WHOLE NUMBER-H1609.
The Bible.
This if the holy Book of God;
Its pages love—-
Its comforts and its promises
Tllyglleart shall move.
0, seek thy knowledge of His word
. Forever true;
’Twill give theelight in darkest hours,
0 And wisdom too.
’Twill teach thee when vain hopes depart,
How to secure
All anchor cast within the val],
Steadfast and sure.
It is the record of His love,
To mortals given ;
A lamp tllat guides our weary feet,
To rest in heaven.
Secretary Sherman’s Speech at
Cumberland, Maryland.
The best return for the kind reception you
have given the President and his associates
will be in the brief speech he desires me to
make to you, to confine myself toa statement
of such facts as will exhibit the financial con-
dition of our country. Itake it that most
of you are farmers and all of you are inter-
ested in the growth and development of
trade, commerce and the industries of our
country. Iwish to state some facts taken
mainly from the record the Treasury De-
partment, which will tend, I think, to show
you that our business condition is improving
and though we have, in common with other
nations, suffered from depressed trade and
industry, yet the causes for this are passmg
away and that now the signs are hopeful and
cheering. One mode of testing the condition
of the country is by its foreign trade. There
are a good many theories about the balance
of trade, but one thing we all understand as
equally true of a nation as of an individual,
if one sells more than he buys he grows
richer; especially is this true of the products
of, a farm, if it is all the time improving.
If the farmer buys more than he sells, he
grows poor. Tested by this simple rule the
condition of our country is now very satis-
factory, morc so than ever before in our. his-
tory. We have imported goods from foreign
countries during the past twelve months to
the value of $430,850,017. We have sold
to foreign countries during the same period
goods til the value $720,484,171, thus leaving
us a balance in our favor of $689,629,154. -
This is a muchlarger'balance in our favor
than has ( vcr occurred before in our history,
and this balance is represented either by
debts paid by us or money paid to us, mostly
by debts paid by us. All this sum has been
returned to us from Europe either in bonds
of the United States or in other securities
held abroad, or in money. And this favor-
able balance of trade has now continued for
four or five years, so that our debt to Europe
is mostly paid and our country is rapidly
ceasing to be a debtor nation, except to its
own citizens. He then showed by figures
that our domestic productions had largely
increased and there had also been a growing
diversity of productions in manufactures of
cotton, flax, silk, carpets, etc., etc. We are
now competingin the different marts of theJ
world in all leading articles manufactured for
human wants._ Another hopeful sign was
that thousands were bettering their condition
by leaving the cities and seeking homes in
the West and South. He then referred to
the advancing credit of our country. The
amount of four per cent. bonds sold last year
was $74,000,000, and this year, thus far,
$83,359,850; in all $158,259,850. All of
these bonds are held by our own citizens,and
three-fourths of them by small investors, or
by savings banks and insurance companies.
This process enables as rapidly to pay “ff
our 6 per cent. bonds and reduce the inter; ‘
paid by the government one-third.
He then referred to the currency question,
and said our paper money, which six years
ago was worth eighty-six cents on. the dollar
in coin, is now worth within a very small
fraction of the best coin. He said: All
money should have equal value and the best
standard is coin money. I do not say that.
coin should be the only money, for I believe
that paper money equal to coin is, for cur-
rent purposes, morc convenient than coin
money, but the only test of its quality to
coin is that it is redeemable in coin on de-
mand of the holder. I have no wish to enter
upon the controverted political question
whether the best mode has been adopted to
bring this about, for on this point we might
honestly differ, but upon one point I think
we can' all agree—that having gold and silver
and paper money so near to each other we
will not allow the gap to widen again, but
that all money shall be of equal purchasing
power, so that rich and poor, the bondholder
and the noteholder, the land owner and the
laborer, may have, as he chooses, either form
of money for his labor and productions.
But the bullion in the two coins is of unequal
value; the silver in the dollar being worth
in gold only eighty-three ccnts.. If the
market value of these metals was of about
the relative value fixed by law for their coin-
age the resumption in both metals would be
much easier than in either. It would be very
easy to resume in silver dollars alone, but it
is resumption in gold coin as well as silver
that is provided for bylaw as well as by
public policy. The coining of $2,000,000
monthly of silver dollars of full legal tender
is a disturbing element which we cannot now
compute, We can only hope that before its
issugis greatly increased Congress will either
regulate its amount or make it contain enough
silver to be equal in value to gold.
I am frequently asked whether we can
maintain’ the equality of this money after
resumption. I say without hesitation, we
can do so but we must not force the issue of
either form of money when its convenience,
the popular demand for it, and the separate
uses for which it was designed will not keep
it at par with the other. Under the resump.
tion act of 1875, the maintenance of resump-
tion after January, 1879, was a very easy
problem It was resumption upon $200,000,
000 United States notes and upon one coin.
that of gold. Congress by laws requires re-
sumption upon $346,000 000 of United States
notes. It also requires resumption upon
gold and silver coin. We have now in circu-
lation $346,000. 000 of which more than $60,
000,000 is held in reserve. We have now
$137,000,000 in gold and silver coin and
bullion in the treasury, over and above all
other coin liabilities. to , redeem any notes
presented. It is believed that the superior
convenience of paper money for all uses of
life will make it pass readily in preference to
gold and silver, as long as the government
ahowsa determination to maintain it at par
with coin and will freely use its ample pow-
crs for that purpose. Gold is now coming
to us from Europe for our productions. We
are now buying gold and silver in North
Carolina, Colorado, Nevada. California, and
Montana, at par with paper money, and our
mines are now yielding annually $100,000,
000 of precious metals to reinforce our stock.
We have as a supplemental or auxillary
paper money three hundred and twenty-two
millions of bank notes, absolutely secured
'. from loss, issued by corporations scattered
‘ through the country and abundantly able one
required to keep their notes at par and, if
they fail. With assetts in our hands ample. to
make their promises good. I'therefore say
with confidence that unless the.p.e0plsprefer
an irredeemable”mpliey we W111 have re-
deemable money at par with coin and that
will be gold coin, unless people demand that
silver coin" of akiud less yaluablo than 80191
drive out of circulation gold coin and thus
become the sole standard of value.
But the brightest promise of the future is
that our people, inhabiting the fairest portion
of a continent fresh for profitable labor, are
becoming day by day one people, united in
hope, confidence, and fraternity; that the
jealousies, dissensions and sectional contests
of the past' are disappearing. Accurse'd‘ be
the man who would re-open these dissenslons
or would deny to any man free and equal land
peaceable enjoyment of any right given to
him by the constitution and laws of our
land. It is only on this platform we can build
our hopes for the future. If we can all stand
on this, there is no hope or aspiration for our
country we may not indulge. Peace, plenty
and prosperity, liberty, equality and fraterni-
ty, the law is our- master and guide.
Secl‘etary Sherman was frequently inter-
rupted by applause, and especial approval
was manifested at his closing remarks. The
Presidential party left the fair grounds and
dined with the officers of the Agricultural
Society.
