of innumerable bees;
and presently, without a single stone being
thrown, the great mass melted away. ,
Next morning at an early hour I left Sligo
as fast as a covered conveyance could carry
me. I-did not care to wait for the slower
means of escape by foot, fearful that the next
time a mistake was made with me, the shoot-
ing might possibly be better than it was at
first-Chamber! Journal.
Orders for a dozen of the steam motors for
passenger railways, someof which are from
foreign countries,have recently been received
at the Baldwin locomotive works. Philadel—
phia will not only enjoy the honor of demon-
strating the practicability of steam motors for
streetvrailway service, but the profit of man-
ufacturing many of them.
, dead level.
doors clang'to, and as they did so, the crowd
plunged into the croyvd. The bullett'had en-.
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The Georgia Pine Lands.
Aeross the state of Georgia, from east to
west, extends a broad belt of primitive pine
forest. Its width is about seventy-five miles.
and the surface of the country is almost a
No underbrush grows and. no
other tree besides the tall, spindling, long-
' leafed pine. The ground is carpeted with a
green growth of weeds, and so open? is the
forest that were it' not for the fallen trunks
of dead trees, one might ride through it at a
gallop. Streams are rare, and the few that
are met with are blackin the face, as if with
their efforts to keep from being swallowed
up by the sandy soil while making their way
to the sea. There is a melancholy monotony
in the endless vistas of tall, brown columns
roofed with green, that becomes oppressive
after hours of travel through this sombre re-
gion.
Two railroads traverse the vast wilderness
—the Brunswick and Albany, runningalmost
due west from Brunswick to the latter place,
and the Atlantic and Gulf, which goes south-
west from Savannah t'o Bainbridge, on the
Flint river, 250 miles,and reaches out an arm
from Thomasvillc northward to Albany, a
distance of about fifty miles. _
There are a few people living in the pine
woods—some engaged in sawing lumber, oth-
ers in distilling turpentine,and others,strangc‘
ly enough, scratch a living out of the sandy
soil. Here and there occur strips and patches.
of ground that will produce scanty crops of
cotton and corn. The settlers are of the tall,
lank, raw-boned, yellow-visagcd Georgia
“cracker” type.
The men look like some of the caricatures
of southern bull-dozers. Their hair, worn
long, is of a peculiar dirty brown color; their
beard scant and short, seems to find an insuf-
ficient amount of nourishment for healthful
growth on their cadaverous checks. They
are angular, awkward and loose-jointed,
chew tobacco vigorously, and dreSs in the
coarsest of homespun. ,
The women are, if possible, more unattrac-
tive than the men. There is not a trace of
comeliness or shapeliness about their faces or
forms. They lose their front teeth at an early
age, and the vacancy in their mouths serves
as an aperture through which they thrust a
pine stick daubed with snuff. The vile habit
of smearing the gums with snuff is universal
among them. The rudest peasantry of Eu.
rope present no such specimens of superla-
tive feminine ugliness as do these Georgia
“Crackers.”
“The settler in the “piney woods” does not
clear his land. He cuts down the best trees
and sells them for lumber,g'irdles the remain-
der and fires their trunks. Next spring he
begins to plough. The scarred trunks of the
dead trees stand for many years—a forest of
grisly skeletons. On the northern border of
the pine belt, where the land is slightly roll-
ing and-tolerably fertile, the railroad runs for
many miles through plantations covered with
these ghostly forests. The landscape is hide-
ous beyond description, and when the train
plunges into the solitude of the living woods
the offended sense of vision finds a grateful
relief. The home of the “Cracker” is a but
of logs or rude boards, containing one or two
rooms. Seldom does it possess the luxury of
glass windows. A square hole cut in the
wall and closed at night by a wooden shuttcr,
lets in light and air. An open fireplace: is the
only arrangement for cooking, and an iron
pot, a skillet and a frying-pan make up the
culinary outfit. A bed and a trundle—bed:—
or perhaps two beds, if the family be large—
three or four chairs and a table, comprise the.
stock of furniture. Rarely is there a yard
around the hut, or a'shade tree or a vine to
relieve its barrenness, and the shiftless occu-
pants will seldom take the trouble to plant a»
patch of vegetables. They keep cattle that
browse in the woods, a few pigs and chick-
ens, and a mule or two to cultivate a field of
cotton and one.of.corn.—Oor. N. Y. Tribune.
A NEW PnorELLnn rou Srnaunoars.—The
Baltimore newspapers‘contain accounts of re-
cent experiments with a new propelling appa-
ratus for steam tugs, the invention of a me-
chanic of that city. The Gazette of May 9,
describing a practical test made the other
day, says: ‘ . -‘ ,
“The Alpha is a Baltimore-built boat, con-
structed on the tug boat model, and as neat a
thing of the kind as there is afloat. She is
forty-three feet in length, and has ten and a
half feet of beam. 'Sheis furnished with one
sixteen-horse 'power horizontal tubular boiler
and a number seven Knowles pump. From
the pump to the stern are two lines of pipe,
which strike the water about three feet be-
neath the surface. Two similar lines run to
the how. The pump drives through each
pipe a two and a half inch stream, which en-
ters the water through a seven-eighth inch
nozzle. With sixty pounds of steam the
pump makes one hundred and eighty strokes
to the minute, each stroke driving a stream
into the body of the water. ‘
This is all there is about this wonderful de-‘
vice. And yet, under all the disadvantages
of a trial trip, this was the device which yes-‘
terday enabled the Alpha to make ten knots
an hour under sixty. pounds pressure. There
was not a ripple astern, and no perceptible
displacement of the water, except the little
made by the cutting of the w. ' She hacked
and turned with perfect ease. To back the
boat the steam was driven through the bow
nozzles, and the craft obeys on the instant.
