WHOLE NUMBER 17:65.
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER, 1, 158'1. '
VOL. ..LXIV..-Nu '
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The Lap Full Of‘NlltS.
thnc’er I see soft hazel eyes
And nut-brown curls,
I think of those bright days I spent
Among the Limerick girls;
When up though Cralia Woods I went
Nutting with thee,
And we plucked the glossy clustering fruit
From many a bending tree.
Beneath the hazel bough we sat,
Thou, love, and I,
And the gathered nuts lay in thy lap,
Beneath thy downcast eye 2
'But little we thought of the store we’d won,
I, love, or thou ;
For our hearts were full and we dare not own
The love that's spoken now.
0, there’s wars for willing hearts in Spain
And high Germanic; ‘
And I'll come back crelong again
With kuightly fame and fee;
And I’ll come back, if I ever come back,
Faithful to thee——
, That sat with thy lap full of nuts
Beneath the hazel tree.
. —Tlle Poets and Poetry ofIrelzmd.
The Country Postman.
THE STORY OF A HERO.
You have often seen him pass through the
fields with a 'hasty tread, recognizable not
only by his blouse and his regulation but but
also by the sustained activity of his move-
ments, because for him thcinstants are count-
ed and he has not the right to slacken his
pace. An indefatigable walker, he accom-
plishes his task from the first to the last day
of the year without even resting. No mat-
ter though a tropical sun invite all creatures
to become motionless, though .the, cold be
Siberian, though it blow and snow,'he must
go to the last village on his route to carry
the letters, newspapers and prospectuses
which trade confides by millions to the care
of the post. ‘ '
The highways are not made for him;
must he not. cross the country, passing
through woods and marshes, to seek the but
lost in depths of the solitude, far removed
from any public roads ? , ,
He travels from eight to ten leagues daily,
making circuits, crossing brooks, sealing
rocks, venturing into ravines and wounding
himself among the hedges and briars. Loit-
ering is forbidden to him, for the official hour
of return is fixed; the letters he brings back
,must depart by the next mail. They are
waited for at the post ofiice, and the least
variation of his programme must have grave
consequences;
We cannot without'ingratitude forget the
services of this incorruptible messenger,
whose probity and zeal are constantly put to
proof, who brings us at a certain hour our
letters and our journals, the news, the ex-
pectation of which keeps us full of anxiety ;
who contributes to soften for us the bitterness
of absence and distance. Imagine the void
the disappearance of these humble function-
aries would leave in our existence.
I knew a man who for 20 years filled this
position. Aformer soldier, thanks to irre-
proachablc records of service, strengthened
by a little influence, he had obtained the
great favor of having placed to his credit 50
francs per month at the post office of the
district.
‘Pere Martin was not very fond'of this
brilliant position, but he perfectly under-
stood his responsibility and duties; he never,
complained.
Everybody in the district was acquainted
with this little gray-haired man with bronzed
features, whose limbs had the pliancy and.
strength of steel. He was highly appreci-
ated, for while a scrupulous observer of the'
regulation, he never refused to perform a
service, provided it did not conflict with his
duties. i.
There was not a corner of his route'which
he had not passed over, accompanied by his
wolf dog. He knew to a meter the distance
separating the smallest hamlet from the chief
town of the district, and was familiar with
all the paths and by-ways. .
To spare himself an hour's walk he never
would have thrown’inte a ditch some silly
prospectus or some printed matter bearing a
doubtful address; if he returned anything
to the post office it was because its destina-
tion could not be found. He was the slave
of his orders, as punctual as the clock, and so
discreet as to encourage the most curious.
Everybody greeted him kindly when he ar-
rived at a village; the children came to him,
and even the dogs barked joyously at his
approach. There was considerable rivalry
as to who should offer him. a glass of cider
and a slice of bacon. But he rarely accepted
anything. 'Time passed and he did not like
to contract troublesome obligations.
Hence the notes made concerning him
were excellent, and his chief regretted that
the parsimony of the administration only
permitted them to reward his loyal services
with contempible gifts.
One day in the middle of October he de-
parted on his 'usual round. The weather
was frightful; it had been raining incessant-
ly for more than a week; the roads had be-
come bogs and the brooks had been trans-
formed into torrents. What foliage remain-
ed on the trees was so impregnated with
I water that it could not offer a protecting
shelter. The postman, wet to the skin,
walked with the impossibility of an old ~sol-
dier who does not discuss his orders.
He had distributed a portion of his mail,
but his round was far from being finished.
when he passed an inn, or rather a miserable
drinking house, situated at the entrance to a
wood. This place was mainly patronized
by stabot makers, who found there alcoholic
‘drinks and a few groceries.
“Ho, Monsieur, the postman, stop here for
an instant; while you are giving me the in-
formationI need, the violence of the storm
will abate.”
This invitation was addressed to him by a
- man, who with a pipe in his mouth, was
standing upon the threshold of the drinking
house.
The rain was pouring down at that Ino-
' ment; afierce blast of wind swept it into
Pere Martin's face, prevented him from
walking-and bent to the ground the stalwart
trees.
The postman was a little ahead of time,
and the demands of the service do not go so
far as to forbid the acceptance of a momen-
tary shelter when it offers itself under such
circumstances. ,
He, therefore, went nto the house and
sat down beside the fire which cracked on
the hearth. The man who had invited him
to enter threw upon it some dry branches,
which were soon in flames; a heavy vapor
arose from Martin’s soaked garments.
The stranger interrogated the postman as
to the hours of the departure of ..the mails,
and asked him a host of questions about
himself, his service. and everything concern-
ing it. . '
“You know me, then '1’" said the postman.
“Parbleaul Everybody lovfs and esteems
you here; Pere Martin’s value is well known.
Ihope you will not refuse to take a drink
with me. Ho! Madame Rosier, two glasses
of your best brandy."
A woman waited on them and returned to
her occupation.
“What a dog’s trade you follow, Pere
Martin,” said the man. “Will it take you
much longer to finish your round? You
doubtless have yet to go to the Lands. Grise’
to Plesis. I know some one who is impa-
tiently waiting for you there. I am obliged
to pass in the vicinity. It you wish it,
will relieve you of your letters.”
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“Thank yOu; I will deliver them myself.”
. “That’s yourself out and out. After all
you are right. It is your duty to deliver
them." ,
While talking‘with a loquacity which did
not encourage the postman, he took up the
sack L119 latter had placed beside him, seem-
ed to fccl'its weight and turned it over and
over.”
“Let my sack alone, please,” said Martin,
coldly. ' “You have disarranged all my let-
ters. I shall no longer know what to do.”
The other humbly excused himself for this
awkwardness. .
“The evil is reparable," added he. “Seat
yourself at this table and you will have no
trouble to arrange the letters according to
the route you should take.” _
The postman emptied his sack before him
and began to arrange his letters. His ques—
tioner affected to keep discreetly at a dis-
tance, but found an opportunity to cast 'a
furtivc glance over his shoulder.
While Martin was busy with his work he
heard furious growls behind bin.
