WHOLE NUMBER 1551.
The Mirror.
I would my lady’s mirror be,
So might I hold her image fair.
. And then perchancc she’d smile on me,
Seeing her face reflected there.
I never could her mirror 'be,
For when she smiled on me, ah, then
My heart would hold the image sweet
And never give it back again.
—Wafler Larncd; Scribner for October.
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Ilural Notes.
Sou'rn NORWALK, Court, Aug. 18._
Summer boarders'arc a jolly, irresponsible
race of beings,whom the natives always view
with a large degree of curiosity, not unmixed
with contempt. It is undeniable that they
know how to enjoy themselves better than
the aboriginal tribes, among whom they pitch
their summer tent. They are as idle as the
day is long, and among busy people cumber-
ed with much serving, it is a standing offense
to have nothing to do but kill time as agreea-
bly as possible. They have no local prejudi-
ces or predilictions. They know nothing
about the piques or" cliques of the place
where their ark happens to be stranded for
the fine weather. The most honored customs
and traditions are not sacred in their eyes.
They care nothing abbot the decline in cor-
ner lots. Tlicy’ pay no taxes or pew-rent,
and make no formal calls. They look about
without reverence or fear, and some things
are revealed to the foolish summer boarder
that are hidden from the wise and prudent
native. _ '
On these cool, gray, August afternoons,
when the allude whets its little scythe in the
shorn meadows, one cannot do better than
imitate the great American poet, “and satisfy
the soul with loafing," freely rendered, saun-
tcring to and fro in the earth. In this way
we have explored Upper Norwalk, and have
had a delightful time inventing imaginary
stories for the sleepy old houses that surrouui‘
the Common, which is dignified by thre :
venerable churches in the good old Nev
England fashion. Upper Norwalk is the ari..-
tocrat. It has age and ’ respectablity and
standing on its side, while this comparativel, *
new town is a parnenu ; and having some ad-
vantages of position in its favor,wilh a grow-
ing spurt of trade and manufactures, can af-
ford to snub its older sister.
To the impartial \ mind of the summer
boarder it is inexplicable why the two towns
do not unite for mutual benefit, and form one
solid, compact corporation. But a cat~and-
dog spirit prevails between them; in other
words, there is no love lost. The charming
inconsistence which rules over the destinies
of rural life has decreed the smaller place a
City, while the larger and more important
town still rcuilius a Borough. They scorn
to drink of the same watcr,——each having an
independent reservoirpf its own, which sup-
plies the town with a separate system of wa-
ter-works. Whether the Capulcts and the»
Moutagues of the two places ever come to
actual blows in base ball clubs and other con-
tests, we cannot say; but there is that good,
now unfolds its broad, rosy disk.. Every-
where along thesc enchanting roads clms how
their pliant limbs and group _ themselves in
graceful clusters. The elm flourishes in
other parts of the country, but only in New
England does it attain the poetry of expres-
sion. There is too much woody fibre, and,
if we may be allowed the expression, too
little soul in it. Transplanted to a richer
soil, it is like a nymph that has grown obese
from high living. The rocks and sand and
hard scrabble of this wonderful New England
have produced a perfect trce,—a piece of
work which» the divine artist must view with
exquisite delight. The outline and rhythmic
flow of the elm fills us with rapture. “’6
have often promised ourselves the pleasure
of a pilgrimage to the Elm City of New
Haven ; but thus far the pledge has remained
unfulfilled. ,
Another beautifully-embowercd road leads
to Five Mile River, a little pocket—edition of
a watering-place, where cottages stand about
ou‘tlic water‘s edge, as one sees them in a
drop-curtain at the theatre. Land and water
are so mingled that the effect is illusory,
and you look at the people curiously to see if
there is not something aquatic about them,
some touch of that agreeable sca~moustcr,
Triton. But a little way back from the
shore there are charming woodlands where
asters and golden-rod are beginning to make
patches of color, and the deep orange stars
of elccampanc’ glow in company with the
scarlet bobs and richly-spotted leaves of the
sumach. The wild clematis is now in full
glory, and twines itself over brush fences and
low bushes, making fairy bowcrs fit for Ti-
tania. In the deep shade the snake-root,with
its long, snowy spikes, is passing out of
bloom; but the berries of the bittersweet
grow brighter each day, and soon burst and
show a perfect flower in a fruit. ,
The birds are more silent in August than
perhaps any other month in the year. Sud-
denly, we miss our morning concert. The
robins and bobolinks and sparrows have be-
come mute as if they were sulking like angry
musicians who refuse to go upon the stage
until the manager has paid them. But the
office of song is over. The young are fledg-
cd. - It is no longer necessary to charm life
with music through its working-hours. New
thoughts and feelings and anticipations flut-,
ter the feathered breasts. AWe see them fly-
ing in flocks and lighting on sheds and barns
to consult about migration. The household-
ers and citizens of our fields will soon be-
come travelers. They are even now talking
over ways and means, and preparing to pack
up; and perhaps their silence has something
of the sadness of anticipated leave-taking.
Without the whirr of the :thada our Au-
gust fields would’be profoundly still. Bryant
has well expressed the feeling where he says:
“The quiet August noon has come,
A slumberous silence fills the sky;
The fields are still, the woods are dumb,
ln glassy sleep the waters lie.” ' _
'The delightful little goldfiuch, though tune-
less, flits about restlessly, and shows its yel-
low vest amid the foliage of the apple-trees.
Humming birds occasionally visit the flow-
solid, neighborly dislike that is apt to exist
between two places that elbow each other
rather closely, and are continually in
danger of treading on pet corns. How beau-
tiful it is to see brethren dwelling together in
love. But the fact is, they don’t dwell to-
gether in love very often. Though churches
are numerous, and the sound of. the Sabbath
bell is heard over the fields, calling the scat~
tered flocks to worship and prayer, the stated
means of grace have not done much toward
rooting out local animositics that spring up
as readily in the sweet peace of the country
as mullein and Canada thistles in the far-
mer’s fields.
When wandering about under elm trees,
peeping into old gardens, and, viewing the
fronts of venerable, solemn houses with that
happy-go-lucky feeling which allies us more
tovthe birds than to human beings, we have
no ability to gather facts and useful informa-
tion. At any time we would prefer to ap-
proach a fact as a farmer approaches his skit-
tish horse loose in the pasture,with an empty
peck-measure,—not directly, but by a long
. ch‘cumvallation. But in summer all facts
are intolerable. Any one who wishes to learn
how many hats or steel-locks arc manufactur—
ed in Norwalk, must look elsewhere. But
some idle and useless things will cling to one,
as burrs fasten themselves to the skirt.
While saunterlng with the infinite leisure of
a summer-boarder, which makes you feel so
rich in time, you gather up scraps and odds
and ends of stories that seem to float in the
air like the liberated seeds of the milkweed.
The oldest houses—those guiltless of paint,
and with a faded air of gentility—are the
most interesting. One or two have gardens
that must have been stately in their day, but
are now unkempt and somewhat weed-grown.
