WHOLFWUMBER 1530.
Thanksgiving Day.
Hail, hail, Thanksgiving day!
Welcome to saints and sinners—
lVelcome to all, both great and small,
‘hou day of royal dinners!
See how they come from far and near,
A troop of “carpet-buggers,”
To grace the board with one accord,
And appetites like daggers.
Who cares for Turkish war abroadij
Who cares for sort or Czar?
)ur Turkey lies before our eye;
Come and attack—hurrah !
With knife and fork we win the day,
A truce to care and sorrow!
Eat while we may, Thanksging day
't’ill fade before to morrow.
We’re thankful for a host of things
Too numerous to mention ;
For sweethearts true and hearts to woo,
And all things worth attention.
For all and every thing that gives
Our lives so much of pleasure,
We offer thanks. Long may we taste
Thine overflowing measure !
'l‘hcn hail, Thanksgiving Day l
Thou day of royal dinners !
Nor will we care if the grim nightmare
Should fright the soul within us
When day is done. Let Turkey's ghost,
'With the nuts and puddings and wine
In the dead of night begin their fight,
Still—victory is thine!
—_—Ha-rpe7"3 illagazt'ne for December.
Bedding Ridge.
People rave on the beauty of the country
in the summer time, when it is at its best and
brightest, when no one will deny it the most
extravagant praise, but few have the audacity
to affirm that the country is charming in No-
vember, yet I do so now, boldly, and I know
that many will agree with me. Those who
have lived long years in the country and have
grown acquainted with and loved her truly
in all her moods. Thoughtful people they,
you may be sure, lovers of books and simple,
honest pleasures.
To a stranger, driving through Bedding at
this time of the year, I can imagine the pros-
pect to seem anything but inviting. There is
a despairing stillness over everything, relieved
now and then, perhaps, by the cheerful caw-
ing of a. flock of crows, flying over a tattered
cornfield, and I know as well as anybody,
that there is nothing more ugly or aggravat-
ing in this world than a crow. I even go so
far as to say that I think a funeral immensely
more cheerful than a flock of crows, croak~
ing in diaboiical delight over the remains of a
cornfield, they suggest all ‘mauner of evil
things to me. Another depressing time in
the country is the November twilight when
there is the light of a cold sunset in the west
and the plain? .e voice of turkies, as they go
to roost in IL. bare branches of the trees and
make ungainly silhouettes of themselves
against the pale background of the sky,
smites dolefully upon the car. In spite of
such drawbacks as crows and chilly twilights
one, to the manner born, finds a great many
lovely and beautiful things about the country
at this time of the year, and especially Red-
ding, if you allow me to say it. N ow that the
leaves are gone and there is not even the foli-
_ age to obstruct our long stretches of distance,
we seem more up-against-the-sky than ever.
But it is glorious to be lifted up by our hills
above the surrounding country! And it is
wonderful to quicken one’s blood, during
these sunny days, by a brisk ride over and
down the hills into the valleys, there to be
greeted by the singing of a flashing river. In-
expressibly beautiful is the tender, purple
haze of the Indian summer, lending adreamy
loveliness to bold, rocky outlines and deepen-
ing the shadows of the brown woods. I love
the rocks, gray with moss, and the crackling
and rustling of dead leaves under my feet.
Do you not admit that delicate branches,
thrown against a brilliant sky are very—sat-
isfying things to look at? I find a world of
enjoyment in red berries in swamps and a
few slender white birch trees together are
simply exquisite; the most lady-like and
dainty of all trees. In these whirling times,
when one seldom stops a moment for a bit of
wholesome reflection, the peace and restful
quiet of the country are good and gracious
things. Happy he, who can spend a few
hours pleasantly, now and then, in the com-
pany of his own thoughts. Thrice blessed-
he, who has known the joy of a good coun-
try homc. The word farm-house has a‘ ten-
der, happy music of its own to my ear, for I
have known the pleasantest part of life in a
farm house. These evenings, by the fireside. '
full of cheery talk and music and reading,
are to be recalled as the sweetest memories of
a life-time. Meanwhile Sukey criticises her
sister as mercilessly as ever, and Senor Cos-
tales, who endures the cold of 9. Bedding
winter that he may learn English, comes
down in the morning with a red nose and
wrestles bravely with his verbs in an endeav-
or to carry on an animated conversation with
us all about the weather, the “weather male-
dito” of this climate. Again he marvels
greatly at the hearty appetites of American
girls, as he watches Sukey and me, and bare-
ly tastes his own breakfast. He relieves him-
self at last, and to my great disgust, by say-
ing;
“Mecs Cynthy, I have great surprise that
you are no fading, because you like much al-
ways the cat l"
Again he tried to tell us in his broken Eng-
lish, episodes of his life in France and Italy,
or he relates his..dreams, as he did the other
morning, with his hands all red and bruised,
answering our questions in regard to them,
with, “One foolie I,——I dream that I fight one
man in the night!” and the unfortunate youth
had taken the bed post for the man he was
fighting in his dream, and battered his hands
sadly, sparring away at it. As ever, yours
CYNTHY.
The First Presbyterian Church of Orange,
N. J. , appropriately observed the tenth an-
eniversnry of the settlement of Rev. Eldridge
Mix aspastor on the 7th inst. The aggre-
gate contributions of the church and congre-
gation in the last ten years have been: For
congregational purposes including current
expenses and amount paid for church im-
provements, $110,172,06; for benevolent,
$33,175.73; total, $143,347.79; average for
each year, $15,334. Additions to member-
ship during ten years have been—by profes
sion, 136; by certificate, 175: total, 314;
loss by dismission, 118: loss by death, 51;
total 169; present membership. exclusive of
non-resident members, 428.
‘—
It is a little droll to find Senator Eaton so
much In love with Electoral Commissions
that he proposes to establish one in every
State. Last Winter he was one of the most
vehement opponents of the commission pro-
vided by Congress to settle the Presidential
dispute. N ow his remedy for future troubles
of the kind is a petty tribunal at every State
capital. His boards of State Commissioners
would resemble very closely the Louisiana
Returning Board. We are afraid the hard-
headed democracy of Connecticut will begin
to suspect that their Senator can no longer be
depended on for pure and undefiled Bourbon-
ism.-——N. Y, Tribune.
The Yale college catalogue for’ 7 and ’78
was issued Wednesday. Following isa sum-
mary:—-Fsculty and instructors, 97 ; academic
department—seniors 133, juniors 144, sopho-
mores 131, freshmcn 169; scientific depart-
ment—seniors 43, juniors 56, freshmen 58,
special students not candidates for a degree
14; theological department—resident licen-
tintes 5, seniors 33, middlers 30, juniors 39;
medical department—students 56; law dc-
partment—graduate students 6, seniors 27,
juniors 24, specials 2; graduate students in
department of philosophy and the arts 50;
school of the fine arts—students 23 (besides
many from the Scientific school); total, with
names inserted twice deducted, 1,039.
I From Sm ilmcr’s Monthly for December.
American Oyster Culture.
