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THE NIGHT WATCH.
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1.
Soon as her lover to the war had gone,
Without or tears or commonplace despair,
Irene dc Grandficf, a maiden pure
And noble-minded, reassumed the garb
That at the convent she had worn—black
dress
With narrow pelerine~and the small cross ,
In silver at her breast. Her piano closed,
Her jewels put away—all save one ring,
Gift of the Viscount Roger on that eve .
In the past spring-time when with tremulous
joy
She had pledged her life—in quiet corner,
mindless
Of what was dope, unhceding what was said,
, Pale, stoical, 'shc waited.
When he learned
Our first defeat, the Viscount, as a man
Smitten when joyous at high festival,
Groaned; but his action gallant was ‘and
prompt.
Bidding farewell, and from Irenc‘s brow
Culling one silken tress, that he might wear
it .
In gold medallion close upon his heart,
Without delay or hindrance, in the ranks '
He took a private’s place. What that war
was ’
Too well is known.
Impassible, and speaking
Seldom as might be of her absent lover,
Irene, daily, at a certain hour,
Watched at her window till the postman
came
D0wn o’er the hill along the public road,
His mail-bag at his back. If he passed by,
Nor any letter left, she turned away,
Stifling a long-drawn sigh ; and that was all.
But Roger wrote; nor were Irene’s fears,
Up to mid-August unendurable.
He with the army was in fact at Mctz
Blocked in. Then gathering from a fugitive
Who had fled thence that Roger had survived
The earlier battles, she in sight of all
lield back her rebel tears, and bravely strove
To live debarred of tidings. She became
More pious, passing many an hour at church.
Often she visited the village poor,
Freest of converse, most liberal, in homes
Wheneo by the war the sons had been with-
drawn.
Then came the siege of Paris—hideous time
Spreading through France as gangrene
spreads, invasion
Drew near Ircne's chateau. Uhians foraged
The country round. But all in vain the priest
And the old doctor, in their evening talk
Grouped with the family around the hearth,
Death for their constant theme before her
. took. .
No sad foreboding could the young hear
know.
Roger at Metz was with his regiment, safe,
At the last date unwounded. He was living;
He must be living; she was sure of that.
Thus by her faith in faithful love sustained,
Counting her beads, she waited, waited on.
II.
Wakened,one,morning,with a start,she heard
In the far copscs of the park shots fired
In quick succession. ’Twas the enemy!
She would be brave as Roger. So she blushed
At her own momentary fear; then, calm
As though the incident a trifle were,
Her toilet made; and, having duly said
Her daily prayer, not leaving out one Ave,
Down to thodrawing—room as usual went,
A smile upon her lips.
It had indeed
Been a. mere skirmish—that, and nothing
more.
Thrown out as scouts, a few Bavarian sel-
dicrs
Had been abruptly by our Franc—Tireurs
Surprised and driven off. The distant glades
Resumed their wonted silence.
“ 'Twould be well,”
Remarkcd Irene, “that an ambulance
Were posted here.” .
In fact, they had picked up
Just at that moment,wherc the fight had been,
A wounded officer—Bavarian was he—
Shot through the neck. And, when they
brought him in,
That tall young man all pale, eyes closed,and
bleeding,
Stretched on a mattress,without sigh or shud-
- der
Irene had him carefully borne up
Into the room by Roger occupied
When he came wooing there. Then, while
they put -
The wounded man to bed, she carried
Herself his vest and cloak all black with
blood;
Bade the old valet wear an air less glum,
And stir himself with more alacrity;
And, when the doctor dressed the wound,
_ lent aid,
As of the Sisterhood of Charity,
With her own hands. The officer at last,
Wonder and gratitude upon his face,
Sank down among the pillows deftly laid. ‘
Then by that drowsy head she took a seat, '
Asked for what linen rags might be at'hand,
_ And wrought them into lint. Irene thus
Interpreted her duty.
. Evening came,
Bringing the doctor. When he saw his pa-
tient, ‘ _
A strange expression flitted o’er his face,
As to himself .he muttered: “Yes; flushed
. cheek ; '
Pulse beating much too high. Phew! a bad
night; . '
Fever, delirium, and the rest that follows 1"—
“But will he die ?" with tremor on her lip
' Irene asked. »
“Who knows? If possible, ‘.
I must arrest the fever. This prescription
Often succeeds. But some one must take
note
Of the oncoming fits; must watch till morn,
And tend him closely.”
“Doctor, I am here.”
"Not you, young llady! Service such as
this
One of your valets can—”
. “No, doctor, no!
Roger perchance may be a prisoner yonder,
Hurt, iii. If he such tending should require
As does this ofilccr,I would he had
A German woman forrhis nurse.”
. ‘ “So be it,"
Answered the doctor, offering her his hand,
“You will keep watch, then, through the
night. The fever
Must not take hold, or he will straightway
die. ~
Give him the potion four times every hour.
I will return to J udgc of its effects
At daylight.” Then he went his way, and
left \‘
Irene to. her office self-imposed.
III.
Searcer a minute had she been _in charge,
When the Bavarian to Irene turning,
With eye halfiopencd looked at her and spoke.
“This doctor," said he, “thought 1 was
asleep;
But I heard every word. I thank you, lady;
I thank you from my very inmost heart—
Less for myself than for her sake, to whom
You would restore me, and who there at
home
Awaits me.” .
“flush!" she said. “Sleep if you_can.
Do not excite yourself. Your life depends
0n perfect quiet. '
“No,” he answered—“no!
I must at once unload me of a secret
That weighs upon me. I a promise made ;
And I would keepit. Death may be at hands:
“Speak, then,” Irene said, “and ease your
soul.”
“The war . . . . oh, what an infamy-is war!
It was last month, by Mctz; ’twas my ill fate
To kill a Frenchman.”
She tumed pale, and lowered
The lamp—light to conceal it. He continued:
“We were sent forward to surprise a cottage'
Strengthened and held by some of yours.
We did
As hunters do when stalking game. The
night _ '
Was clouded. Silent, arms in hand,in force.
Along the poplar-bordered path we crept
Up to the French post. I, first, drove my
saber
Into the soldier’s back who sentry stood
Before the dtfi‘. He fell; nor gave the alarm.
We took the cottage, putting to the sword
‘Evcry soul there."
Irene with her hands
Covered her eyes.
"Disgusted with such carnage,
Loathing such scene, I stepped into the air.
Just then the moon broke through the clouds
and showed me
There at my feet a soldier on the ground
Writhing, the rattle in his throat. ’Twas he,
The sentry whom my saber had transpicrced.
Touched with compassion sudden and su-
preme, '
I stooped, to offer him a helping hand ;
But, with choked voice, ‘It is too late,’ he
said.
‘I must needs die’ .
A gentleman perchance.’
