Norwalk Gazette.
Tuesday, July 29th, .1879.
Venerable Men.
At the funeral of James MallorydastTueS-
' day, there ”wits axgrdup ‘ cf aged citizens as
remarkable for their apparently robust health
as for their _yenerable year-sand eminent
chamcrerli-Y It is rarely that Eli B. Bennett,
Dr. J. A. McLean, Wm. S. Lockwood, Stiles
Curtis, Israel Lockwood, Everet Qumiard,G.
1)_ Jennings, J. W. Hubbell-are' thus brought
together to emphasize’th'c' vigor and worth of
a past generation and connect it wrth the
present. Long may these worthy “fathers In
Israel” continue ‘with us, examples alike of
upright character and temperate living» .
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The conclusion reached “by St. Paul’s
church, to continue for the present, the
Rev. C. M..Selleck, as the successor of the
lite Rector, Dr. Mead, is but a just and
fitting recognition of the generous and .ear—
nest labors bestowed by Mr. S. in years past,
in aid of the church and the pastor he loved
_so faithfully and well.
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Town Improvements.
Our selertmen have commenced suitable
improvements to be made in and about the
Lock'up, and also about the Old Patagonian
Town House. Blue stone steps in front,
now replace the terrace of former years and
when all graded and soddcd a great change
for the better, in appearance, at least, will
have been accomplished.
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Mr. J crry Tierney has been called to hear
one of the most terrible afflictions that can
possibly overtake a man in his earthly pil-
‘ grimage, in the death of his wife, the mother
of four helpless babes, and the head and
strength of his home. May “He who turn-
pcrcth the wind to the shorn Lamb" shreld
and comfort the stricken husband and hrs
orphaned babes.
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Bad Roads.
As the face of nearly all our _highways,
are now literally all covered with stones,
why would not this be a good time'to start
off on a grand' attempt at macadamrzrug our
streets. There is certainly something radi—
cally wrong in our present amounts and
need of expenditures in highway repairing,
and our tax payers have a, right to growl
about such a disgraceful condition of our
highways all over the town.
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Judge Davenport thinks a good practical
way to promote temperance, would be the
maintainance of a five cent coffee house at
the Bridge. A goOd cup of coffee at the
same price as a glass of Beer—the Judge
thinks the coffee would win. Here is a sub -
ject for thought on the part of our temper—
ance reformers.
The ReaSon of It.
It seems that Burgess George R. Cowles
was at the bottom of Mayor Morison and
Burgess St. John’s European excursion.
Some months since, at a lull in the proceed—
ings at one of the regular and august assem-
blys of our Court of Burgesscs, Burgess
Cowlcs introduced a resolution instructing
Warden Morison and Burgess St. John to
immediately proceed to Europe, at their own
expense, and there examine into the various
systems of municipal government prevailing
among the chete monarchies of the Old
World, and to return and report the results
of their investigations, if haply they might
find some model after which the Borough of
Norwalk might copy, to the end that good,
passable highways, decent sidewalks had a
half-way regard to sanitary laws could be
secured, and at the same time, not more
than ninety per cent. of the tax payers’
money be squandered and fooled away in
idle expenditures. Under these mandatory
instructions our officials departed. In the
first and most important part. of their in-
structions, we learn they have had the most
eminent success—carrying with a most gen—
erous adherence to the spirit and letter of
the resolve, the injunction of paying their
own crpenses. (We have had some experi-
ence in this line and know that is what our
Borough expects every man to do). But the
foreign committees’ report, as to how we
may get on without increasing our present
burdens. of taxation, is awaited with breath—
less expectation.
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The funeral of James Mallory, last Tues-
day. was very largely attended, the presence
of old residents being especially noticeable.
There were many persons present also from
other places. Rev. Mr. Hamilton delivered
the sermon, and Rev. Mr. Bissell offered
prayer. The following named gentlemen,
all companions and friends of the deceased,
were the pull bearers: Eli B. Bennett, Wm.
S. Lockwood, Evart Quintard, Joseph W.
Hubbell, Gould D. Jennings and Stiles
Curtis.
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The truth of the old adage “a fool and his
money are soon parted,” was painfully excm~
plificd'last week. An old soldier received
from $500 to $600 as back pension, and at
once started off on a spree, spending money
freely. In the course of two or thrce'daysthc
sharper’s picked him clean and were laughing
at him as a “flat." '
M
We are to lose the Encampment after all,
and simply because we have not a lot big
enough to accommodate the two Regiments.
The high—toned Brigade wants as much room
to camp and drill in as Barnum wants for lus
only greatest show. Guess the sojcr boys
could have found lots of lots in Stamford if
they’d only wanted to.
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A Really Good Remedy. _
While at the Centennial our attention was
directed to a popular Philadelphia remedy
for all sorts of Bowel disturbances called
“Jardella’s Compound Syrup of Blackberry
Root and Rhubar " and after repeated use
do not hesitate to pronounce it the best
medicine for adults or children afflicted with
bowel derangements, that we have ever seen,
for cholera morbus and cholerainfantum in
infants. We have seen it repeatedly tried
with the happiest results and so certain a
remedy have we proved it to be that we have .
been at the pains to induce the Philadelphia
proprietors to have it placed on sale at our
Norwalk Drug Stores, and we recommend!
it with entire confidence.
”
Heard From.
Samuel Comstock, of Comstock Hill, who
some forty years ago left Norwalk, on ac—
count of pecuniary embarrassments and who
until a, year ago was supposed to be dead,
has been again heard from. He is. an octo—
genarian and is living a halo and hearty old
man in California. He still remains a bach-
elor and has amassed a handsome property
and is apparently enjoying his ripe old age,
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Interest in Military matters seems to be at
a low ebb in Stratford. Gen. Smith has been
stirring up the members of Co., K. and
threatened ,to disband them at once if they
did not fill up their company to 50 members
and get measured for new uniforms. If K
should step' out Norwalk Borough will have
a chance to step in as they applied some time
since for the next chance.
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A Good Paper.
While at Great Barrington, recentlyLwc
'were invited into thccifice of the Berkshire
0wrier,the model country newspaper as well
as model printing house of Massachusetts.
The Courier is conducted by Clark W. Bryan
& 00., Mr. B. having in former years been
associated with the late Sam. Bowles, on the
Springfield Republican. With such a paper,
such an office and patronage, and such a
home among the hills, we think our friend
Bryan about as near Paradise as an editor
ever gets—on this side of the river.
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Special Town Meeting—Sec call.
- wreath of wheat and center star.
- choir.
. George E. Benton,
REV. DR. W. C. MEAD.
The Funeral.
The weather on ‘Wednesday morning was
cloudy with occasiOnal showers, keeping
many from adjoining towns at home: and
Yet there were many strangers in town to
attend the funeral exercises. Our own peo-
ple turned on regardless of sect, to pay the
last and tribufir of respect to the honored
dead. The church was crowded,while many
remained outside in the churchyard content
to gaiua sight of the procession. The re-
mains were borne on the shoulders of six
porters from the parsonage through the
grOunds to the street, and thence up the
walk to the main entrance of the church,
and deposited in the chancel. The pall
bearers were the Revs. Yarrington, Richard-
ron, Deshon, Bennett, Vibbert, Henry, Pun.
ves, and Vaanren. Twenty-eight other
ministers, in white vestments, followed the
Bishop, and eleven ministers of other de—
nominations, iu black clothes. The porters
were members of St. John’s Lodge. The
Lodge, with other Masons, brought up the
rear. The Episcopal ministers occupied the
chancel, four rows each side of the coffin,
with the Bishop, Rev. Mr. Selleck, and other
ofiiciating ministers inside the chancel rail.
The coffin was covered with a pall of black
cloth, with deep fringe. A large crown,
surmounted by a cross, were the only flow-
ers on the coffin. At one side of the chancel
screen was a full sheaf of wheat, with white
flowers in the form of a sickle, on a base of
wheat- stubble and ivy leaves; Opposite was
a large cross of dark leaves, covered with a
In the
chancel was a large crown, with cross, and
pillow of flowers, inscribed “From the lambs
0f the Flock.” A small white cross, dotted
with green leav‘s, completed the floral
adornments. ' _
After the people were seated, the services
commenced under direction of Rev. C. M.
Selleck. Rev. Dr. Spencer read an anthem,
the choir rendered “Rock of Ages,” and the
lesson was read by Dr. Tatlock, followed by
“Hark, the sound of Holy voices,” by the
The committal was read very im-
pressively by the Bishop, Rev. Mr. Selleck
sprinkling the dust. After prayer by Rev.
