WHOLE N UMBER 1571
For the Gasma-
1 A11 'Idyl.
Under the larch with its tasslcs wet,
While the early sunbeams lingerct1 3'“
In the rosy dawn, my love I met
Under the 1111 ch, when the sun was set,
111: came to 1110 nith a violet—
Forty yca1s—-and I have it y et.
Out of life with its fond regret,
What have love and memory yet?
Only—1111 April violet.
su—firuuusrsss.
"Sutiliurstscs, mum—yes, mum, 011 ac-
counts of me bein’ SmethVurst an’ the wax~
works mine. Fifteen year I’ve been in the
business, an, if I live fifteen year more 1
shall have been in it thirty; for wax-works
is the kind of a business es 0' man gets used
to and friendly with, after Va manner. L01"
bless you' there’s no tellin’ 110w much com-
pany them there wax-works is. I’ve picked
V "a companion or so out of the collection.
Why, thcr’csLady Jane Grey, as is rcadin’ .
her Greek Testymcnt; when her works' 1s in
order an’ she s set a-goin’, her eyes rise gentle
like f1 om her book, I could fancy as she
knew every trouble I’d had an’ was glad as
they was over. And there‘s the Royal Fami-
ly on the (lies all a scttiu’ together asfrec and
home-like 11an smilin’ as if they wasn’t noth-
in’ more than flesh and blood like you an’ me
1111’ not a cr0wn among ’cm. Why, they’ve
actually been a comfort to me. I’ve set an’
took my tea on my knee on the step there,
many at1me, because it seemed cheerfuller
than' 111 my own little place at the back. If I
was a talkiu’ man I might object to the still!
ness an’ a general fixedncss in the gaze, as
perhaps is an objection as wax-works' 19 open
to as a rule, though I can’t say as it ever im-
pressed me as a very affable gentleman once
said it impressed him.
“ ‘Smcthurst,” says he, “you must have a
blamed clear conscience (though, bein’ rather
free-spoken, ‘blamed’ was not the precise
word employed)-—-y0u must have a blamed
clear conscience or I’m blamed if you could
stand so many blamed pair of staring eyes
gimblcting you year in and year out. An’ as
' to them with works,” says he, “they’re worse
than the others, for even if they turn away
a minute they always turn back again, as if
they wouldn’t trust you out of their sight.”
But somehow, I never thought of it in that
way, an’ as to not liking the quiet, ‘why
shouldn’t I? In a general way I haven’t got
no more to say than they have, and so it
suits me well enough. I will own though,
asI’ve never felt particular comfortable in
the Chamber of Horrors, an never wouldn’t
have had one, but even in a small collection
like mine the public demands it, an’ wouldn’t
hear of bein’ satisfied without one, “for,”
says they, “what’s the use of a wax-works
without Manning an’ them, an’ the prisoners
in the dock an’ the knife as the young woman
was cut up in pieces with?” So I was obliged
to have the little back room hung with black,
like Madame Tussaud’s in a small way, and
fitted up with murderers and a model of the
guillotine and two or three heads of parties
as come to an untimely end in the French
Revolution. But it ain’t my taste for all that,
and there’s always a heaviness in the air as
makes me low-like, an’ I'm glad to turn the
key on ’em at night an’ leave ’em to have a
rest from the stares an’ talk an’ stirrin’
up of their sin, an’ the shame an’ agony of
their dreadful deaths. Good Lord! it turns
me sick to think of .them havin’ been real,
livin’ creatures, with mothers an’ wives an’
friends, some 'of ’em perhaps livin’ to day all
crushed an’ blasted with horror they’ve went
through.
But that ain’ t the story as I’ve half-way
promised to tell you. If you really want to
hear it, mum, I don’t mind tellin’ it, though
I don’t know as it will be interestiu‘ —I’vc
often wondered if it would he as interestin’
' to outsiders as it was too me, Vbcin’ as it s the
story of a friend of mine as was something
like me an’ likewise had a wax-works.
Would you min_d settin’ there, mu_m, next to
the Japanese party? This lady’s works Was
broke an’ her bein’ absent at the eleancr' 5
leaves the chair vacant, most convenient.
His name was Joe—this acquaintance of
mine, an’, ass: said, he was something of my
build an’ temper. He was a quiet chap an’ a
lonely chap an’ London was his native place
—leastWays, I don’t see as it could havebecn
no nativcr than it was, bcin’ as he was laid
at the door of a London foundin' when he
wasn’t no more than a few days old, and Lon-
don -fed him and clothed him until he was
big enough to take care of himself. ' He-
hadn’t an easy life of it as y on may be sure.
He wasn’t handsome nor yet sharp, he
couldn‘t answer back nor yet give check; he-
could only take it, which thhad to do fre-
qucnt.
There was plenty of folks as give him the
character of a nat ‘1'al born fool, an’ they may
have been right. They said as no chap as
had his right senses could be as good natured
an’ ready to forgive a injury an’ above all as
slow to suspect as one was bein' doncl him.
I think they thought his bein’ to slow to sus-
pect harm a goin’ on was the best proof of
his bein’ a fool, ——an’ he wasn’t ready enough
with his tongue to argy the point. He was
never good at a argyment—J 0e wasn't.
Well, he growed up, an’ he did first one
thingan’ then another, until at lasthe Was
picked up by a travelin’ wax-works showman
as had justsuch a collection as this here of
mine—havin in it just such a Lady Jane
Grey, and likewise a similar Royal family.
“Well,” says the wax-works man, when
Joe first goes to ask for work, “what can you
do V?” V
. “Not' much, perhaps,” says Joe'V; “least-
ways, I’ve not been 111 the business before ,
but if you’ll give me a job, Mister, I can do
what Fm told.”
The showman gives him aIlook from head
to foot.
“Well,” says he, “at all events, you’re not
one of them blarsted sharp uns as knows
everything an’ can’t (lust a figger without
knockin’ its head off. I’ve had enough of
them sort”— savage like—“a-ruinin’ my Rich-
ard Cure the Lion, an’ a- settin’ Mary Queen .
o’ Scottses insides all wrong” (which was
what his last young man had been a-doin’. )
“No,” answers Joe, slow an serious “I
don‘t think as I’d do that. "
The showman gives him another 100k, 1111’
seems sort of satisfied
“Go inside an’ get your dinner,” he says.
"I’ll try you just because you haven‘ t. got so .
much check. ”
And he did try him, an’ pretty well they
got on together, after a while. Slowness is-
not an objection in a wax-works as much as .
in a business as is less delicatcr. I’ve thought
myself as p’ r ‘aps wax-works has their fcclin’ s
an’ knows who means respectful by ’em an’ .'
who d0esn’t, an’ this Joe meant respectful,
an’ never took no liberties as he could help.
He dusted ’em regular, an’ wound’ em up an’
sct’ em goin’ accoVrdin’ to rules; but he never
tried no larks on ’em, an' that was 11' by he
got along well with his master.
“That other chap was too fond of his larks,"
says that showman, kind of gloomy when-_
ever he mentions the first young man. He
never forgave him till he died for opening
the collection one day with Charles the Sec-
ondscs' helmet on Mrs. Hannah Moorcscs
head, an’ Daniel 10 the Lions’ Den with Wil.
liam Pennscs spectacles, vnth some other par-
ty’ s umbrella under his arm. '
But Joe Weren’t of a witty turn, an’ 1101
given to jokes, which' 18 not suited to wax-
works as a rule, collections hein’ mostly seri-
ous. An’, asI say,_him an’ his master got
He couldn’ I: help it.
along so well that one day, after they had
been together a year or so, the showman, he
says to him, “Joe,” says he, "1’ m blessed if
I’d a mind takin’you in as a partner.",An'
that very mornin’he has the regular papers
made out, and the thing was done . without
no more said about it. Au' partners they was
till he died, which happened very unexpect-
ed~him a sayin’ sudden one night when
they was a-shuttin’ up together, “Jo, old
chap, I’m blessed if my'works‘ aint a-runnin’
down,” an’ that drop's—which the medical
man said as it was dropsy V of'thc heart.
