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WHOLENuilBER '1650.

Tthhadow of the Rock.

 

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DY RAY PALMER.

“A hiding place from the wind and a coy-
crt from the tempest ; as rivers of waters in
a dry place; as the shadow of a great Rock
in it weary land—Is. xxxxr:'2.”

‘In the Shadow of the Rock

Let me rest,

When I feel the tempest’s shock
Thrill my breast;

All in vain the Storm shall sweep
While I hide,

And my tranquil station keep
By thy side.

On the parched and desert way
Where I tread,

.With the scorching noon-tide ray‘
O’er my head;

Let me ﬁnd the welcome shade,
Cool and still,

And my weary steps he stayed
While I will.

I in peace will lost me there
Till I see _

That the skies again are fair
Over me;

That the burning beats are past,
And the day

Bids the traveller at lass
Go his way.

Then my pilgrim staﬁ' I'll take,
And once more

I’ll my onward journey make,
As before ;

And with joyous heart and strong
I will raise

Unto Thee, O_Rock, a song

Glad with praise!
._Sunday Afternoon.

A Young Sailor’s Story.

Three years ago I shipped on board the
Niger, Captain Phillips. Our voyage was
to Hilo, Sandwich Islands, and back to
Puget Sound, whence we sailed. The cap-
tain, ofﬁcers and crew were, when I joined,
Americans and West Indiamen; but, as

another hand was wanted besides myself, I

persuaded Jack Chester, an Englishman with
whom I had become friendly, to ﬁll up the
vacancy. Jack was a ﬁne looking fellow, a
jovial companion, and had lots of informa—
tion, which he knew how to use ; but, al-
though he dressed and talkedlikc a sailor,
he had not been long on board ship before it
became plain that he had not been brought
up a salt.

Our captain was a Tartar and no mistake ;
and, as he had the eye of a hawk, no fault
committ. .l by man or boy escapedhim. This
was esp -ially unfortunate for my English
shipmale. He had shipped on able seaman’s
wages, but his deﬁciencies were so many and
glaring that our captain, who seemed to
watch his movements more carefully than
those of the rest of the crew; often inﬂicted
upon him punishments painful to witness. I
had a strong dttachment to Chester, and
stood his friend whenever I could, by taking
some of his duties along with my own ; but I
was not always at hand to help him,so he
fell oftener than others beneath the captain’s
displeasure. I ;

One night, when I was at the wheel, the

wind rose into a gale. The captain came on
deck and set all hands to reef the. top-sails.
The men were manning the halyards ito hoist
away, when poor Chester, instead of letting
go the reef tackle, let go the weather fore
and aft. By ruﬁling up smartly, however,
we managed to get checked without carry—
ing anything away. But Captain Phillips,‘
frothing at the mouth, swore he would tan
the foolish lubber’s hide who had done so
clumsy a thing. Saying which, he rushed
at Chester with a piece of ratline, which
he brought down upon his neck and shoul-
ders, giving them a fearful cut. He was
in the act of raising it again when a voice
voice from aloft roared out : “Hold your
hand i”

The voice was wonderfully loud and clear,
seemingly comingfrom the maintop. The
captain fell back, and, looking up, cried in
grant rage : “Aloft there I”

“Halloa l” was the answer back.

“Come down on deck,” was the captain’s
imperious order. ,

“Come uphere and see how you will like
it,” was the contemptuous response.

“Come down, I say, on deck,” foamed the
captain.

“Come up and fetch me," returned the
voice from aloft.

“Who is up there, Mr. Rassom i’" cried the
captain, appealing to the ﬁrst ofﬁcer.

“No one, sir," was the reply, "so far as I
can see. All seem present on dec L"

The captain’s rage was now terrible to wit-
ness. “All seem present,Mr. Rassom ? What
do you mean by that, sir i’ I ask you again,
who is up there ?”

 

“No one known to me,” returned the ‘

man. All are present. All are on deck, in‘
sight.” " .

Such was the case. But the second mate,
without awaiting orders, sprang up the rig-
ging and looked over the top-rim, then made
the circuit of it, looking all around the mast-
head, and then reported himself alone.

“Then the ship must be haunted l” cried the .

chief mate.

The captain herenpon dropped the ropes-
end which he" had held in his hand and went
below. It was evident that he was strangely
affected by what had occurred. Andso my

“ fellow-countryman escaped further punlsh-

eat that iii ht.

mBut, in agfew days, our skipper had for.
gotten his fears, and looking out for another
object upon which he could vent his spleen, I

ill—fortune to feel his wrath. He
ordered me to make a knot in the end of an
old fagged rope to be usedfor a lashing. In
a little while I returned, saying that I had
made the best job I could of a rope which was

. quite fagged out.

“Well," said be, “if that's your best, you
are as much of a lubber as your friend Ches-

But I’ll dock you both to ordinary sea—

:fillin’s wages.” I tried to show him that the
rope was too much worn to make a neat
piece of work of it. “Indeed,” Isaid, “it is
sadl fagged.”

“gagged, is it i” cried he scornfnlly “then
I’ll ﬁnish it over your lubberly head."

“No, you won’t,” roared out a voice from

behind the long boat. The captain rushed in
the direction of the sound, but he failed to

discover the speaker.

“Who was that i” he cried, in a storm of
wrath, adding, “let me know who it is and
I'll thrash him within an inch of his life.”

“Will you? hahl bah l bah l” was the mock-
ing reply, dropping seemingly from the main.
‘01; was broad daylight when this took place,

so every one could see that there was no one

up there. I was as much startled and mystl.

tiﬁed by the occurrence as was the captain ;

but neither he nor I,'nor any of the crew to

whom he appealed, could throw light there-

on. But whoever or whatever uttered the
' words, my purpose was served, as was Ches-
ter’s on a previous occasion. The irate cap-

tain went below ﬁlled more With fear than

throwing behind him,as he stepped upon

the cabin-laddemhe- ropc's end which bed so

veggiogﬁ general are superstitious beings.

Whatever cannot be easily made or 1;; as;

counted for or [natural P11110191“. (1).“ cap-

' ‘ tural
the account of the superna .
tain was no better in this respect than his

crew, for he was as illiterate as they, excepl:
in the matter of navigation, and as roug

and untutored. He evidently behe. . ..
is ship w Pluses ed Mammal

, rative.

ved that :-

a mind to torment him
by its interferences. His fears were increas-
ed not many days after. 0n retiring to
rest, at the end of his evening’s watch, his
slumbcrs were disturbed by aloud and fear-
ful cry, which seemed to enter the cabin by
the side light, which was left open for ven—
tilation. The cry was heard by the second
ofﬁcer, who was on the quarter deck, and
by Chester, who was at the wheel; neither
of whom could throw light upon the inci-
dent to' the captain, who had rushedon to
the deck in a state of terror, and demanded
in vain for the production of the offender.

From that day it was clear to‘ all that Cap-
tain Phillips was tormented by apprehensions
of coming disaster. An idea was ﬁxed in his
mind that his ship was visited by a spirit
from the invisible world, which preferred to
moke itself heard rather than seen. And
this idea was strengthened by the fact, that
when he was on deck, and became angry at
the conduct of any of the men, especially
when his anger was made manifest in oaths
and blows—the unseen but ever vigilant vis- ‘
itor, from afar, wouldéperched apparently
on the top of the mainmast—utter the inso—
lcnt laugh or the dolorous warning. ’On
these occasions the poor man would rush
off to his cabin, with blanched cheek and tot-
tering limb, and there abide until the gale in
his moral sensibilities should subside.

