Nowell: Gazette.
. Tucsday,Jnnuary 13th,l—880.~~—
Governor AndrcW’s Message
Gentlemen of the General Assembly:—
'I Welcome you to these halls of legislation.
The people of the State have placed you in a
position of high responsibility. It is no light
thing to be invested with the supreme law-
making power in a free State—to have in
_ your keeping the prosperity, the weal or woe
of the whole people. To such a duty every
honest man must come viith a reverent spirit,
feeling his own ignorance and littleness, and
seeking to be guided by a Wisdom higher than
him if. ; .
I congratulate you that you meet at _a time
when the condition of all material afIairs_has
so greatly improved; The yearthat IlfiSZJUSl.
clzfs. d behind us has cheered us with its gen—
crous gifts. -The year upon which we are
just entering is bright with continued prom—
ise. The restoration of specie payments is
no longer a problem. Gold and paperliave
touched each other, and in all ‘ordinary
transactions are interchangeable as a meas-
ure of value. Stagnation in bustncss has
been succeeded by activity. Values .havc
everywhere been enhanced. Labor is in
«renter demand, of a better quality and at
Biollct‘ wages. Within our borders it has
beZn a season of more than ordinary health-
fatness, Food is plenty. The' crops have
been abundant. The tceuiing'Wcst groans
under its burdens of cereals. All the lines of
transportation from the'lakes to the sea are
loaded to the full with bread grain, while
thousands and tens of thousands of bushels
await means of being forwarded to market.
Manufacturers have largely increased,and the
price of manufactured goods has improved.
The mineral resources of the country have
been developed. New and diversafied indus.
tries have been entered upon. Trade and the
exchange of commodities has been steadily
growing, with an incresing balance in our
favor. Progress has been made in the arts.
The knowledge of witty inventions has been
found out. Abundance is at hand ready .to
be laid at every door. Peace has clasped
hands with prosperity. -
Surely here is sufilcicnt cause for congratu-
lation and for thankfulness. Let us all take
heed that no not of ours shall obscure the
bright prospect opening before us.
‘ STATE DEBT.
The public debt of the State is the same as
last year, and is represented by four classes
of bonds, as follows:
January 1, 1863,redceniuble alter twenty
years, bearing six per cent, interest.
January 1, 1864,redccmable alter twenty
years, at 6 percent. interest,
October 1, 1865, redeemable after twenty
years. at 6 per cent. interest, ’
May 1. 1877, redeemable after ten years,
at 5 per ccntuntcrcst. ,
Total, $4,967,050
Interest is payable semi-annually on all.
' STATE rmsxons.
The Treasury balance at the beginning
or the year was $842,372.11
8877.000
1,318,550
1,741,100
1,031,000
,534 238.48
Income for the year, . _1_ , ‘
Making a total 'of $2,470,660.59
The expenditures for the year,incli_1d-
ing the sum of $287,626.00 paid as in-
tcrest on State bonds,wcs 1,534,513.64
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Leaving a balance to credit of new ”usual-16.95.
A comparison of these figures with the
Comptroller‘sreport for last year shows that
the total income for this year is $118,281.83
less than the preceding one. The total expen-
ditures for the past year are also $8,098.89
less than the year before. ,
The falling off in the grand list of the State
of more than ten millions of dollars, the re—-
duction of the tax on savings banks, and the
abatement by the Legislature of the tax of the
Charter Oak Insurance Company and of ccr~
tain railroads,accounts for the loss of income.
The special expenses of the State have de-=
creased. The amount expended for the State;
House and for grading the grounds, is $114,
750.00, in place of $3 1,500 last year. The-
spccial expense this year of about $85,000 for '
new uniforms forthe National Guard,and the ,
repaying of $26,058.39 to the National Banks '
forthe tax on the stock of non—resident stock-
holders wrongfully collected, and. the cost of
furniture, etc., in the State House, to the
amount of $79,574.40, makes up 'a large part
, of this difference. These expenditures will
not again be necessary.
The ordinary expenses have been substan—
tially the same as the preceding year, except
in one particular. The judicial expenses have’
increased by more than $41,000. The Comp—
troller calls attention to this large increase,
and in order to give emphasis to his words I
repeat here substantially what he hassaid:
“A very large increase will be found in the
item of judicial expenses. Protracted trials,
possibly unavoidable in the ad ministration 9f
justice, necessarily involve great expendi-
tures, and one‘ cannot fail to see an increasing
tendency in that direction. In the session of
1879 an act was passed giving to witnesses in
crimihe‘ "i“; ' : _ -. .3 a: ‘avel to
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. .1 man... .a which your httcntion
can be usefully directed.
It will be observed that the total expendi-
tures are $225.161es's than the' total income
for the year. . - .
The estimates of income for the current
year are : ‘ .
Income, $1,550,050.00
Expenditure, . . 81.379.246.00
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Estimated amount 01' income over ex-
penditure. $152,804.00
Add to this the balance in the treasury _
at the beginning of the year, 842,140.95
Estimated surplus at fly: end of current
$994,950.95
year,
_ The improved condition of all sources of
_ taxation affords the hope that- at an early day
our revenues will be largely augmented.
A SURVEY OF THE STATE
An authentic and accurate map of the State
is a need that ought to be supplied. It is a
reproach to Connecticut,with its large school
'fund and its boasted common schools, that we
do not know our own topograplivmnd' are not
in possession of any means by which to learn
it, it is probably a fact that there: is in
existence ”a better map of'the surface of
the 'moon than of the surface of Connecti-
cut. We do not know the length of our
own botindary lines except as we learn them
from our neighbors. The only source we
have from which to learn the topography of
our State is the imperfect and unreliable
maps of private publishers. One of the best
of these omits- entirely several important
ranges of hills, makes an ,error of several
miles in the location. of one or two large
towns,and even forgets that the city in which
you are assembled is the sole capital of the
State In respecbto an accurate survey we
are behind most of theother States. We are
behind the islands of the sea. The Sandwich
Islands has a very accurate survey of its ter-
ritory, which is used as a basis for the sur-
' veys of public and private lands. Such a
survey could be made at a very moderate ex--
pause, and in view of the great advantages,
public and private, that would be afforded, I
urge that measures be taken to have one
made.
SAVINGS nahxs.
The savings banks of the State are in a
much better condition than last year. The
increase of deposits between October 1, 1878,
and October 1, 1779, was $326,974.86; in-
crease of interest and surplus for the same
time, $11',067.70. Within the same period
there was a decrease of other liabilities to the
amount of $120,832.88; so that the entire
improvement in the condition of these banks
amounts to $357,875.44.
The Bank Commissioners report that this
increase. gratifying as it is, by no means
measures the whole improvement which they
found to exist at their last examination. The
better feeling wifh officers and depositors,the
confidence, the gratification at the revival of
business,all indicated an increased interest in
and good .will to the savings banks. The
. Commissipncrs recommend the repeal of the
law requiring one-half the amount of depos—
its to be invested in loans on real estate.
They urge that in some parts of the State
there is not now, nor is there likely to be in
the near future, a call for money, either in
city or country, sufficient to absorb so large
a portion of the deposits; that by reason of
this requirement many banks are compelled
to limit the amount they will receive from
depositors; and that there are many‘othcr
classes of securities which are equally safe.
They, however, add ‘ that careful considera—
tion should be given to proposed changes in
laws ’lating to investments, that public con-
fidence in the banks may not in measure bc
weakened.” In this advice I heytily unite.
I ask your careful attention to what they
say respecting the bonds of treasurers of sav.
ings banks and of trust companies.
I cannot forbcar to call your attention to.
the manner in wliichthc Commissioners speak
of certain misconduct on the part of some
officers of Savings banks. I deem it “-01 thy
of praise. if all watchmen set to guard the
public would speak out as plainly and as fear-
lessly as do these. there would be much less
official misd ' g and a great deal less occa—
sion for pubfiregi-et ‘
srarn Bounnanr LINE.
