Nowell: Genet/ts.
Tuesday, February 24th, 1880.
‘For the Gazette.
Correspondence.
Banxsmms, Mass, Feb. 7, 1880.
As the eyes in a Vermont home were
growing heavy with coming sleep, one sting-
ing wintry night,we stepped in unannounced
from our Berkshire home, to arouse them
with our coming. We were tired and cold.
The execrable wood fires of the cars,smoking
and obstinate, had not made us any the more
amiable, but we were so heartily welcomed
we were gladdened with the pleasure one
feels in meeting friends from whom long
parted, we soon forgot the day’s discomforts.
One's first impressions of a place on a raw.
cold morning are apt to be neither cheerful
nor excusable, but as we parted the curtains
at the windows the following morning to
look out, we could see that the main street,
where we were, was broad and straight,lined
on either side by fine trees which,in summer,
must give not only luxuriant shade but great
beauty to the place. In its day the town has
been earnest and thriving. Formerly. was
located here a prosperous medical college.
The old seminary still remains to educate the
young of both sexes. There are some fine
residences—some surrounded by beautiful
grounds. The houses are mostly substantial
looking, large and roomy, but with a kind of
deserted air that tells 'of histories ended.
Business has flown. We felt we had dropped
among haunts of the departed. And yet in
summer, when nature is at her best and has
softened. much of what is now sorrowful,
through her generous touches, this town of
grand old days must be beautiful and useful
to the lover of nature. We had heard so
much of this “Green Mountain State”—the
childish impressions of our geography and
history days were so vivid we quite expected
if we could see the blue sky above us,
we should have to look straight up,our necks
tilted back on our shoulders. Instead, we
saw landscapes to compare favorably with
those of southern Berkshire. Sometimes,
while uponllig road, it seemed as though we
must be di‘iflng through the Connecticut
Valley as we know it south from Springfield.
Lake Bomaseen, three miles away, is a b’eaw
tiful sheet of water shut in by hills where
grow pine, spruce, hemlock and the arbor
vitae in wildest luxuriance.‘ The slate and
marble quarries we did not get to visit.to our
regret, but we 'saw some beautifully tinted
and shaded slabs from them adorning the
homes where we visited.
To us the chief point of interest was a
beautiful elm in Fair Haven which, we were
assured, was planted there, a sapling, by
Horace Greeley in his boyhood. It is related
that as he finished stamping down the earth
about its young roots he steppedback a little
and eyeing thoughtfully the accomplished
task, exclaimed, “from right here I am going
to take my start in life and grow with that
tree till I make the world tremble.” Many
anecdotes, characteristic of this boy are, told,
who, with all his careless disregard of per,-
sonal appearance, never suffered an opportu—'-
nity to elude him in which to cultivate and
enrich his mind. Quite near his father’s
liveda gentleman—I wish I had not forgotten
his name, it deserves remembrance—possess-
ing a library containing many valued works.
He was a great—hearted, genial man—full of
that old time hospitality and courtesy that
has passed into tradition. His best works
were loaned to the light—haired, blue—eyed
boy of elflsh appearance. One morning,
while breakfast was being served in the great
hall that ran through the house, Horace
Greeley, the legs of his pants unequally
rolled, his hair in confusion, appeared at the
door, a book in his hand, with which, after
the usual greetings, he passed into the library
to exchange for another. As the boy passed
from the house, a gentleman at the table. ex-
pressing great surprise, said to his host, “can
it be possible you allow that boy to borrow
your books 7” “Yes, Horace can have any
book frommy library he chooses to read.
His appearance may not warrant it, but he
never injures or soils any book. He likes to
read, he reads thoroughly and masters what
he reads.” We passed many hours most
pleasantly listening to stories of his boyhood,
and though the dear old souls who so enter-
tained us would proudly tell the same things
o’er and o’er, we never tired of listening or
showing we were pleased.
We found here a quaint, genuine Yankee—
Uncle J ob—whom we liked immensely. He
is tall, angular, has a head of. bristly gray
hair, high forehead, heavy eyebrows under-
neath which look out keen. kindly, hazel
eyes, large nose with full swelling nostrils
through which you feel he breathes knowing-
ly, and a mouth that betrays great firmness.
The way he slings his English around is cer-
tain destruction to grammar, but so pithy, so
sincere, full of downright‘common sense is
his language, he clinches his convictions un-
answerably. Fond of his glass of cider he
is nevertheless strong ‘for temperance, and
would be glad to compel every liquor dealer
to consume all his own wares. When talking
temperance he gives no quarter. “Why,"
said he one day, bending forward and grasp-
ing either knee with an open hand, “Jest
look a’ here, clus to where I live, about a
stun’s throw to the hotel, they sell liquor.sell
it to boys no more’n fourteen years old.
What'd ye think 0’ that, eh ? Why, only
’totller night, cold enough to cut the hair
clean off’u a dog, somebody knocked to my
door and tried to come in. When I opened
the door what d’ye think I seen ? A young
feller drunker’n thunder, an’ no hat,nor coat,
nor mittens, nor - nothing. I just catched a
hold 0’ him and took him over to that e’re, ‘
hotel, and says I, Mr. Landlord, do you see
what you've done? I want you to fetch a
light and take care 0’ yer drunken critters.
And when we’d found the coat and hat and
things and I was a going to take him in, the
landlord puts hand out and says, ‘I can’t
have him here.’
says I. ‘I don’t know, but 1 can’t have him
here.’ ‘C'an’t have him here,’ roared Uncle
Job, with unfathomable scorn. ‘Look at
him! You’ve got his money and now you
put him out to shift for himself. D’ye take
him in, and d’ye give him a good bed, too,
or I’ll break every bone in yer body,and raze
every ‘timber in ‘yer house, by thunder, ’I
will.” And Uncle Job shut his lips tightly
and gave his head a suggestive nod of his
determination to have executed both threats
had the landlord proved obstinate.
Some years since there lived here a man of
some note. He was pretty well blessed with
this world's goods, and in his old age select-
cd from his kin a grand—daughter to care for
him through his 'last days. He made it
worth while for her and her husband to give
him every attention. In this demand he was
unfiinchingly exact. Beside his bed at
night stood a heavy came with which he
could summon a_ssistance whenever needed.
He would rap, Joseph respond in person,
sometimes a dozen times in succession. To
the query “what is it grandpa, what will you
have 1" The inevitable answer “nothing don't
want nothing," would come, till Joseph, irri—
tated almost at the oft-repeated and useless
summons would say “now Grandpa, I am
willing to come whenever and as often as
you may want me, but why will you keep
calling, so I can get no sleep if you. want
nothing 1" “I want to get my money‘s worth.
-—I want to get my money’s worth,” the old
man would chuckle. M. H. T. ’
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The Knownothlng Juryman. i
The following well illustrates the beauty
of our present jury system :—“Do you know
anything of this case ?” _ “No.” “Ever read
of‘ it 7” “No." “What! Never 1" “No.”
[Applause] “Have you informed any opin-
ion as to this case 7” “No." "Any opinion
about anything 2" “Never have opinions ?”
“No.” “What! Never 7” “No." [Applause.]
“Ever heard ‘Pinafore’ 1’" “No.” “No sym-
pathy with anything pertaining to‘the pub—
lic interest?” “No." “No. information, no
knowledge, no opinions, no taste for read-
ing, no desire to know what’s going ‘on in
the world I" “N one whatever.” “Good.