That it was" angry with no one else :hut
the captain was clear,- from the fact that it
never took notice of the conduct of any other
person. The mate or the boatswain might
act as they liked ; or the men might jibe and
call each other; no matter—the voice was
not heard—neither laugh nor moan fell-upon
our cars. But most of; those who lived in
the forecastle were far from being happy;
many of them shared the fears of the skip-
per; and I saw that they would much rath—
er have braved his wrath than to be tormen-
ed as they were by the “voices of the night”
or the “day." Myself and Chester were ex—
ceptions. What his opinion was he would
not say; he met all my questions by adroit
evasions. As for myself I had no explanation
to give.

Thus matters went on until we were within
two days sail of the islands. All the while
our poor captain had been kept from the ty-
ranny by his fears of the voice; but now,
exasperated by some fault in seamapship on
the part of Chester, and being the worse for
liquor, he hurled a belaying-pin at him,
which struck him on the head. Clapping
both hands thereon be rushed into the fore-
castle. It was evident the skipper expected
to hear the voice, for be looked ' nervously
aloft; but when all was silent in that di-
rection his courage returned, and hg desir—
ed the second oﬁicer to call Chester back to
the deck. Getting no answer to his call, the
mate went below, where ~he~found the poor
fellow delirious. Returning to the deck,
he reported him to be in a dangerous condi-
tion. ,

This ﬁlled the captain with fear. He or-
dcred that every attention should be paid
him, which was done. Thatnight it became
necessary to have all hands on deck to reef, .
and while We were on the yards an awful
cry, like that of a maniac, arose from the
bow of the vessel, and next" moment several
of us saw a human form on the rail near the
fore-swifter,and then a loud splash was heard
in the water under our lee. ‘

The captain and chief officers who were
on deck rushed to the side. A hat was seen
for a moment bobbing on the crest of a wave;
themaniacal scream was repeated,when Cap-
tain Phillips, himself uttering a cry, fell
senseless on the deck. The mate then hail-.
eduswnTvv'cre—omeiopmryard: “Come
down from aloft 1 clear away the small boat I ’
We thought he was as near beside himself
as was the captain; and so he was-for a mo-
ment, for when we had gained the deck he
was ready to countermand the order.
Everything was awful beyond expression;
the wind and the water were raging wild ; it
was impossible for a small boat to live ig
so rough a sea, so, making a virtue of neces:
sity, the search for the poor maddened fellow
was abandoned, amid vows of ‘ vengeance}
against the captain and tears for our lost
messmate. .

Forty-eight hours after this we entered the
port of Hilo, A vast changchad'come over
the crew. The captain, knowing their pecn-I,
liarities, had supplied them with money and;
copious libations of whisky; so, instead of
reporting him to the consul, as they declared
they would, they were ready to shout his
praises all day long. In this, however, I did _
not agree; but u is to bring the tyrant to
justice single-ban ed, I resolved to quit the
Niger. ~ -

I did so. After hiding in the woods several
days, I was caught and brought back to the
ship. As my adventures as a fugitive are not
essential to the unfolding of my story, I pass,
them by, and take up the thread of my nar~

the vasty deep had

 

We set sail on our return voyage. Captain
Phillips was an altered man. He abstained

from spirits, be controlled his temper, and

this,with the addition of aﬁne steady breeze,

made our lives on board haPDY. But, alas!

we were doomed to a sad ending up of the

voyage. Creeping too near the land, and a

squall laying hold on the ship, we were

driven on a lec shore. It was just after mid-
night'when we struck, 'and. the darkness was
terrible, and leaping out of my hammock, I
ran on deck. I could see nothing save the
wild waters racing over the deck. I cried
out to my shipmates but got no answer. It
was not pessible to reach the after part of the
vessel where the life belts were kept, so act—
ing‘on the impulse of the moment, I leaped
into the sea. Catching hold of a friendly
rock, I was saved. Daylight came after a
weary waiting. The ﬁrst thing Isaw was the
dead body of poor Captain Phillips and not
far from it that of our Chinese cook. The
rest were saved. . '

We made our way to Portland, where we
were paid off. Then I proceeded to San
Francisco. I had often asked myself whence
came those strange voices and fearful words
which had so alarmed our captain and put
most of the crew in terror, and .had so op.
portunely on one occasion saved me from the
vengeance of the . captain. But it was be—
yond my power to answer the inquiry;
neither could the mate nor any of the sur-
vivors throw light thereupon. Had we known
what ventrilcquism was, we might havehad
therein a solution of the mystery; but I h .d
never heard an adept in the art, neither had
any of my shipmates; otherwise I judge
such a fact would have been mentioned and
the voices accounted for on that ground.
Poor Chester, when with us, our most intel-
ligent shipmate, seemed to be as much in the
dark as the rest of us, although he was not
in the least put out of the way by the occur-
rences. -

Strolling along the streets of San Francis—
co one night, about a year after the wreck,
ready for anything in the way of amusement
that might turn up, my eye caught a large
poster which announced the wonderful doings
of Prof. Meredith, “the unrivaled and world-
renowned ventriloquist.”

This, thought I, shall be the source of my
evening's enjoyment. Taming my face in
the direction of the “Hall of Science and
Emporium of Amusement," I was seated in a
snug corner of the body of the building, and
was not long in being carried away by the
sayings and doings of the professor. At last
he told us that he would hold an imaginary
conversation with a person up the chimney.
He did so. When, in the midst of a dialogue
the person up the ﬁne gave a dcrisive “Hab,
Thai), bah 11!

I was startled. I sprang from my seat.
namely,” said I, halfaloud, “thatistheyoioe

 

fellow creatures, is naturally desirious that

and tone and words which more than once
came from the maintop of the Niger.” And
while I was staring at the professor, with
eyes ready to leap out of their sockets. he
came to the front of the stage to perform his
part. Then, in spite of his ﬂowing beard and
other decorations, I saw in Professor Mere—
dith the identical Jack Chester who, over
twelve months before, was believed to have
leaped in a ﬁt of madness, into the sea and
was drowned.»

“Chester 1” I cried out in my excitement.

“Sit down!" cried one; “put him out,”
said some others. In the meanwhile I had
come to myself, and resumed my seat,but not
before I had got from the professor a sign of
recognition. ~ -

When the performance was over, myold
shipmate, for it was he, beckoned me to him,
and, taking me to his private room, be
grasped my band-inlall“ the fervency of ar-
dent friendship.” "‘Sit down, Henry, my
boy,” he said, “and you shall have a solution
of the mystery which hangs over me and the
past." .
“How came you to be saved from a
watery grave on that awful night when you
plunged into the raging seal” I impatiently
asked;
“I did not jumpoverboar ,” replied Ches-
ter, laughing; “neither was I any less sane
than I am at this moment. The entire affair
was a trick of my own invention to fright-
en the captain and then get away from his
clutches; My madness was a sham, and
the man overboard was simply a bundle of
old togs, topped by my old hat, which 1 had
just put together. The moment I pitched
themover the rail I slipped down into the
fore-peak, where I lay hid until the night
after the ship entered the port, when I stole
out and went ashore. I had taken care to
lay up plenty of junk, and I managed to
avoid detection until the' Niger sailed. The
cries, which you heard from the maintop,
from behind the long-boat, and in the cabin,
I need not now explain."
“No,” said I; “all is made clear by the
doings of this night.” “Exactly so” said he.
And then he continued: “I had performed
as a ventriloquist in most. large cities and
towns in Europe before 'you knew me; but,
becoming somewhat restless in my habits
and having squandered all my earnings, in a
ﬁt of recklessness I took to the sea, and, in
the capacity of a sailor, found my way to
Puget Sound. But I had not in me the stuff
of which sailors are made; so, after my ad-
ventures on board the Niger, 1 went back to
my old profession, in which I have done well.
My wild cats are all sown, I hope, and hav—
ing learned wisdom by bitter experience, I
shall stick to that line of life‘. for which I have
capacity—a better thing than splicing old
ropes or taking in topsail reefs on a blowing
night.’,
“I should think so," I said, “But you
nearly killed the captain with fright, whilst
you caused many a heartache at your sup-
posed loss."
_“For the latter I am sorry,” returned
Chester. ‘But I cannot say that I pitied
the captain. His cruelty to me was ter-
rible, and he would possibly have ended
by killing me, but for myfortunate gift of
ventriloquism. ‘All’s well that ends we . ’ "
“True,”I returned. “And I rejoice that
you are alive to say so. You kept the secret
famously,for neither Captain Phillips nor any
of his crew ever suspected that incapable
Jack Chester was the ghost that haunted the
Niger.”-—Ar.ooi;y. - - , ,

 

Extravagance ot'Funei-als.

