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NORWAEK,CONNECTICUT,TUESDAY, JULY :31, 1-877.
I vet. LX.--NUMBER 31.
No Kiss. Juvenile Smoking. No Trifling With Mobs. The Friendshlp of Great Britain. Insurrection asa Remedy. NORWALK GAZETTE, REAL ESTATE. 1 8 7 I7 , “Until the Day Breaks."
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“Kiss me, Will,” sang Marguerite
To a pretty little tune,
Holding up her dainty lnoutb,
Sweet as roses born in June.
Will was ten years old that day,
Alld he pulled her golden curls,
Teasingly, and answer lnade ;
“I'm too old——I don’t kiss girls.”
Ten years pass, and Marguerite
Smiles, as W111 kneels at her feet,
Gazing fondly in her eyes,
Praying, “Won't you kiss me, sweet ‘3"
’liite is seventeen to-day;
With her birthday ring she toys
Ful‘ a moment, then replies;
“l’m too old—I don’t kiss boys !”
Madge Elliott m Baldwin‘s llfonthly.
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\Vhat Riots Cost VVorkinglnen.
It is a significant and instructive fact that
while a few reckless and unscrupulous agi-
tutors are endeavoring to foment discord and
strife alnong tlle laboring classes, the work-
ingmen of New York are now paying for the
fruits of mob violence in this city fourteen
years ago. The law of nearly' every State
provides for the immunity of its citizens
from mobs and riots, and guarantees them
against loss in this manner. Every piece of
property, whether public or private, destroy-
ed by a breach of the peace, is paid for by
the city or county in which the violence takes
place; the law for this State, which was
passed in 1855, being as follows:
Whenever any building or other real or
personal property shallbc destroyed or injur-
ed ill consequence of any mob or riot, the
city or county ill which such property was
situated, shall be liable to an action by or in
behalf of the party whose property was
thus destroyed or injured for the damages
sustained by reason thereof.—[3 Rewsed
Statutes (Sixth Edition), p. 807, see. 1.
The first riot that occurred after the pass- '
age of this act was the well-remembered
Draft Riot of 1863, when the mob burned
down the Colored Orphan Asylum at Fifth
avenue and Forty~sixth street, pluildering
stores and destroyed other property. ' The
property-owners immediately filed their
claims against the city for more than $2,000,
000. An Auditing Committee was appointed
to represent the city, and after a careful as-
sessment of losses approved the payment of
claims to the amount of $1,855,204.46. Bonds
bearing six per cent. interest to meet the
debt, payable in 1877, 1879 and 1882. The
first payment of $500,000 falls due this year,
and the tax-rate for the year hasbeen advanc-
ed froul $2.75 to $2.80 ell $100 to enable the
city to take up the bonds at maturity.‘ The
manner in which this tax is distributed—the
large property-owner shifting the burden to
the tenant of his store, who in turn puts it in
the price of 'his goods, until at last it comes
to the laboring man, who pays an extra penny
a pound for his sugar and an additional dollar
for his rcnt——has been often demonstrated,
and-the workingman who is pausing before
the strikes can easily learn from the Controll-
er’s books what extra burden he and his chil-
dren will be compelled to hear if he resorts
to lawlessness for the redress of his griev-
ances.
The July riot of 1871 was suppressed be-
fore any considerable damage was done to
property, and the city was compelled to tax
the people for only $10,000 to pay the claims
presented—N. Y. Tribune.
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How to Burn Coal.
A very common mistake is made and much
fuel wasted in the manner of replenishing coal
fires both in furnaces and grates. They should
be fed with a little coal at a time, and often ;
but servants to save time and trouble, put on
a great deal at once, the first result being that
almost all the heat is absorbed by the newly
put on coal, which does not give out heat un-
til it becomes red hot. Hence for a while the
room is cold, but when it becomes fairly
aglow the heat is insufferable. The time to
replenish a coal fire is as soon as the coals be-
gin to show ashes on their surface, then put
on merely enough to show a layer of black
coal covering the red. This will soon kindle,
and, as there is not much of it, an excess of
heat will not be given out. Many also put
out the fire by stirring the grate so soon as
fresh coal is put on, thus leaving all heat in
the ashes when it should be sent to the new
supply of coal. The time to stir the fire is
just when the new coal laid on is pretty well
kindled. This method of managing a coal
fire is troublesome, but it saves fuel, gives a
more uniform heat, and prevents the discom-
forts of alterations of heat and cold above rc-
ferrcd to.
The daughter of a country practitioner-,in a
little village in Scotland, awoke one morning
to filld herself a great heiress Her uncle
had died, leaving an estate and fully $1,500,-
000 to her. Miss Macpherson Grant was
bright, clever, handsome, and about twenty-
oue years of age. She took possession of her
property and lived in great style, keeping a
large stud of horses, and driving tandem her-
self all over the country. Some fifteen years
ago a young lady paid her a visit. It ended
in this young lady, Miss Temple, leaving
' father and mother, and living with Miss
Grant for better or for worse, until death
should them part; in fact they formed such
a friendship that they entered into an en-
gagement that neither should marry, and that
they should pass their lives together. Miss
Grant then and there refused _a very good
offer of marriage, and rejected all other suit-
ors. The conditions werc'that Miss Grant
was to leave her estates and everything to
Miss Temple, if Miss Temple, on her part,
never left her and never married. A will
was lnade by Miss Grant, ullder which her
property was to pass to the Temples. Two
years ago Miss Temple married, and last
Christmas Miss Grant died. The will was re-
voked. She never forgave the defection, she
never made another will, and the estate goes
to an obscure country doctor in Aberdeen-
sllire, who hardly knew he was related to
Miss Grant, and never saw her. Other rela-
tions, poor tradcspeople, come in for a share.
, Over this question of succession there will
be a terrible fight ill the law courts between
the Temples and the llcirs-at-law.
Miss Corisandc was born only two years
earlier than her brother Tom. \Vhen Tom
was ten years old she gloried because she was
twelve. When Tom was known to be four-
teen she confessed to sweet sixteen. \thn
Tom proudly boasted of eighteen she timidly
acknowledged herself past nineteen. When
he came home from college, with a mustache
and a vote, and had a party in honor of his
twenty—first birthday, she said to her fl lends,
“What aboyish fellow he is; who would
think he is only a year younger than I?”
And when Tom declared he was twenty-five,
and old enough to get married, she said, “Do
you know, I feel savagely jealous to think of
Tom getting married. But then I suppose
twins are always more attached to each other
than other brothers and sisters.” And two
years later, at Tom’s wedding, she said with
girlish vivaeity to her wedding guests, “Dear
old Tom, to see him married to-nlght and
then think how, when he was only five years
old, they brought him in to see me, his baby
sister: I wonder if he thinks of it to-night.”
