WHOLE NUMBER 1627.
N ORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MARCH 1 1, 1879,
VOL. LXII.--Null:uun 10 —
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Voices of the Night.
When bed-time comes, and curtains fall,
And round I go the doors to lock,
Ere lamps go out my wife doth call,
“Remember, dear to wind the clock.”
When boots are off, and for the day
All irksome cares are put to rout,
I hear wife’s voice from dreamland say,
“Be sure you put the kitten out. ”
When stretched between the sheets I lie,
And heavy lids have ceased'to wink,
From trundle-bed there comes a cry,
“I want a dwink ! I want a dwink l"
4-Cliz'cago Tribune.
For the Gazette.
A Pleasure Ride.
BY B. E.
It was washing day. That was the way I
happened to think of it, I suppsoe, for Mrs.
Jenkins was so energetic on washing days,
and got us up at such an unearthly hour, and
then made such a steam and slop and general
dampness about the house that there wasn’t
any pleasure in being in it. It was a perfect
day, too. One of those delightful days in
September when the weather is neither too
hot nor too cold, befdre the leaves have be-
gun to turn and when Dame Nature seems
to be saying, “0, all you good people come
out and-be lazy with me for a little while
and let that everlasting work wait for once,”
And so it happened that while Mary Ann
and I were lounging over the breakfast table
the thought struck me.
“Mary Ann,” said I, “how delightful it
would be to take a ride this morning.
Couldn’t you spare us a horse to-day, Mr.
Jenkins ?”
Mr. Jenkins looked up from his plate. “I
guess I-could let you have old Pete.” he
drawled. “But there ain’t none of the men
folks could be spared to go with you.”
“Would you dare go to alone?” asked
Mary Ann in amazement. ‘
“Why, of course I would," I answered
boldly. “You will go, won’t you? I'll do
the driving.”
"Well,” said Mary Ann doubtfully,” if
you’r sure you can manage the horse-is he
very gentle, Mr. Jenkins :”
“Oh, yes,” said 'Mr. Jenkins, drily. “It’s
fifteen years since the last time he run away.” from the wagon most easily. “The” are porters 0'5 the late Confederacy.
“He ought to be safe," said Mary Ann
looking at me questioningly.
“Of course he’s safe,” 5 anewered. “I
dare say he’ll walk every step of the way,”
“If he does anything else it’ll be the first
time in a year." said Mr. Jenkins, as, he left “‘1‘” and ”‘3’" P““ them 011” 50 we each leader of the lost cause,
the room. -
Mary Ann was reassured and we went to
dress for our drive. An hour after, just as
the steam began to be disagreeable, Mr. Jen-
kins came to the foot of the stairs and
shouted. “The horse is ready, ma’am.” We
ran down stairs,climbed into the old fashion-
ed carriage and started.
It was delightful to be out of doors that
morning. The sides of the road were gor-
geous with asters and golden-rods, a soft
haze hung over the hills and everything was
fully perfect. I forgot my fears, for I
had felt some slight fears on this my first at-
tempt at driving,and even Mary Ann, I saw,
relaxed her convulsive grip of the side of the
carriageand ventured to lean back a little.
“Where are you going, Lucinda i’” asked
she, looking out over the the fields with some
appearance of interest.
“We’ll drive on till we come to some
romantic looking road and than Lulu: that," .I.
answered, “and we won’t hurry one bit.”
“Do you think we could if we wanted to i”
. asked Mary Ann, with a glance at our un—
gainly steed. who was stumbling along much
i as if he was walking in his sheep.
“We won’t try," I answered. “Where
ignorance is bliss ’tis folly to be wise.”
“Still I think it might be advisable to go
a little faster than this,” she said~ mildly.
“We seem to be riding in our own dust and
a great deal of it. I haven’t seen anything
for the last five minutes.”
“Well, here’s a pretty road, covered with
grass and lined with bushes," I said. _ “Shall
we try it ?"
Mary Ann assented and I turned into it
before she had time to change her mind.
This was much better. No dust and lovely
views of the surrounding hills that lay lazily
stretched out in the calm,September sunlight.
To be sure there were a great many rocks in
the road, and very big ones. I didn’t have
much time to admire‘the scenery on account
pf those same rocks which I had to turn out
for continually, and which notwithstanding
managed to tilt up one side or the other of
the carriage all the while. We drove on for
a long time, stopping once in five minutes to
look at a view or to break a great bunch of
asters or golden—rod. Finally Mary Ann
said, “Don’t you think it’s almostgtime to go
back '1’”
“Well,” I answered, “I’m only waiting till
this road meets another one so that we can
take it and go back.”
“But I don’t think it meets any other
road,” objected Mary Ann. “I think it ends
up in the woods somewhere or else against.
against a stone fence. Why‘ion’t you turn
around and go back the way we came ?”
“Well,” I said. (I didn’t like to own that
I had never tln'ued around in my life).
“Whoa.” to the old horse, who obediently
stopped. I thought for a minute. “Mary
Ann,” said I, “what does Mr. Jenkins say
just when he comes to the door with the
carriage, Sunday mornings i”
“He generally says ‘Ain't you wimmin
folks ready yet i” ” answered she mischiev—
ously.
“Of course, but I mean after that, When
he’s turning around.”
“Backl I hear him shouting that for about
five minutes."
“Back, Pete I" I exclaimed, at the same
time jerking the lines and hitting him with
the whip. _ “Back, sir !"
Pé'te suddenly and violently backed. The
carriage went plump against a rock, wflvere
thrown over against the dwhboard, and
something cracked. At'the same. time Mary
‘ Ann screamed.
“This won’t do,” I said. “We must put
down the carriage top so that we can see
where we are going to. Then you must
keep a look out behind and tell me if there
are any stones in the way, while I back.”
I got out and together we managed to
lower the top. Then I stepped in again and
grasped the lines. “Back, Pete I” I cried
again, and again he backed.
“Take care 1” screamed Mary Ann, when .
we had gone about two feet. “There’s a
stone i"
“There are nothing but. stones,” I growled
asI jerked the other line. Simultaneously
the front wheel in some mysterious way
rolled under the carriage and the thing rose
in the air as though it were some new kind
of balloon and, like air line sketches, “bound
to go up.” ‘
Mary Ann screamed and tried to jump out.
I jerked the other line, the Wheel rolled out
from under the wagon and we were back
where we started.
“We won’t accomplish anything in this
_way," I exclaimed in despair. while Mary
' Ann said, “I’m going to get out till after, you
have turned around,” and she proceeded to
do so.
“I wish there was a lot here that I could
go into. Then I could drive around.”
“There are plenty of lots but you can’t
get into them unless you candrive over one
of these stone fences. They’re pretty nearly
flow”, and I don’t believe it would be much
worse than this lane has been,” said Mary
Ann.
orlly Qo-u an} hum»-
I did not reply, feeling that this remark
was intended to be slightly personal, and
after a minute she spoke again, “Suppose I
take hold of the bridle and lead him around.”
“Well,” I said. “I’ll stay in the carriage
and help you.”
