W HOLE NUMBER 1560.
The Enforcement of the “NO
License” Law.
A Sermon Preached by Rev. C. S.
Williams, in the Second M. E.
Church, on Sunday Evening,
November 25th, 1877.
Exonns, 14m CHAPTER, 15TH vnnsn.
“ And the Lord said unto Moses, speak to the
Children of Israel that they go forward."
For four hundred years Israel was in Egypt
and much of the time under taskmasters.
Brick had tobe made without straw,and the cit-
ies of their tyrantsbuilt without wages. Most-
ly confined to the unhealthy part of the coun-
try and without proper food, raiment or rest,
their homes wretched, having no cultivation
for mind or heart, what wonder if the peo-
ple deteriorated in body and soul, and slavery
burned its hateful brand deep into their very
hearts, making them a feeble and leprous
race.
Moses, knowing the appalling difliculties
which their degradation opposed to their de-
liverance, shrank from the task and asked the
Lord to release him.
They felt their chains gall them, but they
had little faith in Grid or in themselves. They
could whine and groan but knew not that
“Who would be free, themselves must strike
the blow.”
Yet God revealed his power and goodness
in this abject people. Though utterly help-
less, hemmed iu o,- the mountains, confront-
ed by the sca, pursued by a pitiless foe to
drag them to heavier chains, God comes
forth on the side of the oppressed, and com-
mands them to “go forward.” At the word
of Moses the treacherous waves tower for
them into battlements of defense, while their
foes are whelmed in the flood.
For forty years he led them about in the
desert until its free pure air had cleansed
their bodies and souls, and young Israel free
from the taint of oppression swept like a
whirlwind over the corrupt tribes of Canaan.
I 0171: DUTY.
These things are written for our encourage.
ment, and as we to—day survey the cruel op-
pression of the rum traffic, and think of the
five million upon whom its heavy chains are
grinding, and the burdens of wastefulness
and poverty and crime and death it lays upon
our land, we hear again the voice of the Al-
mighty saying, “Speak, to the children of
Israel that they go forward.”
“- :The power that confronts us is great and
fortified by immeasurable wickedness,pushed
on by fierce passions, supported by two thou-
sand millions (y‘dollars annually. The friends
of temperance are often discouraged, not al_
ways knowing or doing what is best. But
God is on the: .aidc and it must win.
At Christ’s ascension his cause seemedfee-
ble. Committed to a few unlcttered fisher-
men and tent makers, they were the proud
world's derision. Yet though resisted by
every element of human power, they brought
the proudest nations and the most cultivated
to worship the abhorcd Gallilcan.
POPULAR APATIIY.
The great obstacle to the temperance re-
formation is the samc encountered by Moses
in rescuing his people, viz: the apathy caused
by physical and moral degeneracy. All op-
pressions cnfceble the oppressed if continued,
and the helplessness thus engendered poisons
the blood of generations. The want of self-
reliancc, economy and forethought, shown by
such large numbers of people, points to a
time when the English workman had a brass
collar riveted on his neck bearing his master‘s
name; when his only clothing was a suit of
coarse tanned leather provided by his master,
lasting him for years, thus saving him from
all care and judgment.
The gospel of Christ seeks to restore men
to themselves. It inspires self-reliance, pru-
dence, forethought and manliness. The rum
traffic is reinforced by the thoughtlessness
and thriftlessncss which still lives in the
blood of the masses, an inheritance of the
old feudal days. Rum intensifies these evil
tendencies a hundred-fold. When its gripe
is on the throat of a people their industry,
cconomy,morality and health disappear. This
fiend breathes upon them and their majesty
fades.
' SOCIAL causes.
In order to apprehend intelligently the ne-
cessity for prompt and vigorous. action, let. us
examine a few of the causes in which this
evil is rooted. .
The poocrty of a large class of people cause
them to stagger under constant burdens
of toil and care, heavy labor 'exhausts the
spirits and injures the health, and as years go
by,’,want comes closer and relief is sought in
stimulants. Men seek to forget in the glare
and excitement of the drinking den, the
wretchedness of homes scarce ever lighted by
a smile. Is it God’s will that men should be-
come more beasts of burden, cut off from
all higher pleasures and driven to seek relief
in sensual excess? Will he not ask of us
as of Cain, “Where is thy brother 1’” The
Christian temperance reformation reaches the
hand of friendship and opens the door of
hope to these exhaustedstruggling multitudes.
POPULAR IGNORANCE.
Ignorance is another cause of intern-
perance. Constant toil, without the exer-
cise of thought, cramps and enfecbles the
mind. The mental and moral horizon con-
tracts, until every inspiring and elevating
view of life and duty is crowded out. The
purer sources of gratification give place to
sensual excitement. The pleasures of intel-
lect, of imagination, of taste and of good
reading are unknown, the present grati-
fication, at no matter at what cost, is fiercely
pursued.
Mere muscular power is comparatively use-
less to the individual or to society in our
time, and if society is to be saved from prey-
ing upon its own Vitals, its members must be
educated. What is Norwalk doing to save
her people from the blight of ignorance? No
free reading-room stands with open door. No
library where workingmcn can spend their
evenings. No mechanics institute, or lyceum,
or night-school, churches open but on few
evenings in the week, teachers in the public
schools overworked and underpaid, and the
provisions for education of children and
youth miserably defective. But sixty rum
shops open wide their treacherously attractive
doors to old and young. Sixty schools of
vice,—sixty academics of nucleanness Whtta
the youth are almost driven, to be turned out
loafers, gamblers, debauchecs, thieves and
traitors, their brains smitten with idocy and
their hearts with leprosy. “My people pm‘sh
for lack of knowledge." An American,appren-
tice Elias I-Iowe,invented the sewing machine,
and thereby affected every civilized land.
Was it a matter of indifference to his coun-
try or mankind whether young Howe learned
to think or learned to tipplc?
WANT or MORAL rmxorpm.
Look at the glaring want of self denial and
of a high sense of duty, and the feeblcncss
of public spirit amoug our prosperous classes.
Their ostentation, and love of excitement,
and earthllncss, and mammon-worshi p create a
fruitful soil for intemperance.
The want of self respe:t» among the poor,
measuring themselves by the size of their
neighbor's purses, loosing sight. of God and
duty, and forgetting the immortal truth that
“A man’s a man for a’ that and a’ that.”
These are some of the streams that swel1
this overflowing river, of desolation, and duty
demands that we should ask ourselves how
far we contribute to their power and whether
we may not. reduce their volume.
‘ MORAL SUASIONALONE lsurrncrnar.
But many object to any method of meeting
and overcoming this evil save by moral sua-
sion. This is a grand and indispensable influ-
once. It plunges boldly into this river Of
death and rescues a few; but while moral
suasion pulls one out the rum power plunges
fifty in. Moral suasion alone the rum sclhr
delights in and laughs at. Moral suasion can
only operate on moral forces, but this beast
has neither heart nor conscience which moral
power might grapple; he has only an insatia-
tiablc maw. Talk of moral suasion to a
wolf, or r. ghoul, but not to a rum
seller. Sixty of these have flaunted licences
in our faces, and pushed on by love of power
and money, the law made it their business to
spread every species of crime and wrong
among the people. W'e endured as best we
could, looking helplessly on while they bat-
tened on the festering misery of our neigh-
bors.
