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WHOLE NUMBER 166
Children’s Joys.
The children's world is full of sweet surprises;
Our common things are precious in their
sight;
For them» the stars shine, and the morning
rises
To show new treasures of untold delight.
A dance of bluebells in the shady places;
A crimson flush of sunset in the west ;
The cobwebs, delicate as fairy laces ;~
The sudden finding of a wood-bird’s nest,
Their hearts and lips are full ofsimple praises
To Him who made the earth divinely sweet;
They dwell among the buttercups and daises,
And find His blessing strewn about. their
feet.
But we, worn out by days of foil and sorrow,
And sick of pleasures that are false and vain,
Would freely give our golden hoards to borrow
One little hour of Childhood’s bliss again.
Yet He :ho sees their joy,beholds our sadness;
And in the wisdom of a Father’s love
He keeps the secret of the heavenly gladness ;
Our sweet surprises wait for us above,
— Sarah Doudneg, in Sunday Magazine.
The. Parallel Road.
The following special dispatch from New
Haven to the New York Tz'meacontains other
facts concerning the new road which are of
interest.
It is announced on the authority of one of
the directors that a capitalist who resides on
the line of the proposed route has offered to
buy the right of way from New Haven to
New York. This gentleman favored the pre-
vious movement for a parallel road, and is
anxious to see it go through this time. An—
other capitalist, a resident of New York,
and well posted in railroad matters, has
offered to furnish all the money necessary
to build the road. Several New York banks
and two banks on the proposed route have
committed themselves to the scheme and
will lend their endeavors to further the
project. It is proposed. before a spadeful
of earth is turned to ,buy and pay for every
foot of the right of way. The road will be
built for cash, and when begun will" be
pushed to a speedy completion. The—com-
pany is now arranging for a New York en~
trance, it being proposed to make a con-
nection at Harlem with the elevated road.
Asthe company is at present incorporated
only for aroad to the New York line, it
will be necessary to organize another com-
pany to build the short piece of track re—
quired in New York state. It is claimed by
the friends of the new road that a number
of Boston manufacturers are taking a. lively
interest in it and have promised it their
freight, provided a through line to that city
is secured. The new company does not
expect any opposition or trouble from the
New York, New Haven and Hartford com
pany.
Members of Legislature.
The legislature for 1880 contains a smaller
proportion of members who have served in
either house than for a' number of years
back. In the Senate Colonel William H.
Hayward bf the Ninth and Lyman W. One
of the Fifteenth district were re elected.
Mayor Rebcrt Colt of New London, the
Seventh district, and Lyman D. Brewster of
the house of 1879. Andrew S. Upson of
the Third, William Brown of the Fifth,
George W. Feet of the Seventeenth and
Joseph E. Silliman of the Nineteenth dis—
trict have each served in the lower house,
while Mr. Brown was in the senate of 1870.
Of the new members of the house only
twenty—four have been re—elected from
1879. The names of the re-electe'd mepbers
are Aaron Smith of East Windsor, Walter
H. Smith of Rocky Hill, M. F. Frisbic of
Southington, Arthur G. I‘omeroy and
Charles M. Green of Sufiield, Samuel M.
Gardener of Derby, Dr. Marcus DeForest of .
Middlebury, Stiles D. Woodruff of Orange
George F. Tinker of New London, I. W.
Carpenter of Norwich, .E. Judson Minor of
Bozrah, W. T. Cook of Ledyard, John S.
Bentley of North Stonington, Vincent Col-
yer of Darien, Joseph W. Johnson, of Eas-
ton, Lyman Mead of Greenwich, Robert H.
Rowan, of Norwalk, NathanM. Belden of
Wilton, ‘Charles P. Grosvenor of Pom-
:et. Randolph H. Chandler_of Thompson,
John C. Nettleton of . Killingworth,
Richard H. Stannard of Westbrook,
Rev. William C. Walker of Andover,
~ Merrick A. Marcy of Union and
Dwight Marcy of Vernon. Not a member
from Litchfield county is returned from
the house of 1879, and only two are re—
elected from Windham county. The mem—
bers who served in 1878'are Isaac Jennings
of Fairfield, A. E. Meeker of Redding, John
T. Salmon of Woodbury, William W. Wil-
cox of Middletown and Francis H. Parker
of East Haddam. Milo W. Pember of Ver-
non, and Edward H. Strong of Colchester,
were in the house in 1877 and Jerome
Tourtelltte of Putnam in 1875. Hon. Rob.
bins Battell Of Norfolk was formerly state
comptroller, Hon D. P. Nichols of Dan-
bury state treasurer and Colonel Dwight
Morris of Bridgeport secretary of slate.
Hon. Gideon H. Hollister of Litchfleld is
well known as the historian of Connecticut.
—Hartford Post. -
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Mr. Gilbert’s Idea. ofPlnafbre.
Mr. Gilbert, the composer of “Pinafore,”
had a talk with a newspaper man in New
York, last Wednesday, about his new opera
and alsoabout "‘Pinafore.” In regard to the
new comic dpera he said: “I can't tell you
much about it. The piece has no name yet.
Then, I should hardly like to let the public
know just now what the piece is to be. As
to the name, I presume we shall do as we
did with “Pinafore”—get a lot of names
printed in big letters, set them up in front of
us, and pick out the one that looks best. 1
have decided to rewrite the first act. The
piece is all completed—or has been—but 'I
don’t like the first act. The second goes all
right, and the first must be written up to it.
So to-morrow morning I, shall go to work and ‘
continue working till the piece is done. I
can tell you this much about the piece. , It is
written after the fashion of a Surry melo-
drama. The scene is laid two or three hun—
dred years ago, and the characters dress and
act like those of to-day. It is a broad bur—
lesque, done with all possible gravity. We
depend greatly Ir our humor on such effects.
The idea is that if a man comes on the stage
with a preposterous nose,a grotesque wig,and
a laughable costume, and stands on his head,
no one is surprised; it is what you would ex-
pect just that sort of a fellow to do. Butif
there came on the stage arcspectable solicitor
or a dignified Judge, and stands on hls head,
that is a surprise, and people laugh. There
is much of that idea in “Pinafore”; but I
understand that you play it here rather
broadly, the actors seeming to realize that it
is a burlesque. Now, our people play it as
though it were the most serious play in the
world. Sir Joseph would not be out of place
in the Queen’s drawing-room, and he is
merely a rather eccentric old gentleman.
Captain Corcoran would grace any quarter
deck. None of the people look remarkable
in any way, and, meeting them, you would
not turn your head to look at them. The
humor is in the situations and the dialogues,
uiIered with all gravity.”
lord Beaconsfield occcupied with his suite
It: Inc Kaisernoff. during the late Berlin con.
{11055. sixty—three rooms at $7,000 a month,
am; his food bill was $10,000. He gave $300
to the waiters. The correspondent of the
Le: don Times took $3,600 with mm for ex—
enses, and expended $3, , in addition to
$2,410 for telegrams.
