WHOLE NUMBER 1585. ‘ ..
The Raid of the Camanclics.
Fred Hart, who was the eldest 800 Of 8
country clergyman, and preparing for 001191-33
at Whitford Boys’ Academy. “’09 known at
that classical institution as a “dig.” because
he “‘diig" into his books and studied hard.
ms Poem-mate, Neal Howe. an orphan, dc-
_ pendent upon his own exertions, was styled
a “diggcr;" and as both lads were rather
dark, it was but a step for those upper-story
boys to call them “Digger Indians ?”
This term was gradually extended to in-
clnde all the boys in the second \story, for
they were all hard students. The “Diggers”
retaliated mildly by styling their upper-
story neighbors, "Camanches."
The Camanches perpetrated all sorts of
schoolboy atrocities on the Diggers, but.
above all things else, they burned for a pil-
low-fight. 1n vain they challenged the Dig-
gers to combat. Those lawabiding savages
declined, though aware of thereby falling
into contempt on charge of cowardice.
Unmistakable indications were soon appar-
Ilt that the Camanchcs meditated an attack.
The north wing was intended to be fir;-
proof, and each story was separated from the
main building by iron doors which usually
were fastened back by staples. The Caman—
ches reasoned that these doors might be as
effectual in shutting off teachers as fire; and
the staples in both the second and third
stories were one day withdrawn, so that these
doors could be easily closed.
Scouting parties reported that the Caman-
c‘nes were getting ready the war-psint—i. e.,
the burnt cork—_and one ferocious savage had
intimated that they should spare neither age
nor sex.
A council was immediately held in Fred
Hart’s room, and Fred unanimously chosen
chief.
“If they’re determined on a pillow-fight
they shall have it,” resolutely remarked that
warrior. ‘
The Diggers proposed using their own pil-
lowsjas reserve arms only, and the next day
“any number of this tribe might have been
seen scouring the village in efforts to buy up
old pillows.
“All’s fair on the defensive,” said Chief
Fred, and each Digger ripped open one end
of his pillow, poured in a little mucilage,and
then basted it up, in accordance with the
liberal views boys always entertain concern-
ing “basting." .
At a little after nine o’clock, when the
lights had been extinguished, and a teacher
made the nightly rounds, a Camauche scout
quietly closed and bolted the iron doors and
relightcd the hall lamps. Then, with hair-
'starting war-whoops, the savages began drop-
.ping down through the trap-door, which
opened from one hall to another in the capac.
ity of fire-escapes.
The Diggers. peacefully studying in their
rooms, were summarily ordered into the hall
to battle. Every man protested, but the Ca-
manches refused to parley. Then, seizing
their weapons, the assailed marched forth to
the field of carnage.
Tliwack! went the blows of tlic-Caman.
chcs.
Thwackl the Diggers.
Thwackl the Camanches.
__ rams 1 .the' Diggers. \
A;stir.'among the' Camanches and then a
wild affray.
Crack! crackl go the Diggers’ bastings.
Crack! feathers fly over the heads and into
the eyes of the Camanchcs, and there many
of them stick. The Camanches realize the
disadvantages of unprovoked assault with no
rules of warfare agreed upon beforehand.
Here and there a' Comanche drops his arms
and flies to the farther end of the hall, only
to fumble unavailingly at. the fastenings of
,the iron door, while a victorious Digger be-
I labors him with the weapon be has just east
aside.
All at once there is described in the dim
light of the hall the boots and never-tabe-
mis‘takcn striped pantaloons of Captain Hale
swinging through the trap-door.
Captain Hale is drill~sergeant and professor
of gymnastics. He has seen years of army
service, and is thoroughly imbued with the
military spirit. The-boys are more afraid of
him than of the president and entire board
of trustees,—as afraid as they’would be of
Old Nick himself in boots and striped panta-
loons. _
'In a flash every Digger had disappeared
into his own room and locked the door after
him, and the Camanches are left alone, gasp-
ing among their feathers, the captain in their
midst. There is a moment of bewilderment
followed by a wild stampede toward the iron
door, but the Captain has cut off the retreat.
“Young gentlemen, you will remain and
clear up the hall. Williams, go to the coal
cellar and bring up the two-bushel basket.”
Williams is the “nobbiest” of third-story
boys, bravest of Camanche warriors, but
Williams doesn’t dare refuse to go for that
basket. During his absence his fellow sav-
ages express strong doubts as to his ever re-
appearing upon‘ the battle-field, but he does
return, like Regulus to his barrel of spikes.
The Captain has borrowed a number of
brooms and dust-pans from the Diggers who,
to a man, had retired and been snoring
sweetly. -
“Now, gentlemen, clear up these feathers,"
orders the Captain, as if he was crying “For-
ward march 1”
Clearing up those feathers was a tedious
and trying process. Any one who has ever
chased a worn-out but still lively feather up
and down a long hall can imagine the scene
with hundreds of them flying about.
“They’re the meanest lot of feathers,—
pretty much all fuzz,” said one exhausted
brave.
When the last handful, had been crowded
into the basket, Williams attempted opening
the door. ,
“No; you are to make 3 our exit the same
way you made your ingress,” announced the
Captain.
Williams stared blankly at the trap-hole.
Dropping down through a trap-door and
going up through the same, with no visible
means of support but the floor, are naturally
difierent exercises.
“You’re fertile in expedients; can't you
devise some good way of getting out?” coolly
asked the Captain.
“We might stand on each other's shoul-
ders,” suggested one small savage, whom the
bloodthirsty Williams afterward confessed he
longed to scalp at this juncture. .
“Very well, do so,” ordered the Captain.
Then one of the noble savages stood under
the trap-door while one by one the others
sprang upon his shoulders, caught the edges
of the opening above. wriggled, writhed,
contorted his limbs, and finally succeeded in
drawing himself up to his own story, while
all down the hall on either side, there appear-
ed at‘the open ventilators over the doors the
eyes ,of pairs. of miserable Diggers, and for
every Camanchc that ' wrigglcd up thereto-‘-
sounded a» succession of groans.
The Camanches thought, with a thrill of
exultation, that the Captain would be obliged
to proffer his shoulders for the last man, and
would then be left pondering alone, like the
goat in the well. That would be something
of a revenge, at any rate. ‘
But when only One boy remained, who, to
the exasperation of the hmihedmbe, was the
~ ' w o 3 r0 osc go.
gmflgfilhfififia'fgmus style, xfhep Captain
quietly opened the iron (1001'. 89d he and the
small savage retired With dignity. ‘ _ l n
The Captain, whohad hm , 800d strea 1‘15»
never reported the Camanches, but t 81’
manifested a disposition thereafter to settle
' ' own reservation and cub.
quietly upon their . earl they always.
treated 'thelr‘nelghboI-‘Ii’tllé insects with '6" ‘
tivate‘ the _. peaceful 2 arts,-
ct, though unminglcd with affection. —St.
wholes.
Odd Fellows’ Mutual Aid.
The annual meeting of the Odd Fellows’
Mutual Aid Association of Connecticut was
held at Odd Fellows’ Hall, New Haven,
Tuesday. There was a large attendance.
Fifty~two Lodges were represented. The
report of the Secretary shows the continued
prosperity and usefulness of the Institution :
FIRST CLASS. -\
Number of members May 15, 1877, 16 3,080
47
Died during the year,
Dropped for non-payment, 31
New members received,
Present membership, First Class,‘
' snoonn CLASS.
Number of members May, 15, 1877, 852
Died during the year, 5
Dropped for non-payment, 6
Dropped membership voluntarily, 7 18
834
New members received, 177
Present membership, Second Class, 1,011
“ “ First “ 2,869
Total membership of Association, 3,380
A gain of 448 members since the last an-
nual report. .
