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WHOLE NUMBER 1779.
January.
CAROLINE MAY.
0 January, bf what strange surprises
Have thy swift weeks been curiously
formed; '
Thou, with sweet glowing love, my heart
hast warmed,
For all thou hast put on such false disguises 1
One day, with April freshness, signalizes
Its changefnl hours of pleasant rain and
shine,
Rain like a tender dew, so soft and fine.
With which a chastened spirit sympathazises
Then, a J une warmth astoundaus for awhile
We throw the windows wide remaining
chary
Of fires and furs, and gratefully we smile
Up ip thy face that looks so mild and
merry,—,
When, suddenly, thou wilt no more beguile,
But art thyself again, stern January!
The Wedding March.
AN an’risr's sronr.
Chamber’s Journal.
“No. 329—A Wedding March.” Such was
the number and name of a picture in the
academy of a certain year, which shall, for
politic and personal reasons, he left undesig—
nated. The picture was one of my painting,
and I, Reginald Tracy. had been fortunate
enough to attain three very important ends
by its production. Firstly, it was deemed
excellent enough by the hanging committee
to be placed on the line, and it faced you in
avery prominent manner, as you entered
Room No. N. Secondly, this prominent
position secured for my picture a large share
of attention, which resulted in finding a par—
chaser almost as soon as the exhibition doors
opened. But thirdly, it served the actual
purpose for which I painted it, and which
led me to choose my subject. That purpose
involved just the least bit of romance; and
although the clever critics praised the pic-
ture, and even hinted that “Mr. Tracy had
been singularly fortunate in his treatment
of a somewhat unusual and difficult theme,”
etc., not one of them so much as guessed
that it was a picture with a purpose. As the
sequel may serve to show,that purpose sprang
from and ended in what I am pleased to call
my little romance. '
It was a charming day, that on which I
went to Rockhampton .to sketch the water.
meadows,and to see my old friend, Dr. James
Brooke—Jim, I generally called him—who
had settled as a practicioncr in that town.
The whole place was steeped in sunlight;
and the deep shadows cast by the old
houses in the narrow streets by the water-
side reminded one of nothing so much as
the blackness of the shades in so me old
Dutch town, where Rembrandt must have
learned the special art that bears the impress
of the genuine to day. The 'old church of
Rockingham is a fine bit of Norman archi-
tecture. Rising architectsvdeclare that there
are no purer pillars of that style, or better
preserved; arches, with their queer faces
squeezed into the corners thereof, and
which seem to impress the Rockhampton
juveniles on Sundays quite as much as i the
service. Passing through the churchyard, I
found myself at last at the church. With
little hope of finding the door open, I lifted
the . latch, when at once it yielded to‘
my touch. As I passed within the green
baise doors within the porch. I heard
the sound of the organ; so stealing quietly
into the grateful shade and coolness of the
church, I ensconced myself in the biggest
pew I could find and listened. How soothing
was the effect of the music and surroundinas
on that glorious day! I could not see the
player, who was concealed by the curtains
in front of the organtloft, but intuitively I
guessed it was a lady who played, I
imagined that only a woman’s delicate
touch could have made the “Ryrie” speak in
these tones; and there was more gentleness
than power in the “Stabat Mater" into which
the player glided. Then I remember the
“Wedding March" succeeding; and after half
an hour’s private hearing of the masters. I
quietly slipped out of the church. once again
into the glad sunlight that played around the
gravestones, and made the world so fair to
see.
After lunching at my hotel, the Red Lion, I
went to see Dr. Jim. It appeared that the
fair player of the church was a Miss Spald—
ing, and the only daughter of a well-to-do
and retired merchant who had settled at
Rockhamton some eighteen months before
and Jim, I found, had been paying his
addresses to the young lady. Her father
had married for the second time and had thus
given Miss Spaulding a stepmother. The old
gentleman, as Jim,called him, was an easy-
going .man, kind-hearted in every way,gener—
ous to a fault, and looked kindly enough on
Dr. Jim’s suit. But as to Mrs. Spalding, Jim
pronounced a decidedly unfavorably opin-
ion. She was an ambition, and, as
he expressed it, scheming woman, who
thought that Nellie should look some-
what higher than Dr. Brook of Rockhampton
—-and that she should at least marry money—
with which latter commodity Jim was, as a
young doctor, of course. by no means over-
burdened. Without actually discouraging
J lm’s attentions, Mrs. Spalding made things
decidedly unpleasant for the lovers. 'Mr.
Spalding, good easy man,was completely un»
der the dominion of his wife. Hence, Jim
confessed, he was in a somewhat unsettled
state of mind,
“You see, Regy," said Jim, “Nelly will not
disobey her parents in any way. That she
cares for me she has confessed to me more
than once. But when I press her to consent
to be married at once,and to make me happy,
she won't hear it. ”
“My dear Jim," I responded, in my new-
found capacity of guide, counsellor and
friend, “she is not the first girl who has had
to struggle between love and duty; or at least
what she conceives to be her duty.”
“She is so thoroughly conscientious," rc-
plied Jim, "that I fear even to press her to
take the step which would make me a happy
man for life. When I asked her in despair
whether she will ever choose between her
stepmother’s wishes and my love,she implore
me not to tempt her; and so,” added Jim,
“here I am; miserable as need be.”
And this interested me exceedingly. She
was evidently a girl of sterling worth and
7 with a high sense of the duty she believed
she owed to her parents’ wishes. I thought
over Master Jim’s love affair as I lay in bed
that night, and came to the conclusion that
the case was a difficult one. You cannot
always mould human minds to your own
bent and purpose by simply speaking.
HenceIcame to the conclusion that Miss
Spalding‘s love for my old friend ought to be
tested and tested in some other way. As my
experience of human nature goes,there seems
nothing like putting love, of all human 01110-
tions, to some rigid test. But how the test
could be applied to the case in which I had
thus been led to feel a special interest I knew
not.
I confess as I rolled over to sleep that I did
see my way clear to help them. Little did
ink that the marrow was to bring the
neon- and the man. The man was Josiah
Blagden, Esquire, iron founder, of the firm
of Blagden, Bilge do 00., of Birmingham,
and elsewhere; the means was my humble
self.
The day after the arrival at Rockhampion
Jim proposed that I should drive wrth him to
his morning round, and added he: “We’ll
call at Mount Grove on our way home.”
Mount Grove was the residence of Mr. Spald-
‘ing; and 2 o'clock found us at the gate bf a
very nice villa residence, overlooking the
river, and standing within its own nicely kept
grounds. A
We were ushered into the drawing-room,
where we found assembled certain persons
.whom Jim had not expected to see. Mr.
Spalding received me eourteously, as also did
Mrs. Spalding. Miss Nelly greeted me most
cordially, adding {that she was much
pleased to make the acquaintance of Dr.
Brook’s old friend, of whom he so often
spoke. In addition to the family circle of
three, it was clear there were strangers pres-
ent. These latter were Mr. Josiah Blag-
den and his sister. Mr. Blagden did not
impress me favorably. He was a stout.
florid-complexioned man, remarkable for the
for the profusion of jewelry displayed there-
on:
"A safe man, my dear at; a very safe
man,” said Mr. Spalding to me at lunch.