When his things was looked 0veV1', it was
found he’d left everything to Joe except one
pa1t1c’lar ugly figgcr, as turned his eyes wi. h
a squint an’ couldn’t be doneV nothin’ with,
an’ him he’d left to an old maid relation as
had a spite agin him; “for," says the will,
“she’d ought to have him, for he’ s the only.
chap 1 ever see yet as could match her—let.
alone stand her, an’ it’s time- she was takin’
a partner, if she’ s goin’ to. ” They did say it
was nearly the party‘ s death, for, though
they‘d quarreled regular for tWentyV-fivc
yearsan’ hated each other deadly, she’d al-
ways believed as she’d come into his belong-
in’ 3 if she outlived him thinkin’. as he would-
n’t make 110 will. - —
Well, havin’ had company for so long, it
was nat’ral as Joe should feel lonely-like
after this, an’ now an’ then get a trifle down-
hca1 ted He didn‘t find travelin’ all alone as
pleasant as it had been, so when he was tank
in’ anything at all in a place, he ’11 stay in it
as long as he could, an’ kind of try to_ per.-
suade hisself as it was kind of home to him,
an’ be had things to hold him to it. He .had
a good many feelins in secret as might have
been laughed at if people had knowcd’ cm.
of chap to have a home of his own—~111'c'In as
has homes has wives, and who'd have winthdV
11m, bless yen—he wasn’t the build as young
women take to. He Weren't nothing to look
'at, an’ be couldu’ tV chamnor yet lark, nor yet
be ready With his tongue. In general,_.y'0ung
women was 'apt to make game of him‘ when
their sweethealtsbrought them intothe col-
lection, an’ there was times when a prety,
light-hearted one would put him out so as he
scarcely knew the Royal Family by name,
an’ mixed up the Empress of the French an’
Lucrcecher Borgiar' 111 the description. , .
So he lived on,\lones01Vne enough, for two
or three year, an‘ then somethin’ happened.
He went up 'to London to_ stay whilé the
lection was pretty full, there comed' 1n aswell
party with a girl on his arm. The swell as
was a tall, finc-lookin' chap, was in high
sperits, an' had jest come in for the lark of
the thing, J 00 secs plain, for he were makin'
his jokes free 1111’ eat-1y about everything,an
laughin’ fit to kill hisself every now an’ then.
But the girl were different; she were alittlc
rosy thing, with _r0und, shinin’ eyes, 011’ a
soft, little timid way with her. She laughed,
too, but only shy an’ law, an" more because
she was happy 1111’ because the swell laughed.
She wsau ’t the kind of young woman as the
sv’vell ought to have been a-goiu’ with. She
was dressed in her best, an’ was as pretty as
a pietur;. but her clothes was all cheap, an’
J 0c could see asshe belonged to the w'orkin’
close to the gentleman’ 8 arm, a‘n’ seemed half
frightened, an’ yet so‘ glad an’ excited that
she would have reminded you of a six-year-
old child. It were thclfirst time she’d ever
been into a wax-works, an’ things looked
wonderful to her. When they come to Lady
Jane Grey she was quite took with her,
an’ began to ask questions in the innocentest
way.
“She‘s one of the nobihty, sir, isn't she 71’”
she says to her companion. Did you ever
see her? Isn’t she beautiful, sir i’
band a bit with his arm.
No, Polly, he says, I never saw her until
today. She didn’t, keep her head on her
shoulders long enough. It was cut off some
time ago, my dear. An’ then he whispers.
An’ it wasn’t nearly as pretty 9. head as yours,
Polly, either.
The little girl blushes like a rose, an’ tried
to laugh too; but Joe knew as she’d took the
words more to her innocent heart than was
g00d for her. ,_ 9
Lor me!' she says. V What a shame it was
to cut her head off, —an’ her so sweet an’
quiet!
Yes, Polly, says the young gentleman, a
laughiu’ more. Very quiet. Wax-works are,
asarule. Anicc time a proprietor. would
have, if they were not, with such a Ith of
queer customers,——Bloody Mary,for instance,
and Nana Sahib, and John Knox, and Lucre-
tia Borgia,—though you don’t know much of
their amiable characteristics, 'my dear.
They went on ‘ in that way through the
whole room,-—hi1n a-jokin’ makin’ light, an’
her enjoyin’ herself an’ _admirin’ everything
she set her eyes on, an’ Joe a-watchin’ her.
Somethin’ queer seemed
to have took hold of him the. minute he first
sees her. He kept a-wishin’ as the collection
was ten times as big, so as it would take her
longer to go through. He couldn’t bear the
thought of seein‘ the last of her, a’n when
they comes to the Russian party, as stands
near the door, dressed for the winter season,
——his nose bein’ protected with fur, after the
fashion of the country, -—his heart were in
his mouth, an’ whenshe passed out into the
crowd, he seemed to swallow it with afgulp,
as took it into the heels of his boots. '
Lor’! he says, all of a tremble in his iu-I
sides I shun t never see her again,—'V-ncverl
He hadn’ t no spirit in him all that day, nor
the next either. It was as if somethin’ alto-
geth‘cr out of common had happened, an’ he
couldn’t never be the same man again. He
were miserable, an’ downhcartcd, an’ nerv-
one, an’ there wasn’t a fiigger in the collec«
tion as didn’t seem to know it. He took to
standin’ at the door whenever he could,a-
lookin’ at the people a-passin’ by. An yet
he scarcely knowed what for. If he’d? seen
the face he wanted to, he wouldn’t a dared
to say a word, nor yet to move a step, (111’.
.still he was a. hungerin’ day an’ night ‘for a '
glimpse of what couldn’t be no good toihim.‘
“Well, if you’ll believe me, mum, instead
of gettin’ easier as time went on, he got up
easier. He was as lonesome again as he had
been. an’ he took his tea a-settin’ with the
Royal Family, rch ‘lar,V—lV1Vc couldn’t have
swallowed it by hisself has shuttin up,
he' (i go out wanderiu’ in the streets, melan-
choly 1111’ wistful like, an’ 0an night he' stops
short all at once, 11.-menu himlf turn pale In
consequence of it comin’ to I sudden, what
ailed him. 'V
I’ve felt 1n love, says he, fearful an’ respec’
ful, chat's it, —an’ there’s no help for me.
I‘m not the man as should have done it, 1811
can’t look for nothin’ to come out of, it.‘_ '
He gave hisself up to it, because. he didn’t
see no .Way out of it. Nobody wasn’t trou-
bled but hisself, an’ so it Ididn’ t matter He
got pale an’ thin, an’ didn’t sleep well 0'
nights, but there wasn’t no one to bother
themselves about1 him,—thcrc weren’t even
a soul as he Could have left the collection to,
if he’d :1 died.
. It went pretty hard Vwith him to. leave Lon
don, an’ when he did leave it, he couldn't
stay away; an’ I’ 111 blessed if he didn’t come
back‘ 111 less than six ”months for, says he to
hisself:
' Here’s a place as is somethin’ more than
the others, at least, though it is in a sorrow-
ful way, an’ I'd rather as'thc collection would
earn me a bare livin’ in a side street in Lon-
don, than mach money away from it. I
might see her again, ' an' , Lor’ bless me!
what do I want of money a-layin’ back !
Well, the very first night after he came
back, he did see her again. He’d set out the
collection in the room he’d hired, (111’ then
He knew well enough as he wasn’t the kind _
races was goin’ on an’ one day, when the col- . V
class, an’ was out for a holiday. She bbld
He laughs, delighted, an’ squeezes her '
NORWALK CONNECTICUT TUESDAY FEBRUARY 12,1878
he’d gone out in the .old wanderin’ way, an’
he hadn’t hardly stepped into thcstreet, he-
forc he comes on a croWd gathered around
suthiu’ near a lamp post; so he stops, nth’ral,
1111’ makes inquiries.
Anybody hurt? says he.
' No, not exactly, answers the man he‘d
spoke to. It’s‘ a young woman as has fainted,
I think. . ' r ' ‘ 9 -
He makes his way‘abit nearer, an as‘soon
as he clasps his eyes 011 the deathly face
under the lamp light, he sees as it’s the face
he’ s been lookin’ '_for an’ thinkin’ about so
long. ‘
It’s her! he says, so shook as he didn’t
know what he was doln' . It’s Polly!
Polly V? says the woman as was holdin’ her
head. Do you know her, young man ? If
you do, you’d better speak to her, for she’s
just comin’ to, poor- -littlc thing!
