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. _ DARIEN.
' I [Deferred from last week.]
Mr. Bradford returned from St. Louis one
week ago last Saturday having been absent
nearly two weeks. He was a delegate to
the National Congregational Council. On
the Sabbath evening after his return he gave
the people a full account of the Council and
Of hls‘trip. There were near three, hundred
delegates, constituting s large and imposing
body. Important matters were considered
and conclusions reached that will have a
benign influence of the kingdom of Christ in
the future. The council was in session five
days. including Sunday. It was a mutter 0
deep regret that Dr. Leonard Bacon was not
present, as he is usually the life of great.
gatherings. Ou Monday night, after the
council adjourned,so_me two hundred acerP‘l'
ed a free excursion tendered by the St.Louis
and San Francisco railroad. On Tuesday
they were present at the laying of the corner
stone of the chapel of Drury College,a young
but piomising and growing institution, lOta-
ted at Springfield, Mo.
morning the company left Springfield and
went down into the Indian Territory to.
Vaults, the present terminus of the road.
They halted at Seneca and were greeted by
' Scarfaced Charley and mqny of the Modocs;
they tarrled at Pierce City over night and on
Thursday they visited the lead mines at J op-
lin. The thermometer at Pierce City on the
night of the 18th inst. indicated a tempera-
ture of 24 degrees below zero. Pierce City
is 250 miles southwest of St. Louis. The
party were delighted with the trip and
returned impressed with the greatness of the
great Southwest and of the great need of
home mission work. ’Last night Mr. B. gave
his people an imp _
PrOtestant uprising in France. He spoke of
MCAll Mission in Paris. lid of what is being
done by M. Reveillaud and others. He
looked upon this movement as full of
promise and predicted that France would in
due time become a Protestant nation. .,
0n the sec'ond Sunday evening of Decem-
ber, Mr. B. will Speak of the moral results
of the late national election. .
The Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving
BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER-
(Sunday School Times.)
Those who regard the old New England
Thanksgiving as only a mixture of Sunday
and the Fourth bf July haven?t got at the real
spirit of it. It was a great feast day; but
imitators elsewhere, eat as much as they may
at a sitting, have not been able to, comeat
the real significance of it.. The restrained
exuberance of a people who habitually
repressed their feelings, in the dccorous and
~ God-fearing dissipation of one day in the
year, is difficult t'oconvey to those unfamiliar
with Puritan society.
When I was a boy on the hills of Western
Massachusetts, I had no idea that they could
be any other day so signally set apart by
Providence for the enjoyment of man, nor
can I express the feeling of emancipation
there was in the day. ,I do not suppose, in
fact, that I regarded it as an emancipation,
for we had a wholesome awe of it and its
delights, but- it somehow cast a» warm glow
upon life that lit up all the storms and dark-
ness of November and December. Much
more than this, indeedjit" was the point o'f
hope and the point of departure of the entire
year. Half the year dated to and from it.
There was certain farmers’ work that must
be done before Thanksgiving, and I cannot
say that we didn’t earn the liberty of the day
by hard work. All. social plans were made
to fit into it; and I think the young people
looked forward to it as a hopeful time, when
an excess of courage would be given to one
sex, and a gracious power of yielding to the
other. .
The house had to be overhauled and caulk-
ed, and made ready for winter, as carefully
as a ship for an Arctic voyage. It was
banked up a foot and a half high with tan
bark to keep the frost out of the cellar; for
in the cellar were stored the provisions for
the long winter voyage, and if frost got to
them the crew might famish, for they
couldn't go ashore in all that waste of snow.
There were the bins of potatoes and turnips
and onions and carrots and cabbages; there
were the rows on rows of deep shelves of ap-
ples, that glowed red and golden in the can
die light ; and there in the mysterious dark-
ness was the long row of portly cider barrels.
It was good, sweet,temperance cider,ali of it;
it hadn’t the least tang when we began to
draw it, and if it worked alittle, unbeknown
to the family, and got a little more strength
and body day by day, and even became a little
heady by the time of the vernal equinox, I
am sure nobody noticed lt-I presume the
taste and principles of the family "kinder"
worked along with it,
The corn was hushed, the rye was
thrashed, the cattle were housed, the district
school had begun, and the “chores" at home.
that gave such a'zestevengto the rod and the
red hot stOveiofztlie;Iit V _
to the «thrillinginfférdiatlsii 'annually learned
and forgot u: about the “pitch,.’ pine, and
turpentine" .iiiuducts of 1 North -;,C-.'Irolit'ia.
Show had fallen; in some places in the road
it was already dlifted; thesleighs were but
and the bells; and theShoveliug of paths to
the barn, to the shed, and to the road, was
a regular occupation every morning. The
boy always liked the-firstishow, but. he never
liked the first shovel. ' " ',
Upon this wintry life Thanksgiving began
to cast an anticipatory glow weeksbefore.‘
One of the ingenious devices of the thrifty
farmer was to set a “stint" ofwork fertile
younger members of the household, upon the‘,
accomplishment of which befOre The'Day
depended a continuance 'of the holiday for
one or two or three days after it. Why, 'the
boy alone, before the_bles5sed inventiou’of the
appleparer, pared apple's jenough in the eve.
lugs to make a string of dried apples that
would reach round the globe, and, if eaten,
swell up all the Calvin Edsons in the world
to Daniel Lamberts! There was scarcely
leisure in this busy time to read the jokes in
the new almanac, the fresh literature of the
ear.
7 Cooking preparations for the feast itself
began in earnest at least a week before. Has
anybody any idea how many pumpkins it
took to make thou sweet and enduring
pumpkin pies needed tocarry the family with
credit through this season ? Does one consid-
er the mince meat to be chopped, for the
other_ sort of pics, and for the sausages ?
Does he realize what the “killing of the hog"
meant. that great and solemn butchery, and
how the hog looked as he lay rigid in his
disagreeable death in the frozen back kitchen?
Does he know how many different kinds of
cake are indigenuous to New England; and
what theinventive geniusof women,confined
for many generations to pie and cake, ‘can do
in that line it Does he know how much oven
wood it takes to bake it ? Does he know-what
it it is to stone raisins—that tropical longed-
for luxury—and not eat any ? Has be any
conception Of the feelings of a boy compelled
to exist for a week in this Thanksgiving at-
mosphere—in the midst of spicy odors of
Paradise—and take it all out in the single
sense of smell?