Dr. Beardsley, and benediction, the remains
were taken to the family vault in front of
the church, where the remaining services
were very brief. The Masonic services were
then performed, Rev. A. N. Lewis, of
Westport. ofiiciating as Chaplain, during
which the “Grand Honors" were given,
sprigs of evergreen deposited in the ,grave,
&c. No discourse was delivered, the Doctor
having requested that no sermon he preached
at his funeral. ' .
The excellent manner in which’thc excr-
cises passed off, from first to last, showed
that the arrangements had been carefully
made, and the details entrusted to men who
were deeply interested.
Visiting clergyman were entertained in the
basement of the church. -
The following are the names of the Epis-
copal clergyman present, as far as could be
ascertained :
Right Rev. Bishop Williams, Dr. E. E.
Beardsley of New Haven, Dr. Spencer, of
South Norwalk, Dr.' Tatlock of Stamford,
Rev. C. M. Selleck of Norwalk, Rev. Mr.
William White Bronsdn of Philadelphia,
Rev. Mr. Russell of New York. Rev. Dr.
of Long Island ; Rev. Dr. Thomas Mallaby of
Stonington; Dr. Sanford; Rev. Mr. L. B.
Baldwin of Birmingham ; Rev. Mr. John H.
Belts of Pine Meadow; Rev. J. F. Bing—
ham of Waterbury; Rev. Mr. T. F. Caskey
of Soutbport; Rev. .Mr. James E. Coley of
Westport; Rev. Mr. J. H. Fitzgerald of
Milford; Rev. Louis Hart of Trinity
College; Rev. Mr. J oseph Hyde of Stam-
ford; Rev. .Mr. M. A. Hyde of Hunt-
ington; Rev. A. N. Lewis of Westport ;
Rev. Mr. D. L. Lounsbnry 0f Stratford;
Rev. Mr. Geo. E. Lounsbury of Norwalk ;
Rev. Collins I. Potter of Clinton; Rev. H.
N. Powers'of Bridgeport; Rev. Mr. John
Purves of New Haven; Rev.‘ Mr, James
L. Scott of Bristol; Rev. Mr. O. S. Sey-
mour of Norwich; Rev. Mr. Arthur- Sloan
of Danbury; Rev. Mr. James Van Buren
of Seymour; Rev. Mr. E. L. Whitcombe of
Brookfield; Rev. John R. Williams of
Westport.
After the services, the clergymcn were
again assembled and passed the following
Resolutions : .
It having pleased Almighty 'God in His
wise Provrdence to remove from these earthly
scenes the late venerable Dr. Mead, senior
presbytcr in the diocese of Connecticut and.
rector of St. Paul’s‘parish, we would net
separate and return to our homes without
recording our sorrow that we shall see a be-
loved face no more, and our gratitude to our
Heavenly Father that He must give to His
church for fifty-five years a minister so true,
so faithful, so able, and so deservedly honor-
ed and revered. His long experience in our
ecclesiastical councils—diocesan and general
—and his familiarity with canon law and the
history of our legislation made him an inval—
uable adviser in matters concerning the
church, and securing him an influence among
his brethren which few can ever hope to at —
tain. Sincerely and-heartily devoted to the
work of the ministry, diligent and self-
sacrificing in his labors—proclaiming the
truth fearlessly according to his convictions
and attachments; loving “the old paths and
the good way,” and never yielding a princi-
pal or relinq‘uishing a course which he be-
leived to be right for the sake of gaining a
temporary advantage, be has left behind him
an example and a legacy of Christian virtues
that will be prized and kept in remembrance
by all who exercise the office of the ministry,
_ or succeed to his pastoral responsibilities.
We direct tfmt'a copy of this brief tribute
of our affection and respect, attested by the
signatures of the bishop and secretary of this
meeting, be sent totlre family of the deceased,
to his clerical assistant, and to the wardens
and vestrymen of St. Paul’s church, whom
with bereaved parishioners We commend to
the care of our Heavenly Father, and of His
Son, Jesus Christ, and to the consolations of
the Holy Spirit—the ever blessed and undi-
vided Trinity. Amen. ‘
Action of Dr. Mead’s Philadel-
. phia Parish.
The following action of Dr. Mead’s former
church in Philadelphia has been forwarded
here to Mayor Hanford, to he by him present-
ed to the family of the deceased :
PHILADELPHIA, July 22, 1879.
A minute concerning. the decease of the
lamented Rev. Dr Mead, formerly Rector of
Trinity Church, Sonthwark, Piladelphia.
WHEREAS, We, the Rector, Church Wardens
and Vestry of Trinity Church, Philadel-
Rcv. Wm. Cooper Mead, D. D., L. L. D..
formerly Rector of this Parish, departed
this we on Thursday the 17th inst, there-
fore,
Resolved, That we place on record this
memorial of our profound regret and sincere
grief on hearing this sad intelligence, and
make statement of the fact that half a cen.
tury ago for nearly ten years, from October
1826 to June 1836, he was the faithful and
beloved Rector of this church, whose cili—
cient labors contributed largely to its success,
and whose memory is still fragrant among
the surviving members of his flock, and we
thank God that he continued so long to be
useful and honored in his recentfield of duty
_and in the church at large even till the puls
of life stood still. _
We desire to express our deepest sympathy
with the surviving members, of his 'afilicted
family, to whom an engrossed copy of this
preamble and resolution shall be sent.
FRANCIS MANSFIELD, Rector.
Cuas. M. PETERSON, Warden,
HENRY Yonx, Warden.
At a meeting of the Rector, Wardens and
Vestrymen of Christ Church, Westport, held
on Monday evening, the following action
was taken :—
We, the Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen
of Christ Church, Westport, -Conn., duly
assembled on this 2lst ' ay of'July, 1879,
hereby tender to‘the family f the late Rev.
.Dr. William Cooper Mead, our hearty sym-
pathy in the sore bereavement which his
sudden dccease has brought upon them.
And we desire, also to extend the same to
our Mother Parish of St. Paul's, Norwalk, in
the great loss it has sustained in the death of
its venerable and honored Rector.
Signed, JOHN R. WILLIAMS.
Edward H. Nash, Charles L. Wilson,
Andrew C. Nash, .William H. Marvin,
Alfred Taylor, Oscar 1. Jones, .
George S. Adams, Edward A. Nash,
Peter Bulkley, Henry E. Sherwood,
Lewis B. Bradley.
Boggs of Newark, N. J.,; Rev. Dr. Haskins ‘
pbia, have been pained to learn that the .
The Rev. William Cooper Mead,
D. D., L. L. D. '
IN MEMORIAM.
At the request of the senior editor of the
Norwalk GAZETTE, and in obedience to his
own heart’s pgomptings, one who is not‘a
member of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
nor of the Masonic Order,.but a fellow citi-
zen and neighbor of the late Dr. Mead, and
who was honored by his highly-prized friend-
ship, ventures to drop his “sprig of ever—
green” upon his tomb and offer a small
contribution to “the grand honors" which
his “brethren of the mystichc" rendered at
his grave.
His beloved Bishop and the other clergy of
the diocese of Connecticut, the warden and
vestry of his own parish, of the daughter
parish and of other parishes, and clergymen
and laymen of other dioceses, as well as the
press—local and general,——have delighted to
do him honor; and their tributes will con-
tinue to be offered.
The presence of the clergy of other churches
in Norwalk, and of many members of the
same, at his funerpl, was a cordial attestation
of their vcneration and love for him; while
the attention and respect paid to these min-
isters on the part of his family and of the
ofiicers and members 'of St. Paul's parish,
was a not less significant sign of the catholic
fellowship of the faith in which, it was well
known, he held and cherished “all God’s
elect whom He hath knit together in one
communion and, fellowship in the mystical
body of Christ”—as is written in the
“Collect for All Saints’ Day," so appropri-
ately offered by the Rev. Mr. Sellcck at his
grave.
For,while Dr. Mead was a true churchman,
his churchiainty (so to speak) was modified by
and subordinated to his Christianity; as was
increasingly manifested under the mellowing
influences of ripening age and grace. 'In
proof of this the writer might refer to facts
in his own knowledge and experience, some
of which were patent to others, as illustrated
at the funerals of Hon. Josiah Mason Carter
and others held in the , Congregational
Church, and of Miss Eliza Hoyt and ,Mr.
James A. Hoyt, in St. Paul's; as was re—
vealed, so lovingly, in his visits to some of
the afilicted of other denominations, and in
his social intercourse with them.