. . You are an officer—-
‘Yes; tell me,
quick; .
What can I do for you?’ ‘Promise—oniy
promise
To forward this,hc said, his fingers clutching
A goldmedallion hanging at his breast,
Dabbled in blood, ‘te—’ Then his latest
thought '
Passed with his latest breath. The loved
. onc’s name,
Mistress or bride afiianced, was not told
By that poor Frenchman. Seeing blazoned
arms ,
0n the medallion, I took charge of it,
Hoping to trace her at some future day
Among the old nobility of France,
To whom reverts the dying soldier’s gift.
Herc‘it is. Take it. But, I pray you, swear
That, if death spares me not, you will fulfill
This pious duty in my place.”
Therewith
He the medallion handed her; and on it
Irene saw the Viscount’s blazoncd arms.
Then—her heart agonized with mortal woe—
“I swear it, sir!” she murmured. “Sleep in
peace !”
. 1v.
Solaccd by having this disclosure made,
The wounded man sank down in sleep. Irene,
Her bosom heaving, and with eyes afiame
Though tear-less all, stood rooted by his side.
Yes, he is dead, her lover! Those his arms;
His blazon that, no less renowned than an—
cient; .
The very blood-stains his! Nor was his death
Heroic, Soldierlike. Struek from behind,
Without or cry or call for comrades’ help,
Roger was murdered. And there, sleeping,
lies
The man who murdered him! Yes; he has
boasted
How in the back the traitorous blow was
dealt.
And now he sleeps with drowsiness oppressed,
Roger’s assassin: and ’twas she, Irene,
Who bade him sleep in peace! And then,
again,
With ,what cruel gmockery, cruel and su—
preme— .
She from his brow must wipe away the
‘ sweat! Us
She by his couch mustgwatch till dawn of
day.
As loving mother by asuffering child!
She must at briefcst intervals to him
Administer the remedy prescribed,
So that he die not ! And the man himself
Counting on this in quiet, sheltered, housed
Under the rod of hospitality!
And there the flask upon the table stands .
Charged with his life. He' waits it! Is not
this .
Beyond imagination horrible?
What! while she feels creeping and grow-
ing on her
All that is awful in the one word “hate”!
While in her breast the ominous anger soothes
That nerved. in Holy Scripture, J aei’s arm
To drive the nail through Sisera’s head !—she
save
The accursed German! Oh, away! such
point ‘
Forbearance reaches not. Whatl—whilc it
glitters
There in the corner, the brass-pommeled
sword
Whercwith the murderer struck, and fell'de—
sire,
Fierce impulse, bids it from the ,scabbard
leap—
Shall she, in deference to vain prejudice,
To some fantastic’notion that affects
Human respect and duty, shall she put
Repose and sleep and antidote and life.
Into the horrible hand by which all joy
Is ravished from her? Never! She will break
The assuaging flask. . . . But no! ’Twere
needless that.
She'nceds but to leave Fate to work out its
end.
Fate, to avenge her, seems to be one
With her resolve. ’Tware but to let him diel
Yes; there the life preserving potion stands;
But for one hour might she not fall asleep ?
'Then, all in tears,she murmured, “Infamy 1”
And still the struggle lasted,till the German,
Roused by her deep groans from his wander-
ing dreams,
Moved, ill at ease, and, feverish, begged for
drink. '
Up toward the antique Christ in ivory
At the bed’s head suspended on the wall
Irene raised the martyr’s look sublime;
Then, ashen pale, but ever with her eyes
Turned to the God of Calvary, poured out
The soothing draught, and ‘with a delicate
‘ hand
Gave the wounded man the drink he asked.
Thou, Lord, and thou alone, didst see what
passed
Beside that couch in those funeral hours.
When in that gloom the Evil Spirit spoke,
Thou, who by Satan to the desert led
Couldst only at the last find strength to say,
“Get thee behind me i” thou, 0 Lord! didst
pardon ’
That tempted soul.
her head
Before the final anguish, thou alone
Wort witness, and alone thou didst approve.
Remembering then that on the Mount of
' Olives .
Thou didst recoil from thy impending doom.
And meekly pray, “0 Father, let this cup
Pass from me !" thou with pity didst behold
That heart too sorely smitten. Who can
- doubt, .
Lord,that thy blessing was on her vouchsafed?
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And when she bowed
v.
But when the doctor in the morning came,
And saw her still beside the officer,
Tending him' still and giving him his drink
With trembling fingers,bc was much amazed.
Irene had white hair!
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Albany’s marble City Hall was destroyed
by fire last Tuesday morning. The entire
city fire department fought the flames with-
out avail. The dome fell in, leaving the
walls standinga; number of firemen were
wounded.
. proved a failure.
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1880.
Our State Hospital, New Haven.
Connecticut. '
ft is not my purpose to advertise or exalt
this institution, for that is done already, but
to SlVe the people of Norwalk an idea of the
advantages and benefits one derives from
being compelled to come, which can be at—
tested by several Norwalk families, also
physicians. You will remember some years
ago it was called the “Old Knight Hospi—
tal," but now it has a large addition of two
wings which gives seven large wards also
private rooms, and with the addition of cot -
tagcs and pavilions outside for isolated cases,
all of which are situated on high and most
healthy ground in New Haven, surrounded
by Cedar street. Congress, Howard and Da—
venport avenues, and far away from the same
to avoid all noise and travel. It is needless
to 'go into particulars in regard to the order.
cleanliness, the deportmcnt of the many at
tendants, in fact the many appertenanccs
which are necessary in ‘such a place, enough
to say it is complete in every particular.
I wish more to impress those who are in need
,of the kind nursing, care, attention and skill-
ful treatment. There is a training school for
female nurses connected with the Hospital,
under the manpgcmcnt of a head nurse.
There are two or-threc on duty in each ward,
ever ready at one‘s call, obliging, kind and
willing, ever ready to do the least thing for
one’s comfort. At night, also, there is one
passing through the wards giving one a
chance tolet their wants be known, and if
one is too sick for that there will be one de—
tailed especially to watch over him. There
are also two House Doctors, surgeon and
physician resident in the building, over ready
at one’s call, besides some seven or eight of
the most skilfull surgeons and physicians vis-
iting here every day. And now Bridgeport
is about to start a hospital,and I wish I could
say the same .of old Norwalk, but. for the
present I would recommend this to those in
need. This is from a “Norwalk boy” and a
patient here, who has undergone two skillful
operations and is at present suffering from
afflictions contracted in the late war.
1 would call the attention of all churches,
societies or orders wanting some such place
to a favorable consideration ‘of this note. 1
will also add that it is always open night and
day for all, rich and poor; all receive the
same care and attention no matter his condi -
tion, no distinction in regard to treatment.
