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_ The Hills of God-
'Tis like alnarrow valley land,
This earthly ‘way of mine;
Before me, clad in glory grand.
I see the hills diviue— '
Those heights the saintly long have “0d“
The hills of Hope, the Hills of God!
Though mists of doubt enfold me in,
Though through the dark I grope,
The upward path my feet may win
That mounts the heavenly slope;
And walking through the lowland here
I know the Hills of God are near.
Unto them oft I lift mine eyes,
That oft with tears are wet, \
And through the mist they calmly rise
Where sun no more shall set.
To me forever grand and fair.
The Hills of God—my Help is there!
. ——Ea:amz'1m'.
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From Scribner’s Monthly.
Hard on the Doctors.
The following amusing Incident recently
told concerning Alexander H.Stcphcns,a val-
ued contributor sends us for republication,
together with. another hit at the doctors
which came under his own personal experi
ence. Our readers will certainly enjoy both:
One of the memories of the Georgia bar
with which he likes to amuse his visitors is
the Peter Bennett speech. I have seen anoth.
. or report of it, with the names mostly wrong,
and will try to come nearer Mr. Stephens‘
own relation.
A doctor named Royston had sued Peter
Bennett for his bill, long overdue. for attend-
ing the wife of the latter. Alex. E. Stephens
was on the Bennett side. and Robert Toombs,
then Senator of the United States,was forDr.
Royston. The doctor proved his number of
visits, their value according to' local custom,
and his own authority to do medical practice.
Mr. Stephens told his client that the physi-
cian had made out his case, and as there was
nothing wherewith to rebut or offset the claim,
the only thing left to do was to pay it. “No,"
said Peter; “I hired you to speak to my case,
and now speak.” '
Mr. Stephens told him there was nothing to
say; he had looked on to see that it was made
out, and it was. ‘
Peter was obstinate. and at last Mr. Steph-
ens told him to make a speech himself, if he
thought one could be made.
“I will," said ‘Peter Bennett, "if Bobby
Toombs won’t be too hard on me."
Senator Toombs promised,and Peter b'egan:
“Grumman or rm: war: You and I is
plain farmers, and if we don't stick together
these ’ere lawyers and doctors will git the ad-
vantage of us. , I ain't no lawyer nor doctor,
Land! I aint no objections to them in their prop-
er place; but they aint farmers, gentlemen
of the jury. '
“Now this man Roystou was a new doctor,
and I went for him for to come an’ to doctor
my wife’s sore leg. An’ he come an’ put some
salve truck onto it an’ some rags, but never
done it onebit 0' good, gentlemen of the jury.
I don't believe he's no doctor, no way. Thare
is doctors as is doctors, sure enough, but this
man don't earn his money, and if you send
for him, Vas'Mrs. Sarah Atkinson did, for a
negro boy as is worth $1,000, he just kills
himand waut's pay for it." .
“I don’t," thundered the DoctQ
“Did you cure him?” asked Peter,with the
slow, measured accents of a judge with the
black cap on.
The Doctor was silent,aud Peter proceeded:
“As I was a-sayin‘, gentlemen of the jury,
we farmers when we sell our cotton has got
to give 'valley for the money we ask, and
doctors aint none too good to be put to the
same rule. An’ I don’t believe Sam Royston
is no doctor, nohow." .
The physician again put in his oar, with,
“Look at my diploma if you think I‘m no
Doctor.”
“His diploma 1” exclaimed the new-fledged
orator, with great contempt. “His diploma!
Gentlemen, that is a big word for a printed
sheepskin,an’ it didn't make no doctor of the
sheep as first wore it, nor does it of the man
as now carries it. A good newspaper has
more in it, and I pint out to you that he aint
no doctor at all. ”
The man of medicine was now in a fury,
and screamed out, “Ask my patients if I am
not a doctor!" '
“I asked my wife," retortcd Peter, “an
she said as how she thought you wasn't.”
“Ask my other patients,” said Dr. Royston.
This seemed to be the straw that broke the
camel's back, for Peter replied, with a look
and tone of unutterable sadness: “That is a
hard sayin’, gentlemen of the jury, and one
as requires me to die or to have power as
I've hearn tell ceased to be exercised since
the Apostles. D_oes he expect me to bring the
Angel Gabriel down to toot his born before
his time and cry out, ‘Awake, ye dead, and
tell this Court and jury your opinion of Boys-
ton's practice 7” Am I to go to the lonely
churchyard and rap on the silent tomb, and
say to um as is at last at rest from physio and
doctor bills, ‘Git up here, you, and state if you
died a nateral death, or was hurried up some
by doctors 7’ He says ask his patients, and,
gentlemen of the jury, they are all dead!
Where is Mrs. Beazey's man Sam ? Go ask
the wormsin the graveyard where he lies.
Mr. Peale's woman Sarah was attended by'
him, and her funeral was appointed and he
had the corpse ready. Where is that likely
Bill as belonged to Mr. Mitchell? Now in
glory a expessin' his opinion of Royston’s
doctorin’. Where is that baby gal of Harry
Stephen’s ?. She are where the doctors cease
from troublin' an' the infants are at rest.
“Gentlemen of the jury, he has ct checken
enough at'my house to pay for his salve, and
I furnished. the rags, and I don’t suppose he
charges fer makin’ of her worse, and even he
don’t pretend to chargefor curin’ of her, an’.
I am humbly. thankful that he never gave her
nothin' for her inwards, as he did his other
patients, for something made um all die
mighty sudden"—
Here the applause made the speaker sit
down in great confusion, and in spite of a
logical statement of the case by Senator
Toombs, the doctor lost and Peter Bennett
won.
A friend of ‘ mine tells me the following:
A doctor had sued a man for professional
services rendered to himself. His wife was
called as a witness for the defense, and on
cross examination the following questions
were put and answers received : -
“Madam, did you not consider your hus-
band in a dangerous condition 7"
“Certainly, I did, sir."
“How long did you consider him in a dan-
gerous condition, madam ?"
“As long as the doctor was in attendance."
—-.—_—______._'——
Iu acknowledgement of his services in be-
half of the army against the democratic rc-
formers, the ofiicers of the army and navy
will present Thomas Nast wrth a silver vase.
' The design shows the troops presenting arms
as Columbia step forward to offer a medal
to Nast. . -- _
“What this country needs," says the Phila-
delphia Times, “ is a kind of weather that
won'tirui'n the peach crop.” The country
needs nothing of the kind. The peach crop,
that isn't ruined in early spring time doesn't
amount to anything in the rain—Normtown
Heralds '
We have yet to find a democrat of any
public flinuence in this community who per-
sonally approves thetactics of his party in
Washington. Many of them denounce it
lndignantly as an outrage of the worst sort,
' destructive to business confidence and fatal
to all enterprise, ' and especially damnable as
a political blunder, ‘putting them in a false
position, and forcing repubhcaus everywhere
to forget their differences and shake hands
against a real public dauger.——Boston Adver-
user.
' course.
Dana the Old " Fraud.”
[Bufi'nlo Press.)
Mr. Dana has so fallen into the habit of
crying “Fraud" that he did it while shaving
the other morning, and cut himself so badly
as hardly to know himself in the glass. He
goes around with the word continually in his
mouth. He gels angry at the boys in the
office, and the word rolls of! his tongue at
the rate of thirteen “ frauds" a second. He
stubs his toe on the stairway, and by the
time he reaches the bottom he has delivered
himself of so many “frauds" that the very
air is peopled with the word. It is mixed
with all his compliments, too. “Ithink,”
he said to a Sun poet of the gentle persuasion
the other day, “ you are a delicious little
fraud, and I don‘t care who knows it." He
met General Butler recently and called out
in a vain effort to be light and airy: . .
