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Room at the Top.
Never you mind the crowd, lad,
Or fancy your life won't tell;
The work is the work for a’ that
To him that docth it well.
Fancy the world a hill, lad;
' Look where the millions stop:
You’ll find the crowd at the base, lad;
There‘s always room at the top.
Courage and faith and patience,
There's space in-tlie old world yet;
The better the chance. you stand, lad,
The further along you get.
Keep your eye on the goal, lad,
Never despair or drop;
~ Be sure that your ,path leads upward;
There's always room at the top.
We find the following letter from the Hon.
Thos. Sanford, of Redding, in the Hartford:
Courant, and as it is on a .matter of interest .
to many in this and neighboring towns and,
being from one well posted in the matter, we
give it entire and would ask for it the atten-
tion of the careful and thinking. It has been
well known for several years past that the
State Hospitals were utterly unable to accom-
modate the numerous applications constantly
being made; and therefore that it has become
a matter of necessity that more extensive ac-
commodations should be provided for these
sorely afflicted of our State.
. Care of the Insane 'Poor.
To the Editor of the Courant .°
I desire through the columns of your
paper to bring to the notice of the people of
this state the very great need for further and __
more extensive accommodations for the Poor
and Indigent Insane of the. state. At the
January session of the legislature of 1877
this matter Was u'rged- upon the; attontion of
the committee on humane institutions, and
after a careful investigation and-hearings be-
fore them by quite a-lar-ge number of persons
in behalf of this'unfortunate class, thocom-
mittee reported to the _' general . assembly that
more extended hospin facilitiea were needed
and recommended the. appropriation by the
state of a sum sufficient} for who purchase of
the Soldier's' Oi‘pbansthme at Mansfield and
also the further sum of one: thousand» dollars
for the-necessary irepairs and; equipment .of
the same. ‘ This woulddtwasthought, give
accommodation to seventy-five. patients of
imbecile and cnronic character. After this
report had been made'the'legislature accepted
the same, and the appropriation was aocord—
ing! made. and moment: was placed in thc4
hands of a board of trustees, of whiehI was
sinember,=for thegpiirpose'of-manngmg the
same. 3319 {3113163 M";‘~IBY£II} times and
foundthat yer-y gravedoubtg exist—ed wheth-
srs oodfiitle couid',5e.obimned39»tlie.;1fans-
flel “ it .‘ amount ihe sum of one
thousgntdydolmswould heinade‘quate for the
n ‘ ' :of the building and the de-
cent equipment 'of- the same for the'reception
of this number of patienta, and so reported
at the last session of thelegislsture. The-tins
tees were discharged from further duty in the
matters; ._ .. , . . _
It Was hopeddn the outset that taking this
number of imbeciles' and chronic cases from
the'hospital at Middletown and placing them
where they could be made comfortable,
would-relieve the hos ital at Middletown so
that new cases 'could it received there With-I
out, suchytrouble ‘or delay as .now occurs.
Thatiurther and‘m'o‘re extended accommoda-
tions are needed for this class of persons,who
seems to be largely on'the increase, is shown
b ' the annual report ' of the Middletown hos-1
,pital together with the report of the superin-
teifi'ent of the same. It will, be found by
tblekdnce to the report that on the first ‘day
of the present year there were_ fonr hundred
and sixty-nine patients in the institution and
that it was crowded to its utmost capacity,
If Imistake not Governor Hubbard inms
me to the last legislature recommended
further and more extended faCilities for the
rece tion of this class of persons, by the
bull ing of a. plain and convenient structure
at Middletown, to be used in connection with
the existing hospital forthe purposes contem-
plated by the action of the gnneral assembly
at its previous session,in relation to the Mans.
Audit seems almost incred-
ible that the legislature should have. ad‘-
ourned without having taken some _ de.
cisive action in regard to the subject.
Two cases of insanity which havelately come
under my own observation have induced me
to write on the subject and bring the matter
to. the notice of the people of the state, hop-
ing thereby to awaken a more determined in.
terest in the subject. One of the cases is an
elderly lady who has been insane for_ some
time past. She came to this place in this con-
dition and her friendshere were in no peouni.
ary situation to care for her. Accordingly
the seleetmen of the towngupon apphcation
of her friends, and at considerable expense,
took her to Middletown for the purpose of
plaoin her in the hospital there, but on their
arriv‘alIthey were informed by the officers
that she could not be received for want of
accommodation, and that there were .about
sixty-five applications in advance of this case
and it would probably be several monthsbe.
fore she couldbereceivedi'nto the institution.
Accordingly she was brought back to this
place and had to remain here, a great
trial to her friends and the community
erally, as she was in such a condition,
that; no "treatment but hospital treatment
would be of ' 'any benefit. to her.
The other case is that of a middle . aged
lady, the mother of six children, a majority
of them quite young. She was-for some tune
subject to spells of insanity from which she
would recover, but she was, not long ago,
taken worse, so much so that it was neces-
sary to fercibly restrain her. The case was
of such a character. that her husband and
family have the sympathy of the whole com-
munity. By request. of. her husband and
friends, I made application for her admit-
tance to the hospital at Middletown and
urged upon the notice of Dr. Shew, the super-
intendent, theimportance of her being re-
ceived there from the extreme-nature of the
case, which seemed to demand that a_ snita.
blo place should be provided for her if pos.
sible. In replyI-‘received -a letter from_the
doctor, saying that she could not be pOSSlbly
received," as there were, as in the. case
before alluded to,_r’nore than sixty applicants
waiting for admission. Interesting myself
further in thermatter, I wrote to Hartford
to see-if she could not be taken at the retreat
there, where I received the same. answer in
substance that I did from .Middletown,
want. of . room and accommodations, had
now crowded .to their utmost capacity.
these cases I have alluded to,appheation was
made for theiradmission to the hospital at
Middletown under the law applicable to per-
sons in indigent circumstances. I ouppose
other»towns-in--the-—state most . be similarly
situated from the fact of :this large number
waitin for admittance to the hospital.- This
has in needme to writethis communication
hoping and trusting that a more thorough
public spirit may be awakened throughout
the stote in regard to this most unfortunate
class ofour fellow beings, so thatby the
next legislature such decisive action may be
takenthat'immediate relief may be granted
by’ the erection of plain and comfortable
buildings-at Middletown‘as suggested by
Governor Hubbard. Tnoirss Sansone.
Bedding, August, 1878.
Whilst we converse with what is above us,
we do not grow old but grow young—Em»
son.
There are men who profess themseIVes
free-thinkers 'who 'were not born to be
thinkersat all.—Hugh Miller.
There is nothin in the world so much ad-
mired as' a man wlio knows how to bear un-
happiness with courage—Seneca.
There are forty-three public parks and
uarcs. within the city limits of Boston.,and
a1 alumni are in a good condition.
Jay Carlton, in the Danbury News, says a
strongzgr'nlp of thehand betokens a strong
heart. What a magnificent heart a 10bit”?
must have l—Turner’s Falls Reporter. -
.. '" D. , W. Bartlett), the excellent
Wa‘srl‘i‘iligtdn correspondent, _has abandoned
journalism to devote his time to his new
duties as‘ “secretary of the Chinese legat'ion.“
Hou-
A man fishing'near the 'moutb'of the d‘
an
satanic River hooked a fine-striped bass,
as he was hauling in the prize :what 'was his .
astonishment to behold alar shark make a
dash for,“ and take it tack e and all. The
shark was eight or nine feet long.
he‘ "rite itbeZ'im, one of the leading
au'tlliori‘t'igli-infsponing matters decides that
not .
filling: Buffalb.‘ It reaches this. decision
on technical grounds. not. . denying 9““
he went around the 'conrse in the .tlme
specified but that, like Rip Van Winkle,
“this time don't count." 5 It seems that in a
race inst time only three heats, swallowed
The first Rams made in.2;17,.the 9300“,!"
