WHOLE NUMBER 1582.
Bcrttc’s PhilosolflIY-
Bx EVA M. TAl‘PAN.
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Small boy. Bertie
Drumming on the pane,
Looking at the chickens, _
Draggled with the rain.
Little philosopher
Wrinkles his brow,
Says “I wonder——
I don't see how.
“Where 'do chickens come from ?
Mamma, please to tell.
Yes, I know they come from eggs
Know that very well. '
“Course the old hen hatched ’em,
I know that, but then—
Won't you tell me truly,
Where'd they get the hen?
“Spose’n you were my boy,
All the one I had, ,
And Big folks wouldn’t tell you things,
Shouldn’t you feel bad? ' '
“Every single thing you say /
I knew years ago.
Where the first hen came from,
Is what I want to know." .
—l’roaidence. Jam nal.
churchyard. There, at least, they would not
have had to crowd with their elbows to get
room to lie comfortably, as I could not help
“thinking some of the poets must be doing.
I had the luck, good or bad, to stumble upon
a monument to a long-deceased ancestor,
which highly delighted Somerset, who look-
ed upon me as in some way honored (the de-
ccascd obtained his monumrnt by a bad ac-
tion.) by that heavy stone. For sixpence we
of the monarchs, and, were it possible, an-
other sixpence would have sufficed, in all
probability, fora view of the royal bodies.
We strolled across to the Parliament Build.
ings, which did not at all show their size
until I bethought Ire that that little horse-
post of a wooden model of Cleopatra’s Nee-
dle just before them was seventy. odd feet in
height. Parliament is well lodged and al-
most gorgeously. Unfortunately it was not
in session and we gazed upon balls covered,
as to their upholstery, with linen. In the
House of Lords were feeble signs of life, for
a lawyer in wig and gown was hummingly
reading something to the Lord Chancellor.
also highly arrayed with the addition of
ermine; occasionally interrupted, humming-
ly,.by one or two other lawyers. In a cor-
ner by the door a dozen or so open-mouthed
spectators vindicated the publicity of courts.
The lawyers were half-asleep,or appeared so,
- Fertile Gazette.
Our Reliable Loafer Abroad.
IV.
Sir Harry—Lord, lord! was ever man so
tired! A plague o’ thy cities. say It An_I
had not been an ass I had let thee prate till
doomsday ere I left my Ridge. To see the
world, for-sooth ; to get my death o’_runn1ng
here and there. I’ll see no more. Back
go to-morrow, an there be a po’chaise in all
London, and make my peace with Nell.
Doubleface.—How . now, mine honest
knight, so soon discouraged?
Sir H.——Zoundst Am I a cart horse, a
mule, a dromedary? Eight leagues have I
traipsed this day, an I have walk a foot. My
legs are tender as a half-hour’s lamb. As to
my back—wench, hast thou a bed i’ the
bonsai—“The Bumpkin.”—-Halley, 1788.
I must apologize for the interval which has
elapsed since my last letter, but the fact is
I have been unwell and have not felt at all'
disposed to write. .After this letter, too,
there must be another, longer break, for I am
travelling too rapidly to attempt to describe
what I see. When I return to Paris the
series will again flow on in its wonted monot-
ony. So much by way of explanation, and
now I’ll take up the account where I dropped
it a month 'ago. We saw London in one
week, and a more-tired crowd I think I never
saw than we vvere at its end; tho’ I was
present at the Centennial and have seen the
President of the U. S. stand all day shaking
hands with the great unwashed. 01* first
move was to get a general idea of the city.
in doing which we walked pretty well all
over II; from the West End to the Tower;
butI believe it was as much the constant
looking, the keeping the mind intent, that
fatigued us, as the simple walking. Of
course when we ran across any building of
interest we entered it. St. Paul’s was the
first, and I learned then how well I did not
know anything about London. Your expe-
rience, my friend, will probably be similar
when it is your turn to visit the old country.
One hears frequent mention of St. Paul‘s
churchyard, and his mind calls up a large
enclosure full of moss-grown eulogies to the
virtues of past generations,above which wave
stately trees. At least my mind played me
such a trick. The reality is that the old
cathedral stands right in the .street, and the
name of the churchyard is given to the
square about it; having, today, about as
much propriety as the common name “gar-
dens" in other parts of the town. In front
of the church, upon the large stone platform,
stands a woe-begone statue of Queen Anne;
“with its back to the church and its face to a
gin shop," as an irreverent old saying puts it.
There is talk of removing it. Entering the
church we see before us dinginess and dust,
and struggle hard to preserve a little of our
old idol. Bare, all of it, and the eye rests
thankfully upon a hazy ray of light which
falls aslant from somewhere way up in the
dome. But itdoes not reach the pavement,
being gradually diffused and mingled with
the prevailing dust long before. There are,
of course, no pews, and the building is so
immense that one does not at first notice the
chairs under the dome, although there are
enough to accommodate alarge congregation.
Many statues to departed worthies, afew tat-
tered flags, an acre of marble tiling, a wilder-
ness of bare wall with some great columns
and a vast dome—our dream is gone, and we
walk out with the half wish that we had not
seen it. It is the loneliest, most forlorn
buildingI have seen in Europe, reminding
me strongly of one of those old men one
sometimes meets, who have outlived all ties
and simply exist neglected by all, even by
themselves.
We walked on down L'ldgate Hill (palsaing
under the Metropolitan Railway—London’s
‘ Rapid Transit,”) and down the :Strand to
Temple Bar. That is a thing you will never
do, for the old Bar is now a thing that was.
“Sic transit,” and it was a hindrance to traf-
fic. By the way, I saw a letter in the Times
proposing that the gate be sent to the United
States as a present from the mother country.
It would be odd to meet it again in New
York. Near Temple Bar is the Temple
Round church which presents quite a con-
trast to poor St. Paul's. Though very much
older (built by the Knights Templar,) it is
not only fresh but gorgeous,——one of the
finest churches in London. Gothic, of course.
The oldest portion is round and contains
some splendid polished columns, of what
we call “ Scotch granite, " which until
lately, were covered with plaster, Upon the
floor, four on each side, lieblack marble effi-
gies of eight Knights of the order, several
who had taken part in the Crusades having
their legs crossed. The church proper lies
beyond,but the round portion is always filled
on Sunday by the crowd attracted by the
music of the boy choir.
Coming out 'we met the Duke who insisted
that we should go with him to visit the new
Houses of Parliament. We had intended
going to Hyde Park but there was nothing
for it but to give in, so I took his arm and
strolled slowly along. For a wonder the
Duke kept pretty well out of scrapes, his
nearest approach to one being at the entrance
to the restaurant where we breakfastcd.
About the door were standing a number of
flunk‘eys, and Somerset, finding the passage
blocked by one big footman, said: “Out'of
the way, fellow, and make room for your
bettcrsl” “Who are you i” said the man,
quite as haugbtily. “Hist, ’tis ’is grace the
Duke, the Duke of Somerset,” whispered
one of the others. “Then let the Duke be-
’ave as sich," calmly replied our big friend,
and budged not an inch until I took him by
the collar and threw him one side, though I
must confess that my sympathies were with
him. I think the Duke was rather ashamed
of himself, for he found out the man‘s name
and took him into his service soon after.
Said he liked his pluck.
0n the way to the Parliament Houses we
went to Westminster Abbey, which has
in a peculiar degree that appearance of hav-
ing been snowed on. Old, old, it looks both
within and without; old and dusty and
dusky, like the great sarcophagus it is. .Were
all the monuments removed one would still
know he was among the tombs, for the air is
heavy, not with the odor cf sanctity, but of
the decaying greatness of ages past. As We
walked up and down the aisles the Duke
pointed out one and another name long dear
to me; but, somehow, I would rather have
and the interest not being intense we dc.
parted- .
