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The Porcelain Cup.
From the Observer-
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Who watched the artist paint a porcelain cup,
Did wonder when he gathered brushes up
And said, “My task is done,"
-That on the toy's fine rim,
IA border black and grim
Contra‘sted hatefully- with gentle tint
0f pink and azure, blond and beryl hint,
And mocked those threads of sun
That made thy cap a prize
To ravish royal eyes.
“Why leave this scowl of black '1’” one dared
inquire.
The artist answered, “Clay must taste the
fire,
And by that test he tried, "
Snatched from its furnace heat,
Tmnsfigured and complete,
The dazzling gift comes crowned with aulcole
gleam,
Its black all changed to gold! So like a
dream
Heart said to heart that's ighcd—
Grief may be joy at last,
When life’ 5 fierce test is past. 1
LAURA SANFORD.
2:55
From Gassell's Magazine.
FLORENCE GRAY.
That’s my name, for father said there was
not a better barge 3n the river than the Pru-
dence, and if I was called the same. he was
sure there would never be a better girl.
Poor father! He was always very fond of
me, and my earliest remembrances are of sit-
ting on the tiller and having a ride, when he
stood there of an evening steering the barge,
with the great cinnamon-red sail filled out by
the wind, and the water foaming and bubbling
by us as we ran up the river toward the big
city, where the ships lay close together in
dock and against the wharves, emptying—their
loads or waiting for others before going away
across the seas.
I used to think our bargc,which was a very
small hilly-boy, if you know what that is—if
you don‘t, I must tell you that it's a barge
built with rounded ends and low bulwarks,
meant for carrying loads up rivers, but built
also to be able to go out to sea a little while,-
running along the coast—I used to think Our
barge, I say, a very, very large ship, till I
grew old enough to compare it with those .
that passed as going Inp or down the river,
and then it used to seem to me that it would
. be wonderfully fine to go on board one of
those great ships and go sailing away—far
away—across the ocean, instead of just coast-
ing along to Sheerness and up the Medwsy,
as we used to go‘, year after year, loaded deep
down in the water with pottery or hops, or
even bricks.
I can’t tell you how child-life slipped away,
liv1ng with father and mother on board that
barge,’ 1n a little bit of a cabin with a tiny
stove; all I know' is that I was very happy’
and that I never hardly went ashore,and when
I did I was frightened'and wanted to get
back; and at last I seemed to have grown all
at once into a great girl,and father and Iwere
alone.
Yes, quite alone, for mother had left us
very suddenly, and' we had been ashore at
Sheerness, father and 1,111.1 came back from
the funeral and were sitting on' the cabin
hatch, before I could believe it was anything
but a terrible dream, and that I should not
wake and find that she was alive once more,
as blithe and cheery as ever, ready to take
the tiller or a pull at a rope, the same 'as I
did when father wanted any help.
Father was a. changed man after that, and ,
as a couple of years slipped by'the work on
the barge fell more and more into my hands,
and I used to smile to myself as I saw how
big and red and strong they had grown. For
father grew quiet and dull, day by day, and
used to have a stone bottle filled whenever he
went ashore, and then sit with it in the cabin
all alone till I called him to come and help
with the sail.
Not that I wanted much help, for ours was
only a small barge, and once started with a
fair wind, I could manageher well enough;
while“ when we had to tack backwards and
forwards across the river mouth, I could al-
ways lock the tiller by the rope that hung on
to the belaying pin, and give it a bitch on this
side or that side, till I had taken a pull at the
sheet and brought the barge round on the oth-
er tack .
I must have passed half my life in those
days lea g back against that tiller, with its
end carved to look like a great acorn, and the
name of the old barge, Prudence, cut deep in
the side. There I'd stand looking out ahead
as we glided along over the smooth sea, plies.
ing a buoy here and alight there, giving other
barges and smacks a wide bertb,and listening
to the strange squealing noise of the gulls as
they wheeled and hovered and swept by me,
so closely sometimes that Icould have touched
them with my hand.
Our barge was well known all about the
mouth of the river and far up beyond the
bridge, and somehow, I don’t know how it
was,the men on the different hosts we passed
had always a kind hail or a waive of the hand
for us, as we glided by, if we were too far off
for the friendly shout toreach us.
Sometimes I’d run the barge pretty close to
the great ships and steamers, inward or out-
ward bound, so to look at the ladies I saw on
board; not that I cared to do so very often
because it seemed to‘make me sad,for the faces
I looked on seemed to be so different to m1ne
that I felt as if I was another kind of being,
and it used to set me wondering and make me
think; and at such times I've leaned against
the tiller and dreamed and dreamed in a wak-
ing fashion of how I would like to read and 3
write and work, as I had seen ladies sitting
and reading and working, on the decks of the
big ships, under the awning; and then I had
to set my dreams aside and have a pull at the
sheet or take a reef 1n the sail, because the
wind freshened and my dreams all passed
away. '
I don’t think poor father meant 1t unkindly,
but he seemed togrow more and more broken
and helpless everyday; and this frightened
me, and made me work to keep the barge
clean and ship-shape, lest the owners should
come on board and see things slovenly, and
find fault with father and dismiss him, and
that, I knew, would break his heart. So I
worked on, and in a dull, heavy way father
used to thank me; and the time glided on,
till one day, as we were lying off Southend,
with the sea glassy and not wind enough to
fill the sails, I felt my cheeks begin to burn
as I leaned back against the tiller, and Would
not turn my head,because I could hear a boat-
being sculled along toward us, and I knew it
was ceming from the great leeboard barge
lying astern.
“He's coming to see father," I said to my.
self at last, in a chokingvoice ; and as a hail
came I was obliged to turn, and there stood
up in the little best he was sculling with an
on over the stern, John Grove, in his dark
trousers, blue jersey and scarlet cap , and as
I saw his sunburst face and brown arms and
hands, I felt my heart beating fast, and knew
he was not coming to see father but to see me
We had hardly ev. spoken, but I had
known John Grove for years now,and we had
nodded and waved hands to one another often
and often as we passed up and down the fiver
“Heave us a, rope, my lug-g,” he said as he
came close in; and I did it dreamily, and as
soon as I had done so I began to pull it back,
but it was too late, he had hitched it .round
the thwart of his boat, and was up and over
the side before I could stir5 and theft he IstoOd
looking down upon me,wbile I felt sometimes
hot and sometimes cold, and asdf I could not
speak.
| “Do you want to see father t'f I said at
last.
"No, my lass," he said quietly, “I want to
see you.”
“Me. "’ I faltereu', With my face burning.-
“Yes, you, my lass,” he said, and his
handsome brown face lit up, and he looked
so manly as he laid his hand on my arm.
“Prudence, my gal, ” he said, “we’ re both
young yet, for I’m not six-and-t twenty, hill 1
thought it was time I spoke to you.”
“Spoke to me P” I said, with my face bu1;- ,
ing still.
“Yes, my lass, spoke to you, for we' ve
been courting now a matter of four years."
“Oh, J ohn,” I cried, bursting out laughing
and feeling more at my case, “why, we’ve
hardly spoken to one another."