She went to the horse‘s head. “Do you
suppose he will bite ?” she asked, looking
fearfully at him. “He has a very evil eye.”
“Mr. Jenkins didn’t say anything about his
biting. You’d better be careful. The bite
of a mad horse is very dangerous, and I
should think that of a feeble-minded one,
like this old beast, would be worse yet,”
Mary Ann laid a timid hand on the bridle,
and old Pete gave a vicious snap. She hasti-
ly retreated.
“I don’t see that we can do anything,”
said she, “but drive on until we come to a
road.”
Then a bright thought struck me. “We
could manage to turn this carriage around
easily enough,” I said, “if the horse was out
of it.”
“Yes, but he’s in it," said Mary Ann, dis~
consolately.
“He's only fastened to the carriage in two
or three places and we can easily unfasten
him. You see it isn’t like un-harnessing him
completely. If we did that we should have
to unbuckle every strap.”
.“Wcll,” said Mary Ann, “but suppose we
get him unfastencd how are we going to fas-
ten him in again ?"
“Goose!” said I. “Haven’t you a pencil'
and piece of paper in your pocket? Take
that and write down what we do in the order
we do it, and when we put back the horse
we will reverse our proceedings.”
“Very well,” said she, meekly, and with a
proper consciousness of‘my superior wisdom.
I went up to the horse and examined the
harness. “The first thing is- to take 011’ these
straps at the side,” I said. “I shall have to
measure the distance from the harness to the
shafts with my yard measure. Just eighteen
inches and they go twice around the shafts
and fasten in the third hole from the end.
Put that down.”
Mary .Ann 'put it down.
only these things that hold up the shafts,
now,” said I. “Doyou suppose these un—
buckle or just slip off ?"
“Slip off, I should say,” said Mary Ann.
“Well, you take one and I’ll take the
took hold of one and pulled it off and the
shafts clattered down on the ground with a
noise that made old Pete jump, in a mild and
superanuated fashion. '
Then I led or rather drove him, forI didn’t
dare touch his bridle, out a little to one side
and left him there.
“Ougbtn't you to fasten him i” asked
Mary Ann, ,
“No,” I answered. “He’s too lazy to run.”
So he was, but he wasn’t too lazy to walk off
as I found when Mary Ann and I, after a
great deal of trouble, after lifting that old
carriage over the stones and running it into
the fence three or four times, every time
cracking it in a new place, finally got it
around with the shafts pointing toward home.
Then—“Where’s the horse ?” asked Mary
Ann.
Yes, where was he ? Half a mile off down
that road walking deliberately but dete
but of course with such a start of me I
couldn’t catch up to him. Just as I was
about to give up in despair, I saw a little boy ‘
coming up the road. “Little boy l” I scream-
ed, “won’t you please stop that horse i”
He sprang forWard with alacrity, and the
horse, when he saw him coming, wheeled
suddenly/around and with his head down
came straight toward me.
I forgot that horses haven‘t horns. I for-
got that old Pete was gentle. I forgot
e
moment, and fled at full speed before old
Pete. That animal, urged on by cries of
‘Whoal” from behind, quickened his pace
into a run, and the little boy, whooping and
shouting, and fairly dancing with excite—
ment, brought up the rear of ,that flying
procession. Mary Ann saw us coming.
Roused by the sight of my danger, and
recalling that immortal story about the
mother of the author of “Sandford and
Merton” in the Indian jungle, she opened
her parasol and rushed at old Pete with it.
He looked. The parasol was in front of him,
the little boy behind him. He wheeled half
around, and just as I clambered, out of
breath, into the carriage (that haven of
refuge!) I saw him jump over the fence. I
settled myself on the carriage seat and from
this vantage ground surveyed the'scenc wrth
calm enjoyment. The little boy stood with
his hands in his pockets looking utterly
confounded. Mary Ann had cautiously
lowered her parasol and was glancing with a
most ’ dismal expression of countenance
alternately at me and at old Pete now
careerlng around the lot at the rate of two
miles an hour.
"You’ve done it now,” I remarked quietly.
“I'm afraid I have,” she answered doleful-
y- “Do you think he’ll kill himself '2”
“Not at the rate he is going now.
he would,” I added, savagely.
Just then the little boy discovered an
apple tree, and immediately put his discov-
ery to practical 'use by filling his pocket with
apples and proceeding to pelt old Pete when-
ever he came near enough, shunting at the
top of his lungs all the while. “Ain’t it fun f”
he remarked confidentially, turning to us for
sympathy. “J imeny, I didn’t think the old
machine could run so well.” '
“Suppose you stop' pelting him,
catch-him,” I suggested, when I saw that his
pockets were empty.
He graciously consented, and in a few
moments succeeded, and walked out of the.
lot, through or rather over a broken-down
part of the fencedeading old Pete in triumph.
. “I’ll put him into these ’ere shafts in less
than two minutes, ma’am. Didn’t he break
nothing f”
“I don’t know,” I answered.
please look and see i”
As soon as he had fastened the horse to the
wagon again, he made a thorough examina—
tion and pronounced everything in order.
Then we started home, the small boy kindly
volunteering to accompany us, “in case he
should run away again, ma’am.”
I thought there wasn’t much danger but I
didn’t tell him so, and we made the best of
our way home. Mr. Jenkins met as as we
dbve up to the gate.
“Glad to see ye back,” he said cordially.
“Began to be worried about ye.”
“Ob, Mr. Jenkins,” spoke up the small
boy,- “01d Pete run away!”
“Run away,” repeated Mr. Jenkins in as-
tonishment. “Old Pete run away! Fiddle—
stick I”
"‘But he did,” insisted the little boy. . “He
'was running down Castle Lane when I stop-
ped him, and he raced all about Miss West-
low’s pasture lot, and .1 caught him and
hitched him up again.”
“Why, Miss Jones, how did it happen P"
asked Mr. Jenkins.
I looked him full in the face and told him
the only he I ever told. “I don’t know, Mr.
Jenkins.”
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I suppose he was satisfied. He didn’t say
that he wasn’t, but I heard him say, as he
led old Pete away, “The most curious thing
I ever heard of. To think that old Pete
should have life enough left in him to run
away! Well, Ibelieve if a woman was to
age to make him run away.”
* Mary Ann and I didn’t go for any more
pleasure drives that fall. Mary Ann felt
timid and I didn’t care to go alone. "
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Zach Chandler in reply to Lamar.
‘ WASHINGTON, March 3.--Old frequenters
of the Senate gallery are unanimous in the
opinion that the session of last night, or rather
of this morning, was the most remarkable
one which has occurred since the days im-
mediately bpfore the Rebellion The hours
between midnight and 4 in the morning were
crammed full of the most thrilling episodes
to which no synopsis and no pen description
can do justice.
The much considered Arrears of Pensions
Appropriation bill had come back for a re-
consideration, and seemed on the point of be-
ing re-cnacted in the same objectionable form
as before when Mr. Hoar submitted an amend-
ment to the Mexican war clause prohibiting
the payment of a pension to Jefferson Davis.