You’ll do for s jurynlan. You are accepted.
“Where will ye have him 8’:
Letters from the People.
Massns. ED1TORS:—-It has been said by
some of the temperance reformers that have
favored us with their eloquence and good
counsel, that we were an incorrigible people.
Yes, and more than that they havesaid, for
they have declared as tobe so given over “to
hardness of' heart and blindness of mind”
that we were beyond any moral reformation.
This would be lamentable, if it were true,
but it is not. The Hon. B. F. Bailey informs
us and the public generally through the Der—
by Transcript “that there are 000 men in
Norwalk reformed entirely who three months
ago were confirmed drunkards.” That is
false, both in spirit and utterance. There
are in the town of Norwalk about 15,000
inhabitants all told, but there is not now,and ‘
there never was in the past, “six hundred
confirmed drunkar .” We know, and the
Lord is coguisant of the fact‘as well, that we
are morally bad enough, but we were never
reduced to that ebb of depravity that we
could truthfully enumerate 600 confirmed
drunkards among us. Lotus hope that for
the cause of temperance and truthfulness
that it was a “slip of the tongue," and that
he intended to say sixty instead of still hun-
dred, for we should be sorry indeed to think,
after the kindness and confidence that had
been bestowed upon the Hon. B. F. Bailey
by our citizens that he should want to defame
us or deceive his Derby audience. There is
one of two things manifest,—it savers of ex-
aggeration, or egotism or both combined.
We have no desire to pander to the belief
that our morals are blameless, for they are
not. Drunkenness and its attendant misery
and crimes are in our midst to an alarming
extent, but not to that extent that our out-of-
town friends would represent it to be.
Since reading Mr. Bailey’s statement in the
Transcript we have taken considerable pains
to come at the true state of things as they
exist at South Norwalk and Norwalk Bridge,
and from the best information we can glean
we are forced to believe the fact that sz‘cly is
the largest number that can be claimed of
“confirmed drunkards" that have been re—
formed, without doing violence to our con-
science. Now if Mr. Bailey can find the
other 540 we should be delighted beyond
measure to be introduced to them and no
doubt every other friend of humanity would
be the same. besides we could give them our
sympathy and counsel and help them “bridge
over” some rough places of their new career,
perhaps.
In our desire and search for correct infor-
mation upon this subject, we have not asked
for it of any one but staunch, true and tried
temperance men that are members of the
South Norwalk and Norwnlk Bridge Tem-
perance Associations, and they, too, think
that Mr. Bailey, in his zeal, has largely over-
estimated the number.
While seeking for the above facts we were
told by a good, earnest “brother," that the
“rumsellers” of South Norwalk were losing
a thousand dollars per week since the great
reformation commenced. This is another
thing we don’t believe, neither. can anyone
else believe it if they figure it down to facts.
Allowing forty men as the quota of reformed
drunkards for South Norwalk it would allow
for each man 25 dollars a week to be, spent
for intoxicating drink or to “treat” his friends.
This 1,000 dollars would buy 10,000 drinks
of whiskey or 20,000 drinks of ale or lager
beer. Now we want to see what kind of men
they are that forty of them can drink 10,000
glasses of whiskey or 20,000 glasses of beer,
and earn 1,000 dollars either before or after
drinking it in one week. Ten thousand
drinks of whiskey will give forty men 250
drinks .per week allowing seven days, the
usual number in this business, for a week, or
a trifle more than thirty—five drinks per day
of whiskey, or about 71 drinks of beer per
day. Allowing twelve drinks to the quart,
which is about the number, it makes each
man’s daily consumption very nearly three
quarts of whiskey; if we allow him four
glasses of beer per quart he will have to
swallow seventeen quarts and three pints.
Now surely no one will tell us after seeing
these figuresthgt even a [fuller can carry off-
that quantity of drink and earn the requisite
twenty-five dollars to pay for it. In the
exuberance of our spirits we are .apt to speak
unguardedly, and when we come to compare
our remarks with the facts of the subject we
are quite apt to find that our zeal leads us
into making a mistake, as it has in this case,
for anyone must'see at half a glance that
forty men could not consume that amount of
drink unless other forty men were delegated
to take care of them.
'We hopethe good people of Derby will
not condemn us through the mouth of one
,witness as a community of drunkards, for we
are not, even if we do keep in successful op-
eration fifty or sixty grog shops. Much has
been said about the grog shops that have
been closed for want of patronage. That
is an eflectual way of closing these places.
But we find by careful enumeration that
where one has been closed two have been
opened, for we have more of those places
than we had one year ago. We shall find it
a hard task to starveout a business that pays
from four to five hundred per cent. profit.
That drinking, in the common acceptance of
the word is an evil to him or her that indul-
ges init, none will deny. It is an evil to the
community in which it is practiced{ and
individual or community'that practices it are
supremely and divinely cursed, and every
man or woman that respects law, loves liber~
ty, personal security, God and humanity,
will use all the power at their command for
its extinction. ' T. H. G.
Norwalk, Feb. 6, 1880.
3.2::
For the Gazette.
Correspondence.
Row‘Av'rou, Chum, Feb. 16, 1880.
Something must be done—the carnival of
slaughter which reigns in all our forty states
and territories must be stopped, or the whole
country will be turned into one vast sepulchre
of bullet-riddled, knife—hacked, ghastly
butcher’s victims. . We need a total change
of criminal code. Murder and assassination
stalk red-handed all over the land in open
day and insolently demand our sympathy and
respect. Scores of stalwart, men and un-
fledged boys, incipient murder-mills, so to
speak, go daily swaggering through the
streets of our cities and larger towns, loaded
down with pirate outfits of knives and pis
tols. No peaceable citizen is safe. The
whole country seems to be in a state of semi-
-outlawry and barbarisms. Horse. ox, mule
Eor dog—every possession is more secure than
human life. The most precious of all God’s
gifts is recklessly destroyed, trampled upon,
cast to the winds for any trivial cause or any
idle pretext. The immortal soul, heaven,
hell, and eternity have become merfe worth-
less bywords amongst bullies and law break-
ers. A word, a look, a gesture,that “insults”
some whiskey-maddened rufiian,‘or some re-
spectable cut-throat, is a sufficient pretext
for drawing a derringer or revolver and
shooting to the death either a father, brother,
husband or son, while the shrieks and wall—
ings of a household bereaved, a family hedrt-
broken, go up to God, clamoring for venge—
ance on a country whose law-makers and law
enforcers allow, countenance. encourage by
their guilty apathy, such hideous outrages
and abominations. The assassin is arrested
after scorning a hundred opportunities to
escape. A purchasable [or anti—capital pun-
ishment jury is empaneled. A mock court
convenes, presided over by a bogus humanl-
tarian judge. A burlesque trial is held.
And on a lying and absurd plea of emotional
insanity or justifiable homicide or some other
despicable legal quirk or quibble, the das-
tardly villain, his hands dripping with his
,brothers’ heart's blood, is turned loose to
roam hyena-like in society,adding at pleasure
to his list of justifiable butcheries, emotional
massacres. .God and justice is defied, law is
rendered a hissing and a byword, and
perdition is cheated of its trebly-mented
dues. Away with all this maudlin senti—
mentality, this mawkish philanthropy,- this
trifling with death and destruction. Dlsarm
every habitual pistol bearer. Fix a heavy
penalty upon every dastard found with a
bility as duke of justice.
