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“SOME ONE.”
. B. s. w.
Never a wind that blows,
E‘en from the soft southwest,
But blows across the grave
Of “some one" we’ve loved best.
.‘ESome ano” sleeping too far
Below the sweet sunshine
To hear the zephyr’s breath
As-it stirs the myrtle vine.
_ Too far to know the footsteps.
That softly, sadly pass
Above that quiet sleeping,
Below the tangled grass.
“Some one” whose sandaled feet
Grew tired by the way, .
Grew weary of the flight
And went forth to meet the day.
Oh! wild and wayward wind;
Oh! fragrant soft southwest,
Ye kiss fair graves in your roving
Of “some one" we’ve all loved best.
Drunk in the Streets. ‘ ~
Translated from the French.
in: MRS. a. w. IATIMER.
“What’s the next case i” said the police
commissioner.
“Monsieur de eommissaire," replied the
policeman, pushing an old man up to the
dirty bar that separated the magistrate from
offenders, “last night on our rounds we fell
in with this man lying on a bench on the
. Boulevard. He was fast asleep—dead drunk.
He said he had nowhere to go——”
“What’s your name ?" said the magistrate
to the old man.
“Dumont, monsieur le commissaire.——
Joseph Bernard Cumont."
Them'agistrateS‘ secretary, at pers'onage as
dirty: as the office, wearing a goatee and
moustache cut like a brush, wrote down this
information on a sheet of oflice paper, ruled
with various lines.
“Your age ?"
“I was born on the 14th of June, 1800,
the day of the great battle of Marengo,
monsieur le commissaire, so ‘that I am just
little younger than I am. She would have
been seventy-five next December. Well,
I’m glad she is not here. She died day
before yesterday, monsieur le commis-
saire." '
“Where were you born ?"
“We were both born in the same place
monsieur le commissaire both born at
Moirah, a little village in the department of
the J nra. We left there soon after our mar—
riage. It was a fine spring morning when
we left for Paris. We hadn’t much money
but we had each other, and we saw the
world through colored spectacles. We saw
things as they were too. We were right.
For by hard work, and saving, and enter—
prise, and helping-each other, monsieur le
commissaire, for I was everything to her
and she was just the same to me, we man-
aged to get nearly a million of francs to-
gether.” .
“What do you do for a livelihood ?”
“We get nearly a million of francs to—~
gether, monsieur 1e commissaire. I am
Joseph Bernard Dumont, of the old estab-
lished house of Dumont & Co., patronized
by his Imperial Majesty Napoleon III, by
his Majesty Alexander VI., emperor of all
the Russias, by her Most Gracious Majesty
Queen Victoria, by their Majesties Leopold,
Oscar, Isabella, etc.. etc. Carpets, hangings,
art furniture. I stuffed and fitted up with
my owri hands, every royal and imperial
railway carriage in all Europe, Africa, and
America. Ayl the good'Lord is nottobe
blamed for what has happened to us. _We
were not‘ half grateful enough for all his
mercies, You see we never thought about
him as we ought; and after he had given us
prosperity he sent us a son to the end that we
should recollect that after Pharaoh's fat
cows came the lean kine. Ah, monsieur
1e commissaire, if you had only known my
boy you must have admired him! He is as
kind-hearted as he is handsome. When he
was a baby—”
“The man is not yet sober.”
“That’s so, monsieur 1e commissaire,” re—
plied the,policemau, drawing his chief’s at-.
tention by a grotesque grimace to the fact
that tears were rolling down the checks of
the prisoner.
“Make him sit down. We will question
him after a while,” said the functionary.
The policeman took the old man by the
arm, and made him sit down beside him on
the yellow, dirty, painted bench which ran
round the room. ' .
The old man did not seem to notice that
no one was listening to him. With his back
against the wall, shaking his head, and
stretching out his legs before him, he went
on to himself, looking at some point on, the
floor, to which he addressed his speech in the
most piteous and earnest tones.
“When he was a baby, as I was saying,
there never was such a pretty child. He
was fair, with a little curly head, and great,
blue eyes sparkling with intelligence and
roguery, a complexion like a young lady’s
—nobody could see him without admiring
him. Everybody loved him, he was such a
cunning little monkey. Two brothers no-
ticed him in' the Place Royale, where his
mother—my poor old woman—used to take
him to play, and where they (you know
them ?-the brothers in the Rue des Francs
Bourgeois) used to come every day themsel-
ves to walk with their scholars. Well, they
saw him, and they wanted him. We were
ust beginning to get on 'then, it was before
we got rich, and we accepted their kind of-
fer. They didnt charge us anything for his
education; indeed, they furnished him with
everything gratis, pens, paper, books, etc,,
and they sent us custom. , At that time we
confined ourselves to seatHhairs,armchairs
sofas, and so on—and, one must never for-
get a kindness, the brothers helped us on.
But at the same time Henry was'a great gain-
to them. He took all their prizes; he took
everything! Was there an- examination,
one was sure to find Henry Dumont, son of
Josieph Bernard Dumont, competing suc-
‘cessfully. Ah, monsieur, how proud we were
of him when we got “another crown! How
happy we were when we thought about him.
We could hardly read and ,write well
enough to make out our own bills, but we
had a son who when he was only twelve,
knew ten times more than we did. There
was not a day passed that he did not make
us feel that in history, er geography, or arith-
matic, arithmetic especially, we were fools
to him. Ah! it is a splendid thing-to have
an education. I f :‘5 .
“When I said he made us'jfeel we were
but fools to him, that is only 'my way of
putting‘ it, for the dear fellow never wanted
to make us feel ashamed beside him. But
we just knew we were not his equal. He
never told us so. He was so kind, so con-
siderate, so thoughtful! Ah ! monsieur le
commissaire, all went on right until he mar-,
ried! .
We had given up chair—making, or rather
we had added to it all kinds of superior furn-
iture. We never worked in anything of an
inferior kind. We always dealt in the dear-
est and the very best. Nobody bought of
us but very rich, great people. We were all
the fashion for those who could afford to
pay. It was club to have a piece of furniture
from Dumont’s. Ah, me! how we made
money in those days! It is a splendid gov-
ernment, monseiur le commissaire, under
which you make five hundred per cent. on
everything. All kind of good things hap-
pened to me then. .I got put upoua jury; ,
I became a member of the Society Of St.”
Vincent de Paul. If I had had time to at—
tend to any thing out of my own business,
or may he could I have read a little better
than I did, I might have been put upon the
list of arbitrators in the Tribunal de Com-
merce. Everything, you see, came to us
through our son, for the good brothers gave
us our first start, and our son Henry
brought us under their notice. So could
we, when he wanted to be married, refuse*~
to let him have the wife he set hisheart-
upon P
“We should have been better pleased had
he made his choice among people like our-
selves—had he married some working-man's
daughter, whose father had grown ,rich, of
course, but who had still something about
him to remind one that he had prospered by
the work of his own hands. But we alawys
had let him do just what be pleased, because
we were so proud of him, and with his ed-
ucation it cou,d not be expected he should
think as we did. He married a musical lady
monsieur, what they call a pianists, and I
never could make out what attracted him.
