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So is the story Told. 9
A fair head meekiy bowed; ,
'A shy glance coming after,
Voices not over-loud,
And a low, sweet laughter;
So is the story told,
Up in the cottagcoid, . ,
Under the smoky rafter.
A fair maid flushing red.
With an unknown feeling,
And shamed to bow her head
For all her lover’s kneeling ;
. , So is the story told
Down ’mid the white and gold
Under the painted ceiling.
éflamerfs Bozar.
From as Graduate ,of' a Nos-walk
- 18011001.
It would be, an interesting study to follo
the career of pupils of our scminaries and
schocls, natives of Norwalk and others edu-
cated here wholly or in part. The writer of
this was connected with some of these schools
from more than sixty years ago down to 1826,
under the tuition of Mrs. Collins, Miss E. S.
Betts, Sumner, Brewer, Jarvis, Maltbie, Pin-
ney, Olmstead, and perhaps others whose
names are not now-recalled.“ Since the last
date mentioned how many otherinstructors
have taught and how many Other pupils have
been instructedin Norwalk. How eventful
some of their histories!
The writer of the subjoined “Missionary
Letter” (which may be interesting to our Sun-
day Schools) is John Cotton Eastman, for
five or mere years a missionary of the Ameri-
can Sunday school Union in Florida. \Vhen.
a little-boy he was in the school of Miss Eliza
Susan Betts of precious memory. How many
rise up and call her blessed.
mssrosanx , LE'r'rxn. ,
. A Sunday School Missionary, whose father.
was, for many years, a " Secretary of ' the,
American Tract Society, along and widely
known; and a member ofiwllatds'no'w the
Fourth Avenue Presbyterian. (Church, Dr.
Crosby,€psstof,‘-(the missionary was; in. the
Siluday School of that Church when he was
a boy, and there ‘first heard of’ the American.
Sunday Schdol Union, for ,_ which he now;
use. to labor in behalfyof_chiidren,) now
writes to the infant 'clhsspf: that's'school.
“I want to tell you of a Sunday Schoolg‘
which I visited last Sunday, meeting ' in a;
small cabin, made or roughzlog's and‘having.}
no windows. Sometimes so many came that.
they cannot find seats, but they like to come
so well that somerwaikrthrecwor four‘mlles
sin bake In.-'..thi$'- cowl? "e mums
boys-arid girl's'who‘canilot read, and must go;E
or. the loan: class to learn their a, a, c,
that winter families from Brooklyn nod;
Chicagocslne ' here,“ and were so sorry for
these poor people that they started this Sun-_
day School for them. ’There semefiof-the.
childrebn‘did- not‘know Monger-Joseph; or
Samuel. and?” smor- slut-bins- °.fi‘tlle Sible-
One are theiauperloteoaeo: asked- Minna
the Frst Commandment." NO one could
tell; but a man began to repeat the Lord's
Prayer. The story of Jesus’ love' was new
, to most of the scholars.
Now they are very anxious to learn how
Jesus so loved us as to dieafor no; are learn.
ing‘v’ery rapidly, and many can tell most of
the stories of the» Bible.
Almost all who come to this school. are__
very peor,'a'nd many are not able. to buy les-
son books‘fcr their children ;' and-I knowyou‘ "
will be glad to know that I was able to: give
them some which were paid for hyyour
money given to the American'Sunday' School
Union. _ _'How.glad and thankful they were
when I told them of your kindness and gifts
for them."-—Adeaeote and Guardian. .
”
colder. Wedding
The fiftieth anniversary of the wedding
of Mr. Ozias Camp and wife was celebrated
on Wednesday the 28th'at his old homestead
-—now the residence F. M. Foster—where
be was born. Mr. Camp left Durham many
years ago and went to Brooklyn, N. Y.,
where he now resides. He is in his 83d
year of his age. His business is book-bind-
ing, having an office in New York, and he
is still able to go back and fOrth daily, at-
tending to his duties as usual. He wished
to come back and visit his old friends and
relatives in Durham,'{and therefore arranged
to come on his wedding anniversary. The
day was remarkably fine and a spacious tent
was provided for the occasion in" the lot
near the house. The prayer and address
to the aged couple was by Professor William
C.. Fowler, of Durham, after which the
company numbering eighty-three, sat down
to a table laden with good things. Having
done justice to the eatables, the company
were entertained: with music and shOrt
speeches. Among the speakers’were Miles
Mel-win, Esq, of Durham, General Lee, of-
Guilford, Alfred H. LCrmp,‘ of Nor-1
walk. Pref. L. L. Camp, Principal of .
Dwight school New Haven, and others. A
poem written for - the occasion by Rev. Mr. .
Dennison, cf Middlefield, was read by Pro;
fessorDlN, camp, Of- New Britian,‘which
wa’sas follows.:— ‘ .
‘ a corolla wannme.
Four generatioils side by side
Meet here On life's highway, .
To keep, with‘tll’csé rushes true and tried,
Their golden wedding day.
A golden wedding!” Blessed nsme,
In which is‘fitly' set, .
As ina- fair andfgolden frame
A-pictlli‘eifairer "yet. ‘
1
Pause herega little in your race -
_ Foriplcisiiré,:'Wealth or. fame,
and Oll_‘hiéPi.¢ii.ll'¢ifif9,'YOiif race. .
. In this fair golden frame. ,
While trees their" golden fruit display,
And fields'their'goldchig‘rain, ,
‘Tis fit this geldenwedding day _
Ducnotice abduld’ obtain.
Long before most of us were born
' A youth and maiden here -
Set out upon the march of life,
So arduous and drear.
Said he to her “’the way is long,
And we may have bad weather;
Suppose we_march then arm in arm
Suppose we Camp together." .
It would not he politein me
To tell you what she said ;‘
But circumstantial? evidence
Attests that? they were wed.
So marching lovingly along,
Camping out and in, , '
Ten years soon pass away and bring
A wedding day of tin.
Still doubling joys and halving cares,
They go their quiet way,
Till five and twenty years bring round
Their silver wedding day.
A score and five-years more pass on,
And now we here behold . , .
Those tin and tiller weddings changed
To wedding days of gold. -
Sages and alchemists long have tried,
As we have oft been told,
To find'something that could change
Base metals into gold. .
That problem,_foilnd too hard for them,
This wedded pair have solved.
And from flife’s. 'baser elements '
The gold of love unloved, ' _. _
The presents were mostly .' inmoncy. At
about 5 o‘clock the companyabegan to break
up. having had an enjoyable time’ and all
agreeing that it wasgooll to be there. Mr,
Camp With his two sons and .‘daughter with
theirfamilies will :remain .a. few do”: to
visit old friends and familiar'scenes'of earlier
days, and then to return, perhaps never, all
Of them, to meet in a similiar gathering
agaln.—!Iartford Post.
a NUT For: om) annows.“
We know nothing’about .the' “Old Work"
or the “New Work” of the Odd Fellows,
but can certify to their being good: fellOws
. ‘Ewhatcvcritheir “work” may he, asthey term
their ceremonials. The following comes to
_ 'us.5'unvouched for, andvit’m‘a’y be true oriit
may be not; we leave that for the Odds to‘
say, as it makes no odds to us. It purports
to be the personal experience of an initiate
under the “Old.Work,?'- whatever that may-
be, and there really seems-"to be something in
it: .