The night before Thanksgiving was per-
haps the best of the whole, the anticipation
and excitement almost reached their climax ;
it was the paste trick of the bons,—the hen
roost was invaded, and the boy could indulge
his natural propensity for slaughter with a
feeling that it was sanctioned by the Christian
religion. The squawklng was music in his
ears, the cutting OR of heads a bloody joy,
the ludicrous attempts of the hens to go about
without any heads a source of inexhaustible
merriment. Neither age her sex was spared;
youth did not excuse the rooster from quit-
ting his perch or the sudden summons in the
dark, nor old age and muniiicence in eggs
the venerable hen. The young rooster was
tadcedrsistdlorthisveryalsht: mandala
On Wednesday _
ive talk onthe great,
school house'hnd'
I.
———L
hen would do very wall stewed, or inside of l
a so-called chicken-pie. A single lantern lit
up the scene of murder, and the pure snow
was gory with the witness to it. More
chickens and turkeys met their death on this
fatal night than the family and all their re—
latives could eat in a month. Was this a
wanton destruction ? No. The farmer felt
a genuine movement of gratitude to Provi-
dence for allits bounties, and delighted to
lay this Sacrifice upon the altar, if I may so
express it, especially as he knew he was go—
ing to eat it himself, and that all these things
—thanks to Infinite Goodness—are good cold.
giving Day with a full larder, and a buttery
stufied with good things, especially all the
sorts of pic that bloom in the most-favored
latitude for pic, that filled all the house with
a sweet savor. No actual enjoyment in eat-
ing these things ever came up, alas ! to what
the boy’s imagination promised.
Undeniably the day itself had many of the
characteristics of Sunday. There was only
the indispensable work done. Breakfast was
later than usual—not being at “early candle—
light." Preparations were made for going
to meeting, The Sunday clothes Wtre put on.
This, perhaps, most struck the boy with a
kind of awe of the day. The best clothes
were in his mind inseparably connected with
religious services. Consequently it would
seem a little sacriligious to play in his best
clothes. .
There was, however, no gloom about the
house, rather a solemn joy, and a great ex-
pectation of an enjoyment almost beyond the
deserts of men. The absent children, some
of them with their children, had probably
arrived the night before; possibly an uncle
and aunt from “York State” also. There
was a cousin from Amherst College, a still
prettier cousin from Boston. Grandmother
had on her grandest cap, and sat in her
accustomed rockingchair by a sunny south,
window, her old heart warmed, till tears
dimmed her glasses, with all the tender love
that was lavished on her. The house was
full—full of warmth from every open wood-
fire, full of good odors of the bountiful prep-
'ship. There was almost a demonstration of
the fondness for each other. The house was
not boisterous, but there was a sort of social
hum in it, and there were smiles everywhere,
and loving looks. You who have never seen
a family reunion of the old sort on Thanks-
giving Day, do not know the depths of New
England tenderness.
Whatever the breakfast was, and it was
abundant, it always had one dish,—chlcken
shortcake. I still believe that nothing else
ever made is so good as chicken Shortcake.
What a lot of “dip” it had; and how it
assimilated with the brown—coated, crystal—
fiakcd baked potatoes! If the Times were a
cook book, I would give the recipe for it.
But its moral quality I could not convey to
any but a born New Englander of the old
‘days.
;Everybody went to meeting. Everybody,
yioung and old, except the mother or the
Itsusted oldest daughter, who stayed at home
to forward dinner. The meeting house was
fdll,,-—fuller than on Sunday. The sermon
was afsober political “rouser.” Was it Par-
sdn Hallock, or Parson Grout. or Parson
Field preached it? It didn’t Spare. the Amar—
ites, nor the Hittites, nor the other “ites,”
who had strayed away from the good old
federal principles. It set national affairs on
the right track, and everybody felt better for
it. There was no talk about preaching poli
ties then. The town election was held in
the meeting house, where the voting was as
orderly and as solemnly conducted as any of
the Sunday services. It was not improper
there to treat of the duties of citizens—in a
federal way.
It was all much like Sunday, and yet a
cheerful Sunday,—bright faces, greetings,
and eager inquiries about “who had come."
After the service and the long, long sermon
ended, we did not stay, as on Sunday
during the “intermission,” to eat our dough-
nuts and apples in the church, and nobody'
warmed a piece of half-frczen mince pic on
the stove; we went home, and went in per-
ceptibly gayer spirits than-when we came.
Dinner was late,as late almost as three o'clock.
Everybody: was hungry‘hs if he had lasted
for a year.:j;'There 'is _nO"mOdern appetizer
like an old-fashioneds’sermon about the Hit—
tites. What a dinnerfd was, the blossom of
all the year'l; What could the boy do with a
choice of meat turkey aiidroast chicken and
roast duck, with a chicken pie to come P A
dinner is nothing but a dinner anyway,and no
person ata given time can possibly eat as
much as he expects to eat when his imagina-‘
lion has been active on the subject for some
time. And then the dessert! I remember a
dinner at which an attempt was made to
serve twenty-three kinds of pie. Will any-
body not born in New England believe there
are so many kinds of pie P
It;was not certainly till after dinner (Yes,
there was a little older, but it had not done
much work yet) that the solemnity of the
day could be fairly said to have broken away
and the friskiness of the youngsters began to
.have play. But by evening a real festive
‘alr prevailed, and even drew the old folks
into it. Apples, cider, uuts‘, toasted cheese,
roaring wOod fires, puss-in-the-corner, unre-
strained till the great tall clock in'the corner
struck the awful hour of ten! ,
This is a scant outline of the day itself.
The day after Thanksgiving was better for
the youngsters. It was the real holiday, the
day Of merryflnaking, and kept as sacredly,
though not'at all solemnly, as the Thanks—
giving. It was the day of visiting; of sleigh
rides and suppers at some convenient inn,
where there may have been oysters, and per-
haps their accompanying wickedness,a fiddle;
Of family and neighborhood parties in the
evening. If I remember, even the children
were allowed to go into the buttery. Good
'cheer' sbonnded. The dinner itself could
stand many more attacks. There were a:
least two weeks of feasting ahead. And
there was an atmosphere of thanking God
for it and for the family re-union.