If the boat were to springs. leak the pump
would simply draw its supply from the hold
and go on -with}its work. It is claimed that
a vessel probided with this appliance could
not sink under ,ordinary leakage. For pru-
dential reasons there were no experiments in
this line yesterday. _
A remarkable featureof the contrivance is
that the power which propels will . also steer.
To accomplish this the nozzles are worked a1 ,
ternately from side to side, using the streams :
as levers, on the principle of the oar. There
is yet another use to which this device can be
applied. Incasc of fire on board or about
the docks a line of hose is attached to the
pump, and in a second there is a floating
steam engine Which could at least hold its,
own with anything on'wheels. The inventor
claims that his device can be profitably ap-
plied to‘an’y vessel, though it is mainly in-
tended for canal service, where the demand is
for a cheap propeller that will not wash the -.
banks. He declares that both the first and
after cost of his invention will be far less than
that of anything now in use. The entire
driving apparatus is'be'low, and no part of it
could be carried away by accident or de-
318'".
there is not much to, get out of order, and
nothing that could not easily be repaired.
The, attempt of the British government in
1866 to apply water as a propelling power to
vessels is the only similar'effort within our
knowledge. The Water Witch was propel.
led by streams forced out at the sides, a rota;
ry fan supplying the power. The Water
Witch achieved a failure and retired from
business. . -
Bio FISIIING.~—A Cape May letter says :—
Drum fishing is now very successfully pur-
sued here, and it makes splendid sport. Those
not well acquainted with the ways and tricks
of the wily red drum fish sometimes narrow-
ly escape coming to grief in the pursuit of
him. This week'a gentleman from Philadel-
phia, fishing on Five Mile beach, in company:
with Mr. Joseph Iland, met with an almost
fatal mishap. Mr. Hand baited his drum
line, and with its sinker threw it beyond the
breakers. He gave the line to the gentleman
and told him when he hookeda drum to run
in, meaning run inshore up the beach and
drag the drum throngli the breakers. He
soon hooked a neblc fish, and ran in the sea,
hauling in his line as he ran, and fast becom-
ing entangled in it. He was thrown dowu
by the powerful fish, and 'dragged into the
surf waist deep. Mr. Hand ran to his assis-
tance. Fortunately the hook drew out, and
the gentleman escaped-his perilous situation.
No danger usually attends the taking of this
fish, unless the directions are misunderstood
or your line enwraps you as was the case of
b. colored man at Cape Henlopen, on the op-
posite shore of Delaivare Bay, who lost his
life by tying his line around his body. A
powerful red drum took the line and dragged
him into the surf.
The whole thingis .so simple that '
“Take a Nap.”
I wonder if the mothers who read this col-
umn from week to week, tllld who are so in-
tcrested in all that pertains to the attractions
and comforts of the domestic health—who
welcome every new concoction to please the
palate, or with ready hand apply themselves
to the manufacture of new and fanciful orna-
ments, to render home more. charming and
beautiful—ever stop to consider how long the
strength to accomplish all this will last, if
they just push on, regardless of the import-
ance of giving themselves a daily rest, a
“little nap,” aside from the night’s repose, to
which tired nature is rightfully entitled. I
have before advocated in these columns a
system, a rule, for the performance of do.
'mcstic duty—a plan marked out each morn-
ing for the varied branches of employment to
which the manager of a home has' to devote
herself each day. If one has been accustom-
ed to take these duties at random, and has
been tempted to systematizc and go about
this matter with some kind of order and reg.
ularity, and found how much more could be
accomplished than by the old plan, key will
find that the matter is not brought to perfec'
tion yet. _ -
A great assistance to the mother, or who-
ever lias in charge the domestic machinery,
is a short sleep in - the middle Of the day.
Drop all care, steal away just for a little
while, and give the weary muscles and excit-
ed brain, and perhaps the unstrung nerves, 0
rest. Best! The very thought of it is com-
fortable! ‘How it does lighten the cares and
facilitate the duties of the afternoon! How
much more easily we can carry the burdens
that seem to accumulate as the day declines!
The little ones are returning from school and
need a mother’s attention. The market man
is here, and we-must make out our list for
the morrow’s wants. Biddy needs directions
"in the kitchen, and we must see that all parts
of the house are quiet and settled in order.
How fresh and invigorated we feel to go
about all this and a thousand othertrifles
that are the routine of every-day duties, when
we have refreshed ourselves with an hour’s
sleep at midday. Do not say you cannot
spare the time,- for youare gaining time by
it. You will surely last longer. You will
bespared longer to the loved ones around
you if you will only spare yourself. They
will need your care for years yet, and to this
end you must be economical of your health
and strength. Lay in store .sufilcient vim by
daily sleep to balance daily waste and so keep
up the average. Anice little nap is so re-
freshing! It recuperatcs the exhausted en-
ergies and the last half-day’s duties are as
the first.
How to Keep Well.