“ Hello, fraud !"
“ What, sir!” said the General, “do I
hear aright? Prove it, sir, prove it !"
“ll’m,” he returned, passing his hand
\veai'ily across his brow, “I beg your pardon.
I thought you were Wendell Phillips, or
rather R. B. Hayes. 1 take it back."
These mistakes have become so frequent
asto occasion town talk. One gentleman
has shown us a letter from him beginning
“ M y dear fraud," and ending “Yours very
truly, Fraud." His note-book is crowded.
from beginning to end with the word, the
same being preceded and followed and in
some cases transfixed by exclamatiompoints,
At Delmonico's not long since he looked over
the bill of fare at least ten minutes, and then
said, with an expression of doubt and pain
on his noble countenance:
“ Ha—have you any frauds i”
The whiter thought he was joking, and an-
swered with a smile, “ We have, sir; but I
am sorry to say they are not as fresh as they
should be. However, I will send over for
Whitelaw Reid and have him here in about
five minutes.”
“Very well," said Mr. Dana, gazing va-
cantly -through the window. “I would
rather have old Hayes, of course, but the
other will do. Give me half a dozen of
Whitelaw on the half shell and be quick
about it." ’
It is in religious matters that this mania
affects Mr. Dana most, howchr. He seems
to think that there is no devil, and he makes
his Sun exceedingly wicked in consequence.
He met Dewitt 'l‘almagc on the street the
other day, and that gentleman rubbed his
hands and exercised his legs in the most
brisk, cheerful and cordial manner.
“What do you think of Bob Ingersoll’s
last lecture ?" he said. ‘
“Who cares for Bob Ingersoll?” replied
Mr. Dana in his most surly voice. “He’s a
fraud-a beastly, colossal fraud.”
“ Yes, yes, I know,” replied Mr. Talmage,
looking slightly surprised, but wrapping him-
self up in his own arms and looking bright
and happy again. “We all know that, of
But he has large audiences and is
doing mischief. We must annihilate him,
Brother Dana—We must pitch into him tooth
and nail.” '
“ Ugh !" said Ms. Dana, shmgging his
shoulders and looking blank. “ It’s my oping
ion you have no teeth or nails worth speak-
ing of. Who are you anyhow? You are a
fraud, sir—a blasted fraud. ”
“I say I ain’t, sir!” replied Mr. Talmage
with great firmness, and lifting one of his ar-
gumentative legs. You go to the”
' “ Stop, stop, sir !" said Mr. Dana sharply.
“ You‘re wrong as usual, besides being vul-
gar. There ain’t any. He’s a fraud, sir—a
shameless frau " " '“" ' ' j' " 8‘
_ “ Hump l" returned Mr. Talmage, “You‘re
pretty free with your remarks. What’s the
matter with you. What do you call yourself.
anyhow ?"
“I’m a fraud!" said Mr. Dana, turning on
his heel shortly and walking away. “ We’re
all frauds. There’s Charles Francis Adams——
he’s a fraud. ’There are the rest of them—-
they’re frauds. Fraud, fraudity, fraud—"
and as he turned the corner Mr. Talmage
noticed that he was singing the words at the
highest pitch of his voice, half dancing on
his way to keep time ‘to the dreadful noise
he made.
This thing cannot go onforever. It was a
peculiarity of Mr. Greeley when the old gen-
tleman’s mind gave way to imagine that
everything was wrong. “The Democratic
party is gone." he said, “The Tribune is
gone,andla. gene.” We do not say that Mr.
Dana‘s malady equals his; but it is at least
dangerous, and should be seen to at once.
The spectacle of Mr. Dana standing in a Sun
window, shaking his fist at the crowd below,
occasionally dashing his flat hand violently
against his cheek, and, sometimes-darting his
clenched member through his best hat, ir-
reparably damaging that article of head-wear,
all the while shrieking “Fraud! Fraud!"
and merely pausing in this occupation" to
kick the table over and throw the spittoon
at some .harmless and inoffensive visitor, is
one to strike terror to the stoutest heart;
and we beg to inquire in stentorian tones,
where are the police ?
Heavy Verdict Against at Rail-
road.
Thomas Nelson sued the New York. New
Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. He
was injured in a sleepingrcar while it was'
being switched off, after its arrival at the
Grand Central Depot, but before the passen.
gers had left the car. The jury in the Court
of Common Pleas, before Judge Van Hoesen,
gavejthe plaintifiyt verdict for $11,500, Tues-
day. Judge Van Hoesen ruled that though
the company had brought the plaintiff to
New York safely, it was not relieved from
liability until the end of the customary time
allowed passengers to leave the car.
Hydrophobia.
The City Medical society, at' their regular
meeting at Dr. Storr’s residence, corner of
Church and Trumbull streets, Monday night,
discussed the subject of hydrophobia With
great interest and’ precision. It was held that
the medical opinion of the United States on
the subject is that the disease can not..be
“ cured when once the blood is innoculated with
it. The poison from the bite of a mad dogis
fatal, thus far having defied the efiorts of
for it. The Welch remedy was considered,
and the opinion prevailed that it would prove
entirely ineffectual. The princtpal ingred-
ient used is sub-acetate of copper, _The
Opinion was also expressed that there is an
unusual furor among dogs this year to bite,
but no definite reasonwas assigned therefor.
It is certain, however, that since the intro-
duction of the Spitz dog into this climate
there have been more hydrophobia cases
than Were ever known in along term of
years'previously. But how far the Spitz has
been instrumental in spreading the disorder
may be a difficult problem to solve, yet it is
clear that the extinction of the species would
bring relief to the entire community—Hart-
ford Post. ’
Ten days ago it was thought to be remark-
able that the Syndicate had anticipated its
July subscription, and had placed two-fifths
—twenty millions—of the four-and-a-lialf per
cent loan. Less than a week ago it was
thought still more remarkable thatthrce-fiftlis
had been placed, and people heard With sur-
prise the prediction that the whole loan ,of
fifty millions would be sold before the first
of July, But today it is announced that not
even half the truth was prophesied. There
remained but fifteen millions of the loan to
be taken, and for ‘these the Syndicate now
subscribes With one stroke of the pen. The
loan is placed, the fifty millions of gold which
Secretary Sherman asked for are his, and re-
sumption‘ willcome with-the next New-Year's
calls—Tribune, Wednesday.
#
HARTFORD, May 16,—Mrs. Lydia Sher-
man, the Derby prisoner, died in the Con-
necticut States Prison to day, where she
was serving a life sentence for pOisouing her
husband. After her sentence for this crime
she confessed having poisoned three hus-
bands and four children. She wasralittle
over 00 years of age. . She oncejescaped from
the prison and was captured.
medical investigators to diac0ver an antidote -
PUBLIC ACTS
or the State of Connecticut, Passed at
the January Session of the General
Assembly, 1878. _ p ,
[Published by» Authority]
House Bill No. 279.
cusrrnncxx.
An Act regulating Ecclesiastical Societies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and llouse ot‘licprc-
scntatives in General Assembly convened :
Section 1. All conveyances of real estate
that have been made by any Methodist Epis-
copal church, according to law and in com-
pliauce with the usages, rules,>and discipline
of said church, shall be effectual to convey
such real estate to the grantees, and such
estate shall be divested of any and all trust
which lieretofOre have attached to the same.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from its
passage, but shall not effect any suit now
pending. '
Approved March 27, 1878.
House Bill No. 239;
CHAPTER CXXI.
An Act relating to Olcomai'garinc.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened.
