Norwalk Gazette, Tuesday, February 4, 1879 · page 4

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Tuesday, February 4th, 1879.
A Mothr r's Hr art.

A lit .10 drra ning, such as n others know;
A lttle .‘i Igering eve." dainty things;

 

 

-;- Allin!!! heartpwlieroin hOpe all aglow

Sgirsflike albirdat dawr that ,wrkcs and
sings-j
And that is all.

A litt‘e clamping to her yearning breast ;
A' little muri ig‘ovcr future years ;
A heart that prays, “L‘ear Lord, Thou know-
, est best, '
But spare my flower life's bitterest rain of
trars”— ' 5
And that is all.~

A little spirit speeding through the night ;
' ‘A little‘htlmei‘g'ro'wn lonely, dark and chill ;
A sad heart, groping blindly for the light ;
A little snow-clad grave beneath the hili--
And that is all.

A little gathering of life’s broken thread ;
A little patience keeping back the tears;
A heart tllat sings, “Thy darling is not dead,
God keeps her safe through His eternal
yt-ars”—- ,
And that‘is-all. _
eMacliiillrm’s Magazine.

 

A friend sends us a Canadian paper contain-
ing the following verysremarkablc story,
which is going the rounds of the press. ‘Wc
cannot answer for. its truthfulness, but if
“ illiam’s sister” really resides in Norwalk
we trust she will come forward and tell us
just how much of It. to believe. '

another Indeed. ' ‘ .

 

 

. cm: on mammalian wosrax' wno warn; ms
Koreans or 0x1: nuxnasn AND 'rwnLvn
CHILDREN. .

“Is Mrs. Austin -in 1’” asked a reporter,
upon being admitted to a neat little cottage
--n the corner of M 'and Fourth streets,
Washington, D.,C.

“That’s my name,”_replied the lady, who
npened the door. “Have a seat, sir.” The
a porter accepted the proffered chair, afid
turning towards the lady, observed that s e
was above the medium height, of a full fig-
ure, not more than fifty years. of age, and,
.liough fleshy, active. Her hair was sprinkled
with gray, and thepnly eye she was possess-
cd of, blue. That‘she enjoyed good health
and .afine constitution her whole appearance
indicated, and her manner was that of a
woman who was confident she could take
care of herself.

“M .~Austin," began the reporter, “ I
sent to interview you.” '

“About: what? 0h,‘ I know—about the
children I’ve had. Ain’t that it 1’"

“That's it precisely, madame.”

“Well,I’ll tell you all about it. I'm not
ashamed of it. I’ve given birth to forty-
l’our children, and I’m not an old Woman yet,
am I ? I don’t‘feel old, anyhow, and I don’t

' believe I look old, I’m not quite fifty-four

yet,-but I’m so near it that .I might as well
callfithat my age; I'll be fiftylfOu'r years of
ageon', thej 18th of this month. Ain't I a
_ young-Woman to have had that many child—
ren? I’ve had forty since I married my pres-
ent husband, and he’s right out therein the
back yard now." Stepping toward the rear
door she called out. “Willaam,come in here ?"

Then she resumed her seat near the report-
er and, rattling right on, sa'id—

“My husbfld don't like me to tell about
the children I've. had, but I will do it. He’s
ashamed of it, but,I ain’t. . I’m proud of it,
and~why shouldn't I be? I've got cause—
don’t you think so 'r‘"' _

The reporter replied that he had seen peo—
ple very proud Of a single child, and on that.
principle'Mrs. Austin certainly had a right
to become ecstatic of forty-four. Just here
a gentleman entered the room, and Mrs.
Austin, pointing to him, said:

“That’s my husband, and forty of my
children belonged to him. Now, William,
you needn't shake your head at me; I'm just
going to tell the reporter all about it. I say
its nothing to be ashamed of. Then why

‘ shouldn’t I tell him,he wantsto know? Yes;

sir (mining to the reporter), I‘ve had trip—
lets six times and twins thirteen times. I
never had less than twins at a time. I have
a sister only forty-three years old and she
had twenty-six children. Her name’s Carry
Kinny, and William, there—my husband—
has got a sister that’s had forty~onechildrcn

and ten of ’em are living yet. She brought
eleven of ’em to this town.”

“Does she live here now ?" .

“No, she's moved to Connecticut. What’s

,. the-name of ,that place'your sister went to,

William? Oh, I know now,'Norwalk. That’s

pretty good for one family, ain’t it ? Where,
can you‘tind another family with three wo-

_ me and

my husband’s'_sister?" » . '

» —“Are you a native of Washington. Mrs.

Austin ?" '
“No, indeed. I was born in South Caroli—

na and raised-in Tennessee. My grandfather’s
name was Irby, one of the big families of
South Carolina. I come of royal bldod, I
tellyOu. My father was John G. Klink,a
printer. He published a paper in Memphis
before the war. Casey Young knew him
well. Everybody“ ‘Memphis knew him.
I’ve been throu ' th isms you want to
know about th led’ Ii 1862, in Ten—

was

 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

ncssee, Iwas at ervice in the
army ofzth: Gumlie d (i so. been right
to the frOn nded off the
battle field. that: Was an awful
time. I’ve' , storm,I.can
tell you. Y ._ régular physician,

 

and have been 'p ing fer twenty—five
years. I was One ofé'the firsthomeu physi-
cian that cvé'r'prscticcd‘; I studied under Dr.

' Stone, of New Orleans.- You’ve heard ‘of
him, haven't you ? But I know you have,
because he was a noted man.

“I ’tended oficers and privates, too, until
after the army fell back from Chickamaugm
and then I was sent 'to the Valley of Virginia,
and it was up there I lost this eye"—touching
the sightless socket. “I've got medals for
my service and was given a regular commis
sinn. My husband was all through the war
and was shot all to pieces. Oh, my! I pick-
ed him up cut of the mud, once, just shot to

'lices. ‘ He had a great big hole" shot in ,
his head, and his skull was trepanned with a
silver quarter: and it’s in his head now.

4- Come ,round here, William, and show that

place." .
" Mr. Austin walked round to the reporter

and. leaned over so that his head could be ex—
amined. The silver coin was there,covering
what had been an ugly wound. During his
examination the interviewer took . occasion
to study Mr. Austin a little. He is about
five feet eight inches high, compactly built
and finely developed; black eyes and dark
hair, and heard scarcely tinged with gray; a
well shaped head and good countenance.
He looked to be about forty-five years of age,
and his conversation proved him to be a man
of sound common sense and fair education.
After the hole in his head had been ,‘exam—
ined, Mrs. Austin said : “But that ain’t all.
Show your arm, William." 'The :llusband
bated his left arm and showed where a rnin-
nie ball had passed through, crushing the
bone about two inches above the wrist. His
wife next called upon him to show his injur-
ed leg. He'bared'fhis left leg and it was lit~
erally covered. with scars. At the battle of
Stone River the limb had been struck with a
shrapnel shell and torn almost to pieces.
The bone was crushed and the flesh torn in.
places from the limb. By the same shell the
right leg was also badly hurt. “And for all
itIIQWEQOntinued Mrs. Austin, “he onlyvgets
g 31301103011 'of $10 a month. , When I sawthim
after he was shot I never thought he'd live.
to get any pension." “She saved my log,M
put in Mr. Austin, pointing to his wife.
“Yes," she added, somewhat vehemently,
“The fool surgeons wanted to cut it off, but
I told them I could save it. They said it
must come off, but I just got a pistol, and
told them I’d put a bullet through any man
that tried it. I knew I could save it and it,

“0.131613%. better than no leg."