. 2:50 ; the word g‘tgoliwas given for the~third
and then, after startin , the horse was pulled
lip.- Thi's,.it says,:cn [ed he beat and. :the
next atteinpt,'being the_.~founh,-.became only
an exhibition trot and did not entitle-“the,
horse to the record or his hackers to their.-
stakes.
made 2:13}, the time recorded .
Our Reliable Loafer Abroad.
VI.
“Baldivinsvllle was trooly a blaze of‘ glory....
. . . .The Tavern was lit up With taller Handle! Ml
over & a grate low fire was biirniii' in front tune-
of." an'ri-zsius WARD-
The thiitieth of J unc, 187 , was a day long
to be remembered at Paris, for never, at least‘
so the Republicans said,,had there been a
the presence of such a number of strangers
as the Exposition attracted being considered
a sumcient excuse; if indeed excuse be ever
needed fora festival in the Parisian mind.
Or, if you must have a reason, thereliad been
a fete on thc'first of Mayflhere is to be one
in September, and of course symmetry re-
quired another between,l———and, there, it
would so annoy those cochons of Imperialists.
So-we had our fete.
1 The Duke and I occupy rooms on the fifth
floor of a house in the Latin Quarter, which
implies climbing six staircases, for a Paris
house starts with the rez-de-chauss'ee, next
the entrcsol and it is only after one 'has labor-
ed up two flights of steep, 'slipptry stairs
that one reaches the first floor. It is hard on
Somerset,wlio,inclincd to the pumpkin in
shape. On the evening of the 29th, we fol-
lowed the examplc of all the world and took
to ourselves hunting and gorgeous'lanterns.
ly went to bed with the calm conscience of
duty done.
The first thing that peutratcd our minds on
Sunday morning, was a series of explosions,
remarkably like those with which the Bird 0'
Freedom, as personified in the sleepless small
boy, rouses the slumbering echoes on the
Fourth. I got up and, sleepily staggered to
my window to gaze out upon a tossing mass
of tri-color, under which the city had dis.
appeared. I stuck out my flags, of which
two bore stars, hung up an antique brass
lamp and then hammered on the wall for the
Duke. Faintly came the answer, “ Yes,'B.
and S. as usual.” Thus the cry of the Briton,
B. and S. being the common call for brandy
and soda. Soon he appeared in what he call-
ed the appropriate costume for the day. in
other words, just as he’d slept; the appropri-
iateness coming in in a red-flannel night-cap,
which be fixed on the end of his longest flag
pole when he had dressed. The populace
applauded and quite a crowd collected below
and sang the Marseillaise, but a file of gend’-
armes came up and confiscated the emblem as
revolutionary, besides imposing a fine of a
hundred francs. The Duke said the statues
of liberty were just such caps, and he thought
he was doing quite the correct thing, you
know. He has yet to learnthat liberty means
two very different things for the majority
and minority, at all events, in France.
During the day, we wandered about town
looking at the decorations. Every window
held at least one flag and oftener ten; for the
most part French, but there were many of
other nations, especially English and Belgian.
Of - the German, I saw one. Across the
streets and twined along the houses were fes-
toons of Chinese lanterns and tiny oil lamps,
garlands of flowers, colored cloths, mottoes:
shields; every thing that looked bright.
From the Tuilerics to the Bois de Boulogne,
was a running decoration of gas and oil
lights—but those only showed later.
Paris is divided into a great many arron-
dissements each under the care of a Maire.
The Prefet de la Seine has charge over the
whole. During the day each arrondissement
had its open air concert, and, at night, its dis-
play of fireworks. This was a wise precau-
tion, as it prevented the massing of the
crowd at any one point and one can imagine
what might have been with a population of
two millions, to which were added as many
more from the provinbes and abroad. Be-
sides the concerts all sorts of amusements
were provided, open air theatres, merry-
go-rounds, clows tossing out fans and
paper, umbrellas, processions, little “side-
shows” and countless other things, go where
one would Paris was one vast show.
At night the principal attractions were at
the Bois,Place de la Concorde and Montmarte
At the Bois, torchlight (torchlight here are
real,) processions and fireworks on the lake,
with set illumination. At the Place a bewil-
dering array of lights, fountains lit up by
electricity and fireworks. ' At Montmarte
torchlights and fireworks. At all, brilliancy
and music. All the public buildings, church-
es, etc, and' many private, were picked out
out in rows of gas jets, and everywhere peo-
ple, people all good natured and bound to be
happy, all hunting vainly, as it grew late, for
a cafe, or anywhere else to sit down. ,Bands
of young men with lanterns on their hats or
on the ends of sticks rushed about singing
the Marseillaise which is a forbidden song
just now. After six p. m., no carriages were
showed on the streets and the crowd had
free swing.
When it grew dark and the lanterns were
lit, the appearance of the streets was beyond
description. ' Imagine a grand transformation
scene and an earthquake 'mixed and spread
over a whole city.
To be in the 'style, we bought and wore
the “paquerette nationals,” or national daisy
a little artificial flower of red, white and blue.
No 'one was withOut it. .
The government subsidized theatres were
to have been thrown open free on thiitday,
but, owing to the heat, the-Rica was given up.
.But the admission to the Exposition Was low-
ered to five cents.
The Duke, who has a rooted belief that-
nothing French is admirable, was prepared
to sneer at the whole affair but as the day
were on he gave it up and was even extravar
gant in his praise of the fete itself and 'the
good conduct of the people. The order was
remarkable and the way the crowd allowed
itself to be hustled about by the policemen
was not the least of the wonders.
But what'idea can I give you who were
not thereof, certainly, the finest celebration
I ever witnessed? None, I fear. _
For two weeks after,'the flags. remained,
but most of them have been taken in now to
re-appear in September, and, as if the city
had to let itself down to work again after its
exaltation, a lesser repetition of the glories
took place on July 7th, at many of the
Mairies. That is, on the succeeding Sunday,
for an affair of this kind is always on that
“if
ext time I will speak a little of the Ex.
position though I do not propose to go into
many details for, say what we may, these
great fairs are all very much alike and you
had a surfeit of exhibition reading in '76.
As the Duke 'sits here smoking his pipe
and reading most of what I write, I have had
to go pretty light on him,-he breaks in with:
"the canoe you have." and says he’d , like to
see the other letters that I’ve written during
his absence. I must calm‘ him for he has
some English tobacco and this French stuff
is unsmokable. So aurevoir. ENRIQUITO.
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City and Country.
$1,500 annually for rent of a’house. A phy-
sician charges from three to five dollars for a
single visit and furnishes no medicine. In
the country it frequently requires along ride
and great inconvenience, to obtain a physi-
clan, and When found he may not be able to
procure the proper remedies. The most re-
markable and unfailing. remedy,_the world
has even seen, and onc'WIiich is endorsed by
all physicians, is nowplaced withinthe rose
for immediate use. " Dhnger‘drise'i from de-
lay. One dollar or fifty cents invested in
(lenient- Linnaeus will last iii family" a “year.
There is no pain which it will not relieve, no
swelling it Will not subdue, wound itwill not
heal orJameness it will not care. It heals
burnswithout linear, and renders the bites
of snakes and stings of bees innoxious.
city so gorgeous,.a festival so successful. It.
wasacelebration of nothing in particular,»
Then we cut and sewed and tacked and final:
In New York city a respectable family pays .
of every family, where it and“?! be 5095‘
THE GOOD F_OR*NOTHING.
Richard’s main fault is, that ,he's just good
for nothing,” and Josiah Broadbent tappbd
the ashes out of his pipe in a very despodd-
ing way. "
“I dont believe that, Josiah. Nature does
not'put such'a‘ grand dome over ‘a fine face
for ‘nothing. 'Richard’ has not hall a' fair
trial, that is all there is about it."
