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From Smibner‘s Monthly for December.
American Oyster Culture.
(Contnued from last week.)
Though simple, the internal structure of the
oyster is much more curious and interesting
than might be supposed. Let us examine one
as it lies, a tempting morsel. on the half-shell
before us. Atfirst sight it seems to consist
of two almost structureless parts only—a cen-
tral tough portion commonly miscalled the
heart, and a larger mass of. whiter and more
tender substance edged with black. The
tough part is the strong muscle with which
the oyster closes and holds together the two
valves of its shell. When the muscle is re-
laxed the valves are slightly thrust apart by
means of a small elastic ligament in the hinge,
the oystcr's normal condition at rest being
with its doors a little ajar. The softer por-
tion of the oyster’s body comprises the vari-
ous organs of life, common to all animals of
the higher grades. That pulsating, purse-
like transparent body in the cavity back of
the great muscle, is the heart. In spite of
the rough usage the animal has received in
he process of opening, the heart keeps on
a lowly beating. Life pcrsists,——sensitive life,
too, as readily appears on touching the border
of fringe around the oyster’s outer edge.
See how it shrinks from the touch as though
in pain. And notice the quivering motion
of the filaments of the dark border when
looked at through a magnifying glass. It is
by the movement of these fleshy threads or
cilia, that the oyster keeps up the circulation
if water through and around its body to serve
he purposes of respiration and the capture
of food. Lift up the upper flap of the fleshy
mantle which covers the animal’s viscera.
The four-fold series of frills thus disclosed
no the oyster's gills. Carefully cut away
the lifted flap, and the greater part of the
oyster’s internal economy will be laid bare.
Very little requires special explanation.
The current set in motion by the cilia fiows
iownward toward the hinge, passing to the
'uouth through the tentacles, which like sen-
itive lips, select from the contents of the
.trcam the living atoms which constitute the
oyster’s food; for the oyster is not an omniv-
orous scavenger, as has been thought, but a
dainty feeder, subsisting entirely on living
~rganisms. The rejected particles pass on
around the muscle, and are cast out with the
tream, which, taking up in its subsequent
nurse the waste and refuse of the system,
szrvcs as a common sewer to this close-walled
realm, The stomach lies below the mouth,
=onccalcd by other organs; so also does the
urge and important organ, the liver; and the
.wo usually contain digestive juiccs enough
not only for the oyster’s need, but also for
he need of the man who eats it. 'It is this
ability of the uncooked oyster to digest it-
self that makes it such a welcome morsel to
the stomach of the dyspeptic.
Sexually, the oyster is complete in itself,
the ova being produced and fertilized by the
nine individual; and every mature oyster is
::apable of being the parent of millions. Re-
production begins the third or fourth year.
The ova are not at once cast upon the water
for development, as in the case of most other
mollusks, but are retained:in the folds of the
gills for hatching. At an early stage the ova
ire fecundated; and, bursting the capsules
which contain them, they swim freely in a
thick white fluid prepared for their reception
At this time the oyster is said to be in “milk.”
Gradually the fluid thickens, until the swarm-
ing young are ready to be turned from the pa
rental shelter to shift for itself. Then they
are ejected in puffs of milky cloud, the pasty
coating of each young oyster quickly harden-
ing into a delicate shell as soon as it comes in
contact with sea-water. At this stage the
young fry have little likeness to their parent;
but their free life quickly ends. Their shell
thickens, and losing their capacity for swim-
thing, they are forced to adopt the settled
life of their kind—unless they happen to set-
tle on the back of a crab or other traveling
object.
The prime secret of successful oyster
breeding lies, as already noted, in capturing
the young vagrants just at the time the char-
acter of their life changes. In this it will
not do to trust to nature alone, in other
words, to accident. Nature fails too fre-
quently; so art steps in and makes sure that
the conditions under which nature succeeds
are uniformly secured at the critical momint.
The oyster farmer‘s work falls naturally in
to two parts. During the cooler months he
is chiefly engaged in harvesting his crop and
preparing it for market. As warm weather
approaches he begins the more specific work
of making ready for the spawning season. As
the oyster requires from three to five years
to mature, it is evident that the grounds of
an extensive grower will present beds of oys-
ters in various stages of development, with
other areas from which the matured crop has
just been gathered. In no case, however,
will the oysters of any bed he of absolutely
uniform age. It would be a profitless task to
try to take all the oysters from a field; and
there is generally an abundance left after a
crop has been gathered to supply any desired
amount of spawn, in case the ground should
he wanted for breeding purposes.
As the work of gathering for market slack-
cns in May, the oysterman begins to “comb" _
the beds that contain . his growing stock, by'
means of coarse-meshed dredges. In this op-
eration the oysters which have settled into
the mud during the winter are lifted out,
scoured of slime, and loosely scattered iipon
the surface. At the same time the larger
clusters are removed and broken up for trans-
planting to thinner beds; the predatory star-
fish and whelks are caught and killed, and
the ground is left in condition to receive
kindly the young spat which will soon swarm
in the water.
The propagating beds receive a very differ.
ent treatment. On these there will be a few
old oysters left for seed, or selected oysters
will be placed there as a brood-stock ; and as
spawning time approaches the oyster farmer
will make ready the “stools" which are to af-
ford resting-places for the coming crop. in
assorting the oysters sold the previous season
he has accumulated a pile of refuse shells,
dead star-fish, whelks, gravel, etc, which by
sunshine and shower has been freed from
mud and animal matter, and otherwise fitted
for the reception of spat. If the promise. of
an abundant spawning is good he will supple-
ment this pile of stools with some hundreds,
perhaps thousands of bushels of clean shells
of oysters, clams, scallops, and the like, and
many sloop-loads of gravel. The depositing
of these stools begins as soon as the oysters
show signs of spawning. Uusually four or
five hundred bushels of shells, or from five
to six tons of gravel, coarse and fine are re-
required for each acre of breeding-ground,
the shells and gravel being cast upon the wa-
ter by the shovelful as the boat drifts with
the tide. A marked advantage is gained by
using stools of unequal sizes; apparently not
so much for the greater range of choice pre-
sented to the young spat, as for the mechani-
cal action of the unequal stuff upon the bot-
tom currents. The floating spat doubtless
take refuge in the little eddies created by the
irregular bottom, and remain until ready to
strike, when otherwise they might have been
swept away and lost. At any rate, it has
been repeatedly observed that the mixed
stools have arrested an abundance of spat
where the unmixed stools have failed.
It is not enough that these needed lodging-
places be scattered over the bottom in readi-
ness for the home-seeking spat; they must be
in proper condition to welcome their expect-
ed tenant—that is, entirely free from slime.