“That‘ s nice,” he said, drawing a long
breath. “Over again. " .
“Over again ?€Vhat ?” I said.
“Call me John, ” he replied
“Well then, John,” I cried hastily.
“' l‘hat’s right, Prudence}; but. as I was go-
ing to say, not spoken to one another! Well,
how could we, always taking our turns at the
tiller as we were ? But all the same my lass,
I’ve been always courting of you, night and
day, these four years, and looking out and
longing for the time when the Prudence
- would come in sight and I could give yen a
bail and get a wave of the hand back. "
I could feel the color coming into my cheeks
again as I heard him speak, and knew how
anxiously I had looked out for his barge
coming up or down the river; and then I
began wondering what it all meant, and soon
knew.
“Prudence, my lass,” he said, “I’ve saved
up $10, all my own, and our owner has just
given me the command of a new barge, with
as pretty a cabin as you wish to see; and so,
my lass, I thought I'd ask you if so_ be as
now we've been courting four years, you
wouldn' t come to me and be my wife,"
“No, ” I said, “no,” and shook my head. “I
belong to father, and I could never leave him
—never "
“But you’ll have to some day, Prudence,”
he said, looking dreadfully down-hearted and
miserable.
“No, ” I said, “I shall never leave him, he
wants me more and more every day, and I
must stay.” *
“Prudence,” he said sharply, “you ain’t
playing with me, are you ‘1’"
“Playing with you 1’"
“Yes; I meanyou ain't going to take up
with any one else, and go aboard any other
barge—homo,” he cried, “I won’t be somean
as to ask you that. But, Prudence, dear,some
day you may have to leave him, and when
you do, will you please recollect as John
Grove loves you better than ought else' 1n the
world, and‘ IS waiting for you to come ?"
“Yes, John,” I said simply.
“You mean it, Prudence PI” he cried in de‘
light, as he caught my hand. -
“Yes, John, I don’t know anybody else,
and there's no one as cares for me. ”
‘ “Hundreds on the river,” he said sharply.
“Then I don’ tcarc for them, John,” I said
simply; “and if you like me, and I ever do
—-lcave—ob, dear! what am I saying 7”
I sat down on a fender and covered my
face with my coarse, red bands, and began
to cry; but he took my hands down and
looked long and lovingly' 1n my face, with his
great, honest brown eyes; and then he
couldn’t speak but seemed to choke. At last
he gasped out:
“Thanky, Prudence, thanky. I'm going
away now to wait, for you’ll come to me some
day, I know.“
I didh’t answer him‘.
“For the time may come my lass, when
you’ll be all alone in the world; and when it
does come,there's the cabin of the Betsy Anm
clean, painted up, and waiting for you, just
as her master’s awaiting, too.”
He went quietly over the side and cast off
the rope, and was gone before Iknew it ; and
I sat there in the calm afternoon and evening,
sometimes crying, sometimes feeling hopeful,
and with a sense of joy- at my heart, such as
I never had felt before.
And so that evening deepened into night,
with the barge a quarter of a mile astern of
Ins, and no wind coming and only the tide to
help us on our way.
It must have been about ten o’clock at
night, when I was forward seeing to the light
hoisted up to keep anything from running
into us, when I heard father come stumbling
up from the cabin, and make as if to come
forward to me.
“Prue,” he cried, “Prue I”
“Yes. father, coming," I said; and,then I
uttered a wild shriek, and rushed towards
where the boat hung astern by her painter,
hauled her up and climbed in; for no sooner
had I answered than I heard a cry and a
heavy splash, and I knew father had gone
overboard.
I was into the boat in a moment, and had
the scull over the stern, paddling away in thé
direction that the cry had come from; but
though Ifancied in those horrible minutes
that I saw a hand stretched out of the water:
asking as it were for help, I paddled Iand
sculled about till I was far from our barge,
and then sank down worn out to utter a mesh
of horror, and sob, “Oh, father! father!
what shall I do 1’”
“Is that you, Prudence ? said a voice.
“Yes, John, yes, I cried, looking out
through the darkness, out of which a boat
seemed to steal tilll it was alongside, when
John stretched out his hand and took mine:
. “Quick !” I gasped, save him, J ohn—father
-—gone overboard !"
"When you shrieked out, Prue 1’”
“Yes, yes," I walled; “oh,. save him!”
him!”
' “My poor lass," he said, “that was a good
quarter of an hour ago, and the Itide’s run-
ning strong. I’ve been paddling about ever
since, trying to find you,f01 I went up to
the barge and you were gone. "
“But, father,” I wailed, “father—save
him l”
jumped into the water now if you bid me,but
what can I do, you know, Prudence, what
can I do 2"
I did not answer, for I did know that he
must have been swept far away before then;
and I was beginning to feel that I was alone,
quite alone in the world.
It was six months after that dreadful night
that one evening John came ashore frbm his
barge to the cottage, where I was staying
with his mother and had'been ever since he
had brought me there, without seeing him to
speak to only to wave my hand to him as he
sailed by. That evening he came and looked
wistfuily at me and said but little, and at last
his time was up, sndIhe rose to go.
I walked down to his boat with him,and on
the way he told me that he had got leave to
alter the name of his barge, and it was called
about the past, he was saying good- bye, when
I put my hands' 1n his and said quietly—I
“John, dear, I haven’t forgot my promise.’
“And you are alone now,‘ Prudence, my
lass ?” he cried eagerly. ’ I . -
“No, John, no,” I said softly, as the tears
ran down my cheeks- , “I never shall be while
you live.”
“Never, my lass, never,” he cried.
you'll by my little wife ?”
“Yes, John, yes; I promised you. ”
“When I come back from this voyage ?”
“ch. John, when you will,” I said, and
with one long haudI pressure we parted, and I
went back to wait for another month, and
then I was his happy little wife.
And there seemed no ehange,for I was once
more~ en the river or out at‘ sea, leaning upon
the tiller and gazing straight before; with th'd
gulls wailing as they wheeled and dipped and
“And
“My peer little lass," he said tenderly, “I’dv
the Prudence, too; and then, without awordI
skimmed or settled upon the water; while
the soft wind gently stirred the print hood
that was~ lightly tied over my wind-ruffled
hair. Onlyabargeman’s young wife living
on the tide, but very happy; for John often
points to the great ships that pass us, with
their captains in their gold-laced caps, and as
he does so he whispers :—
“Not with the best among them, Prue, not
with the best; I wouldn't even change places
With a king.”
And 1f he1s as happy as I, dear John is
right.
2:222:
- Growth in Grace.
