/
@WWM/Mm ,
till"
tap/WW ”Wm.
Abraham Lincoln.
__,_.
BY R II. STUDDARD.
. This man, whose homely face 3'0“ 10"“ “PO“,
Was one of Nature’s mastcrlul, great men;
Born with strong arms, that unfought battles
won; ‘
Direct of speech and cunning with the pen,
Chosen for large designs, he had the art
Ot‘ whining with his humor, and he went
Straight to his mark, which was the human
heart ; _
Wise, too, for what he could not break,.he
bent.
Upon his back a more than Atlas-loud,
The burihen of the Commonwealth, was laid;
lie stooped, and rose up to it, though the road
hot suddenly downwards, not a whit dis-
mayed. —
Bild, warriors, councilors, hings!—~all now
give place
To this dear benefactor of tlieRace!
—Scribncr.
Rex Macarthy. -
"It isn‘t in your belt a‘ the keys 0’ the
country side hang, J iin Banks, and maybe,
- stranger, if you’d feel to stop and ask the
ovcrmnn, it’s a different answer you’d get.”
The speaker was one of a group of yawn-
ing, pale-faced pitmc'n standing at the Lower
Shaft; and the “stranger” was a tall, gaunt-
lookiug fellow in collicr's clothes, who had
just asde Jim Banks if he “could get a job
in the mine" and been cui'tly told, ”No, he
couldn’t.” ‘
Just then a gaunt, siuewy form, with a
grizzly aspect, came stalking towards them.
He had a candle stuck in his cap and a pipe
in his mouth.
“That‘s John Bowles, stranger; it’s a civil
word he'll give you, any way."
The stranger nodded and smiled, and, with
the light of thesmile still on his face, turned
to the overman.‘
“John Bowles,” he said, “I want a job;
can you give me one 1’
“What’s your name, friend
“ch Macartby.”
“What can yo' do i” -_
"I could be a hewer."
“In high scams ?"
“Yes, in high seams.” ..
“In course, ye'd never bend them long legs
and yo're long back enough for some 0’ our
lilc seams; but we’ve one or two’ll hold ye’rc
inches, and there's other work beside. I’ll
gie ye a pound a week.”
“Done.”
“Are yo’ ready now, man ?"
“Now.”
“Then down yo‘ go.”
And in the swinging, banging, bounding
basket down Rex went-down through a
thousand feet of darkness. Bowles’ practic-
ed eye watched his descent. “Yon chap’s
no pitman. The basket were as new to him
as it were to me forty years ago.” All the
more, however, be admired the pluck and
address with which Rex had taken his turn;
and, if "no pitman,” he wielded the pickaxe
like a giant. Before night Bowles was well
aware that he had made a good bargain.
Just before the hour for “loosing” he sought
out the little fellow whose friendly words
had encouraged Rex to speak to him in the
morning. He found him in a corner full of
floating coal (lust, barely lit by three or four
candles stuck in bits of clay. He was lying
on his back, nearly naked, and with a small
pick working away at the seam a couple of
feet above him.
“Will Hewitt.”
The man turned his glimmering eyes to-
ward the overmau.
“There’s a chap in t’ pit to-day—a raw
hand, I‘m thinking; m’appen yo’ could do
for him. Phoebe’s a tidy wench and-a kind
one, too. I'd be loth for him to come to ill
folk.”
“Ift’ the misses likes, I’m none again it.”
Just then a long, shrill, resonant ery came
from the top of the shaft, “Loose! 1- o—o—s~el
lvo—o—s—e i” It was taken up by the men be-
low, and rung from gallery to gallery and
from mouth to month, until the men and
boys in the remotcst rccesscsses had heard
the welcome aound.
Bowles’ suspicions were strengthened by
the fact that Rex did not understand the
mode of dismissal. He had to go to him and
?"
gay"I‘here’t no clocks nor bells here, my lad;
yon’s thc loosening cry. Up yo’ go!”
When he got to the top of the shaft he
found Will Hewitt waiting for him; and,
after a few words together, the two went to-
ward the pit village. No village could have.
been uglier or more depressing than these
long rows of brick cabins in their desolate
dirtiness. The back ground, the black gut-
ters, the patches of blackened grass, the
black, weary men, and the still blacker and
wearier children trapsing homeward,oppress-
ed him frightfully. A vision that could not
be put away intensified, by contrast, this
dreadful picture—a vision of a great white
house set in old garden ways, and guarded
by steadfast hills lifting bare heads to the
blue skies above them.
He was so occupied with this vision that
he scarcely heard the occasional sentences
with which Hewitt tried to interest him.
Yet they cost Hewitt some effort of courtesy
and self-denial; for men who have been hew-
ing coal all day in desolate, cramped corners,
are usually silent men until their bath and
dinner have restored them to themselves.
Still, amid his preoccupation and weariness
Rex was glad to see that Hewitt left the
most squalid cottages behind them, and ap-
proached one of the very cleanest and most
inviting of a row of larger and more respect-
able dwellings. It had even a little garden
plot in front, where in spite of the coally at-
mosphere, some primroses and pausies were
blooming. The door-stone was pipe-clayed,
and awhite muslin curtain hung behind a
brilliant show of gera'niums in the window.
Hewitt may _be excused the pride with
which he opened the door and ushered the
stranger into his home. Colliers all have
large ’fircs, but \Vill‘s glowed over a hearth
as white as snow. Colliers generally indulge
in furniture far above their station, but
Will’s mahogany bedstead, chest of drawers
and eight-day clock were spotless bright and
clean. Strips of gay carpet made the secured
floor look picturesque. Snowy china, bright
tins and brasses, patched quilt and cushions,
and a perfect luxury of spotless pillows,gavc
to the small apartments a kind of bright and
homely beauty, to which no heart could be
insensible.
Not the least pleasant feature in this picture
was a little, rosy, smiling, dumpling of a wo-
man, setting a round table before the cosy
heartlistoue. It was not lawful or usual for
Will to enter by the front door, when he
came from the pit, and any Wife might have
justly got a little cross at two such dirty in-
truders. But Phoebe only made them stand
still whileshc ran out a strip of sacking for
them towalk on.
“It’s to the back kithen an’ the washtubs
you‘ll go find, my lads 1” she said; but she
shook‘her head at Will, and nodded and
smiled at Rex, in a way that made both men
feel as if life might be a possibility—nay,
even a kind of good thing after all. An hour
afterward, when they became white men
again, and when they had drank spot of
strong tea, and eaten between them a Jomt of
meat and a pan of browned potatoes, Will
was quite sure of it. He drew his arm chair
to the chimney corner, lighted his pipe, and
watched Phoebe “tidying up,” with a full
sense of content, Life can be complete in
evry small measures, and Will’s cup was 5111‘.
p
u
w HOLE NUMBER 157.»
'llappily, Rex and he had a hobby in com-
mon ; both were fond of music.
out his violin,playcd a few dolorous tunes,
and then, with an air of intense satisfaction
handed it to Rex. Rex took it at first reluc-
tantly, but after a few bars, the mighty pus.
sion mastered him, and he played and played
until, in his own enthusiasm, he did not no-
tice that thbc was crying softly to herself,
and Will, with a hand on each knee, was
watching him with the same soft, charmed
expression that a baby going to sleep wears.
After that Rex did as he pleased with
Phoebe and Will Hewitt:
“He’s not just a common hid," said thbc,
a few weeks after. to one of her cronies.
"He'll never let me lift a heavy weight or do
a hard job if he‘s round ; and, as for music
and flowers, he's just extraor‘nor! If he’d
iiobbut go to chapel he'd be a lad in a thous-
and.”
