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WHOLE NUMBER 1630.
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, APRIL, 1, 1879.
VOL. Milk-NUDE}! 13
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Psalm 100.
In his own house let us record
The loving kindness of the Lord,
And shout Jehovah’s praise ;
With gladuess serve the King of Kings
While all the earth his praises sings
'In most exalted lays.
Jehovah, He is God alone ;
He formed us each to be his own ;
Wake, joy and gratitude !
We are his people by him led;
His sheep in verdant pastures fed ;
His saints by grace renewed.
His goodness makes our‘cup run o’er;
Ilis truth endures forever more ;
His mercy is the same.
Then let our hearts their homage bring;
Our lips in joyful praises sing,
Give thanks and bless his name.
s. n. n.
Letter from Brooklyn.
Enrrons Gazurrn z—Tlle success of Rapid
Transit in New York is not only an incentive
with us here to introduce the same improve—
ment, but makes its introduction a necessity.
For Brooklyn will certainly lose in popula-
tion unless steam displaces horses in the
transfer of her people from their homes to
the ferries. There is a great deal of opposi-
tion but it must in the end give way. Prob-
ably something better could be devised than
the New York plan of elevated road, if we
could only afford to wait,but we cannot wait.
The indications are now that the opposition
is lessening. Still we may not be able to
secure what we need until the bridge is
completed. Brooklyn is not entirely with-
out steam transit. Besides lincs to Coney
Island, there has within a few months been
established steam communication and be-
tween the heart of the city and Fort Hamil-
ton by meaus of commodious, long cars
drawn by dummies running on a superior
rail laid on the third avenue,which is opened
and graded to the shore. For a surface road
this is the best railway operated on city
streets, of which I have had personal knowl-
edge. It would be an excellent idea to
transform the road connecting Norwalk and
South Norwalk into a similar one, the reduc-
tion in running expenses being very consider-
able, one engine doing the work of many
horses.
Ihave occasion to use this railway very
frequently, the church of which I have
charge being at Fort Hamilton. By the way
this church—St. J ohn’s—is of historic asso-
ciations. Founded nearly half a century
ago, with the primary idea of meeting the
wants of the military garrison, it has always
had cozmected with it” men eminent as officers
of Illi ..rmy. Stonewall Jackson and Gen.
Lee v. ere at one time in its vestry. The
former was received into membership by
baptism at its font. Mr. J effersou Davis was,
years ago, accustomed to spend some time in
summer at Fort Hamilton with his family
and then worshipped in‘ this church. Such
facts give increasing interest now as the
events in which these men figured recede
into the past. It is devoutly to be wished
that the distractions of our land could be
healed and a real unity be speedily obtained.
In the North American Review for March,
is a “symphosium” in which northern and
southern statesmen participate—a primed
debate, opened and closedby Senator Blaine,
and shared in by Hampton, Lamar, Stephens,
Garfield, Hendricka Wendell Phillips and
Blair. The question is upon the enfranchise-
ment or disenfranchisement of the negro,
and is discussed forcibly but temperately by
all, with a general acquiescence in the results
of our great war. It is hopeful to see this
subject handled so 'calme by such diverse
thinkers. Still it is evident that the negro is
less than ever a factor in our politics, while
the old question as to who shall rule thc'Re~
public is as' hotly agitated as ever.
The North American Review,which is now
issued monthly, is very rich in thoroughly
prepared articles, upon a great variety of
subjects. Those who are interested in
classical learning :will find in the January
number . a very valuable paper by W. W.
Story, our American sculptor in Rome, upon
the pronunciation of the Latin language, a
matter about which he certainly is well pre-
pared to speak. He criticizes sharply the
new system based upon the syllabus drawn
up by Oxford and Cambridge professors, and
rapidly gaining way now in our preparatory
schools. 'Mr. Story thinks, with reason, that
the Italian should have been a guide in
arranging a method of prOnuuciation aiming
at uniformity.
Another article in the North American of
suggestive interest is entitled “Cities as Units
in our Polity." The evils of city government
hardly seem to lessen with their growth and
our experience. Lately I had occasion to
observe the plans of an embryo city, which
may yet help in showing how we may better
the condition of affairs in the centers of pop-
ulation. I refer to Garden City where I lec-
tured in a course, filled up by various lectur—
ers. This place is on. the great estate pur—
chased by the late A. T. Stewart. The whole
property is twelve miles long by an average
width of three miles, and includes eighteen
thousand acres. Its is situated but fifteen
miles from Brooklyn, reached by railroad in
thirty minutes. Mr. Stewart bought the
land, which was supposed to be a barren
tract, for a very small sum,inteuding to build
homes for the working people of New York.
But it was found impossible to get that class
away from the city, they preferring their
rooms in close tenements, with thestrect ex-
citements, rather than airy homes amidst
country quiet, without any accessible liquor
shops. The plan was therefore at once
changed, and houses were erected for the
best class of people. More than a hundred
such residences have been built and they are
all occupied. Each house stands on an acre
of ground, is supplied with water, gas and
all conveniences, and the rents are verylow.
No house or lot is sold. The place is four
years old and has 700 people. No annoyan—
ces are permitted. The society is obviously
very select.
Garden City is to be the Cathedral townpf
the diocese of Long Island. A costly church,
of bluish gray Bellville stone, of exquisite
architecture, thirty-eight feet longer than
Trinity, in New York, is externally cornple;
ted, and after another year will be entirely.
finished and consecrated. The , Cathedral
Schools are in successful operation. The
estate is managed with great ability. Two
thousand acres were cultivated last year at a
net profit of $15,000. This Spring 6,000
sheep will be placed on a part of the property.
The land is one hundred and three feet above
tide water, free from malaria, swept by ocean
breezes, and is proved now to be extremely
fertile. Level and without rock, machinery
can be :used in cultivation, and slow-going
farmers of the neighboring towns are aston-
ished to see scores of acres broken up, seeded
and harvested in the course of a single fore—
uoon. They will hardly believe their eyes
when a large load of hay is loaded or unload-
ed in three minutes.
It is matter for congratulation that this
embryo city, which is destined to contain a
)arge population, will enjoy an eminently
religious and intellectual life. As :1 Cathedral
city, with its religious services, schools, mis-
sionary societies and kindred agencies, it will
be the center of Christian effort of this
island; and, free from liquor dens and evil
resorts, the home of cultivated and orderly
people, it Will. serve as a rebuke and a model
for these godless hives of New York and
Brooklyn so close at its doors.
R. B. Ssownsx.
rooklyu, March 25, 1879.
Odds and Ends of Paris Life.
Drain Gaznr'rn :—Uuder the rare influence
of three or four brilliant, sunny days Paris
shone out with a brightness which made her
seem quite another place indeed. In spite
of fine buildings and handsome boulevards
the city is in winter gloomy enough, with a
creeping yellow fog blottiugzout everything.