No real life is ever stationary. It is an
unsatisfactory thing to a parent when a child
does not grow as it should grow. It is not
that the parent is ambitious that the child
should grow tall, but the apparent stoppage
of growth may be a. sign that comcthing is
interfering with 5the healthy development
of the bodily fabric, and that some radical
evil“ IS at work, which will weaken the whole
constitution, and entail : heritago of ill health
in later life. Just in the same way, the
gardener likes to see the little green envelop
shoot up and spread, and let forth the bright
colors of the flowers within. Cessation or
growth means mischief at work—a worm at
the roots of the plant, or a sudden frost; for
he knows it is the very nature of the plant
to grow, and his surprise is, therefore, not
that it should get larger and fairer, but that
it should cease to do so before it has reached
its maturity. No real life is stationary'
We look for growth as naturally as we look
for morning, and we are disappointed and
astonished if we do not get it. Why, then,
should we wonder that God expects growth
from us? It is avery strange law of our
being that we constantly alter our principles
for ourselves. What we naturally expect
others to give us we are sometimes surprised
that they should expect from us. We are
like the judge who reversed the sentence,
and :remitted the damages, when he found
that it was his own cow that had broken
down the hedge. Circumstances alter *cases.
The proverb is no doubt true; but the way
we apply it is often untrue. We make our
self-love the great interpreter. We are, all
of us, in our own estimation, somewhat ex-
ceptionally circumstanced ; we are those
who have greater need than the rest of man-
kind; we stand in peculiar need of sympa-
thy, or of support, of service, or of kindness;
and we wonder why the people are so unkind,
and why they are so slow inrgiving us what
we have never made an effort, perhaps, to
give to them. We expect sympathy, but
we have, perhaps, been distinguished by our
brusqueness of manner, or our thoughtleness
of the needy. We forget what man demands
of us, while we keenly remember all that we
demand from men—Quiver. ' ‘
A Good Beginning of Spring
‘ Work. ‘ _
Spring and the working season begin ear-
lier in Texas than in New England. A mis-
sionary of the American Sunday school
Union in Texas writes: “During the last
month, I have planted ten Sunday schools;
and the Christians here have engaged in the
work with such zeal as inspires me with
courage. Several of these schools were for
both races. One was at E—, in H—connty,
a place so notorious for wickedness as to be
avoided by preachers because of disorders at
their meetings. A dram shop was'in full
blast, and when I went to look for the teacher
of the day school I found him there.
After three meetings and attempts, I sue-
cceded in organizing a Sunday school, al-
though when I visited the school house for
the third time it was very discouraging ;
dark and chilly, and no one there; but find-
ing an axe, I cut down a tree, and piled up
the logs by the stove, resolved to make the
comers comfortable in'body, and praying the
Holy Spirit to work on their hearts. At last
they came, a small band, but a host; a
preacher, music teacher, an experienced
worker from Illinois, and all pledged them-
selves to sustain a union school. Then,
after going two miles with the‘preacher, I
sat down in his humble home of pine slabs
about midnight, to a supper of corn bread,
fat bacon and water. But I sang,‘ “Rejoice
and be glad, ’tis sunshine at last. ”-—Relt'gz‘ous
Herald.
Ovensrurrnvo Bsnms.—-During the first »
year children are, as a rule, stuffed early and
late; hence the greatest mortality' is at that
age. After this they are allowed more time be-
tween meals; hence a less proportion die. For
example, while one-third of the deaths accord-
ing to the mortality reports, are of children
under one year, only about one-fifth are be-
tween one and five years. Aftel' five years
of age children are fed on something like the
three-meal system, and comparatively very
few die between‘five and thirty years of
age. In spite of these figures, or because
their significance has not been noted it has
not occurred to the people to begin with
three meals. The farmer who wants to raise
the best possible animal from the calf lets the
creature suckle in ‘the morning at milking
time and again at night, with possibly a meal.
at noon. He is wise enough to feed his calf
only twice or at most only three times a day,
and the result is that the calf thrives from
birth, and sickness is unknown. The same
farmer has a baby born, and a contrary course
is pursued, with contrary result. Even be.
fore nature supplies the food, before the
mother’s milk comes, the ignorant nurse do-
ses the baby with sweetened-water or cow's
milk. This results' 1n stomach-ache, and the
cries of pain being mistaken for cries of
hunger, down goes another dose, until finally,
when the mother’s milk does come,the child’s
stomach is in a condition to revolt at any-
thing. If, Owing to a vigorous constitution,
the little victim goes along for a few weeks
or months, it is , generally .fed every hour or
oftener. unless it happened to be, as is often
the case, in a lethargic sleep for several
hours, sleeping off a surfeit-as an adult
sleeps off a “drunk.”— r. r0. E'.’ Page in
Journal of Ohemt'stry. ’ ' '
.II.————-
Hmrs r011 Wasnme Pumas—II will give
alittle of my experience in washing fiannels.
I was taught to wash flannel' 1n hot water,but
it is a great mistake. In Italy my fiannels
were a wonder to me; they always came
home from the wash so soft and whites I
joined that the Italian women washed them
in cold water. Many a time Ihave watched
them kneeling in a box, which had one end
taken font, to keep them out Of. the mud, by
the bank Of 'a stream, washing in the running
water? and drying on the bank or gravel,
without boiling; and I never hadwashing
done better, and fiannels neverhalf so' well.
I have tried it since, and find the secret of
nice, soft fiannels to be the washing of them
in cold or lukewarm water, and plenty of
stretching before hanging out. Many recipes
say: Don’t rub soap on flannels; but you
can rub soap on to the advantage of the fian- '
nels if you will rinse it out afterward and use
no hot water about them, not forgetting to
stretch ther threads in both directions before
drying. Flannels so cared for will never be-
come stiff, shrunken or yellow. —By- a 345.
ton Lady. ,
Ship -building is very lively at Philadelphia
At Gramp’ s yard eleven hundred men are at
work, and the heels of- two large' 1ron steam-
ers arc to be at once laid. One 1s for the-
IRIussian government, and the other for the
Pacific Coast company, to take the place of
the California, recently 'pdr'chased by the
fitlfi‘sifins. The finishing work' 1s being done
3‘” the three Russian steamers, Saratoga,
Columbus and California.
From flu Conny-Journal.
Symmes’s Hole.
LETTER FROM THE SON OF ITS INVENTOB.
As I am making an effort to have the
“Symmcs’ Theory" thoroughly tested by the
Howgatc exploring expedition, and so few
persons understand what that theory is. I will
undertake to state what it is, and show the
difference between it and the Newtonian
theory. According to the Newtonian,it is one
vast solitude of eternal ice clear up to the 90th
degree of north latitude. According to the
Symmes theory (that is, my father’s, Captain
J ohu Cleve Symmcs,) the explorer will find
that, after he passes the 80th degree, the
weather grows milder; when he reaches the
81st degree he will find some open water; when
the 82d degree is reached he will find much
open water and great quantities of wild ani-
mals, and some water wals; when the 83d
degree is reached, he will find the open Polar
Sea, that is 2,000 miles in diameter,and, if he
will go out into that sea when the weather is
warm and genial, he will and the country that
the .Symmes theory says can be found,or largo
forests of timber, large rivers, and rich land,
and the home of more wild animals than can
be found anywhere else in creation,and water
fowls in abundance.
No sir, I propose to give the experience of
many explorers“ 1n the north, and if they don’t
prove that there' 15 more truth 1n the Symmes
theory thau' 1n the Newtonian, then the world
may say, as they said of my father during his
life, that his theory' 1s “reared upon the base-
less fabric of a vision.” ' ' " H
I will briefly state the experiepce of Capt.