.A'ft'wns a very-sensible clergyman at Pitts-
burgh who recently read a paper upon the
expensiveness of funeral; and they were
sensible colleagues who adopted his views
as their opinion. Mere fashion is nowhere
more hateful than in the burying of the
dead, and none the less hateful because it
imposes enormous expenses upon those who
cannot afford them. The savings of a year
are often squandered in the idle ostentation
of a funeral. It is a not unnatural feeling
among the poor that the last service they
can render to a beloved friend shall not fail
in any usual direction, and the result is that
a living family is often straightened that
a dead member of it may lie in a mahogany
coﬁin and be. followed by a long train of
carriages to his grave. Reform must come
from those who “set the fashion," and a
modest simplicity in funerals can be at-
tended only by the example of those who
can afford to ,be extravagant. The worthy
undertaker, who lives by the death of his

grief shall be lavishly manifested, and he
encourages to the utmost this sombre splen—
dor. The young- American used to be
shocked as he read in English studies of
mutes and mourning carriages, of men hired
to wear the garb of sorrow, and of grief
measured by a train of emptiness. Two or
three years ago the movement against! the
extravagance began in England, and it has
the public sympathy and support of very
eminent persons. It has shown itself in this
country by the common request, with the
annocnccment of a death, that no ﬂowers be
seat. A simple and beautiful tribute of af-
fection has grown into an oppressive fashion,
and certain ﬂowers have become odious to
many persons from their constant association
with funerals.—Harper's Monthly.
m
Tna Doe Dare—Dog days is a term for
which we are indebted to the ancient Thebans
who ﬁrst cultivated astronomy in Egypt, and
determined the length of the year by the
number of risings of the dog star, or' Sirius.
At the season of the year when this brilliant
star rose with the sun their combined in-
ﬂuence was supposed to be productive of pes-
tilential heat and all manner of baneful in-
ﬂuences. Therefore the Egyptians watched
the conjunction of Sirius and the sun with
mingled feelings of hope and fear, for it fore-
told to them the rising of the Nile, and was
ominous of fruitful crops or devastating
droughts? Their dog days extended from the
4th of August to the 14th of September. The
rising of Sirius, however, has been so accele—
rated by the procession of the equinoxes du-
ring the passage of more than two thousand
years, that the corresponding conditions for
the ancient dog-days would include them
within the 3d of July and the 11th of August,
It will readily be seen that our modern dog—
days have no connection with the rising of
Sirius or any other star, because no perma—
nent data can be based upon stars whose posi-
tions are always changed by the falling back
of the equinoctial points. The dog-days refer
to a particular kind of weather, which marks
about forty days occurring a month after the
summer solstice, and based entirely on that
epoch. They simply retain an ancient name,
as in many other instances, without retaining
its signiﬁcance. It may seem strange that
Sirius, which is seen overhead in midwintcr,
should be associated with the heat of sum-
mer; but it must be remembered that this
star is overhead in midsummer in the day
time, though, like the other stars, invisible
on account of the sum—Providence (R. 1.)
Journal.

 

 

Barnum‘s portrait is painted on a part of
his cages. When the show was in Hartford
an honest-minded chap was locking about
the camp as the workmen'were packing up.
Seeing Barnum’s full face on the side of the
cage of the stuffed hippopotamus, . he asked
the man in charge if Barnum was there.
" cs," was the reply, and the door was part.
ly opened. The stranger peeked in and ex—
claimed, “Oh, lawl .Is that him ? He is fat-
ter than I supposed, and is of darker color.”
The door was shut suddenly—Hartford
Times.

 

A Romance of QuogueivaSset.

For the last ten days the ordinarily peace-
ful village of Quoguewasset, Long Island,
has been greatly disturbed. Formerly, the
inhabitants of that remote hamlet enjoyed a
feeling of complete security. There was not
a drunkard, a criminal, or a disorderly person
of any sort within twenty miles of the vil—
logo, and not a man or woman dreamed of
looking a door or fastening awindow at night.
Now, alas! it reign of midnight terror and
noonday nervousness has begun. Quoguc—
wasset is haunted, not by a professional or
amateur ghost, but by a maddened assistant
teacher of a Young Ladies’ Seminary, who
goes up and down with a club, clamoring for
the blood of a wicked small boy who, as he
asserts, has betrayed him and wrecked his
earthly happiness.

In the month of last July, among the in-
frequent Summer tourists who arrived at
Quoguewasset there was a family from this
City, which included among its numbers a
very bright and attractive young lady. A
few days later there also arrived Mr. Perkins
Smith, the assistant teacher to whom refer-
ence has just been made. Mr. Smith was a
mild young man whose life had been passed
in the school room, and who knew rather less
about ﬁeld-sports than a child in arms who is
acquainted only with the maternal slipper,
and has not yet learned the use of the rod.
Like most mild men, the assistant teacher
was wholly unwilling to confess that he had
never shot a ﬁsh, and did not know to which
end of a gun an artiﬁcial ﬂy should be attach-
ed. He affected to take an immense interest
in everything of a ﬁshy, ~snipey, or general
athletic nature, and ladies who knew him
only as he represented himsng to be, regarded
.him as a skillful, brave, and enthusiastic

sportsman. ’
Such, indeed, was the opinion of the bright

and attractive young lady who was tempora—
rily staying at Quoguewasset, and whose af-
fections the assistant teacher was anxious to
gain. When she informed him, just before
leaving town,that there was perfectly splendid
ﬁshing at Quoguewasset, and that he ought
to run down and try it, he gladly leaped at
the chance of prosecuting his courtship in a
lonely village where there would be no ob—
jectionable young men with horses and other
unfair devices to distract the attention of his
beloved object. Accordingly, a week later
Mr. Smith arrived at Quoguewasset, ostensi-
bly to ﬁsh, and chuckled to himself as be
thought how completely his bundle of ﬁshing-
rods, landing—nets, and ﬁsh-baskets would
blind the young ladies’ brothers to the real
motive of his rvisit.