It is not at all probable that Governor
Tilden wrote any of the dispatches, or that
he committed himself in any way with the
pen, but it. is equally improbable that any of
these, attempts at corruption would have
been ,made without his knowledge and ac-
quiescence. Governor Tilden was fairly
and legally elected, and was deprived of his
ofiice by the commission of the grossest
frauds in Louisiana, South Carolina and
Florida, but be injured his cause and the
cause of the great party he was chosen to
represent by descending to competition with
the republicans in the dirty work of bribery
and corruption. The single mistake which
the democracy made in the campaign of 1876
was in selecting as their leader a pettifogger
instead of a statesman. From all the evi-
dence it appears that Governor Tilden at-
tempted to obtain the office by bribery which
he had already won by the ballot, and failed;
and that Mr. Hayes attempted to get the
ofilce by corruption, which he had lost at the
polls, and succeeded.-—Augusta Ga. Chroni-
cle, Dem. ‘
When Old Nick went out to shear hogs it
was great cry and no wool. It was different
with Tilden when he went out to sheer
Hayes through the Western Union telegraph.
He returned pretty effectually shorn himself.
He lost not only all his wool: but a good
part of his hide. Those Oregon dispatches
are dreadful. The cipher fails to conceal
their ,wicked and corrupt intent. We care
not how the Tribune came by its blasting
cipher dispatches, oily what means it found
the key. The end of the exposure, we pre-
sume, is not yet. The whole affair will be
laid before congress by Mr. Hiscock and the
other minority members of Potter's com-
mittee, if Potter himself don’t cry quits
before the meeting in December. The pre-
sentation of a forged Sherman letter will not
save him. It will only add to his own folly
.and to the conviction and deep disgrace of
Tilden for practices the most vile and for
corruption the most shameless—New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Driving Nails by Machinery.
One of the most simple, and at the same
time most ingenious, implements on view at
the Exhibition is an invention of a young
man in this city, a Mr, F. Falkner. It is
called a “nail gun,” and is used for nailing
down flooring boards. We have seen the
implement in use, and as far as we are able
greater cleanliness, than hand nailing —
do. The apparatus is not unlike a gun in
shape, and is about the elme length. It is
kept in position with the foot and knee, and
the nail to be placed (point down) in an
aperture at the top of the concern. It slides
down to the bottom, and then the operator
draws up a rod, and by one downward stroke
of this the nail is cleanly driven in the boards
beneath. A practiced hand, by this simple
contrivance, could do the work of half a
dozen men. We believe that Mr. Falkner is
now improving upon his invention, and is
making a “nail gun" .which will be self-
feeding. We have no doubt that when the
implement comes to be generally known it
will be brought into general use.
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Senator for the Twelfth.
Had ithe Democratc Senatorial Converg-
tion put in nomination such a man as
George H. Hoyt of Stamford, or E. P.
Weed of Norwalk', the Republican nominee
would not have had such plain sailing to
his seat at Hartford, as he undoubtedly
will now have. It’s just as well, however,
that H. H. Barbours was nominated. For
now the Twelfth SenatOl-ial district, of
which Stamford forms so important apart,
will again be represented in the Senate, as
it has been for two years, by one of our
citizens—a man of sterling worth, great
popularity and unblemished personal char-
acter—lion. Oliver Hoyt. And any right
minded freeman of Stamford, irrespective
of party, had not ought to hesitate long
when he deposits his ballot next Tuesday, as
to which candidate for Senator shall receive
his vote—Stamford Herald.
A Day’s Ramble Through the
Beautiful Juan Fernandez.
From a highly interesting private letter,
dated April 29, we gather some particulars
in regard to the Island of Juan Fernandez,
the scene of De Foe’s famous romance. The
letter in question was written by the Cap-
tain's wife, on board an American whaler,
calling at the Island for a supply of
wood and fresh provisions. The writer
,says: ,
“Finding, to our delight, avery clear and
beautiful morning, we were ready for the
boatto take” us on shore by 8 o’clock. We
found a nice landing place, with a few
houses close by the shore. The gentleman
who leases the island from the Chilian Gov-
ernment, Alf de Rode—an enterprising
Swiss—met us on the mole, and very cordi-
ially invited us to his house and gave us
some fresh milk and bread, as the morning
air had sharpened our appetites. He then
said he would go with us to see the cave
where Alexander Selkirk (the original of
Robinson'Crusoey lived so long. When We
arrived there a beautiful lunch was set be-
fore as, composed of various viands, wines,
fruits, &;c., while there was nice cool water
close by, making it altogether lovely. After
an hour or so spent in examining the far-
famed locality, we took our, leave, well
pleased with our visit. Mr. do Rode has
leased the entire island for a period of eight
years. and is stocking it with cattle, with
which to supply passing vessels or to ship
to the mainland. Fine feed abounds, and
there is an ample supply of fresh water.
Wild goats are abundant, and’ many are
consumed by the natives for food, the skins
being handed over to the proprietor. There
are also a great number or fine fish in the
surrounding waters. The highest part of
the island is about 3,000 feet high. The
scenery is varied and exceedingly beautiful.
The climate is tropical, and life in such a
place, although of necessity very isolated,
must still possess all the [romantic charm
which forever invests the far-off summer
isles of the Pacific Ocean.
m
“Mortified bruise”.is the expressive French
name of a new blue shade.
A late Wyoming paper expired with the
brief valedictory: "so long boys." ‘
Inahea ing before a committee of the
Maine - leéslature, Neal‘ Dow, denounced
' -. doin ahah‘be'l'issn‘d in gnohhuaaliti’efi‘hflo‘ .druggiits’shops as “the worst ram shops in
the State.”
to judge it is quicker in its work, and insures
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A STORY OF TWENTY YEARS
‘ AGO.
u—‘h
One morning he was placing .over the ves-
sels that lay at the ' wharf, ' he stepped upon
saw a negro, whose dejected countenimce
. gave sure indication of distress. He accost-
ed him wlth:
“Hey! my man, what is the matter?”
The negro lifted up his eyes and looking
at Mr. B., replied :
“Ahl massa,I‘se in great trouble."
“What about P”
“Case I‘se fetched up here to~be soldt"
“What for? What have you been doing?
Have you been stealing? or did youtrun
away ? or what?” '
“No, no; massa, none 0' dat.
I don’t mind de nudes.”
“What kind of orders?”
“Well, massa stranger, I will tell you.
Massa William weary strict man, and a
weary nice man, too, and cbrybody on de
place got to mind him, and I brake frcw‘
de rule, but -I didn't ’tend to brake de rule
doc; I forget myself and I get too high.”
“It is for getting drunk, then, is it ?”
“Oh, no, sah, not datnother."
“Then tell me what you are to be sold
for ?” '. ' ’ ,
“For praying, sab." ’
“For praying 1 That’s a strange tale. Will
not your master permit you to pray?"
“ h, yes, sah, he left me pray easy ;‘ but I.
hollers too loud." '
“And why do you halloo in your prayers?”
“Kase the spirit comes on me and I gets
happy ’fore I knows it; den Igone, kan‘t
’trol myself; den I knows nutting ’bout
mass’s rule.”
“And do you suppose your master w1ll
really sell you for that ?”
“Oh, yes; no help for me now. All de
men in de world couldn’t help me now—knee
when Massa William says one ting he no do
anoder.”
“What is your name?"
“Moses.”
"What is your master’s name ?”
“Massa’s name is Colonel Wm. C.—-—.”
“Where does be live ?”
“Down on the Fain Shoah."
“Is he a good master and treats you well?"
“Oh, yes; no better in de wuld.”