The boundary line between this State and
the State of New York on our western and
southern border has never been mutually
agreed upon. The condition occasioned
great uncertainty,frcquent disputes and much
vcxation to the citizens of both States living
along these lines. This matter was brought
to the attention of the Le islature in 1878,
when an act was passe ‘providing for the
appointment, by the Governor, of commit»
sioners authorized to meet like commission'—
ers on the part of New York, whg should
be empowered to settle and agree upon the
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‘their action the force of a judicial de‘te‘rminu
: the State Treasury, on account of the Prison
said boundary lines. No concurring legis-
hill on was had by the State of New York
till March, 1879, when the Secretary of
State, the Attorney General and the State
Eu ginecr wc_r_e_crcatcd the Commissiofleffi'efl‘ -
the part of the State with power precisely
similar to the power of the Commissioners of
Connecticut. Upon receiving notice of such
action, I appointed Hon. Origen S. Seymour,
Hon. Lafayette S. Foster and Hon. William
T. Minor the Commissioners on the part of
The resolution under which those Com—
missioners were ~ appointed provides that
they shall make their report to then General
Assembly.:I am informed that they are pre-_
parcd so as to report, and am also informed
that the joint Commission has unanimously
agreed upon the entire boundary line be—
tween the' two States, defining accurately
the limits of this State upon the west and
south. . _
I am not officially advised as to the details
of the agreement,but know that the Commis-
sioners of both States have examined the mat-
ter in difference with great care and industry.
The Well known character of the Commis—
sioners for learning and integrity_fgiyes to
tion. It may, in some particulars, not, be
precisely as we would like, but I think the
State is pledged to ablde by the result. I re-
commend that the agreement bc ratified by
the General Assembly.
" orsrau cousttssrox.
The immense tracts of valuable oyster
grounds on the southerly boundaries of the
State, which are at present unused,and which
it was believed could be so disposed of as to
bring a large sum into the treasury of the
State, induced the last Legislature to provide
for a commission of three persons to' prepare
a plan for the gradual disposal of such
grounds. ' Upon the commission I appointed
Hon. Robert Coil; of New‘ Londoii, Hon
Henry B. Graves of Litchfieltl,and Chas. 1V.
Bell", Esq, of Norwalk. They have attended
to the duty with which they were charged,
and will rcpoxt to you the plan which they
have agreed upon, and which I have no doubt
will be acceptable to you, and of great value
to the State. - ~ - -
STATE PRISON '
The whole number of persons confined at
the State Prison on the 30th day of Novem—
ber last was 251. There had been received
during the year 110, and discharged 137.
The income from the prison has been suf—
ficient to pay for the board, clothing. and
medical care of the prisoners, the salaries of .
all the oflicers, with the incidental expenses
and leave a balance of $692.19 to credit for
the new year. There has been drawn from
the sum of $7,644.95,wliich hasbeen expend—
ed for repairs, and for other purposes not '
mentioned above.
The new direction of the prison, ordered
by the last Legislature, went into operation
on the first of April. These Directors have
brought great intelligence to the discharge of
their duty, have expended much time and
have displayed the utmost zeal and public
spirit. After careful inquiry, they chose a
warden, and" changed many of the other of--
ficers. The new Ofilcers have faithfully sec-
onded the efforts of the Directors. The re-
sult has been successful almost beyond ex—
pectation. Our prison, save that it _is an
old-fashioned structure, built before any of
the modern improvements in prison build—
ings came into use, might well be a model.
In cleanliness, healthfulness, good order;
in the intelligence, activity, judgment and
fidelity of all the ofiicers; in obedience,
prisoders ; and in that general feeling of sat-
isfaction, security and pride which comes
from doing, and doing well the work which
it is set to do,the State Prison of Connecticut-
is now surpassed by no institution of a simi-
lar kind in America.
For a few years past some classes of work-
ingmen have contended that the systemof
contract labor in use at the State Prison un—
justly affected them. They applied to the
General Assembly of 1879 for some legisla-
tion. Such action was had that .a com-
mission consisting ~of not more than five
persons was authorized to be appointed by
the Governor, whose duty it should be to
inquire into the feasibility of abolishing the
system of contract labor carried on at the
prisons, and to devise some plan for the em—
ployment of the prisoners other than by con-
tract; and to inquire further what kinds of
employment could be successfully carried
on in the prison with the least conflict to es—
tablished interests. On the commission I
appointed Lucius P. Demming of New
Haven, W. F. Wilcox of Chester, Edmund
Tweedy. of Danbury, Jeremiah Tierney of
Norwalk and Merrick A. Marcey’of Union.
Their report will be laid before you at an
early day. This is an important matter, in
volving on the «one hand the interests of
‘ many working men, and on the other possi-
bly requiring 'an entire change in the man-
: agement of the prisoners. - I trust you will be
able to devise some plan whereby the labor
of the prisoners can .be utilized in a remuner-
gative way without unjustly bearing upon the
labor of honest men. _ .
A special law, passed in 1869, provides
=that the Governor, in certain cases, shall is-
sue an order to take any person confined in
the States prison, who shall become insane
to the General Hospital at Middletown.
During the last summer the Warden of the
prison reported to me that two or three con-
‘victs were insane, and requested that meas—
-ures be lakeg for their transfer to the Hos
'pital. , One of these wasa man confined in
the prison for murder, and- whose insanity
impelled him to murder everybddy else.
The life of. no person within his power was
safe for an instant. _At the‘Prison he could
be so restrained that he could not take the
life of any one. At the Hospital his presence
would endanger the lives of many. Under
these circumstances I deemed it my duty not
to approve the report or to make the order
for the transfer. ‘
The Hospital is overcrowded, and is oblig-
ed to reject or postpone pending applications
for admission of persons who are not crimi—.
nal. Besides, it’ is a question of very grave
doubt whether the criminal insane can safely
or wisely be put into the same idstitution
with the innocent. I recommend the repeal
of this act, and thatOme special provision
. be made for insane convicts.
‘ THE INDIGENT INSANE.
The special report made to the Legislature
upon “the necessity for further accommoda-
tions for the insane poor of' this State” will,
come before you with'thc unfinished business
.of last year. ' - '
The Connecticut Hospital for the Insane
at Middletown has, during the year, had a _
total number of 644 patients. On the 1st
day of December there was 510. Of these
only three were paying patients, and of
these three’ two are themselves paupers
whoshcxpenses are paid by relatives living
auto he State. The report above men-
tioned showed that there Were in the State
about 400 poor insane persons who were out
of the Hospital who were in almshpuses or
supported elsewhere wholly or in part by
tOwns, and recommend the erection at Mid—
dletown upon the farm owned by the State
of a- separate building, inexpensive in style
and construction, where the quiet chronic
patients could be cared for. I believe this
is much the most economical method that
can be adopted for the care of the large
number of poor insane people now needing
hospital treatment. I repeat that I do not
see why the poor insane-who are out of hos-
pitals are not entitled to your attention as
fully as those who are in. Nor do 1580
how you can be consistent if ‘ you refuse, at
a moderate expense, to provide for the,
former while at a large outlay you have
made provision for the latter. The fact
that at all times for the past three lyears,
applicants at the hospital have been obliged
to wait from two to three months until
their turn could- be reached, simply be—
cause (at all times) the hospital was dan~'
gerously overcrowded, makes it your duty.
to adopt, as speedily as possible, some rea—
sonable plan of further provision for this
dcpendcntplass. - '
woman snrmmon.
In the communication I had the honor to‘
make to the last General Assembly I recom~
mended that the right of voting be extended
to women, as far as it can be done by. an
act‘of the Legislature. I repeat the recom-
mendation. It seems to me- that logic and
wisdom both dictate‘that women, especially
property-holding ’ and tax-paying women,
should have this right. At the very least
they ought to be allowed a voice in all places
where taxes are laid, or -in town, city,
borough, and school district meeting. Or if
this is (loomed too general, why not permit
them to vote ou'some special matters, as the
raising of a tax, for school committees, on
the question of license or no licensc,or others
of a similar nature. -
The State of Massachusetts has recently"
passed a law permitting all women who pos-
sess the required qualifications of residence
and education, and have paid taxes, "to vote
at town and city meetings for members of
school committees.” Six other States have
laws granting to women the right of suffrage
wholly or limited. Any such enactment in
this State, if it should work badly, might be
repealed by a. Legislature consisting only of
men elected solely by male suffrage.
It has just been doCidctLhy a very signifi«
cant majority in this state that voting is a
great educator, and that it is worth while
to incur an annual expense of a hundred
thousand dollars that the men of the State
may have an opportunity every year to take
part in the great educational, process. If
this sort of education is so very valuable
for 'men, does it not savor a good deal of
narrowness—Lmigbt I not say cowardice—
not to permit women to share to some little
extent in it? '
TAXATION or rrzoranrr or MARRIED woman.
