WHOLE NUMBER 1572.
The TWO Rivers.
Slowly the hour-hand of the clock moves
round;
So slowly that no human eye hath power
To see it move z Slowly in shine or shower
The painted ship above it. homeward
bound,
Sails, but seems motionless, as if aground;
Yet both arrive at last; and in his tower
The slumberous watchman wakes and
strikes the hour, .
A mellow, measured, melancholy sound.
Midnight i the outpost of advancing dayi
=Tire frontier town and citadel of night!
The watershed of Time, from which the
streams .
Of Yesterday and To-morrow take their way,
One to the land of promise and of light,
One to theland of darkness and of dreams.
—LONGFELI.OW, in Atlantic.
(Crowded over from last week.)
To CYNTHY :—
I accept your pity with heart-felt thank-
fulness even though you cruelly pun upon
my name, that shadow of a mighty name, and
call me, derisively, “a most gentle thwack.”
From the bottom of my heart, Cynthy, I
forgive you not only that but sundry other
sarcasms indulged in by you, and feel no
anger toward you, but, on the contrary,
naught save the most exalted emotions of
gratitude. I know you didn't mean to be
spiteful, Cynthy, and if you were slightly so
in parts of your letter, I regard it as no fault
of yours, but as something irremediable,
‘ something essentially feminine and indissolu-
bly united with woman‘s nature. But as for
calling you an “old maid” on account of it,
Cynthy, I would never go so far as that. “I
want to say to your confidentially," Cynthy,
that in the course of- a somewhat varied ex-
perience I have never heard a young man call
a lady with whom he was véxed “an old
maid," though I have heard young ladies (i)
do so. Yes, Cynthy, I THANK you. First,
for your pity, for when that is tendered by
one of your gentle sex to one of mine, none,
save a hard-hearted monster, could reject it,
and I am none of-that, but—Cynthy, let me
here confess it—one of the most susceptible
of men. Secondly, for the light you have
thrown upon the cause of my failure. Now
I see it all, and with poignant anguish mourn
my fault. Tell me, oh! tell me, Cynthy, is
it yet too late ? Is there no hope that I may
retrieve my error, and win again to my side
“those same bright, merry girls,” than whom
you would “ask no better material for a lit-
erary society," and whom I “seem to hold so
lightly ?" May I suggest to you that you
also seem to hold them lightly? Else, why, in
another part of your letter do you term “my
lady friends,” these “same bright, merry
girls” remember, “women of very ordinary
aspirations” and “not of a very high order of
intellect or education.” Excuse me, Cynthy,
but I‘m afraid the young ladies of Pemige-
wasset will quarrel with you, for you are
harder on them than I am. But to resume. ,
My mistake was in thinking that the young
ladies with whom I had to deal were not
mental babes requiring the sloppiest 0f intel-
lectual pap for the sustenance of their minds,
but rational young women, for enough ad-
vanced in mental culture to read a simple,'in-
tcresting history by one of our master-minds
of literature, and Old enough and earnest
enough to know that no real good comes with-
out work, and to do the work for the sake of
the good. But, having re-read your instruc-
tions and I think mastered them, I will begin
anew. There is already in the village a copy
of the American Encyclopedia (sixteen vol-
umes), a Webster‘s unabridged dictionary,and
an atlas which we can transport from house to
house by means of a large wheelbarro w, and
will elucidate all mysteries to be met with in
our reading. I will order copies of the most
thrilling of Miss Braddon's stories, and of
“Scottish Chiefs.” Beginning with these,
we will gradually work up through selections
from Farjeon's and F. W. Robinson’s novels
to “Foul Play” and “Eugene Aram.” After
a few months of hard pulling we will take
up history by installments as you suggest.
(Those curious “installments" which are in
no” case to include “the beginning of the
book i”) and read the lives and doings of
Catharine do Medici, Henry VIII and Bloody
Mary, carefully avoiding, however, the reigns
of Edward VI and Elizabeth as devoid of
interest to my fair hearers, since these two
neither married nor were given in marriage.
That charming poem “Lucille,” over “which
so many tears have been shed, and the play
of “Mr. and Mrs. Peter White,” in which
last Ihope to have some of the young ladies
take different parts as you suggest,will,I con-
fidently expect,insure the success of my read.
ing circle, so that I, too, may “observe no
lack of interest on the part of these girls as
we rea .” How I shall enjoy thus do-
ing “likewise in my little circle,” and “hold-
ing out encouraging, cheering, helping hands
with ready words of reverence and admira-
tion" to these seekers after knowledge. But
to be serious. First, in reply to your accuse.
tion I will only say that, had I never known
a woman of high intellectual culture, I had
never tried my unlucky experiment.
Secondly, I am disposed to go farther than
you do and declare that the average young
woman is superior to the average young man
in intellect and education. .But at forty this
is no longer true. The woman has remained
where she was, the man has gone forward.
In answer to this you speak of the “many
thoughtful, earnest women who are doing
noble work in the way of culture and im-
provement,” and declare that' you intend to
know more at forty than you do now. I
grant the exceptions. The rule remains the
same. You also hint that it is man’s fault
that woman does not improve. I will not
stay now to deny this statement, though I
have my doubts about its correctness, since
I find that these same women have time
enough for unnecessary milling and tucking,
for “idle gossip and neighborhood twaddle."
Surely you are only jesting, Cynthy, when
you ask what history that could be “wherein
love-scenes and weddings were 'described,and
mention made of the fine arms of princesses."
Froude, Macaulay, Bancroft, Prescott and
Green have described love-scenes and wed~
dings and mentioned the personal charms of
princesses, and no one has ever suspected
them of being of the Louisa Muhlhach type,
until you, with your womanly intuitions dis-
covered the ciaas to which they belong. As
I write, Cynthy, I look around me and my
eye falls upon my book-shelves and on their
well-thumbed volumes. There I see my
friends with whom I have whiled away many
a solitary evening, unknowing with what
characters I was consorting. O Froudc and
Macaulay! I knew that ye were prejudiced
butI never dreamed that ye were sensational.
0 Bancroft! how could thou thus mislead
my ingenuous mind '1’ O Prescott i how vile
art thou! As I gaze upon ye my much-loved-
friends, now friends no longer, my heart,
maddened by deception burns with righteous
indignation. I will tear ye from your hon-
ored perch, and in my literary wheelbarrow
cart ye to the village green where, doing
as did the parish priest in Don Quixote, I
will free Pemigewasset from the curse of.
your presence by burning ye and flinging
your dishonored ashes to the winds l
Gratefully yours,
MAKE-PEACE Tswana—awn.
Pemigewasset, Feb. 9th, 1878.
’
“What do you know about the prisoner?"
asked the Judge. “I don’t know nothin’
’bout him Jedge, only he’s bigoted.” “Big-
oted '1’” said his Honor. “Yes, sah.” “What
do you mean by ‘bigoted’ ‘1’” “Well, J edge,”
explained the witness, “he knows too much
foh one niggah, an’ not ’nutf foh two.”
Bedding Ridge.
