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WHOLENUMBER I689.
RUTH.*
BY REV. 0. E. DAGGETT, D. D., HARTFORD, CT.
Rose of Moab, sweet and fair,
Blooming in thy native air,
Yet transplanted in thy prime
Into Israel’s foreign clime ;
Widowed in thy winsome youth,
Loyal Moabitess. Ruth,
Centuries of sacred fame
Shrine for us thy blessed name.
Matronly Naomi, thou
Heard’st her sweetly solemn vow,
When to thee she closely clave,
J onrnev, lodging, altar, grave,
All with thee to share, and be,
Loyal daughter unto thee-
Widowed souls entwined, the two,
Each to each, and Israel true.
Boaz, rich and kind and strong,
Bethlehem’s reapers chief among,
Once the modest gleaner seen
Wisely thou thyself did'st glean,
Ending thus the kinsman’s quest,
Moab’s rose upon thy breast;
Israelite indeed, thou art
Blessed in thy house and heart.
Lo, the rose on Israel’s stem
Grafted thus in Bethlehem—
In its latest, ripest fruit,
David‘s offspring, David’s root—
Flowered divine on earth, to rise
Perfected to Paradise,
There and here hencefOrth adored,
David's Son and David’s Lord.
*Suggested by the sermon preached in the
Park Church, Hartford, Conn., Sunday even-
ing, Jan. 25, 1880. in which the name was
léappily referred to as originally signifying
ose.
For the Gazette.
CORRESPONDENCE .
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BURLINGTON, Iowa, Feb. 28, 1880.
To EDl'l‘ORS_0F THE GAZETTE :—
It being over two years since writing any-
thing for the GAZETTE for publication, I was
thinking perhaps you would be desirous of
hearing from me again, and as you have no
correspondent in this sectitm of the‘ West,
a few observations from an old resident of
your county, on matters of interest here
would not be unacceptable to you.
The people of Burlington always look up? ,
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our city, with a just sense of pride, of bel
the most progressive, wide-awake, and ever
on the alert to seize upon every incentive
calculated to arouse local pride towards ex-
pending our growth and prosperity, in de-
veloping her superior natural resources, and
retaining her boasted preeminence of being
the metropolis of Iowa. ,
As the stranger who is travelling on the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad ap—
proaches the Mississippi river from the east,
and as the slackening speed of the train de-
notes nearing the river, when Bridge
Switch is-reached and passed, the iron rail-
road bridge across the river stands out to the
southwest less than a mile, which now at—
tractsthe traveller’s attention and surprise,
as he views one of the best and most substan-
tial iron bridges over our western rivers.
The train now comes to a hhlt at Carthage
Junction, at the east end of the bridge, for
a moment, when the traveller’s eyes immedi-
ately rest upon a beautiful and picturesque
city standing about half a mile north of the
west end of the bridge. Situated in a bend
of the river, which here inclines a little to
the northeast, presenting a nice front view of
the city, when the traveler cxclaims, “This
is a large, nice place, what city is this ?" 3A
quick and ready response is given by one of
its citizens who’is aboard of the train. “This
is Burlington, Iowa." In a few moments the
train is across the river in the State of Iowa,
and the train soon comes to a halt at the
Union Depot, and as the stranger aligbts
from the car he finds himself. standing in
close proximity to the leading hotels and the
prominent business houses of the city, when
he begins to realize that he is now standing
in the old town of Burlington, the pride of
Iowa and its metropolis.
This town was settled as far back as 1832,
and was then called Flint Hills. Among the
first settlers were people from Burlington,
Vermont, and when it came to be import—
ant as a town it was named Burlington in
honor of the original home of the most prom-
inent of its first settlers. Many and varied
have been the transition periods through
which it has passed from 1832 to 1880, and
now She stands erect, fully developed in all
those elements which places her the chief
among her sister‘ cities of the State. We
expect the census of this year will put to her
credit 30,000 inhabitants, while its resources
in wealth and in all the different business ac-
tivities which prevail among us, Will burden
the labors of the census taker, surpassing the
expectations of many among us, which will
elicit the liveliest emotions of local pride,and
outsiders will view it with amazement.
Burlington may well be called a railroad
town asshe has nine of them in operation
radiating in all directions, with others in
contemplation; in addition we have four
street railways operating about eight miles of
track. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad Co. own, control and operate about
eighteen hundred miles of road, and the
estimated value of its property is about sixty
million of dollars. Its main line from CIJICB"
go to Council Bluffs, crossing the States of
Illinois and Iowa, is something over 500
miles, with over 1000 miles of branches, in—'
'cluding a number of roads which are leased
and operated by this company. The Vice-
President of the C. B. «is Q.. C. E. Perkins,
as also its General. Superintendent, T. J. Pot-
ter, both reside here, and the number of rail—
road employees here is about four hundred,
and the amount of money which circulates
here by and through the means of the rail—
roads, is immense. There beiug, so .many
officials of the different roads residing here,
and the amount of money expended by the
different roads creates an all—powerful influ-’
ence, which wielded in any one direction
creates quite a sensation among the nervous
inclined,eausing many epithets to be showered
upon the railroads; my experience teaches
me that if the railroads of Burlington were
obliterated from existence that retrogression
and decay would soon overtake us. With
our numerous railroads diverging in so many
directions and extending over such an area
of country,‘ it has invited hither an immense
trade, and our wholesale business has been
increasing yearly, when we now boast
. of doing the largest jobbing business in the
various lines of goods of any city west of the
Mississippi above St. Louis.
With our railroad facilities and river com—
munication, and one of the most perfect and
complete systems of water works in the
. West, enables us to stand out before the
. world the most attractive and inviting point
for manufactures of any western city, of
which we are seriously deficient, considering
her population and all the necessary requisites
for such purposes. Here is a first class open-
ing for Connecticut capitalists to establish
themselves in manufacturing pursuits in this
rich agricultural region and central focus of
abundant cheap labor. In culture, morals
and religion we should occupy the most ad—
vanced position, as we bountifully flourish in
churches and public schools. Twenty—six of
the different denominations 'of churches
adorn the religious galaxy of Burlingtou's
future needs and wants, while our public
schools are prolific in all the paraphernalia to
learn the young idea how to shoot, and we
boldly proclaim them equal to any in the
State and none superior to them in the
Union. There are nine of these schools in
the city, with large, commodious brick '
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school houses, with from four to ten rooms
each, employing respectively the same num-
ber of teachers, aggregating over fifty teachw
ers in all. There is a high school here, in
the highest state of perfection, where all
are subjected to a rigid course‘ of study for
four years (after passing through the pri-
mary schools) before becoming teachers.
The building of the high school cost the tax
payers of the city forty thousand dollars.and
it is an honor to the city, a lasting credit to
its munificence and a high tribute to its in-
telligencc.