MY lxmarrox. ‘
My experience, which I here describe, oc-
curred under the “Old Work," called to dis;
tinguish it from the “New Work," and peo-
ple who are posted will know ‘what I. mean.
I'made up my mind to join the order, and
well remember- the'emotion that filled me, 88.-
Iput on my best clothes to attend the inia-i
I was going, told me not to make a fool or,
myself. ‘ She is a wonderful woman, and her~
rhetoric is original. ( I looked at her earnestly
for a moment, and then kissed her a. tender
good bye, on hernosc, as I did, not know pos-
itively as I should ever see her again. I was
always timid, and the ordeal through whichI
had to pass seemed dreadful.
I had a brother-in-law who was an Odd
Felldw, and wore a breast-pin composed of
three links, a bow and arrow, and I don’t
know what else—all of’solid Attleboro gold
—and he had a savage way of speaking about
“putting me throug ," as though they were
going to kill me. But I suppressed my fears
as well as I could, and I presented myself. at
the lodge room, up. seven pairs of stairs, for
admission. '
I tried to knock at the door boldly, but it
was the feebicst of summons—enough, how-
ever, to attract attention on the inside, when
the door swung open, creaking on its rusty
hinges, a hand was laid upon my collar, and I
found myself standing in the middle of a
dimly-lighted robm,smelling strongly of burn-
ing sulphur, a small dish of which was upon
a'brack'et, and gave all the light that was vis-
ble. My sudden entrance, my fear, and ‘a
. waxed floor, brought me suddenly to a sitting
posture, when a small door to the right Open-
ed, and a little old fellow, the warden, up.
preached me, dressed in a black robe and
wearing a huge white wig, bearing a book in
his band, who addressed me: .
“Mortal! What seekest thou !"
I told him very timidly, that, just then, I-
thought I should like to find my feet.
:Hc took me by the‘hand, and lifted me to a
perpendicular position. I then said:
“My distinguished- friend, -I came here to
present myself for the honors of this worthy
order, and should like to be taken in."- '
He gave a loud “Ha l" and I heard it re-
verberatc a half a dozen times, as though
fiends were laughing. As the echoes ceased,
an invisible door was thrown. Open, through
which burst a stream of light that overwhelm-
ed me. Heads piled o’er heads, beyond the
door, and a hundred eyes were gazing upon
me, filling me with terror. _ There then filed
in the oddest looking crowd I had ever seen,
dressed in all sorts of fantastic. ways, the
leader of which said, in a two-story voice:
“Mortal! You are standing in the vestibule
of an Order that antedates Moses; that num-‘
bered the Patriarchs among its members;
that kings and potentates have patronized ;
and that embodies to-day all the known vir-
tues of humanity and many that are‘ not
known and never will he. Are you prepared
to enter upon its experience ?”
“Yes, sir, I am," I managed to say.
He reached his hand towards me, which I,
not rightly comprehending, seized and shook
warmly. '
“Hand over your entrance fee, then," cried,
he, in a voice of thunder and lightning, which
I did.
“N ow wait the coming of your conductor,”
he said, as he and his rétinue passed 'within
thei‘door'. ' .
By-and-byahuge fellow.fully five feet three
inches tall, dressed in a sheep skin goat which
hung to his heels, with stall cap of _the same,
me. He bore an immense spear in his hand,
the butt of which he brought down violently
on my toe and shouted : .
“Stand!"
This command seemed unnecessary, as I
' wasialready on my feet; but‘ I stood some
more, as he required, and waited for further
orders. ' _
“Come with me," he said, “along those
paths, we have all trod, which lead through
trials, tothc perfection ‘of peace, come !"
He led on, through an opposite door to that
by which‘I' stood, into what seemed to be a
cavern, dimly lighted,randv as we, crossed the
portal tw‘o radians, masked'o‘ud' armed with
huge woodenaxes, jumped out and impeded
ourwayu One of them, in a hoarse whisper,-
as if he were troubled with bronchial diffi-
culty‘, said, as he 'brandished his axe,
“T’oihcr. or which ?" .
My conductOrsaid “which,"whenthenxcs
threatened no moreand we were allowed to
pass. Soon we came to a massive oakcn
door. by the side of‘whichi ll. sentinel sat,
seemingly asleep. A candle burning in the
neck of a bottle'gsve the only light, by which
‘ we could see a huge sword lying across his _
knees. My conductor touched his foot, and
said :—
“Most vigilant sentinel !"
No answer but ashore.
“Most. wideawakc old stopwatch 1”
Another snore. , .
“Most lively old guardiahof the approach
to the ' Temple of” Mystery, deign ’lh’ou to
heed us. " - . ' . -
He gave, as he saidlthis, a vigoroushiefio
the old sentinel on the shins, who lea o
' his feet, swinging the sword over his head
and yellinsu. .
“Who comes ?"' ' . . '
“A stranger, unsophisticated and unen.
lightened, who, having gained admission to
the vestibule of : all jvirtueg.js now. desirous
of pushing on to where those exceedingly in-
teresting articles are dispensed with."
“Push !" was thefanswer.
My conductor bade me push at the door,
which I did but could not move it. The sea-
tinel then spoke: , _
"Stranger; these hinges only turn when 'lu-
' 'bricated by the oil of palm."
Behold out his hand, when _I gave him a
quarter, and then tried the deer, which's‘whng
easily on its hinges. We entered a vaulted
' chamber, lit by a lamp hanging from the .cen-
t'er' of the ceiling, when I was immediately
seized from behind, my hands'pinion'ed, a
hood-wink placed over my eyes, and hurried
on in a'zigzag course, till I had no idea of po-
ha'vefnalhedthelown Iwas ;in." i. This ended
byzmy coming to' a full stop against the door.
' A ‘loud knock with an 'iron hammer, was
answered by a voice with:
“Hallo! what‘s up?” "
My conductor gave a reply, in a whisper,
at is wicket, when the door was opened, and a
cherus of voices exclaimed:
“Death to intruders!"
some one. . _ .
, “Most Perpendicular Potentatc! we age a
. stranger. pretty gOOd lacking, and would lain
come in.” ‘
“This is but the entrance,”,replied;a’ voice ;
f‘doth the stranger know thé‘ perils by the
: way—the ravines, volcanoes, lime-pits. cat8-
racts, avalanches, wild beasts, and so forth?
best.” ~
“Doth he fear the goat, and hath he been
tion, after my worthiness had been tested by ;
a ballot in the lodge. The guardian angel of 3
my domestic peace, as I informed her where, :
came up through a'trapadoor' just in' frontof * '
sition'except the perpendiculsr, Illd couldn't}
Then my conductor said,as if addressing
' “He doth, and he knoweth and 'so forth»
Tut
. baptisedinthesevchthba
the leaden faucet ?
“He hath."
“Then he can enter for the race."
behind me with a startling clung, which made
was not a very good band. I was then
questioned.
“Do you promise to see, and yet not see
—know, and yet not know—feel,and yet not
feel i"
“I do," I said as firmly as I could.
“Then bring the testing ordeal."
A moment after I felt a pin thrust about
two inches through the thick part of my
flesh, and I yelled with all my might.
