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WHOLE: NUMBER 1615.
A Lullaby for Old :Folks.
Lullaby, father, evening is come,
When the sun sets ’tis ii to to be home;
When the day dies the day’s work should end,
Lullaby, father, sleep is a friend.
Lullab , mother, rest in your chair,
Grown are the babies who needed your care;
Weary is toil, but short is the day,
Happy the sleep that hears it away.
——Margai'el Gully.
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The Colonel‘s Sentence.
AN arcrnrax S'ronv.
“I’ve known many clever fellows in my
time,” said Paul Dupont, French sous-lieu-
tenant in the —th of the line, as he sat sip--
ping his coffee in front of the Hotel de la
Regence at Algiers, “but by far the cleverest
man I ever met was our old colonel, Henri
de Malet. People said he ought to have been
an adoocat, but that was giving him but half
’ . I’llebe bound he could have out-g , , . . ,
his due, for ' ' ' ftoi' get a'pretty clear idea of what had bap-
flanked any lawyer that ever wore vaLg'oyvn.
In his latter. days he, always Went by the:
name of ‘Solomon' the secondrifl and if you
care to hear how hecameby'itl’ll tell you.
“Before he came to us De Malet was mili~
tary commandant at Oran, and it was there
that he did one of his best strokes—outgener-
aling a camel-driver from Tangier, one of
those thorOugh-paced Moorish rascals of
whom the saying goes, ‘Two Maltese to a
Jew, and three Jews to a Moor.’ Now this
Tangerine, when pulled up for some offence
or other, swore that he wasn’t Muley the
camel-driver at all, but quite anotherman;
and as his friends all swore the same, and he
had managed to alter his appearance a bit
before he was arrested, he seemed safe to get
off. But our colonel wasn’t to be done in
that way. He pretended to dismiss the case,
and allowed the felloyv to get right' out into
the street as if all was over; and then he
suddenly shouted after him, ‘Muley the
camel?dri§f' ,‘Iwant to speak'to you.’ The
old rogue, bearinghig Own name, turned and.
came back befoi'e he 'cOuld recollect himself ;
and so he was caught in spite of all his cun-
ning. ' ' .
“The fame of this exploit went abroad like
wildfire and it got to be a saying among us,
whenever we heard of any very clever trick,
that it was ‘Onc of Colonel de Malet’s judgé
ments ;’ and so, when he was transferred
from Oran to Algiers, it was justas if we all
knew him already, although none of us had
ever seen him before. But it wasn’t long be-
fore we got a much better story than that
about him; for one night a-man dined at our
mess who had known, the colonel out in
India, and told us a grand tale of how he
had astonished them all at Pondicherry. It
seems that some things had been stolen from
the ofiicers’ quarters, and nobody could tell
who had dOnc it. The first thing next morn-
ing the colonel went along the line at early
parade, giving each of the native soldiers a
small strip of bamboo; and then he said,
very solemnly, ‘My children, there is a guilty
man among us, and it has been revealed to
me by Brahma himself how his guilt is to be
made clear. Let every man of you come
forward in his turn and give me his piece of
bamboo; and the thief, let him do what he
may, will have the longest piece.’
“Now, you know what superstitious
hounds those Asiatic fellows always are ; and
when they heard this announcement they all
looked at caeh'other _likcglfildren going tube.
whipped; ,‘Tlie colonel tank the .bamboos
one after another, as solemnly as if he were
on a court-martial, but when about a dozen
men had gone past hesuddenly sprang for-
. ward and seizéd one Of them by the throat
‘ Shouting at thc full pitch of_ his vOice, ‘You
are the man 1’
“Down went the fellow on his knees and
yelled for mercy, confessing that he was the
man, sure enough. As for the rest, they
looked as frightened as if all the gods in the
caverns of Elephants had come flying down
among them at once; and from-that day
forth they salaamed to the very ground at
the mere sight of the colonel half a mile off.
" ‘How on earth did you manage that‘
colonel?’ asked the senior major, at great fat
fellow, as stupid as a carp.*
“ ‘Nothing simpler, my dear fellow,’
answered Dc Malet, laughing. ‘The strips
were all.exactly the' same length, and the
thief, fearing to get the‘ longest piece, be- _:
trayed himself by'biting of the end.
“This as you may' think, addedagood
deal to'tbe coldnel’s reputatiOn; and when
we had that affair with the Bedouins at
Laghonat we soon saw that he could fight as
well as manmuvre. In the thick of the
skirmish one of the rogues, seeing De Malet
left alone, flew at him with-drawn yataghan,
but the colonel just dlopped on his horses
neck and let the blow pass over him, and
then gave point and ran the fellow right
through the body, as neatly as any fencing-
master could have done it. You may be
sure we thought none the less of him after
that; but all this was nothing to what was
coming.
“Well, De Malet had been with us about
a year when the- railway 'was begun from
Algiers to Blidah, and the directingengineer
happened to 'be One of my greatest friends,
Eugene Latour, as good a fellow as I ever
met. It was quite a fete with ‘us whenever
he dined at mess,» for his jokes and good
stories kept every one brisk; and then to_
hear him singl ma fol, it was wonderful!
One minutdmme rattling refrain that seemed
to set the very chairs dancing, and then, sud-
denly a low, sad air that fairly brought the
tears into your eyes. They were in mine, I
know every time I heard him sing those- last
two verses of ‘Thc Conscript’s Farewell :’
. ' I thought to gain rich- spoils—I’ve gained
01 bullets half a score ;
I thought to come back corporal——
I shall come back no more. '
Feed my poor dog, I pray thee, Rose,
And with him gentle be;
He’ll miss his master for a while—-
Adieu! remember me! 1‘
“Well, as I was saying, Eugene had been
put over the work, and I don’t know where
they coul have found a better man for it.
Whether it poured with rain or came on hot
enough to cook a cutlet without fire, it was
all one to. him; there he was at his post,
looking after everything, with his eyes in
ten places at .once. You may think that
under such a chief the laborers had no chance
of idling; and everything was getting on
splendidly when one morning, as he was
standing on the parapet of a bridge his foot
slipped'and down he went, I don’t know how
far. The fall would have killed him outright
if by goOd luck there hadn't happened to be
an Arab underneath (the only time that an
Arab ever was bf any use, I should say), and
Eugene, nlighting upon him, broke his own
fall and the Bedouin’s neck .to boot.
“Now, if there had been, nobody there to
tell tales, this wouldn’t have mattered a pin.
for an Arab more or less is no such great
matter; but, as ill—luck would have it, there
were three or four more of the rascals near
enough to see what had happened, and of
course they raised a hue-and—cry directly.
And when it was-noised abroad that a Chris-
' tian dog (as theypolitely callus) -" had killed
a Mussulman, you should have seen what an
uproar there was! ' The people came running
together like vultures when a,camel drOps
down in the desert, and there wits a yelling”
and dancing and shaking of fists that made
one’s very head turn round. PooLEugeuo
would have been torn to pieces on the spot
if the guard hadn’t formed round him and
defended him; and the only way we could
pacify the mob was to promise them justice
from the district magistrate; so away to the
magistrate we all went. ,
“Now, I dare say Mr. Magistrate was a
very good fellow in his way, and Idbn’t
wan’t to say a word against him, but. still it
must be owned that he-wasn’t exactly the
kind of man to stand firm in'thc midst of ' a
rabble of wild Mohammedans,~all- howling
and flourishing their knives at once under
his very nose. To tell the plain truth, be
was frightened out of his Wits; and the Only
thing he thought of was how to shift the 're-
. sponsibility on to somebody clse's shoulders
as fast as possible. So he said (and it was
very; lucky he did, as it turned out) that
Latour, being in government employ, must
be tried by military law; and he packed
thcm' shelf to the commandant, who, as
I’ve told you, was no other than" Colonel jde
Malet-.1. .‘E-f , ' ‘ g i
“It was no easy matter. for the'colon'elf to
kept shrieking at once, ’one louder than
(another ; but at last, bit by bit, he managed
pen: :jand‘thcn he said, very solemnly, ‘A
*French ‘oflic'cr does his duty, let it be what
~ it will. You have come here for justice, and
justice you shall have.’