“Why, I suppose his turn-over is about half a
million a year—the iron trade, you know,"
added the old gen tlcmau by way of explain-
ing that Mr. Blagden was one of the metal.
kings of England.
“Self-made man, too,” said Mr. Spalding,
“began life as a foundry-boy.” o, 3
From what I saw of Mr, Blagden within
the next few weeks. his origin could have
been pretty accurately guessed from the man—
ner in which he imparted the “foundry-
boy’s” manners into the sphere in which his
industry and succcess had led him. He was
essentially a vulgar man, who bullied his
sister, a meek, silent woman, with a good
heart and a kindly nature, as I discovered
later on.
As we drove hme from lunch that day Jim
was strangely depressed. ' I guessed his
thoughts pretty accurately, for he burst out
into a tirade against Mrs. Spalding on our ar
rival at home.
”I shouldn’t wonder, Regy,” said be, “if
that fellow Blagden has been invited down
here is a suitor for Nelly. He’s a friend of
Mrs. Spalding’s, I know, because sheih erself
comes from the ‘Black Country.’ ”
Jim’s state of mind from the moment he
than described. For the next three weeks I.
am bound to say that his temper was well-
nigh unendurable. One evening at dinner
at Mount Grove, I felt half afraid he was go;
mg to inflict personal chastisement upon
Blagden; a feat I should have much re-
joiced to have seen skillfully performed after
the iron master’s coarse invective against the
medical profession, which had been called
forth during some argument concerning doc-
tor’s fees. Nelly's attitude toward Jim ap-
peared to have undergone no perceptible
change. She was loving and gentle as before;
but;Ifaneied that Mrs. Spalding contrived
dexterously to keep Miss Blagden and Nelly
J im’s tete-a-tetesyere reduced to a miserable
minimum. Worst of all, as Jim remarked to
me one day, Nelly had confessed that her
stepmother had on more than one occasion
hinted that Mr. Blagde'n’s visit and stay were
not solely prompted by friendship to the par-
ents. Mrs. Spaldiug was, in other words, a
clever woman, playing a nice little gown of
diplomacy, and while keeping on‘ the most'
friendly terms with Jim, was, to my mind,
furthering her own aims and ideas of a mat-
rimonial alliance for Nelly with her elderly
iron-founder. I know that most of my read-
ers will say that Miss Spalding should have
settled the matter for herself, and have
given Mr. Blagden to understand that his
attention were unwelcome and hopeless.
But as I remarked before, we are not all cast
in one mould; and the most loving natures
may sometimes he cocred by what seems to be
their duty, into self-sacrifice of the most un-
reasonable kind, and which can only entail
misery in the end. '
So things went on at Rockhampton, wrth
diplomacy at Mount Grove and despair at N6.
14 High street, where Dr. James Brooks an.
nounced his willingness to relieve the afliicted
daily from 10 to 11 a. 3 m , and from 6 to 8 p.
m. I had been sitting cogiating over matters,
one evening, at the Red Lion—Jim having
been called to a. distant part of the parish—
when an idea, founded, I believe, on a quota-
tion {rem an old French author, occurred to
me. The quotation was to‘ the effect that
“when moral suasion fails from any cause to
change an opinion, it is lawful to appeal to
the most trivial of our emotions.” Happy
idea I thought I. . I shall see whether or not!
can work it‘out to the advantage of Dr. James
Brooke and—shall I add it? to the confusion
of Josiah Blagden, Esquire.
Morning, noon and night find me busy in
the old church. I am hard at work on a
canvas, in which the interior of the edifice
grows under my brush day by dayl There
are no sounds of the “Kyrie” now ; nor are
the jubilant strains of Mendelsshon heard, as
on a bright sunny day not so far gone by.
Nelly does not come to practice her old fav-
oritea s of yore. , Blagden, I know, hates
music; and painters, as he once expressed it
—in shocking bad taste—are usually “a seedy
lot.” I remember Mr. J osiah’s while vest
and cable chain,’ with enough appendages
attached there to have set up a small jeweler
in a thriving way of business. The aisle and
gallery of the church are now. complete in
my picture. I paint it as I sit in the aisle;
in the distance you can see the altar and
chancel; and the vicar, who looks upon me
occasionally, says it is like as can be. He is
curious, however, to know the nature of the
figures I have sketched roughly in. There
is a group passing down the aisle from the
altacrails where the vicar can still be seen
at his post; and there- is a figure standing
alone and solitary in a pew, as if facing the
advancing party. The vicar cannot quite
fathom the design. ‘ The church he can un-
derstand; but the meaning of the picture
puzzles him. I bid him wait patiently for
the solution of the mystery.
When my study of the church was com-
pleted, I went home to the RQ Lion, and
there I painted in my figures. There was
little need for models,for my sketch—bookwvaa
full of studies. . Turning to my picture, now
progressing rapidly, I find that there are
heads of two elderly men, and there isa care-
ful sketch of a young mi'fn’s face likewise.
There is a fair girl’s face and a matronly,
countenance, and another face which seems
not unlike that of Miss Blagden. At last my
task is completed. The picture is a more
“study,” but it is a careful study withal. The
old church you recognize at a glance; the fig-
ures— Well, we she. 11 see.
The vicar has been busily spreading a re-
port that I have been painting picture-of the
church, and there is curiosity to see them. I
now propose that one fine day a very few
of my Bockhampton friends shall come
to see my work. The circle is very select.
I have invited only Mr. and Mrs. Spalding,
the great Josiah, Miss Blagden and Jim. I
contrive,with a diplomatic Cunning for which
I have not before given myself credit, that
Nelly Spalding shall be admitted to a. private
view. She herself has been all anxiety to see.
the picture, and I pretend that, by great
favor, she shall see it before guy one else.
Mine host of the Red Lion has prepared a
nice little luncheon, even to some dry Pom
mery, which “the great Josia "—-asI have
been accustomed to call him, possibly from
the magnitude of the waistcoats—saya he‘
dotes upon. 1 make a malicious and unkind
but perfectly just mental suggestion that in
early life ‘thc great Josiah" was better ac-
quainted with the merit of “’alf-and'alf" than
dry champagne, Mine host has done his best;
and now I wait my guests. I feel ncrvous
confess to myself that I shall be glad when
my little symposium is over.
extreme breadth of his white waistcoat and .
broached this theory may be better imagined -
as frequently together as possible; and thus-
and excited; why, I can hardly tell but I_
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1882.
NORWALK GAZETTE,
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MOIIIIIIIB.
Here at last. They troop up-stasrs into
the large room where my luncheon is spread.
Mr. Josiah is looking very large today.