It is doubtful whether the' three species
which naturalists have distinguished among
the oysters of our Atlantic coast have more
than a nominal existence. The oyster is so
effected by the conditions of its life that. the
progeny of a single parent may represent at
maturity the most widely variant forms of
oyster-growth. The nature of the substance
on which an oyster is fixed, the consistency
of the bed in which it rests, the depth, tem-
perature and saltncss of the water it lives in ;-
every circumstance of its environment, in
fact, is reflected in its shape and size, in the
character of its shell, and in the flavor 'of its
meat. An oyster which begins its settled ex-
istence on a scallop-shell will carry through
life the impress of its first resting-place; and
the general form Of the oyster is as sub—
jcct to the accidents of place and surround-
ings as are the markings of its shell. Left to
crowd one another on an. irregular surface,
oysters grow crooked and unshapely. Plant-
ed on soft mud, into which they sink with
increasing weight, they build their shells al-
most cntirely on the forward edge, becoming
thiushelled and narrow; and if left long
enough to struggle against impending suffoca-
tion, their length will be five or six times their
breadth, and their meal: a mere ribbon of
fringed integument. On a gravelly bottom
in a swift current, the same stock grow deep
and broad and massive; and, with abund-
ant growing space, develop the oval form,
the large and solid meat characteristic of the
typical northern oyster. . On one ground the
shells will be soft and heavy, on another thin,
fine, and as hard and translucent as porcelain.
Thus oysters differing enormously in form
and CilhlaCiCl' may be not only of the same
species, but offspring of the same parent, the
duration of the infant oyster's free existence
being sufficient to allow the members of the
same brood to be distributed over every va-
riety of sea-bottom suitable for oyster life.
It is true that the southern oysters are mark-
edly different from those prevailing between
New York Bay and Cape Cod,and those from
the still more northern variety; but the vari-
ations would seem to be easily accounted for
by differences in temperature and other ex-‘
terns! conditions. Northern oysters traus~
planted into Virginia waters speedily assume
the form and other nominally “specific” fea-
tures of the natives of that region. In like
manner, the southern oysters when brought
to the north become (when they can endure
the climate)- the rival of the northern natives
in firmness of flesh and depth of body. As
a rule, however, they do not maintain them-
selves more than a single season in the north-
ern waters; nor do they bear transportation
to Europe or California so well as the oysters
of the north.
As for comparative merit, that is a -matter
which rivals the oyster itself in delicacy. In
Washington or Baltimore, the oyster dealer
will generously admit that it is quite possible
to find good oysters outside of Chesapeake
Bay; but for a “perfect" oyster, he will tell
you that it is useless to look to any other 10-
cality. The Philadelphian is equally sure
that the estuary of the Delaware is the per-
fect oyster’s only home,—a local prejudice
which the oyster-cater of New York attributes
to a deplorable ignorance of what a first-rate
oyster really is. Doctors differ ; and the un-
prejudiced can only rejoice that anywhere
between the parallels of 36 ° and 40 ° north.
one may find oysters worthy of any human
palate. Here in New York the favorites are,
first and foremost, the Saddle Rocks,—a va-
riety which Jerscymcn insist has been exter-
minated these many years. They still re-
main, however, not only as direct descend-
ants from the colony about the original Saddle
Rock, but in many other localities in Long
Island Sound ; for it was not. a distinct varie-
ty that gave the name its fame, but only an
exceptionally thrifty chance-sown bed of the
common natives,-—a grade of oyster that arti-
ficial culture easily and constantly rivals.
Next in rank may be mentioned the Blue
Pomts, coming chiefly from Great South Bay,
Long Island; the same as the former in stock,
but bred under different conditions, andvso
differing somewhat in flavor. The products
of Shrewsburv River, N. J., probably come
next : these were formerly transplanted na-
tives of Newark Bay, improved by develop-
ment in the favorable waters of the Shrews-
burv; but more recently, we are informed,
the seed is commonly brought from Long
Island Sound.
Twenty years ago the oyster business was
carried on at the north very much as it now
is in more 'southem waters. The natural
beds were mercilessly dredged—as they still
are, f0“ that matter—and the perpetuation of
the supply was left for the most part to acci-
dent. Oceasionally a man who owned a mill-
pond or claimed the control of a limited nat-
ural bed in shallow water, would endeavor to
make up for the deficiences of nature by the
importation of seed from the Hudson or else-
where; but for all that the supply steadily.
diminished. The moment a. chance-sown
bed was discovered a fleet of dredgers would
gather in hot haste, and in a little while every
obtainable oyster would be carried away,
Nothing was done to repress the ravages of
star-fish and other enemies of the oys-
ter. and its utter extermination was seriously
threatened. V
From time to time local laws were enacted
restricting the amount of oysters‘that might
be taken by any one man in one day, and for-
bidding thc working of oyster-beds during
the summer season; but these afforded no
real protection to the more valuable natural
beds in deep water, while the close time,from
which so much was expected, proved a bin-
drame rather than an advantage to the multi-
plication of spat. One other law, however,
indirectly and unwittingly furnished a basis
for the development of American oyster cul-
ture—the only really practical and profitable
system of oyster culture the world has seen.
To enlist her citizens in the work of preserv-
ing the oyster-beds of the Sound, the State of
Connecticut passed an act granting to any
resident of the coast the privilege of having
surveyed and set off for his own use a small
area of Sound-bed, not already productive, on
the sole condition that it be stocked and kept
stocked with oysters. Immediately a large
number of such claims were entered, and
there was a promise of a great renewal of the
once famous beds which had been depleted
by over-dredging or by the ravages of star-
fish. But the promise was not fulfilled. The
measures adopted for restocking the grounds
were inadequate or useless; nothing was done
to insure the fixing of spat or to protect from
the attacks of their enemies such young oys-
ters as chance supplied; and when a bed hap-
pened to be successful it was more likely to
be stripped by thieves than to yield a profit
to the owner. Only those who were directly.
and constantly employed in the business
could manage such property advantageously;
and gradually (and in spite of strenuous op-
position from those who refused to recognize
the authority of the State to divert to individ-
uals what had always been common right)
the more valuable allotments of oyster-land
fell into the hands of professional oystermen.
At the time referred to, twenty years or so
ago, there were among the oystermen of Nor-
walk two young men, brothers, by the name
of Hoyt, who held possession of a few acres
of oyster ground, which they annually replen-
ished with seed brought from the Hudson
River. The young oysters,attached to empty
shells and other rubbish, were usually gather-
ed and* transplanted in the summer time,
when nothing was doing in the regular oys
ter trade; and it was repeatedly observed
that later in the season a plentiful crop of
till younger oysters had established them-
selves on the imported seed. thncc did
they come? Were they imported with the
others when too small to be seen,or were they
the offspring of native oysters spawning on
the spot? If the latter were true why should,
not the spat be equally plentiful where. - no
planting had been done? The question was
hard to answer. Even among professional
naturalists, at that time, the physiology of
the reproduction of oysters was an unsolved
mystery. Yet our young oystermen were
confident that there must be a reason for
what they saw, and if they could once mas-
ter it they would not only be saved the co'st
of bringing seed from abroad, but they would
be able to produce regularly the higher grade
of oysters natural to the waters about Nor-
walk Islands. To this end Mr. Charles Hoyt
studied oysters individually and collectively
with the directness and perseverance of a
born naturalist. He practiced vivisection rc-
lentlcssly, watching the oyster’s internal
changes day by day, particularly during
spawning time, until he was able to tell from
an oyster’s appearance not only whether those
of a given bed were about to spawn, but
when the spawning would begin. At the
same time he was as intently studying the ex-
ternal conditions of successful spawning, by
far the obscurer problem of the two. Some
seasons every object exposed to the tide
would be found covered with spat. At other
times, though the parent oysters showed
every evidence of good spawning condition,
and were seen to emit spawn in abundance,
the yOung crop would be a total failure. A
clue to the. mystery was first found in notic—
ing that with a general failure of spat certain
localities would be found in the fall thickly
set with young oysters; and these were
places which had been much dug over during
the summer by men tonging for clams. Fur-
ther, it was observed that objects known to
have been lost overboard during the spawn-
b'ottles, anchor stones, clam-shells opened for
fish baits, and so on—would be found in the
the surrounding objects were quite barren.
