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Tuesdayflanuary 17. 1882.
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Que] Dommage ? "
It was just Cousln' Jack, and so—what was
the harm ? .
We sat on the steps, for the evening was
warm ;
We spoke very, softly, and—as to his arm,
It was just Cousin Jack, and so—what was
the harm '1’
- The scent of the hay-fields crept up from the
farm,
We Were quite in the dark, save the fire-
flies swarm
(It was jllzt Cousin Jack, and so—what was
the harm 1’) » ' ‘='- >
A bird from the hedge whirling up, broke
the charm;
He beat, as I started in foolish alarm,
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was the harm?
——Eleanor Putnam, in The Comm-y “Brio-a
Brae."
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If? We give place to the following able
letter from that veteran, editor, publicest,
and patriot Thurlow Weed, because it em-
bodies more crisp wisdon and congealed
common sense than anything and all the
things we have seen printed on the engross-
ing subject of civil service—Ens. GastTs.
Civil Servi—c; Reform.
' a Letter from Thin-low Weed.
THE DEMANDS OF CIVIL SERVICE REFORM-
ERS REVIEWED—DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THEORY AND PRACTICE -INDUSTRY A CURE
FOR OFFICE-SEEKING-EVILS OF THE COM-
PETITIVE SYSTEM—LESSONS FROM RE-
CORDS OF THE PAST.
To the Editor of The Tribune :
Sim—When men of sense, like Senator
Dawes, bring their minds to bear on the
question of Civil Service Reform, they dis-
cover the difierence between theory and
practice. Muddled politicians and journals
for the last year or two wasted time and
paper in demands for. utterly impracticable
“Civil Service Reform." What Senator
Dawes has written and promises to write is
doinglmuch toward correcting the erroneous
impressionsleft upon the popular mind by
the theories of very well meaning but very
much mistaken writers and speakers. All
that has been practically attempted by “com-
petitive examinations" simply proves that the
New York Collector and Postmaster relieve
themselves from a heavy tax upon their time
and patience by turning battalions of office-
seekers over to “competitiveexaminations,”
where four out of every five-gueatibns asked
have no relation «to thej duties to be
performed. A highly intelligent and indus-
trious man of :irreproachable'charabtcr lost
an appointment as letteucarr‘ier because he
9
was unable to say how many feet above the.
sea a particular mountain measured, and on
what day of the month the City of Wash-
ington was captured by the British. The
probability is that Guiteu could have apawer-
ed both of those questions. At any rate,
_ competitive examinations place subordinate
offices within the-reach of those who can an-
swer the greatest number of idle conundrums,
the chances of success being largely in favor
of adventurers. ‘ 4 ‘
The “Civil Service Reform" idea was inau-
gurated during General Grant’s Administra-
tion. One of its chief apostles headed a
commission to work out this modern politi-
cal miracle. There was a good deal said,
but nothing done. President Hayes in his
letter of acceptance and in his message
avowed himself an ardent Civil Service Be.
former. In a pleasant and familiar conver-
sation with him in this city, I ventured to
assure him that he would not only find the
Civil Service Reform theory impracticable,
but that he would himself violate it in the
very first appointment he would make. I
then added in explanation that if this new
idea was sound,it would apply with emphasis
to the diplomatic service: that Mr. Wash.
burns in his. eight years’ residence abroad
discharging important duties :with eminent
success had acquired information and exper-
ience which could not fail in the future and
to render his continucd residence abroad
important to his country. And yet, in dis.
regard of thesezconsiderations, Washburns
would be recalled for the purpose of giving
the place to a personal and political friend
as a reward for effective services rendered in
the then recent Presidential canvass. Mr.
Washburn's recall and Governor Noyes’ ap-
pointment ‘ confirmed this anticipation.
While, however, “Civil Service" was thus
stultified, Governor Noycs' appointment was
ln all respects a proper and creditable one.
The next and most brilliant achievement in
favor of “Civil Service Reform” under the
Hayes Administration, was conceived and
executed in the belief that a political regen-
eration could be effected in this State. Mr.
Cornell, the Naval Officer of this Port, was
asked to resign the chairmanship of the Re-
publican State Committee,i.;‘thc:holding. of
which broughthim intoconfiict withith'e?
much-needed:‘neform'lof the ' Civil- Service:
General Arthur,- the Collector, was supposr d
to beast ih‘sympaihy with the Civil Service,
Reforfhipulicy :of the 3 Administration. Mr.
Comeil-bfi'eredtwwithdraw from the State
Committee-‘ns‘siiodasl'tbe meeting of the
State Confection ofiered him an opportunity
to resignr.‘t.EI-‘hir", however, did not satisfy
the requirements of “Civil Service Reform."
When the Secretary of State came to New
York for the purpose-of selecting successors
to the Collector and-Naval Officer, in two
interviews with that gentleman I endeavored-
to show that the reasons for such removals.
were inaufilcicnt and would be so regarded
concluding my last conversation with the
prediction that one of. these. victims. . o'f
“ ivil Service Reform" would bit-elected
Governor of the Stateand ths $ther United
States Benton; Mr’.‘ Cornell was elected
Governor, and General Arthur 'would have
been chosen United States Senator lif he had
not been nominated for Vice-president.
Agalh, the resignation of Mr. Dutcher as
General Appraiser left that office vacant.
Here was an opportunity, by the promotion
of a subordinate appraiser of capacity and
experience, of carrying out “CiVll Service
Reform" principles. But instead of doing
that, President Hayes again confounded his
precept by, this example in transplanting Mr.
Howard from Ohio to New York. This
gentleman's fitness for the duties of General
Appraiser consisted in his having been a
. newspaper correspondent and the author of
a campaign “Life of Rutherford B. Hayes,”
the Republican candidate for President. Mr.
