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We need not bid, for cloistcred cell,
Our neighbor and our work farewell,
Nor strive to wind ourselves too high
For sinful mair beneath the sky.
The trivial round, the common task,
May furnish all we ought to ask;
Room to deny orrrsclves, a road
To bring us, daily, nearer VL‘Od. ’
-——Johll. th’bli’.
To the Editor oft/ta N. H. Palladium :
If you wish to settle the Graphic contro-
versy in relation to the first stcanrboats ruu~
ning on Long Island Sound, you can quote
the following from the “ History and Airti-
quitics of New Haven” byJ. W. Barber, the
first QtllilOi‘. of which was published iir 1831,.
the second in 1856, and the third in 1870. In
his preface he says : “ No attempt has been
made to write a formal history, the object
being more. to collect valuable aiitl interesting
facts. Some of these may possibly be deem-
ed too trival to be noticed; but it is true, as
Dr. Johnson has Well said, ‘posterity delights
iii details.’ "
I 51‘ s’l‘l£,\.\llltl.\'l‘s more NEW YORK, n're.
“ Formerly passenger and goods were trims-
ported principally by water in packets. llic
passage sometimes oceupreda week, depend-
ing upon the weather and wind. ’1 he price
of passage varied from three to five dollars.
’assagc iii the mail stage occupied part of two
davs and sometimes more.
The first steamboat that passcdthrouglr the
sound was the Fulton,commanded by Captain
Bunker. She made her first trip from New
York here March 1, 1815. She'started a lit-
tle past five o'clock in the morning, and ar-
rived lrcre at half-past four,occupying between
eleven and twelve hours. There were thirty
passengers on board. On her return she had
a large number of passengers, and was fifteen
hours on the way, being delayed by a dense
in. .
h The cost of the boat was about $90,000.
Previous to that time it was consulered quite
doubtful whether a steamboat would be _able
to navigate the sound.
The price of passage when the Fulton coin—
meuecd running was $5. She made two trips
per week each way. .
The New York Advocate, givrng an- account
of the first trip, among other things‘says: ‘ ‘We
believe it may with truth be afiirmcd that
there isnot in the whole world srrclr accom-
modations afloat as the Fulton affords: indeed
it is hardlypossible to conceive that anything
of the kind can exceed her in elegance and
convenience.’ .
It was than predicted that the time would
come when improvements would be made
the machinery and the models of'the boats,so
that the passage would be made in. ten hours.
The ordinary passage is now from fourto five
hours; the price of passage $1."
In a foot note he says :
“ The first steamboat on the Hudson river
was in 1807. The first on Lake Erie in 1818.
Ocean steamers commenced running in 1838.
The Great Western arrived in New York April
23, 1838.”
Mr. Barber‘s history of facts as they occur-
red have, I believe, never been disputed or
disproved, and as regards the steamboats nav-
i gating the sound there are several old citizens
now among us who can testify to their cor-
rcetness.
In the same volume is the following extract
from the Colombian Register under date of
F”:
. NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1877.: VOL. LX.--NUMBE1i 34
Sermon by Dr. Sunderland.
The following sermon, pertinent to the
times, was preached a few Sabbaths since, by
Rev Dir. SUNDERLAND, chaplain of the U. S.
Senate, in the First Presbyterian church, at
Washington. The Rev. Doctor‘s views will
find an approving echo in the hearts and
minds of all good citizens, as well as abund-
antly repay a careful and thoughtful reading:
COL. 3:2“:——“And whatsoever ya do, do
heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men."
The apostle in this chapter, gives his coun-
sel upon the spirit and manner of Christian
conduct and action in all the conditions of life.
He evidently teaches that the motives of
Christians are, and must be higher than those
of other men, inasmuch as they are one with
Christ. They are to live and act. and be
what they are from considerations of the no-
blest and most enduring nature. Motives
which have their source in the future exist-
ence, and, in the coming exaltation and glory
with Christ. Governed by such sentiments
and convictions, a man will set himself to
overcorrrc the evil of which he is conscious
within him ; and, to sur'mount that also which
is external and around him. These are the
things which war against God and the soul,
and bring down judgment upon the disobedi-
cnt. The Christian was once in the same
eondenin‘ition,but has now escaped,having put
off the old m:in,and puton the new ; and hav—
ing conic into a new life, a new experience
and new society, where the divisions, jeal-
orisies and contentions of the world are not
to be admitted: but all are one iir Christ,
and he is all, and in all So the Christian is
to put on his spiritual garments and be cloth-
ed in habits befitting his new conditions.
Mercy, kindness. liuniblciress of mind, meek-
ness, long—suffering, forbearance, forgiveness
and above all charity, which is the hand of
pcrfectness, cherisliiiig the peace of God iii
the heart, letting the truth of Christ’s words
dwell in the mind richly in all wisdom,
holding religious assemblies,engaging in spir-
itrial exercises for mutual. edification, and,
whatever is done iii word or deed should be
done in the name and for the sake of Christ,
and with an abnrrdant spirit of thanksgiving.
Then the apostle addresses different classes
upon their specral obligations and duties as
Christians, husbands, wives, sons, daughters,
servants, and so he comes to the great con-
clusion, and whatsoever ye do. do it heartily.
That is, do it from the soul, with the whole
soul, as to the Lord, and not .unto men.
Knowing that you are servants of the Lord
Christ from whom we are to receive the glor-
ious reward of the inheritance, both now and
in the final consummation.
Take this single chapter, and it contains
more deep philosophy of living, more pure
morality, more noble aspirations, more muni—
fieent and uplifting motives, and more wise
counsel for the direction of human life and
the securing of a stable and satisfying human
happiness, than all the books that infidels
ever wrote or philosophers have dreamed.
The text discloses the true secret of all
right living, right action and right being for
mankind. That secret is this: A constant
recognition of God as our Father, of Christ
as our Savior, and a constant reference to
Him, as the Judge and disposer of all our
character and conduct, and that in our plans
and trials, we shall be far inorc concerned as
to what God thinks of us, than as to what
our fellowrnen shall think; and that we shall
be so disposed with our whole soul. It shall
be a life and a service of whole-heartedness
edness. In other words we must not be mu-
table in this, fickle, wavering, divided, incon-
stant, changing as the wind, flowing and o’er-
flowing as the water ; binding, trimming try-
ing to see 110w little, and with how little we
can serve God, and keep our standing as His
May 13, 1815:
“ The steamboat Fulton arrived here on
Monday last at six o’clock in the afternoon ;
she returned to New York the same evening
and arrived here again on Tuesday evening.
At six o'clock on 'Wednesday morning she
‘ left here with about eighty passengers for
Hartford, intending to arrive there on Thurs—
day morning, the day of our general electron
and nonfiction: she arrived at Middletown (a
distance of between sixty and seventy miles,
one half of which distance was on the Con-
necticut river and against a strong current)
at. t} 3,. in. She stopped there until four o’clock
on liureday morning when she proceeded
on‘ and arrived at Hartford in four hours,
where she was saluted by a discharge of can-
non and the. lruzzas of the multitudes who
were gratified with the sight of a steamboat
fifty miles above the month of. the Connecti-
put river. The steamboat arrived herev last
night and proceeded :liis day to New I ork.
‘ J, G. n.
A Suggestive Table of “logos.
The following table is taken from a bill of
items recently filed iii the city court in a suit
brought by a journeyman carpenter for a bal-
ance claimed to be due on an account running
from March 1, 1859, to October 1, 1876, It
represents the market and agreed wages per
day of a journeyman carpenter in this city at
the various periods indicated. A gentleman
looking at it said it illustrated the rise and fall
of the greenback empire. It will be noticed
that wages reached their lowest point in the
first winter of the war, did not rise above two
dollars per day until March 1,1863, andreach-
ed their highest point May 1, 1868. The table
closes October 1, 1876, but if continued until
to-day wages would probably be placed at two
dollars per day.
