WHOLE NUMBER (1674.
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Olivia.
BY ELLEN M. HUTCHINSON.
With jibe and pout and dainty frown
For this, for that, Olivia teased :
I kissed her cheek, and smiled her down,
Until her saucy urging ceased.
And angry tears shone in her eyes, _
.‘ Witll “Nay, my love; it were 110$ W156,
My fair Olivia.”
But soon, with this and that forgot,
I wooed my sweet Olivia‘s smiles;
She turned to sunshine on the spot;
I fell before her fairy wiles;
Yet wondered then, and wonder still,
llow ’twns she got her own sweet will—
My wife, Olivia.
———Li.'ppz'ncott’s for February.
For the Gazette.
Burning of the Lexington.
Some Incidents of the Catastron
phc as Ito—described by Captain
John F. Bulkley, of Westport,
an Eye Witness, after a Lapse ot
Forty Years.
[As the brief allusion to this appalling ca-
lamity made 111 the GAZETTE a week or two
ago, (it then being the fortieth anniversary
of the event), has led to conflicting comments
in various State papers as to the facts in the
case, some claiming that two persons were
saved, others that there was only one, and
that one survivor landed at Roton Point,
which is not true, the writer has interview—
Capt. John F. Bulkley, of Westport, who
saw the burning, and rescued three persons,
and from him received‘ the following state-
ment which should be considered as substan-
tially correct]
By this casualty, which occurred Monday
night, Jan. 13, 1840—forty years ago, one
hundred and twenty-two out of one hundred
and twenty-six persons lost their lives. As
the burning was witnessed by many residing
on the Connecticut shore, particularly by
people in Southport, Westport and Norwalk,
opposite which latter place the flames of the
fated steamer reached their greatest'brillian-
cy,’and as many are yet living among us who
remember the awful circumstances, the story
as here re~told cannot but possess interest.
According to an account printed soon after
after the event, the Lexington, which was
about as large as the 'Adelphi. and like her
except that her lines were straight, left New
York at 4‘p. m. with passengers andcrew
and a large quantity'of freight. The space
under her promenade deck was packed full
of cotton, and freight was piled up to within
two or three feet of the engine’s covering.
Supper was served at 6 o‘clock and there
were two tables surrounded by passengers.~
About 7 o’clock there was an alarm of fire.
No one living knows where that fire started,
Those who remained to tell the story of that
fearful night saw the fire first in the casing
-around the smoke stack. In a few minutes
it began to burn fiercely along the promenade
deck. The pilot, Captain Manchester, step~
ped from the wheel house, gave one look at
the volume of flame and smoke and headed
the boat for the LongIsland shore. A mo—
_ ment later Captain Childs entered the pilot
house and applied his strength to the wheel..
One of the tiller ropes broke, (chains were
, not used then) and the Lexington,her engines
still in rapid motion, drifted helplessly down
the Sound. All this occurred off Eaton’s
Neck, and nearly opposite Norwalk. Those .
who beheld were appalled, for what steamer
it was, or how great was the extent of the
disaster they were unable to surmise, and
not till a day or two after when the GA—
zsrrn’s list of lost, with that of the New
York Herald, the two appearing about the
same time, could any definite idea of the
calamity be formed. That story can never
be forgotten.
Captain John F. Bulkley, at present of
Westport, then residing in Sonthport, and a
young man of twenty-rhrce years, who res-
cued three of the survivors, says:
“I reached home from New York, J an. 13,
in the sloop Merchant, of which I had just
taken command. It was towards night.
The weather was excessively cold, and had
been for some days,- freezing up the harbors
of Bridgeport, Black Rock, Westport and
Norwalk. For some_unaccountablc reason
Southport harbor remained open, and but for
this circumstance every soul on board the
Lexington must have been lost. I first saw
the burning steamer at about 6 o’clock, I
should judge.‘ As near as I could calculate
she was then off Huntington moving rapidly
eastward, and looking beautifully grand in
the glare which was lighting her on to sure
destruction. The whole village was startled
by the extraordinary scene and watched till
the steamer disappeared beneath the dark
waters,—a 'very charuel house, off what was
then known as Old Field Light, on the Long
'Island shore, and opposite the light ship off
Stratford Point. Owing to extreme cold.the
great distance of the fire from port and the
absence of wind, I did not accede to a prop-
osition to search that night for possible suf-
fers, but Samuel Sturges and Samuel Perry
took my yaw], and in company with Aaron
IIubbell, Bradley Hull and a Mr. Smith, in
yawl of the schooner Equator. rowed out
into the Sound, but to see the burning object
pass from sight miles ahead of them, Next
morningI took the Merchant and accompani-
ed by Captain Meeker, her owner, Samuel
Sturges, mate, Samuel Perry, before the
mast, “Boston Smedley,” cook, Aaron Jen—
nings, now ticket seller at the New Haven
R. R. Depot in Southport, William Brower
and Francis Jelliffe, left the harbor for the
scene-pf the wreck. I stood Off into the Sound
and when half way across/squared away and
made Stratford Light Ship. I hailed the
keeper who informed me he had seen the
burning steamer, and that in his opinion she
must have gone down off Port Jefferson
harbor. With this information I turned my
vessel towards Long Island and after sailing
. less than thrco miles fell in with four bales of
cotton which I took on board. One of the
bales was afire. and we applied water to put
it out. While thus engaged I espied two
bales to the eastward of us. I tacked, bore
down upon them, and while taking them on
board, saw two bales still further to the
eastward with: curious looking objects upon
them which, as we drew near, proved to be
men. One of the men was Chester Hillard,
captain of the merchant ship MiSsissippi,
plying between New York and New Orleans,
on his way to his home in Norwich, Conn.
He was quite exhausted but soon after get-
ting aboard Of us recovered and made the
following statement: ’ ,
“The fire made swift headway over the
boat, while death waited in the icy water.
In ”10 Panic the passengers seemed determin-
ed to destroy themselves. The boats were
lowered into the water in front of the
wheels of the steamer and were swamped 'in
a moment. Thelife-boat was dropped down
and drifted awaay without being of the .
slightest use; Ihelpcd launch the life-boat
but had no intention of going in it,——thc
people were too wild.
By the time the life-boat was overboard,
the stcamcr’s deck began to settle and threat-
en to fall through, and I went aft and advised
the passengers to throw cotton overboard.