“I’erc Martin, help me to prevent your'
dog from strangling mine,” said the new ac-
quaintance. -
The postman arose and caught his dog by
the skin of the neck. The animal’s fury
contrasted with its habitual gentleness.
This fact seemed strange to Martin. He
felt distrust of the communicative stranger
grow upon him. He was about to replace
his papers in his sack, when the man, as if
to see what was the state of the weather,
opened the door.
At the same instant the wind swept im-
petuously into the room, which it filled with
a thick smoke, and lifting the letters spread
out upon the tablc, scattered them in every
direction-
The postman uttered an exclamation of
anger.
“Bah! It is nothing,” said the person who
had caused the accident._ “We two will
speedily gather them up.”
And without heeding the refusal of Mar-
tin,.who wished to avoid his help and do the
Work alone, he began to search for the letters.
When they had collected all they could
find the postman carefully examined them;
then he seemed worried,'as if 'he had not the
full number.
“Are any missing ?" asked his companion.
“It appears to me that there was another
letter."
“Bah! Either you are deceived or you
forgot it at the post office.”
“That is quite possible. "
He said to himself that it must be so.
However, he resumed his hunt and searched
beneath the furniture. He found nothing,
and concluded that his memory had not
served him faithfully, for he had watched
his eompauion’s movements, and it did not
seem admissible to him that he had stolen alet.
ter. Nevertheless he hastened to depart, re-
gretting that he had entered the drinking
house. The man who had chatted with him
inspired in him a veritable repulsion, and it
was his rule, because of the habits of discre-
tion which the post office imposes upon all
its agents, to keep at a distance all who did.
not appear to him worthy of confidence.
The storm had somewhat abated its fury,
the rain had ceased to fall and bright sun-
—
,shine lighted upon the country whenihe
postman reached the nearest village.
A woman was at the door of her house
awaiting his passage. She was still young
and without possessing remarkable beauty.
had a neat and sympathetic-countenance.
“ “Monsieur Martin,” said she to the post-
man, “have you a letter for me '1’”
“No, Madame Andre, I have not.”
“That’s strange; my husband should have
written to me to day; you cannot imagine
how much his silencetrbubles me."
f She grew pale and seemed scarcely to have
the strength to sustain herself.
The postman assisted her into the house
and handed her a chair upon which she,let
herself fall. Two Charming children fixed
on her sad and anxious looks.
“You will receive a letter to-morrow, Ma-
dame Andre," said Pere Martin; “the delay
of a day is easily explained; your husband
'was disappointed, some unforseen business
suddenly demanded his attention and he
missed the mail.” ‘
“No; I know him and cannot understand
his silence. You are aware that he departed
two months ago for the city. Some work
.was to be attended to which promised to
bring him in a great deal of money; a small
inheritance was also to be received. But all
is concluded. He sent me word that he
would return this evening; he has made his‘
arrangements to that end. To-morrow the
farm of La Mane is to be sold; he has dc-
cided to purchase either all or a part of it.
It is an opportunity which will never again
present itself, but I would prefer a thous-
and times that hc should miss it to having
him returning without notifying me.”
“Why?"
“Because some one has wicked designs
against him, and at night a terrible blow is
soon struck. You know there are two routes
by which to return here, one is longer than
the other, but safer. I am afraid lest heOmay
return by way of the Moulin-Brule, the more
so as there is some one to see in that direc-
tion. I tremble at the more thought of it.
If I only knew—”
The postman strove to calm her fears, but
she shook her head.
“You can think," resumed she, "what cer-
tain men are capable of when they have a
grudge against anybody."
, She seemed to hesitate and then added:
“If I tremble, it is not simply because my
husband will have to pass through a danger-
ous spot with money in his pocket, but also
because there is in the district 9. wretch whose
dearest wish is to put five feet of earth be-
tween thcm.” '
“This hatred dates from long ago. When I
was a young girl he wanted to marry me, but
be filled, me with horror. He has never par-
doned 'me for having repulsed his offers, and
has enveloped in the same animosity the man
I preferred to him. He hates George and
myself for being in easy circumstances,
while he vegetates in want, as if honest peo-
ple were respgnsible for the mistakes of
idlers and drunkards. This is not all. A
cIime was committed recently; suspicions
werearoused, but the proof was wanting. I
possess them and the guilty man knows it.
Ah! it is a dangerous ' secret for a woman
who has only children around her.”
“Yesterday he accosted me to sound me
I did not hide from him my contempt. He
saw clearly that he was unmasked in my eyes;
he overwhelmed me with insults and threats.
I took the unfortunate notion to say to him
that soon, when my husband returned, when
he had a man before him, he would be less
presumptions. - Oh, if you knew what glances
his eyes shot at me, what an expression of
hatred his features wore. I know that often
during the night he haunts the ruins of the
liloulin-Broule. If this man should discover
that my husband is to pass through that
place, I tell you, Monsieur Martin, he is
lost !"
“What is the scroundrcl’s name i‘”
“J can Bruno. It is not astonishing that
you are unacquaintcd with him, for since his
return to the district he has not publicly
shown himself."
The postman was silent. He remembered
having heard the woman at the drinking
hohsc call the man he had met there by that
name. He asked himself in consternation
if the letter had not been stolen from him,
but he recalled all the circumstances and
banished this supposition. He felt certain
that'thc epistle had not been in his sack; he
reassured himself and sought to reassure the
woman, yet be resolved to wait her husband’s
arrival at the chief town of the district to
advise him to be prudent.
He hastened away, and when he was alone
his fears regained possession of him. He
again began to doubt, and little by little was
seized upon by a terror he could not explain.
He increased his pace and leaped over the
hedges and ditches with unusual nimbleness.
Unfortunately, his round that day was ex-
ceptionally long, and the bad weather in ad-
dition had considerably delayed him.
He reached the post office a little later than
was his custom. The woman‘who distribut-
ed the mails, on being consulted by him, af-
firmed that he had taken away a letter for
Mme. Andre. One of her assistants confirm-
.ed this declaration.
The postman was thunderstruCk. He saw
with fright the heavy responsibility thrown
upon him. His terrors augmented when he
remembered that time and again, at the mo-
ment of opening the mail‘ bags 9. man had
‘presented himself asking if there was any-
thing for Mme. Andre.
He flew Father than ran to the ofl‘ice of the
coach which carried passengers from the
nearest station on the railway to the chief
town. George Andre had arrived, but had
set out immediately on foot for the..village.
The news gave Martin a violent shock.
The prospect of a catastophe for which he
would be responsible arose before him. He
saw this man who had returned with joy in
his heart, encountering death at the thresh-
old of his own home through his‘fault, and
misfortune overtaking the widow and or-
phans. The darkest'clouds troubled his im-
aginaiion.
He did not hesitate, and without taking
time to enter his dwelling, started off again.
Those who saw him pass absorbed in his
thoughts and noticing no one around him,
asked themselves what grave affair could
have caused this breathless haste on the part
of a man who must have come back from
his round broken by fatigue.