Perhaps among the pilincn he wasscarcely
so well understood, yet' a good deal of what
they called his “quality ways" were forgiven
fur the sake of his unfailing kindness to the
“life lads”..w’ho spent their wretched youth
harnessed with ropes and cut by cords. drug-
ging heavy coal baskets out of scams so low
that horses could not be used. No one struck
the weary children if they fell asleep or gave
out, in Rex’s presence; for he had a habit of
striking back for the children, and people
who felt ch’s hand once never cared about
feeling it again. Ilc bad days of sulkiug.
too, when he ate his hunk of bread and bus
con at noon, in the great hall where the men
gathered, without a word or smile. But tht' ii
when he did‘ choose to join in a game of.
bowls of quoits, or to fiddle to their'rudc
and noisy‘:dancing'," he was the very king‘ of
good fellows.
One evening, when he had been working
several monthsin the Lowther pit, be came
home in unusually low spirits. It was har
vest time, and all day’ long in the dreary
darkness he had been unable to forget the
golden wheat and the happy laborers in the
yellow lands. He heard Phoebe laughing and
talking in the front room, and, supposing
there was company. he almost mechanically
took more than usual pains; with his appear-
ance. Very glad he was of it when he
“went forward," for at the sunny window
beside the white muslin and the scarlet gera-
niums, he saw a very pretty girl.
“This is Bessie—my little Bessie,” said the
proud mother ; and Rex looked and wonder-
ed, and wondered" and looked. For Bessie
Rivas like none of the collicr’s daughters he
had ever seen. She was very prettily clad
in blue muslin, showing a snowy pctticoat
and blue stockings, and neat little shoes tied
with bows of black ribbon. There was a
real lace ruffle and a pretty pink ribbon at
her throat; her hands were white and soft;
her skin fresh and fair; her appearance
sweet, modest and refined.
Rex knew something of Bessie. Over and
over again he had heard of the well-to-do
aunt, under housekeeper of Lowther Castle,
through whose influence Bessie had been
taken into my lady’s nursery. How it was
he could not tell, but the moment Bessie
looked into his face a new daybreak shone
over his life. That moment he loved her.
Bessie had brought good news; she had
been promoted and would have a day “off,”
every two weeks. Rex could scarcely hold
his cup when he heard it, Such a ten-table
as that was can only be found in loveland.
Then, after ten, he walked with Bessie and
Will over the fields to Lowther Castle. The
harvest moon was in the sky; they had l'ost
sight of the slag, and cinders, and coal dust;
they had come from a land like the mouth of
hell into one fragrant with ripe wheat and
dropping apples ; and by and by they were
among the beeches and the lawns of Lowther
Park. _
Then Will kissed Bessie, and bade her “be
a good lass and read her Bible ;” and Rex
held the soft little hand a moment in his. If
he had kissed her, too, it would have been
nothing out of the way. Collier customs
would have quite permitted the freedom, but
it never entered Rex’s mind to take it.
Next morning Rex was in one of his dark-
cst moods. The weather had suddenly
changed; it was cold and wet and Will de-
clared he was too sick to go to work. Rex
went alone to the pit-mouth and stood for
shelter under the blackened sheds till the
banksniau was ready to send them down.
Every one seemed cross, and many were
complaining to the wastemau of “bad air” in
the pit. Suddenly a pompous little man in
the dress of a constable appeared among
them, and in an authoritative voice asked for
one David Hartley. A rapid movement of
the men put David in the background, and
his fellows, with anything but a civil remark,
said, “Dave was down the pit.” Nothing
donated, the man of law demanded to be let
down in search of him.. '
“I’ut him down and be hanged to him!”
_said several men in tones which might have
well alarmed any prudent man.
Rex approached the officer. "You'll be a
wise man if you’ll stay above ground sir.”
“I’m no coward, by George I It’s my duty
to secure David Hartley, and I’ll do it if I go
to _ H .
“I have warned you. Now do as you like.”
Thebanksmau expressed perfect willing-
ness to “put. him down,” and perfect igno-
rance of Dave’s whereabouts in the pit—
“though’t m’appcn the viewers knew; it was
none of his business.” _
"I’ll go down with the gentleman,” said
Rex, seizing the rope and down they
went together: When they got to the bot-
tom of the shaft, Rex said: “If you have
had enough of this, sir, I‘ll see you to the top
again. You had better go back.”
“By George! I’ll have my man.”
“Very well. Yonder is one of the viewers.
I must go to my scam."
Rex thought no more of the constable till
noon. Then, in the great ball when the men
had gathered he heard them flavoring their
bread and bacon with rude jokcs'about him.
Dave Hartley was merriest of all ; whatever
trouble there had been, was evidently settled.
Rex was thinking of very different things.
When he went home Will was worse; he
had a high fever, and Phoebe said she “felt
rather haddish.” Before midnight Rex was
walking into W hitehaven for a doctor; Will
was delirious, and Phoebe very ill.
Next day he did not leave Will. Just be-
fore five o’clock the man in his delirium said
something about the pit and constable. It
was as if some one had struck Rex.
“What do you say, Will?” he asked; and
the sick man muttered in a kind of horror,
“The rats! the rats! hc’il not fight ’cm much
longer 1” _
Rex seized his leather cap and ran to the
pit. The men were just “loosed.”
“What time bnaksman, did your constable
come up yesterday ?" he asked.
“I dunnot know."
Rex got the same answer from every pit.
man he saw, sometimes joined with anything
but kindly sentiments. He went back to
the banksman. _ '
“Where is John Bowles P”
“Gone home to his dinner."
Rex followed him. It was not easy to
alarm Bowles.
“The constable,” he said, “was sure to
come up first chance; half an hour would
show him he’d lose himself a heap quicker’n
he’d find Dave Hartley—special if Dave
didn’t want to be found.”
“But nofione saw him come up, and Will
Hewett said some grewsomc words about
him.”
“Will IIcwitt’s out 0’ hi head; but if yo’
really think the fellow is down pit all this
time, I'll go down wi’ yo! John Bowles
isn’t the chap to see his worst enemy die 1’
a coal pit I”
Will got ’
l
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1878.
"he overman’s questioning received more
attention. A few minutes sufficed to alarm
Bowlcs. He put a flask of brandy in his
pocket, saw his Davy lamps were in perfect
order, and, examining thoroughly his map of
of the mine, went down ,with Rex.
They went first to the great hall, and Bow-
les left there a light and a map. -
“Every twenty minutes, Rex, you’ll come
back here—all the sreams run from this
place—you'll take that side, and I‘ll take this;
if t’ chap’s in t’ pit, we’ll find him ’fore
long.” . ,
They came back once, and sepcratcd again;
then, before Rex had finished his second ex-
ploration, Rowles heardhis voice frantically
calling for help. In a few moments they ran
against each other.”
Bowlcs l Bowlcsl kYour brandy flaskl
—- the man is on his face in Patrick’s old seam
.-.-.lnd, great heavens-l” Will is riglifétlicre
are more rats around him _then you: can
couut'l” ' " ' ‘ '
Bowles pushed Rex asideand ran first.
,lIc knew every. turn of the" pit as a police-
n‘ian knowshis beat ; and when Rex arrived
he had raised t'ic man, and was trying to
pour some brandy down his throat. From
every cranny and deep recess gleamed the
half sagacious eyes of the pit rat, hold with
hunger and number, and scarcely to be driv-
cn away even by blows.
They carried him quickly to the hall, and
laid him down as tenderly as if he had been
a sick child, but he was dead. .
Itfwas nearly dark when Rex solemnly
took his way home. The thought of what
he had left under the sheds made him not
only sorrowful'but angry; and the group of
pibb‘oys playingiu the black streets, or fight-
ing out with knotty fists some underground
quarrel, added to his anger. He soon came
to the village ale house. Upon the patch of
{he blackened grass in front of it, a group of
Colliers sat, each with his favorite bull-dog
between his legs. They were bragging of
their prowess, and hiking bets upon the next
Saturday‘s fights.
Rex strode in among them like an accusing
spirit. - “Dave Hartly, you man that came to
seek you yestci'duy'is dead: John Bowles
and I found him in Patrick’s old corner.