\

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The following was meccssarlly omitcd from

‘ , our.Washington correspondent’s- letter, last
' .week. _ -;‘: ‘ ' ,

 

The Ball.
SenatOrs Eaton and Barnum rill ruled tle
idea that the democrats in our legislature
were engineering a “roll." in the interest of
General Hawle. Both senators ’avcrrcd that
if. any! such movement was encouraged by
their friends in the legislature, it would not
be done in the interest of thnural IIawlcy.
The first named Senator very clearly intima-
ted that if there was any foundation at all for
the press dispatch, so suspiciously put over
the. wire by some “party in intci-csl" in
Hartford, it wasa scheme concoctcl for the
express phrpose of ‘making capital by ap-
pearing to suppress a revolt fabric iit'tl, so as
to supply the opportunity, To justify such
action by reason of what occurred in 1872,
would be a gross perversion of the truths of
history. The friends of_-Senator Ferry re-‘
fused to go intp a caucus and would have no
part in it. In the present case all the friends
of every candidate took part in the caucus
and were honorably bound to abide by its
result, inasmuch as it was a fair, open and
prolonged contest, in which every candidate
had his every possible opportunity. It is not
believed here, that the debt of gratitude by
whomsocvcr title, for arresting that “bolt,”
will be overpowering.

 

We give below the debate in Congress, be.-

oar Washington correspondence last week :—.
MR. BRAGG: ,

We have been taunted with the $34,000,-
000 in the Treasury that belong to some one
unknown or to the Government as .proceeds
‘of abandoned property» and ought to be dis-
"t‘ributtzd in the South.

I would "ask these gentlemen to take their
eyes off from the $34,000,000 for a moment
if they want to appreciate how we'feel. ' Let
them turn the glass over and look at another
view—a sea of blood—thousands and tens of
thousands of the best men .in the land, North
and South, weltering in their gore. Let them
hear the Cries of the wounded man from c
battle-fiéld as the cold chill of death stri es
him, and by the cessation of the groans you
knew that one more-soul had gone to rts final
account. '

Let them gO'and hear the pitcous means
from tlle hospitals; let them go to the hill-
sides and mountain tops, and to the valleys
where. thousands and hundreds of thousands
are in mourning.

x - ' .

account in the reckoning, the thousands of
millions,the billions of money that were spent
to put down this war; anti when they place

‘wOuld like to have them strike the balance—
shOw, if they can, that the $34,000,000 of
credit which belongs to somebody, they do
not know whom, overcome the entries on the
debit side. ‘

I am not * willing to sit here as the Repre-
sentative of my constituents and allow these
measures to be brought up in one form or
another; from one member and another;
from one committee'and another, for the
purpose of getting mondy out of the Trees.
ury on the plea of loyalty.

. These loyal men of the South are so few
that the evil that will be done by leaving
them out is nothing in comparison with the
great evil that will be done if we open the
door-and allow the $17,000,000 for claims
upon our calendar to be‘passed and appropri-
ations made for the benefit of men on the
plea that they were loyal people of the South.

I have here time and again heard a threat
thrown to the Democracy upon this side of
the House which I have thought for a long
time needed an answer, and it came from
Mississippi. I have heard it said here up on
the floor of the House that unless the Democ-
racy of the North is more liberal, that-sunless
they would open their hands and give out
money more lavishly from the Treasury, the
solid South would soon go over to the other
side.

' Isav, as one of the Representatives of the
Democracy of the North, that if there are
any ‘men inthe South who propose to belong
to the Democratic party simply for the
neutron that the doors of the Treasury are to
be opened to them, the, sooner they go over:
the better for them, the better for our party ;
and when the people of this country ‘sec and
feel, as they are beginning“ to do, that they
can trust the interests of the country with
the Democratic party of the North and South,
then we can make recruits in the Northern
States that will fill up our ranks to the maxi—
mum. Wc' have no need of that class of
gentlemen that we can only hold to party
allegiance by golden ties. by giving them the
promise of-everytlling which they may ask
out of the Treasury.”

We have no need of that classof gentle-
men that we our only hold to party alle-
giance by golden ties, by giving them the
promise of'cverytllirlg which tlley may ask
out oftlle Treasuay. .

Mr, ELLIS. , Upon the general {natures of
this bill I do not know thatI desire to say
anything now. WllatIam about, to *say is
'called forth by that portion of tlic extraordi-
nary speech 01' the gentleman from Wiscon—
sin [ML Bruce] in which he alluded to c.r-
tain “taunts” made by southern members in
reference to money now in the Treasury
collected illegally and unconstitutiormlly ;
try, and he might have well said with the
robber’s'hand. In the course of my speech
upon the Mississippi levee bill I ditlnllrlrle to
the fact that $86,000,000 were in the Treasu-
ry of the United States, collected without
the semblance of law or justice, from the
impoverished South.

’Now, I agree with the member from Wis-
consin [Mn Bruce] that the percentage of
“loyalty” in the Southern States during the
war was a great deal less than one per cent.
I undertake to say that the southern man
who was born there, who was reared there,
and who was identified -with the southern
people, could only have been loyal when he
entered the Confederate army and did his

South. Such men were the only loyal men
in the South. They were loyal to their
country ;' they were loyal to their God; they
were loyal to the noblest and highest and
holiest emotions that ever animated the hu-
man heart. ' Here and there, scattered over
the South, there may have been some indi-
vidual who from his heart and from his con—

but I do not'know in' all the limits of my
acquaintance in my own State more than

three or four men who I believe were
loyal to the Uniion‘ in the proper. sense and
usual acé‘eptation of that term. Before llos-
tilitics began there were in the South thou

sands and- tens of thousands ‘of men who
deprecated'and deplored the gathering strife
and who sought by every means to avert
war and disun‘ion, but when war came more,
than 99 per cent. of the men of the South,
every man almost worthy the name of man,
forgot individual Opinion and entered the
ranks and fought the battles of the war.

N ow as to the lecture‘ which in question-
able taste hc has seen fit to read to members
of this House, southern democrats} I tell him
it comes with rather a bad grace from him.
When I alluded to the illegal and' unconsti-
tutionally wrung money from the products of
the Suutlt--products singled out for illegal
and unconstitutional taxation—when I allud-
ed to money wrung from Southern States and
property by means and processes which no
mall dares now vindicate, I did not allude to
these facts by way of appeal for justice from
the North to the South. We of the South
were claiming a mere pittance; in all some
$5,000,060, forthc improvement of the Mis-
sissippi River. The people of the South be-
lieve that they are as democratic and as true
to the democratic party as the gentleman
from Wisconsin and his constituents. We
went to war, it is true ; but it was in obedi-
ence to what we conceived to be the teach.
ings of democracy that we accepted the call

to war. 4

Anger adds to rebuke neither grace noi-
force, but love does both.

Awild turkey weighing over thirty-five
pounds was recently caught on the Blue
mountains, in Lehigh county, ’Pa.

 

 

tween Messrs. Bragg and Ellis, alluded to in.

Then let them look at what is of the least-

all these'On the debtor side of the account, 1.

full duty as a soldier in the armies of the»

viction did espouse thccausc of the Union,.

“Our Jack” says, that if he ever edits an
Almanac, instead’of putting in “about this
time look Out for snow,” or, “now pfcparc
for coldwcathcr,” he will put it; “about this
time look out for Sewing Machine Agents,—
now is the time to load your guns for light-
ning-rod men,—after this date have your dogs
trained to go for tree agents that will appear."
He thinks such an almanac would be popu-
lar with furthers especially. ' .

He is somewhat tcuc'ry Oil the. subject Of

.trlcngcnts just now, owing to :l fulurc in

in that (tr-ptcizil line of or a trial at it last
week. ‘ .

It appears that a representative of one Of

t lclargcst houses in that line visited Nor-

wafk, and find ug business pretty brisk and no

opposition—though some rivals were expect-

ed daily—concludcd to engage an assistant
a rd selected "Our‘Jack" as one who seemed
anxious for the job, and began at once to in-
struct him in the manner of approaching a
customer, and tried to impress on his mind
the necessity of never being discouraged at a
refusal to purchase, but to “hang right on to
the party" till he effects a sale.

Bearing his instructions in mind, and a
specimen book ill his pocket he started out.
dctermind to gutnn order or die in the at-
tempt, but— .

His first venture was with old Mr. Baldy
on Comb SL2, who unfortunately is as deaf as
a post, and who doubts if he shall be able to
hear cvcn “Gabriel’s horn" unless they bury'
his'car trumpet with him when he dies.