The remedy for summer diseases, by what-
ever name, is: Eat less. We do not mean
that you shall starve yourself or deny your-
self what you like best; for as a general rule
what you like best is best for you; you need
not abandon the use of tea or coffee or meal,
or anything else you like, but simply eat less
of them. Do not starve yourself, do not re-
duce the quantity of food to an amount which
would scarcely keep a chicken alive, but
make a beginning by not going to the table
at all, unless you feel hungry ; for if you
once get there, you will- begin to taste this
and that and the other, by virtue of vinegar
or mustard, or syrup, or cake, or something
nice. Thus a fictitious appetite is waked up,
and before you know it you have eaten a
hearty meal. .
The second step toward the effectual pre-
vention of all summer complaints and the
like is : Diminish the amount of food consum-
ed at each meal by oneafourth of each article.
If you have taken two cups of coffee or tea
at a meal, 'take a cup and a half; if you have
taken two biscuits or two slices of bread,
take one and a half; if you have taken two
spoonsful of rice or hominy or cracked wheat
or'grits or farina, take one and a half; if you
have taken a. certain or uncertain quantity of
meat, diminish it by a quarter, and keep on
diminishing it in proportion as the weather
becomes warmer, until you have no unpleas-
ant feeling of any kind after your meals, and
until you have not eaten so much at one meal
but that when the next one comes you shall
feel decidedly hungry. -
==E
No Vao.\xcms.——Postmaster General Key
having officially and repeatedly made the an-
nouncement that there are “no vacancies" in ‘
his department, an old post ofilce clerk is re-
minded of the following story told by the late
JohnC. Rives of the Globe. He says that
Rives used to tell the story on Major Hobbic
who, for many years, was the first assistant
postmaster general, and who, like our present
high officials, was ever ready with the fatal
answer, “No vacancy,” to all applicants. Rives
said that the majorhadpromiscd to appoint
a friend of his to the first vacancy; and he had
called on him repeatedly to fulfill that prom-
ise; but the invariable answer, “No vacancy,”
was the excuse, until he had concluded to re-
linquish the matter as a bad job.
At length, one day, his friend called on him
out of breath from running, and told him that
Mr. Paine, a post office-clerk, had just been
drowned in the canal, at the same time beg-
ging that he would go with him and secure
his place for Major Hobbic.
had a sure thing this time, Mr. Rives said,
they both hastened to the major’s office and
confidently renewed their application.
“No vacancy,” said the major.
"Yes there is,” said the applicant; “Paine
is dead—drowned in the canalfland I have
just seen his body on the banks, awaiting the
coroner’s inquest. "
>Whereupon Major Hobbic sent immediate-
ly for his miscellaneous clerk, Mr. Mart (who
has acted in the same capacity for every post-
master general since), and to the astonishment
of all present, Marr confirmed the stereotyp-
ed reply, "‘Nc'vacancy.”
“But, yes, there is,” the applicant insisted,
“Paine is drowned; I just saw his dead body
fished out of the cana .” '
Said the major, “How is this? is poor Paine
really gone? "
“ Certainly,” said Marr, “ drowned in the
canal; and his place was filled an houn- ago by
theamolntmont of the man. «who saw him fall
in .’ ”
,. ,Mr. Rives said after this he never tried
again—Washington Letter.
The trial of the Northamptom Bank rob-
hers was held last week,~and proved of great
interest. One of the-gang named Edson
turned State’s evidence and told the whole
‘story.’ He was a traveling agent for Herring's
safe, and conspired with the burglars to effect
hank robberies throughout the country. He
{furnished them tools, visited the bank and
,. examined the locks, giving theiil all possible
information, rendering the robbery compara-
tively easy of accomplishment. After the
robbery he was sent by the Herring company
to‘open the safe. The thieves went back on
him, giving him only $1,200 out of the mil-
lion or so of dollars which they secured, and
threatened to cause his arrest, if he pcached,
so to get even with them he turned State’s
evidence.
In attemptingto carve a fowl one day a .
gentleman, foun'd considerable difficulty in
separating its-joints, and exclaimed against
the man 'who had sold! him an old hen for a
young chicken; ‘ “My dear,” said the enraged
man's wife, “don’t talk so about the aged and
respectable Mr. B.; be planted the first hill
of corn that was planted in our town.” “I
know that,” said the husband, “and I believe
this hen scratched it up.”
Nice Uncle (improving the occasion)—
“You see, my dear, you don’t generally call
boys ‘pretty,’ but if they are very, very good
indeed, they may row up ‘handsome.’ ”
Olive Branch—“Oh, iicle! why didn’t you
be a good boy 1’”
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Organist of the First Congregational Church.
Teacher of the ’
Plano-Forte: Organ and Music. I
. Composition.
Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
J3 Belden Hurlbutt,
Attorney and Counsellor at Low,
[loom No. 4, [up stair-,1
GAZETTI BUILDING.
9
EMILY V.D.PARDEE,M.D.,
(Graduate of N. Y. Medical College for Women,
Cor. MAIN d: MARSHALL STREETS,
SOUTH NOBWALK, CONN.
Office Hours, until!) a. m., and_from 3 p. m. ’At-
tention to all classes of discasesincident to a gen-
eral practice of medicine and surgery. Fam-
ilies supplied with Homoeopathic remedies.
References by permission :—S.Lilenthal, M. D.,
Prof. of Theoryand .Practice,N. Y. city; Clemence
Lozier, M. D. Dean of Colle e, N. Y.: Alfred K.
Hills. M. D..Proi‘. Matcria Me ica. 3m23
CHARLES ' W. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
NORWALK, CONN.
Ollice corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxide Gas administered.
0.3. coounea,
DENTIST.