And as this slime quickly covers every object
under water it is clear that lisp-hazard work
at such time will not answer. Besides, the
precise moment of spawning is determined not
by the almanac, but by the general character
of the season, the position and nature of the
ground, the depth of the water, and so on,
and may be any time between the first of
"fly and the last of August. Again it some.
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times happens that the spawning process is
aborted; the ova fail to be developed; in
which case the most inviting of stools would
be offered in vain. Thus it requires no small
degree of special intelligence and practical
skill to determine when the proper moment
for stool-planting occurs; for the lack of
which many have thrown away their stools
and their labor, and jumped to the conclusion
that oyster-breeding is more a matter of luck
than of science. The infant oysters begin to
be plainly visible in about a fortnight after
they strike; under specially favorable condi~
tions they have been discernable in eight
days. For the first three or four months
their growth is slow, after that they increase
in size very rapidly.
Would you like to see how an oyster farm
looks? You may be sure of a pleasant sail,
this fair October day, at any rate; for our
host, the pioneer in successful oyster farming,
has placed a tidy smack at our disposal, and
will see to it that the pursuit of knowledge
does not spoil companionship or lessen the en-
joyment of sky and sea. Last summer a
broad tract lying between the islands and
yonder wooded shore was stocked with breed-
ing oysters and duly planted with shells and
gravel; a half—hour’s run down the harbor
will bring us to it. It is a pretty bit of wa-
ter, backed by low hills, bright with autumn-
al colors. Only a few protruding poles give
indication of the wealth that lies below the
surface; let us see what report the dredge
will give. -
It takes but a moment to cast off the iron-
jawed bag of netting; in another minute or
two the boat comes about and the catch is
hauled in and emptied upon the deck. Mere
rubbish, you are disposed to call the dirty
mess of empty shells and gravel. with only
two or three fair-sized oysters to keep com-
pany with a ragged, sprawling spider-crab
auda couple of star-fish. But look closer.
Here is half an oyster-shell specked with lit-
tle brown things scarcely larger than pin-
heads. They are young oysters. Count them!
Seventy-nine! Take another shell at random;
you count a hundred such spots, and there
are more on the other side. Those golden
spots are not oysters, but young “gingies” ;
the majority are—oysters enough to fill a
bushel-basket-when fully grown. ' This peb-
ble, no larger than a hickory nut, carries a
score or more; and similarly every particle
of this seeming rubbish is leaded with prom-
ises of future profit and enjoyment. If no
more than one in ten survives, the crop will
beagood one. Drop the dredge anywhere
on this well-stocked ground and the same fa-
vorable report will be returned. A promis-
ing patch the owner calls it; and, indeed,
the acres incloscd by its corner stakes do
seem but a patch upon the broad surface of
this beautiful bay. itself a mere patch com-
pared with the square miles of oyster fields
along the Connecticut shore.
Next summer the spawn of the season just
passed, grown by that time to the size of a
nickle coin, will be combed and the clusters
removed for making up deficiencies on other
grounds; by the same operation the loose
“seed” will be lifted out of the mud and the
ground prepared for another falling of spat.
The second year the combing and thinning
will be repeated lest the crop become too
crowded; and if all goes well, a further thin-
ning out will be required the year after, by
which time the oysters of this year‘s birth
will be ready for transference to the fattening
grounds, where another year’s development
will fit them for market as fancy Saddle
Rocks. In the meantime the seed (last year’s
oysters), now being transplanted, will have
undergone the same course of treatment.
There is no danger of over-combing, for the
seed which slips through the meshes of the
dredge will be all the ground can carry, and
the more the bottom is disturbed in this way
the surer the new crop. The surplus seed re-
moved in the process of combing usually
finds a ready market among the oyster grow-
ers of adjacent waters, who now draw their
supplies from the Sound rather than from the
Chesapeake or other southern waters; and
latterly a considerable demand has arisen for
northern seed for transportation to England
and to the Pacific coast; the beginning, no
doubt, of a large and profitable trade likely
to make seed raising a specific branch of oys-
ter farming.
Up to this ' time, however, the foreign de-
mand for young oysters has not been of gen.
eral advantage to the home trade. Unable to
compete with foreign buyers in point of
price, many oyster growers,particularly those
of Long Island who have not learned to raise
their own seed. have resolved to plant no
more oysters until the price of seed is reduc-
ed; a wise enough resolution, provided they
adopt the one legitimate and certain means
for cheapcning seed, namely, artificial propa-
gation. Thus far, unfortunately, they have
not taken kindly to this good work. Herefo-
fore they and their fathers have been satisfied
with the unaided efforts of nature, trusting
to chance-sown beds of seed for the replen-
ishing of their grounds. When oystermen
were few, the areas under cultivation small,
and the demand for oysters comparatively
limited, such happy-go-lucky methods may
have answered very well. But times have
changed, and men must yield to the logic of
events or retire from the contest. The win-
ners in this, as in every other competition in-
volving natural processes, must inevitably
be those who leave nothing to accident, who
know the conditions under which nature
succeeds and skillfully supply such conditions.
To test the relative beneficcnce of aided
and unaided nature, let us cast the dredge on
uncultivated ground as we proceed to that
portion of our host‘s domain devoted to oys-
ters of maturer growth. Here in the broad
channel between the islands is a tract of
common ground—that is to say, it has always
borne oysters, and consequently no one has
ever been allowed to cultivate. The dredge
passes freely over the clean gravelly bottom
and comes up but scantily loaded, though it
cast. What have we in it i’ The firsttoattract‘
attention are three or four ungainly spider-
crabs, ugly but harmless. Half a dozen oys-
ters, mostly two or three years old, a number
of half-grown scallops, smultitude of drills,
gingles, double-deckers, a whelk or two, and
perhaps half a peek of small stones and
empty shells,—these worthless commodities
complete the catch.- You may look long
without finding a single oyster of This year's
spawning. Observe, however, this shell'with
a large round hole through one valve. A
boring whelk did that: and in killing one
oyster, made opportunity for a dozen others
to start on the hazardous road to maturity,
See these brown scales on the clean white of
the inner surfaces; they are young oysters,
which, thanks, to the whelk, were able to find
a timely resting-place. This clam-shell also
is fairly well tenantcd; it was opencdfor
bait by some fisherman, most likely, and;
few spat. But the rest of the shells and all
this gravel/must have been too foul to receive
the spat, and consequently the prospect is not
encouraging for those who may wish, four
years hence, to reap the benefits of this com.
best; and of the countless millions of embryo
oysters that swarmed in these waters last
summer, very few were able to find a suitable
resting place. Nature betrayed them at the
critical momgnt, and now they are not. Had
these grounds been subject to individual own-.
ership and personal care, they would not
have been allowed to remain in barrcnncss.