In the opinion of most observers and, indeed
many of his party associates, this movement
seemed ill—timed and uncalled for. The Sea-
ator was left quite alone for more than an
hour to defend his measure against the bitter
and offensive assaults from the rebel side of
the chamber. This he proved well able to
do however. He maintained his temper un-
der the most provoking taunts while his op-
ponents lashed themselves into’ a white-heat
passion over what they termed an outrage
against the dearest sentiments of a large and
honorable portion of this now united people.
Senator Lamar was especially personal and
offensive in his remarks, and seemed com—
pletely carried away with rage. He shook
his fist at the Senator from Massachusetts,
whose not he characterized as a wanton in-
sult. He was called to order by the chair,
then occupied by Senator Edmunds, and in
words and manner bade it defiance. He
was commanded thereupon to take his seat
while the ruling of the chair was laid before
the Senate. During the roll call the bot tom-
pers cooled oil, and as several Republicans
did not vote, the ruling of the chair was re—
Tbe debate ran on for an hour, the Demo-
crats denouncing the attempt (as they called
it) to revive the spirit of sectionalism out of
which so many disasters had already grown.
The most'glowing eulogies Were paid to the
whose glory it was
said exceeded that of Greece, and whose hon-
ors overtopped those of Rome; he had not
asked for a pension; he would scorn a pen-
sion; his name was the synonym of all that
was honorable and chivalric, and he was en—
shrined in the hearts of the Southern people
as worthy to go down in history with a Wash-
ington and a Hampden. His sins, it is said
with apparent pride, were those of a whole
people, and in guilt was shared by many
now filling seats on the floor of the. Senate.
To all this Senator Hoar replied quietly,
and with the utmost self-command, that Mr.
Davis had never by word or act manifested
his repentance for his part in the rebellion as
had the Senators who had shared with him in
the acts of rebellion. He had never sought
to be reinstated in his citizenship, and it 'was
inconsistency on the part of the Government
e had tried to destr #9 Lb; afllllrlagijggraflgs
v-I-V. ury“ “AMA "A“?!
e maintained the attitude of rebellion.
Other Republicans were at last aroused,
acts of treason appear glorious and to cast
blame upon Republicans for their alleged at—
tempts to bring out ill-feeling between the
sections.
“Who," asked Senator Blaine, “ brought
Jefferson Davis here to—nighl ? ” “This man’s
name is never heard in Congress,” said he,
“except when some favor is to be' asked for
verything, even my dignity, at that awful him. Who asks apension for Jefferson Da- f
vis now? No Republican has brought him
here. The Senate has been told that J effer—
son Davis had never since the war counselled
insurrection. How grateful,” he continued
sarcastically, “ought the country to be for
such leniency! Not counselled insurrection!
—and.for this are we asked to grapt him a
pension l ”
Mr. Blaine extorted a reluctant confession
from Senator Lamar that the Government,
under Republican control since the rebellion,
had been most lenient in its treatment of
those who had sought to destroy it.
No single event of the night, however,
could compare in absorbing interest with the
ten—minute speech made by Senator Chand—
ler at a quarter to 3 o’clock. The hour and
the events that immediately preceded it—the
man and the prominent part he had played
in the most stirring episodes in our National
History—served to give to the words he ut—
teredasignificance out of all comparison with
the ordinary course of political debate. He
said :
Ma. PRESIDENT :—Twenty years ago, I, in
company with Mr. J efl'erson Davis, stood up
in this chamber, and, with him, swore b'y
Almighty God that I would support the con—
stitution of the United States. Jefferson
Davis came from the Cabinet of Franklin
Pierce into the Senate of the United States
I wish and took the oath with me to be faithful to a
this Government. During four years I sat
in this body with Jefferson Davis and saw
the preparations going on from day to day
for the overthrow of this Government. With
treason in his heart and perjury upon his lips,
he took the oath to sustain the Government
that he meant to overthrow.
Sir, there was method in this madness. He
in co-operation with other men from his sec~
tion and in thecabinet of Mr. Buchanan made
careful preparation for the event that was to
follow. Your armies were scattered all over
this broad land where they could not be used
now, and ifan emergency. Your fleets were scattered a
wherever the winds blew and water was
found to float them, where they could not be
used to put down a rebellion. Your - Treas—
ury was depleted until your bonds bearing 0
per cent interest, payable in coin, were sold
for 88 cents on the dollar for current expen—
ses and no buyers were found. Preparations
were carefully made. Your arms were sold
under an apparently innocent clause in an
army bill providing that the Secretary of
or might in his discretion sell such arms as
he deemed fit for the Government to sell.
Sir, eighteen years ago last month I sat in
this hall and listened to Jefferson Davis de—
livering his farewell address, informing us
what our constitutional duties to this Govern—
ment were, and then he left and entered into
a rebellion to overthrow the Government that
he had sworn to serve. .
I remained here, sir, during the whole of
that terrible rebellion. I saw our brave sol—
diers by thousands—I might almost say mil—
lions—as they passed on to the theatre of the
war. I saw their shattered ranks returning.
I saw steamboat after steamboat and railroad
train after railroad train bringing back the
wounded. I was with my friend (pointing
to General Burnside) when he commanded
the army of the Potomac, and saw piles of
legs and arms that would make humanity
shudder. I_ saw the widows and orphans
wigs ny This war.
r. resi cut. I little thou ht at that time
that I should live to hear in the Senate of the
United States eulogies upon Jefferson Davis
livrng—a lleg reb e1—011 the floor of the Sen—
ate Of the United States. 811‘, I am amazed
to hear it, and I can tell the gentlemen on
the other side that they little know the spirit
of the North when they come here at this
day with bravado on their lips, uttering eu.
logies upon him whom every man, woman
and child in the North believes to have been
a double-dyed traitor.
No man ventured to interrupt; none felt
insulted. It was simply crushing.—— Washing.
ton (Join, N. Y. Tribune.
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jails and almshouses of half their tenants."
undertake to drive a dead horse she'd man-
lms bsgmnmayaimdeesnsp
one of his fav0rito haunts.
in one instance a messenger started out with
a
nd short work was . made Of the fine-spun truant was likely to be found, and at last dis-
nonsense by WhiCh It was sought to make covered him. But he was unable to persuade
The New York Tribune says: “When
our people come to remove gin shops and
gin cellars for the same reason that they
would stagnant pools or unclean sewers,
then there will be achance of ridding our
kept to answer. the: various summons.
New York Tribune says: .
of character. There are many young men,
too, who are employed by the company for
various purposes. -Of late there has arisen a
demand for escorts to places of amusement,
and from one house to aucther. In the for.-
mer case the address of the person applying
for the attendant is taken, and word is tele.
graphed to the central office foran escort.