This winter has been really a remarkable
season f0r our dear old town. We have had
quite a “feast of reason and flow of soul,” in
the words of another.—We have listened
with hearty enjoyment to a course of scien-
tific lectures, given by the Rev. Mr. Dicken-
son, who has spared no pains in his endeavor
to cultivate a taste for reading and study
among the people here. He has allowed the
youth of the town to spend delightful hours
in his rooms, filled with choice books and cu-
riosities, shelves of minerals and rare geo-
logical specimens. He has rousedand swak'.
ened the mind of many a person here, open-
ed his eyes aud led him to look with new
sight upon the wonders of creation around
him. He has excited quite an interest in
geology among the people, and many a youth
and maiden has begun, in an humble way, to
collect a few specimens. Even the doctor’s
tiny, youngest daughter, when walking out
with her mother and some friends,——as the
great dog trotted along by her side, followed
by her pet cat,——came bringing a stone in her
bit of a hand, asking, eagerly, “Oh, mamma,
is that a specimem '2" '
Here I might mention that another public
benefactor is this same Mrs. Doctor -——,
and does not the town owe her a vote of
thanks? Surely her how window of rare and
lovely flOWers is a cheering and gracious night
these wintry days, and appeals to the artistic
taste which slumbers more or less in every.
body’s heart, but lacks the stimulous needful
to it when the earth is brown and sear. So I
say, gratefully,—that window with its fairy
tracery of vines, its glistening leaves and
blossoms is worthy of a poet’s noblest efforts.
Rev. Mr. X. A. Welton, the clergyr'iran of
the Episcopal church, has delivered two his-
torical sermons, giving the early history of
the church here. This part of the town was
then called Chestnut Ridge, and the church
was conneted with that of Newtown, and
both parishes the scene of the labors of good
old John Beach. This clergyman was 9. Chris-
tian hero, but who rested only half-remem-
bered by the people,—for whose ancestors he
labored :with such loving zeal fifty long,
eventful years, during the dangers of the
Revolution, amid hardships and ill-health,—
until Mr. Welton, reverently and lovingly
awoke his memory in all our hearts by those
truly interesting sermons.
We have had also a course of phrenologi-
cal lectures, and a conjurer came to town,
whose performances some attended to correct
the severe effect of so much of the solid and
scientific.
Finally I take occasion to mention with
pleasure our musical society to which the
Rev. Mr. Law lends the help of his interest,
his presence and his singing. These music-
ales are held once in two weeks; there are a
large number of enthusiastic members,who are
all pleasantly willing to take part and assist
in rendering the evenings charming.
The society has been named after Beetho-
ven, and, although certain of the members
evinced an amusing shrinking, and loathness
to pronounce the name of their society at‘
first, they rather court the pleasure of airing‘
it now, and do it with a peculiar grace which
must have been acquired by some study and
practice.
Let me tell you also that there is a tenden-
cy in our society towards good and standard
music. And why should not the musical
taste of Bedding be elevated as well as the
literary taste ? And I wonder if all the wor-
thy members of this society have looked into
the life (so full of interest and pathos) of the
wonderful composer whose name they have
Iliad. This marvelous: Ludwig vnn Beetho.
ven, whose portraits show one a strong face
with deep, sad eyes under the shadow of
heavy brows and thick waving hair,was born
in the beautiful Rhineland at Bonn, Germa'
ny, Dec. 16th, 1770. It is wonderfully inter-
esting .to follow the account of his labors
and success, and pitiful to read of his begin-
ning to grow deaf at the age Of thirty, to be
shut in a world of silence away from all the
sweet sounds that were his life. Still he
worked on, his sadness and sorrow weaving
themselves into his grand symphonies and
sonatas, whose deep pathos and feeling ap-
peal to, our hearts to-day. It is well for us
to look into the lives of the great meters of
harmony, and ennobling to our souls to learn
to understand and appreciate the grand
thoughts so beautifully expressed in their
wonderful compositions. And the-members
of the Bedding Beethoven society shall they
not endeavor humbly to honor this wondrous
name by striving conscientiously to do their
best in rendering whatever music they at-
tempt. Shall they not consider it a duty to
improve and grow towards a higher appre-
ciation of music, or shall they cast their mite
of dishonor upon this name we dare to use
—(whosc owner did so much for his beloved
art and the world)—by carelessly studied
music and dishonest singing.
The popular music of the day is no more
ennobling than the reading of light, trashy
literature. As we grow older and get beyond
this to solid, substantial books ;—a.s we turn
from the bright-colored, crude pictures we
lovein childhood, learning to appreciate the
perfect drawing and exquisite coloring of
master hands, so .we tire of frivolous music
and ask for something higher, grander. We
learn that the noble science holds a deep and
wondrous meaning, imperfectly understood
here,—fullv and beautifully comprehended in
the world to come. CvN'rnr.
#
For this Reason.
. A distinguished citizen of Danbury speaks ,
right out in reference to the great curse of
our country, and in a letter to the News, last
week, says :—
“Because we read and know of horrible
deaths by the knife, the pistol, the cord, the
delirium, the river, and in the jails and poor-
houses, there will soon be a majority of the
people everywhere who will consider
liquor-selling as the sum of all villainies, and
proceed to enact laws that will consign a dis-
tiller and seller of intoxicating liquors to ten
years in the penitentiary.
To know how fast public opinion is tending
in that direction, license men need only to
open their eyes and ears and see and hear that
in the pulpits of every denomination, on -
every platform, in every leg’slative hall, and
in every newspaper there is heard one‘unani-
imous cry that it is a giant wrong to sell in-
toxicants that destroy a man's control of him.
self and degrades him for below the brutes.
The counter cry that it cannot be helped.
and that the nation, state, city and town
cannot afford to lose the revenue derived
from the distillation, importation and sale of
wines, brandies, whiskies, and beers is fast
losing its hold upon the minds of our voters,
and in its place the conviction is becoming
firmly fastened :that it does not pay to con-
tinue the dance of degredation, imbecility,
delirium, murder and rapine.
#
A missionary of the American Sunday
School Union writes that at a meeting of an
ecclesiastical body in one of the Southern
states, he met the superintendent of One of
the schools formed by him'whicb has grown
into a church of fifty members. The church
had sent this man and one of his teachers as
their representatives, and they were among
the most active and useful members of the
body; and being enthusiastic Sunday school
er and similar meeting, where a number of
churches were represented, the missionary
could hear of but two churches in the body
having Sunday schools, and was able to make
arrangements to visit several of them to start
schools—S. S. Times.
men they did much .to interest the other“
members in Sunday school work. At anoth-
Our Reliable Loafer Abroad.
" Lord Bateman was a noble. lord, a noble lord he
was or high degree, '
And he determined to-go abroad, to so strange
countries for to see.", -Old Song.
The first day brought nothing but a feeling
of calm satisfaction that the muchklreaded
sea-sickness had not overtaken'me.’ Not that
I dared to say so at th'e‘time, for I have just
a faint streak of superstition in my composi-
tion (as, nodoubt', you have. if you would
but admit ‘it,) and recalled the old German
maying : _ “Boast of is misfdrtune escaped and
it knocks at ’th'e'd00r.“
~ - The'flshe's were disappointed. I had long
been owing Neptune, 'and when he heard
that I was about to venture over his domain,
he called a mass meeting of his subjects, at
which congratulatory speeches were made.
As the slang phraseputs it,.they were alittle
“previous." .The ship sailed, and the fishes
(who had been fasting in anticipation, as
small boys do before partics,) gathered in her
wake. Eagerly they watched, letting out a
reef in their vest buckles to be ready, until
the second day when I threw to- them the
stump of a cigar, for which there was a
scramble,-but the unfortunate victOr wished
he had drawn a blank; and, after swallowing
his prize and .turning inside out a few times,
decided that gambling didn’t pay, reformed
hisslife, and, as I hear, is making a genteel
competency by delivering lectures on the im-
morality of his past. . .