She wasn’t very pretty, though she was
rather good—looking. They said she took a
great talent for music; may be that took
with him. We of ‘course knew nothing
about music, and later on, after their mar—
riage, when she thumped upon her piano in
her drawing—room and _ everybody cried
‘Bravo 1’ and went into ecstasies, as we sat
inacorncr listening with all our cars, we
Could not make head or tail of it. But
we were pleased, all the same, because he
seemed so happy and so proud of her.
“Ah, yes! she is the cause of all our
troubles, monsieur le commissaire. We had
given our son when he was married half of
what we owned—that was liberal,Was it not.
She had nothing. It is not right, some peo-
ple say, that parents should rob themselves
for their children. And there’s a proverb
that says, too, ‘Lafemma fait .le menag‘e ou
ledvfait.’ Our money seemed to go at one
gulp. Our son’s wife could’not stoop to
vulgar things. She held herself above them.
She called herself an artist! My son told
us she had wings—that she was a lark, a
seiaphim, and what not iL-hovering above
our workday world. He said that cares of
housekeeping were to her like the thread to
which naughty boys tie cockchafers—a
dreadful chain which tortured her, and
maimed, and killed her. It was a terrible
thing, I think, to be a yerior woman, and
she'ought to have been etter watched over
by-iler‘ family, for in six months people were
all Stalking about my son’s wife. They were
saying—though he never saw anything but
what was right—that she had too many ad-
mil‘crs.
“Poor mother! She and Iwere not su-
penior, and we grew angry. We couldn’t
tell him all the people said at first, and in-
deed he would not have believed us if we
had. We were trying hard all this time to
stop the leak made in the resources of our
house by what I had given the young couple.
.Wc wanted them at first to leave the money
in our business—to row in the same boat
with us. The business was excellent, it
would have made good returns. We knew
so .well how to manage it. But they would
not. They were devoted to art. They had
a country residence, an appartement on the
Boulevard Haussman, handsome liveries,
they gave splendid dinners, .madame had
her admirers as I told you, and at _lastonc
day
“All! monsieur 1e commissaire, I don’
know if you have children, but if you have
put them into the police; do anything with
them. rather than try to get them a govern-
ment employment, for then somehow when
they get it they seem of more importance
than their parents. Yet may be Iam wrong,
only don't marry them to pianistes—don't let
them learn to play the piano.
“One morning my son came. Seeing
how things were going—I mean what peo-
ple said about his wife—we did not go there
often. I had tried to give him some advice;
I had gone so far as to tell him that I was
afraid his wife was a little extravagant, and
even that I thought he ought to look after
her,more. He did not like my interference.
He ~repeated my observations to his wife,
who, ever after that, looked back at her
husband’s parents, so that the truth was we
had not seen her for six months, and hardly
him. It, was a great sorrow to my old
woman and me. We used to go at night,
after dark, and walk about the Boulevard
near their house and try to see them. It
was all the pleasure we had left excepting
to work hard, for we thought he might
want some day what we could put away for
him. -
“Well, asI told you, one morning he came
to our house. He was pale as death.
“Oh, heavens! we thought, he :has found
out something‘abou't his wife, poor thing.
“And we both began to cry before he had
said a word.
" ‘Never mind, my boy,’ I said at last al-'
most choked as I spoke. ‘Has she eloped!
—is she gone ?’
“Gone? Who? My wife? No indeed,
father, she is equal to the emergency. She
will stay by me. Her devotion to me is as
great as her love. She is seeing all who call
——I dare non She is my comforter. She
does not shrink from the poverty before us.
She told me so. She will give music les-
sons in secret. Shewill work for me until
I find means to work for her, We shall
succeed in getting on our feet again, we
know we shall; but just for the present it is
dreadful. She and I are the victims of a whole
train of circumstances.
“Well, the longand the short of it was
that they were utterly ruined. They had
spent their last cent, and owed enormous
sums. Their furniture was seized and so
on, but our dear boy would have it that
their misfortunes were allhis fault. He jus-
tified his wife, nay more, he glorified. be ex-
alted her .
“.What could we do? What would you
have done yourself; monsieur le commis—
saire ?” _ g ,
The magistrate was going on with the
cases of other persons arrested during the
night. He did not appear to pay any at-
tention to the old man, who sat in a corner
talking in a low voice to him. He made no
answer. Poor Dumont, who had looked up
in his face with eyes that were still bugger—
ed and bloodshot from the late efiects of.
drink, looked at him for a [moment in silence
Then nodding, as if he had received an en-
couraging reply, he continued,—'—-
"‘Yes, yes, .I see; you would have
' tried
to comfort the poor prodigal when he came
back to his father. Money troubles seldom
- kid. I hurried‘to all the creditors, I stop—
ped all suits, I made arrangements, I paid the
most pressing debts, I became security for
the largest ones, I got everything settled.
It cost us very heavily, for we were getting
old. This terrible crash withdrew capital
from our own business, and in that there
now began to be serious competition. Young-
er men, whose whole souls were in their
work, followed our lead. They got designs
that were more eccentric, seats that were
more comfortable, more English—that rage
for imitating the English broke up my poor
old house. My son ought to -have carried it
on himself, but he wouldn't hear of it.
“We did say a few things ,to' his . wife
about this time. Ah, me! I recollect what
a painful scene we had—she, I, and my poor
old woman. He was not present. She
confessed she had done wrong, that she had
had faults, but she called them only trifles.
She promised she would do better. would be
economical, steady, at good housekeeper ;
that she would pct put artisteotions into our
boy’s head, that she would change her skin
in short, just as the snakes do in spring-
time.
“Ah, me! if snakes do change their skins,
there is always the snake underneath them.
Well, I won’t intrude upon you, monsieur
le commissaire. You seem very sorry for
me. I am very grateful, but I know your
time is valuable. I’ll be brief. Besides, as
you are a man of experience, you can guess
the rest. .
“My son set up a newspaper. He is such
a clever man! He saw that there was need
of a new organ for the expression of public
sentiments. I had always been a conserva-
tive, a friend of the government. Only
leave me peace to attend to my business, I
used to say, ,and I hurra for any one, and
vote for the Grand .Turk to represent us as
deputy from the Department of the Seine.
But my son showed me that there has to be '
an opposition-if we want to Never
mind, to pléasc him I became a Red Re-
publican. My wife and I, though we had
never been bigots, had been accustomed all
our lives to go to church upon holy days;
we took our turn in sending bread in for
church purposes; we never forgot what we
owed to the brothers who had helped us at.
ourfirst start; but when my son became a
free freethinker—wcll, you know, of course,
we followed his example, that is, we gave up
thinking about religion ‘at all.
“Nothing was of any use. In politics One
must either conquer or be crushed. It is no
dishonor not to succeed. My son was de—
feated. His newspaper only brought him
deeper into debt; there were new leaks and
fresh drains. The only difference it seemed
to make was that there Were always Red Re-
publicns hanging round my daughter-in-law’s
piano instead of fast young men of fashion
and bankers as before.
We had to sell our business to help them
out the second time. We did not regret it.
Was he not outgonly son I Parents ought
to spend ahd to be spent for their children.
He _made many sacrifices to his political
opinions which were not obligatory. .It did
seem rather hard, ’tis true, when we found
ourselves Without employment in our old
age, but we were satisfied. We had given
him his inheritance beforehand. He was to
pay us an annuity. We, went out to Saint
Maur, we took a little house, we raised
peaches. Then that devlish fourth of
September found us, and then came the
war. _
“Poor fellow! it was not his fault that
in the general ruin of his country he could
not pay us our allowance. We came back
to Paris. Bad luck seemed to pursue
him. Notwithstanding his talent and his
activity nothing succeeded lthat he ‘put‘bis
hand to. At last he sat to work to run a
theatre. He was manager, but‘somebow he
did not seem to get on. We hired one little
room in the Rue _St. Jaches. Every now
and then Henry sent us a few ,sous, he rob—
bed himself to help us, he loved us still!