The subject of this conversation sat at an
open window at the other end of the lo :g
parlors, and as the two older. men looked to-
ward him he raised his eyes from the book
in his hand to follow the uptvardfli'ght of -a
white winged flock of pigeons," 'Ratioi'ial,
fulldeep-sct eyes, and a bright, keen,fact‘;,
surrounded by soft, light, curly hair.= Most
people would have looked at such a face inia
man with (fun doubts and forebodings. Rich-
ard was a stray soul in a stray body in .thht
plain matter-of-fact family. None of the
Broadbcnts had ever been the least like him.
Yeomcn, woodstaplers, spin nersand weavers,
great hard headed, hard fisted Yorkshiremen.
What kin to them was this bright, clever
youth, who looked like a knight just stepped
out of a fairy'book? -
At firstRicbard’s love of learning had rather
amused his household. Old Josiah was not
averse to seeing'his son carry of all the hon-
ors of his school, and when people spoke of
the lad’s attainment, and of the promising
career before him, he thought of course they
meant that Richard would greatly increase
the business of Br‘oadbent (Sr, Sons, and per-
haps in the end get into Parliament. _
But Richard showed no ‘disposition'fOr
busines, and after a year of fruitless and ag-
gravating efforts to find something he could
do in the works, the trial had'been abandoned-
His elder brothers, Stephen and Mark, were
very fond of this lad, who was ten years
younger than either of them, and whose
beauty and bright ways had been their pride
for twenty years. Indeed,Riehsrd’s mother
dying at his birth, these “big. brothers” had
adopted “little Dick” with all. their hearts,
and when he complained that the smell and
noise of the works made him ill, Stephen had
spoken very decidedly to his father about
forcing the trial further. , _ ‘
“There's"plenty o’ brass 1' Leeds banks’to
keep him, father, and Mark and I- can well
defend ourselves. Let the lad be. Hels none
like us." '
And Josiah, having also a tender spot in
his heart for his youngest son, had_‘si'ghcd',
and left’Il-ichard very much to his own de—
vices. But every now and then he vganted
. his grumbling about the lad's shiftlcss, good~
for-nothing ways, and this night he had it to
his chief friend, the Rev'. Samuel Sorley, rec-E
tor of his parish.
Mr. Sorley knew Richai’d better than either
his father or brothers, and he was glad the
subject had been opened. .
“Josiah,” he ,said, gravely, “tell Stephen
and Mark that I want Richard for four years.
You can give him a thousand pounds or not,
just as you trust me, but at the end of that
time I think I’ll prove Richard Broadbent no
fodl.”
“What wilt do wi’ him, Samuel? Send
him to Oxford P”
“Thou must ask no questions, Josiah,
I‘ll have the lad; entirely at my owu disposal.”
Then the tWo men looked toward Richard,
again, but he had left his seat, and was stroll-
ing off toward Saurham Park. They walked
to the window and watched him, and his
father lifted the book he had lain down, and
with a mixture of contempt and indignation
threw it aside.
At this moment Stephen Broadbent enter-
ed the room and said, angrily:
“Father, Dick's off to Saurham wood
again; I’m willing enou’ to let Dick play the
i' our house, but dang me if he shall meddle
i’ t’ squirc’s.”
“What does then mean, Stephen ?"
“I meant that our Dick an’ Miss Saurham
have gotten some love nonsense together. I
know it. I tell thee how: Jim Harkness,
going home from t' works has seen them
meet ivery night. Now I ween’t have it.”
Father and son were both equally angry
and distressed, but this circumstance so fa-
vored the rector's proposition that it was en.
gerly seconded by Stephen, and was regarded
as settled. Then the rector put himself in
Richard’s way and met him just at dark out-
side Saurham. He was a man accustomed
to look well after his parishioners and_their
children, both temporally and spiritually, and
therefore Richard was neither astonished nor
ofiendcd when he said:
“Who have you been walking with, Dick?
Tell me the truth, my son.”
“With Agnes Saurham, sir." .
The light of love was still in the young
fellow’s face, and the rector could not help
noticing how handsome he was. He did not
say to him: “You have no right, Richard—
the young lady is far beyond your station.
You are going to make a deal of trouble,"
and so on.” On the contrary, be praised
Agnes’ beauty and worth, and then showed
him how lawfully the squire might refuse
her hand to any man until he had done some-
thing to prove himself worthy of it.
“What can I do, sir i"
“I will tell you, Richard.”
And then the old man took the young onc's
arm and talked so solemnly and so earnestly
that Richard caught his enthusiasm and what-
ever Mr. Sorley’s plans were, he entered into
them heartily.
“You shall have every help that money can
give you, Richard, only mind, I will have no
lovemaking, and your proceedings shall be
kept a secret from all your friends. I don't
want Stephen and Mark running up to see
you and meddling in my, plans."
One thing Richard, however, insisted on:
he must see Agnes once mere, and tell her he
was going away; and Mr. Sorley agreed to
this, on condition that he saw the squire also.
The first interview was easy and satisfactory
enough; Agnes praised his ambition and
genius, prophesied all sorts of honors to him
and promised to wait’ faithfully for his return.
Her father was a diflerent person to manage
and Richard’s heart quaked as he entered the
squire‘s own peculiar parlor. It was a sunny
room, littered with ,odds and ends of hunting
and fishing matters; and the squire was sit-
ting on a big, old-fashioned sofa, playing with
a couple of thoroughbred black English
terriers.
He said frankly enough :
"Good-day, Richard Broadbent ;” but he
did not trouble himself to rise, for the Broad-
bents had been tenants of Saurham from the
days of KingvStephen. That in these cotton
spinning days they had grown rich did not
alter their position at all in Squire Saurham’s
eyes. Fifty years ago the great landed pro—
prietor did not consider money as an equiva-
lent for good birth; so the squire treated
Richard pretty much as he would have done
a favorite servant. .
“Miss Saurham says that thou art going
:1???" Richard. What for, lad?" “To study,
“Yes, yes, ‘When lands and money are all
spent, then learning is most, excellent.’ 1
have always heard that; but, lad, my father
has money and lands—why need thou g9
study f” ~ _
“Because, sir, I wish to make a great name,
to become famous; then, sir, perhaps, squire
then,— ’
“Then Dickens l
what i” .
“Then, sir, perhaps you will permit me to
.tell you how dearly ,Ilove Miss Saurham.”
“No. Richard, I‘shall never allow: anything
Speak out. lad—then
Giddy, coins Rattle, We Will 3623" ‘lh‘é‘ha'y:
thee to be more.niodest and sensible."
s
Squire Saurham’s- wol‘d—he wor a had an if
of the kii'i‘d.‘ fit iftwere‘not‘for‘old mm 1'
would any worse than ‘this‘tp..’thee.' f'Coii'ie,
field. I hope thy study, Richard, may ”teach"
Richard watched the sturdy figure in its
green coat, white corduroys, and buff top-
boots across the lawn, and then with a very
angry feeling in his heart, left the Hall. He
disappeared soon afterward, and after a few
des'ultory inquires from various acquaintances
He seemed to be forgotten. The Broadbeht
mills went on as usual. Josiah, Stephen and
‘Mark passed to and‘from them as regularly
as if their life was ordered by machinery;
and once a week the rector went up to their
house smoked a pipe with Josiah and general-
ly said, as he left:
“All is well with Richard, Josiah,—very
well indeed. ” ' '
In the fourth year of his absence there was
much trouble between the mill owners and
the operatives. The masters were every-
where threatened, and many mills were set
on fire, and the excitement and terror was
hardly allayed when the prominent offenders
had been imprisoned. Their trial was one
that affected the interests of all manufactur-
ing districts, and the spacious court-houSe
vvas crowded. Josiah, of course, was present;
so were Mark and Stephen.