Whether the general public would have lost
or gained by a surrender of its profitless right
to those who would have made a thousand
oysters grow where scarcely one now appears
may be left to the reader‘s judgement to de-
c1 c.
As we pass another line of stakes marking
the boundary of private property the dredge
is cast again. Lay your hand on the rope:
the water is three fathoms deep, yet you can
feel the multitude of oysters rolling in be-
tween the dredge’s iron jaws. Haul in! A
cable’s length away, a bottom quite as good
as this would have yielded nothing of? value.
Here the dredge comes up loaded with oys-
ters, the most of them ranging in size from a
silver quarter to a half-dollar piece. They
are now .in their second year, a few in clus-
A
has been down much longer than any previous .
thrown into the water just in time to catch a: _
mon ground. Nature is a careless mother at '
ters of two or three, but the majority single,
and all showing the rounded outline which
delights the oyster lover. Here and there in
the pile is a gaping shell, some with one valve
shorter than the other, some with a pin hole
through the purple spot where the muscle
was attached. The former have been killed
by star-fish, the latter by drills,—innocent-
looking creatures both of them, but dreadful-
ly destructive to oysters. Fortunately, the
drills confine their attacks to the young
broods when thinning out is not so injurious.
The stars kill at all ages. Sometimes they
come up from deep water in swarms as
countless as Colorado grasshoppers, and rav-
age an oyster plantation as relentlessly as the
latter do the wheat fields of the border.»
Yonder sharpie is engaged in replanting a
large tract which the stars invaded last
spring, when the only oysters saved were
those that were hastily removed in advance
of the destroying host. By such attacks a
man may lose his entire fortune before the
danger is suspected, and at all times it is
embie limits.
oyster farmers is largely increased, it may be
possible by dulled effort and the maintenance
of a special police working steam dredgcs to
keep the stars under control, if not to exter-
tant branch of industry. Now and then a
boring whelk or a winklc will kill an old oys-
ter, or a boring sponge riddle a shell and di-
vert its owner’s strength, to the work of main-
taining the integrity of its pearly coat; now
and then a violent storm will bury an oyster
bed under a smothering mass of weeds or
mud; or, if in shallow water, will roll the.
crop ashore, or crush it to death with drift-
ed ice; but these are occasional and minor
evils, compared with the ceaseless depreda-
tions of the stars.
While our host has been recounting the
troubles and risks of oyster farming, his tidy
craft has carried us to another ground from
which the dredge brings up an attractive lot
of round oysters, from two to four years old.
Vast quantities of oysters of this size are an-
nually opened at Fair Haven and the meats
forwarded in tubs and barrels to the interior
cities of New England for. immediate use.
And of late years a considerable demand has
arisen for such oysters to be served on the
half-shell as appetizers before a meal—a for-
eign fashion, which if kept within bounds is
not a bad one, for young oysters thus served
are unspeakably‘dainty and delicious. The,
general use of such immature oysters, how-
ever, is not to be commended, since it has
nearly ruined the French oyster growers and
largely helped to ’destroyitlievaluable natural
beds along: the Scotch and‘,En'glisb boasts.
The Oyster rarely spawns" beforethc fourth
year, and if the beds are stripped at an earli-
er age,vas has been largely the case in Europe,
the fall of spat necessarily fails. As a recent
English writer has said, speaking 3of the oys-
ter breeders of Arcachon, Mai-cones, the Isle-
de Re and other places, they “have killed
the goose for the sake of its golden egg, and
now we are beginning‘to be told that artifi-
cial oyster culture is not paying in France,
and that the spat has failed! The excuse is
amusing: how can they have spat. if there-be
no oysters left to exude it ?” Even if there
were no serious risk of ultimate barrcuess
from the general destruction of immature
oysters, it would seem wasteful if not wicked
to kill them at this stage (further than be
necessary for the thinning out of areas under
cultivation), since they are now past the
more serious cares and dangers of oyster
farming, and in a year or two more will have
doubled in size and greatlyiuiproved in qual-
ity. .
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good an assortment of
CHOIOEAFAMILY GROGEBIES'.
Provisions,- Flour. Teas, Su ' r S ices #0.. at th
' glee lowest market prices {5: 0:0in . ’ bloods def“:
and try us, it will be for your advantage.
GEORGE CARTELE,
Crossin
, . smash . ,
Second-Hand Parlor Hes
. :_,E9¥i—.$ALE LOW.- :
; AT 1311:; aeiwiix rouuol‘n.
Also, Estimates given on '
Furnace Work, Steam Heating. I0.
’ Till niarro’n‘o‘
it's
Insurance Company;
casu CAPITAL,
. ISSUEB’P'oiioies of Insurance. Aftercarefnl in-
- Erection of the Boilersmovoring all loss or.
in: 1:51;: to Boilers, Buildings,and Machinery aris-
Steam Boiler Explosions
:J. shamans. - - m........
c. smallness. g ' - Vlceifingnaenr
J. B. PIERCE, - - Secretory.
w. a. Linuuunon, r- _ Ann:
._0flccovsr the
Slinkfisén-
IffstN.‘ — ‘
IDS” .donl Built oor.Main 31;:
4'
1’" E’s W0. on, srafi
“£031”! Nil. ,
w... . . ~ Maizeha,h
--V' desirableforFA 11. n
I'I‘KLS‘fSYLUM angd’ifiiimuzfigv‘mfi'
remand. SHIPPING. Thenneat “09%“:
own-1011;933:3533 Iii: "11113". III-"1"." "1 on.
out Economical of a flood. eI'iioltm9 mm
W: of 0
minutes boilin .
in- men and to the trade 12'} 1““ ° W ”I “m“
Tho-Cereals iiamf$tu71§fi$3
.. .. 18 conning PLACE. N. Y. "
“00003010 000011 SYRUP.
CAMPHORINE ~
OURES PAIN.
MACH lNISTS Mdiifiblt’dfn“
oaznm omen
Nesbitt’a Cough 831mm ‘
W91 Il’njli‘ulr, London, - - 1851
War 01’! Fair, New . ork, - -- 1853
War (19- Fair, Park, _ o a- 1807
Wor 01’- ll'ur Vienna-g ‘ - - - 1878
Wot it’s-Fair, snuff-£0 our", 1875
Won- d’s Fair, Phil: elphlu g - 1810
'or 11,- Fair, Sidney, Angu- ails, 187'!
Also Sole Agents rm-
MILEs' luminougv DRAWL‘RS,
nANcocK’snvsirrna 1'01".
(TheBeuFesd 1. ' ' sum .
langloomulgi $1132?“ a m
" ‘ ""“Aiso,” ' .