It was hard to remember yesterday that
Paris was capable of‘winter days so dark
that one had to use candle light at high noon
to see to read. In those times I sang to my-
self thepraise of our dear changeable New
England weather at home. I longed for one
of our storms of wind and rain sweeping
over the hills. sunshine always following in
its wake. ‘ I-Iere, though it is never as cold
as at home, there is a chilly, penetrating
dampness which one feels much more, and
the weather never rises to the dignity of a
.real majestic storm, it drizzlcs, in such a
detestably sullen manner, it is so murky and
so altogether nasty, to use an expressive
English word, that one has no kind of pa-
tience with it. But, as I said, we have had
quite a rosary of golden days and every foun-
tain flashed a bright welcome to the sun,
children tumbled about the streets and peo-
ple leaned comfortably out of windows,
nodding cheerily to neighbors, chattering
and looking as happy as the weather. But,
then, these people are always happy ; in the
coldest winter days they run about the streets
without hats in such reckless fashion that I
imagine they want to ignore the fact that it
is ever winter here. Women sit' knitting, or
watching children in the parks when the
clouds hang low and everything is reeking
with dampness as if rheuniatics never visited
the earth. But yesterday there was a flower
market by the fountain in front of the gray
old church of St. Sulpice; primroses, tulips,
roses, such color and brightnessl and the
women in snowy caps trotted about, calling
to people to come and buy. One admired
everything; a few soldiers straggling by,
even a fireman in his clumsy dress and brass
helmet. I took a drive and-a walk, drinking
in as much sunshine as I possibly could. We
went to the Champs Elysee in the afternoon
and found it even gaycr and brighter than
we expected. Crowds of children and grown
people were gathered eagerly before the many
Punch and Judy shows; everybody was
riding; everybody was walking. There
were merry—goLrouuds, booths where toys
and cakes were sold, and som any pet
poodles and children that it quite bewil—
dered one. Every other woman here leads a
pet dog by a string, the uglier and more rat-
like the dog the more he is admired. We
sat and watched the riders, especially the
horseback riders, and Frenchmen do not ride
well. I never saw such a variety of bounc—
ing in my life before. And when one tired
of people there was the beautiful Arc de
Triomphe to feast one’s eyes upon far atone
end of the avenue and the Obelisque in the
distance at the other.
In the garden of the Palais de l’Elysee
(wherethe President lives) among the tall
trees a colony of . crows reside; as we
walked home we watched them busy among
their uncomfortable looking nests. I suppose
they ought to be rocks or magpies, but they
are simple crows with voices like our crows
at home.
Every Tuesday and Friday a flower market
has been held all winter under the shadow of
the beautiful church of the Madeleine, and
at Christmas time there were bunches of
holly and mistletoe for sale. There is a small
market of another kind not far from here,
just off from the Place de la Madeleine in
fact. The small booths with the funny little
women inside were Wedgéd closely in a nar—
row alley way between the tall buildings.
Bertie and I came upon it in one of our
rambles end it looked so lively and amusing
that we joined the crowd of bonues with
market baskets _and went through. In one
booth there was meat, fish, or vegetables; in'
the next caps or bonnets—all in such a con-
fused way that it was hard to tell what kind
of a market to call it. A tall policeman cre-
ated much fun among the women; he was
vainly trying to reach over his shoulder and
pull a huge turnip from the hood of his
cloak, which a very vivacious and plump
little market maid had slily put there, and
she was so overcome with laughter that she
had to be supported .by her companions.
We are coutinaully discovering pretty, odd,
white peasaut’s caps that are new to our
eyes. Very picturesque they arefrom the
tall, towering ones to the the tiniest scrap of
muslin perched airily upon the head.
Wooden shoes are another 'source of
amusement to me. They clatter along so
over the stony ways, and sometimes the
wearer adds a wisp of straw to them to keep
his feet warm. ‘ ‘
We hurried over our coffee one morning
that we might go to early service at the
Chapelle Expiatoirc, which is so near here
that we continually put off visiting it, saying
always, “Oh, we can go there any time," so
that its odd-looking cloisters, seen through
the shrubbcry of the small park that sur-
rounds it, became a constant reproach to us.
The Chapelle was erected in memory of
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinnette, and there
are statues of both the king and queen on
either side of the altar. At the time of
early morning service one sees in the streets
many a curious sight that is missed later in
the day. How I laughed over the spectacle
of the roundest, ruddiest little man in a wee
vegetable cart full of cabbages, and drawn by
perfect mouse of a donkey. Immediately
afterwards saw a small white donkey with its
rough little head decorated with artificial
flowers.
And to make a leap from the ridiculous to
.the‘ sublime, how I envy a person brought up
in a city .with a beautiful old cathedral like
Notre Dame ;—so gray, so time -worn, so
grand! I would like to visit it every day
for years until I became familiar not only
with the beautiful outline against the sky,
but with the face of every carven saint and
every one of the thousand and one grotesque
stone beasts that startle one with their ugli-
ness.
If it is enviable to live always near Notre
Dame what must it be .to have a share in
such a treasure-place as the Louvre, and it
seems as if the workmen of Paris in their
blue blouses appreciate that, too, for one sees
them often in the galleries, appearing to
enjoy the rare pictures and statuary as much,
if not more, than grander people. For me
I have been so blest as to see the Venus dc
Milo, had all the statuary in the world dwin~
tiles and grows poor before such nobility and
majesty, of that I am certain. With greet-
ing to you across the water, I am, as of yore,
Cvxruv.
RUE DE Mmexnnxrr 60,
Pams, March 11, 1879.
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Tue Zonraosr. Lronr AND ITS NATURE.—
The Boston Transcript says of the zodiacal
light: “It may be looked for in the west
an hour after sundown, where it may be
seen extending up about thirty degrees. 89
an elliptical glow, bent slightly from the
horizon toward the south, reaching some-
times ns high as the Pleiades. The light
is about as bright as that of the Milky Way,
and must be searched for by the unaccus-
tomed eye; the stars are visible through it.
Wherever situated, it must be reflected
sunlight, and this, whether itbc considered
with Kepler and Cassiui, a solar emanation,
or aring of matter around the earth, with
Mr. Jones, or as multitudes of minute par.
ticles of meteoric or cometic matter, trav-
eling around the sun in very eccentric orbits,
as is maintained by Mr. Proctor.
The Dark Day.
Of all the wonderful stories that my
grandmother used to tell my mother when
she was a little girl, the mes: wonderful was
about the dark day in New England. Fl‘i‘
day, May 19, 1780. This was during our
Revolution, you will remember. and the
same year in which the traitor Benedict Ar-
nold attempted to betray his country to its
enemies.
