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WHOLE NUMBER 1645. '
At Sea.
Worn voyagcrs, who watch for land
Across the endless wastes of sea,
Who gaze before and on each hand,
Why look ye not to what ye flee ?
The stars, by which the sailors steer,
Not always rise before the prow;
Though forward nought but clouds appear,
‘Belliud they nlay be breaking now.
What though we may not turn aghin
To shores of childhood that we leave,
Arc tllOse old signs we followed vain?
Can guides so oft.found true deceive ?
0h, sail we to the South or North,
Oh, sail we to the East or West,
The port from which we first put forth
Is our heart’s home, is our life’s best!
—F. W. Bonnnlngox in Spectator.
BURNING OF NORWALK.
We continue and complete the personal re-
citals given in Dr. Hall’s History of Norwalk,
of the destruction of Norwalk by the British,
Sunday, July 11th. 1779:— .
Nathaniel Raymond, aged 94, May 1, 1847.
Has lived near the Old Well wharf all his
days; was a corporal in the guard; a revo—
lutionary pensioner; lay often on the rocks
at Belden’s Point; was at New York among
the Connecticut treeps when the British land-
ed at Flatbush; and iii the lines across the
.island after the British crossed into New
York. When the British came to burn the
towin, they landed at Fitch’s Point Saturday
nig it.
He carried such of his household effects as
he could, down near the pottery called the
village, and hid them in a swamp; then car-
ried his father and mother and some of thelr
effects back some three miles, in a cart; re—
turned, and with fourteen others, volunteers,
tinder their own command, took arms, and
went up to th lill where John Raymond
lived. In the nlg t the British fired a cannon
ball at them, at random. It struck thelground
near them. Sunday morning the harbor was
full of boats. They landed at the Old Well;
chased the fifteen volunteers over John Ray-
mond’s Hill, by where Capt. D. K. Nash now
lives, and so over to Round Hill; dragging a
field-piece, which they fired at the volunteers
from the top of Round Hill. When the Brit-
ish landed, the volunteers fired at them from
John Raymond's Hill. Saw Grummon‘s
Hill “all red” with the British: there was
“old Tryon and all his tribe.” The two par-
ties of the enemy met near Grummon’s Hill,
and went up to France Street, where was a
skirmish. There were about thirty American
Regular soldiers in town. ' Jacob Nash (the
grandfather of Capt. Dani. K. Nash), was
killed there. He was a regular soldier at
home on a furlough. Our men had .an old
iron four-pounder at the rocks, which the
British took and spiked. The Rev. Mr.
Lefiling was “as big a tory as there could
be on earth.” He continued praying for the
King ill public worship, till the inhabitants
forbade him. Very many of his congrega—
tion w. re tories ; but the people never mo-
lested such as did not commit any hostile act.
The violent tories were seized and shut up
in Pudding-lane; some carried to jail. The
tories were the informers and pilots of the
enemy; and those who went off, often came
back with parties, plundering, driving of!
cattle, and carrying away such, men as they
were able to lay their hands on.
Mrs. Mary Esther St. John, widow of
William, aged 94, in November, 1846. When
Fairfield was burnt, her father was harvest—
ing down in the Neck. Expecting the Brit-
ish to come here immediately, they| left the
harvest; but when the British crossed to
Long Island, her father rallied hands and
went down to his harvesting. Saturday,
near night, the alarm guns fired.
Her husband rode down to the Neck, and
returned; his horse was wet with sweat, as
thdugh he had been in water. She was about
putting some bread in the oven. A woman
who lived with Mr. Belden‘ (where Gov. Bis.
sell now lives) came running in and asked,
“are you going to stay? ” “No, I am going
out of the way.” “Well," said the woman,
I shall stay; I will go to Gov. Tyron, and
plead for the house. When he wgs, GORP—l
‘ nor he stayed with us one night, with his at-
tendahts and horses. I will tell him of that
and we are friends of the government.” Mrs.
St. J. said, “if you are going to stay, take
my dough." She took it, and presentlycame
running for the oven-wood. Mrs. St._J. and
her husband and family, with what effects
they could carry, went [up into the woods,
at the East Rocks. They had ,a bedstead,
which they set up; milked the cows which
the drove with them, drank the milk and
staid there all night. In the morning the
guns were firing; the smoke of the burning
houses rose. Her husband said, .“the work
has begun: they are burning the town.”- The
woman succeeded in saving Mr. Belden's
house. She told Mrs. St. John that she went
up to Grumman’s Hill, where Gov. Tryon sat
with chairs and a table, writing his orders.
she begged for the house: he wrote her a
rotection,and sent with her a file of soldiers.
hen she reached the house, it had already
been set on fire in two iplaces, but the sol-
diers put it out.
The Town House, which stood where the
present one stands, was in the Revolution
occupied as a guard-house. The troops, on
their passage to New York, used to lodge
there. She saw many of them not more than
15 or 10 years old. Mr. Leaming she knew
well. She attended his church. He contin—
ued to pray for the king as long as he dared
to. He went away with the British. It was
sad to live in the midst of war ; but what was
the worst of all, was the difference of senti-
ments among neighbors and kindred. Mrs.
St. John lived, in the Revolution, on the old
St. John place, nearly opposite Gov. Bissell’s.
Her house that was burnt in the Revolution,-
stood between the site of the present house
and the widow Buckingham St. John’s, at
the foot of Grumman’s Hill. The latter place
was then occupied by a family named Grum-
man.
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To the Editor of the Stamford Advocate :—
Centcllnial Letters.
DEAR Sun—Some letters having recently
come into my possession of historic,.revolu-
tionary interest, and also having an hlstorlcal
connection with this locality, 1 inclose you
copies for publication. -
James and John Davenport, .the authors,
were the sons of Col. Abraham Davenport,
at that time one of the most eminent per-
sonages of the town, and whom Whittler
has immortalized in his poem‘o‘n "The Dark
Da .”
These were as yet quite young mon, John,
now holdin the rank of Major, havmg grad-
uated at ale, in 1770 ; and James, (not
twenty—one years of age), in 1779—the year
of the date of this correspondence. These
brothers were thus early enlisted in the revo-
lutionary cause, and like their father,enjoyed
. .thelconfidence of Washington and his gen-
era s.
James, the younger, Was elected a repre-
sentative member of congress, in 1796, and
died the next year, at the early age of thirty.
nine. Hisbrothenwas elected the same year
to fill the vacancy la congress occasioned by
the death of James, where he remained a
member for twenty years. His son, Deacon
Theodore Davenport, still survives, honored
among us, at the ripe old age of eighty-seven
and a half years. Yours truly, A. B. I)
Davenport Ridge, July 3, 1879.
STAMFOIXr), .Ilulyllgl, 1’39.
mes Daren Jort to Col. 0a tdl'a’l. oo ' r:
JaSln z—Am [directed by Gen. Wolcott to de-
sire you to send to this front a number of
your Dragoons to serve as Vldetts and to glve
intelligence to the Commanding Officer at
Norwalk, and to you, as occaslon may re—
quire. Gen. Wolcott also directs that upon
the approach of the Enemy to tins Town,
on march immediately to lts relief, unless
the Enemy from the Westward .call your at.
tention to that Quarter. He desires you Wlll
give information as necessary. Am Slr, your
humble Serv’t, J AMES Davnxrom.
Col. Noa’h Hooker. _ . .
P. S. Major Davenport, commanding ofil—
cer here desires to be lnformed_of anytlnng
that may happen worthy of notlee.
To which the Major appended the follow—
ing:
SIR.
least. Yours.
Col. Hooker. .
Major John Davenport to Col. Hooker.-
STAMFORD, July 11, 1779.
SIR—I thought you were not acqualnted
-—-Pleaseseud twelve or fifteen horse at
Jno. DAVENPORT.
with the country wheuyou mentioned going
to Woodpeckerridger. I think it of impor-
tance that some tr00ps Should be advanced,
to Horseneck.
The enemy this flay have burnt Noeralk’
, and embarked again and are now on x. ~-
‘There has not been a great deal of fighhhg.
nor many killed." We expect them here to-
morrow wind and weather permitting.