Others have written, or may write, of what
Dr. M cad was as a citizen, admirer and lover
of Norwalk, whose charms drew him from
his charge in Philadelphia; of his public
spirit and interest in public affairs and
institutions, especially schools; also of the
vcncration in which he was held by all, as
be commended and made easy the precept,
“Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head,
and honor the face of the old man.” Alas,
that such reverence seems to be dying out,
especially among the young! It is the death
of a ofrluo. ,
The writer would love to dwell upon the
character of Dr. Meadis preaching, so earnest
and evangelical, so simple and devout, so
full of Christ; also upon his admirable render-
ing of the services of the church, especially
of those for the burial of the dead. Who
can ever forget his reading of the lesson
from 1st Cor. xv. 20; or his commitment of
the body to the ground; “earth to earth,
ashes to ashes, dust to dust,” or the fervor
with which his aged voice joined in the sing-
mg.
One noteworthy faet in Dr. Mead’s later
history was the wonderful preservation of
his faculties, both of body and mind,
especially of his memory, under the assaults
of disease and against the advance of age.
This was delightfully evinced to the writer
in his last interview with him during his
most recent sickness, not long before his
death. His recollection of names, dates and
circumstances, as well as of facts, was clear
and exact. This was due, 'in a great degree,
to his ceaseless activity and industry,kceping
his powers strong and bright by' use. He
read and studied and wrote sermons continu-
ally, even to the lost, nearly, of his eighty-
fourth year.
So he maintained his sprightlincss, mirth-
fulness, vivacity and wit. This was a side
of Dr. Mead‘s character not always known
or suspected by those who knew him only as
the clergyman, and were not admitted to his
intimacy. How _quick were his sallies of
humor, how ready and sharp his repartee!
Of this his friends could furnish many ex-
amples; here is one.
At the instance of another neighbor the
writer accepted the offer of free pas-
turage for his sober old cow, whose
companionship the doctor was anxious
to secure for. his own, in the hope that a
quieting influence might subdue the unruly
animal whose restlessness and “vaulting
ambition" brooked no restraint even of high
and strong fences. The writer ventured
playfully to suggest, "Doctor, she must be a
high church cow.” “Ah!” replied the Dr..
-“I bought her. of a Congregationalist, too
late to teach and train her."
When this arrangement waslmadc for a
second summer, the writer insisted that it
ought no longer to be that of a free field,
and at its close sent the doctor a' note rc-
qucstinrr the usual bill. This was his reply.
“My dear friend—When, two summers
since, I wished to unlcarrr my old cow the
naughty tricks she had picked up in her
neglected youth, and asked, as a favor, that
you would let the well» bred queen of your
dairy give my vaccine hussy private lessons
in good manners by the quiet teaching and
good example, I felt, when you consented,
that a debt would lie against me for her
tuition, in addition to my boarding of the
governess. It is true the pupil has not shown
the good effect of the lessons received until
this autumn; probably because, as the old
saw bath it, ‘It is hard to teach an old (any-
thing) new tricks.’ Yet I am happy to say,I
have found a decided improvement in the
pupil from the daily lessons, Ipresume, of
a good example given by the teacher.
Now, my dear friend, ,if you will send me
your-bill for the benefit thus received and
hereby acknowledged, I will cheerfully pay
it,—~i. e.——if the purse of a poor country
clergyman can furnish the means. If, how—
ever, I hcar nothing more on the subject, I
will take it for granted that you generously
exclaim, ‘Quz‘ta,’ and thus balance the ac—
count; in which case, if you will take no
other compensation, you will please accept
the thankfulncss of your sincere friend,
WM. Coorxu MEAD.
So the old divine, the dignified. stately
canonist, could unbend himself, .
"Fae cat desimre in loco.” '
Dear, genial,good, venerable friend! What
a translation was thine! Like that of the
prophet at whose vanishing ascension his
younger fellow servant exclaimed, (as we)
“My father! My father!
thereof.” B.
BuildeuStout is finishing up theinterior of
Day’s new residence on West Avenue.
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A boy named named Donnelly fell from a
tree, last Tuesday, and broke his wrist.
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Mr. W E Quintnrd received many 'com-
mendetions for the able manner in which he
conducted the two large funerals last week.
‘.
Arrangements are nearly completed for the
second annual excursion under the auspices
of St. John's Lodge, F. _A. M., August 28th,
to the new iron pier at Coney Island.
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NEW COAL YAnn.——Mr. Frank Street is
noiv ready for business at his new coal yard,
east side of the harbor. He (means to win
custom by selling good coal at reasonable
prices, and asks the public to give him a trial.
. .
The Franklin Street Methodist Episcopal
Church and parsonage of Norwalk; are adver-
tised for sale ;un_der forelosurc of mortgag-
es amounting,to,$ll,800.—Bridgeporl Stand '
- ard. .
03" Well, which of the ten Norwalk’s
is it ? The Methodist in. old Norwalk don’t
let their chmchésbe sold under foreclosure,
or any other way for that matter.
The chariot of Israel and the horsemen
‘ with.
theifaetory buildingson North
Rev. Dr. Mead’s Will.
I, William Cooper Mead, rector 'of St.-
Paul’s church, Norwalk, Connecticut, for
more than forty years last past, being of
Sound and disposing mind and memory, do
make, ordain and publish this, my last Will
and Testamnl, in manner and form follow-
ing, that is to say, , '
Emma—I direct that all my just debts and
my funeral expenses be paid out of my estate,
by my executors hereinafter named and ap—
pointed, as soon thereafter as the same can
conveniently be done. .
SECOND.—I give and bequeath to my beloved
daughter, JANE MARIA MEAD, now and Since
her birth residing with me, all my household
furniture in the parsonage of St. Paul's
church, Connecticut, in which, at the time of
making this will, I am residing; also, all my
silverware and plate, the pictures hanging on
the walls of said parsonage, all my glassware,
crockery, kitchen utensils, beds, bedding,
linen, horses, cows, carriages, wagons, sleighs,
harness, hay and grain, garden implements,
and my clothing; also, all tbé books in her
bookcase now in the cast room, at the end of
the hall in the second story, together with
those in her room and those that belonged to
her mother and which I have already deliv-
ered to her, my said daughter, excepting from
the articles above named such as I shall here-
inafter in this will give and bequeath as
special bequests to other persons herein named.
Trimn.—I give and bequeath to my daugh-
ter, ISABELLA ELIzA TIFFANY, of Newark,
N. J ., the sum of Five Thousand Dollars;
also the portraits of my father and mother
now hanging in my southwest parlor; also,
the set of silverware which I have already
delivered to her, it being the set presented to
me by the heirs of the late James Moody
Hoyt, who died at Norwalk in the year of
our Lord, 1854. ' 1 ' .
Fourrrn.—I give and bequeath to my
daughter, Mus. ConNnLIA JANE MEAD, widow
of Theodore H. Mead, of Greenwich, in this
State, the sum of Five Thousand Dollars.
Frrru.—I give and bequeath to my grand--
daughter, ISABELLA TIFFANY, eldest daughter
of Samuel L. and Isabella E. Tiffany, the
sum of One ThOusand Dollars;
SIxTII.—I give and bequeath to my grand-
daughter, Mrs. ELLEN BANxs TIrrANx. wife
of Eugene Vandcpool, of Newark, N. J ., the
sum of Five Hundred Dollars.
' Snvanu.-—I give and bequeath to my
grand-daughter, Mus. LOBAINE TIFFANY,
wife of S. Stuart, merchant in the city of
NewYork the sum of Five Hundred Dollars.
Eron'rn.—-I give and bequeath to my grand-
daughter, Mns. JANE MEAD TIFFANY, wife
of Thomas Porter, Esq, of the city of Phil-
adelphia, “the sum of Five Hundred Dollars.
NrNrn.—I give and bequeath to “the Trus-
tees .of the BERKLEY DIVINITY SOIIOOL,” a
corporation under and by virtue of the laws
of this State, and located in Middletown, in
this State, the Portrait of the Rt. .Rev. H.
M. Onderdonk, D. D., Second Bishop of the
Diocese of Pennsylvania, painted by Echoltz,
and now hanging in the south-west parlor of
the house in which I live; to be hung in the
building owned by said corporation in' said
Middletown, as a memento of the author of
the work entitled, “Episcopacy tested by
Scripture.” '
TrN'rII.—All the rest, residue and remain-
der of my estate, of every kind, I give, he—
vise and bequeath, to my said daughter Is
AnELLA E. TrrrANr.