. ’ ——
,A Soldier who Found Ono Hund-
red and Thirty Thousand Dol-
larS. “
Ezelot, the French soldier who found the
£26,000 which M. Pages lost in the Northern
Railway station in Paris, has communicated
to the Courier de l’Az‘me the particulars at!
tendant onvhis good fortune. They are very
interesting, and show how some men are
born to fortune, some achieve fortune, and.
some have fortune thrust upon them. Ezelot
was walking through the railroad station with
two comrades, when they noticed on the floor
a packet wrapped in a newspaper. They
kicked it along before them for some distance.
and when Ezelot was getting into the train,
going home on short leave, one of his‘ com-
rades, picking up the.packet, thrust it into
the canvas forage bag slung at his side, Eze-
lot going on his way without having perceived
the little pleasantry.
Arrived at Neuilly, where his parents live,
his mother, emptying the forage bag, discov-
ered the bundle and thinking it was a pack—
et of old newspapers, put it on a table in the
kitchen. There it remained for four or five
days, till a married sister, calling in and
seeing the packet, was moved by an unwont-
ed curiosity. Opening it, she discovered
documents representing the £26,000, the loss
of which M. Pages had advertised throughou-
Europe. The European papers are not howt
ever, read at Neuile, where the Courier do
l’Aime doubtless has it all its own way.
The soldier and his parents, not knowing
what else to do, followed the prayincial
Frenchman's instinct and had recourse to the
maire. That functionary, communicating
with Paris, speedily brought down M. Pages,
who, gratefully paying the promised reward
of £1,000, went off with his oddly recovered
treasure. It would be an interesting supple
ment to the narrative'iiif we could have
"record of the feelings of the soldier who
thrust the packet upon Ezelot when he heard
the sequel to the little joke—London News.
.A Bucks county, Pennsylvania manhas
In“: ended a lawsuit OI forty-two years stand.
, and recovered six cents damages.
I know one thing,——we entered upon Thanks- ‘
.aration, full of love and sweet family fellow- -
“
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NORWALK, CONN, Oct. 1st, 1880.
MESSRS. EDITORS:
I I desire again to announce to the Lum-
ber-loving and Lumber-buying public that,
notwithstanding the unprecedented drought
at points of production and the enormous de-
mand at points of consumption, (both of
which itemshave tended materially to reduce
the supply,) I have now in stock and en route
the largest, most complete and satisfactory
assortment of Lumber ever offered in this
market. As evidence of this fact I refer to
some few.items below and respectfully re-
quest an examination of my stock by any one
who contemplates buying. I ofier:
750,000 ft. BANGOR SPRUCE TIMBER in
all sizes from 2x3 to 6x10 and 8x8 making a
specialty this year to keep in stock long
timber up to 45 ft. .
550,000 BEST BANGOR LATHS.
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sawed 650,000.
Of my own brand
muFACTURED FOR
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.4701? WALK, Cog$~
500,000.
Both of these brands of sawed shingle I
warrant fully and completely and so far as
quality of wood or manufacture is concerned
challenge comparison.
I offer of W. E. NELSON Brand Michigan
sawed............ ..... ..............:..........150,000.
I offer of BERWICK, COMSTOCK & Co.
BRANDXXX............ ..... .................50,000
I offer of FOSTER. BLACKMAN & Co.
BRAND ...... 50,000
Having had numerous calls for CLEAR
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best XXX brand of sawed Cedar and also
100,000 of the same brand of shaved. Cedar.
I also have a first—class lot of Rived Pine.
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ERN PINE, NORWAY ASH AND BLACK war.-
NUT. I have a splendid lot WESTERN ASH,
dry and clear, nnexcolled for an excellent
inside finish. Can furnish anything from
my stock required in building a house, from
a chestnut sill or an oak framing pin, to the
most elaborate or complete inside finish. Will'
deliver lumber at reasonable rates by rail or
teams to any part of the country-
Correspondenee and personal examination
of stock respectfully solicited.
E. a'. HILL,
NOR WALK come.
P. S. I have just received a fine lot of
LADDERS made‘from poles, with shaved oak
rounds, light and firm, Also hitching posts
with fancy turned tops and irdn caps, for
sale cheap.
STEAM
SAWING & PLANING
Band & Stroll Sawing & Turning
Inamaormnrn on
Doors, Sashes,Blinds, Mouldings,
Boxes, Packing Cases, Win-
dow Frames, 62c.
lugs, and will, when desired, make tools for new
styles. Constantly in stock
Pickers, planes] and pointed, Fence
Balls and Trimmings,
BRACKETS of'ail descriptions, and WIN-DOW
FRAMES made to order at short notice. INSIDE
'I‘RIMMINGS got out ready to put up. from inns
and specifications. WALNU and ASH AIN-
SCOTING and FLOORING. TURNING of all
descriptions.
Kindling Wood Split and read-y for use, put
up in Barrels.
BU RR KNAPP.
Foot of Marshal Street. South Nor-walk, Gt
0. '1‘. Leonard it Still,
COAL, WOOD,
Masons’ Materials,
0 E M E N '1' P I P E
For Drains, Sewers, “I oils, &c.,
At Lowest Cash Prices.
Drains and Wells Dag and Piped
Also Sole Agentf or
Patent Tinder Wood,
The Cheapest and Best Kindling out. Try it
9' Branch Office at Spencer’s Jewelry Store
BETTS’
TOILET-LOTION
roll ellllrrrn sinus a. FACE.
Fine Lotion for the Face after Shaving.
25 AND 50 CTS. PER BOTTLE.
PREPARED BY
Howard S. Betts,
. Corner Drug Store.
New Firm at the Old Stand
Messrs MULLIN GS BROTHERS
Would I espectlullyinform the pnblic,that they
have taken the business lately conducted
by MULLINGS STILLY, and With the old ex-
perit :lced Workmen, hitherto employed by the
late firm,are prepared to manufacture alllmids oi
CARBIAGES & WAGONS
TO ORDER
Repairing in all its Branches.
