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Tuesday, February 10th, 1880.
Connecticut Legislature.
SENATE, Tuesda , Feb. 3.
Resolution appointing John 0. age Coun-
ty Commissioner of Fairficld County for
three years; passed. . _
The House joint resolution, appropriatipg
$3,000 toward the expense of the centennial
celebration of the battle of Groton Heights,
was taken up and passed.
HOUSE—The following bills of general in-
tercst were submitted and referred;
Act do sale of liquors, regulating the issu—
ing of licenses by County Commissioners;
Temperance. ‘
Act do drawing of jurors, providing that
sixteen names shall be drawn from ballot box
and jurors selected from such names; J ud1—
ciary. . .
Three sets relative to civil actions; not de
estates of insolvent persons; act regulating
the investment _of trust funds by guardians,
and an act concerning the cultivation of
oysters. _
Mr. Stanton, of Hartford, introduced a
hill giving Courts of Conlmou Councd and
Boards of Selectmen the right to regulate
the tolls of horse railroad companies in the
transportation of persons and property. _
The act abolishing minority representation
in cities and boroughs was passed.
—
SENATE, Wednesday, Feb. 4:
Bill providing penalty for carelessness With
poison; judiciary. _
Bill concerning pay of registrars and boards
of relief; judiciary. .
Bill giving court of common pleas of Fair-
field county concurrent jurisdiction With
superior court over cases in which matter in
demand does not exceed over $500; favora-
bly reported by judiciary committees ; ex~
plaincd by Senator Brewster and passed.
HOUSE .
Petitions Referred—Stamford grs com—
pany to increase number of directors; of
Greenwich Mutual Fire Insurance Company
for amendment of charter. .
Bills Referred—Repealing sections 1, 2, 3
and 4 of the act concerning oyster ground
committees, chap. lxxxiv,of laws the of 1879.
Validating all oyster ground assrgnments
heretofore made by selectmen or oyster
ground committees. ‘ .
Resolution appointing John 0. Paige of
Sherman, commissioner for Fairfield county,
came from the senate—passed.
Mr. Matthews of Waterbury, moved a re-
consideration of the vote of a few days ago
passing a resolution raising a special commit-
tee to examine and report with reference to
a site for hospital building for the care of the
insane poor, and refer it to the committee on
human institutions. .
Mr. Colyer of Darien, hoped the motion
would not prevail. He gave the result of
proposed legislation last year, but did not
propose to go into the merits of the case
now. -
The House after a long discussion voted
to reconsider the passage of the resolution
and referred it to committee on humane 1n—
stitutions. .
Mr. Stanton then introduced a resolution
instructing the committee on humane insti—
tutions to obtain from the sclectmen of the
towns information whether land can be furn-
nished for an institution either reasonably or
gratuliously.He thought them should be the
fullest inquiry and investigating all the facts
should be gathered. _
Bill prohibiting seine and dra not fishing
in Cove pond in Stamford and sum; ex-
plaimad by Mr. Belden of Wilton and was
asse .
1) Bill prohibiting taking fish from Never-
sink pond, Danbury, between November 15,
and April 15, under penalty of $7 fine or
imprisonment for thirty days, or both ex-
plained by Mr. Belden of Wilton and was
passed.
Bill giving the mayor of South Norwalk,a
vote in case of a tie as chairman of the board
of councilmen, and in his absence allowing.
the senior councilman to preside and to vote
on all questions; explained by Mr. Carpenter
and passed. '
Bill reported favorably by the committees
on forfeited rights regulating fees of attorneys
as follows:
Section 1. No attorney in any case now or
hereafter pending in any of the courts of this
state shall receive any term fee in such case
(not charged before the passage of this act)
or any fee whatsoever not founded on actual
services rendered.
Sec. 2 The attorneys of the scveralcouu-
ties in this state shall, on or before the first
day of January, A. D., 1881, prepare full
tables of fees for services that may be rend—
ered by attorneys in cases before the various
courts in those counties; and, on their ap-
proval by the superior courts in the several
counties, such tables of fees shall be cute ed
upon the records of such superior court of
such counties, and shall be transmitted to
the clerks of the various town records; and
all changes of such tables of fees made there-
after shall be approved, posted and recorded
in like manner. - \
On and after the first day of January, A.
D., 1881, no attorney shall receive,or recover
in any action, any greater fees for services
rendered thereafter in any action thereafter
pending in any of the courts of this state than
are specified in such tables of fees,unless upori
agreement in writing, signed by the person
to be charged therewith.
Sec. 8 If any attorney shall receive any
fees in violation of this statute, the amount
of ,such fees may be recovered back to any
person paying the same, by action upon this
statute.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect from and
after its passage.
Without any discussion the bill passed al-
most unanimouély.
The following bill, reported favorably by
the committee on agriculture, was explained
by Mr. Barstow of Norwich and passed :
Section 1. Any person who shall know—
ingly sell or offer for sale, or expose,or cause
to be sold, or offered for sale, used, or ex—
posed, any horse, or other animal having the
disease known as glanders, or farcy, shall
be lined not more than seven dollars, .or
imprisoned not more than thirty days, or
both.
Sec. 2. The owner, or any person having
charge of any horse, shall cause the same
to be killed immediately upon being notified
by the state board of agriculture, or the com-
missioners on diseases of domestic animals,
that such horse is infected with the disease
known as glanders, or farcy, and any person
upon receiving such notification, who shall
neglect to comply with the provisions of this
section, shall be fined notmorc than seven
dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty
days, or both. :
SENATE, Thursday, Feb. 5.
Resolution appointing David P. Nichols of
Danbury, and R. W. Farther of Hartford,
auditors of public accounts for 1880; passed.
An act concerning electors and elections
which was brought over from last year, and
which was reported upon adversely by the
Judiciary Committee, was rejected. It was
the plan for changing the custom for casting
votes.
An act relating to elections in cities and
boroughs, repealing the law of minor repre-
sentation in cities and boroughs not divided
into voting districts,was passed after a slight
amendment. '
Boom—Bills of general interest were in-
troduced as follows: . _
An not requiring every railroad to give all
persons, companies and corporations reason-
able aud equal terms, facrht1es and accom-
modations for transportation; Railroads. _
Act relating to tax hens, providing that
whenever any real estate situated in this
State has been or shall be mortgaged to secure
a loan, there shall be no lien upon such real
estate in preference to the mortgage hen, for
any tax whatever, except for the amount of
per cent. tax levied upon the assessed value
of the real estate so mortgaged; J udiciary.
Mr. Tinker of New London, introduced a
bill providing that savings banks may employ
their deposits to an amount not exceeding.
one-half in making loans on personal security
and the purchase of the public stock, or,
bonds of the United States or any of the
New England States, the State _of New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, _Ohio, Kentucky,
Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsrn, Iowa or Kan—
sas, in the authorized bonds of the incorpo-
rated cities of the New England States, and
various cities of the Middle and Western
States: also in the bonds of the District of
Columbia, the first Mortgage bonds of any
railroad company which have paid d1v1dends
on their stock regularly for three years next
previous to the purchase of such bonds.
The bill was referred to the committee on
banks. '
Mr. Stanton introduced two bills providing
for female sufirage, one of them conferring
upon women the right to vote in school dis-
tricts and making them eligible to'office, and
the other conferring upon tax paying women
the right to vote in city, borough, and town
meetings. The bill was referred to the Jornt
Special Committee on Female Sufii‘rage to be
raised.
M
“I'm off when you talk of working," as the
cork said to the ginger pop.
Some ladies use paint as fiddlcrs do rosin,
to aid them in drawing a bean.
An Irish sailor visited a city where he said
they copper—bottomed the tops of houses
with sheet—lead. Perhaps it was the same man
who saw a blackbird sitting on a wooden
mile-stone, eating a green blackberry.