OSCILLATING PUMP 00 1’s PUMPS.‘
Fairbanks . ll. 00..
Pure Confectionery: 1 _. .
‘Men’s Ove
At the to York Clothing llo
.-’.
*3; water. 1308
IF
South Norwalk. .
' The undersigned having ' urchased the stock of ,
1. .. .
anywhere about town free ofcbirg‘e'. .W~ : .
Lyncs" Block, Water Street, appositeJ Ballroa’d; _'
g. : 11
$500,000 ‘53 '
nanot-
Sherwood 8. 00., Wall
_ AN mMENsn
Everything that I Fashion" can
- 19.6.1 193. {AND-j 200 court-1
. 3A3m¢fi§#62.
line, at very
”ilMMEllS
1.
VWNIHIIIMM- - -
“abomhummmuanvquu
FANCY DRESS SILKS-IN
'7 armampmmgmumirm
' 101. 00.1 Mum. 010.00 up.
I‘ll, at 500., ”IQ-i 750., 8710., 01.00 and-.1.S5._
10011000111003”, mum fill,»
mmsmwmnonomomum
_ .4an.3” mammalian
'luoftbflflmdlhlmcicu -
”M114
0000. .. ..
000 mos warn
new» a. host '
rm 010011qu 01.000. 119.
1.,. Imp
‘7 "'dgtunquptliufmnsa «siphoning-ls. ,,
3. norm.amsie.1omsut .0000.
. , maul stirs, mu 01.00 to 01.00.
WWW-“91'"-
- IMGREAT
{to
Iii-nun
‘l'll
Elliott!
- , "DO“W'HA'I'?
Why Purchase the
BEST not: 301nm
,Witli NIckeIPInted Panels and
v Trimmings.
Sll
_ j_ at the 010 Famfii
P. sci-Barnum c2: 00.,
PARLOR and. custom
. iTables, Lounges, Chairs, Mattresses,
Feathers and other Goods in our
mntuarroir-orzm
. 1600150003 PLAIN COLORED SILKS,
”At 700., 850., 31.00%;311 01.50, ‘ . i
DAMASSE and BROOADBi
At equally good value. 1
Exquisite BLACK SILK COSTUMES.
- . 13.40.00. “5-00: 050-09! 000-00 2'“ 0.70000! ,
arm-m 1111:1011 FABRICS a. .11 use: and 0..., and wineries," ‘1 7"
:00 D0101: mm 11131110 vrsrs AND DBAWIBS, am. out.
00 Dom um um mars, nutty trimmed, 75s., worth 01.25.
from 100.. 1210., 100., 0011 its.
omvsu'x sounhmwmum moon.
Wat 02.110.00.00. and 00.10,.“ 0 am an. of no.
1500;001:001. sum ran some... 08.00 am, and 1111 1mm. ms or m m
0f cutloohwill be not bymsll fruof sham; also,
5 ‘_ " “roman-01c our! description“ goods receive faithful attention; “0mm
_' mm WW germination“: extra charge, and fault m mud. 7
1.,3ALL;..WQRK WARRAN
’Jurtintiuuz
ill-SELL CLOTHINGCHEAPERTHAN 11111003010111 0111.
iW’c" Buy for Casi]: $31220)” Cash,
AND OUR EXPENSES ARE SMALL.
rooats from $4 to $20. A Good For Beav-
er Overcoat, all Wool, for $6,
use. 4| Main 81., and
8t, llextlo Potter’s Music Store
NORWALK, CONN.
UM’S.
STOCK 0F
iiiess and Dress Suits, and
0 V E R c o A. '1' s .
Our Connecticut friends slip into our New Styles with so little trouble .
ates all‘ necessity for Loss of Time, or Trouble about where to go to make the best selection of
, WINTER over-Fling.
' Clothing ado. ted to allsAgcsan-d Sizes,j'rom
the Smal est Boy to the} Largest Man.
and cost that it obvi-
0'gest, or necessity require,
or Store.
AM STREET, NEW YORK.
RE .
n'sU-rrs.
Low Prices.
-BUCKINGHAM (£3 (30.,
SO. NORWALK, -CT., MAIN ST., Opposite R. R., Depot. Up Stairs.
Goons SALE
. , Elli-ES ill. ALL DEPARTMENTS.
honoring-unmet." 1mm offerinthhseuollmthmcdm‘m'fl all!!!
Whomflmm, “mammals“, ’1
' “scrotum" '~ -
000 Pieces LYONS' BLACK SILKS,
At 01.00, 31.12}, 3135,3150, 01.75 and 02.00,
mumnmmmmm'mmwmmoommn
!
i
11.1. m unis nomrrss m oases 000135.01 miuoaon from in: month or so possum!
1. addition, 3.000 pioou runes samurai-s. 0min and colon, an m ms, was uni m l- av ‘
. . _ 500:fleoosfiUPlH0l..-lm tin-Hm 4 .. .05.", 00000.01.» m1 100.1010. doublo 100 m‘ . é
400,500.,11111 600.,110vsr sold for-lot: lull mus-Md 11-94
1.0110 warn: oomzhgu‘y bound, .0 01.00, m 01.15.
1.000 Mn s-nurron m owns, all shades, 00°. 0 pair.
1
.10. Mom!
w... 0.0.0910;~ '
Annm'mm m'rwmnsnn state.
5011 Delta ALI. LIN“ NAPKINS. at 01.50 “on. W
AN Ionization . LINE or mature,
novelties for Ladies’ Outside Garments, all I ll?
nssortmontfor Gents? wear.
In- . L...
REALM” FILLED SHAWLS,
._ '1: ,At “0045, 05011.55: CW9. .709 .30:
- BEALINDIA VAILsr-eissilsss .
handsomest stock of time [001110101 I110)"
‘ nioos'm 0mm. mini shim, 01:! $31., up. _ I
2.11101 mam tarsus mm suiwrs. m 00 011,001.13
“intone. ‘
in: than 000. on m «1th
is
1.000 momma mm, 101.00 so s"... wide, 1.1.01 and colors. at 111.0, 01 mm 0'!“
momma mmstincn, 08.50 0008.000 mogul: grunt: sacrifice of «11»va
CARPETS ATTEOBANO;‘SIBEEILLONLY. ‘ _
nonr annsssis, min 01.50 to 31.10.
OIL cnorns. from 850. to 01.00 a yard.
'11:. new sowmmomlnsum
55‘ 0.! m casement-m solar-go and varied. we cannot enter into detail, as space viaduct”.
«maven.
BROADWAY and TWENTIETH STREET, _ ._,
0339303111.: and FQRSYTH are, ;_
YORK-a .