He knew he couldn’t explain, an he thinks,
besides, as the feelin’ he ,had for her might
make his face look friendlier than a stranger s
so he kneels down as the Woman tells him,
just as she opens her eyes. '
The crowd seemed to frighten her, an’ she
began to tremble Ian’ cry , 1111’ so Joe speaks
to her, low, an" quiet, an’. respec’ful:
Don’ t be afraid, miss, he says,—-don t You
will be well directly. .
She catches hold of his hand like a £1 1ght-
ened baby.
Send them away, she says. Please don’t
let them stare at me. ‘I can’t bear it I ’
Miss, says Joe, would y0u mind bein’ took
into a collection, if this good lady would go
with you. 9 ~
-‘ A collection ? she says, all bewildered: I
haven' t got any money. What' 13- it for? Ohl
please make them go awayl ‘ ‘
“Not a‘ hat (commune, miss, says Joe-V,
Oh, dear, not I was alludiu, to a wax-works,
which“ 1s quite convenient, an’ belongs to me,
an, a good lady to stay, with you until you
feel _b'etter,-‘—an' all quite private." '
Take me anywhere,plcase, she says. Thank 9
you, sir. Ohl take me away. '
1 So between them, J 0e‘aVn’ the; good woman
but a few steps off, 1111’ Joe takes them in an'
on to' the back room, where the fire was a
burnin’ an’ the kettle si'ngin’ 1111’ there he has
them both to sit d0W1'1. ‘
The woman makes the girl lie dawn on the
sofa by the fire, an she bein’ weak Ian wan-
derin yet did as she was told Without askiVn 1i
question.
A cup of tea will set her up, say 9 the wo—VV -
1111111,- au then she’ll tell us where she lives, an
we can take her home.
Joe went about like a man in aV dream.
His legs was unsteady under him an be was
obliged to ask the woman to pour the water.
on the tea, an while 'she was doiu it he takes-
a candle an' ‘slips' into fthc collectibn secret, to-
make. sure the Royal Family was there an be
wasn‘ t out Of his head.
The woman, havin girls of her own“, Was
very motherly an handy, 1111 did all she
could, but she couldn’t stay long, an after
she’d given Pollv her tea, she says she must
go.
kindeheartcd’ll come along with me an We’ll
see you home together, my dear. -
They both locks at VVPVolly then awaitin to
see what she" Would say, but she only looked
frightened an the next minute hides her face
in her little hands on the sofa-arm an begins
to sob.
“I haven’t got no home, she says, nor
nowhere to” go. What shall I do—what shall
I do ? _
Then the woman looks very serious an a
bichard-like about the mouth-though not as
hard as some might have done.
Where’s your mother? she says, just the
least short.
I haven’t none, says Polly. - I lost her a
month ago. ' I
You ain’t' m mournin, says the woman.
N0, ma’ am, says Polly, I Couldn’t afford it.
An your father ?
But this made the poor little thing cry
harder than ever. She wrung her hands an
sobbed pitiful. ' '
0h, Father ' she says—Good, kind, easy
father, if you was alive I wouldn t be like
this. You always loved me—always. You
never was hard, father.
What have you been liviu on ? says the
woman, locks as if she was a-re'lentin. '
I was in a shop . ,
But J 0c couldn’ Vt stand no more.
Ma‘ am, he says in an undertone, If a pound
or so, which'not bein a family man an' a good
business at times, an I have it to spare,would
make matters straight, here it is. An he
pulls a handful of silver out of his pocket an
holds it out quite eager an Vert fearful of giv-
in offense.
Well, then the woman looks sharp at him.
What do you mean ? she asks. Do you
want me to take her home with me. '
Ma’am, says .109, yes, if a pound or 50—-
But she Vstopshim .by taming to the girl.
Are you a respectable young woman ? she
asks. .
The pretty face- was hidVdn on the sofa-arm,
an the little figure looked so droopin that
Joe could stand that. less than he could stand
the other. " ‘ '
9 Ma’ am, said he 111111111151 five pound——
It seemed like the Woman’s heart was
touched, though she answered him rough.
Young man, she says, you’re.a.~ fool—but if
you don’t wan’t me to speak out before her,
take me into the other room an we’ll talk it
over.
So Joe took her into the collection an the
end of- it was that they made an agreement,
an sharp as she seemed, the woman showed
as she was fair an straight an' would take no
advantage. She- let Joe persuade her at last
to take the girl with her an ask no questions,
an be was to pay her a trifle to make it
straight an no burden to her.
, Though, says she, if she had a different
face an one as wasn’t so innocent on young,
-I w0ulan'V’t take her at 'no price—for I’ve girls
of my o1‘vn 1’11 tell you, an p'r’ ups that’s
.1111: makes me easier on her.”
When they was gone away, Joe goes Vinto
the room they’d left an sets hisself dowu by
the fire an stares at the sofa.
She 111 there, he says, an she laid her head
on the arm, an likewise drunk out of that
there cup. -I’ve seen her again as sure as
I’m a man.
'IAn not a wink of- sleep» does he get that
night, but sits, an stares an thinks until the
fire dies out into ashes, an it’s gray early
mornin.
Through a delicatencss of feelin, he does
not go anywheres near her for a day or so,an
then the woman—whose name is Mrs. Bonny
V——calls' 1a to see him. ' '
Well, she says, it seems all right so far.
She’ s a nice little thing, 1111 she’ s. got work‘ in
a millincry- down town, 011 I’ve kept, my word
an asked no questions, an will you come 1111
have a cup of tea with us this 'cvenin ?
Of course he went, glad enough, though
awkward,-a1'1 he saw her again,” ans'he- was
prettier an innocenter lookiu than ever,
though pale an timid; When she give her
hand at partin 011 says, Tharik you for bein
in answer, he. were so bashfulan upset.
He was always bashful enough, even after.
they knew each other better an was good
2 friends, which they come to bc._-. She seemed
to take a childish 11111.1 to him, an always to
be (1‘; rcm‘émherin as she’d somethin 'to be
' grateful for.
What made you so kind to me that night,
Joe ? she’d say. You hadn’t/ never seen me
before, you know. . Oh, how good you “9"!
--Joe! An he hadn't the courage to tell her as
he had. ~
Through one thing on another, it was quite
11 while before she chanced to see the collec
helps her up 1111’ leads _he1"to' the door as~was 9
An Idarc say asthc young manasisso ~
so kind to me, he couldn’t say a single word~
tion, but at last, one afternoon, they all come
dowu—Mrs. Bonny. the girls, an Polly.
Polly was again 'round with Joe, an he
couldn’t help wonderin, anxious if she would
remember as she had seen the place an him
before. An she did. Before she’d been in
the room three minutes, she begins to look
round strange an puzzled; an when/she come
to Lady Jan'c Grey, she catches Joe’s arm 00
gives a'tr‘emblin start. '
last races —IV—oh, Joe—V-—V. Van she breaks off
with a sob.
He sets her in a chair an stands before her,
so as the Bonnys ca'nV’t sc'c. , V
Don’t cry, Polly, he says, but he says it.
with a sinkin feelin because he says as she
doesn t remember him at all, an that she
hasn’t forgot her handsome sweetheart.
She doesn’t cry much more for fear of the
"Bonnys, but she doesn’ t laugh nor talk no
more all the rest of the day, her little down-
cast face was enough to make a man’ s heart
ache. I dare say you Will think as J 0c was a
fool to hang on so in the face 'of all this, but'
it was his way to hang on to a thing quiet an
steady, up you remember what I’ve said
about his sxmpleness. IV So he does hang on
without "a bit I’Vof hope until through Polly
herself he speaks almost without knowing it,
an it happens in collection just three months
from the day as she recognized Lady Jane
Grey.
Joc ? she says again to' him, mournful an
gentle. I shall never forget it. No one else
would have been so good.
Polly, he says, a takin out his bandahua an
wipin his forehead, for, though a coal day,
he had broke out in a free perspiration. Pol.
ly, it ‘was because I' loved y0u An he Went
straight through an told her the whole story.
But, says he at the end, don’t let that come
between you an me, Polly, for why should
'-it ? You have nothing to give me Polly, an,
consequently, I don’ t ask nothin.