No, I was not sick, but for three or four
days. I lived in mortal dread. of being so.
After that I began to .onjoy life; that is to
say, eating, 0f whichlife on board ship prin-
cipally consists. ~ .
I . And sleeping. ,I slept like the beasts which
perish, and theorily. thing which could rouse
me was “dinner's ready, sir." My berth was
an upper one, and my original idea had been
that it w0uld take a monkey to get into it,
and a cat to stay there 'when once in. But I
am not the Pope. It was easy enough to
climb up even in rough weather and the board
at the side kept one from falling out. On the
second morning I awoke to find the ship roll.
ing and staggering more than was at all prop.
er, and, as my knees and back-bone began
to be-the worse for wear, I decided to get up,
~ ~or rather down. I put my nose over the
edge of the berth and looked down. Have
you ever gazed from the top of a steeple?
Then, grasping the board at the edge (which
was hinged and gave a most uncertain sup-
port,) I put one foot gently down upon,—no,
I intended to, but the ship gave a lurch and
Ward the deadlight, and, as the position of
the vessel changed, took a swoop in the di-
rection of the water- jug. It was no use. I
could not reach the edge of the berth below,
try as I might. But I must get down some,
how, so, With a mental prayer that I might
land neither upon the ceiling nor ‘ my com-
panion, I dropped and found myself on the
floor. By standing with my feet far apart I
managed to make a toilet,though the struggle
with my pantalOons was enough to sour the
temper of a saint, and once I did sit down,
hard, on a shoe, without at all meaning it.
But these were small matters.
0n deck it was wet and slippery and Iheld
fast to a rail to keep myself from falling.
The prospect was not particularly cheerful,
for the fog prevented one from seeing much
besides the ship, and she had a decidedly be.
draggled air, as of having slept out over
night. Only three or four people were on
deck, not counting the sailors; which last,
not being sick, of course, and feeling it only
polite to do as others did. were engaged in
heaviest “'0 102'. Nine bells struck and we
who were lucky enough to be hungry, tum-
bled down below to breakfast, as a matter of
course making merry over the non-apparents.
I know of nothing which makes a more egre-
gious ass of a man than having a straight
stomach at sea, and a degree of moral forti-
tude which most men lack is needed to keep
him from ghastly puns at such a time, tho’
he be generally a pretty decent fellow.
The voyage was very stormy but in the
main uneventful. We were happy in hav-
‘ing the wind nearly astern, for it helped us
forward and also allowed us to be on deck.
A steamer we met had ‘her hatches closed
over the passengers during the whole trip.
As you have read no end of descriptions of
storms, I deserve your heart-felt gratitude
and mentallypat myself on the head for omit-
ting to give one here. Just picture to your-
self the splendid lies I thus foregol When
we were about half seas over (that is ship's
property, that pun,) Iclimbedupon deck one
particularly rough morning and found every
one gazing Off to port. Taming my eyes in
the same direction I discovered the masts of
a bark faintly visible against the horizon.
The course of the steamer was changed and
we ran near enough to get a good view of
the vessel. She was a large one, but how
toy-like, she looked in the trough of such a
sea. Her masts alone stood. Topmas't,bow-
sprit, rigging, all were gone, and not even a
rag hung to the solitary yard which still re-
mained. No sign of life being visible on
board, our steamer went on her way, for it
was far too rough to risk. a boat’s crew need-
lessly. We watched her for half an hour or
more as she appeared and disappeared among
the waves. Often we thought her gone,but af-
ter a few minutes she would struggle up upon
the crest of some huge hill of water, rest
there for an instant'and then sink down again.
We who saw her were lions for the day.
Whenever the sun came out the people fol-
lowed his example, and often when he did not
the decks would be lined with chairs. This
was only courting the inevitable, and many
were the catastrophes, for the ship rolled
badly and every now and then a wave would
sweep across the deck. Once or twice one
got below notwithstanding all precautions,
and once the center of the dining saloon be-
came the scene of an impromptu Niagara,
during dinner. some people were always
getting, caught, and the sea seemed to rollick
in donning unfortunate ladies who had been
persuaded they’d feel so much better on deck,
and the men who would persist in trying to
play shuffle board with the deck executing
an amateur breakdown. A little . Irish priest
was one of the commonest victims. Many a
time have I seen the‘little man float “tangled-
ly" down to leeWard, presenting a wonderful
mixture of legs and arms and water, as a
lurch, and ,a wave would, so to speak, catch
him amidships and-slew him around on his
beam ends. Thro' all I never saw him falter.
Disentangling himself from his long cloak
he would come. up smiling and always look
cared not for {the rest.-
On the evening of Thursday, the eighth of
November, it was announced that we would
enter the barber of Queenstown early the
next morning, and that letters_ home were in
order. So‘for. the time being the saloon wore
the appearance of a writing-school, all who
were not sick being engaged in striving to
tame pens. ' Rather hopeless sort of work,
for with all their'efforts the pens would u'n-
expectedly start ofi, when they were suppos-
ed to be Well in hand, and execute impromp-
tu sketches of nothing on their own account.
Tho’ we had all brought paper with us we
would none of it, but with one accord pro-
cured ship paper with the deviceof the
mud companyond the word “Scythis'! at t
were proud of that paper. - '
Next morningI loss before sunrise and
of land. Gradually the fog changed to a
drizzle, and I could make out . a low, wavy
line, to the left, of a brownish color. Ire.
land. As it grew. lighter the brownlinej
changed little by little until one could see
rocky cliffs topped with scrubby trees and
a hiccup and my foot swung straight out to-_
flrst'to hiscigar,-—were that still alight, he-
top. We who' were making om‘flnl" ti'ip’j.
was on deck in the fog watching for a sight'
whitened at their base by the- highest surf I
ever saw. It must have been immense for it
was distinctly visible tho’ miles away. I felt
as if I was in the theatre and half expected
to see Arrah na Pogue or Con the Shangh-
raun, when we got nearer. Out at the
bow stood a dozen Irish emigrants picking
out familiar spots. Great was their glee
when a flock of wild geese flew acrcsi our
bow. Soon we dropped the anchor and lay
quietly waiting, with all eyes turned toward
a few mast heads faintly to be traced beyond
a distant hill. “There she is l’.’ “Where 1’"
“No, 'tisn’t;" But it was soon apparent to
all that a small steamer was tossing toward
us, a low, black boat with very raking smoke
stack around which was a red stripe. After
much shouting she was made fast to our side
and then mails and freight were exchanged.
After this bustle was over a few passengers
came on board for Liverpool and a good many
Went down the plank to go to Queenstown.