Parrv, who made five voyages up there, and
after the experience he had I do not think any
man can doubt for a moment which theory
has the most truth in it. Parry knew nothing
of the Symm‘es theory, nor did any of the
explorers 1 will mention.
You will bear in mind that all the explorers
start to go to the North Poleand expect to get
there on ice. When Captain Parry made his
third voyage be was provided with reindeer
and sleds so that. he could travel speedily
over the ice to the Pole. He could not
get his deer beyond the 81st degree for the
much open water he. encountered; but he
went on, making his men propel his sleds
(which were small boats on sled runners,)
and when he came to open water he used
the little boats to ferry from one cake of ice
.to the next, and the further north he got the
more water he found, and the milder grew
the weather. When he got up to the 82d
degree he found the ice only four feet thick
and his only safety in a storm was in pulling
his boats or sleds upon a cake of ice and thus
outride the storm, and he began to feel some
alarm but he went on, and when he got up to
82;- he found the ice only three feet thick,
but he encouraged his men to go on north as
he thought the ice would certainly get
stronger; but when he got up to 82% degrees
he could not find a cake of ice that would
hear his ownweight, and the sun so hot as to
melt the tar out of the seams of his boats, and
small flies came on board, and all open water
north of him, so be had to turn back, and
came safely home. How does ‘that agree
with the Symmes theory ?
Captain Ross, who made two voyages up
there, says: “I stood on the bank of the open
sea when it was calm and clear of ice, and
experienced warm ‘winds, coming directly
from the north, that melted the snow and
ice about him and far- south of him. ” How '
is that for the Symmes theory P ' ' ‘
Dr. Kane’ 8 men found open water when up
to the 82d degree, and “climb; d a mounts a
500 feet high, and gazed out on a great where
of waters and not a speck of ice to be seen,
and a wind coming directly from the north
that blew a gale part of the time for three
days, andcame so warm as to melt snow and
ice far south of them.
“They found water-fowls in abundance,
and their nests so plenty on the mountain_
side that they could have gathered a wagon-
load of eggs.” They saw extensive grassy
plains, and gathered many kinds of flowers.
Captain Hill went into winter quarters with
his vessel at 80 degrees, 38 minutes, and from
thence took a sled-ride directly north,and did
not go but fifty miles before he came to an
open sea and encampcd on the-bank of it and
spent two days, and while there wrote his last
dispatch to the secretary of the navy, in
which he says: “I find this a much warmer
country than I expected, and it abounds with
life~ seal, game, geese, ducks, musk cattle,
wolves, foxes, deer, bear, rabbits, partridges,
teeming with snipe and plover, and all kinds
of wading birds." Does not all this go to
prove that there is more truth in the Symmes
theory, than the Newtonian? Yet who knows
anything about the Symmes theory, that has
been lying dormant, as it were, since the
death of its author in 1829 ? He petitioned
congress in 1822 and 1823 to fit out an ex-
ploring expedition for bim,and in his petition
said: "I will go as far north as I can get
with the vessel and then go on shore and go
north by land, and will follow 1n the wake of
the wild animals that go north in the Fall
from Greenland and return back therein. the
spring fat and leading their young, and where
they go I can follow, and they will show me
the way to the new world that I say can be
found, and I intend to call Symmzonia."
Congress thought this theory wild and vis-
ionary, and laid his petition on the table; but
now they will fit out Captain Howgate at an
expense of $50, 000 to do the new same thing
that Captain symmesproposed fifty years ago;
Hewgate 15 to land his 'men as near the 81st
degree as be can, and then go by laud' 1n
search of the north pole; but instead of reach-
ing the p_ole bewill find his way into Symmes’
Hole, or all the experience of explorers will
amount to nothing. There are 1,131,000 square
miles of the world lying in the north yet an-
discovered, and I want to accompany the
How'gate expedition so that there will be no
turning- back when it' 1s 16am ‘1th the New-
tonian theory will not carry the exploring
party on ice tombs? 11711111 pol§§ 1111511110
“Symmes Hole,” where the climatc' 1s warm
and genial, and where the big trees and vege-
tables and flowers grow that come floating
down from the north and lodge on the north
erii coast of Spitzbergen and Norway. All
explorers in the extreme north will tell you
that such 1a the fact. Where do they come
from ? Certaxnly there is no cauatr'y laid
down' 1n the Newtoman theory from whence
they come. Yours with respect,
Anaurous Smas.
_
Romance Of a Boat Race.
The marriage of Miss Alice Evans of
Ithica to Capt. Charles Summer Francis, of
Troy, today, ‘is a fitting sequel to a romance
in real life. In 1878 Mr. Francis was a
student at Camel], and pulled with the
college crew. At one of their regattas Miss
Evans was one of the throng of spectators,
and became so enthusiastic thatshe forgot
her close proximity to the water,Ilost her
footing and fell in; The gallant Charles
saw it, leaped from the scull and rescued
her. He was struck with her beauty, grace
and intelligence, ahd immediately fell“ 1n—
love. Miss Evens belongs to one of the first
families of Ithica. Her wedding trousseau
is sa1d to have cost over $2, '.000 Mr. Fran.
cis is the only son of the Hon. J- M. Francis,
of the Troy Times. His father has given
him a beautiful residence, elegantly fitted
up for the reception of the bride. The sister! -
v
tax-Mayor Havemeyer of New York, attend;
ed the wedding. —Albany Times. ‘I
=3?”— '
The ancient Pbmnieihns believed the stem-
ach was the seat of wistm. That is where
David Davis got his idea of running for Presi—
dent If he had lived' 1n Phte‘nicia he weald
have been a pestmaster—Burlington Hawk-
91W- , f
of the bridegroom, and her husband. scant“-
Istone would hardly be enough for a lunch
Barnum on Tupper.‘ .
“Did you ever meet Tapper, the Ipoet t" lie
asked, when about to launch upOn one or his
ancedotes. “He' rs a curiosity
me to actas lccture agcnt for him during
his visit here last summer. Iwr‘bte‘lflib,“
though, very plainly, that be wouldn't W11"
it pay. Talmage took him up hOWever, itd‘m ‘
71‘11511111. BYINGTON a co. .
ark: H. Brno-rot, J. 3. 111111, G.Nlr.'u.
that helped him a little at 11111;" or?" d'
a celebrated journalist in New, Yolk
breakfast to Lord Roseberry, Thchf-u"
myself. During the meal I noticed that the '
host and Lord Roseberry were constantly
laughing with great glee over Tupper’s
stori‘esand 'points.’ Tapper evidentlythOug‘ht I'
these were very funny, but they seemed to
me to be infernallystupid. Fer instance,
Tapper said' in his jerky, dapper little way; ‘
‘I've got a son, ah’! very witty, ahi very
witty,’ and then his small round eye‘s began
to twinkle. ‘Somebody at our dinner table
one day said that Brigham Young had
committed bigamy.
my son, “not bigamy, but Br1gamy”—bal
ha! pretty good, wasn’t it? thi‘eh ll. flip“
journalist and Lord Roseberl‘y”. IIIe e? w1th'
laughter, 1n which ofcourse,'I‘” ei‘j ol'néd
greatly delighted. I thought“ that I hid“
never heard anything so stupidi my lif .