“There was a great roar of triumph from
the crowd, and poor Eugene looked as blank
as a thief in the Salle de la Police.
“ ‘Before I pass sentence, however,’ pur;
sued ’De Malet, ‘I . wish to ask this young
who was the ringleader. .of all :th" mischief}
‘whether he will accept offing ' matted“. '
_ bfigifid.
“‘No, no 1’ yelled the you
L‘lifeforlifel" * -_~ - .
“"So be it,’ said the colonel gravely. ‘aud
you, by Mussulmau law, are your father’s
destined avenger. Therefore, let the engi-
neer be taken back to the very spot where
his victim was standing, and do you go up to
the top of the parapet and juinp down upon
him .”
\
there was 1; _ The very5 Arabs eculd 'jt’help;
joining in. 'As to the young‘ivillianTgliirirself,"i
he stood stock still for a moment, and then '-
1flew out of the court like a madman; and:
that was thelastof' him. We gave Eugene
a famous supper that night at the Cafe Mili-
taire in honor Of his escape; and the story
was in all the papers next morning, headed
‘A Judgment of Solomon.’ And from that
day to the end of his life Colonel de Malet
never went by any other name among us but
.‘Solomon the Second.’ ” DAVID Km.
*Why this unfortunate fish should be so distin-
guished I have never been able to learn, but the
saying‘is universal in the French army.
this is a paraphrase rather than a translation,
the petals of the original being impossible to
render exactly.
' —Lz'ppz'ncotl’_s Magazine. .
Migratlons of Yellow Fever.
Yellow fever, like the cholera, is one of the
great migrating diseases. Starting from some
point within the tropics,it travels steadily on-
ward frb'mpointto pOint' as long as it does
not meet freezing weather; and it travels
northward by preference—comparatively sel-
dom to the southward of the zone from which
it sets out. Thus Brazil has suffered compar-
atively little from 'its epidemic visitation.
Though, as we shall see, the disease planted
its germ long ago in Rio de Janeiro,on.the ex-
treme southern limit of the tropics. But its
favorite course is towards the north. “Upon
ouLAflamic.eoasts.’LmLDr—L-Mm-r
careful student and observer‘of its phenom:
ena, “as on the coast of the Mediterranean,
it comes from time to time in one of those
immense waves that know no bounds and
stop at no impediments. The distance to
which the disease extends seems to depend
much upon the strength of the wave; it first
strikes the Gulf, and generally goes no far:
ther. Occasionally it will break over the
peninsula of Florida and reach Savannah and
Charleston. In 1855, after many. years of
immunity, it struck Norfolk with full force,
and only a few ripples, as in 1853, 1856, 1870,
have for half a century reached the Delaware
river and the Bay of New York.” And the
same observer writing eight years ago,
adds words which have a grave significance
to-day : “Yellow fever, after along absence,
never makes its re-appcarance in our north-
ern cities without a warning from the Gulf
of Mexico. It is seen not onlyfor months,
but often for several years, in vigorous action
in its native habitat before it leaps over its
accustomed bounds; but when once on the
tramp, it may travel from Buenos Ayres to
Quebec, leaving more graves in its track than
Asiatic cholera. There is reason to fear that
one of these eruptiOns is now marshaling its
forces.” ' .
Let us glance at the course of one of these
typical epidemics—at the one', for instance,
which started as far , away as Rio de
Janeiro, twentyeight years ago, and traveled
in six years all the way to New York—a
journey of near 4,000 miles—in a great cir-
cle. A great many years before, so many
that the inhabitants Of' Rio had last all reef
ollection er tradition of ‘ the fact, the yellow
fever had visited their city:; but nowthe epi-
demic broke upon them like lightning from
clear sky, “This outbreak," says Dr. Nott,
“commenced in Rio in January, 1850, and
traveled night and day for six years, making
its expiring effort in New York Bay in 1855.
I had an eye ’upon this epidemic from its
commencement, watching its steady course
and ravages along the Atlantic, Caribbean
Sea'and Gulf of Mexico.for several thousand
miles. When it struck New Orleans (1853) it
was clear to my mind that our own coast was
doomed, and before it reached Mobile, I was
so certain it would come that I moved my
family into the healthy pine hills,seven miles
from the town, where the disease had never
been. But, in spite of all my prudence, the
disease not Only came to Mobile,but followed
my family out to Spring‘Hill, where I'lost
four of my children in one wcek.”—Dr. T.
M. Court, in Harper’s for December.
Some Little¢Known Flowers.
Flower lovers somehow settle into certain
deep rnts,from which it seems difiicult to drag
them. This is especially true in selecting
plants for decorating windows during winter.
We know the Chinese primrose, zonale ger-
aninms, roses bouvardia, carnations, and a
few other species, and then the list is ex-
hausted, forgetting the score or more of
charming plants that would add variety and
interest to_any collection, even if very small.
The Make-mic Odor-ate is a perfect gem,blos-
.soming as it does in mid-winter with a profu
sion of golden-yellow bells and emitting a dc-
licious fragrance. Centradeniafloridum is
exceedingly neat and dwarf in growth and
completely covers itself with little pink flow-
ers. Liliana: jloribunda is another of easy
growth, and blooms very profusely, as its
name. implies. Color of the long, tubular
flowers, yellow and orange.- Goklfussia an-
iaodhylla does not remain long in bloom; but
the mass of flowers it produces and their
delicate lilac color will make it popular when
fully known. Guplwa liysaopzyolia, an old
species recently re-introduced to notice, if
well grownpwill cover itself with ,its neat
all summer, too, > when planted in open
ground. These practically too little known
flowers may be grown in, the border during
summer, and carefully- lifted in autumn, pot-
ted, and transferred to. winter quarters,where
they will prove valuable for variety, at least.
Another plan pursued by 801.113 {I ’ardencrajs
to pot them in fresh soil after? wk, rbloqming
and set them in a coon-shady ~s'potto recu-
peratc, as well as'to form a fresh g‘r‘o'wth'.’ .' ‘
* ‘
a man calls‘ a puppy after ‘ninr by write
dog, but a girl has only to wink atone
c
get at the facts of the case,fOr all the rascals.
man’ (pointing to the son of the dead _A‘rabfi,
“Ton-norm dc. ciel I what a roar of hinghter .4
littlebrightlilac flewers all Winter-long; and
"No1=t_WALK->,"C"NNEc-TIOUT, TUESDAY, QECEMBER 17, 1878..
. :NO‘RWALK GAZETTE,
' vault-armrmnrsur non-Ira.
Harriet, Hesmer. us run Inventor.