We managed to live. My poor old woman
did chores; I' tried to find something to do.
Sometimes he came to see us, but always
secretly, for by this. time his wife hated my
old woman and me. She said all their troub-
les were somehow owing} to us. Sometimes
I think that they may be!
“Well, things went on, monsieur, until
last Monday my poor old woman did an
imprudent thing. She ~undertook, in order
to get a few more sous, to wash out some
things for a gentleman. She went down to
the boat in the Seine where they wash, and
she caught an inflammation of the lungs.
Day before yesterday, monsieur le commis—
missaire, only day before yesterday——
' - “I sat up all night with her. 'I sent you
boy word that his mother was sick in bed.
He sent back to say that he would come
directly. But she died without seeing him.
He could not come, poor fellow. His theatre
was giving a first representation of a new
piece—what they call a premiere—and his
wife was to make her appearance as the he-
roine. You see it was playing his last card,
everything depended on that night’s success.
They had to be rehearsing, changing, get-
ting ready, up to the last moment. You
know all the confusion of a premie're. How
terrible it must have been for him, poor fel—
low! He had always loved his poor mother
so!
“And yet, monsieur le commissai're, I did
feel dreadfully to be the only mourner fol—
lowing my poor old women‘s coffin. It
seemed to me now she was gone as if I
should so soon go too that I had no need to
keep back everything. I sold our furniture
that she might have a decent funeral; for I
could not, cculdI ? have had her carried to
her grave in a pauper's cart, nor could I
have let the wife of Joseph Bernard Du—
mont, founder of the great furnishing house
of Dumont and Company, be buried in the
common pit for the poor; and as I trotted
alone on foot behind the big hearse with its
silver fringes, the tears ran down my cheeks
though they any old men cry but seldom.
Then when the coffin had been lowered and
the mould hid the dear old partner of my
joys and sorrows, I sat down on the ground
beside the grave and waited for him to come
to me. .
“About dark the keeper made me leave
the place. I said to myself, I will come
back tomorrow. ' ’
“Then I went to find my son at the theatre
for it was late. I wanted dreadfully to see
him, but could not. The play was a suc—
cess. It was being played for the third
time. His wife had made a splendid hit.
I thought I would wait round the stage door.
I need not be in a 'hurry to spoil his happi-
ness, poor fellow; he had not much luck
the last two years. So I lingered along the
Boulevard, waiting till midnight.- At last
I saw him come out through a little side
entrance. He had his wife with him and
'four or. five friends who were offering-their
congratulations. He seemed radiant. How
handsome he was! They all got into a back.
They were very gay. I suppose they were
going to sup together in honor of the occa—
sion.’ ' ' ' ’
I got near. the carriage door. .-But my
son's.v‘vife,.befcre I could say a word, made
a motion for me to keep back, and making
believe she did not know me, but a piece of
money—twenty cents— into my hand, as if
I were one of those fellows who call up car-
_riages, saying,"
“ ‘Be ofi, good man; you are in the
way.’ ” .
And the carriage rolled on:
“Oh! indeed I cannot think he saw me,
monsieur le commissaire. But just at first I
thought he did, and I fancied he had count-
enanced her brutal way of getting rid of me.
Then I thought as he had caused to love me,
as he was unwilling to own me, I had better
go and join my poor old woman I went
into a drinking-place; my tears'were chok-
ing me. I was thinking how happy wc'had'
been once, my old woman, our baby and I.
“They gave me some absinthe. I drank
up my twenty sons and afterwards I don’t
remember anything. '
The magistrate cast a glance at the old
man, who had left of! speaking, and in a
dazed, bewildered way was gazing up at
him. '
Then, after a,minute’s reflection, without
”king. as the custom is, if any one present
was related to the accused, he Said, in an ac
cent of deep pity, looking at his shabby'sec—
retal'yi who seemed himself much moved
by the sad story,—-' ‘
"Take him to the door and let him go.”
Amxrs CLERK.
_..._ o» _. _. I “-__-_._,. . l
A girl in New York, 17 years old, has late-
' as they could naturalize.
,ly died from-Apoplexy, due to tight lacing. I
Mr. Davenport’s Disclosures;
The inquiry into the transactions of Mr.
John. I Davenport reminds us of the inquiry
Into the authenticity of the cipher dispatches
The,Democratic majority in Congress was ’
compelled by political exigencies to enter
upon the investigation,but it has done so
with hesitation and ill-concealed reluctance.
Mr. Davenport’s examination has been post-
poned again, while all sorts of witnesses,
warranted not to give the Democrats any
trouble, havebeen allowed to express them-
selves with the greatest freedom. It is more
than a year and a half since the present in -
quiry was undertaken.- It is eight months
since Mr. Davenport addressed hisindiguant
letter to Senator Wallace claiming the right
to be examined. The delay in calling the
one man who knows most about the subject.
of inquiry is.not surprising, for it is well
understood that MLDavenport has made a
thorough study of the case under considera-'
tion, and that he is very sharp.
He has‘now opened so much of his budget
as the Democratic members of the Commit—
tee could not prevent his exhibiting, and the
disckmurcs are certainly sensational. It ap-
pears that at the election of 1868 the Demo—
cratic majority in the City of New York was
about 00,000, and thiswas sufficient to over-
come a large Republican majority in the rest
of the State, with 10,000 votes to spare. It
has always been believed that the Democrat—
ic vote in that year was to a large extent.
fraudulent, and Mr. Davenport was cmploy-
edby the Union League Club to conduct
certain investigations. He discovered that
between 60,000 and 70,000 bogus nuturaliza— '
tion papers were issued in the single year
1868, chiefly by Judges Barnard and Mc
Child. The fraud began in the Court of
Common Pleas, under Judge Cardozo, in»
1866, but it was stopped there by the honest
Democratic clerk ofthe court,'Mr. Jarvis,
who peremptogily refused to‘ issue the fraud-
ulent papers. The business was then taken
over to MeCunn, in the Superior Court
(1867),. and the next year Barnard, in the
Supreme Court, lent a hand. The first'
thing that arrested suspicion in searching the
records was the extraordinary number of'the
citizens manufactured by these two judges.
Previous committees of Congress had in-
quired of all the judges who issued naturali-
zation paper how long the process took.
Judge Brady said five minutes ; -the others
agreed that eight or ten an hour was as many
But it appeared
from the court records that Judge Barnard
turned out voters at the rate of 500 an hour, .
and, McCunn was not} far behind him. ‘ In
October, 1868, (the month before election)
over 37,000 naturalization papers purported
to issue from the Supreme and Superior
Courts—every one,with a few inconsiderable
exceptions, bearing the name of Barnard or
McCunn. 0n the 12th of October the num-
ber reached the extraordinary figure of 4,620,
whereas, according to the testimony of Judge
Brady and his colleagues, the utmost that
two judges could have accomplished during
the time these courts sat on the 12th of Octo-
ber (about five hours each) was the naturali-
zation of 100 or ‘120 men. ,
' Further search shows that there was no
reasonable proportion between the number
of naturalizations and the preliminary decla-
rations of intention. The experience Of the
courts since 1868 proves that about half 'of
those naturalized are on the record as declar-
ing their intention to become citizens, the
rest being men who came to this country
under age, or who serVedJn the army, and
are therefore obliged to ‘file a declaration.