But those two men would sit there, asking
Tupper questions, applauding his hunclfiub‘e,
and roaring at his stories; while Tapper
took the flattery with the ccmplac‘ence o'f .8
demigod. In my opinion he Wasa perfect
dolt, a perfect pill, I could not understand
what there was in him so funny. Yet for
two hours my host and his noble friend were
encouraging him to gas, and rewarding him
with tokens of appreciation. When break-
fast was over, I drove to a hotel with Lord
Roseberry, while our host took Tapper home.
As Isoon as Lord Roseberry had taken his
He wanted1 ‘
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seat' 1n the carriage be almost_exploded with
laughter. ‘What is the matter, my lord,’ I
asked, ‘Oh,’ said he, shaking hiIfiself as if he
were demented, ‘I am so glad, so glad,’ ‘Glad
of what? I inquired, ‘Oh,’ I am so glad that
I was not disappointed. I was afraid I
should be. But. I wasn’t. No, I wasn’t at
alL I really think that without exception
he is the most consummate assI ever saw.’
So they had been guying poor Tapper all the
while, and I hadn’t suspected it."
The Old Oak Chest Tragedy Ro-
posted.
The story of the Old Oak chest is famili’
to many of our readers. The young girl
just made a bride, mischievously hid herself
from the company gathered in an English
country house, in a hugh coffer. The lid
closed with a spring, and when she was at
last discovered she was dead.‘ The incident
has been repeated, in its essential particulars,
in Missouri, on the 1st inst. There were two
victims instead of\ one, however. The St.
Louis Post says that the husband and two
little daughters of Mrs. Amelia Moench,a
teacher' 1n one Of the city schools, were liv-
ing on a farm near Dixon. On Saturday the
father went to the last named town and on
his return the little girls, aged eight and five
years, were missing. On looking about he
saw the tray of the trunk lying on the floor.
Opening the trunk he found his daughters,
senseless. The younger, who was under-
neath, was evidently past all hope, but the
elder was still warm and limp, Not a
neighbor was within half a mile. Thezfather
dashed cold water on the children, then
rubbed them with vinegar and made every
"effort“to restore animation laboring till after
10 o ‘,clock but in vain. He then gave‘up' 1n
despair. and went to seek help from a neigh-
her. The little girls were in the habit of
playing hide and seek, and had often hidden
in the trunk separately. It had been their
habit to hide when they saw their father
returning home, in order to enjoy the sport
of having him hunt them. The trunk had no
spring lock, and why they were unable to
raise the lid remains a mystery, but it is sup-
posed the heat overcame them immediately.
Their faces gave no indications that they
\stragnled or suffered, being calm and smiling.
The poor mother, who had expected to join
her children as soon as the schools close,
is naturally overwhelmed with grief.
The event was one that the most careful
parent could not foresee, and its occurrence
appears to show that the old legend might
have had historic basis.
m
Beaten at There Own Trade.
As for that strike Which I have casually
mentioned, can you wonder at it? Are not
American cotton goods sold in every shop in
England, and Lancashire goods being grad-
ually superseded ? Some of our readers may
remember that over a year ago I wrote two
or three letters to you on the subject and
have frequently called attention to it since.
Some manufacturers here say that “overpro
duction" is the cause of all the distress and
difficulty in Lancashire. . They deceive
themselves. They are beaten at their own
‘trade, and that is why they are losing their
customers. American cotton is finer in qual
ity and cheaper in price than English cotton,
and people therefore prefer the fornl‘er to the
latter. I have stated this fact in newspapers
here as well as in my letters' to you, and been
occasionally attacked as “unpatriotie” as ifil
had made inferior cotton. You might as
well call the man an incendiary who runs for
a fire-engine to put out a blaze next door.
When in New York 1 was often accused of
being “too English.” Now that I am assail-
ed for not being English enough, I: should
like to find some place where I should pass
master and be pronounced “just right.” It
is not my fault that Lancashire has been
putting too much size 'in her cotton, or has
allowed Massachusetts and the Lonsdale
mills to outstrip her. Over a year ago I.
showed you that this wasthecase. Since
then trade has constantly been from bad to
worse. Some of the mill owners are nearly
ru1ned, and at least the majority of them
have proposed a reduction in wages of ten
per cent. This the men will not listen to,
and so in Preston, Blackburn and othe;
centres of the cotton industry they have
turned out by the thousand. But will this
bring back trade ? Will it‘ improve the cir-
cumstances of masters or men? We all
know that it will have the contrary effect.
A long time must elapse before the loss 'caus- .
or], even by a fortnight’s strike, will be made '
up. Meanwhile the Wamsutta mills and the
Lonsdale mills, whose mark I see on: half
the cotton exhibited in London shop-windows,
will not stop-production because the Preston
lads are out on a strike. Quite the contrary.
It' is but the beginning of a long series of
troubles in Lancashire. The trade has been
mismanaged and neglected, and the course
of “economic" legislation has not been favor-
able to it. Consequently it is now in a state
of decay. If that is not arrested the race of
“cotton princes" will soon Ibo-extinct, and
the greatest trade in_ England will become
substantially a thing of the past—Lam's J.
Jennings’ London Letter to N. 1'. World.
Dr. Wilkes,‘ 1n his recent work on Physi-
ology, remarks that, “It“ 1s estimated that the
bones of every adult person require to béfed
with lime enough to make a marble mantel
every eight months. " It will beperceived
therefore, that in the course of about ten
years each of us eats three or four mantel"
pieces and a few sets of front door steps.
And 1n along life I suppom it is fair to es-
the Capitol at Washington, and perhaps two
or‘three' medium sized marble quarries be-
sides, It is awful to think of the consequen.
ces if a man should be shut off from his
supply of lime‘ forfa while and then should
get lo'ose in a cemetery. An ordinary tomb.
111111111 that a healthy American could devour .
ALEX. S.‘ GIBSON,
01111111: or the run Congregational Church .
Teacher of -
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
' Composition. ‘
. ' Box 8‘79 P. 0., NORWALK. CONN.
fiJ. BeldeIn Hurlbutt,
111111111111 811111111111 Lav,
Room No. 4, [up stall-0,]
GAZETTE BUILDING,
EDWARD T. PRITCHARD,
(Late with A. 0.3Bcll d: 00., New York,)
Fashionable Tailor 8111131111
Dress Susits, $25 to 335. Business
Suits $18 to $2 5.
Corner Wall and ,Water Sts. ,Norwalk,Cdnn. 241
Fr. 8. GOMSTOOK, M. ii.
Homoeopathic Physician,
Office and Resldcnce, Cor MAIN STREET and
UNION AVENUE. Office hours “0 9 11.111 .,
to l. and 5 to 7. Slate at Glover’s Grocery Store
All orders will be promptly attended. 1111120
CHARLES W. ,MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
nouwanx, comv. '
Office corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxide Gas administered.
c. 11.,coonrnon,
DENTIS '.'l'.'_.