The old man wasvout feeding his chickens
and did not have his trumpet along when
Jack accosted him with :'— ‘

. "Good morning sir! Nice day! "

The old gentleman nodded his head and
went on feeding his fowls.

“Can I do‘anytbing with you in the line of
fruit or shade'trees this morning? "

As Mr. Baldy was engaged ill watching a
Shanghai rooster who seemed to be getting
more than his share of the corn and did not
see the young man’s lips mOve, he of course
was ignorant of the fact that anyone had
spoken, so one remarked :—

"Goll darned hog, :I’ll wring your neck I”
The young man looked surprised, but con-
cluding he was not the party threatened,
remarked : -

“A few fruit or shade trees about here
would improve the looks of your place."

Mr. Baldy chanced 30 see the youths lips
moving and remarked, “Hey ?”

The agent repeated the remark in a very,
loud voice and added that he would find it
would pay. -' ’

Mr. Baldy brightened up and said:

“Yes, s-nicc nougll day, but pretty colt ."

The agent began to feel discouraged, but
with that order to “Hang on” to a customer,
in his mind, he suddenly bcthought him of
his specimen book with illustrations and
pulling it out began turning over the leaves.
and shouting all sorts of things about
shrubbery, till his throat ached so he knew.
his wind-pipe. was scratched, waited for an
order. '

Mr. Baldy did not hive his glasses and
his eyesight being defective he mistook the
nature of the work and remarked :—

“Tlre wimmcn folk’s got mor’n a doz’n
Bibles. now.”

We are afraid that the agent said someth-
ing that rhymes with ham, as 1le wandered
if his employer expected himlto ‘hang on’ to
people without eyes or cars, and feeling
that his voice and patience had both given
out. left the old gentleman with his chickens
and didn’t stop again till he had passed a
dozen houses, and not very long then as the
Woman who opened the door when he rang.
shouted :.—_ .

“Hans 1" Tie dcr dog loose, dcrc _vas an
under von of dose drce men 1”

That settled it 1 He returned to his cm-
ployer and resigned his position and is now
looking out for a new .one,_;w,herc he won’t
be expected to make a steam whistle of
himself every time he encounters a customer,
or to have sole leather pants made as a pre—
vention from dogs.-

 

 

Artilicial Pearls.

Not. only, however, are the- processes of
nature followed and natural pearls produced
by artificial means, but pearls are now manu-
factured on a large scale without the aid of
any shell-fish whatever. About two hundred
and twenty-two years ago Moisc M. Jaquin,
a citizen of Paris, a bead manufacturer, one
of those inVentivc geniuses who are not
abovc'taking a hint or suggestion from the
most casual circumstance, happened to be
walking In the garden of his country house
near Paris, when llis' attention was attracted
by a remarkable silvery lustre on a basin of
water. We can imagine M. Jaquin at once
all interest and attentioa at what almost any,
other man would pass,and which undoubted:
ly thousands on thousands had passed, with-
out giving tllc matter a thought. ‘ All, cicl !”
murmurs tllc Frenchman, “ll‘ 1 could but
give my beadssucha lustre! Pray what has
produced this effect upon the basin of wa—
ter '2” . '

The Hold servantuvhc has regarded the sud
dell interest displayed ill .SllCIl'd trifle, wr:

'Well as surprise, answers 1115 lllflilifl‘, speak-
ing for the whole World: “Master, it is but
the lisil ;' some alllleltes happened to be
crushed ill the wnicl'; it is nothing.”

Nothing! yes, nothing to the stupid ser-
vant, nothing to the rest. of the world; but
to a plaictical inventive genius like that of II
Jaqnin it is a discovery, it is a fortune, it is
an opening up of a new brfinch of commerce
that feeds", clothes, and supports whole com.
munities, and keeps them busy. .

M. Jaquin saw that the lustrous sheen he
so much admired was indeed prodrrccd by
the countless scales of the little fisllcalled
the bleak—Lemmas allim'mrs. He at once
began experimenting. The scales be dried'
and reduced to powder, and this he used as
an enamel, with which small beads of wax
alabaster were coated externally. These,
though beautiful, were unsatifactory, and he
soon began to use hollow glass beads.
now took the scales of the fish, thoroughly
washed and rrrbbed them successively several
times. The different portions of water being
used in these washings he suffered to settle.
The water being carefully drawn off by si-
pllons, our pearl-maker found a lustrous mat-
ter of the consistency of oil remaining at
the bottom. -Tllis‘subsl:ancc is called by the
French “essence d’Oricnt,” or essence of
pearl. Our pearl-maker, aftersundry inef-
fectual attempts to preserve it from soon
becoming putrid, at last succeeded by keep—
ing it in volatile alkali. The further process
of pearl making consists-in ~blowing this
essence of pearl, combined with melted isin-
glass, into hollow beads made of a peculiar
kind of fine glass of a bluish tint. These
having received 'an (yen and perfect incrus;
tation on tlleir’iuner surfaces, are filled with
a mucilagc of fine gum-arable, and having
been perforated with a needle and threaded
on a string, are ready for sale. For one ounce
of'the lustrous material used in coating the
shells, no less than a thousand fish are re-
quired. Fortunately this kind of fish is very
abundant, or there might have been some
probability that the bleak, 'becoming extinct
as a fish, would only continue to exist in the
form of artificial pearls—J. C. BEARD, in
Harper’s Magazinefm' February.

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~The birthplace of Burns-the kerosene ca

The Shepaug railroad Company have pur-
chased thirty tons of steel rails to lay the
outside rail on the curves with.

'Aladyborn in Hartford county but now
a residbnt of Springfield has recently found
a daughter stolen from her, during a stage
journey twenty-seven years ago.

There are all sorts of bets. I-Ierc’s a man
at aPterson, N. J., who ate three pounds
of raw halibut in ten minutes and thereby
won a bet that he couldn’t do it in two
hours. - '

We have been trying for three weeks to
solve it, but' we can't. How is it that a
élock, although it keeps its hands in front of
its face, is not: necessarily behind hand ?—‘
New Y '10 Mail.

The father ofa St. Louis bride presented
his son-in-law 'with 80,000 head of cattle.
“Papa, dear,” exclaimed his daughter when
she heard ofit, “that was so kind of you;
Charley’s awfully fond of ox-tail soup.”

 

can well imagine, Willi some coutemptas

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Successor to .
WM. 0. "sinner .0 co,
Nos, 16 and 18 Water Stress, -_

 

 

 

Offers for sale,

', AT BOTTOM PRICES,

either Wholesale 01: Retail, a'full assortment of

_ goods embraced under" the following donominu

trons, suited to this market:

H A RDWARE, -
Carriage Parts, Iron, A'grieulQ
tural Implements, Doors,
Sash, Blinds, Cut-

. lery,
Mechanics’ Tools, Guns & Pis-
tols, Fertilizers, Painters’
and Artists’ Colors,
J ewett’s and
other
brands ,
White Lead,
Paints, and Lubri-
cating Oils, Valentine’s '

Parrott’s and. other Varnishes.
Norwalk, Sept. 10th, 1878.

 

FAIRFIELD
FIRE

INSURANIIE 00MPANY,

South Norwalk "fenn.

Cash Capital, . $200,000.00
ASIBISJailJ, 1878, $313,000.00

Agencesinmll the Principal Cities and Towns.

W .8. HANFORD,Pre-1den I.
I! .R .TURNER, Show and Irene.

MPU E MILK!