Howard has punctuated his Civil Service
Reform principles by arbitrarily removing
experienced, capable and trustworthy sub-
ordinates. . ,
“Lisa TaNoan" AND Tris “SPOILB SYSTEM."
The demand made by Civil Service Re-
formers for life tenure in office conflicts with
the vital principles of our form of govern-
ment. The consideration, in favor of limit-
ed tenures for EXecutive and Congressional
ofiices, were so cogent and clear that nothing
was left for the advocating of life, or even
longf, tenures to stand on. It was then urged
that all power resided in the people. The
stability of the Government and the respon-
sibility of representatives depended upOn
frequent elections. So much has been writ-
ten and said in denunciation of thc.“spoils"
system. that-few, if any, are bold enough to
attemptsdefence of what, when properly
understood, is entirely defensible. With
Governor Marcy’s explanation, fair-minded
men will admit that the “spoils" about which
parties contend justly belong to the “vic-
tors." In a canvass for State ofilccrs are not
the "spoils" awarded to the “victors”?
When an election ,is decided tin favor of
Republican candidate for Governor, Lieu-
tenant-Governor, Secretary of State, COntroll-
er,Treasurcr, State Engineer, etc., do not
these gentlemen step into the offices occupied
by Democrats ? And in these cases are not
'ashamed to work, and consequently every-
body prospered. To such influences Utica
:Was indebted for an impulse the effects of
. which proved equally auspicious and endur-
‘ing. Very recently there died a Venerable
‘Though a president of a bank, a director in
If this point be conceded, as it must be, why
should candidates for the subordinate offices
in the same department be refused their share
of the rewards of victory? “Rotation in
ofiice" was formerly a doctrine avowed and
acquiesced in by both parties. In earlier
days the first political lesson impressed upon
the youthful mind was that every American
elector was eligible and might aspire to the
offices of honor and profl under the Gov—
ernment. The elector, therefore, who as-
pires to a subordinate office, as a reward for
political service, is as well entitled to his
place as those who seek the higher positions ;.
and no man since the organization of the
Government ever reached the Presidency
except as a reward for his military or po-
litical services. Alld all this is just us it
should be. No party has ever made indis-
criminate removals from office. Men found
to be exceptionally well qualified for the
discharge of clerical or other duties are sel-
dom removed. A careful examin Ition in the
various departments of the National and of
our State Government will fully vindicate
this assertion. Take, for example, Mr.
Hunter, Chief Clerk in the State Department
at Washington, who, has held his, position
half a century. Mr. Forester, who was ap-
pointed to a clerkship in our Post Office by
Samuel L. Gouverneur in 1824, instead of
being victimized by the "spoils" system, has
been from time to time promoted, and is still
doing good service, having been in the post.
office fifty-six years. Lambert Tree, who
recently resigned on account of age and its
infirmities. had been in the postal service at
Washington almost halfa century. Tha late
Charles P. Clinch was Deputy~Collector for
forty years, and, though always a Democrat,
served through every Whig Administration
and until at the earnest request of his sister,
Mrs. A. T. Stewart, he was induced to re-
sign. Archibald Campbell, the Deputy
Secretary of State, and Philip Phelps, the
Deputy Controller, both beld offices, always
voting;thc Democratic ticket, through every
Whig and Republican Administration, dying
finally in their harness. There are numbers
of Whig and Democratic clerks in the New
York Custom House and Post Office, who
have been left undisturbed through half a
dozen Administrations.
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS.
Nor is the claim that subordinate offices
are better filled by competitive examinations
well founded. Two-thirds of all the “com-
petitivc" questions asked may be answered
without hearing in the slightest degree upon
the candidate’s fitness for the duties he is
called to discharge; and, what is worse,
after the conundrums have been answered,
they furnish no guarantee for industry, fidel-
ity or honesty. Your sharp-witted fellow
often lacks the better elements of character.
Under none of the “competitive examina-
tions” held at the Custom House or Post
Ofilce during the last two or three years
would Cemmodore Vanderbilt, Dean Rich-
mond and George Law have been found
qualified to discharge the duties of a custom
house night-watchman or a post office letter-
carrier. And yet those three gentlemen were
confessedly- among our most intelligent, enter-
prising and successful business men.
Let it be kept in mind that those who pro-
fess to be governed by these rules are con-
stantly violating them. During several
months immediately preceding the last Re-
publican National Convention, a large num-
ber af custom house appointments were
made in utter disregard of “competitive ex-
amination.”
I have not yet seen, in all that has been
written on this subject, any reference to the
real difficulties which occasion serious em-
barrassment in the appointment of subordi-
nate public servants. That difficulty, simple
and apparent as it is, has been entirely over-
looked. It has its origin in our universally
demoralized domestic education. Fifty years
ago, as a rule almost without exception, our
youth learned from their guardian parents
or guardians that their future welfare and
happiness depended largely upon themselves;
that if they grew up industrious and honest,
they would become useful, respected and
independent. Parents prepared their sons
sons for occupations to which their tastes,
habits and inclinations pointed. The various
industries of the country furnished occupa-
tions for all; the largest number became
either mechanics or farmers. In our com-
mercial cities thousands became sailors; some
were educated for clerks; while others, giv-
ing promise of usefulness if not eminence,
were sent to college to become lawyers, phy-
sicians or clergyman. '
Now, apprenticeships are things of the
past. Who now knows or hears anything
about indented apprentices? Whose sons
now learn trades, work first as journeymen,
become wealthy as master mechanics, and
then rise to representative and executive
honors and responsibilities? Sixty-eight
years ago the then village of Utica was dis-
tinguished for the number, intelligence, in-
dustry, social and moral worth of its indus-
trial classes. The tailor, the shoemaker, the
cabinet-maker, the batter, the builder, etc.,
etc., were recognized as equals of the mer-
chants and professional men. Nobody was
and eminent citizen of Utica, distinguished
not more for his industry, outcrprisc and ill-
tegrity, by means of which he acquired
wealth, than for the discriminating judgment
and the benevolence of heart with which that
wealth was devoted to'educational,charif.able
and religious objects. Theodore S. Fexton,
the subject of this tribute,, commenced life
in Utica seventy years ago as a stage driver.
many important business companies, a pio-
user in express, railway and gas enterprises,
and Mayor of the City of Utica, he would,
if subjected to a “competitive examination,”
have failed to obtain an appointment as letter
carrier.