“A forfeit! he feels, was shouted.
I inwardly confessed that I did, and would
have given a dollar to hit the one that had
,made a pin cushion of me. My hands were
released and, the bandage, taken from my
eyes, when Isa’w before me, 'on a tripod
:abont‘tc‘n fcet'hi'gh, my vbrother-in-‘law, as the
Grand Augur, armed with acleaver, support-
‘cd by two furious-looking ruffians, masked.
I nodded to him. when a cry was again rais-
ed:
‘ “A forfeit! he sees! "
Then the Grand Augur said, while stern—
has sat on his brtiw and judgment beamed
frr'mr both hiseyes: ' * 3
. “Tske‘ hihjl before the'Grandiorlental Dic-
tator;for.,di3cipline." ' ' '
“Hold On,” said I. .
“A forfeit! He hears l " arose around me.
“Away with him,” cried the Grand Augur.
I was seized by several, dressed as imps,
and rushed around the vast apartment which
stretched away into distance, about which
many odd-looking chaps, were seated, until
we come to-a raised'thr‘onc on which the Dic-
tator sat. His Official-symbol was a pair :Of
scalesfthat-‘did not seem to hang very" even,
and his dress a scarlet robe trimmed with er-
mine. He was armed with an immense axe.
One of my attendant's spoke:
“Most Pulsant Dictator—the culprit in
hand sees, bears and feels, contrary to his
obligation.”
The aim was slowly raised, the eyes of the
Dictator flashed angrily, and I stood expect-
ing to be knocked, when the axe was lower-
ed.
“No,” said be, “his innocency and beauty
save him; conduct him to the Final Arbiter
in the south-east.
I was then led before another seat on which
was an immensely fat man, dressed in a long
black robe, and wearinga three-cornered but.
“What hast inhand, brother?" he said.
“A culprit scat you'fdr arbitratiOn, he hav-
ing passed the three great ordeals through the
aid of impudence and beauty.
“Bring out the goat," said the Arbiter.
I could not see whence he came, but beforc‘
me was a huge animal of the Ibex pattern,
with horns on both ends, that stamped the
floor as if he felt he had important business
on hand and was impatient to be about it.
“Let him ride," said the Arbiter.
I was immediately-strappedon the animal’s
back, on inlmense;-gOng was scunded, and:
away was I carried,round and round and round
till consciousness left me and I was taken
off. A bucket of water was dashed over me
and as I came to myself, a shout arose:
“He has settled l” '
I! thought he' had, rather. The goat had
disappeared, and I was again brought before
the first tripod.
“My Brother," said its occupant, rubbing
his nose, “from the ceremony you have pass-
ed through, you are to guess three things:
Friendship, Love and Truth are the cardinal
principles inculcated,and by these lessons you
have received you are to see the necessity of
untiring Friendship, as a general thing when
it serves your purpose best; Love dis-
“creetiy confining yourself, for prudential rea-
sons, to the masculine sex—if you are a mar-
ried man; regard the Truth always, for it is
as impossible for one of us to get along with-
out Truth as without soap. The world may
condemn you for sticking to the truth, but
don't mind it. You will now pass to the
Grand Whitewashcr for purification.“
I was then conducted to a throne in the
northwest on which sat the Grand White.
washer, clothed in spotless white. Near him
was the Troubadour, dressed as Apollo, hold-
ing a harp. The G. W. said:
“Strike the lyre !"
I thought he meant me and ducked, but the
lyre was struck and lyrist sung.
“The weary 'days model at last
, Of. pain'and keen ve‘xation ;
Now? rest upon the- happy shore
. In .purifllki-ation."
They then put a white gown on me, tolera-
bly clean, and the G. W. sprinkled some rose-
water on me from a silver water-pot, which
I was told was the purification designated. I
'was then taken to the centre of the room,
"where the whole body joined in a dance
round about me, chanting to the twanging
lyre: '
“It is finished! He is ours,
We are his by occult powers ;
May we all of us prove zealous
As the Oddest kind of fellows!"
Each one as he passed gave me a punch or
a kick, as a proof of the sincerity of his feel-
ing, intimating that all were“good at a pinch,"
but my head grew so dizzy that I fell down,
in which condition I taken out. When I
came to,Ifound myself at home, my wife
pinching me in order to wake me up. And
thatwmmy experience in the “Old Work."
Was'ltji drenm? , "
’ Off-he ”lessons I received, that regarding
the Truth sticks to me still, and I always in-
culcate the Truth, illustrating it with a story
Ihave heard of G. Washington, who, at ten
years of age, confessed to barking up a cher.
ry tree with his little- hatchet because he
wouldn't tell a lie. “Come here, my son,”
said old Mr. Washington, “and let me larrup
you, for it were better that twenty boys
shouldbe flogged than -that another cherry
tree like that should be spoilt," or words to
that effect. DODIMUS Gauss.
Bnoxs 00., April 21, 1878. *
SEA Burns—The question is often asked,
where do sea-birds obtain fresh water to slake
their thirst? But we have never seen it sat-
isfactorily answered till a few days ago. An
old skipper, with whom we were conversing
on the subject, said that he had frequently
seen these birds at sea, for from any land
that could furnish them with water, hovering
round and under a storm-cloud, chattering
like ducks on a hot day at a pond, and drink.
.ing in the drops of rain as they fell. They
will smell a rain-squall a hundred miles, or
even‘further off, and send for it with almost
inconceivable swiftness. How long sea-birds
can exist without water is only a matter of
conjecture; but probably their powers of-
enduring thirst are increased by habit, and
possibly they can go without for many days,
if not for several weeks.
A good Iter- ‘is‘told' of .Mrs.~;Ms‘ckay;wife
of the illus ouszi‘btl‘ns‘uz‘a‘JICalifcrnianEFLIt
is said the lady applied to the Prefect of
the Seine for admission to place electric
'lights in front of hen house in such a man-
ner that they would illuminate the Arch of
Triumph, so that her guests on certain oc-
"casions; might have a, (inhaling-view of that
architectural wonder, the Mackay mansion
being near the arch. The prefect found it
impossible to grant the request, but the lady,
like all ladies, insisted, and whenafiat re-
fusal was given she said, “Well, how much
is your arch worth ?"
Why is it that at the hotel the man who
goes is called a waiter, and the man who
really wrote for him to come back is called a
guest f-Ha/wkeye.
L
1 ALK,‘CONNECTICUT. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1878.
til,OfESellachribiwllh; “ .
': The London Times on American:
I crossed the threshold and the door closed;
my nerves jar so that I seemed to hear them:
Ijmissed.ymy ._ conductor from my’:side,aild.
found I was to “go alone" with what I felt :
London Times, August 22.
Inventions.
We publish in another column a glowing
produced by the inventive genius of the citi-
n'ens of the United States and now exhibited
at Paris. The exhibition in the plain oppo-
site the Trocadero is such a world in itself
that crowds of visitors have probably resorted
to it andcome away again without having
seen the wonders of American ingenuity.