There were benefits during the year of
$24,000 in the First Class and $2,500 in the
Second Class. Of this, $16,500 were paid in
assessments, and $10,000 from surplus funds.
‘Th'et-e were 16 deaths in all, 5 of them being
in the Second Class. In the First Class, the
average individual assessment per death was
62»,l cents; in the Second class, members paid
60 cents.
The financial statement shows as follows:
RECEIPTS.
Amount of funds reported by the Treasurer
at beginning of year, $9,431 12
Received from new mem-
bers, $3,941 00
Assessments, 23,979 00
Interest, 396 30 28.316 80
Total receipts, , $37,747 42
. DISBURSEMENTS. -
Under this head come minor expenses, th
principal being' the Secretary's salary, $1,200.
Total expense. $1,840 06
Paid benefits, 26,500 00
Total disbursements, $28,340 06
Cash on hand, 9.407 36
$37,747 42
Of the cash on hand, $8,000 is in a perma-
nent fund, and $1,407 36 is a surplus due
the Second Class. '
There is an increase of admission fees over
last year of $1,561, and of assessments of
$5,511, or about 33 per cent. increase. The
average death rate has been one in 150. Since
the Association was formed, in 1867, the total
of deaths is 71.
The old officers were relelected for the en-
suing ycar, as follows:
President—Joseph K. Bundy.
Vice President—Samuel Tolles.
Secretary—George N. Moses.
'l‘reasurer———Thomas C. Hollis.
What if it should turn out that there were
frauds in the electoral count in Florida which,
had they been “confessed” in time, wou
have changed the result? It isn’t a remark
bly new discovery in American politics!
There were the Louisiana frauds of 1844 in
Plaquemine parish, by which the vote of the
State was stolen away from Henry Clay to
Polk, the Democratic candidate; and there
were the enormous Tweed frauds of 1868, by
which the vote of New York was given to
Scymdur. Nobody denies them now, but
we never heard that any attempt was made
to have them rectified—Hartford Courant.
It is asserted at the treasury that the least
demand for the standard silver dollars comes»
from those very sections of the country
where the people literally howled for them.
Nothing would satisfy them but the Bland
bill. The passage of the bill was followed
by a wail because silver was only paid out
for gold. Now that silver is being paid out
for greenbacks they do not appear to want
the dollar they cried for. This is shown by
the fact that up to May 4, Cincinnati had
taken only $2,847 of the new coinage for
greenbacks, while New York had taken
$73650; Chicago only $1,000 against Phil-
adelphia $821,780, and St. Louis $1,765 to
Baltimore $3,502. Even Washington is
ahead of the great silver cities, having taken
$83,000.
Dr. Dio Lewis, being convinced that out-
door lifc in the mountains is an exceedingly
healthful thing has organized in California a
camping party of fifty or sixty ladies and
gentlemen. They all live in tents, and have
for dinner beef, bread and butter, stewed
apples, coffee, sugar and milk. They intend
to live outdoors four and a half months,
traveling from one place to another in wagons
and on horseback. They will visit the prin-
cipal Summer resorts of the Coast Range
early in the season, and probably travel to
the Sierra in July. They are supplied with
ordinary spring wagons. with a span of
horses to each vehicle. There are ten or
twelve saddle horses in the corral.
fl
Somewhere about the year 1733, the Rev.
John Eells, the Congregational minister of this
place, who was withal something of a wag as
well as divine, lived in the house now occu-
pied by James Touriner, Esq., on Carter
street. One stormy night after retiring, he
was aroused by a vigorous rap at the door.
Opening an upper window he enquired what
was wanted. A sharp voice responded “we
want to get married." Instantly Mr. Eells
gave the order to join hands and commenced
as follows :
Under this window in stormy weather,
I join this man and woman together. .
Let none‘ but he who made the thunder,
Ever putthis man and, womanassundcr.
Six shillings. Leave the ”money on the
door steps. _ . . ' - ~
This-last sentence may be apochryphal, the
rest is genuiner—fNew Canaan Messenger.
Mr. Charles .Morgau, who died at his resi-
dence in New York, May 8th, at the age of
83 years, was one of the most successful busi-
ness m'e'l‘i‘of the century. He was born 'in
Clinton, Conn., and was lineal descendant of
James Morgan. _a.Welshman, who came to
America-in '1636,~and finally settled in what
is now called New London. The deceased
went to New York at the age of 14 to seek his
fortune. He was subsequently a ship chan-
dler, then engaged: in the importation of West
India fruit. He was economical and shrewd,
and progressed in business until he became:
the owner of a line of schooners and brigs; on,
the West Indiaroute. Becoming intereSted
in steam. vessels, he purchased. the David
Brown "and: sent her from New York to
Charleston, S. C.,~,which port she was Fthe
first steamer from New York to enter. *Hc-
soon had a line of steamet‘sfi'running to-the
Gulf of Mexico. It was he, who inaugrated
the now famous Morgan's line of steamers to
the south. His fieet'now numbers twenty-
iron steamships, exclusive of a large num-
Q5 of ferry boats. He also owned or con-
trolled two railroads in Texas. Mr. Morgan
leaves a widow and two married daughters.
His two sons are dead. but each left a family.
The estate, of many millions, will be divided
among these. '
Gammon—A writer in the Tribune says
that this disease is curable, if the sufferer
will persist in using the following: " The
remedy is crushed cubcb berries smoked
in a pipe. emitting the smoke through the
nose; after a few trials this will be easy to_
do. If the nose is stopped up so that it is
almost impossible to breathe, one pipcfu]
will make the head as clear as a bell. For
sore throat, asthma and bronchitlts swallow-
ing the smoke effects immediate relief. It
is the best remedy in the world for offensive
breath, and will make the most foul breath
pure and sweet. Sufferers from that most
horrible disease, ulcerated catarrh, will find
this remedy to be unequalled, and a month’s
use will cure the most obstinate case. _A,
single trial will convince any one. Eating
the uncrushed berries is also good for sore
throat and all bronchial complaints. After
smoking do‘not expose yourself to cold air
for at least fifteen minutes. The berries
are perfectly harmless, and there is no use
of going to “catarrh doctors” while you can
procure this remedy. They can be procured
at any drug store, and you can crush them
yourself.
«Q»;—
Strong doses of advertising should be ad-
mini’stered .to....business that look billions,
about this time of yeah—Rome Sentinel.
0
PUBLIC ACTS
or the suite of Connecticut, Passed at
ihc'Jnnuary Sesslon of 130 General
Assembly, 1 8'78.
[Published by Authority]
House Bill No. 230’.
CHAPTER xCIx.
An Act relating to Dogs.
Be is enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened.
Section 1. Every owner or lzczper of a
dog or dogs shall annually, on or before the
first day of May in each year, cause said dog
or dogs to be registered, numbered, describ-
ed and licensed for one year in the town
clerk's office in the town wherein said dog is
owned, kept or harbored, and shall keep
around its [neck a collar distinctly marked
with its Owner’s name and its registered num-
ber, and shall pay to said town clerk, for a
license, the sum of two dollars antl fifteen
cents for each male and six dollars and fif-
tccn cents for each female dog.
Sec. 2; Any person becoming the owner
or keeper of a dog or dogs not duly licensed
.on or after the first day of May, 1878, shall
forthwith cause said dog or dogs to be regis-
tered, numbered, described and licensed un-
til the first day of the ensuing May, in the
manner anti subject to the terms and condi.
tions prescribed in section first.