A letter from LondOn; to the New York
Evening Post gives an account of a very in-
teresting interview with Miss Harriet Hos-
mer, the sculptor. It seems she has made a
which this is the first public mention. She,
forbids at present a particular description or
explanation. The letter says:
The machine new in process of construc-
tion for Miss Hosmer by Browning, on the
Strand, is not dissimilar in its general de-
sign to an electro-magnetic engine. The.
impOrtant feature consists in an absolutely
novel application of the permanent magnet.
There isno electric battery and consequently
no induced magnetic action. The magnets
are permanent magnets. They are arranged,
as before stated, in a general manner similarly
, to those used in electromagnetic machines,
and the whole power is derived from them;
but there is no battery nor any other device
for creating or conveying an electric current.
The power derived is due solely to the force
contained in the permanent magnet.
‘ “But this is impossible!” exclaims the
scientific student. “There is no known
property of the permanent magnet which
would permit such a result.”
Exactly so; therehas been no such prop—
erty known until Miss Hosmer discovered it.
Herein lies the whole secret, and the whole
of her claim to originality. The machine to
'wliioh the principle is applied—ingenious and
valuable though it is-is not an absolute
novelty ; but, on theotber hand,this machine
iéibnly one of a thousand applications which
- can be made of the principle. If I were
"allowed to mention the method adopted to
obtain this result—I could cover the whole
explanation in ten lines—the out would be so
effectually out of the bag that every one
would wonder that the animal had never
been released before, and many an expert
would feel like , hanging himself‘for having,
left it unexamined. . .
[{‘When I knew that I had succeded in
finding what I had been seeking for by study
and experiment for fifteen years,” said Miss
Hosmer, “I first asked then- the opinion of a
well-known American engineer, Mr. Clark, a
relative of the Rev. James Freeman Clark of
Boston. I asked whether it was possible to
accomplish a certain result with the perfect
magnet, and he replied ‘No,’ emphatically.
By the way, this is the question I have
asked every one of the experts to whom I
have shown my secret, and it is too funny,
after hearing their positive negatives, to see
the expreion. of their faces when I do for
them; exactly what they have just said was
impoesible. Mr. Clarke, having seen the
impotsible accomplished, assured me that I
need have no doubts as to the value and im-
, portahce of my disccvery',” .
Miss. Hos'm'er' .. said further that .among
others who had been shownthe new principle
applied was Mr. John Penn, Jr., Of the well
known works at Greenwich, and she had a
letter from him saying that the discovery
actually frightened him, so great would be
the revolution in machinery, Professor Tyn—
dall was away in Switzerland,’.but he had the
principle described to him, and in a letter
from EMrs. Tyndall to Miss Hosmer, he in-
closed a message testifying to the importance
and absolute novelty of her discovery, and
saying that he. should give it careful attention
on his return to England.
A four-horse power machine is new in the .
the'cnpital she wants in -developing"hé’r in?“
ventiOn, and she is coming to America'to stay
here a year. .
But this great discovery is, although of
paramount interest, only one of a number of
:clever works by which Miss Hosmer has
rescued her sex from the previous charge of
neverhavinginvented anything.
She has, fer instance, adapted rungw meth-
od of sculpture, making her models of plaster
of paris in the rough, and covering them
with wax, which works better than clay.
She found that soft limestOne subjected to
moistiheat and pressure becomes veritable
marble and has specimens of marble that
proveiit. It costs,~say,~a quarter of what
marble does, and, being. soft, it can be carved
before hardening‘at'much less expense.
She has made a little machine, too, by
which a player can'tmio'vet' the sheets of
music himself. These are afew of her latest.
:The world will watch- with interest for the
develOpment Of the great mechanical wonder.
:‘ =3:
Monrmivn Damme.——But I set out to
speak 'of a habit which prevails to an alarm-
ing extent among. WQmeni-the- use of mor-
phinefito quiet pain of one kind or another.
I can easily imagine that the habit may grow
from i'gnOrance of danger. A fearful pain
is lulled by seemingly simple means—an
opiatej in the slmpe'of morphine. The suf-
fering? one restseasy and pitying friends
may believe that morphine was just the
thing ,indeed. But has the opiate cured the
disease which caused the pain? Not abit
of it. a It has only beaten down and silenced,
the faithful monitor, theneryes, .which, in.
the shape of pain, told of- injury an; begged
that help be given the injured part. Mothers
it is believed that those who are most likely
to become the [victim's 10f? morphine. .are
women who, as children, were lulled with
soothing: syrup (and let it always be re-
membered "that this syrup derives its “sooth-
ing" power from the morphine it contains,)
or dosed with paragoric or the more potent
laudanum. They never, learn to bear pain
heroically. They grow up inclined to self-
indulgence, and 'if hardwork and sickness
overtakes‘them, they fall, on easy prey to
morpliinc.‘ Do you know that a person
whq' becames abdicted to morphine cannot
be .debent without‘_' it ? _ It: amid ' that a
morphine druukard' can never, be trusted
to tell the truth. She becomes at last so
unbeatable in disposition, when under the
influence other medicine, that her friends
makcievery efiort to gratify her morbid
appetite. All this that I have said applies
'to the use of opium, morphine being but
another .form of opium. Neither should
be used, except in some emergency when
gitvcn by a skillful physicianfi-Agrlcnltcr-
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Representatives of a firm of tea importers,
in Baltimore, recently went to Washingtbn,
and interviewed the Chinese minister, .Chun
Lan Pia, relative tO'pure teas, and the feasi-
bility 'of importing such teasinto the United
States; He told themtbat the various brands
.of test somber-ennui!) Europe are unknown
to the people of- China who use teaqfl’hey
are not pure tea's";'. they are teas adulterated
and colored for the foreign market... Chinese
houses that sell-teas for- export f‘:_doctor”
them in this way,bééausé.it'isfsupposed that
this isinecessary' to make them-acceptable in
the foreign’markets, although it ' makes the
teas more expensive... .In Chins,pure teas are
cheaper than these adulterated and colored
“335. because the process, of-‘fdoctoring”
them requires chemicals. and-skilled labor.
are but two kinds of teas, one beingmade of
leaves that are young, and the other of leaves
thathave ripened o'r‘ matured. 'By means of
skilful= adulteration and coloring, 7 “18.3% are
transformed" into the many kinds . sold in. the
foreign markets. "The ,Chinese, minister as-
sured thesete'vimporten that they can get
pure teas in Child“!3 theyidesire'; and, also
that the purelteas -_ are cheaper as well as bet
ter than those now imported. y -
q
. .It must be grati ' ing to parents. to know
that their boys huge so perfectly. ac' uired
Latin that they-areable to uaegitgingo . mar-y
" ‘ god in pumme'llng each other when a third
filled out, “Soc cl zuum, Romee! ”
most remarkable discovery in mechanics, of.
' as his conscience dictates, or that all shall be
vNorth responded liberally to the call ofits
- give a DemOcratic majority of 68,377. In
There is'but one kind of tea-ploughed there.
- idiscourse. Two *ofthcm were 0150‘ day ’ en. -
“Will/the masses of the Republican voters
sustainthese leaders in such a policy of op;
ression. I cannot believe it.‘ *: * s .
here are thousands of Christian men in that
party who do not sympathize with these
wrongs, whose hearts bleed for recent afllic-
tions and whose purses were employed to'
relieve Southern suffering. But now what
a revolution and contrast. These grave sena-
tors (Blaine and Conkling) seek to re open
wounds that were healing, and to revive pas-
sions that were dying. At an hour, when
good will was being restored, when the races
were at peace, when both the races alike
were enjoying the blessings alike of .edu—
cation and good overnment, these leaders
bring out the bloo y shirt again, run it up
the party staff and fly it as a symbol of a
new civilization and a restored Union.”