You are as big a brute as your dog, Dave.
You‘d better never speak to me again.
“I’ll set my dog on thee, thou proud tyke,
if thou talks {0‘1118 that way.”
Rex raised his hand, dropped it, and walk-
ed rapidly. The news made small impression
upon the group. “Twerc only a constable.”
Constables were the natural enemies of coll-
iers. If them an would go down the pit, it
was none of their business to hinder him ;
none of them had orders to leave their work
and conduct him about the dangerous under-
ground city. They had no fear of punish-
ment until the law could define not only the
guilty party, but the fault; and the coroner’s
verdict of “accidental death,” made their
consciences quite comfortable. Dave Hartly
indeed, said it was “far too mild,” and that
they ought to have decided that he “died of
. his own daftncss;”
But when Saturday night came most of
the men had something else to think of
than their bulldogs and their bets. The
fever had suddenly spread like a plague.
Scarcely a cottage had escaped. Strange
hands were working in the pit, and Rex
seemed to know neither fatigue nor end of
resources. He went from house to house,
controlling the men and helping the women.
By some persuasion he got the doctors, and
induced the bakers to bring bread to within
a little.distance.a£..thc.dnfcsted village. In
short, he was the human arm on which two
hundred families leaned. '
This did not. seem a good time for the
growth of love, and yet in the short, solemn
meetings he and Bessie had at Lowther stilc
when he took her the news of her parents,
dried her tears and comfoxtcd her with grow-
ing hopes—love found all the hopes it need-
ed. Bessie became very dear to Rex, and
Rex to Bessie; and, though no promises
had been asked or given, they know very
well that they belonged to each other forever.
But time and the hour run through the
hardest days. The fever died at last and
those who had escaped from its clutches
were beginning to creep into the sunshine
again. Will Hewitt was talking of going
to work. How he had lived for nearly three
months without it, he could not tell, and
Rex would not suffer him to ask. One even-
ing Phoebe was slowly “tidying up” and Will
and Rex sat looking into the fire; all of them
were silent and thoughtful. Presently Will
took a queer looking white paper from out
of his Bible. It was dcvided into little
squares, each square containing a figure and
was a “plan” of the Methodist services in the '
Whitehaven circuit,
“Mr. Huddleston’s going to preach to--
night, wife; I’d fain go.”
“Thou can’t go, Will.” 7
Will looked at the paper longingly, and
folded it back with a sigh. -
“I’ll go with you Will.”
“But, Rex, thou dunnot like Methodists.”
“No, but I like thee, Will; and if thy
heart is set on going, I’ll see thee safe there
and home.”
So Will and Rex walked to the little ugly
brick room called "a chapel,” and then, after
all Rex, went in too—for he wanted to think,
and the congregation would likely trouble
him less than Phoebe. He heard the sing-
- ing, and felt a kind of pang in contrasting
the weak noted with the hearty shout-s at
which he had often laughed three months
ago. But beyond the fact he noticed noth-
ing until the preacher said:
“Friends! You have
Dawson 1'”
“Yes!” “Yes ?" “Yes!” from voices in
all parts of the room.
“What of him?"
“He can throw any wrastler in Cumber-
land." _
"He's got the best bull dogs in the
country.”
“And the gamcst cocks.”
“He’s coming to preach to you next Sun-
day night; he is one of yourselves; treat
him fairly lads, and hear what he has got to
tell you. It is true that he has no ‘call’
from the conference, but he has one from
heaven, I think none of you will deny.”
To Will this news was wonderful; he
could think of nothing else, and was in his
weakness as impatient as a child for Sunday
to come. Rex, too, was not devoid of curi-
osity. Billy Dawson, asa boxer, wrestler
and sporting man, had been, he know, a kind
of authority on such subjects, even with
men far above him in station. So when
Sunday came he went willingly enough with
Will to the chapel.
The preacher’s face struck him in a pecu—
liar manner; he had remembrance of it,aud
yet he was quite sure he had never before
seen Bill Dawson. He thought over all the
sporting haunts hc:knew, and failed to
place him. Twenty years later he would
have dismissed the subject with the assur-
aucc that he had seen the likeness in some
ppm-ting paper, but then illustrated papers
had hardly an existence.
He had heard but little of the sermon
though the subs and ejaculations around him
testified as to his power, until the preacher
in telling theistory of his conversion, said:
“Just beyond Workington I met a young
chap who seemed inclined to be friendly-like.
The road was lonely an’ I’d naught agin’ a
crack, special as he knew about dogs, an’
game birds, an’ wrestling. IIc were a hand-
some, free-spoken lad, nn’ when we came to
Martha Dian’s public he said, ‘We'ye all 0’
three miles to walk yet, let us have a warm
heard of Billy
bite, and 1 will pay the lawing.”
'Ilcre Rex looked intently at tho preacher
and then dropped his head once again.
“Well, lads, we had some steak and brandy.
The steak did me some good but the brandy
put the devil in me. When we went on again
I were full 0’ my brag and soon shifted talk
from game to game and I boasted o’ my
poachin’, and told wi’ many a jeer o’ the
quality I ‘took my rights from.’ I noticed
the lad got silent, an’ when he did speak, he
said: ‘Yo’rc a ripe; rascal! If wé liadn’tcat
out o' the same dish I'd thrash yo' well, and
thcujI’d send you to Botany Bay.” '
" [Aggin'ch looked- quccrly up and became
veryre‘xcited and restless.
“Then I were mad as mind, an‘ I said, ‘I’ll
gie yo' a throw as ’ull settle yo‘, my lud,’ and
then Iain going straight to Levcn‘s wood’s.
VThat silly, young squire and his vixen o’ a
mPllléfll§Y¢‘kcllt me pretty well in hares and
plieasauts‘fo: three years or more—~aiid bc-
danged to thcm.” .
“Then I knew naught more—the lad must
have felled me at once. Three weeks after-
wards I comcd back to my senses . in the
Methody preacher’s house. I were in bed.
I’d had a fever an’ been to the gates 0’ death
an’ licll. I’d better company back from
them than I had going thcrc—au’ so I‘m a
saved man, thanks be to G 0d, an’ the preacher,
an’ the lad who fellcd’me— whoever he may
be.” . ‘ ‘ -
Rex stood up and sut'dowii and then stood
up tlglllll.
“Billy Dawson,” he said’ “I’m the lad
that fellcd' you. I’m Squire Wrcxham
chcns of Levens Park; and by your mouth
to-night the heaviest burden has been lifted
from me that ever man .borc. I thought 1
had killed you, and Iwent home and told my
mother what I had done. She is a wise
woman, and she said, ‘Rex, go to Lowther
Pit, if the man is dead and you were recog-
nized as his last cumr anion, I shall—Nonscrsc
you are in France, and no one will lock for
chens of chens in a pitmaus village and
dress.’ There I have waited ever since,
partly because it was too soon to show my-
self, and partly because I hoped I was in
some. degree atoning for the knockdown 1
gave you, by the help I have been able to
render these poor souls in the great calamity.”
“Well, Levcns, I forgive yo’ w‘i’ all my
heart for the knock-down I gotten fro’ yo.’
It raised me up, and made a man 0’ me.”
Rex walked up to him, and with a frank
smile offered his hand, which was promptly
and cordially shaken amid the outspoken
sympathy of all those present.
“I’itboys are no fools,” said Jim Banks,
as he walked home amid a crowd of them,
“an’ yo‘l all mind now, that at the very first
we all nick-named him ‘chtlcman Rex.”
The next day Madame Levens, sitting
thinking of her son and devising means to
bring home her banished boy, was amazed
to see him walk into the house in his proper
clothing and his old jovial spirits.
“It has turned out better than I expected,
Rex,” she _said, when he had told her all,
“Now let us hear no more aboutit.”