Many men,many minds; and while one saun-
terer'cannot be brought to see anything out-
side the paviiion of art that occupy the cen-
ter of exhibition buildings, another confines
himself exclusively to the outer sheds that
cover the machinery in motion. It is well
that each compartment has its special fre-
quenters, for thc inconvenient crowds that
from where streams cross ‘onc another or
unite warn us what would be the consequence
of a general rush to any particular division.
% Still it is possible that the mechanical display
;of the United States has not received its due
share of attention. If this is so, it may he
pleaded that visitors from the other side of
the Atlantichave not led the way to the won-
derful show of the inventions of their
countrymen. Perhaps they will allege that
for them it is not wonderful. The works
of contemporary art in France, England, the
Low Countries, Germany, and' Spain, with
which so many walls are covered, attract
their attention because tlley'can'sec nothing
like them in their own cities. They freely be-
so new and so magnificent.
from Connecticut, Rhodc Island Massachu-
setts, and New York—what are they ? Things
the like of which have been seen over and
over again, until they have, indeed, become
familiar houshold possessions. It is evident
that we cannot employ these excuses. The
greed of novelty snould have led English vis-
itors were Transatlantic visitors did not care
to go, and there will be no defense for them
who, now that they are informed of what
they have to see, do not turn aside to look at
the show. The New Englander-is an invent-
ive animal. We are told that “ his brain has
a bias that way. ” He'is always restless to fix
up something in a more convenient fashion
than it has ever been fixed up before, No
his mind is working in a kind of backyard
over some idea for cconomizing labor that is"
on the eve of being realized. “The New
Englander mechanizes as an old Greek
sculptured, as the Venetian painted or the
modern Italian sings; a school has grown
up whose dominant quality, curiously in-
tense, widespread, and daring, is mechanical
imagination.” Something of inventive ener-
gy may perhaps be discovered in phrases
akin to the faculty of discovery they glori-
fy; but the preeminence of the mechanical
genius of the citizens of the states may be
admitted, audit is. illustrated, not for the
first time, in the exhibition at Paris. Our
contributor describes these wonders, and if,
as may be hinted, they were equaled, and
perhaps outdone, at Philadelphia two years
since, the inventionsjithat are exhibited in
Paris aroonly inferior to the Philadelphia
collection, and should be studied by the mas-
ses that did not cross the Atlantic in 1870.
The Stow “flexible shaft” appears to be one
of the most striking of the latest productions
of Yankee ingenuity. This is a cbiitrivance
for carrying power around a cornergout of
a window up a pair of stairs, or wherever
else it may he wanted. The operator holds
in his hand something that he can turn about
as easily as a small garden hose, which itre-
'sembles; but wherever he applies it an uager
at the end does its work as perfectly as if it
were the extremity of a rigid drill. The shaft
has been made flexible along its length with-
out losing its driving rigidity, and this has
been accomplished by winding a cable of
steel wires, strand over strand, each succes-
s‘ive strand in the reverse direction from the
preceding. Passing by a crowd of minor
“ notions,” we come upon the exhibit of the
Waltham watch company, which in econom-
ical importance. is, perhaps, superior to any-
thing else shown. The rivalry of the watches
of this company has already been felt by our
own makers, and a hesitating attempt was
made last session, in the interest of the Cov-
entry manufacturers to prevent the watch
cases of the company receiving the English
stamp which certifies that they are made of
gold. It would seem that the Waltham
watches may defy all attempts to exclude
them in this indirect way. The first claim
to publienpproval was derived from the ex-
traordinary nicely of their construction.
They were made with such perfect exacti-
tude that the parts of all watches of the
same class could be inter-changed ; and
production being thus made possible on a
large scale, cheapness as well as excellence
was secured. But the company have gone
on introducing improvements in their art
and the compensation balance they have de-
vised seems to have overcome the standing
difliculty of the varying expansibility of
the spring and the wheel. Is is said that
the delicacy of construction of the mechanism
invented by the company is such that a
micrometer they exhibit at Paris measures
the 25,090th part of an inch, and might readi-
ly be divided under a lens into 100,000th
parts. '
What is the secret of the inventive activity
of our American cousins? We are told that
it runs in the blood, for the English descend-
ed population of New England has been much
more fruitful of inventions than the descend-
ants of immigration from .other parts of Eu-
rope; but the statistical evidence on this
point appears to us to be of dubious authority.
If it was clearly established that those de-
scended from English parentage are more in-
ventive then them who. have sprung from
Dutch, German, and French origins, we
should have to refer the inventive ability of
New England to something else than the
operation of patent laws, which are the same
for all. It must, indeed, be observed in
counection with this point that the princi-
ple of the English patent law does not differ
in any essentinl particular from that of the
law of the United States, and the facilities
ofiered to the inventor have, for some con-
siderable time, been much the same on both
sides of the Atlantic. There is, however,
one clear reason why mechanical invention
should be more developed in the United
States than here. _It is to be found in great-
er efliciency of labor there, and the increased
cost and difliculty of hiring it. A 'man is
driven to invent machines for saving iab_or
because he has such trouble in getting labor,
and it is so expensive when he does get it.
This stimulus comes as a fresh and powerful
good when the use of many generations has
been to rely upon help 'whichis‘suddenly
withdrawn. The American housewife ;
though she is in a good position, cannot get
the assistance which is so easily procurable
here, and yet it is something more than a
conventional necessity that some of her house-
hold work should bc taken off her hands.
Her husband is worried by her household
cares; he has to help her in the discharge of
them; and he applies his mind to thetask
of lightening the labors that cannot be deliv-
ered over to others. The call, for labor-
saving machines is incessant, and themaker
of them is always sure of [us market. There
is another circumstance that tends greatly
to multiply this srccies of manufacture; The
machines in question are commonly made in
where labor is comparatively less efficient,
and they are employed most profitably in the
less settled western states, where labor is
most efficient. This remark applies more to
description of the mechanical contrivances:
stow thcir‘admiration upon what‘ls to lhem‘;
But “notions”
matter what his trainingfior what his calling.
the more settled parts of the eastern States,
the lotion-loving {machines of agriculture azd
of manufactures than fell 03.2 used in the
household. Taking such a machine from
Connecticut for use in Illinois is, in fact,
buying labor in, the cheapest and selling
it in the dearest'markct, and the economical
advantages are enormous of thus carrying
what maybe called concrete labor in form
that never grumhles about wages from the
Atlantic to the Mississippi states. We may
thus in some nlc re understand how in-
vention comes to be in the air in the United
States. The conditions of the Union as an
economic society drive its inhabitants
towards invention, and there, as elsewhere,
necessity may be said to be-its mother. Yet
we do not pretend to exhaust the whole
secret of the phenomenon of inventive genius
across the Atlantic. Who has ever discov.
cred the primal cause of the sudden develop-
iment of nations in diverse direction? The
New Englander invents as the Venetian
painted; but what made the Venetian
school arise in their strength to pass away
again past recovery ? Can' any one explain
why, within the short space of fifty to sixty
years, the Dutch school should spring into
existence, attain unrivalled excellence, and
disappear ? To pass to another sphere of art,
how it came to pass that in unequally short
space dramatic poetry rose in England from
the rudeness of Gorboduc to the wonder of
Hamlet, and that now an English play is al-
most an impossibility? Great convulsive
movements of nations, churning life out of
the dead level of use and ,iwant, seem to be
connected with these miraculous outbursts Of
enius; but the secret links of cause and
tfect remain tobe detected. The mechani-
cal development of, the states belongs to a
lower sphere than the spiendors of Elizabe-
than literaturc or the.gi ies of art in the
Venetian and Dutch repuh cs; but it is pos-
sible that there underlies' all these manifes-
tations that added intensity of national ex-
istence which accompanies and indicates a
new born sense of national freedom.