Colt’s navy strapped round his waist, or a
Smith A: Wesson lurking in his breechcs
gable pocket. More hemp. It ought to be i '
worth at least five hundred dollars a ton to
day. A life for a life should be the inexorable
1aw;' hanging, sure and speedy, for every
act of man slaying except in clearest cases
of self defence. In no other way can this
horrid murder mania, which is fast dragging
the United States down to the barbaric level
of Mexico, be checked. Legislators of the
land, State and National. here is work for
you. Avoidyour sprees and dog law dis—
cussions,your.dead head excursions,carousals
and tax bill wrangles, have some regard for
the lives of your constituents. . Remodel our
entire system of jurisprudence. Put those
whose votes and money elected you on an
equality with their own horses and oxen.
Stop the diabolical caricature on law, which
sends a scoundrel to the penitentiary ten
years for stealing a calf or a horse, and
scarcely reprimands him for killing its owner.
Hemp and prompt hanging. That is the only
truecrced. - C. R.
SEIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
An electric log for sailing vessels is among
the late practical applications for electricity.
Dynamite has been tried at, Mont Catillo,
near Tivoli, for pulverizing rock adapted to
the cultivation of the olive, and the experi-
ment is described as indicating a satisfactory
result. '
The annual prize of 25,000 francs, given
by the King of the Belgians is offered for
the year 1881. It will be awarded the au-
thor of the best work on the means of im—
proving seaports situated upon low and sandy
coasts—such as Belgian ports, The compe-
tition is an international one, open to all.
All works must be sent to the “Minister de
l‘Interieur,” at Brussells, before January 1st
next.
The international Conference on Arctic
Exploration, which has been in session at
Hamburg, advocates the gradual establis h—
ment of a chain of stations towards the polar
regions.
The inhabitants of the Andaman Islands
carry necklaces composed of fragments of
the bones of deceased relatives, while the
widows among them are stated to actually
wear the skulls of their late husbands on
their shoulders. In a recent lecture on
ethnology, Prof. Flower exhibit'ed the skull
of an Andamese man, to which was attached
a very elegant webbed sling by which it
had been suspended from the neck of the
widow.
Measurements of trees, taken in Scotland
in the summer seasons of 1878 and 1879,show
a growth from ten to forty-one per cent. less
during. the latter year than in the former.
The mean temperature of the summer of 1878
was fully five per cent. higher than in the
corresponding period of 1879.
Wasps’ nests are frequently ignited by
some chemical action, supposed to be that
of the wax upon the paper-like substances
of which the nests are formed. Spontaneous
combustion of this nature is believed to
have been the cause of many mysterious
fires in haystacks and 'farmer‘ buildings.
In one of a series of photographs of the
moon taken by Prof. George Berwick on
very sensitive plates,.three well-defined rings
around the moon are shown. The cause of
the singular appearance has not been de-
termined.
The rare and beautiful phenomenon of the
fate morgana. was lately observed at Frei—
burg,in Breisgaw. While sun the was shining
brightly the pyramid of the Cathedral tower
was reflected in the atmosphere, just above
its summit, of course with the point down;
ward.
' M. le Bon, the cranologist, makes some
statements which hardly bespeak for him
popularity among the gentler sex. As the
result of his observations and comparisons
he finds the skulls of man to be, on the aver-
age 172 grammes heavier than those of
women. He asserts that while a newly-born
girl has n heavier brain than .a'ncwly—gborn
'uoy,--an advantage Which she 'rapidly‘looses
—the 'women of inferior races are relatively
superior to those of highly civilized people.
In other words, woman does not advance
and consequently the differences between
her and man are constantly augmenting. If
M. le Bon‘s assertions are to be accepted as
facts, they would seem to point to the neces-
sity of greater attention to the iutclectual im-
provement, of women, but the learned doc-
tor predicts that the abomination of desolu—
tion will fall on society if women be removed
from the happy. ignorance of their domestic
hearths.
Mr. R. Russell calls attention to the fact
that the essential conditions required to en-
able men to fly to a moderate distance now
exist—namely, the means of conveying force
with ease, and,secondly,the convertibility of
force thus conveyed into the mechanical ro-
tation or oscillation of vanes. “I cannot,”
says he, “be wrong in assuming that a steam
engine sending an electrical current through
wires attached to a-rotary apparatusmight
cause the apparatus (bearing a man to direct
il)to ascend to a considerable height above
the earth.” ‘ _'
Mr. Henry D. Vennor claims to be fast
reducing to rule the principle of recurring
periods in the weather, and expects to soon
be able to pronosticate the general behavior
of entire seasons. I
A large workshop in France has been
lighted during the present winter by means
of Clamond’s thermo electric light, the elec—
tricity being generated by the heat to warm
the shop.
Concerning the possibility that Sodom and
Gomorrah were destroyed by meteors, Prof.
Proctor writes: “It can readily be shown
that Temple’s comet, in whose track the
November meteors travel, must have passed
near, and may have passed very near to the
earth, at the time when according to tradi-
tion,Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by
fire from heaven. * * Now it so happens
that at the time mentioned in the verse:
‘The sun was risen upon the :cast when Lot:
entered into Zoar; then the Lord rained
upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone :and
fire from the Lord out of heaven’, these cities
lay almost centrally on that disc of the earth
which was turned at the ‘radiant’ of the
November meteors. * * " If evera spec-
ial and not any large district of the earth
could be so rained upon by meteors that
towns in it could be destroyed, the catas-
trophe would unquestionably be attended by
just such circumstances—that is, the region
would be as-fully as possible exposed to the
hail of meteors, and this hail would be as
heavy as possible, which would require that
either comet or a part of its meteor train
very close to the comet should be the source
of the .meteoric hail. The velocity with
which, under such conditions, the meteors
would rush throughjthc air would amount
to about forty miles an hour. It is note—
worthy also that the November meteorsjhave
been found under spectroscopic anyalsis of
their light to contain large quantities of so~
dium, the chief- component of our common
salt. From this some may be disposed to
extract a ’naturalistic’ interpretation of the
fate of Lots wife. Those who take interest
in the theory of the destruction of Sodom
and Gomorrah might possibly manage to find
some evidence of heavy meteoric downfall
in that part of the north. The search'
would be as likely to be rewarded with suc-
cess as that which 3my esteemed friend the
Abbe Moigno, has suggested should be made
for the chariots, etc., of the destroyed army
of Pharaoh,”
Cyclones are observed to sweep across vast
areas of the sun’s surface at a velocity two
hundred times greater than that or a cannon
ball. -
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The brig Guisborough, of New London,
which met with disaster during the recent
storm in the Sound, has floated, and was
towed into N orthport harbor last Tuesday.
Chief Justice Waite is in New Orleans,
where he has gone to see the annual carnival.
Soon after his arrival he was waited upon by
the Lord High Chamberlain of King Carni-
val, anowas presented with a patent of no-
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Connecticut Legislature.
Spams, Feb. 17. 1880.
The House having passed the bill regulat-
ing attorneys’ fees and the Senate havm ln—
definitely postponed the same, the once
asked for a committee of conference. The
Senate granted the request and Mr. Brewster.
was appointed on the part of the Senate.
A House resolution referring. to the
ample ment of machinery in the jails_and
State risen was referred to the Committee
on State Prison, instead of the comrmttce on
Manufacture. . .
