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The Nearest Duty-
I sought to do some mighty act of good.
That I might prove how well my soul had
striven.
I waited, and the minutes, hours passed,
Yet here no incense of my deed to heaven.
Sad, without hope, I watched the falling
rain,—
One drop alone could not refresh the tree;
But drop on drop, till from its deepest root
The giant oak drank life and liberty.
Refreshed like nature, I arose to try
To do the duty which should nearest lie ;‘
And ere I knew my work was half begun,
The noble deed I sought in vain was done.
— Selected.‘
OUT IN THE SNOW.
A LOVE STORY WITH A MELANCI‘IoLY DENOI'E-
.‘IENT.
“I were a tellin’ you,” said the old sailOr,
“of my going into that Nantucket schoon-
er, and of our anchoriu’ off the Brothers at
dark, and it rainin'. After havin’ a smoke,
all hands of us turned in. We all slept aft
in the cabin, except the black cook and Bill
Monro, and he had a bunk jist abaft the gal-
ley.
“Along about 12 o’clock I liecrd the old
man a shoutin,’ ‘Come Josiah, come Splicer,
come boys, turn out ; heave ahead, and save
a tide.’ Of course, I bein’ used to quick
reliefs aboard of the packets, turned out at
once, and so did the mate; but the two boys
was dreadful hard to start, and cauic up
growlin’ awful, and I thought to myself that
they ought to go a v'yage or two intoa Liver-
pool packet, jist to lam when they were well
off.
“When we got on deck we found that the
rain had stopped and the stars was out, a fine
breeze blowin' from nor’wcst. All we had
to do were to sway up the fore and main
sails, which we'd slacked down a bit on ac-
count of the rain, git the anchor, run up the
head sails and set the main gaff-topsail.
There weru’ta half hour’s work altogether,
and then we went below and turned in ag’in
~that is, me and the two boys did; the old
man and the mate they stayed on deck, and
in twenty-four hours we got to Nantucket.
“Them was the kind of times, sir, that I
had aboard of that schooner, one v’yagc arter
another, pretty much alike, livin’ right up to
the old man’s house when I were on the
island, cause the cook he had a wife down to
a part of the town called Guinea, and he lived
with her, and tne mate had his wife, and the
two boys went to their homes, and so me and
Boson, the dog’ had to live at the old man’s.
“It were a blessed life for me, sir, that
were .; the Old man’s darter, (would you be
kind enough for to order me something hot,)
by the widder’s fust, was named Hepsibeth,
only they alwas called her Hepsy, were jist
about seventeen, and as nice as they make
’em, and even down there, where they do turn
out as nice a craft in that line as almost any
place I were ever into. Well, sir, this dar-
ter she used for to take me to church with
her, and out into her company. You see, sir,
the young gals down there got themselves up
into what they called companies; eight or ten
of ’em would meet together every night,
sometimes at one house and sometimes at
another, and then the chaps what were sweet
onto ’cm would hunt round till they found
’em and then go in and’do a bit of quiet
larkin’. Well, this here darter would take
me round with her; not that I were sweet
onto anybody, (thank you sir, I will) but
jist cause she seen me alone like and were
good natured.
“Them days they used to have what they
called ‘candy frolics’ down there; that is, the
gals would git away by themselves, with a.
lot of molasses, and make a big pile of candy.
If the chaps found ’cm they had there share
of the pullin’ and it were singular, but they
almost always did find ’em somewhere or
other.
“The gals used for to make some fun of me,
’cause I were rather awkward, but I didn’t
mind that—bless you, I were a good lookin’
chap, as I told you afore, and I got ’long with
’em pretty well anyhow. Sometimes, when
we was in port, to home, as we called it, the
young folks would git up what they called a
‘squantum,’ out to a place on the west end of
the island, called Mataket; and if it were so
that he could spare us, the old man would
say ‘Splicer’, you and the boys had better go
to that squantum to-day. and me and Josiah
will make a shift to git along without you.’
The way they went to these squantums were
in two wheeled 'carts, somethin’ like what
the butchers uses here in New York, and
they had life-lines stretched along on each
side of these carts, and they’d stow a tier of
gals on each side a standin’ up, and a hold-
in’ fast onto these life-lines, and run another
tier midships, a holdin’ fast to the tiers. In
this way they managed to stow about a dozen
into each cart, which were quite as many as
the horse wanted to draw. Well, when they
got out to Mataket the young chaps would
turn to and dig a lot of clams, and the gals
would make a chowder or a roast, or both.
“As you knows, sir, they has what is call-
ed chowder here in Newr York, but ain’t no
more like the chowder that they makes down
in Nantucket than a full rigged ship is
like a fisliin’ smack. Why, sir, if one of
these Fulton Market chaps was to go down
to Nantucket and larn to make chowder and
then come back here and start it, givin’ it
some fancy name-’twouldn’t do to call it
chowder—he’d make an eternal fortin'. Well.
sir, time went along and winter come on, and
one mornin’ when me and the old man went
down to the wharf, the whole harbor and as
far as the eye could reach, were a mass of ice,
and for six blessed weeks there wern’t no
communication atwixt the island and the
main land. -
“Them were blessed weeks indeed to me,
sir, for durin’ that time (if you'd let him
bring one more) I got awfully sweet on the
widder’s darter, Hepsy. I jest judge, sir,
that I loved that young gal’ as hard as stone.
and if things had gone straight, who knows
but instead of wearin’ my life out a vagabon-
din’ all over the world, I might have settled
down for good and spent the remainder of
my life in thatheavenly trade of coastin’. It
wern’t to be so, sir, it wcrn’t so reckoned at
the start, and there’s an end of it.
“She never know’d how much I loved her;
(with your permission I‘d jist like to drink
her health agin)—'*—blest if I don't feel spoony
over it to this day—but I really believes she
thought a heap of me afore things happened
which caused us to part company.
“The harbor bein’ froze over, of course
we couldn’t get the schooner out, and all
hands of us had a holiday. The old man
and I used to go eelin’ on the harbor, cutiiu’
holes through the ice and catchin’ ’cm with
a spear, and the mate and I had several good
cruises to the west’ard a gunnin’, the wild
ducks bein’ very numerous in the creeks.
One afternoon, when the old man and I was
eelin’ on the harbor, there come up a north-
east snow storm fit to blind one, and it got
to be so bad that we had to knock off and go
home. We got home about 4 o’clock and
found the widder in great tribulation on ac-
count of her darter. The gal had gone in
the mornin’ to spend the day with a friend
that lived about a mile and ahalf out of town,
and she hadn’t got back, 'and the widder
was afcared she had got catched in the snow.
So the old man he said as how he’d go arter
her, and I said as how I’d go, too. It were
a gettin‘ on to dark when we started, and we
each took a lantern, with a good light into it
of winter-strained sperm oil. An idee struck
me jist as we was settin’ out, and I says to
the old man, ‘Hold hard, Gove’nor——,’ I
always called him Gove‘nor—how does this
here house bear what she’s gone to ?’
“About west north-west,’ says the old man.