\thn lesser crimes such as theft, robbery
and arson are left to moral suasion,thcn It will
be time to talk of leaving to it this compound
of all crime—4‘ this sum of all villainies."
The victims brutalized by its power cannot
realize their danger. Yet they are our broth-
ers,and God says “GO forward." Not only
words but deeds, the tightening grip of law
upon the throat of this iniquity can Only
bring it to terms.
In the name of DUTY, then, we demand the
rigid enforcement of this law. Christ says
“Thou shalt love thy neighbor.” But how can
we love him if we leave him in the hands of
these robbers. “Stripped of his raimcnt,
wounded and half dead."
UNDERMINES THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
It is our DUTY to enforce this law because
intempcrance engenders disease. The brain
and nervous centres are the citidal of, vitali-
ty and vigor. And upon these rum makes
its deadliest assault. By enfeebling the nerv-
ous energy and impoverishing the blood-glob-
ules, alcohol has been and is undermining
the health of the community.
There is a class . whose business ,is not
only to endanger the health of their
fellow citizens but actually to destroy them
to the extent of ahuudred thousand annually.
Eminent physicians assure that the wide-
spread scrcfulous taint producing such-an
abundant crop of ~ nervous disorders, con-
sumption and kindred diseases, is the result
of alcoholic poisoning continued among the
people through generations and threatening
the extinction of all physical beauty and
vigor. During the late war more than fifty
percent. of the deaths in our army were di-
rectly traceable to this cause. And in the
Dutch army more than seventy-five per cent.
resulted from the same scourge. ‘
So clear is the evidence of its deteriorating
power that in any epidemic its victims are
first to fall, When years ago the cholera
raged in Albany, there was but one total ab-
stainer to every twenty-sire victims. In St.
Louis it was only one in twenty-seven. In the
London hospitals it is found that a mere
scratch proves fatal to the florid, heavy beer
drinker. All observing physicians know that
the habit even of the moderate use of alcohol
intensifies disease and retards recovery.
To say nothing of the grand army Of blight-
ed and agonized wretches, burdening the sober
commuu1ty,as they drag their miserable march
to dishonored graves. The liquor traffic
rudely pushes a human soul unprepared be-
fore its God every nine minutes day‘und night
and leaves the prolific seed of vast harvests
of loathsome disease behind those who thus
rot into the grave to curse unborn genera-
tions.
warts AGAINST SOCIETY.
Again duty says “ go forward” because the
traffic is undermining society by breeding crime.
Eighty-five per cent. of all criminals trace to
it their ruin and under its inspiration, war
against society. The church cannot reach
their muddled brain. The rum shop is their
church, profanity their worship, dissipation
their business, and madness their amusement.
Look at the socialist riots of the past sum-
mer proclaiming war against property : and
social order. In its rum-inspired madness
it swept away $7,000,000 worth of property,
the whole nation stood aghast while the demon
swept through the land, amid blood and pil-
lage and confiagration; raving mobs cmzed
and brutalizcd by rum, disorganized the busi-
ness of the country.
The great rebellion in which a million of
men directly and indirectly lost fortune,health
or life; in which countless millions of hard
earned property were wasted, and bitter and
lasting hatred engendered, was inspired and
precipitated by rum. There are hundreds
Of living witnesses north and south who can
testify that the unwilling South was goaded
into rebellion by causing rum to flow like
water among the people, otherwise not a sin-
gle state would have seceded. An honored
citizen of our state, Elihu Burritt, would also
probably have been God's instrument in solv-
ing the dark problem by a pacific settlement
without the horrible and costly resort to war.
NO NATURAL 0R LEGAL RIGIIT.
BUt again duty urges us forward because
these men have no shadow of natural or legal
right to inflict this wrong upon us. If a
natural right, why does the vender of rum
need a license more than the baker, grocer,or
tailor? The preamble of our National char-
ter, reads as follows. “ We the people of
the United States in order to form. a more
perfect union, establish justice, ensure do-
mestic tranquility, provide for the common
defense. promote the general welfare and se-
cure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and
our posterity, do ordain &c.” Does the rum
traffic help to “ establish justice ” by furnish-
ing eighty-five per cent. of our criminals. Is
it not a gigantic fraud upon property, health
and life? Its hands are filled with bribes
audits mouth with perjury. It sends fathers
and sons to prison and their widows and or-
phans to poor,houscs. Does it insure “ do-
mestic tranquility?” Look at its animosities,
strifcs, riots, murders, debaucherics, does
quarrelling, stabbing, shooting, and poison-
ing insure domestic tranquility? These are
its fruits. Our youths are insecure, it ruins
our sons and daughters, it destroys our prop-
erty and we all stagger under its burdens of
taxation. Do these things “ provide for the
common defense and promote the public
welfare ?” In less than two years our rum-
bill would extinguish the war debt. "
lIOSTILE TO THE CONSTITUTION.
This traffic is foreign and antagonistic
to the spirit and aims of our country’s
constitution; and every child can see it.
Thank God! then is there no support
for a business that would ruin my child,
body and soul, and send me broken-
heartsd to a premature grave. Chicf Jus-
tice Tancy says “I see nothing in the consti-
tution of the United States to prevent the
regulating or' restraining the traffic or pre.
venting it altogether if any state thinks
prohibition, and derives its only pecuniary
value therefrom.”
THE LAW CAN BE ENFOROED.
But you ask is the enforcement Of this law
PRACTIOABLE? Suppose it had never yet
been enforced. Should we therefore conclude
it never could? You and I have seen many .
things done in our time, never done before.
Perhaps you have stood on the gossamer
web that spans Niagara, and laughed at its
“eternaflthunder and unceasing foam," because
in our time human might laid its subduing
hand upon its crest and stretched the path-
way of its commerce above the angry roar
of its plunging tide. Yet when first attempt.
ed men laughed at it as “impossible.” In
our day America and Europe have pierced
the mountains that obstructed their commer-
cial communication. A divinely impelled
civilization in the fullness of its faith said
to these mountain barriers “depart hence” and
they obeyed. Yet the croakers shouted
“impossible!” We have seen the electric
wire weave subtle filaments of power and
life, over every land, and under the ocean
bed link the continents by its throbbings of
omnipresent intelligence, into abiding fel-
lowships of interest and friendship. Yet for
years these wise prophets shouted “you can't
do it." - -
England said our rebellion couldn’t be put
down and she invested millions in her
prophecy, “‘such a rebellion _had never
been put down” said the London Times.
France said so and sent troops to Mexico.
To-day Jeff Davis is glad to be the guest; of
his old slave on his old plantation. Maximil-
lian whorexis he? Louis Napoleon where?
Yes gentlemen these things are done to-day
though never done before.
No LONGER DOUBTFUL. "
But the License Law has for years ceased
to be an experiment, and is to-day in parts
Of our own land and of Great Britain assured
success. Take the five states of Maine,
Vermont, 'Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
and Michigan where. prohibition prevails
and compare them with VMaryland, New
Jersey, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan where
license prevails, and fourteen'tinws more rum
is sold in licensed states than in the un
licensed. DO you call that a failure? Is the
law against theft more effectually enforced ?