See. 3. Any dog not so licensed and col—
lared as provided in this act may be law-fully
killed by any person, and such person killing
said dog and presenting satisfactory proof
thereof to either of the selectmcn, shall be
paid a bounty of $1 by said selectmcn, from
t he treasury of the town wherein such (10;;
was ki led. _ ' _
Sec. 4. Chapter one, title twelve, section
thirty-three of the revised statutes of 1875
providing for the taxatiUn of dogs is hereby
repealed, and any taxes already assessed un-
der this act are hereby abated, and the amount
of taxes collected on the list of October, 1877
shall be credited on any license taken by such
persons who have paid the same.
Sec. 5. The town clerk of said town shall
issue said licenses and receive the money
therefor, and after deducting fifteen cents
fer cach and every dog so licensed and num-
.-bered, shall pay the same to the treasurer of
the town within thirty days therwfter.
Sec. 6. That any person owning or keep—
ing a dog or dogs who shall fail to comply
with the requirements of this act concerning
the registration of their dog, or dogs, and the
payment of said license for the same, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-
tion thereof shall be fined not more than sev-
en dollars or imprisoned in the county jail
not more than thirty days ‘or both. It shall
be the'duty of grand jurors and all other
prosecuting officers to prosecute any viola-
tions ofthis aet.’ -.
Sec. 7. Damage done by ,dogsto sheep or
lambs or cattle proved to the satisfaction of
the selectmcn to have been committed in
their. town, shall be paid by such town, and
it may recover such damages when paid from
the owner or keeper of such dog or dogs if
residents of such town, but if the owner or
owners shall not be residents of the town in
which the damage was done, then said select-
mcn may institute asuit against the town or
towns where such owner or owners reside,
unless such owner or owners or such town
or towns shall on notice pay to the treasurer
of the town where such damage was done the
amount of such damage, and any town which
shall be obliged to pay any damage as afore-
said, may recover the amount thereof from
the owner or owners of the dog or dogs do-
ing such damage.
Sec. 8. Every person the owner, keeper
or harborer of any dog or dogs, shall either
ki‘ll said dog or dogs, or muzzle the same to
the acceptance of the selectmcn of the town
wherein said dog or dogs are owned or kept
until such time as said selectmcn shall order
said muzzle removed from said dog or dogs.
Any person who shall refuse or neglect to
comply with the conditions of this act shall
be subject to the fines and penalties contain-
ed in section six of this act.
Sec. 9. The selectmcn of every town in
this state shall immediately on the passage of
this or as soon as the same shall come tothcir
knowledge, post a notice in every school dis
trict in the town wherein said selectmcn may
reside, setting forth all the requirements of
this law with all the fines and penalties for
non-compliance with the same.
Sec. 10. That any person or persons, who
shall kill any dog or dogs so registered, as
aforesaid shall, unless such killing be justi-
fiable, in the protection of life or property, be
liable to the owner or-owners of such dog or
Cogs, in an action of damages, on this statute,
for the full value of such dog or dogs. such
value to be established by competent evidence
and also be liable to prosecution upon the
complaint of a grand juror of the town where
the owner or keeper of such dog or dbgs shall
reside, and shall, on conviction, be fined not
more than seven dollars or imprisoned not
more than thirty days, or both.
Sec. 11. All acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Approved March 27, 1878.
House Bill No. 184.
CHAPTER 0.
An Act relating to Fisheries.
Be iteuactcd by the Senate and House of Repro-
sentativcs in General Assembly convened;
That no committee or selectman of any
town shall designate, and no person shall
mark, stake out, or enclose for the cultivation
of oysters, clams, or mussels, any natural
clam-bed.
Approved, March 27, 1878.
House Bill No. 143.
cusPrnu_cr. _
An Act Concerning Railroad Bridges and
Bridge Guards.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened.
Section 1. Every railroad corporation shall,
within six months from the passage of this
act, if required by the railroad commission-
ers, erect and thereafter maintain suit-
able bridge guards at every bridge
over its railroad less than eighteen feet
in height above the track; such bridge guards
to be approved by the railroad commissioners
and to be erected and adjusted to their satis-
faction. ,,
Sec. 2. Any railroad corporation refusing
or neglecting to comply with the provisions
of this act, shall. for each month of continu-
ance in such refusal or neglect, forfeit and
pay to any peison who shall sue therefor, the
sum of fifty dollars, to be recovered' in an
action of debt on this statute. ‘
Approved March 27, 1878.
House Bill No. 103.
CHAPTER 011.
An Act in Amendment of an Act relating to
' Electors and Elections.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Any person claiming to have
been elected selectman, clerk, collector of
taxes, assessor, grand juror, constable, regis-
trar of births, deaths, and marriages of any
town, or mayor, clerk, treasurer, auditor,
collector of taxes, alderman, or councilman
of any city, but not so declared, may, within
sixty days after the time of holding the elec-
tions, bring his petition to any judge of the
superior eourt, alleging the facts on which
such claim is founded, which shall be served
upon the party against whom. the claim is
made at least six days before the return day,
and returnable net more than sixty-three
days after the day of such election, and such
judge shall thereupon hear and determine
said petition, and his decision thereon shall
be Conclusive, and if in favor of the petition-
er, his certificate to that effect, under the seal
of the court, shall entitle the petitioner to
hold and exercise the duties and powers of
such office. And said judge may, if necessa—
ry, issue his mandamus requiring. the adverse
party and those under him to deliver to the
petitioner the appurtenances of such office,
and shall cause his finding and decree to be
entered in the records of said court, in the
proper county.
Sec. 2. Section thirty-six of chapter one
hundred and forty-six of the public acts,
passed January sesssion, 1877, is hereby re.
peeled. -
Approved March 27, 1878. r
House Bill No. 44.
cuarrsn. cui. .
An Act concerning Connecticut Hospital for
the Insane. .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened :
Section 1. When any pauper in any town
may be insane, a selectman of such town
shall apply to the judge of probate of the
district wherein said pauper resides, for his
admission to said hospital; and said judge
shall appoint a respectable physician, who
shall fully investigate the facts of the case
clan shall be satisfied that said pauper is in-
sane, the judge shall order such selectman
forthwith to take such insane pauper to the
hospital, where he shall be kept and support-
ed as long as may be requisite; and two dol-
lars and fifty cents per week of the expense
of his support shall be paid by the town le-
gally chargeable With his support, and the'
balance by the state;_ and when an indigent
person not a pauper is 1nsane,application may
be made in his behalf to the judge of probate
for the district where he .rpmdes, who shall
appoints, respectable physician,,and awseleet-
man~of'tiie feivn where said indigent person
resides, who shall fully investigate the facts,
and report to said judge, who, if satisfied
the a’ppliéati‘on‘to tlie'ho'spittil, where'he she.
be kept and supported as long asmay be requi-
and report to said judge; and if such pliysi- ,
that such person is indigent and insanehshall:
Order him to ;.be taken by the person .Mklllfi.
e
site, and half of the expense of his support
shall be paid by the town to which he would
be chargeable if a pauper, and half by the
person making the application; and whey a
judge shall issue an order for the admlSSlOil
of any pauper or indigent person to the hos?
pital, he shall record it and immediately
transmit a duplicate to the governor.
Sec. 2. The trustees may authorize the su-
perintendent to admit patients into the hospi-
tal under special agreements when there
are vacancies.
Sec. 3. Tlicvprice for keeping any pauper
or indigent person shall be fixed by the trus-
tees, and shall not exceed the sum of four
dollars per week, and shall be payable quar-
tei' y.
Sec. 4. There shall be taxed monthly by
the comptroller, one dollar and fifty cents for
each week’s board at said hospital or asylum
for the insane, of all insane paupers belong.
ing to towns in this state committed in pur-
suance of the first section of this act, and
the superintendents of each of said institu-
tions shall make the bill therefor and present
it t) the governor, upon whose approval it
shall be paid from the state treasury.