I call your attention again to the taxation
of the separate property of married women.
All such property held by any married wo-
man by virtuc of the acts passed in 1877 and
in 1878, is as much out of the control of, the
husband as though no marriage existed. In
cheerfulness, industry and discipline of the subjects all his property to the payment of
'land do go -tothc West for homes seems to me
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such case to require the property to be set
for taxation in the list of the husband, and
makc the tax thereon a debt against him, is a
plain violation of the rights of married men. .
be set in a list against the married woman
herself. Anzact making this prayision. has
once or twice passed in one branch of the As-
sembly and has failed of becoming a law,
mainly on the claim that it would add to the
lab'ors of , assessbrs. There can be no doubt
that assessors are a very useful class of pub-l
lic: servants, but I canhardly believe it; to be
wise that .an illogical, cumbersomeand in-
equitable statute shall remainin'force simply
to accommodate them. .. ; , ' , ,
* ' ~ " ‘mvoizons. ..
The number of divorces granted in the
State for the year ending Jan, I, 1879, was
401. This is a less number than for several
years preceding. Every persOn who is at all
familiar with the business of our courts has
observed that'at least eight out of ten divorces
aregrantcd. upon uncontested hearings. Many
of these, it is believed,‘have beenObtain'ed by
the partiescolluding with one another. With
a view to putting a stop to this vicious prac-
ticc,.I recommend that a law be passed re—
quiring the State’s Attorney in each county
to defend against every uncontested petition
forndivorcelunlesshe. shall he‘satisfie‘di‘upon
anexamination of the case,..that it rests on .
, Whatev theory we may have a‘jsfto‘, the in-
dissolubili of'the‘m‘arriage relation, we can
all agree that the State has sufficient interest
in its permanency not to permit married par—
ties to be separated upon any sudden caprice,
and much more, that they shall not secure
a divorce by practising a deceit upon the
courts.
' conronarioxs.
The subject of corporations,especially joint
stock corporations, and corporation laws,will
be brought to your attention by the report of
the Special Commission authorized by the
Legislature of 1879 to revise these laws.
Upon this Commission 1 appointed John 8.
Beach of New Haven, William C. Crump of
New Lon on,Samuel FBssendcn of Stamford,
Henry S. arbour of Hartford, and Frederick
C. Webster of Litchfield. These gentlemen
have given the matter of corporation laws
great attention and will report at an early
driv- . .
The subject of corporations and the laws
under which they can be organized and by
which they ought to be governed is of reat
importance, and, I have no doubt, 1171], re-
ceive very careful attention at your hands.
It is a question worthy- of serious inquir
by the people of this‘State whether the inde -
nite multiplying of corporations is not an
evil rather than a good. 'The spirit of the
law in Connecticut, as applied to property,
favors the equality of property, among all
citizens, so far as the ordinary conditions of
mankind will permit. It does not favor the
building up of large fortunes by individuals
while the many remain poor. Indeed, vast
and overshadowing fortunes, wielded by a-
single will. whether of a corporation‘or a
natural person, are among the greatest dan—
gers to which the happiness of the pepple in
a republic can be exposed. Such {ortunes cre-
ate a sort of feudalism as oppress1ve and pos.
sibly more unrelenting than that. of the mid-
die ages—seeking to do now by the power of
money what Was then done by force. The
theory of our law is that all mei'i shall have
an equal chance in earning, and equal securi-
ty in enjoying what they earn.
Our statute forbids perpetuities';.distrib—
utes the estate of a deceased person to all his
children equally, and, with slight exceptions,
all his debts. Our law goes upon the theory
that every man is 'liable,to the fullest extent,
for allhis debts, and that at least once during
each generation there 'will be an entire new
division of property. These are cardinal
principles. In other words, to use a highly
technical form of expression, our law of
property goes upon the theory of the limited
viability and the unlimited liability of the
property holder.‘ If these principles are ob-
served there will be no trouble, and any law
for the creation of corporations ought to
trench. upon them as little as possible.
It may be true that, allowing the citizen to
merge himself for the purposes of business
into a Corporation and thereby limit his indi—
vidual responsibility for his business engage—
ments, when coupled with the great advan—
tage which the corporation has of being re-
lieved from the human vicissitude of a limited
life,has been promotive of enterprise, and has
carried to a successful issue some undertak-
ings that have conferred great advantage
upon the State. But, unfortunately, in thc' :
history of legislation it has usually happened
granted by the State, those privileges have.
been stretched into abuses. It‘ is as true now
as it was in the days of Sir William Black-
stone that “corportions being composed of
individuals, subject to human frailties, are
liable as well as private persons, to deviate
from the end of their institution." For ex—
amples of this I need only refer you to the
special message of my predecessor upon the
subject of joint stock laws, made to the Leg-
islature in 1878, with the schedule appended
thereto, only adding that an examination in
the office of the Secretary shows that_similar
corporations are continually being formed.
Experience teaches that every combination
of numbers, and much‘more of capital,unless
carefully guarded, almost inevitably generates
a disregard for the rights of others. for the
simple reason that such combination increases
intensity of action, separates in some degree
the associated'members from the rest of the
community, and subjects them to separate
rules of action. ' '
In order to correct this tendency, it seems
to me there ought to be some degree of per—
sonal liability on the stockholders, or at least
upon those officers who have the manage—
ment of the affairs of a corporation—those
with whom the public come in contact—for
all labor claims, for any omission of statute
duty, and perhaps for other things; and that
this liability should not be in the natureof a
penalty, but should be a joint and several/lia-
bility as upon a. contract. .
You will fall far short of your duty if you
do not put such fences and limitations into
our corporation laws as will make it impossi-
ble for it ever again to be said (as it has been)
that they are discordant and scandalously
loose, and that under them had grown tip
corporations which were a gross fraud upon
the law and a discredit to the State.
THE NATIONAL GUARD.
The macessity for a thoroughly organized
.and equipped militia is beyond question.
However well the peace and order of the
State may. be maintained in common times by
the civil authorities, emergencies are inevit—
able wit 1 which militar power alone can
properly deal. The lib ral policy which the
State has pursued inits treatment of the Na-
tional Guard, has been, in my opinion, a wise
and judicious one. To it is due the fact
that Connecticut stands easily first among the
other States, not only in the equipment and
organization of its forces, but in the disci-
pline and morale of the different corps which
compose them. For the first time since the
National Guard was reorganized in 1871, the
maximum number of companies allowed by
law'has been reached, leavin no vacancies
for new organizations. The ovember mus-
ter shows that it is composed of 183 commis-~
sioned officers and 2,894 enlistedmen, mak—
ing a total of 3,077 officers‘and men. This
is‘an increase over the previous year of 632.
The colored battallion, authorized by aan ct
of the last General Assembly, is now organi-
zed, andaccounts for .274 of this increase.
Of the 3,077 men comprising the National
Guard, 2958 are fully uniformed, armed and
equipped: Of these, 2,775 enlisted men, in—-
cluding the colored battalion, have received
entirely new uniforms during the year,undcr
.direction of the uniform Board, at a cost per
man of a little less than $25. The expenses
of the National Guard,exclusive of uniforms,
have been about $65,000. The commutation
tax will amount to $94,166.
The Second and Fourth regimen‘s, and the
artillery under command of Brig. Gen. S. R.
Smith', were in camp at Niantic. in August,
for six days, according to law, and showed a
gi‘atifying discipline,and creditable proficien-
cy in drill. I am fully satisfied that the Na~
tional Guard was never in better condition for
active service than 'it is at present. I com-
mend to your attention the full and detailed
reports of the Adjutant General and of the
Quartermaster General.
- aomanrunn.
It is a matter of serious éoncern that year
by‘ year our agricultural population grows
less and less. The valuation of our country
towns constantly diminishes. The prdduc-
tive,cap’acity of many of these towns is con-
stantly becoming smaller. For the last half
century, or something less—the tendency
of population has been toward great centers.
Business and the opportunities for great
wealth go in the same direction, and year ‘
after year the brightest and best of“ our
young men and women have gone out from
their rural homes to 871611 the increasing
number of some more favored locality. Many
have gone to the city. The farmers have in a
great degree “gone West."
That so many young men
- .
from New Eng-
tlic result of misinformation or of - wrong
theories of life.
