WHQLE; NUMBER ' 17.06-
GUI 39.1m-
What is hope ? A smiling rainbow
Children follow through the wet ;
’Tis nothere, still yonder, yonder; '
Never urchin found it yet.
What is Life ? A thawing iceboard
On a sea with sunny shere ;—
Gay, we sail; it melts beneath us;
We are sunk, and seen no more.
What is man? A foolish baby,
Valnly strives, and fights, and frets;
Demanding all; deserving nothing ;—
One smile grave is all he gets,
Annie Barlow’s Love.
“Yes, mother, that is one thing I am quite
certain about. When I marry I am not going
to choose cue.of those pretty little dolls who
cry for “everything they want, and care for
nothing but dressing and adorning themselves
the whole day long. My wife mustbea good,
well-behaved, modest girl .61..qu be con-
tent with one good warm gown for the win;
ter, and a couple of calico ones for summer.
Then she must haveeduc'ation enough to be
able to sit down of an evening and read a
newspaper, and talk it over with me, and to
understand the ‘kindlof books I like to read
from the library. But for all that she must
not be too learned, for then she would be one
of the strong¥mindcd sortnnd be turning the
the house out of the windows with her ideas
of woman’s rights, and all such trash; and
as for looks, I do not care if she is as homely
as a squaw."
So spoke Stephen Gray, winding up a talk
he and his mother had been having on Mrs.
Stowc's book, “Pink and White Tyranny."
“This kind of a wife it shall be or none,”
said this young sage; and so far. he had
seen no girl approaching his paragon of ex-
cellence." ' V ' ' '
Mrs. Gray had one other child, a daughter,
who was married and lived in Vermont, and
soon after Stephen had so plainly spoken his
views on the matrimonial question, she was
sent for to make‘ber a visit. 'Of course the
house seemed very lonely to Stephen, when
mother was gone, and although Biddy,‘ was
too well—trained to neglect her. duties, yet
there was something wanting in the house-
hold arrangemements all the time, which
made him hail ‘with delight the news that
after a three weeks’ absence she was coming
home.) ’ V ' ' _ : .. .'
“And," wrote the old lady, "I am going to
bring with me, just for company through the
winter, a‘y‘oun‘g‘ girl, whose acquaintnnce I
have‘lately‘ made, androf' when: think very
highly; Hcrfather is poor but well-educated,
and has given his'daugher {the best kindfof
inheritance, a wellostored mind.“ ’ '
“Ah, mother thinks she has found a wife
for me,” thoughtStephen,sniiling,as he read
the letter,.“nnd so'l'na‘ybc she hash " ' '
He rwcnt'up to the: depot in good time to
meet the train,and his mother looked proudly
happy to see him standing on' the platform,
saluting him with a hearty smack. She was
followed by a girl of medium height. and
somewhat sturdy build,with a complexion of
a pinkish shade of drab, hair of sandy color,
neatly braided, and light blue eyes, set off by
no perceptible eyebrows. "
“This is "Miss Annie Barlow,” said Mrs.
Gray, “and thi's,:my-dear,is my sonStnphen.”
Miss-Annie blushed up to the roots of her 1
hairwahich'was saying a good den], for'h'er
forehead was so high that itfappear’ed to oc-"
cupy half her face) and could find nothing to
say, as she stifiiy acknowledged Stephen’s
bow, and the three walked around in silence
towards the house,only broken when Stephen
discovered "the young lady was carrying
alongja' clumsy carpet-bag, which she: was
cudcavoriug, meanwhile, to screen from ob-
servation behind her dress. Of course he.
immediately offered to relieve her of its bur-
den, upon which she blushed again and
thanked him. The bag proved to be of light
weight, though of awkward shape.
“Not many fashionable fol-de-rols here, at
all events," Stephen‘thbught, “and there is no
doubt about herbeing modest enough. I
wonder if she will prove to be all the rest I
want ?” '
He could not help having a few doubts as
to her intellectual powers, however,tilll after
supper, when they were sitting around the
fire, and" S: ”u had heard all the latest
news of hisarstcr, he thought'it was time to
address soms‘oonvcrsation to their visitor.
“Are you‘fond of reading, Miss Annie 1’”
was his commonplace beginning.
“Extremely‘so,” she rcplied, with brevity.
“What kind of'books do you prefer P”
“I think the study of geoldgy is the most
interesting," : was the unexpected reply;
“but astronomy is very elevating to the
mind"; . = ' '
“Do yen read nothing but works of this
kind ?” askedStephen. ‘
“Oh, yes. My father says some kind of
light rcading;isilndispensable, so I am now
reading ‘Humo’s HistoryZ-of England,’ and
have got as farj'as the sixthgvolumc’."
Stephen was'considerahly " ' i ' '
this, but mad'e‘fup his’nil .
cry; so, as if seeking "in armation,he asked
her questiohstahdi‘discussedjpbints with her
on these different subjec , and wris fain to
confess to himself that hel fbcholarship was
of a high-order. ‘ '" "’-'- '“ ' ’ '
And evidently she was no novice in domes-
tic matters, for a day ortwoja‘ft‘er her return
home,.hfrs. Gray wasftali‘eh“ hind 1‘Annie
lmmctfitcly took her p U fimfitenmg
the hddse, and everythi; went ,on in the
some beautiful order‘as would). the dalnti-
',,.
est 59.1“?“ of invalid out) “we” mu“.
factur%_lfor-Mrs. Gray by .I'lhe"skiu of he;
y°“"8,'én'd;.- ,. .
Two months passed away, and then Mrs.
. Gray, who was still convalescent, called ”her
sontoheroneday. “ 's- ’ "
“My dent Stephen," said she, “I want :to
ask you "a few questions, if yon will sit
down by me a little while.” '. ‘ "' ’~ ’ '
"Very well, mother mine, as
please," said he’. i " —
“Well, in the first place, now is it that you
have lately become so silent, you' who used
always_ to have plenty to say.”
“Why, mother,” said Stephen, looking up
into her face frankly,“what is a fellow to do,
I wonder, when no matter what subject of‘
conversation he starts, a young lady knows
all about it,.has(r'e‘ad up the whole question,
and is fully prepared with all the pros and
cons ? "I am conceited enough to like to
bringnews heme, and to occasionally impart
an idea, instead of finding everything read
up brifdreha'nd." " '
“But, my dear boy, you like to have ladies
well informed andablc to take an' interest in
what interests you.”
“Oh, certainly; but—mother there may be.
difierent ways of doing things, you must ad-
mit, end—well, don't you ever get very tired
of Annie’s calm, superior ways? You can't
call her conceited—that is not at all the word
for one who. is so that up in her habit of
improving herself in every way at once, and
yet—"' 7 ‘ '
“Oh, you unaccountable boyl" exclaimed
his mother,laughlng; “you once condescend-
ed to tell main fun the kind ,of wife you
desired... "Show” to be able to talk over the
news 5:. meloda'ywith you ;‘ the was not to be
so learned 'afs'fto. belong to the woman's rights
party“; she was‘not'to care for running out
to gossip with the neighbors; she was to be
modest, and care nothing for fashionable
clothes; andsoshr was all these, you did
not care'ho'w homely “she was.‘ Am I not
right t And ‘now tell' me, does not Annie‘
Barlow come up to your idea ?” '
Stephen colored up, and laughod . as be,
my a! you.
t.
walked to the window and then back to his
mother.