“Then,' says I, ’dont let you and I go out
without carryin’ a compass along, so as we
can tell how we are steeriu,’ and I goes up
into the old man’s bed chamber, and gits a
small boat compass which were there, and
then we started.
out of the town there wern’t nothin‘ for to
guide us, the roads bcm‘ all covered with the
snow. Steerin’ west northwest, we had the
wind two pints abaft the port beam, and that
were some guide, but it were well, once in a
while, to stop and git the compass steady and
correct the course! We agreed to separate as
far as we could, and yet keep within‘ hail’
and to keep up shoutin,’ 80 as if the gal were
a makin’ her way in she might hear us, and
we done this all the way out to the farm
house we was a goin’ to, and which we reach-
ed a little after 5 o’clock, thanks to the com-
pass, making it right ahead.
“Herewe learned that Hepsy had started
for home about 3.30 jist arter it come on to
snow hard, and then you may jist believe we
was frightened, the old man and me, cause
we kuow’d she must have missed her way.
“ Here in the city, where you have streets
and houses and lamp posts for to guide you,
it would seem strange to think of a person
losin‘ his way in‘the daytime, but I can tell
you that out on a common, where the roads
are covered up, and in s smotherin' snow
storm sich as that was,- and which is as be-
wilderin’ as a fog, it is the easiest thing in
the world, and when I thought of that there
gal 11 bein’ somewhere out onto that common,
a bein’ snowed under, I determined that, let
the old man do what he would, I would
search all night till I found her. “To started
back, and in order to cover as large a tract
as possible, we determined for to beat back,
makin’ as long tacks as we could, and
countin’ our paces, so as to know when-
ever we crossed the line of Our course; so I
gavc'tlic old man a course about sou-south-
east, while I headed out about east-northeast,
and when we’d stood as far as we could hear
each other’s hail, we‘d tack ship and stand
right towards each other, making each time
a long leg and short one,and prettytliorough-
ly coveriu the ground. I let the old man go
off to the southward every time, cause that
gave him the wind well abaft, while I had
it nigh onto dead ahead, but then I war as
strong as a horse, and the old m'an were git-
tin’ in years. It’s easy enough, sir, sittiu’ by
this nice. fire tellin’ of it, but I’ll give
you my word it were about the hardest job
I ever done, a forcin’ myself to' windward in
the face of that storm, and it were so blindin’
that we’d lose sight of each other’s lights
aforc we’d be three minutes separated. Every
once in a while we’d come to some old road
rut and stumble and fall headlong. I had
the compass strapped around my neck and
the lantern in my hand, and it were all I
wanted to do to keep ’em from gettin’ broke
when I would tumble down. Nothin’ but
the business we was onto kept either ,of
us up, but the sole thought-in my mind was
the gal, and I hadn’t room to think of the
storm. It were in this night, a blunderin’
my way through this snow, that I found out
how much I thought of her. Sometimes a
gust would come which would bring me to a
standstill, and I would have to turn my back
to it, and let it pass; then I’d shout out as
cheery as Icould, ‘Gove’nor, ahoy!’ and back
faintly would come the response, ‘Hillo,’ and
' I‘d stagger on agin through the deep snow.
Then at times I’d hear the old man hail,
‘Splicer ahoy !’ and I’d shout back. ‘Aye,
ayel all right, sir.’ Then when the calls got
too faint I’d stand towards him. and the hails
and responses would get louder till by and
by the light of his lantern would be dimly
visible and the next minuie we’d meet and
he’d say, ‘No luck yet, Splicer,’ and I’d say,
‘no luck yet, Gove’nor, but we‘ll find her or
die,’ and then we’d clear the snow off our
compass glass, git it steady and take our
courses again and separate.
“ We didn’t go far away from one another,
and yet the tracks was long in time, for the
snow were so fearfully deep that our progress
were slow. After a while I thought the old
man weakened on it; his voice were not as
strong when he hailed, and so the next time
we j'incd company, I says to him, ‘Gove’nor,
you’re giviu’ out; take you the compass and
steer east~southeast for town. I can do this
searchin’ alone and I can find the houses by
the direction of the wind.” '
“ ‘Splicer,’ says he, ‘it can’t he did; I must
find that gal; I can’t never face the old wo-
man without lier; she’s somewhere out onto
this common, and we must find her.”
“ ‘All right, Gove’nor;’ says I; ‘if so be as
you kin hold out, its well; as for me, I am
as fresh as a four-year-old, and can stand it
all night.’
“ Away we went again on ‘our courses, and
as the old man’s hails growed faint, I were
a goin’ to tuck as usual when somethin’ told
me to stand on a little longer, and I done so,
and I were just u goin’. in stays, arter hailin’
and gettin’ no reply, when somethin’ came
boundiu’ through the snow and up agin’ me,
knockin’ me over flat on my back.
“ It were Bosen, our dog, and then I knew
the gal weren’t far off. I sent up a wild
shout of joy, and hurried along after the dog,
which steered off about northeast, and after
goin’ about threehundred yards he stopped
and began scratchin’ in the snow.
“I put down the lantern and compass and
helped him, and there, entirely covered up
with the snow, were IIcpsy.
“I picked her up, and unbuttonin’ my big
'pea-jaCRet, I buttoned it again right outside
of her, and 'slingin’ my compass round my
neck, arter gettin’ the bearin’, I stood to the
south'ard to meet the old man. When I found
him I give him the compass and chucked the
lantern away. I told the old man to steer
about cast-southeast, and then me and the
dog and Hcpsy started for town. I know’d
the dog would find the way, ’causc dogs know
more than humans, and don’t need no com-
passes. If I ever exerted myself I did that
night, though I didn’t know it at the time;
but when I got home to the widder’s I hadn’t
a dry stitch on me for the sweat. The con-
tact of my warm body kinder brung Hepsy
to, likewise, and when I unbuttoned her and
and took her out she began to show some
signs of life, and utter the widder had had
charge of her for an hour or two she were
comiu’ ’round fine.
“All she know’d were that just as she were
givin’ up Boson found her, and she jist laid
down by him and went to sleep, and that dog
and the snow coverin’ her up kep’ her from
freczin’ to death.
“ However that dog knowed she were out
there in the snow, I‘m sure I don’t know
’cause I can’t understand dog language; but
he did know, and ivhat'"i§"'more, he know'd
where to find her, Which were more than me
and the old man did, and just as soon as he’d
piloted me and-Hcpsy, into town, that dog
went bacx for the old man.
“ You wouldn’t have thought he’d left the
old man, and him his dog, would you? but
he knowed somehow in his dog-like manner
that it were necessary for me and ~Hepsy to
get on first, and as soon as he got us to the
house, he turned tail and went arler the old
man. ‘
“ It were 11 o‘clock afore the old man got
home, and as soon as he had done so, arter
he’d kissed the widder, he said, ‘Splicer, if
ever any two men deserved a thunderin’
strong glass apiece of hot rum, you, Splicer,
and I desarveit to-night, and if the old wo-
man don’t give it .to us, she’s no Christian,
which she were, and we had it screechin’ hot,
arter she’d took one‘to Hepsy.
“ Arter this here, sin, that gal seemed to
take to me wonderfully. She got the idea
that it were me that saved her life, whereas,
“It weru’t a bad idea that, for arter we got,
‘out and frighten his wife.
through a front window.