Mr. Smith managed to postpone for several
days the necessity of pretending to ﬁsh, and
devoted his whole time to the young lady of
his heart. When her brothers urged him to
come out with them for a day’s ﬁshing, he
declined on the plea that no man who really
loved the sport ever cared to practice it ex-
cept when alone. The. day came, however,
when the young lady told him that it really.
did not look well for him to come down to»-
Quoguewassct to fish, and then to spend every
consecutive day on her front piazza. “ Peo-
ple will talk, you know,” continued the intel-
ligent young lady, “and, besides, I am -so
fond of trout, and I want you to show the
boys what a splendid ﬁsherman you are.”
Mr. Smith, intoxicated with this sort of la a—
gauge, assured her-that he would go ﬁshing
the very next morning, and would bring her
the ﬁnest trout to be found on Long Island.
There was a reputed trout stream in the

‘ neighborhood,raud thither the assistant teach-

er wended his way. His VieWS'Uf-tmuhﬁsh—
ing were vague and at the same time simple.
“ It must be perfectly easy,” he said to him-
self; “ all I have to do is to drop the hook in
the water and pull the ﬁsh out when they
bite.” Excellent as this plan was in theory,
it somehow failed to work. Mr. Smith at-
tached a beautiful ﬂy to the end of a large
and bright trooling spoon, and twined a col—
lection of earthworms artistically around the
whole, but he failed to catch anything except
weeds and the branches of trees. He could
not understand what was the matter with the
trout. Not only did they refuse to bite, but
when he varied his method of attack by ﬁsh-
ing with a scoop-net, they refused to enter it, .
even when be stirred up the water with a
stick and cried “Shoo l" at them. Gradually
he became convinced that he would be forced
to go home without a trout. As he pictured
the disappointment of the young lady and the
ruin of his reputation as a ﬁsherman, gloom
settled down upon him, and when at sunset
he wended his way homeward with his
broken rod and empty basket, he was an

bunspeakably wretched man.

To the despairing Smith then suddenly ap-
peared a casual small-boy bearing a basket
full of large and beautiful ﬁsh. Hope sprang
up in the assistant teacher’s heart as’the ad—
versary of mankind whispered to him a wick.
cd but tempting suggestion. He stopped the
small boy and asked him if the ﬁsh were
trout. The boy said unhesitatingly that they
were. Mr. Smith at once bought six of the
largest ﬁsh, and hired the small-boy to string
them. Then, with a proud step, he sought
the house of his beloved one, and, carelessly
banding her the ﬁsh, remarked that he was
disappointed in the size of the Quoguewasset
trout, and had thrown away at least thirty
because they weighed less than two pounds

each.
The young lady looked at him rather curi-

ously, and her two brothers, who were pres-
ent, kept an ominous silence. She asked
Mr. Smith if the ﬁsh were really trout and
if he had caught them all himself. The un-
happy man, rushing on his fate, not only
answered these questions in the affirmative,
but described the quiet little pool in which
as he alleged, he had caught the ﬁsh. When
he had fully and completely perjured him-
self, the young lady coldly said that their
acquaintance had better end then and there,
and swept up stairs to her room, while her
two brothers bursting into roars of laughter,
told the ruined assistant teacher that his

trout were blue-ﬁsh.
It was the end of Mr. Smith’s dream of

love. Nothing could induce the young lady
to see him again, and her brothers having
told the story at the local grocery, Mr. Smith
was greeted at every turn with inquiries as
to the price of trout. His brain gave way
under his disappointment and shame, and he
now walks the streets and ﬁelds of Quogue—
wasset bowling for the small-boy who sold
him the fatal blue—ﬁsh, and publicly prom—
ising to inﬂect upon him the entire list of
tortures known to the Spanish Inquisition.

This story teachers us that when we go
ﬁshing we should either buy the ﬁsh from an
honest dealer, or give them to a. girl who
docSnot know the difference between fresh
water and salt water ﬁsh. Had Mr. - Smith
learned this lesson in early life, he would not
now be wandering about Quoguewasset, a
spectacle to men and a terror to 'small boys
and nervous women—N. Y. Times.

 

If the reports which continue to be made
can be believed, the negro exodus is not only
still large, but is likely to greatly increase.
Mr. Jere Haralson, an intelligent colored
man, who was formly a Congressman from
Alabama, declared that it has hardly begun
yet, and predicts that it will start anew this
fall with a wholesale sweep not dreamed of.
He says no less than 15,000 blacks will leave
the First district. of Alabama alone. The
negrocs are infatuated with the idea‘of going
and nothing will stop them. 'He is not much
in favor of the movement, but he ﬁnds it en.
tirely usely to argue against it.

favors some of them going to southern Illinois
Indiana and Ohio. While. they are eager to
go away, they would remain at home could
l they be sure of fair treatment. '

 

He thinks:
there are enough negrocs in Kansas now,and

The Fear of Lightning.

Twenty years age, the writer remembers
turning with a smile to otters who shrank
and cried at the peals of a iCI‘l this storm in a
a country house. The glare of a bolt com—
ing down the center of the room caught the
eye at that very instant; the next was an
explosion that book the house, and insensi-
bility followed. Two men in the same room
were burned by the bolt. though no lives
were lost ; but I have net been able to smile
at lightning again. To give an idea of the
terror left on a nervous organization by
the shock would involve extravagance of
terms. .

But, unfortunately, so far from being an
exception, there are many who suffer the
same harrassmentswith me. Nor are women
alone subject to this nervousness; I knew
a school superintendent and canal contract-
or, a man over ﬁfty, with a, large family, who
would hide in a'chest, in a storm, and had
been known to ru'Sb from his bed with
fright at lightning. ; Many‘will remember
the professor at Bdwdoin College who al-
ways retreated to the. cellar in a thunder—
storm, although his “house was bristling with
lightning-rods. The strongest man I ever
knew, who could threw another man across
the street and work a thud-press in a print-
ing office as if he weregpart of the machine
was discharged as s” reporter because his
desk was_vacant every. rune there was a
thunderésto’rln. The mother of Washing-
ton was afraid of, lightning, and never failed
to retreat to her. ‘room' at the ﬁrst ﬂash of a
storm, where she stayed till the last ﬂash
died away. The physical eﬁects of this
fear are most depressing. One woman
knows when a storm is coming hours
before by a prostration of strength and spir—
its, accompanied with symptons of cholera.
One of the most dauntless young women I
know was sick in bed for hours after the
great storm at Springﬁeld, Mass, last month.
She had received a shock of lightning years
before, and never fails to be ill in'a thunder-
storm sincc. .

Reason and study of the laws of lightning
have done much to lessen the fear of it.
It is true we live between two magazines of
electricity—one in the earth and the other
in the air—and a cloud charged with elec-'
tricity passing over a pointer or body in a
negative condition will discharge its surplus
by the very quickest and most congenial
medium which it ﬁnds in the human body,
a tree or house indifferently. But it is also
true that, provide the lightning with a con-
venient and easy conductor in the shape of
a stout iron rod higher than any point of a
house and reaching well into the ground,
where electricity may scatter harmlessly in
the damp earth, it will prefer that conduct-
ing rod to anything in its vicinity, and peo~
ple who stay indoors ina Well protected
house are safer ' from lightning than any
bomb-proof from bursting shells. Every
accident from this caused ever knew came
from careless exposure in situations known
to be unsafe. The ﬁrst I noticed after
my own accident was that of a missionary’s
daughter, killed while passing an open
window, just as a woman was on Long Is-
land last summer, while sitting at her sew~
ing machine. A young man in Maiden, I
think, was killed while sitting out on a
porch with his chair tipped back and his
head against the knob of the door bell, mak-
ing an excellent connection with the bell
wire. Many men have been struck while
riding into a barn on a load of hay. Many
will remember the frightful calamity at
Scranton, Pa., Whﬁﬂﬁ party of women, out
picking berricseon~one of the, high hills
crowded into a deserted log but in asudden
storm, and seven were; killed by one bolt.
Steep hills with mineral veins cropping out
are not places for any one to live. on who
wishes to escape lightning, and unprotected
houses they are doubtless dangerous.

