WHOLE NUMBER l660.
The Bible.
This Book unfolds Jehovah’s mind,
This Voice salutes in accents kind,
This Friend will all your need supply,
This Fountain sends forth streams of joy.
This .Mine affords us boundless wealth,
. This Good Physician gives as health,
This Sun renews and warms the soul,
This Sword botll wounds and makes as whole,
This Letter shows our sins forgiven,
This Guide conducts us safe to Heaven,
This Charter has been sealed with blood,
This Volume is llle Word of God.
--Bible Society Record.
For the Gazette.
Correspondence.
Rowsrros, Comm, October.
We are in rather a thoughtful mood this
afternoon, and as our thoughts range over a
variety of subjectshsome wise, some other—
wise, a desire arises to note dOwn a few gen—
eral ideas, and the first that presents is, how
often do we hear it said, “Enrth is bllt a
:wilderness of thorns. ” “This world is all a
sad vale of tears.” “Toll and trouble, pain
and sorrow make up the tale of our existence,
&c., 850.” But ahl hear the chronic grumé
blers growl. Away with these maxims of
despotic theology,this ever-ready-to-be-squir-
ted persimmon juice of sound sanctity.
Away with the hootings of ihese moral owls,
ever clinging to ruins and gloom. Hush,
these slanders, which they certainly are,even
though they have become hoary with age and
sanctioned by use, for our world is a thing
of beauty, and life is a joy forever if we
choose to make it so, for there is beauty,
glory, joy, in air and earth, in sea and sky,
for every well tuned ear and eye, mind and
heart. True,‘ earthly pleasures are often
mingled with its pains, but what of it? There"
is no rose without its thorn. Shall we, there-
fore, eternally scourge ourselves with the
thorns, and never once admire the matchless
hues, or snuff the exquisite fraggance of the
lovely flower? The lily of the tropics, it is
said. blooms beside the foul, slime-covered
pool; shall we, then, who possesses reason,
plunge our faces into the muck and mire
and never look cheerfully forward? Dark
hours must come—'God knows ngh of
them—to every human soul. The night may
be long and starless, but shall we still close
our eyes and whisper of unending gloom?
Because déath’s arrows sometimes finds a
lodgment near us, shall we furnish our par-
lors with cofiins, seal our eyes with solemn
coppers, take our drives in hearses and use
shrouds for traveling dusters ? Shall we,
because a prowling Thomas cat devours our
pet canary, or the cannibals lunch on our fa-
vorite uncle who has gone among them as a
Missionary, or our sweetheart folds her white
hands across her gentle breast, closes her
loving eyes to open them no more on earthly
scenes, and with one faint-shudder and tiny
sigh returns to her native Heaven and her
sister angels,or because a mouse is discovered
in the cream jar, the pigs get into the potato
patch, or our aunt’s pet poodle gives up the '
ghost, shall we never cease our tears ?
Shall we stalk through life paying our bar~
her double price for shaving a face twice its
natural length ? No! No! Look on the
right side. Up with the banner of content.
»With all its faults this is a good old world—-
the best we ever knew. There is no doubt a
“land of pure delight” beyond the skies, but
it takes wings to get there, and for the pres—
ent we prefer to take our bliss a little mixed
and stay where we are better acquainted.
Oh, we wouldn't live forever,
We wouldn’t if we could,
But we needn’t fret about it,
For we couldn’t if we would!
“We would not care to live always, oh 110-!
but then should prefer to not die in spring.
time, when young chickens and green peas
are in prime, nor in summer when J une
roses are in bloom, string beans and water
melons ripen in the gardens and lots. Then
as we think of it the thought staggers us at
the idea of dying in autumn, when, as now,
the woods are all afiame with gorgeous tints
from Heaven’s own dye works, and pork
steaks put in their first. appearance as fore—
runners of sausage and roast turkey. It
would be unromantic to ‘ die in winter when
the wild winds, buttoned up in their
Christmas overcoats, comes whistling under
the eaves, and oyster stews'exhale their fra-
grant incense from cosy festal,boards. Nay,
verily, we're in no hurry to die at all in any
season, but may we be boxed up and a rose
bush planted above our humble breast ere the
delights of'earth will have ceased to charm
us. Then hurrah for our world! Our bright,
happy world. Long may it spin like a bum-
ming top among its sister planets. And
long may all the Gaznrrn's readers live to
revel in " its beauties and joys. The trees,
fruits and flowers, the skies and sparkling
streams. the perfume—laden gales are all the
same, the very same as when 'Adam and his
bride disported themselves in the loveliness
and purity and beauty of earth’s first honey—
moon. It’s only man that'has changed.
In the language of the Novelist “We will
just here digress" from this strain, clip the
wings of our imagination and soar a little
nearer the realities of life by indulging in a
'little gossip about‘our village beaui. Queer
' old subject, isn’t it? But then when on every
hand are either widows or widowers, each
intent on a conquest, and chipped in here and
there youthflt lovers with matrimonial ex
perience ahead of them, doesn’t interest
awaken ? No little spot of equal size and
pretensions can outnumber or furnish a more
miscellaneous mixture to select from than
our little village. In our mind’s eye we have
just now the imaginary photo of one old
fellow, a widower of less than a year’s
standing, and it is said that even. at the
expense of numberless paper collars and a
high hat, that he has made matrimony a
study, and called upon most of the widows
and all of the eligible young ladies, and ma
fit of desperation, as it is supposed, from the
fates being against him, has left'town for. a
. season to court success elsewhere. Still an—
other widower comes to view, who gives the
tender passion every attention that the god-
dess could wish for. if we take into consid—
eration the number of attempted conquests
that are in progress at one time, and his
promptness in worshipping at one of the
several shrines nightly—though seldom the
same one on two nights emcessively. The
disappointment of one young lady at his
failure to put in an appearance on a certain
Sunday evening, was too keen to lay bare
before an unsympathetic world,else we would
particularize. But why follow the subject?
We might fill a column with this strain with-
out being able to reach the end of the list,
which contains a church deacon, mail carrier,
sedate old bachelors, &c., &c., not to make
mention of the widows and single young
' ladies, which gallantry forbids. One word
more, however, about a jolly old beau who
has weathered life's tempest for fifty years
past, and who during that time has done his
own sewing on of buttons, darning and all
other small "cussing,” but who is (now about
to take unto himself a wife. It is said (this
in confidence) that our village grocers increas-
ed the price of powder 100 per cent. as soon
as the fact leaked out, and the small ,bo
canrbc seen daily scouring the streets in
search of empty tomato cans. There is mu-
sic in the air, ahead. Count on that. C. R
An inquisitive young lady asks—“What is
the most popular color for the bride ?” The
New York Star answers: “If we were going
to marry, we should prefer a white one.”
Montgomery Blair, who is one of the
(lowest of Tilden’s political friends, says
that Tilden will break up the party as Van
Belgian did in 1838, ifhe is not nominated in
The Wickedest Man.