As the eye passes over the business blocks
and scans the hustle and activity which pre—
vail during most all hours of the day, both
in the wholesale-and retail trade,the observer
will notice that it is immense, and he will be
almost lost in his calculations, imagining that
he is passing through the great business marts
of Chicago and New York. In taking in the
most busy_ part of Burlington it requires the
circuit of but a few blocks as the bulk of
business is centered in Main and JefferSon
streets, and carried on in as showy and at»
tractive business houses as cities of greater
note can boast. The business part of the
city fronts out nearly to the river, on a large
plot of ground lying nearly level, with but a
little rise or ascent from the river, ‘and when
the visitor passesflthrough our best business
streets he is wont to- remark, “Burlington’s
stores and hotels would be an honor and
credit to any city.” They are built mostly of
brick, with a few of stone, and range from
two to five stories high, which excel in archi-
tectural beauty, artistic taste, commodlous
convenience, with durable rfiterial and un-
exceptional in construction. At the base of
North, South, West and Prospect Hills
lies the city proper; while all of these are
mostly covered with an industrious and
thriving population, the 'bulk of whom do
business or are employed in the various labor
avocations at the great business centre. On
these bills, at a number of points, commands
an extensive view of Illinois, the Mississippi
River, and many other places of interest,
presenting a most delightful panorama of
surrounding objects. These hills being most.
ly covered with inhabitants, and as the in«
creased population had lapped over the city
limits into the suburbs beyond. and were de-
riving inany of the benefits without
being subject to city taxes, it was deemed
advisable to extend the limits of the bity,
which was accordingly done, of about a mile
each on ‘the North, South and West, which
now carries us but into the prairies, with
plenIy of room beyond, ample for our
most vigorous growth and development. It
would be a futile effort on my part to write
up the business of each one so engaged, for
tir‘and space would absolutely forbid, but
will give you an idea of its magnitude by
stating the different branches of business
carried on hefe as 175, and the aggregate
proprietors are nearly one thousand. Fifty-
five retail grocerymen administer to the wants
of our physical necessities, while we have
nearly o'he hundred drinking saloons, which
neither add to our mental or physical com-
forts, but to the serious disturbance of _many
homes and society and a heavy tax to our
city and county. I give the above figures as
these are the most numerous of any two
branches of business which are in direct
antipodcs to the actualities and require—
ments of life; hence the ridiculous and out-
rageous juxtaposition of their relations in
civilized and refined society.
We have four wholesale groceries which
are doings lucrative and. prosperous busi—
ness; six hardware wholesale dealers, two of
boots and shoes, two of leather and findings,
three druggists, one book and stationery, two
dry goods jobbers, and so on through a long
list of other business engaged in the whole-
sale trade. We have thirty—seven lawyers to-
expound the law, and to remove the disabili-
ities of criminals and to assist them in esca-
ping the clutches of the law and its penalties.
lVe have five banks in a sound condition
which disseminates the collaterals to the busi-
ness men of Burlington and furnishes,the
circulating medium by and through which
our happiness is enhanced.
Burlington has a number of eminent men
as judges, lawyers, ministers, professors, «be.
We have the honor of giving the State of
Iowa its present, governor in the person of
John H. Gear, whom Burlington is justly
proud of and the people of our State hold in
the highest appredation, as they rc—elected
him for the second term, last October. He
was one of the most prominent business men
here for thirty years,in the wholesale grocery
business, and the people of this State recog-
nize in him one ofthe best governors we
have ever had, as the affairs of the State is
conducted on systematic business principles.
Dr. William Salter, of the Congregational
church, is a man of much eminence as a di—
vine of many attainments, and excels in
literature more than pulpit oratory, as he is
lacking in nervous force and physical power
to captivate the masses. He attended the
Beecher trial in company with Dr. Charles
Beardsley. a few years- ago. and he was invi-
ted by Mr. Beecher to preach from his pulpit
on one of the Sundays while there, vandhe
filled it very acceptably to his. hearers. Dr.
Beardsley is a member of Dr. Salter’s church,
and Went to the Beecher trial as one of the
delegates of the Congregational church from
Iowa. He was a medical practitioner for a
number of years and was afterwards editor
of the Burlington Hawkeye, retiring from
this position about six years ago ; ' he is' now
Fourth Auditor in the Treasury Department
at Washington. He is one of the most cir—.
cumspect men, truest and best writer and
speaker in the State. His financial discus-
sions before the people in this State were
pronounced among the ablest efforts on this
subject. Mr. Beardsley informed me he was
formerly from Ohio and his ancestors were
from Conn icut. The Hawkej/e is decidedly
the ablest p er out of the five or six publish-
ed here; its present editor and proprietor is
Frank Hutton, Esq, formerly editor of the
Mount Pleasant Journal, who became editor
on the retirement of Dr. Beardsley. He is
also an Ohio man, and he is a sharp, keen,
shrewd political trimmer as also a good busi—
ness man who knows how to conduct a
newspaper on sound financial principles as
well as the most radical prescriptive repub—
licanism, with not one word of conciliation
in his political creed. Mr. Hatton was the
most bitter and outspoken of any Western
editors against President Hayes’ Southern
policy,and the epithets he hurled against Mr.
Hayes for two years were .the sharpest and
keenest political thrusts and kicks that often
comes within the province of mortals to
witness. About the ‘time Mr. Hayes’ vetoes
began to pour into Congress last summer. the
tone of the Hawkeye began to change, and
when Congress assembled in December, Mr.
Hutton goes up to Washington and applies
to Mr. Hayes for the Burlington Post Office.
“Well, Frank,” says Mr. Hayes, “I shall ad-
here strictly to the policy which I marked
out at the commencement of my administra-
to them the olive branch of peace; kindness
and conciliation are tokens of my friendship
‘and love the promptings of my heart, and all,
applicants must be qualified for the positions
for which they seek, and as you hold in your
hand the endorsement of all the Iowa dele—
gation of Republican Congressmen, I shall
not turn to the files of the Hawkeye to see
if you have always endorsed Rutherford B.
Hayes. I believe you will make a good
Postmaster and are well qualified ;" he then
takes his pen and writes out Frank’s nomina-
tion for Postmaster of Burlington, Iowa;
the nomination is sent into the Senate and
Frank is duly confirmed. Thus it was how
Mr. Frank Hatton became our postmaster,
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tion, that is, to forgive my enemies, extend '
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY,MARCH so, 1880.
and we are all glad of it, for Frank is a
mighty good fellow and will make one of the
best Postmasters Burlington ever had. Rob-
ert J. Burdette is still on the editorial staff
of the Hawkeye, and the paper has largely
increased in interest and circulation since Mr
Burdette’s accession. whose writings have in
a great measure given it a national reputation
and circulation. Through the lecture season
Mr. Burdette is away from Burlington most
of the time (but writes for the paper) lectur-
ing in behalf of the Redpath lecturing asso-
ciation. Why don’t Norwalk try and get
him? If she could, she would have a great
treat.