3.
Rag Fair.
SUNDAY IN PETI‘ICOAT LANE.
Going out of St. Mary Axe into Hounds—
ditcb, you. will find, almost directly op—
posite, on the east side of the latter thorough-
fore, a shallow flagged court, much wider
than such places usually are at this crowded
end of London. It wasa finc,bright Sunday
when I made my visit to this famous
locality.
quarter through which I had passed began
to be disturbed as I approached Hounds—
ditch—once a trench into which I had passed
dead dogs, and now a region of very much
alive Hebrew shopkeepers—by street cries
and the babble of many voices, and the
bustle of a moving crowd. The whole pop-
ulation was abroad. ’ ‘Young men with
prominent features and conspicuous satin
cravats were letting themselves out of the
closed warehouses and hurrying off to sub-
urban paradises on the Thames for a day’s
outing. Corpulent drums in loose calico
wrzippers and with hair carefully plastered
were gossiping on the sidewalk. Young
women, of the florid style, displayed their
charms for the benefit of causal clerks from
Bishopsgate and loungers from Whitcchapel.
At the corners of the court I have mentioned
there was a brilliant display of cheap carj
peting disposed like banners, chairs and
sofas, hung high in air, hearthrugs flutter-
ing in the breezes, and red cotton pocket—
handkerchiefs spanning the roadway like
a particularly successful aurora borealis.
The movement of the crowd tended toward
this spot,and I soon found myself swept into
the current.
I. At the bottom of the court appeared a
flight of three or four stone steps, leading
up to a wide, low and dingy structure,
looking like a cross between a cheap market
house, and a country railway station, across
the front was the inscription, “Phil Build-
ing; Clothes and General Mart’,; and at
one side was a.sign~board intimating that
the public could find rest and refreshment
at the neighboring “Monte Arms.” It is
through Phil’s Buildings that you enter one
of the strangest places in London.
It is said that on a bright Sunday you may
see here, in a net work of houses, lanes, and
aliys. no less than three miles of old clothes.
I dare say that is true; but although I spent
a great deal of time in Rag Fair I confess
that I never had the courage to go the end
of it. I found the first building fitted up
with rough counters, shelves, racks and'
trays for the ac:ommodation of various
classes of dealers. Thousands of calico
dresses dangled from aloft, at first .sight
giving the impression that about an acre of
the lovelist of Houndsditch had simultan-
eously committed suicide. Men’s coats and
trousers were heaped upon planks laid across
trestles. A mountain of old hats rose in
one corner; and in another a voluble young
Hebrews with a brush and a bottle of black—
ing, was working, as if for dear life, to give
a presentable appearance to a. load of dread—
ful old shoes. snatched, one would say from
the gutters and dust bins. Here, however,
was only the beginning of the Fair. The
building has several faces, opening into
courts and alleys, all crammed with castoofi
apparel, and these communicate with other
sheds like the first. Over their fronts’is
painted in large letters, “Entrance to the
Exhibition; Clothes Exchange.” One
quarter of the mart is devoted to a some—
what fresher class of wares; for here are
cheap trinkets, the poorest sort of imitation
jewelry, the most gorgeous of colored hand-
kerchiefs, .and so many pairs of suspenders
that it-would seem to be a habit in Hound-
ditch to have all pantaloons made too big in
the waist. The articles displayed in this
quarter being, so to speak, new, and con—
sequently rateable at some certain commer-
cial value, were not in great request, for the
frequenters of Rag Fair love the excitement
of desperate and protracted bargaining—an
intellectual exercise only to be enjoyed in
its perfection when there are no means of
determimng what the_ goods in dispute are
worth, or whether they are worth anything
at all. The advent of a possible customer
threwthe whole shed into commotion. A
young lady with¥heavy red cheeks, who
stood in a bower of prismatic handkerchiefs
addressed me in the tone of Jenny Wren
addressing Fascination Fledgeby. "Good
morning, this morning, young man,” she
said; then, as I did not yield to soft per-
suasion, two muscular mothers in Israel tried
sterner means, and seizing me, one by the
coat-tail, the other by the arm, began to pull
with all their might. I owed my escape
after a short but severe struggle,to the lucky
accident of divided counsels among the ad—
versary, for while one tried to drag me into
shilling cravats, the other put forth her
strength on behalf of red stockings, and be —
tween them I got away, and fell into the
arms of a male dealer in suspenders. “Buy
lem,”shouted the man.fiercely,shaking a bun—
dle of them in my face; “why don’t want
’em? You are frightened of ’em, are you ?”
A shirt, a military jacket, a pair of red plush
small clothes, and a whole row of gowns,
were in turn commended to my attention, as
the very things I appeared to need. .
The most remarkable part of the Bag
Fair, however, is not. the “Clothes Ex-
change” proper, which is held underreofs,
but the much more extensive crowded and
bewildering mart in the adjoiningstreets and
Petticoat‘lane, which gives its name to the
whole Fair, is called Middlesex street, on
recent oflicial maps, but it retains its old
designation in common use. That is the
centre of the Sunday traffic. Gravel court,
Sundays-row, TrIpe yard. Fryingpan alley,
Partridge court, are some of the other pas-
sages, foul and narrow, which are given
up to this curious business. Nearly all the
transactions are .conducted in the dirty
open street; but there are many small
shops besides, incredibily black and vile,
in whose dark recesses commodities of
some humble sort are kept for sale—I cer-
tainly cannot say are exhibited. Wherever
the co‘urtvis Wide enough you will find an
untidy Jewcss seated on the ground amidst
heaps of goods. A piece of sailcloth, or a
fragment of an old awning, being spread
upon the muddy cobble stones, becomes the
sole substitute for shop and counter. One
damcI saw surrounded by odd stockings,
which she was clamorously offeringlo the
public at the rate of “Two pair the bob".
Another was displaying on the cloth around
her a variety of much worn dresses, of
coarse quality but showy pattern, which
lowest class. A third was debating with
possible purchasers the value of sundry
second hand chemises; and a fdurth had
barricaded herself within a double circle of
shoes and guitars, mostly cracked at the sides
trodden at the heels, leaky at the soles and
infirm as to fastenings, but all newly pol-
ished. In the piles of men’s clothing there
were scarlet uniform coat (shed perhaps by
descrters) and livery suits, and flowered
cretonne waistcoats worn by negro min—
strels. Purchasers were not lacking, and I
had not long to wait before witnessing the
full operation of the system of “Clothes
Exchange.” Workingmen, after an animated
negotiation, took off ragged and dirty coats,
and put on others a little better. A cripple
rested on his crutches and effected an exchange
of one old shoe.
Underclothing as a rule seemed to have
been submitted to a rude sort of “doing up”;
a heap of shirts, offered at eight pence apiece
had perhaps been through a mangle, though
it was long since they had seen a wash-tub;
and crumpled collars just as they had come
The solemn quiet of the business .
b
from the necks of the last wearers. I do
not think the buyers were particular. ' They
were exclusively the very poor, but by no
means exclusively Israelites. Toward noon
the alleys became closely packed, from
house-wall to house-wall, that movement
was at times almost impossible, and the
matrous encampcd in the roadway were in
immediate danger of being trampled upon.
