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WHOLE NUMBER 1771.
- . CROOKED WAYS.
Like a good many other young men, and
Women too, for that matter. I was once
badly afflicted with cacoethcs scribendi'. Of
course greater evils might have befallen me:
I might have been seized with a passion for
whiskey or gambling; but, still, my cacoethes
scribendt‘ was serious enough. During my
0011938 days the symptoms showed them-
selves plainly; but the malady did not really
assume its true and awful proportions until
after I had taken my degree. Then, forsootb,
it fastened upon me like a leech, and before
many month elapsed it ovcrmastered me com-
pletely. In accordance with my mother’s
wish, I went to Dundas, ostensibly to read
law with my uncle, but it was a mere prc- ’
tence of law-reading, for the mornings that
I ought 'to have spent over Blackstone were
devoted to the composition of a novel and
the afternoons 'to the polishing of some
poems. Uncle Dick shook his head gravely
and rcmonstrated, sometimes in sadness and
some times in anger.
“ That scribling will never amount to any-
thing,” he Would say contemptuously. This
was hard to bear; but my lofty aspirations
sustained me, and, firm in my belief of ulti-
matej‘success, I scribbled on and ever, and
bombarded all the magazines in the country
with my manuscripts. The, magazines did
not open their columns to me, until fell back
at last upon the weekly newspapers, and
especially upon the Boston Weekly Palladium.
That journal printed my \essays,and a’certain
assistant editor, whose initials were “F. B.
S.,” sent me polite notes from time to time.
It was something to see my productions in
print; it would have been more had these
productions once in a while brought in a
check. But they never did ; they elicited
only polite notes from F. B. S. Finally, I
wrote a letter to the assistant editor upon the
subject, and by return post I received a reply-
It was sent to my private box at the post
office, but, to my great amusement, was di-
rected to “Jane Bell,” instead of “John.”
My handwriting was not very distinct, and
perhaps a trifle feminine, and the signature,
upon which I rather prided myself, certainly
left it an open question whether John or Jane
were meant. The note, too, began,—
“ MISS BELL —-In reply to your question,
I would say that this journal pays only its
regular corps of writers. We are glad to re-
ceive your articles, and perhaps later may
make adequate compensation therefor; but,
as a young writer, it would be wiser for you
to think at present only of securing a foot-
hold. You have an excellent chance of suc-
cess in the end; but much patience is neces-
sary at the outset.”
“Please say whether I shall direct future
communications to John Bell, Miss Bell, or
Mrs. Bell. At present I do not venture to
give you any title.
“Very truly yours,
“F. B. Scanvnu.”
This letter at once amused and piqued me.
It was pleasant and rather encouraging, but
it was plain the writer set me down as an im-
pecunious young woman, whereas the truth
was I had avery fair income of my own, and
was a six-foot. moustached specimen of mas-
culanity. The idea of playing the‘i'ole of
Miss Jane Bell tickled my fancy, and there-
fore, giving my imagination free rein, upon
the spur of the moment I sat down and
wrote as follows :
“ F. B. SonavnN.-—-At present I also am in
a quandary, for I do not know whether I
ought to address you as Madame, Monsieur,
or Mademoiselle. The last title is mine just
now, although of course I feel at liberty to
change it when I choose, or rather when the
proper opportunity offers itself. Perhaps
matrimony would be a more profitable specu-
lation~ than literature. Do not, however,
suppose that I am dependent upon my pen
for my bread and butter. In that case,I fear
the butter would be very thin indeed. No;
the fates have given me most of the luxu-
ries of life; but these, of course. do not sat-
isfy me. The reason why I wrote as I did
about payment for my articles was simply
because I thought if they were good enough
to print they were good enough to be paid
for. It seems I was mistaken; but to show
you that I take your advice, 'I send you an-
other essay. I will at least try to secure a
foothold, and pray that greater success may
follow.
“1 am, dear Madame, Monsieur, or Made-
moiselle Screven,
“ Sincerely yours,
“ Jaxn BELL.”
Laughing in my sleeve, I sent this commu-
cation off, and planned that, if the assistant
editor sent me a friendly reply, I would open
a correspondence in my role of Miss Jane
Bell, and fool F. B. Screven as never man
had been fooled before. Judge then of my
dismay when I received a letter in what I
knew was Sereven’s writing, but no: written
on ofiice paper, and signed Frances Bertram
Screven. “A woman, by’Jovcl ” I exclaim-
ed then and there in the post office, whereat
a small boy, who was standing nigh, nearly
swallowed in astonishment the postage stamp
he was carefully licking. I thrust the letter
in my pocket and did not read it until I was
safely at home. Thus the missive ran:
“DEAR MISS BELL—Your piquant letter
prompts me to write you a reply,—not as an
assistant editor. but as a woman like your-
self, who is toiling up the steep path that
leads to Parnassus. I might have known
you were a woman, and a young‘ one at that,
because, although there is a touch of mascu-
line strength in your essays and poems,
still there is, too, a sweetness that is only
feminine. - I think that women more often
have this flavor of masculinity than men have
anything of that tenderness which is essen-
tially and purely feminine. Were I ina po-
sition of authority, I should very soon dis-
miss the eut and dried hack writers whose
contributions, although smooth and polished,
lack the freshness, the spontaniety, which is
characteristic of the contributions we some-
times receive from unknown writers, and
notably from you. But, you see, I am mere-
ly an assistant editor, and a person of no con-
sequence at all, except as I am useful to do
the work, all the glory of which goes to the
distinguished individuals whose names are
emblazoned at the head of the paper. There!
that sounds bitter, I am afraid; but, my dear
Miss Bell, the fates have not been so kind to
me as to you, and it is not for fame I write,
but for the the wherewithal to keep me fed
and clothed. What makes it perhaps harder
is that I have known what it is‘ to have my
bread and butter fresh and sweet,—-aye, and
honey with it, too,——and therefore the thin
slices that are doled out to me new taste the
drier by comparison. .
“ Forgive me for boring you with so much
about myself. Pray write to me again. Your
luxurious stationery, with the faint, delicate
perfume pervading it, is in itself a delight.
“ Sincerely yours,
“Miss Famous Bna'rnam Sennvau."