There is an air of jubilant triumph about him
as he bustles about Nelly, assisting her in
taking off her wraps and saying “nothing”
which are anything but. “soft," as the great
man expresses them. To me, his air is sim-
ply patronizing. Mrs. Spalding is graCious
as usual; and Mr. Spalding seems to regard
the near prospect of lunch with more evident
satisfaction than he does the prospect of an
artistic treat. Mr. Blagden suggests we had
better step into see the picture—lunch has
evidently its attractions for “the great Jo-
siah.” But I tell him I wait Dr. Brooke, at
which announcement he subsides. Then I
suggest to 'Miss Nelly that, with her mother's.
permission, she may now have the picture all
to herself for a momentary peep. Mrs. Spald-
ing, who is deep with Miss Blagden in the
mysteries of the manufacture of rhubarb-jam
readily consents. .
Nelly follows me into the room where my
picture stands covered with crimson cloth on
my easel. I close the door and unveil it.
Nelly glances at it for amoment ; than grow-
ing deadly pale sinks half-fainting—not into
my arms, but into those of Dr. James Brooke
who has most opportunely come upon the
scene. In speechless astonishment he gazes
at me, but he, too, seems as if he were going
to repeat Nelly’g procedure as he glances at
the picture. “For heaven’s sake. Regy,”
says Jim in a hoarse voice, “cover that pic-
tore up 1”
Nelly opened her eyes in a moment or two
which seemed to me like an age. Jim had
employed the interval in ;a fashion not unfit-3
miliar to lovers, I believe. And when she did
open her eyes, it was to clasp Jim round the
neck, and her words were few, but decided:
“Jim, dear! I can never, never marry that
man! I will do whatever you wish me to.
But oh! they have tried me so I”
What is it in my picture that has so per-
turbed the lovers, and brought Nelly Spald-
ing to her senses? Simply the interior of the
old church once again. A ray of sunlight-
streaming through a chink in the stained win
do‘w falls on the sad, pale face of a newly-
made bride. The bride’s face is Nelly‘s own;
and the pompour bridegroom is Josiah Blag-
den, the artistic treatment of whose white
waistcoat and chain has cost me no end‘of
pains. Behind bride and bridegroom come
the figures of Mr. and Mrs. Spalding ; and
in the dim distance ~the vicar is seen' still
standing within the altar rails. But the cen-
tral figure after the bride‘herself is the young
man, pale, motionless as a statue, who stands
in a pew, and whose ashy gaze is fixed on the
bride. The face of the man in the pew is
that of James Brooke. The picture tells its
own story to Nelly Spelding. It places the
possibility of the future before her eyes asshe
had never dared to picture it to herself: It
reflects in allits naked truth the fate to which
through her indecision she may commit her-
self and Jim. And it tells its story so well
that art conquers diplomacy in decision, and
aids love in its triumphs over the great Josiah
himself.
Footsteps on the stairs. I cover the pic-
ture again. Nelly stands beside Dr. Brooke;
her check is pale, and there are tears like
dewdrops glistening in her eyes. The iron-
master looms in the doorway. He takes in
the matter at a glance and frowns darkly at
Jim and me.
As soon as Mr. and Mrs. Spalding, who
closely follow Josiah, have entered the room,
Nelly. to my surprise,walks quickly up to her
father and takes his hand. “Father," said
she, with a tremulous yet decisive tone, “ you
know the message you brought me from Mr.
Blagden this morning? Give him my answer
now. Tell him that I am going to marry Dr.
Brooke." ‘ .
Now, it is my opinion that had the
discarded Josiah at this moment held his
tongue, he might have got both Mr. and Mrs.
Spalding to speak a word for him with Nelly.
But as it was be destroyed his own case at a
blow.
“Matsage from me f—and this is my an-'
swer l” he said in an angry voice. "Why, I
care nowt—nowt," be repeated bitterly,”
“abdut the matter. I guess it was the lass’s
father and mother that wanted to marry J o-
siah Blagden’s money—perhaps they wanted
some of it for themselves.
The rudeness and vulgarity which marked
the man came out unmistakably as l he said
these words; and taking his sister’s arm in
his and casting a look of vindictive :scorn at
the doctor and myself, he walked out at the
door with an ungainly strut which was meant
for dignity, and we saw the great Josiah no
more.
Mrs. Spalding was especially cut up by
the parting ’fling of Josiah, as it was she who
had mancauverad the matter thus far. Mr.
Spalding, on the other hand, burst into a jo-
vial laugh, and taking his daughter’s hand,
placed it in that of the doctor. 3
After all had left the studio but Mr. Spald-
ing, the latter asked me to tell him in plain
terms how I had brought this about—for he
had no doubt I was at the bottom of it. I
uncovered the picture, which Mr. Spalding—
simple, easy-minded gentleman that he was
—scrutinized with his double eyeglasses,
remarking to me thalihe did not quite under-
stand it/at all, but that it was wonderfully
clever. and that J osiah’s “'weskit was as like
as life,” i
In six weeks thereafter I officiated as “best
man” at J im’s marriage. As the organist
pealed forth the jubilant strains of Mendels~
sohn, after the vicar’s benediction had been
given, and N elly,radiant and beautiful,passed
down the aisle on her husband’s arm, I could
not help rejoicing in the success of what is
now “327—A Wedding March,” though the
faces in the picture as exhibited are slightly
disguised, and Mr. J osiah’s vest has been
shorn of certain ofits distinctive firuliarities.
This is the romance which, as I told you at
the outset, hangs round the picture whichin
the academy catalogue was numbered “329—-
A Wedding March. '
__________ .
‘How THEY COOK Rios IN JAPAN.——A trav-
eler in that country writes: “They do know
how to cook rice here, though, and for the
benefit of consumers in, the United States,
I investigted the matter. ‘Only just enough
cold water is poured on to prevent the rice
from burning to the pot, which has a close-
fitting cover and is' set on a moderate fire.
The rice is steamed, rather than boiled, until
it is nearly done; then_the cover of the pot is
taken off, the surplus steam and moisture
are allowed to escape, and the rice turns out
a mass of snow-white kernels, each separate
from the other, and as much superior to the
soggy mass we usually get in the United
States as a mealy potato is to the water-
soaked article. I have seen something ap-
proaching this in our outhern States, but I
do not think even. th re they do it as skill-
fully as it is done here. and in the Northern
States but few persons understand how to
cook rice properly. I am sure that, if cook-
ed as it is here, the consumption of this
wholesome and delicious cereal would largely
increase in America.”——Phrenolay and Health
Almanac.
You put blinders on a horse, so that he can
see scarcely anything that is going on about
him and then blame him for trembling and
jumping and starting to run at every little
noise. You forget how frightened you were
when, with blinded eyes, you were initiated
into the awful mysteries of the High Might-
iful Lodge of Ubibaased and Superiucumbent
Chinwaggers. And why shouldn’t a horse be
frightened as easily as a donkey ? ’
.o—.—-———-—-—-
FOR DYSPEPSIA‘ and Liver Complaint,
you have a. printed guarantee on every bot—
tle of Shiloh’s Vitalizer. It never fails to
cure. Morison Hoyt, agent. - tf
‘dispairing cries.
A Death Trap.
Fire in the Old BTfice of the New
York “ World.”
