WHOLE NUMBER 1631.
NCR‘WALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1879.
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, VOL. LXIL-FNUMBER 14
. . , For the Gazette.
Morning Light.
The morning light'was shining softly from
shore to shore,
Creeping along the grasses till it reached the
cottage door ;
With long and slender fingers it reach:d
through the stems of the trees,
And kissed the purple violet thlt nodded in
the breeze. ,
It caught up the glowing color that fell from
the morning stars,
And flashed along the heavens in shining
golden bars;
It kissed the hills and mountains till they
blushed like a maiden’s cheek,
Then wakened the blooming flowers that
slumbers at their feet.
It dyed the billowy ocean,until each separate
wave
Seemed like a casket of jewels thrown up
from a secret cave ; -
It lit up the long, low’marshes, and softly
onward crept, '
Till it entered a chamber window where a
fair young maiden slept.
There it paused for a moment, as if ashamed
of an act so bold,
And was caught in her yellow tresses, till
they seemed like a crown of gold.
It, lingering, trembled and wavered, as if it
was half afraid
To touch the heavenly fatures of the sweetly ,
sleeping maid.
Then swift as a torrent, falling adown the
mountain side,
It flooded the maid in glory and filled the
room like a tide.
One fair hand was lying like a half~blown
bud on her breast,
The other the tangled ringlets to her glowing
cheek had pressed.
As the light touched the face of the sleeper,
she opened her starry eyes,
Her dewy lips half parted with a look of
strange 'surprise. ‘ ‘
She gazed on the light for a moment, that
filled the fragrant air,
And wrapping her mantle about her she
clasped her hands in prayer.
“0 Father of love,” she whispered,
Thee for the light,
And that thou hast kept thy children through
the shadows of the night ;
I thank Thee for love-and beauty, and all the
bright things I have known,
But most, Q God,I thank Thee that I am not
lei t alone.
“I thank
“For even while I am praying, the angles are
touching my hands,
And 1 see my blessed mother in the midst of
their shining bands.
She points up toward the heavens. and says,
‘This world is fair,
But your morning light is darkness to that
which is shining here.’ ”
PALMER.
The Melaicholy Story of a. Great
American Composer.
Of all the popular song composers our
country has produced there is no one better
known than the subject of this sketch,
Stephen Collins Foster, with whom it was
my pleasure, in some ways a sad one, it
must be confessed, to become personally
acquainted during the last year of his brief
existence. It was in the latter part of the
year 1852, and in the city of New York,
thatIsaw him for the first time. “I was
introduced last night to Foster the compos-
er,” said a friend to me; “would you like.
to know him?” It was an opportunity I
had long desired, and I accepted the invi-
tation to make a call upon him. Immedi-
ately the songs I had loved from childhood,
almost all associated with Foster’s name,
bubbled up from my heart and murmured
in my ear, and I already imagined myself
before the hale and, merry old man, with
long white hair, his head bald at the top,
and a kindly smile ever on his lips, such
as I had always pictured him—the man
for whom I had long felt a sort of rever-
ence.
Talking of him and his many melodies,
we walked quite a distance down the Bow-
ery, in the neighborhood of the old theatre
and turned into Hester street. ‘On 'the
northwest corner of Chrystic and Hester
streets was an old tumble-down grocery, and
into this we entered and passed through to
a dingy bar room at the back of thestore,
where, a moment after I was introduced to
the author of “The Old Folks at Home.”
Let me briefly describe him as he appeared
to me: A figure slight and a little below
medium stature, attired in a well-known
suit ; his face long and closely shaven, soft
brown eyes, somewhat dimmed, shaded by
a rather high forehead, which was disfigured
by a peak of a glazed capthat clung closely
to his head, scarcely allowing his short
brown hair to be seen. His appearance
was at onde so youthful and so aged that it
was difiicult to determine at a causal glance
if he were twenty-five or fifty. An anxious
startled expression hovered over his face
that was painful to witness.
Looking at him thus, it was hard for me
to believe that, standing before me, was
the then most popular song composer in
the world; but it was Foster, indeed. He
seemed embarrassed as a girl in the presence
of a stranger, and this difildence never en-
tirely were off. Whether it was a‘natural
bashfulness or voluntary reserve I cannot
say; but even with those who knew him
most intimately he was never familiar.
His conversation, made up mostly of musi-
cal reminiscences, was always interesting,
and at his invitation I frequently thereafter
made an opportunity to visit him. He lodged
generally at a small hotel in the Bowery,
but that small grocery he made his usual
sitting-room, and an exquisite melody had its
birth in that most uncongenial place.
He was not one to haggle about the price
when selling songs, and itwas not seldom, in
consequence, that a publisher would not take
advantage of this fact,as well as his poverty,
paying him a paltry sum-for what other and
inferier composers would demand and receive
a fair remuneration.
He used often to talk of his earliest ef-
' forts and how he first happened to discover
his power as a composer. Ata very early
age he had attained, unaided, a moderate
proficiency in playing upon the flute, flag-
eolet and piano—forte; and, besides this,
his voice was well under control. These
qualifications made him quite a leading
spirit in serenading expeditions, and at the
solicitation of his comrades in these parties
he attempted to write songs for them,
which were so successful that they speedily
became favorites among them. This fired
ambition, and when a traveling minstrel
troupe passed through his native town,
Pittsburg, Pa., and he chanced to be present
at one of their performances, he sought,
through them, to have one of his own songs
brought before the public. “Oh, Susanna l"
was submitted by him accepted and sung,
and shortly afterwards was published by
Peters of Cincinnati. meeting with a decid-
ed _success, his remuneration being twenty-
five copies, or thereabouts, of the song.
This was in the year 1842. when Stephen.
who was born on Independence Day.‘1826,
was amere boy of 16. Inthe same year
“Open the Lattice, Love,” a serenade, was
published by George Willig of Baltimore,
and “Uncle Ned,” by the publisher of his
first song, and both becoming rapidly {pop-
:I:
He saw and felt that he Was appreciated
and, needed no other incitement to exertion.
Song after song he taught the people, each
new one to be loved by them only better
than the last'; for he had acqflred the secret
of translating the thoughts, feelings and
sympathies of everyday life into melody.
Whenever an opportunity offered itself
he would visit Methodist camp-meetings,
both white and black, and listening to their
weird chants, as he loved to do, would
gathermany an idea for his folk songs; and
in this fact, perhaps, lies the secret of his
wonderful success in writing negro melodies.
One song of Foster’s in particular. sprang
from this source: “Hard Times Come Again
No More." And I might here mention that
in that old groceryI have heard him sing
that good old “song of weary” with rare
pathos.