‘ “I’ll tell you what it is, mother," said he,
“she has shown me plainly my foolishness in
thinking I could ever be happy with such a
woman as my imagination created. She comes
up to my ideal in every respect as you say;
and yet I should be the ‘most miserable man
under the sun if I were condemned to listen
to her perfectly correct, perfectly grammati—
cal talk ‘all my life, and to see her appearing
every day in that hideous old gown, and her
hair dragged back in those plain. uncom-
promising braids all the time."
“0, inconsistency, thy name is man i" said
Mrs. Gray. “Well,theu, tell me is it because
of the want of vanity in Annie’s toilet, and
because she does not talk bad grammar and
slang, that you have 'given us so little of your
society in the evening f”
“Partly so,” said Stephen, “and also be-
cause—well. you see, Fred. Andrews has
several times asked me to spend the evening
at his house. and they have a visiting
cousin, Alice Frazier by name, and—and—I
tell you what, mother, she's a regular nice
girl, and no humbug about her." And
Stephen’s face was as fire itself as he burst
out with this confession.
“Indeed l” exclaimed Mrs. Gray in aston-
isbment, “and this is the way matters are
going ?" .
“Weil,mother,now don’t you go and think
she is one of those fdvolons little butterflies,
becsrlse she- is not,” said Stephen, earnestly;
“but I have learned that It is no use to rush
to .cxtrcmes,and also that a girl may he pretty
and lively, and still possess common sense,
and have quite as good an education as will
enable her to malie a charming companion
for a lifetime.”
“Have you spoken to her yet of your
feelings?” asked Mrs. Gray.
"No, mother, for I wished you to make
her acquaintance first. May I bring her here
this evening, as you are not strong enough to
call upon her ?” -
Mrs. Gray could not refuse this simple
:etjuest, and whenfitcphen had left her she
sent for Annie, intending to tell her of Miss
Alice’s probable call that evening, and so
gradually open her eyes to the truth about
Stephen. She thought so highly of this son
'oflhers that she never imagined but that
Annie’s affections were centered upon the
same object. When Annie entered the room
she had an open letter in her hand.
I‘Mrs. Gray,” she said, quietly, “I have
just had a letter from a friend of mine, and I
wish to ask your advice, as you have been so
kind to me ever since I knew you. My friend
is a missionary out in Japan, and I have
known a long time that he had a regard
for me; but now he has written to know. if I
will go out there and marry him and take
charge of a school in which he is much
interested." -
Poor Mrs. Gray. This second astounding
confession nearly took away her breath.
“ hy, my dear, I can hardly advise you
in this matter,” she said; .“your own heart
should tell you what answer to give. Do
you think that you care for him more than
for5 any other man '1" Can you leave all your
friends here and. go away so far with no
companion but him, without wishing your-
self at home again i’" .
Annie had never read .a novel, and had
evidently concerned herself very little with
love making. ' >
“I think," she replied, calmly, “that I
should like to teach in the school he mentions
and as for marrying, I have known him all
mylifc, and may as well marry him as some
one else.”
It was. plain to Mrs. Gray that_no romantic
ideas'b'f ‘Stcphen‘had ever troubl‘ed her head.
So that evening, Annie Barlow wrote her
letter of acceptance to her far away suitor,
while at the same time Alice was making the
acquaintance of her future mother-in-law.
=3==
Vice- President Wheeler Speaks.
Vice-President Wheeler made a stirring
campaign address at St. Albans, Vt., Thurs-
day, in the course of which he spoke of his
personal knowledge of General Garfield and
Arthur, saying:
I have known General Garfield intimately
for the last decade. In daily association
with him for years on one of the leading
committees of the house of representatives
and in the walks of private life. Iknow
well the ins and outs of his character. His
broad, manly, honest, generous nature lifts
him to a plane far above the arts of the
knave or the demagogue. Like Pope’s man
of Ross he is a statesman, yet friend to
truth, of soul “sincere, in action faithful
and in honor clear.” Without the early aid
of wealth or station, by the innate forces of
his intellect and manliness he has propelled
himself to this present high station; never
losing his sympathy with the masess
of his country in their struggle for the
blessings which this good government of
ours holds out to all who diligently and
honestly seek them. And to this great—
hearted sympathy the heart of the nation is-
now responding in full measure, and in No-
vember next we will furnish General Gar-
field, the scholar, the soldier and the states-
man, with such a patent 'of nobility as none
but millions of kings acting in concert at
the ballot-box can confer. I know equally
well General Arthur—In fidelity to the prin-
ciples of the republican party, and in the
action to maintain them, he is the peer of
any man in the party. ' In executive ability
he excels. Difieringnwith the president on
modes of administration," that high ofilcial,
not even by implicntion', reflected upon his
personal conduct. General Arthur is cntit-'
led to the hearty support cf every republican
for the position which he is to occupy in the
government was more commensurate with
his ability for high usefulness.
The Fighting Parson.
Harper’s “Drawer," for July, 1862, has an
anecdote which now possesses fresh interest:
A good one is told in Kentucky. The Col.
Garfield who whipped Marshall was a minis-
ter, and was once preaching in a rough
neighborhood in the mountains, where minis-‘
tcrs were always insulted and interrupted,
and sometimes driven away. In the midst
of the exercises one of those “lewd fellows
of the beast sort” came and commenccda
disturbance. Garfield took no notice of him
and proceeded with his discourse, but the
. fellow grew outrageous and Garfield stopped;
‘ his patience had been gradually departing,
and was now clean gone. _ “Brethren," said
he, “I think if old Job was here he would
certainly thrash that fellow, and thrash him
soundly, but inasmuch as he is not here I am
going to do it myself,” and he jumped into
the chap before he knew what was coming,
and beat him until he “hollered.” Then,
taking him by the shoulder, he jammed him
into a scat,~with : “There, '~ sit there, you
scoundrel, until I get through i” and he
marched back into his pulpit and finished-
his sermon in quiet.
. .r-rt—-—-
In the makin and distributing of clothing
in this country ew York ranks hrst,Chicago
second and Boston third.
It is probablejthat the St.Gothard tunnel will
ere long be illuminated throughout Its entire
length with the electric light. ,
Twenty acres of'la‘nd fronting on the Sound
at Orient Point, L. I., have. been purchased
by New York capitalists for summer cottage
sites. ' ' - , .
Delay would spoil the fun.-A bright lit-
tle boy who had been engaged in combat
with another boy, W85 re 'rove'd'by his aunt,
who told him he ought a ways to. wait until
the other boy “pitched upon him.” “Well,”
explained the little hero, “but if I wait for
the other boy to begin, I’m afraid there won't
”.my fight P" -'.
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1880.
Why is a. change Wanted.
In 1876 many persons voted for a “change”
because there were some faults in the civil
service, and Were said to be a great many
more, which they wished to have corrected.
Four years of investigation and experience
have since proved certain things which ought
now to be remembered :
I That the most of the alleged faults did
not exist except in the inflamed imaginations
or campaign slanders of “cuts" who wanted
to get in.
II. Then a Republican Administration has
been particularly zealous in correcting faults
which did exist, so that leading Democrats
acknowledge that it has been the cleanest
Administration known for many years.
111 That the Democratic party never had
the power, and has notvnow the wish,to make
the public service cleaner or cheaper.It seeks
only to make the service odiously partisan,
dangerously incompetent, and frightfully
correct. .
IV. That change of parties in power would
mean an arrest of reform, and a demoraliza-
tion of the service even worse than was seen
in the days of Pierce and Buchanan.