Mnssns. Em'rons :—-The above is an on
true; from the speech of Senator John B.
Gordon’beforc the Georgia Legislature.
The “policy of oppression” whereof he
speaks, what is it? Is it the desire of Re-
publicans to see the laws faithfully executed
and the desire that the votes shall be counted
as they are cast, that each citizen shall vote
once at each election and be left free to vote
equal before the law and be protected when»
rights as American citizens: I remember the
old battle cry of the Republicans in the cam-
paign of 1856 was, “Free Press, Free
Speech, Free Soil, Free Men.” It is a good
one for the present time, and moreover it is
the very platform that the Republican party
of the United States stands squarely upon ‘at
the" present time. Does the Senator from
Georgia, who owes his liberty, his life and
his ofiice _to the magnanimity of the Republi-
can party, call such a platform as that op-
pressive. Perhaps it is to some ’of our
Southern gentlemen. As to the wrongs of
the South—No doubt but whet it has been
wronged in some cases,” but that is no excuse
for the outrages that: have'been recently com-
mitted upon the pobr, defenceless blacks of
South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana and
Mississippi. A chapter of history of which
'the half has never been told, and-never will
be till the secrets of all shall be told at the
great judgment day. Take for instance the
Kempcr County (Miss) outrage; not one of
the perpetrators of that deep and damning
not brought to justice and punished. I refer
to the murder of Judge Chisholm and his
children. A howling mob murdering a man
and his children simply because that man
was a Republican. In 1872 the vote of Kem—
per County was: For Governor, Ames, Re-
publican, 1,204; Alcorn, Independent, 972;
fer Grant, 1,303; Greeley, 777. In 1877
-Kemper County was returned as casting
1,928 Democratic votes; Republicans, none.
2. Figures speak for themselves. And all
this in one .of the States where “the races
alike were enjoying peace and good gOvern-
meat.” But such facts are slanders upon the
South; it is flaunting the “bloody shirt.”
Call it so, it you will, gentlemen of the great
Democratic party; We mean to keep it before
your eyes, and the time is coming when the
party that stands in the way of liberty and
justice will be ground to powder.
“Whose hearts bled for recent afflictions.”
Yes, Senator Gordon, the heart of. the great.
North did bleed‘for the fever stricken South,"
but it did not bleed for "political effect. It
bled for charity’s sake; and charity and
politics are not to be mixed. While the
‘ —~.~~ war“
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‘tittle of its love of liberty and truth. They
of the Nortth gave not for political gain, but
to relieve suffering, and the sooner Senator
Gordon and others stop their silly twaddle'
about it the more respect will the people of
the North have for them. The country is
waiting patiently for Senator Gordon to ex-
plain his connection with the plot to imprison
in 1876, the chosen Presidential electors of
that State (South Carolina)toprevent them
from casting the sole of the State in time to
be counted. If'w'e speak of such undispu-
ted facts, must it be charged to us that we
are re-opening old wounds, that we seek to
renew sectional strife? Senator Conkling
says: “We must have peace and order and
protection, full and equal before the law, for
the rights of all men everywhere, North and
South. I am‘ for conciliation and concord
and peace all around, but my belief is that
the men and the communities who stood by
the flag and prayed for it and fought for it,
if they behave themselves, are just as good
as those who drenched the land with blood
and covered it with mourning,debt and taxes"
If expressed sentiments of that kind can
be construed into feelings of sectional ani-
mosity, the sooner such sentiments prevail
the better it will be for this country. “They
bring out the bloody shirt'again.” Let us
see. Fairfield County, South Carolina, in
1876, gave Chamberlain Republican, 2,632
and Hampton 2,159. In 1878 it is returned
as giving 2,558 Democratic majority, and
not one Republican vote cast in the county,
and according to the census of 1870 the
colored people outnumbered the whites in
said county. 33 counties in South Carolina
21 of said counties the black population out-
numbers the white, and under the census of
1870 the coloredpeople outnumbered the
whites by 126,147, in the State; in Abbeville
County the Democratic majority is increased
from 183- in 1876, to 5,851 this year. Charles-
ton County which in 1876 gave a Republican-
majority of 6,233 this year is returned as
giving a Democratic majority of 5,856. In
1876 the Republicans carried 14 of the 32
counties. This year they carry only one
( Beaufort).
Does such a change look reasonable on the
face of it? It is strange that southern
negroes vote the Democratic ticket willingly
as our statesmen fronrthat section would
have us believe. Why do they not vote it
here in the North, if such is the fact? No
one questions their right to do it, and yet at
least eighteen out of twenty of them vote the
Republican ticket. The colored voter knows
his friends, and where he dare vote at all, he
votes with the party that made a free man of
him, and gave him the right of, suffrage.
But some Democratic friends may say, some
of the ' colored men North vote the Demo-
cratic ticket. Grant that they do. Do we
question their right to ?_ but right here let me
say that such is seldom the case, and when
he does vote in that way his vote is counted
for the candidate he voted for. When Sena-
tor Gordon and his party with such facts as I
have stated (and every one of them can be
proved) staring them in the face, attempt to
laugh them down, they mistake their calling.
Lectures tothe Northern people flom him,
(Gordon) come with a bad grace. When
they who are now in power in the Southern
States begin to punish outrage, and murder,
as. they deserve to be the masses of our
Northern people will listen to their words,
and not till then. I believe Senator Fd-
munds, of Vermont, was right when during
the early days of the forty-fifth congress he
said that he did not believe the time had
come for thelNorth toapologize to the South
for the part it (the North) took during the
“We are for peace"'and reconciliation, but it
is the peace and reconciliation. that protects
all in the right of the law. We cherish no
ill will towards the South as a people. We.
are ready to ma; them. on. firms of humor.
lore and--:kindn,e88.?fbilt $991.5“! 3° Tami“;
time, hairletxyét conic whenilfé‘r tb sfie’»
of harmony we can be quiet and see such
scenes of outrage, and murder,'and not enter
a protest. When the Republican party re.
stored to the leaders of therebellion their,
citizenship it was done in geod faith. It
was ready to let bygouos be bygones, land to
forgive all. Scarcely a Northern family but
slican party is not allow‘
South, the Democratic par
,Yazoo'County, which gave Grant in 1872,, ._ .
2,433; Greeley, 922, in 1876 is returned 'for_ ,
President as folloWs: Tilden, 8,672; Hayes,"
what can bring to memogy some relative or
friend that laid down his’lifc on the battle
field, in the hospitals, stricken down by dis-
ease or,starvcd in Southernprison pens;
The, writer of this remembetB-lchoolmptcs,
boyhood’s playmates Who {enigma-e the. My
of the Union and who did.not,retum:-wttb
the rest. One: sleeps thesieepzof the just.
His remains are buried wherehe fell in front
of the enemy’s works at Fort Hudson. Four
lie buried in that gloomy stockade tit Ander-
sonville starved to death. May God forgive
the hand that was first lifted against its
country; , - .
Gentlemen of the South we have met 5011
tion. How have you returned that spirit.
By a systematic course of acts that ought to
put any naticn of barbarians to shame?”
What other government on the face of the
eartlgwould have pardonedyour crimes ? In
any other country but oursfiyou' would either
have been hanged, or driven into exile. As
Col. Ingersoll aptly puts it g “If the Repub--
' to live in- the
is‘not going to
beiallowcdto succeed infth -_ I "his- ’.