After he had passed over a fourth of the
distance be inquired concerning the traveler,
and asked if he had been seen.
He had gone by some time before. The
joy of return had given wings to his feet, as
the thought of a misfortune to be averted
had increased the speed of the postman.
There was no longer even the shadow of a
doubt; the fated man had taken the path
which led straight to the Moulin-Brule.
Pere Martin calculated that by crossing over
another path, which, however, was rough
and dangerous, he could yet arrive before
him.
He hastened on and reached the fatal spot
when the night was already advanced. The
place was well fitted up for an ambuscade.
There was a species of cut through the rocks.
On both sides bushy trees formed an impen-
etrable shade, rapidly moving clouds at each
instant veiled the moon, the wan rays of
which added to the sinister character of the
landscape. I '
He paused; amid the rustling of the fo-
liage agitated by the wind he thought he
heard the sound of approaching footsteps;
it was, doubtless, George Andre, whom he
had preceded only by a few instants; he
was about going to meet him, when the re-
port of a gun rang out and a ball struck him
full in the breast.
The assassin emerged from a neighboring
thicket, but on approaching his victim to
finish and rob him he found himself in the
presence of a new actor and vented his dis-
appointment in a horrible'oath ; he lIad'reCOg-
nized George Andre. The blade of a knife
flashed in his hand, but he was not allowed
time to use it—a club descended vigorously
upon his head and felled him to the ground.
A woman, distracted with terror, at this
moment threw herself on the postman’s body.
“Oh, how wretched I am i” she cried. “I
foresaw it, he has killed him i”
Madame Andre had not been able to sub-
due her uneasiness, and at the hour she sup-
posed her husband ought to arrive, she had
come to wait for him; at the report of the
gun, she had run forward percipitately.
“Jeanne,” said her husband to her, “reas-
sure yourself; I am unhurt.”
“It was not you ? Who then has he assas-
sinated f”
' They bent over Martin's body and recog-
nized him in the moonlight which at that in-
stant illuminated his face and uniform.
The husband and wife carried him to their
home, where he lived only twenty-four
hours. He related how he had allowed to
be stolen from him'the letter in which George
Andre had announced his return, and how
he had decided to prevent at any price the
consequences of his negligence, even if he
should be compelled to offer his life in ex-
change for that of the father. of a family
whom he had involuntarily helped to place in
peril.
Obscure victim of duty, he had added an-
other act to the list of those unknown sacri-
fices which are made daily, without being
encouraged by the hope of recompense, with-
out even having for indemnification the re-
membrance they should leave behind them.—
Translated from the French for the Philadel-
phia Times.
The Names of the States.
Hon. Hamilton-B. Staples read a paper at
the annual meeting of the American anti-
quarian society. in Worcester, on the '21st
inst., in whichhe discussed the origin of the
names of several of the states. His conclusions
were as follows: New Hampshire gets its
name from Hampshire, England. Massachu-
setts is derived from an Indian name, first
giv’en to the bay, signifying “near the great
hills.” Rhode Island has an obscure origin,
the Island of Rhodes, the “Island of the
Roads,” and a Dutch origin, “Red Island,”
were mentioned, the first seeming. to
have the best historical support.
Connecticut is an Indian name, signifying
“land can long tidal river.” New York,
New Jersey, PennsylvaniaLDelaware, and
Maryland were passed over. Virginia, the
Carolinas, and Georgia have a royal origin.
Maine was named from the fact that it was
supposed to contain the "‘mayne portion” of
New England. Vermont has no especial,
question, except that it is claimed to have
first been an alias—New Connecticut, alias
Vermont. Kentucky popularly signifies ei—
ther a “dark and bloody ground,” or “a
bloody river," but its origin signifies “the
head of a river,” or' “the long river.” Ten-
nessee comes from its river, the name being
derived from the name of an Indlan village on
the river—“Tanass.” Ohio ;is,namcd after
an Indian name, signifying “something
great," with an accent of admiration. Indiana
' comes from the name of an early land com-
pany. Illinois comes from the Indian—the
name of a tribe. Michigan is claimed to mean
“lake country;” it probably came from the
name of the lake, “Great Lake," which
bore this name before the land ad-
jacent was named. Lousiana is from
the - French. Arkansas and Missouri
are Indian, the former being doubt-
ful; the latter is claimed to mean in its origi-
nal “muddy waters” which describes the riv-
er. Iowa is also Indian, with doubtful mean-
ing. Texas is popularly supposed to be In-
dian,‘_but may be Spanish. Florida is Span-
ish, “a flowery land.” Oregon has a con-
jectural origin. It is probably Indian, but a
Spanish origin is claimed. California comes
from a Spanish romance of 1510. Nevada
takes its name from the mountains, who get
theirs from a [resemblance to the Nevadas
of South America. Minnesota is Indian,
“sky-tinted water.” Nebraska is variously
rendered “shallow water” and "flat country.”
corrupted by the French.Mississippijis “great
water,” or “whole riverl’ Alabama is Indian
the name of a fortress and a tribe, signifying
l as is claimed, “here we test.
“Carolinians would win, but when they come
Praise for the Connecticut
”Regim’ent.
The full statement of Mr. Archibald Forbes
as to the drill and marching of the First reg-
iment at Charleston is given as follows by
a reporter of TheiCharleston News and (Jour-
wr :
“We Englishmen have a habit of looking
down upon a talking man and agree with
Carlysle when he says “the able man is the
silent man, and I am bound to say that the
last night I was here, when I heard these
Connecticut men get up on their hind legs
and crate freely, with a good deal of bun-
combe thrown in, I said to myself, much that
I am told I will see to-morrow will be
promise without fulfillment. But it came
about quite the other way. and I am free to
say that it seems to me that if there [are
many regiments like that Connecticut regi-
ment which I saw here on parade in a nation
it don’t want any standing army at all, as
they would constitute a far cheaper and more
effective force than any standing army would
be. I have seen all the armies in the world,
I believe, from the Afghan scalawags to the
Russian Imperial Guards, and I have never
seen greater precision and solidity than those
men manifested on that dress parade.
AF nusxrnoran REVELATION.
“To me it was a revelation, and rather a
disagreeable revelation,simply from this point
of view, which you can easily understand,
that I became painfully aware that here was
another factor in the world capable ofbeating
us. A man never likes to find out that the
number of men stronger than himself is on
the increase. We Englishmen have been in-
dulging in the satisfaction, that however the
continentalcountries might grow with their
millions of reserves against our hundred or
two hundred thousand trained troops we
were yet capable of swaggcring over the
United States in the matter of drill and
discipline and punctilious performance of
evolutions ; but what I saw yesterday
proved to me that such was not the case.
These men marched and wheeled quite equal
to our Grenadier Guards, and I den’t think
I have seen anything to equal the precision
in the manual in that dress parade: It
seemed to me that the commanding officer
who went to the front and moved asfa piece
of mechanism and not like a creature with
bowels in him atjall, had his foot on an elec—
tric wire which communicated with the regi-
ment and every man in the regiment, and that
each man was a mere automation, not moved
by the word of eommand, but by their colo-
nel's foot on the concealed wire in the ground
and what I admired most of all was the abso-
lute rigidity of accuracy that was preserved in
the minuest detail.
surnaromrv or MOVEMENT.