INDUSTRY A CURE FOR OFFICE-SEEKING.
Civil Service Reform will prove wholly
ineffectual until salutary reforms shall have
been effected in the domestic education of
rising generations. Until young men grow
up with the knowledge that: their success
in life depends upon their becoming idonti--
fled with some of the various industries of
the country, Government departments will
be besieged by importunate office-seekers.
In a country developing as rapidly as ours,
there is employment for all who are willing
to work. In the beginning, however, it need
be, w‘e must work hard for small pay. Those
who are diligent and trustworthy, commenc-
ing at the lowest, rise to the topmost round
of the ladder. Examples are alike numerous
and distinguished. Benjamin Franklin was
a journeyman printer, working at his trade
in Boston, then in Philadelphia, and finally in
London. Roger Sherman, the signer of the
Declaration of Independence, was a shoe-
maker. Henry Wilson, United States Sen-
ator and Vice-President, served his time as a
shoemaker’s apprentic nd worked several
years as a journeyman shoemaker. Abraham
Lincoln worked on a farm and was a deck-
hand on a Mississippifiat-boat. J Oseph Henry,
the distinguished scientist and head of the
Smithsonian Institution was a silversmith’s
apprentice at Albany... Andrew Johnson, a
member of both Houses of Congress, Vice-
President and Presidentof theUnited States,
was a tailor. Millard Fillmore, member of the
Legislature, Controller of the State, member
of Congress, Vice-President and President
of the United States, was an apprentice in a
Cayuga County fulling mill. Obediah Ger-
man, speaker of the House of Assembly and
United States Senator, was a Chenango
County farmer. George W. Patterson,
Speaker of the House of Assembly, Member
of Congress and Lieutenant-Governor of the
State, was a farmer and fanning-mill maker.
John Taylor, Lieutenant-Governor of the
State, president of the State Bank, and for
many years a wealthy and influential citizen,
commenced life as a day-laboring street
paver in Albany. Azariah ‘,C= Flagg, an in-
fluential member {of our Legislature, State
(date for Mayor.
York, was a printer. Among the best May-
ors of our city were Stephen Allen, a sail-
maker; Gideon Lee, a tanner; James Harper,
a printer; William 'F. Havemeyer, a sugar
refiner. Jacob Westervelt was a ship car-.
pcnter. George Peabody, who gave half a
million of dollars to the poor of London,
and a million for educational purposes in
his own country, was a New England work-
ingman.
An equally illustrious example will be
found in the business history and enlightened
philanthrophy of the venerable Peter Cooper
whose remarkable intelligence through a
long life-was rewarded with a fortune with
which he is now fitting thousands of both
sexes for occupations that will render their
lives prosperous, useful and happy. Leland
Stanford, the son of aWatervliet farmer, and
some twenty-five years ago one of the Whig
“Boys," instead of seeking office at Albany
'took Mr. Greeley’s advice and went “west,”
where he embarked in useful enterprise, ac-
quired great wealth, and was elected Gov .,_
nor of California. He is new president of the
Central Pacific Railroad, and one of the best
known and most highly esteemed and hos-
pitable citizens of that State. A farmer's
son, while digging potatoes in the town of
Putney, Vermont, concluding that there
must be something better in store for him,
made up his mind to try his fortune in
Montreal, where at the age of sixteen be
obtained employment as a porter in a whole-
sale warehouse. Two ycars afterward, find-
ing him industrious,capable and trustworthy
his employer sent him to the Far West as an
employs in a fur company. Soon afterward
Mr. John Jacob Astor, upon the recommen-
dation of Ramsey Crookes, availed himself
of young Lampson’s services, first among the
Indians, then in New York, and finally as
his agent in London. The Vermont farmer
boy is now Sir Curtis Lampson, among the
wealthiest and best esteemed London bank-
ers. For his active co-operation with our
indomitable fellow-citizen Cyrus W. Field
in linking England ‘snd«America by means of
a submarine cable, Queen Victoria confrred
the hon or of knighthood upon Mr. Lamp-
son. ‘
Thus munificently, in the earlier and better
,days of our history, were industry, perse-
verance, capacity and integrity rewarded.
Kindred rewards await those who imitate
these examples. And when our young men,
stimulated as their predecessors were, resolve
to rely under Providence upon their strong
arms, clear heads and honest hearts for the
support of themselves and their families, we
shall all experience a grateful sense of relief
from the importunities of office seekersmoney
borrowers and street beggars.
Among the agencies best calculated to re-
lieve the Civil Service would be to add me-
chanical training as a feature in our common
schools. Among those now seeking in vain
for employment are many who. urge their
knowledge of several lgguages. If instead of
such qualifications our boys were taught me-
chanical trades, they would have no difficulty
in finding employment.
Tris rssua IN BROOKLYN.
Theoretical “Civil Service Reform” is
about to be put to a severe test in our neigh-
boring city. The Republicans of ,Brooklyn,
after an earnest, zealous and .. ell-organized
canvass, elected Mr. Seth Low their candi-
Mr. Low is strongly com-
mitted in a recent public lecture to all the
“Theories of Civil Service Reform.” The
Mayor—elect has a liberal share of patronage.
The question which he will be called on to
decide is, whether ardent, influential, capable
and trustworthy Republicans, to whose ef-
forts hc is indebted for his high office, will
receive their reward, or whether they are to
be turned over in common with a horde of
mercenaries to the capricious and arbitrary
results of a “competitive examination.”