' When Connecticut was Under prohibition
crime diminished nearly seventy-five per
cent. and in the city of New Haven fifty per
cent. Was that also a failure ?
VINELAND.
. In Vineland New Jersey, there are twenty
school houses, fifteen manufactories, twelve
churches and 10,000 people, but no dram
shops. Taxes are one per cent. on valuation.
No police, four dollars keeps the town poor
a year, and seventy-five dollars a year pays
the police bill. “No License” is her vigilant
police force that prevents crime without ex-
pense. The city has no debt. A remarkable
‘ ‘failure. ” -
DENTON, Md.
Mr. J. ‘M. Emerson says of Denton, Mary-
land, “not a drop of alcoholic stimulants
sold in the county. The contrast between
the past and present is a wonder to .those
accustomed to behold the scenes of but a few
years ago. Instead of wrangling, black eyes
and bloody noses, enmity and strife, drunken '.-
brawls and midnight debaucheries, we have
a peaceful and quiet community here and
through the entire county. , At a late sitting
of the grand jury there wasn't a single oiola-
tion of the public peace. Our jail is without a
tenant." »
GREELEY, COLORADO AND OTHER 'rLacns.
Greeley, Colorado with 3,000 population
has no rum shops, no jail, no poor house.
Cost Of keeping town poor two and a half
years, 3157. The same is true of Bavaria, Ill.
In England 1,475 parishes where prohibition
is enforced, is followed by increased com. ‘
fort, intelligence, morality and business. So
also in Saltaire, Yorkshire, Eng. Bess Brook,
Ireland, has a mixed population of 4,000, but
no dram shops, poor-house, police or pawn
shop and no crime or breaches Of’the 'public
peace. Is thisalso a “failure. ”
The state of Maine convicts one person in
1,689 of her population. New York one per-
son in 620. In 1868 Mass, failed to enforce
“N 0 License" and her property fell off in
value $33,000,000. Under “license” Boston
increased $12,000,000 annually, but under
prohibition she increased $36,000,000,
annually. Does that “hurt business?”
LOSS OF TAXES.
~ You say we will loose $6,000 of taxes this
year by “no license.” Where does the money
come from? Stolen from the 'poor laboring
men, from ill clad women and hungry, neg-
lected children. Money steeped in crime and
sin Wet with blood and tears. Do you want
the tortured, hungry poor to pay your taxes P
And this $6,000 is only a drop in the bucket-
of what they have to pay. They pay that
for. the rum sellers license to fleece them-
selves. But how many thousands do they
give him I - How much to the brewer, the dis-
tiller, the drug manufacturer ?
'“Our ballets falling gently
As" the snowflake on the sod,”
decided that this business should cease in our
midst. Did you mean it? Every interest and
every duty to ourselves, our families, our
town and our God demand the rigid enforce-
ment of the law.
- . NEED or RESOLUTION. ,
The Hollanders, looking up from their fer.
tile fields see the commerce of nations float-
ing on the imprisoned seas above their heads.
Those fieldszwere once beneath the waves.
But they. said to the proud sea that desolatcd
their lands and harvests, “Thus far shalt thou
go and no farther." They built their dykes
and ,worked their pumps. The resolute will
and sturdy deeds conquered. The billows
were beaten, and today they have the most
fertile soil-beneath the Stars. So let us dyke
out this sea of iniquity that devastates .the
land. by bulwarks of enfOrced law. Godhelps '
courageous souls, and says “Go forward.”
BENEFIT.
But you ask what BENEFIT this will be to
you. Rum takes $500,000 annually, from
your business; would it hurt to have it back
to spend for clothing, groceries, coal, carpets,
hardware,lumber, building lots, etc. Would
it not gladdcn the hearts of women worse
than widows. save vagabond children tat-
tered and wrecked uponour streets, and now
trained to prey upon society. They would be
clad and fed and sent to school and made
useful citizens instead of a horde of criminals-
Onc of our citizens standing in-a saloon
was pointed to three men drinking at the
“bar,” and was asked,v“Do you know who
pays for those drinks," and he replied,no,
"Ion pay for them,” was the reply. “Those~
three men hare their families on. the town.”
proper.” Justice McLean says ".7. license to
sell an article foreign or corn ace. in '. can :
ter of policeand revenue within the 1‘ “Vet l
of the state.” “If vthe foreign article hei
injurious tohcallh or 2171027th I state may
prohibit the sale of it. Justice Cathron; "A i
State may prohibit the sale of it. J usticc Grier :
“It is not necessary to enumerate the app-sling
statistics of misery and crime which have
their origin in the use and abuse of ardent
spirits. The police power which is exclu-
sively in. the State. is alone competent to the
correction of these great evils. And all
measures of rcstmintor prohibition. neces-
sary to affect that purposr. are Within the
scope of that authority. And if lots of
revenue should accrue to the United States,
she will be a gainer a thousand-fohln’n the.
health, wealth and happiness of the people.“
Robt. Pittificld Justice of the Supreme Court‘
of Massachusetts says: “Every license rests
on the logical basis of antecedent general
Ask. the merchants whose are the bad debts?
They will answer they are the "dram drink-
ers.” Do the merchants lose the money? the
wholesaler or manufacturer ? 'No. We, the
industrious people * pay the drunkard’s bills.
lie is idle and dissipated, ‘yct he cats and
must be covered and sheltered and sat - On by:
judges and juries and confined by jailors and
clot-ind pniioemen, but he has no money,
and won"; Work, you and I must pay the bill.
It increases the price of all we eat and wear.
It compels us towork longer and harder, it
increases our care ‘_and shortens our lives.
We pay the bill! . ' .
'l‘lIE EXAMPLE or TIIE PAST.
Our fathers in nakedness fought for free-
dom. With frozen feet at Valley. Forge,
through that dreadful winter theyperformcd
immortal deeds that shook every tyrants
throne on the round globe. Were they not
taunted andhated and persecuted and reviled
through many years. And to-night we are
hands? No patriotic self-denial if need be?
Must we creep» to our dishonorable grave
having lived only for ourselves ?
for their country, in the name Of home and
in the holy and awful NAME or GOD, let us
“Go forward.” And the God of Israel will
help us and enforce the law.
New York Letter.
NEW YORK, Nov. 23d. 1877.
Tun VANDERBILT WILL Case-Tux VAana-
mLT Wenornc—FasnronSé—Tnn CIGAR
Maxnns' STRIKE—THE Wan AGAINST RUM
—Buernss. . .-.-
Tun VANDERBILT WILL Cass
is adjourned to Dec. 4. It is the engrossing
topic Of conversation, everywhere. Scott»
Lord, the attorney for. the contestants, is very.
busy getting up the testimOny, and a pretty
array of it he has. He asserts that he can
prove every point mentioned in my last, and
has a mass beside that he thinks will not be
necessary to introduce. For instance, as far
back as 1854, there was a cheque signed
“Cornelius Vanderbilt,” paid for a lot of
groceries to be shipped to California. The
signature was forged. William H. impressed
his father with the belief that it was Corneli
ius, who had uttered it,» and the two family
physicians got out a writ of lunacy, and Cor-
nelius was . seized and hurried of! to the
Bloomingdale Asylum. Fortunately the
chief Of that asylum knew Cornelius, and re-
fused to receive him, knowing him to be en'
tirely sane. The conspirators excused them-
selves With the plea that they did it to save
him from a criminal prosecution for forgery.