The one who answers the-summons is given
the address and a letter of introduction, and
atre she desires. The escort pays for the car-
fares and tickets frbm money that his newly-
made friend has given him. He attends her
back to the hotel and receives $2 for his ser-
vices. ‘
This custom of employing escorts has be—
come a regular practice, and appears to be
growing in favor. One evening recently
there were eight ladies at six different the—
atres, including Booth’s during the Kellogg
opera season, whose escorts were furnished
“ to order.” The men employed for escort
duty are carefully selected, and in the major-
ity of cases they are in the service of the tele-
graph company during the day. As a rule
the demand for these disguised managers
comes from married women, widows and
maiden ladies of mature years. Not infre-
quently two women apply for one escort. It
is said that the daughters of a prominent pro-
fessional man and of a well known clergyman
are among those who take advantage of this
curious custom. Many of the women who
apply for these attendants are strangers to the
city, ignorant of the situation of the then-
tres.
Men, however, as well as women, employ
escorts for various purposes. Many, in fact
most of the men, too, who require the ser-
vices of the messengers are strangers, who
wish for guides to shew them the “ sights.”
The new post-ofilce and other. public build-
“The next thing is to unfasten the traces. versed, and the remarkable fact was placed ings are the places WhiCh the majority 0f the
WWII end ought- I to PnfflStt-‘D. Mary Ann." officially upon the record that the Senate of country visitors desire to visit.
“The one which unfastens most 938W- the United States considers a motion to ex- that one 01d gentleman from the country Who
Men alwaystake as little trouble as they can.” eept Jeflerson Davis from the provisions bf a has been repeatedly “fleeced”. by gamblers,
I tried and found that they unfastened general pension a “wanton insult” to the sup- keeps a 300d guide by his Side every hour
It is said
while he is in the city. These guides appear
with or without uniforms according to the
fancy of the applicant. Most of them are ex-
perienced men who understand human nature,
and who are thoroughly acquainted with the
city. The charges for guides vary from
thirty-five to seventy-five cents an hour.
Another use that is made of the District
Telegraph messengers is to attend children,
particularly girls, to and from school. About
seventy.five children are at present called for
in the morning at their homes and in the of-
ternoon at their schools by messenger boys.
It is said that there is one mother who will
not allow any of her children to leave'the vi-
cinity of the house, unless accompanied by a
messenger boy in uniform. Recently she has
taken a particular liking to one messenger,
nd employed him altogether on this special
“nurse detail,” as it is called. The boys are
lso required as “night nurses” and “night
atohers.” The practice, however, of hiring
the messengers to watch patients afflicted
ith contagious diseases has been forbidden
y the company.
Cases are not unknown where a messenger
oscil'tti be‘at _
It is related that
so
are
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complete list of the places in which the
him to come home, and so reported. It is not
an uncommon thing for a messenger to be
sent home with an intoxicated person. Inlone
'nstancc of this kind recently, a man was la-
beled and sent home, and when the messen-
ger gave him up he obtained a receipt for
“one drunken man." Messenger boys and men
are also extensively employed as detectives
or various purposes. Some of the small boys
are said to be very clever at this work, and
on account of their comparatively small . size
they are able to mingle with men and to ob-
serve muchwitbout attracting notice. It is said
that a lady engaged two of the slrrewdest of
the young men in the employ of the company
for this purpose, paying them double rates
and receiving their reports daily. It is also
stated that’ in a recent divorce case, a messen-
ger boy was detailed to watch the child for
whom the parents were "contending. The
nurse however, observing that she was watch-
ed, resigned her position be‘cause she could
not meet a certain male friend of hers with-
out having the fact reported. On the other
hand, instances have been known where nur-
ses hired messenger boys to take care of the
children in their charge while they enjoyed
flirtation around the square or park.
Special messengers, or men or boysin plain
clothes, are assigned to special duty as“spot-
ters” of suspected clerks in stores, and they
are said to have done excellent work. In
fact, detective duty appears to be pecu-
liarly adapted to those in the messenger ser-
vice. ’
Another use which has been found for mes-
senger boys is the paying by proxy of New
Year’s calls. In one sense, too, they may be
aid to receive calls oftentimes. Many gen-
tlemen have lately adopted the custom of
sending their cards to their friends on the
first day of the new year, instead of calling'in
person. With many ladies, also, the practice
has grown up of receiving cards by a messen-
ger boy hired for the purpose, or of securing
a boy for New Year’s day to attend the door‘
and announce the visitors. Messengers de-
livered 5,970 cards from gentlemen, and a
great many houses were supplied with boys
s door-keepers on last New Year’s day. ' On
Christmas eve over 000 boys were carrying
Christmas gifts from one point to another,
and on Thanksgiving day almost one-half of
the entire force resolved itself into a commit-
tee-of turkey carriers. Messengers are also
employed as ushers at fashionable weddings,
and as “managers” of the arrangements for
carriages on such occasions. ’
The books of the company show the servi-
ces for which the boys have been required,
and many laughable records are to be. seen.
One boy was detailed to take care of a lady’s
poodle, for which he was paid thirty cents an
hour. An escort was required to attend to
the theatre a lady whose husband was to
“come later.” A young man was once tele-
graphed for in order to bring a bumptiousscr-
vant to terms. During political campaigns
the boys are employed extensively to distri-
bute documents. Car drivers‘ and indeed all
classes of people who have to get up very
early in the morning, are peculiarly depend-
ent upon the messenger boy system. The
books also show that the messenger boys have
been used to order dinners, to buy all kinds
of liquors, to do shopping for women, to pay
bills of all amounts, and even to borrow um-
brellas. Not unfrcquently boys are sent to
pawabrokers’ shops with articles.
fl
.—
as
A disgraceful scene occurred at a funeral
at Jersey City the other day. As the pro-
cession was moving slowly through the
street a Commotion was noticed in one of
the carriages; a crowd gathered, and it was
found that two women who occupied the
vehicle were engaging in a fight. One 0
the contestants had already pulled of the
other’s bonnet, and scratched her face ter-
ribly, and was rapidly depriving her of her
hair. The bystanders soon succeeded in
them in different carriages, the procession
resumed its solemn course.
Queer Uses for Messenger Boys.
The New York District Telegraph system
now includes 4,082 boxes, and 600 boys are
The
The uses to which these hundreds of boys
are put appear to reveal many curious phases
accompanies the applicant to whatever the— ,
h'bn
Elie ant
vanguard reaches Cape Cod before the rear
separating the belligerents, and after placing
I The Mcnlladen- Fishery.
more, ABOUT rrs MAGNITUDN AND consum-
CIAL mronranen.
A'New Bedford exchange says: Few
people realize the importance and magni-
tude of the menhadcn fishery carried on by
companies 'in this vicinity. There have
been manufactured into oil and guano by
factories situated in'Narragansett Bay this
season 230,000 barrels of menhadcn fish.
The market value of the product is $140,—
000. There are three companies—the St.
George Oil and Guano Company, with two
steamers; Joseph Church do 00., with eight
steamers; Albert Gray do 00., with four
steamers. _
The Pemaquid Oil company of New Bed-
ford, employ fivc steamers in the business,
and their catch has been about 80,000 bar-
rels of fish, 65,000 of which were caught-on
the coast of Maine. The report of this
business is largely exported. Besides the
manufactured oil, the annual yield of
“chum,” or guano, is 5,000 tons. This is
the “scraps" remaining after the oil is
pressed from the fish. These scraps are
thoroughly dried, put up in convenient
packages for handling and shipped to Eu-
rope.
