WHOLE NUMBER 175a
ON THE WRONG RIVER. '
BY 0. n. JOHNSON,'Jn.
wm'rs’s nmnlrlva.
“You had better let John's boy take you,
Mr. White.”
» Now, if Pliny Dix had said, “You had
better take John's boy with you,” I should
probably have said “yes." As it was, I said
“no” very decidedly, and the result was that
“John’s boy” sauntercd oil to the blackberry
patch across the clearing, while I walked in
the opposite direction, through the bars bc-
hind the barn, past the old sycamore stump
where we used to fire at a mark,-—how well
I remember noticing the bullet holes as I
passed ‘l—and so into the woods until I struck
Sunday Brook, which I was to' follow On my
'way to rejoin the party I had left the day
before. The idea of "John's boy” “taking
me" was as repugnant to my feelings as any
thing that could have been suggested. I was
just out of college then, and indeed but little
more that a boy, but I prided myself espe—
cially on my knowledge of the woods and.
my endurance. “John’s boy”--there wasn’t
any John, and he was called “John’s boy,” I
suppose, in tacit recognition of the great'
principle of paternity—was a ragged, brown
little specimen of' humanity who lived with
the Dixes. Wemade our headquarters with
them at “Number Six.” Number Six is the
first wooded township on the old State road
as you enter the great forest of Northern
New York which at that time was unwritten
about and almost unknown. —
Civilization had overlooked this boy, and
Nature had marked him for her own. He
did not know a letter by sight, and had not
the slightest curiosity on the subject. He
had never seen another boy, and would not
have noticed him if he had. He rarely
spoke or made any noise except to imitate a
bird or some wild animal. When he was
crouched at the foot of a tree he seemed as
much at home and as much a part‘of it as
the lichens on its trunk. As an artist would
say, he was “in perfect keeping.” His hair
was just the color ‘of the’bark, and he al-
‘ways fitted into some gnarled hollow in the
roots, -as if he were made for it. His move-
ments were precisely those of some active
and lithe animal, suspicious yet self-reliant,
full of native vigor and an untamed concen-
tration. His way. of stepping lightly and.
turning his head and stopping to listen re-
minded me of a fox. You 'could almost
fancy he pricked up his cars. In rainy
weather he slept continuously in an old lum-
ber wagon under the shed. The rain did not
wet him, the black flies did not bite him,and
the briers did not scratch him as they did us.
In fine weather he wandered through the
woods carrying a rifle and associating with
the hunters on a ground of conscious equali—
ty. Thus far he had shot as many deer
within three that season ’as .“Alf” Grainger,
the best hunter on the tract. He re-
garded us outsiders with unconcealed con-
tempt.
All this by way of explanation why he
. was an object of envy and hatred to me, and
why I answered Pliny Dix so promptly, “No,
I don’t want ‘John’s boy, in cOnsequence of
which hasty answer I was “lost in the Adi-
rondacks."
Three of us, with Grainger for guide, had
set out for Albany Lake, in the heart of the
woods. We had camped out over night on
the head—waters of the “Big Sunday,” when
we discovered that we had forgotton to
bring any percussion caps, without which
our guns were useless. The omission was
my fault, and I volunteered to go back to
Dix's for them. Grainger hesitated at first
to allow me to go alone, as instances are not
uncommon of persons being lost in that vast
wilderness, nearly as large as the state, of
Connecticut, and the instinct of the hunter
by which he finds his way across mountain
ranges where thick forests hide the sun for
days together is only acquired after years of
experience. Owing to the presence of iron
in the rocks, the indications of the needle
are untrustworthy ; but the woodsman can
tell the points of the compass from the trees,
some peculiarity of their outline or the posi-
tion of the mess on their trunks showing to
the practised eye the direction of the pre-
vailing winds. They are also guided by a
mysterious something which they call the
“lay of the land," and, though they cannot
explain their method, their conclusions are
invariably correct. However, in the present
instance I had only to follow a water-
course back to the house, rest there
over night, and next day return on my
steps, follow the stream_up to its head, skirt
round a morass which lay in the water-shed,
enter the first valley to the left, and follow
the stream which lay in it down to its
junction with the Black River, where there
was a but at which tut party would wait for
me.
Grainger scratched a rough map with his
knife on a piece of bark, and told me that I
could hear the falls on Black River for sev-
eral hours before I reached the hut. To him
his directions seemed. as definite as, “Go,
up Broadway to Twenty-fourth street, turn
down Twenty-fourth street To the left till
you come to Eighth Avenue, then walk up
Eighth Avenue till you come to number five
hundred.” I thought, I can't miss the way
if I keep in the valleys, and assuredly I shall
not try to climb these mountains." So I
turned my back on the guide and my friends
Hunt and Eldridge, expecting to rejoin
them by nightfall next day.
I made rapid progress in the morning after
leaving the house, as the woods were com-
paratively open, and about ten o'clock, as I
passed the place where we had parted, I
recognized the piece of bark on which Grain.
ger had scratched an outline of— the water
courses. Ah, if I had picked it up! But I
passed it and continued up the valley. Hills
and valleys were covered with the immense
ice-worn boulders which are strewn so
thickly over parts of the region known as
the “North Woods." The soil is: fertile, as
is shown by the vigorous growth of trees;
but these boulders render it impossible to
plough the land, and the'forest is so far from
market that the trees have never been cut
for fuel, except in the immediate vicinity of
the iron works. These great detached rocks
give the forest a savage character I have
never seen elsewhere. Their great gray sides
loom up from the undergrowth, character-
istic of severity and endurance. The trunks
and roots of the hemlocks are forced by
them into all sorts of fantastic shapes. Na-
Lure seems in grotesque and sombre mood,
and it requires but little imagination to peo-
ple the foreset with quaint little elves or
malicious goblins. The very. brook, stained
black-red by the roots of the sumach, seems
to have lost the sparkling and joyous charac-
ter of running water and to be creeping in
a quiet and suspicious way among the boul-
ders. Nevertheless, these woods have always
seemed akin to me, and have a peculiar fas-
cination which appeals to something deeper
than the exulting spirit which is called
out by the gentler and brighter aspects of
nature.
Three hours' hard walking brought me to
the “Mash," as Grainger called it, in whose
waters Sunday Brook and several others have
their source. Part of the water which falls
. there finds its way into the Hudson,and part,
by two widely different courses,» .into the
St. Lawrence, and stream, I think, draining
into the river which comes out at St. Begin,
and another flowing northeast into Cham-
plain. At all events, it is n triplex water—
shed, and I felt that I was standing on one
of the vcrtebrze of the earth. I followed
some distance round the edge of the swamp,
as Grainger had directed, and, on coining to
apoint where there was an opening in the
trees, saw‘ the other side what I supposed
was the head of the vallley I was to descend.