It is sad to think thatfione who was for-
ever singing of home and loved ones, should
have no dearer place than this that he might
calla home, and no fond friend to comfort
him; yet here be was, in that great,cold city
in that sense alone, and writing ever of “love,
love, and only love.”
It is unnecessary to give a list of all of
Foster’s songs they are so numerous and so
well known; but the following table of sales
of but half a dozen of them, taken from an
old catalogue of publications of Firth, Pond
£300., issued over twenty years ago, will'
give some faint idea of their wonderftl popu-
ularity: .
“Old Folks at Home,” 200,000; “ My Old
Kentucky Home.” 250,000; “Massa's in de
Cold, Cold Ground," 75,000; ”Old Dog
Tray" (six months), 75,000; Willie We Have
Missed You," 125,000 ; “Ellen Bayne,” 125,-
000.
In “Old Folks at Home” Foster hoped
and even expected, to rival “Home, Sweet
Home," which he always considered was
writen contrary to‘the rules of pure melody.
He could never account for its popularity
and the enthusiasm and emotion with which
it was received on every occasion. Perhaps
had he not made the words of this song
local, by the _mention of the “Suwanee”
River,” there might have been a chance of
its equalling, or at least approaching, the
song it was intended to eclipse, for it is a
simple, touchy and beautiful composition.
But few have dared to follow where Foster
failed, and “Home,Sweet Home,” still stands
secure,the home song of the world.
In looking over the titles of his pieces, it
is curious and pleasant to notice how often
the name of “Jenny” occurs. As many as
ten are woven about that loved name—the
name of his wife. She was the daughter
of the late Dr. McDowell of Pittsburg,
“Little Jennie Dow.” as she was called in
one of his songs. He not only sang his
wife’s praises, but lways spoke of her in
the fondest terms. He used to say that she
it was who,'then a bright-eyed, merry little
girl, first inspired his soul with song, and
made him along to attune it to the music
of her voice. “Jenny's Coming O’er the
Green,” recalling the time when he waited
for her coming, was always a great favorite
with him, and when asked to sing, if he
yielded at all, which was rarely, that was
most likely .to be his choice. His voice was
then of small compass and little power, yet
he sang so tenderly and earnestly that the
effort was always pleasing.
“Old Folks at Home," the best. selling
song he ever composed, in fact the most
profitable piece of music published in this
country prior to the rebellion, was in the
tenth edition acceedited on_its title page to
E.‘ P. Christy of minstrel notoriety. For this
privilege he is said to have paid Foster a
considerable sum.
Foster was a poet, as his songs attest, the
words of nearly every one of his songs being
of his own composition, and many of them
are beautiful, though simple. “My Old
Kentucky Home, Good Night,” was thought
worthy of a place in Bryant's “library of
poetry and song,” but Foster receives no
credit, though it was undoubtedly written
by him. ‘
The accident, a severe fall, which term-
inated poor Foster's life occurred, at the
American House, in the Bowery, on the
morning of the 10th of January, 1864. He
was immediately carried to Bellevue Hos-
pital, where he lingered but three days. In
his waking hours he was scarcely ever un-
conscious of what was passing about him,
but often conversed easily and on his cus,
tomary topics. He laid out his plans for
he seemed to have no idea that death was
at the door. On the morning of the 13th
the attendant came to dress his wounds.
and in answer to some objections, said he
would be careful not to hurt him. “Oh,
wait till tomorrow,” whispered Foster. These
were his last words. A gasp followed, his
head fell back. and he sank dead in the
attendant’s arms. At Pittsburg, his native
city, interesting and imposing ceremonies
were held in his honor. A large concourse
of people, eager to do homage to the mem-
ory of their gifted townsman. attended the
funeral and accompanied the remains to the
grave. Many of his popular songs were there
performed, among them. that exquisite sere-
nade, “Come Where My Love Lies Dream-
ing,” his most elaborate and artistic compo.
sition.” ’
Sherman’s Grief at McPherson’s
Death.
[Willard Woman]
I will tell you another curious thing-
Sherman was very fond of McPherson. They
were in close intellectual and social friend-
ship. I went out to McPherson's headquar
ters about two o’clock.on the morning be-
fore he was killed I woke him up and we
took a drink and had breakfast together,
and then started to get information as to
the enemy in front that Sherman wanted-
I went back to Sherman‘s house; it was
what we called the Howard House, now
the Hard House. McPherson came there
and was there when the attack was opened.
on his command by Hood, ,and he galloped
off from that house. News came after some
timclthat Hood was repulsed,but McPherson
was killed. Sherman said to me: “Warner,
you have been over that ground today. I
want you to go back and find how things
are from personal inspection, and come to
me.” On my way I met McPherson’s dead-
body; he was shot in the side, the ball
going upward. When I got back the body
was lying on the porch, and Sherman was
going up and down, with slippers on his
feet, and barebeaded, crying. Every time
he passed the body he would look down,
and his eyes fill up again, At that time
officers and orderlies were riding up for or-
ders, and he Would answer them,and then
continue his rapid walk and look down at
the body. It was a very affecting scene.
That night I was riding in front with Sher-
man. All the way back he talkcdinces—
aautly of McPherson, and he told me this :
“Warner," he said, “I thought McPherson
.wonld be the man to close out this war.
Grant and I are pretty sure to be knocked
over before it is done, either,by the enemy
.or publicopinion; we will both make some
mistake, or be accused _of some‘mistake,
which will set us aside, and I had looked on
McPherson as the man to conduct our
armies to the end owe war. HP. is a great,
great loss."
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AMassachusetts paper is responsible for
the following: “There is a pocket telephone
stretchedacross from .the house of a young
man in this town, to the window of his
sweetheart just opposite. They are to be
married soon, and it is a touching sight to
watch the little sparrows perch on' the string
and peek at the tafiy as It slIdes along be-
‘ tween their toes.
A Reminiscence of the Senate.
, [“Perley” in Boston J ournai.]
Eighteen years ago— it was on the 4th of
March, 1861—the Democratic party found
itselfrfo longer in a majority in the United
States Senate, and the Republicans assumed
the control of that body. Among those
Senators ;whose terms then expired were
Seward of New York, who was the next
day made' Lincoln’s Secretary. of the State,
and the veteran John J. Csittenden, who, in
a touching farewell speech,warned his broth-
er Senators of the coming storm, and urged
them to adopt some measure “No com-
.promise, but of policy,” which should
bring peace to the country and make al1
once again the brethern of the common
family. ‘
Of the forty-eight Senators who were pres-
ent on the 4th jof March, 1861, twenty-one
are no more. The names of the departed
are Sumner and Wilson of Massachusetts,
Wade and Chase of Ohio,Collamer and Foot
of Vermont, Kennedy and Pierce of Mary-
land, Hale of New Hampshire, King and
Harris of New York, Douglas of Illinois,
Fesseuden of Maine, Johnson of Tennessee,
Baker of Oregon, Powell of Kentucky,
land, Thompson of New Jersey, Grimes of
Iowa, and Durkce of Wisconsin. Some of
these Senators exercised alp0werful influence
over the war legislation of the rebellion, one
became President, another Vice-President,
another Chief Justice, and another was shot
down|injaction,dying that the Republic might
live.