LASTLY.—I do make nomination and ap—
point my daughters, ISABELLA E. TIFFANY
and JANE MARIA MSAD, Executors of this
Will, hereby revoking any and all Wills here-
tofore made by me, and directing and declar-
ing that my said Executors shall not be re—
quired to give any bond for the performance
of any of their duties as said Executors.
In witness hereof I have herewith set my
hand and afilxed my seal at Norwalk, on this
the 13th day of April, in the year of our
Lord, One Thousand, Eight Hundred and
Seventy-seven. WM. COOPER MEAD.
' Signed, sealed and published by the said
William Cooper Mead, as, and for his last
.Will and testament, in presence of us, who,
in his presence, in the presence of each other
and at his requesf,_hnvo hex-canto subscribed
our names as witnesses, the day and year
above written.
6. M. SELLxcx, A
Gro. WARD Summer,
anI WARNER.
All of Norwalk, Connecticut:
I, Wm. Cooper Mead, being of sound dis-
posing mind and memory, do make, ordain
and publish, this instrument as a‘ Codicll to
the above and foregoing Will,hercby ratifying
said Will, and making this Codicll a part
thereof :—
Fmsr.—I give and bequeath to my grand-
daughter, ANNA Lxma STAA'rs, the sum of
Five Hundred Dollars.
SECOND—I give and bequeath to my grand-
daughter, MAnr YATES S-rAArs, the sum of
Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars.
TnInn.—I give and bequeath to my grand-
son, JOHN Hoyaur STAA'rs, the sum of Two
Hundred and Fifty Dollars. ,
In witness thereof, I have hereunto set In
hand and affixed my seal, at Norwalk, this
the Fourth day of September, A. D., 1878,
- ' WM. Cour-rm MEAD.
Parlor Rock.
The place selected for the Methodist Ex-
cursion, this year, is a grove some eight or
nine miles above Bridgeport, on the Hous-
atonic Railroad, which has become very p0p~
nlar of late years. It has been put in com-
plete order by the Railroad company, and
is kept for the use of pic-ale parties going
over their Road. The spot is described as
“singularly wild and romantic, occupying
high ground, by the side of the Pequonnock
river. Descending a winding staircase ap-
proaches are made, to the picturesque spot
from which Parlor Rock derives its name.
An immense rocky platform with over-hang-
ing boulders forming a complete parlor.
while rapid falls, cascades, and the_beautiful
stream spanned by a romantic bridge to—
gether with quite and secluded nooks, render
this region perfectly." There is a fountain
playing, croquet grounds, swings, boats,
dancing pavilion,tablcs, seats, store and cook
houses, «973., free to all. Altogether the place
is said to be attractive. The passage on
the steamer and by rail will be unusually
pleasant. '
A Nuisance.
The residents in the vicinity of Judge
Smith's, on the Newtown pike, complain
bitterly at a bone boiling factory, _which
poisons the air all about with an unbearaable
stench. Several have been made sick by it
and one family, at least, will be forced to
remove from Norwalk, if its inot abated.
In passing the locality recently we supposed
a dead horse petrifying in the fields and hur-
ried on from the sickening odor,we don't wou-
der residents thereabouts feel outraged. We
are glad to know that our health officers are
acting properly in the matter, and haveis-
sued the following prompt ‘order for the
abatement of the intolerable o'dor :—
Whercas, the Board of Health of Norwalk,
have heard the evidence of the Petition: ask-
ing for the abatement of the obnoxious
odors arising from the Bone and Fat Boiling
establishment, in the northeast portion of
the town conducted by J. Tower, and owned
by Peebles, of Stamford, and have become
satisfied that the odor from said business is
nauseating, and destructive of the peaciblc
and comfortable occupancy of the dwellings
in said section of the town, thereof.
' Resolved—That the proprietor and operar
tor of said establishmentbe notified to dis—
continue said business the same being con-
sidered and adjudged by said Board to be a
nuisance, and to abate said nuisance forth—
5 , New Canaan has been excited over the re.
port that 'Burt," the. much-advertised shoe
mamwas‘to buy and’run a factory inthat
town. , Here it was reported that Mr.
Mitchell was negotiating for the purchase of
Avenue'for
the some gentleman,
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Our neighbor E. P.‘ Weed, has a first-
class Arctic 'SodaTountaiu in his drug store.
with which he tries- to do his share towards
keeping" the‘ dean .peOple pleasantly cool,
through the heat of summer. ,
A...“ _... ......
"horse.
The dog-days
they are. '
. . ,
The Down Town folks are talking up their
annual picnic. " ' - '
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The Neptune club takes, out several cabin
passengers this season.
. .
Government p‘ajntfls are at work on the
NorwalkLight House again.
W's—.—
Campana won another $100 in a Boston
walking match, comingin third.
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A Party ' 0! Danburians “tented on the
beach" at Bell's Island, last week.
N's—.—
The Housatonic Railroad is now running
through cars between Bridgeport and Sara-
toga.
gc'here, and Sirius days
Or.—
The annual re-union of the old 17th C. V.,
is to be held this year at Newtown , August
28th.
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A fair by the ladies of the First Congrega-
tional church is one of the probabilities of
the near future.
O
The auction sale of a portion of the Van
Zandt property has been postponed until Wed-
nesday afternoon.
O
The Palladium says that Dr. Benedict, of
Norwalk, is to camp out with a party at the
head of Saltonstall Lake. '
WOW——
The fall term _of Dr. Fitch’s Hillside School
commences Sept. '80:. Young ladies will be
admitted to the day department.
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The State Temperance Pic-bio (at Fenwick
Grove, last week, was attended by some 2,—
000 persons; It‘lasted two days.
0
The Rapid Transit Telegraph poles are
advancing—from the West. * They have al-
ready pnt in an appearance at Stamford.
I
_ The British have bad a victory in South
Africa, dispersing about 15,000 Zulus, and
new profess to believe that the war is over.
Chas. Burr Todd, author of the history
of the Burr Family, now proposes to prepare
a history of tHe' town of Redding, in this
county;
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New York City is now arranging to draw
out six million gallons water per day from
Byram Lake at Port Chester and add some to
their Croton supply.
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Rev. Dr. Anderson, who a now enjoying
his summer vacation at Milford Point, is in
great demand among the leading churches of
New Haven and Hartford as a "‘ pulpit sup-
ply."
9—4.._0———
Engineer John Cotter, is going to put in
one of his forty inch Risdon Turbine Water
Wheels into the Union Manf. Co's Mill. He
recently put a 00 inch wheel into a Massa-
chusetts fagory.
The Baptist Sunday School of Norwalk,
will hold their annual picnic in Bett’s Grove
on Wednesday, the 30th of July. All are
day. If rainy the next pleasant day.
MOW
Mr. Turk has made a strange discovery.
In pursuing his work of enrolling the Militia,
he finds that there are not more than five
young men in all Cobblehill section—the
males being all young boys or old men, un-
der 18 or over 45. There is no scarceity of
marriageable women, however.
0
. The Rev. Mr. Hayden is stillkept in jail
because certain lawyers are off junketing.
This keeping a man imprisoned for life with—
out trial is not in accordance with the'spirit
of our laws whatever the practice may be.
If innocent he is entitled to aspeedy trial
and release; if found guilty thenimprisonL
ment would dono bar-Tn;L “A. _
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Our worthy Post Maste'r has been quite
seriously indisposcd the past week, but is
now, we are glad to state, very much bet-
ter. There is some doubt whether his ill-
ness was the result of over anticipation in
prospect of his Oak Blufi’s trip, or from ex-
cessive laughter over Borough Clerk Foote’s
recital of his experiences at Coney Island.
m
A letter from Mayor Morison to Cashier
Curtis, dated Paris, July 10th, says: “We
staid six days in London, expecting that in
time we might live out the weather and at
least experience a pleasant day. But we
were beaten at the game and so pulled up
and came to Paris, but the weather has fol-
lowed us. The whole country is being
drownedout. Paris is the show city of the
world. Have just been out for our mail and
got a letter from Ira Cole and the GAZETTE
from you. Much obliged. Our party are
around so much we are pretty tired. We
propose to stay here some time and get
thoroughly rested. Mr. Naif is around see-
ing everything and will probably do Paris by
Monday, when he will go to. Brussells, the
Hague and Amsterdam. He'm'ay or may not
rejoin us. We all regret his going. The
crops here and England are a failure.” .
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The Rev. Alpheu's Winter, Secretary of
the Conn. Temperance. Union, preached a
temperance sermon in the First Congrega-
tional church on Sunday nio'rning last. On
Sunday evening union shrviwl were held in
the Second M. E. church, at which he also
preached. Next Sunday the Rev. Dr. Hoyt.
of Cambridgeport, Mass, is expected to oc-
cupy tbepulpit.