I here committed the great error of crossing
the marsh, which, unfortunately, I Was able
to do without much difi‘lculty. ' On reaching-
the gap I had noticed, I found that it con-
tained a well-defined water-cou'c, and feel-
ing now sure that it was the one my friends
had traversed the .day before, I sat down to
rest. After finishing every crumb of my
somewhat scanty dinner, I r and address-
ed myself vigorously to the sk of descend-
ing the valley. After the first few hundred
yards I found it imposflole to make more
than very slow progress. In some places the
entire valley was filled with huge boulders,
so that the stream would disappear. These
were covered with a treacherous slippery
moss, and it required the greatest care to
avoid dangerous falls in forcing a passage
over them. The sides of the enclosing bills
were even more impassable. I was young:
and light, and active. and unwilling to turn
back, believing, as I did, that my friends had
more open woods. In One place I was nearly
an hour in advancing less- than a mile, and
about five o’clock it began to rain. Still I
kept up a good heart and worked my way
laboriously along, sometimes making good
progress for a few moments, and then mak-
ing a wide detour through the underb sh to
avoid some obstacle. At six o'clock came
upon an extensive swamp, which filled the
entire valley. Iwasrather taken aback at
this, and w
spoken of it, at concluded that to the hardy
backwoodsman it seemed a slight Obstruction
hardly worth mentioning. When, after 'n-
finite pains, I had skirted it, I found that it
was caused by a compact mass of boulders
cemented with hard clay lying across the
valley and forming a natural dam, which
seemed almost as if built by some preadimite
masons. Below this I found the valley
much more Open, and I saw two deer. As I
watched with envy the graceful creatures
moved off, hardly alarmed at such a feeble
creature as I, I caught the - sound of falling
water. Atfirst I thought I was mistaken,
and that it was the sighing of the wind
through the distant trees; but after an in-
stant’s close attention I could discern the
peculiar quality of the sound. All my
fatigue seemed to vanish, and I pushed on
with new energy. Hour after hour I heard
the sound increasing in volume, and it must
have been after midnight when I reached its
source. The rain had ceased, and the moon
had risen nearly full. The noise, of the
falling water was close at hand. I could see
the sparkling of a swift river between the
trees in front. I pushed hastily through the
tall growth of underbrush and came out on
one of the most enchanting scenes I rover
beheld. At my feet was a small bright.
river, perhaps fifty yards wide, which fell in
sheets of foam over a shelf of'rock about
fifteen feet high. The falls were amhp‘ni-
theatrical in form, and were set in the wood-
ed hills like a picture in its frame. Over the
gorge above them the trees bent together
till their branches interlaced, and in the
feathery clouds of spray at their feet, like
a scimitar in the hands of the spirit of
the waters, glittcred the visionary aRh
of a lunar bow.
tain of considerable height, over whose
shoulder the moon. was rising, leaving the
lower part in shadow and its boldly-defined
curve sharply outlined against the sky. Its
sides were riven with dark ravines, from
which ghostly mist-clouds were struggling.
I felt awe-struck and as if I were intruding
on this solitary monarch of the wilderness.
For an instant I forgot to look for the ex-
pected camp-fire, and leaned involuntarily
Over the edge of the stream to take up some
water in my hands. The instant I touched
the surface I drew back with an exclamation
of astonishment. Then I touched it again.
Yes, there could be no mistake. The river
ran the wrong'wayl I rose hastily to my
feet and looked about me. Involuntarily I
smiled at my own simplicity in not
noticing the direction of the current at once.
Of course I was on the wrong river. I-
shouted once; then I remembered how futile
it was to expect to make any one hear in the
heart of that solitude. In the overpowering
roar of the falls my voice sounded as feeble-
as the cry of a child.
Knowing now that I. must wait till morn-
ing and then make my way back, I lay down
on the narrow strip of beach and endeavored
to rest. Sleep was out of the question. The
hours of that night seemed to stretch out
interminably and to make my former life
remote and unreal. Nature seamed cold,
cruel. all-powerful. If I clOsed my eyes. I
fancied I felt the motion of the earth beneath
me as it whirled through space. Those fine
lines of Shelly, so expressive of the utter in-
difference of nature to us and our sufferings,
came into my head, and I kept repeating
aloud,—
A pretty bowl of wood, not full of wine,
But quicksilver.—that dew which the gndmos
drink
When at their subterranean toil they swink,
Pledging the demons of the earthquake, who
Reply to them in lava, cry, "Halloo l”
And call out to the cities o’er their head.
Boots, towers, and shrines. the dying and the
dead, .
Crash through the chinks of earth; and than all
quail
Another rouse, and hold their sides and laugh.
Then a feeling of cxaltation took possession
of me, an irresistible desire to reach the top
of the mountain opposite. Perhaps I should
be able to overlook from there the confines
of the earth. In this state I felt. neither
cold nor- hunger, and I do not think I slept.
If I did, I never lost consciousness of the
situation, and my dreams and the reality
faded together indistinguishably. Could I
have heard a dog bark or a cock crow, the
scene would have been transformed at once.
When .those slight indefinable movements
which precede the light began, my condition
changed. Gentle breaths of air swayed the
branches, the trees seemed to move involun-
tarily, a wild bird uttered a. harsh call from
the Opposite bank of the stream. When the
sun brought me back to a world of realities,
and to a feeling that there was something
friendly and beneficent in nature, I began to
feel {he pains of fatigue and hunger. ' I
turned my back on those cold, cruel falls,
and reentered the valley I had descended
the day before, and resolutely toiled and
stumbled on all that day. I knew that every
rod of ground I gained was precious. I
sought eagerly for some berries or anything
to eat, but in all that wealth of vegetable life
there was nothing that could aflord suste-
nance to a human being. . ‘
In the afternoon I reached a small lake,and
knew that ‘in ascending the stream I had
again made a mistake. In coming down one
runs no risk of leaving the main valley, but
in going.up it is easy to mistake a tributary
for it, as the current in both is in the same
direction. When I made this discovery I
'felt as if the forest extended in all direc-
tions indefinitely and escape from it was
hopeless. After this my recollections are so
confuséd that I cannot disentangle illusions
from realities. I remember turning back
from the lake, and I think that I must have
kept on my feet all that night. I have a
very distinct impression of a nameless terror
that came over me on finding that I could
carry on two distinct trains- of thought at
once. 4 Then follows a blank interval, of the
duration Of Which'I'h'av'e no conception; It
was terminated by a slow and gradual awak-
ening,—not a sudden one, as has been
described to me by another person who went
through a similar experience to mine. Con—
sciousness seemed to return to me in parts,
been through and that I should soon find‘
dered that Grainger had not .
Opposite me was a moon. ,
the last. When my senses awoke fully, I
found myself in a bed on the floor at Dix’s
house, and his rough bearded face bent
over me seemed typical of human brother-
hood.
I have endeavored to relate exactly what
I remember. It may seem strange thatI
was able to hold out less than forty-eight
hours, and it is possible that I passed more
than two nights before I succumbed to the
oppressive influence of'thc solitude. I do
not think‘th at I am more impressible than
many others, and I venture to say that there
are few persons who could retain their reason
if entirely alone in the forest and deprived
of food. The immensity, the power, and
the indifference of nature are brought into
such strong relief that despair takes posses-
sion of the mind and paralyzes the will.