Only one Senator who answered to his
name on the 4th of March, 1861 has been a
continuous member of the body, and that is
Anthony of Rhode Island, for whom ex-
emptions of age seem a supererogation, and
who is destined to impart courteous useful-
ness to coming Senators. Hannibal Hamlin
had been a Senator, but he had resigned
his seat on the 7th, that he might serve as
Vice-President from 1861 until 1865. He
was again elected to the, Senate in 1865,
and-was re-elected ,in 1867. Chandler of
Michigan, was also one of the Republicans
who took possession of the Senate Chamber,
in 1861, but he left it in 1875, and has only
recently returned. Howe of Wisconsin,
was swornin on the 4th of March, 1861,
and his term of service ended at high twelve
to-day.
Other gentlemen who have been'members
of the senate during the Republican ascend-
ency are yet alive in the flesh, but are grad-
ually yielding to the benumbing influence of
age or disappointed ambition, while a few
have changed their politics and are now rank-
ed with their former opponents.
The history of the ascendancy of Repuli-
can rule in the Senate will form important
chapter in the political annals of the repub-
lic. A great rebellion has been conquered,
slavery has been abolished, the national
financial honor has been maintained,a railroad
crosses the continent, and there has been a
simultaneous increase of population and
prosperity. ‘ '
Now, the Republican Senators, after'hav-
ing been in the majority for 18 years are
to take back seats, and the Democrats will
again come to the fronts The committees,
in which the'business of the Senate is mold-
ed, will be reconstructed. Bayard will
supersede Morrill as chairman of Committee
on Finance; Davis of West Virginia will
supersede Windom as chairman of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations; Saulsbury will
supersede Wadleigh as chairman of the Com~
mittee on Privileges and Electinns; Thurman
will supersede Edmunds as chairman of the
Committee on the Judiciary, and so through
the roll of (committees. It will be their
task to make the Democratic Senate rc-
spectable, economical, dignified; inspired.
by traditions of the past, yet animated by
aspirations of the future, and we shall also
see such master minds as Edmunds, Blaine,
Conkling and Hoar emancipated from the
hampering associations of the majority,
displaying sharpness and brillancy in the
opposition. It is pleasant to remember that
such statesmen,still in; thefull vigor of their
intellect, are not to be excluded from the
national councils, but that their names judg-
ments, untiring energy and intellectual ac-
tivity, will not only be felt in the minority of
the Senate, but will be devoted to the res-
toration of the Republican party to its former
ascendency.
Senator Hoar on Withholding
Supplies.
Wasmsorox, March 25.—Senator Hoar’s
speech to-day was much less of- a political
speech than was expected from the character
of his resolution introduced last week, and
in support of which he spoke. The greater
part of his speech was in reply to that deliv-
ered by Senator Thurman near ' the end of
last session, in which the latter sought to
justify the action of the House in placing
irrelevant legislation upon appropriation bills
by precedents drawn from English parlia-
mentary practice.
Mr. Hoar made an exhaustive analysis and
classification of all the precedents to be found
in English history bearing upon the subject,
and established his conélusions as follows:
First, the Commons never withheld the
supplies as a means of coercing the assent of
the Crown or the Lords to legislation.
Second, the supplies withheld were not sup-
plies needed for the ordinary functions of
Government, for which the ordinary revenues
of the Crown were sufficient, but were for
extraordinary occasions, as to pay the King’s
debts, or to conduct foreign; wars. Third,
that when the hereditary revenues of the
Crown, or those settled on the King for life
at no beginning of his reign, ceased to be
sufficient for the maintenance of Government
and for public defence, the practice of with—
holding supplies ceased. Fourth, there has
been no instance since the Revolution of
1688 of attaching general legislation to a bill
for raising or appropriating money, and
scarcely, if ever, such an instance before that
date. When such an attempt has been made
it has been resisted, denounced and abandon-
ed, and the English Constitutional authorities,
without exception, are agreed that such a
proceeding is unwarrantable, revolutionary,
and destructive of the English Constitution.
But said Mr. Hoar, there is a broader and
simpler distinction between the two cases.
The mistake which gentlemen fall into in
making this comparison lies at the threshold.
The House of Commons in its discretion used
to grant, and sometimes now grants, supplies
to the King. The American Congress In its
discretion never grants supplies to the Presi-
dent under any circumstances whatever.
Theonly appropriation of the public money
to ,which that term cau'properly apply, the
provision for the President’s compensation,
is by design and of purpose placed wholly out
of the power of Congress. This, he said, is
no blow at the President; it is a blow at the
Constitution; this is not_a threat to withhold
supplies; it is a threat to abandon. the con—
stitutional functions of government; it is a
threat to suspend the operation of the Con—
stitution itself; it is a threat to disc-
bey the explicit mandate of the funda-
mental law by those servants to -whom above
all. others in the Republic the people have
intrusted their dearest interests, relying on
their honor and their sense of duty. It is
not supply that is withheld. It is the estab—
lishmenfiof justice, the provision for the
common defence. the preservation of domes-
tic tranquillity, '3 the promotion of general
welfare.
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.A fellow who bit of another’s nose
thought it singular that he should be put
rzhder bonds to keep the piece—Springfield
n60“. .
Bayard of Delaware, Simmons of Rhode Is?
Connecticut.
The Rev. Frank S. Child, recently install-
ed pastor of the First Church of Greenwich,
preached an Historical. Discourse in their
pulpit, March 16th,which is published in the
Port Chester (N. Y.) Journal.
The earliest settlement of Greenwich was
in 1640 by agents of the New Haven Colony,
three years previous to the confederation of
the New England Colonies, May 16, 1643.
At this latter datc,there were fifteen churches
in the colony to which ordained or installed
pastors ministered; and four other towns
which were taxed for preaching, one of
which was Greenwich. For more than thirty
years, the condition of this border town was
so unsettled,it had only occasional preaching.
In 1670, there appears to have 'beeu a more
distinct organization of the church, and
about this time they built their first meeting-
house. A legacy of thirty acres of land
encouraged them to erect a parsonage; but it
was not until 1678 that their first pastor was
settled, 'Rev. Jeremiah Peck. Ills salary
was “sixty pounds. without firewood.” In
1689 he resigned and became the first pastor
of the church in Waterbury. .