As I read this letter I felt myself a scoun-
drel. My first impulse was to write a letter
of confession to Miss Screven; but the desire
to keep up the correspondence and try my
hand at composing letters that should be
sweetly feminine overcame my scruplcs, and
I sent off the following reply:
“Dnan Miss Seaman—Instead of boring
me, the glimpse you gave me of your life
interested me more than I can tell. But at
the same time, the contrast between your
life and mine made me envious. Perhaps
your lot is a hard one, but it is at least brave
and independent. Here am I, an only daugh- ‘
‘ter, petted and spoiled to a shameful degree,
and bound by fetters of. luxury. Yes, I
envy you. Sitting here this morning in my
silly pink-curtained boudoir, with a Dresden
shepherdess simpering at me from the top of
my escritoire, I feel my idle, luxurious life
hemming me in and overpowering me, asthe
perfume of tuberoses makes heavy and sick-
ening the atmosphere of a room that'should
be flung open to the fresh air and sunshine.
I would change places With you today if I
could.” .
When I reached this paint of my letter, I
read over approvingly what I had written.
Arrived at the lines descriptive of my imag-
inary boudoir, I smiled as my glance fell
upon a boot-jack in one corner and the shav-
ing apparatus in another. ' Glancing at the
place where the Dresden shepherdess ought to
have been, my eye fell instead upon a
pipe, Which I took down and filled, and then
resumed my writing with oonsiderable com-
placency :
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 18, 1881.
“ This may sound to you rather school-
girlish, and I may as well confess that it is
not many years—perhaps months would be
more accurate—since I left the precincts of a
finishing-school. Finishinguschool, indeed!
Much I learned there besides the art of doing
up my hairl However, the defects of my
education I must remedy myself, and I try
every day to devote a few hours to serious
study. But it is very hard to seclude myself
long enough to accomplish anything. Peo-
ple call; I must go to garden parties; I
must drive out with my mother; I must hold
solemn conclave with the milliner and dress-
maker; in short,I have constant demands
of a most frivolous nature upon my time.
“ All this you will probably laugh at; and,
lest I write yet more foolishly, I will bring
this letter to a close. If you are not quite
disgusted with me, do write again soon.
“ Faithfully yours,
“JANE BELL.”
I may as well confess that I thought this
letter asuccessful imitation of some of the
epistles that I had myself received from
feminine hands. It sounded enthusiastic and
very “ missish," and I sent it off that after-
noon with a bold heart.
“ Jack,” quotli my uncle, who met me as
I came from the post office, “I verily believe
you are making an ass of yourself over some
girl. I don't believe it is the muses you are
courting; it is no muse; it is a miss.”
And with this he passed on, chuckling at his
own wit. ‘
As the days went on, however, my uncle’s
words seemed in a fair way to prove true. I
thought only of Miss Screven. My novel I
left untouched, and my rhyming dictionary
accumulated dust slowly, but surely. Flcd
were my visions of astonishing the world
with my genius. I lived only for the mail
from Boston.
As I re-read the letters I received from
Miss Scrcven, I can make some excuse for
my infatuation. They were frank and out-
spoken. and sometimes.indeed, tinged with
cynicism; but‘through them there breathed
a sympathy, a tenderness, that touches me
even now as I read them over. Finally, at
my solicitation, she sent me her photograph,
which showed her to be a regular-featured,
large-eyed woman, of rather a serious cast
of countenance indeed, but with a lurking
smile in the mouth that I could not confess
but was a large one. She was not a beauty.
I saw that, but she had an earnest,interesting
face, that grew upon me every day. .
Little by little I gave myself up to thoughts
of her by day and dreams of her by night.
Her etters I awaited with feverish impa-
tience, and if one were delayed I was in a
torment. Imake no excuses for my folly,
dear sir or madame; but pray do not forget
that I was only one and twenty then,and had
fed myself plentifully with novels and poetry.
And this was my first love! Coventry Pat-
more says in one of his poems,— '
Well, heaven be thanked, my first love faile' ,
As, heaven be thanked, all first loves do I
This was a sentiment I could not echo, for at
that time it seemed to me that if I were sepa-
rated from my fair unseen sweetheart life
would be stale, flat and unprofitable.
The correspondence was kept up all the
summer and autumn; but in December there
befel what was to me an awful calamity.
Miss Screven did not write. I sent implor-
ing letter after letter, but no response glad-
dened me. '
“Has she jilted you?” said Uncle Dick
heartlessly, when he noted my pale face. In
truth, I could not sleep or eat; I was con-
sumed with fear and anxiety. What could
have befallen her?
I endured it for just ten days, and then I
packed my satchel and went to Boston. Bah!
whata day it was when I arrived there! It
had snowed a little, and then a thin, cold
rain began to drizzle down ldespairingly-
The weather suited me better than the garish
splendor of the hotel, and I wandered forth
that evening, half-unconscious] y wending my'
way toward the street in which Miss Screvcn
boarded. I found myself opposite the house.
From an upper window a light struggled
faintly through the closed shutters and thrill-
ed mc through and through. Perhaps she-
was there, ill and alone, uncared for, save by
the mercenary landlady, or, worse still, by a
slatternly servant. I went up the steps and
rang the bell. A slip of a girl opened the
door to me and I handed her my card, saying
mechanically, “ Ask Miss Screvcn if she will
see me.”
I trusted that the name John Bell would
perhaps lead her to suppose that I was a
cousin or the father of her friend.
The slip of a servant-maid looked at the
card and then looked at me. “Frances Scre-
ven? ” she said interrogatively.
“ Yes,” I replied. Then 1 took the card,
ran my pencil through the engraved name,
and scrawled my illegible signature below it.
The servant took the card again and skurried
away, leaving me standing there in the cold,
dark entry.
It was several minutes before she reappear-
cd, and then it was only to say in a sing-song
tone, “ Three flights up; first door to the
right.”
I went up the three flights and rapped at
the first door to the right.
A voice called out, “ Come in."
I entered a inedium-sized,plainly furnished
room that .was redolent of tobacco, with
which was mingled a faint smell of whiskey.
There were two arm chairs, a large table,
covered with a faded cloth, and an old-fash-
ioned horse-hair lounge, from which, as I
entered, a young man rose. He was thin and
hollow-eyed, and a beard of several days’
grown made him look, to say the least, an-
kempt. “Mr. Bell, I presume,” he said,
offering me his hand and then drawing up a
chair for me.
" 1 have called to see Miss Screven,"
said I. ' ‘
“ Have you, indeed ?” he replied in a nasty,
sneering way.
It flashed through me at once.
husband 1 she had deceived me!
“ May I ask if you are any relation to Miss
Jane Bell, of Dundas, Washington County,
New York, post office box 462 l” he continu-
ed in the same sneering way.
I stuttered and stammered, tried to lie, and
nearly choked myself to death. I wanted to
be diplomatic ;. I wanted to shield her from
his anger.
“ Who the devil are you, anyway ?" he
exclaimed.
“I—I am John_Bell,” I answered; “and
I have called to see your sister, Is she
ill l”
“ I haven’t any sister,” said he nonchalent-
ly ; that is, I am my own sister, and she has
just escaped pneumonia.”