This will bring things to a square issue. If
competent and deserving Republicans receive
what they are so well entitled to, their share
of the “spoils,” the Republican party of
Brooklyn, strong and united, will be prepared
to enter with renewed zeal and confidence
into another canvass. On the other hand, if
Mayor Low, in the dispensation of his
patronage, confers appointments upon the
“shyster "who are mostexpert in answering
irrelevan , impracticable and absurd ques-
tions, his triumph will boja brief and barren
one, while the Republicans of Brooklyn in the
next campaign will be as cold, indiflercnt and
heartless as the leaders by whom they have
been defrauded of their rights.
The evil complained of, therefore, arises
not from the methods of appointment, but
from the constantly increasing number of
applicants. The remedies proposed are im—
practicable and .impossible—impossible be
cause,members of Congress will not vote for
laws which would inevitably prevent their
re-elcction. That the evil exists no one will
deny. The real and only remedy will be
found in largely reducing the numbers of
candidates for subordinate ofilbes. When
rising generations learn to obey that “higher
law” ,which teaches us that bread is to be
earned by the sweet of our brow and that in
the office-seeking lottery there are nine blanks
to one prize, competitive examinations will
not bejn inquest.
CURRENT msoussroxs or run answer.
The Century, ill its two articles on Civil
Service Reform, is much more successful in
describing evils-than in suggesting practical
remedies. The strong point made is in con-
trasting the views of Representative Garfield
on this subject with those of President
Garfield. The Representative demanded,
with his accustomed earnestness, that ap-
pointments to office should be made by com-
petitive examinations, am; that the tenures
should be during good behavior; .but Presi-
dent Garfield, _when called upon to make
appointments, not only failed to reiterate
such views, but acted as every President
with a just sense of his responsibility to his
party and friends must and will act. When
the time arrives that Presidents of the United
States, Governors of States, Mayors of cities
and others, confer appointments by compet-
itive examinations or otherwise, without
inquiring whether the recipients are political
friends zor fees, the people will loose their
interest in elections, and our Government
will soon drift into a monarchy. We ought
to profit by a lesson with the memory of all
which the fate of a sister Republic teaches.
Louis Napoleon was elected President for a
limited term; but the people of France were
beguilcd into fatal errors of first making him
President for life, and then he made himself
Emperor. Our State was never better
governed than during the forty or more
years when the Whig and Democratic par-
ties were so equally divided that the utmost
watcbfulnessof one was required to prevent
the sucCcss of the other in every annual elec-
tion. The party in power was required to
render‘ a rigid account of 'its stewardship.
If mistakes in administration were made, or
if Jews were passed hostile to the general
welfare, the opposition availed themselves
of their vantage ground; the result being a
change of rulers, During the forty years
_rcferred to, thefpolitibal power of the State
changed from time to time by the election
of Yates, Van Burch, Throop, Bouck,
Wright, Marcy and Seymour of Democratic
Governors; and of Clinton, Seward, Fish,
Hunt, King, Clark,and Morgan as Whig
Governors. As often as the power changed,
active and influential friends, by whose ef-
ferts the State officers were elected,_received
their share of the “spoils." Removals, how-
ever, were neither sweeping nor indiscrimi-
nate, and instead of bowls for Civil Service
Reform, there/was a general acquiescence in
the fairness and propriety of the methods no
so vchementfy denounced. '
The North American Review contributes a
thoughtful. well-reasoned and exhaustive ar-
ticle, effectually exposing the fallacy of Civil
Service Reformers. I have no belief that
Congress will waste much time in the discus-
sion of these questions. If they, however,
be seriously pressed,I shall hope to hear again
from Mr. Dickson. ‘
NEW YORK, Dec, 26, 1881.
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WARE, .
sa'nc'racnus a: ENE GLASSES.
At A. W. AUSTIN’S Jewelry Store
Opera House Block. Norwalk, Conn.
0 THE GENERAL ASSERIIILY 01"
the State of‘Conslccucnt :— .
The petition of the New York and Connecticut
Air Line Railway Coulpnn y. It corporation under
and by virtue of the laws of tthlute of Connec-
ticut, having its office and princlpnlplacc of busi-
ness, at Norlvalk, in the County of Fulljflcld, re-
spectf'ull represents that said. corporation ls olr-
ganized or the purpose of buildingnrallroad in
the State of Connecticut. from the city of New
Haven to the Westerly boundary of the town or
Greenwich, as fullyset forth and shown by the
Articles of‘ Association of said Company, and
maps of said railroad on file in the office of the
Secretary of the State of' Connecticut. that the
rcposcu line of‘ said railroad crosses Westport
Elarbor near the lower dock of Horace Staples,
in the town 01 West-port, and also crosses the
Housatonlc River near thc I-esulence of Abraham
Lewis, in the town of Stratford, as more fully
shown by said maps on file. my mm,
Wherefore said petitioners pray that leave be
granted them to bridge said Westport Harbor and
the Housatouic River at the paints aforesaid .
Dated at Norwalk, the 22d day of December,188l.
The New York in Connecticut AlrLlne Railway
Co., by its President and authorized Agent.
S. E. OLMSTEAD.
On this foregoing etjtion of the New York &
Connectic-itAir Line {allway Company for leave
to bridge Westport Harbor and the Housatomc
River. it appearing to the undersigned Authority
that the same is of an adverse nature and that
the adverse party consists of more than twenty
individuals, it is heron ‘OItDEltED—That notice
thereof be given by pub lshlngI said petition and
this order of notice thereon t rec times in each
of the following newspapers published in Bfild_
County commencing on or before the 26th day of
December, 1e81, vizz—The Nouwamc GAZETTE,
The Brid gepoiitv Daily Standard, and the Bridge-
ort Evenin ammr.
I) Dntcd Ducgombel‘ 22, 188]. _
2 JAMES A. IIOVEY,
3t5
A Judge 0‘ the Superior Court.