Your humble serv’t,
Jno. DAVENPORT.
'1‘.) Col . Noadiah Hooker, at Stanwich,
F‘Now North Stamford. .
Dr. Bacon’s Address.
Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon‘s centennial ad—
dress on the burning of New Haven and the
coast towns of Connecticut, was liberally
quotcd‘from in our last week’s review of the
burning of Norwalk. The following is his
eloquent closing. With all the power of
patriotic truth he enforces the lessons of
those dire events, so memorable in the annals
of Norwal as well as New Haven. He
closing sai :
Our first thought, all this day, has been of
the contrast betwaen 1779 and 1879. That
hundred years—it is only a little more than
is sometimes included in one personal memory.
A hundred years ago! Not a few of us have
been familiar with men who took part in
what was done here on that day, and with
more who as children saw and felt the horror.
Where is the New Haven of ahundred years
ago ? What was it? We have, all of us, been
trying to imagine what it was—that village of
perhaps four thousand inhabitants, including
all the farmers and their families between the
two rivers and back to North Haven. If one'
of those who fell in battle on that day could
have caught with his dying eye a vision. of
this day—could have caught one glimpse of
what his country and our country is today—
would he not have felt that such a future, the
future which to us is not future but the pres-
ent hour—was worth dying for!
The next thought then—a thought which,
whether shaping itself in words orinarticulate
has haunted us today like the refrain of some.
familiar song—is that of our relation to the
past. Many of us here are the grandchildren
or the great-grandchildren of those who were
living here aJlundrcd years ago. But they
claim no exclusive interest in the New Haven
of 1779. That New Haven has perpetuated
in this New Haven of to-day, and therefore
it is ours as well as theirs. That New Haven
of 1779 is not to any of usja buried or for-
eign city, like old Carthage or Sidon; it is
our own New Haven. We have been graft-
ed into it, and its history is ours. I am hold
to say this, not only for those of us who are
of New England lineage, but for those who
having come across the Atlantic as our
fathers came, and having made their homes
with us, have been grafted into our American
nationality and are fellowcilizens with us in
our city. We, whose ancestors were English
are to-day Americans. Our fathers a hundred
years ago declared and vindicated their na-
tional independence because they were Amer-
icans andnot English ; so the citizen by adop-
tion, if he has come in good faith—if his nat-
uralization was not perjury—has ceased to be
a foreigner. Whatever his former nationality
may have been, he is no longer an English-
man, nor an Irishman, nor a German, nor a
Swede, nor a Frenchman, but an American.
The history, the institutions, and the inter-
ests of that other country from which he
came arc to him, if he is honest, just what
the history, the institutions and the interests
of Old England are to the rest of us. His
children will inherit one language—tile lan-
guage of the Declaration of Independence-
the language of Daniel'Webster and of Abra?
ham Lincoln; and with one language they
will inherit all our history. The illustrious
memo'ry'of Washington will be theirs as it
is ours. . The memory of Concord and of
Bunker Hill, of Valley Fel'e and Yorktown
—yes, and of PlymouthRoek—will be theirs,
for they will be born Americans. Our rela—
tion to past is not by genealogy only, but far
more by the sympathies, the responsibilities, '
the aspirations and the retrospections which
are the life of anation or a local community.
Whatever concerns the welfare of our city is
the common concern of all true citizen's,
_Another thought which cannot have been
absent to-day from any thoughtful mind, is
that of our interest in the future. He who
can say I do not care for what'may come
after I shall have gene, is less than human.
All the dignity of human nature—yes, even
the mystery- of the relation between this
human nature of ours and the Eternal Mind
and Will—is involved in that consciousness
of arelation to ages past and ages future,
which is our prerogative as human.
Because we are human we would like to
lf‘now what ourNew Haven‘will be at the end
of another century. Such a feeling has
mingled with all our thoughts of what New
Haven was a hundred years ago. We shall
soon be gone and shall '
“Have no share in all that’s done
Beneath the circuit of the sun ;”
but not one of us dares say to himself, what
this New Haven may become in the progress
of another hundred years is no concern of
mine. It is our concern, and let us thank God
that if we do our work, honestly and loving-
ly, in our allotted place and time, our fair
city—our great country—nay the world will
be the better for our having lived in it.
E
Lincoln anecdotes, we suppose, will contin-
ue to crop out here and there for many gen-
erations, but so long as they continue good it
is not much matter. One of the latest charged
to the illustrious story teller is related by a
correspondent of the Decatur Sun. While
Judge Logan, of Springfield, 111., was Lin-
coln’s partner,two farmers, who had a mis-
understanding respecting a horse trade, went
to law. By mutual consent the partners in
law became antagonists in this case. Onthe
day of the trial, Mr. Logan, having bought
a new shirt open in the back, with a huge
standing collar. dressed himself in extreme
haste and put on the shirt with the bosom
at the back, a linen coat concealing the
blunder. ' He dazzled the jury with his
knowledge of “horse points," and as the day
was sultry took off his coat and summed up
in his shirt sleeves. Lincoln,.sitting behind
him, took in‘the situation, and when his tar!
came, remarked to the jury : “Gentlemen,Mr.
Logan has been trying for over an hour to
make you believe that he knows more about
a horse than these honest old farmers who
are witnesses; he has quoted largely from
his ‘horse doctor,’ and now, gentlemen, I sub-
mit to you (here he lifted Logan out of his
chair and turned him with his back to the
jury and the crowd, at the same time flipping
up the enormous standing collar), what de—
pendence can you place on his horse knowl—
edge when he has not sense enough to put on
his shirt ?" The roars of laughter that greeted
this exhibition, and the verdict that Lincoln
got soon after, gave Logan a permanent pre-
ludice against “bosdm shirts.”
lieuththout Fuel.
M. A. Shepard, of Lebanoh, 11]., has pat-
ented a method of utilizing the uniform tem-
perature of the earth at a distance beneath
the surface for the purpose of warming the air
supplied to dwellings in winter and cooling
it in summer. This new improvement is
simply to‘ sink a well or shaft into the earth
till a living spring or well - of water is
reached, which is invariably at the same tem-
perature as the earth. At the bottom of this
excavation is a series of coiled iron pipes (or
they may be arranged similar to steam radiat-
ing pipes), placed downfinto the living wa~
ter. At one end a connection is made to a
large pipe extending to the surface of the
earth, through which air is admitted to the
series of pipes in the living water. At the
other end a large pipe is connected, and ar-
ranged to communicate with the buildings
to be supplied with air. All that now remains
necessary to produce the uniform temperature
of the water in the earth is to force or 'draw
the air through these pipes and bring it into
the buildings. This will require but a small
intent of power. ‘ ' ,
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NOW “at. the democratlc' party has “the
shakes: sobauy, Congress has put quinine
on the free list. ‘ . ‘
I
Crowded out last week.
WESTPORT.
Fourth of July afternoon a fire broke out
in a low building in rear of Hull's drug store.
It was put out with pails .of water. The
fire is believed to have originated from a
Chinese cracker.
Frank Ferris, of Weston, while returning
with a party of gentlemen, some of whom
belonged in Westport,from a woodcock hunt
last week Monday, was shot and seriously in-
jured in the jaw. He will recover. It should
be observed that the State law in regard to
the hunting of woodcock is not “off” till
October lst.’ Hence the accident.
Rev. J. G. Roberts, of Kansas City, sup-
plied the Congregational church pulpit on
Sunday.
Two fish hawks caught by a son of Rev.
James E. Coley, and which ate several young
chickens during the futile efforts to tame
them, have been offered to and accepted by
the Central Park Commissioners of New
York, for exhibition.
The improvements making by Mr. and
Mrs. Frederick Morehouse, on Wright street,
are such as to render their residence one of
the. most attractive and convenient on the
west side of the bridge.‘ ,
Mr. William Sexton and wife, of Paris,
France, formerly of Westport, are enjoying
the coolness and quiet which his fathers'
country residence offers at Saugatuck.