Half an hour later we might have been
seen (we were seen, but it’s polite to put it
“might have been," so I do it,) entering the
first room in the National Gallery where Ho-
garth’s paintings hang. I fear I am some-
thing of an infidel for I can't say I like his
pictures and think it would be just as well to
cover them up, as an old gentleman I‘know
always expresses a desire 'to do when he
passes the Venus de Medici. With a person
who really knows something about pictures
it is pleasant to visit a gallery; it is pleasant
with one who, tho’ ignorant as to art, feels
the beauty of the paintings and expresses
that ; it is something if, lacking either quali-
ty, one keeps silent, none of these requisite
points had the Duke; He al .l'ays had some-
thing to say at the wrong moment, which
might have been endured had it been silly
enough to laugh at, but was usually only stu-
pid. For instance, we stood before one of
Landseer‘s paintings (a sketch for a fresco for
the Queen,) called “The Fall of Endymion.”
The man himself stands urawed and defiant
in the midst of rain, proud and handsome,
but with still a trace of pity for his follow-
ers. These are all about him. The men,
with beads of boars and other wild beasts,
grov'el on the ground in abject terror mixed
with rage; the women, with dogs beads,
cling to Endymion striving to save him alone,
not giving one thought to themselves. While
I was studying the picture and getting a new
insight into the mind of Landseer as a man,
the Duke broke out with, “Fall of Endy-
mion, eh? Ah, Landseer. Yes, pretty pic-
ture, but I’m blessed if I can see what the
fellow’s driving at, don‘t you know.” A few
more of these dampers put me out of humor
with my kind, and I dragged the Duke thro’
most of the gallery at a pace to which his
aristocratic legs were quite unaccustomed.
Not having wind, he couldn’t talk. It seemed
‘to me I never saw so many pictures together
before, and I contenued to think it quite a
large collection until I saw the Louvre at
Paris.
The British Museum which we walked
through (I avoid the word saw,) next day 1's
large beside any other if the gallery isn’t.
Imagine all the museums and libraries you
ever saw collected in one place together, mul-
tiply by ten and obtain as a result afaint idea
of the British Museum. There are collec-
tions of everything under the sun and some
few that aren’t; antiquities of all ages, from
the time when men dwelt in a cave and hob-
nobbed with the gentle bear down 'to the
present when he produces his cave artificially
and hobnobs with no one for fear of being
vulgar; collections of the art, etc., of all
nations; coins, medals; stuffed birds, beasts
and fish; slatuary,_bronzes, autographs and
mummies. If a man of any age or nation
should accidentally come to life once more
I’ll wager that at the British Museum he
could not only find a room where he would
feel al home, but one where he could stock
himself out pretty fairly with all the neces-
saries of life in vogue at the time when
he found life itself unnecessary.
After that can you expect me to describe
the place ?
And London resembles the Museum. So
far I have not kept my promises about the
city, and I think I will defer doing so until
my next visit to it, and will cross the channel
in No. V. When you notice incoherency in
my .letters please'lay it tomisprint of which
there are many in those I have received so
far. It is not the fault‘ of the printer. No,
great men all write badly, and that has al-
ways been my comfort when I have strolled
into the compositors’ room and found the air
blue with the compound expressions of woe
which circled about the head of the unfortu-
nate man as he hungover my copy and wept.
At such a moment, however, it has been
my habit not to mention my presence until
well out of the door, for a composing stick
may hurt. The fog of the city is in my let-
ters, I‘m afraid, but I hope you will be
indulgent. And so on reaoir. '
ENRIQUITO.
Florence, Italy, April 8, 1878.
”
Getting Names for bad Purposes
In all papers of the fiashy sort, as well as
some that claim a higher standard, may, be
read the advertisement, “Your, name neatly
printed on fifty cards for ten cents—postage
paid," etc. Every printerknows that the
cost cf cards furnished, which are of fine
board, together with the work and postage,
will cost at least ten times ten cents. How
then, can men make this trafiic pay? It is
claimed that the lists of names of thought-
less young ladies and innocent girls, as well
as those of young men and boys, gathered
' by advertisements of this kind in every city
and village, and at . almost every post office,
command a big price when offered for sale
to men who deal in literature of that kind
which poisons the young mind and prepares
a foundation for a blasted life. In the bands
of these soulless .wretches, the preserved lists
are an uuerring guide to the hearthstone of
almost every family. The cards are some-
what nice, but circulars ofieriug books and
pamphlets, sensual and beastly, at high
prices.-will doubtless follow. It may be that
the advertisers of cards do not want the lists
for sale, and are themselves the vampires
upon society who take this method of get-
ting addresses for a nefarious traffic. Be
this as it may, the thousands of names sent
for cards thus advertised, are on a danger.
ous journey.-—:Sig0umey News.
Issuers ox Roses—When it is not practi-
cable. to employ the disagreeable fumes of to.
bacco, which otherwise are the best remedy
for insects on the roue, Ellwangcr and Barry
adopted the following:—Boil four ounces of
quas sia chips ten minutes ;in a gallon of
soft water, and after straining add four
ounces of soft soap, which should be dissolv-
ed as it cools, stirring well before using.
With a small, clean painter’s brush, applyit
to’every infected leaf and shoot. In fifteen
or twenty minutes wash the plants with pure
water. Tobacco may be used instead of the
quassia. For some insects a sprinkling of
powdered white helleborc will destroy or dis-
perse them, the plants being previously well
moistened. The rose-caterpillar, which glues
the leaves together, must be killed. by pinch-
ing between the thumb and flown—Country
Gentleman.
seen them on a little stone in a country
had the privilege of viewing the monuments.
partial delivery. Al
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, APRIL :30, 1878.
PUB[_._I_I_J_ACTS
or the store or Connecticut, Passed us
also January Sou-loss or the General
Assembly. 1 878.
[Published by Authority]
House Bil No. B9. '
cuereu xxxvm.
An Act in Alteration of an Act Relating to
Navigation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of‘ Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened.
Section 1. The governor may appoint a
suitable number of harbor-masters in any
town of this state which has navigable wa-
ters within its limits. Any such harbor-mas-
ters, so appointed shall hold their offices for
three years from and after the date of their
appointment and until others are duly ap-
pointed and qualified in their places.
Sec. 2. Whenever the master or owner of
any vessel lying within the navigable waters
of this state, or the person having the same
in charge, shall wilfully neglect or refuse to
obey the order of any harbor-master perform-
ing his duties under the provisions of the act
to which this is in addition, such harbor-mas-
ter may cause such vessel to be removed at
the expense of the owners, and such harbor.
master may recover the expense of any such
removal of any owner of such vessel, in an
action of debt founded upon this statute.
Sec. 3. The fees of, the harbor-masters
shall be three dollars per day for the time
actually employed in the duties of their of-
‘ ficc, and such fees may be recovered of the
owners of the vessels over which they exer-
cise or perform any of the duties of their
office, in an action of debt founded upon this
statute.
Sec. 4. This act shall not affect any suit
now pending, and shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved March 16, 1878.
House Bill No. 190.
CHAPTER XXXVI“.
An Act relating to Crimes and Punishments.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
scntativcs in General Assembly convened.
Section 1. Every master of a vessel owned
in this state who shall wilfully take the same
out of the waters of this state withintcm to
defraud the owner of the same, shall be im-
prisoned in the county jail or the state prison
not more than three years.