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\qux/xn/xn/\WWAI\AAN\NV1
Freight Cheaper than Ever
BY PRODELLER LINE TO
N E W Y o n K .
t
The Propeller City of N orwalk
Will continue to make regular trips through the
winter—ice pcrmitting—bctweanorwalk Bridge
and New York touching at South Norwalk each
way to receive and deliver freight.
Freight received from and delivered at the
freightdepot of the Danbury «is Nor-walk Railroad
for all stations, also the Shcpnug Railroad.
H'Spcciulnrrangcmcnrs forfrcight to and from
New York can be made with this line 10 percent.
less than by the railroad.
Produce sold free of commission and returns
promptly made at the highest market rates.
[3' All persons urcforbidtrusting any of the
employees of‘ the boats of this line on account of
the owners thereof.
he? Meeker’s
Q 3;. I N E :
Schooner JOHN G. PERRY, Capt. Byxbec, will
hereafter make regular weekly trips between Nor-
walk and New York, stoppln g at South N orwalk,
lonvin g Meeker Bl-othcrs’ Wharf, N orwalk,evcry
Friday night. Freight taken on board atPIer
43 L. 11., foot of ltutgcht., New York, on MON-
DAYS and-TUESDAYS.
The Highest Market Rate- Paid for
Hay. Straw and Farmer’s Produce. by
A. J. MEEKEII dc BRO.
Norwalk, April,1880.
TAKE
fa
1' ' GREAT
BURLINGTON ROUTE.
WNO other line runs Three Through Pas-
senger Trains Dally between Chicago, Des
Moines, Council Bluffs, Omaha. Lincoln. St.
Joseph, Atohison, Topeka and Kansas City.
Direct connections for all points in Kansas,
Nebraska. Colorado. Wyoming. Montana, Ne-
vada. New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Oregon and
California.
The Shortest. Specdiest and Most Comforta-
ble Route via Hannibal to Fort Scott, Denison,
Dallas, Houston, Austin. San Antonio, Galves-
ton and all points in Texas.
The unequaled inducements offered by this
Linc to Travelers and Tourists, are as follows:
The celebrated Pullman (lo-wheel) Palace
Sleeping Cars. run only on this Line. 0.. B. 5:
Q. Palace Drawing-Room Cars. With Horton's
Reclining Chairs. NO extra charge for Seats
in Reclining Chairs. The famous C... B. 8: Q.
Palace Dining Cars. Gorgeous Smoking Cars
fitted with Elegant High-Backed Rattan Re-
volving Chairs for the exclusive use of first-
elass passengers. _ .
Steel Track and Superior Equi ment. com-
bined with their Great Through ar Arrange-
ment, makes this. above all others, thefavorito
grout: to the South, South~lVest, and the Far
cs .
Try it. and you will find traveling aluxury
Instead of a discomfort. ~
Through Tickets via this Celebrated Line
for sale at all offices in the United States and
Canada.
All information aboutRates of Fare, Sleep-=
ing Cur Accommodations. Time Tables, dlc..
will be cheerfully given, and will send Fm to
any address an elegant County Map of United
States. in colors, bfiaaplying to
J. Q. . BEA . en's Eastern Aaent. '
PERCEVAL LOWELL, Gen. l‘ass.Agt.CnIcago.
T. J. POTTER, Gen. Manager, Chicago.
annnhonns
ALL SIZES and COLORS,
NEATLY PRINTED
—~—A'l‘—~———— ‘
VERY LO W RATES,
—AT-—;
t'iIIZE'I'TE _ OFFICE.
DANBURY Gr NORWALR R. B
SUMMER ARBANGEMEN T.
CommencinIJunc 27,1881.
0 A I L If 'I‘ RAIN S
LeaveNorwalk Bridge/orDanbury .
9 32 a. m., Mail.
2 22 p. In. , Accommodation.
4 20 p. m.,N. Y. Express .
I5 01 p. m..Mnil.
8 07 a. m., Sunday Accommodation.
Arrive a tNorwalk Bridge/r om Danbury .
7 34a. m.,Mail..
8 52 p. m., N. Y. Express.
1 08 p. m., Accommodation .
5 1-1 p. m., Mail.
9 05 p. m., Freight.
9 00 p. m. Sunday Accommodation.
L .W.S ANDIFOR’I‘H ,5 up I. .
I!" IIIIII, IEVI “Hill I. HARTFORD RAIIIIDAD.
Trainslcgwc :80. N ortyalk for New York at 12 4's
8. In, Washington Ex.v1a Harlem River; 4 56. em;
5 18mm 5 2S, 5 50, 6 20, 7 25, 7 45 ex.; 9 04 ex.; 9 35,
10 31,11 45 ex. a.m.; 120, 2 56 cx.; a 30 ex.: 5 27 cx.;
6 20 cx.; 6 55, 9 18 p. m. ex. For New Haven, 1 36
ex.;.fi52, 8 56, 9 2lcx.;1048a.m.,l‘z 11 ex ; 1 43. 211
ex.; 4 19,ex.; l 52, 5 52,c.\'.; 6 32,cx.; 9 42, ll 01. ll 28
ex.: 11 50 ex. p. m.
For Springfield. ti 52, cx.9 21, 3.111.; 12 ll, cx.; 1 48,
211. 6 32_cx.; 11 01,11 50 p.m. Express/‘01 Boston
ma .8 rmgfield 9 21 a.m.1211, 11 50 p.m. Via New
Lon on,6 52, 9 21a.m., 211, 6 32, 11 28 p.m.
EW YORK .11: PHILADELPHIA NEW LINE
BOUND BROOK ROUTE '
FOR TRENTON AND PHILADELPHIA .
Commencing November 7,1881.
Leave New York from station U. R. R.of N.J.,
foot of Liberty St.,for Philadelphia. '
‘Nlnlll «It Green Streets, at 7:45, 9:30. 11:15 a.m.