Section 1. That no person shall offer for
sale or have in his possession for sale an article
known to the commerce as “Gleomarnarine,”
being a substance manufactured. from suet
or tallow and resembling butter, without
having the word “Oleomargarine” plainly
stamped or written on the cover or enclosure.
Sec, 5 'That all persons guilty of violatg
ing the preceding section, shall be fined the
sum of fifty dollars for each offense, one-
half to him who shall prosecute and one-half
to the t0wn where the offense shall be com-
mitlcd. '
Approved March 27, 1878.
llousc Bill No. 08.
CHAPTER cxxir.
An Act Amending Section 1, Chapter II,
'Title 8 of the Revised. Statutes relating to
Industrial School for Girls.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened.
That section one, chapter two, titles eight
of the revised statutes, relating, to the Con-
necticut Industrial school for girls be, and
the same is hereby, altered and amended by
striking out in the fifteenth and sixteenth
lines of said section, the words "custody of
such school until she shall arrive at the age
of eighteen years” and inserting in lieu there-
of the words, “ to the guardianship and con-
trol of such school until she shall arrive at
the age of twenty~one years."
And also by adding at the end of said
section the words following: "But this act
shall not be construed so as to deprive any
girl of twelve years of age and upwards
from the privilege of choosing her own
guardian with the approval of the court of
probate as now provided by law.” '
Approved March 27, 1878.
House Bill No. 230.
CHAPTER Cxxm.
An Act in addition to and in alteration of
an Act concerning Education.
Be it enacted by the Senate and [louse oi Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened:
That section four,chapter three,title eleven
(and page one hundred and thirty) of the
revised statutes of 1875 is hereby amended
by erasing in the seventh and eighth lines of
said section the following words, “in the.
manner prescribed in this title for the elec-
tion of school visitors,” and inserting in lieu
thereof the following words, “who shall be
chosen by ballot, one-third to be chosen each
year to serve for three years, and until others
are elected in their places. That number ‘of
persons sufiicient to fill the board who have
the highest number of votes shall be elected;”
so that the section shall read as follows, to
wit: “Section 4. School societies heretofore
organized under the act of 1855, entitled an
act in addition to and in alteration of an act
concerning education, which are 'not coex-
tensive with the towns in which they are sit-
uated, shall: become school districts of said
towns, with all the powers and duties of
school districts, as Specified in this title;
except that each shall annually choose on the
third Monday of September, instead of a
district committee, a board of education
consisting of six or nine persons, who shall
be chosen by ballot, one third to be chosen
each year, to serve for three years and until
others are elected in their places. That num-
ber of persons sufficient to fill the board,
who have the highest number of votes, shall
be elected. Which board shall have all tb
powers, etc.” - - ,
Approved March 27, 1878.
House Bill No. 86.
CHAPTER. cxxn’.
An Act in amendment of an act concerning
: Education.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
rescntatives in General Assembly convened.
That section twenty-three, chapter five,
title Eleven of the general statutes be and the
same is hereby amended by inserting between
the word “shall” and the word “fix,” in the
fifth line of said section, the words “after
conferring with the school visitors of the
town or towns in which such district is loca-
ted.” The section, when thus amended,
will be as follows: “The vote of two-thirds
of those present and voting at a meeting of
the district shall be necessary to fix or change
the site of a school house; but if such two
thirds vote cannot be obtained in favor of
any site, the school visitors of any town
adjoining the town, or either of the .towns
in which pueh district is, on application of
the district, shall, after conferring with the
school visitors of the town or towns in which
such district is located, fix the site and make
return to the clerk of the town in which such
site is to be. .
ApprOVed March 27, 1878.
House Bill No. 4.
CHAPTER lGXXV.
An act relating to School District Taxes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. That the first section of chapter
three, title twelve, of the general statutes,
revision of 1875, be, and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
All taxes imposed by any school district
shall be laid on the real estate situated there-
in, and the ratable personal estate and polls
of those persons who belonged to said dis-
trict at the time of laying such tax, which
polls shall be set in the list at one hundred
dollars each, and upon any manufacturing
or mechanical business subject to taxation,
which is located or carried on in said district,
not including therein the value of any real
estate situated out of the district, and neither
the business so taxed nor any real estate in
said district shall be taxed in any other dis-
trict.
Approved, March 27, 1878.
House Bill No 262.
CHAPTER CXXVI.
An Act in relation to Duties of School
Boards.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened
The ,boardof school visitors, or board of
educationof any town, or of any district,
organized according to section four, chapter
three, title eleven of the general stat-
utes, may exclude from any school or schools
under their supervision. all children under
five years of age, whenever in their judg-
ment the interest. of such school or schools
will he thereby promoted.
Approved March 27, 1878.
House Bill No. 248.
CHAPTER :cxxvrr.
An Act to amend an Act relating to the
' Catching of Black Bass.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Houseof .Repre-
sentativcs in General Assembly convened.
All restrictions now existing by law against
taking black bass in the Farmington, House.-
tonic or Connecticut rivers, or rivers empty-
ing into the Connecticut river, are hereby
repealed.
Approved March 29, 1878.
House Bill No. 260.
CHAPTER 0xxvur.
An Act concerning Receivers of Partnerships,
,Be it enacted b‘ the Senate andHouse of Repre-
sentatives in ‘eneral Assembly convened:
Section 1. Whenany copartnership shall be
dissolved, and the partners cannot agree upon
the disposition of the partnership effects, pad
the settlement of lbe affairs of such copart-
nership, either of them may apply to -thc
superior court for the county in .WIllCh either
of said partners'reside, or in which the prop-
erty of such copartnershipis situated, and in
case' said court is not in session. then to any
judge of the superior court, for the appomt-
ment of a receiver to hold the business, and
all of the. estate, both real and personal, be-
longing .to such copartnership, and dispose
01’. manage and apply the same as the said
court or judge may direct; and upon receiv-
ing such application said court or judge shall
forthwuh appoint a day for the bearing» upon
the same, and shall make such order relative
to notice of such application and hearing to
the other partners as may be deemed proper,
said hearing to beat least six days from the
service of such order of notice; and such
court or judge, upon said hearing, in p.
point a receiver for said copartnership, he
shall be subject to the ordersof said court;
and wheneverarcceiver shall b appointed
by any judge in vacation, said j gc may'm;
any time before the next session of said court
make such temporary orders with reference
to said estate as may be necessary and proper
for the management and husbandry thereof,
and shall make return of the application no.
lies, application appointment and orders by
him made to said court at its next session,
and thereafter all proceedings in said case
shall be conducted in said court.
Sec. 2. Said,court shall have power to
make such order relative to the management
or closing up of the business of such copart-
nersliip, or the disposal of its real and per-
SJmll es‘ate,1s may be necessary to protert
the rights’and interests of each partner and
of the creditors of such copartnership, also
to make orders for the division of ‘ the part-
nership property, both real and personal, by
deeds of transfer to and from the respective
partners, or from the receiver, and upon the
request of either partner said court shall
order such division, if in the opinion of the
court such division can be made without in-
justice to the other partners ; and said court
in making or ordering such division shall
have power to equalize the property of such
copsrtnership between the respective part-
ncrs according to their respective interests,
and upon such terms and conditions as may
seem equitable to said court. And said court
shall also have power to make orders to sell
'the property of such copartnership, or any
part thereof, upon terms and conditons to
.be prescribed by said court, and apply the
proceeds to the payment of debts, and divide
. the balance between the respective partners
according to their interest in said copartner-
ship; and said court may make any other
orders necessary to carry this not into effect,
and for that purpose shall have all the powers
of a court of equity.