As it will be some time before I shall write
again to the GAzETTn,or at least not till after
the Republican National Convention meets
the second of J one next. I wish to say a
few words in relation to its candidate, not-
withstanding I have written to such a length
already. It looks at the present time as
though Gen. Grant would get the nomination
as Pennsylvania has instructed her delegation
to vote as a unit for him, as also has New
York. With what other Northern States
who will be committed for him, with almost
a solid delegation from the Southern States,
I think insures his nomination. TheHawk-
eye is rabid for him, while there is an un-
doubted-majority in our State for Blaine. I
see the GAZETTE is not discussing the presi-
dential question much yet, but what I am
able to gather from it I should judge its pre-
ferences were for Secretary Sherman. He
is my favorite. He is an able financier and
statesman, and our country owes him a debt
of gratitude in carrying the country safely
over the chasm of financial depression, on to
the resumption'of specie payments,to return-
ing prosperity, and funding our high interest
bonds to 4;» and 4 per cents, with a prospect
of reducing them still lower to 3;; per cents,
as also exploding and scattering to the four
winds of heaven the absurd fallacies of the
Greenbackers and other inflatonists, entitles
Mr. Sherman to the undivided suffrages of
'the American people for President, as Gen.
Grant did for services on the field of, battle.
What does it all mean for the people to run
wild now for Gen. Grant, when four years
ago the Republican party were almost unani-
mous against a third term? It is the more
surprising when the blunders and corruptions
of his administrations are still fresh in the
minds of the people as made most apparent
by Benjamin H Bristow and your own
Marshall Jewell. The bugbear cry that the
Democratic party are going to steal the next
president if they are powerless to elect their
man, and that Grant is the only man who
would strike terror to them in executing the
threat, is all the merest bosh. What power
does Grant possess out of the presidential
chair and the army to inaugurate himself?
Abraham Lincoln and R. B. Hayes were
both inaugurated at a more critical time than
there is any probability of being on the 4th
of next March. The people of France, or a
large portion of them, for a long while
thought there was no one but a Bonaparte
who could rule over them. Can it be possible
that decay has fastened itself on the Ameri—
can people so that none but a Grant can rule
over them ?" B. B.
Congressional Wit.
Mr. Herr, of Michigan, whose recent
witty contest with dapper little Sam
Cox, attracted universal attention, got after
the enemy during the deficiency debate in
this wise.
Mr. Chairman, I had not intended to take
any part in this debate,and I should not do so
now were it not for a peculiar feature that
seems to attend this bill, as it has all similar
bills since I have been~ a member of this
House.
, When my friend from Mississippi,Mr. Sin-
gleton, sought to strike down. one of the old
officers of this Government he attempted to do
so by attaching a rider to this bill,and seemed
perfectly satisfied that his reason for doing so
was complete when he could say that in Andy
Johnson’s time the Republicans did just as
mean a thing. [Laughter]. That was the
very acme of his argument.
. Not a rider has been put on an appropriation
bill by the majority of this House that has
not been defended by the Democrats upon the
ground that “you Republicans have done just
the same mean thing.” And yesterday, when
the gentleman from Ohio (Mr.McMahon) who
has charge of this bill, sought to clinch the
matter beyond all doubt, he stated as a reason
why he and his party have the right to violate
the law and refuse appropriations for marshals -
who have done their duty‘ “You Republicans
once violated the law; you did not enforce the
fugitive slave law.” So it has ever been. It
seems that the hightest idea of legislation that
Democrats can get is to try to imitate the
meanest measures the Republicans have ever
passed. [Laughten] '
\Vhy,Mr. Chairman,it would be refreshing
to me to have these gentlemen introduce one
bill here upon which they could stand up and
say before the House, “ We are in favor of this
bill because it is right, because the interests
of the country demand it," and notfive to
resort to the argument that in some unguarded
moment the Republican party had done some-
thing just as bad. Has it come to this, that
the Democratic party of this country has no
higher idea of legislation than to follow and
imitate our mistakes ? Is it true that the
meanest things we haveiever done seem to a
Democrat to be directly. in the line of re—
trenchment and reform? [Great laughter.]
There are before the country great ques-
tions that this Congress ought to be at work
upon. We have been here three months and
a half and only a single general appropriation
bill has been reached. AndI say to the gen—
tlemen who live on the seaboard, “You ought
to be here with some measure that the men
from the West. who are not familiar with the
subject, can support, providing for the resto-
ation of our. commerce to the oceans of the
world.” But nothing of the kind has yet
been proposed.
Yet, sir, with all thesequestions and many
others demanding immediate attention, we
cannot have presented here a little bill to
make updcficiencies without a week being
frittered away on this'kiud of profitless dis—
cussion. I say, Mr. Chairman, it is time that
this Congress should go to Wo‘ and do
some of the business for which we were sent
here. -
I should leave this subject right here but for
a “sneer" which fell from the lips of our Dem-
ocratic friend from Ohio (Mr. McMahon) in
reference to the “bloody shirt.” I was sorry
to'hear him refer to that. The effect was'not
great. I have heard that sneer before. It is
twenty years old. I was in Ohio during the
war, and well remember how the party he
represents was in the habit of sneering at the
same shirt when the blood on it was yet fresh
and cw, and when it was the only winding
sheet of so many of the brave soldiers who
went down to death that the Nation might
live, and these same gentfemen have been
sneering at this “bloody shirt” from that time
until now. ’ »
Mr. Weaver—Did the gentleman: get any
farther South than Ohio ?
Mr. Horr—No,sir; I was not in the service:
Mr. Chairman, unfortunately, Ohio had so
many rascally copperheads within her borders
at that time that she was compelled to keep
some of her best men at home to take care of
those fellows in the rear. [Great laughter.]
@-
Three car loads of barrels were recently
received by Cook & Hilton, of Rowayton, to
be used for the largest shipment of oysters
to Europe from this State on record.
The ups and downs of life are remarkably
illustrated in the case of Parson Cowley of
New York, who Was once chaplain on Black.
well’s island, and now goes there as a con—
vict. ~
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The Negro Exodus.
An Err-State Senator of.Louisiana, an in—
telligent, 'well educated, colored man, ap-
peared before the Voorhees Exodus Com-
mittee and testified about the the causes of
the exodus as follows:
He said the effort made last winter by the
Democrats in the Legislature .to pass what
was called the “chain-gang law,” the agita—
tion of this subject and the uncertainty of
the status of the colored people under Demo-
cratic rule prevented many from making the
usual labor contracts in January and Febru-
ary of the year, and, that the result of this is
already observable in the large number of
colored men who have moved from the
planting districts into the cities and towns
lying on the banks of the rivers, so as to take
advantagepf opportunities for transportation
to the West. This proposition to pass these
chain-gang laws, and other measures intend-
ed to abridge their industrial rights, the ne—
grocs, he said, believed were designed to and
would eventually place them under a system
of peonage, and hence the controlling idea
with them is to get away from the State
before this is accomplished. . He grouped the
causes of the exodus under five different
heads, viz:
First——-A fear on the part of the colored
people of class legislation :against them by
the Democratic legislators.