Our hold on consciousness. at best very
slight, is through the daily round of tangi-
ble material things. Our whole mental life
is made up of constant impressions received
from the world about us. When these im-
pressions unite in forcing irresistibly on us
the conception of nature as a “group of blind
material correlative forces," with no sugges-
tion of a sympathetic personality or a benefi-
cent order, they soon cast over the mind a
formless gloom, whose deeper shadow is
madness. '
I will let my friend Hunt relate how I was
fOund.
nosr's NARRATIVE.
My friend White has asked me to describe
what happened after we separated. I will
do so in as few words as possible, as the
events of that week are not very pleasant to
recall.
We reached the but on Black River about
four o’clock, and busied ourselves till night-
fall in preparations for our stay, cutting
wood for our fire, brush for our beds. and
getting the canoe out from the place where
it had been hidden. Next day our camp
began to assume quite a home-like appear-
ance. When night came and White did not
arrive, we all began to feel a good.deal of
uneasiness, and in the morning Grainger, our
guide, a man of few words,said so decidedly
that he was going back to meet him that
both Eldridge and I decided to accompany
hi Grainger said we must be prepared for
a g, hard tramp, and must carry nothing
but what was absolutely necessary. He re-
stricted us to a gun, an axe, one rubber
blanket, one woollen blanket, a supply of
hard crackers, pork and coffee, and the indis-
pensible frying pan and tin pot. Of these
he made three packs, his own being heavier
than both the others. The axe he carried in
his hand, and Eldridge and Iwere to alter-
nate in carrying the gun. We left a note
fastened with a thorn on the side of the but
for Waite, and set out soon .after daylight.
In two hours we came to the swamp in which
Sunday Creek takes its rise, and we plodding
around the divide, when Grainger stopped
suddenly and said, “He's gone round the
head of Little Sunday and got into thé Dead
Diamond.”
To our eager questions he explained how
be judged of the freshness of the track by
a spider’s web spun across it and the marks
of the rain which had fallen the night before.
The spider’s web, he said, had been spun
before the rain, and was at least twenty-four
hours old. Having now a fixed point to
start from, he felt sure of his ground, and
the rapidity with which he walked taxed all
our powers to keep up with him. When he
came out of the swamp we could see how.
naturally poor Harry had been misled, for
the opening of the valley he should have
taken was between low hills and hardly dis-
tinguishable, but the one he took showed a
broad and clearly defined gap. We entered
it hastily, the evident anxietyand preoccupa-
tion of the guide filling us with fresh alarm.
Everything in the way of natural obstruc-
tions—fallen trees, rocks, treacherous mnd,
rank undergrowth—seemed to be accumula-
ted in the Dead Diamond; but Grainger
seemed to know exactly where to go and
where White had been. When he.found a
footprint he would walk in quite a different
direction from what it indicated, and would
discover a new tracein a few moments. He
carried the axe in his right hand, and from
time to time, without stopping, he struck off
a branch from a sapling, or by a skilful
glancing blow uncovered a white patch on
the bare’trunk of a tree. This was to enable
White to follow us if by any chance he
should cross our trail. We went on without
speaking for three or four hours, when
isuddcnly Grainger halted and said, “Here’s
his track dead tired; he’s come back to
here." He then made as sit down, and,
charging us not to quit the place, he .left us
for half an hour' or so. The double track
evidently puzzled him. When he rejoined
us, however, he seemed to be decided, and
made us turn back, and, after retracing half
a mile or so of our path, diverge to the left,
4 where we soon found ourselves ascending the
bed of a small stream. The ground was
more open here, and we required no urging
to induce us to strain every nerve. Eldridge
and I kept in the bed ,of the stream, while
Grainger followed the track. About sunset
he told—us that it was plain that White had
doubled again,and that in the waning light it
was impossible to distinguish the two trails.
There was nothing to do but to stay all night.
We made a fire, and diacharged our gun
once,——of this we had to be very careful, as
we had but six percussion caps. Fatigue had
so far overcome us that we slept soundly in
spite of our anxiety. In the morning we
were stirring before the sun. rainger made
a cup of coffee and prepared what the
woodsmen call breakfast,and left-us to renew
his search. In two hours he came back, and
said that he had found where White had left
the'valleyr-lthat he had undoubtedly lost his.
head, and would wander on till he fell from
exhaustion. “You see," said be, “when a
person from the towns gets lost lathe woods
they ’most always go crazy on the third day,
and then they want to climb a hill. 'They
are bound to go up, and the rougher it is the.
better it suits fem." When they are 'most
ready to die they come down and hide them-
selves. Thcy won't stay on a mountain when
they begin to weaken. If we had found Mr.
White yesterday he might have, killed as all
three." ‘
His words', uttered in a cold-blooded,
mattenof-fact manner, filled us with horror,
and we followed him in silence. The indi-
cations of White's passage were plain enough
when Grainger pointed them out, though of-
course we'should never have noticed them‘
had We been alone. Climbing the ridge was
terrible work, but we never thought of it.
”Fortunately, near the summit of the crest
we came on a place where the trail crossed,
and by omitting the loop we saved a good
deal of time. Soon we began to descend,
and the guide explained with great satisfac-
tion that we were bearing-in the direction of
Dix’s house and that this last trail was quite
fresh. In fact, the disturbance of the under-
growth became evident even to our unprac-
tised eyes. At noon we came to a stream,
which Grainger said was the north fork of
the Racket. Here he again "left us, and ex-
amined the stream carefully for a mile, re-
turning by a detOur through the woods. He
f then said he was confident that White had
not crossed and was in the woods not a mile
from us. Eldridge started upto shout, but
{Grainger caught his arm and said, “You
musn’t make shift. of noise. Nothing scares
' hear you, likely he would run five miles. I’m
‘_ going right up the river, and I'll start Pliny
and Joe down with the canoe, and we’ll have
t —memory and the sense ofpersonal identity:
humanism." . ‘
f'em like a person's voice, and if he should
I confess I felt some misgivings at being
left by the man who had been eyes, ears, and
brain to us for two days, but there was
nothing to do but to obey. We sat down on
a fallen tree to wait and listen, and Grainger,
laying aside his axe, set off at a rate which
justified his assertion that he could “get over
hours we waited in silence. save for an
occasional whispered word of comfort . to
each other. Then we saw a canoe coming
down the stream, and Pliny Dix landed near
us. ,In a few moments he was joined by his
brother J cc, Grainger, and the queer little
boy who lives with them. Grainger bade us
take the canoe and drop slowly down the
stream. Said he, "When you see me, if I
hold up my hand you are going too fast. If
I beckon, you must come on faster." The
men then dispersed on the left bank, and we
followed as directed. Once Dix got in' to
pilot us over some rapids, and said that the
party had just united, and that they had
found where White had been a short time'
before. Just at sunset we were paddling
round a bend, when I heard something splash
in the water beside the boat. Looking up, I
saw the boy just in the act of tossing a peb-
ble at us. He drew back and motioned us
to land. We did so. and found the little imp
at the foot of a large hemlock-tree. ’ “Here
he is: I've treed him,” said he.
“Where ? where ? Do you mean that he
is up that tree it He could never have climbed
' H .
“He’s up there,” said the boy sententiously.
“Just you watch."
‘He moved off into the bushes, and sure
enough I saw something among the lower
branches high over our heads move cautiously
around, keeping ‘the trunk always between
it and the boy.