They point to the decay of that sturdy New
England aristocracy which fifty years ago
proudly reared its head in every considerable
Eastern village. ‘To the unregencrated mind,
without the fear of local dignities before its.
eyes, these caste distinctions in the country
seem almost ridiculous. Nature is gloriously
democratic. The sun shines for all, and the
rain falls alike on the just and the unjust,
the high and the low; but everywhere man
is an exclusive animal, and his chief aim is
to draw a line between himself and his neigh-
bor. “If the snow falls evenly over the sur-
face of the earth to-day," says Emerson,’ “to-
morrow it will be blown. into drifts.” No-
where arc the social drifts harder and colder
than in an old-fashioned New England town
where the genius of provincialism has in-
trcuched itself behind generations of respect-
ability and preeminence. The new manufac-
turing and trading spirit is rapidly breaking
through the crust and melting the barriers,
until the fine old strain of exclusivcness is in
danger of vanishing from the earth. It was
the nursery of character, and before it quite
disappears it is a pity that some native genius
cannot preserve it in the amber of litera-
ture, as Mrs. Gaskill and George Elliot and
V Miss Mitford have embalmcd the same phase
of life in English country towns.
There, is an interesting little legend con-
nected with a stately-looking mansion of the
old style, whose lofty portico is upheld by
the Corinthian columns, in wood or stucco,
which our forefathers admired._ That man—
sion was built, so'the tale runs, by a suitor to
the hand of a fair maiden, and [designed by
him as a bridal bower for her reception.
But before the fond hope could be realized,
some Lochinvar had carried off the damsel,
and the disappointed lover was left , lament-
ing. For thirty years this house, which
should have been the centre of happy wedded
love, was shut up and remained darkened
and uninhabited, while the deserted lover
mourned his loss. The stock-novelist would
have killed him at the end of that time, as
an example of noble constancy; but life does
not arrange things in this beautiful and
touching order. Atllle end of thirty years
he wisely thoughts" better of it, married a
wife, and opened his fine old house to the
sun and air, and let-us hope has lived happi—
l y ever. since. Though this conclusion 'will
not satisfy the romantic school girl, it records
a triumph of good sense.
The town will not long satisfy. There are'
beautiful invitations to rides and rambles
through shady roads and along the blue wa-
ters of the Sound. One of the prettiest of
these is a. drive round a fine old estate called
Wilson’s Farm, where the natural beauties 9f
hill and dale are unrivaled, and a serpentine
road runs continuously along the water’s
edge; where white sail-boats seem to skim
over the tops of trees, or float on their snowy
wings into concealed inlets between low-ly-
ing salt meadows; where the marsh-mallow
ers, and twinkle all over with irridescent hues,
as they probe the althca blossom or the white
corolla of the day-lily. Butterflies are happy
and active,_and in great variety. There is a
magnificent one, called the red admiral, hov-
ering now over an elder bush, and forming
the finest possible contrast with the purple
fruit. ‘ '
It seems a pity that there cannot be a re-
eord of every summer day and hour as it is
ticked off on nature’s clock, or marked by
the beautiful procession. of the flowers as
they fade. But there are few who care to
make observations, or to report these things.
The country people are profoundly indiffer-
ent to them, except as it rains or shines too
much, and wets the ha and withers the corn.
'rnu average summer oardcr is even more
heedless. She (the husband or'father be-
ing generally in town during the day)
sits .about, endlessly consuming caramels,
and cultivating the small vices of crochet
work.‘ The mind is even too languid to get
through a novel, and the time is divided be-
tween eating, sleeping, and a little gentle
driving over the most haekneyed roads.
All the spirit and enterprise exist in young
girls of the Diana period, who enjoy the
country asaplace to romp in, and let out
their voices. They spend the time in teas-
ing each other, spattiug, kissing, quarrelliug,
and making up. There is no fun in any
play which does not partake of the nature of
a combat. There must be a good deal of
pinching, pulling, and scratching, and then
the sport is perfect. This type of girl is to-
tally devoid of sentiment. She is somewhat
idle and noisy, but she is unconscious, and
therefore rather interesting.
In enumerating the attractions of Upper
Norwalk we forgot to mention the interest-
ing Episcopal church and church-yard which
face the pretty irregular Common, and are
neighbored by other churches (Baptist and
Congregational) of a less alluring exterior.
The graves are beautifully kept, and the
stones, some of them ancient, show where
some of the forefathers and foremothers
slept before the hamlet expanded into a
Borough. Large trees shade this delightful
church-ym‘d, while a spirit of peace and re-
pose broods over it that can almost be felt;
and close in the shadow under the wall of the
church nestles the pleasant old rectory. The
rector is now very aged, and has a most envi-
able reputation for gentle benevolence and
saintliuess of life. We have stood beside the
church-yard wall and thought of how sweet
a place it is to grow old in. The home-like
pafsonage seems to unconsciously invite the
footsteps of the weary and heavy-laden, and
the whole scene is touched by a tender senti-
ment, the record of years spent in doing
good to neighbors and friends, and, more
than all, in the blessing shed abroad by the
indirect influence of a high example. If we
know that a good and venerable man dwells
in the town, though our eyes may never rest
upon him, he is not a stranger. By some.
subtle means we. are made partakers of his
benevolence and kindliness. '
We come away from our comfortable
homes, and put ourselves into close quarters,
and live in a trunk, and submit to many in-
conveniences; but our summer sojourn wears
an air of romance which is absent from the
daily routine amid bath-tubs and Croton wa-
ter and what are called modern conveniences.
Every morning the fairies seem to annoiut
our eyes with-houey-dew, and the world is
surpassingly fair. We get attached to the
view from the window, or the backdoor, or
the slope of the orchard, and it seems like
wrenching the heart-strings to go away and
leave it. If we lived hcrc'permaueutly,
perhaps this euchantment would vanish, and
we should find that earth, air and water are
the same as in other places. Beauty and de-
light cannot be penued in. As soon as we
have bought a field of our own, they fly off,
like shy birds, to our neighbor’s field.‘ In
this way we console ourselves for owning
nothing, and rejoice in possessing all crea-
tion.
It often seems to us thatnobody else could
possibly see what we see in our favorite view.
It is a'little scrap of the town, with one
busy street, where, early and late, people
rush to and from the New York boat. Be-
yond is the Cove and Gregory’s Point, with
Dorlan’s llotcl upon the tapering, needle—like
extremity; beyond that a group of islands
and sand-bars. and then the blue stretch of
the Sound, with the Long Island shore up-
pearing out of the dimncss in a streak of
rose or snowy beach, and the faint hills out-
lined beyond. Simple-as the view is, it is
subject to the most surprising and fantastic
changes. In a misty morning, like the base-
less fabric of a dream, it dissolves and melts
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, NORWALK, CONNECTICUT,"TUESDAY,QCTQBEHQ, 1877.
away into nothing. Again, after a rain,
when the air is exceptionally clear, it grows
into wonderful nearness, until every bush
upon the Point and the islands is visible.
The hue changes with o'pal tints glooming,
glowing, sparkling, frowning, hiding itself
under mysterious veils of vapor, in a. way to
cause the despair of an artist. When there
is a fine sailing breeze multitudes of little
boats hover about the Cove and fly out of it
on impatient wings; and when a thunder
shower lowers over the n prospect, and
leaves an unimpeded track for the eye, there,
far beyond the sculptured gloom of the tem-
pest, sails catch the sunlight, and shine with
supernatural glory. ‘What more beautiful
symbol of the mortal bark that has weather-
ed the storms of human life, and found safe
anchorage in some bay of the hereafter under
the smile of God!