As the little steamer puffed back behind the
hill we got under way again, and most of us
turned our attention to the neglected break-
fast. During the meal the rain erased and
the sun seemed inclined to make up for his
sulkiness during the voyage. There was
only motion enough to the vessel to make it
pleasant and all hands were on deck.” Then
for the first time we saw many a face. Along
the Darcy-muss vnr runythro'm which has
given its name to the island. It is truly a
clear, glittering emerald color and surprised:
me more than anything I have seen inf
Europe. The land was undulating, mostly;
once in a while a house appeared. » Had the
.water been of the ordinary color the land
would have looked green. In the afternoon
Ireland gradually sank in the ocean and final.-
1y vanished. Everyone seemed happy and
the evening passed like a pleasure trip. Most
of us sat up until‘we caught a glimpse of the
Holyhead light, and then retired, feeling that
at last we were abroad in quite another sense
from the school-master in the proverb. When
I awoke we lay at anchor off, Liverpool,~and
I think one of the prettiest sights of the trip
was the sunrise. All was gray and one could
barely see the city,-until, bit by bit, a streak
of light appeared in the sky which only
served to make the silhouette of the town
get how each point of the outline stood out
We attended to our luggage, breakfasted
and crowded upon a small, open steamer
alongside. About a quarter of us could sit
down; the rest stood for an hour, until the
boat did finally take us to the wharf. There,
of course, we had to wait while the baggage
was being arranged according to first letters
of the owners's names. It was raw, and I
got my first damper by hearing the English
there praise it as a fine day. Fine day! It
was raining! The custom hOuse officers did
not trouble us much, and it was not long be-
fore we were in a hansom rattling along to
the London and Northwestern Hotel. There
we deposited our trunks and at eleven o‘clock
started in search of sights.
many and tried. for lunch. There our suc-
cess was not very much better, and after a
solemn consultation we determined to take
the first train we could for Chester.. The
time-table told us the next would go at 1:50
Joyl for Liverpool is the best, the grandest
place in England—to leave.
By the way, a word to those who mean to
travel. In Europe (except Spain, Portugal
and Italy,) go second class. There is a pro-
verb in En land :——“Americans and fools
traveifirst4c s." 'l‘nesavrng isconsrderable
and the difierence in comfort small. In fact
we found third class quite comfortable
enough for us, in England, at half the price
of first.
for Chester. In my next letter I will loaf
about that town a little, and I want it to be
understood that you are to take for solid fact
all I may write, and, if a statement does now
and then stick in your throats, remember that
travelers are proverbially liars, and 'swallow
it quietly. I will promise not to invent when
the fact suits me,—-if they don’t I may alter
’em, for a man has these rights in this world,
—to life, liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness. Exnrcmro,
Paris, Francefifan. 22nd, ’78.
Tun Wss'rn or HUMAN ern 1N WAn.——A
French statistician has just been .taking the
troubleto make an elaborate estimate of the
number of human beings killed in battle or
carried off by disease during the wars of the
nineteenth century—the century, as he grim-
ly observes, “of progress, of science, and of
humanity.” Notwithstanding the “ general
peace" which reigned between the “ great
powers" with little or no interruption from
the downfall of Napoleon in 1815 to the Cri-
mean war in 1854, it is literally true that civ-
ilized men have been fighting in one part of
the 'w0rld or another without cessation ever
since this model century began. The great
wars of the French empire raged from 1801 to
, 1815, with secondary fighting during the same
period in the new world between Spain and
her colonies after 1809 and 1810, and between
England and the United States in 1812. The
war of Greek independence broke out in 1822
and the legitimate invasion of Spain by France
took place in 1823, leaving the country a leg-
acy of merciless civil conflicts, not yet work-
ed out to their final consumation. The Russo-
Turkish war of 1828 follOwing, which ended,
Russians to Adrianople at a cost of 50,000
lives and a thousand millions of roubles.”
After this came the French invasion of Algiers
the Franco-Belgic war against Holland, the
bloody and resultless Polish insurrection, the
wars between Mehemet Ali and the Sultan,
the war of the Swiss Sonderbund, the Amer-
ican war with Mexico, the revolutionary out-
breaks of 1848 allover the continent, the des-
perate struggle between insurgent Italy and
Austria, and the Hungarian war in which
Nicholas of Russia so madly intervened to
save the Austrian empire in order that it
might decide the defeat of Russia six years
afterward. The Crimean war, in 1854, shook
to pieces the system of 1815. -It was follow-
ed by'tlie Indian mutiny, by the French ex-
pedition to Syria, by the Francthalian war
of 1859, by the civil war in the United States:
by the Anglo-French expedition to China, by
the Danish war, by the allied war with Para-
guay, by the French invasion of Mexico, by
bian insurrection, by the Franco-German war
of 1870 and by the great Russo-Turkish war
now waging. The statistician who has under-
taken to compute the losses in the way of
human life alone inflicted upon our century
by all these wars and conflicts (and the cata-
logue is by no means complete) sums them up
on the faith of the best ofiicial data, at 200,-
000,000 of men. In other words, the science
and energy of the nineteenth century haVe
been so applied as to deprive civilization of
the use and service of a number of able-bod-
ied male human beings five times as large as
the total population of these United States.
a.”
Josie Fowler of New Haven, snuffs can'
:dlesjand-cores apples with a revolver.
young; men are exceedingly respectful in
their attentions to her.
. "Poetry is music in words, and music ispoe-
try'i'n' abund; both excellent sauce; but they
'havo'livédfland died r that made them
their meat—Thomas uller. ' " .
_A Providence temperance society invites
-fhe tipplers and poor people, to a hot Sun-
day morning breakfast, which is followed
by plenty of temperance talk. and invitations
to sign the pledge. .
bare, tho‘ near the water were low trees, "and; .
darker for a time. . The sun came up just be.
bind a church tower, andI shall not soon for.‘
against it. But it was not our sun and one.
' could look straight at it without winking.
Didn’t find.
I will leave us here about to take the train,
as Count Moltke puts it, “in bringing 20,000,
the Austro-Prussian war of 1866, by the Cu- i
The
Gideon Well as.
The Hon. Gideon Welles, secretary of the
navy during the war of . the rebellion and
until the administration of President Grant,
died in Hartford Monday] evening, at a quar-
ter before seven, from the effects of a carbun-'
cle which had confined him raging mouse-tor;
about two weeks, The carbuncle ‘ma‘d'e 19%
back of the neck and defied all efforts to stop
its growth, and drawing largely 'upon his
he could not recover. adhering, during
most of the time, was intense, but was slime-
what mitigated for the few last .days,'and he
he was born July 1, 1802. The Puritan;
Thomas Welles, first treasurer, of the colony,
of Connecticut and afterlvard governor, was
one of his ancestors. The Episcopal academy
of Cheshire, Conn, gave the young Giedon
his early education, and he afterwards went:
to Norwich (Vt) university. He” did, "not
finish his course, but studied law ‘under the
late Chief Justice Williams and the Hon.‘
William Ellsworth, a supreme court judge.
He was democratic in politics, and in 1862
became editor and part owner of the Hart-
ford Tim. The paper-"chiiined to be the,
first to support Andrew Jackson for the pres-
.was a reformer in hisjinre. He opposed the
nttempt to rejectiwitnesses to the courts who
did not believctin the doctrine of future re-
wards and punishments; procured the aboli-
_ti'o'ri of imprisonment for debt ,so far opposed
special legislation as to procure the passage
was an early agitator for low rates of postage.
In 1837 he left the Timer, but was a contribu-
Missouri compromise. from 1836 to 1841
he was postmaster in Hartford and in 1842
was elected controller. lFrom‘ 1846 to 1849
he was chief of one of the bureaus of the
navy department under President Polk.
When the republican party arose, Mr. Welle's
anti slavery principles led him into it, and he
was republican candidate for, governor. of
Connecticut in 1856. The national conven-
tion whicn nominated Fremont'and Dayton
for the republican candidates made him a
member of the national committee. He also
'went to Chicago in 1800 as chairman of the
Connecticut delegation in the convention
which nominated Mr Lincoln the first time.
