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Norwalk Gazette.
Tuesday, March I 2th, 1878.
For the Gazette.
Our Reliable Loafer Abroad.
III. .
“ I pondered, I said. 'why not?’ Ah, then it is,
you see, why not? 1 experimented; and, see,”
said my uncle, a. glow 01' honestprlde lighting
up his very spectacles, “that chair upon which
you are now reposingr your weaned limbs IS the
result. That chair, sir, was made from the idea-
tic-11 piece often that was so near being my
dcath.”—Cynll1y’s Boy.
Ah, you say, as you read the above quota-
tion, it is evident that Our Reliable has it in
mind to give us a few words of wisdom
touching that overgrown village, London.
You fly as the crow does; I do have it in my
mind-but very likely it will remain there, for
I have a lamentable faculty of talking all
‘nbont’thc stump and generally find when I
reach the end of a letter that I have told of
every thing—except what I said I was going
i=1 tell of. hit as His grace remarked to me
one day, as we rode along up the Strand on
lull of a bus; said the Duke, “Ouito, my
_ buy, (it was a nickname he had for inc,) you
are still young and will improve in time.”
lie was not. referring to my writing but to
what he was pleased to term my “quite too
blarstcd English.” Coming from an English-
man this was rather, rough for of all the
queer languages that of London is fa'cile
innceps, and so I told his Grace. Of course
he apologized and the subject was never af-
terwards alluded to between us.
“70 had rooms at the Castle and Falcon,
which was in the times gone by one of the
old-fashioned inns, but the fever for renova-
tion seized the proprietor, and it is now only
' a second—rate hotel for commercial travelers.
One thing it possessed in common with most
Euglishinns,apretty bar maid. The “of-
fiCe” of a hotel in England goes by the name
of “the bar.” To learn this fact alone is
worth the price of admission. One of the
first things one discovers there is that lan-
guage is only a medium for conveying
thought and means nothing in itself. As an
instance. We had muffins at breakfast one
morning, and with my good old Yankee
tasteI vautcdsonic syrup. I asked for it
and the waiter stared. Then I tried him on
molasses and he muttered something and
started 011'. I asked him what he was after
and found out he did not know, all he desired
was to get away from the neighborhood of a
lunatic such as I evidently was. I told him
if he had no molasses I would take some
powdered sugar. His gloom deepened, but
suddenly a bright thought seemed to strike
him and he disappeared. Perhaps for a po
liceman, I thought, but 1 wronged him. In
a moment he returned and with a flourish set
before me a b'o'wl of brown sugar. Fact.
After that I gave up and ate what was given
me. I have since found that if I had de-
manded “treacle” I might have gotten some-
' thing nearer what I wanted. 7
The appearance of London is very pecul-
iar. Most of the buildings have once been
light in color, but the smoke and dust. have.
settled into all the crannies and under all
projections until the effect is directly the op-
posite. I could not but think that the build-
ings were black and that a driving snow
storm had just whitened the blank walls and
prominent points. This is not» confined to
things out of doors but is seen at its best in
interiors. There, as on the statues in W est.
minster Abbey, it brings out the curves into
greater prominence and renders many a dc-
tail visible which would be lost under the
dingy light of the noon-day sun. Dingy it
is at best. but when the great, suffocating
fog comes down to pay a visit to his favorite
city~who shall describe it? _To show you
that it is no joke, Charlie was over an hour
one afternoon in finding his way to the exit
from the little St. James Park, in the middle
of which he chanced to be when the fog
came on. This fogvis quite dry and much
like factory smoke which it probably is. I
have a small piece of it in my trunk which I
cut out one day, and would be most happy
to show to any one interested in meteorology,
upon my rit'irn. When one has seen it one
will no longer wonder thatstrectdamps be-
come totally uselesss. I cling to my chim-
ney theory to explain it, tho’ some savants
claim that it is the dust of ages, and others ,
that it is the powder produced by grinding
up the 11’s which are dropped day after day
on the streets, added to the smoke from
those pipes without which, as the Duke ex-
plained to me, a gentleman would blush to be
caught outside the house. These last two
theories are untenable fen—but an analysis
shall show.
Of course we visited all the buildings and
places of interest but, as I remarked in my
last, I don’t propose to give you any guide
hock descriptions. Let me make a fool of
myself in my own way. If I happen to
light upon a bit of description accidentally,
all right, but, you will understand that it is
purely accidental.
London I saw on foot or from the top of
an omnibus, and I recommend a combination
of these two ways to future explorers. It is
the cheapest and most. satisfactory manner of
swing :1 pl: cc. If you notice anything you
vant to examine, there you are at once and
you arc‘iu a better situation to notice. You
see all the little, odd bits of life and things
which, to my mind, form the chief charm of
foreign countries. If your time is limited
akc a cab and flash about,but believe me you
will have missed the cream. If you take my
advice and walk you will find when 'you are
through that you know the place like a book,
and your memories of it will be as real as of
that tack you eat upon last year and much
more pleasant. When you ride all is hazy.
Go to New York and try it. Stop and look
at the little knots of people gathered about
the itinerant vendors of puzzles, stare into
shop windows, stare at anything; but above
all don’t be ashamed to ask questions. I’m
not, as my friend the Duke knows to his sor-
row.
I will say this for him, that he here it well
and I never knew him to fly out except when
I once tried to find out what England meant
to do do about the Eastern war. He said if
I’d ask him something in reason he’d do his
best to answer it, but he wanted it distinct-
ly understood that he couldn’t bear conun-
drums. And he returned the pipe to his
mouth after pushing down the ashes with his
thumb. It was thro’ his inability to guess
conundrums that I first made his acquaint-
ance. It was at a little breakfast which the
Queen gave at Windsor. During a pause in
the conversation Sir Stafford Northcote, who
sat quite at the other end of the table, sud-
denly called out to the Duke: “Why was the
captain of a navy yard tug like my Lord M.