March 1, 1859, to November 1, 1859.... .31 75
December 1, 1859, to March 1, 1860. 1 5
March 1, 1860, to November 1, 1860.... 1 75
December 1. 1860, to March 1, 1861... 1 50
March 1, 1861, to September 1, 1861... 1 75
September 1, 1861,to December 1, 1861 1 50
December 1, 1861, to March 1, 1862.... 1 25
March 1, 1862, to November 1. 1862... 1 75
March 1, 1863, to March 1, 1864 ......... 2 00
March 1, 1864, to March 1, 1866,.,....I. 2 50
March 1, 1866, to March 1, 1867....2... 3 00
March 1,1867, to September 1, 1867... 9 25
May 1, 1868, to December 1, 1868 ..... . 3 50
December 1, 1868, to March 1, 1869.... 3
March 1, 1869, to December 1, 1869...
December 1, 1869, to March 1, 1870....
March 1, 1870, to December 1, 1870
December 1, 1870, to March 1, 1871..,,
March 1, 1871, to December 1, 1871....
December], 1871, to January 1, 1875.
January’l. 1875, to February 1. 1876...
February 1, 1876, to October 1, 1816...
——New Harm Pallcdz‘imz.
The Lockwood Estate Contested.
Surrogate Coffin of Wcstchester County,
has rendered his decision in regard to the ac-
counting of the administratrix of the estate
of George Lockwood, late of New Rochelle ;
the objections to which on the part of Mrs.
Margaret Fowler, a daughter of the first wife
of Mr. Lockwood, was published some weeks
ago. The decision disallows -thc. payments
for clerk-hire, allows the $2,000 for legal ser-
vices, declares that the $5,000 in government
bonds belong to theadministratrix, holds that
the ponies and carriage referred to in Mrs.
Fowler’s objections were valid gifts made by
Mr. Lockwood, and disallowc the claim for
$6,000 and $4,093 91 paid to the husband of
the contestant—Tribune.
The Springfield Republican says that the
state of Massachusetts has detective, officers
traveling among the trumps i 11 order to. find
out their ways, as the best way of learning
how to 'deal with the tramp problem. The
men dress and live like the rest of the frater-
pity, make no attempt to arrest or obstruct
them in any crime, and even join them in
their petty thefts. Their observations thus
far convince them that the great body of
tramps are professional thieves. Occasionally
one travels by himself, but they gepe allyform
into gang for a few days or longer under the
direction of a chief, and have their duties as-
signed them, who are to beg to—day and who
to-morrow, and what places are to be broken
into.
-———————'.—4.>—-.I
Gilmore has tried ever since he has been in
New York to make Sunday concerts ' a 'suc-
cess. This has hurt him hugely in other rc-
lotions, and he does not know what is the
matter. Arbuekle used to lead the singing
at ’l‘alnnulge's Church Sunday morning and
then play at a beer gardtn Sunday nights.
01‘ course this double role' could not, long be
continued. The statistic; of New York show
that the Sunday business is a bad business
from a worldly standpoint. Nine—tenths of
the men who have kept their counting houses
open on Sunday hart failed. Out of the
great number of how; men in the city for the
past twenty years all )ut three have failed
And all of these kept their bars running on
Sunday. Men whoare now catering to the
Sabbath-breaking ublic, and are trying to
bring on us a Con nental Sunday, are losing
more than they will gain, and, like the long
list that has goncbcfore them, will have to
give place to othfrs.
-———P—.—1.>+_
. The Methodiét church in Litchfield is clos.
ed for repairs; Six hundred dollars will be
expended.
children, and how much we can reserve for
the world, and the service of sense and self.
It intuit be one thing, one absorption, one en-
grossmcnt. We must carry our religion
everywhere with us, and whatever we do, in
whatever calling, or vocation or pursuit—for
we have to engage in these—we must make
all subservient to the grand motive and ruling
principle of our life—to please God—to serve
and honor Him. This is the true secret of
man’s real honor, safety. peace and happiness
the sole, single secret of a Christian life.
Now let us see some of the applications
of this principlg to the actual purposes and
actions of men.
1 . There will be a full and prime recognition
of God in the soul as our Father, Protector
and Friend, and as God is ever Himself con-
Stout and true, we shall always have one to
whom we can look with confidence; one full
of wisdom and goodness, purity and noble-
ness. The very thought of whom, and the
constant communion with whom will most
powerfully tend to raise us to a higher plain,
and imbue us with u purer and fairer spirit.
2. This recognition of and constant reference
to God, will help us to sift out what is ,right
from what is wrong in human conduct. There
are many mixed courses of action in this life.
Many things of doubtful propriety ; many
questionable things which we shall be slow
to enter upon, and which we shall be likely to
dismiss as not the proper course for :1 Chris-
tian in the pouduet of his life and the true
touch-stone of the character of all acts will
be found in this perpetual reference to the
will of God. There are many ways in which
we shall find ourselves imbued with the clear
light of a superior caution and wisdom, we
hardly know how but the secret of it. is the
guidance and invisible direction of our Heav-
enly Father. Thus we shall be able to win-
now the chaff from the wheat in any con-
duct. We shall become stronger and clearer
in what is unquestionably right and more and
more averse to that which is wrong and dan-
gerous. Even in all the minor points of liu.
man behavior, we shall find an advantage in
acting from this principle of doing all hearti-
ly as to the Lord, and not unto men. Oh,
there is undoubted discretion and discernment
in pursuing life upon this basis.
3. Then we shall find in it a new and pe-
culiar strength in trying times, in those afilie-
tions and sorrows, those losses and crosses,
those struggles, those severe and dark expe-
' ricnccs which do bring us to our wits end
and make its feel that we must yield up our -
integrity, must follow almost the counsel of
Job’s wife. For oftentimes the Christian in
this world is brought’down very low and the
trial is so long and so severe that it does not
seem to him that he can endure it longer,
'and then it looks as though God had forgot,-
ten him, and that all his confidence had been
misplaced, as though there were nothing
real, nothing for hope, nothing for reliance,
as though every cord were cut and we must
sink beneath the overwhelming calamity.
But even then it is better to lockup through
the darkness, look up to God and say I will
trust Him though he slay me. He Will not
sufler me to be tempted above what I am
able, but will with the tern tation provide a
way of escape that 1 may e able to bear it.
The danger at such a time is that men will
cast away their confidence in' God and be
tempted to do questionable things under pres-
sure—under heavy and crushing necessity.
Everything looks so dark; God- seems so far
off, seems not to hear nor to regard our cry,
and there seems to be no helper anywhere.
Then we shall be tempted to .look away from
God and begin to look to men around us, and‘
to trust to our own devices, to listen to the
counsel of the world,and it may be suggestions
of downright cvii. ' At such a time there is
great peril. The soul is all muffled; there
appears to be no light anywhere; we are
wrauped up in unbroken gloom and it is
hard to keep our hold on the faith we once
had. Many go down under the pressure and
never rise ‘sgain. Sad. sad fate. He that
can weather the storm and think himself
happy in being counted worthy to suffer,
though it be a mystery, and can bear it all
heartin as to the Lord, islthe greatest hero,
he shall be nonibere-d among the worthies of
the church forever. Oh, I know it is easy
to describe it—to say it in words, but when
the pi’CSE‘ier'CGli‘iCS can we endure it? Yes
we can for others have done it before us and
are doing it now. There are many who are
pinched by a hard necessity, such as you and
I perhaps never knew, and who writhe wrth
every Purn of the screws that tortures them,
yet make no sign. They are hearing it on,
hearing it: to the mat. Faithful, unto
death that they may receive a crown of life.
4. And so I remark again that nothing like
this secret of living will so breathcinto us the
spirit of fidelity. honesty in all we do, sincer-
ity in our feelings, thoughts, actions, and
perfect good faith towards all. \Vhen a man
is freefrom the trammels of man pleasing,
and walks alone as in the sight of God, he
will not slightly do his work, no matter if he
is sure or not of men. All that disturbing
and confusing element is gone. Everywhere
he does his work thoroughly for he has noth-
ing to conceal, nothing to disguise, nothing
to‘prevariccte, nothing which i'ctuii‘cs turnl
ing and twisting; his life is wilhout grille.
Such a man has nothing to fear, nothing to
dread, nothing to crush or weaken lrinr,notli-
mg to disturb his peace. His work will be"
done and well done, and his life will be a pil-
lar on which the weary can iean. Such an
fluence is beyond all price. Such a name is
an impcrisliable treasure.