MACHINE FORGING. DISCOUNT
ALLOWED FOR CASH.
O. A. MULLINGS, J. S. MULLINGS
South Norwalk, April‘15.1878.
Large Reduction in Prices!
GREAT
CASH SALE
FOR THIRTY DAYS,
Ludwuli’s Furniture Wal‘ll Rooms,
36 Main St., Norwaik, Conn.
This stock must beclosed out _to make room for
my large stock of Goods for Sprln g Trade.
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SOUTH NORWALK, CT.
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suaded to use any other quality.
.CONVEYANCES
VVWWVVVVVVVW\I\J\I \M
DAN'BURY a: NORWALB R. D4
SUMMER ARBANG EMEN 'l“.
Commencing Nov. 29,|880.
DAILY TRAINS
LeaveNorwalk Bridge/or Danbury .
9 3‘7 n. m., Mail.
4 36 p. m., Accommodation .
616 p. m.,Mail.
I have on hand tools for 150 patternsoi Meuld- P Arrive atNorwalk Bridgefrom Danburp.
gigs! wings.
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November29th, 1880.
Estatcot WILLIAM E. BE ARDSLEY.latc of
Norwalk, in said District, deceased.
The Conrt_of Probate for the District of Nor-
walk. hath limited and allowed srx months from
the datehcreof' for the Creditors of said Estate
to exhibit theirclalmsfor settlement. Those who
neglect to present theiraccountsmroperiy attest-
ed, Within said time, will be debarrcd a recovery.
Allpcrsons indebted to said Estate are requested
7 34 a. m., Mail.
1 09 p. m., Accommodation.
5 42 p.m., Mali.
9 05 p. m., Freight.
L .W.S ANDIFORTH ,8 ant ,
IEWYIIII I!" HAVE! L’iAil‘l'Filflll flAllllflAl
Traini- leave South Norwallsror New York at
1247, a. m.(Washington Ex.,ria.Harlcm River),
4 31, (Ex.),5 08, fix.) 5 50.6 34,'7 34,7 45", (Ex.)819
9 04,*( Ex.)1036.( 11).) A . lil.,l 23‘,256,*(Exp.)4 30,
(Ex.)5 03 .624,.Ex .)6 55,918 (Exp.)l'.M, For-New
Haven, 1 18,(Ex.) 652, 7 .9 01, 928, (Ex.)1048,
A. lll., l2ll,(Ex.)145, 212,(Ex. 421, 6 07, 650,
8 27,1036,(Exp.)&.1125,(Exp.)1’. . Forflprfng-
imam 52,928,(Exp.) A. m., 12 11,(Exp.)145,650,
10 36, (Exp.) 1’ . M. Express for Boston, via.
Springfield ,9 28 A .M. .1211,and1036,P.M.; Via.
New London 2 l2and11 25,P.M.
'Conneetathw Rochelle with Harlem River
Branch .
Freight Cheaper than Ever
—BY—
PROPELLER LINE T0
NE W YORK.
I a». _ I. _
The Propeller City of N orwalk
Will continue to .make regular trips through the
wrntcr (ice ermlttln )_ betweenNorwalk Bridgt
.and New .ork touc tug at South Norwalk each
we to receive and deliver frol ht.
_ rclght recolvcd from an delivered at the
freight depot of the Danbnry & Norwalk Railroad
for all stations,also the Shepaug Railroad. .
cSpcciaI arrangements for freight to and from
New York can be made with this line 10 per cent.
less than by the railroad.
Produce sold free of commission and returns
promptly made at the highest market. rates.
3‘ All persons are forbid trusting any of the
employees of the boats of this fine on account of
the owners thereof.
Meeker’s
1:. I N E:
The Sloop JOHN G. PERRY, Capt. Byxbee, will
hereafter make regular weekly trips between Nor~
walk and New York. stop tug at South Nor-walk,
leaving Meeker Brothers’ barf, N orwaik, every
Friday In ht. Freight taken on board at Pier
43 E. IL, act of ltutger St., New York, on MON-
DAYS and TUESDA S.
The Highest Market Rates Paid for
flay, Straw and Farmer’s Produce, by
A. J. MEEKEB dc BRO.
Norwalk, April, 1880.
Nolwalkflorse Railwaylimelabls.
COMMENCING MAY 88D, 1880.
‘\
LEAVE NOBWALK. So. Nouwxnn
5 30 a. m. New York Accom. 5 50 mm,
6 15 “ New York Accom. 6 35 “
6 35 “ New Haven Accom. 6 55 "
7 05 “ New York Accom. 7 25 “
7 25 " N. Y. Express dc Boat 7 45 "
7 35 “ fl . 7 55 u
7 55 " New York Accom. 820 "
8 20 “ 8 40 “
8 40 “ 1V. YET. dc N. H. Ac. 9 05 “
9 05 " New Haven Express. 9 30 “
9 30 “ 9 50 "
9 50 “ 10 10 “
10 10 " New York Express. 10 3S “
1028 “ New Haven Accom. 10 43 ..
10 48 “ 11 10 ”
ii 10 “ ll 30 “
11 30 " 11 50 "
11 50 “ New Haven Express. 1‘2 10 p. m
1210 1mm. 1235 "
12 35 “ 12 55 “
12 55 " New York Accom. 1 25 u
l 25 " New Haven Accom. 1 45 -‘
1 45 ‘ ‘ New Haven Express. 2 05 “
l 55 ” 2 l5 “
2 25 “ 2 45 “
2 35 “ New York Express. 2 56 u
2 56 “ 3 20 u
3 20 ” 3 40 “
3 43 “ 4 10 u
4 00 “ New Haven Accom. 4 20 ‘1
4 10 “ New York Express. 4 30 't
4 40 ” New York Accom. 5 02 H
5 02 “ . 5 20 "
5 20 “ 5 40 “
5 40 “ 6 00 ‘ ‘
550 " New Haven Accom. 6 10 H
600' “ New York Ea: rats. 628 H
628 “ N. [1.6: N. . 110., 648 “
6 37 ” 6 57 “
6 47 " 7 07 “
7 07 “ 7 30 “
7 30 “ 7 50 ..