Besides writing for the Hartforderess, the
new republican paper of his day, he contribu-
ted to the New York Evening Post and the
Washington Union and Globe. AfterLincoln
and Hamlin were elected, and Mr. Lincoln
was talking about his cabinet, Mr. Hamlin
remarked that he had only one request to
make, he had only one friend‘for whom he
would ask a cabinet position, that was Mr.
Welles. As is known, Mr. Welles was secre-
tary of thenavy from the beginning of Mr.
Lincoln's first administration to the close of
Mr. Johnson’s, having the confidence of both
those presidents. He was identified with the
department, and his history for that time, so
far as concerns hispublic life, would be a his-
tory of the controlling plans and operations
of the government naval forces. ' At the end
of President Johnson’s term Mr. Wells retired.
to private life, but he had been somewhat in
of reminiscences 0f Lincoln’s administration.
His last articles is yet to appear in the March
Atlantic, on General Grant’s campaign be-
fore Richmond and the opposition to Mr.
Lincoln in 1864. Mr. Welles was in public
.A u. _ _-.-_.
no... 11.5... n... alumna} 97y _.--__
try now living.
The Mode of Electing a Pope.
There are four methods of electing a Pope
—by “inspiration,” by “compromise,” by
“scrutiny," and by “access.”
several of the cardinals calling aloud, as if by
a sudden impulse, the name of the person they
nliesire elected: but this method is seldom re-
sorted to until other means have failed.
It is called, an election by compromises
when, the cardinals not being able to agree,
they determine to abide the choice of one or
purpose, it wasthus that .John XXII. , after
having obtained the solemn assent of the col-
lege to abide his decision, assumed to him-
derstanding. or rule effectually preventing
the recurrence of such an event inthc future.
In electing a pope by scrutiny the cardinals
each write their own name with that of their
candidate upon a ticket, which, with many
ceremonies and genuflections is deposited in
a chalice on the altar of the chapel in which
they are assembled. When all have voted,
one of their number removes the tickets,
carefully compares the number with that of
the persons. present; after which, if it appears
that anyone has two-thirds of the votes in
.his favor, he is declared to he canonically
elected Pope. . When, however, after re-
peated trials, no choice has been effected, an
election by “access" is resorted to, in which
any cardinal may accede to the vote of
another by an alteration of his ticket in a
prescribed form. When a choice has been
effected the ballots are burned.
,Between the death of the Pope and the
election of his successor the principal person-
age connected with the church in Rome used
to bathe Cardinal Camarlengo, the papal
chamberan. His functions have long ceas-
ed to be more than purely ceremonial. The
powers of the cardinals during the interrog-
num have been“ confined between the nar-
rowest limits by aseries of rigid prescriptions
framed by successive pontiifs.
_ From 1800 to the last election, in 1846, the
elections were held in tho' Quirinal, the favor-
ite summer residence of the Popes, now the-
palace of the King of Italy. ' The new. .elec-
tion will be in the Vatican, and probably in
the Sistine chapel.- '
The moment the Pope is elected he receives
what is denomintedthc “first adoration” of
the cardinals in the chapel, and then is pro-
claimed‘to the public as the choice of the
Conclave. His second and third “adorations.”
as he is seated on the High Altar of St.
Peter’s follows. His coronation with the
tripletiara, also at St Peter’s, is generally on
the next Sunday, whenhc also takes 'posses-
sion of the Basilica of St ‘John Lateran, the
Metropoliton (urbr'a of erotic) 0f the city and
the world. .‘ '
» The present system, with few changes, has
been in existence more than 800 years. In
the year of 1059 Nicholas 11- issued a bull
confining the elective franchise to the Col-
lege of Cardinals, leaving to the clergy and
people of Rome, who had previously shared
the right with them, the ratification of their
choice. A century later Alexander III ' dea
creed that a majority of at least two-thirds
of the cardinals 'voting was necessary to a
valid election.
the Second Council of Lyons ordered that
ten days after the death of a Pope (to allow
time for the arrival of absentees) the - cardi-
in which he breathed his last, and that, with
a limited number of attendants, they should
be immured until the election was cempleted.
These three decrees have formed to this day
the rule for the papal election.
, m
blurs] Spame‘lnfistyg pantallions are “‘un'
ysio 0 l proper tched be-
liind— oston Pod. y pa.-
I will neve‘rpurchase lottery tickets so long
as I can hire a~ man to rob me at reasonable
wages—Josh Billings. . ' < -
Good resolutions are'like horses. ' The first
cost is anitem of less importance than the
keeping—Rome Sentinel. ..
appearance about four Weeks ago up‘oh'th’e' - , ~
strength, reduced him tat; point from which .
.. s
passed quietly away, being censcious to the,
last. His birthplace was Glastonbury, and,
idquY- rum: 1927 t0 1835;Mr._ Welles was
a-mcrnber of the-Connects...» legislature. He‘
.of general laws for business corporations, and
tor up to 1854, the date of the repeal of the-
the public view for years past, from the 'V
articles which he has written for the analog '
An election by inspiration is affected by .
more of their own body selected for that pur- :
self the pontificate. This act led to an un-.
Under Gregory X, in 1274,_
ncls should enter into conclave in the palace '
NORWALK, CONNECTICUTTIIESDAY;FEBBVARY 19: 18.7.82;
NORW'FAgll’Ilfv-G'A‘ZETTE,
”manta nurtures" worries. ,
11311.9 Second Oldest 2.... in the m...
giftiOFFICE IN GAZETTE B UILDINO.
. A; H. BYTNGTON as 00.
A. II. Brrnarox, ' J. B. Ems, ”G.‘N.Enf.s.
‘ Subscription $2.00 per year, in advance.
“Single Copies 5 Cents.
. , _ Advertising Rates :
Four-lilies or less, 1 insertion 50 cts.; 3 times 8100
— Onc inch space constitutes a square.
Special N ouces 25 percent. advance ontho
8.1:ch. ‘ -
Local Notices in Reading Columns, 2:5,
Cents per line. ‘
Yearly advertisers restricted to the business
contemplated at the-time of contract,'but are'per-
mitted tomako monthly chinges of.their adver-
tisements. '
Marriages and deaths inserted gratuitously.
Obituary or Funeral Notices 15 cts. per line.
All unusual cuts and devices 25 per cent. extra.
ALEX, . GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church .
Teacher of
I Piano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composition.
Box 379 r. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
.rbhn E. BodWell
EXPRESS MESSENGER
. AND
PURCHASING. AGENT.
M. .e o. 3. PRO wr'r'r’s, Norwalk.
n. BODWELL’S, So. Norwalk. rscr
J. .Belden‘ Hurlbutt,
,, II.
Ofliscs— II.
800m No.4, [up stair-,1 ‘
GAZETTE BUILDING.
EMILY V.D.PARDEE,M.D.,
(Graduate of N.Y. Medical College for Women,
Cor. MAIN d.- MARSHALL STREETS,
SOUTH NOB‘VALK, CONN.
Ofllce Hours, unti19 a. m., andfromfi p. m. At-
tention to ailclasses of discasesrncident to a gen-
eral practice of medicine and surgery. Fam-
ilies supplied with Homoeopathic remedies.
References by permissmn :-—S.Lilenthal, M. D.,
Prof. of Theoryand Practice, N. Y.city ; Clemence
Dozier, M. D. Dean of College,N.Y.: Alfred K.
3.1115,“. D. ,Prof‘. Materia Medica. _ 3.1123
CHARLES W. MANY,
- Surgeon Dentist,
NORWALK, CONN.
