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NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY: AUGUST» 518795 ' ‘
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THE SLEEPING.) tABE.
Sleep, baby, on thy mother’s breast,
Wrapt in such beautiful repose,
As in the twilight may invest
The folded blossoms of the rose,
N0 shade of sorrow on thy brow,
No lines of angry passions sweep;
So fair and innocent art thou,
W'hy slionldst thou ever wake to weep?
The beauty of untroubled calm
Broods o’er thy sweet unshadowed face,
The even breath like zephyr’s balm,
V The fingers with their dimpling grace-—
The sudden smile whose gentle beam
_ Shines from a spirit undefilcd—
All these are things that make thee seem
The bright ideal of a child.
But when those laughing eyes unclose,
To cheer us . with thy sinlcss mirth,
Or fill with tears for infant woes,
We feel thou art a child of earth,
And dearer for thy fits and starts
. Of childish grief, and childish glee.
And nearer to our mortal heart
Then Poet’s dream could ever be.
Then slumber on thy mother‘sbreast, ‘
And linger there when walking too,
For none on earth where thou shalt rest
Will be so gentle and so true.
Oh! none on earth, but One above,
The lambs within his bosom bears,
And may'st thou, through His heavenly love
“I think we had better sleep over it,” Mr.
Duff said at last, looking at his watch. “The
difference will turn up in the morning, you
may depend upon it.” Then the cash and
books were carried into the safe, and the of-
fice closed for the night.
Poor Hamilton lay awake nearly :all night
thinking over some possible clew to the
whereabouts of the missing money. Never
before had he left the bank with such a dread
on his mind, for he felt certain he had gone
over each item of the day, that he had not
overpaid any one to such an extent; and he
knew that on him devolved the responsibility
to make good any such deficiency. He hard-
ly spoke to his mother as he ate what she
called his “ruined dinner”—spoiled by three
long hours’ waiting in the oven—nor could
she get from him all through the evening a
hint of the cause of his troubles. She guess-
‘cd, and hinted that perhaps Minnie Duff,
“the little flirt,” had something to do with
his gloom, for she knew how her boy’s heart
lay in regard to the bankers younger daugh—
ter; but her son’s reply was equivalent to
a snub.
He was in the ofllce two hours before oili-
cial bank-hours on the following morning;
but-no trace of the missing money could be
found. During the day, all the banker’s
customers who had on the previous day been
paid in huge sums were asked to check their
payments; but when four o’clock arrived
and the cash had again to be counted, the
balance still show’ed one hundred pounds
Partake his dearest, tendcrcst, cares!
The Scottish Banker’s Di-
lemma.
IN TWO CHAPTERS-CHAPTER I.
Mr. Duff, the worthy and respected agent
of the Central Bank at Tollkirk, was startled
by his teller, James Hamilton,coming to him
to say, just as the banker had signed the last
official letter before proceeding to lock up
the safe: “I am sorry to~say, Sir, the cash
appears to be one hundred pounds short.”
James was very pale as he spoke, and,despite
his efforts to prevent it,bis voice trembled.
A stranger could not have told whether the
youth’s agitation was the result of fright or
guilt. >
Mr. Duff knew him to well to let the latter
alternative dwell in his mind for even a mo-_
meat; but the lad’s excitement was some-
what infectious, and it was with just a little
throb that he replied. “You are joking,
J amic.” Mr. Duff leaned back in his chair
and nibbled the feather-end of his quill as he
looked in the lad’s face.
“I was never more serious in my life,” re-
plied llnnilton.
“It i:: some marc's.ncst, depend upon it,”
said Mr. Duff in atone that partly reassured
the poor fellow. “Have you been very busy
at the desk to-day, J ames."
“That is the mystery of it, Sir; we have
not been busy. Hardly three 'pagcs of our
cash-book are filled.”
“A hundred pounds ! .H’m! I am going
up stairs to dinner. In the meantime check
your summations and your cash, and by and
by I’ll come in to lock up the safe with ye."
The teller went from the banker’s room
to the, outer office with a very grave face.
Mr. Duff, .who lived with his family, as is
customary in Scotland, in the very commo-
dious house attached to the bank, sent his
letters to be copied by the junior clerk, and
then went leisurely up stairs to dinner.
Mr. Duffs was, for a man who does not ob-
ject‘to a permanent residence in a provincial
town, a very easy and pleasant mode of life.
sibiilties very heavy. He had a pretty and
comfortable home in an . old-fashioned coun—
try town, and although his wife lay in the
church-yard on the brae by the riverside
these ten years, still he had two of the pret-
tiest girls in Tollkirk—Minna and Mary Duff
(besides Jenny, the married daughter, who
lived in Edinburgh)-—whose delight it was
to make his life sunny and happy. He was
naturally—being known to possess private
means, and on account of his official capaci-
ty as the dispenser of discounts and custo—
dian of the wealth of the neighborhood—a
man of some importance in Tollkirk, and
formed part of, as well as moved in Tollkirk’s
best society. He was magistrate and farmer
as well as banker; and on Sundays, for
many a long year, he had stood beaming
behind "the plate” at the cntranée to the
“auld kirk.” Everybody knew him, and he
knew everybody; perhaps no one respected
him thfiss because he pretty well knew to
within a pound or two what every rate-payer
on his side of the. country was worth finan—
cially. . ' .
He took life very easy, as I have said;
making no undue fuss when an accommoda-v
tion bill was presented to him, if he knew—
as he was certain to _ know—the pedigce and
progress through life of drawer and indors—
er. He was respected, too, by his Edinburgh
employees as a man of prudence and sagaci.
ty', who never made bad debts,never troubled
them with applications for rise of salary or
transfer of agency—whose books always
stood the minutest inspection, and who,
speaking generally, wanted no favors from
them, Rather, granted favors,by occasional,
invitations to 'visit him at Tollkirk, where
there is unsurpassed trout and salmon fishing,
besides magnificent , “linksi’ for golf, and
where the local distillery yields a liquid of
more than local repuwtion. The city-birds
were not slow to accept such invitations,
Mr. Duff being over a 'tumbler of teddy the
best of company, and generous in the matter
of horse and fishing rods. The chief in-
spector of the bank eamo often enough to
woo the, fair. Jenny, the eldest of the fam—
ily, and took her away withhim one sum-
mer day, to the general bereavement of Toll-
kirk. .
The banker did not hurry the dinner on
the particular afternoon of which I write,
When he went up stairs he did not give a
second thought to James Hamilton’s pale
face, but quietly settled himself in his arm-
chair, aftcr doingjustice to his simple repast,
to read for the second time the report of his
own recent great speech at the parochial
board, given at length in the Tolikirk Herald,
the fine roll of his own—soxnwhat improved
——spoken sentences seen in black and white,
communicating a . pleasing sense of complac-
ence and importance as influencing public
opinion. It was nearly 7 o'clock before Mr.
Duff remembered that he had not‘locked up
his safe, and that his clerk was probably
waiting below for him. He was surprised
when he opened the office door—leading to
the hall of his house—to find Hamilton still
over his cash book with an expression of deep
anxiety on his face,and bundles of bank notes
lying on the desk before him.
“What, James, still in a fog ?” he asked
cheerfully. as he came in. “Not found your .
difference, eh ?”
“I am a hundred pounds short, sir, without
doubt." .
