Norwalk Gazette, 1818-1883, 1878-08-20

 

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WHOLE NUMBER 1598.

 

 

 

RETURNING.

Lord, where thy many mansions b0

Hnst Thou a little room for me.

Whose restless feet these many days

By and forbidden paths have trod.

And wandering in uncertain ways

IIave missed the way that leads to God '1’—

Lord, is there any room for me
W110, sorrowing, would return to Thee?

Far have I strayed, till tossed about

On fears that would not be cast out
For all the subtile theories

That men have framed, wherein to ﬁnd
For troubled hearts a doubtful ease,
And freedom for awillful mind :—
Thy word, once hidden in my breast,
For‘l'ver robbed the. night of rest.

I heard its still, small, voice above

All other voices—not in love,

As in the old, sweet days of peace,

But in a tone of sad comp‘aiut :—

“Why art thou swift to take release
From easy yoke and safe restraint?

Why hast thou taken for thy guide

False lights that lure thee from My side?’

Lord, if I heard, and in despite

Of warning chose the fair, false light,—
If, heedless, I Thy spirit grieved,

And siighted as an idle tale

Love such as no man hath conceived,—
What late repentance can avail?

How shall I dare to lift my face

Once more within Thy holy place ?

I know not, verily ; and yet

With doubts perplexed and fears beset,
And sad heart unsatisﬁed,

Lord, I remember what sweet rest

I did discover at Thy side .:

With yearnings not to be expressed

I long to walk once more with Thee ;
Lord, hast Thou any room for me?

 

HALF AN HOURVOF AGONY.

 

Mr. Thumbledirk’s. Terrible Pre-
' element.»-

Yesterday afternoon Mr. Jasper Thumble-
dirk, who is forty-three years old and unmar-
ried, dashed into our sanctum and envolved a
curdlc. And when he completed the remark,
which was neither very long nor remarkably
complicated, he picked upa dictionary, hurl-
' ed it at the proof reader with great asperity

and before the good natured and greatly
abused angel of the editorial staff could re-
cover from his emotion and get his umbrella,

Mr. Thumbledirk was gone. He dashed

out of the door, missed the stairway and

stepped down the elevator, failing a distance
of three‘stories,ibnt'he Was too mad and
excited to get hurt, and we heard him rush.
ing away down the alley, yelling and swear-
ing till he was out of sight and hearing. 'As
he is usually a very severe man, of habitual
reserve, very particular and guarded in his
language, we are amazed at his words, for
which his excited manner afforded not the
slightest explanation. During the day, how-
ever, we became possessed ,of certain facts
which may give the reader some clew to- the

, causes of this worthy and respectable citi-
zen’s violent and disrespectful manner and

. language. '

h It appears that about two o’clock in the
afternoon, Mr. Thumbledirk dropped mat
the Union depot to take some questions rela-
tive to the arrival and departure of trains,

, and while passing through the ladies’ waiting

' room, he was accosted by a lady acquaintance
who was going east on. the T. P..& W. at
half-past. two. Shg wished to go up town
to make some little purchases, but didn’t
wllnt t'o‘iiké' her baby out in the rain.
Would Mr. Thumbledirk please hold it for

her until she came back? She wouldn’t be ‘

gone more than ﬁve minutes, and little Earn-
est was just as good as an angel, and besides
he was sound asleep.
' Mr. Thumbledirk, with a strange ﬂutter of
his feelings, _ lied, and said he would be
’ only too delighted. Then he took the little
baby, and the ticket agent, who has two,
knew by his manner in which the man took
the baby and looked anxiously from one end
of it to the other to see which end the head
was on, that he had never handled a human
baby before in all his life, and promptly
closed the windows to shut out the trouble
that he knew was on the eve of an eruption.
Mr. Thumbledirk is a very tall, digniﬁed
man. He was rather annoyed as the mother
disappeared through the door to observe that
all the'women in the waiting IMF?!“ in.
tently regarding him with various expression,
curiosity predominating, He satjdowu and
‘ bent his arms at ‘thevelbows nntilthey re-
sembled in shape t‘woletterV’s with the baby
lying neck and heels in the angle at the
e1bows,fand he looked, and he felt that he
i looked like the hideous pictures of Moloch
in their old Sunday school book.
Mr. Thumbledirk felt keenly that he was
an object of curiosity and ill repressed mirth
' to thelwomen around him. Now adigniﬁed
man does not enjoy being a laughing stock
for anybody, and it is especially, humiliating
for him to feel that he appears ridiculous in
the eyes of women. This feeling is intensi-
‘ ﬂed when the man is a bachelor. and knows
that he is a little awkward and ill at ease in
the presence of any woman, anyhow, So, as
he gazed upon the-face of the quiet, sleeping
infant, he made; an”. insane éffOrt to appear
perfectly easy, and tor‘create the impression
that he was an old married than, and the
father of twentyaixjchildren, hefdisengaged
one arm, andi-ch'llchdith'c'babyznnder: the
chin. About such a chuck that you always
feel like giving a boy with a .“pnttyblower”
or a “pea shooter.” ‘ It knocked the little
rosebud of a mouth shut so quick and close
the baby couldn't catch its breath for three
minutes, and Mr. Thumbledirk thought,
witha strange sinking of the heart; that it
was just possible : he. might “have overdone
the thing. AT short "young woman III' a kilt
skirt and prétty face, sitting" directly op-
posite him said; “Oh"! in a mild kind of a
shriek, and then giggled; a tall thin woman
in black bombazine dress and a grey shawl,
and an angular woman in’ a calico dress anda
nun-bonnet, gassed. “Why I" in a startled
duet, a fat woman with a small herd of chil-
dren and a market basket, shouted, "Well i”
and then' immediately clapped her plump
hands over her mouth as though the exclama.
tion had been startled from her, and a tall
ramboaed woman who wore horned specta-
cles and talked bass, said, “The poor lamb t”
: in such sepulchral tones that everybody else,
laughed, and Mr. Thumbledirk, who didn’t
just exactly know whether she meant him or
the baby. blushed scarlet and felt his face
grow so hot that he smelt his hair. And his
soul was ﬁlled with such gloomy foreboding;
that all the future looked dark to him. '
. The babyopened its blue eyes" wider than
any man who never ovmed a baby would
have believed it possible, and stared at Mr.
Thumbledirk with an expression of alarm,
and a general lack ofconﬁdence that brooded
a distressing want or ll'armonyin allifutnro
proceedings. Mr. Thumuedii'k,vlewing theirs,
' signs of carelessness with ili'ward alarm, con-
ceived the happy idea that the baby needed
a change of position. so he stood it upon
his feet. ' '
It is unnecessary to tell any mother of a

family that by the execution of this appar-'
ently very simple movement, the unhhppy'

man had every thread ‘of that baby's clothes
under its arms'and around its neck in an in-
stant. A general but suppressed giggle went
around the room. .