In 1691 this church called Rev. Abraham
Pierson, from New Jersey, who served it
faithfully, untIl he was called to Killing—-
worth, in 1694, and became the first Presi-
dent of Yale College, dying 1704. His suc-
cessors were Rev. Salmon Treat, 1675—7;
Rev. Joseph Morgan, 1697—1708,—laboring a
part of the time in the vicinity of “Horse-'
nee ” (now Greenwich Second); Rev. Na-
thaniel Bowers, for several years; Rev. Mr.
Jones for a season; Rev. Richard Sackett
for two years (and then at Greenwich Sec-
ond eleven years) ; Rev. Ephraim Bostwick
1730—1746; after which the church was with-
out a pastor until 1763, when Rev. Ebenezer
Davenport was installed and served six years
until his death. Rev. Robert Morris was
installed in 1785, and until his death in 1794;
after which the pulpit was supplied by the
Rev. Platt Bnfict and Rev. Abner Benedict,
for six years. '
With the new century began the ministry
of the Rev. Samuel Sturgcs. After seven
years he' went to Bethel; the pulpit was then
supplied by Rev. J ohn Noyes, mostly, until
1824, when he was succeeded by Rev. Chas.
F. Butler, who remained ten years. In 1836,
when Rev. Thomas Payne began to preach,
there was not a male member in the church.
He was installed in 1837, and resigned in
1842. Rev. S. B. S. Bisscll became acting
pastor until he resigned in 1853. Rev. Wm.
A. Hyde came'in 1854, and remained ten
years; Rev. W. F. Arms then supplied for
two years; Rev. W. P. Hammond five years,
1867—1872; Rev. J. S. Baync, 1872-6; Rev.
Granville W. Sims, 1876-8.
Rev. Frank S. Child was ordained and in—
stalled Feb. 27, 1879—The first to be install—
ed after Mr. Payne, nearly forty years before.
The first meeting-house was built about 1670.
There is no existing record of the time of
building the second and third houses. The
fourth was erected In 1837, under Mr. Payne,
and enlarged under Mr. Hammond. A new
parsonage was built in 1843, and convenient
horse sheds were erected in 1877. These
buildings and an adjacent cemetery are in
full sight from the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad, two miles west from
Stamford, looking North.
No special mention of spiritual prosperity
is made in the Historical Discourse until the
decade under Mr. Butler—“fruitful years.”
Of Mr. Payneit is said “that the church
'was graciously blessed by his ministrations ;”
of Mr. Bisscll, “During his second year the
present parsonage was built, he was rejoiced
to see forty converts in the succeeding win-
ter, and numbers were added to the church
at different periods ;" of Mr. Hammond,_
“During his pastorate prosperity shone upon
the society.”
Of'MRBayne (now in Portland, Me.) “His
labors were very profitable to this people.”
Godly women were a great blessing here in
days of darkness and depression, when there
was no male member; and at other times.
They were {deaconnesscs and door-keepers,
praying, trusting, working, self-sacrificing;
and,under God, they “saved the inheritance,"
one especially, “a mother in Israel” indeed.
“Beautiful for situation" as are all these
Fairficld county, Shore-line churches, this
ancient people dwells in contracted limits,
between the strong and attractive churches
of Stamford on the East, and Greenwich
Second on the West, having no manufactures
and no business center. But under the con-
secrated and vigorous ministry of its youth—
ful pastor, and coming, more fully, into reg-
ular line and sympathy with sister churches,
it is to be hoped that with energy, harmony,
liberality, prayer and zeal on the part of all
the members. both of the church and society,
and; above all, with the blessing of its cove-
nant God, Father, Son and Spirit, it will be
edified, enlarged, and made prosperous and
useful—“a praise in the earth,” “a rejoicing,
and her people a joy.”-—Belt'gt'ous Herald.
”
Faraday’s Lost Cup.
I Mr. Pentecost, the evangelist, replying
to the charge of folly made against those
who believe that God will raise the dead,
gave this beautiful illustration z—“Tbere is
a story told of a workman of the great
chemist Faraday. Oneday- he knocked into
a jar of acid a little silver cup. It dis-
appeared, was 'eaten up by the acid, and
couldn’t be found. The question came up
whether it could ever be found. One said
he could find it, another said it was held
in solution, and there was no possibility of
finding it. The great chemist came in and
put some chemical into the jar, and in a
moment every particle of the silver was
precipitated to the bottom. He lifted it
out a shapeless mass, sent it to the silver-
smith, and the cup was restored. If Faraday
could precipitate that silver and recover his
cup, I believe God can restore my sleeping,
scattered dust.”
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,HEALTII Soonsrms.—One of the latest
devices for making available the principle
of economy by combination is that of‘ health
societies. These are conducted on the prin-
ciple that prevention is better than cure.
much ayear into the treasury of the society,
and elect a physician, to whom they pay,
from the. fund thus created, a good salary.
He makes the care of the health of these
families his first concern, visiting them
steadily, and observing for himself what is
the state of health. He also gives to them
occasional lectures on hygiene and dietetics.
Members of the societies are not tempted'
to neglect slight indispositions for fear of
incurring heavy doctor bills, but repair to
the physician for advice upon the first symp-
toms of illness. There is no temptation to
the physician to “cherish"acase of sickness,
for his reputation depends on his being able
to keep his society in good health, and es.
pecially to prevent severe attacks of disease.
Sensible people would much rather pay for
health than for sickness, and so the arrange-
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forthwith to an Italian retreat which has been
selected for her, and Where she wrll decline
to receive visits. She is accompanied by
Princess Beatrice and by several ladies of
her court, and her faithful servant John
Brown is in attendance.
One of the Ancient Churchesof
The families composing the society pay so,
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DENTI‘S '1'.
' Successorto '
Dr. Asa. Hill,
sa- Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain . .
ALEX, s. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church .
Teacher of
Piano-Forte, Organ and Munich]
Composition.
Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK, OON N.
(i. S. 60MSTO0K, M. II.
Homoeopathic Physician.
Office and Residence, Cor. MAIN STREET and
UNION AVENUE. Office hours 7 to 9 a. m., 12
to 1, and 5 to 7. Slate at Glover’s Grocery Store
All orders will be promptly attended. 11m20
Hurllluli, Relyea & Seymour,
Attorneys amt Counsellors at Law,
Room No.4, [up stair-,1
' GAZETTE BUILDING.
EDWARD PAIRED,
VD R U' G- G- I S '1‘
Wall Streetppposite Nor-wall: Opera Home.
Alargc and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Pcrfumery,l’atent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters. l‘orletand Medicated Soaps, Flavoring
and Handkerchlcf'Extracss, HairBrushcs,Combs,
Sponges,OlramotsSkins, Stationery, Cigars, are"
and to constantly addingto his stock all the new
andpopularmedicines ofthe day.
w. s. surmise,“
General meshnm Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. B.DEPOT
Ia‘Ordersatteuded to day 0 night. Resident:
Main Street,3 doors from Unit .venue.