Cornelious demanded a legal investigation,
but at the urgentrequest of the Cemmodorc
the matter was dropped. Mr. Lord expects
to show that for twenty years William systet
tools to blacken Cornelius and ,keep him in
disfavor with hisfather, that in the end the‘
vast property the old man had accumulated
would come to him. It is probable that the
Will will be broken, in which case the Van-
derbilt power will be - gone. . It is well.
$100,000,000 is too much for one man to con-
trol, and the most important of the trunk’
lines from East to West ought not tobe
owned by one man. The public have an in.
terest in the issue of this battle. Sympathy
runs almost entirely with the contestants.
And, speaking of the Vanderbilts, the great
.social event of the season was
run vaNnnanILT WEDDING.
The daughter of William H. Vanderbilt,
the great railway king, was married with
great pomp and circumstance last Wednes-
day evening at St. Bartholomew’s. the ultra
fashionable church of New York. Probably
no wedding that could be announced would
be the object of more curiosity, ”and the dis-
play was designed 'to reflect the consequence
of the bride's family in a manner suitable to
afortune of ninety-five millions. But one
order was given regarding the wedding dress,
—that it should be the costliest that ever
passed from the hands of the fashionable
modiste, the some who furnished the wed-
ding drcsscs for Miss Grant and Boss TWeed's
daughter. Numbers were hidden to witness
the wedding at the church, but the reception
at the house was very select. The bride is
about twenty, and blonde. She marries a
Boston gentleman named Twombley. The
father of the bride performed his part by
lgiving his daughter a diamond necklace
worth $50,000, and checks and other securi-
ties for nearly a million, which will take the
young couple comfortably through the win-
ter.
It was as snobbish an affair as eyer New
York, saw, and precisely the kind of thing
that the mushroom shoddyitcs always do.
The gifts were advertised for days before,
the cost being very carefully mentioned in-
each case. Now the real old families, who
have something besides money to fallback
gorgeous enough, but publicity is always
avoided. The newspaper reporter is not in-
vited to inspect the house and make notes of
everything from the diamond necklaces down
to the bride’s outfit, and if anything beyond.
the mere announcement gets into the papers,
it is because of the superior impudence of a
reporter. The Vanderbilts and 'Stewarts and
that kind are very careful to have it all blaz-
oned forth, and it is done in the true patent
medicine style. ‘It is a . mercy that huch-
families don’t last long. The ‘ostentation
bred of sudden wealth_very soon dissi-
pates it.
FASHIONS.
The fashions of the season are more for
sense than for show. One of the stylish
morning garments for out-doors is a long
cloak of gray cheviOt, covering the entire
dress, and gored as closely as possible in
front and behind. A highly sensible addi-
tion for walking is a cloth goiter strapped
Over the boot, precisely like those worn by
men, to keep the dust from entering the shoes.
Embroidered waists of light blue .Or pink
opera flannel are worn under the dress for
cold weather. Bright red and blue shawls of
plain cashmere or stella shawls with borders
are again worn as a sort of half dress, and add
touches of pleasing bright color to the streets.
Tm: CIGAR-MAKERS’ srmxn,
The cigar-makers’ strike continues, and
though the strikers aficct to have confidence
that they can compel the managers to come
to their terms, they are evidently discouraged.
About a thousand Chinamen have been
brought on from San Francisco, and they are
at work. But a more serious danger threat-
ens them. The manufacturers have discover;
ed that a woman can make a fair cigar in two
days, and an excellent one in a week, and
they are taking them on by the thousand. It
is singular that the men never thought of
this. There is 'no reason under heaven why
the deft fingers of a woman should not be
better in a trade like this than the course and
clumsy hands of a many Acigar made of
expensive stock mnst'be "finished in hand-
some style,_ it must be elegantly shaped,
smoothly and nicely finished, and there-is no‘,
reason why woman’s taste and dexterity
shOuld‘ not be utilized in this as in, other
workmanship requiring ’ similar qualities.
The cigars aremostly made at the workman‘s
home. So much "filler” and so much “wrap-
per” is weighed out to the workman, who is
required to deliver so many cigars of a pres-
c'ribedsize and weight. The manufacturers
own tenement houses, which they rent to
their employees, and in this way the work,
while his done without a factory, . is practi-
~Th'e- manufacturers are now ejecting the
striking tenants, who of course have not paid
rent, and each ejectment is made the ceca-
sion of a demonstration.
is being loaded on carts, the strikers f cheer
for the ejected, and. groan for the ejector,
and the load, decorated with flags, moves
away to the music of an improvised band.
It will end in the men returning to their
work,"with the loss of a mOnth's time, and
some experience. The agitators are the'only
ones who make anything by these movements.
Swinton bowls and ' Schwab sells beer, in
coinfort, but the deluded 'workmen starve,
Strikes are expensive luxuries. ‘ '
. . TEE wanacersr RUM .
goes on with varying success. A large num-
ber of low.grOggeries have been fined over
and over again during the week, and a few of
them have thrown up the sponge and 'quit in
“disgust The big hotels close .On' Sundays,
and serve liquors at tables in theirfrcstaurants
which the law can’t take hold ;of. For other
violations they pay their lines quietly and go
frecmen because they were brave. Does our,
country demand no deed of heroism, at out
In the name of those who lived and died’
wife and children, in the name of humanity;
matically and continually conspired with his ,
upon, never do this. Their weddings are .
”cally under-the supervisionof the employer;
While the furniture ,
right ‘ alcng. The “law: and Order league,”
fare " determined ';to at least check the traffic,
and they will, if they do not get to quarreling
among themselves. One faction wants the
effort to be 'made against" the 10 .v bucket
shopsaloue,—the Other-insists that the fash-
jionablc bars need shutting up as well. But,
divided as they are, I am glad to say some
impression is; being ‘ made upon the trade.
The city is cursed with over 8,000 ruin Inills
of all kinds, and it is too heavy a tax to bear.
But for these crime factories, the police force
could be reduced a half, and the criminal
courts would have nothing ' to do. Judge
Daly remarked ' the- other day that 98 per
cent. of the criminal cases that came before
him could be traced directly to ram.
\ BUSINESS
is not so brisk as last week. “The uncertain-
ty of the Silver Bill has had a depressing
.efiect', for no one knows what the condition
Of things will be if it passes. It would be a
blessed thing fer the country if the currency
tinkers'wOnld let it alone, and let it rcgizlate
itself. Medicine kills more than it cures, and
there is nothing so terrible as uncertainty, for
it checks business, while expenses go on just
the same. ,5 , Panto.
. d“:-
FARMERS’ CLUB Aunmcsx INST. .
NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 1877.
GAznTTn :— . . .
This valuable paper was read at a meeting
of theAFarmers' Club of thelemeI-ican .Insti-
tute, and was most highly approved. I
N. C.-ELY, Pres.
SaVc Manure.
BY A. S. HEATH, Md).