You have met Miss Corisandc, probably. She
lives ill your town.
—.—.___
A Kentucky editor remarks that ninety—
nine out of a hundred people make a great
mistake when they cut off a dog’s tail in
throwing away the wrong end.
That was not a bad comment on the unsuc-
cessful military careers of Banks and Sehurz
which Grant quietly expressed on the vessel:
_ “They had the misfortune to begin as major
i generals. ”
.our infirmitics—not to narcotize them.
BY MRS. AMELIA E. BARR.
In spite of warnings and protestations from
every side, ill spite of the notes of alarm
sounded by ministers and physicians, none
can shut their eyes to the rapid increase of
the vice of smoking among boys and very
young men. But who takes poison if they
know it to be poison? It is “for lack of
knowledge the people are destroyed."
The wise and good Canon Stowell and Mrs.
H. Kirk in England, have strivcn nobly to
arouse Professors in colleges and teachers in
Sunday-schools to their duty in this respect;
and when teachers have pondered well this
question in all its grave moral and physical
aspects, they will not, I am sure, shirk their
manifest_obligation. o
I am aware that the Methodist Church of
America has already taken a decided step.
In 1808 their Conference requested the co-
operation of all Sunday-school teachers with
professors ill colleges ill their endeavors to
check and guard boys from becoming entan-
gled in this vice.
Science, also, by such authoritative voices
as those of Sir Benjamin Brodie, Copland,
Vircllow, Sichel, Solly, &C., &c., has given
her most emphatic verdict against the habit.
'1' here is not one hellcst,‘ intelligent physician
who will deny that boys in smoking inflict
irreparable injury on their constitutions,
poison the spring of life, and fetter the will.
It has been proven beyond doubt that the
oil of tobacco destroys the function of the
brain. Think of our boys voluntarily and
slowly narcotizing their immature brains !—
the physical organ in which we excel the
brute creation. The Minister of Public In-
struction in Paris has issued a circular for-
bidding the use of tobacco by students, on
the positive asserted ground that it .prevents
their intellectual and physical development.
And an eminent writer in the Lyon’s
Medical Gazette takes still higher ground, and
says “that in a. moral point it lessens the
worth of an individual, associates itself with
bad habits, and strengthens them.”
Now, smoking is an unnatural vice ; .it has
to be painfully acquired. There is never
even an inherited taste for it, as there is for
intoxicating drinks. Boys learn to smoke
not because they like to do it, but because
they have a false idea that it makes them
manly. The teacher‘s first evident duty is to
destroy this illusmn. It may be done very
powerfully by making clear to them this sim-
ple fact, that young men training themselves
for athletic exercises are obliged to abandon
the practice, even if they are already smok-
ers. The athlete knows well that smoking
will detract from his strength and endurance.
The mental statistics with regard to the use
of tobacco by boys are frightfully startling.
The works of both English and French wri-
ters on this subject give collegiate facts which
no growing boy ought to be ignorant of, and
which the Sunday-school teacher by a few
hours‘ reading can make himself so familiar
with, as to give their emphatic moral lesson
in a few forcible words at every convenient
season. For surely it is his duty to impress
upon youth that the body is holy as well as
the soul, that the temple of the Holy Ghost
must-be kept unspottcd, and that a reverence
is due even to that physical life which Christ
sanctified by becoming a man.
Morally and spiritually the use of tobacco
by growing boys is a vice of unappreciated
magnitude. The slavery of any foolish, hurt-
ful habit is fatal to spiritual life. This gener-
ation is especially the slave of superfluities.
Everywhere the doctrine of self-indulgence
has passionate disciples. “ Let us cat and
drink and smoke,” as if life was not more
than the meat, and duty higher than pleasure.
“A habit more, a freedom less,” is a true
proverb; and what if the habit is full of evil,
a constant stumbling-block in the way of all
upward and onward progress! Any tree is
known by its fruits. What are the most ob.
vious ones of this habit? First: deceit. Ask
any chemist as to the quantity of orris root,
cinnamon bark, mint lozenges, 830., bought
by boys, in order to disguise their practice of
smoking from their friends. Second: selfish-
ness. When once the habit is formed. how
regardless the smoker is of the feelings of
others—on the streets, in the cars, in the
house, among the little children who may be
suffering frightfully from the sickening va-I
por, though unable to complain of it.
Worst of all is that dreamy, listless indif-
ference which it induces. There is a won-
derful motive power in the enthusiasm of
young blood which the world relics greatly
upon for the push onward every generation
gives her. She cannot afford to lose any por-
tion of this. Young men who are great
smokers may be great dreamers, but not so
great thinkers and great doers; and the fu-
ture epic of humanity is to be written by the
doors and not the dreamers.
It is said in extenuation that smoking
soothes the irritable nerves, and induces good
temper. The Bible tells us to fight against
The
influence of tobacco is opposed to moral war-
fare. It cries, “ Peace! peace!” when there
is not peace, but insensibility.
MAY You DIE AMONG Your: lennnn.——
How sad a thing to feel that one must die
away from home. Tell not the invalid, who
is yearning after the distant country, that
the atmosphere around him is soft; that the
galcs are filled with balm, and the flowers are
springing from the green earth; he knows
that the softest air to his heart would be the
air which hangs over his native land; that
more grateful than all the gales of the South
would breathe the low whisper of anxious
affections; that the icicles clinging to his
own caves and the snow beating against his
own windows would be far more pleasant to
his own eyes than the bloom and verdure
which only more forcibly remind him how
far he is from that one spot which is dearer
to him than all the world beside. He may
indeed find estimable friends who will do all
in their power to promote his comfort and
assuage his pains; but they cannot supply
the place of the long—known and long-loved;
they cannot read as in a book the mute lan-
guage of his face; they have not learned to
communicate without hesitation all his wish-
cs, impressions, and thoughts to them. He
feels that he is a stranger; and a more des-
olate feeling than that could not visit his
soul. How much is expressed by that form
of oriental benediction : “May you die among
your kindred !"
m—
It is idle to imagine that in this age of the
world any burden can be laid upon Capital
whiclr’Labor will not be finally forced to
bear. The tax which the rich man pays to
the collector is paid again by the poor man‘ in
the form of house rent, tailors’ bills, butchers'
bills, and the price of bread. All charges
upon the community are paid by the whole
community. Nobody can get rid of his share.
Nor is this all. The strikers have a direct
pecuniary interest in the prosperity of the very
roads they are trying to cripple. The busi-
ness of the whole country is bound up with
the fortunes of the railroads, and it is the
condition of business which governs the
market price of labor. When the railroads
are paralyzed, all our commercial operations
are stricken as it with death; our factories
stand idle, our ships lie empty at the wharf,
our warehouses are vacant. And the strikers
finally must learn that it is the railroads that
feed them. They cannot stop the cattle and
grain ears without raising the price of beef
alld bread—Tribune.