Hamilton had tolled through every entry
over and over and over again, and counted
and recounted his bundles of notes and now
had a very sharply defined fear in his heart,
anda vision in the background of his imag-
ination of a dearly loved old mother waiting
for him at home,and who was ill able to bear
the responsibility of such a loss—if loss it
should prove to be. ,
“A mate’s nest I’ll be bound,” Ma. Duff
said, good naturedly, taking Hamilton’s
place before the cash-book. Very carefully,
and with a keen eye, he went over each
entry, very carefully, 'too, be counted the
cash, and recounted it; but only to find
that Hamilton’s words were too true. The
cash was undoubtedly ' one hundred'pounds
short. If the money had been paid away
in error, no man had been honest enough to
return it. Then for the first time in the his-
tory of the Tollkirk branch,a deficency in the
Cash had to be reported to the head office.
A hundred pounds to a rich man may seem
a small matter to worry over;'but to James
Hamilton, whose yearly salary, after ten
years’ faithful and conscientious service, did
not amount to one hundred pounds, and
whose mother-save for the help of a trifling
annuity left by her husband—was in a great
measure dependent upon him—the liability
to refund this sum weighed heavy. He he
came anxious and nervous, not being alto-
gether certain that the authorities of the
bank might not suspect him of having ap-
propriated the money; and from very ner~
vousness was guilty during the next few days
of making several small mistakes in his cash
dealings, which confirmed him in the belief
that he had paid the money to some un:
scrupulous rascal who did not mean to no-
knowledge it.
It seemed an age, although in reality bare-
ly a month had passed, before a note from
Mr. Tait, the chief inspector, (Mr. Duff's
son-in law,”) the note ran, “of the admirable
mode in which the business of the branch
at Tollkirk has heretofore been conducted,
the directors have agreed to wipe off the
deficiency in cash, which it may be hoped
will yet turn up and be rc-credited; but in
doing so it must be firmly kept in view that
the directors by no means establish the pres-
ent case as a precedent, and must remind
the gentleman who has charge of the bank’s
cash at Tollkirk that__at no future time
will the directors be disposed to relieve him
of the rcsposibility attaching to his ofiicc.’;
“There, Jamie; take that to your mother,”
said Mr. Duff kindly, handling the official
'note to Hamilton. “I thought Peter would
manage it,” (referring to his son-in-law, the
inspector ;) “but we maun ca canny,” said
the banker relapsing into broad Scotch, to
put the reproof, if such might be called-
in the gentlest form, to spare the lad’sfecl'
ings. . ,
There were tears of relief in Hamilton’s
eyes'as he read the note. “That is generous
treatment. Sir; I was afraid they would roup
(sell at auction) me and my old mother out of
Tollkirk.
“Roup ye? I couldn’t spare ye, lad.”
Then the youth went home to his mother
jubilant, a burden lifted from him.
But on the next evening, after business
hours, Hamilton's face was whiter than ever.
His hands were trembling as he fumbled
over his cash, and “cast” and “recast” the
long columns of figures in his Cash-book. It
was market-day, a busy day, and large sums
had passed into and out of his hands. ' To
his horror he found his cash three hundred
pounds short. He had not the courage on
this occasion to go to Mr. Duff’s room with
his plaint. But the banker saw at once as he
passed through the office on his way up stairs
that something was wrong.
“You are late, Mr. Hamilton,” (Mr. Duff
never in a general way called James “Mr.”
His doing so now implied misgivings.)
“Yes, sir; but I think I won’t be long;”
his lips felt preched from excitement.
3 “Are you ready to lock up the safe with
me ?”
“Not quite. If you are in no hurry, sir
perhaps we can lock up when you come
down." .
“Very well.”
‘ Mr. Duff went up stairs; but on this ones.
sion he did not linger over his meal. When
he came down, half an hour later, Hamilton
was not ready to lock the safe. He was sit-
ting looking into space, his head resting on
his hands.
“Have you balanced you cash now ?” Mr.
Duff asked, with just a perceptible edge of
annoyance in his tone. .
"No, sir. I differ three hundred pounds.”
“Over or short i"
“Short, sir!” .
“Mercy on us ! This will not do. You must
bestir yourself and—and find it. I have to go
out to meeting tonight." The banker spoke
sternly.
Hamilton once morc,uuder'Mr. Dufi's eye,
nervously went over his figures and counted
his cash. The deficiency could in no way be
accounted for.
“This is terribly awkward, James.”
There were tears in the youth's voice as he
uttered . “Yes, Sir; and it will drive me
mad.”
When Mr} Duff returned from his meeting
at eleven o’clock, Hamilton was as far'from
peace as ever. The younger clerks had gone
away. Again the banker and Hamilton went
over each item together—in vain.
“We can't report this to the head ofllce,
whatever happens,” quoth Mr. Duff grimly.
_“What is to be done, Sir ‘1’”
“Find it i”
They looked biankly in each other’s faces.
Both men went to bed with heavy hearts;
nor did the search next day throw any light
on the mysterious transaction. Mr. Duff
could not bring himself to report this second
deficiency to his head ofiie‘e; and the only
alternative left was to refund the amount
from his own private means. This, as may
be imagined, he did very reluctantly ; and
for the firsit time in his experience he watch-
ed the younger men, and perhaps his trust-
ed teller, too, with just a faint and irrepress-
able glimmering of 'suSpicion. A mistake of
this sort might happen once; but to happen
a second time at so short an interval, made
him uneasy on other matters than mere loss
of money. He had a frame-work of mahog—
any and glass made for Hamilton’s desk, so
that no one could come near the case in
the future but Hamilnton himself. And so,
with what grace he could summon, and
with grave warnings, Mr. Duff paid the
“short” money, having, as he said, “to grin
and bear it.” V
der the new arrangement; but for the third
time Mr. Duff was destined to see Hamilton
poring over his books long after bank hours,
this time to hear on inquiry that the luckiess
lad was short by no less amount than five
hundred pounds! Had the shrewd quickwit-
ted James Hamilton,after ten years of faith—
hor t.
f‘ul service, become suddenly dolt?
For a weekor so things worked well un— .
“This is beyond endurance,” the banker
saidsharpiy, as the fact was communicated
to him.
“It is most strange,”'replicd the helpless
teller, feeling that the fates were against
him.
“It is impossible you can have paid the
money away.”
“It is gone, Sir.”
“Then you must find it. I can no longer
be responsible for your blunders. Here is
no less a sum than nine hundred pounds in
less than six weeks to be accounted for.
thy a one has been sent across the sea for
less.
The youth put his hands over his face and
fairly burst into tears. “I must give it up,
Sir. . I can’t stand this. I must leave the
place.” ' . -
Mr. Duff was looking at him with very
keen eyes as this was sobbed out. “Leave
Tollkirk? Understand, Mr. Hamilton, that
you dare not leave Tollkirk before this mat-
ter is cleared up.”
. For the greater part -of the night the men
sat up searching; but when the morning
came they wercvas far from the mark ,as
ever. '
Mr. Duff, migh to the surprise of custo-
mers of the bank, next. day “took over" the
cash himself. and rather awkwardly from
want of practice,-became his own cashier.
Hamilton was degraded to subordinate du—
ties. His spirit, poor fellow, was fairly
broken. No traces of the missing money
could be found. Of course, Mr. Duff,
could not long continue acting as teller.
The work interfered with even more impor-
tant duties.
AsOn of Mr. Traill, the parish minister,
who was employed at the Aberdeen branch
of the same bank, at this time visited Toll-
kirk, and being of the same craft, spent a
good deal of time in Mr. Duff’s company.
The subject of the missing money was broach-
ed and discussed between them.’ It so hap—
pened that George Traill was engaged to be
married to Mary Duff; and the banker,
having lost confidence in Hamilton, and feel-
ing sorely in need of eapablc help, proposed
that George should apply to the directors of
the bank for the appointment of joint agent
or partner with himself in the management
of the Toilnirk branch. So it came about
that in a short time George Traill, ashrewd,
practical business man, relieved Mr. Duff
at the telling-table, in order to familiarize
himself with the faces of the bank’s cus—
tomers. For some days all went well.