1:30. I, 4:30, 5:30, 7, 12 p.m. On Sunday at 8:45 a.
m.5:30,1_2p. In.
For Third a Berks streets,at 7:45.11:15,a.m. 1:30,
4:30, 5:30, 7, p. m. 0n Sunda at 8:45 a. In.
For Trenton, Warren and ticker sts., 7:45.930,
11:15 a.m., 1:80, 4:00, 4.30, 5:30, 7:00, 12, p. in. Sun-
day 8:45, a.m., 5:30, 12 p. in.
Return trains IcachlllIadelllhia for New York:
From stations l’hila tr Beading Railroad.
Ninth A: Green Sts., at 7:30, 8:30. 9:30, 11, a.m., 1:15
3:45,5:40,6:~15, i2p.m. On Sunday at 8:30 it. 111.,
5:30. 12 p. m.
From Third [It Berks streets. 5:15, 8:20. 9:15 a.nl.,
1.350120. 6:30. 11:30 p. in. On Sunday at 8:15, a. m.
: , p.m.
From Trenton,Wari-cn and Tucker streets, 1:25.
6:20, 8.03, 9:01, 10:08, 11:31 a. m. 1:58, 4:25, 6:24, 7 28,
p.m. On Sunday 1:25. 11:191., nl. 0:14 p. m.
Tickets for sale at foot 01 Liberty bt.,239,261.
401,914,957, 1323 Broadtvay,and at the principal
gotels; Nos. 2 and 4 Court St, and Annex office,
use cll‘n Who v-f‘, “mush-luff . ‘
New York Transfer Company (Douu-s any"...
wrll call for and check baggage from hotel or rear-
dencc to destination. .
ALL RAIL LINE FOR LONG BRANCII,OCEAN
GROVE, ASBURY PARK. POINT PLEASANT
And all New Jersey Seaside Resorts.
Leave foot of Liberty street, N. 11., 5:00, B.15,n.m.,
1-2, m., 2, 3.30, 4. 5, 6 p.m.
II. P. BALDWIN. Gcn.I’ass. Ag’t.
7‘ $9 . I
figs-fl WA Y.
(LR. R. of N.J.
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H-”°”- stuns s 1
Chicago ill—NTdf'tl—l-Wcstern”;
RAILWAY
Is the OLDEST! BEST CONSTRUCTED! BEST
EQUIPI-EDI and hence the
Leadingfiailway
—OF THE-—
West and Northwest.
It is the short and best route between Chicago and
points in Northern IIIlnors, Iowa, Dakota, Wyo-
ming, Nebraska California, Oregon, Arizona.
Utah, Colorado. Idaho, Montana, Nevadamnrt for
COUNCIL BLUFFS, OMAHA,
DENVER, LEADVILLE,
Salt Lake, San Francisco,
DEADWOOD, SIOUX CITY,
Cedar Rapids. Des Moines, Columbus, and all
Pointsin the Territories, and the West. Also. for
Mrlwaukce,Green Bay.0shkosh, Sheboygan, Mar-
quette, Fond du Lac, Waterfown, Hou hton,Nec-
nah, Menasha. St. Paul, ancapo is, Huron.
Volga, Fargo. Bismarck, Winona, LnCrosse, Own-
tonna, and all points inMinnesota, Dakota, Wis-
consin and the Northwest.
A tCouncil Blufl‘s the Trains of the Chicago &
North-Western and the U. 1’. R’ys depart from,
arrive at and use the same joint Union Depot.
At Chicago, close connections are made with
the Lake Shore, Michigan Central, Baltimore &
Ohio, Ft. Wayne and Pennsylvania, and Chicago
a Grand Trunk R‘ys,aud the Kankukec and Pan
Handle Routes.
Close connections made at Junction Points.
It Is the ONLY LINE running
PULLlIIAN HOTEL DINING CARS
BETWEEN
Chicago and Council Bluffs.
PIIILMAII SLEEPERS IIII All. IIGII‘I' TIIAIIIS.
’3 Insist. upon Ticket Agents selling you Tickets
Via this road. Examine your Tickets,und refuse
to buy if they do. not read over the Chicagoan
North«_Wcstcrn Railways. If“ you wish the Best
Traveling Accommodations you will buy your
Tickets by this route, HAND WILL TAKE
NONE OTHER. AllTicketA cnts sell Tickets
by thlls Line. MARViN UGHI’I‘T,
2d V. P.& Gen’l Manager. Chicago.
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CHICAGO, ROCK
Its main line runs from Chicago to Council
Bluffs, passing throu h Juliet, Ottawa, La Selle.
Geneseo, Mollne, Roc Island. Davenport, West
Liberty IowaCity,Mnren o.Brooklyn,Gr1unell,
Des MoInes (the capital 0 Iowa). Stuart, Atlan-
tic. and Avoca: with branches from Bureau
Junction to Peoria; Wilton Junction to Musca-
tine, Washington,- Fairficld Eldon, Belknap,
Centrevllle. Princeton. Trenton, Gallntln. Ca‘mo-
rou. Leavenworth, Atclllsou and Kansas (.ltyl
Washington to nglnurney, Osknloosa. and Knox-
ville; Keokuk to armlngton, Bonaparte Ben-
tonsport, Independent, E don. Ottunlwa Eddy-
vIlle, Oskaloosa, Polls, Monroe, and Des Monies;
Mt. Zion to Keosauqun; Newton to Monroe: Des
Moines to Illdlanola and Winterset: Atlantic to
Griswold and Audubon; and Avoca to Harlan
and Carson. This Is ‘posltively the only Rall-
road, whlch owns, an operates a through line
from China 0 into the State (sf-Kansas.