But that was just the thing impossible for
Rex. The nine months in the Lowther pit
was intended to form and color his future
life, and lis was far too conscietious to avoid
it. In the first place Will and Phcnbc were
removed to a lovely country cottage, where
Will grew pansies and played dolorous tunes
and led a class meeting to the end of his in-
nocent life. There Bessie had teachers and
dress-makers, and when, at the end of two
years, Rex took her home as his wife, every
one confessed that they had never seen a
fairer Lady of chcns.
But the advantages did not stop with Rex
or Rex’s wife or kindred. They have touch-
ed with blessings cvery pitman, and every
pitman’s, wife and children in England. For
by his pen and purse, and more then all, by
his powerful pleading in the Parliament, Rex
has abolished so many of the pitmcn’s
wrongs, and procured them so many ad-
vantages that the great coal-lords nick-named
him with polite scorn, “Our Great Coal
Commoner.”
The Veto Message.
REMARKS Dnmvcnnn as Ion. Arman S.
IInwi'r'r, on NEW YORK, ix Tim HOUSE or
Rnrnusnxrarivns, THURSDAY, FEB. 2811;.
On the message of the President of the
United States returning with his veto the bill
(H. R. No. 1093) to authorize the free coin-
age of the silver dollar and to restore its legal
tender character.
Mr. HEWITT. Mr. Speaker, the veto
message just read very properly plants itself
upon the plighted faith of the nation. It
goes further, and shows that “honesty is the
best policy.” I desire to re-cuforce it by
showing that this bill, if it should become a
law, will work sure and certaiuruin, within
twelve months, to the business of the coun-
try, now struggling for existence. In the
one minute that was allowed to me on the
passage of this bill, I predicted that its re-
peal would he demanded within a year by the
indignant voice of a deceived and outraged
people. Now I propose to statethc grounds
of the prediction.
On the lst day of February, the present
month, the Treasury held in gold, the prop-
erty of the Government, $84 149,180.47,‘aiid
in legal-tender notes, $3,170,490.13, making
a total fund of $87,319,67960. This stock
of gold is just about sufficient to pay the in-
terest on the public debt for one year, and as
there is no other money available for the in-
terest it must be used for that purpose. The
duties will be paid in silver as soon as there
is a sufficient coinage for that purpose, which
there will be in three or four months. After
that time gold will not be used for the pay-
ment of duties, and, there being no further
use for it, it will leavu :hc country. The in-
ternal taxes will be collected, as now, in legal
tender notes. The receipts of the Govern-
ment will then be restricted to silvercoiu and
legal tender notes.
As the current receipts and expenditures
are necessarily about equal in amount the
fund of, $7,319,679.60 now in the Treasury
mainly in gold, which will have been paid
out in interest, will twelve months hence ne-
cessarily consist of silver and legal tender
notes. How much will there be in silver
and how much in legal tender notes ? Obvi-
ously there cannot be more silver than can be
' coined in one year, which will not exceed
$36,000,000. Of this sum at least $12,000,-
000 will be in_ the hands of the public as a
working fund for the payment of duties.
This will leave $24,000,000 to be accumula-
ted in the Treasury, and the accumulation of
silver cannot possibly exceed that sum. The
balance of the fund, amounting to $63,319,-
679,60, must necessarily be' in legal tender
roles. The amount now there is slightly in
excess of $3,000,000; .50 that at least $560,-,
000,000 of legal tender notes must be taken
from the community and locked up in the
Treasury during the coming twelve months.
This is contraction at the rate of $5,000,000
per month. But upon these legal tenders
rests a structure of loans. and discounts to
men engaged in business at the rate of 4 to 1.
If, therefore, we withdraw $60,000,000 of
legal tenders from circulation we must reduce
the loans and discounts $240,000,000. N 0
country in the world has ever been subjected
to so great a strain, and no country, however
strong and prosperous, could stand it. But
weak and staggering as we are already, this
sudden and wicked contraction, for which no
one is prepared, will work universal ruin.
No man who is in debt can survive it, and
the business of the country will .find itself in
the relentless grasp of a passionless machine
which, like the iron woman of Nuremberg,
in the vaults of the Inquisition, will literally
crush the victim in the ever-contracting cm-
bracc of death.
The operation of this bill tie- reforc will be
certain min to'all business, ii in close up our
factoriegwill throw a vast laboring population
out of work from the inability of the employ-
ers any longer to command the means neces-
sary to keep :thc machinery of production
in motion. A wail ofjdistrcss, irrepressible
and irresistible, will “come up from every
quarter of the land,_uu‘d'wc shall be forced
to undo the unhappy _work of this day with
a cclcrity which will put to shame th f‘shamc-
less manner in which this legislation has been
enacted, without debate or consideration such
as its transcendent importance imperativcly
demands. But the Representatives of the
people no longer discuss, and therefore the
people siffei‘ and will continue to suffer until
this Hall is filled with men who are willing
to submit their opinions to the test of fair
and open discussion.
1 am well aware that the working of this
bill may be modified by further legislation,
and I am also not unmindful of the enormous
power which it gives to the Secretary of the
Treasury, making him in fact the autocrat of
the money market and the arbiter of the for-
tunes of his fellow citizens. Such powers,
however, can never safely be intrusted to
any man, and all additional legislation not in
the nature of a repeal of the bill will produce
other disastrous effects, not so immediate but
none tlieless potent in their ultimate opera-
tion to prevent the return of prosperity and
the early ‘rclicf from thg depression and dis-
tress in which the gourlztry is plunged. As
the matter now stand“, strange to say of a
country governed by lhngour only hope rests
in the personal prudence, patriotism, and
forbearance of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Rciiiiiiisccnces “of Bon Wade.
Soon aftcr‘taliing his: seat in the Senate,
Wade witpcsscd one off those scenes so com-
mouyin’ those days. A southern firc-cattr
made an attack on a horthcrn Senator, and
wide was amazed and disgusted at the cring-
ing, cowardly way in which the northern man
bore the taunts and insults of the hot-headed
southerncr. ’As no allusion was made to him-
self or state, Mr. World eat still, but, when
the Senate adjourned, he said openly, if ever
a southern Senator made such an attack on
him or his state, while =he sat on that flocr,he
would brand him as allliar. This coming to
the ears of the southern men, a Senator took
occasion to pointedly speak a few days after-
ward of Ohio and her people as negro thieves.
Instantly Mr. Wade sprang to his feet and
pronounced the Seuatoraliar. The southcrn
Senator's were thundefstruck, and gathered
around their champion, while the northern
men grouped about Wa'de. A feelcr was put
out from the southern side, looking to retrac-
tion, but Mr. Wade retorted in his peculiar
style,aud demanded an apology for the insult
oil'crcd himself and the people he represented.
The matter thus closed, a fight was looked
upon as certain. The next day a gentleman
called upon the Senator from Oliio,and asked
the usual question touching his acknowledg-
m‘c’nt of the code.
“I am here,” he responded, “in a double
capacity. I represent the state of Ohio, and
I represent Ben Wade. As a Senator I am
opposed to duclling,as Ben Wade Irecognize
the code.” '
“My friend feels aggrieved,”'said the gen-
tleman, “at what you said in the Senate yes-
terday, and will ask forI an apology or satis-
faction.”
“I was somewhat embarrassed,” continued
Senator Wade, “by my position yesterday,as
I have some respect for the chamber. I now
take this opportunity of saying what I then
thought, and you, if you please, repeat it,
‘Your friend is a foul-mouthed old black-
guard !’ ”
“Certainly, Senator Wade, you don't wish
me to convey such a message as that ?”
“Most undoubtedly I do, and will tell you,
for your own benefit, this friend of yours
will never notice it. I will not be asked
either for retraction, cxplantion, or a fight.”
Next morning Mr. Wade came into the
Senate, and, proceeding to his seat, deliber-
ately drew from his coat two large pistols,
and, unlocking his desk, laid them inside.