“The tendency of a republican country like
this is to despise accuracy which does not bear
fruit right away, but the accuracy in military
affairs which appears good to outsiders is
really the means to an end. It is the evi-
dence of that discipline which in time of dar-
ger may be found to have no other stable re-
liance than by that consuetudc which rigor-
our drill and practice—the intuition of disci-
pline—carries with it. Discipline becomes
second nature to a soldier, almost first net.
are. The weak point of all volunteer im-
provised forces is that they have not that
amount of discipline that becomes engrafacd
into the very nature of the old soldier, but
those men seemed yesterday to have been
that way so long that what they did was not
thergsult of thonghtfulnesmit .was notthc
result of a first rehearsal or a second rehearsal
but the performance of a thing, by rote, and
they had come to that perfection as naturally
as to the taking of a cocktail. All this seems
to come out of. an infinite capacity for taking
pains in these Connecticut people. It seems
to me that comparing (for I didn’t like to
contrast), but comparing what I saw, that
your South Carolina. people were deficient in
comparison with these Connecticut troops in
mechanical accuracy. They looked well,
and all the world knows that they are good
fighting men; but they had not got that >
punctilious accuracy in keeping step and in
the manual which brings confidence ,to a
general in a larger manoeuvre. In otherr
words, their discipline was not so good. Their
rudimentary discipline was dficient.
NORTHERN AND sournsnu DISCIPLINE.
“I don’t know but that if the Connecticut
men and the South Carolina men were put in
opposition to each other that in the first battle
it might be quite possible to imagine that the
to‘ fight a series of battles you would find that
discipline, regularity, method and cohesion
will ultimately tell, everything else being
equal, as I take it to be. I take it for granted
that the two classes of men are about
equal as to what they may call in-
herent valor, ‘ and estimating them id
be so it is a self-evident proposition that
an organization like this Connecticut regi-
ment would ultimately be victorious, over
troops lacking their discipline. My sympa-
thies are with the south,_but my military
sympathies are with those people who come
nearest to what I consider perfection. The
Connecticut regiment yesterday truly as-
tonished me. The south has the right kind
of material and all she wants is to try and
remedy their deficiency in drill. Your troops
have had the opportunity of seeing to what
perfection drill could be carried, but I am
satisfied that you will hardly get much near-
er perfection than those men exhibited yes-
terday.”
Speaking editorially of the same matter,
The News and Courier says:
In considering the high state of efficiency
to which the First Regiment of Connecticut
National Guards and the Second company of
Governor’s Guard’s, New Haven, have been
brought, the fact must not be lost sight of
that the state of Connecticut, to a greater
extent than any other state in the Union,
pays special attention to her militia, and has
in force a militia law which seems to an out-
sider to be perfect, and which is said by the
military men of the state to work like a
charm.
The Frst regiment was selected by the leg-
islature to go to Yorktown on account of its
efficiency and past record, and without being
able to speak of the efficiency of the other
regiments it is safe to say that the people of
Charleston have never before entertained so
fine a body of well drilled citizen soldiery.
It is only unfortunate that the whole of the
South Carolina legislature cannot be present
and see this regiment. If they did they might
be induced to give to South Carolina such
legislation as would secure a similar efficiency
among our state troops. Aside from the in-
terest taken; by the state the men themselves
take great interest in the regiments, and give
both time and money towards securing a high
state of" efficiency.
”
A newspaper man once planned a story in
which a lady, unbappily married, was to sue
for a divorce, and to be sure of being correct
wrote to a lawyer friend, stating the case as
he meant to describe it. Back came a pestal
card: “You could not get a divorce on the
grounds you mention in New York; you
might in Connecticut or Maine.” This card,
handed in by the carrier to Mrs. Newspaper-
man one forenoon, when husband was away
on business, raised a breeze in the household
which was not alloyed for some days.
m
A Vassar college girl upon being asked if
she liked endfish balls, saidshe ncyer attend-
ed any—Boston Post.
The man who was "rocked in the cradle
of the deep" must have slept between sheets
of watch—~Oil City Derrick.
The crying baby‘at the public meeting is
like a gohd suggestion; it ought to be carried
NORWALK GAZETTE,
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING.
The Second oldest Paper In the State.
OFFICE IN GAZETTE, BUILDING.
A. H. BYINGTON & CO.
A. II. BYINGTON, J. B. ELLs, G. N. ELLs
Subscription $2.00 per year, in advance.
Single Copies 5 Cents. '
Entered at the Post Ofliee at Nor-walk, 00nn.,
as Second-Class Matter.
Advertisiing Rates :
Four lines or less, 1 time 50c., 3 times $1 00
One square, one insertion .. .. . . . . . . 1 00
Per week for continuance . . .. . . .. .... 50
One Square, three months .'.*. . . . . .. . 4 00
“ “ six months............. 700
“ " one year with a or. . . .. 15 00
Two ‘ .. .. ’ “ Pup 25 00-
Three “ “ " “ .... 30 00
Quarter of a column,,one time .... 5 00
“ .one year........ 50 00.
One-half column, one time. . . . .... . . . 10 00
“ “ oncyear........... 8000
Full column, one time... . 20 00
“ “ one year................15000
One inch constitutes a. square.
Special Notices 25 per dent. advance on the
abOve.
Local N ouces in Reading Columns, 25
Cents per line. .
Yearly advertisers restricted to the business
can templated at the time of contract,bu_t are
permit-ted to make monthly changes of their ad-
vertisements.
Marriages and Deaths inserted gratuitously.
Obituary or Funeral Notices 15 cents per line.
All unusual cuts and devices 25 per cent. extra
SEE-TL.
.0
OSLO“ -35 Doses
35 cents. A Mothers’
remedy for sleepless and irritable
Children. The Recipe of Old D",
Pitcher, Free from Morphine, and
not Narcotic. Formula published
with each bottle. For Flatulency,
assimilating the food, Sour Stomach,
F everishness, Worms, and Disor-
dered Bowels, Gastoria. has the lug
est sale of any article dispensed by
Druggists.
D Meyer
' war In: mums (wrung
Cure, 3. Gomtituflonal Antidote for
this terrible malady, by Absorption.
SPORTS of disgusting Mucous,
Sneaks, Cr Pains in the
Head, Feud Breath, Deahess, and
any Cater-Thai; Complaint, can be
exterminator! by..Wei' De Meyer’s
Gavan]: Cure. The most important
Discovery since Vaccination. Other
remedies may relieve Catarrh, this
our-es at any stage before Consump-
tion sets in.
One package generally sumoes.
Delivered. by Druggists, or by D. B.
Dewey & 00., 182 Fulton St., N. Y.,
81.00 complete. Trentisoand re-,
marka‘ble statements by the cured
. 0d me.
inimcut.