Ofilcc corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxidc Gas administered .
C. B. COOLIDGE,
DENTIST.
Successor to
n... A
Office over
C. J. Gruman’s Dry Goods Store.
I? Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain.
' DENTISTRY
AT HARD TIMES PRICES,
-For Cash — No Credit 1
All work cxcutcd in the Best Manner, at my oflice
Corner of Main and Washington streets,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
T. E. SWIFT, D. D. s.
S a w. MITCHELL,
C
At the ever popular
UNION MARKET
has always the best of
Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
attairlivingpriccs. Union (formerly Model) Mar
kct, on the Bridge. . . 1
animus s. nocxwoon,
, fashionable Draper and TailorI
AND
GEN T S’ F URNISHIN G EJIPORIUM.
Main Street, Norwaik, Conn.
EDWARD P. WEED,
:Dn tr (‘5.- G- IS '1'
Alargc and well selected stock of
DRUGS AN D MEDICINES,
Pcrfumery,Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters. loilet‘and Mcdicatcdfioaps, Flavoring
and Handkerclrief‘Extracss, HarrBrushcs,Combs,
Sponges, Chamois Skins, Stationery, Cigars, &c.,
and is constantl adding to his stock all the new
and popularme icincs of the day.
Nonwanx INSURANCE 00.,
NORWALK, 00NN.'
Charter Capital - - - $500,000
Paid up Capital - - - 100,000
Wu.0.snannr,Pres., GEO R.Cowr.ns,Sec’y.
'I‘NA rNsrmnNcr: CO. ornanrronn.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, . $6,716,893.77
Insuresagainstloss and damage by Fire.on terms
adopted to the hazard andconsistcnt With the laws
of compensation. W ES &. MERRILL,
Sole Agents for N orwalk and Vicinity.
WM. 0. BITTER
Having taken the Stable formerly occupied by
D.A. N EWCOMB,on Hoyt Street,wouid announce
to the citizens‘of N orv'valk that he has stocked it
with good Horses, best of Coaches, Carnages,&c.,‘
which he will let with or without drivers on rea-
sonable terms. ' -
'lA specialty ofCoach'es for Weddings and Funer-
a s. .
Carriages run to all trains on N. Y..N. II. 12.1%
Orders can be left at Connecticut llolcl or at the
Stables on lloyt Street.‘ 3m49
Family Groceries
CHEAP FOR CASH!
The undersignedhaving purchased the stock of
goods formerly owned by the ‘Soverlgns of Indus-
try, and flttc up the store With an cntrrelynew
stock of Goods, is now offering to the public as
good an assortment of '
- cuolcr FAMIll erocsmrs,
.verg lowest market prices for cash. Goods deliv-
ere anywhere about town free of charge. Call
and try us, it will be for your advantage.
, GEORGE CARTER,
Lyncs’ Block, Water Street, opposite Railroad
crossing. 11
GEORGE H- RAYMOND,
Furnishing Undertaker,
No. 53 DIAIN STREET,(Up Stairs.)
B. S. BLASCER,
At his store in
.MALLORY’B. BLOCK,
hasconstantly on hand, a, general assortment O
Groceries, Crockery, Glass,
'Iln and Wooden Ware, Etc.
By devoting his constantpersonalnttentionto the
busmcss he hopcsto merit public patronage
END25c. to CEO. P. ROWELL & Co.,N_ew
York. for Pamphlet of 100 pages, containing
lists of 3000 newspapers, and estimates showrng
cost ofadverfisinz‘
Slipping all Merchandise Tats,
Printed (51- Plain
By the Dozen or Thousand, at Manufacturers
Prices, at the
'OncSifnaré,0ne insertion, ------- 1 00
rPgrweeifilf‘or'continuance, - - - - q - '- 60
OneSnunr‘eJileonths, - - ~ ..... 700 .
“ ._‘f ,-onc yoar—withpaper - - -15 00
TWO u' ’ u u u u _ .- _ 2500
{El-11130“. u - u u u _ _ _ - 3000
VQuarterof aCOlumn,onetrme, - - - ‘- - 500
'Onequ'artercoiumn,one-year, - - - - -_50 00
Onehalf Column,ouctimc, - - - - - 1000
One half Column, one year, ------ 8000
Full Column, one time, -------- 20 00
FullColumn, one year, g - - -' - - - 15t00
Attorney and Danielle at Law,
’ an. HIIL
WALL STREET, NORWALK, ,
Wall Streetmp'posite Norwalk Opera House,
Provisions, Flour. Teas, Sugar, Spices, he" at the -
cazntrrrn'omcs. .
REAL ESTATE.
\M/m Am
Store. 'to' Rent.
ON Main Street, now occupied by C.W. Lock-
7
\nnn
wood’s Sons. Possession April lst. En urre
or JOSEPH MATHE S.
. To Rent.
T0 at smalt family. Rooms with all necessary
conveniences, plenty of water in the u or
part of the house occupie by GEORGE MARS? ,
‘omp Street ; also,,ba1;n room if desired. 7
. To Rent.
ESIRABLE Suites of Rooms for Offices or
Families. Also, the-large Brick Building on
Water Street, with Engine and Boiler, suitable
for Manufacturing Pu oseo. .
‘ F.ST.JOHN LO KWOOD, Executor
ii for Estate of Wm. K. James, deceased.
’ To Let,
FROM APRIL lsr.;Severai nice liouses and
Apartments about the village, some with
good Barns. - ~
Also, two or three
fi}so,ll’laint Shop. _ d 1'
so ooms now use or D ' v h
Knrlfgil‘ts'ixe“ ymg S op, on
S LE CHEAP —Tthouse formerly
owned by II. C. Mosicr, Down‘Town. Enquire of
it!) , S. E. OLMSTEAD.
To Rent. '
Tltypiacc near the head of Main Street, form-
---crly‘occuprcd by the subscriber, is offered to
wrung-m? Qomfprtable house, healthy location,
plenty of land, good orchard, small barn, and low
rent. Apply to . R. L. ELLS.
. Barn to Let.
POSSESSION immediateéy. cnt uire of
, , no. . KEELER.
desirable Stores.
1'0 Rent.
A number of good places in good‘locations,
can be had on application to C. l’. TURNE Y.
vNorwalk, Feb. 4th, 1577. ‘ ‘ , 0
To BENT,—Threc rooms in the Jarvis house,
wrth privilege of'a small garden.
Apply to
J. W. McL’EAN, M. D.
. . To Let.
The Property in the rear of the Fair-
field County National Bank, .
formerly occupied by. Price do Bates, suitable for
manufacturing purposes. Also Barn on High St.
50tf ‘ E. B. PRICE.
' LOng Island Real Estate
For Sale.
I
HAVE a number of' very desirable FARMS on
Long Island which I will dispose of very cheap
and on reasonable terms.
Also a large tract of TIMBER LAND, to sell or
exchange for N orwalkproperty. Forfurtherpar-
ticulars apply at my oflicc, No. 4 Main SENDI-
walk. ly7 J. s. RANDALL.
Desirable Property For sale.
THE Homestead formerly owned and now oc-
. cupred by John Roberts. For articulars en-
quire of CHAS. H. STR ET. ' '
Fairfield Co. National Bank.
For Sale or to Rent.
