Norwalk Gazette.
Tuesday, June 7, 1881.
Fairfield County Items.
DARIEN.
Rev. B. F. Brandford preached his fare-
well sermon in the Congregational church
Darien, on Sabbath May 29, and with his
wife left town on the following Monday,
In his pastorate of four years, both Mr.
and Mrs. Bradford have greatly endeared
themselves to the church and community.
They have been untiring in every good
work, and have won in return the most
affectionate appreciation of their labors of
love in the church, Sabbath school and all
departments of benevolent work.
Mrs. Bradford has been one of the efilcient
helpers of the New Haven branch of the
Woman’s Board of Missions, and her loss
will be felt not only in Darien and vicinity,
but in all the Fairfield County Missionary
meetings.
Most cordial wishes for success and happi-
ness follow Mr. and Mrs. Bradford to their
new home in Oxford, N. Y.
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REDDlNG.
Thomas Flood suffered on Monday, May
30, the fracture of both bones of the left arm
a little below the elbow. He was unloading
a barrel of plaster, when the oxen started
forward, causing the barrel so to press on his
arm as to break it.
Rev. H. A. VanDalsem preached his fare-
well sermon, and closed his pastorate of the
M.E.Church at Longridgc,on Sunday,May 29.
He has become dissatisfied with some of the
features of Methodism, and has made appli-
cation to be received to the Fairfield East
Association, a Congregational body.
WILTON.
The house belonging to Mrs. P. C. Du-
rand at Belden’s Hill was destroyed by fire
on the 20th ult. The fire, which is supposed
to have originated from a coal stove in a
back kitchen, spread so rapidly that but
little was saved. The barn caught fire once
or twice and was saved with much difilculty.
Mrs. Edward Olmstead and her daughter
Alice are visiting friends in Colchester Conn.
A large audience gathered at the Zion’s
Hill M. E. church on Wednesday evening to
witness the nuptials of Miss Mary Gilbert,
youngest daughter of Mr. A. F. Gilbert Esq ,
of Cannon’s Station, and Mr. Chester Bane
dict of Bridgeport. The ushers were Mr.
David S. Hurlbutt and William Gilbert,
brother of 'the bride. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Mr. Pegg, the bride's
pastor.
Mr. Henry Olmstead, of Georgetown, was
on his way from Norwalk on Wednesday
last and when near the residence of Mr. J.
H. Nichols his horse was taken with the
blind staggers. While arranging the animals
harness the horse reared and Mr. Olmstead
was thrown against a stone fence fracturing
his skull so badly that his condition is con-
sidered dangerous.
Mrs. Dr. Brady is repairing her house and
extending the piazza along the whole front. .
The selectmen have commenced operations
on the bridge near John Brown’s.
WEST STRATFORD
Strawberries has been the cry during the
last week.
By the way ; what has become of the
“vindication” expected by Mr. Conkling and
his little lap dog. V
A great many people are complaining of '
the unfair manner in which they were treated
by the Court of Burgesses at its last meeting.
Mr. Hobbs of the Cartridge Company and his
attorney L. M. Slade, were allowed to do all
the talking, and residents of the borough
were not given any opportunity to reply. _
They tell us now that there is no danger of
powder exploding, unless it comes in contact,
with fire. What then becomes of the theory
that alcad bullet caused the explosion of a
I few weeks‘ago? ’ Didany one ever see iead‘ '
strike fire? ‘ .
The Garden farm of William Meachen do
Sons. in this place, is far ahead of anything
of the kind in the neighborhood. They have
about thirty thousand heads of early cabbage
nearly ready for market, besides immense
quantities of other vegetables. The farm is
on the main road between Bridgeport and
Stratford, and is a universal source of-admi-
ration to all who have occasion to pass by on
the road.
Not long since, Mr. A. D. Laws, a member
of Bridgeport’s Common Council, (and a
republican ' at that) received quite a‘severe
drubbing at thehands. of Ed. McGlinchy in
the latter’s saloon on Wall street. While we
do not attempt to justify McGlincby, yet the
question seems proper to ask, “Is the bar-
room of a noted "bruiser" a proper place for.
a city ofllcial to frequent ?
The pupils of the Summerfield school will
give an entertainment the latter part of the
present month. The receipts will be applied
to the school library fund.
Some very large eels are being caught iuq
Stratford harbor. We saw two of them last
week,that weighed three anda quarter pounds
each. 7 .
The Tax Collector is abroad and so is the
festive mosquito. Gratuitous concerts by the
latter, are given ever evening.
Excursions are now given Tuesday’s and
Friday’s by the Bridgeport steamboat com-
panies. The fare to New York and return
on the Rosedale is fifty cents and to New
York and return on' the Laura twenty-five
cents. W.
GREEN WICH.
Congressman Wait, of Norwich, while
visiting his daughier, Mrs. II. W. R. Hoyt,
has been seriously sick.
STAMFORD.
The firemen elected engineers last night.
a The Social Club is about to erect a building
for its own occupancy. It isto cost $12,000,
most of which has been pledged
. A case of small pox came to light last
Wednesday, in the part of the town known
as Dublin.
On Wednesday Atlantic Hose Company
mistook wedding bells for afire and came out
promptly. ‘
DANBURY.
A large number of Danburyians visited
New York on Decoration day, patronizing
the Adelphi excursion.
The Globe says that the Temperance Re-
form club will pic-nic at Parlor Rock on the
4th of July. '
The News says that two complete sets of
steel wheels have been ordered by the Dan}
bury & Norwalk railway for passenger cars.
They are made by a new process.
Lieut. Com. F. W. Dickens has been as-
signed to duty on the training ship Consti-
tution now at Norfolk, Va.
The Congregational parsonage is being en-
lar d and improved. .
eacon Jae. E. Hayt is enlarging his barn
and making many other improvements
about his fine place.
Warden Treadwell has gone west for a
fortnight. .