The most Powerful,
Penetrating and Pain-relieving
remedy ever devised by man. It
soothes Pain, it alloys inflammation,
it heals Wounds, and it cures
RHEUMATISIM,
Sciatica, Lumbago, Scolds,
Burns, Stifi‘ Joints, Cuts, Swell-
ings, Frost bites, Quinsey, Salt
Rheum, Itch, Sprains, Gulls, and
Lamencss from any cause. Suf- '
f erers from
PAIN IN THE BACK,
Fever Sores, Eruptions, Broken
Breasts, contracted Cords, Neu-
raigia, Palsy or dislocated limbs;
and owners of horses, planters, me-
chanics, merchants and professional
. men everywhere, unite in saying, that
CENTAUR LINIMENT
brings relief when all other Lini-
ments, Oils, Extracts and Embroca—
dons have failed. _
M
A. H. BALDWIN, M. D..
llfllllliiflllailllt-Pllliltlall 8. Surgeon
Office corner of Main and Wall Streets, over 11,
S. Betts’ Drug Store.
Office Hours from 10 p. m. to 9 a. m., 1 to 3 and
7 to 8 p. In.
Slates at Haniord Jr. Osboru’s, East Norwalk,
and at D. Beers, Jr , South Norwalk. Calls b
Telephone at Betta1 Drug Store promptly atten -
ed to. 1y23
L. N. PHINNEY, M. D.,
Residence and Office, No. 62 Wall Street. ‘
Oillce Hours—6 to 9 a. m., 1-2 to 3 and 7 to B p.m.
Slates at I. A, Meeker d5 Co’s,Norwalk, and still-
son’s and Plaisted’s Drug Stores, So. N orwalk.
CHARLES W.MANY,
Surgeon Dentist.
. NORWALK, CONN. I
Chloe corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxide Gas administered.
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregationalist Church
Teacher of
Plano-Forte. Organ and Musical
Composillou,:
Lock Box 39, P. 0.. NORWALK. CON N.
. Hurlbutt & Relyea,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Room No. 4, Up Stairs,
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK.
Chairles F'. Chew,
PIANO TUNER, Sec.
Orders received at I. A. MEEKER’S DRU
G
STORE. 21 Main Street. 1y3
I
REMOVAL '
B. S. BLASCER,
Has removed to Lockwood’s Building, WallStI-eet
foot of Main. which has been refitted and turn-
V ished mm a choices took of
Groceries, crockery, Glass, &c.
' He gives his crsonal attention to his business
and invites pub ic patronage.
Yourselves by making money whena
golden chance is offered, thereby al-
ways kceglng poverty from your door.
Those w 0 always take advantage or
the good chances for makmg moneythat are of-
fered. generally become wealthy,whiiethose who
do not Improve such chances remain In poverty.
We want many men, women, boys and, girls to
work I‘orus rrzht in their own localitlcsg The
business will pay more than ten times ordmur
wages. We furnish an expensive outfit and a i
that you need,iree. 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-. Fullinformatiou and all that Is needed
.cnttrcc. AddressSTINsou &'Co.,Portland,Me.
Cows for Sale.
W0 thorough bred JERSEY COWS in full
milk, and unsurpassed for cream and butter
Abnalities. Inquire at GAZETTE OFF ICE. 319p:
Wig-Boston 00m. Bulletin.
MACHINIST O can obtain TYPE
METAL at the
AZETTI OFFICI-
7.7:”. '
J. G. GREGORY & CO.
DRUG-GISTS,
Successors td’EDWABD P. WEED,
No. 38 Wall Street, Norwalk, Ct,
public to their complete
invite the attention of the
stock of
Pure Medicines and Drugs,
ands. full line of
TOILET & FANCY ARTICLE. .
Also dealers in
Pure Wiuosar. Liquors for
Medicinal Purposes.
Careful attention mild to the dispensing of pity
psIcIans’ prescriptions. 28
c. n. Kendall, M. I).
DENTIST,
NORWALK, CONN.
Office second
door west from
Dnnbury R. It.
Depot. Dental
operations in all
branches as for-
merly. Painless
cxtractionof
teeth by aid of
LA UGH LNG
GAS a specralty
N. Its—Dr. Kendall spends Mondays in RIdge-
field. Prices for artificial teeth reduced. 42
DEN TIS'I'RY
FRANK T. HYATT,
NOT belonging to any combination, can and
will make Artificial Teeth cheaper than
any other Dentist in Norwaik and warrant them
to be of the very best material. 1 have also pro-
cured thc services of J. C. NEWKIRK, and am
now prepared to do filling at the Lowest Cash
Price. Extrncllngzfic. Nochargc for-extract-
Ingit‘ artlilcral teetn_are to be inserted. Office
and Residence adjorning MethodIst Parsonage,
Norwalk. Open evenings. 25
DENTISTRY
A Triple Combination of Experi-
ence. Artistic Taste and Skill.
With the above combination, DR. C. H.
KENDA 1.]. offers from June 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 85 Son,
COAL, WOOD,
Masons’ Materials,
0 E M E N '1" P I P E
For Drains, Sewers, Wells, &c‘.,
At Lowest Cash Prices.
Drains and Wells Dag and Piped
Also Sole Agent f or
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 7 CENTS PER QUART,
By REMSON BROS.
THE MODEL
Hair Dre ssingét Bath Rooms
' ' Wall Street, Up Stairs.
cleanliness, Comfort, Artistic Workmanship and
gentlemanly Attendance are leading features of
sins cstablishmen t. '
E. APELL,’PropI-letor.
Siamforitiiniydj Telephone no
llS‘I’ 0F SUBSURIBEBS 0F IIIIIWALK. III SPEAK-
lIIIi UUHMUIIIGATIUI TII DATE.