Nomore important advice can be given to
5the farmer, and 4 especially at this season of
the year, than tdhusband his manure Of eve-
ry-kind, from every possible soar-cc. If he.
will but look about the farm he will, find
weeds out down and left to rot by the road-
swales, fine chips and sawdust gathered
about the wood pile, bones bleaching about
the farm, leaves by the cart load in
the » woods, rich black muck along the
little creeks, the liquid manures running
Under the stables and barns, contaminating
the atmosphere, and rendering it offensive
and nnhel'llthyrfo'r stock. Thus with a. keen
eye, She will (by degrees, make most valuable
manure. 1 Allthesc’ substances except the
bones, “should be deposited upon theidung
heap, for while he' is .resting- from his farm
labor, these substaUCes Will beng money
for him by becomiilgvaluable manure.
' Thefar'mer is proverbially economical in
most matters; yet in reference to saving Ina-
nure's, he is generally the most prcfiigate of
all mankind. Like the Prodigal Son, he
squanders his patrimony, so freely given
him by his Heavenly: Father, s'o foolishly and
recklessly, and only when driven to starva-
tion does he ccme to his houses, and arise
and go to his Father’s House where there is
plenty and to spare. 5 " .’ L1
More farmers have. been impoverished by
neglecting to keep Up the inanure supply for
their rapidly deteriorating sOils than from most
other causes. There is no more sure ‘way to
enjoy the fatted calf, than to save: that which
provides the wherewithal to fatten it.’ ‘
A successfulfarmer saVeS'everything suit-
able for manure :—leaves, sawzdust, chip-
manure, muck, weeds, the surface of head
lands, road scrapings, night soil, liquid ma-
nures, the deposits in ditches and overflowed
lands which become dry in summer, and re-
fuse of allgkindsr—‘such as salt from old
pickle, tan. bfil‘ll‘; old shoes, leather, chaff,
woolen rags, bristles, offal, ashes both from
wood and coal, horns, hoofs and carcasses of
dead animals, and in a word everything that
will add to the productiveness of the soil,—
that will increase the number of bushels of
grain and potatoes, or add fodder and bay
to the well-filled barn,—that.will provide an
extra fat bullock, fat hog, a fat sheep and
other luxuries for the farmer's welLfilled
board. . »
The farmer who saves all these substances
and converts them into fertilizers, becomes a
benefactor of, hisjrace and a‘man of thrift.
The‘location of the manure-heap is of con-
siderable importance. -It should be adjacent
to the-stables. In surface it should be con-
cave, Or depressed in the center, it should be
protected from the water of the caves and
leaders, and from the wash of heavy rains.
It should have a roof over it, extending be-
yond its outer surface, and should be spread
out rather than piled up in a heap, so that the
ammonia, which is a large component of ma-
nure, may be saved from evaporation and
loss, by being fixed, by freely scattering or
sowing ground plaster frequently over the
entire surface.
All the substances mentioned above should
be evenly incorporated into the mass by an
occasional overhauling and mixing. The
more frequently this is handled the more per-
fect the compost becomes. This labor be-
stowed upon the manure heap will pay, and,
it can be performed when work is urgent no
where else. _
Variety in. the substances from which ma-
nure is made, makes the general supply of
food for plants more certain, for all kinds of
grain and crops, and not fed on the same kind
of food, but require like animals a variety of
elements. This plan of managing manure,
will prevent the burning, or destruction Of
any portion of the heap. In order to save
the liquid portion of the mannres, the stable
floors should be tight, so as to save the urine
of animals, which is a most valuable portion
:of the manures. It should be drained into
’the free' sprinkling Of ground plaster over
the stable floors. This process disinfects the
stables while at the same tiine it saves their
products. _ ‘ _ ’ _‘ ‘ _ ‘
'By filled, is meant the production of sul-
phate of ammonia, which does not evaporate
like the carbonate, by the addition of plaster,
which is the sulphate of lime.
In the United States, millions of dollars
are lost, by neglecting to utilize accessible
substances suitable fOeranures.
_ Lands, like milk, maybe skimmed,‘thougb
not so quickly, yet just as closely. Impover-
ished lands, like skimmed milk, are worth
deteriorate by: constantly abstracting from
them the elements of which crops are com-
posed, without returning to the soil again.
these elements by means of fertilizers or ma-
nures. . , ., _
' —--—
* * * These are tragedies which con =
stantly occur in a thousand forms on every
side, and their source is in the _ groggery or
the temptation at every rod 1n the erty. The
root of‘ the evil is in the faculty of drinking.
Every thing thatobstructs this promotes tem-
perance, order. happiness. If .a young man,
must go far out of his way to tipple, he will
generally not gontal]. It isthe habit which
breeds the appetite, and the habit is not ac-
,quired if opportunity is not Offered. Among
the many barricades thrown Sup against the.
ravages of the evil which generates most 'of '
the pauperism and crime of our society, none
deserves the countenance of all honest and
industrious citizen's, especially off-those who
feel themselves indanger- than an attempt to
enforcccxisting laws.. If the law is unwise,
or if it o‘utruns popular sympathy and sup-
port, it-should be changed, but while it is
law it should be enforced; All laws upon
.the subject must take into consideration cir-
cumstances and reasonable probabilities. But
sis-public opinion has plainly decided that in-
toxicating liquor: should be . promiscuously
sold only under license, the license should be
Inade cfiective.—Harper's Weekly.
TheiNew York labor party calls itself
“The Bread Winner’s League." This kind
-of.laborcr is always great on a loaf. ' ~ -
W '
Gambetta has been sentenced by McMahon
to three months in jail, and by the eople to
two years in the Chamber Of eputies.
side Or along thoifenCes, mouldy grass in the, .
the, manure heap, or solidified and fixed by _
comparatively little. The richest lands will - ‘
That’s the dificrence.-’—-‘St. Louis Journal: . -
'NQRWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1877.
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' Composition.
Box 319 P.o.. NORWALK, CONN.
Il.-J.~BVielde'n HurlbUtt,
Attorney 000 Counsellor at Law,
Boom No. 4, [up stair-,1
'9 , GAZETTE nUanING.
Samar V.B.PARI)EE,M.D.,
(Graduate of N. Y. medical College for: Women,
Cor. MAIN d: MARSHALL STREETS,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
Office Honrsmntiltl a. m., andirom3 p.m. At-
tentiOn to all classes of diseasesincident to a eu-
cral practice of ,mcdicinc and surgery. am-
dies supplied with Homeopathlcrernedlcs.
' References by permission :-S.Lilenthal, M. 1).,
Prof. of Theoryand .Practice,N. Y.clty; Clemence
Lozler, M. D. Dean of Cells 9, N.Y.: Alfred h.
Hills,M. D..Prof. MatcriaMe ca. 3mm
CHARLES W. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
' ‘VNOBWA'LK, OONN.
I
Office corner of Mainand Wall Streets. Nitrous-
. Oxide Gas administered.
0. B. COOLIDGE,
DENTIIST.
Successor to
‘. Dr. As‘a. Hill,
WALL STREET, NORWALK,
. Ofllec over
0. J'. Grnman’s Dry Goods store.
fi' Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain.
DENTISTRY
AT HARD TIMES PRICE/S,
For 'Cash—No Credit :
All‘WOrk excutcd in the Best Manner, at my office
Corner of Main and Washington Streets,
' SOUTH N ORWALK. CONN.