Mr Thumbledirk blushed, redder and hot-
ter than ever, and the astonished baby,'after
one horriﬁed 1001: at the strange ,gua'rdla'n,
whimpel'ed uneasily. ' ‘

Mr. Thumbledirk, not dar' gto risk the

sound of his own voice, would have danced
the baby up and dowu, but its little legs bent
themselves into such appalling cresents' the
ﬁrcst time he let the cherub’s weight upon
them, that the wretched man knew in his
heart of hearts that he had forever and etern-
ally most hopelessly “bowed” them, and felt
that he could never again look a bow-legged
man in the face without a spasmpf remorse,
As for meeting the father of this beautiful
boy, whose life had been blighted by a pair of.
crooked legs -never, he would face death it-
self ﬂrst. And in coming years, whenever
he met this boy waddling to school on a pair
of legs like ice tongs, he would gazeupon
them as his own guilty work, and would
tremble lest wrath of the avenging gods should
fall upon him. ,

Alarmed at the . gloomy shadows which
these distressing thoughts cast over Mr.
Thumbledirk‘s face the baby drew itself up
into ‘a knot and ‘wailed. LMr. Thumbledirk
balanced it carefully on his hands and dan-
dled it, for all the world as he would.“heft”
a watermelon, Instantly the baby straight-
ened itself out with such an alarming celeri-
ty that the tortured dry nurse caught it by
the heels just in time to save it from failing
to the ﬂoor. ‘ .

“He‘ll kill that child pet,"-said the woman
who talked bass, and Mr. Thumbledirk felt
the blood curdle in cold waves in his veins.
By this time the baby was screaming like a
calliopﬁ and the noise added inexpressibly to
Mr. 'I‘humbledirk’s confusion. and distress.
He would have trotted the baby on his knees
but the attempt oceasibncd too much com-
ment. The fat woman with the market has-
ket said; '

“Oh-h, the little dear!"

And the short pretty woman shaped her
eyes and said:

“Oh-h hi how cruel.”

And the woman in the black bombazine,
and the woman in the SIM bonnet:

“Oh-h hi just look at him.” _

And the woman who talked bass said, in
her most sepulchral and penetrating accents.
“The man’s a fool.”

And the .baby itself, utterly ignoring the
fact that Mr. Thumbledirk was laboring in
its interest, threw all the obstruction it could
in the way of further proceedings by altern-
ately straightening itself out into anabnor.
mal condition of such appalling rigidity,
that 11,-, Thumbledirk was obliged to hold its
head tightly in one hand and its heels in the
other, and then suddenly doubling itself up
into so small a knot that the. poor man had
to hold his two hands close together, liken
bowl, and hold the baby as he would a pint
of sand, and these transitions from one ex?
treme to the other were made with such
startling rapidity and appalling suddenness,
that Mr. Thumbledirk had to be constantly
on the alert, end his arms ached so, and be
exhibited such signs of fatigue and distress
that the depot policeman looked in to. say to
him if he was tired out he would send in a
section band or the steam shovel to give him
a spell. : ‘

It seemed to Mr. Thumbledirk that he
never heard so much noise come from so
small a baby in his life. The more he tum-
ed it around and tossed it about, :the more
its cloak and chess and skirts and things be-
came entangled around its neck, and now and
then the mass of drapery would get over the
baby’s face and stiﬂe its cries for a second,
but the noise would come out stronger than
ever when the towing little hands would tear
away the obstruction. And 'the‘louder the
baby screamed, the faster the vigorous fat
legs ﬂew, kicking in every direction, like,
crazy ﬂy-wheels with the, rim ,offk Some-

‘ttnrosnr. Thumbledirk yas'nofthigh as at

hundred and-eighty grabs," amiable at those
legs and never touched one of them. He
was hot, blind and wild with terror and con-
fusion. Once he tried to sing to the baby
but when he quavered out a, ‘fHootchy.
pootchy, puddiu’ and pie,” the womne
laughed, all but the gloomy woman who
talked bass—she sniffed, and he stopped.
He gave it his gold watch, and it dashed it
on the ﬂoor. He gave it his emerald scarf-

.pin, and the baby put it into its mouth.

The pretty woman screamed.

The and woman in the bombazine shrieked.
.The angular woman in the sun-bonnet
yelled, “Oh, mercy on usi"- .

' The fat woman with the market baske

called wildly for a doctor. .

The gloomy woman who talked bass shout-
ed hoarsely : '

“He’s killed it 1”

And Mr. Thumbledirk hooked his ﬁnger
into the child’s mouth and choked it until
its face was purple and, black, trying to ﬁnd
that pin. And Mr. Thumbledirk couldn’t

hear even the chattering woman. "It‘beat

the air with its' clinched ﬁsts, and thrashed
and kicked withits fat bare legs, and walled
and howled and choked and screamed, and
doubled up and straightened out until Mr.
Thumbledirk, steeling his nerves to the awful
effort, clasped the screamingbaby in his arms
and rose to his feet.

He was going to go out and throw himself
and the baby under the ﬁrst train that came.
along.

The baby's mother sprang in th nugh the.
door like an angel of mercy. - .
She took ' the .babyj'n. 'her arms and with
one slight motion of, one hand, Iliad its
raiment straightened out so exquisitely
smooth there wasn't a wrinkle in it.

The baby lay in her arms as placid, quiet,
ﬂexible, graceful and contented as a dream
of paradise. " ~'

The mother thanked Mr. Thumbledirk for
the agony and torture: henna endured so pa
tiently for her. This was the'way she'thank-
ed him. She‘fdid not look at him. She
looked straight out of the window with a
stony glare, and .said in tones that made the
thermometer shiver: . .

“Mr. Thumbledirk isn’t a very good nurse,
is he baby i” '

A 'l the women smiled, except the gloomy
woman who talked'baas. She nodded ap-
provingly. ' .

The baby looked up into Mr. Thumbled'rk’s
face and laughed aloud.

What Mr. Thumbledirk said when ‘he
dashed in at the sanctum, last evening was
this : ,

“By the avenging daughters of Nigllt, the
everlasting, snake-haired Erynes, the terror.
haunted shades never knew-the horrors that
hauntéd'lhe soul of a sensible single man that
triestotake care,of some lower fool’s howl
ing, squalling‘, sq'uirming‘babyl”"—Bnrling-
"m Hawkzgg. ’

 

_ Coal in'China.

It may Surprise the. general reader to learn
that the coal production'oIZChina has already
reached 3,000,000 tons annually, and is rapid-
1y ‘iliereasing. ' or this production about 1,.
000,000 tons represent the output of the an.
thracite beds of the province of Shansi.
Speaking of, this,_the moatextcnslve deposit

its area vastly exceeds that 'of the anthracite
region of this country, and that no other
'c'oal-ﬁeld in the world can be compared with
it in the union of the most, favorable condi-
tions as regards positions, quantity and qual-
ity. He pronounces the epini'on that in the
near future these deposits 'will rise immensely
in importance.—Editor's Scientiﬁc Word, in
Harper’s Magasl'mfor- September.

The irrepressible 1 Millfer‘gh has started a
lively discussion on the'subject of the cruelty
or non-cruelty of docking'horses tails. by his
recent arrest of a trainer-who thus treated a
901° pony. Increased thoughtfulness in re,

indignation at his peculiar and far-fetChed
notions of persors arrested through his

 

agency,

o‘f'th‘e‘ empire; Baron Richmond 'ninr‘mi that

spect to animals is always a useful result of.
one of Mr. Bergh’s moves, however great the

The Wallingford Tornado.