Carlin its!
VARIETY- ‘
I All the Leading Sta/103,02 and 4- Passenger.
. I 30“” “ABC!” 0" BREWSTER 03083 SPBIHBS. .
My .own Patent Springin connection With J. ‘C. Gould’s is acknowledged:
- - . , ‘ batheBest Low Down Spring, invented. ’
* I Still hold my Former." . Assertion: "flood,E that
EPIBESTHWAUOI-EDIT-HE MONEY?!" CONNECTICUT.»
TED!
BEECHEE.
' f If. @mcr‘flfi‘flrfield Avenue and Water Street, Bridgeport,:Coun. 20ft
ADVERT OF THE' ,
,Sewing'?'., Machine
WONDER!
DON’T FAIL TO SEE THIS
“Monarch Mortal of Reflection!
Ira:- anf, ._ ...
me,
Venical Feed Sewing Mich
Manufactured at Watcrtown. N.Y_. Ever body
especially; ladies, are cordially ranted to on I an
inspect. t eNewMacbinc, and see samples of work.
More beautiful and desirable than over before ac-
com iished, and utterly impossible for anypther
Mac inc to duplicate._ The Yerticai Feed is the
hinge upon which swings this unpara eiedflsuCo
cess, combining entirely upwfeatures, w ich make
the machine the most simply: constructed; the
most easily opergted; the mostdurable; and most
reliable, doing away Twin; all; fitstcils and bust-
' E‘ '5 lug, ‘Thjougbjlienow machine.
rosl‘nvmm moans mun: wounn,
and 'n'o living. ,personj‘woulil purchase any other
after seeing it, yet it will; be sold at the recent
~ ...'..popul_arly
-Reduced’ Scale. of Prices.
i'nspcctlfts‘merits. . . .
, R. I.’ .TOLLES, Agent.
Principal office“ at 11.5. Bood’s JewelryStore,
an coring one
0 not fail to see it before making your purchase-
Every Stove combines the latest and most-mod.
ern improvements, and several useful devices not
found in any other Stove. Three sizes With Oven,
Clinlrerless and Adjustable Grate.
E. .K. Lockwood.
Sole Agent for Norwalk. '
8111101 no Merchandise i‘ait,
Printed. or P150111.
By the Dozen [or Thounnd, at Manufacturers
Prices.“ the
GAZETTE OFFICE.
([1133
.5
811 Bro: “way, N. r. J
fate...
South'No'rWalk. Machinesnnd sample to be seen
at Hygiem's Clothing Store,'Norwalk. .
2. 'r .
Furniture Rooms
will befounds complete assortment of
FURNITURE, 520-;
. ' . -‘ fins“ foundin‘nnt'cl‘”
noludingoverythmgce' ‘0 gyuitthoTlmfl- Also,
establishment, at P
a large assortment of .
CHROMOS,‘ PICTURE ' rams,
, .noounvo chansons. ac.
.Ciis's Plateshutto an size. Repairing doheln the
best manner, at shortynotice. Also. old Hali- Mat-
truses madeover as good as new:
E. OIIIII'I'AIIO’S 80H.
CONVEYANCES
mnwnAwnnnnAn/xnn
DANBURY Jr. NORWALK R. B
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing August 13th, 1876.
DAILY TRAINS '
MueNm-wolk Br! e
L For Daubury and ntermedlate
624 p.111. stations.
4 42 p. m., or the Shepaug B. B.
Leave Norway: Bridge/or South Norwalk .
. At733,o.m.,553p.u1.
1 08 p. 111.. Daily except on Mondays.
Leave Danburyfor Norwalk.
85. 3.111"; 4 l ,p.m.
9|15 3.111.. Mondays onl . 12 00 m.,Daily except on
ondays.
Freight Train at 6 flip. in.
L. W. SAND ‘ORTII, Supt.
IIIYIIII .IEW IIAVEI MIAI'I'FIIII RAILROAD
Trains leave Soiith Norwalk for New_ York at
125, (Washington Exp. via. Harlem River).34'l
(Epr, i 32, (Exp.) 6 00. 6 34$ 1 34, 7 40*, (Exp.
9 20,. 10 36, (Ex .) A. M., 123‘. 2 56,‘ $110153.) 4 30,
(pr.)5 03, 6 2M x . 6 06,905,(Exp. I’. . orNcw
Haven, 1 33. (Exp. 49. 9 01 928, Exp.) 10 is. A.
11., 12 11.01351.” 00, a 18, (13:11.) i 04, 4 18, (Ex .)
6 11, 646, 10 , (Egg) & ll 25, (Exp) P. M. 01'
Springfield, 6 49 9 (Exp. . 51., 12 n (15:11.)
1 45, 4 18, (Ex .) 6 48 10 36, (Exp) 1'. M. zprm
for Boston. v . S ligfield 9 28, A. M., 12 ll. 4 18.
and 10 36, P. M. v a. cw London ; 2 18 and 11 25,
r. 11.. via. AirLinc 3.10.1 33, A_. 11.. and 2 18.1511.
B'Confiiect at New Rochelle wtth Harlem River
rauc .
FREIGHT LINE
NUBWlLK Alli NEW YORK
At!) 38 a. 111.,
,i
White’s Propellers
Will continue to make re lar trips between Nor-
walk Bridge and New ork. stopping at South
Norwaik to receive and leave freight. Freight
received from and delivered at the freight depot
of the Danbury and Norwslk Railroad.
{reduce sold as heretofore. Freight at usual
rs en.
‘3‘ All persons are forbid trusting any of the
employees of the boats of this line on account of
the owners thereof.
llomalltflorse Railwaylimelahle.
COMMENCING OCTOBER 2911!, 1877 ._
Llavn Nonwanx. So. Nonw 11.x
. , 6 A.
galgaum. N.Y.&N.11. Accom 6:: “M.
705 " NewYork Aocomrno’n 725 “
725 “ N. Y.Express 745 “
805 “ 825 “
835 " New IiavenAocom’p 905 “
905 “ N.Y.Ac.&N.B.Ex. 930 “
92W “ 950 n
950 n 1010 r
10 10 “ New York Express 1038 I
1028 “ New Haven Accom. 1048 “
l04$ ” 1111) n
1110 n 1140 0.
1100 " NestvenExpreu 121513.111
1235p.ni.. 1255 "
1255 Nchork Accommo’n 125 H
125 “ New HavenAocom’n 145 “
155 ‘ N.H.Ex¥sss. 220 ‘,
230 “ NewYor Express 300 “
300 u v: y 320 u
320 u _ j . 3“) u
340 “ ,New-Haven Aceom. 410 “
400 “ NefwilavenExpress 420 u
110 ”3 NowYorkExpress 430 "
A40 "- N.Y.Aocommodation. 503 I‘
503 “ ‘. 522 f.