Then the eye comes back to the nearer
view, and from this green and airy perch is
pleased with the stir and bustle. The steam-
boat is an important summeninstitution, and
crowds of country people come from Dan-
bury, New Canaan, and other back regions
to take advantage of the low fare for a pleas-
ant excursion to town. The Danbury Band
arrives every morning on the train from the
mysterious bournc of the New man, and
goes footing through the streets to the boat.
The Tritons have exchanged their conch-
shells and “wreathed horns” for brass instru-
ments, and small children, who consume un-
limited taffy and peanuts, are delighted. At
night the town is again enlivened by the
band as it marches in solid phalanx to the
train. Combined with cheap fare, its attrac-
tions are sufficient to draw out a very odd
and} miscellaneous class of country people
who appear to have been hidden away in the
hills ever since wooden nutmegs were in-
vented. Now that haying is over, in this
little lull betwebu the summer and fall work,
they incline their minds to pleasure, and take
their provisions along with them for a day’s
junketing. The meal is generally partaken
of on the boat, after a weary day of sight
seeing. You will behold the careful mother
of a family pull out a great sweet-cake from
her basket, and cutting huge slices with a
jack-knife deal them round to her voracious
young ones, Sometimes thesweet-eake is
preceded by baked beans, cold rice-pudding.
or water-melon, and finished off by an inor-
dinate amount of cheap-colored candy. You
have only to watch the picnickers on the
Norwalk boat to understand why the Ameri-
ican stomach is the worst iu'the world. ALI.
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New Yonx, Sept. 24th. 1877.
Tweed’s testimony is making about the
havoc among the great and small politicians
that a charge of bird shot does among a flock
of pigeons at short range. The old man is
very frank, and speuks of his operations
without reserve. He has no squeamishncss
about names. The cause of the flight of
Oakey Hall is no longer a mystery, for
Tweedimplicates him in the Ring robberies,
and it was the dread that he would make a
full confession that impelled Hall to jump
the country. And then there are a parcel of
Republican officials who are implicated, and
any quantity of democrats, who were distin-
guished for the ferveney of their denuncia-
tion of the old mam—after he fell into dis-
grace. In faet, it seems that those who were
the most fervent in denouncing him were, as
a rule, the most guilty. Of course th'Ey all
deny, and every one of those whom Tweed
has implicated has his documents all ready. .
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can’t account for the houses they live in, the
carriages they ride in, the yachts they sail,
or the money that pays for all these things.
These fortunes are too largg for honest econ:
mulation, and none in New York doubts that
Tweed has told a straight, unvarnished and
true story. The old man seems determined
to go clear through it, whether it does him
any good or not.
RAPID rmsrr.
Thank heaven there are courts to which
the people may appeal, against the monopo-
lists. The means of going up and down
town are and have been for years, shamefully
insufiicient. Night and morning the cars on
the lines north and south, would be crowded,
them unable to get seats, and the platforms
jammed with people hanging On in all sorts
of shapes. Then to get to any part of the
boring man’s income, required a full hour of
time—two hours each day—which is an enor-
mous per cent. of what is better than money
ed to build elevated railroads the whole
length of the island,= and one of them, under
a charter granted by the legislature, did build
about a mile of a road. Then the horse-car
companies interfered, forlthe mine was too
rich to be given up. They got out injunc
tions on the elevated people, and every pos-
sorted to. Yesterday the final decision was
had, and it was against the monopolists.
New York will now have rapid transit. The
elevated roads are simply platforms supported
by strong pillars, on which narrow gauge
tracks are laid. The cars are long, with a
seat running lengthwise on each side, each
holding perhaps sixty passengers. The en-
gines are small and noiseless,'and the rate of
speed is twenty miles an hour. As the tracks
are up to the level of the second story, and
are used only for the cars, there can be no
danger whatever on them. The work on the
Gilbert will be pushed to completion at once,
and it is expected by the time winter sets in
we shall have two lines. running. the whole
length of the Island. This'will do more for
New York than any one thing that has hap-
pened for years, for it will relieve -,the pres-
sure on the over-crewded lower part of the
city, and give the poor better and cheaper
homes in the upper part.
WILL monams. _
When people fix up their affairs and lie
down and die, they' have no idea how soon
all their fixing .will be unfixed. Matthias
Dancer, a gambler, left an estate of half a
million or more, to his daughter, Mary Dan-
cer, who, having seen the wickedness of her
father, was a most pious and devout woman,
When Mary came to die, she left, all this
money to religious bodies, much to the dis;
gust of her relatives, who had been waiting
for her decease for some time, impatiently.
The religious societies wrangled over it for
some time, appearing to be in doubt as to
whether they ought to accept money that had
been made over the green cloth. They final-
ly accepted it, however, feeling'that'uo mat-
ter how the money was obtained, they would
put it to a good use, and that they could sanc-
tify it. But now, after the religious bodies
had decided to accept it, they didn’t get it all.
For the other heirs of the late Dancer came
in and undertook to invalidate the will, claim-
ing all sorts of irregularity, and rather than
have it go to trial, the claimants agreed. to
divide it into two parts, and so itwas settled.
The church gets the half of i the dead gam-
bler's money, and his brothers and sisters the
other half, and they are all supposed to be
happy.
'rnn RIFLEMEN.
Now that the matches are all over, the
American teams are soothing their defeated
competitors by showing them the country.
The Englishmen say that they were fairly
beaten, and the American are the best in
every respect. But they are going home to
'cent'jvill ever be got out of it. Thcreceiver
practice a year, and will come back, to win
the next time. And the' Americans respond,
if you do beat us, we shall take it as pleasant-
ly as you do. The match has been a very
pleasant one, there has not been a particle of
ill-feeling or had blood, from first to.lhst.
most courtesy and consideration ha's been
shown on both sides.
'rn's rnirrnnxxcn novnxtnxr.
The Ninth Ward Association for the sup-
pressiou of intempcrance held a meeting last
night, and there were some speeches made
which will sound queerly to rigid temperance
people. Rev. Dr. Crosby, one of the noted
divines of the city, made a speech in which
he took the ground that temperance men 10s
by undertaking too much. "In this crusade
he proposed to direct all his energiesto the
destruction of the whiskey," dbggcries. , ‘ch
would not attempt to close the basin the-rel
spectablc'hotels, for ’ therethc tradewas in
the hands of respectable men, who kept it'i'n‘
some sort of order. He was not going to as-
sault the lager beer sellers, or the sellers of
light wines, for those beverages did not craze
the brain. “If every whiskey shop,” said
the Dr., “could be changed into a lager beer
saloon, we should have reason to thank God.‘
What he wanted to do was to fight the vil-
lainous whiskey, and in making ‘that' fight
they would have the assistanCe . of thelager.
beer drinkers, and that great mass-who drink;
light beverages, but are opposed to the use 'of.