Miss Carrie, daughter of Wm. H. Sanford
of Dennison, Texas, which city she left in
February last, has, after visiting the large
cities of the West, arrived at the residence
of her grandmotbr, Mrs. Z. Sanford, where
she will pass the summer. - . ~
After shortening the mast and sails of Mr.
James R. Jessup’s pleasure boat, a satisfactd-
ry trial of the same was made Thursday;
Captain “Sil” Fairchild at the helm. '
A meeting of citizens in favor of the pro -
posed parade and entertainment of the West-
port Fire Department was held at the Judge
of Probate’s office, Thursday night. Com-
mittees to solicit subscriptions were appoint-
ed from each school district, and instructed
to present the subject and toreport progress
on the evening of Monday, July 14.
A soft felt but showing many bullet holes
~ and bearing the name ’of Lewis Bradley on
the inside lining, was picked up early Fourth
of July morning in front of “Aunt Mary’s”
saloon, and near the scene of the Bates-Spicer
shooting affair. The finder, ‘ filled with
strange surmises as to how the hat got there,
repaired to L. 3'5 store for information, but
that gentleman was able to prove 'an alibi,
and to show that some u'nprin‘ciple'd mem:
ber of the East Side H. H. ~Association
had made another unsuccessful attempt at
practical joking at his expense.
During the terrific shower of July 4th,
which did much more good than hurt, the
lightning struck'a sty near the residence of
Mr. James Flilow, Poplar Plains, killing one
pig and stunning another, and shattered a
great clm'tree near the house of Mr. Josiah
Raymond, who was looking at the tree at
instant the bolt fell. '
This is harvest week for rye and wheat,‘
and there will be activity in the fields, which
are extensive,andshow well-developed crops.
The Fourth Opened, continued, and for all
practical purposes ended gloriously, for the
cannonading' which that six—o—clock shower
furnished, could ‘never be equaled for vehe-
mence and power by '.any of man’s device.
There was _no‘ sunriEe‘snlute its of yore, or
ringing of church hells, but somehow the
heartsof all’neemed filled with a due appro-
ciation of the great anniversary, and of a
desire to quietly celebrate it. Nearly all our
citizens remained at home, and many have
since admittedthe wisdom of so doing. The
day’s heat proved too great to warrant the
exertion of muscular power other than that
actually required to eat, drink and keep
eool. Those who had American fiags,‘ set
them to the breeze, and “Young America"
indulged, a little, but quite enough in toy
explosives to keep the minds of the sedate
fastened for a portion of the time, upon
those subjects which have made the nation’s
anniversary what it is. These old—time fifers,
known as such for the past forty years—
Messrs. Levi Coley of Poplar Plains, and
Curtis Perry of Cross Highway, and Fair-
field County’s veteran base drummer, George
Tuttle, and Mr. Taylor Goodsell, the rising
champion of the snare drum, halted
under the trees of the hotel after their return
from conductingthe children of the Catholic
Sunday School“ to Winslow grove for a pic-
nic, and performed a number of those airs
which once so inspired the patriots of the
Revolution. The villagers listened and en-
joyed. This comprehended our celebration,
and it was good enough. .In various places
- at noontide, the savor of clams. roasting,
perehance, under apple trees behind old farm
houses, wont up as a sort of national incense,
and bivalvular quintessence aided many
a good man to recall, while he was
partaking thereof, the privations which his
forefathers endured to secure the peace which
the day commemorated. In the evening,
ofter the rain, the light of rockets, Roman
candles and other pyrotechnics let off in a
small way here and there, showed that with-
out a doubt the instincts of the people were,
as they always have been, aiming in the right
direction. -
It is related, with how much truth those
who set the story going must be responsible
that, one day last week, Mr. Horace Staples
stepped from his store on to the wharf near
-by, and meeting there a gentleman whom he
thought he knew, slapped him familiarly on
the back with the salutation, “How are you ?
Glad to see you well. etc.," and that the per-
son addressed,being on the edge of the wharf
was so taken off his guard by the incident,
that he lost his balance and fell into the wa-
ter. The splashing and water Spurting which
followed was only equaled by the surprise
of Mr. 8., who found he had spoken to the
wrong individual—that he was a village
saloon frequenter and not the friend he had
taken him for. Lively efforts to rescue fol—
lowed, but not till the unfortunate had swal.
lowed water enough to spoil all the whiskey
taken by him that day, and ruined a paper
collar put on new the week before, was he
brought safely to land. Mr. S. feeliugly de-
plored the situation into which he had heed-
lessly placed the man, and offered a new
silver twenty-five cent piece in part payment
for the damage caused. The story further
informs us that the man accepted the coin
with the remark, “Munny bein’ scarce and
Forth Guli cummin’, I wish you'd push me
in agin.”
' Friday morning, at about one o‘clock, a
number of young men boiling over with
patriotism, assembled in front of Mrs. 0’
they threw stones upon the roof of the
corner house, and fired pistols to such an
extent as to disturb Mr. James Bates and
family.. He advised the young men to de-
sist, but as they did not heed he fired a shot
gun loaded with fine shot three times into the
crowd. Joseph N. Spicer, Wesley Wolfe,
Michael Pendergast received all the way
fromone to fifty-four shots in their bodies,
and Spicer had to be taken home in a hack.
Bates was arrested three times on charges
brought by the wounded or their parents,
and gave bonds for his appearance at court.
The Misses Downes "Socials Musicale",
given at their rooms on Tuesday evening,
proved to be a select and enjoyable affair.
The best people in town were present, and
some of the ladies’ toilets were in no way
the least attractive feature] The performan-
ces of the young ladies in solos and duetts on
the piano, and their vocal selections showed
Council’s liquor saloon, and it is alleged that '
is superfluous. The Misses Downes’ system
of training in all branches was exhibited to
fine advantage. The reception to parents
and invited guests was hearty, and the danc—
ing in the school room continued just long
enough to make everybody happy. PAUL.
Westport, July 7th, 1879.
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' BROAD RIVER.
Since the retirement of “Broad River, Ego
d5 Co.” from your columns the correspond-
ence from this section has been rather spas-
modic. The zerrrn ought to contract for
a steady supply. Sell the paper, you know.
How important must be the offices of this
district when it requires two annual meetings
and a Board of School Visitors to make the
appointments. The Presidency of the
United States is nowhere in comparison.
There seems to be a diversity of opinion
among the residents in regard to our teacher.
One moves for changing the teacher ; an other
thinks, (disinterested of course), that for the
same salary we could hire two female teach-
ors; another is sure that $00 per month is
too much these times. and one more has said
“Maybe it is, but we may as well pay it to
our teacher as for some other district to get
the money." Which is like the Artful Dod-
ger’s advlce to Oliver Twist about picking
pockets of. watches, &c., when he says “Take
’em, Oliver, take ’em, if you don’t get ’em
some other cove vill."
We may have in our midst inventive and
engineering skill equal to a George Stephen-
son or a Captain Ends, but it is the popular
opinion that we have not an Elihu'Burritt. '
,Owing to the extra demand for milk for
the Fourth, the Remson Brothers were
, obliged to draw from our dairies for their
surplus. 'Verily this is the land of milk and
honey. .(For.the honey apply to‘Mr. John
Lloyd): - _ s .-
George Hodge’s raspberry voice is again
heard in the Borough.
Comstock Brothers are doing a foaming
business in cider, beer, &c.
The farmers are very busy harvesting their
hay and grain crops. - Native laborers being
scarce some are forced to import their help
from Cobble Hill. ' R. R.
July 7th. ;
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WEST STRATFORD.
Wednesday last a horse owned by G. M.
Robertson, of Bridgeport, took fright in this
place and ran away doing considerable dam-
age to the wagon and slightly injuring the
driver. The horse also was pretty badly cut
about the legs. Numerous complaints have
lately been made relative to the pasturing of
cattle upon the streets, and policeman Rich
has been authorized to notify all owners of
such cattle to find other pasture grounds or
the penalty prescribed in such :cases will be'
ehforeed. I
Complaints have also been made relative to'
gangs of East Bridgeport roughs whoare in
the habit of coming across Yellow Mill Pond:
on Sundays and disturbing. the quiet. nfrthe
neighborhood by their drunken carousals and ’
fights. Our authorities are determined to:
put a stop to such doin s. and if any of thei
above-mentioned roug re caught it'will be 3
dear sport for them.