V'Now a word as to ill colored people
of the South. Their gmute faces, are turned
to the 'North forusympathyi " Every day
brings the sorrowful—tidings of the wrongs
and fraud that is ;-beiug practised upon
them. Shall we listen‘tb their pleading
and pay no: attention'to theircries, Men‘
of the Nerth. strike now: Show by your
votes that a mob despotism is not going to
controlthis country. The colered people
do not ask to be allowed to govern; They
ask only for the rights that the Almighty
has given them. . ‘ ’I ’
That was a fitting reply by Mr‘ Rainey,
colored, woes of the Southern members
of the forty-fourth Congress,who had spoken;
to him (Rainey) and his race in snecring
terms. The reply was this:—"With the
gentleman who has transcended decency I
wish no words" * * _* ,* I have only
to say as Ruth said to Naomi, “Entreat
me not to _ leave thee or to, return from fol
lowing after thee for whither thou goest,
I will go and where thou lodgest I will
lodge, the people .shall be my people and
thy God my God. Wherelthou diest will I
die and there I will be buried.” And now.
let thysentiment expressed . by Senator
Conkling be our watchgword, f‘Let the
Republican party be now and always the
champion of Right and Courage—Never
the victim of Error and Fear.” W.
West Stratford, Conn,', Nov. 26th 1878.
*
Nevada. Inventions:
q» -___
REMARKABLE ‘ AND ,VA‘LUABLE NOV‘EUI‘IES
' LIKELY ro Asromsn mum). 6
One of the most astonishing and attractive
features of the French Exposition was the
department occupied by American inventors.
During the past fifty years the genius and
ingénuity the of American inventors have
more than kept pace with the progress else:
where. Although perhaps-not so profound
in philosophical research as the French and
German, the American inventor has proved
more practical and thorough, and to-day the
triumph of his brain and hand is practically
the basis of the world’s manufacture and
commerce. The pulsation of :our mighty
engines beat - the .mad. wav of - eyeggwsoofl
Wm,_._um of WW“
mam . U ' mosplrere of
the tropics and the cold winds of the frigid
zone. The genius of Edison is now filling
the world with wonder and delight, yet at
the same time there are wants which yet call
for the profoundest study of the inventive
brain. There does not exist in America to—
day a single device by which a-man can open
a can of tomatoes without stripping a patch
of flesh off his hand the size of a ten cent
piece, or ripping open the seat of his best
pantaloons. There are,however, men on the
Comstock who are constantly at work upon
difficult problems to mechanics.
Frank Orbiston has just filed a caveat for
a combined butter churn and accordeon.
The cream is placed in the lower portion .of
the accordeon, and when the player is draw—
ing “Sweet Spirit, Hear My Prayer,” out of
the instrument, wooden attachments to the
keys are churning the butter. By thetime
the opera of “Fra Diavolo” is played
through (omitting the choruses) the butter
and the police may be looked for.
The combined prayer book and card case
is a unique invention by Mr. A. D. Bender.
It is quite simple but efiective in construc—
tion. It is a box made in the form of‘a
prayer book, and of the proper size to hold
a pack of cards. It can be carried in the hand
. on Sunday morning, and at the same time is
indispensable at an evening party. The
automatic adjustable back-flap, with‘the self—
feeding adjustable bed plate, is a vast im-
provement on all other attempts at the same,
line, and combines piety with business.
The bedbug crusher is a very useful inven-
_.tion,by the keeperof a B street lodging
house. .It is fully capable of performing the
work assigned. The motive power operates
on a lever and fly wheel. It is a four horse
power machine, and a bedbug is crushed to
pieces -'when ,once in its embrace, with the
greatest ease. The proprietors of the Bloke
ore crusher. have enjoined the - sale, however,
as they consider it an infringement on _their
patent. ' j _ . j
A C street saloon keeper has invented a
beer glues which, while appearing quite large
on the outside, has a big bulge in- the bottom
which takes up half the glass. The bulge is“
made of frosted glass,,and has the appear-
ance of foam. Thus the consumer 'pays
fifteen cents for half a glass of beer and is
no. wiser. This invention is"destined to
become quite popular with vendors of beer.
A new lead and nickle half dollar has been
devised by a Comstock philanthrgpist to
distribute among the poor. Trampfivag'rants
and bummers can be furnished with the
bogus money, which is such a close imitation
of the Original that the difference cannot be
detected. They can be‘had at $1 a gross.
The explosive bootij is an invention by
Dan De Quille. ' The. .bootjack is charged
with dynamite, and, when thrown at a cat,
explodes onhitting the ground and annihi-
lates the cat, a number of Chinese fire drag-
ons are turnedle and chase the : eat all
over town. If the cat is killed by the ex—
plosion, the fire dragons. come. in equally
handy in terrifying the first policeman who
comes up‘tO’see what is going on. ’
The collection register is an unique ma—
chine by Father McGratb, on somewhat the
same'principles as the Mofiet bell punch. It
is attached to the collection plate, and each
coin dropped in rings a bell and registers its
own denomination. This effectually circum—
vents any design ewhi'ch the man taking
up thecollection may have upon the excheq—
uer of the Lord. 'No well regulated [church
should be without one.— Wrginia Chronicle.
Brothcr' Bills of the Winsted News
pitches into the Fairficld' County Democrats
thusly:
9111va years, ago Fairfield county gave
us acandidate for Congress that waselected
by a large vote, no one knew‘ the man and
supposed out of the abundance of their stock
a good, "strong-and reliable man was of
crimes brought .out. Two years later a cen-
vention again assembled, and what do we
see. “ Not asingle vote was cast,or a single
thought given to the successful man of
1876, but a still more nmsible man. was
brought forward by the same ring master,
and with the prestige of 1700 majority, we
were defeate by ., more than 1000 votes,
2700 votes lost, because Fail-field must run
every man in _that county for Congress, or
in the other words because every voter in
Fairfield county brings himself forward for
that position.
more than half way in a spirit of reconcilia 2
'l'n'o secondomeu Paperln the state.
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ALEX. S . GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church .
Teacher of '
Puma-Forte, Organ and Musical
. Composition.
Box 879 P. 0.. NORWALK, CONN.
c. B. coonnfcn,
DENTIS '1'.
Successor to
.I‘Jr. Asa. Hill,
out pain;
6. S. EOMSTEEK, M. ll.
Homoeopathic Physician.
Office and Residence, Cor. MAIN STREET and
UNION AVENUE. Office hours 7 to 9 a. m., 12
to 1, andfi to 7. Slate at Glover-ts Grocery Store
All orders will be promptlyattencled. 11m20 j
Hurlhutt, Helyea & Seymour,
.l'ilfll‘lltll and Counsellors at Law,
Boom No.4, [up stair-5,]
GAZETTE BUILDING.
EDWARD P o WEED,
D R 'U' G- G- I S '1'
Wall Streetmpposile Norwallc' Opera Home. 4
Alarge and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Perfume ,I’atent‘Medicincs, all kinds Mineral
.Waters. orletfind Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
and kerohiefExtraess,HairBrnahes,Combs,
Sgong _,ChamorsSkms-. Stationary.Cip:ars. are”
med
EDWARDZT. PRITCHARD,
. (Late with A. C. Bell a: 00., New York,)
Fashionable. Tailor tDraper.
Dress Suits, $25 to $35. Business
_ Suits $18 to $25.