It was at the dinner of an Irish association
that the following toast was given. “Here’s
to the President of the Socrety, Patrick
O’Ralfert ’s; an’ may be live to ate the
Norwalk? Gazette.
chicken t at scratches over his grave."
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HISTORY REVISED.
First Settlement of the Miami
Country.
as s. n. EARLE.
(Concluded).
This last. event increased their fears but
did not stop the tide of emigration continu-
ally flowing in upon them, by which they
were greatly strengthened in means of de-
fence and courage to defend. Although
every possible effort was made to mature
their gcrop of corn, it was ruined by the
chilling blast of one frosty night, so that not
one ear ripened for seed. They had, how—
ever, before the frost, a feast of green corn,
delicious to the taste of people who had lived
so long on wild meat, with very little bread
and almost without vegetables. They were
now without bread-stuff excepting a little
that was occasionally brought by emigrants
and divided among them in exchange for
meat. This was soon exhausted, and worse
than all, they had no seed corn for another
year. Thus at the end of the year, when
the population had increased to fourfold,they
had less to depend on than at the beginning
and looked forward to a year of privation,
hunger and toil, added to the embarrassing
prospect of being continuallyharrassed by
the Indians.’ In this extremity it was con-
cluded, after consultation, to despatch a mes-
senger to Western Pennsylvania for assist-
ance. Mr. Hezekiah Stites was appointed to
perform the task, which-he undertook with
the help of two others, ascended the Ohio
and Monongahela rivers to Redstone in a ca-
noe, but did not return until the next spring.
During the year 1789 the inhabitants of the
new settlements were blessed with health
and enjoyed the advantages of a mild winter,
and though without the benefits of civil law
administered by authority, they lived'to—
gather in much harmony. The closing event
of the year was a visit from David Jones of
Great Valley, Pennsylvania, who preached
the Gospel of Christ to the people of the
new settlements. The first sermon was
preached in the block house occupied by
Major Stiles, in the southwest corner of Fort
Miami, about Christmas, and was the first
ever preached in the Miami country. E. F.
Lawrenceburg, Ia., Dec. 13, 1844.
. For the 0mm.
“Shoddy.”
In our article on textile shoddy we tried to
show how alarge part of the material was
obtained, and without entering into minute
details the process of manufacturing it. In
this we shall try to show its effect upon the
honest manufacturer, and how it may be de-
tected by the purchaser of woolen goods.
The pioneer woolen manufacturer of the Uni-
ted States entered into this important and
necesSary branch of- industry honest "and
witholit doubt with honest intentions, but
through the mistaken policy of the Govern-
ment in withholding his protection, and the
pressure of foreign rogues they were soon
compelled to leave the realms of henesty and
migrate to the realms of fraud, where too
many-bf them have been content to remain.
This does not necessarily imply that all man.
ufscturers are cheats, for there are very many
honorable exceptions, and if we had space
we should like to enumerate them individu—
ally that the people might give the goods of
their establishments their preference, and
thereby push to the wall that class of manu-
facturers that are flooding the market with
their detestable goods and clothing the people
with old mops and filthy rags. It is not
hard to realize .the posit-ion of the honest
manufacturer when we know that his goods
have to go into the same market, and oft
times are consigned to the same commission
house and are arranged side by side with
these dastardly, despicable, rotton, devil-con-
ceived, and hell hatched shoddy-productions
that skill and machinery has manipulated to
that perfection of look that makes it difficult
to detect from the simon-pure except it be by
an expert. When the counterfeiter of money‘
wishes to issue the “bogus” his best skill and
experience is employed for he knoWs that any
wide variance from the genuine would be
detected and he be brought to justice (per—
haps). The bogus cloth manufacturer is in
every sense of the word a “counterfeiter,”
no more or less than a peer of the bogus
money maker, and yet our penal laws do not
hold him amenable, while for equity -"and
moral law he has no regard whatever. His
object {is the same and why should not his
crime he ? When an individual deliberately
plans to deceive and defraud his fellow he
becomes a criminal in spirit, and when he
succeeds in his fraud he is a criminal by act,
and no sophistry or argument can make it
anything else. 'The object of the' one coun-
terfeitcr is to issue a money without the Gov
ernment sovereignty upon it for his own
profit and sgraudizelnent. The object of the
other counterfeiter is to produce an article
for sale without the sovereignity of honesty
upon it for the self same purpose. Now we
ask whereinis the difference in the rascals,
either in spirit or act? The object is the
same, the crime is the same, and in our judg-
ment the penalty, too, should be the same.
But say you it is optional with you whether
you buy the spurious goods or not. Very
true, but does that change the moral condi—
tion of the parties that made them for sale?
It is also optional with us whether we receive
the spurious money of the counterfeitor or
not, but we ask. does our refusing make his
crime legitimate? Certainly not. Let us set
aside the moral criminality of this shameless
fraud upon the honest manufacturer and the
people at large, and see what its effects are
upon textile industries generally. There is
no branch of the woolen business that has
made such demands upon the inventive
genius of the woolen operative as has this
shoddy business, and the result is that shod—
dy goods are turned out at the present time
that excel in lustre and general attraction
those that are made from pure wools. This
is true from the following facts. Shoddy, of
course, is of a shorter “staple" than most
wool: and as a consequence more fibers can
be contracted into a given space of cloth than
can be of wool of longer fiber or “staple,”
the cloth weighing the same of course. In
the operation of falling, gigging and shearing
the ends of these fibers are drawn out to the
surface of the cloth and makes what is tech-
nically called the “nape” or “knap,” and‘the
more there are to the square inch the fuller
the knap the finer the looks and more suscep-
tibe to high finish and lustre. Or in other
words, the nearer it comes to the “plush” or
“pile" of a piece of good velvet,the more
perfect and successful the fraud and the
greater the profits to the prime factor in this
standing curse against honest manufacturers.
That it is a damage and a positive hindrance
to the advancement of the woolen interests
of the country needs only the following illusc
tration. Bradford, in England, has long been
and still is the great worsted centre of the
world. and all of this class of goods consum-
ed in the United States have been imported
from there until very recently. A few years
since a few enterprising practical wool comb—
ers of Lowell, Mass, imported some worsted
machinery from Bradford, put it in opera-
tion and made a success of their investment,
and from that the worsted trade received an
impetus that promised to be lasting and
profitable to those that embarked in it. The
promise was not realized. According to the
old myth Juno sent two serpents to destroy
the infant Hercules in his cradle. The
doughty little hero strangled them both and
thus saved his own life. Not so, however,
with this worsted infant, for that hell-born
Cyclops “Shoddy” destroyed the infant en—
terprise and retarded for many years the de—
velopment of this much-needed industry.
We find in order to make this intelligible to
the general reader that we shall have to ex—
cccd'the bounds of space so kindly given us
by the GAZETTE, therefore we will continue
it and conclude it in our next, after which
will follow “Spiritual Shoddy."
(To be Continued.)
T. II. G.
Lives of grocerymen remind us
They can make their starch half lime.
And with sugar wholly blind us,
Putting sand in all the time.
Letters from the People.
ROWAYTON, Comm, Jan. 29, 1880.
A lecture to tobacco- chewing Christians.
Filthy, abominable, hideous, profane. Pile
all these words together, melt every term of
condemnation into one, and then you fall a'
million moral furlongs short of doing justice
to them. Squirt, splatter, splash! Ugh,
what is it, what can it be ? Tobacco—The
foulest weed that earth’s sin-cursed and
pfisoned bosom bears—so noxious and nause-
ous that only man and the most loathsome
and horned worm that crawls on all the
great Creator’s footstool are degraded enough
to taste, to use. Go where you will, in every
parlor, hall, streetcar and omnibus, in every
ofilcc, bank and railroad waiting room, in
courts of justice, aye, in the very temples of
our God, the odious spitting, spirting, sput-
tering goes on. Teeth blackened, breath
polluted, lungs clogged and weakened,nerves
shattered, and brains softened and unstrung.