But in 1868 the usual method was to issue all
these fraudulent papers as if to persons ex.
empt from declaration on account of their
age on arrival. Mr. Davenport obtained the
affidavits of one thousand men who acknowl-
edged that they had been naturalized as mi-
nors, although they were over age, many of
them from forty to sixty years old, when
they landed. Even with all these frauds the
work did not go on" fast enough, and at least
20,000 naturalization papers were according-
ly issued in blank, without- any application
for them, or transaction of any kind in
court, or any record appearing'on the books.
Three thousand of these bogus papers were
seized by the police at a liquor store in
Prince street ; they were intended for use in
Connecticut,where a contract had been made
to furnish them at fifty cents apiece. Mr.
Davenport speaks from personal knowledge
about the blank certificates, for he has had
many of them—some thousands—in his pos-
session. An examination of the court rec-
ords for the past twenty-five years shows
that the number of naturalizations has run
from 2,500 to 16,000 a year, being highest
of course in years of political excitement.
Even in 1867, when the frauds began to be
.heavy, it was only 15,500. But in 1868 it
went up to 70,000 orrmore. Probably nobody
will ever know the exact figures, because no
record was made on the books, but it is as—
certained that Bernard‘s court had 39,000
blanks, and used all except 1,800 of them.
In the preparation of these false papers the
conspirators committed the most reckless
blunders. Certificates purporting to issue
from the Supreme Court were dated back to
1866, although that court never naturalized
any one, and no blanks were ever printed for
it until 1868. Sometimes the imaginary ap-
plicant for naturalization was represented as
a native of this country or even of this city 1
Sometimes the application was signed in a
good band by the witnesses who are found
to be now unable to write. Often the names
of prominent citizens as witnesses—August
Belmont, 'John T. Hoffman, William M.
Tweed, Peter B. Sweeney, John J. Bradley,
William H. Vanderbilt, and United States
District Attorney Courtney—were signed
with a mark! But a great deal of the work
was done by professional witnesses, who
made nothing of swearing to a five years’
acquaintance with some two thousand appli
cants. These professional witnesses, of
whom there were about 100, were kept in a
room adjoining the court, and in one month
they signed for 20,000 applicants. Ten of
them appeared for no fewer than 8,245 per—
sons. Patrick Gofi‘, J ohn'_ Moran, John Ward
and Patrick McCaerry seem to have done
the heaviest business. Goff gave his address
in thirteen different streets, but always at
the same number, ‘44. The residences pf the
supposed applicants" were placed. in vacant
lots, stone yards,or wherever chance or fancy
dictated. Occasionally the conspiratord went
through a whole street, and located a colony
of applicants in each house, not stopping
when they got to the end of the street, but
carrying on the , numbers ad libitum. In
City Hall Place, for example, which contains
only forty houses, they ran the numbers up.
to 342. The. applicants for naturalization, it
appears, during the height of the fraud, were
neoco- admitted to, the court room, and never
saw a judge. The professional witnesses ob-
tained the certificates, either filled out orin
blank, and disposed of them at rates varying
from 50 cents to $2. Quantities were deliv—
ered in Westchester, Putnam, Orange, and
Rockland Counties; Gofi took 400 to Kings'
County, and Mr. Davenport knows ,of 500
that were offered for sale in Saratoga County.
The complicity of the Democratic Commit-
tee in these transactions Was notorious.‘ The
principal part of the business was carried at
the party headquarters, the System was or-
ganized there, the witnesses. were supplied,
the judges ‘ managed, and the aliens l'who
were to vote on these bogus papers received
their instructions. So vast a ‘scheme could
never have been carried-out except by an or-
ganized central authority. But that, there
might be no doubt about the real responsibili-
,ty for the crime, United States Marshal Mur-
. ii lili'lil. ,,‘ ::,v,
ray in 1868 seats climber. of notifies; easier
to the‘Democrstie. Easewvflpeeillsa and
in a few hours pbtgiuedpertiflcates of, hith-
ralization for allut $2 9919083.. , ‘l. '
These thingsyeredoue while Tweed was
the corruption of the suffrage; thuslintroduc-
ed wasacontinuing danger grid injustice;
a... 60.990.aneniiupp1i¢¢.wish. macaroni
elites repeated: the ..,crilne',every.timo they
voted. When Mr. Davenport was appointed
Chief Supervisor“ Elmtiohs his first lllldCI-l
taking Was to put auto» to this outrage upon.-
the legal'voters.;anobis-numbod of doing 80
seems to-llave been: highly judicious. He
gave fhir warning through the press, through
the post .ofiice, and whenever possible by
personal notification, that the; fraudulent cer-
tificates would be challenged at the polls.
He invited a committee from Tammany Hall
'to sit with him at“ his office, and requested
an holders or theme.“ criteria to appear
there and exchange their false certificates
for valid ones, if. they were entitled to them,
or,.at any rate,"to be put- in the way of be-
coming citizens. . Several thousand persons
did give up their ' bogus papers and made
affidavit as to how they obtained them;
and the number of voluntary surrenders
would no doubt have ‘be'en much greater if
Tammany Hall—not the bad Tammany of
Tweed, but the present - reformed Tammany
of Mr. Kelly—éhad not/sent out circulars, in
German and! English, warning 'l Democratic
voters not: to applear before Davenport and
to keep away from all Government‘Supervi—
sors ! . i i. I l - ' _ l
The course Which Tammany adopted then-
is the course which‘theD'emocratic party has
adopted ever since the Federal Government
undertook to protect itself against wholesale
corruptions of the ‘sufirage. There is no
doubt, there" is no‘dispute, about the facts of
the naturalization fra'uds'of 1868. There is
no question. that from 40,000 to 70,000 aliens
were lawlessly thrust into the body of voters
at that time, and that they had been voting
ever since on the bogus papers of McCunn
and Barnard, until Mri Davenport's success—
ful detective wbrk stopped a geod many of
'them. And be‘cause'Mr. Davenport did that,
and because he proposes to go on' and com-
plete his good work, he has been pursued by
the entire Democracy of the United States
with oaths in their mouths and blood in their
eyes. A petition signed by Fernando Wood
and séventy others has called for Davenport’s
impeachment and removal. Congress has
spent four years’to invent some kind of an
investigation which would destroy him with-
out letting him get his mouth. Democratic
'oratofs have thundered at him. Resolutions
have been buried at him. He has been made
a great political issue. And shiny the Dem—
ocratic party of the Nation resolved "in sol-
emn caucus to stop the Government if Da-
venport, were net removed. It was to get
rid of Davenport, more than for any other
purpose, that they made the fight on the
Marshals bill, and refused to pay debts, and
blocked-the operations of the courts, and
brought on the extra session. They have
made, they are still making, an astounding
exhibition of themselves in this crusade for
free fraud; but in matters that affect the
purity of the ballot they never did have any
sense of decently—N. 1". Tribune.
m
West Point Academy—'48 it N ecos-
‘ » sary. ’ ,
The exhibit of caste at West Point, in the
case of Whittaker, has called public attention
to that establishment, and has raised the
question whether its existence is necessary
or beneficial, or consistent with our polit—
iCal institutions.- ..“A' rptibual inquiry would
quickly go to the bottom of this affair. The
academy is an» ulcer of favoritism, class
aristocracy and Virulent caste, set in the
midst of democratic institutions. Upon the
pretended necessity of an exclusively mili-
tary education in rudiments which are the
same in the education of citizens, it creates a
military class whose first and paramount
principle is to keep themselves as a caste in-
to which no person shall be allowed to enter
through any other gate than the academy,
no matter by what distinguished military
service: ' '
In a democratic form of government it
sets up an aristocracy which makes promo-
tion from the ranks practically impossible.