There are a great many sent here by diferent
towns as charitable patients and all receive
the same attention and care. Those patients
that are able are provided with sick chairs to
ride through the building. In regard'to the
food'or diet it is of the best and by the phy-
sician order you are furnished with most
anything you ask for. AsI said before there
are individuals in Norwalk who have recent—
ly been benefittcd by treatment here, and all
for a very reasonable expense, which can be
ascertained by addressing the hospital super-
intendent. So it is not necessary to go out
of our State as many do.
Burnside on Himself and Mc
. Clellan.
Henry. J. Raymond visited the Army of
the Potomac pending the premeditated sec—
and attack on Fredericksburg.
January, shed new light on the history of
the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign of
1862-3. General Burnside’s plans, it will be
remembered, were stoutly opposed by Book-
er, Franklin, Smith and others of his subor -
dinates, and were treated with indiffer—
once by his superior officers. Mr. Raymond
writes : ,
“We returned to headquarters at five, and
found General Burnside already there. Af-
ter we had asked him a little about the
rapidity of his journey to Washington, he
told us he had been only to Acquia Creek.
Before leaving camp he had telegraphed to
General Halleck as follows:
“I wish very much to see you for an hour.
Will you come down to Acquia, or shall ,I
go to Washington P"
On reaching Acquia Creek he found a
reply :
“Use your own jddgmcnt about coming
up,” to which he answered at once:
“Yours received. I shall not come.”
He seemed greatly annoyed and vexed at
the apparent indifference of General Hallcck
to the movement of the army and to his
wishes, and said he should not go to Wash—
ington'to see him. While we were talking
Lieutenant Bowen came down from General
Hooker‘s headquarters and said that Hooker
was denouncing the attempted movement
very freely and With out the slightest restraint
even if the weather had been perfectly good,
he said, the attempt to cross would have
General Burnside said he
should send to the President his uncondition-
al resignation of his command—sending at
the same time the removal of his field offi-
cers. I made no remark at the time, seeing
that he was was too much disturbed and ex—
cited to give the matter proper consideration.
Friday, J anuEiry 23,—In the morning after
breakfast General Burnside told me he had
changed his mind about accompanying his
letter of resignation with the removal of of-
ficers. 'Hc feared this would look too much
like attempting to make conditions with‘the
government, which he said he hadno right
to do. He had determined to resign and
send his letter to Washington by special
messenger. After Pope’s repulse, when
Washington was thought to be in great dan—‘
get from the rebels, who were pushing into
Maryland, Gen. McClellan had refused to re-
sume command of the army of the Potomac
unless Mr. Stanton or General Hallcck should
first be removed. He had not done this for-
mally,but had told his friends that he should
insist on these conditions. General Burnside
said‘he talked with him until three o'clock in
the morning to dissuade him from making
any such conditions. 111: found him uxccs~
sively stubborn about it, and finally told him
that he had no right to take such a course,
and that he could not possibly maintain his
position before the country as a loyal man if,
whe e capital was in danger and the North
invaded, he were to refuse the command ex-
cept on such terms as he might prescribe.
General McClellan * finally yielded to these
representations, resumed his command, and
achieved by far the most considerable suc-
cesses of his whole campaign. General
Burnside said that half a dozen of the offi—
cers had also resolved to resign unless Pope
was removed. He heard of it, got them to—
gether; rcmonstratcd with them, and finally
denounced them as disloyal for entertaining
such a purpose, and in the end inducedthem
to forego it. When they had conic to their
conclusion he told them General Pope had
been removed.”
The Catholic population of..the Hartford
diocese which comprises the state' of Connec-
ticut, is 175,000. There are 100 churches
105 priests and 49 chapels and stations.
Eight new churches have been dedicated
during the year. The number of parochial
free schoolsfor males is 22, and for female
the same. There are 10,555 pupils in the
aggregate. In the theological institutions
there are 50 clerical students.
male religious institutions, 69 female, and
1.0 female academics, and there are also 3
orphan asylums, and 187 orphans under the
care of the church. There are 15 literary
institutions for young men, 22 convents, 185
professed sisters, 38 novices, 14 postulants
and 13 lay sisters.
It is now ascertained that by the fall of the
barracks near Constantinople the actual num-
ber killed was 220, while 856wcre wounded,
many fatally.
Extracts-
from his journal, published in Scribnm- for.
There are 3 .
An Elegant “reading.
At 5 o’cloeklast evening the New England
Congregational Church, Dearborn Avenue
was the scene of a very elegant wedding, the
anticipation of which has stirred Chicago
society for some time past. Admission to
the beautiful church was by ticket, and long
before the bridal party arrived admiring
'eyes from every seat looked upon the chaste
and exquisite display of flowers in the chan—
cel. Queenly callas, in sprays, were the
whiter by contrast with exotics in purple and
a lace-work of ivy.
A more .lively strain from the organ sig-
naled the arrival of the happy pair—Miss
Jessie Strong Bradley, daughter of the Hon.
Wm. H. Bradley, and Mr. Victor Fremont
Lawson, of the Daily Nessa—in whose honor
this assemblage of the fashion and wealth
and eminence of a city was gathered. The
forerunners advanced up the broad center
aisle in this order: Somewhat before the
others, Mrs. William H. Bradley, mother of
the bride, and Mr. W. Harrison Bradley, the
bride’s brother; then the six ushers, in
pairs, Messrs. C. Ii. Strong, 0. H. Sampson,
Paul Dana, Clarence A. Burley, E. F. Cragin,
E. S. Chesbrough, Jr. , next the bridesmaids,
six in number. Miss Waller, Miss Clay-
ton, ‘Miss Blodgctt, Miss Drummond, Miss
Carrie Lawson, sister of the groom,
and Miss Bradley, jsister of the bride.
Closing the procession came the Hon.
William H. Bradley, escorting the cynosure
of two thousand ,eyes, who certainly looked
as charming a bride as eves father gave to
groom advancing from vestry room. Ac-
companying Mr. Lawson, ,as he came forth
to meet his bride at the marriage altar, was
the “best man,” Mr. Rockwell King.
The highjccremony progressed to its con-
clusion in a worthy manner, the Rev Arthur
Little pronouncing nuptical words that at
once departed from stereotype forms, and
enchaincd attention by their poetry and
force. The organ, the while, played softly
some beautiful wedding airs. A very pict-
uresque and brilliant scene it was, as, in the
midst of her encircling, white robed maids,
the young wife knelt beside her new-made
husband. and reverentUips besought a bene-
diction on the vows just spoken and the new
life just opened.
The toilet of the bride, to the male ob-
server, was a delightful melange‘ of cream-
colored brocade silk and point lace,garnished
with bridal voil, flowers and gems. It need-
ed no carefully discriminating cye to ad—
mire the rich and lovely ensemble. Her at-
tendants were attired as became such a ret-
inue. '
Immediately following the exercises at the
church, Mr. and Mrs. Victor F Lawson re-
ceived their friends,.during the two hours
in an elegant manner at the residence of the
bride’s parents, No. 235 LaSallc street.