Floors defiled, dresses drabbled and soiled,
and all decent noses and stomachs disgusted.
Enter that stately church with its broad
spacious and elegantgbuilding, rich and costly
carpets, softly cushioned pews, everything
that lavish expenditure of money can do to
promote the comfort and convenience of the
worshipper. You are shown to a seat. Ten
chances to one your next neighbor is a tobac-
c') grinder and perpetual filth-squirt—spit,
spit, spit, every half—minute, as if he were
making time. See the sickening puddles.
Faugh! We would abundred fold rather sit
beside a forty polecat power steam fire engine
or a leaky swill trough.
But, worse, and more horrible still—the
holy communion is being celebrated. The
emblems of the broken body and shed blood
of the Son of God are passed around. Out
goes a huge cud of masticated nastiness from
every tobacco chewer’s mouth, and in goes
the consecrated bread and wine. Scarcely
are his lips wiped till his jaws are once more
crammed with the weedy abomination, Is it
not shameful, shocking, a profanation,almost
asacrilegc? Reader, if you are guilty of this
detestable practice—first cousin to a vice—-
for the sake of those who do not chew,empty
your mouth of cuds before entering the
church door. C. R.
Atten tion' Householders.
The' following paragraphs, taken from the
pages of the Plumber and Sanitary Engineer
are worthy of attention, and in the light of
present knowledge may be considered as a
sential requirements for the drainage of every
house. Time and further experience may
suggest other features or modification of
these:— _
Atrap should be placed in every main drain
to disconnect the house from the sewer or
cesspool.
Every main drain should have an inlet for
fresh air, entering at a point between this
trap and the house, and carried to a conven-
ient location out of doors, not too near win-
dows. This inlet will relieve the smaller
house traps from pressure, which otherwise,
would occasionally be likely 'to force their
the circulation within the drains and is es-
sential to insure the diffusion of gases there
generated.
Every vertical soil or waste pipe should be
extended at least full size through the roof.
Rain water leaders should not be used as
soil pipes, and when connected with house
pains should be made of cast iron, and the
joints should be gas and water light, to pre—
lude the possibility of drain air entering open
windows. -
No traps should be placed at the foot of
vertical waste pipes, as they impede circu-
lation. -
Traps should be placed under all sinks, ba-
sins, bathrooms, water-closels, etc., and as
near the fixtures as possible.
All traps under such fixtures should be sep-
arately ventilated in orderito prevent syphon-
age, and the vent pipes should not enter the
vertical soil pipe below where and drainage
enters it. .
No safe waste should connect with any
drain, nor should the waste from a refrigera—
tor so connect.
Water closets should not be supplied di—
rectly from street pressure, nor by a pipe
from which branches are taken for drinking
water, but from small cisterns or supply
tanks. ‘
All drain pipes within}: house should be of
metal in preference to stone ware‘ and it is
best to run them along the cellar wall with a
good incline. They should never be hidden
under ground, as then leaks will not be per-
ceptible. All drains at all times should be
kept free from deposit, and, if necessary,
special flushing arrangements should be pro-
vided. All horizontal drains shonld‘bc laid
in a straight line, with proper falls, and no
right-angled junction should be allowed, ex-
cept in case the drain discharges into a verti—
cal shaft.
Water supply and waste pipes should be
concentrated as much as possible and not
scattered about a building. Horizontal soil
pipes are objectionable. ’lumbing fixtures
should not be hidden behind walls where their
condition is never apparent. They should
be so situated that any leak would be readily
detected.
Whenever dampness of site exists itshould
be remedied by laying subsoil drains, which
should not pass directly to the sewer.
"Wall I’se Gwine.” .
It was a motley crowd, that party‘of exo-
dusters, who marched upon Parsons, last
Tuesday. One division of the procession,
especially, attracted the attention of the
street wayfarer, not only on account of the
grotesqueness of its “make up” but because
of the silent and pathetic appeal for the
good will of the people of Kansas involved
in its most prominent feature. This feature
lead off the parade and consisted ;of a rick-
erty relic of last centuries idea of rolling
stock, containing asuflicicnt quoto of embrio’
citizens in ebony, to start a school district, 11
patriarch. who might have done service as
ostler in Noah’s ark, an equally aged female
a bouncing wcnch, an iron skillet and a
Spanish moss bed. Through the driving
sleet, with scarcely sufficient clothing to
cover them they pursued their weary way,
supplemented by a party of men,robed in bed
quilts of fantastic patch work, looking for all
the world like a party of varlgsted turtles
performing a grotesque circus act. The
most sensative member of our extensive
reportorial corps was dispatched to elicit
something, from one of the “turtles," and
has furnished as the following: “Wha’s I
gwine to? I’se gwine to go until I gits to
wha I’se gwiue to stop. Plenty room heah
foah culled folks, (reaching his hands
towards the great stretch of prairie.) No
fences, no nude, lots of room.” Our young
person ventured to remark that there was
still more room in the territory, through
which they had just passed. “Yeth, lots 11
room, too much ingine dah though I tell ye.
I’se gwine to settle right head, wha my
children can git education and wha my gall’s
got as much right to be virtuous as de white
man’s daughter. Gwine to be mighty rough
at fust, but dah’s somefin to look forward to,
sir, somcfin to look forward to. Dat’s do
kind 0' nigger I is, you bet. Drive on with
de band wagon da .” And on, through the
freezing sleet, over the slippery road whist—
ling, singing and apparently the only cheer—
ful objects in the dreary view, passed this
miserably clad, half fed. yet hopeful addi-
tion to the citizenship of Kansas. Heroes
each one of them. Picture their miserable
way through the black and inhospitable
Indian territory, realize, if you can, the
dreadful nights they have put in amid altern-
ate frost and rain, think for one moment of
their exhausting march of six or seven hun-
dred continuous miles and then,with months
of partial starvation before them,hcar them
speak hopefully of the protection they have
secured for their daughter’s honor, and the
schoolmaster they have won for their child—
ran, and you, perhaps,like us will be impress-
cd with the heroic feature of the exodus.—
lParsom, (Kan) Sun. '
folding doors and heaven-pointing spire,.
brief, but an accurate statement of the-es:
seals, and the air entering through it assists‘
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
It is stated that a new photographic process
has just been discovered in Japan. One of
the substances employed in the manufacture
of Japanese lacquer has the property of
becoming almost as hard as stone under the
action of light. A slab covered with this
material and duly exposed behind a photo—
graphic negativc for some twelve hours, was
scraped, and rubbed with a spatula and brush
leaving the hardened portions raised in low
relief, and capable of being used in a block
for printing.
One of the novelties of Brcslnu is a paper
chimney, about fifty feet high, rendered fire-
proof by chemical treatment.
Four-fifths of the atmosphere is nitrogen,
and it has Lbeen asserted by an agricultural
chemist that the man who first makes the
nitrogen of the air available as a fertilizer at
a small cost will be the greatest material
benefactor the world ever produced.
tain tops, and within the Arctic circle, far
beyond the influence of factories and smoke,
confirm the supposition that minute parti—
cles of iron float in the atmosphere, and in
time fall to the earth. Many scientists be-
lieve thcsc floating particles to bear some re—
latiou to Sthe phenomena of the aurora.
Gronamann, of Gottigen, for instance,
.contends that streams of the particles revolve
around the sun, and that, when passing the
earth, they are attracted to the poles, thence
Stretching forth as long filaments into space;
but, as they travel with planitary velocity,
they become ignited by friction with the
earth‘s atmosphere, and in this way produce
the well-known luminous appearance of the
aurora. Prof. Nordeuskjold found minute
particles of iron, phosphorus and cabalt in
the snow of the far north.
The uniform green color of the vegetable
world is due to chlorophyll. This substance
however, exists only in minute quantity in
plants, the leaves of a large tree, containing
perhaps not more than one hundred grains.
It appears to, be a direct product of the
action of the sunlight upon vegetation, as it
does not exist in plants kept in daIkness.