Housm—Tbe substitute bill providing that
interest at the rate of 9 per cent. phall be
charged on any tax, town, city, borough or
school district, which shall remain for one
month unpaid after it has become due and
payable, was reported favorably] from the
Finance Committee. -
, Mt. «Morris, ‘of New Haven, introduced an
amendment, exempting taxes secured by
liens, now laid or to be laid, which was .3
adopted.
0n vote the measure was carried.
The Committee on Banks reported unfit—-
vorably on the statute prohibiting sayings
banks from loaning funds to manufacturing
companies and ecclesiastical societles, except
on individual security, was taken up. Mr.
Tinker said the act was passed last year on
the recommendation of the Bank Commission-
ers and had been found to work well. Ho
did not think it ought to be repealed. On
vote the bill for repeal was rejected.
Mr. Nash introduced a vote of the town of
Ridgefield appropriating $5,000 to purchase
a site in that town for increased accommoda-
tions for the insane poor, and It was referred
to the committee on humane institutions.
SENATE, Feb. 18.
House bill for an act making the penalty
for the crime of horse stealing imprisonment
from two to five years, was passed.
House bill giving school visitors $2 per
day for the time actually employed, and any
further compensation the town may fix, was
passed. .
House bill for an act enlarging probate
districts, was rejected, the Judiciary Commltp
tee reporting unfavorably. Chairman'Brew—
ster stated that public sentiment was against
the bill. _
House bill for an act abolishing capital
punishment, substantially was rejected, the
Committee on judiciary reporting that It
should not pass. _
Houses—The bill providing for the pun-
ishment of persons who ' dogs that are
registered was laid on the table at the request ‘
of Mr. Barstow\ of Norwich.
The bill providing for the taxation of stock
of National bank associations owned by non-
residents was taken up. Mr. Nichols, of Dan-
bury, said this bill changed the time for mak-
ing returns, and offered an amendment,wlnch
provided that the act shall take effect on
October 1, 1880. The bill was passed.
The bill for the appointment of special con-
stables on the request of agricultural and
cemetlery associations by the selectmen was
asse .
The bill providing that public schools shall
be maintained for at least thirty-six weeks
in each year in every school district inwhich
the number of persons between four and six-
teen years of age at the last preceding enu-
meration was one hundred and ten or more,
and no town shall receiVe any money from the
State Treasury for any such district unless-
the school therein has been kept during the
time required by the act, waspassed.
The bill concerning the instruction of
children, providing that parents and guar-
dians having the care of children shall have
them instructed in reading, writing, English
grammar, geography and arithmetic. and that
they shall attend school at least sixty days in
each consecutive twelve months, six weeks at
least of which attendance shall be consecutive,
was passed.
Senate business was passed in concurrence,
with the exception of the resolution of Mr.
Sexton, of Bridgeport, for the Committee of
Manufacturers to inquire into the system in'
State Prison. The House voted not to concur
with the Senate.
Susan, Feb. 19.
Mr. Colt presented a report‘of the Commis—
sion appointed to report a plan for the gradu-
al disposal of the oyster grounds in the
waters of the State. It was referred to the
Committee on Fisheries and 500 copies order-
ed printed.
Mr. Brown called up House bill, an act to
prohibit the sale of milk from diseased cows.
Mr. Upson moved to amend so that the bill
will read, ‘iAny person who shall knowingly
sell, etc,” adopted, and the bill as amended
was passed. '
Senate joint. resolution No. 27, on the
boundary between New York and Connecti-
cut, taken up. -
By a yes. and nay vote the original resolu—
$1. was accepted, there being not a dissent;-
vorce. - -
Housn.——The bill concerning tolls of horse '
railroad companies, giving Courts of .Com—
mou Council and Boards of Selectmen power
ito fix and ‘regnla‘te'tne same, was rejected,
Mr. Carpenter explaining and opposing it. ,
w I ‘
Love’s Young Dream.
A very beautiful and accomplished girl on
the South side, says the Chicago Tfib um,
whose only fault,according to the young man
upon whose affections she had fastened. is an
unnatural and morbid appetite for oysters
and theatre tickets, recently came near los-
ing the faithful creature whose clothes she
soon expects to have the wifely privilege of 2
trading off for china dogs. The other
evening, as they were returning from the
theatre, the young lady passed the time talk-
ing gleefully of the future, and picturing the
happy time that would follow their nuptials
“You will come home just as soon as ever
you can, Charley, and I will have your slip.
pers all ready for you, and then we can get
supper ready together, just like two little
robins in a nest, can’t we ?” An attentive
listener might have heard the crackling of a
shirt bosom as Charley heaved a sigh at this
unusual scheme of married life, but,choking
back his emotiOn and a large chew of tobacco
which he had taken on the quiet, the young
man looked at the beautiful fraud and said;
“See here, sis, I’ll stake another fellow for
enough to keep you in suppers and thehtre
tickets for the balance of the season, and let
him fulfil my- schedule, but my notion _:is
that we had better part. What is home
without a supper P” " The girl saw she had
blufied at the wrong time, but artfully fell
01f his neck and said she only did it to try
him; that she admired nothing so much as
a man who knew his rights and would stand
up for them. His answer had endeared him
to her more than ever, and she could never,
never let him go. Here was a great chance
for the young man to break the siren's
chains forever, but he was not equal to the
occasion, and aportion of his hard earned
salary will soon be paid to a preacher for
making them one. -
. .o—O———-—-—
The Manufacture of Corsets.
The New Haven Palladium has the fol;
lowing in regard to the manufacture 'of
corsets which will be read with interest by
our readers in view of the establishment of
a new cor‘set factory here :—
Formerly all corsets sold by merchantsi
this country came from Europe. 80 late at
1867 there were but four factories in the
United States, two in Massachusetts and the
remainder in this city. One of them be-
longed to Isaac Strouse, the other to Bar.
mou & Baldwin. The capital of the four
concerns did not exceed $50,000, nor fur-
nish employment to more than 300 persons.
Now there are twenty factories in the coun-
try, using a capital of $1,800,000 and em-
ploying more than 10.000 operatives. Nine
of these are located in this city, six in Bir-
r'mingham and three in Bridgeport. The nine
factories here represent a capital of $750,000
and employ 4,500 operatives, who are paid
$100,000 monthly. The daily production of
the twenty factories is estimated at 180,000
which is equivalent to a product of $54,000,-
000 of corsets in the United States. allowing
500 working days to the year. These sta-
tistics, which are largely within bounds:
shows the benefits of protection. - When an
ad cowl-em duty was imposed on corsets the
business here was small and importations
large. The attention of Hon 8. W. Kellogg,
then our representative in congress, was
called to the subject, and that gentleman
secured the passage of an act imposing. a
specific duty of $2 per dozen on foreign cor-
sets. This protection gave confidence to
capitalists, and the business increased and
flourished. One Parisian manufacturer has
built up a large establishment in this coun-
try, two heavy importers have each started
factories here, and all of them buy thor low
priced stock from American makers instead
of sending their orders to Europe as formerly
Fears are occasionally expressed y crackers
that the business is overdone, or soon will
be. Of this there is no immediate danger.
The production has not yet caught up
with the domestic consumption. All the
provinces of Canada are supplied by Amer- - .
ican factories, and a brisk ex rt trade to
South America and the West ndies has be-
gun with every prospect of considerable in—‘
crease.
