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WHOLE NUMBER 1565.
MAGGIE RYAN
“But just let me stay until morning
ma’am. It is cold, drearyand dark along the
road, and indeed I’ve no Place to go but
Widow Y’arrow’s and that's miles away-
So spoke a sad, worn looking woman,
standing On the threshold of a well to-do
farmers house just as the last rays of light
was fading from the evening sky.
The person she spoke to, a large woman in
a. lijght flowered dress and white apron——
the mistress of the house—turned away pet-
tishly. -
H You came at night, Maggie, it seems to
me, and you can go at night. You dont suit-
I never saw such shiftless ways in my life.
And Jane Smith is here, and I’ve only one
bed for the servant, and I don’t expect a tidy
girl like Jane to sleep with—well, with stran-
gers. I've paid you for the three days, and
goodness knows, you’ve worried me out of
my senses since you’ve been here, and I can’t
keep you another night, and the earlier you
go, the sooner you’ll get there, wherever it is.
“ Well, that‘s true, anyway. Then. ma’am”
replied the woman, “ and you are mistress in
your own house; but God knows it’s not a
dog I’d be driven’ at night. Then she tied
her little pittance in the corner of her pock-
ct handkerchief, and walked away out of the
gate and up the road, but not looking back
once. Her heart was as heavy as lead, and
she was angry at the world that had been a
hard one to her.
“Three years since Pat went away," she
said to herself, and never a word from him.
He‘s dead no doubt, and it’s the last kind
word I’ve heard. I wasn’t shiftless and good
for nothing to him. ‘Mnggie,’ he’d often
say, I‘d change you for nobody's wife’ Och,
Pat, where did you go at all? You died in a
ditch like a dog, maybe ; for all these hard-
lieartcd gentlefolk care, we might.
She turned and shook her fist at the house
she had just left, only a little bit of the roof
visxble over the rising ground now.
“ My heart was aching for the childer and
for Pat," she said; but you could have no
patience if a pertaitc was burnt, or a towel
not that smooth. You sent me out with
night falling. Bad luck to ye and all ye
like.”
Then she plodded on again; but the wo-
man she liad left was not so bad as she had
fancied her. In her thrift and tidiness she
could not understand this untidy careless
being. She knew nothing of the misery at
her heart, or the sorrow that made her for-
get the pots and pails. She was actually
half afraid of her and wanted to get her. out
of her house. She felt it a great mistake to
hire a tramp from the road as it were, and
she paid her and was conscious of no cruelty.
The daylight fled space as the moon, risen
long ago became visible— a faint streak of
new moon that set in a little while—only the
stars were left—and Maggie, wandering on
the road with her little bundle of rags and
odds and ends tumbled together in an old
flannel pcttieoat—bcgan to lose her know-
ledge of it. Here and there she saw lights
in a window, but they were no promise of
hospitality to her. If she could get to the
widow Yarrow’s, that personage, who took
the laborers on board, would let her lodge
while she would pay; but where was the
widow’s cottage—to the right or the left?
She could not tell in the darkness whether
she had taken the proper turning. Hard by
was a rushing as of water. Danger there,
perhaps. The railroad was somewhere at
hand, and though Maggie felt the world was
a pco: place, she did not feel ready-to meet
death yet,
“I’ll just drop down in the grass some-
where,” said the ppor woman. “ And God be,
between me and harm. If I could find abit
of hay ’twould tea comfort.” -
"Sdc’stméhed forward, peering through the
darkness, and her foot struck some loose
branches that lay upon the ground, with a
crackling sound.
“ What’s that ‘9” said a voice very near her,
in a sharp whisper.
“ It’s an imp of a squirrel," said another
voice. “Go on with your work, Jim; the
train will be along in fifteen minutes. Up
with the rail. Hi! IVe’ll have them this
time." ‘
“Hold your tongue, fool,” said the first
voice. “You’re half drunk. I tell you I
thought it was a step.”
And now Maggie, who had sunk flat upon
the'gronnd, knew all. Thosc'who whispered
near her were train wreckers. '
“ I’ll make no noise,” said she.
of my business.
But, lying in the grass, the sharp strokes
of steel smote on her car. She could not
forget them. And suddenly it came upon her
that it was neither more nor less than mur-
der that she was waiting there to sec—that
in lyingquiet while it was done she helped
3 do if.
“ God forgive me!” said poor Maggie.
“I’ll do it; but what am I to do? How
williI stop them? t’s my 'own death; I‘ll
bring about nothing else—"
And just then the sound of a steam whistle
far away caught her ear. The train was com-
ing.
“ Ready for them!” said the voice she had
heard before. “Come into the bushes.”
She heard them tramp away, and arose to
her feet and looked about her. There was no
house in sight and no help near. Suddenly
a thought struck her. She had matches in
her pocket, and her dress was a thin calico—
it would burn like tinder. In a moment
more she had torn it off and bad the matches
in her hand. As she struck alight she heard
a pistol click.
“They see me,” she said, and held the
match against the calico and as it caught
flourished it over her head. She felt a hill
whiz by her shoulder, another struck her,
but now the glare was bright, and the train
was close .at hand—she rushed tOivards it
waving her burning dress. Thank God!
they saw her. The train slackcned its pace
—it stoppetl.l"'Men with lanterns in their
hands sprang from it and hurried towards
her. And the old dress burnt to tinder,
dropped to the ground, and she sank beside
it, the blood flowing from a wound in her
arm. ‘
“They’ve killed me, I belave,” she said,
faintly, as a man bent over her. “ I can’t
sl (xv-you the place, but. it’s—beyond there—
the rails— they’ve ripped them 'up the vii-
lians 1” Then she fainted.
IVhen she came to herself, she was by the
roadside the lights fell over her, and she
heard I people talking of the hair-breadth
escape they had and of her bravery.
“You risked death to save us," said one
woman. “You shall be rewarded, my lit-
tle children were with me." .
“And I am going to meet my wife," said
a gentlemen. “She will not let me forget
you if I have so ungrateful a heart. You
hhall be well cared for now, and when you
are well you shall not know want,”
“Indeed, than said another voice—one
that sounded familiar to her—“ indeed, I am
not rich, but I’d have been loath to be killed
to night. I’m just on the road to what I’ve
been seeking two years. I found out yester-
day where my missus is, and I’m goin’ to her
—-she’s breakin’ her heart for me. I haven’t
much; but there’s a couple of pounds if
you’ll take ’cm good woman,and God’s bless.
ln', too, for the sake of Maggie Ryan, that
you‘ve saved from beings. widow.”
And a strong band folded over her weak
one, and would have left money, in it, but
she caught it tight.
I’ts none
“t'.PtR' 1”: ' -“ .'.l ..
I q u yan sle cried, come has; i Statesinereased from 1,213,092 pounds in.
at last. Don’t you know Maggie, Pat?”
And two great arms folded her close; and
are poor soul who had trumped the road,
desolate and forsaken, an hour before was
happy as angels are in heaven.
It might not be “great" good luck" to you
to he a flagman’s wife, and live in a little
cottage on the roadside, but Maggie thinks
so.
“And oh, Pat?” she often says, “how
little did I think when Satan was in my
heart, and I was willing to lie still and let
happen what might to the heartless gentle-
folk, what I was doing to myself and to you;
and after all, it‘s kind hearts they had, and
give you the iiligant place, and me the slum-
ty, and the cow, and all Good luck to
them."
An Akward Bridegroom.