NORWALK, CONNECTICUTTU-ESDAY, 'JANUAszs, 1878.} a '
as you can see, it were Boson. Howsoever I
was right glad to have her cotton to me, and
we got to 'sittiu’ up nights artcr the old man
and the widder had turned in.
“ About a month I think it were arter this
here snow scrape,the widder catches me alone
one day, and says she, ‘Splicer, you’re sweet
onto our Hepsy.’ .
“ ‘I don’t deny it marm,’ says I,
“ ‘Well,’ says she, ‘Splicer, you haint
never killed a whale; and lfepsy can’t never
cotton to nobody what haint killed a whale.
There’s the John Jay now fittiu’ out for the
Pacific Ocean, and you had better go right
off and ship into her, and when you comes
back, then you can talk to Hcpsy.’
“Well, sir, I went off and done it that
very day, and a monih arter that I were at
sea, and it were five years from that before I
set foot onto the island again, and when I
came back Hcpsy were married and had two
children, the old man were dead, the widder
kccpin’ "boarders.
“ In the light of experience, sir, I think the
widder put up a job onto me. As I looks at
it now, I don’t think Hepsy would have cared
a cent whether I’d killed a whale or not, but
so it were reckoned up and here I am watch-
in’.—Tlie World.
A Rule “’hich Would not \Vork
Both Ways.
He was the manager of a church fair, and
one morning he walked 'into the newspaper
office, and said :
“Want an item this morning 9"
“Of course,” replied the editor. Where-
upon the visitor laid the following note upon
the table:
“The ladies of the ——- street church will
give a festival at their vestry hall,next Friday
evening. Literary and musical entertainment
w.ll be provided and a_suppcr will be served
to all who desire. The ladies in charge of
the aflair have much experience in such mat
tors and are sure to provide a good time. The
admission will be only 15 cents, and it is cer—
tain that no one can spend that amount to a
better advantage. Be sure to go and take
your friends."
“Oh, I see, an advertisement."
“No; not an advertisement. We prefer to
have it go in the local column,” replied the
manager.
And seeing that the editor looked skeptical,
he continued:
“It will interest a great many of your read-
ers and help a good cause; besides, we have
spent so much money getting up our enter.
tainmcut that we can’t afford to advertise it
without increasing the price of the tickets.
In such a matter as this, we ought to be will-
ing to help each other.”
“Well,” said the editor, “if it gocsinto the
locals, I suppoSe you would reciprocate by
reading a little notice in your church, next
Sunday."
The visiting brother asked what notice,
and the editor wrote and handed him the fol-
lowing:
“The Weekly Chronicle for the coming
year will be the best and cheapest family pa
per in Maine. Its proprietor has had much
experience and has all the helps which a large
outlay of money can procure. His paper has
a larger circulation than any other published
in the county, and is to be furnished at only
82. It is certain that no.0ne can spend that
amount to a better advantage. Be sure and
take the Chronicle, and subscribe for your
friends.”
The manager hemmed and hesitated, and
then said, solemnly, that be doubted whether
it would be judicious to read such a notice,
but suggested that if it was printed, copies
of it might be distributed at the door of the
vestry on the evening of the entertainment.
“ch,” said the editor, “but it would at
tract more attention in the middle of a ser-
mon. It will interest a large number of your
congregation and help a good cause; and be-
sides, so much money is spent upon the
Chronicle that I don’t see how the owner can
afford to print handbills to advertise it with.
out increasing the subscription price. In
such a matter as this we ought to be willing
to help each other.”
Then the gentleman saw the situation.—
F’az'i-ficld (Ma) Chronicle.
Sour. or run Rieurs or CHILDREN.—I will
never ask God to take care of any of my
children, unless I am doing my level best by
them. I will tell you what I say to my chil-
dren. It is this: “Go where you may, do
what you will, there is no crime you can
commit, there is no depth of infamy to
which you can sink that can shut to you my
door, my arms or my heart. As long as I
live you shall have one sincere friend.” An-
other thing. There is nothing like being hon
est with thesc little children. Do not pretend
you are perfection. You are not. If you
find one of your children has been telling a
lie, don’t let on as if the world was going to
burst. Tell him honestly that you have told
hundreds of them, and it doesn’t pay. You
can’t play any George Washington business
on this generation, and the sharp eye of child-
hood will look through the robe of hypocri-
sy. Some people will say that will do for
rich folks and not for poor. It‘s just as easy
to wake a child with a. kiss as with a blow.—
From Col. Ingmoll’s Lecture.
PRACTICAL J cirrus—Friday night a smart
young man who lives out on Maple street,
found a toad hopping around in the garden,
and thought it would be a capital joke to pui.
it in a table drawer and let it hop suddenly
Before he could
close the drawer he was called into the ad-
joining room, and forgot all about the toad.
which, during the night, hopped out on the
floor and crawling into a vacant boot passed
a pleasant night of it. The next morning
the household was horrified by shrieks of
masculine distress, and an old woman on the
other side of the street going home from
market, was knocked into the middle of next
week by a flying boot that came crashing
The smart man
drank a pint of whiskey to settle his nerves,
and said this custom of playing practical
jokes on people was as dangerous as it was
foolish, and if he ever caught anybody fool-
ing around his boots again with toads or any-
thing else, he would teach them a salutary
lesson—Burlington Hawk-Eye.
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Alderman Fagun of Bridgeport,.the license
swindler, has been heard of in Ireland.
Business at the Waltham watch factory is
very good, and the company is now selling
one hundred and seventy-five watches per
day for the English market.
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” has suddenly been
revived in Paris, at the Ambigu-Comique
Theatre, and has made a great sensation
among the new generation of play-goers.
“I say Jim,” said one friend to another on
meeting. "I hear our friend A. has been in
. speculation heavily ; has he made anything f”
“Yes,” said Jim, " he made an assignment."
Lent begins March 6th, which is later in
the season than it has commenced at any
time since 1867 when it commenced at the
grime 1date. In 1880 it will begin the 10th of
are .
The-Bridgeport Shear company, organized
this winter, has been carrying on manufac-
turing operations for about two months at
the Bridgeport iron works. The company
turns out about twenty-five dozen of shears
daily. .
The deepest artesian well in the world is
being bored in Pesth, Hungary. It has al-
ready reached 3,000 feet. A well at Paris
of some what more than that depth, has
hitherto had the pro-eminence. The city has
devoted $200,000to the work, which is un-
dertaken to supply warm water from hot
springs for the municipal establishments and
public baths. The boring Will be prosecuted
until the temperature of the water shows 178
degrees Fahrenheit.
For the Gazette.
The Ubiqultious Tramp.
BURLINGTON, Iowa, Jan. lst, 1878.