Successor to
Dr. Asa. Hill;
WALL STREET, NORWALK,
‘ Olilce over
0. J. Gruman’s Dry Good: Store.
9' Gas administered for extractingteeth with-
out pain.
DENTISTEE§
AT HARD TIMES PRICES,
For Ca-h—No Credit 3
All work excutcd in thoBest Manner, at my office
Corner of Main and Washington firecta,
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN.
'1‘. E. SWIFT, D. D. S.
J. HARVEY BETTS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
.GRO CERIE S,
Provisions, Flour, Grain, Food, in,
Wilton, Conn.
Just Received, a Fresh Supply of
Geyser Spring, Selser.
VlllHV and ClllBlllllc All!!! WATER,
At S. GRUMMAN’S
51 it MAIN STREET, NORWALK, coax.
arenas,‘ ll. RAYMOND,
Furnishing Undertaker,
STANDARD SCALES
MADE WITH THE
Eaten, most valuable lmproyemenll
World’s Fair, London,
World’s Fair. New York 1 353
World’s Fair, Purim... 1801
World’s Fair. Vlonnu.,. | 8'13
World’s Fair, Snnunzo m, 1375
World’s Fair, Philadelphia. . . 1870
ALSO
COFFEE AND SPICE MILLS,
TEA AND COFFEE CANS,
STORE—TRUCKS, doe.
AGTS for MILES’ ALARM MONEY DRAWERS.
FAIRBANKS at. 00., 311 Broad’y, N. Y.
FAIRBAKS a 00,,166 Baltimore St., Baltimore.
FAIRB AKS do 00., 53 Camp-st., New‘ Orleans,
FAIRBAKS lb 00.,216 Main~st., Buffalo. N. 1'.
FAIRB AKS A's 00.. 338 Broadway, Albany, N. Y.
FAIRBAKS & 00., 403 St. Paul- st Montreal,
FAIR BAKS A; 00., 34 King William-st.,London
FAIRBAKS, B RO.W.N Ab Co..2;MIlk-st., Boston.
FAIRBAK S Air. EWING. Masonic Hall, Phila.
FAIRBA KS , MORSE do 00., Chicago, Ill.
FAIRBANKS, MORSE do 00., 0incinnuti.-Ohio.
FAIRBANKS, MORSE it. 00., Cleaveland. Ohio.
FAIRBANKS, MORSE A: 00 , Pittsbur h, Pa.
FAIRBANKS, MORSE do 00., Louisvil c, Ky.
FAIRBAN [(8. At 00.. St. Louis. Mo.
FAIRBANKS & IIUTCHINSON, San Francisco
For sale by leading Hardware Dealers.
Furniture -Fnrniture
If you wish
Fallout-library, [lining and Billing
'~ Room Sets, :
Walnut or Cottage Chamber Sets,
or . vtl in in the Furniture Line of the Latest
Sign: Ballast Finish and Make a'nnioruie
Least Money, 30 to
WM. Locxwooo's,
N o. 36 Main Street, NORWALK, CONN.
Also,
General Furnishing. Undertaker.
0r ler attended to romptly day or night. Resi
( deancc with Mr. i5. T. Cornwall, France St.
Rich Garden Mould for sale.
SEVERAL HUNDRED Loads of Rich Alluvial
A Mould. suitable for Flower Beds, or Top
Dressing for grounds, for sale. delivered at 81 per .
load. Orders by pustal card. or in person, will be
tl rcs coded to. Address
promp y p WM.MCQUILLAN.
TEA-TRAYS
AND
WAITERS,
E. K. Lockwood’s.
Norwalk.
REAL ESTATE.
\l \IV\N\ VWV MAN \
I.“ III SILL—The St. John House on High
ToStrect, Enquire of JAMES_FINNEY. ":0
To Rent.
A small cottachI-ooms opposite residence of
J .PANTO . Esq., Broad River. Large gar-
den and plot of ground With it. Rent low.
12 Apply 0 ROBERT ELLS.
To Rent-
OUSE corner of Elm Street and» Fraulein
H Avenue, south side of Elm Street. Posscss-
ion given immediately. Ground floor 813 a month.
The place has the Borough water and a fine well.
litt‘ EBENEZEB HILL, Elm Street.
otisr‘s AND Rooms To LET, by
11.1‘1'1‘011, 51 Main Street. 7
For Sale or Exchange
03 REAL ESTATE NEAR NOB-
WALK. A Farm in Amherst, Mass.,on
main road, large House, Out-buildings, and new
Barn, Orchards, Woodland. &c. Fine locality,
near churches, schools, colleges. and railroad.
En uirc of DILMOSMAN, or E. J. HILL, Nor—
waiiz. 23“
For Sale or Exchange.
THE Large, Elegant and Pleasantly Located
Dwelling ot' the subscriber, on East Avenue;
House has 15 rooms, with all modern improve-
ments ; about two acres ground attached. Will
be sold at reasonable price or exchanged for New
York City property. Apply} to or address
2 GEO. W. CB . 0x 452, Norwalk, Ct.
Also one of the handsomest Building Sites on
East Avenue,cosistln of four acres, being the
north portion of the o (1 Van Zandt Homestead:
has a line Orchard of choice Fruit and line Shade
Trees.
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 0 rent on moderate terms.
Also,a large Carpe tor Shop, located on Arch
Street, on the Bouton property. Will be rented
very low. For full particulars enqure of
(iii JAMES F NNEY,Bcal Estate Agent.