Corner Wall and Water Sts.,Norwalk, Conn. 24
GEORGE H. RAYMOND,
Furnishing Undertaker,
No. 53 MAIN STREET,(U1) Stairs.)
w. - E. cuiarran,
General Furnlshmg Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE n. R.DEPOT
VOrdei-sattended to day or night. Residonc
Main Street ,3 doors from Union Avenue.
The Norwalk Fire Insurance 60.,
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year,
And has not outstanding a Dollar of unpaid losses
or of claims for losses.
I'I Still" “MFA" IISIIIIES AI 1.0"!!! MI
WI. C.Srannr, Pres., S. E. Onnsraan, Treas.
- Gno. R. CowLEs,Scc’y.
TNA INSURANCE Co. ofIIABTFORD
IncorporatediSl‘l. ' Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $6,713,893.77
[nsuresag'ainstloss and damage by Fire,on terms
sdoptedto thehazard andconsistent with the laws
of compensation . 00 WLES 8'. MERRILL ,'
Sole Agentsf or N orwalk and Vicinity
BfS.BLASCER,
vAthis storcin » -
"Ant-022's Enocn,
hasconstantly on hand,a general assortmento
Groceries, Crockery, Glass,
Tin and Wooden Ware, Etc.
Bydevotinghis constantpersonalattentionto the
busrncss he hopcsto merit public patronage
W. &3 D. MITCHELL,
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HOWFOR "ll"! WATER PIPES.
‘ Wm. Glover 8: Son,
Areready to putin your WATER,STEAM or GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at as low a. rate as
anyzone. WROUGHT AND CAST IRON, TIN-
Ll ED, LEAD PIPES, 850., of every size and de-
scription. PLUMBING in ‘1 1 ts branches.
1878.
EVERYTHING
130er TO.HARD PAN.‘
GEOEEEIES, .
VEGETABLES,
FRESH FISH,
FRUITS, 850.,
AT run -
.Very Lowest Market Rates.
A full assortment constantly on hand, freshly re-
plenished every day, with
Choicest Fruits, Best Vegetables,
and Sea. Food. ‘
Goods deliveredin any part of town. Leave your
orders f‘reel y with
Demmon .e ,Ncwcomb,
53 Main Street, Norwalk.
For Sale.
HE best Alder-nay Cow ' in Fair-field County, is
. athoronghbred andfglves milk all winter.
will be sold for $200.00} applied for within the
neg:I two weeks. Enquire atthe Gaznrrrunr-
r! . ' 2 7
l MACHINFSTSGM‘ETAEEEWYPE
3' Gas administered for extracting teeth with- :
an d p oimntlyaddingto hiasgckalftheneu, 3,.
, J. M. POTTER,
; Damn IN
Pianos,
MclodeOns, Sheet Music, &c.,
wan srnrrr murmur, corn.
NEXT noon: to SAVINGS naux.
I keep a large stock of instruments on hand,
and sell them on Monthly Instalments. Every-
body can hav’e a Pioneer Organ. .
sour sonar FOR THE onnnnaarnn
WEBER’S, STANLEY & SONS, ekov-
. ESTEEN arouses, HAINES
. hirer—none, VASE .9; sons,
P IA N. o s,
and will furnish at short notice. Call and
_see them. . '
, OLD INSTRUMENTS
Taken in Exchange for New. ‘
Iron/mg (1’: Repair/mg
' ' Done at short notice. I
The Weber Piano.
A few extracts from the great number re.
.ceived by the most eminent musicians in the
United States niay not be inappropriate:
I have never seen a Piano which equals the
Weber Pianoforte. , Geo. F. Brz‘atme
The Weber Piano occupies justly the first
rank amongst the BestPianos. J. N. Pattz'som
The Weber Pianos cannot possibly be sur-
passed. 8. B. Mills.
I used the Weber Grand Piano because I
consider it the best in the world.
Harry Sanderson.
The Weber Piano possesses eve thing that
can he wished for in a Piano. arty. Morgan.
The Weber Piano ranks foremost amongst
the best manufactured. William Mason.
The Weber Pianos stand firstamongst the
splendid Pianos produced in this Country.
Clara .N. Brinkerhofi
A ten years’ experience satisfies me that
the Weber Pianos are unapproachable.
John Zundel.
‘I would call especial attention to
_THE ESTY UUTTAGE BEGAN
Beautifully finished in black walnut and rose-
wood, combining more perfections than any
other in the world. Has taken more than ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY GOLD MEDALS AND
FIRST rnnmmus, at Fairs and Exhibitions
throughout the United States. They are en-
dorsed by the highest musical authorities.
Certainly the best I ever heard.
Geo. W. Morgan.
It is vocal, which is the highest praise that
can be bestowed on any instrument—Geo. B.
Seymour, Musical On'lz'c, N. Y. Times.
They are the best reed instruments we have
met with—(7. (I: J. H. Odell, Organ Builders
It is the neplus ultra of reed
7££0fi.1!7- 12;..Balcer-.-. .. , .. ..
1‘1. contain.“ - wwwm and-power int-m un-
usual degree—Res. Bishop bimpson, 1!. E.
Church.
Language fails in adequacy to convey a
fair idea of the perfect enchanting power of
instruments.
' this instrument—Independent.
Vastly superior to anything of the kind I
have ever played upon.— Wm. A. King“
The Esty Organs are without a superior.—
Geo. Jar-dine, Organ Builder, N. Y.
No tremolo has yet been invented that will
in any way compare with this for beauty of
efi‘ect.._— Wm. A. Johnson, Organ Builder.
It is not merely the best, but it is the only
mechanical reproduction of the human voice
which has ever satisfied Ina—Rec. H. Riggs,
President of Northern New York Musical
Association.
J. M. POTTER, Norwalk.
Peter Guigue’s
BEAUTIFUL BOUQUETS
,. for sale by]
III M.'&- 0. S. Prowitt.
'iDr. C. 11. Kendall &. Son,
DENTISTS.
Are now prepar-
ed to receive
their patrons at
either N orwalk
Bridge or Soubh
_ N orwalk. The
' . partner
has taken rooms
0 v e r Selleck’s
Bookstore Nor-
. walk. while the
' junior retains
the old ofiice, Lauder’s Block, South Nor-walk.
Teeth extracted Without pain, and all dental ope-
rations performed at either-office.
C.H. KENDALL, M.D.
G. S. KENDALL, D. D. S.
_P. 5. Dr. C. H.Kendallw111 devote Mondays to
Brdgefield.
Superior Shoeingi
Sore-Footed, Interfering,‘ and Il-
Conditioned Horses
Perfectly Shad 1
T is notorious that more than half of the ruined
. and dean-able horses are rendered so by the
1 norance or carelessness of smiths in shoeing.
he subscriber makes a specialty of
‘ HORSE SHOEING
and will guarantee to give satisfaction to all who
may entrust 'lum ‘wnb their work, whether the
animals’ boots are 111 a sound or unsound condi-
tion. Shop near Horse Railway Depot, Norwalk,
28ft . CHARLES E. MILLER.
Notice
. IS hereby given _to the people of
. 7 , 'Norwalk :and vicinity that none
Shoelng will-be done in first class
— style by \VM.McCOltMACK. None
but hand made Shoes used. Work done on most
reasonable terms, and particular attention paid to
luterterin and Over-reaching Hon-sen at the old
stand of M. AHERN,Main Street, Norwalk. ‘
‘ Look and See
WHERE you can get your work done; Any
thing in the line of
BLACKSMITHING
at short notice and as reasonable as any where in
town. Horse and 0x Shoeing a specialty. Wheel-
wrr hting and Painting done by an experienced
wor man. At the old stand of Geo. L10 (1.