To 'i‘i'IE Entroiis :—
My old friend and former fellow townsman
the Hon Noah W. Hoyt, of New Canaan,
sent me last week the Messenger of that place
containiugaprize article with the caption,
“What shall we do with the tramps," written
by that gentleman. Friend Hoyt is noted
for his benevolence and kindness, as also his
strict adherence to law and its formal de
mands that its injunctions should be coupled
with fairness and justice, the man whose
yearnings and sympathies for the oppressed
and down-trodden always stirred with en-
thusiastic zeal the kindlier emotions of his na-
ture. My reccollections are frequently trans-
ported back to the days of. 1856, through the
anti-slavery crusade during those times, on
to the war, the clashing of arms, and over
the gory battle-field wherein freedom and
justice vibrated between slavery and oppres-
sion, the Union and the confederacy were
struggling for the supremacy, on to the trio
umph of the former over the latter, through
a period of the years of reconstruction to
1868, the time I left New Canaan, I always
invariably found friend Hoyt through this
transition period at his post ; bearing aloft the
banner which he unfurled in 1856, and as its
folds were-wafted out in the fullness of the
breeze, the words that struck the eye with
the brightest lustre were “the poor down-
trodden American is a political peer to the
richest in the, land. His condition is an ob-
ject of pitty and commiseratio'n, and our
laws should secure to him its guardian care
and protection.” in a careful reading of Mr.
Hoyt’s essny I think I detect a lack of those
emotional sensations which were no :ustomed
to touch the tender chords of his heart over
the wrongs of the poor slave. The contin-
uous and multiplying visits of the tramp
upon our generosity may make him appear
to the casual observer as a nuisance, a most
dreaded and despised malefactor, with no re-
deeming features or extenuating points in his
case, when viewed by the light reflected from
a state of things which existed at a former
period at the time when all branches of in-
dustries were in a prosperous state and the
labor of the country fully and remuncmtcly
employed, Is not the tramp and his present
status, his relation to society at large, and
the general fundamental principles by and
through which he confronts the more favored
class of the people, with appeals for charity,
the legitimate fruits of the great depression
and stagnation of business now prevailing
throughout- the country? The philosopher
and political economist traces to their source
the wrongs and evils which cast upon society
its blighting influences, that want and desti-
tution the parent of vice and pollution which
prevail to a greater extent than during the
prevalence of financial and commercial disas-
ters of the character witnessed in our country
the past four years; they at once reach the
conclusion that at the upper reservoir clear
back to thefountain head, the waters have
bl come impregnated with corrupt substances
which have sent forth its bitter streams, pro-
ducing sickness, decay and death within the
radius of its travels. Cutting off the tail
of the serpent, will not prevent its poisonous
fangs from doing its fatal work, nor will the
bitter and filthy waters become pure till the
impurities of its source are removed. The
panic ‘and financial crash of 1873, with all its
attendant disasters and horrors, through so
long a series of years to the present time, has
developed a state of things which is insepar-
able from our indefensablc position, and all
legislation and precauiionary measures sug-
gested by my friend Hoyt to abate the tramp
nuisance, will be to a great extent fatal, till
our learned sages and wiseacres at Washing-
ton learn the first rudiments of political mor.
ality, thereby purging the fountain head from
the filthy waters which has nourished to vig-
orous life these excresences, that has fasten-
ed upon the bodly politic. The tramp is
amenable to our laws the same as the rest of
us, and he is fully conscious of its penalties
in case he violates them, and his class may be
a more numerous trespasscr than some others,
hence the nervous, repulsive sensations caused
by his presence ; but the silent perambula-
tions and migrations of the peaceable, quiet
tramp is no more a bore and a tax upon the
patienceand purse of the common herd of
mankind than the sewing machine agent, the
lightning-rod man, and the solicitor of alms
for dubious and uncertain purposes. . Let us
all take in the situation and the state of
things that is upon us, considering well the
causes that have made the tramp, that a per-
his shoulders should be thrown upon the
causes thereof, the universal depression of
the times, and those who are favored with a
larger share of this world’s goods and friends
extend to him the hand of sympathy, reach-
ing out to cast upon his back the mantle of
charity, while we all unite our efforts to deal
the powerful blow which will sever the ser-
pent’s head from his body. B. B.
The Flower Clock.
The flowers of certain plants are so sensi-
tive to the effect of light and heat that they
open and close at the same time from day to
day, marking the sun’s altitude and inclina-
tion. This fact was made by Linnaeus, the
great botanist, the basis of many experiments
and observations resulting in the arrange
ment called his “floral clock." It consisted
of three divisions, containing flowers that
open and close earlier or later, according to
the state of the atmosphere. This was the
“meteorological division,” and indicated the
state of the weather. A “tropical division,"
as it was called, containing flowers that
marked sunrise and sunset; and a “horologi-
cal division,” consisting of flowers that open
and close at fixed and invariable hours. It is
a curious fact that there are twenty-four vari-
ties of plants whose blossoms open success-
ively at the different hours of the day and
night. Looking over his list we find the day
lily opens at five o’clock a. m., and evening
primrose at 5 p. in. Midnight belongs to the
“cactus grandifiorusi,” or night-blooming ce-
rcus, whose magnificent flower expands and
diffuses a subtle perfume soon after sunset,
gradually unfolds, and then closes until be
fore day dawn, when its strange mission is
ended. The African marigold opens at seven
o’clock in the evening and closes at four if
the weather be fair. If it does not open,rain
is certain forthe next day. It is said the
flowers of the water lily close and sink into
the water precisely at sunset, rise again to
the surface at sunrise. Pliny describes the
lotus of the Euphrates, which followed the
arms order; and the'reverence which was
paid by the Egyptians to the lotus is suppos-
ed by some to be from this association with
the sacred sun. Flowers and fruit of the
lotus are engraven on Eastern tombs and
monuments, and adorn the heads of their
sculptured deities. Besides the “floral clock,"
there is a floral calendar, in which each
month is marked by its own loyal flower.—
Boston Transcript.
#
It has been decided to rebuild the steamer
C. II. Northam. The contract for rebuild-
ing the hull has been awarded to John Eng-
lish & Son of Greenpoint, and for, joiner
work to John E. Hofiomier of New York.
The boat will be completed by the first of
July. ‘
“No, I cant pay you’l”cxclaimed he; sure‘s
I stand here, I bav‘n’t got a cent of money to
my name 1” And bringing down his hand on
the side of his leg, by way of emphasis, be
all unintentionally awoke to the echo of the
slumberiug dimes,.qua_rters, and half-dollars
in his trouses pocket. Then, as his creditor
gazed into bis-eye, he wildly fled, while he
gasped: “Silver will ,be the ruin of, this
countryyet." -‘
tion of the responsibility now heaped upon -
Schliemaun’s Theories and Work.
Dr. Schliemann is himself, though uncon-
sciously, one of.tbe most curious relics of the
mythical world which he exhibits. He lives
in acritical age, but is not of it. Though
master of many languages, he has never learn-
ed the word doubt. Having been possessed
from childhood by an unquestioning faith in
Homer, as an historical authority, he went
to the Tread in 1871, and dog into the hill of
Hissarlik, with an enthusiastic hope of find-
ing there traces of civilization which was de-
stroyed when gods and men united to punish
aprince (who had been the arbiter of the
prize of beauty among three great goddesses
of heaven), for stealing the daughter of
Olympian Zeus. Scholars in vain pointed
out to him that, if there ever was a Troy
outside of the fancy of the bards, it must be
sought where the bards placed it; and not
where the local pride and superstition of the
people of New Ilion, in defiance of them
had claimed its site. But Dr. Schliemann,
with HOmer f‘or his events and heroes, and
with ‘ tradition” for his geography, went res
olutcly to work; and his earnestness found :-
rich reward. He discovered more than ht
dared to dream of. Destitute of the critics.
faculty; intolerant of doubt, more even in
himself than in others; net enduring to hold
his judgment in' suspensc,-'-for every new
discovery his mind finds a place in some pre-
conceived theory, or at once frames a new
and more marvelous one to fit and hold it.