Eldridge called out, “Come, Harry, come-
down 1- what is the use, old fellow? Eld-
ridge persisted throughout in talking to
White as if he were not out Of‘his head, but
only a little whimsical and eccentric.
I, too, cried, "Harry! dear Harry! come
down,” and burst into a fit of hysterical
laughter. The idea of our friend’s hidin’g
like a coon in a tree while we three were
watching at the foot like dogs was as ridicu-
lous‘as distressing.
“Confound you,” said Eldridge, warmly,
“come down. ..We can’t wait here any lon-
er.”
But the figure,with marvellous agility,went
to. the very top of the tree, where it was
completely concealed.
“He’ll starve after a spell,” said the boy.
“I’ll whistle for Alf and Pliny.” 'His shrill
whistle was answered from the depths of
the woods, and soon the three men appeared,
breathless with haste.
A hurried consultation followed,and Grain-
ger went to the boat and brought the axe.
Then, clearing a space at the foot, he begs
to cut the tree. -
. His vigorous blows rang through the for-
est. Dix was answering our eager remon-
strances by explaining that it was the ‘only
thing to do, though dangerous,—that the tree
would fall in the water, and that Grainger
would “notch” it on the opposite sides in
such a way that it would fall slowly and not
break short oft—when an exclamation from
the boy caused us to look upward.
I beheld for an instant a tattered figure,
with flaming eyes, run out on a dead branch.
Then, before I could catch my breath it
leaped with a cry into the soft bushy top of
a young pine. The perpendicular distance,
as it appears _to my imagination could not
have been less than twenty feet. For a sec-
ond or two it clung to the lower side, as the
tough, elastic top bent beneath the shock.
Then it dropped from branch to branch so
rapidly that it seemed to fall. Reaching
the ground, it ran like a deer for the water,
dashed in, and struck out for the opposite
shore.
In ten seconds the men were in the boat
and rapidly overhauling it. Then ensued a
fearful struggle, the danger being lest the ca-
noe should be upset. The skill of the men in
securing deer under similar circumstances
stood them in-good stead, and in a few mo-
ments they had passed a rope «round poor
White and dragged him half strangled to the
shore. As soon as they reached shoal water
they jumped out and secured him with a
rope, and hauled him, a drenched, hunted
thing, into the boat. Then they started up
the stream with strong, swift strokes, leaving
the boy to guide us home.
We reached home about‘an hour after them,
and found that they had White in bed, well
rubbed down with the backwoodsman’s uni-
versal remedy,—wbiskey. The youngest of
the Dix brothers had gone to the nearest
village for a doctor. Harry had passed from
the violent state into a sort of torpor, and
before the doctor arrived next day he had
taken some food and fallen into a sleep.
When he awoke, he was nearly himself
again, but very weak. His strength return-
ed but slowly, and even now he is more rc«
served andpquiet than he was. I think he is
more willing to take a guide than before;
certainly be has never got on the wrong
river since—Eminent? for August. '
\
Death" the Springfield Republican preaches
an impressive sermon to. young girls and
their parents, taking the Cramer case for a
text. Says the Republican: Night idleness
and petty dissipation work their sure result.
Ignorance does much, but evil more, and no
man or woman can play with the devil’s own
fire and come Off unscorched. There appears
to be no doubt that, in this case, the. parents
permitted a risk for which they are blame—
ble; but it is tolerably clear that this young
girl wandered along a path in which she
jostled the badond vile in blank ignorance of
her company. It takes experience, a cool
head and a clear eye to see below the plausi—
ble surface in which vice of this sort cloaks
itself,and she had none of these. No girl has'
of the hundreds who walk nightly through
dangers for' which they have neither been
up the bars in American life.
for evil, custom has established a free social
intercourse, and the paths by which a girl
passes beyond home influences are easy, and
all alike dangerous; but the risk is vastly in-
creased by ignorance of the facts and condi—
tions which breed danger and bring disaster.
Ahealthy home life is the soundest of all
safeguards; but as long as village life has
disappeared for good andall in our provin-
cial cities, and all of them share the over—
flow of vice from New York, girls like this
one would fall less often if they were wisely
taught more knowledge of the evil in the
world. It is not that they are ignorant of
the real relations of the sexes, for they are
not ignorant of them, but mothers and
daughters alike too often not as though they
were ignorant of the very thin veneer which
may 'disguisethe rake in the garb of the gen-
tleman, and of the passion which may trans-
form the ordinarily well-intentioned man in.
to the devil when opportunity presents the
temptation. Man is a dangerous'animal, not
to be tiified with or yielded to, and giddy
girls who rebel against the all too loose re-
straints of our American homes take peril-
ous risks. ‘
A paper in Chicago having said that that
city uses 70,000,000 gallons of water daily,
:of that amount is, made into beer, and the
other half is used to scald the bristles off-of
hogs."
They were a newly married couple, who
had come to 'Galveston to spend a week.
As they were strolling along the beach the
other day, she said: “We have been herea
whole week. How time files. It has only
seemed to me a couple of days." “Ah!” he
said, triumphantly, “that comes from my not
letting you bring your mother along." ~
-....M-i ~
the ground twice as fast alone." For three .
5:: .
Under the heading “Her Feet go down to ’
prepared nor warned. It‘is too late to put ‘
For good or -
the Baltimore American remarks that “half 4
NORWALK GAZETTE,
PUBLISHED, EVERY TUESDAY IIIIIIO. I
Th. Second Oldest PIPOI III "[0 SIIIO.
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
A. H. BYINGTON. & CO.
A. H. vaoron, J. B. ELLS, G. N. Elms
Subscripticn $2.00 per
. gear, in advance.
Single Copies
Cents.
Entered at the Post 017m at Nomalk, Coma,
as Second-Glass Matter.
Advertising Rates :
Ono square, one insertion.... . . . . . .
Per week for continuance .... .... ....
One Square, three months . . .. . . . .. .
: ‘: six months,............
Two “ oneuyear, w‘r‘th paper.........
Three “ . . “
Quartalof a column, one time.... ....
"‘ “ ’oncyear........ 5
One-half column, one time; . . . .... . . . 10
“ “ one year. .. .... .... 80
Full column,-one time. .. . ....,.... 20
“ “ one year.. .. .... t... . .150 00
One inch constitutes a, square. '
00.
8
Speclul Notices 25 per cent. advance on the
above. »
Local Notice- in Reading
Cents per line.
Yearly advertisers restricted .to the business
contemplated at the time of contract, but are,
permitted to make monthly changes of their ad-
vertisements. .
Marriages and Deatls inserted gratuitously.
Obituary or Funeral Notices 16 cents per line.
All unusual cuts and devices 25 per cent. extra-
Columns, 2‘
88888888888
' 'NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, .1881.
- J. G. GREGORYS: co.
DRUGGISTS,
Successors to EDWARD P. WEED,
No. 38 Wall suéet. Norwulk, cc,
invite the attention of the public to their complete
. stock of
Pure Medicines and Drugs,
and a full line of
TOILET & FANCY ARTICLE.
Also dealers in
Pure Wines& Liquors for
Medicinal Purposes.