(noted for his awkward walk) ?" His Grace
blushed and stammcrcd till I, who happened
to sit next him,whispered in his car “because
he toes 7‘12 the gunboats.” It was awfully
weak, and for the honor of my country I
felt I must do something, so I instantly asked
Sir S. : “What is the difference between the
crown of India and our good housekeeper
here,”——who had just come in to get direc-
tions from the Queen.
I don’t mean to say this Was good, but it.
was gotten up on the spur of the moment
and not written out on my shirt—cuff before-
hand, as Nortbcote’s was.
He gave it up and I was obliged to tell
him the answer :-—“that one is a new Order
for Ladies and the other’s an old Lady for
Orders.” The Duke was so pleased to see
Sir 1. taken down that he immediately pro-
posed a glass of wine with me. We entered
into conversation in the course of which I
discovered that he had the honor to be dis-
tantly related to me; went together to the
Museum next day, and thence forth were
inseparable
One of the amusements in traveling is to
see how utterly different onc's preconceived
ideas are from reality. It makes me laugh
to think now of the plan of the city of Lon-
don as I have always thought of it. It may
be that your ideas are equally hazy so I am
going to attempt a word-map. Please take
a sheet of paper and draw upon it a parallelo-
gram four units long, from right to left,
“the British Museum.
andthree broad, up and down,——say,eigbt
inches by six. In the upper left hand corner
draw an irregular circle a little less than
three quarters of an inch in diameter which
will represent Regents’ Park. In this are
placed the “Zoological and Botanical Gar-
dens. A little below the center, still on the
same size. This will contain the Kensington
and Hyde Park, in the S. W. corner of which
latter is the famous “Rotten Row.” From
the south-east corner a tiny triangle may
represent St. James’ Park besides which
stands Buckingham Palace. The space be-
tween chent’s and Hyde Park extending a
little to the east is the West end. From near
the bottom at the left rim :1 horizontal line
almost to the middle of your finger, give it
an upward turu.for two inches or so, and
then bend it to the right and draw it in a
slightlp sloping direction until it reaches the
edge. It is the Thames and where your pen-
cil left the figure in the old Tower of Lon-
don. At about the middle of the bend in the
river, upon the left side, are Westminster
Abby and the New House of Parliament,
between which it is proposed to erect Cleo-
patra's Needle. From this point to just be-
yond the second turn, Blackfriar’s Bridge,
embankment. N. E. from Blackfriar’s
Bridge about half an inch is St. Paul’s, near
whichare Bank of England, Post Office and
Newgatc Prison. These are in what is called
“the city.” An inch anda half N. E. of
St. James’ Park put Charing Cross and from
this to St. Paul’s a line following somewhat
the course of the river may represent, the
Strand, Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill, From
the N. E. corner of Hyde Park a line curving
upwards and around until it passes just north
of St. :Paul’s will give Oxford St,, Halborn,
Halborn Viaduct, Newgatc Street., and pass-
ing beyond to a point half an inch north of
the tower, Cheapside, Poultry, Cornhill and
Leadenhill Streets. In a straight line up
from the curve in the river and just north
of the termination of Oxford St. stands
Islington occupies the
top of the plain in the center, and Kensing-
ton, Brompton, and Belgravia the part below,
Hyde Park, extending cast in the order giv-
en to within an inch of the Parliament build-
ings. Beyond the river are Lambctli Bermon—
dsey, etc. The theatres and clubs are crowd-
ed together from St James’ Park to the other
end of the Strand. You will notice that in
London as in Paris they have a habit of
changing the name of a street whenever a
slight angle gives an excuse and sometimes
when even that is lacking. I have even seen
streets whose two sides bore different titles,
and it is common enough to run the numbers
up one side and down the other.
All this is done with a wise forethought
to prevent the unsuspecting stranger from
becoming mixed. You can easily see that
one could have no difficulty in finding a
given numbre“—on the contrary he is likely
to find two or three and may choose for him-
self.
I hopc you will be able to make something
out of the map I have tried to give you, for
it will make the account of our wandering in
my next much more real; and besides, if you
once get a general plan of the town fixed in
your mind it will add wonderfully to the in-
terest of books like those of Dickens or
Thackeray, in which reference is so often
made to London. Pickwick’s Goswcll St:
for instance, lies about an inch north of St.
Paul’s on the little sketch-map and Shakes-
peare‘s home not far from it. But I’ll point
out a few places when I come to walk about
London. I thought you’d perhaps excuse
the dryness of this letter for the help it may
be to my future references; and, if you care
to read this letter at all, I hope you will
take the trouble to draw out the little map.
My friend the Duke, who happens to be in
Paris, remarks to me that you can’t possibly
do it’for the description is too blind; but, as
1 tell him, “Somerset, old man, you don't
know the penetration of the Yankee mind,—
of course you judge ’em from the English.
Natural but erroneous.”- He should know
better, tho‘, after the number of scrapes I’ve
got him out of here at Paris. He's a. perfect
mine of amusement to me here and when I’m
getting a little cnn‘uied‘ all I have to do is to
gethim to go out for a walk and then follow
in his wake. semcthing is sure to happen
for he “cahn’t” remember, don’t you know,
thaht the customs here and are quite too very
different from those of London." I fear I
shall have to tell of a few of his scrapes be-
fore I get through. His French is even
worse than his English and the latter is bad
enough, for all the. words have the same
sound,—that of the broadest kind of an A,
as in car.
But I‘m running over my space again and
l have in my eyes a remark Cynthy?—made
to me one day,—you may know Cynthy ‘1’—
said she :—“Zoroaster says the opportunity to
do a bad action comes to a man a hundred
times a day, to do a good one only once a
ycar,——oh Sancho! If you would once stop
your talking!" I was a mouse for five min-
utes; when I inadvertently made an observa-
tion about Sanscrit having an unaccountable
tendency to sour the tempers of some people.
Not that I intended any reference to what has
occurred, being a lamb for not harboring re-
sentment, as the saying is, but I heard the
premonitory “goodness, how -”, and I sadly
took my hat and went to get consolation
from Sukcy. Then the two of us went
across the road to Nemmies’ and ate up her
last cream cake, secretly, while she was
rescaling a chicken from Comet.