The Democratic party has spent four years
in burrowing and digging, probing and smell-
ing, for corruption in the public service.
Without intending tnat result, it has helped
the Republican party wonderfully. For it
has proud clearly that nine—tenths of the
scandals with which the public car had -
previously been filled had no other basis than
the vilest campaign slander. No other con—
ceivable tuiug could have done so muchlto
deprive Democratic campaign lies of all force
as the proof that, with all the powers _ of
Congressional committees at their command,
in not one case in ten have the Democrats
been able ,to find any evidence whatever
to support their outrageous charges. New
falsehoods by the hundred will ,of course be
told. In most cases the public car will re-
ject them with contempt.
It was .known that there had been some
abuses and some corruption. Democrats as—
serted, and many good men belived, that no
Republican Administration would have the
disposition or the daring to effect reforms.
Through the campaign of 1876 it was per—
petually said: “This party cannot possibly
reform itself." The present Republican Arl—
ministration has been confronted bya hostile
and eager to find a plan. It is "the , verdict
and most malignant Congress, watchful, im-
placable of Democrats as well as Republicans
that a cleaner Administration has not been
known for forty years. It has made grave
mistakes; it has offended many of its OWn
supporters by attempting reforms which-
preved impracticable, orchanges which upon
trial do not seem desirable. But it has
steadily gained, year after year, and at this
time has in the highest degree the confi-
dence of all those who really desire reform
of the public service, and there is no lon-
geraDemocrat ignorant or stupid enough
to say that a Republican Administration
does not dare to correct' the Republican
faults. .
Democratic proefssions have been tested in
Congress. Tried, faithful, and experienced
public servants have been thrust out,to make
places for a horde of untried political beg-
gars—many of them utterly unfit, pitiahly
incompetent, and shamelessly corrupt. It is
hard to conceive of more Worthless and
disgraceful creatures than have crawled into
many important places since the Democratic
party began to apply its old motto : “To the
victors belongs the spoils." The country
'bas been taught by a plain and conclusive
test, that the Democratic party, through all
its clamor for “reform,” never had any
other intention than to get the offices for its
own partisans, and for .those who had done
or would do the most dirty work for party,
without regard to their competnecy or fitness
for public service. Instead of making the
service more non—partisan, it is the avowed-
aim and practical effort of the Democrats to
make it more thoroughly and devotcdly par-
tisan, and so far as they have had a chance
they1 have done so.
Thus it is that all the' influences in the
country, which have sincerely desired a real
reform beyond a mere displacement of “ins”
or “cuts,” have come to be actively arrayed
on the Republican side. Men of sense
knows that no genuine reform is possible
where the Democratic doctrine, that the pub-
lic service should be used as the spoils of po-
litical warfare, prevails in the removal of
50,000 to 100,000 tried and trained public
servants, to make room for hastily selected,
inexperienced, and untried persons whose
work for party is their only “claim." Such
“a change” would not only stop reform that
is in progress, or under trial, or in contem-
plation. It would put an end to all chances
of any real. improvement upon the present
public service for several years at least. It
would bring about at once a wild outbreak
of all the influences that make a public ser—
vice corrupt, incapable, or rotten. Bad as
things were in the days of Pierce and Bu-
chanan, the Democratic party had then
been so long in power, and had been forced
by sheer necessity to select so many public
servants for their especial fitness, and the
comparatively few ofilces then filled year by
year were filled with some care, and some,
.regard for the public good as a secondary
consideration, at least. But the service has
grown vastly more extensive,wlth the growth
of the country and the diversification of the
interests, and the officials selected and trained
for twenty years past, have been mainly Re-
publicans. The mere ousting of ’these to
make room for fifty thousand hungry Demo-
cratic place—grabbers would involve a de—
gree of dcmorilization, corruption, disorder
waste of money, and opportunity for fraud
such as the country never yet has witnessed.
, Tribune.
———-’-.—W—-——
Anxansas on TEXAS LAW ?—Several day s
ago a white man was arraigned before a color-
ed justice, down the country, on the charge
of killing a man and stealing a mule.
“Wall," said the justice, “dc facks in dis
ease shell be weighed with carefulness, an of
I hang yer, taint no fault ob mine.”
"Judge, you have no jurisdiction only to
examine rue.”
“Dat sort 0’ work ’longs for de raigler jus-
tice, but yer sec I’se been put on a special.
A special hez do right tcr make a mouf at
s’preme court ef he chooses.’ ’
“Do the best for me you can, judge."
“Dat's what I'se gwine ter do. I’se got two
kinds of law in,dis court, dc Arkansaw an’de
Texas law. I generally gins a man dc right
for choose for hisse'f. Now, what law does
yer want, de Texas or de Arkansaw i” .
“I believe I’ll take the Arkansaw."
“Wall, in dat case, I’ll dismiss yer fur
stealin’ de mule-——"
“Thank you, judge.”
“An’ bang yer fur killin' dc man—-—-”
“I believe, judge, that I’ll take the Texas.”
' “Wall, in dat case. I’ll dismiss you for
killin’ dc man——" _
“You have a good heart, judge.”
“An hang yer fur stealin’ dc mule. I’ll jis‘
take de ’casidn been for ”remark dat dc only
difference ’twcen de two laws is de way yer
state do case." ‘
W
Can Ezekiel have had an eye to the com-
ing bicycle in that vision where he saw “one
wheel with one cherub and another wheel
with another cherub?”—Pht'ladelpht'a Bul—
letin.
An Oil City maiden, who had just recov-
cramps, recited in public the other night
that touching poem "Go feel whatI have
felt” with such emphasis that it brought
tears to .the eyes of the green groom—Oil
Oily Pamela.
:
cred from a two days attack of green apple,
From The Religious Herald.
“How Deep is a Rum-Hole ‘2”
BY REV. 8. B.‘ S. BISSEIL.
“I wonder if it‘s deep enough to drown
me.” So said a little girl to her brother, as
they played and talked together. She had
heard much of sad falls in such a “hole,” in
the neighborhood; and her question was
natural ,
Perhaps you smile at its simplicity; but
is there not a hidden depth of meaning in
it ? Yes, a world of warning in the depth of
a rum-hole. The practical apostle James
says of the tongue, “It is a fire-a world of
iniquity.” How much more true of a rum '
hole ? “It defileth the whole body." How
much more a rum-hole, if» one ‘fall into it i
“It scttcth on fire the course of nature, and
is set on fire of hell. _ It is an unruly evil. It
is full of deadly poison.” Every word true
of a rum-holel “Setteth on fire” : Yes,
tempers, tongues, the incendiary’s torch, the
murderer’s revolve. “Is set on fire of hell";
how often do its flowing liquors prove to be
‘ ‘liquid damnation” ? “It is an unruly evil."
It defies the law, or invades, or corrupts
legislation and the administration of jus-
tice. “Full of deadly poison" i’ Let chem-
ical analysis and bills 0: mortality tell how
fatal the effects of the deadly ingredients.
“Deep enough to drown you," my child?
Yes, indeed 1 deep and vast enough to
swallow up girls and boys, men and women,
by thousands, body and soul; yes, and farms,
houses, shops, ships and every thing‘ thrown
into it; and character, hope, joy. Indeed
rum-holes have been sounded for years and
no bottom found.