.525 ' 540 g
.550 " N.H.Accom’n 610 H
. all] ‘I New YorkExpress 628 “
828 “ N. H.&N.1’.Aocoiu 848 H
688 “ 656 i‘
70. II qgfilc
725 n 145 u
755 u 325 u
825 “ 845 l
845 "NewYorkExgres 906 u
96 ‘0 925 0
935 " 955 u
955 1015 “
" Saturday nights only.
NOW FOR YOIIRWATEII PIPES.
Wm. Glover 45, Son,
Are ready to put in yourWATEB.STEAM or GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at as low a rate as
an one. UGHT AND CAST IRON, TIN-
Ll ED. LEAD PIPES, Ac" of every size and de-
scription. PLUMBING in all its branches.
CARRIAGES! CARRIAGES!
REPAIRING. ‘20., to“
NE W FIRM
AT‘ THE OLD 'STAND
Messrs. DIullin gs 8c Tilly,
Having token the business lately conducted by Si-
las P. Tattle, are prepared to manufacture all
kinds of
Carriages and Wagons to order.
Repairing in all Branches
done in a most workmanlikemanner. Both being
practical mechanics. and thoroughly acquainte
with all branches of the business, they feel assur-
ed that they can give perfect satisfaction to all
e trust work to their care.
grAIN‘T NGn,VARNISlIING. UPHOLSTERINGA:
DOING ovna daemons a Specialty.
Machine Forging.
CHAS.MULLINGS, 0211‘
. “Jurors: wins satires,
.. his constantly instock othis how store.
H TILL!
a choice and fine assortment of
Groceries,
' Provisions,
Flour,
Fr wit, " .06. ,
To which he would invite the attention ofsll who
wish to purchase first-class goods at
Reasouable Prices.
DRIED BEEF. SLICED, A SPECIALIY.
BEG T of HAMg £91153! E’R WHOLE OR
Drop in and see him at his new store
'00. 0 MAIN summer.
1011 yous 00001311 r011
o. I :3
5.. °
08‘ '3:
< 1111-?
*3? LE
we is
E: 'a'i'g:
5"" <0
<ia' go.
is; <§
I ",
.a. i
Ill! IEIIIIIE‘ 531.!“ IEAIIIO
OUR PATENTED TRADE-KARI.
.m-Munl, muumuMmI-mm.
PETER GUIG UE’S
Beautiful Bouquets
r01: SALE AT
Prowitt’s Drug Store.
.I. 11.11.01.010 0 Son,
Have opened, at the store next to Connection
Hotel, a First—class
MARKET
for the sale of
Poultry,
0 ' Fish, ‘
' -‘ Fruit-3
AND
Vegetables.
Where will be kepr all the
Finest, as well as the Common
Varieties in their Season.
V ' and we shall endeav r.- bvfairdealin'gand
attention to business :1. out. and would respect-
_ fully invite a share 0 m. public patronage ‘ .iiey
- have engaged the set Vili‘yé of Charley 3001a: to
take charge of the Fist impartmcnt, Which is a
sufficient guarantee thar everything wil: be nice.
OYSTERS 5.: CLAMP
Opened or in the Shell.
ALSO
Pure Milk from our own Daily.
7. P. Harman. FRANKHAMOBD- J
i
No. 9 Main Street,"
Of Ton Yean’ Duration. The Dis:
charges Thick, Bloody, and:of Foul
Odor. Senses of Small and Taste
Wholly Gone. Entirely Cured by i’
SAIFOIIO’S RADIOAL GORE.
McmWee‘ks f0 Potter: Gentlemen—I feel compelled
to acknowledge to you the great benefit Saxroan's
Ramon. can: has been to me. For ten years I have
been afflicted with this loathsome disease. and espe-
cially in the wintertime has it been most severe. 'i 110
dfschargs has been thick and bloody. emitting a foul
odor so bad that my resencc in a room with others
was very offensive to t. em. One week after commenc-
ing the use of SANFOBD’S RADICAL Conn I was not
troubled with it at all. My senses of taste and smell
which were wholly gone, have now fully returned. an
my general health is much improved. Yours,
C MELBOURNE n. roan,
Short-Hand Writer.
Guano Rams, Miam, Nov. 3. 1876
LATER.
Gentlemen: The licks. e of Sanrono's Cour. arrived
here to-nl lit allrlg t. I on'tknow whatIshould have
done if it ad not been for this remedy. 1 have tried
Nasal Douches and every‘hin else. and although i have
been able to stop the aliens vc discharge. I love not
been able to recover mysenses of taste and smell until I
tried Smonn's Conn. You can refer any one you
choose to me, and I will cheerfully inform them in
detail as to the benefit the remedy has been to me.
Yours. MELBOURNE 1!. FORD.
GRAND RAPIDS. M1cn.. Nov. 15. 1816.
SAHFORO’S RADICAL CORE
not only promptly arrests the corrodlng discharges in
Cnturrh,hut, by sympathetic action, it restores to sound
health all the or ans of the head that have become
greeted by ft, an exhibit any of the following affec-
o '—
Dcfcctlvo Eyesight, Inflamed and Mattery
Eyes. Painful and Watery Eyes, Loss of
Hearing, Ear-ache, Neurnlgla of the Ear,
Discharges from the Ear, Ringing Noises
in the Head, Dizziness, Nervous Headache,
Pains In the Temples, Loss of the Senses of
Taste and Smell, Elongation of the Uvufa,
Inflammation of the Tonsils, Putrid Sore
Throat, Tickling or Hacking Cough, B13011.
filth, and Bleeding of the Lungs.
Each sclrsze contains Dr. Sanford's Improved In.
filling ube, with full and carefully prc'iarcd direction:
for use in all cases. Prlcc.sf. For sale by all wholesale
and retail druggfsts and dealers throughout the United
States and Canadas. WFEKS dz P0 l‘TEIl. General
Agents and Wholesale Druggfsts, Boston. Mass.
HE BILLINS’.
lliliLTAlli PLASTER
How an Atlanta Man Knew Mr.
Evarts.
[From the Atlanta Constitution]
Dunc. Dori-is, of the Nashville A '
merzoan
0313 one of_ the press delegation who came t0
Aug)? $31,233 president and his part!
i e ' ‘
thgollowing: nts of the visit he recalls
hen Secretary Evarts 0
Atlanta aman in the crowd: 33:31.3?“ at
“That face looks very familiar " '
“But he’s a stranger,” said anofher.
disiiomaie tiiiiistaken, sir. I have had the
all ‘m $001080 honor of havmg known him
‘ But he lives in New York a d ’
never been out of G ' ” ’ D' you vc
spo‘iided the man. eorgia, laughingly re-
‘ tma esno difference- I rcco "
foce _and that ion , slender form. glifé‘e’ 5021?
him in Harpefs .2ka a thousand times.