For several days before the nineteenth,
the air was full of vapors, as we often see
it when fires are raging in the woods near
us, and the sun and moon appeared red,
and their usual clear light did not reach us,
especially when rising and setting. The
winds blew chiefly from the southwest and
northwest, and the weather was cold and
clear. The morning of the nineteenth was
cloudy and in many places slight showers
fell, sometimes accompanied by thunder
and lightning; but as the sun rose it did
not increase the light, and the darkness
deepened, until the children standing before
the tall clocks could not see to tell the time,
and older people peering over the almanac
were not able to distinguish the letters.
The birds sang their evening songs and flew
to their nests in the woods, the poultry
hurried to their roosts, while the cattle
in the fields uttered strange cries and leap-
ed the stone fences to gain their stalls and
the sheep all huddled together,bleating pitc-
ously. ‘
Color, which you know dependsupou the
light of the sun, filled many with astonish-
ment by its unusual ;appearance, for the
.clouds were in some places of slight red
yellow and brown; the leaves on the trees
and the grass in the meadows were of the
deepest green, verging on indigo, the bright-
est silver seemed tarnished, and everything
that is white in the sunlight bore a deep yel-
low hue.
The shadows which‘before noon fall to
- the westward and after noon to the eastward
were observed during the darkness to fall in
every direction. _
The rain, also was unlike any other rain,
and it set all the people to wondering as
they dipped it from tubs and barrels; for a
scum formed on it resembling burnt leaves,
emitting a sooty smell, and this same sub-
stance was seen on streams and rivers, es-
pecially the Merrimac, where it lay four or
five inches thick, for many miles along its
shore. '
Another peculiarity was the vapor; in
many localities it descended to the earth
from high in the atmosphere; but at one
pointa gentleman saw the vapors, at nine
o’clock, rising from the springs and low
lands; one column he particularly noticed
rapidly ascending far above the highest hills,
then it spread into a large white cloud and
sailed off to the westward; a second cloud
formed in the same way from the springs
but did not rise as high as the" first, and
a third formed fifteen minutes afterward.
At a quarter of ten the uppermost cloud
was of a reddish hue, the second was green,
indigo and blue, and the third was almost
white.
So unwholesome was this vapor that small
birds were suffocated in it, and many of
them were so frightened and stupified that
they flew into the houses, adding to the fears
of ignorant people, who considered it a bad
sign for a bird to enter a dwelling.
The commencement of the darkness was
between ten and eleven in the forenoon
(when the men were busy in the fields and
offices and workshops, the women spinning,
weaving and preparing dinner, and the
children at school, or helping their fathers
and mothers at home,) and it continued
until the middle of the followi‘ng‘knight ; but
the degree of darkness varied; in some places
the disk of the sun was seen when-the dark—
ness was the most dense.
Lights ’ were seen burning in all the
houses, and the people passing font-of doors
carried torches and lanterns, which were
curiously ;reflected on the overhanging
clouds.
Thousands of people were sure that the
end of the world had come; rmny dropped
their work and fell on their knees to pray,
others confessed to their fellows the wrongs
they had done, and endeavored to make
restitution. . '
' The meeting-houses were crowded, and
neighborhood prayer meetings were formed,
and the ministers and old church members
prayed long prayers, mentioning the nations
and individuals‘ of Bible times who had
been destroyed on account of their sins.
and begged that as God spared the great
city of.Nincveh when it repented, so He
would forgive them, cheer them again by the
light of the sun, and give victory to their
armies.
It is said that the Connecticut Legisla-
ture being in session, the members became
terrified when they could not see each other's
faces, and a motion was made to adjourn,
when Mr. Davenport arose and said .—
“Mr. Speaker, it is either the day of
judgment or it is not. If it is not, there is
no need of adjourning. If it is, I desire to
be found doing my duty. I move that can-
dles be brought, and that we proceed to.
business.”
All the shivering, frightened people be.
gun now to look forward to evening, hoping
that, as the moon rose full at nine o’clock,
her light would penetrate the gloom; but
all the children who ceased to sit up and
see her gmw very sleepy, their strained.
eyes were not rewarded by her beautiful
beams, for at eight in the evening the dark-
ness was total; one could not distinguish
between the earth and the heaven, audit
was impossible to see a. hand before one's
face.
Then all the weary children were‘sent to
bad after the most honest prayers that they
had ever prayed, and the older people sat up
to watch for the light that never, before had
appeared so glorious. ~
. And never dawned a fairer morning than
the 20th of May, for the sun that opened
the flowers and 'mirrored itself in the dew
drops, brought the color again to the child—
ren’s faces and filled every heart with confi-
dence. -
The birds sang joyously, the ‘cattle re-
turned to their pastures, the places of busi-
ness were opened, and every one went about
his work more gentle toward man and more
grateful toward God.
After the darkness had passed, several
persons traveled about to gather all possible
information concerning this memorable day
and Dr. Tenny wrote an account of what
he learned while on a journey from the
East to Pennsylvania. He says the deepest
darkness was in Essex County, Massachu-
setts, the lower part of New Hampshire, and
khe eastern portion of Maine (where my
rent-grandmother lived). In Rhode Island
,. and Connecticut it was not so great; in New
Jersey, peculiar clouds were observed, but
the darkness was not uncommon, and in the
lower parts of Pennsylvania nothing unusual
was observed. ‘ . .
It extended as far north as the American
settlements, and westward to Albany, but its
exact limits could not the ascertained.
In Boston the darkness continued fourteen
or fifteen hours, varying in duration at other
places. _ _ _
As it was impossible to attribute the dark-
ness to an eclipse, the .w1se: people formed
many theories respecting _1t; being con.
vinced that it was due to immense tires in
the woods, winds blowing in opposrte di.
rections, and to the condition of the vapors,
but Herschel says, “The dark day in
northern America was one of those _won.
derfulphenomena of nature which Wiltal-
ways he read of with interest, but ,whlch
philosophy is at a loss to explain. ~St.
Nicholas.
A Red Light Ahead.
A gentleman of some experlence in public
affairs, who has spent a portion of the present
winter in Washington watching the drift of
the political currents, comes home seriously
impressed with the eminent danger that
threatens the country from the accession of
the old Democratic party to power.
next House of Representatives, like the pres-
ent one, will be controlled by the Democratic
party, and the next Senate will have a
majority of the same sort sufficient to pass
any partisan measure that seems to be for
the promotion of their partisan and selfish
ends. It is true that, for the present, the
Executive may hold check upon those am-
bitious and designing men; but the [hold
which Mr. HAYES has upon the Republican
party in the Senate is very weak, and liable
at any time to be entirely neutralized and
lost for any practical purpose. It cannot be
disguised that several leading Republican
Senators, whose names so readily occur to
the intelligent reader that they scarcely need
be written, are not on good terms with the
President, and would not hesitate‘to in-
flict upon him any indignity that would not
involve an injury to the country. Neither
BLAINE, Coxxtrxe, DON Canxnox, Crumb -
LER, Canrxxrnn, nor LOGAN would go far
out of their way to defend him, and if they
should refuse to furnish the votes necessary
to pass a bill over his veto, it would be simply
from motives of patriotism and duty to the
Republican party, and not because they
respect the opinion of Mr. HAYES.