The truth flashed upon me.
imposter, sir!” I exclaimed:
“Your sister doesn’t think so,” said he
complacently. .
“I haven‘t any sister,” said’gI in my turn.
He wheeled sharply about: “ Who is Miss
Bell, then ? ” ‘
“ I am all the Miss Bellthat exists,” I an:-
wered grimly.
“ What! ” he exclaimed; -“ you are the.
pelted darling who wanted to be a poet and
an essayist and Lord only knows what all?
You are the only child of rich parents ? You
are the lovely creature who sits in a pink
houdoir and writes verses with a gold pen on
perfumed paper ? "' .
“ Yes,” said I desperately.
Screven dropped into a chair and roared.
“ a sell all round l " said be. And then he
laughed until he cried, while I quietly stole
away back to the hotel, a sadder but "a wiser
man. . Cnanms Dnumuo.
It was her
“ You are an
The best things are nearest; breath in your
nostrils, light in your eyes. flowers at your
feet, duties at your hand, the path of God
just before you. Then do not grasp at the
stars, but do life’s plain, common work as it
comes, certain that daily duties,and daily
bread are the sweetest things of life.
A SIMPLE STORY.
“Here's a piece of good news. Sally,
cried Tom Leveret to his wife, as he ran into
the tiny kitchen where the neat tea-table was
ready spread. “I’m to be foreman at the
shop, and my wages are more than double
after the first of the month.”
“Well, that is good news, Tom,” cried
Sally, radiant with pleasure as she set the
dish of ham and eggs before her husband.and
poured out his tea ;- “ but it’s no more than
you deserve, if I do say it. I was saying to
Martha Decker, when she was giving me the
new pattern for your shirts yesterday;
‘Martha,’ says I, ‘ it isn’t to be expected but
what Tom’s employers will see his value
before long; and from what I hear they do
already.”
“ Well, I have put; my shoulder to the
wheel," said Tom. “It’s not my way to
loaf; and now we can begin to save for a
rainy day.”
“ Yes; and'you won’t want me to stitch
shirt bosoms for old Mr. Isaacs, now that
you are foreman,” said Sully.
“I never expect it. ’Twas your own thought
Sally,” said Tom.
Sally had been able to make four dollars a
week by stitching shirt bosoms at odd times,
and it had been her own fund for her own
dress, and nice things for the children. But
that evening she took in the last of her sew-
ing, and said to old Mr. Isaacs :
“I shan’t need to sew any more; my bus-
band is made foreman at the shop."
“ That’s good,” said the shirtmaker, as he
took her little bundle and counted out her
pay. ' “That’s good luck, no doubt; but
you’d be all the richer if you went on doing
the stitching. Four dollars, and its a big sum
in the year counted all up,”
“Well, perhaps it is,” said Sally; “ but I
don’t need it any more.” .
And so the poor widow who had been try-
ing to get stitching to do was happier next
morning than she had been for years; and
Sally, singing about her work, made up her
mind to have a little more pleasure now,
and to walk out more and take tea oftener
with Martha Decker.
That evening she began a new subject to
Tom.
‘ Tom,” she said, “this is an awfully
ungenteel place for a foreman’s family.
Now there’s a flat in the next street, only
five dollars a month more than this, that
would be pleasanter. We'd have a little
parlor there, and nicer neighbors. You’ll
feel like holding up your head a little higher
now.”
“ Oh, I shan't take airs,” said Tom; “ but
five dollarsa month won’t break me; let’s
have the flat."
The flat was hired, and the furniture from
the old place looked—as Sally said—like
nothing in it. The parlor was empty.
“ Of course,” said Sally, “we can’t pay
out money; but there is a furniture shop in
the avenue where they take installments.
Now I could get things that way.”
“I suppose we must have them,” said
Tom. “ Don’t be extravagant, Sally.
“ I extravagant I” cried Sally.
And, indeed. she never had been so; but
at the shop, where they knew very well
that Tom Leveret’s salary was doubled,
they were so ohliging that before she knew
it she had bought a hundred dollars’ worth of
furniture.
“ Since you can’t pay much down, Mrs.
Leveret,” said the proprietor, “ we must
have ten dollars a month.”
Ten dollars a month for a year! Sally
gasped at the thought, but Tom asked her
no questions, and she had the handling of
the money. So the parlor shone resplendent
with red reps, furniture, marble-top table,
mantel ornaments, and a “ real oil painting"
in a gilt frame, and the finest curtains possi-
ble.
Friends called and admired, and Mrs. Lev-
eret felt that there was something inappropri-
ate in the wife of the foreman being intimate
with that shabby little Martha Decker. Mar-
tha took her first snub, and was seen no
more at the new house, and Sally lost her
truest friend.
“ Mrs. Leveret, ma’am, now that your hus-
band is in good business, why don’t you get
yourself a handsome silk suit?” asked the
wife of the dry goods store keeper one morn-
ing of Sally.
“Pshaw! Why, we’d give you credit,"
cried the lady behind the counter. “We
know your means. Here’s some silk now,
and velvet to match it—huuter’s green, with
gold buttons, and a hat trimmed to match.
They‘re wearing everything alike now, and
we’ve splendid gloves. Just choose, and
pay when you like.” '
Sally hesitated, looked again,and ended
by buying; and soon her bill at the dry goods
store was a large one, for the children must
be as fine as their mother, and when it was
so easy to say to Mrs. Schaefer .
“Send it” down to-day," why not buy? And
so, without Tom‘s knowledge, the day came
when paying a little here and paying a little
there, Sally was striving to stave off her
creditors, and waited more anxiously for the
payment of the big salary than she ever had
for the small one.
It all came at once.
“Ma’ain, you’re no lady, and I’m going to
your husband with my bill,” cried Mrs.
Schaeffer; “ he’s an honest man, I hope."
“Themeat and things has got to be paid
for, and don’t you forget it. I’ll speak to
Mr. Leveret,” roared the provision dealer.
“Coals is coals, and I want the price of
’em,” explained the coal dealer. “Idon’t
believe your husband would cheat me.”
“ You’re fine enough new; but when you
were cotton dresses, you paid for your
shoes,” remarked the shoemaker. “I’ll go
to Tom."
As for the furniture dealer, one day ’his
dray was backed up to the door, and the
Brussels carpet, the fine “ suit,” the marble-
topped table, and the “ real ” oil painting
went away upon it. Fifty dollars had been
paid, but the dealer made no allowance for
that, nor could Sally help herself at all. Oh, _
if Mrs. Shaefier could but have taken back
all her’finery! But that was impossible.
