WHOLE NUMBER 1775
Charity—Au Acrostic.
Celestial gift of heavenly grace,
How bright the lives thy power doth trace!
All ills of flesh, all ills of mind
Receive from thee attention kind.
In thee a host of graces meet,
That, like the gifts from mercy’s scat,
Yield odors ever pure and sweet.
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Connecticut Legislature.
SENATE, Jan. 4, 1882.‘
The senate was called to order at 10:80
7 'li
Dilatatiot wrs taken for clerk and Charles
rin of Storziugton, received a unanimous
Soot: and was declared elected. He at once
took the oath of office.
llallot for president pro temporc resulted as
ollows : ,
Robert Colt, New London, 16
R. S. Strickland, Enfield, 7
The following attaches of the senate were
appointed by resolution : Messengers,0harlcs
H. Eco of Simsbury and Lucius M. Sessrons
of Windham; doorkeepersGeorgc A. Thomp.
son of Noztii Smuington, George‘s. Jeffreys
7 of Meriden and George W. Lovejoy of Mon-
;xI’OC. _
" I The senate passed 1 concurrence the
house resolution of regret it the death of the
late state treasurer, Davidg’. Nichols of Dan—
ur .
b Aypetition of the Danbiry and Norwalk
railroad for amendment c charter was re
fcrrcd to the committee .railroads.
A resolution incorp :rn iig the Fairfield
burial association was refe ed to the commit-
tee on incorporations.
The senate adjourned t
House—The house we
10:15 a. in. ‘
John M. Hall of \Vin tam, was elected
speaker, Charles P. Woodbiry of. Norwalk,
clerk, Don-lid G. Perkins olNorwmh, assmt~
ant clerk. , . ~
The following appomtmuts were made:
For Messengers—John I Wilson of Suf-
field,Eugenc Morehousc of lratford,Thomas
J- Peckbf Ashford and R. if. Foster of West
Cornwall. \1 - -
For Doorkeepers—-Jatnes;.. Smith of North
Haven, A. E. S. Bush of Eat Lyme, Lloyd
A. Wood of I-Iadden, John A Alvord of B01-
ton and Edward Killam offinfield. .
Mr. Paige of Sherman, cited a resolution
appointing the delegates frotFairfield county
a committee on the part of ti- house to attend
the funeral of the late trcturcr, David P.
Nichols of Danbury. f
Governor’s Mosage.
To the Senate and House offepresentatfoes .-
The annual review of th condition and
history of our state, which iis my duty to
present to you at. your assebling, contains
nothing which marks the paiyear as excep-
tional. We have continuedn the way of
peace and general presperitym which the
year opened. We have not zen disturbed
by sedition at home, nor alarnd with threat—
enings from abroad. Our bar'sts have been
gathered, our trade has had '3 healthy and
legitimate growth, our man'actures have
been in steady and rcmunerate operation.
The disastrous attack upon theite President
Garfield has saddened us’ in conion with our
brethren of the whole natn; we have
mourned him sincerely ; we has been horror
stricken at the crime that depri‘d the nation
of its great chief magistrate. Brwe have seen
the disaster fall upon us witholcausing any
crisis in the conduct of the geral govern-
ment. We have drawn from is ’fact still
greater confidence in our free syl-m ; and we
have seen our common sorrow to to feelings
of closer union and brotherhd through
all sections of our land. We am an era of
hope, of good feeling, and of pr'ocrity. It
is, then, without the expgctationf present-
ing any matter of new or specialnterest or
importance that I ask your atttion to a
statement of the affairs of outcommon-
wealth.
Wednesday.
‘allcd to order at
THE STATE FINANCES,
The total receipts of the Treasu for the
year ending November 30th, havteen $1,-
722,160.01, and the expenditures }.ve been
$1,500,855.23. This leaves a balm; on the
year’s business of 89.12.304.73. Ist year
the receipts were $1,664,824.23, bnhe bal-
ance on the year’s business was oy 8364,-
440.87. We have. then, during {3 year,
increased the revenues and decreaq the ex
penscs. The total balance carriedver this
year to the new count is $1,118,855. I
called your atthi'on last year to thl’act that
this amount wasfisually needed ear in the
year to meet cuiipnt demands. The stand
also to be paid ttrrefrom unexpendt appro-
priations to th' sum of $121,00 This
amount is still its on appropriati' made
by the last Gendll Assembly. I mit’ refer
you to the detailil report of the collitroller
for the manner iiwhich this money Is been
expended. It wi be seen that thcdifier.
ences which may ppear between thegumg
of this year and le year preceding am“ to
be found in the sols spent by the Site in
its charitable and enevolent instituting, In
the expenses will: havebeen i'ncurredti the
maintenance of pics and order, the puree.
tion of business ad of life, the educatiu of
our children, and he administration of us-
tice, in what caibe strictly be called he
government of th state, there has bccmo
material change.
TiinrA'rn DEBT.
The statement t the condition of the pb.
lic debt remains tltsame [3.8 in 1881. I yll
repeat it in orderizain to call the attentin
of the General Aembly to the fact thatlt
has not. been decreed, and that no provisiu
has been made bytw for its gradual extint
tion. The amounof bonds outstanding i
$4,907,600. or th the sum or 8877,00
becomes due at the'ld of the current year
crease from last year of 580. seven compa-
nies of infantry have been disbanded, four
in accordance with the act cf 1881, and three
because they failed to reach the proper stand-
ard of efficiency. Active service during the
year has embraced the customary parades,
and an encampment at Niantic for six days
of the second, third, and fourth regiments,
and, the artillery. The first regiment was
chosen to represent the state at the Yorktown
Centennial celebration, in accordance with
the special act of the last General Assembly.
The second company of Governor’s foot
guards were detailed for escort duty, under
the provisions of the same act. These or-
ganizations took part in the ceremonies at
Yorktown on the 20th of October.
As directed by the last Assembly, I was
present with my staff. The militia of Con-
necticut, though they had to contend with
the disadvantages and annoyances of delays,
presented a most creditable appearance.
They did not suffer from comparison with
any body of troops in the great line of the
general review. In soldierly appearance,
perfection of equipment, and precision of
movement they were not surpassed. The
same qualities with a very high degree of
discipline, were exhibited throughout the
entire trip. Their visit to Charleston, by
invitation of the city and State authorities,
‘was, in many respects, a memorable event.
It was memorable as being, as nearly as such
a thing is possible, the visit of one state to
another; it was memorable from the repre-
sentative character in their respective sec—
tions, of the states that took part in it, and
it was especially memorable to Connecticut
from the” liberal, whole scaled and sincere
Welcome with which her representatives was
received. Nothing was left undone to make
the occasion pleasant in every particuhr. I
believe that the visit gave a large body of
Connecticut citizens new and truer ideas of
the South, its feelings and motives. We
hope that those southern citizens whom we
met, and to whom we are indebted for such a
fraternal welcome,gaincd from the visit truer
conceptions of the temper of our people to-
ward them. It has certainly given an added
cordiality and heartinéss to the good feeling
between Connecticut andSouth Carolina.