Another danger that threatens the country
is the fact that there is a lot of cheap fellows
in the Senate of the United States who have
really no fixed political principles, but who
are merely soldiers of fortune, and are pre-
fectly willing to attach themselves to any
party, or to espouse any cause that promises
personal aggrandizement. These barnacles
naturally fasten upon the party in power and
are quick to make merchandise of their votes
whenever an opportunity offers. It is not
likely that a party that upholds and defends
the attempt of its leader to purchase Elec-
toral votes, or that refuses to believe evidence
as strong as Holy Writ that he did, will 'hig-
gle long over the price of a few United States
Senators when their purchase is necessary
to accomplish important and far-reaching
partisan results.
Here are four important and powerful
factors to be twisted into a rope with which
to hang the Republican party by the neck
until it is dead, and thus bring rain and
disaster upon the country: (1) Au unpopular
President; (2) a Democratic majority in the
House; (3) a Democratic majority in the
Senate; and (4) the tendency to corruption
and unpatriotic conduct on the part of Sena-
tors and Representatives in Congress. This
is the affirmative statement of the case, but
it really diould be a mere uegation,—tlw
great, overshadowing, impending, aggressive
calamity that impcn‘ls the country being the
cz‘cz‘ous Democratic leadership. Those who
have carefully watched the signs of the times,
and noted the action of the leaders of this
party in Washington this winter, will readily
acquiesce in what we are saying. They have
shown a stolid determination to stop at
nothing that they thought might inure to
their interest, looking at it merely from the
party standpoint. They have ruthlessly
tried to sweep from the statute-books every
vestige of security for the exercise of the
elective franchise in the South; they have
made bulldozing, ballot-box stufling, and
tissue-ticket voting easier than they were
before by repealing all laws for the punish-
ment thereof, and they have sought to re-
establish the old opportunities for cheating '
and repeating with which their plug—uglies
and bummers have disgraced every large
city. '
This gloomy outlook is quite enough to
alarm the sensitive patriot, it maybe thought,
but it does not: exhaust the subject by any
means; it merely opens the iniquity of those
partisan machinations to the public gaze.
The standard of popular sentiment is lower
in the Congress just closing than it has been
at any time during the past eighteen years,
and indeed the recklessness, viciousness, and
general immorality that had characterized
many of its acts rival and call to mind the
scandalous era of the Credit—Mobilier. Many
features of the present Congress more nearly
resemble the last one that met under th Ad—
ministration of Janus BUCHANAN than any
one that has intervened since that Pennsyl—
vania traitor left the White House. Not only
is the grade of intellectual ability lower to—
day in both Houses of Congress than it has
been since the Rebellion broke out, but the
moral tone of the present Congress—if the
term “morality" is not wholly inapplicable
to it— is many degrees below what it should
be, and what it would be if it correctly
represented the best type of American civil—
ization.
If this is Democracy in the green tree,
what will it be in the dry? If the progress
already made this session and lastin the way
of vicious legislation, and in the manifesta—
tion of unpatriotic motives on the part of
the leaders, now when the South is in the
incipiency of its power after being excluded
for its crimes for eighteen years, to what
depths will it not descend when it secures a
new lease of life and is flushed with victory?
Gen. BUTLER declares that the Federal
Government will consent some day to pen-
sion, the maimed Rebel soldiers, and the
observation was probably based upon the
expectation that the time will'speedily arrive
when the old copper-head element of the
North shall, united with the err-Confederate
element of the Solid South, control the
destinies of the Republic as they please.
Such a union cannot be denounced as an
unholy alliance, because the two factions are
bone of one bone, and naturally belongs
together; but the unworthy objects sought
to be obtained by such a lascivious fraterni-
‘zation must be resisted by the same zeal, en-
thusiasm, and stern integrity that prevented
the same parties from overthrowing the Con-
stitution by force of arms—Chicago Tribune.
- c Humorlst’s Meiancnoi Plight.
John G. Saxe, ‘who has been in delicate
health,and has done no literary work for some
time, is now confined to his room in Brook-
lyn, suffering, it is said, from chronic melan-
cholia, superinduced by illness in his own
case and among members of his family.
Mr. Saxe is so well known to the public as a
humorous poet’ and lecturer, and to his per-
sonal "acquaintances as a man of genial,
joyous disposition, ever looking at the bright
side of things, and advocating cheerfuluess
as the sum of all philosophy, that his suffer-
ing from mental morbity must cause as much
surprise as regret. His spirits are so deeply
clouded, 'his nerves so depressed, that he
refuses to see'any of his friends; and there
seems to be no prospect of release from his
impenetrable, overwhelming gloom. He has
been before the public in a literary capacity
more than twenty-five years, having first ap-
peared as a poet in 'thc Knickerbocker in
1843 ; but the earliest work that} attracted
any special attention was “Progress,a Satire,”
published three yeaas later. Admitted to the
bar at twenty-seven he practicediu Vermont,
in his native county (Franklin), until he re-
moved to Burlingtonpwhere he purchased
the Sentinel, and conducted it for some time.
One of his jokes used to be to run on‘ the
Democratic ticket for Governor of the State,
conscious that there was no more chance of
his election than of his becoming King of
the Cannibal Islands. He will, if he lives,
be sixty-three the cominngunc.—New York
Times.
The -
By Balloon to’ the Pole.
[New York Tribune.]
Commander Cheyne of the British Royal
Navy is making efforts to get up an expe-
dition to reach the North Pole by means of
balloons. He is an experienced Arctic
navigator, :having served under Sir James
'Ross, and has secured the services of Capt.
Templar, a well-known mronaut. Comman-
der Cheyne believes that the gulf stream
sweeps round the polar basin, and returns
by the north and east of Greenland as a great
body of cold water. He proposes to ut-
ilize this current in the following manner:
The ship would proceed up Davis’s strait
and Bafiin’s Bay; then turning to the west,
would steam up Lancaster Sound and Queen's
Channel to the farthest explored point.
She would next take a northwestcrly di-
rection until the current was felt, when her
course would be altered to‘due north. In
any case, she would push on through every
available opening in the ice until her advance
was definitely arrested by the advent of
Winter. In addition to the usual equip-
ment of sledges, etc., the vessel would carry
several balloons, each one capable of lifting
about a ton weight in addition to the men.