Oh for truth's strongest, broadest pencil.
dipped in her deepest colors, to paint the
vision given to thought over the child’s ques-
tion! I saw that hole deepening and widen-
ing into a yawning abyss; and it opened up
various aspects to dificrent avenues of ap-
proach. One path leading to it was smiling
in flowers; but they exhaled a pungent
perfume; they were of gaudy hues, and
their scent was rank. There were no violets,
nor lilies of the valley, nor roses of Sharon.
They were coarse and lank. The young of
both sexes were lightly and laughingly trip-
ping along that path; some issuing from a
neighboring ball-room, half-hidden by trees
and clustering vines, from which issued
strains of music; others came from brilliant-
ly lighted festive halls and parlors, exclaim—
ing: “What a charming party i” or wishing
each other “Merry Christmasl Happy New
Yearl” Others issued from gaudy theaters
and club-rooms, hotels and saloons; and
some even from council-chambers and legis—
lative halls. Ah! look up and see over the
the path the sign-board “Champaigne
Avenue.” '
Following the multitude by the gradually
descending path we reach the brink of the
chasm, artfully concealed by gaily painted
screens, and festoons and wreaths of flowers
(but they seemed pale, sickly and withering)
and intertwining boughs of trees (mostly
weeping willows and yews:) and here we
stationed a band of music. Now the danc-
ing, laughing, shouting throng moved more
merrily and rapidly to the brink; and oh,
horrors! many of thcmvwerc seen dashing
through the slight barriers and plunging
into the gaping gulf. But companions seem. ,
ed not to notice their fall, nor miss the lost
ones; for the shrieks of the falling were
drowned by their laugh and song; and the
places of the lost were soon filled. With an
aching heart I turned to climb back, and was
bver it 1 read another sign, “Temperance
quid and their steps feeble ; but every ascent
mounted into a purer atmosphere, and
every face gathered brightness, and every
limb and muscle gained elasticity and
strength. Still clam‘nering up, a command-
ing eminence was gained, which the over-
arching skies seemed bending to embracepind
on which the bright beams of the sun rested
gladly. Celestial odors breathed around . and
heavenly music filled the. air entrancing the
soul. Hence was gained clear a1and distinct
view, down into the dreadful deep below the
climbers.
Besides that downward path of our de-
scent, the survey disclosed others with their
way-marks,—”Brandy and~Wine Avenues,
Whiskey Highway, Beer Street and Cider
Alley,” differing in breadth and length, and
in the numbers, respect and character of
their travclrs; but all converging to the rum-
hole. And what a terrible scene lay there
under the eye! The vapor that veiled and
spread illusion over it, viewed from Cham-
paigne Avenue, was dis~ipated in the clear
light of Tentpcu‘auceMour-t. They only who
neared the abyss walked in its deceptive
glamour. Now, waves of liquid fire revealed
its fearful mysteries. The telescope of
truth brought the scene and every object
near. What numbers tossing on that fiery
Some delirious from the inhalation of that
miasmatic, nephitic vapor, were insensible
to their danger, raving, singing, shouting,
swearing; some losing strength and sinking,
while livid corpses fiouted around, bloated,
disfigured; the garnish of the death strug—
gle depicted on ghastly faces, witnessed in
distorted limbs. What wrecks, were careen-
ing, dashing and driving together over those
gloomy, tumultuous waves! What obscene
and blasphemous songs were head, what
oaths and curses, what :lamentaions and
wailings, what maniac bowls and shrieks as-
sailed the carl Alas, how deep and dreadful.
is a Rum-hole 1
This vision reminded of another described
so vividly by the immortal Milton:
“The dismal situation, waste and wild;
A dungeon horrible on all sides round,
As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those
flames
No light but darkness visible
Served only to discover sights of we,
Regions of sorrow, doleful shades where
peace
And rest can never dwall, hope never comes
That comes to all ; but torture without end
Still urges, and a fiery furnace fed
With everlasting sulphur unconsumed."
. ——————o<o>+———-
The Dead of Arlington.
If silence is ever golden, it must be here,
beside he graves of 15,000 men, whose lives
were more significant than speech and whose
death was a poem the music of which can
never be sung. With words, we make
promises, plight faith, praise virtue. Prom.
ises may not be kept; plighted faith may be
broken; and vaunted virtue may be only the
cunning mask of vice. We do not know
one promise these men made, one pledge
they gave, one word they spoke; but we do
know they summed up and perfected, by one
supreme act, the highest virtue of men and
citizens. For love of country they accept
ed death; and thus rdsolved all doubts, and
made immortal their patriotism and their
virtue. '
For the noblest man that lives there still
remains a conflict. ‘He must withstand the
assaults of time and fortune; must still be
assailed with temptations before which lofty
natures have fallen. But with these the con- ‘
that ended, the victory was won, when death
stamped on themvthe greAt seal of heroic
character, and closed a career which years
can never blot.
’ .p—.-———_
Amen named Marcus Wright of Illinois
has fallen heir to $1,000,000. We'd rather
be Wright than be president.—Meriden Re-
corder. Marcus Wright down in the same
[category—Rockland Courier.
said anything to me, an’I
:of noble mom and benevolent aspect';.and- >géfhmf—EWW; _,
His Son J lm’s Bay Marc.
WE RE THE CAMP MEETING FOLKS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THAT PARTICULAR. DICKER.
Honesdsle (Foam) Times.
“I’ve come all the way in from Canaan to
git a little law,” said a man with a ho'rsewhip
under his arm, blue overalls in his boots, and
a gray, stubby board on his face, as he enter-
ed the Allen House reading room, yesterday,
where a number of the boys were talking poli-
tics. “Mebbe some 0' you fellers kin give
the correct thing without me dickerin’ with
a lawyer.”
The speaker was a well—known farmer of
the southern part of the county. He and his
son Jim are noted for their sharpness at a
bargain and a readiness to trade horses,cows,
wagons, farms, or anything that belongs to
them, at any and all times a customer may
present himself. Jim lives on a farm a mile
from the old man’.
“Ye see, bo'ys,” continued the speaker,“my
boy Jim had a bay mare that he traded a
yearlin’ bull and n cross-tooth barrow fur.
She was a good critter an’ no mistake. I
wanted that mare the want kind, an’ made
Jim a heap 0’ good offers fur her, but'he
wouldn’t bite. Last Wednesday he come to
my house kind 0’ careless-like, and sat down
on the front stoop. I was choppln’ kindlin’
wood fur mornin'. Jim sot there a lookin'
up and down the road. and a whistlin’ the
‘Swect By and By’ kind 0’, to himself. When
I carried in my kindlin’ I sot down on the
stoop by him. : .1", ‘1 . '
“ ‘Jim,’ I sez, ‘you hover let your poor
old father have that bay mare o’ yourn,’ sez L
“Jim had jest started the second verse 0’
the ‘Sweet By and By,’ but he whistled her
all the way through afore he answered me.
“ ‘I been a thinkin’ o’ lettin’ you have the
mare, pap,’ sez he, ‘scein’s you got yer heart ,
sot on her so,’ sez he, pervidln’ we kin git up
a dicker,’ sez he.
“Jim had bin goin' to camp meetin’ pooty
steady for a week back, and I heered he was
gittin’ serious. He hadn’t been whistlin'
nothin’ but hymn tunes for two or three days,
an’ when he come around so nice on the mare
question I made up my mind that me an’ the
old woman would'see him jinin' the mourn-
ers ’forc'long.