Through xpress Passenger Trains with Pull-
man Palace Cars attached. are run each waydally
between CHICAGO and Paloma, KANSAS CITY,
COUNCIL BLuFrs, Lnavsxwou'ru and.A'rcrIl-
sort. Through cars are also run between Milwau-
kee and Kansas City. via the " Milwaukee and
. Rock Island Short Line."
The ~“Great Rock Island" ls ma nlflcently
cqut ed. Its road bedisslmply per ect. and Its
trachs laid with steel rails.
What will please you mostwlll betlloplensurc
of enjoying your meals. while gassing over the
beautiful prairies of Illinois an Iowa. In one of
on r nla'rn 1.66m Dlnin Cars that accompany all
Through Express ’I‘ra us. You get an entire
meal. as good as Is served In any first-class hotel,
for seventy—five cen
Appreciating the .
1130p e prefer separate apartments for different
1) rpm (and the Immense passenger business
ILL SEE BY EXAMINING
ILN‘
is The Great Connecting Link between the East and the
ts.
fact that a majority of the-
...;._«.4 - . .
rm
Y
West 1
Sleeping Cars for sle'cplng purposes. and Palace
Dintn Cars for enti ng urposes only. One other
rent nature of our Pa ace Cars is a SMOKING
LOON where you can enjoy your "Havana"
at all hours of the day.
Ma nlfleent Iron Bridges span the Mississippi
and lssouri rivers ata 0 nts crossed b t 5
line, and transfers are nvo (led at Council Infra,
Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atohrson, con-
nectlons be ng made In Union Depots. '
The principal R. R. connections of
this great Through Line are as follows :
EA‘ICRdOSAG‘f with all diverging lines for the
as an on .
At ENGLEWOOD with the I..S. & 11.8., and P..
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Necessftatfng 3 Surgical 'operatfon
—Lovfn¢ Mother Attem'pu to
’ take pair of‘ Shears from her
‘ child.
PA RENTS BE CAREFUL.
Domestic accidents are common to women.nnd
some of them are very serious. Mrs. Warner, of
So.Rondout, Ulster 00., N. Y., some weeks ago
attempted to take from her child a pair of shears
with which it was playing. A slight struggle on-
sued.in which tllc point of the shears entered
Mrs. Warner’s left eye, entirely destroying the
sight. Her family phsicinn did what he could,
but intensely painful inflammation arose, which,
by sympathy,thrcutencd the loss of the other
eye. Total blindness to a. woman having the care
of a houshold is an irrctricvnblc calamity. In
this strait Mrs. W. applied to the well-known
and skillful surgeon, Dr. David Kennedy, of Ron-
dout; N.Y., who removed the injured eye by a
very successful operation, setting aside all dan-
ger of‘ further harm to the sight of the other eye.
But owing to pain and mental distress, her sys-
tem needed a. tonic,n. restorative medicine. To
do this work the Doctor prescribed “Kennedy's
ll‘uvorltc Remedy,” which sustained its reputa-
tion and laid a. sure foundation of health.
Dr. Kcnnedy’p‘T‘avorfte Remedy” re-
moves all impurities from the blood, regulates
the Liver and Kidneys. Cures Constipation, and
albdlsease and weaknesses peculiar to Females.
it Is for sale by all our druggists at ONE DUL-
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DISTRICT OF N OltWALK, ss. Probate Court,
December 31st. 1881. ., .
Estatcot JOHN C. MYERS,late of Wilton,ln
said District, deceased.
The Court of Probatefor the District of Nor-
walk, hath limited and allowed six months from
the date hereol‘for the Creditors of said Estate
to exhibit theircluimsforsettlement. Those who
ed. within said time, will be debarred a recovery
Allpcrsons indebted to said Estate are requested
to make immediate payment to
an AARON OLMS’I‘EAD. Administrator
‘ With the will annexed.
To Whom it May Concern.
Ills IS TO CERTIFY, That I have appointed
Mr. men}. a. atuigcc my ago-st. to rem-emu“
Jacob Weeks and the Estate ol‘Ezru Curtis. All
and the future must be made jointly with my
agent. and one-half of all the rents and income
must be paid to him. and one-hall‘of all bills con-
tracted as above will be paid by him.
JAM BS POTTER,
_ Executor of Estate of Ezra Curtis.
Bridgeport, March 18, 1881, 12
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OUSNESS _ and
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reliable remedy forthe distressing
diseases of women. Sold by Drug-
sts.
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regulates the stomach and bowels, eradicates a
craving for intoxicants and im arts new life to the
,t languid, careworn, overworket ,nervons and sleep-
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est in the World.
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BY
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First.
Because .they possess all the merit of the .
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counter irritant effects.
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aration, and so recognized b1; the profession]: p-
Third. .
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Fourth.
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Becausb over 5000 physicians and drn is
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other plasters or medicines for external use,
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Becauso the manufacturers have rece'
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mc fully and officially, in all matters pertains...
to real estate in Norivnllr, Ct., owned jointly by
contracts for the ensuing your Iran: A pril lst,1881,
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Yes that’s her picture!
She was—say forty.
Winning? Yes, asa girl of twenty.
We met under the shadow of a palace.
Pretty ? More than pretty, and all woman.
Eyes? Yes,as black as Cleopatra’s.
She said the fire would never die,
That black eyes meant lasting love.
Humph! Poke the fire, old man.
Manner and form?
She was just splendid—
Willowy and graceful as a fawn.
It was a dream,
Such as angels always have.
Yes, we met again in our own land.
Was it a quarrel? No.
Loving more than ever, she said
Under the great oaks
That grew amidst the fragrance of rare flow.
era.
In the twilight we parted for a time.
As I went down the dusty road
She sang, “Good-bye, Sweetheart.”
The song was balm to me.
I thought it told her love—but she meant it,
Go, some one else has her love.
Will we meet again? Perhaps——
In the Persian, Kate means wayward,
And in this she was Persian true.