In a war which called out a million of men
such things have occurred, but the academy
caste made 'it the chief business to weed
them out. No man who comes through any
other way than West Point can expect to be
treated by the so—called regular ofllcers as an
equal, or to have any service done by him
recognized. The existence of this establish-
ment in a democratic government is the
strangest anomaly. As to its necessity,
every man of sense knows that if the gov-
ernment should fix a standard of educational
qualifications as high as the graduation rank
at the academy, and should admit as cadets
eligible to commission such applicants as
could pass its examinations, the other schools .
of the land could furnish enough. It may add
to this all that the graduating cadets now
know of tactics. j .
The rudiments of eduCation for allpro—
fessions are the same,
studies would be acquired if government
would admit to the army those qualified in
theme This would abolish the political
favoritism which is now the foundation of
the academy and of the regular army class.
This would abolish that barrier of caste
which now separates the military class from
the citizen. This would permit of an in-
crease of subaltern officers upon the demands
of war. This would encourage military
studies in a' multitude who might not apply
for commissions in time of peace. With this
free and equal means of bringing cadets into
the army, West Point, as a school of rudi-
mentary education, could be abolished, while
it wouldbe retained as a training camp for
military exercises. This is. the way to re-
move this ulcer of caste, whose influence
upon our great vmnteer army was most un-
just and disastrous, and to make the academy
far more useful.——C’in. Gazette.
The Retreating Wars-lor-
Wiufield Scott Hancock was one of the
three corps commanders who sat' in cduncil
of war in the tent of General Grant dur-
ing the six days’ continuous fighting in _
the wilderness, and to. whom he had re-
ferred the question as to the [military situa—
tion on the 11th day of May, 1864, amcst
eventful day in the memorable campaign.
It was upon that occasion when General
Hancock gave his written opinion to Gen-
eral Grant that hcshould take up a line of
retreat,.and withdraw the advancing army to
this side of the Rapidau as a measure of
Safety, otherwise-the armydwould be annihi-
lated and the cause lest. At the close of
the interview General Grant handed to each
of, the corp-3 commanders presents sealed
orders, which were, to. bctope'ned simultan-
eously at ‘a given time, and acted under.
Those'ofilcers anticipated that these orders
related to a retreat, and made up their'minds
that they would ”soonbe r('J'll’lf’of a very tight
place. Judge their surprise when at the ap-
pointed time they ’broke the seals of their
orders, and found themselves ordered to ad-
vance, instead-of retrerlt, until” otherwise di-
rected: The coupli‘y'knows the result. Sup-
posing 'thiit Generalflra'nt had'ta’ken Han-
cook’s advice and retreated, ‘ what then?
Delay and disaster. Still-therc'are those who
wouldfain, have: the country believe that
Hancock excelled Grant as a, soldier, and
yet he could, not induce him to retreat. The
truth is that Grant never retreated. He is
. not that brand of wafrior.— Washington R -
. publt'can. . - .
in his glory. But we must not forget thut. ‘
The special military '
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C HARLES W. MANY
Surgeon Dentist,
«onwann, CONN.
Ofllcccorncrof Mainand Wall streets. Nitrous-
OxideGasadministered '
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church. '
Teacher of
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
' - Composition.
‘ Box 379 P. 0., NOBWALK, CONN.
Hurlhutt, llelyea & Seymour, ’
liluuueus all Counselors at Lav,
.Iloom No.4. [up stair-,1
GAZETTE BUILDING.
"w. is. o Ul-NT A R D,
General Fuuuilliuu Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. B.DEPOT
H’Ordersatten'ded t'o daycr night . Besid'cnc
MainStreet,3 doorsfrorn Union Avenue.
The Nurwalk Fire. Insurance 80.,
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year,
And has not outstanding a Dollar of unpaidlcsses
or. of claims for losses.
In SIIIIIII GDMPAIY IISIIIIES A'l’ LllWEI lll'l'
Wx.0.s'rann'r. Pres., s. E. Ours-run, Treas.
GEO. R. Cownns,Sec'y.
'I'NA INSURANCE Co.ofHABTFOBD
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual
Capital and Assets, $6,716,893.77
Insuresagains tlossand damage by Fire ,onterms
adopted to thehazardandconsistent with thelaws
ofcompcnsation . COWLES & MERRILL ,.
sole Agentsf or Norwalk and vicinity
B.‘ S. BLAS-CER,
At his store in
MAI-LORY’B BLOCK,
hasconstantly on hand,a general assortmen io
Groceries, Crockery, Glass,
Tim and Wooden Ware, Etc.
By devotinghis constantpersonal attentiontothe
business he hopesto merit public patronage
. flAuLES S. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable llraper and Tailor
:‘onNrs' FURNISHING slimmest.
Main Stroet,Norwalk. Conn. ‘
BERNARD COHN.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
,WEEK’S BUILDI’G, WALL ST.
' A FULL LINE OF
Imported and Domestic Cloths,
of the latest styles, constantl ouhand. Novel-
ties in Scotch Suitiugs. Satis action guaranteed
in every particular. . 46
CIVIL ENGINEERING
AND
sURVEYI'N'G
Promptly done on reasonable terms by
ARTHUR L. BETTS, C. E.,
Orders received at Allen Betts’ Mills, or house
on Newtown Ave., P. 0. Box 81, Norwalk, Ct.
FRANK BUTTERYa
' Dealci'in
PIINIIS allIl cluluuu uuulus,
Silver Mine, Conn.
Ag’t for DECKER BROS' celebrated Pianos.
And Organs of the best makers. Orders left at
Spencer s Jewelry Store will receive prompt av-
ention. 6m22
JAMES L.‘ stasis.
hand Made harness,
QUJNTARD’S BLOCK. 26
6a week In our own town. Terms and about
lit t‘rec.Ad ressniliallett a Oo.Portlnnd,hle.
[MAINE-AN ~-
- oArHAnlIc. .
recommended by
’Blfhl
g physicians
For’CONSTlPATION - "
and nimousxnss. M IT H
Tory Plea-Int to the Taste. ‘ _ _ . l
f sedentary ' " .
firsthand...“ ME TED
or other chronic diseases .,
hick prod, uce Costlyeness, . _
luv-ands and the PR
' cert mt‘ arcs d- U N E -
muff)? camel-lattes wilt)»-
invaluzilb remgdlyd ‘YfiaryoLgtinate Constipation attend;
edwlthPileu‘ will hummenpemmhtuae. They are
yndn mmmwhodreadtho
taste andun lemnt mtionofothermediclnea In-
fants widely lake them. Always Willem (nth. ,
Mm 9|!ch so can-rs PIR JAR.