One of the firemen and myself lowered a
.balc overboard and got astride of it. We sat
facing each other—onc‘at each end of the
halo. In a few minutes we drifted away
from the steamer. The sea was rough, and
we had as much an we could do to keep on
the bale. It was 8 o’clock when we left the
steamer,and 3 o’clock next morning she went
down. A heavy sea capsized our bale, and
we had hard work getting on it again. My
companion, whose name I learned was Cox,
got discouraged, and’ soon after daylight
slipped off the halo and went down without
a struggle.” '
The man taken‘by me from the other bale .
proved to be Capt. Stephen Manchester,
pilot of the ‘Lexington. He had fastened
himself to his bale with a rope strand and
was nearly frozen. ‘As soon as he— could
speak he said:
“After the fire broke out I remained for—
ward. Quite a number of passengers were.
near me, and they made desperate efforts to
check the flames. There were no buckets at
hand, ‘but they-broke open the boxes of
specie, and throwing the money away used
the buckets to cast water on the flames, and
kept doing so till they saw that further ef—
fort was useless. They tried to build a raft,
and threw the baggage cars over thinking
they thus might save some. About this time
the main deck fell in. People were jumping
into the sea every minute. About thirty
persons were on the forecastlc a little after
midnight, The heat soon became unbearable
and all went overboard. I got on a bale of:
cotton where there was another man, and
shoved off from the boat. It was then 12:30
o’clock. My companion said his name was
llcheuncy. He tried for a while 'to keep
warm by thrashing his hands, but soon gave
up. About 3 o’clock lie-fell back on the bale
and died, and the first heavy sea that came
washed him ‘off. "
Capt. Bulkléy continuing, said: “I then ,
cruised to the southward and found upon the
floating fragments of the wreck the bodies
of two men, both frozen—one a mulatto
named Sands, the other, a white man whose
name none could ever tell. Sa‘nds was iden—
tified and taken to Brooklyn, the other was
placed in a stranger’s grave where his ashes
still remain, in Fairfield. I then witlbglass
in hand took position at the masthead in
hope of finding other sufferers, and after
sailing a short distance saw a man clinging
to apiece of the wreck. He proved to be
Charles B. Smith, the steamer’s fireman.
When taken on board he stated that he got
on a bale of cotton about 9 o’clock and float—
ed around in the vicinity of the .steamer
until half past one. All that time there
were persons holding on to the guards and
floating about the steamer on pieces of the
wreck. About one o’clock he drifted back
to the steamer and climbed up on her rudder
to get warm, and staid there until she went
down, when I got a ,piece of the guard.
There were four persons on it at the time,
but the cold.was so intense that all but my—
self died and fell into the water before day-
light.” , ' ‘ '
I then sailed for Southport having recover-
ed three men alive, two dead, and eight bales
of cotton. On my way homeward I was
met by the steamer Nimrod, Capt. Brooks,
from New York for Bridgeport. He had, as
nearas I could judge, landed a passenger for
_‘ NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1880."
“It’s very dusty," and Mrs. Laure Amber-
ley shook slightly the glossy folds of her
gray traveling dress. . l
A trivial remark, but her husband glanced
quickly at the half—averted face. -
“You are displeased, Laure.”
Young Mrs Amberley hit her beautiful
lips in a moment’s silence.
‘-I think I might have my choice, Alger—‘
non.”
“It does seem alitvle hard,doesn’t it dear f”
lifting lightly the little gloved hand and kiss-
ing it.
Certainly Algernon Amberly wished to in—
dulge his bride of a month, but he continu ~
ed : '
“In taking one of these children of my
,dead half-sister, I wish to make a choice
which will be ‘of the ‘most benefit to the
family. The eldér girls can earn their own
living. The younger is very pretty, and will
be adopted by a good and wealthy family if
we do not take her away, while Ted—"
“Ted!" interrupted Laure, impatiently.
“Ted is at an undesirable age, and not
particularly brilliant and interesting; but as
he is the one who stands most in need of help.
I think we ought to take him.”
“Such a shock of tow hair, and'so horribly
bashful I" poutcd beauty-loving Laure.
“I know t elittle girl would please you
best, but perhaps the boy will develop better
than the girl," replied Amberly, in a tone of
decision his wife had already learned to
know. '
He was so certain he was right—that the
poor, friendless, unformed boy was most in
need of protection and training—that he
could not allow his wife’s fancy to decide
this important matter, much as he regretted
her disappointment.
The younger child—the little Nellie—was
as pretty as a picture, and at the charming
age. He could not but sympathize with
Laure’s wis‘hes, but his young wife was short
sighted. ‘ - '
He was older than she, and felt obliged to
decide the matter according to his best judg-
ment. ‘ '
They were on their wedding trip. From
Niagara it had extended to Chicago; from
that city to a lonely tract of rolling prairie,
where resided this remdte connection of the
Amberly family. ‘
The father of these orphan, children was a
coarse, hard man, who was already casting
about for a second wife; and the probability
was that the expected stepmother would be
little benefit to the two young and helpless
little ones.
Laure regarded' this man with a feeling
little less than horror. The'rude and primi—
tive living was distasteful to her refined sen-
sibilities.
It was only when she walked alone across
the great billows of green, and standing in-
solitude in the silence.beheld stretched before
her countless leagues of luminous sunset,
Norwalk at a place near what is known as
Belden’s Neck, and was taking a short cut,
by way of Goose Island channel. I came up
to the wind while be slowed up, and I told
him all about the sad work of the day.
Hilliard proved to be an Old friend of Brooks
and the latter persuaded him to leave the
Merchant and 'take the Nimrod to Bridgeport,
which he did, proceeding to New York on
Wednesday. I reached Soutbport towards
night, and my cargo and the story I had to
tell concerning it cast a gloom over theentire
village. For days after that people residing
miles away came to see the cotton bales
which had helped to save the lives of men,
and to hear from me the sad narrative. After
all was over, the bale upon which Capt. Hi1-
liard was saved, was forwarded to him, at his
request, in New York. Beside the three
men I picked up, one other, David Cro ley,
second mate of . the steamer, was ived,
making four in all. I had nothing to do with
his recovery. His story is as follows:
“Soon after the fire broke out Itook refuge
on a bale of cotton and drifted away from the
steamer. Fortunately my bale did not roll,
and I burrowed into it, I also stuffed my
clothes full .of cotton and ,thus kept from
freezing. Monday night, Tuesday, Tuesday
night and Wednesday the bale of cotton was
my home. At 9 o'clock Wednesday evening
the potion bale drifted against the ice bound-
ing the Long Island shore, and I crawled to
land at 'a place called New Gulley, about
eighteen miles east of Old Field 1 Point.
After getting ashore I walked three—quarters
of a mile to a house, where I was received as
one from the dead. I had been forty—eight
hours in the bale of cotton, and had drifted
over fifty miles. The owners of the bale
made me a present of it, and I took it to
Providence, R. I., and kept it many years.
When cotton was at its highest price during'
the late war, I sold it, and from it sprang the
Lexington brand of cloth.”
Captains Hilliard and Manchester lire both
dead. Fireman Smith is still alive and reel.
ding in Providence. Mr. Crowley is alive
and occupies a house in Lefferts Place,
Brooklyn. These two are now the sole sur-
vivors of one of the most awful calamities of
modern times. Sometime after the burning
the;i locality of _ the steamer’s hull was found
and buoyed. Indeed, it is well -knqwn to-
day, and attempts to raise it were made with-
out success. In all probability .it will never
again be disturbed until the last great day‘
when “The earth and the sea shall give up
their dead.” . ‘ , PAUL.
Proceedings of the Paradise Hall
Club. .
There was sadness in every eye as the.
members of the club softly'filed in and topk
their seats. Each 'one had seen the crepe
be the hall ‘door, and each one had been
told that death had again invaded Paradise
Hall.