Adams Bros. . . . .. . . .. .Market
Adams 85 Stevens... . . . . . . . .Market
Bank, Central Nat ........ .... ....... ...Ofiiee
“ Fairfield Co. Nat....... “
Beard, E.." .... .... . . .Residence
Beatty, J. P. d: Bros. . . . . . , ...... Office
Betta, H. S... .... . . . . ....Druggist
Brush, F. V., M. D . . . . .........0fflce
Byington, A. H. & Co. . .Gazette Office
‘ Clarke, E. C., M. D.. .... ....Residence
Comstock Bros.... .... . . .Norwalk
Comstock Bros . . .. . . . . .South Nerwalk
Crofut «S: Knapp .... . . . . . .Upper Office
Crofut Cr. Knapp .... . . . . . . Lower Office
D. &.N. R. B............Freight Office
Dann, William E. .. .... . .. .. . . .Stablc
Donovan,Jerry............ ......Store
Earle, W. H................Residenco
Ferris, J. H . . . . .... .. ..Residencc
Ferris, J. H .. .. . . . . Coal, Upper Ofiice
Ferris, J. H .... .... Coal, Lower Office
Ferry, Mrs. C. S..................Rcsidence
Gibson, A. S. . . . . . . . . ....Residence
Gregory Bros ..... . ..... .... ....Stable
Gregory, J. G., M. D .... . . . Residence
Gregory, J. G. & Co.. . . .... .Druggists
Hat Forming 00.... .... .... ....Oflice
Higgins, R. L., M. D .. .. . . . .Residence
Hill, E. J.... .... .. .... .Lumber Yard
Hilsdon, W ........ ... .... Market
Hitchcock, D., M. D. .... ....Residence
Holmes 8: Keeler. . . . . . .... .2..Grocers'
Hoyt, I. Mortimer .. .. .... ....Druggist
Hyatt, J. W.... .... ....Oflice
Keeler, E. 0 ........ .... .. . .Residence
Kendall, J. C., M. D. .... . . . .Residence
Knapp, Burn... .... . . . . ....Ofiiee
Leonard, C. T. & Son. . .0031, East Side
Leonard, C. T. do Son. . .0031, West Side
Lockwood, W. A., M. D. ....Residence
Lockwood, F. St, John.... .. .Residence
Lounsb‘ury d: Bissell Co.. .... ....Office
Many, C. W. . . . .... . . . . ....Residence
. Mahackemo Hotel.... . . . .v.... .. .Office
Meeker, I. A. 85 Co . . .. . . . . . .Druggists
Miller, George E. . . . . .... ....Residencc
Mitchell, W. & D. . . . . . .. .Meat Market
Nolan, R. G., M. D. .Residoncc
North, G. S . .... .... . .Gallery
Norwalk Gazette.... . . . . .... .....Office
Norwalk Hour. . .... .... . . . .. . . .Officc
Norwalk Iron Works. . . . . . . . ..... Office '
Norwalk Lock Co. . . . . . . ..T ..... Office
NorwalkMills. . . .... .... . . . . ....Oflice
Palmer, E. M. &:’Co ..... ... .... .Office
Pardee, E. V., M. D. .... ....Residence
Phinney, L. N ., M. D. . ..... Residence
Plaisted. G. B ...... .. ....... Druggist
Post Office . . ; ........... . . . . Rowayton
Propeller Doek.... .... .. .Norwalk
Prowitt. J. '1‘. . . . . . . .Hardware
Randle,J.C................ ..... Store
Raymond & Nickerson .. .. .. . . . . .Store
Raymond, G. W.. ........... Residence
Raymond Brothers.... ....Upper Office
Raymond Brothers.... ....Lower Office
Rowan, R. .’.. .. .. .Oflice
Sandiforth, L. W. . . . . . .Residence
Sherman, S. J . . .. . . . . . .‘. Residence
Sherman, S. J.... .... .......... Stable
Smith, W. H. & Co ...... , . Hardware
Solmans, A.. .... . .. . .... . . . ....Oflice
Starr, O. S .................. Residence
Starr Brothers.... . . . . ....Store
Steamboat Dock. . . . . . .. South Norwalk
Stillson, Gr. C................Drnggist
St. John, C. E. .... . .Resldence
'Western Union Telegraph ..... Norwalk
Western Union Telegraph, So. Norwalk
Rental of Telephone, per quarter. with use of
line, $6.25; Rental of Telephone and Transmitter
with use of iinc,$9.00. No charge will be made
[or putting In Instruments.
in the most pleasant and profitable business
known. Everything new. Capital not rec
quircu. We wll furnish you everything. file
a day and upwards is easily made without. staymc
away. irom home over night. No risk whatever.
Many new workers wanted at once. _ Many are
making fortunes at the business. Ladicsmakc us
much as men. and young boys and girls make
great pay. No one who is wrllmg to work fails to
make more money every day than can be made in
a. week at any ordinary employment. Those who
engage at once will find a short road to f‘prtunc.
Address H. HALLETT & Co.. Portland. Marne.
_ Geo. Ward Selleck,
Has in his New Stored.
HARDESBRMK'S If" Bllllil, WALL STREET,
A complete assortmentof the best class of
lillllilflllis, PRBIISIONS, FRUITS.
&c., for family use, at Popular Prices. His stock
is at all times fresh and good.und wrll stand com-
parison with those of any Grocer in town. Call
50am: sent free to those who wish to engage
n andlcavcyour orders. 28“
' Emir. ESTATE.
. /\
M.~J\AAW\A.~\/\.~
I. I Apartments to Let.
N the Brick Houses on Leonard street. In-
quire at LEONARD’S COAL OFFICE.
To Let.
THE Store recently occupied by Mrs. Hoyt mil-
lmcr,at the entrance of the Gazette Building.
Also, Four roomssuitablc for ofilccs on the 2nd
floor of Gazette Budding at u. very low figure,
For full particulars enquire of --
BENJ. J. STURGES, Agt.
No. 4 Gazette Building.
Norwalk, Ct.,Scpt. 5, 1831. 36
Store to Rent.
THE capricious and handsome Store lately oc,
cupied by Messrs. Earle .51. Smith, on Wall St.-
ncar the old Nor-walk Hotel, It comprises two
floors, 24x95, wrth rcansItc counters and shelves.
suitable for any first class business. Everything
Iain complete order. Possession given immedi-
ately. A plv to JACOB WEEKS, or of BENJ.
J .SI‘UR ‘ES.
For Sale.
T South Norwalk, half a. mile from the depot,
the late residence 01 A. ll.Sn0\vdcn, known
as “ClIfi'wood.” Large Villa llousc, substantial—
15 built, In good order, eleven rooms, cellar and
attic, large .parlor Willi bay windows beautiful
tower, carriage house, barn and stable. attractive
grounds, finely shaded With fruit and forest trees.
Terms to_ surf. Apply to A. C. SNOWDEN, on
the premises, or to REV. R. B. SNOWDEN, 81
St. Mark‘s Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. 34“;
Farm for Sale.
HE subscriber will sell the well known David
St. John Farm With all the Stock, Tools and
Growmg Crops. Most of the price can remain on
mortgage. For full articulars address
22“ GEO. F. B LDEN, Winnipauk, Conn.
Readman Bros., '
Photographers,
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWAIK.
Views of Residences taken at short notice.
GOODELL & PAIGE,
COUNSELORS AT LAW,
Sword’s Building, SOUTH NORWALK, CONN,
EDWIN B. GOODELL, (37ft) ALLAN W. PAIGE.
Notice.
DR. HiTchflcif Has RENEWED
r .0 the corner of West Avenue and Berkeley
Place, tlurd house below the Methodist
Church.
p Office Hours from 7 to 9 a, m., ‘2 to 3, and 7 to 8
. m.
hlciasiuli Agent and liessenrer,
HE subscribers will act as Purchasing Agents
and Messengers between Norwalk and N «.w
York, daily. Orders and packages received at
Theodore Knapp’s, South Norwalk, and Benc-
dict’s News Room, Post Office, Norwalk.
EDWIN K. SELLECK, with James McCreer’y &
00., takes (io’clock train. . -
D. It. SELLECK, takes 7:45 a.m. train.
The hurried Fits Wilma 6L;
. as now com o c its
18th Successful Easiness Year.