Now, if there was anything these men had
an almost idolatrous respect for, it was the
paraphernalia of the law. These advocates
in their black govvns, those grave ~men i'n
their imposing wigs, those wise looking cal .‘
bound volumes, the pomp and ceremony of
the sheriffs, constables and criers ’were to
them the most obvious representative of the
majesty of English lawand power. ‘
' Conceive then, their‘ amazement, when
prominent among those gowned advocates,
giving direction to other lawyers, and. de-
meaning himself as one having authority,
was Richard Broadbent. Old Josiah flushed
and trembled, and touched Stephen and Mark-
who were also too much affected to do any-
thing but gravely nod their heads. But wheh
the arguments were over, and Richard Broad-
bent rose as a special pleader in the matter,
curiosity changed to amazement and amaze-
ment to enthusiasm. Such a speech had
never been heard in West Riding before. It
Was cheered and cheered, till even Yorkshire-
men’s lungs were weary. _ _
The good rector had his reward when he
stood beside his pretege, "and saw the squire
and the city mhgnates crowd around the bril-
liant young lavvyer with their congratulations.
But far greater was his joy when old ‘stiah
and Stephen and Mark pressed forward with
radiant faces and full hearts. They were not
men given to speech, and the happy father
could saynothiiigT but, “God'bless'theeilad !"
while Stephen‘s and Mark’s pride and love
found its full expression in, “ Well, Dick‘
Dick! ” But no words could be more sat
isfactory. ,
The good-for-nothing had found his voca-
tion. Two years after his departure from
Leeds had been called to the bar of Gray’s Inn
and since then, by his tact and eloquence had
made himself one of the acknowledged lead-
ers of the Oxford circuit.
There was nothing new that his father or
brothers would not have done for him, but he'
asked just the one thing Josiah was 10th to
move in. He wished him to speak to the
squire about his daughter. Josiah promised, ,
but he was thinking of dcputing the business
to the rector when the way opened unexpect-
edly. Coming out of Leeds bank he met the
squire, who had a troubled and preoccupied
look. He passed Josiah with a nod, then
suddenly taming and touching him said:
“Josiah Broadbcnt, your house and mine
have been long friends. eh ?"
“Say that, squire. Broadbcnts served
Saurhams when King Stephen was fighting
for the crown ’0 England; they are just as
ready to serve them now.” ' ,
“I believe it, Josiah. I want four thous;
sand pounds. I would rather owe it to you
than mortgage Saurham.”
“Thou can have ten thousand pounds,
twenty thousand, if thou need it, squire an’
Josiah Broadbent wants no security but
he did.” .
' Then Josiah, standing there on Market
street, laid his bankebook on a halo of wood,
and signing a blank check, put into the
squire’s hand.
The fewest words in such cases are best
With the tact of a true gentleman he turned
the conversation to Josiah’s son, and finally
hesitating ,a little, said : .
“There was some bit of youthful love-mak-
ing between Richard and my Agnes; thou ’
didst not know it, belike, J osiah."
“Yes, that for he were sent away mainly ;
but he’s as fond as iver about her. Thou
musn’t strive wi’ him, squire—love is beyond
our ordering.” ,
“I had no thought of it now. You may
tell him if Agnes say ‘Yes,’ still, I’ll never
be the one to say ‘No.’ " ‘
“Thank you, Squire, it’s a great honor;
and if so be you’d niver name. the money to
the younguns, I’d tak it kind. That's be-
tween us, Squire; I can’t draw a sword for
you as Rufus Broadbent did for the first
Squire of Saurham, but 1 can draw a check
for you, and I'm proud and glad to do it."
As Richard had secured Agnes’ “Yes" the
future arrangements were easily settled; and
within a year lovely Agnes Saurham became
Richard Broadbcnt’s wife, and the squire has
had good cause to be proud of the allianccm
Old Josiah also livedto see his son not only
one of Her Majesty's counsel, but also Mem-
ber of Parliament for his native city, and a
Baron 0f the Court of Exchequer.
Thus the good-for-nothing in a spinning
mill was good for an honorable and noble ca-
reer in a court room.
a:
Rapid Transit into Matrimony.
The Indianapolis Journal of Saturday tells *
this stery : “A few days ago in city this an ac-
quaintance, courtship and marriage all trans.
pired-within 12 minutes. 'A gentleman-met
alady in campany by accident,‘proposed to
her, she accepted, carrying out a joke as she
supposed; the license and minister were pro-
cured in a few minutes, and the lady inform-
ed to her astonishment that took away her
breath, that all was ready, when she began to
consider and realize what it all meant. She
was influenced, however to abide by her de-
cision given in fun buta few minutes before,
and merely asked for time to change her up.
parel, but this was denied her by the impa-
tient groom. He said it must be finished up
right off, then and there, without delay, and
the knot was tied instanter at 92 deg. in the
shade—all in a quarter of an hour, and house-
keeping actually commenced within thirty
minutes.”
Five Italian rag pickers plied their voca-
tion in the neighborhood of the Naugatuek
freight heuse yesterday, and when night came
all laid down on a track in the Housatonic
gard to get a sleep before starting to New
ork on the boat. While they were lying
there wrapped in slumber, a Housatonic
switch engine came along on the same track
and drawing nearer and nearer to the appar-
ently doomed sleepers, was just about to roll
its ponderous weight upon them, when from
some cause it jumped the rails and cleared
them. The rear of the engine swung around
and stopped with its hind track over the
foremost sleeper’s head. A narrower escape
could not be imagined. The Italians did not
realize their danger until it “was all over,but
when they understood. what had. happened,
and what, might have happened they b’eCame
panic stricken and, ran ed ’as if adeadly per.
il - were still, _ pursuing them.——Brz'degport
Farmer‘, 218$. . - . j ‘ ‘ ‘
Let us, if we masthave-great actions,
make our own so. All 'a’ctionais of infinite
elasticity, and the least admits bf‘being'in-
listed with celestialaid—until=itdefiesthe‘sun
and moon—Emerson. ‘u'
mummies $200,000 by lendi'n money at
usurious rates of interest. He oli'olds a"
point would be useless.
' The chairman, of-the: national, gr'eenbackfl'
labor state committe‘e‘ot Mailnc‘is said. to have ’
large amount of government bonds.
Pram the Lansing Republican;
“ Absol ute Mon . 5y.”
This is a catch phrase with, the int! -
deemable party. They have invented it
as a campaign cry; and are shouting it.
vigorously all along their lines. We be-
lieve' it orignated with .Brick‘ Pomeroy,
who was too much of a rebel to fighti'n
the Union army and too much of a coward
to fight in the rebel army, and so contented
himself with slinging filth and blasphemy
at President Lincoln and all patriotic Ameri-
cans. ; 5 ‘
Now what is “absolute money?” Ac-
cording to Noah Webster, the woidf'absojr
lute means “complete, finished, perfect,“
total, uncontrolled, unconditional." To
be absolute, therefore. money should be
complete, perfect and unconditional. It
should be the last money possible. It should
be good everywhere and at all times for
its face value. ,It should be equal to coin
which is not always current out of the na-
tion whose stamp it bears.
Do the irredeemables propose to 'give us
such money? Do they intend, in case thrfi
come into power, that the peeple of the
United States shall have the best money
possible-money that will command its
.face value in all parts of the land? By
means. They will .‘print off several million
pieces of paper thus:—-;Tlu‘8 is one dollar?
grilled States legal tender, absolute mow.”
These pieces of paper: are to'doraway with
alleoin and with ,all currency ;.=‘payable inf
coin. The new absolute money is always
to be paid out by the government to its
creditors, but never of. It is to be cir-
culated'. not, redeemed. It is to bear no
promise of payment or redemption. It is
to be forced upon people at its face value
"with baynots in reserve.” we suppose, if
anybody objects.