The .guests at a recent expected marriage in.
a certain church on the West Side were treat-
ed to a singular and rather startling sensation
at the very moment when the connubial knot
was to be tied. The bride and bridegroom
were a young couple, and had made all the
necessary preparations for the anticipated
happy event that was to unite them as one,
and it was thought by the respective friends
of the pair that the course of true love had
run quite smoothly with them, and a genuine
mutual affection existed between them. The
invited company had entered the house of
worship, and the attendants on the couple
had taken their places around the altar, while
the minister remained in waiting to perform
the ceremony. The bride, attired in all the
gorgeous fincry customary on such occasions,
alighted from the carriage, and the groom
stepped blithely after her and upon her
long trail. As he did so, the fair lady utter-
ed a low cry, and exclaimed sharply: “Oh,
dear, how awkward you are!” The young
man‘s face colored as he stumbled Off the
rich garment,and he gave his arm to the lady
while laboring under a confused mind. The
pair walked into the church and down the
aisle to the altar. All eyes rested upon their
movements, and fa murmur of voices arose
as they came in and took their positionsbe-
fore the minister. The ceremony proceeded,
the minister asked the bride if she would ac-
cept the groom for her wedded husband, and
received the usual affirmative answer, and
was about to interrogate the young man,
when the latter impulsively and unexpected-
ly said to the bride, “Oh dear; how awkward
you are!” and quickly turning on his heel,
walked out of the edifice without another
word of explanation, leaving the astonished
bride standing at the altar in mute bewilder-
ment, and the minister in blank amazement.
The young man went his way in a carriage,
and the disappointed bride and the maids
who sought to comfort her left the church
for their homes. The occurrence was an ac
tual one, and has created no small amount of
gossip in the vicinity where the church is sit-
uated. .
Secretary Evarts- Farming.
It is not strange that Mr. Evarts doesn’t
make moneyloff his farm. Horace Greeley
and H. W. Beecher failed because they were
not content to let their workmen run the film,
but must needs put their own absurd ideas
into practice. Mr. Evarts fails because his
manager is unable to understand him, and
gets confused as soon as Mr. Evarts makes
his appearance and begins to tidk._ Last yell-IT.“
for instance, Mr. Evarts said to the manager,
the very first morning of the summer vaca-
tion: '
“I’atsey. it becomes necessary in view 0ft
the supernbundance of foreign and deleterious
elements among those green and waving up-
rights, to place the charger in front of the
utensil Will) the branching and numerous sup-
porters, and have the latter agitate the sur-
face of the naturally productive soil.”
Patsey said “Sur ?” -
“ The astounding density of various species
of the human head,” continues ,Mr. Evarts,
after a start of vexation, succeeded by a pe-
riod of profound thought, “ is anomethiug; I
am free to confess, much beyond my compre-
hension. I have combated Lucy Stone singly
and alone for three sueccsive hours; I have
even communed with the solid and peculiarly
happy idocy of Gideon .Wells; but I never
saw the like of this. It is worse than the
jury in the Beecher trial.. By the ghost of
William Tell, the man’s a horse!"
“ Is it a horse you want, sur ?” said Patscy,
a happy light dawning upon him.
“ The exact purpose of the creation of such
beings,” pursued Mr. Evarts, lieedless of the
interruption, “ is a something which will per-
haps, be revealed at some time in the far-dis-
tant future. I should like to trace the theory
Of Darwin, in this creature. (I should like to
compare him with the lower species, if, hap-
pily, there are any lower. I wish I had an
orang-outang here.”
“We haven’t one on the farrum,” said
Patsey with some haste. “They—they was
sold by mistake, sur, last winter, along wid
dc petatys.”
“ Cease, barbarian 1” said Mr. Evarts, with'
towering scorn, evidently provoked beyond
endurance. “ Upon my soul, you have as
little knowledge of farm work as the Hon.
Benjamin Butler has of politics.” _
Mr. Evarts rushedwildly into the house.
“ I think,” said Patsey, after wasting anoth'
er precious half-hour in profound thought, "I
think Mislhcr Evarts wants me to harness
the oxin to the carriage and put the colts to
the hay wagon.”
And, all in the world that Mr. Evarts
wanted was that Patsey should cultivate the
corn.——J)etroz't Free Press. I
Life in Piney Woods,
A correspondent describes the inhabitants
of the Piney Woods, in Eastern Mississippi;
The man lean‘, la‘nk, long-necked, long-haired,
and dark; the woman tall, fiaxen haired and
innocent of erinoline, ,pannier, stays, false
hair, and other adornments. The young
couple begin lifeina log cabin, with one bed,
a few chickens, an axe, a rifle,.and an acre of
ground. His cattle feed, upon the. upland
growth in summer and upon the green cane
in winter. His rifle furnishes meat. Visit
him ten years afterward, and six or seven
tow~headed children play about the door.
The acre of land has expanded into too.
His half dozen bugs have become fifty, and
an addition has been built on the cabin. I The
height of PineySVoods prosperity has been
reached. IIe drifts on contented, happy,
honest, hospitable. His religiousviews' 'are
summed up in this sentence: “I reckon
them as made me knows how to take care of
me.” ' . . .
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Senate and House adjourned. " Sam, what
have you been doing ?" “Nothing." “ Bill,
what have you been doing ?” ,“ Helping
Sam.”——St. Louis Globe. »
A Canadian cheese factory has made a
cheese weighing 7000 pounds, with dimén .
sions as follOws :—-Diameter, 6 feet 10 inches;
height, 3 feet circumference, 21 feet. Thirty-
five tons of milk were used in making it.
At a meeting of the trustees of the State
Reform school on .Wedncsday, the, Hon,
George E. Howe, the. present superintendent
of the Ohio Reform school, was unanimously
elected superintendent _ of the Connecticut
school. .
Mr. Hamlin is the oldest Senator now serv-
ing—he is sixty-eight,, Mr. Dorseyds the
youngest: he entered the Senate when only
thirty years-old, and has served five; years.
Mr. Edmunds, who is forty-nine, is: the Sen-
ator who looks oldest. ' ' _ '
Err-Constable Seymour Whitney of Bridge-
port, who committed several 'forgeries, and
fled from the city, was caught in New Jer.
sey Monday and brought to Bridgeport. He
was taken before the city court and bound.
overvin $2,000 for trial. . .- _
The chief of ' the bureau of Statistics at
llilsili'ugrton gunmen" .fgmres which show
that the exports of cheese from the United
1790 to 107,364,606 pounds in 1877. The ex-
“ports of tobacco increased from 190,826,248
pounds in . 6,426 pounds in 1877.
Weary Amid the Glitter.
A Washington lady whose husband held
one of the highest places in the Government,
stood in her magnificent home attired for her
weekly reception. “How gladly would I give
up all the finery, show, and insincerity of
lived in when we were first married. I would
throw my silks and diamonds away and sit
down to my supper of chip beef and tea at
sunset, and afterwards take a long. quiet
walk with Will, and rest on the stump in the
mOonlight, and tell my little plans for the fu-
ture, and what I had done every hour while
he‘was gone, and know that we were alone
in ; the world, living only for each other.
Those days seem like days in Heaven. I
work harderfnow than any slave; often three
hundred calls to return in a single week, re-
ceptiOns or parties every night; see the same
people, hear the same talk, eat the same
things, come home disgusted, wonder what
I am living for, where I will go when I die.
.Bettie, I must havc‘Hon. and Secre-
tary here tomorrow; I must get their
influence 5 you must talk music to the Score-
tary, and you must nsx Hon. about
monolith; monolith is his hobby. Do your
best. I need their help.’ So it is always.
Help, influence, power—a smile in my face,
interest in my manner, living a lie; feeding
my soul onhusks.” .
Keeping a Se’cret.‘
‘ Buggies, an old cabinent maker, of Bostonr
told me that he used :to make Stuart's panels
for him. They were made of mahogany, and
as ‘ Stuart complained that he missed the
rough surface of canvas that was favorable
to lhe sparkle of his color, Buggies invented
the way of producing that sort of surface by
cutting teeth in the plane-iron and dragging
it backward, that proving the best way of
indenting without tearing the wood. Rug-
gles said that‘at the time he used to work
for Stuart his shop was in Winter street, on
the ground floor, and one day, sitting at his
shop door, he saw Stuart coming down the
street, in earnest conversation with a gentle-
man. _ Stuart came into the shop, followed
by his friend, and, said Ruggles, “I saw that
the gentleman was urging him to tell him
something that he was unWilling to trust him
with.” Stuart said: “Mr. Buggies, have you
got a piece of chalk?” I gave him a piece;
he then turned to the other and said: “I
know asccret; that stands for me,” and he
made a mark thus—1. ‘3Now,'you are my
good friend, and 'would like I to know my
secret; you are a’man of honor, and, at any
rate, it will gratify you as a mark of my con-
fidence,'so I tell you,” and, making another
mark,"1_.“that stands for you, so there are
two who know it. But you are a married
man, and, as your» wife is a discreet woman,
and you never have any secrets between yOu,
some day when alone together, and have
nothing to talk about, you tell her you know
something curious, but are afraid she will
speak Of it. She will be indignant at not be-
-ing trusted, insists that she ought to know;
promises she will never whisper it to any one,
and perhaps cries a little, so you tell her, and
that stands for her ;" he made another mark,
1. ' “Now, how many, people 'know it?”