Sec. 3. Upon the appointment of such re-
ceiver, all of the property of said copartncr.
ship, both real and personal, shall at once
vest in said receiver, subject to the order of
said court; but any such appointment or or-
der of said court may be modified or vacated
on the application of any party to such pro-
ceedings to said court, reasonable notice of
such application, and of the time and place
of the hearing theron, having first been given
_to every other party. '
Sec. 4. Section two, chapter sevcbtecu,
part fourteen, title nineteen, (page 483) of
the general statutes of 1875, is hereby re-
pealed. . ,
Approved March 27, 1878.
Senate Bill No. 3.
cunrrsu cxmx.
An act relating to the Foreclosure of
Mortgages. .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives in General Assembly convened.
Section 1. The foreclosure of a mortgage
shall be a bar to any further suit. or. action
upon the mortgage debt, note or obligation
unless the person or persons who are liable
for the payment thereof are made parties to
such foreclosure. .
Sec. 2. Upon the motion of any party to a
foreclosure, the court shall appoint three
disinterested appraisers, who shall, under
oath, appraise the mortgaged property within
ten days after the time limited for redemp-
tion shall have expired, and shall make writ-
ten report of their appraisal to the clerk of
the court where said foreclosure was had,
which report shall be a part of the files of
such foreclosure suit, and such appraisal
shall be final and conclusive as to the value
of said mortgaged property; and the mort-
gage creditors in any further suitor action
upon the mortgage debt, note, or obligation,
shall recover only the difference between the
value of the mortgaged property as fixed by
such appraisal and the amount of his claim.
' Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from its
passage, but shall not affect any suit now
peming.
Approved, March 27, 1878.
House Bill No. 201.
CHAPTER cxxx.
An Act relating to Public, Charitable and
Reform Institutions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened;
Sécti on 1. Any judge of the superior
court, on information to him that any' person
is unjustly deprived of his liberty by being
confined in any insane asylum, or in any
lace for the detention or confinement of the-
usane, or any inebriate hospital in this state,
may appoint a commission of not less than
two persons, who ata time and place appoint-:
ed by them, shall hear such evidence as shall»
be offered touching the case; said commission
need not summon the party claimed to be
unjustly confined before them, but shall have
one or more private interviews with him,and
shall also make due inquiries of the physi-
cians and other persons having charge of
such place of detention or confinement, and
within a reasonable time thereafter report to
sa‘id judge the facts, and their opinion there-
,on, and if in their opinion the party is not
legally detained or confined in such place, or
is cured, or that his confinement is no longer
beneficial or advisable, said judge shall order
his discharge; but no commission shall be
appointed with reference to the same person
oftencr than once in six months.
Sec. 2. The judge before whom any of
the proceedings provided for in the preced-
ing section are bad, may tax reasonable costs
at his discretion. .
Sec. 3. Section fifteen of chapter five, title
eight of the revised statutes, is hereby re-
pealed.
‘Approvcd March 27, 1878.
Senate Bill No. 5i.
'Cuarrlzu cxxxr. -
An Act to provide for the Supervision of
Reservoirs and Dams.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repzrc-
sentutives in General Assembly convened.
Section 1. The member of the board of
railroad commissioners who is a civil engi-
neer and one civil engineer residing in each
congressional district in this state to be ap-
pointed by him, shall constitute a board of
civil cngincers,and have the supervision of all
dams and reservoirs now existing or hereafter
constructed in any locality where by the
breaking away of the same,’ life or property
may be in danger of destruction.
Sec. 2. The members of said board shall
be sworn to faithfully and impartially per-‘
form the duties imposed upon them by this
act, and shall continue in office for the term
of two years, and until others are appointed
in their places and stead. They shall each
receive ten dollars per day and all necessary
and reasonable expenses while actually in the
business of their ofilce, to be paid as here-
after provided.
See. 3. The mayor and aldermen of any
city, the warden and burgesses of any borough
the selectmen of any town or a majority of
them, shall, upon the application of two or
more persons or corporations, who would
suffer loss or damage by the breaking away
of any dam or reservoir within said city,
borough or town, shall forthwith inspect the
same, and if in their opinion said dam or
reservoir is not sufficiently strong and sub-
stantial to withstand the action of water un-
der any circumstances which may reasona-
bly be expected to occur, they shall at once
notify one or more of the board of civil en-
gineers to inspect the said dam or reservoir
with them, and if in the judgment of the
said engineers said dam or reservoir is unsafe,
they shall serve notice on the person or per-
sons owning or having the care and control of
the same, to place said dam or reservoir in a
safe and permanent condition. under the
supervision of one of the said board of civil
engineers, and when such repairs are com
peted and accepted by said civil engineer, -
he shall issue a certificate to-said owner or
persons owning or controlling the same, and
also cause to he recorded upon the records of
the town in which said dam is located, his
doings, with a copy of the certificate so is-
sued, but if said engineer shall find said dam
or reservoir to be secure and safe, then the
expense of such inspection shall be paid by
the town in which said dam or reservoir is
located. . _ j
. Sec. 4' Whenever any person or corpora-
tion‘purpose constructing a dam or reservoir
in a locality where the life or property of any
other person may be endangered through the
insufficiency thereof,- the plans and specifi-
cations for such dam or reservoir shall be
submitted to any member of‘ said board of
civil engineers, who shall examine the ground
where the dam or reservoir is to be built, and
the plans and specifications therefor, and if
he approve the same, he shall issuea certifi-
cate authorizing the coustrubtion of such
dam or reservoir, and no such dam or reser-
voir shall be constructed without 'such up-
proval and certificate.
Sec. 5. The engineer under whose author-
ity any dam or reservoir is being constructed,
shall cause the work upon the same to be in-
spcctcd at least three times before its com-
pletion, and if he shall be satisfied that such
daiii or reservoir has been built in:n substan-
tial and safe manner and in accordance with
the plans and specifications approved by him,
and is strong and secure, he shall issue a
certificate approving of the same, which cer-
tificate shall be recorded in the office of- the
town clerk of the town in which such dam
or reservoir is located; and no such dam or
reservoir shall be used until such certificate
is obtained and recorded. .
Sec. 5 The compensation and expenses of
the board of engineers, or any of them, when
acting under the provisions of sections three,
four and five of this act, shall be paid by the
persons or corporations owning or construct-
in“r the dam or reservoir. _ _
Sec. 7. The superior court shall have jur-
isdiction in , equity, and make all jui‘llgments
and decrees necessary to carry 1th e ect the
provisions of the preceding sections. .
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect from its
passage. .
Approved March 23, 1878.
Senate Bill No. 53.
CHAPTER cxxxti.
An Act relutingtoEifihlflg- .' "
Be it cnucted in the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General Assembly convened: ~
Section 1. No person shall take at any
' took
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time from that portion of theShetueket rive
lying between the :Gi'eeuville dam .audi-thtt
lower end or the? Shetthket company's prop
'erty, any shad. ..No rig in , this sectiott
shall be construed so , to prohibit the takl
ing of shad frouir Ithaf-fiin—way "on ~ sa
Shelucket river known gs the .Prestoniferr ,
Will’- I . z: ' ' ' '
Sec. 2. Any person ,
provisions of the ' pave lse‘ouon’nni beau
'ject to a fine of: twenty dbllars; validib'oth the
attorney of the city .of'NOrwich, and: that
grand jurors of the _,town of .Prestoushall
have power to complain of the violations oil
this act,'and accused maybe tried eith'erim
the city of Norwichfor in-the town of-PresJl
ton. ' C i.;. . . : . i .
Sec. 3. That so much;gf-section cigldgcpfi
chapter four, , articlc‘ .WQi title sixteen, as i
inconsistent with thinner. is hereby repealed.
ApprOVed Marchf27,‘ 1878.5 ‘ - . ' . - --
Senate Bill'hio. ~52. .