Approved March 16, 1878.
House Bill No. 203.
CHAPTER xxxlx.
An Act relating to the powers of Committees
and Auditors.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assemly convened:
Section 1. Committees and auditors ap-
pointed by any court while engaged in the
trial of the cases which they are appointed
to hear, shall have the same power and au-
thority to commit for contempt, that justices
of the peace now have.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from its
passage. . , ~ .
Approved March 16, 1878.
House Bill No. 298.
. guarTnu xt.._
An Act in relation to Warehousemen and
Warehouse Receipts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and I] once of Repre-
senta'tives in General Assembly convened: ‘
Section 1. Any person or persons may es-
tablish and maintain public warehouses and
may receive on storage into the same any
goods, wares, merchandise, provisions, grain.
flour, or other commodity, and shall issue to
the person or persons from whom he or they
shall have received the same, warehouse re-
ceipts therefor; provided, however, that no
person or persons shall issue any receipt for
any goods, wares, merchandise, provisions,
grain, flour, or other commodity so received
by him or them on storage as aforesaid, un-
less he shall have displayed and shall main-
tain in a conspicuous manner on the front of
the building where said goods or other com.
modities are stored, the words “Public.Ware-
house.”
, Sec. 2. No warehouseman or other person
shall issue any receipt, acceptance of an
order, or other voucher for or upon any
goods, wares, merchandise, provisions, grain,
flour, or other produce or commodity, to any
person or persons purporting to be the own.
er or owners thereof, or entitled to, or claim-
ing the right to receive the same unless such
goods, wares, merchandise, provisions, grain,
flour. or other commodity shall have been
actua ly received into his warehouse and shall
be under his control at the time of issuing
such receipt, acceptance or voucher.
Sec. 3. No warehouseman or other person
shall issue any receipt or other voucher upon
any goods, wares, merchandise, grain, flour,
or other produce or commodity to any person
or persons as security for any money loaned
or other indebtedness, unless such goods,
wares, merchandise,graiu or other produce or
commodity shall be at the time of issuing
such receipts in the custody of such ware-
houseman or other person and in his ware-
house.
Sec. 4. No warehouseman or other person
shall issue any second or duplicate receipt,
acceptance, or other voucher for or upon any
goods, wares, merchandise, provisions, grain,
flour or other commodity while any former
receipt, aéceptance or voucher for or upon
any such goods, wares, merchandise, provrs-
ions, fiour, grain, or other produce or com-
modity as aforesaid,or any part thereof, shall
be outstanding and uncancelled, without
writing or printing in a red line across the
face of the same the word duplicate.
Sec. 5. No warehouseman or other person
shall sell or incumber, conceal, ship, transfer,
or in any manner remove beyond his imme-
diate control, any'goods, wares. merchandise,
grain, flour or other produce or commodity,
for which a receipt shall have been given by,
him as aforesaid, without the written order
or assent of the persons holding such receipt.
Sec. 6. Warehouse receipts given for any
goods, wares, merchandise, gram, flour, pro-
duce. or other commodity stored or deposited
with any warehouseman may be transferred
by endorsement thereof, and any person to
whom the same may be so transferred, shall
be deemed and taken to be the owner of the
goods, wares and merchandise therein speci-
fied so far as to give validity to any pledge,
lien, or transfer, made or created by any such
person or persons. but no property shall be
delivered except on surrender and cancella-
tion of said original receipt or the indorse-
ment of such deliver thereon, in case of
warehouse receipts,
however, which shall‘ have the words “not
negotiable” plainly written or stamped on the
face thereof, shall be exempt from the pro-
visions of this section.
See. 7. Any warehouseman or other person
who shall wilfully violate any of the fore-
going provisions shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be
fined in any sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding three
years, or by both such fine and imprisonment;
and all and every person or persons aggriev-
ed by the violation of any of the provisions
of this act may have and maintain an action
at law against the person or persons violating
any of said provisions to recover all damages,
immediate or consequential, which he or they
ma have sustained by reason of any such
vio ation before any court of competent Jlll‘ls-
diction, whether such person shall bave been
convicted as herein before provided or not.
Sec. 8. So much of section five and six of
this act as forbids the delivery of property
except on surrender and cancellation of the
original receipt or the endorsement of such
delivery,sball not apply to property replevrn-
ed or removed by operation of law.
Approved March 16, 1878.
House Bill N o. 303.
CHAPTER. xu.
An Act establishing the compensation of pris-
oners confined in jail for non payments of
fines and costs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened.
Section 1. Every person committed to any
jail upon conviction of any criminal offense,
and held therein only for fines and costs, or
either .of them, shall be discharged b the
state's attorney for the county,when the abor
of such person at the rate of one dollar a
day, shall amount to said-fine and costs. .
Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsist-
ent herewith are hereby repealed. .
Approved March, 16, 1878.
House Bill No. 118.
cuarrnn xnu.
An Act relating to Taxes.
Wnnnnxs, In several towns in this state _cer-
tain pieces of land were granted and given
for the ministry of the gospel, and where-
as said lands have been leased for different
terms up to nine hundred and ninety-nine
years, and whereas doubts have arisen
about the legalityof tsking‘such lands,and
the practice being in various towns to tax
all such lands, in other towns to tax only
the bulldings,nnd in some towns to exempt
them from taxation altOgether; therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened :
Section 1. All taxes heretofore laid on such
iecgs of land are hereby confirmed and vali-
te . -
Sec. 2. All such lands and property shall
be assessed and taxed in the same manner as
other property. ‘
Approved March 16, 1878.
House Bill No. 104.
cu AFTER xnm.
An Act amendiagahe General Statutes relat-
ing to Education.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repro-
scnsatives in General Assembly convened.
That section first of chapter eleven, title
eleven of the general statutes is‘hereby
amended to read _as follows:
The committee of each school district, or
if they fail or are unable to do so, its clerk
shall, annually in January, ascertain the name
and age of every person over four and under
sixteen years of age, who shall belong to such
district on the first Monday of said month,
and the place, the year and the month when
such person last attended school, together
with the names of the parents, guardians or
employers of such person, and return'the
same to the school visitors of the town to
which such district belongs, on or before the
twentieth day of January; and in making
such enumeration, children temporarily re-
gllardians residing in another, shall be enu.
meratcd only as belonging to the latter dis-
trict. If such return is not made on or be-
fore said day, one of the school visitors shall
make such enumeration before the first day
of February next following, and return it to
said school visitors, and shall receive therefor
five cents for chcll child so enumerated, to be
paid from the amount appropriated by the
town for the support of schools in said dis-
trict.
Approved March 16, 1878.
House Bill No. 280.
CHAPTER XLlV. .
An Act in Amendment of Title 19, Chapter
15, Section 21, of the Revision of 1875.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rome-
scntatives in General Asscml‘l: convened:
That title nineteen, chapter fifteen, section
twenty-one, be, and the same is hereby
amended by striking out after the word
“manner," in the fifth line of said section,
the words “as if it. had been. or could have
been brought more by appeal ;” and inserting
in lieu thereof, the following words, viz: “as
the tribunal where judgment is reversed may
do ;” and when any judgment is reversed on
account of any defect or informality in the
writ or pleadings, such defect may be amend-
ed at the discretion of said court. '
Which section,,when thus amended, will
read as follows, viz: '
If a judgment or decree shall be reversed
by the superior court, court of common pleas,
or district court, on a writ of error, either
party may, unless the judgment shall be re-
versed on a. principle which shows that the
action cannot be sustained, enter the action
in said court, whither it shall be preceded
with and tried in the same manner as the tri-
bunal whose judgment is reversed may do,
and when any judgment is reversed on ac-
count of any defect or informality in the writ
or pleadings, such defect may be amended
at the discretion of said court, and the whole
costs in said action, including the costs on
the writ of error. shall be taxed in . favor
of him who shall recover final judgment; if
the action shall not be so entered by either
party, the plaintiff in error shall recover final
judgment for his damages by said erroneous
judgment or decree, together with ins costs
on said writ of error.