ENmoun‘o.
Paris, France, Feb. 4th, 1878.
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For the Gazette.
The ”Old Dominion.”
Dnan GAZETTE :—
Our destination is Staunton, beyond the
Blue Ridge, in the State once designated as
the “Mother of Presidents.” We commence
our journey in a steamer of the “Old Domin-
ion Line, Wyauoke, by name and commanded
by Captain G. W. Couch, whose family rc-
sides in South Norwalk.
We were not a little surprised to find such
magnificent steamers running between New
York and Richmond, as compose this line.
The Wyanoke is a vessel of more than 2100
tons, and has splendid accommodations for a
hundred first-class passengers, and sets as
good a table as the best city hotels.
Iler captain in in every sense worthy of
such a ship. Profanity, whisky and tobacco
do not pollute his mouth. He is polite with-
out being pompous, and is one of the most
pleasant, agreeable commanders that we have
ever met with; and if any one who reads
this is contemplating a trip to Richmond or
Norfolk, we commend to him the Wyanoke
and her model captain. ~
Not many weeks since this same steamer
met with an accident. on her way to New
York. Some portion of the engine gave
way, and the assistant engineer, who was on
duty at the time, had sufficient presence of
mind to shutoff the steam instantly. Had
there been the least delay in doing this, the
walking beam, weighing eighteen tons,would
have been thrown out of its place and have
plunged down through the ship, killing per-
haps half a dozen individuals, and doing
damage to the amount of forty thousand dol-
lars. And yet this man, who by his prompt
action saved the company so much money,
and prevented the loss of several lives, has
never received so much as its thanks. And
the captain, who by his considerateness and
courage, succeeded in getting his disabled
vessel back to Norfolk without any expense
to the company, for salvage, has fared no
better. If ever merit deserved to be ac-
knowledged in some substantial way, it sure-
ly did in these cases, and we hope it will be
yet.
The number of passengers was small as is
usual at this season of the year. In the
steerage there were twenty-five boys in their
teens, from the Childrens Aid Society, that
were being taken out to live with farmers
back of Pctersbur". We can bear witness
to their activity. Although they were well-
dressed when they came on board, yet had
the voyage lasted a week they would have
needed a new outfit. '
On the banks of the James River are still
extreme left, mark out a square of about the-
x
1
quent embankments and rifle-pits, whilst
spiles in numerous places show where'tbé‘re
was once wharvcs, but which were burned
by the Confederates themselves. A passen-
get on our steamer said that he was one of
the number detailed to 'applyvthe torch.
We passed through the famous f‘Dutch
Grip.” For this piece of work we must thank,
Gen. Butler. We wish he had never done
anything worse than this. What a pity that
members of the present Congress would not
take the spade and pick and go to digging
ditches North, South, East and West! Then
they might benefit the country, now theylare;
disgracing it. But we should despair of ever
getting any useful work out of many of them
unless they had a good overseer, and all loose.
change was in a burglar-proof safe. Also,
for our poor country burdened and bleeding
with too much Congress! -
But here we are at the wharf. Taking
cairiuge, we drive by a large building, now
used for the curing of tobacco, and our col-
ored driver says this is Libby Prison., A
little further on, pointing to a small stone
house, he says, “This is the oldest building
in Richmond, and was Washington's head-
quarters,” and yonder is “Castle Thunder."
And so mounting the Capitol Hill- we stop at
“Ford’s Hotel.” B
Staunton, Va., March 6111, 1878.
_._—_.._.— .
To run FRIENDS or Maxnrnacn TllWACK-
AWAY.
It was with heartfelt grief that 1 read in
the Gaznrrn of the death of that most esti-
mable young man, Makepeace Thwackaway.
Cynthy has indeed “snuffed" him out in a
very sad way. I told her she had better let
him alone, for, to my way of thinking,ihe-
was a. very harmless,inofiensive creature with .
a crotchet or two,that certainly hurt nobody,
but she would not overlocok his gentle
thrusts at her sex, and the end of it is that
she has to answer. for the. snapping of the
slender thread of his existence and the set-
ting of him adrift—whither? Though my
sorrow is profound it is nothing compared to
the bitter remorse and wild despair of Cyn-
thy. She is, indeed, in a most. dangerous
condition. When the knowledge dawned
upon her that she had really destroyed the
young man,sbe attempted violence upon her-
self, and would have committed suicide with
11 rusty tuning fork, the only weapon within
reach, had I not stayed her rash hand. We
are obliged'to watch her closely. There are
' times when she hangs over the grave of
Thwackaway, frantically tearing her hair and
casting 'raggedhandf uls of it upon his tomb.
In quieter moments she sits like Niobc, all
tears, saying, touchingly, to herself,
And be be dead ?
And am be gone?
And is I left here all alone?
While she works a sombre-colored sampler
to his memory. . .
Again she wanders up and down the coun-
try Ophelia-like, yet decked i'i garlands of
dead leaves, chanting mournfully the lines to
his memory, beginning .
"W here Thivackaway low-lieth—”
So I beg of you not to bestow all your pity
upon Thwnckaway for Cynthy needs it more.
He is far happier than she, for though he
may not have been appreciated on earth,
through being made of finer stuff than his
fellows, as the saying is,.——we trust he now
wanders in brilliant realms of space, in love-
ly fellowship with kindred souls. Great
minds on earth are always lonely—then why
weep for him—rather, rejoice! I suppose
there is a moral locked within this touching
history for those who feel inclined to seek it.
While for those who may extend some sym-
pathy to the unfortunate Cynthy, doomed to
wander on through life with the sin of kill-
ing Makepeace upon her soul, I will say that
it is doubtful if she ever returns to her ordi-
nary pcace of mind if she does not become a
second Ophelia in very truth, so I close.
Yours dolefully, Cvnrnx's- mexn.
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BARN
BARRACIJOUGII.
AT BARNUM’S
196, I98 AND 200 CHATHAM STREET, NEW YORK.
FORESTS on
READY-MADE CLOTHING!