The "small Fire III-mantle 00.,
Has now completeu its
18th Successful Business Year,
And has not outstandrng a Dollar of unpaid losses
or of claims for losses. ’
I'! Still" GDMPAIY IIISIIIIES AT MINER BAT
War. O.STBEE’I‘. Pres., S. E. Oth-I-EAD, Treas.
Gno. R. CowLEs,Sec’y. -
EDTNA INSURANCE Co. “HARTFORD
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual
Capital and Assets, $6,716,893.77
insurcsagainstlossand damageby Fire.ou terms
adoptedto thehazardandconsistcnt with the laws
ofcompcnsation. COWLES & MERRILL,
Sole Agentsfor Norwalk and vicinity
B. S. BLASCER,
At his store in
MALI-DRIVE BLOCK,
hasconstantly on hand, a. general assortmcn to
Groceries, Crockery, Glass,
'Iin and Wooden Ware, Etc.
Bydevotinghis constantpersonal attentionto the
business he hopesto merit public patronage
nannies s. nooxwoon, _
Fashionable Tlraper and Tailor
' AND
GENTS’ FURNISHING- LMPORIUM.
Main Street,Norwalk, Conn.
W. 85 D. MITCHELL
es. Union
Market. on“
Veal, ‘ Mutton
and Pork,
at fair lviing pric
(formerly Model)
the Bridge.
At the ever popular
UNION DIARICET,
3
has always the best of
eef
'\
.11
NOW FOR Yilllli WATEB‘PIPES.
Wm. Glover 8; Son,
zAreready to putin yonrwa'r'nns'rnAMo: cas-
PIPE, at very short notice and than low a. rate as
anyone. WROUGHT AND CAST IRON, TIN-
LlNEp, LEAD PIPES, the" of every size and de-
scription. PLUMBING in allitsbranches.
BERNARD COHN, .
MERCHANT TAILOR,
WEEK’S BUILDING, WALL ST.
A FULL LINE or
Imported and Domestic Cloths,
ot the latest styles, constantly on hand. Novel-
ties rn Scotch Suitings. Satisfaction guaranteed
in every particular. 46
WILLIAM B. RIDER,
ENGINEER IND SURVEYUR.
Personal attention given to all kinds of
Hydraulic \Vorks, Engineering, Mili-
“’righting Dock Work, are. Agent
for all kinds otMachinoI-y. '
Orders left at the GAZETTE Office, or by mail
will receive prompt attention. 52
Large Reduction in Prices!
GREAT
' CASH SALE.
FOR THIRTY DAYS,
AT
Lmlmml’mlnmitmeWam 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.
Yum Mommy’s leIll.
I have made ample arrangements. to continue in
full stock my
4c. and 8c. Line of Goods.
And shall add to them new goods that are useful
and cheap, Look out for bargains at
E. K. LOCKWOOD’S.
I
TO RENT;
VWWxAn/v Ivmrvvvwvxnz\n
T0.LET.—A Dwelling Housc' Ap’llly to
7 CHAS. E.S '. JOHN.
0 RENTE—A Burn on West Avenue.
ply at the Gazuiin OFFICE.
To Rent.
THE lower part of' a Dwelling House. on Bel den
Aycnuc—7 rooms. Enquire of O. E. WIL-
SON, No. 6 Gazette Building. 12
For Sale or to Let.
Furnished or Unfurnished,
My House/on East Avenue.
CHARLES S. I’ROWIT'I‘.
To Rent.
HE large Hall in the new brick block on-thll
. Street, adjoining the Connecticut Hotel,
sultuble for a Society liall,or for Public Meetings.
Also one handsome ollice room on second floor.
- pply to HARDENBROOK.
Norwalk, March 30th, 1.113
1879. ‘
To Let.
THE Building formerlyoccupicd by Price 86
_ 'Bates adjoining Norwalk Foundry. Build-
-Ingrs 30x60 with an Ll2x40.‘ Possession given
April-1st. Also 1 Barn on liighStreet, wrll ac-
commodate 3 horses. ‘
l2 ' E. ILPRICE.
To Rent.
FROM and after April let. that very desirable
Store, west wing GAIETTE BUILDING. .l‘or
terms, Seq apply at ofilee of the Gazurrs.
Cottage ' to Let.
HE very desirable Cottage on Union Avenue,
_ first house from corner of Holden Avenue.
wrllbe rented to a good tenant from and after
April 1st. Said house IS in good order, has but
and cold water. Bath, &C., and is a very neat,
and convenient residence. Apfily on the remi.
scs. 10tt‘ A. . BYING ON.
Ap-
12
CHARLES W. MANY
Surgeon Dentist,
nonwamr, - coNN.
Ofilce cornerot .Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxrde Gasadministercd .
PURE MILK!
Delivered in Norwalk and South Norwaik, at
your door, every morning
AT 6 CENTS PER QUART,
By REMSON BROS. 51tf
Superior Shoeingl
Sore-Footed, Interferng, and Il-
Condt oned Horses
Perfectly Shoal
T is notorious that more than half of the ruined
. and desirable horses are rendered so by the
x norance or. carelessness of smiths in shoeing.
he subscriber makes a specialty of
HORSE SHOEING
and will guarantee to give satisfactioh to all who
may entrust him With their work, whether the
antmals’ boots are in a sound or unsound condi-
tion. Shop near Horse Railway Depot, Norwalk.
28tf CHARLES E. MILLER.
Look and See
WHERE you can‘get your work done;
thing In the lrnc of‘
6‘"
BLACKSMITI-Imc
ta short notice and as reasonable as any where in
town. Horse and Ox Shoeing a specialty. Wheel
wrightrng and Painting done by an experienced
wgé' man. At the old stand of Geo. Lloyd.
GEO. W. IaN’APP
s‘\ Notice
9 IS hereby given to the people of
Norwalktand vicinity that Horse
shoeing will be done in first class
style by w M. McCORMACK. None
REAL ESTATE.
'\I\ [\l‘ AIW\I\I\I\I'\N\J\MN\ 1‘ WA A I‘
For Sale or to Let.
Y STORE situated in the centre of the VIL-
LAGE OF SUUTIII’ORT. next door to the
Southport NntIonal Bank, The building is in fine
order and fitted up expressly for the Dry Goods
business, Hats, Caps; Boots, Shoes. &c., seventy
feet deep, with two fine show windows, circled in
the centre, arched walls, wrth tinted colors, cor-
niccd and shelved the whole length, with a full
set of drawers throughout. with four finished
roomsin the second story,” feet square. Any
one wishing to engage in the Dry Goods business
a rare chance is now offered. Possession given
immediately. For terms. etc.. apply to
ALLEN N ICHOLS,
12 Southport, Conn.
For Sale.