It may be remembered that two or three
years ago a very wicked young man pursued
a career of frightful atrocity in Central
Pennsylvania. Disguised in feminine gar-
ments, the wretched person called on every
lady in three con lguous counties, and, rep—
resenting himself to be the agent of a new
stocking manufacturing company, secured
hundreds of orders and measurements before
he. was finally detected and- exposed. One
would naturally have supposed that wicked-
ness could sound no deeper depth than this,
but it now appears that a still more wicked
young man has recently been discovered in
Boston. The Pennsylvania miscreant did
not collect payment for his mythical stock-
ings in advance, and hence, as he made no
money, no conceivable object can be as-
signed for his villainy. The Boston wretch,
on the other hand, added black—mailing to
his other crimes, and is unquestionably the
wickedest man on record.
About a year ago, so runs the story, a
fashionable Boston dress-maker took into
her employment an attractive young woman,
who soon became extremely popular among
Boston ladies. It was Miss Annie’s business
to call at the houses of ladies who em-
ployed the fashionable dress-maker, and to
cut and fit their dresses—a task which she
performed with wonderful and really un—
paralleled skill. It was universally agreed
that there never had been such a dress-
maker’s assistant. “Miss Annie”——-the Bos—
tonian ladies were accustomed to remark—
"displays an altruism in her professional cog-
nitions, of which the average dress-maker,
who never comprehends the distinction
between the ego and the non-ego, is inca-
pable.” There is no doubt that in her way
Miss Annie was a true artist. She possessed
rare imaginative powers. 'She often said to
her patrons, with a gentle, musical voice,
that not even a mouthful of professional pins
could mar, “The fault with most Boston
dress-makers is that they cannot rise above
the dead level of realism, and their work is
therefore flat andcommonplace. The true
artist should be full of imagination, and
should illustrate in her work the ideal curves
and picturesque inequalities of surface which
constitute the highest type of full dressed
beauty.” Thus combining in her conversa-
tion, philosophy, poetry, and a thorough
knowledge of her art, Miss Annie would so
lighten the labor of being “fitted” that her
patrons regarded it as a positive pleasure to
place themselves in her deft hands and under-
go the usually prosaic processes of pinning
and unpinning, of being “taken in” here
and “let out” there. It was noted with much
admiration that she always carried with her
a note book in which she made careful mom-1
oranda. This was done, as she explained,
because, as a conscientious artist, she felt a
pride in her work, and was unwilling that
she should lose the recollection of any
sudden inspiration as to the delicate inser-
tion of a gusset, or the bold cutting of a
shoulder piece on the bias. '
The business of the worthy dress.maker
who had the good fortune to employ Miss
Annie increased rapidly. It soon became
a test of true culture among Boston ladies
to have their dresses made exclusively at
her establishment. The result was an ap—
parent inerease of Bostonian beauty for
which the local scientific pcrs‘ons could find
no sufilcient reaSOn.. It was not that the
average weight of the’ feminine Bostonian
philosopher had increased to any marked
extent, but there was a manifest'increase
in breadth and thickness. For the first time
since the planting of the Colony of Massa—
chusetts Bay, it was noticed that in. Boston
lady, when standing with either of her edges
to the sun, frequently cast a well-defined
shadow. No change had been made in the
diet of the intellectual classes. .The ladies
of Boston still lived upon Emerson and
baked beans, but those of them who had
been fitted by Miss Annie had obviously dc-
parted from the accepted standard of con-
struction under which a Boston lady had
hitherto been' made to consist of seven
parts of pure intellect, two parts of specta-
cles, and one part of flesh and blood.
One dark and dreadful day last week each
of the ladies who had employed the services
of Miss Annie received that young person’s
card with the accompanying statement that
a young gentleman awaited them in the
drawing-room. The first lady who received
this announcement laid aside her copy of
Emerson, put on her best hair, and went
down to meet the unknown visitor. Him
she instantly recognized as the hitherto
Miss Annie, and was, of course, terribly sur-
prised. The wicked y'oung,man who had so
successfully masqueraded as a dress-maker’s
assistant explained that he had been detected
and discharged, and that his sole desire
was to hide himself in California. To do'
this, however, he required money, and he
therefore felt that he would he excusable in
presenting a small bill for the dress—making
materials which, as he alleged, he had fur—
nished at his own expense. He was sorry
to say that, owing to a failure of the crops,
both whalebones and cotton were extremely
dear, but he had, nevertheless. charged only
five for the latter. On payment of his bill
for these articles he would. instantly send
the lady his note-book containing memor-
anda relating to her dresses, and would de-
part in the next train for San- Francisco.
There were ninety~seven distinct Boston-
ian ladies on whom this abandoned wretch
successively called with his black-mailing
bills and his false promises as to his note—
book. In most cases, it is believed that his
bills were paid, and that he made from fif-
teen hundred to two thousand dollars in
ca'sh. Whether he has gone to California or
not is not known, but the ladies of Boston
still live in terror of the revelations that his
note—book may yet make, and are firmly re-
solved hereafter only to employ none but
the most undoubted old women as dress-
makers, and to prefer realism to ideality~at
whatever cost of personal vanity. —-.New York
Times.
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Aonoss THE CONTINENT on Foam—Rudolph
,Bourman,_ a young Swiss, arrived in this
city last Thursday night, one hundred and
thirty-five days from New Jersey, having
walked the entire distance. Bourmen left
New Jersey on the 12th of last January,
without a cent in his pocket, determined to
reach San F rancisco without cost to himself.
He walked from the starting point to Phil-
adelphia, thence to Pittsburg, Cincinnati,
St. Louis, and thence. along the line of the
Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads
until he arrived here. He obtained food by
asking for it from the men in the section
houses along the line of the road and at al-
most every place he stopped at was kindly
treated and wasfurnished with something to
eat and a place to sleep. He says that the
Chinese laborers along the line of life Cen-
tral Pacific were more hospitable than the
whites on the Union Pacific. On one oc-~
casion, while crossing the alkali desert, he
was stopped by six Indians who searched
him forvaluablcs, but, finding that he did not
have anything on his person, left him to per-
form his journey alone. Bourman, who is a
compositor, came here in search of employ-
ment—San. Fran. Call.
It would not probably be thought, says a
Chicago correspondent of the Northwestern
Lumberman, that the lumber trade of Chi—
cago is fully as great- as the trade in wheat,
yet such is the fact' ; in fact, it has exceeded
it in the past, and I am not certain but what
it does to-day. The capital that has been
actually invested in pine lands, mills and
booms in Wisconsin and, Michigan is upward
of $100,000,000. . .
three dollars per pound for the former, and.
Nasby Reviews the Situation.
The sines uv the times is agin us,‘ Dimoc-
risy hez bin tllroa great (1ch sence I have
been a ornament to that organization, bllt it
was never in such a cussid condishn ez now.
And yit it never stood on such a firm fenn-
dashen, and never bed so many claims upon
the people ez it hez now. It never wuz so
secooly anchored, and at no time in its histry
ought it to hev fuller swing, and be glorified.