“Three,” said his friend. “There are one
hundred and 1 eleven who know ‘ it.—111,”
said Stuart.—Anecdom of Gilbert Stuart in
Scribner. '
Jere Black’s Adventure with an
Inksmnd.
Who that has seen the irrepressible Judge
will forget his personal appearance as he
marched into the Supreme Court room, and
took' his seat at the board known as the Elec-
toral Commission? In early life he [must
have looked as though he was carved out of»
whitemarble; but the years have flown, and
with their departure turned the pale stone to
granite. The man in white has changed to
the man in gray. It is the last glimpse of
autumn before the eternal snow. There are
no irregular features to disfigure the counte-
nance of Jere Black. All has béen made
according to the strictest mathematical cal-
culation. The perpendicular nose holds its
own over the square, firm-set mouth, the
whole supported by the powerful chin, and
well-lighted up by a couple of glowing lan-
terns above,that beam forth from underneath
the gray shaggy brows. But about the ink-
stand: Now the dear old Judge has a sly
way of coquetting with his tobacco-box,
which would be dreadful were it anything
but an old silver contrivancc which he uses
in that unceremonious way. He is often seen
tossing the box from one hand to the other,
and then he cautiously, but in a strictly legal
way, slides it into his pocket. One day
some large inkstands, freshly filled with
ink, were placed on the table before the
Electoral CommissiOn. In the heat 'of do-
hate, and while a Western orator was in the
highest flight, the‘ Judge mistook the ink-
stand for, his old tobacco-box, and, without
perceiving his mistake,began tossing it about,
his attention in the meantime glued to the
speaker, who was at the loftiest altitude of
flowery speech. It is astonishing how much
mischief the Judge perpetrated before his at-
tention could be arrested. The first toss of
.the inkstand covered his shirt-bosom with the
ebony fluid, then it rolled, like a river of
mourning, down his gray pantaloons. Then
it gathered in little puddles iii val-lens inde-
scribable nooks and corners, then, alas! the
Judge awoke to the irreparable fact that he
had unwittingly. destroyed h' e clothes,
but at the same time he had d that de-
ink. OLIVIA.
Dr. Lambert, the hi hly respectable presi-
dent of the American Opular Life Insurance
company, is sentenced to five years service
in the New York State prison.
Why is the South solid P Because the
South is hungry. But why is it solidly Dem-
ocratic? Because it can use the Democratic
party 'as’its feed-trough; Democratic victory
means the feeding of fifteen ver hungry
Stewart the expense of the rest:- n‘bum;
Julia Ward Howe ,was last heard [from at
the Hague in‘ Holland; where ~l‘ie‘r handsome
daughter, going down to the surf to bathe,
Dutch waiting-women, when she slipped out
from among them, plunged beyond the surf,
and showed them what a Yankee girl educa-
ted at Newport is-capablc'of in the sea. -
A Des .Moincstelegram says that the state
of Iowa practically has'no debt. ’ It has out-
standing $300 000 in war bonds,_due in 1888,
whichith‘c holders refuse to surrender. There
is also due the permanent schOol fund a lit-
tle over $100,000, which was borrotved ; but
the state is able to pay her debts at any time.
can party.“ '
' TheFrepchccnsu5f0r1878 isjust publish-
ed.' France has‘not'be‘eh‘ increasing in p'Op'u.
36,102,921; in 1876 it 36,905,788: an increase
less than Germany; while she has only three
and a quarter millions more than. Great. Bri-
tain and nine millions more than Italy. ‘
It is refreshing in these days of,faris made
wedding domestic them. at a. young lady
having the’ courage and suflicient taste to
_make_her own bridaldress. One of Boston's
fashionable girls, who was married the other
day, wore as handsome a costume as any seen
this season, and yet she cut and made it all
her own self. The richest point lace, a wed-
ding gift, was its only ornament—Boston
Gazette.
port there have been 423 prisoners committed
males; 21 for larceny, 19 for burglary, 14 Va.
. grants; 19 ifOrdriinken‘ness, 8‘ 'for fraudulent
pretences. Of the total number. 21 claimed
lobe temperate; ; 60,’ moderate drinkers, and
542' confessed to habitual intemperance. The
average of prisoners has been 81. The .jail
expenses have been as follows: Clothing fur.
nished prisoners, $595.47; bedding, $16.81 ;
[fuel,$245-51; medical attendance, $229.18.
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this public place and go back to the rooms I;
nied to so many—a real thorough baptism of -
was quarreled for "by ‘halfia dozen stout:
Thisis acreditable showing for the. republi.
‘lation sofast as her neighbors, but ,she is in-,
creasing; IIn'187'23the' to’tali‘ puiation .was-
of Over 800,000. -;. Francehasvstillfivemillions:
1 According to the County COmmisione'rs! rev
mfjsiii duringthe year ;_ lie-Zinnia. and 5 re:
A Talk with Huntington.
His reminiscences of early friends were in-
teresting. Washington Allston he did not
know very well, having passed only a part
of one evening with him in Boston. Mr.
Huntington went at about ele‘ven o'clock, in
company with a lady friend, who thought
even that hour of the night was a little early
for making a. call upon Allston. Mr. Hunt-
ington remembers that the artist. who was
bright and full‘of spirit, got out a little sau-
cer o'f cigars, and some apples; and that he
took the trouble to go down-stairs and draw
some cider for his guests. Allston's conver-
sation was full of anecdotes of himself, of
the painter Leslie, of old times in England,
and of Coleridge, whom be greatly admired
and loved. At half-past twelve in the mom-
ing, his visitors arose to depart. “I thought,"
said Mr. Huntington, "that I had staid long
enough. But Allstoa insisted that it was early
yet——only the edge of the evening: and
going up to the lady he laid his hand upon
her arm with great earnestness besought her
not to go. Half an hour. later, when we re-
newedour attempt to get‘ away, he remark-
ed that it was a pity we had to leave so soon.
He never went to bed himself before two
o'clock in the morning.” '
The pointer Cole, whom Mr. Huntington
knew well,w as “a sensitive, delicately-constit-
uted man, gentle, affectionate, and cheerful,
and funny and froliOsOmc as a child. He
caught the spirit of our wild‘Americanvla’nd-
scape with wonderful power, cepecidlly in the
smaller pictures painted in this middle pe-
riod. Later in life, having become morbidly
excited by the moral ideas which he attempt-
ed to depict upon his canvass, he 'prOduccd so
rapidly and with such fire that much .of the
artistic excellence of his earlier and, smaller
works was lost. His best works are in the
rooms of the New York Historical Society—
small reproductions of autumn American
scenery, brilliant still, and full of truth and
spirit. His finest works will live—there is
no dout about it; he fills a niche no one else
ever did fill, or ever can, for the time has
gone by.” His “Storm 'in a Forest,” in Mr.
R. M. Olyphant's collection, is full of blow
and fury, and is very characteristic. The
last of the series in the Historical Society‘s
rooms- a scene of utter desolation, crumb-
ling ruins covered with ivy in the foreground,
a stOrk's nest, and a full moon—is, in Mr.
Huntington’s opinion, the most nearly per-
fect of his paintings: “in texture and color
it is absolutely perfect, asperfect as anything
I know of. It is a great picture in every
respect.”