Here was to be seen the traditional old clothes
man of novels and picture books, a. grim
person,'with long skirts and gray beard, and
a bag on his back. Here were to be seen
dealers not only in old clothes, but in every
variety of article which, having been used
once, might possibly still serve another turn.
A basket was filled with second-hand sponges
—which can hardly have been nice. On
walls and fences hung the most amazing
collections ,of old leather straps, relics of
abandoned trunks and fragments of rotten
harness. There were scraps of leather;
there, were millions of rusty keys; there
were stray door—knobs, and odd furniture
casters, and broken hammer-heads, and all
the litter of brass and. iron rubbish which is
usually found 'in the bottom of tool-boxes.
There was a clothes basket containing four
or five peeks of ancient' kid and leather
gloves, mostly not mated. Ayoung man
devoted himself entirely to the sale of ends
of twine, done up in hanks at a half penny
a bunch. Artistians’ tools of all kinds, in
every stage of dilapidation, were great ar-
may have done duty in a music hall of the >
but there was about a barrel full of soiled,
ticles of trade; and workmen who had se-
cured a job for Monday morning came here
to supply themselves with such poor imple ,
ments as they had no pence to buy.
With the noise of lairgaining and disputing
mingled the uproar of the- venders of drinks
and delicacies and nostrums and scores of
useless conveniences. “Now then, gents.”
shouted a seller of sarsaparilla wine, “this
is the true elixir of life, recommended by
the entire medical faculty of Great Britain
.without exception,” “Penny a pot! penny
a pot,” screamed a parrot like young
Hebrew with a basket of nuts. “Hokey
pokey, a penny l” roared a very large man,
taking from an ice caam freezer a little
square of something. which looked like a
slice of white castile soap. “I’m the only
party breathing that’s got these goods,” ex-
claimed a dealer in something utterly un—
desirable; I have forgotten now what it
was” A young man in the uniform of a
French infantry of the line, mounted a chair
and announced himself by means of a placard
as "the Parisian Electric Light Company,”
his stock in trade being cigar lights ‘and
penny needle cases. A lively person who
was endeavoring to dispose of a barrow full
of hammers at two pence each, drove a
purely imaginary but tremendous trade with
speechless and invisible buyers; “You take
this one at tuppencc ; thank you, sir.
Here you are. Now, then, gents, who’s
for the 'next at tuppence, only two pence?
They’re a going fast?" He never took in
any money, and healways held up the same
hammer; and I rather thought that the
nonchalance with which be omitted to pro
tend to believe that anybody believed in his
little‘ fiction was the drollest thing in the
Fair. There was another young man who
stood on a. table with a vial of water in his
hand. “I will now proceed,” said he, “to
fill a bottle and distribute its contents among
you”; whereupon he poured the water from
one vial into another, and calmly we'nt on
with an irrelevant harangue. I was :his
only auditor, and he fortunately did not
consider it worth while to distribute the
contents of his bottle among me; but later
he collected a crowd and when I passed that
way again he was hard at work with his
vial of water and sundry essences, manufac—
turing spurious ponies of rum and’ brandy.
More varieties of mussels and other un-
pleasant locking shell-fish were exposed for
sale than I imagined the whole world con-
tained; and the quantity of these 'viands
consumed in Rag Fair seemed to be beyond
all computation. Whole alleys were full of
them, displayed on coslermongers’ barrows.
The shell being previously removed, the
flabby edible and its juice were generally
kept in a wash basin, whence the vender la.-
dled out penny worths with his hand, and
served them on small earthenware plates
or bits of broken china. What with drip-
ping sheIl-fish and bouncing ginger beer, the
alleys were everywhere slippery.
The uproar was at its height when I turn-
ed into a comparatively quiet court to escape
the unpleasant spectacle. It was one of the
series of connected yards, just on the-mar-
gin of the Fair, shut in by a' tall and
squalid tenements, and communicating with
Houndsditch by a narrow and crooked
passages. Children were swarming about
the horrible pools, mingled overflow of the
kitchen and washtub, which fostered in the
hollows of the pavement, and a few feeble
women sat'listlcss in the doorways. “keep-
ing house” while the able bodied members
of the family were busy at the Fair. These
and such as these were the homes of the
merchants of Petticoat Lane—only a few
yards from the Bank of England; and yet
when I came out into the Sunday stillness
decorous solidity of Leadenhall street, I
felt as if I had just got back from-a very
particularly dirty and degraded foreign
country. J. 1:. on. in N. Y. Tirbune.
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Patents and Trade Marks.
A list of Patents and Designs granted Oct. 23,
1879, to citizens of“ the State of Connecticut, rc-
ortcd for the NORWALK GAZETTE, by EDWIN H.
frown, of‘ No. 262 Broadway. New York City.
Counselor in Patents and Trade Marks case: and
Soiictor of Patents and regIstration of Trade
Marks. .
PATENTS
No. 221‘015, Percussion Primer, Michael
Backcs, Wallingford.
No. 221,061, Salt Dredge, Westel E. Haw-
kins, assignor to Simpson, Hall,Miller & Co.,l
Wallingford. ‘ .
No. 220,979, Implement for Capping and
Uncappirfg Cartridges, Albert D. Law,Bridge-
ort. .
p No. 220,984, Perforating Stamp, James P.
Norton, Portland, and J. Ramsey, Jr., West
Meriden. ’
No. 221,093, Machine forEmbroidering the
tops of Stockings, Samuel L. Otis, assignor
to A. H. and C. B. Alling, Birmingham.
No. 221,098, Pin Package, Truman Piper,
assignor to Howe Manufacturing Company,
Birmingham.
No. 220,992, Necktie fastener, Merritt B.
Scott, North Manchester.
nasrqns.
No. 11,474, Clock Dial Rims, George B.
Owen, Winsted.
LABELS.
No. 2,102, Title—“Bovine" (for an article
of food). The J. P. Bush 00., Hartfqrd,
Conn., and Boston, Mass. ’
Novaunnn 4TH.
PATENTS.
No. 221, 268, Thread Guide for Spooling
Machine, &c., John E. Atwood, assignor of
one—half interest to E. Atwood, Stonington.
No. 221,208, Die for Making Flap Axles,
Charles II. Babcock, West Cheshire.
No. 221,152, Spring Coal Tongs, Charles
M. Burgess, assignor to Russell & Erwin
Manufacturing Co., New Britain.
No. 221,213,Clock Pendulum,Hiram Camp,
assignor to New Haven Clock Co.
No, 221,310, Clock Movement, Charles E.
Hotchkiss, Cheshire.
No. 221,324, Bottle Stopper,Louis Kutscha,
Bridgeport.
DESIGN.
No. 11,486, Group of Statuary, John Rog-
ers, New Canaan.