Successor to
Dr. Asa. Hill,
3" Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain .
DENTISTRY
AT HARD TIMES PRICES,
For Cash — No Credit l
All work excutcd in the Best Manner, at my office
forner of Main and Washington Streets,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
'1‘. E. SWIFT,D. D. S.
The "small 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.
l'l Sllllll “IPA" IISIIIB AT “WEI BATES.
W11. 0. srnnnr. Pres., $11111. Lxuns, Tress,
GEO. It. Cownns,Sec'y.
S S; W . MITCHELL,
At the ever popular
U N I 0 N M A R K E T
has always the best of
Beer, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
at falrlivingpIrices. Union (formerly Model)MIsr-
ket, on the Bridge. 18
HAKLES S. LOOKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor
GENTS" FURNISHING EHPORIUM.
Main Street, Norwalk. Conn.
”WARD P. WEED,
D R “U G- G- I S '1‘
Wall Streetwpposite Nor-walls Opera House,
A large and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Pcrt'umeliy. .Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters. oilet and Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
and HandkerchicfExtracss. Hair Brushes,C ombl,
iponges,0hamoisSkins, Stationery, Cigars, &c,,
and is constant! addingto his stock all the new
and popularme ioines ofthe day.
'I‘NA INSURANCE Co. OfHABTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Aunts, $6,716,893.77
[nsuresagainst loss and damage by Fire.on terms
adopted to the hazard andoonsnstont with the laws
of compensation. COWL ES 111 ME BRIL
Sole Agentsfor Norwalk and vicinity.
REORRE ll. RAYMOND,
Furnishing Undertaker,
ROI. 53 MAIN STREET,(Up Stairs.)
B. S. BLASCER,
At his store in
MALI-on!!— BLOCK,
hasconstantly on hand, a general assortmento
Groceries, Crockery, Glass, .
1111 and Wooden Ware,- Etc.
Bydevotin gh1s constant personal attention to the
buslness he hopesto merit public patronage
111-. o. 11. Kendall & Son,
DEWE-
Are nowpre ar-
ed to r- e e e vs
their patrons at
either Norwalk
Bridge or South
N orwalk-
The
over Sellech‘s
Boo Nor-
.walk, while the
junior retains
'the old once, Lender’s Block, South Norwalk.
Teeth extracted without pain, and all dental ope.
rations performed at either 0111 cc.
C.H. KENDALL, M. D...
DLAL ,D. D. S.
P. S. Dr. C. H.Kendallwfll devote Mondays‘ to
Bidgefielzl .
JohnA. Honnoclcer,
B A. KE R,
FOOT 0F MILL HILL.
Bread,Boll-.P1es, Cakes,0rullers. «be. .baked
fresh everydo. Everything made outof good
materials. and yearetnland oompctentworkmon
moor flaking.
w. E- 111 111 11 r 1 11 a,
General 111111111111 Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. ILDEPOT!
“Ordersattended to day or night. Eesfdono
Main Street, 3 doors from Union Avenue.
11011 FOR YOUR WATER'PIPES.
Wm. Glover 81‘. Son,
Are ready to putin yourWATER,STEAM or GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at as low a; rate as
one. '1‘ AN D CAST IRON, TIN-
Ll ED, LEAD PIPES, ac. ., of every size and de-
OncSquare, one insertion, ------- 1 00
Perweek, forcontinuance, - - - . - -' - 60
OneSqusro, Six Heaths,“ . ..... 1 oo
. " .“ one year—with paper '- - -15 00 .
['0 u u ...«...u.-. . 5.. . , .,.._. _ 2500
A
- ed and shaded by grand old elms.
i
for him-Adder.
sedation. PLUMBER G in all its branchesa
To Rent.
The First F100: of a Dwelling House, with
'm' '\
kitchen, basement, etc Apply to .
' " u. 1.. 11.1.6.
For Sale.
A
walk ofthe Bridge or Charo es. will be sold at
cost price. A portion of the purchase money can
latest streets in town withinfive. minutes
‘ remain on bond and mortgage. Price 86.000. En-
. quire at this Ofilce. .
‘ Wanted.
BREE SMALL FARMS IN THE ViCINITY
0F NOB WALK.
hree Residences for sale cheap.
T
For partlcular‘s sIenAqux‘ire of
BALL, P, 0. Box 6S.
:Jc , ,I Norwalk,Conn.
1 For Sale.
‘Ar re Chah‘fie .. ‘
House, Darn, good Mill-site andfift ifift
ofhlid well proporuoned in Meadow;
res
and '60de d .~also,-thenty -two acres of ood-
land all situated‘at the! "(and of the Boron
IIterz ervoir inalieI town 01' ew CanaanI’foP sac
uiroI
vii ’
°‘ Dreams»...
y- «inane lS'fs. ’
DESIRABLE PROPERTY
FOR SALE 1
THE very desirably located homestead, former-
ly known as the McClure place, pleasan ntl
situated on the corner of Main Street and N0
Avenue, is ofi'ercd for sale. It is near the busi-
ness center of the town, and still somewhat retir-
It is on high
ground, andina and net hhorhood. Apply to
ALL N G. B 118, Gazette Office.
To Rent.
The second floor of a house on the east side of
West Avenue, near the 211 M. E. Church, to small
family. Borohgh water. Apply at the (31211112
01110:.
FARMS. FOR SALE. .
Enquire of
CHAS. COMSTOOK,
New Canaan, Conn.
To Let. .
The Property in the rear of the Fair-
field County National Bank,
formerly occupied by Price 1! Bates, suitable for
gu’anuf‘acturlng purposes. Also Bantu];- on Plltilgchfim'
ll
Desirable Property For Sale.
THE Homestead formerly owned and now 0::-
cupicd by John Roberts. For articulars on-
CAH S. H. STE ET.
Fairfield co. National Bank.
Farm for Sale.
A 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-
quire o.
12 ther information apply at thifiOfilce, or of the sub-
scriber.
Norwalk, January 14th, 1878.
To Let. '
Two Nicely Furnished Houses.
ONE :1 Cottage, neatly furnished. with Hot and
Cold Water, Bath, ac. The other richly tur-
nished, will be rented to parties without children
Iu‘uiy. Both centrally located, and will be rented
estrable parties at a low rent. Enquire at the
GAZETTE OFFICE.
BVEY FITCH.8
For Sale Cheap,
Or Exchange for other property,
One of the neatest, and easiest little Cottages in
the Borough. Will sellto a good tenant for- little
loll 6h money down. Enquire at GAZETTE 0F-
I
Desrrabe Pr 0p erty for sale.
A Verydesirable place on EastAvenne.
Also, a few choice BuildingLots situated on
Osborn Avenue, forsale cheap.
Also, a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
win Street ncar West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquire ofs
,E. OSBORN. EastAvenue,
tfll or toD. W. FITCH, WestAvenue.
For Sale.
, 5: A House and Lot. in a healthy location on
if? Fair Street, above Catharine. The Honsc' is
nearly new, well built. conveniently arrang-
ed, and will make a comfortable and leasant
home for a. family 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-
ma1n on mortgage. A fine chance to secures
home. Apply at AZETTE OFFICE. '3tf
FOR SALE.