. What will the irredeemable do with Cali-
fornia, Nevada and Oregon? They 'were
States in our Union, subjectto our present
law making greenback a legal tender, but
they utterly refuse to obey it. They have:
stuck to gold coin as the basis of all their
finances. They now refuse to acknowledge
the silver “dollar of the daddies,” as re-
coined by order 'of the Congress just ad-
journed. They will scornfnlly reject your
“absolute money” of paper, ,and all'the
fleets and armies in creatidn cannot make
them accept it, ' I
What will the 'irred‘eemablcs _do with
Canada, Cuba; South America. Europe,
Asia. Africa? They trade withus nearly;
.'ai.20‘0,ooo,ooo a' year, counting ,both inf--
ports and exports. They ' hare always stuck
to coin basis, and will always stick there.
They Will not touch your “absolute money".
of paper with a ten foot pole. Thewa
laugh at it as you would eatwthe'jred sava-’
ges money .of: shels if he could‘Offer it in
trade t'o-day., 5 ' 3 ‘ '
Now as the.value of every bushel :of grain
and every pound of 'wool- in Michigan .if
fixed rinvcoin by thou; countries which stick
to a“ coin asia financial hauls, hoiv'vill-the
irredeemable manage. in regard to our foreign
trade 2 They cannot dispense with it;
they have gbtto" “care for-abroad” in spite
of Stanley Matthew‘s“- foolish defiance; they
cannot force the “blasted! foreigners" to
recognize this “absolute money" of paper ‘
as worth anything. .
What will the irredeemablcs do with the
tradesmen and money-lenders among us? .
They will all charge enough higher prices
for merchandise 'orrfor interest on loans to
cover the risk of loss .on your “absolute
money” of paper. They did soduring the
rebellion, when there was a patriotic sen-
timent to sustain the government’s prom-
ises to pay. They will surely do so in
times of peace, when there is no patriotism
evoked and when the “absolute money"
does not bear any promise to pay, such as
gives strength to the greenbacks.
“ Absolute money" which is not “ perfect”
for all the uses to which money can be
put, is a humbug. If its value is not un-
conditional," it is a fraud. The irredeem-
ables abuse the dictionary, just as they
abuse arithmetic, history and common hones-
ty. Tey are cooking up aswindle, asatroa
cious as that whereby the early pioneers of
Michigan were bitten by "wild-cats” to the
tune of more than $2,000,000. Their
movement is engineered in the interests of
swindlers, of whom Mortgage Wheat Field
is chief.
There is a little “ absolute money” in the
land, or what comes sufficiently near to it;
we mean the gold notes of a few National
banks of California. They are “perfect” ‘
in commanding their face value in gold
coin at the will of the holder. They are
“ unconditional” because the banks have
deposited in the U. S. Treasury $100 in
notes issued. These banks have put it be-'
yond their power to repudiate. Their notes
will always be good at par in coin, unless
the irredeemables should carry out their
scheme for robbing the owners of govern-
ment bonds of their value. We have recently
taken at par several of these gold bank-notes.
Although they are not a legal tender, 'no
irredeemable would ever be fool enough to
refuse them; and by the side of his “ab- '
solute m5ney,"e-which one Congress might
legalize and the next Congress repudiate
beyond, possible help, these Well—secured
notes are infinime superior.
L
A young man in a leather store used to feel
very impatient with his employer for keeping
him year after year, for three years “hand-
ling hides.” But he saw the use of it years
after, when in an establishment of his own
he was able to tell by the touch the exact '
quality of the goods. . It was only; by those
thousands of repetitions that the lesson was
learned; and so it is with every thing in
which we acquire skill. The half informed,
half skilled in every business out number the
others, two to one. Daniel Webster once
replied to a young man who asked him if
then was any room in the legal profession. .
“ There is always roomat the top." The bet-
ter you know your business the better your
chance to rise. You can gather much infer-L.
mation by making a- wise use of your eyes
and ears.
”
The Wickedness of Dancing.
A Dover, (Del.) dispatch to the Philadel-
phia Record says: “Members of the Method-
dist Episcopal Church hercabouts are much
exercised over some remarks which were
used on Tuesday by Chancellor Saulsbury
while sitting in the Court of Chancery. The
case under consideration was one in which a
Mr. J. B. Quigg. a stockholder in the Rebo-
both Beach Camp Meeting Association, sought
for a writ of injunction to restrain the pro-
prietor of the Bright House, at _that place,
from permitting dancing, card playing, and
other amusements to take place in 'the house,
on the ground that the same was contrary to
morality astaught by the discipline of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and therefore a
violation of the charter of therplace. In the
course of argument the Chancellor gave em--
phatic expression to the opinion that dancing
was in violation of the morality of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. When counsel
ventured to dissent from this idea, the Chan-
cellor reiterated it, adding that there was no
doubt in his mind that the practice of danc-
ing was prohibited by the discipline of the
Methodist Church and that arguments on this
On this ground
alone was he prepared to issue the desired in-
junction, but as'vthe question of jurisdiction 1‘
Was raised the final decisionwas: reserve ."
—_
Ex-Governor Miller, of Minnesotr,
lecture field with a lecture entitled. “All
Men are Liars." His tickets of-sdmission
read: “All men are liars-admit one.”
i. in the
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Organist of the First Congregational Church .
Teacher of _ .
Plano-Forte, Organ and flu-lea 1
Composition.
Box 879 P. 0., NOBWALK, CONN.
EDWARD T. PRITCIIARD,
(Late with A. u. Bell a 09., New York,)
iasiioiaiieiaior ‘& Draper.
Dress Suits, $25to 835. Business
Suits $18 to $25.
Corner Wall and Water Sts., Norwalk. Conn. 24
fl. STGOMSTO‘GK, M. D.
HomoeopathicPhysioian.
Office and Residence, Cor. MAIN STREET and
UNION AVENUE. Oflice hours7to 9 a. m., 12
to 1, and 5 to 7. Slate at Glover’s Grocery Store
All orders will be promptly attended. _ llm‘lo
CHARLES W. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist, .
NORWALK, CONN.
Office corner otMain and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxide Gas administered .
. C. B. COOLIDGE,
D E N TI 5 Ir...
. rSnceessor,” > '
Dr. Asa. H111,
fl' Gas administered for extracting teeth With-
out pain .
DENTISTRY
AT HARD TIMES PRICES,
For Cash -— No Credit 3
All work excnted in the Best Manner, at my office
Corner of Main and Washington Streets,
SOUTH NOBWALK. CONN.
'1‘. E. SWIFT, D. D. S. ,
Has now completed its 5
18th Successful Business Year,
And has not outstanding a. Dollar of unpaid losses
' or of claims for losses. '
II) 800" GIMPAIY IIWIES AT LOWE! RATES.
Wis. 0.5TBEE'I‘, Pres, s. E. Gauss-ran, Treas.,
Gno. R. Cownns.Sec’y.
anunns s. Lockwoon,
fashionable Draper and Tailor
AND
GENIS’ FURNISHING EMPORI U1]! .
Main Stroet,Norwa1k. Conn.
EDWARD P. WEED,
I) R U G- G- I S '1‘ .
Wall Street ou'te Norma": Opera House,
Alarg (1 well selected stock of ,
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
PcrfumeiiyJ’atent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters, oilet and Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
and Handkerchief Extracss, Hair Brushes,Combs,
Sponges,0hamOisSkins, Stationery. Cigars, .ac"
and is constant] addingto his stock all
and popularmet icines ofthc day.
the new
. ETNA rnsnnamcn Co.oflIABTl'ORD.
. Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Chp’lul and Assets, $6,116,893.77
In‘auresagainstloss and damage by Firc,on terms
adopted to the hazard andoonsistont with the laws
emompensation. WLES A; MERRILL, »
‘ - . Solo Agentsfor N orwalk and vicinity.
stones. ii. savanna, ,
.- Furnishing“ Undertaker, ‘
. No. 53 run! ‘srnnnr,iUp Stairs.)