Think uv it. The South, which is the Di-
mocrisy,is all safe back in the Yoonyun. We
didn’t want to come back,for we had set up a
concern uv our own. The Northern Dimoc—
risy acknowledged the justis uv our goin out,
and assisted us all that they cood. .Sum llv
em did actooall y sholder lnuskits to help us,
and them which didn’t go theirselves did us
more good by stayin at home and keepin up
a fire in the rear, wich wuz better, (:2 them
fellers woodcut llev bin wuth a cuss ez sol-
diers anyhow. At that time the Dimocrisy
uv the South controlled the Dimocratic
party, and wuz the party in fact.
Owiu to the perversity uv the North we
didn’t go out. We wuz whipped back, and
our plans came to naught. ‘Wat then? We
consentid to take our old place ez States in
the Yoonyun, and consekently our old posi-
shen in the Dimocratic party. Ez before
the war, we are the Dimocratic party, and
the Northern Dimocrisy is ez before, merely
auxiliary to us. The Dimocrisy uv the
North shood realize the fact that its place is
to do our bidding, and obey us in all things,
and with the respect that they owe a scope-
rior race. '
Wat we insist upon is that the Northern
Dimocrisy'throw off all disguise, set aside
all nonsense and come out manfully and in-
dorse these proposihens :
1. That the war bein over and the South
bein restoored to its old posishen, everything
must be sot back jist where it wuz at the .
commensement uv the unfortunit differense.
2. That inasmuch ez the South is back
agin end the hull bizness is settled, the
Soutliern soljer must stand on the footin
with the Northern soljer, only a little more
so, ez the Southern soldier hez not the con-
solashen uv victory to brace up onto. Wat
I mean is. that while we admit both sides
wuz rite ,(we don’t beleeve it tho) the late
war shall be countid ez nothin, and all sol-
jers wich fought, no matter under wieh flag,
she] be countid ez soljers uv our common
kentry, and be treated precisely alike. .
3. This bein admitted,uv kourse the South-
ern soljer must be penshuned‘he same as
the Northern Soljer. Ez I sed before, hevin
to bear the ignominy uv defect, the South-
ern soljer shood hev a bigger penshun; but
we are magnanimous and will be satisfied
with the same. ,
4. Inasmuch as when a man furnished
suplies to the Fedrel army he wuz paid for
it, the man wieh furnished supplies to the
Confedrit army shood be paid likewise, now
that we are reconciled. Likewise, when a
man’s property wuz destroyed by the Con
fedrlt armies, he wuz'paid for it, so the
property destroyed by Fedrel armies shood
be paid for, down to the last fence rail and
sweet potato. Ez most uv the property dei
stroyed wuz Confedrit, we hev rather the
bulge on the North in this item. . We uv
the Crossroads is interestid in this, for John
Morgan’s command raided lhro here a dozen
times and left devastashen in their track.
He left nary a chicken, mule or barl uv
whisky behind him. That old saint, Deekin
Pogram, must hev his pathway to the tomb
smoothed by payment for his lone mule, or
there is no jestis in man.
5. We. Want apeecc thet she] be eternal.
We want olive branches and money. We
uv the South will extend the olive branches
and yen uv the North must extend the
money. We‘ hev olive branches by the
cord, but no money, and vice versa, wich
means tether ways. .
6. The government is to be a paternal
one for the purpose of paying these clames
and bildin our raleroads and ship canals,
but for nothin else. It is a nashen for that
and a confedrashen uv soviern states for
everything else. By comin back into the
Yoonyun we did not give up our rite to se—
cede whenever we want to, and it would be
croolto ask us. We wuz overpowered, but
broot forse don’t change a eternal principle.
This must be understood, and the Dimocrisy
uv the North must put it into all their plat—
forms, immejit.
7. The niggers must be left to us without
interference from any source. We shall not
probably redoose em again to their normal
condishen uv servitood, and ez a matter uv
form we are willin they shood vote, pervi-
did they always vote with us. This is essen-
shei to the continyood prosperity uv the
South, and ez the whites uv the South is all
that can be considered, we must insist upon
this. The whites uv the South must hev
nigger labor, and on sich terms ez the whites
uv the South sees fit to make.
8. We extend the rite hand of fellowship
to sieh Northerners ez choose to come South
with capitle to build up our kentry, but they
must not make disturbersuv theirselves.
They must not expect to be welcomed into
our' first society, nor must they take any
part in pollytix. Like the niggers, they may
vote, of they vote with us, but not .other-
wise. we are a proud peeple, and can’t re-
cognize ez our ekals enny family wieh hez
not at sum period in its histry owned nig-
gers.
Ef the Northern Dimocrisy want us they
know the terms. We are willin they shel
sugar-cote it on much ez they choose, but it
must be understood that no matter what per-
feshuns may be made afore cleckshuns,‘these
things are to be done when we git the ranes
in our own hands. We are the controllin
.race, and evenshelly must be so considered. I ‘
shell recur to this subject agin, en the noose-
papers say.
A new and very interesting chapter of the
history of the cipher dispatches has been
given to the public by Colonel George Bliss,
who at a meeting of New York Republicans,
declared that the mysterious “F." whose
identity was not revealed by the Tribune
when it published the Tilden ciphers, is Po-
lice Commissioner MacLean. who lived next
door to Mr. Tilden in Gramercy Park.
Colonel Bliss says that when the Tribune be-
gan its publicalion of the cipher dispatches
Mr. McLean went to that office, with tears
running from his eyes, and begged and
pleaded that his name might not be made
public. He said he was a yOung man and a
Sunday school superintendent, and if the
truth should become known it would damn
him forever. He pleaded so hard and with
such effect that he was finally promised his
name should not be published unless neces—
sity demanded it, and so, when the Columbia
dispatches were published It was not stated
who was meant by “F." The Columbia
dispatches were. those relating to the plot to
purchase four members of the South Caro
lina Legislature for $20,000, and then to se-
curc the arrest of the Republican electors,
and keep them imprisoned untll after the
day set by law for the casting of the electoral
vote of the State. Had the plot succeeded,
South Carolina would have lost her vote, the
election would have been thrown into the
House of Representatives, and that body
would have chosen Mr. Tilden President.
By race of Mr. Tilden, MacLean is now one
of the Board of Police Commissioners.
—Palhulium.
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A poisoning case has come to light at
Scottville, Va, which did not end asthe
poisoner expected, Mitchell Jefferson, a
young farmer who had been separated from
his wife, visited her recently. His mother—
in-law, in her enmity against h' , persuad—
ed her daughter to get him on of the way,
and gave her poison to put in his coffee.
She gave him the drugged cup and left the
room. He took a spoonful (but not liking
the taste poured it back into the coffee pot.
After he had left the mother-in-law drank
the coffee, was taken sick and died. Jeffer—
son was exonerated from blame by the coro-
INTRODUCTION To A CATTLE Rascals.—
Now the valley lay behind us, and the foot
hills began to shut out the range; but Pike’s
Peak, sixty miles off, loomed up as grandly
as ever. Eight miles more were traversed
and then we turned into a great farm-yard,or
corral, and stopped at a rustic stile. In a
few moments Uncle Pete Dotson came up
the path from the house, and gave us a cord-
ial greeting.