“Gem’len,” began the President, as he rose
up and looked down the hall at the vacant
seat bedecked with crape, “it am my pain—
ful dooty to'infcrm you dat Bruddcr Tor—
pedo Hunt am no more on dis earth. He'
passed away las’ night arter an illness of only
free days. Torpedo was our brudder an’
earnest worker in do cause,” continued the
President, "but if I stan’ heah to yulogize
him, I mus’ not forgit dat he had his faults.
If de truth can’t hurt do livin’ it can’t harm
dc dead. Torpedo was a great han’ to git
up airly in de marnin,’ an to work hard _all
day,'but his child’en went bar’ foot all ma—
ter jist dc same. He was kind to ms wrfe,and
fels bad for de poofibut he nebber played-
yuker widout hevin’ two extra bowers up his
sleeve. He didn’t get drunk, but_ no rail
fence had any bizzness widin a mile of his
cabin in winter. He dfln't ingagie' in rows
an riots, but hisenemies got hit wid brich~
bats all do same. We saw him at church
on Sunday, settin’, a good ’zample fur de
young, but he'd turn in next day an’ try to
win do big prize in a lottery. It was about
half an half widhim. . When we say dot of
any madwe hev hit him pretty clus. When
we hev given de dead all de praise dcy sought
to gain when livin’, no man’s mem’ry kin ask
fur mor. Torpedo was up to the iverage, an
be .am dead”.
M
Mr. Frothingham, the Lwell—known jour—
nalist and historian, died last Thursday cve—~
11ng at his residence in Charlestown, Mass.
For the fourth time during the present
century the Lake of Zurich, in SWltzerland,
is frozen over. The lakes of Marat, Ncufcha-
tel and Bienne, and the river Arve, are also
frozen over. '. .
COLUMBUS, Jan. 29.—.The body of an old
man dressed in a new suit of soldier's clothes
was found on the edge of a swamp near Jes—
sey. Papers on the body identify him as
Daniel Hcrling, once of Connecticut, but for
twelve years a soldier. "
The English papers have been studying the
causes of the American manufacturers suc-
cess, and have agreed that the extentsiou
of American trade in all branches is due to
advertising. They claim, that the merchants
get more good for the money spent in adver-
tising than the men in any other country.
rand and beautiful.
They were driving now along the smooth
prairie road. A silvery creek ran along its
edge, bright and bankfull. Here and there
a Judas bush showed its crimson among the
bush greens. To right and left stretched
away the boundless prairie.
Laure had requested the driver to get away
from the nniuviting home; but for the first
time there was a shadow between herself and»
her husband.
In justice to young Mrs. Amberly, let me
any that also tried to repress her dinooiaccno, buta’
this Ohly made her disappointment m'ore ap—
parent to Her husband. More it troubled
him, loving his young wife most tenderly,
and at last he said :
“If you really cannot give up the little girl,
Laure, you shall have her."
“Algernon,” she cried, “it isn’t that I'like
the little Nellie so very much, but I don‘t see
anything to like in Ted.”
The subject was then dropped. They
drove back to the house. ‘
The first person they saw on their return
to the house was Ted, who came ba ully
' out to take thehoraes. He always sta ed at
Laure. Certainly she was the most beauti-
ful creature he had ever seen in his life.
Secretly he adored her, as she lingered a mo-
ment now. Having descended from the car-
riage, and being loath to go into the house,
he addressed her: '
“Be you going to take me ?”
"No,” said Laure, quickly; “I shall take
Nelly.”
She noticed that the boy’s head drooped as
he- turned away, leading the horses, but she.
took little notice of that. ‘
The next morning her husband was called
to Chicago alone on business. She endured
the uncongenial surroundings as long as she
could, then caught up her hat and shawl and
went out to walk. ,
She strolled half a mile, found the fording
of the creek, and still went on, the emerald
of the bush—grass was magnificent, the May
sky arched above, blue as lapis lazuh. Sweet
wild birds flew over head, and no other liv—
ing thing was in sight.
The great stillness had a wonderful charm
for her. Now she looked wonderingly at
the green distance surrounding her; then
wandering about,gathering the flowers which
gemmed the grass like rubies, sapphires and
stars of gold. The tinted clouds of sunset
began to fail in the west, at last and she
turned toward home. '
After walking quite a distance she began
to look anxiously for the landmarks of her
return. In vain. Round and round she
wandered ; but the changing light gave
everything a new aspect.
. For half an hour she stood, with throbbing
heart, looking vainly to the right and left—
lostl ’
Fhat she said to herself that the West was
dense fog crept around her. She had direct-
ed her faltering footsteps to a single coth—
wood tree, and now stood clinging to it, her
heart sinking in her=bosom. Oh, where was
she and what would become of her?
She could make no further effort, so bewil-
dered had she become that she knew no
longer in which direction to search. Must
she stay there all night? If so she tried to
believe that nothing would harm her.
~ But it grew dark. The fire-flies swarmed
around her head. She heard a strange, dis-
tant, mournful noise which terrified her.
“- Suddenly she heard her name called:
“Aunt Laure! Aunt Laure!" She replied,
“Here 1” eagerly, and a small figure came
bounding through the rustling grass to her
side. ' . -
“Oh, Ted! I am lost!”
“I know it. Icame to find you. I was
watching for you to come back—you did not
come. I said nothing to the others. I set
off to find you. Come quick! I think I can
find the ford." .
Laure grasped the boy’s small. eager hand.
and hurried away with him through the dew
wet grass. .'
“You are all wet, Ted.”
" "I could not wait to find the ford; I swam\
across.” ,_
Laura’s wide eyes distended still further
with surprise.
They were hurrying—running.
“I know the way, but it is so dark,” said
Ted.
"'Ted, won’t the others come for me i"
:“I don’t know.”
“Your Own folks are away, you know?”
A selfish, chilrlish man, two young and
unreliant girls; who would search the lone,
chilly prairie if Ted had not come ?
Laure’s soft, jewelled hand closed tighter.
on the child’s rough one. '
The roseale light deepened into gray. A. _
“Oh, Ted! my husband will pay you for
this!"
He stopped.
“Aunt Laure, its no use to go.
find the ford, it’s got so dark.” ’
He was panting. ‘
“Are you afraid, Ted ?,’
“The tree,” he replied. “Wasn’t it an old
dry one ?” ‘
“Dry and withered, I believe—yes.”
“We must go back.”
“Why ?'1 .
He (lid not answer, but hurried her on.
“Ted, what is that noise I hear‘? Dogs
barking '3” ,
“Hurry, hurry!" pulling her on over the
backward path.
“Why must we go back to that trbe
Ted ?”
“It is dry, you said ?”
“Ted, what is that howling‘?"
Her voice shock with a vague fear now.
“Here it isI”
He placed her with her back against the
old dry tree.
“I brought some matches,” he pauted.
“Matches! What for ?” I
He snatched some dry leaves together. tore
some strips from his old cotton jacket sleeve,
and lighted the, whole.
Then he threw on dead branches, all piled
against the further side of the tree-trunk.
“Ted, what is that fOr l”
“Wolves, wolves! Don’t you see them 7"
cried the boy, throwing Oilt his arms. “But
you need’t be afraid ;‘ they. can’t hurt you
now. Oh. Aunt Laure, they’ll never come
near us now, for they are afraid of fire, and
the tree is burning.”
