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WHOLE NUMBER 1637.

NORWALK, CONNECTICIIT,I;TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1879.

 

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Coral Beds.

ROYAL VioronLi HOTEL, l_
NASSAU, N. P, April 10, 1879. y

In this home of tranquility and repose, it
has been my happy destiny to make, in a
humble way, the partial acquaintance of
some of the members of a family of the most
ceaseless, and indefatigable builders that
have ever existed since the earth first com-
menced to keep step to the “music of the
spheres,” and waltz in grand circles around
the sun. Called into existence by the flat
of Jehovah, in that vague and mysterious
“beginning" when “the earth was without
form,” and darkness was upon the face of
the deep,” the little corals, with the first
peep of creation’s early dawn, commenced,
in the warm clear waters of the great prim-
eval sea, silent, unobtrusive and apparently
insignificant word—evidences of which,
clear and indisputable. the researches of
modern scientists have discovered far inland
hundreds and thousands of miles from where
the Western Atlantic. billows “beat the
sounding shore.” In an unbroken line of
descent, from the depths of a past so vast
and profound that the best minds of the wis—
est men reel, totter and give way when they
attempt to grasp and follow it, the little,
tireless, plodding corals of our own times
have descended. The monuments of their
Past are the islands and continent whose
foundations they laid that have arisen out
of the sea—while the Future patiently, in
solemn majesty, awaits the completion, in
tropical and semi-tropical latitudes, of those
new foundations; now being so quietly and
noiselessly laid by these diligent builders upon
which the “new earth" of prophecy is to
rest.

Looking at them in the perfectly clear
waters of the Bahamas, how insignificant
they up; car I Studying them more carefully
in the lig'it of the vast results which they
have already accomplished, they seem
foremost among the great builders,made and
set apart by God for the erection of homes
in a vast and wild waste of waters, for all
the varied forms of vegetable and animal
life. Individually they are seemingly as
the motes in a sun-beam. Collectively, as
seen through the dim mists which shroud
in gloom the vast unknown periods lying
back of the small cycles of recorded time,
they glow and are hallowed with a radi-
ance reflected from a divinity whose decrees
they execute. “The mill of the gods grind
slow ;” and to Him who had no beginning
and is ever existing, “a thousand years are
as one day”—and as I from time to time
gazed at and reflected upon these little but
most important creatures in their ‘ocean
homes, they revealed to me more of the di-
vine than did ever the cloud capped mounv
tain in its sublimity, or the vast ocean when
vexed and tossed by the wildest and most
angry storms. Upon my arrival in Nassau

 

I have spoken of the corals as builders,
and in practical results, such they preem—
imently are, but, as Prof. DJII‘I. has shown,
they do not labor like the bird in construct-
ing its nest or the beaver in making its dam,
but by a law of their nature they secrete the
corallum or' coral as man makes his own
bones or the oyster its sliell,and the vast coral
formations found upon the land and in the
ocean are composed of the skeletons which
they have secreted.

No costly sarcophagus of deceased royalty
-——no mausoleum which human skill and in-
genuity has ever erected—no Egyptian pyra.
mid rising grandly out of the shadows of
four thousand departed years, can even in
a remote degree rival in beauty and sublimity
the vast and varied tumuli of these little
dwellers in tropical and semi-tropical seas.
. The coral and corallum in extensive beds
abound in the Bahama waters, and afford
one of the principal attractions for those who
visit this part of Queen Victoria’s posses—
sions. I have seen and studied them at
various times and under different circum-
stances, and yet I feel, not only that my
knowhdge of them is imperfect and super-
ficial, but that I can convey to others only
a crude and unsatisfactory reflection of the
impression they made upon my own mind.-
The effect is heightened by all the surround-
ing circumstances. There is nothing to
annoy or produce any but pleasurable sensa-
tions. New but congenial friends meet to—
gether by a subtle law of attractiori, recline
on the cushions, occupy the comfortable
chairs, or sit on the circular seats of Samp-
son‘s “Trident,” Johnson’s “Gazelle” or
Mitchell’s “Fr lic." It is, to be sure, mid-—
winter, but Northern summer air ever
seemed half so soft, soothing and voluptuous.
We have not known each other long, and
yet there is such an absence of reserve, such
an interchange of thought, such an expres—
sion of pleasurable emotions, and such a
telling of rich and racy anecdotes, thatu
looker on would have supposed we were
life-hing acquaintances and friends. Feast-
ing and snrfeiting upon types and forms of
beauty never seen or even imagined in our
colder climates, it was a relief to be aided
in the audible expression of delightful emo—
tions by the combined vocabularies of our
little group of explorers. At the North the
winds are proverbially fickle and unstable.
Here, at this season of the year, we trust
them implicitly, for they are neither fitful
or capricious. In rare and exceptional cases
they make an exhibition of theirstrength,
but a practised eye anda good barometer
enable the yachtmen to learn of the approach-
ing danger in season to avoid it. As it is
very rarely that the wind god is entirely at
rest yachting may be enjoyed at almost any
hour of nearly every day, and I never saw
in Nassau waters, except once for half an
hour, a boat becalmed. With great accuracy
the boatmen are able to inform us at all
times how long it will take to visit any of
the different coral beds and return, so that
we were never, in our forenoon excursions
upon the water, returned later than our
usual dinner hour; nor were our sails in
the afternoon ever 'extended against our
will into the moonlight or starlight; The
reader must remember that I do not intend
to include in my commendation of the Ba—
hama winds those which visit these islands
during the last month of summer and the two
first months of fall, and which have caused
those months to be known as the “hurricane
months.”

Visits to the coral beds and reefs are made

exceedingly attractive by reason of the pe—
culiar clearness and beauty of the water

they were the first to attract my attention, over which we sail to reach them and in

~ and, before leaving, they are among the
last to engage my thoughts and employ my
pen. W hen I would propose to myself the
task of giving to your readers some descrip-
Iion of them, I have felt an indescribable
relutance to commence, and have been
awed into silence, knowing that I could make
but a faint picture of the corals as they
appeared to my eye, or give satisfactory
expression to the moody speculations which
they suggested to my inquiring mind.