There was a constant stream of arriving car-
riages, and every external evidence bespoke
one of the chief society events of the season.
If rumor said correctly, the mansion was en-
,riched by a great number {of souveniers of
friendship.
Returning from the South. whither they
are now journeying, Mr. {and Mrs. Lawson
will reside at 474 North State street—Chi—
cago Inter Ocean. .
[The Hon. W H.1Bradlcy, father of the.
bride, is a native of Ridgcfield, and a brother
of Mr. Jesse S. Bradley, one of our South
Norwalk citizens.—Ens. Gaznrrn]
An Indian Girl’s Letter.
The Boston Herald publishes uninteresting
letter written to the Secretary of the Ponca
Indian committee formed in Boston during
Mr. Tibbles’s visit there by an educated In-
dian girl on the Omaha reservation. Her
Indian name is “I-sta-ti-an-ba,” translated
“Bright Eye,” but. she is known as Stsette La
Fleshc. She says: Mr. Tibbles has just ar—
rived from the East, where he has been at
work for my race. When he went from us he
carried with him the hopes and prayers of
many of my people, and need I say that we
have watched for the result with anxious
hearts. Since he went away from us I have
never met an Indian but his first question
was, “Have you heard from the man who is
working for us? Do the people listen to his
words ?” When the first Boston papers came,
and I was translating an editorial for some of _
them, I heard one woman say to another:
“Why, just think,there are people among the
whites who have kind hearts. Perhaps, if
they had only known, they would have
helped us before this." On hearing of the
attack made on Mr. Tibbles by government
ofiicials, and his statements denied by Mr.
Schurz and Mr. Hayt, several said to me,
“The President has sent out many men to ask
us our troubles and to help us, ,but they
never come to us. They went to the agents
and white men around here, and asked them,
and then took their reports to the President,
who believed them. This man (Mr. Tibbles)
came to us of his own accord, and we talked
to us as men and equals, and he talked to
him as though he were one of us, and told
him our troubles, and asked him to ask the
President and people of the land to help us;
and yet they will not believe him: It seems
strange to us, and looks as though they did
not want to help us.” My father says that
during his whole life he has known but three
men out of all the commissioners and “in-
vestigating committees which have been sent
out here, who have really tried to find out
from the Indians themselves what their
troubles were and tried to help them, and
who at the same time told them plainly that
they must give up their old customs and do
their own part toward helping themselves.
It seemed like a mockery to me, though, to
have any One tell the Indians to helpythem—
selves, when in reality they are effectually
prevented from helping themselves by the
present system. How can we help but be
degraded-and savage under such a system?
I only wonder that any spark of manhood
and self respect has remained in any of my
people. Yet I have seen in my race as noble
men and women as any I have ever seen-
among your people, or read of -in your histo—
ries. But, when I began this letter,I did not
intend to be led off in this strain,but some of
the bitterness would creep out, and, perhaps,
it is’just as well, for I know there are those
among you who can understand and sympa-
thize with my feelings. I often shudder to
think what I might have been, if it had not
been for the noble hearts of some of your
peo le, who have been kind to one who has
no claim on thcmbut that of the common hu-
manity of our Savior. I wish some of you
could have seen the Omaha men, when the
met Mr. Tibbles on his return. Habitual]
accustomed to controlling themselves as they
were, they‘ seemed like other men, their faces
lighting up with pleasure and gratitude. I
know that they have the same feeling to those
of you who have helped them, and I wish I
could put their feelings into words for them.
As it is, I can only thank you all on behalf of
my people. The kind reception given Mr.
Tibbles by the people and press of Boston
was beyond my highest hopes. We had wait-
ed so long for help that I could not bring
myself to believe it when it. really came.
May God who made us all, help us all to be
kind and just to each other, and remember
that he is merciful to the oppressed and just
to the oppressor. ' .
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London, Feb.'—,21.—A special from Paris
says that at the office of the minister of war
the task of estimating the total cost of the
Franco-German war to France alone is com-
pleted. It amounts to. near fifteen miliards
of francs ($3,000,000,000) without including
losses sustained by commerce and national
industry.
Care of the Insane.
LETTER FROM DR. WILLARD PARKER.
The Hon. Vincent Colyer has just receiv—
cd the following letter from the distinguish-,-
ed physician, Dr. Willard Parker. ongew ,
York:-—- . . . ..T'
New Yonn, Jan. ‘27,.1880. 4
My Dear Sir :-—Thc early view of ,ipsarrity
was that the victim was afflicted by an cvi . I
spirit, this view having been accepted and
acted open up to the beginning of the present
century. .. '
In the beginning, the function of an asy—
lum was custody ;“.'the idea of treatment
with the View of Tailoring health was not at
first entertained. D ringlthis century science
has made rapid str des as regards insanity.
The brain has rccci edits share of scientific
investigations as a ‘ organ having its own
functions, and, lil . other organs, having
its functional and organic diseases. The
old doctrine of dcm niacal possession enter—
tained for so many centuries has been com-
pletely overthrown} More recently the at-
tention of scientists has been directed not
only to the cu're,butlo the ascertaining of the
causes of cerebral disease, and to, as far as
practicable, removin’g'lh‘em. ,
’ At the present lime one of the most impor-
tant problems prescn ed; to our legislators is
how shall our insanel mooted so that
First—The chronic '(IScs may receive the
kindest and most judicious care. I
Second—The acutc‘cases may be so treated
as to make the most rapid and complete re—
covery. .
Third—The rapid increase of the insane in
proportion to popul tion may be checked.
During the year 876 the increase of the
number of insane i the state of New York
was eight hundred '(md fifty. Should this
ratio of increase continue all will become in~
sane and the state bankrupt.
For more easy nsidcration the subject
under discussion in t be stated under two
heads— ’
First—What can« be- done to present-dis—
eases ? . -
Second—What is the'scientific course to be
pursued in order to restore the insane to
health 1’ Should not insane asylums stand on
the same footing as other hospitals—not as
more places of herding the unfortunates for
restraint, but as institutions where they will
receive scientific treatment, as in the surgical
or,medical hospitals.
Diseases of the brain are either functual,
or they are due to home organic lesion. Of
the former a large proportion are :restored if
treated early. 0f the latter the chances of
restoration vary as the extent and nature of
the lesion. Almost all cases are better treated
amid our surroundings than those of home
and familiar faces. ' ° -
The movement resulting in the formation
of asylums was an important step in the
right direction, though within the past
thirty years the curative purpose seems to
huge been to' an extent lost sight of, and
we 'have enormous and expensive institu—
tions reared for the care of the insane, in-
stitutions in which yearly the proportion of
the incurable to the curable cases is largely
increasing. ’ .