One evening Sally sat crying on a little
chair, while Tom, with a solemn face counted
up the bills.
“Three hundred dollars, Sally, not count-
ing the fifty for the furniture,” he said. “ It
will be a long pull, but I'll pay ’em all.
We’ll go back to the old rooms for a bit and
save for a while.”
“ And I’ll get some stitching,” said Sally.
“I don’t require it of you,” said Tom.
But Sally did it. There was enough for
her and the widow also, and she folded her
silk away and wore calico again, and she
went to work with a will, humbled by her
downfall. It was a hard two year’s work,
but they did it, and the time came when
free from debt the young couple looked hap-
pily into each other’s eyes.
“ We can live a little nicer now, Sally,”
said Tom, “ but we must remember our ex-
perience.” . ,
And so they did. and, being really good
and honest folk, they prospered.
“I wouldn’t‘ ask her while we lived so
plain,” said Sally one day, “ but now we’re
nice again I mean to ask Martha Decker to
come and see me. She’s a good old friend,
thoughI was carried away by Mrs.Schaeerr's
fine airs and by the politeness of people who
only courted me because they thought me
prospering.” _
“ That’s right," said Tom. “ We have got
something by our experience, anyhow.”
' Sixty thousand New Yorkers live in flats
in that city, and about 500,000. live on flats—
from the country. ‘ .
The Message.
The worst thing about the Presidents mes-
sage is its length; but those who are in the
habit of reading President’s messages will
not be deterred by the length of ‘_this one
from wading through it, and those who are
not will get all the information they want
about it from a brief summary of it.
After referring in appropriate words to the
death of his:predecessor in office the Presi-
dent takes up the subject of foreign affairs,
and gives a very complete account of our rc-
lations with 'othcr countries. This part of
the Message contains nothing especially fresh
or interesting. '
The next subject considered is the finances,
and here the President makes some impor-
tant recommendations. He advises that pro-
vision be made for the early retirement of
the silver certificates and that the act re-
quiring their,issue be repealed, as they form
on unnecessary addition to the paper curren-
cy. Among his other recommendations are :
That the very objectionable provision for
the coinage of a fixed amount of silver dol-
lars each month be repealed, and that here-
after only so many be coined as shall be nec-
essary to supply the demand; that the Na-
tional barks be forbidden by law to retire
their currency except upon reasonable notice
to do so; that all internal revenue taxes ex-
cept those upon tobacco in its various forms
and upon distilled spirits and fermented li-
quors, and except also the special tax upon
the manufacturers of and dealers in such ar-
ticles be abolished; that the lawimposing a
stamp tax upon matches, proprietary articles,
playing cards, checks and drafts be repealed,
and the law also by which banks and bankers
are assessed upon their capital and deposits.
All these recommendations will be approved
by a large majority of the people.
In what he says concerning the navy the
President is emphatic. He believes that ev-
ery consideration of national safety, econo-
my and honor demand a thorough rehabilita-
tion of our navy, and he calls the especial
attention of Congress to the report recently
made by the advisory board concerning the
number and character of vessels necessary to
place the navy on a footing commensurate
with the necessities of the government.
The Star Route cases are noticed and the
President says he has enjoined upon the offi-
cials who are charged with the conduct of the
cases on the part of the government and up-
on the eminent counsel, who, before his ac—
cession to the Presidency, were called to their
assistance. the duty of prosecuting with the
utmost vigor of the law all persons who may
be found chargeable with frauds upon the
postal service,
During the past year in the Territory of
Arizona a band of desperadoes known as
“cow-boys” have been engaged in committing
acts of lawlessness and brutality with the
local authorities have been unable to re-
press. Their depredations have even extend
ed into Mexico. There is lack of authority
which would enable United States forces to
help the Arizona authorities against these
rascals, and the President suggests that Ter-
ritories should be offered the same protec-
tion which is accorded to States by the Con-
stitution. It seems to him too, that what-
ever views may prevail as to the policy of
recent legislation by which the army has
ceased to be a part of the 120333 comi'mtus, an
exception might well be made for permitting
the military to assist the civil Territoral au-
thorities in enforcing the laws of the United
States. This use of the army would not seem
to be within the alleged evil against what
that legislation was aimed.
The “Indian problem,” which has figured
in so many Presidents' messages, is treated in
this one with vigor and directness. The re-
commendations made will please all who de-
sire to see the condition and standing of the
Indians improved. It is recommended that
the Indian be given the protection of the law
and allowed to maintain in court his rights
of person and property; that a law be enacted
which shall permit the allotment in severalty
to such Indians, at least, as desire it, of a
reasonable quantity of land secured to them
by patent, and for their protection made ina-
lienable for twenty or twenty-five years; and
that liberal appropriations be made for Indi-
an schools. If these three things could be
done a long step towards the solution of a
very troublesome problem would be taken.
President Arthur will :not be much more
popular in Salt Lake City than some other
Presidents have been. He thinks it time for
Congress and the Executive to use against
the barbarous system of polygamy all the
power which, under the Constitution and
hints, they can wield for its destruction. He
recommends modifying the law of _ evidence
so that a wife will be competent to testify
against her husband; the passage of an act
providing that in the Territories of the Uni-
ted States the fact that a woman has been
married to a person charged with bigamy
shall not disqualify her as a witness upon his
trial for that offence,and legislation on which
any person solemnizing a marriage in any of
the territories shall be required, under strin-
gent penalties for neglect or 'rcfusal,to give a
certificate of such marriage in the Supreme
Court of the territory' These recommenda-
tions should be acted upon without unneces-
sary delay.
What the President has to say about civil.
service reform is well considered and care-
fully expressed. He evidently doeslnot be-
lieve that the civil service reformers are on
the only road there is to bettering the civil
service, nor does he think that service is in
the bad condition that some think. This
part of the Message is very interesting and i;
is also very cautious.
After the consideration of several other
matters the subject of Presidential disabilites,
so sharply and sadly brought to public at-
tention by the long illness of President Gar-
field, is touched upon, and some questions
concerning what constitutes it and how it is
to be determined are suggested. The Mes-
sage cnds with some well chosen words ex-
pressing the President’s ‘sense of the respon-
sibility resting upon him and his desire and
purpose to do his duty well.
m
Jns'r 'rnr. DirnEnEuon.—Some men move
thrbugh life as a band of music moves down
street, flinging out pleasure on every side
through the air to every one, far and near,
that can listen. Some men fill the air with
their presence and sweetness, as orchards in
October days fill the air with perfume of ripe
fruit. Some women cling to their own hearts
lik the honeysuckle over the door, yet, like
it, sweeten all the region with the subtle
fragrance of their goodness. There are trees
of righteousness which are ever dropping
precious fruit around them. There are trees
that shine like starbeams, or charm the heart.
like songs sung upon a holy day.