7 50 “ 8 08 "
8 08 ‘ ‘ Bridgeport Acco'mg 8 30 "
s 30 “ 850 ..
8 40 “ 9 00 “
9 00 ” New York Express. 9 20 “
920 u 9 40 ..
9 30 “ Milk. 9 50 u
9 50 u 10 10 ‘-
10 10 " New Haven Espreaa. 10 36 “
EW YORK & PHILADELPHIA NEW LIN}:
BOUND BROOK ROUTE
FOR TRENTON AND PHILADELPHIA .
Commencing October 25, 1880.
Leave New Yorkf‘rom station U. R. R. of N. J.,
foot of Liberty St.,tor Philadelphia.
Ninth and Green Streets, at 7:45, 9.“ 11:15 a. in.
1:30, 4', 4:30, 5:80, 7:15, 12 p. m. On Sunday at 8:45
a. m., 5:30, 12 m.
For Third and Berks streets, at 5:30, 9:00, 11:15,
a. m., 1:30. 4:30, 5:30, p. m. On Sunday at 8:45
a. m., 5:30 p. m.
For Trenton, Warren and Tucker sts.,5:30. 7:45
9:00. 11:15 a. m., 1:30, 4:00, 4.30. 4;45, 5:30, 7:15, 12
p. In. On Sunday 8:45, a. m., 5:30 and 12 p. in.
Return trains leavePlilladelphIa for New York:
From stations Phila. & Beading Railroad,
Nlnth & Green Sts., at 7:30“, 8:30, 9:30, a. m., 12:10,
2:00', 3:45,5:40, 7:15 12 p. In. On Sunday at 8:30
a. m.,5:30,12 p. m.
From Third ill Berk streets, 4:45, 8:20, 9:15 a.m.,
1:20, 3:40, 5:00, 6:30, 11:30 p. In. On Sunday at 8:10
a. m., 4:30 p. In.
‘Denotes Pullman Cars attached.
From Trenton,Warren it Tucker sts,1:25(excspt
Monday,) 5:40, 6:30, 8.00, 9:05, 10:10 a. m. 12:52, 2:40.
4:24, 6:30, 8:10. p. m. On Sunday 1:25.9z20 a. m., 8,15
p. m. . _
Connection is made at Jersey City station to and
from Brooklyn and Eric Depot, Jersey City.
Tickets for sale at foot of Liberty St., 239, 261,
401, 944, 957, 1323 Broadway, and at the principal
hotels, Nos.2 and 4 Court st., and Annex ofiice,
J ewell’s Wharf,Brooklyn.
New York Transfer Co. (Dodd’s Express) will
call for any check baggage from hotel or residence
to destination. Application can be made at 944
and 1323 Broadway. 736 Sixth avenue N .Y.,and 4
Court street, Brooklyn. All these 0 cos are in
connection With the Bell Telephone and the Law
Telegraph.
H. i". BALDWIN. Gen.Pass. Agent.
Now for Y our Orders!
HAVING sold put all of my old stock and re-
plenished With new I am now prepared to
serve the public With the
BES'L OF EVERYTHING
IN THE
LIVERY LINE.
t most reasonable prices. Single or Double
Teams either by the hour or day, with or without
drivers. \VILLIAM E. DANN.
Opposite D. & N. it. R. Depot. Norwaik.
(straws SPECIFIC MEDICINE.
nuns man The Great En-‘rnans MARK
glishRemedywill
promptly as n d
radically c u r e
‘ any a n d every
case of Nervous
Debility &Wenk-
ness,result of In-
discretion.excess
g. ' or overwork ol 7— . q
‘ t h e brain a n I!
stress nll‘lmen’ous system ; . . _ use.
is pertectly _ armless, acts like mag', and has
been cxtcnsrvelv used for over thirty years wrth
great success._ Full particular a In our pamphlet
which we desrre t_e_send free by mail to everyone.
The Specific Medicine is sold 'by all druggists at
81 per package,“ Six packages for 85, or will be
sent free by mail on recelprt of the money by ad-
dressin THE GBA MEDICINE 00.,
N o 10 echanlcs’ Block. Detroit. Mich. Sold in
Norwalk by I. A. MEEKER ill 00.,20 Wall St. 4
Free Reading Room.
HIS Is acomfortable room fitted up for the
benefit ofthefiublic generally, Situated on
east side of South aIn Street. over Rood’s J cw-
elry Store. Clark and Lane’s Block, nearly 0 po-
site Railroad Depot, South Norwalk, Ct. t is
open from 9 a. m., to9:45 p. m. . The room is well
lighted, warm and confer-tablet It is supplied
w th four dailies, two weekltes,_ and several
monthiypapers and journals. besme a number
ofinstrnctive and interesting books.
COFFEE ROOM.
There is a Coffee Room on the same floor and a
lady in attendance from 99.. m., to 9:45 p. m., to
serve HOME MADE articles mentioned below,
at the following prices :
1 Cup of Cotton, With crackers,
1 Cup of Tea, with crackers,
Cocoa, - - -
Bread andButter,
.: N‘
'
I
Brown -
Sandwich.
cake,
Doughnuts,
Piece of Pie ,
Crulicrs,
Hum, - - - -
Pork and Beans, With bread nd butter 10
Stewed Oysters, - 15
mmfiddffi
AT
H. S. BETTS’
Corner Drug Store.
,_, ..
OWGUIQOIOIQQI
ENTEEGPES
ALL SIZES and COLORS,
NEATLYPRINTED
—7—AT——
VERY Low RATES,
-——AT -———
to make immediate
3t48
3t48
nymcnt to
SILAS P. ‘UTTLE. Administrator
with the will annexed.
ISTRICT 0F NORWALK,s s . ProbateCourt,
November 24th, 1880.
Estate of SlLAS PARTRICK,latc of Wilton,
in said district, deceased.
The Court of Probate tor the District of Nor-
wulk,hath limited and allowed six months from
the date hereof for the creditors of said estate,
to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who
neglect to present their accounts properly attest-
ed within snld'time, will be dcbnrrcd a recovery
All personsindebtetl to said estate are request d
to make immediate no merit to .