The largest single order to a Danbury re—
tail firm was received by Benedict Brothers,
the boot and shoe dealers, last week. It
came from Massachusetts and amounted to
$1,100. The firm says advertising pays.—
Daany New.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
CHARLES B. ANDREWS,
Governor and Commander-in-Chicf.
RY ms EXOELLENOY THE GOVERNOR.
A Proclamation.
I a Joint Thursday, the 27th day of No—
vemblui- instant, to .bc a day of Public
Thanksgiving and Praise. And I earnestly
invite the people of this State to'observc that
day as a glad festival of devout and joyous
remembrance of the numberless mercies and
loving kindness of Him who did bring our
fathers out, and who will sustaIn us them
children.
Because He lovgd thy fathers, therefore he
chose their seed after them, and brought
them out in His sight with .His mighty
power. Know, therefore, this day, and
consider itin thine heart that the Lord He Is
God in Heaven and upon the earth beneath ;
there is none else. He will not forsake thee,
nor forget the covenant of thy fathers thch
He swear unto them. ' .
Rising to the inspiration pf thIs promIse,
let us be thankful for the generous gifts of
the year, which have filled the barns of the
husbandman with plenty, have rewarded
every laborer for his toil and all our people
for their industry and thrift. He maketh
peace in thy borders and filleth thee WIth the
finest of the wheat.
Let us remember that no evil has befallcn
us, neither has any plague come nIgh our
dwelling.
May we be able to put aside envy and
malice, and all uncharitableness, and keep
this feast with sincerity and truth. And
while we eat the fat and drink the sweet,may
we remember the claims upon us of all who
are sick, of all who are poor, and of all who
are desolate; and forget ,not to send a por—
tion to|him for whom nothing is prepared.
Given under my hand and the seal of the
51.,“ State, at the Capitol in Hartford,
f ) this eighth day of November, In
1.. s. \— the year of our Lord, one thou-
I sand, eight hundred and seventy—
vr" nine, and of the Indedendence of
the United States the one hundred and fourth.
CHARLES B. ANDREWS.
By His Excellency’s command,
DAVID Tonnancn, Secretary of State.
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The following cheerful details appear in
the body of the Palladium’s report of the
latest .Norwich poisoning case. Aru’t these
professional particulars becoming a little
too “common place” in our later murder
cases I’—
“Doctors Paddock and Bailey made a
further examination of the body and took
away large portions of the body for analysis.
The bladder was removed, attached to other
parts, which were in a good state of pres-
ervation, and put in a jar. The left arm,
the hand of which was still cOvered with a
kid gloVe, 'the right leg, the muscles of the
ribs and the left breast, the muscles from
the right side, the abdominal from the right
side, and a. transverse section of the body,
extending from the chest to pelvis bone,werc
taken out and placed in jars. The jars
were carefully sealed and delivered to
Professor Johnson, who took them to New
Haven in the afternoon. What was left of
Mrs. Riddle was rcinterred in the Yantic
cemetery.
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A Priest Mulcted for Damages.
SPRINGFIELD, Nov. 10.—The suit in the
ease of Joseph Parker, formerly a. stable
keeper at Holyoke, to recover $10,000 dam—
ages from Father Aukre B. Dufresne, a
French Catholic priest of that town, for
breaking up Parker‘s business by maliciously
telling his congregation that they must not
patronize him and forcing them to obey his
commands by threats of excommunicalion,
purgatory and other dire evils, was given to
the jury at noon to—day. After two hours’
deliberation they gave a Verdict to Parker
of $3,433.
The return of Hon. Lyman D. Brewster
from that old demodratic district, the Elev—
enth, is one of the most gratifying features
of the state election, not merely because it
adds one to the overwhelming republican
majority, but for the reason that it contin-
ues in the service of the state a clear-headed
industrious and conscientious law—maker.
Danbury, his own town, gave him a thump—
ing majority, which speaks well for his rep—
utation among his immediate neighbors.—
Hartford Post.
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Albany is to have asteam heating company
in operation this winter. .
Out in Central New York potatoes are sell-
ing for from 25 to 43 cents a. bu§hel.
It is said that “Pinafore” has been intro—
duced among the Indians. This will explain
why a numberof Indians have left their res-
ervations. '
A Hornesville woman had eloped nine
times. Handy sort of a wife. No divorce
lawyer’s bills to pay. No alimony. No fu—
neral expenses.
The Baldwin locomotive works have 2,250
names on the pay roll, the largest number for
six years. The total production of locomo—
tives for the year will reach 400.
A Murfeesboro, Tenn., darkey is 103 years
old. He has just married his seventh wife,
who is 32. There are twenty-seven of his
children left to bless his declining years.
' The Louisville Courier—Journal says that
half the children in Kentucky do not go to
school, and that in the most criminal counties
school—houses are rare, That accounts for
the big Democratic majorities in Kentucky.
The highest salary paid to principals in
Boston is $2,760, the lowest, $1,320; the
highest salary paid to assistants,is $1,080, the
lowest, $480. The highest salary paid to
principals in San Francisco is $2,700, the
lowest, $1,200; the highest paid to assistants
is $1,100, the lowest, $600.
Hartford has voted in favor of issuing
$500,000 bonds, to run twenty-five years, but
redeemable in ten years at the option of the
town. rate of interest 4:5 per cent.. for theI
purpose of taking up the bonds i nod for
the purchase of capital stock of Valley
road. It was also voted that the bonds should
not be sold below par.
Connecticut astonishes us. We counted
on losing half the Republican majority on
joint ballot, the contest being only on the
House of Representatives and one-half the
Senate. But in the quietest manner possible
our friends have gone to work and gained
three senators and eighteen representatives,
making a Republican majority on joint ballot
of ninety-two.—Providenee Journal.
A Paris letter says :——“Now that to travel
is the fashion, some of the ‘swells’ insist
upon private railway carriages, and are not
satisfied with the institutions ~ imported
here by Mr. Pullman. The Baronesse N. de
Rothschild has just ordered one which will
cost 100,000fr ancs,and the Countess» Potocka
has purchased that formerly used by the late
Mme. Musard,which she bought at the sale
of the Duke de Morny's effects.”