Approved, March 29, 1878.
House Bill No. it).
CHAPTER XLV.
An Act in addition to an Act concerning Sal-
aries and Fees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened.
That the fee of town clerks for recording
an ordinary mortgage deed with but one cer-
tificate of acknowledgement shall be fifty
cents.
Approved March 26, 1878.
House Bill No. 109.
CHAPTER vaI.
An Act in addition to an Act for the Pres-
ervation of Game,
Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives in General Assembly convened.
Section 1. , No person shall shoot, kill'
attempt to shoot, or attempt to kill, any wild
duck, goose, or brant, in, on, or over the
waters, bays, channels, islands, marshes,
mud flats, pond-holes, or any part of the bed
of the Housatonic river or south of the
bridge across said river known as Washing-
ton bridge, and above or north of the beach
on which the house of George Smith stands,
anda line from the middle of the west end
of silljd beach to the south side of Neck bridge
cree .
Sec. 2. Every person who shall violate
the provisions of the preceeding section of
this act shall be punished by a fine of not
less than seven dollars nor exceeding thirty
dollars, or by imprisonment in a common
jail for a term not exceeding thirty days, or by
such fine and imprisonment both; and all
complaints for violations of this act may be
made by any proper officer, in either of the
,towns of Milford or Stratford, and may be
heard and determined by any justice of the
fiance residing in either of said towns of
ilford or Stratford.
Approved March 29, 1878.
House Bill No 133.
CH AFTER Yl.\"ll.
An Act relating
to Civil Actions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
rcseutatives in General Assembly convened.
That suits for the redemption or foreclo-
sure of title property claimed to be subject
to two or more mortgages or liens, between
the same parties, may be brought to the
superior court, when the amount of the debt
or liability secured by either of such mort-
gage or liens, as described in the mortgage
or certificate or lien, shall be sufficient to
bring the larger of such liens within the jur-
isdiction of the superior court.
Approved March 29, 1578.
Senate Bill No 149.
.cuxrrnu vam.
An Act concerning the Estates of Deceased
Persons.
Be it enacted in the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened:
That where any estate of a deceased per-
son in settlement as an insolvent estate shall_
prove to be solvent or more than sufficient
to pay the amount of debts presented and
allowed against it, it shall he the duty of the
court of probate, in ordering the payment
'of the debts so allowed to add interest upon
said debts from the ’time to which interest
had been allowed upon them by the com-
missioners or by a court of review, or superi-
or court or appeal to the time when payment
is so ordered; provided. that if such estate is
net‘sufi‘lcient to pay such‘interest in full, such
amount as is left shall be applied pro ram,
upon the claims allowed.
Approved March 27, 1878.
House Bill No. 33.
CHAPTER XLIX.
An Act concerning Embezzlement.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened :
Section. 1. Every ofilcer or agent of any
public, municipal or private corporation;
every executor, administrator, guardian,
conservator, or any trustee under a testamen-
tary or any express trust, who shall wrong-
full appropriate and convert to his own use
the money, funds or property of such cor-
poration, estate, ward, trust, or other person,
shall be guilty of embezzlement, and shall
be punished by a fine not to exceed ten
thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not to
exceed ten years or by such fine and im-
prisonment both.
Sec 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsis-
tent with this act are hereby repealed.
Approved March 29, 1878.
House BillNo.cl. .
CHAPTER. In
An Act relating to Salaries and their Time
' of Payment
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. No annual salaries after the
quarterly payments thereof in July, 1878,
shall:be paid in advance, such salaries shall
be paid on the second Monday of each month
succeeding that in which the services were
rendered, commencrngr with the second
Monday in November, 878.
Sec. 2'. Chapter one hundred and forty-
onc of the public acts of 1877, and all other
acts inconsistent herewith, are hereby le-
pealed.
Approved March 29, 1878.
House Bill No. 120.
CHAPTER Ll.
Actions.
Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Rome.
sentatives in. encral Assembly convened:
That any person who without neglect on
his part, may suffer damage by' reason of the
neglect of any railroad company to construct
or maintain railings or fences on the sideof
its railroad, as required by law, may recover.
such damage from such company in action“
on the case.
House Bill No. 801.
cusr’rsn LII.
An Act establishing (pertain Fees in Criminal
ases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Justices of the peace shallrc-
ceivethe entry, trial and record of any crlm.-
nal case, and for hearing and binding over ,
or acquittal for want of probable cause, one
dollar and. fifty cents. . Witnesses shall re-
ceive in every such case for attendance be-
fore court or any legal authority, when sum-
moned by the state, fifty cents a day, and
for travel to the place of trial six cents a
mile. '- - '
Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Approved March 27, 1878.
—
Senate um No.58.
. cuxrrnn Llll. _
An Act in addition to an Act relating to
> Courts. . ,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly cgnvcned.
That the term of the superior court for
New Haven county held in Waterbury, on
siding in one district, but having parents or .
. class.
’An Act in addition to an Act entitled Civil .
the first Tuesday of June in car-h year, may
be adjourned from'time to time after said
month of June, by the chief justice of the
supreme court, or the judge assigned to hold
such term, any law to the contrary notwith-
standing.
Approved, March, 27, 1878.
House Bill No. 332.
CHAPTER LIV.
An Act to prevent the Making and Publi-
lication of False or Deceptive Statements
in relation to the Assets of Fire Insurance
Companies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened:
Section. 1. No company, corporation or
isociation authorized to transact the busi-
ness of fire insurance within this state, shall
state or represent, either b‘yadvertisement in
any newspaper, magazine or periodical, or
by any sign, circular, card, policy of insur-
ance, or certificate of renewal thereof, any
funds or assets to be in its possession, not
actually possessed by it, and available for the
payment of losses by fire, and held for the
protection of holders of their policies of fire
insurance. The advertising of subscribed
capitol not actually paid up in cash, shall be
construed as a violation of the provisions or
this act. -
Sec. 2 Every advertisement or publieau-
nouncement, and every circular or card
hereafter made or issued by any company,
corporation, or association. authorized to
transact the business of fire insurance within
this state, which shall urport to make
known the financial standing of any such
company, corporation or association shall
in all the particulars which it purports to
give, correspond with the lastpreceding ver-
ified statements made by the said company,
corporation or association to the insurance
departments of this state. '
Sec. 3. Every person or corporation vio-
lating any provision of this act shall, for the
first offense, forfeit and pay to this state five
hundred dollars, and for every subsequent
violationof any provision of this act, shall
forfeit and pay to the state one thousand
dollars.
Approved March 29, 1878.
Senate Bill do. 49.
CHAPTER I.\'.
An Act concerning applications for Restora-
tion'of Forfeited ri hts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and case of Repro-
scntativcs in General Assembly convened :
No application for the restoration of for-
feited rights to any person convicted of crime
shall be heard by the general assembly unless
notice of such application shall have been
published at least once a week for two weeks
successively before the session at Which the
application is to be made. in some newspa-
per published in the town where the appli-
cant resides, if any be pbblisbed in that town,
and if there be none, then in some newspa-
per of general circulation in the county where
such applicant resides. 3 And such notice
shall specify the crime of which the appli-
cant was convicted, thc date and place of
conviction, and the court before which the
conviction was had; and in case the convic-
tion ‘was in a. justice’s court, such notice shall
state the name of the justice of the peace who
held such court.