Yellow Fever.
The deadly scourge of yellow fever has
again broken out with virulence in Memphis.
The city has been literally depopulated of
every inhabitant able to get away. A family
reaching New York from there was'taken
down, one member dying, when the’authori—
ties ordered the remainder-to the'quarantine.
hospital. The greatest anxiety is naturally. ,
business: is:
felt throughout the South; and
seriously interrupted. ‘ - ‘
Co .
“Ye Olden Time.”
‘We give below an exact copy of the bill of
sale, which has been kept- in the family of'
“Miss Phoebe Comatock,” of Onesimus, or
“_O-ne," as he was always called, and whose
story of the landing of the British, confirm-
ed by “Miss Phoebe," we recently published,
We give the document precisely as written.
with its abundance of capital letters, but no
punctuation marks:
J <
1773
Know all men to Whom these Presents
Shall Come Know ye that I Jonathan Hus-
ted of Brock Haven South on Long Island
for the Consideration of Thirty Three
Pounds New York money Received to my
full ‘ Satisfaction of Sary Comatock and
Phebe Comstock I Do Bargain Sell and Con-
vey unto the above named Sary Comatock
and Phebe Comatock of Norwalk in the
County of fairfield one Certain Negro Boy
aged Five yqears the First day of November
Last Past amed oNeissimus Which of the
Same Jonathan Husted. D0 Sell for a Slave
the term of life Which I do Bind In self and
my Hans and strains to Warrant ave and
Defend agarnst all Claims and Demands
Whatsoever in Witness Whereof I have
Home Set Hand and Seal this Day and Set
above Sud Sined and Delivered in Presence
of John Marvin. '
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. . ‘ V‘N
JONATHAN Husrnn. .
This is the way 'thelDanbury Newman
puts it: “A decimon of considerable. importé.
ance has been reached in a Bridgeport eity'
court. A person who had shot chickens
which had tres on his premises was
fined 85 and costs. The justice said a man
had 'no more right to shoot a predatory
chicken than he had to shoot a predate
We have alwa s contended that It
vlvlast the owner of the ob ckens who should be
a o .’ ‘
MISS Consroox.
invited to participate in the pleasures of the,
pretty fair in health, but have journeyed
The ”Hausatonic.'-r
reimpressedus with the surpassing beauty
special attractions offered tourists and sum-
mer excursionists, by a ride through the
Housatonic valley and grand old hills of
Berkshire. The track and road-bed have
been wonderfully improved under the Presi-
dency of ex—Senator Barnum, and as “good
time” is made by the trains as on our shore
lines, despite the heavy grades. A through
car now leaves Bridgeport at 10:10 a. m., on
arrival of the 8:05 express out of New York,
for Saratoga, which makes not only the
easiest but the cheapest and by far the pleas-
est route for all visitors to the Springs from
this vicinity. The wonder to us, as we went
wheeling over mountains, through gorges
and over streams, was that the Railroad
Company had never issued a pictorial guide
book, illustrfiing the wild and varied scenery
from Bridgeport to Pittsfield. It certainly
will equal in grandeur and beauty that of
the Eric the Baltimore &. Ohio or Pennsyl-
vania Central, and we advise any of our
friends who wish to get a breath of moun-
tain air to take a trip over this road. At
"Parlor Rock,” a beautiful grove a few miles
north of Bridgeport, a Sabbath school pic-nic
was in full blast, when we passed. The gay
attire and happy faces of the children. and
the music, gave a zest-of fairy land to the
scene. Then wooded hills, sparkling cas—
cades, grain—covered fields, pretty villas.
staid old farm houses and rustic barns, fiitted
rapidly past our vision in bright panoramic
succession, till Pittsfield was reached. Here
we dined and “did the town,” which is One
of the richest and most beautiful in the
State—the home of Massachusetts’ most
excellent senator, Dawes—and in the early
evening rode back to' Great Barrington,where
delightfully and sumptuonsly entertained at
the “Berkshire House,” we rested for the
night Great Barrington and the region
thereabouts is enshrined in the poetry of
Bryant, the prose of Hawthorne, Charming,
Kemble, Beecher and Sedgwiek. It is .the
' summer home of the David Leavit, whose
“water'power” barns have been “written up"
and preserved in all the agricultural prints of
the world. A beautiful and highly cultiva—
ted farm, with modest house surrounds the
famous burn, through which a mountain
brook has been turned, giving motive power
for threshing, wood sawing, hay cutting,
root crushing and the like, and is no more
than hundreds of Connecticut farmers might
easily and profitably copy. Landlord Tick-
nor is always ready, with good teams to give
his guests a drive to Stockbridge, Lenox or
the Twin Lakes, at Salisbury, the beautiful
home of our Congressman, Fred Miles, and
we doubt if finer scenery - can be compassed
in so small an area in any part of the globe.
We visited the Lakes on our homeward trip,
leaving the train at Canaan‘ Station, where
Landlord Warner put us before a lively team
of Vermont steeds, and in a half-hour had
us landed on the Shores of this crowning
picture of Connecticut scenery. Mr. Miles’
residence is on the shore of the Lakes, and
his vast farm extends nearly around the cold,
clear and silvery sheet of water, held here
in a depression of the Salisbury mountain
crest. Any heart and eye, with a warm side
towards nature, would be charmed to ecstacy
here, and we almost envied our Congressman
his delightful home retreat. A summer’s
day here were worth a double term in Con—
gress. '
We left this delightful retreat at 3 p. m.,
reached Bridgeport at 5:30 and Norwalk at
6:24, having had in only two days time, one
of the most enjoyable summer excursions of
our lives, and we advise our readers, one and
all, to “go and do likewise."
Query.
An enthusiastic “Neptune” assures us that
the saloon cabin of their schooner the S.‘ H.
Barnes, is so splendidly fitted up that ample
accommodations are afforded for life ladies I
Now, we don't want to make any, trouble
just on the eve of the Neptune's departure,
but we would like tn knnw what ”my alum!
ample accommodations for size ladies for, any-
way ?
O
. Hon. Thomas Sanford has had carpenters
busily at work on his residence, in Redding,
altering and repairing.
I
T. B. Fitch, Esq, is about raising'up his
‘ residence on Merwin street, another story,
also, will build an addition to the same.
.
Neptunes.
The Neptunes sailed from E. J. Hill’s
dock at 4.30, Monday. A great crowd of
anxious friends were on hand to see them
OH, and quite a party sailed down to the
mouth of the harbor to return on the tug
boat, which towed out the S. D. Barnes.
The Barnes is a tropical fruit, sea-going
schooner and the finest craft that the boys
have ever before been able to charter. They
go first to Nantucket Point and have a fish
for Porgies, thence to BlockIsland to fish
for Cod, and thence by the outside or ocean
course to Nantucket and from .thence reach-
ing Oak Blufis about Sunday.
We republish this week a true and cor-
rected list of those who have actually gone
.on the trip, as follows :—
Coxmononn.—C. H. Tompkins.
l’zbe-Omnnwdore.—H. W. Lester.
Secretary—Chas. Olmstead.
Commissary—A. J. Meeker.
Post Marten—E. O. Keeler.
Fianna—F. B. Smith.
0haplar'n.——Rev. James M. Taylor.
Surgeon.—Dr. Jas. G. Gregory.
_Frgfe-Major, Charles W. Smith.
H. W. Green, Danbury.
C. H. Carter, Waterbury,
David B. Thompson, Louisiana.
Jesse Nash, Bridgeport.
I. M. Alden,’ New York.
Chas. Hines, “ .
Geo. W. Bailey, St. Louis,
F. H. Foote. “I
Wm. B. Bailey,
James. R. Pinneo, Greenwich.
Charles W. Hoyt, Norwalk.
Wm, B. Kissam. -,
Daniel. C.-Naslr.
4E. J. Hill.
E. C. Bissell,
R. H. Golden.
James H. Knapp.
J. Arthur Osborn.
John H. Lee. .
Samuel G. Husted.
.Géo. Thorp.
Arthur G. Earl.
J. B. Dunham.
Friends are requested to direct letters and
papers to Nantucket, care of the Club, until
Mo.
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_' July 8lst. after which to Vineyard Grove.
NonWALx August the Ninth day in the year’
Mass. 0
Mr. Wi‘J. Button and his wife, who live
at 101 Park avenue, were seriously burned
gpirit with which to bathe a sick child,when
It Ignited and set fire to their clothing, bum-
Ing them in‘ a terrible manner about the
hands. arms and face—Bridgeport Standard.
