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WHOLE NUMBER 1681.
TOO SOON.
n. c. LEHMANN.
She came, how sweet and fair she came
To our rude earth, and stayed awhile
A tender spirit, free from blame,
And lit vith an angelic smile.
Ah me! that smiles so sweet should fade
. From lips that in the grave are laid.
She was so young, the light intense
That seemed to guard her from her birth,
Spoke but of stainless innocence,
And purity too great for earth.
Ah me! that light so pure should fade
From eyes_that in the grave are laid. ’
And then she left us, as a baik‘
White-winged sinks dimly from our signt,
Or as some sweet song-burdened lark
Soars upward to the realms of light.
Ah me! that youth and hope should fade
When beauty in the grave, is laid.
Keeping the House Clean:
It is much to be regretted that the classes
of society which should be an example of in-
telligence to the less educatedmnderstand and
study so little the cleansing and washing of
their dwellings. Without dipping too deeply
into the vexed waters of Sanitary Reform,we
may in a short article bring a few facts and
suggestions to the minds and memories of our
readers that may prove useful. .
The art of washing one's house includes
many methods of cleansing independent of
soap and water. The very atmosphere of it
requires washing,by streams of fresh air being
continually admitted to sweep away impure
gases,whieh would otherwise congregate and
engender disease. The expression of “a
healthy mind in a healthy body"'can hardly
. be effectually fulfilled unless the healthy
body is in a healthy house.
All great refornis have, in time past and
present, always run to extremes in their first
developments, and thus we see in sanitary
matters that the use of disinfectants has be-
come almost an abuse. Many people who'
notice an offensive drain odor in their houses
are‘ quite satisfied that, having put down the
usual powders and disinfecting fluids, they
have cured the evil. We can not too strongly
and forcibly bring to the notice of all intelli-
gent persons that it is worse that useless to
use one disagreeable odor to cover up another,
with the idea of curing it—you do not cure
the evil, you but ignore it—and for all time
it should be a proverb, applied morally, so-
cially, politically, and last but not least,phy-
sically, that no evil is ever cured by being
ignored. '
Kearney and Kalloch, leaders of the Cali-
fornia “K. K. S,” have flattened out—to save
their necks. °
Therefore do not place carbolic powder
boxes,nor sprinkle chloride of lime,etc.,where
your drain openings exist, merely to distract
your nose’s attention from the sewer gas
which is issuing from some leaking pipe or
choked trap; by so doing you but ignore
natures’s warning, that, like the premonitory
smoke and rumblings at a volcano, advises
you of the eruption of the disease to come.
Remember, first of all, that fresh air and
fresh water are the supreme king and queen
of disinfectants; these being pure, and boun-
tifully used, you will not need to employ
chemicals,except in the case of infectious and
contagious illnesses.
To insure the air-washing or ventilation
of your house, look to the state of your ven-
tilators, if you have any, that they are kept
in repair and perfect working order. If un—
provided with these inventions, make your
own by keeping your windows opened both
top, and bottom, if only the width of an inch
day and night.
People who sleep with their doors and
windows tightly shut,Wonderwhy they get up
in the morning feeling weary and unfreresh-
ed, as if they needed more sleep, or had sat
up late the night before. The explanation is
very simple. They have ‘been breathing air
- vititatcd with the organic matter they throw
off from their lungs during their sleep, and
are to a certain extent poisoned.
The poor are very slow to believe this;
they think you will loll them with cold if
you propose to open a window. Teach them
that fresh air must never mean a draught;
that if the cold or weather is too severe to
have their bedroom window open and the
door shut, then faute do mieux they must
open the door; but the window, if posslble
is always better, as rooms ventilated from the
house have in the air frequently a certain
amount of sewer gas.
We turn now to the other great necessary
of health—water—as important to the well-
being of the house ‘as of ' the individual.
Supposing that your supply is good, take
care that the tap from which you draw your
drinking water is the nearest to the main, so
that it comes straight in from the street,'and
is always fresh. Allow no one in the house
to drink from any other tap, as water-pipes
are often laid near those from which sewage
gas can arise, and in any case contain water
which has either stood in a cistern or remain-
ed in them for some time, and is therefore
unwholesome. Few people realize that water
“goes ba ” by keeping, as certainly as milk
does. Never drink water which has stood
uncovered in a closed or sleeping room all
night; it is thoroughly impfire. ' .
Look to your cisterns, and have them
cleaned out (and scrubbed when not made
of lead) at frequent and stated times, so that
soot and dirt shall not collect in them and'
poison your water. See. that all sinks and
traps to waste-water pipes are kept thoroughly
free from any kind of impurities, such as
hair, tea leaves, grease; nay, go even fur-
ther, and discover whether your waste-pipes
have been blocked by extraneous matter,
which often happens, as there are few ser—
vants who do not look upon them as metal
boa—constrictors capable of digesting any-
thing. Of course the mischief may be even
deeper down, quite in the drains, but do not
let this daunt you, nor hesitate to hate the
floors of your kitchen or the flags in the
yard taken up, and the evil thoroughly in-
vestigated.
It has been suggested that a skilled, intel-
ligent plumber should be employed by the
authorities to oceasionslly go the round of
every house, taking special and personal
charge of the sanitary matters connected
therewith. This would greatly relieve house-
holders, who, with the best desire, rarely un-
derstand drainage and sanitary systems
enough to detect a flaw quickly. The best
. plumbers, too, have yet much to learn ;",but
as a body, they are acquiring thgnecessary
knowledge as quickly as can beizg‘xpected.
After this long chat about air and'water, we
come at last to house scrubbing and wash-
mg.
All yards, kitchens, and passages in the
basement should he whitewashed at least
twice a year, and the paint well cleaned or
renewed at intervals. If a room is to be
cleaned as it should be, the floor must be
scrubbed, the paint_ washed, and the walls
brushed with a strong feather broom. For
. scrubbing, the servant should have a pail of
clean hot water in which some soda has been
melted, at new piece of house flannel, and a
clean scrubbing-brush ; you can never make
anything clean with dirty implements.
should the floor not be very dirty, ordinary
soap rubbed on the brush will be sufficient;
but if a great cleaning is required, use soft-
soap on the brush instead. Take the flannel
to rinse oil the soap, wringing it each time
todry the floor. The great secret of good
floor-washing is never to do the whole room
with the same water, but change it two or
three times in a small room and more free
qu ently in a large one. It Was very difficult
to impress servants with the necessity of this
as they like to make the same water, as well
as other things, serve many purposes. Soft
soap is apt to leave an offensive “washy”
smell afterwards sometimes; this will soon
pass if the windows are opened and a free
current of air admitted. 'To wash paint,
which is done best with very little soda iii
the water, the servant should be careful to‘
begin at the bottom of the door or wall, etc.,
as any little streams that run down make
none of the marks on a wet surface that they
- do_on a dry one. Take a clean 'chamoiseleather
wrung out in fresh water, to dry it.
Too much care can not be bestowed on
keeping ’ house-washing implements clean.
Pails should be always scolded every morn-
.ing: put out in the air, and scoured with salt
and sand, or salt and turpentine.‘f0110wed by
a copious rinsing once a week, especially
toilet pails. Never allow, a pail to be used
for any other purpose than that for which it
is intended. Keep each to its own special
use. The scrubbing-brush, too, needs at—
tention, and unless kept clean will smell.
Have it well rinsed, and_all hair and pieces
of flannel fluff picked out of it every time
after using. Cloths and washing fiannels must
be thoroughly rinsed in separate waters, and
hung out me pen air to dry. Never permit
them to be mixed together at any time, nor
the same cloth or flannel to be used for two
different purposes.