Laure had sank upon the ground, fainting
with terror.
“Oh; Ted, dear Ted l” she subbed, “I'll
help you i” for the flame dying down for an
instant, the boy began snatching up_ handfuls
of the dry grass. ‘ '
For hours they worked, piling all the influ-
mable material they could find around the
trunk of the cottonwood, while those strange
dancing sparks so near the ground—the
fierce eyes of the wolves, which Laure saw
plainly now—reluctantly retreated when the
flames blazed, "at last, to the topmost boughs
of the tree, and the light streamed far and
wide. ' ‘ '
Disheveled, pallid, exhausted, her misery
lost at last in a brief sleep—thus Algernon
Amberly found his wife in the early dawn.
The ground smoked beneath her, burning
twigs fell around her; but Ted’s watching
eyes took care that she was not burned.
His ,little jacket was wrapped around her
:shoulders; her head was pillowed on his
knee.
“She’s tired, I reckon ,” he said, simply. _
“Oh, my boy I" broke from Algernon Am-
berly’s lips. _
He carried his wife home in his arms, Ted
leading the ways—Ted never once conscious
of the love he had earned, but sad and lonely
again in that old farm house.
But Laure had him brought-to her bedside,
held his hand in hers, kissed his little'grimy
cheeks.
“Ted, you are going back with us. There
is not another boy so loved in all the world.”
And it was true.
I can’t
General Terry and Fort Fisher.
A gentleman who was present with Gener-
al Terry (It the capture of Fort Fisher who
heard from the, general’s own lips the account
of how he received his orders from General
Grant to undertake the expedition furnishes
1131.119. following -
The failure of the attempt to capture Fort
Fisher by the combined action of the land
and naval forces of General Butler and Ad~
miral Porter, was a serious blow to the plans
of General Grant. Sherman held Savannah,
Grant was in Virginia. can the two
were the armies of the confederacy, and
Fort Fisher stood as sentinel at their gateway
to the sea. Under the shelter of its guns the
blockade runners landed the arms and ammu-
nition that kept the rebellion in effective
condition for mischief. General Weitzel
Butler’s lieutenant, an engineer officer of de-
cided merit, and colonel of General Grant’s
staff, 03 the night before the withdrawal of
the expedition made a careful reconuois—
slice of the fort, and reported inwriting to
General Butler that it was impregnable to
assault by the force at hiscommand.’ This
authoritative declarationfrom regular offi-
cers of acknOwledged skill, both of whom:
were high in the confidence of General
Grant, together with the threatening weather
were the reasons influencing Butler to aban—
don the attempt. ‘
General Alfred B. Terry was in camp
with his command in the army of the
vating ciimatc had engendered a chronic
malady that was undermining his constitu-
tion. Yielding to the urgent solicitations
of his medical advisers he had reluctantly
applied for a leave of absence, which had
been forwarded to headquarters. A few
days after the return of the Butler expedi-
tion Grant telegraphed Terry to report to
him in person immediately. ' The latter
mounted his horse and rode rapidly to head-
quarters, feeling (as hesafterwards said) very
much like a schoolboy in danger of a
scolding for asking for a recess at an unsea-
sonable hour. Grant met‘him‘ very cor—
dially, hOWever, and handed him an un—
sealed cnvelope officially addressed to him,
On reading its contents he found he was
ordered to take certain troops (the detail was
given), put them on board transports as rap—
idly as possible and sail at once to Savannah
where he would repor‘t to General Sherman.
The detail was such that Terry suspected
the order was a blind, but after asking for
a change, substituting his old brigade (in
which were the Sixth and Seventh Connecti-
cut regiments) for one of those designated,
to which .Grant acceded, he went back
to his-corps and issued the necessary orders.
By noon the next day, when all was aboard.
he telegraphed Grant, who replied, ordering
the transports to sail, but .Terry to wait at
the landing for him. The fleet got under
way Jorgllampton Roads, and soon the dis-
patch bOat of the commanding general came
up, took Terry on board, and 'then General
Grant gave his final orders. He told Terry
that his force was, in number and make up,
substantially the same as that of the former
expedition under Butler, that he also was to
have the co—opcration of Porter and the
navy, that he wasteland all his troops on
the same peninsula, that he was to take Fort
Fisher by assault if possible; if not, he was
to take it by siege anyway, He was not under
any consideration to abandon the expedition.
“If” you need anything," said Grant, “to
insure success, send to me and you shall
have it. You will succeed: and the credit
shall be yours. I take on myself all risks of
failure.” -.
On the boat, present at the interview,
was Colonel—h, of General Grant’s staff.
“See,” said Grant quietly, “I have ordered
Colonel '—————’to go with you. He’hasre-
ported the capture of Fort Fisher impos—
sible. I want him to go dowu and see you
do it.” '
Bidding the two goodby, the general
went back to headquarters, and Terry
. started forth on the expedition which ended
in the capture of Forth Fisher by assault,
after six hours’ continuous and almost hand—
to-hand fighting.
—________.‘—=_—_—_'
Jacob's biscuit factory at Dublin, Ireland,
was destroyed by fire last Thursday night.
Loss, £50,000. . _
It is suggested, that one reason why Califor-
nians hate Chinese so is because the latter in-
troduced the fashion of having shirts washed
once per week—Free Press.
James. Long and severe labbrs in an cner—‘
“He Know’d I’d be Thur.”
Derrick Dood (F. K. Gassaway) in San Francisco
Post. . '
The. following perfectly true story is hard—
ly entitled to a place in this column, but as
its lack of humor is somewhat atoned for by
a very obvious moral, and as it would doubt-
less'fail to reach the public in any other way,
we give it herewith: ’
Tllc‘other day we met on Kearny street an
old Washoe acquaintance, called J em Briggs,
whose usually seedy miner’s apparel was on
this occasion replaced by a gorgeous display
of velvet vest, check pants, red tie, and pon-
derous gold watch chain, while his honest
audsimple face shone above these evidences
of prosperity with the placid contentment of
a full harvest moon. '
“Hello, 'Jcm,” we said, “glad to see you
looking so well. Look like you’d struck it
rich recently.” i .
“So I have,” said Jemp and then as his
honest face saddened a little, he continued,
“but I’ve‘ just had a mighty tough loss,
though. My partner—Ned Bimber—you re-
member Ned ?—has gone up the shaft."
“Dead, eh P"
“Yes. I’ll tell you how it was. You see
Ned and I had a quarrel about two years ago.
Doh’t matter what it wasell._about. Mebbe
Ned was wrong, and mob .e I was; but all
the same, neither of us xvii-'Qd back down—
coupl’er dam fools, you’ll: say; and so we
were—and the upshot was we parted and
agreed never to see each other again."
“And didn’t you ?”
“No sir; we didn’t—more shame for us,
as had been pards fifteen years together.
Well.about a year ago Ned got a good gravel
claim up on the Feather, and. struck ' hick.
Cleaned up over two hundred thousand 'in
six months.” '
“And how, were you getting on 7”
' “9h! clean broke; working up on the
Com. for four dollars a day.‘ Well, I was
kinder sneakin’ glad to hear of Ned’s luck;
but the next thing I heard was' that he had
been killed by the miue’s caving in on him.