Icsnnot refrain from giving a word of
well-merited praise to the behavior of the
troops on their tedious sea voyage, under
the strange discomfort: of an ill-provided
troop-ship and to the excellent interior disci-
pline and admirable self-controlexhibited
amid the festivities of the two days and
nights entertainment at Charleston. It is no
small praise to say that in a body of five
hundred soldiers, enjoying the most open-
handed and unlimited entertainment at the
hands of the local militia, nothing occurred
to occasion even the reprimand of a superior
officer.
COAST DEFINCES.
We may be assured that we have a force
sufficient for the safety of the state, so far as
it may be threatened with interior violence.
As much cannot be said of those defences for
which we depend upon the general govern-
ment. I call your attention to the fact that
the great thoroughfare for commerce which
forms our southern boundary, Long Island
Sound, is practically without defence. No
work that in these days of advances in the
art of war deserves the name of fortification
lies between the ocean and our Connecticut
sea ports. However good maybe our local
militia, we are at the mercy of the first at-
tack from the sea. It may be well for you
to take such action as will direct the atten-
tion_of the federal government to the neg-
lected condition of our coast. 0.
COMMON SCHOOLS
Oar common school system is so matured,
so long established, and so well settled in its
methods and results, that the annual review
made from year to year shows but little
changes. In the number of schools, of chil-
dren, qt days of attendance, etc; there is ob—
servable the increase to be expected from
the natural growth of our population. This,
of course. occasions a slight steady increase
of expenditure which is met by the natural
increase of the revenue. It is only when
comparison is made between periods separa-
ted by some cohsiderable lapse of time, that
the real growth of our schools can be fairly.
estimated. During the phst year they have
undergone no change in management. They.
are doing their important and beneficent
work quietly and thoroughly. It is probable
that only matters of detail will be brought to
your attention. .
sroan’s AGRICULTURAL sonoon AND EXPERI-
' MENT STATION.
The report of the directors of the Agricul-
tural Experiment station shows that the work
of the past year has been mostly directed to
the examination of commercial fertilizers,
fodder, and feed stuffs produced in this state
or used here, and the examination of milk
and dairy products. Thus far the station
has had the use of rooms rent free. In 1877,
when the station was established by the act
of the legislature, the Sheffield . Scientific
School of Yale College tendered the free use
for five years of certain rooms ready fitted
for the work. This, with other facilities
coming with it, enabled the station to begin
its work at once. The five years end June,
1882, and the growth of the Scientific School
in this period has liken such that now it
needs these rooms,and has notified the Board
of Control of the Experiment Station. This
makes‘it necessary to provide new accommo-
dations, and this Assembly will be asked to
It is the opinion' the treasurer that this
amount can be paid om the balance which
it is estimated will .I in his hands at that
time. If it should :lult that in'the course'
of the following yeahe treasury ls embar-
rassed by so large axyment, the ifii'lculty
will probably not br great but tha a tem.
porary and small lo.n ,ill supply all cessis
ties till the gap barbed; filled by the tura1_
= ours, the evidence being that the true inter-
increasc in the rebnué‘. But this or go.
merit supposes thenaintznancc of the es-
ent rate of taxatio and to material in
in the expendituijt of the state.
‘BAsz.
From the repou of the Bank Commis
ers you will lcar that the State banks
on the whole, ira healthy and prospe.
condition. The: is no change in theirn
ber. There areiuongh of them to meet
. demands of busiess, and they are guard
l by such limitatins and restrictions that t
organization of our ones offers no temptati
to the speculati‘. An examination of th
figures of the cramissioncrs’ report shOWSa
increase in 'svrll depositors and the gros
sum of deposits;'it also cxhibits'a change
, in the characterif the investments. The
a hunt of loanstu real estate is decreas~
i , while the 102%; made upon the restrict-l
e'd classes of persdrl property allowed by
‘he law is incrcadg. The possession of
‘ iis class of propert enables the banks more
~. aadily to meet up sudden demand for':
oney. There is noting in this department .
i State interests whip calls for special re-
; .irk. The commissiners make no recom-
.“ endations for newleidation, and you will
probably be called upd to do only the rou-
tine business of every yar in this direction.
THE NATIONA GUARD.
The active militia of 3c state consistsof
four regiments and one littalion of infantry
and one battery of artillly. These form a
brigade under command t a. ~Bl‘igudier.Gen-
eral. There are thirty-seen infantry com;
panics, divided into one figment of ten com-
panies, three of eight 0 panics, and one
battalion of three compani, By the muster
i of November, 1881, we 1121c 2,334 men in
E - ommissioned ofil:
teen and 2,169 enlisted mg This is a dc.
service. of whom 165 are
I . . k
l 1
give this branch of the state service the
means to carry on its work independently
and efficiently. It has matter for state pride
that its lead in the establishment of this ser-
vice has been followed by so‘ many other
states. They have recognized the wisdomof
our action, and have created institutions for
the same ends. Most of these are on a larger
scale, some on a very much larger scale than
ests of the respective states testify their lib-
erality.
I The Storm Agricultural School,authorized
by the last Generel Assembly, was opened on
the 28th of September. and is now fully or-
ganized and under operation, with three in-
structors and thirteen scholars. The man-
agement and instruction is, I believe, in the
hands of men who will spare no pains to
make it thoroughly practical and efficient.
The scholars have engaged with spirit in the
work of the farm as well as in the duties of
he class room. The trustees look upon the
eginnings of this school as full of promise
or the future of our agriculture. Being the
rust of its kind in this country, and having
example to follow, it must reach success
rough experience. It is intended to be
re technical andnearcr the farm than the
rricultural College has been or Well can be.
is intended to strengthen in its pupils their
chment for rural life. Its;object is not to
he scholars, but to train young men to be
I informed and skillful farmers. The
01 in its early stages must of necessity be_
it xperimcnt. It is cordially commended
c fostering care of the General Assembly.
A "your support it cannot fail to win suc-
5 nd prove honorable and profitable to
STATE PRISON.
report of the commissioners of the
risen is in some regards a noteworthy
_ l is not frequent. .
tions, styear were found not quite suffi-
The appropria- .
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESD AY, JANUARY, 10, 1882.