Why should any young man from these
country towns of ours go to the'Far West
to live? In almost any of these towns
there are good schools. Here are churches
and the social advantages which these givcl;
post olllccs and a frequent mail; all the
conveniences afforded by having physicians
trades'meu and mechanics within easy reach;
indeed. all the good and convenient things
which result from a long established and
well regulated social organization. Why
leave all these.” ' What compensating ad-
vantages are there in the West, especially
to a man ‘ivho wishes to have the comforts
of a home, to rear and train up children to
an honorable and useful citizenship ? There
can be none! Certainly none worthy of being
named. .» . . . In
The reasons most often tf'rgednaro the
cheapness of land and lightness of taxation.
In these particulars I am quite confident
that no material advantage can be gained at
the West. The price of improved flirms—
that is fannmnulinildlngs‘,_£rutt.4.9es,~_»,
Youodghtto—provide-that‘sillbdhh‘ pi‘Oper'ty ”faces, water and the like—is as small right
here in many parts" of Connecticutkasjt is in
the West. In respect tagtaxdtjon,mgpg(places
in the west are more heavily burden than.
we are here. Take, for instancet, he parts‘
where the towns and counties have been bond:
ed to build railroads, etc. -
;If any man, 12nd his. wife here in this State
startinglifc Oh it"fa‘rm,‘ will put forth the
same degree of industry that would be reel?
quired on a farm in any part of the West ; if .
they will live with the same economy, will. .3. :
undergo the same. fatigue and suffer the same,
selfidcnial, will ,wear no better dress,w111in‘-'
dulge in no more amusement; in other words, :1
if they will live here as they would, be com-: .I
pelled to live there, they can certainly build-
up :5 fortung‘here nineh' 'mot‘e' readily than“ _ .'
there.
The Board of Agriculture in this State is
charged with the general duty of promoting - ,
agricultural education and the general inter-.
ests of husbandry; and the Secretary of thc'.‘ .
Board is directed to “inquire into the methg
ads and wants of practicable husbandrytoi
ascertain the adaptations of agricultural pro? ‘
ducts to soil, climate; and markets 0; diatoms -
y _
inatingzagricultural informatioggjsy " , ‘.
a Is it no ‘Within the duty: lithid 13an to
. .. .. 1
31m and legal grounds. I ‘Etak‘c? paliissto‘; disseminate the infOrt'nation
Zthdtiffiirilisr's 'can'livc here in .New England, '
here in Connecticut, bettér than anywhere-
else in the country; and then the further
information which shall enable poor people- :
of moderate means to follow the business of -'
agriculture with reasonable profit ? ,
It costs the State some $5,000 to $6,000
to sustain the Board (I include in this sum
the amount appropriated for a State Fair)
and it is for the purpose of‘cnabling more
people to‘live in the State by agriculture
and of enabling those who are here to live
better. , . .
In examining and reflecting upon the‘work
this Board has done in previgus years, it has
seemed to me they have taken a course that
is perhaps too high—that it is above the
great mass of the, people who ought to be
benefitted by their labors. We have had
brilliant State Fairs and learmd discussions
and we have had reports published, in which.
there have been pictures of Mr. Somebody’s
handsome Berkshire pig or some other
man's Jersey bull ; but I confess that I do
not see how a poor man on a rocky farm,
with a big mortgage, getsvery much good
ofitall. .. , -i
Isa this in no spirit of hostile'criticism.
The, oard of Agricultqre has-doneand is
doing much useful work. The experiment
station is valuable. The service of the Board
in the prevention of contagious diseases
among animals has been of vast advantage.
The very great majority of farming people
in our State are poor or are in moderate Cir-'-
cumstances; they do not own their farms
clear of indebtedness; and it is these peo—
ple and such as these whom the State of
Connecticut desires mainly to aid and en:
courage through its Board of Agriculture.
The state has no desire to take part in the
sale of fancy animals at speculative prices.
It does desire in every suitable way to $0-
mote the true interests of the practical to 5.
Connecticut. will make a 'new start in her
career of honer and prosperity when a larger
proportion of her enterprising young men
stay at home, and with their intelligence and
improved methods profitably cultivate the '
farms and develop localindustries .
' run cannon sorr00Ls.
The common schools of the State are in a
generally satisfactory condition. Their num-
ber at the close of the last school year was
1,638; the yearly average of s‘chool sessions
was 178 6-10 days; the number of children
between the ages of, four and sixteen was
138,428; the numberof children in the pub-
lic'~'schools' was 119,382; the number of chil-
dren in other than public schools was 11,212;
the percentage of'children in schools of all
kinds was 94 2-10; the total of school rev-
enue from the school fund, State, town and
district taxes and other sources ~was.2.$l,390,.
972.54; the total of expenditures ӣ1,375 ,-
882 01. L;_.The cost of new school buildings in
1878 was-nearly $125,000. In 1879 it was
only $37,000. The total reduction in-the ex-
pggditures during the year was over $130,-
, The policy of free schools is now so .thor-i‘
Oughly established in our state that I do not»
suppose that any one.will think of . trying to:
disturb it. But as each year these large fig-:
ures of expense come to us and we remember{ ‘
how burdensome is tiixation, we are apt to;
ask ourselves what is the good of all this 1'.
that when any special privileges have been .What advantage does the State derive from} '
.all this expenditure? Might not the whole,
or‘at any rate some part of it be omitted P‘
Tpese questions come 'to us all. May it not
be worth while for a few moments to consider-2
the other side? And in this I shall only go
,over facts which have often been published,
and with which many of you are familiar.
Lord Bacon has in gorgeous language forci-
bly illustrated that learned States have been
usually prosperous States, and that an in—
structed people has been for the most part, a
rich, laborious, energetic, and powerful peo-'
ple. It is not for us to indulge in his style of
lofty grandeur. It is the sordid question of
dollars and cents. - ;
It needs no argument to us here in Con-:
necticut, with our hard and rocky soil, our
rOugh and inhospitable shore, and our forbid-
ding sky,to convince us that we must depend
upon our industries of the earth, or of the
mechanic’s arts. There is nothing for us but.
labor. in some of its many forms—severe, _
never—ending labor—labor omm'a eincens. Is
there anything else for us 7. Is it not by this
kind of labor: alone that we can hope to pros.
per? Are we not almost compelled to say
that it isb this labor alone that we are to F
exist P, ere can be but one answer, If
then there is any way by which labor can be"
made more profitable, any way by which we :~.
can get more of it, or a better quality, any >
way by which labOr can be made mpre useful
to the citizen or to the State, is it not plainly
our duty, to use every endeavor to-find- it P
- In ‘one’ Of' the reports made to the Board- of 15
Education in Massachusetts soine years ago,
the Secretary—Mr. Horace Mann—showed b'y "
precise statistical details, collected from the
superintendents of manufacturing establish—
ments, “that throughout, the whole range
of mechanical industry the well educated
operative did more. work, .did it better,
wasted less, used his allotted portion of ma—
chinery to more advantage and more profit, ;
earned more money, commanded more con. :4
fidences, rose faster, rose higher, from lower 3
to the more advanced: positionsof :their.,em- _
ployment than the uneducated operative." I
am confident that every farmer who employs ,
labor can testify to a similar rule among farm
laborers. In the report made to the Board of
Education in Connecticut, for the' car 1870
the Secretary develops this line 0 thought
to considerable extent. In the summing ‘up
he says: “It proves that education is encono-
my, and that ignorance means waste; that the
skilled workman so forecasts and plans his
work thatcvery blow' tells, while he econ-
omizes both his strength and his stock; that
even in the humblest labor he will do more
work,in better‘ style with less damage to
tools and machinery fhan the boor who can
only use brute muscle.” - s. '
Thiskind of evidence might be extended-
much further.- DOes it, not certainly. show
that the best instrumentality for guiding and
helping labor and the'laborer, and. making it
more_profitable,- is to give him the highest
practicable degree of mentalculture and us’e-
ul knowledge? Is it not then obviously our
duty as well as the best industrifipolicy to
promote, diffuse and perfect it? . ,
"Let‘ me read you a brief extract from the
most brilliant of New England orators.