A Norwalk family had a narrow escape
last Week, from a terrible accident, from a
precisely similar cause. . All spirit prepara-
tions should be heated as the carpenters
beat their glue, by being set in boiling water.
Fire heat will always ignite alcohol if allowed
to come in contact. '
_«Qrfi—é
At 7 o'clock in the mornin ”two dueilists
who areto fight to the do. ataplace in
the suburbs, meet at the ticket ofilce of the
road station. “Gimme a return ticket as
usual,” says the first duellists to the clerk in
{terrible tone and with a ferocious twist of
hrsvmougtache. “I—I say do you always bu
return tickets ” summers. his opponent. “A -
ways." “‘Then I apologize."
: Gno. P. Rowan. .3; Co., in the American
Newspaper Directory for July, show that the
whole number of newspapers in the United
States has increased _since January of the
current year, from 8,703 to 9,153. New
papers abound in the Territories. Suspen-
sions have been fewer than in any corres—
ponding period for several years.
A recent trip up the Housatonie‘ ' Railroad
of the sceneryall along its line, and the “
' light was in the instrument. I hadfleft it there
a
Wednesday night. They were heating some '
g cmgmgs ' “
4 BY onn'bOcAL mom...
Mrs. Miss and—Mr.Ally Lester are spending
a few weeks at the Catskills. ‘
Our new City Hall has received a finishing
touch in the way of a new coat of paint.
The Congregational Pic—nic took place on
Thursday. The school occupied six cars,
and had a pleasant time, a drum corps for-
nished music.
Selectman Smith goes with the Neptune
club this year as fifer. _
Rev James M. Taylor, James H. Knapp,
H. W. Lester, R. H. Golden and Mr. Dun-
bam, all of the city, go with the Neptunes
this year. ' '
The Methodist Plc—nic will take place on
Wednesday, Aug 12th to Parlor Rock oz'a
steamer Laura to Bridgeport, and then by
Housatonic Railroad to Parlor Rock. They
expect to have a first-rate time, and every—
thing is being done to make it a success.
Mr. Alfréd E. Austin, with the Misses
Charlie and Lena Ely are spending a few days
at Delhi, N. Y. . .
The excitement of the week seems to' be
the striking of the' makers at Crofut &
Knapp’s and Solman’s Hat Shops. There is
seen daily groups about the Old Well pro-
perty discussing the subject, but it seems to
be a very hard matter to find out just what
is going on. Rumors are very numerous,
first we heard that the finisher’s were all
coming out, nextithat it was only the makers,
next that the makers met Messrs Crofut &.
Knapp and Solmau 0n the corner, and that
they had it pretty warm, next that Solman’s
shop had gone foul, that we believe is the
latest. It is hoped by all in our community
that the matter will be setfled satisfactory to
all parties, before many hours. Nothing
serious is feared, but their is much anxiety
by all that it may be settled at once. Mr.
Gershom Raymond is the President of the
makers association, and he is doing all he can
to have the matter settled. Themakers claim
that they hardly supply themselves with the
necessities of life with the present pribe if
they were allowed to do the work in the same
way. It is claimed by some that the “knock-
downs” some weeks amount to about as
much as they make, and which is on work
for superior to rates, and it is impossible for
them to submit to a reduction. The bosses
on the other hand claim that they are paying
more for their work than is being paid by
factories in other places. The makers claim
that they could do the work for the price
paid for the same kind of work in other
places. -
The Council has ordered sidewalkslaid on
Clay street. Is it not about time that we
should have sidewalks hiid on Main street to
the Borough line? We suppose the reason
why this has not been done before is because
the residents on this street are not as well
able to lay them as those on Clay street. The
present Council seems to be composed of
good business men, and have some go—ahead
about them. We think it is about time some-
thing was done in the matter of sidewalks on
this, the main thoroughfare. Let us hear
from the Council.
Mr. Briggs has removed his elegant soda
fountain to his recent location,where he says
he has a better place to show it, but has
placed a new one in his store in this city,
one but shows to a better advantage.
About twelve of Norwalk’s “young
bloods” came rushing through our city on
horseback, one night this week at a fearful
rate ‘of speed. They have since received
notice from Gen. Taylor, City Attorney, in
regard to the matter, and if it is repeated
they will be dealt with by the iron hand
of the law. It is about time these young
men were taught how to behave themselves
while in our city. They have an idea when
they come down here that they can do as they
see fit, and they make it a point to come
down here every time there is anything go-
ing on in our public ball or churches, and
not only disturb our gatherings but disgrace
themselves. They are considered gentlemen.
but they are far from it. If it was necessary
we would mention their names, but it is not ;’
they are well known. But they had better
have a care, for when such a man as Gen.
Taylor getsoafter they want to look sharp.
Fine Workmanship.
James-L. Ferris, Qliintard's block, has just
completed one of the finest specimens of the
harness-maker’s handiwork that probably ever
went out of Norwalk.~ It is an English
braided, wire-trimmed coach harness. and all
hand-stitched by Mr. Ferris, and for which
he ought to get $250. It is a most creditable
piece» of workmanship, and we congratulate
Mr. Ferris that his superior mechanical abili-
ties have been appreciated by a city gentle-
man who is able and willing to pay for an
extra fine article. -
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W‘Frank Street has a branch coal office at
the drug Store of C. S. Prowitt; leave your
orders and they will be promptly filled.
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The Wide Awake for August has a variety
of articles sure to please the young folks.
“Royal Lowerie’s Last Year at St. Olave’s,"
this month .has an account of a base ball
match which is sure to gratify the boys.
“The Flower School at- Corlear’s Hoo ” is
a pleasant account of avery commendable
charity in New |Y0rk city. “One Cent.” is
the title of a story by Rose Hawthorne La-
throp. Most of the articles are brightly il—
lustrated. D. Lathrop & Co., Boston.
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We clip the following local letter from
Anthony’s Photographer Bulletin, which ex-
plains itself. We might also add that Mr.
Whitney has copies of the best pictures in
existence of the late Dr. Mead :—
NORWALK, CONN.,.Jtlnc 11, 1878.
Messrs. ANTHONY.
Gentlemen: I send this for the benefit of
the fraternity.
Having occasion to make a picture of one
of the most. distinguished men of the State
(Bishop Williams), and ishing a life-like
expression for a future 1 painting, I en-
gaged him in conversation. and when the
lips and muscles of the month were relaxed,
caught his expressions in a second, to his
great. astonishment. I have worked this
Lightning Process over a year with entire
success, and I had some misgivings that this
would be a failure for want of time,but it
was a perfect success. Now comes the
best part, showing what the process is capa-
ble of. When having to use the camera a
short timeafter, for another subject, I dis-
covered that a diaphragm cutting of! half the
ter making a copy of an engraving early in
the day, before the Bishop arrived. '
After thirty years experience inmaking
pictures, I say to. all that during the past
year, I have had a freedom from care and
anxiety regarding my sitters that is worth
everything to a photographer ; it makes no
difference, children, dogs, or nervous people,
all can be taken with .a good light and An-
thony’s chemical’s, you need have no fear.
E. T. WHITNEY.
First Licensee of the Lightning
Process, dated May 18th, ’78.
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In 1800 he wrote Mr. Kent that cowardly
letter in which he repudiated his whole'past
record and “out Heroded Her " in talking
about Southern rights, and finally during the
years of the war he hob-nabbed continually
with Edward M. Stanton in the war depart-
ment at Washington by winch he secured
immense patronage for his New Lebanon
medicine house in supplymg medicines for
the hospitals and the armies in the- field;
this was the extent of his patriotism; it al—
ways lays in _hrs pocket; he -is a selfish-
Scheming politician that has no equal in
these respects; these traits are only equalled
b his desertion of the great phrty that had
e ected him.
The nomfnation of such a man in 1880
would be but the utter ruin and downfall of
the party throughout the entire nation and
but public odium.—'-Demoor t.
That isall undoubtedly true, ,but‘weare
anxious to know what our stalwart neigh-
which is not quite so expensive as the other 1
i
by his cowardice. as We exemplified in 1876 ‘1
PERSONAL.
Miss Hattie Curtis is visiting in Stratford.
Mr. Fred Quintard has returned from his
Western trip. '
Wm. G. Thomas, Esq., of Albany, was in
town last week.
Mrs. Asa Peck, of Waterbury, is visiting
relatives in town.
The Rev. S. B. S. Bissell has been preach-
ing in Reading for several Sundays past-
Mr. S. E. Olmstead is offonabusiness
trip to Detroit. His wife is at Saratoga.