“ ‘Jim,’ I sez, "I kin stand 880
mare,’ sez I. '
“Jim glanced up the road and bummed a
verse of ‘Come ye sinners,*poor and needy.’
Then he sez: , '
“ ‘Pap,’ he sez,‘I- know I orter let you have
that mare fur them figures,’ sez he, ‘but you
know I’ve refused double that for her,’ sex
be. An’ so he bad, boys, sure.
“ ‘Jim,’ sez I, again, ‘I think I could raise
the eighty about twenty more, makin' a hun—
dred,’ sez I; ‘but" that's all— I kin do. -'»Re-
member, Jim,’ sez I,‘that I’m yer father,and
I’m gettin’ old,’ an’ 'my heart’s sot an that
marc,’se'zI,=. ~ -'i
“ ‘Plunged in a gulf of' dark 'despAir,”
bummed Jim, lbokin' plum‘up to the sky. I
guess he got away witb‘two verses afore he
didn’t interrupt
his singin.’ Then he says :" 5 ’ ' ' ‘
“Pap,” sez be, .‘I’ll tell ’you what I’ll do.-
Give me a hundred dollars’,‘ says he, ‘and‘
throw in them two Berkshirepigs, and the
mare is yours,’ sez he, jest czzshc is.’
“ ‘A bargain: sez I.'. The“ pigs is yours,
an’ I’ll be down after the mare to-morrow,.
sez I. - -- ‘
“I counted out the hundred, an’ give it to
him. He- druv the pigs home with him.
for the
_ . They was worth $15 apiece, easy-.1 'I could
guided into a steep and narrow way by one hear 5h..wm.mg§»fn~ ' ‘
beam
old" woman, ‘J lml—*
“ ‘J imima,’ I sezto the
‘an’ what the old boy Jim was thinkin’ of I‘
can’t see. She’s Worth-$250 any day in the
week,’ I sez. ‘Religion‘ is makin’ a fool o’:
J in,’ sez I. y . .
“Well, next mornin’ early I went down to
Jim’s to git the mare. Jim had gone to town.
I see his wife.
“ ‘I’ve' bought the bay ,mare, Nancy,’ I ‘
sez.
“ ‘Yes, 1 know ye have,’ sez Nancy, grin-
nin’ all over her face.‘
“ ‘Where is she i” Inez.
" “She’s down in thestone lot,"sez' Nancy,
grinnin’ more’n ever.
“I thought it was funny that the mare
should be down in the stone lot, but I went
down to find her. Boys, I found her. She
was layin’ behind a big stone heap, deader’n
a door nail. I went back to the house.
“ ‘Why Nancy,’ sez I, ‘the bay mate's
dead 1’
“ ‘0, yes', says Nancy, laughin‘ as if she’d
split, ‘she died yesterday mornin' with the
colic, sez she.
“Boys, for a minute I was mad. Then I
come to and sez to myself, I'll be glued if I
don't git the mare's shoes, any how, sez 1..
So I went back to the stone lot to draw her
shoes off. Boys, I'll divide my farm up be-
tween ye if Jim hadn’t drawed them shoes
sen! Even women and youth were there- uhisself,an’ the marc’s feet was asbareas when
she was born.
“Now, I aint no ways mad at Jim, boys,
for it was a fair and square dickcr, an' it
shows there’s stuff in him; only'he mought
a left the shoes on the mare. What I want
t1 know is, can't I git back at the camp
meetin’ folks some way for damages? If it
hadn't a been for them hymn tunes Jim larnt
at the mectins I’d a bin lookin' out for him.
But they throw’d me way of! my guard. The
way I looked at it is that the camp meetin’
society is responsible for me'losin' my hun-
dred dollars and two fifteen dollar pigs.
Can’t I get back at ’em for trespass, or false
pretences, or excessary afore the fact, or
suthin’? Can’t I do it, boys i’”
A too Zealous Disciple Rebuked.
The Iowa State Register stigmatizes Gen-
eral Willard Warner, of Alabama as a car-
pet-bugger, because the general entered a
rather mild protest in a letter to the New
York Tribune against some political rufiian-
ism by so-called democrats at Montgomery,
Ala. The Register has no right to so desig-
nate General Warner. He is a gentleman in
the best sense. He is a man of ability. He
has invested his money in business and real
estate in Alabama, and induced his' friends
to invest with him. He is a successful iron
master. His furnace at Tecumseh adds
many thousands yearly to the wealth of his
adopted State. We have not seen General
Warner's letter, but we will wager a good
round dollar that what he wrote, if based
on his personal knowledge, was a literal
truth. The conservative press of Alabama,
so far as we have been able to observe, deep-
ly regrets that General Warner had occasion
to write as he did. They solemnly repudiate
the rufilanism of which he complains, and
some of them righteously lash the authors of
disturbance and bulldozing performance
which General Warner describes. Politics
goes for nothing with us in a case of this
kind. We believe in the widget liberty of
speech and of the press, while we are a foe
to unbridled license. And we shall not
silently permit snecrs and abuse to be heaped
upon an honest, industrious, conservative
citizen, whatever may be his political affilia-
tion. If the South should drive out all the
Willard Warners within her territory to-
morrow, she would thereby. eliminate mil—
lions of capital. in cash and brains, examine
some of her best citizens, and prove the
section made up of bigots. and fools.—
Ohattanooga Times, Dem.
‘ O”—
A cannon weighing 27,000 pounds rolled
into the Mississippi at 'Columbus durin the
war, and has only just been brought to. ight
in the sands under the shore.
Wu. C.S'rnrrur, Pres., s. E. Ours-rub, Tress.
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CHARLES w. MANY
Surgeon Dentist,
NORWALK. CONN.
Ollieeoorn‘erof Malnand Wallstreets. i -
OxideGasadmlnistered " N trons
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
Teacher of
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composition.
Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
Hurlhull, Relyea & Seymour,
llluuueus'aul luuusulluuu- altar,
Boom No.4, [up stairs.)
GAZETTE BUILDING.
w. E. QUINTARD,
General Fuuuiuliuu Uuluulaluu,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. ILDEPO'I‘
H'Ordersattended to day or night . Besidenc
MalnStreet ,3 doorsfrom Union Avenue.
The Norwalk fire Insurance 00.,
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year,
. And has not outstanding a Dollar of unpaidlosses
or of claims for losses.
I'l SIUII GIIMPAII IISUIEI AT “WEI IA'I'
Giro. R. Cownns,Sec’y.
I? mmmmglon .yrnAnms-onb
jfnoorporated1812. Charter Perpetual? ’ ‘T
Capital and Assets, $6,716,898.77
n ' . .
Lane. Others from below had turned into "18" sez 1» ‘I never thoughtLJint "I. 8“ pious, ,lnsuresagainstlossand damage by Fire,onterms
it- Their 000039039033 at film Wilma 13'1— did you ? But rye’ got my; boy mare,’ sez 1;: adoptedto thehazardandconsistentwiththelaws
ofcompensation . COWLES a MERRILL,
Sole Agentsfor N orwalk and vicinity
B. S. BLASCER.
At his store in
mental-oars Bnocn,
hasc onstantly on hand, a general assortmen lO
Groceries, Crockery. Glass,
Tin and Wooden Ware, Etc.
By devotinghis constantpersonal attentiont o the
business he hopesto merit public patronage
[incurs a. Locxwoon, ~
Fashionable Draper and'lailor
AND
GENTS’ FURNISHING EMPORI U1 .
MainStreet.Norwalk.Conn.