Andhas not outstanding a. Dollurof unpaid losses
or of claims for losses.
as SOUND COMPANY lllSIlRESAT LOWER RAILS.
Wx.C.STaEET. Pres.. S. E. OLMSTEAD, Treas.
Gnth. CownnsSec’y.
FOR. SA LE.
SEVERAL very desirable Building Sites for
Busmcss purposes, situated on Water Street.
Enquire of F. W. MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent
FOR SALE.
W0 very desirable Building Lots on West
Mam street. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.
For Sale.
THE well known pro erty of WILLIAM C.
STREET, situated on igh Street, in the Bor-
ough of Norwalk.contaiuing‘ 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 smal house on Main Street. For fur
ther particulars enquire of BURR SMITH, Agent.
Norwalk, A])l‘ll 11th, 1381. 15“
For Sale.
A House and about one acre
of Land on Prospect Hill,
May be had on reasonable terms. Appl‘y to .
E. IV. S _‘ ART.
Norwalk, March 16th, 158]. I2“
FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS willbuy.
. . asmall lace on the hill east of‘WInnipauk
facing the . ounsbury 5r. Bisscll Factory. A
chance for a poor man tosecure ahome of his
own. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE. Gti‘
a sonnets Residence
FOR SALE.
THE well known place formerly belonging to
‘ SETH ELY, deceased, situated within three
minutes walk of Post Ofllce, Churches. Schools,
and Railroad Depot. Said place is situated on
Water Street near Chapel, and contains about one
half acre of land, fruit of all kinds in abundance.
Housccontainsfourteen rooms, with all conven-
iences, gas, water, and bath. in fact all modern
i'm rovcmcuts. Also large barn.carriage house,
sta ling. coal room, wood house, and .hcnery.
This place commands a fine view of Norwplk
Harbor. and is suitable for any gentleman dorng
business in New York returning the mm c day,as
it. is Within one hour and twenty minutes of
Grand Central Depot and two minutes of horse
cars In N orwalk. For furtherparticulars enquire
oi HORACE S. ELY,
23 Pine St. N. Y.
or JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Broker,
7mm . Norwalk, Conn.
Farm for Sale. ’
HE subscriber offers his Farm for-sale, situa-
ted in the Town of Greenfield, In Saratoga
00., In the state of New York, nine miles from
Saratoga Springs. It is pleasontiy situated on
a rise of ground, 95 acres of lund,.whicb is favor-
ably divided into pasture, plow, meadow and
woodland; with a large house; the Size of the
barn 30 by 40, wagon house and stabling, hay loll.
over the same, ‘23 by 43, and grainery 16 by is.
Will be sold cheap; part of the purchase money
can remriu on mortgage it desired, or Will ex-
changctorvillagc property. Forfurthcrparticu:
tars inquire of SILAS P. TUTTLE,
tffil Norwafk. Conn,
Desirable Property for sale.
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-
wm Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain, Enquire of ~
S. E. OSBORN,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 BraudRiver Bri(lge,Is oflered
for sale at a low price. to close an'cstatc. En.
quire at the GAZETTE OFFICE. (it;
For Sale.
Acosy, comfortable Cottage on one of the pleas-
autcst streets in town, Within five minutes
walk of the Bridge or Churches, “ll“ be sold at
low price. A portion of the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price $7,000. En-
quire at this Ofilce.
For Sale Cheap,
Better than low inlerest‘Bonds.
A House on Fair Street.
‘Apply to B. J. Stdrges.
D W BILLING-S
an D
Building Lots.
SEVERAL dwellin 3, various. prices in differ—
ent portions of orough, either to lot or for
sale at reasonable prices. Also several places,
outside of Borough limits-one 1n Wmnrpauk
Also several Buildrn g lots In and outpl‘ Borough
t149 Enquire at this Office.
In? use
guns REMOVED nIs
MUSIC STSSE
To Opera House Block, in
Store with A. W. Austin,
Jeweler.
NEW JIIARKET I
No. 6 Main street,.Norwal, Ct.
‘~ THE BEST OF
Beef, Veal, Mutton, Lamb, Pork,
HA MS, POULTRY, &c., always on hand at very
lowest market prices. GAME of all kinds In Its
season. Try me; I will try to suit.
6mm W. F. LOClm-‘OOD, late with Adams Bros.
Free Reading Room.
THIS is a comfortable room fitted pp for the
benefit of the public generally. situated on
east side of South Main Street, over Road’s J ew-
clry Store, Clark and Lane’s Block, nearly 0 pp-
site Railroad Depot, South Norwalk, Ot.‘ I Is
open from 9 :I. m.. to 9:45 p. m. The room In well
lighted, warm and comfortable: It Is supplied
with four dailies, two weeklies. 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 p. m.,to
scrrc HOME MADE articles mentioned below,
at the following prices:
1 Cup of Coffee-”with orackcs, - - 5 cents
1 Cup of'I‘cn, Willi Crackers, - - 5 “
Cocoa - - - - . 5 H
Brown Bread and Butter, - . - 5 “
Sandwich, - - - - 5 “
Cake, - - - - - 5 I;
Doughnuts, - - - 5 "
Piece of l‘ie, . - 5 “
Crullers, - - - - 5 “
Ham, - - . — 10 ~-
Pork and Beans, wrth bread and butter 119 “
- n
Stewed Oysters,
Outfit furnished free, with full instructions
lfii‘or conducting the most profitable business
any one can caga e in. The business is so
easy to learn, am our instructions are so
simple and plain. that any one can make. great
profits from the very start. No one can fail who
Is willing- to work. Women are as successful as
men. Boys and girls can earn large sums. Many
have made at the business over ouc‘huudred dol-
lars in a. single week. Nothinglikc It ever known
before, All who engage are surmised at the case
and rapidity With which they are able to make
money. You can engage in this busmcss during
your spare time at greatproilt. 1 on do not have
to invest capital In It. We take all the risk.
Those who need ready money should. write to us
at once. Allfurnishyiirce Addressflrnun &|00..
Am“. Hallie.
TNA l NSURANCE Co.of‘ HARTFORD.
Incorp oratcd 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Cupllal and Assets, $6,716,893.77
Insurcs against loss and damage byFire, on terms
adopted to the hazard and consistent with the
laws of compensation. COWLhS l2 MERRILL,
Sole Agents in: Norwalk and vicinity.
HARLES S. LO0K‘V009 ,
Fashionable Irapsr and Tailor
AND
GENTS’ FURNISHING EMPORIUE
Mainstreet ,Norwalk. Conn.
BERNARD CCHN,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
WEEK’S BUILDING, WALL ST.,
A FULL LINE OF
Imported and Domestic Clot
of the latest styles, constantl on hand. Novel-
ties In Scotch Suitings. Satis action guaranteed
In every particular. 46
,w. s. oriaraan,
General Furnishing Undertaker,
,OPI’OSITE HORSE R. R. DEPOT.
la'Orders attended to day or night. Residence
Main Street, 3 doors from Union Avenue,
People’s Market,
N0. 19 MAIN STREET,
HE very best of BEEF, delivered daily to
our customers. Also, in their season, Veal.