How great a bounty and _a blessing it: .1 to
hold the royal gifts of the soul so that they
shall be music to some and fragrance to others
and life to all! It would be no unworthy
thing to live for, to make the power which
we have within us the breath of other men’s
joy; to scatter sunshine :where only clouds
and shadows reign; to fill the atmosphere
where earth’s weary. toilers must stand with
a brightness which they cannot create for
themselves, and which they long for, enjoy
and appreciate.
A pleasant little glimpse of the home sur-
roundings of Bayard Taylor is given in Mrs.
J. T. Fields’s reminiscences of her husband.
Sometof Mr. Taylor’s pictures recalled to
themf‘ what Bayard said of his little —,
now seven years old. She has a fondness
for Grhek history and was found the other
day charging vigorously into the woodpile;
when-her mother asked what .she was doing
she said she was an Athenian pursuing the
Laced'monians. So much for being born in
Greece!”
NORWALK GAZETTE,
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MUHIIIO.
The Second Oldest Paper In the sum.-
OFFIOE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
A. H. BYINGTON '& CO.
A. H. BYINGTON, J. B. ELLs, G. N. ELLs
Subscription $2. 00 per year, in advance.
Single Copies 5 Cents.
Entered at the Post Ofice of. Norwalk, Coma,
as Second-Glass Matter.
Advertising Rates :
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One inch constitutes a square.
Special Notices 25 per cent. advance on the
above.
Local Notice: in Reading Columns, 25
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 Deaths inserted gratuitously.
Obituary or Funeral Notices 15 cents per line.
All unusual cuts and devices 25 per cent. extra
J. G. GREGORY& co.
DRUGGISTS,
Successors to EDWARD P. WEED,
No. 38 Wall Street, Norwalk, Ch,
invite the attention of the public to their complete
stock of
Pure Medicines and Drugs,
anda full line of
TOILET & FANCY ARTICLE.
Also dealers in
Pure Wine s& Liquors for
Medicinal Purposes.
Careful attention paid to the dispensing of phy-
sieiani-i7 prescriptions. , 28
(I. ll. Kendall, M. I).
DENTIST,
NORWALK, CONN.
Office second
door west from
Dnnbury R. R.
Depot. Dental
operations in all
branches as for-
- merly. Painless
extraction of
teeth by aid of
LAUGHING
GA S a. specialty
N. B.—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
an other Dentist in Norwalk and warrant them
to e of the very b‘cst material. 1 have also pro-
cured the sermons of J. C. NEWKIRK, and am
now prepared to do filling at the Lowest Cash
Price. Extracting2fic. Nocharge forcxtract—
imi,r it‘ artificial teeth are to be inserted. Office
and Residence adjoining Methodist Parsonage,
Norwalk. Open evenings. 25
.- .1,“ ,,..—...~_~~-,.¢:..... .. . ....
' 0
.. naturism.
" ~ . '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,
Feverishness, Worms, and Disor-
dered Bowels, Castoria has the larg«
est sale of any article dispensed by
Druggists.
Wei De Meyer
WEI DE MEYER’S CATARRH
Cure, a. Constitutional Antidote for
this terrible malady, by Absorption.
SPURTS of disgusting Mucous
Snuflles, Crackling Pains in the’
Head, Petid Breath, Deahess, and
any Catmhal Compliant, can be
exterminator! by Wei De Meyer’-
_ Catmh Cure. The most important
Discovery since Vaccination. Other
remedies may relieve 'Cntmh, this
cures at any stage before Consular '
tion sets in.-
One package generally suffices.
Delivered by Druggists, or by 1‘. B.
Dewey~ & 00., 182 Fulton St, N. Y»
81.00 complete. Treatiseand re",
'marlmblo statements by the cured
mailed. free.
ENT
[Ln i m e n t.
The most Powerful,
Penetrating- and Pain-relieving
remedy ever devised by man. It
soothes Pain, it alleys inflammation,
it heals Wounds, and it cures
RHEUIIIATISM,
Sciatica, Lumbago, Scalds,
Burns, Stiff Joints, Cuts, Swell-
ings, Frost bites, Quinsey, Salt
Rheum, Inch, Sprains, Galls, and
Lameness from any cause. Suf-
ferers from
PAIN IN THE BACK,
Fever Sores, Eruptions, Broken
Breasts, contracted Cords, Neu-
ralgia, Palsy or dislocated limbs;
and owners of horses, planters, me-
chanics, merchants and professional
men everywhere, upite in saying, that
CENTAUR LINIMENT
brings relief when all other Lini-
ments, Oils, Extracts and Embroca-
tions have failed.
A. H. Bitnwm, n. n.
Homeopathic Plyaman & Surgeon
Office corner of Main and Wall Streets, over 11.
S. Betts’ Drug Store.
Office Hours from 8 to 9:30 a.m..1 to 3 and
7 to 8 p. m.
Slates at Hanford & Osborn’s, East Norwalk,
and at D. Beers, Jr , South Norwalk. Calls b
Telephone at Betts’ Drug Store promptly attcn -
ed to. 1y23
L. N. PHINNEY, M. D.,
Residence andoflicc, No. 62 Wall Street.
Office Hours—6 to 9 a. m.;12 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m.
Slates at I. A, Meeker & Co’s,Norwalk, and Still-
son’s and Plaisted’s Drug Stores, So. N orwalk.
CHARLES W. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist.
NORWALK, CONN.
Office corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxidc Gas administered.
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregationalist Church
Teacher of
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composition,:
Lock Box 39, P. 0., NORWALK. CONN.
J. Belden Hurlbutt, S
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Room No. 4, Up Stall-s,
REMOVAL!
B. S. BLASCER-,
Has removed to Lockwood’s Building, Wall Street
foot of Main. which has been refitted and furn—
ished with 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 keeping poverty from your door.
Those who always take advantage of
the good chances for making money that are of-
fered, generally become wealthynvhile those who
do not improve such chances remain in poverty.
We want many men, women, boys and. girls to
worklor us right in their own localitiesq Tho
busmess will pay more than ten times ordinar
wages. We furnish an expensive outfit and al
that you need.lrco. 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. Fullinformation and all that is needed
senttree. AddressS'rmsox & Oo.,Portland.Me.
PRAN GS ’
Birthday Cards,
anon SALE AT THE] -
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK o
DENTISTRY
A Triple Combination of Experi—
ence. Artistic Taste and Skill.
With the above combination, DR. 0. ll.