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A woman-in Baltimore has been fined $100
and costs for sending salrrillous postal cards
to ladies.
. rule.
When strikers, no matter what their origi-
nal grievance, adopt violent measures, there
is no room for dispute as to the nature of
their proceedings; and their proper treatment
is just as plain and simple. Public opinion
will protect workingmen in their rights, but
their rights must be clearly ascertained.
If a man is‘dissatisfled with his wages he
has a right to quit work. .His employer can
not compel him to go on working upon the
employer’s terms. But the other side of the
case is just as strong. The employer has a
right to' quit employing men with whose
terms he is dissatisfied. So far their rights
are the same. ‘
When the question of wrong-doing comes
up, both sides must be judged by the same
The dissatisfied workingman has no
more right to prevent his employer from hir-
ing somebody else than the employer has to
prevent the workingmau from working some.
where else. If workingmen engaged in a‘
strike unite with violence to keep men who
have taken their places from working, they
do as great a wrong as an employer who has
declared a lookout would do if he should or-
ganize a band of ruflians to prevent his dis-
charged workingmen from working anywhere
else.
The men who by violence prevent other
men from lnovinga train of cars are doing
the work of a mob as really as if they were
destroying property. The difference is only
one of degree. Such a mob deserves no
mercy. To show it any is to encourage in'
surrectiou.—N. Y. Evening Post.
Was Mac Iey right, after all, and is our
boasted Rep lie to be a failure after a bun-
dred years of brilliant success? A govern-
ment of the people cannot be sustained if the
people divide and fight against themselves.
In union there is strength, and unity is our
only salvation. If the people will not sus-
tain their own government they must yield
the care of their live; and property to what-
ever power may bc able to control. Men of
America what shall your government be—a
Republic, 21 Commune, or an Empire? If a
Republic, you must not tamper with its ene-
mies, but by voice and force of arms, if nec-
essary, you must do your best to sustain it.
The efforts of men' of the lowest class,
known as “hoodlums," in San Francisco and
the lieighboring town of Oakland to incite
an attack on the Chinaan have been renew-
ed, but the police have dispersed the riotcrs,
not, however, before some damage to Chi-
nese property had been done. A demand
has been made on the Central Pacific Rail-
road for the discharge of all Chinamen in its
employ.
The testimony of Miss Jane Parry, the
plaintiff in a'breach of promise case, which
came before the Queen’s Bench Division, Lon-
don, some time ago, is as racy as anything
between the covers of “Pickwick Papers.”
She explained to the jury that she was “the
proprietess of a shell-fish shop” and that the
defendant “ was in the bottle way and
such like." After telling her that his
home was furnished “beautiful” and that he
was seeking for a wife, he added: “Well,
what do you say for yourself? You are a
good daughter to your parent." She an-
swered that she “would never leave her pa-
rent.” When the old lady died and the
whole shell-fish business became hers, the
defendant said to her, “Your mother is dead
now." She answered, “I must show my pa-
rent proper respect—therefore not before six
months.” At the end of six months he again
asked her to marry him, and she told him
that he was a foreigner and had better marry
one of his own country-women who could
speak his sentiments, which she could not.
Hereplied that 'they must be married the
next day. “But I am in deep mourning,”
she objected. “Never mind," said be, “it
will be soon over and very economical.”
“The next morning,” said the witness very
archly to the jury, “I got up and dressed for
the occasion. I was still in mourning, but
covered it up with a nun’s white wail." The
wedding was postponed and the lady resum-
ed her mouming and her shell-fish. The suit
was renewed and broken off again and again,
the defendant’s affection seeming to be in ac-
cord with his appetite for oysters. He first
fell in love with her while eating one of
her “stews,” as she undertook to prove by a
memorandum book. There was no entry on
the pages but she accounted for its absence
on the thféory that she “did not put any in-
ward feeling on what he then said to her.”
She remembered his asking her if she was an
Englishwcman and that she‘ answered. “I
ham.”
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Hints on Transplanting.
_ The art of transplanting trees, shrubs, and
vines is only learned by experience, close ob-
servation, and a strict adherence to the laws
that govern vegetable growth. Any unskill-
ed laborcr can dig up and reset 9. tree or a
vine; but this does not insure life, health
and vigor. There is a wellndjusted balance
between the roots and branches of every tree
or vine. Trained practical gardeners recog-
nize this fact, and the importance in trans-
planting of removing all the roots possible,
and especially the fine, fibrous ones, such as
take up and furnish the nourishment. To
save enough 6f these roots in transplanting
large-sized trees, it is necessary to know the
habits of growth of trees and vines. For in-
stance, the Scotch or white pines with their'
long, fleshy roots, and comparatively few fl-
brous onesnear the body of the trees, need
more care in removing than the Norway
spruce with its mass of fibrous roots cluster-
ed around and near the body. The best way
in all cases is to dig a narrow trench around
the bedy, some distance from the tree, deep
enough to get below the lower tier of roots.
In’ making this circle, the flat of the [spade
should not be faced. toward the body of the
tree. The top soil on the “bull,” near the
body, should be removed by a digging-fork
or other implement that will not cut or in-
jure .the small roots. In case the trees or
shrubs are to be moved only a short distance
from where they are growing, as much soil
as will adhere to the roots may be left on
with advantage. _ - -
The second important point to be observed
in transplanting is not to leave the roots ex-
posed for a moment to the rays of the sun,
or to a blowing dry air,‘ which is quite as in-
jurous to tender rootlets. If not set out at
once, the roots ought to be kept damp and
covered over with a cloth 'or “heeled in."
Trees coming from a distance, when the roots
show signs of being left exposed, and the fi-
bers are dry and somewhat shrivcled, will be
much improved by plunging them into a
stream of water, and then hecling them in,
covering the roots carefully with moist soil,
and so leaving them until ready to plant out.
P. T. Quinn in Scribner. .
The President’s proclamtion sounds Well,
but there are no bayoncts to enforce it. The
American Army has been pared down by the
Democratic House until it is a corporal's
. uard beside the armies of foreign nations.
of. that little army has to patrol the Rio
Grande, garrison a long chain of forts on the
western plains, overawc the treacherous
tribes in New Mexico, prevent the return of
Sitting Bull to the Yellowstone Valley, fight
with Joseph in Idaho, and now repress do-
mestic violence in five States. The Govern-
ment might to have material as well as moral
power in an emergency like this—Tribune.
An intimate friend of Jefferson Davis says
that Mr. Davis will probably complete his
book on the war by the fall. Ile will attack
J oc Johnston with great bitterness, and will
charge on him the responsibility for not pur—
suing the Union forbes into Washington at
the first Bull Run battle.