“Stand up and let me look at you.”
And Moses stood up and presented a ro-
bus: frame; and as Mr. B. stripped up his
sleeve, his arm have evidence of unusual
muscular strength.
“ Where is your master?"
“Yander he is, jest’ comin to de warf."
As Mr. B. started for,thc shore he heard
Moses give a heavy sigh followed by a deep
groan. Moses was not at all pleased with the
present phrase of affairs. He was strongly
impressed with the idea that Mr. B. was a
trader and intended to buy him, and it was
this that made him so unwilling to com.
municate to Mr. B. the desired information.
Mr. B. reached the wharf just as Colonel 0.
did. He introduced himself and said:
“I understand that you want to sell that
negro man yonder, on boardthe schooner.”
Colonel C. replied that he did.
“What do you ask for. him ?”
“I expect to get $700." _
”How old do you reckon him to be F"
“Somewhere about thirty.”
“Is be healthy?”
“Very; he never had any sickness in his
life except one or two spells of the ague.
“Is he hearty P"
“Yes, sir; he will eat as much as any man
:1 ’, 1' 'II I H l! m,,,‘,'-S,,,fl...i._..n-
“Is he a good band ?"
“Yes, sir, he is the best band on my place.
He is steady, honest and industrious. He
has been my foreman for the last ten
years, and a more trusty negro I never
know.”
“Why do you wish to sell him P”
"Because he disobeys my orders. As I
said, he is my foreman; and that he might
be available at any moment I might want
him,‘ I built his but within a hundred yards
of my own house, and I have never rung
the_bell at any time of the night or morning
that his horn did not answer in five minutes
after. But two years ago he got religion,
and commenced with what he terms family
prayer—that is, praying in‘his but every
night and morning and when he began his
prger it was impossible to tell when he
would stop, especiallyif (as he termed it) he
got happy. Thenlhe would sing,and pray and
halloo for an hour or two together, that you
might hear him nearly a mile off. And
he would pray for me and my wife and my
children, and our whole family connections
to the third generation, and sometimes,
when we would have visitors, Moses’ prayers
would interrupt the conversation and dc-
stroy the enjoyment of the whole com--
pany. The women would cry and the
children would cry, and it would get me
almost frantic, and even after I had retir-
ed, it would sometimes be almost daylight
before I could go to sleep, for it appeared
to me that I could hear Moses’ .pray for
three hours after he had finished. I bore it
as long as I could, and then forbid his pray-
ing any more—and Moses’ promised obedi-
ence, but he soon transgressed, and my rule
is never to whip, but, whenever a negro
proves incorrigible, I sell him. This keeps
them in better subjection, and is less trouble
than whipping. And I pardoned Moses’
twice for disbbe’diecne in praying so loud,
but. the third time I must sell him or every
negro on the place would soon be perfectly
regardless of all my orders."
“You spoke of Moses' but. I suppose from
that he has a family ?”
“Yes; he has a woman and three children,
or wife, I suppose he calls her now—for soon
after he got religion, he asked me if they
might be married, and and I presume they
were ?"
“What will you take for her and the chil-
dren ?” _
“If you want them for your own use, I
will take $700; but I shall not sell Moses
nor them to go out of the State.”
“I wish them all for my own use, and will
give you the $1,400.”
Mr. B. and Colonel C. then went to B.‘s
store and drew up the writings and closed
the sale, after which they returned to the.
vessel; and Mr. B. approached the negro,
who sat with his eyes fixed upon the deck,
wrapped in meditation of the most atvful
forebodings, and said :
“Well, Moses, I have bought you.”
Mosesmarle a low bow, and every muscle
in his face worked with emotion as he re-
plied: .
“Is you, Massa? Where lsI gwine, massa?
Is I gwine to Georgia ?”
“No.” said Mr. B., “I am a merchant here
in this‘city. Yonder is 'myst'ore, and I waiit
you to attend on the store, and I have'pur-
embed your wife and ' children, too that you
may not be separated."
“Bress God for dat ;
to meetiu’ sometimes?”
"Yes, Moses,you can go to church three
times on Sabbath and. every night in the
week, and you can pray, as often as you
choose, andas loud as you choose, and as
long nay-01.1 choose; and every time you
pray, Whatller it. be at home for .in' the
Vchurcch, Ilwunt'uyou‘to, pray for me, my
wife and all [my children; for if you are
a. good man your prayers will do us no
harm, and we need them very much; and
if you wish to, you may'pray for everybody
of my name in the State. It will not injure
them.” Q
While Mr. B. was dealing out these privi-
It’s bekase
and, massa, kin I go
ege's to Moses, the negro's eyes danced: in
Mr. B. was agreat merchant in Baltimore.
the deck or one, at the" stern cf'whlch hef
= sobbing ‘violondy' {and conic one all g.
'freeholders of land, “ ‘a proud title that comes
. is justified in resorting to.any lawful ex-
thelr sockets and his full heart laughed out-v
right for gladness, exposing two roWs of as
even, clean ivories as any African can boast;
and his heart’s response was, “Brass God.
bress God 1111' de time, and breasqpmdoo,‘
massa; Moses agar (ticks ’bout he gwlnef'to
hob all deco comhmlationers; dis make me
fink-'bout Joscpiflh (in Egypt." 'Aild after ,
Moses had poliggdj a few blessings upon.
Colonel C. and~bidden him a warm adieu,
and requested him to give his love and
farewell to'his mistress, the children and
all the servants..veho followed Mr. B. to the
store, to enter ‘upoii his functions of his new
office. ’"
The return. of the schooner brought to .
Moseshis wife-and children.
Early next spring as ‘Mr. B. was one.
day standing at the store door, he saw a man
leap upon the wharf .from the deck of a:
vessel, and walk- hurl-idly toward the store. i
He soon recognized him as Colonel‘ C.
They . exchanged salutations, and to tie
Colonel’s inquiry lifter Moses, Mr. B. replied
that he was up stairs measuring grain, and,
invited him to Walk up and see him. Soon
confused noisegabove. He listened .and
heard an unusual shuffling! of feet, some one.
very hurridlyfl’b‘d When he reflected dpbn
Colonel C.’s movements and that ptculiarf
expression of It’s coun'clancc, he became
alarmed and went up to see what was tran-'
spiring. ' ’ ,
.When be related the headof- the stairs
he was startled fat seeing Moses in'tlle mid-‘
dle of the floor-idown upon one kBCCpWILh;
his arm around the 'Colonel’awsist,‘ andl
talking most ppidly, while the Colonel;
stood weepingjltdibly. '80 soon as the;
Colonel could-"infilciently control ,his, feel-,9
of Moses's prayer; and that during the'pastj
few months hand his wife and children had
been convertedto God. '
’Moses responded: "Bress God, Massa C.,’
doc I way optics, I nebcr for-git you in my
prayers; I ollers put de ole insisaside‘ 'd
new one. Bras God, dis make Moses tinlé
about Josphilr de Egypt again." . . .
The Colonelthen stated to Mr. B.‘that his:
object in coming to Baltimore was to buy
Moses and his family back again. .
B. assured him that was out of the question,
for he could not part with him; and he in‘-
tended to manumit Moses and his wifeat
forty and his children at thirty years of age.