C, H. Hoyt is to take charge of the jail on
July 1st.
The improvements at the Danbury & Nor-
- walk depot are progressing.
James Conklin of Danbury lost a little
girl aged fifteen months a few days ago, the
child choking to death in consequence of the
lodging of a crust of bread in her throat.
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NEW CANAAN.
. The Little Sanford Orators gave an outer-
tainment last Saturday night under the an-
spices of Friendship Division.
During a recent thunder shower a horse
and cow belonging to James Williamson were
killed by lightning. .
The relatives of Mr. Minot Crofoot met a!
his residence, on the 30th ult., to the number
of forty-one, and enjoyed a grand family
reunion. 1t was an exceedingly pleasant
occasion for all who attended. The last time
a reunion of this kind was held was fifteen
years ago, and there were present sixty per-
sons—Messenger, . '
Ow—w—
Miss Dollie Stephens of Waterbury was
severely burned recently, her clothing tak-
ing fire in consequence of the explosion of a
kerosene lamp. She ran down stairs" where
her parents smothered the flames but not
before she was terribly, although not fatally,
burned.
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WESTPORT.
Decoration Day was observed here as a
holiday, banks and schools being closed, and
officials and scholars taking advantage thereof
to enjoy themselves. A few soldiers graves
were decorated with flowers by friends, bl“?
there was no ceremonies and no public de-
monstration like that of last year. This was
an oversight rather than a matter of forget-
fulness, for, as we all know, the deeds of the
brave boys who sleep in our cemeteries will
never be forgotten. A ' ‘
A former genial citizen of Westport, Mr.
Henry Lees, has become a resident of South
Norwalk, in which place he propbses soon to
crcct'a house. .
Mr. John Wood has left his meat market
on State street, west side, and gone into busi-
ness in New Jersey.
In the matter of getting ready for the
coming Fourth of July, the boys are like the
girls—they don‘t propose to be afraid of a
loud bang.
There has been some good sport ,black
fishing during the week off Billy’s Point, and
at George's Rock, the heaviest fish caught
weighing three and a half pounds. Messrs.
W. B. Wright and Samuel Wood have hooks
ready for the first five pounder.
Mr. I. D. Wood. of the Carpet Bag factory,
continues to do a big business. A curious
feature of his operations is the fact that all
his pine boxes for shipping are made in New
York and cheaper after freights are paid than
carpenters can make them here. Mr. Wood
receives material and ships goods almost en-
tirely by the Norwalk propeller.
Mr. Rufus Wakeman has left the firm of
Hubbell 85 Wakeman and is succeeded by
Mrs Frederick Bradley. The firm will hence-
. forth be known as Hubbell &-Bradley.
The schooner yacht Cyclone ,is getting
ready for sea.
A correspondent of the Westportcr, who
has been hunting for curious epitaphs among
the tomb-stones of the Poplar Plains burying
ground, overlooked the following touching
inscription over the. grave of a beautiful
young girl, viz :—“And the Lord will gather
his Jewels at the last day."
Messrs. A. S. Hurlbutt and W. E. Nash,
have been elected president,and secretary and
treasurer, respectively, of the “Willow
Brook" Cemetery Association. Financially,
as well also. as meeting the wants of the
public, this association has been a success.
Under their good management and care
Willow Brook has become an attractive spot,
one in which any may find for their departed
friends, if such language is proper to be em-
ployed, a pleasant final resting place.
Puck’s cartoon _of the republican tree with
prominent politicians lodged in the branches
and Senator Conkling with the saw of spite
cutting off the limb on which he is perched,
recalls to the minds of our older citizens
what Darius Olmstead of Cranberry Plains,
once did. For his better protection while
trimming trees Mr. 0, tied himself to a
branch, and while earnestly engaged in his
work forgot .the circumstances and cut the
safety branch off. Down he went to the
ground, luckily without hurt. Re-ascending
the tree he finished what he had set out to do
Conkling, if indications can be relied on will
not re-ascend, but will trim trees elsewhere.
An attraCtive object in Christ church
Sunday morning was a baptismal font filled
with daisy blossoms trimmed with ferns and
leaves of the day lily.
The New York and New Haven Railroad
new time table issued this (Monday) morn‘
ing, gives us a new-morning train for New
York, due to leave east side of the bridge at
about 11:30. It is a local express but as all
trains must stop at the draw Westport gets
the benefit of the train.
In his sermon Sunday morning, Rev. J. R.
Williams alluded to some of the features of
the Revised Testament,taking strong ground
in support of the English revisors who op-
posed the substitution of the word Spirit for
'the word Ghost. He expressed a wish that
the work would be accepted and read by the
people. ~
Westport will this week begin to do her
part in keeping the price of strawberries down
to living figures. Ifggodwegthenfavors she.
Willhia‘rketlier’usual average of 1000 bushels
this year. '
Messrs. Charles ' J. Ketchum, Morris
Ketchum and S. Wheeler did credit to them-
selves at the Roton Point glass ball shooting
match, Thursday, though they did not bring
home prizes.
Sealed proposals for the erection of a brick
building 260 by 40 feet, will be opened J une
14th, by the Westport Land and Building
Company.
An afternoomthunder shower, succeeded
by hot sunshine and the absence of dust in
the streets was a feature of Sunday.
The schooner Brilliant, from Bangor, Me.,
arrived Saturday, with an assorted cargo of
lumber for Staples & Coley.
Mrs. William H. Richards is lying danger-
ously ill at her residence. ‘
with a view to assist Westport in her en-
deavor to risein the world, offers to respon-
sible parties. free of rent, for one year, from
July 1st, 1881, his building on Main street.
It contains three rooms up stairs and one or
two below, suitable for light manufacturing
purposes. _
Mrs. Frank Raymond’s first annual recep-
tion to her music pupils takes place this
(Monday) evening, at her residence on West
Avenue.