' No, says she,” in a half-whisper.
nothin to give no one. 9 -
A11 yet, it wasn’t three weeks before
but, I’ll tell you how it happened. '
He’d been invited to the B0nnys_’ to tea,au
when hcrwent there, he found Polly ailin.
She was white an nervous, an her eyes looked
big an woeful.
She had a' fright last night, Mrs. Bonny
told him. Some scarmp of a; fellow followed
her all the way home, 1111 it’s upsot her.
She hardly spoke all the evenin, but my
I haven't
back 111 the big rockin-chair a-lookin at Joe
' every now an then as if she an11 askin him
to help her, an when he’d bid ’em all good
night an was half-way down the street, he
hears the door open again, an who" should
breath, an catches him by the arm, ‘cryin;_
Joe?
Polly, he says, what; is it my; dear? an
,3
him almost sick with joy an pain together.
Because, she sobs out,— —because, if you love
me yet,—tach me, See, an keep me safe.
An before he knows how it happens, he has
her in his arms, with her face against his
coat. ~
After they was both a bit quiet, he takes
her back to Mrs. Bonny, 1111 says he: Mrs.
Bonny, Polly an me isgoiu to be married.
An Mrs. Bonny says.
Well, now, Polly, that's sensible ;' an
though I say it as shouldn’t, IVmust own as I
wouldn‘t care if it was Meliar.
- An she kisses Polly anthe girls kisscther',
an they all shakes" hands, an it’s a settled
thing. ‘
They was married almost immediate, an
Joe was as happy as a man could be under
the circumstances; for mind you, he wasn’t
a-deceivin hisself, and kno'wcd well enough
as his wasn’t the kind of a marriage where
there' s two hearts beatiu warm together, an
both 13 full of joy an hope.
But, says he, I never expected this much,
an I’d be a queer sort of a chap not to be
grateful, as the woman I love could turn to
me for comfort when She needed it; an if
love canbriug love, mine’ll be like to do it
some day.’
So he waited an hoped, an did his best, an
he sometimes thought as Polly Idrawcd a bit
nearer to him as time went on. At any rate,
she was a good, gentle little thing, an always
seemed tryin to please him' 1n :1 wistful, long-
in way, asif she had so'metbin to make up
for. Once, when they was settin together
at night, She came an knelt down before him
an hid her face on his knee. '
Joe, says she, was you never afraid to mar-
ry me,——whcn—wheu you—remember as I'd
never told you nothin ?
No, he answers. No, Polly,—ncver.
But I might have been a wicked girl, she
’ Whispers.
N0, says he stout an tender. You might-
n ’t, Polly- , an he stoops down an kisses her
pretty hair. '
She burst out a-cryin, an creeps closer, so
as to lay her check on his hand.
I might have been, she_ says, but I wasn‘t,
Joc,—_—I wasn’t, because. God and you helped
me. . .
' Au yet he knows as there's so 01 ethin be-
hind as keeps her from .bein happy though
she tries so hard an faithful. He always
sees h1swistfulneSSin her eyes, aVn hears it in
her voice, an time an time again he knows
she’s lyln awake at night a grievin quiet.
One Vmornin,‘ Vaftcr she’s been lower than
common, a letter comes to her, an he sees
her turn White, an after she holds it a minute,
she walks up to the fire and throw it in an,
befOrc he gcesI back' to the collection, she
says; '
I want to be a good wife, Joe,—VI want to
be, an I Win, an cries, a bit again.
That very afternoon there comes a swell
into the wax-works, an as soon as J00 sets
eyes on hi11'1,he knows its the chap he first
see Polly within the race-week, and there
he' 13 a sauhtc'ria round an pretendih to be
unconcerned, 1111 yet keepin a sharp lookout
around him. So Joe goes up to him, and
speaks to him quite firm and low.
Was you lookin for any' one, sir ? he asks.
The swell looks at him cool enough.
What’s that you say, my good fellow. 9 he
answers. “
Well says Joe, nothing' 1n 0. general- way,
you might be lo'okin for some one as was un;
protected an helpless, an there aint no such
party -;here an if you’d like your money re-
turned at the door,——me bein the proprietor
of the collection,—I shouldn’tV haye no ob-
jéction. .. ’
D your collections l says the swell; .
laughin. '
At tea that evenin,
restlesszan timid, a’n‘ seemed to be a-listenin
somethin, an after a' bit JVoe finds out what
forard near the house,'—passiu backard and
forard reglsr; and they goes 011 that way for
Polly sits close to Joe, as if she was afraid to
leave him, her eyes shinin 1111 her voice
shakin when she speaks. Only that soneth-
in tells him as she doesnt want h1m togo, he
vvould- have went out; an in the middle of
frightened: ,
Oh! the footsteps'—thc footsteps! Make
them go awayl-save: 11111 from them, Joe,
orlmustgol . ' -‘
She was quite ill an weak for a month, an
then queer enough, a change came over :her.
She got her color; back gradual, an went
out oftncr, an was brighter when she was in
I’ve been here before, she says. I was here .
Bonnys, my dear, an let them‘ take care of
help.
What made you so good to me that night, .
and' 1n walks Mrs. Bunny herself.
come runuiu after him, but her, all out of 9
and begged him' to come back to lic'r ? Lorv
J 0c, she‘ says, (lo you—d0 you lov‘eV' me yet, ‘
‘1- It 11113 Mrs. Bonny as first said the Vword,
hearin her ask him such a question, turned’ .foVVrV‘ even good womenfis sometimes hard on
did. 1" «
man a-folleriu'V her on the street an" talkin’ to
comes an catches him round the neck, an
her, Thank you; ma’am; 011‘ would you mind
givin’ your band 011 it?
they part. 9
‘VPolly, or find no sign. An’ still believiu in
her, he wouldn t make no open stir and talk.
'He had a fancy as perhaps sometbin of her
perhaps, only sir, I was Vathinkiu as perhaps , V .
one afternoon, he comes across 11' piece of
9 these was them:
but he turns round an goes out, half a."
Polly was dreadful:
1t 15,—1ts footsteps a passin backward and 9
when he’d read it, Joc’ shope was swept away 1
a good Hour, on then stops; an all the time .
she started out of her sleep, Veallin out,
lthehouse. She went to seen Vthe Bonnys l
frequent,a a’hclpiuV 111cm Vgct 1' 'ady to take
their trip to the seaside whi-' , they did
rcglar for though werkin-pcople, they was
comfortable off. There Was such a altera-
tion in her, that Joe, began to feel hopeful,
on was as cheerful as the day is long; an
well he might be, for she actually lays her
pretty head on his breast once, an whispers.
Joe, I believe I’m goin to be happy,—an
its all th1ough you being so loviu an patient.
You bore with me a lung t1mc , -Vdi_dn’t you,
Joe ?
They had been married near twelve months
then, and the week the Bonnys goes away,:
Joe has to go too, being called away by busi-
ness; an sorry enough he was to go. But he
says to Polly when he kissed her good- bch at
the door. .
If you. vet lonesome, pack up an go to the
you; but I won’t be no longer thanI Vcan"V
An she gives his neck a little wistful mueeze
half laughing, w inh the tears' 1n her eyes," an
says.
No, you mustn’t, becauscIV no one can take
such care of me as you. ;V—,—a'nd I wath 3011,.
Joe. 5.1::
Well it happened as his business was get’i
over quicker than him looked for, an he gets
home ‘ivithin two wéck§.V .But when he gets-1
back he (losn’t find. Polly. Things are 0 fbit
upsot, as if she'd gone 03‘ 1n a 'hurry, am he
finds a letter on the lablc {E says",- I’ve’ gone
to Bonnys, deV'Var Joe—ltnasejoncsOma pith
outy00;' .. 9
An when he reads it heroes armarke _V
it, and he says to InmSelf Why, here a tear
fell, Polly. You must have been 1) t low,“
my dear. He had that nine I'IctItIei' in‘ fag
hand, and was still 11.16.01.111 at it, When there'
comes a knock at life if" '
and lie anaWcrs 'it;
Well, she says, you’, ve‘ come -' ,
you ? now“ are you, all how. ’aPo
4 “Polly?” says lie “Polly!”