Moses was not far wrong in his reference
to Joseph. For when Joseph was sold into
Egypt God overruled it to his good, and he
obtained blessings that were far beyond his
expectations; so with Moses, he eventually,
proved the "instrument in God’s hands, of '
saving the man’s soul whc sold him.
Old Moseais still living, and at present cc-
is doing well for both worlds. - -
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Mr. Blainc’s speech at the Minnesota
State Fair is commended on all hands. A
fewfilchivigorous, wholesome talks would
do much to open the eyes of the powerful
farmer class in_Ihe Northwest to their real
and lasting interests. ' Speaking to them as
to us with centuries of civiliaztim and
strength.” he goes on to show, in the fol-
lowing eloquent terms, how instinctive
should be their abhorrence of the financial
and social heresies of the day :
Whatever disturbances, therefore, may
threaten the peace and order or society,
whatever wild theories, ‘transpla’nted from
other clinics, may .seek foothold here, the
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on that basis of agricultur where e arm—-
ers of the Revolution am the framers of
the Constitution placed it. The man who
possesses broad acres which he has earned
by the sv'vcat of his own brow is not apt to
fall in with the doctrine of the Communist—
that no one has a right to ownership in the
soil; the man who has- the product of his
labor in wheat and in corn, in pork and in
beef, ill hides and in wool—commanding
gold and silver as they always have and
always will in markets of the world —13
not to be led astray with the theories of
flat paper and absolute money, but in—
stinctly consigns such wild vagaries to the
appropriate domain of flat folly and absolute
nonsense.
I
A Battle of Boa. Constrictors._
Recently there was an exciting scene in the
house at the Zoological Garden occupied by
the dozen huge boa constrictors recently im-
ported from South America. One of the
snakes had crept up the branch of a tree that
’was occupied by another. At this the one
with a pre-empted claim to this resting place
seemed to take serious offense, for it sudden-
ly, having taken two or three tight coils
around the limb, arched its neck, and with
lightning-like fiashings of its tongue shot
forth its head and buried one of its fangs in
the skin of the other at about its middle.
The bitten boa, instead of striking back im-
mediately,vlet go its hold on the limb, and
dropped off, its entire length of nine feet
hanging down, partly in the air and partly
on the floor. It was held thus by the fangs of
the attacking boa, that remained caught in a
loop of the skin. This placed both snakes
in aposition of pain. The biter’s neck was
pulled out taut by the weight that it could
not shake off, and its jaws were wrenchcd
wide apart. It seemed that it either lacked
the instinct to release itself of its cfls on the
limb, or was prevented from so doing by the
‘strain. The other snake, evidently suffering
from the wounds and the strain on its skin,
was writhing In pain, with its tail on the
floor and its body and neck squirming in the
air. Occasionally it would raise its head as
if to strike the other in the neck, but was
not observed to do so. At last one of the
attendants opened the door, and with a stick
raised up the lower snake in sucha way that
it managed to wriggle off. The‘ other snake
then dropped to the floor. It appeared to be
suffering greatly. The bitten snake did not
seem to suffer much—Cincinnati Commer-
vial.
O
The Drink System.
There is one consideration which shows
conclusively that this business of making
and selling ardent spirits does not augment
the wealth of'thc nation. We not only drink
nearly all we manufacture, but we buy
largely of other nations to answer the de
mands of our rum thirst. If we manufac—
turc spirits for other nations, as we grow
tobacco for them-worthless as are both
these poisons, and clearly as they both should
be, and yet will be, on every Christian’s list
of contraband goods—we might in that case
find the business more profitable; but we
drink them ourselves ; and therefore what
ever is gained by the business by any indi-
viduals amongst us is gained from the pock-
ets of dish countrymen. The vendorwho
sells to hi rum drinking neighbor a gallon of
spirit gets, it may be, his profit of a shilling;
but that shilling, and the whole residue of the
cost, are so much loss to his neighbor.
Would that this covered the whole loss of
the unhappy man who drinks it! That one
gallon, it maybe, drowns his soul in perdi-
tion.
.4
~————¢«ow—-—-——~
Tunnels A Sooralasr Socmrr in Syra-
cuse which is composed alinOSt entirely of
‘membel'sjof trades unions, It was formed
a year ago by an agent who acted under
instructions “from the headquarters of the
national order.” The membersnre mainly
Germans and Frenchmen. The presiding
officer is Anton Amon, a carpenter. He
states that the organization is opposed to
monopoliesand capitalists, and its funda
mental principle is this; , The laboring man
.trelni'ty, to _obtain his rights from corpora-
Mr. B.’s attention was arrested by avery -
ings, he told-{Mn I}. that -'he,had never: .
: been able to mo- himself from the influence;
But Mr. i
cupies a codifortable house of his own and ‘
N4
FIAT WHISK Y.
H .
Baseom Applies Naolgy'u Financial
System and the Leading Citizens
5’5? the Corners go Thirsty.
CONFEDI‘JT XRdans; .
Wich is in the Statg.uv.Kent,ticky, .-'
. 039055115, 1878'. , ‘
The October elcc'lhuns .aint ez satisfactory
ez they mite hev bin, but‘they will do. We
hev lost Ohio and low, but we hev gobbled
Injeany and West Viginayb" The grate coz
uv finanshel salvshea h at ez yit passed
into a triumph, but it he' in killed, wich
ZB
_ is some comfort. That is 'yit room for hope.
Wheat hez come down five cents a bushel
in consekence uv the dismal prospeck that
ther won’t be no European war, and that
encouragis us. The peopieuiever did ascribe
the low, price of prodoose to anything but
the party in power, and’;tllis drop, of it
providenshelly contlnyooz, will make votes
for us. The price' (if prodoose controls a
great deal more than any hez and idee try
1 hev knowed a providé'nshcl potato rot to
elect a Democratic member in Congris.
Issaker Gavitt is‘ growin’ daily more
gloomy ez. the prosper uv a general European
war diminishes. ‘ "”15""
“ “It's crooel,” sez herflétli'mitear in each
eye. “No war in Europe, ‘a’ndl’ve'got ten
hogs wich I wanted a highprlccfur. This
world is full of disapp’tgintmcnt. I dOn’t
suppose pork on fact. will now be wutli
more than three cents a pound. Wat do them
I European cabinets mean .2 .
31 Bnt‘th’is’ is h‘diversion. ' . _
I supposed that whenvIe hed ishood our
, fiat money that our troubles'wuz over. ' I
supposed that, when thcg’fCommon council
of the Corners had ishood a currency based
upon the ’good faith uv the Corners, and had
passed an ordinance makin‘ it legal tender,
that everything would go along smoothly,
and that the era uv prosperity wich we hev
adbeen lookin’ forwould immejitly sEtin.‘
'But it don’t Work. ' We hed expected to be
relieved uv our indebtednis’ to Pollock do
Bigler but unfortunitly. them disturhers,
with a forsite that is :fe‘endish, hev persis-
tently refoosed the Dcmocrisy uv the Corn-
ers credit for many yeatsmso that we'don’i
owe them anything. And Pollock remark-
ed vishuusly that of .we did owe him any-
thing hc wood ez soon take pay in fiat
money ez anythingeise he wuz likely to git
from us, ez he never expected anything say:
how.