MissKatc Camp has gono to Watertown.
Conn., to spend thq summer with friends. '
Dr. Homer Warner, _of New York, was
present at Dr. Mead's funeral last Wednes-
day.
Miss Walling and Miss De Forest, of
Greenpoint, are visiting friends in Norwalk
and Weston. , _
Capt. Jas. L. Russell, David E. Disbrow,
and Dr. C. H. Kendall have been enjoying
the delights of Lake George.
Rufus Allen. a New Haven typo, brought
his family to Norwalk, last week, for a sum-
mer vacation. They came overland.
Rev. Dr. Spencer occupied the pulpit of
St. Paul's church, on Sunday morning last.
The Rev. Mr. Denslow, of Fair Haven,
preached in the evening. '
O. W. H. Upham, Esq, Salem, Mass, a
son of ex-Congressman Upham and nephew
of Oliver Wendell Holmes, was visiting
friends on East Avenue, last week.
At the regular annual commencement of
“Adrian College,” Michigan, held In June,
ferred on Rev. Mark Staple of New Canaan.
His brief residence at the Dorlon House,
seems to have done the business for Cashier
Street, ache has very greatly contialesced.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leonard have gone
down for a short sojourg
The Rev. Thomas E. Pattison, a nephew
of the late Rev. Dr. Mead’s and for several
years his assistant, attended the Doctors
funeral last Wednesday, sitting with the
mourners. He is now located in Syracuse,
N. Y.
Dr. Theo. E. Swift’s brother, a Water—
bury physician, was in town for a day or
so, last week. On Saturday the brothers
left for C-olchester to participate in the 60th
birthday anniversary of their father who is
also a Doctor. .
Dr. James E. Barbour will start on his
contemplated trip to Europe just as soon
as he recovers sufficient strength to under-
take the voyage. The Doctor begins to think
he has a thorough, practical knowledge of all
the delights and miseries of “Malaria.”
The Rev. G. H. Haulenbeek has been
spending a month in New Jersey and New
York, traveling in his own carriage. Yester-
day he started for New Preston, where he
will join his son John, who is spending his
vacation there, and will probably return home
the last of the week.
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@‘Frank Street is now ready to take your
orders for Coal and Wood,at his yard,on Shore
Road, lately occupied by Tolles & Dake.
__.____, .
Parley Chaos is selling Ice Cream Soda
Water. Try it.
“When Time was Young, &c.”
The people were not as well aware as now
of the importance of visiting the right place
to procure a good and reliable Time Piece
at a cheap price. The well known house
of A. C. Benedict & Co., 28 Bowery, New
York (over‘ 50 years established) ofiers un-
usual inducements to persons in quest of
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, in great variety
and all other articles pertaining to the trade.
The character of this house is guarantee
that the goods they soil will be as are repre-
sented.
Q
@‘Have you laid in your winter's supply of
Coal, yet? No! Well then, give Frank Street
a call at his new yard, next to Pottery.
_._+————.
W Dr. Fiske's last. visit in Norwalk. He
can be consulted at the Norwalk Hotel for
one day only, Tuesday, July 29th, from 9 a.
m. to 9 p. m. Those wishing to consult the
Dr. should improve this lwt opportunity.
Patients under his care who wish for ad—
vice or medicines after August lst will be
answered free by enclosing two stamps to
Look Box 1253, Norwich, Conn. - Owing to
the Doctor’s large and increasing practice in
larger places, he cannot make it convenient
to visit Norwalk again. Patients examined
by letter, sending age, sex and a lock of hair,
and medicines sent by express. Please keep
this for future reference. See advertisement.
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What it Will Do. -
Rrvun'rox, Come. Feb. 9th. 1576.
DR. D. KENNEDY. Rondout,N. Y.
Dear Sir.- -Please send us at once. one quarter
gross of your-FAVORITE REMEDY, Your prep-
aration has Iven universal satisfaction to every
person who as used It in this place.
One lady who has purchased and used three bot-
tles of the medrcine,testifies on her own account
to Its wonderful merit, whrie others speak in the
great healing
“Is It possi
most glowing terms of its
, . powers.
The questron Is often aske
le that
- this medicine gives the same satisfaction in all
other places ?"_We nsadto sell Ayre’s Sarsapa—
rilla. and Vegetme, but Since we have been able
to secure yourFAVORITE REMEDY it has quite
superseded the sale of these articles.
We wish you would advertise it in this section.
Although rtwould have to hear competition with
other medrcrnes,yet we are satisfied it would be-
come the leading roprretagy medicine of the day.
Respectfully ours, . . A. a L. C. HART.
All the_Drng rats In our city keep the medicine
where it I: sol at one dollar per bottle. Drug-
gists are otthe sumo opinion—that never in all
their experience have they sold a medicine so
rapidly. and that has given such general satis-
f‘actrou to those who haveused It for the cure of
.Disorders of the Blood, Liver and. Kidney com-
plarn ts, and all the _weakuess peculiar to Females.
3’ When inquiringmot {your druggist for this
new medicine, avoid IS AKES by remember-
ing the name Dn.Dapid Krumunx’s FAVORITE
REMEDYamd the price which Isonly ONE DOL-
LAR a bottle. and that the Doctor 3 address is
Rondout, N.Y.—Ed. .
___.__._.
Tun Sagan-r KEY TO HEAerI.—The Science of
Life, or Seli-Preservation,300 pages. Price,only Si.
Contains fifty valuable prescriptions, either one
of which is worth more than ten times the price
of the book. Illustrated sample sent on receipt of
6 cents for postage. Address, Dr. W. H. Parker, 4
Bullfinch Street, Boston, Mass. am29
Chew J Acxsox’s Bus’r SWEET N Avx TOBACCO
EMARRIED.
W\I\r\l\.
.rxrxNu
In Danbury, Jul y 10th, Gardner Russell toMrs.
Mary A. Woodrufi‘. ‘
DIED.
WWMA
Mn (\Im
In Norwa lk, Sunday. July 27, A gncs (3., young-
est daughter of George E. and Mary D. Comstock,
in the 38th year of her age.
la' Relatives and friends of the family are re-
spcctiully invited to attend her funeral from her
late residence, on Tuesday, July 29th, at 2 p. In.
In Norwalk, July 220, Mary Ann,wife of J ere-
miah Tierney, aged 33 years and 1 months.
In Norwalk, July 26th, Margaret A. Crossmon,
aged l0 years. 6 months and 9 days.
In Norwalk, July 25th, Alfred W. Smith, aged
5 months and 3 days.
. In Norwalk, July 24th. Hubert L. Fancher,aged
18 year 5, 10 months and 15 days.
In Bridgeport, July 22 , Bridget Brennan, aged
22 years.
In Stamford, July 24th, Phebe W. Haw!ey,aged
7 3 years. _
In Stamford, J unc 28th Helen Woodman :1 ed
73 years. July 2‘10, Geo'rge Grant, aged w'yefirs.
1n Danbnry. July 11th Jane McAl ‘ . 1 1‘7
$333. July lSth,Charlns ll. Olmstcrrlldl.e 2125f 3,2
In Bethcl,July 18th, Selah II. Elliott, aged 35
years.
LOSI -A BANK noon on Norwalk Savings
. ' Society. N 0. 3,849. The finder wrll be
Suitably rewarded by leaving it either at the Bank
or With the owner. ELIZA SCOFIELD,
2tp30 Darren; Conn.
STBAYED.— From the enclosure of the sub-
scriber, at Ridgcileld, on Thursdu . the 10th
inst. two large Red COWS. A reasona lc reward
will be ‘d f heir return.
z pm Mt HENRY STALLMAN.
CONCH SHELLS
FOR LAWN S & WALKS, '
would bring upon it not’ only certain defeat For Sale by the Barrel or Single
Shell, at
F. H. NASH 8; BROTHERS.
bar is “going to do about it” after ex- Sen-
ator Barnum has again engineered Mr. Trl
den’s nomination, as he is sure to do.
.W
A lady writes to us asking for “a pootical
name for apicturesque tumble down,antrque-
looking farm.” 1fall it Latlla' Rookhery Ypu
couldn I get a core on Ique or roman ic
name than than—N. Y. Herald.
Black Enameled Carl Board, A
Carmine and Blue for Fancy'flork
A. H. BYINGTON & 0'0.
the degree of “Doctor of Divinity” was con-.
nrcussmr
“—T0-—-
Parlor Rock
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STEAMER LAURA AND
HOUSATONIC R. 1%.,
BY THE
First and. Secoind
Memorial E. Churches
on NORWALK,
Tuesday, Aug. ' 12.
