WHOLE NUMBER 1715
Two Sat Down
Two sat down in the morning time,
One to sing and one to spin.
All men listened to the song sublime,
. But no one listened to the dull wheels din.
The Singer she sat in a pleasant nook.
And 8“fig Of a life that was fair and sweet,
Willi“: the Spinner sat with a steadfast look,
Busily‘plying her hands and feet.
The singer sang on with a rose in her hair,
And all men listened to her sweet tone ;
And the spinner spun on with a dull despair
Down in her heart-as she sat alone,
But ah i on the morrow no one said
Aught of the singer or what she sang,
Men were saying, “Behold this thread 1"
And loud the praise of the spinner rang.
The world has forgotten the singers name—
Her rose is faded, her songs are old ?
But far o’er the ocean the spinner’s fame
Yet is blazoned in line of gold.
- For the Gazette.
Do Men Gather Grapes of'l‘liorns
or Figs ot' 'l‘liistles ?
COGITATIONS OF A PRACTICAL MECHANIC.
The above question has again and again
presented itself to the writer while listening
to the logical reasons and arguments set forth
and in observing the movements, progress
and means used for the accomplishment and
success of the present temperance reformation
by its advocates. The conviction strengthens
itself that there is room, and that within easy
reach, for still further reform and improve-
ment before we can reasonably expect the
attainment of any great degree of success.
In offering the following suggestions, the
leading thought and aim is to carefully trace
the plans anddesigns of the Great Architect,
and hewing to the straight and unerring line
of Divine Truth, as revealed and set forth in
the Snripturqs, rather than the matter of
r popular opinion and sentiment of the day,
or where the chips may chance to fall; and
in so doing is not conscious of any baser
motive or desire than the correction of some
of the accepted erroneous ideas by comparing
them with the great standard of Divine
Teaching and Revelation given to us, and of
shaping our course to harmonize therewith
for a successful issue in the future. The
commencement, as all know, was inaugurated
by a religious zeal and philanthropy, in
connection with an appeal for Divine assist-
ance, to pushforward and strengthen the
work entered, upon, which thus far is com-
mendable and according to the gevealed will
of God; but whether the plans adopted,
means used, sentiments expressed or instruc-
tions given subsequently, were in harmony
with scriptural teachings and Divine revela-
tion given to us, or that those recognized as
leaders could err in wisdom or judgment,
seems scarcely to have had a thought, they
u=.’---‘: - an: *‘aimingaprominencc among
i‘ie re; .‘d il-terests of the community,
3-14.; :2 rd lei-int, even to the threatened
'i".f."5»'t‘; Oi: the lurch organizations if need
be fer its accomplishment. That it should
. have a place, with'due attention and consid—
, oration, no reasonable man will deny; but
that its place is secondary to religious church
organizations we have abundant proof, as it
appears in the history of the creation and
fall of man in the person of our first parents,
the promise first to them. afterwards more
fully renewed in covenant with Abraham,
and repeated again and again by the Prophets
and Law Givers in succeeding generations,
to provide a way of salvation; not from
apdrink, debaucheris, and for the maintenance.
of a temperate, life, as we hear it' often
asserted and repeated, by almost every
modern temperance advocate, and that hope
of every reformed man is by SPECIAL DIVINE
rowan AND ASSISTANCE from above, etc.—
the power of abstaining and avoiding being
an organic principle of the system given and
continued in the reach of every individual,
down to the present—but to provide a way
of REDEMPTION AND SALVATION
FROM SIN, as entailed upon the human race
by Adam’s transgression and fall. If the at-
tempt be made to found it on spedial Divine
power and Scriptural authority, is it not well
to see if it harmonize with Scriptural history
and Divine economy? Does it not plainly
appear that the antediluvians, for a period
of about sixteen hundred years from the
creation, notwithstanding their fallen state
and their exceeding wickedness, to such a
degree that we are told God determined to
destroy man from the face of the earth, have
left to the world an untarnished temperance
record; and do we not in these modern
timesfind frequent individual cases of those
‘ making no religious professions and claiming
no Divine restraint, living strictly rigid,
upright temperate lives; also reformed men,
formerly among the worst examples of
drunkenness, debauchery and want, now in
the foremost ranks of the reformed, and also
without any such claim ? Does not the evi-
dence strongly indicate that the original and
organic state of the human race, even in its
fallen condition, was strictly temperance,and
that the examples before us in these modern
days confirm the position? is any one ready
to prove by facts and occular demonstration
that it also is not within the reach of the
generations of the nineteenth century ? Will
any upon a calm consideration and thought
deny that the safety of members of the Re-
formed Club even,depends mostly upon their
keeping away from the old haunts, out of
the way of temptatbn by old associates;
and is any man, even the strongest and most
temperate, with all the professed Divine
restraint, willing to risk the effect and con-
sequences of a consecutive nightly associa—
tion and companionship with the inmates of
the bar- room- or liquor saloon ? Not that it
is impossible, but have we any Scriptural
warrant for Divine protection while conduct-
ing ourselves in such violation or neglect of
the precept “Lead us not into temptation ?”
' Is it not a fact beyond dispute that the habits
of liquor drinking are artificial, also that all
other minor indulgences of beer, cider, soda-
water, tea, coffee, &c., so universally defend-
ed and cherished by most of the zealous re-
formers even, are entirely unnecessary and
belong to the same class—though not far ‘ad-
vanced in the downwfard scale—and are un-
called for by any organic or constitutional
want of nature? Would not the banishment
of each and-eyery one of the above named
beVerages from each family household result
in the salvation of the rising generation as
brought into the world, and would not the
self-denial of the parents, guardians and
teachers prove in many instances personally
beneficial, and their daily example also prove
to be the controlling influence in teaching
and training of the children ? Does any one
deny that progress thus far would not be
felt and have its influence unmistakably upon
manufacturers and dealers of every kind ?
Are we to conclude because the way or
methods already within our reach, which
perhaps may be distasteful, unattractive, un-
popular or difllcult, consequently often neg-
lected, ignored, set aside, or trampled under
foot; that God in his benevolence and mercy
will indulge the caprices of such, and will
provide and bestow other means, or Work
miracles even, for the accomplishment of the
. great-ends. in answer to the petitions 'of those
who- loudly advocate the principle of
SPECIALITY? Have we any warrant or
Scriptural authority for such a belief? Did
not the Great Teacher upon one occa§iou dis-
tigctly caution his Disciples against. cherish-
ln'g any such sentiment ? See Mat. 7:6. Can
we hereby conclude that He is careless in the
bestowment of His favors? Is there an in—
stance upon Divine record where the use of
the ordinary natural physical means, to the
full extent of human powar within reach
was set aside or superceded by special Divine
power and without regard to difiiculties? Is
,it not conclusive. by all the range and scope
of every day practical observation in life,
down to the present? In illustration of the
point in question let us look at the existing
condition, physical, of the human race. In
our observations do we not find it in the most
' helpless condition of all the creatures inhab-
iting this earth; each individual as brought
in the.world is in immediate want of clothing,
food and shelter to preserve life and minister
to their comfort? Is not the great majority
of-the heads of families confronted with the
stern. . inflexible and difficult problem of pro.
viding these necessary things for himself and
the weaker members of the household? Is
not the want imperative and absolute, and
could the human race in this latitude long
exist even without them? Does the Almighty
in recognition of this imperative need bestow
for its relief anything more than the crude
materials? Could not many heads of families
truthfully plead that the machinery,skill and
means for providing clothing or building
houses for their shelter and comfort was not
possessed by them as individuals, and reason-
ably claim Special Divine assistance? Do
they not find by all practical experience and
observation that the curse pronounced upon
Adam after the fall, “In the sweat of thy
face shalt thou eat bread,” is still in force.
and that they are required to exercise all the
faculties, energy and physical, power with
which the race is endowed for these purposes,
and furthermore to recognize and 'bbserve
the order also of times and seasons, as -or—
dained and established by the Great Creator?