H‘FOB SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
_ A T . . .
Qui‘ntard’s Furniture, Rooms
'7!” betounda completes ssortm'cntol
:ronNrmnn, .20.,
W
00
ngbd, allwhonceda mildand
‘ uciudingeverythingusuaiiyfound inadrst-clasl ‘
establishment, at Prices to snitthe Times . Also,
nlargeassortmeniof, .
SHED-MOS. PICTURE FRAMES,
. _ aooxnvu, GLASSES. are. , .
Glasst’iatescuttoanysize. Repairingdoneinthe
best manner,at short notice . Also. old HairMnt-
trasse madeover asmod asucw. .
s. oursrs‘sn'sscu.
EXCELSIOR;.LIYERY. -
THE. Subscriber having, greatly added to his
‘ accommodations by t 0 purchase of the'large
brick Stable, rear of the Adams House, and added
very largely to his. already. fine stock of Horses.
has also entirely rcl'urnishediand newly e nipped
his full stock of Obaohcs. Carriages, amass.
&c.. and is now prepared to furnish the very best
. Livery'turn‘-0uts in the bounty in either single or
double teams. .Weddings. Balls, Partys. Fune-
rals, &e,,furni'shed with the best of Couches with
careful drivers, “at the lowest prices in town.
Single teams by the an: or hour. The veteran,
Cy. Scofield can be found at the late Gregory
Stable rear otAdams House. .Public patronage
ls solicited. W. E. DANN. Proprietor.
Norwiilk; May 1 1880.
Water Powerfor Sale.
~ all best Water Power in Fairlicld County, for
sale at a bargain. Enduii‘ir‘iiennronn
I I
One Square, one insertion, ------ 1 00
Per week,for continuance, ----- ' - 50
One Square, Three Months, , ------ 4.00
One Square, Six Months, ------ 7 00
"‘ “ ' one year—with paper, - - it 00
Two at u u H u _ _ _ 25 00, ,
Thtec’ (I II H 'II- ‘0 _ - _ 30 00
Quarter of a. Column, one time, - ;- - - 5 00
One quarter column, one year, - - - - 60 00 '
One half column, onetime, ----- 10 00
One half column, 'one year, ----- 80-00
Fullcolumn,-cnc time. - - .--1I - - - - . ~20 00
Full coinnnmne Your, '1'}
J. M...
Cabinet Organs, Vio-
lins, Banjos, Fifes,
Drums &: Sheet
Music.
Pianos and Organs to Rent.
rmxos,oncan‘s AND MELODEONS TUN-l
ED AND neramnn.
Instruments sold on monthly Instalements.
Old Instruments taken In Exchange
' for New.
:REMO’V'ED To
oulmrano'é BLOCK." oppo-
site Horse Railway Depot. '
PU RE MI LK.
Delivered in Norwalk and South Norwalk, at'
your door, every morning
ar 6 CENTS PER QUART,
By REMSON BROS. 51tf
MELVILLE’ E MEAD,
Commlas‘louer for Connecticut in N .Y.'
Real Estate and Insurance fillet,
‘ 21 Park Row, opposite l’o'st Ofllee, N. Y.
Also at Daricn, Ct. . ‘ .
. t . .
Piano Tuning, Repairmg,&c.
JOSEPH KELLER,
RAOTIQAL PIANO MAKER. and WORK-ER
wrll vrsit Norwalk one day in each week»
for the purpose of Tuning or Repairing Pianos
or Or one. Being'an experienced workman he is
confi cut that he can Igive satisfaction. Orders
can be left at L. WE D’s Jewelry Store, or ad-
dress him at I’. O. Box 925, Bridgport, Ct. 3mp20
SPECIAL NOTICE
TO THE LADIES of NORWALK.
The undersigned has opened a
RetailD eparlment
_ _ in the
Factory on Hoyt St., near Main,
Where LADIES’. MISSES’ and CH1].-
IIREN’S SHOES, of our own make,
can bcpbtained at a slight advance from whole-
sale prices. .
Measures taken and Shoes made to
' order. .
T. cousins.
READMAN BROTHERS.
—LEADING-
PhOtographers,
13 Main St., Norwalk.
Best Work and Lowest Prices,
0., ll. 'lfclidall, III. I).
DENTIST,
Norwalk. 003133..
Office second
door west from
Danbliry R. R.
Depot. Dental
operations in all
branches as for-
- merly. Painless
extrac tion'of‘
teeth by and of
LAUGHIN G
GAS a specialty
N. B.—Dr.Kcndall spends Mondays in Ridge-
field. ,' 42
DENTIST.
RANK '1‘. BIATT would respectfully
call the attention of the public to the fact
that he is now prepared to execute all orders ap-
pertaining to dentists , having had 13 years prac-
tical experience wit the late Dr. Frank Brady
is a guarantee that none but the best of work and
perfect satisfaction will be given Call 31nd see
im at his residence adjoining the Methodist Par-
sonage. 27tf
NEEDHAM’S MUSICAL
CABINET,
Is thc_Greatest Musical Wonder of the Age. Cal
and examine it. For sale at
J. Spencer’s
Jewelry Store,
3 Main St., Norwalk, Conn.
Through the courtesy of the
JVorwalk .Mills Company, we
are at liberty to invite inter-
ested parties to inspect the
operation of the Improved
".Norwullc Steam Pump,” of
our manufacture, which ' is
at work in their Mill.
THE JVOR WALK IRON
WORKS 00.,
- South JVorwulIc, Conn.
I __ New Jerse Midland Rail-
lelantgdh. hwayNBondysmé kinds,for which
wi t c i est cw or rice.
pay g S. E. ELMSTEAD.
February, 21, 1880. .
BLACKSMITII Oll CARPENTER SIIOP to
let on Mechanic Street. Enquire of
S. E. OLMSTEAD.
’ Norwalk, May 15m, 1530.
on SALE CHEA P.-—-Two Buckboard wa-
gons,one Grocery wagon,llnd two Buggiesmll
new. Apply to OSCAR DAVENPORT.
7th8 Wilton, Con n.
People’s Market,
No., 19 MAIN STREET,
THE very best of BEEF. delivered daily to
our customers. Also in their season, Veal.
Lamb Mutton. Poi-ls, &c., at the . “est
Market’ltntes. V egetables and. Fruits a lull,
fresh and varied supply daily received. Market
, wagon sent about town every morning.
JAMES E. WIXSON.
Solicitori Claims.
GENERAL BUSINESS.
OFFICIAL INFORMATION.
L. A. GOBRIGHT,
once 1,427 I." Street Norrhw‘ent, near
l:th. WASHINGTON, D. C.
Y former connectioil with Journalism for a
. long period, has given me an extensive ac-
quaintance in all the departments 01 the Govern-
ment and all exceplionul facilities. Prompt at-
tention given to all orders requiring personal ser-
vrce at the National Capitol,wh'lch may be for.
worded through the office of the NORWALK GA-
ZE_I'TE. 41
. Glflllllifl l8 IEX‘I’ ‘I'Il OBDLIIESS.
. G. A. FRANKE’S
Sharing and Hall Gulliuu Saluuul
. '. son A
Eleonora} Shave,
. A rustic Hair Cut, or
Thorough Shampoo‘
cam. AT '
Mr. Franke’s Hair Cutting Saloon,
No. i GAZETTE BUILDING.