“ Yes, to be sure,” she answers him Vback,
“Polly, for the truth, I’ve been a bit anx-
ious about1 her,- -aVu that’s why I came Vbe'retthk'
minute IrVgotV back to’ town. ” ' . ~
lVell {they st00d still an looked at 13.111111
other— her a bit impatient, an him 001i] wind»
(112.211.1910 l '
"Mrs." Bonny, Vma ’1'1111,”V says he 'at .I-last,
“Polly went to you 11 week ago, for here’ s the
letter as tells me so.”
~“V Joe, says Mrs. Bonny, a falling back and
t'u'rhin’ pale too, “Polly aiu ’t never been nigh
uél ”
‘V‘ Then, ” says J 0c, " she’sdcad.‘ ’9’ .
He thought of uothingclsc but that some
cruel thing had happened as hidcht' her off
in her innocencc‘and youth 'ThinkV bdrm of
Polly, as had laid her check against hisbreast
.....
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bless you, ma’ am, he} loved her for too ten—
der l
women, you kng' She followed him into
the rooni an loo about her, an she broke
out a—cryin’, angry and yet' sorrowful. --
“0h, Joe! Joe! ” she says. “ How could
she hove the heart to do it? ”
But J oc only answered her bewildered.
“ The heart, ma‘ am I ” he says; “ Polly ?”
“ The heart to leave you,” she says. “The
heart to go to ruin when there was so much
to hold her back—the heart to shame a honest
man as loved her, an’ her knowin’ what she
“Ruin, ma'.’ am, says Joe, “Shame, ma 'am?
Polly.”
' “He rouscs himself to understand what she
meant, an’ he sees it‘s what the other people
will say, to. an’ he cannot help it 01- save
Polly from it.
“ It isn’t true,” he cries, wilddike. ’ “It
isn't 'nat’ral, as it should be. She’s trusted all
along, 'an we was beginnin to be happy, an’—
f‘You’ve trusted her, ” says Mrs. Bonny.”
“An’ so' have I;' 9 but she's kept her own
sccret‘s,V an’ we knew she had ’cm. An’
there’s my Mcliar as heard of some fine gentle-
her.”
‘ But Joe‘stops her. . '
’ “If sheVdocs’ ut come back, ” he says, “she’s
dead, an’ she died innocent,” an’ wouldn't
hear another word.
As soon as he could. get his strength togeth-
er, he gct’s up an’ begins to set the place in
order a-makin’ it look just as much as if she
was there as he could. He folds away two
or three things as she's left about, an' puts
’em in the draw and shuts ’em up, an’ Mrs.
Bonny sets a-watchiu, him. She couldn’t
understand the slow, quiet way as he does
everything '~ V
Joe, she says, when he’s done, “what do
you mean ?
M1'.s Bonny, ma'am, he says, I mean to
trust her, an, I mean to be ready for her, an,
a-waitin,wl1encver she comesback, an how-
ever. \
However? says Mrs. Bonny.
Yes, mum, he says, Howsumcver, for love
isn’t a thing as is easy killed; but, mind you
I‘m not afraid as her soul has come to hurt,
an’ I’ve no thought of givin' her up.
Mrs. Bonny, she scc’s he’s in earnest, an.’
she shakes her head. She meant kind enough
but it wasn’ her as had been in love with Pol-
ly, an’ had worked so hard to win her. When
she went Joe followed her to the 'door.
' Ma’am, he says, have you any objections
as lhis here should be a secret betwixt you
an’ me? 9
Well, I’ve no doubt it was shit hard on her
as she shouldn’t have the tellin' of it an’ the
talkin’ of it over, an’ she could not help show-
in’ it in her looks: but she's a {50730 soul, as
I’ve said, an’ she prSmises an’ Joe, he answers
An’ she does an’ so
You may think what the next week or so
was to Joe, when I tell as, though he tried
night an’ day, he couldn’t hear a word of
old trouble had took her off, and he stuck to
it in his mind-as she (1 come back and tell him
all. And I dare say you 11 say, Why should
he, in the name of all that’s simple? Well,
ma’am, he had ‘a much, an' ' that there
reason held him up when nothin’ else
would. But it seemed as if Vall, hope was to
he tore from him. A-clcanin up the room
half- burnt paper as has Vlodgcd in a corner,
an in pickiu’1 t up something catches his eye
as strikes him blind and weak and sick—a
few words writ in a fine fiourish’n hand, an
—was_ting your life, my sweet PollyV, on a
stupid fellow who has not even sense enough
to see that you are making a sacrifice and
breakin y'011r innocent, foolish heart. Don’t
break nitric, too—don’t turn away from me as
you did on that dreadful hight. If you love
me, trust me. Come to
That- Was all, for the rcét was burn’;t but
complete. She’d been géttin’ love-letters
from another man, an’ now she’s gone!
He set down, an’ let the paper drop on the
floor. _
l—didu’It know, he says, as thcm—V-was
women’ s ways, Lord help you, Polly,——'an’
me,—an’ Lord, be;pitlful to It.
There’s no usé 0f makin’ the story long-
erthau can be helped, Ian' besides words
wouldn’t tell what sufferiu’ that there little
back room saw in the three next weeks.
There’s no knowin’ what kept' the poor chap
from staggerin’ in from his work some
night an’ fallin’ Vheartbroke on his lonely
hearth. He suffered an' bore, 110’ yet kept
his secret close. He neither eat nor sleep,
his face growed white an’ haggard an’ his
eyes holler. He kept away from the Bonnys
"‘Joe Vsh‘c
{opens the show
.mys‘clf; an rsays he to .me only the day,
an’ kept away from all as VVanered him
He’d set there by the ashes of the fire' hour
after hour at night, a-Vlookin’ at the giayucss,
an’ not carin’ to stir.
“I didn’t know, he’d say again an’ again
ovc'r slow to himself an’ the emptiness an
quict,— —“Ididn’t know—'11s them-was wc-V
men’s ways." "
Just five weeks from the time aVs he’d
come home 1111 found his Vwife gone, he. was "
a-setti'n’ this veryway over the grate (Sue
evenin’ at dusk, :when he hears a key a
turnin’ in the door gentle-like, aa’he lifts
his head and listens.'.- -“Who’s that,” he says,
“113' 15 tryin' to come in?” ‘
But the next minute he starts up, a-'
knockin’ the chair over backward, his heart
abeatin’ loud enough to be thard, for the
one as turned the key was in. an’ hadlight
fVcth, an' come 1n an’ pushed the room door
Open an’ stoodntherc a second. 151’ it was
V Polly, with a bundle 1n her arms. She didn’t
look guilty, bless you, though she were a
)little palean’ excited. She was laughin’ in a
happy timid Iway, an’ her eyes mas wide an’
V'sbinin’. " .
’” But Joe, he wérn’t strong enough to bear
51.0 H0 breaks out: 11111 ‘chy.
i “Polly” says he,Vf1'[ it because you’re dead
that you’ve come back to me?” An’- he
mkmllflgpggmpin’ an’- staggering would
share Witchadn’ t rtfn and caught him,
E‘an’mushedfhim into a chaini-
‘_‘V oe?’ she cries out, kneeliu,’: down 110me
11.1,. if the touch of 11.111111: 111-111ng
11. 11111101151191... has
31,991.16 ,say a word.
“1515111111 frightened
srfys; didn't you think I wasjat
the Bonnysl‘r'fiaw you been anxious ? An
then, 1.1111ng "' like, You muns't—
squeeze so, J oe-adfli’bydu-
Andasshc Icon his knecan
d s divsihiin what’s in 1t. _
'EpHe’s—hc’ s' 611 a-‘li’ttlc‘one, she says a-
fiughin’ on city“- fiuéfwfirien fashion, but
'hc’s growin‘, fcveryf day; *and heist. noticin’
fr'o'm b'usti'n’ out in 11 1011311 might have told
her all—an this time he tok ’em. both up an - 9
holds _em, a-tryin 10 stumble 0L a prayer in
V'Vliis mind.
Polly, he- says after%. b‘it, tell me all about "
it, for :1; don’t understand howit is as its
come about.
'B'dt girl as she is, she sees ‘as there’s
Vsohll‘otmpv behind 1111 Vshe gives Vhima long
00 ‘ v, _.
Joe, she says, I’ve. Vmorewo tell than just
how. thishappeuc'd, do when I lay quiet '
with little Joe on my arm I made up my
mind as the day I brought him home- to you
was the day as had come. from you to hear
it, as so you shall—but first I must lay him
down 1111' make the room warm.