For Sale Cheap,
01: Exchange for other property,
One of the neatcst. and easiest little Cottages in
the Borough. Will sell to .a good tenant for little
gr! up; money down. Enquire at GAZETTE OF-
C .
__
For Sale.
A lllITI’AOE'fCI A SIIILE EAIILV, new,
a cheap. En-
convenient well located an
E quire 0f ’ o. r. runner.
Norwalk, March 12, 1877. 11
House for Sale.
HE subscriber, being about to leave town,
oilers for sale his residence on HighSti-eet.
It is a two story frame dwelling, containing ten
rooms, with pantry, closets, waterhgas; &c.. lot
about 80x200 feet, with choice variety of fruit.
Possession iven immediately. For two and
further particulars enquire 0t
D. S.BARTRAM.
Norwalk, April 2d, 1877. Ant
' For Sale.
~ A House and Lot. in a healthy location on
5i? Fair Street, above Catharine. _Thc House is
' - nearly new.wellbuilt,convenientlyarrang-
ed, and Will make a comfortable and leasant
home for a family of average Slze. The 0t 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 mortgag? A line chance to scent-en
home. Apply at AZETTE OFFICE. 3t:
Desirable Property for sale.
A Verydesirablc 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 D. W. FITCH, West Avenue.
A BARGAIN.
0R SALE.—-A first-rate built House,(on East
Avenue.) containing nine rooms ; Will be let
if notsold. Also BUILDING LOTS for sale.
Apply to D. n. FITCH.
Norwalk,Nov. 27th,]875. 4 18“
FOR SALE .
I W0 ver 'dcsirableBnildin Lotson West Mouth
1‘ Street). Apply at; the GAEETTE OFFICE.
e. w. ’Locxwoob’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 Canned Fish
of all the choice varities, and Fruits and Vegeta-
bles of all kinds, in their season. The furnishing
of POULTRY, either a'live or dressedm specialty.
Also EGGS. -
Norwalk. Conn., February 20th, 18.7.
D‘VARD P. WEED,
D R 'U' G- G I S '1'
Wall Street, opposite Norwallc Opera House,
Alargc and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Perfumery, Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters, loilet and Medicateibboaps, Flavoring
and Handkerchief'Exti-acss, llairBrushes,Coinbs,
Sponges, Chamois Skins, Stationery, Ci are, &c.,
and is constant] adding to his stock al the new
and popular inc iciiies of the day.
S c w. MITCHELL,
0
At the ever popular
UNION .MARKE'I
~ has always the best of
Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
at tairlivingprices. Union (formerly Model) Mar
hot, on the Bridge. 18
animus s. Locxwoon,
Fashionable lirapei and Tailor
GEN T 8’ FURNISHING EMPORIUM.
Main Street,N0rwalk, Conn.
'0nwa 1.x msmuncn 00.,
NOR WALK, coNN.
Charter oapiu'ii $500,000
Paid up Capllal - - 100,000
WM.C.SEBEET,PreS., Gno n.00wr.ns,Sec’y.
'I'NA INSURANCE Co. “HARTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Cnpltnl and Anne“, $5,052,8 80.19
'Insures against loss and "damage by Fire,on terms
adopted to the hazard andoonsistont With the laws
of compensation. WLES & MEREILLL
Sole Agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
w. r. cumin a,
General Funnislnno Undertaken,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R. DEPOT
FOrders attended to day or night. Residence
Main Street, 3 doors from Union Avenue.
E. NELSON,
Manufacturer of
Bnoolno, Sloiolo to Light Wagons,
BROOIC ST., NORWALK, CONN.
If Broken Carriages or Wagons neatly and
promtly repaired.
cans r. LEONARD a sea
DEALER IN
0 o A L, ,
WOOD AND BRICK,
N’th River Blue Sltggedime, Cement
CEMENT PIPE fill “WINS, WEI.“ AID
GIIIIIEVS, .
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Water St., Norwalk, (Jenn.
JAS. .D. DEWELL,
SUCCESSOR TO BUSHNELL & DE‘VELL,
237 It 239 State Street,
NEW HAVEN, comm,
WHOLESALE GROCEB
- , _ AND
'J'obber in Teas.
Especial attention paid to Choice grades
PORTO RICO _MOLASSES,
of New Haven Importation.
C. W. Burritt
Has Removed
To No. 4 Phoenix Block, Wall St.,
Foot of Mill llill,whcre with increased facilities
he is prepared to do
P L U M B 11" G- ,
in all its branches. Also special attention given
to Tin Roofing, Tin and Sliectlron Work and Job-
' feet drought, and are cheaper and better t an
1 8 '7 '7 .
BUY LYOUR
Provisions, ‘
Groceries,
. Poultry,
GRUCKERV Allll GLASS WARE
. Fruits, Nuts, etc.
F I S H ,
(Fresh, Salted and Canned.)
OYSTERS,
'(Opcned or in the Shell.)
CLAMS,¢2!O
‘ ALSO -
Vegetables of all Kinds,
(Fresh and Canned.)
Canned. Fruits,
BREAD, PIES, CAKES, &.C., &.C.
- AT
DEMMON & NEWCOMB’S,
53 & 55 Main St, N orwalk.
0.1!. COUNT-ASS,
Manufacturing canfectionei,
Keeps constantly on hand a large variety of
Pure Confectionery
Always Fresh and of the Best Quality, at
“’holcsalc and Retail.