Second—The fear of interference with their
educational privileges.
Third—The uncertainty of obtaininghomes
and insecurity in retaining them.
Fourth—Interference with their religious
and personal rights'; and lastly, their fear of
disfranchisement.
In elaborating these points he stated that
homes and education have made the imi—
grants to this country the peers of the best of
Americans citizens,- but these imigrants
found homes and education in the Northern
and Western States, and not in the South.
Referring to the great change in the politi-
cal complexion of voters in some parishes
within the last few years, as shown by the
election returns, in instance Ouachita par-
ish,where in 1876 from 1,200 .to 1,500 Re-
publican and 400 or 500 Democratic votes
Were cast; while at the last election the
leading Democratic candidate polled 1,976
and the Republicans only 11 votes. This
and similar changes he said were accomplish
ed by Democratic county returning boards.
From five to seven jurors were formerly
elebted in each parish as supervisors of elec-
tion; subsequently the Democrats passed a
law authorizing Governor Nichols to appoint
five additional police jurors in each parish.
Those appointed were all Democrats, and
this gave the Democrats a majority of police
jurors, or county returning boards, as he'call-
ed them, in every parish in the State with
one exception; and in this exceptional par-
ish the Republican majority were driven
away by armed Democrats. He thought it
force now to" carry elections, as the legal
machinery they have devised enables them
to “count out any one they choose.”
The witness was then asked-by Senator
Voorhees to explain how it is that in so many
parishes where the colored Republicans out—
numbered the white Democrats largely they
do not defend themselves and prevent the'
wrongs it is alleged they suffer from?
In reply he stated that when it is remem-
bered that these white Democrats are the
same people who, when engaged in rebellion
it required the expenditure of millions of
treasure, the loss of hundreds of thousands of
lives and over four years of time to subdue
and while it is home in mind that ever since'
the collapse of the rebellion the whites have‘
kept up their military organization and are
many of them drilled and trained fighters to-
day, it is absurd to expect the negro, “with
a bee in his hand," to resist these men. ‘
Mr. Geo. J. Ruby (colored); editor of the
New Orleans Observer, testified that a con-
vention of colored cittzens of Looisiana as-
sembled in New Orleans in April, 1879. and
after a session of four days, ascertained that
this exodus movement originated among plau-
tation laborers, and was the result of persecu-
tion of the political mobs of 1874 and 1875.
‘The convention had definitely learned that
the mobs enrolled 92,000 names in Louisiana,
north western Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi
and Alabama and that 69,000 of these were
represented in different parishes of Louis—
iana. Political leaders had nothing to do
with it. The witness produced and read a
resolution adopted at a democratic meeting
in Natchitoches, in September, 1878, to the
effect, “as the past conduct and actions of
recognized leaders of the radicalparty in this
parish are intolerable, and as their persistent
efiorts to regain position and power are a
standing menace 'to public peace, we are
.determined they shall not succeed in their
nefarious designs to keep alive hostility be—
tween tlw races, and we approve the bold and
vigorous denunciation of these bad men by
the people's vindicator." The witness said
that the “vigorous denunciation” endorsed
by the resolutions include advice to the
people to take these bad men out to the near-
est tree and hang them. The effect of the
lawlessness which, he said head prevented
throughout the state was to incite the colored
people to go anywhere out of hell in which
they live.
Patents and Trade Marks.
Allist oi Patentsiand Designs granted March 9
1880, to citizens‘oi‘ the State of Connecticut, re-
ported for the Nonwan GAZETTE, by Enwrx H.
Buowrv, of No. 262 Broadway. New York- City,
Counse.lor in Patents and Trade Marks cases and
Soilctor of Patents and registration of Trade
Marks.
PATENTS
No. 225,270, Hat Pouncing and Shaving
Machine, James B. Brown, Danbury, assign—
or to himself and W. H. Howe, Lynn, Mas—
sachusetts. ‘ . _
No. 225.216, Applying Bands to Hose,etc.,
Oscar T. Earle, Milford, assignor to ~F. F.
Raymond, second trustee, Newton, Massa-
chusetts.
No. 225,359, Pocket Cutlery, James {D.
’Frary, Bridgeport. ~
No. 225,263, Apparatus for Dyeing and
Washing Yarn Cloth, etc., Henry P. Gray
and W. Gr Jr., South Manchester.
No. 226,277, Wood Screw Machine, Joseph
H. Greenleaf, New Haven, assignor to New
York Screw Company.
No. 225,381, Stitching Button Holes, Eye—
lets, etc., J nmcs A. House, Bridgeport.
_ No. 225,382, Car Brake, Lewis S. Hoyt,
assignor of one half interest to L. H. English,
New Haven. '
. No. 225,229, Straight way Valve, E. W.
McCOrmick, Bridgeport.
NO' 227,407, Game Apparatus, John Miles,
Cheshire. . _
No. 225,400, Padlocks, Frank W. Mix,
'l‘erryville, assignor to Eagle Lock Company
same place. . _ .
No. 225,428, Hair Pin, Alfred J. Shipley,
assignor to Scoville Manuf acturing Company,
Waterbury. .
No. 225,430, ,HairEPin, Joseph R. Smith,
assignor to Waterbury. Button Company,
Waterbury. '
No. 225,243, Coffee and Spice Mill, 0. W.
Stone, Plantsville.
No. 225,440,'Ice Pitcher,Heruian Vasseur,
Wallingford. .
' REISSUE. -
No. 6,210, Machine for Separating the
fibres of wood for Paper Pulp, Peley and G.
C. Rose, Norwich. ‘
. ‘ nnsrexs.
No. 11,676, Clock Frame,Lewis B. Tattle,
New Haven. . -
No. 11,678, Flush Bolt. H. Jawisbei, New
Haven, assignor to Sargent & (30., same
place ' - , ' " . 7,
Young ladies Wearing fashionable dressed
now may be said to be in clothes confine,
ment. .
was not necessary for the Democrats to use ..
The Connecticut Legislature.
SENATE, HARTFORD, March 23.
A resolution giving the city of. Bridgeport
the power to issue bonds to the amount of
$150,000 to pay off the floating indebtedness
Oil the city and erect school burldings. Pass-
8 O
The bill giving county commissioners in
New Haven, Hartford and Fairfield counties
authority to sit 150 days in each,year came
from the House on a disagreeing vote striking
out Fairfield county from the list. The Seu-
ate voted to adhere,ai Senator Brewster was
appointed a committee of conference.
House bill N o. 38,relating to the regulation
or freights on railroads so as to make the same
equitable between different points according
to distances, was taken up.