Though we might be fulfilling the decree
“to till the ground” by plowing and planting
in autumn and winter, yet every one with
any observation and experience knows that
it would prove a disastrous failure; and have
We not reason to believe that the individual
would die upon his knees, in pleading for
Special Divine power to supercede the plain
ordinances and natural physical laws, as we
have them set forth and given to us. and the
use of means within our reach. before re-
ceiving answer to such prayer, though per-
haps never more earnestly and ieverently
offered? Will not the same principles and
observations apply to the discovery and
developments in the arts and sciences of the
few last generations—the art of printing, the
use of steam as a motive power, the laws
and uses of electricity, the discovery and
manufacture of explosives. the working of
metals—till we see mountains tunneled, the
country interwoven with a network of rail—
roads, and travelers transported with the
speed of the wind: the oceans of every
clime plowed with steamships, and our rivers
and bays with boats of all sizes‘and descrip-
tions, for pleasure and business; continents
traversed and oceans undergirded by tele—
graph wires for‘the transmission of commu -
nications with the rapidity of thought; streets
and public buildings lighted almost with the
brilliancy of noonday; the records and news
of the previous day given to the readers at
an universally early morning hour; books of
art, science and general information placed
within the reach of all, and has not these
things been accomplished by the will, ener-
gy, perseverance, thought, study and experi~
ment; often disappointments, discourage-
ments, failures; sometimes abandoned by
one then taken up by another, frequently
requiring the unionpf individuals in counsel,
combination of capital, and in some instan—
ces of National assistance for the pursuit and
successful completioniof the enterprise; and
notwithstanding the difficulties encountered,
is there an instance upon record, where
Special Divine power has been given to us
for their accomplishment? Does any one
deny that all these elements have existed
from the time of the ,creation, and that the
faculties of the humau'organization, per-
ceptive and reasoning; of research, study,
comparison and experiment Were also con-
ferred upon the human race at the "begin—
ning." and descended through succeeding
generations to the present,and that all of the
attainments enumerated above were possib‘e
and within theirs'each through all the suc—
ceeding centuries to the present day? Does
not the fact indisputably and boldly force
itself upon us, that until man brought into
exercise these faculties of thought, will and
power with'which he was“ endowed by the
Creator, that he was oblidged to forego the
benefits and advantages of these existing
elements? Is this physical Temperance Re-
form any exception to the law which governs
and controls all other physical objects and
other human attainments and achievements
enumerated above? Is there anything con-
uected 'with it more formidable or difiicult
than with those above mentioned? Shall we
deny that an evil and a habit of the human
race, no trace of which is found in the origi.
nal organic structure of the physical system,
in coming from the hand of the Creator, but
is wholly artificial, brought upon themselves
by the perverted and excessive use and abuse
of one of the gifts of God, the correction of
which in every instance can be accomplished
perfectly, by the abstaining from and putting
away of the article causing the mischief,
each individual for himself, cannot be done
by the power,intellectual and physical, given
universally in common to every member of
the human family? Do we not find the
truth of these principles confirmed in every
instance by the teachings of Scripture? But
some will tell us that some individuals pos—
sess morbid hereditary appetites—granted.
The same can be said of many other diseases
—consumption frequently in this climate-—
and is it not a well-known fact that notwith-
standing such hereditary taint the disease is
often in a great measure checked and con
trolled, and in some instances warded off by
avoiding the producing causes. the exercise
of rigid care, the proper medical treatment,
and the patient finally dies of some other
disease, yet not in every case. But in the
case of hereditary appetite (so-called), no
matter how strong, can any one produce an
instance where the individual when avoiding
the producing cause—:DnINx—keeping him-
self away from where sold, and the company
where drank, indulging in no gratification
whatever, became or died a drunkard? Is it
not effectual in every instance without a
shadow of a failure ? But some will tell us
that the inclination is so strong they cannot
refrain. Is the hereditary taint confined
only to- the fathers and sons? Would any
such excuse be tolerated towards the mothers
and daughters if found in a like condition?
Would not the advice be given with empha-
sis, at least by the same .whole-souled de-
bauchees—keep away from where sold ? Are
they willing to acknowledge they cannot
accomplish that, which is daily performed by
their wives and daughters, without a word
of complaint? What becomes of the superi—'
oritv and strength of which we so much
hear? The brute animals even, both wild
and domestic, without the gifts of reason and
judgment, exercise their physical faculties
and avoid that which is hurtful and detri—
mental; and shall man, endowed with reason
and judgment by the Great Creator, filling
the highest place of created beings upon
earth, and to whom all other creatures are
made subject, possessingmn intelkct to un-
derstand, and a faculty to grasp the achieve-
ments of the present day, as we see frequent-
ly demonstrated, admit the degrading con-
fession that he cannot control his own physi-
cal movements? How absurd! Does any one
still think, and are unconvinced, that the
reform of confirmed drinkers is beyond the
reach of human power? What, then, is
meant by the earnest advocacy of a prohibi-
tory “NO LICENSE LAW ?” Is it not a con.
cession, and that by the most earnest advo-
cates, that an enactment by the STATE
LEGISLATURE,rigidly and strictly enforced.
producing a separation between drinker and
drink, would effect a reformation and restore
them to a condition of sobriety and health ?
Will not a voluntary refraining from drink
produce a like effect in every instance, and
far more preferable ? Physicians tell us that
the entire physical organization of every
individual bone, muscle, &c., is changed and
renewed every seven years. If so. and
should the subject he reduced to the lowes:
state of degradation and debauchery possible
for a human being to fall, and the desires for
reformation be sincere, there are sober inter
vals when consciousness of his condition and
the producing cause must be in the ascendant.
and if feeling at the first unable to cope
individually and single-handed with the dif-
ficulty, still there is left the power to request
friendly hands to interpose and assist, wilh a
kindly restraint for a time, till the will,
reason, judgment, self-respect and self
restraint can resume their wonted sphere of
action, which with a pcrsistance adherence
of scven,years,>will result in the thorough
mastery and recovery from the efiects oi
the debasing habit and restore to a condition
equal to that originally enjoyed. If such hi-
the case let us not deceive ourselves with the
presumption that the Almighty will sel
aside and ignore these means within our
our reach and interpose with miraculous
manifestations of his Special Divine poms:
for our reformation. ‘Has He indeed become
a changable being ? Is it. not an established
principle, set forth by all Scriptural teach-
ings and Divine authority, that the Almighty
will not do that which he has placed within
the reitch and power .of man to do for
himself? If so, what then becomes of the
theory and repeated assertions, of the neces
.sity of Special Divine assistance to accom-
plish physical reform? Is it expected that he
subjects to obey His will, or if they chooSe
to set aside or’ ignore the means placed
within their reach because dilficult,obnoxious
or unpopular, that He will stoop to humor
their caprices and neglect, and will provide
other and more attractive means? Is it am
an equally established fact that God never
interferes with the free agency and will of
man, but if he chooses to disobey the plain
commands and ordinances as given in the
Scriptures, he must abide the penalties of So
doing? Are the professed advocates and
reformers ready to accept these truths and
move forward and take the leadership among
their fellows, adopt rigid self-denial and am
the strict example of total abstinence, am
only from everything that can intoxicate,but
from every substitute for the God- given
beverage which He has provided ”for all Hi.