J. G. GREGORY & CO.
DRUG-GIS'I'S, -
Successors to EDWARD P. WEED,
No. 38 Wall Street, Nor-walk, Cb,
eient for the work which was found abso-
lutely necessary,_but the deficiency was met
from the earnings of the prison. The defi-
ciency at the close of the year’s business is
$5,250.81. This may be traced to three
causes: first, the number of prisoners has
been smaller than last year by eleven ; in the
next place 1,654 days of labor have been lost
by sickness; these two causes have tended to
diminish the incomeIof the prison; and in the
last place it is very well known that there
has been a very appreciable rise during the
year in the cost of necessities. The loss by
sickness has assumed verv serious propor-
tions. It is said that about three-fourths of
these cases ofdisabling sickness can be traced
to malarial disorders. In view of these facts
and the long acknowledged inferior character
of the prison buildings, the board of com-
missioners insist this year with particular em
phasis, on the necessity of a new prison
building" on a new site. The argument which
they use, and which will doubtless be more
fully presented to you, are the age of the
prison, the' fact, that it was built in days when
prison management was radically different
from what it. is to-day, it's manifestly un-
healthy situation, and the fact that the expe-
rience of many other states has shown that
buildings of the character of our old prison
are not so built as to allow of the best results
under improved and intelligent management.
It may well be that the time has come for
Connecticut to take into serious consideration
the whole matter, and show its appreciation
of the improved conduct of its prison by
equipping a proper building.
The Connecticut Prison Association contin-
ues its good work of aiding discharged pris-
oners to obtain honest employment upon
their release from prison. That “no person-
discharged from the State prison during the
past year can truthfully say that necessity has
compelled him to return to crime,” entitles
the Association to the good will of all right:
minded citizens. It is also worthy of remark
that the administration of the prison has
been greatly aided by the co—operation of
citizens who have exerted themselves to make
the religious services and life of the prison
real and useful. As a consequence the effects
of‘ the' Sunday services have shown them-
selves in the discipline of the week. That
this effect is more than temporary would ap-
pear also from the fact that the number§of
convicts who are returned to the prison to
serve out sentences under a second convic-
tion, is steadily diminishing.
THE STATE REFORM scuoon.
The matter of most interest in connection
with the Reform School, is the establishment
of an experimental cottage, to try the results
of the family system, as compared with the
congregate system, on which the school, has
formerly been conducted. The success so far,
for a trial of about nine months has been in
every way satisfactory. The trustees support
the Superintendent in his assertions about
the working of the system, :and show that
the action of the last Assembly in making
the appropriations necessary for the experi-
ment, was wise. Its immediate extension is
not asked for, as it is deemed best to have
the results of a longer experience to support
such arecommendation. As a whole the State
has every reason to be satisfied'with the con.
dition of the school. The administration of
the Superintendent, aided by the valuable in-
fluence of his wife, the matron. has been to
the satisfaction of the trustees. Their en:
deavor has been make the school a reform-
atory and not a penal establishment, and so
to conduct it that a boy having been there
will furnish a fair presumption that he will
not later became an inmate of the State pris-
on. The reverse has been only to near the
truth in time past. I commend to your fa-
vorable attention the suggestions which are
made by the trustees and superietendent, as
to what is needed to make the work of the
school still more efficient.
run INDUSTRIAL souoor. ron GIRLS.
This reformatory, and a true reformatory
it has proved to be, has gone on without
noteworthy event through the year, doing
its good and necessary work effectively. It
has cared for 2531 girls during the year. Of
these 174 remain in the school and 47 have
been discharged‘or placed in good homes or
places 'where they have honest employment.
The trustees find that there is developing a
tendency to send to the school girls of a very
tender age, that they may be kept out of the
way of vicious and corrupting influences,
rather than for the purpose of correcting
their habits already formed. From this and
other facts within their knowledge the
trustees are led to believe, and they represent
that a large number of neglected youth of
both sexes may be found within the state,
growing up without responsible guardian-
ship, in varying conditions of ignorance and
idleness, and plainly drifting toward a life of
pauperism and crime. They are to be found
in the streets of our cities, in the almshonses
of our towns, and in other places equally ill-
fitted for making them good citizens. Their
case may not need- the discipline of the re-
form schooi or of the industrial school, or
any management involving expense to the
state, but it does demand an efficient guard-
inship. with yower to enforce habits of daily
employment in school or at work. This sub-
ject of neglected children is considered of
sufficient importance to warrant inquiry into
the facts and taking such action as their case
requires.
HOSPITAL Iron. INSANE.
At the Middletown hospital for the insane
the new building, the south hospital, was
opened for patients on July 20th, the fifte‘enth
anniversary of the establishment. As a con-
sequence of the enlarged capacity of the re-
treat there has been a notable increase of
patients. The year began with 529 under
treatment, and ends with 731. Of these, 719
are aided by the state. It is a serious ques-
tion what provision is to be made for our
indigent insane. The almshouses -of our
towns are not yet relieved of them, and their
number seems to be increasing ----Tho-fitarte"
Douro of‘Clfiiritieslwill probably call your at-
tention more in detail to this subject.
The other charitable institutions under the
care of the state are in a healthy condition
according to the reports of their boards of
trustees, and call for no especial mention-
You will be given all needed facts in the
annual reports which are to be submitted to
on.
y comussrox or PHARMACY.
The commission of pharmacy in the'work
of the first year under the act of 1881, have
found in general that the act meets the re-
quirements of public safety, but some inci-
dental defects of detail are referred to in the
report, which will need your: attention. As
the law is framed it allows the licensing of
pharmacists residing in the cities and her-
oughs of the state. but when strictly con-
sttued would exclude those residing in towns
or villages. This is apparently an oversight
which should be corrected. The number of
registered poisons is found to be too restrict-'
ed and I would advise that laudanum and
other dangerous forms of opium be added to
the list of articles, 'the purchase of which
must be registered. The work of the com-
mission is greater than was suppbscd it would
be, and consequently some changes of minor
consequence will have to be made to meet
the facts. In general, however, it may be
said that the law has worked well.
There is nothing calling for particular dis-
cussion here in the reports of the railroad
commissioners or of the state board of health
or of any other state boards. As I have al-
ready said, in the great part of the regular
' administration of the state it has been a quiet
and uneventful year.
autonomizurou or run occurs.
j Itisol course impossible for me to say,
1' l
save in the most general way, what will be
the topics on which you will be called to act
at this session. Most of the changes of our
laws which are suggested to a legislature do
not show themselves at all until presented
under the form of a bill or petition. There
are, however, a few subjects which have
been discussed somewhat publicly, either by
the press or by associations especially inter-
ested in intelligent and effective legislation,
which I think it proper to bring to your no-
tice. One of these is the rt-organization of
the courts of the state. Every one familiar
with the subject admits the defects which
exist, especially in our courts of first resort,
or original jurisdiction. Our system of jus-
tices of the peace bears evidence of having
in great part out-lived its usefulness, so far 3':
relates to the trial and decision of causes.
The changes in our social condition during
the last half century has been such that the
justice courts as now organized do not meet
the just demands of the people. One thou-
sand justices arc elected every two years,and
little inquiry is made as to their capacity or
fitness for the discharge of judicial duties.