SWARMS OF PEOPLE IN THF’BUIDING—TERRI-
BLE DEATHS WITNESSED BY THOUSANDS OF
SPECTATORS—TIIE LOSS OF LIFE ISTIMA’ ‘ED
AT FROM TEN TO FIFTY—MILLIONS OF DOL-
LARS WORTH OF PROPERTY DRSTROYED—A
GALLAN’I‘ RESCUE.
NEW YORK, January ill—The old World
building occupying half the block between
Park Row, Nassau and Beekman streets of
which the Times building fills out the other
half, was entirely destrOyed by fire this
morning, in less than half an hour. The
flames started on the Nassau street side, a
few minutes before ten o'clock, and almost
before the ou-lookers could catch their
breath, chpt along the front to the Beck-
man street corner, and in ten minutes includ—
ed the entire pile, reaching round to Park
Row with an irresistible fury that threatened
the destruction of the whole block, Kelley’s
large new building opposite and everything
else in the neighborhood. From every
window in the five stories of the building
flames raged with a,threatening sweep that
drove back the advancing firemen and the
crowds that gathered from every adjoining
avenue to look at the spectacle. From a
distance, where they could bring no aid,
they beheld men and women spring from the
windows of the upper stories into-the street,
and others vainly endeavoring to follow their
example, hanging on the window sills with
Some fell back into the
furnace and perished instantly. The struc
ture was honeycombed with business offices,
and how many persons may have been
trapped is still unknown. No property was
saved by any one in the flight for life. The
building, the property of O. B. Potter,
president of the Singer Sewing Machine
company, was old and filled With wooden
partitions and stairs dry as tinder and as
inflammable. The World newspaper, after
which it took its name, oncupied the upper
stories ,and a portion of the ground floor until
a few months ago, when. it removed to its
new building in Park Row. Since then there
has been an incipient fire in the basement
walls that threatened, the building, but was
suppressed in season. The house has for
years been looked upon by firemen with
peculiar apprehension by reason of its age
and general condition of rimness for a con-
flagration.
A mum FIGHT. 4
.When the fire was" at its height the heat
was too great for the firemen to be between
the World building and the Kelly bifilding,
or along the Nassau street front, Nassau
street not being more than fifty feet wide.
The water tower was established in Nassau
street just at the point where the World and
Times building joined. When the firemen
saw that the World building must go, the
chief anxiety centered on the brick wall be-
tween the two buildings: This was a heavy
wall and on its power tokeep the fire out of
the Times building depended the safety of
the rest of the block. The water tower
from which a two inch stream is thrown at
'a heiht of forty-five feet from the ground,
was placed so that it washed the party wall
from top to bottom with a torrent of water.
Just before the roof and corner wals at Park
Row and Beekman street fell, the heat was
so intense that .the streets were steaming,
and the persons in 'the front line of specta-
tors were obliged to cover their faces.
The firemen an the roof of the Times build-
ing had on exciting time for more than
twenty minutes, the whole roof steaming so
that the men could not be seen at times. A
hose was dragged up the front of the build-
ing, and in at a fifth story window, with
which to fight the flames should they break
through the party wall. On the roof the
firemen tore away the tin and flooded every-
thing with water. With the fall of the
Beekman street wall the flames shot up
twice the height of the building and the
worst was over. It was seen that the party
walls of the Times building was intact, and
the greatest danger had been averted. Had
the Morse and Kelly buildings not been fire
proof nothing could have saved them, as
they tower six stories above the World
building, and were frequently licked by the
flames. For a block around the burning
building the air was full of black smoke,
against which the driving .snow storm had
a most peculiar and weird effect. The fire
originated in the cellar from a'new. engine
being tried that 'was to hoist a new elevator,
and by the elevator shaft spread through the
building. .
The corner burned is one of the best
newspaper location in the city, being the
central point of newspaper row and centig-
York end of the Brooklyn bridge, Elevated
roads, etc.
. 'rns Losses AND menu.
The Times building was saved from de-
struction and indeed from serious permanent
injury by the extraordinary party wall-which
separated the premises from ‘the burned
building. It is understood that this wall,
twenty-twoinches thick was put up at the
special request of the late Mr. Raymond,the
original editor of the Times. The estimated
damage to the Times building will not ex-
ceed $2,000. This is the estimate of Mr.
Jones, publisher and principal owner, The
World building ‘is a complete wreck and,
except tottering fragments of walls, is a heap
of blazing ruins. The front of the Morse
building, standing at the rear was badly in-
jurcd, the windows being burned away and
the occupants of the front sections lost con-
siderable in furniture, books, etc. The
Morse building, owned by Morse &. Tate,
nine stories high and of the most approved
modern structure, was erected about five
years ago at an enormous expenditure and
a was occupied by lawyers,agents, and private.
business offices. . .
..On the’south side of Beekman street is-
situated the old Lovejoy hotel building, un-
til recently occupied by th.loem'ng Mail
publication offices on the ground and second
floors and now by a hat store, liquor store
and offices. The damage to this building is
great from fire, smoke and water. 'This is
one of the most expensive of the new build-
ings in the course of erection in down town
business circles, and the loss is many thou-
sand dollars. The building was saved from
complete destruction with difficulty, and the
flames received less encouragement than
they would had the windows, wooden par-
titions and floors been completed. The
Beekman street front is irrertievably dam-
aged by smoke, flames and water. Mr.
Eugene Kelly, the owner, states this even—
ing that he is unable even to estimate his
loss. ' ,
The possibilities of the confla‘graiion at
one time could scarcely be estimated as it
was not improbable, except for the extraor-
dinary force of firemen and a combination
of fortunate circumstances, that the new
post office, city hall, Tribune building and a
score of other prominent buildings would be
burned. It so happened that the particular
building where the fire originated was sev-
eral storeis less in height than the newer
building which surrounded it, and thus the
wind did not get a fair sweep, although it
blew at a high rate and a fierce snow storm
was raging. The burned building has been
regarded for a long time as unsafe and a few
months ago an architect refused to add ad-
ditional stories recommending tliat’it be torn
down and a safer structure put up in its place
Potter, the owner, states that the rents were
$70,000 per annum, that the building was
, worth $200,000 and insured for perhaps three
uous‘ to the post office, telegraph offices, New "
quarters of its value. The site is valued at
over half a million dollars.
One of the heaviest losers is the New York
3 Belting and packing 00., whose stock was
valued at $150,000 with insurance of up-
wards of $100,000. Willy Wallach, one of
the largest dealers and importers of. station-
cry in the city loses about $100,000,insur-
ance $62,000. His entire stock is lost. The
“Scientific American” is also a complete
loss. During the afternoon they eercted ar-
rangements for offices at Broadway and
-W‘arrcn street, across City Hall Park from
the site occupied twenty years. The “Turf,
Field and Farm,"owncd and published by
Messrs. Bruce, had offices in the building.
The loss is complete and estimated at $50,-
000, including the best sporting library in
the country. S. M. Pettingill & 00.. adver-
tising agents, estimate their loss at $20,000.