The coral was formerly believed to belong
to the vegetable kingdom, but I think natur-
alists have for some time agreed'that it is
one of the lowest forms of animal life. To

, those, who like your correspondent “proud
science has never taught to stray,” it ap—
pears upon casual inspection,to be in some of
its forms nothing but a curious and beautiful
kind of limestone, and in others, a marine
vegetable having such a stoney habit of
growth as closely toallyit to the in animate
rock upon which it builds, and to.wh‘ich it
is securely attached or apparently rooted.
It belongs to the large family of coralligerous
zoopltytes, and is found not only in the Ba-
hama waters, but off the cost of Florida,
around the Bermuda and West India lslands
Madagascar and Mauritius, off the coast of
Zanzibar, in the Persian Gulf, in the Red
and the Mediterranean Seas, and in the
Indian and Pacific oceans ; but, as it cannot
live and work except in water of the tem-
perature of from 06° to 68° of Frh., it is only
found within a belt of ocean thirty-six hun—
dred miles wide, through the center of
which the line of the equator runs. In
colder latitudes and off the western coast of
South America and Africa, it is not found.
Some of its reefs are over a thousand nfiles
long. _ .

Charles Darwin, in his v oyage of a natur-
a‘list, published many years ago, divided
coral reefs into three classes. The first,
which are found in the immediate neighbor-
hood of the land, in shallow water, he called
fringing reef corals. The second he termed
barrier reef corals. Like the first they sur—
rounded islands or skirt continents, but they
are separated from the neighboring shores
by navigable channels, while their outer
margins often border ocean depths as vast

as those seen from lofty mountain tops. A
barrier coral reef is formed off the coast of
Australia of sufficient length to more than
reach from Nassau to New Haven. It.is
from twenty to thirty miles from the shore
and is‘a breakwater to a great natural high-
way, having a depth of water of from sixty
to six hundred feet. The remaining class of
coral reefs are circular in form and are
called atolls. They encircle great lagoons,

which they are found. No snow fed moun-
tain torrent was ever more clear and trans—
parent, and as the water bed is white lime—-
stone, objects at the bottom can be seen
with great distinctness. On one occasion
of relatively smooth water, a mile or more
outside of the bar of Nassau harbor,I clearly
saw the bottom at a depth of about seventy
feet. The sounding line showed seventy-
six feet, but some discount must be made
because, as our yacht was in motion,
and the line could not have been perpendic-
ular.

The water of the harbor is most exquisitely
colored. It is a soft, delicate, brilliant green,

wholly unlike any of the countless shades

of green seen in the vegetable world. When
the waves are gently rolling in a brilliant
sunlight they gleam and sparkle in a manner
but faintly represented by the more beau-
tifully tinted silks when their graceful folds
arc in motion under a strong light. It can—
not be properly described upon paper, and
if faithfully imitated upon canvass by the
most gifted artist he would be charged by
art critics and cpunois seurs with painting

a brilliant, moving, sparkling, lovely tur—
quise. At times, when the winds and sun—
light are particularly favorable, such color
effects are produced, that practical prosaic
men seem to vie with the more susceptible
and appreciative ladies in their exclamations
of astonishment and-pleasure. A lady in
our party on one occasion when we visited
the corals, exclaimed while gazing, feasting
and getting almost intoxicated upon this won-
derful exhibition of color, “What would our
friends at home say if they could only see
this! ‘ They think they know water,but they
don’t.” .

Occasional rifts in the limestone bed of the
harbor vary the prevailing color with ribbons
of the deepest and darkest blue, while the
ocean outside is seen to darkly mirror the
softer blue of the sky. At times I have also
seen at midday a pink flush above the south-
ern horizon like that which heralds the usher-
ing in of a new day. '

As we near the homes of the corals the'
foaming and dashing of thc' breakers over
coral reefs and submerged rocks remind one
of our party of the icy spray of an Alpine
avalanche, and adds a new and pleasing varie-
ty to the view, while the neighboring islands
with honeycombed shores, and short patches
of white sandy beaches, also contribute other
elements of beauty. The purple haze resting

 

or large areas of ocean water, to which ac

cess is generally obtained through breaches
or openings upon their leeward sides—where
we wduld naturally anticipate the little

corals would be most actively at work, as
they would be there less exposed to the
force and fury of the ocean when its bil-
lows are storm-tossed. But Creative Wisdom
has secured their service for the windward
side by making it a law of their existence
not merely that they shall be constantly

under water which is clear and of a tem

perature of from 66° to 68° Fal‘h., but that
the water shall be aerated; the ceaseless
dashing of the waves against the rocks and
reefs on the windward side saturates them
with air, as the foaming breakers and spark-
ling spray clearly indicate; and hence it is
that here, in the ever seething, boiling, foam-
ing waters, these silent, unobtrusive and
seemingly unimportant creatures, with a
lineage reaching back to “chaos and old
night,” are found in the greatest numbers
reach their highest development and aecom-
plish the best results. Thus do the ocean
depths below us, where by an alchemy far
surpassing the skill and genius of man, the
little corals secret from the ocean waves the
limestone foundations for islands and conti-
nents that are yet to be, equally with the
depths above where suns and systems of
worlds revolve, _ forever] reveal to the ob~

upon the island of New Providence also re-
calls the aerial investiture of the shores of
the Mediterranean Sea.

We are soothed and lulled by a soft silvery
melody, the water rising and singing sweetly
to us as we glide along ; the music perfectly
harmonizes with the calm and voluptuous
beauty which nature has lavishly bestowed
upon this favorite locality.

The "Marine Garden?’ is nearer to Nassau
and more accessible than any of the other
localities where the corals abound in this
vicinity. Hence it is the most visited and
the best known. Situated between two
islands, it is more sheltered from the wind,
and the consequent comparative smoothness
of the water enables the visitors at all times
to examine it. Being a flower garden under
water, the eye cannot explore it when the
surface is rough. Eacli boat is therefore
provided with “water glasses,” a wooden
box about eight or ten inches square, open at
the top, with a bottom of window glass;
to the box are attached wood handles from
eighteen inches to three feet long. Holding
this little instrument over the side of a boat
at anchor, in such a manner that the glass
bottom is immersed, the observer who looks
through the open end of the water glass can
see all the “wonders of the deep" in the line
of his vision as plainly as he could if no water
intervened. This marine garden is made up