When the ship became set in the pack,
three balloons would be inflated and joined
together by means of three light spars sixty
feet long. Thus a triangle would be form-
ed, with a baloon at each angle, the whole
together representing a lifting" power of
about three tons. This power would be
provisions, tents, ballast, etc. Commander
Cheyne proposes during the Winter to es-
tablish two observatories about thirty miles
the end cf May the balloons may start upon
acourse already ascertained with tolerable
accuracy. By this means, the distance of
be followed being known, the travelers
would be enabled to drop within ten or
twenty miles of their destination. Wire
trail-ropes would be used for preserving an
equal altitude above the ice. When it was
necessary to descend, the gas would be pre-
served by recourpressing it by'mechanical
readiness for future use. If the journey
should have been successful and the wind
favorable, the return trip would at once he
made, the balloons being arrested on the par-
allel of latitude upon which the ship was
left ice-blocked. The commanding officer
in charge would send out sledge parties
daily to meet the balloons and give whatever
assistance might be required. 0n the break-
ing up of the ice the ship would leave for
Winter quarters, and push around the north-
ern extremity of Greenland. A second
Winter would here be passed, the time being
Spent in making a‘ survey of the coast and
other scientific observations. During the
following Summer, aided by the natural
drift of ice, the vessel would steam through
every Opening. and return [home be-
tween the Continent of |Greeuland and
Spitzbergen. . Should no favorable wind
arise, however, to carry him back from the
Pole ,to his ship, Commander Cheyne
intends continuing his terial journey, and
trusts to good fortune to drop in Russia wher-
ever inhabitants are to be seen.
A Very Easy Thing to Die.
Is death painless? The best medical au-
thorities have about agreed that the' last
moments of a dying man are comparatively
free from pain, and William Hunter, the
greatest of English physiologists upon his
death bed, as he felt his end approaching
said :——“If 1 could grasp a pen I would write
how easy a thing it is to die.” ' But the last
gasps, the stiffening of the muscles, the
death rattle, are they painless? Is death
really a cessation of pain? These are ques-
tions yet unanswered. No man‘ has ever
taken the fatal step to come back and relate
his experience. Death from strycbnine
poisoningjs generally snppossed to be the
most painful of all deaths. The agouies of
the terrible ’tetanic spasms have been pic-
tured as most horrible. From the “Amer-
ican Cycclopcdia” the following is conden-
sed. , .
“The symptons it produces are difliculty
of breathing and a sense of suffocation,
twisting of the limbs and tetanic convulsions,
the body becoming arched in the back, often
resting on the head and heels. The features
are convulsed, attended by spasms of the
jaws and choking. The attack occurs in
paroxysms, between which the intellect is
often clear at first but beco‘mes clouded after
asuccession of paroxyisms. Death occurs
after an interval of suffering, lasting usually
about three hours.”
But the poisoning is not always attended
by suffering. C. C. Cook, the special state
house policeman and night watchman, it will
be remembered, took a dose of strychniue
by mistake about a month ago. He was found
in the state library, lying upon the ,i reading.
table, perfectly unconscious, his back arched
and his head almost reaching his heels, in a
violent tetanic convulsion. Medical aid was
summoned and after three hours of pumping
and rubbing, during which he was knotted
in spasms, he recovered; His first request
was, for a chew of tobacco, and in an hour’s
time he was apparently in his customary
health, and with the exception of a feeling -
of soreness in his muscles he felt compara-
tively well. He {slept remarkably round
that night and got up in‘ the morning none
the worse for his evening’s blunder. He de-
scribed his sensations ,npon that occasion to
a News reporter this morning. “After I had
taken the stuff I walked down the street to
the Metropolitan Theatre and took a seat.
Iliad hardly settled myself whenI felt so
strangely. Iwas hot all over; grewdizzy
and light-headed; everything turned white
and I felt so queer that I got up and walked
down stairs. I went to the state library and
laid down on the reading table That was
the last I knew until I was brought to. I
didn’t suffer any particle of pain, not a bit.
After I came to I asked for some tobacco,
got up and walked around, and if I hadn’t
been a little weak {and sore, I would have
felt better than I do now. It is an exper-
ience I don’t want to have again, though.
There is too much danger in it to suit me.”
A prominent physician and a professor in
the medical college was talked to about the
case, and gave it as his opinion that it was
very remarkable. The absence of pain does
not occur more than once ina thousand-cases.
—-1ml. News. ,
__—————- .
Recovery of Hidden Treasury.
Cruoruxarr, March 10.—A special from
Marrowbone, Ky., gives an interesting ac-
count of the discovery of hidden treasures.
During the war Robert 0. Willis buried
$65,000 in gold and $10,000 worth of jewelry
in a cave on his farm,imparting the know-
ledge of it only to his wife. A few days
after he disappeared and has not been heard
of since, and is supposed to_have been killed
by guerillas. His wife did not make known
her secret of the hidden treasure until on her
death bed Saturday, when she told it to her
pastor and attorneys. . After her death the
treasures were found in good order. She
bequeathed her jewelry and $40,000 to her
old servants, also the homestead, a rich farm
of some two hundred acres.
fl-
Archbishop Purcell and brother, Father
Purcell, have both made asstgnments, caus-
‘ing a great sensation among the Catholics of
Ohio.“ Thousands of people had deposited
money with them, who will probably never
recover anything.
The damaged cargo of the wrecked steam-
er John Bramhall was sold at auction in New
[ Haven, and brought about $80,000.
employed in carrying the boat-cars, sledges;
apart, with the ship as a center, so that by
the vessel from the Pole, and the course to -
means into the receivers, there to be held in'
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The Second Oldest Paper in the State.
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THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL
STATEMENT
OF THE
torrential Mutual
L I F E
lusuuuuuu uomrlur,
Nnr Assnrs,January1,1378. - - 815,072,033 57
Rucnrvnn xx 1878, '
For Premiums, -
For interest and rent,
Balance Profit and Loss,
$6,249,133 34
3,141,429 50
29,861 08
-————-— 9,420,124 40
354,492,507 97
DISBURSED IN 1578,
To Porrc r Honnnns:
For ‘claims by death
and maturedeudow-
merits, $3,407,593 23
Surplus returned to
Policy holders,2,346,137 71
Lapsed and surrender-
' ed Policies, 1,550,037 10
———-—-97,3l*2,768 09
Eerxsns:
Commissions to
Agents. - 9312363318
Salaries of Officers,
Clerks,and all others
employed on salary ,
83,71221
Medical Examiners’
fees. - . - 11,908 36
Printing, Stationery,
Advertising, Post-
age, Exchange,
etc., - - 170.651 56
013,905 31'
asses-210
Taxes, ~ - -
8,267.32553
Banaxcs NET ASSETS. Dcc.3l, 1873, $16,225,182 14
SCHEDULE 01‘ ASSETS:
Loans upon Real Estate, first lien, $26,383,983 26
Loans upon Stocks and Bonds, 30,453 28
Premium notes on Policies in force, 4,720,535 17
Cost of Real Estate owned the 00., 7,515,066 18
Cost of U. States Registered Bonds, 2,963,764 39
Cost of State Bonds, 723,400 00
Cost of City Bonds, 1,988,720 00
Cost of other Bonds, 500.000 00
Cost of Bank Stock, ' 76,205 00
Cost of Railroad Stock, 26,000 00
Cash in Bank at interest, 1,231,548 86
Cash in Company’s Oflice, 6,119 88
Balance due from Agents, secured, 51,209 85
Bills Receivable, 5,176 57
$46,225,182 44
ADD : ,
Interest accrued 6: due, $1,751,808 46
Rents accrued, 16,541 29
Market value of stocks and
bends over costs,
Net premiums in course 01
collection, NONE.