_____._.s.
A Quebec merchant has e rimented suc-
cessfully in shipping beef to ngland in
cass. The animals are beheaded, the cut
taken out, and the bodies pressed into a small
compass and frozen. The bids is not remov-
ed untll the voy is over, and it is claimed
the men is superior in appearance to other
imports beef. and keeps longer.
WMIMVVWVW
PURE
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nunrxeru‘nnn ’rnoar THE nus-r WHITE
wmrnu mar, srncrxnnv snnscrnn mp
rnnrxnnn FOR THE runrosn, AND ABSO—
LUTR‘LY runs: anon m mums. or now
TRADE nownn. HIRAM SMITH,
' uoxnovn nus, x. r.
lgENTsuANTED *2 m “a" '7
L lustrous-ad onl'
- com Iota end authentic history the We;
00000000 0.0
‘Itu'describ‘es Royal Palaces, Rare Curiosities,
Wealth and Wonders of the Indies China, Japan
etc.“A million people wantlt. Thu is the best
chance of your life to make mone . Beware of
“chance penny'.’ imitations. Sen for clrculars‘
and extra terms ”Agents. Address
, N arson“. Punnrsnmo 00.. Philadelphia.
77 7 AYEAR and ex cases to agents. Ont-
fit Free. Address P.0._VIC RY. Augusta, Me.
' __- send for our select List of Local
luggglgglb. Geo. P. Rowcll a 00.. 10 Spruce
St., . a
FAIRFIELD
FIRE
lNSUlthllEllllllPlNY,
South Norwalk Conn.
0010000001, $200,000.00
10001180018879,$316,882.92
Agencesin allthe Principal Citiesand Towns
w .s. nANFOBD,Pruldcn r ,'
1! .B (BURNER, Sec’y and Trees.
Callgnd: examine our Stock of
Corn Shellers,
Lever Feed Cutters,
Raw Hide Gutters.
Baldwin Fodder
Gutter.
The Best Assortment in
Town.
Will—88 .
Nos, 18 and 20 Water Street,
PERMANEnrtv cause I
. loner -olssasj;§,.._
LlVER computers,
Constipation. and‘Piles.
nn. 1:. n; max. So'ritlslleo,Vt., uyl,
'. nmwrarncn‘nn. «some»,
can, "it Is ofprlceleu value. After sixteen 2
years of great suffering from Piles and Col- ‘
“vaca- it completely cured mo.” ’2 .
‘ - C. S. HOGABON, ochl-lrshlrc, says, “one
Whosdoue wonders for no In so...
plet’cly curing a severe Liver and Kidney. '
C—plnlnt.” ‘
_~ BECAUSE IT ACTS 0N THEl
mmmnn BDW'ELS AND KID-
NEYS AT THE SAME TIME.
Because Itoloanm the ammo!
the polsonou'c‘humon that develops
In Kldneyand Urinary cleanses, all-
Iousnoas, .Jaundloo. Constipation.
Plies, orIrIRhoIn-natlom, "curvlu
and Female aleorders-
KIDNEY-WORT in udry‘vegctable o.- -
pen-dam] ctr-be sentby mil prepaid.
III-RY :x-x- mow: . :'
: Buy it attire J’s-mists.- MOLOO.
WILLS, HMSONI 80., Meters,
' ‘ ‘ LIVER manner: and In-
‘ rigestion prevail toa renter
extent than probab any
-ther malady and re lot is
: lways anxiously son ht af-
ter. If the Liver is regulated in its action ealth
is almost invariably secured. Indigestion orwant
of action in the Liver causes Headache, Consti-
fiatlon, J candies. Pain In the Shoulders, Cough,
.izzlness, Sourrstomaclr. bad taste in the mouth,
billious attacks, lpitntion of the heart. depres-
sion of spirits or he blues, and a hundred _other
symptoms. Smaloxs' LIVER Rneuparon is the
best remedy that has eyes; been discovered for
these ailments. It acts mildly. effectually, and
being a simple vegetablecompcnnd. can do ncln-
jury 111 any quantities that it may be taken. It 35
harmless in every way: it has been used for forty
ear and hundreds from all parts of the coun-
W
LIVER John Gill Shorter, of Ala-
bama: Gen .John B. Gordon,
' . L. u on of Columbus. Ga.,are among the hun-
dreds to whom we can refer. Extract ofa ctter
from Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, dated arch
8. 1872: .“I occasionally use when my condltron
requires it, Dr. Simmons’ Liver Regulator, With
good effect. Itis mild and suits me better than
more active medicine. ‘ '
' . Itis’nt the quantity eaten
that givesstrcngth.llfe.blood
flElilllATflll. . m...
der H.8tephens, of Georgia;
Bishop Frame of Georgia;
nd health, .It is th
ough digestion of the food
taken lellt be much on ttle. Therefore. do not
stimulate up the stomach to crave food,
rather assist dlgestlon after eating by taking
SIMMONS, LIVER REGULATOR
ORIGINAL AND GENUINE.
MANUFACTURED BY
J. H. ZEILIN & 00.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Price $1 . Sold by an druasiata.
1100 Jersey Midland Railway.
HOLDERS of First and Second Mortgage Bonds
of the New Jersey Midland Rai way Com-
pany can deposit their bonds, wrth any or all ast
due coupons or funded interest bonds, issue , in
some cases, for 1874 and 1875 coupons, attached,
on or before Feb. 10, 1880. with the Central Trust
Company and receive translernble certificates,
upon the payment of 1 per cent. par value.
About 95 r cent. of the first mortgage bonds
have'becn eposlted. The road will be sold with-
out limit. Those who do not do osit their bonds
Will not participate in the bone ts of the prepos-
ed purchase.
Present holders of Central Trust Company’s
certificates, with 1874 and 1875 coupons or With
the funded interest bonds [for 1874 11131 1875 con-
pons attached, on have them transferred at
said rust Company, and new certificates will be
issued therefor. in" their own: names, on payment
of 75 cents per 81,000 par value.
J. F. HULL, Chairman!
1'. A. POTTS.
HENRI MARKS.
CHARLES PARSONS. .
g.gbROGBRS,
U B
SMITH frnv Jn.
cnannns n’. nUkTIs,
n. n. nansrsap.
JOHN J. naowu.
unmannr. BURT,
HENRY WHELEN,
J. M. meson.
CHARLES PARSONS. Jn., Secretary, No. 89
Pine St" N. Y. Post Office Box No. 79. ,
but
Reorganization
Committee.
Jan.13,1880.
s I $201339“ at home. Samples worth!”
2‘ . dress srnrson & 00., Port-
)“ 1 luau '
Ilvouch for its virlues, viz: Hon. Alexan- '
O
' c. T. Leonard asou,
COAL, WOOD,
Masons’ Materials,
0 E M E N '1' P I P E
For Drains, Sewers, Wells, &c.,
At Lowest Cash Prices.
Drains and Wells Dag and Piped
Also Sole Agent for
Patent Tinder .‘Wood,
The Cheapest and Best Kindling out. Try it
C‘ Branch Ofiice at Spencer’s Jewelry Store
Superior Shoeingl
Sore-Footed, Interferng, 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.
he subscriber makes a specialty of
HORSE SHOEING
and will guarantee to givc satisfaction to all who
may entrust him With their work, whether the
animals’ boots are in a sound or' unsound condi-
tion. Shop near Horse Itailway Depot, Norwalk.
