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From Harper’s Magazine for April.
The Indlan Camp.
BY J. T. TRQWBRIDGE.
Out from the Northern forest, dim and vast;
Out from the mystery
Of Yet more shadowy times, a pathless past,
- Untracked by History;
Strangely he comes into our common-place,
Prosaic present;
And, like a faded star beside the bay’s
Silvery crescent,
Upon the curved shore of the shining lake
His tent he pitches——
A modern chief, in white man's wide-awake
And Christian breaches.
Reckless of title-deeds and forms of law,
He freely chooses
Whatever slope or wood-side suitshis squaw
And lithe papooses.
Why not? The owners of the land were red,
Holding dominion
Wherever ranged the foot of beast or spread
The eagle’s pinion ;
And privileged, until they welcomed here
.Their fair-faced brother,
To hunt at will, sometimes the bear and deer,
Sometimes each other.
How often to this lake, down yonder dark
And sinuous river,
The painted warriors sailed, in fleets of bark,
With bow and quiver!
This lank-haired Chieftain is their child, and
heir .
To a great nation,
And well might fix, you fancy, anywhere
His habitation.
Has he too come to hunt the bear and deer,
To trap the otter?
Alas! there's no such creature stirring here,
On land or water. ,
To have a little traffic with the town,
Once more he chooses
The ancient camping place, and brings his
browu
Squaw and papooses. ' -
No tent was here in yester-cvening’s hush;
But the day, dawning,
'I‘ransfigures with a faint, aroseate flush,
His dingy awning.
The camp smoke curling in the misty light,
And canvas slanting
To the green earth,all this is something quite
Fresh and‘enchanting; '
Viewed not ,too closely, lest the glancing
Wings, _
The iridescent _
Soft colors of romance, give place to tdings
Not quite so pleasant.
The goosamers glistening on the dewy turf;
The lisp and tinkle
0f flashing foam-bells, where the placid surf
Breaks on the shingle;
The shimmering birches by the rippling cove;
A fresh breeze bringing
The fragrance of - the pines, and in the grove
The thrushes singing,
Make the day sweet. But other sight and
sound
And odors fill it, .
You find, as you-approach their camping
ground .
And rceking skillet.
The ill-fed curs rush out with wolfish bark ;
And, staring at you,
leim young girl leaps up, smooth-limbed
and dark
As a bronze statue.
A barre papoose about the camp-fire poles
Toddles at random;
And on the ground there,by the blazing coals,
Sits the old grandam.
Wrinkled and lean, her skirt a matted rag,
, In plaited collar
0f beads and hedgehog quills, the smoke-
dried hag
Squats in her squalor,
‘ Dressing a marmot which the boys have shot;
Which done, she seizes
With tawny claws, and drops into the pot
The raw, red pieces.
The chief meanwhile has in some mischief
found
A howling urchin,
Who knows too well, alas! that he is bound
To have a hirching.
The stoic of the woods, stern and unmoved,
Lays the light lash on,
Tickling the lively ankles in approved
Fatherly fashion.
The boy slinks OR, a wiser boy, indeed-
Wiser, and sorrier.
And is this he, the chief of whom we read,
The Indian warrior?
Where hangs his tomahawk ? the scalps of
tall .
Braves struck in battle ?
Why, bless you, sir, his band is not at all
That kind of cattle!
In ceasing to be savages, they chose
To put away things
That suit the savage: even those hickory bows
Arc merely playthings.
For common use he rather likes, I think,
The white man’s rifle,
Hatchet, and blanket; and of white man’s
drink,
I fear, a trifle.
With neighbors' scalp-locks, and such baga-'
telles.
He never meddles.
Bows, baskets, and I hardly know what else.
He makes and peddleS.
. Quite civilized, you see. Is he aware.
Of his beatitude? .
Does he,for all the white man’s love and care
Feel proper gratitude?
Feathers and war-paint he no more enjoys;
But he is prouder
0f long-tailed coat,and boots, and corduroys,
And white man’s powder.
And he can .tradc his mink and musquash
skins, .
Baskets of wicker,
For white man’s trinkets; bows and mocca—
sins
For white man’s liquor.
His Manitou is passing, with each strange,
Wild superstition ;
He has the Indian agent for a change,
An Indian mission.
He owns his cabin and potato patch,
And farms a little.
Industrious? Quite, when there are fish to
catch,
. Or shafts to whittle.
Though all about him, like a rising deep,
Flows the white nation,
He has—and while it pleases us may keep—'-
His Reservation.
Placed with his tribe in such a paradise,
’Tis past believing
That they' should still be given to petty vice,
Treachery and thieving.
Incentives to renounce their Indian tricks
Are surely ample,
With white man’s piety and politics
For their example.
But are they happier now than when, some
night.
The chosen quotas
Of tufted warriors sallied forth to fight
The fierce Dakotas?
Still under that sedate, impassivc port;
That dull demean'or,
A spirit waits, a demon sleeps—in short,
The some red sinner!
Within those inky pools, his eyes, I see
Revenge and pillage,
The midnight massacre that yet may be,’
The blazing village.
When will he mend his wicked ways,indeed.
Kill more humanely
Depart, andrlcavc to us the lands we need ?
To’put it plainly.
Yet in our dealings with his race, in crimes
I Of war and ravage,
Who is the Christian, one might ask some-
times,
And who the savage ?
His traits are ours, seen in a dusky glass,
‘ And but remind us
Of heathonism we hardly yet, alas!
I-Iavc left behind us.
Is right for white race wrong for black and
red ?
A manor woman,
What hue soever, after all'Ihat’s said,
Is simply human.
i
Viewed from the smoke and misery of his
dim
Civilization,
How seems, I‘d like to ask—how seems to
him
The proud Caucasian 7
I shape the question as he sauntcrs nigh,
But shame to ask it.
'Wc turn to price his wares instead, and buy,
Perhaps a basket.
But this is strange! A man without pretense
_ Of wit or reading,
Where did he get that calm intelligence,
That plain gobd-breeding?
With him long patience, fortitude unspent,
Untaught sagacity; .
Culture with us, the curse of. discontcni,
Pride, and rapacity.
Something we gain of him and bear away
Besides our purchase.
We look awhile upon the quivering bay
' And shimmering birchcs—
The young squaw bearing up from the canoes
Some heavy hiding;
Along the beach a picturesque papoose
Splashing and wading;
The withered crone, the camp smoke’s slow
ascent,
The puffs that blind her;
The girl, her; silhouette on the sun-lit tent
Shadowed behind her;
The stalwart brave, watching his burdened '
wife,
, Ercct and stolid ;
We look, and think with pity of a life
So poor and squalid! '
Then at the cheering signal of a bell
' We slowly wander
Back to the world, back to the great hotel
Looming up yonder. '
From Appleton’s Journal.
Olipliant’s Land of Gilead.
TRAVELS IN PALESTINE AND SYRIA.