.the soul, and body destroying whiskey. He
was entering upon a crusade against the
8,000 grog-shops in the district? Aud- Dr's. I
Evans and. Taylor, though dissenting, agreed- '
to“ work with him. Dr. Crosby says he. has
investigated the matter thoroughly,and while;
he don’t believe inlager beer or wine drink-
ing, he is satisfied that the harm that results
from it, is next to nothing—at all events. itis
so much less than that of whiskey drinking
that temperance reformers are foolish for
including it in the list of beverages to be pro-
hibited. J of; the lager beer drinkers to the
temperance influences ~ and whiske can be
driven out. Undertake .to prohibit cer,: and
that influence joins whiskey and nothing can
be accomplished. Dr. Crosby’s views are re-
ceived with favor by the temperance party,
and it is probable that his programme will be
adopted. ' \
Bsnonnn's nooks. -
The papers that hate Beecher are laying
great stress upon the fact that at the last
book-trade sale, Beecher’s books sold forsix
cents per copy, arguing therefrom that the
great scandal destroyed his popularity. I
don’t see it in that light. All the books off-
ered were old ones, that, in the course of na-
ture had become valueless. There is no sale
for a book that has once passed its popularity, ;
no matter who is the author. Doubtless, the
great scandal would deter munyupeoiflir‘from'
buying a book from Mr. Beecher’s pcnfbnt
were he to write a fresh one the curiosity, to
see what it was would give it a larger sale
than ever. Certain it is that Mr. Beecheris
lectures are better attended than ever, and
there is no diminunition in the attendance at”
his church. He is very far from dead.
A new sxvnvcs’ BANK swrxpnn.
The Clairmout Savings Bank has gone the
way of all flesh. It is the old, old story.
The directors permitted two men to run‘it',
and shut their eyes to irregularities so long as
they were permitted to borrow money .on
worthless securities or no securities at all.
The two managing men speculated with the
moneys of their depositors, they lost, real es-
tate depreciated, and up it went. Thousands
of poor men have lost the little savings they
depended upon to carry them through the
winter, und an examination is being made,
which Will result as all such examinations
will 9:112:13 tho canola. 9-1" 1;" ,2: Mumnd bet-
féf‘fién‘in‘ang" Sir'rg‘Tfian'ihede swindlers,
but they will continue to move in the best so-
ciety all the same.
nusmsss
is still improving, and New York is feeling
good. The merchants are here and are buy-
ing freely, for the farmers behind them are
selling and paying. The look-out is encour-
aging. Prnrno.
From the Washington Daily] Nat-ion.
The Natidnal Game.
For the last two weeks the public interest
has been on the qui nice for the third game
of the series between the Nationals and As-
turias. It will be remembered that the second
' game was interrupted by the very reprehen-
sible conduct of the Asturias, who in_ ‘the
fourth innings, becoming dissatisfied With a
decision of the umpire, left the field and thus
the deciding one of the series, each club kg;
ing won a game, and hence there was m
than usual amount of:iuterest centering upon
it. At an early hour the streets leading to
the game. Both nines were promptly on the
ground at 4 o’clock, when it was discovered
by the manager of the Nationals that their
viz: Blogg,.of last ‘year’s St. Louis nine,
(professional ;) Say, who has played on the
Athletics of Philadelphia this year, but who
was expelled on suspicion of selling a game,
and Stone of a professional nine in Buffalo.
These players having been brought here to
play this game alone, and it having been ex-
pressly understood betWeen the managers
that the Astoria nine would be composed 'of
perly declined to play the game unless the
three men ove should be replaced by local
playeq; bu in deference to the wishes of the
spectatdrs (therebeing fully ten thousand peo-
ple present) it was decided to play the game,
notwithstanding the bad faith of the Asturias,
and play was called at14:30 o’clock with the
Nationals at the bat. ' Lake led off with a
base hit, stole fseecnd" and made thirdjund
home on Blogg‘s passedballs. -_ The next‘ three
went out in order. For-the'Astorias, 'Stone,
Jennings and Groves led off with base hits, the
two former scoring. Itseemed at this point
that the “Pets of wampoodle ” were destin-
ed to win, but the next threevstrlkers were re-
tired in order, and the Astorias failed to score
another run in the game, while the Nationals
by fine batting, piled up a total of 21. runs.
The fielding of the Nationals was almost per-
fect, there being but four errors in the entire
game, the Astorias being crowded With twen-
ty. '~The fielding of Houck at short has nevT
been excelled in this city, while the catching:
of Kenny and the pitching of Bauuou surpass-
ed what even their warmest admirers deemed
them capable of. Lusk at third played his
usual fine game, while “' Lonny ” Dallas at
first failed to make his single error. The bat-
ting of Kenny, Byington and Lusk was the
finest on the part of the Nationals, little By.
ington’s home run. in the fourth inning being
received with rounds of. applause. _n the
part of the Astorias, Say playedamngnificent
game, while the remainder of the nine seem-
ed to be afflicted with the mulling mania;
’l’ he following is the score by innings:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7__.___ ,
'1 5 3 a «.8 ==o “7421' . ‘
National _
1 0 0 0 0 0 0—- 2
Astoria
From the National Republican.
The Astoria’s Waterloo.
At least ten thousand. persons witnessed
the last game of the series. between the Na-
tional and Astoria yesterday-.011 the Olympic
grounds, and nearly‘all were satisfied to see
the game result as it did, on account 9f the
Astoria availiugthemsel'ves 'of the servxces of
three imported men for this game only, but
the mixed nine of Baltimore and Washington
were forced to succum to home talent by the
humiliating score of 21 to 2. The National
batted and fielded magnificently throughout,
while their opponents, with the exception of
.the first-inning, were retired for gooseeggs. :
Whenthe Astoria nine first appeared on,
the field, the manager and captain rifle Na-
tional very properly 'refused to play. unless
they (the Astoria) would dispense With the
Baltimorcaus, and on their persisting in using
them, a game was arranged between the Pa-
triot and “Reds,” and-every one was inform-
cd that if they wished the money refunded
which they had paid for seats, it would be done,
but at the solicitation of several well known
gentlemen, the manager of the National Con-
sented‘to' allow the game with the Astoria to
proceed, in order that the'audience might not
be disappointed, as they had all comeout ex-
pressly for that contest. ~ Bannon’s pitching
was never excelled. ,Byington made the only
circuit of the' bases on a terrific hit oyer_ the
crowd.
The arrangements were perfect, and the‘jltg
From the Connectzbut-Oatholio.
A Political Letter. ‘
NORWALK, Sept. 1?th, 1877. '
' Editor Connecticut Catholic: ' - ' '
. _ From your to year it has forcibly manifest-'
.‘scd itself to-th‘e thinking portion of the: Irish
terests arérbasely iscrv'edzby' the democratic
party of the‘State'. ~We‘find our leadingin’en
scratched from'the ticket after being regular-
ly placed thereon by thenus‘nimous voice of
the caucus, while their! associates of Ameri-
can birth on the -sam'er.'dlcket are borne in
triumph to place. and-peter on the shoulder-
of the adoptedtbillilehié‘negrets at the “ill-1
luck” of our defeated fellow-countrymen are
freely indulged in by the party leaders With
all the outward symptoms of sincerity; clec'
. tions roll around and theJamc programme is
repeated and still the-f‘h'ish voter” adheres
_to the party as loyalty 13.10 the constitution
he has sworn to supports; This is not con-
fined to any. section or town of four State; it
is universally the practicbvain all our towns
where no organization on semblance of one
exist. . ‘ j~_.--, » g, ,
How, long Irishman of, Connecticut, mill
you allow the Democraticikuow-nothing spirit
toioppose you in‘thecx‘el'cise of your rights
of citizenship ? :Canzyou not see it‘rampaut
in the fold of the partythat would long since
have ceased to‘exist had-it not been for your
unwavering, and I mustvhy, blind support 2
And for four long years of faithful adherence
what has this great partyd‘one. for the 90,000
“fol-eign voters” within it§.lines; how many
of them are on- its state ticket or have ever
been there ? None. We are told they would
-“kill the whole ticket at the;polls” if, placed.
thereon. And when the democratic Govern-
or makes his appointments, does he remember ,
any of the foreign voters in the disposition of
his official favoes? How many of your sol-
diers of the 9th Conn. Regt., who have been
tried in blood on southeli fields have been
complimented with an appointment on the
military staff of our democratic Governors?