281;! , CHARLES E. l'lllaLER.
Look and See
HERE you can get your work done:
0 thing In the line of
BLACKSMITHING
ta short notice and as reasonable as any where in
town. Horse and 0x Shoeing a specialty. Wheel -
wri htlng and Painting done by an experienced
was man. At the old stand of Geo. Llo d.
16 N APP
l
Any
GEO. W.
Notice
Is hereby given to the pee le 01
Norwalk|and vicinity that one
' " Shoelng‘ will be done in first class
style by W M. McCORMACK. None
but hand made Shoes used. Work done on most
reasonable terms, and particular attention paid to
Interferin andOver—reaching Horses at the old
stand of M. AHERN,Mam Street. Norwalk.
.1011 0001100 000011 000000
IS THE MOST;
Economical Power'- Known lg
—ron—
Driving Light Machinery.
It takes but little room.
It never gets out of repair.
It cannot blow up.
It rc nil-es no fuel.
t needs :no nglncer.
There is no delay; no firing up , no ashes toclean
away; [lo extra insurance to pay' no re-
pairing necessary : no coa bull's to
pay, and it Is always ready
for use
It lsinvaluablc for blowing Church Organs, for
running. Printing Presses, Sewing Machines.
Turuin Luthes,ScrollSaws, Grind Stones, Cof-
fee Mil s, Sausage Machines,Fccd Cutters, Corn
Mills, Elevators, etc.
Four—horsepowerat 40 pounds pressure of and
ter. It is noiseless, neat, compact, steady; way
above all ’
IT IS VERY CHEAP.
Manufactured by the menus WATER M0-
TOR 00., Newark, N. J, ‘
The Motorcan be seen in operation Gallant the
Office of the ‘- Nonwxnx GAZETTE, " azette
Building, Norwalk, Conn. , '
For estimates or further inlormatlon apply to
JOHN COTTER, General A cut.
Alsoa ntfor the RISDON TURBINE WA-
TER W EEL, which is acknowledged to give a
tagger duty than any other water wheel now
m e.
3 all) AND BEIJABlE.
‘
I
{133. Smronp’s LIvnn INVIGORATOBE
:Eis a Standard Family Remedy for
bdiseases of the Liver, Stoth 4
:Eand Bowels.—It is Purely
“Vegetable—It never '.
:{Debilitates—It is - ‘
:ICathartic and -
'II‘ o n i c . o‘" '
' 0,.
.~
Elrnv ‘
6 .
_ has been used:.
. In my practice,
and by the publie,:
for more than 35 years,:
with unprecedented results.:
SEND“ FOR CIRCULAR.‘
l
s.l.w.snrorn,s.n..183.858.1885?
ANY DBL’GGISI‘ WILL TILL YOU ITS MUTATION. :
I
Free Reading Room.
HIS is acomiortable room fitted up for the
. benefit of thepublic generally, situated on
east side of South Main Street. over Rood’s J ew-
elry Store, Clark and Lane’s Block, nearly 0 po-
site Railroad Depot, South Nos-walk, Ct. t is
open from 9 a. m., to 9:45 p. m. The room is well
lighted, warm and comfortable. It is supplied‘
w th four dailies, two weeklies, and several
monthly papers and journals. beside a number
ofinstructlve and interesting books.
COFFEE ROOM.
There is a Coffee Room on the same floor and a
lady in attendance from 99.. m., to 9:45 p. m., to
serve HOME MADE articles mentioned below.
at the following prices :
1 Cup ofCon‘ce, wrth crackers,
1 Cup of Tea. with crackers, -
Cocoa, - - - I
Brown Bread and Butter, : -
Sandwich. -
Cake,
Doughnuts, , - . - - ,-
Plece ofPie, -
Crullcrs,
Ham, - - . -
Pork and Beans, W: In bread and butter
Stewed Oysters,
- InAAA'An-n-n-n-n-n-n-AA-nnnn-
1
10
15
"MOORE’S EARLY.”
NEW Seedling Strawberries and Small Fruits.
Also NEW CROSS-BRED ASPARAGUS.
which promises to be a great improvement. Send
for Circular to -
JOHN B. MOORE, Concord, Man.
Please state in whatpaper you saw this. 40
The Old. and Reliable
IN FULL BLAST.
the last Ten Days. _
Extensive preparations for Holiday Trade. 2
Holiday Goods Cheaper than any
House in New York.
E. T. WHITNEY.
- Notice.
YOU can have your Cess Pools romptl clean~
ed and Night Soil remove on app ication-
to NELSON TUTTLE
214p - South Norwalk, Conn.
GO SOUTH :-
Go to Sunny Florida, get rid of
Ice and Snow.; .
FOR Sale or exchange for pro any in or near
Stamford, one of the most ovely places in
Florida, near Jacksonvrlle,‘,on the St. John's
River. For particulars apply to
. - S. H. NYE,
at: 5 Stamfordmonn.‘
For Norwalk an vieinity.'
860 Prize Grapé, '
Sign of Better Time‘s?
WHITNEY GALLERY.
Nearly 500 Photographs printed in, 7
. CONVEYANCES
V\l\l VVWWVVVWIUW mmww
BAMBI]!!! & NORWA'LM R. ,3
FALL ARBANGEMEN T.
Commencing Oct. 201b,1879.
DAILY TRAIN 3
Leave Norwalk Bridge for Danbury.
9 37 a. m., Mail.
4 36 p. m., Accommodation.
8 19 p. m., Mail.
Arrive al Norwalkaji-dgefi-om Danbury.
733a.nl.,Mail. ' ‘
1 09 p. m., Accommodation.
5 49 p. m., a I.
, L .WSANDII'ORTH ,Snpl .
I!“ ll ILI EW HAVE! llIAlIfllllil IAIlIllAI
Trainslcavc South Norwalk_lor New York at
1247, . m.(Washin;zton Ex..vla. Harlem River).
3 54,( x.),5 08, (Ex.)6 00.6 3437 34.7 45mm.” 39
9 10,‘ 1038, (Epr A. M.,123’. 258,‘ (1?.pr 4 30,
(Exp.)5 03 ,6 24,(Exp .)6 55.9 05,(Exp.) I’.M,ForN¢w
Haven, 1 18,(Exp.) 6 5-2, 9 01‘, 928.(Exp.)1o 48, A.
M., 1211,(Exp.)1 45, 2 18,(h.xp.)404, 4 18,(Ex ,)
s 09,“; 48, 10 36, (Exp.) a 1125, (Exp.) P.M . . or
Bpringfield,6 52, 928,(Exp.) A.l\1., 1211,‘(pr.)
1 45, 4 18. (Exp.) 6 48 10 36,3 xp.) 1’. M. “Express
for Boston,vxa.5pringflel ,9 28,A . M.,l.. 11,4 18,
and 10 36, P.M.,via. New London ; 2 lsnnd 11 25,
P. M.,via.AirLine R.R.,1 33, A. M.. and 2 18.351.
B'Conllllectathw Rochelle with Harlem River
ranc .
LOWER RATES on FRE IGHTS.
* NORWALK 'AND NEW YORK.