It is never to soon to go in the house
when a storm is rising. ‘ When the clouds
are fully charged withlelectricity they are
most dangerous, and this ﬂuid obeys a subtle
attraction, which acts at great distances and
all directions. A woman told me of a bolt
which came down her mother's chimney
from a rising cloud when the sunwas shining
overhead. N. P. Willis writes of a young
girl killed while passing‘under a telegraph
wire on the brow of a hill, while she was
hurrying home before a storm. People
should not be foolhardy about sitting on
porches or by open windows, whether the
storm is hard or not. Mild showers often
carry a single charge which falls with dead-
ly effect. It may or may not be fatal to stay
out; it is safe to be in the house with the
windows and doors shut. The dry air in a
house is a readier conductor of lightning '
than the damp air outside, and any draught
of air invites it. Ahot ﬁre ina chimney
attracts it, so to speak, and it is prudent
for those who would be sure of Safety to use
kerosene or gas stoves in summer and avoid
heating the chimneys of the house. People
are very ignorant or reckless about light-
ning. . I have seen a girl of eighteen crying
with fear of lightning and running every
other moment to the window to see if the
storm was not abating, unconscious that the
was putting herself in danger. If every
one would hurry to shelter as soon as a storm
cloud was half way up the sky, when cer-
tain it was cuming nearer-if they would shut
the doors and windows and keep away from
them afterward, and from hell wires, stove—
pipes, mantels, chimney-breasts, heaters, and
mirrors with their silvered backs, which
carry electricity, and keep away from light-
ning-rods and their vicinity, and :from metal
water.spouts,with good rods on their houses,
they might dismiss the fear of lightning from
their minds, so far as it is a thing of reason
and not impression.

A good lightning-rod is one that is thick
enough to carry a heavy charge of electric—
ity, not less than three-fourths of an inch
in diameter, which has a point above each
chimney or pinnacle of the roof, joining the
main red by curves, not angles; and running
into the ground down to permanently moist
soil. It should be held by glass insulators
ﬁxed in blocks of wood, held to the house
by wooden pegs, not spiked to the wall to
give possible connection with the interior-
Any blacksmith can put up a rod which will
be a perfect protection, and it should not
cost over twelve dollars for a house forty
feet square and two stories high. When ag-
cidents happen to a house with lightning-
rdds it is because the rod is too small, or not
rightly attached, or the ground connection
is not good. The ignorance and carelessness
habitual to the American on all points not
immediately connected with his amusement
or money-making are fatal to such exact
conditions as insure safety from lightning.
It was exempliﬁed in the case of a friend,
who, afraid of lightning, slept half the sum—
‘mer in a newly-rented house witha stout rod,
till one day, happening to look at the ground
connection, he found it rusted in two just
above the sod, and a hundred times more
dangerous than no rod at all. '

So far from lightning being a danger most
diﬁicult to avoid,it has very simple laws, and
maybe almost entirely guarded against by
proper conductors. Witness the British-
navy, which met 500 disasters a year by
lightning till the ships were provided with
conductors, by which‘the fatalities were re—
duced to ﬁfty, among ships in the tropics,
exposed to violent stems, and these may be
fairly charged tocarelessness in regard to the

conductors—N. Y. Sun.
m ,
Senator Booth of California, who has been
very independent in hispolltics, has returned
to full fellowship with the republican fparty
and is making very powerful speeches or its
muslin. _...

 

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. 0
TO RENT.
WWW '
0_RENT,—-A suite of very desirable rooml
in the Skgddy Block, Main St. Also severas
other good tcnimcnts. S. E. OLMSTEAD.
Aug. 11th, 1879. 3t3l

 

 

To LET.
One-hall of: Dwelling House. App] to
20 CHAS. E. ST. J HN.

 

0 RENT.—-A Barn on West Avenue.
ply at the Gazurrn OFFICE.

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 olllcc room on second ﬂoor.
Ap ly to HARDENBROOK,
Norwa k, March 30th, 1879. till}

A .
12p

 

 

 

CHARLES W. MANY

Surgeon Dentist,
uonwanx, court. I

Once corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxldc Gasadmim’stcrcd .

PURE MILK!

 

Delivered in Norwalk and South Norwalk, at
your door, every morning

AT 5 CENTS PER QUART,

By REMSON BROS. .

Dr. C. Ii. Kendall & Son,
DENTISTS.

Are now prepar-

51tf

 

ed to r e c ei v (3
their patrons at
either Norwalk
. Bridge or South
Norwalk. The
senior. partner
has taxen rooms
0 v e r Selleck’s
Bookstore Nor-
walk, while the
junior retains
the old oﬁice, Lauder’s Block, Solith Norwalk.
Teethoxtractedwrthout pain, and alldental ope-
rationspcrformedutcltherotlice.
C. H. KENDALL, M .D.
P S D C H KG.dS.]{{EElsALL,D.D.S.
. . r. . . en a in ( evote Monda s to
Ridgeﬁeld. y

 

 

ALEX, s . GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
Teacher of
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composition.

Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.

Hurlbutl, Ilelyea' & Seymour,
Attorneys and Counsellors at MIT,

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

 

 

' G. W. BENNETT,

D E N 'I' I S 'I',
Successor to C. B. COOLIDGE,

3m28 Wall Street, Norwalk, Con'n}

 

EDWARD P o WEED,

D R U G- G- I S '1'
Wall Btrcetpppositc Nor-wall: Opera Home.
Alargc and well selected stock of

DRUGS AND MEDICINE ,
Perfumegymatent Medicines, all kinds Ming};
Waters. oilet and Medieated_Soaps. Flavoring:
and HandkerchiefExtracss,‘Haerrushcs,Combs,
Sponges,ChamoisSkins, Stationery, Cigars, &c,,
and is constantl addingto his stock all tbenew

.andpopnlarme icines olthe day.

 

w. E. (lUlNTARD,
General Flliulllg Unlellaller,

_ OPPOSITE HORSE R. Bil) . O _, _, g
women-attended. to day or night. esidenc
Main Street,3 doors from Union Avenue.

 

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18th Successful Business Year,

And has not outstanding a Dollar of unpaid losses
or of claims for losses.

'0 sauna GDMPAIT llISIIllES AT lilVlEII‘lIAT .
Wu. (1.5an13, Pres., S. E. OLllSTE'AD, Tress.
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Incorporated 1812. [Charter Perpetual
Capital and Assets, , $6,716,893.77

lnsurcsngninstlossand damage by Fire ,on terms"
adoptedto the hazard andconslstent with the laws
otcompensation. COWLES d; MERRILL ,.
Sole Agentsf or Norwalk and vicinity

B. S. BLASCER,

Athis storcin _
MALLOnY’S BLOCK,
hasconstantlyon hand,a general assortmento

Groceries, trickery, Glass,
'Iin and Wooden Ware, Etc.

By devotinghis constantpersonal attentionto the
business be hopesto merit public patronage

 

 

KAI‘LES S. LOCKWOOD,

Fashionable [Tuner and Tailor

AND

GENTS’ FURNISHING EMPORIUM.
Main Street ,Norwalk, Conn“.

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

Areready topntin yoanATER,STEAllIor GAS
PIPE, at very shortnoticc and at aslow a rate as
an one. WROUGHT AND CAST IRON. TIN-
Ll._ ED, LEAD‘PIPES, &c., of every size and dc-
scrlption. PLUMBINGinallitsbranchcl.