A great number of minor civil cases are
brought before and are tried by these magis-
trates. With a large part of our people all
practiéal knowledge of justice,and its admin-
istration is confined to what they have learn-
ed from experience in the justice courtl. It
is true that the amounts of money involved
are generally small,and can never exceed one
hundred dollars, but the quality of justice
should not be governed by the amount in
controversy. To one man fifty dollars may
be as important as five thousand to another,
and the rights of both parties should be as
carefully examined and decided in the one
case as in the other. It is said that there is
aremedy for the miscarriage of justice in
these justice courts in the opportunity of
appeal. ‘But this is not always so. Unless
the person aggrieved is in a position to pros-
ecute an appeal, it is the same to him as if
no remedy existed. The organization of the
higher courts is also susceptible to amend-
ment. The state has seen fit to change its
method of appointing the judges of the
higher courts, in the hope that the state will
have the services of a high grade of ability.
This is right. The state should call the very
best brains and the very highest learning to
the bench, and should make the bench an
object of ambition to them. Very pertinent
to the attainment of this end is the proper
organization of courts, that justice may be
administered with the greatest fairness, the
least expense, the most certainty, and with
as much dispatch as consists with athorough
trial.
A CRIMINAL coon.
Allied to this topic and of quite equal im-
portance, is the matter of the revision.”
amendment, rearrangement and codification
of the body of our criminal law. I do not
think it is an error to say that in the opinion
of most of our people the efficiency of the
administration of our criminal law has, with-
‘in a very few years past, been seriously im~
paired. Crimes, if not criminals, remain
unpunished; the trials of criminal cases of
capital importance or even less gravity, if
they are of a nature to attract public. atten-
tion, have become a by-word for delay, and a
reproach for uncertainty, and they are too
often enacted at full length twice or even
three times. As a consequence, the state has
suffered in reputation. It is not; easy to fix
the responsibility for this condition of things.
The fault is not wholly in the procedure of
the courts, though it- is partly there; it is
not wholly in the system as at present or-
ganized, of jury trials, though that has a
share of it; it is not wholly in the substance
of our criminal law, defining crimes and im-
posing penalties, though no small part of it
lies there, but it affects the whole body. The
acts now grouped under the title of “Crimes
and Criminal Prosecutions," have been en-
acted at various times and often without
much regard to each other, and there seems
to be a need for a more accurate definition of
crimes and readjustment of penalties. Can
there be any doubt that the crime of burg-
lary, for instance, should be divided into de-
grees, and punishments provided propor-
tionate to the magnitude of theolfcnse? The
breaking into an inhabited dwelling-house in
the night time, armed with a dangerous wea-
pon, is in its nature a much higher grade
of offense, and should be more severely pun:
ished, than the breaking and entering of an
uninhabited dwelling in the night time by an
unarmed person. _
It is important that the criminal law should
be expressed in as plain and accurate a form as
possible. It should be so set forth that any
man can know with certainty for what acts
he may become liable to criminal punishment.
When offenses have been committed punish-
meat should be sure. The certainty of pun-
ishment is a much more powerful deterrent
from crime than its severity. The criminal
classes speculate upon their chances of escap-
ing the penalty of their crimes, and the odds
should be made very heavy against them.
In our State the enforcement of 'criminal law
is to a rest extent committed to men who
are not rained lawyers. Their work would
be more efficiently done if the whole of the
criminal law was contained in a carefully
prepared code. The preparation of such a
code would not be an experiment, and present
no difficulties beyond finding competent and
willing persons to do the work. The ap-
pointment of commissions to consider each
of the subjects I have here referred to, would
meet my hearty approval. During the last
few years Connecticut has made some impor-
tant changes in her law to adapt it to the de-
mands of our present society. The results
have been highly beneficial. That they are
so is due in large measure to the fact that the
statutes by which the changes were effected
have been drafted by able and experienced
men after careful study. I can especially
name in this connection the late Judge Sey-
mour, who during the last partof his life de-
voted a large part of his time to this import-
ant service. If it is thought best to appoint
such a commission to enter upon the work of
codifying our criminal law it should be pro;
vided that they report theirprogi-css-‘to fu—
‘ tum , assembliMyu'ud-"IDEU they submit the'
’WOl‘k to examination, criticism, and sugges-
tions of the bench of judges, before it is re-
ported to .the legislature for final enactment.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Our State has no recognized legal adviser,
or law ofiieer. It has been the custom for
the various departments of the government,
when questions of law regarding their duties
have arisen, to consult counsel as it pleased
them, or to proceed according to custom and
their own judgment. In the making of con-
tracts and other work of a legal nature, the
interests of the State have been protected, if
at all, by occasional counsel. The executive
has had no one whose duty it was to over-
look these matters and to examine the ques-
tions presented. It has happened from this
state of things that the legal rights of the
State have in some instances failed of proper
protection and the State government has suf-
fered pecuniary loss in considerable sums.
Our practice is quite the contrary of that of
other States in the Union. In more than
thirty of them some trained law ofiicer of the
State is found, to whom are officially referred
the thousand and one questions that are aris-
ing from day to day in the conduct of public
business. 1 strongly urge upon your favor-a-
ble consideration the proposal which will
probably be made to you at this session, to
create and make provision for filling the of-
fice of Attorney General. I commend this
action to you as being in the interests of true
economy.
conomsrox.
It is an old maxim that “it is wise to let
well enough alone," and it can perhaps no-
where be more safely applied than in public
business. While I have suggested one or two
subjects on which I think legislation is need-
ed, and where certain changes would be im-
provements, yet it will be seen that in the
large interests of the State there will he need
of little action save such as is wanted to sus-
tain their present prosperous condition.
Providence has smiled upon us and blessed
us in all our public life. May the same prov.
idence guide your deliberations'at this As-
sembly, and direct them to the highest good
of the whole commonwealth.
HOBART B. BIGELOW,
‘ Govnnnou.
"v.-
Home-Slckncss.
It is sad to think that to endure the most
painful sicknessin the world, one must be
away from home; for it is home-sickness-
Do you know what it means to be among
happy people, to be thought happy, to see
beautiful scenes, hear lovely tones, and yet
feel that you would give it all up for an hour
at home with those you love and those that
love you? Ah! there is the secret! Those
who love you i In the home this is the cer-
tainty—it is the love that is given to us as a
heritage, ones by right of birth—and who can
take it away? Stronger loves may come,
loves that wili ask more, loves that will de-
clare more,but never loves that give so much
Men seldom suffer from home-sickness,
save the home-loving Swiss. because they ask
and it is given. Women want the love given
without the asking.
In the home-love there is not “one who
gives and suffers love,” but there is an equal
bond, both give and both receive.