On Tuesday last, a carrier dove flew into
the window of Mr. William Wood’s barn,
where it was later found. When clipping the
bird’s wings,a member of Mr. Wood's family
discovered the word “Hamburgh” printed in
purple on one of the wing feathers. It is a
beautiful bird, and some say, it maybe one
of the twenty-nine, belonging in Newark, N.
J ., which were taken to Newport, Pa., Mon-
day, May 30, and on that day set at liberty.
PAUL.
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Swiss Farming.
I have wondered if there are such .awk-
ward ways of doing things outside of Egypt
as are practiced here. The farming imple-
ments would be laughable if they were not
monstrous. Tubal-Cain certainly made bet-
ter-formed scythes than are used here. The
axes are simply long sharp wedges with a
hole near the top, and a short, straight stick
in the hole for a handle. Hay forks are big
and awkward, and twice as heavy as our
stable forks. Grain is oftener threshed with
the old~fashioned flail than otherwise. I
wonder they do not tramp it out with oxen.
It would be a slower process, and how to be
slow is made a special study here. The
ploughs are the climax of agricultural mon-
strosities. They are great cumbersome things
made almost wholly of wood, with the beam
mounted on two wooden wheels big enough
for coal carts.
My friend used just such a plough yester-
day on our farm. I half deny the ownership
now, when Ithink of it. It was pulled by
six cows, and two men were holding the
plough up. I followed and looked on. They
were half a day ploughing half an acre.
I am glad the whole concern, ploughmcn,
cow-drivers, and all, were hired, and not a
part proper of the farm. I sat on a stone
wall for half an hour and reflected whether
it were possible Americans could" not make
small farming profitable, with their soil and
complete implements for farming, in the
face of the fact that these people not only
make a liVing, but save money, on a poor
soil, and with the old-fashioned tools of
Egypt to work it.
I am certain the whole secret lies in econo-
my; in the saving of a hundred little things
that shall outbalance even the waste of these
awkward implements and these slow meth-
ods. There will not a blade of grass be seen
among the vines here, nor a weed on the
farm. There will not be a twig of wood left
to rot, or a potato undug. A gentleman’s
private garden could not be cleaner or better
kept than is the whole farm in Switzerland,
and cultivation, such as is bestowed only on
hot-houses in America, is common here to
every farm. Not one foot of ground is left
uncured for. It may take a good deal of
time, With such slow hands . to do it, but it
is done. Not a chip, not a straw, is wasted.
“We put this liltle thing and that thing to-
gether,” said my friend, “and at the end of
the year it makes a good deal.” One can
not afford waste or bad farming on land at
five or six or ten hundred dollars an acre and
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And still they come ? Mg. S. G. Taylor, .
BRIDGEPORT.
It is not often that an Association of min-
isters is called upon to examine for licensure
a college president. But Fair-field East As-
sociation enjoyed that privilege on Tuesday
last as it held its annual meeting at the
Olivet Church in this city. Prof. Franklin
Carter. now of Yale, but soon to be inaugu-
rated President of Williams, presented
himself as a candidate for the ministry and
passed the required examination. To those
fortunate enough to be present, the occasion
was one of absorbing interest. The professor
spoke feelingly of his godly parents now
passed to their rest; stating that, as a result
of their instruction and influence, his own
religious life began very early and in a
manner so like the dawn of the morning that
he could not designate the point of its com-
mencement. Out of a richly-cultivated in-
tellect and a reverent heart he gave his views
of natural and revealed theology, proving
himself to be heartily in sympathy with the
orthodox churches, conservative in doctrine,
thoroughly loyal to the word of God,desirous
abovo all else of furthering the divine
kingdom on ,the earth. Those who listened
to his clear and glowing statements felt that
he was a worthy successor to the venerable
Hopkins, and that the religious influence of
Williams in the future would be essentially
that which it has been in the past. The
license to' preach was, of course. conferred
by a unanimous vote. It is understood, that
after his inauguration, President Carter will
be ordained. - ~ ..
At the same meeting of the Assoah'tlon,
Rev. H. A. VanDalsem,a member of the New
York East M. E. “ Conference, and editor of
a paper in Southport, expressed a desire to
change his denominational relations, and
applied for admission to the Association. A
committee was appointed to have charge of
his case and to report him as a Congregation-
al minister whenever the necessary steps
shall have been taken.
Mr. Charles R. Peck, a _former principal
of the Bridgeport High School was examined
and licensed to preach the gospel.
Memorial Day was here observed with
more than the usual interest." Among the
incidents of the day was the dedication of a
monument to [lesser Bacon FAIRCHILD—
late Colonel of the Fourth Regiment. A
granite shaft, {substantial and =_~graceful,
marks the resting place of this noble man.
His character was one of remarkable purity
and strength. and beauty, in fact, so far as
the world could see, faultless. Those who
knew him most intimately, cannot recall an
actor word that was inconsistent with the
highest Christian manhood. His memorial
is in.the hearts that knew him. His grave
was covered with the choicest flowers. At
its head stood a broken column built of rose-
buds and carnations, showing upon the
base the legend “Our Colonel,” evidently the
men he led had not forgotten him. For
seventeen years he was superintendent of the
Washington Park Methodist Sunday School.
Members of that school sang sweet songs
besides his grave, and Judge Lockwood and
Rev. Mr. Searles spoke of his character and
work. '
The Decoration Day services at Seaside
Park [were attended by from six to eight
thousand people. ~The memory of the na-
tion’s dead grows greener as the years roll
on. Cancun.
Hon. W. D. Bishop and wife have returned
from Europe.
The Grand Republic, brought a large ex-
cursion party from New,York on Decoration
.
day.
W. E. Disbrow is the new deputy sheriff.
He opened court last Wednesday and on
Thursday Sheriff Crosby opened court. '
Sheriff Crosby has retained H. B. Bartram
as Superior Court messenger, and Mr. Sher-
wood as assistant at the jail.
Juiien H, Sterling sailed for Europe, last
Saturday. .