THE very eligible and valuable plot of ground,
on_ Dry Ilrll, lately belonging to the Berk-
ely Divinity School. fronting on the Newtown
Turnprkc, about fifty rods north of the Episcopal
Church. It comprises 13 acres. is on high
ground and is Without doubt one of the handsom-
cst and best building sites in the Borough of Nor-
walk, commandinga beautiful view of Norwalk
and of the Sound. Will be sold low Ifapplled for
soon. Terms easy. For particulars enquire of
10“ JAMES MITCHELL,
Real Estate Agent, Union Market,
E3'01" Sale.
THE large and ~Valuable Lot on West Avenue,
north of residence of C. T. Weeks. has been
surveyed and laid out into Building Lots. Two
Lots. on West Avenue—say 80 feet front by 180
feet In depth. Sixteen Lots on proposed new
Street fifty feet In widthé-say 25 feet front by 1%
feetln depth.
Said property can be purchased as an entirety
or In lots to sort purchasers.
Also four acres of excellent land near residence
of Gen. R.B.Craufurd—snitablcfor buildinglots.
Also 5 acres Meadow and Pasture land near
Henry Kellogg’s, all now available for building
purposes.
Maps can be seen, and terms of sale made
known by application to
11 F. ST. JOHN LOCKWOOD.
Farm for Sale.
WEST BEDDING, CONN.
CONSISTIN’G-of 72 acres, with Dwelling House
. Barn, Fruit, doc. thereon, within about two
miles of Depot ot'D. lb N. Railroad,
For particulars. terms, do" apply to J OHN’ H.
LEE, near the remrses, or, of W. O. PERSONS,
pier 40 N. R.. ew York. 4tp8tf.
FOR SALE .
TWO verydcsirabl eBuildin gLotson WestMain
Street . Apply at theGAZETTE OFFICE .
For Sale.
HE subscriber offers for sale his HOUSE and
LOT, situated on West Main Street, in the
Borough ofNorwalk.‘ The place is pleasantly lo-
cated, In a good nclghborhood, only a short Walk
from the busines: part or the town, School,
Churches, etc. The House is nearly new;eonven-
rently arranged, and In good condition. For fur-
ther particulars apply to the subscriber at Can-
non’s Station, or to G. 5:. S. H. Holmes, Norwalk.
3y JOHN W. RENOUD.
For Sale.
A HOUSE, Barn and other Buildings, with
about one acre of ground on corner of Union
and Eclipse Avenues. For further particulars cu-
quire of‘ Harvey Fitch on the premises, or of
8mp4 HENRY F. GUTHRIE, Norwalk, Conn.
For Sale.
THE pleasantlylocated and wellbuiltresidencc
corner Washington and Spring streets, So.
Norwalk Is offered for sale on accommodating
terms. For particulars. enquire of ‘
tf REV. D. R .AUSTIN, South Norwalk.
DWELLING-S
AND
Building Lots.
EVERAL dwellin 5. various prices in differ-
ent portions of orough, either to let or for
sale at reasonable prices. Also several laces
outsrde of Borough limits—one in Wmnrpauk.
Also several Buildinglots in and out of Borough.
tfll) Enquire at this Ofiice.
For Sale or Exchange.
FOR property in Norwalk or vicinity, 2 houses
In Brooklyn, E. D., within 5 minutes walk of
Good location. For Barticulars apply
J. S. RAN ALL,
Box 63, N orwalk.
4 ferries.
to
45
but hand made Shoes used, Work done on most
reasonable terms, and particular attention paid to
Interferin and Over-reaching Horses at the old
stand of Wight. AIIERN,1\IaIn Street, Norwalk.
J. M. POTTER,
DEALER IN
Pianos, organs,
4|
x.
Melodeons, Sheet Music, &c.,
WALL STREET NORWALK, DUNN.
NEXT D0025 to SAVINGS BANK.
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
Wessu’s, STANLEY a— sou s, GROV-
ESTEEN & FULLER‘S, names '
BROTHER’S, VASE a son’s,
PIAN'os,
and will furnish at short notice. Call and
see them.
' OLD INSTRUMENTS ‘
Taken in Exchange for New-
Tum'otg &: Repair/mg
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 be inappropriate:
I have never seen a. Piano which equals the
Weber Piauoforte. Geo. F. Ill-[stow
The Weber Piano occupies justly the first
rank amongst the Best Pianos. J. N. Pattison
Tho 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 he wished for in a Piano, 0. W. filmy/an.
The Weber Piano ranks foremost amongst
the best manufuctured. William Mason.
The Weber Pianos stand first amongst the
splendid Pianos produced in this Country.
Clara N. Brt'nlcerltof.
A ten years’ experience satisfies me that
the Weber Pianos are unapproachable.
John Zundel.
I would call especial attention to
THE mm CUTTIGE BEGIN
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 PREMIUMS, 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 cecal, which is the highest praise that
can. be bestowed on any instrument.—Geo. B.
Seymour, Musical Critic, N. Y. Tunes.
They are the best reed instruments we have
met with—0. (S J. II. Odell, Organ Builders
N. Y. ‘
It is the no plus ultra of reed instruments.
—Prof. E. L. Baker.
It contains sweetness and power in an un-
.usual degree-Rev. Bishop Simpson, III. E.
Church. >
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. King.
The Esty Organs are without a superior.—
Geo. Jardz'ne, Organ Builder, N. Y.
No'trernulo has yet been invented that will
in any we compare with this for, beauty of
effect—T m. 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 me.—ere. H. Riggs,
President of Northern New York lll'usz‘cal
Association. ‘
J. M. POTTER, Norwalk.
1|
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.
80 chotcc Apple trees with other fruit, good gar-
den, good well of water, and fine shade trees. Just
the place for a man wishing toraise Strawberries,
etc. Price $7,000. Enquire at this Ofiice.
For Sale Cheap.
VALUABLE manufacturing property. Foun-
dry and Machine shop, for Marine and Sta-
A
noted on W harf'. Has also Rail Road connections.
Terms reasonable. E. HlLL. Trustee.
27 South Norwulk. Conn.
For Sale. .
cosy comfortable Cottage on one ofthcpleas-
antcst streets in town, within five minutes
walk of the Bridgeor Churches. will be sold at
cost price. A portion of the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. I’riec€6.000. En-
quire at this Office.
For Sale.
A Rare Chance.
A Ilouse, Barn, good Mill-rite and fifty acres
ofland well proportioned in Meadow, Pasture
and Woodland: also.t\vcnty-t\vo acres of wood-
land all_ situated at the head of the Borough
Rescrvorr In the town of" New Canaan. for sale
at a bargain. Inquire of Dimon Finch. George-
town, Ct., James Mitchell or J. Beldcn IIurlbutt,
t
‘ Norwalk, Ct. 25f
Norwalk, 10th day of June 1873.