Leaving Raymond Bros’ Wharf at 7:45 a. rn.,.rc-
turning leave the grounds at 4 pm)" 1951011an
home at 6 o’clock p.m. The beautiful grove at
Parlor: Rock has been lifted up in the most. mod-
ern P104110 Btyleg by the Housatonlc 11.1%. 00..
and Is pronounced the
Most Beautifulvltxcurslon Grounds In
Connecticut.
Croquet, Swings, Tables, &c., 856.
Free to All.
All marked Baskets will be taken from the w '
at South N orwalk and delivered at the grovcflgr‘d
returned wrthout trouble to the owners. Passen-
gers from the Borough can leave their baskets at
Selleck Bros, or at D. W. Fitch’s, at or before 6:45
a. nr.. and are requested to marked them plainly
With their own name and name of store where left.
Such baskets will be taken to and from the boat and
grove and properly cared for. The transfer from
boat will be made under cover, at the railroad
wharf at Bridgeport, “and will not require over
half a minute’s walk.
Fan for the Rand Trip 50 cents.
Children not members of the Sunday
School, under 12 years or age. 25c.
Tickets for salt} at Sellcck Bros., Finne 8'. Ben-
edict’s. D. W. Fitch’s. Raymond & Nic 'crson’s,
Norwalk, Brown a Wilcox’s, Hoyt’s, Stillson’s,
Brrgg’s South Norwalk.
Refreshments Furnished on Board
by F. Mead.
Notice.
THE inhabitants and legal voters of the town
of Norwalk. are hereby notified ard warn-
ed, that as coral Town Meeting will be held at
the Town ouse In said Norwalk, on Saturda ,
the2d day of August, A. D.. 1879, at 3 o’clock n
the afternoon, for the following purposes, viz :-
To ponslderaud act upon the petition and appli-
cation of William Ross and others, to make such
necessary by-law or_by-laws to prohibit the at-
tachment of w_1re, wrrc netting or twine netting,
or- other devrce upon Oyster Tongs or Oyster
Rakes. before or while taking or fishing for Oys-
ters or Clams;,t0_rcgfirlat_.e the fisheries of Clams
and oysters wrthrn '. e limits of the Town of? N I'-
walk, or In the waters and flats adjoining and e-
longing to the Town of Norwalk, and to preserve
the fisheries of Clams and Oysters in the Town of
Norwalk. And also to Impose such proper pen-
alty not exceedm TwentyDollars for the breach
of such by-law or y-laws, and to transact any
other busrness proper to come before such meet-
ing.
ANDREW SELLECK
CHARLES A.BURR, ’ l selcc‘men-
8flirted at Norwalk, this 23th day of July, A. D.,
l - 30
Your Father! Your Mother!
OUR SISTER! Your Brother! Your Child!
Your Friend! That FamilfilGroup united i
That View of the Homestead! at View of your
Stores ! All the Negatives made in twenty years
can be bought or copied If called for soon.
30 E. T. WHITNEY.
.A. dj 0 u r n e (1
Auction Sale.
[IE-Auction Sale of the Valuable Building Site,
With Buildings thereon, Situated on East Av-
enue, nearly opposrte the residence of the late Scu-
ator Ferry, at Norwalk, has been adjourned to
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30th,
at 2 o’clock,p. m. Said property consists of 4 acres
of excellent land, abundance fruit and shade trees,
166 feet: frontage on East Ave., running 1,000 feet
through to road In rear of _same, has fine natural
elevation WItlI beantiiul pnvate driveway in front.
Satisfactory terms. to purchaser, made known at
sale. For further Informatron apply to
BENJAMIN J. STURGES. Auctioneer,
Norwalk, Ct., P. 0. Box 479.
Dated July 14th, 1879,
' Notice to Contractors.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at the
Ofiice of the Water Commissioners of South
Norwalk, until 4:30 p. an, August lst, 1879, for the
removmg or excavating of 3,000 yards, more or
less, of earth from the Distributing Reservorr of
said cIty. Bids per cubic yard, and work tobc
finished by September lot. 1879, to the satisfaction
of the Commissioners. Plans and specifications
can 110}?ch iltztcpfiice of said Commissroncrs.
' A ‘ . Water
_ #:1131513: SanHHRHR Commissioners.
‘ ' South Norwalk, July 26, 1879. ,
Probate Sale.
URSUANT to an orderirom the Court of Pro-
hate for the District of Norwalk, will be sold
at Public Auction,to the hIghest bidder, on the
9th day of August,_ 1879, at 9 o’clock, iorcnoon,
(unless previously disposed of at private sale), so
much or the Real Estate of SHERMAN BEERS,
late of Wilton, deceased, as will raise the sum of
Twenty er Hundred and Ninety-Five 21-100 dol-
lars. Sale to take place on the premises in
Ridgeileld near the ranchville Station, and by
adjournment to where the deceased last dwelt in
he town of Wilton, near Carmen’s Station.
Terms made known at the time of sale.
THOMAS SANFORD, Executor.
Dated at Norwalk, this 28th day ofJnly, 1379. 2:30
DR. FITCH’S
Family and bridal
FOR BOYS.
HE FALL TERI! will commence
SEPT. 8111. _PllpllS received at any age
over srx. Young Ladrcsare also admitted to the
Day Department. both In the Primary and Ad-
vanced Course. Lessons arranged to accommo-
date puprls wishing to commute on the ca'rs. Ap-
plications may be made to
3 30 Du. J. C. FITCH, Principal,
or
Always. at the Front
IN QUALITY & PRICE.
READMAN BRUS, Photographers
13 Main St., Norwalk.
Cabinet Pictures Of late REV. DR.
MEAD, only 25c.; Cards 15c.
Notice.
WHEREAS, William L. James, of Norwalk,
_ _ Conn., on the 230 day of July, A. D., 1879,
In writing notified me, the subscriber, that on the
evening of the 22d day of July, lb'l9,tvvo certain
cows, the owner or owners to 111m unknown,
broke and entered _from the highway into, and
were found trespassrng and doing damn e upon
enclosed laud, Situated in Broad River istrict,
so called, sard land being owned and occupied by
him, the said J ames,'anr_i that the said cattle were
taken and held by him In custody at his place in
said District, and sing described as follows, viz;
One cow. about ten years old of brrglrt deep red
color, With a dark or town nose. and has hand-
somely curved horns, of average size; and one
other cow, about seven or eight years old, or a
brrght red color, wrth white spot on the loose part
of the neck In front of breast, also some white
on the belly back of the fore legs, and has big
horns, the end of the near horn having been brok-
en on‘, and _both of said cows being dry in bag.
Thereiore, In accordance with Statute Law.
NOTICE-Sis hereby given that both of said de-
scribe: cows (unless sooner redeemed). will be-
' sold at Auction at the sign-post located in said
town of Norwalk near the Second Methodist
g )ruicopatl ghurclz, oAn ghrlrg‘lsgay, txhe twenty-first
. ayo ugus. . .. ,at our 4 7
in light: afteyu‘oon offing day. ( J o clock
a er a 'orwa . onn.. July 25th. A. D. 8'9.
HENRY k.'snLLr:0K,'1 '
Town Clerk of said Town.
ISTRICT OF NORWALK ss. Prob
12.2.. 1“".ilifriADS‘m' ' ' m Court,
' , no 0_ UGAN l '
said DIstrIct, deceased. ’ ate 0‘ Norwalk, m
Capsicum-That the Executor exhibit his Ad-
ministration account to this Court for adjustment
at the Probate Oilice In Norwalk, on the 12th dnv
ofAugust,1879,at9 o’clock, forenoon; and that all
persons Interested In said Estate may be notified
theorem. the Executor wrll cause this order to be
publrslred In a newspaper-inflated in l‘uirficld
County, and 0st a copy thereof on the sign-
post In 'sard . orwalk, nearest the place where the
deceased lest dwc at least ten days before said
~12th day of Angus , 1879.
mm ASA B. WOODWARD, Judge.
MANY PERSONS THINK'havingI’hoto.
graphs ofa friend, they can always get it
copied and look as well,forgetting that a copy,
copies the fibre of the paper. and looks coarse;
whereas 11‘ they have the Negative, the prints or
l(inlargpdlco resrof Nfigutives l”are smooth and
calm 'u . . ego was a ave eenkc .
now for sale at E. T. WHITNEY’S. - “2° ’33“
KEROSENE 0]]. and LAMPS at
E. K. LOUKWOOD’S.
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