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A Representative Constituent.
Detrmt Free P1988.
He gave all the hackmen at the Union de
pot the stand-off, brushed the bootblacks
right and left, and shouldered his sixty
pounds of baggage and started up Jefferson
avenue in search of a tavern. He was a right
up and down man, and he wanted to strike a
tavern where they had an old-fashioned
boiled dinner.
"Just come in from Lansing,” he observed
as he fell in with a pedestrial.
“Did, eh? Been out to the legislature ?"
“You bet I have. I’m not a member, but
I'made things him out there all the same."
“Have a bill ?”
“Not exactly. I come down from——
county to take the kinks out of our member.
He was sailing with a high head, and if I’d
waited ten days longer he’d hev been bossing
the whole State. What d’ye think?"
“I dunno.”
“He wouldn’t speak to me when I first got
there! Think of that! Up home there we
rated him about No. 4, and sent him down to
Lansing more because none of the rest of us
could leave,and he wanted to cut me colder’u
a wedge! What do you think 1’"
“Rather mean.” ‘
“You bet! But I lowered his nose a bit.
We’d heard how he was prancing around and
putting on airs‘ and making out that he run
our county, and a few of us got together and
wrote him a letter. It didn't seem to do any
good, and so we got together again and they
sent me down to put on the currycomb.”
“And you did t"
“Didn't I ? He’d put in about a dozen bills
effecting our county, and I mashed all but
two. He had laid himself out for six or
seven speeches, and I mashed all but one.
The first day I got there he was supporting
motions and moving to amend and strike out,
but I mighty soon let him understand that no
such chaff passed for oratory with us. He
tried to bulldoze me at first, but when he
found that his constituency had got after
him he calmed down. He'd been fooling
with the game law, and had got mixed up
with dog tax bill, and a saw-log law, and a
bill about inland fishing. and I don’t know
what else. I took him out behind the state
house and says I: “Now, boy, you squat!
Your constitutents demand that you calm
right down. - We don’t want no Cicero in
ours, and we wont have it. We sent you
down here to do a little quiet work, and not
to prance around and imagine you’ve got
Patrick Henry’s hat on. We are a humble
people, taking kindly ‘to log-houses and
johnny-cake, and we don’t go a'cent on big
words and long flourishes. That’s what I
told him, and he calmed."
“Did, eh i” V - »
“You bet he did! and if I hear anything
the dog-tax, or moving to resubmit the
musk—rat bill, our county won't be no place
for him to return to. This is the place, eh ?
Well, I’ll fodder up and then take the train
for home." . -
M.”
Personals.
Garibald’is hair is white as snow.
Wendelll Phillips is just sixty-nine.
Thomas Jefferson was a good violin player.
The Emperor Willian old as he is, killed
118 deer and wild boars during his recent
hunting excursion to Letzingen.
Motley the distinguished historian,afiirmed
that the gout of Charles V. changed the dos-
tinies of the world. So much depends upon
seeming trifles.
Mr. H. H. Warner of Rochester, N. Y,, is
one of the most liberal and public spirited of
American self—made men, and. he is using
the wealth which the popularity and value
of his Safe Kidney and Liver Cure have
brought him most admirably. 2t22.
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No’l‘EWORTHY.—As a general thing,w orm
medicines are very disagreeable to take. But
in Peerless Worm Specifier, a remedy has
been found so pleasant to the state, that
children wait impatiently for medicine time
to come. 25 and 50 cents. H. S. Betts,Agent.
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‘Hnndreds of men, women and children
rescued from beds of pain, sickness and
almost death and made strong and hearty by
Parker's Ginger tonic are the bestovidences
in the world of its sterling worth. You can
find these in every community. Post. See
advertisement. 4t21
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There are 600 men and 2,000 teams at
work on the Northern Pacific road, building
westward beyond Bismarck, and 2,500 men
are working eastward on the construction of
{the same road in Oregon.
gape the flaring mouths of twelve spouts or
mere about his rising to explain his vote on
A Grain Elevator.
manner lucrasorm, ln Harper’s for April.
In order to begin at the beginning—get to
the bottom, as it were, of an elevator—one
must climb to the very top, The building is
perhaps one hundred and fifty feet long by
seventy-five feet wide, and, like all _ of its
class,it rises eighty feet or more to the caves,
above which a narrow top part forty or fifty
feet higher, is perched upon the ridge-pole.
It is built of wood, sheathed with corrugated
iron a little way up, and then slated the rest
of the way.
Entering one end, where two railway
tracks run into the building. we find a nar-
row wooden stairway, and begin our ascent.
The flights are short ones, but eighteen are
most attic. Alongside of us, as we‘climbed,
has been running the strong belt which car-
ries the power from the great engine on the
ground-floor to the gearing in the roof—a
belt of rubber canvass four feet wide, and
perhaps two hundred and fifty feet long.
When grain is brought—perhaps a hundred
car-loads from the vast fields of Dakota or
the wide farms between here and St. Paul—
the train is backed right into the elevator,
and stands so that opposite each car door is
a receiver, which is a kind of vat or hopper,
in the platform. By the help of steam shov-
els, operating almost automatically, two men
in each car will in ten minutes or less empty
the whole train.
As fast as the grain is dumped,the receiver
delivers it to iron buckets holding about a
peck each, which are attached to endless
belts, and travel up a sort of chimney, called
a “leg,” to this roof .chamber. These buck-
ets will hoist 6000 bushels an hour at their
ordinary rate of speed. That is equal to one
bucket going up 24,000 times, at the rate of
400 times a minute—tolerably lively work!