Delivered in Norwalk and South Norwalk, at
your door, every morning

AT 6 CENTS PER QUART,

By REMSONJSROS. our

 

 

Chauncey- C. Plait,

‘IAN lie loullrl on the top floor over Pl'owitt’s
J Drug Store where lit: is prepared to make all
ol‘tlic Eatcst styles Ol‘Boots and Shoes having had

25 Year Echr-iellcc
ill that line. Also repairing neatly done at short
notice. ' Suit!)

5
I . and death, hundreds

who have becll given up by Physicians. HUII'S
REM! V cures alldiseascsot the lerllley's.ls1;l.trter
all-l rmary Organs, Dropsy. ('1'«‘_1.\'0!~ Diabetes.
and lncontinenoy and Retention of Dunedin!" S
REMEDY cures Bright’s Disease of the lx'nlneys,
General Dollility, Female Weakness, .\Cl'\’0|'13
Ill-lenses, Ilrrcmperance and Excess-cs, “U“ s
REMEDY cures Billions Heartache. Sour Stomach.
Costiveness, Dyspepsra, Strengthens the Bowcls
and Stomach. and mkhs the blood perfectly; pure.
lllIltT’s REM!“ is prepared EXPRESSLY
for tlscsc diseases, and lsasucver been

 

Pains ill the llack,Sidc
or lu-ins are cured by
HIIl'II’s REMEDY. the
Green. It. id uey and
Liver Medicine.
It is not a new com-
pound, having been
used by all classes for
30 years. and saved
from lillgcringdiseasc

 

known to lull-”25"“ trial \Ylllcoasvblluce
uu. ’ rs pure y veg a e, le
Ilscd byflgiltdrifyptshsicians, and the utmost relr
ance may he placed
ill it. '
HUIT'S REMEDY 011- '
couragcsslecpmrcates
an appetite, braces
up the system, and -
renewed hcaltlris the _ >
result. Send for Paul- .
phlct to‘ '
WM. E.CLARRE,
PROVIDENCE, R.I,
SOLD BY A LL DRUGGISTS.
THE SHIKERS’ MEDICINE
. l
on CURATIVE sneer,
That Mrs. T. A. Morgan has been sellinn' in Norwalk
with so mrlcll success can he had at FIN EY 8:. BEN
EDICT’S Grocery Store, as well as at her own place.
There are agents selling this medicine almost over
'thc known world. It is doing the greatest cures of
ally medicine ever known. It is nlude from Vetreta-
bios and Roots, especlnlly to purify the blood. “Then
that is pure your 5 (in will be white and fair, and you
will not have any complaint. 3m~15

 

STEAM"

SllWING & PLRNING

' Band&80m_ll Sawi'ng&Tuming,

M A N UI-‘AC'I‘TR E R O 1“

Doors, Sashes, Blinds, Mouldings;
‘ Boxes, ’ttckulg Cases, I‘Viu-
~dow Frames, &c.
I have 011 hand tools for 150 patterns of Mculd-

lugs, and will, when desired, make tools for new

styles. Constantly in stock

Pickers, planed and - pointed, Fence
nails and Trimmings,

BRACKETS of all descriptions, arid WINDOW
FRAMES made to order at short notice. INSIDE
‘I‘RIMMINGS got out: really to put up, from plans
and specifications. WA LN U'I‘ andASII WAIN.
SCOTING and FLOORING. TURN ING of all
descriptions.

Kl/rrlllizg I'I’oorl Split and ready for use, put
up in Barrels. ‘

- .BURR KNAPP, .

Foot 61' Marshal Street, SOuth Nol'wulk, Ct.

33

f I v
AFI’ER l’HE _FIRE!
Everything: Fresh and Sweet I
HAVING com lately refitted and renovated the

old and we l-knorvn PEOPLE’S MARKET,
lately damaged by fire, I am prcparcdto serve tllc
[rubber with the Best the Market affords in choice
cuts or roasts ol‘ -

Beef, Veal, Mutton. Lamb, Pork, tire.

Also Fresh FRUITS andVEGETABLES in their
season. Every effort Will be made to peace and
satisfy patrons. JAMES E. WIXSON,

People’s Market, 19 Main Street. '

FOR- SALE.

NE Family Horse, young and sound.

 

 

Two Peddling Wagons.
One Rockawuy Carriage.
One Single Carriage.
One Sin Je Carnage.
Olrc Lar y’s Side-Saddle.
One Single Sleigh,
Enquire of GEO. 0.1(EELER,
:45 and 67 Moms treat.

 

cum...
W000 Weill

FROM THE

Wheel anion Berlin to. '

0F BRIDGEPORT,
A Full and Complete Assortment of

Hubs, Bands, ‘
Felloes,
CARRIAGE BOWS,

And all kinds of

lair-late 1110310011“
BENT W001] wollK

_ Together with a Complete Assortment of _

a

Carriage Hardware,

Cart now be found at -

J. T- 'PRIIWITT’S.

47 Main Street.

 

B'arnum’s. .
_ IMMENSE ATTRACTIONS !-

Some entire new styles; perfect models of ease
and grace, selling at

PRICES LOWER THAN EVER
BEFORE HEARD 0F.

An Elegant Custom Department.

We don’t mean to adopt the stereotyped hum-
drnm of the largest, the est, and the cheapest.
Our friends known all about that. Thanks for
past patrons e and entire confldedcc ln being
prepaired at a l times to please in future.

B .A. R N U M ’ S,
Chatham Square, N. Y.
Baanaononert.

 

SOUTH NORWALK

FURNITURE STORE

Is now offering

FURNITURE:

Very Low Prices.

lowest Ever Known in this Vicinity.

BEST WORKMANSHIP,
BEST STYLES,
BEST TERMS.

D. STOW,

Lane’s Block, oppos to the Depot,
South. Norwalk.

PETER L. ”GUIGUE.

FLORIST,

Uhion Ave., North. of Norwalk Cemetery,
Dealerin

Plants as Cut Flowers
at all Seasons, Flowers for Funerals and Parties
tastefully arranged to_ order at lowest prices.
All orders left at Prowrtt’s Drug Store wlll be
promptly attended to at short notice. 3n152

New Firm at the Old Stand—

Messrs MULLINGS BROTHERS

Would respectfully inform the public,that they

have taken the business lately conducted
by MULLINGS #TILL'Y, and with the old ex-
pel-it need Workmen, hitherto employed by the
late firm, are prepared to manufacture all kinds of

CARRIAGES & WAGONS

TO ORDER
Repair-in g in all its Branches.

MACHINE FORGING. DISCOUNT
ALLO‘VED FOR CASH.
O. A. MULLINGS, . J. S. MULLINGS
South Norwalk, April 15,1378!

DO YOU

'SLEEP‘

'ON THE HARTFORD WOVEN \VIRE
DIATTRBSS ’! This most useful nndluxurious

bed is of very moderate cost. No bedding is re-
quirctl for softness,- though in the cool season, of
course. enough is required for warmth. For hot
weather it is unequalled—cool.comtortahlc,healthy
In cold weather alight Hair Mattress upon Wov-
l-zx erm is the extreme ot‘luxury. It is the best
Mattress in use. Investigate its merits. Circu-
lars FREE to any address. Write

THE WOVEN WIRE MATTRESS Co.

Hartford, Conn, U. S. A.
Ask your Furniture Dealer for
the

Hilliard Woven Wire Mattress.
Sleighs for Sale.

ONE Two-Horse Stylish Sleigh.
Que double Stylish Sleigh.
Two Single Sleighs.
Three Two-Horse lumber Wagons, for sale cheap.
.h‘n mm of 8.19. OLMSTEAD. '
Norwalk. so. 21, 1878. - 3t52

I 879.
com SEMI-ANNUAL

STATEMENT

—OF THE-

'TRAVELERS

Hartford, Conn... Jun. 1 , 1 87!).
ASSETS. '

 

 

 

 

Real estate.
Cash on hand and in bank, ,
Loans on bond and mortgage on real
estate
1ntereston10ans,accrued but not d uc,
Loanson collateral security.
Deferred Life premiums,
Premiums due and unreported .on

5517.301 37
. 127,904 69

2,256,193 13
53,173 as
canon 00
01,272 52

.Life Policies, - .40.?56 )2
United States Government bonds 433.420 00
State municipalhonds, 259,078 50
Railroad stocks and bonds, 320,838 00
Bank and insurance-stocks, 509,004 00

* $4,595,445 31
LIABILITIES. .