creatures, as well as by sentiment and teach
ing, that all the influences, private, domestic
and social, brought to bear in the forming of
character and habits of children as brought
into he world, that they may know nothing
of intemperance in any degree except from
history? Should we by so doing have any
reason to fear that they would become drunk
ards; and can we not conclude that the
methods enumerated above will be radical
and effectual. and are the means ordained by
God by which the reform is to be accom-
plished? But we hear it frequently intimated
that it cannot be done. Ifso,let us see where
lies the unsurmountablc difllculty ? We read
in inspired history, familiar to all,of the j0iir~
neyings of the Children of Israel from the land
of Egyp to the promised land of Canaan; ol
theirprivations discouragements, guidan ce,dif-
ficulties, deliverances, preservation and sub-
sistance through a desert country; of their
receiving frequent proofs and assurance of
success, and of final fulfillment of the prom-
ises given them in the overcoming of their
enemies by the way. and by their promised
complete subjection in the land to which
they were journeying, by indisputable evi-
dences of the ability in the leadership, both
human and Divine, unequaled; and of their
ability through that leadership to overcome
any obstacle that might present itself; of
their arrival at the border and that they were
in the way of God’s appointment, to find
them at last dismayed and disheartened, by
the prospective giants of anticipated conflicts
and self-denials,and even after the inspection
of the country by their'twelve chosen mes-
sengers, find them expressing their murmur-
ings, courage wavering, unbelief in the
ascendancy, ready to forego the benefits of
their journey almost accomplished and within
reach, turning back into the wilderness,
choosing failure "and unnecessary defeat
rather than use the means given them for the
successful conquest, in the exercise of un—4
flincliing self-denial, resolute determination
to follow the able leadership to a successful
issue and receive the benefits of the prom-
ises given them. Was not the cause of their
defeat unmistakably expressed in the com-
plaint, “We be not able to‘ go up against the
people,” Numbers, 13:31. “Would God we
had died in the wilderness,” Numbers, 14:2.
“Say unto them, as truly as I live, saith the
Lord, as ye have spoken in mine cars so will
I do unto you. Your carcasses shall fall in
this wilderness," Numbers, 14:28:29. Did
they escape privations, dishonor, defeat, and
premature death even, in the indulgence of
their timidity ? Does any one doubt that they
might have entered the promised land as easi-
ly at the expiration of the first two years, as
well as at the end of the forty? Was any other
means provided for their entrance and pos-
session, than by vigorous conquest, such as
was ordained from the first? Can we see no
analogy between their history, and the popu-
lar sentiments and practices of those most
actively engaged in the present reform ? Are
we not looking for some Special Divine mani-
festation rather than the exercise of the fac—
ulties, and the use of the means already given
to us in common and within easy reach of
all? If we be sincere in our 'desires for the
success of a plate temperance reform, is
not the great want and demand of the times
an unflinching‘determination on the part of
ever parent, guardian, teacher and temper-
ancetadyocate of both sexeagthat for them-
selved, 7't‘miependentlg/ and. dlone if need be,
adopt hid practice the habits of inflexible
self-denial from every indulgence in drink of
whatever name or form. private, domestic
and social, except the one ordained of God
and provided for all his creatures, and set
the rigid examples of purity and abstinence
before the rising generation? Does any deny
that the effect would be an instantaneous and
immense stride far in advance of anything
yet seen, and the hopes of the future become
like the brilliancy of the noonday sun? Is
it not just as possible to the generation of
to-day as to the generation of forty years
hence? Notwithstanding the indisputable
evidence of success of such a movement. can
there be found throughout all the‘ranks of
the most ardent and zealous advocates, “two
out of twelve,” or even two out of a hundred,
who. have the courage to face the giant
Unpopularity, the giant Social Custom, and
the giant Domestic Indulgence, brave the
charge of singularity, and unsociablencss,
and deny themselves in order to save the
coming generations ? Have we not instead,
been turning to the right and to the left, ad-
vocating and adopting almost every other ex-
pedient for the accompishment of the object.
overlooking our own inconsistencies and in-
dulgences, attempting legally to Shape the
course, and to correct the wrongs committed
by our neighbors and fellow citizens until the
ordinances instituted by the Divine Master ’»
himself have been invaded without warrant,
‘will exercise His power to bring human -
Jahalt offer it a sacrifice made by fire, of a
'not be well for us to pause, and take a re-
in our attempts to “strain out the gust" of i
“fermented wine" from our Church organi-
zations, while we have still continued to
swallow the camels of private domestic, and
social indulgences and examples, without a
grimace; although the sentiments, habits,
and character of youth are almost entirely
built up and formed thereby? Does the in-
cipient cause of the evil really lie in this or-
dinance, or propagated by it ? Is it not simp-
ly absurd to assert and claim that fermented
wine as used by the Evangelical Churches,
though denounced by some as a “0am.”
“Holy Mockery," “Satanic in its origin, and
unsafe," is responsible for the evil, both from
the insignificant quantity and the infrequency
of the occasions, or that a small portion even,
originate by its use, at the sacramental
board? Do we not in our zeal forget that
the law and process of fermentation, as we
see it manifested in its unvarying regularity,
bears the impress of the Divine hand, as
much as does the growth of the fruit, or does
the earth in its movement in its orbits ? Can
God condemn what he has created ? Can
anyone elicit or prove either from the teach—
ings, precepts, and commands of the Master,
in connect-ion with the institution of the or-
dinance; or by the teachings and practices
of the Apostles in after years, that its use is
not perfectly legitimate? What are we to un'
derstand to be the meaning of Paul in his lst
Epistle to Timothy, 3:8, “Likewise must the
Deacons be grave, . not double tongued, not
given. to much wine," dic- Also in his Epistle
.o Titus, 2:3, “The aged women likewise,
that they be in behavior as becometh holi-
ness, not false accuSers, not given to much
wine,” «be.
Is not the inference plain, that the wine
then known and used, was fntocxicatlng, or
--lse must we not admit the alternative,
that the caution given to them by Paul, was
superfluous and uncalled for? If its origin as
claimed by some, he “Satanic." does it not
immediately follow that he is entitled to
recognition and respect, as partner in the
Original creation ? g
If its origin and its use as instituted in the
Sacramental Ordinance be Divine, do we not
find ourselves in the attitude of condemning
what the Master himself has created, ordain-
ed and approved, besides practically denying
his omnisciense in our presumption, that he
did not foresee the dangers, and the practical
unfitncsss of Ihe institution in these modern
times ; if the claim of “unfitness” be substan-
tiated ? If such be the case, does it not follow
that He is not that faultless, perfecl,and‘ un-
erring Teacher and Guide, foretold by the
inspired Prophets of old, and as heralded by
John in the wilderness of Judea, and will
not also the suspicion of uncertainty reason.
ably attach itself to His teachings, touching
the sumciency of the atonement, our hopes
of salvation, the future state of the human
race, the resurrection of the body, etc., in
short, find ourselves at sea without a chart,
and to say the least, unsettle the foundation
of our most dear and vital interests ? Have
we not also reason to believe, that the com-'
mands of God given on Sinai, in the ancient
Mosaic dispensation, ordained to be observed
and kept by the children of Israel in the
Tabarnacle worship, authorized the use of
“fermented wine ? [described in numbers
28: 1 8. as "The offering made by fire,” “A.
lamb of the first year," and “the tenth of an
Ephah of flour mingled with beaten oil" for
a continual burnt offering." For Ihe drink
offering thereof, “thou shalt cause the STRONG
wins to be poured unto the Lord,” in the
,halyplaqs.’1“n.1°rsiss and arening.".“thou
sweet savor unto the Lord."