AARON . REE D, Administrator.
KIDNEY cleanses,
7 LIVER COMPLAINTS,
Constipation and Piles.
DR. R. II. CLARK, Sou!!! Her-OJ'L, says,
; “In cases of KIDNEY TIIOUBLIZS it has
acted like u charm. It hnscurcd sunny very
bad cnscs offI’ILES, and has never failed to
not efficiently.”
NELSON FAIRCIIILD, of St... lbuns, Vt” ,
, says, “it In of priceless value. After- sixteen '9.
years of great sufi‘crlng from Files and 00.-
tivcneaa it completely 'lilI'CKI Inc."
0. S. IIOGABON, oi’DcrkslIirc, says, "one
package has done “'02::ch far no in com- 5:»
Complaint.”
IT HAS
BECAUSE IT ACTS 0N -
LIVER,TIIE BOWELS AND KID-
NEYS AT THE SAME TIME.
Because It cleanses the system of
the poisonous humor: that developo E
in Kidney and Urinary diseases, Bli-
louenesa, Jaundlce, Constipation,
Files, or In Rheumatism, Neuralgla
and Female disorders.
KIDNEY-WORT la ads-y vegetable coils-
pound and cassbe sent by mail prepaid.
TRY IT Now 3
Buy it at the Draggists. Price, 81.00.
WELLS, RICHARDSON A: (70., Proprietors,
. Burlington, Vt.
suns. Lvma :. PINKi-l ,
0F LYNN, MASS.
'Drscovsasn or
LYDIA E. {INKHAM’S
VEGETABI. COMPOUND.
The Positive Cure
For all Female Complaints.
Tins PREPARATION nusromrs Tan BLoon an IT!
NATURAL CONDITION. Dinners Tun vrm. rowan
ABIGHT, STEENGTHENB‘I'HE MUSCLES 08‘ THE UTEBUS
AND LIFTS IT INTO PLACE, AND GIVES IT TONE AND
STRENGTH, so mu m cm Is radical and en-
tire. ' THE BACK AND PELVIO na-
orox; IT owns TONE To run wnonn mvous us-
run: r-r numnss DISPLACED oquNs To win
NATURAL rosmox. TIIAT mama or assume
DOWN, oausnvo ram, WEIGHTANDBACKACEE, Is
ALWAYS rumxnx ouasnnv ITS usu.
Itwlll, at all timeout] under All circum-
stances, mi harmony with the lnws that
govern the female system.
For themeoflfldney Complaints of‘eithcr
sex, this Compound in nnsumsae .
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
ls prepared atthe proprietorslaboratory.
No, 233 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass.
"INSANE Bottles to 233 8331qu $5.
. m i' IISW I'S ISO uu'y.
Sendsfor pam hletes‘flyxddrgss as above. mq
No famIl s
uldbe withoutLydiaE.Pinkham's
LIVER . They cure Consti atlou, Bilious-
ness. and Turbidity of the Liver. eta. per-box.
JOHNSTON, HOLLOWAY Gr 00.,
Wholesale Agents, Philadelphia,Penn.
Warm Baths
Cold Baths! 3
Shower Baths ! 1:
Everyday at
E. APELL’S Mode Barber Shop,
Second Door- from Poss Office.
GBAEFENBEHG
. .. VEGETABLE
PILLS
Are the mildest ever
known, they cure HEAD-
ACHE, MALARIAL DIS-
~ BASES, BILIOUSNESS,
and INDIGESTION. These
LS
Tone up the system and restore health to
those suffering from general debility and
nervousness. Sold by all Drugts,
26 Cents per 0:.
R. ll. WHITGOMB,
Carriage Repairer & Painter,
Brook 81., near toot of‘Miil Hill,
Glades, Carriages, 01‘ Want:
Repaired and Painted in the Best
, Style and Manner.
//
nag.
l .
2’14 ’
ALSO
PLAIN AND FANCY lE'ITEIiINii
Give me a call.
(Ibrmcrty Dr Craig’s Kidney Cure.)
preparation and the only sure
le world for Bright’s Discus
. (1 ALL II
Urinary Disease-n. _
WTeatimoninls of thehlghest order in proof
of these statements.
BEFFor the cure of Diabetes, call for War-
ner-’- 8afe Diabetes Cure.
WFOI' the cure of Bright’s and the other
diseases, call for Warner's Safe Kidney
and Liver
Idney, Liver, an
@WAHNER’S ’
5 AND 8. UYEER Safe Remedies are
[UD s’ 601- sold b Druggists
A” and eaiers in
[)lArE'rEs
cuss
SAFE BlTlffiS
“fl MPH/WE
SAIE Plltt.
Medicine every-
where.
H. H. Warner &. to.
Tursrtr
g0 Proprietor-l,
,. o aooussrun, N. x.
v Mend for Pamphlet
and Testimonials. .
N0 COMBINATJ ON.
IMPflIlTiNT TO THE PUBLIC!
FRANK T. HYATT,
Practical and Mechanical Dentist,
Office and Reiiidence WEST AVENUE,
adjoining
ethodist Parsonage. ti
A FULL LINE OF
Shipping Tags,
Merchandise Tags,
{AND}
DEA]! LUCK TM} FASTENERS.
IN LARGE 0R SMALL QUANTITIES, AT
Gazette Ofice.
GAZETTE since.
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DISTRICT OF N01tWALK,ss.Probatc Cour It is stated that the Bank of France has
SCIENTIFIC pundit I
almost entirely abandoned Chemical tests in .
favor of the camera for detecting forgeries.
The sensitive plate not only proclaims forth-
with the doings of the eraser or penknife, but,
frequently shows, under the bold figures of
the forger, the sum origflally borne by the
check. So ready is the camera to detect ink
marks that a ea/rte do visits enclosed in a let:
ter may to the eye appear without blemish,
while a copy of it in the camera will proba—
bly exhibit traces of writing across tho face,
where it has merely been in contact with the
Written page.
The elephant hunters of Ceylon and India
corroborate Sindbad's story that elephants,
when they feel the approach of death, retir'e
to a solitary and inaccessible valley, and there
die in peace. The superintendent of ele-
phants to the government of India states
that no living man has come across the corpse
of a wild elephant that has died a natural
death.