His report of facts is shaped .and colored
throughout by his imaginative convictions;
and as his readers find themselves taken cm
of the world of history and chronology into a
realm of wonders, hardly nearer to experi
ence than the fairy-land of Spenser, the spir-
itual battle-plain of Milton’s angels, or thi-
misty field of Tennyson's Lyounesse. Ht
found the walls which Apollo and Poseidon
built; he found the streets through which
the pious son of Aphrodite bore his old fath-
er from their burning home; he found the
Screen gate, at which the sons of the god.-
sat wondering at the beauty of Helen, asa
theme worthy of a world in arms; he founu
the royal treasure of King Prism, the dia-
dcm and jewels which had'been the orna-
ments of beauty, and the pride of power, in'
the days when the sons of God and the
daughters of men were in daily and intimate
association. - ‘
The critical world, while it could not' ac-
cept Dr. Schliemann's interpretation of them
discoveries, was startled and puzzled by the
wonderful facts which he had brought to
light. The rhiubt which some .strove to
throw on his good faith was speedily dispcll
ed; the objects which he described are cer-
tainly in existence, and were found at Eliss-
arlik; and his descriptions, when stripped of
the inferences and beliefs with which his
fancy had mingled and wrapped them,proved
to be in substance correct. Nay, even those
who quarreled most bitterly with his ex-
planations failed to furnish an equally intel-
esiing theory of their own, or even to agree
upon any. Meanwhile, Dr. Schliemann him-
self, regarding the resurrection of Troy as a
demonstration of his cherished views, his
enthusiasm rekindled for Homeric research,
sought other fields for similar exploits. “For
my part," he says, “I have always firmly be-
lieved in the Trojan war; my full faith in
shaken by modern criticism, and to this faith
of mine I am indebted for the discovery of
Troy and its treasure.” He has spent seven
months of severe personal labor, and has
made an immense outlay of money, in exca-
vating the ancient city of Myccnae, the royal
seat of the Homeric Agamemnon; and has
met here with a success far greater than at
Hissarlik. Under these circumstances, thi
most skeptical reader may reasonably be
asked to sympathize with the enthusiasm o
the writer, to admire the courage and perse-
verance with which he has carried out his
plans, and to thank him for the great coutri-
butions which he has made to our means of
knowing the past—Scribner for Januzry.
What are Pyramids?
“A Pyramid is a solid or hollow body hav-
ing a large and generally a square base termi-
nating in a point in appearance.” It is tht
purpose here to give the dimensions of one
of the three most famous of those noted in
history. This one was justly ranked among
the world, and did not stand far from the
city of Memphis. This pyramid like thi-
others was built- ou a rock, having a square
base cut on the outsideas so many steps, and
decreasing gradually quite to the summit. I!
was built of stones of vast size, the least of
which were thirty feet, wrought out with thi
wonderfuljart,aud covered with hieroglyphic:
each side, it is stated by several ancient au-
thors, was eight hundred feet broad and as
many feet high. The summit of the pyra-
mid, which viewed from the base appears a-
a point, is a fine platform composed of ten
or twelve massy stones each side of the plat.
form sixteen or eighteen feet long. M. de
Chazells of the Academy of Science, who
went purposely to the place in 1693, gives us
the following dimensions. The side of the
base 110 fathoms. The fronts are equalerai-
triangles, and thus the superfices of the ham-
is 12,100 square fathoms. The perpendicular
height 77% fathoms. The solid contents thus
313.590 cubical fathoms.
A hundred thousand workmen were con-
stantly employed about this work, and were
relieved every three months by the same
number. Ten complete years were spent in
hewing out the stones in Arabia and Ethic
pin, and in conveying them to Egypt; and
twenty years more in building this immense
edifice, the inside of which contained num.
berlcss rooms and apartments. There were
expressed on the pyramid in Egyptian char-
acters the sums it cost only for garlic, leeks,
onions, and other vegetables for the workmen,
and the whole amounted to sixteen hundred
talents of silver, that is, four millions five
hundred French livers (about $888,000) from
whence it may be easy to conjecture what a
vast sum the total amount of such astructure
must have been. .
Such were the famous Egyptian pyramids
which have triumphed over the injuries of
time and the barbarians. ’ These vast pyra-
mids were designed as tombs, and there is
still to be seen in the center of the largest an
empty sarcophagus cut out of an entire stone,
about three feet deep and the same in width
and a, little more than six feet long. All
this labor and the expense of so many thou-
sands of men to procure for a prince a little
vault in which he had it not in his power to
"be placed in.‘ It is but just to remark and
esteem the noble genius of the. Egyptians for
architecture; a geniusthat from the earliest
times and before they could have had any
models to imitate. To aim in all their works
at the grand and the magnificent, and to be
intent cureal beauty without in the least de-
viating from a noble simplicity, in which the
highest perfection of art consists. R.
_——'I_
Important to Connecticut Exhibi-
tors ‘at Paris. ‘
The Connecticut board of managers for the
Paris exhibition have engaged Thomas R,
Pickering of Portland to go .to Paris in time
to see that Connecticut exhibits 'are'ppeued,
properly arran ed and: cared for during the
exhibition, an reshipped, making no charge
to exhibitors, except where actual expense is
incurred for the repairs and packi‘n and un-
packing.
transportation from New York to
back. '
Paris and
Amongthose reported lost on the Huron
was Master-at-Arms John E. Holland; of
Boston, who has been in the navy the greater
part. of his life. When the' news was com-
municated to his wife, that Jack was ameng
the lost, she said: “I don’t believe a word of
it. Were any sailed? If"th were saved,
Jack was'one of them." ELAnd- he wan.
Homer and in the tradition has never been _
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ALEX. S. GIBS'ON,
- Organist of the First Congregational'ohurch .
Teacher of
Plano-Forte. Organ and Musical
com poultlon.
Box 879 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
1'.th H. Bodwell
EXPRESS MESSENGER
AND
PURCHASINI AGENT.
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u. E. BODWELL’S, So. Nor-walk. 48:!
J. Belden Hurlbutt,
itinerant Counsellor at Law,
Room No. 4, [up unit-,1
GA ZETTE BU] LDTNG.
0!]th V.D.PARDEE,I.D.,
Graduate of N. Y. Medical College for Women,
Cor. MAIN d: MARSHALL STREETS,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN .
Office Hours, untils a. m., andtrom 3 p.m. At-
cnlion to all classes of diseasesincident to a gen-
rnl practice of medicine and surgery . Fam-
ues supplied with Homeopathic remedies. .
References by permission :—-S.Lilenthal, M. D.,
‘rot‘. of Them-yond .Praetice,N. Y .eity ; Clemence
.ozier, M. D. Dean of Colle e, N. Y.: Alfred K.
lills, M. D.,Prof. Mater-la Me iea. 3m23
J EIARLES W. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
NORWALK, coNN.
'mce corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxide Gas administered .
‘C. B. COOLIDGE,
DENTIST.