Why should these things be 1’ Mr. Hoyt not
only asked himself this question again and
again, but put the question repeatedly to na-
ture, believing that the answer would make
him master of the secret of successful oyster
breeding. The story of his experiments, his
unaccountable successes, and (at that time)
still more unaccountable failures, would fur-
nish an entertaining record of Yankee acute-
ness, pluck and perseverance; but there is
no space for it here. It is enough to say that
after long groping in the dark he began at
last to see his way clearly, arriving at the fol-
lowing conclusions of vital importance in
oyster culture : .
First: That the young oysters are born
during July and August, earlier or later
according to the season, the depth of the wa-
ter, and other external conditions.-
Second: That the young oysters, or spat,
swim freely for a time,then attach themselves
for life to some solid object if anything suit-
able bc presented ; if not they die.
Third: The supporting object, which may
be any firm substance, must be clam—that is,
free from the slime that speedily covers eve-
rything under water.
For the successful propagation of oysters,
two conditions are therefore essential;the’
breeding oysters must spawn, and the vagrant
oyster-brood must be furnished with suit-
able resting-places at the precise moment
when they are ready to settle down for- life.
It is in supplying the latter, surely and
cheaply and in a way that [answers for deep
water as well as shallow, that the superiority
of America oyster culture consists. And it
is to the credit of Mr. Charles Hoyt [0f Nor-
walk, Connecticut,] that two or three years
before the famous studies and discoveries of
Professor Coste were begun in France by
command of the French government, he had
anticipated them alone and unaided; and
more, he had put discoveries to a more suc-
cesful use, employing simpler, more natural,
and more economical methods of oyster prop-
agation than the French oyster farmers have
attained to even at the present day. The
best of the French methods, the “tile
method,” developed by Dr. Kemmerer, of
St. Martins, Isle dc Re, is at once feeble and
enormously expensive compared with the
American method and its application is limi-
ted almost cxclusively to flats daily laid bare
by the tide. In our climate such operations
would not survive the first cold winter, even
if it were possible to produce oysters by
them at anything like the price which oys:
ters bring in our markets.
(Concluded next week.)
The Metropolitan Newspaper.
Harper's Monthly, for December, has an il-
lustrated article of seventeen pages with this
title, of much interest to newspaper men and
the reading public. The first sketch is of the
newsboys chasing the wagon of “Up-town
Delivery,"and the last is of “Newsboys Wait-
ing for the Paper,” while between these are
other scenes, “Distributing Papers — Early
Morning," “Reporter in the Baggage Car,”
“Waiting for an audience with the Editor,"
“Associated Press Room,” “Getting News
from Steamer in New York Bay,” “The Press
Room,” and “The Express Bulletiu.”‘ There
are also good views of The Herald Building,
The World and The Evening Mail, The Times
Building, Journal of Commerce, Commer.
cia] Advertiser, Evening Post, The Sun, and
The Tribune Buildings, with portraits of the
respective Editors, James Gordon Bennett,
W. H. Hurlbert, George Jones, David M.
Stone, J. M. Bundy, William Cullen Bryant,
Hugh Hastings, Whitelaw Reid, Charles A.
Dunn, and Oswald Ottendorfer.
Accompanying the sketch of the “Reporter
in the Baggage Car,” is the following illustra-
tion of the ability, facility, and ubiquity of
the metropolitan reporter, which has a local
interest to Norwalk readers.
now AN lMPOBTANT NORWALK ARTICLE was
mun. _
“Some time ago an attache of a morning
paper was sent by an afternoon train to Nor-
walk, Connecticut, for the purpose of inves-
tigating a hunted Ring-thief's transfer of
property. He reached South Norwalk after
four o'clock, and then rode to Norwalk in a
slow horsecar. The' only train by which he
could return to the city was the Boston Ex-
press, due shortly after nine; and in the four
hours intervening he had to interview several
people, and make long abstracts from the
county [town] clerk’s records. He had not
begun to write out his material when the
train started; but sitting on one trunk in the
baggage car, with another trunk for a desk,
he wrote an article a column and a half long
during the two hours’journey to the city—and
of the greatest importance, which needed no
correction of the editors, though the baggage-
men had been playing an uproarous game of
euchrc, and the locomotive had been whisti
ling furiously at every one Of the numerous
crossing, during its composition. Such ac-
,tivity as this is common among reporters,
who dcvclope above all other things, as I
have said, the indispensable ability to work
under pressure.”
Our readers will remember this article, and
so will E. A. W.
It is thought that B. Young ought to have
recovered from his cholera morbus, but when
it came to fighting twenty women, each with
a different kind of mustard plaster for her
dear husband, and a new kind of herb tea, it
was too much for. him. Every woman laid
her plaster where there was room, and the
prophet went down to his grave like a sand-
wich. —Hawkey.
Donald G. Mitchell has prepared a volume
“About Old Story Tellers," giving the history
andllétemry gossip of the great stOries of the
wor . ,3
i
ing season—tongs and dredges, rubber boots, -
fall well covered with young oysters, while .
NORWALK, CONNECTI
The Carving ‘ Of‘tlic' Turkey.
The near approach Of Thanksgiving, with
Christmas close in its train, is apt to inspire
terror,not so much in the mind of the fore-0r-
dained poultry as in the mind of the possibly
fore-ordained‘carver thereof. The {rt of carv-,
recalls to us’,thc,'youn'g Squire of Chaucer Who
carved before his father at the table,or the old
Knight of Shakspeire who was at least neat
and comely to carve a capon and eat it. There
are, of course, reasons plenty as blackberries
to ascribe for this. The life of the club.
boarding-house and hotel is so often the life
of the American that he is tobe pardoned for
his incapacity to divide a turkey or to distin-
guish a leg or a shoulder of mutton when
served otherwise than in portions. .The fry-
ing-pan has also borne its part in blunting the
fine edge of the seldom used carving-knife; a
nation that feeds mostly on steak can never
produce a race of carvers. And even among
those who might be expected, by reason of
leisure and the education of the stomach, to
set an example to' their social inferiors, the
practice prevails of having the carving done
[at the sideboard, an unmanly practice which
reduces the part of the dinner to more eating
and robs him of the pleasure of the eye, in
admiring the fair proportions and culinary
Qerfection of the bird or joint, orthe dexter-
ity with which it is resolved into helpings.