Clothing was never sold so cheap as now, and no store in the United States sells as cheap as
,
UMS
Good Ulsters, $6.00 ; Far and Plain Beaver Overcoats, $8.00 1b $10.00
And all grades, up to the most superb garments, fine and superfine, correspondingly cheap.
~ Now or never while they are going.
Children's Suits by the Thousands. The Finest lleparlmenlin the World.
P. O. Barnum (Q: 00.,
Carriages!
lN GREAT
My own Patent Spring in connection
I Still hold my Porme
I IOILO THE BEST WAGON FOR
SAMUEL N.
Carriages!
VARIET Y
All the Leading Styles, ,2 and 4 Passenger.
ROAD WAOONS ON BREWSTER GROSS SPRINGS.
with J. C. Gould’s is acknowledged
to be the Best Low Down Spring invented.
r Assertion Good, that.
THE MONEY IN OONNEOTIOUT.
ALL WORK WA RRANTED.
BEECHER,
Corner Fair-field Avenue and Water street, Bridgeport, Conn. 201f
PRINTED AND
HUDDER’S PATENT
.1 OIEAILIHEES l8 NEXT 10 OOOLINIOSJL
G. A. FRANKE’S
Sharia and Hair (lilting 811011!
FOR A
Pleasant Shave,
Artistic Hair Cut, or
Thorough Shampoo
can. AT
Mr. Pranke’s Hair Cutting Saloon,
No. 1 GAZETTE BUILDING.
H'Particularattention given to L'adles and Child-
ren’s Hair Cutting and Shampooningffill
AT HOME T0 EVERYBODY.
Hot and Cold Water Baths
0. T. Leonard it Still,
COAL, WOOD,
Masons’ Materials,
0 E M E N T P I P E
For Drains, Sewers, \l‘ ells, &_c.,
At Lowest Cash Prices.
Drains andWells Dug and Piped.
Also Sole Agent for
Patent Tinder Wood,
The Cheapest and Best Kindling out. Try it.
@' Branch Office atSpeiicer's Jewelry Store.
Jenni-23;; ' slur-1'3,
FLenIsr,
7 7 OF minnow, __
City of" South _lftorvvalk, Conn.
Plants sunflowers at all seasons.
Flower-Iron [funerals furnished and
“sunny arranged to' order-.1 7.1.6::
notice. , . ..
P. We BATES,
. Successorto'PlllCE SBATES. ‘,
WATER STREET, rear of Opera House,
manufacturer of I
Monumental, Building & Cemetery
- Work-w ~ =
of every description from all the diflerent kinds of
GRAN ITE, _MARBLE. BROWN,
OHIO, 01' NOVA§COTIA STONE.
Orders 3011011211.:me ‘ ' ' 11195111101. , ‘
I HAVE been connected lnbunlii‘e'u’ with 512.
Bates lore number of'yoil'i‘si'ond cheerfully
recommend him to In, old Mend: and patrons as
a man well worthy o thelflatfinafiehlcn
q o ‘ I u
_ Pianos fer Sale.
One New Weber ind One New
Chiekerlng Pianos,
TAKEN in exehangetor other propertymillbe
sold at a mu sacrifice. For particulars
Go to the Gazette Office for your
NoteHealthierHealsllllHealslltllc,
PUT UP WITH
2202222 1121.11.
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, ufihammtan‘T
PREPARED FOR. IMMEDIATE USE.
207 PEARL $17., NEW YORK.
From the thousands ofpurchascrs of our PRE-
PARED PAINTS, we have yet to hear the first
Complaint. The reason is apparent. Our paints
have stood the test of years, where all other
paints have/ailcdin durability. Their covering
capacity, being greater than any other paint, pre-
sents a practical item ofeconomy. Our paints are
guaranteed in every particular.—- the consumer
assuming no risk whatever, as we will re-paiiit
an building on which our paints do not prove
sat slaetory; allowinga choice of English 13.13.
White Lead, or any otherpalnt in use. For sale
by W. C. STREET a; 00.. Norwulk. . 21M
AMER!
F
_ _. a” ,. .
BREAK AST OEIIEALS
WhiteWheat 2 “"" ‘ ,Oat Meal.
Barley Food Maize Iia.
1.5mm". ms and all imiiiucions’ror can.
, and SHIPPING. The finest White Wheat
"..., “MI“ii‘fm‘f’l fi°ll°°ti-'i”.“tl'" Ill:
7 a 0 0 II a n e
E«unlit-I v a? llrood '11 h] . ed
hl'fa‘rxdulrablefor ammunnomns 1108.
ten
lost Economlcn of a . 'l‘ oroug y cook
" °“’ F“’i‘u“°i‘i‘l‘nk’€§§” “BEFS‘SP‘SWVES
ea in a. c
labiei'ln twenty minutes b'o ling. For 5136 by all first-
:lass grocers and to the trade by -, --..
l‘he Cereals Manufacturing 00.,
3“" 18 common PLACE. N. Y. ""
THE HARTFORD
STEAM BUILER INSPECTIUN I
D
Insurance Company,
CASH CAPITAL, $500,000
SSUES Policies of Insurance. Al‘terearef‘ul in-
spection of the Boilers,covering all loss or
damage to Boilers, Buildiiigs,anil Maehineryaris-
iii: rom
Steam Boner Explosrons
J. .11. ALLEN. - - President
0. MJIEACH. - - Vlee-Presldent
J. B. PIERCE, [— ._ - Secretary
W. G. LINEBUBGH, :- Agent
Officeover the FlrstNutiona Bank,cor.Main and
BankSteu BRIDGEPOBTgcofiN. 23
WM. B. SWAN,
Manufacturer of
FINE AND common '
HARNESS,
And Dealer in
Horse & Stable Equipments.
Particular attention paid to
REPAIRING.
Thankful for the liberal patronage of the past.
the subscriber hopes to merl t a, continued share of
the busmess favors of his friends and the public.
WM. B. SWAN.
CONVEYANCESOV
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'DAN’BURY.& NORWALK B. ll
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing December 371, 187 7 .