Total Assets

. Resrvet per cent.Life Department $2,972,511 59

Reserve for reinsurance. Accident Dcp’t2ill,326 34
Claims unad dated and not due, and all .
other ha ilitics 144.500 00

Total Liabilities $3,338,337.98
Surplus as regards policy hold-
ers. $1,257,107 38

statistics for the Year 1878.
N b LIFE DEPARTMENT.

um er of Life Policies written in 1678, 1
WhoIei number iie Policies written to ’880

.t e, . - 30 297
Whole number of Lif ' " ' ’
Amount Life Insurangg) $111320? force, 1 l ’20,
. . 1

Total Chums pardl‘n Life Dep:rt§d:n2?’556 00
.10chth Darnurrsrnx'r.

Numbcrol‘ Accident policies written in 1878,

Cash Premiums received for same. 3’ l 8
$775,582 51
$56,587 69

Gain in Premiums over-1877,
Accident Policies written,

Whole number of

Number Accident Clai s ’d in 1
Amount Accident Clainriislpxblld in 18877'88'.
$284,343 23
Accident Claims paid, 34.040
Accident claims mild.
$3,041,951 94

Total Losses paid, both Departments.
$4,313.08!) 80

(I :$S-G.:ATTEIISON, President.
‘. Avrs. ice-Pres. RODNEY DENNIS Sec.
Jonah}.MoanrsmssistantSecretary. ' -

‘ GEORGE ELLIS Actuhr
EDWARD V. PRESTON, Sup’t ot‘A enciés. y.

'6. P. Davrsdl. D.,Medicsi xaminer.
J. B. LEWIS, M. D., Surgeon and Adjuster.
can obtain TYPE

MACHINISTS METAL .. m.

OAZITTI OFFICE.

Whole number
Whole amount

 

 

" - scan 1's. swarm,

F L '0 R I S T ,.
AST SIDE OF MAIN STREET, SOUTH
OF RAILROAD, ‘ _

City Of South Norwalk, Conn.

Plants. and Flowers at all seasons.

Flowers for Funerals furnished and

tastefully arranged to order at short
uotlcc. ’

 

WHEELS, OSPOKES, Sharing and Hair 01110110

Ready-Malt llulliigf

Orders attended to

Book ublislled. 700
$9.90, pA cnts
6m37

‘ clEAIlIIIESS IS [EXT 1'0 MMIIESS.’

G. A. FRANKE’S
Saloon!

FOR A

Pleasant, Shave,

Artistic Hair Cut, or]
Thorough Shampoo
CALI. AT

Mr. Franke's Hair Cutting Saloon,

No. l GAZETTE, BUILDING.

If? Particplarattcntion given to Ladies and Child-

ren’s 1 air Cutting and Shumpooning.“
AT HOME T0 EVERYBODY.

Hot and CoIdWater Baths

caoss .
CREEK -;
COAL!

SUITABLE FOR

 

.Open Grate,
Self’Feeders.
Heaters,

7 Ranges.'
ENTIRELY FREE FROM SLATE

———AT-——-

Raymund'Bms
South Norwalk.

6. ’1‘. Lennard it Still,
COAL, WOOD,

Masons’ Mate/rials, '

 

I

. omntfiN-r PIPE

For Drains, Sewers, W clls, &c.,
At Lowest Cash Prices.

Drains and Wells Dag and Piped.

Also Sole Agent for

Patent Tinder Wood,

The Cheapest and Best Kinrlling out. Try it.
63' Branch Office at Spencer’s Jewelry Store.

 

 

HONEY 0F HOREIIUUND AND TAR

FOR THE CURE OF
Coughs, Colds, Influenza, Hoarseness, Difficult
Breathing, and all Aifectiorrs of the Throat,
Bronchial Tubes, and Lungs, leading
to Consumption.

This infallible remedy is «imposed of the
‘I'IONEY of the plant Horcllound, in chemical
union with T Alt-BALM, extracted from the
err: PRrNClrm of the forest tree Aunts
BALSAMEA, or Balm of Gilead. '

The Honey of Horehound soorrrss AND.
SCATTERS all irritations and inflammations, and
the Tar-balm CLEANSES AND 111:.th the throat
and air passages leading to the lungs. FIVE
additional ingredients keep the organs cool,
moist, and in healthful action. Let no pre-
judice kee you from trying this great medi-
cine of :1 onions doctor who has saved thou-
sands ofIives by it in his large private practice.
‘ N1 .IB.—Tlre Tar-Balm has no BAD TASTE or
sme .

rarcrzs so CENTS AND $31 PER BOTTLE.

- Great saving to buy large size.
“Pike's Toothache Drops ” Cure
in 1 Minute.

Sold by all Druggists.

as No CRITTENTON, Prop, . '.

WM. B. SWAN,

Manufacturer of

FINE AND COMMON

HARNESS,

And Dealer in

Horse & Stable Equipments.

Particylar'atten tron paid to

REPAIRING.

Thankfult'or thellboral patronage of the past,

 

the subscriber hopes to merit a continued share of

the birsrucssfavors ofhis friends and the public.

WM. B. SWAN.

Shopin rear of Residence, Main Street. Norwalk
Furniture -Furm§ture
. ‘ If you wish .
Parlor, library. Dining and Sitting
Room Sets,

 

Walnut or- Cottage Chamber Sets,

0r anything in the Furniture Line,of the Latest

Stylc,Best Finish and Make and for the
Least Money, go to -

WM. LOCKWOOD’S,

No. 36Main Street, NORWALK,CONN.
Also,

General Furnishing Undertaker.
promptly-flay or night. Real
0. T. Cornwall,Fr-ancc St.

run: 'ur'lm r-A'rn, on

dance with Mr.

608PBL TEMP-BRANCH.

being the onlylit‘e work and speeches 'of FRANCIS
Munruy, Du. REYNOLDS, and their co-lnborers.
Embracing, also, “
Temperance Union ‘

the history of the Women’s
The best selling Temperance
pages,13 engravings. I’rrce
address at'oncc.

._ S. GOODSPEED ll: 00., New York.

 

Slipping all Merchandise Tats.
Printed. 6r Piain

Bytho Dozen or'l‘housandmt Manufacturers

Prices, atthe

 

GAZETTE OFFICE.

t

'TWCONVEVANCES

v‘vvvvvuvvv v v'vvvuuvvuvuuw

DANBURY .1: NORWALKR. R
' FALL ARRANGEMEN T.
Commencing Oct., 7th,1873.
DAILY TRAINS
Lean eNo-rwa 11.: Bridg e for Danbury

At930,a.m.430 p.m.,624p. In. -

The 9 :19 n. m., 1111114 30 p. m., connecting with
the bile aug R. It. for Litchtlcld, Also on Sat-
urdlty t c 6 '11 p. m. . '

Lctw (Nai'walkllridgc forSoutth—walk.
At 7 33,11. m., 208 p.m.,5 5-1 p.m.,9 00, D. m.
Making close connections wrtli trains East and
West on N. Y'., N. 11.. 8:. li._lt.lt. .

a

Lcat'cDanui‘y/o1No'rwalk.
635, a.ln., 100p. m.; 4 57,p.m.
Freight'l'rain at610 p. m.
L.\V.SANDIFORTH, Supt,

 

IEW! ll R K J”?! HAVEN AHARTFIIRD RAILROAD
'I‘rainslcavc South Norwalk for New York at
125, (Washington Expuvia. llilriem River).347,
(Exp.),432, (lu‘xp.) coo.r 63” 7 at, 745*, (Exp)
9 26,* 1036, (Exp.) A. 01., 123*, 256,* (Exp.) 4 30,
(Exp.)5 03,6 '24,.19xp.)6 55,905,(Exp:)l{.1\l,1v‘or New
Haven, 1 3:},(Exp.) (-319, 9 or, 923, (Exp.)10 43, A.
M., 1211,(Exp.)145, 218,(Exp.)4 04, 4 lS,(Exp.)
611, 646, 10 36, (Exp.) 0'; 1125, (Exp) I’.M. Ivor
Springfielrl,6 49 9 28,(Exp.) A.l\l., 1211,(Exp.)
1 45:4 18, (Exp) 6 46 10 31:.(Exp.) 1'. M. Express
for Boston, vra.Springlield, 9 28, A. M., 12 11,418.
and 1036, 1’. M.,vra. New London; 2 18 and 11 25,
P. 111., via. AirLine R.R.,1 33, A. 11., andfl 18,1{.M.
*Connectathw Rochelle with Harlem River
Branch.