Then came market day. At the close of
the day Mr. Traill was five hundred pounds
short!
CHAPTER II.
Dismay fell on the quiet little bank in Toll-
kirk. The former uneasiness became in the
ofiice a panic. Hamilton had been made ill
by the anxiety of his position. and was in bed
on the day that Mr. Traill's deficiency occur-
red. After closely serutinizing every entry
in the books Traill came to the conclusion that
he had not paid the money in excess to any
one, and that the notes must have been stolen
by some one on the premises. The bank’s
safe was duly examined ; but the locks bore
no marks of being tampered with. The
windows and doors of the office were unaf-
fected,and Mr._Duff’s domestics—who swept
out the ofiice—had been his servants and had
been known to him for years. The matter
was on- this occasion reported to the_bank’s
head office; but thence came the cold inti—
mation that no further deficiency could be
made good and referring the bank agents to
their recent letter to that effect of such and
such a date. ' V
Mr. Duff began to think the place was
haunted. Wherever the money was gone it
had to be paid up; raising the total losses
made in this mysterious way to the unpalatable
sum of fourteen hundred pounds in less than
three months. The mystery was all the deep-
er that during the day of the difference in
Traill’s cash, it had happened there had not
been a single cash payment amounting to five
hundred pounds. Then there came vague
rumors—such asOthc police had the matter
passed into their hands, would certainly have
made use of—that there was an itineratc
locksmith, a gypsy, in the neighborhood to
whom popular rumor attributed almost mi-‘
raculous power in the manipulation of
locks. 'Yet it would take a very clever lock-
smith indeed to open the Central bank’s safe
unheard in the house, and to close it again
without leaving traces of his work. The safe
had a foundation of eight feet of stone, and
was coated'on the floor, wall and roof with a
two-inch plate of solid iron. The doors were,
of course, of iron, and each—there were four
doors—had two keys and separate locks.
Through the lock of the outer iron door an
iron bolt was each evening shot down from
Mr, Duff’s bedroom above, and while that
, belt was down no key in the world could open
' the door. It was necessary to be in Mr.
Duff’s bedroom before the bolt could be drawn
or dropped. It was extremely improbable
that there was any, one in Tollkirk who
could, even with the necessary keys in their
hands, find their, way into the strong room
unaided. '
No longer was Mr Duff able to leave the
bank with an easy mind for a two o’clock
luncheoon—with forty winks to follow—as
had been his custom these twenty years. He
was closely on the watch. Yet there was no
visible cause for suspicion. Bankers and
clerks were fast becoming dcmoralized—in
the military sense—from sheer fright, accel-~
erated by mystery,and a sense—of utter help-
lessness in face of it. Mr. Duff'might far
better be losing his fortune on the Stock
Exchange, or threwing his money away on
turf speculations; in these there would be
some remote chance of profit, if not satisf h
tion in ng his property. His bark had 3
to this time sailed in pretty smoothfiseas, had
even hitherto floated in a sheltered bay, un-
exposed to financial tcuipests or breakers;
but now a leak of a dangerous sort had
sprung, as likely, be imagined, tq sink him
at his anchorage as any buffeting of' waves
in open sea.
Mr. Duff became a changed man. He was
thin and worn and ill with anxiety and watch-
ing. They were all watching. Traill was
watching Hamilton; Hamilton turned a keen
glance on the boys; the boys kept their eyes
very widely open all around. Mr. Duff was
unwilling to put the matter in the hands of
the local police, knowing that the first to be
suspected would be his clerks; and that the
affair would speedily become towu gossip.
Secretly, Mr. Duff began to think the place
was bewitehed.
IIis partner, George Traill, being called
upon to pay up half of the $500,. resolved to
get to the bottom of the matter. He had a
bed fitted up in the banker’s business room,
and determined to spend his nights there
until some solution or the problem presented
itself. Ills transfer from the Aberdeen
branch seemed just then to prove a bad bar—
gain. Thc keys of. the safe, it should be
mentioned, numbered eight, were placed
every night after the locking up of the safe
and the dropping of the iron bolt from the
banker's bedroom in a strong box, the key of
which was always carried by Mr. Duff.
.George Traill, armed with a rcvolver,in spite
of Mary’s protests and Mr. Duff’s jcers, oc-
cupied the room when the bed had been fitted
there, and waited philosophically the course
of events: He slept little for the first night
or two; but no intruder came to disturb his
recess. The long, dull hours crept on with—
out adventurc or other result than to make
Traill sleepy and cross during the following
days. The bankers were beginning to despair
of discovering the thief. Yet Traill—despite
Mr..Duif’s perfectly reasonable argument
that if any man broke into the safe it would
not be merely five hundred pounds that would
satify him, nor would he likely risk a second
and third visit—continued to spend his nights
in the bank.
At daybreak, however. on a certain morn-
ing in the following week, Traill, who slept
very lightly, was suddenly awakened, and
startled by hearing the bolt that passed
throngh the lock of the outer door of the safe
drawn sharply up. He could hardly believe
the evidence of his cars, thinking that per-
haps he had dreamed. But the “click” was
still rcverberating, exaggerated as all sounds
are in the stillness of night. If the bolt was
really lifted, the person that drew it up must
be in the room where Mr. Duff slept. l‘raill
was a courageous man ; but in spite of him-
.self, he trembled as he felt for and examined
his revolver. When the reverberation sub-
sided, there was a silence for a- few moments
as-of death, slecp’s twin brother. Then he
thought he heard, afar off, a door open, fel-
lowcd by a' step on the stairs. Then a light
showed at the seam under the door; present-
ly the door opened, and a man entered, car—
rying in one hand a lighted candle, in the
other a bunch of keys. The revolver was
firmly held in Traill‘s grip and before firing,
he was about to utter a cry of warning,when
he noted that the figure paid no heed to his
presence, put passed him, making straight for
the safe door.- In the dim light, to his aston-
ishment, be distinguished the fixed, even
rigid features of his friend and partner Mr.
Dufi! His eyes were wide open, and he
moved with his usual deliberation, but with
an air of stern preoccupation quite foreign
to his working habits. Traill saw at a glance
that the banker'was walking in his sleep.
His first impulsee was to seize and wake
him; but a moment’s reflection decided him
to wait the natural issue of events. Mr. Duff,
without hesitation or fumbling, chose the
right keys for the outer door, and pushed it,
as the lock sprang back, slowly open; then
the wicket gate, the inner iron door, and so
on, until he disappeared silently in the vault-
like shades of the strong room. When he
reached the inner safe, he took from the well
packed store of pound notes—Traill eagerly
watching him'from the door——a bundle con-
taining five hundred ; he then, noiselessly
shut and locked each door as he retreated.
He passed within arm’s length of Traill,
bearing the bundle of notes, the keys, and
his lighted candle; left the office—followed
by his partner—walked slowly up stairs to
his bedroom, where he deliberately dropped
the bolt back in its place, and finally laid the
keys carefully, apparently counting them, in
their usual place in the box fixed in the wall
for the purpose. Traill expected he would
then retire to bed; but it was evident the
somnambulist had not finished his night’s
work. Having safely put away the keys,_he
lifted hifted his candle and again weni down
stairs, carrying the notes in his hand. Traill
follow ed him through the kitchenvand out
into the court yard behind. With the same
purpose-like deliberation that he had shown
at the safc,lie now marched-to the unvarnish-
ed truth, 0 romantic reader, must be record-
ed—to the pigsty I Arrived there, he lifted
a loose fold of thatch that rested on a slab of
stone in the rickety roof, secreted the bundle
of notes there, replaced'thg thatch carefully,
and then turned with an air of relief and
went in doors. , ' .