The superintendents are in the majority
of instances capable and conscientious men ;
yet how can a man, however faithful, attend
to all the detail of the finance, stewardship,
etc, of a large institution, and at tde same,
time give proper medical treatment to the
patients under his charge ? In any other
hospital. the idea that a physician could so
faithfully attend 250 as 50 patients would be
laughefiat as absurd.‘Why not use the same
common-sense in judging of the care of the
insane ?
Economy is one reason assigned. Whats
mistake—in saving one or two salaries, for
the cost of maintenance is the same, the
chances of cure are markedly diminished and
thus the proporton of chronic cases marked-
ly increased.
I have before said that the majority of
cases of insanity are due to functional disor-
der, and, if treated early, are curable. Yet
such is the popular prejudice against institu-
tions as now managed, that friends shrink
from placing friends in them and delay until
a condition leading to permanent insanity is
established.
The .aim therefore 1'of curing is to a great
extent defeated, while we are yearly prepar-
ing to receive and care for a largely increas-
ing percentage of cases, probably at one pe--
i-iod curable, that have become permanently
insane,
To sum up briefly, I am of the opinion:
1 That the whole management of the in—
sane is a subject for careful reconsidera—
tion.
2. In general the defects now existing are
due, not to the superintendents, who are as a
class faithful and efficient.
3. The defects are largely owing to a want
of knowledge on the part of our legislators,
who .impose upon the superintendent the du-
ties also of farmer, treasurer, etc. As well
expect the captain of one of our large steam—
ers to act also as stoker and cook.
4. That hospitals for the insane should be
of such size as to accommodate only such a
number as can receive the individual atten—
tion of the superintendent. No two cases
in a surgical ward are exactly alike, and each
case in an asylum should beja distinct study
to the physician having it in charge.
5. That the building should be inexpensive
so that when the wards become saturated
with disease, they may without serious loss
be destroyed and others erected.
6. That all the surroundings should be
bright and‘ cheerful, and so far as practicable
made to appear as free from restraint of per-
sonal liberty. '
7. That some occupation should be provi—
ded adapted to the patient’s present and pre-
vious condition.
In many cases a. small portion only of the
brain is effected. Why should the healthy
portion remaining bounemployed ? As well
reason that because a small part of my gar-
den is unproductive the whole enclosure
should be allowed to run to waste.
Very truly yours, etc.
Wrnmnn PARKER.
Hon. VINCENT Comma.
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WASHINGTON as A Eurasian—In 1774 the
Friendship Fire Company, which still exists,
was organized. It at first consisted of citi-
zens who, out of “mutual friendship,"agreed
to carry to every fire “two leathern buckets
and one great bag of oznaburg or wider lin—
non." Washington was made an honorary
ember, and when he went as a delegate to
6 Congress of 1774. at Philadelphia, be ex-
amined the fire engines in use there. On his
return to Philadelphia to the Continental
Congress in 1775, he bought from one Gibbs
a small fourth—class engine for £80 105., and
just before he set out for Boston heights to
become ,commander—in—chief, be dispatched
his little engine to the Friendship Company.
When in Alexandria during his younger days
he always attended at fires, and assisted to
extinguish them. In the last year of his life
a fire occurred near the market. He was
riding down King street, followed by his scr-
vant, also on horseback, and' he saw the
Friendship engine poorly manned. Riding
up to a group of well—dressed gentlemen
near by, he called out‘: “Why are yen idle
there, gentlemen ? It is your business to lead
in these matters.” And throwing the bridle
of his horse to his servant, he leaped off and
seized the brakes, followed by a crowd that
gave the engine such a “shaking up” as it
never knew afterward.—Wn.r.r.m F. Cause,
in Harper’s Magazincfor February.
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An eagle on a $10 gold piece is worth 500
in the air.
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PHYSIGIAN 8b SURIEUN,
Office over In National Bank, South
N orwalk.
OFFICE HOURS :—8 to 9 a. m,; I to 2 p. m., 0:30
to 7:30 p. m. . .
Slate at Prowrtt’s Drug Store. Norwalk, and
Stillson’s Drug Store, So. Norwalk.
Calls forwarded by telephone. 3m51
ELLERY C.CLARKE, M. 1).,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office, Isaacs’ Block, Wall Street, over
Stanley’s News Office. '
Hours 8 to 10 a. m.,2 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m. Slates
at Prowitt’s Drug store, N orwalk, and Stilson’s
Drug Store, South N orwalk. 3m2p
Dr. Wm. J. Wakeman.
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Late resident Physician and Surgeon of Connec-
nioticut Stat]? Hospital. 1
FFICE :-— ooms former occu ied b Dr. A
Hill, Dentist. y p y as
OFFICE HOURS :—7}£ to as a. m., 1 to 3 p. m., 8
to 8 p. m.
CHARLES W.- MANY
Surgeon Dentist,
aonwanx, comv.
Officecorncr of train and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxidc Gasadministered .
ALEX, S . GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
Teacher of
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composition.
Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
Hurlhutt, Relyea & Seymour,
Attorneys at Counsellors at Law,
Boom No.4, [up stair-,1
GAZETTE BUILDING.
NORWALK &. BRIDGEPORT
Messenger and Package Express.
The undersigned, running a wagon to Bridge-
port every Mondny 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 Main
street, at 6 o‘clock a. m., returning in the after-
noon. . Orders left there at any time will receive
attention. Office in Bridgeport at Charles E.
Shelton’s, corner of Main street and Fairficld
Avenue. FOLWELL at: MUNGER.
Norwalk. Nov. 10, 1879.
_ All the Latest Styles in
FiLLAND WINTER
MILLI N ERY
NOW READY AT
JlIrs‘. Wilmot Fawcctt’s
2 and 3 J aincs’ Block, Water ‘
I Street.
w. s. euluraan,
General Furnlslnu Undertaker,
oProsr'rn nonsn It. R.DEP'01'
Q’Ordersattended to dayor night . Besidcnc
Main Street ,3 doors from Union Avenue.
The ilorwalk Fire Insurance 80.,
Has now completed its ’
18th Successful Business Year,
And has not outstanding a Dollar ofunpaidlosscs
or of claims for losses.
Ill 50!"!!! COMPAIY INSURES A'I’ llWlEll RAT
Wu. 0.5TnEET. Pres., S. E. OLMSTEAD. Treas'.
Geo. R. CowLEs,Scc’y.
TN A INSURANCE Co. ofIIARTFORD
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual
Capital and Assets, $6,716,893.77
Insurcsagainstlossand damageby Fire .on tcrms
adoptcdto the hazardandconsistentwiththelaws
ofcompensation . COWLES & MERRILL,
Sole Agentsfor N orwalk and vicinity
B. S. BLASCER.
. At his store in
MALLOBY’. BLOCK,
hasconstantlyon hand,a general assortmen lo
Groceries, Crockery, Glass,
Tin and Wooden Ware, Etc.