Careful attention paid to the dispensing of phy-
sicians’ prescriptions. 28
e. ll. Kendall, ii. I).
DENTIST,
NOR. W ALE, CONN.
.. ' - Oillco second
door west from
Danbury R. R.
Depot.
operations in all
branches as fost-
mcrly. Painless
extraction of
teeth by aid of
LAUGHING
GAS o. specialty
N.B.—Dr. Kendall s ends Mondu s i d -
field. Prices for artificllaltccth maniacal.n In 5:2
DEN TIS'I'RY
FRANK 'I‘. HY-AT'I‘,
0T belon ing to any combination, can and
will run e Artificial Teeth cheaper than
an other Dentist in Norwalk and warrant them
to e of the very best material. 1 have also pro-
cured the services of‘ J. C. NEWKIRK, and am
noyv prepared to do filllng at the Lowest Cash
Price. Extrucslng25c. Nocbargc forextract-
in if artificial teeth are to be inserted. Office
an Residence adjoining Methodist Parsonage.
lNorwaIk. Open evenings. 25
. o
caloric—3......
35 cents. A Mothers’
remedy‘ for sleepless and irritable
Children. The Recipe of Old DI.
-I’itcher, Free from Morphine, and
not Narcotic. Formula published
with each bottle. For Flatulency,
_ assimilating the food, Sour Stomach, '
Feverishness, Worms, and Disor-
-' dered Bowels, Castoria has the larg-
est sale of any article dispensed by
Druggists. '
Ass-Tome
A Perfected Puriflca' or the System
Tome—“Increasing the strength, obviating [Ill
(1651: of liability, and restoring healthyfuncliom."
-— xas'rnu. '
For Indigestion, and Dyspepsia,
the many forms of Liver Com-
plaint, Impure and Impoverished
Blood, and Functional Derange-
ments attendant upon Debility, and '
for Building up the weak, Asli-'
Tonic is doubtless the most prompt
and certain remedy yet devised. In
1-2 lb. bottles, 75 cents; Six bottles,
$4. Accredited Physicians and
Clergymen. who may desire to test
the Tonic, will be supplied with not
exceeding six bottles, at one-half
the retail price, money to accom-
pany the order. Sold by Druggists,
and by D. B. Dewey & Co., 46 Dey
St., N. Y.
‘— ENTIUH
{l’flllTlEl'lL
The most Powerful,
Penetrating and Pain-relieving
remedy ever devised by mail. It
soothes Pain, it allays inflammation,
it heals Wounds, and it cures
RHEUMATISM,
Sciatica, Lumbago, Scolds,
Burns Stiff Joints, Cuts, Swell-
ings, rost bites, Quinsey, Salt
Rheum, Itch, Sprains, Gulls, and
Lameness from any cause. Suf- -
ferers from
PAIN IN THE BACK,
Fever Sores, Eruptions, Broken
Breasts, contracted Cords, Neu-
ralgiu, Palsy or dislocated limbs; -
and owners of horses, planters, inc-
chanics, merchants and professional
men everywhere, unite in saying, that
CENTAUR LINIMEN'I‘
brings relief when all other Lini-
merits, Oils, Extracts and Embroca-
tions have failed. ' , '
fl
a. H. BALDWIN, M. D.,
Homaulalluc Phlilllllll 8! Surgeon
once corner of-Main and Wall Streets, over If.
S. Botts’ DrugStore. “
7 Pfigce Hours from 10 p. m. to 9 a. m., t to 3 and
o . m.
Slatgs at Hanford a; Osborn's, ‘East Norwalk,
and at D. Beers. Jr . South Norwalk. Calls by
L. N. PHINNEY, M. D.,
Residence and 0 fiice, No. 62 Wall Street. -
Office Hours-6 to 9 a. m., 12 to :1 and 7 to 8 p.m.
Slates at I. A, Meeker fr. Oo’s..\‘orwalk, and Still-
son’s and Plaistcd’s Drug Stores, 80. Nor-walk.
CHARLES W. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist.
nonwanx, oomv.
Ofilcc corner of Main and Wall Streets. N itrOus-
Oxide Gas administered.
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregationalist Church
Teacher of
Plano-Forte, organ and illusion]
Composition,:
Leek Box 39, P. 0., NOBWALK,00NN.
Hurlbutt & Relyea,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Boon'a No. 4, Up Stairs,
GAZETTE BUILDING, 'NORWALK.
(Intimarles~ F. Ohew,
PIANO TUNER, &c.
Orders received at I. A. MEEKEB’S DRUG
STORE. 20 Wall Street. 1y3
REMOVAL z
B.S.BLASCER,
Has removed to Lockwood’s Building, Wall Street
foot of Main. which has been refitted and- furn-
ished with a choice stock of
Groceries. Crockery, Glass, 84:.
He gives his arsenal attention to his business
and invites pub 'c patronage.
Pgmrseives by making money whena
Those w 0 always take advantage of
{he chances for making mono
0 s
We want many men, women, _
work for us right in their own localities.
business will pay more than ten times ordina
wages. We furnish an expensive outfit and a
that you need. free.
whole time to the work, or only
. sent free. Address
Samson a Co.,l’ortlsndfle
Telephone at Betts' Dru Store rom tly attend
cdto.‘ ‘ ’ g p p 1y23‘
lden chance is ofi‘ercd, thereby al-
ways keeping poverty from your door.
that are of-
gcnerally become wealthy,w ilcthose who
do not improve such chances remain in poverty.
boys and glrlgr 1:0
0
l
Noone who engages fails to
make money very rapidly. You can devote your
your spare mo-
ments. Full information and: all that is needed
r~'TW**-f-mtp‘i‘r‘u.ma,_n .
DENTISTRY
A Triple Combination of Experi-
oncc. Artistic Taste and Skill.
With the above combination, DB. 0. ll.
KENDALL odors from J une 7th, 1881, Artifi-
cial Teeth of superior quality at so low a. price
that all desiring them will do‘ well to call on him
before purchasing elsewhere.
0. ’1‘. Leonard ll Son,
COAL, WOOD,
Masons’ Materials,
CEMENT PIPE-
, For Drains, Sewers, W clls,&c.,
At Lowest Cash Prices. '
Drains and Wells Dag and Piped
Also Sole Agentfdr
Patent Tinder Wood,
The Cheapest and Best Kindling out. Try it
8' Branch Office at H. S. Betts’ Drug Store
PURE MILK.
Delivered in Norwalk and South Norwalk, at
your door, every morning
AT 6 CENTS PER QUART,
By REMSON BROS.
REAL: ESTATE.
To Rent.
PART or A notes. 4 rooms
and garden, close in they
at this office.
- hall of a yard
lllagc. Enquire
. To Rent.
A COMFORTABLE and convenient House in_n
Pleasant and healthy location. The house is
near y new,two stories. with cellar and good
attic. and in good cond tion throughout. Well of
good water. Lot 50x 0 feet. Will be rented to
a good tenant for the extremely' low price of 812
per month. Apply at GAZETT OFFICE.
0 LET.—Four rooms over store of'G. A: s
H. Holmes.
ll C. C. BETTS.
Farm for. Sale.