About a quarter of a century ago this gray
bearded veteran, then a hale and vigorous
West Virginian, started to drive 'cattle to
California, stopping at Salt Lake, became the
United States Marshall for the Territory, and
was there when Brigham Young was in his
glory,a_nd Albert Sidney J ohfiston wintered
in the snow. '
“He left with the troops in 1859," said
Mrs. Dotson (a brave, patient woman, who
has shared his fortunes, good and bad, and
and crossed the plains at least once by
herself), “and came to Denver with a train
in 1861.. Next year we came to the Big
Thompson ; then we went to the Greenhorn,
and farmed; then we kept a hotel in Pueblo.
In 1864 we were ‘washed out’ by the Foun—
tain (Fontaine qui houille). A boy rode
down on a horse without saddle or bridle.
only a rope in his mouth, and gave me fif—
teen minutes warning. I was sick in bed,
but I took the children and ran. Then we
went to the Muddy and lived, and the Indi-
ans used to come and visit us; but we were
washed out there tho. And tllcn,in 1865,we
took up this place.”
Uncle Pete had evidently made good use
of his knowledge and experience in the
choice of his ranch. His domain embraced
9000 acres, 5000 'of which were arable land.
The ground sloped gradually from the foot
of the range, and the whole of his posses-
sions were under his own eye. In alarge
barn-yard were great graneries and a fine
stone stable, which would not be amiss in
any city in the United States; and at vary-
ing distances on the gentle slope could be
seen the little cabins of the tenants, who
cultivated parts of the land “on shares ;”
for it must be understood that this estate
was not only a cattle ranche, but also a great
farm..—I{arpel"s.
'SlxoULan HUMAN Psirmmdrmns—We are
informed that recently the graves of a Mr.
and Mrs. Kidder, at Eddington Pond, were
opened for the purpose of disinterring and
removing their remains to another locality.
Mrs. Kidder has been dead for eighteen
years, while the body of the husband was
committed to the earth forty three years
ago. Owing to the length of time which has
elapsed, it was not anticipated that anything
more than-dust,ora few bones at most,would
be found.
Greatly to the surprise of thosi present, on
opening the grave of Mrs. Kidder, who was
eighty years of age avhe time of her dis-
ease, her body was found as perfectly pre-
served and the features as natural as on the
day of her burial. Her hair had grown to a
considerable length, but the last vestige of
her grave clothes had disappeared, leaving a
solid petrifaction, not unlike marble, of a
grayish tint. _
Proceeding next to the grave of Mr. Kid-
der, by the side of the other, it was found
that, although nearly half a century had
passed since he was numbered among the
living,his body had also turned to stone, of a
deep rich-brown color; but, more singular
still, while all the clothing had disappeared
from the body of his wife in eighteen years,
his body still retained 'portions of the cloth
in which he was dressed for the last time,
forty-three years since. In digging for this
body no trace of the box or coffin was found-
and the petrified remains of which only the
upper part of the skull and portions of the
feet had disappeared, lay in several inches
of water. When first' reached, the' work-
men supposed they had struck a stone of
some kind, and the weight of the body—so
remarkably showing nature’s intervention to
prevent the ordinary processes of decay-mas
so great that three men were required to lift
it.—Bangor Whig.
A letter from Middleboro, Mass, says :
There is one distinguished couple whom I
must not forget to mention before closing
this brief letter. I refer to Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Stratton, better known as General
and Mrs. Tom Thumb. They have a very
elegant three story house here, which has
been so often described that I will not refer
to it exept to say that to all appearances it
is the abode of a very happy couple.: Tom
Thumb. it may be interesting to learn, has
gone into entirely new business, that of-a
butcher or meat market—man. His real name
appears over the door, although he takes no
active part in the business, his brother or
.hrother-in-law attending to that part of the
concern. Mrs. Stratton’s name was origi—
nally Lavinia Warren Bump, her father
being still alive and residing here. Some
years ago Mrs. Tom Thumb’s father pos-
sessed quite a large and valuable farm.
Like many others, he was followed by ad—
versity, and the consequences was that a-
large portion of his estate had to. be sold.
With the acquisition of wealth to the gener—
al and his wife came to them the idea to do
a good turn to the old folks. 80 Mrs.
Thumb has bought back the old farm and
it is understand, given her father the right
to use it for life. So that, although such a
very small indvidual, she evidently is the
happy possessor of a big," generous heart.
The general is growing quite stout, fat, in
fact. He is an inveterate smoker,using very
large cigars. Major Newell, the husband of
poor Minnie Warren, visited the general and
his wife here recently;
Governor Andrews’ Speech.
At the meeting of the governors of the
original thirteen states at Independence Hall,
Philadelphia, last Saturday, to consider the
celebration of the Yorktown centennial,
Governor Andrews spoke as follows: “1
how with reverence to the sacred memories
which this room recalls and the spirits of
those worthies that seem to me to be linger—
ing in this the place of their former action
and glory. I come from the state of Con-
necticut. In 1639 three little towns of that
state got together by representatives and
formed the first written constitution, as a
basis of a republican form of government,
knowu 'in the history of civilized nations.
That was a little effort. A broader and
grander and indeed a much more triumph-
ant one, was inaugurated here at a later
period. All of us feel that every annual,
every centennial anniversary of any historic
event with which our government is con-
nected, ought properly and indeed may
rightly be celebrated or originated in this
room. I accept your hospitalities and the
welcome that has been spoken, on behalf
of myself and of the other representatives
of state government who are here present,
and I thank you for them. I lieve that
such steps may be taken here a will cer-
tainly‘carry forward to‘ a successful and
triumphhnt conclusion the grand centennial
of our revolutionary period, which we hope
will be publicly remembered henceforth
every year. .
Tile Tribune has just discovered a fact
which the World announced so long ago as
last November, tilt“I the remains of the late
Alexander T. Stewart have been recovered
by his family and friends. To that nine
months old announcement we may nowadd
another which may be reprinted without in.
fringement of copyright any time before the
close of the century. For the recovery of
the "remains the sum of - $50,000 was paid.—
World,
___———-.—<.>-O,——--— - .
Congressman Wait, Senators Platt and
Eaton and General Hawley are to make an
inspection of the New Ipndon navy yard
for personal observation of the needs of that
station, asa means of promoting concert of
acting in congress, in relation to the matter
this winter. ' I
ncr’s jury.
NORWALK GAZETTE,
PIIILISIIEI EVE" TUESDAY IIIIIII,
The Second Oldest rapes- In the State.
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
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\
CHARLES W. MANY
Surgeon Dentist,
. nonwajnx, (ions. 0
Dulce corner of _Main and Wall streets. Nitrous-
Oxldc Gas administered
ALEX. S . -GIBSON.
organist of the First Congregational Church.
Teacher of
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composluon.
Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
Hullhull, Ilel'yea & Seymour,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Baom No.4, [up "air-,1
GAZETTE BUILDING.
EDWARD P . WEB”.
D R. U G- G- I a '1'
Wall Streetppposue‘lvorwalk Opera Home,
Alargo and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Perfume ,Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters, ollot and Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
and Hand kerohiefExtracss , Hair Brushes,Combs ,
Sponges,ChamotsSklns, Stationery, Cigars, &C”
and is constant] addingto his stock all thcnew
andpopnlarme icines ofthe day.
w. s. culllrllln,
General Fllllslllll Undertaker,
orrosn'a .noasn n. R.DEPOT
women-summed to n.1, or night . aesluenc
Main Street,3 doorsfrom Union Avenue. .