BERNARD COHN.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
WBEK’S Bl) ILDING, WALL ST.
A FULL LINE 01'
of the latest styles,constantly on hand. Novel-
ties in Scotch Sultlugs. Satls action guaranteed
in every particular. to
CIVIL ENGINEERING
AND
SURVEYING
Pror'nptly done on reasonable terms by
ARTHUR L. BETTS, C. 13.,
Orders received at Allen Betts’ Mills, or house
on N cwtown Ave., P. O. Box 81, Norwalk, Ct.
rmNRDennTTERY.
PIlNflSaulI
CABINET ORGANS,
silver Mine. Conn.
Ag’t for DECKER BROS’ celebrated Pianos.
And Or ans of the best makers. Orders left at
Spencer s Jewelry Store will receive prompt ul-
entron. 6mm
JAMES L. reams.
Hand Made harness,
QUJ NTARD’S BLOCK. 23
a week in our own town. Terms and bout
fitfrec.Ad ressHJIallettaCmPoI-tlan ,Mc.
$66
A '1‘
Quintard’s Furniture Rooms
will befounda completes ssortmen tof
FURNITURE, 810.,
ncludlngeverythlngusuallytound lna .lrst-class
establishment,“ Pricesto suittheTrmes . Also.
slargeassortmen tot.
CHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
LOOKING GLASSES. 65c.
Glassl’latesouttoanyslze. Bepairlngdonelnthe
best manner,at short notice . Also,old HairMat-
truss smadeover asgood asnew. ‘
E. OIIIHTABD’S 80H.
EX CELSIOR LIVERY.
THE Subscriber having greatly added to his
accommodations by t 6 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 refurnishcd'and newly e uippcd
his full stock of Coaches, Carriages, arness
to" audio now prepared to furnish the very besi
Liverly turn-outs in the county in either single or
doub 0 teams. Weddings, Balls, Partys, runes
rals, tile.,furnished with the best of Coaches with
careful drivers, at the lowest prices In town.
Single teams by the day or hour. The veteran,
Cy. Scofield can be- found at the late Gregory
Stable rear of Adams House. Public patronage
rs solicited. W. E. DANN. Proprietor.
Norwalk, May 1 1880.
New York, New England a: Western.
INVESTMENT CO.
N03. 3| AND K; PINE ST.. NEW YORK;
N0 19 CONGRESS ST,, BOSTON ;
UNION BUILDING, CHICAGO.
$200,000
CAPITAL STOCK
FI‘ERS to investors carefully selected secur-
ities, bearingofrom 0 to a percent interest.
Investment securities bought and sold on com-
mission. Settlements made for holders of default-
ed securities. Will act as agents in t'undrn and.
reorganizing debts of municipalities, rai road
companies and other corporations. Correspond—
"iim so]? 3'" -r P id t
can . non , res en ,
GEORGE W. Dunnvorss, V. Pres.. I New York.
Looms L. HUBBARD, Asst. Vice-Pres.;Boston.
War. 1'. WArsox,Scc,and Treas.,Ohicago. 6ml3
- Water Power for Sale.
HE best Water Power in Fairfield County, for
sale at abargain. En ulre of ..
_ ‘ .. . . ,HUNGEBI‘OBD.
Imported and Domestic Cloths, .
J. M. POTTER,
DEALER IN
Cabinet Organs, Vio-
lins, Banjos, Fifes,
Drums &: Sheet
Music.
Pianos and Organs to Rent.
PIANOS, ORGANS AND MELODEONS TUN-
ED AND REPAIRED.
Instruments sold on monthly Instalemcnts. ’
Old Instruments taken in Exchange
for New.
REMOVED To '
QUINTARD’s BLOCK, oppo-
site Horse Railway Depot.
PURE MILK.
Delivered in Norwalk and South Norwalk, at
your door, everymornlng
AT 6 CENTS PER QUART,
By REMSON BROS. 51tf
MELVILLE E. MEAD.
Commissioner for Connecticut In N.Y.
Real Estate and Insurance Blue,
21Park Row 0 os't Po .
Also atoarren,0t.’ pp 1 e Etomce'N Y'
SPECIAL NOTICE
T0 THE LADIES of NORWALK.
The undersigned has opened a
Retail!) apartment
in the
Factory on Hoyt St., near Main,
Where LADIES, MISSES’ and CHIL-
DREN’S SHOES of our own make,
can bephtamed at a slight advance Rom whole-
sale prices.
lie-sures taken and Shoes made to
order.
T. COUSINS.
0.‘ ll. lienrlall,1ll. I).
DENTIST,
Non-Walk,
Conn.
Olllce second
door west from
Danbury R. R.
Depot, Dental
operations in all
branches as for-
merly. Painless
extraction of
teeth by ard of
LAUGHIN G:
GAS especialty
N. B.-Dr.Kendalls end Mo (1 i -
field. p s n ays n Ridge
DENTIST.
BANK T. BNATT would respectfully
cali the attention of the public to the fact
that begs now prepared to execute all orders ap-
pertaining to dcntrstr , having had 13 years rac-
tlcal experience wit the late Dr. Frank rady
is a guarantee that none but the best of work and
erfect satisfaction Will be given. Call and see
1m at his residence adjoining the Methodist Par-
sonage. 2m
NEEDHAM’S MUSICAL
Is thelGrcatest Musical Wonder of the Age. Cal
and examine it. For sale at
J. Spencer’s
,_ ._.J_ewelryr Store. . _.
3 Main St., Norwalk, Conn.
Through the courtesy of the
.Norwallc .Mills Company, we
are at liberty to invite inter-
ested pdrtics to inspect the
operation of the Improved
“JVorwalllc Steam Pump,” of
atworlc in their Mill.
THE JVOR WflLK' IRON
WORKS 00.,
South JVorwalk, Conn.
Building Stone for Sale.
ABOUT 300 loads good stone for sale by the
Norwalk Cemetery Association. Apply to
S. E. OLMSTEAD, Pres.
or E. QUINTARD, Supt.
March 20th, 1880.
BLACKSMI’I‘H OB CARPENTER SHOP to,
let on Mechanic Street. Enquire of
' S. E. OLMSTEAD.
Norwalk, May 15th, 1880.
For Sale.
HE Good Will, Fixtures and Tools. as well as
a small stock of Stoves and Tm Ware, &c.,
the remains of the business formerly carried on
by William St. John, at New Canaan, Ct. All
will be sold on very reasonable and accommoda-
ting terms. Small capital only needed. To agood
mechanic. sober and rndustrrousrnan, this In be-
lieved to ofi'er unusnal opportunities for a steady
and prosperous business. Ill health was the only
reasoh why the owner gave It up. For .further
particulars enquire or address the undersrgned at
New Canaan, Conn. . OH. .
New Canaan, May 20, 1880.
People’s Market,
1 No. 19 MAIN STREET,
THE very best of BEEF, delivered daily to
our customers. Also in Ithcir‘season, Veal.
Lamb, Mutton. Pol-Ir, arc.,at the west
Market Bates. Vegetables and prints a lull,
fresh and varied supply daily received. Market
wagon sent about town every morning.
'. . _ JAMES E. WIXSON.
s o
Pensions and Bounties got for
all Sodlcrs of my own and other
Regiments, &c. -
W. H. NOBLE,
BRIDGEPOBT, CONN.
Solicitor _o_f Claims.
GENERAL BUSINESS.
OFFICIAL INFORMATION.