A French electrician has devised an in-
genious electrical low water signal for steam
boilers, which indicates the existing water
level at any distance from the generator, and
when the water has sunk below a certain
point rings a signal bell, while at the same
time the sign “low water" appears on the
indicating tablet.
Recent ocean dredgings indicates that no
marine life exists at a greater depth than 150
fathoms.
Prof. Marsh recently read a paper treating
the dimensions of the brain and spinal cord
in some extinct reptiles. He considered that
the cerebral part Of the brain in living mam-
. -pmals showed a decided increase as compared
with the size of the extinct species, The
early mammals had smooth brains of birds
and reptiles followed the same law. A large
specimen of an extinct animal from the
Rocky Mountains which measured thirty
feet in length, had a brain cavity not much
larger than that of a dOg. There was,
however, a large posterior cavity toward the
spine. This suggests the idea that it is not
the brain alone, but the whole nervous sys—
tem, which may be the seat of mind.
With so simple an article as a red cabbage
a very old but pretty little chemical exper-
iment may be made by the young people,
with the result of amusing and astonishing
those around them. The effects may be
strikingly shown in this manner: Cut three
leaves of the cabbage into small pieces; and
after placing them in a basin, pour a pint of
boiling water over them, letting them stand
an hour, then pour off the liquid into a
decanter. It will be of a fine blue color.
Then take four wine glasses: into one put
six drops of.strong vinegar; into another.
six drops of solution of soda; into a third,
the same quantity of a strong solution of
alum; and let the fourth glass remain empty.
Fill up the glasses from the decanter, and
the liquid poured into the glass containing
the acid will quickly change to a beautiful
red ; that poured with the soda will be a fine
green ; and that poured into the empty glass
will remain unchanged.
In the Writings of Confucius, the great
Chinese philosopher, occurs the following
passage : “As we use a g ass to examine the
forms Of things, so must we study antiquity
in order to understand the present." This
sentence pom-.s most unmistakeably to the
use of magnifying glasses long before the
time of the writer, who died 478 years B. C.
A very slight declivity suffices to give the
running motion to water. Three inches per
.mile in a smooth, straight channel gives a
velocity of about three miles an hour. The
Ganges, which gathers the waters of the
Himalaya Mountains, the loftiest .in the
world, is, at 180 miles from its month, only
800 feet above the Sea, and to fall these 800
feet in the long course of the river is said to
require more than a month.
The Swiss colony in North Carolina has
discovered that the mulberry-tree grows with
as mttch luxuriance as the cherry, and that
the soil and climate of that State alike foretell
the future production of silk under the most
favorable conditions.
M. Javel says that the fatigue experienced
by the eyes from reading with artificial
light is due more to the want of light than
to its excess. Even in a very brightly illum-
inated room the pupils are very much more
dilated than by daylight, and this dilation
produces fatigue.
The Academy of the Lyncaei, funded at
the beginning of the seventeenth century, it
stated to be the oldest scientific society in
the world. The Academy was reorganized
in 1875, and has membets of various nation-
alities.
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oSpeed in 1880.0
LIST on THE TROTTERS WRO MADE THEIR MlLE
IN 2:20 OR BETTER.
During the year 1880 twenty. seven trolters
have made their mile in 2:20 or better, all
but three of which lowered their previous
records, the exceptions being Hopefuleby
and Santa Claus. The last two succeeded in
duplicating the time they made in 1879,as did
also. Doty, Voltaire, Post Boy, Nellie Irwin,
Ella Earl, Wagner’s Bashaw and John R,
who are not included in the 2:20 list.
First and foremost in the list is the phe-
nomlnai young trotter Maud S., that in her
first season has eclipsed all previous perform
ances and been crowned “inen of the
Turf." It is but three years since the little
chestnut stallion Hennis was considered a
wonderful animal because as a “green”
llorse he had trotted at Hartford in 2:19§,
the firet instance that 2.20 had been beaten
under like circumstances ; but here is a mare
two years younger than he was at the time
trotting nine seconds faster. Nor need the
comparison end here, for Hattie Woodward,
a year younger than was Hannis ‘when be
accomplished his then marvellous feat, _in
her first season has scored a mile in four and
a quarter seconds quicker time. And still
further, Trinket, three years younger than
was Hannis, eclipses his time on a half mile
track. ‘
Following is the list:
HORSES THAT TROTTRD IN 2:20 03 BETTER
DURING Tux. PAST SEASON.
Maud S, ch in 2:10?-
St. Julien, b g 2:11
Hopeful, g g 2:14;
Hattie Woodward, b In 1:15
Darby, br g 1:2 .
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A Few Thoughts in Church.—“This ser-
mon is a bore.”
“How much longer will he preach?”
“I’m hungry for dinner.”
“That- man isn’t at all bad looking."
“I wonder if Emma is engaged.”
“Well, if old Mrs. F00 F00 isn’t wearing a
turban too.” '
“I wander how much that bonnet cost."
“It sounds as if he was going to close up
the sermon." -
“I do wish the Bernhardt season had com-
menced.”
“I’ve a great mind to have it trimmed with
Scarlet.”
“I must order a pair of new shoes to mor-
row, and the material for that wrapper, and
visit Madame X's to try on that dress.”
“There’s Ed. Cochunk we saw in N ewport
last summer.”
“How that girl does lace l”
“Amen! Myl isn't it nice to get out.”—
N. Y. Graphic. '
ri
ALL’s ram.
“Do you attend the fair ?” she said,
And tossed her pretty little head.
He spake up with a roguish glance,
“Yrs, always, when I get a chance."
She blushed and said, “Now don’t be green;
You know quite well, sir, whatI mean ;
There’s only one fair in the town.”
Said he, “That’s what I said to Brown.”
"Charles, I shall have to box your ears.”
The lover eyes were full Of tears.
“You know what fair; will you take me ?"
For better or worse ?” said Charles, in glee.
:‘All’s fair in love or war," and they
A family ticket bought. next day
NOW Charles looks into her sparliling eyes
And swears he has carried on the prize.
—-!'Rochester Express.
CORRESPONDENCE.
American Themes.