Other occupants were Marks,.tsilor; Jahob
Stovcr, patent solicitor; Tibba'lls do Son‘s
New York Observer, Scolchman’s Journal
and Scottish American; A. C. Rodriquez,
cigars; the Press, newspaper, loss $1,500;
Poland Spring'Watcr Agency"; A: S. Clark,
books; I. 0. Todd, Thompson’s Bank Note
Reporter; the Manufacturer and Builder;
the Printing world; Patton & Ralph‘s Re-
tailer; .the Takagrafer; Almquist, patent
lawyer; Brown, curiosity dealer; A. J.
Todd, lawyer, and others.
‘ Tim. was or LIFE, 3
The particular point about which ‘thcre is
annoying doubt at present writingis the loss
of life. Police Captain Tynan, in whose
precinct the fire occurred,says that he thinks
no less than ten persons perished and perhaps
forty. Several victims are now in the ho:-
pituh
HORRIBLE INJURIES AND DEATH.
One woman, well-dressed and apparently
young, who was standing on the ledge of a
window in Beekman street, near William,
stretched out her hands imploringly. As
heroic fireman tried to get a ladder to her,
butbefore he could the flames took hold of
her clothing and completely enyeloped her.
She plunged back into the burning building.
Ellen Ball, a colored janitress, who had
charge of si‘ooms on an upper floor, was
engaged with her husband in cleaning them
when she heard the alarm. She started to
run, but was cut off in every direction. Shc
climbed out .on a ledge of the fifth story
window. She maintained her position for
only a few moments, when the blast of fire
”and smoke from the window struck her, she
became frenzied, wrapped her skirts around
her leaped. She was mashed to a jelly
and ( ied almost instantly. A ladder was up
within a few seconds after Mrs. Bull jumped
and two others safely descended.
An old,3gray-haired 'woman was seen in
the fourth story of the old World building
appealing for help. Her lips were seen to
move but her voice could not be heard. All
who saw her were horror-stricken. The
fiamcslraged about her person, igniting her
hair and clothing. She fell back into the
flames and was burned to death.
A young girl wearing a blue dress, who
was cut off from the stairs, went to a fourth
story window on tile Park Row side and
stood hesitating while the flames and smoke
encircled her. “ Jump! jump ! " shouted
the spectators. She did so and was crushed
almost beyond recognition.
S. Tracy, aged forty, a printer, jumped
from the third floor and broke his hip bone.
He is in the hospital and will probably die.
Richard Bowie, aged thirty-eight, a printer,
jum; ed out of the third story window, and
suffered a compound fracture of both legs.
He has been unconscious ever since, and will
probably. die.
INJURED AND MISSING.
It is still impossible to do more than esti-
mate the number of killed. The injured
are: Robert Bowie, Brooklyn, printer, some-
what burned; H. Joint, rescued by firemen,
burned severely about the face; John J ohn-
son, lithographer, severely burned; Colonel
Bruce, slightly burned, and so were others
whose names cannot be learned. Many re-
ports of seeing women and girls at the win-
dows of upper stories, who afterwards dis-
appeared, are current, and it is thought that
many perished, but the firemen by holding
ladders to the windows rescued many, and
in the confusion doubllesslmany escaped an-
observed by‘ means of the stairs.~ Neverthe-
less, as the upper floors were largely compos-
ing r‘ooms, employing girls, it is not improb-
able that a number of these perished. Peo-
ple who came from the-building say they
distinctly heard the cries of women.
Charles Nash and the "Bank Note Re-
porter” employed girls who were not observ-
ed to escape. A number of girls were also
employed on the top floor, and one seen at
the window fell back as the flames enveloped
her. ~
soans AND INOIDENTS.
Among the startling incidents of the fire
may be mentioned the following : Rev. E.
D. Prime, of the Observer said when the cry
of fire was shouted be seized a bundle of pa-
pers of personal value and assisted the clerks
to close the safes and then ran for life down
stairs with coats wrapped around his face.
He could not get through that way and saw
his brother, Rev. S. I. Prime, had succeeded
in passing the critical point of the flames and
with Dr.- Stoddart he ran back and sprang out
of the front window on the ledge of the win-
dow, and holding on by a sign board, climbed
along the ledge to the Times building to a
window, thus escaping. One man escaped
by jumping from a window to a mass of
telegraph wires underneath, along which he
crawled a few feet to a pole, down which he
slid to the ground. Colonel Bruce, _ after
trying to escape down the stairway with his
subscription books, had to throw the books
from the window and escape as Dr. Brime
did. Pierre Wolf, janitor, a well known
character, said he thought the loss of life
overestimated. ’ ‘ ..
A GALLANT nascuu.
A woman standing on the sill of a window
of a fourth story held on to the telephone
wire with her left hand. She was hatless,
her clothing in order, she fanned herself with
her righ and and waited for assistance
“Hold ast till I come,” shouted Fireman
Rooney, and a score of men and. boys rushed
forward, dragged a ladder from a hook and
ladder company’s wagon .that had just ar-
rived and in an instant the ladder was placed
beside the building, but it only reached the
third story. A cry of dismay went up from
the crowd. “Push up another," a hundred
voices yelled. Two firemen run up the lad:
der, two steps at a time. “Can you hold on
a minute,” the leader asked the poor woman.
“Yes, but for God‘s sake hurry,” was the
hoarse reply. ‘ Come on Ben.” said the fire-
man to his coiiirndc,l“damn the ladder. We
inu st save her.” And up he went to the top.
llis hands just reached the woman‘s feet.
The crowd held its breath in suspense and
the woman remained 000‘. “Hold on to
the wire; step on my shoulder,” said the
firemen, guiding her foot with his hand-
The woman did as she was told, but as the
brawny fellow went to move a step lower
she seemed to swoon and had apparently
lost her balance when the fireman on the step
below caught her and she was hastily carried
to the ground. Cheer after cheer went up
from the crowd. Another lady climbed out
on a lodge in Beekman street, near Park Row,
when some firemen raised two ladders and
by almost superhuman efforts rescued her
just as the last remnant of strength was fail-
ing her. ‘
Three men appeared in a fourth story win-
dow imploring aid. Noncfiwas possible from
without, but a quick-wilted boot-black
climbeda telegraph pole in front of the
Evening Mailoffice at Beekman street and
Park row, and cut a wire that fell across
their window, and the three men slid down
in safety to the ground.
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Office Hours from S to 9:30 a.m.,1 to 3 and
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ENTIS’ERY.—Dr. C. II. Kendall can and
will Extract Teeth better and M'ulrc chtli
cheaper than any Dentist in Norwalk. lyl
LL branches of‘ Dentistry performed at reu-
sonablc prices, and the best of materials
used. All work warranted, Extracting 25c.
Olilcc and Residence, West Avenue, adjoining
Methodist Parsonage, Norwnlk.
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Office Hours from 7 to 9 a, n1., 2 to 3, and 7 to S
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HE subscribers will act as Purchasing A gents
and Messengers between Norwalk and N cw
York, daily: Orders and packages received at
Theodore lgnapp’s, South Norwalk, and Benc-
(IICL’S'NCWS ltooni, Post Office, Norwalk.
ED.“ IN If. SELLECK, with James McCreery &
00., takes 6 o’clock train.