Which she gets up and does, an wont let
Joe do nothing. but 'watch: her, up while
sth' s at it. he :sees the sweet young .face a.
w01'kin, an When everythins done, an the
fire burnin bright, an the kettle on, 1111 the
little fellow comfortable on her arm—she
draWs a little wooden stool up to his knees
anVVsVits down on 1tan her face is 'a workin
sti
Not as I’ m afraid to tell ;y0u now, Joe.
though-I’ve held it back so long-- , but some:
times I’ve thought as the day would never
come when I could, and now I’m so glad—
so glad, she whispers.
An then a-holdin his hand an the childs
too, she tells him the whole story of whaL
her secret was an why she kepi'lt one, an as
y0u may guess it was all about the man J 0c
had seen her with.
The night she’ d faintcd' 1n the street she’d V
found put his cruel heart for the first time
an it ad well-nigh roke her own. The
people as she had worked for bad turn-
ed her off thronghhearin of him, and her
own mother, as was a hardstrict women, had
believed and turned against her too. An
then she had gone to him 10 her fear an.
trouble he had struck her down with words ,
as was worse than blows.
But bein so young, Joe, an so weak, she
says. I couldn' t hear my life; an I knew
that if become back again it would be harder
to turn away from him than ever. Au it
was—Land when he follcred me an tried me
an tried me so as I knew I’d give up if there
was ’nt sometning to hold me strong. An I
asked you to save me that night, Joe, an you
said you would. Joe s'he whispers, don t
hate me for bein so near to sin an shame.
After a little she tells him the rest.
But even when he knowed that I was a
good man’s wife he wouldut let me rest.
He tried to see me again and again, an besot
me in every way know'in as I wasnt worthy
of you, an didnt love you as I ought. But
the time come when he grew Weaker an you
grew stronger, Joe. How could I live with
you- day after day an see the contrast be-
tween you, an not love the man as was so
patient and true to me, and despise him as
only loved hisself an was too selfish an cruel
to have either mercy or pity? So the day
come when I k1 ew I necdnt fear him nor
myself no more an I told him so. It was
then I told you I was goin to be happy, and
Joe, dear, I was l1appy—parti0ular happy
lately. Do you believe me, J as ?——s'ay as
you 110d.
Yes, Polly, says Joe. Thank God.
Kiss me, then, an kiss little’ Joe, an then
I’ll tell you how the other come about,
He did it prompt, an withla heaviu heart,
an then the other was soon told.
I hadn’t seen him for a long time when
you went away, she tells him,5 an I thought
’d seen the last of him; but you hadn’t been
gone a week before I met him face to face
in the street, and that same night a letter
co'me, an through me being so lonesome an
nervous like, an scein him cVso determined, it
frightened me, an I made up my mind I’d go-
to the Bonnys an eIt heartened up a little
before you come bac. So I started all in a
hurry as soon as I could get ready But be-
fore I got more than half way tomy journeys
end, we had an accident,——no_t much of cone,
for the trains as met 'eaVch Other wasn’t goln
so Very' fast but that they could be stopped
in time to save muCh real harm- bein done,
an people was mostly badly shook an fright-
ened. But I fainte awe. , and wheuI come
to myself I was Iyin on a bed in a farm.
house near the line, an the farmer’s wife, as
was a good soul, shc wasa a-takin care of
me, an sarvs she, where’ s your husband, my
girl ’1’ an says I’m not sure I know, ma’ am,
an faints away again.
“Well the next morninI was lyin' there 5
still but little Joe was on my arm, an I had
the stren th to tell where I lived, on how it
Was Id' 1 n’t knew 1vl1erc to send for you.
An the women was like a mother to me, an
she cheers me up, an says, Well, never mind.
Bless us! what a joyful surprise it’ll be to
the man. Think of thiit ? An I did think
of it until I made up my mind as I wouldn’t
send no word until come hom'c myself; for
says I, He’ll think I’m at the Bonnys, an it‘ ll
savciiim- bein worried: A11 that was how
it was, Joe, kind of hesitatinV; Have you
anything to tell me.
She looks at him timid an gentle, an he
looks down at the fire.
Not if you'd rather not, Joe, she says. but
I thought
Joe, he thinks a hit, an then answers her
grave and slow.' .
Polly, says he, I found a piece of that there
l-letter. W1ll you forgive me, on let it pass
at that for little Joe’ 3 sake.
She stooped down and kisses his hands
with tears in her eyes. ‘
Yes, she answers, and for yours too. '-
You’ ve more to forgive than me, J0e,—an it
was quite natural.
A11 she never asks him another question,
but sets there sWeet and content, an they
both gets there almost too happy to speak
an ther‘ e such a look“ 1n her face as goes to
VJoc’ s heart, an he breaks the quiet, at last,n 11V_ -
sayin '
P0lly,V——I hope it aint no wrong in -me a-
thinkin it,— for this aint no time. V”foe me to
have none but the revcrntest an gratefullcstIV .
heart—but as you set there with the little'
'fcll0w so peaceful on your breast, I cant
help bein ’minded 0f the Mother as We see
in churches, and as same prays to.
Well, mum that’s the whole story, an some
how it's run out longerVI than I thought for,
but there’s nothing more left to so
that if you could see that there .little oe to-
day- he’d astonishy .;0u for. though but five
year old, I’m blessed ifV he don t know every.
figger' 1n the collection by name, an is famili-
iar with Henry the Eighthés fam’ly as I am
FatherV—:——'-tat. least Well, mom, I
suppose I may as well own up‘ to it, now
I’ve done—*though' a natural backardness
made it easier for me to tell it the other way.
But you to right in supposin so- an not to
put too fine a point to it, the story is mine,
—-.that there Joé bci'n' me an Polly my with,
Van that there collection Smethurstscs. .
Lil
—{’.I; 'f‘Joe, dear Joe, what’s the niatterV ? -
' contemplated at the time of contract, but ire per- 5011'
mltted to make monthly ch rages of their adver-'
5 Matches her an, begins '
(heady
Joe makes an snort an juVstV save himself '
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Spools] "Noltcessfi percent. advance onthe
abovVo. ,
[100;] Notices in Reading Colum'VVnI, 23
"Cent! per line.
Yearly advertisers restricted to the business
tiumcnts, _ I
Marriages and deaths [needed srstuitonsly.
Obituary 01' Funeral Notices 15 etc. per lilie.
All unustVuVIil 0th and devices 25 per cent: extra.
' AVLEVVX. sV. GIBSON, .
Organist“ the First Congregational Church.
' Teacher of '
Plano-lune, Organ and Musical
‘ Composition. . ' .
Box 379 P. 0.. NORWALK. OOVNN.‘ ~ .
Joni: VHV. Bodwell
EXPREV8V8 MESSENGER 9i —
AND ‘ V
PURCHASING AGENT.
H. M. & 0. S. PBONITT93, NorwaleV.
Offices-
V J. Belden- Hurlbutt' '
1101111 at 81111111111! L11
noon- No. 4, [lip stall-V051:
-. GAZETTE BIUVIVLIIVIIVVVVVG.
EMILY V. V.” PARDEVE',‘ 1),.
(Graduate of N. Y; Medical College to?
Cor. MAIN (9 MARSHALL STRHVV
SWMNOBWALK, CONN
Office Hourlmntilt) a. m.,andfr01n3 11.11.25 At-
tention to all classes ofdiscaseslncidcnt “7‘0 011-
eral matches of. medicine and surgery; 111n-
iliessnppliedwi'th Homawpathicre edics.
.I'enefe names by maswnfis. nthal 31.1)”
Prof. of Theoryand Practlcc,N.IIY.citV :010111‘01100
Lozier,M .Dcsn or Collee AlfredK.I
Ilills.hf. IV). ,Prot‘.VMaterta.-M 111'. . .‘ 811128
CHARLES wV. VMANY,
V Surgeon Dentist;
N VORWAV LE. CONN.
001cc comer of Main and Wall Streets. 1111:1111.-
. _xi(_le Gas administered.
0. B. GOOLIDGB,
~VbEN-rIs-r-
._ Successor‘ to,
Dr; A“ Hill,
WALL STREET, NORWALKV,
Ofilcc over
0. J. Grumman’s Dry Goods WStoro.
fl' Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain.