BERNARD COHN.
MERCHANT TAILOR,

WEEK’S BUILDING, WALL ST.
A FULL LINE OF

Imported and Domestic Cloths,

of the latest styles, constantly on hand. Novel-
ties in Scotch“ Suiti . Satisfaction guaranteed
in every particular. - 46

WILLIAM B. RIDER,

ENGINEER AND SURVEYUR.

Personal attention given to all kinds of

Hydraulic Works, Engineering, Milf-
\Vrlghtlng Dock ;Work kc. Agent
for at kinds ofﬂine lnery.

Orders left at the GAZETTE Ofﬁce, or by mail
will receive prompt attention. 53

W. W. CLARK

House, Sign & Ornamental Painter

Plain lb Decorative Paper Hanging,
No. 4 WATER STREET.

Under Mrs. Fawcett’s old stand. Orders can
be left at Spencer’s Jewelry Store.

Notice. '

will sell regardless of cost the stock of

TIN WARE,

made of Cross Tin by GEO. F. BELDEN.

 

 

 

 

 

Cal

 

at once for great Bargains at

Jaqul’s, Wall St“ Norwalk, Conn.

Doyotthavca Pain in

“ your Back, Lorns__or

Side ? 1f sop/our hid-

I - ncys are diseased.

Do not delay, but try

at once HUNT’S

” REMEDY. t h e

greatKldney and

I nlycr' Medicine.

. I t i s at n d o E X -

PRESSLY for Diseases of the Kidneys. Blad-

der Liver and Urinury Organs, Dropsy, Gravel,

Diabetes, Bright’s Disease of the Kidney/miner)”.

tintence or Retention of Urlne.und Female Weak~

‘ncss. BUNT’S REMEDYhas never-been
known to tail.

WM. E. CLARKE. Dear Sin—Eighteen months

ago' I had Dropsy around the heart, my physicians

and friends aespaired of my ever getting well.
The ﬁrst bottle of HUNT’S REMEDY gave me

great relief. I feel I owe my very existence to

has cured hundreds "."NT’S

cz'eanses. puriﬁes and .
PROVIDENCE, R. I.

HUNT’S REMEDY, and I am deeply thankful.
who have been given

t thens the whole ~ -
:yliletgi‘h. All who use ,_
it enjoy good health. .
Ono trial will ..
'convln co you.

80].!) BY All. I) RUGGlSTS.

AanAiI. 8. Conan.
Hunt’s Remedy
an by Physicians. It
Send for pamphlet to WM. E. CLARKE,
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he Unlverpul. the Novelty.—
A good Wringer. only 85 00, at .
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The "small fire Insurance; to... ;

Moonusrowx. Burlington 00., N.'J.,Scpt.lS,’7 . '

J. M. POTTER,

DEALER IN

. Pianos, Organs,

 

Melodeons, Sheet Music, &t‘.,
WALL STREET NORWALK, CONN.

NEXT DOOR to SAVINGS BANK.

I keep a. large stock of instruments on hand,
and sell hem on Monthly Instalments. Every-
body ca have a Piano or Organ.

SOLE-AGENT FOR THE CELEBRATED

WEBER’S, STANLEY & SONS, GROV-

ESTEEN & FULLER’S. HAINES
BROTHERS, VASE a some,

PIANOS,

and will furnish at short notice. Call and
see them.

"OLD INSTRUMENTS

. Taken inExchange fcrNsw.
"Tun/mg if; Repailm'ggm

Done at short notice. (

The Weber Piano/

A few extracts from the great number re.
ceived by the most eminent musicians in the
United States may not be inappropriate!
I have never seen a Piano which equals the
Weber Pianpf rte. Geo. F. Bouillon:
The Weber ' no occupies justly the ﬁrst
rank amongst the st Pianos. J. N. Pattison
The Weber Pianos cannot possibly be, sur-
passed. Saﬁ. Mills.
I used the Weber Grand Piano because I
consider it the best in the world.
, 'Harrg/ Sander’son.
The Weber Piano possesses everything thst
can he wished forin aPiano. ' G". W. Morgan.
The Weber Piano ranks foremost amongst.
the best manufactured. .
The Weber Pianos stand ﬁrst amongst the
splendid Pianos produced in this Country. .
‘ Clam N. Brinkerhoﬁ
A ten years’ experience satisﬁes me that
the Weber Pianos are unapproachable. '~ -
John Zundel.

I Would call especial attention to

”THE ESTY COTTAGE tutu

Beautifully ﬁnished in black walnut and rose-
wood, combining more perfections than any
other in the world. Has taken more than ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY GOLD MEDALS AND
nms'r PBEMIUMS, at Fairs and Exhibitions
throughout the United States. They are en-
dorsed by the highest musical authorities. -
Certainly the best I ever beard.
. Geo. W. Morgan.
It is vocal, which is the highest praise that
can be bestowed on anyinstrument.—Geo. B.
Seymour, Musical On‘tz'c, N. Y. Tim.
They are the best reed instruments we have
’1‘th with—0. (I: J. H. Odell, Organ Builders
It is the ne plus ultra of reed instruments. '
-Prof. E. L. Baker. .
It contains sweetness and power in an un-
usual degree—Rev. Bishop Simpson, M". ’3'.
Church.
Language fails in adequacy to convey a
fair idea of the perfect enchanting power of
this instrument—Independent.
Vastly superior to anything of the kind I
have ever played upon.— Wm. A. King"
The Esty Orﬂans are without a. superior.—
Geo. Jul-dine, argon Builder, N. Y.
No tremulo has yet been invented that will
in any way compare with this for beauty of
eﬁ‘ect.— Wm. A. Johnson, Organ Builder.
It is not merely the best, but it is the only
mechanical reproduction of the human voice
which has ever satisﬁed men—Rec. H. Riggs,
President of Northern New Y ork Musical
Association. .

J. M. POTTER, Norwalk.
New Firm at the Old Stand

Messrs MULLIN GS BROTHERS

onld respectfullyinform the public, thatthey

have taken the business lately conducted
by MULLlNGS &T1LLY, and With the old ex-
pcrir :lccd W'orkmen, ' hitherto employed hy the
late ﬁrm, are prepared to manufacture all kinds of

CARBIAGES & WAGONS

TO ORDER _
Repairing in all its Branches.

MACHINE FORGING. DISCOUNT
AbLO‘VED FOR CA5}!-

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

 

 

. AT
Quintard’s Furniture Rooms

wl,l betounda completeassortmcntol

FURNITURE, &C.,-

neludin cvc hinguanallyfound inatirst-elasl
astablishzmenmt Prices to suit the Times . Also,
alargcassortmentol: '

CHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
noonmo onsssns, are.

GlassPlatcsouttoanysize. Bepalringdoncinthe
best manner, at short notice. Also. old Hairlfat-

tralse amadeover as good snow.

E. OUINTABD'S 80H.

Warm. Baths!

Cold. Baths 2!
Shower Baths l 2 3
Every day at ‘

E. APELL’S Model Barber Shop.
Second Door-from Post omce.

 

l

Mllz'am Mm. ’ (

BUNION BAtSAM.