By devotinghis constantpersonal attentionto the
bustness he hopesto merit public patronage
All the Latest Styles in
;.FA|.L AND W INTER.
MILLINEBY,
NOW READY AT
Mrs. Wilmot Edwcett’s
2 and 3 James’ Block, Water
Street.
PURE MILK.
Delivered in Norwalk and South Norwalk, at
your door, every morning
AT 6 CENTS PER QUART,
By REMSON BROS. 5m
C. II. Kendall, II. I).
DENTIST,
Norwalk.
Conn.
Office second
door west from
Danbury R. R.
Depot.
operations in all
branches as for-
merly. Painless
cxtractionof
1. AUG [N 13
GAS a specialty
.*-Dr.Kendall spends Mondays in Bilge-
N. B
field.
THE
Norwalk Iron Works
CO’S SHOPS are running every day (except Sun-
days) all daylong and are prepared to execute
any kind 01‘
MACHINERY WORK
that may be offered.
STEAM ENGINES IND ‘PUNPS
kept in stock,
tastings of all Kinds In Ulltl‘.
Manufacturers troubled with the present scar-
cit of water can buy or hire pumps on reaso -
ab e terms. ~
SPECIAL NOTICE
TO THE LADIES of NORWALK.
The undersigned has opened a
Re tail Department
. in the
Factory on Hoyt Sta, near Main,
Where LADIES’. MISSES’ and CH1].-
DREN’S SHOES” of our own make,
can bepbtarned atashght advance from whole-
sale prices.
Measures taken and Shoes made to
order.
T. COUSINS.
J. . M. POTTER,
DEALER IN
PM 51...}. ‘
Cabinet Organs, Vio-
lins, Banjos, Frifes,
Drums It: Sheet
. Music. '
Pianos and Organs to Rent.
PIANOS,ORGANS AND MELODEONS TUN-
‘ ED AND REPAIRED.
Instruments sold on monthly Instalcmcnts.
01d Instruments taken in Exchange
for New.
Wall Street, Norw alk onn.
Sollcit‘or_of~ Claims.
GENERAL BUSINESS.
OFFICIAL INFORMATION.
L. Ar GOBRIGHT,
omcc 1,427 F Sta-cc: Northwest, near
15th. WASHINGTON, D. C.
Y former connection with Journalism for a.
long period, has given me an extensive ac-
quaintance in all the departments of the Govern-
ment and all cxce tional facilities. Prompt at-
tention given to all orderr requujmg personal ser-
vice at the National Capitol,whrch may be for-
warded through the office of the Nonwnnu GI]-
znr'rE. '
NOW FOR YOUR WATER PIPES.
Wm. Glover 85 Sofia,
Areready topntinyour WATER .STEAMor GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at aslow a. rate as
anyone. WROUGHT AND CAST IRON, TIN-
LlNED, LEAD PIPES. &c., of every slzeand de-
cription . PLUMBING in allitsbrancbcs.
UIEAILIIESS IS “IT ‘I'Il lUIlIIESSm
G. A. FRANKE’S
Sharing and Hair Gatling Saloon!
no: A
Plea-an: Shave,
Artistic nulr Cut, on
Thorough Shampoo!
can. AT
Mr. Franke’s Hair Cutting Saloon,
No. l GAZETTE BUILDING.
KTI’m-ticnlarattention given to Ladies andChild-
rcu’s Hair Cutting and Shampooning.“
AT HOME TO EVERYBODY.
Hot and ColdWafer Baths
New Firm at the em Stand
Messrs MULLIN GS BROTHERS
onld respectfullyinform the public. thattbcy
have taken the business lately conducted
by MULLINGS STILLY, and with the old ex-
perienced Workmen. hitherto employed by the
late firm,are prepared to manufacture allkinds of
CARBIAGES &- ‘WAGONS
TO ORDER
Repairing in all its Branches.
MACHINE FORGING. DISCOUN
ALLOWED FOR CASH. .
O. A..MULLINGS, J ._S. MULLIN GS
South Norwalk, April 15,1878.
“AISLES S. LOCKWOOD ,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor
AND
GEN T S ’ FURNISHING EMPORIUM. '
Main Street ,Norwalk. Conn.
BERNARD C’OHN.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
‘WEEK’S BUILDING, WALL sun
A FULL LINE or
Imported and Domestic Cloths,
of the latest styles, constantly on hand.- Novel-
ties In Scotch. Suitings. Satisfaction guaranteed
lIl every particular. 46
6611 week in our own town. Terms and $501":
lit trec.Adt rcssIl.IIallett &Co.Portland,Me.
AT
Quinta-rd’s Furniture Rooms
wul betounda completes. ssortmcntot
FURNITURE, no,
acludmgcverythinguauallyfound ina first-class
establishment, at Prices to suittbc Times . Also,
alargcassortmentolfl
CHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
LOOKING GLASSES, due .
Glassl’latescattoanysize. Repairingdoneinthc
best manncr,at short notice. , Also,old HalrMat-
trasse smadcovcr asgood asncw.
E. ”OUINTARU’S SUN.
$123 week. 312 a day at homccasilymade. Cost-
l Iy outllt free .Address TruedCcAugustaflc
to“. .x—fi..-..~.—.....k.~... mm. ...
Warm Baths
Cold. Baths! 2
Shower Baths ! 1 1
Every dayat
E. APELL’S Model Barber Shop,
Second Door from Poul ofléc.
PENSIONS.
‘ Pensions and Bounties got for
all Soldiers of'my own and other
Regiments, &c.
W. H. NOBLE,
. narnonron’r, coNN.
Mon 'I‘o LOAN on Real EstatcSccurity-
ey Enquire of 0. n. wrnson, No. 6
Gazette Building, Norwalk. Ct. 32“
Black Enameled tart Board,
Carmine andBIue to! Fancy «on
A. 11...:Bvlnerou'c co '
wccna-ltihmtson aces.
PERFECTED
mtlonalDl loma at N. Y. Dairy Fair. Ask vour am
It costs, WII‘O uses! t. where to get it. WELLS.
.150 S E 1*
:1
REAL ESTATE.
OB SALl.-Threc Building Lot. on the
St. John Farm. at a bargain. For partic-
ulars call on or address. BENJ. J. STUnGls.
Real Estate Broker, No. 4 Gazette Building, Nor-
walk, Conn. 4M
FOB SA LE.-A Gristmill. Saw Mill and Older
Mill. will be cold on reasonable terms. For
particulars address W. S. WALKER. Weston, Of.
or F. W. MITCHELL, Real Estate Broker, 1:2;
walk, Conn.
o RENT.-—From April 1. a. desirable house
on Main Street. containiilfiten rooms.w
barn and arden. Apply at Q NTARD’S FUR-
NITURE OOMS. , 5"
To Let.