A Fight with ‘a Bass.
NORWICH, Conn.,‘Aug3 30.——An exciting
story of an encounter Willi a striped bass is
related bya fishing? party! which spent last
weekiseining striped bass Off Crescent Beach
in NianticlBay. OnS 4' ay night the party
whiehzgemnprisedl Mega T. Y. Winship,
weet Church, Ansel C ‘ , Ebenezer Story,
and J. T. Crittendenzcastliheir'net off shore
early .in the evening. Asthey began to draw
it ashore‘they felt an unusual resistance, and
water they discovered ,—_a- great bass, which
was cutting through the meshes of the net,
intent on returningto the water. The men
ran up the bank with the net, intending to
carry their game to a high and dry spot. The
bass cut through with astonishing rapidity
and bounded down the beach toward the
waves. It had about twelve feet to transverse
and a desperate efiort was made to head it
off. It fioundered in acurved track toward
the water, and the men jumped upon itwith
their boots, kicked its head, and endeavored
to killito No one, however, dared to lay
hands upon it, fearing the horny fins which
cut as smooth as a razor. The fish had reach-
ed the shallow shore water and was fiouncing
rapidly ahead totoward' a ‘place where it
could-swim, when Mr.- Winship leaped upon
the bass, threw hisvarms fearleme about it,
and hugging it against him with all his
strength, shouted for help. He was first fiat
upon the fish, then rolling} over he carried it
in his arms and rolled up the beach. A heavy
oil-cloth coat protected him from the lacera-
tion by the fish's horny fins, and soon other
strong hands'gr’a‘s'ped'it and carried it to a
point where it was-secured. The party were
almost exhausted ln the capture. The bass
measured nearly four feet in length, and
weighed 46% pounds. It made a savory meal
for the guests of the Pequot House. A fish
of equal size escaped from the same net as it
was being dragged ashore.
I accompanied the president upon his New
England trip in June and, therefore, have the
means of contrasting that with the southern
series of receptions. There, was the same
lavish hospitality and large crowds in attend-
ance in both sections, but there was more
cheering and hearty demonstrations of delight
in the south. Sometimes in New England
the president would ride a mile through
crowded streets and not a cheer. The people
were all out- and gaily bedecked the way with
flags, but they made less noise than the south-
erners. This was noticed by all who traveled
with the president in both sections. In
Louisville alone there was three times as
much yelling as in all Boston. The people
of Louisville are not, perhaps, more kindly
disposed toward the president than in Boston
but they are more demonstrative, make more
fuss about it, throw their hats higher and yell
louder. Each city voted against him, but if
the election was to go over again I can’t help
thinking that both would vote for him. It is
astonishing the few enemies this man has—
few, I mean, compared to the number who
are usually arrayed against a president. There
are civil service sore heads who are in a stew
because Hayes does what the republican par-
ty has always been promising and never per-
forming, but compared with the great body of
the people their number is few. From what
we can judge over the country, Hayes is sus-
tained by more hands than was ever a presi-
dent bcfore.--H. V. Redfield. ‘
Light.
The worst enemy of the ignorant is light.
If We could get them all into one place and
illuminate them, they would hide forever af-
ter where no more light could ever again
reach them. It only needed light to send
Tweed and many like him to prison, and it
only needs more light to send a thousand
more to prison also. God said, at creation,
“Let there be light, ” and light was. There
was no more darkness then, and there will be
no more darkness now, if we can get more
light on what is obscurely seen or known.
"‘I wish some senator would shed a little
more light on this subject,” was a remark in
Congress at Washington. The speaker did
not know that he had repeated the wish or
all the ages.
There is light enough. We need no more.
But we do need more men who will not per-
sist in going around in this midday of civiliz-
ation with their eyes shut, declaring it is mid-
night. We need more who are willing to
come out into the bright sunshine, and let us
see exactly how they really look. We all like
dead men, better if they remain quiet. It is
quite repulsive when they persist in getting
up out of their coffins and appearing in pub.
lic. But in the sunlight we are always cer-
tain never to meet dead men. They hate its
searching rays; it reveals‘their condition.
Live men love light. In it they are sure to
meet other live men, and it is good company.
Let'us open the doors and windows of our
schools and let the blessed light in. It will
search out all shams and cobwebs, all dust
and moidiness, and let the world see exactly
u what condition we are. We want to open
.all the books in Our schools and let the light
lpour in upon their pages. It will be astonish-
ing how many things we shall find out there,
we never saw before. We want our systems
of education to see the light. Our poor ig.
norant children of color down South need it
no more than our equally poor childrcn' of no
color up North. i -
All hail, blessed light !
The national debt of England now stands,
by the most recent return, at $388,907,980.
When you build a dog house, do not forget
to put in a bay window. It should be roofed
with bark, of course.
Let it come ill!
assoonasit had been pulled into shallow ~
Shirt-Sleeves.
“
It is during the hot weather that the
weakness Of the human shirt-sleeves is most
couspicuously shown. The ;wristband
droops over the waist, becomes moist and
limp, and maddens the wearer as he vainly
tries to induce it to retire to the seclusion
of its true home in the coat-sleeve. This
proncness of the wristband to descend over
the hand is due to the inherent viciousness
of the shirt-sleeves as at present constructed.
If the sleeve is made longenough to permit
the elbow to be bent, it is too long when
the arm is straight. So far, humaaingenu-
ity has been unable to devise any plan for
making shirt-sleeves which shall always be
long enough and never either too long or too
short. ,
It is, perhaps, a mercfiarbitcary souven-
tionalism which decrees that woman may
dispense with any shirt-sleeves, provided
she feels so disposed, while man must al-
ways wear at least shirt-sleeves. Could we
cast our shirt-sleeves to the wind, we could
emulate the coolness and comfort with which
the other sex endures Midsummer heat;
but this must not be. There was a young
unmarried clergyman in Essex, Mass., who
some years ago, after wrestling in vain with
his exasperating shirt-sleeves, recklessly cut
them off just below the shoulder, and, being
a particularly nice and dainty person, with
his own hand stitched a lace-ruffle around
what we might call the stamps of the am-
putated arms. What was the result? At
first, coolness and elation of spirits; but
afterward, ruin and remorse. His washer-,z
woman was prone to gossip, and before long
the whole village knew that in the clergy-
man's weekly “was ”were always to be
found sleeveless and other garments orna-
mented with lace. Upon this slender foun-
dation was built a most appaling story of
clerical profligacy, and, althougha clerical
court of inquiry explained the whole affair
and acquitted the clergyman of the charges
of immorality, his usefulness was destroyed,
and he resigned his charge.