N at deferred quarterly and
semi-annual premiums. 37,928 01
1,953,945 90
$48,179,128 34
147,608 11
. Gnoss Assnrs, Dec. 31, 1378,
Lranrurrrzs :
Amount required to rc-in-
sure all outstanding pol-
icies, net, assuming 4 per
cent. interest, 843,131,703 00
All other liabilities, 1,643,343 59
41,775,05150
53,401,076 75
Sunrnus, Dec, :11, 1578,
Ratio of expense of management to re-
ceipts In 1878, . 6.57 per cent.‘
.Policies in force, Dec. 31, 1878, 61,979, ’
insuring, $170,319,164
'J .1003 1.. GREEN. President.
JonN MJTAYLOII, Secretary. '
0.1!. "WELLS, Ass’t Secretary.
J. (7.. NORTH, General Agent. New_
Haven, Conn. 1
ALEX. S . GIBSON,
Organist or the First Congregational Church .
Teacher of
P lane-Forte, Organ and Music: 1
Composition.
Box 379 1’. 0., N ORWALK, CONN.
C. B. COOLIDGE,
DENTIST.
Successor to
Dr. Asa. 11111,
53‘ Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain . ’ .
G. S. GDMSTGOK, Mtll.
Homoeopathic Physician.
Office and Residence, Cor. MAIN STREET and
UNION AVENUE. Olllce hours’i'to 9 a. m.. 12
to l, and 5 to 7. Slate at Glover’s Grocery Store
All orders will be promptlyattcnded. llm‘zo
Hurlhutt, Helical. Seymour,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Boom No.4, [up stair-,l
l GAZETTE Bushman.
wwlo REN T
To LETr-A Dwelling House- A ply to
7 CHAS. E. T. JOHN.
To Let.
[YE ROOMS to let on the first floor in a house
in the Borough of Norwalk. Pleasantly sit-
uated on Beldcn Avenue, three doors from the
corner of Union Avenue. A never failing well
of water. Also water in the house, part of a gut-
en and fruit on the place. Wlll rent ver reason-
blc. Refer to Finncy St Benedict, on 1 all St.
To Rent,
ROM lst April, the fine and convenient dwell-
ing corner of Center Avenue and Sticky
l'lain Road, has 6 rooms, good well of wntcr.,gar-
den, fruit, grapes, etc. For further particulars,
enquire of JOSEPH MATHEIS,
ms No. 22 Main Street.
MA
For Sale or to Let.
Furnished or Unfurnished,
M y House on East Avenue.
CHARLES s. PROWITT.
To Rent.
‘ ROM and after _April lst, that very desirable
Store, West wmg GAZETTE BUILDING. For
terms, &c., apply at olllce of the Grammy.
Cottage to Let.
THE very desirable Cottage on-Union Avenue.
‘ first: house from corner of Holden Avenue.
wrllbc rentedtoa good_tcnant from and alter
Aprlllst. Sard house is in good order, has hot
and cold water. Bath, &e., and is a very neat,
Apply on the remi-
A. H. BYING’ 0N.
and convenient residence.
ses. ‘
CHARLES W. . MANY
Surgeon Dentist,
NORWALK, CONN.
Office corner of Main and Wall streets. Nitrous-
Oxidc Gas administered .
Tothe Ladies ! .
HE undersigned having had considerable ex-
eriepcc in shopping in New York is pre-
pare to give her .personal attention to making
purchases for ladies at the usual messeugcrrates.
or that pu ose she will go to- the- city every
Tuesday, an oftener if necessary. Buying for
Milliners and Dress Makers a specialty. Orders
can be left at any time at Thorpc’s Confectionery,
Main Street, where she will be in personal atten-
dance on Monday alternoons.trom 2 to 7.
3t52 _MRS. E. L. ELY.
PURE MILK!
Delivered in Nor-walk and South Norwalk, at
your door, every morning
AT 6 CENTS PER QUART,
‘By RELISON BROS. 51tf
J. M. POTTER,
DEALER IN
Pianos, Organs,
Melodeons, Sheet Music, &c.,
WAll. STREET NORWALK, CONN.
NEXT noon: to savmos DANE.-
I keep a large stock of instruments on hand,
and sell them on Monthly Instalments. Every-
body can have a Piano or Organ.
SOLE AGENT FOR THE CELEBRATED
WEBER’S, STANLEY & sou s, ,GROV-
ESTEEN & FULLER‘S, HAINES
BROTHERS, vase a some,
PsIANOS,
and will furnish at short notice. Call and
see them. '
OLD INSTRUMENTS
Taken in Exchange for N ew.
Tuning &: Repairing
Done at short notice.
The Weber Piano.
A few extracts from the great number re.
eeived by the most eminent musicians in the
United States may not be inappropriate:
I have never‘seen a. Piano which equals the
Weber Piauoforte. Geo. F. Br'istow
The Weber Piano occupies justly the. first
rank amongst the BestPianos. J. N. Pattison
The Weber Pianos cannot possibly be sur-
passed. _ S. B. Mills.
I used the Weber Grand Piano because I
consider it the best in the world.
- Harry Sanderson.
The Weber Piano possesses every thing that
can be wished for in a. Piano. G. 1V. 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.
' C'lara N. Brinkcrluof.
A ten years’ experience satisfies me that
the Weber Pianos are unapproachable.
John Zundcl.
I would call especial attention to
THE ESTY COTTAGE ORGAN
Beautifully finished in black walnut and rose
wood, combining more perfections than any
other in the world. Has taken more than ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY GOLD MEDALS AND
FIRST rnnmrms, at Fairs and Exhibitions
throughout the United States. They are en-
dorsed by the highest musical authorities.
Certainly the best I ever heard.
Geo. W. Morgan.
It is vocal, which is the highest praise that
can be bestowed on any instrument—Geo. B.
Seymour, Musical Critic, N. Y. Times.
They are the best recd instruments we have
met with—0. (I? J. II. Odell, Organ Builders
N. Y. .
It is the no plus ultra of reed instruments.
—Prof. E. L. Baker. ' -
usual degree—Rec. Bishop Simpson, III. E.
Olmrch.
Language fails in adequacy to convey a
fair idea of the perfect enchanting power of
this instrument—Independent.
Vastly superior to anything of the kind I
have ever played upon.—— Wm. A. K ing”
The Esty Organs are without a superior.—
Gco. Jardinc, Organ Builder, N. Y.
No tremulo has yet been invented that will
in any way compare with this for beauty of
effect— Wm. .A. Johnson, Organ Builder.