D. R. SELLECK, takes 7:45 a. In. train.
L. N. PHINNEY, Ni. D.,
Residence and Office, No. 62 Wall Street.
Office Hours—6 to 9 a. m., 1-: to 3 and 7 to 8 p.m.
Slates at I. A, Meeker & Co’s,‘.\'orwalk, and Still-
son’s and Plaisted’s Drug Stores, So. Norwalk.
CHARLES ‘W. IMANY,
Surgeon Dentist.
NORWALK, CONN.
Of‘ilce corner of Main and Wallstreets. Nitrous-
Oxule Gas administered.
ALEX. s3. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregationalist Church
Teacher of
Piano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Coznposition,‘
Lock Box 39, P. 0., NORWALK. CONN.
The N orwalk Dye Works
RE now in successful operation. Ladies’ and
3 Gents’ Garments Dyed, Cleaned or Secured
in best possible manner, without injury to cloth.
Any shade of color produced which may be de-
sired. Work well done and prices reasonable.
Goods can be left at the llfillincry and Fancy
Store of the MISSES ST. JOHN, 33 Main St., Nor-
walk, or at MRS. II. KltElGER’S Millincry. 39ft
BERNARD COHN,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
WEEK’S SUnLDING, WALL Sin,
‘ A FULL LINE or
Imported and Domestic Cloths
of the latest styles, constantly on_ hand. Novel;
.ties in Scotch Suitings. Satisfaction guaranteed
in every particular. . 46
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.General Furnishing Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R. DEPOT.
Rowers attended to day or night. Residence
Main Street, 3 doors from Union Avenue,
People’s Blanket,
,i’tto. 19 IIIAIN STREET,
IIE very best of'BEEF, delivered daily t!“
our customers. Also, in their season, Vea .
Lamb, Mutton, Pork. 6;c., at the lowest
Market Rates.‘ Vegesa bios and Fruits a fall
fresh and varied supply daily received. Market
wagon sent about town every morning.
JAMESB. WIXSON.
i y: F .2. n _
his ribliialli His insurance Ga,
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year.
Anilhasnctoutstandinga Dollar of unpaidlosses
or of claims for losses.
Il'l SIIiIfB 0855?le IISSIIHESAT LOWER RATES.
WE. 0.3732153, Pres., S. E. Omrsrnan, Treas.
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Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual .
Capital and A sects, $8,802.2"2.64
Insures against loss and damage by Fire, on terms
adopted to the hazard and consistent with the
laws of compensation. COWLILS ft MERRILL,
Solo Agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
HARLES s. LOCKWOOD ,
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AND
onzfrs’ FURNISHING 511190121th
Mainstrect ,Norwalk. Conn.
mesa-ran MODE:-
Hair'firessingatllath Rooms
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cleanliness. Comfort, Artistic IVorkmanship and
gentlemanly Attendance are leading features of
this ostablislimcn t.
E. APELL, Proprietor.
Geo. Ward Selleck,
. Hasinhis New Store, _
HARDEKBRIIIIK'S NEW BLINK, WALL STREET,
A complete assortment of the best class of
GRGGEIIIES, PROVISIONS, FHUIISa
&c.,lor family use, at Popular Prices. His stock
i‘s at all times fresh and good,nnd will stand coni-
parison with those of any Croper in town. Call
in and leave your orders. ' 25ft
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DAR BY’fl
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fitting of Small Poo:
prevented. .
Ulcers purified .t- healed
Gangrene prevented it.
cured.
[Wands healed rnpidlv.
Secrecy cured in short
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Te llcr dried up.
Ills porfcclly harmless.
For Sore Throat it is :1
sure cure.
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Contagion destroyed,
SickRoomspiirificd and
made pleasant.
Feuered and Sick Per-
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Impurc Air made harm-
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sprinkling Druby’s
nirrnssia
rsevsiirsn. g
Cholera dissipated.
dlll'p Fever prevented
Fluid about. byits use.
To Eur-17y the Breath, llcuiovcs:i‘lunplensunt
Cleanse the Tooth, it - odors.
In cases of death in the
liouse,it slioulilnlwziys
be used about the
corpse—it will prevent
any unpleasant smell.
An Antidote for Animal
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Dangerous cflluvias of
Sick ltoomsanil flos-
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use.
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Eradicatecl.
can’t be surpassed.
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Scars prevented.
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In fact, it is the great
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Maiiiilacturing Chemists, Sole Proprietors.
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.‘tc., given away. Extra inducements oflercd un-
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Delivered in Norwalk and South Norwalk, at
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AT 7 CENTS PER QUART,
By REMSON BRcs.
DR. s. W. FISKE,
clairvoyant Physician and Magnetic
Healer, Business and Test Medium, ’
Office No. 270 Chapel Street, New Haven. Conn.
where he can be consulted regularly every month
from the 10th until the 22d at 9 p.m. Office hours
from 9 a. m.t09 p. m.
The Doctor has visited New Haven regularly
every month for over six years, and is highly rec-
ommended by the people and the press, as the
great healer and physician: 11‘ ‘ou are Sick or
need his‘valiiablc advice do not f‘ai to consult him,
Doctor hiske has had 31 years experience in the
astonishing cures of” all chronic and longr standing
diseases of whatever name or nature.
The doctor also gives valuable advice on busi-
ness limiters and all the affairs oflire, both social
and financial. He will tell you if success or ad-
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gains, losses,ubsent1riends, and great success in
selecting lucky numbers. All should consult
him. He is always reliable. Sittings for business
affairs or examination of the sick, $1.00. Commu-
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contain $2,ztge.scx, a. lock of hair, and stamp.
Address Lock Bgv 1253, Norwich,Conn . For fur-
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Smith‘s Hotel,Watcrbury, Conn., four days com-
mencing Feb. 27th. I
Use Dr. S. W. FISK E’S VALUABLE LINI—
MENT, in allcases of Ithcunrati i, Sprains, and
all pains and aches. For sale by It druggists.
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Q 355% 351' E N '1‘“ P I: P E
For Drains, Sewers, W ells, &c. ,-
‘ . At Lowest Cash Prices. _
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Patent: Tirade! Wood,
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{31" Branch Office at E. S. Betts’ DrugStore
. J. Beliien Hurlbutt,
Attorney and Ufllllillfll‘ at Law,
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Regiments, 85c.
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LIST 0? SUBSBBIBERS [IF IIIIRWALK. Iii SPEAK-
IIIII Gdl‘llfdilitlfllll'lflfi III DATE.