To-day up here in.the topmost loft there is
nothing doing, and. we are saved strangula-
tion. The light hardly penetrates the cob-
webbed windows, and the most pulverous of
dust lies everywhere half an inch deep,
showing the marks of a few boot soles, many
foot-prints of rats, and the lace-like tracks
of hundreds of spiders and .bugfiJe You step
over and under broad, horizonta lts as you
make your way gingerly from one end of the
attic to the other. They run the fans that
winnow the grain as it comes up in the buck-
ets, after which it is dropped into the hop-
pers, ten feet wide, and twice as deep, that
open like hatchways every few feet in the
center of the floor. Now all is perfectly
quiet; we are so high that even the clamor
of the wharves does not reach us. But when
the machinery starts in motion, then fearful
roars, and clash o ogs, and whipping of
slackened belts, assault the garrct, until this
whole upper region rocks like a ship in a
gale, and chaff and dust cloud the eyes and
stifle the throat.
Descending one story, we find another
garret, with nothing in it but the square
bodies of the hoppers. Going down a sec—
ond flight shows us that the hoppers are sus-
pended not upon pillars, but loosely upon
iron stirrups, so as to shake a little, and the .y
iron gate which lets on or shuts off the fall
of the grain through the tubular orifice at
the bottom is operated by steam.
There are twelve of these hoppers. Stick-
ing up through the floor underneath each one
sluices, all of which point directly at the
gate in the hopper, as though earnestly beg—
ging its bounty of grain. Every one of these
144 spouts leads into a bin, near or distant,
and all are numbered, so that the superin-
tendent knows which spout conducts to any
one bin, and can distribute his cargoes ac-
cordingly, the result of his choice being re-
corded in cabalistic abbreviations upon a
blackboard close by. A movable conductor
is swung into place bettveen the hopper and
the spout, the gate pulled open, anddown
slides the wheat, with a musically rushing
noise, into the grateful bin.
To see the bins we descend again, this
time reaching the top of the wide part of the
building. We walk very circumspectly, in
the half-light, amid a maze of beams, string-
ers, and cross-pieces of wood and iron. The
whole interior of the elevator below this
level is now seen to consist of a series of
rooms, between which there is no communi-
cation. They are ceilinglesshand the only
exit from them is through a spout in the
bottom. Peering over the edges from the
the narrow foot-walks, we can only guess
how far the person would fall who should
lose his balance, for the eye cannot reach
the bottom; it is sixty-five feet below, and
hidden in darkness. Of these deep bins there
are 144, some twice the size of others.
Sometimes they are all full at once, and hold
eight or nine hundred thousand bushels,
weighing fifty millions of pounds, and good
for over two hundred thousand barrels of
flour.
—-—.—o. s—Or———
J sauna DAao.—France had never—has
never-been so near extirpation. “The peo-
ple,” as the historian Martin express it,
“were no longer bathed in their sweat, but
ground in their blood, debased below the
beasts of the forest, among which they wan-
,der, panic-stricken, mutilated. in quest of an
asylum in the wilderness.’ This fervent and
sympathetic girl came at length to see the
desolation of her country; her own village
Was laid waste and plundered bya maraud-
ing band: From childhood she [had been fa-
miliar with the legend, “France, lost through
a maid, shall by a maid be saved."
The story of her exploits at court,in camp,
in the field, is familiar to all the world. A
thousand vulgar fictions obscure and degrade
its essential truth. What this untaught girl
did for her country was simply this: she
brought to bear upon the armies of France
the influence of what our own Western
preachers would calLa powerful revival of
religion." From bank of reckless and dis-
solute plunderers, she made Frenchsoldicrs
orderly, decent, moral and devout. Hope
revived. She made the king believe in him-
self; she made the court believe in the cause.
Men of faith saw in her the expected virgin
saviour; men of understanding perceived
the advantage to their side of having her
thus regarded. She may, too (as some of
her warrior comrades testified in later years)
have really possessed some military. talent,
as well as martial ardor and inspiration.
They said of her that she had good judgment
in placing artillery. Later in her short pub-
lic career she showed herself restless, rash,
uncontrollable; she made mistakes; she
incurred disasters. But for many months
during which France regaineda place amebg
the powers of Europe, she was a" glorious
brilliant attire, splendidly equipped, superbly
mounted, nobly attended; a leader whom
all eyes fpllowed with confiding admiration
as one who had been their deliverer, and was
still their chief. The lowliness of her origin
was an element in her power over a peeple'
who worshipped every hour a Saviour who
was cradled in a manager. We can still
read over the door of an ancient inn at
Rhci ms, the Maison Rouge, this inscription
“In the car 1429, at the coronation of
Charles IL, in his tavern then called
The Rebra, the father and mother of Jeanne
Dar-c lodged, at the expense ofgthe City
Council."
‘Her career could not but be brief. When
she left home to deliver her country, she had
lived, according to the most recent French
authorities, seventeen years and two mon tbs.
Fifteen months later, May.24, 1430, after a
series of important victories followed by
minor defeats, she was taken prisoner under_
the walls of Compegne, which she was
attempting to relieve. French troops,
fighting on the side of the English. priests,
her and held her prisoner. French captured
in the metropolitan church of Notre Dame,at
Deum." It is doubtful if her own king
lamented her loss; for this devoted, deluded
girl belonged to the order of. mortals whom
the powers of this world often find it as
convenient to be rid of as to use. It is prob-
able that she had expended her power to be -
of service and had become unmanageable.
Small, needless failures, chargeable to her
own rash impetuosity had lessened her pres-
tige. For the fair and wanton Agnes Sorrel
the idle King of France would have attempt.
ed much; but he made no serious efforts to
ransom or to rescue the Maid to whom he
owed his crown and kingdom.-—Harper's for
une' '
stepped over before we emerge into the top- ,
presence in the army—a warrior virgin in '
Paris, celebrated her capture by a “Te '
R E A D , .
OF BRIDGEPORT,
Agent for the
Read Carpet 00.,
IS OFFERING
12 L20.
250.
Lowell Ex.Super. Ingrain 800.
Body Brussels,$1.25 to $1.50
Mattings, at
Ingrain Carpets,
And a full line of The
Reafltaultu’sluls
At prices that make them V the
Cheapest Goods ~ln the Market.