The southern men looked on in silence,while
the northern members enjoyed to the fullest
extent the fire-eaters’ surprise at the proceed-
ing of the plucky Ohio Senator. No further
notice was taken of the affair of the day be-
fore. Wadc was not challenged, but; ever
afterward was treated with the utmost polite-
ness and consideration by the Senator who
had so insultingly attacked him.
The southern men having tried in vain to
head off Mr. Wadc,appealed to their northern
allies to help them. One day Mr. Douglas
rose in his seat and interrupted Mr. Wade,
who was speaking. Instantly the chamber
became silent as death, and all eyes were
turned in the direction of the two standing
senators. Every one expected to see Wade
demolished in a moment by the great I liuois
Senator.
“You sir," continued Mr. Douglas, in
measured tones, “continually compliment
southern men, who support this bill (Nebras-
ka,) but bitterly denounce northern men who
support it. Why is this? You say it is a
moral wrong; you say it is a crime. If that
be so,is it not as much a crime for a southern
man to support as for a northern man to do
so ?”
Mr. Wade—“No sir. I say not.”
Mr. Douglas—“The Senator ' says not.
Then he entertains a different code of morals
from myself and—”
Mr. WVadc-intcrrupting Douglas, and
pointing to him, with scorn marked on every '
lineamcnt of his face, “Your code of morals!
Your morals! My God, I hope so, sir."
The giant was hit in the forehead, and, af-
ter standing for a moment, with his face red
as scarlet, dropped silently into his scat,while
Mr. Wade proceeded with his speech, as
though nothing had occurred.
Mr. Douglas continued to badger Wade,
sometimes getting the better of him, but
often getting roughly handled, until Wade,
worn out with defending himself, determined
to become the attacking party. Soon after
ward the little giant was bewailing the fate
of the nation, and picturing the sad condition
we should be in if the free-soilers succeeded.
Having worked himself up into a passion,
when he was at the highest pitch Mr. Wade
rose in his seat, and said, with indescribable
coolness: “Well, what are you going to do
aboutit i” ‘
Douglas for a. moment was surprised and
dumbfounded, and then attempted to pro-
ceed; but the pith was knocked out of his
argument, and the senators only smiled at his
earnestness. Douglas sat. down in disgust.
Mr. Douglas afterward said, “That interrog
atory of W ade’s was the most effective speech
I ever heard in the Senate. Confouud the
man, it was so ridiculous,and put so comical-
ly, I knew not what answer to make him,
and became ridiculous myself in not being
able to tell what I wasgoing to do about it."
Wade one day replied to Toombs, of Geor-
gia, and to all appearance used language
which would compel Toombs to challenge
him. Several friends went to “fade and
begged him to desist, but the old man grew
more and more violent, until Toombs indica-
ted his intention of calling Wade to account
for the language he was using, when Wade
quietly sat down, seemingly having accom-
plishcd his object. The southern men looked
at each other in surprise, and it was manifest
to all that Wade had deliberately sought a
quarrel with Toombs. That night a friend of
the southern Senator called on Mr..Wade to
know if he would retract the offensive words
he had used. . g
“No, I won’t take back' a word,” was
Wade’s emphatic reply.
“Then,” said the friend of Mr. Toombs,
“it will be necessary for Senator Toombs to
challenge you to mortal combat.” , i
"That is just what I want, and we might
have got to the point without all this pain-
vcr,” said Wade.
"You surely cannot be in earnest, Mr.
Wade.” said the southerncr.
“Why, of course I am. You see, sir, we
northern men don’t like to fight. Now,I uni
opposed to the code, and so are my constitu-
ents; but you fellows have broke Sumncr’s
head, and we must spunk up a little, or you
will break all our licads. The shortest way
to end the matter is to kill off a few of you,
and I’ve picked out Old Toombs as my man ;
he will have to challenge me. Tlicu,of course,
I will have the choice of weapons, and I will
take my old rifle — mc ifI don’t bring him
down at the first crack.”
When Toombs heard of what Wade said
he replied: “I can’t challenge him; if I do,
he will kill me.” It appears that ,Toombl
and Wade had been out together shooting
with a rifle several times, and while Toombs
could shoot well with a pistol, he was a poor
rifle-shot, Wade was an old hunter, and, at
a distance of a hundred yards, could hit a
dollar every shot.
~Mr. Wade afterward said to the writer: “If
old Toombs bad challenged me that time, as
I expected he would, I would have made him
put a patch on his coat, the size of a dollar.
over his heart, and the old fellow would have
got dcmoralizcd when he saw me drawing a
head on it, and missed me, while, —————- me if
I wouldn’t have cut the patch!” Not only
did Toombs refuse to challenge Wade,but no
southern member could ever be induced to
send him a challenge, no matter what he
might say.
—an. Janus S. Biiisnix, in. the Spirit of the
Times.
CONNECTICUT LEGISLAT URE
SENATE—Tuesday, March 5.
David P. Nichols of Danbury and R. Wal-
ton Farmer of Hartford were appointed and-
itors of the Quartermaster chcral’s accounts
for the ensuing year. .
Joint standing committee reports were re-
ceivcd as follows :——
In favor of Atlantic lIosc Company of
Stamford; rules suspended and passed; also
for relief of Hook and Ladder Company of
Stamford, passed under suspension of rules.
lloesn.—A resolution was passed in con-
currauco extending for one year the time for
the Ridgcfield and New York railroad to
take lands.
Bill providing that the collector of town
taxes. shall, on or before the fifth of each
month, return tothc town treasury all moutes
collected previously to the first of the month,
with a list of the names from Whom the
money was collected; these lists to be sub-
sequently filed with the selectmcn, was
passed.
Bill relative _to the cultivation of oysters
and protection of the oyster beds, making
slight amendments in the law, was passed.
The bill relating to the sale of property by
the trustees of Methodist Episcopal societies
was recalled from the Governor and recom-
mitted to the Judiciary committee.
SsxxrnnWednesday, March 6'
Senator Bishop, from the joint select com-
mittee on fixing the time for final adjourn-
ment, offered a resolution that the general
assembly adjourn on Friday, March 15, at 12
o’clock, noon, to meet in the new State
House at. 12 o’clock. noon, on Tuesday, the
26th of March, and at such adjournment no
billsshall be acted upon or cnosidered, ex~
cept such as may be returned by the gover-
nor, or may be accepted from the insurance
committee.
Passed and sent to the house." Returned
from the house amended so as to cut off the
offerning of any new business in the new
State House. Senate concurred in accepting
the amcndincnt, and again passed the reso-
lution as amended.
Bill (House 252) do certificate voting, re—
ported adverslcy dy the judiciary committee,
was taken up. ,
The ycas and nays were demanded and or-
dercd on rejection of the bill, according to
the bill, committee’s recommendation, result-
ing
Whole number of votes ......... .. .............. 203
Necessary to reject ............................... 102
Ycas ....................... . .............. 126
Nays ...................................... 77
So the report of the committee was acceptv
cd and the bill rejected.
—-—.
SExxrn.—Thursday, March 7.
Resolution that the governor appoint three.
commissioners to settle the boundary line be—
tween Connecticut and New York states,
expenses; passed in concurrence.
Resolution extending the time two years
for the Hartford, Providence an;lFishkill
railroad company to take land ; passed;
Resolution incorporating the Westport
water company. Rejected, as the petitioners
find they can organize under the general
stock law.
Adverse report. on incorporating the Town
Improvement society of New Canaan. Re-
port acccpted and resolution rejected.
Resolution validating the acts of the past
three years of school district No. 8, of New
Canaan, the clerk having not been legally
qualified; passed
Resolution incorporating the Greenwich
library association; passed.
Resolution incorporating the St. Thomas
total abstinence and benevolent society of
Southington; passed
Resolution incorporating the Bridgeport
hospital passed.
, Resolution authorizing the city of Bridge-
port to issue $150,000 five per cent. bonds.
Passed.