And this home, where is it? A brilliant
woman, who had gained celebrity by her pen
who was admired by men and women, and
whom all the world were ready to envy be.
cause she seemed so perfectly happy, once
said, “There come times in my life when I
'would give up all I have gained. would be
willing to lose friends and fame, if I could
only be at home.” And that home would be
where? On my mother’s breast.” And so
after all home-sickness often .means mother-
sickness. The desire for an unselfish love
that minister alike to needs ofpiind and body.
It seems well‘that it should" not be a more
love forsurroundings: for in the long years
inanimate things change, and when we go
back it is hard to find that they are not “ all
our fancy painted them." Only one remedy
can be found for home-sick hearts: and
that is to build a home wherever you are.
To do this, you will need unselfishness as the
corner stone, and patience and fidelity for
supporting columns. With these your'edifice
will be good and strong, and will endure for
all time. And in the making of it the sick
heart will be strengthened, the sad feelings
made joyful; and you will reap a. bountiful
harvest from the happiness given to others.
And do .not fear, in your habitation made by
faith to give your love, more unhappiness
comes from not giving enough than from giv-
ing too much.— Even if it be not well treated,
if it be abused, if it be forgotten, remember
that,—“affection never was wasted. If it
enrich not the heart of another, its waters re-
turning back to their spring like the rain,
shall fill them full of refreshment; that
which the fountain sends forth, returns again
to the fountain.”
Front the New Haven Palladium.
Public Charity and Pauperisrn.
How to diapense needed charity without
pauperizing the recipient has long been a
mooted problem, whose complete and satis-
factory solution has yet to he arrived at.
One principle connected with it has, how-
ever, been denfiitely settled, and thatil that
the old .practice of having out door relief
doled out. _by public officials is bad and de-
moralizing in more ways than one. It is bad
for the community,,bad for the tax payers,
and above all bad for the poor themselves.
Many enterprising communities have in con-
sequence abolished the system of ofiicial
out-door relief and there are indications that
the reform will in ‘timc become general.
Springfield, Mass, is at present considering
the question, her overseers of the poor hav-
ing recommended that all out-door paper
relief be turned over to the volunteer charity
organization of the city, known as the Union
Relief association. The best sentiment of the
city favors the change, and it will probably
be made. In a recent editorial article advo~
eating the change, the Republican of that city
sets forth some facts and figures to which we
invite. the attention of our readers. Remark-
ing that in making their recommendations
the overseers of the poor are simply following
the logic of the city’s experience, the Repub-
lican adds:
In 1873 Springfield spent $5,175 for relief
of the poor outside the almshouse. In 1876
the expenditure for this purpose bad in-
creased by great leaps and bounds to $26,-
599. In 1877 the Union Relief was organ-
ized, and began to Work in co-operation with
the pauper department, visiting the appli-
cants for relief in their homes, inquiring
into their real necessities, putting them in
the way af self—support, and in every way
opposing the tendency and disposition to
pauperisms, and for three years the expendi-
ture necessary for outside relief has been
less than $4,000, say 11 cents for every man,
and woman and child in the city, or for
every $1000 of property taxed. The only
cities which will compare with this in
economy are those which have similar
systems of charitable organization. The
proposition to turn the whole out door re-
lief over to the Union Relief association
throws upon the men and women who carry
the burden of this work additional responsi-
bilities, but we believe they would accept
them, if asked to do so. They would have
to appeal to .the property holders of the city
for somewhat larger contribution, and the
latter could well afford to take this added
insurance against paufierism and crime.
The managers of the nion Relief would
have to be on still more intimate terms than
now with the oversoers of the poor, as the.
latter would still be the legal representatives
of the city in all matters pertaining to the
rights of settlement. But this fact presents
no serious obstacle to men anxious to co-ope-
rate for a worthy object. As to the feasibil-
ity of abolishing all official out door relief,
there can be little doubt in cities of the size
of“ Springfield, when we see Brooklyn and
Philadelphia trying the same thing with suc-
cess. In 1875, the city of Brooklyn relieved
35,850 persons by out door relief at a cost of
$115,000, in 1877, 46,000 at a cost of $141,-
000; in 1878, it gave coal, but since 1878 has
not spent a dollar in pauper relicf’outside the
almshousc and hospital, and the number in
these two institutions has actually declined
in the interval, and the Brooklyn society for
improving the condition of the pool-[actually
spent only $17,335 in 1880 u_agalnst $24,383
in 1875. In 18,79 Philadelphia abolished out
door roller with similar results. Of course,
times have improved and people can more
readily obtain employment than formerly,
but they would not work so long as they
could get support from the public treasury.
We desire to commend the facts and in-
ferences embodied in the above to the care-
ful consideration of our citizens. There is
too much reason to believe that out-door re-
licf as managed by the selectmen of some of
our large towns is in too many instances
used as a means of making voters in the in-
terest of the dominant party, or at least is so
conducted as to afford direct encouragement
to idleness and unthrift. Take the town of
New Haven for example. Hundreds of
families are receiving out-door relief. Does
anybody suppose that careful inquiry is made
into the real condition of all these families
by personal visitation, or that serious effort
is made to compel those who are able bodied
to labor for their own support? If we are
not ready to adopt the change proposed in
Springfield, and which has already been suc-
cessfully inaugurated in other cities, we
should at least see to it that some reform is
instituted. The selectmen of Hartford keep
a record alphabetically arranged of every per-
son receiving aid from the town in a book,_
open to the inspection of all who care to ox-
aminc.it, with an itemizpd statement of the
amount of relief afforded. This year they
include in their report—printed in pamphlet
form and freely circulated—a list of all or-
ders given with the names of the shopkeep-
ers on whom the orders have been drawn.
Have our selcetmen ever furnished to our
citiz’ens [these facilities for knowing how and
for whose benefit the public money was ex-
pended, ostensibly to relieve the sufferings
of the poor? In it not a significant fact that
while the amount paid by Hartford for out-
‘door relief has been steadily diminishing for
years, the amount expended for New Haven
, has been steadily increasing? It seems to us
that there ‘ is something in all this which
should arrest the attention and awaken the
vigilance of our tax—payers.
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Marriages and Deaths inserted gratuitously.
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All unusual cuts and devices 25 per cent. extra.
Bw’fikfi‘mfi" ‘ '
iflSfiflE’ifl, -35 Doses
35 cents. A Mothers’
remedy for sleepless and irritable;
Children. The Recipe of Old Df. '
Pitcher, Free from Morphine, and
not Narcotic. F ormula published
with each bottle. For Flatulency,
assimilating the food, Sour Stomach,
Feverishness, Worms, and Disor-
dered Bowels, Castoria. has the largn
est sale of any article dispensed by
Druggists.
Wei De. Meyer
WEI DE MEYER’S GATARRH
Cure. a. Constitutional ,Anfldote for
this terrible malady, by Absorption.