(Continued. )
Of another class of experiences character—
istic of travel in the Land of Gilead, a good
specimen is Mr. Oliphant’s account of a night
at Keir Assad, “the happy village”:
“A description' of our quarters will apply
to all the other abodes in the village. A cir-
cular stone and mud wall,about six feet high.
inclosed the whole establishment. This was
entered by a gateway wide enough to admit
a horse, and barricaded at night by two or
three bars. Inside this inclosure, and adjoin-
ing the wall, so as to leave a yard in the cen-
ter, there were on the right, on entering,
first, two detached little rooms, occupied by
the owner and his family; then a raised
stage of mud, two or three feet above the
yard, on which was an erection of boughs of
trees, forming a sort of shelter under which
they slept in the heat of summer; then a
long shed or stable—now empty—for cattle ;
then an open pen, in which were two don-
keys; and, lastly, ‘bringing us back to the
entrance gate, and completing the circle, an
immense oven with a domed roof,and a huge
fire in a hole in the floor in the center. The
domestic circle of our host consisted of two
wives, a grown-up daughter, and some small
children, includin a baby. These all turné'd
into one room, leaving us sole possessors of
the other, which wasa smallapartmentmbout
ten feet square, partly excavated and partly
built of stone, plastered with mud and cow
dung. The entrance was a hole three feet
high, destitute of a door, through which
came the entire supply of light and air, as’
there were neither windows nor chimney.
The mud floor having been sprinkled and
swept by the women. they spread mats upon
it, and we pushed a bush into the doorway,
with which to make a barricade against the
invasion in the night of two or three savage~
dogs who inhabited the yard, and whom we
found it impossible to conciliate. There was
an air of extreme poverty in the whole estab-
lishment, but the women were willing and
anxious to make us comfortable......
“Altogether, though our accommodation
at Keir Assad was somewhat squalid in its
character, we were disposed, after dinner, to
take a contented view of life; and, after
barricading our door and spreading our blan-
kets on the floor, looked forward with some
satisfaction to a well-earned night’s rest—a
delusion which, unhappily, was soon dis-
polled; for no sooner had the sounds of the
day died away, and the family and our ser.
vants gone to roost, than a pack of jackals
set up that plaintive and mournful wail by
which they seem to announce to the world
that they are in a starving condition. They
came so close to the village that all the dogs
in it set up a furious chorus of defiant bark-
ing. This woke the baby, of whose vocal
powers we had till then been unaware.
Fleas and mosquitoes innumerable seemed
to take advantage of the disturbed state Of
things generally to make a combined on-
slaught. Vainly did I thrust my hands into
my socks, tie handkerchiefs round my face
and neck, and so arrange the rest of my
night attire its to leave no opening by which
they could crawl in. Our necks and wrists
especially seemed circled with rings of fire.
Anything likcfihe numbers and voracity of
the fleas of that 'happy village’ I have never»
during a long and varied intimacy with the
insect, experienced.
“It would have been useless to go and try
sleeping on a raised stage outside. In the
first place, the dogs were lying in wait for
the calves of our legs in its immediate vicin
ity; and, in the second, the fleas were doubt-
less as numerous there as inside. If the
baby was only suffering a tithe of what we
were, no wonder it squalled. It was easy
enough to catch them by the dozen; but it
was of no manner of use—~it in no way di-
minished the supply. So we groaned and
tossed withoutclosing an eye,eagerly watch-
ing for the morning, and an linur before day-
light roused the establishment.”
During this portion of his journey, Mr.
Oliphant visited the ruins of Gadara, south-
east of the Sea of Galilee, whence he pro-
ceeded to Ajlun, J crash and Salt, and thence
eastward as far as the foot of Kalat Zerka on
the Hadj road. In the province now known
as “The Belka,” but which was called by the
Romans Pei-lea, “the country beyond,” he
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1881.
fixed the site of his proposed colony, com-
prisinga district about fifty miles long by
thirty broad, containing from a million to a
million and a half acres. Mr. Oliphant gives
a very glowing and attractive account ,of
this region, both as to its picturesque beauty
and agricultural capabilities; and as the tract
would include the Ghor Seisaban, or plains
of Shittim, on the borders of the Dead Sea,
nearly thirteen hundred feet below the sea
level, and the highlands of Gilead. over four
thousand feet above the sea level, “in no part
of the world could so great a variety of ag-
ricultural produce be obtained compressed
within so limited a space.” This magnificent
country is now occupied by no settled in-
habitants, but is roamed over by scattered
Arabs, who have no title to the soil, which is
all crown property, and subject to coloniza—
tion under the established laws of the cm-
pire. Such of our readers, however, who
desire to acquaint themselves with the de—
tails of Mr. Oliphant’s scheme must refer
to the book itself. No brief summary could
do it justice in its entirety,aud in accordance
with our plan we must hasten forward to
other interesting incidents of his travels.
Returning to Salt after an ineffectual at-
tempt vto visit the subterranean cities of
Dcrat, Beloola, and Rabab,. though a day
was spent among the ruins of Rabbath-Am-
mon, Mr. Oliphant decided to visit Jerusalem
by way of Jericho. He reached Jerusalem
in time to witness the festivities connected
with Easter time, and to comment upon the
ferocious hatred displayed toward one an—
other by the di'fferent Christian sects; and
then, tiuuing aside to Nabious in order to
visit .ana, the ancient Gophna, proceeded
through the barren mountains of Samaria to
Haifa, a. port lying under the shadow of
Mount Carmel, and which has been fixed
upon by Mr. Oliphant. as the starting point
for the railroad which should bring his colo-
ny (and ultimately Jerusalem itself) into easy
connection with the seaboard. From Haifa
he passed around the bay to Act‘!, whence,
riding along the coast by way of Tyre, he
reached Beyrout about the middle of April,
after an absence of little morethan a month.
Having thus chosen the site for his colony,
the next step was to put the scheme into
practical and legal shape, and with this ob-
ject in view Mr. Oliphant determined to visit
Damascus, in order to consult with Midhat
Pasha, then Governor-General of Syria,
and known to be favorably disposed t0ward
all enterprises that tended toward progress
and reform. Turning aside from the main
road from Beyrout to Damascus, Mr. Oli—
phant (in company with the British Consul—
General) paid a visit to the Druses of the
Lebanon, perhaps the most remarkable and
interesting community in, Turkey, The ac-
couut of this visit is extremely interesting,
but, as the substance of it has already ap—
peared in “Blackwood’s Magazine,” and as it
is too compact to be adequately summarized,
we shall pass it by, only pausing to quote an
anecdote which affords a very curious illus—
tration of the Drusc ideas regarding metem-
psychosis or the transmigration of souls,
which is the pillar of their creed;
“A child, five years old, in Djebel e1 A’ala,
complained of the life of poverty which his
parents led, and alleged that he had been a
rich man in Damascus; that on his death he
was born in another place, but lived only six
months; that he was born again among his
present friends, and desired to be carried to
that city. He was taken there by his rela-
tives, and on his way astonished them by his
correct knowledge of the names of the dif—
ferent places which they passed. 'On reach-
ing the city, he led the way through the va—
rious streets to the house which he said had
been his own. He knocked, and called the
woman of the house by her name; and, on
being admitted, told her that he had been
her husband,and asked after the welfare of
the several children, relatives and acquaint-
ances whom he had left. The Druscs of the
place soon met to inquire into the truth of
the matter. The child gave them a full ac-
count of his past life among them, of the
names of his acquaintances, the property
which he had possessed, and the debts
which he had left. All was found to be
strictly true, except a small sum which he
said a certain weaver owed him. The man
was called, and on the claim being mentioned
to him acknowledged it, pleading his pover-
ty for not having paid it to the children of
the deceased. The child then asked the we—
man who had been his wife whether she had
found a sum of money which he had hid in
the cellar; and,‘on her replying in the nega-
tive, he went directly to the place, dug up
the treasure, and counted it before them.