Professor W. H. Brewer, who interests
himself in phenomena, has spent a number of
days at Wallingford studying the features of
the tornado. He was found at his home by a
Palladium reporter, who asked him for some
information of a scientiﬁc character concern-
ing the disaster. The professor very willing;
1y gave this to him substantially as follows:

“No one can. tell what makes a tornado.
There are many theories concerning the cause.
I‘know'of » 500 persons each of whom has a
different theory. ' Lightning always plays a
leading part in the disturbance. In some tor-
nadoes the exhibition of electricity is grand.
There is no particular hour at which they are
formed but they usually take place in. the
afternoon, for it is. then that a hot day be-
.comes most sultry. In the northern latitudes
therotary motion is'always from the right to
the left.. The column is‘ funnel shaped, the
small part being on the earth. It sways from
side to side frequently and sometime bounds
like a ball. ' The movement is either to the
east, southeast or northeast. It is agreed that
this tornado had all the characteristics of
other tornadoes. ' '

I measured the bluff at the lake where the
tornado was formed and found it to be about
thirty-ﬁve feet in height. The cone rose up
on this, and the damage it inﬂicted shows it

was not powerful enough to uproot‘trees out-
side of this. It crossed the railroad track
nearly at right angles and about 600 feet wide
At Colony street it was 700 or 750 feet in:
width—that is, it was strong enough to tear
down houses Within this limit. From the
lake to this point i was the space in which it
displayed in greatest energy. The cone was
solid there or nearly so at itsbottom, so that
its center was as destructive as its outside
lines. As it appmached the bill it broadened
to about 1,200 feet and over this space un-
roofed houses. It twisted OE treesover a
still wider area, and further on at Elm street
broadened still more. Its effects could be-
seen as far as the eye could reach through a
ﬁeld glass. The trees on portions of the
south line of the whirl were laid to the east
while on the north line they were laid in
many directions. The tombstones in the
cemetery were laid toward the cast but the
tall monuments were thrown to the north.
The actual direction of the tornado was east-
southeast. . '

- In tornadoes the funnel-shaped column is
always‘visible. I have witnessed and studied
many sand whirls on the plains. These are .
harmless and lose themselves after going short
distances; They‘appear there in many shapes
of the funnel, someof them being larger at
the base than others and some having a wide
bulk for a short distance and at a height of
several feet from the ground. ' The tornado
in Wallingford undoubtedly took mud and
water from the lake. The roots of uprooted
trees werc'ashed bare.. Some of the mud,
however, came from the street. The tornado
was not of unusual strength."

The professor upon being asked if torna-
does were not of uncommon occurrence in
this part of 'thc‘conntry, said:

“ We have many such in'New England. I
suppose we have them every year. They
tear up trees,'throw 'dow'n‘ fences but as no
lives are lost no attenTTOn is paid to them. If
it werenotffor,the’lfact'that'jthere was such a
less of'life'in,Wall'ingfordthéjtornado would

 

nanometers were s‘nnmbériof poorly con-
structedhonseiland: many persons in them.
In one verysmali-bnil'ding there were two
families. ’ Whe’n‘the tornado struck them
there was great loss of life. If it had struck
the town 'on Main street or thereabouts alarge
amount of property would have been dam-
aged, but houses would not have been demol-
ished as they were on the plains, because they
are more strongly built.

Tornadoes are generally accompanied by
hail, but this one was not so far as I could
learn. I think the blow of Watch Hill was
a continuation of the Wallingford tornado.
I have found in the Connecticut Journal of
October 11, 1797, an account of a tornado in
this city and East Haven October 7 of the
same year. This occurred between six and
seven o’clock. Nobody was injured, but
some barns and-fences were damaged. In
July, 1800, had fell in North Gnilford six
and nine inches in size. The stones had
sharp edges and were not of a globular form.
This storm did great damage to the crops,
and the Journal advised‘people to turn from

their evil ways on account of that visitation

of the Creator.” _

Just before the close of the interview the
professor exhibited a map of the New York
wilderness. and pointed out the track of a
tornado there which was about ﬁfteen miles
long. It was indicated by a straight mark.
.“There was -not much thought taken about
that," mid the professbr, “but it attracted
someattention because of its length merely.”

 

Wanna Do Tim Stun Winch—Two years,
from the third to the 'ﬁfth of every salmon's
life are passed in» some unknownseclusion;
and every spring the shade with which our
rivers swam come up out of the great un-
known to fall victims to the national broil in
which, in peace or war, they are sure to ﬁnd
themselves involved. But who can tell where
the shad was before it appeared in the rivers?
Two ﬁsh experts, all their lives, in the sh
business, testiﬁed before the legislative com-
mittee this year. One said the shad came to
Connecticut from Florida by the way of Hell
Gate, and the other said a Connecticut river
shad never went 20 miles south of Saybrook.
Neither of them knew anything positively
about it. Perhads it is enough for us that the
ﬁsh are found in the river every spring, but
off somewhere is a place where a course of
some undiscovered diet makes the fat and
altogether eatable shad of this year out of the
thin and shadowy fugitive that slid down the
stream last summer, and it would satisfy curl.
osity to know where it is. Is there a great
mid-sound watering place, where all these
spring arriving, migratory: ﬂsh spend‘a self-
indulgent winter, or do they really imitate the
nzig 'atory:birds ? At least it is strange that
nobody ever by any chance has seen the shad
dead or alive, in winter, it it is at that time‘

among us.—-Harmrd Courant.
=_—_.—_.——-__-
REMEDY non Manon“ arm LE! 2) Porson-

rum—A Belgian scientiﬁc jury has lately
awarded to M. Meslens _the Guinard prize of
10,000 francs for the best contribution to
the amelioration of the condition of the
working classes. The award was based upon
the important discovery of M. Melsens of an
effective remedy for mercury and lead poison;
ing, to the effects of which workmen em-
ployed in many occupations requiring the
manipulation of these metals are dangerous-
ly exposed, and especially to the insidious
cumulative effects resulting in chronic evils
whi have heretofore been obstinately
inc . is. The remedy proposed by M.
118158118. and which he has demonstrated to
be efﬁcacious not only in the cure of chronic
cases resulting from years of exposure to and
accumulation of the poison in .the system,
but also in the prevention of diseases from
these sources, is the iodide of potassium.
The action of the iodide is'to transform
into soluable form and to eliminate from the
system the accumulation of insoluble metal-
lic compounds, upon the presence-of which
the affections of the organs involved by the
.disease depend. The French Academy like-
wisehas cmwned.tbis important discovery

 

with the Monthvon rizeL—H
September. . p arpers for

to have been from '400' to 450 feet wide. It_

A Thicves’ Paradise.

On Saturday, 11th, the Brooklyn police
captured four noted burglars,who have taken
part in several large robberies recently. They
were living in elegant style, and their real-
dence is thus described by a Tribune Re-
porter:

It is situated in the suburbs of the city, on
the line dividing the Eastern and Western
Districts of Brooklyn. The building is a
large three-story wooden structure, which
was built several years ago by a retired mer.

It is erected in the centre of a square block of
ground two hundred feet in dimensions. The
house is literally surrounded by shrubbcry
and ﬂowers. One portion of the lawn is laid
out as a croquet ground. Summer houses are
built upon the grounds, and many ﬂowering
plants and trees are in full bloom. Back of
the premises is a large orchard containing
'apple and peach trees. The grounds are re-
markably well kept, the occupants of the
house, it is stated,-engaging a. man for this
spécial purpose. During yesterday and last
night the house was in charge of a squad of
policemen. The wife of Porter, Irving‘s sis-
ter and the servant girl, after returning home
from court, were not permitted to leave the
house.