The combined invested capital "of the
three Tiverton firms is about $350,000.—
They have manufactured in the State of
Maine this season 260,000 barrels of men-
hadcn fish.’ The market value is about
$325,000. It is considered a moderate catch.
The fishing season opened with bright pros-
poets, and would have been the most suc-
cessful known but for the appearance of an
immense “school” of barracontas in July,
which drove- the menhadcn over one hun-
drcd miles east of their usual grounds.
Since July only a few ‘of the large far
sea menhadcn have been seen west of Mt.
Desert. '
The barracontas are a sea fish that seldom
frequent our waters. They weigh about
thirty pounds each, and are more ravenous
and destructive than bluefish. This is their
second year on our coast. ,
Bluefish ha 6 been abundant between
Cape Cod and It. Desert this season, and
some have been taken in “purse _seines,”
but no menhadcn were found in them, but
when opened they were found gorgcd with
small mackerel. They are termed by fish-
ermen “border rufiians,” for they never stop
to eat more than half of the fish they prey
upon. They take a bite and leave the re-
mainder of the :fish to:sink or, be eaten by
some other fish. ‘
Besides the barracontas and the bluefish,
a school of menhadcn” is frequently accom-
panied by other enemies. They are preyed
upon by the whale, sharks, dogfish, albi-
cores, horse-mackerel and gulls. These, if
in considerable numbers, drive the menhadcn
from the main fishing grounds into the rivers
and inner harbors, where they quickly de-
tericoraet in quality, or else out to sea.
The albicores have occasionally held pos.
session of the fishing grounds from Mount
Desert to Gloucester.
A whale has, been captured with a hogs-
head of menhaden in his stomach. An of-
cial estimate of the number of fish destroy-
d upon the southern coast of New England
y the bluefish alone during their stay places
be number at ten thousand million every
ay. This is for each day. fifty-seven times
Eh
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ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church .
' Teacher of ‘ .
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composition.
Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK. CONN.
c. B. cOonrnen,
DENTIST.
Successor to
Dr. A'sa. Hill,
H‘ G as administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain .
o. 's. oousroor, M. o.
Homoeopathic Physician.
Ofllce and Residence, Cor. MAIN SITEET and
UNION AVENUE. Ofllce hours7to 9 u. m., 12
o 1, and 5 to 7. Slate at Glo er’s Groce Store
All orders will be promptly ttendcd. l'l’lm20
' Hurlbutl, Relyea & Seymour,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Boom No.4, [up stairs,]
GAZETTE BUILDING.
EDWARD murmur,
D R 'U' G- G- I S '1‘
Wall Streetppposite Norwall: Opera House.
Alarge and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
n
Perfumery,Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters, Toilet and Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
and HandkerchiefExtracss, Hair Brushes,Combs,
Spgngcs,0hamois5kins, Stationerv. Citron. flan.
he total catch of the Maine Oil Associa-
-n f ...: -1. name coasr in
h. a leave. nu
Ihe‘ln‘t’ii‘nbers are so vast that the
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umn, t
has left the Maine waters.
Of Mrs. Haye’s early home at Delaware,
Ohio, when in the Weselyau University, a
Cincinnatian writes: “Attracted by the
advantages offered for education, hither at
once came several families to reside during
the pupilage of their children. Among the
number was Mrs. Marie Webb, awidowed
mother, from LChillcothe, Ohio, with her
two sons and a daughter. Findingacot—
tagc on the College grounds, which had
formerly been used for card tables and bil-
liards, she rented it, and at very little cost
had it fitted up for occupancy. Many a
pleasant hour the writer, when astudent,
spent under its roof. The boys were his
classmates, and their sister Lucy, then in her
teens, was pursuing her studies with her
brothers, and with the steward’s daughter
and one or two girls from the town, recited
in some of the College classes along with
the young men. There was then no provi-
sion for the admission of young ladies {it the
College, nor did the hames of the girls ap-
pear in the College catalogue.
———_——=
In Iowa, 150 miles 'west of Dubuque, lies
what is known as the “Walled Lake,” a body
f water covering 2,800 acres, and whose
urface is between two and three feet higher
ban the ground above it. In some places
be water is twenty- six feet deep; it is clear
nd cold, and hasno apparent inlet or outlet.
t is confined by a wall of stone, in some
places ten feet thick at the base. The stones
used in building it vary in size, from about
100 pounds to three tons. In the country
around the/ lake there are no other stones
within a circuit of five or ten miles, but a
belt of wood-land composed of oak marks
the entire circumference to it. It is thought
that the trees were planted there at the
time the wall was built, and for that reason
the wall cannot be of great antiquity. The
Dubuque Herald says, however, that no one .
can form an idea as to the means employed
to bring the stones, or who constructed the
wall. . In the spring of 1850, during a heavy
st , the ice on the lake broke down the
w in several places, and the farmers in the
neighborhood were obliged to repair the
damage, to prevent an inundation.
#
There is such an enormous surplus of steam
tonnage all over the world that freights are
very low.” —Our principal imports from Japan
are ten and raw silk. By the Pacific Mail
route New York received 2,139,883 pounds
of last season’s importations of Japan teas,
while 13,080,224‘came by the Suez canal.
Here we have the enormous amount of 11,.
000,000 pounds more carried in by foreign
vessels by the Suez canal to New York than
by American steamers and railroads,although
the time by the latter route is less. The
freight on raw silk by way of San Francisco
is nine cents net, and on_ tea four or five.
Had the tea that came to New York by way
of Suez during the past season alone come
the natural way across the continent, the
freights would have amounted to about $050,
venue
Hm
American carriers and gone to enrich foreign
shipowners.
———_—_.—=
A Washington letter says: Mrs. Hayes is
entitled to the esteem and admiration of the
American people for the refining influence
which she is exerting upon the nation by her
firmness in excluding intoxicating beverages
from the White House, by the tasteful exam-
ple she sets in dress, and by the manner in
which she impresses herself—her womanli-
ness, her sincerity and her grace—upon
everything pertaining to her functions as
wife of the President of the United States.
I am told by persons who were present both
at the President’s recent magnificent recep-
tion and at the late reception at the English
minister’s that the contrasts presented in the
proprieties, and in respect to dress and order
and gentility, were most market.
._.——————-.-'.
Alecturei;i
t t conten e
Nlathre,” when'one of the audience set the
whole assembly in a roar _ "
_“How would you look Without a Wig?
000; as it is, that amount has been lost to ‘
addressing a mechanic’s insti-
d that “Art could not improve
by exclaiming
W. E. Q'U'INTARD,
General Fololslooo Unioolaloo,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R.DEPOT
VOrdersattended to dayor night. Resideuc
Main Street,3 doorsfrom Union Avenue.
The Norwalk Fire Insurance to,
Has now completed its _
18th Successful Business Year,
And has not outstanding a Dollar of unpaid losses
or of claims for losses.
I
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WM. 0.5Tannr. Pres., S. E. OLMSTEAD, Trees.
' GEO. R. CowLEs,Scc’y.