Approved March 27, 1878.
Senate Bill No. 22.
CHAPTER LVI.
An Act CODCCI‘DlDO‘ License Fees for Blind
Teraons.
Be it enacted by the Senatc‘ and House of Repre-
sentatives in.General Assembly convened :
Section 1.. That no town, city or borough
shall be allowed to tax any license fee to any
blind person, resident of this state, for the
privilege of selling, within their limits, goods,
wares and merchandise manufactured by‘
such blind erson with his own hands.
Sec. 2. ' it acts and parts of acts taco:-
sistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Approved March 27, 1878.
Earths.
Dean GAZETTE :—It has cccurred to me
that few of those in our schools have given
attention to this subject. At the commence—
ment of this century few substances seemed
more likely to retain a permanent place in
chemical arrangements than the solid and re-
fractory earths which compose the crust of
the globe. Analysis had shown that the va-
rious stony or purturbulcnt masses which
form our mountains, valleys and plains,
might be considered as resulting from the
combination on intermixture, in various
numbers and proportion of nine primitive
earths to which the following names were
given: _ , _ ‘
1, Barytes; 9., Strontites; o, Lin-L, A,
Magnesia; 5, Alumina or Clay; 5, Silica;
7, Glucina; 8, Zirconia; 9, Yttria.
Alkalis, acids, metalic ores and native
metals ware supposed to bc.of an entirely
dissimilar constitution.
The brilliant discovery by Sir H. Davy in
1803, of the metalic basis of potash, soda.
barytes, sirontites and lime, subverted the
ancient ideas regarding the earths, and
taught’us to regard them as all belonging.
by most probable analogies, to the metalic
According to an ingenious suggestion
of Mr. Smithson, silica, however, ought to
be ranked with acids, since it has the power,
in native mineral compounds, of neutralizing
the alkaline earths, as also the common me-
tilic oxides. But as this property is also pos
sessed by many metalic oxides, it can afford
no evidence against the metalic nature of the
silieious basis. I
Alumina, by the experiments of Ehrman,
may be made to saturate lime, producing a
glass; and the triple compounds of magne-
sia, alumina and lime are perfectly neutral in
porcelain. We might, therefore, refer alum-
ina as well as silica to the same class with the
oxides of antimony, arsenic, chromium, cal-
umbium, molybdenum, titanium and tung-
sten. Alumina, however, bears to silica the
same- relation that the oxide of antimony
does to that of arsenic; the antecedent pair.
taking the part of basis, while the consequent
pair act only as acids. The compound of the
fiuorw principle with silica is of too mystcg
rious a nature to be employed in this discus-
sion.‘ .The almost universal funcions which
silica enjoys, of saturating the alkaline ox-
ides in the native earthy minerals, is exhibit-
ed in a very striking manner in Mr. Allan’s
valuable Synoptic Tables. From his fifth to
his fifteenth analysis the column of silica is
always complete, whatever deficiency or va-
riation may occur in the columns of the
earthy basis. At least only a. very few ex-
ceptions need be made for. the oriental gems,
which consist of strongly aggregated alumina
'We shall enter at present into no further dis
cussion concerning their place ,in asystematic
arrangement. Whatever may be the revolu-
tions of chemical nomenclature, mankind
will never cease to consider as earth’s those
solid bodies composing the mineral strata,
which are incombustiblc, colorles, not con-
vertible into metals by all the ordinary meth-
ods, of reduction, or when reduced by scien-
tific refinements possessing but an evanscenl
metalic existence, and which either alone, or
at least when combined with carbonic acid,
are insipid and insoluble in water. See Uris
Dee.- of Chin. ' R.
What is Silica. '
‘ One of the primitive earths, which in con-
sequence of Sir H. Davy’s researches on the
metalic basis of the alkalis and earths, has
been rcccntlyregarded as a compound of pe-
culiar combustible principle with oxygen.
If we ignite powdered quartz with three
parts of pure potash . in a silver crucible, dis-
solve the fused compound in water, add to
the solution a quantity of acid equivalent to
saturate the alkali, and evaporate to dryness,
we shall obtain a fine gritted powder, pow—
der which being well washed with hot wa-
ter and ignited will leave pure Silica. R.
The debt of Canada grows larger every
year. Comparing the burden in 1867 with
what it had last'year grown to be, we find an
increase of over $80,000,000, amounting in
all to $174,675,834. In that decade there
was only one year, 1871, that did not bring
'an addition to the debt. In the last three
years the bankruptcies figured up about $80,-
000,000, and in the same period the ordinary
annual expenditure has gone up from $13,
500;000 to $23,316,000, or which the ordins
ry revenue no longer sufilces. _
Noah Webster defines a bonnet; asl‘a cov-
ering for the head of a female.“ And yet
they brag about the accuracy of Webster’s
diction”! l
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All unusual cuts and devices 25 per cent. extra.
ALEX. S . GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church .
Teacher of
Plano-Forte, Organ and Muolcal
Composition.
Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
J. Belden Hurlbutt,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Boom No.4, [up stairs,]
REAL ESTATE.
\AN wxm
r\I\
To Rent.
The First Floor of a Dwelling House. with
kitchen, basement, etc. Apply to
R. L. ELLS.
For Sale.
A cosy comfortable Cottage on one ofthc pleas-
untcst streets in town, within five minutes
walk of the Bridge or Churches. will be sold at
cost price. A portion or the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. I’ricc $6.000. En-
quire at this Office.
For Sale
Or Exchange for Norwalk Prop-
erty. '
NE FARM on Long Island, ‘15 acres. also TWO
HOUSES in Brookl n. For particulars en-
quire of‘ J. S. RAIDALL, l’, 0. Box 68.
its Norwalk, Conn
F or Sale or to Rent.
OFFER my residence on Union Avenue for
sale, or to let Furnished to a desirable tenant.
Possession about lst of May. Terms easy.
CHARLES 'I‘. LEONARD.
Norwaik, April 81h, 1s7S. . ' 15
'aluable Real. Estate
For Sale 2
THE property of MARGARETBELDENJate of
Norwalk. deceased :—
Thc Lot on West Avenue adjoining C. '1'. Weeks,
say 1% acres.
The “Skiddy Land,"cast of Borough Reservoir,
say 4 acres. .
The "Mallory Land,” west of Borough Reservoir,
say ti acres.
The “Spring Hill Land,” north of Henry Kel-
logg’s, say _3 acres. .
The Lot adjoining homestead of Henry Kellogg,
say 1 acre.
A Wood Lot near William F. Crof‘ut’s. Darien
Turnpike.
Said ltcal Estate remaining unsold on the lat
:lay of May next. will be rented for the season.
turf Apply to F. STJOHN LOCKWOUD. .
For Sale.
A GREAT BARGAIN.
OR SALE CHEAP FOR CASH. Over Five
Acres of‘ one of the most. desirabc properties
m Nor-walk, centrally located on line of Norwalk
Horse Railway Co. Price $10,0c0, Cost 320,000.
Apply to JAM ES W. HYAT’I‘, Norwalk, or
HI‘JN RY B. LOCAWOOD, No. 2 New Street, New
14
York City. ‘
' To Let.