~ ounrmtn'dirxxiii. . - , - 0
An :Ac: in relation to invalid Soldiers, :SaiJ
lors and Marines. , - , , ‘,
Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of" Repro-
seniatives in Generat:Au_embly.convenedc
SJCIIOD 1. All soldiefi, sailors andma-
rines who served in the niou army or navy
in the late civil war in Cdii‘necticutregimeuts
or inthe navy'quota from Connecticut,‘ and
received an honorable, discharge therefrom,
who, ' from diseases. or twounds, may, need
medical care and trea , ht as may be‘neceii}
sary at the Hartford 'IFospital,-’6r~iit--the
hos ital, of the. General Hospital society
of onnecticut at New Haven, and- the ex-
pense of such 'medical'c'are and treatment
shall be defrayed by the state. ' _ . " 1‘
Sec. ,2. All soldiers, sailors and mat-inch!
who served in the Union army orbs girl the!
late civil war in thefionpecticut regiments, :
or in the navy quota from Connecticut, who
shall, from woundsor disease, become un-~
able to earn a. livelihbod‘," and who, have no3
adequate means-ofsupport, shall, if ' they
.have received an . honorable. discharge from
said army or navy, jie entitled. to, a home at
the hospitals named ,n the, preceding section,
and to such food aud’cl'pthing‘ as sli .be
necei-isary, and: the expense thereof shit 1 be
defrayed by, thestate. ..:’;.-.,.;. -
Sec. 3. All soldiers“ pallets and marine
who served in theUnion arm or navy in the
late ‘civil war and who‘hn'ag ‘wish to' avail
themselves of the benefitst- this act, shall
make application tothdgove'rnor of the state,
who, with the adjutant neral, and surgeon.
general of 'the ’ sthters all constitute a sol-
dier’s hospital boardftvith fullf'powers to
make all necessary .r'ules and regulations fer
the government of soldiers, .sailors andma-
rines who may avail themselyes of the bones
fits of this act, and shall havejsole power to
admit or discharge vany‘ soldier, sailor or ina'-'
rineforcause, and' to ‘fik the sum paid‘ for
such medical treatments care, and support. ‘:
Sec.‘ 4. All acts or parts 9fzacts inconsis-
tent herewith are'hereliy repealed, and this
act shall take effect July :Ist;‘1878.’
Approved March27,.1878l: ' ‘
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noise niii ironies” ,
Gunman oxxmv.’ ' ' ’ ,
An Act relating to Highways near Railroads.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in General-Assembly convned.
Section 1. No highway which does not
cross a railroad track. shall hereafter be laid
out or opened to the public ,within one hun-
dred yards of any railroad track unless the
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layout has been approved by a judge of the '
superior court, after notice to all parties in
interest, and his approvalshas‘ been- lodged
in the office of the town clerkiof the town in
which the proposed highway is situated.
See. 2. Ajudge of theiupcrlor Court shall
not approve. the layout'r’ofi- any ihighway'
which does not crossa railroad track, within
one hundred yards of any: railroadtrack un-
less he' finds that Lpiibllc: ~co‘r‘iv’enieace and
necessityrequires such highwaysnt'obe 'within '
such discince ;:’.aud‘. lid shall: have power to
require any town, opening a-highway to the
public, within ,sueh'distano‘e,’ to erect. and
maintaiusuch a fence between,- such' highway
and theraiiroad. track as, iii the opinion, the-
safety of the public may require.
Sec. 3. This actz'2shall take eifcct'from its
passage, but shall not effect any suit new
pending. , t .. . .
‘ Approved March-28, 1878. -
House mu 0. 125.
CHAPTER xxxv.
An Act relating to the '._0bstruction.o_f High-
w 8
Be t enacted by tho-Semi arid‘House of Repre-
sen‘tativ‘esin General Assembly convened. _
Section 1. Any person traveling upon any
public street or highway which is crossed by
a railroad, who shall be obstructed or pre-
vented from crossing such railroad for 9. ion-
ger time than five minutes, by reason of trains.
car, or locomotives standing upon or across
such street or highway, may recover not ex-
ceeding fifty dollars from the corporation
owning or operating said railroad; provided,
suit is brought within thirty days after the
date of such obstruction.
Sec. 2. Section twenty-third, part first,
chapter seven, title sixteen of the general
statutes is hereby repealed. '
Approved March 27, 1878.
Senate Bill No. 60.
, CHAPTER cxxxvr. _
An Act Defltlng the Duties of Audue: l of
Public Accounts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Beprc-
sentatives in General Assembly convened: ‘
That it is hereby made the duty of the “A u-
ditors of Public Accounts,” who are annually
appointed by the general assembly, to audit
the accounts of the state treasurer, the school
fund commissioners, thc ‘quartermaster-gen:
era], the insurance commissioner and the
state. prison. All acts or resolutions incon-
sistent with this act are hereby repealed.
Approved March 27, 1878.
The World feels compelled to rebuke the
democrats who howled down Alexander II.
Stephens, and it permits its Washington cor. ' Wu"
respondent to speak of the “stupid tactics"
of the majority. The old man is very indig-
nant at the treatment he received, and is de-
termined not to be cowed. . Informed of ‘the
rumor on the streets that the democratic res-
idents-of Washington had threatened to bu
in effigy any democratic congressman w 0
failed to vote for the Potter resolution, be;
said :
Well. if they do that they will cut the
throat of the party, that's all. No party can
stand such terrorism as that. The country is
already alarmed, the people think the present
movement means revolution and anarchy, the
'business of the country is just beginning to
recuperate and things are in pretty good shape.
once more, and this business just brings
things to a stand still. If for no other rea-
son this agitation should be discountenauced '
on material grounds. For my own part—and
I do not stand alone—I am- determined to
stand firm for What -I consider to be the part
of manhood and common fairness;
Mr. Stephens saystbe origin _of the resolu-
tion is not very creditable to‘ the democratic
party. It was set onfootby the dead-beats
and disappointed hangersaon' who infest
Washington as rats in fest the sewers of Paris.
It is planned» to; givethem employment.
Scores of - them will be' appointed to place as
experts and‘stenographeis; and the investi-
gation in all its ramifications will cost not
less than $1,000,000. 'i He means 'to insist on
a fair investigation or none; - ' ‘ ‘
Holland discounts the American fCouv' ms. -
It has ten. thousand windmills—0m .mati
Breakfast Table. ' f' ' .
The girls of Tuscola,.lll., .place 1 blue rihi
bon and a mitten on thetable when their lov-
ers come to visit them,.and say, “Cheese.” ,
- The Hartford insurance. companies lose
$58,650 by the Minneapolis .fire, all except ‘
the National coming in for 'a share;
The Democrats in Congresanot being fools,
have no intention of trying to act like fools,
Ry reopening the Residential question.—
ew York Empress. , - _ . .
Not long ago the guests of a NewYork
fashionable hotel were astounded to read at
tbs end of, their billaof fare: ' “.Gentlemen
desiring fiends to, dine with lthem will please
give notice at the. office." 4
The Boston Herald-thinks the numerous
failures-in the past month are due to the
nearapproach of the repeal of the bankrupt
liw. We hope so. We were :afraid thatit
might be caused b the generatdesire to visit
the Ex sition at aria—Danbury News.
Nort Carolina’s amateur volcano is again
wheezing and rumbling. Saturday week
sounds like muffled thunder proceeded from
the innermost depths of the mountain, and
those who lived in the valleys below were
crazed with excitement, hundreds of them
fleeing to the lowlands for safety. On Sun-.
day morning the range is said to have been
split in twain, a chasm 30) feet in length and
twenty in width being hollowed out. The
natives believe the bottomless pit has opened.
and expect smoke, lava and general destruc-
tion. ' .