Adams Bros. - - - Market
Adams Express,so. Norwalk - Ollicc
Adams, Leroy — - - Market
llriiik, Fairlicld Co. Nut - Olliec
Beard, la‘ - - - Residence
Hearty. J. P. 6:. Bros. : - Ollice
lletts, II. S. - - . Druguist
Ilurkc, W.C., M. D. .- Oliice
lsyiiipton. .‘i. II. it: Co. - Gazette Ohice
Clurkc, E, C , f-l. D. - - Residence
Conistock Bros. - A Norwaik
Conistocl: Bros. - South Norwalk
, Crol'ut a Knapp, - Upper Oilice
Crofut .k. Knapp, g Lower Office
D. d: N. R. it. - - Freight Office
I). & S. It. It. - :3 - Coal Dock
Darin, IIoi'aceE, - - - Stablo
Donovan Jerry - - - Store
rfllirle, W. 11. - '- - . Residence
Ferris, J. ll. - - - ltcsulciicc
Ferris, J. ii. - Coal, Upper Oilicc
Ferris, J. II, =- - Coal, Lower Ollicc
Ferry, Mrs. O. S. - - Residence
Fitch, lIcnry it - - Lumber Yard
Gibson, A. S. - . - Residence
Gregory Bros. - - - Stable
Gregory,J. (3n, M. D. - - Residence
Gregory. J. G. J: Co. . - Druggists
llzitch. Bailey ti: Co. - Planing Mill
I‘Iitl. Forming CO. - - Office
Higgins, 1:. L., M. D. - tesidcncc
llill, l‘J.J.
Hitchcock. D., M. D.
Holmes .9: licclcr, -
llesidcncc
- "rumbcr Yard
- Grocers
lloyt, i. Isl. PAY OPEICE - Driiggist
lly:itt.J. W. - - - — Office
Ilyittt,J. W. - - Residence
Kcelel', Ii. 0. - - - Residence
lit-inland. C.’, M, D. - — Residence
Leonard, C. T. k. Son. - Coiil,l§ast side
Leonard, (LT. it: Son. - Coal, \\ est side
Loeku'ood. \'.'_ .\., M.D - Residence 3
Q
Lockwood, F. st. John - - Residence
, Lounsbiiry A: llissellCo. - Office
hiahaclicnio Hotel. -- - 'Ollice -’
Many, C. W. - - Residence
Meeker. I. A. .b Co. - Di‘izgglsts
Miller, George li. . - - Residence 4‘
Mitchell. W. .‘l'. l). - hi cat Market ,
.\ol;m,lt.G., lvl.D. - - Residence
North. G.-S. - - - Gallery
Norvi'alk Gazette - - , Olllcc
Norwalk llour - - - Office
,Noriva’iklroxi Works " -~ - ~ Office
Norwulk Look 00. -. - Office
Norwul k Mills - - - Ofliec
Norwulk Savings Society - - Bunk
Palmer, l5. ful. & Co. - - Oflicc
Puritee, lu‘. Y., M' D. - Residence
I’liiiiiiey, L.N., Ill. D. - Residence
I’l:ti:it.cil, G. ll. - - Druggist
I’OSIUIIIIth'AY OFFICE, — Noroton
-I’ropcllcr Dock - - Norwall:
Prowiit,J. T. - Hardware
Handle, .l. C.. 1'.i v OFFICE, - Store
Raymond .\". Nicherson - - Storc
lttiyniond, G. \V. - - Residence
tayuionil Brothers - Upper Ofllce
Raymond Brothers - Lower (mice
.‘aziiidnorth, L. W. - - Residence
Sellcck Brothers, - - - Grocers
.illci‘lilfln, S. J. - . - IICSI‘IICHL‘JJ
Sherman, S. J, - - - Stable
Smith, W. II. 5.: ,Co. ' - Hardware
Solmuns, A. , - - - Ollicc
Starr, O. S. - - - Residence
Starr, Brothers ~ - : Store
steamboat Dock - South Nor-walk
Driiggist
Residence
Ollice
Stillsou.G. O. - -
St.John, C. E.
Trmvbridgc, Chen. S.
W’cstcru Union 'l‘elcgrnph - N_orv.' lk
Western Union TelegraphSouth horn .ilk
Wilson, S. I}. - - Itcsulcncc
Wood, Chas. N. g - Market
. WESTPORT. 5
Jones, Oscar I.,I‘.\Y OFFICE — TinEShop
Messages to and from Pay Ofi‘iccs, will be
charged lit cents each. no matter: by whom they
may be sent or received. Exception, store of J.
O. ltandle, and I. M. Hoyt, where no charge will
practice of medicine, and thousands of the most '
relating to the duties of the
‘soiial and Sea Notes.
~ VQL. LXV.--NUMBEB 6
REAL ESTATE.
Apartments to Let.
IN 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
BILNJ. J. STUKGES, Agt.
No. 4 Gazette Building.
Norwaik, Ct.,Scpt. 5, 1551. :16
I ('5
For sale.
T South Norwalk, half a mile from the depot,
the late residence of A. ILSuowden, known
its “Clifl‘wood.” Large Villa Ilousc, substantial—
]: built,in good order, eleven rooiiiflcclliir and
iittic,lurgc parlor with bay windows beautiful
tower, carriage house, burn and stalilc,attiactivc
grounds, finely shaded \i‘ltll fruit .‘llltl forest trees.
Terms to suit. Apply to A. C. SNOWDISN, on
the premises, or to REV. 1’... ll.l3)iOl‘iDhN. 51
St. Mark’s Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. llllt
Farm for Sale.
V llE'subscribcr will sell the wcl known David
St. John harm With all the Stock, Tools and
Crowmg Crops. Most of the price can remain on
I. mortgage. For full particulars address ,
22tf GEO. 1". HELD-EN , \Viiiiiipaiik, Conn.
FOR. SALE.
(EVE {AL very desirable Building Sites for
Business purpose itiiittcil on \ for Street.
Enquirc'of I". W. MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent
FOR. SALE.
WO very desirable Building Lots on “rest
Main street. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.
F ' @ I.
03? a. 65
HE well known property of WILLIAM C.
STREET. situated on High Street. in the Bor-
ough ot Norwalkmontaining one acre of ground
fronting on High and Main Streets, with commo-
(IIOIIS Dwelling llousc,with all the modern im-
provements, large Barn, and out buildings, and
one-half of small house on 1d ain Street. For fur
ther particulars enquire of DU RR SMITH , Agent.
Nor‘.v:ilk,ApIil 11th, 1851, létf
/
FEW EIUNDREB DOLLARS willbiiy
a small ilacc on the hill east of \Viiinipuiii:
facing the ouiisbury .‘i: Ilisseil factory. A
chance for a poor man to secure alionic oihis
own. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE. bit"
Farm for Sale.
HE subscriber offers his Farm for sale, situ..-
ted in the Town of" Greenfield, in Saratoga
00., In the state of New York, nine miles from
Saratoga Springs. It is plcnsontly situated on
a rise o_l ground, 95 acres of land, which is favor-
ably divided into pasture, plow, meadow and
wood land ; With a. large house; the size of the
burn 30 by 40, wagon house and stabling, hay left
over the same, 23 by 43, and graincry 16 by 13.
Will be sold cheap; part of" the purchase money
can rcmrinbn mortgage if desired, or will e):-
changc torvillagc property. For further particu-
larsinquirc of SILAS 1’. ’I‘UTTLE,
trail Norwaik. Conn,
Desirable Property for sale.
Very desirable place on East Avenue.
Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue. for sale cheap.
Also. a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
wrn Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain, Enquire of _. _
S. E. OSBORNJmst Avenue,
tfll or to D. W, Fitch, W est Avenue.