The annual school meetings were held in
this place on last Tuesday evening. In the
Summerfield District the following named
gentlemen were elected'ofiicers fer the calm;
ing year: Committee, John Fray, George H.
,Zink, Sr., Charles S. Porter, Sr. ; Treasurer,
George Lewis; Clerk, L. S. Catlin; - The
committee were instructed to negotiatcaloan
at a lower. rate than 5le per cent. in order. to
cancel the present indebtedness. .At the
meeting in the Newfield District the follow—
gentlemeu were elected : Committee, Samuel
H.-Danks, Robert T. Jennings, John Rock ;
Clerk,Charles H. Hinmau; Treasurer, Henry
B. Drew ;‘Collector, Burr J elliffe.
A new lager beer saloon has been opened
on Lake street, and a certain party, compe—
tent of judging, has informed us it has done
a lively business on Sundays since it was
opened.
Charles Mchtyre, a clerk in the employ
of L. B. Vaill, while washing one of the
large windows in front of the store. a few
days ago, slipped and fell through the glass,
but fortunately received no cuts. Charley
has been rather unfortunate lately. It is not
long since, through accident, thathe stuck a
pitchfork into his employer’s hand, making a
painful though not dangerous wound.
The Court of Burgesses met last Wednes-
day evening, and taking it altogether it was
a very tame session. A few bills of minor
importance were ordered paid, and the
Warden was authorized to borrow $250 for
the use of the Borough. The report of the
Chief of Police was read showing that there
had been no arrests during the last month
which we think speaks well for this place.
Steps have been taken relative to seeing what
can be done to drain Pembroke Lake in' a
proper manner, as the state in which it is
now in Is a disgarcc to any civilized commu-‘
nity. .
On Thursday evening last some person ef-
fected an entance into Fuirchild’s grocery
store by cutting through one of the cellar
windows. Once in the cellar access to the
store was easy for‘Mr. F. 'had neglected to
fasten the door leading from the cellar to the
store. The thief was very liberal as he took
only three bunches of cigars and about
seventy-five cents in money.
Another runaway on July 4th. Martin
Dunn, of Bridgeport, was severely if not
seriously injured. The wagon was complete-
‘ly demolished but the 'horse escaped unin.
jured. .
Chills and fever are plenty in, this locality
and mosquitoes are too, How many of the
readers of the GAZETTE were ever bitten by
a genuine Stratford mosquito ? .
Mr. T. W. Wood has a severe attack of
the quinsy sore throat. W.
West Stratford, July .7. '
BETTER Turns—No better sign of im-
provement in the times is needed than that
afforded by the rise in desirable New York
city real estate. The recent sale of the
Douglas property on Fifth and Madison ave-
nues. opposite the Central Park, is the latest
illustration. This property, consisting of
thirty-four lots, was offered two {ears ago
at auction for less than $400,000. t has just
been sold for something less than $600,000
Messrs. R. G. Dunn do 00., of the Mercantile
Agency. wh owned it,and who make aclear
profit of near y $200,000 by the operatlon,
receiviu in a single cash payment $300,000.
—New ark. Tribune. .
This is the sporting and athletic pyramid
which the American people have been piling
up during the year against the old worn-out
sport known as John Bull : ,
Weston (on land)..
Haulan (on water).
Parole (on the turf).
Carver (on the jump—rifle).
Bogardus (on the wing—shot-gun).
American Rifle Team (long range).
' fl '
Boys, Mind Your Ten Points.
There are no doubt. a thousand first-class
places open for one thousand boys who pos-
ses the following ten qualifications: ,
1. Honest. 2. Pure. 8. Intelligent. .4.
Active. 5. Industrious. 6. Obedient. 7.
Steady; s. 'Obliging. 9. Polite. 10'. Neat.
These ten points go toward making up the
character of a successful boy, and can be
easily remembered. To help you remember
them just imagine one encircling each finger,
and so keep their constantly in mind.. .They
will be worth more to you than diamond
rings, and you will never be ashamed to
“show your hand.”
. . ' ' ‘ '
We suppose, when a woman has all the
pin money she wants, she has attained the
plnmckle of her happiness. ' ‘
such uniform excellence that to particularize'
Lake George Rattlesnakes. 7"
spoken of without a degree- of respect cem-
bilied with aversion. It is the rattlesnake.
He flies the haunts of men, and is ,
disappearing from that vicinage‘; but, like
inferior races of man; which, befdhé'tirey
altogether vanish before an advancing civili-
so this reptile yet retains certain positions
around the lake, which are infested ln‘nj way
that demands caution on the part‘da'f the
tourist. It is not uncommon to' sdé'thesc
snakes swimming in the “lake, passing from
cove to cove or isle to isle. Leaning over a
boat one calm day,I saw one swimmii'lg'n‘nder
the stern. He raised his head when he saw
me, and the cxpresson of his face Wtfileither
amiable nor assuring as he darted ’ héad
spitefully forward. Ihit him wank stick,
when he dived 'and disappeared. ' Tongue
Mountain and Shelving Bock are the most
infested at present. An old man ald‘old
woman who occupy a solitary cabini‘ou the
former have long made a business dIcatch‘o
ing rattlesnakes and supplying the |tiller-lief.
The demand is much larger than 0 ‘ 'would
suppose on the part 0 owlnen an inatur-l
alists, and also from th_ stics of mi u’digh;
borhood,who have the notion thnt‘réitlesnake
‘oil is an infallible remedy for thefii’d litism.
Doubtlcss this superstition—for it _ ~
else—arose in the same wayhas the_ .
former days in a newt’s eye, a baby" '
sliver from the finger nail of a 1ni y," or
the baboon’s blood—objects remote :fi‘rdifil-
cult to' Obtain._ The quotation f3i-:‘g'odd
h'énlthy rattlesnakes at Lake George "
one dollar apiece,‘ caught and __
Those who do not mind ’the' tgifiin _‘ , '
anee of being bitten by one are all
free range of'the rattlesnake press" oi, and
may catch them for nothing.-LS;‘G§_ _ .
JAMIN, in Harper‘s Magazinefor A”
Getting rid of Rats?
A_ correspondent of, The English. ‘l ,
gives one or two valuable hints for ridding
premises of rats. One very good lan, he
says, is to nail a red honing on 4th ’ all of .
the warehouse or the place_;infe .. ”about"
eighteen inches from the floor; ,0 this, a'
little'to one side, peneulhule fish, lace jg
brick or piece of wood near the w I ,At an
equal distance on the other side so _ ordi?
nary steeltrap not baited. The ts, in
jumping off from the brick -to_ 'g. . at the
herringvafter a few attempts ' are 5 to fall
down in the trap. This is a good manent
plan, as it, is somewhat above theirfiompre.
hension. If rats have undermined; found-
ation walls, which they do sometim~ to such
an extent as_'to endanger ,the bull ,; it is
nine use to attempt to stop thereiout by
tamping their burrows withrbrokja glass
bottles, for they work diligently taxmake
fresh ones. A better way is to put” shovel:
ful of dry sand over everyholeg he rats
soon comeup through this, but in”) tdoing.
let half the sand into the burl-org which;
unlike earth,tbey cannot either fochor carry,
up again, and by repeating this,”- every
fresh—opened place their. runs become quite
filled up. all?! they make. up younfoljloations
ugain., By this meanajlg haveufinown 8
granary that vu'terribly -:ill.festedmith has
quite cleared of them. All their,,hurrows
being at last filled with sand-theymrejcomi
polled .to betake themselves elsewhere: V - x‘
:A young Portog'uese‘trtlvslgg. A5,, id
.. Serf!