TWO verydesirableBuildingLotson WestMsln
Street. Apply at theGAZET'I‘E OFFICE.
REORRE WARD SEllEfflf,
has constantly in stock at his new store,
No. 9 Main Street,
5 choice and fine assortment of
Groceries,
Provisions, ’
Flour,
Mutt, &c.,
To which he would invite the attention ofallwho
wish topnrehase first-class goods at
Bea-onable Prices.
DRIED BEEF. CLICED. A SPECIALIY.
BEST 0/ HAMgL E11 THEE lVH OLE OR
Drop in and see him at his new store
No. 9 MAIN STREET.
Carriage Painting. '-
AT
HENRY TILLY’S,
Close to Depot, South Norwalk.
Call and examine my work and facilities for
do1ng it.
Sign &I WagnnAiuIttering, Gilding,
Glass Signs of every Description-
Carriages Stored and Sold on
Commission. I
Eurncture -Furncture
If you wish
Parlor, library, Dining and Sitting
Room Sets, '
Walnut or Cottage Chamber Sets,
or anything in the Furniture Line,ofthe Latest
Style, Bestm Finish and Make and for the
wM. Lockwcoo's,
No. 36Maln Street, N OBWALK, CONN.
Also.
General Furnishing Undertaker.
Orders attended to promptly day or night. Real
deuce with Mr. C. T. Cornwall, France St.
Paalterer’s Friend '!
‘cnroxnumrownsn,
Is a certain preventative of
Gripes in Chickens and Turkeys,
And is highly recommended by those who have
used it. For sale by
' u. M. a c. 8,. PROWITTI
For Sale. '
. A First Class Meat Market
31nd Butcher’s Out—Fit, for Sale.
Businesshstabllshed Ten Yours; Apply to, t
00100. 811111
llael Enameled Bari Board,
tannins and Blue in! Fancy Work
a. n. ensures a co...
my eomflirtablo. Cottage 611 one of. the pleas- 3
Hanan.
1111111111;
More than 1,000,000 bottles of the new celebrat-
ed Centaur Llnlrnonu were sold lastyear
We assert without fear of contradiction that no
man, woman or child will say that they did not
not pretend that the Contour LInl-eluwill
mend a broken leg or perform lmpossfbilftles,
but we do say and mean that these Linimentl
will come nearer working miracles than anything
ever before discovered. we have thousands of
certificates showing how remarkable cares of ob-
strnate cases 'of Rheumatihm, Neuralgfa, Sciatica,
SwelledILegs and Stifi‘ Joints, am, have been el-
feeted by it. The certificates all read one way.
and the sale is constantly increasing. We will '
send these certificates gratis. Some 0! them may
be found around each bottle or Liniment. The
Llnfments are quick, they are reliable, they are
’ Info and they are ehoop Among the ingredients
used are Witch Hazel, Catholic, Noptha, Book
01!, Months and Amino. There is no flesh, bone
or muscle ailment which they wilfnotrelieve and
benefit. The White Centaur Lianne-t is
. for the human frame, while the Yellow '0'."
men: is adapted to the tough muscles and fibres
of horses and animals. For Stifi' Joints, Lame-
ness, Spavin, Ring-bone, Sweeney, Calls, Poll-
evil, etc.. the Yellow Centaur Lilli-loll! is
worth its weight in gold to every farmer, livery-
man, teamstcr and owner of animals.‘ A single
bottle has put a disabled horse in the harness,and
a few bottles have rendered a useless spavlned
horse worth two hundred dollars. There is no
mistake about these Linimcnts. They are siul ply
wonderful, and they are naturally finding their
way into the nttermost parts of the earth. No
family should be without them, They are handy
as well as certain.
J .B. ROSE a 00.,46 Dar Sn, New Yonx.
Children,
May be made healthyand strong by the use of
Dr. Pucker-’9 Castor-lo, aperfect substitute
for Castor Oil. It contains no morphine and is
superior to any syrup or remedy in use. The
Castor-la is particularly recommended for
children. It destroys worms, assimilates thefood
and allows natural sleep. Very efficacious in
Group and for children Teething. For Colds,
Feverishness, Disorders of the Bowels and Stem-
ach Complaints, nothing is so efi‘eetive. It is as
pleasant to take as honey, costs but 35 cents.
and can be had or any druggist.
This‘ 1s one of many testimonials: — -
“CORNWALL, LEBANON Co. ., PA. ., March 17, ’74
“Dear Sir: —I have used your Cancun in my
practice for some time. I take great pleasure in
recommending it to the profession as a safe, relin-
ble and agreeable ,medicine. It is particularly
adapted to children where the repugnant taste of
Castor Oil renders it so difilcult to administer'.
E. A. ENDEBS, M. D. "
Mothers who try Css'ronm will find that they
can sleep nights and that their babies will be
healthy. J. B. Rose a 00., New York. 311117
Free Reading Room.
HIS 1s a comfortable room fitted up for the
benefit of thefinblic generally, s1tuated on
east side of South am Street. over Road’s Jew-
elry Store. Clark and Lane’s Block, nearly 0 po-
site Railroad Depot, South Norwalk, Ct. t is
open from9a. m., to 9:45p. m. Theroom is well
lighted, warm and comfortable. It is supplied
wuh four dailies, two weeklies, and several
monthly papers and journals. beside a number
of instructive and interesting books.
COFFEE ROOH.’
There is a Coffee Room on the same floor_ and a
lady in attendance from 911.111., to 9:45 p. 'm. ., to
serve HOME MADE articles mentwned below,
at the following prices:
1 Cup of Cofi‘ce, with crackers,
] Cup of Tea, with crackers, -
Cocoa, ;
lBrown Bread and Butter, - -
Sandwich. .
Cake,
Doughnuts,
Piece ofPie,
Crullers,
Pork and Beans, w1th bread and hatter, 150
Stewed Oysters,
1878.
EVERYTHING
DOWN TO 1111111 PAN.
GROUFRIFS,
VEGETABLES, ”
FRESH FISH,
FRUITS, 850.,
11111113
Very Lowest Market Rates.
A full assortment constantly on hand, freshlyrc-
plenfshed every day, with
Ghoieest Fruits, Best Vegetables,
and Sea Food.
I.
Goods delivered in any part of town. Leave your
orders freely with
Demm‘on & Newcomb,
53 Main Street, Norwalk.
William Hindley,
‘ ' successor: To,
THEODORE E. SMITH,
DEALER IN
Hardware, Cutlery,
A ND
AGRICULTURAL IMPIEIEITS.
WALL runs wrunow SHADES.
011s, cuss, sssu, BLINDS a Dhbirlgs'
Main St., Norwalk, Conn.
IsIGN PAINTING, PAPER HANGING. ac,
A’l'
Quintard’s F 111 allure Rooms
will befounda complete assortmentof
FURNITURE, 810.,
ncludingeverythingusuallyfound in a first-elm
establishment, at Prices tr 9 salt the T1mes. Also,
Marge assortmentof'
CHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
noonmn unassns, &c.