, DAILY TRAINS
LeaveNorwalk Bridgrfor Danlmry
At 939 n. 111. connectin with th Sh ' . '
for Litchlleld, g e emu" 11 11
631p. In" ' 1
‘L ' connec in with She an R. 15.1
Litchfleld on Siisturduya. p g or
LeaveNorwalk Bridge/”South Nor-walk .
At 7 33,11. m., 108 p.m., 5 53 p.m.
Leat'eDanuryforNorwalk.
630, a..m..:12 00111.; 4 45. p. m .
FreigntTrnin at 6 10 p. m.
L.W.SANDIFORTII, Supt.
IEWlOlll .lE‘ll HAVE! I. IAIITFORO RAILROAD
Trainslenve South Norwiilk [or New York at
125. (Washington Exp.,via. Harlem ltivur).347.
lExp.).4_6:—’, (Exp) 0 00.5 0343' 7 34, 7 15*, (Exp)
J 215,“ lO-‘lb. (Exp) A. M., 123*, 2 5053‘ ('Exp.) 4 30,
(Exp.)5 0.5,. ,JExp.) 6 55, 9 05,( Exp.) l’.1\l,17'or New
Haven, 1 53‘. (lhxp.)_0 «19, 9 01, u 23, (Exp) 10 48, A.
M..1211,(bxp,>14a, 215,012,. )4 01, 418.(Exp.)
8 ll, 646. lo .lb. (Exp) A. ll ‘25, (Exp) 1'. M. For
Bpringflelcl,t 719 9 28, (Exp.) A. 11., 1211,(Exp.)
1 45, 4 18, (Exp) 6 46 10 35. (Exp) 1’. M. Earpress
for Boston, Via.Sprlngfleld, 9 28, A. M., 12 11, 418,
and 10 3t}, 1’. _hl.,yia. New London ; 215 and 1125
1'. 111., via. AuILmo 12.11.,1a2, 71.51., and 2 18.17.11!
‘Connectathw Rochelle with llarlcm River
Branch. '
FREIGHT LINE
1011111 in] NEW 1011
0
Who te’s Propellers
Will continue to make regular trips between Nor-
wnlk Bridge and New York, (ice pcrmitting,)stop-
ping at So. Nor-walk to receive and leave freight.
Freight received from and delivered ntthe freight
depot of the Dnnbury and Norwalk Railroad.
Produce sold as heretofore. Firight at usual
rates.
“- All persons are forbid trusting any of the
e :nployees of the boats 01' this line on account of
the owners thereof.
Norwalkllnrse llailwaylimelable.
COMMENCING JANUARY 31), 1378.
LEAVE Nouwxnx. io. NORWALX
Ollie-m. N.1'. . . . 93511-3!
635 u &N H Aceom 655 u .
705 " New York Accdmmo’n 725 "
725 “ N. Y.Exprees 745 “
805 “ 825 “
835 “ New HavenAecom’n 905 “
905 “ N.Y.Ac.&N.Il.Ex. 950 “
930 “ 950 “
950 77 1010 .-
1010 “ New York Express 1035 I'
1028 U .New Haven Aecom. 1045 N
l058 " 1110 It
ll20 " 1140 H
1150 H NewHavanxpi-eas l215p,m
1235p.m., 1255 7-
1255 NewYork Accommo’n 125 H
125 ‘ New Haven Aecom’n l 45 H'
155 ‘ N.lI.Exprcss. 220 ‘.
230 “ NewYorkExpi-ess 300 u
300 " 320 "
320 “ 34o 1*
840 “ New HavenAccom. 410 ”
400 “ NewllavenExpi-ess 420 u
'410 " NewYorkExpress 430 “
440 “ N.Y.Accoinmodati.m. 503 u
503 H . 522 t.
522 ' 540 .
55o ‘ N.H.Accom’n 615 -'
605 " New YorkExpress 628 H
628 “ N. H.&N.Y.Accom 648 "
638 “ 656 i‘
706 H 725‘ ‘
725 “ 745 u
755 “ 825 u
825 " 845 ‘
845 " NewYorkExpres 905 u
905 “ ' 925 I
935 H 955 H
955 “ Saturday nightsonly. 1015 H
swan 1571115177.
The followlng cure is pronably the most re-
markable ever 917th by any medical
preparation for the treatment
of Catarrh:
Gentleman—I hereby certify that I have had Catarrli
for ten years, and for the last six years have been a.
terrible sufferer. I was rendered partially deal, had
buzzing 1n the bend, pains across the temple. dizzy
BPells.weak and painful eyes, swollen and ulcerated
tonslls, hard and constant cough, severe pain across
the chest, and every indication of consumption. My
head achcd all the time. The matter accumulated so
rapldl in my head and throat that I could not keep
them ee. brequently at night I would sprrlng out of
bed, It seemed to me, at the point of an ocatlon. I
would then have recourse to every means in my ower
to dislodge the mucus from my throat and head eforc
. beln able to sleep a nln. For n Rerlod otslxyearsmy
tons swere ulcerate and so inuc inflamed thatlcould
with difficulty swallow. I finnll consulted an eminent
surgeon in regard to an operat on on tliem,but at his
request postponed it. The constant inflammation and
ulceratlon in my throat caused b the polsonous mat-
ter dropping down from my hon had so irritated and
lnfiamedmy [an that I coughed lncessnntl ,—n deep,
hard con 11. eamvhllc my sgstem began 0 show the
efl‘ecteot his disease, so the I ostfiesli ew pale,nnd
showed every symptom of an early deal 1 by consump-
tion. When matters had reache this stage,or about
slxmonths ago, I began the use of Sass-0110‘s Ramon.