DENTISTRY
.4 2' 16.4111) TIMES Parana:
For Oa-h— —1\To Credit. '
All work cxcutcd' m the Best Manner'at my office
Corner of Main and Washington streets, ,—
SOUTH NOBWALK, CONN. ‘
T. E. SWIFT,-I).V D. SV.
S B W- MITCHELL,
At the Vevcr popular ,
UNION MARKET
' has always the best of .
Boer, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
hush-living) prices. Union (formerly Ito-1011111028-
kct,0n tlfVe ridge. V
r
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GENTS FURNISHING EMPORIVUJLV
Main Street,Noranlk, Conn.
EDWARD P. WEED,
VI) R U G G- I S ‘1'.’
Wall Street, opposite Normal): Opera Home.
A large and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
.Patcnt Medicines, all kinds Mineral
oilet and Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
and Handkerchief Extracss, HairBrushes,Combc,
Sponges, ChamoisSkms. Stationery. Cigars, (20..
and is constantl adding to his stock all the new
and popular me iclnes ofthc day. r
ORWA LK INSURANCE 00.,
V NOIVBIVALK, CONN.
Charter Capital - ‘- 9'- ~ $500,000
Paid up Capital - - 9- 100,000 _ ‘
W11. 0.3111111“. Pres.V, V0110 B. Cowr.us,s(1c‘y.
'I‘NA INSURANCE .Co. ofHABTFORD.
V Incorporated 181'... Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, \ $8,716,803.11 .
Insur‘és against loss and (101110 c by Fire,on terms
adopted to the hmrdandco'n's stout with the laws
.ol compensation. .
COWL E381 MERRILL,
Sole Agé'ntsfor‘V VNorw'alk and vicinity.
Having taken the Stable formerly occupied by
D. A. N ltVWOOMBLon Ho ofltfitrcetmould announce
to the citizens of Non“ that he has stocked it
with good Horses, best 0‘1 Coaches. Carriages.&0. .I.
w hich he will cht with or without drivers on rea-'
s‘onable terms.
1‘. specialty ofCosches for Weddingsaud Funer-
N..II.B B
as
Carriages run to 1.11 trains 011 N. Y. .N.
at atmhg
Orderscau he left at Connecticut Hotel 01'
Stables on Hoyt Street.
Family Grocerres
QH'EIAIV’I FOR OAVSH! - pa
The 11ndcrslgncdhcving‘purchascd the stock of .. _ '
-~00:Istom'1erl (1an c Siwengns of Indus-
try, and line. app thcstoro with an entirely new
stock 1016 13 um? oh'erlng' t(: the public as
good an assortment of-
cnmcr 1.111111 011011111118,
Provisions, Flour. Teas. Sugar, spices, 10. .at the
very lowest market prices foroash. Goods dcli'v-
ered anywhere About town free of charge. Call
'ah'd try as. it will be for your advantage.
GEORG E -OARTER,
:Lyucs’ Block, Water Street, opposite Railroad
Crossing. ll'
- stones-1|. (11111110110,
wFuruishing Undertaker,
' 110. 5'3 111le szstxsr,1tfps:a11-s.)-
B s. BLASCER,
At his store in
". HALIFOIVIYVV’B 81-003,
hasconstantly on 110110.11. general assortment o
Groceries, Crockery. Glass,
’1an and Wooden Ware, Etc.
B'yI dVerotinghis constant personal Vatteu'tionto the
business 110' heads to merit public patronage
. Black 8111111111 tail Board,
calmine'snd ”111111111111 unit.
1,11 Vuyrnoron o 00. V
York, for Pamphlet of 100 pa 0s, contamln 3
lists of 10110 never-opera, and as ates showing
9 for Manufacturing Pu
V 01' Exchange for- o't'n‘cr property,
11. E. Bonwunvs, so. Humans. 431! ',
' ’ 1 Also,anicclylocatcd House and Lot 011 Mer-
. INSURANBE GOMI’ANY,
W-.. RVs'AL ES’I'VA'VIVV'E.
To Rent.
BSIBAVBLE Suites of Rooms for Officer? or
Families. .Also. the large Brick Building on
Water Streotnv 11 Engine and Boiler, suitable
M
LST. J OBN I40 KWOOD. Executor
for Estate of W111. K. James,' deceased.
~ . To Let,
80M APRIL “1'.—Several nice Houses and
Apartments about the village, some with
good Barns. '
Also, two‘ 0 1 three desirable Stores.
6.
1111's of
owned by
4th ’AD.
.0. Mosicr, Down Towu.E
, S. E. OLMS
‘ For Sale or to Rent.
LOSE on the Sound between Norwalk and
Westport Harborsm 000 House and Barn
with Fourteen Acres of and. Good Water,
plenty of Fruit; and ten minutes from either
depot. Enquire of JULIA S. FITCH, East Ave-
nue, Norwalk. 4'. '6
To Rent.
A number of good places in good locations.
can be had on application to C. 1’. TURKEY.
_N0rwalk, Feb. 4th, 1577. - _ 6
0 RENTi—Thrcc rooms in the Jarvis house,
with privilege of'a small garden.
A l to
ppy J. W. McLEAN‘M.D.
. . . To Let. i’ 9
The Property' 1n the rear of the Fair-
field County National Bank.
formerly occupied by Price 4: Dates. suitable for
9mnuufacturing purposes; Also Dam on High St.
E. B. PRICE.
Farm F0r sale. if
VA. FARM of 0110 Hundred Acres, with: House'
Barn and other Out-buildm I; prcnt
Fruits/Wood and Water; Conven cnt tofic col.
Church and Store and Depot. Blacksmith and
Wu n-maker near by. Prwc Three Thousand
D0! Terms made easy. Full pmicwbm apo'
_ ply at this office.
9 ' Farm‘ for Sale. '
A DWELLING HOUSE situatcd' 111 the Borough
0!'Norw01k.with 0; without twentyo'eight
acres of 101.1%, said land is surtably (1mm into
pasture, 1v . pl ow and meadow land. For fur-
' 9 the: information apply at this Office. orof asun- ‘
scribcr. BY F: CH.3 9
Norwalk, January 14th, 18%.“
For Sale Cheap, § -..
- the Borough. Will sell to a good tenant 1' little
on ofth‘e neatestmnd cosiest little C0t§gés in
or no monc dowr . En i t GAZ -
HOE. y 1' qn rea ET VB OFV
For Sale.
A House and Lot. 11131. health location on
Fair Street, above Catharine. 0 House is
nearly new, well built, conveniently 0mg-
ed, afid wm make a comfortable undo casual
hours 101' I; famrly of average sfic. t runs
back to the river. There rsawell of 0excellent
water 011 the place, and Borough water in'thc
tract. Price low, and part of the money can 119.-
mam 01L Vmortga e. flue chance to secure:
home._ Apply at AZVBTTEV OFFICE E. 3, 3t:
IDeSir-able Property for sale.
A Verydesirableplace on East Avenucf .
Also, a few choice BuildingLots situated Von
Osborn Avenue for sale cheap.
winStrect near West Avenue, for sale at 2:: 1m-
gain. VEann'lrc of
V s, B. OSBOBN. East AveVnue,-- ~
tfll ‘ or to D. W.FITCII{, West Avenue.
FOR SALE.
TWO very desirabchuildiuzLotson WestMVain
street. Apply at the GA" ETTE OFFICE. V
FAIRFIELD
FIRE V
South Norw’alk Conn.
£1111 Capital
lsset1,Ju.1, 1878, $313,880.88
Agences 1n all the Principal Cities and TOWns'.
V V W.S. HANFORDJ'roIldent ,
ll . I! (BURNER, 81101 and T1010.
0. 11. 111-0301.5. :
LI. kinds of Ladies and Gentls’ I TVS AI II
“It!“ made to order. neatly
done, and according to promise.P ,
ROOM NO. 5,
G Matte BttildmgV.
1111? la
Lumber, -
Timber,
' Shingles,
1111111011111 111 1111111.;
SHINGLES,
BOTH
Plaued, Saw'cd and Rivcd,
Superwr to (my ofered' 111 this Market.
Office and Yard opp. the Store of William C
. Street & Co. .,
Water Street, . N orwalk.
_VV1_—’IQTacVe L. 'Hubbell.