Have we- here any intimation of “Holy
Mockery ?" Is it the opinion of any. that it
is not essential for success, to be‘ careful in
our observance of the exact line of instruc-
tions and precepts given us, that God will
not be strict to mark our faults, and will
overlook our omissions and neglect, will ex-
ercise‘ hisme'rcy and indulgence towards us,
because we are his professed friends and fol-
lowers, that the end will justify the means
adopted, and-that he will approve and ratify
the same? Does not Paul distinctly tell us
in ‘Rdmans. 2:11, “There fis no respect of
persons with God ?" Again'in his epistle to
the Collossians 3:25. “He that doeth wrong
shall receive for the wrong which he hath
done; and there is no respect of persons?’
Again we read in John 6:15, Jesus perceiv-
ed that certain men would come and take
him by force to make nima king. They had
seen his miracles, and had confessed one to
another, “This is of truth that Prophet that
should come into the world. ” They had be-
come convinced of his ability and power, and
concluded the movement would be immedi-_
ately‘ patronized. it being profesSedly for the
Summing up the victory.
AN ADDRESS TO THE COUNTRY BY THE REPUB-
LioAN NATIONAL comm-ran. '
In a few brief paragraphs ex-Senator Ste-
phen W. Dorsey, secretary of the republican
national committee, on behalf of that body,
sums up in the following address the results
of the glorious victory won on November 2.
Disregarding, or making light of the whim-
perings of the democrats, the address prom-
ises that Garfield and Arthur, with 213 elec—
toral votes, and a popular majority in the
northern states of 520,000, will be inaugurat-
ed on March 4, 1881. Resting upon the em.
phatic majority by which the republicans
elected their candidates. the committee feel
justified in making the following announce-
ment: 4 ‘
The republican national committee pre-
sents to the country a resume of the sweep~
ing victory won by our party on Tuesday
November 2, which has been so cheerfully
accepted by all thoughtful and patriotic men
and by the great business and commercial
interests of the nation. . '
Garfield andArthur has received 213 elec-
teraLvotes, and' will be inaugurated president
and vice-president March 4, 1881.‘ ' ; "v
The actual result in New Jersey, Cali-1
fornia and Ngvdda is so close that it‘cannot
be ascertained until the official count is;
made, but we‘have reason to believe that at'
least one, and perhaps two of thesehstatesi
have given their electoral vote to our candi-ii‘
dates. : '
Arthur will not fall short of 520,000 in the
northern states.
The majority of General Hancock in the
northern states will hardly reach 1,800.
If the republicans of the south had been
permitted to ivote as they wished, and have
“their votes counted as they were cast," at
least six of these states would have recorded
majorities rabging'from 5,000 to 40,000 for
our ticket.
The majorities, therefore, claimed by our
adversaries in most of the southern states we
regard unworthy of consideration. We have
carried the legislature of every northern state
crat will be elected to succeed Mr. Sharon.
After the -, 4th of March next the United
States Senate will stand 37 republicans, 37
democrats and 2 independents.
Two southern states given to the democrats
in the above estimate are yet to elect senators
and it is not unlikely that we shall secure one
of them.
In the lower house of congress we have not
less than 15 majority.
No officer of the present. congress can re—
duce or imperil this majority except bya
evolutionary act. Garfield and Arthur have
been selected by unparalleled popular major-
ities in that portion of the country where
the right of every citizen is recognized to
vote as be pleased and have the vote honestly
counted.
This result in the intelligent and free north
is a chaste and loud answer to the indecent
manner in which our adversaries have waged
the whole campaign.
Republicans may be assured that no after—
thought of ‘two or three mortified and des-
perate leaders of the minority, writhing un—
der their party censure, will be allowed to
trifle with his mighty verdict, or prevent the
organization of the government on the ap-
pointed day by the resolute men chomn to
administer-in « S. W. Dons“, Secretary.
.-_-.-_—-__—_—-___
From the New York Tribune.
What the Press has Done.
In giving honor to whom honor is due for
the magnificent victory of Tuesday, no grate—
ful Republican—and the whole land is filled
with grateful Republicans toLday—will for-
‘get the noble work of the Republican news—
papers. There has never been a campaign
in which the power of an intelligent and con-
scientious press showed itself so great as in
this. There has never been a campaign in
which the Republican newspapers, and par-
ticularly those of the interior, were so far in
advance of public opinion,and none in which
they have had a more electric success in
arousing the better sentiment of the country
tozthe dangerso f a democratic administration.
When General Hancock was nominated
hardly a Democrat could be found who did
not sincerely believe that his candidate was
foreordained to be President, and many Re-
publicans feared it. His nomination made a
temporary truce in this State. His personal
character was above reproach. His military
record was brilliant, and it had not been
'proved that in civil affairs he would be in-
competent. There was a time when General
accomplishment of that, which when ques—
tioned upon a certain occasion. He confessed,
“To this end was I born, and for this cause
came I into the world." Did He‘ not on the
contrary plainly intimate to them, that they
were not of the mettle, and did not possess
the spirit of self-denial, requisite to become
the heralds of His advent into the world, such
as was exercised by Peter and his associates.
when instructed to proclaim the kingdom of
heaven is at band," also upon a subsequent
occasion, when sending forth the other
seventy disciples, To “carry neither purse,
nor script, nor shoes,” also in after years by
Paul in his travels and labors? Would it
trospective survey of the field. and the pro-
gress thus far, from the stand point of the
great teacher when he said, “And why call
ye, me Lord, Lord, and do not the things
which I say ?" Luke 6,46. Is it not better
“to take in the situation,",accept the truths as
presented, and profit by the past few years
experiences and mistakes, and adopt the
precept spoken by the Divine Master upon
the same occasion last quoted, “Why
beholdesv thou the mote that is in thy
brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam
that is in thine own eye.” Luke 6:41, “Cast
out first the beam out of thine own eye, and
then shalt then see clearly, to pull out the
mote that is in thy brother's eye,” Lukefirt‘t.
Does it appear from past experiences that
the 'opponents of temperance have much to
fear thus far from the popular sentiments and
their outgrowth, manifested in the influences
and practices of its advocates, organized and
marshalled in the campaign professedly to
suppress this great evil? Why be content
with slow progress and meagre success,
wasting our years and strength in failure and
disappointments, when the full and com-
plete prize, in all its magnitude and value, is
clearly within our immediate, reach, if we
will but bend our wills and energies in the
direction of God's appointments and grasp
it ? If the Bible be our professed guide why
not embrace it in all its parts and fullnesS,
and in attempting to wield the sword of the
spirit, would it not be well first to put on the
armour of consistency,that we be not wound.
ed by our own weapons, should they be
wrestcd from our grasp, in the event of a
hand to hand encounter with some stray
Diabolonian, and also to further cease to ex—
hibit to the world the strange anomally of
sowing the seeds of the evilI which we pro-
fessedly are laboring to eradicate and destroy,
and of attempting to “gather grapes of
thorns or figs of thistles ?" C. P. T.