 

exquisite forms of coral beauty startle and
charm us as our yacht slowly circles round
her anchor in different portibns of this curious
nautical exhibition. Into dcep‘alcows and
recesses, and far under shelving masses of
corals, we inquiringly gaze, but an impene—
trable mystery hides in the shadows where no
sunlight enters, and, by a most striking con-
trast, helps to glorify and adorn the beautiful
and unique forms that the light reveals. In
this locality the brain coral is seen in great
abundance. It is so named on account of its
resemblance to the brain of man. It exists
in large masses, but small portable ones are
in most demand. In some parts of the ma-
rine garden there is an abundance of “sea-
fans,” some of a yellow, others of a purple
color, and others still with these two colors
united: These fans are of varied sizes and
their motion in the water is like that of tall
shrubs in the wind. Often our attention is
attracted by beds of “sea feathers”—delica 5?
and beautiful tall purple plumes, that never
seem at rest, and wave in the depths below
us as gracefully as the plumage of a bird on
the moving head of a military chieftain.
New and strange combinations of coral
beauty are everywhere seen, and each, when
first observed and closely studied is the
occasion of new expressions of delight. If
sea-nymphs and ocean fairies exist anywhere
in the world of waters, their chosen home
should surely be in these coral bowers and
grottoes; and if they are ever embodied,
their outward adornments cannot in color
surpass that of the fish we saw sporting in
the sunlight and darting into the dark
recesses of this beautiful submerged coral
world. Exquiste in form, the perfection of
gracefulness in motion, the peers of birds of
gayest plumage in color,they seemed specially
adapted to harmonize with and grace and
adorn this lovely spot. As with water, so
“our friends at home think they know fish—
but they don't.” Some are brilliant yellow,
others a rich scarlet, and others a glossy indi-
go blue. Here are seen fish in suits of emer-
ald green, and others in clerical black. Cos-
tumes of satin and silvér may also be observ-
ed. Besides all these there is in the piscatory
dwellers among the corals a most gorgeous
color display, resulting from the ringing and
striping and fringe and tipping and spotting
of the fish, Indeed, it seems as if all the
tints of the floral world and of the rainbow
had been used in the most perfect and lavish
manner to beautify and adorn these small
specimens of the native dwellers of the
ocean world. One of these, most gorgeously

'colored, was brought to us in a pail of sea

water at our hotel, and we had an opportuni-
ty to more critically examine it. It was six
inches long, and for an inch and a half back
from its mouth it was of an indigo blue;
then it was circled by three belts or ribbons
——the first black, the second alight blue, and
the third black; the remaining portion
(nearly half) was a light green edged with a
ribbon of blue. The tail was divided or
forked, but the portions were connected by
a thin netting. It had a pair of fins shaped
like wings. The pupils of its eyes were
black, and the surrounding iris blue, the
latter being separated from the former by a
ring of whitish color. Capt; Sampson called
it the humming bird fish. We bottled it in
alcohol, but its beautiful colors soon faded
away. Perhaps this general and imperfect
description of one of the wonderful fishes

inhabiting these waters will aid your readers
in filling up to some extent the vague outline
I have most superficially sketched; but for
once at least the "ml in more gorgeous ”Ion
the ideal.

Besides the coral beds there are two
“aquariums," as they are very appropriately
termed, in the harbor of Nassau, easily ae—
cessible, which few, if any, of Nassau's
visitors fail to see. One consists of the keel
and small portions of the attached ribs of a
wrecked vessel lying upon the bottom of the
harbor. The other is what is left of another
vessel wrecked not far from the first, with
its load of lime in barrels; these barrels are
distinctly seen in the clear water.‘ Great
quantities of fish, like those I have partially
described, are at all times to be seen swim—
ming in and around these old wrecks; as the
coral bowers are so much more beautiful, I
conclude they are here, not from choice but
from compulsion, and that they have been
driven out of the Marine Gardens of Eden
to these forbidding-looking places on account
of their piscatory “indiscretions.” Possibly
they colonized for want of sufficient room.
Perhaps, like ourselves, they are “on an ex-
cursion." It may be that they have some
religious system and are here doing penance
for real or imagined sins, or hope to secure
divine favor by thus renouncing the gay
world in which the voluptuous marine Epi—
cureans are indulging. For surely no one

esthetic nature which peculiarly fits them for
the enjoyment of nature’s most lavish gifts
to them of the beautiful in form and color.
Another marine garden very much visited
is called the “coral reef." Being much farther
OE, and lying to the windward, in a position
more exposed to the ocean, it is only occa-
sionally that there is such a combination of
force and direction of wind as to favor a visit
to the reef. It must be sufficiently fair to‘
enable the yacht to go and return in acertain
limited time, and not so strong as to make a
rough sea. The water at this reef being more
aerated, the corals thrive better, and their
works are on a more extensive scale. Here
the “branching-tree" or “finger" coral of a
large size is very abundant—a variety familiar
to all your readers. When taken from the
water, it is of alight drab or yellow color,
and for a while has a disagreeable odor, both
of which it loses when exposed for a lime to
the air and the sun—light. I took the liberty
to give this “reef" a better descriptive name,
and, with the permission of Her Majesty,
Queen Victoria, and of her very loyal and
very much exalted 'ofiicial representatives in
the Bahamas, to call it 00ml Bowers and
Grotloes"-—for such it literally is. It is the
“Marine Garden" enlarged and magnified.
It abounded with “wood paths wild,” in min-
iature forests of coral,—dark recesses in
groves that gleamed in brightness and beauty
——alcoves carved in forms grotesque but beau-
tiful—vaulted aisles of an architectural design
and finish that dwarfed and belittled the 'pro-
ducts of human skill and genius—cave
openings, elaborately wrought and strangely
configured, yawning beneath coral banks and
bowers wild and endlessly varied—all consti-
tuting a vast natural aquarium, the home of
large numbers of fish like those seen in the
Marine Garden, brilliantly and most gorgeous-
ly colored,'which bore the same relation to
'lhe little aquariums that man makes that the
vast and magnificent tropical forests, clothed
in perennial green, adorned with graceful
vines, teeming with flowers of every hue, and
vocal with countless birds of the most varied
and of the riche§t plumage, bear to alady’s lit-
tle but luxurious boudoir, with its evergreen
branches, climbing vines and captive birds in
their small but gilded cages. Turning our
eyes upward, surfeitcd as they were with the
truly wonderful display below the surface of
the water, it was restful to look again at the
soft but resplendent beauty of the blue
heavens, here and there draped with light
curtains of satin and silver, and at the gem-
like setting in the green and blue waters of
the islands, keys and'rocks, with their varied
outlines and colors visible in every direction,
inhaling meanwhile an atmosphere delightful-

 

ly cooled and medicated by the ocean, and [

faction and content. We seemed tenants of
a new world where ambition is unknown and
the passions are either dead or lost in a sleep
profound and dreamless. Let not the reader
for a moment indulge in any suspicions that
my picture is overdrawn, for it is not within
the power of any man to so color his descrip-
tions of the coral bowers as to convey any
proper idea of their marvelous beauty. He
who is not greatly cxhilarated, excited and
charmed while viewing the coral beds of the
Bahamas, under the favoring circumstances
which I have attempted to describe,is certain-
ly color blind, and, as H. W. Beecher would
say, "dead in the eye." In the language of
Shakespeare, when speaking of music, let “no
such man be trusted.”