T. E. SWIFT, l). D. S.
S a w. MITCHELL,
I
At the ever popular
UNION 'MABKE'I
. has always the best of
Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
st fairliving prices. Union (formerly Model) Mar“
ket, on the Bridge. 18
HANLES S. LOCKWOOD,
fashionable Braper and Tailor
AND
GENTS’ FURNISHING EMPORIUJII.
Main Street,NOI'walk, Conn.
nwaan P. \VEEI‘I,
11R '0' G- G— I S '1‘
Wall Street, opposite Now-walk Opera House,
A large and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Perfumer ,Patcnt Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters. loiletoml Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
and Handkerchief Extracss, HairBrushcs,Combs,
Spon_gcs,Chamors Skins, Stationery. Cl ars, &c.,
and to constant] adding to his stock 3.1 the new
and popular me wines of the day.
Nonwanx INSURANCE co.,
NOR WALK, cozvzv.
$500,000
- 100,000
GEO B. CowI.Es,Sec’y.
t
Charter Capltal
Pall! up Capital -
Wu. 0. Shaun, Pres.,
'I‘NA INSURANCE CO. ofIIABTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. ‘ Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $5,052,880.19
Ensures against loss and damage by Fire,on terms
adopted to the hazard andconsistent with the laws
of compensation. COWLES a; MERRILL, '
- Sole Agentsfor Norwalk and vicinity.
C'. W. LOCKWOOD’S SONS
Have taken the Store, No. 4 Sklddy’s Block, Main
Street, where they Will open a first-class _
Fish, ._ , .
Fruit, .
Vegetable .
and Poultry Market.
They intend to'kcep it well stocked with
Fresh. Salt, Smoked s Canned Fish
ofall the choice yaritics, and Fruits and Vegeta-
bles of all kinds, In their season. The furnishing
of POULTRY, either alive or dressed, a specialty:
Also EGGS. ’ '
Norwalk, Conn., February 20th, 1877.
If you feel dull,drow-
sy, debilitated,hsve fre-
quent headache, mouth
tnstes badly, poor appe-
tite, and tongue coated,
you are suffering from
torpld liver; OI-“bilious—
ness,” and nothing will
cure‘you so speedily and
permanently as to take
SIMMONS’ LIVER. REGU-
La'ron or MEDICINE;
EGUL
_ PUBELY VEGTABLE.
The Cheapest, Pal-est and BestFamily‘Mcdieinc
in the. world. AN Errncruxn SPECIFIC for all
diseases 0 l’ the Liver, Stomach and Spleen. Reim-
latc the Liver and prevent Chills - and Fever, Ma-
larious Favors, Bowel Complaints, Restlessness,
J aundicc and Nausea. V
BA D BREATH .
Nothing isso unplcrsant, nothing so uncommon
as bad breath and. in nearly every case It comes
from the stomach. and can be so easuly corrected
it you will .take Smuons’ LIVER REGULATOR.
Do not neglect so sure a remedy for this rcpulswe
disorder.. It will also improve your appetite,
Complexion and General Health.
_ Pl LES .
How many snfi‘cr torture day after day, making
life a burden and robbing existence pl‘all pleasure
owing to the secret suffering from Plies. Yet re-
licf Is ready to the hand of almost any one who
will use systematically the remedy that has per-
manently cured thousands. Sinsrons' LIVER
REGULATOR is nodrastic violent purge,buta gen-
‘ tle assistant to nature. ‘
- CONSTIPATION
Should not be regarded as a trifling ailments—in
fact natal-e demands the utmost regularity of the;
howcls, and any deviation from this demand paves
the way often to serious danger. It Is quite as
necessary to remove impure accumulations from
the bowels as it is to eat or sleep, and» no health
can be expected where a costive habit prevails.
SICK HEADACHE.
This distressing affliction occurs most frequent-
ly. The disturbance of the stomach, arising from
the imperfectly digested contents, causes lyscvcre
pain in thclhcad. accompanied With disagreeable
nausea, and this constltutes what Is popularly
known as sick Headache: for the relief of which,
take SIMMONS’ LIvER REGULATOR or MEDICINE.
MANUFACTURED ONLY BY
J. 1!. ZEILING: 00., Philadelphia.
Price 81.00. - Soldby all Drugglsts. -
H. M. & 0.8. PROWITT, Agents for Norwalk‘;
BEDRIE ll. Rainoun, -
iFUrnishing Undertaker,
No. 58 ‘MAEN STREET, (Up Stairs.)
A - Imperial, of London,
WVWBEAL ESTATE.
For Sale.
A BRICK HOUSE, 12 rooms, with all modern
Improvements, free and clear, on West33d
Street,-New York. In part payment I will accept
of well located propertyin orwalk. For partic-
ulars enquire or' J. L. HARLEM. . 48
To ' Rent.
THE whole or part of a House on Main Street.
right In the Village, suitable for 1 or Homilies:
:1) 1Il'poms. Possession Immediately. Apply at this
CC.
To Rent.
T HE elegant residence known as the“Dimon
Place," pleasantly located on West Avenue
one Of themost desirable places in the Borough of
N orwalk, ls oueI-cd to rent on moderate terms.
Also,alarge Carpenter Shop, located on Arch
Street, on the Benton property. Will be rented
very low. For full articulars enqure of
6;! JAMES F NNEY, Real Estate Agent.
To Rent.
THEEE rooms in Cottage Opposite residence of
Charles Sherry, Esq.,Muin Street; 158 per
month. Possession Immediately.
For Sale or Exchange.
THE Large, Elegant and Pleasantly Located
Dwelling of the subscriber, on East. Avenue;
House has In rooms, with all modern improve-
ments ; about two acres ground attached. Will
. be sold at reasonable price or exchanged for New
York City property. Ap l to or address
2 GEO. W. CBAM‘: Box 452, N orwalk, Ct.
Also one 01‘ the handsomcst Building Sites on
East Avenuc,coslstlng of four acres, being the
north portion of the old Van Zanut Homestead;
has a line Orchard of choice Fruit and line Shade
Trees.
For Sale Cheap,
Or Exchange for other property,
One of the nearest, and easiest llttle Cottages in
the Borough. Will sell to a good tenant for little
(I)!!! 31119 money down. Enquire at GAZETTE OF-
For Sale. '
—: A House and Lot, in a health location on
fill Fair Street, above Catharine. ' ‘he House is
nearly now, well burlt, conveniently arrang-
ed, and Will make a comfortable and leasant
home for ai‘amily of average size. The Ot runs
back to the river. There isawell of excellent
water on the place, and Borough water in the
Street. Price low, and part of the money can re-
main on mortgage. A line chance to secures.
home. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE. 3tt
Desirable Property for sale. -
A Verydesirablc place on East Avenue.
Also. a few choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue, for sale cheap.
Also,a nicely located house and Lot on Mer-
wrn Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquire of ' '
S, E. OSBOBN. EastAvenue,
ml or to D. W.FITCH, West Avenue.
FOR SALE .
TWO verydcsirableBuildingLotson WestMain
Street. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE.
FAIRFIELD
FI RE
INSURANCE GOMPANY,
South Norwa'lk flonn.