Inman was a charming fellow—a wag, im-
mensley hummus and droll. His studio
and Mr. Huntington’s were in the same build-
ing. He painted with great rapidity and
facility. It was generally thought that he
painted ladies best. He was constantly
cracking jokes and saying writitcisms which
made them laugh; and consequently you will
rarely see a serious portrait of a lady by
Inman. His portraits of old men, determined,
solemn old men, who cOuld not be moved by
his .drollery, were really his best ; e. g. , the
“Bishop Moore,” of Virginia, in full episco-
pal robes, expresses the dignity and grace of
an old gentleman, and is replete with spirit
and power. It now hangs in the vesty-room
of Trinity Chapel, in Twenty-sixth Street.
Bishop White's venerable head is well worth
looking at- Inman made several copies of this
picture, and one of the best Of them is owned
by Mrs. Rogers, of Twentieth Street, a sister
of Dr. Muhlenberg. The portrait of Mr.
'Rawle, of Philadelphia, is amasterpiece; the '
pallid warmth and. translucency of a studi-
ou sold man’s face are admirably rendered.
Ahead Of Chalmers in the Lennox Library
—Mr. Lennox is an admircrof Dr. Chalmers—
is also an important work. It was painted
when Inman was in Great Britain. Macauley,
Wordsworth, and other celebrities, sat for
him at about the same time. His self-confi-
dence and “pus ” were largely developed,
and in him were very pleasant. Before going
to England he tried to get orders for portraits
of distinguished men in that country. A
good story is told in this connection. ANew
Yorker, to whom Inman had applied for an
order, at length gave him one for a , portrait
of a certain nobleman, Lord Codrington by
name. Inman received the commission gladly,
but, of course, made no memorandum of the
name. The Lord-Chancellor of England at
that time was tamed Coddington (or someth-
ing else very much like Codrington), and in
the presence of the lord-chancellor appeared
Inman with a request. to be allowed to paint
a portrait of him for his friend, Mr.——-, in
America. “But," remonstrated the lord-
chancellor, with an oath, “I don’t know any
such gentleman; I havn’t a single acquaint-
ance in America!" “Well,” replied Inman,
not in the least daunted, “he knows you; he’s
a leading man in our country—plenty of
money, influential, prominent —and he very
much wants your portrait. He especially
commissioned me to paint one before I left
New York.” It will hardly be believed that
the artist lctually pursuadcd the lord-chan-
cellor to give himv‘a series of sittings; but
such is the fact. Inman came home with a
vigrous and flaShy portrait of him in official
robes. But all the artist's audacity was use-
less on his arrival here. The gentleman who
had ordered aCodrington would not take a
Coddington. The picture is now in the pos-
session Of Mr. George Buckam, Inman’s ex-
ecutor.—From Appletons’ Journal for De-
cember. .-
Thebackbone of the summer seems to be
broken at last.—- Worcester Press. .
Cornelius Vanderbilt is belived by the Chi-
cago Journal to yearn for the dollar of the
daddy.
Chicago has a baby show where 1,000 in-
fants are on exhibition. Squally times in.
that city.
The average Democrat leads a most un.
happy'life.’ Just know he is in an agony of
apprehension lest there be no serious and pro-
tracted rupture between the President and
his partyafter all; ' . .
It is=an unexpected triumph for law and
‘ justice'that the 'eflbrts‘tosecnre a comprom-
ise in the cases of the Northampton burglars-
have failed and they are sentenced to twen-
ty years each in the state prison.
”A-funny. man, when ordered by‘two Dako-
ta stage robbers to hold up. his‘ hands, said
that it was a very “high-handed proceeding.”
whereupon the highwaymen gave him back
his watch instead of shooting him.
Senator‘Bei‘l Hill wisely cautions Georgians
against putting the“80utlr“‘ln;'a_n‘ attitude? of
even apparent hostilitylo the hatioria'lcrcdit,"
“Nothing,” he says. “can more surely pre-
vent the return of the democsatic party - to
power." '- . ;_ .g.
' “ I could only get elected cashier" of a
Chicagosavings bank," soliloquized an~ exl
- ' rienced thief aday or two ago, “blamed if.
wouldn’treform and be a better man, and go
to Europe in a month or two with-$50,000 in
my pocket." . - ' g
- Toa'd‘s are now recognized as such_ useful
destroyers of noxious insects 'that‘they have
,in France a market valucgamong. vegetable
"gardeners. They come in-ba§l(ets;.packed in
moss, and bring 75 francs ($15) .a hundred.
"At fifteen cents apiece purchasers would find
plenty of live toads offering in this " country
unless the supply .of. boys. should: suddenly
die out. ' ,
Henry Gorham,-a Utah Mormon; under-
took to chastise his six wives with a. horse-
whip for disobedience. He‘ had, previously
punished them singly many times, and had
grown arrogant; but this time. he had: .over-
rated his power, The six wivcsjoincd hands,-
or fists, and before Gorham escaped "from—
them he was so badly scratched, bruised and
beaten that his recovery was foratilne doubt-
ful.» . ‘ ‘
A Baltimore dealer circulates-that there
arcat present 200,000,000,000 o sters’ livmg-
along the Atlantic coast of the oiled States,
not. counting Chesapeake Bay, which he re-
”gards merclyas a.Baltimore hot-hopse' for
the production and massacre of the‘bivalyul.
ar' innocents. IIf his-figures are correct other
cities besides ftb'e '- metropolis of :‘llaryland
should“ be, doing“ 'a good business in ' the- oys—
ter line... .
, Republican,
One important fact should Vb: borne in
mind by the ice dealers, and should influence
in their supply of Ice for family consumption.
The old nOtion that water purifies itself by
freezing has been provedto be entirely erro-
neous, and ithas also'been proved that impure
ice has frequently caused serious disorders to
those using it, particularly when used with
the freedom that prevails in its, consumption
during the heated summer seasom In the re-
cent annual rcport of ‘the State Board 'of
Health of Massachusetts are given the details
of a case which for some time defied investi-
asfits source. Of this, case the Scientific
American speaks‘as follows "
of the principal’hotels at Rye Beach, N. H. ,
and, while not attended with fatal effects,ex-
tended to a large number of people. After
long and unavailing search, the cause of the
trouble was found in the pond whence the ice
used in the hotelvbad the winter before been
taken. The outlet whereby the body of water
emptcd itself had become obstructed, so that;
the, water was rendered nearly stagnant.—At
the‘upger end, where the feeding brook enter-
ed, an over a space .500 feet long by 150
wide, had accumulateda homogeneous mass
of putrescent matter, composed of marsh mud
and decomposed saw-dust. f’I‘his feul matter,
held in suspension in the water, was convey.
ed by currents andwinds to' every part of the.
pond, and an analysis not the melted ice
showed it to be heavily charged with such
impurities. It is obvious, from this, that the
's'a'me' care given to‘ wells“ and 'other’ sources
of drinking Water should be given to bodies
of Water from which the usual supply of ice
is gathered." '_ ' . _
What Unllmltcdz'Sllver Means.
General Garfield says under whatever dis-
guise of financial doctrine the new theorists
present themselves, their real purpose is to
procure the discharge of. debts by something
less than afull and complete payment. They
announce themselves the champions of [the
debtor class, and denounce'creditors as ty-'
other points, they are substantially united in
opposition to the payment of debts in money
Their ardor for. the greenbacks- has visibly
cooled since its representative value - has
risen so nearly to par with gold. 3 Silver was,
an offense to them until ,it was so smitten
with depreciation that its purchasing power
became less than that of the greenback.
Whether they intend it or not, the success of
of the pub ic credit, and the consequent des~
truc‘tion Of business prosperity—Indepen.
(lent. ‘ . .' . '
Hints to Visitors.