But we decided to’ git even with him. I
went into his store and asked for a pare uv
boots. ‘ '
“All rite,” sed Pollock, “what kind uv
money do you propose 7to pay in P—the glori-
-onasfiat,av. theprelent or the despised greens
back uv the past?" .
“Sir I” I. remarkt impressively. “I. am
too patriotic not to assist in gettin our new
money into cirkelashun. I shallfipay-in
, fiat, of which, I hev plenty. and ,more a
comic.”
. “All ritc,”. sed Pollock, perdoosin a little
strip of leather, “Them-is the boots.”
“But they is not boots,” I exclaimed,
“What kin I do with that strip of leather ?”
“J ist as much ez I kin with yoor money.
You say that piece uv paper you hev is
money—I say that piece of leather is boots.
My word is, I trust. ez good ez yoors.,’
And with a feendish luff he told Joe Big-
ler to keep an eye on me and turned around
sellin substantial boots to a nigger farmer
wich hed Nashnel bank notes.
Sadly I went over to Bascom‘s, and found
there the entire Comers discussin the finan.
shelsitygoashenh 1‘ There Lives Deekin Pro—
A' I:
Issaker a lyin on his back 'on a round table
that the citizens play Ikeerds upon when
it is aroused, and Captain McPeltcr leaning
against the bar, all sighin at the scarsity uv
money and the deprest condishun uv in—
dustry. It wuz a site I hev seed a thousand
time and it meltid me. I determined to
demonstrate that there wuz one patriot that
wood respeck the laws uv his native place,
and accept her currency. '
“Gentlemen," I sez, firmly, “step up. Bas-
com, set ’em up ?”
Bascom hed bin takin our money for some
days, and bed bin in Lodisville for likker
He not out the bottle with a sardonic grin
that 'boded us no good. We each poured out
the likker, however, and placed the glasses
to our respective lips.-, Immejtly every man
spitted the likwid ' out upon the floor. I
turned sick, for 1 bed uheawsllusly swallow.
ed a little of it, - E.
It wuz water! the first I hed tasted for
years!
“What does this mean, sir?” I demandid
feercely.
ser, 07. he glared feercely at me.
“Like it! Like it! Why. it’s water!”
“Bless yoor sole,” replied Bascom, “why
don't yoo say its whisky? The minit you
say it’s whisk-y it is whisky. You say the
paper yoo want to -my me in is a dollar,
jist bceez yoo say it is a dollar, and why
in bloody thunder can’t yoo make whisky
out uv water byjist aayin it’s whisky? Gen-
tlemen, this is fiat whisky, and ‘it’s the only
kind I kin git with flat- mopeyf ’Wllen you
git to payin in the comfortable old green—
back, or the modeest nickle. I’ll give yoo
the regler old bowelsearchers. But the
Iikker is going to assimilate to the money.
[learned that word in Louisville. Ef yo«
want to pay in fiat money you are going to
git fiat likker. Ef you kid imagine a plebi-
of paper with your stamp onto it is a
doller, you must likewise imagine this
flooid to be good likker,}.gnd vice versy
Parson, this is all youlwille'ver git with your
kind of money.” ’ l \
And he leaned backlagin hlsbottles with a:
defiant air, and we said: back terrified.
Where is the endito be? I don’t know.
Oh I that Butler would carry Massachusetts,
solve this problem; ,.,_1‘35 Bastien; repudiates
the fiat money it is ‘all over here; Parson-
aml V. Nasav, Enemies—Toledo Blade.
”—""—‘___—‘—-———
Exousu “laws or, AimaloAN'CcalMt'x—
lain—The London joirnals are not disposed
to exaggerate the evils in the, United States.
[he Times traces the origin of the move-
ment to the stringency of.tlle times, remark-
:ng that when trade is‘bad, when wage:
are low,‘ and when industry. is consequently
depressed, it is difficult‘jfdr ‘men who are
poor and struggling (toioacknowledge thl
justice or to acquiesce ‘in the necessity ot
the economical law'which permit some of
their neighbors to be;ricll. The Pall Mad
Gazette is convincedtthat the present dan-
ger is overrated, and that the overwhelming
majority will rally to the side of stability
and order whenever they are threatened,
but contends that it. is certainly the duty
of the administration to take steps for
strengtliing in same way the force available
for the. suppression of riot either in San
Francisco or cl cwhere.
.____..'..._..__.._
for the hall in which a mass meeting was to
be held, marched iuiwith banners flying to
the music 0f a-full band, .and gave three
cheers for its candidate.» ~The-clergyman ln-
vited the politicians to remain “for their
souls’ sake." but-they declined.
' —————-.-4.9-—.-——-—"
The L. Cabdee Rubber Company ochw
Haven. isvmanufa‘cturing more goods _at. the
present time than ever before in its hintory.
It has‘the largest number of bands on its pay
rolls it has ever had, about 1,200. The ma-
chinery is run night and daylwith brief In-
emissions, and on- Sunday nights a ltll‘Et
force of handsbcglu work 3091‘ after mid-
u
tionwmonopo‘libs and employers generally.
night. Iv
TlNORWALK‘ GAZETTE,
The Noiwall Fire Insurance 30., .
“Don‘t you like the whisky ?” wuz his an— .
and git into power, a) thathis genius cood ~
, A prayer meeting .was in progress in the I y
church of Mount Vernon, 1nd,, and a ptlllll“ -;-
cal procession, mistaking the lighted edlfiCc ,
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IIurIIilllt, Ilelyta & Seymour.
Attorneys. and .toilsellnrs at Law,
Room No.4, [up llalrtfl
GAZETTE. Bl}! BEING.
ALEX, S. GIBSON,
Organist or the First Congregational Church .
Teacher of .
Plano-ratio. Onondand Ila-lea 1
Composition.
Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK. CONN.
EDWARD T. microfilm,
(Late with A. C. Bell & (20., New York)
Fashionable Tailor .8: Dialer.
Dress Suits, $25 to 935. Business
Suits $18 to.$25.
‘Corner Wall and Water StowNm-walk, Conn. 24
Ii. 8. 00MST00K,FM. D.
Homoeopathic Physician...
mace and Residence, Cor MAIN srnani‘one
UNION AVENUE. Office bours7to 9 a. in.. 12
to l, and 5 to 7. Slate at Glover’s Grocery Stnr.
all orders will be promptly attended. 11min.
1
JHALRLES W. MANY.
Surgeon Dentist,
nonwanx, CONN.
031cc corner of Main and Wall Streets. N itrous-
Oxnle Gas administered .
0. B. COOLIDGE,
PENTIST.
Successor to
Dr. {Ass}. 1-1111,
-. _.-
_‘_, “r
'4”-
rs
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year,
and has not outstandmg a Dollar-of unpaid lesser
‘ or of claims for losses.
.1." SUIIID GBMPAIY IISIIRES AT MINER BATES.
Via. 0.5r3aa'r, Pres., s. E. Grumman, Treas.,
GEO. It. CowLEs,Scc’y.
[IAKLES S. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor
GENTS’ FURNISHING LJIII’ORIUJI.
Main Street,Norwalk. Conn.
ED‘VARD P. \VEED,
D R U G G- I S '1‘
Wall Streetmpposite Norwallc Opera House,
Alarge and well selected stock of '
DRUGS AND MEDICMS,
’erfumery,Patent Medicines, all kinds Minera.‘
'Vaters, Toilet and Medicated Soaps, Flavoring
ind Handkerchief Extraess, Hairllrushesflombs,
‘porlgcs,0hamoisSkins, Stationery. Cigars, &c.,
ind is constantly addingto his stock all thencw
ind popular-medicines ol‘thc day.