On a charming forenoon in March when
sailing in Johnson‘s “Gazelle” in a very light
wind,wc were for the first time becalmed just
as we came to anchor over a large bed of
coral, of the existence of which we were un-
til then ignorant. For half an hour the wind
failed to make itself felt, and the water was
perfectly smooth and glassy. To our great
joy we found that we could stand upon the
deck of our yacht and see, without water
glasses or any artificial aid, an extensive
tract of corals with their swarms of beautiful
fish, and even the shadows of some of them
on the white bottom of the harbor at a dis
tance, I should judge, of about twenty-five
feet from the surface. Among the corals we
observed here, as elsewhere, many sponges
growing upon the limestone to which they
were attached. One sponge was of the size
and shape of a half bushel 'stket. It was
secured for us, but proved to be old and rot-
tcu. .
Here also, as in the “Marine Garden," and
in the “coral bowers and grottos," way down
in the edges of the lowest and darkest shad-
ows, I occasionally observed a fish, repulsive
in form and diabolical in expression, whose
movements were most decidedly stealthy and
suspicious. What business had they to grope
in the caverns and peer into the sunlight?
What was their mission in this garden of the

‘sea gods? Were they piscatory bulldogs to

guard and protect, or piscatory demons bent
on marring a happiness which their lower
nature was unfitted to enjoy?

Our crew consisted in part of expert divers,
who as soon as we anchored over or near to a
coral bed entered the little forecastle and soon
appeared in costumes not of Parisian but of
the Garden of Eden~ cut—and truly “Solo-
mon in all his glory was not arrayed like one
of these.” When a growth of coral was
discovered by any one of the passengers,
peculiarly beautiful and coveted, the diver
immediately plunged overboard and soon de-
tached and brought it to the surface, unless
it proved to be too large and heavy and too
securely fastened IOI'dlIS strength. It is a
novel and very amusing spectacle, and I
could not refrain from speculating upon the
probable impression these black intruders
made upon the gay and sportive dwellers in
coral bowers. If to me they seemed like
imps of destruction, marring a beauty they
could not make and disturbing a felicity they
.could not appreciate or enjoy, no doubt the
little gorgeous finny philosophers were not

only shocked and appalled by the desecration
and destruction which they witnessed, but
sorely puzzled to reconcile it with their ideas
of what infinite justice and goodness should
either do or permit.

Slowly moving out into view from under
cover of the base of the corals there is seen at

times the “sea nettle,” (echinus apinosa) a shell
(in). I’I'nm hfin tn fnnr inches in dinmatar
which bristles with long, black, needle—like

spines. “Then these spines are removed it is
seen to be a shell fish, rodnd but fiat, like a
large biscuit, very prettily shaped and mark—
ed. The negroes daily bring these shells to
the court of the hotel and sell them to the
visitors under the name of “sea eggs." There
is another species which appear to perform
police duty,aud their sharp spines often cause
the colored intruder discomfited to retire.
One of 'our divers was made quite lame by
one of these creatures, the broken spine in
his foot irritatingand inflaming the flesh and
requiring for its proper removal the instru-
ments and skill of the sugeon.

Referring your readers 'to the excellent
work of our world-renowned fellow citizen,
Professor Dana, upon “Corals and Coral
Islands,” for full and complete information
from a scientific standpoint upon the subject
of my letter, I will take my leave for the
present, fully aware that I have hardly
crossed the threshold where I would have
been only too happy to have been able to
fully enter and thoroughly explore. C. I.
——00rreapondence of New Haven Courier.

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Our Beef.
In Liverpool, early in the winter, writes a

the ideal and with being color mad. (One can doubt that living, as such fish for the London correspondent, a lashing ‘wind blow-
never tires of looking at it, but soon gets most I’ll“ do ina little world of more than ing a bitter rain in .men’s faces, I saw it
out of descriptive and eulogi'stic adjectives, oriental magnificence of fact and fable, they crowd of poor humanity gathered at a cor-
and rests with a final declaration that it is have a delicate and refined taste and an ner, pushing and elbowrng towards Windows,

where were hung quarters of beef. Above
the door a legend stated that it was “Ameri-
can Boef.” The inevitable policeman guard-
ed the d00' and let in the obvious buyers,
and sternly repressed the ragged, hungry-
looking crowd, who had to be contented with
less than a Barmecide feast. The beef looked
just as well as it does in any market in New
York. Great piles of it, still wrapped in
coarse canvas, were in an inner depository,
and from the rapid manner in which it was
selling, I doubt if any was left the next day.
The price was cheaper than the public had
been accustomed to, and an English gentle—
man at the Adelphi Hotel, with whom‘I talk-
ed about it, declared it was much better beef
than the English. He said it was not so fat
as the English, but it was “natural” in
quality, the product of good pasture and
proper maturity—not forced from birth in
close stalls, and stimulated with oil-cake; it
was like the best Scotch beef, and superior to
that.

“Oh! the Roast Beef of Old England;
And oh! the Old English Roast beef I”

The King’s beef eaters fed on Yankee beef!
I looked at the bluff face of William Hogarth
yesterday, in the National gallery, and
thought of his picture of “the gates of Ca-
lais," the Englishman staggering under his
load of ribs of beef, while a lank Frenchman
takes a lentil of soup.

Have both English and French come to
the same necessity ? Now, indeed,the French-
man has the most beef; the prodigal Eng-
lishman has eaten his up. After Liverpool
and Glasgow had got a taste of the Ameri-
can article it was not long in getting to Lon-
don, and is now advertised to be delivered by
, the quarter at 7% pence per pound,or cheaper,
I imagine, than it is to be had in New York.
I am told that the agency in Upper Thames
street, is besieged by curious and interested
crbwds. The English are prodigious meat
eaters. They cook beef in enormous “joints,”
'and whirl it about the tavern coffee- rooms
from table to table, each guest directing his
cut. May their good appetites always be
well supplied.

 

 

It is nineteen years since the other grand
democratic attempt to bully the American
people—N. Y. Tribune.

Mr. Tilden objects to treatment by_ elecf
tricity, because his chief ‘ill, the eiphers,
came upon him by electric1ty.-—Rocltester
Dem.

When a $2,000 clergyman is offered a
$3,000 pastorate it is styleda “call,” ’l’rvhel‘eas
in point of fact' it is not a "call but a
“raise.”—N. Y. World.