The New York Tribune is reminded by
Mr. Barnum’s effort to keep up the political
excitement by howling fraud of a woman
who was once discussing some domestic econ-
omyin aloud tone of voice with a friend
music suddenly stopped she was unable to
lower her tone at once, and to the amusement
of the audience she shouted: “We try ours
in butter.” Mr. Barnum doesn't seem. to
know that the orchestra has ceased playing
and that his shrieks and antics excite nothing
while the orchestra was playing; when the .
Hancock’s election seemed not impossible.
But the Republican press, knowing the
danger that lay in the path, went to_work
with‘a grand energy, undismayed by the 138
electoral votes which the South had massed
together to be voted in a lump. We venture
to say that there has never been a campaign
in which the Republican newspapers, from
Maine to California, showed such fighting
ability and such fighting spirit as in this
From the day the canvass opened they put
the Democratic party where it belonged—on
the defensive. They forced the Democratic
record, in all its hundred phases, on the at-
tention of the country, and kept the Demo—
cratic orators and organs busy protesting that
the party would not do in the future what it
had never failed to do in the past. The can-
dor of the Republican papers was as great as
their courage. Every issue that has arisen
has been discussed fearlessly and skilfully.
The ability and the zeal with which the busi-
ness men’s issue and the tariff question were
urged upon the country, are cases in point.
They made a clean campaign also. General
Hancock was treated with the respect which
his private character and public services de—
manded. At the same time, there has not
been a slander upon General Garfield put
forward by the Democratic press,.which the
Republican papers,by reason of having much
the greater supply of brains, as well as the
truth, on their side, have not made to recoil
upon the head of its inventors. The Demo-
cratic gem of vituperation, 329, and the
Democratic masterpiece in campaign fiction.
the forged letter were made good for thou-
sands of Republican votes by the frankness
with which the Republican papers took them
up, and the wit and skill with which they
they turned them back upon their authors;
The Democratic cry for a “change” was
caught up in the same way, and used with
telling effect. But it would take a good part
of President Garfield’s term to enumerate
the achievements of the Republican press of
the interior in this campaign. This splendid
engine of yfightenmcnt and progess has bat-
tered the ails of the Democracy—blow upon
blow, week after week, month after month—
until they fell, and great was the fall thereof
It would notbe just to omit a tribute to
the most cfiicienfllly the Republican press
has had—viz, the Democratic press. Has
there ever been a time when the low true,
and inferior ability of the average Demo-
cratic newspaper were so conspicuous"? It
has not had the decency to to tell the truth
when it helped the other side, nor the skill
to tell it when it might help its own side. A
- Democratic statesman said dolefully not long
ago: “If I ever do make a a point for my '
party, there isn't a Democratic paper in the
country that has the brains to see it."
Election Head Lines.
The Cleveland Plafndealer, dem., put its
rooster upside dOwn, with the inscription:
“Our address is Salt River; we have been
there before and know the country thor—
buthughter and ridicule. - ~ '
i oughly."
The popular majority for Garfield and .
except Nevada, where a straightout demo— ,
NORWALK GAZETTE,
Pllllfllll EV!" "III" IIIIIII,
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
A. H. BYINGTON &. CO.
A. H. Brnvcrors, J. B. ELLE, G. N. Ears-
Subscription $2.00 per year, in advance.
Single Copies 5 Cents.
Entered at the Post Ofice at Nor-walk, 001m,
as Second-Class matter.
Advertising Rates : _
Fourlincs or less, 1 insertion 50 cts.; 3 times 8100
one Square.onc insertion, - - - - - - 1 00
Per week.for continuance, ------ 50
One Square, Three Months. ------ 4.00
One Square,Six Mouths, - - - - - - 7 00
“ “ one year—with paper, - - 1500
TWO u u u u u - - _ 25 00
:.l.'hroc -u- II to u u . -,. “you
.9nilitsi-otscoiuiiii‘i. one time, - - -‘ . 600
One quartercolumn, one year, - - - - 5000
me half column. one time, - - - 1- - 10 00
- lne hull column. one year, - - -. - - 80 00
:s‘ullcolumn, one time, ----- '-, - 20 oo
,t‘ullcolumumne year, - - - - - . -15000
I oiie'in'ch constitutes '. square. I
. Specluiiflotlcen 25 per ccntrsdvance on
the above. -
Local Notices in Reading Columns, 25
Cent! per line. .
Yearly Advertisers restricted to the business
:ontemplated at the time of contract, but' are
aermitted to make monthly changes of their
tdvertisements.
Marriages and Deaths inserted gratuitously.
)bituary or Funeral Notices 15 cents per line.
All unusual cuts and devices 25 per cent.
extra.
CHARLES w. MANY
Surgeon Dentist,
NORWALK. CONN.
Dneeccrnerof Malnand Wall streets. . -
OxideGasadministered NICIOIII'
ALEX. S. GIBSON.
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
Teacher of
Plano-Forte, Organ and Mule-l
Composition.
Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK. CONN.
Hurlllult, Helyea & Seymour,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Boom No.4. [up stairs.)
GAZETTE BUILDING.
w. E. columns,
lllllal Flilltllilli Undertake,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. B.DEPOT
fl'Ordersattended to dayor night . Resident:
{sin Street ,3 doorsfrom Union Avenue.
the Norwalll file Insurance 00..
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year,
and has not outstanding a Dollar of unpaidlosses
- or of claims for losses.
I“ “I'll “IPA" II“!!! AT lll'll IA‘I’
mums-ran“. Pres.. S. E. Ours-run. Tress.
GEO. R. Cownns,8ec’y.
~'I‘NA l NSUBANCE Co.ofHAB’rIOBD '
incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual
capital and Assets. $8,716,893.77
lusuresagainstlossand damage by Fire .onterms
tdoptedto the hazardandconsistent with thelaws
ofoompensation . OOWLES a MERRILL,
sole Agentsf or Norwalk and vicinity
flAflLESS. LOCKWOOID ,
Fashionablenlaper and Tailor
AND
GENTS’ FURNISHING EMPOBI (71! .
Main Street .Norwalk. Conn.
BERNARD COHN.
MERGH ANT TAILOR,
WEEK’S Bu ammo, WALL ST.
A FULL LINE OF
Imported and Domestic Cloths,
of the latest styles, constantl on hand. Novel-
.ties in Scotch. Sultings. Satis action guaranteed
tn every particular. - 40
runs: BUTTERY.
Dealer in
PIINIIS allll CABINET ORGANS,
fiver Mine. Conn.
Ag’t for DECKER BROS’ celebrated Pianos.
and Organs of the best makers. Orders left at
Spencer s Jewelry Store WlII receive prompt al-
ention. ‘ 611122
Il0WAltll S. BETTS,
IlllllllBlST & Pulsnlclsr,
(Successor to C. s. PROWITT,)
”a.
Dealer in
TOILET AND FANCY GOODS, comes
BRUSHES, soars, &c., FINE AS-
SORTMENT OF HANDKER—
CHlEF Exrnacrs BY THE
OUNCE, PURE DRUGS
, A N D 'MEDICINES,
WINES AND LIQUURS FOR MEDIC
NAL USE. -
Prescriptions Carefully Prepared.