'I‘NA l NSURANCE Co. ofIlARTFORD.
Incorporated 1512. Charter Perpetual.
lapital and Assets, $6,716,893.77
insuresagainstloss and damage by Firemn tcrmr
u’lopted to thehazard andconsistcnt with the lawr
it compensation . ' COWLES & MERRILL,
Sole A-gcll tslor Norwalk and vicinity.
GEORGE II. RAIMBRD,
Furnishing Undertaker,
No. 53 NIAIN STREET,(Up Stairs.)
3. s... BLASCER.‘
Athis store in
m: ALLORY’S BLOCK,
las constantly on hand, a. general assortmen t o
Groceries, trickery, Glass,
'[in and Wooden Ware, Etc. .
'lydcvotinghis constantpcrsonal attentionto tlx”
business he hopesto merit public patronage
Dr. C. II; Kendall & Sch, :
DENTISTS.
Are now prepar-
ed to recclvr
their patrons at
either Hal-wall:
Bridge or Soutl
, Nor-walk. Tlu
' senior partncl
has taken room.
, o v c r Sellech'r
Bookstore. Nor-
walk, while the
, .
k .
> junior retain»
be old otlice, Lender’s Block. South Norwalk
teeth extracted Wltbout pain, and all dcnml ope
'ations performed at either ofiico.
. C. II. KENDALL, M.D.,
G. S. KENDALL, D. D. S.
P. S. Dr. C. H.Kendallw111devotc Mondays to
Ridgefield. .
w. s. alumina,
itlltl‘ill Finishing Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R.DEPOT
WOl-ders'attendcd to dayor night. fleslden c
vlainS:rcct,3 doors from Union Avenue.
1004 FBRIOIIII WATER PIPES.
Writ. Gl'over' & Ion,
Areready to putin yourWATEl‘t,STE.-\M or GA:
PIPE, at very short notice and at as low a. rate m-
myone. WROUGHT AND CAST lROlI, TIN-
Ll NED. LEA D PIPES, Arc" of every also and de-
scription. PLUMBING in all itsbranches.
W. on D. MITCEI-LL,
Veal, Mutton
and Pork,
at fair lviing prices. Union
’ Itornlcrly Model) Market, on
Illn “video.
0
9
has always thebest of
Beef
At the ever popular
UNION MARKET,
Blacl Entitled Call Board,
[lamina and Blue fol Fancy-Null
NORWALKTCONNECTICtiTnggsnAY, NOVEMBER ‘5. 187.8. i
ng Column 9 , 2 5 ”
‘51 .
J. M.
... .1 DgaLllR Ht .1_ .3
flame realms.
., ’ . -. .-
» llasfo‘ll
Melcdeons. Sheet Music, the,
mat STREET somatic, cells.
. NEXT ”0053 lo SAVINGS BANK.
I keep a large stock of instruments on hand ,
and sell them on Monthly Instalments. Every-
body ean have a Piano or Organ.
SOLE AGENT FOR THE CELEBRATE
WEBER’S, STANLEY a SONS. raspy;
ESTEEN & FULLER‘S,KHAINES '5. .
BROTHERS, vase ascents; ‘
- - l 3
P E A N .o S ,‘
and will furnish at 'rhor‘c . notice. Call???“
"“' '- ‘see them.“ _’
.. a. .. "a" "
Taken in Exchange for N ew.
Mating J2: Repairing
Done at short notice. I.
The Weber Piano.‘ '
Arfewg'extracts from the great number re.
served by the most eminent musicians faiths
United. States may not be inappropriate:
I have never seen a Piano which equals the
Weber Pianoforte. Geo. F. Britten:
The Weber Piano occupies justly the first
rank amongst the Best Pianos. J. N. Pauz'um
.. The Weber Pianos cannot possibly be our-
passed. _ _ S. B. Mlle.
I used the Weber Grand Piano because I
consider it the best in the world. ' ' .
. Hairy Sanderson.
The Weber Piano possesses eve thing that
can he wished for-in aPiano. G. V. Morgan.
The Weber Piano ranks foremost amongst
the best manufactured. William Mason
The Weber Pianos stand. first amongst the
splendid Pianos produced in this Country.
‘ 01am N. Bn'nlcerltofl'
A ten years’ experience satisfies me that
the Weber Pianos are unapproachable.
John Zundel.
I would call especial attention to
THE ESTY collar ORGAN
Beautifully finished in black walnut and rose
wood, combining more perfections than any
other, in the world. Has taken more than ONE
IIUNDIIED AND FIFTY GOLD MEDALS AND
rillsr PREMIUMS, at Fairs and Exhibitioni-
throughout the United States. They are en-
docsedby the highest musical authorities.
Certainly the best I ever heard.
Geo. W. Morgan.
It is oocal, which is the highest praise that
can be bestowed on anyinstrumenh—Geo. B.
Seymour, Musical Critic, N. Y. Times.
They are the best reed instruments we have
r;et;;vith.—U. if) .7. II. Odell, Organ Builders
It is the no plus ultra of reed instruments.
«Prof. E. L. Baker. 5 "
It contains sweetness and power in an un
usual degree—Rea. Bishop bz‘mpaon, M. E.
Church.
Geo. Jar-(lino, Organ Builder, N. Y.
No tremulo has yet been invented that wil.
in any way compare with this for beauty Oi
:fl'ecl.— Wm. A. Johnson, Organ Builder.
It is not merely the best, but it is the only,
mechanical reproduction of the human voic.
which has ever satisfied rile—Roe. H. Riggs.
President of Northern New I’m-ll: Illusion
Association.
J. M. POTTER, Norwalk.
Peter Guigue’s
BEAUTIFUL BOUQUETS
for sale by
H. ill. (b 0. S. Prowitt
Superior Shoeingl
Sore-Footed, Interfering, and Il-
Conditioned Horses
Perfectly Shoat
T is notorious that more than half of the ruine-
. and desirable horses are rendered so by th-
lgncrance or carelessness of smiths in shoeing
The subscriber makes a specialty or
HORSE SHOEING
and will guarantee to give satisfaction to all wh
may entrust ilinl with their work, whether tI.
:rnlmals’ boots are in a sound or unsound cono‘
tion, Shop near Horse ttailway Depot, Norwall-
:Stf HARLES E. MILLER.
Notice
,, is hereby given to the people 0
Norwalk and vicinlty that lion-
, shoeing will be done in first clue
v‘ " - style by w M.McCOBMACK. Non
out hand made Shoes used. Work done on mor
reasonable term-s. and particular attention Daldt
lntcrlerin and Dyer-reaching Horses at the 01'
stand oft M. AHEItN,hluln Street,Norwalk.
Look and See
HERE youcanget your work done.
thing in the line or
BLACKSMITHING
it short notice and as reasonable as any where 11
own. Horse and 9x Shoelng a specialty. Wheel
xrrghting and Painting done by an experience-
xvorkulan. At the oldstand of Geo. Llo d.
16 ' GEO. W. NAPP.