B.s.aLAscsa,
Athis store in
: MAI-non?!- Bacon,
hasconstantly on hand, a general assortmen t o
-. unsubstituted, Glass,
1111 and Wooden Ware, Etc.
Byfdevotinghis oonstantpersonal attentionto the
business he hopesto merit public patronage
3 Dr. C. 11. Kendall _& Son,
DEN-DIETS.
Are now prepar-
cd to r e o e i v e
' their patrons at
,5 either Nonvalk
. Bridge or South
Norwalk. The
. over Selleck's
Bookstore Nor-
, walk while the
5 jun orretains
th aid office. Lander'l' BIOCR, South Nor-walk.
Te th extracted without pain. and all dental'ope-
rat ons performed at eithoro ce.
I 0.1!.“ DALL,M.D..
; . G. s. KENDALL, D. D. s.
P 3. Dr. C. E.Kendall will devote Mondays to
Bi oflcld.
I}. E. QUINTABD,
(literal Furnishing Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R.DEPOT ‘
- .Ordci-sattended to day or night. Besidenc
Ma Street,3 doors from Union Avenue.
iulw ran mi waits Pins.
'Wm. Glover so son,
Are ready to put in your WATEB.STEAM or GAS
PII‘E, at very short notice and at as low a. rate as
an we. WROUGHT AND CAST ' IRON, TIN-
Ll. ED. LEAD PIPES, Ac" of every slze and de-
scription. PLUMBING man its branches.
W. so 1).. MITCHELL,
a
A .. -= e
f E's-g 5;:
“ to 0 Ex
rigid Ht up:
seed-Eras.
cost? :35
4, " 0.6.532.
eZEFEg ..
a6: :2:-
.‘ <“aq :3
,r\. 2'“ IE
‘ 9.; , ""3 _
‘MiiCi-IINISTS minim?!“
9mm omen.
lhe Norwalk Fire Insurance 80., 5,,
. REAL ESTAiE.
vxt vxtw
"IORE T0 ant—No.51 a... Street. rin-
W0 613?": of" HARVEY FITCH, or E.’K. LOCK-
~ Floor to' Left;
In East Nor-walk.
THE second floor consisting of five good slzsd
rooms in the first house on the north side of
the Fort Point Road, west from East Avenue.
Rent very low to a quiet. small family. Enquire
as house for portioniars. ' sun
For Sale Cheap.
VALUABLE manufacturing property. Foun-
driand Machine shop, for Marine and Sin-
tionary nine work or general Machinery. hit-
,uated on W arf. Has also Rail Road connections.
glam reasonable.
. ILL, Trustee.
South Norwalk. Conn.
For Rent very Low.
A N EATLY and Newly Furnished lofRoom Cot-
tage._with all modern improvements eligibly
situated in the Borough of Norwalk. would- be
rented for balance of season, for 850 per month:
Trees, ample grounds, and well of best water. ac.
Inquire at office ofNonwamr Gazn'r'rn. ‘ me
To Rent.
kitchen, basement, etc Apply to _
R. L. ELLS.
For Sale.
A cosy ccmfdrtable Cottage on one of the lease
anteststrcets in town, within five in autos
cost price. A portion of the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price $6.000. En-
quire at this Office. 5
Farm For Sale In [January-
EIGHTY ACRES, two miles from village, on
main road, (near Lake Kenosia). Splendid shade;
nice place for city boarders. Three acres in nei-
ries, nice young orchard ' meadow, pasture. plow
and woodland, never failing springs. ,llonso as
good as new, barn and all necessary outbuildings
in good order. Will sell buildings with part or all
the land to, suit: would exchange for on or vil-
lage goperty on sea shore between Stam ord and
New vcn, R29 L. K. m., Danhury,'Conn.
" Wanted.
HBEE SMALL FARMS IN THE VICINITY
_ 0F NORWALK. ’ . _
Three Residences fer sale cheap.
For particulars enquire of
J. S. RANDALL, P, 0. Box 68,
Norwalk, Conn.
16
. A Desirable Homestead ‘to‘iSaIe.
valuable residence of “the subscriber,
pleasantly located on high _and on East
Ave.. in the Borough of Norwal 13,011.0er for
sale. The situation “pleasant and-healthy, com-
. manding fine views of ong Island Sound and the
surrounding country. Distance one mile from
Norwnlk Brid e, and the same from South Nor-
walk donor. case .64an; mo stories and attic,
filled in with brick, and substantially built.
Rooms 18, with all modern im rovcments, bath
room, laundry, stationary tubs, bec’s cooking
range, hot and cold water, gas throughout the
house. The cellarfs dry, having stationary turn
ace, which heats the whole house. The attic is
spacious, and reof tinned. The house is in excel-
lentorder being 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 lawndkult trees. and garden spot. A ply
to JAMES MITCHELL, Real-Estate Agent, or-
>Wllk, or to the subscriber, - ‘
HAMEBSLEY
A. S.
26tf ' 255 Fourth Avenue, N. Y.
For- Sale.
_ A Rare Chance.
A llousc,Dr.i-n,“g‘ood Mill-sitc'and fifty acres
of'land well proportioned in Meadow, Pasture
and Woodland: also“. twenty-two acres of wood-
land all situated nt the head of the Borough
Reservoir in the town of New Canaan, for sale
at ubargain. Inquire of Dimon' Finch, George-
town, Ct., James Mitchell or J. Belden Burialsnttt,‘
N orwalk, Ct.
Norwalk. 10th day of J one 1678.
‘To Rent.
The second floor of a house on the east side of
West Avenue, near the 2d M. E. Church, to a small
family. Borough water. Apply at the Gaznun
Osman.
_FARMS FOR SALE.
Enquire of
cans. comstrocn,
New Canaan, Conn.
II
The First Floor of a Dwelling House. with- .
, .used are Witch Hazel; Carbolie, Naptha, neck
walk of the Bridge or Churches. will be sold at'
unmet...
Nora than 1,000,000 bottles of the new celebrat-
edCenranr Eminent-were sold last ye’ai’.
We assert withontfear of contradiction that'no
man. women or child will say that they did not
perform according to the advertisement. We do
not pretend that the Centaur Llnllnenas wit
mend a broken leg or perform impossibilities,
but we do say and mean that these Linlments
will come nearer working miracles than anything
, ever before discovered. _We have thousands of
certificates sho‘wing how remarkable cares of ob-
stinate cases of Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica,
Ca‘ked‘ Breasts, Poisonous Bites, Scolds and Burns
Swelled Legs and Stiff'Joints. .kc., have been ei-
”9‘99”. it. The, certificates all read one way,
:and the salcvis constantly increasing. We will
tend th'csc‘certificates gratis. Some of them may
be found around each bottle of.Llnlmcnt. The
Liniments are quick, they are reliable. they are
safe and they arecliehp.‘ Among the ingredients
Oil. Mentha and Arnica. There is no flesh. bone
ei'muscle ailment which they will not relieve and
benefit. The White Centaur Llnfment is
for the human frame; while the Yellow loll]?
men: is adapted to the tough muscles and fibres
of horses sndanimal‘s. - For stiff J oints, Lame-
aness, Spavin,‘ Bing-bone. Sweeny. Gulls, Poli-
evil,e.tc., the Yellow Centaur Elaine-st is
worth its weight in gold to every farmer, livery-
man, teamster and owner of' animals. A single
bottle has put a disabled horse in the harness,and
a few bottles have rendered a useless spavined
horse worth two hundred dollars. There is no
mistake about these Liniments. They are simply
wonderful, and they are naturally finding their
way into the uttermost parts of the earth. No.
family should be without them. They are handy
as Well as certain. . .