IIle Norwalk Fire Insurance 00.,
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year,
And has not outstanding a Dollarof unpaldlosscs
or of claims for losses.
I'l'SIIUID GIIPAIY IISIIES A‘l’ WWII BAT
Wu. 0.8TaEET. Pres., s. E. Ours-run, Tress.
GEO. R. CownnsSec’y.
'I‘NA INSURANCE Co. ofHARTFORD
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual
Capital and Anon, $6,716,893.77
Insuresagainstlossand damageby Fire .onterms
adoptedto thehazardandconsistcnt withthelaws
otcompensation. COWLES & MERRILL,
Sole Agentst or Norwalk afid vicinity
B. S. B'LASCER,
At his store in ,
MAI-LORY’S' BLOCK,
hasc onstantly on hand, a' general assortmen to
Groceries, Crockery, Glass,
'Iln and Wooden Ware, Etc.
By devotinghis constantp'ersonal attentionto the
business he hopesto merit public patronage
HARLES S. LOCKWOOD ,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor
AND
GENTS' FURNISHING EMPORIUH.
Main Street ,Norwalk. Conn.
IIIWI run YOUR WATEII PIPES.
Wm. Glover Sr. Son,
Areready to putin yoanATELSTEAM or GAS
PIPE, at very shortnotlcc and at as low a. rate as
an one. WROUGHT AND CAST IRON, TIN-
Ll . El), LEAD_PIPES,&O., of every slzcand dc
scrlptlon . PLUMBING in allltsbranchcs. '
BERNARD COHN.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
WEEK’S BUILDING, want. 81'.
A FULL LINE or 1 ,
Imported and Domestic (Hours,
of the latest styles, constantly on hand. Novel-
ties in Scotch. Sailings. Satisfaction guaranteed
in every particular. 46
WILLIAM B. RIDER.
ENGINEER AN-D SURVEYUR.
Personal attention given to all kinds of
n dranllc Works..Enzfneerln Mill-
Wyrlghtlng ‘Dock Work, are. g’A gent
roral kind-ornachlnery.
Orders left at the GAZETTE omen, or by mail
Wlll recelve prompt attention. 53
.W. W. CLAR K
I - I
House, Sun & Ornamental Pallterl
I l '
Plum 6; Decorative Paper Hanglng,
N034 WATER. STREET.
Under Mrs. Fawcett’s old stand. Orders can
be left at Spencer‘s Jewelry Store.
The wonderful suc-
“ . ' cessofllUNT’s
REMEDY has in-
. (laced n great_many to
advertlse their worth-
less preparations for
,’ t h_ e cure of Kidne
Dlseases.hopingtose l
. them on its well estah
llshed reputation.
LATE HOME TES'rlllloNY.
199 Westminster St., Providence, R. I., Oct.13,’79.
WM. E. CLAan-—De‘ar Sir: have sufi'ered
vcrv much wuh mly Kidneys and Liver for years.
In J anuary, 1879, grew worse,bloating fearfully.
My physlclanmne of the best in Providence,w15b-
ed me to tr HUNT‘S REMEDY. as safe and re!-
able. as be ad known it to cure Kidney Diseases
when all other medicines had tailed. 1 did so,and
Ill twenty-four hours I passed four or five gai-
lons or water, the bloat was removed, .and the
great roller made me feel a new man. Were it not
for HUNT’S REMEDY I would not be alive to-
day. E. E. SHEPARDSON.
HUN T’S REMEDY is prepared EXPRESS-
LY for the Diseases
’ of the .Kidneys, Blad-
. ' der, LlVer aml Urina-
> r y Organs, Dropsy.
,_ ~ _ . Gravel, Diabetes,
_ Brlgh t’s Disease 0 l
the Kidneys and In-
, _ . continencculnd listen
.' _ tlon ol‘, Urine, and is
- used by the Medical
Faculty. Send for pamphlet to Will. E. CLARKE,
Puovwnncn. 11.1. Sold by all Druggists.
Printed. or Flam
By the Dozen or. Thousand. at Manufactnr
' Prices. at the ‘
Horse Wanted.
ANYONE having a good, gentle FAMILY
HORSE, a fair roadster. and not in use, can
final: of arcsponslh customer for the same, who
will lve the best 0 cafe and keeping; for a very
nligh a‘nI dnarofulunse‘pf thalanimalt 0; than”?
woor reemon app yln a t e o ceo_
noawaax .oazssl‘rh. ‘ ~ 'alaa
,1,- “1,15,. .-
.1‘,_,s;-, .
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28,1879.
'PUREMILIK.
Delivered in Norwalk and South Norwalk, at
your door, every morning
AT 6 CENTS PER QUART,
By REMSON BROS. 51tf
0. ll. Kendall, ill-l).
DENTIST, '*
“Non-walk, - Conn.
Ofilcc second
door west from
Danbury
Depot.
R. R.
. Dental
operatlons in all
brancllcs as for-
merly. Painless
extraction of
teeth by old of
L AUGBIN G
GAS a specialty
N. 13.—Dr. Kendall spends Mondays in Ridge-
field. 42
J. . M. POTTER,
DEALER IN
Pianos, Organs,
Melodeons, Sheet Music, &c.,
WAll STREET NORWALK, CONN.
NEXT Boo}: to SAVINGS BANK.
I keep a large stock of instruments on hand ,
and sell them on Monthly Instalments. Every-
body can have a Piano or Organ. .
SOLE AGENT FOR THE CELEBRATEI).
WEBER’S, STANLEY a son 3, GROV-
ESTEEN a FULLER’S, 11111111111.
BROTHER’S, vase a son's, .
PIANOS,
and will furnish at short notice. Call and
' see thenr.
OLD INSTRUMENTS
Taken in Exchange for New.
Inning J: Repairing
no... 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 Pianoforte. Geo. F. Bristow
The Weber Piano occupies justly the first
rank amongst the Best Pianos. J. N. Pattison
The Weber Pianos cannot possibly be sur-
passed. _ S. B. Mills.
I used the Weber Grand Piano because I
consider it the best in the world.
Henry Sanderson.
The Weber Piano possesses eve thing that
can he wished forin a Piano. 6'. . Morgan.
The Wear Piano ranks foremost amongst
the best manufactured. William Mason.
The Weber Pianos stand first amongst the
splendid Pianos produced in this Country.
Clara N. Brinkerlwfl‘.
A ten years’ experience satisfies me that
the Weber Pianos are unapproachable.
John Zundel.
I would call especial attention to
ill EDDY curllll ORGAN
Beautifully finished in black walnut and rose-
wood, combining more perfections than any
HUNDRED AND FIFTY GOLD MEDALS AND
FIRST PREMIUMS, at Fairs and Exhibitions
throughout the United States. They are en-
dorsed by the highest musical authorities.
Certainly the best I ever heard. -
Geo. W. Morgan.
It is vocal, which is the highest praise that
can be bestowed on any instrument.—G'eo. B.
Seymour, Maribel Critic, N. Y. Times.