Try, without being too familiar, to make
yourself so much like one of the family that
no one shall feel youto be in the way; and,
at the same time, be observant of those small
courtesies and kindness which all together
make up what the world agrees'to call good
manners. ,
Regulate your hours of rising and retiring
by the customs of the house. Do not keep-
your friends sitting up until later than usual,
and do not be roaming about the house an
hour or two before breakfast. It you choose
room until near breakfast-‘timeyunless you
are very sure that your presencein the par-
lor will not bennwelcome. ~ Winte in large
letters, in a prominent place in. your mind,
“Bepunctual.” Avisitor has no excuse for.
pardonable negligence not to be prompt al
the table. Here is a place to test good man-
ners, and any manifestation of ill-breeding
here willbe noticed and remembered. Do,
notlbe too ready to express your likes and
dislikes for the various dishes before you.
The wife of a certain United States Senator
once visiting acquaintances at some distance
from her native wilds, made alasting imi
pression upon the family by remarking at the
breakfast-table that “she should starve be-
fore’ she would eat mush,” and that she “never
heard of cooking mutton before she came
East.”
If you are tempted to go to the other ex-
treme, and sacrifice truth to politeness, read
Mrs. Opie’s “Tale of Spotted Sprats,” and
you will not be likely to be insincere again.
It is well to be remembered that somethings
which seem of very' little importance to you
may make an unpleasant impression upon
others, in consequence of a difference in early
training. The other day two young ladies
were heard discussing a gentleman who had
a great many pleasant qualities. “Yes,”
said one, “he is very handsome, but he does
eat pie with his knife.” Take care that no
trifle of that kind is recalled when people are
speaking of you.
Keep your own room in order, and do not
scatter your belongings all over the house.
If your friends are orderly, it will annoy
them to see your things out of place; and if
they are not, their own disorder, will be
enough without adding yours.
' Make up your mind to be entertained with
what is designed to entertain you. If your
friends invite you to join them in an excursion,
express your pleasure and readiness to go.
and do not act as though you were confer-
ring‘a favor instead Of receiving one. No
visitors are so wearisome as, those who do not
meet half way whatever proposals are made
for their pleasure. Be contented to timest-
yourself quietly in the houSe,Aor to join in
any outside gayeties to which you are invit-
ed, and show by yourmanners'that you enjoy
both. . _
: If games are proposed, do not say that you
will not play, or “ would rather look on ;”
but join with the rest, and do the best you
can. Never let a foolish feeling of pride,
lest you should not make so gobd an appear-
ance as the others, prevent your trying.
If; you are not skillful, you will at least
show that you are goOd-natured, and that you
only proud—St. Nicholcsfor January. .
, Gather together as you best" can, without
the 3 exercise of - much judgmentor ‘discrimii
nation, a'covey of editors and reporters, no
matter if they have served a short-time on a-
score of other journals, for that gives them a
versatility of experience—who have a natu-
.ral gift at using expletives to an extent that
who can sling. dirt like a coal beaver, and
swear like a trOoper—rwho, beiiigubcreft of
principle and refinement; themselves, have no
respectfor it in- others—arm each with'a‘ pair
of scissors and a paste-pot, and an unbridled
pom—then with a few type. a_nd ,a ,printing
-‘ res-s, you have uncut-tit for a first-class
'ig‘ourbon Democratic Journal. And should
such an outfit prove inefficient pecuniarily,’
est point of starvation reward, and :perhaps
the :thlng,may-be made to go.—-,ll"¢isii_i"ng,ton
llriesbach, the lien-tamer, died on his Ohio
farm, a poor . but contented man,'of "seventy
years. The newspapersare relating many
anecdotes concerning him, and amon them
is that of the exhibition in New Yor twen-.
ty years ago, 'When after a flght'in' a cage‘
' with a tiger, he was taken out; covered with
No guild apparently' dreadfullyinjured.
Th ewcre shrieks. from the an i
muc 1 horror expressed, until a physician an-
with strips 'of plaster; then it was discovered
that: the wounds Were imaginary, the 'orc
hadlcomc from a sponge filled’with ruse-pink;
andlthe whole performance was- netiiing bill
'aiclever piece of advertising, ... ~ -
‘ 5 #
tak 'n a neededstand‘iugendcavoring toreprcss'
'the xt'ravagance’and folly of costly funerals
'in ' neral, and especially among .peOple who,
Twit justice ‘to‘ the living, are unable to stand
’thelexpenss ofthcsc displays- One of their
nounce's the practice rot ‘arrayiiignpdrpsein
ion‘ with-tildes of 'the' theati‘e'and ball-room.
And he justly sayslhat “to make a dead body
fan blfiht about ’wh‘ich to'diaplay‘ earthly van.
3
their choice of the frozen article, in laying:
_ ' trickles IN G4ZETTH BUILDING-
gation,but was finally traced to impure ice _
. . ~ , ,l‘our linesor less, 1 insertion 50 cts.; 3 times :1 on
“The malady brokc‘out last summer in one
One Square, Six Months, - - ~ ----- 7 00
-‘.' “ one year—with paper - - - 15 00
two It . u u u u _ _ - 2500
l‘hree‘.‘ u u u u . - - - 3000
Quarter or a Column, one time, ----- 6 00
oileqiiartercoliimn, one year, - - - - - 50 00
T)nehalf Column, one time, .. -- - - - 1000
his half Column, one year, ------ 80 00‘
Full Column, one time, -------- 20 00
.ll‘ull Column, one year, ------- 16(‘00
,ceuu, por lino.
rants and Oppressors. Disagrecing on all .
which is worth 100 cents on the dollar. ‘
their polio will be the inevitable destructiOn ._
' (lilacs-
to rise at an early hour, remain in your, owl] .
keeping a whole family waiting, and it is un- .
. # Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
do not think yourself modestwhen you are _
'Wou'lddri've a fish-woman fromher stalk.
theii grind‘ the printer boys down to the low. '-
':ind try-us, it will be for your advantage. .
lice and;
bounced that hiswtounds were‘not da‘nge‘rous.‘
For} a fortnight after, 'Driesbach appeared
with his arm in a sling‘and his face covered.
‘ Theftl’aulist Fa'thers’fin New: Tork - have - I
fpreich'ejrs contrasts ‘tl‘i‘cpomp "observed in the ,
‘lastsrites'in honor of an obscure'person'with. ‘
“lei-simple burial of Christ himself,-'_and de-‘
' ‘REPAIRING. , -
i'garlneilts-‘Whi‘lh Vie in extravagancehn (l f $3114 the business favors of his friends and the public
NORWALK, CONNECTICfiT."TUESDAYQIJANUARY,8, ’I181778.
' mama lltll'lills‘nl lllllllill. *
The Second-Oldest Paper-1n the sure.
2 1...... BYINGTON a: co.
A. H,’Bim'oror_t, J. B. Em, G. N. ELLS.
. Subscription $2.00 per year, in advance. ,
Single Copies 5' Cents.
. - " - + _.-—.
' Advertising Rates :
One Squarcmne insertion, ------- l 00 .
Per week, for continuance, ------- 50
- one inch space constitutes a square.‘ ‘
Spoclal Notices 25 percent. advance onthe
above. » ’
Local Notices iii Reading Columns, 25
Yearly "advertisers restricted to the business
conteinplatcdat the time of contract, butare per-
mitted tomakc monthly ch lnges of their adver-
tisementl. . .1 u ' ,-
Marriages and deaths inserted gratuitously.
Obituary or. Funeral Notices 15 cts. per line.
All unusual cuts and devices 25 per cent. extra.
ALEX. s. GIBSON,
Organist or the First congregational Church.
. " Teacher of ‘
rune-Forte, Organ Ind Mullen]
‘ Compo-nlon.
box 379 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
.Tbhn :H. Bodwell
EXPRESS- MESSENGER
AND .
PURCHASING AGENT.
H. M. & C. 8. PRO Wl'l‘T’S, Norwalk.
H. E. BODWE LL'S, So. Norwalk. 48.“
J. Belden Hurl‘butt, f
Attorney" and Counselor at Law,
Room No. 4, [up “alt-,1
GAZETTE BUILDING.
slum V.O.PARDEE,M.D.,
Graduate of N.Y. Medical College for Women,
Cor. MAIN .e MARSHALL STREETS,
_ SOUTH NOBWALK, CONN.