HE subscriber will sell the well known David
St. John Farm With all the Stock, Tools and
Crowrng Crops. Most of the price can remain on
mortgage. .For full articulars address
22“ CEO. F. B LDEN, Winnipanlr, Conn.
Apartments to Let.
N the Brick Hanses on Leonard street. In-
quire at LEONARD’S COAL OFFICE. .
To Rent.
THEuppcr part of a house on Main Street; 6 or
8 rooms ,II desired, very desirable location.
Barn room if desired. Possession can be given
immediately. Enouire at this ofiicc. Btf
Store. to Rent.
HE cu. acious and handsome Store lately oe,
cuplc by Mcssrs.Earle & Smith,on Wall St.-
nenr the old Norwalk Hotel, it comprises two
floors, 24x95,wlth requisite counters and shelves.
suitable foruny first class business. Every-thin
ism complete order. Possession given immedi-
atcl . Apply to JACOB WEEKS, or of BENJ.
J.SI‘URGES. .
FOR SALE.
SEVERAL very desirable Building Sites for
Business purposes, Situated on Water Street.
Enquire of F. W. MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent
FOR SALE.
’1‘
W0 yer-y desirable Buildin Lots on West
Main street. Apply at GA' ETTE OFFICE.
For Sale.
THE well known .pro .rty of WILLIAM C.
STREET, situated on Igh Street, in the Bar-
ough of Norwalk. containing one acre of ground
fronting on High and Main Streets, with commo-
dious Dwelling House, with all the modern im-
provements, lar e Barn, and out buildings, and
one-half of smut house on Main Street. I or fur
ther particulars enquire of BC BR SMITH, Agent.
N orwulk. April 11th, 1881. En
For Sale.
A House and about one' acre
of Land on Prospect Hill,
May be had on reasonable terms. Applty to
. W. ST ART.
Norwalk, March Islh, 1881. _ 12“
FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS willbu
_ a small place on the hill east of Winnipau
facing the ounsbury fit Bissell Factory. _A
chance for a poor man to secure ahomc ofh
own. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE. fit
A Splendid Residence
FOR SALE.
Tnlwcll known place formerly belonging to
_ SETH ELY, deceased, situated within three
minutes walk of Post Office, Churches. Schools,
and Railroad Depot. Said lace is situated on
Water Street near Chapel, an contains about one
half acre of land, fruit of all kinds in abundance.
House contains fourteen rooms, with all conven-
iences. gas. water. and bath. in fact all modern
improvements. Also large barn, carriage house,
it; lln . coal room, wood house, and henery.
is p
Harbor, and is suitable for any gentleman doing
business in New York returning the sum e day,as
it is Within one hour and twenty minutes of
Grand Central Depot and two minutes of horse
cars in Norwaik. For further particulars enquire
of HORACE S. ELY.
22 Pine St. N. Y.
or JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Broker.
7ml2 - Norwalk, Conn.
ce commands a fine view of Norwalk
THE MODEL
Hair Dressing& Bath Rooms
Wall Street, Up Stairs.
cleanliness, Comfort, Artistic Workmanship and
gentlemaniy Attendance are leading features of
this cstablrshmen t.
E. APELL, .Proprletor.
Stamforit anyglll Telephone Co
[IST 0! SUBSCRIBE“ 0F IIIIIWALI, II SPEAK-
IIB GUMMUIIGATIOI Tll DATE.
Adams Bros. . . . .. . . .. .Market
Adams &. Stevens... . . . . . . . .Market
Bank, Central Nat............
“ Fairfield Co. Nata.
. Nat. of Norwalk.....
Beard, E.... .... .. .Residence
Beatty, J. P. & Bros.. . . . . . . .Oflice
Betts, H. S... . . . . ....Druggist
Brush, F. V., M..D . . . . .....Oflice
Byington, A. H. & Co. . .Gazette Ofiice
Clarke, E. 0., M. D. . ....Residence
Comstock Bros.... . ..Norwalk
Comstock Bros . . .. . . . . . South Norwalk
Crofut & Knapp .. .. . . . . . .Upper Oflicc
Crofut dz Knapp . . . . . .Lower Office
D. &N. R. E..... . . . . .. ..Freight Office ~
Dann, “Tilliam E. . . .... . . . .. . . .Stablo
Donovan, Jerry.... . . . . . .Storo
Earle, W. EL... . . . .. . . . ....Residenco
Ferris, J. H . . . . .... . . ..Residence
Ferris, J. H .... . . . . Coal, Upper Oil-ice
Ferris, J. H .... Coal, Lower Office
Ferry, Mrs. O. S..................Residence
Gibson, A. S. . . . . . . . . . .. Residence
Gregory Bros......:.. .. ....Stable
Gregory, J. G., M. D . . . . .Residence
Gregory, J. G. & 00.... .D'ruggists
(G
HatFormin Co................Ofiice
Higgins, R. ., M.D........Resid’ence
Hill, E. J.... .. .... .Lumber Yard
'Hilsdon, W. . .. . . . .... .... .... Market
Hitchcock, D., M. D. .... ....Residence
Holmes & Keelel'.. o o o a can. ....GI'OCOI'S
Hoyt & Olmstead. .... .... .. .Ofiice
Hoyt, I. Mortimer.... ....Druggist
, Hyatt, J. W.... .... .... ....Ofiice
Keefer, E. 0.... .... .. . .Residence
Kendall, J. 0., M. D. .... . . . .Residence
Knapp, Burr.... .... . ....Ofiice
Leonard, C. T. & Son, . .Coal, East Side
Leonard, 0. T. & Son. . .Coal, West Side
Lockwood, W. A., M. D. ....Residence
Lockwood, F. St. John .... . . .Residence
Lounsbury & Bissell Co. . .... ....Oflice
Many, C. W. .. . . . . . ....Residence
Mahackemo Hotel.... .. . . .. .Ofiice
.Mead, Frederick.................Store
Meeker, I. A. & 00.... . .. . . .Druggists '
Miller, George E..... .... ....Resideuce
Mitchell, W. & D. . . .Meat Market
Nolan, R. G.,M. D. .Residence
North, G. S ..... .... .... .... ..Gallery -
Norwalk Gazette.. .....Ofiice
Norwalk Hour..
N orwalk Iron Works
Nor-walk Look 00. .. . ..
NorwalkMilM. .... .... .‘. . . ....Oflice
Palmer, E. M. & Co. ....-.Ofiice
Pardee, E. V., M. D. .... ....Residence
Phinney, L. N , M. D. .. . . . . Residence
Plaisted, G. B..... .... . .. ..Druggist
Propeller Dock.... .... .... .. .Norwalk
Prowitt. J. T. .. ..... ...Hardware
Bundle, J. 0.... ........Store
Raymond &Nickcrson....
Raymond, G. W...... ..