He lived just long enough to make his will.
Well, the lawyer found that Ned was worth
about $220,000, the will gave $5,000 to each
of his three brothers—they had all come out
from the East when they heard of Ned’s find
—-and the same amount to me, for all we’d
quarreled. But Ned allers was a ’centric
sort of cuss, and the will provided that none
of us should get the money if we attended
his funeral. He didn’t want anybody present
but the minister and the undertaker. He
said he had ‘died lonely, and he wanted to
be buried lonely.” Them’s just ‘his words.
The distribution of the rest of his estate,
about $200.000,hc had provided for in another
codicil, to be opened the day after the func-
ral, bugvc all understood it was donated to a
charita eobject.”
“Of course, you staid away from the fune-
ral ?” . . ‘
“Well, you see, that was just the point.
Somehow I felt so kinder miserable and down
hearted—yon see Ned was the only partner
I ever had—that I detetmined to go and see
him sent down on his last cage anyway—
ufoney or no money-and I did.”
“And the three brothers ?”
“No, none of them went, in fact, they
were so disgusted at the ‘divy’ that they
cleared out down to ’Frisco right away to .
see about breaking the will. So I was the
only person at the funeral. My friends all
thought me a lunatic to throw away $5,000
in that style, but somehow I couldn't help it.
Asit turned out, however, it was the luckiest
thing I ever did.’
“How was that ‘r”
“Why, the next day when the main .will
was opened, we found it really gave thee»—
tire balance of the property to whichever one
of'us four disobeyed the conditions of the
$5,000 bequests. So, you see, I came in for
the whole $200,000 just like a knife, And
do you know I shall allers think," said the
legatee, as he hastily steered us into the near-
est bar room to conceal the gathering moist-
ure in his eye, “I shall allers believe that
Ned kinder put up the whie job a purpose
’oause he know’d I 'd be thar l”
., ,L..._..W 7.. 4.. . .
The State Board of Education—-
Review of the Year’s Work.
The report of the Suite Board of Education
for the year ending December 31, 1879, being
the fifetenth in the series, ably discusses the
subject of popular education and its untold
beneficial influence, Included in the report
if a plea for the State Normal School, and for
an enlargement of its "accommodations that
it may yield increased usefulness. There
has been a slight decrease in the average at-
tendance at the schools for the year ; also in
the wages of teachers and in the total amount
expended for schools. The number of
children between the ages of four and six-
teen years, who were not in any school dur—
ing the year, was in excess of that class for
the previous year. Persistent efforts, how-
ever, have been made by, Secretary Northrop
and President Potter to reduce the evil to a
minimum, a good amount of success attend—
ing their work, considering the fact that
large numbers of parents are compelled to
keep their children at work the year round
in order to eke out the family livelihood.
But it is believed on the whole that the work
of the school for 1879 will compare favora-
bly with that of other years. From the
success of the work and its good results,
and from the constantly increasing interest
felt throughout the State in the right edu-
cation or the young, the members of the
Board have derived much satisfaction in the
discharge of their official duties, which are
performed without any pecuniary compen-
sation. Some important changes in the laws
with reference to the examination, and certi-
fication of teachers seem to be desirable;
yet as a whole the. school system of the
State deserves the continued confidence and
support of the people and of their representa-
tives in the General Assembly.
The tptal number of children between four
and sixteen years of age in the State, enu-
merated for January, 1879,- was 138,428;
number between these ages in no school, 14,-
112; number between the ages of eight and
fourteen years, the period covered by the
statute concerning absenteeism, reported as
not being in school during any partlof the
year 1878, 1,675; number of scholars regis—
tered in winter 99,662, in summer 91,760;
number of scholars over sixteen years of age
registered, 4,609; number in schools of all
kinds, 130,597 ;' number Of teachers in winter
2,741, of which 1,968 were females; in sum-
mer 2,721, the females aggregating 2,344;
number of teachers continued in the same
school during the year 2,063, being an in—
crease of 116 as compared with 1878. The
average wages per month of male teachers
were $57.10, a decrease of $3.84 as compared
received on the average $35.27 per month, a
falling off of $1.23. The total amount re;
‘ceived for public schools from all sourceswas
$1,330,972.54 ‘being a decrease or $110,185,-
31 for the year. The sum expended for
teachers’ wages was $1,1015,832.91, a fall—
ing off of $25,157.52 as‘compared with 1875.
The total amount expended for public schools
was $1,375,881.04, which is $130,595.05
less than the sum expended the year before.
It is a fact worth noticing that the amount
expended-for fuel and incidentals during the
year increased $26,125.31 over the sum
reportedfol' 1878. The total expenditures
for new school houses were $37,227.65,
being a decrease of $87,716.41 for the year.
The sum expended for repairs $71,346 14,was
only $3,630.90 more than in 1878'.
-_-_——-_-..—._——
Everybody is after the lion’s share ; that is
the mane thing.
.with the previous year. The female teachers ~
NORWALK GAZETTE,
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Th'c Second oldest Paper in Ithtale.
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W. C. BURKE, J1‘., M. 1).,
PH-YSIGIAII 81. SIIII EIN,
Ofllce over lat National ank, South
- Nbrwalk. .
OFFICE HOURS :—8 to 9 a. m ' l o 2 . . :30
to 7:30p.m. " t p .m ’ 6
Slate at Prowitt’s Druv Store. Norwalk, and
Stillson’s Drug Store, So. orwallr.
Calls forwarded by telephone. 3m51
ELLEBY c. CLARKE, M. 1).,
PHVSieiAN All! shearer,
omcc, Isaacs’ Block, Wall Street, over
- Stanley’s News Office.
Hours 8 to 10 a. m.,‘l to 3 and 7 to 8p.m.. Slates
at Prowitt's Drug Store, Norwalk, and Stilson’s
Drug Store, South N orwalk. 3m2p
Dr. Wm.jJ. wakeman.
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Late resident Physician and Surgeon of Connec-
nefiticnt Statlg Hospital.
unrem— ooms former] occu icd b Dr. Asa
Ill, Dentist. y p y
Orrlca HOURS :—7}£ to 9}; a. m., 1 to 3 p. m., 6
to 8 p. m. ‘
CEIARLES W. MANY
Surgeon Dentist,
NORWALK, cONN.
omce corner of _Main and Wall Streets. N itrous-
Oxule Gas administered
ALEX. é . GIBSON,-
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
. Teacher of ‘
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composition.
1:2: 379 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
Hurlhutt, RelyeaIti—"S‘Eylilllilf"
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Room 170.! [up stair-,l
GAZETTE BUILDING.
NORWALK 8r. BRIDGEPORT
Messenger and Package Express.
The undersigned, running n. wagon to Bridge-
portcvery Monday and Friday, propose to take
messages and small packages for a reasonable
compensation, to be left or called for_ anywhere
between Norwalk and Bridgeport, or in the city
of Bridgeport, Wagon leaves Market. 55 Mam
street, at6.0‘clock a. m., returning in the after--
noon. Orders left there at any time will receive
attention. Ollice in Bridgeport at Charles E.