HUMAN FAILURES
Now I have spoken of some points that be-
fitting; to the lesson of the day, and they show
very clearly the reason of that disorder which
aggrevates all human ills and in itself often-
.timea the ehiefest ill of all.
and not of half-heartedness or of faint-heart-.
example is bi-iglitrr tlzau the sun. Such an inn}
1. First, men break with God ; they grieve
him ; cast him utterly out of the account and
commence chaffering' among themselves.
They think- they are the people and wisdom
will die with them. For thirty years past
there has been, all through the world and no-
where nrorc than in our own country a ten-
dency towards practical atheism. Men have
thought they could live without God to please
themselves and one another. Books have been
gravely written to prove that there is no God,
and men have sported and wantoned in a
very carnival of infidelity; they have boast-
ed of their science and civilization; their in-
dustrics, discoveries, inventions, investiga-
tions, re-productions, researches, and, in the
pride and ai'rOgance of their heart, they have
reviled at the idea of a God. Tlrey have
jeered the Bible as a book of fables; they
have laughed at religion as a stupid, supersti-
tion; they have scouted the old orthodox
doctrines of human depravity ; of the neces—
sity of an attonerncut, and of regenerations
by the spirit of God, and all the great kin-
dred and cognate doctrines; they have for-
saken the sanctuary ; they have abandoned
the altars of religion ; they have profirned
the ordinances of heaven ; they set at naught
all devine authority, and have proudly boast-
ed that the grand lights of human knowl-
edge and philosophy are to prove the real
and only saviours of mankind. The agedras
been a grossly material one. Mullitudes
have been whirled about in the wild delirium
of earthly schemes and pleasures. All the vi-
ces have been let loose, and public morals
have suffered a most lamentable degeneracy.
And now what do we see? a greivious and
sore pressure on the very throat of human en-
tcaprise; a long continued panic; stagnation
of business; want of confidence; wannt of
employment, dissatisfaction, starvation. labor
combining against capital; multitudes of
beggars and tramps, the innocent suffering
with the guilty; the great thoroughfares at
length blockadcd ; strikes, violence and
bloodshed ; oppression by the few ; ferocity
by the many, till at last the powe; of the gov-
ernment is invoked to keep the peace, and .
when the, army is called for it is found that.
the nation has none, only a few, thousand
troops,nrost of them sent away to fight the fr’n-
tie savages. A mere handful of men, of so little
eonsequcnecafew months since, that it was
thought wholly unnecessary to make any pro-
vision for their support. Such is the condition
of things today in this land. Now they call
for the army to quell the violence of the
mob. .Dne would think that a blush of
shame ought to rest somewhere, when men
are called to imperil their lives to keep the
peace, for whom the government has made
no provisions to furnisli themselves with
bread!
gcncc and philosophy of our boasting infidels,
men without God would remedy this
deplorable state of things which grows worse
and worse every day. Now is the time for
them to apply their salvation, if they have
any. Let us see what miracles of relief this
godless race of the world’s wise men, can
bring to the perplexed and suffering nation.
2. But once more we may see the fear-
ful complications in which men and people
become involved when they begin to depart
from God, and to lean upon themselves;
learning nothing from their miseries, they go
from bad to worse, until the whole heart is
ossified and hardened in iniquity. Then, with
all their woes upon them incurable, they laugh
at the idea of repentance and turning unto
God. But I want to add here, what all his-
tory confirms, that wlren a people have by
their pride, fuincss of bread, and forgets ful-
ness of God, brought themselves into straits
like these, nothing will save them but that
which Jeremiah did and was saved.
These times of ours are very like the times
of Elijah the prophet. There is worse than
a three years famine over all the land. Con-
fessing and forsgking sin is the first thing in
order." We must humble ourselves under the
mighty lrand of God, and then He will lift
us up. That hand is bearing upon us now,
and I do not think it will ever be lifted off
until we are thoroughly punished for the dis-
honor we have done God, Prosperity cannot
exist where men violateall laws, human and
deviue, and I think this state of things has
been produced in answer to prayer that the
extravagance and infidelity of the nation
mutt be arrested; endure better order of the
J I.
ospel prevail-
A Dangerous Example.
Two well-known mechanics of this town
entered genie time ago intoa co artnership
as wheelwrights and carriage boil, _ers, Both
gentlemen were possessed of shrewdness and
industry, and were getting along in a very
happy and contented way until they deter-
mined to venture upon a rash undertaking,
Up to that time they had been able to take
things easy. They had been coming to their
shop in the morning just when they felt like
it, and quitting iii-the evening just when
they pleased. There was no hurry, no rush,
no worry. Things went on in a smooth,
sober, and comfortable manner. But, as was
intimated above, they one day decided upon
achange of tactics. They concluded to in-
sert a conspicuous advertisement in the Ches-
apeake I’M-triads More than this. They
actually had their names printed upon sever:
al hundred circulars, and caused the same to
be cxtcnsevcly distributed. Then, with a
recklessness that was truly astonishing, they
managed to get themselves frequently men-
tioned in the local columns of this paper.
They might have known that everybody
would read those notices, but with a singular
fatality they continued the same desperate
management until at length they got them-
selves into a most awkward fix. The first in-
timation they had of coming trouble was
when they realized that additional help must
be employed. They employed additional
help, but still their rotations were not over:
Only last week they discovered that their
shop was entirely ‘too small. Then they
bought lumber, employed a? nunrber of
workmen, and willrhave just about finish
ed to-day, another shop in'the rear,soriicwlia,t
larger than the original one. Strange infatu-
"ationl Both these clever young men might
have been‘enjoying a comfortable nap this
very Friday afternoon, if it had not been for
their own unguarded conduct. But there is
no further rest for them except on Sundays,
and a few short hours after tea every day.
We cannot say where it will all end. We
would not be at all surprised to receive from
them, at any moment, an order for a. thou-
sand circulars, Deludcd creatures! We
warn them in time! If they don’t mind they
will be compelled to employ still other assist-
ants, and make still other additions to their
shop. 'But advice seems to be thrown away
on such venturous people. At all events,
they should consider the example they are
setting. They should remember that other
mechanics and business men may go and do
likewise. Then what a calamity will they
have to contemplate! A toWn that was once
quiet and sedate, rendered bustling and noisy
with the hum of; business, the buzz of facto-
ries, and the rush of accelerated commerce,
We turn from the picture with fear and
trembling—Olaesapeake (Md) Cliesapthc.
For the North Pole.
The lastmiin of the crew of the Schooner
Florence, which will sail for the polar regions
to-day from New London, was shipped yester-
day. The seamen and ordinary seamen are
all young men, the youngest being nineteen
and the oldest only twenty-four, and are as
enthusiastic over the journey as those who
planned it. It will probably be four o’clock
this afternoon before the Florence clears. She
will sail into a severe storm before she is many
days out, so Captain Tyson thinks. He ex-
pects to make his first port about August 25.
Provisions are made for the capture of whales
upon the voyage, Her completed list of of-
ficers, scientists, and crew is: George '1’ 'son,
' New London, master ; William Sisson, New
London, first mate ; Dennison Burrows, New
London, secon'd mate ; Eleazer Cone, New
London, steward; Orray Taft Sherman, Prov-
idencc, mbteorcrlggist and photographer; Lud-
‘wig Kumlin, Madison, W is, naturalisf; Rich-
ard B. York, Norwich, William A. Albin,
Sag Harbor, James 'W. Lee, New London,
J ocl B. Bottles, Granby, seamen: Charles Hen-
ry Fuller, Colclicstcr, David T. Reese, York,
Pa, John McPartlnrid, New London, green
hands. Mr, Reese has been employed as _a
printer in the Telegram office for some months
past.—IIm-tford Post.
.>—‘——-—-—
The address of Andrew G. Case, late of Co.
B. Fifth Regiment, C.'V., is wanted by the
Mutant-general. ‘
. been
How much do you think the inteli- ,
A CONVICT’S STORY.
1‘ 411?”
“ That's lllO, sir."
“ ct. inc see your arm."
“ ’s all right, is it? In my humble
opinion it's as wrong as wrong can be."
4ll'lookcd down at the bruised flesh
and broken . Dues he had affirmed
to be “all right" with a half-contempt-
uous smile, and then. resigning himself
to the inevitable, laid quietly watching
the white hands of .the young doctor, as
he prepared splints, bandages“ &c., and
courrneuccd the work of setting the bone,
now rtndered doubly difficult by the swell-
ing of the bruised flesh.