GlassPlates elttoany size. Bepairlngdonein the
best mpnner, at short notice. Also. old Hair-Mat-
tnosesmadeovez- as good as new.
E. Olflll'l'IAllll'S SDI.
E. NELSON,
Manufacturer of
Buggies, 81111111 81111111 Warns,
a-Brokeu Carriages or Wagons neatly and
rmtlyrepaired.
WM. B. SWAN,
Manufacturer of
FINE AND ( ‘OMMON
HARNESS,
And Dealer in
Horse & Stable Equipments.
Particular attou t1on paid"_ to
REPAIRING. .
Thankful for thehboral patronage of the past.
the subscriber hopes to merit a continued share of
tho busmesstavors of his friends and the public.
WM. B. SW N.
Shop in rear of Residence, Main treat. Norwalk
TRY OUR
Orange Flavored Soda Water.
M. s c. 8. PROWITT.
VOL.
perform accordrng to the advertisement. We do ‘
Cakcd BreastsJ’oisonous Bltes,Scalds and Dam . . '
And:
L'X 1111113111126
. Thesamofpomoerm:
TheDemomtlc p‘s‘rtyvrent‘ fhtothefizht,
Alldilatltmostawfully,elawed,
Soitlayoniubukmherp 113111,
Andy-mm with
And fill day lug;
In time: with 111‘ sting;
1111 were thin air sawed
And isslrieked and called,
And howled'and- bowled,
- “F-r-a-u—d—Prond'!" ~ ,
Its tongue was struck with a withering blight,
It could sing but a single song; ,
And all through the day with“, all. of its Imight,
It kept up the seine ding (161‘s.
' From Randall down
To the party clown, '
They all in‘ churns jawed;
And loud and long ‘ ' ’ ‘
As depot gong, ' '
They shrieked and shouted, “Fraud?
It never varied as single note, -
‘ And it never paused for breath; ,
But with this one word; it spilt its throat
' Till it yelled itself to death.
It deviled Hayes ‘
In various ' ways,
' While the file itself it gnawed ;
Nor ceased to rant
Its only chant, - ‘
“Fraud, fraud, fraud, fraud,fraud!"
So all of its life in noise and strife,
:1 This sorrow fol path it trod.
It didn’t know to spell it, but never ceased
to yell it,
‘tF,r—,-o,—d double,-Frodd 1”
Lo it died at last,
And its grief was past;
In the grave that' an own sins pawed 3
They buried it deep,
Where the blokories weep. '
And wrote on its tombitone“Fraud"
—Burliagton Hawks”.
a
The Potter and 1116' J as.
A Potter took some clay' 111 hand,
To make a little J ug
To please the Democrats, who stand
And swear by Tilden's mug. I
The jug was made, the Potter cried.
To see its ugly fonIn,
And even w1she’ dthn hehad died—
It kicked up such a storm.
The Potter’s friends viewed with disgust
The queer, lopsided thing—
One said it would't do to trust
A' jug with no more Ring.
Anether said—“see ifiit fiows
Straight Bourbon," upside down
The jug was turned, and Cronin' s nose
Fell tumbling to the ground.
“The Devil!" cried the Potter, “ Ohl "
Cried all therest, “we thought
Your cursed jug would only show
How Radicals were bought."
“I thought so, too,” the Potter said,
“The d—d thing don’t hold water.”
He held the jug above his head—
Out poured the Hamburg slaughter.
“Here take the jug, ” he cried to Blair,
“While I to Glover run
And get his aid to mks repair
Before more mischief’s done."
Blair tookiaejugin his’right. hand.
' The Potter skipped and left
Him singing, «on, my Maryland,"
“Now is my soul bereft.”
b") ._
“Now am I sad. My eyes weép tears,
I see the end” is nigh.
The Potter now his own work fears,
--And fain would let it die." I ‘
Blah- dropped the jug, and raved about
A season, then withdrew,
Investigation petered out— ‘
The Potter petered, too.
—J. S. 18., 1'11 Washington Republican.
The First Client.
[A non. nrrrr 1'0 11: 611110 wrmou'r 0110300
To ml AIR or “TH! mo’s om 001731111131]
John Smith, a young attorney, just admitted
to the bar,
Was solemn and ssgacious as—as young at-
torneys are ;
And a frown of deep abstraction held the
seizin of his face—
The result of contemplation of the rule in
Shelley’s Case.
One day in term-time Mr. Smith was sitting
in the court, '
When some good men and true of the ' body
of the county did on their oath report,
That heretofore, to wit: upon the acconddoy ,
. of May, ‘ 4
A. D. 1877, about the hour of noon, in the
. county and state aforesaid, one Joseph
' Scruggs, late of said county, did then
. and there feloniously take, steal and
' carry away
Onebayhorse, of thevolue of fifty dollars,
. morcorI less »
(Thesamethenandthere being of the pro-
Iperty, goodaandchottelsof'ononuo-
kiahHess); -
Contrary to the statuteiasucheueexpredy
made
And provided; and against the peaooand
dignityofthestatewhereintlw venue
hsdbeenlaid.
The prisoner, Joseph Scroggs, was then or-
i raigned upon this charge,
And-plead not guilty. and of this he threw
himself upon the country at large, - ‘
And’ said Joseph being poor, the court did
graciously app‘dint ’ '
Mr. Smith to defend him—much on the
T same principle that obtains ineVery
charity hospital, where Ia young medl- ’
cal student 1s often sent to rectify a se-'
2’ rious injury to an organ orijdint'.
The witnesses seemed prejudiced agaimt
pooer. Scroggs;
‘ And, the District Attorney made a thrilling
: speech, in which he told thejury am
lfthey didn't find for the state 116
reckoned he’d have to" “walk their
logo; -”
ThenMr. Smitharoseand made his speech
‘ for the defence,
Whereln be quoted Shakespeare, Blackstone,
Chitty, Archbold, quuln Inner,
: Story, Kent, Tupper,'Sme'dcoa11'dIMar-
shall, and\many other writers, and
everybody said they “never heard
sick a bust of eloquence.”
And he said: “On 011's hypothesis, my client
must go free; ”
“A831”. 011 Whypothesis, it's morally .
impossible “that he could be guilty. ,
. don’t you see 1"»
“Then, on this hypothesis, you really
can’t convict, ”—- ‘
Andebon with. fort -six more hypotheses,
upoh none of {which 111-. Smith 11ny
ltiesoustrated, could Scroggs be dere-
c
But the jury, never stirring from the bOx
Ret wgerein thg tsat, f u l 1
urne a ver c o gmt ’ and his
Honor straightvny sentenyccd Scruggs
toa three year term lnthePeniten-
tiary, and a heavy fine, and the costs
on top of that,
And the prisoner:l in wild delight, get up and
danced sung;
And when they asked him the m of this
. strange behavior, he flip. - {‘Ifig-be-
causal otofisoeesy—ror if thereid
ha’ beeng a few more of them darned
hypothesim, I should} certainly have
been hung l" . '
Imus Rosana. m .S'crr'bner‘ 4 19113511
And:
Norwalk Chronicler