‘ .
Desn-able Property for sale.
A. Vcr ydcsirablcplace on EastAvenue.
Also, a few choice BuildingLotssituatedon
Osborn Avenue,forsulc cheap. -
Also,anicelylccatcd House and Lot on Mer-
wrn Street near West Avenue, for sale at a. bar-
gain. Enquireol
S, E. OSBORN. EastAvenue,
tfll or to D.W.F1TCH,WestAvenue.
For Sale.
A House and Lot. in a healthyloeation on
FairStrcct, above Catharine. The House Is
. nearlynew,wellbullt.convenientlyarrang-
ed, and will make a. comfortable and leasant
home forafamrly of average size. The ot runs
back to the river. There Is a. wellof excellent
water on the place, and Borough water in the
Street. Price low,and part of the money can re-
main on mortgage. A fine chance to secures
home. Apply atGAZETTE OFFICE.
illésirahle Homestead for Sale.
HE valuable residence of‘ the subscriber.
pleasantly located on high ground on East
Ave., in the Borough of Norwalk, is offered for
sale. The situattonrs leasant andhcalthy,com-
manding fine views of' one; Island Sound and the
surrounding country. Distance one mile from
Norwalk Brid e. and the same from South N or-
walk depot. ousc 54x50; two stones and attic,
filled in with brick, and substantially built.
Rooms 18,wrth all modern rm rovemcnts.bath
room, laundry, stationary tubs, ccbee’s cooking
rangc,hot and cold water, gas throughout the
house. The ccllaris dry, having stationary furn—
ace. which heats the whole house. The attic Is
spacious, and roof tinned. The house isln excel-
lent order being comfortable for both a summer or
winter residence. Sultablc for any gentleman do-
ing business In New York and returning the same
day. Land about three-quarters of an acre, laid
out in lawn. fruit trees, and garden spot. Apply
to JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent, Nor-
walk, or to the subscriber, . .
A. S. IIAMERSLEY,
26tf 255 Fourth Avenue, N. Y
1879.
TE
3“
EVERYTHING
DOWN TO HARD PAN.
GROGERIES,
VEGETABLES,
rsmss FISH,
mum's, mm,
AT THE
Very Lowest Market Rates.
A full assortmcn t constantly on hand,freshlyre-
. plenishcd every day, With
Uhoicest Fruits, Best Vegetables,
and Sea Food.
orders frecl y with
Dcnemon .f: Newcomb,
53 Main Street, Norwalk.
‘ Black Enameled Carl Beam,
famine and: Blue a. Funny {lurk
A. H. BYINGTON & 00.
About '
tionary Engine work or general Machinery. Sit- '
Goods delivered in any partoftown. Leave your ,
mmmmmm succmss,
OF THE
' WHITE
WONDERFUL.
CALL AT
SPENCER? '
Jewelry Store,
DIAIN STREET, NORWALK,
justable, it will wear longer than any other ma-
chine made. ‘
W. W. CLARK
Home, Sign & Ornamental Palmer
Plain db Decorative Paper Hanging.
No. 5 nova: STREET.
Orders can be left at Spencer‘s Jewelry Store.
Regnier & Glines,
IDIKUG- GISTS,
Main Street, N orwalk, Conn.
v
A New and Lfige Stock of
Fancy Soaps, Perfumery, Toilet
Articles, Fine Cutlery, and
, lPocket Books.
Humphrey’s Homeopathic Specifics.
Prescriptions carefully prepared
For Sale,
NE Second hand Piano Box Buggy.
One'Second hand Four Passenger Buggy.
“ , “ one horse Lumber Wagon.
All In perfect order.
MULLINGS BROS.
- South Norwalk, March 17, 1879
To Dentists.
THE entire stock of DcntalTools, fixtures and
Office Furniture, belonging to the estate of
the late Dr._ Francis Brady, is offered for sale.
The.collectlon of Tools and Fixtures embraces
all the best and most approved apparatus in use.
and probably the largest assortment in an labo-
ratory In Connecticut. The articles will csold
toget or or singly as desired. For further partic-
ulars apply to the subscriber,
. MRS. F. BRADY.
Wilton, Conn., Jan. 6th. 1879.
_REMOVAL!
HE GROCERY of the subscriber has been
Removed from No.9 Main Street, to the
New Store in Hardcnbrook’s New
Block,
Adjoining Centennial Building,
WALL STREET.
A Fu.nd Fresh Assortment 'of' choice
GROCERIES, -
PROVISIONS,
FRUITS, &c.,
Can always be fountflh’ere at
POPULAR PRICES.
Geo. Ward Selleck.
Norwalk, March 2ith,1879.
Simmons’ Liver Regulator or
Medicine, '
ls cmincntlya Family Medicine: and by being
kept ready forimmcdiatc resort will save many
an hour of suffering and manya dollar in time
and doctors’ hills. After over Forty Years trial
16.18 still recering the most unqualified testimo-
male to Its virtues from persons of the highest
character and responsibility. Eminent physicians
commend it for all diseases of the Liver,
as AN EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC.
OPINION OF THE CLERGY.
Simmons’ Liver Regulator is certainly a
specific for that class of complaints which
It claims to cure. If any of our fellow bc-
rugs are sufi‘cring front hepatic disorders
and have doubts in relation to the efficacy
of this popular preparation, we can only
offer them the simple and candid argu-
ment of Phillip to Nathaniel, “Come and
see.” Try the proposed remedy and then
you chn Judge for yourselves-Rev. Du-
vttt Willis. Pastor of Presbyterian Church,
Macon, Ga.
TAKE
SIMMONS’ LIVER
REGULATOR
The. Symptoms of liver complamt are
uncasmcss and pain in the side. Some-
times the pain is in the shoulder, and is
mistaken for rheumatism. The stomach
is affected with loss of appetite and sick-
ness,bowcls In general evasive, sometimes
alternating with lax. The head is troubled
wrth pain, and dull, heavy sensation, con—
siderable loss of memory, accompanied
with painful sensation of, having left un-
done somethrng which ought to have been
. done, Often complaining of weakness.de-
bility and low spirits. Sometimes many of
' the above symptoms attend the disease,aud
at other times very few of them but the
liver 15 generally the organ most involved,
The Cheapest, Purest, and Best Family Medicine
in the World.
For Dyspepsia, Constipation. Juundice, Billions
attacks, Sick Headache, Colic Depression of Spir-
its, Sour Stomach, Heart Burn, &c., etc.