Is there asiugle office, localpr state, that an
Irish citizen, can obtain without some sacri-
fice of honorable, feeling unless through fear
it wrung from the pnrtvfiiAud you poor,
hard working, honest map that 'walk our
highwaysin search of thelhregd to sustain
the lives of those that are ‘ .. dearltoyou,
can you notice, in hhose-hur‘dand tryihgtimes
any unusual effort onthegpnrtof curpreteuda
ed friends, the democrgts; to alleviate your
wants? Do you not find fig-much considera-
tion and feeling in the brejlsts of ; our open
political opponents—therepublicaus, as you
do in the ranks of our friends of the caucus
—the dembcratsr‘ : - ' ' ;
; Fellow countrymen, pause and meditate
freely on this question ; hills a vital one, it is
the entering wedge that will ultimately de-
prive you of your right asfrcemen, if you
do not meet and resist it with a firm, united
and peaceful front at the ,“ballot-box.” The
interests of this land are as dear to us as to
the native born; it is the luud of our adop-
tion and the birth-place. (if our children.
Here we intend to end our days in peace.
Our Constitution clothes us. with right co-
cqual with the native-born, which we have
doubly repaid by our unceasiug industry and
loyalty to the laws of the government. .
Let us awaken and throw off. the party
shackles and show by our independence that
we are alive to our int‘erestspls American citi-
zens. ’ It needs but little argument to convince.
any reasonable mind that a severance of our
connection with the democratic party is forced
upon us. It'therefore becomes us to meet
the insulting issue like men, possessed of re-
spect for ourselves and fellow countrymen,
showing to those bigoted demagogues that
scratched; and any of our people; who will
invites contumely and reproach to be heaped
upon our race anew._ Avoid such and show
by your ballots that you can protect your-
selves. 'Our Town elections will be held-on
that it is the first blow at our liberties we
should resist. What say you, Irishmen of
Connecticut? Will you be independent in
order to protect yourselves? INDEPENDENT.
Borate of Soda; Borax. -
This substance, which is of great use in the
arts and household, has until quite recently
been little known in some respects, and quite
hundreds and thousands 0f weary POOPIC on forfeited the game. The game yesterday was expensive. The supply in time past; has
come from distant countries, where it has
been found in the form of a saline encruste-
tion of the shores of lakes in Persia, Thibet,
city where rents are within the reach of a'la- the grounds, corner of S and 16th streets, India, China, and in parts of South America.
were lined With persons W 7W“ to Witness When collected in this form it is impure, and Sponges, Chamois Skins, Stationery. Cigars,
is known under the name timl. About four
years sincea Mr. Smith, while prospecting
taken for nothing. Companies were organiz- opponents intended to 9195’ three new men, for gold and silver mines in Nevada, came
upon a vast bed of white sand or clay, or
something like dry sea-foam,which proved to
be crude borax. An enormous lagoon, two
miles and a half wide and five to six miles in
length, was covered with this substance. He
had it'aualysed, and it proved to be almost
pure, and is the largest deposit of the kind as
sible method 0f retarding ,the work was ’9‘ .10031 players, the National manager very 91‘0- yet known in the world. Mr. smith and his
brother established a claim to the tract, ‘ and
established extensive works for the manufac-
ture of the pure article. The supply is said
'to be inexhaustable, the crude borax repro-
ducing itself every three or four years.
# -
Isu’t.thcre something of practical wisdom
in the following suggestive observations in
Wednesday’s Tribune :—
Ycar by year it grows more absurd for a
daying man to try to maintain any authority,
by will or otherwise, over the goodsand chat-
tels which he has left behind. Here comes a
claimant for the Forrest Actors' Home, a
cousin in an obscure degree, whom the great
tragediau perhaps never saw or heard of, yet
who makes his claim, too, with an apparent
chance of success. The claim rests upon the
plea that in this State -a devise of land to
trustees to found a corporation is vord by
statute, and that in Penns lvania the trustees
.of a home cannot hold re estate of sufficient
value to produce an, annual: income $30,000.
The Actors’ Home; asserts this claimant, has
absorbed a yearly revenue largely in excess
of that amount. Besides, he contends also,
the charity is misapplied, as one old. man has
been, as yet, the sole‘ occupantpf theLprinceL»
1y mansion. There is something pitiable in
this case. Poor old Metamora sat alone_dur-\ ,
ing the later years of his life, in his great
solitary dwelling, like tin: forlorn t whom
Christian saw gnawing his own sub in his
cave-door, while lesserlfolk passed Jeefing on
the other side of .the way.~ Hexliad. ngther.
wife no'f child nOr 'ki‘u‘sman.to .
his wealth, so he planned this fautaetic char-
ity, a great, beautiful retreat, where decayed
actors might hide from the .world which had
forgotten them, and keep his memory eeu
with their gratitude when the world ha for-
gotten him also. Now, thc retreat, and lus-
memory,-possibly, will fall into the .keepinu
of a man who was a stranger to hnn, an
who certainly pays no deference to his dying
wishes. The half dozen decayed actors who
have been unfortunate enough to accept his
charity, have .beeu thereb dragged before
the world in their condit on of paupcl'lsln.
Moral: Spend your money before ycu die ;71f
you leave a single grout, Fate Will alt astride
of your coffin with a churlish grin, to take
care that it shall'bc spent precis y as you do
not choose it to go.
#
“Gentlemen, I introduceto you my friend
troduced friend, with vivacity—Thut‘s pre-
cisely the difference between my friend and
myself." ‘
A Michigan man lately applied to General
Sheridan for aletter of introduction to Eu-
rope and got the.rfollowing:— “This man’s
name is Joues—Joues,Michigan. Very truly,
P. H. Sheridan.” .
Sir Henry Halford turns a joke as well as
he handles a rifle. Thursday when after fir-
ing at the 900 yards target, he found he had
{bullet out spoils my bullitin."
:voters of Connecticut, that their political in-1 T
the first Monday of October, and it is time attairlivingpriccs. Union (formerly ModellMa
. we should bestir ourselves and be mindful ““0““ Brim!“
gladden with '
who isn’t as stupid as he appears to be.” In- ,
put no bulletin his gun, he remarked, "A i
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.ALEX.‘ S. GIBSON,
Organist of' the'First Congregational Church .
Teacher oft '
Plano-Portc,.0r¢an and Musical
Composition.
Box 379 r. 0.. NORWALK, ooxx.
_ b J. Beldeh Harman,
.llco'n'n' .No. 4,3 [up lull-cg.