Shelton’s, corner of fain street and Fairfield
Avenue. FOLWELL &: HUNGER. .
Norwalk, Nov.10, 1879.
All the Latest Styles in
FILLQNB WINTER
MILLINERY
Mrs. WilmotFaovcctt’s
2 and 3 J amcs’ Block, Water
Street.
w. s. tlUlNTARD,
General Furnishing Undertake,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. B.DEPOT
'EQ'OMersattended to day or night. Residenc
Mam Street ,3 doors from Union Avenue.
Tlishnrwaii Fire Insurance 80.,
' Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year,
And has not outstanding a Dollar of unpaid Ibsses
or of claims for losses.
II'I SLIIIIID GOHPAHY IISIIIIES AT LIIVIER IIA‘I'_
WM. O.Srann'r,‘ Pres., S. E. OLMB’I‘EAD, Treas. '
GEO. R. Cownns,Sec’y.
, "INA INSURANCE CmofllARTFORD
incorporated 1812. Charter l’erpetupl
Capital and. Assets, $6,716,893.77
Insurcsagainstlossand damage by Fircmn terms
adoptedto theIlazardandconsistcnt withthelaws
oloompensation . - COWLES & MERRILL,
Sole Agent-sf or Norwalk and vicinity
B. S. BLASCER,
At his store in
MALLOEY’S BLOCK,
hasconstantlyon hand,a general assortmenlo '
Groceries, crockery, Elass,
1111 and Wooden Ware, Etc.
Byilcvotinghis constantpersonalattentionto the
business behopesto merit public patronage
“AISLES S. LOCKWOOD ,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor
AND
GENTS’ FURNISHING EMPORI U11! .
Main Street .Norwalk, Conn.
BERNARD COHN.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
\vumas Roxanna}, WALL s'r. .
. A FULL LINE OF
Imported and Domestic Cloths,
of the latest styles, constantly on hand. Novel-
ties in Scotch. Suitings. Satisfaction guaranteed
in every particular. 46
663 week in 'our own town. Terms and$5out
_ llt free.Ad rcssIlJiallett a. Co.Portlaml,l\lc.
A 'l‘
Quintard’s Furniture lioems
wul bctonnoa completes. esortmentol
FURNITURE, &C.,
neludinge vcrythin xusuallyf band in a ll rat-class
establishment, at Prices to suitthc Times . Also,
alargeassortmen tot: .
CHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
LOOKING GLASSES, are .
Glassl’latcscuttoanysizc. Bepairingdoncintlie
best manner,at short notice . Also.old flail-Mat-
transesmadeovcr asgood asuew. '
E. GUIHTARI’S son.
a week. $12 a do at homeeasily made. Cost-
ly outfit free.A dress True&00.AugustaMe
l$IZ
NOW READY AT . .
- All the Latest Styles in
FALL fiND WINTER.
MILLINERY,
NOW READY AT
flfrs. Wilmot Fawcctt’s
2 and 3 James’ Block, Water
Street.
PURE. lvilLK.
Delivered in Norwalk and South Nor-walk, at
your door, every morning
'AT 6 CENTS PER QUART,
By REMSON BROS. 51tf
I). it. flourish, ill. I).
DENTIST,
Norwalk, ' Conn.
. ., Ollicc second
door west from
Danbury R. R.
Depot. Dental
operations in all
branches as for-
merly. Painless
cxtractionof
i: #
N. B.—-r.Kendall spends Mondays in Ridgc-‘
field. 4?.
‘
THE
News]: Iron Works
CO’S SHOPS are running every day (except Sun-
, days) all day long and are prepared to execute
any kind 01'
liltlllirlir volts
that may be offered. .
STEAMIIIGINES AND ‘ PUMPS
kept in stock,
{listings of all Kinds in Older.
.Manufacturers troubled with the present scar-
city of water can buy or hire pumps on reason-
able terms. . ‘
SPECIAL NOTICE
' To THE mums of NORWALK.
The undersigned has opened a
Re tail Deparlment
\ in the
Factory on Hoyt St., near Main,
Where LADIES’.- MISSES’ and Gill].-
DBEN’S SHOES. of our own make,
can bcobtamed afiaslight advance from whole-
sale prices.
Measures taken and Shoes made to
' ‘ order.
T. C'OUSINS. '
J. M. POTTER,
DEALER IN
lfll
Cabinet Organs Voo-
lins, Banjos, Fffes,
. Drums «It Sheet
Music.
Pianos and Organs to Rent.
PIANOS,ORGANS AND MELODEONS TUN—
ED AND REPAIRED.
Instruincntssold on monthlylustalements.
01d Instruments taken in Exchange
‘ for Neuv,
Wall Street, Norw all: can.
Solicitor of Claims.
GENERAL—BUSINESS.
OFFICIAL INFORMATION.
L. A. GOBRIGHT,
Office 1,427 F Street Northwest, near
_ 15th, \VASHINGTON, D. C.
Y former connection with Journalism for a.
long period, has given me an extensive ac-
quaintance in all the departments 01 the Govern-
ment and all exceptional facilities. Prompt at-
tention given to all orders requiring personal sor-
vicc at the National Capitolnvhich may be for-
warded through the ollice ol‘ the Nonwam: GA-
zn ME. 41
new rlnloaswarssrlrrs.
Win. Glover 8:: Son,’
Arercady topntinyour WATER ,STEAMor GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at aslow a rate as
anyone. WROUGIIT AND CAST IRON, TIN-
LINED,LE .0 PIPES, ken of every sizeand de-
eription. P UMBING in allitsbranchcs .
GLEAELIIESS IS IIEX'I’ III EDDLIIIESSri
o. A. FRANKE’S _.
Shaving at! Hall. tilting Saloon!
son A
Pleasant Shave,
Artistic Hair Cut, or
’l‘hprough Shampoo"?
CALL AT
Mr. Franke’s. Hair Cutting Saloon,
No. l GAZETTE BUILDING.
E‘Particulamttcntion given to‘Ladies and Child-
ren’s Hair Cutting and Shampoonlng.“
AT HOME TO EVERYBODY.
Hot-and CeidWater Baths
New Firm at the 01d Stand
Messrs M'U LL13; GS BROTHERS
ould respectfullyinform the public,that they
have taken the business lately conducted-
by MULLINGS .v. TILLY, and with the old ex-
perit :lced W orkmcn,. hitherto emplovcd by the
late firm,are prepared tomanul‘acture allklnds of
CARRIE. GES & WAGONS
TO ORDER
Repairing in all its Branches.
DIACIEINE FORGENE’J. DISCOUNT
ALLO “(ED FOB CA’SII.
c. A. MULLmGs, ail. MULLINGS
South Norwalk, April 15.187:-
W. arm Baths
Cold. Baths! 2
gnawer Baths !
Every day at. '
E. APELL’S. Model Barber Shop,
Second Door from Post Office.
v
”PENSIONS.
Pensions and Bounties got for
all Soldiers of my own and other
Regiments, &O.
W. H. NOBLE,
B ILIDGEPORT, CONN.
TO L0 1‘: on RealEstateSccurily.
Money Enquir‘c Lot 0. E. WILSON, No. 6.