The result of all this is that carving has be-
come one of the Lost Arts—that a joint at
the average American mm. 1.2: the appear.
ance of having been hurriedly blown up with
niro-glyecrine and trimmed with a dull saw,
while as for poultry, though the kitchen-maid
usually endeavors to aid the carver by cook.
ing it to rags, the carver is too frequentiy
compelled to recall the fact that fingers were
made before knives, and falling upon the
helpless bird to tear it limb from limb.
The average guest at this average dinner is
merely compelled, in the words of Longfel-
low, .
"Not to be doing, but to be.” .4
. “Thou canst not say Idid it; never shake
.thy gory joint at me,” he may say to the
twice-butchered beef, and he is onlya passive
accomplice in such dislocations and wrench-
ings asunder as were never rivaled in the In-
quisition or the persecutions of the early Chris
tians. But about Thanksgiving tide he isvonly
too apt to be pressed into an active participa-
tion in deeds at the bare thought of which'his
better nature revolts. Especially isthis the
case where he is engaged or likely to be exi-
gaged. His prospective father-in-law is sure
to fix him with a glittering carver and jaw-
larly observe, “Smith (or Jones, as the case
may be,) my boy, carve that turkey (or those
ducks, as the case may be). You ought to
begin now; for the knowledge?“ be useful
when you go to housekeeping.” The victim
cannot escape, and repressing an inclination
to cut his throat or stab his prospective fa-
ther in-law to the heart,attacks the bird with
about as much rapture as the children of
Israel did their quails.
Over the dreadful scene that follows let us
draw the kindly table-010th of Oblivion. Ma-
jor Lawrence’s description in “Brakespeare”
of the tearing in sundcr Of,’ a traitor by
four Norman stallions is, in comparison,
pleasant reading, and the two Great Twin
Brethren returning from the Battle by the
Lake were not so splashed and soaked with
gore as are the guests at the foot of the table
with gravy. The napery is heaped 'with
dressing and soaked with juices from the
overhanging slices and joints for which, to
the inexperienced carver the lordliest dish
ever made would be a platter far too small.
Into the carvcr’s soul the iron of ignominy
has entered far deeper than his fork into the
breast of the bird with which he is waging
unequal war; and who shall piciurchis agony
and abasement when with a slippery slide'tbe
elastic bird takes wing from off his platter
and stoops upon the lap of a richly attired
lady. How rarely does he possess the pres-
ence of mind recorded of Everett, who,
when a similar accident occurred during his
consulship, turned a forehead of brass and a
cheek like the nether millstone upon the vic-
tim .and jovially cried: "Miss, I’ll trouble
you for that goose !”
The moral of all this is—what ? That young
men should learn to carve,as Chaucer’s Squirt
did. before their fathers at the table, and not
subject themselves to the fierce light which
beats upon a Thanksgiving dinner, or forfei
the respect of their wives by exposing their
incapacity when they come to preside at ta-
bles of their own. Nor should they trust to
perilous crammibg from cookery bucks. i As
well might a; man enter upon a ‘duelywith
small-swords with no other preparation that
the perusal of a volume on fencing. Tht
good carver's work need not be altogether me
chameal; it will be all the better if it is per-
formed with and accompanied by such tender
artistic feeling as that which made Dennis
reprehend even with tears Hugh’s clumsy
pinioning of Old John Willct,or that manifest-
ed by the butcher from whom was purchased
the beefsteak for Ruth Pinch’s immortal pud
ding, that kindly and appreciative man writ
said that “meat must be humored,uot dro've.f"
But even if, he does not possess this tender
feeling, he may by practiCe and care attain to
be a very tolerable and to be endured wielder
of the knife, one who will carve his turkey ;
"As a dish fit for the gods, i
Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds.” ,
—‘New York World. 3
The Scenery of Bermuda. .
Without making comparisons, which at.
said on good authority to be odious, it may
be truthfully amrmed that the scenery 0!
Bermuda, without ever overcoming one win.
enthusiasm, is ever pleasing, and, likes. choict
'work of art or a quiet but thoughtful piece 01
music, has the inestimable quality Of improv-
ing on acquaintance. Its charms are so sub
tie that, before one is aware. it has stolen at
enduringplace in one’s affections. I have
seen islands far more striking and magnifi-
hold upon my memorv, or seemed to inviti-
the stranger to return with such singulin'
magnetism. The pomegranate grows abun-
dantly, and its brilliant-green foilage, starred
features in 9. Bermuda landscape. The same
may be said of the fiddle-tree and the gerah
ium : while the Oleander, growing in groves-
the height of an apple-tree, and festoonet
with wonderfull mass of crimson-and-whitt
flowers, often imparts regal beauty to tilt
rural road-side. Variety is also given to the
flora by the intervening of the tamarind, the
red-cedar, the century-plant, the Surinam
cherry, the grape-fruit, the banana, and,
waving majestically over all, the queenl)
balm, a bronze-like shaft lithely swaying iii:
the sea-wind and crowned by an undulating
crest of emerald plumes. The mangrovch
abundant in the coral coves, its snake-lilo
branches twisted together most inextricably
over the water, and forming green covet
where the dreamer may suppose sea-fairies
dwell if he is so minded—From Appletons‘
Journal for December.
Sioux City, Iowa, has a young man whr
gets drunk, and rides his horse over saloon
floors, while the police officers stand back
and comment on the grace with wluch he
swings a. revolver.
A good little boy who was kicked by a
mule did not say naughty words or go homt
crying to his mother; he just tied the mob.
within five feet of a bee hive,
round to it, and let him kick. fl
“Then,'Adelgitlia, you» will be mine ?”
“Yes, Ferdinand, if pa is willing. .I always
do whathe wants me too." “But Will he give
his consent?” “He will. - Pa, always does
what-I'want him to.”-—Parz°.~1 Paper. -
ing hasgone sadly out of-date, and nothing ,
out pain. . -
ill work e'xeutod m me Best Manner, M-mv ”Eel V-
S a w. MITCHELL,
O
ttfairlivinglprices. Union (formerly Model) Ma
rat, on the 8
cent, which have gained scarcely so strong a _- -
with the flame-like splendorof scarlet bios" ' '
soms, forms one of the most characteristic ~- ‘
backed him -
NORWALK GAZETTE,
entrust-n intrusion maul-I.
Tune Seconuomtast‘ 1%.“... Iii-the; State.
OFFICE IN algerrumqu.
Alli. BYINGTON & 00.
A. H. BrrNdrox, J. B". Ems,- G. N. ELLE.
Subscription $2.00 per year, in advance.
Single Copies 5 Cents.
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Special Notices 25 percent. advance onthe
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Local Notlces inFReading Columns, 25
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Yearly advertisers restricted to tho buoinoon-
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mitted to make monthly on mges of their adver-
tisements. . . -.
‘ Marriages and deaths inserted gratuitously.
Obituary or Funeral Notices 15 cts. per line.
All unusual cuts and devices 25 per cent. extra.
ALEX, S . GIBSON,
Organist 0f the First Congregational Church .
Teacher oft -
Piano-Forte, Organ and Musical
. Composition.
Box 379 r. 0.. Nonwnmr, OONN. '
J. Belden Hurlbutt,
0000000 0110 000001100 at Law,
Boom NO. 4, [up nah-0,]
Gazutfrn BUILDING.