Successor to
Dr. Asa. H111,
WALL STREET, NORWALK,
Otilee over
0. J. Gruman’s Dry Goods Store.
If Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
-ut pain.
DENTISTRY
A 1' HA RD TIMES PRICES,
‘E'or Cash-No credit:
all work cxcuted in the Best Manner, at my other
Corner of Main and Washington Streets,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
T. E. SWIFT, l). D. S.
i a w. MITCHELL,
3.
At the ever popular
U N I 0 N M A R K E 'I
has always the best of
Beer, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
it fairlivingiprices. Union (formerly Model) Mar
cat, on the ridge. 1?
f‘lflAl‘LES _S. LOCK‘VOOD,
Fashionable Draper and failed
AND
GENTS’ F URNISIIING .EJIPORII/jv-
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
EDEVARD P. \VEED.
D H U G- G I S '1'
Wall Streetmpposile Norwalk Opera House,
A large and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
'cri‘umerg, Patent Medicines, all kinds Miners.
Vaters. oilet and Medicatedfioaps. Flavoring
.ud Hui-1' kerchict‘ Extracss, flair Brushes.Combs.
épon‘ges, Chamois Skins, Stationery. Cigars, &c..
ind is constantl adding to his stock all the new
ind popular me icines ofthe day.
WE
VORWA LK INSURANCE 00.,
L NORWALK, CONN.
r‘lun‘terCapltal - - - $500,000
PlldupCapnnl - - - 100,000
VK.0.SEBEET,PIOS., Gno R.CowLns,Sec’y.
1‘ NA INSURANCE Co. ofHAB'l'FORD.
. Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
dapltal and Assets, $5,052,880.19
~usures against loss and damage by.Fire,on term.
idopteil to the hazard antleonsnstcnt with the law.
of compensation. COWLES 8'. MERE! LL,_
Sole Agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
WM. 0. BITTER
iiaving taken the Stable formerly occupied by
D. A. N EWCOM [3,011 Ho t. Street,would announce
to the citizens of Norwn k that he has stocked it
with good Horses, best of Coaches, Carriages.&o..
which be will let with or without drivers on rea-
sonable terms. , _ 4
01A specialty ofConches for Weddings and Funer-
a s.
Carriages run to all trains on N. Y., N. II. R. R
Orders can be left at Connecticut Hotel or at the
stables on Hoyt Street. . 3m49
C. W. LOCKWOOD’S SONS
riave taken the Store, No 4 Skiddy’s Block, Main
‘ street,‘where they will open it first-class
Fish, _
Fruit,
Vegetable -
and Poultry Market.
they intend to keep it well stocked with
Fresh. Salt, Smoked & Canned Fish
.it all the choice va rities, and Fruits and Vegeta-
bles of all kinds, in their season. The furnishing
of POULTRY, either alive or dressed, a specialty:
Also EGGS.
Norwalk, Conn., February 20th, 18'7.
Family-Groceries
CHEAP sou CASH!
The undersigned having purchased the stock of
goods iormerliy owned by the Soverigns of Indus-
try, and fine up the store With an entirely new
stock of Goods, is now offering to the public as
good an assortment of
I It'll-DICE FAMILY IROGERIES,
Provisions, Flour. Teas, sugar, Spices, he; at the
very lowest market prices for cash. Goods deliv-
ere anywhere about town tree ofcharge. Call
and try us, it will be for your advantage.
G E0 R-G E CARTER,
Lynes’ Block, Water Street, opposite Railroad
Crossing. . ll
_ arenas ii. wfloun,
Furnishing Undertaker,
NO. 53 NIAIN STREET,(Up Stairs.)
'B.S.BLASCER.
At his store in
MAI-LORY’. ”BIZ-OCR,
has constantly on hand,'u general assortment o
,’triiceiifeatiacliery, Glass,
'Iiu and Wooden Ware, Etc.
By devotln iils 00118331365139?“ atmugg‘nto the
business e hopes to bite Ital 1026.
ts
_tounhernoucyatl‘a~erl int)
REAL ESTATE.
To Rent.
THE rcsldence of the subscriber, floating the
north-east corner of Union Park.
Norwalk,Jnn. 15,1878. CHAS. P. TURN-EY.
A Farm Wanted
Vvvv
, IN Fau-fleld County, of 50 to 75 acres. Addresd
with description . price, die.
2w T. a. m., Tinrytown, N. Y.
Farm for Sale.
DWELLING HOUSE situated in the Borough
of Norwalk. With or without twenty-eight
acres of land; said land is suitably divided into
pasture, wood, plow and meadow land. For fur-
ther information apply at this Oillce. or of the sun-
scribcr. HARVEY FITCH.
Norwalk, January 14th, 1878. 3
To Let.
The Property in the rear of the Fair-
field County National Bank.
formerly occupied by Price & Bates, suitable for
manufacturing purposes. Also Barn on H Igh St.
50tf E. B. PRICE.
To Rent.
THE whole or part of a House on Main Street,
right in the Village, suitable for l or‘ziamilies'
7 rooms. Possessron immediately. Apply at this
office.
To Rent.
FOUR rooms‘ in Cottage opposite residence of
Charles Sherry, Esq" Main Street; Sit) per
month. Possession immediately.
For Sale Cheap,
0r Exchange for other property,
one of the neutest, and cosiest little Cottages in
due Borough. Will sell to ugood tenant for little
b r1 3% money down. Enquire at GAZETTE 0F-
For Sale.
_ A House and Lot, in is healthy location on
@ Fair Street, above Catharine. The House is
' nearly new,weil.buiit. conveniently arrang-
ed. and Will make a comfortable and leasanl
name toratamily of average size. The ot runs
ouch to the river. There lea well ot' excellent
water on the place, and Borough water in the
street. ’rice low, and part of the money can re.
uain on mortga e. A fine chance to securea
home. Apply at AZETTE OFFICE. 3N
Desirable Property for sale.
A Verydesirable place on East Avenue.
Also,‘a tow chorce Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue for sale cheap.
Also, a nicely located House and Lot on Net-
mn Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar.
rain. Enquire of
E. OSBORN. East Avenue,
s
tfll or to 15. w. FITCH, West Avenue.
FOR SALE.
'PWO verydesirable BuildingLotson WestMair
Street. Apply at the GA ETTE OFFICE .
FAIRFIELD
F'I RE
iNSUltANGB 00MPANY,
' South Norwalk Conn .
tail Capital, $200,000.00
AlltllJllJ, 1876, $336,112.78
W .s. nANFORD,PresIdonL
IL]! .TCBNEB, See’y and Trans.
c. N. NICHOLS.
ALT. kinds of Ladies unu Gents’ no TS A"
’ SHOE; made to order. REPAIRIN neatly
done, and according to promise.
ROOM NO. 5,
Gazette Build/ing.
L111 1' Y ' .
Lumber,
Timber,
Shingles,
Lath.&e.
0000 10111110011 PRICES.
SHIN GLE S,
BOTII
Pinned, Sawed and Bived,
Superior to any 017'ch in this Market.
Olllce and Yard opp. the Store of William C
Street dc 00.,
Water Street, N orwalk.
Horace L. Hubbcll.