THE-residence of the late Capt. Abijah Betta,
with or wtthoUt home lot. it is situated on
the bent road. Wilton,and in a. desirable local-
Ity. Possession given April lst. Terms moderate
Enquire upon the premises of Mrs. C. M. Gregory
or of DR. J. G. GREGORY, Norwalk,Conn. 2t
GAZETTE BUILDING.
CHARLES W. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
NOBWALK, CONN.
Office comer of Main and Wall Streets. N itrous-
Oxide Gas administered .
C. B. COOLIDGE,
DENTIST.
Successor to ‘
Dr. Asa. Hill,
9‘ Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
“It pain. *
DENTISTRY
AT HARD TIMES PRICES,
For Cash— No Credit 1
all work excutcd in the Best Manner. at my office
Corner of Main and Washington Streets,
SOUTII NORWALK. CONN.
T. E. SWIFT, D. D. S.
& W . MITCHELL,
‘1
b.
At the ever popular
U N I O N M A R K E 'I
has always the best of
Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
attairlivingprices. Union (formerly Model) Mar
hot, on the Bridge. 18
“AISLES S. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper anti lailorl '
AND
GENTS’ FURNISHING EMPORIUM.
Main Street,Norwalk, Conn.
ED \VARD P o WEED,
I U G- G— I S 'I'
Wall,Slreet,apposite Norwalk Opera House,
A large and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
PerfumeryJ’ateut Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters. 1‘oilet and Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
ind Handkerchief Extracss, Hair Brushes.Combs,
iponges,Chamois_Skins, Stationery. Cigars, &c.,
tlld is coustantl adding to his stock all the new
tnd popular mcr iciues ofthe day. '
Stores to Rent.
HE old and well-known business stand for-
merly occupied as a Drug and Book store by
the late John W. Taylor, Westport, Conn. Loca-
tion eligible, good cellar, with two rooms on sec-
and floor connecting with store. which contains
first class fixtures and large,handsome show win-
vtows, protected by permanent awning. Suitable
for any respectable business. Bent only $200 per
annum . Twolronlrooms on second floor ofsamc
Juxldingsultnbie for olllccs, to rent for 840 per an-
num. _Also the small store adjoining. formerly
occupled b the Town olllccs, with good fixture:
andlargc s 10W window. Rent $100 per annum.
Stone posts and flagged sidewalksin front or both
stores. Inquire of Messrs. 'l‘aylnr & Richard»
opposite, or of M rs. John W. Taylor, atrelidence
on bill near the store. 10
To Rent.
The second floor of a house on the east side of
West Avenue, near the 2d M. E. Church, to a small
family. Borough water. -Annly at the GAZETTE
OFFICE.
FARJIIS FOR SALE.
Enquire of
CHAS. COMSTOCK,
New Canaan, Conn.
ll
o MIL—A nice Second Floor, consisting offive
- rooms; good well; other waterin the house;
privilege. of garden. Apply to G10. II. RICE.
Spring Hill, or A. ll. HOYT & 00’s., Shoe Store.
To Rent.
THE Jarvis place, the whole house or by
apartments, as desired. Apply to
10 J. W. McLEAN,M. D.
’ ' To Rent.
ESIRABLE Suites of Rooms for Offices or
Families. Also, the large Brick Building on
Water Street,wilh‘ungine and Boiler, suitabll
for Manufacturing Purposes.
F. ST. J OIIN LUCKWOOD, Executor
6 for Estate of Wm. K. James, deceased.
To Let.
The Property in the rear of the Fair-
field County National Bank,
formerly occupied by Price 55 Bates, suitable for
manufacturing purposes. Also Barn on High St.
50tf E. B. PRICE.
wonwa 1.x INSURANCE co.,
L NOR WALK, CONN.
Charter Capital $500,000
Paid up Capital - - 100,000
WM.C.SEnEnT,Pres., Gno R.Cowr.Es,Scc’y.
'I‘NA INSUR ANCE Co. ofHAR'l‘FORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $0,710,893.77
insuresagainst loss and damage by Fire,on terms
idoptedto the hazard andconsistent with the laws
of compensation. COWLES a MERRILL,_
Sole Agentsfor Norwalk and Vicinity.
GEORGE ll. RAYMOND,
Furnishing Undertaker,
No. 53 NIAIN STREET,(Up Stairs.)
B. S. BLASCER.
At his store in
MALLORY’S BLOCK,
has constantly on hand, a. general assortmento
Groceries, Crockery, Glass,
'Iin and Wooden Ware, Etc.
8y devoting his constantpcrsonai attention to the
business he hopesto merit public patronage
Dr. C. H. Kendall & Son,
DENTISTS.
Are now prepar~
ed to r e c e i y e
their patrons at
either N orwalk
Bridge or South
Nor-walk. he
' partner
has taken rooms
Bookstore, Nor-
-walk, while the
j u nio r retains
the old office, Lauder's Block. South Norwalk.
l‘ceth extracted without pain. and all dcntal ope-
rations pcrformcd at. either office.
0. ll. KENDALL, M.D.,
. G. S. KENDALL, D. D. S.
P. S. Dr. C. H. lscndall will devote Mondays to
Ridgcllelzl.
"C. W. Burritt
Has Removed
To No. 4 Phoenix Block, Wall St,
Foot of Mill Hill,where with increased facilities
. he is prepared to do
PLUMBING,
in ‘allits branches. Also special attention given
to Tin Roofing, Tm and Shcctlron Work and Job-
bing. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand . .
Norwalk. April, l876.
TONS'ORIAL!
ONE of the most prominent features of a well
conducted Barber Shop, is Cleanliness, then
Competence in the Artist, and strict attention to
business. You will find all these combined on a
visit to‘thc
Modal Harnessing Rfltlllt.
if your head is full of Dandruff; if your hair is
falling of,
E . A P E I. Is
llas got: a Sure Cure
Ladies and Children Hair Cut and
Shaulpooed
- in the Most Approved ngle. Only 15 Cents for a
First—Class Shampoo. all and give us a trial.
FWall St., Up Stairs, 2d Door from Post Office.
CLOSED ON SUNDAYS. 9tf
Blllllealls
s11Ilsesshdstylcscsnbehsdstthc
Gazette sob Prlntlnxc one.
o v c r Selleck's ,
Desirable Property For Sale.
THE Homestead formerly owned and now 0::-
cupied by John Roberts. For farticulars cu-
quil'e of CH AS. H. STR ‘E’I‘.
Fairfield Co. National Bank.
Farm for Sale.
DWELLING HOUSE situated inthc Borough
of Norwalk. with or without twenty-eight
acres of land; said land is suitably divided into
pasture, wood, plow and meadow land. For fur-
Ihcr inlorm ation apply at this Otllcc, or ofthc sub-
scriber. HARVEY FITCH.
Norwalk, January 14th, 1878. 3
.. To Let.
Two NicelyFurnished Houses.
NE a Cottage, neatly furnished, with Hot and
Cold Water, Bath, dzc. The other richly fur-
nished, will be rented to parties without children
only. Both centrally located,and will be rented
to desirable parties at a low rent. Enquire at the
GAZETTE OFFICE.
For Sale Cheap,
0r Exchange for other property,
One ol'thc neatest,and cosiest little Cottages ir
the Borough. Will sell to .a good tenant for little
oggcfimoncy down. Enquire at GAZETTE 0F.
.
‘l
Desn able Property for sale.
A. Verydesirable place on East Avenue.
Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenuc,forsalc clleap.
Also,a nicclylccated House and Lot on Mer-
win Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar"
gain, Enquire of
S, E. OSBORN. EastAvenue,
tt'll _, or to D. W‘. FITCH, West Avenue.