The interior of the thieves' residence is in‘
full keeping with the outside. The building
contains ten rooms, only one of. which is no
furnished. On entering, the visitor 'is irn-

massive brass bolts are attached to all the
doors, while the windows are fastened with
heavy steel locks. With one exception every
room in the house is elegantly furnished;
even to the kitchen a Brussels carpets cover
the ﬂoors, and the furniture in the parlors is
manufactured of rosewood and black walnut.
The seats of the chairs and sofas are of red
velvet and blue satin. A massive mahogany
piano stands in the back parlor. . A large ball
in the centre of the house leads into a great
dining room completely ﬁlled with black
walnut furniture.

The ﬁrst man to enter the house when the
descent was made was Oﬂicer William Mills.
He found Irving,Porter and the female mem-
bers of the family seated around the dining
room table. Irving made an attempt to es-
cape. With one bound he left the dining
room and ran up stairs. Gaining the front
room on the second ﬂoor, he quickly opened
one of the windows, but before he could
climb out the ofﬁcer caught hold of his col-
lar, and with the assistance of several other
oﬁlcers, who had just arrived, succeeded in
pulling him back into the room. It required
the united strength of four policemen to pre-
vent him from escaping. John, alias George
Irving, is a large, handsome man, about thir-
ty-ﬁve years 'of age. He has a light com-
plexion and wears a small light moustache.
He is very well known to the police of this
city and Brooklyn, having carried on his op-
eratiohs in these two cities for several years.
He wasborn in New York, of Irish-parents.
A few years ago, when in San Francisco, he
made a “confession,” claiming that he bore a
part in the Nathan murder. The police, sub-
sequent to his arrest and examination,thought
that he made the confession for the purpose of
procuring free transportation to New York.
Despite his “confession” he was realesed, the
police not ﬁnding suﬂlcient evidence to hold
him. Immediately upon his releaso, he took

'up his residence in Brooklyn, but this fact

was not known to the police until recently.

Before leaving New York for California,
Irving and four companions broke into a large
coffee establishment in Furman street, Brook-
lyn. They were discovered by the watch-
man, who reported the fact to the police of
the Second Precinct. Detective Edward Mc
Carthy, a very large and powerful man, and
two ofﬁcers, were detailed to arrest the
thieves. McCarthy'entered the building and
captured Irving. To enable his companion
to escape, Irving took hold of the detective.
The other men started to leave the place, but

'ﬁnding several officers at the back door, re-

turned and opened ﬁre on the ofﬁcer. Me
Carthy took Irving up in his arms and used
him as a protection against the thieves’ bui-
lets. In this encounter Irving received six
pistol balls in his body, He was conveyed
to the City Hospital, where he remained in a
critical condition for several months. Afttr
his recovery he was placed in Raymond
Street Jail, but after a few weeks of incar-
ceration he succeeded in digging his way out.
He was not heard of again by the Brooklyn
police until he was brought to New York as
the alleged murderer of Mr. Nathan.

Porter, Irving's companion and friend, has
been associatebwith him in crime for several
years. He is an American, and was born in
Brooklyn of Irish parents. Since - he has
been so successful in his operations, he has
declined to notice his relatives and former
associates. His mother, a very aged woman,
called upon him last week at his handsome
residence in Brooklyn, but he refused to see
her, saying that "she was not stylish snow)
for him." Porter is a better looking man
than Irving, although not as stoutly built.
He is of medium height, with brown hair
and moustache, and has very sharp features.
“What he wills to do he will dare," said the
oﬁlcers who arrested him. Porter’s wife and
Irving’s sister are both very preposessing in
appearance. The family lived very extrava-
gantly, the grocers’ bills averaging between
$30 and $40 a week. Irving regularly spent
$2 a day for cigars, and his companion, Por-
ter, nearly as much for chewing and smoking
tobacco.’

When a search was made of the premises,
a large Saratoga trunk 'was found in Mrs.
Porter’s room, the value of the contents of
which is estimated at $3,000. The trunk
contained about a dozen handsome silk
dresses and costly underwear. Irving’lh sis-
ter, when she heard the officers open the.
door, ran up stairs and took a large box of
silver coin (about $200) from her brother’s
room and emptied it into a pillow case. She
then placed the pillow in the case and lay down
upon it. She refused to get up when told
to do so by the officers, and it was only after
a hard struggle that they succeeded in obtain-
ing the money.

Several friends and relatives of the Irving
family went from this city to Brooklyn, yes-
tcrday, and had a 'consultatl'onwith Miss Ir-
ving and Mrs. Porter which continued several
hours. While the visitors were in conversa-
tion with the women, Ofllcer Mills entered
the house and found a small package of gun-
powder, which the thieves evidently used for
the purpose of breaking open safes. He also
found several bits and sectional jimmies.

The Acting Superintendent said last night
that despite Draper’s refusal to sit for his
picture, he was determined that his picture
should be taken. “If I had been there when
be resisted,” he said, "‘I should have seen
that he was held, if it took a dozen men to
do it. I know that there is no law compell-
ing a man under arrest to have his picture
taken, but I don’t care for that. What could
the man do afterwards I Supposing that he had
thezman arrestedfor assault and battery and
ﬁned—I should be willing to pay a small ﬁne
for the sake of having such a man’s picture
I am bound to have Draper’s yet.”

52

A Boston man has a vest that Fanny
Fern made with her own hands. And we
will beta hundred dollars that it noverdid
and never will ﬁt anyvman in the wide,
wide world ;-that they can’t tell by its shape
whether it was originally made for a fat
woman or a lean man 3 for a man wrtha
sway back, or 'a man with a bump on his
back like a-camel. «Woman, heaven bless
her.is the light-of our homes, but when she
tries to make a 'man’s veet,.the.angels weep,
and when she-makes ap-pair-zof- ntaloons
for him. the immortalgods. just old their

 

sides and run away out intothe woods and
roll on the grass and -howl.—-Hawkoyo.

chant named Wade, for a. summer residence. .

pressed by the numerous, safeguards. Large.

Women Teachers.

Woman has won her prosen‘ position in the
public schools from beginnings as small as
the grain of 'must'ard'seed. In Barnard's
Rhode Island Report for 1845, he says that
in all the schools be visited, or from which
returns were received, 'outof Providence
(and excepting the primary departments of a
few central districts), he found only six fe-
male teachers, and that, with the above
exceptions, there could not . have been more
than twice that number employed in the
whole State. His successor, who visited the
same schools in 1871, found more than two
hundred female teachers; but he thought two-
thirds of those taught by men, even then,
would have been better taught and disciplin-
ed by women. In 1837 there were in Massa-
chusetts 3591 female teachers, and in 1848
their number had swelled to 5510. This in-
crease Horace Mann considered a great

ed to the work. ' In 1870, according to the
census, about seventy-four per cent. of all
the teachers in the United States were wo-
men. In New England the excess of women
teachers over men is very great; but in most
of the Western and also in“ the Southern
States there is a smaller percentage. In
Maine the proportion in summer is about
ninetyrseven per cent. ; and L'in‘winter only
ﬁfty-ﬁve per cent. ; in Vermont itéa‘rly ninety
per dent. of the teachers are Women'through-
out’the year; and in New_Yo'rk'about sixty-
seven per cent. It: New Yerk'city more
than ninety per cent. of. the teachers are
women, and in other large cities the prepon-
derance of women overmen as very great.
No doubt the economy of employing women
as teachers goes far to explain their rapid in-
crease,but their wages as well as their numbers
have steadily increased. It ia‘recorded that
Polly Hovey,one of the ﬁrst female teachers in
Maine, was paid, in 1792, 81,50 per week.
In Iowa, at one time, two women taught for
$4.59 a month, though the average salary of
women teachers in that State was $7.64 per
month. Even men were not very liberally
paid in olden times, for in Watertown, Mas-
sachusetts, in 1650, a school-master was hired
for one year for $30, and allowed "'23. a head
for keeping the dry-herd.” 'It is mentioned
in one of the Massachusetts Normrl School