UNIONS, COBNS, and other ailments of

_ the feet, cause much suffering among all no-
tions bywhom shoes are worn. There is more
than $100,000 worth of boots and shoes destroyed

world more than 1,000,000) by cutting while new,
or nearly so, to make room for painful Bunions,
Corns, ngrowxng Nails, Sore Insteps, etc. Be-
sides thls .cat sacriﬁce, there is paid in New
York, to O lropodlsts, about $25,000 annually ; in
New England, about $25,000: 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 annuallyfor caustics and other WORTH-
miss compounds for the cure of Bunions, Corns,
Sore Instcps, Tender Feet, etc. To avoid these
great losses and expenditures, usc Dr. Josiah
. ’l-igg’s Bunion Balsglm and Sure Corn Curc.which
IS_ the only preparation known that gives imme-
diate rellcl'nnd radically cures linrd, soft and ul-
cerated Bunions; llnrd, soft and fostered Corns-
Ynscular Excrcsences, Callositesdargc and small
Sore In.stcps,Blist-ercd IIccls,Tcndei- l'cct,ingrow-
ing Nails, etc., wrtliout causing or leaving any
pain or soreness. Warrantcd safe and sure. Sold
by Drug ists throughout the world. Adrdcss Dr.
JOSIA} BRIGGS, Newark,N. J. Sold by I. A.
MEEAER & 00., Norwalk, Conn.

$-|,000 REWARD

ATAERH is the most universal and distress-

ing disease of the present day, and the scores
of wonderful remedies offered for the cure of this
dsgusting disease which are worse than worthless
bus discouraged the millions who suffer and have
tried in vain for relief and cure until their cour-
n e is gone, and the victim still suffers in doubt,
l .cre we are With Dr. Josiah Briggs’ Catarrh Spe-
ciﬁcs Nos.1 and 2. and how shall 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—“NO CURE N0 PAY.” 2d—Will pay $100
for a. case they willnot cure. all—Will pn $100
for their equal as a. cure. Mir—Will pay $500 if
anything poxsonous or deleterious is found in their
composition. bib—Will pay $1,000if1n any par-
ticular Dr. J oslah Bri gs Untarrh Speciﬁcs are
found different from t eir representation. War-
rantcd to instantly relieve and radically cure
Acute, Chronic, Ulcerative or Dry Catarrh, Cold
in the Head, and all affections of the cavities of
the head and throat. Two bottles in one box.
Greatest success of the age. Sold by Druggists.
Address Dir. JOSIAH Emacs. Newark, New Jer-
sey. Sold by l. A. MEEKER & CO., Norwalk, Ct.

PILE REMEDY.

ILES-What unceasing tortures arise from In-

ternal Bleeding, External and Itching Piles.
The vain endeavors to obtaineven partial relief
has discouraged the millions who slider, and they
have borne their agony in silence. thinking there
was no hope or even prospects of a. cure. Not-
withstanding the total fai are of the many- reme-
dien heretofore offered for the cure of piles, and
the picture of agony resting on the face of those
who have tried the various‘remcdles but in vain,
yet eagerly sought for, anxiously tried anything
that promises the least relief until their courage
has long since given place to dcspondeney, let
them cheer u , allow the smile of happiness to il-
lliminatc the aggard countenance, and the du-
ties of life will be performed with a degree of hap-
places and pleasure unknown for weeks. months
or year-5!. Briggs’ Pile Remedics_are the result of
uuccuslng study and experimenting. the no plus
ultra 01- medical science, and in every respect
safe, scientiﬁc and reliable for the cure of piles in
every form. Briggs’ Remedies are sold by Drug-
ists everywhere. Address, DR. J osrAll BRIGGS
ewnrk, N. J. Sold by l. A. MEEKER & 00.,
Norwalk, Conn.

Vaporizcd Oxygen.

I
Never in the history of medical discoveries has
snything been brought out that produces the mag-
ical result and posttive effect which Vaporizcd
Oxygen has for the millions whose brains are
racked wrth am. We Will pay $100 for a case of
nervous hca ache or neuralgia that will not yield
to Briggs Vaporized Oxygen, and Brigg’s Alvan-
tor. the greatest speciﬁc for headache, neuralgia,
and nervous disease ever discovered. Sold by I.
A.MEEKER a 00., Norwalk, Conn.

REAL ESTATE.
For Sale.

THE Homestead of the late Petcr 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 60x200 feet, has
Borough Water, Fruit, die. Situated on Franklin
Avenue, Within three minutes’ walk of Post Ofﬁce,
Depot. ate, Will be. sold on accommodating terms.
For further rial-ticu'lnrs en uirc of ‘
24 JAh ES ,MITCHE L, Real Estate Agent.

FOR'SA E.

TWO veryde’sirabl eBuildi gLot son Weslllfain
Street . Apply at tthAZETTE OFFICE .

‘- For Sale. A,

THE subscriiber oﬂ'ers for sale his HOUSE and

1.0T,situatcd on West Main Street, in the
Borough of Norwalk. The place is pleasantly lo-
cated, in a. good neighborhood, only a short walk
from the business part pf the town, School,
Churches, etc. The House is nearl ncw;eonven-
iently arran'red, and ii. gﬁid condit on. For fur-
ther particufars-apply to the subscriber at Can-
Jgon’s Station,.or to G. .hSnH. Helms , Norwalk.
‘ K ._ ~ / JOHNW ENOUD.

_ ‘-
For Sale.
ﬁE pleasantly iocated and well built rcSi ence'
' " corner Washington and Spring streetsuSo.
Norwalk is offered for sale on accommodating
terms. Forpartic ilarsyenquireql‘ _ ‘. v
gorwmk.’

' REVJ‘): ,trAUSTINﬁqutb
thziLINC-is

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Budding Lots. ,
EVERAL dwellings,various‘prices in differ,-
.ent portiohs.’ of Borough; either to let or 101
sale‘nt reasonable riees._ Also several places
outstde of Borgrlg limits—one in'Winnipauk.

Also several Building lots in and out or Borough.
till) Enquire at this Ollicc.

 

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,FortsaleorExchange.‘

FOR property in Norwalk or vicinity, 2 houses

in Brooklyn, E. D., within 5 minutes walk of
t ferries. Good location. For Barticulars apply
to J. S. RAN ALL,
45 Box 63, Norwalk.

Farm for Sale.

BOUT 12 to 13 acres within 134 miles of cpnter

ot‘Norwalk. Good situation. good house,

built of best material and by days work. ~ About

50 choice Apple trees with other fruit, good gar-

den, good well of watei', and ﬁne shade trees. dust

the place for a. man Wishing to raise Strawberries,
etc. Price $7,000. Enquire at this Qﬁice. ‘

For Sale Cheap.

\A- VALUABLE nnufacturingproperty.Foun-

dry and Mn ine shop, for Marine and Sta-
tionary Engine was); or gen i‘nl Machinery. Sit-
uated on W hart. Has also R l Roadponncctions.

 

 

 

Terms reasonable. 11:. HILL, Trustee.
2.7 South- N orwalk, Conn.
V 1
For Sale.

A cosy comfortable Cottage on one of thcpleas-
. antcst streets in town, within ﬁve minutes
walk of the Bridge or Churches. will be sold at
cost price. A hortiou of the purchase money can
remain on hour and mortgage. Price 86.000. En-
quire at this Oillce. .

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Desrrable Property for sale.
A Vcr ydesirableplace on EastAvenuc.

Also, a few choice BuildingLots’situatedon
Osborn Avonue,forsnlc cheap.
Also,anicelylccated House and Lot on Mer-
win Street near WestAvenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquireot
S, E. OSBORN, EastAvenue,
tfll or to D.W.FITCH,WestAvenue.

For Sale.

A House and Lot. in a healthyloeation on

F FairSti-cet,above Catharine. The House is

. ' nearly new,wellbullt.conveniently arrang-
ed, and will make a. comfortable and lcasunt
home f'orufamily of average size. The at runs
back to the river. There is a well of excellent
water on the place, and Borough water in the
Street. ice low,and part of the money can re-
main 0 mortgage. A line chance tosecurea
home. Apply atGAZETTE OFFICE. ti

A Desirable Homestead for Sale.