An exchange asks: “What is nicer to hold
than a pretty woman’s hand ?" A pretty
Woman. If that is not the answer we give
it up. That suits us well cnOugh.—-Sltllwater
.Lumberman. '

 

 

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Yearly Advertisers restricted rem business
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A CARD.

DR. PHIL. H. BROWN, I). i). 8..

ivill_in the future take charge of my Dental Of-
ilce in connection wrth myself. -
He is _a gentleman of for 6 experience in his
.irofession and one whom can cheerfully rec-
ommend to all my patrons. - .

Respectfully, _
[5 C. B. COOLIDGE.

ALEX. s . GIBSON.
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
Teacher of.
Plano-Forte, Organ ilnd Illusion]
Compulsion.

Box 379 P. 0., NOR-WALK, CONN.

Hurlbutt, Relyea & Seymour,
iillll'lltlt and counselors- at Law,

Boom No.4, [up stair-,1:
GAZETTE-BUILDING.

 

 

 

EDWARD P . WEED,’

:3 R 13' G- G'- I s :-
Wall Btreetppposite Nowell: Opera Home, -
Alarge and well selected stpek of.

DRUGS. AND TME'EDICINES,

Perfumer ,Patent Medicines, all- klnds Mineral.
Waters, loilet and Medicated soaps, Flavoring
ind Handkerchief Extraction-[ali- Brushes,Co‘mhs,
ipongcs,ChamOisSkins, Stationery, Cigars, die"
end is constantly addingto‘ his stock all thenew
indpopularmedicincs ofthe‘ day. - -

w.’ s. abilities D.
General Furnishing ‘lli‘ieitaket,

OPPOSITE HORSE R. R.DEPOT

WOrdersattended to dayor night. Residenc
\Iain Street ,3 doorst‘rom'Union Avenue.

the Norwa'lk Fire" Iiisuranee co,

Has now completedit’s ;,

18th Successful» Bqunpgg Near,

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Ill 80 Ill“! GOMPAIY IIISIIIIES A] a...“ Alu-
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fueorporatedlSlz. Charter Perpetual

Capital and Assets, $6,716,893.77

lnsuresagainstlossand damage by Fire,onterms
tdoptedto the hazardandconsistcnt with the laws
ofcomponsation. OOWLES d5 MERRILL,
Sole Agentsfor Nor walk and vicinity

B. S. BLAS'CER,

Athig storein .
MALI-ORY’S BLOCK
hasconstantly on hand,a general assortm en to

Groceries, Crockery, Glass,
'Iln and Wooden Ware, Etc.

By dcvotinghis constautpersonal attentionto the
business he hopesto merit public patronage

"AISLES S. LOCK‘VOOD,

Fashionable Draper and Tailor

AND

GENTS’ FURNISHING LMPORIUJI.
Main Streamer-walk. Conn.

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NOW FOR VIIIIII WATER PIPES.
Wm. Glover & Son,

Are ready to put in yourIWATEBSTEAM or GAS
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anyone. WROUGHT AND CAST IRON, TIN-
LlNEp, LEAD PIPES, the" of every size and de-
scription. PLUMBIN Gin all itsbranches.

BERNARD COHN.
MERCHANT TAILOR,

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

ot the latest styles,constantl on_ hand. Novel-
ties in Scotch Suitings. Satis action guaranteed
In every particular. 46

’ WILLIAM B. RIDER,

ENGINEER AND SURVEYDR.

Personal attention given to all kinds of
Hydraulic Works, Engineering, Mill-
w rlguuug, Dock Work. are. Agent
for all kind. ofMachlnery.
Orders left at the GAZETTE Ofllee, or by mail
will receive prompt attention. 5‘3

 

 

 

“ “caskidueyand
Liver Medicine.
I curesPainsintneBack.
Diseases of the Kid-
v iieys, Bladder 8r. Urin-
‘ ,’ ary Organs, Dropsy,
Kidne s,Gravel, Dia-
' betes. etention or In-
Woakncss. Eggllgficesfips; Iii'ia'eEsSeEEMEo' is pre-
~...i or ese .
p EXPII PROVIDENCE, R; 1., June 16th,187 .
family had been troubled for several years with
Kidney Disease. and had tried numerous reme-
l is com letel cured.
ant WI. p S. ANALPIN. 3.Exchange Street.
Mianaroms, Minn., April7th,1878
REMEDY used in a case of Dropsy with perfect
success. I did not treat the patient, but four at-
lcss. HUNT’S REMEDY was .‘then used with
perlectsuceesa and the patient is well. I shall
give l-lUNT’SBEMEDY in Drouslcal and Kidney
IIBIT'8 REMEDY is purely vegetable, and is used
by the adec ot’ Phy— ‘ ’
the test for 30' years. A
and the utmost reli-
be placed ~ - ,
SOLD BY ALI. DRUGGISTS.
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Black Enameled CariBlall, .
l .
Carmine and Blue fol Fancv Nork

IT’S REMEDY. the
Side or Loins, and all
Bright’lesease of the
continence of Urine, Nervous Diseases. Female
WM.E. Osmium—Dear Sir: A member of my
dies withoutreliet‘; she used HUNT’S REMEDY
War. E. CLARKE—Dear Sir: I saw llUNT’S
tending physicians had elven up the case as hope-
Diseases. 0- H. BLECKEN, M. D.
sicians. It has stood
in is. on? III I. mu
GDIVIIEEEIIII.
'Send for pamphlet to
WM. E.C ARKE, .
Paovinnscn.R. I. ' 4
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“alllar of unpaid losses . .

~¢esefrvyetisauieafr°.s.mlhe salami”?-

°<~¢nI0A,F

unanimous suitable 10!’ a small family,
' right'id the center, with yard and garden
privilege. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.

 

O RENT.—A Barn on West Avenue.
ply at the GAZETTE OFFICE.

_ To Rent.

HE. lower part of a Dwelling House. on Beldcn
Avenue—.7 rooms. Enquire of 0. E. WI].-
SON, No. 6 Gazette Building. . 12

For Sale or to Let.

Furnished or Unfurnished,
My House on East Avenue.
CHARLES S. PROWITT.

To Rent.

HE large Hall in the new brick block on Wall
. St , - adjoining the Connecticut Hptel,
suitable a Society llall,or for Public Meetings.
Also one handsome ofilcc room on second floor.
Apply to H ARDENBROOK,
N orwalk, March 30th,

1879.
To Let.

THE Building formerly occupied by Price a:
‘ _Bates adjoining Norwalk Foundry. Build-
ing is 30x60 with an L12x40. Possession given
April lat. Also 1 Barn on High Street, Will ac-‘
commodate 3 horses. -

12 E. B. PRICE.

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CIIARLES W . MANY

Surgeon Dentist,
o nouwanx, CONN. '

Once corner of Main and Wall Streets. N itrous-
Oxidc Gas administ'er‘e (1,.