Thus far we have but mentioned the sim —
. plest rules and means of c Jmmon house clean-
ing and washing—rules the disobedience
of which will bring its dwn punishment and
means which are within the power of every
one. Illness makes us, however, still, more
on our guard, for life depends often on the
care we take Tit such times, and this is not
always realized. If a room has to be washed
during illness. it ‘should be done with car-
bolic soap, chloride oflime. or a strong so-
lution of copperas in the water. Place small
basins of disinfecting fluid, diluted accord-
‘ing to given directions, about the sick cham—
ber, and put some in every vessel that has
toremain in the room. If the air is offen—
sive, some aromatic vinegar, or stalks of
dried lavender burned on hot cinders and
wafted around, will sweeten it ; but it is bet-'
ter to admit fresh air if possible.» Clothes
which have to be removed. from a room
where a contagious or infectious complaint
exists must be sprinkled with disinfectants
before being sent to the wash, and due notice
must always be given to the laundress. The
same treatment must be pursued with all
household linen and bedding after an illness ;
everybed and pillow used by invallds should
be 'opened, the cover washed in disinfectant
,water, and the feathers,hair, or wool stuffing
thoroughlyfumigated. In some cases it is
even advisable'to burn and entirely destroy
the,mbut efihis the sanitary officers are the
best judges. .
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A Story for Reform Clubs.
INSCRIBED TO THOSE IN NORWALK AND SOUTH
NORWALK, BY A FRIEND.
ONE WAY TO FIGHT RUM.
We are in favor of all enforcable laws for
the suppression of the liquor truth 0, but we
do not believe that law alone will render any
community permanently virtuous or temper-
ate. It is a common mistake of temper—
ance reformers to rely too exclusively upon
prohibitory or restrictive measures, or moral
suasion that goes no further than to persuade
meh to pledge themselves against the drink—
ing habit. In how many towns has a “tem—
perance triumph” turned out to be a barren
victory, because those who had won it were
content with a popular verdict against the
sale of liquor,-—,as if appetite eculd be de-
rstroyed by a majority vote, or virtue establish-
ed by a decree of the ballot box! Such men
do not understand the moving cause' of a
large proportion of dramdrinking, and make
no' account of the necessities of human nature
for social diversion and companionship. It
is well somgimes to learn of the enemy, and
to fight him with his own weapons. The
rum seller, with the warmth and glitter, the
low comforts and oftentimes the luxury of
his establishment, attracts customers for his
wares. In the evening,especially, the sa-
loons of high and low degree are almost the
only places that welcome the homeless,
uneasy and roaming men that throng the
streets. The stern moralist may say they
should stay at home, go to meeting, or seek
to improve their minds. But they won’t.
Shall the rum seller be the only person to
take advantage of this fact? New York City
is preparing to say no to this question. We
read that _
“The New York coffee house club has
been formed with $50,000 capital, in shares
of $25 each, to establish coffee houses in
most frequented parts of the city, as attrac-
tive resorts especially for the working class.
and to counteract the bar rooms and beer
gardens. Each house will have reading and
refreshment rooms, and apartments where
chess,dranghts and other games can be played.
Like similar institutions in the large British
cities, the houses will be conducted on com-
mercial principles, and the directors include
William E. Dodge, Jr., Joseph W. Drexel,
William H. Appletonand other prominent
business men.”
This is a step in the right direction. The
work needs to be done amply—in a large and
businesslike way. Little starveling saloons
“on the temperance plan,” with an odor of
sanctity and poverty about them, will not do
the business. The coffee houses shouldbe
so equipped and managed that they can com-
pete successfully with the liquor shops as
places of popular resort, and go them several
better in point of neatness, cheerfulness,’de-
ceucy and generalattractiveness. ~ In Lon-
don they are _ made self—supporting ‘ by
conducting them on business principles—
leaving technical religious and reform work
to other and more appropriate agencies.
Thet ble with many of our attempts in
this c ntry has been that the promoters
have insisted on having a prayer meeting
annexed to the coffee houses, and have thus
kept away the great majority of those who
might have been benefitted and very likely
saved, by a place of res'drt free from tempta-
and feel at home. We trust the New :York
experiment will succeed and extend over the
country. Neither the church nor society is
yet awake to its duty and opportunities in
overcoming evil with good—Golden Rule.
”
How foolish‘ it is to waste money in buying .
a newspaper—a half hour's entertainment that
you throw away as soon as you’ve read it,'is'..
illustrated by the case of a man living at}
Milton, N. 11., who is above such a wastefu
extravagance. This party has two large ice
houses and during the winter he stored both
full of ice. He supposed all other icehouscs.
were full, for he “got along without the pa—
pers," and so did not know the general state:
of things. .Recently he was called on by a
Portsmouth man who offered him $600, for
his ice just as it lay instore. He did not
let the offer grow stale, .ubu‘t picked ,it up
eagerly and cried “done." ‘ In a day Or two
better oifers'began to‘ come in and had to
be refused, and even as high 'as $2,000 was
sent from the'door. The coon'Omlcal gentle-
man felt pretty sore and‘Wondere‘d he hadn’t
heard about things; but his wrath boiled
over when withintwo weeks the purchaser
of ice turned it over to a Boston ice company
~ for $5,600, clearing just $5,000 by the oper-
ation. H‘ad our friend-paid $12 a year for
ed his ignorance he' has new if good 0 ance
very different too-Omrant.
“appearance in his behalf he would be dis—
5 felon’s garb, and a felon’s society for-live of
' u could twh .' , . .
tion,wheret ey ge at they wanted secure our acquittal as innoceent, though
"and" risk a dreadful and eternal doom for the
.For the Gazette.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Forsaken and Condemned.
An incident occurred recently in the prison
work of the writer which may convey a
useful lesson to other minds, as it greatly
impressed his own.
‘In the regular course of my visiting I
reached one cell justasa prisoner was re-
manded after trial. I had never met him J
before, audit was certainly a sad sight to see
a young man so fine looking, well dressed
and gentlemanly in his appearance, compell—
ed to steep and enter such a place, while the
keeper locked the low, grated iron door and
walked away to his station.
I immediatly stepped forward, and making
known my office as chaplain, I found him
very ready to converse. He had an intelli—
gent countenance and spoke with the fluency
and grace of an educated man.
He said, “I have just plead guilty of for-
gery in the third degree. But the Judge and
District Attorney are willing that sentence
should be suspended and that I should be
discharged if a certain friend will appear and
give evidence of my previous good character.
The matter is to be decided to-morrow."
“New,” continued he, “will you do me
the great kindness to see this friend, take
him my card and ask him if he will not ap—
pear in my behalf ?”
He further told me that he was a graduate
of . -, and he acknowledged that on his
return he had been drawn into evil associa—
tions.
“I have troops of friends,” said he, “and
on my return they got around -me and led
me along with them into drinking and other
fast living, and it was under the influence of
liquor that I committed the act for which I
may now have to suffer.” ~
“The forgery,” he said, “consisted in an
order drawn upon-a certain gentleman pur—
porting to came from another, for the small
sum 0f five dollars. Several times I sought
the gentleman at his office to repay it, but
failed to find him, and when I was first ar.
rested I offered to refund the money, but the
offer was refused, as the gentleman was dc ;
termined to make an example of me.”
These explanations. were accompanied by
expressions of great regret for the folly of
which he had been guilty.
Of course I acceded to his request, and the
of the young man’s father (now deceased).
He was an elderly gentleman and had been
’for many years in the employ of the father.
He expressed his earnest desire to serve the
.young man, and felt that he was placed in a
very embarrassing position.
“But,” said he, ",“I cannot perjure myself.
Will it be necessary to testify, under oath,
in court P”
I answered, “I presume not, as the trial is
already closed, and all that is necessary now,
as I suppose, is that you should testify to the
general good character of the young man, for
the satisfaction of the J udge."