9
EMILY V.D.PARDEE,M.D.,
.Gradnate of N.Y. Medical College for Women,
Cor. MAIN d? MARSHALL STREETS,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
Office Hours,untils a. m..andtrom8 p.01. At~
:ention to all classes of diseasesincident to a on-
iral practice of medicine and surgery; am-
lles supplied with Homeopathic remedies.
References by permrsston:—S.Lilenthal, M. 1).,
r‘rof. 0f Theoryand .Practice,N.Y .clty; Clemence
hozter, M. D. Dean of Col] e,N.Y.: AlfiedK
dills.M. D.,Prof.MatcriaM ica. 3m23
CHARLES w. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
Nonwsnx, CONN.
«)filce corner of Main and Wall Streets. N itrous-
Oxide Gas administered.
0-3. coo'Linon,
DENTIST.
Successor to
. .Dr. Asa. Hill, ' .
WALL STREET. NORWALK,
' Office over -
C. J. Gruman’s Dry Goods Store.
FGas administered for extracting teeth with-
DENTISTRY
A T HARD TIMES PRICES,
For Cash—No Credit 2
Corner of Main and Washington Streets,
SOUTH NOBWALK. CONN.
T. E. SWIFT, D. D. s.
At theever popular
UNION MARKET
has always the best of
Beer, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
,.
ridge'. 1
HAISLES S. LO0K‘VOOD,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor
GENTS’ FURNISHING EMPORIUM.
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
nwann P. WEED,
D R U G- G- I S '1'
Wall Street, opposite Norwallc Opera Home,
Alarge and wellselccted stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
.’erl‘umel¥, Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral -
Vaters. oilet and Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
ind Handkerchief Extracss, Hair Brushes.Combs,
3pcuges,Chamots Skips, Stationery, Cigars, &c.,
aid is constant] . adding to his stock all the new
tml popular me rclnes orthe (lav.
NORWALK INSURANCE 00.,
, NORWALK, CONN.
$500,000
- 100,000
Gno R.Cowr.ns,Sec’y.
charter Capital
Paid up Capital -
NM. C.Snnnn'r. Pres.,
'I‘NA INSURANCE CO. ofHARTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetnah:
Capital and Assets, $5,052,880.19
I nears-against loss and damage by Fire.on terms
0410de to thehazard andconsistcnt with the laws
if compensation. COWLES dc MERRILL,
~ 8010 Agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
C. W. LOCKWOOD’S SONS
liave taken the Store, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block. Main
itmet, where they will open a first-class '
Fish,
Fruit,
Vegetable
and Poultry Market.
l‘hey intend to keep it well stocked with
Fresh. Salt, Smoked & Oann ed Fish
if all the choice va rities, and Fruits and Vegeta-
Iles of all kinds,1n their season. The furnishing
nt‘ POULTRY, either alive or dressed, a specialty;
\lao EGGS.
Norwalk, Conn., February 20th, 1877.
If you feel dull. drow-
sy, dcbilitated,have fre-
quent headache, mouth
tastes badly. poor appe-
tite, and torn p coated.
you are so cum; from
torpid liver; or"blllous—
ness,” and nothing will
cure you so speedi y and
permanently as to take
smuous’ Livun Rnou- .
LATOR or MEDICINE.
' PUBELYEGTABLE.
'Ehe Cheapest.Purest and Best Family Medicine
0 the world. AN Enssc'ruxr. Srncrmc tor all
, liseasesot‘ the Liver, Stomach and Spleen. Beau~
vill use systematically the remedy that has per-
nanently cured thOusands. SIMMONS‘ Lrvnn
tau UnA’rou is not] rustic violent purge,but a gen-
,10 assistant to nature.
not nature demands the utmost regularity of the
towels, and any deviation from this demand paves;
she way often to serious danger. it Is quite as
necessary to remove impure accumulations from
.110 bowels as it is to eat 'or sleep, and no health
:an be expected where a costive habit prevails.
SICK HEADACHE.
This distressing afilictiou occurs most frequent-
y. The disturbance of the stomach, arising from
.110 imperfectly digested contents. causes a severe
.min in the head, accompanied with disagreeable
Jansen. and this constitutes' what is popularly
known as Sick Headache; for the relief ot'which,
take SIMMONS’ LIVE“ REGULATOR or MEDICINE.-
NANUFAOTURBD'ONLY BY
J’. 11. mar LlthCo" Philadelphia.
Price $1.00. Sold by all Draggists.
H. M; '& C.S. PROWITT, Agents for Norwalk.
Icons: I]. rumour,
Furnishing Undertaker,
_ Family, Groceries
our, 'Tiiis‘sDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1.877.
CHEAP-FOR .cAsI-I:
The undersigned having purchased the stock of
goods formerly owned by t e' Soverlgns 9f Indus-
try, and fitte up the store with an entirely new
stock 0f Goods, is now offering to the public as
good an assortment of .
CHOICE, FAMILY GROBEBIES,
Provisions, Flour. Tens. Sugar, Spices, #0.. at the
very lowest market prices for cash. Goods deliv-
ered anywhere about town tree of charge. 0011
T
WMREAL ESTATE.
To Rent.-
W\f\l\ /\r\
TIE; whole or part of a House on Mam Street.
ght in the village, suitable for 1 01-2 families:
7 rooms. Possession immediate] '. A I '-
office. 5 pp y I“ tin
To Rent.
BREE rooms in Cottage opposite residence of
Charles Sherry, Esq.,lllain Street; 88 per
Liverpool, and London, and Globe ,sepa-
and try us, it will be for your advantage.
GEORGE CARTER,
Crossing.
Lyncs1 Block, Water-Street, opposite Railrotitll
SEVERAL
FOR SALE LOW,
AT THE NORWALK FBUNDRY.
Also, Estimates given on
i! ! !AFTER THE FIRE ! !
tend to the
UNDERTAKING BUSINESS
in allits branches.
J. ill. LOCKWOOD.
3m33 Ridgefield, Conn.
.FIR‘E: -
INSURANGE GOMPANY,
' South Norwalk Conn.
aasltanat $200,000.00
1 haltJan. l, 1876, $336,112.78
’ 'W .s. nANFOBD,Pr-esldent,
ILRJI'UIINEB, Sec9y and Irene.
1 8 '7 '7 .
provisi‘éfi‘é‘j“
Groceries,
' ' Poultry,
CRUCKERY AND GLASS WARE
Fruits, 7 Nuts, etc.
F15 E,
(Fresh, Salted and Canned.)
OYSTERS.
(Opened or in the Shell.)
CLAMS,&30.
ALSO
Vegetables of all Kinds,
' (Fresh and Canned.)
Canned. Fruits,
BREAD, PIES, CAKES, ML, Mi.
' AT
DEMMON 80 NEWCOMB’S,
53 & 55 Main St., N orwalk.
INTERESTING TOIEVEEYONE.
THE WORLD RENOWIIED
DllNHAMPIANll.
m: want-Known menus
OF THE
Dunham Piano Forte.
In Durability has become a Proverb.
In. Warkmamhlp, It cannot be surpassed.
Its Power, Sunday, Purity, and Equality
of Tom, a tun no aqua
It: Warranted (u the moat aaltafaolm
'1’.
nor for five years.