The light of the setting sun stole into
the room, illuminating with a sudden
glory the bare walls and cornfcr'tless sur-
roundings, and throwing into strong re-
lief the two ligurcs which gave life to the
picture. The doctor’s frank, good-hu-
inored face, slight easy figure, and air
of car-clone good-breeding could not have
out of place under any circum-
stances; but the other seemed strangely
in unison with and yet in contradiction
to, his surrdundings. His muscular
frame might have served as a model for
strength and b-auty—a Hercules in a
pris<flr dress! His hands, roughened and
hardened by toil, had born as slender and
well shaped as the doctor's own. His
face, bronzed by exposure to all weathers, _
was still highbred and rctined—aquiline
features, clear brave eyes, and, above
all, t c close-cropped hair of a convict.
He d that air of reserve, tot-illy distintt
from iutlcncss, which only \\'tl.~l.)l'0l people
even presew. and which impresses the inest
\‘ll gar and those.
Though the sensitive mouth betrayed
his delicate, nervous organization. noth-
ing could be more stoical than the com-
posure with which he bore the torture he
was suffering.
“XVI-y on earth, man, don’t you say
something or cry out?" exclaimed the
doctor, half impatiently. -
Noticing the gathering whiteness round
his patieiit’s lips, the doctor hastily
poured something in a_glass, and, bid-
:ing him drink it, went quickly on with
his work. After a few iniuutes’ silence
he glanced up suddenly.
“What‘s that?" pointing to a small
blue figure on the bruwny wrist.
“ What? Oh! my crest. I did it when
I was a boy,” said the man, indifferently.
“ Your crest?”
"Did I say that?” and a flush crept
over his face. “I must have been dream-
ltlllg;}),001‘10 do dream sometimes, don‘t
ie .'
The doctor did not answer, but. looked
keenly at' him, as he turned'away his
head with a. short, embarrassed laugh.
“ What is your name 9"
” No. 411-.”
“I don’t mean that, I mean your
name," persisted the doctor.
“ Jim Brown."
D12. Harris laughed. '
.“Jim Brown! Why don‘t you say
Bill Scroguins? One name would suit
about as well as the other."
411 frowned slightly.
“ Why should I tell you my name?"
“I'm sure I don’t know,” was the au-
swer—“unless because I want you to.
hot crest on your arm is very like my
own. I thought perhaps we were re-
lated."
“And if we were?
rue?" «.
"Why not? I‘m not a bad fellow in
my own way, neither do I think you
arct. Why shouldn’t I own you?"
hire man raised himself on his arm
ifuid lOOde searchingly in the doctor's
are.
“ A convict?" he said, slowly.
“Well.” said the doctor, dryly, “I
don‘t see much society except convicts.
at present, and I can‘t say but what I
like them as “Well as I do those who
nthiiik themselves a good deal better. I’ve
found out it isn’t always the worst that
are caught, by any means. I’nr a ‘rad-
ical,’you must know,” he added, quaint-
You wouldn‘t own
ly, “and very much disapproved of by.
the family."
4111001331 out into the gathering dark.
tress for some minutes, and then said,
quietly:
"‘Well, sir, if you care to hear a con
Vict‘s story, sit down awhile. I've never
told it to any one, and I deii‘t know
why I should tell it to you; but (he
mood‘s on ure. and I might as well talk
as think, maybe; and then you‘ve guess-
ed my secret partly—at least, you know
I‘m not Jinr Brown"——ainl a smile flash
ed across his face. “How old do you
think I ainYY’ he continued,
Dr. Harris looked at the powerful
frame of the man—tit the siren hard
lines in his face
“ Zetwecu forty and
sa'?" ‘
“Thirty-six, )Ciicl'tltly. I was twenty-
four the day I Was sentenced; a pleasant
way of (elebi'atiiig onc’s birllplinf, Wilffill‘l
it? There was a lot of ttlllI in the
papers about my ‘youth,‘ and being so
‘hardenel.’ Did they think I was going
to beg for inercy?——net 1! Fri: been out
here twelve years now, antLt-scaped twice
and been .caught again; but Iii try it
Oll( c more some time.“ "
“You, ought. not to tell me that," said
the doctor, smiling,
“Why not? They Watch me all the
time, anyway. Just give me sorrre
water, will you? Thanks. Well, I
ought to commence with my name, I
suppore. It is Edward Tracy. I was
the second son 'of a
w
.=»
fifty, I should
Neithumbcrland
Sqii're, Wlt) had just enough money to
keep up the place for my brother, arid
o more. A line old ’ place it was, and
to only happy days I can look back to
were spent there That was when I was
a boy—home for the holidays, eager
about cricket and football, and to whom
a gun and the range of the rabbit-warren
\vi-re perfect happiness. After awhile,
it was unpleasant enough My lll'Qihtfl‘r:
a lay, good-looking I’eliovg'pyho knew
how to ride and to shoot, and only that-—
was the idol of my mother and sisters.
All deferred to hint except little Mary.
my pet, who used to follow me round
like a kitten. Poor little girl! I wondgr
if she crgr thinks 0 me now." Younger
sons in a pool" family have a hard time
of it. I only wonder more don‘t go to the
bad than no. Brought up as gentlemen,
they are their thrown on their own, re:
sources, to live by their Wits, either ‘in
some beggnrly profession, or as hangers
on, where there are ,any rich relations.
They must put up with being snubbed
and thrown over, whenever they come
in the wayg—rinadc use of and then east-
aside; at least, such [was 'my experience.
I was proud and passionate,_-and so felt
these things more than others, I dare
say, I wanted to go into them-my, but
my father said he‘ couldn't afford it—]
s'would be ‘always getting into debt,”
oic.-=a_nd so I was apprenticed to a. Lon:
don barrister—a great, pompous man,
whom I cordially dctested before a
month was out. He had a way of ag-
gravating me whenever we came in con-
tact thatused to make me long for an
excuse t, )itch him down stairs, I bp-
lieve in p-eseptinrents. I ltpew that man
would injure me some day. I saw more
trickery and 'undcrhand dealing while in
that office than I had ever seen in my life
before. Mr. Pierson was a man of (get,
not talent. He had gaiucd scverui good
cares which made his reputation. and
he had a way of making people believe
that if black was'not just while, it was
certainly gray, which proved very useful
to him. ‘
"I was about (wentytwo “'th I went
Lute Kent for a. few weeks, partly on
usiness for Mr. lPierson, and partly to
visit an uncle of mine. Am I tiring you
with this long story r”
1‘ Not at all Tracey; go on."
5111 started or. the unfamiliar prune
which the doctor- siightly emphasised.
His breath seine quickly, and his voice
was husky when he spoke again:
“Would you think, now, that a man
could hear his own name so seldom
that when it was spoken as you spoke
mine it could make the int-tspI come hast
like a. great wave, almost letting out
the present? I haven’t heard my name
for more than ten years," he went on,
musingly. “I don’t. wonder it sounds
strange to me. It was in the Summer
when 1 w at to Item; the time for
“fallin in ove," as it is called, and of
course did it. I don't wonder at my-
self, even now. whcnI remember all: that
has passed. IVe were thrown very much
together. Lucy was an orphan, living
with a rich uraldsu stint. whose place
adjoined my uncle‘s, had always a
fondness for playing the part of a pro-
tector, and she wuss. clinging, dependent
little thing, with long golden urls and a
delicate _lnk-nnd-white‘ daisy-face, I
hall never cared for any girl before, an
from the first _I loved her madly. It’s
the -‘old, old story,’ and I needn‘t make
a fool of myself again by telling it to
on. Before I went back to towii we
lied excliangcd‘rings', and she had prom-
ised to love me through eternity. A
lengthy eternity it provedt .
“Our engagement was/to remain a
secret until I should become a great law-
yer, and then I was to claim her. This
was Lucv's idea. _I wanted to speak to
'intentiou when he entered the church.
nei- aunt, but she begged me not to, giving
a dozen different reasons for my silence.