A large house 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.
on SALE on RENE—House on East
Avenue. CHAS. S. I’BOWITT.
To Rent.
THREE 1100MB near center of village.
Apply at this Office.
For Sale.
A GENTLEMAN’S magnificent residence situ-
ated on East Avenue,.Norwalk, Gonn.. with-
in one-halfmile of business portion of city. and
commands fine view of Norwalk Hprbor. House
contains 13 rooms with all modern improvements.
water, gas-and bath. S 1811de barn, carriage
house and room for cone man. Place contam-
about 1* acres of land, running back to river,
which makes it very convenient for boating.
Will be sold very cheap and on easy terms. For
further information enquire of
. JAMES or F. It . MITCHELL,
Real Estate Broken, Mitchell’s Block.
6“ , Norwalk. Conn.
Farm for Sale.
HE subscriber offers for salehis Farm . situated
in the Town of Greenfield, in Saratoga 00..
New York State, ten miles from the town of Sara-
toga. pleasantl situated on a rise of ground, 95
acres of land,w tn one Dwelling House. two lar 8
Burns, Grainery and other out buildings, Will 6
sold cheap. Half the purchase money can remain
on mortgage, if desired, or Wlll exchange for v11-
lage propcrt . For further particulars inquire of
3:114!) SI AS 1’. TUTTLE, Norwalk, Conn- ,
Farm for Sale.
HE subscribe-r offers for sale the well known
farm belonging to the estate of Sylvanus See-
I , deceased. Stadium is situated in the town of
cwCanaan, on the main road leading from New
Canaan to Stamford. Within fifteen minutes walk
to the village _ churches, schools and railroad
depot. There is about 56 acres of land. one large
convenient Dwelling Houseman Barns, Grains:-
ies and other out-buildings, Half the purchase,
money can remain on bond and mortgage, if de-
sired. For further particulars inquire at
3m49 SILAS 1’. TUTTLE. Norwalk, Conn.
on SA LE—Thc very desirable residence on
Lawns St., now occupied by Rev. Mr. Bent-
ley. Ap 1y on the premisesmr to J OHN PABET.
374 Bros way, New York. 42
0 BENT.—A Barn on West Avenue. Ap-
ply at the anner Onion. 1:
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. ac. Situated on Franklin
Avenue within three minutes’ walk of Post Office,
Depot. 5c, Will be sold on accommodating terms.
For further articulars en uirc of
24 JA Es MITC L, Real Estate Agent.
FOR SALE.
TWO vexydcainbl eBnildingLotsonWeatlfcln
Street . Apply It theGAZETTE OFFICE .
For Sale.
HE subscriber offers for sale his HOUSE and
LOT, situated on West Main Street, in the
Borough oi‘Norwalk. The place is pleasantly lo-
cated,1n a cod neighborhood, only a short walk
from the usineu part pf the town. School,
Churches, etc. The House is nearly newtconven-
ieutly arranf , and In good condition. For fur-
ther portion are apply to the: subscriber at Can-
non’s Station, or to G. a S. H. Holmes, N orwalk..
3y J OHN W.BENOUD.
DWEgpINGs
Building Lots.
EVERAL dwellin s.varions‘prices in difier-
ent portions of” orongh, either to let or for
sale at reasonable prices. Also several places
outside of Boroug limits—one in Winnrpauk.
Also several Buiidmglots 1p and out of Borough.
tits Enquire at this Office.
For Sale or Exchange.
FOR property in Norwalk or vicinity, 2 houses
in Brooklyn, E. D.. wrthin 5minntcs walk of
Good location. For Bartleulsrs apply
J. S. RAN ALL.
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 choree Apple trees With other fruit, good r-
den, good we I of water. and fine shade trees. net
the place for a man Wishing torarse strawberries,
etc. Price 87,000. Enquire at this Ofilce.‘
' For Sale.
A cosy comfortable Cottage on one oftbe leas-
antcst streets in town, within live In nutc’a
walk of the Bridge or Churches. will be sold at
coat price. A portion of the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price 86.000. En-
quire at this Ollice. '
Desirable Property for sale.
A Verydesirableplacc on EastAvenue.
Also. a few choice BmldmgLotssituatedon
Osborn Avcnne,forsale cheap.
Also,anicclyloeated House and Lot on Her-
wrn Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain . Enquireoi
S. E. OSBORN, EastAvcnue,
tfll or to D . W.FITCH .WestAvenue.
_—+———
4 ferries.
to
‘I Desirable Homestead for Sale.
HE valuable residence of the subscriber.
pleasantly located on high ground on East
Ave., in the Borough of Norwal , is ofi'ered for
sale. The situation is pleasant and healthy, com-
mandingIfine views of ong Island Sound and the
surrounding country. Distance-one mile from
Norwalk Bud e. and the same from South Nor-
walk depot._ ouse 54x50; two stories and attic,
filled Ill Wit buck, and pubstantially built.
Rooms 18, With all modern 1m rovements, bath
room. laundry,statlonary tubs, eebec’s cooking
range, hot and cold water, gas throughout the
house. The cellar-rs dry, havrng stationary furn—
ace. which heats the whole house. The attic ll
spacious, and roof tinned. The house is in excel-
lent order born g comfortable for both a summer or
winter residence. Suitable for any gentleman do-
ing business in New York and returning the same
day. Land about three-quarters of an acre, laid
out in lawn, fruit. trees. and garden spot. Afiply
to JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent. or-
walk. or to the subscnbcr,
A. S. BAKERS“?
am 255 Fourth Avenue,n‘.v
For Sale.
A House and Lot. in a health location on
FairStrcet,abcve Catharine. he Honscic
early new. wellbullt,conveuiently amn :-
ed. and will make a comfortable and ieasant
home forafamily of average size. The of run.
back to the river. There IS a wellof excellent
water on the place. and Borough water in the
Street. Price low, and part of the money can re-
main on mortga e. A fine chance tosccarea
AZETTEOI'FICE. 3t!
home. Apply at
Honors where Hours are he.
EVERYONE knows that the Hon.l’.1‘.nux-
a d urural, has agents out all over the world to
n e
Best of everything regardless ofcost
It is not my dis sitien to boast of in work. for
talk is cheap. willonly say that have done
work for Mr. Barnum for over ei In years and if
I was a fraud or a cheat I think 3 would have
found it out in that time. The followmg s ks
for itself. and us only one out of hundreds can
produce. AMES 1.. FEBBIS-
Quintard’s Building, Norwalk, Conn.
Wannnnnx, Bumanron'r, Como, Dec. 13. 1877.