“But,” said he, “the young man has been
leading a very first life. And I believe that
it was his wild course of life that prayed
upon his father’s mind so that he lost his fine
practice. He had an income of several thou-
sand dollars per annum; but his business
was very much run down before he died,
last spring. Moreover, this is not the only
offence of which the young man has been
guilty.”
“But you will at least go to see the young
man to-morrow, before the trial comes off,
and do what you can in his behalf.”
With this plea I left him.
But the next afternoon as I was leaving,
the prison I met the ,young' man as he was
conducted back from ' the court, manacled to"
another man. ,
"I have got five years in the'State Prison."
said he, with a sad countenance.
“Indeed, I am sorry to hear it."
“So, not knowing how soon he might be
sent away, and thinking I might never see
him again, I followed him back into the
prison, where he was placed in one of the
"condemned cells" until his removal.
I advanced and took his hand and express-
ed my sympathy.
"0111" said he, “what a fool I have been,
and now I must suffer for my folly." '
His lip quivered as he spoke, showing that
he was deeply moved. I asked, “Did not
your friend appear in your behalf ?”
“Yes," said he, “and the lawyers got at
him and pestered ‘him so that the old man
got up and ran right out of court." ~
4 ’it- . o ' e- s: as e
I had already held some religious conversa-
tion.with him, and saying what I could to
counsel and comfort him, I bade him good-
by. But I could not help carrying away with
me the sadness of the young man’s situation.
His folly and guilt were manifest enough.
With every opportunity for wealth and dis-
tinction and a useful and honorable career in
society,he had sacrificed all for a brief course
of sinful and foolish pleasure.
But his disappointment also was very
great and bitter indeed. He _had made con—
fession and professed regret for his ofience,
and was ready to make reparation. (And
some think that such repentance should-en.
title a man to forgiveness without anything
‘more, at least from God). And he had a
very confident .hOpe that through his‘friend’s
,
charged. 'What then must have been” his
feelings when he saw his friend fail him, and ,
felt himself forsaken in the critical hour of
his need. And what must have been his
feelings when the sentence was pronounced,
whichi‘he thought averted; that doomed him
to a'felon’s servitude, and afelon’s cell, and a
the best years of his life.
My mind immediately reverted to a friend
who will'iiot fail his own in the great hour
of. their :trial. He says “I will not fail thee
nor forsake thee." We all must plead guilty.
And our only hope of acquittal in the day
when sentence must be pronounced is in his
mediation. Can one depend upon him? Who
can doubt it ? But it shall not be on account
of our previous good character. ‘Ee will
.confessedly guilty, on account of his own
righteousness. Who then will venture for -.
ward into the presence of the Great J udge‘
to meet his" final sentence without some
pledge of his unfailing intercession?
Another reflection. If the young man's
folly was great in the sacrifice he made,
greater still will be the folly of those Who
Sacrifice, the glorious hopes of the life eternal,
sake of a few years. of worldliness and sin-
And if the young man’s disappointment
and grief were great,'greater still will bathe
disappointment and grief of those whose
hopes of forgiveness fail then, and they find
themselves at last in the trying hour, forsaken
and condemned I , _ , SIDNEY.
The attempt of Jefferson Davis and ;,his
confederates to explain: away the historical
‘I‘Epetticoats” meets with a rebuff from Major
.0. Morse,editor of the .Natick (Mass,) (Jit-
2'zen. He happened to bein Secretary Stan.—
ton's office when the cavalry officer who cap-
a daily paper all his life or eyen.$1.50 fora”
weekly. he might ~in:a long runéhavegaved"
money by the operation, Butp‘s‘hep' ‘er‘r—j
to learn that it isa far more expensive lux— ,
tured the president of the'southern confeder-
acy called to. deliver into the; hands of the
war secretary _a bundle, which was opened .
then and there and was found to contain a,
lady's waterproof cloak and a lady’s red-fig-
ured shawl:
to questions, that these articles were the»
identical ones worn by Mr. Davis when,
captured ;_,_that the cloak, being to short for
a man, had; been pinned about hiszbody be—
neath theiirms, while his head and shoulders,
had been coivered and Concealed by the shawl; .'
same afternoon found the friend at the office ‘
"The officer stated, in answer, '
I. o. o, F. Statistics.
Loner AND rm: GRAND Eacamruuur.
Frederick Botiiford, secretary of the grand
lodge and the grand encampment,I. O. 0. F.,
of the.state,has just completed his statements
for 1879 to the corresponding national’org'an-
iza'tions. Following sire the statements}
_ GRAND LODGE.
Number‘ofLodges........................... 53
Number of members per Last Report ....6,675
Initiated During the Year.............. 523
Admitted by Card During the Year.....
Reinstated During the Year............ 41
Total .......... ...... .........................7,350
From which Deduce—
Withdrawn by Card....................57
Suspended or Dropped .............. .260
Expelled. ................
Deceased... . ..
Total ....... . .....
p... ..... ..
Number of Brothers Relieved. .........
Number of Widowed Families Relieved 19
Amount Paid for the Relief—-
can”... .........
Of Brothers ........................... $19,635 85
Of Widowed Families............. 324 00
For Education of Orphans ..... .. 85 00
For Burying the Dead....‘......... 3,403 88
Special Relief........'................. 442 05
Watching............................... 3,500 25
Total Relief .......... ..............$27,341 01
Amount of the Annual Receipts.. 6,743 26
Number of Weeks‘ Sickness for which
Benefits were PaidL... .......... ............5,384
GRAND ENCAMPMENT.’ ‘
Number of Encampments................... 21
—.
156
Initiated during the Year.....£ ......
11
Admitted by Card........ .......
Reinstated.............;..‘...,....................: 5
Number of Members per last, report.....,1,?93
. . ’ 1,965
From which deduce—
WithdrawnbyCard................... 23
Suspended....... ‘. .........119 .
Expelled... .. 4.
Deceased............................
7 .
-—-- 153
- .. 1,812
Number of Patriarchs Relieved........... 155
Paid for Relief of Patriarehs........$1,893 50
Widowed Families Belief............. 15 00
Burying the Dead,...................... 90 00
Special Relief........................‘ ..... 16 00
$2,014 50
Annual Receipts........................$7,101 63
Weeks of Sickness...........,.... ..... . 1,162
A Long Prayer.
We find the following in a Kentucky pa-
per without credit, and do not know where
it originated. As Governor Letcher is given
as authority for the fact stated, we presume
there is foundation for the anecdote, which
will be read with interest by everybody who
remembers Mr. Southall: _
Governor Letcher the other day gave an
anecdote on the convention of 1850 that
must go lnto print. When Mr. Janney, the
president of our convention,'was absent, Mr.
Valentine Southall of Albemarle, was al-
ways put in the chair. He was indigestibly
thin and irritable. Janney had been indis-
posed for a week, and the Charlottesville
dyspeptic presided. During :this time there
was no f‘opening the session With prayer.”
Several delegates complained of the omis~
'sion. Southall said sharply that it was not
his duty to hunt up preachers ; that was the
business of the sergeant—at—arms. This oili-
cer was Nat Thompson of Hanover, a char—
acter. Nat defended himself by alleging
that Mr. Janny always attended to getting
the parsons, but if Mr. Southall thought
that the sergeant ought to have apreacher
on hand, he would try to get one, That
evening Nat strolled down Main street in
search ,of a certain “parsing," an. old ac-
quaintance of Nat. The preacher was off
duty, and was “serving tables" by- some sec~
ular pursuit in Richmond. He was of the
hard-shell persuasion. Nat found him, and
told him of the need of 'a “man like him”
to lead in prayer at the convention next day.
The minister was tickled at the request, but,
hinted that his Sunday suit was rather rusty.