Traill did not disturb him, did not even
take the trouble to follow his partner to see
if he reached his bed safely, but- sprang
eagerly to the~loose thatch, in which, snugly
lying, he found the comfortable sum of one
thousand, nine hundred pounds 'in bank
notes! He could not help laughing as he
stood there in the dim gray morning, hardly
half clad, for the pursuit had not been with—
out excitcment. “An expensive roofing for
Duff‘s pigs," he murmured, gathering the
various dusty bun'dlcs together and retreating
in doors from the cold morning air.
“I think, Duff,” said Traill seriously,when
they met in the office after breakfast—“I
think, to make certain that no thief,or witch,
or ghost has been,tampering with the cash
during the night, we had better ‘count the
cash henceforth in the morning as well as at
night; that will make certain whether the
money disappears by night or during the
day.”
Mr. Duff assented.
“Suppose you begin this morning.”
Again Mr. Duff assented; and with reluc-
tant fingers,at his partner’s suggestion, count-
ed the money. “Powers of Darkness!" he
exclaimed ; ' "I shall not stay another day in
this house. The cash is again five hundred
pounds short 1” Had Mr. Duff not been a
remarkably bald man, he would probably
have torn his hair in agony.
“How much do you reckon your pigs cost
you annually, Duff ?” Traill asked, with ap-
parent irrelevance, and, as Mr. Duff thought,
fiippancy. ' '
“Pigs! Hang the pigs! Hang the bank!
and— Yes; I mean to resign my office. I’m
not going to remain hereto be robbed and
ruined.” g ,
“I see you are putting a new roof on your
sty, and papering it," Traill“ went on senten—
tiously. “Sparing no expense on it. Doing
the thing stylishly, eh ?” ‘
“Are you mad, Traill ?” _
“Well, let me see. At the rate of two
thousand pounds a year." Traill was appar-
ently in his gravest mood. “That’s pretty
moderate, eh ?”
“Poor Traill! The loss of his money has
taken his brain. What demon has entered
this house? sighed lilr. Duff, in the pres.
once of a despair more ti agis even than his
own.
“Look here, old follow,” said Trail, sud—
denly bursting into laugliter—“look'hcrc! I
found these inthc roof of your pig-sty this
mofla'ng; and what is more I saw you put
themkrewith your own hands.”
“Pr iglo'us.” ‘ ‘
Yes, all the missing money was there.
The banker gave a champagne dinner to his
delighted clerks on the evening of that day.
His own health, however, was in rather a
bad way. In a month or two he resigned his
office, retiring on a liberal pension to his
farm; and in order to compensate James
Hamilton for all his recent trouble and'
misery, Mr. Duflf requested as a personal and
final favor, that the directors might appoin;
him to the position 'of assistant agent with
George Traill, a proposal which the directors
favorably entertained. These offices both of
the gentlemen hold with honor to this day.
It may be mentioned, too, that George Traill
and James Hamilton are now brothers-inlaw,
each having, in due time, wedded one of Mr.
Duff’s daughters. .The bank is James Ham-
ilton’s home, while George Trail has rented a
farm adjoining Mr. Duff's. The fresh coun-
try air, and fishing, and unlimited golfing——
all enforced on him by the doctor as the best
medicine—have putan end to the old banker's
somnambulistic rambles.—Chamber's Journal
w
Deciding that hysteria was whatailcd the
girls in‘ the Lorillard factory, who were so
suddenly overcome'a‘whilc ago, thc'mana—
gets have discharged the worst cases. The
rest are now all right. Hysteria spreads, they
say, if encouraged, and disappears ifsumma-
rily dealtwuh“ . .- J .7 . p '_ 5
The Portland Press tells of a Greenbacker
who, while denouncing Secretary Sherman as
a Shylock, was asked by. a listener: “Who
was Shylock, . anyhow 3'3. . To. which the in-
di nant orator replied, in wrtliering tones,
“ Well. if you don’t know, you had better go
home and read your Bible.”
“As an indication of the state of business,
we are informed,” says a Chicago railroad
paper, “that on a recent Saturday not a keg
of railway spikes could be. purchased if! this
city. ' Our information comes from a railway
man who wanted some. We do not believe
the same thing has occurred before for ten
years.”
vote the mind and
HISTORY mews ED, ’
First Settlelnent'ot the Miami
~ ‘ Country.
BY 5. II. EARLE.
(Confined) .
On board their boats, they ntalc doors of
boat planks with hangings affixed so that as
soon as the wall of a building was up they,
could use the doors {8 asafeguard against the
Indians, if attacked. .Having as far as pos-
sible, made the necessary preparations, they
embarked about the middle of November
to drop down to the mouth of the Little Mi-
ami, with the party engaged to accompany
Major Stitcs, J udgc Sym‘ms having to await
the arrival of some provisions then on their
way down the river. Tile company consist-
cd of Major Benjamiu‘Stites, and family,
Elijah Stitcs, Groen bright Bailey, Abel
Clark and Jabob Mills, with their families.
With them withOnt' families we're Hezekiah
Stiles, John S. Geno, Ephraim Kibby,Tho_mas
C. Wade, Elijah Miiis,’ Edmund Buxton,
Daniel Sheemaker, 'Mra Heampstead, Evan
Shelby, Alien Woodruff,: Joseph Cox, and
Benjamin Cox. There-swore in the family
of Mr. Bailey, J amen-F. Bailey and SPreston
Bailey, young men‘; nail in the'fam‘ily of
of Nehemiah, makja'gssfnfinriveh'ty nienand
two boys ablezto’do-ther'hlbor of men. They
took on board two horses and a horse sled,
to draw their house legs tOgether. -Thns
prepared they dropped down to Bracken
Creek, where they stopped, and from which
place they started in time to fioa‘. down to
the Little Miami. by sunrise, so as‘t) have
the day before them for --labor. .
Previous to theirleaving Maysville,a report
circulated, that some hunters had seen five
hundred Indians in the woods, and that the
Indians had heard that the white people
were coming to settle there, and they inten-
ded to kill them all. On its being announced
ed at daybreak, that they were near the Mi-
atni, some of the women wereafraid ou'ac-'
count of .thc report. . To allay their fears,
five men volunteered to go forward in a
canoe, and if there were no Indians to wave
their handkerchiefs and the boats which were
kept close to the Kentucky shore were to
be crossed over and land. The token of no
Indians were given, and the boats; were
crossed over and landed at the first high bank
about three_quartcrs of a mile below the
mouth of the Little Miami, a little after sun-
rise on the morning of the eighteenth of No-
vember, 1773. After i» making their boats
fast, they ascended the steep bank and clear-
ed away a space of ground in‘the midst'fi a
pawpaw thicket, when the women and child-
ren sat down. , They next placed sentinels
at a short distance from the thicket, and
having first joined in a song of praiseto
AlmightyGod, to whose providence they
ascribed their success (Mr. Wade taking the
lead in singing) they offered upon their bend-
cd knees, thanksgiving for past and prayer
for future protection. ' In this manner they
dedicated themselves and their thicket,prob-
ably as solemnly and acceptably to the ser-
vice of God, as ever a stately temple was
dedicated“ There were in this little com;
pany six professors of religion of the Bap—
tist Church. viz: Benjamin Stitcs, John L.