Do I love her? What a question 1
Good night, old boy—
I say, Bob! -
Do we ever say tender things of those we
hate ? —Nashm‘lle Amerhxm.
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SCIENTIFIC lilifllihllll.
From observations of the moon when
eclipsing the sun Prof. Alexander finds
evidence of the existence of some envelope
like an atmosphere, on the moon. The ex-
planationsusuallv offered for the ruddy band
of light seen around the lunar‘disc during
eclipses he considers inadequate. This bright
band can best be accounted for by supposing
an atmosphere to the moon—a thin remnant
of ancient nebulosity, comparable to that
which accompanies the earth and gives rise
to the appearance of the aurora borealis.
A new electric lamp has appeared in Paris,
which is called “Sunlight” on account of its
mellow lustre. The light is formed by
inserting two carbons in holes bored into a
block of marble in such amanner that the
points of the carbons are separated by a thin
portition of the marble. An electriccurrcnt
is passed through the carbons, and in trav-
ersing the shell of marble causes it to become
white hot, emitting a most agreeable ligllt.
A Belgian physician, in an investigation
made at the request of the government au-
thorities, has ascertained that the main cause
of color-blindness in this country is the very
general use of tobacco.
From the phenomena of refraction Dr. A.
Kerber has estimated ‘the height of the at-
mosphere at about one hundred and twenty
miles. From observations upon meteors and
aurora other scientists have concluded that
the atmosphere must extend for more than
five hundred miles beyond the earth’s sur-
face.
A Silesian physician, Dr. George Guttmau.
haspublished the results of his experience
with pilocarpin, a newly introduced medici-
nal principle, in the treatment of diphtheria.
While studying the effects of this drug he
found that it produced a greatly increased
flow of saliva without inflammation of the
salivary glands; and he was led to believe
that the increased secretion ,of saliva would
tend to dissolve and remove the false mem-
brane of diphtheria. He therefore concluded
to try the remedy in cases of that disease,
and has met with such remarkable success
that he pronounces pilocarpin a specific for
diphtheria. In eighteen months he treated
eighty-one cases of the disease with the best
results in every case. Several of the cases
must have proved fatal under the old
treatment, while in-about one-half there was
considerable development of false membrane.
The patients have invariably recovered in a
very short period. With but two or three
exceptions, convalesence has followed the
most critical cases in from two to five days
and the milder ones in one or two days.
A rain-tree in the' public gardens of
Madras, has shown a remarkable rdpidity of
growth. In the nine years since the seed was
planted the tree has attained a circumference
of nine and one-third feet at the ground, a
height of fort'y-sixth feet, and a spread of ’
branches of eighty-five feet from north to
south. ’
It has been discovered by Dr. Luton, of
Rheims, that the tincture of ergot of rye
associated with phosphate of soda produces
an hilarious excitement on those to whom it
is administered, the exhilaration resembling
that caused by laughing gas.
Sand from the desert is seriously encroach-
ing upon the inhabited territory of the
Chinese provinces of Shensi, and has already
half buried some cities. High walls have
thus far protected Yulin, but the sand is now
piled outside to the top of the walls and must
soonrcover them. .
Learned men have written much of the
Talmud, an old work of the Hebrew laws,
traditions and commentaries. The Encyclo-
pedia Britannica thus renders the Talmud's
history of Adam with its legendary adorn-
meats : “He was made as a man-woman
out of dust collected from every part of the
earth, his head reached to heaven, and the
splendor of his face surpassed the sun. The
very angels [feared him, and all creatures
hastened to-pay him devotion. The Lord, in
order to display his power before the angels
caused a deep sleep ,to fall upon him, took
away something from all his members, and
when he awoke. commanded the parts that
had been removed to be dispersed over the
globe, that the whole earth might be inhabi-
ted by his seed. Thus Adam lost his size
but not his completeness. His first wife was
Lilith, mother of he demons. But she fiew
away through th air; and then the Lord
created Eve from his rib, brought her to
Adam in the most beautiful dress—and angels
descending from heaven played on heavenly
instruments; sun, moon and stars dancing.
He blessed the pair and gave them a feast
upon a table of precious stones. Angels
prepared the most costly viands. But Adam’s
glory was envied by the angels, and the
seraph Samuel succeeded gin seducing him.
The pair were driven out of paradise into the
place of darkness, and wandered through the
earth.
m
Madame Patti travels on a grand scale.
Her wardrobe is confined in only thirty-three
trunks, and these comprise all sizes and
styles known to the baggage smasher of the
western hemisphere. They include the small
sole-leather article, then large sized ones, un-
til the seven-storied Saratoga, with bay win-
dows and of the dimensions of a prairie log-
but, is reached. - When Patti ,travels the
baggage masters swea.r. There is material
enough in her trunks to stock a good store.
Following after the trunks are nine servants
who must go everywhere is diva does. These
include a couple of maids, her own cook,
who knows just what and the hour the song-
stress craves food, men and maid servants,
and the list closes with an educated baggage
demolishing fiend, who understands how to
toss a trunk out of a fourth story window
without even uncorking a cologne bottle.
Patti is great and so are her expenses. She
manages to drag out her existence under an
expense of about $100 per day—Philadelphia
Record.
m
There are now. about half a million of
French Canadians residing in the state of
New York and in New England. Athird
of a century ago they were not more num-
erous than Chinamen are now.
“Let us play we were married,” said little
Edith, “and I will bring my dolly and say,
‘See baby, pay.”’ “Yes," replied Johnny-
“and I will say, ‘Don’t bother me now. I
want to look through the paper.’ ” Children
have strange ideas of grown folks’ way; now
don’t they ? . .
Miss Kellogg called on Madame Patti at
Chicago, the other day, and the great singers
indulged in complimentary gush. "An hour"
or two later Miss Kellogg was shown a paper
reporting the most ungrscious things said
about her by Patti, at Cincinnati. Imagine
her feelings then
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