Pinto, has just retraced the-lino, o {the first,
expedition which made Livingsm,“
Livingstonewentmp groin CapoTow , ,
~the great-southern d _ ,f.‘ . p ' L p
westward reached the coast of Africa,the first
white man to cross the interior of the conti-
nent. Pinto, starting; from the west coast
pushed his way inland, armed his party. by
repairing some abandoned rifles Cameron
left in his track three years ago, fought his
way to the Yambesgand, after measuring
the great falls Livingstone discovered, and
finding them 555 ,feet high, went south,
nearly perishing in the desert, but finally
reaching the Transvaal. The most remark-
able discovery made by Pinto was of a race
with features like the Hottentots but white
and with no hair. Should his account
be substantiated, it will be very much the
most important anthropological discovel'y of
modern African travel.
#
It was the job reom. . .
just put into type an elaborate “job,” and
was stepping back to take a. squint at the
“justification.”
from school, took in the situation with the
Peter's stepping back, back. all unconscious
:in his wrapt admiration of his beautiful '
creation that in another instant hewouldbe .
over the staging‘s‘verge, to‘be dashed to
pieces on the marble fioorbelow. ,He re-
membered that at this juncture an assistant
flung a paint brush steeped in paint full drive
at the master’s frescoe, destroying its beauty
at one fell stroke.) He thought how the
great man rushed to save his darling paint—,
ing, thus preserving his own life. inck as
thought~ the office-boy seized a mallet and=
threw it at the 'laborlous “job,” knockingit,
into pi. _But, alas! haw differently arogreat
minds affected by circumstances so nearly
the same. The foreman didn’t rushat the.
upset type, crying, myer job i", No, he
turned right around and-discharged the boy.
—Boston Tran. _ , ,
Union Sunday ' school in “the
Devil’s Kitchen.” ' ' ' _'
On either side of the Cumberland River
in Kentucky, is a territory 100 miles long
and 70 miles wide, which .aumissionary of
the American Sunday School Union pronoun-
ces the darkest and most destitute, onthe
score of irreligion, ignorance, and supersti-
tion, which he has seen in the last ten-years’
labor. .
He organized our Sunday School at Cedar
Flat in Melcalfe County inn log meeting
house where-meetings generally are .very
disorderly and noisy. Theft» are three
“preachers" in the neighborhood, who‘are
scarcely able to read, and specially opposed
to Temperance societies. The neighborhood
has been known, for forty years, as “The
Devil's Kitchen,” and .the' people live in log
cabins .in drunkenness, poverty, and filth.
They seemed thankful for his services. and
there is hope of good from-I the school.-- He
organized another school life like neighbor-
hOOd which he'found by getting lost, being
entertained by a man who had nine children, .4
who. when he heard about the Sunday School
said, “Why can’t we have sich ?" The
boys said, “We can strike out and get up a.
meeting for tomorrow night”; and they
stuck to ‘_ good“ purpose, and got up a large
gathering. At the close the host said, “Well;
well, I never seed such conduct in"this deef
strik. Why, thar wasn’t one of them young
rips went outen the houses while you was
speakin.’ ' Thar they sot like they was glued."
After holding another meeting the school w
organized—Church Um‘m. ’
A sheet of paper dipped in chloride of co-
balt when . the weather 18 to be dry and
pleasant will become blue. When wet wpath-
er approaches it will turn plnk. The ba-
rometer flowers of France are thus manu-
factured. _ ..
Tw'o friends, jhst married, were discussing
rapturousiy,as they congratulated_euch other
on the merits and charms of thelr spouses;
Said one: "My wife has the loveliest head
of hair I ever saw, even on the hair renova—
tor labels. 2-,When‘she lets her hair down the
ends fall on the floor. " “That’s nothing," re:
down it all falls to the floor.”
One denimn of this region cannot, be-
gl‘ulually‘
zation,cling desperately to a few strongholds, '
. Andhlu not
The foreman had .
, Alittle in. his rear wasan‘ ,
open elevator~way.g :The office-boy fresh _
wonderful but acknoWledged intuition of ,
*the newly-graduated scholar. ' He had heard
‘of Michael Angelo in the great dome of St.
plied the other, “when my wife lets her hair;
N‘ORWALK, CONNECTICUT,TIJESDAYfJULY”15, 1879.
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ALEX, s. GIBSON,
‘ Organist of the First Congregational Church.
' Teacher of . .
Piano-Forte, Organs and Musical
Composition.
Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
Hullllult, Ilelyea & Seymour,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Boom No.4, [up stair-,1
GAZETTE BUILDING.
4
EDWARD murmur,
D R U‘ G G :5 '1". .
Wall Btreetppposfle Normal]: Opera Home,
Alargo and welfselectcd stock of
DRUGS AND. - MEDICINES,
,Patent Medicines, ‘all kinds Mineral
oilet and Medicated Soaps: Flavoring
Perfume
Waters,
and Handkerchief Extracss,HairBrushes,Combs,
Sponges,CllamoisSkiua, Stationery,‘Cigars,‘ the"
and is constantly addingto his stock all theuew
andpopularmediclnesof‘the day. .
w. s. QU'I'NTARD,
General ,Flll‘lllilllilll Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R.DEPOT
Homers attendedto day ornight . Resident.
MainStreet,3 doorsfrom UnionAvenne.
The. llerwalk’ Fire Insurance 00.,
Has now completed its . .
. 18th SuccesSful Business Year,
outstanding a Dollar of unpaid losses '
. or of claims for losses. --
‘IQ SW" GDMPAIY llSIllllS‘A'l’ [CHERRAT
'Wx. 0.Srnirn'r;1’res., S. E.‘ Ours-rear), Tress.
. . Gno.R.Cowr.Es,Sec’y.
flr'I'NA r wsfinancn Co. ornan'rronn
Incorporated 1812. ,
. . g9hagterl’ rpetugl
Capital 1|.an Assets, . $6,716,893.77
Insuresagainstloss and damage by Fire.on terms
adopted to the hazard and’consistcn twith the laws
ofoompenaution . .COWLES £MERRILL,_.
Sole Agen tsf or Nor-walk and vicinity
B. -. s. B LA 3 0 ER,-
I'Athis store in- '-'
nAI-I-ORY’B BLOCK,
hasconstantly on hand, a goneral assortmen to
Greceries,.cm-clléry,Glass,
1m and -Wt)oden Ware, Etc.
By devotin’ghis constantpersonal attenti‘o'nto the
business he hopesto merit public patronage .
KAKLES S. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Diaper and Tailor
‘ , _ AND , :. _
AGENTS’ FURNISHING LMPORIUM.
' MainStreet,Norwialk.Cohn.
W. 85 D. MITCHELL,
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new ToIll_o_,ua_wllrrllir‘lr£s.
Win. Glover an Son,
Areready toputin yonr_WATER,STEAMor GAS
PIPE, at vervshort notice and at-aslow. a. rate as
an one. ‘WROUGHT AND CAST IRON, TIN-
Ll E'D,LEAD-PIPES, £70., of every size and do;
scriptlon. PLUMBING i n all itsbranchcs.
, BERNARD COHN,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
WEEK’S BUILDING, wan. ST,
.5. rent. ern or
Imported'an’d Domestic Cloths,
of the latest styles, constantly on hand. Novel-
tiesin Scotch- S ‘ lugs. Satisfaction guaranteed
in every p'artic r. ‘ 46
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ENGINEER AND SURVEYUR.
Personal attention given to all kinds of
Hydranllc'Wor-l'r‘a, Engineering, lulu“-
erghllnz Dock..W'o.rk, Arc. Agent
for all kinds ofMachinel-y.
Orders left at the GAZETTE Office, or by mail
wlll receive prompt attention. 5'3
Peter L. Guigue.
FeL-O-R-Ies-T
Union Avenue, North of Normal]: Cemetery,
v
DEALER JN
Greenhouse, Hothouse, Beddmg,
and Vegetable Plants,
Grape Vines, Fruit and Ornamental Trees. Flow-
eringShrubs, Bouquets, and Baskets of Floxbers; ‘
Wreaths, Crosses. and all other designs in Flow-A
ers to order. Grading and Refitting of Cemetery
Plots promptly attendedvto. ‘3m18-
IIIIIIT'S REMEDY. the
“ . Grensntdueyand
Llycr . Medicine.