They are the best recd instruments we have
met with—6’. & 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.—Reo. Bishop Simpson, M. E.
Church.
Language fails in adequacy to convey a
fair idea of the perfect enchanting power of
this instrument—Independent.
Vastly superior to anything of the kind .I
have ever played upon.— Wm. A. King..
The Esty Organs are without a superior.—
Geo. Ja/rdine, Organ Buikler, N. Y.
No tremulo has yet been invented that will
in. any wa compare with this for beauty of
effect— . 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 ne.—Res. H. Riggs,
President of Northern New York Muazbal
Association.
J. M. POTTER, Norwalk.
New Firm at the Old Stand
Would l espccttully inform the public, that they
have taken the business lately conducted
by MULLINGS &.T1LLY. and with the old ex-
peru :lecd Workmen, hitherto employed by the
late firm, are prepared to manufacture allkinds oi
CARRIA GES & WAGONS
TO ORDER
Repairing in all its Branches.
nucnnvn FORGING. DISCOUNT
. annownn non casu.
o. A. MULLINGS, J. s. MULLINGS
‘ South Norwalk, April 15,1878. ,
’A’l'
Quintard’s Furniture Rooms
- w1.l betonnua camplcteassortmentol
FURNITURE, &O.,
ncludlngc verythingusu allytound in a first-class
establlshment, at Prices to suitthe Tlmes . Also,
alarg eassortmen tot
candn‘os, PICTURE FRAMES,
LOOKING GLASSES. kc.
GlassPlatcsout toanysize. Repairingdonei n‘ the
best manner,at short notice . Also, old HairMnt-
tralse smadeover as good as new.
a. oummn's son.
w A T c H E": l
A. C. Benedict h 00.,
28 BOWERY, NEW YORK.
File Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry,
Sterling Silver and Plated Wale.
PRICES GREATLY REDUCED.
Watches Carefully Repaired by superior
Workmen.
NO CONNECTION WITH ANY OTHER. HOUSE
Established in 18l8.
Warm Baths\
Cold. Baths 2 2
Shower Baths ! l 1
Every day at
E. APELL’S Model Barber Shop,
Second Door fr’or'n Post Office.-
F E E D M I LLS.
WE are now prepared to grind Feed either in
_ small or large quantities to order, and with
dispatch. FITCH .95 COTTER,
Alsing Mlneral Mills.
HARVEY FlTCll. J as. COTTEn, JR.
South Norwnlk, Sept. Sth, 1879. 36
SARATOGA vasmn
SPRING WATER,
0n draught and in bottles. at
CHARLES S. PROWITT’S Drug Store.
other in the world. Has taken more than ONE _
1.. 1.111.111.1111. 11110111111115? Honors whela'Hlllls are ill.
' "OAKIIALL,”BOSTON.
REAL ESTATE. '
mmvv‘nl\nl~
0' LET.
One-halt ofa Dwelling House. Ap ly to
20 , 1 CHAS. E. ST. OHN.
O BENIN—A Barn on West Avenue.
ply at the GAZETTE OFFICE.
For Sale. .
THE Homestead ot the late Peter McLau hlln,
deceased. It is very eligibly located n 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, Sc. Sltuatcd on Franklin
Avenue, within three minutes’ walk of Post Office,
Depot. the, Will be sold on accommodatlng terms.
For further particulars enquire of
‘24 J All ES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent.
FOR SALE.
TWO vcrydcsirnbl cltuildin gLotson Wes thialn
Street . Apply at theGAZETTE OFFICE .
For Sale. ' .
O
IIE subscriber offers [or sale his HOUSE and
LOT, situated on West Main Street, in the
Borough of N orwalk. The place is pleasantly lo-
cated, in a good nelghborhood, only a short walk .
from the DuSlnCSS part of the town, School,
Churches, etc. The House is nearly new;conven-
lently arran ed, and ll. gootl condition. For fur--
ther portion are apply to the subscriber at Can-
non’s Station, or to G. 8:. S. H. Holmes, Norwalk.
3y JOHN W . RENOUD.
For Sale.
TllEpleasantl located and wellbuiltrcsidcnce
corner Was mgton and Spring streets, So.
Norwalk is oflered for sale on accommodating
terms. For particulars. en litre of
tf REV. D. ILAUST N, South Norwalk.
' AND
Building Lots.
SEVERAL dwellin s, various prices in differ-
ent portions of _orough, either to let or for
sale-at reasonable rlccs. Also several places
outside of Boroug limits—one in Wlnnlpauk.
Also several Building lots in and out of Borough.
tt49 Enqulre at this Office.
Ap-
12
For Sale or Exchange.
FOR property in Norwalk or vicinity, 2 houses
in Brooklyn, E. D., Wlthln 5 minutes walk of
Goodloeation. For Bartieulars apply
RAN ALL,
J. S.
Box 63, Norwalk.
Farm for Sale.
BOUT 1210.13 acres within 1}; miles of center
of Norwalk. _ Good sltuation. good house,
built of best material and by days work. About
80 choiceApple trees Wlth other l‘rult, good ar-
den, good well of water, and fine shade trees. net
the place for a man Wishing to raise Strawberries,
etc. Price 87,000. Enqulre at this Ofilce.
For Sale.
A cosy comfortable Cottage on one ofthepleas-
. antest streets in town, Wlthin 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 thls Ofiice.
Desirable Property for sale.
A Yer ydesirable place on EastAvenue.
Also, a few chores BuildmgLotssitnatedon
Osborn Avenue,forsule cheap.
Also,a nicely located House and Lot on Her-
win Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquireol
tfll S E. OSBORN. EastAvenne,‘.
4 ferries.
to
or to D. W.FITCH,WestAvenne.
For Sale.
_ A House and Lot, in a healthylocation on
_ El FalrStrcet,abovo Catharine. The Houseis
. ‘ nearly new.wellbuilt,convcnientlyarrang-
ed. and will make a comfortable and pleasant
home for afalnlly 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 mortgarée. A fine chance to secures.
home. Apply at AZETTE OFFICE. 3t!
w._ .
A Desirable Homestead for Sale.
HE valuable residence .of the subscriber.
pleasantly located on high round on East
Ave., in the Borough of Norwal , ls ofiered for
sale. _The situatlon ls pleasant and healthy, com-
mandlngfinc views of cm; Island Sound and the
surrounding. country. Distance ne. mile from
Norwalk Brld e. and the same South Nor-
walk depot“ onse 54x50; two stories and attic,
filled in WIth buck, and substantially built.
Rooms 18, \vlth all. modern im rovements, bath
room, laundry, statlonar tubs, ecbee’s cooking
range,hot and cold w , gas throughout the-
honse. _The cellaris dry, aving stationary l‘urn
acc.whlch heats the whole house. The attic is
spacious, and roof tinned. The house is in excel-
lent order being comfortable for both a summer or
winter nesidcnce. Suitable for any gentleman do-
lng busmcss in New York and returning t same
day, Land about three-quarters of an act , laid
outln lawn, fruit trees, and garden spot. A ly
to JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent,- or-
walk, or to the subscriber,
A. S. HAMERSLEY
26“ 255 Fourth Avenue, N. Y
New Styles of
writing Pap er.