Office Hours, until9 a. in.’, andtr'oma p. in. At-
ention to‘all classes of diseasesiueident to a, gen-
:ral practice of medicine and surgery. ‘Fam-
liessupplied with Hommopathic remedies. '
References by permrssron :—;S.Lilonthal', M. D.,
'rof. of'l‘heoryaud Practice, N. Y . city; Clemence
.ozier, M. D. 'Dean of Colie e, N. Y.: Alfred K.
{1115, M. D.,Prot‘. Matcria M ica. 3m23
CHARLES W. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
NOBWALK, CONN.
Juice corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
~ Oxide Gas administered .
e. B. COOLIDGE,
DENTIST.
Successor to
Dr. Asa. Hill,
WALL STREET, NORWALK,
Ofiicc over
0. J. Grmn'nu’s Dry Goods Store.
int pain .
DENTISTRY
A T 11.4121) TIMES PRICES,
For Cash — No Credit 2
ill work cxcutcd in the Best Manner, at my office
Corner of Main and Washington streets,
SOUTII NORWALK, CONN.
'l‘. E. SWIFT, 1). D. s.
S «I W. MITCHELL,
0
At the ever popular
U N I O N M A R K E ’1
has always the best of
Bee], V081,.Mluton, and Pork,
ltfairliving prices. Union (formerly Model) Mar-
:et,on_tlic Bridge. ‘ 18
8.1 It LES S. LOCK‘VOOD,
Fashionable Draw and Tailorl
. GENTS’ FURNISHING EMPORIUM.
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
DWABE) P.“’EED,
D R 176- G- 18 '1'
Nil.0.sxrinnr,Prcs., GEO B.COwLEs,Sec?y.
1's; INSURANCE co. ofHA-RTFORD;
Incbrporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $5,052,880.19
Insuremgalnstloss and damage by Fire,on tel-mi
idoptedto the hazard andconsistent with the laws
of compensation. COWLES .i'l MERRILL"
Sole Agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
C. W. LOCKWOOD’S SONS
Have taken the Store, No 4 Sklddy’s Block. Main
street, wherethey will open a first-class
Fish, " ‘ ‘ " "
.; Fruit,
. : >Vegotable - x , ,
__ _ audPoultry Market;
I‘heyintendtlo keepit wellstocked‘with . -
Fresh. Salt, Smoked dz Canned ‘Fish
of all the choice varitiemaad Fruits and Vegeta-
bles of all kinds, in their season. The l'urnishin):
of POULTRY, eishor alive or dressedm specialty;
Also EGGS. j . ,
”Norwalk, Conn», February 20th, 1877. .
Family Groceries
' ' cuss FOR GSl-I i"
- The'undersignedhaving purchased the stock or
goods former] 'owned by t e Sovcrlgns or Indus~
try, and. title u i the store with an entirely lieu
stock «ll-Goods, s new offering to thc'public a"
good an assortment of - . . . . '
fiflfilfiE-FAMIH GROCERIES,
PrOvilen‘s, Flour. Tens'.'8uga' r, Spices, to. at thi
ver lowest market prlces for cash. Goods deliv-
crct anywhere about town tree of charge. Call
G EORGE ' CARTER,
Dynes’ Block, Water Street, opposite Railroad
. . Crossing. 1]
, tireless. RAYMOND,
Furnishing; Undertaker,
4 i-No. E3 NIAIN STREET,(Up Stairs.)
WMB SWAN;
H ‘A‘R‘NIE s s,
‘FINEL'AN-D COMMON
. . ;~' .rAml.Dcalcr in -
Horse '&~Stablc Equipments.
“ -'-Particularattention‘paid'to "
. Thankfull’ortho‘hb'ora‘l patronage of the‘past.
the subscriber hopes to merit a continued share of
.WM. liaisiWAN. “
Shop iii-carpi“ Rcsidence,‘ Main Street. 'Norwalk
.NORWALK GAZETTE} ‘
1' Desirable Property for sale.
Osborn Avenue, for sale cheap.
win Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquire of
“'11
TWO verydesirabie Buildinglmtson WestMaln
INSURANGE‘GOMPANY,
littltJttl, 1876, $336,112.78
a. n. NICHOLS.
done, and according to promise.
Etna, of 1[.ir‘tford,Ct.,
Wall Streetmpposite Norwallc Opera Hon”, Hartford, _“ %,3§g,§é§$
I Phoenix, a v _
A large and well selected stock of People’s, of Middletown ’01“ 248,844 86
DRUGS AND MEDICINES .......-......., 7
, 9 thnix, Bi‘ooklyn, N. Y., 1,545,057 11-
i’erfume , Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral Continental of New York, 1,427,491.21
Waters, loiletand Medicated soaps. Flavoring International, 82937600
ind Handkerchief Extracss, Hair Brushcsfiombs, Nestehcstcrmt New. Rochelle, N . Y . , 4.73.9303.
lpougcs,Chamois Skins. Stationery. Cigars, &c., iprin field,oi'Springlield,Mass., 579.7800!
and is constantly adding to his stock all the new Peep e’s, Worcester, Mass.. - 600.090“
mil popular medicines ofthe day. Franklin,l’hila., I’a.. 3,268,816 3!-
Jommerce, Albany. N.Y., 264,424 00
" - ‘Iar‘ii‘agitgset'tmf Ifrpyldencem. 1., 1 Ell‘gtltlg‘t'
OBWALK INSURANCE 00., 3““ es, '“cmnan' " "-9 v
‘ Home, of Columbus, 0.. 438.447.”
N NOR WA I’Kv CONN' . \lemania,01%v€lan£, 0., in 61 b 295,00000
. . . Liverpoo ,an on on,an o e,scpa-
ch'fl” Capl tal $500,000 rate tire assets, , , 5,055,105 or:
Pald “P 0“?"n‘ ' ' ' 1 002000 _' North British and Mercantile, do do 2,104,508 01
incomes, Heron's FRAMES,
- 1153s Platcscutto any size. Repairingdonein the
' REAL ESTATE.‘
_ To Let. : i H
The Proparty in the rear of the Fair-
field County National Bank.
formerly occupied by Price .7: Dates. suitable for
manufacturing purposes. Also Barn on H 1311 St.
am E. B. PRICE.
- 'To Rent.
TIIE whole or part of a House on Main Street.
right in the Village, suitable for l orztamllies:
7 rooms. Possession immediately. Apply at this
office.
' TO :Rent.
THREE rooms in COttagc opposite residence of
. [\1\r\l\>
month. Possession immediately.
For Sale or. Exchange.
TIIE Large,h‘.legant and Pleasantly Located
Dwelling of the subscriber, on East Avenue;
House has 15 rooms, with all modern improve-
ments ;_ about two acres ground attached. ’ Will
be sold at reasonable price or exchanged for New
York City property. Apply to or address
2 GEO. W. CRA . Box 452,Norwalk, Ct.
Also one 01' the handsomest Building Sites on
East Avenue,cosisting of four acres, being the
north portionol‘ the old Van Zainut Homestead;
gas a fine Orchard of choice Fruit and line Shade
‘rces. - ' ‘
For Sale Cheap,
01‘ Exchange for other property,
One oi‘tlic neiitest,anil cosiest little Cottages in
the Borough. Will sell to agent! tenant for little
gagglmoncy down. Enquire at GAZETTE OF-
For‘ Sale.
.1, . A House and Lot. in a healthy location on
$1 Fair Street, above Catharine. The llouscis
l . nearly now,wellbuilt,convcnicnt1y arrang-
eu. anltvull make a comfortableaml leasant
home fora family of average size. The at runs
back to the river. There isa well of'cxceliem
water on the place, and Borough water in the
Street. Pflce'low, and part of the money can re:
malnlou mortgage. A fine chance to secures
home. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE. 3&1
A
Vcr ydcsirable place on East Avenue.
Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on
Also, a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
s, n. Osnoan. East Avenue,
or to D. W.FITCH,-West Avenue.
FOR SALE.
Street. Apply at tthAZETTE OFFICE.
FAIRFIELD
FIRE
South Norwalk Sonn.
$200,000.00
Call Capital.
W .8. HANFOBD,PreIldenl,
ll .R.'I'URNEB, Study and Tress.
LT. kinds of Ladies and Gents’ 30018 AID
SHOE: made to order. REPAIRING neatly
ROOM NO. 5,
Gazette Building.
1
Lil ~ 1 hr .
Lumber,
Timber,
Shingles,
Lath,&c.'
DOWN Til Hl_l_lll_PAli PRICES.
SHIN GLE S,
BOTlI
Planed, Sawed and Rivcd,
Superi'm- to (my ofered in this .llarket.
Office and Yard opp. the Store of William C .
Street & 00.,
Water Street, N orwalk.
Horace L. Hubbcll.
COWLES 8i MERRILL,
AgentsatNorwalk,Conn., issue Policies for th
. following Insurance Ct to names
$1,047,37t0’.
Queen of Liverpool 1% London, do do 1,355,560?!
Imperial, of London, . do do 5,313,665 at
And otherCompanics,Stock and Mutual,ln Con-
necticntand New York. . . '
GEORGE E. COWLES, HOMER MERRILL-
WM.‘ 0. BITTER
Havin taken the Stable formerly occupied by
D.A. EWCOMB,0n HovtStrect,\vou1d announci
to the citizens oiiNorwalk that he has stocked ii
with good Horses, best of Coaches, Carriages.&-c.
xvhich he will let with or without drivers on rea-
.onable terms. . ,
A specialty ofCoaelies for Weddings and Funer-
ils. -
“Carriages run to all trains on N. Y..N. H. R. I
)rderscitn be iel’t‘at Connecticut Hotel or at [ll
{tables on Hoyt Street. .
AGENTS WANTED FOR-THE
lilElmequIl
Item”:- tn! description- of Southern Run-Im'l‘urk .
null,
ll Tl: H l Ln (1
Marquess sang." ...° at .. asst
complete published at count-lee Involved hi the
- O O "
Human-Turkish V or
This gmil'm' vol-k fathom]: of Recent Ind Exten-
sive Travel in all the countries named. It is a live and
“time " Mob-tho on" one on the subject—and the fast-
Mlelh one ever published. One Agent sold 26 copipa
their! .- another, 108 In one week,- another, 21!! “I
one lambskin. Agents. don'tmisl this-the very BEST chance
to main money crawl in the last three years. Nowln o'ur
“"3"“ senate °“'i"’l' Tara ”grant: has
58 war In ll Ol‘ 0 .
“Ayfinfionriifiomx a 00.. madman-a, Hartford. Conn.
' Pianos fO’r'Sale.
One New Weber and One New
Chickering ,Pianos,
I! A KEN tn exchangeforpthcr property, _will be
soldat a great sacrifice. For particulari
ddress immediatel or enquire of .
1.1 (l EC. RFCHOLWELL, High Street.
A T .
Quiiltard’s Furnil are Rooms
1 will be found a complete assortment of
FURNITURE, &G.,
ncludln eve thingusnallytonnd in a first-class
istablisbgmenait Prices to suit the Times. Also.
1 large assortment of
LOOKING GLASSES, &C.
pest manner. at short notice. Also. old HairMat-
trassesmadeover as good as new. ‘
E. (ill-Imam sail.
B. s. .BLASCER,
At his storein .
‘ MALLOB‘I’S BLOCK,
ias constantly on liand,a general assortment o
- Groceries, crockery, Glass,
' 'l in and Wooden" Ware, Etc.
By devoting his constant personal attention to the
,ity ndp" '_de late defile that which is holy
. nuance insomnia decent ;
MACHINIsrs assassins ,
11
em} , T1307?!“
Charles Sherry, Esq.;Main_Strecl; $8 per
'_ Centaur
Linimsnts.
—+__.-
They relieve pain.
They subdue swelling-s.
They cure burns, without a scar.
The White Centaur Linimentis now the stan
ard remedy for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica.
Lumbago. Frost Bites, Cal-ted Breasts, Itch, Cula'
neous eruptions, etc. These Liniments hav
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
meats, Embrocations. Extracts, Ointments. and
Salvesln existence. Their sale is increasing rap-
idly and regularly. Their best endorsers are phy-
sicians, surgeons and vctcrnaries. There is liter-
ally no case of flesh, bone, 0‘. iliuscleailmcnt up an
man or beast which the Centaur Liiiiinents will
not alleviate and generally cure. But it must be
understood that there are two kinds of Liniment;
the White is for family use and the Yellow for
horses and animals. For horses and mules liable
to Spavin, Ring-bone, Sweeney, Calls, Strains.
String-halt, etc.,lhe Yellow Centaur Lull-
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 babbling upon crutches
for years from Stiff Joints, Tumors and Old Sores,
have, by the use of a few bottles of the “'hlle
Centaur Llnlmenl, been restored to the use
of all their limbs. The effects are next -to mar-
vels. We will give the Linimcnts to any person
who ever heard 01 a failure. Such a case has
never been reported to us. These Linimcnts are
now sold throughout the habitable globe.
J. B. BOSE ft 00., 46 Dar S’r., New Yonx. 3m43
Honey
To the taste, but death to Gripes and Stomach
Complaints. Flu-net’s Cantor-la is a complete
substitute for Castor Oil, and is as pleasant to
take as Honey. It is particularly adapted to
Teething and irritable children. It destroy
worms, assimilates the food, regulates the Stem-
ach, and cures Wind Colic. No remedy is as effi-
cacious for Feverishness, Group, Worms and
Whooping Cough. Castorla is a purely vege-
table preparation. more effective than Castor Oil,
and neither gags nor gripes.
Coauuma, Coma, May 3,1876.
Messrs. J.B. Ross 5;. 00., N. Y.: ’
l have a family of eight children, and have used
your Cas'roma. I have never lound anything
equal (0.". My children have been saved from
sevcic sickness by the use of CASTORIA. I recom-
mend it in preference to any medicine I know. I
tool 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,
3n143 . NORMAN 1’. LITTLE.
If you wish
Parlor, library, Dinilg‘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. Resi
dence with Mr. C. T. Cornwall, France St.
C. W. Burritt
Has Removed
To No. 4 Phoenix Block, Wall St.,
Foot of Mill Hill,whcre with increased facilities
he is prepared to do
P I- U M B I N G- ,
In allits branches. Also special attention given
to Tin Roofing, Tin and Sheet Iron Work and Job-
hing. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand.
Norwalk. April, 1876.
Good Chance to Buy
0 H E .A. P l
The subscriber will offer his entire stock of
Groceries. .
Hardware,
&c., for the next
15 DAYS AT cos'r.
GEO. C. SCOFIELD,
Main Street, South Norwalk.
Dr. C. H. Kendall & Son,
DENTISTS.
Are now prepar-
ed to r e c e l v e
their patrons at
either Norwalk
Bridge or South
- ., Norwalk. The
. senior partner
has taken rooms
0 v e r Selleck's
Bookstore, Nor-
walk, while the
junio r retains
the old office, Landcr’s Block, South Norwalk.
l‘ceth extracted without pain, and all dental ope-
rations performed at either onice.
0.11. KEN CALL, M. D.,
G. S. KENDALL, D. D. S.
I’. S. Dr. C. H.1iendall will devote Mondays to
Ridgeiield.
JOHN E. SMITH,
- FLO RIST,
.nas'r sum or MAIN STREET, son'rn
‘ or RAILROAD,
City of South Norwalk, Conn.
Plants and Flowers at all seasons.
Flowers for Funerals furnished and
tastefully arranged to order at short
notice. '
5?
2 BIEAILIHESS is RE)” "I fifiDllilESS.", -
G. A. FRANKE’S
Sharing and Bulletin 331891]!