' I ' cufesl’alnsilltheBack,
. Side or Lotus, and all
. Diseases of the Kid-
. ' ,’ neys, Bladder & Urin-
'- ~ ‘ Brinht’sDiscase ol the
.; . , I Kid’ne s,Gruvcl, Dlaé
‘ , betcs. letentlon or In-
continence of Urine, Nervous Diseases. Female
parcd'fll’flissu for these dlseases.
- -' I’novmsucn. R.‘I., Aug. 19.1878.
Wu. E. unnum—Dear'Sir. Having witnessed
the wonderful effects of IIUNT’S REMEDY in
my own case, and in a great number of _ others. I.
recommend it to all afflicted Will); Kidney Dis-
eases or Dropsy. Those afflicted by disease should
secure tlle'mcdlcinc whlch wrll cure 1n the short-
est possible time. IIUNT’S REMEDY will do this.
16.11. Dawmn', 85 Dyer St ,
From Rev. E. G. Tuylor.D.D. Pastor First Bap-
tist Church. ’ Puovrpuxcu. . I..Jan. s. 1879. '
I can testify to the vtrtue of HUNT’S REMEDY
in Kidney Diseases from actual trial .having been
greatly henelltedby its use. E. G. TAYLOR.
, IIILI‘I'S REMEDY is purely vegetable. and is used
by t e advice of l’hy—V ,
sicians. It has stood ’
and the utmost: reh-
ance me he placed
in it. '1'“? mu, . ..
GIIIV GE II .‘ .
Sea for pamphlet to . .
WM.E.CI..ARKE, ‘ , 3 . ~
Pnovmnncn, ILL 4 ' .. . '
the test for 30 year-9,.
SOLD BY Alla. DBUGGIS’I'S.
'4 .
ary Organs, Dropsy,‘
Weakness. and Excesscs; fllll'l'" REMEDY is pre-
Subseription $2.00 per year, in advance. ‘
‘ tmsesmadeover as good agnew.
TO RENT.
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THREE ROOMS suitable for asmall family.
. 'I'lgllt tn the center. with yard and garden
pmllcge. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.
0 RENE—A Benton West Avenue.
ply at the GAZETTE 0!‘FICE..
To Rent.
THE lower part of a Dwelling IIouse.on Beiden
Avenue—7 rooms. = Enquire of O. E. W-IL-
SON, N o. 0 Gazette Building. 12
To Rent. .
THE large Ilall_in_ the new brick block on Wall
_ Street, adjolnlnl‘; the Connecticut llotcl,
sultable for a Society 1 alI,or for Public Meetings.
Also one handsome ollicolroonl on second floor.
Ap 1y to DENBROOK
Norwaik, March 30th, 1879.
A -
12p
“13
chRLEs W. MANY
Surgeon Dentist,
nouwanx, colvtv.
Officeoorncrof Mainnnd Wall streets. Nitrous-
Oxide Gasudministered .
PURE MILK!
Delivered in Norwalk and South Norwulk, at
Y9'Pl,d99?’°‘f‘?ry.'”9"?“.’li. .
AT 15 CENTS PER: QUART,
’ By Remson Boos.“ :51tf
Dr. o. It. Kendal-l arson“,
- ‘DENTIsjggdgmpsr-
ed to re e vs
their nations at
either .Norwulk
Bridge or South
The
. partner
has tuxen rooms
0 v e r Selleck’s
Bookstore Nor-
.jwalk Whill: the
un o r to am:
the old onlce,‘ Lander’s Block, South Kuwait.
Tecthextraetedwlthont pain, andalldentulope-
rationsperforlned ateltheroatce. ' -
- . 0.H*.‘KENDALL, M.D.
G. S. KENDALL, D. D. S.
'_P. S. Dr. C. H.Kendallwrll devote Mondayl'to
Rldgefield. »
J. M. POTTER.
DEALER IN
. Pianos, Organs“,
Melodeons, Sheet Music, 850.,
WALL STREET NORWALII, GIIIIII.
NEXT DOOR to saunas. BANK.
I keep a large stock of instruments on hand,
and sell them on Monthly Instalments. Every-
body can have a Pioneer Organ.
SOLE AGENT FOR THE CELEBRATE!)
WEBER’S, STANLEY & son s, allov-
.‘ESTEEN & FULLER’S.HA1NES
BROTHERS, VASE a son's,
P I .A. “N ,O'S,
andxwill furnish at short. notice. Call and:
— see them. —
_ OLD INET'EUMENTS
‘ Taken. in. Exchange for New.
Tuning cf: Repairing
' . Done at short notice. ‘
The Weber Piano.
A few extracts from the great number re.
ceived by the most eminent musicians in the
United States may not be inappropriate:
I have never seen a Piano which equals the
Weber Pia‘noforte. 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. Mlle.
I used the Weber Grand Piano because I
consider it the best in the world. . '
_ Harry Sanderson.
The Weber Pianov’possesses every thing” that
can he wished for in a. Piano. ‘ G. W? Marylin.
The Weber-Piano ranks 'fore'most amongst
the best manufactured. William Mason.
The Weber Pianos stand first amongst the
splendid Pianos produced in this Country.
, . , , , Clara N. ,Brinlcerhofi
A ten years’ experience satisfies me that
the-Weber Pianos are unapproachable.
John Zundel.
I would call especial attention to
THE‘ESTY CUTTAGEillRGiN
Beautifully finished in black walnut and rose-
wood, cornbining more perfections than any
other in‘ the world. Has taken more than ONE
HUNDRED. AND FIFTY ,. GOLD nnpans AND
rms'r rnnmmus, at Fairs and Exhibitions
throughout the United States. They are en-
dorsed by the highest musical authorities.
Certainly the best I ever heard. '
- ' Geo. W. Morgan.
It is vocal, which is the highest praise that
can be bestowed on any instrument.— 060. B.
Seymour, Musical Critic, N. 1". Times.
They are the best‘recd instruments we have
met with—6'. 'd’: J. H. Odell, Organ Builders
It is the .ne plus ultra of read instruments.
-——Prof. E. L. Baker. '
It contains sweetness and power in'an un-
usual. degree—Ree. Bishop Simpson, 1!. E.
Church. _
Language fails in adequacy. to convey a _
fair idea ' of the perfect enchanting power of
this instrument.-'—Indej;ertdent. ' ' .
Vastly superior to anything of the kind I
have ever played upon.— Wm. A. King" '
The Esty Organs are without a. superior.—
Geo. Jardl’ne, Organ Builder, N. 1’.
No tremulo has yet been invented that will
in any we compare with this for beauty of
effect;— m. A. Johnson, 'Oryan Builder.
It is not merely the best, but it is the only
mechanical reproduction of the human voice
whieh'has ever satisfied me.—Rer. H. Riggs,
President of Northern New York Mamba!
Amount-ion.
J. M. POTTER, Norwalk.
.. New Firm at the Old Stand
Messrs MULLINGS BROTHERS
onld respectfully inferm the public, that they
have taken the business ~lutely- conducted
by MULLINGS fir TlLLY.-and with the old ex-
perit :lced Workmen, hitherto employed by the
late firm, are prepared tomanufacture all kinds of
CARRIAGES a WAGONS
TO ORDER
Repairing in all its Branches.
MACHINE FORGING. DISCOUNT
» >3 ALLOIVED FDR CASH.
o. a. MULLINGS, J. 5. MULLINGS
South Norwlllk, April 15,1878.
‘ j . ' . AT ,. ,
Quilltard’s , F .urnlture Rooms
‘ wl.l bofounua completeassortmeutot
FURNITURE, &0.,
noludlngoverythingusnallyfonnd in a first-class
establishment, at Prices to suit the Tune: . Also. .
ulargeasaortmcn tot
casomos. Herons FRAMES,
noox’ruu GLASSES. kc.
GlassPlutcsouttoany size. enepulringdoneinthe
best manner, at short notice. Also. old flair Mat- 5
. I
r. oummln's sell.