Sec. 5. Sections six; seven, eight, nine
and ten of chapter four, title eight. of the
general statutes, and an not passed January
session, A. D. 1877, entitled an act reducing
the price to be paid by the state for the sup-
port of indigent and insane persons, be and.
the same are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved March 29, 1878. ‘
House Bill No. 3.1.
- CHAPTER olv.
An Act relating to taking Seed Oysters from
, Branford and Farm Rivers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and llousc of Repre-
rcsentativcs in General Assembly convened.
Section 1. No person shall take or carry
away from Branford or Farm rivers,so called,
any oyster shells or seed oysters for the pur.
pose of planting the same upon any private
bed or beds. .
Sec. 2. No person shall take or carry away
more than two bushels of oysters from the
aforesaicd Branford or Farm rivers in any
one calendar day.
, Sec. 3. No person shall use any riddles or
tongs for thepurposc of taking clams-,oyslers
or mussels in the aforesaid _rivcrs between
the first day of May and the first day of
September in each year. . -
Sec. 4. Any person who shall violate any
of the provisions of this act shall forfeit the
sum of fourteen dollars, one-half to the town
wherein the offence is committed, and one-
half to such person or persons as shall give
such information as will lead to conviction
under this act. ~
Sec. 5. Every prosecution-for the violation
of any of the provisions of this act shall be
heard and determined by any justice of the
peace for New Haven county residing in
either of the towns of Branford or East Ha-
ven; but the person charged with any such
violation, if he shall be convicted by said
justice of the peace, may appeal from the
judgment of the justice of the peace to the
superior court, on giving bond, with surety,
according to law.
Approved March 27, 1878.
House Bill No. 33-1.
CHAPTER CV.
An‘ct restricting Fishing in Sti'ait’s Brook.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened :
Section 1. That every person who shall
take any fish from Strait’s brook, so called,
or any streams running into said brook,
located in the towns of New Milford and
Sherman, prior to the first day of April, A.
D. 1883, shall pay ten dollars to the com,
plainant who shall prosecute to effect, also
the cost of suit and twenty dollars to the
town in which the transgression takes place, .
and be liable to not more than sixty nor less
than twenty days’ in the county jail in the
county in which the transgression takes place,
or both.
Sec. 2. That when the owners .of land
adjoining said brook or streams shall erect or
cause to be erected notices to the effect that
fishing in said brook or streams is by law
prohibited, any person or persons convicted
of destroying such notices shall be subject to
the penalties fixed above.
Approved March 27, 1878.
House Bill No. 314.
criarrnn on
An Act. Suspending-Chapter LXXXVIII of
the Public Acts of 1877, being an Act in
Relation to Savings Banks. , , _
Be it enacted by the Senatc’anrl House of Rep-
resentatives in General Assembly convened.
Section 1. That sections one and two of
chapter eighty-eight of the public acts of
1877, being an act providing for the accumu.
lation and disposition of contingent funds in
savings banks, be, and the same are hereby
suspended for the term of one year from the
first day of March, 1878.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from its
passage. .
Approved March 27, 1878.
House Bill No. 217.
crisr'rnn cvu. . _ _
An Act for the Protection of Fisheries in the
Housatonic River.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of‘ chref
scntutives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. No person shall set or draw any
seine or net in the Housatonic river between
its junction with the N augatuck river and the
dam at Birmingham between the first day of
April and the first day of July in each year.
See. 2. All nets, seincs. boats, and other
fishing apparatus used in violation of the
preceding section may be seized on view by
any constable or fish warden of the town in
which the same is being used, or by the
sheriff or any deputy shereiff of the county,
and such officer shall forthwith notify some
justice of the peace of the town in which
such property was seized, who shall, within
three days thereafter, issue a summons to all
persons interested therein to appear before
himself or some other justice of the peace in
said town at a time and place by him appoint-
ed, and show cause why it should not be for-
feited and sold, which notice shall be served
by some proper officer or indifferent person
upon the owner or owners of said property,
if known, and if not known, by posting a
copy of such summons upon the sign post in
such town nearest to where such seizure was
made, at least six days before said time of
hearing.- Said justice may, at said time, hear
the parties in interest, or may order further
notice to be given, and may adjourn from
time to time; and if,~upon a hearing, he shall
declare it to be forfeited, and order it be sold,
at such time, by such person, with such no-
tice, and in such manner as he may appoint,
and the avails of such sale, after the pay-
ment of costs and expenses, shall be paid,
half to said town, and half to the person
who made such seizure.
Sec. 8. All fees in proceedings under this
act shall be the same as in ordinary civil ac-
tions in justices’ courts.
Approved March 27, 1878.
House Bill No. 119.
emu-ran cvm.
An Act for the Protection of Fish in Patta-
' gonsett Lake.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of" Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened :
Section 1. Every person who shall take any
fish from Pattagonsett lake, in the town of
East Lyme, with any seine, shall be subject
to a fine of fifty dollars and costs of prose-
cution. -
Sec. 2. Any person who shall take any fish
with book and line without the consent of
the owners of said lake shall be fined scven
dollars and costs of prosecution.
Approved March 29, 1878.
House Bill No. 128.
CHAPTER crx.
An Act relating to Vacancies in Office of
Representative in the General Assembly.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre
sentativcs in General Assembly convened.
Section 1. When any vacancy shall occur
in the office of representative from any town
in this state, on or before the first Tuesday of
February succcding any annual election, it
shall be the ditty of the constables of the
constables of such townto fothwith warn an
electors’s meeting for said town, for the pur-
pose of electing a representative to fill such
vacancy, which meeting shall be warned,
organized, and conducted in the same man-
ner as annual electors’ meetings are required
to be. -
.Sec. 2. The registry list to be used at such
meeting shall be the list last completed.
‘ Approved March 27, 1878.
House Bill 110.117.:
cuar'riin or.
An Act Regulating Terms of the Criminal
Court in Fairfield County.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convcnc'l:
; That section two chapter thirty one of the
laws of 1876 be, and the same is hereby,
amended by erasing from the thirtieth line
thereof the words “first- Tuesday 'of J une,”
and inserting in lieu thereof-the words “sec-
ond Tuesday of May,"‘“so that a criminal
term of the superior court in Fairfield county
shall be holden in Danbury on the second
Tuesday of May instead of the first Tuesday
of J one, as at present.
- This act shall takeoffect from its passge,
and all bonds and recognizanccs taken for ‘ap.
pearance on the first Tuesday- of June shall
he held and considered to be for appearance
on the second Tuesday of May. '
Approved, March 27, 1878.
House Bill No 118.
“ _ CHAPTER cxr.
An Act relatin
to the Terms of the Court
of Common leas in Fairfield County.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repro-
sentativcs in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. The court ,of Common . pleas
shall be held in Fairfield county, at Danbury,
on the first Mondays of J anunr y, April, June,
and November, and at Bridgeport on the
first Mondays of F ebruary, March, May.
September, October and December, and sa’
court shall llOId an adjourned term at N? OFFICEIIN GAZETTE BUILDING. _
walk on the third Mondays of January an
October. and at Stamford on the third Mon.
(has of May and December, but said court
w it holds i. at Norwalk or Stamford, shall
try court cases only, and who 1 holden eithtr
at Bridgeport, Danbury, Norwalk or Stam-
ford, may adjourn from one of said places to
either of the others.
' Sec. 2. The judge holding said court at
Norwalk or Stamford, may appoint a mes-
senger therefor, and the county commis-
sioners of said county shall, at its expense,
provide a suitable place for holding said
court and furnish it with necessary accom-
modations. and shall pay all expenses of the
judge and clerk . of said court.- incident to
holding the same. in Not walk and Stamford,
and all expenses of the judge of said court
incident to holding it at Danbury, which the
representatives (if said county, organizedas
provided fcr in chapter one hundred and
twenty-one of the laws of 1877, shall have
ordered paid. The sheriff of said county or
one of his deputies shall be in attendance on
said court at each of said places.