The money was found to be exactly of the
amount and kind of specie which he had
specified. His wife and children, who had
become considerably older than himself,then
gave him some money, and he returned with
his newI friends to his mountain home.”
Skirting the great desert which lies be-
tween the Lebanon and the Euphrates, and
which reaches the very suburbs of Damas-
cus, a glimpse of the village of Dhumayr
suggested to our traveler the desert postman
who here, after a nine days’ and nights’ jour-
ney across the desert, delivers up the Bagdad
mail :
“The wild Bedouin Ewho performs this
dangerous, solitary and fatiguing journey,
rarely enters the two centers of Eastern-
civilization between which he furnishes a
means of communication. For him the fra—
grant gardens and well-stocked bazaars of
Damascus have no attraction; or perhaps he
fears that he might be seduced by them, and
avoids the temptation. Be that as it may,
he stops on the verge of the desert, at either
end of his route, and swings on his lithe
dromedary to'and fro over its arid wastes,
catching such snatches of rest as he may at
the scattered cases and widely separated
wells where he stops to 'refresh his camel.
With the coppery sky scorching him by day,
and the changeless blue above him at night 2
rarely knowing the shelter even of an Arab
tent; carrying with him the dates and rice
sufiicient to last him for his journey; ex-
posed to perils from thirst and sand-storms
and predatory Arabs, to whom the fleet ani-
mal he rides is a sore temptation—he is,
without doubt, the most bizarre and excep-
tional postman in existence. One wonders
whether he has really over fathomed the
mystery of his occupation, or found out why
he should be thus kept oscillating between
the opposite margins of the desert with a
bag; whether he knows what is in the bag,
or if 'he does, can form any conception why
people in Damascus should care to know
what people are doing in Bayad, for he can
never have experienced the sensation of
wanting either to receive or to send a letter.
It is probably with- a considerable feeling of
scorn and contempt that he ministers to this
morbid craving for imparting and receiving
useless information. Then, again, what op-
portunities for profound reflection he enjoys!
Rarely exchanging a word with his fellow
man, yet constantly battling with hidden
dangers—always on the alert, and yet never
varying the eternal monotony of sky and
dcscrt—;the mystery of existence must pre—
sent the problems which civilization has
failed to fathom, in an entirely new light to
him forever perched on the back of a (home-
dary. For all we know,hc may have framed
a theory OI evolution depending on ‘environ-
ment,’ by which, when the fittest is called
“POD ‘0 survive, he may remain the sole rcp-
resentative of the human race., Meanwhile
the types of the highest state of civilization,
blows with its discoveries, are driven to sui—
cide, and find life monotonous because it is‘
made up of ‘buttoning and unbuttoning’ ;
but he who is never called upon to do one or
the other, serenely leads the most monoto-
nous existence ‘of all. Yet no thought of
self-destruction from ennui ever enters his
mind as he jogs backward and forward over
the dreary waste with the bag that he do—
spises ...... It is sad to think that the day may
not be far distant when the occupation of
this interesting specimen of humanity will
be gone; when the shrill scream of the loco-
motive, piercing thc still air of night, will
scare the jackals who now make it resound
with their plaintive cries, and introduce the
Bagdad postman to ‘the blessings of civiliza-
tion,’ of which he has till now been deprived.
Flying across the desert by the Euphrates
Valley Railway, tightly wedged between a
set of cardsharpcrs in a third~class carriage
he may possibly look back with a smile or
pity to his dromedary days; but it is a ques-
tion whether he will be a better or a wiser
man, especially if, to relieve the monotony
of the journey, his companions initiate him
into the mysteries of their vocation, or make
him its victim.”
(To be continued.)
m
A Darwinian Diversion.
The servant of my grocer, a sharp boy
named Joe, told me he had lately seen in the
streets a large and handsome pigeon with
scarlet tipped wings, purple tail-feathers,and
a small, well-shaped comb, like a co'ck’s,
upon his head! The peaks of color in feath-
ers might be accounted for, but the comb!
No, it was impossible; the columbw were too
widely distinct from the gallium. I question—
ed the lad. He declared it was true, and
that he had seen the bird often. , He calcula-
ted he knew a pigeon, and he knew what a
comb was. This was a fine sleek bird, with
a knowing look and not a bit skeery.
If this is true, thought I, I will knock the
naturalists cndwise. A pigeon with a comb!
I must have that bird. I will give him to
Mr. Thornbury as a subject for a lecture.
He will go back of Darwin, even. I will
write to Darwin myself. It will be a favor-
able opportunity to get an autograph letter;
for, of coursc,'thc great man will acknowl-
edge my service in the cause of science.
“Joe,” said I, “if you can catch that bird
in a trap—alive, I mean, and without injury
——I will give you ten dollars.”
The boy’s face brightened with a keen in.
telligence, and he said, “I’ll try.”
I visited Mr. Thornbury, and gave him the
news. Our discdssion was animated and
long, blit it need not be re-produced here.
I had stipulated with Joe that, in case he
should catch the bird, he should take the
trap direct to my friend’s house.
Meanwhile the pigeon had been seen by
many persons, and it was noiscd about in the
grocery and provision stores of the South End
that his phenominal ornaments had excited
great interest among savants. J on had, more-
over, cxpatiated upon his expected reward,
and had promised to take his “girl” to the
theatre on the strength of it.
When at length J oc made the capture, and
started off with the prise in the grocer’s wa-
gon, he was followed by a curious crowd. 1
got the word, and started also. By the time
I arrived there were a dozen persons in the
front yard. Joe had already alighted with
the box, and taken it in-doors.
Mr. Tooke Thornbury, in his best blue
coat, and with eyes that gleamed behind his
huge glasses, stood waiting for the trap to be
opened.
There the pigeon was, as bright a creature
as ever was seen, with purple tail, scarlet-
tipped wings, and a coral comb. The bird
ran about the room without fear, but did not
choose to be handled. -
Mr. Thornbury’s emotion was extreme.