Night Bell at Main Street Door.
@
MEchATED
Wm magflfi.
W‘gggmffiwfieflwgww'
aiuous concurs [his
was... A...
and
inst-a we.
liberties;- Wear.“
sea
. fizfleaecfbuetctwlthout W°§or c
_ or be]: toll reputed
11,”: Man “an... bed-din” “can.
Won lsgflrdv
We specialise”1
Dmsium keep them-
JAMES L.-FERBIS.
[land lllatle Harness,
QU) NTARD’S BLOCK. 26
AT
Quintard’s Furniture Rooms
will bet ounua complete 1. ssortm on to l
FURNITURE, 8.0.,
ueludingeverythingusuellytound iris. trot-class
establishment, at Pricesto suitthe Times . Also.
gin-gen ssortmen tot.
CHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES,
LOOKING GLASSES. are o
GlassPlatesc nttoany size . ltepalringdonei lithe
best manner-mt short notice . Also.old Hair-Hat-
trasse smadeover ssgood sen ow . ”
. j r. onlsrssn's soil.
EXCELSIOR LIVERY.
all Subscriber having greatly added to his
accommodations by t a purchase of the large
brick Stable. rear of the Adams Housemnd added
very largely to his already fine stock of Horses.
has also entirely rcfurnished and newly equipped
his full stock of Couches. Carriages, Harness.
m., and is now prepared to furnish the very best
Livery turn<outs in the county in either single or
double teams. Weddings. Balls. Partys, r une-
rals. ac..lurnished with the best ol Couches With
careful drivers, at the lowest mines in town.
the clay or hour. The veteran,
Si ls teams b
“8 y be found,“ the late Gregory
Cy. Scofielil can
Stable rear of Adams Hones. Public patronage
is solicited. .W. 10-. DAN N. Proprietor.
an
Norwalk. a... 1380.
«so no. Oldest slopes-1n Iheltule. -
NORWALK, CONNECTICtiTfi‘UESD-AY, NOVEMBER 16, 1880.
J. M. POTTER,
DEALER IN ‘
Cabinet Organs, Vio-
lins, Banjos, Fifes,
Drums .0 Sheet
Music.
Pianos and Organs to Rent.
~Pianos, oceans ~AND MELODEONS TUN-
ED AND REPAIRED.
Instruments sold on monthly Instalements.
old Instruments taken In Exchange
for New.
REMOVED To
QUINTARD’S BLOCK. oppo-
site Horse Railway Depot.
MELVILLE E. MEAD,
Commissioner for Connecticut In N.Y.
‘_ 21Pa'rkllow ~‘s't Poto ' . .
Also at Duricn,Ct. ,oppo I . ' filce.N Y
SPECIAL NOTICE
TO THE LADIES of NORWALK.
The undersigned has opened a
RetailD eparlment
in the
Factory on Hoyt 815., near Main,
Where LADIES’. MlSSES’ and CHIL-
DREN’S DROES.‘ or our own mane,
can be obtained at a slight advance from whole-
sale prices.
!!Ieuluree tuken and Shoes made to
order.
T. COUSINS.
14
Real Elllllfl all lllllllctflllte. .
. . “ ,
is
._ VOL. .LXlIl.--NUMBlt}l .46
_ SEAL. ESTATE-
I—NIPor Sale or tollent.
THE well. known property of WILLIAM C.
STREET, Situated on High Street, In the nor-
ough ofNorwalk, containing one acre of ground
fronting on High and Main Streets. wrth commo-
dious Dwelling House, with all the modern Im-
provements, large Baruaand outbuildings, and
one-half of small house on Main Street. I or fur-
ther particulars en uire ot‘ BURR SMITH, Agent.
Norwalk, Oct. llt . 1880. 4ltf
For Sale or to Rent.
THE House and Mill, a few rods south of Isaac
WARDELL’S in Silver Mine, which has
recently been put in Egood order, will be sold
cheap or rented low. uquiie of
2m36 RAYMOND dc I’A RDEE.
Desirable House to Let.
SUITABLE forone or two families; roomsvery
. nice and convenient, with Borough water in-
side and a never falling well of excellent solt wa-
ter outside; good cellar, nice grounds, pleasantly
Situated grounds in a good neighborhood. (.on-
crcte and flagging walk to Church. Schools and
Post Office. ltcnl. reasonable and immediate pos-
session given of W. R. NASH, 193 Main St.
horwnlk, June 28, 1880. 26
FOR SALE.
SEVERAL very desirable Building Sites for
Business purposes, situated on Water Street.
Enquire of 1".'W. MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent
“' ‘ x‘ e-
' IIIL‘AP BENT—A’house nearBroad River
Bridge. Will be rented at a low price. ‘
Apply at the GAZETTE OI EICE. .
0 LINK—Apartments in the House on the
corner of Cross Street, Apply to
16 JAMES FINNEY.
I ‘0 BENT.—A Barn on West Avenue.
ply at the GAzEr'rE OFFICE.
For Sale. '
HE Homestead of the late Peter McLaughlin,
deceased. It is very ehgibly located in the
Borough of Norwalk, is two stories and basement.
contains 14 nice rooms, well adapted for it large
lamily or a boarding house; lot 60x2001eel, ha.
Borough Water-{Fruitl «kc. Situated on Franklin
avenue, within three minutes’walk of Post Ofilce,
Depot. me, Will be sold on accommodating terms.
For further particulars enquire of
24 JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent.
Ap-
12
0. ll, liemlall, ill. I).
. DENTIST,
; 'Norwalk. Conn.
Office second
door west from
Dsnbnry R. R.
Depot. Dental
operations in all
branches as for-
merly. Painless
extractionof
teeth by aid of
LAUGHIN G
GAS a specialty
N.B.-‘Dr.Kendalls ends Monda s in Bid e-
field. . p y 45
- DENTIST.
. RANK '1'. IIYA'I’T would respectfully
call the attention of the public to the fact
that 1.18.18 now prepared to execute all orders up.
pertaining to dentistr , having had 13 years Bprac-
tical experience W". the late Dr. Frank rady
is a guarantee that none but the best of work and
perfect satisfaction will be given Call and see
him at his restdence adjoining the Methodist Par-
sonage. 2m
LACKSMITH OR CARPENTER SHOP to
let on Mechanic Street. Enquire of
S. E. OLMSTEAD.
Norwiilk, May 15th, 1880.
For Sale.
HE Good W ill.Fixtures and . Tools. as well as
a small stock of Stoves and Tin Ware, &c.,
the remainsof the business formerly carried on
by William St. John. at New Canaan, Ct. All
wrll be sold on very reasonable and accommoda-
ting terms. Small capital only needed. To a good
mechanic. sober and industrious man. this is be-
lieved to offer unusual opportunities for a steady
and prosperous business. Ill health was the only
reason why the owner gave it up. For further
particulars enquire or address the undersigned at
New Canaan, Conn. S. Y. ST. JOHN ,,
New Canaan, May 20. 1880.
Through thecourteSy of the
.Norwallc .Mills Company, we»
arcqat liberty to invite inter.
ested parties to inspect the
operation of the Improved
".Norwallc Steam Pump,” of
our manufacture, which. is
at work in their Mill.
THE was WALK IRON
WORKS 00.,
South JVorwallc, Conn.
People’s 'Market.
No. 19 MAIN STREET,
THE very best of BEEF, delivered daily to
our customers. Also in their season, Veal.