Senator Blackstone opposed the ‘bill as
amended, and moved that it be continued 'to
the next General Assembly and it was so or-
dered by a vote of 14 yeas to 4 nays.
Boom—Bill was passed as follows: For
the printing of the report of the commission
to the International Exposition at Paris; act
relating to casualty insurance companies; not
amending the charter of the city of Bridge-
port, giving power to insure bands; act reg-‘
ulating the inspection of steam boilers; an-
nulhng the existence of certain joint stock
companies.
SENATE, March 24, 1880.
Senator Brewster, of the committee of
conference on the bill stipulating the sitting
term of county commissioners, reported. At
his suggestion Fairfield county was stricken
from the bill,‘ thusleaving New Haven and
Hartford counties to sit 150 days, in each
year for business. > . " -‘-.‘_- '-
On the disagreeing vote of the two houses.
on the general oyster bill as proposed by the
Oyster Commission. the Senate voted to con-
cur with the House in continuing it to the
next General Assembly. When this was con-
tinued the following bill validating present
claims was passed:
Section 1. ‘All designations or places for
planting or cultivating oysters, clams and
muscles, which have heretofore been made, ”
through the selectmen or oysterground‘coui.
mittee, and all transfers and assignments of '
any designations so made of aplace for‘plant-
ing or cultivating oysters, clams and muscles
are hereby validated and confirmed; r .
Sec. 2. This act shall not affect auyjsuit
now pending or anyconflieting claims. , . "
Sec. 3. Designation shall: be madehy' the
Selectmen or the oyster-committee of any
town, of any place ,in- the: watersof Long
Island Sound for the cultivation ’of oysters
and clams. . .1
Henson—Mr. ’ttell, of Norfolk, from
the committee of , nference on the 'tax com-
mission, recommending a resolution of .in—
quiry by the Board,of Equalization into the
tax laws, and that 'they report at the next
Legislature; passed.
Bill regulating dredging in Norwalk her—
her was amended on motion of Mr. 'Gunn,of
Milford, so that ,the natural oyster beds in
Milford should be protected, and with a pro-
viso that the bill shall not prevent dredging,
on private grounds. After debate the amend-
ment was adopted and the bill passed.
The bill reported by the oyster commission
in regard to leasing oyster grounds which
has caused no little discussion in both houses
during the session, was taken up and lost on
a disagreeing vote. -
Sunday Afternoon.
After the Sunday dinner, What? Well, it
all “depends." A .person whose-brain is
wearied with intellectual work during the
week, or whose nervous system is exposed
to the strain of business as professional life,
ought to sleep, within an hour or two after
ois Sunday dinner, if he can. It is surpris-
ing ,how much like a seven-day clock the'
brain will work, if the habit of af‘Sunday
nap” be once formed. , Nature will take ad—
vantage of it as regularly'and gratefuly as
she does of the nightly sleep, and do her best
to make up lost time. People, on the other
hand, whose week of toil is chiefly physical
may well give their minds activity while
their body is resting. Two sermons and
three or four hours of solid reading are a real
rest to some on Sunday, while to others such
a course amounts to positive Sabbath break-
breaking. Sunday is a day of rest—not of
work, religious or otherwise. It is a day
for repose—not for exhaustion. But what
the dogmatists on one side and the illiberal
liberals on the other are apt to overlook, is
the fact that all men do not rest alike, any
more than they labor alike and what will help
to save one may aid in killing another.
After Sunday dinner, then, one should
seek rest, innocent recreation, helpful happi-
ness. Sleep, or read, or go and help instruct
and interest a mission school or visit the sick
and suffering, accordingly to your need and
your gifts. We Americans haven’t yet fully
learned the art of domestic enjoyment, any
more than the law of service to others.
More men ought to relieve their wives of the
sole care of young children, on Sundays, by
taking them out to walk or to ride, and in—
viting the mother to go as-company, or leav
ing‘ her at home to enjoy unmolested a
much—needed season of quiet. In suitable
weather a portion of the day may be profi—
tably spent out-of-doors. There is nothing
in the example or teachings of J esus—noth-
in g in the nature of his religion, of God's re-
quirements, or of man's needs,—which de-
clares that the Sabbath can only be 'kept
holy iii-doors. It is to be honored and hal-
lowed, but its highest observance is a minis-
tration to man’s highest needs. We hope
and believe that the day will never come
when Sunday will be secularized or turned
into a gay holiday in America, as it is in
Europe; but the progress made towards a
rational Christian enjoyment of the day,
within the‘past fifty years, shows the super- '
ority of man to the institution,as proclaimed
by the Saviour, is coming to be apprehended
Golden Rule.
Why boys don’t and should Learn
Trades.
There is a conspiracy among society-men
all over the country, to keep American boys
out of the useful trades; and industrial ed—
ucation is thus under the ban of an outrag-
eous despotism which ought to be put down
by the strong hand of the law. It is thus
seen that while the common school natur—
ally turns the great multitude of its attend-
ants away from manual employment, those
who still feel inclined to enter upon them
have no freedom to do so, because a great
army of society-men stand firmly in the way,
overruling employer and employed alike.
The public hardly needs to learn that the
result of the indisposition and inability to
learn trades among .American boys is about
as disastrous as can be imagined. It is found
that in the prisons, almost universally, the
number of criminals who never learned a
trade to those who are skilled workmen is as
six to one. The army of tramps who have
infested the country for the last two years is
largely composed of men who have had no
industrial education whatever. These men,
who beg at our doors, are, manly men who
never learned a trade—scram.
Husbands and Wives.
A good husband makes a good wife. Some
men can neither do without wives nor with
them; they are 'wretehed alone in what is .
called single blessedness,and they make their .
homes miserable when they get married;
they are like Tompkin's dog,which could not
bear to be lease, and howled vlen it was
tied up. Happy bachelors are likely to be
happy husbands, and a happy husband is the
happiest of men. A well—matched couple
carry a joyful life between them, as the two
spies carried the clusterof Eshcol. They are
,a brace of birds of Paradise. They multiply
their joys by sharing them, and lessen their
troubles by dividing them; this is fine arith-
metic. The wagon of care rolislightly along
as they pull together, and, ~when it drags a
little heavily, or there’s a hitch anywhere,
they love each other all the more, and so
lighten the labor. —Jo_hn Platyhman. _'
. =5
_ At the Hayward rubber works at Colches—
ter, in this State, 6,000rpai‘rsgof shoes and
1,000 pairs of arctics are made daily. ‘,
The Rev. Mr. Pinney, of ,White Hills, has
accepted am“ to the-Grenville Baptist
church, Fairfield County. The last Sabbath
in this month will close his pastorate in
J White Hills.
.necticut State Hospital.
4*
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NORWALK GAZETTE,
PIIILISIIEI IVE“ TUESDAY ,MIIIIIISI,
The Second Olden Paper In the State.