Sec. 3. This act shall apply to all suits
brought to the May term of said court 1878,
and shall in other respects take effect on the
first Monday of May, 1878, but no suit shall
abate or be dismissed because made returna-
ble by mistake to the'said May term at
Danbury, but shall be entered and proceed.
cd within all respects as if made'rcturnable
to said term at Bridgeport. '
. Sec. 4. All of section two, chapter two,
title four of .the;reviscd, statutes of this stats
(page 37), after the eight line thereof, and all
of section three of“ said- chapter, being th )2 e
portions of said chapter which refer to the
matters above provided for, are hereby rc-
pealcd. . ,
March 27, 1878. .
Approvei
House Bill No. 4 .
CHAPTER OXII.
An Act in amendment of an‘Act concerning
Public. Charitable, and Reformatory In-
stitutions. 5’:
Bcit enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened:
Thatsection eighteen of chapter five, title
eight of the revised statutes be, and the same
is amended so as to read as follows: _
Five thousand dollars shall be annually
paid .from the treasury to the General Hos:
pital society of Connecticut, and the same
sum to the Hartford Hospital, to be expend-
ed under the direction of the governor and
the managers of said institutions respectively,
for the support of charity patients, and so
used as to benefit the different towns, as they
may from time to time make application; a
report of which expenditures shall be made
annually to the general assembly.
Approved March 27, 1878.
House Bill No. 313.
CHAPTER CXIII.
An Act relating to Receivers of Saving Banks.
Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened:
That it shallbc the duty of all receivers of
savings banks heretofore appointed, or who
may hereafter be appointed, to include in
the report required by the law to be made by
them to the ‘bank commissioners, a state-
ment in detail of the expenses insurred by
them in the administration of the affairs of
such bank, including an estimate of the
amount which they will ask the superior
court to allow for ,their own services during
the time covered by such report; and the
first statement hereafter made by such re-
ceivers shall include, in details as aforesaid,
such expenses and, . estimated charges for the
whole period of time elapsed since their ap-
pointment.
Approved March 27, 1878.
House Bill No. 312.
cuarrnu xcrv.
An Act in addition to an Act concerning the
Terms of the Supreme Court of Errors.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repro-
scntatives in General Assembly convened:
Ssction 1. Terms of the supreme court of
errors shall be held annually in Falrfield
county on the third Tuesday of March and
the fourth Tuesday of October. .
Sec. 2, So much of the first section of an
act in relation to the terms of court approv-
ed June 19, 1876,.as provides that said terms
shall be held in the months of January, and
September, is hereby repealed. -
Sec. 3. All process made returnable to
the second Tuesday of September, 1878, shall
not abate, but shall be considered and taken
as returnable to the fourth Tuesday of Octo-
ber, 1878.
Approved March 27, 1878.
House Bill No. 829.
_ CHAPTER cxv.
An Act relating to Returns of Savings Banks.
Bo itenactcd by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. The treasurer of each savings
bank, on or before the first day of October
in each year, and oftcner if required by the
bank commissioners, shall transmit to them
a sworn statement of its condition, giving
the par value, cost and market value of its
assets, and answers to all particulars requir-
ed in the annual statements of .banks and
trust companies to said commissioners.
Sec. 2. Section two, chapter fifty-five of
the public acts of 1877 is hereby repealed.
Approved March 27, 1873.
House Bill 110.325.
cuxrrnn .cxvr.
An Act relating to the increase of Capitol
. Stock by Railroad Companies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened.
Section 1. Whenever any railroad com-
pany shall desire to increase its capital stock,
it shall make application to the railroad com-
missioners in writing 'setting forth the
amount to which, and the purpose for which
it is desired to make such increase. Where-
upon.the commissioners shall fix a time and
place for hearing such application, and re-
quire sueh notice thereof to be given as they
shall deem reasonable.
Sec. 2. The commissioners shall make a
finding of all the essential facts presented to
them in regard to such: proposed increase of
capital stock,and report the same to the next
session of the general assembly, with a. re-
commendation whether such increasc should
3 allowed or not, and if allowed, the man-
ner and terms' upon which such stock
should be issued.
Sec. 3. No railroad company shall in:
crease its capital stock except by special
authority be given except upon the recom-
mendation of the railroad commissionersas
herein provided. '
Sec. 4. It shall not be necessary for the
pr0visions of this [act to be accepted by any
railroad company before the same shall be-
' come' operative as an amendment to the
charter of such company.
Sec. 5. All acts and parts of acts incon:
sistent herewith are hereby repealed. '
Approved March 29, 1878. '
House Bill No. 193.
charities. oxvrr.
An Act authorizing ‘the Investment of the
Funds constitutin the Capital of the Ag-
ricultural College . und.
Belt enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives in General Assembly convened:
That the treasurer of this state and the
commissioner of the school fund are hereby
authorized to invest any moneys that are
now or may hereafter come into their hands,
belonging to the capital of the “Agricultural
College Fund” of. this state, in the bonds of
the United States, or of this state or of any
town, city or county in this state, yielding
not less than five per centum upon thelpar
value of said bonds. A
Approved March 27, 1878.
House Bill No 35.
CHAPTER cXViII.
An Act relating to Assistant State’s Attor-
neys and Prisoner’s Counsel.
- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assemly convened:
No fee shall be taxed in any criminal case
for an assistant state’s attorney or prisoner’s
counsel except in cases where the punish-
fie“. may be capital or imprisonment for
l e. .
Approved March 27, 1878.
House Bill No. 3-29.
CHAPTER exix.
An Act in respect to Ecclesiastical Societies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House 01' lteprc-
scututives in General Assembly ccnveuctl:
That section seven, part five, chapter two,
title seventeen, of the general statutes, re-
vision of 1875, which provides .that "when -
the members of any Methodist Episcopal
church shall fail to elect trustees, as above
provided, the quarterly conference of said
church may fill the vacancy as may be pre-
scribed in the discipline of said church” is
hereby repealed. ' '
1 Approved March 27, 1878.
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Fl‘ftlldSw—fiDIADCIBI, social, literary, artistic—
get their opportunity to do harm by the good-
natured acquiescence of the better part of the
community. We never knew a deadbeat
who did not have some good man—some
“genial" reviewer—for his apologist and
“backer.”——Sci‘ibner’s Magazine.
The propeller City. of New-Bedford, which
went ashore at Fisher’s Island on April 27,
was floated OH on Thursday, and arrived at
New York on the 10th. She will go into dock
for repairs.
_ hasconstantly on hand,a general assortmento
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1878.
NORWA'LK GAZETTE.
rssiisnisivrriisrssn insulin.
The Second Oldest Paper In the State.
A. II. BYINGTON &. CO.
A. H. vacron, J. B. Ears, G. N. Ears.
Subscription $2.00 per year, in advance.
Single Copies 5 Cents.-
.____+._._._.
Advertising Rates :
Four lines or less, 1 insertion so cts.;,3 times 51 00
One inch space coustltutesn square.
Speclal Notices 25 per cent. advance ontlio
above. .
Local Notices in Reading Column 5 , 2 5
Cents per line.
Yearly advertisers restricted to the business
contemplated at the time of contract, but are per-
mitted tomnkc monthly ch logos of their adver-
tisements. . _ .
Marriages and death": inserltfc'd gratuitously.
Obituary or Funeral Notices 15 cts. per line.
All unusual cuts and devices 25 percent. extra.
ALEX, s. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church .
Teacher‘of
Plano-Forte, organ and Musical
Co‘posltlon.
Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK, court.
J. Belden H'urlbutt, '
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Boom No. 4, [up stulrs,]
GAZETTE BUILDING.
6. S. GDMSTDDK, M. II.
Homoeopathic Physician.
Office and Residence, Cor. MAIN STREET and
UNION AVENUE. Ofilce hours 7 to 9 a. m., 12
to 1, and 5 to 7. Slate at Glover’s Grocery Store
All orders will be promptly attended. llm20
CEIARLES W. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
N 0!:‘VALK. CONN.
Office corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxide Gas administered .
C. B. COOLIDGE,
DENTIST.
Successor to
Dr. Asa. Hill,
9" Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain .
DENTISTRY
A T HA RD TIMES PRICES,
For Cash - No Credit:
All work excutcd in the Best Manner. at my office
Corner of Main and Washington Streets,
SOUTH NOR‘VALK, CONN.
T. E. SWIFT, D. D. s.
The Nuiwalk Fire Insurance (30.,
Has now completed its ,
18th Successful Business Year,
And has not outstanding a Dollar of unpaid losses
» or of claims for losses.
II ‘ SWID GflMPAIY llflll‘tis A'l’ lDVlEll RATES.
War. U. STREET, Pres" SAM’L Litmus. Treas.,
GEO. It. CowLEs,Sec’y.
S & “WHITCHELL,
0
At_ the ever popular
UNION MARKET
has always the best of
Beet, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
at fairliving prices. Union (formerly Model) Mar-
ket,on the Bridge. 18
“AISLES S. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper and Tailorl
AND
GENTS’ FURNISHING EMPORIUM.
Main Street,N’orwalk. Conn.
ED‘VARD P. WEED, .
D R U G- G I S '1' .
Wall Streetmpposite Norwalk Opera House,
A large andwcll selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Perfumeiiy, Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters. oilet and Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
and Handkerchief Extracss, Hair Brnshcs,Combs,
Sponges,ChamoisSkins, Stationery. Cigars, &c.,
and is constantl adding to his stock all the new
and popular met icincs of the day.
ETNA INSURANCE Co.ofHARTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Access, $6,716,893.77
Insuresagainst loss and damage by Fire.on terms
adopted to the hazard andeonsistcnt with the laws
of compensation. COWLES d: MERRILL,_
Sole Agentsfor Norwalk and vicinity.
GEORGE II. RAYMOND,
Furnishing Undertaker,
’No. 53 IIIAIN STREET, (Up Stairs.)
B. S. BLASCER.
At his store in
MALLORY'S BLOCK,
Groceries, Crockery, Glass, .
’Iln and Wooden Ware, Etc.
Bydevotinghis constantpcrsoual attentionto the
business he hopesto merit public patronage
Dr. c. H. Kendall & son,
‘ DENTISTS.
Are now prepar-
ed to r c c c i v e
their patrons at
either Not-walk
Bridge or South
Norwalk. The
~ .~ senior partner
has taken rooms
0 v c r Selleck’s
‘ Bookstore Nor-
walk. while the
j uni o r retains
the old otllce. Lauder’s Block, South N orwalk.
Teeth extracted without pain. and alldcntal ope-
rations performed at er ofllce.
, . KENDALL, M.D..
. - . .KCNDALL, D. D. s.
P. S. Dr. C. il.Ken-1all Will devote Mondays to
Ritlgeficlzl.
John A. Homwcker,
BAKER,
FOOT 0F MILL HILL.
Bread, Rolls. Pies, Cakes,Crullcrs, &c..bahed
fresh everyday. Everything made ontof good
niutcrialsmnd bycnretu land oompetcntwcrkmen
Try our Bani: ,._
P0!llt_01’61”S - Friend !
CHICKENMPOWDER,
Is a certain preventative of
Gapes m Chickens and. Turkeys,
And is highly recommended by those who have
used it. For sale by
I'LM. s. c. S. PROWITT.
C. W. Burritt
Has Removed
To No. 4: Pllmnix Block, Wall St,
Foot of Mill Hill,where with increased facilities
he is prepared to do
P L 'U' M B I N G- ,
in allits branches. Also special attention Iven
to Tin Rooting,'l‘in and SheetIron Work an Job-
bing. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand.
Norwalk,April, 1876.
OncSquarc,oueinsertion, . ------- l 09
Pei-week,f'orcontin'ua’nce, -‘ ------ 50
OncSquarc, Six Months, - - ~ - ‘ - - - - 7 00
“ _ “ one year—withpapcr - - ~15 00
TWO u u is u. u _ ~ _ 2:00
Tin-ccu “ " “ ,“ - - - - 3000
Quarter of a Column, one time, ----- 6 00
Onc-guartcrcolumn, one year, - - - . ~ 50 00
Omaha“ Column, one time, - - - - - .10 00
One half Column, one year, - - '- - - - 80 00
FullColumn,one time, -------- 20 90'
FullColumn, one year, ------- 15(00
REAL ESTATE.
\ I\I‘\I VWWMWV
To Rent.
Tle First Floor of a Dwelling House. with
\/\
kitcbi n, basement, etc} Apply to
It. L. ELLS.
For Sale.
A cosy comfortable Cottage on one of the pleas-
antest streets in town, within five minutes
walk of'tlic Bridge or Churches. will be sold at
cost price. A portion or the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price $6.009. En-
quire at this Office. - '
DESIRABLE murmur
FOR SALE 2
THE very desirably located homestead, former-
ly known as the McClure place, pleasantl
situated on the corner of Main Street and Non.
Avenue, is offered for sale. It is near the busi-
cd and shaded by grand old clms. It is on high
ground, and in a good neighborhood. Apply to
’ ALLEN G. BET'IS, Gazette Office.
For Sale
01- Exchange 'for Norwalk Prop-
crty.
ONE FARM on Long Island, ‘25 acrcsmlso TWO
HOUSES in Brooklyn. For particulars en-
J. S. RANDALL, 1’. 0. Box as.
Norwalk, Conn
F or Selle o'r‘to Rent,
1 OFFER my residence on Union Avenue for
sale, or to let Furnished to a desirable tenant.
Possesston about. 1st. of May. Terms easy.
on Alt LES '1‘. LEONARD. -
Norwalk, April 8111, 1575.
To Rent.
OR the season. or by the year. The Becker
Hum eslead , Furnished, situated in Darien.
Comodious house: Hot and Cold Water; Run es,
and Dumb-waiters; Carriage Houses; Stab ing
for nincHorst-s; Coachman’s quarters; Grounds
nicely laid out. J. ll. IIAULENBECK,
Agent for the Estate,
4t19 39 Park Row, N. 1'.
To Let.
THE residence of the late Capt. Abijah Betta,
with or without home lot. it is situated on
the Kent road. Wilton, and in a desirable Iocal~
ity. Possession given April lst. Termsmodcratc
Enquire upon the premises of Mrs. C. M. Gregory
or of DB. J. G. GREGORY, Norwulk,Conn. 2t
To Rent.
The second floor ol‘a house on the east side of
quire 01‘
16
West Avenue, near the 2d M. E. Church, to asmall
'family. Borough water. Apply at the GAZETTE
OFFICE.
FARMS FOR SALE.
Enquire of
cuts. COMSTOCK,
New Canaan, Conn.
ll
o “IL—A nice Second Floor, consisting of five
_ rooms; good well; other water in the house;
privilege of garden. Apply to G10. 11. RICE,
Spring Hill, or A. ll. HOYT & 00’s., Shoe Store.
To Rent.
\IIE 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 Strcctnviili Engine and Boiler,suitnble
for Manufacturing Purposes.
F. ST. JOHN LOCKWOOD, Executor
6 for Estate of Wm. K. James, deceased.
' To Let.