Reports that one of the young men graduates
received, when he entered upon his career,
$13 a month, and “boarded round.” By the
way, that old custom of “boarding round”
is supposed to have died out; but it is still
in vogue in many places, and in at, least one
district in Pennsylvania all the teachers re-
ceive $15 a month and board in. this manner.
Who but the victim himself can describe the
miseries of “boarding round” in rambling
country villages-of living for a week or
month on ten and pie,and then,only exchang-
ing the bill of fare for pie and ten; of
sleeping under leaky roofs, lupon pillows
which the rains and snows of heaven bedew;
of shivering in breakfast rooms, where, if a
drop of water fall upon the table cloth,
though the stove be in closely proximity, it is
instantly frozen ? And'yet the' physical dis-
comforts are often the least ofjthe homeless

teacher’s trials. .-

To return to wages, certain male graduates
of’ the Bridgewater Normal School, who be-
gan with $25 or $30 a month, including

"board, now receive $3,200 a year, and a few

$4,000; and salaries of- women graduates
have increased in the same proportion. To
be sure, there is too often a lamentable dif-
ference between the sexes in respect to wages ;
but women, at least those employed in cities,
undoubtedly earn more than they could ob.
lain in other occupations. Probably few
clerks or operatives earn, as do 900 teachers
in Boston, $15.39 every week in the year, in-
cluding ten weeks of vacation. In Massa-
chusetts the average salary per month of
men, for 1875, was $88.37 ; of women $35.35.
In Maine, men, $37; women $18. In Penn-
sylvania, men, $41.07; women, $34.09. In
Ohio, men, $60; women, $44. In Michigan,
men, $51.29; women, $28.19. But in some
States, as in Iowa, the rule is becoming gen-
eral to pay men and women the same salary
for the same grade of work. In the city of
St. lLouis no distinction is made between the
sexes in ﬁxing the teachers’ salaries; and the
California Legislature of 1873 enacted that
the female teachers in the public schools
should in all cases receive the same compen-
sation as men for like services. A few of
the Southern States, which employ more men
than women, pay the same salary for the
same kind of work to both sexes; and Idaho,
Nevada, and Arizona report the same custom.
Nevada, which supports but few schools,
pays her teachers $100.57 per month; and in
Arizona, where the schools are all of a pri-
mary grade,and the larger portion of children
of Mexican birth, teachers are paid from
$100 to $125 per month. or late the hard
times has caused a reduction in teachers’ sal-
aries, and this seems to many unjust. One
indignant superintendent cries : “ Why should
retrenchment begin at teachers’ salaries when
fashion laughs at pauics_?"-—Maux P. THACII-
lm, in Hr.por‘s Magazim f .' September.
—

GENERAL GRANT very successfully defends
his St Domingo policy, and expresses the be-
lief that should the democrats come to power
they will revive it. He did not seek annexa-
tion; and when the project was ﬁrst broached
to him was opposed to it. It came to him,
however, in such a form that he could not,
as President, refuse to consider it. He had
incontestable proof ' that the people of St.
Domingo desired it when the agents sent
from Washington [had returned bringing
back a favorable report, he made the treaty
and submitted it to Mr. Sumner, not that
his support of it was wanted, but as a matter
of courtesy. The treaty was made secret in
order (to prevent certain-jobbers from specu-
lating in the debt of the island.-- He says:

I thiuk‘now, look ing over the whole .sub-
ject that it would have been a great gain to
the United States to have annexed St. Do-
mingo. It would have settled many prob-
lems that now disturb us. It would have
given a new home for the blacks, who-were
and-as I hear are still oppressedin the South.
Ifjtwo or three hundred thousand blacks
were to emigrate to St. Domingo under our
republic the Southern people would learn
the crime of Ru Kluklsm, because they
would see how necessary the black man is

tied several questions of political economy.
We should have. grown our own colt .e and
sugar, our own hard woods and spices. We
should have become an exporter, as now we
are an importer of coﬁfee. Tnere would
have been a new ﬁeld for American capital
and commerce. You remember how large a
portion of the West Indian trade used to
cometons, how, in fact, so large a portion of
our trade was West Indian. All this would
have revived. We should have made of St.
Domingo a new Texas or a new California,
with sources of strength or national prosperi-
ty even greater in some respects than those

ssessed by Texas or California.

If the treaty had been conﬁrmed by the

Senate, St. Domingo would have been made
a territory under military government, and
General Schoﬁeld or General Terry appoint-
ed governor. -

 

The. Southern Democratic organs are
wheeling into line in support of the Potter
olicy. They are crying now that President
ayes has never done anythlng to earn their
gratitude. The Montgomery Advertiser, for
example, . declares that he has robbed the
South of its “choice" for Presldent,” has “re-
warded eve thief that cheated the Southern
pie, and'ln his attempts to conciliate hem
has simply “appointed two or three petty
ostmasters in places where no half-way dc.
cent Republicans could be found."

A little .irl who was spendin a few days
with a farther uncle, visited thalilarnyardmnd
while looking at the well fed cows, remarked,
“Why, uncle, just see all the cows are cheW.
ing gum, arn't they r ”

A woman can do most anything in a grace-
ful manner, except gnaw green corn off the

 

cob—Elmira Gazette.

reform, behaving women much better adapt .

to their own prosperity. It would have set- F

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Hurlbult, Relyea &'Seymour
Attorneys at Counsellors at Law,

Room No. 4, [up stair-,1
GAZETTE BUILDING.

ALEX, S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church .
Teacher of
Piano-Forte, Organ and Music: 1
Composition.
Box 879 P. 0., NORWALK. CONN.

EDWARD T. PRITCIIARD,

(Late with A. C. Bell a 00., New York,)

Fashionable Tailor & Draper.

Dress Suits. $25to $35. Business
Suits $18 to $25.
Corner Wall and Water 513., Norwalk, Conn. 24

(i. S. GOMSTOGK, M. D.

Homoeopathic Physician.

Ofilce and Residence, Cor. MAIN STREET and
UNION AVENUE. Ofllcc hours7to 9 a. m., 12

to 1, and 5 to 7. Slate at Glover’s Grocery Store
All orders will be promptly attended. llm‘zo

 

 

 

(TEIARLES W. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist, '

N03‘VALK, CONN.

Oﬂlce corner ofIMain and Wall Streets. N ltrons-
Oxldc Gas administered .

C. B. OOOLIDGE,
DENTIST.

Successor to

Dr. Asa H111, 7

3‘ Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain .

DENTISTRY
A T 11.4 121) TIMES PRICES,

For Cash — No Credit :

All work excuted in the BestManner, at my oﬂice

Corner of Main and Washington Streets,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.

'1‘. E. SWIFT, D. D. s.
The Norwalk Fire Insurance 00.,

Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year,

And has not outstandrng a Dollar of unpaid losses
or of claims for losses.

I'l SOUIO OOMPAII iISORES AT lOWER RATES.
WM. C.STaEnT, Pres., S. E. Ohusrsan, Trees.
GEO. It. Cowl.ns,5ec’y.