LOSE on the Sound between Norwalk and
_ Westport Harbors.a ood House and Barn
\vith Fourteen Acres of and. Good Water,
plenty of Fruit; and ten minutes from either
depot. Enqurrc of JULIA S. Fl’l‘Cll, East Ave-
nue, Norwaik. 4t’0
Farm f0r 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 Olilcc, 0r ofthe sub-
scriber. HARVEY FITCH.
Norwalk, January 14th, 1878.
For Sale Cheap,
Or Exchange for other property,
One of the neatcst,and cosiest little Cottages in
the Borough. Will sell to a good tenant for little
(En-I 6% money down. Enquire at GAZETTE OF-
‘ ‘ For sale.-
f- . A House and Lot. in a healthy location on
W Farr Street, above Catharine. 'I‘hc Ilonseis
' nearly new, well built, conveniently arrang-
ed, and will make a comfortable and leasanf
home for a family of average size. The 0t runs
back to the rrvcr. There is a well of excellent
water on the place, and Borough water in the
Street. Price low, and part of the money can re-
main on mortgage. A fine chance to securea
-. .. . mu...- 1..-". . 3n
Desirable Property for sale.
A Verydcsirable place on East Avenue.
'Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue, for sale cheap.
Also, a nicelylccated- House and Lot on Mer-
'win Street near West Avenue, for sale at. a bar-
gain. Enquire of
. S, E. OSBORN. EastAvenue,
tfll or to D. W.FI'I‘CH, West Avenue.
FOR SALE .
TWO verydcsirablc BuildingLotson WestMain
Street. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE.
FAIRFIELD
FIRE
L-.....
.; lNSDRANDEDDMPAMY,
_ South Norwalk Conn.
can Capital, 8 $200,000.00
lssais,Jan.l,1878,.$313,000.00
Agenccs in all the Principal Cities and Towns.
w .s. nANs-on'nJ-resmem,
’ H.R.TUBNER, Sec’y and Trans.
e. ' N. NICHOLS.
LL kinds of. Ladies and Gents’ BOOTS Alli
SHSES made to order. . REPAIRING neatly
done, and according to promise.
. ROOlVI NO. 5,
‘ Gazette Building.
Lum- 1“ ill .
Lumber, '
Timber,
Shingles,
. - La.th,&c.
DOWN TD HARD PAM PRICES.
, SHIN—GLES,
- BOTH
Planed, Sawcd and Rivcd,
I Superior" to any ofercd in this Market.
Office and Yard opp. the Store of William C
Street & 00.,
Water Street, N orwalk.
Horace L. Hubbell.
0 AGENTS WANTED FOR-THE
RIENTALWIBRI.
It contains full descriptions of Southa- Radar-they,
E y t, 6 Asia Minor. Tho llo land. etc.
Idling-non lletlsl Eboo fine Eu wings. Ta is a... only
compistomstsry published of countries invoivediuthc
RumTurlnaW
'slvo '.l.‘r§:;llI in all the countries named.
"time " book—the oxnv one on the subject-and the fast-
est sci 3 one ever publishedy One Agent sold 26 co ms
the first day; another, 168 in one week,- another, 21 in
one township. Agcn ts, don't miss this—the very ans'l‘phnn cc
fl‘md'intlre last three years. ow is our
time. Send for our Extra Terms to Agents. and a ful de-
seriptlon of this greatwork and ju for yourselves. Address
A. D. Woarurxarox a 00., Pu nileffl, Hartford, Conn-
"“ A'l‘
Quintard’s Furniture Rooms
will befound'a complete assortmentof
FURNITURE, ac,
' ncludingevorythingusually'fonnd in a first-class
establishment, at Prices to suit the Tunes . Also,
a large assortment of‘ '
.GHROMOS, PIGTUBLE . FRAMES,
‘ ‘ LOOKING Grfigfisfis; age. -' _.
... . "hf“.lfla‘J'il't} "i”:
“W “masterclasses;all?
: : good as new. .
gr, _ mars sos.‘
-f '55
n. mgr-uncn.
Bantam"
, Liniments.
The wonder of medical science -haif horse and
haifbcast—the fabled Centaurs left their impress
upon the history of‘ the world.
The Centaur Linimonts, for man and
beast, are remarkable in their way. They have
been before the public only six years, but in that
time they have performed more wonderful works
have alleviated more pains and cured more bed-
ridden cripples thanhnvc all other Liniments,Em-
brocations, Extracts, Salves and Ointmentsinex-
istence. Their immense and rapidly-increasing
sale is indisputable evidence of the estimation in
which they are held. Elliey are already used in
many ofthe hospitals of this country and Europe,
and are prescribed by the bestphysicians and vet-
erinary surgeons. Why should they not be ?
They have never failed to ameliorate suffering
when cure from loss of bone or muscle are impos-
sible. They contain Carbolic, Witch Hazei,Roek
Oil, Arnica and ingredients which must stimulate
thefluids, soften the sinucs and penetrate to the
bone. We have never yet heard of the first fail-
ure to benefit, even in stubborn cases of'Rheuma-
tism, Sciatica, and Neuralgia, while, for Flesh
Wounds, Bites, Frosted Limbs,Bums, Cutaneous
Eruptions, otc., they are unfailing. What the
White Centaur Llniment is for the hu-
man frame, the Yellow Centaur Liniment
is for horses and animals. We will guarantee, that
one dollar expended for Centaur Linlmcnt
will perform more and spedicr results than can be
obtained for five or twenty dollars from any phy-
sician. We have made the treatment of flesh,bone
and muscle ailments a specialty. We know that
we have preparations which do what they are
' recommended to do. They are not cure-alls—thcy
will not mend a broken leg, but they will allevi-
ate pain and care where any human agency can
cure. Be sure and inquire for the Centaur
Linimcnrs and give them a fair trial.
J. B. ROSE & 00.,46 DEY Sn, New Your.
Mothers,
. There is a harmless and certain remedy for
your children. (human is the result'of twenty
years’ experiments by the celebrated Samuel
Pitcher, M. D.
It is a vegetable preparation, as effective as Cas-
tor' Oil,- but perfectly pleasant to the taste. It
can be taken by the youngest infant, and neither
gags nor gripes. Dr. A. J. Green, of Royston,
Indiana, says of it:
_SIRS :—I_have tried the Cnsronm, and can speak
highly of its merits. It will do away with Castor
Or . trs pleasant and harmless, and is wonder-
fully efiicacious as an apericnt and laxative. It
is the very thing. >
The Casronrn destroys, worms, regulates the
Stomach, cures Wind Colic, and perinits of nat-
ural healthy sleep. It is very efficacious in Group
and for Teething Children. Honey is' not pleas-
antcr to the taste, and Castor Oil is not so certain
in its efl‘ects. It costs butt-15 cents, in large bottles.
3m4 J. B. ROSE do 00., NewYork.
3 . Furniture -Fetrne'ture
If you Wish
Parlor, library, Dining and Sitting
‘ Room Sets, .
Walnut or CottagcChamber Sets,
or anything in the Furniture Linc,ofthe Latest
Stylc,Bcst Finish and Make and for the
Least Money, go to
WM. LOCKWOOD’S,
No. 36 Main Street, N ORWALK, CONN.
Also,
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 IIill,wherc with increased facilities
he is prepared to do -
PLUMBING,
in all its branches. Also special attention given
to Tin Roofing, Tin and SheetIron Work and Job-
bing. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand .
Norwalk, April, 1876.