“Shades of Hunter and Buffon, of Owen,
Agassiz, and Aristotle l" he ejaculated. “Am
I too to be one of you—known to after-times
as one of the great co-ordinates in science ?
The (Iolumba thornburyi shall mark a new era
in classification. Now we will see if the
director of the Stubbs Institute, who has
refused to invite me to lecture, will delay
any longer the acknowledgement of my tal-
ents l”
Meanwhile the lively bird kept hopping
about, gracefully eluding capture. Mr.
Thornbury was unconscious of the gradually
increasing audience, as he talked and medi—
tated by turns. The entry and doorway were
filled with eagerly curious folk.
There was a slight rustle, then a voice,and
quick footstep. A buxom and saucy girl about
twelve years of age,in ashort dress, and wear-
ing long braids of yellow hair, rushed in,say-
ing, in a tone that was like scolding and cry-
ing at once, “I declare it’s too bad! Billy,
pretty Billy, come!”
She held out her hand, and the bird rose on
his wings and alighted on her finger. “There!
there l" she said, soothingly; “ Pretty Billy,
kiss me !” ,
The bird put his bill to the full-red lips,
and gaveau audible coo of delight.
“Now, J oe‘Saunders,” she said, turning to
the grocer's boy, “you see if you don’t catch
it! My p'a says there’s a law against setting
traps for birds in the city. Yes, poor Billy l”
she said, caressing the bird again, “they were
going to cut you up” (giving aspiteful glance
at Mr. Thornbury), but they sha’nt—uo, they
sha’nt."
My feelings went through as many phases
as the colors of a dying dolphin. There
was a pathetic as well as a comic side to the
fiche. The face of Mr. Thornbury was a
study 'for a picture of vacuity. He was at
his wits’ end. .
I ventured to calm the girl's' wrath by ad-
miring her pet, "Those are very unusual
colors,” I said. pointing to the purple and
scarlet tips.
“ Oh, I did that,” said the girl, gaylj’.
“Papa’s carminc ink on the wing feathers,
and violet on the tail feathers. Aren’t they
pretty? Kiss me, Billy!”
“But his extraordinary comb l" grasped
Mr. Thornbury. '
Here the girl laughed outright, while her
merry eyes shone and her fresh color came.
“Pretty nice, isn’t it? I cut it out of red
felt. See the nice smooth ridges—just like a
real comb! It’s stuck well, hasn’t.'it? Fish
glue doesn’t soak off. Nice Billy l"
And the pretty fiend dandled the ornithol-
ogical monster up and down, while he clung
to his perch on her finger, and now and thou
tered his carminc-tintcd wings and spread'his
violet tail. ,
“Say good.by to the gentlemen," said the
girl, mischievously; and away she wont.
There was not much- to be said (from a
scientific point of view), and I was in haste
to settle with the grocei’s clever boy and be
gone.
I feared that Mr. Thornbury would he
prostrated with the shock, but it is singular
to observe the clacticity of great minds—F.
April.
m
A company of New Haven gentlemen met
at a fashionable restaurant in that city, the
other night, and sat in groups about the
small dining-room of the establishment, while
the ladies who accompanied them were re-
moving their wraps in a dressing-room. A
wealthy New Yurk merchant was taking
supper in the same room, fell into conversa-
tion with them, and, wishing to_cxpress the
pleasure he took in the company, quietly gave
an order to the waiter to furnishall with
champagne at his expense. The wine was
brought in on trays, but dcclined by all pres
ent. The New Yorker rose to explain, and
asked all to join him in a glass of wine.
Governor Bigelow, who was one of the party,
rose in return and thanked him for his court-
esy, but said the gentlemen present had come
to celebrate the-anniversary of the founding
of a total-abstinence society. The New
Yorker “wilted," but drank himself to the
rhedlth and principles of the assembly.
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L. N. PHINNEY, M. D.
Residence and Office, No. 7 Mott Avenue.
Office Hours—6 to 9 a. m.,12 to it and 7 to 8 p. m.
Slates at I. A. Meeker 80 00’s, Norwalk, and Still-
son’s and Plalsted’s Drug Stores, So. N orwalk.
CKIARLES W. DIANY
Surgegn Dentist,
N ORWALK, CONN.
Ofilcc corner Main and Wall. Streets. Nitrous-
Oxide Gas administered.
ALEX, S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
Teacher of '
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composition.
Lock Box 39 r. o'., NORWALK, CONN.
. Hurlbutt & Relyca,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Room No.4, [up stalrs,l
GAZETTE BUILDIN G.
w. a. GUI NT A a D,-
Geuurul Fuluilluuu Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE R..R.DEPOT
9 orders attended to day or ni ht. Resi-
dence Main Strc et,8 doors from Unto Avenue.
The Norwalll Fire Insurance 00.,
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year,
And has not outstanding a Dollnrot unpaidlosses
or of claims for losses.
Ill snllllll GDMPAIY IISIIIIES AT WWII! BA‘IES.
WM. 0.51ann'r, Pres., S. E. OLMS'I‘EAD, Tress.
GEO. R. CownssScc’y. '
a ETNA l NSURANCE Co.of HARTFORD
Incorporated 1812. barter Perpetual.
c npituland Assets, " $6,716,893.77
Ins urcs against loss and damage by Fire, on terms
ado pted to the hazard and consistent With the
lawn of compensation. COWLES Jo MERRILL,
Sole Agents for Norwalk and Vicinity.
EARLY-ES S. LOCKWOOD ,
Fashionable Irapcr and Tailor
AND
GEN T .S’ FURNISHING EMPORIUM . ,
Main Street ,Norwalk. Conn.
REMOVAL!
B. S. BLASCER.
Has removed to Lockwood’s Building, Wall Street
foot of Main, which has been refitted and turn-
ishcd with a choucc stock of
Groceries, Crockery, Glass, &c.,
He gives his' personal attention to his business
and invites public patronage.
BERNARD COHN,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
WEEK’S BU [LDING, WALL ST.
A FULL LINE OF
Imported and Domestic Cloths,
of the latest stylcs,constantlyon hand. Novel-
ties in Scotch Suitings. Satisfaction guaranteed
in every particular. 46
Peeple’s Market,
No. 19- IIIAIN STREET,
THE very best of BEEF, delivered daily to
our customers. Also in their season, Veal.
Lamb, Mutton. POI-II. &c.,at the 1 west
Market Rates. V egclables and Fruits a lull,
fresh and varied supply daily receiyed. Market
wagon soul: about town every morning.
JAMES E.-WIXSON.
Howard S. Bette,
(Successor to C. S. Prowl“.
PHARMACIST.
CORNER DRUG STORE,
Norwalk, 01:.
AT
Quintard’s Furniture Rooms
will be found a complete assortment or
FURNITURE, 8.0.,
including everything usually found in a first-class
establishment, at Prices to suit the Timcs. Also,
a large assortment of
UHROMOS. IPIGTURE FRAMES,
LooKmG GLASSES, are.