 

 

 

 

“AISLES S. LOCKWOOD,

Fashionable Draper and Tailor

AND

GENTS’ FURNISHING EMPORIUM.
Main Street,Norwalk. Conn.

EDWARD P o WEED,

D n 'U' G- G I s '1"
Wall Street,opposite Nor-wall: Opera House,
Alargo and well selected stock of

DRUGS AND MEDICINES,

Pcrfnmery,Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters, 1oilet and Medicatedﬁoaps. Flavoring
and Handkerchief'Extraess, Hair Brushcsﬂombs,
Sponges,0hamoisSklns, Stationery. Cigars, &c.,
and is constant] addlugto his stock all the new

 

and populatme icines ofthe day.

 

'I‘NA INSURANCE Co. ofHAR'I‘FORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.

Capital and Assets, $6,716,893.77
Insuresagainstlossand damageby Fire,ou terms
adoptedto the hazard andconsistontwith the laws

of compensation. COWLES & MERRILL,
Sole Agentsfor Norwalk and vicinity.

IEDRtlE ll. RAYMOND,
Furnishing Undertaker,

No. 53 MAIN STREET, (Up Stairs.)

'B.‘ S. BLASCER.

Athis store in
MALI-ORY’B BLOCK,
hasconstantlyon baud,a general assortmento

Groceries. Croekuy, Glass,
'Iln and Wooden Ware, Etc.

By devotinghis constantpersonai attentionto the
business he hopesto merit public patronage

_ Dr. C. H. Kendall & Son,
1 .'DENTISTS.

Are nowprcpar-
ed to r e c a l v 8
their patrons at
either N orwatk
. . Bridge or South
N orwaik. The
senlor partner
has taken rooms
0 v e r Sellcck’s
Bookstore, N or-
;valk, whilet the
n n I o r re alas
the old oﬂlco. Lander’s Block. South Norwaik.
Teeth extracted wrthont pain. and all dental 0pc-
ratlons performed at either ofﬁce.
0. H. hENDALL, M.D..
G. 8. KENDALL, D. D. S.
P. S. Dr. C. ILKendall Will devote Mondays to
Ridgcﬂeld.

JolmA. Homwckor,

BAKER,

FOOT 0F MILL IIILL.

Bread,Rolls.Ptcs, Cakes,0rullers, “(inhibited
fresh everyday. Everything made out of good
materialsmnd bycarctu land competentworkmen
Try our Baklrn.

w. s. naturist),
General Fullsllu Undertaker,

OPPOSITE HORSE R. R.DEPOT

WOrdcrsattended to day or night. Residenc
MainStrect,3 doors from Union Avenue.

NOW FOR YOUR WATER RIPES.
Wm. Glover 8r. Son,

Are ready to put in your WATER,STEAM or GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at as low a rate as
anyone. W ltOUG llT AND CAST IRON, TIN-
LINED, LEAD PIPES, ac” of every size and de-
scrrptron. PLUMBING in all its branches.

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

LA WN M 0 WERS.

A LOT 08' SECOND-HAND LAWN

MOWERS, taken in exchange for the
“King of the Lawn.” can be bought at low ﬁgures
if applred for soon. They have all been put in

 

good order, and are about as good as new.
. J OHN OOTTER. Norwalk Machine Works.

REAL ESTATE.
For Sale Cheap.

A VALUABLE manufacturing property. Foun-
dry aud Machine shop, for Marine and Sta-

tionary En ne work or general Machinery. hit-

uated on W arf‘. Ilas also Rail Road connections.

Terms reasonable. E. HILL, Trustee.

‘ ~ South Norwnik. Conn.

For Rent very Low.

NEATLY and Newly Furnished lo-Roorn Cot-
tage, with all modern im rovcmcnts ellglbly
situated in the Borough of orwalk, would be
rented for balance of‘ season, for 850 per month.
Trees. ample grounds, and well of heat water. &c.
Inquire at office of‘NoItwanx GAZETTE. 3t28

To Rent.

The First Floor 01' a Dwelling House. with

\I\I\I\l (\I\I\

 

 

 

kitchen, basement, etc. Apply to
1:. L. ELLS.

For Sale.

A cosy comfortable Cottage on one ofthepieas-

antest streets in town, Within ﬁve minutes
walk of the Bridge or Churches. will be sold at
cost price. A portion or the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. I’rrcc $6.000. En-
quire at this Office.

Farm For Sale In Danhury-

EIGHTY ACRES, two miles from village, on

 

 

' main road, (near Lake Kenosia). Splendid shade;

nice place for city boarders. Three acres in Del-
ries, nice young orchard ' meadow, pasture, plow
and wood and, never falling springs. House as
good as new, barn and all necessary .outbulldlngs
in good order._ will sell buildings wrth part or all
.the land to suit; would exchange for city or vii-
lage roperty on sea shore between Stamford and
New aven. in!!! L. K. M... Danbury, Conn.

To Rent.

PART of a House, three rooms right in the vil-
lage.. Enquire at this Ounce.

Wanted.

IIREE SMALL FARMS IN THE VICINITY
OF NORWALK.
Three Residences for sale cheap.
For particulars enquire of“
16 J. S. RANDALL, 1’. O. Box 08,

N orwalk, Conn.
A Desirable Homestead for Sale.

HE valuable residence .of the subscriber,

pleasantly located on high ground on East
Ave., in the Borough of Norwal , is offered for
sale. _The situation is pleasant and healthy, com-
mandingﬂne views of ong Island Sound and the
surrounding country. Distance one 'mile from

 

 

walk dcpot. ouse 54x50; two stories and attic,
filled in with brick, and substantially built.
Rooms 18, With all modern im rovements. bath
room, laundry, stationary tubs, eebee’s cooking
range, hot and cold water, gas throughout the
house. The cellaris dry, havrng stationary furn
ace. whicho heats the whole house. The attic is
spacious, and roof tinned. The house is in excel-
lent order‘belng comfortable for both a summer or
winter residence. Suitable for any gentleman do-
ing business in New York and returning the same
day. Land about three-quarters of an acre, laid
out in lawn, fruit trees. and garden spot. A ply
to JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent, or-
walk, or to the subscriber,

f A. S. HAMERSLEY,
2m ’

255 Fourth Avenue, N. Y.
For Sale.

A Rare Chance.

llousc, Barn, good Mill-site and ﬁfty acres
ot‘land well proportioned in Meadow, Pasture

 

A

and Woodland; also,twenty-two acres of wood-
land all situated at the head of the Borough
Reservoir in the town of New Canaan. for sale
at a bargain. Inquire of Dimon Finch. George-
town, Ct., J amos Mitchell or J.Belden Ilurlglguttt,

' Norwalk.C . l

t
Norwalk. 10th day of' June 1578.

To Rent.

The second ﬂoor ofa house on the east side of

 

West Avenue, near the 2d M. E. Church, to a small
family. Borough water. Apply at the GAZETTE

OFFICE. -

FARMS FOR SALE.
Enquire of

CHAS. CODISTOUK,

New Canaan, Conn.

, To Let. .
The Property in the rear of the Fair-
ﬁeld County National Bank,

formerly occupied by Price A; Bates,suitnble for
manufacturing purposes. Also Barn on High St.
50tf E. B. PRICE.

 

.il

 

 

Farm for Sale.

A DWELLING HOUSE situated in the 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 of the sub-
scriber. IAIIVEY FITCH.
Norwalk, January 11th, 1878. 3

‘To Let.