’ .‘ .: ..' . ‘
P U R E M I LK I
Delivered in Norwalk and South Norwalk, at
yOur door, every morning

AT 5 CENTS PER QUART,-

 

 

J. M. POTTER,

DEALER IN

Pianos, organs, ,

 

Melodeons, Sheet Music, &_-c.-,
‘WAll. STREET NORWALK, 00“.

NEXT DOOR to SAVINGS BANK.

I keep a. large stock of instruments on hand,
and sell them on Monthly Instalrnents. Every-
body can have a Piano orOrghu.’ .

SOLE AGENT 101% THE CELEBRATED

WEBER'S, summit e'sort s, GROV-

ESTEEN & FULLEst, Harms '
BROTHERS, vase &SON’S, . _

PIANos,

and will furnish at short notice. Call and

see them.
OLD INSTRUMENTS: ,4.
Taken in Exchange for New,
Taming & Repairing
Done at short notice.

’The Weber Piano.

United States may not be inappropriate :‘4
I have never seen a Piano which equals the
Weber Pianoforte. Geo. F. Bristow
The Weber Piano occupies justly the first
rank amongst the Best Pianos. 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 everything that
can he wished forin a Piano. 0. W. Morgan.
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. Bfinkerhoj‘.

A ten years’ experience satisfies me that
the Weber Pianos are unapproachable.
John Zundel.

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 MEDALB AND
smsu' 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 vocal, which is the highest praise that
can be bestowed on auyinstrument.— Geo. B.
Seynwur, Musical Critic, .N'. Y. Times.

met with—0. (I? J. H. Odell, Organ Buihlers
N. Y. ,
It is the ne plus ultra of reed instruments.
—Proj1 E. L. Baker.

It. contains sweetness and power in an un.
usual degree—Ree. Bishop Simpson, M. 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. Jardine, 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 me.—-Rec. 11 . Riggs.
President of Northern New Yer a Musical
Association. '

J. M. POTTER, Norwalk.

New Firm at the 0d Stand

Messrs MULLINGS BROTHERS

onld teapectfullyinlorm the public,thatthcy
have taken the business lately conducted

by MULLINGS .l‘eTlLLY, and With the Old ex-
porii accd Workman, hitherto employed by the
late firm, are prepared to manufacture all kinds of

CkRiilAGES & WAGONS

TO ORDER
Repairing in all its Branches.

MACHINE FORGING. DISCOUNT
ALLOWED FOR CASH.

O. A. MULLINGS, J. S. MULLINGS
South Norwalk, April 15,1878.

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O I ‘ I

Courage Painting .

HE subscriber, a practical and experienced

workman, has taken rooms over NELSON’S

IARRIA(‘.E SHOP. near foot of Mill Hill, where
, lic ls prepared to

Paint Coaches, Carriages or Wagons

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

sonable Prices. English or Valentine’s Varnish

used, according to desire of parties having work
done. Special attention paid to

lie-Painting Children’s Carriages,

and to Plain and Fancy Lettering. Ashareo
ppblic patronage solicited.

- R. E.‘ WHITCOMB.
Norwalk, April 1601,1878. N

Shipping ail Merchandise Tats
Printed. or. Plain

By the Dozen or Thousand,at Manufacture

 

 

 

Prices, at the

.iently arran

They are the best re'cd instruments we have -

THE very eligible and valuable plot of ground,
on_ D_ry Ilill, lately belonging to the Berk-
ely Divinity School. fronting on the Newtown
Turnpike, about fifty rods north of the Episcopal
Church. It comprises 13 acres. is on high
ground and is withouthoubt one of the handsom-
est and best building sites in the Borough of Nor-
walk, commandingn beautiful view of Norwalk
and of the Sound. .Will be sold low ifapplled for
soon. Terms easy. I or particulars enquire of
JAMES ITCHELL

lalgilg figural
T“ ‘ '

E large and Valuable Lot on West Avenue,
surveyed and laid out into Building Lots.

 

north of residence or C. ’1‘. Weeks. has been
Two

feetin depth. Sixteen Lots on proposed new
Street fifty feet in width—say 25 feet front by 125
iectin depth.

Said property can be purchased as an entirety
or in lots to suit purchasers.

Also four acres of excellent land near residence
of Gen. R.B. Craufurd—suitablel‘or building lots.

Also 5 acres Meadow and Pasture land near
Egg)? Kellogg’s, all now available for building

u see.

Maps can be _ seen, and terms of sale made
known by application to -

ll F. ST. JOHN LOCKWOOD.

FOR SALE.

WO verydcsirableBuildingLotson Westlilnin
Street . Apply at th cGAZETTE OFFICE .

For Sale.

THE 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 neighborhood, only a short walk
from the business part of the town, School,
Churches, etc. The House is nearly new;conven-

 

T

 

. ,. . padrandu. good condition. For fur-

ther particu ars apply to the, subscriber at Cari-

non’s Station, or to G. 5b
35'

S. H. Holmes, Nor-walk.
JOHN W. RENOUD.

For Sale.

THE pleasantlylocated and well built residence

corner Washington and Spring streets, 80.
Norwalk is offered for sale on accommodating
terms. For particulars. enquire of

 

tf REV. D. R.AUSTIN, South Norwalk.
D W ELI-SINGS
‘1 AND

Building Lots.

EVERAL dwellings.-various prices in differ-

ent portions of Borough. either to let or for

sale at reasonable noes. Also several places

outside- of Boron limits—one in Winnipauk.

Also several Biulding'ldts' in and out of Borough.
me . Enquire at this Office.

 

. Fer Sale or EXChange.

FOR property in Norwalk or vicinity. 2 house-
I'll Brooklyn, E. D., Within 5 minutes walk of
4 ferries. Good location. For Iparticulars apply
to J. S. RAN ALL,
Box 63, N orwalk.

45
Farm for Sale.

ABOUT 12 to 13 acres within 1}; miles of center
. of‘ N orwalk. Good situation. good house,
built of best material and by days work. About
80 choice Ap le trees With other fruit. good gar-
den, good we 1 of water, andfine shade trees. J us:
the place for a man Wishing to raise Strawberries,
etc.- Price $7,000. Enquire at this Office.

For Sale, Cheap.

A VALUABLE manufacturing property. Foun-
_ dry and Machine shop, for Min-me and Sin-
tionary En ne work or general Machinery. ' Sit-
uated on W arf‘. Has also Rail Road connections.
Terms reasonable. E. HILL, Trustee.