J. B. ROSE 3'. CO., 46 DEY S'r., NEW Yours, 3
. Children, __
May be made healthy and strong by the use of
Dr. Pitcher-9s Castorla,a!perfect substitute
for Castor Oil. ~It» contains‘no‘morphine and is
superior toany'j syrup or remedy in'use. The
Cancun, is particularly recommended for.
children. It destroys worms,assimilatcs'the food .
and allows natural sleep. ‘Ycry efficacious in
Group and for children Teething. ' For Colds'.
.Feverishness, Disorders of mammals ’andZStoin-
ach Complaintsfnothing is so effective. It lads
pleasant to take as honey, costs but 35 cents, and
can he had of" any‘druggist.
. “ Coxswann, 1.3311302: 00., Pin, March 17, ’7
“Dear Sig—I hnve used your Canaan in my
practice for sometime. ‘I take great pleasnr in
recmnmen’dfng it to tiedprofession as i safe. 1" fr-
ble and agreeable in mine. It isparticnlarly
adaptedto children where the repugnhnt ‘ta‘ste of
CVO: Oil renders it so difficult to administeil
‘ 3 f ' , , E. A. EN DEBS,,M. D.”
Mothers who try Cas'roaiA will find that they
can sleep nights and that their babies Will be
healthy. 'J. 13. Rosa .3 00.. New York.
Free Reading .Room.
THIS is a comfortable room fitted up for thcj
henetlt ofthepuhiic generally, situated on
‘east 3 de of South Alain Street. over Bood’s Jew-
elry re.- Clark and Lane’s Block, nearly oppo-
site IfailroadDepot, South Nor-walk, Ct. s is,
open from 9 a. m.,to 9:45p. m. The room is well
lighted, wann and comfortable._ It. is supplied
With four ' dailies, two Weeklies, and several
monthly pnpers 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 follovnng prices : ' '
~ 1 Cup of Coff'eezwnh crackers,
1 Cup of Tea, With crackers,
Cocoa, - - -
Brown Bread and Butter,
Sandwich.
cake,
Doughnuts,
Piece of Pie,
Orallcrs,
Ham, — - - - -
Pork and Beans, vvith bread and butter,
Stewed Oysters, '
5 canto
ll
u
10
10
- l5
To Let. -
The Property in the rear of the Fair-
field County National Bank,
formerly occupied by Price & Bates.snitahle for
manufacturing purposes. Also Barn on Ill bSt.
f - E. B. PB CE.
Farm ‘for Sale. .,
DWELLING HOUSE situated in the Borough
of Norwalk. with or without twenty-eight
acres of land; said land is suitably divided into
pastnre, wood, plow and meadow land.
thcr information apply at this Office. orof‘thc sub-
scriber. HARVEY FITCH.
Norwalk, January 14th, 1878. ' 8
To Let.
Two Nicely Furnished Houses.
ONE a C “age, neatly furnished. with Hot and
Cold. ater, Bath, die. The other richly fur-
nished, Will be rented to parties without chi dren
onl . -Both centrally located,and will be rented
to eslrable parties at a low rent. Enquire at the
» GAZETTE OFFICE.
For Sale Cheap,
Or-Exchange for other property,
One of the neatcst.and cosiest little Cottages in
the Borough. Will sell to a good tenant for little
g‘rISnEmoncy down. Enquire at GAZETTE OF-
Desirable Property fer sale.
A
Osborn Avenue forsale cheap.
. Also,a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
wfnStreet near WestAveiiue,for sale at a bar-
, gain. Enquire of ‘
s. E. OSBORN. East Avenue,
tfll . or to D. WJ‘ITCH, West Avenue.
For Sale.
» A_ House and Lot. ina health location on
FoirStrcet, above Catharine. “ he House is
‘ nearly new.~wellbuilt,convenientlyarrang.
ed, and Will make a. comfortable and leasant
home forafamily of avers e size. The ot runs
back to the river. _, There s a well of excellent
water on the place. and Borough water lathe
Street. . Price low, and part of the money can re-
main on mortga e. A fine chance to secure a
homo. Apply at AZETTE OFFICE. 1
rear SALE.
TWO vorydeslrableBaildi‘ngLotson WestMain
Street. Apply at theGA E'I‘TE OFFICE .
“BURKE . WARD SELLECK,
has constantly in stock at his new store,
No.9 _Ma.1n Street,
I choice and this assortment of
Groceries,
Provisions,
Flour,
Mutt, &c.,
To which he would invite the attention ofall who
wish to purchase first-class goods at
Reasonable Prices.
1 DRIED BEEF. SLICED, A SPECIALIY‘.
BEST of HAM g £11 gggfl WHOLE 0R
Ver ydesirable place on EastAvc‘nue.
Drop in and see him at his new store
Refiaswal: j
o. W._BURRITT‘
Allen & Price’s Building, foot of
. ' Mill Hill,
opposite his ‘old standiwhgre' he is fully prepared
, o ,
PLUMBING sledlidltull‘ 5352.;
Tin Roofing, Tin and Sheet Iron -Work and
Jobbing. Gas Frhitures of all kinds kept
‘ on hand.
Norwulk. June, 1878. - -
~ 's. janitorial
OrangeFlavo‘red SodaWater.
M. a 0.. Sa-EROVIITL
RUBBER-nosin- _‘
“ '1 T I H A .Isth‘e‘pBestKerosenefiflStbvé“
For far- ‘
Also. a few choice Building Lots situated on '
aromas... -
. VEGETABLES, 1,
; miss. FISH, .
WATCHES. ‘
A. e. BENEDICT & 00.,
N o. 28 BOWery, N. Y.
ESTABLISHED SIXTY YEARS. _
Offer a large assortment of FOREIGN a AMERICAN
s . , .
Watches in Gold and Silver Gases,
BIILII EHAIIS, JEWEL“, STERLIIS SILVER lAII
SILVER PLATED WAIE, ETC"!
At extremely low prices. All goods marked in
plain fl urea, and warranted as represented.
Watc es carefully repaired by the best workmen.
We have no connection with any other house
bearing the name of Benedict.
A. C. BENEDICT: War. 3. Tannxnn.
Ron’a‘ S.Fmta usox. ,. . 3 0
Look and 'See
~WHEBE you can. get your work done.
thing in the line of ‘ '
BLACKSMI’I'H'ING
at short notice and as reasonable as any wherein
town. Horse and Ox Shoeing a specialty. Wheel
wri‘ hting and Painting done by 'an experienced
wor man. At the old standof Geo. L10 (1.
16 CEO. W. NAPP.
Any
Notice
, IS hereby given to the people, of
Norwalk and vicinity that noun:
SHOING will be done in first class
‘ style by W M. McCOltMACK. None
but hand made Shoes used: Work done on most
reasonable terms, and particular attention paid to
latcrferin and Over-reaching Horses at the old
stand of M. AHElLN.Main Street, Norwalk.
HOME AGAIN !
Til-E undersigned having bought out Jamos
Dougherty, at Capt. Lamb’s old stand. Main
Street. is prepared to continue the ' - <'
‘BLACKSMITH AND'REPAIRINE
. '- . BUSINESS. ‘
All work warranted first-class. Horse Shoeing a
specialty. ' 32 E. C. LLOYD.
1 '8 J7 8 -- .‘ -
E_VER‘YTHI~NG
Down T0 HARD Pan.
nuts. to.
as: TILE:_
‘ Very Lowest Market Rates.
A full; assortment‘constantly on hand, freshly re-'
plenished every day, with
Choicest Fruits, Best Vegetables,
and Sea Food. «
Goods delivered in any part of‘ town. Leave your,
orders freely with ' '
Dcmmon db Newcomb,
53 Main Street, Nor-Walk.
A'I'
Quintard’s Furniture Rooms
will befound a complete assortmentof
Pomona,',&c.,'
ncludingcvcrythingnsuallyfound in a first-class
establishment, at Prices to suit the Times . Also,
alargeassortmen toi‘ '
csaouos, PICTURE 'I'BAMES,
LOOKING GLASSES. 90.