I believe even then she thought it best
not to bind herself too- closely, but I.
never suspected this, for with all my
faultsI had always been perfecg‘yihonest
and truthful. 1n the winter, 1'. Pier-
son told me that the business I had been
attending to had now to be completed,
and that he was going .down himrclf. I
was of course very anxrous to go, but he
did not give me the chance. Lucy met
me at a couple of dinners, and from
what she said I knew he had been very
attentiveto her. He was a good-looking
man, about forty, and could make him-
”self very agreeable when he chose to do
so. wrote to Lucy immediately. tell-
ing her what I thought of him. She re-
plied, accusing me of being jealous, and
saying she was sure I was prejudiced
against Mr. Pierson, who had spoken
very highly of me, and to whom I found
she had confided the whole story of our
engagement. I was very angry, and
\vrote rather harshly to her, for I re—
member she told me I did not love her
as I once. did.’ That was our first quarr
rel, and was soon made up, and for a few
weeks we corresponded as 'usual. Mr.
Pierson returned to London, but wont
back again to Kent in a week or two.
He said he was collecting evideme for
an important case. .
“Soon I noticed that Lucy's letters
grew sherter and shorter, and finally one
eanrc, saying that she ‘- had been think-
ing over our foolish engagement, and
as there was no prospectof my being able
to support her, the had come to the con-
clusion that for the sake of us both it had
bcztcr be broken.’
” I know every word Of that cool, heart-
less litter now. One remembers such
things. Very soonuftcr, I heard. of her
engagement to Mr. Pierson. I was a
gintlcnran and he was a such, but he.had
money. and Ihadn‘t.”, '
“‘What’s a gentleman born? Is it
shillin‘s an' peiieezt’.’.I quoted the doctor,
softly.
“Eh? \Vlrat's that?" ,
“ Only a quotazien from the Yorkshire
Flu-1310'. Go on." -
“Well, of course, I was furious; but
what good did that do me? I thought if
1 only had money, I would find some
means of revenge; but money was just
what I hadn‘t got. About that time I
meta man calling himself St. John. He
was clever and well educated, and seemed
to read all my wild, reckless longings at
a glance. He led me on from bad to
worse, till it ended in forgery; then he
turned king’s evidence, and I was locked
up. Iwas always very strong, and, find-
ing one of the bars *loosc. I wrenched it
out. and dropped from my window’onc
dark night and escaped. On my way to
the sea, I met this man—St. Jolru‘. I
might have got off if I could have let him
alone; but I couldn’t. I stopped- him;
he taunted me with my disgrace; told
me that Mr. Pierson had known of the
plan laid to ruin me. ‘The young lady
throwing you over was nfprimc trump in
our hands,’ he added, with a leer. I
warned him to be silent; but he, as if
blinded to his danger, exasperated me in
every way possibleu- I grappled: with
him, anl, reureiirbering a trick I had
learned at school, soon threw him. My.
hands were on his throat. A half min-
ute more, and the earth would lravefbcen
rid of one sordid wreteh; but hislcries
had been- heard by some men in a. neigh-
boring field, and I was overpowered.
This man—a ruined ganrester, once a
gentlenran~had changed ' me from an
honest, honorable lad, to a. felon, and
then, disregarding the ~‘honor’.whielr is
said to exist even ‘among thieves,‘ threw
are over to save himself. I would be
content to give five years of my llfc—
nay, more, I would be ‘content to add five
years to my life—could it purchase that
one half minute of which I was robbed.
“My family disowned me, and made
no attempt even" to procure counsel for
me. All forsook me icxcept little Mary,
from whom I got a. tear-stainedlctter in-
closing a five-pound ‘note, her quarterly
allowance, and telling me she ,would
never forggt me. Mv » father had forbid-
den any of them to Write to 1116, or even
mention my name; but Mary had dis-
obeyed hinifl" ‘It can’t be wrong to
write to you. dear, she said, ‘for you are.
my own brothcr, always?
“There was a an; in the evidence,
which my counsel took advantage of;
but Mr. Pierson worked against him
privately, collecting evidence for the
crown, and rims convicted. Heaven
grant there may not be many poor
wrctelies who leave Old England with
the feelings which I leftit. If I had had
the opportunity, I would have put an end
to my miserable existence. I was taken
iii a cab, strongly guarded, from the jail
to the wharf. We passed one: of theiparks
on our way. I had been in prison some
time, and the fresh green grass, the trees
and flowers had never look-ed so beauti-
ful as new, when I knew I was looking
on them for the last time. I thought of
the hedge-rows white with blossoms, in
Northumbcrlrrnd; the lurks singing over-
head; vMary, perhaps. in our favorite
iippk in the orchard, weeping bitter tears
as a. last goodzby to the; handsome
Teddy,‘ as she fondly called me. No
wonder my heart swelled whenI thought
of ithose who ,in the sight of‘God, were
guilty of my crime. “
“As we went down the deck, a child
passed us with a bunch of oowslips.
Just two years before. I had gathered
them for Lucy in the Keutish lanes. The
child looked up wistfully, as I passed;
presently she ran after us and put her
cowslips in my hand. That was the drop
too, nine] in the cup already full; to save
fay life I could not have kept back the
tears which rolled over my. cheek. ‘I was
handcuffed, but one of my guards thrust
n. handkerchief into my hand, with a
few cheering words gru'illy said. That
touch of sympathy, and the child’s gift,
saved ms from. utter despair. That was
the last I saw of England. My life here
has been the same, day after day, except
the few nights I spent in the bush, the
two times I got off. They mostly let me
cleric 13, ,iv, I keep by myself, and {I’ve
never to d a word of this before. I had
almost forgotten I wasn’t ‘Jim Brown,’
until today. Did you hear how I hurt my
arm?” ;
,“ One gt the men told me you were
helping to raise a heavy stone, and that
you let the lever slip in some way, and so
get your arm crushed. ”
“ That‘s true, as far as it goes; a gang“
of us were; working on the road when a
carriage passed, I_ looked up as I stepped
out of the way, and who do on think I
saw?_ Lucy and her husban 1 She was
looking just the same as over, only
prouder. I was so near I could have
touched her dress. She looked calmly
at me-I was only a, convict, covered
with the dusts from her carriage wheels.
If she had recognized me, the color
would have faded a little {from her pink
cheeks, I think. . I wonder if she remem-
bers the letter I wrote her,‘ before I was
transported? I told her some home
truths their. She knows wlro,_to blame
for my wasted-«worse than wasted—
llie, ' ~- i-él'fi-‘vxp-hgf‘ “QWVV‘I’J
“ Twelve years didn’t seem much to
me. I looked after the carriage like
one stunned. The lever slippedtfromimy,
hand—you saw my arm. I didn’t think
of it until I found I couldn’t lift it. Mr.
Pierson has got some high gappointinent
here, some one said. Of course his wife
\\"ill.be feted and flattered. I wonder
how she would like to be reminded of
that Summer in Kent. How would she
look if I should stop her carriage, and
remind her of the time‘she swore to love
me forever, or how often her bright head
has rested on my shoulder. I can feel
the thrill of her soft lips yet on my chgek.
There, that‘s- all, Do you believe in
justice? I don‘t. The 'cause of evil
should be attacked; now, it is only the
victim. That woman is rnor guilty to-
day than 1. She drove me mad—and
yet she rides by in her carriage, respected
and admired; while :11. in my prison
dress, can never be anything but what I
MIL—411." '
Ill-IHIIIIIIII-Illllll-IIIIIII‘I
The Rev. Peter Lockwood, formerly of
Bridgeport, one of the early pastors of the
First Presbyterian church at Binghamton,
last Sunday preached from that pulpit the
same sermon helzad delivered when assum-
ing the pastorate of the church, fifty years
ago. He was behind time in entering the
church, but walked quietly up the aisle to the
pulpit, where he liad’a short talk With the
officiating‘minister. He soon afterward step-
pcd to the desk, and taking the time-worn
manuscript from his pocket, surprised the
congregation with the announcement that he
would read it, No One present know ofslila
ev-
eral persons present were members of the
church when the sermon was preached the
first time. The text was: “Her Ways are
ways of pleasantncss and all her patbs are
peace,“
A Prospect school was badly demoralized,
the other morning, when a tardy boy was
chased into the room byancst of hornets
he had stirred up, but which, losing sight of
their tor-mentor, began battle on the whole
school. .
‘ whose heart was pure and sweet and rever-
t A. Young Hero.