A '1‘
will be found a complete assortment of
FURNITURE, ac,
ncludingcverythingusuallytound in a first-class
astablishment, at Prices to suit the Times . Also.
i large assortmentof'
iHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
Looxnvu GLASSES, ace.
xBless Plates cut to any size. Bepairingdonein the
nest manner, at short notice. Also. old Hair Mat-
:rassesmadeover as good as new.
ELCUINTABD’S cg".
AGENTS WANTED FOR-THE
Bum-Install analytical o! Southa- RudtT-rlre
1" Wm III". The llol‘ ml, elycl
in 'lth flue Th in the only
magnum We: eonnflelinmhedinthc
Russian Turkish W ar
This a flavor! lathe remit of Recent and Exten-
sive Tm in all the countries named. It is u live and
“time " book-tho our one on the subject—sud the fast-
onc ever published. One Agent sold 230 0011in
.' another, 160 in one week,- nnotlier, 218 in
Math . 'miss this—the ve nssr chance
on,” Agen don It 17 New in our
last three years.
time. Semi for our Terms to Agents, and o. ful de-
Extra
scrl nofthl paintwork and u foryourselves. Address
ADI)? Won-innards! a Cod,l 19.5mm. Hartford, Conn.
Ilfllllli“ l8 IEXT III GOELIIESS."
C. A. FRANKE’S
Sharing and Hair 01101111801001!
r01: A
Pleasant Shave,
Artistic Hair Cut, or]
Thorough Shampoo
CALL AT
Mr. Franke’s Hair Cutting Saloon,
No. l GAZETTE BUILDING.
EfPartlcularattention given to Ladies and Child-
ren’s Hair Cutting and Shampooningffil
AT HOME T0 EVERYBODY.
Hot and Cold Water Baths
WM. B. SWAN,
Manufacturer of
FINE ‘AND coalition
.HARN ESS,
And Dealer in
Horse & Stable Equipments.
Particular attention paid to
REPAIRING.
Thankful for the liberal patronage of the past,
the subscriber bones to merit a continued share of
the business favors of his friends and the public
W M. B . S W A N.
Shop in rear of Residence, Main Street. Norwalk
Slipping an Merchandise Tats,
. Pranted or P110111
By the Dozen or Thousand, at Manufacturers
Prices. at the
GAZETTE OFFICE.
Qaiutard’s Furniture Rooms
Centaur
Liniments.
The wonder of medical science —hall horse and
half beast—the fabled Ccntaurs left their impress
upon the history of the world.
The Centaur Llnlments, for man and
beast. are remarkable in their way. They have
been before the public only six years, but in thai
time they have performed more wonderful works
have alleviated more pains and cured more bed-
ridden cripples than have all other Liniments,Em-
brocations, Extracts, Salves and Ointments in ex-
istence. Their immense and rapidly-increasing
sale isindisputable evidence of the estimation in
which they are held. {they are already used in
many of the hospitals of this country and. Europe.
and are prescribed by the best physicians and vet-
erinary surgeons. Why should they not be ?
They have never failed to ameliorate suffering
when care from loss of bone or muscle are impos-
sibIc. They contain Catholic, Witch Huzel,Roci.
Oil. Arnica and ingredients which must stimulate
the fluids, soften the sinucs and penetrate to the
bone. We have never yet heard of the first fail-
ure to benefit. even in stubborn casts ol'Bheuma
tism, Sciatica, and Neuralgia, while, for Flesh
Wounds, Bites, Frosted Limbs,Burns, Cutaneous
Eruptions, etc... they are unfailing. What the
White Centaur Llnlment is for the hu-
man frame. the Yellow Centaur minimal“
is for horses and animals. We will guarantee the»
one dollar expended for Centaur Llnlmenl
will perform more and spedier results than can be
obtained fortlve or twenty dollars from any phy-
sician. We have made the treatment of fies-h.bone
and muscle ailments a specialty. We know that
we have preparations which do what they are
recommended to do. They are not eure-alls-they
will not mend a broken leg, but they will allevi
ate pain and cure where any human agency can
cure. Be sure and inquire for the .Cenmnr
Llnlmon to and give them a fair trial.
J. B. ROSE 3:. 00., 40 Dex S'r., New Yams.
Mothers,
There is a harmless and certain remedy for
your children. Cssronu is the result of twenty
years’ experiments by the celebrated Samuel
Pitcher. M. D.
It is a venetable preparation, as effective as Cas-
tor Oil, but perfectly pleasant to the taste. II
can be taken by the youngest infant, and neither
gagsnor gripes. Dr. A. J. Green, of Royston,
Indiana, says of it:
Sure :-I have tried the Gasman, and can speak
highly of its merits. It will do away with Castor
Ui . t i~ pleasant and harmless, and in wonder
I‘ully efficacious as an apericnt and laxative. It
is the very thing.
The CASTORIA destroys worms, regulates the
Stomach. cures Wind Colic, and permits of nat-
ural healthy sleep. It is very efficacious in Group
and for Teething Children. Honey is not pleas-
anter to the taste, and Castor Oil is not so certain
in its effects. It costs b11135 cents, in large bottles.
that J. B. ROSE a. 00., NewYoi-k.
Furniture -Furniture
If you wish
Parlor, library, Dining and Sitting
Room Sets,
Walnut or Cottage Chamber Sets,
or anything in the Furniture Line. 01 the Latest
Style,Bcst Finish and Make and for the
Least Money. go to
WM . LOCKWOOD’S,
No. 36 Main Streetz’NOBWALK, CONN.
General Furnishing Undertaker.
Orders attended to promptly day or night. Resi
deuce with Mr. C. T. Cornwall, France St.
C. W. Burritt
Has Removed
To No. 4 Phoenix Block, Wall St.,
Foot of Mill Hill,ivherc with increased facilitier
he is preparer! to do
PLUMBING,
in all its branches. Also special attention givci
to Tin liooilng, Tin and Sheet Iron Work and .1 ob-
bing. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand.
Norwalk,April, 1876.
Good Chance to Buy
o E: E _A P i
The subscriber will offer his entire stock of
Groceries.
Hardware,
£20., for the next
15 DAYS AT COST.
GEO. C. SCOFIELD,
Main Street, South Norwalk.
Dr. C. 11. Kendall & Son,
DENTISTS.
Are now prepar
ed to receiv-
their patrons in
either Norwnll
Bridge or Soutl
Norwnlk. Th1
‘\ senior partuei
—" has taken room-
0 v e r Selleck‘i-
Bookstore, Nor-
walk, while th.
juuio r retain.
the old ofilce, Lauder’s Block. South Norwalk.
Teeth extracted without pain, and all dental ope-
rations performed at either office.
C. H. KENDALL, M.D.,
G. S. KELDALL, D. I). S.
P. S. Dr. C. 11. Kendall will devote Mondays to
iiiilgefield.
P. W . BATES,
Successor to PRICE .15 BATES.
WATER STREET, rear of Opera House,
Manufacturer of
Monumental, Building & Cemetery
Work.
of every description from all the different kinds of
GRANITE, Ill/5 RBLE. BROWN,
01110, or NOVA scomm STONE.
Orders solicited. Prices to suit the times.
HAVE been connected in business with Mr.