The attentions paid to General Grant in
England should be exceedingly agreeable to
all Americans, of whatever party, or what-
ever their objections to his political course,
not only are the English signifying their
usual respect for great military talent, but
also, and doubtless with a great significance
derived from the suggestions of the highest
authority, showing their good will to the
United States. It was freely said by the rep-
rcscntatives of Great Britain at the Centenni-
al Exhibition that the Queen had intimated
her desire, not alone for a creditable exhibi:
tion of British and Colonial products, but
that on the occasion of ceremony the British
.represcntative should take' especial pains to
meet every possible requirement of the occa-
sion. She was herself an exhibitor. Sir Ed-
ward Thornton was madc cx-ofiicio head of
the British commission. 0n the evening
after the opening of the exhibition he gave
an elaborate and costly entertainment in Phil-
adelphia, to all- the officials of the exhibition,
fereign and American. At the Fourth of
July celebration in Independence Square, he
was duly present in the prominent position
assigned him, and, at the close of the excr-
cises, was one of the first called forward to
be greeted with thundering cheers. At the.
banquet given the foreign commissioners and
the diplomatic corps by the centennial com-
mission and board of finance near the close
of the exhibition, Sir Edward Thornton, as
chance would have it, was the dean of the
diplomatic corps as well as the chief
of the British commission, and there-
fore first to be toasted. IIis reception was
most enthusiastic, and his queen and his
country were cheered. It so happened that
the judges, foreign and American, were sum-
moned to meet May 24, 1876. At the lunch
given them it was remembered that this was
the queen’s birthday, and the proper toast
was drank with great enthusiasm. And dur-
ing the whole six months, by the hospitality
dispensed at St. George’s house, the British
headquarters on the exhibition grounds, and
during the constant and abounding hospitali-
ties of the citizens of Philadelphia,thc most
harmonious and fraternal relations were
maintained between the Americans and all
the representatives of England and her colo-
nies. There could not have been a more sat-
isfactory answer to The criticisms made in ad-
vance, even by such men as Charles Sumner,
upon the absurdity of expecting that Great
Britain could participate in' an exhibition on
such an occasion, especially that she could
attend the various celebrations. The Eng-
lishmen took the most sensible and practical
view of the whole affair. They could not
have manifested a more friendly spirit, or co-.
operated more zealously, if it had been an
enterprise conducted by colonies ‘but had
never established their independence. It was
clear from the disposition shown by great
multitudes at the exhibition, composed of
citizens of nearly—if not quite all the states
of the Union, and of all classess in society,
that for the time at least, all grudges were
forgotten in “the courtcsics that bcfit ancient
foes turned friends." And General Grant, in
his conduct of the Alabama controversy and
Geneva arbitration, preferring the things that
make for peace, while exhibiting the sturdy
pluck and self-respect without which no man
or action can command John Bull’s good will,
has deserved the reception which is but a
continuation of the policy that is tending to
establish a firm friendship betweentllc two
great nations—Hartford Com-ant.
Activity in the Wool Trade.
There has been an unprecedented revival in
the wool trade within the last few weeks, and
the amount of business done reminds the
large dealers of the liveliest days of the war.
The fact that the sales in Boston last week
amounted to 4,100,600 pounds, the largest
week’s business ever known to the trade in
that city, and a million pounds more than the
transactions for the corresponding week last
year, is sufficient to show the activity of the
trade in this commodity. The indications are
that the wool-consuming centers will be
the scene of unusual life within the next six
months. The manufacturers have been run-
ning on the smallest possible amount of stock
for months past, but are now forced by the-
revival of the trade to buy largely, for fear
that prices will be even higher two or three
months hence than they are nt present. The
tendency in prices is constantly upward. The
wool-growers in this part of the state have
nearly all sold the cut of the present season,
realizing perhaps on an average a little less
than forty cents a pound, or nearly ten cents
more than a year ago. The rise in the price
of wool has had the effect of exciting activi-
ty in woolen goods also, but this has been
more marked in the increase of business and
the more confident feeling among the mer-
chants than in increasing the price of goods.
The effect of the whole movement will be to
greatly improve business at the large number
of woolen factories in New England. In
truth, these facts indicate a brighter prospect
for business, and better times even are pre-
dicted—Norwich Bulletin.
The Grover invmtigation has not done
much for Grover, except to show that while
his pathway to the Senate was pretty lively
with greenbacks, none of them were seen to
fall out of his pocket into the hands of impe-
cunious members. In another way the ex.
amination has beena great success. It has
established the championship of the average
democrat as the ablest liar in the world.
Tribune.
Watkins Glen.
We are often asked to name some near-by
and inexpensive Summer Resort, where one
may go for rest and enjoyment, and take
the family, without being subjected to the
thousand and one annoyances and impositions
sure to be encountered at all great watering
or Mountain Resorts. At the outset, we say
frankly, and after much experience, that
there is no spot within a day’s ride of New
York so charming in scenery, more healthful
and invigo'rating in atmosphere, than TVatkins
Glen. You take the Eric 8.7 Elmira, or the
Midland to Bingllampton and change to the
Northern Central, when an hour's ride brings
you to this minature Yosemite, now famed
through the world. Its deep and cavernous
gorges, its beautiful cascades and water pools,
its rainbow mists, and enchanting vistas, give
a perpetual delight and unending succession
of new discovered beauties, nowhere else to
be found on the inhabitable globe, so far as
known to civilized man.
But the unparalelled scenery is not all there
is to attract one to the Glen. The Glen Moun-
tain House, a new and attractive hostelry,
built and conducted by John J. Lytle & Co.,
owners of the Glen, is one of the best Slim-
mer Houses in the land. No liquors are sold
or obtainable, (otherwise than as medicines),
nor is there anything to offend good morals
or good taste, in any part of the large estab-
lishment. The proprietors are honored and
consistent members of the Society of friends
and the proverbial Quaker cleanliness, neat-
ness, good taste and good-nature are every-
where apparent about the establishment.
Any lady or child could make this a summer
houhwithout being once exposed to any of
the evil influence of our usual and fashion-
able resorts. Moreover, the prl'ccs are so rea-
sonable for the comforts furnished, that the
guests at the Glen Mountain, has no cause of
unhappiness from overcharges or unequited
raids on his excllccquer. By all means, visit
Watkins Glen, this summer, if you have not
and if you have, it will require no pursuasions
of ours to induce you to go again.
-~ to; —o- —————
English sparrows die from eating potato
which have been killed by Paris green.