Gano, Thomas C. Wilde, Edmund Buxton,
Gioenbright, Bailey and Mrs. Bailey. In a
little more than one year from the first con—
ccption of his plan, Major Stites, with his
little group, was on the ground prepared
to commence that immense labor necessary
(To be Continued.)
. From Moore’s Rural Life.
II-ints About Rural Homes.
BY A. s. HEATH, M. 1).
Happiness is the grand aim of life, and to
secure its fullest blessings we must culti—
thc graces of the spirit.
We always associa leisure, innocence and
peace with rural life, combined with the
kindred joys which competence and content-
ment bring. Almost our first thought of a
country home is one of pure air, green earth,
gentle breezes ladened with the breath of
many flowers and whispering pleasure, and
where every shade promises cool and sweet
repose. The thought of a Rural Home is
full of promises of the fond ideal and of
cherished meditation. Every person of sen-
timent reverts to the country with pleasant
anticipations; it is a feeling inbred in our
very natures. Fields, meadows, and groves,
singing birds and fragrant flowers,.running
brooks and grazing herds, are ever the de—
light of mankind.
Money-making is not one of the incentives
of a country residence, open which a prac-
tical or a sensible man builds ardent hopes.
Nor does a man of sound judgment seek a
country home upon which to foolishly squan-
der the fortune his industry and his economy
have enabled him to accumulate through
years of toil and sacrifice and self-denial.
But it is the place where he can realize the
cherished tastes of cultivated thought,refine- ,
meat and study,——the place where his fond
ideal, long anticipated, become the .real en-
joyments of rational realities.——the quiet
abode of retirement and of domestic ease,—
the place of rest,—the place where the altar
is‘sacred to the affections, and where love
radiantly reigns supreme, and peace spreads
over the frugal board and joy is reflected
from face to face, making home happy,-
where freedom and independence proclatn
the man hug, the woman queen. and their
darlings princes and princesses, in this ru-
ral kingdom. Here the greatest fortune is
the wealth of domestic affections and the
sweetest sounds the cadences of loving hearts.
Itiis the bower of retirementhnd the home
of- the family. J , . ,
Our rural homes should be as beautiful
as our purses and tastes will enable us to
milks them. If our means have. provided
ample space for a comfortable house, it
should be surrounded' by lawn and ornamen-
tal grounds, planted with fruit and shade
trees, shrubs, flowers, _ a well-appointed gar-
den filled with the choicest vegetables for
the use of the family; and if our resources
and taste permit us to keep-a horse, we
origin by all means to keep a cow, as the
cafe ‘of keeping both will add but little to
the man's labor who cares for the grounds
and garden. If the family is large, and
hdrses are kept, a good cow will be a com-
fort and apleasant feature of the place at but
little expense. '_
It willbe better to have an experienced
gardener lay out and occasionally superin-
tend the garden and grounds, unless we can
afford to keep a good gardener during the
summer. Knowledge of gardening and
lafim decoration is an, accomplishment suit-
ably becoming the lady imd gentleman of
any well-conducted rural home. For, un—
less {the proprietors understand their busi-
ness, both within and without doors, the
employees seen become masters and mis-
tresses of the situation, and the manage—
mént‘ of the place will be perverted to the
interests of others. How much of the Imp-
piiicss of rural. life depends upon the care
bestowed upon the house, the grounds, the
gaiden, the fruit, the flowers, the horse, the
cow, .and the birds by ourselves, cin only
be estimated by him who has bestowed that
care and who reaps the pleasure flowing
therefrom. ' _
A remarkable specimen ofmetorie iron has
been received at Roma, 0.11., from Mohave
Desert. It weighs about a pound, contains
gold, is not magnetic, ad has successfully
resisted simple and compound baths of acid,
and has defied the best coal chisel m the
blacksmith’s shop, and has not broken or
chipped under heavy blows.
Major Stites,-his son Bé jamin-Stitel, J on.,
a young man and Jo ‘, ,' ,‘Stites brother ;
to change the wilderness intoa fruitful field. ‘
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Teacher of
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composition.
Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
' Hurlhutt, Helyea & Seymour,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Boom No.4, [up stair-,1
GAZETTE: BUILDING.
G. W. BENNETT,
D E N T I S T,
Successor to C. B. COOLIDGE,
3m28 Wall Street, Norwalk, Conn}
DWARD P .' WEED,
:D :3 tr G- G- :I: s '1'
Wall Stroetppposile Nor-wall: Opera Home,
Alargo and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Perfumery,_Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters, l‘mletand Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
and Hand’kercliief‘mxtracss, IIairBrushes,Combs,
Sponges,0hamorsSkii_is, Stationery, Cigars. the"
and is constantly addingto his stock all the new
andpopularmedicmes ofthe day.
w. sectarian,
Genera! Flil‘llliillllil Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. BLDEPOT
Hf'Ordci-sattendcd to day or night. Residenc
Main Street,3 doorst‘rom Union Avenue.
The Norwalk Fire Insurance 60.,
. ., - -gxllaanow completed its . '
18th SuccesEfi’fI’B‘uSin‘éssYeur,
And has not outstanding a Dollar'of unpaid losses
or of claims for losses.
In SIIIIIII GDMI’AII IISIIIIES AT [DWEI IAT .
Wu. O.Srnnntr, Pres., S. E. Onnsrnan, Treas.
GEO. R. COWLES,Soc’y.
‘ 'rua rusmuncn Co.ofIIABTFOBD
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual
Capital and Assets, $6,716,893.77
Insuresagainstloss and damage by Fire.on terms
adoptedto the hazard nndeonsistent with the laws
ofcompcnsntion. COWLES & MERRILL,
Sole Agentstor N orwalk and vicinity
B. S. BL'ASCER,
At his store in
MALI-OBY’S BLOCK,
hasconstantly on hand, a general assortmento
Groceries, Crockery,'filass,
'Iln and Wooden Ware, Etc.
Bydevotinghis constantpersonal attentiontothc
bustness he hopesto merit public patronage
HAI‘LES S. nocxwoon,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor
AND
GENTS’ FURNISHING EMPORIUN.
Main Street ,Norwalk. Conn.
NOW FOR IIIIIII WATER PIPES.
Wm. Glover & Son,
Arc ready toputin yOur.WATER,STEAM or GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at aslow a. rate as
an one. WROUGH'I‘ AND CAST IRON, TIN~
Ll . El), LEAD PIPES, &c., of every size and de-
scription. PLUMBINGin allitsbranehes.
BERNARD COHN.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
WEEK’S BUILDING, want. 51'.
A FULL LINE or
Imported and Domestic Cloths,
of the latest styles, constantly on hand. Novel-
ties in Scotch Suitings. Satisfaction guaranteed
in every particular. 46
WILLIAM B. RIDER,
ENGINEER AND SURVEYUB.
Personal attention given to all kinds of
Hydraulic Works, Engineering, Mill-
,erghung Dock Work, &c. Agent
for uli kind. ofMuchlnery.
Orders left at the GAZETTE Office, or byfinll
Will receive prompt attention. ' 53
Peter L. Guigue.‘
s-L-o-n-I-s-n
Union. Avenue, North of Norwalk Cemetery,
I
DEALER IN
Greciiliousc,' Hothouse, Bedding,
and Vegetable Plants,
Grape Vines, Fruit and Ornamental Trees. Flow-
ering Shrubs, Bouquets. and Baskets of Flowers.