Nat consented to loan him the‘proper'gar—
ments. The hard-shell'iwas at Nat’s room
thenext morning, and was duly arr-dyed in -
clever clericcal clothes The two started for
the capitals Nat remarked, on the route,
that theconvention had beenwitliout'any
worship for a week, and it was expected that
the lost devotions should be made 'up that
morning. The hard—shell brother, even in
his shortest invocations, never could reach
amen under a half-hour, and this suggestion
of the sergeant fell in with the inclination
of the windy, and, as he loved to call himself
“wrestling Jacob.” Mr. Southall’s gavel
tapped to order exactly at eleven. As soon
as- the person had struck the‘ regular note,
and was beginning :to weld his sentences
with “err," Nat quietly slipped from the
hall, locked the doors, and went down to
Zetell’s for a lunch. He spent an hour at
the restaurant, and, slowly returning to the
capitol, and finding the hard-shell in full
swing, he went down to Rockett’s and dined
with Dick Haskins, sauntered back about
two o'clock, and still had a quarter of an
hour to sun himself on the capitol steps be'
fore the swelling tones of the person began
to taper to the lower keyof the conclusion.
Nat unbolted the doors as the prayer ended.
It had lasted three hours and a quarter. ‘The
convention was far from a devotional frame
of mind when the regular business began.
Mr. Southall never insisted upon the sergeant
at-arms furnishing ministers any more.—
0horlcttesville(Ve.) Chronicle. .
American visitors to Europe are to have
the benefit of the finest steamships in the
world. The rivalry between the leading com-
panies is causing the construction of new
vessels every year, each line seeking to out-
strip all competitors. The White Star line
has the credit of initiating the new departure
and was speedily followed by the Inman
line. Last year the Cunarders brought out
the Gallia, patterned after the Germanic and
and Brittannic of the White Star line: The
Guion line followed with the Arizona, the
finest and fleetest stain‘er afloat. The White
Star is soon to launch a new vessel superior
to any of its mates, and the Cunarders have.
announced another steamer to be the largest:
and best in the world in the passenger trade.
Not to be outdone the Inman line has con-
tracted fer another ship, 800 tons larger than
the coming Cunarder and altogether larger
than any vessel afloat, except the Great Eas-
tern. sac will be called the City of Rome,
Will'be 590 feet long, of 8,800 tons measure-
ment, and of 8,500 horse power She is to
have every equipment possible for comfort,
safety, pleasure, and speed, and is designed
to be so perfect that no superior can be con-
structed until the art of building steel ships
has advanced far beyond thepresenthigh'
position. ' . - ~
. A Cleveland lawyer, defendingahandsome
young lady charged with larceny, closed his
appeal to the jury thus: “Gentlemen! you
may hang the ocean on .a grapevme to dry};
lasso an avalanche; pm a napkin to the
mouth of a volcano; skim the clouds from
the sky with a tampon ; throw salt on the
tail ’of our noble American eagle, whoae
sleepless eye watches over the welfare of th
‘n'ation; paste ‘For Rent’ on the moon anf .
"stars—but never for a moment delude yours
selves with the idea that this charming girl
5is guilty of the charge preferred against hers».-
The jury acquitted her without leavmg their
86MB. -‘ 3 ' ‘ ‘ .n '
Herafter we shall decline all invitations to
take breakfast with Mr. Alexander, Czar of
Russia. We never could enjoy a meal wheg
She dining table is being! blown through th
aioof by a party of alledgedhumeristr, asit
éivere.-—Norristoim Herald. ‘ , 5.
Every evilggtoiivhich we do not succumb
that lie lief-carried a water pail as if going.
for water; that the sex of the fugitive was
e * yhis beets and spurs, and by the
xu'ry‘ than a good newspaper, and so’rnsitting":r
i; . jgrfdes he made in his hurried efforts
to esca "
‘ a liehefactog. As‘thej Sandwich 151“er
. iievérahamneacfcn‘gtgpnd,vaiofiogo kg:
Pen-em - kfllspm . .9» m, U, r .3.
Egain t’lie'llgrehgthmt thetemptation‘ we resist.
;:——Emmen~. , .1, ' _
< -. :::..,;;d' : ,1—,*~. hwy-"u
: “m ”£3141? 9m». '9 an.
Amman sra'rxmn'r ooxonmmve run Guano ‘
Our Treatment of the Insane.
Few, even among those, who have given
some attention to the subject, know the depth
of wretchedness to which within incompara-
tivcly short period the lunatic was consigned,
and which, even at the present day, is in
some places scarcely lessened. Dr. Conoll'y,
whose advanced ideasof science and humani:
ty led’ to the uniform Tadoption in England of
the “non-restraint” system. of treatment,
speaking only thirty years ago on thls'sub-
ject, says: "Very few physicians of educa-
tion were to be found, until a recent period,
Those occupied in asylums were chiefly dis—
tinguished by an eccentricity and a rough—
ness which, unfltting‘ them for other profes—
sional vocations,madethem willing to under-
take to treat mad people. By such persons,
ill—educated, prejudl’ced, and without any.
resources but methods of violence, and who
had never studied the: forms and treatment
of mental disorders, all attempts to smaller
ate the condition of the insane were bitterly
and unscrupulously opposed with every
effort and every contrivance of vulgar minds.
Meantime, the outside Walls. of an asylum
were regarded with awe; the shrieks issuing
from it made night hideous; ,the frantic
creatures enclosed in their dens furnished
appalling subjects for‘ agar-tint or the novel—
ist; squalor and dirt, é? , famine and ferocity
were everywhere to bejiiietwith'." 'And now
in the latter half or the‘ nineteenth century’
we find that the methods, which Conclly‘so
vigorously denounced, and to the abdlltion'fl‘
which he gave his life, are in fully‘u’scj in‘
almost every asylum in, the United States;
that the attempts to improve the condition
of the insane are opposedgasinyhla daygby;
those who. have charge of them; ,ghat ,the,
dens are still in existence, chainsfstill em;
ployed, blows still inflicted, systemgtic flog-g
ging still practised, the straightj—jacket still
used as a means of regular; and . tthese.
agencies of subjectioi are ’ supplemented ' by
the Utica crib.—a'n apparatus, not only in-l"
human, but one whiegiomerson possessing
a competent knowled fidf 'the’physi‘ology 0f
the abrain and , the _‘ p“ hology of infinity}
would venture to int first into the wards “of
alunatic asylum. . _. j ‘ *
Within about a year'four homicides occur-l
red in the New YorkiOlty lunatic [asylumvo‘n
Wind’s Island. In one of these a patient
was beaten to death,,by an,,,attendant~;.in
another, an attendant; was killed by; patient; ,
and in the fourth, one lunatic was ordered to
give a hot bath to ailbther, not formulaic,
but‘paralyzed. Aftei‘ getting "him: into-the:
bath—tub he turned.0§§he hot gaff-end
walkedaway leaving the poor wretch‘ac‘tualu
ly to be boiled to death. In theuasyiurnp't,
St. Peter, Minnesota, is {patient . who refused
to eat'ha'd his mouth..fllle'd with food by a
nurse,.and the mess-pushed down :into' his
stomach with .thphendle 0f acknife;.whlla
another nurse hellkhimfdown. On one occa-
sion he ran awayfi-"y’elling‘ that they wanted
to kill him. He was .cuughf‘and laid “on a'
bench ; . .one attendantheld his. unattended
across his body; another attendant and .a.
patient helpedto hold,him»; his mouth was,
plugsed to prevent his closings!- . The load.
(soup) was poured, inpfrqqr a pitcher; his
breath was heard-.to :“gurgle” as the soup
went into his windpipe,and~in five minutesd
he was dead. . , ._
Last winter, rumorslin. regard to the bad
ture appointed a committh toinvestigate
them. From the repbrt inseam the sub—
ject I make mammogram.— ..