At last a lucky accident and the efforts to
temporarily remedy it has led to the dis-
covery of the true remedy for-falling shirt-
sleeves. The editor of a Boston paper, who,
in consequence of his bitter hatred of every-
thing approaching to femininity in mascu-
line dress, has never adopted elastic bands
for his shirt-sleeves, was a year ago invited
to a party in Beacon-street. In endeavor-
ing to put on his other shirt, which had
been long in service, the right sleeve sud-
denly gave way precisely at the elbow, and
was so badly torn that the lower part Of
the sleeve remained attached to the upper
only by a narrow strip of about an inch in
width. There was no time for repairs, and,
determined not to be to late for supper, the
editor put on his coat and hastened to the
party. To his surprise he found that the
torn sleeve was wonderfully comfortable.
The rent allowed the elbow to be bent with-
out affecting the sleeye, and he was not long
in perceiving that he had the clue to the
true method ;of constructing shirt~sleeves.
The next day he tore holes in both the sleeve
of his other shirt;
sweetness and light, he forborc to men-
tion his discovery to his friends.
For a whole year he has continually
worn shirts with holes in ,thcir sleeves
and born uuflinchingiy the jeers of the
wicked. Now, however, the secret is out,
and the editor in question will. go down to
posterity as_ the discoverer of the only me-
thod of curing the inherent tendency of shirt-
sleeves to descend.
A Comparison.
The farmer, no doubt, sometimes thinks
the newspaper man is a little cheeky in so
persistently dunning his patrons. An ex-
change institutes a comparison to show how
far the farmer would enjoy a similar state of
things, We will suppose he has a crop of
1,000 bushels of wheat, and, his neighbor
comes and buys some, and the price being
the small matter of $2 or less, says, “I will
hand you the amount in a few days." As
the farmer does not want to be small about N
the matter he says all right, and the man
leaves with his wheat. Another comes in
the same way, until the whole 1,000 bushel
of wheat is trusted out jto one thousand dif»
ferent persons, and not one of the purchasers
concerns himself that he owes the farmer
and of course that would not help him any.
He does not realize that the farmer has frit-
tered away his crop of wheat, and that its
value is due him a thousand little driblets,
and that he is seriously embarrassed in his
business because his debtors treat it as a
small matter. But if all would pay him
promptly, which they could do as well asnot
it would be a very large amount to the far-
mer and would enable‘him to carry on his
business without difficulty. This compari-
son is too true of the difficulties that the
newspaper man has to contend with.
==
Senator Blaine's manly fight against then
greenback heresy in Maine wins words of:
hearty praise for him from journals which
never said them before. The Senator’s later
career has not been free from grievious mis-
takes; but the man who is not afraid to fight
the new danger of the country, displays a
virtue great enough to cover a multitude of
errors—(Rim Herald (Rep)
-—-———.—‘.-.-—-—
An inveterate chewer in Providence, who
invariably throws away an old quid whenever
he sees a'neighbor take out a tobacco box,
waited in vain one morning for an extenslon
of hospitality. “Arn’t you going to give me
a chew? ” he inquired. “ Didn’t you have
one in your mouth ? ” asked the marketman.
“Yes," said the other.
marketman, “you must learn never to throw
away a certainty for an uncertainty.
0
Mr. L. A. Guild of Bethlehem, an experi-
menter in fruit trees, writes to the Waterbury
American as follows :-—“I have an apple tree
near my house on which I grafted some'lS or
20 different kinds of apples May 5th, 1877.
and set two scions Oh one li_mb. On the first
July the present year (less than 14 months) I
counted 130 apples on one scion and 70 on
the other, making 200 in all. I hare taken
inches in diameter and a number of the lar-
gestneariy three. Ihave on the same tree
'another' graft of two scions, which when
three years old, bore 114 apples and at five
years 443. That was in 1876. NowI should
like to pay a person 25 cents to give me the
correct number on it. I think-he would earn
his money.”
“ Tim, this won't do; you must take
warning by the fate of your friend O‘Shaugh-
ncssy. Only three nights ago he came home
soberer than you are, but in attempting to
blow out a candle his breath took fire and
he exploded—blew up—so that his friends
in three days have not been able toscrape
enough of him together to hold a wake over."
“An’do'you mane to tell me that he bust
up?" said Tim. “ Indeed I do, upon my
honor,” replied the doctor. "‘Biddy,”said
Tim, “get :me the Bible.” Biddy got the
Bible, and then Tim knelt down and said:
“I swear by the biissid Vargiu-ye sure,
doctor, that he blew up ?” “Quite sure,”
replied the doctor. “Then,” replied Tim,
“I swear by the blissill Vargin an’ the Most
High, never to blow out a candle while I'm
drunk again." '
—————*‘.’*—"—"‘-‘
James Emmitt, distiller and ignoramus has
been nominated for Congress by the democ-
racy of the Twelfth Ohio district. Mr. Elu-
lnitt is the cultured individual who wrote
from New York to his family at home to an-
nounce that he was going to Urip. He won't
tear things during the campaign, but he is
likely to rip a good deal at the end of it.
—-0m:innatc' Gazette.
Not being full of 4
“Well,” replied the. .
off all but ll of them. The smallest was 2; -
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Hurlllull, Reiyea & Seymour,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Room No. 4, [up stalrs,l
ALEX, S . GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church .
Teacher of
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composition. I
Box 879 P. 0.. NORWALK, CONN.
EDWARD T. PRITCIIARD,
(Late with A. C. Bell & 00., New York,)
Fashionable Tailor &. Draper.
Dress Suits, $25 to 335. Business
Suits $18 to $25. ‘
Corner Wall and Water Sts.,Norwalk, Conn. 24
G. S. GDMSTOGK, M. D.
Homoeopathic Physician.
Office 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. llm20
CHARLES W. MANY,
Surgeon“ Dentist,
NORWALK, CONN.
Oxide Gas administered .
C. B. COOLIDGE,
DENTIST.
Successor to -
Dr. Asa. H111,
B‘ Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain .
DENTISTRY
A 1' HARD TIMES PRICES, -
For Cash. - No Credit 2
All work cxcuted in the Best Manner, at my Office
Corner of Main and Washington Streets,
SOUTH N ORWALK. CONN.
'l‘. E. SWIFT, l). D. S.
The Norwalk Fire Insurance 00.,
line now completed its
18th Successful Business Year,
And has not outstandlng a Dollar of unpaid losses
or of claims for losses.
l'! Stilllll COMM" IISIIIIES AT WWII BATES.
Was. 0.873231. Pres., S. E. OLMSTEAD, Treas.,
GEO. R. CowmanScc’y.
HAHLES S. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Brass: and Tailor
AND.
GENTS’ FURNISHING EMPORIUM.
Main Street,Norwalk. Conn.
Euwaun P. wuss», .
D R U G G I S '1'
' Wall Street,appositc Norwallc Opera Home,
A large and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Pcrfumcry,1’atent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters. Toilet and Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
and lIandkerchiel‘Exti-acss, llairBrushes,Combs,
Spougcs,ChamoisSkins. Stationery. Cigars, ac"
and is constantly mldlngto his stock all the new
and popularmedicines ol the day.
’I‘NA l NSURANCE Co. “HARTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital'ana Assets, 86.71 6,893.77
Insuresngainst loss and damage by Fire,ou terms
adopted to thchazard andconsistcnt with the laws
of compensation. COWLES &. MERRILL,
Sole Agentsfor Norwaik and vicinity.