Also a superior article of
ICE CREAM.
SODA W ATER, with fruit syrups, and OTTAWA
glliiEBulrawn from Matthews Patent Steel Foun-
a as.
Fruits, Nuts, fine Imported and
Domestic Cigars.
.No. 21 Main Street. "
An Elegant Ice Cream Saloon and Restaurant
{Oi-Ladies andGentlemen.
O. H. DOUGLASS,Proprietor.
Closing Out'Sale‘l
To Consumers of Groceries !'
The subscriber will sell for the next '
13 DAYS,
His entire stock of
GROCERIES at COST
FOR CASH !
As he is closing up his Grocery Business, haying
engaged in the sale of
HARDWARE, AGRICULTURAL IM—
PLEMENTS, PAINTS, OILS, .120.
which he oficrs at lowest'Cash Prices. at the old
stand on Main Street, next door to C. B. D’ArtOis,
South Norwalk.
GEO. C. SCOFIELD.
REMOVAL!
._.—..—¢.p—.————
J.SPENOEB,
Watchmaker.
and J eweler,
Ilas Removed to his Newly Fitted—up Store
on Main Street,
Next to Prowitt’s Drug Store,
and has enlarged his stock of
JEWELRY.
Silverware,
Watches and Clocks,
with a 00d selection of all the newest styles in
his inc and is prepared to, do all kinds of
R EPAIRING
in the best manner at Lowest Prices.
Clocks a Specialty.
John A. Honneclcer,
B A KE 'R,
room‘ or MILL HILL.
Bread, Rolls. Pics, Cakes,Crullcrs, &c., baked
fresh everyday. Everything made out of good
materials,and b carefuland competentworkincn.
Try our Baking ,
CEMENT PIPE Hill CHIMNEYS
Square and Round Cement Pipe, with plain and
ornamental tops, for chimneysmave amore er-
brick;also ,
[I R A I N P l P E,
The bestin theMar-ket. Warranteii to givesatis-
faction, and from 25 to 30 per cent. cheapcrthan
a other. Manufactured and for sale by
ny CHAS. T. LEONARD & SON.
1877.
motion l—IDWNS, AGT’S.
NurserymeF—a—nd Florists.
Nursery Stock, Grape Vines, Shrubs, New Plants
Roses, Geraniums. Carnations and numerous va-
rieties of 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 01 miscellaneous bulbs
also, fresh and reliable
Flower and Vegetable Seeds.
Lettuce and other salads. Tomato, egg, pepper,
cabbage,caulifiowcr, celery, asparagus. and sweet
potatoe plants. Bou nets, wreaths, baskets,
crosses, and other ilora decorations arranged to
order. Baskets and \ uses filled. Agents for the
sale of the Manhattan Blood Guano.
Mallory & Downs, Agents.
SO. NORWALK, CONN.
Nursery and oillce near the depot.
Are you going to Paint?
USE
AVERILL’S
CHEMICAL PAINT!
TIIE BEST IN THE MARKET.
Itis morebeautilul,moredurable,lowerin price,
is all ready for use, does not wash by rain. best
wood nroserver. is water and tire prool, and is the
best for encral uses, either for wood, iron or
brick buildings. any of the finest resnlencesin
town are painted with x
AVERIIAL’S CHEMICAL PAINT
Putu read for use in pails of 1,2 or 3 gallons
kegs of‘lfi, 10 o¥15'gallons, half barrels or barrels
All orders romptly filled and any information
given by app ying to
D. H. WEBB, Sole Ag’t for Norwalk
Office at Store of RAYMOND Buo’s, foot of
Washington Street, SOUTH NORWALK.
manners: CARRIAGES!
REPAIR ING, &C., &C.,
NEW FIRM
AT THE OLD STAND
Messrs. Dialling: & Tilly.
Having taken the businesslatcly conducted by Si-
las P. Tuttle, are prepared to maruiacturc all
kinds oi
Carriages and Wagons to order.
Repairing In all Branches
done in a most workmanlikc manner. Both being
practical mechanics, and thoroughly acquainted
with all branches of the busmess, they feel assur—
ed that they can give perfect satisfaction to all
who ma entrust work to their care.
PAINT NO. VARNISHING. Ul’llOI.STERl.\'G&
DOING OVER CA ERIAGES a Specialty.
- Machine Forging.
CHAS. MULLINGS. 2211‘
Slinoinl uni Merchandise Tans,
Printed or Plain,
By the Dozen or Thousand, at Manufacturers
Prices, at the
fill:
II. TI LLY
bing. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand. I
Norwalk,April, 1816.
Repairing Fine Watches and French
GAZETTE OFFICE. a ,
DRUG STORE.
' REGNIER, M. D., I’ERLEY II. GLINES,
F \
figgists & Apothecaries,
Successors to ll. L. UIILE. No. 11 Main Street,
Norwalk, Ct., kcepconstuntly on hand a full stock
of
Pure Drugs and Chemicals.
Oiir Dispensing Room is in charge of DR. W. C.
GLINES, an experienced Pharmacist. With his
knowledge of Chemistry, and care in the repara-
tion of Medicines.‘gcnerally, we feel cont dent all
those who favor us with their orders Will be well
pleased.
FARMERS AND HORSEMEN
Should know that we keep a full supp! of Veteri-
nary Mcdieincs and are prepared to ill prescrip-
tions for Horses and Neat Cattle. from Clater,
Blaine. Delai‘osse, Moiroud and other celebrated
authorities.