The Property inthe rear of the Fair-
field County National Bank.
formerly occupied by Price A; Bates-.suitablc for
manufacturing purposes. Also Barn on.ngh St.
50tf E. B. PRICE.
Desirable PJ'operty For Sale.
THE Homestead formerly owned and now 0::-
cupied by John Roberts. For particulars cit-
CHA S. 11. STREET.
Fairfleld 00. National Bank.
Farm for Sale.
DWELLING HOUSE situated inthe Borough
of Norwalk, with or without twenty-eight
acres of land; said land is suitably divided into
pasture, wood, plow and meadow land. For fur-
ther information apply at this Office, or of'the sub-
scriber. HARVEY FITCH.
Norwalk, January 14th, 1878. 3
To Let.
quire of
' Two Nicely Furnished Houses.
ONE 3 Cottage, neatly furnished. with Hot and
Cold Water, Bath, &c. The ether 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,
Or Exchange for other property,
One of the neatest,and cosicst little Cottages in
the Borough. Will sell to it good tenant forlittle
téi'latémoney down. Enquire at GAZETTE OF-
Desirab e Property for sale.
Verydesirable place on East Avenue.
Also, a few choice BuildingLots situated on
Osborn Avenue, for sale cheap.
Alst’a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
wrn Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquire of
. S. E. OSBORN. EastAvenue,
tfll or to D. W.FITCH, West Avenue.
For Sale.
. __. A House and Lot, in a healthylocation on
@ FairStreet,nbovc Catharine. The Houseis
‘ nearly now, well built.convcnicntly arrang-
ed. and will make a comfortable and leasant
home f‘oraf‘amily of average size. The ot runs
back to the river. There is a well of excellent
water on the place, and Borough water in the
Street. Price low, and part of the money can re-
main on mortgage. A line chance to sccurea,
home. ApplyntGAZETTEOFFICE. 3"
FOR SALE .
Yl‘WO very desirableBnildingLotson WestMain
Street. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE .
'TONSORIAL!
NE of the most rominent features of a. well
conducted Bar or Shop, is Cleanliness, then
Competence in the Artist, and strict’nttention to
business. You will find all these combined on a
visit to the
Mule] Hair Dressing Ruins.
If your head is full of Dandrufi‘; if your hair is
falling 011', ~ " “
E . .A. P E In I:
I, Has got :1 Sure Cure
Ladies and Children Hair Cut and
' ‘ Shampoocd
in the Most Approved Stale. Only 15 Cents for a
First-Class Shampoo. ‘all And give us atrial.
ETWull St., Up Stairs, 2d Door from Post Office.
CLOSED 0N SUNDAYS. 91f
“Eraser wuss ssurcit,
has constantly in stock at his new store,
No. 9 Main Street,
a choice and fins assortment or
Groceries,
Provisions,
F lo tar,
Fruit, so,
To which he would invite the attention ol'allwlio
\\'lSII to purchase first-class goods at
{Reasonable Prices.
DRIED BEEF. SLICED, A SPECIALIY.
B MST of HA 11135113; MR. "'HOLE UR
D.
Drop in and see him at his new store
vo. a Mam surunn'r.
qusiturc -Furm§tm*e
Parlor, library, Dining and Sitting
Room Sets,
Walnut or Cottage Chamber Sets,
or anything in the Furniture Line, of the Latest
Style, Best Finish (and Make and for the
Least Money, go to
win. Locxwooo's,
No. 36 Main Street, NORWALK , CONN .
Also,
General Furnishing Undertaker.
Orders attended to promptly day or night. Rcsi
dence with Mr. C. T. Cornwall, France St.
ncss center of the town, and still somewhat; rctir— .
-~ Centaur
Liniments.
More than 1,0t0,000 bottles of the now celebrat-
cd Centaur Liulmcnls were sold last year.
We assert without fear of contradiction that no
man, woman or child will say that they did not
perform according to the advertisement. We do
not pretend that the Centaur Llnlmenlswill
mend a broken leg or perform impossibillties,
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 , Neurnlgia, Sciatica,
Caltcd .Brcasts,1’oisouous Bitcsficnlds and Burns
Sweltetl Legs and Stiff Joints, &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
Liuiments are quick, they are reliable. they are
safe and they are cheap Among the ingredients
used are Witch Hazel, Carbolic, Naptha, Rock
Oil, Mciitha and A rnica. There is no flesh, bone
or muscle ailment which they will not relieve and
benctlt. The “mice Centaur Llnlment is
for the human frame, ivhilethc Fellow Lini-
men! is adapted to the rough muscles and fibres
of horses and animals. ' For 'Stifi‘ Joints, Lame-
ness, Spavin, Rinz-bone. Sweeney, Gulls, Poll-
evil, etc., the Yellow Centaur Linnaeus is
15. worthits weightin gold to every farmer, livery-
man, teamster and owncrol animals. A single
bottle has put a disabled horse in the harnessmnd
a few bottles have rendered a useless spavincd
horse worth two hundred dollars. There is no
mistake about these Liniruents. They are simply
wonderful, and they are naturally finding their
wayinto the nttcnnost parts of the earth. No
family should be without them, They are handy
as well as certain. ’
, J. B. ROSE A: 00., 46 mar ST., New YORK.
uuuumn,
Maybe made healtbynnd strong by the use of
Dr. Pl teher’s Castor-la, a perfect substitute
for Castor Oil. It containsno morphine and is
superior to any syrup or remedy in use. The
Castorla is particularly recommended for
children. It destroys worms, assimilates thefood
and allows natural sleep. Very efficacious in
Group and for children Teething. For Colds.
Fevcrishncss, Disorders of the Bowels 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 :-.
“ConnwAILL, LEBANON 00., P.\., March 17, ’74
“Dear Sim-d have used ‘your Casronu in my
practice for some time. I take great pleasure in
recommending it to fireprofession asa safe. relia-
ble and agreeable medicine. . It is particularly
adapted to children where the—repugnant taste of
Castor Oil renders it so difficult to administer. '
E. A. ENDEBS, M. D."
Mothers who try CAs'romA will find that they
can sleep nights and that their babies will be
healthy. .1. BJROSE a Co., New York. 3ml7
Free Reading Room.
HIS is a comfortable room fitted up for the
benefit or the public generally, situated on
east side of South Main Street. over Road’s Jew-
elry Store, Clark‘aud Lane’s Block, nearly 0 pc-
site Builroad‘Depot, South Not-walk. Ct. t is
open from 9 a. m., to 9:45 p. in. The room is well
lighted, warm and comfortable. It is supplied
wuh four defines, two Weeklies, and several
monthly papers and journals. beside a. number
of instructive and interesting books.
COFFEE ROOM.
There is a Coffee Room on the same floor and a
lady in attendance from 9a. m., to 9:45 p. m., to.
serve HOME MA DE articles mentioned below,
at the following prices :. . ,
1 Cup 01' Coffee, with crackers, -
1 Cup of Tea, with crackers. ~ -
Cocoa, - - - -
Brown Bread and Butter, - —
Sandwich. - - - -
(Take, - - - - -
Doughnuts, - - - - .
l’iecc ol‘l’ic, .- - - -
Crullcrs, - - - -
Ham, - - - -
Pork and Beans, wrth bread and butter,
Stewed Oysters, - -
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5
3
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10
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15
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EVERY'THING
DOWN TO HARD PAN.
GRDDERIES,
‘ VEGETABLES,
FRESH FISH,
FRUITS, 850.,
ATtTIlE
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. Leave your
orders freely with
D'emmon Jo Newcomb,
53 Main Street, Nor-walk.
William Hindley,
SUCCESSOR T0
THEODORE E. SMITH,
DEALER IN
Hardware, Cutlery,
AND
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
WALL PAPER, WINDOIV SHADES. PAINTS,
OILS. GLASS, 5.1811, 31.1st at DOORS.