The changes in the color of leaves in autumn
are supposed to be due to the oxidation of
their chlorophyll -
The Glasgow artificial diamonds, lately
announced, have been examined by a scien-
tific expert and pronounced a probable com
bination of silica~certainly not diamonds.
For several years the attention of phy—
sicians and scientists has been directed to
learning the nature of the poison producing
those remittent and intermittent diseases pre-
viously known as marsh fever, malaria fever,
and fever and agile. The problem is at last
solved. After exposing themselves for three
weeks “in that fever-stricken district, the
Roman Compagna, Signor Tomasi, of Rome,
and Prof. Klebs, of Prague, have discovered
the source of malaria to 'be a microscope
fungus. The next step for the benefit of
mankind is to find some means of destroying
these fungi, or rendering them innocuous.
Prof. Proctor thus sums up the effect of
climate upon mortality: “Fewer persons
than usual die after a bitter winter, not be-
cause such a Winter is favorable to life, but
because it kills off many of the weaker lives
during its progress; and more than usual
die after a mild winter, not because such a
winter is uniavorablc to life, but because it
leaves alive many who would have died dur-
ing its progress it had been of the average
sort.” ‘
A fact probably but little known is that
the U. S. nicklc five cent piece furnishes a
key to mitric measures and weights. This
coin is two centimetres in diameter and its
weight is five grammes. Five of them placed
in a row will give the length of the decimetr,
'and two of them will weigh a decsgrammc.
As a kilolitc is a cubic metre, the key to the
measure of length is also the key to measures
of capacity.
A curious belief among the natives of Bur-
mah is that fire-flies are employed as lamps
by the birds and glued to their nests by pieces
of soft mud. Mr. E. L. Layard finds this
belief it superstition. He says, however, the
bits of mud are always to be found in nests
of the weaver bird, being probably used to
cleanse the birds’ bills. During the clean~
ing process it is probably as fire-fly occa—
sionally removed from a bird‘s mouth and
stuck in the mud, being thusjuninteutioually
made to serve as a lamp instead of as a break-
fast.
Several cascs are reported in which scarlet
fever, measles and other infectious diseases
have been spread by cats and dogs.
The minds of thoughtful people often re—
vert with curious speculation to that period
long prior to historic times when the first
primitive types of the human race peopled
the earth. What was the world like then?
is a question of great interest. In a recent
lecture, Prof. Boyd Dawkins pictured Lon—
don as it probably existed in the days of the
cave men. While the river-drift ,men
and the cave men were living in Britain,
the hills and villages in the south of England
presented the same outlines as now. Could
we take our stand in those times on the
Essex heights and look over the Thames
valley in the direction of London, we should
see a dense forest of oak, ash, and Scotch
fir, and the courts of the Thames marked by
willows and elders. A few thin columns of
smoke rising over the tops of the trees would
mark the camping places of primeval man.
In the forests wild boars, mammoths and
rhinoceroses, wild horses, Stags and Irish
elks would meet our eyes ; and in the
summer countless herds of bisons, like those
now ranging over the plains- of nortwestern
America. In the winter there were vast
numbers of reindeer and a few musk sheep.
In the rivers were otters and beavers. and
the explorer would be startled by the snort
of the hippoptoamus in th ercaches of, the
Thames near Brentford. Beasts of prey
also abounded—lions, leopards, hyenas,griz—
zly bears, wolves and foxes. If we pene—
trated to one of the camp fires, we should
have seen the river—drift Minter chipping or
using some of those rude flint ,implcments
which lie buried in the London gravels along
with the remains of the, animals which he
hunted. The river-drift man, in the long
course of ages, was succeeded by the man of
the coverns, like him a hunter, living on the
same animals, and more highly equipped for
the battle of life. In‘ time" the cave man
disapperaed, the climate and geograpy of
England became nearly what they are now,
,and the hunter stage of civilization was suc-
ceeded by that of the herdsma and the
tiller of the ground, and the manéacturcr of
the Neolithic Age. From the Neolithic Age
through united centuries' to historic and
modern times the progress of man in Britain
and in- Europe has been unbroken, and the
present condition of European people is to be
looked upon as the result of a. series of
gradual changes by which civilization suc-
ceeded civilization, and race succeeded race,
“the old order yielding place unto the new,”
because the new Order is higher and nobler.
Philip Carney, proprietor of a saloon on
Jersey City Heights, met Nellie Smith at a
picnic in Me'rsele’s grove last summer. She
promised to become his wife. The time was
fixed for the marriage, and Mr. Carney hired
a house and furnished it. On Wednesday
afternoon he went to Miss Smith's house to
take her to the minister's. Just as Miss
Smith was about entering the carriage, it is
said, another vehicle Was driven up, and a
young man sprang out and entered into a
whispering conversation with the lady, ‘nnd
then she entered the carriage with the last
comer, and the pair drove off. That evening
Carney was informed by Miss Smith’s mother
that her daughter had married the other man
who was an earlier lover. Carney does not
know what do with his house and furniture.
Teach children to love everything that is
beautiful. and will teach them to gbe beauti—
ful and good. .
When “the glorious bird of our country"
loses his health or loses his rights, for he is
then an ill-eagle bird.
How soon popularsongs become old. Even
now“My Grandfather’s Clock”may be classed
among old time pieces. .
“Alcohol will clean silver.” Yes, alcohol
well gstuck to will clean all the silver you
have-out of your pocket.
Observations of snow collected on moon 7
NEW ADVERTISEMEN TS.
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KINDLER Use the SALAMANDEI: once
— and you will never do With-
out it. WARRANTED to give satisfaction, or mon-
cy refunded. Will last for years in daily use.
PERFECTLY. SAFE. Thousands already in use.
Write for circulars, testimonials, like. Sample
Kindlcr, post-pald,75 cents. AddresaJ. C. EDDY.
Gcn’l Ag’t,122 Congress St., Troy,N. Y. AGENTS
“LANTED.
a. Month and-expenses guaranteed to 11 cuts
. Outfit tree. SnAw a: 00., Augusta, tune.
a car and expenses to agents. Outfit free
‘ ‘_ Ac dress P.0. ICKERY,Augustn,Malne.
Newspaper Advertising Bureau, 10 Spruce
St., N. Y. ,
FAIREIELD
FIRE
INSURANGE GOMPANY,
South Norwalk Clean.
Cal Capital, $200,000.00
ilSEIS,J00.l,1879, $310,882.02
Agenccsin allthc Principal Citiesand Towns
W .S. HANFORD,Prenlden r
H. l! .T URNER , Sec’y and Tress.
Call and examine our Stock of
00m Shellers,
Lever Feed Cutters,
Raw Hide Gutters. .
Baldwin Fodder
‘ Getter.
The Best Assortment in
Town.
..—+_'———
. .001 00 .-
Nos, 18 and 20 Water Street,
m , urns-0m:
That Acts at the Same Time on
THE Liven,
'- THE IOWELS,
and the KIDNEYS. "
. These great organs are the natural cleans-
ers of the system. Ifllicy work well. health
~2' will be perfect: if they become clogged,
=‘ dreadful diseases are sure to follow wrth
TERRIBLE SUFFERING.
Biiiousncss, Headache, Dyspepsia, Jaun- ,
dice, Constipation and Piles, or Kid- *'
ney Complaints, Gravel, Diabetes,:
Sediment in the Urine, Milky .
or ltopy Urine; or Rheu-
matic Pains and Aches, _,
are dcvclo ed because the blood is poisoned
e’. with the umors that should have been ,_A
1 _—‘ expelled naturally. - .l-
'7 BE
. arouses-wont _ _,
‘ willrcstoro thehculthy; action and all those ..
. destroying evils will (1 banished; neglect
- them and you will live but to suffer, -_ .