9 - .. . . onznivrn nurnnme.
(Graduate of NaiY. Medical College for Women,
oar. MAIN .2 MARSHALL 51mm”. _
_ soon-n wonwxfmr,‘ .CONN .
Office Hours, untilll 3.111., andfrom 3 p. m. At-
.tention to all classes of, diseasesincident to a en-
eljal practice of medicine and surgery.
flies supplied With Homoeopathic remedies.
References by . permission :—.S.Lilenthal, M. 1).,
Prof. of Theoryand Practice, N. Y.city; Clemeuce
Lozler, M. D. Dean of Calls e,N.Y.: Alf: d
e K.
Bills,M.D.,Prof.MateriaMe ica. 3m23
am-
CHARLES W. ‘ANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
NORWALK, CONN. .
Office corner of_Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous—
Oxule Gas administered.
.0. B. COOLIDGE,
DENTIST
Successor to .
_ Dr. Asa. Hill,
WALL STREET, NORWALK,
Office over
C. J. Grumnn’s Dry Good-Store.
3‘ Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain.
DENTISTRY
A T 11.4 RD TIMES PRICES,
:E'or Cash—No Credit :
do, in censuring the directors. But not a we have ceased to be their plastic tools. We All work excutcd in the Best Manner, at my office
mutiufifi'wnurl} :drw'imné- ates—pee:-
. Corner: ofwn‘bwifgfihfitfls.
accept a nomination in such a locality only C1 a; W. MITCHELL,
. At the ever popular
UNION MARKET
has always the best of
Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
r-
18
ux‘unns s. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor
AND
0mm FURNISHING EMPORIUM.
Main Stroet,Norwalk, Conn.
EDWARD P a WEED,
D R U G- G- .I S '1‘
Wall Street, opposite Norwalk Opera House,
A large and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDIClNES,
Pei-fumer ,Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters. oilet and Medicatedfioaps. Flavoring
and Handkerchief Extracss, Hair Brnshes,Con‘l§bs,
c.,
and is constant] adding to his stock all the new
and popular me iciues oftlle day.
NOBWA 1.x INSURANCE 00.,
NOR WALK, CONN.
$500,000
- 100,000
Gno R. CowLEs,Sec’y.
hatter Capital
laid up Capital -
Wu. 0. Shaun. Pres.,
'I‘NA INSURANCE Co..'ofHABTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $5,052,880.19
Insures against loss and damage by Figsmn terms
adopted to the hazard andcousistont With the laws
of compensation. COWLES & MERRILL,_
Sole Agents for N orwalk 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
Fresh.Sa.1t, Smoked fit Canned Fish
f all the choice vanities, and Fruits and Ve eta.-
bles of all kinds. in their season. The turnls mg
of POULTRY, either alive or dressed,a specialty
Also EGGS.
Norwalk. Conn., February 20th, 1877.
B. S. BLASCER.
At his store in .
MALLOB‘Z’S :Bnocn,
has constantly on hand, a- general assertment of
Groceries, Crockery, Glass,
'Iln and Wooden Ware, Etc.
By devotin his constant personalattentiou to the
business e hopes to merit public patronage.
w. - 2; our MAR 13,.
General. Fiiiiilill- Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R.DEPOT '
WOrdei-s attended to day_or uight.i Residence.
Main Street, 8 doors from Union Avenuea .
GEORBE ll. RAYMOND,
Furnishing Undertaker,
No. 53 MAIN STREET, (Up Stairs.)
E. NELSON,
Manufacturer of
antenatalaA
a-Brok'en Carriages or Wagons neatly and
promtly repaired.
CEMENT PIPE Fflil CHIMNEYS
Square and Round Cement Pipe, with plain and
ornamental tops, for chimneys;have amore er-
fcct draught, and are cheaper and better t an
brick;also . .
I) I! A I N P I P E,
The best in the Market. Warranted to give satis-
faction, and from 25 to 30pcreent.cheaperthau
n h . Manufactured and for sale by
a y 0‘ cr CHAS. '1‘. LEONARD a: SON.
Bil ill Bali S
all sizes andstylcscanbohadat the
Gazette Job PrintingOfilcc
a
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The Second Oldest rap-5r ln‘lhe sure.
A.‘H. Bxlxorox, J. B. Ems, G. N. ELLS.
Fonrllues or less, 1 insertion 50 cts.; 3 timestl 00
OncSqual-emneiusortion, - - - o- - - l 00 I I
For week, for continuance, ------ - 50 i h 3
One Square, Six Months, - - ~ ----- 7 00 I S p r I n g ’
“ “' one year—with paper - - - 15 00 as usual. Call and confer with nei-
Two- 66 H u H H .' - - 2500 before ordering elsewhere.
Three“ u' u n u . - - . 80 00 5
Quarter of, a Column, one time, ----- 5 00 ~
Onequartercolumn, one year, - - - - - 50 00 .. I
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o... haircmumnmneyeu. ------ 8000 Mrs. J. :3. BETTS,
FullColumu, one time, '-_ - - - - - ‘- -20 00
Yearly advertisers; f restricted i to .the pulsing”.
mitted to make monthly on tnges of their adver_-_ .
inserted gratultfluslyi' .
. All unusual cuts-and devices 25 percent. extra. _
luiiiii‘iii' tinielloi. allia‘l. ,
Mrs. Wilmot Fawcett,
. No. James, .Bloel, Water Street.
Will exhibit from auction this week great bar
nine in Milliner o :— ‘ ’ ' .
final Chi s, from oods French Ohips,8200
Flowers in Wreaths and Sprays, mots. to 86.00
from $1.25 up; Ribbons in all Shades from Gets
up;
Back and White, 82. up.
of each and every one at the lowest rices.
early. and secure
N orwalk, Conn.
MRS. H. »L.f-"‘MtLEAN,
Will continue to serve her customers
The Popular Main Street Milliner
sortmeut ol‘M LLIN EILY 85 MILLINERY GOODS
- ever shown in this town.
Trimmed Bonnets and Hats al-
ways on hand.
Mourning Bonnets
Made at short notice. and all work done in the
latest and most unique style, at her rooms,
' No. 33 Main Street, N orwalk.
Mrs. H. L. McLEAN,
Will continue her
Millinery Business
The same as usual, during-the
FALL and WINTER
and will 3911 her stock of Goods
AT COST!
LOOK HERE!
INSURANCE
lt-lleduced Hates,First-Class Co's
' Call on B. J. STURGES,
No. 4 Gazette Building, Nail-walk, Conn.
«DRUG STORE.
FELIX REGNIER, M. D., PERLEY II. GLIN ES,
Drdggists 8: Apothecaries,
Successors to H. L. UHLE, No. 11 Main Street,
Néorwalk, Ct., keepconstantly on hand a. full stock
Pure Drugs and Chemicals.
Our Dispensing Room is in charge of DR. W. C.