KENDALL offers from J unc 7th, 1881. Artifi-
cialTecth of_superior quality at so lowa price
that all desiring them will do well to call on him
before purchasing elsewhere. He can and will
£3118 illgtiflcial Teeth cheaper than any man in
orwa .
_ THE
Surpasses any other Heating Appa-
ratus because it is
Economical in Fuel,
Regulated without
going to the Cellar.
{Arranged to heat every
room without regard to
direction of the wind.
Free from Gas, Dust or Ashes.
Manufactured by
E. S. MORRIS '8. 00-, Oanhury, Of-
Send for circular to O. G.SHORT,Genei-al Agent,
Danbury, Conn.
References—Baptist Church, Norwalk; J as. H.
gnappi 1:" H. Rowan, A. Dickerman &. Son, South
orwa .
O. T. Leonard 8580]],
COAL, WOOD,
Masons’ Materials,
0 E M E N '1' P I P E
For Drains, Sewers, Wells, &c. ,
At Lowest Cash Prices.
Drain: and Wells Dag and Piped
Also S ole Agentf or
Patent Tinder Wood,
The Cheapest and Best Kindling out. Try it
8' Branch Oflice at H. S. Betts’ Drug Store
PURE MILK.
Delivered in N orwalk and South N orwalk, at
your door, every morning
AT '7 CENTS PER QUART,
By REMSON BROS.
Geo. Ward Selleck,
Has in his New Store,|
HAHUEHBHUUK'S HEW BIO“, WALL STREET,
A complete assortmentof the best class of
OROOERIES, PROVISIONS, FRUITS.
&c., for family usc,at Popular Prices. His stock
is at all times fresh and goodmnd will stand com-
parison With those of‘ any Grocer in town. Call
in andleave your orders. 28ft“
HARO WOOO IEIOHEO ASHES.
2 5 CAR LOADS HARD WOOD LEACIIED
Ashes for sale in car loads,l3 tons, (about
420 bushels gross measure to car) delivered on N.
Y., N. H. &. H. R.R., and on New Haven & North-
ampton ,_Naugatnck, Housatonic, Danbury 55 N or-
wa k Railroads, at from 85 to $5 5.0 per ton. Ad
dress JAMES HARTN ESS, Detroit, Mich. 3m30p
Siamiurlt N urw_a_lk Telephone to
“81' DE SUBSUHIBEHS UF IURWALI, I! SPEAK-
Illli OUMMUIIUATIUH TU DATE.
Adams Bros. - - - Market
Adams Express,so. Norwalk - Office
Adams, Leroy - - - Market
Bank, Fairtleld Co. Nat - Office
Beard, E - - - Residence
Beatty. J. P. & Bros. - - Office
Betts, H. S. - - - Druggist
- Office
- Gazette Office
- Residence
Brush,F.V.,M. D. , -
B ingtoii, A. H. at 00.
C arke.E. 0., M.D. -
Comstock Bros. - - Norwalk
Comstock Bros. - South Norwalk
Crofut a Knapp, ~ 3 Upper Office
Crofut it Knapp, 3 Lower Office
D. & N. R. R. - - Freight Ollicc
D. & N.R. R. - - Coal Dock
Dann, Horace E. - - - Stable
Donovan Jerry . - - Store
Earle, W. H. - - - Residence
Ferris, J. H. - - - Residence
Ferris, J. H. - Coal, Upper Office
Ferris, J. H, - - Coal, Lower Office
Ferry, Mrs. O. S. - - Residence
Fitch, Henry R - - Lumber Yard
Gibson, A. S. - - - Residence
Gregory Bros. - - - Stable
Gregory, J. G., M. D. - Resxdepce
Gregory. J_. G. A: 00. ~ - Druggists
Hatch. Bailey &. Co. - Planing Mill
Hat Form in Co. - - Office
Higgins, It. ., M. D. - Residence
Hi , E. J. - - Lumber Yard
Hitchcock. D., M. D. - Residence
Holmes & Keefer, - - Grocers
Hoyt. I. M. PAY OFEICE - Druggist
Hyatt. J. W. - - - — Office
Hyatt, J. W. - - Residence
Keefer E. O. - - - Residence
Kenduii,J. 0., M, D. . - - Residence
Leonard,C. T. a Son. - Coal East side
Leonard, o. T. &. Son. - Coal, ’west side
Lockwood. W. A., M.D - Residence
Lockwood. F. St. John - Residence
Lounsbury & Bissell Co. - Office
Mahackcmo Hotel. - — _Officc
Many, C. W. - - Residence
Meeker, I. A. & Co. - Draggists
Miller, George E. - - Restdcnec
Mitchell, W. & D. - MeatMarket
Nolan. R. G., M. D. - - Residence
North. G. S. - - - Gallery
Not-walk Gazette - . Office
N orwalk Hour - - - Office
Norwalk Iron Works - - Office
Norwalk Lock Co. - - Office
Norwalk Mills - - - Office
Norwalk Savings Society - - Bank
Palmer, E. M. & Co. - - _ Office
Pardee. E. V., M- D. - - Residence
Phinney, L.N., M. D. - Residence
Plaistcd, G. B. - - Druggist
Post Office, PAY OFFICE, - N oroton
Propeller Dock - - Norwalk
Prowitt, J. T. - Hardware
Randle, J. C., PAY OFFICE, - Store
Raymond it Niekcrson - -. Store
Raymond, G. W. - - Residence
Raymond Brothers - U pper Office
Raymond Brothers - Lower_Olflce
Sandiforth, L. W. . - - Residence
Sherman, S. J. - - Resulenco
Sherman, S. J, - - - Stable
Smith. W. II. .e 00. - Hardware
Solmans, A. - - - Office
Starr, 0. S. - - - Residence
Starr..Brothei-s - : tore
Steamboat Dock - South Norwalk
Stillson. G. C. - - Druggist
St.Johii, C. E. - - Residence
Trowbndnemhas. S. — - Other:
Western Union Telegraph - Norwalk
Western Union Tolegrnphfioutfi Norwalk
Wilson, S. B. - - Residence
Wood, Chas. N. - - Market
,WESTPORT.
Jones, Oscar 1.,PAY OFFICE - TinLShop
Set of instruments, per year, 836
Two or more sets, per year. each, 830
Payable quarterly in ADVANCE. . .
Messages to and from Pay Offices. Will be
charged 10 cents each, no matter by whom the?
16mg be sent or received. Exception, store of .
GAZETTE. QEEICE.
die. and I. M. Hoyt where no shame win
In mode to subscribers. ’
REAL ESTATE.
WWMF
m
To RENT- A good Dwelling House contain-
ing six rooms, pleasantly located on Center
Avenue. Good cellar, well and cistern' Posses-
sion immediately. Apply to MICHAEL FITZ-
MAURICE, Wilton Avenue. 44
Apartments to Let.