\ “There is not an ochupation of cjvilized
life. from the making of law's,and poems and
histories,down to the opening of New Jersey
oysters with a broken jack-knife, that is not
betterOdone by a bright than a dull man,byt a _
quick than a slowmind, by an. instructed
more than by a gross or sh‘dc man, by a
prudent, thoughtful and careful man than
by 'a light and foolish one. Every one of
these occupations—in other words, the uni—
versal labor of civilization—involves, de-
mands, is, a mental effort putting forth a
physical e1fort,nnd you do but go to tho foun-
tainhead as you ought to do,when you seek '
by an improved culture and better knowledge .
to give force and power to the imperial ca-
pacity .behind, and to set a thoughtful and
prudent spirit to guide it. ,
' “You say that you bestowta new power on
man when you give him ‘an improved ma-
chine. Do you not bestow a more available
gift when you bestow on him an improvement.
oftbat mental and moral culture which makes,
improves, and uses all machines ‘1" In the one
case you give him a limited amount of ined
money, in the other a mine of geld or silver.
“Such is the additional power you give to
labor by improving the intellectual and pru—
dedtial character which imforms and guides
it.’ -
I wish to add also another quotation :. “Re-
member that the learning. of the, few is des-'
potism ; ,the learning of the multitude is libs
erty ; nud‘ that intelligent and prinbipled lib-
on y is fame, wisdom and power. ”
1N ooxowsrox.
Iain required by the constitution to gift: ,
you from time to time, "information of the
state of the government.” In concluding this
duty on the present occasion, I am impelled
to say that our complications come from too
much rather than from too little legislation. L
I venture to hope that your enactments will
be strictly limited to the needs of the people.
CHARLES B. ANDREWS.
7, 1880. g, .
.——.——-——————-
January
Chancellor Crosby makes this protest
against the nude 'in art: “God has clearly
shown us,” he says, “that the human body is
to be covered. Art comm forward and de-
clares, in direct opposition to God, that the
human body shall be stark naked. Christians
leave God and follow art. Then". when we
tell these Christians that they arqaiding vice,
they ridicule our verdancy, and call on the
world of culture to join them in the laugh. ”
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stubborn Neuralgia permanently,initciillii'ittiites.
audalaw-ycris sciatica. Swami-1,111?- .G'V'bheap,
prompt,,-ch‘ccthe. Ladiesll‘and. Gen ’s-Bonf‘umc
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BAXTER & 00.. Bankers, 7 WalI St., II. Y.
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$111: intranets8:225:21.th
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01:11:11,111 Conn. -
cast/taint, 7 $200,000.00
Austria], 1879, $318,882.92
Agencesin all the Principal Citiesand Towns
. -W .s. RANFORDJ'rcudcnI.
Ii .n .runivnn', soc’y and Trans.
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‘Call and examine our Stock of‘
00m Shellers,
Lever Feed Gutters,
RawHide‘Cutters.
BaldWin Fodder.
, Gutter. '
The Best Assortment in.
Town.
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Nos-isms:lawman-street;
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“9““ I. ofprléclcss value. After Merl l
our- of fir'e‘nt'snccrfng from Plies and 006-
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etc]: 'c'urlng’ 'n‘ncvci'c Liver and Kidney .
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. , Because It cleanses the system-of
the polsonouc humor: that develops .
In Kldney and Urinary diseases, 311- .
~ lounneca, Jaundlcc. Constipation,
Files. or In Rheumatlepi. Neuralgla
and Female. disorders.
KIDNEY-W031? In sdry vegetable u.- .
pendant] unhelcntby mall prepaid. -
rm _ Y 1':- NOW 2
I!” It “the Brunt-ts. Price. (1.00.
3"““3, 21011111113011 £110., W, ,
SI M_MONs ‘
we“, .
'LIVER DISEASE and in-
: ligestion prevail to a creator'
SIMMONS xtcnt than probably, any
. _ other malady and relief. is
,lways anxiously sought af-
ter. It the 1.1ng isregulated in its action health
is almost invariably secured. Indigestion or want
of actiin in the Liver causes Headifchc, Consti-
patiqn, J uandlce, Pain in the Shoulders, Cough.
Dizziness, Sour Stomach. bad taste in the mouth,
billions attacks. palpitation. of the heart, «lepros-
sion of spirits or the blues, and a hundred other
symptoms. Smaroxs’bivnk REGULATOR is the
these ailments. 4' It: acts mildly; cfle‘ctgally, and
being a simple vegetable compound, on do noin-
armless in every way; it has been used forJorty
years, and hundredslrom all parts 01' the coun-
rllzerhuhtfiphens. pffiGcorgia;
is 0 mice 0 ‘eOr in '
LIVER ” " ’
bama; Gen .John B. Gordon,
1:. 1.. galott, 01 Columbus, Ga.,are among the hun-
fror'n Hon. Alexander 11. Stephens, dated ll arch
8.1872: “1 occastonally use when my condition
go'o’d effect. Itis mild and stilts me better than
morcnntivc medicine._. '
that git'esstilcngtn,‘lll'e‘,blooiil
nd health, 'It is’thc' thor-
takcn iciit be much or little. Therefore. do not
stimulate up the stomach to crave food, but
SIMMONS, LIVER'REGULATOR
ORIGINAL AND GENUINE.
J; H; ZEILIN as '00., ‘
' PHILADELPHIA, PA. '
Price $1 . Sold by
best remedy that has ever been discovered for
{my in any quantities that it may be taken. It is
trv Will vouch for its virlucs, viz: Hon. Alexan-
John Gill Shorter, of Ala-
dretls‘to whom we can refer. Extract of a. otter
rcqnircsit,Dr.Simmons’Livcr Regulator, with
IREGUllTnfi .Itisintthoquantity eaten
‘ . ough digestion of the food
rather, assist digestion after eutingby taking
MANUFACTURED Is}
all druzglltl.
BldE'a 1181B ll
8 1111188 81' 831‘,
_ TER W EEL, wh' h is acknowledged to give a
' I 811191st for [118‘ Retail Trade,
' AXMINSTERS
' .anssnLLs, TApEs'rnx,
l 1 ' whichwc are offering at
.. 5‘wn ALSO onrnit A VERY LARGE SELECTION
: liven.- sinnixishiia - nié'v‘atc‘u saints? Station}
" ”JOHN VAN GAASBBEK, Manager.
Carmine and Blue int Fancy 11011 3
l a. 1.1. 81111917011 & co . ' i E. 1'. WHITNEY. A
is THE MOST ,
Economical Power Known-11
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Driving Light Machinery.
It takes but little room. .
It never gets out of repair.
It cannot blow up,
It requires no fué‘l.
‘ 1; needs _no
nglneer.
There is no delay; no firing up , no ashes to clean
away; no extra insurance to pay; no rc-
pnirmg necessary : no coa bills to
pay, and it is always ready
for use ‘
It is invaluable for blowing'Chur'ch Organs. for
running Printing Presses, Sewing Machines.
Turnln Lathes,Scroll Saws, Grind Stones, Cof-
fee M11 5, Sausage Machines, Feed Cutters, Corn
Mills. Elevators, etc.
Four-horse power at 40 pounds pressure of and
ter. It is noiseless, neat, compact, steady; way
above all .
. IT IS VERY CHEAP.
Manufactured by the BACKUS WATER M0
T03 00., Newark, N. J, .
The Motoreanfiio seen in operation daily at the
Office of the '- onwanx GAznrrn, ” Gazette
Building, Norwalk. Conn. ’
For estimates or further information apply to
JOHN COTTER General A cut.
For 1 orwalk an vicinity.
A1809 cntfor the RISDON TURBINE WA—
higher duty than 11y other waterwheel now"
made.’
.010 All) RELIABLE. i
Samson’s Lrvrin mucosa-1:611:
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' a Standard Family Remedy for .ol
' es of the Liver, Stomach '. '
d Bowels.——-It is Purely 'ufi
Vegetable.— It never -~
ebilitates—It is ‘ ,
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‘. ,. ' . o'r-n'io're than 35 years,‘
Jy‘fi'ith unprecedented results:
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CONSISTING 0F
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WILTONS, vnnvn'rs,
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' of'a Superior Quality, -
mownmo MANY nxcnnsrvn DESIGNS, l
VERY LOW Barons.
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IN NEW AND CHOICE DESIGNS. OF joun. OWN
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Free Reading Room.
'l‘IIISis acomlortable room titted up for the
benefit 01' the public generally, situated on
east side of South Main Street. over Rood’s Jew-
elry Store, Clark and Lane’s Block, nearly oppo-
sitc Railroad Depot, South Norwalk. Ct. It is
open from 9 a. m., to 9:45 p. m. The room is well
lighted, warm and comfortable. It is supplied
With four dailies. two wccklies, and several
nicnthly papers and journals. beside a number
of Instructivc and interesting books.