. Low as good workmanahlp, and
.» but of WW“ will allow.
DUNHAM & SONS, '
MANUFACTURERS,
Warerooms, 18 East 14th St., NI '2.
mm m nascurrm use no mess. '
ESTABLISHED _1_8_a4.l
llmfllwlu _
Lumber,
' Timber,
Shingles,
, ' Lath,&c.
DOWN TO HARD PAN PRICES.
SHINELES,
ROTH
Planed, Sawed and Rived,
Superfm' to any ofercd in this M’arket.
Office and Yard opp. the Store of William C
Street & 00.,
Water Street, Norwalk.
Horace L. Hubbcll.
COWLES 60 MERRILL,
AgentsatNorwalk,Conn., issue Policies for the
following Insurance Cc m nanies
ate the Liver and prevent Chills and Fever, Mile 1 , rtf rd , 4 047,37807
arious Fevers. Bowel Complaints, ltestlessncss, $3,933,?" on 0 ’0t ' s1’,537,5190t.
Iaundice and Nausea. Phamix, u . 1,081,18984
BA D B BEAT]! o - fieople’sf, N1 Mtg'dlizown ,Ct.. 0 $3,333 2;
Nothin is so an lersant, nothing so uncommon ome_o 0W 01‘ . .., p
[8 bad b‘i-cath and in nearly every case it comes thE'IX’Bl'fOklyn. N- Y-s 1.23.23; é‘l
rain the stomach, and can be so easily corrected Continuum of New York, @3476“
I you will take SiMuONs’ vann REGULATOR. International, 1N h 11 N 1 453,930 3‘
)0 not neglect so sure a remedy for this repulsive W°§Wh°9ter~og 9W ROG 9. er . ., 519.780 of
lisordcr. It will also improve your. appetite, Spun field, 01.31)“!11; “91d. M385» -
‘om ilexion and General Health. P000 335. Worcester, Mass.. 600.Q000'
’ ‘ m... Fer-War 3-. Y ..
, ' Commerce, any, . ., , -
How many sutl‘cr torture day after day, making Narragansett. of Providence ,lt. L, 7:54.947“
he a burden and robbing cxistcnceol‘all pleasure Andes, Cincinnati, 0., 1,200,000 0]
wing to the secret suffer-in from Piles. Yet rc- Home. offlolumbus, 0.. 438.4034
llet‘ Is ready to‘the hand 0 almost'ahy one who Alemania,Clcve]aud, 0., 295,00000
rate fire assets, 5,055,10501
North British and Mercantile. do do 2,104,508 0!
Queen of Liverpool do London, do do 1355336091
CONSTIPATION Imperial, of London, do do 5.313.665 0‘
Should not be regarded as a. trifling ailment-in All," otherCompauics,Stor-.k andMutual,ln 0011'
uectreut and New York.
GEORGE R. COVVLES,
BARGAINS IN
AT
,, No. 53 MAIN s'rnnn'r, (Up, Stairs.)
0. K. 1.0000000’0,
Second-Hand Parlor Heaters
Furnace Work, Steam Heating, &0.
THANKFUL for past favors. I would announce
to the public that I am now prepared to at-
FAIRFIELD
HOMER MERRILL-
CHINA, CRUCKERY 8: GLASS
month. Possession immediately.
To BENT on Elm St., near West Ave., the
upper portion of a housemonsistlng 01'4 rooms
on one floor wnhclosetsmuntry and cellar attach-
ed. Water and sink on the floor. Terms reason-
able. Possession Nov. 1st. Apply at the GAZETTE
OFFICE. tl‘
For Sale or Exchange.
THE Large, Elegant and Pleasantly Located
Dwelling ol the subscriber, on East Avenue;
House has 15 rooms, with all modern improve-
ments; about tw0 acres ground attached. Will
be sold in reasonable price or exchanged for New
York City property. Apply to or address
GEO. W. CRAM. Box 452, N orwnlk, Ct.
Also one of the handsomcst Building Sites on
East Avcnuc,cosistlng of four acres, being the
north portion 01‘ the old Van Zanut Homestead;
11313 a fine Orchard of choice Fruit and fine Shade
recs. -
To Rent.
TUE elegant residence known as the“Dimon
Place,” pleasantly located on West Avenue
one of thamost desirable places in the Borough ol
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 enqure 01'
6t! JAMES F1NNEY,llcal Estate Agent.
. -For Sale Cheap,
0i- Exchange for other property,
One of the neatest, and easiest little Cottages in
the Borough. Will sell to .0. good tenant for little
(E 801).; money down. Enquire at GAZETTE 0F-
.House for Sale.
THE subscriber, being about to leave town,
. oficrs for sale his residence on High Street.
lt is a two story frame dwelling, containing ten
rooms, wrth pantry, closets, water, gas, 850., lo-
about 80x200‘ leet,_with choice variety or fruit.
Possession given immediately. For terms and
further particulars enquire of
D. S. BARTRAM.
N orwalk, April 2d, 1877. 4!.“
For Sale.
A Home and Lot. in a health location on
@ Farr Street, above Catharine. ' he House is
. . nearly new,wellbuilt,convenientlyarrang-
ed. and Will make a comfortable and leasant
home toratamtly of average size. The ot runs
back to the river. There 150. well of excellent
water on the place, and Borough water in the
street. Price low, and par]. of the money can re-
main on mortgage. A fine chance to secures
home. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE. 3t!
Desirable Property for sale.
A Verydesirable place on East Avenue.
Also, a. tow chorce BuildingLots situated on
Osborn Avenue, for sale cheap.
Also, a mcely located House and Lot on Mex»
Wm Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquire of ,
S. E. OSBORN. East Avenue,
tfll or to D. W.FITCH, West Avenue.
FOR SALE.
TWO verydesirable BuildingLotson Westan
Street. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE.
«T- M. POTTER,
DEALER IN
PlANllS, 0RGANS,
MELODEONS,
SHEET MUSIC. 550,,
Wall Streetllorwali, Ct.
NEXT DOOR to SAVINGS RANK
1 keep alargestock oflnstrnmcntson hand and
rel] them on_ Monthly Installments. Everybody
can have a Ptanoor Organ.
BOLEAGENTFOB THE CELEBRATED
WEBER PIA No .8,
BIANLE’Y .0 soars-
GRO VESIEEN e FDLLER’B,
1141an BRO 11m}:
VASE .0 .9010,
and willfurnlsh at shortnotloo.
Callsnd see them.
OLD INSTRUMENTS
Taken in Exchange for New
TUNING AND REPAIR] c
Done at short notice.
TI: 0 Weber Plan 0 .
A few extracts from the great number received
bythemostomincnt musrclansin the UnltedStates
nay not be inappropriate:
I have never seen a Piano which equals the We-
ner Pianoforte. Geo. F. Bri:low.
The Weber Plano occupies justly the first rank
amongst the Best Pianos. J. N. Pattison.
The Weber Pianos cannot possibly be 51113511138159“.
. . it s.
I used the Weber Gran-I. Piano because Iconsid-
:rit the best in the world. Harry Sanderson.
The Weber Piano possesses everythin that can
)6 wished for m a Piano. Geo. W. organ.
The Weber Piano ranks loremost amongst the
best manufactured. William Mason.