There is nothing new under the sun, not
even in insurrections. The immediate griev-
, ance of the strikers is the reduction of their
wages. The general grievances upon which
sympathy is sought for the strikers and for
other workingmen just now are the wide-
spread distress incident to the times, the un-
reasonable share which it is said the working-
men are compelled to bear, the alleged better
condition of persons who are not working-
men,the sclfishness,grcéd and mismanagement
which are charged upon classes of men who
control the use of money and superintcnd
the affairs of great business firms and corpor-
ations. These grievances are not to be made
light of. There is no disposition to make
light of them. Men of the largest intelligence
would regard it as the worthiest object of
ambition to redress these grievances. There
is no magical plan for doing it. The evils
may be mitigated by conformity to universal
and eternal economic laws; by a return to
the principles from which the country has so
disastrously departed. The rest is the work
of time. _
What concerns us chiefly now, however, is
the futility of some of the plans for curing
these evils, or rather of one plan, the most
ineffectual of all—the remedy by insurrection.
As we have said, there is nothing new in this.
There are two familiar events in the early
history of the country which may be profit-
ably recalled. One, Shay’s Rebellion in Mas-
sachusetts, occurred in 1786. The other, the
Whiskey Insurrection in Pennsylvania, occur-
red in 1794. The situation is not unlike
that which we have just described as furnish-
ing the strikers and their sympathizers
with grievances. The people had come out
of .the Revolutionary war with flying col-
ors, but their condition in many respects
was cause fer anything but rejoicing and self-
congratulation. They were not sure at first
whether they had a government or what kind
of a one it was; and when they did get a
clearer view of those questions they were yet
uncertain how _ their political theory would
work in practice, and whether their govern-
ment would be able to put down even the in-
ternal disorders which were often threatened
and which in two cases took shape in
formidable outbreaks. But this was, in one
sense, the least of their troubles. They were
suffering from prolonged business derange-
ment and depression. They had passed
through the horrors of paper money and were
not yet recovered from the debauch. They
were loaded with debts, private, state and
federal, and there did not seem to be a way to
pay any of them. They found it hard to se-
cure even “starvationwagcs,” and when they
did get work'it was likely to be paid for in a
currency which, instead of performing the
proper function of a measure of value, served
only to remind them of their impoverishment.
Their affairs were in the worst possible state,
and they were at a loss how to mend them.
Some of them tried insurrection.
There is a parallel between their times and J
ours in anotheriparticular. There is nothing,
new in the ridculous communists. The coun- 4
try then was partly entertained and partly
frightened by wild and absurd talk aboutdthe
-rlghts of man—not the rights of man in the .,
meaning of the term, but the rights offiian
run mad. There were men who doubted
whether there ought to be any property at all
There were other men who insisted that what
property there was ought to be divided equal-
ly. There were advocates of-liberty- who re-
fused to concedETo anybodyw the ' liberTy ‘to
get‘on well in life. If he made himself com-
fortable by industry and thrift, he was regard-
ed as an upstart; and these thrifty and indus-
trious upstarts constituted a class of “aristo-
crats" who ought to be put down unceremo-
niously. Of course the great majority of the
people estimated this chaotic philosophy at its
true value; but we suspect that the philoso-
phcrcs of its school were then as strong in
numbers as the communists are here and now.
The government made an effort to pay its
dcbts,and to this end taxes were levied by the
several states. The measure created a good
deal of dissatisfaction throughout the coun-
try. In Massachusetts occasion was found to
make the dissatisfaction known by open re-
bellion. Some of the grievances, no doubt,
were wellfounded, and some where mere pre-
texts. Not only were the taxes too heavy,
but the. salaries of public officers were too
high; there was a flavor of aristocracy in the
Senate, and the meeting of the Legislature in
Boston was looked upon as in some way
fraught with danger to the liberties of the
people. Beside, the party of malcontents
demanded an issue of paper money! Here,
again, is proof that there is nothing new.
Ninety years later a depreciated currency
and plenty of it are advocated as the sover-
eign remedy for all the ills of the body poli-
tic. The men concerned in Shay’s Rebellion
tried insurrection and failed in it. The mill-
tia of Massachusetts put the rebel army to
flight after three of the rebels had been killed
and one wounded. Some of the leaders were
tried and sentenced to death, but they were
not hanged, and Shay himself was afterward
pardoned,because the people of Massachusetts
were supposed to be in sympathy with the
insurgents. Here, we believe, the parallel
fails. There is no considerable sympathy
with the strike riotcrs even among the class
of persons in whose interest they pretend to
have noted.
In 1794 the government of the country had
taken shape, but the country itself had not
wholly recovered from its distress; and even
the government Was yet to be tested in re-
spect to its power to enforceits authority and
execute its laws. In Pennsylvania the pre-
text was the federal imposition of a duty on
distilled liquors; but resistance to an unpopu-
lar excise law was the means by which a good
deal of general discontent was shown. The
advance of the French Revolution had given
a fresh impulse to agitation by the theorists
who held that free government meant no gov-
ernment at all. Some unthinking persons
were induced to believe that the government,
'by paying its honest debts and collecting
money by taxes to do so, was made itself re-
sponsible for the hard times; that, by increas-
ing the price of every glass of spirits which
passed the lips of a patriot, the government
deliberately tried to effect the overthrow of
the liberties of the people; and that such tyr-
anny must be resisted to the death. There
was not much resistance to the death, how-
failcd. it was put down by the presence
rather than by the arms of the militia of Vir.
ginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jer-
sey.
So the strike insurrection will fail. It is
marked not less and not more than the two
rebellions ,which we have mentioned by con.
fused notions of causes and effects and by an
utter mistake of the remedy for grievances.
By and by, after it is all over, it will be as
calmly considered and as rightly judged as
Sllay’s Rebellion and the Whiskey Insurrec-
tion now are; and it will affect the authority
of the government and obstruct the perma-
nent prosperity of the country no more than
they (lid.
In the Grover case the verdict will be “not
proven." There has been an amount .of per-
jury that speaks ill for the lnoral atmosphere
of Oregon. That money was used frec-
ly cannot be doubted, but bribery has not
been clearly traced to Grover. It is worthy
of notice that the gentlemen who have per-
jurcd themselves, either by swearing that
money was paid for votes or that money was
not paid for them, are all good democrats.
.H—fl
On the excursion of the Hartford Catholic
Institute to Newport, Thursday, over 800 of
the 900 on board were seasick, but the Times
says “the dancing and singing were kept up
all through the trip.”
ever, and the Whiskey Insurrection in its turn ‘
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ALEX, S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church .
- Teacher of' the
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
' Composition.
Box 379 1’. 0.. NORWALK, CONN.
J. Belden Hurlbutt,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Room No. 4, [up stair-,l
9 GAZETTE: BUILDING.
EMILY V.D.PARDEE,M.D.,
(Graduate of N.Y. Medical College for Women,
Cor. MAIN d: MARSHALL STREETS,
SOUTH NOBIVALK, CONN.