Two Nicely Furnished Houses.

ONE a. Cottage, neatly furnished. with Hot and
Cold Water, Bath, &c. The other richly fur-
nished, will be rented to parties without children
only. Both centrally located, and writ be rented
to csirable parties at a low rent. Enquire at the
GAZETTE OFFICE.

 

 

For Sale Cheap,

01- Exchange for other property,

One of the ucatestmnd cosicst little Cottages in
the Borough. Will sellto .a good tenant for little
2‘11 (no; money down. Enqnlrc at GAZETTE 0F-

 

. I
Dcs1rable Property for sale.
A Vcr ydcsirable place on EastAvcnue.

Also, a few chores BuildingLots situated on
Osborn Avenue,forsale cheap.
Also, a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
wrn Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain . Enquire of
S. E. OSBORN. EastAvenue,
tfll D. W.FITCH,West Avenue.

For sale.

A House and Lot. in a healthylocation on

‘ﬁ Fair Street,above Catharine. The Houseis
a ' nearly new, wellbullt.convenientlyarraug-
ed. and will make a comfortable and leasant
home for a family of average size. The ot runs
back to the river. There la 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 fine chance to secures.
home. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE. 3"

FOR SALE.

TWO verydcsirableBuiIdingLotson WestMain
Street. Apply at theGAZETTE OFFICE .

orto

 

 

 

 

GEORGE WARD SEllEOK,

has constantly in stock at his new store,
No. 9 Main Street,
.a choice and fine assortment of
Groceries,
Provisions,
' Hour,
From, &c.,

To which he would invite the attention ot'all who
Wish to purchase ﬁrst-class goods at

Reasonable Prices.
DRIED BEEF. sLICED. A SPECIALTY.
BESTof HANS EITHER WHOLE on
SLICED.

Drop in and see him at his new store

'\’o. 9 MAIN STREET.

Paris Green,
WHITE IIELLEBORE.

KEARNEY PEST POISON, AND
Kearney Cabbage Worm Destroyer,
. FOR SALE BY

H. M. d: C. S. PROWITT, Dunuors'rs.

GHTLTTBEN’S

.lllililililiiii.

Selling. for
5Q .GENTS

E. K. Lockwocd’s

 

 

 

.Sul Umbrellas from 10 us. to $3

Norwalk Brid c. and the same from South Nor- .

OBSE RTE 2

THAT
sent for 75 Wants.

WILL BE.
Our Dollar quality for 9°C.
A 6001) INGRAIN FOR 25 Cts.
ALI. WO0I. INGRAIN FOR 60 Cts.

And all other qualities at a similar iowratc for the
NEXT 30 DAYS.

AN AUCTION LOT OF

Ottomans for 250.

Some Special Bargains in

HOSIERY
‘For ladies, [tents and Children.

A Good Assortment of

Ladies’ Suits.

A Large Line of FANS.

4-4 BROWN SHEETINGS AT 5 0T8.

Other grades at the very Lowest Prices, at

t. Butternut Sun’s.

Washington Street,
South N orwalk, Conn.

THE SILENT TEACHER- '

Annexed are a. few testimonials from some of
our prominent educators. Read them :—

havc examined with interest the Silent Teach-
er and can conﬁdentially commend it to pa-
rents as designed to furnish a. scource of instruc-
tion and amusement to children. '
II. M. HARRINGTON,
Supt. ofSchools, Bridgeport, Conn.
Iknow no method of instruction more natural.
sample and interesting, than that furnished by the
Silent Teacher. It might be used in our schools
wzth admirable eject and is equally adapted as a
l‘rlleans of information and amusementl‘n the am-
1 y. . o . 0a
Pastor 1st Cong’l Church, also Member onBoai-d of
Education, N orwalk, Conn. '
I fully concur with Mr. Hamilton.
_REV. C. M.SELLECK,
Prin. Selleck’s Boardln g School, N orwalk. Conn.
I am much pleased with the Silent Teacher. It
cannot fail to become a most ejl'lez'ent educator, as
well as a constant source of amusement.
_ ~ . Dr. J. C. FITCH,
Prln. Hillside Seminary, Norwalk, Conn.

Tic ﬁnest thing in the market. N 0 family where
there are children should be without it. .
w. H. BUGLE.
Pastor lst M. E. Church,‘South Norwalk. Conn.

A capital combination of amusement and in-
struction for young and old.

HOMER N. DUN NING,
Pastor Cong’l Church, South Norwalk. Conn.

The Silent Teacher, or method of teaching Ge-
ography by blocks, I heartily recommend as the
best an the World. It combines pleasure with
proﬁt. . . S. B. UTTON,
Pnn. ngh School, South N orwalk, Conn.

I have examined The Silent Teacher and fully
endorse its method of teaching. L. J. BLAKE.

I heartily approve of this common-sense meth-
od of teaching Geography. S. T. DUTTON,
Pun. Eaton School, New Haven, Conn.

I heal-til concur in the above endorsements of
the Silent eacher. C. S. WILLIAMS,
Pastor 2d M. E. Church, N orwalk, Conn.

The Silent Teacher costs but 31.00 each and is
sold only by agents. The agent for this place
wrll begln the canvas hero about the 25m inst. » -
One good a cut wanted in every count . For
terms, &c.,a dress W. R. Price& 00., anufacf-
turers, Mount Kiseo, Westcllester Co..N. Y., or

wan. Dillon‘s-South N , Collin, for t

 

six weeks only.

 

Free Reading Room.

HIS is a. comfortable room ﬁtted up for the

beneﬁt of the public generally, situated on
east side of South Main Street. over Road’s J ewe
elry Store, Clark and Lane’s Block, nearly 0 po-
mte Railroad Depot, South N orwalk, Ct. t is
open from 9 a. m., to 9:45 p. m. The room is well
llghted, warm and comfortable._ It is supplied
wrrh four dailies, two weeklles, and several
monthly papers and journals. beside a number
of instructive and interesting books.

 

COFFEE ROOM. .

There is a Coffee Room on the same ﬂoor and a'
lady in attendance from 9a. m., to 9:45 p. m., to

serve HOME MADE articles mentioned below,
at the following prices :

1 Cup of Coffee, with crackers, - 5 cents
1 Cup of Tea, wrth crackers, - - 5 "
Cocoa, - - — - 5 “
Brown Bread and Butter, - - 5 “
Sandwich. - - - - 5 "
Cake, - - - - - 5 “
Doughnuts, - - - - 5 ‘,
Piece ot‘l’ie’, - - - - 5 “
Crullers, - - - . 5 “
Hum, 10 “

Pork and B-eans, \vlth bread aild butter, 10 .
Stewed Oysters, - - 15

 

1878.

 

E_VERY'THING

Down To HARD PAN.

(TIMER-It's,
. VEGETABLES,
FRESH ass,
FRUITS, at,

AT THE ,

Very Lowest Market Rates. ‘

A full assortment constantly on hand,lfrcshly re-
plenished every day, with

Choicest Fruits, Best Vegetables,
and Sea Food.

Goods delivered in any part of town. Leave your
orders freely with

Demmon rt: Newcomb,
53 Main Street, Nor-walk.

 

AT

Quilltard’s » Furniture Beams
will befound a completeassorfmcnt of

FURNITURE, &O.,

nclndjn geverythingusn ally found in a ﬂrst~class
establishment, at Prrces to suit the Tlmes . Also.
a large assortmentof' '

CHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
Loorrmc. czassns, kc.