Glass Plate out to any size. _Repftiring done in
the best manner, at short notice. Also, old Hair
Matti-uses made over as good nsjncw.
E. QUINTARD’S SON.
Now for Your Orders!
HAVING sold out all of my old stock and re-
plenished with new I am now prepared to
pervc the public with the
BEST_ OF EVERYTHING
‘ m This
LIVER? LINE.
at mpst reasonable prices. Single or Double
Teams either by the hour or day, with or without
alrv‘ers. WILLIAM 1a. DANN.
Opposite D. & N. If». R.Depot, N orwalk.
GLEAILIIESS l8 IEXT To IDDLIIIESSu
G. A. FRANKE’S
Sharing and Hair Gulliuu Saluuu!
tour A
Pleasant Shave,
A rustle Halt Out, or
Thorough Shampoo
CALL A'I‘
Mr. Franke’s Hair Cutting Saloon,
No. l GAZETTE BUILDING - "
firartlcularattention given toL'lidiesaridChild-
ren‘s IIair Cutting and Shampooing.“
AT HOME TO EVERYBODY.
Hot and Cold Water Baths
pertaining to dentistry.
GOLD All]! SILVER WATCHES.
Rockford Quick Train Railroad
Watches a Specialty.
A Good 'Line or
Gold and Plated J ewa and Silver
Plated Ware.
8 Day Strike Clocks. from $3.60 up. 1 Day
Strike Clocks. from $2.25 up. A Large stock of
Spectacles and Eye Glasses, from 20 cents a pair
up. Watch Glasses 10 cents each.
Siuuuu, lull Wheeler ll Wilson
SEWING MACHINES.
All Goods at Prices as Low as Lowest.’at
A.W. Austin’s Jewelry Store
0,~erli. House Block, Ncrwnlk, Conn.
J.G.GREG onvaoo.
DRUGGISTE,
Successors to EDWARD P. WEED.
No. 38 Wall Street, Nor-walk, CL,
invite the attention of the public to their complete
ock of
Pure Medicines and Drugs,
and a full line of
TOILET & FANCY ARTICLES,
Also dealers in
Pure Wines and Liquors for
Medicinal Purposes.
Careful nttentiodpaid to the dispensing of
physicians’ prescriptions. 28
0. ll. Kendall, ill. I).
DENTIST,
Non-walk. Conn.
Ollicc second
door west from
Danbury. R. R.
Depot. Dental
operations in all
branches as for-
': merly. Painless
extraction of
teeth by aid of
LAUGHIN G
GAS a specialty
.gj, .l’!
N. B.—Dr.Kcndall s
ends Mondays in Rid e-
ficld. p 4%
DENTIST. I
r RANK T. HYATT would respectfully
call the attention of the public to the fact
that he is now prepared to, execute all orders ap-
. Havin g had 13 years prac-
tical experience wit the late Dr. Frank Brady
is a'guarantee that none but the best of work and
perfect satisfaction will be given. Call and sec
Im at his resulcncc adjoining the Methodist Par-
sonage. 2 t
Readman Bros.,
PIIIITIIIiillIIIIIi ARTISTS
Gazette Build-ing, Norwalk.
Late of 13 Main Street.
Daily M essenger.
W. :B. Newcomb.
WOULD announce that making daily trips to
New York, he ls prepared to act as Messen-
ger to transs ct any crrandsor business in the city,
and to purchase and bring up small articles for
those who may WlSh. Careful personal attention
given to all orders. Orders can be left at store of
J. LESTER GREGORY.53 ain St., or with Mr.
J. Monms BENEDICT,I’OSt Office News Dealer.
Ll. llllilililllt a a},
Drug'gistg,
2! Main St., Norwalk, Conn,"
YOU WILL FIND
iStrictly Pure
Drugs asset M ed'imln es,
Al; Reasonable Prices.
Prescriptions carefully compounded.
THE: MODEL .
Hair Dressing & Bath Booms,
Wall Street, Up Stairs.
Cleanliness, Comfort. Artifio Workmanship and
Gentlemanly Attendance are leading features of
this cstablishmcn t.
E. APELL, Proprietor.
Sluuiuulit Nuuuall Telephone Cu.
"81' 0F SUBSGIIIBEIIS 0F IIIIIWALK, Ill SPEAK-
Illfl GBMMIIIIIGATIIII TO DATE.
Adams Bros. . . . .. . . .. .Market
Adams & Stevens... . . . . . . . .Market
Asch, J on J ..................... Office
Beard, E.... ...Residence
Beatty, J. P. dSBros ............. Qfiice
Betta, H. S... . . .. .. Druggist
Brush, F. \V. ,I II. D .. .. . . . . . Office
Byington, A. 11. do Go. . .Gazette Ofiioe
Clarke, E. C., M. D. . .. ..Residence
Comstock Bros.... .. .. . . .. . . .Norwalk
Comstock Bros . . . . . . . . . South Nerwalk
Crofut & Knapp . . . . . . . . . .Upper Office
Crofut Sr. Knapp .......... Lower Office
D. &N. R. R.... . . . .....Freight Ofiice
Dunn, William E ............... Stable
Ferris, J. H . . . . . . a ..... Residence
Ferris, J. H Coal, Upper Yard
Ferris, J. H. . . . . , . ..Coal, Lower Yard
Gibson, A. S ............. Residence
Gregory Bros... . . . .. . . . ....Stable
Gregory, J. G., M. D . . .. . . . .Residencc
Gregory, J. G. & Co. . . . . . . . .Druggists
Hat Forming 00.... ....Ofiice
Higgins, R. L , M. D . . . . . . . .Iiesidencc
Hill, E. J.... .. .Lumber Yard
Hilsdon, W... . ....Market
Hitchcock, D., M. D. ....Residence
Holmes 8: Keeler.. . . . . .. .. ....Grocers
Hoyt& Olmstead.... .. .Ofiice
Hoyt, I. Mortimer ........ .. ..Druggisi;
Hungerford, 1-1., M. D. . . . . . . Residence
Hyatt, J. W.... . .. ....Ofiiec
Kendall, J. 0., M. D. . . . .Residence
Knapp, Burt.... . . . . ....Ofiice
Leonard, C. T. 65 Son. . .Coal, East Side
Leonard, C. T. & Son. . .Conl, West Side
Lockwood, W. A., M. D. ....Residence
Lounsbury & Bissell Co. . .... . . . . Office
Meeker, I. A. (53 Co . ... . . ....Druggists
Miller, George E. . . . . . . . . . .. .Residencc
Mitchell, W. & D . . . .. .Meat Market
Nolan, R. G., M. D. .. .. . .. .Residence
Norwalk Gazette.... . .. . .....Ofiico
N orwalk Hour ................. . Office
Norwalk Iron Works ....... . ..... Oflice
Norwalk Lock Co ..... . . ...... Oflice
NorwalkMills.. . . . . . ....Ofiicc
Palmer, E. M. & Co. . . . .Ofiice
Pardee, E. V., M. D. . . .. Residence
Plaistod, G. B. . . . . . .... ..... Druggist
Propeller Dock . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .Norwalk
Prowitt. J. T. .. . . . .. . . .Hardwnre
Randle,J.C ......... ............Siore
Raymond, J. Russell ...... . ...... Ofiicc
Raymond Brothers ...... ..Upper Office
Raymond Brothers .. .. . ...Lower Office
Rowan, II. H............. ..Office
Sandiforth, L. W. . . . . . . . . . . Residence
Sherman, S. J. . . . . . .Residence
.... anu-
Sherman, S. J.. . . . . ....Stable
Smith 85 Palmer ...... . s . ........ Office
Smith, W. H. & 00.. .. ...... Hardware
Solmnns, A. ........ ....Oificc
Steamboat Dock ....... .South Norwalk
Stillson, _G. C .. .. .~. .'. . . . . Druggist
St. John, C. E.. . . . . .Residenco
Western Union Telegraph. . . . .Norwalk
Westom Union Telegraph, So. Norwalk
Rentalol‘ Telephone, cr quarter, with use of
Line,-_$6 25: Rental 'of elenhono and Transmit-
ter, With use of Line. $900. No charge will be
made for putting in instruments.