Ntho Brick Houses on Leonard street. In-
quire at LEONARD’S COAL OFFICE.
To Let.
FOUR rooms suitable for offices on the 2nd floor
of Gazette Building at It very low figure.
For'f‘ull particulars enquire of
BENJ. J. STURGES, Agt. .
N o. 4 Gazette Building.
Norwalk, Ct., Sept. 5, 1881. 36
For Sale.
4 T South Norwalk, half a mile from the depot,
the late residence of A. H.Snowden, known
as “Clill'wood.” Large Villa House, substantial-
ly built, in good order. eleven rooms, cellar and
attic, largdparlor with bay windows beautiful
tower, carriage house, barn and stable. attractive
rounds, finely shaded With fruit and forest trees.
erms to suit. Apply to A. C. SNOWDEN, on
the emises, or to REV. It. B. SNOWDEN 81
St. ark‘s Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. éiit
Farm for Sale.
HE subscriber will sell the wcl known David
St. John Farm With all the Stock, Tools and
Growmg Crops. Most of the price can remain on
mortgage. For full particulars address
22“ GEO. F. BELDEN, Winnipauk, Conn.
FOR SALE.
SEVERAL very desirable Building Sites for
Busmcss purposes, situated on Water Street.
Enquire of'F. W. MITCHELL,Real Estate Agent
FOR SALE.
TWO very desirable Buildin Lots on West
Main street. Apply at GA' ETTE OFFICE.
For Sale.
THE well known progeny of WILLIAM C.
STREET, situated on igh St rent. in the Bor-
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, large Barn, and out buildings, and
one-half _of smut house on Main Street. For fur
ther particulars enquire of“ BC RR SMITH,Agent.
N orwalk, April 11th, 1881. um
For Sale.
A House and about one acre
of Land on Prospect Hill,
May be had on reasonable terms. Apply to
E. W. ART
N orwalk, March 16th, 1881. 12tf
A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS willhuy
_ asmall place on the hill east of Winnipauk
facing the ounsbury it Bisscll Factory. A
chance for a poor man to secure shame of his
own. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE. 6“
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 pleasantly situated on
a rise or ground, 95 acres of land, which is favor-
ably divrded into pasture, plow, meadow and
woodland; With a large house; the size of the
barn 30 by 40, wagon house and stabling, hay loft
over the same, 23 by 43, and grainery 16 by 18.
Will be sold cheap; part of the purchase money
can remrinpn mortgage if desired, or will ex-
change for Village property. For further particu-
lars inquire of SILAS P. TUTTLE;
Norwafk. Conn,
Desirable Property forsalc.
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-
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 BroadRiver Bridge, is offered
for sale at a low aprice, to close an estate. En.
quire at the GAZE TE OFFICE. St;
For Sale.
Acosy, comfortable Cottage on one of the pleas-
antcst streets in town, within five minutes
walk of the Bridge or Churches, Will be sold at
low price. A portion of the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price $7,000. En-
quire at this Office.
For Sale Cheap.
Better than low interest Bonds.
A House on Fair Street.
Apply to B. J. Sturges.
D W ELLING-S
AND
Building Lots.
SEVERAL dwellings, various prices in differ-
cnt portions of Borough, 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 ontpf‘ Borough’
t149 Enquire at this Office.
J. M.POTTER
HAS REMOVED HIS
MUSIO STORE
To Opera House Block, in
Store with A. W. Austin,
Jeweler.
NEW MARKET I
No. 6 Main Street, N orwal, Ct.
:rnn ans'r or
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.
6m45 W. F. LOCKWOOD, late wrth Adams Bros.
THE MODEL
flair Dressin g&Bath Rooms
Wall Street, Up Stairs.
cleanliness. Comfort, Artistic Workmanship and
gentlemanly Attendance are leading features of
this ostablishmen t. -
E. APELL, Proprietor.
Free Reading Room.
HIS is a comfortable room fitted no for the
benefit of the public generally. situated on
east side of South Main Street, over Rood’s J ew-
elry Store. Clark and Lane’s Block, nearly 0 po-
sitc Railroad Depot, South Norwalk, CL. t is
open from 9 :1. m., to 9:45 p. m. The room is 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 i) a. m., to 9:45 p. m.,to
servo HOME MADE articles mentioned below,
at the followmg prices:
1 Cup of Cofl‘ee,_with crackcs, - ' -
1 Cup of Tea, With Crackers, - -
Cocoa - ~ - . .
Brown Bread and Butter, - . -
Sandwich, - - - -
Cake, - - - ~ -
Doughnuts, - - . -
Piece of Pie, . - g
Crullers, -
Ham, - - . -
Pork and Beans, With bread and butter
Stewed Oysters, - - -
5 cents
u
Si
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u
,1
(I
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II
I.
u
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mauammmu
I-‘I-u-I
Geo
Outfit furnished free, with full instructions
for conducting the most profitable business
any one can engage in._ The business is so
easy to learn, and, 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 successfulas
men. Boys and girls can earn large sums. Man
have made at the business over one hundred do -
lars in a. single week. Nothinglike it ever known
before, _ All who engage are surprised at the ease
and rapidity With which they are able to make
money. You can engage in this business during
your spare time at great profit. You do not have
to mv st capital in it. We take all the risk.
Those who need ready money should write to us
at once. All furnisherifree AddchE,TRUE& 00.,
Augusta. Maine. .
, European Tickets
FOR SALE
AT THE
GAZETTE OFFICE,
BY THE RENOWNED
Guion Line of Steamers.
Choice of'either the Abyssinia, Arizonia,iNeva-.
(In. Wisconsin, or Wyoming. Will sell you at
same rate as chmedm New York uity'
/
VOL. LXIV.--NUMBER 50 I
GOODELL & PAIGE,
COUNSELORS AT LAW,
Sword’s Building, SOUTH NORWALK, CONN,
EDWIN B. Gobnnnp, (37m ALLAN W. PAIGE.
Notice.
le. HITCHcocK HA8 REMOVED
T0 the corner of West Avenue and Berkeley
Place, third house below the Methodist
Church.
p Otflllcc Hours from 7 to 9 a, m., 2 to 3, and 7 to 8
Purchasing lien!— aii Messenger;
THE subscribers will act as Purchasing Agents
and Messengers between Nor-walk and N ew
York, daily: Orders and packages received at
Theodore Ixnapp’s, South N orwalk, and Bene-
dict’s News Room, Post Office, Norwalk.
EDWIN K. SELLEOK, with J times McCreci-y a
00., takes 6 o’clock train.