Glass Plates cltto anysize. Repairingdonci n the
best manner, at short notice. Also, old HairMat-
trassesmadcover as good as new.

E. OUINTARO’S SON.

 

. . ' , .TRY OUR
Orange Flavored Soda Water.
M. Jr. a. s. PROWITT.

 

Remval t
0.. W. BURRITT

Has removed to
Allen & Price’s Building, foot of
Mill Hill,

opposite his old sta’ud, where he is fully prepared
0

to d
PLUMBING casualties.
Tin Rooﬁng, Tin and 'Shect Iron Work and
‘ Jobbing. Gas Natures of all kinds kept

on hand. . . *
Norwaik. June, 1878.

RUBBER HOSE.

. He looks just like you, Deacon,

VOL. measures 3; .

The Foreclosure oftllc Mortgage.
ax Mrs. E. T. Canaan]
Walk right in the settin’-r'oom, Deacon; it’s
_ all in a muddle, you see, ' '
But I hadn’t no heart to right it, so I've just
let every thing be.
Besides, I’m a-goin' to-morrer-I calk’late to
start with the dawn— - '
And the house won’t seem so home-like if it's
all upset and forlorn.

I sent off the children this mornin’: they both
on ’em begged to stay,

But I thought ’twoqu be easier, mebbe, if I
was alone to—day.

For this was the very day, Deacon, just twen-
ty year ago,

That Caleb and me moved in ; so I couldn't
forgit it, you know.

We was so busy and happy i—we’d bcn mar-
ried a month befbre—

And Caleb would clear up the table and brush
up the kitchen ﬂoor.

He said I was tired, and he’d help me; bllt,
law! that was always his way—

Always handy and helpful, and kind, to the
very last day.

Don’t you remember, Deacon, that winter I
broke my arm 1’

Why, Caleb sku'rseiy left’me, not even to ’tend
to the farm. -

There night and mornin’ I saw him, a-settin’
so close to my bed, -

And I knew him in spite of the fever that
made me so wild in my head.

He never did nothin’ to grieve me, until he
left me behind—

Yes, I know, there’s no use in talkin’, but

somehow it eases my mind.

And he sot such store by you, Deacon, I

' needn’t tell you now,

But unless he had your jedgement, he never

would buy a cow.

Well, our cows is gone, and the horse too—

poor'Caleb was fond of Jack,

And I cried like a fool this mornin’ when I

looked at the‘empty'rack.

I hope he’ll be kindly treated: ’twouid worry

poor Caleb so '

If them Joneses should whip the cretur—but

I s’pose he ain’t like to know.

I’ve been thinkin’ it over lately, that when

Mary sickened and died,_ '

Her father’s sperrit was broken, for she was

allus his pride.

He wasn’t never so cheery ; he’d smile, but

the smile wa’n’t bright,

And he didn't care for the cattle, though once

' they’dben his delight.

The neighbors all said he was ailin’, and they
tried to hint it to me; '

They talked of a church-yardcougb; but, oh!

. the blind are those who won’t see.

I never believed he was goin’ till I saw him

a-layin’ here dead—

There, there i don’t be anxious, Deacon ; I

haven’t no tears to shed.

I’ve tried to keep things together—I’ve hen

slavin’ early and late—

But I couldn’t pay the int’rest,~ nor git the

farm work straight.

So of course I’ve gone behindhand, and if the

farm should sell

For enough to pay the mortgage, I a’pose

’twill be doin’ well.

I’ve prayed ag'inst all hard' feelin's, and to

walk as a Christian ought,

But it’s hard to see Caleb’s children turned

out of the place he bought;

And readin’ that text in the Bible, ’bout wid-

ows and orphans you know,

I can’t think the folks will prosper who are

willin’ to see us go. .

But there! I'm a-keepin’ you, Deacon, and

. it’s nigh your time for tea.

~“- on’tI some over?” No, thank you; I feel

better alone, you see.

Besides, I couldn’t eat nothin’; whenever I’v

tried it to-day "

There’s somethin’ here that chokes me. I’m

narvous, I s’pOse you’ll say.

“I’ve worked too hard 1’" No, I haven’t.

Why it’s work that keeps me strong;

If I sot here thinkin', I’m sartain my heart

would‘ break before long.

Not that I care about livin’.

laid away

In the place I’ve marked 'beside Caleb, to rest

till the jedgment-day.

But there's the children to think of—that

makes my dooty clear,

And I’ll try to follor it, Deacon, though I’m

tired of this earthly speer.

Good-by, then. I shan’t forgit you, nor all

the kindness you’ve showed;

'Twill help to‘cheer me to-morrer, as I go on

my lonely road,

I'd rather be

. For—What arejyou sayin’, Deacon ? Incedn't

—I needn't go ? .

You’ve bought the mortgage. and I can stay ?

Stop 1 say it over slow—

J est wait now-—jest wait a minute-—I’ll

take it in bime-by

That I can stay. Why, Deacon, I don’t know

what makes me cry!

I haven’t no words to thank you. Ef Caleb

was only" here,

He’d seek a head for speakin’, he’d make my
feelin’s clear. . .

There’s a picter in our old Bible of an angel
from the skies, ' ”

And though he hasn’t no great-coat, and ’ no

spectacles on his eyes, ‘

with your

smilesogoodandtrew, ' ' ‘

And whenever I see that picter, 'twill make
me think of you. ‘ *

The children will be so happy i Why,Debby
will 'most go wild; - ‘ .

She fretted so much at leavin’ her garding

behind, poor child!

And, law 1, I’m as glad as Debby, ef only for

jest one thing— '

Now I can tend the posies I planted there last

spring

On Caleb’s grave : he loved the ﬂowers, and

it seems as ef he’ll' know

They’re a-bloomin’ all around hinl‘ while he's

sleepin" there below.

=25
The Dress of Children in the
Summer. . ..
This subject is practically and sensibly dis,-
cuased by a contributor to the Chicago Inter-
Ooean. She considers that children dressed
wholly in cotton are not sufficiently protected
against sudden changes of temperature.
Chills and fdvers result, and lurking seeds
of disease are developed. On the other hand,
swathing in ﬂannel, in which the children
seethe and swelter, impairs the vitality and
the ability to repel disease. The writer furth-
er says: “Following the advice of a friend
who had given much attention to the subject
in her own family, I did not discard the
ﬂannel swaths across the bowels till after
two summers had passed. This can be made
with shoulder straps, and if preferred can be
cotton across the back. I also provided a
shirt and undershirt of summer ﬂannel. At
night every article worn during the day was
removed, and a- long loose night-dress of
summer ﬂannel put on. This some-times,
seemed to_ warm at night, but never in the.
morning. No injury resulted from throwing-
the bcdclothes of]? during the night, and the
summer complaint and troubles incident to
teething were unknown. Of course many
1 other precautions are requisite to secure gobd
fhealth. Dump feet and extreme heat and ex-
3citement of any kind should be avoided.
Pure air, pure water, simple food well cook-
el and fed. at regular hours, are the chief es-
scntiuals. If fed artiﬁcially too much‘care
cannot be given to the articles containing the

food, to keep them sweet; and, in any case
‘ be sure that the .child has enough to eat.

Nature can relieve an overburdened stomach
—though that extreme should be guarded
against—but has no appeal ffom an empty
one, and too little food with a child is seed
for future disease, being like a weak 890% in .-

 

 

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