I
thlc’s Propellers
Will continue to make regular trips betweenNor-
walk Bridge and New Yorkélce permltung.)stop-
ping at South Norwalk t receive and leave
freight. Freight receivedfrom and delivered at
the freight depot of the Danbury &; N orwalk
Railroa . _
fl' 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 of sale.
IE? All persons are forbid trusting any of the
employees of the boats of this hne on account of
the owners thereof.
_ gm: gallon.
“WA/\M l'\ A A I
‘ ISTRICT OF N OBWALK, ss. Probate Court'
February 11th. 1880.
Estate of SARAH ANN NASH, 1a“ 01 Wil-
ton. in said District, deceased. . _
The Court of Probate for the District of Nor-
walk. hath limited and allowed six months from
the date hereof for the Creditors or said Estate
to exhibit their claimsfor settlement. Those who
neglect to present their accountsmro erly attest.
ed. within said time, wxll be debarre a recovery.
'Allpersons indebted to sald Estate are requested
to make immediate payment to , _
3tp7 WM. EDGAR NASH, Admlnlstrator.
lsTitICT 0FNORWALK,ss.I’robate Court,
February 5th , 1880.
Estate of MARY ANN ELLS,late or New Ca-
naan, in said district, deceased. _
The Court of Probate for the District of Nor-
wnlk. hath limited and allowed six months from
the datchcreoi tor the creditors of said estate,
to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who
neglect to present their accounts pro erly attest-
ed Within said time, will be dcbarre a recovery.
All persons lndebtcd to said estate are requested
to make immediate filament to
3t0 JOSIAH LLOGG, Administrator.
STEAM
SAWING & PLANING
Band & Scroll Sawing & Turning,
MANUFACTURER 0F
Doors, Sashes. Blinds, Mouldings,
Boxes. Packing Cases, Win-
dow Frames, &c.
I have on hand tools for 150 patterns of Mould.
lugs, and will, when desired, make tools for new
styles. Constantly in stock _
Pickers, planned and pointed, Fen“
Rails and Trimmings,
BRACKETS of all descriptions, and WINDOW
FRAMES made to order at short notice. INSIDE
'I‘RIMMINGS got out ready to put up, from lane
and specifications. WALNU and ASH AIN.
SCOTING and FLOORING. TURNING of al
descriptions.
Kludlz'ng Wood Split and ready for use, put
up in; Barrels.
BURR' KNAPP.
Footof Marsflhl Street, South Norwalk, Ct
Norwalkflnrss Hailwaylimelahle.
COMMENCING DECEMBER 11TH, 1879 .
New Haven Accom.
New Haven Express.
New York Express.
New York Accom.
New Haven Accom.
New York Eyre”.
H .d: N. . Ac.
New York Express.
852838333283838332883
New Haven Express.
Saturdays only.
Meeker’s
NORWALK PACKET.
For the accommodation of the public, the 8100
LADY JACKSON, Capt. Joseph S.Byxbee, WI 1
hereafter make regular weekly trips between N or-
walk and New York, stop ing at South Nor-walk,
leavmg Meeker Brothers’ barf, N orwalk, every
Friday night. Freight taken on board at Pier
43 E. 11., foot of Rutger St., New York, on MON-
DAYS and TUESDA '8.
Produce sold and returns made in old acket
style. Freight at old Packet rates, viz; F our 12
cts; Su ar, 15 cts; Pork and Fish 20 etc; Molass-
es and erosene 001,25 cts; Boxes 6ets' Oats5
cts; 100 lbs, Feed 6 cts. Farmers in adjoining
towns are mvrted to send their produce by this
A. J. MEEKER a BRO!
pd
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In“) IbNOIb O tibial—l #w “NI-l
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01901
Boat.
Norwalk, April,1879.
EW YORK Ill PHILADELPHIA NEW LINE
BOUND BROOK ROUTE
FOR TRENTON AND PHILADELPHIA.
Fulton Street._
Commencing October 6th, 1879.
Leave New York from station C. R. R. of N. J.,
foot of leerty St.,for Philadelphia.
Station corner Ninth and Green Streets, at 7:45,
,“ 11:15 a. m. 1:30, 4’, 5:30, 7:15, 12 p. m . On Sun-
day at 8:45 a. m., 5:30, 12 p. m. .
I or Station cor. Third and Berks streets, at 6:50.
9:00. 11:15. or m., 1:30, 3:30, 4:00, 5:30, 7:15, p. In. On
Sunday at 8:45 a. m.,-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. 111., 5:30 p. m.
Reyturgmg. trains will leavePhlladelphia for New
or :
From station Phila. a; Reading Railroad. cor.
Ninth at Green Sts.,'_at 7:30“, 9:30 a. m., 12:10, 1:40',
3:30, 5:40, 7:15, 12 p. In. On Sunday at 8:30 a. m.,
5:30, 12 p. m.
From Third and Berk streets, 7:45, 9:20, 11 a. m.,
1:30, 3:25, 5:30, 6:45, 11:15 p. m. On Sunday at 8:25
a.'m., 4:30 1:. nl.
‘Denotes Pullman Cars-attached. '
From Trenton,Warren .lr Tucker sts,l:20(except
Monday.) 6.40, 8:20. 10:15 a.m., 12:55, 2:20,4:15, 4:16
6:31, 8:05, p. m. 0n Sunda 1:20.935 a.m,,6,]5 p. m.
Connection is made ersey City station to and
from Brooklyn and Eric Depot. J erse City. -
Tickets for sale at foot of Liberty t.. Nos. 239.
261. 401, 944, 957 Broadway, and at the principal
hotels, Nos. 2 and 4 Court st., and Annex ofiice,
J cwell’s Wharf,Brooklyn. Baggage'checked from
residence to destinatlon.
P. BALD WIN, Gen. Pass. Agent.
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”HENRY TILLY,
Manufacturer of
Light Carriages of all kinds,
Repairs carefully attended to
Carriages Painted in Flrsl- Class Style.
Having the best Paint shop and Workman in
the town 91 N orwalk. I can guarantee entlre sat-
isfaction in this department as my large trade
proves. Call and examine work. Carriages stor- .
ed and taken care of through the Winter.
Machine, Smithy and General Illinois--.
4 ‘ mish’s Work. '
'Factoi‘y' on Main St., So. N orwalk.
Orders by Telephone promptly attended to.
sonar n. SMITH,
F L O R I S T ,
EAST SIDE 013‘ MAIN STREET,SOUTB
0F RAILROAD,
City of South Norwalk, Conn.
Plants and Howlers at all seasons.
Flower-for Funeral. furnished Ind
tuner’ully arranged so order at short
’ ' RNER’S
s F E
‘ We 8d nu. are on immediate
stigma for]; Tots-cpl: Elia? and cure g1?
ape a, olllllell. .
D mimrflflm-In. Fever and
mes in nearly all
diseases to cause n free and regular action of
tillg'Bowela. The best antltlo't: for all Mal-
a
Box.
la Heroine quickly gives
Real. and Sleep {:the suffering. cures nearl-
' ass-he and Ken Prevent. Epfleplle
. . and is the best remedy for Nervou- PM
. Inshor- brought on by excessive drinking,
» over-work, mental shocks, Ind other causes.
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lst. Our “PATENT INSIDE BOLT Wonx”
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High Old Times.
. The last number of the Pennsylvania
Magazine of History and Biography, has an
interesting paper, entitled “Philadelphil
Society One Hundred Years Ago." There
were lively times in Philadelphia in 1778.