GLINES, an experienced Pharmacist. -With his
knowledge {if-Chemistry, and care in the repara-
tion of Medicines, generally. we feel con dent all
ghgge vgho favor us With their orders Will be well
se . '
FARMERS AND HORSEMEN
Ostrich Tips in all shades 50cts.t0600' Th -
est Shades. i’n Silks, 31.2% to 33.00; B'iacke gieiiis
Is now ofl'erin to the public, the most select As?
ts u ' Cantons and Milans; I k '
Room. to .00; Rustic an fancy Braids, 75m. up : flentaur
Sun llats,'all kinds, 25cts., 30cts. and 50cm. each
i
s
I I
Ornaments {retard IOcts. to 81.00; Plumes in L1 1 -
Our TRIMMED HATS a... and will be the cen-
tre ofattruction. We endeav'or to suit the taste
‘ This
is the place where you can secure t 0 best bar-
gains of everything in our line. Come one, Come
_ echeupest of ever thin a d
avord the rush at N o. 4 J ames’ Blockfllfatgr S‘t.
Centaur Linimcuts. These
Poisonous Bites, Burns, Lame Animals, etc., etc.,
taur Linimcnts are for man and beast. But not the
isnme Linimcnt. The White Linimcut is for man
and the Yellow for horses and animals. Herein
this Linimcnt differs from all other remedies, al-
though somc of the ingredients are aikc in each
They contain the well-known Witchllazel, Arnica,
ingredients:
Wm. H. Hickcox Rector of St. J ohu’s E. Church
.Wakefield, Clay 06., Kansas, writes: “Many years
I have been suffering from a. Weak Buck.causcd
from a sprain more thun 40 years a o. I haven“
found any thing to relieve me unti I commenced
the use of' Centaur Linimcnt. I feel it my Christ-
ian duty to inform you that by its wonderful ef-
{guén'l am entirely relieved of pain. January 22,
Messrs. J. McClure do Co.,Druggists, Cincinnati,
0.. says :—
_ “Teamsters pronounce the Yellow Centaur Lin-
lmeut superior 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 of similar testimonials reaching us every
month. All the Extracts, Embrocatious, Salves,
and Ointments in exlstcnce are not doing one-tenth
the good which is done by these admirable Centaur
Linimcnts. For Frost-bites.'Stings, Cuts, Itch,
Salt Rheum, etc., there is nothing like the Centaur
Linimcnt. White Wrapper. For Spavin, Ring-
bonc, Sweeney, Wind Calls, Poll-evil, Scratches,
etc., on horses, the Yellow Centaur Liniment 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
Linimcnts. They are worth one hundred times
their cost.
J. B. ROSE & 00., 46 DE!“ Sn, NEW YORK. 3m30
Gasturia
{Mothers may have rest and their babies may have
health, if they will use Dr. Pitcher-’3 Custo-
rln for Wind Colic, Worms, Feverishness, Sour
Mouth. Group, or Stomach Complaints. It is en-
ti rely a vegetabla 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 remedy in existence. I
Dr. E. Dimock, of Dupont, Ohio, says:
“I am using CASTOKIA in my practice with the
most signal benefits and happy results, and find it
a perfect substitute for Castor Oil.”
This is what every one says. Many nurses in
New York use the CASTORIA. It is prepared by
Messrs. J. B. Rosr: & 00., successors to Samuel
Pitcher, M. D. ' 3m30
‘ REAL ESTATE.
\M
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Should know that we keep a full supp] of Veteri-
nary Medicines and are prepared to l prescrip-
tions for Horses and Neat. Cattle. from Clater,
Blame, Delafosse, Moiroud and other celebrated
authorities.
Our stock, among other-articles, com rise the
choicest Perfumes.Soaps, Colognes and air Oils,
also Brusheu, Combs, Chamom‘ Skins. Sponges,
Pure Glycerme,Bu-d Seed. Fancy Articles,Patent
Medicines, Ci . 3, etc., etc. -
Alsq Choice iquors, Wines, Ale and Porter for
Medicinal purposes.
0. N. NIHOLS.
LI. kinds of Ladies and Gents’ Inol' AID
SHBES mark; to order. REPAIRING gently
done, and according to promise. -
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J
DOORS
.SA§H,
ninvos
JEW'ETT’SEENGLISH
White Lead.
Colors in Oil, and
Tube. Colors.
VALENTINE’S VlRNISHES.
Copper Strip and Raw
Hide Hay Cutters.
Double and Single Guns, Revolvers
and Pistols, Cutlery of the Best
Quality and Cheapest, Oars
and Boating Materials.
Please call and examine our Stock before purchas-
ing elsewhere.
W. G. Street & 00..
18 Water Street, Norwalk.
1 8 '7 '7‘ .
BUY YOUR
Provisions, '.
‘ Groceries,
' ' Poultry,
GRUCKERY Alli] GLASS WARE
' Fruits, Nuts,- etc.
35' I S H , -
(Fresh, Saltcdnnd Canned.)
OYSTERS,
_(Opened or in the Shell.)
CLAMS,&0.
ALSO
Vegetables of all Kinds,
(Fresh and Canned.)
Canned. Fruits, ‘
BREAD, PIES,GAKES, 81.0., ac.
AT
DEMMON & nnwconn’s,
' 53 .v: 55 Main St, Norwalk.
ED WIN 6'. LLOYD,
PRACTICAL
Horse and
, 0i Silltl‘.
—A L50—
1: mos
Make
ml
Repairer.
. (Formerly Lamb’s Shop,)
MAIN STREET, NORWALK, CONN.
Shocing Lame, Tender and Interfering Horses
9. Specialyt.
A CARD.
is with leasurc that I return my grateful
tthcnks to my? friends and femur patrons for their
kind and liberal patronage in times pust. And I
now extend the invition to all by glvmg notice
that I can be found attho Store No. 51 Mom Street
formerly occupied by myself. and latterly by
Messrs. Stallord it Stoddard, where I shall take
pleasure to wait upon such as Will tavpr mu ‘\Vllh
their patronage. HARVEI Fl’lbll.
Norwalk, J annary 29, 1877.
f tAnLANn.~
"'1‘“ .
Place,”
0 [ET on SELL—The St. John House on Hi h
Street, Enquire of JAMES‘FINNEY. t 0
HOUSES AND ROOMS TO LET, by
H. FITCH, 51 Main Street. 7
For Sale or Exchange.
HE Large, Elega'nt 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. mlfi to or address
2 GEO. W. CB , ox 452,Norwalk, Ct.
Also one of the handsomcst Building Sites on
East Avenue, coslstln of‘ four acres, being the
north portion of the o (1 Van Zandt Homestead;
lluls a flue Orchard of choice Fruit and fine Shade
rees.
(He 'flfl'l." nuance—Ammu—
pleasantly located on \Vest 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 garticulars enqure of‘
6t! JAMES F NNEYJleal Estate Agent.
For Sale Cheap,
Or Exchange for other preperty,
One of the neatcst, and easiest little Cottages in
the Borough. Will sell to .a good tenant for little
(1,3318% money down. Enquire at GAZETTE 0F-
' House for Sale.
HE subscriber, being about to leave town,
offers for sale his residence on High Street.
It is a two story frame dwelling, containing teu
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.
N orwalk, April 2d, 1877. 4 :14
For Sale.
..,-- A House and Lot. in a healthy location on
E Fair Street, above Catharine. The House is
' nearly new, well built, conveniently arrang-
ed. and Will make a comfortable and leasaut
home forafamily of average size. The ot runs
back to the river. There is awcll 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 llne chance to secured.
home. Apply at AZETTE OFFICE. 3ft
Desirable Property for sale.
A Very desirable 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,
tf‘ll or to D. W.FITCH, West Avenue.