The Weber Pianos stand first amongst the splen-
Pianos reduccdin this Country.
“(1 p Clara N. Brinkerhofl'.
A ten ears’ experience satisfies me that the We-
uer Praxi'os are unapproachablc.—-John Zundel.
I would call especial attention to
fill ESTY COTTAGE ORGAN
Beautifully finished in black walnut and
rosewood ,combinin g morepcrfection s t ban
my other in the World. Has taken more
han ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY GOLD nan
\LS AND urns'r PREMIUMS, at Fairsand Ex-
tibitions throughout the United States.
t‘hey are endorsed by thehighesl musrcal
ruthorities .
Certain-lythe best I ever heard.
Geo. W.M00-gan.
It iswcal,which is the highest praisrthal
am he bestowed on any instrument.
9.B.Seymou-r, MumalOritw N. Y. szea.
Theyarethebestreedinstrumentwehave
net with .
0.01: J. H. Odell, Organ Builders ,N. Y.~
It i s the ncplus ultra ofreedi nstrumcnt 2.
Prof. E. L . Baker.
1'. contains sweetness and power in an
musual degree.——Rec. Bishop Sampson , M
3'. Church.
Language fails in adequacy to convey a
:‘air idea of the perfectly enchanting power
ufthis instrument—Independent.
Vastlysuperior to anything of the kind
have ev or played upon..—— Wm .A . K1119.
The Esty Organs are without a superior .
Gm. Jardme, Organ Buslder,N. Y.
No tremolo has yet been invented that
will in any way compare with this for beau-
ty ofe tlect.-— Wm .A .Johnsor.,0rga n outlier.
It is not merely thebest,butit is theonly
mechanicalreproduction o f the human voice
which has ever satisfied mc.—-I.’co. II. 6'.
120993, Preslden (of Nor-ll: ern New York Must—
:alAssoczatzon .
.l. M. P01TBR,NOI-walk.
CLEAILIHESS l8 IEXT T0 IODLIIESS."
G. A. FRANKE’S
3110000 0001100 (71111100801000!
For: x
Pleasant Shave,
Artistic Hair Cut, or
Thorough Shampoo,
CALL AT
2dr. Pranke’s Hair Cutting Saloon,
No. l GAZETTE BUILDING.
WPartieulai-attention given to Ladies and Child-
ren’s Hair Cutting and Shampoomng‘.‘@fl
AT HOME TO EVERYBODY.
l Hot and Cold Water Baths
Centaur"
Liniments. 5
—.§__—.
They relieve pain.
They subdue swellings.
They cure burns, without a scar.
The White Centaur Linimentis now the stand-
ard remedy for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica
Lumbago, Frost Bites, Caked Breasts, Itch, Cuta-
neous eruptions, etc. These Liniments havr
stood the test of time. They have performer
more wonderful cares of obstinate bed-riddel
cripples, and have alleviated more pains in :
shorter space of time, than have all other Lin)
ments, Embrocations. Extracts, 0intments.an0
Salvesin existence. Their sale is increasing rap‘
idly and regularly. Their best endorscrs are phy-
sicians, surgeons and vetcrnarics. There is liter-
ally no case of flesh, bone, or muscle ailmentupzn
man or beast which the Centaur Liuimcnts will
not alleviate and generally cure. But it must be
understood that there are two kinds of Liniment;
the White is for family use and the Yellow for
horses and animals. For horses and mules liable
to Spavin, Ring-bone, Sweeney, Calls. Strains.
String-halt, etc.,the Yellow Centaur Llnl-
ment is worth its weight in gold. We have
thousands of certificates relating how valuable
horses have been speedily restored by a dollar
bottle of this wonderful all-healing remedy. The
same is constantly told of the effects upon the
human frame. Persons hobbling upon crutches
for years from Stifi' Joints, Tumors and Old Sores,
have, by the use of a few bottles of the White
Centaur Llnlmcnl, been restored to the use
or all their limbs. The efi'ccts are next to mar-
vels. We will give the Lmiments to any person
who ever heard of a failure. Such a case has
never been reported to us. These Liniments are
now sold throughout the habitable globe.
J. B. BOSE & 00., 46 Dav San, N raw YonK. 3m43
Honey
To the taste but death to Gripes and Stomach
Complaints. Pllther’s Castor-la is a complete
substitute for Castor Oil, and is as pleasant to
take as Honey. It is particularly adapted to
Teething and irritable children. It destroy
worms, assimilates the food, regulates the Stom-
ach, and cures Wind Colic. No remedy is as effi-
cacious for Fercrishness, Croup, Worms and
Whooping Cough. Castor-la is a purely vege-
table preparation, more effective than Castor Oil,
and neither gags nor gripes.
COLUMBIA, CONN., May 3, 1876.
Messrs. J.B. Ross 6: 00., N. Y.:
1 have a family of eight children, and have used
your Castromn. I have never found anything
equal low. M y children have been saved tram
se vere sickness by the use of Cancun. I recom-
mend it in preference to any medicine I know. 1
ice] ll: a pleasure to give this certificate on account
of the benefits 1 have derived by the use of your
admirable preparation. Very trur yours,
3m43 NORMAN ’. LITTLE.
Furniture -Furniturc
If you wish
Parlorllihrary, Dining and Sitting
Room Sets,
Walnut or Cottage Chamber Sets,
or anything in the Furniture Line,ol the Latest
Sty]e,Best Finish and Make and for the
Least Money.go to
WM. LOCKWOOD’S,
No. 362mm Street, NORWALK, CONN.
Also,
General Furnishing Undertaker.
Ordersnttcnlelto rom tl (la 0 mi 1 . Resi':
‘ ‘ ‘2; m‘lwni’...{nr g“ -
dcnoo win. 31». , I‘m-ruin . '
C. W. Burritt
Has Removed
To NO. 4: Phoenix Block, Wall St.,
Foot of Mill llillnvhere with increased facilities
he is prepared to do
PLUMBING,
in all its branches. Also special attention given
to Tin Roofing, Tin and Sheet lron Work and J ob-
bing. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand.
Norwalk,April, 1876.
Good Chance to Buy
0 H E .A. P z
The subscriber will offer his entire stock of
Groceries.
Hardware,
5:02., for the next
15 DAYS AT COST.
GEO. C. SCOFIELD,
Main Street, South Norwalk.
Dr. C. 11. Kendall & Son,
DENTISTS.
Are now prepar-
ed to r e c c l v e
their patrons at
either Norwalk
Bridge or South
N orwalk. The
'. senior partner
has taken rooms
0 v e r Selleck's
Bookstore, Nor-
walk. while.thc
j unio r retains
the old Ofiicc, Lender’s Block. South N orwalk.
Teeth extracted withoutlpaugi and all dental ope-
. .' n rformet at cit er 0 cc.
1"“10 spe C. 11. KENDALL, M. 1).,
G. S. KENDALL, D. D. S.
I’. S. Dr. C. 11. Kendall will devote Mondays to
Ridgcficld.
P. W. BATES,
Successor to PRICE & BATES.
WA TEE STREET, war of Opera Home,
Manufacturer of
Monumental, Building & cemetery
Work.
of every description from all the difierent kinds of
GRANITE, MA RBLE, BROWN,
OHIO, or NOVA SCOTIA STONE.