Arnold was military commander. He led a
highlife, entertained liberally and plunged
into extravagancies of all kinds. Every—
body seems to have been infected by his ex-
ample. The ladies outvied French women
in their costly toiletts and absurd fashions.
Old Timothy Pickering, writing to his wife
says: “I mentioned to you the enormous
head-dresses of the ladies here. ’Tis sur-
prising how they fix such loads of trumpery
on their polls. The whig ladies seem as
fond of them as others.” “I know ofno
news," wrote Mrs. Robert Morris to her
mother, “unless to tell you we are very gay
is such. We have a great many balls and
entertainments and soon the assembly will
begin. Tell Mr.- Hall even our military gen.
tlemen are too liberal to make any distinc-
tion between whig and tory ladies. If they
make it, it is favor of {the latter. Such.
strange as it may seem, is the way those
things are conducted at present in this city.
It originates at headquarters, and that I may
make some apology for such ‘rsnge con-
duct, I must tell you that Cupid has given
our little general (Arnold) a more mortal
wound thanall the hosts of Britons could,
unless his present conduct'can expiate for
the past—Miss Peggy Shippen is the fair
one." Miss Shippen, then in her eighteenth
year, was the leading belle, and she deserved
the pro-eminence by her striking beauty 01
features and elegance of figure. She and
her sisters Sarah and Molly, and the ladies
of the families of Footman, Amie], Clifton,
Odell, Bard and Riche and been knight’s
_ ladies at the famous Meschianza ball, which
Major Andre had got up during the occupa-
tion of the city by the British. This was
often referred to in reproach against them,
and an attempt w made to ostracise them
when the Conti ntals took possession of
Philadelphia. Their charms of mind and
manners carried the day,however, against all
adversaries, female or male.
Witty Rebecca Frank. who lived with
her father at the corner of Lodge and Sec-
ond streets, was a particular favorite of the
British ofiicers. There were rare doings at
David Frank's when General Howe would
tie his horse at his door and go in to call on
the young ladies. She subsequently became
the wife of Colonel Sir Henry Johnson of
the British army and died in England.
When General Winfield Scott visited Europe
in 1861, he carried a letter of introduction
to this ex—belle of Philadelphia. At that
time she was in ill'health and confined to
her chair. Her cheerfulness had not for—
saken her, and she gratified Scott’s vanity
by asking him if he was the young rebel
who had taken the liberty to beat his majes—
ty’s troops. 0n the occasion of shell given
by the French residents of the city to Mrs.
Washington, this inveterate tory beauty
tied a cockade, like those that were then
worn in honor of the French alliance, to
her dog’s neck, and bribed a servant to turn
it into the hall room. General Washington
writing of the men of the times, says
“Idleness, speculation, peculation, and an
insatiable thirst for riches, seems to have
fiot the best of every other consideration.”
Edward Shippen writes to a relative: “I
shall find myself under the necessity of re~
moving from this scene of expense. The
style of life my fashionable daughters have
introduced into my family makes my expen-
ses fall not short of £4,00fi or £5,000
per annum. I gave my daughter Betsy
to Neddy Burd last Thursday evening, and
all is jollity and mirth. My youngest daugh-
ter is much solicited by a certain general
(Arnold) on the same subject.
“Luxury and dissipation,” writes General
Greene from camp, “are very prevalent in
Philadelphia. When I was in Boston last
summer I thought~ luxury very predomi—
nant there, but it is no more to be Compared
with that now prevailing in Philadelphia
that an infant babe to a full grqwn man. I
dined at one table where there were an bun:
dred and sixty dishes.’?.. Good natured
stout General Knox could ,not find it in his
heart to say ought against the luxuries, and
only records: “The girls are the same every-
where—at least, some of them-they love a
red coat dearly." A historical writer says:
“Every form of wastefulness and extrava-
gauc‘e prevailed in Philadelphia under the
very eye of Congress ; luv of dress, lux-
ury of equipage, luxury of the table. At
one entertainment eight hundred pounds
were spent in pastry.” In reply to a‘ scold~
ing letter of her father, Franklin, for in~—
dulging in these dissipations, Mrs. Bache
wrote: “How could my dear papa give me
so severe it reprimand for wishing a little
finery, - You would not have had me, I am
sure, stay away from Minister Gerard’s en-
tertainment, nor when I was invited to
spend the day with General Washington
and his lady; and you would have been the
last person to have wished to see me dressed
with singularity. Though I never loved
dress so much as to be particular’ "Ie, yet
I will never go out when I canm-r :21. . '
as to do credit to my family :.- .
Philadelphia, in fact, in Revoluli 'r'
seems to have been gayer than at .
duent period. ‘
A Few Puns.
Punning, says the New Orleans Picayune,
would not be so had were it not so infectious
Puns leave germs which lie in idle minds
until they fructify and bear a baleful crop of
more puns. The other day some of us got
to talking about that witty old cynic Dean
Swift, when one of the company took ad~
vantage of the opening and gave us thisjeu
dc ml of his : “Why,” asked the Dean, “is
it right, by the Zea: taliom'sl, to pick an ar-
tist’s pocket P’i It was given up of course,
and the answer was "because he has pict -
uses.” A silence fell about the table round
until, one by one we saw it. Then one
thoughtful man observed, “It was impossi—
ble to fgive the answer—because the Dean
had contrived to reserve the answer to him-
self. I could ‘not, for instance, say that it is
right for me gto pick an artist s pocket, be—
cause he has picked yours.” Here is another
conun‘drum. founded upon a pan, which
only the proponder can solve: An old
man and a young one were standing bye
meadow. "Why,” asks the young man. “is
this clover older than you 1’” “It is not,”
replied the other. “It is, thong ." returned
the young man, “because it ispasturage.”
Thereupon an abstracted looking person,wllo
had not followed the line of remark,and who
had not understood the illustration, startled
us all with the {irrlevant inquiry,"Why can-
not a panteminst tickle nine Esquimauc?
Give it up ? Why it’s because he can gesti-
culatc.”
San Francisco will perhaps get enough of
Kearneyism by and by. A comparison, just
published, between the bank deposits in that
city of January 1, 1880, and those of the
previous New Year's day, contains a sharp
lesson. During the year—a period of com-
munistic agitation culminating in the adop—
tion of' the Sand Lots constitution—$11,250,
000were withdrawn from the commercial
banks of that city and invested elsewhere.
The withdrawal represents the decline 0
confidence felt by caiptal in the future of a
State where it is possible for men like Kear— .
ney to dictate constitutions and rule Legisla—
tures. The drainage of capital will surely
continue solongas the existing cause re-
mains in force. The savings bank depositors
durlng the same year fell off from 53,300 to
47,200, and the sums to theircredit from
. $54,000,000 to $44,350,000. Dispatches from
San Francisco report an increase of enforced »
idleness among the workingmen and of dis—
tress in consequence. The war upon capi.
talists is a war upon laborers also.
———-O—~OV-.—-————
At the President’s reception on Tuesday
night,Mrs. Astor of New York wore a white
silk dress and diamonds worth $800,000.
The ladies of the diplomatic corps said her
exhibition was ahead of anything they had
ever seen worn, even by royalty. Mrs.
Astor was attended by two private detectives
"dressed as gentlemen", The r tionis
said to have eclipsed any ever given at the
Whitcflouse.
Norwalk Chronicler