DAVID M. READ,
MissegSNJOhn
AT THEIR
Hawaii 1'33““ tools
. MILLINEBY
ESTABLISHMENT
Con show on the Finest Assortment of Milllncry
an Fancy Goods. A new stock of -
UNDERWEAR AND HUSIERY
Just received, which we are selling very cheap.
Our stock ofMilllnery consists of
Latest Novelties
of Ribbons, Flowers, Feathers, Silks,
all kinds of Straws. Our artistically
trimmed
ROUND HATS 'AND SDHHETS
will just suit you.
illustrating a. Specialty
A nd Bonnets made to order at short notice.
In the wax
Satins, an
Crapc Ito-finished and made to
look like New.
Ladies haying crapc discolored or soiled will
find it to their advantage to have the same refin-
ished by this rocess, which gives the cra s all
of_its original ustre and color; removes all elet-
erious matter, that it ma be worn at all times by
the most sensitive and e ectively protects it from
all damage by dampness on salt air.
-44musx own costumesmadem .in me
nticest manner. All the.!atest styles of'l" IZZES,
e c. .- ‘ *
SWITCHES VERY CHEAP.
We are agents’for the Universal Fashion Com-
pany’s Perfect Fitting Patterns. We sell The»
Buckeye Cookery. -
Stamping neatly 85 promptly done.
_ Misses St. John,
N‘o. 8‘8 Main St,
NORWALK. CONN. 3m15
Plymouth Rock lee.
Jhc subscriber is prepared
to supply I cc of the best quali-
ty to Families, Stores, Sat-
loons, Butchers, etc, in any
desired quantity, at the low-
cst prices. Prompt attention
given to all orders.
R. L. ELLS.
NonwALx, MAY 23d, 1881.
An Investment Security in Gold
Production.
The Union Investment and
Promoting 00.,
155 and 157 BROADWAY. Nisw Yours.
OFFERS for sale to investors the preferred stock
and Sierra Counties, California. This property
which has been a largely paying one for the last
eleven years, is a consolidation of placer claims
which have already produced nearly twelve mil-
lions ln gold—andwhich are extensive and rich
enough to produce one hundred millions mdrc.
The present facilities for gold washing on the
property will suffice for an annual net production
of at least 8300,000,whichproduction it ispi-oposed
to largely increase by the construction of new
water work ands the use of‘ additional apparatus
for extracting the gold. The Union Investment
and Promoting Company, which itself owns the
Common Stock of the Gold Gravel Company,
which is not for sale, guarantees that the pre-
shall receive 12 per cent. annualiy before any di-
vidend shall be paid on the common stock—at the
dends on .the total capital stock of one million,
should not be less than twenty—five per cent. The
Union Investment and ’Promoting‘Coq is 3 Con-
necticut Corporation with its chief office in New
York City. Its President is A. F. Wilmarth, the
Vice President of the Home Insurance Company;
and among its Director are J. S. Stout, of Stout
the Russel and Erwin Mfg. 00., New York, Geo.
P.Bissell,of Hartford, and James Bolter, Presi.
dent of the Hartford Bank, with others of the
highest repute and financial standing.
It is admittcdb all who have any acquaint-
ance with the sub act that the placer gold gravel
beds ot'Calilornla. afford an entirely sale and con-
servative field for investment if sufficient water
f'orh draulic operations is available Prof‘. Wm.
P. B ake. of New Haven and other experts ofthe
highest character have reported most favorably
upon this property. In answer to the question
1i ely to be first asked by the cautious New Eng-
land investor: "Why, if' this is_ so good a thing
does this wealthy company wrsh to sell any of
the stock"—it may be said that through thccom-
panies’ agents and cxpcrto in California, it has
opportunities to use capital in similar invest-
ments which will pay the company fifty per cent.
which is an_ordinary rate of miners interest. It
proposes to continue so long as possible this
profitable use of mono while giving the public
the advantage of here using a twenty-five per
cent. dividend paying stock at par.
For further information with circulars reports.
etc,,,call upon B. J. STURGES, Agent, who is
authorized to take subscriptions, No. 38 Wall
street, Norwalk.
ii
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D-
A SPECIALTY. '
Watche- :
JEWELRY AND SILVER PLATED
WARE,
srnc'racnns a: unmounssns.
At A. W. AUSTIN’S Jewelry Store
L Opera Home Block, Ngmlk,‘00nn.
One Black from the Depots...
ofthe Gold Gravel Hydraulic_Uo., of Plumns.
ferred stock which it ofi'ers to the public at par,
present rate of production, however, the divi-
& Co. . Bankers, New York, Henry E. Russell. of '
. (31°ka :-
“Wm. Hindley,
Desires to call the attention of his friends
nd patrons to his large and well selected
stock of
Pill r fllfllll
Will H -,
For the Season of 1881.
Paper Hangings
He offers a large variety of New Patterns in
all the different grades, from the Cheapest
Brown Blanks to the Richest Gold Embossed
Papers. His now Borders, Friezcs, Dadoes,
and Ceiling Decorations, are unexcelled in
Artistic Colorings and effect, and his line of
Hollands, Oil Shades and Dado Shades is un-
surpassed. He buys these goods from first
hands, and at
BUTTON! PRICES FOR CASH,
Which enables him to 31hr Great Bargains,
an
LOW PRICES
To all, who will call and examine.
ALSO AGENTS FOR
'BAXTEufs READY MIXED
STRICTLY PURE
‘ LINSEED 01L PAINTS.
Farming Tools.
Allen Betts’
MILL, NORWALK,
on T0
Josiah Kellogg.
WEST NORWALK,
FOR THE BEST
CHILLED PLOWS,
ACME HARROW,
CHAMPION MOWERS AND
REAPERS.
COATES’ LOCK LEVER HORSE
RAKES,
Persons wanting any of the above Tools will
please call and examine before purchasing else-
where. ALLEN BETTS. Norwalk ,
mo JOSIAH KELLOGG, West Norwalk.