Conn F03 Gunman. After using the first bottle lbe-
gun to improve m ldl . The first dose seemed to clear
my head as I ha no known it to be for cars. It
seemed adnnlly to arrest the discharges. 1 stopped
my cou ‘lirin. three days. By using it as a gargle I soon
reduce the inflammation and swellliig o my tonsils,
so that they soon ceased to trouble me. The soreness
across my chest disappeared, the buzzin horses in my
head ceased.myscnses of seeing and 0 hearing were
completely restoredmnd everys ptom of disease that
had reduced me to the verge o the grave disappeared
bithe use of SANFOBD'S RADICAL Cour: FOB Curamur.
have been thus explicit because, as a drugglst. I
have seen a great deal of suffering from Catarrb. and
holpe to convince many that this Is a rent remedy.
am familiar with the treatment 0 Cntarrh as rac-
tlsed by the best physlelans, and have consults the
most eminent about my case. 1 have used every kind
of remedy and apparatus that have appeared during a
period of six Years past. and have. whl 8 following their
use,taken great care of my general health, but obtained
no relief or encouragement from any of them. 1' ' '
Boston, Feb. 23, 1875. GEO. F. DINSMOI’E
- I’D
amour, ss. F151;. 23, 1875.
Then personally a peered the said George F. Dlns-
more, and made out that the foregoing statement by
him subscribed is true. Before me,
SETH J. THOMAS. J ustlcc ofthc I‘cacc.
_—
Eaeli packs e contains Dr. Sanford'a Improved Inhal-
ln Tube, wit full directions for use in all cases. Price,
31510. For sale b all Wholesale and Retail Dmfif‘s“
throughout the nlted States. WEEKS & P0 "ER,
General Agents and Wholesale Drugglsts, Boston, bless.
0011M.
V0|.TII|0 PLASLEII
Alfords the most grateful relief in all Af-
a. fections of the Chest and Lungs.
OIIIIOIIIO PLEIIIIISY CUBEO.
_Messrs.Wuxs 5: P0171211: Gentlemen,—Ilavlng for
many months est suffered with every lame side, called
by my physio 1111 Chronic Pleurls , caused by a'formcr
injury and strain, and for which used many prescrl <
tions and ltulments, as well as the so—called rheumat 1:
cures. without the least benefit, 11‘in physician recom-
mended one or our CoLLixs 01.127110 Pnasmns.
whlch to my grea s rise, relieved the pain and sore-
ness almost immediate y and. I have been able to at-
tend to my household affairs ever since with perfect
ease and comfort. whereas, before the application of
your invaluable Plaster. I was scarcely able to do any
hing. I consider them lncstlmable. and sh all with
pleasure recommend_them to the afflicted. Yours re-
spectfully, Mus. RANGES IXARRIIIAN.
0mm), lilo, April 21, 1876. .. _: ”_._,
, There ls no medical or protective appliance that will
rove so grateful and effective in ‘ickling Cougvhvs,
rrltatfon and Sorcness ot‘ the Chest and Lungs. e
believe them capable of preventing serious diseases 01
these organs. v
1
PRICE, 25 CENTS.
Do not confound these Plasters with the ordinary
Evlgfttfifeusgf the day, that by comparison are absolutely
... Be careful to obtain Commvs' Vozraro Peas-nan. a.
combination ofElccti-lc or Voltalc Plates with a highly
Medicated Plaster as seen in the above cut. Sold by
all Wholesale and Retail Dru ists throughout the
United States and Canaries. an 3' WEEKS 65 POT-
TER. Proprietors, Boston, Mass.
PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD.
GREAT THROUGH LINE
AND
UNITED STATES DIAIL ROUTE
The attention of the traveling public is respect-
ful] inVited to some of the merits of this great
big way, in the confident assertion and belief that
no other line can offer equal inducements as a
route of travel. In
Construction and Equipment
TIIE
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
stands canfessedlyat the head of American rail-
ways. The track is double the entire length ol’the
Iine,of steel rails laid on heavy oak ties,which are
embedded in a foundation of rockballast eighteen
inches in depth. Ail bridges are of iron or stone,
and bmlt upon the most approved plans. Its pas-
senger care, while eminently safe and substantial.
are at the same time models of comfort and ele-
gance.
The Safety Appliances
in use on this line well illustrate the far-seeing
and liberal policy of its management, in accord-
ance with which the utility only of an improve-
ment and not its cost has been the question of con-
51deration, Among many may be noticed .
THE BLOCK SYSTEAI 0F SIGNALS,
JANNEY C'O UPLFR, BUFFER AND
PLATFOR ,
THE WHARTON PATENT 8 WI TCH.
AND
THE WES TIN GH 0 USE AIR-BRAKE,
forming in conjunction with a. perfect double
track and road-bed a combination of safeguards
against accidents which have rendered them
practicallv impossible.
Pullman Palace Cars
Are run on all Express Trains
From New York, Philadelphia, Baill-
more and. Washington,
To Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, ln-
~ dlanapolls, and st. Louis,
Wxthout Change,
and to ell principal points in the for West and
South With but one change of cars. Connections
are made in Union Depots, and are assured to all
important pomts. '
THE SCENERY
Of the Pennsylvania Route
is admitted to be unsurpassed in the world for
grandeur, beauty and variety. Superior refresh-
ment facilities are provided. Employees are
courteous an:1attentive.and it is an ii evitable
result that a trip by the Pennsylvania Railroad
must form
A PLEASIIO AHO MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE.
Tickets for sale at the lowest rates at the Ticket
Offices of the Compan in all the principal Cities
an Towns.
FRANK THOMSON. L. P. FARMER,
General Manager, Gen. Passenger Agl.
C. S. HALDEMAN, New England Agent,
103 and 205 Washington St, Boston, Mass.
.1. 17.112.117.170 .2 8011,
Have opened, at the store next to Connecticu
- Hotel, a First-class
MARKET
for the sale of
Poultry,
Fish,
Fruit
AND
Vegetables.
Where will be kept all the
Finest, as well as the Common
Varieties in their Season,
and we shall endeavor by fairtlealing and strict
attention to business to merit, and would res ect-
fully invite a share of the public patronage. hey
have engaged the services of Charley Doolan to
take charge of the Fish Dcpartment,whicli is a
sufficient guarantee thateverything will be nice:
OYSTERS &: CLAMS
Opened or in the Shell.
ALSO
Pure hill from .0111 awn Dairy.