The rising importance of our land is be.
coming more evidently recognized abroad as
well as at home. We can afford to be
modest. Fifty millions of people are a
power in themselves. ‘We need not be greatly
anxious to secure foreign recognition and
endorsement, for we have now ample
resources within ourselves. There was a
time when we were quite sensitive to the
criticisms made upon us by Europeans, but
we can now become our own critics and pass
judgment on our national progress, not by
the standards of other lands, but by those
which our own ideals set up for us.
The fact that ours is a self-goveming
country makes it imperatively necessary to
our security that our people inform them-
selves carefully upon the principles which
underly our institutions. Our own history
and traditions, our political problems, our
dangers and weaknesses, our wants and aims
should be examined and comprehended by
ll classes among us. Some deplore the
frequent recurrence of our Presidential elec-
tions, and yet these have a very great value
in awakening the attention of our people to
the leading questions which affect our land.
They are highly educational in their influ-
ence, and call out full discussion of the
matters at issue. It is requisite to our
freedom and security that the people should
be intelligent voters, The interest which is
taken in our general elections prompts
journals and periodicals to publish elaborate
papers on State questions that are eagerly
read, and in this way the average citizen is
qualified for his duty.
No publication has done so much good
work in this directionas the North American
Review, which from its formation, nearly
three-quarters of a century ago, has accom-
plished a vast deal in elevating the tone of
American thought upon subjects of an es-
pecially national interest. Necessarily, in
its early days its pages were given, in no
small degree, to the discussion of European
topics, either of a political, religious or lit-
erary character. American themes were
then too limited in scope and importance to
eugross attention. Now it is different.
American topics are paramount, and themes
of a universal nature are often looked at from
an American stand-point. It is only neces-
sary to name some of the valuable papers
which have recently appeared in this leading
magazine to see how actively the American
mind is grappling with problems that concern
the growth and stability of our republic.
Some of these have been “The Ruins of
Central AmeriCa," a series; “The Trial of
Mrs. Surratt;” “Nullity of the Emancipa—
tion Edict," by R. H. Dana; “The Census
Laws;" “Principles of Taxation ;" “Prince
Bismark, asa Friend of America and as a
Statesman ;” “Canada and the United States,”
by Goldwin Smith; “The Panama Canal,”
by Count Lesseps; “The Democratic Party
judged by its History ;" “The Campaign of
1862;" “The Monarchical Principle in our
Constitution ;” “The Republican Party salt
was and is ;” “The Nicaragua Route to the
Pacific ;" “The Political Situation from a
Financial Standpoint.” I
Here are fourteen most valuable and ex-
haustive papers, two of which are serials,
prepared by the ablest writers, of whom
some are the most eminent of living men,
all published in the last five numbers. It is
evident that interest in American themes has
not declined but grown very greatly in pro-
portions. For this same North American
Review is managed with rare ability and has
reached its large circulation by providing
just this reading for its wide constituency.
The minds of our most scholarly writers and
our leading statesmen are clearly awake to
the overshadowing importance of American
topics, and the mass of readers, who plainly
call for the discussion of these subjects, are
eager to examine them in order that they
may act prudently when they are required
to record their wishes at the ballot box.
A similar view might be taken of this
subject from its literary side. We are actu-
ally beginning to see the formation of a
circle of strong writers who are content to
lay the scenes of their tales not in the old
world cities and villages but here in what
has been looked to be a country without ro—
mance or material for novel writing. Mrs.
Burnett, author of “That Lass o’ Lowrie's,"
is writing for Scribner’s Monthly a long
novel whose scene is laid in Washington;
Mr. Howells and others in the Atlantic have
given us fiction illustrating American life and
scenery which has attrated very wide atten-
tion, and leading writers in Harper’s and
Lippiucott’s have found the same field full of
fresh and inviting materials for their stories.
In Harper’s Weekly 9. series of illustrated
papers upon the condition of the Freedmen
at the South, presents some things in most
strikingly picturesque shape, and awakens
thought upon the great wrongs which have
been suffered in the past, and starts many
suggestions as to the future of the southern
portion of our Republic. The long and in—
tensely interesting series of papers in the
Atlantic Monthly, entitled "Reminiscences of
Washington,” Show us how much history we
have already made, and how thrilling are
many of the details in our national annals,
even when they are put before us with the
most dispassionate calmness. The author of
these sketches writes as a graceful conversa-
tionalist talks, and presents the inside life
and everyday character of the succeeding
presidential administrations in a very charm-
ing fashion.
As a nation we have some things to regret
and blush for, but our heritage is a large one
and our place among the great nationalities is
fully assured. It is in our power to fill a post
of great honor in the world. Let us then not ‘
slight American themes, but before every-
thing else understand our own land, its insti-
tutions and interests, its history and litera-
ture, its hopes and destinies.
B. B. SNownnN.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1880.
________
A London newspaper tells a curious story
about a gentleman who proposed at a dinner
party to the lady who is now his wife. He
had been a lover for some time, but never
quite persuaded himself up to the point of
popping the question. During the eventful
dinner he learned from the person sitting next
him that a rival intended that evening to
make an attack upon this Dulcinea’s heart.
She was sitting at some distanCe from him at
the table, and the rival was at her side. He
was equal to the emergency, however, for
tenrlng a half sheet from his note-book he
wrote upon it: '
“Will you be my wife? Write your an-
swer, yes or no, upon this paper and return
It to me.”
Calling a waiter the ingenious lover sent
the massive to “the lady in blue at the end
of the table—be very careful.” The servant
did as directed, but the lover in his anxiety
forgot to send his pencil. The lady had
presence of mind, hOWever, and tucking the
note into her bosom, said to the waiter:
“Tell the gentleman yes."
_. -74.; —-. r
A son of Erin being asked which was the
greatest debating club in Ireland, replied:
“The shillelhah. And it’s always human in
the hottest contests.”
An insignificant little barrel hoop lyin
upon the Sidewalk has been known to y
a man right out of the bosom of the church
and mm him into the ranks of backsliders.
A lutlc girl begging for more sugar in her
tea was told that she had had several lumps
already, whereupon she pitifully said. “Yes,
mm. but you see they melt away so t"_
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