DON’T BUY
CARPETS
Untll you have seen our Stock. 4
Chain Carpets,
25 cents to 50 cents.
ALL-WOOL INGRAINS,
60 cents to $1.00.
,TAPESTRY BRUSSELS,
75 cts., 85 etc. and upwards. Also,
lflil Cloths, Mailings, Rugs, Mats.
Large assortment 0
Wall Papers, Plain and Gilts. .
A. DICKERMAN & SON,
39 Washington Street, South Norwalk, Ct
' NEW STYLES
0F
IINlllliiliN’S
BANNIABES!
A'l‘
Ell. ll ’.
Summer Amusement
' Oil Stoves,
Refrigerators,
Baby Carriages.
Now the warm weather is upon us, you must
call and see our
Which is acknowledged the world over
The Best! the Most Powerful!
and Safest Stove made!
A trial is granted and if not satisfactory no
pay and stove returned.
i’ Refrigerators
Of' all kinds at New York Prices.
Baby Carriages
In endless variety and very Low in Price.
STO VES (E RANGES
The Largest and Best to be had.
Crockery and Glass Ware.
FRENCH CHINA in all patterns, Gold
Banded and Decorated. DECORA—
‘ TED and BANDED TOILET
SETS. TIN WARE and all
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
, As Low as the Lowest.
Rubber Hose and lawn Sprinklers
0f the Best Quality.
BASE BALLS and BATS, TABLE
& POCKET CUTLERY, SIL-
VER PLATED GOODS
the; best manufacture.
You will lose nothing by calling and get
- prices before buying. Remember that the
best place to get a good Range or Stove,
Refrigerator, Baby Carriage, or' a
Monitor 011 Stove is at
L. J. CURTIS’,
{ MAIN s'rnEE'l‘g
NINNITNN [Ill STIWNS !.
Elegance of Design,
improvements 1'
Comstock
45 MainStreet,
. NorWalk, '
GENTS EUBNESHINS S0
IS UNEQUALED. '
' BOYS’ SHIRT WAISTS,
Latest Styles of flats!
AGENTS FOR
Morison illuminant? Fine Dress Shirts.
' We respectfully solicit a careful inspection of our Goods, feeling confi-
dent it will be to the advantage of purchasers of .
SPRING CLOTHING.
Constant Bros
Arc now ready with their Stock of
name mu SUMMER
-'—-——-;CI.OTHING__-:———-
COMPRISING
MEN’S, YOUTHS’, BOYS“ & CHILIREN’S,
WHICH FOR
I
Variety of Patterns,
Substantial Workmanship,
Perfect/ion of Fit, .
Have surpassed all their previous efforts.
The rapid growth of their business has enabled them to introduce many
. he .manufacture of Clothing this season, and they are
determined to maintain their well established reputation for
- F [HST-CLASS CLOTHING,
AND LOW PRICES.
AGAINST ALL- COMPETITION.
THEIR STOCK OF
Brothers,
Insurance Building,
South N orwalk.
1. This brace in its peculi r construction has all
the advantages of n, Suspcn r for the l’nntaloons,
ShoulderBrace and Chest Expander combined.
2. It does not disarrange the shirt bosom.
3. It cannot slip off the shoulder, .
4. There is less strain on the button of the pun-
tnloons.
5-, Each section of the pantaloonscan be adj ust-
ed independently.
6. By means of the hack strap, a. gentle or pow-
erful brace may be obtained.
7. In rainy weather the pantaloons may be rais-
pd frtonx the heels Without interfering with the
ron .
Unllcd states. Price 15%, $1.00,
. Payable to M.
Mrs. w. FAWGETT,
N o. 3 James’ Block, Water St.,
Will exhibit some choice styles in
SPRING and SUMMER
MILLINERY,
On and after April 14th.
Consisting of all the Leading Styles in Plain and
Fancy Straws. .
Silks, Satlns, Ribbons in all the new Shades, -
Flowers and Feathers in endless variety.
Full line of Shaded Ostrich Tips and Plumes.
MOUIINING GOODS A SPECIALTY.
Ladics’ own material made up 31. Trimming 50c.
Straw Hats Bleached and Pressed 40 to 50 cts
WEBSTER’S USEERESGED.
“ GET THE BEST.”
“Do IT new.”
Sec Webster's Uri bridged, page 1164, giv-
ing the name of earth sail,—s lowing the value of
DEFINITIONS BY ILLUSTRATIONS.
The ictures in Webster under the 12 words,
Beef, oiler, Castle, Column, Eye, uni-so,
Moldings, I’hrenology, Buveliii, Slqpsi
Stages 1104 and 1219) Steam engine, Tinn-
ers, define 343 words and terms for better
than they could be defined in words.
New Edition of WEBSTER" , has
4600 NEW WORDS and Meanings,
Biographical Dictionary
of over 9700 Names.
EBSTER’S is the Dictionary used
in Govern't Printing (gff‘lizoe. 138].
ve State urchase o ictionaries
E forgSchoolsplias been Webster‘s. E
coks in tho Public Schools of thug
B U. S. are mainly based on Webster.
etc of Webstm"s is over 20 times the
s sale of any other series of Dict’s.
P“ T
in the public schools of the U. S. .
ach new edition has become more and E
E more The Standard. .
ecommendcd by State Supt’s Schools in
as rs NOT THE sci-AND, Anni
. Published by G. I c. HERRIAM,Springfield,Msss.
MACH I N '81- can obtain TYPE
METAL atthc
HIRTY-TWO THOUSAND have been
36 States, and 50 College l’i'es’ts R
l GAZETTE OFFICE .
a
The American
PATENTED.
In Order-Ina by Post, Send Chest Measure.
No More Round Shoulders
1. This brace in its peculiar construction has all
the advantages of a Chest Expander and Skirt
Supporter combined.