According to the testimony of several eye-
witnesses, a punishment frequently and
sometimes gleefully resorted to by' attendants
in. this asylum is one known as “taking
down." “Taking down,” in the words of
the testimony, consists in tripping or throw—
ing the patient to the floor, holding her
down (for “taking down” is a female punish-
ment; the men being usually knocked down)
with the knee on the .chest, while another
employe gags the patient, and still another
holds the patients hands. The patient is
.held down till sheis quite weak and exhaust-
ed, beeomes purple in the face, and the
breath is almost gone. ,
Another punishment is to make a “spread
eagle” Of a patient. , This consists in strip-
ping a patient to nakedness, and making at-
tendants whip him with wet towels. This is
a punishment inflicted for a refusal to work.
It is described as very painful, and is practis-
ed because it leaves no marks. '
There is testimony as to ducking, kicking,
beating, black ._ eyes, and, other marks of
cruelty. It is in evidence that weak patients
are overworked, and all inmates have not
been properly fed and cared for. Hard
work has been needlessly compelled in a
room in which the mercury stood at one
hundred and twenty degrees. The use of
“cribs" and the “strong room” is shown.
Loathsome vermin in loathsome numbers
have been allowed to accumulate upon the
bedding, the apparel, and the person of the
patients. All'of these things and and others
told with a painful plainness is the testimony
that is made part of this report. .
Of the Blackwell’s Island Asylum in New
York City, a committee of? the same Board
reported last summer that this asylum con-
tinues to be a source of the greatest. anxiety
to us. We see that there is not proper pro—
vision for the patients, and we know that
their surroundings must of necessity increase
and prolong the disease under which they are
suffering . and yet we are quite powerless to
eflect any rmanent improvement. The
Lodge and treat, where violent cases are
confined, are buildings quite unfit for any
human beings; and yet two hundred insane
women are shut up in them. The cells in
which the patients sleep are, in both of. the
institutions, lighted only by transoms over
the doors. At, night, when the patients spend
nearly twelve hours closely shut up in these
cells, they must be pitch dark; and the air, '
which is not fresli even in the middle of the
day, must be poisonous. 1n the Retreat
many of the cells (measuring seven feet six
inches by twelve feet nine inches) contain
two beds ;- and on one occasion lately, when
the nurse ope'iréd one ‘of these cells in the
morning, she foundone'of- the patients badly
beateu about the head by her companion}
The patients as a‘rule have nothing to do all
day, and seldom go out except in the airing
courts—bare spaces surrounded by high
board fences. Such circumstances cannot
tend to the calming. of an excited brain, but
must rather serve to increase the disease and
fix it upon thepatient for life. The benefleia
influence of a change to pleasanter surround '
lugs and-.even partial employmenthas been
shows will?!” sten- .Wse‘5§trhea .a. ram?“
6i patieii’ti from the Retreatwerc t'm‘lisfer'l‘ed
to two new halls in the new building and
were supplied with work. Of the six physi-
cians new in the asylum, onlyone had had
any experience in the treatment of the insane
before entering this institution. The younger
men‘ of course only enter the asylum for the
purpose of gaining experience; and this they
do at the expense of the‘patients. As a rule
they receive no salaries, and after serving a
few months they usually resign, giving place
to other inexperienced youths. _ During the
past . two years eighteen physicians ,havc
practised in the asylum—5 William A. Ham-
mond,‘ ill. D., International Review afar
March. ' I ‘ ‘ ' ;‘
,op Wah,a Chinese laundryman of Brook-
ing poor of Ireland. Dennis Kearney says
he must go; ' ‘ ' - - '
The palate
‘ and yet it always tion to
serm-
devoting themselvesito mental disorders. '
management of the Longyiew,Asylum,_ in .. ‘
Ohio, became so prevalentgyhat the legislag :
'lyn, has given $25 for thoreliaf ._of thestarv;
was always dowu in the mouth. ‘
nages get the first
taste of everything—Philadelphia Chronicle
7 ‘NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, I880.-
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advertisements. ., ‘ . ._
' Margiages and Deaths inserted gratuitously.
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All unusual cuts and devices 25 per cent.
extra. ~ f ’ ' ‘ ‘
WC BURKE. .th 11.11..
‘ . ravenous. a-auaerou, -
once. 07.0!- 1” Notional Bank, South
Norwalk. . -
~ Omen nouns:—'8t09a-.m - no 2" . in. 0:30
tosl‘atop'tmf’ 'tt’ i) s 9 is P. ’. j
' sea rowr s- ru tore. or k a d
StillsOn’s DrugEStor‘efio.‘ orwair. “1 ’- in
311151
Calls forwarded by telephone. _ .
ELLERY C. CLARKE, M. D.,
‘ PHYSIGIAH All) SURGEON,
once, Isaac-9 Bleak, Wall Street, over
, i Stanley’s Nerve omce. ' ’
i- ears 8 to 10 a. m..2 to 3 and 7 :08 p. m. ‘. Slates
a Prowitt’s Drug Storc,Norwalk,and Slllson’s
Drug Store, South N orwalk‘. Residence, West
mane, corner ot'Elm street. . 4 13m2p
'Dr. Win. J. Wakeman‘.
f ,PEYSICIAN and SURGEON.
,‘ Lays-resident Physician and Surgeon of Connec-
nectieut State Hospital. . '
Urrrcnz—Booms'rormerl ' ‘ .
mu. Dentist. : ' Momma by Dr A“
Orricn Honns:—- . ‘ . .
tospdn. , ,_7%to 938 m.,lt03pm,6i
GHARLES! TV- new
.. Surgeon‘Dentist, . . ‘
fl -, screw/aux, norm.
Ofilce corner-qt MainandWsllstruts.
Oxidegaszadministeged .. ._~
f
Nitrous;
: :ALEX, 8'. GIBSON, '
or‘ganisc'onuc in... Congregational Church. ‘
' ’Teaeher of
Pianoa‘norie, Organ and Marcel
‘ "Composition. ‘
_ 31337929., noawnmr. court. ,.
' Hurltutt, nelyea rseymiir; .'
Attorneys and 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 Monday and Friday, propose to take
messages and small packages for a reasonable
compensation, to be left or called for anywhere
between Norwalk and Bridgeport, or in the city
of Bridgeport, Wagon leaves Market. 55 Main
street, at 6 o‘clock a. m., returning in the after-
noon. . Orders left there at any time will receive
attention. Ofllce in Bridgeport at Charles E.
Shelton’s, corner of Main street and Fairfleld
Avenue. ‘ ‘ FOLWELI. SMUNGER.
Norwalk, Nov. 10, 1879.
w. s. QUINTAR'D,
General Furnishing Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. ILDEPOT
B'Ordersattended to dayor night . Besidenc
Main Street ,3 doors from Union Avenue.
The Norwalk Fire Insurance 00.,
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year,
And has not outstanding a Dollar of unpaidlosses
or of claims for losses.
III 80"" “MFA" IISIRES AT llIWEII BAT
WI. 0.8mnnr. Pres., s. E. Oursrran, Tress.
GEO. R. Cowr.Es,Sec’y.
'rru rusunancE Co. ornaarronn
Incorporated 1812. . Charter Perpetual
Capital and Ansell, $6,716,893.77
Insuresagainstlossand damageby Fire,onterms
adoptedto tnehazardandconsistentwiththelaws
otcompensation. COWLES .k MERRILL ,.
' Sole Agentsfor Norwalk and vicinity
B. S. BLASCER,
At his store in .
MAI-nonws BLOCK,
hasc onstantly on hand, a. general assortmen 10
Groceries, Crockery, Glass,
Tin-and Wooden Ware, Etc.