Glass Plates cntto anysize. Repairingdonein the
best manner, at short notice. Also, old Kali-Mat-
trusses madcover as good as‘new.
fir. 'oiimrssu's 80H.
" Tli‘llllllllltli 30113811
E K. Lamas;
I N THE MARiiET.
,th'e ' fatal accldcn
‘dollar of 420 grains is, by
made of less value than the dollar of 412;
grains, the latter being made legal tender
' W889
‘ office. ,
‘royal character.
’ now explained.
:prolhinence our paper has lately. assumed
voL.'fi'LXIz-*-NUM:BER 35
An Old French Ballade of
Trauma.
[From the London. July 17.1 ..
Gold or silver. évsry a...
D!“ i0 any.
There prehanks in every skein.
Hours of work and hours of play
- Fade any
Into one immense Inanc.
Shadow and substance, chat! and grain
Are as vain '
As the foam and as the spray.
Life goes crooning, faint and fain,
One refrain:
“If it could be-always May! ”
Tho’ the earth be green and gay,
Tho' they say '
Man is god-like in the main,
Though his little world to sway
He display
Powers superb of heart and brain,
Autumn brings a wind and rain
That constrain
Him and his to know decay,
Where undimmed the lights that wane
Would remain
If it could be always May.
Yea / alas must turn to Nay!
Flesh to clay,
.. Every chainlet to a chain.
' Men may scoff and men may pray
But they pay
Every pleasure with a pain.
Life may scar;and Fate may deign
To explain
Where her prizes hide and stay,
But We lack the lusty train
We should gain
If it could be always May.
savor.
‘ Time, the pedagogue his cane
Might retain,
But his charge would be astray,
Michering glad in every lane—-
' Jackjwith Janet
If it could be always May!
232 .
Koscmsiro’s FAnneKosciusko did not
“fall," nor did freedom “shriek.” ‘,Poetry
frequently conveys false impressions, which
remain on the. mind uncorrected by facts.
Campbell’s‘couplet—
‘11 "“"i ' h d'
alike.” lifii'dafiaiiliolfiil‘li‘r‘éiiV'”
has induced'many.‘ persons to believe that the
gnlhint Pole died in battle. He did fall from
his horse,. covered with wounds, at the en-
gagement of Macicow'i'ce.(1794) with the words
" his is the end of I’olnnd.” Taken prisoner,
and held as snch for some time, the Emperor
I’aulof Russm, on; his acCession, gave him
liberty, an estate With 1,500 serfs, and a sum
of money, and restored his sword. He after-
wardssreturnedrthe 'm‘oney and resigned the
estate, having dechned on the spot the sword.
With the remark that. he had no further need
of lti'aS he‘ no longer had a country in whose
servicehc might draw it. He revisited the
United States, ' was granted a tract of land
ands pension, and Went-back to France, en~
gaging in .agncultural pursuits near Ponmine-
bleau. Lotcr he Went to Switzerland, mak-
ing his home - in Solenre, whence he sent;
~deed_of mummies: to 'all the serfs upon his
Russian estate. ' The year following. be w.
killed by the fall. his horse'ovcr a precipice
_ occurrifietwenty-three
yeacr:l fafterf the battlet of j ileowice. 80
man or: so agains a ing in can let
which sticksto-the memory, whilg the facts
, readily slip away.
General Martin, of Boston, at the Shoe and
Leather dealers" excursion at Rocky Point,on
Thursday; made an excellent speech, con-
cluding ’th‘us:-'-"While greenback dema-
gogues and labor reform agitators go up and
down the country in the vain hope of filling
their own coffers at the expense of the poor
and weak, and while congress indulges inthe
twaddle of miserable party politics,and while
political conventions occupy themselves with
high flown platitudes,“our republic and our
people are marching on through natural caus-
es to a paint of commercial, greatness and
power that no nation has attained, and to
which none hereafter will approach.”
a:
The circular of Dr. Linderman, director of
the mint, on the value of the trade dollars,
brings into prominence the fact that a silver
the silver bill,
while the former is not. The actual gold
value of the trade dollar is about ninety
cents, while that of the legal tender dollar is
some two cents less. The legal tender euro
rency of the counti‘y has therefore three dol-
lars—one. worth one hundred cents, another
worth ninety-nine and a half cents, and the
third w‘orth eightycight cents; which is re-
cisely as‘sensible as it would be to have t to
legal yard sticks of different lengths.
The agent-of TheodoresThomas went to a
small, city in Michigan to make arrangements
for a concert. ‘ He .went to the editor of the
only morning paper in the place, and after a
description of .Thomas,‘ his orchestra and the
beautiful classical.mnsic they performed he
asked the editor what he thouaht the pros-
pect for business would be. “ all,” replied
the editor, “the success of the Thomas troupe
depends entirely .upon the sort of end men
you have got. Ef you have two darned good
end men you'd do well. But ef you ain’t
got good end men our people won’t patronize
the show. ” - .
i
An Elephant and Alligator Fight.
F.T. Howc’has charge of the Aquarium
at Coney- Island. .. Yesterday he appeaned
there with his hand bandaged and» told the
following elephant-alligator story :_ ~ “on
Tuesday night _a week ago, the employees of
the placeWere awakened by the screaming of
the monkeysgthe bellowing-of the sea lions,
the loud hissmg of the alligators, and the
unearthly trumpeting of ithe elephants... I
hastened to the place and found cueof the
elephants in the alligator’s tank. They were
en in combat. The elephant had his
- trunk under and about the huge body of the
alligator; which was making dgnperatc and
vicious snaps at his assailant. ith the as-
sistance of .the men I- succeeded in separati.
the combatants and driving the elephant hoe
~to hiquuarters. Just as I was aboutto spring .
from the; tank, Which contained about three
feet of water, the alligator caught me b . this
hand. .Thenien beit him all.” Mr. owe
-; says that the elephant, wanting water and -
seeing- it inthe alhgator‘s tank, broke bis-fas-
tenings and wentthcr'o to quench his thirst.
' m:
Lord Lorne seems to fill the requirements
sees in a Governor-General of Canada,
and the appointment is regarded in Britain
asan exceedingly, one. An English
paper sketches the new Governor as "a man
'of some capacity and of considerable official
experience. Ila. was his father's private
secretary durin the time of the Gladstone
Government an. is a traveller, a writer, and
a man, of independent'thought. He is thirty-
three years of age, and has sat in Parliament
for more than ten years. But of course his
' is his great qualification for hisnew
He will take with- him to Canada the
cleverest of the Queen’s dhu hters and the
most popular. His court wi have a semi-
The Canadians will be
flattered. and the Empire will be all the
stronger. '
- =—-—___._.s=
A Good Example to Imitate.
Mrs. Esther E. Chapin, of Ludington,
Wis, heard some one» trying to enter her
house about 2 o'clock Monday morning, and,
- without wakingher invalid husband, dc-
scended the stairs and entered a room where
her children were sleeping. Aoman present-
Iy appeared at the window of the room not
six feet from her and raised his hand to lift
up the sash, when she sent a- bullet straight
through his heart. Heron some steps before
he dropped. Justice Shackleton, being noti-
fied, summoned a jury ond held an inquest.
The verdict was homicide, justified by the
acts. . .
=15:
' The Courier-Journal thinks that the strai
of exultation in the voice of the mosquito is
_ . Thercis a strike in a mcs-
quite netting factory, at Paterson.
It is the confession of 5a ,vvidowcr, who has
been thrice married,that_the first wife cures
a man's romance, the second teaches him hu- ‘
mility, and the third makes him a ph‘ilcso- .
pher.
American. paper has won a great triumph
at the Paris Exhibition. Although the dis- ,.
play was very inadequatc,- considering'the ‘
abrdad, and was got together at the last mo—
ment out of stock on hands in the mills, a '
large number of prizes has been awarded,
Norwalk Chronicler