FOR A
Plensa nt'Sliave, ,
'Artlsllc nan- Cut, or,
CALL AT
Mr. Franke’s Hair Cutting Saloon,
No. l GAZETTE BUILDING. '
WParticularattelitlon givento Ladies and Child-
ren’s Hair Cutting and Sluimpoouingftsa
AT HOME 'ro nvnnrnom‘.‘
Hot and Cold Water Baths
THE HARTFORD
STEAiil BOILER llSPEGi‘lilll !
AND
Insurance Company,
CASH CAPITAL,
SSUES Policicsol Insurance. A l'tcrcaretiii i ll-
spcction of the Boilers,coveriiig ail loss ”Oi
damage to Boilers, Buildingemnd Machinerr aris-
ngvromg
Steam Beller EXpICSNiI‘iS
J. M. ALLEN. - -
"0. M.BE.lCl-l. - - Vice-President
.J. B.~PIEI&CE. - - Secretary
W. G. LINEBUBGII. Agent
. eaao,ooo
omceover the FirstNationa Bank, constant. an
Bank Sts.. BRIDGEPOBT . CONN -. _ 2_3
; York, for Pamphlet of 100 pages. containing
lists of 8000 newspapers, and estimates showing
- cost of adv‘c'ftisl'iizl
; business he hopes to merit public patronage
Furniture -Fur'niturc ,
Thorough Shampoo '
' ' I’aul and me was both great sinners.’ That
President
{tin—15725.3. to GEO. r. low LL a Cr.,Ncw.
VOL. LXI-NUMBER 2,
The House in the Meadow.
BY LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTOX.
It stands in a sunny meadow,
The house so mossy and brown,
With its cumbrous old stone chimneys,
And the gray roof sloping down.
The trees told their green arms round it,
The trees a century old;
And the winds go chanting through them,
And the suiibeams shift their gold.
The cowslips spring in the meadows,
The roses bloom on the hill.
And beside the brook in the pasture
The herds go feeding at will.
Within, in the wide old kitchen,
The old folks sit in the sun
That creeps through the sheltering woodbine
Till the day is almost done.
The children grow up and left them,—
They sit in the sun alone,
And the old wife's ears are failing
As she harks to the well-known tone
'l‘hatrwon heart in her girlhood,
That hath soothed her in many a care,
And praises her now for the brightness
Her old face used to wear.
She thinks again Of her bridal,
How, dressed in her robe of- white,
She stood by her gay young lover
In the morning’s rosy light.
011, the morning is rosy as ever,
But the rose from her check has fled,
And the sunshine still is golden,
But it falls on a silvered head.
And the girlhood dreams, ence vanished,
Come back in her winter-time,
Till her feeble pulses tremble
With the thrill of spring—time's prime.
And looking forth fron the window,
She thinks how the trees have grown
Since, clad in her bridal whiteness,
She crossed the old door-stone.
Though dimmed her eyes’ bright azure,
And dimmed her hair’s young gold,
The love in her girlhood pligbted
Has never grown dim or cold.
They sat in peace in the sunshine
Till the day was almost done,
And then, at its close, an angel,
Stole over the threshold-stone.
He folded their hands together,
He touched their eyelids with balm,
And their last breath floated outward
Like the close of a solemn psalm.
Like a bridal pair they traversed
The unseen, mystical road
That leads to the Beautiful City
Whose Builder and Maker is God.
Perhaps in that miracle country
They will give her lost youth back,
And the flowers of the vanished spring-time
Will bloom in the Spirit’s track.
One draught from the living wateis
Shall call back his manhood’s prime;
And eternal years shall measure
The love that outlasted Time.
But the shapes that they left behind them,
The wrinkles and silver hair,—
Madc holy to us by kisses
The angel had printed there,—
We will hide away ’neath the willows
When the day is low in the West,
Where the sunbeams cannot find them
Nor the winds disturb their rest;
And we’ll suffer no telltale tombstone,
With its age and date, to rise
O’er the two who are old no longer
In the Father’s house in the skies.
A beautiful young heiress in Moscow has
married a beggar eighty-six years old. It
has a queer look at first, but nothing could
be more natural. The young girl—she is
only twenty-two—could not enter into pos-
session of her fortune until she was married,
and the young men whom her guardians in-
troduced to her were empty headed creatures
to whom she was unwilling to bind herself
for life ; so she resolved to marry an old beg-
gar and get the money without sacrificing
her independence. The old man was one of
her pensioners, and readily consented to mar-
ry her and then keep out of her way, retiring
on a comfortable allowance. All the beggars
in town feasted and made merry on the wed-
ding night.
.“The prejudice against sects,” writes a
missionary of the American Sunday School
Union in California, “is so strong that any
church can accomplish little outside its own
organization. The American Sunday School
Lnion, being wholly unsectarian, disarms
public prejudice to a great extent, and suc-
ceeds in establishing Sunday Schools where a
failure, under other conditions, would be al-
most inevitable. Our Sunday School work in
this State is marching on triumphantly, but
slowly."—-0]m'stia-n Union.
* '
The Chief ofSinners—l; Theory.
Wherever Mark went he was suectssfuh
and nearly everybody praised him. Mrs.
Hanks Rexy’s well-to do aunt, held forth to
Jemima upon the admirable ability of the
young man, and his great goodness and self-
sacrifice in “laying all his advantages of tal-
ent, and wealth, and. prospects at the foot of
. the cross.”
- “ I tell what I think, Henriette,” replied
Jemima, with her customary freedom; “I
think that’s all fol-de-rol and twaddle-de-
dee.” Here she set her iron down With em-
phasis and raised her reddencd face from
her work, wiping the perspiration away with
her apron. “ I think it’s all nonsence fer
bretliern and sisters to talk that way, jest
like as ef Mark had conferred a awful favor
on his Greater in lendin’ him his encourage-
ment. Do you think it's sech a great thing
to be Colonel Bonamy’s son and a member of
the Injeannylegislater, that God must feel
mightly obleeged to Mark Bonaniy fer bein .
so kind as to let him save his immortal soul?
Now, I don‘t,” and here she began to shove
her iron again. “You all ‘11 spiie Mark by
scllin’ him up on a spinnacic of the temple,”
. she added, as she paused a moment to stretch
out a shirt-sleeve, preparatory to ironing it.
“Jemima,” said Mrs. Haul-2s, “it's wicked
to talk that way. You are always making
fun of the gospel. I’m sure Mark‘s very hum.
ble. He calls himself thcchiefof sinners."
“l s’pcse he does. That is nice to set ,lllnl-
self up alongside of Paul and say: ‘ See,
makes you think he’s a-goln’ to be like Paul
in preachin.’ But s'posc one of the brethern
—-brother Dale, now—was to say: ’Brother
Bonamy, you’re the biggest sinner in town.
You’re wuss’n ole Gatliii that went to peni-
tenshry,’an"you’re wuss’n Boo Grziinps that
_was hung.’ D’you think h‘d say, ’Ainen,
that’s a fact?’ But of bein’ the chief of sin;
ners means anything, that’s what it means.”
“Jemima, [tell you, you‘re wicked. It’s
right to kill the fatted calf for the returning
prodigal.” . '
“Oh yes, I know,” and Jemima wiped
her face’again. “But I wouldn’t kill all the
calves on tbe‘place and then begin on the
.yc’lin’s so as to make hiin think it was a nice
thing to be a prodigal.‘ I'd be afraid the
scamp would go back and try it over again.“
And here Jemima broke out with her
favorite verse:
‘ "‘Oii header me not, fer I will serve ilie Lou].
Ann I .1 praise him when I die.”
Fawn “Rory,” i'n Scribncr’a .3107: t}. (y.
A brother and sister, each of whom sup
posed the other dead, met by accident in
Charlotte, N. C. . a few days ago, after a
separation of ‘ thirty-seven years. 'In the
mean-tiine‘ he had frequently been in Char-
lotte, where she lived, and at no time did he
[reside very far off. ,
Norwalk Chronicler