COFFEE ROOM.
There is a Coffee Room on the same floor and a
lady in attendance from 9a. m.. to 0:45 p. m., to
serve HOME MADE articles mentioned below,
at the following prices :
1 Cup of'Cofi‘cc, with crackers, ‘- 5 cents
1 Cup of Tea. with crackers, - 3 fl: ..
Cocoa, - - . - I , 5 "
'Brown Bread and Butter, 5 “ '
Sandwich. - - - - 5 “
Cake, - - - - - 5 “
Doughnuts, - . . 5 ',
l’icco of-Pie, '- - - - 5 “
Crullcrs, - - - . 5 “
Ilnm, — - _ - - - - 10 “ .
Pork‘nnd Beans, W1 th bread and butter 10 “
Stewed Oysters, - ' 15 “
Slipping 1118 Mullen in Tali
Printed. or Plain
:- Thonsandat Mlnnfnctnu
Prices.at the V
. GAZETTE OFFICE. ‘
fly the Dozen o
Sign 01 Better Times
' The ma unalienable
WHITNEY GALLERY
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IN FULL BLAST.
Nearly 500 Photographs printed In
' the last Ten Days. ‘
Extensive preparations for Holiday Trade.
Holiday Goods Cheaper than any
House 111 New York. .
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Oo‘aimé'iioing Oct. 2015,1379. .
. . nmL-Y'l‘nnms ',. '
LeaveNorwalk' Bridge for Danbury.
.9 37 a. m., Mall. ., ,
4 36 p. m., Accommodation.
6 19 p. m., Mail. 9 -
Arrive at Norwalk—nglge from Duisburg.
7338.1n.,Mail. '
109 p. m.. Accommodation.
5 49 p. m., Mall.- '
L .W.SANDIFORTH .3111”.
min 011mm Ham on terrors nunnn
Trainsleave South Nor-walk for New Yank at
12 47, . m.(Washinkton Ex.,via. Harlemitiver).
3 54, ( x.),5 08, ,Ex.)6 00,6 34-31 34,7 45:“;st 39
'.)A.M.,l2ll’. 2563mm.) 430,
(Exp.)5 09 ,6 21.1pr .)6 55,905,(Exp.)P.l\171«'0r New
Haven, 1 18,(Exp.) 6 52, 9 01,. 928,(Exp.)10 48, A.
m., 1211,(Exp.)1 45, .2 18,(Exp.) 404, 4 18,(Exp,)
(i 09,]6 48. 10 36, (Exp.) 5:. 1125, (Exp.)1’. M , jg,-
hiprin!field,6 52, 9 28,(Exp.) A. 111., 12 ll,(Exp,)
1 45, 4 18, (Exp.) 6 48 10 36,5Exp.) P. M. Expreag
for Boston,vm.S ringficl ,9 28, A. M.,12 11, 4 13,
and 10 30, 1'.M.,v a.Ncw London ; 2 leandll 25,
P. M..via.AirLine R.R.,1 33, 11,111.. and 2 18.2.11.
B'ConfiiecfatNew Rochelle With Harlem River
rune .
LOWER RATES on FREIGHTS.
NURWALK.lliD NEW YORK.
' ‘ White’s Propellers
Will continue to make regular trips bctwccn‘Nor-
' walk Bridge and New York,(icc pcrmitting.)stop-
ping ‘ at South Norwalk to receive and leave
freight. Freight received from and delivered at
the freight depot of the Danbury k N orwalk
Railroa .
H‘Spccial arrangements for freight to and from
New York can be made with this line 10 per cent.
less than by any other line, and produce returns
made promptly on day of sale. -
3‘ All persons are forbid trusting any of the
employees of‘tlic boats of this line’ on account of
the owners thereof. .
Norwalanrse Hailwaylimeiahle.
OOMMENCIN G DECEMBER 11TH , 1879 .
Lnavn Nonwanx. So. Nonwnzx
6 15 a. in. New' York Accom. 6 35 amt.
, 6,30 -- “ New Haven Accom. 6 55
7 05 “ New York Accom. 7 25
7 25 “ N. Y. Exjn‘ess. 7 45
7 55 “ 8 l5 “
S 15 " New York Accom. 3 40 “
8 40 “ New Haven Accom. 9 00 “
8 50 “ New York Em rear. 9 10 “
. 9 10 " New Haven xprcss. 9 30 “
9 30 " 9 50 “
9.56 “ 10 10 "
10 10 “ New York Express. i038 “
1028 ,“ New Haven Accom. 10 48 “
10 4S " ' ll 10 “
ll 10 “ u go. it
iigg I.’ N If E -‘ iiig ..
ew avert a: ess. -
12 10pm. p-T - 12 asp-7'“
1235 “ 12 55 “
12 55 “ New York Accom. 1 25 “
125 “ New Haven Accom. 1 45 "
l ‘5 l6 . 2 05 H
155 “ New Havel: Express.- 2 20 “
2 30 ‘4 2 48 u
2 88 “ New York Express. 2 5S "
2 53 “ . 3 20 “
3 20 u - 3 4o “
3 4: “ .New Haven Accom. ' 4 10 “
4 00 “ New Haven Express. 4 20' “
4 10 “ New York Express. 4 30 “
432 3 New York Accom. 2‘2)? ‘:
225 It 5 40 0|
5 4o “ 6 00 "
5 50 “ New Haven Adam. 6 10 “
600 “ New York Ea: rear. 6 28 “
628 3 N. H49 N.“ . 3;; z
6 37
6 47 n \ 7 07 u
7.07 ll 7 25 H
7 25 u 7 45 It
7 45 u 8 05 “
a 05 U _ ~ 8 25 “
e 25 H . 8 45 “
8 45 “ New York Express. 9 05 “
9 05 u 9 25 “
9 25 u 9 45 u
9 45 " New Haven Express. 10 05 “
10 15 “ Saturdays only. 10 36 “
“ Meeker’s
NORWALK PACKET.
For the accommodation of the public, the $100
LADY JACKSON, Capt. Joseph S.Byxbce,wiIl
hereafter make regular weekly trips betwe n Nor-
walk and New York, stopping at South N rwalk.
leavrng Meeker Brothers’ Wharf, N orwnlk, every
Friday night. Freight taken on board at Pier
3 E. 14., foot of Rutger St., New York. on MON-
DAYS and TUESDAYS. .
Produce .sold and returns made in old acket
style. Freight at old Packet rates, viz: F our 12
cts; Sugar. 15 cts; Pork and Fish 20 eta; Molass-
es and Kerosene Orl, 25 cm; Boxes. 6 cts ' Oats5
eta; 100 lbs_. I eed 6 cts. Farmers in adjoining
towns are invited to send their produce b this
cat. _ A. J .MEEKER .91: B310!
Norwalk, April.1879. ,
EW YORK & PHILADELPHIA- NEW LINE
BOU ND BROO K ROUTE
FOR TRENTQN AND PHILADELPHIA.
Ferry Station in Brooklyn,Jewell’s Wharf, foot
. Fulton Street.
Commencin October 6th, 1879.
Leave New York rom station 0. R. R. of N. J .,
foot of Liberty St.,for Philadelphia.
Station corner Ninth and Green Streets. at 7:45.
9.‘ 11:15 a. m. 1:30, 4’, 5:30, 7:15, 12 p. m . On Sun-
day at 5:45 a. m., 5:30. 12 p. m.
For Station cor. Third apd Berks streets, at 6:80,
9:00, 11:15, a' 211., 1:8), 3:30, 4:00, 5:30, 7:15, p. in. On
Sunday at 8:45 a. 111., 5:30 p. m. ‘
* Denotes Pullman Cars attached.
For Trenton, Warren and Tucker streets, 6:30,
7:45. 9:00, 11:15 a. m., 1:30. 3.30, 4, 5:30. 725, 12 p. m.
011 Sunday 8:45, a. m., 5:30 pan.
Reitgrrfiing, trains will leachhiladclphia for New
r : . . , , '
From station P111111: 8.: Reading Railroad, cor.
Ninth db Grc_en Sts.,’nt 7:30‘. 9:30 a. m., 12:10, 1140’,
3:30, 5140, 7:15, 12 p. in. On Sunday at 8:30 a. m..
5:30, 12 p. m. '
*Fro Third and Berk streets, 7:45, 9:20, 11 n.'m..