SPURTS of disgusting Mucous,
Snufles, Cr Pains in the
Head, refill Breath, Double”, and '
any Gutarrhul Complaint, can be
exterminator! by We! Do Meyer’-
Catarrh Cure. The most important
Discovery since Vaccination. Other
remedies may relieve Cuturrh, this
cures at any stage before Consump-
tion sets in.
One package generally suffices.
Delivered by Druggists, or by D. B.
Dewey & 00., 182 Fulton St., N315.
81.00 complete. Treufiseund 113-,
murka'ble statements by the cured.
mulled free.
carious
[Lniment
The most Powerful,
Penetrating and Pain-relieving
remedy ever devised by man. It
soothes Pain, it allays inflammation,
it heals Wounds, and it cures
RHEUMATISM,
Sciatica, Lumbago, Scalds,
Burns, Stiff Joints, Cuts, Swell-
ings, Frost bites, Quins‘ey, Salt
Rheum, Itch, Sprains, Galls, and
aneness from any cause. Suf~
ferers-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 LIN'IMENT
brings relief when all other Lini-
tions have failed.
M
A. H. BALDWIN, M. D.,
Huuuuuathu Plusuuluu ti Surueuu
Ofilcc corner of Main and Wall Streets, over If.
S. Betts’ DrugStorc.
Office Hours from 8 to 9:30 a. m., 1 to 3 and
7 to 8 n. m.
Slates at Hanlord Sr. Osborn’s, East Norwalk,
and at D. Beers, Jr . South N orwalk. Calls b
Telephone at: Bctts’ Drug Store promptly atten -
ed to. 1y23
L. N. PHINNEY, M. D.,
Residence andofiice, No. 62 Wall Street.
Ofilcc 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 Plaistcd’s Drug Stores, So. Norwalk.
CHARLES W. MANY,
. Surgeon Dentist.
NORWALK, CONN.
Office corner of Main and WallSti-eets. Nitrous-
Oxido Gas administered.
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregationalist Church
Teacher of
Plano-Forte. Organ and Musical
Compositionf,
Lock Box 39, P. 0., NORWALK. CONN.
The N orwalk Dye Works
ARE now in successful operation. Ladies’ and
Gents’ Garments Dyed, Cleaned or Secured
in best possible manner, Without-injury to cloth.
Any shade of color produced which may be de-
sircd. Work well done and . rices reasonable.
Goods can be left at the Mi liner and Fancy
Store of the MISSES ST. JOHN, 33 um St., Nor-
walk, or at MES. H. KREIGER’S Milllnery. 39tl
BERNARD COHN,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
WEEK’S BUILDING, WALL sun.
' A FULL mm: or
Imported and Domestic Cloths
of the latest styles,constantl on hand. Novel-
ties in Scotch Sailings. Satis action guaranteed
in every particular. 4b
w. a. antitrust),
General "Furutuhuu tinteutalur,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R. DEPOT.
“Orders attended to day or night. Residence
Main Street, 3 doors from Union Avenue,
People’s Market,
No. 19 MAIN STREET,
HE very best of BEEF, delivered daily to
our customers. Also, in their season, Veal.
Lamb. Mutton, Pork, 550.. at the lowest
Market Rates. Vegetables and _Frlilu a full
Afresh and vagied supply daily receiivcd. Market
wa on settle out town ever mom 1: .
3 JAMES E.§VIXSON.
J. Bcldcn Hurlbutt,
'lttutneu aui Counsellor at Law,
Room No. 4, Up Stain,
A. H. BYINGTON, J. B. ELLS, G. N. ELLS .
ments, Oils, Extracts and Embroca- «
invite the attention of the public to their-complete
' stock of
Pure Medicines and Drugs,-
cnd a full line of
TOILET & FANCY ARTICLE.
Also dealers in
Pure Winesén Liquors for
Mediéinal Purposes. .
Careful attention paid to the dispensing of ph
y.
sicians' prescriptions. 23
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. VOL. LXV..-leiR--2
EAL ESTATE.
I AM
my.
partments to Let.
N the Brick Houses on Leonard street. ‘In-
quire at LEONARD’S COAL OFFICE.
To Let.
OUR rooms suitable for offices on the 2nd floor
of Gazette Building at a very low figure.
For full particulars enquire of
BENJ. J. STURGES. Agt.
No. 4 Gazette Building.
Norwalk, Ct.,Sept. 5, 1881. 36
For Sale.
a '1‘ South Nor-walk, half a mile from the depot,
the late residence of A. ll.Snowden, known
as “Clifiwood.” Large Villa House, substantial—
ly built, in good order, eleven rooms, cellar 9nd
attic, large .parlor with bay windows beautiful
tower, carnage house, barn and stable. attractive
rounds. finey shaded With fruit and forest trees.
' erms to, suit. Apply to A. C. SNOWDEN, on
the remiscs, or to REV. ll. B. SNOWDEN 81
St. ark‘s Place, Brooklyn, N. Y 84ft
DENTISTRY.——Dr. C. H. Kendall can and
will Extract Teeth better and cheaper than
any Dentist in Norwalk. lyl
N0 TRIPLE COMINATION!
A LL branches of Dentistry performed at rea-
. sonablc prices, and the best of materials
used. All work warranted, Extracuugflfic.
Office and Residence. Wset Avenue,adjoming
Methodist Parsonage, Norwalk.
Open Evenings.
GOODELL a PAIGE,
COUNSELORS AT LAW,
Sword’s Building. SOUTH NORWALK, CONN,
EDwiuB.GoonELr., (37m ALLAN W. PAIGE.
Notice.
DR. III'I'CI'IGOGK HA8 REMOVED
To the corner of West Avenue and Berkeley
Place, third house below the Methodist
Church.
Office Hours from 7 to 9 a, m., 2 to 3. and 7 to 8
p. m.
Purchasing Aunt and Messenger,
THE subscribers will act as Purchasing Agents
and Messengers between Norwalk and N ew
York, daily. Or are and packages received at
Theodore Knapp’s, South N orwalk, and Bene-
dict’s News Room, Post Office, Norwalk.
EDWIN K. SELLECK, with 'James McCreci-y c
00., takes 6 o’clock (mm.
D. R. SELLECK, takes 7:45 can. train.
The Hawaii Fire insurance 80.,
Bus now completed its
18th Successful Business Year.
And has not outstanding a. Dollar of unpaid losses
or of claims for losses.
It] til I!" GDMPAIY IISIIIIESAT “Will IAIES.
Wx. C.S'rnnn’r, Pres., S. E. Onusrn‘An, Trees.
Gqui. CownlsSeo’y.
TNA 1 NSUBANCE Co.of‘HABTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $6,716,893.77
Insures against loss and damage by Fire, or: terms
adopted to the hazard and consistent With the
laws of compensation. COWLES .l'a MERRILL,
Sole Agents for Norwalk and Vicinity.