The resolution, providing for a supply of
water for the borough of Bethel, vetoed, was
next taken up.
After some dcsultory debitc, and an ex-
planation that the matter. would not go into
effect until approved by a majority vote of
the citizens of the borough, the substitute
resolution was passed.
On the motion of Senator Bishop the sav-
ings hank bill was taken up and read.
Mr. Bishop then took the floor in support
of the bill. He said it was the opinion of
the committee on banks that unless the re-
lief asked for was granted, there would be
such atimc of financial distress as had not
been witnessed in this state for years.
Mr. Hoyt said he felt that the taxation of
sayings banks imposed by the legislature of
last year was onerous, and relief should be
granted. The bill as amended by Mr. Bishop
was then passed.
Hausa—Bill providing that all property
owned by ecclesiastical societies shall be
taxed was passed.
Bills were passed fixing the pay of petit
jurors at $2 per day; of jurors for assess-
ing damages and benefits, 1,50 :1 day; of trial
justices at $1 per day; and of witncsscss 50
cents per day.
Bill providim1r that the salaries of state oili-
cers shall no lo‘Iiger be paid quarterly in ad-
vance was passed.
A bill was passed fixing the fee of town
clerks at 50 cents for recording an ordinary
mortgage deed,
Bill protecting the planling and raising of
oysters, clams and mussels were passed in
concurrancc.
SENATE.—Fl‘ld£1y, March, 8.
An not providing that the collector of town
taxes shall, on or before the fifth day of every
month deliver over to the town treasurer all
money collected by him as taxes and interest
thereon was passed.
An' act restoring the old system of support--
ing public schools by taxation in said school
districts was reported on adversly by the
committee on education, Mr. Dickenson
chairman, but was passed.
Mr. Hoyt offered a resolution appointing
Vincent Colycr one of the trustees of the
Meriden reform school for three years from
July 1; carried
Housu.—Bill providing that in addition to
the compensation otherwise provided by law,
each member of the assembly shall receive
one mileage, was passed.
Bill providing that the annual town meet-
ings for the election of town oiliccrs shall be
held in each town, unless otherwise designa-
ted by law, on the first Monday in October,
and all officers elected the first Monday of
October, 1878, shall hold their offices for nine
months, from January 1, 1879, and thereafter
for one year from the date of their election.
Mr. Andrews, of Litchfield. moved to
amend by making the term of office of town
clerk continue as now provided by law;
adopted, and bill as amended passed.
-—————-.—4.
If you can’t get on without grumbling sit
still and keep still. Don’t interfere with the
' good fortune of other people because you do
not desert/e any yourself. You would prob-
ably not be contented if you had everything,
and so you are left to see how much unhap-
piness you can get out of nothing.
and fixing their pay at $10 a day each and .
NORWALK GAZETTE.
NIBLHHEII EVERYIHESDAY MURIIIB.
The Second oldest Paper In the State.
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
A.'i[. BYINGTON as co.
A. H. Brixorox, J. B. Ems, G. N. Ems.
subscription $2.00 per year, in advance.
Single Copies 5 Cents.
_____,_.__
Advertising Rates :
Fourliiics or less, 1 insertion 50 cts.; 3 times 81 00
One Squaremnc insertion, ------- 1 00
Per week, for continuance, ------- 50
One Square. Six Months, ........ 7 oo
“ “ one ycar~with paper - - - 15 00
Two is u u u u _ _ _ 2:00
Three“ u u u u _ - _ . 3000
Quarter of a Column. one time, ----- 5 00
Onequartcrcolumn, one year, - - - - - 50 00
One half Column, one time, - - - - - 10 00
One half Column, one year, ------ SO 00
Full Column, one time, -------- 20 00
FullColumii, one your, ----- . ~ ”(00
One inch space constitutes a Sqiiqrc.
Special Notices ‘2?- pcr cent. advance onthc
above.
- Local Notices in Reading Columns, 25
Cents per line.
Yearly advertisers restricted to the business
contemplated at the time of contract, but are per-
mitted tomakc monthly on iiich of their adver-
tisements. .
Marriages and deaths inserted gratuitously.
Obituary or Funeral Notices 15 etc. per line.
All unusual cuts and devices 25 per cent. extra.
A LEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Con gregationnl Church.
Teacher 01‘
Plano-Forte, Organ and .11 miles]
Composition.
Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
John H. B_odwe11
EXPRESS MESSENGER
AND '
PURCHASING AGENT.
II. M. Sc 0. S. PRO WITT’S, Norwalk.
H. E. BODIVE LL’S, So. Norwnlk. 48“
J. Belden Hurlbutt,
Alllll’lllllflllll Counsellor at Law,
Room No. 4, [up stair-9,]
GAZETTE BUILDING.
Oiliccs—
Surgeon Dentist,
NORWALK. CONN.
Office 801 nor ot_Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxidc Gas administered .
C. B. CO'OLIDGE,
DENTIST.
Successor to
Dr. .Asa 1-1111,
WALL STREET, HORWALK,
Office over
0. J. Gru‘mau’s Dry Goods Store.
'3‘ Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain .
DENTISTRY
AT HARD TIMES PRICES,
For Cash — No Credit:
All work cxcutcd in the Best Manner, at my office
Corner of Main and Washington Streets,
SOUTII NORWALK, CONN.
. T. E. S‘VVIFT, D. D. S.
"‘1 k W. MITCHELL,
D.
At the ever popular
UNION MA RKE'I
has always the host of
fleet, veal, Mutton, and Pork,
at fairlivingprices. Union (formerly Model) Mar"
hot, on the Bridge. 18
HA. “LES S. {.00 K \"00 D,
Fashionable limpet and TailorI
AND
G ENTS’ F URNISIIING’ EJIPO Ii‘ 1 UM.
Main Street, Norivalk. Conn.
I“ DXVARD P. \WEED,
J
D 1:}. U G G- I S T
Wall Slreet,opposz‘te Nor-walk Opera House,
Alargc and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
PcrfumcryJ’atcnt Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters, Toilet and Medicated Soaps, Flavoring
and Handkerchief Extracss, HairBruslies,Combs,
Sponges,0hamois5kins, Stationery. Cigars, &c.,
and is constantly adding to his stock all the new
and popular medicines ofthc day.
NORWALIK INSURANCE 00.,
NOR IVA LK, CONN.
Charter-Capital - - - $500,000
Paid up Capital - - - 100,000
“’ii.u.5nrinia'r,l‘res>, GEO R. Cowr.ns.Scc'y.
4 '1‘ VA INSURA NOE Co. ofIIARTFQRD.
Incorporated 1512. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $6,716,893.77
lnsures against loss and damage by Fire,on terms
adopted to tliehaznrd audconsistent with the laws
of compensation. COWLES a. MERRILLX
Solc Agentsior Norivnlk and Vicinity.
wn. c. BITTER
llaviug taken the Stable formerly occupied by
D.A. N ICWCOIIILon lfoyt Street,would announce
to the citizens oI'Norwalk that he has stocked it
with good Horses, best 01 Coaches, Carriages.&c..
which he will lot with or without drivers on rea-
sonable terms.
A specialty ofCoaches for Weddings and Funer-
als.
Cmriagcs run to all trains on N. Y.. N. H. 12.12
Orders can be left at Connecticut Ilotcl or at the
Stables on Hoyt Strcct. 3m49
GEBRGE H. airman,
Furnishing Undertaker,
No. 53 01.1 IN STREET, (Up Stairs.)
B. S. BLASCER,
A t his store in
MALLORY’S BLOCK,
hascoiistantly on h:ind,a general ussortmciito
Groceries, Crockery, Glass,
Iii) and YVoodon Ware, Etc.
Byilcvotiug his constantpcrsoual attention to thc
busmcss he hopes to merit public patronage
Paris L. GUIGUB.