.. ThOusands havebecncurcd. Tryltand you
i will add one more to the number. Take it ,
'A -.‘~_ andhealthwllloncemoreglnddenyourhenrt. _
. ' Why suffer longerflomthetorment '
of an aching back ?
Why hear such distress from 00n-
stlpatlon and Plies 3 ,
Why be so fearrul because of dlo- . =
ordered urine ?
—-“ KrnNrcY-Won'r will care you. Try npack' .
' age at once and be satisfied.
- . It is a dry vegetable compound and .
i One Packagemakcssix quarts oflfedicinc. .1 -'
. Your Druggiat has it, or will get it for . -
you. Insist upon having it. Price, $1.00. ; -
WELLS, HGBARDSOII k 00., Proprietors, 1.,
I Burlington. Vt.
-.. > .- -. -. LIVER DISEASE and in-
i 7 digestion prevail to a greater
- SIMMBNS extent than probably any
other malady and rebel is
' =' ' ‘ ’ . - :' - always anxiously sought af-
ter. It the Liver is regulated in its action health
is almost invariably secured. Indigestion or want
of action in the Liver causes Headache, Consti-
prtticn, J uandicc. Pain in the Shoulders, Cough,
Dizziness. Sour Stomach. bad taste in the mouth,
billions attacks, palpitation of the heart, depres-
sion of spirits or the blues, and a hundred .other
symptoms. Sumons’ LrvEn REGULATOR is the
best remedy that has ever been discovered for
these ailments. It acts mildly. effectually, and
peiiig a. simple vegetable compound, can do norn-
Jlll'Y "1 any quantities that it may be taken. It‘is
harmless in every way; it has been used for forty
years, and hundreds from all parts of the coun-
try Wlll vouch for its virlucs, viz: , I-Ion. Alexan-
der ILStcphens, of Georgia;
LIVER Bishop Pierce of Georgia;
John Gill Shorter, of Ala-
bama; Gen .John B. Gordon,
t. L. Mott, 01 Columbus. Ga.,arc among the hun-
dreds to whom we can rcler. Extract of a etter
from Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, dated , _
8.1872: “I occasionally use when my CODdlthn
requiresit, Dr.Simmons’Livcr Regulator, With
good effect. Itis mild and suits me better than
more active medicine. _
It is’nt the quantity eaten
REGULATOR that givesstrcngthdileblood
. nd health, It is the thor-
ough digestion of the food
taken lelit be much or little. Therefore, do not
stimulate up the stomach to crave food, but
'rather assist digestion after catingby taking
SIRIMONS’ LIVER REGULATOR
ORIGINAL AND GENUINE.
MANUFACTURED BY
J. H. ZEILIN 85 00.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Price $1 . Sold by all drugglsts.
New Jersey lliilani Railway.
I OLDERS of First and Second Mortgage Bonds
of the New Jersey Midland Railway Com-
puny can deposit their bonds, with any or all past
due coupons or funded interest bonds, issued, in
some cases,for 1874 and 1875 coupons, attached,
on or before Feb 10, 1680, with the Central Trust
Company and receive transferable certificates,
upon the payment of 1 per cent. par value.
About 95 or cent. of the first mortgage bonds
have been i eposited. The road will be sold with-
out limit. Those who do not dc osit their bonds
will not participate in the bone ts cf the propos-
ed purchase. ,
Present holders of Central Trust Company’s
certificates, with 1871 and 1875 coupons or Willi
thelunded interest bonds [for 1874 and 1815 con-
pons attached, can have them tran sferred at
said I‘rust Company, and new certificates will be
issued therefor. in their own names, .1 payment
of 75 cents per $1,000 par value.
J. F. HULL, Chairman, '1
F. A. PUTTS.
HENRY MARKS,
CHARLES PARSONS, I
I
J. S. ROGERS,
sumac, ,
SMITII ELY, J R...
CHARLES H. BURTIS,
D. B. IIALSTE
JOHN .1. BROWN. .
GRINNELL BURT,
HENRY WHELEN,
J. M. MEEOH, ,
CHARLES 1’ARSONS,JR., Secretary, No, 39
Pine St.. N. Y. Post Olllce Box No. 79.
Jan. 13, 1880.
People’s Market,
No. 19 MAIN STREET,
11E very best of BEEF, delivered daily to
our customers. Also. in their season. Veal,
Lamb, Mutton. Pork, 650., at the lowest
Market Rates, V egetablol and Fruits a lull,
fresh and varied supply daily received. Market
wagon sent about town every morning.
JAMES E. WIXSON.
$51 znper day at home. Samples worth $5
9 free. Address srrnsoN .0 00., Port-
land, Maine.
Reorganization
I Committee.
0
I The Cheapest and Best Kindling out. Try it
arch .
- serve HOME MADE articles mentioned below,
0151001121111 0: Son, .9... ,
nxnnnnx a: wonwAL’n’ n. n: ‘
COA L, W0 OD,
Masons’ Materials,
0 IE.“ M E N 'I.‘ P I P E
For Drains, Sewers, wells, &c.,
At Lowest Cash Prices.
Drains and Wells Dag and Piped
A180 8010 Agent for
Patent Tinder ”Wood,
W Branch Office at Spencer’s Jewelry Store
Large Reduction in Prices!
CASH SALE
FOR THIRTY DAYS,
AT
anlwul’s Filllllllli‘BWal‘ll Rooms,
36 M ain 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, Interfcrng, and Il-
Conditioned Horses
Perfectly Shad. !
T is notorious that more than half of the ruined
and desirable horses are rendered so by the
ignorance or carelessness of smiths in shoeing.
The 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’ heels are in a sound or unsound condi-
tion. Shop near, Horse Railway Depot, Norwalk.
28ft CHARLES E. MILLER.
- Look and See
WHERE you can get your work done.
thingin the line of '
BLACKSMITHING
ta short notice and as reasonable as any where in
town. .Horse and Ox Shoeiilg aspccialty. Wheel
wrighting and Painting done by an experienced
workman. At the old stand of Geo. Lloyd.
16 GEO. W. IxNAPP
Any
Notice
if 18 hereby given to the people of
, Norwalkland vicinity that Hone
" shoeing will be done in first class
' style by W M. McCORMACK. None
but hand made Shoes used. Work done on most
reasonable terms, and particularattcntion paldto
Interferin and Over-reaching Horses at the old
stand of \ M. AlIERanlain Street, Norwalk.
Now for Your Orders!
HAVING sold out all of my old stock and re-
plenished with new I am now prepared to
serve the public With the
BEST- OF ‘ EVERYTHING
in THE
LIVE RY LINE.
at most reasonable prices. Single or Double
Teams either, by the hour or day. With or without
drivers. WILLIA E. DANN,
Opposite D. A‘s N. R. R. Depot, Norwalk.
THE BACKUS WATER'MUTER
IS THE MOST,
Econornical Power Known 1]
—FOR-
Driving Light Machinery.
It takes but little room.
It never gets out ol‘rcpair. '
It cannot blow up.
It requires no fuel.
It needs ;no ngineer.
There is no delay; no firing up , no ashes to clean
away; no extra insurance to pay; no re-
pairing necessary : no coal bills to
pay, and it is always ready
for use
It isinvaluable for blowing Church Organs, for
running Printing Presses, ' Sewing Machines,
TurningLathcs,Seroll Saws, Grind Stones, Cof-
fee Mills, 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 MO-
TOR 00., Newark, N. J,
The Motorcan be seen in operation daily at the
Building, Norwalk, Conn. -
For estimates or further information apply to
‘ JOIIN COTTER.Gcncrnl A out,
For Norwalk ant vicinity.
Also agentl‘or the RISDON TURBINE WA-
TER WHEEL, which is acknowledged to give a
higher duty than any other water wheel now
mm c.
5 all All! RELIABLE. .