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TN A INSUBA NOE Co . ofHARTFORD
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual
Capital and Assets, $6,716,893.77
Insuresagainstloss and damageby Fire.onterms
adoptedto thehazard andconsistcntwith thelaws
icompensation. COWLES do MERRILL;
Sole Agentsf or N orwalk and Vicinity
B. S. BLASCER,
Athis store in
MALLORY’S BLOCK,
asconstantlyon hand,a general assortmento
Groceries, Crockery, Glass,
1m and Wooden Ware, Etc.
ydevotinghis constantpcrsonalattentiontothe
business he hopesto merit public patronage
“AISLES S - nocxwoon,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor
AND
GENTS’ FURNISHING LMPORIUM.
Main Street ,Norwalk. Conn.
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NOW FOR YOUR WATER PIPES.
Wm. Glover & Son,
Areready toputin ywrWATERSTEAMor GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and ‘at aslow a. rate as
an one. WROUGl-IT AND CAST IRON, TIN-
Ll_ El), LEADVPIPES, doc" or every size and de-
scription . PLUMBIN Gin allitsbranches.
BERNARD I COHN.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
WEEK’S BUILDING, WALL'ST.
A FULL LINE OF
Imported and Domestic Cloths,
of the latest styles, constantly on hand. Novel-
ties in Scotch Suitings. Satisfaction guaranteed
in every particular. ‘ ‘6
WILLIAM B. RIDER,
ENGINEER AND SURVEYDR.
Personal attention given to all kinds of
Hydraulic Works, Engineering, Mili-
“I righting, Dock Work, Ate. Agent
for all kinds ofMuchlnery.
Orders left at the GAZETTE Office, or by ugh
will receive prompt attention.
Superior Shoeingl
Sena-Footed, Interferng, and Il-
Condt oned Horses
Perfectly Shoat
T is notorious that more than half of the ruined
I and desirable horses are rendered so by_thc
i 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 him With their work, whether the
animals’ boots are in a sound or unsound condi-
tion. Shop near Horse Railway Depot, Norwalk.
28“ CHARLES E. MILLER.
..
. Notice
, IS hereby given 'to the people of
Norwalkiand vicinity that “one
I - shoeing"r will be done in first class
. ‘J‘ ‘ style by WM. McCORMAOK. Nonc
but hand made Shoes used. Work done on most
reasonable terms. and particular attention pamto
and Over-reachin g Horses at the old
Etlllg‘dig‘fil‘lghl. AHERN,Mnin Street, Norwalk.
.Look and See
HERE ydu can get your work done. Any
thing in the line of .
.BLACKSMITH I NC. I i
t notice and as reasonable as any w lore u
Egvsvihgrflorsc and Ox Shoeing a specialty. Wheel~
wrighting ax: gringgiggogzpéefin fligpgrlenced
kman e o s n . .
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0 LET.—One House and -
3tp8 from April lat—bu Main Stir-’35: part 0‘ one
C. S. LOCKWOOD.
0 LET —A Dwellin House' A
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to
{101111.
0 LET.—-A House with plent of art] ro
garden, orchard. at", to rent toya gin (as?
gthlgEn-emely low rent. Apply at the GAZETTE
R. CHILD’S PLACE-Prospect Hill, to
REAL ESTATE.
memm
For Sale or to Rent.
TORE.N0.51 Main Street. Possession given
April 1st.
E. K. LOCKWOOD.
Farm for Sale.
WEST BEDDING, CONN.
CONSISTINGot 72 acres, with Dwelling House
Barn, Fruit. Ac. thereon, within about two
miles of Depot ot'I). a: N. Railroad,
M
To Rent.
HE [louse on the corner of Belden and Union
T
. Avenues for one o t f "
Without Barn: Enquirerofwo amllics, with or
3th CHARLES SHERWOOD.
To Rent,
ROM lst April, the fine and convenient dwell-
_ ing corner of Center Avenue and Sticky
Plain Road, has 6 rooms. good well of water. ar-
den, fruit, grapes etc. For further portion are,
enquire oi JOSEPH MATHEIS,
tie N o. 22 Main Street.
To Rent.
W21 or three lgood Houses. .
so severe it
well located . partmcnts in good order and
Also a Barn on Chapel street.
"New, ' ““ittl’z‘iit‘,’ 1879. 8' E
rwalk,
To Let.
Furnished or Unfurnished,
For one year. my House on East Avenue.
CHARLES s. PROWITT.
To Let.
HOUSE containing six rooms in good order,
good neighborhood, large Garden. Straw-
berries, Raspberries and Grapes. One of twelve
rooms. Also larglc Brick Barn in rear of Nor-
walk Hotel. nquiro of
mo JACOB WEEKS.
To Rent.
HE lar c Stucco Buildin ,on Water street
T below R. J. Hill’s upper Limiter Yard. Build:
Ing_cantatns a good basement, with dock privrlc e
easily provided—and three floors above, Itfis
well adapted for warehouse or facto . Could be
331%:sz I: store; yhcsiaelskdrafiviplg c even feet of
. comeoeoc. udin20x .
yin be rented low to a good tenant. 8 00 feet
E. J. HILL.
To Rent.
THE late residence of the subscriber on Elm
Street. It has hot and cold water through-
out, standing wash tubs, complete bath room,
furnace, &c. Also a barn for two horses.
. EBENEZBB HILL,
“46 South N orwslk .
To Rent.-
The First Floor of a Dwelling House. with
onus'rn‘sn.
ate
lot or for sale at low rice. Apply to For particulars. terms to. a l to JOHN H
r MELVILLE lg. MEAD. LEE, near the remises: or. ht‘pWYO. PERSONS,
ot8 Box 419 So. N orwalk, Conn. pier 40 N. IL. ew York. 4tp8tf.
FOR SALE.
WO verydcsirabl eBuildin Lotson WestMIln
Street . Apply at theGA ETTE OFFICE.
For Sale.
IIE subscriber offers for sale his HOUSE and
LOT, situated on West Main Street, in the
Borough of N orwalk. The place is pleasantly lo-
cated, in a nod neighborhood, only a short walk
from the usincss part of e town, School,
Churches, etc. The House is nenrl new; conven-
iently arrau ed. and in good condigion. For tur-
ther particu ars apply to the subscriber at Can-
non’s Station, or to G. & S; H. Holmes, N orwalk.
By JOHN W.RENOUD.
For Sale.
A HOUSE, Barn and other Buildings with
about one acre of ground on corner 9 Union
dud anus-d Atenties‘. For furtherwpartlculars en-
quire of Harvey Fitch on the premises, or of .
amp! HEN B! F. GUTHBIE. Norwalk, Conn.
For Sale.
THE pleasant! located and wellbuiltresidence
corner Was ington and Spring streets, 80.
Norwalk is offered for sale on accommodating
terms. For ,articulars,emiuire of
ti RE .D.R.AUST NOSouth Norwalk. ,
DWELLIN, (33
AND
Building Lots.
EVERAL dwellin s. various prices in differ-
ent portions of .orough. either to let or for
sale'at reasonable nces. Also several places
outside of Boroug limits—one in Winnipank.