Gash Capital, _ $200,000.00
lssetsJan. l, 1875,? $336,112.78
W .s. HANFORD,PresfflenI,
ILRJI‘URNER, See’y and Trens.
e. N. NICHOLS.
LL kinds 01' Ladies and Gents’ BOOTS A“
A SHOES made to Order. REPAIRING neatly
done, and according to promise.
ROOM NO. 5,
Gazette Building.
1 8 7 7 .
Prayisions,
' Groceries,
Poultry,
URUCKERY AND GLASS WARE
Fruits, Nuts, etc.
F I S' H , '
(Fresh, Salted and Canned.)
OYSTERS,
“Opened or in the Shell.)
” : 3 _OL.A.MS,d’cc.
ALSO
Vegetables of all Kinds,
‘ (Fresh and Canned.)
Canned Fruits,
BREAD, PIES, CAKES, 81.0., ac.
' AT
DEMMON & NEWCOMB’S,
53 & 55 Main St., N orwalk.
Lumber,
Timber,
Shingles,
. , Lath,&c.
00“ T0 HALBILPAN PRICES.
SHIN GLE S,
BOTH
Superior to any ofcred in this Market.
Office and Yard opp. the Store of William C
Street & 00.,
Water Street, N orwalk.
Horace L. Hubbcll.
coWLns & MERRILL,
AgentsatNorwalk,Conn., issue Policies for th
followingInsurauce Ccm nanies
- rtford 0t. 84,047,37807
ggliiféftina '- ’ ’ 1,537,51900
thnix, ' - . 1,081,18984
People’s,ofMIddle';own ,Ct., . 2l8,87486
Home Of-N cw York, 2 3,206 52
Phoenix,Brpoklyn, N1; Y2 y‘all-31,23; ‘1)?
' 9 -' , -
Contlnenta 01 New, or , V 829.47600
International _ _
WestchcsteI-,OI New Rochellc,N.Y.,
Springfield, oI‘Springfleld, Mum.
453,930 32
Peo le’s Worcester Mass. 600,000 00
rkaIln’mhnm, Pal. ' 3,268,81s39
Commerce, Albany, N_.Y., . 264,424 00
Narragansett. of IfrovxdcneeJt. I., 7_54,04700
Andes, Cincilnna‘lu, OO ],-'2.;r‘;08,llt~lo7 Q2
of Co um us . . , .
Home, ' ' 295,00000
Alemania Cleveland 0.
’ ‘ a’nd Globesepa
Liver 001 and London
gate '1er assets, ’ _ 5,055,105 00
NorthBritishand Misti-gentile, go do lgggfillggg
n t'leer no on on o (o ,.. , ) .,
Qnee 0 p ’do do 5.313,66500
And otherCompanics ,Stoek and Mutual ,in Con-
necticut and N cw York .
GEORGE E. COWLES, HOMER MERRILL-
BARGAINS IN , ‘
CHINA, CRUUKERY t has
A'l‘
E. K. LO0KW000’S.
in will ,
Planed, Sawed and Riven,”
Centaur
Liniments.
.—__..—_
They relieve pain.
They subdue swellings.
They cure burns, without a. scar.
The White Centaur Linimcntis now the stand-
ard remedy for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatic l,
Lumbago, Frost Bites, Cakcd Breasts, Itch, Cnlar
ncous eruptions, etc. These Liniments have
stood the test of time. They have performed
more wonderful cures of obstinate bed-ridden
cripples, and have alleviated more pains in a
shorter space of time, than have all other Lini
ments, Embrocations, Extracts, Ointments.and
Solves in existence. Their sale is increasing rap-
idly and regularly. Their best cndorscrs arcphy-
sicians, surgeons and vetcrnaries. There is liter-
ally no casc of flesh, bone, or muscle ailment upon
man or beast which the Centaur Liniments 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 Spaviu, Ring-bone, Sweeney, Gulls, Strains.
String-halt, ctc.,thc Yellow Cenmur Lini-
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 Still Joints, Tumors and Old Sores,
have, by the use of a few bottles of the White
Centaur Llnimcnt, been restored to the use
of all their limbs. The effects are next to mar-
vels. We will give the Liniments 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. ROSE Jr 00., 46 DEY ST., NEW YORK. 3m43
,Honey
To the taste but death to Gripes and Stomach
_ Complaints. Pllcher’s Castoria 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 elli-
cacions for Feverishness, Group, Worms and
Whooping Cough. Castorla is a. purely vege-
table preparation, more effective than Castor Oil,
and neither gags nor gripes.
COLUMBIA. Comm, May 3, 1876.
Messrs. J. B. Ross: .2 00., N. Y.:
I have a family of eight children, and have used
your CA_STOBIA. I have never found an thing
equal to_It. My children have been save from
severe slckness by the use of CASTORIA. I recom-
mend It In preference to any mctllcine I know. I
feel It a pleasure to give this certificate on account
of the benefits I have derived by the use of your
admirable preparation. Very truly yours,
3ml3 NORMAN 1’. LITTLE.
Furniture -Fur’niturc
If you wish
Parlnrllihrary, 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, NORWALK, CONN.
Also,
General Furnishing Undertaker.
Orders attended to promptly day or night. ResiE
dcnce with Mr. C. T. Cornwall, France St.
C. W. Burritt '
Has Removed
To No. 4 Phwnix Block, Wall St.,
Foot Of Mill Hill,whcrc with increased facilities
he is prepared to do
PLUMBING,
in allits branches. Also special attention given
to Tin Roofing, Tin and Sheetlron Work and Job-
bing. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand.
Norwalk, April, 1876.
Good Chance to Buy
0 E E .A. P r
The subscriber will offer his entire stock of
Groceries.
Hardware,
&c., for the next
15 DAYS AT COST.
GEO. c. SCOFIELD,
Main Street, South Norwalk.
tiDr. C. 11. Kendall & Son,
DENTISTS.
Are now prepar-
ed to r c c c 1 v e
their patrons at
either N orwalk
Bridge or South
N orwalk. The
‘ senior partner
has taken rooms
0 v e I- Selleck’s
Bookstore N or-
walk. while the
junio r retains
the old ofiice, Lender’s Block, South Norwalk.
Teeth extracted \(yithc_rltl;]pa.1rll,i and all dental ope-
rations erformc at. el er 0 cc. ~
p C. H. KENDALL, M.D.,
G. s. KENDALL, D. D. S.
1’. S. Dr. C. II. Kendall will devote Mondays to
Ridgcfield. ‘
\
P. W. BATES,
Successor to PRICE .t'BATES.
WA TEE STREET, rear of Opera House,
Manufacturer Of
Monumental, Building & cemetery
Work.
of every description from all the dillcrcnt kinds of
GRANITE, IVIA RBLE. BROWN,
OHIO, or NOVA SCOTIA STONE.
Orders solicited. Prices to suit the times.
HAVE been connected in business with Mr.
‘ Bates lora number of years. and cheerfully
‘rccommcud him to my old_fricnds and patrons as
a man well worthy of their patronage.
E. B. PRICE.
HERS,
KAPRAL BROT
Having bought
out Samuel I’llkul-
ski, will continue
the business as
heretofore at the
old stand, Ely’s
Blochhlain Street.
Sn. Norwalk.man-
ul‘acturcr of all
kindsof
HUMAN HAIR
WORK.