3
SIDE. SANFonD’s LIVER INVIGORATOB:
sis a Standard Family Remedy for .6:
fl . . Q I
3d1seases of the Liver, Stomach -~
grind Bowcls.—It is Purely go"
t“l7egetablo.-— It never -- ’ ‘
cDebflitates—It?’ ‘
§Cnthhrtic tinge. '
%
jj 9‘ has been used:
fly in my practice:
i, .6 and by the public,:
for more than 35 years:
with unprecedented results:
END FOR CIRCULAR.:
,S. T. W. SIIHI"IIIIII,I.I.II.;1ea BROADWAY"
. . NEW YORK CITY!
ANY DRIJGCIST WILL “Ll: YOU ITS RIPUI‘ATION, :
ater Power for Sale.
HE best Water Power in Fairfield County, for
sales a'n. En uirc 01
mo ”bug I .llUNGERFORD,
‘ Free Reading Room.
THIS uncomfortable room fitted up for the
benefit ol'thefiublie generally, situated on
east side of South ain Street. over Rood’s J cw-
elry store, Clark and Lane’s Block, nearly 0 1’9'
site 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 weeklles, and several
monthly papers and Journals. beside a number
ol‘instructivc and interesting books.
COFFEE ROOM.
There is a Coffee Room on the same floor and a
lady in attendance from 9a. m., to 9:45 p. m., to
at the following pqiccs :
1 Cup of Coffee, With crackers,
1 Cup of Tea, with crackers,
Cocoa, - - - -
Brown Bread andButter, 5 -
Sandwich. .
Cake,
Doughnuts,
Piece of Pie ,
Orullcrs,
Ham, - - - 0
Pork and Beans, wr th bread and butter 10
Stewed Oysters, _ 15
5 cents
:5 u,
H
GOGGGUQ
' __.Night soil removed and Cass
Notice. Pools cleaned, promptly and
Address
Ofiice of the ‘- NORWALK GAZETTE,” Gazette g
V Cam-lugs: Painted in
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FALL ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing Oct. 20111.1879. '
DAILY TRAIN 8
Leave Norwalk Bridge/or Danbury.
9 97 a. m., Mall.
. l 36 p. m., Accommodation.
6191). m.,Mnil. . ,
Arrive at Norwallc frame/ram Dunbar-y.
{33 a. m., lll‘lail.
p. m. ccommodati .
5 49 p. 111:, Mall. on
L .W .S ANDIP‘ORTII ,3 ant ,
I!“ 0 ELI EW HAVEN MIMITFIIBD RAILROAD
Trainileave South Norwalk‘for New York at
1247, . m.(Washington Ex.,v1a. Harlem River).
354,( x.),6 08, (Ex.)6 00,6 34,"7 34,7 45‘.(Ex.)s 39
910,. 1036, (Exp.) A.M., 123', 256.‘ (Ex .) 430,
(Exp.)5 03,6 ‘14,(Exp.)6 55,905,(Exp. EM, 1;er
Haven, 1 18,(Exp.) 6 52, 9 01, 9‘28, Exp.) 10 48, A.
M., 1211,(Exp.)1 45, 2 18,(Exp.)404, 4 18.(Ex .)
6 09,16 48, 10 36, (Exp.) 3:. 1125, (Exp.) 1’.M . or
Bprmgfield,6 52, 928, Exp.) A.M., 1211,(Exp.)
1 45, 4 18, (Exp) 6 4s 10 36,3!9xp.) P. M. Expreu
for Boston,v1a.Sp1-ingfiel ,9 28,A.M.,12 11,4 18,
and 10 30, P. _M.,vra.New London ; 2 18 and 11 25,
P. M.,v1n.A1rLine R.R.,1 33,A.M.. and 2183.51.
B'Conlrllcctathw Rochelle with Harlem River
ranc .
LOWER RATES on FREIGHTS.
NURWALK AND NEW YUBK.
,..s
-."=- ‘V Ass-.- .» ,
Whote’s Propellers
Will continue to make regular trips between Nor-
walk Bridge and New York,(icc pcrmitlingastop-
ping at South Norwalk to receive and leave
freight. Freight received from and delivered at
the freight depot of the Danbury & N orwallr
Railrou . \
“Special 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 or sale.
Ii? All persons are forbid‘trusting any of the
employees of the boats of this line on account of
the owners thereof.
NorwallHorseRailwayTimeTahle.
COMMENCING DECEMBER 11m, 1879. '
LEAVE NonvaLx. So. 1703qu
6 15 . 712. New York Accom. 6 35 a m.
6 35 “ New Haven Accom. 6 55
7 05 “ New York Accom. 7 25
7 25 “ N. Y. Express. 7 45
7 55 “ . 8 15
8 15 “ New York Accom. 8 40 u
8 40 “ New Haven Accom. 9 00 u
8 50 “ New York Express. 9 10 ..
9 10 “ New Haven Express. 9 30 -
9 30 “ 9 50 "
:: 00011
10 10 New York Ea: est. 1
10 28 “ New Haven Algicom. 0 43 “
lo 43 ‘9 . 11 10 "
11 10 “ 11 30 “
11 so 1' g 1153 “
11 50 ‘ New Haven E rear. P- m
12 10 p. m. an) 2 35 “
12 35 “ 12 55 “
12 55 “ New York Accom. 1 25 ‘1
125 " New Haven Accom. 1 45 '
1 45 I‘ ' . 2 05 , ‘I
l 55 “ New Haven Express. 2 20 “
2 so u 2 48 u
2 38 “ New York Express. 2 53 “
l 58 u 3 20 u
3 20 “ 3 40 “
3 4: “ New Haven Accom. 4 10 “
4 00 " New Haven Express. 4 20 “
4 10 “ New York Express. 4 30 “
440. “ New York .4ch. 5 02 "
5 02 u 5 22 .I
5 22 (I 5 40 0|
5 40 u 6 ()0 0‘
550 “ New Haven Accom. 5 10 “
6 00 “ New York Ez Tess. 6 23 “
628 “ N. H.112 N. . Ac. 648 “
s 31 “ 6 57 "
6 47 u 7 07 u
7 07 (l 7 % u
7 25 fl 7 45 “
7 45 u 8 05 “
3 05 U 8 25 "
3 25 u S 45 “
8 45 “ New York Express. 9 05 “
9 05 " > - 9 25 “
9 25 .. 9 45 “
9‘45 " New Haven Express. 10 05 “
10 15 " Saturdays only. 10 36 “
n ‘ Meeker’s
NORWALK PACKET.
For the accommodation of the public, the $100
LADY JACKSON, Capt. Joseph S.Byxbee, w l
hereafter make regular weekly trips between Nor-
walk and New York. stopping at South Norwalk,
leaying Meeker Brothers’ Wharf, Norwalk, every
Friday night. Freight taken on board at Pier
43 E. R., foot of ltuttier St:, New York, on MON-
DAYS and TUESDA s. »
Produce sold and returns made in old acket
style. Freight at old Packet rates, viz; F our 12
cts; Sn ar, 15 cts; Pork and Fish 20 cts; Molass-
es and erosene Oil, 25 cts; Boxes Bets; Oatsa
cts; 100 lbs. Feed 6 cts. Farmers in adjoining
towns are invited to send their produce bithis
Boat. . A. J. MEEKER 8: B 0!
Norwalk, April, 1879. ‘
_ NEW YORK Sr PHILADELPHIA NEW LINE
BOUND BROOK ROUTE
FOR TRENTON AND PHILADELPHIA.
Ferry Station in Brooklyn. J ewell’s Wharf, foot
Fulton Street.
Commencing October 6th, 1879.
Leave New York from station 0. R. R. of N. J .,
foot of Liberty St.. for Philadelphia.
Station corner Ninth and Green Streets, at 7:15,
9,* 11:15 a. m. 1:30.4', 5:30, 7:15, 12 p. in. On Sun-
day at 8:45 a. m., 5:30, 12 p. m.
For Station cor. Third and Berks streets, at 6:30,
9:00. 11:15, a- m., 1:30, 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, 7:15, 12 p. in.