Bishop Whittaker of Nevada,has had some
unusual experiences in his recent tour through
his diocese. At Tybo he could get no build-
ing to preach in but a gambling house, and in
responSe to the Litany, instead of “Amen, ’
an excited listener,with his pantaloons stuffed
in his boots,eried “Keno.” At Ward a horse
race had been announced for the afternoon,
but at the Bishop’s earnest‘ request the racing
was postponed till the religious services were
over. The whole congregation went fromthe
church to the race track as soon as the.ser.—
mon was finished. _
“The Cincinnati “boy with a tail," George
Rehn, excites considerable interest at the
West. The medical examination states that
the appendage is fourteen i hes long and
covered with silken glossy Ir, and that it
grows exactly where the tail grows on the
average monkey of the period. The boy is
four years old, and surgeons have decided
lhat the tail cannot be removed without en-
dangering the child's life, on account of its
being articulated with the back bone. It is
so strong and tough that the boy can use it
for support, as the kangaroo uses his, and
when seated “can, by the aid of the tail,
spring to his feet without the aid of his
hands.” '
One feature of the last eruption of the re—
markable volcano of Killauea, in the Sand—
wich Islands,is the fact that the great molten
lake of lava, occupying a huge caldron
nearlya mile in width, and known as the
"South Lake," was drawn off subterraneous-
ly, giving no warning of its movements and
leaving no visible indication of Its pathway
or the place of its final deposit. “Other
eruptions,” writes Dr. Conn to Prof. Dana,
in a letter dated June 20, “have blazed their
way on the surface of the sea, or while on
their subterranean way have rent the super—
incumbent beds, throwing out jets of steam
or of sulphurous gases, with here and there
broad patches of lava. But as yet no surface
marks of this kind reveal the silent, solemn
course of this burning river. One theory is
that it flowed deep in subterranean fissures,
and finally disembogued far out at sea. Our
ocean was much disturbed during those days,
and we had what mightbe called a tidal wave
of moderate magnitude.” The old process
of replenishment which had gone on since
the last eruption in 1868, is reported to have
begun again, and after another decade au—
other disgorgement may take place.
NORWALK GAZETTE,
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Marriages and Deaths inserted gratuitously.
Obituary or Funeral Notices 15 cents per line.
All unusual cuts and devices 25 per cent.
extra.
CHARLES _ W. MANY‘
Surgeon Dentist,
NORWALK, CONN.
thceoorner’ot Mainand Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxide Gasadministered
ALEX. S . GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
Teacher of‘ '
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composition.
Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
_ Hurlhutt, Relyea & Seymour,
Attorneys‘all Counsellors altar,
Boom No.4, [up stair-,l
‘GAZETTE BUILDING.
FDWARD P . \VEED.
J . . V
D R U G- G- I S '1'
Wall Streetppposz'te Norwallc Opera Home.
Alargo and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Pcrfumery,l’atcnt Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters; Toilet and Medicated Soaps, Flavoring
and Handkerchief Extracss, Hair Brushes,Combs,
Sponges,ChamoisSkins, Stationery, Cigars, &c..
and Is constantly addingto his stock all thenew
andpopularmcdicincs ofthc day.
Sold at EDWARD P. WEED’S, Norwalk, and
HOYT’S PHARMACY, So. Norwalk, Conn. 46
w. s. cumman,
General Furmsllnr Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R.DEPOT
”Ordersattended to day or night . Resident:
Mainstrect ,3 doorsf‘rom Union Avenue.
The llcrwalk Fire Insurance 80.,
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year,
And has not outstanding a Dollar of unpaid losses
or of claims for losses.
IN SOIIIII COMMIT IISIIIIES AT MINER IIA‘I' ~
WI. C.STI1EET, Pres., S. E. OLMSTEAD, Treas.
GEO. R. Gownns,Scc’y.
'I‘NA I NSURANCE Co. “HARTFORD
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual
Capital and Assets, $6,716,893.77
Insuresagainstlossand damage by Fire ,on terms
adoptedto the hazardandconsistcnt withthelaws
ofcompensation. COWLES & MERRILL,
Sole Agentsfor Norwalk and vicinity
a. s. BLASCER,
At his store in
MALLORY’B BLOCK,
hasconatantly on hand, a. general assortmen Io
Groceries, Crockery, Glass,
’11:] and Wooden Ware, Etc.
Bydevotinghis constantpersonttlattentiontothe
husIness he hopcsto merit public patronage
HARLES s. LOCKWOOD,
fashionable Draper and Tailor
GENTS’ FURNISHING EMPORIUM.
Main Street {Norwalk, Conn.
now run Icun warrn Plats.
Wm. Glovef & Son,
Areready to pntin your WATEB,STEAMor GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at aslow a. rate as
anyone. WROUGHT AND CAST IRON, TIN-
LlNED. LEAD PIPES, &c., of every slzeand de-
scription . PLUMBING in allitsbranches.
BERNARD COHN.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
WEEK’S BUILDING, wan. ST.
A FULL LINE or
Imported and Domestic Cloths,
of the lutrst styles, constantly on hand. Novel-
ties In Scotch. Suitings. Satisfaction guaranteed
In every particular. 46
~
a week. 812 a day at home easily made. Cost-
Iy outfit frec.Addrcss Truc&Co.AugustaMc.
WILLIAM B. RIDER,
ENGINEER AND SORTEYOR
I
Personal attention given to all kinds of
Hydraullc Works, Englncerlng, Mlll-
\Vrlghtlng Dock Work, are. Agent
_ for all kl ml: of Machinery.
Orderslcft at the GAZETTE Ofllcc, or by mail
will receive prompt attention. 53
The wonderful suc-
“ cessofflUNT’S
REMEDY has in-
_ I duced a. great many to
ad vertisc their worth-
less preparations for
,’ th e cure of Kidney
Discascsdiopingtosell
I them on its well e'stnb~
lished reputation.
LATE HOME TESTIMONY.
199 Westminster St., Providence, R. I., Oct.l3,’79.
Wu. E. CLAltliE-—Dca’l‘ Sir: I have sufl‘crcd
very much \VIth my Kidneys and Liver for years.
In January, 1879, I grew worse,bloati_ng fcafl‘ully.
My physician.onc of the best in Providence,\vIsh-
ed Inc to tr HUNT‘S REMEDY. as salc'and reli-
able. as he Iad known it to cure Kidney Diseases
when all other medicines had failed. I did so,and
iu twenty-four hours I passed four or.flve gal-
lons of water, the bloat was removed. and the
rent relief made me feel a new man. Were It not
or HUNT-’5 REMEDY 1 would not be alive to-
day- E. E. SIIEPARDSON.
UN T’s REMEDY is prepared EXPRESS-
LY for the Diseases
’ of the .Kidncys, Blad-
der,(l);1veram| Urina-
- r y rgans ropsy.
, ' . . Gravel,’DIItbctcs,
Bright’s Disease of
he Kidneys and In-
continence nnd Reten
tIon of Urine, and is
used by the Medical
Faculty. Send for pamphlet to WM. E. CLARKE,
Pnovrnnnca, 3.1. Sold by all Druggists.
lTWO SHOW CASES FOR SALE.
CHARLES S. PROIVITI, DrnggIst.
. . .
Shawn and Merclanluc Tags
a .
Printed or Plain
By the Dozen or Thousand. at Manufacture
Prices. at the
' GAZETTE OFFICE.
PURE MILK.
Delifercd in Norwalk and South Norwalk, at
your door, every morning
AT 6 CENTS PER'QUART,
By Rmrson Bnos. 51tf
0. II. Ifcndall, ill. I).
DENTIST,
Norwalk, Conn.
Office second
door west from
Danbury R. I.