NorwalkHrllse llaiIWayTimeTahle.

COMMENCING NOVEMBER lSTrI , 1878.

 

LI-JAVl-l NorrwALIr. So. Nonwann'

' " '. . . . ‘5 35 11.11.
(0:13}; al.‘llI.N. 1 8:. N If Accom 6:5 .2
705 “ New YorkAccommo’n 7 20 h
725 “‘ N.Y.Express. 7 45

s 0:; t ' ' . 820 ..

8 35 " ‘ New Havanccom’n 9 02 ' ‘
902 “ N.Y.Ac.&N.H.Ex. 9‘23 ~“
9 25 ‘ ‘ 9 50 u

9 50 " , 10 10
1010 ' ‘ New York Express 1038 ‘ ‘
1028 H New Haven Accom. 1048 “
10 58 H 120 n
1120 H ' 140 u
1150 I . New Havehltxproas 1212p m
1230p.m..’ ' 125.) f
1255 H New York Accommo'n I 25 . '
125 ” New IInvanAccom’n. 1 45 r
155 “ N.Il.l£xpress. 220

230 “ New YorkExprcss 256 ‘
256 II 320 H
320 n . 340 It
3 40 “ New Haven Accom. 4 10 H
400 “ NewI-IavenExprcss 420 "
410 " New York Express ' 4 30 “
440 H N.Y.Accommodation. 503 H
50:3 u * 5 22 s,
522 “ 640 .
550 “ ~N.lI.Accom’n 610 "

6 00 ‘ ' New York Express 6 23 I‘
628 “- N.Y.&N.11.Accom 648 N
633 “ . 656 H
706 “ 725: s

7 ‘25 . “ 7 45 - -

7 55 “ 3 15 a s
825 “ 345 is
845 “ New YorkExpres 9 05 u .
905 “ - . 9 25 u

9 35 u 9 55 u

9 55 “ Saturday nights only, 10 15 u .

 

 

SUMMER ARRANGEMENT:

~ - Meeker’s
NORWALK PACKET.

For the accommodation of the public, the Sloop
LADY JACKSON, Capt. Joseph S.Byxhcc, will
hereafter make regular weekly trips between Nor-
walk and New York. leaving Meeker Brothers’
Wharf, Norwalk, every Saturday night. Bo-
_turnln glcave‘Picr (11 E.R.,cvery Wednesda morn--
mg. hreight taken on board in- New ork on
Tuesday's and Wednesdays.

Produce sold and returns made in old packet
sflvle. Freight at old Packet rates. Farmers in
a jorning towns are invited to send their produce
by this Boat. A. J.M13,EKER 85 BRO

Nor-walk, May 6th, 1878. . . 19

EW YORK & PHILADELPHIA NEW LINE
BOUND BROOK ROUTE -

FOR TRENTON AND PHILADELPHIA. EX-

PRESS TRAIN TIME TWO HOURS.

Leave New York, foot 01‘ Liberty St., for Tren-
ton and Philadelphia at 6:30, 8, 9, II a. m., 1:30, 4,
5:30, 1‘2 p. m. _

Leave Philadelphia from station North Penn-
sylvania Railroad, Third and Berks St., at 6:45,
way, 7:45. 9:30, 11:30 a. m., 1:45, 3:20. 5:30, 12 p. m.

Leave Trenton for New York, at 1:20, except
Monday, 6.45, 8:13, 10:20 a. m., 1215, 12:15, 2:20, 4:12,

9:15 p, m. , -

Pullman Drawing-room cars are attached to the
9 a. m., and 4 p. m. trains from New York; to the
7:45 a, m-,1:45 . m. trains from Philadelphia. _ .

SUN DAY TRAIN S—Leave New York and Phil-
adelphia at 9 a. m.,5:30, 1211.111. Leave New York
for Trenton at 9 a. m.. 5:30 p. In. Leave Trenton
at 1:20, 9:50 a. m., 6:10 p. m. . .

Connection ' is made at: Jersey City‘station by
ferry to _and from Brooklyn and "Eric” Depot,
Jersey City. .

Tickets for sale at foot or Liberty St., Nos. 5-29
and 9-14 Broadway, at the principal hotels, at of-
tlccs of the Eric Railway, in New York and Brook-
lyn, and at NO. 4 Corrrt St., Brooklyn. Baggage
checked from residence to destination.

H. 1’. BALDWIN, Gen. Pass. Agent.

 

NORWALK HOTEL,

Opp. D. a: N. R. R. Depot, WALL ST.
HAVING assumed the managementot‘ this pop-

ular and well known Hotel, the subscriber
would bespeak the patronage of the public, feel—
ing nssured that With his long cxpergence in the
business he can so conduct It as to give satisfac-
tion to all. He will give it: his personal super-
vision and by sodoinghope to morrtthe good will
of his patrons by looking after their comfort
and welfare. The table will_be furnished with
the best the market affords; waiters attentive,and
lodgrn a first-class. . .

A we 1 appointed Livery Stable is connected
with the House. Terms reasonable either by the
day or week. Traveling parties taken and care
' of at low rates. Don’t pass by the old N orwalk.

D.B. MORE IOUSE, Manager.

BERNARD COHN,
MERCHANT TAILOR,

WEEK’S BUILDING, WALL ST.
A FULL LINE OF
Imported and Domestic Cloths,

of the latest styles, consthntly on hand. Novel-
ties in Scotch Sailings. Satisfaction guaranteed
in every particular. 46

 

 

 

FARMSEHUMES I

 

Over 1,000,000 smarter Sale by the.
WINONA & ST. PETER R.R. 00.

At from $2 to $6 per Acre, and on liberal terms.

These lands lie in the great Wheat belt of the
North-west, and are equally well adapted to the
growth of‘ other grain, vegetables, etc. Tho
climate is unsurpassed for healthfulness.

THEY ARE FREE FROM INCUMBRANCL‘.

Purchasers of ,160 acres will be al-
lowed the FULL amount of their fate
o'er Ell-0 Co “3 N. W. and WI& SI. Po
Railways. ‘ '

Circulars, Maps. etc., containing FULL IN-
‘ FORMATION sent FREE.

11. M. Bus-chard, Chan. E. Simmons.
Land Agent, Land Commissioner,

MAasnALL, Gen‘l Ofllces C. s; N.-W.

..\ MINN. R‘y 00., Curcaco, ILLS.

 

 

. Free Reading Room.

' IiISrsa comfortable room fitted up for the
benefitot‘tllc public generally, sltuatcd on
east side of Sorrtlr Main Street. ovcr Rood’s Jew-
elry Store, Clark and Lane’s Block, nearly oppo-
slto Railroad Depot, South Norwaik, Ct. It is
open from 9 a. m., to 9:45 p. m. The room is well
llghtcd, warm and comfortable. It is supplied
With four dailies, two weeklies, and several
monthly papers and journals. beside a number
ot'lnstrnctrvc and interesting books.

COFFEE ROOM.

There is a Coffee Room on the same floor and a
lady in attendance from 90.. m., to 9:45 p. m., to
serve HOME MADE articles mentioned below,
at the following prices:

1 Cup of Coffee, with crackers, 5
1 Cup m Tea, with crackers, ‘5
Cocoa, - -
Brown Bread and Butter,
Sandwich.
Cake,
Doughnuts,
Piece of I’ic,
Crullers, ’ .
Ham,
Pork and Bonus, w
Stewed Oysters,

I

cents
0’5

I.
6‘
il
(0
l
..'
H
u
U
H

H .
OmuMMUGQ

rth bread and butter, 1

H
90°

 

Spectaclesl‘gglrlziTlgyllinds ovaes

LAZARUS Gr MO‘RRIS’S .
CELEBRATED PERFECTED

SPECTACLES 8i EYEGLASSES.