J P. Ilaxronn. FRANK Hum-70111).
NOW FOR YOUR WATER PIPES.
Wm. Glover 8:. Son,
Are ready to put. in yourWATER.STEAM or GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at as low a rate as
anyone. WROUGHT AND CAST IRON, TIN-
Ll NED. LEAD PIPES, &c., of every size and de-
scription. PLUMBING in all its branches.
E. NELSON,
Manufacturer of
Bullies, Sleigh 8701111711111,
BROOK ST., NORWALK, CONN.
H’Broken Carriages or Wagons neatly and
ormtly repaired.
MACH l N ISTS M‘ETAfililtfifigf m
GAZETTI 0
address immediately or en 1111-11 of
11 ono.n.cnoL'ivnm.,mgh Street.
Shop In rear of Residence, Main Street, Not-walk
@2321 glitter.
v\/\l\1 \/ x; \N\
M\I WW
ISTRIC'I‘ 0F NORWALK,ss.Probate Court
February 18th.1s78. ..
Estate of MARTHA WHITE, late of ii iiton.
in saidDistrict, deceased. ,
The Court 01' Probate for the District of Nor-
walk, hath limited and allowed six months from
the date hereof for the creditors of said estate to
exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who
neglect to present their accounts properly attest-
ed, within said time. will be tlcbarrcd a recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment to
7 TlIEO. T. OVISGTOX, Executor,
3110‘ Brooklyn, N . Y.
Tax Collector’s Sale.
OTICE is hereby given that the undersigned,
under and by virtue ot’a certain tax warrant,
duly executed and signed by proper authority.
and directed to the undersigned,commanding him
to levy and collect of JOSEPH MCGILAWmnd
other persons named in the rate-book on the list
to said warrant annexed, their several propor-
tions of the sum total as therein stated, said sum
being a tax or assessment agreed upon by the in-
habitants of the Town of Darlen, regularly and
legally assembled on the second day of October,
A. 1).,1876, met for the purpose of providing for
the indebtedness of said Town List of 1876,1cvics
upon and will sell at public auction, at the prom-
ises hereinafter described on the 2001 day of April,
A. D.,1878, at 1035 o’clock, a. m., so much of the
following described real estate, with the buildings
thereon, ol’Joseph McGraw,sitnatcd in said town
of Darren, and bounded as follows, to wit: - north-
erly by highway, easterly by land estate of _M 056 s
Mather, deceased, souther y by land of Richard
Bates, and westerly by land of Sally Batcs,contain-
ing three acres more or lcss,as will raise the sum of
Eight dollars, SS), that beingthc proportion of the
said Joseph MeGraw, of the sum total in said list,
together with charges of levy, sale &c.
IRA SCOI‘IELD, Tax Collector.
List of 1876.
Dated Dal-fen, February 25111, 1578. 31:10
Tax Collector’s Sale.
OTICE is hereby given that the undersigned,
under and by virtue of a certain tax warrant,
duly executed and signed by proper authority.
and directed to the undersigned, commanding
him to levy and collccrof' SETH ll. MEEKE It
and other persons named in the rate book, on the
list to said warrant annexed, their several propor-
tions of the sum total as therein statcu, said sum
being a tax or assessment agreed upon by the in-
habitants of the town of Darren, regularly and 1e
gally assembled on the second day of October,
1876, nietf'or the purpose of providing for the in—
debtedness of said town list of 1576, levies upon
and will 301‘ at Public Auction at the premises
hereinafter described, on the 20111 day of April,
A. 1)., 1578, at ‘11 o’clock, a. 111., so much of" the fol-
lowing described real estate. With the buildings
thereon, 01‘ Seth ll. Meeker, situated in said town
of Darien, and bounded as follows, to wit z—‘Sorth-
erly by land of Elias D. Gerow, easterly and
southerly by land estate of Samuel Meeker, de-
ceased, and westerly by highway, containing two
roodspnore or I055,lls will raise the sum of Five 45-
100 Dollars (55.45400) that being the proportion 01
the said Seth ll. Meeker, of" the sum total in said
list together with the charges of levy. sale, &c.
IRA SCOFIELI),
Tax Collector,_list of 1870.
Dated at Darion, March 28th, 1878. 3110
Tax Collector-’5 Sale.
O'l ICL‘ is hereby given that the undersigned,
under and by virtue of a certain lax warrant.
duly executed and Signed by propcrniiihority, and
directed to the undersigned, commanding him to
levy and collect ol STEPHEN C. CllASl‘lmnd other
persons named in the rate book, on the list tosaid
warrant annexed their several proportions of the
sum total as therein stated, said sum being :1 tax
or assessment agreed upon by the inhabitants
of the iown 01‘ Darlen, regularly and legally as-
sembled, to wit :— 0n the 2nd day of October,
A. 1)., 1576, inctforthc purpose or providing for
theindcbtedncss of said [own list of 1e76, levics
upon and will sell at Public Auction, at the prem-
ises hereinafter described on the 20th day of April,
A. 1).,1573, at 10 o’clock, a. 111., so much of the fol-
lowing described real cstatenwith the buildings
thereon, of Stephen C. Chase. Situated in said town
of Dnrien, and bounded as follows, to wit: North-
erly and easterly by land of Hannah E. Bates.
wife of Allen B. Bates, southerly by highway, and
westerly by land of George W. Clock, containing
two acres. more or less, as will raise the sum of
Seventeen 01-100 Dollars (31104-1150,) that being the
proportion of'lthe said Stephen C. Chase, 01' the
sum total in said list, together with the charges of
levy, sale, 61c.
IRA SCOFIELD,
. Tax Collector. list 01' 1870.
Dated at Darren, February 28th, 1875. 3110
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The Artists of Connectic ut.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT To T1117: LUVLHS
or am:
Tue Coxxxcricrr Posr for Saturday,
March 0111, began the publication of a series
of articles on T111: ART AND ARTISTS or Cox-
NECTICL‘T, which have been for some months
in course of preparation by a member of its
staff. The plan of the work has received
the sanction and warm encouragement of
many of the most disinguishcd artists who,
by birth or residencediave linked their names
with that of Connecticut. Many of them
have zealously interested themselves in secur-
ing material for the work, and have iade it
possible to accomplish what could not well
have been done without the assistance so acn-
erously tendered and so abundantly rendered.