Bydevotingbia constantpersonalattentiontothe
businesshe hopesto mar-if public patronage
" EAKLES s. nocxwooo,
Fastinnahle Draper and Tailor
AND
GENTS’ FURNISHING LIIPORIUM.
Main Street ,Norwalk, Conn.
BERNARD COHN.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
WEEK’S BUILDING, want. 81'.
. a run. LINE or ‘ _
Imported and Domestic Cloths,
of the latest styles, constantl on hand. Novel-
ties ln Scotch Snitings. Satis action guaranteed
in every particular. - 46
THIS Fruit prepara-
tion is as pleasant to
the taste as prunes prepar-
ed for the table, and em-
*-. p braces the best medicinal
agents known for the relief
.and cure of Constipation,
tea. and such Billous dis-
, H orders as affect these who
.2 are costlve. The cause
» _ eflectlveacfinof hebow-
. LAXATIVE lilisg‘iiiitdmliufinsfn orgifir
,' a m 0 cont nu-
.’8\ C ATH ARTIC: edusewfthoutthereactlon-
reduced In
, ls, miners
"1 5 PRICE .50 Ots. PER JAR. ~
Recommended by leading Physicians who any “they
should be always kept in the house."
All Drugnisrs sell them. .
heS-lll Idle-led Prue 00., Proprietors. W Con.
Midland Rail-
‘ I .. New J orsc
wa nted} way Bonds,a kinds,tor which
wlllpay the highest New York price.
‘ ‘ ’ S. E. OLMSTEAD.
‘ YOU
rrhvx an
I BROS!
- fleet device e’v_e_r lmown
. ' Forlupportlnzpantsloonl. 4
.. ‘ No Rubbers No Spflnfl.‘
#813,183 :3va final ,
~ [FOR SALE BY THE] ., '
COMBINATION CLOTHING CO.
and? .51 Maln SluNorwnlk, Conn.
. .‘Wanted.
GOOD COMPETEN'I‘ WOMAN to do the
February, 21. 1880.
moderate. Apply at thls office. ,
. Where
- Measures taken
, fCotbdnct .O‘rg'
General Housework of a large family; wages .
. PU R E MILK.
Delivered in Norwalk and South Norwslk, at
' your door, every morning
AT 6 CENTS PER QUART,
By REMSON BROS. 51tf
0. ll. Kendall, no.
DENTIST,
Nomwalk, Conn.
Ofllce second
door west from
Danbury R. R.
Depot.
operations in all
branches as for-
merly. Painless
extraction of
teeth by aid of
1411‘} BIN G
GAS specialty
N. IL—DrJIendall spends Mondays in Ridge-
flcld. 42
THE
Nulwalk Iron Works
CO’S SHOPS are running every day (except Sun-
days) all daylong and are prepared to execute
any kind or .
. Mien-miss roar
thatmaybeofierod. .- ; . ,
smu
. -' f resonances.
at. if in killiin‘ trier.
,Mannfacturers troubled with-the present. scar-
cit of water can buy or hire pumps on reason-
ab e term‘s. - - ,
’ -"»s‘PEciAl_ NOTICE
, To vitamins of NORWALK.
The undersigned-has opened a
Retail Department
I" *‘inthe ,. >-.
Factory on Hoyt St.,'nea.r Main,
thornsi. MISSES’ and unlit-é"
nunms= 8 BS, or our ,own‘» make,
can bepbtained at a slight advance from whole-
saleprices. . ' " "' v‘
9".l,-°Ir; . . .
. . T-“GOUslti‘s.'
DEALER IN.
, _ 42.8,; Viva
1.1ms.Bam¢sa-;Ezfes. .=
‘V .. Drumsesmt -
. Pianos fandfiOr'gdairsetoigil‘Tfint.J-. .2
.1 i)“-"'.‘n' _
mesmem
Instruments sold tn mbnthly-Instalements. '
9131 rearrangements In mums
‘ I ‘, for,Now; . '
van isnemgsotw an «inn.
' -. Sbl'lcitor Of Claims.
2 :GENERAITBUSINESS.
OFFICIAL INFORMATION.
L. A. GOBRIGHT,
omco 1,427 F Street Northwest, near
I 5th., WASHINGTON, D. C.
Y former connection with Journalism for a
long period, has given me an extensive ac-
quaintance in all the departments ofthe Govern-
ment and all exee tional facilities. Prompt at-
tention given to al orders requiring personal ser-
vice at the N atlonal Capitol,which may be for-
warded through the office of the NORWALK GA-
zn r’rE.
N00! FOR YOUR WATER PIPES.
Wm. Glover- a: Son,
Arereadytopntinyonr WATEB,STEAMor GAS
PIPE,at very shortnotice and at aslow a rate as
anyone. \VBOUGHT AND CAST IRON, TIN-
LINED.LEAD PIPES, 85c" of every size and de-
cription. PLUMBINGinallitsbranches-
BLEAILIIESS I8 IEXT Ifl IDDLIIESSm
G. ’A. FRANKE’S
Shaving and Hair tuning Saloon!
FOR A
Pleasant Shave,
Arusuc nau- Cut, or.
Thorough Shampoo?
can. AT
Mr. Fran‘ke’s Hair Cutting Saloon,
No. l GAZETTE BUILDING.
H'Particularattention given to Ladies and Child-
ren’s flair Cutting and Shampooning.“
AT HOME TO EVERYBODY.
Hot and ColdWater Baths
New Firm. at the 01d Stand
Messrs MULLIN GS BROTHERS
ould respectfullyinform the public, that they
have taken the business lately conducted
by MULLINGS &T1LLY. and with the old ex-
perienced Workmen, hitherto employed by the
late firm,arc prepared tomanufacturc allkinds of
CARRIA GES 8i WAGON S
Repairing 1:: 3.03:; Branches.
PIACHINE FORGING. DISCOUNT
ALLOWED FOB CA 0
C. A. MULLINGS, ' J. S. MULLINGS
South Norwalk, April 15,1878.
Warm‘ Baths
Gold. Baths! 2
Shower Baths ! I 1
Every day at
E. APELL’S Model Barber-Shop,
Second Door-from Poul. omce.
PENSJONS.
Pensions and Bounties got for
all Soldiers of my own.and other
Regiments, &.c. ~ '
W. H. NOBLE,
namenron'r, court.
People’s. Market,
No. 19 DIAIN STREET,
THE very best of BEEF, delivered daily to
our customers. Also, in their season, Veal.
Lamb, Mutton, Pork, acc.,at the lowest
Market Rates. V egetables and prints a lull,
fresh and varied supply daily receiyed. Market
wagon sent about town every morning.
. JAMES E. WIXSON.
M one To LOAN on Real EstatcSeeurity.
y _Enqulre of O. E. WILSON, No. 6
Gazette Building, N orwalk, Ct. 320'
Decorating
Pictures
I’roWitt’s brag Store.
MACHW'STS stunning“
’ GAZETTE OFFICE.
Waspéu
’ It (lives Butter thogllt-ed'gcd color the
“imidni °i' D‘mi ‘N‘mi-“i‘iiifirrlil- 1' ‘
omaa . . .
$0023 will; uses! t. where to get it.
amusin- am 3
and/Shoes ‘made to '
REAL ESTATE.
m
m Aw
on SA LE on T0 LETr-Ilouse on Pros -
peet Hill, adjoinin residence of Jesse Den-
ton. Inquire of E. W. TUART. 10
0 RENT.-From April 1, a desirable house
on Main Street. containin ten rooms. wrth
barn and arden. Apply at Q
NITURE OOMS.
Cottage to Let.
ALVery Neat and _Pretty Little Cottage of Six
Boomsmn Union Place. and opposite the
homestead of Charles 1’.Turney Esq., Will be
rented to a nice and quiet family for $15 per
month. Apply to G£ZETTE OFFICE. . Stll
Buy a Home.