FLORIST,
Union Avenue. .‘uirtli of NorWalk Cemetery,
Dealer in
Plants tit Cut Flowers at all Seasons,
Flowers for Funerals and Parties tastefully ar-
ranged to order. at Lowest Prices. All orders lett
at. Prowitt's Dr ugStore will be promptly attend—
ed tout short notlcc, 51
Dr. C. If. Kendall & Son,
DENTISTS.
Are now prepar-
r cdtorcccive
their patrons at
either Norwuik
Bridge or South
Norwulk. The
" senior partner
has taken rooms
0 v c r Scllcck‘s
Bookstore Nor-
, walk, while the
’ juuio r retains
the old office, Laudcr’s Block. South Norwulk.
’I‘ecth extracted without. pain, and all dental ope»
rations performed at either othcc.
. 0.1L KENDALL, M.D.,
G.‘ S‘. KEN DALL, I). D. S.
Kendall will devote Mondays to
I‘. S. Dr. 0.1!.
ltidgeficld.
' C. W Bu rritt
Has Removed
To No. i Phoenix Block, Wall St.,
Foot: of Mill Ilill,wherc with increased facilitieil
he is prepared to do
if? I. U M B I N 'G ,
in units branches. Also special attention given
to 'l‘iii ltootliig,Tin and SheetIron Work and Job-
bing. Gris Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand.
CHAJ'ilaES ‘V. RIANY,’
fientaur
iniments.
The wonder of medicalscicncc —hallhorse and
hall‘beast—thc fabled Centaur-s left their impress
upon the history of the world. '
The Centaur Llnlmenls, 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 work.
have alleviated more painsand cured more bed-
ridden cripplcs thauhavc all otherLiniments,Em-
hrocations, Extracts, Salvcs and Ointmentsincx-
istence. Their Immense and rapidly—increasing
salc isindisputable evidence of the estimation in
which they are held. '1 hey are already used in
many oflhc hospitals of this country and Europe,
and are prescribed by the best physicians and vet-
erinary surgeons. Why should they not be ?
They have never failed to ameliorate sufl‘ering
when cure from loss of bone or muscle areimpos—
siblc. They contain Curbolic. Witch Hazel,Rock
Oil, Arnica and ingredients which must. stimulate
the fluids, soften the sinner; and penetrate to the
bone. We have never yet heard of the first fail-
ure to benefit. even in stubbom cans ol‘flheuma-
tism, Sciatica, and Ncurnlgin, while, tor Flesh
Wounds, Bites, Frosted Limbs, Burns, Cutaneous
Eruptions, etc., they are unfailing. What the
White Centaur Liniment is for the hu-
man frame, tlicycllolv Centaur Liniment
is for horses and animals. We will guarantee that
one dollar expended for Centaur Llnlmcnt
willpcrform more and spedier 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—they
will not mend a broken leg, but they will allevi-
ate pain and cure where any human ngencycan
cure. Be sure and inquire for the Centaur
Linllncnxn and give them a fair trial.
J. B. ROSE S: 00., 46 DRY S‘I‘., NEW YORK.
flutters, ’
There is a harmless and certain remedy for
your children. CASTORIA is the result of twenty
years’ experiments by the celebrated Samuel
Pitcher, M. D.
It is a vegetable preparation, as efl‘cctivc 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: v
_Sms :—-I.li:ive tried the Casa‘ouix, and can speak
highly of its merits. It will do away with Castor
Oi . It is pleasant and harmless, and is wondefi
fully efficacious as an apericnt and laxative.
is the very thing.
The CASTORIA destroys worms, regulates the
Stomach,cures Wind Colic. and permits of nat-
ural healthy sleep. It is very efficacious in Group
and for Teething Children. Honey is not pleas-
autcr to the taste, and Castor Oil is‘not so certain
in its efl‘ccts. Itcosts but35 cents, in large bottles.
3n”. J. 13.120515 .1: 00., Nchoi-k.
REAL ESTATE.
\I\I\I\IWWWVVV\IV\IVW\J
10 RENE—A pleasantly located House on
_ Bclden Avenue suitable for one or two fami-
lies; gas and water. Enquire at this office. 3t'9
n REIL—A nicc Second Floor, consisting of live
_ rooms; good well; otherwaterin the house;
privilege. of garden. A ply to GEO. H. RICE,
Spring Bill, or A. II, no ‘T .1: 00’s., Shoe Store.
0 RENE—Five rooms, second floor, in a
house on West Avenue. near the Bridge. Ap-
ply at the GAZETTE 0191' ICE.
To Rent.
TIIE Jarvis place, the whole house or by
apartments, as desired. Apply to
w J. W. McLEANJI. D.
To Rent.
THE old and well-known business stand for-
merly occupied as a Drug and Book store by
the late J ohii W. Taylor, Westport, Conn. Loch-
tion eligible, good cellu r, with two rooms on sec-
ond floor connecting with storenvhicn contains
first class fixtures and lurgc,handsome show win-
dows, protected by permanent awning. Suitable
tor any respectable business. Itont only 8200 per
unnum, payable quarterly in advance. ’.lwo front
rooms on second floor of same building suitable
for cihccs, to rent for $40 per annum, payable
qiiarterlyln advance. Also the small store ad-
joining. formerly occupied by the Town officers,
with good fixiuics and large show window. Rent
100 per annum, payable quarterly in advance.
Stone posts and flagng sidewalksiii front of both
stores. Inquire of Messrs. Taylor a: Richards.
opposite, or of It] rs. John W. '1‘uylor,nt residence
on hill near the store. -
For Rent or Sale.
r ‘iIIE pleasant and convenient house. now, and
for several years past occupied by Mr. Ferd.
B. Smith, situated on Union Ave. For particulars
enquire of Mr. Manson Hoyt, Norwalk or address
Mrs. L. A. Smith,43 Willard Sh, Hartford, Conn.
--__. To Rent. — .
110 USES on Beldcii Avenue ;
1 House on Center Avenue;
1 House on York Street;
1 House on Newtown Avenue.
. Enquire of 0. E. WILSON, No. -I Gazette Build-
ing, Norwalk. . 9
‘lv
To Rent.
111E subscriber otters to rent her place on Main
Street, horwalk. opposite the Fair Grounds.
Ilousc new, commodious and convenient. Bor-
ough Water. Will. rent the entire house, or either
the first otzsccuud stories. Apply to the owner
on the premises. CLARISSIA WILLIAMS. ~
Norwalk, Feb. 15th, 1:78.
To Rent.
D iaSIIt-t itL E Suites of Rooms for Ofiiccs or
Families. Also, the large Brick Building on
Water Street, with Engine and Boiler, suitable
for Manufacturing I’ur ioscs.
‘ I“. ST. JOHN L0 ‘KWOOD, Executor
u for Estate of Wm. R. James, deceased.
To Rent.
Iii IIE place near the head of Main Street, forni-
erly occupied by the subscriber, is offered to
rent. A comfortable house, healthy location,
plenty of land. good orchard, small barn, and low
rent. Apply to R. L. ELLs.
Born to Let.
POSSESSION immediately. enquire of
GEO. O. KEELER.
To Let.
The Property in the rear of the Fair-
field County National Bank.
formerly occupied by Price .5: Bates. suitable for
manufacturing purposes. Also Burn on I] lgh St.
sou 1:2. 12. PRICE.
Long island Real Estate
For gale.
HAVE :1 number of very desirable I-‘A ItMS on
Long Island, which 1 \VIII dispose of very cheap
and on reasonable terms.
Also a. large tract of TIMBER. LAND, to sell or
exchange for Norwulk property.
Forfurtncr particulars apply to
ty'l J.S.II.AN DALL.
Desirable Property For Sale.
7 till-l Homestead formerly ownedund tion-oc-
cupiud by John ltohuu ts. For particulars cn-
quire 0.“ (III A S. ll S'l‘h'l‘jh'l‘.
buiriielil Co. National Bank.