Also several Building lots in and out-oi Borough.
“£9 Enquire at this Office.
Fer Sale or; Exchange.
FOR property in Norwalk o_r vicinity, 2 houses
in Brooklyn. E. D., within 5 minutes walk of
s ferries. Good location. ‘ For Blflicullrl apply
to J. S. RAN ALL.
Box 63. Norwslk.
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 choice Ap to trees With other fruit. good :-
den, ood we 101‘ water. and fine shade trees. ust
the p ace for a man wishing to raise Strawberries,
etc. Price 37,000. Enquire at this Office.
For Sale Cheap.
VALUABLE manufacturinglpro erty.Foun-
d and Machine shop, for at no and Sta-
'1‘
l
FIVE ROOMS on let or tea floor, just painted and
kalsomincd. . Rent low to a good tenant.
Also three rooms In-a rear building for which I
Will give work. to pay the rent. Enquire or GEO.
H. R. CE, at his factor next the Foundr on Me-
chanic Street, or at H YT do CO’S Shoe tore. 7
tionar n no work or eneral Machine .' Sit-
kitchen, basement, etc. Apply to noted an Wllarf. Has ulsg Bail Road connrc’btions.
Terms reasonable. ‘. LL, Trustee.
R. L. ILLS. 27 ' ' _ South NONI“. Conn.
To Rent. For Sale-
A cosy comfortable Cottage on one ofthe leas-
sntest streets in town, within five utcs
walk of the Bridge. or Churches. will be sold at
cost price. A portion of the purchase money can
remain on bout and mortgage. Price 86,000. En-
quire at this Office.
CHARLES W. MANY
Surgeon Dentist,
nonwanx, CONN.
Ofllce corner of Main and Wall Streets. N itrous-
Oxide Gasadministered
To the Ladies!
HE undersigned having had considerable ex-
erlence in shopping in New York is pre-
pare to give her _personal attention to making
gurchases for ladieis at the usnglmegggnneggam
lili b’élkcftna'flmy time at Thorpe’a Confectionery,
Main Street, where she will be in personalatteu-
dance on Monday afternoons. from 2 to 7.
3t52 MRS. E. L. ELY.
J. M. POTTER,
DEALER IN
Pianos, Organs,
[a
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1?) .‘l I
. ._ v.2“;
‘7~_/
Melodeons, Sheet Music, &c.,
wousrnmnonwslmonn.
NEXT DOOR to SAVINGS BANK.
I keep a large stock of instruments on' hand,
and sell them on Monthly Instqlments. Every-
body can have a Piano or Organ.
some AGENT FOR THE CELEBRATED
WEBER’S, STANLEY & SON S, . GROV-
ESTEEN & FULLER‘S, HAINES
BROTHERS, VASE 6; SON’S,
PIANOS,
and will furnish at short notice. Call and
see them.
OED INSTRUMENTS
Taken in Exchange for New.
Tuning & Repairing
Done at short notice.
The Weber Piano.
A few extracts from the great number re.
ceived by the most eminent musicians in the
United States may not beinappropriate:
I have never seen a Piano which equals the
Weber Pianoforte. Geo. F, Bristow
The Weber Piano occupies justly the first
rank amongst the BestPianos. J. N. Pittman
The Weber Pianos cannot possibly be sur-
passed. 3. B. Mills.
'1 used the Weber Grand Piano because I
consider it the best in the world.
Han-y Sanderson.
The Weber Piano possesses eve thing that
can he wished forin aPiano. G’. . Morgan.
The Weber Piano ranks foremost amongst
the best manufactured. William Mason.
The Weber Pianos stand first amongst the
splendid Pianos produced in this Country.
Clara N. Brinkerhofi
A ten years’ experience satisfies me that
the Weber Pianos are unapproaehable.
John Zundel.
I would call especial attention to
oooosoo oooucoooolo
Beautifully finished in black Walnut and rose-
wood, combinirig more perfections than any,
other in the world. Has taken more than ONE
HUNDRED AND ' FIFTY GOLD MEDALS AND
FIRST rumpus, at Fairs and Exhibitions
throughout the United States. They are en-
dorsed by the highest musical authorities.
Certainl the best I ever heard.
y Geo. W. Morgan.
It is novel, which is the highest praise that
can be bestowed on anyinstrurncut.—-Geo.B.
Seymour, Musical Grim, N. Y. Times. 1,
The are the best read instruments we ave
met wiyth.—-C'. d’: J. H. Odell, Organ Builders
N. Y.
. It is the ne plus ultra of reed instruments.
—Prof. 117. L. Baker.
It'contains sweetness and power in an un-
usual degree.—Reo. Bishop Simpson, 11'. E.
Church.»
Language fails in adequacy to convey a
fair idea of the perfect enchanting power of
this instrument—Independent. d I
' Vastl su rior to anything of the kin
have (3er pllfied upon.— Wm. A. King-
The Esty Or 5 are without a superior.—
Geo. Jardine, rgan Builder, N. Y.
- No tremulo has yet been invented that will
in any we compare with this for beauty of
efl‘eet.—— m. A. Johnson, Organ Builder.
It is not merely the best, but it is the only
mechanical reproduction of the human voice
‘ ich has ever satisfied m8.—R€D. H. Riggs,
resident of Northern New York Musical
Association.
J. M. POTTER, Nol'Walk.
For Sale.
A Rare Chance.
A House BarmgoodMill-site and fifty acres
'laigcll proportioned in Meadow, Pasture
and 00 ad: also,twenty-two acres of wood-
land all situated at the head of the Boron
Reservoir-an the town of New Canaan, for ea c
at abargain. Inquire of _Dimon Finch. George-
town, Ct., J amcs Mitchell or J. Beldcn Hurlggu‘tt,
t
,. . “imitate.
Come, Haste Gentle Spring.
av nuns MCIAY.
Come haste gentle Spring
With your life-giving breezes,
That comes to shed beauty on life’s dusty way,
Come haste with the flowers
That blossoms so sweetly,
And welcomes with gladness the sunshine
of May.
Our hearts have been sad
Since their fragrance departed;
The Autumn’s cold winds .
Marked them all with decay. ,
And now we are waiting, yes, patiently wait-
ing, .
[To welcome them back inthelr leafy array:
In that dear sunny south
,Where the roses are blooming,
And birds of fine plumage
Are trilling their lay, .
They little can know of our cold winter season
That comes to steal flowei-s and verdure
away.
The dark storm cloud .. , ,
. That hangs low o'er our dwelling.
Brings little of joy in its lining of gray ;
And hearts that beat high:
When the flowers were blooming;
They, too, like the _ flowers, have faded
away.
guy lives are bereft
Of their hopes fondly cherished ;
And many are the hearts
That's left bleeding to-day.
For ties that were dear have been ruthlessly
severed.
And forms that we loved have been buried
away.
Then haste gentle Spring
With your life-giving breezes,
And spread your green mantle
. O’er garden and lawn,
And give us once more of
tion _ .
That changes our sighing and weeping to
song.