HABLES S. LOCKWOOD ,
Fashionable Draper anti Tailor
AND
GENTS ' FURNISHING EMPOEIUM
Mainstreet ,Norwalk.Conn.
PURE MILK.
Delivered in Norwalk and South Norwalk, at
your door, every morning
AT 7 CENTS PER QUART,
By REMSON BROS.
Geo. Ward Iclleck,
Has in his New Store,|
HARDEIIMDI’S HEW Illlfl, "All. STREET,
A complete assortmentof the best class of
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, FRUITS:
gthfor family nsc,at Popular Prices. - His stock
is at. all times fresh and good. and will stand com-
parison with those of any Grocer in town. Call
in andleavc your orders. ' 28ft
THE MODEL
Hair Dressing&Bath Rooms
Wall Street, Up Stall-s.
cleanliness, Comfort, Artistic Workmanship and
gentlemanly Attendance are leading features of
this establishment.
E. APELL, Proprietor.
Notice.
HE subscriber would announce that he has
disposed of his well-known Liverysmble
and equipments to his son Elm-ace L. Dann, who
Will hereafter run the establishment himself.
Grateful and thankful for the long continued
patronage bestowcc upon him by the public. the
subscriber would request a continuance of the
sums to his successor, feeling confident that he
wrll merit anddes crve the confidence of the pub-
lic generally.
WILLIAMVE. DANN.
Norwalk. Oct. 4th. 188]. '
PENSIONS.
Pensions and Bounties got for
all Soldiers of my own and other
Regiments, &c.
W. H. NOBLE,
BRIDGEPOBT, CONN.
Staufuuit Nulyuil Telephone Co
“31"!" SIIISIIIIIIEIIS IIE ICIWALE, II SPEAK-
llfl EfiMMllIIIIATIIII 'l’fl DATE.
Adams Bros. - - - Market
.Adams Express,so. Norwnlk - Ofilce
Adams. Leroy - - - Market
' Bank, Fairfield Co.Nat - Ofilce
Beard, E - - - Residence
Benny. J. P. & Bros. : - Office
Betta, H. S. - - - Dru nist
Burke. W.C., M. D. - - lllcc
Byington, A. H. it Go. - Gazette Olllce
Clarke, E. C , M. D - - Residence
Comatock Bros. - — N orwalk
Coinstock Bron. - South Norwalk
Crotut & Knapp, ~ - 1 Upper Olllce
Crofut A: Knapp, 3 Lower Office
D. At N. R. It. _- - Freight Ofilcc
D. & N.B. R. - . Coal Dock
Dann, Horace E. - - - Stable
Donovan Jerry - - - Store
Earle, W. H. - - . Residence
Ferris, J. H. - - - ltcsidence
Ferris, J. H. Coal, Uppcrufilco
Ferris, J. ll, - - Coal, Lower Ofiice
Ferry, Mrs. O. S. 7 - - Residence
Fitch, Henry R - - Lumber. Yard
Gibson. A. S. ~ - - ' Besrdcnce
Gregory Bros. - - - Stable
Gregory,J. G., M. D. - Residcpcc
Gregory. J. G. & Co. - - Druggists
Hatch. Bailey 8; Co. - Planing Mill
Hat Forming Co. - - Office
Higgins, R. L., M. D. - Residence
Hill, E. J. - - Lumber Yard
Hitchcock. D., M. D. - Itcstdcnce
llolmcs Ar. Keclor - - Grocers
lloyt, l. M. PAY FEICE - Drug at
Hyatt. J. W. - ~ ~ — .0 cc
llyutt,.l. w. - - Residence
Keclcr, E. O. - - ' - Residence
llcndall,J. G., M, D. - - Restdencc
Leonard,C. T. a Son. - Coal East side
Leonard, C.'1‘. or San. - Coal, 'll cpl: side
Lockwood. W. A., M.D - Residence
Lockwood. F. St. John - Residence
Lounsbury &. Biasell Co. - ‘Ofilce
Mahackcmo Hotel. - - _0filce
Many. 0. w. - - Residciice
Meeker. I. A. 1% Co. - Drnggists
Miller, George E. - - Residence
Mitchell, W. a D. - - Meat Market
Nolan, 1!. G., M. D. - - Residence
North. G. S. - - - Gallery
N orwulk Gazette - - Office
Norwalk Hour . - - Office
Norwalk Iron Works - - Office
Nor-walk Look 00. - - Office
Norwulk Mills - . - - Office
Norwalk Savings Society - - Bank
Palmer, E. M. 00. - - Ofiicc
Purdce. E. V., M' D. - Residence
Phinncy,L.N., ill. D. - Residence
l’laisted, G. B. - - Druggist
Post Office. PAY OFFICE, - N oroton
Propeller Dock - - Norwalk
Prowitt, J. '1‘. - Hardware
ltandle, J. G., PAY OFFICE, - Store
Raymond oz Nickcrson - -. Store
Raymond, G. W. - - ReSidcncc
Raymond Brothers - Upper Office
Raymond Brothers - Lower-Office
Snud‘ilorth, L. W. - - Residence
Sherman, STJ. - - Resttlencc
Sherman, S. J. - - - Stable
Smith, W. H. at Go. - Hardware
Solmans, A. . - - Olllcc
Starr, 0. S. - - - Residence
Starr, Brothers - : Store
Steamboat Doek - South Not-walk
stillson. G. C. - - Druggist
St.Jolin, C. E. - ~ Residence
Trowbridzc,Chas. s. - - lllce
Western Union Telegraph - N orwalk
Western Union Telegraphfioutli Norwalk
Wilson, 8. B. - - Residence
Wood, Chas. N. - - Market
WESTPORT.
Jones, Oscar I.,I’AY OFFICE - TlnShop
Set of instruments, per year,
Two or more sets, per year, each,
Payable quarterly IN ADVANCE.
Messages to and from Pay Olllces, will be
charged 10 cents each. no matter; by whom the
mag be sent or received. Exception, store of .
$36
$0
PPRKE‘R'S" or
Farm for Sale.
HE subscriber will sell the wcl known David
St. John Farm with all~the Stock, Tools and
Growing Crops. Most of the price can remain on
mortgage. For full lparticulars address
22“ GEO. F. B LDEN, Winnipauk, Conn.
FOR SALE.
SEVERAL very desirable Building Sites for
Business 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 sa1e.
THE well known pro crty of WILLIAM C.
S'rnku'r. situated oil _ ugh Street, in the Bor-
ough of Norwclk.contain_ing bile acre of ground
fronting on Eligh and Main. Streets. With commo-
dlous Dwelling House. With all the modern im-
provements, largo Burn, and out buildin s, and
one-hall of smal house on Main Street. or fur
ther particulars enquire of BU RR SMITH, Agen 3.
Norwalk. April 11th, l881. , 15¢!
For Sale.
A House and about one acre
of Land on' Prospect Hill, .