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ELLERY 0. CLARKE, M. 1).,
rnrsmuu nun sunsron,
.Oflcc, tonnes, Block, Wall Street, over
Sunday’- News Office-
Hours? to 10 a. m.,2 to 3 and 7 to 8p. m. Slates
at Prowrtt’s Drug Store, N orwalk,and Stilson’s
Drug Store,, South N orwalk. . Residence, West
Avenue, corner ot‘Elm Street. 3m2p
Dr'. Wm. J. Wake'man.
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Late resident Physician and Surgeon of Connec-
Urxrcnz-Rooms forme l ‘ .
Hill, Dentist. r y occupied by Dr Asa
OrrranoURsr— , . . .
toSp.m. 7%to 933 m..lto3pm,6
CHARLES W. MANY
Surgeon Dentist,
nonwnnx, court.
Oflice corner ot_Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxrde Gasadmim‘stered . '
ALEX. S . GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
Teacher of .
rune-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composition.
Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
“but, Relyea & Seymour,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Boom No.4, tup stair-,1
GAZETTE BUILDING.
w. s. our MARI).
General firming, Unlertaler,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R.DEPOT
'f'Ordersattended to dayor night . Resident:
Main Street,3 doorst‘rom Union Avenue.
The iiorwalk Firs lnsurance‘flo.,
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year,
And has not outstanding a Dollar of unpaid losses
. or of claims for losses.
I" SIIIIII GUMPAIY IIISIIIIIS A'I' [OVER IlA‘l'
Wu. 0.5TnnET. Pres., s. E. Ours-run, Trees.
GEO. R. COWLEs,Sec'y.
“D'I‘Nll‘l NSURANCE Co. ofHARTFORD
incorporated 1812.- Charter Perpetual
Capital and Assets, $6,716,893.77
Insuresagainstlossand damageby Fire.onterms
adoptedto thehazardandconsistent with thelaws
ofcompensatiou. COWLES Sn MERRILL,
Solo Agentsfor Norwalk and vicinity
B’. S. BLASCER,
At his store in
MAI-LORY’S lat-OCR,
hasconstantlyon hand,a general assortmenio
Groceries, Crockery, GIaSs,
'Iln and Wooden Ware, Etc.
By devotinghis constantpersonal attentiont o the
business he hopesto merit public patronage
HANDES S. LOCKWOOD, . '
Fashionable Draper’and Tailor
AND
O
GENTS' FURNISHING EMPORIUM.
Main street.Norwslk. Conn.
BERNARD COHN.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
WEEK’S BUILDING, WALL ST.
A FULL LINE OF .
Imported and Domestic Cloths,
of the latest styles, constantly on hand. Novel-
ties in Scotch. Settings. . Satisfaction guaranteed
in every particular. . 46
m” an
Mgb‘hmm gfigfigmom supine-
l"“011 RE coasripanou. es
’0 ”"akse‘isss AND lesa mous:mm
a at Wham be place or themuseatingess,mms'
0
keep them-
: as am:
-EII'E_étdeviceever-known
O. A. MULLINGS,
. PURE MILK.
Delivered in Norwalk and South Norwalk, at
your door, every morning
AT 6 CENTS PER QUART,
, By REMSON BROS. _5ltf
C. II. Kendall, III. II.
DENTIST,
Norwalk, Conn.
omce second
door west from
Dnnbury R. R.
Depot, Dental
operations in.all
branches as for-
merly. Painless
extraction of
teeth by aid of
LAUGBIN G
GAS a specialty
N. B.—Dr.Kendall spends Mondays in Ridge-
fieid. 42
THE
Nurwall Iron Works
’
CO’S SHOPS are running every day (except Sun-
days) all daylong and are prepared to execute
any kind of
MAGIIINERY WORK
that may be ofl'ered.
STEAM ENGINES AIIII PUMPS
kept in stock.
UHSIIIIES of all Kinds to Drier.
Manufacturers troubled with the present scar-
cit of water can buy or hire pumps on reason-
ab e terms. '
SPECIAL NOTICE
TO THE LADIES of NORWALK.
' The undersigned has opened a
Retail Department
in the
4
Factory on Hoyt 812., near Main,
Where LADIES’. MISSES9 and CH1].-
nflEN’s .SHOES,.of our own make,
can beobtarned at a slight advance from whole-
sale prrces. -
Measures taken and Shoes made to
order.
T. COUSINS.
J. M. POTTER,
' DEALER IN
Cabinet Organs, Vio-
lins, Banjos, Fo’fes,
Drums &: Sheet
Music.
Pianos and Organs to Rent.
PIANOS,ORGAN_S AND MELODEONS TUN-
' _ED AND REPAIRED. .
Instruments sold on monthly Instalements.
01d Instruments taken in Exchange
‘ for New. .
Wall Street, Norw alk onn.
Sollcitor of Claims.
GENERAL—BUSINESS.
OFFICIAL INFORDIATION.
L.A. GOBRIGHT,
Office 1,427 F Street Northwest, near
15th. WASHINGTON, D. C.
Y former connection with Journalism for a
_ long period, has given me an extensive ac-
quarntance in all the departments or the Govern-
ment and all exce tional facilities. Prompt at-
tention given to al orders requiring personal ser-
vice at the National Capitolnvhich may be for-
warded through the office of the N OBWALK GA-
znr're.
BLEAIIIIESS I8 IEXT In IiIIDlllESSa:
G. A. FRANKE’S
Sharing and Hair Uniting Salon!
FOR A
Plea-ant Shave, -
Artistic Hair Cut, 0
Thorough Shampoo‘.
cALr. AT '
Mr. Pranke’s Hair Cutting Saloon,
No. l GAZETTE BUILDING.
FParticularattention given toLadies andC ild-
rez’s Hair Cutting and Shampooning.“
AT HOME TO EVERYBODY.
Hot apd’ColdWater Baths
New Firm at the Old Stand
Messrs MULLINGS BROTHERS
Would r espectfullyinform the public, that they
have tar-fen the business lately conducted
by MULLINGS &T1LLY. and with the old ex-
perienced Workmen, hitherto employed by the
late firm,areprepared tomannf‘acture allkinds of
CARRIAGES & ~WAGON S
To onnrm‘
Repairing in all its Branches.
MACHINE FORGING. DISCOUNT
ALLO‘VED FOR CASH.‘
. J. S. MULLINGS
South Norwalk, April 15,1878.
Warm Baths
Cold. Baths! !
Shower Baths! 2!
Every day at
E. APELL’S Model Barber Shop,
Second Door from Pou once.
PENSIONS.
Pensions and Bounties got for
all Soldiers of my cum and other
Regiments, &c.
tlven
ed torellevecoS W. H. NOBLE, .
e e 1 BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
10!: ecta 1'01! dusts. .
“arm. °‘ “Prim W “mm n-tlme “0 a ’
. ape m 3 taken at be ctable on P 1 M k t
”Wm assurances... . eop e s ar e ,
No. 19 MAIN STREET,
THE very best of BEEF, delivered daily to
» our customers. Also, in their season, Veal.