H. III. II t. S. .Pliwill’s Plat-lilac;
Corner Main and Wall Sts.,
- Can be cbtaincd
PQ
Drug., all of the Popular Patent Medicine
Fancy Goods; Perfumes; Flavoring Ex-
tracts; Pure Cream Tartar; Sodaf;
Jamaica Ginger; Cloves; Al-
spice; Nutmegs; Toilet
Soaps; Hair Prepara-
tions ; Carriage,
Bath and Slate
Sponges.
”hi—keen oval 2
o W. . BTI‘RRITT
lias removed to
kllcll & Price’s Buildili
Mill Hill,
apposite his old stand. wgerc he is fully preparerl
to 0
PLUMBING III All. ITS BRAIBIIES.
Special attention given ti
Tm Roofing, T in and Shoot Iron. Work and
Jobbing. Gas Fliiztilres of all kinds kept
on bum].
An:
g, foot 01
NOI‘WQHLJIIIIQ, 157 .
New It—Il'lll at- tlle 01d Stand
Messrs IIIULLISJGS BROTHERS
ouldi espccllully inform the public,thnt they
have taken the busrness lately conducted
by MULLINCS .h'l‘lLLY. and with the old ex-
perit need Wm-kmen, hitherto employed by the
late firm. are Prepared to manufacture allklnds of
'C ABSIAGES 8r. WAGONS
TO ORDER
Repairing- in all its Branches.
HIACHINE FORGING. DISCOUNT
ALLO‘VED FOR CASE.
0. A. MULLINGS, J. S. MULLINGS.
South Norwalk, April 15, 1878.
Hughelfsfllnmiiiallic Specifics.
l[fai‘tit’hllarattention paid to I’hyslclans Prescrip-
oons - - * ~
A.
n.
.‘ I“
’ POTTER,
l
' 1
' _ 26tf 2.55FonrthAvenue,N.Y:
f Lagging: finals in adequacy to convey a ' F
airl en 9 t eperfect enchantingmowe: oi . ‘
this instrument—Independent. A RSI; gifts-cc
u... .._,, p u p... 3;. refillsx‘lgind—L rigs-um . ._ ' _ I. am
" ' - - - ._-. . d-W dlandzalso I" C‘s—*1: e ~' ..
The Eat}, Organs are Without a superior. ifnd no]? situated at Ihgu'iileazlwof tn; B . m. ,
. port Road. conalstin' or. the rooms, up stairs.
‘ me 9 see fer a man wishing to raise Strawberries,
oLo INSTRUMENTS I .
. W
- out in lawn. fruit trees, and garden spot.
. REAL ESTATE.
\I}/\I\,AM~WWWWWWAI\I\
create ;.it on
. in .se mate
.I’ m.
e [lo «tend {about
disuse.
'1.th of
Magnum «conglomerate! -, . -
.whglc lathe'estato of the-inc LEVI summary,
situatedon the Belllen’o mil Road. tovm'ot‘ Wit
ton.~App1y to~ ' - 1i. GILBERT,- "
. ‘ Executor.
Wilton, Oct. am, 187‘. 3t'43
Rooms To near on let or 2.1 floor all just
~ Painted and Knlsomined, plenty of water,
and good garden. Enquire ofG .OBGE H. RICE
at hls factory on Mechanic St., or at‘ Hoyt {00’s.
Shoe Store.
To Rent.
NE-HALF of a convenient Dwelling about 12
minutes walk from the bridge. on a West-
O
Enquirecf W. B. NLWCOMB.
at. Demmon a Newcomb’s. Main Street,
To. Rent:
0N Center Ave., up town. 7.1arge leasan
cold roamts’on firstfloor,.anéi bifiement, orl an~
. we .very convenlen ._ era is a or
are“warrantEsmrrr."vib'°- .a
, . . ‘ ' a l chon
or Box 63, Norwallr‘, Conn. ’ so,
41
Farm for Sale.
BOOT 12 to 13 acres within 1.14 miles of center
‘ of Mal-walk. Gc'od situation. good' house.
built ofbcst material and by days work. Abba:
Asogchoice Appletrees with other fruit,. good—.-
don, oodwelLof water. and line shade trees. . not
etc. Price 87,000. Enquire at this Office. .
To Rent.
ALF on. House, four rooms. fight in theceli-
ter of the Village. ‘Enquirc at this OFFICE,
W
STORE 'ro lE’l‘.—No 51 Main Street. an-
, . sire of unavar FITCIl,or a. K. 1.00%
For Sale Cheap.
A VALUABLE manufacturing property. Foun-
dry and Machine shop, for Mamie, and SKI-
ttonary En as work or general Machinery, hlt-
med on w rf. line also Rail Road connections.
'l‘erms reasonable. la. HILL, Trustee.
27 South Norwalk. Conn.
' OYSTERLOT'
coon orsraa raam'anon. well locat-
ed, tor sale cheanp. A3) lyto
1.. D18 BE, £.,Sonth Norwalk. '
To Rent.
The First Floor of a Dwelling House. with
3M1
)
kitchen, basEment, etc Apply to
' a. L. aims.
For Sale.
A cosy comfortable Cottage on one of theplcas-
antest streets in town, within five minutes
walk of the Bridge or Churches. will be sold at
cost price. A portion or the purchase money can
remaln on bond and mortgage. Price 9.6.000. ,En-
quire at thls Ollice. -‘
I Desirable Homestead for Sale.
THE valuable residence of "the subscriber,
pleasantly located on high ound on East
Ave., in the Borough of Norwal , is,ofl’ered for
sale. The situation is pleasant and healthy, co -
mandingfine Vlews of
.nrrounulng country.
. .Dlstance one mile frdm
vorwalk Bridge, and the same from South Ner-
walk depot. . house 34:50; two stories and attic,
filled in Wlth buck, and substantially ‘ bu'lt.
Rooms. 18, wlth all modern im rovelnents, :1:
room, laundry, statlonary tubs, eebee’s cooking
range, hotand cold water, gas throughout the
house. ‘The cellar-ls dry, havmg stationary t'urn
lee, whlo'h heats the whole house. The attic ls
.pacious,’ and roof tinned. The house lain excel-
.ept orderbemg comfortable fczboth a summer-'01-
Winter residence. Suitable for any gentleman do-
ng buslness In New 'Ycrk and returning the same
day. Land about three-quarters of an acre, laid
A I
to JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent, y
walk. or to the subscriber,
- A. S. HAMERSLEY,
01'-
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p p {A Farm fer Sale; ~ ,. '-
, ' FARE oi Wheres, dlnded ‘into‘flke leparitc
. tracts.“ offered for: salc,_etthsr as. whole
lots as follow :1-
.a W“ "DWGI
and outbitl ,Idhm ‘3"!ng ;' A: .5
80 serum er 0 a .' 01189 . ,
I - m ' ’l lid 32
orig Island Sound and t e .
0L. Lat-minaret
teservoir in the town of New Canaan, for sale
t a bargain. Inquire of Doom Flnch. George-
nwn. Ct., James Mitchell or J. Belden Hurlbntt,
Jorwalk. Ct. 25“
Norwalk, 10th day of June 1:978.
FARMS FOR SA LE.
Enquire oi
CHAS. COMSTOCK,
New Canaan. Copn.
ll
I
0es1rable Property for sale.
A Ver ydesirable place on EastAvcnue.