H‘Particuiarattention given to Ladies and Child-
ren’s Hair Cutting and Shampooning.“
, AT HOME TO EVERYBODY.
lief and Cold Water Baths
:ndtonetc the diseased
(Will continuation)
REAL- ESTATE.
~«,v\/\/\_rW va WAAAAAAA AAA.
' ' 9' —.Thc'flrst story of a house on Bel-
-To Rent- den‘avenue. Apply to O. E. WIL—
BON, Room 6 Gazette Building.
Desirable. House to Let.
. SUITABLE for one or two families ; rcomsvery
nice and convenient, with Borough water in-
side and a never failing well of excellent soft wa-
ter outside: good cellar, nice grounds, pleasantly
situated grounds-in a good neighborhood. Con-
crete and flagging walk to-Church, Schools and
Post Office. item. reasonable and immediate pos-.
session given of W. R. NASH, 193 Main St.
Norwa k, J and 28, 1880. '- ' 26
O I . ‘ ‘
Bulldmg Lots For Sale. -
ONE of the fincst bliilding'lots in the vicinity
of Winnlpuuk is now offered for sale. Located .
between the D. & N. 1:. it., and the Main Road,
known as the David Betta Barn lot, these lots
will_be sold on very reasonable terms, for further
particulars enquire of the subscriber
- ALLEN BETTS. .
’ FOR SALE.
sEVEltAL very desirable Building Sites for
Business purposes, situated on Water Street.
Enquire of F. W. M1TCI1ELL,Beal Estate Agent
REAP BENTe-A house near Broad BiVer
Bridge. Will be rented at a low price.
Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE.
0 -LET.—Apartmcnts in .thc House. on the
corner of Cross Street, Apply to
16 JAMES FINNEY.
' , - A Building on High Street. $8.00.
To Let. per month, Apply to SELLECK
BROTHERS.
For Sale or Exchange
' FOR
BRIDGEPORT PROPERTY.
THE subscriber will sell very reasonablc,or ex-
change for property in Bridgeport,his elegant
residchce on High St. It is nlost conveniently sit-
uated, having an extensive view of the Harbor
and surrounding country. and in every rcspect.is
one of‘ the most desirable places. in Norwalk.
Apply to or address J. L. HARLEM.
68 State St. Bridgeport.
0r F. W, MITCHELL, Norwalk,
FOR SA LII—The verydesir‘ablc residence on
' Lewis St.,now occupied by Rev. Mr. Bent-
ley. Apply on the premises,or to J OHN I’ARET.
374 Broadway, New York. 42
0<nENT.——A Barn on West Avenue.
ply at the GAZETTE OFFICE.
For Sale.
HE Homestead of the late Peter McLaughlin,
deceased. It 13 .very eligibly located iii the
Borough of N orwulk, is two stories and basement,
fzp'
,contains 14 nice rooms, well adapted f‘oralarge
family or a boarding house; lot 60x200 feet, has
Borough Water, Fruit, (to. Situated on Franklin
Avenue, within three minutes’ walk of Post Office,
Depot. ac, Will be sold on accommodating terms.
For further particulars enquire of '
24‘ JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent.
FOR SALE.
TWO veryde sirabl eliuildin gLotson Weslhfain.
Street . Apply at theGAZETTE OFFICE .
DWELLING-S
AND
‘Building Lots.
SEVERAL dwellings, variousprices in differ-
. ent portions of orough, elthcr to let or for
sale at reasonable rices. Also several places
outside of Boroug limits—one ln Winnlpank.
Also several Building lots in and out of Borough.
tits Enquire at this Office. ' _
For Sale or Exchange.
FOR property in Norwalk or vicinity, 2 houses
in Brooklyn, E. 1)., within 5 mihutcs walk of
4 ferries. Good location. For partlculars apply
to ANDALL,
Box 63, N orwalk.
Farm for Sale.
ABOUT 12 to 13 acres within 1% miles of center
of Norwalk. ,Good' situation. good house.
built of best material and by days work. About
80 choice Apple trees with other fruit, good gar-
dcn, good well of water, and fine shade trees. J list
the place for a man wishing to raise Strawberries,
etc. Price 87,000. Enquire at this Office.
For Sale.,
A cosy comfortable Cottage on one of thepleas-
. antcst streets in town, Within five minutes
walk of the Bridge or Churches. will be sold at
cost price. A portion of the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price $7.000. En-
quire at this Office.
Desirable Property for sale.
' Verydesirable place on EastAvcnue.
A. Also, a few choice BuildingLotssituatcdcn
Osborn Avenuc,forsalc cheap.
Also,a nicely located House and Lot on hier-
winstreet near WestAvenuc, for sale at a bar-
gain . Enqulreof . .
S. E. OSBOItN , EastAvenue,
tl‘ll or to D.W.FITCH.WestAvcnue.
A llssurahle Homestead for Sale.
THE 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 fine views of Long Island Sound and the
surrounding country. Distance one mile from
Norwalk Bridge. and the same from South Nor-
walk depot. House 54x50; two stories. and nine,
filled in with brick, and substantially built.
Rooms 18, with all. modern 1m rovcments, bath
room, laundry,statlonary tubs, feebcc’s cooking
range, hot and cold water, gas throughout the
house: The ccllaris dry, having stationary rum
ace. which heats the whole house. The little ls
spacious, and roof' ti lined. The house is in excel-
lent order beingcomfortablcfor both a summer or
wiilter residence. Suitable for any gentleman do-
ing business in New York and returning the same'
day. Land about three-quarters of an acre, laid
out in lawn, fruit trees, and garden spot. Apply
to JAMES MITCHELL, RealEstate Agent,Nor-
walk. or to the subscriber,
A. S. HAMERSLEY,
26tf 255 Fourth Avenue, N . Y
For Sale.
.;'_ A House and Lamina. nealthyl'ocationon
fil‘airsucetmbove Catharine. The Heusels
nearly new,wellbuilt,convenientlyarrang-
ed. and -will make a. comfortable and lcasant
home f'orafamily of average size. The at runs
back to the river. There is a wellot‘exccllent
writer on the place, and Borough water in the
Street. Price low,and partof the money can re-
main on mortgage. A fine chance tosecurea
home. Apply atGAZETTEOFFICE. 3t!
, , Stimulus.
Dr. FITCE’S
Fumllyuullluululuul
For Boys.
HE Fall Term will commence Septem-
ber 6th. 1 880. _Pupils received at any
age over six. Young Ladies are also admitted to
the Day Department,both In tbe'l’rimary and Ad-
vanced Course. Sessions arranged to accommo-
date pupils wishing to commute on the cars.
Penmanship and Bookkeeping, a specialty,
taught by teachers of large experience. Evening
Classes will be formed if desired. Young Ladies
and Gentlemen fitted for College.
_llelercnce:an¥ former-patron. Call or scndfor
circular. Appl cations may be made to
3 80 DB. J. C. FITCH, Principal,
m
Norwalk,Conn.
NOR WALK LATIN SCHOOL
Belden Ave., near West Ave.
A Classrcal and English School
for Boys.
SECOND YEAR opens September 6,980
It will give a. thorough Englishlfiducationmnd
preparation for College, scientific School or Busr-
nass. German will be made a special feature.
Circulars may be obtained at Andrew selleck’s. at
the Drug Stores of Norwalk and South Norwr Ik,
or by addressing ALEXANDER JOHNSTON,
A. M., Box 470, Norwalk, Conn. -
Building Stone for—“Sale.