Lamb. Mutton. Pork. kc.,at the . nest
Market Rates. Vegetable- anul pulls- a lull,
fresh and varied supply daily received. Market
wa I: sent about town ever morning.
so JAShlES E. WlXSON.
A. e. BENEDICT & co:
JEWELERS,
No. 28 Bowery, New York,
Invite an inspection of their large and carefully
selected stock of
GOLD & SILVER WATCHES,
DIAMONDS, JEWELRY AND SILVERWARE.
The quality of every article is guaranteed
Prices extremely low.and marked In plain figures
Particular attention paid to repairing Watches
nix careful and thorough workmen employed.
T is house has no connection with any other
bearing the name of B ls l\ lsDIC'I‘.
ESTABLISHED 1818.
Sollcitor of Claims.
GEN ERAfl—HUSINESS.
OFFICIAL INFORMATION.
' I ‘i
L. A. GOBRIGHI,
omce 1,427 1“ Stre'el. Norihvv est, near
18th. WASHINGTON, I). C.
MY former connection with Journalism for I.
long period, has given mean extenmve ac-
quaintance in all the departments of the Govern-
ment and all exceptional facilities. Prompt at-
tention given to at . .
vice at the National Capitol,which may be lor-
warded through the office of the NORWALK U ‘11-
zz mt.
BLEAILIIESS IS “IT I. IODLIIEIS.
G. A. FR-AN KE’S
Sharing and Hall Ullllli Salllll!
FOR A
6m39
Pleasant Shave,
Ans-inc Hair Cut, or
’ Thorough Shampoo
oALL AT
Mr. Franke’s Hair Cutting Saloon,
No. l GAZETTE BUILDING.
FPartieniarattention given toLadiesandChild-
rea’s Hair Cutting and Shampooning.
AT HOME T0 EVERYBODY.
Hot and ColdWater Baths
-. New J crsc Midland Rail-
wantedo way nominally! kinds,lor which
1 will pay the highest New York price.
S. E. OLMSTEAD.
February, 21, 1880.
a week in our own town. Terms and $501“
titl'rec.Ad ressll.llallett&Co.Portland,Me
Mineral, Grist and Clint till] 111
full Blasll
The Alsing Mineral Mill (:0.
HAVING removed their Mineral Works from
South Norwalk to the premises known _a.
Cregorv’ahlills. Winnipsuk, have made repairs
and built additions, put in new bolts and boiling
cloths suitable for grindirg wheat or any other
grain, and are now ready for customers. in con-
iiection are ready and in order ior grinding apple.
and makingintocider ll desired,on application
apples will be sent for and elder returned at a.
reasonablecompensation. The grinding of wheat
a specialty. l._ E. HOYT,
Supt.ot Grain Department.
HARVEY FITCH, Manager.
N orwalk,Sept. 6, 1880. . 3mm;
@052
land, Maine.
per day at home. samples worth 85
free. Address S'rixsson a 00., Port
orders requiring personal scr- ‘
FOR SALE.
fWO verydesirabl eBuiluIn gLotson WestMaiu
Street . Apply at theGAZl-JTTE OFFICL.
DWELLING-£3
AND
Building Lats.
S EVERAL dwellings, various‘prices in differ-
ent portions of Borough, either to let or to)
sale at reasonable prices. Also several places
outside of Borough limits—one in Winnipauk.
Also several Building lots in and out of Borough.
tilt! Enquire at this Office.
For Sale or Exchange.
FOR property in Norwalk or vicinity, 2 houses
in Brooklyn, E. D., Within, 5 minutes walk cl
4 ferrres. Good location. For particulars apply
to J. S. RANDALL,
to Box 63, Norwalk.
Farm for Sale.
BOUT 12 to 13 acres Within 15 miles of centei
of Norwalk. Good situation. good home
ouilt of‘best material and by days Work. Aboul
so choice An le trees with other fruit, good gar-
den, good we 101‘ 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 ofthepleas-
cutest streets in town, within five minute.
walk of the Bridge or Churches. will be sold an
cost price. A portionCI the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Pricee’moo. En-
quire at this Office. .
Desirable Property for sale.
Ver ydesirablepluce on EastAvenue .
A Also, a tow chorce BuildingLotssituatedon
Osborn Avenue,forsale cheap.
Also,a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
Win Street near West Avenue,tor saleat a bar-
gain. Enqmreol ‘ ,
- ' , s, E. OSBOBN . EastAvenue,
tfll _or to D.W .FITCH.WestAvenue
A llesliallle Homestead for Sale.
Ifflls valuable residence .of the subscriber,
pleasantly located on high ground on Last
Ave., in the Borough of Norwalk, is offered for
sale. The situation is pleasant and healthy,com-
manding tine views of Long Island Soundiind "ll
surrounding country. Distance one mile l'ron
Norwalk Bridge. and the same from South Nor-
walk depot. House 54x50; two stories and attic,
filled in with brick, and substantially built.
Rooms 18, with all modern improvements, bath
room, laundry,stat10nary tubs,lleebec’s cooking
.range,hot and cold water, gas throughout th.
house. The cellans dry, havrng stationary turn-
ace. which heats the whole house. The attic is
spacious, and roof tinned. The house is in excel-
lent order beingcomfortablefor both a summer or
winter residence. Suitable for any gentleman do
ing business in New York anti returning thesami
day. Land about three-quarters of an acre, 1an
outin lawn.l‘ruit trees, and garden spot. A pl;
to JAMES MITCHELL, RealEstate Agent,
walk, or to the subscriber,
A. S. HAMERSLEY
26:1 255 Fourth Avenue. N’. Y
For Sale. M
-, A A Houseand Lot.ln: healthylocationol.
ll'airStI-eet, above Catharine. The Heusen
- ‘ nearly new,wellbuilt,convenientlyarrang-
ed. and will make a comfortable and leasanl
home forafamily of average size. The at rum
back to the river. There is a wellot‘excelleni
water on the place, and Borough water in tht
Street. Pricelow,and partol the money can re
main on mortgage. A fine chance tosecure
home. Apply atGAZETTEOFEICE. 3t
GEO. WARD SELLECK
Has in his New Store,
0]-
nardenbrook’s New Block, Wall 83..
A complete assortment of the best class of
GBOBEBIES, I’lllll.8|0ll8, FRUITS,
Sea for family use, at Popular Prices. His steel-
is at all times fresh and good, and Will stand com
parison with those of any Grocer in town. Call 11.
and leave your orders. 28in
Stuarts.
Dr. FITOH’S
Family allillayitlllll
For Boys.
HE Full Term will commence Septem-
ber 6th. 1880. Pupils received at any
age over six. Young Ladies are also admitted to
the Day Department,both in the Primary and Ad-
vanced Course. Sessions arranged to accommo-
date pupils wishing to commute _on the cared
Penmanship and Bookkeeping, a specialty.
taught by teachers 01 large experience. Evening
Classes will be termed If desired. Young Ladies
and Gentlemen fitted for College.
Reterencemny former patron. Call or sendtor
circular. Applications may be made tq .
Du. J. C. FITCH, Principal,
3m30 -
Norwalk,Oonn.
N ORWALK LATIN SCHOOL.
Belden Ave. neu- Wess Ave.
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, A, 111., Principal.
MISS 1:. ill. NORTHBOP, LOUIS J. SEYMOUR,
Assistants.