16 GEO. W. APP.
H. M. tics. filial Plat-mast
Corner Main and Wall Sts.,
‘ Can be obtained
Drugs, all of the Popular Patent Medicine
Fancy Goods; Perfumes; Flavoring Ex-
tracts; Pure Cream Tartar; S a2;
Jamaica Ginger; Cloves; A1-
spice; Nutmegs; Toilet
Soaps; Hair Prepara—
' - tions ; Carriage,
Bath and Slate
Sponges. .
'Rexxggaval 2
C. W. BURRITT
IIas removed to
Allen & Price’s Building foot of
. Mill Hill, ’
opposite his old standicwggre he is fully prepared
PLUMBING ll an m arrears.
Special attent on given to
Tin Roofing, Tin and Sheet Iron Work and
Jobbing. Gas means of all Iclnrls ktmt
, ' on hand.
No'rwalk , J one, 1878.
Hot Air Furnaces
' BOUGHT Iron and Cast Iron Portable and
Brick Set. The best in America. Manufac-
tured “V7111 solld final); and put up when desired,
at the . orwa x can r .
S. E.01¥MSTEAD do 00..
mar
Norwalkl‘oundry.
cHARLEs w. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
nonwhnrr, comv.
Office corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
' Oxide Gas administered
Fashionable Draper and Tailor
AND
GENTS’ FURNISHING LMPORIUM.
Main Street ,Norwalk. Conn.
REAL ESTATE.
VWWV
V\.l\.l\ vV\
DWERDIIINGE
Building Lots.
EVER-AL dwellin s, various prices in differ-
ent portions of orongh, either to let or for
sale at reasonable rices. Also several places
outside of Borou'g 1 _limits—one in Winnipauk.
Also several Buildrn lots in and out of Borough.
1:119 nquire at this Office.
, _ To Rent. -
HE late residence of the subscriber .on Elm
Street._ It has hot and cold water through-
out,- standing wash tubs, complete bath room,
furnace, duo. Also a barn for two horses.
‘ EBENEZER HILL,
mo South N orwalk.
To Let.
HOUSE containing 7 rooms and a kitchen,
situated near the Post Office. West N orwalk.
dent 4 dollars per month. Enquire of J. M. LAY
TON, South Norwalk, or of MISS F.A.SELLECK:
West Norwalk. 45
Li
For Sale or Exchange.
OR property in Norwalk or qicinity, 2 houses
‘ in Brooklyn, E. D., within 5 minutes walk of
4 ferries. Good location. For Barticulars apply
’ to J. S. RAN ALL,
45 Box 63. Norwalk.
A Farm for Sale.
FARE of 76 acres, divided into five separate
_ tracts,is offered for sale, either as a whole
or in separate parcels; it consists as follows:—
- The Homestead of'about 25 acres..with Dwellin
House, Barn and outbuildings thereon; A secon
tract of 30 acres: another of 3 acres; one of 4};
acres, and one of 13% acres of woodland. The
whole isthe estate of the late LEVI SCRIBNER,
situated on the Belden’s Hill Road, town of Wil
ton. Apply to B. GILBERT,
- Executor.
Wilton, Oct. Elst, 187s.
3m’43
001118 T0 BERT cn 1stor2d floor all just
Painted and Kalsomined, plenty of water,
and good garden. Enquire of GEORGE H. RICE
at 1113 factory on Mechanic St.,or at Hoyt it Co’s.
Shoe Store. , ’
Farm for Sale.
BOUT 12 to 13 acres within 1% miles of center
- of Norwalk. Good situation. good house,
built of best material and by days work. About
80 chorce Ap le trees with other fruit, good aar-
den, ood we 101‘ water. andfine shade trees. J pet
the p ace for a. man wishing to.rax_se Strawberries,
etc. Price 87,0C0. Enquire at this Office.
To Rent.
ALF of a House, four rooms, right 51 tbeccn-
ter of the Village. Enquire at this Orrrcn.
vro'nn T0 mam—No.51 Main Street. En-
quire of HARVEY FITCH,or E. K. LOUIE;
For Sale Cheap.
A VlALUABLE manufacturing property. Foun-
dr and Machine shop, for Marine and Sta-
tionary n ne work or general Machinery. . tert-
uated on W arf. Has also Rail Road connections.
E HlLL, Trustee.
Terms reasonable. .
.7 South N orwalk. Conn.
To Rent.»
. 7..Tha3w1m.wwumDoum
kitchen,basement, etc. Apply to
n. LIELLS.
For Sale.
A cosy comfortable Cottage on one ofthcpleas-
antcst streets in town, Within five minutes
walk of the Bridge or Churches. will be sold at
cost price. A portion of the purchase money can
remain on _bond and mortgage. l’rrce $6.000. En-
quire at this Office.
A Desirable Homestead fill Sale.
HE valuable residence .of‘ the subscriber,
pleasantly located on high ground on East
Ave, in the Borough of Norwalk, IS offered for
sale. The situation is leasant and healthy, com-
manding fine views of ong Island Sound _and the
surrounding country. Distance one mile from
Norwalk Brid e, and the same from South Nor-
walk depot. ousc 54x50; two stories and attic,
filled in with brick, and substantially built.
Rooms 18, with all modern rm rovements, bath
room, laundry, stationary tubs, eebee’s cooking
range, hot and cold water, gas throughout the
house. The cellaris dry, having stationary [urns
ace, which heats the whole house. The nine 15
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 returning the same
-day. Land about three-quarters of an acre, laid
out in lawn, fruit trees, and garden spot. Apply
to JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent, ‘or-
walk. or to the subscriber,
A; S. HAMERSLEY,
26tf 255 Fourth Avenue, N. Y_ .
For sale.
A Rare Chance.
A House, Barn, good Mill—rite and fifty acres
ol‘land well proportioned in Meadow, Pasture
and Woodland; also,twcnty-two acres of wood-
land all situated at the head of the Borough
Reservoir in the town of New Canaan. for sale
at a bargain. Inquire of Drama Finch. George-
town, Ct., James Mitchell or J. Beldcn Hurlbutt,
Nor-walk. Ct. 25::
Norwalk, 10th day of June 1s7s.
FARMS FOR SALE.
Enquire of
CHAS. COMSTOOK,
New Canaan, Conn.
ll
Desirable Property for sale.
A Ver ydesirable place on EastAvenue.
Also, a few choice BuildingLotssituatedon
Osborn Avenue,forsalc cheap.
Also, a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
wrn Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain . Enquire of .
S. E. OSBORN. EastAvenue,
tfll or to D . W.FITCH,WestAvenue.
For Sale.
... A House and Lot, in a. healthylocation on
'l’ FairStreet, above Catharine. The Houseis
nearly new, well built,conveniently arrang-
ed, and will make a comfortable and leasant
home for a family of average size. The at runs
back to the .river. There is a wellot‘ excellent
water on the place, and Borough water in the
Street. Price low, and part of the money can re-
main on mortgage. A fine chance to secures
home. Apply at AZETTE OFFICE. 3t!
FOR SALE .
TWO verydcsirabl eBuildin gLotson WestMain
Street. Apply at theGAZETTE OFFICE .
AFTER THE FIRE!