001cc Hours,until9 a. m., and_trom3 p. m. At-
tention to all classes of diseaseslncldent to a gen-
eral practice of medicine and surgery. Fam-
ilies supplied with Homoeopathic remedies.
References by permisslpn :—S.Lll_entllal, M. D.,
Prof. of Theoryand .t'ractlce,N.Y.ctty ; Clemence
Lozler, M. 1). Dean of College, N. 1 .: Alfred h.
Ilills, M. D. , l’rol‘. Materia Medica. 311123
CIIARLES W'. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
NORWALK, CONN.
Office corner of Main and Wall Streets. N itrous-
Oxidc Gas administered.
'0. B. coomnen,
DENTIST.
. Successor to
Dr. Asa. H111,
WALL STREET, NORWALK,
Ofllce over
0. J. Grumums Dry Good: Store.
3' Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain. .
DENTISTRY
A T HARD TIMES PRICES,
For Cash—No Credit :
All work exeuted in the Best Manner, at my office
Corner of Main and Washington St‘eets,
SOUTH N ORWALK, CONN.
T. E. SWIFT, D. D. S.
J. HAR VEY BETTS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
GROCERIES,
Pl‘lllllfllll,Flllll‘,Gl‘alll,F6tlfl,810.,
Wilton. Conn.
Just Received, a Fresh Supply of
Geyser Spring, Selser,
llltlll and CARBON“: ACID WATER,
At S. GRUMMAN’S
51 ,1; MAIN STREET, NORWALK, CONN.
GEORGE ll. RAYMOND,
Furnishing Undertaker,
No. 53 l‘IAIN STREET, (Up Stairs.)
n. NELSON,
Manufacturer of
Still. ifillttllfllfli‘lli
E‘Brokeu Carriages or Wagons neatly and
F It ll IT ~ J A ll 8
JELLY runners
. EVERY DESCRIPTION,
E. K. Lockwood’s
H A R L E M.
T1111-
FAs-ixazxo NABLE
Tului Bl Ill ‘,
Is now prepared to furnish thos'cwho:
want a
uuumuuuuuul
And wellmade]
Ready—Made Clothing;
At Prices as Low as can be had anywhere for
the same quality.
uuun' uuuunnuu uuuus
0f the Latest Designs, at.
Rock Bottom Prices,
—-A'I‘-—
‘HARLEMs,
_c. w. LOCKWOOD’S sons
Street. Enquire of“ JAMES FINNEY. t '10
.To Rent. ,
A small cattlge
J .I’ANTO . Esq., Broad River. Large gar-
den and lot of ground With it.‘ Rent low.
12 pply o . ROBERT ELLS.
ll. FITCH, 51 Main Street.
For Sale or‘ Exchange
on REAL ESTATE NEAR mon-
‘VALK. A Farm‘m-Amhcrst. Mass.,on
main road, large llousc.0ut-buildings. and new
Barn, Orchards, Woodland. &c._ Fine locality,
near churches, schools, colleges. and railroad.
Enquire of bit. MOSMAN, or E. J. HILL, Nor—
walk. 23“
For Sale or Exchange.
THE Large, Elegant and Pleasantly Located
Dwelling of the subscriber, on East Avenue;
House has 15 rooms, with all modern improve-
ments; about two acres ground attached. Will
be sold at reasonable price or exchanged for New
York City property. Applfi to or address
2 ‘ ‘0.’W.‘CRA . ox 452gNorwalk, Ct.
Also e of the handsome“ Building Sites on
East Avenue, cosistin 'of‘ four acres. being the
north portion of the o d Van Zundt Homestead;
has a fine Orchard of choice Fruit and line Shade
recs. .
To Rent.
THE elegant residence known as the “Dimon
Pluce,"plcasa_ntly located on West Avenue
one of' the most desirableplaces in the Borough of
Nor-walk, is ofl’ercd to rent on moderate terms.
Also, a large Carpenter, Shop, located ,on Arch
Street, on the Benton property. Will be rented
very low. For full particulars aware of
61.! JAMES F NNEY,Real Estate Agent.
'For Sale Cheap,
01' Exchange for other property,
One of the neatest, and cosiest little Cottages in
the Borough. Will sell to a. good tenant for little
ghgpgmoncy down. Enquire at GAZETTE OF-
House for Sale.
THE subscriber, being about to leave town,
offers for sale his residence on HighStreet.
It is a two story frame dwelling, containing ten
rooms, with pantry, closets, water, gas. &c., lot
about 80:21!) fect,w1th choice variety of fruit.
Possession given immediately.- For terms and
further particulars enquire of
‘ D. S. BABTRAM.
'Norwalk. April 2d, 1871. 4:14
. For Sale.
A House and Lot. in I. health location on
Fair Street, above Catharine. 6 House is
early new, well built. conveniently arrang-
ed. and . will make a comfortable and leasant
home for afamlly of averagcslze. The at runs
back to the river. There is a well of excellent
water on the place, and Borough water. in the
Street. Price low, and part of the money can re-
main on mortga e. A line chance to secure a
home.. Apply at AZETTE OFFICE. 3ft
Desirable Property for sale.
A Verydeslrable place on East Avenue.
Also, a few choice Building Lots srtuutcd 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,
“‘11 or to D. W.FI'1‘CII,_West Avenue.
A BARGAIN.
FOR SALE—A first-rate built Housedon East
Avenue,) containing nine rooms ; will be lot
if notsold. Also BUILDING LOTS for sale.
Apply to D. 11. FITCH.
Norwalk,Nov. 27th,187b. 181.1
FOR SALE .
TWO verydesirableBuildingLotson WestMain
Street. Apply at the GA ETTE OFFICE.
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 & Canned Fish
of all the choice varities, and Fruits and Vegeta-
bles of all kinds, in their season. The furnishing
of POULTRY, eithernlive or dressed, a specialty.
Also EGGS.
Norwalk, Conn., February 20th, 1877.
D‘VARD P. WEED,
D R U G- G— I S '1‘
Wall Street,oppositc Norwallc Opera House,
Alarge and well selected stock of
DRUGS AN D MEDICINES,
Perfumery, Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters, loilet and Medicated Soaps, Flavoring
and [land kerchiet‘Extracss, Hair Brushes,Combs,
Sponges, Chamois Skins, Stationery, CI ars, the"
and is constantly adding to his stock at the new
and popular medicines of' the day.
S & W. MITCHELL,
C
At the ever popular
UNION MARKET
has always the best of
Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Park,
at fairlivingprices. Union (formerly Model) M811;
hat, on the Bridge.
IIAKLES S. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor.
AND
GENTS FURNISHING EMPORIUM.
Main Street,Norwlllk, Coim.
NORWA LK INSURANCE (10.,
NOR IVALIL', CONN.