Depot: Dental
operatIons in all
, branches as for-
merly. Painless
extraction of'
teeth by 1nd of
LAUGH! N G
N. B.—Dr. Kendall spends Mondays in Ridge-
fleld. 42
J. M. POTTER,
DEALER IN
Melodeons, Sheet Music, 850.,
WALL STREET NORWALK, CONN.
NEXT D008 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 CELEBRATED
WEBER’S, STANLEY & SONS, GROV-
ESTEEN & FULLER’S, HAINES
BROTHERS, VASE & SON'S,
PIANQS,
and willfurnish at short notice. Call and
see them.
OLD INSTRUMENTS .
Taken in Exchange for New.
Turmmg cfc Repairing
Done at short notice.
The Weber Piano.
A few extracts from the great number re.
ceived by the most eminent musicians in the
United States may not be inappropriate:
I have never seen a. Piano which equals the
Weber Pianoforte. Geo. F. Bristow
The Weber Piano occupies justly the first
rank amongst the Best Pianos. J. N. Pattz'son
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.
Harry Sanderson.
. The Weber Piano possesses everything that
can be wished for in a. Piano. 0. W. Morgan.
The Weber Piano ranks foremost amongst
the best manufuctured. William Mason.
The Weber Pianos stand first amongst the
splendid Pianos produced in this Country.
Clara N. Brinherhofi
A ten years’ experience satisfies me that
the Weber Pianos are unapproachable.
John Zuridel.
I would call especial attention to .
THE .ESTY COTTAGE ORGAN
Beautifuuy finish ed in black walnut and rose-
wood, combining more perfections than any
other in the world. Has taken more than ONE
HUNDRED AND EIFTY GOLD MEDALS AND
FIRST PREMIUM-S, 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 cecal, which is the highest praise that
can be bestowed on any instrument—Geo. B.
Segnumr, Musical Critic, N. Y. Times.
They are the best reed instruments we have
ThatgithI—a «f- J. H. Odell, Organ Builders
It is the ne plus ultra of reed instruments.
—Prof. E. L. Baker.
It centains sweetness and power in an un-
usual degree.——Re'u. Bishop Simpson, TILE.
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 kindJ
have ever played upon.——- Wm. A. King.
The Esty Organs are without a. superior.—
Geo. Jardz'ne, Organ Builder, N. Y.
No tremulo has yet been invented that will
in any way compare with this for beauty of
effect.— 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 me.—Rea. H. Riggs,
President of Northern .New York Musical
Association.
J. M. POTTER, Norwalk.
New Firm at the 01d Stand.
Messrs MULLIN GS BROTHERS
ould Iespectfullyinform the public,that they
have taken the business latelytonducted
by MULLINGS &TILLY, and with the old ex-
perit :Iced Workmen, hitherto employed by the
late firm, are prepared to manufacture all lands of‘
CARRIAGES & WAGONS
To onpnn
Repairing in all its Branches.
MACHINE FORGING. DISCOUNT
ALLO‘VED FOR CASH.
C. A. MULLINGS, J. S. MULLINGS
South Norwalk, April 15,1878.
AT
Quintard’s Furniture Rooms
w1.I befounca complctcassortmentof
FURNITURE, &C.,
ncludiugcverythingusuallyfound in a ll rat-class
cstabhshmcnt, at Prices to suitthe Times .» Also,
alarg eassortmcn tot
CHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
LOOKING GLASSES, kc.
GIassPlatcscnttoanysize. Repairingdoneinthe
best manner,at short notice . Also. old llairMat-
trassesmadcover asgood asncw.
E. cumrann's sou.
$66
a week in your own town. Terms and $5out
fit frec.AddrcssH.IIallett a Co.Portland,Mc.
W A '1' C H B S l
A. 9. Benedict It (10.,
28 BOWERY, NEW YORK.
File Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry,
Sterling Silver and Plated Wars.
PRICES GREATLY REDUCED.
“latches Carefully Repaired by superior
Workman.
NO CONNECTION W ITII ANY OTHER. HOUSE
Established in ISIS.
W arm Baths
Cold. Baths”
Shower Baths I :2:
Every day at
E. APELL’S Model Barber Shop,
SecOnd Door from Post Office.
FEED MILLS.
E are now prepared to grind Feed either in
small or large quantities to order. and with
dispatch. FITCH .la CUTTER,
Alsing Mineral Mills.
HARVEY FITCII. J as. CUTTER, J It.
South Norwalk, Sept. 8th, 1879. 36
Alcohol Barrels,
At Prowitt’s Drug Store.
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1879.
330115 and. Games
REAL ESTATE.
\nzvxnnz\A/\M ,vv‘zxmm
For Sale.
SMALL PLACE pleasantly located in the
Borough. on high ground. The grounds are
liberally supplied wrth Fruit Trees. choice Grapes
(seven varietIcs), and other Small Fruits. Large
Garden. Also a. large. well arranged flannel-y
“’th ample runs for poultry. For further partic-
ulars apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.
FOR SA LE—Thc very_dcsirable residence on
LeWIs St.,now normal by Itev. Mr. Bent-
Icy. Apply on the prchses, or to JOHN PARET.
374 Broadway, New York. 42
O RENT.—A Barn on West Avenue.
ply at the GAZETTE OFFICE.
For Sale.
HE Homestead of the late Peter McLaughlin,
deceased. It Is very eligiblylocatcd In the
Borough of Norwalk, is two stories and basement,
contours 14 nice rooms, well adapted for a. large
lamIly or a boarding house; lot 6026200 feet, has
Borough Water, FruIt, .kc. Situated on Franklin
Avenucnwtlnn three minutes’ walk of PostOflicc,
Depot. etc, Will be sold on accommodating terms.
h orfurthcr particulars enquire of'
24 4 JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent.
FOR SALE.
r 1W0 vcrydcsirableunildmgLotson WestMain
Street. Apply at tthAZETTE OFFICE .
For Sale.
HE subscriber offers for sale his HOUSE and
LOT, situated 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 busines: part of the town. School,
Churches, etc. The House is nearly new;convcn-
Icntly arranged, and II. good condition. For fur-
ther particulars apply to the. subscriber at Can-
non’s Station, or to G. A; S. ll. Ilolmes,Norwalk.
3y JOHN W . ltENOUD.
D W ELLING-S
AND
Building Lots.
EVEltAL dwellings
ent portions of
sale at reasonable
outsIdc of Boroug
Altg29sevcral Buildin
Ap-
12
. variousprices in differ-
_ orough, either to let or for
rIces. Also several places
limits—one in Wmmpauk.
g lots In and out of Borough.
Enquire at this Oflicc.
For Sale or Exchange.
FOR property in Norwalk or vicinity, 2 houses
In Brooklyn, E. D., Within 5 minutes walk of
4 ferries. Good location. For particulars apply
to J. S. RANDALL,
Box 63, N orwalk.
Farm fer Sale.