ILL sell House and Lot. Price $1,200; $100
down, balance in small monthly payments.
House new, contains six rooms.
Enquire at Store of
lltt JOlIN GREENWOOD,
Belden Ave,
For Sale or to Rent.
HE Residence of the late Mrs. Harriet S.
Quigley, No.7 West Avenue. If. not sold
before April 1st, will he to let. Enquire on the
premises.
MISS M. E.‘QUIGLEY.
3th0
To Rent.
GOOD genteel House on Spring lIill,nine
Rooms, good Garden,.&c.. will rent for $15
or month to good family. Enquire of E. K.
OCKWOOD or S. E. OLMSTEAD. . ‘
-“-"0ffi'c.esrto Rent.
HE rooms now occupied byDr. E. 0. Clark,
: (over the store of S. K. Stanley, Isaacs';
;Block,) will _be;re_nted from the: int do of April
rooms supplied wrth water and gas. or further
particulars enquire t‘. . ,
tf , , JA . BS or F. W. MITCHELL.
. , Farm for Sale.
- 8 ACRES with a good Dwelling House, and
Two Barns, situated in Trumbull, (Tnshnn
District.) abont7miles tram Bridgeport. Water
good, location pleasant and healthy, convenient
school emirehes.‘&c. Inanrc'ot‘ '
.. m-aisiieuaun e. BEERStTrnmbfili’,
. . . ' .0
,to
4:9 ‘1 '
ong Hi
, Farm for Sale.
TH E subscriber ofi‘ers forulehis Farm‘, situated
in the Town of Greenfigld, in Saratoga Co.,
New York State, ten miles from the town of Sara-
acres of land,w_ith one Dwelling II use, two large.
sold cheap. Half the purchase money can remain
.on mortgage, if desired . or Wlll exchange for vil-
- -lag‘e property. For further particulars inquire of ‘
3mm SILAS’ P. TUTTLE, Norwalk, Conn-
. FOESALE-Tne v‘ei-y' desirable residence on
‘ - *Lewis St.,-now Occupied by' Rev. Mr. Bent-
=ley. Apply on the premises,or to J OHN PARET.
: 374 Broadway, New York. ' . 42
0 BE
ply at the Gaznrrn OFFICE. . '
, For Sale. -
HE Homestead of the late Peter McLaughlin,
. deceased. Isis rery. 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 601L200 feet, has
Borough Water, Fruit, Jae. Situated on Franklin
Avenue. within three minutes’ walk of Post Office,
Depot, Sc, Will be sold on'aceommodating terms.
For furtherhppgrtieulars enquire of ,. .
24 JA ,8 MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent.
FOR SALE... ,
TWOverydesirableBuildingI‘. tsonWestMa‘ln
Street . Apply at theGAZE _ TE OFFICE .
... a: r _
For, Sale.-
HE subscriber Offers for sale his HOUSE and
LOT, situated onch Mdin- Street, in the
Borough of}! emails. The place is pleasantlylo-
cated,m a good neighborhood; only a'sh‘ort'walk
‘ from the business part of the town,‘S'choolg
- Churches, ‘etc. The Houseisnearly new; conven-
iently arran ed, and in good condition. For lur-
therjpsrticn arsnpplyitoth'u?anhscriberjat Can-
non’s Station, or to G. e S. It. l-Iolmes,Norwalk..,
Sy‘ ' ' - - . - 'JOHN’W.‘BENOUD. '
DWEgFNGS
Budding Lots. _
SEVERAL dwellings;~‘varions prie’esin 'din‘er-
. . ent portions ,of Borough, either to let orfor
sale at reasonable ‘
outside’ of; Boron
rices. Also several places
Also. several-Bulldm
tut)
:‘limits—one in Wi'nmpauk.
lots in and out of Borough.
nquireat this Office. ‘ "
Fer Sale‘ormE‘XChang‘eT
FOR property in Norwalk o_r vicinity, 2 houses
in Brooklyn,E. D., Within 5 minutes walk of
4 ferries. Good location. For particulars apply
to . J. S. RANDALL,
45 Box 63, Norwalk.
Farm for Sale.
BOUT 12 to 13 acres within 1}; miles of center
ofNorwalk. _ Good situation. good house,
built of best material and by days work. About
80 choice Apple trees With other fruit, good gar-
den, good well of water, and line shade trees. Just
the place for a man Wishing to raise Strawberries,
etc. Price 87,000. Enquire at thls Ofilee.
‘ For Sale.
cosy comfortable Cottage on one ofthcpleas-
antest streets in town, within five minutes
A.
cost price. A portion of the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price $7.000. En-
quire at this Olllce.
Desirable Property for sale.
A. Ver ydesirablcplace on EastAvenue.
Also, a few chorce BuildingLotssituatedon
Osborn Avenue,forsale cheap. ‘
Also,amcelylocated Houseand Lot on Mer-
yvin Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain . Enquircof
. S. E. OSBORN, EastAvenuc,
tfll or to D .W.FITOH,WestAvenne.
A Desirable Homestead for Sale.
HE valuable residence .of the subscriber,
pleasantly located on high ground on East
Ave., in the Borough of Norwalk, is offered for
sale. The situation is pleasant and healthy, com-
manding flue v1ch or Long Island Sound and the
surrounding country. Distance one mile from
Norwalk Bridge. and the some from South Nor-
' walk depotg House 54x50; two stories and attic,
filled in With brick, and gubstantially built.
Rooms 18, with all modern Impr0vements, bath
room, laundry, stationary tubs, Beebcc’s cooking
rangc,hot and cold water, gas throughout the
house. The eellaris dry, having stationary furn-
ace, which heats the whole house. The attic is
spacious, and root'tinned. The house is in excel-
lent order beingcomfortablcfor both a summer or
winter residence. Suitable for any gentleman do-
ing business in New York and returning thcsame
day. Land about three-quarters of an acre, laid
ontin lawn, fmit trees, and garden spot. Apply
to JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent, Nor-
walk, or to the subscriber,
A. S. HAMERSLEY,
26“ 255 Fourth Avenue, N. Y
Fer Sale.
.. —_~ A House and Lot, in a healthyloeation on
mi FairStreet,above Catharine. The Houseis
~ nearlynew,wellbuilt,convenientlyarrang-
ed, and will make a comfortable and leasant
home for afamily of average size. The of runs
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 mortgage. A fine chance tosccurea
home. Apply at AZETTEOFFICE. 3t:
W.H._SWORDS’
For Your Custom Made
Dress Suits
-—AND—
Business Suits.
a week in our own town. Terms and 950111;
$66fitt‘rec.Ad ressIIJIallctt av. Co.Portland,l\l e.
1880
Demmon 8L Newcomb,
53 Mam Sh, Keep the Choicest and Best
Groceries, Vegetables, Fruits,
FRESH FISH; (TESTERS, CLAMS,
&e., at the very Lowest Market Bates. Goods de
livered in any part of the town. lyl
Honors Where Harm‘s are due.
ivnm ONE knows that the non.'P.'l‘.Bar-
B1 nuns, has agents out all over the world to
find the _
Best of everything regardless ofcost
It is not my dispositlcn to boast of my. work. for
talk is cheap. willonly say‘ that} have done
work for Mr. Barnum for over ei lit-years and if
1 was a. trawler a cheat I think ie would have
tound it out in that time. The l‘ollowmg speaks
t'oritselt. and is only one out of hundreds I can
produce. ARIES lullfl'JRRIS.
Quintard’s Building, a orwulk, Uonn.
Wannnnnn, Bxincrron'r, Cons.,Dce. 13.1877. ‘
Mr. James L.Ecrris has made several sets of
harness for me which gave me great satisfaction.