He thought he d put on cloth when he came
down south; Id 11 reconized him a heap
sooner ef bed a wore his every day clothes
but may be he thought it wouldn’t do to gt;
through the country with them on."
ZZLVhat kind of clothes does he wear?"
A tall beaver, a long white necktie
around a standing collar, 11 biled shirt,
striped vest and breeches, and tolerabl y loose
fitting shoes.”
iigg’s traveling incog.”
course he '
name. Evarts ailll’st’lIIISlgla‘lll'lllggr an assumed
"Well, what in thunder '
“Brother Jonathan.
patronizing smile.
saw it in Jericho.”
-———-——..
As the social season is on avain ‘ '
part of prudence for young nIcn t1; ling};
themselves pretty circumspectly upon the
philopoena business. A New York reporter
tells of a fond father of eight daughters in
that-City who has made a regular job of itfor
the young men through the wiles of his fair
agents and their shrewdness at philupmna.
He bought a barrel of almonds and set them
at work, and soon his home was as cheery r s
a fancy goods store with plated ware, per-
fumed and varigated soaps, albums, fruits,
gloves, opera glasses, handkerchiefs, poodle
dogs, Fronch candy and other temporal bless-
ings whiehlhe female mind delivhteth in
We are inclined to think that ti; metro:
pohtan Bohemian who formulated this story
alloyed iii-=13le to be carried beyond the
hmits of actual fact by the momentum of a
grand opportunity, and still there was doubt-
less a b11515 of truth in his hyperbolical state-
ments. In the game of philopoeua the female
sex are bound to win nine times out of ten.
’ Can,t you see his
Id know that face, if I
:1 ‘v‘ __ m,
it snout
N Electro-GnlvnnicBatte , combined with a hi hi
1A. Medicated Plaster, form ng the grandest cura‘vaye
agent in the world of medicine, and utterly surpassln
a other Planters heretofore in use. They accomplis l
more in one week than the old Plastcrs in a whole
year. They do not palliatc, they cons. They
Relieve Afiections of the Chest.
Relieve Afl'ectlons of the Lungs.
Relieve Affections of the Heart.
Relieve Afi‘cctfons of the Liver.
Relieve Affections of the Spleen.
Relieve Aficctlons of the Kidneys.
Relieve Affections of the Spine.
Relieve Affections of the Nerves.
Relieve Affections of the Muscles.
Relieve Affections of the Joints.
Relieve Afi'ections of the Bones.
Relieve Affectfons of the Sincws.
No matter what may be the extent of your suffering,
try one ofthese Plastcrs. Itellef'lsi'nslantancn- , fan.
supported by hundreds oftcstlnionials in our po ion.
Bear in- mind that the most important discove s in
hm mm, date back less than to cars. and that com
in tons of ms and. essences ofllants and shrubs an
n unite with Electricity to cm a curative P: is-
cr nsoothing. hearing. an i strengthening piopcrtiei
nsfsr su erlnr to on other Plastcrs heretofore ix. use
asthc sc entitle phys-clan is o the horse-leech.
here
Price, 25 Cents.
Be careful to call for COLLINS’ VOLTAIC PLASTE
lest ou get some worthless imitation. Sold by of
Who clinic and Retail Druggists throughout the United
States not Canadas, and by WEEKS do POTTER, Pro-
prietors, Boston, Mass.
@0501 {goddamn
ISTRICT OF NORWALK,ss. Probate Court,
November 22d. 1877. _
Estate of JOHN BARRY, late of Norwalk, in
said District, deceased.
The Court of Probate for the District of Nor-
walk hath limited and allowed six months from
the date hereof for the creditors of said Estate to
exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who
neglect to resent their claims properly attested,
within sai time will be debarrcd a recovery. All
persons indebted to said Estate are requested to
make immediate fiayment to
3t48 J OSIA KELLOGG, Administrator.
ISTRICT OF NORWALK,ss. Probate Court,
November 14th, 1877.
_ Estate of ISAAC M. STURGES, late of Wilton,
in said District, deceased.
The Courfg of Probate for the District of Nor-
walk, hath limited and allowed six months from
the date hereof for the creditors of' said estate to
exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who
neglect to present their accounts properly attest-
ed. within sold time. will be debarred a recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate gayment to
'3“? ASA B. W ODWARD, Administrator.
Bankrupt Notice.
N the District Court of the United States for the
District of Connecticut:
In the matter of ELIJAH B. PRICE and Pill-
LO W. BATES, co- artncrs as PRICE .2: BATES.
Bankrupts. in Ban ruptcy,_ before Hon. I... N.
MIDDLEBROOK, Register in Bankruptcy.
To Wuonrir MAY CONCEliNt—The undersigned
hereby gives notice of his appointment as Assig-
nee of the estatespf Price a Bates. of Norwalk,in
the County of Fairfleld, and State of Connecticut,
within said District, who have been adjudged
Bankrupts,» both as co—partncrs and as individuals,
upon a petition of their creditors by the District
Court of“ said District. _ . ~
Dated at Norwalk, in said District. the_l2th day
of November, A. D.. 1877. .
3147 SAMUEL E. OLMSTEAD, Assignec.
Bankrupt Notice.
N the District Court of the United States for the
j. District of Connecticut: -
In the mattcrof ED‘VAKD GOLbscmiioT, of
Norwalk. in said District, Bankrupt in Bankruptcy
before Lion. L. N. Ml-hllcbrook, Register in Bank-
ru tc .
o )whom it may concern :—-’I‘he undersigned
hereby gives notice of his appointment as .i s.-
signee of the estate of Edwa _ Goldschmidt, of
Norwalk, in the County of' Fairfield, and State of
Connecticut, within said District, who has been
adjudged a bankrupt upon a" petition of_h1s credi-
tors, by the District Court at said District.
Dated at Bridgeport. in said District, the 24th
day of November, A. 11,1077. .
3:48 FRANA L. HOLT, Asmgnce.
NOTICE.
PETITION will be presented to the General
Assembly of the state of Connecticut at its
next annual session, J anuary.A.D. 1878, for a new
Charter of‘the City of South N orwaik,or for amend-
ments to the present Charter; making the asses-
sors and board of relief elective officers: changing
the northern boundary of the city; for the appoint-
ment of a city Justice ; for the biting of the time
when commissioners on assessing damages and
benefits shall report; definipg what shall be " a
descriptive survey; ” providing that all votes on
expenditures of money by the board of council-
men‘shall be made by a yea and_nay vote ; giving
, the board of Councilmen authority to appoxnt po-
lice: and all other amendments necessary to make
the Charter to conform thereto; and to fix the num-
ber of councilmen at nine With a minority rcpt-408-
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AT
Wood’s Jewelry Store
UNDER THE OPERA HOUSE .