Our stock, among other articles, comprise the
choicest I’erlumcsSoaps. Colognes undllair Oils,
also Brushes, Combs, Chamom Skins. Sponges,
Pure Glycerine,Bird Seed, Fancy Articles,l’atent
Medicines, Cigars, etc., etc.
Also Chaice Liquors, Wines, Ale and Porter for
Medicinal purposes. -
Family Groceries
CHEAP FOR CASH!
The undersigned having purchased the stock of
goods iormerl 'owned by t e Sovcrigns oi' Indus-
try, and iitte up the store with an entirely new
stock of Goods, is now offering to the public as
good an assortment of
CIICICE FAMILY INCCERIES,
Provisions, Flour. Teas, Sugar, Spices, kc“ at the
very lowest market prices for cash. Goods deliv-
ered anywhere about town tree of charge. Call
and try us, it will be for your advantage. .
GEORGE CARTER,
Lynes’ Block, Water Street, opposite Railroad
‘ Crossing. 11
Pianos for Sale.
One New Weber and One New
Chickering Pianos,
TAKEN in exchange for thcr property,willbe
sold at a. great sacri cc. For particulars
piidressimm‘ediately or en ir 0‘
CNN e l .
(.- EO. B. CIIOL 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 invition to.all by giving notice
that I can be found at the Store No. 51 Main Street
formerly occupied by myself. and latterly by
Messrs. Stalford & Stoddard, where I shall take
pleasure to wait upon such as Will favor me with
their patronage. HARVEY FITCH.
Norwalk, January 29, 1877. ,
Peter L. Guigue,»
FLORIST,
Union. Avenue, North of Norwalk Cétlll'lfl‘y,
DEALER IN
Greenhouse, Hothouse, Bedding,
- and Vegetable Plants,
Grape Vines, Fiiiit and Ornamental Trees, Flow-
ering Shrubs, Bouquets, and Baskets of Flowers,
Wreaths, Crosses. and all other designs in Flowers
to order. Grading and ltcfitting of Cemetery
Plots promptly attended to. 1 3m16
Dr. "C. II. Kendall & Son,
DEN-rxs'rs.
Are now prepar-
cd to r e o e i v e
their patrons at
either N orwalk
Bridge or South
N orwalk. The
‘ senior partner
has taken rooms
0 v e r Selleck‘s
Bookstore, Nor-
walk. while the
junior retains
the old office, Lauder’s Block, South Norwalk.
Teeth extracted without pain, and all dental ope-
rations performed at either office.
0. H. KENDALL, M. D.,
G. s. KENDALL, D. D. s.
P. S. Dr. C. If. Kendall will devote Mondays to
Ridgciiel.‘.. .
.I. P. Ilanforil in Sen,
Having rented the store occupied the past year
by Mr. C. O. Keelcr, they will open on
THURSDAY EVENING, April 5th.
A very nice market for the sale of ’-
Poultry,
Fish, _ ' .
Fruit
Vegetables.
finest, as well as the Common
Varieties in their Season,
and we shall endeavor by lairdealing and strict
attention to business to merit, and would respect-
fully invile a share of the public patronage. They
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 Dairy.
J. P Haxronn FRANK HANFORD
CECRCE WARD SEllECK,
has constantly in stock at. his new store,
No. 9 Main Street,
a choice and line assortment of
Groceries,
Provisions,
Flow/r,
Fruit, &'c., e
To which he would invite the attention oi'all who
Wish to [Illl‘l‘llllse first-class goods at
Ileusonable Prices.
DR IED BEEF. NLICED, A SPECIA LIY.
RES 7' of llAfilgiflll flfilgflt’ WHOL E UR
Drop in and see him at his new store
\lo. 9 MAIN STREET.
PAINTING-
OF every description, promptly executed in the
best manner. .
House Painting, Papcriiig, and
Wall Painting a. Specialty.
All orders sent through the Post Oificcmy per~
sonally made to the subscriber will receivwinme
diate attention.
C. C. BROTIIERTON.
nonunion in PRICES!
Cheap! Cheaper! Cheapest!
Although not ctBrnally boring the people with
the cry of “Reduction in Prices,”&.c., we have
constantly
Followed the Times,
and reduced our charges for Job Printing from
da ' to day, and we are now doxng work at lower
prices than _
RULED BEFORE THE WAR!
This is an actual fact. We have always made a
point to do good work at fair prices. We. have
one of the Largest and best appouitcil Printing
Establishments iii the State. Our facilities for do-
ing all kinds of Printing
ARE UNSURPASSEI). _
, Gazette Joli Pointing Dillon; .
tczicliers’ salaries.
much as $150 a year.
Longfellow’s Latest Poem.
In the Atlantic Monthly Mr. Longfellow
has a poem entitled “Castles in Spain," in
which he begins by recalling the yearnings of
his youth for that land of romance, the
dreams that filled his brain in boyhood of the
Spain of “Paladins and Charlemain" and the
Cid Campeador, and “shapes more shadowy
than these,” thnician galleys, Roman camps
and Gothic warriors. The poem continues: T
It was these memories perchance.
From annals of rcmotest eld,
That lent the colors of romance
To every trivial circumstance
And changed the form and countenance
Of all that I beheld.