Good Chance to Buy
or: E A. P r
The subscriber will offer his entire stock of
Groceries. _
Hardware,
850., for the next
15 ‘ DAYS AT COST.
GEO. C. SCOFIELD,
Main Street, South Norwalh.
Dr. C. 1[. Kendall & Son,
DENTISTS.
Are nowprcpar-
.. edtoreccrve
their patrons at
either Norwalk
Bridge or South
N orwalk. The
_ senior partner
_ _ - has taken rooms
" = , , ’ 0 v er Selleck‘s
. _‘ - Bookstore Nor-
{@1‘!" walk, while the
"‘ “ junior retains
the old oflicc, Landcr’s Block, South Norwalk.
’i‘ceth extracted Without pain, and all dental ope-
rations performed at either office. "
C. H. KENDALL, M. D.,
~ G. S. KENDALL, D. D. S. .
1’. S. Dr. C. H. Kendall Will devote Mondays to
Rirlgcficlil.
P. W. BATES,
~ ' Successor to PRICE & BATES.
WATER STREET, rear of Opera House,
Manufacturer of
Monumental, Building & Cemetery
Walk.
of every description from all the different kinds of
- GRANITE, 111A RBLE, BROWN,
OHIO, 01' NOVA SCOTIA STONE. .
Orders solicited. Prices to suit the times. '
HAVE been connected in business with Mr.
Bates fora number of years, and cheerfully
recommend him to my old friends and patrons as
a man well worthy of theiipatgnalrc.
‘ O
. PRICE.
JOHN rs. SMITH,
F L. O R I S T ,
EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET, SOUTH
OF RAILROAD,
City of South Norwalk, Conn.
Plants and Flowers at all seasons.
Flowers for Funerals furnished and
fastens-Hy arranged to order at short
lanes for Sale.
ew Weber and One New
Chickcring Pianos,
TAKEN in exchange for otherpropcrty,willbe
sold at a great sacrifice. For particulars
address immediately or enquire of .
ll GEO. R. CHOLWELL, High Street.
One
THE HARTFORD
STEAM BDILER INSPECTION l
Insuranc;N Company, _ 1
CASH CAPITAL, $500,000
spection of the .Boi-lcrs,covcrin g all loss or
damage to Boilers,Buildrngs,aud Machineryaris-
ntzfrom
Steam Boiler Explosions
.r..1vr‘. ALLEN,
C. M.BJE'ACHa -
- Vice-President
Secretary
Agent
nae NEBURGH, E
Ofilcodiw‘hthe Fir-striations Bank,cor.hlain am;
2
-' ’BafikStB-inBlDGEPORTsCONN. .-
SSUESPolicies of’Insurance. After-careful in- -
President '
VOL. Lilla-NUMBER 3.
on enigma... ’ 7 3’
AN IDYL OF THE BALUS’I'ERS.
BY 1333']! mm. -
Boner, atat 3%, JOHNNY, Mat 4;.
Bonny.
“Do you know why they’ve put us in that
back room, -
Up in the attic, close against the sky,
And made believe our nursesry’s a cloal.
room ?
Do you know why 7"
. . JOHNNY.
“ No more I don't, nor why that Sammy’s
mother .
What Ma think’s horrid, ’cause be hanged
my eye,
Eats an ice cream, down there, like any other
No more don’t I.”
, _ Boner.
,“ Do you know why Nurse says it tisn't man.
ners
For you and me to ask folks twice for pie,
[And no one hits that man with two bananas?
Do you know why i"
J onxxv.
“No more I don’t nor why that girl, whose
dress is
‘011’ of her shoulders, don’t catch cold and
die,
When you and me gets croup when we un-
dresses!
No more don‘t I i”
BOBBY.
“ Perhaps she ain’t as good as you and I is,
And God don’t'want her up there in the sky,
And.lets her live— to come in just when pie
. 18—
Perhaps that's why i"
J OIINNI’.
“Do you know why that man that’s got a
cropped head .
Rubbed it just now as if he felt a fly ?
Could it be, Bobby, something that I drop-
dcd ? , ,
And is that why ?"
BOBBY.
“ Good boys behaves and so the don’t
. et
scolded, ‘ ’. y g
Nor Drop hot milk on folks as they passby.”
. J 011m fpiouslyJ
“ Marbles would bounee on Mr. J ones' bald
hcad—‘
But I shan’t try!"
Boner.
“ Do you know why Aunt Jane is always
snarling
At you and'me because we tells‘a lie,
And she don’t slap that man that called her
darling ? '
Do you know why i”
. J onxxr.
“ No more I don’t, nor why that man with
Momma
Just kissed her hand."
Bonny.
“ She hurt it—and that’s why,
He made it well, the very way that Momma
Docs to I.”
JOHNNY.
“ I feel so sleepy. * * * Was that Papa
kissed us?
What made him sigh, and look up to the
sky P”
Banv.
“ We wer’n’t down stairs. and he and God had
missed us,
And that was why 1”
—.New York Times.
“
Girl and Womna.
“He will come, will come,” she said;
And her breath was like the south,
And the sun lay on her head;
And the morning round her .mouth ;
And she smiled across the sea
In her girlhood‘s surety.
“He will come in ship of state,
Like a conqueror to his own,
With a bearing kingly, great,
That shall lean to me alone—
Laying all his glory down
For my kingdom, sword, and crown.
“And the sword I shall restore
For the high deeds yet to be,
Since no life of knightly yore,
Vowcd to rarest ministry,
With his prowess shall begin
Who has wifely arms to win.
“But the crown I’ll fling afar,
Smiling soft to hear him say,
Love there shincth star nor bar
Like your smiling on my way;
Leaves of bay would fall and fade
Where your lightest touch has staid.’
“Oueraidens may be fair:
He will whisper, close and low,
That my love’s beyond compare
With the beauty they bestow ;
While because he stoops to me,
I shall grow most fair to see.”
“So I left her on the shore
When the Dawnwas growing Day
And the white ships, drifting O’er,
Leaned and listened to -her lay;
And the waves, to others dumb, '
Laughed and whispered, “He will come.’
SO I found her on the shore '
When the harbor lights were dim,
And the expectant curves of yore
Something sweeter seemed to limn;
Still she waited Love’s surprise
With the your-guess in her eyes.
' Still she murmured, “He will come :
Days and sails are drifting by;
Other ships go laden home,
Bright with golden argosy ;
And the ship for which I wait
Droppeth anchor soon or late.
“I shall know him, though he stands
With the slain years fronting him:
Though he reach untender hands
Of a warrior worn and grim;
Though the smile I go to meet
Shine though tempest and defeat.
“For the billows will have brought
All their burdens to his strength,
And the winds have fed his thought,
Till this Kingdom stretch at length
Got the power and peace of seas
To all love and mysteries.
“And because October holds
More of spring time than the’spring,
And because all harvest folds
Both the bud and blossoming,
He shall find mypatience Sweet
. And my unvowed faith complete.”
So I left‘her on the shore,
Does he come ?. I only know
That the moon for evermore
Draws the tides, and swift or slow,
_ Bound, or barrel, or‘fiowing free,
Every river finds its sea.
[Famn'e E. Robinson in Harper's.
h
There is no error so crooked but it' has in
, ~it some lines of truth. This is why it is so
successful;
_ Have the courage to speak your mind when
it is necessary to do so, and hold yourrtongue
when it is prudent that you should do so.
A Springfield beer seller acknowledges
that hrs sales have fallen off over one-half
since the Murphy movement began.
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