At Low Prices,
. CHARLES S. PROWITT,Dmggist. ~
Daily Messenger:
To New York City.
HE subscriber would ann ounce to the business
men of Norwalk and vicinity that he pro-
oscs to connect with his business that ofn Dal
essenger to the City, and is now ready to do er-
rands,and receive commissions for purchase of
small articles in any part or the city. Will go
down in the morn". g, returning at night. All
orders left at hls store, No.39 Main Street,will be
promptly attended to.
- SHERMAN STEVEN S.
Norwalk, August 20th, 1879. 34
on SALE. .
A two horse Phaeton, built by Brewster of
Broome Street. Apply to
. CHAS. E. ST. JOHN.
New Drug Store,
I. A Meeker & Co’s,
NORWALK PHARMACY,
is now 0 en for business in Hardenbrook’s new
building,
DRUGS, lllc'l GDDDS, no.
Physicians Prescriptions carefully
compounded.
Norwalk, April 28th, 1879.
venous knows that the Hon.P.T.Bar-
ll 1 “nuns, has agents out all over the world to
n( e
Best of everything regardless of cost
It is not my disposition to boast of my work. for
talk ls cheap. Willonly say that 1 have done
work for Mr. Barnum for over eight years and if
I was a fraud or a cheat I think he would have
l'oupd it out m_ that time. The following 5 asks
for itself. and 15 only one Ollt of hundreds can
produce. M . L. FERRIS.
Quintard’s Buildlng, N orwalk, Conn.
WALDMEnr, anonron’r, Coma, Dec. 13. 1877.
Mr. James L. Ferris has made several sets of
harness forms which gave me great satisfaction.
He ls a. capital harness maker doing his business
upon honor. l’. T. BARNUM.
Collector’s Notice.
NOTICE is hereby given in the matter of the
Center School District Tax now In process of
collection that. as required by the Statute Law oI
this State. on the let us of September next. 1 per
cent. will be added to a ltaxes remaining unpaid
and one per cent.will be added to said taxes on-
the first day of each calendar month thereafter
till said taxes shall be paid.
Center School District. August 25th, 1879.
JAMES FINNEY, Collector.
WHITNEY PHBTOGIIAPH EAllEHY
For sale.
4 STABLISH ED 3] YEARS. Contains
‘ 40,000 Portraits of tile inhabitants of Fair-
ficld County. . Persons interested in these pic-
tures or dcsirlng copies of the same. or wishing
to secure the negatives will do well to call soon.
as the Gallery is advertised in the Photograph
Journals throughout the United States.
ates E. T. WHITNEY.
FROM THE PROPRIETORS 0F
“OAK HALL,” BOSTON.
We have established an agency in this place for
the sale of garments to be made from measure.
We have supplied the most liberal list of samples.
We have instructed our agents to guarantee to
each customer a perfect Ill, and to warrant the
colors and qualities oi’cvcry sample shown. In
this way we are rpprescntcdln nearly every city
and town. ill New England ; and the purpose ot
this notice is to assure those to whom the method
of business is now, that they may apply to our
agents with as much confidence as they would to
us. We hold ourselves personally responsible for
the exact fulfillment of every contract. The
price ol‘cacll article is plainly printed on every
sample card,and will be found to correspond with
the prices asked at our place of business in Bos-
ton. We should be glad if you would l‘avor our
agent with liberal orders, remembering that- the
entire risk and responsibility is ours. Sliits are
sent with privilege or examining, and no one is
asked to keen anything that is not perfectly sat-
isl‘actory.
. ZEI'TE. '
all Street. withn lull assortment of,
1
All the Latest Styles in
FALL'ANDWIIITEII.
MILLINERY.
NOW READY AT
Mrs. Wilmot Fawcett’s
2 and 3 James’ Block, Water
StrceIt. - ‘
Miss E. Netterfield,
IS now prepared to take orders and do
M nary,
at her home, over Scoficld & Hoyt’s Dry Goods
Store, No. 29 Main Street. W133
Solicitor of Claims.
GENERAL—BUSINESS.
OFFICIAL INFORMATION.
L. A. GOBRIGHT,
omce 1,427 F Street Northwest, near
lsth. WASHINGTON, D. C.
Y former connection vlth Journalism for a
. long period, has given me an extensive ac-
quaintance in all the departments of the Govern-
ment and all cxcc tional facillties. Prompt at-
tention wan to at orders requiring personal ser-
vice at t e National Capitol,which may be for-
warded through the once of the KOBWALK GAI-
Illllrlalt" Announcement.
If the experience of the present season has
shown anything, it has conclusively shown
that the Bottom Prices on nearly all kinds of
Building Materials have been reached, and
that the tendenpy of prices, from this time
Especially is this
the case with all guides of Lumber. From
forward, will be upward.
the prices. of mid summer, there is already an
advance of at least ten per cent. with every
indication of a much greater one. With an
advance of three to four dollars per thousand
in. lake and canal heights, and an unpre-
eedented demand in the West (justified by
the enormtms crops) whence our supply comes
it is easy to see the cause and predict the per-
manence of the increase in price. For the
past few years it has been my unfortunate
privilege to follow the market down ! DOWN l
130le but my faith in the increasing de-
mand and the decreasing supply Of good Pine
Lumber in this country, is at length justified
rind this advance finds me with the largest
stock of
_PlIID, spruce 811191111ch Lumber,
and Shingles, on hand, and in process of ship-
ment, that was ever placed in this market by
any one.
After the continual shrinkage of the past
few years, I feel that I am now entitled to the
advance, in addition to a fair profit upon
present prices. But believing that quick
sales, even with, small profits, is better than
t this Lum—
ber on the Market at the present -Whokaale
stagnation, I have con'clu
Prices, adding simply the actual expenses of
transacting business. I .
This Lumbar, purchased in June and July,
comprises nearly two million feet of the best
manufactures of Michigan pine,Northcrn and
Eastern Spruce, two million Shingles, and
nearly.one million Bangor Laths. With this
as a. basis I think I may. justly claim to be
able to furnish the largest and best assortment
of lumber in this county during the present
Fall and coming Winter, and with unequal—
led storage and shipping facilities, am pre-
pared to fill all orders with a guarantee of
satisfaction surpassed by no other dealer. I
keep only C. G. Steal-us dz Co.’s Bangor tim-
ber, which is worth more and costs more at
wholesale than the 0.11.111 timber. Isell r. at
same price. It is clean, bright and free from
grit, not being rafted either here or in Maine.
I sell only Bangor Laths which are worth
more and cost more at wholesale, than any
other kind- I sell them as low as the lowest.
I sell only the best brands of Shingle manu—
factured by the men whose names are stamp
ed upon each bunch, and whose reputation,
with my own, are a sufficient guarantee of
the quality.
I desire above all things to furnish a good
article, and endeavor to secure that by per-
sonal examination at the place of manufac-
ture, before purchasing, and am always ready
to'warrant every thing as represented. All
will be surfaced two sides to full thickness,
for which no extra charge is made. I am
now closing out the last invoice of the Oscar
Fenn Parallel Planed Shingle—and during
the coming season my stock will be of the
following kinds : .