, , ‘ _ _ .. Diseases of the kid-
B c K I betes. Intention or In-
Whi. E. cannula—Dear Sir. Having witnessed
secure the medicine which will cure in the short-
I can testify to the virtue of HUNT-'8 REMEDY
Wreaths, Crosses. and all other designs in Flow-
era to order. Grading and Refitting of Cemetery
311118
neys, Bladder & Urin-
ary Organs, Dropsy,
coiitin cc of‘ Urine Nervous Diseases. lfemale
Weakness. and Exceéses; IIIIII’S REMEDY is pre-
thc wonderful effects of HUNT’S REMEDY in
my own case. and in a‘grcat number of others, 1
- ossible uire. l-[UN'P’S REMEDY willdothis.
63‘ x) ‘ E.R. Dawnnr, s5 Dyers:
Plots promptly attended to.
IIIIII'S REMEDY. the
“ Greatxiducvand
‘ Liver Medicine.
I cnresPainsintheBack.
Sidc or Loins, and’all
Brinht’lesease of the
Kid-no -,Gravei, Dia-
paretl EXPRESSLY for these diseases.
I’novmeucs. it. 1., Aug. 19.1878.,
' - - r. on 'i it to all alllictcd with Kidney Dis-
31:32::- Df‘opsy. 'l‘iioseafllictcd by disease should
I" 11 Rev. E. G. Taylor D. I). Pastor First Bap-
iii: Church. PROVIDENCE. It. l.,Jan. s, 1979.
in Kidney Diseases from actual trial-having been
greatly bencutcdby its use. _ LG. TAYLOR.
HUIT’S [mum is purclyvcgetablc;‘and is used
by the advice or Phy—
sicians. It has stood
the test for 30 years,
and the. utmost reli-
ance ' may be placed
Init. IE! I“ {WILL ,_ ,_ _:; .-,;'.:..; .' .;. x
can it. int. . .~ . _
Semi for pamphlet to - . - -
WMJ‘LCLARKI‘J, ..
l’itovmnsca, ILI.
SOLD BY A Kala DBUGGISTS.
Pure Paris Green,
CENTS, PER POUND.
- alargeassortmentof . »
IIIINT’S; .
TO' RENT.
WVerx/varxm"
mAnr‘
Tooting.“ r n i n
nc- a o a we ling case. A l t
20 - CHAS. E. STFEIOyIIN.
0 RENT ~A Barn on West A .
ply at the. GAZETTE Osman. venue
To Rent.
THE large Hall in the new brick block on Wall
._ Street, adjoining the Connecticut Hotel.
suitable for a Society llall,or for Public Meetings.
Also one handsome onice room on second floor.
Ap ly to H ARDENBROOK.
Nor-walk, March 30th, 1879. “13
A -
12p
CHARLES w. MANY
Surgeon Dentist, .
‘ nonwanx, CONN.
Oflcecomerot Mainand Wall streets. Nitrous-
OxldeGasadministercd .
PURE MILK!
Delivered in Norwalk and South Norwalk, at
your door, every morning
AT 5 CENTS PER QUART,
. By REDISON BROS. 51tf
‘ .
Dr. L. H. Kendall & Son,
DENTISTS.
. Arcnowpre ar-
' - ‘ ed to r e on yo
-. their patrons at
' either Norwalk
Bridge or South
' .Norwalk. The
_ partner
has taxcn rooms
0 v e r Selleek's
Bookstore Nor-
walk; while‘ she
, , an or re a as
the old omce, Lender’s Block,’South Norwalk.
Teethcxtractcd Without pain, and alldcntal ope-
rations performed at citherofilce.
0.1!. KENDALL, M.D.
G.S.KENDALL D.D.S.
P.S.Dr.C.H.Kend I] 'll '
Ridgefleld. a WI devote Mondays to
O
J. M. POTTER,
DEALER m
Pianos, Organs,
Melodeons, Sheet Music, &_c.,
WALL STREET NORWAIK, chill.
nnx'r noon to savmes BANK.
I keep a. large stock of instruments on hand,
and sell them on Monthly Instalments. Every-
body can have a Piano or Organ.
sour aenx'r ron THE cmnnaarnn
WEBER’S, STANLEY a SONS, GROV-
ESTEEN & FULLER’S, names
BROTHERS, VASE & SON ’8,
PIANOS,
and will furnish at short notice. Call and
see them. '
OLD INSTRUMENTS
Taken in Exchange for New.
Tuning &: Repairing
Done at short notice.
The Web” Piano.
A few extracts from the great number re.
carved. by the most eminent musicians in the
United States may not be inappropriate:
. I have never seen a Piano which equals the
Weber Pianoforte. Geo. F. 12mm
The Weber Piano occhpies justly the first
rank amongst the Best Pianos. J. N. Palmer:
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 Piano possesses everything that
can be wished for in a Piano. G. W. Morgan.
The Weber Piano ranks foremost amongst
the best manufactured. William Mason.
The Weber Pianos stand first amongst the
splendid Pianos produced in this Country.
Clara M‘Brz'nkerhofi
A ten years’ experience satisfies me that
the \Veber Pianos are unapproachable.
John Zundel.
I would call especial attention to
‘ anything poisonous oi- deleterious is found in their
BUNIDN 'BALSAM.
BUNIUNS, CORNS, and other ailments of
. the feet, cause much suffcrm among all na-’
tionsby whom shoes are worn. hero is more
than $00,000 wortnof boots and shoes destroyed
annually in the United states (in the rest of the
world more than 1,000,000) by cutting while new,
or nearly oo.to makeyoom for painful Bunions,
Corns, Ingrowing Nails, Sore Insteps, etc. Be-
sides this cat sacrifice, there is paid in New
York, to C iropodlsto’, about 825,000 annually ; in
New England, about 825,000: in the Western and
Southern about 850,000; and In the rest of the
world about $100,000; besides this. there is 8500.-
000 spent annual! . for caustics and other won'ru-
mass compounds or the cure of Bunions, Corns,
Sore Insteps, TcnderIcct, etc. To avoul these
.at,losses anti expenditures. use Dr. Josiah
. rigg s Bunion Balshm and Sure Corn Cnrc.whieh
is t c only preparation known that gives imme-
diate relief and radically cures hard, soft and ul-
cerated Bunions; hard, soft and fostered Corns '
Vascular Excrcsenccs, Callositchar e and small
Sore In_steps,Bltstercd Heels,'I'endcr Icotfingrow—
ing Nails.etc., Without causing or leaving any
am or soreness. Warrantcd safe and sure. Sold
y Dmfizlsfithroughout the world. Adrdess Dr.
JOSIA ‘ B (:63. Newark,N. J. Sold by I. A.
MEEKER & 00., NorWalk, Conn.
$|,000 REWARD
CATA ltItII is the most universal and distress—
ing disease or the present day, and the scores
of wonderful remedies offered for the cure of' this
disgusting disease which are worse than worthless
has discouraged the millions who sufferand have
tried in vain for relief and cure until their cour-
age is gone. and the victim still suffers in doubt,
Here we are With Dr.Joslah Bri gs’ Catarrh Spe-
cifics Nos. 1 and 2. and how shelf we proceed to
convmcc these deluded sufferers that we have
the best and cheapest remedies known. let—We
will furnish them to responsible parties on con-
dition—“x0 court so PAY.” 2d—Will pay $100
for a case they Willnot cure. ail—Will pa $100
for their equal as a cure. lib—Will pay 500 if
composition. out—Will av $1,000 ifin an -
tieular Dr. Josiah Briggs? Catarrh Sneeifleys it:
found difl‘ei'ent from their representation. War-
ranted to instantly relieve and radically cure
Acute, Chronic, Ulcerativc or Dry Catarrh, Cold
in the Head, and all afl‘ections of the cavities of
the head and throat. Two bottles in one box.
Greatest success of the age. Sold by Drunists.
Address DR. Josuii Bitieos.Newai-k, New Jer-
sey. Sold by I. A. MEEKER a 00.. Norwalk, Ct.