Lamb, lVquon, Pork, are" at the lowest
Market Rates. Vegetables and Fruits a full
fresh and varied supply daily received. Market
wagon scut about town cvcry morningw
JAMES E. IXSON.
The Host Fragrant. and
Dating ofztll Perfumes.
New, Delightful .2 Fashion-
able. Sold by dealersin. Drugs
~ Fiercsro
‘ geicgfie IltscoxdtCo..N.Y.’
i All F armers, Mothers, Business Men, Mechanics;
t&c., who are find out by work or worry, and all wires
are miserable with Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Neuralfi
. ,. . . . .
>gra,cr Bowel, kidney or lecl‘ Complaints, you can,
:belnvigorated and cured b usir 4
> ..-, .__. .. ,1,“ , .
PAR. -R 0 _
> If you are wasting away With Lonsumprion, Age,.
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“TlRED OF LIFE}?
av LlLLlE n. BARR. '
I’m tired of life, ’tis such a bore ;"
He lit a cigarette and sighed ;
“One does the same things o’er and o’er
_I really wonder- men abide
The weary round; I'd be content
To slip away from out the strife.
There's nothing in it—tliat I know;
I've tried it, and,-I'm tired of life.”
Oh wondrous life! That it should be
A scornfullfool‘s conceited jest:
Life, that has soared in Newton's brain,
And beat and throbbed in Lincoln’s breast;
Life that has trembled into prayer,
And charmed the listening world with
song; '
Life that hath love to make it fair,
'And blessedghopc to make it strong!
Did Shakespeare find his life “a here"?
Or Wesley mock “the weary round” P
Did Franklin wish to sink away ? '
Has busy Edison yet found
That life has nothing in its grasp ?
‘. Ah no! for in the van of strife,
Where great souls think, and work,'and love, '
They have no3time to tire of life.
Life (lowered by prophets and by scers
And heir of Plato’s mighty brain,
Of Attic art, and grace, and song,
or Roman laws, and arms and gain ;
That keeps great Cromwell’s larger thought,
And starry Milton’s heavenly dream,
And clasps the golden days gone by.
Amid the eager days of steam.
It is the idle tire of life;
The idle hearts, that duties shirk ;
The idle brains, that have no thought;
. The idle hands, that have no work.
The good man knows that life is good,
And strives to make his own complete
The thoughtful know that it is great ;
The loving that it is sweet.
Yea, even when life halts with pain,
Or fails with anguish by the way,
Great souls it patiently detain,
And hope, and bear, and humbly pray,
Because life is so grand a thing;
Because beyond its pain and strife
They see a fair eternity ‘
They must be bought by noble life.
C
Then, thou who art so “tired of life,”
Go work, go love, go try to think,
Go find some duty, howc’er small,
And then beside it do not shrink.
‘Go take thy place; itmay be low,
And in the rear of mortal strife,
But fill it well, and then I know
Thou wilt not say, “I’m tired of life.”
A C OIII PLAIN T.
BY J. G. HOLLAND.
River, sparkling river, I have fault to find
with thee:
River, thou dost never give a word of peace
to me!
Dirnpling to each touch of sunshine, wimp-
ling to each air that blows.
Thou dost make no sweet replying to» my
sighing for repose.
Flowers of mount and meadow, I have fault
with you ;
S) the breezes cross and less you, so your
cups are fitted with dew, ‘
Matters not. tho-ugh sighs give motion to the
ocean of your breath;
Matters not, though you are filling with the
chilling drops of death!
Birds of song and beauty, 10! I charge you
all with blame :-—-
Though all the hapless passions thrill and fill
me, you are still the same.
I can borrow for my sorrow nothing that
avails
From your lonely note, that only speaks of
joy that never fails.
0! indifference of nature to the fact that hu-
man pain! °
Every grief that seeks relief entreats it at
her hand in vain;
Not a bird speaks forth its passiOns, not a
river seeks the sea.
Nor a flower from wreaths of summer breathes
in sympathy with me.
O! the rigid rock is frigid, though its bed be
summer mold,
And the diamdnd glitters ever in the grasp of
Johangeless gold;
And the laws that bring the seasons swing
their cycles as they must, ‘
Though the ample read they trample blind
the eyes with human dust.
Moons will wax in ardent glory, though man
wane in- hopeless gloom;
Stars will sparklein their splendor. though
he darkle to his doom;
Winds of heaven he calls to fan him,ban him
with an icy chill,
And the shifting crowds of clouds go drift
ing o’er him as they will.
Yet within my utmost spirit I can hear an
undertone, ‘
That bylaw of prime relaticn holds these
voices as its own,— '
The full tonic whose harmonic grandeurs
rise through nature’s words,
From the ocean’s thundrous rollingto the
trolling of the birds. ‘
Spirit, 0! my spirit! Is it thou art out of
tune
Art thou clinging to December while the
earth is in its June? '
Hast then dropped thy part in nature? Has
thou touched another key? '
Art thou angry that the anthem will not, can
not wait for thee? ‘ .
Spirit, thou art left alone—"alone on waters
Wild ; ~ .-
For God is gone, and Love is dead, and Na-
ture spurs her child.
Thou art drifting in a deluge, waves below
and clouds above, '
And with weary wings come back to thee,
thy raven and thy dove,
(I : d-Fasliicncd Mother.
. Thank God, some of us have 'an old-
fashioned mother. Not a woman of the
period, enameled and painted, with her great
chignon, her curls and her bustle, whose
white jeweled hands never felt the clasp of
baby lingers; but a dear old—fashioned sweet
voiced mother, with eyes, in whose clear
depth the love-light shone, and brown hair,
just threaded with silver, lying smooth upon ,
her faded cheek. Those dear hands, worn
with toil, gently guided our tottering steps
in childhood and smoothed our pillow in
sickness, ever reaching out to us in yearning
and tenderness. Blessed is the memory of
an old-fashioned mother. It floats to .us now
like the beautiful perfume from some wood-
ed blossoms. The music of other voices may‘
be last, but the entrancing memory of but:
will echo in our souls forever. Other firms
may fade away and be forgotten, but her:
will shine on. When in the fitful pauses of
busy life our feet wander back to the “1;.
homestead, and Cl‘05~l1.g the \Ytll-JJ n.
threshold, stand (um: In. ruin lize-Iu- in so
hallowed by her pitseic , now Lin: felling
of childish innocence and (it-prUIlLLiCU comes
over us, and we kneel down 1:. the molten
sunshine streaming thruugh the open win-
dow—just whcrc,ioug years ago we knelt
by our mother’sknct. iisping, ‘ Our Father,”
How many timrs when the temptcr lured. us
on has the memory of those SliCrt'U hours,
triat mother’s words, her truth and prayers,
saved uS’fi'OIH plunging ,into the deep abyss
of sin. Yeats have filled great drifts between _
her and us, but they have not hidden from
our sight the glory of her‘pure, .unselfish
k 10“.—
Norwalk Chronicler