Bate-stern number of years. and cheerfully
recommend him to my old friends and patrons as
a. man well worthy of their patronage.
E. B. -PRICE.
some E. SMITH,
F L 0 R I S T,
EAST sum or MAIN STREET, sewn
on RAILROAD,
City of South Norwalk, Conn.
Plants and Flowers at all seasons.
Flowers for Funerals furnished and
tastefully arranged to order at whorl
’ notice.
Pianos for Sale.
l
One New Weber and One New
Chickering Pianos,
T AKEN in exchange for other propertynvill be‘
sold at a. great sacrifice. For particulars
address immediately or enquire of
it C 03.0.11. Cl-IOLWELL, High Street.
THE HARTFORD
STEAM BOILER INSPECTIGN !
AND
Insurance Company,
casn CAPITAL, 8500.000
850 ES Policies 0 f Insurance. A t‘tercareful i n-
spection of the Boilers,eovering all loss or
damage to Boilers, Buildings, and Machinery aris-
niz from 3
Steam Boner Explosxens
J. M. ALLEN, - - President
0. I'LBEACH. - - - Vice-President
J. B. PIERCE, - - Secretary
W. G". LINEBURGH, 5 Agent
Baikal“ BRIDGBFORT gCONN .
VOL. LXI-NUMBER 4.
.A Babe in Glory.
A babe in glorv is a babe forever,
A link between mankind and augelhood.
Tm lily is as perfect as the oak,
The myrtle is as fragrant as the palm;
And Sharon’s roses are as beautiful
As Lebanon’s majestic cedar crown.
—Bz'clcercteth.
In Dreamland.
Heinrich Heine was very fond of dream-
thus :
In dreamland I’ve been weeping,
And dreamed that you were dead;
I woke and knew it was a dream,
Still bitter tears I shed.
In dreamland I’ve been weeping,
I dreamed that you were untrue;
I woke, but yet my tears fell fast,
For all that I could do.
In dreamland I've been weeping,
I dreamed you loved me well,
I woke, and could not choose but weep,
But why, I could not tell.
The Magic Key.
Did you ever hear, my children dear,
.Of a certain wonderful key ?
When 1 was as young as any of you
The story was told unto me.
This magical key will open the heart
In a very mysterious way,
And consists in three little well-known words
Which you all have been taught to say,—
If you please !
At school, at home, at work, or at play,
Wherever you happen to;be,
What favor you want you’re sure to obtain
By using this magical key.
I suppose it must reaehjtojsome secret spring,
So deep and so far out of sight
We would not suspect it'werc there—till those
words
So suddenly bring it to light—
],l‘ you please .’
New this is a jewel indeed to possess,
It is made of the purest of gold;
Ah l who would not win, who would not wear
This treasure of value untold ?
'Tis fashioned with beauty without and within
All fair and all charming to see,
And we all can obtain it, if only we will,
This wonderful, magical key—
; I
—0ln:.aim Um... If you pkm'
*
Baby Fingers.
Ten little fat fingers so taper and neat;
‘I‘en fat little fingers so rosy and sweet;
Eagerly reaching for all that comes near,
New poking your eyes out and pulling your
hair,
Soothing and patting with velvet-like touch,
[‘hen digging your check with a mischievous
clutch ; '
Gently waving good-bye with infantile grace,
l‘hen dragging your bonnet down over face
Beating a pat a-cake, pats-cake, slow and se—
date,
l‘hen tearing your book at a furious rate ;
Gravely hold them out, like a king to he
kissed,
I‘heu thumping the window with tightly
closed fist ;
Now lying asleep, all dimpled and warm.
0n the white cradle pillow, secure from al
0, dear baby handsl how much love you en-
fold
In the weak, careless clasp of those fingers’
soft holdl
Keep spotless, as now, through the world’s
evil ways,
And bless with fond care our last wearifu
days.
-ll[rs. Richard Grant White in N. Y. Econ-
i‘ng Post.
Our Savings Banks.
The report of the bank commissioners was
presented to the Legislature, Wednesday;
f‘he sum of the banks’ resources October lst,
was $0,273,938.73, about $1,000,000 less than
iyear before. The deposits were $77,214,-
537.236, about s1,3ooo,ooo less. The decrease
in real estate loans is over $3,000,000, and in
loans on stocks and bonds $425,000. There
has been an increase of $2,500,000 in United
States bonds and real estate owned. The
number of depositors has increased about
1,000, the number being 204,575. Of the de-
posits over 155,000 are less than $500, and
3,359 over $3,000. There are eighty-six
oanks, the same as last year. During the
past year thirteen of the savings banks have
paid at the rate of 6 per cent. interest per an-
uum. Forty-six have paid at the rate of 5;,-
per cent. per annum Sixteen'have paid 5
per cent. per annum, and seven 4% per cent.
per annum, and five have either passed or
paid very small dividends. The amount from
which no income has been derived is $1,134,-
782, or about twice the amount at the date of
the last report. The reason of this increase
in unproductive or barren assets may in part
be found in the fact that much of the amount
is made up by foreclosures of so recent 0
date that no reasonable time has elapsed for
the receipt of rents, and the unfavorable
condition of the market for real estate has
not afforded desirable opportunity to dispose
of the same. The fact still remains that
there is a considerable increase in the amount
of securities and investments which have
failed to yield the ordinary income; but so
far as real estate has been disposed of, it has
generally been without loss, and in a few ca-
ses at quite an advance on the amount which
it was pledged to secure. The commission-
ers say: “We are free to say that we fear
too much has been, and is expected of our
savings banks, considering their past and
present surroundings. They are expected to
make money when most others fail; they
are expected to receive money on deposit at
all times, and the more difficult it is to invest
with satisfaction elsewhere, the more the sav-
ings banks are called upon to receive. Then
they must loan on property where there are
no risk, or invest in securities that are be-
yond question, and yet comparatively large
dividends are expected, and the principal
must be returned on call without even a
chance of loss. The depositors should not,
however, forget that if they demand perfect
safety, they must be willing to accept that
which can be safely earned. ' And before we
criticize too severely, let it be remembered
that if small dividends are now received, that
in days gone by, the receipts from this source
were larger than ought to have been paid,
and in many cases these earnings were dis-
tributed to the depositors with such liberali-
ty, that no provision was made for future
contingencies, and now naturally follows
the settlement or adjustment of these over-
burdened or overdrawn accounts, and it is
such atest as is seldom experienced. Then
again let it be remembered that a large por-
tion of the deposits now in our savings. banks
were made during a time of great financial
derangement, and of great inflation in the
circulating medium of the country.”
Postmaster General Key finds evidence of
growing prosperity in different parts of the
country, and more especially at the south. in
such an increase of business at 200 post-offices
during the last quarter as to raise them out of
their former rank as postmaster general an-
poiutments to the importance of presidei tial
offices. -
February and, there will be an eclip:e of
the sun invisble in the United States, and
July 20th there will be a total eclipses visible
here. August 12th there will be’a partial
eclipse of the moon partly visible in the
United States. There will be two eclipse of
she moon during the year, and a transit cf
murcury over the sun’s disk on the 6th Of
omccover the Fix-striations Bank,cor.Maiu nag
inlay, visible here.
land, and tells us some of his experiences ._ ',
Norwalk Chronicler