General Grant has sent from Milan a kind-
ly refusal to an invitation to attend a meeting
in July of the veterans of Ohio. “This”
he says, “is the first opportunity of my life
to visit Europe, and will likely be my last.
There is much here to see which I have not
seen, and I desire to remain to partly ac.
complish the tour which I had marked my—
self. I trust the veterans 'of Ohio may have
a most aus icious reunion on the coming oc—
casion, an that none of them will ever feel
a‘dispositiou to apologize 'for the part they
in the late struggle for National OllS<
teuce, nor for thc causej for which they
fought.
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Marriages and I deaths inserted gratuitously.
Obituary or Funeral Notices 15 cts. per line.
All unusual cuts and devices 25 per cent. extra.
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church .
’ Teacher of I
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical '
' ' Composition.
, Box 379 r. 0.. NORWALK. court.
J.‘ Belder‘l Hurlbdtt,
liliiieiail Ullllllllllllll‘ at Law,
Boon: No.4, [up stair-,1
Gaze-ruin.- BUILDING.
- ' " Homoeopathic Physician.
- Office and Residence, Cor. MAIN STREET and
UNION AVENUE. Office hours 7 to 9 a. m.,
to 1, undo to 7. Slate at Glover’s Grocery Store
All orders will be promptly attended. llm20
CHARLES w. ’MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
uonwamr, norm.
Office corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
. v . Oxide Gas administered.
.../G. .B. COOLIDGE,
,DrE N '1': s '1' .
" ‘ Successor to
. Dr. Asa. Hill,
3" Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
outpain. '
A T 11.4121) TIMES. PRICES,
v
'I'or Cash. -— No Credit 3
All work excutcd in the Best Manner, atmyofilce
Corner of Main and Washington streetag.‘ '
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN.
T. E. SWIFT,.D. D. s.
The No‘rwalk Fire Insurance 80.,
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year,
And has not outstanding a Dollar of unpaid losses
or of claims for losses.
I’l SIIIIIII “MFA" lllSllllEs Al lllWEll BATES.
War. U.Srnnn'r, Pres., SAM’L Lrivizs, Treas.,
GEO. it. COWLEs,Sce’y.
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Local Notices" ii: Réadlng Columns, 28 l "
~» REAL ESTATE. 7
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The First Floor of a Dwelling House. with
kitchen, basement, etc; Apply,“
R. L. ELLE-
For Sale.
A cosy comfortable Cottage on one of the lens-
antest streets in town within five in autos
walk of the Bridge or Chnrc es. 'will be sold at
cost price. A portion of the purchase money can
remain on,bond and mortgage. l’rlce $6.000. En-
quire at this Office.
stingy: PBOPfiRT‘I
, THE very desirably located homestead, former-
. ly known as the McClure place, pleasant!
situated on the corner of Mainstrcct and Non
Avenue, is alteredon sale. It is near the busi-
ncss center of the town, and still somewhat retir-
ed and shaded by grandpld elms. It is on high
ground, and in a 1mod uei hborbood. Apply to
AL 31 G.B :TTS, Gazette Office.
. For Sale
01: Exchange for Nor-walk Prop-
’ ' crty. ,
NE FARM on Long Island, 25 acres alsoTWO
llousns in Brook! -n. For pnriicuinrs en:
.ms. in. ”ALL, 9. 0. Box (as. ,
quire of
18. 4 ‘ . Norwalk, Conn
For Sale or to Rent.
1 OFFER. my residence en Union Avenue for
sale, or to let Furnished to a desirable tenant.
Possession about lot of May. Terms easfi.
. , - CHARLES '1‘. LEO ARD.
Norwalk, April 81h, 1875. . . 15
To Rent.
OR the season. or by the year, The Rocker
Hollie-lead, Furnished, situatedln Dnrien.
Comodious house: Hot and Cold Water; Ban es,
and Dumb-waiters; Carriage Houses; Stab ing
for nine Horses; Coachman’s uarters; Grounds
nicely laid out. J. H. HA LENBECK,
Agent for the Estate.
4ti9 39 Park ltow, N. Y.
, To Let.
THE residence of the late Capt. Ahijah Betta,
with or without home lot. it is situated on
the Kent road, Winonfand in a desirable local-
ity. Possession given April lat. Termsmoderate
Enquire upon the premises of Mrs. C. M. Gregory
To Rent. . .
The second floor of a house on the east side of
West Avenue,_ncar the 20 M. E. Church, to a small
family, Borough water. Apply at the GAZETTE
OFFICE.
FARMS FOR. SALE.
Enquire or .
. ems; comsmocK,
New Canaan, Conn.
To Rent.
THE Jarvis place, the .whoie house or by
ll.
apartments, as desired. , Applyto
10 - 'J.‘ W. McLEAN,M. D.‘
. To‘ Rent.
ESIRABLE Suites of Rooms for Offices or
Families. Also, the large Brick Building on
Water Street.w1th ‘Engine and Boiler, suitable
for Manufacturing Purposes.
F. ST. JOHN L0 KWOOD, 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 A: Bates. suitable for
manufacturing purposes. Also Barn on High St.
50ti‘ E. B. PRICE.
< Desirable PropertyFor Sale.
THE Homestead formerly ownedvan‘d now 03;
. cupied by John Roberts. For articulars en-
quire of CHAS. H. STB. ‘ET.
. Fairfield 00. National Bank.
Farm for Sale.
A DWELLING HOUSE situated iuthe 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 Ofllce. or ofthe sub-
scriber. HARVEY FITCH.
Norwalk, January 14th, 1878. 3
S a w . MITCHELL,
.
At the ever popular
UNION MARKE'I
has always the best of
Beer, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
at iairiiving prices. Union (formerly Model) Mar-
ket, on the Bridge. 18
“AISLES S. LOCKWOOD, -
.Fashiunahle Draw and Tailui
AND
GENTS’ FURNISHING EMPORIUM.
Main Street,Norwalk. Conn.
Enwann P. when,
13 R U G- G- I S '1'
Streetmpposite Norwallc Opera House,
A large and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Perfumeiiy,_i’ateut Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters, Olletflild Medicated Soaps, Flavoring
and Hand kerohicf Extracss, Hair Brushes,Combs,
Sponges,ChamoisSkins. Stationary. Cigars, ac”
and is constant] adding to his stock all the new~
and popular me‘ icines “the day. ‘ ‘
1‘th INSURANCE co. ornanrronn.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $6,710,893.77
Ins uresagainst loss and damage by Fire.on terms
adopted to the hazard andconsistcnt with the laws
of compensation. . COWLES & MERRILL,_ _ -
Sole Agentsfor ileum”: and Vicinity.
GEORGE ,ll- RAYMOND, -
Furnishing Undertaker,
No. 53 MAIN sTnIiE'r,iUp Stairs.)
B.S.BLASCER.
At his store in
MALLORY’B BLOCK,
hasconstantly on hand,a general assortmento
. Bioteiies, Crockery, Glass,
.Tin .un‘d Wooden Ware, Etc;
By devoting his constantpersonal attention to the
{business he hopesto merit public Patronage
Dr. 0.31. Kendall &. Son,
DENTISTS.
Are now prepar-
ed to r e e e i v e
their‘ patrons at
' either Nortvalk
. Bridge. or South
‘ Norwalk. The
' ‘ partper
, p , has taken rooms
. ' .‘- " ‘ tfiv (It't Seliefiik‘s
1, - . on s ore or-
‘ I ‘1‘ ‘3." fl walk. while the
‘ junior retains
the old office. Lauder’s Block, South Norwalk.
Teeth extracted Without pain. and all dental ope-
rations perl‘ormcd at either cities.