_ 2. It expands the chest and gives free respira-
tion to the lungs.
3. It keeps the shoulders perfectly straight.
4. 1t relieves back. hip, and abdormina or ans
by supporting the some weight of‘ clothing mm
the shoulders. .
5. It is worn Without any inconvenience what-
ever and imparts new life to the wearer.
_ 6. It 1.5 valuable to children while at tneir stud-
ies, obliglng them to always sit erect.
Sens Post Free throughout the
2.00. Make Postal orders
KER .
$l.'0
6’ ,
'1'
I309 BROADWAY, cor. 34th Street, N. Y.
Comatock 31305., Nor-walk. Agents.
J. P. Bennett
Will open to-day the
Largest and Best Line of
BUNTINGS
Ever in town, both
Plain and. Lace.
A great drive in
LA- CE B UNTINGS.
Will not be UNDERSOLD. An elegant
Stock of
USE AND [ABE lISiE GLOVES.
A few left of that 256. Lace Top.
Just received a splendid line of ‘
BUTTONS.
The Largest and Cheapest Line of
PARASULSX: SUN UMBRELLAS
Ever in town, direct from. the manufactories
and 'second profit saved. Beautiful line of
HOSIERY.
Another Great Drive in
DRESS GOODS.
Come early and see them.
Black Cashmeres and Silks,
(Warranted) a specialty. Full line of
lacesfilmgslrmges,Notions,&c.
MULL IE8 at Low Prices.
run. but escesssrs.
THOMPSON ’S GLOVE FITTING
A 50 Cents Stay for 40 Cents.
Great Bargains.
New colors in KID GLOVES. Full line
of CALICOES, (cheap) and GINGUAMS.
“Domestic” Popular Patterns.
TERMS CASH.
Goods Lower than the Lowest.
J. F. BENNETT.
19 Main Street, Noruallc, conn
State Scholarships in the Sheffield
. Scientific School.
THE vacant State Scholarships in the Shellield
Scientific School will be filled at Annual
Meeting ol‘thc Appointing Board, June 28th. lSSl.
All applications should be made previous to that
time. Blank forms for application Will he sent,
when requcstcd, by Professor GEORGE J. Diwali,
Secretary of the Appointing Board.
New Haven. May 20th, 1851. 3012
Ground Plaster tilt-Sale
Peter 1161113119,
Fiflliil'lilliiilli '
Union Avenue, North of Norwalk
Cemetery, Nor-walk. Conn.
DEALER IN GREEN HOUSE d; Ho'r Hesse
AND BEDDING AND VEGETABLE Psalms '
FRUIT AND OBNAMENTAL Tums,
Srmnnanar, VI 1m s . Cue:
Fnownns ALWAYS on HAND ‘
AND ALL soars or DE-
SIGNS m FLOWERS
ARRANGED 'ro
onnnn.
Grading and Refitting Comets Pl -
attended .to.” eta “0131ng
Spring (lands!
Spring Goods!
We offer at Factory Prices
Stock bridge Manures, Russel-
Coe’s Phosphate, Lister’s
Phosphate & Bone,
_- The Mapes
CompleteManures
Genuine Peruvian Guano.
. A full and cheap assortment of
Agricultural
Implements,
SUCH AS
SHDVELS, SPlDNS, HUNS, lit.
PlflNi! PLNWS! PillWSi
The Oliver Chilled Plow.
One need not buy, only try, and if
it does not work as we represent, .
THEN NO SALE!
The celebrated .
IXL SIDE ,HILL PLOW.
Warranted to work well.
HORSE PLOWS, 18, 18 1-2,
19, 20 and 21, and the old
Peekskill 2 1-2 D.
__...—_
With the above assortment we do not lose sight
of the fact that it is time to paint, &c.. and we
claim to have the best Standard Goods that there
are in this market or country, in
Wadsworth, ilariinez lLuniman’s
Prepa'red Paint,
Atlantic, JeWett’s & English White
Lead, French and American
Zinc, also
Itfllith’slatem Wile,
WHICH Is
Whiter than the best White Lead.
does not blister, crack or peel off,
has 25 per cent. more body than
White Lead, and having tested
thoroughly we can recommend it.
With these facts before you, which we can back
up. give us a call and we will please you both in
quality and price.
WNNINIIINC .
Nos. 15 and 17 Water Street,
NORWALK, CONN.
Go to Spencer’s
For: -
EYE GLASSES 8t:
. ‘ SPENTAGLES,’
And [get your slaii’tTgiiopfi-gkfitted by the new
'AGE’I‘ sou
Le Mare’s,
Rani Crystal & lute Nlt- Glasses.
J. Spencer,
MAIN STREET, NORWALK.‘
was: CELEBRATE!)
, WHETE
Sevving Machine.
Best, Easiest Running, 8; Cheap-
est in the World. '
For beauty of stitch.nnd rapidity of motion 1
is unequaled and Ireigns supreme king over all
Sewing Machines. The Company give u. warranlc
for 5 years with each Machine. Snppliesconstaui-
lv onlinnd. Repairing done at reasonable rate.
This Machine on exhibition at 178 Minn Street,
corner Plymouth Avenue.
47 JOHN H. AIKEN. Agent.
Q‘RYo‘ursclvcs by making money when a
goldai chancc is oil‘s-rod. thereby al-
fways keeping bovcrty li-mu your door.
Those who always take advantage or
the good chances for making money that are et-
fered , generally become wealthynvhiic those who
do not improve such chances remain in poverty.
We want many men, women, boys and .glrls to
work for us right in their own localities. The
business will pay_morc than ten times ordinary
wages. We furnish an expensrve outfit and all
iluit you need. free. No one who engages fails to
make money very rapidly. You can devote your
whole time to the work, or only your spare mo-
ments. Full information and all that is needed
N“ Gregory’s Mills. [atpfiol HARVEY FITCH. J
Lsent free. Address Samson 5r. Confirmed!“
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