BOUT 12 to 13 acres within 1% miles of center
_ of‘ Norwalk. Good situation. good house,
built of best material and by days work. About
so choIce Apple trees with other fruit, good gar—
den, good well of water, and fine shade trees. Just
the place for a man wishing toraise Strawberries,
etc. PrIce 87,000. Enquire at this Ofllcc.
For Sale.
A cosy comfortable Cottage on one oftheplcas-
antest streets In town, within five minutes
walkof the Bridge or Churches. will be sold ak
co price. A portIon ol the purchase money can
re In on bond and mortgage. Price $6.000. En-
quire at this Office.
Desirable Property for sale.
A. Ver ydcsIrable place on EastAvenue.
Also, a tow choice BuildingLotssituatedon
Osborn AvenueJorsalo cheap.
Also,a nIccly located House and Lot on Mer-
wm Street near WestAvenuc, for sale at a. bar-
gam . Enquireof -
S, E. OSBORN, EastAvenuc,
tfll or to D .W.FITCII,WestAvcnue.
For Sale.
A_ House and Lot, in a. healthylocatiou on
FaIrStrcct,above Catharine. The Honseis
' .‘ nearly new,wellbuilt,convcnientlyarrang-
ed, and will make a comfortable and leasant
home foraf‘mnily of average size. The at runs
back to the river. There Is a. wellof excellent
water on the place, and Borough Water in the
Street. PrIcc low,and part of the money can re-
main on mortgage. A fine chancc.tosccnrea
home. Apply atGAZETTE OFFICE. 3t!
Allesirablc Homestead for Sale.
TIIE valuable residence of the subscriber,
pleasantly located on high round on East
Ave., In the Borough of Norwal ', is offered for-
salc. .Thc sItuatIon Is leusant and healthy, com-
mandrngfinc Views of" onglsland Sound and the
snrroundmg country. Distance one mile from
Norwalk Bridge. and the same from South Nor-
walk depot._ l-louse 54x50; two stories and attic.
filled In With brick, and substantially built.
Rooms .18,wIth all modern im rovcments, bath
room, laundry, statIonary tubs, ecbcc’s cooking
range, hot and cold water, gas throughout the
house. The cellar-Is dry, having stationary mm
ace,thch heats the whole house. The attic Is
spacious, and roof'tmned. The house is in excel-
lent ordcr'beIng comfortable for both a Summer or
winter residence. Stumble for any gentleman do-
ing business In New York and returnmg the same
day, Land about three-quarters of an acre, laid
outIn lawn. fruit trees, and garden spot. Apply
to JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent, Nor-
walk, or to the subscriber,
26ft A. S. HAMERSLEY
255 Fourth Avenue, N. Y
Daily Mes senger
To New York City.
HE subscriber would announce to the business
men of Norwalk and vicinIty that he pro-
poses to connect with his business that ofa. Daily
Messenger to the City. and is now ready to do er-
rands,and receive commissions for purchase of
small articles In any part of the city. Will go
down in the mornII. g, returning at night. All
orders left at his store, No. 39 Main Street, will be
promptly attended to.
SHERMAN STEVEN S.
Norwalk, August 29th, 1879. , 34
WHITNEY PHOTOGRAPH GAllEHI
For sale.
ESTABLISHED 31 YEARS. DContains
40,000 Portraits of' the inhabitants of‘ Fair-
field County. Persons interested in these pic-
tures or desiring c'opics 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.
2t2S _ E. T. WHITNEY.
Best Furnaces In the World
FOR HARD COAL OR WOOD,
(WEOUGIIT on CAST IRON,)
ARE lVIADE BY
RICHARDSON, BOINTON 8t 00.
Embody NEW 1879 improvements, never before
adopted : ,Contain more PRACTICAL features; are
more DURABLE; COST LESS to keep in order; Use
LESS FUEL; and will give MORE heat and a larger
VOLUME of PURE AIR than any furnace madein
the United States. REPLACE youronn and POOR
LY \VORKING heaters with one of THESE MODERN
furnaces. which are POPULAR and UNIVERSALLY
successful. Sold by L. J. CURTIS, Norwalk,
Conn. 3m35
GEO. WARD SELLECK
Has in his New Store,
Bardenbrook’s New Block, \Vall Sb,
A complete assortment of the best class of
GROOEHIES, PROVISIONS, FRUITS,
&c., for family use. at Popular Prices. His stock
is at all times fresh and good, and Will stand com-
parison with those of any Grocer in town. Call In
and leave your orders. 2Stf
O . O O
Carnage Paintlng !
HE subscriber,a practical and experienced
workman, has taken rooms over NELSON’S
.1 ARRIAGE SHOP. near toot of Mill Hill, where
he is prepared to
Paint Coaches, Carriages or Wagons
at short noticc,in Ihe best manner, and at Rea-
sonable Prices. English or Valentine’s Varnish
used, according to dcsIre of parties havmg work
done. Special attention paid to
Ila-Painting Children’s Carriages,
and to Plain and Fancylmttermg. Ashareo
public patronage solicited
If. E. TNTIITCODUB.
Norwalk, April Ilith, 1578.
People’s Market.
N0. 19 lIIAIN STREET,
THE very best of BEEF, delivered daily to
our customers. Also. in their season, Veal,
Lamb, Mutton, Pork, &c.,at the low zst
Market Rates. Vegetables and Frults a full.
fresh and varied supply daily rcchved. Market
wagon sent about town every morning.
> JAMES E. WIXSON.
16
Reward.
WENTY-FIVE DOLLARS will be paid for the.
name ofnny person, other than the regular
Iamplightcr employed by the Boroughscen light-
ing any street light. »
~ NORW ALK GAS LIGHT CO.
GEO. B. ST. JOHN, Secretary. 4t13
A good assortment of
5:
All. the Latest Styles in
FALL AND nun-En.
MILLINEBY.
NOW READY AT
Mrs. thmot Fawcett’s
:5 and 3 James’ Block, Water
Street.
Miss E. Netterfi‘eld,
IS now prepared to take orders and do
M ner'y',
yt’s Dry Goods
3m38
at her home, over Scofleld a He
Store, No. 29 Main Street.
Solicitor of Claims.
GENERAL—BUSINESS.
OFFICIAL INFORMATION.
L. A. GOBRIGHT,
Dulce 1,427 F Street Northwest, near
15th, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Y former connection with Journalism for a.
' long period, has givcn'mc an extensive ac-
quaintance in all the departments of the Govern-
Inentund all exec tionnl facilities. Prompt at—
tention given to al orders requiring personal scr-
vIcc at the National Capitol,whieh may be for-
warded through the office of the NORWALK GA-
zr: ME. ~ 41
Important lnnouncememt
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 tendency of prices, from this time
forward, will be upward. . Especially is this
the case with all grades of Lumber. From
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 freighter, and an unpre-
cedented demand in the West (justified by
the enormous 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 ! DOWNI
DOWN l but my faith in the increasing de-
mand and the decreasing supply of good Pine
Lumber in this country, is at length justified
and this advance finds me with the largest
stock of
Pine, Spruce & Hemlock 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 behaving that quick
sales, even with small profits, is better than
stagnation, I have concluded toput this LTIMT
ber on the Market at the mesent Wholeaak
Prices, adding simply the actual expenses of
transacting business.