We failed on yesterday to read the depart-
ure from this city of a very distinguished in-
dividual—one who is esteemed and respected
in this community as high as any man. We
allude to “Tommy.” We regret that during
our long acquaintance with him, which, be-
grur in sympathy, was cultivated with affec-
tion and soon ripened into respect, we never
learned his other name. Poor Tommy! 'He
might say with little- Clruzzlcwit : “I am de-
scended from a lord 1” “What lord?" “Why,
the Lord Nozoo l"
But we all knew him as Tommy. His life,
with its struggles and its heroism, made this
curt, democratic name honored throughout
the whole city. He filled these two syllables
with a charity that covered the lack of pat-
ronym and pedigree, and put it above many
a high-sounding title. 9 ‘
Tommy’s history is a prose Iliad. He was
miserable waif—diseased, starving, and ap-
parently (lying. Nobody knew where he
came from, nor how he came to come. He
was picked up and cared for. It was discov-
ered that his poor little body was full of a
terrible taint that had come from his parents,
a. part of his tripple heritage of poverty,
starvation and disease. This taint broke to
the surface, and effectin a cancerous forma-
tion in his foot, forced t re amputation of his
right leg. This put the young martyr on
crutches. But he never murmured. He dis-
played a fortitude and resignation through-
out all his sufferings that challenged the ad-
miration of his nurses. As soon as he could
lrobble about upon his crutches he manifest-
ed a desire to repay the Benevolent Home in
some way for the charity it gave him. Mr. J.
W. English, the advance man in this city
for this Work, hearing of his determination,
gave him $10. With this money the boy
purchased a small stock of fruit. In a few
weeks he sought Mr. English, and to the as-
tonishment of that gentleman asked permis-
sion to repay the money he had given him,
stating that he had made enough to do with-
out it. Mr. English advised him to save his
money and put it in a bank, and became very
much interested in the boy who had shown
such manliness. Tommy selected Messrs.
Maddox & Rocker, two good friends, as his
bankers, and in a short time had amassed
over $150. By this time he had closed eating
'at the Benevolent Home, merely sleeping
there, and buying his food himself. He never
took a meal in charity when he could avoid
it. He had also commenced going to school,
and was rapidly educating himself.
About this time, however, the taint in _his
blood seized his'remaining foot just as it had
the other, and it was feared it would suffer
amputation. After along sickness, however,
he recovered. Without murmuring he went
to work again. In a short time his eyes were
similarly affected, and it was feared he would
lose them. He still hobbled about on his
crutches, however, and earned his daily
bread. His eyes gradually grew better, and
then, as if the inexorable poison in his blood
was not SWient martyrdom, chance took
hold of hii rid, pitching him out of a back
door one day, broke his arm. He still had
one arm to manage his crutches with, and he
kept on his weary rounds, determined to
,support himself to the very last. As
soon as his hand become setthe old cancer in
the foot again appeared, and he was down
once more and put under the fear of amputa-
tion: The doctors now declared themselves
unable to cure him, and advised that to save
his life he go at once to Hot Springs, Arkan-
sas. Consequently Tommy. gathering his
little effects together and telling his friends
good-by, took the train for Hot Springs on
Thursday evening. He does not go to the
Hot Springs as a beggar or an object of char-
ity. He carries his fruit basket and will con-
tinue his business of peddling fruit at that
place. And our heartiest good wishes, and
the best wishes and prayers of this whole
community, go after the heroic little martyr
who has "left us. A better boy than he is
never lived upon this earth. Ills piety is a
moral; his uneornplaining resignation a mir-
acle. He has never become rebellious in
suffering or ugly in his prosperity. There is
enough religion in his poor broken, diseased
little body to run a whole church. And if
we had been called on to send out a citizen
of Atlanta who was utterly without guile—
ent—whose life was without sin, and whose
heroism was simple, pathetic, sincere—we
should have passed by many a man who
stands high in honor and power and wealth
and placed our hand on the head of this poor,
blue—eyed, pale-faced boy, and full of confi-
dence in his stuff and spirit, have said—
“Go l"-—Atlairtq Causattzttzun.
Tire Civil Law’s Opportunity.
' The defense of the public peace and of pri.
vate property against the men who have been
seeking to override all pro or restraints has
thus far been confided to ( ifl‘erent, branches
of the military power, either federal troops,
state militia, or asty organizations of citi-
zens. This was necessary so long as the riot-
crs were too many to be controlled by the
civil authorities, and the prompt response of
the militia and other citizens when called
upon to secure peace has had a wholesome
effect. The time has come, however, when
the rioter-s in most places can be turned ever
again to the guardians of life and property,
and the many arrests which have been and
will be made will give the civil authorities
an opportunity to. show that the riotors are
amenable to (from as well as to armed forces.
Herein lies a great responsiblity. It is often
the case that when in times of excitement,
such as the country has gone through, are
over, there is a dispceitlon to lighten the un-
islrment of transgressors and to extend c em.
cncy too widely; This, in the present cir-
cumstances, would be a serious mistake.
Nothing is more necessary in dealing with
mobs than the enforcement of the lesson that
that. they are violators of the civil laws, and
are to be punished as such. The shooting
down of a score of men will generally put a
mob to flight. but a much more permanent
good result will be accomplished if the same
nunrber of leaders are quietly arrosted,ealmly
tried, and sentenced as the law provides.
The legislature of next winter will doubt-
less find many amendments necessary to the
laws governing such cases, at least in some of
the states. But there is law enough to keep
every riotcr who is arrested in confinement
for some time, and other governors will do
well to follow the example of Governor Rob-
inson, and direct the attention of prosecuting
officers to their duty in the matter.
1'" —New York Evening Post,
:5
1-1 ow it Carrie About.
It is pretty well known that during Wil-
liam ll. Vanderbilt’s youth, his father, the
Commodore, had very little confidence in his
sagacity or business ability. Against the ad-
vice of some of his friends, he persistently
declined the young man's co-operation be-
cause he thought him “stupid.” A story is
current on Staten Island which goes to show
how the Commodore’s eyes came to be open-
ed to the mistake into which he had allowed
himself to fall concerning his oldest boy.
William owned a farm near his father’s, and
finding that it required fertilization, he ap-
plied to him for some manure.
“How much do you want ‘3’” inquired the
Commodore.
“Oh, about a load,” said the son.
“Certdinlyd can spare the ,u was the reply.
When the Commodore visited his place the
next week, he found that his yards and sta-
bles were swept clean of the great heaps of
composite which he had allowed to aceumu~
late. .
“Why, how is this?” he said to his farmer.
“Your son came and got‘it,” was the an-
swer. “He said you gave him permission.”
The Commodore went fuming to William,
arid said iii a bustling way, “See here, young
man; what have you been about; how dared
you to car-t off all my manure ?”
“You said 1 could have it,” was the rejoin-
der. “You told me to take a load.”
“A load I wiry, you have got every bit
there is."
"I only took a load, father—a. sloop load.”
The old man’s eyes were opened, and he
concluded to give the son a. "slice” of stock
to operate with, and soon after made him
vice—president of the Central road—N. ' Y.
Graphic.
—————“—‘.>.—.—————" . ‘
The lovely lady from St. Heller’s, who has
made such a sensation in London by her
beauty, was asked recently whether her head
was not a little turned by so much homage.
To which she made answer like a little we-
man :—“ Oh, dear no; they come up to the
drag and ask to be introduced, and then they
go awayand I hear them say; ‘ I don‘t see so
very much in her, after! all, and I dare say
discovered in Atlanta in a gutter, a poor, '
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ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church . '
Teacher of the‘ _ I
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical -
Composition.
Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
J. Bel'den Hur’ibut‘t,
Alllll’iltl ail Counsellor at La,
_ Room No. 4, [up smith]
9 GAZETTE BUILDING.
EMILY v.1). Mammal».
(Graduate of N. Y. Medical College for. Women,
j Cor'. MAIN J: JIARSIIALL STREETS,
SOUTH-NORWALK, CONN.
oar-cc Hoursmntili). a. m., andtrom 3 p.m. Ab‘
tention to all classes of discasesmcident. to a gen-
eral practice of medicine and surgery. Fam-
iliessupplied with Homeopathicremedics.
References by permrssron:-—S.Lilenthal,M.D.,
Prof. of Theoryand Practice,N. Y. city; Clemence
Lozrer, M. D. Dean of Colle e,N.Y.: Alfred K.
Hills, M. D.,Pro'f.Materia Me ica. 3m23
C HARLES W. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
nonwanx, cons.