Small Place for Sale.
SMALL, two-story House, with one acre of
Land, near BroadRiver Bridgc,is oflered
for sale at a. low price, to closcziii estate. En.
quire at the GAZETTE OFPIC r_- (it;
._, i
For Sale.
cosy, comfortable Cottage on one of ilchlcas-
antest streets in town, within five minutes
walk of the Bridge or Churches, will be sold at
low price. A portion of the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price $7,000. 15n-
quire at this Office.
,, For Sale Cheap.
Better than that interest Emile.
52A House on Fair Street.
—Apply to B. J. Sturges.
DWEflDENQg
AN D
Building Lots.
EVERAL dwellings, various prices in differ-
ent portions of Borough, either to let or for
sale unreasonable prices. Also several places.
outside of Borough limits—one in Winnipauk,
Also several Building lots in and out of Borough
t149 Enquire at this Office.
HAS REMOVED His '
To Opera House Block, in
Store with A. W.’Austii,
Jeweler.
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PROGRESS.
Upon tli’ oerlooking height, where sits the
. Sago,
Who social doings, carefully doth scan;
I ask’d their portcnt, if he could presage
Aught of their tendency? He thus began :
“ Polisli’d the surface is, but may deceive
Those who, too bcedless are, its depths to
sound ;
They gully sport, unwilling to believe
'l‘liat danger lurks, ’ncath such enchanted
ground.
Tell them of many.who, in bygone years
Did sink, to rise up more; this their reply:
“ Vniiily you seek to stimulate our fears,
On our sagacity we can rely;
Old Puritanic plodding is no more,
. This is an enterprising, cultur’d age;
Our father's scrnples their defeat insur’d,
Our prompt decisions, do success presage.
This is the golden era ; all around
Is cliarg’d with wealtb,unprecedented,vast.
Richest enjoyments, ev'ryivhere, abound,
. In an exuberance that's unsurpass’d. '
The artof living we have just acquir'd,
Earth’s forces, at our bidding, yield
All that the most luxurious e'er desir’d;
Nature herlatcnt treasures hath reveal'd.
Distance annihilated, we now course
Wherc’er our roving fancy is inclin’d,
Encompass earth ; in ev’ry land discourse,
And claim the brotherhoodof all mankind.
Not trammcll’d—asin olden time—we can
3‘ Do as Rome does,’ bending at all their
shrines; .
Crecds blotted out; Sinai under ban ;
All days alike; thus settl’d by divines.
What, ’ncath this progress, is there to be
fear’d, '
To turn as from pursuit of gifts, so sweet?
Surely ’twcre puerile, should we be scar’d
By dread of an improbable defeat.”
“ Such their called reasonings; the Sage re-
sum’d;
Their reason subjugated to their wills,
All progress :13 improvement, they assume,
Unmindful that ’tis largely mix’d with ills.
The bounteous gifts that providence donates,
'Are scatter’d broadcast for both rich and
poor, '
But over reaching wealth appropriates
The grain, husks only left at beggars door.
The progress of our times hath giv’n birth
To grasping Boards, that, with an 'iron
hand,
Aic striving, ever, to remodel earth,
‘ Sha c it, if possible, to their demands.
The gelling fetter is no more the sign
Of slavery; but, still, oppression chains
The poor to poverty, disease and crime ;
And thus, of strength, Society it drains.
Our danger lurks in the o’crflowing bowl,
Quaffing, too deeply, it doth prudence
drown
Leading to prodigality the soul, ‘
Till ruin and remorse, such folly crown.
The notes, of discontent, already heard,
The prelude are to social discord, near,
When labor, by all threat’nings undeterr’d,
Will its imperative demands declare.
It is the last, incumbent, straw, that breaks
The back of CdlilCl;—fl€af.l1 its pressing
load~—
The greed, too, of monopolists thus makes
The poor to sink when lieartlessly bestrode.
But there are, also, murmnrings. which de-
sceud, .
Porteuding storm, retributive, at hand,
For immoralities, that must offend
Him, who, so bounteously hath blessed the
land.
His Sabbaths desecrated, concerts, sports,
And banquetingsmrdfane the sacred hours;
Unblushing wantonnc—ss, herself desports;
Official avarice the State devours!
Prosperity, too oft, like heated pile, ,.
Engenders reptiles, while producing flow-
ers,
As watchful gardeners destroy what’s vile,
Society should cast out what dcflours.
Tnnnos.
The A guc.
Once upon an evening-bleary,
While I sat me dreaming, dreary,
In the sunshine, thinking over
Things that passed in days of yore,
While I nodded, nearly sleeping,
Gently come a something creeping,
(keeping upward from the floor. .
“ Tis a cooling breeze,” I muttered,
"From the regions ’neath the floor;
Only this and nothing more.” '
Ah! distinctly I remember—
It was in that wet September,
When the earth, and every member
Of creation that it bore,
Had for weeks and months been soaking
"'In the meanest, most provoking.
Foggy rain that, without joking,
We had ever seen before;
So I knew it must be very
Cold and damp beneath the floor——
Very cold beneath the floor.
So I sat me, nearly napping, ,*
In the sunshine, stretching, gaping,
With a feeling quite delighted
With the breezes ’neath the floor,
Till I felt nic growing colder,-
And the stretching waxing bolder,
And myself now feeling older,
Older than I felt. before;
Felling that my joints were stiffer
Than they were in days of yore,
Stierr than they’d been before.
Along my back the éreeping
Soon gave place to rustling, leaping;
As if countless frozen demons
Had concluded to explore
All the cavities—the varininls—
Twin. 11 e {illtl my nctlicr garments,
Through my boots into the floor;
Then I found myself a-shaking,
Gently shaking more and more,
Every 11!;‘lll-Z‘Ilt more and more.
’I‘was tlic agile; and it shook me
Int.) heavy clothes, and took me
Shaking to the kitchen, every
Place where there was warmth in store
Shaking till the chine I21: tier ,
Shaking till the morals battled;
Shaking, and with all my warning,
Ft: “ 3: colder than before;
Shakii.a till it liarl‘cxhausted
All its powers to shake me more,
Till it could not shake the more. "
Then it rested till the morrow,
When it came with all the horror r
That it hail the face in borrow,
Shaking", shaking a. before.
And item that day in September—
D.‘._‘.' ivliibii I shall long remember-—
It has llilltic diurnal visits,
S 4.1 ' ', shaking; oh, snjsore!
Shilling off my boots, {I l-‘i ..‘i ilinig
life to in II. if nothing ::2. 2-.-,
Full; t2 _, if nothing more.
m
11..“ ,c.» {or inventors. Tia: Amer-
ican nu . .eicty . flora a pi‘iz: i $5,000
cash for a mil: 1 cattle carwliich will permit
the animals to be full and watered in transit.
The time for presenting . models will expire
October 1, 1882. ‘
WA_
“IIACKMETACK,” a. lasting and. fro.-
grant perfume. Price 25 and 50 cents.
GAZETTE osnua J Monson Hoyt, agent.
Norwalk Chronicler