Lamb, Mutton. Pork, duh, at the IUV‘CSI-
Market Hates. Vegetablcl and Fruits a full,
fresh and varied supply daily received. Market
wagon sent about town every morning.
JAMES E. WIXSON.
\ Formpportincpau .,j
””16“.” “no Rubbers No Spun“!
autonomic-:73: ESE-m -’
. Iron SALE BY THE: ,
COMBINATIONNLOTHING ()0.
3m}! ’51 Main SI..Norwalk, Conn.
\ \ ‘
~A'l‘
Quintard’s Furniture Rooms
Will belounda completes ssortrnes tor
FURNITURE, &C.,
ncludingeverythlngusu allyt ound in a ,1 rat-clan
establishment, at Pricesto suit theTrmes . Also,
alargeassortmen tot:
CHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
nooxma unassns, are.
Glas sl’latesent toany size . Bepairingdouci nthe
best manner,at short notice. Also. old HairMat—
trance smadeover as good asuew.
, E. DIIIIITARD’S‘SIIII.
Carriage . Painting !
HE subscriber-,3. practical and ex erienced
workman. has taken rooms over ELSON’S
.ABRIAGE SHOP. near foot of Millflill, where
‘ he is preparcd to . .
Paint ' Coaches, Carriages or Wagons
sonable Prices. English or Valentine’s Varnish
used, according to desire of parties having work
done. Special attention paid to .
ReePainting Children’s Carriages,
and to mum and Fancy Lettering. Ashareo
public patronage solicited.
R. E. WHITCOMB. 1
at short notice,in the best manner,and‘ at Ren— -
66a week in your own town. Tcmis and saout
tltlree.Addrcs=-li.liallett a Co.Portland,Me.
-——‘-l 880——
Demmon & Newcomb,
53 Mam Sh, Keep the Choicest and Best
Groceries, Vegetables, Fruits,
FRESH FISH, OYSTER s, CLA MS,
to" at the very Lowest Market Rates. Goods de
livered in any part of the town. 1y1
To LOAN on Real EstateSecurily-
Money .Enquire of o. n. wrnson, No. a
Gazette Building, Nor-walk, Ct. 32“
Decorating-
Pictures
A newlot just received at
I’roWitt’s Drug Store.
F
REAL ESTATE.
rxxv y' . ."WW VW\_W.1\J\/\,’\/\N\f\ r\ /a
REAP BENT—A house near Broad River
Brid e. Will be rented at a low price.
Apply at t e GAZETTE OFFICE.
To Rent. -
COTTAGE on the hill east or the Lounsbury
8:. Bissell Company’s Mill. with Garden and
Orchard. Rent low. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.
OB SA LE OR TO LETl-IIouse on Pros -
peet Hill, adjoining residence of Jesse Den-
ton. Inquire of E. W. STUART. 10
0 RENT.—Fronr April 1, a desirable house
on Main Street, containing ten rooms.with
barn and garden. Apply at QUINTARD’S FUR.-
NITUltE 1:00.118. 5ti‘
Cottage to Let.
,Very Neat and .Prctty Little Cottage of Six
Rooms. on Union Place, and opposite the
homestead of Charles I’.Turncy.Esq, will be
rented to a. nice and quiet family for 815 per
month. Apply to GAZETTE OFFICE. . 3tll
For Sale or to Rent.
HANDSOME house build by days work, barn,
carriage house, 15 minutes walk from depot.
Orchard of grafted fruits of every variety and
terms very easy. Address Box 74,Norwalk,Conn.*
Places to Rent.
E SHA_W PLACE, on Riverside Avenue,
containing 8 or 9 rooms . has a large garden,
good fruit, and good well of water. Is a first-
class built house.
The TILLY HOUSE, near Belden A once, has
five or six rooms, wrth ‘orough Wa er.
Also, THREE HOUSES on Vestport Road. about
one mile from Norwalk Bridge.
Rent of all the above named places will be
made ver reasonable. For further information
apply to AMES FINNEY, RealEstate Agent.
Norwalk, March 22d, 1880. 3:12
To Rent.
GOOD genteel House on Spring Hill,nine
Rooms, good Garden, &c.. will rent for 8l5
per month to good faminlly. Enquire of E. K.
LOCKWOOD or S. E. 01. STEAD. -
Offices to Rent.
THE rooms now occupied by Dr. E. C. Clark,
(over the store of s. K. Stanley, Isaacs’;
Block,) Will _be rented from the lat day of April
rooms supplied with water and gas. For further
particulars cnqurre of
tilt JAMES or F. W. MITCHELL.
Buy a Home.
ILL sell House and Lot. Price 31,200; 3100
down, balancein small monthly payments.
House new, contains six rooms.
Enquire at Store of -
JOHN GREENWOOD,
lltf Belden Ave,
Farm for Sale.
HE subscriber offers for salehis Farm , situated
in the Town of Greenfield, in Saratoga Co.,
New York State, ten miles from the town of Sara-
toga, pleasantly situated on a rise of ground, 95
acres of land,with one Dwelling House, two large
Barns, Grainery and other out buildings, will be
sold cheap. Half the purchase money can remain
on mortgage, if desired, or Will exchange for vil-
lage propert . For further particulars inquire of
3m49 8 AS P. TUTTLE,Norwalk,Conn-
FOR SA LE—The very desirable residence on
Lewrs St.,now occupied by Rev. Mr. Bent-
ley. Apply on the premises, or to J OHN PARET.
374 Broadway, New York. ' 42
o RENT.-——A Barn on West Avenue.
ply at the GAZETTE OrrrCE.
For Sale.
THE Homestead of the late Peter McLaughlin,
deceased. It rs .very eligibly located in the
Borough of Norwalk, rstwo stories and basement,
contains 14 nice rooms, well adapted for a large
family or a; boarding house; lot 60x200 feet, has
Borough Water, Fruit, .itc. Situated on Franklin
Avenue, within three minutes’ walk of Post Office,
Depot. the, Will be sold on accommodating terms.
For further articulars enquire of
24 ‘ JA ES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent.
FOR SALE. .
WOverydesirableBuildingLotsonWestMain
Street . Apply at theGAZETTE OFFICE .
For Sale.
HE subscriber offers for sale his HOUSE and
LOT, situated on West Main street, in the
Borough oi‘Norwalk. The place is pleasantly lo-
cated,ln a good neighborhood, only a. short walk
from the business part .91 the town, School,
Churches, etc. The House is uearl y new;conven-
rently arranged, and in good condition. For fur-
ther particul’ars apply to the subscriber at Can-
non’s Station, or to G. .11 S. H. Holmes, Nor-walk.
3y JOHN W. RENOUD.
DWEfigigINGS
Building Lots.