Also, a few choice BuildingLotllsituatedon
lsborn Avenue, for-sale cheap.
Also,a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
vn_n Street near Wesmvenuc. for sale at a. bar-
:sln. Enquireol _
S, E. OSBORN. EastAvenue,
111 or to-D.W.FITCII,WestAvenue.
For Sale.
2 A House and Lot. in a health) location on
RE FairStreet,above Catharine. The Houseis
’1 nearly new. well built. convenientlyarrang.
d. and will make a comfortable and [casual
ome i‘orafamlly of average size. The ot rum-
~ack o the river. There isa wellol‘cxcellem
«ate on the place, and Borough water in the
treet. Price low, and'part of the money can re-
mm on mortgage. A this chance tosecnrea
nine. ApplyatGAZETTl-JOFFICE. an
for: SALE.
[“170 verydesirablclinildingLotson WestMaln
Street . Apply at theGAZETTE OFFICE .
Barnum’s,
For a quarter of scentur Headquarters on the
east side oft e town Ior
hall-Mag tlillilt,
CLOTHING-A TO? ORDER. ,
Ten minutes from the Grand Central Depot to:
ac Store.
Chatliam Square, New York.
iARRACLOUGII.
In Old Established Business
FOR SALE.
{VII lf‘. subscriber wishing to change his businesr
Will sell his Stock in Trade, Tools.Good Will.
lid everything pertaining to the business, which
as been established 25 years. Also the property
-. truer Wall and Mechanic Srcetsf.»
. Norwalk, Feb. 25th, 1878.
‘ VGEO. F. BELDEN.
. John A . H omwckcr,
B A KE R,
FOOT 0F MILL HILL.
Breatholls .I’les, Cakes,Crul1ero, &c.,baked
Fresh everyday. Everything made outot good
naterialsmnd bye aretu land competeutworkmen
l‘ryour Baklrr. .
1878
EVERYTHING
DOWN TO HARD 'PAN.
GROGBBIES,
VEGETABLES, '
,l-‘RESH PISH,
FRUITS,-l&t‘-.,
AT THE
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 oftown. Leave your
orders freelvaith‘ ' ’
Demmon (£- Newcomb,
53 Main Street, Norwalk.
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MACHINISTS flfiofibgrh?
“I Would ifl Could."
“I would if I could,”
Though much it’s in use,
Is but a'altélalre'n‘
And sluggish excuse ;
“‘1 moi-renn- .. »
Who could if he would,
Is‘OIten heard nylng,
“I would it I could.”
“Collie; John; said a. school-boy,
“I Wish you weald try
To do this hard problem,
And don’t you deny."
But John at that moment
Was not in the mood,
And yawningly answered.
I .uld it'I could.”
At the‘ door ofa mansion,
In tattered rags clad
Stood a poor woman begging
A morseloleead;
The rich'man- sauce heeded,
While heralding she stood,
And answorod‘h‘or, coldly,
“I would if I could. "
The scholar receiving
Hi8 WWIIOVIw .;
The awe-rol- admonished
To ehun such a vice;
Theoclldh «when requested
‘ - To try and be good——
on give the same answer:
“I would if I could."
But if we may credit
What good people say.
That “where a strong willie
There’s always a way,”
And whatever ought lobe
(Ian be and M,
We never need utter,
“I would if I could.”
—S. 5.- 7%.
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' Fry» the Tumours Record
Indian Su’mr‘nor ’ '
av 11. a; HAYDBN.
A ball of liquid fire, the sun
Rolls dreamily toward the wet.
And clouds of decay whiteness veil
The brightness of his crest.
Along the slopes cf distant hills
By autumn frosts left brown and have.
There comes a soft and citizenry warmth,
A gust of summer air. ' " l
The fading glories of the year
Are kindled in its magic breath ;
Each blade «moron leaf and flown,
Renews its life in death.
Bright. spring, green summer, autumn
brown—
Their glories melted into one—
Have robed the earth in beauty ’neath
This Indian summer sun.
Once breathe'the beautydaden air,
And earth grows fair beneath your eyes;
The land of towering pines is spanned
By soft Italian 'skies. -
So, in the autumn of my years,
When, youth’s bright spring for ever
fled,
' 'When manhoods‘s flowers, their beauty
gone, _
Lie round me, withered, dead,—
May Indian summer's drowsy air
Invite me to my long repow—
- The Southern breeze that fans my cheek
In death my eyelids close.
. . m~-.-_~..m.4..n. , .4”...
rom’ sin or: nor.
He was old, and poor, and a stranger
In the great metropolis,
.As be beat his steps thitherward
To a stately edifice.
Outside he inquires, “What church is this?”
s..,:‘Church of Christ," he hear: them say;
All, just the place I am looking for,
I tmst He is here to-day.
He passed throughthe spacious columned door
And up the carpeted aisle, 7
And as he passeth, on many a face,
He saw surprise and a smile,
From pew to pew, up one entire aisle,
' Then across the broad frontspace;
From pew to pew down the 'other side,
_ He walked with the same slow pace.
N ot a friendly voice had bid him sit,
To listen to‘ gospel truth;
Not a sign of deference had been pald,
To the aged one, by youth.
No door was opened by generous hand,
The pews were paid for—rented;
And he was a stranger, old and poor,
Not a heart to him relented.
As he paused outside a moment to think,
Then again passed into the street ;.'
Up to his shoulder he lifted a stone,
That lay in the street at his feet;
And he bore it up the broad, grand aisle,
In front of the ranks of pews,
Choosing a place to see and hear,
He made a seat for his use.
Calmly sitting uponvthe huge stone,
Folding his hands on his knees;
Slowly reviewing the worshippers.
A great confusion he sees.
Many a cheek is crimsoned with shame,
Some whisper together low, ' ' ' '
And wish they had been more courteous
To the stranger old and poor.
As if by magic some fifty doors
Open. instantaneously,
And as many seats, and books,
Are proffered hastily,” _
Changing his stone for a crimsonlpew,
And wiping a tear away, - L .
He thinks it was a mistake after all,
And that Christ_came late that day.
and hairdo,
I‘he preachcr’s discourse was eloquent.
The organ in finest tone,
But the most impressive sermon heard.
“ Was preached by that humbe} stone. '
'Twas a lesson of lowliness and worth,
That lodged in many a heart, ‘
And the church‘preserves the sacred stone,
That the truth may not depart.
—Englz'alt Pm'odb-al.
Paying her Way
What has my darling been doing today,
To pay for her washing and mending?
How can she manage to keep out of debt
For so much caressing and tending?
How can I wait till the years .shall have
flown,
And the hands have grown larger and
stronger?
Who will be able the interest to pay
If the debt runs many years longer?
Dear little feet! How they—fly to my side 1"
White. arms my neck mrcaresslng;
Sweetest of kisses 'are‘ laid? on my cheek;
Fore head myshoulc’er is pressing;
Naming at all from mydarliugvis due-—
. From evil may angels;defend,hez—
The debt is discharged as ’tis made,
For love is a legal tender! »
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“We've bit '01! edition I I"
Said Moses to Sammy,
“If we haven’t d—onbtlem I”
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The. Rev. Father 'Martln of Bradford
:auldi t1111:;tmlgtxa(inilitia company- enter his
'- pe. 1,.ninst data an
funeral. at ommde.» i m m
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