The plan of the work, in addition to agen-
cral review of the progress of Art in Connec-
ticut, and the rank which the sons :of Con-
necticut have attained in this pursuit, will
include personal sketches of not less than a
hundred and fifty persons, with numerous
incidents and anecdotes of the men and WC-
men who have made of Connecticut so im—
portant a part of the artist world in America.
For the number of really distinguished
American artists who were not born or have
not at some time worked in Connecticut is so
small that those not specially informed will
be surprised at the array necessarily included
under the title chosen for this work.
Readers of THE POST will be given a rare
treat in the perusal of these papers, which
will appear every Saturday until the wotk is
completed.
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second week a supplement of twelve columns
is given, making an average of forty-right
columns- of reading. The subscription price
is only $1.50 per year, if paid in advance.
Address Evnxixo Posr Assoouriox.
A Strong Argument.
About two year ago, Judge A. W. Bart-
lett, of Trimble county, Ky, refused to
license the sale of intoxicating drinks to any
man in the county. This “new departurc'
by‘a county judge was heralded all over the
land, and a charge of insubordination was
made, and an appeal went up to the Court
of Appeals. But the judge remained firm.
He looked at the work of the license system
in the county; he saw “evil, only evil, and
that continually,” and resolved that, by his
hand, no more men should be allowed to
work ruin upon the people; that in eternity
no rum-seller should hold up his license and
say, “Herc, Lord, is my authority, signed by
the county judge of Trimblc county.” The
Court of Appeals sustained the judge, and
since that day not a licensed rum-shop has
been granted for the county. Now, mark
the result: to day, there is not a criminal
case on the docket in Ti'imblc county; not
a. criminal in the jail, not a pauper in the
county, and not a licensed bar-room. Last
county court day, though the county seat
(Bedford) was crowded with people not a
drunken man was seen in the town. Perfect
order and goodwill reigned. No husband
went home a terror to his wife, no father a
demon to his children. Men ask, “\Vhat
good will a prohibitory law do, if passed?”
Here is one of many examples we could give
just like it. Is not such a record desired for
every county? Look at Anderson county,
with her two whisky murders in one week;
look at Jefferson county, with her forty or
fifty murders per year, and five hundred and
thirty-seven arrests in one city in the month
of June ; look at Pulaski county, with her
ten whisky murders recently ; look at Bour-
bon, with her ten whisky murders now on
docket; look at Scott with her docket
crowded, and then look at Trimble, free
from whisky and free from crime, and say
whether you will put your name with Judge
Bartlett’s against the license system, or in
favor of it.—Ke-nt2wky Temperance Advocate.
In his own country the death of George
Cruikshank has been received with unusual
manifestations of sorrow. One of the lat-
est tributes to his memory closes as follows;
“It should be recorded for the honor of
George Cruikshank that his sketches, per-
sonal, social and moral, were wholly free
from the coarseness which marked the pen-
cils of Rowlandson and Gillray, and that he
showed the English public that the purposes
of satire could be fully secured without dc-
parture from the dignity of the artist or the
character of the gentleman and the teacher
of moral lessons. And we cannot conclude
these remarks with more fitting praise then
by saying that at the end of a long and busy
and laborous life as an artist, and forced, us
he was, to deal largely with the fashionable
vices of the last two—may we not. say nearly
three ?—-generations, he was one of those
chosen few carieaturists who could boast
that they had never pcncilled a single draw-
ing which an English mother would hesitate
for a moment to place under the eyes of her
daughter.
Live and Dead Weight Turkeys.
Farmers frequently have occasion to sell
turkeys by live weight, and wish to know
what is the fair price between live and dead
weight. In turkeys dressed for the New
York market, where the blood and feathers
are only removed, the loss is very’ small. For
the Easternmarkcts the heads are taken off
and the entrails are taken out. This makes a
loss of nearly one-tenth in the weight. A
large gobblcrwas recently killed, weighing
315. pounds; after bleeding and picking be
weighed 29% pounds, a loss of 2 pounds, or
one-fifteenth. When ready for the spit be
weighed 281— pcunds, a loss of 3% pounds,
which is nearly one-tenth of the weight.
When the market requires the New York
style of dressing, the price is 15c. 21 pound,
live Weight, or less, if the labor of dressing
be counted anything. In the other style of
dressing, if the price were 50c, the farmer
could sell for 18c, or less, live weight,
without loss. Farmers who never tested the
loss of weight in dressing often submit to the
deduction of three or four cents a pound for
the middlemen, who are interested in making
this large difference—Philadelphia Frees.
A New Hampshire Vineyard.
Mcsrs. G. ck. H. Whittaker, father and son,
of Mason, have a prolific vineyard covering
six acres among the hills of that old town.
They have been twelve years experimenting
and working to bring the tract into its pres-
ent fruitfulness. With the exception of a few
Delawares the entire six acres are coverd
with the Concord grape, with their large,
handsome, lucicus clusters. The Whittakers
estimat their crop this year at twelve tons,
although last season it reached but ten:They
employ fifty pickers, and when they are all
at work in the mellow sunshine the scene is
said to be very picturesquerc. The fruit is
packed on trays and stacked in a storehouse,
and a few weeks later is sent to the Boston
market. The Whittakcrs have also four
acres in peaches, and the present season they
marketed 125 bushels, which brought them
from $5 to $7.50 per bushel. Their favorite
peach is Cooper’s Mammoth. but they also
cultivate Hale’s Early, the Crawford’s,
Foster and some few other varieties. They
are now experimenting with the blackberry,
with every prospect of success.
The Rev. Mr. Thomas, Methodist pastor of
Winstcd, who was injured in theTarifl‘ville
disaster, is announced to deliver a lecture in
a short time for the benefit of the surviving
l sufferers.
Norwalk Chronicler