Gazette Building, Norwal k, Ct. ‘ "
Black Enameled tallied,
A. H. BYINGTDN &
[lamina and tiles ful Fancy dad"
a;
REAL ‘ ESTATE.
vam .
vv\,\ W
FOR SALE.—Thrce Building Lots on the
St. John Farm, at a. bargain, For partic-
ulars call on or address, BENJ. J. STURGES,
Real Estate Broker, No. 4 Gazette Budding, Nor-
walk, Conn. 4M
_ To Let.
A largchouse containing 10 rooms with Bor-
‘ ough and Well Water; suitable for one or
two families. Enquire of
JACOB WEEKS,
Cor. Main Street and Union Ave.
OR SALE‘ 03 BENT.—Ilouse on East
Avenue. CHAS. S. I’llOWITT.
Property to Let.
SUITABLE FOR FAG'I’IIEY PURPIISES.
ATER STREET, SOUTH NORWALK, C’l‘.
Formerly occupied b the Excelsior Gas
Machine (‘0. Also Dock am lower part of small
building and a loft. Apply to JACOB M. LAY-
TON, Agent, South Non-walk, Conn. 3t3
‘ To Rent.
THREE ROOMS near center of village.
, Apply at this Office.
For Sale.
THE desirable property owned by the subscri-
ber on corner' of Wall and River Streets,
consisting of one-halt‘of the three story wooden
building and the two story brick extension. Will
be sold as a whole or separately, as desired, or
the corner store will be rented at a reasonable
price. For further information apply to
0. E.ESKELSON, on the premises.
Norwalk, Nov. 24th, 1879. 3tp47
ooms '1‘0 ruminan- a small family in
center ofthc village. Apply at GAZETTE
OFFICE. 46
Farm for Sale
' HE subscriber-offers forsalehis Furm,situated
in the Town of Greenfield, in Saratoga 00.,
New York State, ten lles lrom the town of Sara-
toga, pleasantly sltn ted on a rise or ground, 95
acres of land,with one Dwelling House, two large
Barns, Gruiuery and other out buildings, will be
sold cheap. Halt‘the purchase money can remain
on mortgage, if desired, or will exchange for vil-
lage property. For further particulars inquire of
limit) SILAS 1’. TUTTLE, Norwalk, Conn-
Farm for Sale.
HE subscriber offers for sale the well known-
farm belonging to the estate of Sylvanus See-
ly. deceased. Said far-mus situated i’n the town of
New Canaan, on the'maln road leading from New
Canaan to Stamford. Within fifteen minutes walk
to the Village . churches, schools and railroad
depot. _ There is about 56,8.cres of land, one large
convenient Dwelling House, with Barns, Grainer»
ice and other out-buildings, Half the purchase
money can remain on bond and mortgage, it de—
sired. For further particulars inquire or
3m49 SILAS P , T UTTLE, Norwalk, Conn.
For Sale.
A SMALL PLACE pleasantly located in the
. Borough, on high ground. The grounds are
liberally supplied wuh Fruit Trees, choice Grapes
(saen varieties), androthcr Small Fruits. Large
G_ den. Also a large, well arranged flannel-y
wrth ample runs for poultry. For further partic-
ulars apply at GAZETTE OFFICE. .
FOR SALE—The verydesirable residence on
Lewxs St.,uow occupied by Rev. Mr. Bent-
ley. Apply on the premises, or to J OHN PARET.
374 Broadway, New York. 42
Hf
0 RENT.—-A Barn on West Avenue. Ap-
ply at the GAZETTE OFFICE. 12
For Sale.
THE Homestead of the late Peter McLaughlin,
deceased. It is ‘very eligibly located in the
Borough of N orwalk, is two stories and basement,
contains 14 nice rooms, well adapted for a large
family or a boarding house; lot 60x200 feet, has
Borough Water, Fruit, &c. Situated on Franklin
Avenue, Within three minutes’ walk of PostOtlice,
Depot, (to, Will be sold on accommodating terms.
Forfnrther particulars enquire of
24 JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent.
FOR SALE .
TWO ver ydesirabl eBuildin gLotson 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 ofNorwalk. The place is ple santly lo-
cated,m a good neighborhood, only a s ort walk
from the busmess part of the town, School,
Churches, etc. The House is nearly new;conven-
lently arranged, and in good condition. For tur-
ther particulars apply to the. subscriber at Can-
non’s Station, or to G. ii;
3)?
S. H. Holmes, N orwalk.-
JOHN W.RENOUD.
DWELLING-S
Ann
EVERAL dwellings. various prices in differ-
ent portions of Borough, either to let or for
sale at reasonable rices. Also several-places
outside of Boron limits—one m Wmmpauk.
‘Also several Buildin'rlots in and out of Borough.
“49 ”Enquire at this Office.
For Sale or Exchange.
FOR property in Norwalk or vicinity, 2 houses
. in Brooklyn, E. 1)., Within 5 minutes walk of
4 ferries. Good location. For particulars apply
to
J. S. ,
45 Box 63, Norwalk.
Farm for 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
80 choice Apple trees With other fruit, good gar-
den, good well of water, and fine shade trees. J net
the place for a man wishing to raise Strawberries,
ctc. Price $7,000. Enquire at this Office.
For Sale.
A cosy comfortable Cottage on one ofthcpleas—
. unrest streéts in town, within five minutes
walk of the Bridge or Churches. will be sold at
cost price. A portion of the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price 365.000. En-
quire at this Office. '
Desirable Property for sale.
Ver ydesirable place on EastAvenue.
Also, a few chOice BuildmgLotssituatcdon
Osborn Avenue, forsale cheap.
Also,a nieclylocated House and Lot on Mer-
win Street nearWest Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain . Enquircof
S, E. OSBORN. EastAvenue,
tm or to D.W.FITCH,WestAvenne.
l
A [Issuable Homestead for Sale.
HE valuable residence of the subscriber.
pleasantly located on high ground on East
Ave., in the Borough of Norwalk, is offered for
sale. The Situation is pleasant and healthy, com-
manding fine views of Long Island Sound and the
'surrounuing_ country. Distance one mile from
Norwalk Bridge. and the same from South Nor-
walk depot._ uousc 54x50; two stories and attic,
filled in With brick, and substantially built.
Rooms 18,.with all. modern improvements, bath
room, laundry, stationary tubs, Beebec’s cooking
range, hot and cold water, gas throughout the
house. The cellarls dry, having stationary l'urn
ace. which heats the whole house. The attic is
spacious, and roof tinned. The house is in excel-
lent ordcr being comfortable for both a slimmer or
winter residence- Suitable for any gentleman do-
ing busmcss in New York and returning the same
day. Land about three-quarters of an acre, laid
out in lawn, fruit trees, and garden spot. Apply
to JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent, Nor-
walk. or to the subscriber, .