It is not merely the best, but it is the only
mechanical reproduction of the human voice
which has ever satisfied mc.—Rcc. II. 131271.93,
President of Northern New York Muszcal
Aesnm‘nh’nn. ‘
J. M. POTTER, Norwalk.
Large Reduction in Prices!
GREAT
CASH SALE
FOR T'Ha'nTv oars.
AT
Luuluuui’u FuuuiluuuWauu Rooms,
36 Main St, Norwalk, Conn.
This stock must be closed out _to make room for
my large stock of Goods for Spring Trade.
GET
luuu Money’s Worth.
I have made ample arrangements to continue in
full sto'ck my
40. and Se. Line of Goods.
And shall add to them new goods that are useful
and cheap, Look out for bargains at
E. K. Looxwoons.
It contains sweetness and power in an un-'
5 REAL ESTATE.
V\I\r\l\/VW “\W
Farm for Sale.
WEST REDDIN G, CONN. .
ONSISTING of 72 acres, with Dwelling House ,
Barn, Fruit. &c. thereon, within about two
miles of Depot ot‘D. & N. Railroad,
For particulars. terms, ac" apply to J OHN II.
LEE, near the remises, or, of" W. O. PERSONS.
pm: 40 N. IL. ew York. Athtf.
FOR SALE.
ll‘WO vcrydesirabl cBuildin gLotso n Wes tMain
Street . Apply at tthAZETTE OFFICEJ
For Sale.
THE subscriber offers for sale his HOUSE and
LOT, situated on WestMain Street, in the
Borough ofNorwaik. The place is pleasantly lo-
cated, m a good neighborhood, only a short walk
lrom the business part of the town, School,
Churches, etc. The House is nearly new;conveu-
lently artan ed, and in good condition. For fur-
ther partxcu ars apply to the subscriber at Can-
non’s Station, or to G. & S. H. Holmes, Norwslk.
3y JOHN W. RENOUD.
For Sale.
' HOUSE, Barn and other Buildings, with
about one acre of ground on corner 0: Union
and Eclipse Avenues. For further particulars en-
quire of Harvey Fitch on the premises, or of
3mp4 HENRY F. GUTIIRIE,Norwalk, Conn.
For Sale. .
THE pleasantlyiocated and wellbnlltresidence
corner Washington and Spring streets, So.
Norwalk rs offered for sale on accommodating
terms. For particulars, em uire of
tf REV. D. R .AUST N, South Norwalk.
DVVELLINGS
AND
Building Lots.
SEVERAL ilwellings, various prices in differ-
ent portions of Borough. either to let or for
saleat reasonable ruces. Also several places
outside of Boroug limits—one in Wmmpank.
Also several Building lots in and out of Borough.
tft9 Enquire at this Ofllce.
For Sale or Exchange.
Fen property in domain: or vicinity, 2 houses
in Brooklyn, E. D., Within 5 minutes walk of
4 ferries. Good locatio For Barticnlars apply.
J t RAN ALL,
to
Box 63, Norwalk.
45
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 Apple trees with other fruit. good r-
den, good well of water, and fine shade trees. net
the place for a man Wishing to raise Strawberries,
etc. ‘ Price 67,000. Enquire at this Oflice.
For Sale Cheap.
VALUABLEmanufacturingpro ertyJi'onn-
. dry and Machine shop, for Mar he and Sta-
tionary En inc work or general Machinery. Sit-
uated on w arr. lIas also Rail Road connections.
Terms reasonable. E. . Trustee.
27 South Norwalk. Conn.
For Sale.
A cosy comfortable Cottage on one ofthcpleas-
_ antest streets intown, within five minutes
walk of the Bridge or Churches. will be sold at
cost price. A portion of the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price $6,000. En-
quire at this Office. ' .
Fer Sale.
A Rare Chance.
A House, Barn, good Mill-rite and fifty acres
ot’land well proportioned in Meadow, Pasture
and Vioodland: also,twenty-two acres of wood-
land all situatcd at the head of the Boron h
Reservoir in the town of New Canaan, for as e.
at a bargain. Inquire of Dimon Finch. George-
town, Ct., James Mitchell or J. Belden Hurlbutt,
Norwalk, Ct. 25“
Norwalk. 10th day of June 1878.
'FARMS FOR SALE.
Enquire of
cans. COMSTOCK,
11 _ New Canaan, Conn.
Desrrable Property for sale.
A Verydesirableplace on EastAvenue.
Also, a few choice BuildingLotssitnatedon
Osborn Avenue, forsale cheap.
Also,a nicelylocated House and Lot on Mer-
wm Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enqulrcol
S. E. OSBORN. EastAvenue,
tfll or to D. W.FITCH,WcstAvenne.
For Sale.
—. A-House and Lot. in a healthyloeation on
fl FairStreet,abovc Catharine. The Houseis
‘ nearly new. well built,couveniently arrang-
ed, and Will make a comfortable and leasant
home for afamrly of average size. The ot runs
back to the river. There is awcllof excellent
water on the place, and Borough water in the
Street. Price low, and part. of the money can re-
main on mortgage. A fine chance tosecurea
home. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE . 3“
A Desirable Homestead for Sale.
HE valuable residence ‘of the subscriber,
pleasantly located on high round on East
Ave., in the Borough of Norwal ', 1s ofi‘ered for
sale. The situation is pleasant and healthy, com:
manding fine views of Long Island Sound and the
surrounding country. Distance one mile from
Norwalk Bridge. and the same from South Nor-
walk depot. llouse 54x50; two stories and attic,
filled in with brick, and substantially built.
Rooms 18, with all. modern 1m rovements, bath
room, laundry, stationary tubs, eebee’s cooking
range, hot and cold water, gas throughout the
house. The ccllaris dry, having stationary rum;
ace. which heats the whole house. The attic is
spacious, and roof tinned. The house is in excel-
lent order being comfortable for both a summer or
winter residence. Suitable for any gentleman do-
ing business in New York and returning the same
day. Land about three-quarters of an acre, laid
out in lawn. fruit trees, and garden spot. A ply
to JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent, 1. or-
wslk, or to the subscriber, ».
A. S. HAMERSLEY
26tf 255 Fourth Avenue, N. Y
1879.
:EVERYTHING
DOWN TO HARD PAN.
arouses,
VEGETABLES,
- runs ass,
runs, at,
AT THE
Very Lowest Market Rates.
A full assortment constantly on hand,freshlyre-
plenishcd every day, with
Ghoicest Fruits, Best Vegetables,
and Sea. Food. ‘
Goods delivered in any part oftgn. Leave your
orders freely with
Demmon cf: Newcomb,
53 Main Street, Norwalk. _
V A '1' .
Qaintard’s Furniture Rooms
wl,l beiouuoa completeassortmentor
FURNITURE, &C.,
ncludingeverythingusu allytonnd in a first-class
establishment, at Prices to suit the Times . Also,
alargeassortmcntot, '
CHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
LOOKING GLASSES, écc.