27 .. South Norwalk. Conn.

 

 

 

 

 

For Sale.

A cosy comfortable Cottage on one of the pleas-
.‘ unrest streets in town, within five minutes
walk ofthe Bridge or Churches. will be sold at
cost price. A portion or the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price $6.000. En.
quire at this Office. .

 

For Sale.
A Rare Chance.
~ House, Barn, good Mill-rite and fifty acres
lot‘ fund well proportioned in Meadow, Pasture
and Woodlnnd: also,twenty-two acres of wood-
land 'all_ situated at the head of the Borough
Reservotr in the town of New Canaan, for sale
at a bargain. Inquire of Dimon Finch. George-
town, Ct., James Mitchell or J. Beldcn Hurlbutt,
N orwalk. Ct. 25tt
Norwalk, 10th day of June 157s.

O I
Des1rable Property for sale.
A. Ver ydesirable place on EastAvenue.

Also, a few chorce BuildingLotssituatedon
Osborn Avenue, forsale cheap.
Also,a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
wm Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-

 

or to D.W7fimestllvenue.
For Sale.

,, . A House and Lot, in a healthylocation on
W FairStreet,ahove Catharine. The Houseis
‘ ‘ nearly new.wellhpiltmonvcniently arrang-
ed, and will make a. comfortable and leasant
home for a family of average size. The of runs
back to the river. There is awollor‘ excellent
water on the place, and Borough water in the
Street. Price low, and part of the money can re-
main on mortgage. A fine chance to secures.
home. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE. at:

I Desirable 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 situation is pleasant and healthy, coni-
manding fine views of bug Island Sound and the
surrounding country. Distance one mile from
Norwalk Bridge. and the same from South Nor-
walk depot. House 54x50; two stories and attic,
filled in with brick, and pubstantially built.
Rooms 18, with all modern im rovcments, bath
room, laundry, stationary tubs, eebcc’s cooking
range, hot and cold water, gas throughout the
house. _'l‘he cellari's dry, having stationary furn-
ace. which heats the whole house. The attic is
spacious. and roof tinned. The house is in excel-
lent ordcr 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, or-
walk, or to the subscriber,

A. S. HAMERSLEY,

26tf 255 Fourth Avenue, N. Y

W. W. CLARK
Hunt, Sign & Ornamental Painter

Plain (k Decorative Paper Han gin g,
No. 4 WATER. STREET.

Under'llfrs.~ll'achtt’s old stand. Orders can
be left at Spencer’s Jewelry Store.

1879.

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EVERYTHING

DOWN TO HARD PAN.

GBOUEPJES,
VEGETABLES,
ruusu nsu, _
FRUITS, at,

AT THE

Very Lowest Market Rates.

A full assortment constantly on hand,freshlyrc-
plenished every day, With

Ghoicest Pruits,Bast Vegetables,
and Seafood.

Goods delivered in any part of town . Leave your
orders freely with

Dcmmon & Newcomb,
53 Main Street: N (ll-walk.

Superior Shoeing!

Sore-Footed, Interferng, and Il-
Conditioucd Horses

Perfectly Shoal

IT is notorious that more than half of the ruined

and desirable horses 'are rendered so by the
ignorance or carelessness of smiths in shoeing.
The subscriber makes a specialty of

HORSE SHOEING

and will guarantee to give satisfaction to all who
may entrust him with their work, whether the
animals’ boots are in a sound or unsound condi-
tion. Shop near Horse Railway Depot, Nor-walk.
est: CHARLES E. MILLER.

 

 

Look and See

HERE you can get your work done.
thing in the line or

W
BLACKSMITHING

ta short notice and as reasonable as any where in
town. Horse and Ox Shoeing a specialty. Wheel
wrighting and Painting done by an experienced

Any

 

workman. At the old stand of G . Llfiyd.
16 GEO. W. NAPP
Notice

 
 

1' IS hereby given to the people of
‘ . Norwalk and vicinity that Hone
' Shoelng will be done in llratclass
style by WM.McCORMACK. None
but hand made Shoes used. Work done on most
reasonableterms, and particular attention paid to
Interferin and Over-reaching Horses It the old

 

 

GAZETTE burrow.

stand of K. Aluminum Street, Norwalk.

Lots on West Avenue—say 80 feet front by 180,

' which affected in

One Second. hand Four Passenger Buggy.

one horse Lumber Wagon.
All in perfect order.

MULLIN GS BROS.
South Norwalk, March 17,1879

To Dentists.

THE entire stock of Dental Tools, Fixtures and
Office Furniture, belonging to the estate of
the late Dr, Francis Brady, is offered for sale.
The collection of Tools and Fixtures embraces
all the best and most approved apparatus in use.
and probably the lamest assortment in an lube.
rater in Connecticut. The articles will 0 sold
toget er or singly as desired. For further partic-
ulars apply to the subscriber,

_ MRS. F. BRADY.
Wilton,Conn.,Jan.0th.1879. -

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- Wayxnnr, 1a., A til 30, 1879.
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A Prominent Phyolclan orlawrence.

. LAWRENCE, Mum, May 2, 1878.
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AGU IA Me.,Se t. 18 8.
Dear Sirs:—- s ' p 7' 7

For more than twenty-five years I was a suf-
ferer from Dyspepsia, accompanied with severe
attacks of sick headache. I have also been troubo
led vvith Canker in my mouth and stomach. . I
have tried a good many kinds of medicines with
little success. A short time since I was request-
ed to try your Sulphur Bitters for Canker, and
have found them all they have been recommend-
ed to be—a‘ sure cure for that disease. 1 have no
doubt they are. also what they are claimed to be
as a cure for Dyspepsia and sick Headache,
Yours respectfully,
GEO. F. HAWKS.

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land is not a stimulant but an Invigorator. There
is more Virtue in one dose of

' DR. KAUFMNNN'S

SULPHUR BITTERS

than in all other Bitters of the day prepared by
irresponsible parties who know nothing ei en of
the first laws of medicine. ‘

SULPHUR
BITTERS

-ARE EOLD BY-

 

Druggists Everywhere.

For;Salc at IIOYT’S PHARMACY, South Nor-
walk, General Agent for Norwalk, Conn.