S. K. &. Co., rived.
John MoGraw & Co., sawed,
Foster, Blackman & Co., sawed,
W. C. Cummings, sawed, -
with Southern Rived Cedar and California
Red. wood to order.
I also offer at a very low figure, CLEAR
NORWAY FLOORING, 2, 3i 5.} inches
wide, very nice and dry. 1 Also Soulllern
Pine, Ash, Black Walnut, filerry, and White
wood, in all sizes and thicknessem Tllank~
ing the public for the very liberal patronage
of the past, and trusting to merit a continu-
ance of the same in the future, I am
E’. J. HILL,
Lumber Merchant,
my 1:}, 1g, and 2 inch lumber, in upper grades ~
_ VOL. LXILuNUMBEli 43
For the Coretta.
“ Alnt a Drlnkln’ ”
A scam: in ms rounm want), NEW YORK.
Hold up, Johnnie! What’s the mattcr
That yer hurrying by so fast?
Seems to me you’ve changed a little,
Since I met yer week ’foro last;
W here'd yer make the raise, ole feller ?
Good clothes make yer look so queer,
That I can’t help a lookin’ at yer,
But, say, let’s go and have some beer.
Aint a drinkin’l Ah, now cheese it!
- What‘s the matter wid yer, say ?
S’pose I’m goin’ to b’lieve sich nonsense,
Guess not lunch, this time o’day,
You an’ I’s been round tu often
Gittin’ tight an’ havin’ fun ;
Come, now, Johnnie, own up honest,
Some gal’s around, you son of a gun.
Been c'onverted! Mighty Caesar!
Will yer listen to him, now;
Haint drinked a drop since you and Larry
’Went ah’ had that fearful row ?
Well. that was a sinner, rather,
And you was just bilin’ drunk,
When yer pulled that knife so sudden,
And- I saw him fall ker chunk.
N-no, can’t say Iblame yer, Johnnie,
If yer feel ycrself ’twas wrong;
And you’ve gone to work an’ helpin’
Yer old mm to get along?
Now, by gravy I that is somethinl
She’s a big trump card, she is,
Never heard her preach nor nothin'
But she always minds her biz.
Talk about yer missionaries,
Prancin’ round wid Bible talk,
. Why, she’s worth a dozen of ’em,
And she’s never ’fraid to walk
Right into the worst old, gin mill,
When a man’s bein’ handled rough,
If she think’s there’s any danger—
And one sight of her face’s ’nough
To make the very hardest of ’em
Straighten up an’ look ashamed,
To be found a euttin’ up so,
If it ain’t, well then I’m blamed. .
Well, I s’pose ther’s no use axin’
Of yer now to jine ther gang;
Because, when once yer word is given,
Why I know you’d rather hang
Than to break it; so old fe r,
I’ll just give yer hand a s ks,
And perhaps some day I’ll jine yer
If yer think its not too late.
I. D. CLARE.
The “Rogues’ Gallery."
Here they are, Sir, if you please, portraits
number four. .
Have a chair, Sir ? Take your time; sit
down and look them o’er.
Rogues with saucy merry eyes, of brown,
and black, and blue ;
And there’s no end of mischief, Sir, those
clever rogues can do.-
They steel our hearts, and break the rules of
quiet and of peace;
Their racket round about the house we think
will never cease;
They coax us out of order with their s.weet
enticing ways,
And fill with wild confusion the would be
peaceful days. '
Yes, only little rogues. Sir; but I would have
you know
They’ll surely lose their power when at last
they older grow.
Just now they wOrk their mischief, with their
dimpled hands and feet,
With their little lisping tongues, and their
roguish faces sweet.
They rob us of our kisses, and of our love as
well,
Stealing hearts and thoughts so truly. And
can we ever tell‘
How.many nights of comfort these rogues
have stolen away ?
How many anxious hours have filled both
'night and day?
It for their little sins I hold there rogues in
durance vile,
Along comes dear old grandpa with his man
kindly smile, '
And offers to go “bail” for my little prisoners
four,
Demanding that I open the cruel prison door.
But they are captive now, Sir, fast bound
with slumber’s chain,
.No more to plot their mischief till the day-
light dawn again—
Four little white—robed prisoners.
hard indeed to say
When to mother they are dearest—sound
asleep, 9r hard at play. -
Oh I ’tis
The Death and Burial ofa Minute
It died, the little, bright-eyed thing,
Just at the dawn of day;
Ere Faith awoke, behold, it slept!
And thus it passed away.
Faith sent with weeping eyes to Hope
To come her grief to share;
“Oh, yes, I’ll come,” said bright-eyed Hope,
“But, sister, Love—beware!
“You’ve many precious children left,
And many more to come,
Not watch and see their work is done
Before Love calls them home.”
And so they took their wee, small thing,
And bore it to the grave;
And godly Fear and Zeal came in,
And wept, but could not save.
The place where Faith her treasure left
Is very bleak and vast;
Myraids of precious things lie there,
And it is called the Past.
With weeping eyes Faith left her love,
And wrote with bitter tears:
Stranger, the passing moments nurse,
And thus preserve the years!”
The Providence Journal gives an excellent
definition of what the solid North means and
why it is solid :
What, then, is the “Solid North?" It is
the agreement, by legal action at the polls,
to prevent the control of the Government
by that South which sought to destroy it.
There is no bitterness as against the people
of the South; there is every wish for their
materlal prosperity; no burden is laid upon
a Southern State, as a State, which the Nortll
does not acknowledge to he obligatory upon
1 itself; there is no “retaliating” upon the
South; no inclination to “alienate” her good
will. The “Solid North” means simply that
within'the strict limits of the law the Feder—
al Government ‘must be allowed to execute
everywhere its legitimate authority. and that
so far as moral influence goes the North will
demand the free exercise of the civil and po-
litical rights of every citizen in every State.
The South is “solid” in opposition to the laws
which protect the negro as a citizen; the
’ North, it is to be hoped, and now expected,
will be sufficiently ‘Qolid" to aid the colored
man in his rights. The South is “solid" in
denying the supremacy of the National Gov—
ernment in respect of National elections; the
North is rapidly becoming "solid” in behalf
of the {rt-(dour, the purity and the safety of
the voter pending such elections. When bad
lllell conspire, guml men should unite; and
the Nor-1h lh-lievcs that it is wrong to con—
spire for the distraction of the Union, and
than it is not light fora “Solid South” to main-
tain an attitude hostile to that Government,
which it failed to overthrow. This solidifi-
cation business began with the South; it
will end when that section yields a spontane-
ous and complete obedience to the principles
of liberty and the rules of law.
. .W.
_ Is a country seat cushioned 2’
Many of on _ '
only stare ways-i.“ ’ .
no saw a m—gro‘snlolling anew nlel-rsehaum.
“Gracious!”- he exclaimed, “why llwpipe's
coloring him.”
Trapeze performers are disperate persons.
liil.(lli -SIH:(:I (:l-lllCl'S are
N OR WALK - - - CONN.
They alc bound to make a living if they have
to swing for it. ' ,
Norwalk Chronicler