He is a capital harness maker domg his business
..K*.
. la est
Midgagyngsedrsy’ullge best Creamerics. Awarded the Inter»
Ask your dmggistor mere
“TELLS, RICHARDSON A:
grannies E wins-“mew
r. :r. BAIINUM.
0 B‘f’o
COLoa
Butter Buyers recommend its use.
ha ttoritwrwritctoask whatltis.what
n 00., Proprietors. Burlington, Vt. .
i»
NTABD’S FUR-
5lf
toga, pleasantly sltuated~0n=s rise of ground,95-' _
Barns,'Grainei-y and other out bui dings, will'b‘e j
NT.-A'Br.rn on’West Avenue.) .iAnp-
walk of the Bridge or Churches. will be sold at‘
The busy day is over, . .
The household work is done ;__, _
The cares that fret the morning 5
Have faded with the sun ;.. --
And in thetender twilight,
I sit in happy rest, . g.
- With my darling little baby
Asleep upon my breast. , 1 '
'1 ~.. .
... fig-i . 1
Shut out the waning light ; " *' ” ' '
A little hand close-folded "‘
Holds mamma’s fingers tight;
And in their soft white wrapping‘s, ' ‘
At last in perfect rest, 1
Two dainty feet are cuddled,
Like birdies in a nest.
All hopes and loves unworthy
Departvat this sweet hour;
All pure and noble longings
Renew their holy power ;
For Christ who, in the Virgin, ,
Our motherhood has blest,
Is near to every woman
With a 'baby on her breast.
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Oh, tell me not of heroes,
Who did their country-savfi:.;;. e.
When fees with spade of battle ..
Had dugfor it a grave; m; .
Whose sacred swords went flashing
hwart the night of strife,‘.‘,4 '
An hewed by death immortal it;
A shining way to life— \ . it.“
., 1‘.
NM yet of Cause Eternal? “To "
Who made the pitchy Nahghtm“: -
All white with; shining armies 9-53 “~-
At smi'ting‘of'His thought - .
A thought, that then took‘ s'eeptfi-i ...
And blazed these boats OHM 3,31; v
That stars andimotesa moumifi s ' “
Might follow everrnortri if '
..I.know a thing more epic: , ‘ '
Than even thingsiliké‘theseé; __ , .
Thnt makes‘the deg fwit’hiifni‘e . “ii“
To swell and ngdlllkéfiefl%;:7 ‘
How Love, ,on-Wrarthzuprisinggiza a
Flang’whitest arr'r'is' tirciu'frif,‘““I ”’5’
Andkissed away the railings: $252,: ‘
Tbut on its lips were foilnd}; a“ 2,. z '
. How. God. the mishlylmm " mft’iil
And mighty King also; a..- done ,smw
Put off His robes of glory is“ 39"“???
And 'put on man below 33:53 ”MST '
_ .. , ,. ., macaw..-
Then, sword :ofjustice raisings-zcu sis. .
' ' 'As highest heaven" high; 2‘“ '1’ {12> !
Smote with‘it His own magnetic-1
‘ That God fer {mm mightfidfiérfi 2;, ,
So, union; hands in 1710303235.???
All ye Who hear today};- '51. twee :
’ For never yet each glory! «‘5 ass/ii
. To 1...... ears torrid wars". if:
0, all ye Sinfulldvyellers" Z ‘3‘ iii.”
Beneath the sapphire doiiie, new -.
Lift up triumphant amnesia 5‘” l 5 ‘
Till quakes your ehr’thlyiio‘fiih‘i‘fi“, ‘ . ‘
For God, the high. and sinlesss . t .‘s'. '
Himself for: sin has givenfsmu . -
' And-sprinkled Heartfiof Jesus“’ {“1“ "l
Made Milky way to héfivJefll Put”. ,1 '
An Interceptcd néafcg,,f‘
Br ares. E. 'r. con'nrrm'.i 2.... 343'»
New, Bella. darling, please don't‘chIdf—I’m
‘horrid mean, I know. _ . ' 7' ..
And such a sweet long Ie'tter"’t03;“‘§3u“sené
. me weeks ago! . _ . ‘
I read it, dear, a thousand times, and carri
ed it about '-
For days and days, but then you know I’izt
always going out. ,
I haven’t had an evening to myself for—3'
can‘t tell—
And mornings I’m completly fagged, as yot
can fancy, Bell. ,. ' '
I’ve had a lovely winter, though—ouch lot:
. of nice new beans, ' '
And one, the nicest of them all—but, Bells.
don’t suppose ‘ ‘
I've got a tender secret, dear—no! n0! I’m '
not a dance,
He’s splendid but he’s poor, and so that end '
the thing at once. 2
I met him in the country, Bell—the»
darkgray eyes! ,
He’s rather quiet—giggling men Ialways did
despise! . _,
Of course we flirted—moonlight strolls, and
rows upon the river, .
And flowers and music—how he sings! i.
makes one’s heart :strings quiverl
He’s not too tall—I’ve changed my mind on
that and other things, ‘
The tallest men are not the best, for husband:
or for kings. ~ ‘
And Fred—my favorite name, you know—7
but there! you needn’t fear, ,
I’m not in love—not in the least—believe rue.
Bella, dear! , .
I wouldn't marry—no, not I—an angel from
the skies,
Unless he was a millionaire, I’ve grbwn so
worldly wise. _ ,. .,
I’ve told Fred so a dozen times, it’s only fair.
you see, ._ _
He likes my frankness, and besides, it leaves
us both quite free. .
(Not that he cares for other girls—he’s al—-
ways satisfied '
To be my escort, or to spend his
my side). ' i I ._
And then he says such lovely things, that
quite astonish me— .
Why, Bell, I never knew before what friend-
ship ought to be! .
Good-by,forgive this stupid scrawl—but then
there's nothing new,
Write soon and often, Bella dear, _to yours
most fondly, Sun.
P. S.—— '
You’ll be astonished, Bella, but—I wrote this
yesterday, '
And Fred has made an offer since,and-+dear,
what could I say? ‘
He’s such a handsome fellow, and'heloves
me, oh! so dearly— ' '
lovelies
evenings at
‘He says we'll be so happy, that—now tell
me, Bell, sincerely.
3
’Would you have coldly turned away, and an-
swered him with “No .9.” ,
When all the time you knew quite well he
didn't mean to go! _. '
Would it have been a Christian act to crush
his hopes like that? " ’ '
Besides, I think I’d like to try hohsekeeping
' on a flat. ‘ ‘
I've learned ’(you needn’t laugh) "tot-make
such excellent corn bread, vi":
I mean to be the very best of wivedifit'o dar-
lingFred! : 3‘7-
Of course you’ll be my bridesmaid; Bell—l
haven’t fixed the day, i - .
But Fred‘s in such a hurry now I don‘t know
what to say. . iii-1:.
The National Temperance Adequate says.
there are 2,836 breweries in the United Stale-s.
There were 9,473,361 barrels or beer 'sold in
1879, and only 1,000,000 barrels- in .1863.
There is only $300,000,000 inVe's'feglEiu the
beer business in the United States. According
to the best statistics $47,000,000 are spent
throughout the. entire; country for the; gospel;
$700,000,000 for liquor—mere f'li‘an?'fourteeli
times as much. . g . ‘ .- '
Mr. Nordolf says the row over Fitz John
Porter may not damage the actual prospects
of the Democratic party seriously, but it will
damage the prospects that some-of the'De'm-
oeratic leaders thought the party had.
Boston will spend $1,250,000 for sewers
this year. , .
» In five’years past the 'fires of‘the'iUuited .
'.~.:
States and chads have cost “005,000,000.
2..“ ‘1“? ‘3 _.
Norwalk Chronicler