‘ '- BOUT 300 loads good stone for saleby the
Norwalk Cemetery Association. Apply to
S. E. OLMSTEAD. l'i'cs.
or E. QUINTARD, Supt.
o a
March 20th , 1880.
Full Measure.
Purity. .
WW” a‘i‘m ”Baths 1
Cold. Baths ! 2
Shower Baths
Everyday at
E. APELL’S Model Barber Shop.
second Door from Pour "stir-e.
ISSO—a
Demmon 8L Newcomb,
:3 Main St., Keep the Choicest and Best .
Groceries, Vegetables, Fruits,
FRESH FISH, OYSTERS. (H.338,
de
l
are" at the very Lowest Market Rates. Goods
IIVBICII in any part of the town. ly
calmine and Blue for inner dull
mfusrvfsaasu
having suchan immense sale in airports ofthc country, wwkaon natural principles. I: restores strength
organs, and through. them cleanses the system of accumulated and poisonous
: mower. ‘ No longerusoAlchoiic Bitters. which do more harmthan good. 01' drastic '
mdy,mNEY-WOBT, nndhcalthwulbe quickly regained. eat it pf your Dru gist, Price, ‘1 .
. WELLS, RICHARD A: 00., Pugh, Burlington, 0.
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The Martyrs;
EUGENE noncms.’
Fifteen govegn'ors, men of weight, -'
Each t e~pri sot his native state,
Went to bed with hearts elate;
For east and west and north and south,
By tele'gmph and‘wodd 6f mouth, .
The from} had spread and was spreadingyet‘”
The delegates at length have met; V
To-morrow we’ll know. what man will be
The candidate for the presidency.
Fifteen governors, men of weight,
Eachthe pride of his native state,
Went to bed, with hearts elate;
For each one said to himself, said he,
“Who knovvs but that I the man may be ?”
Twenty hopeful congressmen,
' AWent to bed- and got up again,
Put on their clothes and seized a pen :
“ ’Twill never do,” said all and each,
“To be surprised without a speech,
To cast and west. and north and south,
Tomorrow "twill Spread from mouth to
mouth ‘
What the lucky candidate said, _
When his neighbors roused ,him from his
bed.” '
Twenty hopeful congressmen
Went to bed and got up again,
Put on their. clothes and seized a pen ;
For each one said to himself, said he,
“W he knows but I the man may be i’”
Fifty lawyers, each and-all,
Fifty lawyers, great and small,
Never went to bed at all.
They eat up and made pretence
To be deep in that offence
Which the reprobate John Doe
Practiced once on Richard Roe;
Yet with ever open car l '
For the flrstlfaint shout or cheer,
Fifty lawyers, great and small,
Never went to bed at all;
For each one said to himself, said he.
“Who knows but that I the man may be i"
Governol-s, lawyers, congressmen,
When the sun came out again, ,
Stood up sadder and wiser men.
For east and west and north and south,
By telegraph and word of mouth, _
The news had spread and was spreading yet,
That the delegates, in council met,
Had fixed on a man, and with three times
three,
Hadhailed him the man for the presidency.
Governors, lawyers, congressmen,
When the son. came out again,
Stood up sadder andwiser men .
But each one said to himself,.said lie,
“I wonder what ofiice will fall to me ?"
_IIy Henry.
0R SENTIMENT OUT WEST.
He’s jes’ a great, big. awk’art hulkin’
Feller,——humped, and sorto’ sulkin’—
Like, rather still-appearin'~—
Kinder-asef he wusn’t kcerin’
Whether school belt out er not—
And that’s my Henry to a dot!
Allus kindo’ liked him—whether
Children, or growed up together!
Fifteen year ago and better,
’Fore he ever knowd a letter,
‘ Run acrost the little fool
In my primmgr class at school I‘
When the teacher wusn’t lookin’
He’d be th’owin’ wads, er crookin’
Pins, er sprinklin’ pepper, morc’n
Likely, on the stove, er borin’
Gimblet holes up thue his desk—
Nothin’ that boy wouldn‘t resk I
But somehow, as I was goin’
On to say, he seemed so knowin’,
Other ways, and cute and cunnin’,
Allus wus a notion runnin’
Thue my giddy fool—head he
J'es’ bed been cut out fer me I
Don't go much on propecyin’
But last night while I was fryin’
Supper, with that man a—pitchin’
Little Henry ‘round. the kitchen,
Think, says 1, them baby’s eyes -
Is my Henry’s jes’ p’cise!
——Jolm 0. Walker, in the Kolcmno Tribune.
THE POET AND HIS SONGS.
HENRY w. LONGFELLOW.
As the birds come in the spring.
We know not from where;
As the stars come, at the evening
From depths of the air;
As the rain comes from. the cloud,
And the brook from the ground,
As suddenly, low or loud
Out of silence a sound;
As the grape comes to the vine,
The fruit to the tree;
As the wind comes to the pine,
And the tide to the sea;
As come the white sails of ships
O’er the oceiu‘s-verge ;
As comes the smile to the lips,
The foam to the surge:
, So come to the Poet his songs,
All bitherward blown
» From the misty land, that belongs
To the vast Unknown.
His, and not his, arc,the lays ~
_ He sings ;—and their fame
Is this, and not his;—-and the praise ‘
And the pride of a name.
For voices pursue him by day,
And haunt him by night,
"And he listens, and needs must obey,
When the Angel says: “Write !"
- ~June Athmtz'c.
Let me say right here, tcrnight, I regard
marriage as the holiest institution among
men. Without the fireside there is no human
advancement: without the family relation
there is no life worth living. V Every good
government is nlade upvof good families.
The unit of government is the family, and
.lelly thing that tends to destroy the family
is perfectly devilish and infamous. I be—
lieve in marriage, and 1mm in' uttercon-
tempt the opinions of long-haired men, and
,sbo'rt-baired women who denounce the in-
stitution of marriage. (Great applause'and
laughter.) Let me say right heré,—and I
have thought a good deal about it—let me
say right here, the grandest ambition that
any man can possibly have is to so live and
so improve himself in heart. and brain as to
be worthy of the love of some splendid '
woman (applause)¢and the grandest ambi—
tion of any girl is to make herself worthy of
the love and adoration of some magnificent
luau. (Applause) This is my idea, and
there is no success in lifz without it. If
you are the grand emperor of the world, you
had better be the grand emperor, of one
loving and tender heart, and she the grand
empress of you'll-s; Tile man who has really
won the love of'one good woman in this
word. I do not care if.he dies in the ditch a
beggar. his life has been a success—aool. It.
I nge-rso ll. ' '
.A merchant in a provincial town in Sect-
land had a habit of saying, “It might has
been want" to everything that wastold him
however sad the story might bog A neighbor,
thinking that he would linock"tlle"windrqut -
awful dream lad. night." “A'y, wbut didcye
,dlculu ?" "l lil‘L‘ulilltfl tllzlt‘I, was in lie-ll.” “It
might Ila-3. hurl: went." ’Eilow wind it llac
been Wltlil‘ "‘it might nae been a reality.”
All old negro cook says,"‘Sass is puwcl‘flll
good in everything but children. Dey needs
some oder kind of dressin’.”
J .
Cf him, one morning said, “Man, I had ”an _'j ,.
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