WM. B. SWAN,
Manufacturer of
FINE AND. common
HARN ES-S,
And Dealer in
Horse & Stable Equipments.
Particular attention paid to
REPAIRING.
“Shrinkl'lld IO" the liberal patronage of the past.
the antiserum. hop-:5 to merit a continued share of’
tun. ho was "arors of his friends and the public.
"WM. B. SWAN.
Shop in rear of Residence, Main Street, Norwalk
[Will
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For Sale. 3.532, .33“ Soil”: 1.3.2.31.
drive. Apply to it. ill. a. 0. S. PROWITT.
The profit or loss of a pair of loves 0
of perfumery, means more togthem’ till-aiming:
election to an old politician. They are shrewd
vigilant and patient. They are also deccp:
Lovely tendor and coy, and exasperatingly per-
p..ex1nrgin. the application of all their myste-
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izaaura: rhplomatist. Therefore young man
wucn twm almonds are set before you in the,
presence of young ladies take heed to thy
ways or a week’s salar -' —
Boston Post. y may be the fOI‘ILIL
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A DEEP Pinon—Yesterday, as the Coroner
was in his ofiice, a. knock came at the door,
And a middle aged anxious man with a bald
head came in, and, after making sure that he
had the right ofiicial, said;
“Well, Well, Corner, I want you to dig up
my father-in-law and boil him.”
“Boil him! What for .9”
“Cause I think the old woman gave him a
dose.”
“What old woman?”
“Mother-in-law,” said the man, with a fea-
ble grin.
“And why should I boil him ?”
"Aint that the way you find out poison ?"
- “Oh ! And what'causes you to think your
falher-in-law was poisoned 1’”
“Well, I dunno. My wife thinksso, too,
an’ things didn’t look square when the old
man pegged out.”
“When did he die P”
“About two years ago.”
“Two years ago! And you have thought
all along that the man was murdered ?”
“Quite sure of it. ” cried the son-in-law,
delighted.
“Then, my man, I’ve a good mind to have
you arrested for concealing your knowledge
of the crime."
“Hey i” yelled the bald-headed
springing to his feet.
“Just that,” went on the coroner, ‘
can send you to San Quentin for it too.”
“Oh, good Lord,” gasped the son in-law
dropping into a chair d wiping his extend-
ed forehead. Then he said appealiugly?
“Don’t you go to do it Corner. The old
man’s safe planted and the old woman didn’t
dose him. You see she's been living with me
ever since he died, and the cussed old cat
makes my life miserable. I thought if I
could get you to spade the old boy up and
try him out it would make the old woman
light out fur fear of the papers, an’ I’d not
only get rid of her, but get even on the wust
she devil that ever lived."
The doctor pointed frigidiy to the door,
and the man, bent with disappointment and
alarm, walked rapidly away—San Fransisco
Mail.
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A man who saw a mule dfc.
“Aint it a curious thing that nobody ever
sees a mule die ?” remarked an old teamster
in Gumbert 8:. Webber’s saloon. “No man
living ever sawa mule die, I s’pose ?”
Thus remarked Mr. Daniels, lighting a
fresh cigar. “In 1850 I was mining on the
south fork of the Yuba, and it came my turn
to cook for my gang. We took turns each
week, you know. Well, I was going to show
how economical I could run the commissary.
I went and bought a peek of dried apples
they were all stuck together in a lump, but I
got ’em jammed into the pot, poured in some
water and started the fire. Presently a few
of ’em began to rise up to the top of the pot,
and so I skimmed 'cm of! and put ’em in a
pan. Pretty soon some more bulged up, and
I skimmed them off and put ’em in the pan.
The first thing I knew, after i had skimmed
that blasted pot for a while, I had to get an-
other pan, and then another. and by the time
I’d got four pans heaped up full, dang my
skin if there wasa’t more apples in the pans
than there was in the pot. That is, Ithougbt
so at the time. I kept getting more pans and
buckets and lard cans, and all the while
plumb frightened to death for fear some of
the boys would come in and see how extrava-
gant I was, for I had been blowin’ on how
cheap I could run the mess. The blasted ap-
pies still kept a-comin’ out of the pot. I put
some papers out on the floor and covered ’em
with fruit, and, by Jove the place looked
like a Santa Clara fruit-drying establishment,
and the pot was still bilin’ full.
“What has that got to do with a mule§dyin’ P"
“Wait a minute, I'm comin’ to the mule.
Finally I got desperate and dumped over
twelve bushels of apples back of the cabin,
behind a tree. In about an hour' I heard a
devil of a noise, and ran out. What do you
suppose I found? Why, a four-hundred-dol-
lar mule kickin’ in the agonies of death. The
apples were all gone; the mule nearly so.
He was swelled up like a balloon, and the
first thing I knew he busted. Pledge my
word. gentlemen, he exploded like a giant-
powder blast and brought the whole camp to
the place. I kept still; they could not find
the mule, and it cost ’em $10 to advertise a
reward for him in the Sacramento Um‘on.
About two weeks afterwards they caught a
couple of Greasers hanging round, and they
put it up that they stole the mule, so they
bung ’em. I was there, but did not say a
word for fear the boys would find out how
extravagant I had run the commissary. Let’s
have something.”-—From the Wb'gz‘m'aat’eow
do) Chronicle.
”
Fasxon Mauritius—Marriage, in Paris,
is a rather serious undertaking. The reg-
ular publication of the bans in the news-
papers subjects the prospective brides and
bridegrooms of the capital to a singular an-
noyance—a deluge of trade prcspcctness.
The former suffer most from dressmakers
andmilliners; upholsters furnish their list
of prices, baby-linen ware-houses invite their
addresses to be noted down—a stitch in time
saves nine—Stationers supply estimates and
enclose specimens of cards and letters of in-
vitation, charitable societies beg that on the
happiest day of your life you will remember
the poor, there are stock-brokers who volun—
teer to invest the wife’s fortune, which a -
pears like mirth at a funeral when the dri c
has only her good looks and loving heart for
the dowry. Even servants offer their ser-
vices. The interesting pair, in fact, have no
peace. They find themselves regarded as
mere objects out of which money may he
made, andthe wedding dayis hailed with joy
‘05 being that of their escape from pcrsecu.
10D.
Norwalk Chronicler