L. A. GOBRIGHT,
Olllce 1,427 F Street Northwest, near
18111. WASHINGTON. D. C.
MY former connection with Journalism for a
long period, has given me an extensive ac-
quaintance in all the departments of the. Govern-
ment and all exceptional facilities. Prompt at-_
tcntion given to all orders requiring personal ser-
vice at the National Capitol,which may be for~
worded through the office of the .NORWALK GA-
zar‘rls. 41
BLEAILIIESS IS “II III IOIILIIISS.
G. A. FRANKE’S
Slauluu and Hall Buluuu Saluuul
FOR A
Pleasant Shave,
Artistic Hair Cut, or
Thorough Shampoo
CALL AT . .
Mr. Franke’s Hair Cutting Saloon,
No. l GAZETTE BUILDING.
H‘Partlcularattentlon given to Ladl es and Child-
ren’s Hair Cutting and Shampooningfu
AT HOME TO EVERYBODY.
Hotland ColdWateLBaths
fl“...— .
moduleklyand
Andtonow the (Ii.
VOL. LXIII.--NUMBEB 37 ‘
REAL ESTATE.
WW
—The first story of a house on B 1-
To Rent- den avenue. Apply to O. E. WEI.—
BON, Room 6 Gazette Building.
Desirable House toLet.
UITABLE for one or two families; roomsvcry
m.’f\/\A AA AA,\ AA r
side and a never failing well of excellent snl'r wa-
ter outside; good cellar, nice grounds, pleasantly
situated grounds In a good' neighborhood. Con-
crete and flagging walk to Church, Schools and
Post Oflioc. ltcnt reasonable and immediate pos-
session given of W. R. NASH, 193 Main St.
N orwalk, J and 28, 1880. 26
CABINET,
our manufacture, which is, .
PENSIONS.
Building Lots For Sale.
SOME of the finest building lots in the vicinity of
W Innlpnnk are now offered for sale. Located
between the D. .k N. R. H., and the Main Road,
known as the Davrd Betta Barn lot, these lots
Will be sold on very reasonable terms, for further
particulars enquire of the subscriber
ttzs ALLEN BETTS.
FOR SA LE.
SEVERAL very desirnblc Building Sites for
‘ Business purposes, srtuatcd on W ater Street.
Enquire or F. W. MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent
. REAP RENT—A house neat-Broad River
Bridge. Will be rented at a low price.
Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE .
0 LET.—Apartments in the House on the
corner of Cross Street, Apply to
JAMES FINN EY.
For Sale or Exchange
FOB.
BRID GEPORT PROPERTY.
THE subscriber will sell very rcnsonahlc,or ex-
. change for property in Bridgeport,his elegant
residence-on High St. It Is most conveniently sit-
uated, having an extensive view, otthc Harbor
and surrounding country, and in every respect,is
one of the most desirable places in Norwalk.
Apply to or address .1. L. HARLEM
~ ‘ 68 State St.Bridgeport.
Or I . W, MITCHELL, N orwalk,
16
0 RENT.—-A Barn on West Avenue.
ply at the GAZETTE Crrrcn.
For Sale.
HE Homestead of the late Peter McLaughlin,
deceased. It Is _very cligibly located in the
Borough of Norwalk, lS two stories and basement.
contains 14 nice rooms, well adapted for a large
family or a boarding house; lot 60x2001ect, has
Borough Water, I run, the. Situated on Franklin
Avenue, Within three minutes’ walk of PostOfiicc,
Depot, ac, Will be sold on accommodating terms.
For-further particulars enquire of
24 JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent.
FOR SALE .
TWOverydesirabl eBuildrngLotsonWeslMain
Street . Apply at tthAZETTE OFFICE .
DWELLING-S . -
AND
Building Lots.
SEVERAL dwellln s, various prices in differ-
ent portions of orough, either to let or for
sale at reasonable rices. Also several places
outside of Boroug limits—one in Wmmpauk.
Also several Buildingiots In and out of Borough.
“49 ltnqmre at this Office.
For Sale or Exchange.
FOR property in Norwalk or vicinity, 2 houses
in Brooklyn, E. D., Within 5mrnutos walk of
s 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
_ of N orwalk. _ Good situation. good house,
built of best material and by days work. About
so choice An 1e trees with other fruit, good ar-
dcn, good we 101‘ water, and fine shade trees. bet
the place for a man wishing to raise Strawberries,
etc. Price $7,000.. Enquire at this Office.
For Sale.
A cosy comfortable Cottage on one ofthepleas—
, antest streets in town, within five minutes
walk of the Bridge or Churches. will be sold at
cost price. A portion or the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Priceli'moo. En-
quire at this Office.
Desirable Property for sale.
A. Ver yde strablc place on Eas tAvenuc.
Also, a. few choiceBuildingLotssituatedon
Osborn Avenue,forsale cheap.
Also,a nicelylccated House and Lot on Mer-
wrn Street near WestAvenue, for sale at a bar-
gain . Enquireof
S, E. OSBOBN , EastAvenue,
tf11 or to D . W .FITCH ,WestAvenue.
Ap-
12
ll Desirable. Homestead for Sale.
1 Hrs valuable residence or" the subscriber,
pleasantly located on high round on East
Ave‘., in the Bondugh of Norwa , is offered for
sale. The situation unpleasant and healthy, com-
manding_linc Views of ong Island Sound and the
surrounding country. Distance one mile from
Norwalk Brid e. and the same from South Nor-
walk depotn ousc 54x50; two stories and attic,
filled in wrth brick, and substantially built.
Rooms 18, With all. modern 1m rovcments,bath
room, laundry,statlonary tubs, eebcc's cooking
range,hot and cold water, gas throughout the
house. The cellans dry havrng stationary turn-
acc, which heats the whole house. The attic 1s
spacious, and root'trnncd. The house is in excel-
lent order bemgcomfortablcforboth a summer or
winter residence. Suitable for any gentleman do-
rng business in New York and returning thesame
day, Land about three-quarters of an acre, laid
out In lawn,fruit trees,and garden spot. a A ply
to JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent, or-
walk. or to the subscriber,
A. S. HAMERSLEY
as“ 255 Fourth Avenue,N.Y
For Sale.
.—: AHouseandLot,innnealthylocationon
.FairStrcet, above Catharine. The Heuseis
» nearlynew,wellbuilt,convenientlyarrang-
ed. and will make a comfortable and lcasant
home for nt'amrly of average size. The of. runs
back to the river. There Is a wellofexcellem
water on the place, and Borough water in the
Street. Price low,and part of the money can re
mum on mortgage. A line chance tosecare
home. Apply atGAZBTTEOI‘FIOE. t
Smurfs.
Dr. FITCE’S
Family uulluyluluul
For Boys.
THE Fall Tenn will commence Septem-
ber 6th. 1880. .Puprls received at any
age over six. Young Ladies are also admitted to
the Da Dcpartmcnt,both in the Primary and Ad-
vance Course. Sessions arranged to accommo-
date pupils wishing to commute on the cars.
Penmanship and Bookkeeping, a specialty,
taught by teachers of large experience. hvcnrng
Classes will be formed If desired. Young Ladies
and Gentlemen fitted for College.
Reference: any former patron. Call or sendfor
circular. Applications run he made to
DB. J. C. Fl. CH, Principal;
smso Norwalk, Conn.
luruull Lulu Suluul,
Bcldcn Ave. near West Ave.,
OPENS SEPTEMBER 6th, 1880.
will prepare Boys for College. Scientific School or
Business. The location of the School Building,
the Holden Homestead, rs easily accessible by
Horse Cars from South Norwulk.