Raymond Brothers..‘ ...Upper Office
Raymond Brothers.... ....Lower Office
Rowan, R. H.:.. ..... ...Oflice
Sandiforth, L. W. . . . .... . . . .Residence
Shaman, S. J.... .. . . . ..Residence
Sherman, S. J.... .....Stable
Smith, W. H. & 00.. . . .. .. Hardware
Selmans, A.. .... . . . . .... . . . ....Ofiice
Starr, O. S. .. . . . . . . .Residence
Starr Brothers.... . . . . ....Store
Steamboat Dock. . . . . . . . South Norwalk
Stillson,G.0... .........Drnggist
St. John, C. E. .... .... .... . .Residence
Western Union Telegraph ..... Norwalk
Western Union Telegraph, So. Nor-walk
Rental of‘ Telephone, per quarter. wrth use of
line. 86.25; Rental of Telephone and Trdnsmitter
with use of linc,89.oo. No charge will be made
tor putting in instruments. ‘
Ssomfit sentlrec to those who wish to engage
in the most pleasant and profitable business
knowu. Everything new. Capital not me
quires. We wll furnish you cycrythlng. tits
at day and upwards is easily made without stnylnc
away from home over night. N 0 risk whatever.
Manyncw workers wanted at once. 4 Many are
making fortunes at the business. Ladiesniake as
much as men. and young boys and girls make
great pay. No one who is willing to work falls to
make more mono every day than can be made in
a week at any or .nary emp oyment. Those who
on age at once writ find a short road to fortune.
Adgdrcss H. Hannst'r'r & 00., Portland. Maine. -
Geo. Ward Sellcck,
Has in his New Store,
IIAIIIEIIMIII‘S IEW ILBII, WALL “III“,
A complete assortmentof the best class of
GRUBEBIES, PROVISIONS, FRUITS,
&c.,for familyusc, at Popular Prices. His stock
is at all times fresh and good. and Will stand com-
1
“(1!ch your 0N0“.
.....
arison with these of any Grocer in town Call
ll. ~ caisson
Farm for Sale.
11E subs riber offers his Farm forsale, situa-
ted in t e Town of Greenfield, in Saratoga
Co., in the state of New York, nine miles from
Saratoga Springs. It is pleasontly situated on
a rise ofground, 95 acres of land, which is favor-
ably dlviticd into pasture, plow, meadow and
woodland; With a large house; the stze of the
barn 30 by 40, wagon house and stabling, hay loft
over the same, 23 by 43, and graincry 16 by 18.
Will be sold cheap; part of the purchase money
can remrm on mortgage if desired, or wrllcx-
change for village property. For further rim-two-
LAS 1’. TUTT E,
lars inquire of S
trill . Norwaik. Conn,
Desirable Property for sale.
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 Mer-
wrn Street near WestAvenue, for sale at a bar-
gain, Enquire of .
S. E. 0SBORN,East Avenue,
tfll or to D. W, Fitch, W est Avenue.
Small Place for Sale.
SMALL, two-story House, with one acre of
Land, near BroadRivcr Bridge,ls offered
for sale at a low rice, to close an estate. En-
quire at the GAZlh TE OFFICE. th
For Sale.
Accsy, comfortable Cottage on one of the pleas-
antcst streets in town. Within five minutes
walk at the Bridge or Churches, ill be sold at
low price. A portion of the pure ase~moncy can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price 87,000. En-
quire at this Office.
For Sale Cheap.
Better than low interest Bonds.
A House on Fair Street.
Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE. ‘
DWELLINGS
AND
Building Lots. '
SEVERAL dwellin s, various. prices in differ-
ent portions of orough, either to let or for
sale at reasonable prices, Also several places
outside of Borough limits—one in Winnipauk.
Also several Building lots in and out _Of Borough,
trill Enquire at this Office.
A,
J. natures
~ 4
HAS REMOVED HIS
MUSIE STdfiE
To Opera. House Block, in
Store with A. W. Austin, ,4
J eweler.
NE ”7 JHARKET !
No. 6 Main Stroet,:Norwal, Ct.
THE BEST 01‘
Beef, Veal, Mutton, Lamb, Pork,
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. ~
6min W. 1‘. LOCKWOOD, late with Adams Bros.
Free Reading Room.
HIS is a. comfortable room fitted up for the
T benefit of the public generally. situated on
east side of South Main Street, over Bood’s J ew-
clry Store, Clark and Lane’s Block nearly 0 po-
site Railroad Depot, South Norwalk, Ctr t is
open from 9 a. m., to 9:45 p. m. The room is well
lighted, warm and comfortable. It is supplied
with [our dailies, two weekhes. and several
monthly papers and journals. beside a number of
instructive and interesting books.
COFFEE ROOM.
There is a. Coffee Room on the same floor and a
lady in attendance from 9 a. m., to 9:45 . m.,to
scrvc HOME. MADE articles mentionc below,
at the followtng prices:
1 Cup of Coifcc,_wrth crackcs,
1 Cup of Tea, wrth Crackers,
Cocoa —
Brown Bread and Butter.
Sandwich, - -
Cake. -
Doughnuts.
Piece of l’le,
Crullcrs,
Ham, - -
Pork and Beans, wrth bread
Stewed Oysters,
; PRA N Gs ’
Birthday . Cards,
FORSALEAT THE
' GAZETTE OFFICE.
5 cents
as
ll
0‘
ll
Safiqmmamm
and butter 1
ad
a:
inward s. Bette,
(Successor to C. S. Prowler»
PHARMACIST.
CORNER DRUG STORE,
Norwalk, Ct.
, Daily Messenger.
W. B. Newcom‘b.
WOULD announce that making daily trips to
New York, he is prepared to act as Messen-
ger totransect any errands or business in the city,
anti to purchase_ and bring up small articles for
those who may Wish. Carei'u personal attention
given to all orders. Orders can he left at store of
J. LESTER GREGORY. 53 Main St., or with Mr.
J. Monnrs annnrcr,l’ost Ofiichcws Dealer.
STEAM
«SAWINGd PLANING
'Band&Scml| Sawing&luming, .
MANUFACTURER 01“
Doors, Sashes .Blin ds, Mouldings,
Boxes, Packing Cases, Win-
dow Frames, &'c. ‘
I havoon hand tools for 150 patternsoi Mould-
ings and will when desired make ‘0 i
stylo's. Const‘untiyin stock ' t 0 slot new
Pickers planes] and olnscal Fouco
halls and Trfnrmlnglg .
BRACKETS of‘alldcscri tions and WIND
FRAMES made to order at ghost notice. will:
TRIMMINGS got out ready to put up, from lane
and specifications. WALNUT and ASH AIN-
sco'rm'o and FLOORING. TURNING of all
descriptions.
Kindlz'na Wood Split and ready for "86,1?!“
' up in Barrels. o.
BURR KNAPP,
l oot of Marshal Street , South N orwaik, Ct
ReadmanSrOs,
Photographers,
GAZETTE BUILDING, NOBWMK.
Views of Residences taken at short notice.
1 7 STOP ORGANS.
SUB_BAS and Oct. Coupler 4 Sets
‘ needs, $85.00.
PIANOS $1 25 and upwards sent on trial. Cat-
alogue FREE. Address
DANIEL F. BEATTY, Washington, N. J.
CHURCH ORGANS.
crimson, charms. Ann Paranoia.
BEATTY'PIANOFO‘RTES
Best and Sweetest-113nm Instruments in the
BEGINS
$1.600. EveryInstrument fully “Ian-ans-
cd. Sent on Trial. Beautiful Illustrated Cat-
alogue and Stool Plate Engruvlng free.