OEOBIE ll. RAYMOND,
Furnishing Undertaker,
C No. 53 MAIN s's'urm's',lUp Stairs.)
B. S. BLA'SCER.
At his store in
M ALI-ORY'S BLOCK,
hasconstarltly on hand, a general assortment o
Groceries, Crockery. Glass, .
'Iin and Wooden Ware, Etc.
By devotinghis constant personal attentionto the
business he hopcsto merit public patronage
Dr. C. II. Kendall & Sou,
"DENTISTS.
Are nowprepar-
ed to r e c e I v e
their patrons at
either N orwalk
Bridge or South
' N onwaik. The
senior partner
has taken rooms
0 v c r Selleck's
Bookstore Nor-
walk, while the
, ~ ~junior retains
the old office, Lander’s‘Block. South N orwaix.
Teeth extracted Without barn. and all dental ope-
rations performed at either oilice.
~ C. H. KENDALL, M. D.,
G. S. KENDALL, D. D. s.
1’. S. Dr. C. [1. licndnilwril devote Mondays to
Ridgelleld.
w. s. oulurian,
General Furnislllu Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. ILDEPO'I‘
”()rdcrsattcndcd to dayor night. Besidenc
Main Street,3 doorsfrom Union Avenue.
NOW FOR YOUR WATER PIPES.
Wm. Glover & Son,
Arc ready to pntin y0111'.WATER.STEAM or GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at as low a. rate as
anyone. WltOUGll'I‘ AND CAST IRON, TIN-
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Lillimunts.
Nore thanl,000,000 bottles of the now celebrat~
cd Centaur Linimentswcrc sold last year.
We assert withoutfcnr 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- Llnlsneusl will
mend a broken leg or perform impossibilities,
but we do say and mean that these Liuiments
will come nearer working miracles than anything
ever before discovered. We have thousands of
certificates showing how remarkable cures of ob-
stinate cases of Rheumatism, Neuraigia, Sciatica.
Caked Breasts, Poisonous Bites, Scnlds and Burns
Swelled Legs and Still Joints. &c., have been ef-
fected by it. The certificates all read one way,
and the sale is constantly increasing. We will .
send these certificates gratis. Some of them may
be found around each bottle of Linlmcnt. The
Liniments are quick, they are reliable, they are
safe and they are cheap. Among the ingredients
used are Witch Hazel, Carboiic, Naptha, Rock
or muscle ailment which they will not relieve and
benefit. The White Centaur Lluisncus is
for the human frame; while the Yellow Lini-
mens is adapted to the tough muscles and fibres
of horses and animals. For M.“ Joints, Lame-
cvii,etc., the Yellow Centaur Llnimens 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 harncsrmmd
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 utter-most parts of the earth. No
family should be without them. They are handy
as well as certain. ‘
J. B. ROSE A: 00., 46 Dex 8:11, New Yonx.
Children,
May be made healthy and strong by the use of
Dr. Fischer’s Custoria ,afperfect substitute
for Castor Oil. It contains no morphine and is
superior to any syrup or remedy in use. The
Castor-la. is particularly recommended for
children. It destroys worms,assimilates the food
and allows natural sleep. Very efficacious in
Group and for'children Teething. For Colds.
Fevcrishness, Disordbrs of the Boivels and Stom-
ach Complaints. nothing is so en'ectivc. It is as
pleasant to take as honey, costs but 85 cents, and
can be had of any druggist. ‘
“ CORNWALL, LEBANON 00., 151., March 17. ’7 .
'“Dear Sin—I have used your Cass-ours in my
practice for some time. 1 take great pleasure in
recommending it to the profession as a safe. relia-
ble and agreeable medicine. It is particular},
adapted to children where the repugnant taste of
Castor Oil renders it so difilcult to administer.
E. A. EN DEBS, M. D.”
Mothers who try CASTORIA will and that they
can sleep nights and that their babies will be
healthy. J. B. ROSE :1 Co., New York.
REAL ESTATE.
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quire of HARVEY FITCH, or E. K. LOClgg
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For Sale Cheap.
A VALUABLE manufacturing property. Foun-
dry and Machine shop, for Marluc and Sta-
tionary En 'ne work or general Machinery. ' bit.
uatcd on w arf. Has also Rail Road connections.
Terms reasonable. ‘. LL, Trustee.
27 South N orwalk. Conn.
For Rent very Low.
NEATLY and Newly Furnished lo-Room Cot-
. tags, with all modern improvements eligibly
situated. in the Borough of N orwalk, would be
rented for balance of season, for $50 per month.
Trees, ample grounds, and well of heat water. its.
Inquire at Office ofNOBWALK GAZETTE. 3m!
T 0 Rent.
The First Floor of a Dwelling Mouse. with
kitchen, basement, etc Apply to
It. L. ELLS.
For Sale.
A cosy comfortable Cottage on one of thepieas-
antcst streets in town, within five minutes
walk of the Bridge or Churches. will be sold at
cost price. A portion 01 the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price 36.000. En-
quire at this Office. '
. Wanted.
OF NORWALK.
Three Residences for sale cheap.
For particulars enquire of
16 J. S. RANDALL, 1’, 0. Box 63,
, N orwalk, Conn.
A Desirable Homestead for Sale.
. 11E valuable residence _of the subscriber.
pleasantly located on hlgh ound on East
Ave., in the Borough of Norwal . ls offered for
sale. The situation is leasant and healthy, com-
mandingfine views of in; Island Sound and the
surrounding country. Distance one mile from
walk depot. . Mouse 54x50 ;,two stories and attic,
filled in wrth brick, and anbstantially built.
Rooms 18, "th all modern lm rovcments. bath
room, iaun y, stationary tubs, eebee’s cooking
range, hot and cold water, gas throughout the
house. The cellar-is dry, haying stationary l‘urn
ace, which heats the whole house. The attic is
spacious, and roof tinned. The house is in excel-
lent order being comfortable for both a summer or
winter residence. Suitable for any gentleman do-
ing business in New York and returnrng the same
day. Land about threequarters of an acre. laid
out in lawn, fruit trees, and garden spot. A ply
to J AM Its MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent,
walk, or to the subscriber,
A. S. HAMERSLEY
26tt‘ 255 Fourth Avenue, N. Y.
For Sale.
A Rare Chance.
A House, Barn, good Mill-rite and any noise
Ot'land well proportioned in Meadow, Pasture
and Woodland; also.twenty-two acres of wood-
land ali situated at the head of the Borough
Beservorrlu the town of New Canaan, for sale
at a bargain. Inquire of Burma Finch. George-
town, Ct., James Mitchell or J. Belden Hurlbutt,
Norwalk, Ct. ' 25tt
Norwalk, 10th day of June “578.
To Rent.
The second floor of a house on the east side of
0!-
Wcst Avenue, near the 2d M. E. Church, to asmall
family. Borough water. Apply at the GAZETTE
Canes;
FARMS FOR SALE.
Enquire of
(311.! S. COMSTOCK,
Néw Canaan, Conn.
To Let.
Two Nicely Furnished Houses.