Orders solicited. Prices to suit the times.
HAVE been connected in business with _l\lr.
I Bates tor a number of years. and cheerfully
recommend him to my old-friends and patrons as
a man well worthy of their patronage.
E. B. PRICE.
KAPRAL BROTHERS,
"Having bought
out Samuel l’nkul-
ski, will continue
the business as
heretofore at. the
Old stand, Ely’s
Block ,Main Street.
50. N0rwalk.mnn-
ufacturer of all
kindsof
HUMAN HAIR
WORK.
Having had sev-
eral years’ expert-
cnce and under-
,3.
v.
stardingit thoroughly in all its details,in that
line, can guarantee to satisfy and please all who
favor them with their patronage. They \rrl also
keep on hand, a large assortment of
SWITCHES,
CUBLS,
PUFFg.
F'RIZZES, we. ,
310*40 _
H E A T E R8, 3
A . g
R R AN Gr h t ,
. {‘4
COOKIN a V
0 &c., 850., &c., E
AT 3
B E. If. LOCKWOOD’S.
buy or rent. Address with ma-
ker’s name and terms, M.J. DAVIS.
VOL. Life-NUMBER 48,
Written for the Gazette.
Contradictory Thoughts on Love’s
First Dreamd
Hopes and fears, smiles and tears,
Scissors and tresscs, sobs and caresses,
Forms but the smallest part it seems
Of what we call Love's first dream.
Joy and sorrow; quarrel to-day,
Make up to-morrow. Happy and gay;
These are the lessons all may glean
From what we call Love’s first dream.
Gladness, contentment; anger, resentment;
Flounces and flowers; sunshine and showers
Are What many may deem,
Part and parcel of Love’s first dream.
“Darling, I love your; “Horrid thing!”
“So glad to see you!” “Take back your
ring!”
[always thought you had and mean !"
Shadows, these, of Love’s first dream.
Devotion, strife—comforts of life,
Minister, money,-husband wife,
link a perfection of what we deem
The perfect success of Love’s first dream.
J. D. CLARE.
A BACKWARD LOOK.
FOR THANKSGIVING DAY,
BY ALICE CARY.
O farmers of New England,
Look back today with me.
To the few and feeble Colonies
Strung struggling by the sea ;—
Look back from the Pacific slopes
That ye have gained to-day,
And number up the landmarks
That are left along the way.
Your States where weak dependencies—
Your freedom scarce at dawn—
A struggling light within the night
Only a century gone!
Take courage every man of you,
With all your hearts and wills,
As back ye trace your furrows to
Those bleak and stone-ribbed hills.
Your turnpikes were but wagon tracks,
With blazed trees eitherfihand~
No commerce on the great highway—
Scant culture_on_the land.
The splendors of the open day
Just kindling:at the dawn—
A trembling light,within_the night
Only a century gone!
Your towns of thunderingffactorics,
Where thousands spindles reel,
Where sundercd—here and there a mill
With slow and lumbering wheel;
Your telegraphs that cut the air,
Ten thousand to and fro,
Where post-boys in the wilderness
With gun at saddle-bow ;—
The fiery steed that serves you now
With steel-wrought harness on,
Was just a light within the night
Only a century gone.
The cunning hands of brass that print
And thresh and turn your mills,
Were lying in their ancient beds
Unquickened by your wills.
The paths of straight-stretched iron
That swing above your streams,
And bridge the land from hill to bill,
Had not been dreamed in dreams:
Your furnaces, with troughs of ore
At quivering heat aglow,
Had sent no spark along the dark
A century ago!
The schools, and free academies
With which your bills are crowned,
were 1]] your {unless prnnmcr lCflVC’S
And catechism bound.
Your boats upon the river-waves
So royally that ride,
Were rudest rafts, with strips of bark
And hempen cordage tied.
The fires that drive your engines now
From sea to sea, right on,
Had sent no spark along the dark,
Only a century gone!
The ponnd’s weight then, is a ton’
weight now,
The grain to bushels grown,
And where the Indian v. igwam smoked
The fields with corn are sown.
Where cities shine with Christian spires
The wolves were in their dens;
Where collared chattels crouched in gangs
Stand free men—Citizens.
The bright-eyed eagles that to-day
Your children reverence so,
Were fluttering down beneath a crown,
A century ago!
0 farmers of New England,
Feed up the ancient fires——
Hold worthily the heritage
Bequeathed by soldier-sires.
The handful of unsteady stars
They painted on the blue,
The sword flames of three foreign wars
Have given their glory to !
Their week dependencies are now
A NATION, crowned with grace,
And the world has turned to look the way
That she has set her face.
The English mission was offered to George
William Curtis some months ago, and declin-
ed by him.
George W. I’cet’s mine, at Tobey Hill. Ca-
naan, produces, it is said,finer iron ore, even,
than the old Salisbury beds.
Meriden oflicers are looking for three
tramps who are said to have voted in that city
on Tuesday under the names of men who
are dead.
Senator McDonald, of Indiana. begun his
working life as a snddler; and Jessie D.
Bright was once a laborer in a brick yard.
The more honor to them.
On Mr. F. R. Starr’s “Echo” farm, this
year 2,652 bushels of mange] wurtzel beets
were raised on 2% acres of land. And yet
prate of the sterile soil of New England.
Last Saturday afternoon ex Senator Lymam
Trumbull of Illinois was married in Saybrook
to Miss Mary J. Ingraham, eldest daughter
of the late Captain John Ingraham of Old
Saybrook.
Since the mileage law has been construed
to mean that congressmen cannot draw addi-
tional mileage for going home in November
and returning to Washington for the regular
session opening in December.there is a mark-
ed falling off inthe desire of members to ad-
journ before‘the regular session.
After a few weeks of comparative dulln.
evidences of reviving business are again see,
on all sides. In most parts of this State the
trade symptoms are favorable and encourag-
ing. Many of the shops in Meriden are run-
ning twelve and fourteen hours, and have
great difficulty in keeping up with their or-
ders. ln New York, Philadelphia, NewJer—
scy, Baltimore and Washington, business is
reported better-than in any year since 187'.
A better feeling is noticeable in all the manu.
facturing centers in New England. At the
West there is a general revival of business,
and the South is prosper-ing as never before
since the beginning of the wan—N.
Courier.
The trade-mark treaty with Great Britain,
which the cable reports has been signed by
Lord Derby and Mr. Picrrepoint, will bring
a large accession of business to the ofiicc. Au
exhaustive and able report upon this subject
was recently prepared by Mr. Assistant Com-
missioner Dotrlittle, and submitted to the
President. The signing of this treaty has
still wider and more important bearings upon
the trade and commercial interests of both
this country and England. Hitherto Eng-
lish merchants and manufacturers could not
register trade-marks here, and they were
thus obliged to establish branch stores in the
United States for the sale of their articles,
while their American agents for partners had
it in their power to register trade-marks of
these particular brands of goods, and often
under-sold their English principals. The
signing of this treaty may prove the forerun-
ner of international obligations for the secur.
0010 N l on s,
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WGOOD, 7 Octave PIANO, t0
Fitch’s Home, Newton, Conn.
ing of a mutual copyright rrotcction.
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