Farm for Sale. I
DWELLING HOUSE situated in the Borough
of Norwalknvilh or without l\\’t€lllj'~\!lgl|l
acres of land; said land is suitably lll\ltlt'.ll into
pasture, \rood, plow and meadow :. For fur-
ther iiilormation apply :it this Utix 1-. or oi'ihc sub-
scriber. ' HARVEY FI'ICII.
Norwulk, January 11th, 1878. 3
For Sale cnéap‘,
Or Exchange for other property,
One ofthc neatcst,andcosicst little Cottages in
the Borough. Will scllto it good tenant for little
or iioiiiouey down. Eiiqiiircut GAZETTE OF-
RICE.
r6, Sale.
+91; A House and Lot. in a healthy location on
‘iiil Fair Street, above Catharine. The House is
nearly now. well built. conveniently arrang-
ed, and writ make a comfortable and pleasant
home fora family of average size. The lot rims
back to the river. There is a well ol‘cxccllent
water on the place, and Borough water in the
Street. Price low, and part of the money can re-
mum on mortgage. A line chance to secured
homo. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE. 3t]
Desirable Property for sale.
- Vcrydcsirablc place on East Avenue.
Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue forsalc cheap.
Also,a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
win Street near West Avenue, for sale at a. bar-
gain. Enquire of -
S, E. OSBORN. East Avenue,
Norwalk, April. 1876.
.._..._-..»m.... . .- _..._ d"~-B~l‘nr « A...
or to D. Wdl‘ITCII, West Avenue.
“'11
“ v01. Lithuanian ii
:3
:3
The Sick Chamber.
Chamber ofsickness! much to thee I owe,
Though darkthou be;
The lessons it imports me most to know
’ I owe to thee!
A sacred seminary thou hast been,
I trust to train me to a happier scene.
Chamber of sickness! suffering and alone,
My friends withdrawn,
The blessed beams of heavenly truth have
'shonc
On me forlorn,
With such a hallowed vividness and power,
As ne’er Were granted to a brighter hour.
Chamber of sickness! 'midst thy silence, oft
A Voice is heard.
Which though it fall like dew on flowers, so
soft.
Yet speaks each word
Into the aching heart’s unseen recess,
With power no erathly accents could possess.
Chamber of sickness! in that bright abode
_ Where there is no more pain,
If through the merits of my Saviour God
A seat I gain,
This theme shall tune my golden harp’s soft
lays, '
That in thy shelter passed my earthly days.
—Seleoted.
—_—'_,
I am Dyin g.
The husband who can read the following
without feeling the mist fast gathering in his
eyes, is simply harder-hearted than we are:
Raise my pillow, husband dearest—
Faint and fainter comes my breath,
And these shadows stealing slowly,
Must, I know, be those of death;
Sit down close beside me, darling,
Let me clasp your warm, strong band--
Yours that ever has sustained me '
To the borders of this land. _
For your God and mine—our Father,
Thence shall ever lead me on,
Where, upon‘a throne eternal,
Sits his own and only Son.
I’ve had visions and been dreaming
O’er the past of joy and pain;
Year by year I’ve wandered backward
Till I was a child again.
Dreams of girlhood and the moment
When I stood your wife and bride—
How my heart thrilled with love’s triumph
In that hour of woman’s pride!
Dreamed of thee and all earth-cords
Firmly twined around my heart——
Oh I the bitter, burning anguish,
When first I knew that we must part!
It has passed, and God has promised
All thy footsteps to attend;
IIe that’s more than friend or brother.
He’ll be with you to the end,
There’s no shadow o’er the portals
Leading tomy heavenly home—
Christ has promised life immortal,
And ltis he that bids me come.
When life’s trials wait around thee,
And its chiming billows swell,
Thou‘ll thank heaven that I’m spared them,
Thou’ll then feel that “all is well.”
Bring our boys unto my bedside—
lily last blessings let them ,keep—
But they’re sleeping—do not wake them—.
They’ll learn soon enough to weep.
Tell them often of their mother,
Kiss them for me when they wake ;
Lead them gently in life’s pathway,
Love them doubly for my sake.
Clasp-my hand still closer, darling,
This, the .last day of my life,
For to-morrow I shall never
‘Answer when you call me “wife.”
Fare thee well, my noble husband,
Faint not ’neath the chasteningrod;
Throw your strong arm round our children,
Keep them close to thee—and God.
~—S_'elecled.
An Alphfiwt of Good Counsel.
Attend carefully to the details of business.
Be prompt in all things.
Consider well, then decide positively.
Darc' to do right; fear to do wrong.
Endure your trials patiently.
Fight life’s battle bravely, manfully.
Go not in the society of the vicious.
Hold your integrity sacred. ,
Injure not another’s reputation or business.
Join hands only with the virtuous.
Keep your mind from evil thoughts.
Lie not for any consideration.
Make few acquaintances. ‘
Never try to appear what you are not.
Observe the Sabbath day.
Pay your honest debts promptly.
Question not the veracity of a friend.
Respect the counsel of your parents.
Sacrifice money rather than principle.
Touch not, taste not, handle not intoxicating
drinks.
Use your leisure time for improvement.
Venture not upon the threshold of sin.
Watch carefully over your passions.
’Xtcud to every one a kindly salutation.
Yield not to discouragements.’
Zealously labor for the right.
Andsuccess is certain.
—1Valiona'l Monitor.
Ox A Function—Not Bad—Col. George
W. Flower was standing in the square at
Watertown, the other day, when he spied a
farmer who some weeks ago had, sold him
some very “crooked" bay. The party in
question is an active protessor of religion.
and a most zealous worker for his own
pocket. The man's profession and practice
being in such marked contrast, caused the
colonel to eye him with dislike. When he
came up the colonel charged him with de-
ception in the matter of bay. The skinflint
stoutly denied the charge. The colonel
drew himself up to his full height, and dis.
dainfully observed: “I am a,soldier, sir—
not a liar!” "‘So am I a soldier,”" whined
the promoter of “crooked" hay. “You ?"
ejaculated the colonel, in a' tone of disgust,
“what kind of a soldier are you i" “I’m a
soldier of the Cross,” said the skinflint, with
a detestable flourish of the hand. “That
may be,” said the colonel dryly, “but you've
been on a furlough ever since I knew you.”—
Oartlzage Republican.
“
—_——__
Fnosrxxo wrrnon'r Eons—In seasons
when eggs are scams and dear, this receipt is
valuable, and, if directions are followed, will
be found infallible. One teaspoonnt of
Cox‘s gelstine, dissolved in three tablespoons-
ful of warm water; add one cup of powdered
sugar, and beat until smooth. Flavor with
whatever you like. Another secret, learned
long ago from a model New England house-
keeper, is, that in ordinary cakes and pud-
dings snow will serve the purpoae of eggs.
This sounds strangely, but we have tried it
and know. whereof we speak. , Get your
cake or pudding all, ready for thefovcu,
with every ingredient in but the eggs, and
then stir in quickly an even table-spoonful of
clean. dry snow for every egg the receipt
calls for and bake immediately. 'Of course
nobody will attempt sponge-cake or c‘ustards
by this plan, but is intended for such re.
ceipts as require but two or three eggs.
Wasnixc LAOES.-H0ld them snug around
a moderately large bottle, then wash them in
warm water by patting or rubbing them
gently with a tooth or nail-brush. Soak
them in suds, if you choose, overnight, but
don't rub them; above all,- ‘don't starch or
iron them. If you wish_t‘o stifien th'sm, add
a.little sugar to the unblued rinsing-water.
Pin a towel over a pillow, then pin your lace
on the towel to dry. patiently picking out all
the little points‘of lace. . '
“
Professor—H. W. Longfellow, was seventy-
one years 'old on Wednesday. J
The growth of the paper boat in favor of
boating men 15 throwing many cedar boats on
the market.
.As riches and favor forsake a man, we find
him.to be a fool; but nobody could find it
out in his prosperity.
Norwalk Chronicler