D. R. SELLECK, takes 7:45 a. in. train.
The HOIVIIIHIR Fire insurance 80.,
as now completed its
18th Successful Business Year.
And has not outstanding a Dollar of unpaid losses
or of claims for losses.
It! SUUIU UUMPAIY IIISUI‘IESAT lUWEII RATES.
Wn.C.STnEI-:r. Pres., S. E. 0in srnxn, Treas.
GEO.R. Cownns,Sec’y.
TNA l NSURANCE Co.ofHARTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $6,716,893.77
Insures against loss and damage by Fire, on teims
adopted to the hazard and consistent with the
laws of compensation. COWLES It MERRILL,
Sole Agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
' HARLES s. LOCKWOOD ,
Fashionable Draper and Talk"
GENTS' FURNISHING LMPORIUM
Main Street; ,Norwalk, Conn.
BERNARD COHN,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
WEEK’S BUILDING, WALL ST.,
A FULL LINE OF
Imported and Domestic Clot
of the latest styles, constantly on hand. N oval-
ties in Scotch Suitings. Satisfaction guaranteed
in every particular. 46
w. s. Q'UIINTARD.
General Furnishing Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R. DEPOT.
H'Ordcrs attended to day or night. Residence
Main Street, 3 doors from Union Avenue,
People’s Market,
‘ N0. 19 MAIN STREET,
THE very best of BEEF, delivered daily to
our customers. Also, in their season, Veal.
Lamb, Mutton, Pork, 650., at the lowest
Market Rafes._ Vegetables and Fruit: a full
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HEARTS-EASE.
av MARY A: man.
While o’er my life still hung the morning
star,
Dreamy and soft in tender-lighted skies;
While care and sorrow held themselves afar,
And no and mist of tears had dimmed my
eyes;
I saw Love's roses blowing,
With scent and color glowing,
And so I Wished for them with longing sighs
The brightest hung so high, and held aloft
Their crimson faces, passionately bright
The gay, rich, golden ones escaped me oft,
And hedged with sharpest thorns the lofty
White; I
From all my eager pleading
They turned away, unheeding;
Among Love’s roses none were mine of
right.
Yet, of sweet things, these roses seemed
most sweet
And most desirable, until a voice,
Soft as sad music said, “ Lo! at thy feet
A little flower shall make thy heart rc-
joice."
And so, the voice obeying,
I saw in beauty straying
A wealth of Heart‘s-ease waiting for my
choice. ’
Great purple pansies each with snowy heart,
And golden ones with eyes of deepest blue;
Some “freaked with jet,” some pure white
ones apart,
But all so sweet and fresh with morning
dew
I could not bear to lose them.
I could not help but choose them,
For sweet Content sat singing where they
grew.
So, now, Love’s roses shake their scented
leaves
But tempt me not to their enchanted quest;
I gather Heart’s-ease set in dewy leaves
And am content—for me it is the best. ,:
Be glad if, sweet and; glowing,
You find Love’s roses blowing-
I sing through life with Heart's-ease at my
breast.
The Farmer's Wlfe.
ELLA WHEELER.
Up with the birds in the early morning—
Thc dew-drop glows like a precious gem;
Beautiful tints in the skies are dawning,
But she’s never a moment to look at them.
The men are wanting their breakfast early;
She must not linger, she must not wait:
For words that are sharp and looks that are
surly
Are what the men give when the meals are
late.
Oh, glorious colors the clouds are turning,
If she would but look over hills and trees;
But here are the dishes, and here is the churn-
ing——
Those things always must yield to these.
The world is filled with the wine of beauty,
If she could but pause and it drink in :
But pleasure, she says must wait for duty—
Neglected work is committed sin.
weary;
Oh, for an hour to cool her head,
Out with the birds and winds so cheery!
bread.
The busy men in the hay-field working,
If they saw her sitting with idle hand,
Would think her lazy, and;call it shirking,
And she never could make them under-
stand.
They do not know that the heart within her
Hangers for beauty and'things sublime;
They only know that they want their dinner
Plenty of it, and just “ on time.”
And after the sweeping and churning and
baking,
And dinner dishes are all put by,
She sits and sews though her head is aching,‘
Till time for supper and “chores” draws
nigh.
Her boys at school must look like others,
She says, as she patches their frocks and
hose,
For the world is quick to censure mothers
For the least neglect of their children’s
clothes.
Her husband comes from the field of labor
He gives no praise to his weary wife;
She’s done no more than has her neighbor;
’Tis the lot of all in country life.
But after the strife and weary tussle,
With life is done, and she lies at rest;
The nation’s brain and heart and muscle-—
Her sons and daughters—shall call her
blest.
And I think the sweetest joy of heaven,
The rarest bliss of eternal life,
And the fairest crown of all, will be given
Unto the way-worn farmer’s wife.
Beyond.
Beyond life’s toils and cares,
Its hopes and joys, its weariness and sorrows.
Its sleepless nights, its days of smiles and
tears,
Will be a long, sw eet life, unmarked by years
One bright, unending morrow I
Beyond time’s troubled stream,
Beyond the chilling waves of death’s dark
river,
gleams.
Its dark realities and brighter dreams
A beautiful forever.
No aching hearts are there,
No tear-dimmed eye, no form by sickness
wasted,
No cheek grown pale through penury or care,
No spirits crushed beneath the woes they
bear,
No sighs for bliss untasted.
No sad farewell is heard,
No lonely wail for loving ones departed,
No dark remorse is there o’er memories
stirred, ‘
No smile of scorn, no harsh or cruel word,
To grieve the broken-hearted.
No long, dark night is there ;
No light from sun or silvery moon is given;
But Christ. the Lamb of God, all bright and
fair, '
Illumes the city with effulgence rare,
The glorious light of heaven!
No mortal eye hath seen ‘
The glories of that land beyond the river,
Its crystal lakes, its field of living green,
Its fadeless flowers, and the unchanging
sheen
Around the throne forever.
Eaitli hath not heard the song
Of raptumus praise within that shining por-
mi;
No lit-till of man hath dreamed what joys be-
IUD" ~
To that riilccuied and happy blood,wa lied
throng,
All glorious and immortal.
~ —Selected.
The New Haven Register nicely hits off
the large but nuisa‘wcca at the theatre in its
paragraph : ghas abandoned go-
ing to the the" _ When he
wants an evenings nioiment he hangs his
wife’s new “Rembrant” beaver hat on the
gas bracket, sits behind it, and looks at. it
intensely. He gets just as much as he would
by going to the theatre, and saves the price of
a ticket."
The day grows hot, and her hands grow '
But she must get dinner and make her
Beyond life's lowering floods and fitful'
Norwalk Chronicler