Sunscnmnnsf PiuerEGns:—Contlnuous ser-
vice, day and night, except from 9 a. m. to.5 p.
in, on Sundays ' includin free communication
with Stamford a’nd Norw .
> Post Ofiicc.
REAL ESTATE.
a». A, NAM/\AM/‘W
0 LET.—Four rooms over store of C. lit 8.
H. Holmes.
11 O. C. BETTS.
AA
- v
OOMS T0 LET.—First and Second Floors
_ over I. A. Meeker 30 00’s Drug Storm. En-
quire al: 21 Main Street. ‘ 11
0 [Jun-Part of a house on Elm Street,
. consisting of seven rooms, ~ Possession
given immediately. Apply to . .
tlap DAVID M. PLATE.
0 LET.—-A handsome Dwelling House with
10 or 12 rooms; good street, for 820 per
month. Enquire of B. J. STURGES,
11 Real Estate Agent.
0 RENEE—House No. 4North Union Ave.
Srooms,bnrn, ordcn,and fruit. Part of
rent taken in boar: if desired. Apply on the
promise to J. II. UIILE. -
4 on SALE.-A very dosrrablc residence on
one of th
Norwalk. with
85,000. The same to rent for 8300 per year.
quire 0:1). J. STURGES, Real Estate Agt.
“‘— To Rent.
A PLACE near the head of Main Street. A
0 acres of excellent land for
El;
comfortable house, small barn, hen house,orchard.
garden, large front yard with plenty of grass.
Rent low to a good tennn t. Apply at
GAZETTE OFFICE.
To Let.
ART OF HOUSE, 28 West Avenue, with S or
9 large rooms. Enquire of
lutf F. A. VOLK.
Store to Rent.
Tl-IE capricious and handsome Store now own-
pied by Messrs Earle & Smith, on Wall St.,
near the old Norwulk Hotel, it comprises two
floors, 24595, With rcqusitc counters and shelves.
suitable for any first-class busmtss. Everything
is in complete order. Possession given April 1st.
Apply to JACOB WEEKS, or at this Chloe. 10
To Rent.
THE upper part 0! a house on Main Street; _6 or
8 rooms if desired, very desirable location.
Barn room if desired. Possession can be given
immediately. Enouirc at this ofilce. S 1‘
To Let.
NE-HALF OF A STORE on Main Street, at
$1: per month. Full particulars of
BENJ. J. STURGES,
9 Real Estate Agent.
Apartments to Let.
N the Brick Houses on Leonard street. In-
quire at LEONARD’S COAL OFFICE.
For Sale.
A House and about one acre
of Land on Prospect Hill,
May be had on reasonable terms. Apply to
E W. STUART.
Norwaik, March 16th, 188]. gift
House on West Avenue
FOR SALE OR TO RENT.
HE house oh West Avenue now occupied _by
Doctor Hitchcock. For particulars enquire
2f: EIJ. HILL, at his Lumber Yard, Water
‘ rce -. s
FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS willbuy
a. small place on the hill east of Winnipauk,
facing the Lounsbury & Bisscll Factory. A
chance for a poor man tosecure a home of his
owu. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE. th
Small Place for Sale.
SMALL,-two-story House, with one acre of
. Land, near Broad Biver Bridge,is offered
for sale at ll. low price, to close an estate. En-
quire at the GAZETTE OFFICE, 6lf
For Sale or to Rent.
A House On Fair Street.
Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.
Form for Sale.
THE subscriber offers his Farm for sale, situa-
ted iu the Town of Grecnlield,in Saratoga
Co.,iu the State of New York, nine miles from
Saratoga Springs. It is pleasantly situated or.
a. rise of ground, 95 acres of land, which is favor
ably divided into pasture, plow. meadow and
wood land; With a large house; the size of the
barn 30 by so, wagon house and stabling, hay loit
over the same, 25 by 43, and graincry 16 by 18.
Will be sold cheap; part of the purchase money
can remain. on mortgage if desired, or willcx-
change for village property. For further particu-
larsinquirc of SILAS I’. TUTTLE,
trot Norwalk,Conn.
Farm for Sale.
FARM of seventy acrcs.well preserved and
in a. good state of cultivation,situated at
Jerusalem, so called, in the town offlempstcad,
Long Island, N. Y. Said farm now belongs to es-
tate of Giles Seymour, late of Norwnlk, Conu..
deceased. For further parlicularsinquire of ED-
WARD SEYMOUR or SILAS 1’. TUTTLE,Ad-
ministrator of said estate. Part of the purchase
money can remain on bondundmortgage it de-
sired. SILAS P. TU’I‘TLE,
ti Administrator.
Desirable House to Let.
UI’I‘ABLE l‘oronc or two lamiiies; roomsvery
nice and convenient, with Borough writer in-
side and a never [ailing well of excellent soi‘t ira-
tcr outside; good cellar, nice grounds, pleasantly
situated grounds in a good neighborhood. Cou-
crcte and flagging wall: to Church. Schools and
item. rcasonnblcand immediate pos-
session given of W. R. NASH, 193 hluin St.
Norwalk, June SS, 1550. ‘16
FOR SALE.
WU Ivory desirable Building Lots on West
Main street. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.
For Sale.
cosy, comfortable Cottage on one of the pleas-
unto-st streets in town, within five minutes
walk of the Bridge orChurches, will be sold at
cost price. A portion oi the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price $7,000. En-
quire at this Office. ‘
Desirable Property for'salc.
A Very desirable place on East Avenue. -
Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue. for sale cheap.