HE valuable residence _of the subscriber.

pleasantly located on high ground on East
Ave., in the Borough of Norwalk, is offered for
sale. The situation is pleasant and healthy, com-
mundlng‘ﬁne views of Long Island Sound and the
surrounding country. Distance one mile from
Nor-walk Bridge. and the same from South Nor-
walk depot._ House 54x50; two stories and attic,
tilled in With brick, and gubstantially built.
Rooms 18, With all. modern lm )rovcments, bath
room, laundry, stationary tubs, ecbec’s cooking
range, hot and cold water, gas throughout the
house. The cellaris dry, having stationary furn-
ace. which heats the whole house. The attic is
spacious, and roof tinned. The house is in excel-
lent ordcr being comfortable for both a summer or
winter residence. Suitable for any gentleman do-
ing busincss in New York and returning the same
day. Land about three-quarters of an acre. laid
out in lawn. fruit trees, and garden spot. Apply
to JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent, Nor.
walk, or to the subscriber,

. A. S. IIAMERSLEY,

26tf 255 Fourth Avenue, N. Y

W A '52? C H 2°55 S I
A. I‘. Benedict it do,

' 28 BOWERY, NEW YORIC.

The Witches, Diamuls, Jewelry,

Sterling Silver and Plaiedl‘lare.
PRICES GREATLY REDUCED.

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N0 CONNECTION WITH ANY OTHER. HOUSE
Established in 1818.

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annals, DAIRY DANS, BUTTER
BOWLS, LADLES etc , in
E. k. LOCKWOOD’S.

 

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is A alum marine

 

Pure Paris Green,

30 CENTS, PER POUND.

For sale at
I‘ROWI'I‘T’S CORNER DRUG STORE.

 

ABLE corner” at one-half price. at
T . E. K.LOCKWO0D’S.

 

 

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Snatched away to Paradise.

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[Translated for the Sun l
. _ . 5
Lyric of Epill’anl,(v; o (dilgglghgg'g‘im the

Son, 0 tenderly beloved!

Whom creative grace did fashion

‘Ncath his mother’s bean. yet lying

And God‘s goodness formed complelely'
To the world his sweetness opened -
Tender, like a ﬁowar just nbiding— 1
Death, more ﬁerce than sun of summer
Glarcd forth, and its leaves were scatteied
Withcrcd, and it ceased from being. ’
But for thee I check all weeding,
Fearing; for I am instructed

That the King’s Son hath removed thee
To his own bright habitation-

Nature, fond, to tears disposes,

Since, my son, thou hasheparted ;

But thy bright home I remember
Whither spirits blest have led thcc,
And I fear lest drops of sorrow

Should deﬁle the King’s high dwellin";
' Thither comes no hostile sorrow! D
Never on me fall reproaches,

Bringing to the blissful region

Tears, the wealth and stones of sadneSs!
Therefor let me come rejoicing '
With my offering pure of praises!

Once thy voice in notes 'of sweetness
Caught mine car, and moved my spirit
Working in my soul much wonder:
Once again my memory listens,
By the tones once more affected—
Harmonies of tender echoes!
But when groans aloud my spirit
In remembrances heart-rendering,
Faith and judgment straight recall me,
Listening, still wondering rapture,
To the voices of the risen,
To the song of those bright spirits
Who aloud do cry, Hosannal
At the feast of thy blest bridal.
3—“:
The Engineer’s Story.

 

BY MRS. HELEN RICH.

 

We Were buried in the snow-ﬁeld in the can-
ons, east Paciﬁc,

Short of sunshine yet the storm—ﬁend in his
blessings most proliﬁc,

And between the lack of coal, and tin scant
supply of rations,

The terminus seemed nearing, without passing
any stations.

Now, tiyshoot across the chasms, and to reach
the grand Sierras,

Where the stars in smoke and vapor seem

. like ruddy hanging cherries,

With. the air like an elixir, is a rapture
Worthy heroes,

But to starve in prison, comrades, with the‘
weather in the zeros.

Z:We had toiled like giants, listening for the
“fast express” with faces

Begrimcd, yct white, and not with frost, or
bright with Christian graces;

The hunger and the cold, you see, or railroad

men are trying,

And thesface of honest labor is a poor resort

for lying.

You can brave a danger, coming with a shriek
and‘rush and tremble,

Like the roar of bursting bombs, but this f
death, stooping to dissemble, '

And stealing on you softly, like a great white
bear to smother ‘

Every manly throb, until you turn aghast

*’ from one another.

. god of mercy! that last evening, by our dim

‘ ﬁre hunger driven,

Failing succor, only whisky, dying hope (and
may be heaven),

Can you marvel if we broke the pledge, even '
passing into Brodie,

He struck the ﬂask aside and groaned, “Not
if I perish, Maudie l"

f‘Don‘t, boys, see, here are rations: I have .

saved mine for your taking ;

the prison, I am glad to die, my heart

has long been breaking;

Eat while I pray to God, and her, my darling,
and my angel." .

Then we knew our grim old hero was a mar-
tyr, an evangel.

Were we blind? But woe is selﬁsh, and the
engineer was dying. .

“Nay, my boys, to starve is nothing, to
remorse that’s ever sighing.

I used to run the lightning oh the Central,
and'the fellows '

Always smiled to see me hasten when we
came in sight of Bellows,”

“For my daughtert, litlo Maudie, .With hair -
like sunshine braided. '

And eyes of- tender yearning by the white ‘
Normanda shaded; - - . ' - ' -

Ribbons ﬂying, ringlets' dancing, lips aglow
with merry greeting,

Dimpled'arms held out to clasp me; oh, the
bliss of such a meeting.”

And the great sad eyes grew misty, like the
glowing by a river,

And the brown band sought his bosom in an
eager sort of shiver,

Found and kissed a locket meekly with the
blanching lips of famine ;

Showed it to us, “My cruciﬁx, please, boys,
no more damning l” '

“Such a beauty! Is she living ?" Poor Jack
Brodie, kneeling, crying.

“Living, yes, with holy beings, but I saw
my baby lying

Stark and crushed beneath my engine, can I
ever hope to reach her ?

Is there expiation, mercy, for a lost, a
wretched creature ?”

“I had drank that Intel evening, and abroken
rail was lying.

Near the crossing; she cspicd it, and with
tiny lantern ﬂying,

Bravcly swung the warning signal. My hand i
alas, unsteady l

And I staggered, sick with horror, to her
little mangled body." '

He was silent, gasping, shaking, but a cry of
anguish ringing

Through the car with sobs of pity, and Jack
Brodie, kneeling, clinging

To her sweet face with failir g sight. “Don't
drink, my boys,” he said;

“I have tried to do a little good, my angel 1"
Jack was dead.

Ilow we knelt and kissed his forehead, kiss—
ed her pictured face so fair;
And we took the pledge forever, in the sol—
emn hash of prayer, '
Resolved to die (if die we must) like men,
not as the beast,
And then we heard the “Gen. Grant" come
screaming from the east. '
Burlington Haiokeye.
*
Sins Blotter] Out.

“According unto the multitude of thy
tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.”
Ps. 51 : 1.

A little boy was much puzzled about sins
being blotted out, and said: “I cannot think
what becomes of all the sins God forgives,
mother.” - ‘

' “Why,Qharley, can you tell me what bc-
comes of all the ﬁgures you wrote on you '
slate yesterday ?"

“I washed them all out, mother.”

“And where are they then ?”

“Why, they are nowhere; they are
said Charley. ’ '

Just so it is with the believer’s sinsl they
are gone—blotted out—“remembered against
us no more.” »

"As far as the east is from the west, so far ‘

 

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