_ Main St, Norwalk, Conn.
SIGN PAINTING. PAPER HANGING. tt-c,
'AT
Quintard’s Furniture Rooms
will betounda complete assortment of
FURNITURE, &G.,
ncliulingeverytliingusuallyround ina first-class
establishment, at Prices to suit the Times . Also.
a largcussortmcntof‘
CHECIMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
LOOKING unassns, &c.
Glassl’latcsrlttoany size. Repairingdonein the
best manner,at short notice. Also. out Hair-Mat-
trasaesinadeover as good as new.
E. OUINTARD’S SON.
" is. NELSON,
Manufacturer of
Buggies, Sleight iliuli Wuuuus,
BROOK ST., NORV‘VALK, CONN.
Wilrokenparriagcs or Wagons ncnily and
rintlyrcpiurctl.
WM. B. SWAN, .
Manufacturer of
FINE AND (lOlVlliION
HARNESS,
Arid Dealer in
Horse & Stable Equipments.
Particular attention paid to
REPAIRING. r
Thankful for the liberal patronage of the past.
the subscriber hopes to merit a continued share of
the business favors ol'his friends and the public.
‘VDI. B. 23 WA N.
Shop in rcarot Residence. Main Street. Vet-walk
TRY OUR.
Oran gc Flavored Soda Water.
H. M. a. c. s. PROWITT.
VOL. Lille-NUMBERS:
Tears. ~
. Is it raining, little flower 1’
Be glad of rain;
Too much sun would wither thee;
,’Twill shine again.
The clouds are very black, ’iis true,
But just behind them shines the blue.
Art thou‘ weary, tender heart?
Be glad of pain;
In sorrow sweetest things will grow,
As flowers in rain.
God watches, and thou wilt have sun
When clouds their perfect workhave done.
—Mrs. III. F. Butts, in “Folded Hands.”
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The Mother’s Dream.
BY SEARLE.
When night in darkness has shrouded the
lands, . ' -
Grief fades away into visions sweet ;
I feel the touch of invisible hands,
I hear the trend of invisible feet;
A gentle rustle of fluttering wings,
The low, clear sound of a silvery voice,
And oft I have seen such unutterable things,
I tremble and shudder c’cn while I rejoice.
The touch, the trend, and the sweet, childish
tone
Thrill through my heart with tcnderost joy,
No more for my child do I desolate moan;
Now am I gladdened with sight of my boy
Again do I hear the soft patter of fect,‘
Fanned is my check with warm, livmg
breath, ,
Anflherehovers a smile, mournfully sweet,
On lips I thought frozen forever in death.
His dark eyes yearningly look into mine,
Fain would I give him one loving caress,
Now on my shoulder doth his golden head
shine, '
My lips to his I fervently press.
His hand in mine I tenderly take,
I shiver, for lips and hand are like stone,
In sudden terror, I shuddering wake ;
O pitying Heaven, I am alone !
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Spirit Duties.
. .[From Punch.)
As 15811.1!833- ' .
The duties of spirits in days; gone by.
.Were useless yet onerous ones, no doubt,
Such as frightening timorous folks on the sly,
And dragging huge chains about.
Their role was to ramble old mansions through.
In darkness of .night, and sheet or shroud;
Make candles to burn of a bogeyish blue
And watchers to shriek aloud!
They’d to play bo-peep in graveyards dank,
At Witching and somewhat unholy hours.
And clamor and clatter and croak and clank,
In tumble-down garrets and tow’rs.
To worry the wainscots and fret, the floors
Their unseen feet pattered about;
And they rattled the windows and banged
the doors, -
And the lights with their breath put
. outi .
They set all our propegtytrighls at naught
By tenancies horrid and undesired; '
Hid treasures and missing wills they sought—
Popping up when least desired
Complete inutility, worry, and fuss,
Appeared to be ever their favorite line:
And why the mischief they carried on thus,
No mortal could e’er divine 1
As THEY ants. .
But the spirits seem now on another “lay"—
And more lucrative business boast :'
How the modish “shade” 'of the modern day
Must look' down on your good old
ghost !
Now spirit “duties" take wider range,
And. the spectres smart 'of the latter-day
school
Have intimate dealings—a notable change—
With the knaves as well as the floor.
With“ properties ” furnished by Home or
Slade,
For patrons the Gooschcrds of Gullibility,
Their role as ever—though deftlier played,
Is “General Inuiility.” I
To tapping of tables frOm turning of hats—
As well as the heads of the boobies who
wore them—
They’ve ris’n, and to fleecing from frightening
flats, - .
As the old ghost did before them.
They scribble bosh on a doctored slate—-
Under tables of conjurers’s model—
And vent in the name of the dead-and-gone
great,
Most ungrammatical twaddle,
In fine—and your honest old ghosts it grieve:
To see their degenerate racc’s disaster—
Thc spirits have fallen among the thieves,
With Jeremy Diddle: for master.
Alas, poor ghosts! ’Tis :1 Nemesis stern
For the mischivous cantrips you formerly
played;
A spirit of spirit must surely spurn
, The bondage of “Allie" and Slade.
Should the ghosts elude law’s clutches stern,
0r defy sharp Science's sham detectors,
The bull’s eye must beam where the blue
lights gleam,
Till the scepters succumb to the in-
spectors.
A stallion called “Risingham” and the
“Man Eater," one of the finest Ramble-
tonian horses in this country, 21 years old,
and for whom $7,000 had been refused, was
killed by his owner, Dr. J. A. Schultz, of
Middletown, New York, on Friday, owing
to his increasing and uncontrollable temper
and viciousness. He had killed three men,
and , wounded, crippled, and disfigured
twenty others. For fourteen years no one
dared "to put him to a wagon until ashort
time ago. Dr. Schultz’who had owned him
but a short time, with the aid of several
men, got him in harness and to wagon, and
tried to drive him. It was a dear experiment
The stallion broke everything to pieces, and
the Doctor was himself saved by the merest
chance. Many of the leading horse trainers
of the country had tried their skill at sub-
duing him. Heconquered them all, and
nearly killed all of them. One of the latest
exploits was the seizing of a negro groom
who had undertaken to keep him, tearing
off the man’s check destroying the eye, and
stripping the flesh from the right arm. The
groom became blind and -paralyzed. The
three men who preceded the negro as grooms
all narrowly escaped with their lives. One
lost an ear; another had three fingers and a
thumb taken off; the third had his left arm
from the elbow in the jaws of the horse. It
became impossible to get agrooui' for the
stallion. No one knew at what moment the
brute would attack him. Dr. Schultz at
last made up his mind that Risingham was
chronically insane, and Concluded to kill
him before he claimed anotheij victim.
Horsemen say that but for the temper of
this horse he would have been worth $30,000.
His skeleton is to be set up in Dr. Schultz’s
office.
'——-.-4.
Ithn Time is no nfower he will lay away
his scyilic.—-0i'l City Call.
A New Hartford woman has sold $60
worth of arbutus this spring,
‘-' Queen Isabella rts a beard.”
shave the Queen!— . Y. World.
How to manage a menagerie: In winter,
stable ’em. In summer, Barnum—Err. _
The London‘ Times’says Amercan potatoes
threaten to drive outsthe home-bred article.
While his parents were absent recently, a
Norwxch boy cut out and sold all the water
pipes. .
A two-ycar-old- child in Stafford get a bot-
tle of laudanum recently and poisoned itself to
death.
“A baby whale“ is an attraction down in
Connecticut. A baby’s wail isn't so attrac-
God
live he rcabouts.— Worcester Press.
Norwalk Chronicler