Ma be had on reasonable terms. A pl to
y . W. STIIABT
N orwalk, Mai-ch 16th,‘1881. 12c:
A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS willbny
. _ a. small place on the hill_east of Winnipau
lacing the onnsbury &_Bissell Factory. A
chance for a poor man tosecnre charm: of his
own. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE. ‘ th
Farm for Sale.
HE subscriber offers his Farm for sale, situa-
ted in the Town of Greenfield, in Saralogu
00., ln the sluts of New York, nine miles from
Sauatoga Springs. It is pleasontly situated on
a rise qr ound, 95 acres of land, which in favor-
ably diVided iuto pasture. plow, meadow and
woodland; With a. large house; the size of the
barn 30 by 40, wagon house and stabllng, hay loft
over the same, 23 by 43, and graiuery 16 by 18.
Will be sold cheap; part of the purchase money
can l‘ell‘ll'lnffln mortgaget if (Feml‘cdilfr wiflex-
c huge orVi age proper . or nr or a mu-
SFLAS P. TUTl‘ILE,
lars inquire of
“51 N orwalk. Conn,
Des1rable Property for sale.
A Very desirable place on East Avenue.
Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue. for sale cheap.
Also. a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
vin Street near West Avenue. for sale at a. bar-
gain, Enquire or
S. E. OSBORN,East Avenue,
cm or to D. W, Fitch, W est Avenue.
Small Place for Sale.
A SMALL, two-story House, with one acre of
Land, near BroadRiver Bridge, is offered
for sale at a low price, to close an estate. En-
quire at the GAZETTE OFFICE. (it:
For Sale.
Acosy, comfortable Cottage on once! the pleas-
antest streets in town, within five minutes
walk of the Bridge or Churches, will be sold at
low price. A portion of the purcbase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price 87,000. En-
quire ct this Office.
For Sale Cheap.
Better than low interest Bonds.
A House on Fair Street.
Apply to B. J. Sturgcs.
D W ELLINGS
AND
Building Lots.
SEVERAL dwellings, various, prices in differ-
ent portions of orougli, either to let or for
sale at reasonable prices. Also gevernl places.
eutsidc of Borough limits—one in Winnipauk,
Also several Building lots in and outpl‘ Borough
:149 Enquire at this Office.
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Hour of Prayer.
It is the evening hour
And thankfully,
Father, Thy weary child
Has come to Thee.
I lean my aching head
Upon Thy breast,
And there, and only there,
I am at rest.
Thou knowest all my life,
Each petty sin;
Nothing is bid from Thee,
Without, within.
All that I have or am .
Is wholly Thine ;
So is my soul at peace,
For Thou are mine.
To morrow’s dawn may find
Me here. or there;
It matters little, since Thy love
In everywhere.
-.-Ecenmg Post.
LOSS.
Only so much the less—
One heart has fallen away-—
It lock no light from the sun,
No splendor out‘of the day.
The sunshine seems the same,
And the opal tints on the sea,
And the golden rod's yellow flame,
Yet something has gone from me.
One heart, one heart the less!
When I name the names of friends—
One love that was born to bless
In a mirage of falsehood ends.
The sunshine seemsthe same,
And the opal tints on the see,
And the golden rod's yellow flame,
Yet something has gone from me.
—Mary Olemmrr.
m
A Fishing Parson.
In a quiet village, far away,
The pulpit was vacant many a day.
Candidates came from far and near,
Every Sabbath for nearly a year.
Some , were too awkward; some preached
with ease; °
But no one was able them all to please
At length there came from a distant place
A man of casual power and grace.
His frame was strong and his eye was clear,
And all were pleased who came to heat.
“This is our man i" said the elder: all,
And old and young united to call.
The call was accepted, and early in May
The new person came with his household to
. Slay ;
But after the toil of the settling down
In his pleasant home in the little town,
The person was one day seen to stroll
Across the street with his basket and pole,
And take his way o‘er field and brake,
To a rip'ling stream that entered the lake
Just below the town. “What does it mean?"
Asked the gossips and all who him had seen.
“A fishing parson!" exclaimed the men.
“How could we so deceived have been i"
The Bpinsters said : “ ’Twu a shame and lin-
A pamm to be engag-ed in
Such worldly sports l"- ’Twu late in the do]; -
When the person took his homew'ud vny,
With well-filled basket, and better still,
A glowing cheek and a healthful thrill,
Caused by the blood that flowed through his
veins ‘
As torrents flow after summer rains.
Some said. with boldness: “They nevomorc
Could respect and love him ubefore."
“ A fishing parwn! Who ever heard
0f nfidu’ng man who preached the Word ?"
Thus spake the elders and demons and all.
And before them at once the person they call
“A painful duty,” the eldest slid.
Devolves upon us.” and shook his head
In a serious way. .“Never before,
For eight and seventy years or more,
“Have we as a church been called upon
To reprovo our pastor for what he has done:
“You went a—llshing the other day,
We think it unseemly in every my.
“’Twill injure the. cause with the young and
"he ”Yr
’ Tia scandalous! What have you to my?" .
A smile came over the psi-son's face,
As he rose to respond with becoming grace.
He spake of Peter and brethren three.
Who once went fishing on Galilee.
“These were the men that the Master chose
To carry His gospel to friends and foes."
He spake of Bethune and he spoke of Todd—-
“Fishing Parsons!” but men of God.
“Fishing persons 1" yet better men
To preach the Word and wield the pen
The church has not known formally a day,
They loved to preach, they loved to pray;
Not their Lord the less because as well
They loved the mountain stream and dell.
“And as for myself; can boldly any
I preach the better, from day to day,
“For the strength I gain in my walks shout,
While eating my fly for the speckled trout.
“And when in the forest, alone, oppressed,
God speaks to me and I am bloat."
No more was said, but as time rolled on
The pews in the church filled, one by one.
And as never before, from far and near,
The people flocked to the church to hear ’
“Thefishfnp Parson I" for so he was known
By boys and girls and men lull-grown.
And It Itngth the meeting-house, which be-
fore
Had held them all, with room for more,
Become so crowded that ere the fall
An effort was let on foot by Ill
To build a new house, with ample room
For all the people who wished to come.
And though the years rolled swiftly by
The the still glowed in thc'pcnon’l eye;
And he often said in his pleasant way,
As he labored on from day to day,
The person lived long, and rejoiced to think
or the scale that were saved from Ruin'a
brink. ' '
True fisher of men ! be had tried to be—
As faithful as those of Galilee.
"l'was at eighty and threennd preaching still
And serving his Master with heart and will,
That the welcome summons at last was Fl'lll.
To call him home in In banishment
And this they cut on .his tomatone deep,
When he at last had “fallen to sleep 2"
"Here Zi'cth thefiolling ”MP and then,
"His master made him afialm- ofmmx'
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