Glassl’latescnttoanysize. Repairingdoncinthe
best manner,at short notice. Also, old HairMat-
trassesmadeover as good asuew.
E. OUIHTARD'S 80".
Dr. (3.11. Kendall & Son,
DENTISTS.
Arenowprepar-
1. ed to r e c e 1 v e
- their patrons at
either Nor-walk
Bridge or South
\ Norwalk. The
8611101“ partner
7 has taken rooms
{2: , (1131' It Sellcfik‘s
. . _- 00 {store 1 or-
Q‘ . lfufil walk. while the
' junio r retains
the old office. Luuder’s Block, South Nor-walk.
Teeth extracted without pain. and all dental 0pc-
rationspcrformcdateltherollice.
0.11. KENDALL, M .D.
G. S. KENDALL, I). I). S.
1’. S. Dr. C. H.1{eudallwill devote Mondays to
Ridgedeld.
HOT and CDLDSHUWEE BATES
EVERY DAY, AT
IE}. APELL’S
Model Hair Dressing Rooms.
Second Door from Post. (lint-e.
.MAC H I N ISTS M‘EFAfllfi'fafffe TYPE
esznmx cruel.
Our Choir.
There’s Jane Sophia.
And Ann Malls,
With Qbadiah ;
And J edekiah, ‘
In our choir.
And Jane Sophia soprano sings
So high you’d think her vcice had wings
To soar above all earthly things,
When she leads off on Sunday;
While Ann Maria’s alto choice
Rings out in suck harmonious voice
That sinners in the church rejoice,
And wish she’d sing till Monday,
Then Obadiah’s tenor high
Is unsurpassed beneath the sky—
Just hear him sing “Sweet By and By,"
And you will sit and wonder;
While J edekiah's bass profound
Goes down so low it jars the ground,
And wakes the echoes miles around,
Like distant rolling thunder.
Talk not to us of Patti’s fame,
Of Nicolini’s tenor tame,
0f Cary’s alto—but a name——
Or Whitney’s ponderous bassol
They sing no more like Jane Sophia,
And Ann Maria, with Obadiah,
And Jedekiah in our choir,
Than cats sing like Tommasso!
—ll[uaical Record.
The Priceless Gem.
BY JAMES MCKAY.
Thou priceless gem of all the earth,
The choicest fruit to mortals given,
More fragrant than the scented rose.
Refreshing as the dews of Heaven.
It makes the barren heart to yield
A thousand sweets both rich and new,
No wonder that it tempted Eve
To watch the tree where on it grew.
When love that holy passion fills
The human heart with ruptures high,
Then cast a side the cares of life _
For surely Heaven must be nigh.
And though our fancies wing their flight
To sparkling gems beyond the sea,
Yet none of them can give delight
Or satisfy the heart like thee.
Thou art the spring of all our joys,
The mystic stream wheremercy flows,
Dispensing blessings rich and sweet,
From life’s commencement till its close.
For thee alone remains the power‘
That takes away each thought of harm
And make the paths of life as sweet
And fragrant as the breath of morn.
And not a fairer form than thine
Has ever knelt at Beauty’s shrine,
For though the tenement be clay
Love surely must be half deviue.
And when in ages dimly past,
All men by nature went astray,
Then naught but love could have revealed,
The higher life and better way.
A word, a look, a friendly smile,
These smaller gifts which love bestows
May often help a weary soul
Into some Haven of repose.
Thou- art the spring of all our joys,
Through thee alone contentmentflows,
Thou canst illuminate the heart '
And make life sweet as Sharon’s rose.
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Date to say, No!
BY MOELIE SN IDER.
Dare to say, N 0, when tempted to drink;
Pause for a moment, my boy, and think;
Think of the wrecks upon life’s ocean tossed.
For answering, Yes, without counting the
cost.
Think of the mother who bore you in pain;
Think of the tears that will fall like rain;
Think of the heart—ah ! how cruel the blow;
Think of her love and at once answer, No. ‘
Think of the hopes that are drowned in the
bowl ; ‘
Think of the danger to body and soul;
Think of sad lives once as pure as the snow;
Look to them now and at once answer,No.
Think of a manhood with rum-tainted breath
Think how the glass leads to sorrow and .
death;
Think of the homes that, now shadowed by
woe,
Might have been heaven had the answer been,
No, -
Think of lone graves both unwept and un—
known,
Hidiug fair hopes that were bright as your
own; .
Think of proud forms now forever laid low,
That still might be here had they learned to
say, No.
Think of the demon that lurks in the bowl,
Driving to ruin both body and soul;
Think of all this as life’s journey you go,
And when you’re assailed by the Tempter
say N o. -
Pilgrim Fathers.
Bold men were they, and true, that pilgrim
band,
Who plough’d with venturous prow the
stormy sea,
Seeking a home for hunted Liberty
Amid the ancient forests of a land,
Wild, gloomy, vast, magnificently grand!
Friends, country, hallow’d home they left,
to be
Pilgrims for Christ’s sake, to a foreign strand,
Beset by peril, worn with toil, yet free,
-Tirelcss in zeal, devotion, labor, hope;
Censtant in faith; in justice how severe 1
Though fools deride them and bigot-skep-
tics sneer.
Praise to their names! If called like them :to
cope,
In evil times, with dark and evil powers,
011, be their faith, their zeal, their courage
ours! — Wm; Hem-y Burler'gh.
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Ixrr.unxen or Gasuorf'r or: run Eve.—
ThoGerman minister of instruction has re—
cently issued a report on the influence of gas-
light on the eye.. The conclusion arrived at
is that is that no evil results follow a moder-
ate use of gas, the direct action of the yellow
flame is prevented. For this purpose screens
or shades are employed. Grave objections,
however, exist to the use of zinc or lead
shades, most evils affecting the eye being
traceable to them. Their use, it is said, in-
evitably tends to blindness or inflammation,
and other harmful effects. The milky-white
glass shade is the best, as it distributes the
light and has a grateful effect on the eye.
The burner should not be 030 close to the
head, as congestions of the'forhead and head-
aches result from the radiated heat. The
glass plate below the gas, employed in some
places, is specially useful for the purpose, as
it causes an equal distribution of the light—
necessary where a number are working at one
burner—prevents the radiation of the. heat,
and tends to a steady illumination by shield-
ing the flames from qrrrents of air. In case
of highly inflamed eyes, dark blue globescan
be very beneficially employed. . With prgau-
tions of this kind, no evil effect from' the
burning of gas need be feared.
m
A rich and parsimonious and very old
gentleman, on being taken to task for his
uncharitableness, said: “True I don’t give
much; but if you only knew how it hurts
in 'when I give anything, you wouldn’t
wonder. I‘am in he s to feel different
when Iinherit brother ill’s pioneer-.13
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