Office corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxide Gas administered.
c. B. COOLIDGE, .
DENTIST.
Successor to
Dr. Asa. H111,
WALL STREET, .NORWALK,
. Chloe over
0. J. Grunpnn’s-Dry Good: Store.
3' Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain.
DEN-ris-rRY
' AT HARD TIMES PRICES,
For Cash—No Credit 2
All work excutcd in the Best Mariner, at my office
Corner of Main and Washington Streets,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
T. E. SWIFT, l). D. 5.
J ust Received, a. Fresh Supply of
Geyser Spring, Selser,
VIBHY and CARBON": ACID WATER,
At S. GRUMMAN’S
51,14 MAIN STREET, NORWALK, coax.
S a W. MITCHELL,
0
At the ever popular
UNION MARKET
has always the best of
Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
at fair-livingpriccs. Union (formerly Model) Marl-
ket, on the Bridge. . 13
Kaunas s. nocrnvoon,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor
AND
GENTS" FURNISHING EMPORIUM.
Main Street,Norwalk, Conn.
nwann P. WEED.
D R U G- G I S ‘1‘
Wall Street,opposz‘te Normal]: Opera House,
A large and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Per-rumor ,Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters. loilet and Medicated'Soaps. Flavoring
and [Iandkerohicf Extraoss, Hair Brnshes.Combs,
Sponges, Chamois Skins. Stationery. Cigars, &c.,
and is constantly adding to his stock all the new
and popular medicines of the day.
ORWA LK INSURANCE 00.,
NOR IVALK, CONN.
ClmrterCapltal -' - - $500,000
PaldupCapllal - - ' - 100,000
WM. C.SEREET. Prés.. Gno R. CowI.Es,Sec’y.
[ET N A INSURANCE Co. “HARTFORD.
Incorporated 1512. Charter Perpetual.
Capllnl and Assets, $5,052,880.19
Insurer; against loss and damage by Fire. on terms
ad opted to the hazard andconsrstent with the laws
of compensation. COWLES & MERRILL”
Sole Agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
C. W. LOCKWOOD’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
of all the choice varitjcs, and Fruits and Vegeta-
bles oi‘all kinds. iir their season. The furnishing
of POULTRY, either alive or dressed, a specialty.
Also EGGS.
Norwalk. Conn., February 20th, 1877.
w. E. euiiiriinn,
thltl‘al Fill‘lllslllllf Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R.DEPOT
I
Ia'Orders attended to day or night. Residence
Main S:reet,3 doors from Union Avenue.
GEORGEJI. RAYMOND,
Furnishing Undertaker, ,
No. 53 DIAIN STREET, (Up Stairs.)
E. NELSON,
Manufacturer of
title. illitttlllltll‘t
Iii-Broken Carriages or Wagons neatly and
prointly repaired. <
CEMENT PIPE Hill BHIMNEYS
Square and Round Cement Pipe, with plain and
ornamental tops, for chimneys;bave amore er-
feot drought, and are cheaper and better t an
brick ; also .
n n A 1 N P 1 P 1:,
The bestin the Market., Warrantcd to givesatig-
(action. and from 25 to 30 per cent. cheaper-than
any other. Manufacturer! and for sale by
CHAS. T. LEONARD & SON.
_.nlheads
all sizes nndstylcs can be hiida t the
she is a perfect fool.‘ I can‘t be very much
set up, after that, now can I t '
Fresh. Salt, Smokedd Canned Fish ~
Centaur ’
Liniments.
One thing is now thoroughly established. Never
since man suffered and human agencies alleviated
pain, has there been any thing which went so far
as a pain nnnihilator and curative agent as the
Centaur Linlmcnts. These Liniments have Wllhln
the past year cured more cases of Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Stiff-joints, Cakcd Breasts, Swellings,
Poisonous Bites, Burns, Laure Animals, etc., etc.,
than all other remedies combined. As the name of
Centaur implies half horse and half man, the Cen-
taurLiniments are for man and beast. But not the
same Liniment. The White Liniment is for man
and the Yellow for horses and animals. Herein
this Liniment differs from all other remedies, al-
though some of the ingredients are aikc in each.
They contain the well-known Witchll'azel, Arnica,
Carbolic, Rock Oil, Mentha and other powerfu
ingredients.
Wm. H. Hickcox, Rector of St. John’s E. Church:
Wakefield, Clay 00.. Kansas, writes: “Many years
1 have been suffering from :1. Weak Back. caused,
from a sprain more than 40 years a o. I havenot!
found anything to relieve inc anti 1 commenced =
the use of Centaur Liniment. Iofcel it my Christ-
-)5)
~.,
fects 1 am entirely relieved of pain.
1376.”
Messrs. J. McClure 8: Co,,Druggists, Cincinnati,
0.. says:— '
. “Teamstersprdnouncc the Yellow Centaur Lin-
iment srqrcnor to anything they ever used. We
sell several dozen‘ bottles per month, and the sale
is steady increasing.”
These are only samples of thousands upon thou-
sands or similar testimonials reaching us every
month. All the Extracts, Embrocations, Solves,
and Ointments in existence are not doing one-tenth
the good which is done by these admirable Centaur
Liniments. For Frost-bitcs.’Stings, Cuts, Itch,
Salt Rheum, etc., therein nothing like the Centaur
Llniment White Wrapper. For Spavin, Ring-
bone, Sweeney, Wind Calls, Poll-evil, Scratches,
etc.,on horses, the Yellow Centaur Iiniment is
equally good. They are certain in their effects;
they are pleasant to use, they are handy and they
are cheap. No family should be without Centaur
Linirnents. They are worth one hundred times
their cost.
J. B. ROSE & 00., 46 mar 87., New York. 3m30
January
c I .
astona.
Mothers may have rest and their babies may have
health, if they will use Dr. Pllchcr’s Cano-
rla for Wind Colic, Worms, Feverishness, Sour
Mouth. Group, or Stomach Complaints. It is en-
tirely a. vegetable preparation, and contains neither
mineral. morphine, nor alcohol. It is as pleasant
to take as honey, neither gags nor gripes, and is
superior to any rented y in existence.
Dr. E. Dimock, of Dupout, Ohio, says :-
“I aim using CASTOKIA in my practice with the
a perfect substitute for Castor Oil.” ,
This is what every one says. Many nurses in
New York use the CASTOBIA. It is prepared by
Messrs. J. 1:. Ross A: 00., successors to Samuel
Pitcher, h . D. 3m30
REAL ESTATE.
\J\J\J\l\l\/\J\J\l\l\l\l\l\1\I\I\J\I\I\J\J\I\I\J\l\
TO [IT OR SELL—The St. John House on High
Street, Enquire of JAMES FINNEY. “20
-
(FUSES AND Rooms To LET, by
H. FITCII,5I Main Street. 7
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 groper-W. Aplplfi to or address
‘2. G O. W.CRA , ox 45-2,Norwalk, Ct.
Also one of the handsomest Building Sites on
East Avcnnc,cosisting of four acres, being the
north portion of the old Van Zandt Homestead;
11:15 a fine Orchard of choice Fruit and fine Shade
‘rees.
To Rent.
HE elegant residence known as the “Dimon
Place," pleasantly located on West Avenue
one of‘the most desirable places in the Borough of
Norwalk, is offered to rent on moderate terms.
Also, a large Carpenter Shop, located on Arch
Street. on the Benton property. Will be rented
very low. For full particulars empire of
(it! JAMES FlNNEY,Real Estate Agent.
For Sale Cheap,
Or Exchange for other property,
One of the neatest. and cosiest little Cottages in
the Borough. Will sell to a good tenant for little
g‘rlgtémoney down. Enquire at GAZETTE OF;
House for Sale.
THE subscriber, being about to leave town,
others for sale his residence on High Street.
It is a two story frame dwelling, containing ten
rooms, with pantry, closets, water, gas, &c., lot
about 80x200 feet, with choice variety of fruit.
Possession given immediately. For terms and
further particulars enquire of ‘
D. S. BARTRAM.
Norwalk, Apr-i1 2d, 1377. 4:11
For Sale.