On Sunday 8:45, a. m., 5:30 p. m.
Reyturlning, trains will~leavePhiladelphia for New
or':
From station Phila. &. Reading Railroad, cor.
Ninth &. Green Sts.,€at 7:30". 9:30 a. m., 12:10, 130*,
3:30, 5:40, 7:15, 12 p. m. On Sunday at 8:30 a. m.,
5:30, 12 p. m.
From Third and Berk streets, 7:45, 9:20, 11 n. m.,
1:30, 3:25, 5:30, 6:45,11:15 p. m. On Sunday at 8:25
a. m., 4:30p. m.
*Denotes Pullman Cars attached.
From Trenton,Warren 8: Tucker sts,1:20(cxcept
Monday,) 6.40, 8:20.10:15 a. m.. 12:55, 2:20, 4:15, 4:16
6:31, 8:05. p. in. On Sunday 1:20. 9:15 a.1n,,6,l5 p. in.
Connection is made Jersey City station to and '
from Brooklyn and Eric Depot, Jersey Cit .
u Tickets for sale at tool of Liberty St., 05.239,
401, 944, 957 Broadway,nnd at the principal hotels,
Nos. 2 and 4 Court st.. and Annex office, J ewell’s
Wharf, Brooklyn. Baggage checked from resi-
dence to destination. A
11. P. BALDWIN, Gen. Pass. Agent.
1'. -
l, " ‘ \‘ .
HENRY TILLY,
Manufacturerot
Light Carriages of all kinds,
Repairs carefully attended to
First-Class Style.
Having the best Paint shop and Workmcn in
the town of Norwalk, 1 can guarantee entire sat-
isfaction in this department as my argc trade
proves. Call and examine work. 0_ ages stor-
ed and taken care of through the Win er. .
Machine, Smithy and General Black-
smllh’s Work.
Factory on Main St., So. N orwalk.
Orders by Telephone promptly attended to.
JOHN E. SMITH,
- F L O, R I S T .
EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET,SOUTB
OF RAILROAD,
City of South Nor-walk, Conn.
Plants and Flowers at all seasons.
Flowentor Funerals furnished and
tastefully arranged to order at short
notice.
,. Rs
.In cl mmatir - the impuri ies ol‘tbe blood, the
_ natural and neat :iry result is the cure ofsero, I'-
, nlou-and other skin Eruptionuck Disease!
-_ including Cancers. 8101111, and other sores.
, It Is the best 1.31001! Purifier. and stimu-
‘ lates every function to more healthful action,
and thus a benefit in all diseases.
‘ Dyspepsia, Flea: on of the Stomach,
Constipatlon. Di less. (loner-3| Debi]-
ity, etc., are cure-d 3 to Safe Bitten. It is
. unequaled as an Appellzer and ltx-gular Tonic.
It is n medieiim which should be in every
family, and \Vllll'h. wherever used, will save
payment ofiiuiiiy doctors hills. ‘
Bottlesof two sizes; prices 50 cents and s].
’ ' C I ' @WARNEH’S
Safe Remedies are
E , sold by'Druggists'
$th 6. Dealers In Med-
: icine everywhere.
11. ll. Warner to 00.,
'39." Proprietors,
ROCHESTER, E. Y.
5 ‘ rats-send rorrmpuet
' and We:tlmod.x.. .1: . ..
WM. B..SWAN,
Manufacturer-of
FINE AND COMMON
HARNESS,
And Dealer in '
Horse &' Stable Equipments.
Particularattentionpaid to
REPAIRING.
Thankful for the 11 bars] patronage of the pas
the subscriber hopes to merit a continued shareo
the busrncsslavors orbis friends and the public
WM. B. SWAN.
reasonably.
2tp3 BOX 16, Norwalk 1’. 0.
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MANUFACTURER 0F
Doors, Sashes, Blinds, Mouldings
Boxes. Packing Cases, 111-
dow Frames, &c.
. I have on hand tools for 150 patterns of Mould-
ings, and will, when desired, make tools 101’ new
styles. Constantly in stock '
Pickers, planed and. pointed, Fence
Balls and Trimmings,
BRACKETS of all descriptions, and WINDOW
FRAMES made to order at short notice. INSIDE
TRIMMINGS got out ready to at up, from lane
and specifications. WALN U and ASH AIN-
SCOTING and FLOORING. TURNING of a1
descriptions. '
Kindlz'ng Wood Split and ready for use, put
up in Barrels.
BURR KNAPP,
Foot of Mai-anal Street, South Norwalk. 0‘
Morris ’ h Ireland’s
Celebrated Saefs,
In purchasing a. Safe, we wish to call your
attention to some of the important advantages
our Safes possess over all others, and which
misc them the cheapest and best Safes now
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let. Our “PATENT INsma BOLT Worm”
consists in placing the bolts and locks on the
inside of the door (as shown in the cut above)
where they are at? all times accessible, and
can be cleaned and kept in order, and thus
prevent them from unexpectedly locking you
next the outside plate of iron, being covered
completely by 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 “PATENT HINGED CAP" consists
of the back plate of the door being hung on
hinges, and fastened by a. thumb-screw,whieli
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-IVER“ Locxs on all
safes, from the smallest to the largest, and for
simplicity and durability cannot be excelled.
4th. All our Safes are IRON-LINED INSIDE,
instead of wood-lined as in other safes, which
enables us to use the the greatest amount of
water in our, filling without danger of the
Safe’s being damp. All corners of the Safes
are secured with angle iron, which, together
with the very hard nature of our filling, 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
a complete list of our Safes exposed, those that
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 dem-
onstrating to the world the superiority of our
Safes, and our claim to the champion record.
Although that Great Fire so conclusively
proved the superiority of our Safes 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 BEST 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 '& Ireland,
64 Sudbury Street, Boston.
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Campbell’s Rheumatic Pad.
1110]! is wornu on the. person without in-
convenience, t 9 medical pro erties being
absorbed b the pores of the skin. his principal
now so we] known by the medical faculty, su-
percedes the use of internal remedies with the
great advantage that its action is ’unceasing while
worn. There is nothing in the composition inju-
rionsto the most delicate organization and its
curative qualities can be fully attested by many
who have been cured by its use.
Descriptive circulars mailed to any address.
PRICE TWO DOLLARS.
Sent by mail with full directions on receipt of th
money.
M. A. Hallett,
176 Broadway, New York.
GO SOUTH !
Go to Sunny Florida, get rid of
_ Ice' and Snow.
FOR Sale or exchange for property in or near
Stamford. one of the most lovely places in
Florida, near Jacksonvillehon the St. John’s
River. . F or articulars apply to
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Courage Painting !
11E subscriberm practical and experienced
workman. has taken rooms over N ELSON‘S
.ABRIAGE SHOP, near foot of Mill Hill, where
he is prepared to
Paint Coaches, Carriages orWagons
at short notice,in the best manner, and at Ren-
sonable Prices. English or Valentine’s Varnish
used, according to desrre of parties having work
done. Special attention paid-to
Bea-Painting Children’s Carriages.
and to Plain and Fancy Lettering. Asbare 0
public patronage solicited.
_R. E. WHITCOMB.
Norwalk,Apr1115th,l_S78. 1“
Sign of Better Times
The Old and Reliable ‘
WHITNEY GALLERY
. IN FULL. BLAST.
Nearly 500 Photographs printed In
the last .Ten Days. .
Extensive preparations forlzloliday Trade.
Holiday Goods Cheaper than any
House in New York.
E- 1'. WHITNEY.
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"Gr &PLANING {Hisfheart is allofth-glishAVooky-x _
. ' . -: . ‘ His trousers all of English kersey.
_ knocked him out of it.
out. In all other Safes'the bolts are placed‘
‘ l... Amman smelt, ,-.
He always'rows the English stroke-F4
_And yet he came from North New Jersey.