Simmons’ Liver Regulator or
Medicine,

ls eminently a Family Medicine: and by being
kept ready for immediate mlort will save many
an hour or suffering and manya dollar in time
and doctors’ bills. Alter over Forty Years trial
it_is still receiving the most unqualified testimo-
nials to its Virtues from ersons of the highest
character and resuonsibili y. 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 be-
ings are suffering from hepatic disorders
and have doubts in relation to the efficacy
of this popular preparation, we can only
offer them the mm In an undid argu-
ment of Phillip to athan . "Come and
see.” Try the proposed remedy and then
you can judge for yourselves: Rev. Dn-
vid Willis, Pastor of Presbyterian Church,

Macon. Ga.
TAKE
SILIMON S’ LIVER

REGULATOR

The Symptoms of liver complaint are
- uneasiness and pain in the side. Some-
times the sin is in the shoulder, and is
mistaken or rheumatism. The stomach
is affected with loss of appetite and sick-
ness.bowels in general costive sometimes
alternating with lax. The head istrouhled
with pain, and dull, heavy sensation, con-
siderable loss of memory. accompanied
with painful sensation of having left mt~
done something which ought to have been
done, Often complaining of weakness, ((61
bilily and-low spirits. Sometimes many of
the above symptoms attend the disease,and
at other times very few of them but the
liner is generally the organ most involved,
The Cheapest, Purest, (111d Best Family Medicine
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For Dyspepsia, Constipation. Jaundicc, Billions
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In the wilds of Ignatius-Sim
The little band of British séfdie'r‘i'flny.
When a warning voice cfiéd,"*‘fl‘ly I
For the savage swarms are nigh I
See, they loom in war array
Against theskyl
Ere they come in all the might
0! their legions black as night, .
Form in order and take flight from Isandnls."

Then our soldiers look in one another-'- eyes,
Less in terror than in wondering surmise,

And a cold breath of despair

Seems to chill the golden sir,

When a voice of thunder cries:

“Men, prepare 1 - '

Though no human help he by,

We are here our strength to try.
Yes, to keep the camp, or die in Iandula !"

So an English cheer arises wild and shrill,
As they form and face the onset with a will, .
For clearly now each one -

‘ Can see the the black hordes run

Swift as wolves scram the hill

' In the lull-é

They can see the host at lat '

Coming terrible and vast, .
Like a torrent, rolling fast on Isanduln!

Soon upon them in their livingthonundl fell
The blacks like screaming devil- out of Bell,
Ewarming down in mad desire» ‘

As our gunners open'd fire—

At that thunder, with shrill yell,
They swept higher!

“Fire 2" again the order rang,

As the bloody strife began

With the lion-hearted van, at Imndula.

’Tis to struggle with the avalanche’s force!

It enwriips them, it consumes them, in its
course; .

Round the guns in dark floods flow,

See, the gunners gasping low!

It o’erwhelms them, foot and horse,

At a blow!

"Retreat,"~ the voice hath cried,

And in order steadfast—eyed,

They stem that sable tide of 'Isandulc.

Back to back,all= sidesssurronndedmlolly led,
They fire upon the foe, they downward trend ;
While at last the sable stream,
Sweeping them, teeth agleam,
Before their crimson lead

‘ Pause and scream! '
And at that another cheer '
Arise: wild and clear,
And the foe falls back to hear, in I'sandnla!

.But ’tis only for an instant they retrain-:-

At the challenge of that cheer they shriek
8WD, ‘ , .

_ They swarm on every hand
_ O’er the little steadfast band,

Till again, the crimson rain

Makes them stand! .

Like a torrent—nay, a seal—

They roll onward bloodily,
But no white man tumjo flee from Iundnla l '

Still as a stone, our soldiers forte the savage .
erew— .

“Fix your bayonets! die as English soldiers

do 1"
It is done—all stand at bay—
But their strength is east away;
And the black swarms shriek anew

As they slayl

Ah, God! the battle throes!
With their dead for shields they close-—
Where the slaughter ebb: and flows, in Inn-
dula!

And fast as one form falls. another springs—'
They are tigers, not like humanoheuted
things-—

Surging onward they abound

With a c a " sound,
Waving round 1

As our brave men one by one
Fall, death-smitten ”in the sun,
O’er their corpses legions run, in Isnndulsl

 

“Save the colors I” shrieks a dying voice, and
10!
Two horsemen breast the raging ranks, and
go—
(Iu thy sacred list, 0 Fame!
Keep each dear and noble namel')
See, they flash upon the foe,
Fierce as flame—
And one undaunted form
Lifts a British banner, warm
With the blood rain and the storm of Isandulsl

“Save the colors 1” and amidst a flood of foes
At gallop,sword in hand,each horseman goes-

Around the steeds they stride,

Cling devils crimson—dyed,

But God! through butchering blows,

How they ride!

Their horses’ hoofs are red
. With blood of dying and dead,
Trampled down beneath their tread atlulh
“Save the colors I” They
by side
.The horsemen swim a raging river'ctlde—
They are safe—they are alone—
But one, without a green,
After tottering, filmy-eyed,

Drops like stone; .

And before his comrade true
Can reach his'side, he too
Falls, smitten through and through at Im—
dulal

Bless the Lord,who in the hollow of His hand
Kept the remnant of that little Beam band:

But give honor everywhere

To the brave who perished there,

Speak their praise throughout the land

With a prayer—

More than sorrow can they claim;

They have won the crown of ‘ famel
They have glorified the name of Isandull!

ROBERT Bucn‘ANAN.

* Lieut. Neville Josiah A later '11
(Twenty fourth regiment), .ieut. Tcign-
mouth. Melvill. (Twenty—fourth regiment),
both killed 'while escaping with the colors,
January 22. 1879. . -

=———I____ -
To An Engaged and Engaging
Young Lady. '

 

 

FROM HER COUSIN.

You frown if I call you darling,

And object if 1 call you pet;

Then, when I think that I’ve “really no right,“-

It causes the saddest regret. ‘

For, why should I be debarred from loving]
maid,

Who perchance might love me in return ?

Am I not as lovingas other young men.

Or am I too cross or too stern?

It’s true I'm not handsome, but then what of
that ?

Beauty, you know, doesn’t last;

But the heart that is true, doesn't look at the
face— _

B it, hold on! I’m gttting too fast;

What do I know of love, or of hearts that
are true, ‘

When mine own is so barren and free;

I might search it in vain for the image of one

Who had ever in love been with me.

You say as you gaze in my eyes, little 001,
You seethere tkg depths of am bliil
That poets describe as‘t'he‘i‘flight' ofvth‘e soul,"
And which we:me trinsmit. with skies;
But don't YOP‘IE. frightened, my dear little
eoz, _ , ., .
Those eyes—though
Are too wise to look love into yours, little
Friend, ' '
When they know you so.

k Norwalk, May 14, 1879.

soon are to mom .
I. D. CLARE.

 

are saved—and side

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