PILE REMEDY.
ths—What unccasing tortures arise from In-
ternal Bleeding, External and Itching Plies.
The vain endeavors topbtain even partial relief
has discouraged the millions who suffer, and they
have borne their agony in silence. thinking there
was no 110 e or even pros ects of a cure. Not-
withstand ng the tota fat are of the many reme-
dteu heretofore offered for the cure of piles, and
the picture of agony resting on the face of those
who have tried the variousremedies but in vain,
yet eagerly sought for, anxiously tried anything
that prom see the least relief until their courage
has long since given place to despondency, let
them cheer up, allow the smile of happiness to il-
luminate the haggard countenance, and the da-
ties of life Will be performed with ade cc of he .
piness and pleasure unknown for wccg. month):
or years. Bi V'SS' Pile Remedies are the result of
unceasing stridy and experimenting, the no plan
ultra oi medical science. and in every respect
safe, scientific and reliable for the cure of piles in
every form. Briggs’ Remedies are sold by Drug-
Newark N. J. Soldb I. A. MEEI' .
Norwaik, Conn. y ‘ER & CO ’
Vaporizcd Oxygen.
Never in the history of medical discoveries has
gnything been brought out that produces the mag-
ical result and positive effect which Vaporizer!
Oxygen has for the millions whose brains are
racked WIIIIJMIIII. We Will pay 8100 for a case of
nervous hea ache or neuralgia that will not eld
to Briggs Vaporized Oxygen, and Brigg’s 'A van-
tor, the greatest specxfic for headache, neuralgia,
and nervous disease ever discovered. Sold by I.
A.MLEKER a: 00., Norwalk, Conn.
REAL ESTATE. '
vvax/vw
For Sale.
THE Homestead of the late Peter McLaughlin,-
' deceased. It is _very eligibly located in the
Borough of Norwalk, is two stories and basement,
contains 14 nice rooms, well adapted for a large
family or a boarding house; lot 60x2001eet, has
Borough Water. Fruit, gee. Situated on Franklin
Avenuc,w1thiii three minutes’ walk of Post Office,
Depot. Ac. Wiilbe sold on accommodating terms.
For further particulars en uire of
2 JAMES MITCHE L, Real Estate Agent.
FOR SALE.
TWO verydesirabl eBuildingLotson WestMain
Street . Apply at theGAZETTE OFFICE .
For Sale.
HE subscriber ofi'ers for sale his HOUSE and
LOT, Situated on West Main Street, ‘in the
Borough ofN orwalk. The place is pleasantly lo-
cated,in a good neighborhood, only a short walk
from the business part of the town, School,
Churches, etc. The House is nearly new;convcn-
iently arran ed, and in good condition. For fur-
ther portion are apply to the subscriber at Can-
non’s Station, or to G. & S. H. Holmes, N orwalk.
8y JOHN W. RENOUD.
" For sale.
THE pleasant! located and well builtresidence
corner Was ington and Spring streets, 80.
Norwalk is offered for sale on accommodating
terms. For particulars. enquire of
tt REV. D. B.AUSTIN,South Norwalk.
DWELLING-S
AND
Building Lots.
EVERAL dwellin s. various prices in differ-
ent portions of . orough. either to let or for
salepat reasonable rices. Also several places
outside of Borong limits—one in Winnipank.
Also several Building lots in and out of Borough.
til!) Enquire at this Office.
For Sale or Exchange.
FOB property in Norwalk or vicinity, 2 houses
in Brooklyn, E. D., Within 5 minutes walk of
For Barticulars apply
RAN ALL,
Box 63, N orwalk.
Farm for Sale.
BOUT12 to 13 acres within 1% miles of center
. of Norwalk. . Good situation. good house,
built of best material and by days work. About
30 chotce Apple trees with other fruit, good gar-
den, ood well of water, and fine shade trees. Just
gerries. Good location.
45 . .
THE ESTY CUTTAGE ORGAN
Beautifully finished in black walnut and rose
woodacombining more perfections than any
other in the world. Has taken more than ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY GOLD MEDALS AND
FIRST PBEMIUMS, 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.——G’eo. B.
Seymour, Musical Critic, N. I’. Times.
They are the best reed instruments we have
ulcretgith—C. d’: J. H. Odell, Organ Builders
It is the no plus ultra of reed innimments.
—Prof. E. L. Baker.
It contains sweetness and power in an' un-
usual degree.—Reo. Bishop bimpson, M. E.
Church. - '
Language fails in adbquacy to convey a
fair idea of the perfect enchanting power of
this instrument—Independent.
Vastly superior to anything of the kind I
have ever played upon—Wm. A. King"
The Esty Organs are without a. superior.—
Geo. Jardi'ne, Organ Builder, N. Y.
_ No tremulo has yet been invented that will
in any we compare with this for beauty of
effect.— m.- A. Johnson, Organ Builder.
It is not merely the best, but it is the only
mechanical reproduction of the human voice
which has ever satisfied me.—-Bev. H. Riggs,
President .of Northern New York Mmical
Association.
J. M. POTTER, Nor-walk.
New Film at the Old some
Messrs M ULLIN GS BROTHERS
Would respectfully inform the pnblic,that they
have taken the firmness lately conducted
by MULLINGS ttTlLLY, and with the old ex-
perir :iccd Workman, hitherto employed by the
late firm. are prepared to manufacture all kinds of
CARRIAGES & WAGONS
TO ORDER
Repairing in all its Branches.
MACHINE FORGING. DISCOUNT
ALLO‘VED FOR CASH.
C. A. MULLINGS, . J. S. MULLINGS
South Nor-walk, April 15,1878.
. A '1'
Quintard’s Furniture Rooms
wi.l befounoa oomplcteassortmentol
FURNITURE, &C.,
nelutlinge very thingulu allytound in n first-clan
estsblisbmcnt, at Prices to suit the TIIIICI . Also,
clinches, PICTURE FRAMES,
' . LOOKING GDAssEs. kc.
Classmates cntto anysize. Bepairlngdonci n the
best mannermt short notice. Also. old HairMat-
trassesmadeover as good asnew.
r. outarane's son.
,. Insurers earn]: :- "BRILS call
. for Catalogucat E.K.t OCKWOOD‘S.
W: arm; Baths !
:COld. Baths! 3
Shower Baths ! t:
' ' '/ ' ‘Ever'y'dayat ' '
E. APELL’S Model Barber Shop,
'Rooms 18, with all modern im rovcnients. bath
For sale at
PKOWITT’S CORNER DRUG STORE.
Second Door from Post once.
1““. .. .I“ < ' —
the p ace for a man wishing to raise Strawberries,
etc. Price 97,000. Enquire at this Office.
For Sale Cheap.
A VALUABLE manufacturingproperty. Foun-
dry and Machine shop, for Mari no and Sta-
tionary Engine work or general Machinery. ' Sit-
uated on Wharf. Has also Rail Road connections.
E. HILL, Trustee.
South Nor-walk. Conn.
glows reasonable.
For Sale.
A cosy comfortable Cottage on one of thepleas-
. antest streets in town, within five minutes
walk of the Bridge or Churches. will be sold at
cost price. A portion or the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price $6.000. En-
quire at this Office.
Desirable Property for sale.
A Var ydesirabie place on EastAvenne.
Also, a few choice BuildingLotssituatedon
Osborn Avenue.forsale cheap.
Also,a nicelyloeatcd House and Lot on Mer-
win Street ncar West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enqmreot '
S. l. OSBORN. EastAvenuo,
cm or to D.W.FITCH,WestAvenuo.
, For Sale.