Also. a. nicely located House and Lot on Mor-
wun Street near West Avenue. for sale at a bar-
gain, Enquire of
S. E. OSBORNJi'ast Avenue,
till or to D. W, Fitch, W est Avenue.
FOR SALE.
SEVERAL very desirable Building Sites for
Business purposes, Situated on Water Street.
Enquire of F. W. MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent
HEAP RENT—A house near Broad River
Bridge. Will be rented at a lowprice.
Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE.
IOIISEN'I‘r-A Barn on West Avenue.
Ap-
ply at the GAZETTE OFFICE. 12
DWELhI "Gfé
AND
Budding Lois.
SEVERAL dwellings,variouspriccs in differ-
ent portions of Borough, either to'letor for
sale at reasonable prices. Also several places
outside of Borough “IDES—01:8 in Winnipauk.
Also several Buildinglots in and out of Borough.
til!) Enquire at this Ofiice.
For Sale or Exchange.
FOR property in Norwalk or vicinity, 2 houses
in Brooklyn, E. D., Within omlnutcs walk of
4. ferries. Goodlocation. For particulars apply
to J. S. RANDALL,
'45 Box 03. N orwalk.
Farm for Sale.
BOUT 12 to 13 acres within 1); miles of center
I ol‘Norwlllk. _ Good situation. good house,
built of best material and by days work. About
80 choice Apple trccs With other fruit, good gar-
den, good wcllol' water,aud liue shade trees. Just
the place for a man Wishing to raise Strawberries,
ctc. Price $7,000. Enquire at this Office.
illssirahlc Homestead for Sale.
!' HIE valuable restdencepf the subscriber,
1 pleusantlylocatcd on high grqund on East
Ave., in the Borough of Norwalk, is offered for
sale. The situation is pleasant and healthy, com-
manding line views of Long Island Sound and the
surrounding country. Distance one mile from
Norwnlk Bridge. and the same from South Nor.
walk depot. Ilousc 54x50; two stories and little,
filled in with brick, and substantially built.
ltooms 18,Qith all. modern lmprorcmcuts,bath
room, laundry,statlonary tubs.Beohcc’s cooking
range,hot and cold water, gas throughout the
house. The cellar-is dry, having stationary turn-
aoe. which heats the whole house. The attic is
spacious, and rool'tlnued. The house is in excel-
leut order beingcomfortablcl‘orboth a summer or
winter residence . Suitablel'or any gentleman do-
ing business in New York and returning tlicsanic
da‘y. Land about three-quarters of an acre. laid
outin lawml‘ruit trees, and garden Spot. Apply
to JAMES MITC HELL, ,Real Estate .lgciit.N01‘-
walk, or to the subscriber, , ,
A. S. IIAMERSLLY ,
Slit! 255 Fourth Avenue, N. Y
For Sale.
*2? A Houseand Lot,in a. hcalthylocntionou
It??? FairStreet,above Catharine . .Thc Housels
.té “ nearly newnvellbuilt conveniently-arrange
ed. and will make a'c'Oiii‘lzot'tnblc and ilcasant
heme t’oral‘nmlly 0! average size. The otruns
back to the river. There IS a. wcllot excellent
water on the place, and Borough waterin the
Street. Price low,and partof the moncycan re
mum on mortgage. A line chance to secure
home . Apply “GAZETTEOFFICEJ 3t
nest streets of the Borough of -
0 .
union 3......
35 cents. A Mothers’
remedy for sleepless and irritable
Children. The Recipe-of Old D'.‘
Pitcher, Free from Morphine, and
not Narcotic. Formula published ‘
with each bottle. For Flatulency,
assimilating the food, Sour Stomach,
chcrisiiness, Worms, and Disor-
dered Bowels, Castoria. has the larg-
est sale of any article dispensed by
Druggists. ' ,
A Perfected Purifier of the System. .
Tonic—“Increasing the strength, obviating the
~—Wnns'rr;rz.
For Indigestion, and Dyspepsia,
the many forms of Liver Coni-
piaint, Impurc and Impoverished
Blood, and Functional Derange—
mcnts attendant upon chility, and
for Building up the weak, Ash-
Tonic is'doubtless the most prompt
and certain remedy yet devised. In
1-2 lb. bottles, 75 cents; Sixbottles,
$4. Accredited Physicians and
Clergymeu, who may desire to test
the Tonic, will be supplied with not
exceeding six bottles, at one-half
the retail price, money to accoun-
pnny the order. Sold by Druggists,
and by D. B. Dewey & ($0., 46 Dey
St., N. Y. .
~23 smog—saus-sr
E‘G‘flz- 16??
The most Powerful,
Penetrating and Pain-relieving
remedy ever devised by man. It
soothes Pain, it alloys inflammation,
it heals Wounds, and it cures
RHEUIIIATISIII,
Sciatica, Lumbago, Scalds,
Burris, Stiff Joints, Cuts, Swell-
mgs, Frost bites, Quinsey, Salt
Rheum, Itch, Sprains, Calls, and
Lameness from any cause. Suf—
ferers from ’
PAIN IN THE BACK, ,
Fever Sores, Eruptions, Broken
Breasts, contracted Cords, Neu-
ra-lgi‘a, Palsy or dislocated limbs;
and owners of horses, planters, me-
chanics, merchants and professional
men everywhere, unite in saying, that
CENTAUR LINIDIENT
brings relief when all other Lini-
ments, Oils, Extracts and Embrace.-
tions have failed.
NEW MTABKET!
No. 6 Main Street, Norwalk, Ct. ‘
THE BEST or
Beef, Veal, Mutton, Lamb. Perk,
HAMS, POULTRY, &c., always on hand at very
lowest market prices. GAME of all kinds in its
season. Try me: I will try to suit.
611145 W. F. LOOKWOOD, late with Adam 5 Bros
m H
P U R ”l; hi i i... K
i i? s
Delivered in Norwalk and SouthNorwalk, at
your door, every morning
AT 7 CENTS PER QUART,
By REMSON Buses. sits
fishnets.
NORWALK LATIN SCHOOL.
Beldon Avc.. near “'est Ave.
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, A, m., Principal.
MISS R. M. NORTIIROI’, LOUIS J.SEYMOUR,
' Assistants. '
The Boys‘ Department meets in the Belden
IIomestcad.at 5:30 A. M., and 1:30 P. M. It will
prepare boys for College, Scientific School. or Busi—
ness. Terms 810 per year; Latin, Greek,Germnn and
Higher Mathematics, $7.50 each, extra.
The Girls‘ Department meets in the roomslateiy
occupied by Miss Carter, at 3:45 A. M. Terms 340
without extras. A linited number of "iris may
board with the Principal. Specialtcrms will be made
for young children, either as day pupils or as board-
ers. .
Both Departmentsarc underthc Principal’sperson-
a1 instruction.
First Quarter opens September 6th, 1880.