Those desiring to buy arcrequested to visit my
factory here, and select the instrument in person.
Address or call on
DANIEL F. BEAT'I‘Y,
Wuslrlngson, New Jersey.
$30, $40, $50, to $1,000, 2 to
ly13
_ Mullings Bros.,
Carriages ll Wagons
MADE TO ORDER. '
Repairing in all its Branches.
FOR SALE FBRJ HE HOLIDAYS.
A line of SLEIGHS of our own
manufacture, made from Selected
materials. Neat, stylish and durable.
C.A. MCI] mes, . J. S.MULLINGS
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VOL; LXIVNUMBER ,4
' lilo-Morrow at Ten: - .
A NEWPORT lDYL. I .~
‘ How the band plays to-night all those loyely
Strauss airs
That Idanced here last year, or sat out on
the stairs,
With Mulready and Blakesley, and that Eng-
lish cadet! ‘
Of her Majesty’s service—little Bercsford
Brett 2 .
Tum-ti-tu’m—therc’s that perfect “ Blue
Danube.” Oh dear!
How I wish that Mulready or Blakesley were
here! 1
What's to—day or tc-nigbt .to the nights that
are fled ?
What’s the rose that I hold to the rose that
is dead? -
But speaking-of. roses reminds meof those
That I were at the French frigateball, at the
-close- , ' '
0f the season. ’Twas in early September,
Just a little bit coolish and chill,I_remember.
But a heavenly fair night ;- and the hand, how
it played! . ,
And how to its music we waltzed there! and
stayed . - - - '
Deep into the midnight, or.mOrning, before
We thought-of departure. Then that rowing
toshorew, - . . ,
In the chill,and the dark, ‘I shall never forget
At my- left hand sat Blakesley, and at my
, '...- righthretlt,‘ .J. 2 . .4 v. ., _
Whisperinngoolish spit.hothings,—Brétt. not
, Blakesley, I mean,
For Blakesley. was dumb.
_ screen
Of the darkness I saw lfim quite clear
Kiss the rose thatl wore above my left ear.
Ahl as soft on my cheekI felt the light touch
Of his breath as be bent there, my heart beat
with such , .
A wild pulse for a moment, that, giddy and
faint, .
I turned to the breeze, with a sudden com
plaint
Of the air I found close ; and the air was
like wine—
A strortlig western wind from a sky clear and
ne.
It was just at that moment our boat came to
land,
And'I stumbled and fell as I stepped on the
sand, . .
And 'twas Brett’s arms that caught me, and
I never knew quite, -
What I said in that instant, for I thought, in
- the night,
It was Blakesley who held me; and Blakes-
ley, it seems, .
Was somewhere behind, and— But what
foolish old dreams
20! that dead and gone time! for what doI
care
For the things of last year. its mistakes or
despair,
When here’s to-day and to-night with such
untroubled skies,
‘And laid at my feet the season's great prize
For my taking or leaving, and tomorrow at
ten '
I’m to give him my answer—this prize
amongst men.
But under the
Of course I have made up my mind to accept
gAnd tO-night I must burn up that rose I have
kept ‘
F:om last year, and the notes signed T. B.,
and cease to recall
That foolish old time of the French frigate
ball.
Tom Blakesley indeed i as if I should care
But to scorn such a stupid— Hark! there’s
' a step on thestair—
And I told John tc-night to say “ Not at
home,”
To any and all of my friends that might come
And he’s hunting me out/with some card he
has brought,
The donkey! Now, John— What! Mr.
Blakesley! I thought—
Oh,.Tom! Tom! let me go. How can you—
how dare—;
What, you thought that I cho'se little Beres-
ford there
That night in the boat, and that you— Let
me go, sin!
You’re the. stupidest man— A whole year!
Don’t you knOw, sir,
That to —morrow— ' What is that l—in Egypt
and Rome
All this year—and meeting last month little
Brett, you came home
In the very next steamer—and ’twas love,lovc
you say,
And despair, that sent yen, and kept you
_ away ?
H—m i—well, it may be; but, you see, other
men
Have not been so stupid; and I—well. to-
' morrow at ten
I’m to give- .What is that f—you’ve been
ill all this year i—
Come hOme but, to die 2’ 0h, Tom, Tom, my .
darling, my dear,
Not to die, but to live; and I-yel, tomorrow
I’ll give
My refusal at ten; and you—ah, you’ll stay,
Tom. and. line ! -
~Nona Pnartvfin Hamer’afif’agazr’m fol-Sept.
m -
Drink’s Miserable Work.
The attention of the police of the Second
precinct was directed last evening to a sad '
case .of drunkenness, depravity, destitution.
and death at 78 John street, Brooklyn. The
Ofilcer who was sent to the house to investi-
gate the case said that he had been summon-
ed by Official dutyeto witness a good many
sad sights, but that this case rather exceeded
anything he had ever met before. The sec-
ond floor of the house was occupied by Ber-
nard McClarey, his wife Ann and six chil- ,
dren. The place was one of the most filthy
imaginable, and McClarey and his wife were
both stupidly drunk. McClarey was sitting
on the floor and had a two year old child in
his arms which was dying, but he was too
stupidly drunk to realize the fact. The moth-
er was lying on the floor helplessly drunk.-
The other five children were also sitting , on
the floor, in an emaciated and starving con—
dition. The officer started to the station
house to procure assistance, and during his
absence one of the neighbors procureda light
and entered the room. He found the oldest,
boy walking about in the dark with the dead
body’of the baby in his arms, he supposing .
it to be asleep. The police took chargeofm
the parents, and the Charity Commissioners _
will provide for the unfortunate children. I
flh _
Everybody knows that carts are inanimate
yet who has not seen a cart follow a horse?
Spavin thinks it is because they are attached
to each omen—Philadelphia Sun.
A very small boy can get outside of a very
Jorge watermelon in a very small space of
time, but it-takcs a large doctor to harmonize '
the two. —Rocltester Demot 'at. ‘ . '
Young Lady: Is there anything. that will-
remove a moustache, from a girl’s lip ? There
is. An ugly old man will sometimes yank it"
away and sling its owner over the fence. But'
iltJ wtill come there again you bet—Boston
as .
Joaquin Miller writes a most perplexing‘
hand, in which all letters are made in pretz-
ty much the same way and. most of them are
omitted. And maybe this accounts for his
poetry. The printer sets. up what he pleases.
and lays it 0133 on Joaquin.—Boston Post.
A Leadvillc man in one week was attack-
ed antl_scratchcd by a catamount, hurt by an
explosion. had a boulder roll down on him
and stave in two‘ ribs, and was kicked by a.
mule. And a local editor remarked that he
had f,‘lleen somewhat annoyed. by circum-
stancesflately."— ,
A pretty girl out west fixed things ,with
her bashful lover by. claiming to he a mind
reader. She went intoldson of trainee and
said: “_You have it in‘lilind.-to‘ask,me to. be
your wrfe, but you W little scared at
the idea.” The fellowgfgwgg‘, a—astounded but
grateful and the wedding on are now out.
Norwalk Chronicler