ESLIE’S PAPER PATTERN
for Catalogue at E. KJLOCKWO
' , , ....- ,, 6-.”qu «sale-
,tm
;ed. and will make a comfortable and
home forafamlly of average size. The of. runs
home. Apply atGAZETTE OFFICE.
.l Desirable Homestead fol—Stile.”
Ave., luthe Borough of Norwal
s can i
00’s. ‘1
DISEASES of'tlle Throat and Last are the
most fatal of human afflictions. bounds
of our fellow beings , are carried to their early
graves and final test. every year by the prince of
terrors “Consumptlon.” In many matches: this
fatal malady secures a victim who at merely
had a. cold, at neglected to use proper remedies
untll it was too late. Others were afilleted with
BronchltlsgLaryngltis, Cutanh, or some of the
many diseases to which the throat and lungs are
subject. All of these complaints. in their early
stages can be cured with BRIGGS' Throat and
Lung Healer, composed of the most up roved ex-
pectorants known, dlluted with Janine? Rum and
Syrup. Old people llkc lt and babies or for it.
Address _Dr. JOSIAH BRIGGS, rNcwar , N. J.
Sold by . A. MEEKER & 00., Norwalk. Conn.
FILES .BlIBED.
ILES.——Poor suffering humanity has endured
for ages, torture beyond description, from in-
ternal bleedlng, external and itching piles; have
spent thelr mone free] . bought over nostrum
offerod,travcled ar an near to cousu t eminent
men in relation to thelr sufferings until disheart-
ened and worn out by rcpcatetlfailures; But hope
revrvca; a. new remedy ls dlscovcrcu, has been
tried and found rollable. Brlggs’ Plle Remedy
will cure internal bleeding, external and itching
plies. T ll, ye sufierlng and discouraging mor-
tals, and y Its use obtuln comfortto you for years
unknown. Sold b Druggists. Address Dr. J0-
sran nurses. ewar . N. J. Sold by 1. A.
MEEKER k CO. Not-walk, Conn. ' ,
BUNIDNS CUBED.
COBNS.‘-—There are only a few torments worse
than earns, such as mlschief-makinu neivh-
hora. troublesome mothers-in-law. medulesol‘ile-
slaters-ln-lavv‘nnd scolding wives, lazy, drunken
hushandsdrowling dogs and oats under your will-
bavc not a cent to pay. If troubled with coma,
Sure Corn Care and be up ‘. S’oldb Dru ' st’s
’ Address. Dir. Jogf'glli‘
909., orwalk, Conn.
‘the‘hu’man race; all classes suffer. Themead
downhe clambr of the butcher. the baker. the
cantons. bad nails, or other pedal impediments.
in the whole world.
old by I. A.
N _ , ‘ ‘ '
- E .. . - E I
never acheslwhen the various Organs are void:-
grocer, the milk-man, the landlord, when you
banish them with Bri gs’ BunionilBalsam and
BRIGGS. Newark, N. J. S
ADACHE—the most universal umlction of
lag in harmonvaltb nature. There can be no
headache If the human machinery is in a healthy
condition. Headache may arise from some par-
ticular part ofthe system being disarranged. or
the vi-hole. It arises from many and various caus-
es. -_ It may be from nervous prostration,‘ fear or
passion, over exertion. luck of sleep. was mental
abqr, anxiety. general debllity loea disease In
proper nonunif-
some part of the body, lack 0
meat. ranting oreating too much, eating irregu-
larly or lndlgestlblo food, Dyspepsia, Liver Com;
plamt, Constlpatjon of the Bowels, in fact the
causes are so val-led that they cannot well be enu-
merated, but BBIGGS' Alleviantor will banish
every species of headache, restoring the entire
system to trunqmllty, bringing rest, comfort and
quictude to the sufferer. Sold by Drug ts. Ad‘-
dress, Dr. JOSIAH BRIGGS, Newark, . . field
.A. MEEKER a 00., Norwalk, Conn:
by I
, own or an incura e case of
$ 1 900 0 Oatarr‘h. After having snufied.de'—
luged, garglen. hawked. spit and gagged to your
entire satisfaction in your useless endeavors to
get relief from Catarrhmso Bri ‘ Catmh Spo-
clfics, according to dlrcetlons. This. filthy mass of
mucous Will be lmmedlutely expelled, and the in-
flamed surface soothed. the eyes sparkle with de-
llght, the head feels natural again ; hope revives,
for a cure is sure to follow the use of these a' ee-
able, selentlfic and reliable remedies. -‘ 50 b '
Dmggists everywhere. Address. Dr: J 081A
BRIGGS Newark '21. J. 801 . .1133“
5:00., Ndrwalk, C’onn. d by I A . B
REAL ESTATE.
\zvvvuvvvvwv
For Sale. ..
THE Homestead or the late Peter-McLaughlin,
deceased. It is .vel-yeligibly located la the
Borough of N orwalk, is two stories and basement.
contalns 14 men rooms. well adapted for a large
family or a boarding housc;-lot 60x21» feet, has
Borough Water, Fruit, like. Situated on Franklin
Avenue.thhln three mmutes’ walk of Post Office,
W.
‘ Depot. file, Will be sold on accommodating terms.
For further particulars engulre of -
21 J AMES MITCHE L, Real Estate Agent.
FOR SALE.
'1‘
W0 verydesirableBuildingLotson Westualn
Street . Apply at theGAZETTE OFFICE .
For. Sale.
HE subscriber offers for sale his HOUSE and
' LOT, situated on WestMuin Street, in the
Borough of Norwalk. The place is pleasantly lo-
cated, la a good nelghborhoc'd, only a short walk
from the business part of the town, SchooLf
Churches, etc. The House ls nearly new; conven-
lently arran ed, and ll. good condition. For fur-
ther partlcu ars apply to the subscriber at Can-
nou‘s Station, or to G. St S. H. Holmes; Norwalk.
8y. . * . . JOHN W.BENOUD.
THE pleasant] located and well bulltresiden‘ce
corner Was ington and Spring streets, So.
Nor-walk ls offered for sale on accommodating
terms. For artlculurs. enquire of
. tf us. .D.~B.Ausa'm,Soulh1vol-wulk.
pWELLINGs
AND ‘ -
Building Lots.
SEVERAL dwellin s.various prices in differ-
ent portions of .orough, either to let or for
saleat reasonable rlces. Also several laces
outside of» Boroug limits—one in Wlnn punk.
Also several Bulldingfiolts l_n and out of Borough.
use . quire at this Office. ‘
For Sale or Exchange.
F01} property in Not-walk o_r vicinity, 2 houses
In Bl ooklyn, E. D., wrthln 5minutes walk of
Alert-lea. Good location. For Bur-ticulara apply
to J. S. RAN ALL,
45 Box 63. N orwalk.
Farm for Sale.
BOUT 12 to 13 acres within 1}; miles of center
. . of Norwalk. _ Good situation. good house.
bullt of best material and by days work. About
80 chalce Av 16 trees with other fruit, good gar-
den, good we 1 of water, audfine shade trees. Just
the place for a man wishing to raise Strawberries,
etc. Price $7,000. Enquire at thls Office.
. For Sale Cheap.
VALUABLE manufacturing property. Foun-
dry and Machine shop, for Mal-me and Sta-
tionary En 'ne work or general Machinery. Sit-
uated on w arr. Has also 31211 Read connections.
Terms reasonable. . LL. Trustee.
27 SouthNorwulk.Conn.
For Sale.
cosy comfortable Cottage on one ofthc leas-
. nntest streets in town, within five m nutc-
walk of the Budge or Churches. will be sold at
cost once. A when of the purchase money can
remaln on lion and mortgage. Price 86.000. En-
qulrc at thls Office. ‘
For Sale.
A Rare Chance.
A llousc, Barn, good ‘Mlll-site and lift acres
oflaud well'proportloned in Meadow. astute
and Woodland; also,twenty-two acres of wood-
land all situated at the head of the Boron
Reservon-ln the town of New Canaan. for n e
at a bargaln. Inquire of Dilnon Finch. George-
town, Ct.,Jumcs Mitchell or J. Beldcn Hurlbutt,
Norwalk. Ct. . 25“
Norwalk, 10th day of J unc 167s.