*
For the Gazette.
. Tired.
or a. a.
Only a country church yard,
And in it a grass-grown grave;
But I kneel beside it," calling
On one who is mighty to save.
Jesus, pitiful Master, '
Hear me and help I pray;
The weary load I have borne so long
Is strangel'heavy today, > .
Indeed, I have tried to be patient, '
And to do what I know was right; .
But the road has been such a lonely one,
And I'm weak and tired to-night.
Is it wrong to rest my aching head
Against this little green mound,
And to wish that I, too, like the sleeper be-
neath, , ‘
Were lying six_fcet under and ?
1
that high inspire.
Desirable Property for sale.
A Ver ydesirable place on HastAvenue.
Also, a few choice BuildingLotssituatcdon
Osborn Avenue forsale cheap.
_Also,anicely coated House and Lot on Her-
wxn Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquireol
S, E. OSBORN. EastAvenuc,
tfll or to D.W.FITCH,WestAvenuc.
For Sale.
ed. and will make a. comfortable and
A House and Lot. in a healthylocation on
Fair Street, above Catharine. The House is
nearly new, wellbuilt,convenientlyrirrang;
easan
,back to the river. There is a well of excellent
water on the place, and Borough water in the
Street. Price low,and part of the money can re-
main on mortgaée. A fine chance to secure:
home. Apply at AZETTEOFFICE. 3t!
A Desirable Homestead for Sale.
HE valuable residence of the subscriber.
pleasantly located on high cum! on East
Ave., in the Borough of Norwa , is offered for
sale. The situation lsfileasant and healthy, com-
manding fine views of ong Island Sonndund the
surrounding country. Distance one mile from
Norwalk Brid e, and the same from South Nor-
walk depot. onse 5Ax50; two stories and attic.
tilled in with brick, and substantially built.
Rooms 18,w1th all modern 1m rovements,bath
room, laundry. stationary tubs, eebec’s cooking
range, hot and cold water, gas throughout the
house. The cellaris dry, havmg stationary furn—
ace,which heats the whole house. The attic is
spacious, and roof tinned. The house is tn'exccl-
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
on in lawn. fruit trees, and garden spot. A
to AMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent,
walk, or to the subscriber,
A. S. HAMERSLEY,
26“ 255 Fourth Avenue, N. Y
1879.
Ol-
EVERYTHING
DOWN TO HARD PAN-
croutons,
usurious,
recounts,
nous, ac,
AT THE
Very Lowest Market Rates.
A full assortmen t constantly on hand, freshly re-
plenished every day, with
Choicest 'I‘ruits, Best Vegetables,
and Sea Food.
Goods delivered in any part oftown . Leave your
orders frecl y with
Demmon if: Newcomb,
53 Main Street, Norwalk.
0
A T '
Quintard’s F umiture Rooms
Wl‘l befounda completeassortmcntof
FURNITURE, &O.,
nclndingeverythingusnallyfound in a first-class
establishment, at Prices to suit the Tunes . Also.
slargeasaortmentpl
CHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
~ LOOKING unassns, kc.
Glas sPlates cutto any size. Bepairingdonein the
bestmanner,at short notice. Also. old HairMat-
truse smadcover as good as new.
‘ Louumno's son. ‘
Dr. C. II. Kendall & Son,
. DENTISTS.
Are now premar-
cd to r e c e i v 3
their patrons at
either Nor-walk
Bridge or South
Norwalk. The
~ senior. partner
has taken rooms
0 v e r Selleck's
Bookstore Nor-
. rail; while: the
an o 1- re aim
the old once. Leader’s Block. South orwalk.
Teethextractcd Without pain. and alldental ope-
rationsperformed at either ofllce.
0.1L KENDALL, M.D.
G. s. KaNDALL, D. D. s.
P. S. Dr. C. H.Kendullwdl devote Mondays to
Ridgefield.
Blaol anuolol coo Bout,
famine and Blue loo Fancy Work
a. n. amounts a co. '
home for afamlly of average size. The at runs -
N lk,0t. Is'twm '- ’ . .. - _
gig-3min, 10th day of June 1878. in! bzgxrpgzgnggflfz
FAR-MS FOR SA. LE. That my eyes Billy close forever
Enquire o, On earth and its garish light ?
""1 - .. .. _ .To pay .for death, and yet—O God!
If it only might come tonight!
A SONG.
Oh! singer, pouring out they heart in song,
Sing my sweet sentence through the open
pane. _
So sweet ’tis sad, so sweet I do thee wrong,
And-doubt thy message till ’tis sung again.
The.whole wide world lights with the sad-
den flame;
Love kindled by this wondrous song of
thine; .
So changed it seems no more to me the same
Made beautiful by this sweet hope of mine.
She loves me, runs thy plant, olit little bird,
thnce came the sweet intelligence to
thee ‘1’ .
Percbance upon Qtliee the rose’s breath, un-
.' heard
It floated till by song revealed to me.
Or did the violets, when she beat her head
To kiss their perfumed faces nodding low,
Woo the sweet words she would have left
' unsaid,
Then tell the :secret only I should know ?
Mayhap she slept where apple blossoms
waste
In clouds of sweetness,until truant dreams
Her sleepy eyelids ,kissed,,_and bade thee
haste
And bear the secret whichso precious
seems.
I’ll lay these modest violets at her feet
And tell my love . that as their sweets as-
~cend,
So from my life goes out her life to meet,
A prayer of love that knows no time nor
'end.
Thus will I prove thy tidings little bird,
Caroled so sweetly at my window side,
Nor cease my pleadings till ' her heart is
stirred ‘
And swe
louis Out
Post.
Bridgeport, Ct., Feb. 13, 1879.
confession is no more denied.
Prindle, in N. 1". Evening
Around the Capitol.
When sunshine touched the under world,
I strayed around the storied pile
To muse upon the bygone years,
While memory lit up like a smile
The silent, stately, columned throne,
Where once was heard the proud and free,
But from the whispers of today,
How gladly did I turn to thee.
Orin an idle, pensive mood,
I mounted to the airy dome,
And watched the river gliding on
To mingle with its far of! home.
My thoughts were onward traveling too,
But wandered toanothcr sea
To reach the ocean they had sought,
Away to thee, away to thee.
At times I sought the classic haunt,
Where fairy art had decked the hall,
The poet’s dream, the painter's tint,
Were hanging from the ceiling wall.
The sculpter’s chisel, too, had left
Its impresa in the gallery,
But brighter far than all these gems, .
Were flitting figures still of thee.
I stood amidst the thousand domes
Of antique lore and modern tale,
The history of departed years
That slumber ’neath their dusty veil.
In idle fancy then I took '
A volume from the countless sea,
And moved its leaves unconsciously,
And my thoughts would turn to thee.
Then straying through its marble halls,
Where echoed once a lofty theme,
An'd airy thought and silver tones
Were beautiful as twilight’s dream,
Were fame‘s accents long since hushed,
And figures that would ever flee,
Were thronging through pale memory’s mists.
And yet mythoughts would fly to thee.
— Wares-13) Iagasim.
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