A. S. HAMERSLEY,
255 Fourth Avenue, N. Y
F or- Sale. '
A House and Lot. in a healthy location on
F‘airStrectmbove Catharine. The lleuscis
.nearly new, wellbuilt,convcnientlyarrang-
ed, and Will make a comfortable. and leasant
home for afamlly of average size. The otruns
'back to the river. There is a wellol‘exccllent
water on the place. and Borough water in the
Street. Price low,and part of the money can re-
main on mortgage. A fine chance tosecurea
home. Apply atGAZETTE OFFICE. 3H
Halli-i llllBl‘B Hills in tile.
num, has agents out all Over the world to
find the
Best of everything regardless ofeost
It is not my dispositien toboast of my work. for
talk is cheap. I willonly say that l have done
work for Mr. Barnum for over eight‘years and i1
1 was a fraud or a cheat I think he would have
toundit outin that time. The following speaks
for itself. and is only one out of hundredsxl can
produce. JA MES L. FEIIBIS.
Quintard’s Building, N orwalk, Conn.
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WALDMEns, Bmocrlaron'r, Coma, Dec. 13. 1877.
Mr. James L. Ferris has made several sets of
harnessl'or me which gave me great satisfaction.
He is a capital harness maker doing his business
upon honor. P. T. BARNUM.
one. WARD ssnnncx
Has in his New Store,
flurdcnlu‘ook’s New Block, Wall St.,
A complete assortment of" the best class Of
GHIICERIES, PHDIISIBNS, FRUITS,
&e., for family use, at Popular Prices. llis stock
is at all times fresh and good, and will stand com-
parison with those of any Grocer lll town. Call in
and leave your orders. 28”
5560 Prize Grape,
cmooams EARLY."
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W Seedling Strawberries and Small Fruits.
Also NEW CROSS-BRED ASPAltAGUS,
which promises to bc a greatimprovcment. Send
for Circular to
Jonu B. MOORE, Concord, Mass.
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VOL.‘LXIII.--NUMBER 5. ‘
HELEN 0F TYRE
HENRY W. LONGPLLOWa
What phantom is this that appears
_Through the purple mists of the years,
- Itself but a mist like these ?
A woman of cloud and of fire ;
It is she; it is Helen of Tyre,
The town in the midst of the secs!
0 Tyre! in thy crowded streets
The phantom appears and retrcats, .
And the Isralites, that sell
The lilies and lions of brass, I
Look up as they see her pass,
And murmur “Jezebel!”
Then another phantom is seen
At her side, in a gray gabadiuc,
With beard that floats to his waist; _
It is Simon Magus, the Seer ;
He speaks, and she pauses to hear
The words he utters in haste.
He says :—“From this evil fame,
From this life of sorrow and shame,
I will lift thee and make thee mine!
Thou hast been Queen Candace,
Ahd Helen of Troy, and shalt be
The Intelligence Divine ! ”
Oh, sweet as the breath of morn,
To the fallen and forlorn \
Are whispered words of praise,
' For the famished heart believes
The falsehood that tempts and deceives,
And the promise that betrays.
So she follows from land to land
The Wizard’s beckoning hand,
As a leaf is blown by the gust,
Till she vanishes into night!
0 reader, stoop down and write
With thy finger in the dust.
0 town in the midst of the seas,
With thy rafts of cedar trees,
They merchandise and thy ships,
Thou, too, art becoming as naught,
A phantom, a shadow, a thought,
A name upon men’s ships.
—Atlantfc Monthly.
Tying Her Bonnet.
Tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied her raven ringlets in;
But not alone in the silken snare
Did she catch her lovely, floating hair;
For, tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied a young man’s heart within.
They were strolling together up the hill,
Where the wind comes blowing merry and
chill;
And it blew the curls a frolicsome race
'All' over the happy, peach-colored face,
Till, scolding and laughing, she tied them in, .
Under her beautiful, dimpled chin. '
0 Western Wind, do you think it was fair
To play such tricks with her floating hair?
To madly, gleefully do yourbest
To blow her against the young man's breast,"
Where, as he gladly folded her in,
He kissed her arid her dimpled chin ?
Ah! Ellerly Vane, you little thought .
An hour ago, when you besought ,
This country lass to walk'with you,
After the sun had dried the dew,
What perilous danger you’d be in
As she tied her bonnet under her chin.
' ——M. II. Oobb.
THE SKY.;
nx nus. 1r. r. nu'r'rs. ,
and din,
Bends the blue sky sweet and tender, ’twixt
the high walls breaking in, ,
Smiling on each court and alley, on the guilty
and the good,
Looking in at broken windows, where the
children cry for foOd.
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Dropping warmth and loving sunshine into
many a dreary space,
Looking with a free compassion into every
human face, '
Giving hope unto the hopeless, giving heart
unto the sad, -
Making even this lone wretchcs in' the dreary
prisons glad. '
Shining on the tangled tresses of the orphan
in the street, 4 .
Shedding its untainted lustre where the cold
and thankless meet;
Hovering over the sick man’s ehamber,brood-
ing like a spirit blest,
Till his thoughts go flying upward to the. true
place of 'their rest. -
Wondrous sky, thy soft cloud pictures set us
dreaming, often-times, ‘
That the angels cleave thy splendor,hastening
from heavenly climes,
That we see their white robes floating
the far horizon’s rim, ,
That we catch'the distant echoes of a sweet
celestial hymn. '
toward
1
What'Were all the city's glory if the sky
shone not above, .
In its pure and tranquil beauty—token of the
Father’s love, ' c -
Written over with:his mercy from Ithe east
unto the west,
Telling sinners of forgiveness, telling home-
sick heartsoof rest?
“A LITTLE BAD.”
HARDY JACKSON
“Come, darling,come !” The voice was svvect,
Yet baby only shook her head,
And so, in tones all tenderness.
Rebukingly her mother said :
“I’m sorry you’re so wilful, dear,
“I called; you would not come, but stood ;
Now, go into the dining-room,
And don't come back till you are good.”
A sudden meekness seized the child,
With eyes bent downwardlo the fluor,
Obedient now, she straightway went,
Yet paused a moment at the door. .
Her face revealed a strife within,
A veil more thin no spirit had;
She raised her earnest eyes and said,
“Mayn’t I be a little bad it”
0 human nature! still the same,
In child, or man, or woman grown,
That when God says, “Give Me thy heart,’
Would keep a portion for its own—
Some cherished sin, some fault that lies
’Twixt us and Heaven when we would
Pm)’,
Not knowing tint surrender blest
Eariehes while it takes away.
Not almost, altogether Thine,
Help us, 0 Lord hencefo'rlli to be;
To givv ourselves a sacrifice,
lloly receptable to Thee.
Dion Boueicault’s advice—Never make love
to a woman through an ink bottle.
Slanders issuing frt m bcautif ill lips are like
saiders crawling from the blushing heart of a
rose. .
'l‘he communist wants to earn his bread by
the sweat of some other fellow's brow.—
th'cago Thais. .
A little fellow ruled out. “Oh. pa, there
goes an editor !” “Hush, bush 2" said the
' father, “don’t make sport of the poor man—
God only knows what you may come to yet.”
A rich Septehman at the point of death
said to the pastor: “Do you think that if 1
left ten thousand pounds to the Pnsbylerian
church my soul w‘il be saved ?" "I can’t
promise- you . anything,” ansxu-ri d the good
man, after a second thought, "but it’s worth
trying,”
Norwalk Chronicler