For Sale.
:‘1 A House and Lot.in a healthy location on
fiiiiii F‘airStreet, above Catharine. The llousels
nearly new. well built. conveniently arrang-
ed. and will make a comfortable and pleasant
home for a family of average size. The lot rum
back to the river. There is a well ol‘excellent
water on the place, and Borough water in thl
Street. Price low,aud part. of'the money can re-
mam on mortgage. A line chance to secures
home. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE. 3t!
FOR SALE .
’ W0 veryllesirableBuildingLotson Westllain
Street . Apply at the GA ETTE OFFICE .
sears: warn srllscll,
has constantly in stock athis new store,
No. 9 Main Street,
a choice and_llna assortment of
G r0 caries,
Provisions,
Fl on r,
Fruit, &c., ;
To which he would invite the attention ol'all who
wish to purchase firsnclass goods at
Reasonable Prices.
DRIED BEEF. RLICED. A SPECIALIY.
BEN T of IIAMgllgg'gER W'HOLE OR
D.
Drop in and see him at his new store
V0. 9 MAIN STREET.
Shilling and-Merchandise Tall,
Erinted or ‘Plain
Bylhe Dozen or Thousand, at Manufacturers
Prices, at the
GAZETTE OFFICE.
' Dentaurf
Linimtnts. A
More than 1,000,000 bottles of the now celebrat-
cd Contour Llnlments were sold last year.
We assert without tear of contradiction that no
man, woman or child will say that they did not
perform accordmgto the advertisement. We do
not pretend that the Centaur Llnlmcnlowill
mend a broken leg or perform impossibilities,
but we do say and mean that these Liniments
will come nearer working miracles than anything
ever before discovered. We have thousands of
certificates showing how remarkable cures of ob-
stinate cases of Rheumatism , Neuralgla, Sciatica,
Cased Breasts,1’oisonous Bltcs,Scalds and Bums
Swelled Legs and StifiJoints. &c., have been, ef-
fected by it. The certificates all read one way,
and the sale is constantly increasing. We Will
send these certificates gratis. Some of them may
be found around each bottle of Liniment. The
Liniments are quick, they are reliable. they are
safe and they are cheap Among the ingredients
used are Witch Hazel. Carbolic, Naptha,‘ Rock.
Oil, Mcntha and Arnica. There is no fieshflboné
or muscle ailment which theywill‘not relieve and
benefit. The “(like Contour laminae!“ is
for the human frame, while the Yellow LII!-
mens is adapted to the rough muscles and fibres
of horses and animals. For Stiff Joints, Lame-
ness, Spavin, Rina-bone, Sweeney, Galls, Poll-
evil, clc., the Yellow Centaur blnlsnens is
worth its weight in gold to every farmer, livery-
man, tcamster and owner of animals. A single
bottle has put a disabled horse in the harness,and
a few bottles have rendered a useless spavincd
horse worth two hundred dollars. There Is no
mistake about these Linimcuts. They are simply
wonderful, and they are naturally finding their
way into the utter most parts of the earth. No
family should be without them. They are'handy
as well as certain. ,
J. B. ROSE it; 00.,46 Dnr Sn, an Yonx.
‘ 4 Dilllllrell .
May be‘mndc healihya’nd strong by the use of
Dr. Pitcher-9s Castor-la, aperl‘cct substitute
for Castor Oil. It contains no morphine and is
superior to any syrup or 'rcmcdy in use. The
Cantos-la is particularly recommended for
children. In; destroys worms, assimilates thefocd
and allows natural sleep. Very efficacious in
Group and for children Teething. For Colds.
Feverishness. Disorders of the Bowcls and Stom-
ach Complaints, nothing is so effective. It is as
pleasant to take as honey, costs but 35 cents
and can be had of any druggist.
This is one of many testimonials :—
“CORNWALL, Lnnnwox Co., I’A., Mai-ch 17374
“Dear Sir:- -I have used your UASTOBIA in In)
practice for. some tune. I take great pleasure in
recommending It to the profession as a safe, relia-
hlc and agreeable medicine. It 13 particularly
adapted to children where the repugnant taste of.
Va:[0r Oil renders it so difllcult to administer.
‘ E. A. ENDERS, M. D.”
Mothers who try Casronra will find that they
can sleep nights and that their babies will be
healthy. J. B. Rosa .2 00., New York. 3m17
Free. Reading Room.
THIS is acomfortable room fitted up for the
benefit of the public generally, situated an
east side of‘South Main Street. over Rood’s Jew-
elry Store, Clark and Lane‘s Block, nearly 0 pc—
sttc Railroad Depot, South Norwalk, Ct. I. is
open from 9 a. m., to 9:45 p. m. The room is well'
:lghted, warm and comfortable. It is supplied
wrth four dailies, two weeklies, and several
monthly papers and journals. beside a number
of lustructlve and interesting books.
COFFEE ROOM.
There is a Coffee Room on the same floor and a
lady Ill attendance from 9a. m., to 9:45 p. m., to
serve HOME MADE articles mentioned below,
at the following prices: "
l Cup ot‘Cofl‘ee, with crackers,
1 Clip of Tea, with crackers, -
Cocoa, - - -
Brown Bread and Butter,
Sandwich. -
ake,
Doughnuts,
Piece ol'l’ie,
Crulicrs,
Ham, - - - . -
335531151 Bgans, wrth bread and butter,
CICIUICIGIG‘CIUI
- 10
10
:L
1.878.
EVERYTHING
DOWN TO HARD PAN.
DRDDERIES, §
VEGETABLES,
muss FISH,
FRUITS, at,
AT THE
Very Lowest Market Rates.
A full assortment constantly on hand, freshly re-
plenished every day, with
Choicest Fruits, Best Vegetables,
and Sea Food.
Goods delivered in any part of town. Leaveyour
orders l‘rc cl y 'with
Demmon .13. N ewcomvb,
53 Main Street, Norwalk.
William Hindley,
THEODORE E. SMITH,
DEALER IN
Hardware, Cutler/y,
AND
AGRICULTURAL murmurs.
\VALL PAPER, WINDOW SHADES, PAINTS,
OILS, GLASS, SASU, BLII'US & DOORS.
Main St., Sorwallr, Conn.
SIGN PAINTING, PAPER HANGING, .eo,
Notice.
ALL persons applied to by tramps for meals
. will DIG-(Se not furnish, but direct them to the
.‘ltA M l’.“l)US‘E, situated at Norwalk. adjoining
the luck-up.\vhere they “'11le supplied \vith‘both
«lap and work. The public are cautioned against
élclicving any of the stories that the tramps may
-ut forth in regard to theirnot buingprnpcrlyfed,
is the authorities having the matter in charge
uropose to feed this class of people according to
{he exigences of the ease.
ANDREW summon ,0
CHARLES W. SMITH.) “
Norwalk, Feb. 25th. 1878.
elclmen.
AT
Quintard’s Furniture Rooms
will befound a complete assortxdcnt of
FURNITURE, &C.,
ncludlngevcrythingusuallyfound in a first-class
:stablishment, at Prices to suit the Tunes .' Also,
.. large assortmentof ,
33301103, PICTURE FRAMES;
LOOKING GLASSES, dle.
' Ila ssPlatcs cutto any size. Bepairingdom i n the
nest manner, at short notice. Also, old llair Mat-
trunsesmadeover as good as new.