ONE a Cottage, neatly furnished. with [lot and
Coid Water, Bath, etc. The other richly inr-
nishcd. will be rented to parties Without children
on! . Both centrally loclltcllu-lnd will be rented
to desirable parties at a low rout. Enquire at the
GAZETTE OFFICE.
ll
'FOr Sale Cheap,
0r Exchange for other property,
One of the neatcstmnd cosicst llttlc Cottages in
the Borough. Will scllto a good tenant for little
onuo‘moncy down. Enquire at GAZETTE OF-
‘ L ‘.
Desirable Property for sale.
A. Var ydesirable place on EastAvennc.
Also, a few choice Building Lots Situated on
Osborn Avenue, for-sale cheap.
Also, a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
win street near West AVenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquire.
% B. OSBORN. East Avenue,
tm . or to .W.FI'I‘CH, West Avenue.
For Sale.
~ A House and Lot. in'a healthy location on
I Faire‘treut.:lllquCutiluriuc. The llouseis
1 ucnrly now. Well blliit.cuuvcnicutlyarrang-
ed. and WI” unlike a control-table null )lcusunt
home l'orut'rtmlly at average size. The 0!. runs
back to the river. 'l‘llerc isa \vellol'oxcellcut
water on the place, and Borough watcrin the
Street. Price low. and purl or the money can re-
mum on mortgage. A line ChllnCC‘ to secures.
home. Apply atGAZETTE OFFICE. atf
_ rose sane.
WC verydesirabicltniidingLotson WestMain
T Street. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE .
Nostradamus 37
Oil. Months and Arnica. There is no flesh, bone .
ness, Spavin, Ring-hone. Sweeny. Galis. Poll- -
BREE SMALL FARMS IN THE VKCINITY ‘
Norwaik Bridge. and the same from South Nor-.
Frr‘mrztse‘ Columbia Register.
Discontent. .
Two boats rocked on the river.
In the th‘dow of leaf and tree; ‘
One was was in love with the harbor;
One was in love with the sea.
The one that loved the harbor
The wind of fate ontborez;
But held the other, lOnging,
. Forever against the shore.
The one that rest; on the river,
In the shadow of leaf and tree,
With wistful eyes looks over
To the one far:out atjsea.
. The one that rides the billoW’,
Though sailingvfair and fleet,
Looks back to the peaceful river,
To the harborsafc and sweet.
One frets against the quiet
0f the moss—grown shaded shore;
One sighs that it may enter
That harbor nevermore.
One weariesof the dangers
Of the tempest‘s rage and wail ;
One dreams amid the lilies,
Of a far-off snowy sail.
' Of all that life can teach us
There’s naught so trueas this-
The winds of fate blow ever,
But ever blows amiss.
“ They Say.”
They say—ah! well, suppose they do,
But can they prove this story true ?
Suspicious may arise from naught
But malice, envy, want of thought;
Why count yourself among the “ they”
Who whisper what they dare not say ?
They say—but why the tale rehearse,
And help to make the matter worse 7
No good can possibly accrue
From telling what may be untrue;
And is it not anobler plan
To speak of all the best you can ?
They say—well, if it should be so,
Why need you tell the tale of woe it
Will it the bitter wrong redress,
Or make one pang of sorrow less it
Will it the string one restore.
Henceforth to “ go and’sin no more ?”
They say—0h! pause and lOok within:
See h0w thy heart inclines to sin;
Watch lest in dark temptation’s hour,
Thou, too, shouldst sink beneath its power.
Pity the frail, ween o’er their fall,
But speak of good, or not at all.
, 4 —Seleded.
$2
Baby’s Clothes.
Softest linen and showiest lawn,
,With fairy ‘fiuting of lace;
’Broidery fine as the penciled fern
By finger of frost-king traced.
Singing, she sews the tiniest seam
While the garments grow space.
Ah, the sweetest work a mother knows
Is making the baby’s dainty clothes. -
Her thoughts reach out across the years,
Losing herself in a dream;
A hope is set with the stitches flne
0f every delicate seam.
'An airy castle with turrets high
Stands in a golden gleam.
'Ah, the dearest work a mother knows
Is making the baby’s dainty clothes.
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“Garments fit for a king!” she saith; ‘
“My baby shall be a king!
Wise men will listen unto his words,
And the children offerings bring.
He shall be manly, true, and brave;
His deeds will the poets sing."
Ah, the proudest work a mother knows
Is making the baby’s dainty clothes.
Folding away the garments white—
The baby needs no more care—
A toy, a tiny pair of shoes,
And lock of sunny hair.
Yellow with age each fragrant fold
Shall precious mommies bear.
Ah, the saddest work a mother knows
Is folding away the baby’s clothes.
Those were worn by that stalwart man,
It seems only yesterday;
But these once held the little form
Of the baby ‘f‘passed away.”
Now in sunshine and now in storm
Life’s river flows on for aye,
But the tenderest thought a mother knows
Is folded away with the baby’s clothes.
~Margret Stewart Sibley in Harper's Basar.
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The following paraphrase of one of Watt’s.
old hymns will express the experience of a
great many persons this summer :—- ’
' How doth the busy fiy -
Improve each. day that passes ;
Without, however, bettering
The buttersnd molasses.
How clinging are his feet .
At morn when we’re reposing;
How well his mission he fulfils
By keeping us from dozing!
Dandelion Ghosts.
[Elizabeth Akers Allen in Sunday Afternoon.]
The common flower that children love
. All other common flowers above.
The dandelion bloom, alas,', .
No longer stars the roadside grass,
But folds away its yellOw robes;
And now a myriad gauzy globes,
Gray gossamer ghosts, float everywhere,
Like bubbles blown along the air.-
Dear home-like flower, which cheers alway
The dusty path of every day, , -
Even death is kind to thee and brings
' Twin-gifts of liberty and wings;
Oh, peer Of butterflies and bees,
Fair playmate of the wandering breeze
Methinks I would rejoice to be
A free and fetterless ghost like thee!
No ghastly phantom, pale and stark,
Stalking, reproachful through the dark,
To fright the souls which hold me dear,
And mourned my loss with fear on fear :—
And yet, at lest—so hard to bear
Are loneliness and dull despair—4-
Their pain of sore bereavement healed
With love more warm than ghosts can yield ; -—
No spectre, bringing woe and dread,
To blanch from timid lips the red,
But- such a gentle ghost as might
Unchallenged come in fair daylight
Unsoiled by dust, unwet by dew,
In fearless freedom strange and now,
To sail serenely through the air
Uncaught, unhindered everywhere.
No fate were happier than to be
An evanescent ghost like thee,
'A mild returner. from the dead,
Which few would note, and none would dread;
To visit, not in grief or gloom,
The sclnes which saw my early bloom,
And mark how perfect and how fair
The world could be, and I not there!
Ah happy flower, that smilcst through
Thy three bright days of sun and dew,
And illt'll, when time decrees thy doom
Riscst anew in ran-r bloom, I _
A port: ct spill-re of 'lillinlcst while,
As soft as air, as still as light,
Leaving these earthly dumps of ours
To seek, perhaps, the heaven of flowers!
.~.————-
Secretary Evart’s youngest daughter, Miss
Louisa Evarts, is said to be an expert oars-
woman, and can handle a boat with the skill
and firmness of a masculine hand.
Norwalk Chronicler