FOR SALE . .
TWO verydesirableBuildingLotson WestMain
Street. Apply at the GA ETTE OFFICE .
C. W. Burritt
Has Removed
To No. 4 Phoenix Block, Wall St.‘,
Foot of Mill llill,where with increased facilities
he is prepared to do ‘
P I: 'U M B I N G- ,
in allits branches. Also special attention ivcn
to Tin Roofing, Tin and Sheet Iron Work an J ob-
bing. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand.
Norwalk. April, 1876. .-
IMrn/iturc -Furm§ture
If you wish
Parlor,’ library, Dining and Sitting
Room Sets,
Walnut or Cottage Chamber Sets,
or anything in the Furniture Line, of the Latest
Style, Best Finish and Make and for the
Least Money, go to
WM. LOCKWOOD'S,
No. 36 Main Street, .IORWALK, CONN.
Also,
General Furnishing Undertaker.
Orders attended to promptly day or night. Rcsi
dence with Mr. C. T. Cornwall, France St.
THEODORE E. SMITH,
DEALER 1N
II A R D WA R E ,
Cutlery
Ann
Agricultural Implements.
WALL PAPER, wrxnow srmnns, rAlN'rs
urns, CLASS, sxsu, nmx us,
AND DOORS.
Main Street, Nor-walk, Conn.
SIGN PAINTING, PAPER HANGING, &c
CARRIAGES! CARRIAGES!
REPAIRING. 4.0., &C.,
NEW FIRM
AT THE OLD STAND
Messrs. Mulllngs 8r. Tilly,
Having taken the business lately conducted by Si-
las 1’. Tuttlc, are prepared to niarulacturc all
kinds of
Carriages and Wagons to order.
Repairing In all Branches
done in a most workmanlike manner. Both hci ng
practical mechanics, and thoroughly apquainted
with all branches of the business, they feel assur-
ed that they can give perfect satisfaction to all
who ma entrust work to their care.
PAINT NG. VARNISIIING. UPHOISTERISGN’.
DOING OVER CAItRIAGES a Specialty.
Machine Forging.
lcuxsmumues. 22u' nurumx
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 annihilator and curative agent as the
Iglimcnts have Within
the past year cured more (3' es of Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Still-joints, Cakcd Breasts, Swelliugs,
than all otherremedies combined. As the name of' .
Centaur implies hall‘horsc and half man, the Con-
Carbolic, Rock Oil, Months. and other powerfu‘r
VOL. LX.--NUMBERD
Faint Not. ,
Faint not, though rough the path may be '
Whereiu thy feet are led; - ' "
Faint not if thy blind eyes can see ‘
But darkness overhead ,
Faint not, nor in thy misery
Turn from thy God instead.
The blackest storm will soon be o'er,
The darkness break away;
The night of thine afllictiou sore
Shall change to endless day,
' And he who trod the road before
Safe lead thee on thy way.
The thorns that pierce thine aching head
Arc by his sufferings blessed;
The wine-press that alone ye tread '
His weary feet have pressed,
And marked the way by blood be shed,
To everlasting rest.
—Vermont Watchman.
The Old Church on the Green.
BY HARRIET BOUTON-
I recall with pleasure the Old Meeting House
on the Green,
To my youthful eyes a prettier was never
seen; .
And the steeple which then to me IOokcd so
high,
With the vane on the top pointing up to the
sky.
The sound of that bell was music to my ear,
As it peeled forth its call in tones so clear;
And that pulpit to me was a grand affair,
With sounding-board, and roses of Sharon,
with lilies fair. '
Phoebe Comstock once started for church,
her horse trained so well,
Always quickened his pace at the sound of
the bell; , .
He starting at its ring, when in the liver
drinking,
She slid off his back, while intent on the ser-
mon thinking.
And good Parson Swan,
God,
As with measured step up the aisle he trod;
He appeared more than human as by children
Been,
With his tall form erect and dignified mien.
that holy man of.
One text I well remember when but six years
old, -
And imprinted on my memory in letters of
gold; .
“This is my Beloved Son in whom I’m well
pleased, hear ye Him ;”
Treasures deep hidden within the heart when
eyes grow dim.
He was sowing the seed, the harvest did
come,
Long after the good man went to his home;
The sheaf of golden grain at length appears,
Safely garnered in though sown in tears. '
I am carried back to my childhood days,
To the venerable saints in that house of
PmiSG;
With faces aglow listened attentively to God’s
word, .
And eagerly drfmk in the truth they heard.
Through heat and cold, through rain and
sleet,
They repaired to His house the Master to
’ meet;
With cold intense sat in the church all day,
And as long as the sermon did the good man
pray.
Boxed up in a pew by the side of the wall,
The foot-stove was passed round to warm as
all ;
still. ,
In the house of Governor Bissell kindzpeoplc
did dwell,
For children did care, as we flocked round
the well,
And dipped from the bucket with cups
placed there, .
The ice-cold water from the deep well rare.
Parson Swan so saintly, Parson Eaton so
jolly.
Parson Beuedictso earnest,not given to folly;
Grave Doctor Hall with sermons short and
sound,
Went deep into doctrines and was most pro-
found.
In January, 1836, the paiting tame, profuse
the tears that fell,
A new church organized at South Norwalk,
then 01d Well ;
The tie was strong the bound those hearts
together,
Long years had met, will again no more to
sever.
Doctor Hall was the only remaining one of
the four;
Since writing the above is with us no more;
Has gone from this earth to the haven of rest,
To reap his reward in the home of the blest.
A Summer’s Ghost.
In that old summer can you still recall
The pomp with which the strong sun rose
and so
How bright the moon sho'nc on the shining
fields,
What wild, sweet blossoms with the dew
were wet?
Can you still hear the merry robbius sing,
And see the brave rod lilies gleam and glow
The waiting wealth of gloom, the reckless
bees,
That woo their wild-flower loves, and sting
and go ?
Canst hear the waves that round the happy
shore
Broke in soft joy, and told delusivc tales—
We go, but we return; love comes and goes ;
And eyes that watch see homeward-faring
sails. ~
“’Twas thus in other seasons? ” Ah, may be! '
But I forgot them, and remembered this—
A brief, warm season, and a fond, brief love,
And cold, white winter after bloom and
bliss. —Vz‘ctmriu Magazine.
#
“ Scandal Den.”
’Tis not on any signboard, friend,
Search for. it far and wide;
Nor in a town directory,
Nor in a railway guide ;
Yet ’tis a fearful neighborhooo,‘?
So secret and so sly;
A very dangerous corner room,
For any passer by.
Especially for business men,
And ladies passing fair,
They’re ground up, character and all,—
—Thc more the better {ark
:No matter how the victims winch,
They never heed their. pain,
The very bloody cannibals,
That live in Scandal Den,
If once you chance to meet with them,
Pray do not be deceived;
When most they act like bosom friends
They’re least to be believed.
Their claws are cased in velvet, friend,
Their teeth are wreathed in smiles,
But woe betide the innocent
Who drops into their wiles ;
For when they’ve singled out the prey,
Like honey on the wing,
They give the sweetest kind of bug,
Then plant the fatal sting.
They wash their hands in innocence,
As if ’twould blur the stain,
The gentle, dove-like cannibals
l That meet in Seadal Den.
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