References and further information will be found
in circulars, for which address the Principal,
Fill. its; Iiiilli‘iii STYLES
NOlV READY AT
Mrs. W. Pawcett’s,
No. 3 Water Street,
-m ,W
In Felts, Beavers, and Plush.
Silks, Satins, Plushes, Brocaded Satins, Rib—
bons, and. Velvets, Flowers, Feath—
ers and Birds.
Cla'olce Assortment of MOURNING
" GOODS on hand.
Lndies’ own material made up after French
. ' Patterns, $1.00.
Felt Hats dyed and pressed in the latest
styles, 40 cents. ,
\
GEO. WARD SELLECK
Has in his New Store,
Bardenbrook’s New Block, Wall St.,
A complete assortment of the best class of
GHBGEHIES,‘PBGIISIUN8, FRUITS,
&c., for family use. at Popular Prices. Ills stock
is at all times fresh and good, and will stand com-
parisonwith those ot‘uny Grocerin town. Call in
and leave your orders. 28ft
JAMES L. reams. ‘
handmade harness,
QlUINTARD’S BLOCK. 25
To LOAN on Real EstatcSecurity.
MOlley Enquire of 0. E.WILSON, NO-fi
Gazette Building, Norwalk, Ct. 32ti
Charles F. Ghevv,
PIANO TUNER, &c.
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0! when at dawn the children ,wake,
And patter up and down the stairs,
The flowers and leaves a glory! take,
The rosy light a splendor shares,
That never more these eyes would see,
.If my sweet ones were gone from me.
0
And when at eve they watch and wait,
To fold me in their arms so white,
My burdens, whether‘small ortgreat,
Are/charmed away by calm delight ;
And, shutting out the world, I live
The purest moments life can‘ give.
But when at bedtime round me Once!
Wee, tender, loving, whiterrobed forms,
With hands upraised in fond appeal—
Alil then are hushed life’s weary storms;
And lie-liven seems very near to me,
Wilh‘my sweet darlings round my knee!
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Tsar; OTHER woRLD.
IIAQIIET
' Itlies around us-like a cloud,
A world we 'do not see;
Yet the sweet closing of an eye
May bring us there to bc.
sandman. .s'rown.
Its gentle breezes fan our cheeks;
Amid our worldly cares
Its gentle voices whisper love,
And mingle with our prayers.
Sweet hearts around us throb and beat,
Sweet helping hands are stirred,
And palpitates the veil between
With breathings almost heard.
The silenceLawful, sweet and calm—
They have no power to'break;
For mortal words are not for them
To utter or partake.
So thin, so soft, so sweet they glide,
So near to press they seem,—
Thcy seem to lull us to our rest,
And melt into our dream.
And in the hush of rest they bring
7"I‘is easy now to see
How lovely and how sweet 0. pass
The hour of death may be.
To close the eye, and close the car,
Wrapped in a trance of bliss,
And gently dream in loving arms.
To swoon to that—from this.
Scarce knowing if we§wake or sleep,
Scarce asking where we are,
To feel all evil sink away,
All sorrow and all care.
Sweet snuls around. us ! watch us still,
Press nearer to our side,
, Into our thoughts, into our prayers,
With gentle helping glide.
Let death between us be as naught,
A dried and vanished stream;
, Your joy be the reality,
Our suffering life thefl‘drcam.
Mercy Asked in Verse.
Josephine Thomas, an intelligent-looking
woman, who said she was a governess, was
arrested in South street on the night of Feb.
22, for being drunk and disorderly. The day
following Justice Morgan sent her to the
work-house for three months. Yesterday
morning Justice Morgan received from her
the following :
:ro JUSTICE MORGAN. .
Composed by
JOSEPHINE THOMAS.
In her lonely cell, Blackwell’s Island :
Now, honored J udgo, these lines I send;
The freedom please excuse, '
9 And kindly list to what I say,
Nor my request refuse.
The time has beenIin Blackwell’s Isle
To me of shame and pain;
Yet I would lead a better life,
Were I but free again.
_ I know that I’ve been in the wrong,
My faults I do deplore;
Remember one who once hath said,
“Arise and sin no more.”
It is the first time in my life
Committed I have been;
A lesson I will take to heart
From the victims here I’ve seen.
There is a saying very old,
“To mend it’s ne’er too late ;"
Will you to me great clemency,
My sentence mitigate!
When you yourself some day will stand
Before the Judge of all,
May He to you forgiving be,
For mercy hear your call.
And when these lines you have read o’er,
To mercy, Judge, incline ;
To err, you know, is human,
But to forgive, divine.
Justice Morgan was so struck by Josephine
Thomas’s appeal that he at once sent her a
discharge—N. Y. Sun.
How Mr. Sh crman lost hisWatch.
We made mention last week of Samuel
Sherman’s loss of a watch by a confidence
game. The Farmer gives the following par-
ticulars of the affair :
Mr. Samuel Sherman, residing in Brook-
field, attended President Garfield’s inaugu-
_ration last week and returned home on
Saturday. While at the Grand Central de <
pot waiting for the train, he become engaged
in conversation with an affable stranger to
whom he recounted some of his experiences
at the National Capital. And he had got
aboard the train, the gentleman came along
and sitting down beside him, renewed the
conversation. Soon’a second stranger who
seemed to be acquainted with the first, came
in and took the seat back of them. _Stran-
ger No. 2 seemed to be a very frank and
communicative sort of a person. too,
had been to Washington, and was disposed
to tell all about it. .Iie further made it
known glut he was a Texas drover, and al—
though unused to city life, was abundantly
able to protect himself against the games of
sharpers. At the some time he admitted
that one could not be. :tco cautious. In
Washingmn,” said he, "I was through the
big crowds on the struts and in the public
places, but I didn’t lose a. cent, although I
carried my money right here,” pulling from
his vest pocket 3 great roll of bills as he
spoke, “There‘s $7,000 in that pile,” he
remarked, as Mr. Sherman turned around to
view the display of wealth. If Mr. Sherman
had entertained any suspicion of the second
stranger, the lutter’s frankness and his fi-
nancial exhibit quite rc-assured him. He
then described his way of carrying‘money.
showing that he kept it in the inside pocket
of his vest, and took good care to have the
pocket buttoned at the top. The talk went
on in this free and friendly way until Cos
(lob was reached, when both strangers left
41' Stamford Mr. Sherman thought
he would sec what the time was, but upon
feeling for his watch, was fairly struck all
in a Ill up with amazement to find it missing.
Tin-u it llashcd upon him that he had been
relievrd of it by one of tho affable stran-
gers who were doubtless custodial-ates. He
knew that the robbery took place on the cars
as he had the watch at the Grand Central
depui. it is probable the piece Was taken
by the man sitting in the seat with him while
the other man engaged his a'ttelztion‘with the
roll of bills. The watch ousthlr. Sherman
$400.
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The reason hurricanes are not respected in
because they put on too many airs.
Norwalk Chronicler