A House and Lot. in I. health ‘Iocation on
Fair Street, above Catharine. he House is
nearly new, we ll built,conveniently arran 3-
ed, and will make a comfortable and pleasant
home for a family of average Size. The lot runs
back to the river. There is a wellot‘ excellent
water on the place, and Borough water in the
Street. Price low, and part of the money can re-
main on mortgage1i zA fine chance toseclrea ,
1
home. 'Apply at ETTE OFFICE.
I Desirable Homestead for Sale.
HE valuable residence of the subscriber.
picasantlylocated on high round on East.
Ave., in the Borough of Norwal , is offered "for
sale. The situation is pleasant and healthy, coni-
mandingline views of ong Island Sound the
surrounding country. Distance one m min
Norwalk Bridge. and the same from Sout Nor-
walk depot. _ liousc 54x50; two stories and attic,
filled in With brick, and substantially built.
room, laundry, stationary tubs, eebec’s cooking
range, but and cold water, gas throughout the
house. The cellari‘s dry, having stationary furn
ace. which beats the whole house. The attic is
spacious, and root'tinncd. The house is in excel-
lent order being comfortable t‘or both a summer or
winter residence. Suitable for any gentleman do—
ing business in New York and returning the same
day. Land about three-quarters of an acre, laid
out in lawn. fruit trees, and garden spot. Apply
to JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent. Nor-
walk, or to the subscriber,
' A. 8. HA MERSLEY.
26“ 255 Fourth Avenue, N. Y;
Norwalk Fruit Store.
FOREIGN 8: DOMESTIC FRUIT
In their Season.
DRIED FRUIT constantly on hand. Also a Full
Line of FINE CIGARS.
MARK HARRIS,
Wall Street, one door west of Gazette Entrance
. vy. w. CLARK.
House, Sun & fliiameiial Painter
Plain 6; Decorative Paper Han gin g,
No. 4 WATER. STREET.
UiideersJawt-ctt's (Id stand. Ordrrs can
be left at Spencer's Jewelry Store.
in 'rorma'r SETS at ‘ .
T _ . . E. innocxwoonis.
MACHINISTS can obtain TYIE
METAL at the
gists everywhere. Address, Dit.’Josr.ui BniGGs .
1
-IM- m mm.
To the Members afoul-Brothers
Lodge N o. 10, I. 0. 0. I“.
BY JAMES MCKAY.
To those who love the secrect tic
That binds the hearts of men together.
And makes their efiorts sweetly blend
To aid and comfort one ancther.
May friendship always be your theme,
And from the path of ‘right ne’er falter;
While Truth and Love delight to meet
And how at honor-’s sacred altar.
Let manly kindness from your hearts
Flow out in love to one another,
And freely give a helping hand
To every poor and needy Brother.
So that t) others you may show
The spreading grandeur of our Order,
When sickness or afllittion comes
To any one within our borders;
Well have you stood for many years,
And much is spoken to your credit;
While honor crowns the hoary heads of
Those that have so proudly made it.
An institution strong and good,
Combining love with every duty;
Where flowers of true affection grow
And bloom in all their fragrant beauty.
Long may they live for to enjoy .
The blessings of our friendly Order,
And may its light and glory spread
Throughoiit, to earth's rcmotest border.
Let haughty pride ne’er enter in
Nor boast thyself above another;
Remember that the candid mind
Regards no tank but that of Brother.
The world in darkness gropes its way
In search of means to cure disorder,
But all in harmony can dwell,
Who live the precepts of our Order.
There truth and love reveals the plan
That prompts the generous heart to action,
No strife or discord enters in
Where honor forms the great attraction.
May joy and social mirth abound,
When e’er you meet in friendly circle;
And may your hearts be light and free
As birds beneath the spreading myrtle.
May peace and harmony prevail,
And reign supreme within our border;
Till all the world shall seek to know,
The blessings of our friendly Order.
'l’rynim Once More.
His case looks bad, I own, sir, 'very bad;
But let’s try hard and save, not crush the lad ;
He feels his guilt,e'en to the heait’s deep core.-
Try him once more.
Deal with him, sir, this tender, crring one,
As you would have another serve your son‘;
Youth is impatient—’tis the first offense—
Send him not hence i
If you forgive him now, and hide his shame,
’Twill fire his heart, perhaps, to earn a name,
And show his gratitude as ne’er before.
'Try him once more!
He'seems a likely lad—his eye is‘bright,
His limbs are lithe and pleasant to the sight.
Let him go on, sir, still in your employ;
Pardon the boy!
Give him good counsel, in a gentle way;
Tell him the story of your boyhood’s day,
Recount your victories and thmptatinns o’er.
Tryhimonoo moral ., ,
A prison cell would never better firings,
For self-respect and hope might then take
. wings.
You say yourself it is his first offense;
Send him not hence!
As years pass by, and he becomes a man,
. Guided, it may be, by your own wise plan,
These words may grett you at life’s common
goal;
“You’ve ‘saved a soul."
(Emsnoxmus. '
BY MR8. o. Luo’anx.
How shall I die.
When shall I die, dear Lord? How will it be
When thou shalt read the veil that wraps me
now
And I shall enter on eternity,
Shall gaze upon the glories of thy brow,
And meet thine eye ?
So far, dear Lord,
Thy gentle hand hath led my trembling feet
And I have learned to love thy holy word;
Have drank the cup of life and found it
sweet,
Yet I repeat,
How shall I die ? -
Will death come to me now,before life's noon.
While it is hard to answer, ‘Herc am 1’?
Shall I be ready if he calls so soon?
Ready to die?
Shall I be spared,
Till down the western hillside slope I go,
All weary of the world, and silver-haired? .
Under a weight of blessings bending low,
Soothed by the love of those for whom I, loved
And well prepared ?
Oi- shall I live
Till all my days are desolate and land ?-
And, having taken all life had to give
I yearn for heaven, where all my joys are
flOWn, . -
And, home-sick for the grave, I make my
moan
‘Dcar Lord, receive ‘2'
Come when it will,
Here, with a kneeling heart, I deeply pray,
That then my passing sc u! with peace may
fill, ,
And teach me so to _ live through every day,
That I may sweetly )icld me to thy will,
And so be still. - ~
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway's
immigrant agency has secured a new "sort of
a colony, and an excellent sort, too. A party
of two hundred Icelanders who set out for
Manitoba, were persuaded, instead, to come
into the United States and settle in Minnesota
on the WinOna and St. Peter road. They
passed through Chicago, recently, and were
duly inspected by the reporters. The whole
lot of them had white hair and there wasn’t a
black-eyed one in the party. The Women are
described as decidedly fine looking, and
children were very plenty. One mother had
thirteen with her, of whom the eldest was
sixteen years of age. - The people were prin-
ci pally dressed in sheepskin and wore wooden
clogs. They are well—to do persons and the
families are worth $4,000 on the average
and had the gold with them. If MirineScta
is what they were told it was, they intend to
send for seven hundred more Icelanders who
are now awaiting their report. The island has
been for some years rapidly losing its popula.
tion.
——
A Washington dispatch conveys the news
that the grave of Brigham Young, who left
somewhere about seventeen widows, seems
utterly neglected. ' ' ‘
———.—v.
A recent suit in England brought out the
fact that English laborers are in the habit of
feeding their pet bull-(logs with new laid
eggs and toast buttered on both sides.
. _
A report from Harper's Ferry says that
pedestrians can now cross both the Potomac
and Shenandoah rivers at that point on the
rocks without wetting their feet. It is doubt.
ful whether so low a state of water was ever
known before.
GAZETTE OFF 10!.
Norwalk Chronicler