1:30, 3: , o:30.6:45,11:15 p. in. On Sunday at 8:25
a. m., 4:30 p. m. '
i‘Denottrcs Pullrdpn Carssattachcd.
rom rcnton, 'arrcn ' Tucker 5155,1720 8
Monday.) 6.40, 8:20, 10:15 a. m.. 12:55, 2220.4:(15, (=ng
6:31, 8:05. p. m._ On Sunday 1:20,9:l5 a.m,. 6,15 p. in.
.Conncction is made Jersey City station to and
from Brooklyn and Eric Depot, Jersey Cit .
Tickets for sale at foot of Liberty St.,N¥)s.239,
401, 944, 9.77 Broadway, and at‘ the principal hotels.
Nos. 2 and 4 Court st.. and Annex office, Jewell’s
Wharf, Brooklyn. Baggage checked from resi-
dcucc to destination. .
II. 1‘. BALDWIN, Gcn. Pass. Agent.
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HENRY TILLY,
Manufacturer of
Light Carriages of all kinds,
Repairs carefully attended to
Carriages _ Painted in First-Glass Style.
Having the best;. Paint shop and Workman in
the town of Norwalk. 1 can guarantee entire sat-
isfaction in this department as my large trade
proves. Call and examine work. Carriages stor—
cd'antl taken care of through the “inter.
Machine, Smithy and General Black-
- . smith’s Work. '
Factory tin Main 51., So. N'orwalk.
Orders by Telephone promptly attended to.
(.10er .11.“ SMITH,
2‘ FLORIST,
or nm'srnnnr,sourn
or RAILROAD, '
City of South Norwalk. Conn.
Plants and FloWers at all seasons.
-' Flower-tor Funerals furnished and
tastefully arranged to order anchors
notice. . ,
WARN ER'S
“for. and in!" (Xu-
a. Email-neon. nu-
mes in nearly all
re lar action of
:otsg‘for all m
Wu 9 Safe Heroine quicklglglves
mer’
Beat and Sleep in the suffering cures
ache and Neuralgh. Prevent Epileptic -
Fl Ind is the best remedy gr Nervous PM
on brought on by cessive drinking,
-' over-wor .niental shocks, and other causes.
. It relieves the 1130!
Sm I 8. [IVER allidlsedsesatd’ d: nev-
tticNE amt °' New "W
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tern. The beat of all
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Bottles of two sizes :
prlces. no em. and 0!.
WW Sch
. fill-til & Dealer. h
'- is everywhere.
H.111. Warns". Go.
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midget pamphlet Ind
WMBbW—AN,
FINE AND-common
H A Rumour-g S S . ’_
Horse & Stable Equipments.
‘Particnlarattention paid to .
REPAIRING.
.Thankfnlfor the liberal patronage of the pas
the subscriber bones to marital continued sharco
tho businessfavors ofhis friends and the public
WM. B. SWAN.
Shopiii rear of Residence; Malamute: Norwal .
. 0. '1‘; Leonard it Still,
, Drains and 'Wells Dag- and Piped
* a complete list of our Safes exposed,those that
'64 Sudbury Street, Boston.
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ISTRICT 0F NORWALK ss.Probatc 0011
December 24th, 1879. ’ I,"
. .Estato of JAMES E.BARBOUR,latc of Nor-
walk,in said district. deceased.
The Court of .Probato for the District of N or-
walk, hath 111111th and allowed Eix months from
the date hereof for the creditors of said estate.
to exhibit their claims for settlement..Thosc who
neglect to present their accounts properly attest-
ed within said‘timc, Will be dcb‘nrred a recovery.
All pcrsonsindebtcd to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment to
3152 JAMES M. TAYLOR,Acting Executor,
Large Reduction in Prices!
GREAT
CA'SH sALE
anlwnnl’i Furniture Ware Rooms,
36 Main St., Norwalk, Conn. .
This stock must be closed out to make room for
my large stock of Goods for Spring Trade.
Superior Shoeingl
Sore-Footed, Inteiferng, and Il.
Conditioned Horses
Perfectly Shod I.
T is notorious that more than half of tho ruined
and desirable horses pre rendered so by the
i norancc or carelessness of smiths in shoeing.
lie subscriber makes a specialty of
HORSE SHOEING
and will guarantee to give satisfaction to all who.
may entrust him with their work, whether the
animals’ boots are in a sound or unsound condi-
tion. Shop near Horse rtailway Depot, Norwalk.
28tf HABLES E. MILLER.
Lflik and See
WHERE youcan get your work done. Any
thing in the line 01' ' .
BLACKSMITHING
to short notice and as reasonable as any where in
town. Horse and 0x Shaeing a specialty. Wheel
"Wm“ and Paintingdonc by an experienced
wor man. At the old stand of Geo. Lloyd.
16 GEO. W. KNAPP
Notice
j 18 hereby given to the people of
_. 1., Norwalklnnd vicinity that "one
shoeing will be doncin first class
style by WALMcCORMACK. None
but hand machhocsuscd. Work done on most
reasonable terms, and particular attention naidto
Interferiri and Over-reaching Horses at the old
stand of M. AHElIN,Ma1n Street, Norwalk.
COAL, WOOD,
" Masons’ Materials,
0 E M E N '.'_l!' P I P E
For Drains, Sewers, Wells, &c.,
At Lowest Cash Prices. .
Also Sole Agent for
Patent “Finder; Wood;
The. Cheapest and Best Kindling out. Try it
9' Branch Office at Spencer’s Jewelry Store
Now for Your Orders!
HAVING sold out all of my old stock and re-
plcnished with new I am. now prepared to
serve the public with the
BEST- on ' EVERYTHING
IN THE
LIE-VERY LINE.
at most. reasonable prices. Single or Double
Teams either by the hour or day, with or without
drivers. W L 1AM E DANN.
Opposite D. 8: N. Is. It. Depot. Norwalk.
$5 2 per day at home. Snmplcsworth 85
to free. Address STINSON & 00., Port-
land, Maine. ‘
O ' o a
damage Painting !
HE subscriber,a practical and experienced
workman, has taken rooms over N ELSON’S
JABRIAQE SHOP. near foot of 11111111111, where
. he is prepared to
Paint Coaches, Carriages or Wagons
at short notice,iri the best manner, and at Rea-
sonable Prices. English or Valentine’s Varnish
used, accm'ding to deSirc of parties having work
, done. Special attention paid to
lie-Painting Children’s Carriages,
and to Plain and Fancy Lettering. Ashnrco
public patronage solicited.
COMB.16
R. E. 'WHIT
N orwalk,Aprill5th,1878.
Morris it
ireland’s
Celebrated Safes,
In purchasing a Safe, we wish to call your
attention to some of the important advantages
our Safes possess over all others, and which
make them the cheapest and best Safes now
made. . ,
1st. Our “PATENT INSIDE BOLT WORK”
consists in placing the bolts and locks on the
insideof the door (as shown in the cut above)
where 'they are at all times accessible, and
can be cleaned and ke t in order, and thus
prevent them from unexpectedly locking you
out. Ix? all other Safes the bolts are placed
next the outside plate of iron, being covered
com'pletelyb'y the filling, consequently im-
possible to Oil or clean them without digging
out the filling, which is expensive, besides
losing the use of the Safe several days. As
the filling in our Safes is between the locks
and bolts and the outside plate of the door,
in most cases we can unlock our safes on the
combination after they have passed through a
severe fire, which saves breaking them open.
2d. Our “Partner Hmonn CAP" consists
of the back plate of the door being. hung (in -
hinges, and fastened by a. thumb-screwmhiqh
enables one to have access to the locks and
bolts by simply removing the thumb-screw.
3d. \ While other safe~makers use three
wheel locks on their fire-proof safes (reserv-
ing the best. four-wheel locks for bank safes),
we put on our FOUR—WHEEL LOCKS on all
safes, from the smallest to the largest, and for
simplicity and durability cannot be excelled.
4th. All our Safes are IRON-LINED mern,
instead of wood-lined asin otlfbr safes, which
enables usto use the the greatest amount of
water in filling without danger of the
Safe‘s be g damp. All corners of» the Safes
are secured with angle iron, which, together
with the very hard nature of our 'ng, pre-
vents them from injury from falling, or fall—
ing walls or timbers. Our Safes have THREE
FLANGES instead of single or double as in
others, and are made with and without inside
doors. In the great Boston fire our Safes had
the champion record, as was fully proved at
the time, to these important improvements
do we owe our success and the great popular-
ity our safes have attained throughout the
country. After that great fire, we published
failed to preserve their contents, besides those
that were successful, and. for months chal—
lenged our competitors to follow our example
which they would not do, as they knew that
by so doing they would only assist us in Clem--
onstrating to the world the superiority of our
Safes, and our claim to tho champiqn record.