"1. A House and Lot. inn. healthy location on
@ Fair Street,abov.e Catharine. The House is
- * nearly nownvellbuilt,conveniently arrang-
ed. and w ll make a. comfortable and leasant
home for a family of average size. The of; runs
back to the river. There rsawellof excellent
water on the place. and Borough water in the
Street. Price low, and. part of the nroncy can re-
main on mortgage. A flue chance to seeurea
home. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE. H
I
Desrrable Property for sale.
A Ver vdesirable 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,\Vest Avenue.
A BARGAIN.
‘01: SALE.—-A first-rate built Honse.(onEast
- A venue,) containing nine rooms ; will be let
if notsol'i. Also BUILDING LOTS for sale.
Apply to D'. 11. FITCH.
Norwulk, Nov. 27th,]875. IS“
FOR SALE.
TWO very desirable BuildingLotson WestMain
Street. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE .
CHAS T. LEONARD & SON
DEALER IN
C o .A. L ,
WOOD . AND BRICK,
N’tli River Blue" Sliggieiime, Cement
cram m: ran militia. Virus an
GHIIIIEYS,
wuotnm LE an n RETAIL.
Water. St, Norwalk, Conn.
C. _W. Burritt
Has Removed
To No. 4 Phoenix Block, Wall 813.,
Foot of Mill Hillnvhcre with increased facilities
ho is prepared to do
PLUMBING,
in all its branches. Also special attention given
to 'l‘in Rooting. Tin and Sheet Iron Work and Job-
bing. Gas Fixtures 01‘ all kinds kept on hand.
Norwulk, April. 1576.
Furniture -Furntturc_
If you wish
Parlorfilibraiy, Dining and
Room Sets,
“'alnut or cottage Chamber Sets,
or. anything in the Furniture Line, of the Latest
Style, Host Finish and Make and for the
Least Money, go. to
WM. LOCKWOOD’S,
» No. 36 Main Street, NORWALK, CONN,
Also.
General Furnishing Undertaker.
Orders attended to promptly day or night. Resi
dance with Mr. C. T. Cornwall. France St.
E. APELL’S
lIIODEL
Hairliesstiilluiis,
Over Finney S: Benedict’s, “rail Street,
Only First-class ~Work Executed
in all Branches of the Business.“
ailing
ian :duty to inform you that by its wonderful ef- .
nrosl: signal benefits and happy results, and find it ‘
of literature. .
she remarked, “ always seems to me painful.
Of course you areJarnilrar wrth Bunyan?”
Cheer.
nr' NORMA-X MacLDoD, n. D.
Courage, brother! do not stumble,
Though thy path is darkas night;
There's a star to guide the humble—
Trust in God, and do the right !
Let the road be long and dreary,
And its ending out of sight,
Foot it bravely, never weary—
Trust in God, and do the right!
Perish policy and cunning;
Perish all-that fears the light ;
Whether losing, whether winning,
Trust in God, and do the right!
Some will hate thee, some will love thee;
Some will flatter, some will slight;
Cease from man and look above thee—
Trust in God, and do the right 1
Simple rule and safest guiding,
Inward peace and inward light !
Stars upon our path abiding—
Trust in God, and do the right!
The Future.
IIow vast. is that mysterious land
That no conjecture yet hath spanned,
Filled always with its boundless band
Of varied possibilities.
Wrought but of insubstantial shade,
To-distance does it broadly fade,
With awful crag or woody glade,
Or high superb tranquilities.
And here a throng of roaming ghosts
Walk, in immense unnumbered hosts,
O'er misty bills, by dreamy coasts,
For ever wandering. -
Here dwell great thinkers, yet unborn
Reformers (whom their day shall scorn,)
And lordly statesmen, service-worn, '
Deep problems gravely pondering.
IIere dwell rare poets who shall claim
The laurels of transcendent fame; ’
Craters that with shining name
Shall grace unwritten histories.
Here all those lofty minds abide,
The hope of nations and their pride
Who cheer the mighty throngs they guide
Through time’s majestic mysteries.
But here dread shapes of shadow meet,
Spirits with black intents replete,
Who yearn to set their pleasured feet
In sin’s most dark obliquities.
Here languish, amid fierce unrest,
War, famine, massacre, and pest,
Audacious tyrannics unblest,
And hatred’s worst iniquities.
And yet perchance in that weird land,
A race unutterably grand
Beholds all earthly evils planned,
All crimes, all wrongs" unmerited,
And through slow ages big with doom,
Perehance in patience and in gloom,
Waits the white god-like race by whom
Our world shall be inherited!
only a Boy.
Only a boy, withhis noise and fun,
The veriest mystery under the sun.
As brimful of mischief, wit and glce
As ever a human frame can be,
And as hard to manage as—ah ! ah, me!
' ’Tis hard to tell,
Yet we love him well.
Only a boy with'bis fearful tread,
Who cannot be driven, but must be led ;
‘Who troubles the neighbor’s dogs and cats,
And tears more clothes and spoils more hats,
Loses more tops and kites and bats,
Than would stock a store
For a year or more.
Only a boy, with his wild, strange ways;
With his idle hours on busy days:
With his queer remarks and his odd replies,
Sometimes foolish and sometimes wise,
Often brilliant for one of his size,
‘ As a meteor hurl’d
_From‘ the pleasant world.
Only a boy, who will be a man,
If nature goes on with her great plan—
If water, or fire,’ or some fatal snare
Conspirc not to rob us of this, our heir,
Our blessing, our trouble, our rest, our care,
Our torment, our joy,
“Only a boy.”
In Mortimer Collins’ Letters, edited by
Frances Collins, and just published in Lon-
don, occur the follo'wing verses, addressed to
his wife :
I often think, my only love,
The world would be more true,
If half the ladies in the world
Were half as good as you.
And don't you think, my only love,
’Twerc merrier ’neatlr the sky,
If half the men in half the world
Could love as well as I ?
IIIIIIIII-Ill-lI-lllI-IIIIIIII
When the farmer boy feels that he has no
place in the world, let him read this:
Man builds his castles fair and high,
Wherever .river runncth by ,- 7
Great cities rise in every land,
Great churches show the builder’s hand ;
Great arches, monuments, and towers,
Fair palaces and pleasing bowers;
Great work is done, be it here or- there,-
And well man worketh everywhere ;
But work or rest, whatc’cr befall,
The farmer, he must feed them all.
#
Here is an amusing comedy of errors with
a. Parisian Edge: Mme. de V. was very jeal-
ous, and determined to watch her husbabd.
One day he told her he was going to Ver-
sailles, and when he went out she put on her
bonntt and followed him. She kept in sight
until he turned into a passage which shorten-
ed the way to the railroad station, where she
missed him; She stood for a few minutes in
the passage looking about, and suddenly saw
a man coming out of a glove shop with a
rather overdressed lady. From the distance
she made sure the man was her husband, and
without a word of warning she gave him
three or four sounding boxes on tlre/ car.
When the gentleman turned around to con.
front his assailant, she perceived she had
made a mistake, and at the same moment she-
eaught sight of her husband, who had replen-
ished his cigar-ease at a tobacconist‘s, and
was crossing the street. What could she do?
It goes without saying that she fainted in the
arms of the stranger whose ears she had boxed,
while the other lady ran off as fast as she
could to avoid scandal. The stranger, who
u as a comedian, was astonished to find an
unknown mdy in his arms; and while his
car were still tingling from her blows, he w: I
again startled. A gentleman collared him
and shaking him roughly asked him what he
meant by embracing a lady in the sire-ct.
“‘Why, she boxed my ears and fainted 1"
screamed the actor. “She is my wife,” shout-
ed the irate husband, “and would have never
struck you without cause!” The infuriated
gentlemen shook their fists until the lady,
who had been carried into a shop, recovered
sufficiently to explain how it had happened.
————-—-.-<.,>*——“—‘
, ,
The American bark Sierro Nevada, with
153 emigrants from the United States, among
whom were seven from ,VVaterbury, arrived
at Sidney, New South Wales, Australia, June
25th.
most part, a very pleasant one.
bury seven were all well when they landed,
aird had no trouble in fiading'eniployment. '
The voyage of 107 days was, for the
The Water-
Ilc was making a call, and they were talk-
“The ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’,’
Gazette Job Printing Office.
Ladies and Children's Hair Cut and Shainpooed &
in the most a rovcd manner.
”Island on the Sabbath.‘& 25“
He said he had one on each foot, and they
troubled him a good deal.
Norwalk Chronicler