SEVERAL dwellings,variousprices in differ-
ent portions of‘Borough, either to let or for
A -
12p
sale at reasonable prices. Also several places
outside of Boron h limits—one in Wrnnrpauk.
Also several Buildrnglotsin and out of Borough.
till) Enquire at this Oflice.
'For Sale or Exchange.
FOR property in Norwalk or 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
oi'Norwalk. Good situation. good house,
built of best material and by days work. About
80 choice Ap le trees with other fruit, good gar-
den, good we 101' water, and fine shade trees. Just
the place for a. map wishing to raise Strawberries,
etc. Price 87,000. ‘Enquire at this Office.
For Sale.
A cosy comfortable Cottage on one ofthepleas—
. antest streets in town, within five minutes
walk ofthe Bridge or Churches. will be sold at
cost price. A portion or the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price 87.000. En-
quireat this Ofiice. ' '
Desirable Property for sale.
A. Verydesirablcplace on EastAvenue.
Also, a few chorce BuildingLotssituatedon
Osborn Avenuc,forsale cheap.
Also,anicelylccated House and Lot on Mer-
wrnStreetnear West Avenue, for sale at a bar~
gain. Euqmreof .
S, E. OSBORN. EastAvenue,
tfll or to D .WJE‘ITCH .WestAvenue.
A Desirable Homestead for Sale.
I HE valuable residence _of the subscriber,
pleasantly located on high round on East
Ave., in the Borough of Norwal ', is offered for
sale. The situation rs pleasant and healthy, com-
mandingllnc views of Long Island Sound and the
surrounding country. Distance one mile from
Norwalk Bridge. and the same from South Nor-
walk depot. liouse 54x50; two stories and attic,
filled in with brick, and substantially built.
Rooms 18, with all. modern rm rovemcnts, bath
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VOL. LXIII.--NUMBEB 13..
The Fate of a Fast Young Man.
WRITTEN IN Tun‘rLLINors STAT! PRISON.
It’s curious, isn’t it, Billy,
The change that twelve months may bring.
Last year I was at Samtogo,
As happy and rich as a king;
I was raking in'pools on the races.
And feeing the waiters with “Ten,”
And sipping mint juleps by twilight,
And 10-day I am here in the “Pen."
“What led me to do it ?" What always
Leads men to destruction and crime ?
The prodigal son, whom you’ve read of,
Has altered somewhat in his time,
He spends his s1 tance as freely
As the biblical fellow of old;
But when it is gone he fancies
The husks will turn into gold.
Champagne, a box at the opera,
High steps while fortune is flush,
The passionate kiss of women
Whose cheeks have forgotten to blush.
The old, old story. Billy,
Of pleasures that end in tears,
The froth that foams for an hour,
The dregs that are tasted for years.
Last night, as I sat here and pondered
0n the end of my evil ways,
There arose like a phantom before me
A vision of boyhood days.
I thought of my old home, Billy;
Of the school-house that'stood on the hill ;
Of the brook that flowed through the meadow,
I can 'c’en hear its music still.
Again I thought of my mother,
Of the mother who taught me' to pray ;
Whose love was a precious treasure '
That I heedlessiy castaway.
I saw again in my visions
The freshdipped, careless boy,
To whom the future was boundlcss,
And the world but a mighty toy.
I thought of all this as I sat here,
Of my ruined and wasted life,
And the pangs of remorse were bitter,
They pierced my heart like a knife.
It takes some courage, Billy, _
To laugh in the face of fate,
When the yearning ambitions of manhood
Are blasted at twenty-eight.
. —Ecchange.
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Trouble in the Choir.
BY A. '1‘. WORDEN.
There was something so unusual in the sing—
ing of the choir
That the Elder looked up mildly'from the
tenth of Jeremiah,
And with readjusted eyeglass looked along
the foremost row,
While a hundred necks were twisted in a
stare from all below. ' '
As before the rolling thunder comes a distant,
wailing moan,
There was presage of disturbance in the very
organ’s tone, \
Just the popping of the pickets, ere the bat—
tle’s awful din, ‘
Or the tuning of the fiddles ere the orchestra
begin. '
An unprejudiced observer might have seen
with half up eye _
There was waiting an explosion that would
blow them all sky-high,
Or spontaneous combustion to accept a mod -
ern name,
That was waiting just a motion to burst forth
into flame.
The Soprano sat in grandeur, with her book
before her face,
With her back comb turned in anger on the
Alto andthe Bass;
While the Tenor stood beside her with an
elevated nose,
And the Organist pawed madly at the pedals
with his toes.
How could any one but AngQ sing
they were feeling so, ,
Though the hymn was “Songs of Gladness,”
they would make it “Sounds of ch.”
When we sing about devotion, some devotion
we must feel,
0r our plaintive tones of worship will partake
somewhat of a squeal.
when
But the Alto sung her solo, and then left it to
the Bass,
Who was gnawing at his mustache, and was
looking for the place ;
While the Organist, in anger, sung the lead -
ing part alone, .
And the Tenor tried to follow, but it ended
in a groan.
As the horror—stricken people heard the dis—
cord rising higher,
It was patent to the simplest there was trou—
ble in the choir, .
And the Organist, in fury, closed the organ
with a crash ‘
And the Alto sobbed in anguish andthe choir
had gone to smash.
When the Elder went among them with a
view to reconcile, 4
The Soprano told her story with a sanguinary
smile: '
It appeared the wretched Chorister had in-
troduccd a girl
With a brand—new style of singing, and a
most distfaeting curl.
But, to cap the bitter' climax, this usnrper
wore a hat,
Just a duck, a gem, a beauty,and it made the
rest look flat;
And the straw that broke the camel's back
and made the wreck complete—-
She came early Sunday morning,and usurped
the leading seat.
When the Elder asked the Tenor why he left,
he said: “Because
The Soprano said his chest tones sounded
just like filing saws; .
And be over heard the Alto one night whis—
per to the Bass,
That a man with such a moustache was a
palpable disgrace.”
And the Bass informed the Elder that be
sacrificed his views
When he came and joined the Elder's choir,
to help fill up his pews,
He was an Episcopalian,and if people thought
he’d take
Any nonsense from a Baptist, they made a
greatmistake. ~ -
Then the Organist and Alto both put on an
injured look,
Saying something in an undertone about a
change of book;
And~the Elder overheard them, as he gently
closed the door,
Use the words, "A poor old Fogy,” and “A
sentimental Bore.”
And he scratched his poor old noddle, as he
rambled down the street,
With his spectacles on his forehead and his
slippers on his feet ;
And I really think the Elder has a hope of
pouring oil
On the troubled sea of music, to allay the
sad turmoil. '
In 'the meantime service opens with old
“China" or “Bethune,”
And the Deacon with his tune—fork gives the
people all the tune;
And the organ gathers cobwebs, and the peo-
ple gather grace,
While they roar out “Coronation" to the Dea -
son’s hoarsest bass.— Utz'ca Obswm'.
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