[laying had sev-
eral years’ experi-
ence and under-
stauling it thoroughly in all its dctails,in that
line, cnngunmntee to satisl‘yand please all who
favor themwith their patronage. They wrl also
keep on hand, a large assortment of
SWITCHES, ,
CURLS,
PUFFS.
IE 'RIZZ ES, c0130.,
Which they will sell at the lowest prices. Partic-
ulal' attention paid to LA DIES’ OWN COMBIN GS.
p HEATERS, s
A stamens,
RRANGES,E
COOKING '
Lazaro-urges,"
6850., 650., 850., E
B E. K. LOCKWOOD’S. S
Wanted.---t‘..‘,'52?.‘hl.°flll§£ltlfifhl€
ker’s name and terms, M. J. DAVIS,
Fltch’s Home. Noroton, Conn.
VOL. LX.--NUMBER 49,
The Empty Cradle.
Sad is the heart of the mother
Who sits by the lonely hearth,
Where never again the children
Shall waken their song of mirth.
And still through the painful silence,
She listens for voice and tread,
Outside of the heart—there only
She knows that they are not dead 1
Little she thought of a moment
So gloomy and sad as this,
When close to her heart she gathered
Her child for its good-night kiss.
She should be tenderly cherished,
Never a grief should she know,
Wealth, and the pride of a princess,
These would a mother bestow.
Better the heavenly kingdom
Than riches of earthly crown;
Better the early morning flight
Than one when the sun is down;
Better an empty casket
Than jewels besmirched with sin;
Safer than these without the fold
Are those that have entered in.
—The Scotsman.
THE PEST GIFT.
Around the cradle that they childhood bare
Came God’s own angles, with their pity-
Ing eyes,
And gazed upon thee in a still surprise
To see beyond heaven’s portal aught so fair.
They brought thee precious gifts. One gave
to thee
The gift of beauty for thy body's grace,
Deep smiling eyes to light a dreamy face.
And perfect limbs as young Apollo’s be.
One set the crown of genius on thy head,
And one bestowed a heart like woman’s
own,
Strong as the sea,and tremblingata breath.
Last, a veiled figure bent above the bed,
And said, “I give thee everything in one.
In heaven I am named Love; men call me
death.
“So shalt thou never tread the weary ways
That lead men up the dusty slopes of life,
Nor feel the fierceness of the noon-day
strife,
Knowing alone the morning of thy days.
For thee the dew shall linger on the flower:
The light that ncoer was on land or sea
Shall have no momentary gleam for thee,
But brighten into love’s immortal hour.
Thy beauty’s grace shall never know decay,
Nor sorrow lay her hand upon thy heart ;
Neither shall chill mistrUst thy spirit slay,
But like a. star thy life shall pass away,
Its light still- shining, though itself depart."
Until all stars are lost in one eternal day.”
—[KATE HILLARD in “Harper’s Magazine.
“
Interrupted Table-Talk.
The other evening the Rev. Mr. Philacter
sat down at the tea-table with a very thought-
ful air, and attended to the wants of his
brood in a very abstracted manner. Present-
ly he looked up at his wife and said:
“The Apostle Paul—”
“Got an awful lump on the head ’safter-
noon,” broke in the pastor’s eldest son, “play-
ing base ball. Bat flew out of the striker‘s
hands when I was umpire, and cracked me
right above the car an’ dropped me. Hurtl
Golly l” and the lad shook his head in dismal
but expressive pantomime, as he tenderly
rubbed a lump that looked like a billiard ball
with hair on it. The pastor gravely paused
for the interruption, and resumed:
“The Apostle Paul—”
“Saw Mrs. O’thminie down at Green-
baum’s this afternoon,” said his eldest daugh-
ter, addressing her mother. “She had aon
that same old everlasting black silk, made
over with a vest of tilleul green silk, coat-
tail basque pattern, overskirt made with di-
agonal folds in front, edged with deep fringe;
yellow straw hat, with black velvet facing in-
side the brim and pale blue flowers. She’s
going to Chicago.”
The good minister waited patiently, and
then, in tones just a shade louder than be-
fore, said:
“Thc Apostle Paul—"
“Went in swimmin’ last night, with Harry
and Ben, pop, and stepped on a clam shell,"
exclaimed his youngest son; “cut my foot
so I can’t wear myshoe; and please, can’t I
stay home to morrow ?”
The pastor informed his son that he might
stay away from the river, and then resumed
his topic. He said:
“The Apostle Paul says—"
“My teacher is an awful liar,” shouted the
second son ; “he says the world is as round
as an orange, and it turns round all the time
faster than an circus man can ride, I guess
he haint got much sense."
The mother lifted a warning finger toward
the boy and said, “sh!” and the father re-
sumed:
“The Apostle Paul says—”
“Don’t bite off twice as much as you can
chew,” broke out the eldest son, reproving
the assault of his little brother on a piece of
cake. The pastor’s face showed just a trifle
.of annoyance as he said, in very firm, decided
tones:
“The Apostle Paul says—”
“There’s a fly in the butter!" shriekcd the
youngest hopeful of the family, and a gener.
al laugh followed. When silence was restor-
ed the eldest daughter, with an air of curios-
ity, said:
Well, but, pa, I really would like to know
what the Apostle Paul said.”
“Pass me the mustard," said the pastor,
absently.
Then the Committee rose, and the senate
went into executive session and soon after
adjourned—Burlington Hawk-Eye.
A STRANGE BIRD STORY.-—-L. Page and son,
cutting wood near San Jose, noticed for sev-
eral days that a number of birds remained
constantly upon a tree near to them, some go-
ing and coming from time to time. Upon cut-
ting down the tree they discovered a limb
with a hollow cavity some two feet in length
and three or fourincbes in diameter, in which
were two full-grown birds of sonic goodly-
sized species. There was a small aperture
through which the birds Were supplied with
food from their mates. The limb was cut
and the birds liberated. They were neither
of them able to fly, having evidently never
been out of their imprisonment. How they
came inside is a question. It is probable that
the mother bird was small, and though able
to make her nest in the hollow of the tree and
rear her young, could not extricate them, and
they did not gain strength enough to help
themselves until the hollow had so closed that
escape was impossible. Those who examined
the birds think they are about two years old.
They had been fed from their birth by their
bird-fellows through the aperture in the limb
Of the tree. A noblcr instance of devotion
even the human family never exhibited.-—-San
Jose (Cal) Mercury.
5
The lazy man of the Terra Hautc Mill
writes the timely advice: “Put your 2”
One girl kissing another seems to Mr.
Bailey :1 good deal like eating maple syrup on
Ice scream. V
In Ilidiklp parlpnceCcn. Sheimm is Old-
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{1;}: E0 Emma: idol-.3 rs at .i. cry opportuni—
The world is a sea of glass; affliction scat-
ters our path with sand and ashes; in order
to keep our feet from slipping.
' The thcalricll profession may take the palm
forgeserosxtys No appeal for aid from a suf-
fenng brother ever comes invain.
A poem in an exchange begins with a line
“A smile, who will refuse a. smile F" Wé
tlnnk thcpcrson who refused a smile these
times must be either very sick- or constituta
onally unable to drmk.—Roclcland Courier. -
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