Terms 840 per year; Latin, Greek, German, and
Higher Mathematics 87 '50 each, extra.
The Morning Session will begin at 8:30 a. m.,
and the Afternoon Session at 1:30 p. m.
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, A. u” Principal,
Box 470. Norwalk. Conn.
Misses Brockway’s
Select 8011.901
’ FOR
YOUNG LADIES 85 CHILDREN,
ARCH ST., NORWALK, CONN.
HE 1218 YEAR OPENS Wednesday,
Y Sept. 15, 1880. _ Regular Course Four
cars.
Languages, Music, Drawing, and Paint-
ing. . Primary and Preparatory Departments.
Special terms for small children. For particulars
address MISSES BROCKWAY, or _
m34 MES. R.B. CRAUFUBD, Principal.
HOME LAWN SCHOOL,
For loun ladies and Children,
Will re-opcn 'I‘IJ ESDAY, SEPT. 1th.
THOROUGH instruction in every department.
‘ Prices of Tuition ranges fromlltulo to $12.00.
. Music and Painting, With the various branches
of Decorative Art. _ _
41.34 MISS H. M. STEVENS, Principal,
Ladies and llllllueu’u
INSTITUTE.
muss E. m. CARTER, Principal,
MISS II. M. NOBTBBUP, Assistant,
Will re open on Thursday, Sept. 9th-
THCROUGH TRAINING in every Department.
Latin, Greek, German, French, Music and
Drawing taught by exgerienccd Instructors.
Terms very reasons Ie. For further Informa-
tion apply to the Principal.
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burners. Kidncydiseasal. oftnirtwyearssundlngw have
Closing . Notice.
THE subscribers respectfully give notice that
their stores will be closed ev ery cvcnrng lex—
cept Saturday evening» at 8:30 o’clock during the
month of September, and at 8 o‘clock. from the in
Monday in October until April 1st, 188i.
Norwalk,’ August 30th, 1850. .
~ HOLMES a KEELER.
SELLECK BROTHERS.
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nice and convenient, with Borough watcrin-,
Gen. Hancock Enjoys One day of
Peace.
"wnrou WAY rs YOUR MUSKET A‘P’m‘rm’ To.
‘ DAY.”
In a little log church in the State of Virginia
Some negroes had gathered to worship ths
Lord ;
And'aflt-m the service they had 'a clasr mett—
gs
That each for the Master [might utter a
word.
Their leader exhorted, and spoke of the war-
fare
Which Christians should wage against
error alway ;
And finished by asking the following ques-
tion:
“Which way is your musketfla p’intin’ to—
day i”
One after another they gave their experience;
Some brothers were happy, some lukewarm
or cold;
One saw his way clear to the portals of glory
Another had strayed like a lamb from the
fold.
At last brother Barkis—a renegade member,
And Satan’s companion for many a day-—
,Arose, cleared hisptbroat, though visibly
nervous,
Hc folded his arms and proceeded to say:
“Dear brudders and sisters, I once was a
Christian,
I once was as happy as anyone here;
I fit for de church like a battle-scarred sol-
dier
And stood by her banners when traitors
were near.”
“Hold on, dar," the leader excitedly shouted
"Please answer dc question I axed you, I
say ;
I’ve given you credit for all you fit den, sir-—
Which way is your musket a p’intin’ to-
day i”
The Democrats talk of the glory of Hancock
And boast of the record of English as well;
Then give them due honor; for Judas was
loyal,
Till money was offered; he took it and fell
I would liken their boast to the boast of old
Barkis
And then, with the class-leader, honestly
say :
“Hold on, (let my brudder, dat isn‘t dc
question :
‘Which way is their muskels a p’intin’ to-
day ?1 I,
Shall men who are training with Brigadier
Generals,
Who fought to destroy our National flag
Rise from their seats in the Forty—sixth
- Congress, ‘
To eulogize traitors like Davis and Bragg ?
Shall men who bow down in Confederate
caucus,
And worship the masters they humbly
obey,
Shall they rule the Nation by Washington
founded ?
“Which way is their muskets a p'intin’ to-
day i”
The question, my friends, is of vital impor—
tance: '
The Nation is waiting in anxious suspense
Each voter can wield a political musket— ,
Then wield, I ask, in your country’s de-
fence; ’
The issue before us is clear and unclouded :
Thall the Nation be ruled by the Blue or
Gray 2
I candidly ask, fellow soldier and voter,
“Which way in pufflflllflfl lp'llflln' to-
day f”
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Nantucket.
(Boston Transcript.)
The poet may sing of the Old Oaksn Bucket,
And all the loved spots that his infancy
knew,
But dearer to me are the charms of Nan—l
tucket,
When fond recollection recalls them to
view.
The ship-channel lanes that need skippers and
soundings,
And even the sound of the town-cricr’s
hell;
The dulcet toned Billy, the tender—voiced
Billy,
The Billy who owns that mellifiuous bell.
Whatever disasters occur on the main land,
If savings banks break, or if burglars'
annoy, _
If murderers die happy, or, worse still, get
pardoned,
If fioods overcome, or if fires destroy—
The peaceful Nantucketer needs no newspa-
per
With headlines and captions the story to
tell; ‘
Secure in their tight little homes on the
island,
They wait for the sound of the‘iown-cricr’s
bell!
The dulcet—toned Billy. the tender-voiced
Billy,
The Billy who owns that mellifluous bell.
Should a schooner, barguc rigged, from.,tbe
Cape or New Bedford,
Anchor off the straight wharf with a cargo
of fru't,
“Sweet potatoes and peaches, bananas and
peanuts,
Green apples and lemons," with prices to
suit,
How quickly doth Billy, the peripatetic,
Make haste through the island the tidings
to tell ; ,
How quickly he touches a chord sympathetic,
When he heralds the fact with his brass-
tbroaled bell, '
The dulcet—loncd Billy, the tender—voiced
Billy,
The Billy who Owns that mellifiuous ball. .
But when a great crisis arrives, and a “not
ner”
Is created in beef by some sharp financier, _
And prices go up—and a broker still sharper
Sees his chance and “goes in” with a wise
auctioneer, .
Then Billy, twice armed with his bell and
his trumpet.
Diaphonic both in their cadence and swell, .
Forecasts the “corned beef” to be thrown on
the market.
And announces his advent by jingling his
bell. .
The dulcei-toncd Billy, the tender~vciced
Billy
The Bully who owns that mellifiuous hell.
I am gelling in years and I’m growing splen-
clue,
I no longer take baths at the “clean shore’“
or "cliff."
Blue-fishing I hate, and “squantums” grow
tedious,
And all that I want of the South Shore is a
sniff— '
But the dear old antique and time-honored
Nantucket,
How dearly I love it no mortal can tell——
Its lam-s and its sand and its "tips" and its
auctions, .
Its Billy. and even, yes, even its bell.
The dulcet—toned Billy, the tendevvoiced
Billy,
The Billy who OWBS that mellifious hell;
“Orr IsLARDaR."
Nantucket, Aug. 17, 1880.
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When summrr with in r Ill-onto Inn gone,
And autumn winds sound in il‘rr wood,
The sportsman winds his mellow horri—
Then takes a horn in solitude.
Norwalk Chronicler