ORIGINALAND ONLY GENUINE
MAN UFACT URED BY
J. H. ZEILIN & co.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Price $1 . Sold by all druggfsto.
Wm. H. SMITH,
' 5...“... ,‘0
Will. C. STREET Se 00.,
Nos, 16 and 18 Water Street,
I
Offers for sale,
AT BOTTOM PRICES.
either Wholesale or Retail,afull assortment of
goods crnbrhced under the following denomina
trons, suited to this market:
HARDWARE,
Carriage Parts, Iron, Agricul-
tural Implements, Doors,
Sash,.Blinds, Cut-
lery,
Mechanics’ Tools, Guns & Pis-
‘ tols, Fertilizers, Painters
and Artists’ Colors,
J eTvett’s and
Other
brands
White Lead,
Paints, and Lubri-
cating Oils, Valentine’s
Parrott’s and other Varnishes.
Norwalk, Sept. 10th, 1878.
0
Sewing Machine
Beats all Competitorsi
And examine for yourselves. All parts being ad-
_ Sorrows of Sensibility.
Oh why was feeling’s finer sense,
To a weak mortal given,
When at each. step in life’s dull path,
Some‘quivering chord is riven.
The soul’s deep-gushing sympathy,
Meets no response on earth.
And dreams of Nature’s inner life,
Are rudely crushed at birth.
I wandered late, oppressed and sad,
Into a lonely wood,
Where only zephyr’s gentle sighs,
Disturbed the solitude.
Methought some hidden dryad lay
Where gorgeous leaves were strewed.
The trembling foilage fell. I gazed,
And forth there hopped a toad. '
Oh! wearily I turned me then,
And Sought the mighty sea.
What solemn music thence arose,
The sea nymphs called to me,
I spread my arms in eager haste
And murmured, “Here I am,”
A faint death shriek I heard. I slipped,
l'd trod upon a clam.
A form ethcrial crossed my path,
A lovely cherub child;
Her lips were wreath‘ed with sunny smiles,
Her glance was brightly mild.
I said, “fair child; come view with me
You glorious sunset sky.”
“I cant, for mamy said she’d have,
At tea, some pumpkin pic.”
I wandered where a stranger, stood
With earliest heavcnward gaze,
As if some mystic vision lay
Beneath the horizon’s haze,
His eagle eye met mine; he spoke.
I stood entranced and dumb;
“It’s gwyne to rain like sixty, gal,
You’d better dig for home.
Ah me I ah mel where shall I fly,
Congenital scenes to find,
I cannot waken sympathy
With groveling human kind.
Baht what an onion-odored gale, ,
And Sue, with greasy hand,
Screaming, Pork for dinner. Let me go
And dwell in fairy land.
Mrnrmra.
EASTER-TIDE.
Day in crimson glory dying,
O’cr thy purple and sapphire seas,
Light barks of rosy vapor, flying,
Faint in night with the northern breeze.
I-
I watched from my couch, the darkness tread
And the pale level streaks of dawn,
Whence the dreamy ghosts of night had fled,
Chased by the light of the Easter morn.
Under other skies, where linger
As here, the sounds of the Easter chimes,
My memory goes out to wander
With loved ones, chanting the holy lines.
“Joy } joy 1” they sing, “ and peace ever—
more,”
“Christ is risen—4praise unto the Highest.”
On clouds of rapture, our dim faith’s sear,
Earth fades, and Heaven seems nighest.
But the Easter-tide, and starlit night,
Recalls to the tired heart, love and home.
The swift winds hurrying from height to
height,
Bear on their wings, an echoed “Come.”
And the vision goes, with the holy day
Go the white winged messages in the air.
Tho' the world returns,with its toil and sway,
A blessing is left, of peace and prayer.
ELnox PILL.
A Zoological Romance.
[INSPIRED BY AN uxusmr. now or ANI-
MAL spurns]
No sweeter girl ewe ever gnu
Than Betty Martcn’s daughter Sue.
With sable hare, small tapir waist,
And lips you’d gopher miles to taste:
Bright, lambcnt eyes, like the gazelle,‘
Sheep pertly brought to hear so well;
Ape pretty lass, it was avowed,
Of whom her marmot to be proud.
Deer girl! I loved her as my life,
And vowed to heifer for my wife.
Alasl a sailor, on the sly,
Had cast on her his wethcr eyé.
He said my love for her was bosb,
And my affection I musquasb.
He’d dog her footsteps everywhere,
Anteater in the easy chair,
He‘d setter round, this sailor chap,
And pointer out upon the map
Where once a pirate cruiser boar
Him captive to a foreign shore.
The cruel captain far outdid
The Yaks and crimes of Robert Kid.
He oft would whale Jack with the eat,
And say, “My buck, doc you like that?
“What makes you stag around so say!
The catamounts to something, hey I”
Then he would seal it with an oath,
And say, “.You are a lazy sloth!
“I’ll starve you down, my sailor fine,
Until for beef and porcupine l"
And fairly horse with fiendish laughter,
Would say, “Henceforth, mire what giraffe
t‘er ‘
In short, the many risks he ran
Might well a llama braver man.
Then he was wrecked and caster shore I
While feeble clinging to anon;
Hyena cleft among the rocks
He crept, sans shoes and minus ox.
And when he fain would go. to bed,
He had to lion leaves instead.
Then Sue would say, with troubled face,
“How koodoo live.in such a place ?”
And straightway into tears would melt,
And say, “How badger must have felt!”
‘Whilc he, the brute, woodchuck her chin,
And say, “Aye aye, my lass!” and grin.
a- ' a: s at
It’s over now;
the hart can cow.
Excuse these steers *
There’s naught like ng
J ackass’d her to be his, and she—-
She gave Jackal, and jiltcd me.
And now, alas! the little minks
Is bound to him with Hymen’s lynx.
[0. F. Adams, in The Detroit Free Press.
_
Theplanters of Louisiana and Mississippi
are seriously alarmed by the negro exodus
which threatens to leave them without labor-
ers. Ex—govcrnor Pinchback was asked to
use his powers of persuasion to keep the ne-
groes of one parish from emigration, and he
has published a letter in which he says the
movement is formidable and spontaneous.
He adds that unless some means are devised
to arrest it the consequence to the planting
interest will be serious. ,
Mr. Bergh says in'every department of life,
we were indebted to the brute for pleasure
and necessities of life. “Look,” he said, “at
a beautiful woman. Her shoes are furnished
by the calf. her gloves by the kid, her furs
by the seal, herdress by the silkworm, her
shawl by the camel, her comb by the tortoise,
her whalebones by the whale, and, sometimes,
even the color of her check is supplied by the
insect cochineal.” -
In someplaces a broken—down front gate
produced In court is all the evidence a girl
needs to_ Insure a favorable verdict in a breach
of promise case—Boston Globe.
Norwalk Chronicler