Although that Great Fire so conclusively
proved the superiority of our Spies to resist
intense heat, we believed that we could im-
prove them, and we have, therefore, since
that time‘, increased the thickness of the walls,
added to the number of flanges, and strength-
ened them in various ways, until we now
manufacture a Safe better than ~ever before,
and unequalled for its excellence. It has been
our constant aim to make the near SAFE that
can be produced, believing that, especially in
purchasing a safe to keep that which may
have cost a lifetime to accumulate, the best is
decidedly the cheapest. In these dull times
it is the custom of many safe—makers to man
ufacture several grades of cheap safes, and
recommend that which can be sold the cheap-
est, Without regard to quality, and many
safes are now in use that are painted finely
outside, 'but are worthless to preserve their
contents from fire. We make but one class
of Safes, ,which is the-best we know how to
produce. Send_for descriptive catalogue.
Morris &, I reland,
W atulng the Carpet.
, The day 9 come, dud thc'carpets
Are dragged outside the house——
As a nian is dragged to the station
At the clam ofa big carousc,
I see my wife and her hand-maids
Wade through the suds and the dust ;
And I feel as though the pic of 'my life
" Was nearly all under-crust.
- Come, give mea club with a handle
. As long as the month of May,
And I will wattle the carpet
The whole of the livelong day,
I wield the stick they have brought me,
With a flap, and a thud, and a hiss; ‘
Ohl better a year and a half of sleep
Than fifteen minutes of this 1
—Burdette.
The Tramp Triumphant.
A citizen of Howard street was picking his
teeth at his gold the other noon aftera hearty
dinner, whet. tramp'pame around the corner
and halted before him.
“No use I” said the citizen—“vae no food
for tramps." .
“I didn’t ask you for any, did I ?” an—
swered the man.
“No; but you look as if you wanted to.”
“Well, I can’t help my looks, but I'm no
beggar. I pay for all I get. You look to me
like a gentleman.”
“Y-e-S." .
“You ham a smart, intelligent look about
you.”- _ ‘
“\Vell, I hope so," .
_ “I’d pick you out anywhere from the com-
mon herd; I Would,” continued the tramp, as
he gently rubbed his back on the fence.
. “Well, that’s pretty good,” said the citizen
as be stroked his whiskers, “but what is all
this talk about ?”
"I’ll tell you. I’m nothing but an old
tramp, I don't know buckwheat from broom
corn, while you know everything. 'Give me
a chance and I’ll give you'one. I see you
have got two cords of ‘wood at the side gate,
and I’ll make you this'ofier. If you’ll make
a speech ten minutes long I’ll saw that wood
for nothing. If you' break down you shall
give me a square dinner and I’ll move on.”
“By George! but I‘ll do that,” chuckled
the citizen. ~ ‘ '
“Very Well; I stand to my bargain.”
The citizen threw away his tooth—pick,
pulled out his watch, cleared his throat and .
began:
“Fellow-citizens—Wc are ,called together
here to—day by a common impulse. We have
met—we have met—we have—we have—”
“You can try once more—I don’t want to
be hard on you," observed the tramp, as the
citizen broke down. “Try the financial
question this time."
"Thus encouraged, the citizen led off with:
“Fellow-citizens—You have patiently lis—
tened to the long-winded remarks of Sam
Cary. He has told you that a piece of paper
is as good as a gold dollar. He has told you
that—he has had the impudence to assert that
—that is, he has told you—told you—”
“I’ll give you one more chance,” said the
tramp, as the breakdown seemed complete.
“But I won’t take it," replied the citizen.
“You go around to the back door, and I’ll
tell the girl to set you out the best dinner you
have had in a year, and _don’t you be in a
hurry about leaving the table either. ”—176—
troit Free Press. ' ‘
_—_—__- 1 A
The Young Man’s Wedding Ring.
The other day, when a yOung man had
pulled off two big mittens from his hands ‘
and stuck one into each pocket and backed
up to the coal stoVe in a Woodward avenue
jewelry store, he had still sufiicient strength
to ask if they kept finger rings there. The
jeweler might just as well have replied that
he did not, but that finger rings could he
found at any boot and shoe store; yet he
wanted to make a sale, and he answered:
“We do, What sort of a ring do you '
want i”
“It is for awedding."
“Ah! Will you have a single diamond or
a cluster? ‘
“I suppose you'd want two or three dollars
for areal diamond ring?" remarked the lover,
as he advanced to the tray.
He was carefully and tenderly informed
that diamonds had gone up considerably since
they were used in his baby rattle—box, and
then he concluded to explain:
“I’m kinder down on such nonsense as
wedding rings. When a fellow has to get a
whole suit of clothes, pay the preacher, come
to town and ride on the street cars and all
that, it’s expense 'nqu. I s’posc,though, I’ll
have to get one.” I
“About what price ?
“Oh, fifty cents or six shillings, or around
there. If it's kinder gilded up to last for
two weeks, that’ll do. It hadn't Otter turn
rusty under three or four days, anyhow, as
she’ll want to show it off On the street cars,
and all the girls will be handling it. I'll look
at the fifty cent ones first.”
The jeweler went into adeclinc. He dc-
clined to admit that he ever had such a thing
in his store. He further said that he could
hardly believe that there was a young man
on earth who would buy a fifty cent ring to
put on the finger of his bride.
“DO you ’spose,” replied the young mamas
he reached for,his mittens, “do you ’spcse
l’iua John Jacob Astor ? Do you ’sbosc I’m
going to sell a hull crop of ’taters to buy .a
ring for my wife to wear washin’ dishes
and turnin’ the coffee .mill ?.She’s layin’ off
now to have me buy her shoes, hat, muff and.
perfumcry after we’re married, and do you
think I can rush in here and holler out “dia-
monds l” and slam dOwn wads of green-
backs to pay for ’cm 7”
The jeweler leaned his pensive head on his
hand and lookedgout of the window, and as
the young man' opened the door be halted
and continued :
-
wasn’t nothing to’rds ii bridle towcrl”—Dc-
trait Free Press.
' m
An Unculturcd Barbarian.
Nervously working his latch key from the
door, the eusiness man hurried into the house
for dinner. . “Hallo, I say, Jane, where are
you ?" '
“Here I am, dear, I. have just got one
more feather to paint on this crane, and
then it will be finished. Isn’t it going to be
just level—”
“I know, yes, yes. Where’s Jennie?”
“She’s gone out to get a few more autumn
leaves, one or two bare spaces are left on the
wall in the room, and—”
“Well, well, of course, but where‘s Bridg;
e; ?1’ -
“Oh, she has gone to carry the basket; for
Jennie, you know, isn ’1 strong -
“To be sure, to be sure; but where‘s the
dinner?" I
“Now, John, how can you be so cruel ?
You know that—3’ _ .
“Yes, I should think I did. I know that
the next time I'm such an infernal fool as
to bring a copy of ‘IIouscliold Art' into the
house l’ll be baltler than I am now. It may --
b: jofired pretty but I’m hungry for asquarp
meal. Painted storks ain‘t friccasecd chick-
en, nor autumn leaves celery.” And he went
out of the house in a decided manner,
leaving Jane's tear drops rapidly sailing on
on the red and, blue heron, washing all the
prttry feathers out of its tad—New Haven
Regimen
W liy a fellow feels all at sea at his own
.Wt‘ddlUI-blmcn,§0 is standing up with the girl,
15 because he 1 a marry’n ’er.—|'N. O. Pica-
yune.
That duel between two women' at Union,
Tenn, was a sad affair. Both fired together.
and one hit a boy on the fence and the other
killed a calf in a field. Then they pulled
hair and 'awcd each other until one fainted
away.— We Press
The queen of England is to have twenty—
five barrels of new-process winter wheat
American flour at $9 a barrel. She bought
it in New York last week.
Probably the most extraordinary instance
on record is this of Rev. Dr. Tucker, who
has resigned a $10,000 pastorate in New
York, and accepted a $3,000 call to Andover.
lam.
“Fifty cent ring! Just as.if fifty cents '
Norwalk Chronicler