Charter Capltnl - - - $500,000
Put up Capital - - - 100,000
Wu. _, nusn’r. Pres., Gno R. Cowr.ns,Sec’y.
E'I‘NA INSURANCE Co.ofHARTFORD.
Incorporated 1512. Charter Perpetual.
Capital nmlAueu, $5,052,880.19
Insures against loss and damage by Fire,on terms
adopted to ”rebound andconslstont With the laws
of compensation. COWLES & MERBlkhL
Sole Agents for Norwalk and vxclmty.
w. E. eulnr‘uhn,
General Furnishiuu Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE B. R.DEPOT
“Orders attended to day or night. Residence
Main Street, 3 doors from Union Avenue.
CHAS ritllonlsn a son
DEALER m
C O A L ,
WOOD AND BRICK,
N’tll River Blue ngpemime, Cement
GEIEITPIPE FBI SEWEIS, WEI.“ All
CIIIIIETC,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. ‘
Water St, Norwalk, Conn.
C. W. Burritt
*Has Removed
To a... 4 Phoenix Block, Wall so,
Foot of Mill llill,where with increased facilities
he is prepared to do '
PLUMBING,
in all its branches. Also special attention given
to Tin lloollng, Tilt and Sheet Iron Work and Job-
bing. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand.
Norwalk,April, 1876.
Furniture -Fm'niturc
If you wish
Pallnrflilualy, Dining and Sitting
Room Sets,
\Valnut or Cottage Chamber Set-s,
or anything in the Furniture Line, of the Latest
Style, Best Finish and Make and for the
. Least Money, go to
WM. LOCKWOOD’S,
N o. 36 Slain Street, NORWALK, CONN.
Also,
General Furnishing Undertaker.
Orders attended to promptly day or night. Resi
deuce with Mr. C. T. Cornwall, France St.
.3. APBLL’S
DIODEL
Hail Dressing Ruuus,
Over Finney .17 Benedict‘s, Wall Street,
Only First-bless Work Executed
in all Branches of the Business.
Ladies and Children’s Hair Cut and Shampooed
In the most approved manner. _
W'Uloscd on the Sabbath.’€fil ‘lntl‘
Srooms opposite residence of
i
OUSES AND Room TO LET. by;
- brick bui dings.
Provisions,
Groceries,
-. Poultry,
CRUUKERY lllll GLASS WARE
Fruits, Nuts, etc.
F' I S H ,
(Fresh, Salted and Canned.)
OYSTERS.
(Opened or in the Shell.)
CLAMS,cec.
, ALSO
Vegetables of all Kinds,
‘ (Fresh and Canned.)
Canned Fruits,
BREAD, PIES, CAKES, 81.0., 81.0.
AT
DEMMON & NEWCOMB’S,
53 & "" Main St., Norwalk.
0. H. DOUGLASS,
Manufacturing Confectionel,
Keeps constantly on hand a large variety of
Pure Confectionery
Always Fresh and of the Best Quality, at
“’holemle and Retail.
Also a. superior article of
ICE CREAM,
SODA WATER,with fruit syrups, and OTTAWA
{JEERMrawnfrom Matthews Patent Steel Foun-
mus.
Fruits, Nuts, fine Importedalld
Domestic Cigars.
No. 91 Main Street.
An Elegant Ice Cream Saloon and Restauran
for-Ladies andGentlemen .
.0. E. DOUGLASS,Proprietor.
Closing Out Sale !
To Consumers of Groceries!
. The subscriber will sell for the next
15 DAYS,
Ills entire stock of
GROCERIES at 0081'
FOR CASH !
As he is closing up his Grocery Business, having
engagedJn the sale of
HARD WARE, A GRIOUL T URAL Ill!-
PLEMEN TS, PAINTS, OILS, «£0.
which he offers at lowest Cash Prices: at the old
stand on Main Street, next door to C. B. D’Artois,
South Norwalk.
GEO. C. SCOFIELD.
REMOVAL!
l.erNch,
Watchmaker
and Jeweler,
Has Removed to his Newly Fitted-up Store
on Main Street,
Next to Prowitt’s Drug Store,
and has enlarged his stock of -
JEWELRY.
Silverware,
-Watchcs and Clocks,
with a good selection of all the newest styles in
his line and is prepared to do all kinds of
REPAIRING
in the best manner at Lowest Prices.
Repairing Fine Watches and French
‘ Clocks a Specialty.
John A. Honncclccr,
B .A. KE B,
FOOT or MILL HILL.
Bread, Rolls. Pies, Cakes, Crnllers, ac” baked
fresh every day. Everything made out of good
materialsmnd bycarelul and competentworkmcn.
Try our Baking.
CEMENT PIPE FDR CHIMNEYS
Square and Round Cement Pipe, withplain and
ornamental tops, for chimneys ; have amore er-
l‘ect draught, and are cheaper and better i; an
brickmlso
D R A I N P I P E,
The bestin the Market. Warranted to give satis-
faction, and from 25 to 30 per cent. cheaperthan
an otl er. Manufactured and for sale by
y I 011118. T. LEONARD & SON.
18'7'7.
MALLURY mulls, AGT’S.
Nurserymefind Florists.
Nursery Stock. Grapevlncs. Shrubs, New Plants
Roses, Gcmniums. Carnations and numerous va-
rieties ol Bedding I’lants. 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 of miscellaneous bulbs
also, fresh and reliable
Flower and Vegetable Seeds.
Lettuce and other salads. Tomato, egg, hopper,
cabbage.caulillower.celery, asparagus. um sweet
potatoe plants. Bou nets, wheaths, baskets,
crosses, and other flora decorations arranged to
order. Basketsandvaseslllled. Agents for the
sale of the Manhattan Blood Guano.
Mallory & Downs, Agents.
SO. NORWALK, CONN.
Nursery and otlicc near the depot.
Are you going to Paint?
USE .
AVEEILL’S
CHEMICAL PAINT!
THE BEST IN THE MARKET.
Ills mo’rcbcau‘tilul,morcdurable,lowerin price,
is all ready for use, does not wash by rain. best
wood ureserver, is water and tire proof, and Is the
best for cneral uses, either for wood. iron or
any‘pf‘ the tin HI restdenccsm
town are painted wit
AVERILL’S CHEMICA 1. PA INT
Put up ready for use in pails of 1, 2 or 3 gallons
kegs of 5, 10 or 15 gallons. half barrels or barrels
All orders promptly filled and any information
given by app ying to
D. H. WEBB, Sole Ag’t for Norwalk
Olllce at Store of RAYMOND Bno’s, tent of
Washington Street, SOUTH NOR W A Lit .
CARRIAGES! manners:
REPAIRING. &C., &C.,
NEW FIRM
AT THE OLD STAND
Messrs. Dialling-s s; Tilly,
flaring taken the businesslatcly conducted by Si-
las 1’. Tattle, are prepared to lnarulacturc all
kinds of
Carriages and Wagons to order.