0. . KENDALL, M.D.,
. KENDALL, D: D. S.
all will devote Mondays to
‘ ' G.
P. S. Dr..C. II.Kend
Bidgefield.
John A. Hootnecker,
B A KE R!
room or MILL HILL.
Bread, Rolls. Pies, Cakes,Crullers, Scubakcd
fresh everyday. Everything made out of good
materialsmm bycarciu land competentworkmcn
‘Try-our Bahir iv.
Poulterer’s, Friend!
Ci’iIeKENmrownnn,
_ Is a certain preventative of
Gapcs In Chickens and Turkeys,
And is highly recommended by those who have
used it. .It‘orsiile by
__ H. M. a c. s. PR9WITT._'_
”c. w. Bfirritt
Has Removed
To N o. 4 thnix .Block, Wall 817.,
Foot of Mill Hill,wherc with increased facilities
ho is prepared to do
P L U M B I N G- ,
in allit‘s branches. Also spbcial attention given
to Tin Roofing, Tin and Sheetlron Workand Job-
bing. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand .
Norwalk,April,1876.:
Book and Job
To Let.
Two Nicely Furnished Houses.
ONE a Cottage, neatly furnished. with Hot and
Cold_W uter, Bath, dc. The other richly fur-
nished, Will be rented to parties without children
on] . .Both centrally located, and will be rented
to esirable parties at a. low rent. Enquire at the
GAZETTE OFFICE.
For Sale Cheap,
Or Exchange for other property,
One ofthe neatest.and cosicst little Cottages in
the Borough. Will sell to a good tenant forlittle
glistémoney down. Enquire at GAZETTE OF-
I
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Desu ab e Property for sale.
A Ver ydesirable place on EastAvenuc.
Also, a few choice BuildingLots situatedon
Osborn Av.enue,for sale cheap.
Also,anicely located House and Lot on Mer-
wrp Street near West Avenue. for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquireol
S. E. OSBORN. EastAvcnue,
tfll or to D. W.FlTCH.West Avenue.
For Sale.
A House and Lot. in a healthy location on
Fair Street, above. Catharine. The House is
nearly new,weli built.conveniently arrang-
ed, and will make a comfortable and leasant
home for a family of average size. The at 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 secure a
home. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE. 3“
FOR SALE.
TWO verydesirableBuildingLotson WestMain
Street. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE .
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 the
Mfllllll. Hair Dressing Booms.
If your head is full of Dandruff; if‘your hair is
~' ' falling off,
E.APELL
Has got it Sure Cure
Ladies and Children Hair Cut and
. Shampoocd
in the Most Approved St le. Only 15 Cents for a
First-Class S ampoo. all and give us atrial.
WW9.“ St., Up Stairs, 2d Door from Post Office.
CLOSED 0N SUNDAYS. 9tf
, GEORBE WARD SEIIEGK,
has constantly in stock at his new store,
No. 9 Main Street,
a choice and fine assortment of
Groceries, _
Provisions,
Flo u-r,
_ Fruit, &c.,
To which he would invite the attention of'nll who
Wish to purchase first-class goods at
. Reasonable Prices.
DRIED BEEF. NIJC'ED. A SPECIALIY.
BESTof HAilfgllf‘lTl-IER WHOLE 01f
CED.
Drop in and see him at his new store
V0. 9 NIAIN STREET.
or of DR. J. G. GREGORY, NorWalk,Conn. 2t
Centaur
L‘iniment‘s. 2
More than l,0C0,000 bottles of the now celebrat-
ed Centaur Llnlments were sold last year.
man, woman or child will say that they, did not
perform according to the advertisement. We do
not pretend that the Centaur Linirnentswill
mend ii. broken leg or perform impossibilltleil,
but we do say and mean that these Liaiinents
will come nearer working miracles than anything
certificates showing how remarkable cares of ob-
sttnatc cases of Rheumatism , Neuralgia, Sciatica,
Caked Breasts,Poisonous Bites,Scalds and Burns
Swslied Legs and Still J oints, ctc.. have been ci-
iccted by it. The certificates all read. one way,
and the sale is constantly increasing. We wrll
send these certificates gratis. Some of them may
be found around each bottle or Liniment. The
Liuimentsnre quick, they are reliable. they at
safe and they are cheap Among the ingrediepti
Oil, Mentha and Arnica. There is no flesh, bone
or muscle allmcntwhich they will not relieve and
benefit. The White Centaur Linn-rem is
for the human frame, while the Yellow Dill!-
ment is adapted to the tough muscles and fibres
of horses and animals. For Stiff Joints, Lance
ness, Spavin, Ring-bone, Sweeney, Gulls, Poll-
evil. ctc.. the Yellow Centaur Llnimcnt is
worth its weight in gold to every farmer, livery-
man, teamster and owner of animals. A single
bottle has put a disabled horse in the harness,and
a few bottles have rendered a useless spavined
horse worth two hundred dollars. There is no
wonderful, and they are naturally finding their
way into the uttermost parts of the earth. No
family should be wiIbout them. They are handy
as well as certain.
J.B. uosn a, 00.,46 DEI’ Sn. New Yonx.
. Children, '
Maybe made healthyand strong by the use of
Dr. Pitcher-9s Castor-la, apert‘ect substitute
for Castor Oil. It contains no morphine and is
superior to any syrup or remedy in use. ‘Ihe
Cnutoria is particularly recommended for
children. It destroys worms, assimilates theiood
and allows natural sleep. Very efficacious in
Group and for children Teething. For Colds,
Feverishness. 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 :—
“Connwxnn, LEBANON 00., PA., March 17, ’74
“an17 Bin—l have used your Casronla in my
practice for some time. I take great pleasure in
recommending it to the profession as a safe, relia-
ble and agreeable medicine. It is particularly
adapted to children where the re ughnnt taste of
Castor Oil renders it so difficult administer.
E. A. ENDEBS, M. D.”
Mothers who try Casrouut will 'flnd that they
can sleep nights and that their babies will be
healthy. J. B. ROSE & 00., New York. 3ml7
Free Reading Room.
THIS isa comfortable room fitted up for the
benefit oi' the public generally, situated on
east. side of South Main Street. over Reed’s Jew-
elry Store, Clark and Lane’s Block, nearly 0 po-
site Railroad Depot, South Norwalk, Ct. t is
open from 9 a. m., to 9:45 p. in. The room is well
lighted, warm and comfortable. It is. supplied
With four dailies, two weeklies, and several
monthly papers and journals. beside a number
ofinstructive and interesting books.
UOFFEE 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 MADEarticles mentioned below,
at the following priccu :
1 Cup of Coffee, with crackers, -
1 Cup of Tea, with crackers, - -
Cocoa, - - -- -
Brown Bread and Butter, - -
Sandwich. - - - -
Cake. - - - ~ . -
Doughnuts, - - - -
Piece ot‘Pic, - - - -
Crullers, - - - -
Ham, - - - -
Pork and Beans, \vitli bread and butter, 10
Stewed Oysters, - - 15
U‘
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5'
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Overvicicw'aiai
1878..
EYERYTHING
DOWN TO HARD PAN.
GROUERIES,
VEGETABLES,
.l-‘RESH FISH,
FRUITS, 850.,
AT] THE
Very Lowest Market Rates.
A full assortment constantly on hand, freshly re-
plenished every day, with
Ghoicest Fruits, Best . Vegetables,
and Sea Food.
Goods delivered‘in any part of‘ town. Leave your
orders freely with
Demmon & Ne’wcomb',
' 53 Main Street, N orwalk.