Also, a large assormentof GENUINE PARA-
BOLI) orPEBBLE SI’EOTACLES the only kind
cycr yet produced that do not tlrctlle eyc,that
gives a clear and distinct vision, and makes weak
eyes strong. Warrantcd for five years without
oflensc. Special attention given to fittingnear
slghtedpeoplc . A lurgcassortmento 1‘ .

OPERA and FIELD GLASSES
AT . > .
Wecd’s Jewelry Store.

UNDER THE OPERA HOUSE .

ADVENT OF THE '

Sewing . Machine
W O N D E R

DON’T FAIL TO sun THIS

Monarch Marvel of Perfection!

TE: NE W

Vertical Feed Sewing Machine,

Manufactured at Watertown,N.Y. Ever body
especially ladies. are cordially invited to cal and
lnfipcct theNew Machrne,and sec samples ofwork.
More beautiful and desirable than ever before ac-
complished. andutteriy impossible for any other
Mac nne to duplicate. The Vertical Feed is the
built? “11031 which swings this unparalleled site:
6058. comblnm entirely newl'eaturcs, winch make
he machine '1: 0 most simply nstructcd; the
most easrly Operated; the most (1 able; and meat
reliable, doing away with all fits, spells and bast-
ing. Though the new machine.
POSITIVELY LEADS THE WORLD,
and ngliving. person would purchase any other
after seeing it, yet It will be sold at the recent

. opularly _ .
Reduced Scale of Prices.

All come andinspect its merits.

R. I. TOLLES, Agent.
Principal otllce at H. S. Road’s Jewelry Store
0 nth N orwalk. Machines and sample to be seen
Harlem’s Clothing Store, Norwalk.

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ISTRICT UF NORWALK, ss., Probate Court
January 18th, A. D., 1879. .

Estate of SARAH W. I’ARLEBTON, late of
Wilton, in said district, deceased.
Tile Court of Probate for the District of Norwalk
hath limited and allowed six- months from the
date hereof for the Creditors of said Estate to ex-
hibit their claims for settlement. Those who neg-
lect to present their accounts, properly atteste ,
wrthln said time. will be debarred a recovery.
All persons indebted to said Estate are requested
Io make immediate payment to
~03 WIL'REY W. BATTERSON,
Administrator with the wrll annexed.

 

Tax Collector’s Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned-
Collector of Taxes, under and by virtue of
a certain tax warrant, duly executed and siEmad
by proper authority, and directed to the under:
signed, commanding him to levy and collect of
ANGELINE EJIUBBELL, '

and other persons named in the rate book, on the
list to said \vurrantanncxed. their several propor-
tions of the sum total as therein stated. said sum
beluga tax or assessmentlnid upon the assessi
ment list made in 1877. by the inhabitants of the
town of Norwalk, regularly and le ally assent-
bled, to wide}: the 24th day of Dec rnbcr, A. D.,
4877, met for t c purpose or" providing for the in-
debtedness ofsaid town, lcvres upon the following
described real estate of

ANGELINE E. IIUDBELL,

situated in the town of Norwalk, andbotrndcd as
follows, to wit :—onc certain oyster plantation
situated in the‘ town ol'Norwalk,boundcd norther-
ly.by plantation ol'John Dennis, easterly by com-
mittee line, southerly by plantation of Gould Hoyt
and westerlv by plantation of Joshua R. Jen-
nings and' by plantation of Carman Remson, con-
turning three (3) .acres, more or less, and I shall
sell at public auction, at the South Norwalk sign-
post, on the 5th day of April, A. D., 1879, at 10
o’clock,a.ln..so mach thereof as will raise the sum
of eighty-two cents, that being the proportion of

the said , .
Angeline E. Hubbell,
of the sum total in said list, together with the
charges of levy, sale, the,
- BENJ. J. STURGES,
[v. as, p. 86.]

Tax Collector, List of 1877,
Dated Norwalk, Jan. 21, 1879. 3t!

 

Tax Collector’s Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned,

Collector of Taxes under and by virtue of a
certain tax warrant, duy executed and signed by
proper authority and directed to the underslgn-
ed, commanding him to lev and collect of

. GEORGE CU LIPP,
and other persons named in the rate book, on the
list to said warrant annexed, their several propor-
tions of the sum total as therein stated said sum
being a tax or assessment lard upon the assess-
ment list made in 1877 by the inhabitants of the
town of Norwalk, regularly and legally assem-
bled, to wit, on the 24th day of December-,1t. D.,
1877, met for the purpose of providing for Indebt-
edness of said town, levies upon .the following
described real estate of sflrd '
GEORGE CUDLIPP,
situated in the town of Norwalk, and bounded as
follows, to'witz—Ono certain tract of land lying
in the town of Norwalk, at Five Mile River, so
called, borrnded northerly and easterly by the
abutment of Five ile River and land of South
Five Mile River School . District, southerly by
Hand of the South Five Mile River Baptist Society,
and westerly by Five Mile River._ Also one other
tract, subject to‘ a right of driftway. bounded
northerly on land of said Baptist Socrety, easterly
by highway, southerly by land of heirs of Nich-
los Vincent, deceased, and westcrl by land late
of Andrew Bell, deceased. And shall sell at
public auction, ,on the premises hereinbelore
described, on the 10011 day of April, A. D.,1_879.lat
2 o’clock, p. m., so much thereof as will raise the
sum of nine dollars, [59.00], that being the propor-
tion of the said .
George Cudllpp. ' ,
of the sum total in said list, together with the
charges of levy, sale, &c. ~ .
[V.45,p.81] BENJ. J. STURGES,
Tax Collector, List. 1877.,
Dated Norwalk,Jannal-y 280b, 1879, 313

crease WARD SELLEGK,

has constantly in 'stock at his new Store,
No. 9 Main Street,
a choice and fine assortment of
Groceries,
Provisions,
1 Flour, "
Fruit, .90., - '

0 which ll c would invite the attention Ot'a'll who
Wish to purchase first-class goods at
Reasonable Prices.

DRIED BEEF, SLICED, A SPECIALIY.
BESTOIHAMgLEjlg’HER IVHOLE OR .

 

 

Drop in and see him at his new store

SESTRECORDEIQM

CHILDREN’S SHOES

wear twice as long with either the

SILVER

OR “A. S. '1‘. CO.’

BLACK TIP,
6.1.37 ’ UPON THEM. ‘

e ‘ o - a
Carriage Painting !
IIE subscriber,a practical and experienced
workman, has taken rooms over NELSON’S

oARRIAGE SHOP. near foot of Mill Hill, where
he is prepared to

Pant Coaches, Carriages or Wagons

at short notice, in the best manner, and at Rea-

sonable Prices. English or Valentine’s Varnish

used, according~ to desire of partiesllaving work
done. Special attention paid to

Re-Painting Children’s Carriages.
and _to Plain and Fancy Lettering.‘ A share 0
pulglc patronage solicited.

- - R. E. WHITCODIB.
Norwzllk, April 15th,ln'78. 16

'Viok’s Floral Guide.

A beautiful work of 100 Pages, One Colored Flow-
er Plate, and 300 Illustrations, with descriptions
of the best Flowers and Vegetables, anti how to
grow them. All for a Five Cent Stamp. Ill En—
glish or German. '_ . '

.The Flower-and Vegetable Garden, 175 Pages.
Slx Colored Plates. and many hundred Engrav-
lngs. for 50ccnts in paper covers; $1.00 in cic-
garrt cloth. In German orEngiish.

Nick’s illustrated Monthly Magazine—32 Pages
acolored Platcin every number and many fine
cngravrngs. Price Sl.25 a year; Five Copies for
" Specimen numbers sent for 10 cents. d

Sen

:5.

_Vick’s Seetlsarc the best in the world.
Five Cent Stump for a Floral Guide, containing
plentv of information. Ad-

J AM ES VIC K. Rochester, N. Y.

WILL ‘B. GLINES,

(Late with E. T. Whitney)

 

 

 

 

 

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Is now ready to make your

PHOTOGRAPHS

AND .

‘ Tintypes,

Over Itegnicr & Glincs’ Drug
Store, Main Street.