The Boys’ Department meets in the Pelden
llomestead.at 6:30 A. m., and. 1:30 P. ill. 1; will
prepare boys for College, Scientific School. or rinsi-
nesa Terms 340 per year; Latin, Greea,Cerman and
Higher Mathematics. 81:0 each, extra.
'1 he Girls‘ Department meets in the rooms lately
occupied by Miss barter, at 5:45 A. lll. Terms 5n
without extras. A‘ limited number of .girls may
board with the Principal. special terms Will be made
for young children, either as day pupils or as board-
ers _ _ »
Both Departments are under the Principal’s person-
al instruction
First Quarter opens September (til, 18S".
References and further informatiomwill be found
in circulars, for which address the l-‘rmcrpal.
REMQVALz
B. s. BL‘ASCER.
Has removed to Lockwood’s Building. W all Street
oot of Main, which has been refined and turn-
isucd with a chorce stock of
Groceries, Crockery, Glass, &c.,
lie gives his personal attention to his business
and invites public patronage.
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The Dreams of Youth.‘ '
I built me a vessel long years ago, é
And I fitted her out like the gallcys of‘old;
Its sails were as white as the fresh-fallen snow,
And its bows were resplendent with crim-
p son and gold.
Its bulwarks were firm, and its
and tall, '
And a gay-colored peunon on, high was
spread; .
The beauty of Youth lent a charm to it all,
And aqimage of Hope was its proud fig-
ure head. '
masts strong
I launched it one mom in the spring of the
year,
When the breezes were low and the sun-
beams were bright.
And I, in the pride of my youth had no fear
0f the strength of the waves or the gloom
of the night.
So I drenmcd of the riches my galley would
bring
From the lands where no bark had. been
ever before;
But the summer passed by. and spring wore
- _ round to spring, _
And my vessel returned' not, alas, to the
shore! '
At length one dark autumn it came back to
me,
But its masts were all broken, its bows
were bare;
Its bulwarks were covered with growth of
the sea,
And the figure of Hope was no longer there.
While it brought me for freight but. the drift
of the wave. .
The sea foam and weeds that had laid in it
long,
And I mournfully sighed as I gazed on the
grave
Of the dreams that were bright when Life's
heart-beat was strong.
THE CHANGE.
REV. O. E. DAGGETT, D. D.
[The following poem will be read with addi-
tional interest now that the lamented author
has tested "The Change."]
From earth to heaven—perchan‘ce so great a
change, '
Perchance so little, yet so wondrous strange«
It stirs the question in a thoughtful mind,
What take we with us, and what we leave
behind? .
I have a friend; a suffering, patient friend,
Of whom ’iis said that when he meets his
. end, .
To be an angel in another sphere
He only needs to leave his asthma here.
Thanks if the pain or grief, the toil or care,
We suffer now we need not always bear;
And warmer thanks if nothing elsevhe found
With us, that may not pass the mystic
bound.
But what if uncongenial souls there be;
Who even if from earthly burdens free,
When they at length would go beyond, shall
find ‘
Alas, that they must leave themselves be—
hind l
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Law for practical Jokers.
Albany Lan ournal.
The law holds practical jokers criminally,
and sometimes civilly, responsible for the '
fatal effects of their pranks. '
In Daingerfield against Thompson, a civil
action of damages, decided recently by the
court of appeals of Virginia, the defendant
was the keeper of a restaurant, and about 11
p. m., after he had closed for the night. hear-
ing a noise outside, and on the point of open-
ing the door, when he was shot through the
right foot with apistol ball which had pene ~ ‘_
trated the door from the outside. .
It appeared that several persons being on
the street waiting for the plaintiff to let them
in, the defendant said to one of them who
had a pistol, “Let us give him a salute.”
To which the latter, one Harrison, replied,
“I‘ll do it,” 'and immediately fired. "The
willful firing of a pistol in the street of a
city, whether malicmusly , or not,” said
Christian, J., is of itself an unlawful act, and
the consequence of such unlawful act must .
be visited upon those who commit or instigate
it.” As the plaintiff got a verdict for $8,000
this was better than a criminal prosecution.
But the same practical joke would have been
criminal. -
In Fenton’s case, where the prisoners, in
sport, threw heavy stones into a mine, break-
ing a scaffold, which fell against and upset a
corf, in which a miner was descending into
the mine, whereby he was killed, they were
held guilty of manslaughter. The prisoners
were sentenced to three months imprison-
ment. In the King against Powell, a lad, as
a frolic, without any intent toharm any one,
look the trap stick out of the front part of a
cart, in consequence of which it was upset.
and the carman who was in it, loading it,
was pitched backward on the stones and
killed. Held, manslaughter. The prisoner
was fiend one shilling and discharged. In
‘ Ewinglon’s case the prisoners covered and
surrounded a drunken man with straw, and
threw a shovel of hot Cinders upon him,
whereby he was burned to death. Patterson
J., charged that “if they believed the priso-
ners really intended to do any serious inju—
ry to the dL‘CtfiSCd, though not to kill him, it
was murder, but if they believed their in—
tention to have been only to frighten him in
sport, it was manslaughter.” Verdict, man—
slaughter. In state against Roane, the de-
fendant carelessly discharged a gun, intend -
ing only to frighten a supposed trespasser,
really the servant of the prisoner, but killing
him. '
' In the King against Martin, the prisoner’
ordered a quartern of gin to drink, and asked >
a child present if he would have adrop, at
the same time putting the glass to the child’s
month,whereupon the child snatched the glass
and drank the whole contents, which caused
his death. Vaughan 8., said, “an this was
an act of the child there must be an acquit-
tnl, but if it had appeared that the prisoner
had willingly given a child of that tender
age a quartein of gin, out of a sort of brutal
fun, and had thereby caused its dtatli, I
should most decidedly have held that to be
manslaughter.
in the king against Conrahy, the prisoner
and the deceased hadzbeen piling turf to—
gether, and the former, in sport, threw a
piece, of turf at the latter, hitting and killing
him. Held, no crime.
In the’King against \Vaters, there was
testimony that the prisoner, in the course" of
rough and drunken joking, pushed a boat
with his foot, whereby the deceased fell over. ’
board and was,di'owned:. There. was also
testimony that the .pnshwasgiven by anoth-
er person. Paik, VJ.,.said, “if the case had
rested on the evidence of the first witness it
would nol haveamolznted to manslaughter,”
2:1.(1 incri- must be an acquittal.
The. s': is against Hurdle, the defendent
was held guilty of manslaughter for hiding a
woman irran attempt to fiighleu her with a
pistol \xliich be supposed to be unloaded.
The court. said: -“If it had been, in fact. no-
loaded, no homicide would bare-resulted,
hut the dependent would have been jusdy
censurahle for a most reckless andimprudent
act of frightening a wonlan’by pf‘finding
that it was Iondetlfiud that he Wits ea ounto
discharge it at her Such conduct is grossly
reckless and reprehensible, and .without'
palliation or excuse. Human Ilft' is not-to
m; splittio will: by the use Of ill-Slums, 6“ ll
:liirligli the poison-using them li:::_\ Izmir good
”WIS ii In lu-llt-YI- lizat the WI aptsn Hand isnot
homers, ui- tho, In it; loaduz, inflation nom—
jmy . ‘d'in it puts us. 015%: 1‘5 blicll lichlcss
sport they should be-hel iiihle for the cou-
.. _ . fir’ y;
sequences of their so vi
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