Repair-lug In all Branches
done in a most workmanlike manner. Both lie-ing
practical mechanics, and thoroughly acquaintet
with all branches of the business, they feel assur-
ed that they can give perfect satisfaction to all
who may entrust work to their care.
PAINTING. VARNISIIING. Ul’IIOl'STERlNle
DOING OVER CAIERIAGES a Specialty.
Machine Forging.
2211'
21 ff
CIIA S. MULLINGS. ll. '1 I LLY .
Shipping at Merchandise Tan,
Printed or Plain,
By the Dozen.or Thousand, at Manufacturers
Prices, at the
GAZETTE OFFICE.
: payment.
Will it leave me happy never,
This weary, weary gnawing of the old dull
pain ?
Will the sweet yet-bitter yearning
That at my heart is burning,
Throb on and on forever, and forever be in
vain ?
0 weary, wearylonging-l
0 sad, sweet memories thronging
From the sunset-lighted woodlands of the
dear and holy past !
0 hope and faith undying!
Shall I never cease from sighing?
Must my lot among the shadows forevermore
be cast?
Shall I never see the glory,
That the Christ-knight of old story,
Sir Galahad, my hero, saw folded round his
sleep I'
The full, completed beauty
With which God gilds dull duty
For hearts that burn toward heaven from the
everlasting deep—
From that conflict ceasing never,
From the toil increasing ever,
From the hard bitter battle with the cold and
callous world?
Will the sky grow never clearer ?
Will the hills draw never nearer
Where the golden city glitters in its rainbow-
. mists impearled?
Ah me, that golden city !
Can God then have no pity?
I have sought it with such yearning for so
many bitter years!
. And yet the hills’ blue glimmer,
And the portal's golden shimmer
Fade ever with the evening, and the distance
. never nears!
O weary, weary living'!
0 foemen unforgiving!
0 enemies that meet me on the earth and in
the air! '
O flesh_that clogs my yearning!
O weakness aye returning!
Will ye never cease to trouble ? Will ye never
never spare ?
Will my soul grow never purer?
Will my hope he never surer?
Will the mist-wreaths and the cliff gates from
my path he never rolled ?
Shall I never, never gain it
That last ecstatic minute,
When the journey’s guerdon waits me behind
those bills of gold?
Alas! the clouds grow darker,
And the hills loom ever starker,
Across the leaden mist-screen of the heavens
dull and gray.
Thou must learn to bear thy burden,
Thou must wait to win thy guerdon,
Until the daybreak eomcth and the shadows
flee away! St. Paul’s.
Waiting at the Gate.
In the happy days of boyhood, .
When my heart was gay and light,
Ere I'd felflhe pangs of sorrow,
Or aflliction’s cruel blight;
How I bounded through the coppice,
My heart with joy elate,
When I saw my playmate, Alice,
Waiting for me at the gate.
And when childhdod‘s days had vanished,
And I wooed her for my bride,
How I wished away the daylight,
How I longed for cvefitide
As I hastened to her cottage,
How I thanked indulgent fate,
For my gentle, loving Alice,
Waiting for me at the gate.
When in after years we wedded,
Oh, what happiness was ours,
.In a pretty rose-clad villa,
.’Mid a garden decked with flowers;
And when tired, home returning,
I was certain, if ’twas late,
To find my darling Alice
Waiting for me at the gate.
Now I’m longing for life’s ‘sunset,
When my pilgrimage shall cease;
Longing to behold the portals
0f eternal joy and peace;
And I wonder—oft I wonder,
When I reach that blest estate,
If I’ll find my saluted Alice
Waiting for me at the gate.
Whom it. Hurts.
The crowd of riotcrs at Pittsburg and else-
where are reported as fairly respectful of “pri-
vate property," but bound to be revenged up-
on the railroads‘by destroying their cars and
cargoes. The fact of it is, though, that they
do not injure the railroads by this, but are
simply adding to their own future troubles,
actually destroying their own property. The
town, city, or county, according as the stat-
ute has it, where alawless mob destroysprop-
erty mushpay for the full value, with interest
from the time of the riot to the time of the
There is no escaping this in either
New York, New J ersey, or Allegheny county
Pennsylvania. Evgry dollar of property gene
is so much added to the permanent debt of
the place where the trouble occurs, and “sym-
pathetic" citizens who look on with quiet ap-
proval must help pay for every cent of the
damage later. So, too, every man who has a
home must feel the added burden in addition
to his rent. It is just as well to think of these
things in advance.
Pittsburg will particularly suffer now. Its
population is about 80,000. Its assessed value
is about $172,000,000, and its .debt already
about $15,000,000. It has the proud record '
of being the first important northern city to
default upon its bonds, which it did last April
The present trouble will add about $4,500,000
to the debt of the county and more, too, for
with its present depreciated credit the city
connot raise the sum needed by selling bonds
at par. Under so heavy a load it is time its
citizens came to their senses.
This view of who is hurt is new to the riot
ers, and perhaps when they learn it they will
think more seriously of the effect of their
foolish conduct. Mr. NV. II. Vanderbilt at
Saratoga Monday put it this way :—
These strikers don't realize whose prOpert y
they are destroying. My son came up on the
evening train, and overheard a conversation
betlveen a brakcman and a gentleman. The
brakeman declared the strikers would get their
dues out of the property of the companies. N 0
you will not, said the- gentleman ; every (101.
lar’s worth of railroad property that the st: ik-
ers destroy will come out of the state, and
you are the very men who will be taxed to
pay for it. These men in seeking redress by
tire and pillage are only placing a burden on
themselves; the people must pay fgr it. \Vell,
the brakemansaid, he had not thought of that
and did not believe the other men understood
it in that way. “This view of the case," adds
ed Mr. Vanderbilt, “has not been sufficiently
treated by the newspapers. Now these riot-
ers have been at work some five days. They
are sure to reason on this thing, and if they
get a truthful view of the situation, they must
themselves see their mistake. A vigilance
committee has been appomted in Pittsburg ;
citizens are beginning to see that mob violence
does not stop with railroads. The lives and
property of everybody are endangered. As
for us, what can we do ? The railroads pay
heavy taxes, and the states are bound to pro-
tect their property from rapinc and pillage.
Other ways in which the trouble reacts on
the strikers are plain to any but over-excited
men. Food must riscif the supply is cut off
It will not be strange if beef, flour and grain
go up immensely unless the strike soon ends.
Manufactories must stop work if their supply
of material is cut off or their market shut off
from‘ them. The whole cost of living cannot
but increase, and a great burden be put upon
every one of us.
STnaTENA.
1 Opera House Block, Wall St.
E. K. LOCKWOOD’S, i
Norwalk Chronicler