HUT all Cuisinart BlTHS

EVERY DAY, AT

E. APELL’S
Model Hair Dressing Rooms.

Second Door from Post Office.

Holiday [lends

We' jnvitc the attention of our friends and the
public to examine pur stock,_iust received from
‘ the flu porters, of

Majolica, Bahamian, Pfll‘lflll tiara

WA.RE..

They are the most_ exquisitely beautiful goods
ever brought to thistmairket. 0n hand alargc
s on 0

French, English tit American China,

Rockingham and C. C.Ware,Tin, Iron and Enam-
eled Ware, We are the only agents in this County
of the Iron Clad Paint 00., of Cleveland, 0. e
have the :palnt, both ground
low to suit the times.

F.H.Na,sh do Bros;

 

 

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Carmine and Blue for Iancy‘durk
A. n. BYINGTON a co.

Bill it c ails

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and in oil, Prices .

Going into Breeches.
' BY MISS LAMB.
Joy to Philip, he this day
IIas his long coats cast away,
And -( the childish reason gone)
Puts the manly breechcs on.
Officer on gay parade,
.»Red coat in his first cockade,
Bridegroom in his wedding trim,
Birth-day beau surpassing him,
Never did with conscious gait
Strut about in half the state,
Or the pride, (yet free from sin,) '
Of my little manikln;
Never was there pride or bliss
Half so rational as his.
Sashes, frocks, to those that need ’enl,~
. Philip’s limbs have got their freedom,—-
He can run, or he can ride.
And do twenty things beside,
Which his petticoats forbade; '
Is he not'a happy lad ?
Now he’s under other banners,
' He must leave his former manners;
Bid adieu to female games,
.And forget their very names.

Puss in corners, hide and seek,
Sports for girls and punies weak I
Basic the hear he now may play at, I
Leap-frog, football, spom away at,
Show his skill and strength at cricket,
Mark his distance, pitch his wicket,
Run about in winter’s snow

Till his cheeks and fingers glow,
Climb a tree, or scale a- wall.
Without any fear to fall. '

If he gets a hurt or bruise,

To complain he must refuse.
Though the anguish and the smart
Go unto big little heart,

He must have his courage ready,
Keep his voice and visage steady,
Brace his eyeballs stiff as drum,
That a tear may never come,

And his grief must only speak
From the color in his check.

This and more he must endure,
Hero he in miniature!

This and more must now be done,
Now the breechcs are put 9n.

 

 

'The State Debt.

The recent report to the General Assembly
of the State indebtedness and finances has
the following among its items of information
The first payment made from the treasury
for the State Capitol was made January 27,
1872. The total eXpenditurc at the close of
the last fiscal year was $1,835,000. The
State tax was then two mills, it has since
been reduced to one‘ and one-half mills. The
funded debt of ithe State, February 1, 1872,
was $5,947,200. It is now $4,967,600. The
amount of cash in the treasury, February 1,
1872, was $460,421.77, and November 30,
1878, it was $1,038,098.02, showing a reduc—
tion of taxation, and a reduction of the fund-
ed— debt amounting to $979,600, and an in-
crease of cash in the treasury of $577,676.25,
and a capitol built within the legislative
appropriation. At the present rate of taxa-
tion, and with no material increase of State
expenditures, the first series ofbonds amount-
ing to $877,000, due January}, 1883, can be
paid at maturity; but to redeem at maturity
all the bonds payable in 1883, 1884, and 1885,
and amounting to $3,936,600, will require an
average annual revenue of about 8580.000
over the current expenses of each year.

a
It is curious to learn that the “glass slip-
per” in Cinderella, of which from our youth .
upwards we never questioned the authenti-'
city, though well aware that no one who was
not a protegee of fairies would think of danc-
ing in such an article," was not: part of the
original story, but has been due to a misun— '
derstanding of a word used in the French
version of the tale. The slipper, we have
been told by a writer in the Sunday Times.
supported by “Littre’s Dictionary,” was
originally a slipper trimmed with a particu-
lar kind of rare fur, called in French, coir.—
the far of a creature of the weasel kind. But
this fur not being known to ordinary French
story-tellers, they spoke of a marmalade ..
me,— a glass slipper,—by a sort of uncon-
scious pun. Certainly the new- reading is
far more creditable to the sagacity of Cinder-
ella’s god-mother, as a purveyor of comfort-
able clothes; for whatever magic power the
glass slippers might have had of surviving a
dance, it is impossible that they could have
been comfortable to the feet, and must have
resulted in all probability in serious corns.

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A learned professor of medicine in one
of our unchrsities, sometime ago made the
remark that those. students who passed
‘through his hands rarely succeeded in dis-
tinguishing themselves if they were habitual
smokers of tobacco. The smoking of cigars
or pipes seems to dull their facultfes, and

_ to have the effect of' preventing them from

sedulously gathering facts sufficient to excel
at examinations for degrees. We repeat
the remark as we heard it, and submit it
for consideration. Perhaps other professors
equally candid and observant migllt haven
similar tale to tell. '

As is pretty generally known, the smoking
of tobacco has a certain intoxicating effect.
It soothes the nervous system, and in cases
of poor living it lulls the craving of a bun-
gry stomach, without in any degree feeding
the animal system. Men who happen to be
enclosed in a coal mine, and are perishing
for lack of food, are 'stated to have pro-
traclcd lrfc by a few consoling whilIs of
tobacco.~ In _cases of this nature, smoking
may be allowable as a positive necessity;
but we cannot perceive the slightest reason
for this indulgence in ordinary circumstances.
As usually Observed, smoking is a vice, like
dram-drinking. It is taken up in a spirit
of idleness, without a vestige of excuse.
We need say little of its wastefulness, of
means; though that must be very consider-
able; The government duties alone exigible
on the tobacco used in the United Kingdom
amount‘to about nine millions annually; and
lf we add the cost of the article, the yearly
tobacco bill to smokers probably reaches the
the sum total of twenty millions probably
($100,000,000). We have heard of instances
in fashionable life who yearly smoke fifty
pounds’ worth of cigars, and doubtless there
are many, whose outlay must be far greater.
Among the less affluent classes the habitual
expenditure on tobacco but cannot encroach
on available means of living, and often
when the outlay can beill apared.—0hicago
Journal. '

%
DnurrxARDs as AGRICULTURAL Paonuors.
—-At the late autumnal fair of the Indiana
State Agricultural Society, booths were let
for the unrestricted sale of intoxicating
liquors. The consequence was that there was
such an amount of intoXication “as to give
rise to a Very strong feeling of disgust against
the board of managers. The Indiana papers
took up the subject, notably among them the
Indiana Farmer; and. the said managers
have been severely handled. But one of the
number, a Mr. Ryland Thomas Brown, in
the India-1m Farrizer, makes the following
statement:

“ Since I have eome to the confessional, I
may as well admit that I have my doubts
whether we should prohibit saloons at the
State pndcounty fairs. These fairs ought to
exhibit fairly the various industries in which
the labor and capital of the State are invest-
ed. Now, excepting agriculture, there is
more money lnvested in the manufacture of
drunkards than any other business in the
State: and so important and profitable does
the_ Legislature of Indiana regard this
business, that they refuse to suffer any one to
engage in It unless they will divide the prof-
rts With the State. Our dividend of these
profits last year was about $300,000. Now,
as everybody does not understand how those

thousands of drunkards that are turned out

every year from, the factories of this State

are_rnade, Is it not proper that the process, in

all Its details,should be exhibited at the fairs ?

We exhibit our schools of learning and vir-
tue, from which we fill our positions of hon-
or and trust, and shall we not exhibit the
schoels'of vice, from which we fill our pen.
ltentlarrcs and poor-houses ? We exhibit our
sources of wealth in the products of the farms
and the workshops, and shall we conceal the
leak where millions of that wealth is sunk in
the drssrpatron of the saloon ? Shall we not
be honest and show it all? Indeed, Mr. Ed-
rtor, I feel very much like taking it all back

and acknowle in In a f
loons at fairs.”g g y el a convert to sa-