Mr. James L.l!'crris has made several sets of
harness for me which gave me great satisfaction.
He is a capital harness maker dcm his business
upon honor. 1’. T. ARNUM.
GEO. WARD SELLECK ’
Has in his New Store, .
nardcnbrook’a New Block, “I“ St .,
A complete assortment of the best class of
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, FRUITS,
&c., for family use. at Popular Prices. Ilia stock
is at all times fresh and good, and will stand com-
parisouwitb those of any Grocer in town. Cal‘lén
and leave your orders. ' tf
Large Reduction in Prices !'
CASH SALE
rou THIRTY oa‘vs,
' AT
Luclunl’s luniuullare Rooms,
36 Main St., Norwalk, Conn.
This stock must be closed out .to make room for
my‘l'urgc stock of Goods for Spring Trade. '
s easements
BUTTER c-
It (lives Butter the gilt-edged color the car round. , The largest. Butter Buyers recommend Its use.
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Winter by the sea-them.
'nie curving shore is fringed with ice and
1 ' snow ‘ '
:Far as the eye can reach in frczcn‘blocks;
And wild, swlfbwheeling sea-birds coma and
8°
In countless flocks-—
Some paddling on the ice barge, and some
flying
In form triangular, and number vast,
While the swift oxbirds, all in speed outvy-
ing,
Go sweeping past.
But hark! a shot with sharpreverberation
Reechoes loudly from a fowler’s boat,
. And the shrill shrieks of fear and consterna-
tion
Alarm denote ;
For that one shot, with well-directed aim.
Swept lengthwise midst a hundred wings
outspread,
And more than twenty of the ocean game
Fall maimed or dead. '
But evening lowers, and o'er the darkening
skies,
In moving clouds. the afirighted'bird’s re—
treat. '
J not as the full moon's earliest beams arise
Serenely sweet.
The rustling tide comes murmuring toward
the beach.
Lifting the crisp ice with a measured fiow :
Beautiful sea! as far as eye can reach
Belted with snow.
Trust.
_ BY JOHN G. wm'rmu.
A picture memory brings to me :
I look across the years, and see
Myself beside 'my mother’s knee.
I feel her gentle hand restrain
My selfish moods,.and know-again
A child’s blind sense of wrong and pain.
But wiser now, a man gray grown,
My childhood’s needs are better known,
My mother’s chastening love I own‘. ' '
Gray grown, but in our Father’s night
A child still groping for the light
To read His works and ways aright.
I bow myself beneath His and“;
That pain itself for good was planned.
I trust, but cannot understand.
I fondly dream it needs must be
That, as my mother dealt with me,
So with-His children dealeth He.
I wait, and trust the end will prove
That here and there, below, above,
The chasteniug heals, thepaiu islove!
—Youth’s 0mm,
3
THREE ANGELS.
They say this life is barren, drear and cold,
Ever the same and song was sung of old,
Ever the same long Weary tale is told.
And toour lips is held the cup of strife,
And yet—a little love can sweeten life.
They say our hands may grasp, but joys
destroyed,
Youth has but dreams, and age snacking
void, .
Whose Dead Sea fruit long, long ago has
_ cloyed,
Whose night with wild tempestons storms is
rife-
And yet a little hope can brighten life.
They say we fiing ourselves in wilddespair
Amidst the broken treasures scattered there,
Where all is wrecked, where all once prom-
ised fair;
And stab ourselves with sorrow's two—edged
knife— _
And yet a little patience strengthens life.
Is it then.-true this tale of grief,
0f mortal anguish finding no relief?
rLo! midst the winter shrines the laurel's
leaf ;
Three angels share the lot of human strife,
Three angels glorify the path of life.
Love. Hope and Patiencec hear us on our
way, .
Love, Hope and Patience form our spirit’s
stay,
Love, dHnope and Patience watch as day by
y
And bid the desert bloom with beauty vernal
Until the earthly fades in the eternal.
4Temple Bar.
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A Telephone Improvement.
A letter to the Springfield :chub—
”can from Pittsfield, Mass" says that a
Pi ttsfield man has invented a telephone at-
tachment by which. only one' hell at a time
is struck on a circuit. So far as we know
all previous attempts to accomplish this have
ended in independent wires for each place.
This is the way in all the large cities and is,
of course, satisfactory except for its gener-
ally increased cost. No details of the Pitts -
field invention are now given beyond the
fact that it has been patented and is owned
by a company the stock of which was
startcdat one dollar a share and isnow at
twenty-five dollars. The great alliance, the
only tangible objection. to the telephone is
the ringing of the signal bell. It not.- only
annoy: one but it tends to (laden the sense
and to lessen the attention for signals. If
whenever the bell rings it rings for your tel-
ephone, then there is no uncertainty. This
is the happy consummation they claim to
have reached by the new discovery. In
Paris where the telephone system is said to
be the best in the world there is a very
clever attachment that we miss here. Sup-
pose “A” is put in communication with.“B“
and asks “B" some question thatinvolves
his leaving the telephone a moment. The
only way to know when “B" returns and
is ready to talk is for "A" to keep the
telephone at biscur all the time. It is a
nuisance that has seemed insuperable, like
the eflort to communicate with the central af-
ter conversation is over and before the wire
is connected again. This is all obviated in
the Paris system by a little whistle trans—
mitted by telephone.
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WasmNcrox's MARKET Cum—0n the
20th of April Braddock left Alexandria. On
the 9th of July he fell" Washington filled
the mountain passes with troops,and kept of!
the French and Indians from the town that
trembled and grew. When the French power
in Virginia was broken, and “society” was
chagrined at its early experiences of- his mar-
ried life, Parson chnn tells us that "Alex-
andria, though small, was lovely, but had no
charms for the palate. By tobacco its at lgh-
bors had made money. They then began to
look down on the poorer sort. audio talk
about families. or course such great people
could not run market carts. Hence the Bel-
havenites often sat down to a dinner of salt
meat and johnny—cake. But when Washing —
ton brought the wealthy widow Cuatis to
Mount Vernon, a market cartwaa construct-
ed, and twice a week sent to Bclhaven with
fat things that amazed the lean market.
Country gentlemen dinin in town 'wondertd
at‘the change or fare, andg thus it was‘discov-
ered, to the mortification of some of the little
great ones, that Colonel Washington .nn 3.
market cart.” “Society" then, if proud,was
often plain; for Washington writes in his
diary of a ball in Alexandria in 1760 where
pocket-handkerchiefs served as table-cloths,
and bread and butter with tea, “which the
dnnkers could not distinguish from hot wa-
ter sweetened,” made the bill of fare, and in
firfiriisgbusltl be wuss it donn a “bread—and—
er ."- “LIAM, . ' —
per’sfor Februarg.. Cans, in Her
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