Everything Fresh and Sweet 1
HAVING com letelyrefittcd andrenovated the
old and we l-known PEOPLE’S MARKET,
lately damaged by fire, I am prepared to serve the
public with the Best the Market affords in choice
cuts or roasts of _
Beef, Veal, Mutton,Lamb, Pork, do.
Also Fresh FRUITS and VEGETABLES in their
season. Every effort wrll be made to pcase and
satisfy patrons. JAMES E. WIXSON,
People’s Market, 19 Main Street.
For a quarter of a century Headquarters on the
[east side of the town for
an»,
CLOTHING TO” ORDER. ‘
Ten minutes from the Grand Central Depot to ‘
the S tore.
Chatlmm Square, New York.
New Firm at- the Old Staudf
DIessrs llIUL LIN G S BROTII BBS
Would respectfully inform the public. that they
have taken the business lately conducted
by MULLINGS (leLLY. and wrth the ohl ex-
perit :iced Workmcn. hitherto employed by thc_
late firm, are prepared to manufacture all funds 01
CABRIAGES' & WAGONS
T0 alibi-ll:
Repairing in all its Branches.
MACHINE FORGING. DISCOUNT
ALLO‘VED FOR CASH.
C. A. MULLINGS, J. S. MULLIXGS
South Norwalk, April 15,1878.
John A. Homwcker,
B. A. KE R,
FOOT 0F MILL HILL.
Bread,Rolls.Ptes, Cakcuflrullen, ac.,baked
fresh everyday. Everything made out of good
materials.and bye aretu land competentworkmen}
. v01. LXI..;anBER '51
The Valley Brock. ‘
Fresh from the fountains of the wood.
A rivulet of the valley came, I
And glided on for many a rood, ‘
Flushed with the morning’s ruddy fiance.~
The air was fresh, and soft, and sweet,
The slopes in Spring’s new vendurc lay,
And wet with dew-drops at my feet,
Bloomed the young violets of May.
N 0 sound of busy life- was heard,
Amid those pastures, lane and still,
Save the faint chip of early bird, .
0r bleat of flocks along the bill.
I traced that rivulet’s winding way—-
New scenes of beauty opened round,
Others meads of fresher verdule lay,
And lovlier blossoms tinged the ground.
“Ah! happy mountain stream,” I said,
“Calm'glides thy wave amid the flowers
Whose fragrance round thy path is shed
Through all the joyous summer hours.
“Oh could my years, like thine, be passed
, In some remote and silent glen,
Where I could dWcll and sleep at last,
Far from the bustling haunts 'of men.”
But what new echoes greet my ear—-
, The village schoolboys’ merry call,
And mid the village hum I hear
The murmur of the waterfall.
I looked ! The widening vale betrayed
A pool that shone like burnished steel
' Where that blight valley stream was strayed
To turn the miller’s ponderous wheel.
Ah why should I, Ithought with shame.
Sigh for a life of solitude,
, When even this stream, without a name
Is laboring for the common good ?
No longer let me shun my part,
Amid the busy scenes of life.
But with warm and generous heart,
Press onward in the glorious strife.
J 01m H'. Barnum.
Christmas is Coming.
Feathery flakes are dancing,.dancing,
In the gray mom’s frosty gleam—
Heralds they of reindeer prancing '
From the gardens of our‘dream—
From the bright land of- the elf-king,
~ Where the bonbons gaily grow
Just the sweets of Summer gardens,
When the tulips smile -in' row.
Feathery flakes are falling, falling,
From the skies in softest way;
And between the voiccs calling:
_ “Soon it will be Christmas day I"
Don’t you knew how in the Springtime,
Wintry snows are scattered wide
Ere the lovely purple blossoms
Dare to peep from where they hide?
Feathery flakes are sifting, sifting,
Through the chill December air—
Here, and there, and yonder drifting,
Making everything more fair;
Laying whiter folds than linen
0n the houses and the trees,
Softer than the richest damask
Spread our dainty guest to please.
Soon the bonbons will be falling , *
Acme—flakes have=fall’n.to-day, ‘ .
And the children will-be calling
' . ' . a W???“““""“
“Ah! we know when came the snowflakes
You would come, dear Santa Claus-—
For we always (you remember)
Know the wind’s way by the straws.”
See, the trees are fair as any
That the elves have wreathed with snow,
Will be planted—oh! so many 1—
In our better homes. And lo!
Something better far than snowflakes
Shall be hung about their green—
Caudles, toys, and fairy taper
Lighting up the merry scene.
And the children dancing, dancing,
Till all tired their little feet,
Shall, with half-shut eyes tip-glancing,
Wonder : “Why is life so sweet?”
And some tender voice shall whisper--
Flakedike falling from above;
“Christmas is so sweet, my darling,
Just because it’s king is love 1”
The South has borne herself bravely and
nobly during the yellow fever scourge; no
people could have behaved better. One
class in particular has shown unflinching
courage and the most generous humanity.
Its members may not have done, probably
they did not do, anything more than many
others in the infected districts, but they have
been conspicuous from their calling. These,
the journalists of the South, meaning all
who are occupied with getting, transmitting,
or arranging news, have reflected credit 0n
themselves and the profession by the quiet,
resolute, fearless manner in which they have
discharged to thelfullest their highest duty.
Hardly an instance can begiven in which
one of them has quitted his post. _ In New
Orleans, Vicksburg. Memphis and smaller
towns, they have refused to go away, as
they might, and as so many others huve
done. They determined to face the danger
—a very formidable one, since very few of
them had had the fever, and a large number
were new to. the South—and to challenge
death in order to render the service which
they knew wouldbe sadly needed. Scores
of them have been down with the pestilence;
many of them have died, but none have fal-
tered or retreated. On some newspapers
only one or two journalists have been .left,
but the survivor ,or survivors have kept
religiously at their work. Nor have tilt. by
any means restricted themselves to their
business]; they have distributed supplies—-
many belong to the Hounds—attended to
the sick and dying, and worked incessantly
to relieve suffering. to help‘h‘umanity in every
way possible. They have seen death steadily
approachingzthey have looked-him calmly in
the face; they have felt they must be vic-
tims. But they have not blanched, nor
abated effort while. they could lift voice or
hand; and as their fatal'turn came, they
have shown remarkable fortitude, fighting
disease to the last, and, when forced to sub-
mit, yielding as dauntless men overcome,
not as men conquered. The Southern jour-
nalists deserve well of the nation. They
have been fearfully tried, and their trial has
brought out all their virtues. They have
proved themselves to be men not less -than
journalists, and very manly men. They may
have defects neither ~few her- small; but
surely lack of courage and want of humanity
are not among them.- : .
, ‘___.
How he made'zifl'c Vote.
The St. Paul (Minn) Pioneer-Press sends
out the following story Concerning Walker
II. Brown, Democratic nominee for Con-
grass in the Ninth District of Iowa: "It
is said that while a member of the Board
of Supervisors in Emmet County, Iowa,
he was made_Chairman of the‘board, which
consisted of three members; that at acer-'
tain meeting he presented a proposition be-
fore the board for action to which the other
two members were Opposed. He requested
one of the members of the board to take
the chair while he discussed the measure,
which was done, then, while on: the floor,
called for a vote on the question, which of
course, the Chairman not voting wasatie.
He said. ,‘I will now resume the chair,’
and then announced as there seemed tube
a. tie vote‘ that'it became necessary for
the Chair to decide it, which he didin
the affirmative, and declared the measure
carried.”
Try our Baking.
Norwalk Chronicler