William Hindley,
SUCCESSOR TO
THEODORE E. SMITH,
DEALER IN
Hardware, Cutlery,
AND
AIRIGIIL'I'UIIAI. IMPLEMEHTS.
WALL PAPER, wrunow SHADES, PAINTS,
orns, canss, snsn, BLINDS a nouns.
Main St, Norwalk, Conn.
SIGN PAINTING, PAPER HANGING, o0,
AT
Quiiitard’s Furniture Rooms
will befound a complete assortment of
FURNITURE, ac,
neludlngeverythingusuallyfound in a first-class
establishment, at Prices to suit the~Times . Also.
a largeassortmeiitof‘
CHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
' LOOKING GLASSES, are.
Glassl’latescittoanysize. Repairingdoneinthe
best manner, at short notice. Also. old Hair Mat-
trassesinadeover as good as new.
E. OUINTARII’S 80".
E. NELSON, -
Manufacturer of
Buggies, Sleigh Highlights,
E‘Brokcn Carriagcs‘ or Wagons iicntly and
rintlyi'cpaircd.
Printing
CHEAPER THAN EVER,
AT THE
GAZETTE OFFICE.
WM- B. SWAN,
Manufacturer or
FINE AND (JOMDION
HARNESS.
And Dealer in
Horse & Stable Equipments.
Particular attention paid to
REPAIRING.
Thankful for the liberal patronage of the past,
the subscriber hopes to merit a continued share of
the business favors of his friends and the public.
WM. B. SWAN.
Shop in rear of Residence, Main Street. Norwnlk
TRY OUR
OrangeFlavorcd SodaWater.
II. M. a. c. 8. FROM".
1. iVOLl ‘ LXI...N‘UMBER 2:?-
We assert without fear of contradiction that no .
ever before discovered. We have thousands of
used are Witch Hazel, Carbolic, Naptha, Bock ‘
mistake about these Linimeuts. They are simply _
The Reconciliation.
_ BY 1;. x.
We quarreled (lovers always {10).
I vowedI wouldn’t speak
To him, and he—well, it was just
A case of Greek meet Greek.
He thought—I, saw it in his eye—
I needn't be so pert
Nor take ofience at one sharp speech,
Ah! but his sharp words hurt!
And‘I—he needn’t think I cared
So much for him I would
, Stand everything! I’d sooner die!
(I really thought I. should.)
Just then there came an awful spell
0f horrid, nasty weather;
The skies did nothing else but rain
For six whole days together.
And I did get, I must confess,
Perhaps a triflehlue,
. (And what ‘with rain and teaching school
I dare say you would, too.")
While he—hebroke more pipes that week
Than be ever broke before ; ' . .
I’d hear him swear they didn’t “draw,”
And dash them on the floor.
. Well, one day I’d been keeping in
V A class in mathematics, A
Trying to heat 'into their heads
Something about quadratics.
0f course‘I only failed in that '
And made myself sick trying,
And came home just about tired out
fleady to burst out crying.
Thinking “I wish I were. dead !
I’m sure that no one cares!”
I ran up to my little room, _
Three weary flights of stairs,
And flung the door wide open. There,
Imagine my surprise !
The loveliest bunch of hot-house flowers,
Lay right before my eyes.
The faint sweet scent of mignonette ’
Pervaded all the room, ' '
And to a piece of heliotropo
Was tied a card marked "Tom.”
What did I do P What makes you ask ?
Well, then, if you must know,
I'm sure I only kissed them_once
Because I had to go '
Right off and thank him for the things.
I couldn't be so rude I
As not to do that, could I now ?
When he had been so' good.
- I chanced to meet him in the-hall
And when I’d stammered “Tom
I—I—mean Mr. Smith, I want to thank
You for —" then I grew dumb.
To tellthe truth I quite forgot
All I had meant to say,
And stood, as awkward as you please,
Fussing with my bouquet.
But when he said, quite low for him,
“Won’t you forgive me, Sue 2*"
I—I—wcll, what would you have done
Supposing it was you?
Telemachus sci-m Mentor.
Don't mind me, I beg you, old fellow, I’ll do
very well here alone;
You must not be kept from your “ German ”
because I’ve dropped in like a stone;
Leave all ceremony behind you, leave all
thought of aught but yourself,
And leave, if you like, the Madeira, and a
dozen cigars on the shelf.
As for me, you_will say to our hostess—Well
I scarcely need give you a cue.
Chant my praise! All will list to Apollo though '
Mercury pipe to a few;
Say just what you please,my dear boy; there’s
' more eloquence lies in youth’s rash
Outspoken heart-impulse than ever growled
under this grizzling mustache.
Go, don the dress-coat of our tyrant—youth’s
panoplied armor for fight—-
And tie the white neckcloth that rumples,
like pleasure, and lasts but a night,
And pray the Nine Gods to avert you what
time the Three Sisters shall frown,
And you'll loose your high-comedy figure,and
sit more at ease in your gown._
He’s off! There’s his foot on the staircase.
By Jove, what a bound 1 Really now
Did I ever leap like this springald, with love’s
cliaplet green on my brow?
Was 1 such an ass 7 'No, I fancy. Indeed, I
remember quite plain:
A gravity mixed with my transports, a cheer-
fulness softened my pain.
He's gone'! There’s the slam of his cab door,
there’s the clatter of hoofs and the
, wheels,
And while he the light ice is tripping, in this
armchair I‘ll tilt _up my heels.
He’s gone, and for what? For a tremor from
. a waist like a tectotum spun;
for a rose-bud that’s crumpled by many be-
fore it is gathered by one.
Is there naught in the halo of youth but the
glow of a passionate race—
Midst the cheers and applause of a crowd— I
' to the goal of a beautiful face?
A race that is not to the swift,a prize that no
merits enforce.
But is won by faineant youth who shall sim.
ply walk over the course!
Poor boy! shall I'sbock his conceit? When
he talks of her cheek’s loveliness,
Shall I say 'twas the air of the room, and was
due to carbonic excess ?
That when.waltzing she drooped on his breast
and the veins of her eyelids grew dim.
’I’was oxygen's absence she felt, but never
the presence of him ?
Shall I tell him first Love is a fraud, a week-
ling that's strangled in birth,
Recalled with perfunctory tears, but lost in
unsanctified mirth? ~
Or shall I go bid him believe in all woman-
kind's charm, and forget
In the light ringing laugh of the world the
rattlesnake’s gay castinet?
Shall I fear out a leaf from my heart, from.
that book that forever is shut
0n the past? Shall I speak of my first love—
Augusta—my Lalage ? But
I forget. Was it really Augusta? No. ’Twas
Lucy! No. Mary! No. Di! ‘
Never mind, they were all first, and faithlcss,
and yet—I've forgotten just why.
No, no. Let him dream on and ever. Alas!
he will wakeii too soon;
And it doesn’t look well for October to al-
ways be preaching at June.
Poor boy! All his fond foolish trophies pin-
ned yonder—a bow from her hair,
A few billets-dour, invitations, null—what's
this ? My name ! I declare.
Hiimpli! “You'll come, for I've got you a
prize—with beauty and money no end;
You know her, I think; ’twas on di't she once
was engaged to your friend;
But she says that's allover." Ah, is it ? sweet
Ethel! Incomparable maid!
Or—what if the; thing‘be a trick i—this letter
so f recly displayed—
My opportune presence! No! nonsense!
Will nobody answer the hell 7
Call a cab! Half past full Not too late yet.
Oh, Ethel! Why don’t you go? Well?
"Master said you would wait—” Hang your
master! “ Have I ever a message to
send ? "
Yes, tell him I’ve gone to the German to
dance with a friend of . his friend.
—an'r Ilnnrn, in Harper's Magazine fof
Juno.
Norwalk Chronicler