Desirable Property for
A
A
0.
Ver ydesirable place on EastAvenue.
Also, a few chalce BuildingLotssituatedon
' Osborn Avenue, for-sale cheap.
Also,uuicelylocated House and Lot on Her-
win Street near West Avenue, for sale It a bar-
3. E.'OSBOIZN. EastAvenuo,
or to -D. W.FITOH,WestAveuue.
For Sale.
A House and Lot. in a healthylocatiou on
Fail-Street, above Catharine. The Houseis
nearly new, well built,conveniently arrango
gain. Euquireof
leasant
pack to the river. There ls a well of excellent
water on the place, and Borough water in the
Street. Price low, and part of the money can re-
A fine chance tosecurea
8t!
mam on mortgage.
HE valuable residence of the subscriber.
pleasantly located on high ground on East
, is offered for
pleasant and healthy, com-
ong Island Sound and the
sale. The situation is
mandingfiuc views of
surroundlng country. Distance one mile from
Norwalk Bridge. and the same from South Nor-
walkdcpot. llouse 54x50; two stories and attic,
filled in with brick, and substantially built.
~Rooms 18, with all modern im rovements.batb
room, laundry, stationary tubs, eebcc’s cooking
'range,llot and cold watengas throughout the
house. The cellaris dry, having stationary fun:
‘u’ce. which heats the whole house. The attic 1F
spacious, and roof tinned. The house is In excel-
lent order bcing comfortable for both a summer or
winter residence. Suitable for any gentleman do-
ing business in New York and returnlng the same
day. Land about three-quarters of an acre, laid
out In lawn. fruit trees. and garden Spot. A ply
to J AMES MITC HELL, Real Esjatc Agent, or-
walk. or to tile subserlber.
26“ A. S. H AMERSLEY,
255 Fourth Avenue. N. Y!
Norwalk Fruit Store.
FOREIGN & DOMESTIC FRUIT
‘
In their Season.
DRIED FRUIT constantly on hand. Also a Full
, Line of FINE CIGARS.
MARK HARRIS,
Wall Street. one door was Gazette Entrance
murmur} soar‘fiuouse Cleaning
; ,pnrposesat E. ockwood’n.
can obtain Tn}.
MACHINISTS METAL at the
. mm
VOL. LmeUllBllll‘zs
J
LITTLE wobble. '
“-
rattle mwntenr
I
Is it bright with summer gisdneu,
' ‘Toddie dear;
Is there nowhere any nuns, '
Toddie dear,
In that land of pleasant mountains, '
Crystal rivers, silver fountains, ‘
In that home to which youhaltemd
From the home By sorrow chanteuse,
J oyiess here ?
I!
Do the screaphlbands surround you
Toddie boy ?
Do the angels gather round you,
Toddie boy ?
Do they keep your heart from grieving
For the mother you are leaving,
For the mother who is groaning
With a broken hearted moaning
For her boy ?
III
Yes, we know that love upholds you,
Toddie dear;
T“! a wondrous love enfoid's you,
. Toddie dear,
With an infinite sweet pity.
In that shining golden city
Little onesare crowned with blessing,
All the Saviour’s care possessing,
There are here.
0
IV
But we loved you very- dearly,
Toddie boy;
And we held you very nearly,
‘ Toddie boy!
Many, many tender mothers,
Little sisters, little brothers,
Would be sorely grieved in spirit,
But they know that you inherit
Peace and joy.
—Daay Graphic.
3
LITTLE BY, LITTLE. ‘
LION HERBERT.
Little by liittle the time goes by-
Short if you sing through it,long if you sigh ;
Little by little—an hour, a day,
Gone with the years that have vanished any
Little by little the race is run,
Trouble, and waiting, and toil are done 1.
Little. by little the skies grow ’clear ; .
Little by little the sun oomesnear;
Little by little the days on. our
Gladder and brighter on pain and doubt;
Little by little the seed we sow
Into a beautiful yield will grow.
Little by little the world grows strong,
Fighting the battle of Right and Wrong;
Little by little the Wrong gives way,
Little by little the Right has sway;
Littlelby little all longing souls
Struggle up nearer the shining goals;
Little by little the good in men
Blossom to beauty for human ken;
Little by little the angels see
Prophecies better of good to be;
Little by little the God of all
Lifts the world nearer his pleading call.
trans—“*— rmmn‘mmnv.
“Bring me my broken harp” he said;
“WE both are wrecks—but as ye will—~
Though all its ringing tones have fled,
Their echoes linger round it still;
It had some golden strings, I know,
flint tint was long—drew long t—ago.
“I cannot see its tarnished gold, _
I cannot hear its vanished tone,
Scare can my trembling fingers hold
The pillared frame solong their own ;
We both are wrecks—awhile ago
It had some silver strings, I know.
"But on them Time too long has played
The solemn strain‘thut knows no change,
And'where of old my fingers strayed
The chords they find are new and strange—
' Yes! iron stringFI know—I know—
We both are wrecks of long ago."
“We both are wrecks— shattered pair'—
Strange to ourselves in Time’s disguise.
What say ye to the loveaick air
That brought the tears from Marina's eyes?
Ayt trust rue-under breasts of snow
Hearts could be melted long ago!
“Or will ye bear the storm—song's crash
That from his dreams the soldier woke
And bade him face the lightning flash
When battle’s cloud in thunder broke?
Wrecks—nought but wrecks l—tbe time was
when '
We two were worth a thousand men I ‘
And so the broken harp they bring
With pitying smiles that none could blame;
Alas I there’s not a single string
or all that filled the tarnished frame!
But see! like children overjoyed.
His fingers rambling through the void!
“I clashtheel Ay . . mine ancient lyre. .
Nay my guide my wandering fingers_ . . .
There! .
They loved to daily with the wire .
A's Isaac played with Esau‘s hair.
Hush! ye shall hear the Indians tune .
That Marian called The Breath, Of June I"
And so they softly gathered round;
Rapt in his tuneful miles he 800ml;
His fingers move ; but nots'souildl
A silence like the song cf'dreal'ns. ’. .
“There! ye have heard the air," he cries,
“That brought the tears from Marian eyes I”
Ah, smile not at his fond conceit,
Nor deem his fancy wroughtin vain .
To him the unreal sounds gelsweet—
No discord mats the silent strain _
Scored on life's latest, starlit pogo—
Thc voiceless melody of long ago. -
Sweet are the lips of all that sing. " '
When Natures' music breathes unsought,
But never yet could voice 0".- sting _'
So truly shape our tenderest thought
As when by life’s decaying fire
Our fingers sweep the stringless lyre t
_—0h'nér Wendell Holmes.
How run. Mmensn’s m Luna—By sec-
tion 3079 of the Revised U. S. Statutes it is
provided that :—-“No department of the gov-
ernment shall expend in anyone fiscal year
any sum in excess of the appropriation made
by congress for that fiscal year, or involve
the government in- any contract for the future
payment of money in excess of such appro-
printions.” The appropriation for the pay of
marshal’s expired June 30th, and congress
has adjourned without providing for the en-
suing year. The_ section quoted'prohibiti the
payment of marshals’ fees and also forbids
involving the government for any liabilil y on
account of marshals’ fees. The result in that
unless the law is violated the marshals can—
not pel form any of the duties for which they
receive pay, . and smugglers, mobn-Iltillel’l.
and criminals of all sorts against federal law}
will have freedom from arrest, and unrem-
ely can be enforced for' the oolleCtion of
debts due the government. Probably on the
ground of public necessity illscoum‘ ' will
disregard the law, but the animus of the
democratic party in "creating such an emerg-
ency will not be overlooked by the people.
“
“If I wore as hard. up as you are,"remlrk-
ed one crtrzeur to another this week. “I’d
get ontofltin some we ifIhudtobegor
steal." “What, I beg? steal f" e'chIllIed.
the other indignantly—“l'd sooner—sooner
be trusted I“ And lie brought out the sentence
ml
in a way unmoved he meant It.
Norwalk Chronicler