He docks his horses’ flowing tails,
He drives an English cart, with Buttons;
His heart] is like the Prince of Wales,
His eyeglass like the Earl of Mutton’s.
His satin scarf is Oxford blue,
And cut-sWay his English coat is,
'And when he speaks, on, English too
The difficulty in his threat is.
‘He crIllshis cousins‘ dresses “frocks,”
And rides upon an English nag
To hounds—although the English fox
Is started from apudding bag.
J. Edmonds Jones hewrites his name ;
And yet, if you'll believe me 1111‘s, he
Was known as “Jim” Jones when he came,
Some years ago, _ from Nortthw Jersey.
—-Nnr.r.m G. CONE inSm'bnefa.
0h Lawd! Screamer! the Widow.
’Squire Bray, of Caswell, was hunting an-
otherjwife, but his son Bob, a wild blade.
In the capaeious
breast pocket of the ’Squire’s great coat re—
posed a pint tickler, well filled, that he
only proposed using on his way back from '
seeing the widow Brown. Now, just before
he started, Bob slipped the tickler out and
put in its place a small alarm clock, care-
fully wound up and set for 11 p. m. The
’Squire' had sat the fire out and was well on
with his “overcoat, holding the widow’s hand
at the door and putting in his sweetest licks
for the last. “Yes, your first husband, my
dear, was one of my best friénds. and we'll
visit his and my lost Hannah’s graves, wont
we, lave it" “Ah, yes, for where was there
a sweeter woman than your poor Hannah ?"
asked the widow. _ “A good woman; she
was good encugh, but there’s a living one
just as sweet,” said'the ’Squire, and he was
drawing her to him for a kiss when whizz.
wizz»wizzer—hizzer—ting--whir—r—r-r-r, ting!
hang! the clock went ofl inside of him. “0
lawd 1"" screamed the widow, “he's shooting
to pieces 1 It’s Hannah’s old peanny a playin'
inside of‘ him l,’ , “She said she'd haunt me j
She allers told me so!” cried the ’Squire,
running in a stoop for his horse, with both
hands pressed to’his breast and the clock
still striking, ting, ting. He rode like Old
Nick was after him, and never knew the '
racket till he felt for his tickler and pulled
out the little clock thathob had boughtat
auction. .Then he laughed till the tears ran,
but he promised Bob never to spark another
woman if he’d only keep the joke from the
neighbors. The widow believes to this day
that Old man Brayis a walking volcano.—
Reidsm'lle (N. 0.) Times.
_ no Won His Wager.
An English ofllcer exchanged into another '
regiment, bringing with him the reputation
of "being marvelously successful at a bet.
“Ah,” said his new'colonel, “he won’t get
any satisfaction out of me, l’ll warrantd’
and he wrote to the fellow’s former colonel,
an old friend, “We like him very much.”
"Glad you do, old boy; we found him too
expensive a luxury.” was the reply. One
day at mess the colonel good-hulaoredly
said: “I hear you profess always to win a
bet." Well, sir, I’m pretty successful that
way." “May I’try '1’” asked the subaltern.
“By-all means." “Well, then,I bet you, air,
that that old wound in your back has broken
out afresh.” “What, in the world do you
mean? Old wound in my back? D’you,
think I ever turned my back on the enemy,
then?" and the gallant colonel grew warm;
“I never had a wound in my back in my
life. “J ones," to a Cornet, “lock the door.
I’ll prove it to your own eyes.” The other
protested that the colonel’s simple word was
more than enough; but no, the latter was
excited and stripped. “I’ve lost" and Brown
handed over the £10 note. A few days after
came a note from the colonel of thorother
regiment. “Brown has again won a pot full
of money out of our fellows. He bet heavily
that before had been with you a month he’d
make you take your shirt off in the mess
room after dinner,and now writes that he she
ceeded." That colonel ”cussed."
The Three One—Legged J ims.
Sergeant James E.’ Barnes, of Westport,
who is known as “one of the one-legged
Jims,” at the request of Commander McNair,
related how the three J ims lost their left legs
at one and the same time and by one rebel
shell“. Prefacing his remarks by stating he
was a veteran of the Seventy—seventh regi—
ment, New York State Vblunteers,he added:
“Well, boys, it was down in a rifle pit before
Petersburg,‘on the 213: 'of -June,1864~—lots of
you remember the day—“myself (Jim Barnes)
Jim Laurence and Jim Allen, all of Company
A, and from Westport,. had finished our cof-
fee and were lying down smoking our pipes.
' My head wassuppo'rted by my arm,'which
rested on my knapsack, and my right leg was
curled up under me,my. left one being stretch-
ed out. The other two Jims were lying near
me, in about the same position. That rebel
shell came—itdid—and three Jims lost their
left legs; and—here’s rapid time—inside of
three hours our legs were amputated and we
were in the general hospital, several miles
away, at City Point. And, thanks to the
Lord,the three one—legged Jims are still alive
3 and as happy as vets onJcrutches can be”;
Troy Whig.
Wicked lit-
We notice one great reform.
tlc boys do not pelt you with snowballs this
winter as in former years—Ex.
It is not to any man's credit, particularly,
toube the son of an honored ‘father. The
aredit lies in proving worthy'of _tho distinc-
m .
A hegro boy in Memphis, when asking for
a ration the other day, told the following
story: ‘I'se got a brudder, and he’s got free
ribs broke an’ dc spine and his leg, and 'less
he gits .sometbing to eat he's bound to die.
He got it.
Now, if exposing and opposing the fia-
grant, forcible and confessed attempt at
usurpation lS ‘shaking the bloody shirt, then
the bloody shirt has become the banner of
American liberty, and he who does not
wave it is a contemptible coward. —Harper’a
Weekly. -
“When I was a boy,” said a ve prosy,
long-winded orator to his friend, “ used to
talk in my sleep.” and now,” said his
friend, "you sleep in your talk.” But some-
how that didn‘t seem to be just exactly the
point the orator was going to make—Bur-
There 'is an article from a Georgia paper
being extensxvely copied that relates the
transformation of a hen into a rooster.
There is nothing remarkable in this. A
Rockland man has a whole flock of hens that
turn :nto roosters every night.——Rockhmd
0mm. - ‘
Latin recitation—Soph. translating: “For
those are vexed who have a horse, a father,
and property.” Professor—“What is meant
here by those,‘who have a horse 1”” Soph.
(thinking of some Senior he knows)—‘ ‘Those
who take a high rank.” (Muflled applause).
—-(Iolumb1‘a Register.
One of the lady teachers in a Reno public
school a few days since was laboring with an
urchin on the science of sim 1e division. This
is what came _of it: “Now, ohnny,if you had
an ortluigle which you wishelcli to divide with
your 1 t e sister, ow- muc would
her " Johnny: “A suck.” you give
A crack-brained youn man who was
slighted by the females, v5 modestly asked
a young lady if she woul n’t let him spend
the evening With her. “No," she angrily
replled, “that’s what I won’t." “ Why,” he
replied, .“you peedn’t be so fussy; I didn't
mean this evening,but some stormy one when
I can’t go anywhere else.” '
'T'RRATMENT or SCARLET FEVER wr'rn Sm.-
PIIUR..—Th'e foreign medical journals quite
generally notice the successful treatment of
fever by Dr. H. Pigeon. by the. use of sul-
phur.’ It appears that all the calves in which
be employed this remedy were well marked
and the epidermis on the arms‘ in each (also
came away like the skin of a snake. The
patientwas thoroughly annointed twice a
day wrth sulphur ointment, and five or
ten grains of sulgrnr given in a little jam
twice daily. , Su cient sulphur was burned
three-tunes a day, on coals on a shovel, to
fill the room with the? fumes, and of course
was thoroughly inhaled r by the patient:
Dr. Pigeon saserts’ that,» under this mode of
treatment, such case improved-immediately,
and; none were over eight days making” a
complete recovery,
Norwalk Chronicler