This Lumber, purchased in June and July,
comprises nearly two million feet of the best
manufactures of Michigan pine,Northern 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 \Vinter, 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. Steams & Co.’s Bangor tim-
ber, which is worth more and costs more at
wholesale than the-Calais timber. I sell it at
same price. It is clean, bright and free from
grit, not being raftcd eitherhere 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
my 1%, 1%, and 2 inch lumber, in upper grades
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. .52; Co., rived.
John McGraw &. 00., sawed,
Foster, Blackman 6.7 00., sawed,
W. C. Cummings, sawed,
with Southern Rived Cedar and Califorhia
Red wood to order.
I also offer at a. very low figure, CLEAR
NORWAY FLOORING, 2% 33. 5,1. inches
wide, very nice and dry. Also Southern
Pine, Ash, Black Walnut, Cherry, and White
wood, in all sizes and thicknesses. Thank—
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. H ILL,
Lumber Merchant,
At I’BOWITT S DRUG STORE
N 0R WALK CONN.
VOL. LED-NUMBER, 46
The Iron Pen.
Made from a Fetter of Bonnie" d, the Prisoner O!
Chilton; the Handle of Wood from the m-
gate “Constitution,” and bound with a
circlet of Gold. inset with three ’ e4
czous Stones from Siberia, Gaga
and Maine. »
I thought this Pe'n would arise
From the casket where it lies—
Of itself would arise, and write
My thanks and my surprise.
When you gave it me under the pines,
I dreamed these gems from the mines
0f Siberia, Ceylon, and Maine
Would glimmer as thoughts in the lines;
That this iron link from the chain
0f Bonnivard might retain
Some verse of the Poet who sang
Of the prisoner and his pain;
That this wood from the frIgate’s mast
Might write me a rhyme at last,
As it used to write on the sky
The song of the sea and the blast.
But motionless as I wait,
Like 21 Bishop lying in state
Lies the Pen, with its mitre of gold,
And its jewels inviolate.
Then must I speak, and say
That the light of that summer day
In the garden under the pines
Shall not fade and pass away.
I shall see you standing there,
Carcssed by the fragrant air,
With the shadow on your face,
And the sunshine on your hair.
I shall hear the sweet low tone
Of a voice before known,
Saying, “This is from me to you—
From me, and to you alone.”
And in words not idle and vain
I shall answer, and thank you again
For the gift, and the grace of the gift,
0 beautiful Helen of Maine!
And forever this gift will be
As a blessing from you to me,
As a. drop of the dew of your youth
On the leaves of an aged tree.
—-Hannr W. LONGFELLOW, in Harper’s Hag.
azine for December. '
THE OLD HOUSE.
It stands in a sunny meadow,
The house so messy and brown
With its cumbrous old stone chimn'ey,
And the gray roof sloping down.
The trees fold their green arms round it,
. The trees a century old ;' .
And the winds go chanting through them,
And the sunbeams drop their gold.
The children have gone and left them:
They sit in the sun alone; .
And the old wife’s ears are failing,
As she harks to the well known tone
That won her heart in her girlhood,
That has soothed her in many a care,
And praises her now for the brightness
Her old face used to wear.
She thinks again of her bridal—
How, drbssed in her robe of white,
She stood by her gay young lover
In the morning’s rosy light.
Oh! the morning is rosy as ever,
But the rose from the check has fled;
And the sunshiuestill is golden,
But it falls on a silvcred head.
And the girlhood dreams, once vanished,
Come back in her winter time
Till her feeble pulses tremble
With the thrill of spring-time prime.
And looking forth from the window.
She thinks how the trees have grown
Since, clad in her bridal whiteness,
She crossed the old door stone.
Though dimmed her eyes’ bright azure,
‘ And dimmed her hair’s young gold,
The love in her girlhood plighted
Has never grown dim or old.
They sat in their place in the sunshine,
Till the day was almost done;
And then, at its close, an angel
Stole over the threshold stone.
He folded their hands together——
He touched their eyelids with balm ;
And their last words floated upward,
Like the close of a solemn psalm.
0
Like a bridal pair they traversed I
The unseen mystic road
That leads‘to that beautiful city,
“Whose builder and maker is God."
IF.
BY ELLA WHEELER.
If the dead, lying under the grasses,
Unseen. linger near the bereft,
Having knowledge and sense of what passes
In the hearts and the homes they have left.
What tear-drops, than sea-waters salter.
Must fall as they watch all the strife—
When they see how we fail, how we falter,
How we miss in the duties of life.
If the great, who go out with their faces
Bedewed with a weeping world’s tears,
Stand near and can see how their places
Are filled, while the multitude cheers;
If the parent, whose back is bent double
With delving for riches and gold,
Lends an ear to the wrangle and trouble
About him before he is cold. ‘
If the wife, who left weeping and sorrow
Behind her, bends down from above,
And beholds the tears dried on the morfow
And the eyes newly burning with love;
If the gracious and royal—souled mother,
From the silence and bush of her tomb,
Could hear the harsh goice of another
Slow-blighting the fruit of her womb.
If the old hear their early—begotten
Rejoicing that burdens are gone;
If the young know how soon they’re forgotten
While the mirth and the revel go on—
What sighing of sorrow and anguish
Must sound through the chambers of spacel
What desolate spirit must languish
In that mystic and undescribed place!
Then Life was a farce with its burden,
And Death but a terrible. jest,
Butthey cannot. The grave gives its guerdon
Of silence and beautiful rest.
The following is the verse improvised by
Sir Joseph Porter at the California theater
the other evening when Grant, for the first
time, witnessed the comic opera of "Pina-
fore":—
And now, as the ruler of the Queen’s navee,
I am pleased our honored guest to see,
Who has sailed the briny ocean o'er,
Bot has never seen the good ship “Pinnfore.”
He is the only man in this world, do on see
'l‘hnI has never metthc ruler of the ueen’s
navee. .
The lake storm in Canada was so severe
That a large. number of vessels are ashore in
New Seoliu, Thirty in one place.
Gen. Gilmore, chief of the engineers of the
Mississipi river improvement, says End’s
jetties will do the work.
Whileluw Reid is,it is said. going to marry,
not Anna Dickerson, but a Miss Huntington,
daughter of C. 1’. Huntington, the Union
Pacific Railroad magnate. -
Professor Tyndall, who has a house near
ermatt, says that this has been the. most
dreary Summer he eve’r experienced in
Switzeriand. It has snowed there at lulcl'VflIS
1111 Summer.
A Miss Whittcmnow at Damariscollafi'lc"
has probably the longest hair of any woman
in the world. It is eight feet long,and when
r
dressed in a French twist it passes six times
around her head. The growth is perfectly
natural.
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Norwalk Chronicler