Old towns, wliosc history lies hid
In monkish chronicle or rhyme—
Burgos, the birthplace of the Cid,
Zamora and V alladolid,
Toledo, built and walled amid
The wars of Wamba’s time;
The long, straight line of the highway,
The distant town that seems so near,
The peasants in the fields, that stay
Their toil to cross themselves and pray,
. \thn from the belfry at midday
The Angelus they hear;
The crosses in the mountain pass,
Mules gay with tassels, the loud din
Of muleteers, the tethered ass
That crops the dusty wayside grass,
And cavaliers with spurs of brass
Aligliling at the inn ;
White hamlets hidden in fields of wheat,
White cities slumbering by the sea,
White sunshine flooding square and street
Dark mountain ranges, at whose feet ,
The river-beds are dry with heat,
All was a dream to me. .
Yet something sombre and severe
O’er‘ the enchanted landscape reigned ;
A terror in the atmosphere '
As if King Phillip listened near,
0r Torquemada, the austere,
His ghostly sway maintained.
The softer Andalusian skies
Dispellethe sadnessgmd the gloom :
There Cadiz by the seaside lies,
And Seville’s orange-orchards rise,
Making the land a paradise
Of beauty and of bloom.
There Cordova is hidden among
The palm, the olive and the vine;
Gem of the South, by poets sung,
And in whose Mdsque Almanzor hung
As lamps the bells that once had rung
At Compostella‘s shrine.
' But over all the rest supreme,
The star of stars, the cynosure,
The artist’s and the poet’s theme.
The young man's vision, the old man’s
dream— .
Granada by its winding stream,
_ The city of the Moor!
And there the Alhambra still recalls
Aladin‘s palace of delight;
Allah i1 Allah! through the halls
Whispers the fountain as it falls;
The Darro darts beneath its walls,
The hills with snow are white.
Ah yes, the hills are white with snow,
And cold with blasts that bite and freeze
But in the happy vale below
The orange and pomegranate grow,
Audwafts of air toss to and fro
The blossoming almond-trees.
The Vega cleft by the Xenil,
The fascination and allure
Of the sweet landscape chain the will.
The traveler lingers on the hill.
His parted lips are breathing still
The last sight of the Moor.
How like a ruin overgrown
With flowers that hide the rents of time
Stands now the Past that I have known.
Castles in Spain not built of stone,
But of white summer clouds and blown
Into this little mist of rhyme!
The Scot’s Farewell to liis"Collle."
Lie doon, lie doon, my bonnie pet,
The death mist’s owre your e’c;
Nae mair can ye come oot an’ rin
The hale day lang wi’ me:
Again I'll stoke thy sleek blacklield,
An’ breist sac white an’ fair ;
Puir Collie, ye maiin abide at home,
An’ gang the reoot nae mair.
Ye canna thole the biting caiihl,
Nor face the blindin sna‘,
As aye did wi’ richt gndewill,
The ficetest 0’ them a’.
Ae word, ae look, was aye enough
To mak ye ken your work ;
An’ day an’ nicht ye’ve serves me wee‘,
Ne‘er gied me angry bark.
Yewere aye gentle wi’ the lambs ;
They ken’t ye was a frien‘,
An’ loupt aboot ye, one an’ a‘,
Amang the knowes sac green.
Thy claws or teeth on sheep or lamb
Ne’er gaed below their woo’,
Tho’ wae betidc the prowling fox
Gat gripp‘d within‘by mou'.
A' simmer thro', owre a' we hills,
In win’, or mist, or rain,
The silly sheep that strayed awa’
Ye sune broclit liamc again.
When winter wi’ lier storms 0’ sna'
Cam’ sweepin’ doon the glen,
An‘ sheep were smoored in awl'ul’ drifts.
An’ hidden frae a’ men. ‘
’Twas then, wi' keen an' anxious e'e,
An’ scent nae one could deal,
You showed us where to find them lost.
Au’ helped to liowk them oot.‘
My Jean an’ bairns will miss thee sair.
Sae wise, sae swift 0’ feet;
To me thou art my ain richt han'—
The tliocht maist gars me greet.
Awecl, if dogs havlsouls, like men,
A noble one is thine:
Yc've spent your days in daeiii‘ gnid :. "r?"
I m prood to ca’ tee mine.
Noo, Coolie, boy, farewcel.
My pct o’ besttrained breed 2
What will guidwife and bairnies say
\Vben they ken Collie’s deid ?
Increase of coal production over last year,
28 per cent.
New London is agitating a reduction of
Some of them now get as
A Hazardville woman, who has lost five
husbands in powder mill explosions, is about
to marry a Sixth, who is also a powder mill
operative.
The Fairficld W'est eonsociation is called to
meet in Greenfield church Tuesday, July 24,
to dismiss Rev. ll. B. Smith from his pastor-
ate that he may accept a call to the Stafford-
ville Congregational church if the eonsociation
shall deem it advisable. -
A Miss Buchanan, once rallying a brave
soldier on his courage. said ; “ Now Captain
—-, do you really mean to tell me you
can walk up to the cannon’s month without
fear ?” “ Yes," was the prompt reply, “ or a
Buchanan‘s either.” And he did it.
. Mr. and Mrs. William Carter of New Brit-
ain are, respectively, ninety-one and ninety-
two years 'old. They have lived together in
marriage sixty-five years, and are quite hale
and hearty. '
Miss Ellis, whom her classniiites at Tiles-
lcyan would not allow to be class" poet, took
a $100 prize for excellence in English litera-
ture, and has accepted an invitation to a place
as teacher or professor in the female college
GAZETTE BUILDING.
at Wellesley, Mass.
Norwalk Chronicler