A T
Quintard’s Furniture Rooms
will betounda complete assortmentof V
FURNITURE, so;
ncludingcverythilpgnsuallyfound in a firsteclm
establishment. at? rces to suit the Trme's. VAJso.
slugs asIsortmentor
0111101108, 11ch 111111113
LO0KING GLASSES. ch.
Glass Plates out to any size. Bepalrlngdoheln the
best manner,“ short notice. Also. old H air Mat-
thssesma'deovexas good as new.
1. oummn's 3011.
V AGE-HT. WAN-TED THE.
(11111111611510
nmmmmo! Mic mmT-tkfigs
Wm .50 In "T.“ I the manly
mmmotgmum
Russian TurkishWar
duavukl-tbemlto! Recent and m-
olvo TrIVvol tn Illth oueountflu It i 0 live Ind
"book 0 on! one outhe subject-0nd th e fut-
51th 0mm: sold ICdo ice
have week,- another, 81
this—Mary nu'rchmca
Now is
scrl ”ileum m1: .1, a ”1“" "an' 'id ‘ 211.1133;
on o 11 on u or youne ves.
Ali). wom’ift'm a 00.. 1115711111211. Mord. Coun-
WM. B. SWAN
Manufacturer of
PINE AND COMBION
HARNESS
And Dealer in
Horse .1 Stable Equipments.
Particular attention paid to
REPAIRINGV. ,
Thankful for the llberal patronage of the past,
the subscriber hopes to merit a continued share of
the busmcss favors ofhis friends and the public.
WM. B. SWAN;
Shop linear 0t Besideucc,Main Street.Norwalk
81111111111 aililleulaniise Tau,
Printed an. Plain
By Ihc Dozen or Thousand, at Manufacturers
Prices, at the \
Also, PaintSh op. .
Also. Rooms now used for Dying' shop. on
Knight Street.
to as an CHEAP.—Theflbnsefbmcrly
V beast, are remarkable in their way.
111111101 '
Lath, ac. -
onceoncr the 111.111.1110.... Bank, cor.Ma.in and
"r’flentaurr
Linime'ats.
' The wonder ofmedlcal sciencedmll horse and
halfbeast—the fabled Centaurs left their impress
upon the history of the world.
The Centaur Llnlmenu, for man and
V They have
‘becnbcforc the public only six years, but in that
time they have performed more wonderful works
have alleviated more pains and cured more bed-
riddcn cripples than have all other Linimcntth‘m-
brocations, Extracts, Salvcs and Ointments incx -
istcnce. ThenL immense and rapidly-increasing
sale is indisputable evidence of the estimation in
which they are held. ’1 hey are already used in
many of the hospitals of this country and Europe,
and are prescribed bythc 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-
sible. They contain Catholic, Witch Hazel,Bock
Oil, Arnica and'ingrcdients which must stimulate
the fluids, soften the sinucs 51nd penetrate to the
bone. We have never yet heard or the first fail-
ure to benefit, even in stubborn casts ot‘Itheumao
tism, Sciatica, and Ncuralgia, while: tor Flesh
Wounds, Bites, Frosted Limbs, Burns, Cutaneous
Eruptions, etc.,'thcy are unfailing. What the
White Centaur Llnlmcnt is for the hu-
man frame,,thc Yellow Centaur Lfnfmenc
is for horses andanimals. We will guarantee that
one dollar expended for Ce'nnln' Llnfment
will perform more and Vspédier results than can be
obtained for five or twenty dollars from any phy -
sfcian. We have made the treatment of ficsh.bone
and muscle ailments a specialty. We know that
We live «preparations which do what they are
recommended to do. They are not cure-alla—the y
will not mend a broken leg, but they will allev' 1-
ate pain and cure where any human agency can
cure. Be sure and inquire for the Centaur
Llainonls and give them a fair trial.
J .B. ROSE &‘Co., 40 D111: 51.,th Youx.
, There is a harmless and ' certain remedy for
your children. Curonu' 1s the result of twenty
ye'an’ experiments by the celebrated Samuel
Pitcher, M.D .
It 111 a vegetable preparation, as effective asCas-
tor Oil, but perfectly pleasant to the taste. It
(in be taken bythe youngest infant, and neither
gngsnox gripes. Dr. A. J. Green; of noyston,
Indiana, says of it:
81115 :—I havetriedthc Casroma, and can 0 oak
hi hi or its merits. It will do away with szstor
0i. t is pleasant and harmless. and is 11' under-
£11 ly efficacious as an aperient and laxative. It
is the very thing.
one Cnronu destroys .worms, regulates the
Stomach,;cnrcs Wind Colic. and permits of nat-
111111 healthy sleep. It Is very efiicacious' 1n Group
and for Teething Children. Honey is not pleas-
antcr to the taste, and Castor Oil 15 not so certain
in its etl'céts. It costs b11135 cents, in’large bottles.
31114 J . B. ROSE a 00., XewYork.
Furniture -Furniture
' V ' VVIfyoquish'
Parlor, library, hiring and Sitting
Room Sets,
Walnut or Cottage Chamber Sets,
or anything in the Furniture Line,0fthe Latest
Style, Best Finish and Make and for the
Least Money, go to
Wu;- recesses? ‘
Also,
General Furnishing Undertaker.
.Orflarn filthy-slat! tn '1, ”n day o9 night VHF-Si
dence with Mr. G. T. Cornwall, France St.
. C. W. -Burritt
‘ Has Removed
To No. 4 Phoenix Block, Wall St,
Foot of Mill Hill,wl1ere 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 Sheetlron Work and Job-
bing. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand.
Norwalk,April,1876.
Good V'ChanccVVtV0f"_B/¢1y
o :13: E .A. .5? :1
9 The snbscnbcr will offer his cnt’frc stock of
Groceries. «
Hardware,
310., for the next
15 DAYS AT COST.
GEO. C. SCOFIELD,
Main Street, South New 1111.- .
Dr. C. 11. Kendall & Son,
DENTISTS. "
Arc now prepar-
ed to 1' 00 c 1 1' e
their patrons at
either Norwalk
Bridge or South
Norw alk. The
' senior partner
has taken rooms
0 v at Scllcck's
Bookstore, Nor-
V walk, while the
j 11 nio r retains
the 0ld office, Lender’s Block, South Norwalk.
Teeth extracted without pain, and all dental ope-
rations performed at either 0111 (:0.
C. H. KENDALL, M. D.,
G. S. KENDALL, D. D. S.
P.S. Dr. 0. 11. Kendall w1ll devote Mondays to
Ridgeficld.
Pa w. BATES,
Successor to PRICE a BATES.
W21 TER STREET, rear of Opera House,
Manufacturer of ' _
Monumental, Building & Cemetery
Walk.
of every description from all the dificrent kindsol
GRANITE, _MA RBLE, BROWN,
01110, 01' NOVA SCOTIA STONE.
Orders solicited. Prices to suit the times.
HAVE been connected in business with Mr.
Bates torn number of years. and cheerfully
recommend him to my old friends and patrons as
a man well worthy of their patlzronaae.
EPRIGE.
ranunwsm-rrr
FLORIST,
EAST SIDEVV 0F MAIN STREET, SOUTH
OF RAILROAD,
City of South Nonvalk, Conn.
Plants and Flowers at all seasons;
Flowen for Funerals furnished a: d
tan-tern!” arr-:1 1120(140 order at short
notice.
' Pianos for Sale.-
t..-
VOVne New Weber and One New
Chickering Pianos,
TAKFN 1n exchange for othcrpropci 15'. will be
sold at a great sacrifice. For particulars
address immediately or carp fire of .
11 (1150. 11. CIIOL vuL1.,111ghsu-eet.
THE. HARTFOBDV
111111 111111111. 11311111011
7 [usuraugc Company,
CASH CAPITAL, $500, 000
ISSUES Policies of Insurance. Altai-careful in-
spection of the Boilers, Vc’ovcring all less 01'
312?:5; to Boilers, Buildings, and Machinery aris-
Steam Boner Explosions
J, M. ALLEN,” . - President
0. I'LBBACII, - - Vice-President
.1313. PIERCE,' -' ~ - Secretary
17.6. LlNlVilViUR‘Gll, _ E Agent
St!» 23
sutured":
l GAZETPEOFFIGEV.
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