E. OUINTARD’S 80!.
Furniture -Fm'nitewe
If youwish
Parlor, library, Dining and Sitting
ileum Sets,
Walnut or Cottage Chamber Sets,
Style,‘Bcst Finish and Make and for the
Least, Money, go to
WM. LOCKWOO D’S,
No. 36 Main Street, NORWALK, CONN.
Also,
General Furnishing Undertaker.
Orders attended to promptly day or night. Rest:
dance with Mr. C. T. Cornwall, France St.
l
‘ that portion of the entertainment.
or anything in the Furniture Line,ofthc Latest:-
VOL. magnetism 18
Golden» Wedding;
As “Golden'Weddings” seem to be, judg-
ing from the recent issues of your paper, or
almost weekly occurrencc'inxthis vicinity; It
- may not be out of place to give your readers
an account of a verypleasanPgathering of
relatives and friends from “far and near,"
who assembled at the home of Mrs. Denslow,
‘Ingleside, to celebrate the' fiftieth anniver-
sary of the marriage of her beloved parents
Rev. and Mrs. Mark Staple. ' ’
The “happy pair” are fortunate in possess-
ing alarge circle of warm friends, the Rev.
gentleman having been for many years an
effective member of the New England Con-
ference, where be filled successively and suc-
cessfully the following appointments: Lynn-
field, Malshfield, Martha's Vineyard, (now
Vineyard Haven) and» Fall River. Here,
through excessive labor during the progress
of a great'rcvival, his health failed, and he
rested for one year, when he was returned to
Vineyard Haven. He was one of the body
of ministers who first started the Martha’s
Vineyard Camp Meeting, now so widely
known. -
Lynn, Springfield, Dorchester, ' Webster,
and Southbridgc followed in the “regular
succession” '» of the-3 itinerinthystern, until
from ‘a‘e severeilironchial afleétiorr, he was
again obliged. toil-est from his labors fora
season. ‘It was during his pastorate in
Springfield, that he pimicipated in the dedi-
catory exercises of the Springfield Cemetery,
and is the only- clcrgyman now living, who
assisted at its dedication. Mr. Staple was
also the first Methodist 'clergyman who was
invited to fill the pulpit of old Dr. Osgood of
Springfield, a staunch Presbyterian, who had
looked on all Methodists as- interlopcrs and
quite beyond the bonds of “election."
Afteraseason of ‘ rest and recuperation
passed in Lynn, one of his old appointments,
he again resumed active service and was
stationed'at Melrose, Lynn-Maple Street
and Winthrop Mass, when in the spring of
1855 he was by his own request transferred
to the New York East Conference, then in
session at Danbury. His appointments in
that Conference were Mamaroneck, New
Canaan and two appbintments in Brooklyn,
in which latter place he passed seven years
when ill health again obliged him to rest
until the spring of .1868, when he came to
Silver Minc,'as a member ofthe New York
Conference, of which body of . ministers he
has for the last: three years-been President.
Everything was propitious on the evening
of the eighth, the skies smiled as welcome to
the expected guests, and the moon gave out
her fullest beams for the benefit of those who
came from a distance. By asingulsr and
very pleasant coincidence the Golden Anni-
versary fell on the same day of the week on
which the veritable wedding ceremony took
place, fifty years ago. ‘ It was also, just nine
years ago that day, when they moved to their
present home; as well/as the wedding anni-
versary 'of, another happily married pair
n‘mong the guests, but who do not yet number
so many decades;- - '
The “golden bridegroom" and his bride,‘
received the congratulations of their friends,
standing under an arch, formed of fine ever-
greens in , the center of - which, in golden
letters on a background of dark green cloth,
was the monogram of the initial letters of
their baptismalnames. On either side, sepa-
rated by bunches 'of autumn leaves and ferns,
were thetwo dates in golden figures.
Extending down the sidesof the arch near-
ly to the floor, were trailing sprays of the
climbing fern, autumn leaves and other
native ferns,‘ and behind, 'within the arch,
showing between and a little above Mr. and
Mrs. Staple, was a fine picture, representing
ashcaf of ripened wheat with some stray
ears of the same grain, embellished and sup-
ortcd b the “wee crlm u ti er,"
gnu Tumsvyyruro vqncy’a'u‘gglfmvgefitfl‘gml-
nine element, while alew brighter leaves
ani opened flowers told the morning , of life
was past. . . _. -
The wholedecorations of the house, were
autumn leaves, ferns, the graceful climbing
fern and the. feathery smilax. , Avery power-
ful light, was so arranged upon a bracket, as
to throw its rays directly upon the arch dis-
eribed, _and .bring everything into bright
relief. ‘ .
In the hall, a large emerald colored vase,
filled with seven large and beautiful callas
nestling in their own leaves, attracted general
attention, until it was removed from the
stand to make room for- a punch bowl of
D‘Artois inimitable lemonade.
A little past nine, formal presentations
were made by our esteemed fellow towns-
man, Dr. Bronson, who in happy and felici-
tous phrase offered the congratulations and
hearty good wishes of those friends whom he
represented, together with- his own, that the
happy pair had reached~this golden era under
so pleasant and favorable surroundings. In
closing, he “dropped into poetry ending by
presentihg to both Mr. and Mrs. Staple, a
package ofth‘e precious metal from the will-
ing hearts and ready hands of their esteemed
friends in New Canaan. To these he‘ added
a. veritable "sleepy hollow" of an easy chair,
which made its appearance at the door of the
pastorjust when it was due, which though
hardly capacious enough for two, was surely
suggestive of physical cOmfort to: a weary
man. _
The responsive address of Mr. Staple was
brief, but touchingand impressive, and there
was suspicioils'moisture about many eyes
when the thought was brought home to them,
that the fiftieth anniversary of .a marriage
ceremony finds' those who have journeyed
together so many. years, not only looking
toward the sunset, but in full view of the
last milestone on the highway of life, and
very near the shining gates of pearl which
afford entrance to' the Golden City, whose
illumination is brighter 'and clearer, with
advancing years. After the formalpresenta-
tions were over, letters of regret' and con-
gratulations Were read by the Grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. Staple, from Rev. B. K. Pierce,
Ed., of Zion’s Herald, Rev. Alex Clark, Ell,
Methodist Recorder, Rev. W. S. Sludley,
RchAlbert Gould, and other friends, after
which fifty strokes from a tiny bell (in a
series of five tens) summoned‘the guests to
the» supper room; the decorations of which,
were similar to those of the parlors with the
addition of chromos of fully ripened fruit
skillfully interwoven among the flowers and
and ferns. Natural flowers in abundante
filled every available place'and the air was
odorous with their intensrfied sweetness.
Rev. Jos. Greenleaf of New Canaan in-
voked the choicest of Heaven’s blessing on
the family and friends, and after all were
abundantly served, a few pleasant and per-
tinent remarks from Mr. Greenleaf closed
The re-
mainder of the evening was passed in pleas.
ant interchange. of thought and general
conversation, interspersed with merry jests
andalittle music. About twelve, the com-
pany separated, each hoping that many years
of health, happiness and usefulness may
still remain to‘Mr. and Mrs. Staple, and that
they may ever, as now be encircled ’ by the
warmest love and affection of family and
friends. . ._ . A.
This is the ,way one of the ladies who be-
long to the Atlantic Mont/1111‘s Contributors’
Club remember things: ' “General Forrest
was buried the day my‘new bat came home.
Hayes was inaugurated the spring 'I made
over my old silk. Dicnensdied when Jennie
was a. baby.’ Lincoln was killed whenMary
was creeping. The civil war'broke out
when Sallie. was cutting her forth. The
$3.“ Spam was born the year 1 was mar-
l‘ "
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