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WHOLE NUMBER I782.
From Our Continent.
A Day in ’l‘adousac.
When the head of the shipping firm of
Freyteau, Wall et Cle in Montreal sent
young Noel as their agent along the lower
St. Lawrence, the other p =rtners grumbled
loudly. They were shrewd Americans—
NOCI a mere lad, Canadian French, gay,
crochety, wordy. He had, too, heavy sums
to collect, and there was an ugly story
afloat that his father had been a professional
gambler. Pierre Noel now was old and im.
becile, but his son persisted in taking him
with him everywhere, and paid him an en-
aggerated respect. Wall et Ole grew very
uneasy about their money. Blood they Said
would tell at last But Mr. Freyteau' was
obstinate in his likings; he would not recall
the lad. Allthey could do was to send the
young Wall to look him up now and then.
and to take a rigid accounts of his receipts.
It never occurred to Louis Noel that he was
suspected. Nothing short of a blow on the
face would convince that careless follow that
anybody was his enemy. He made his head
quarters at the louc‘y village of Tadousac for
a reason, and be supposed the same reason
brought James Wall there. , .
The two men one August afternoon met
.in the orchard of an old pension behind the
village. The wind was frosty, and Noel
brought a bench out from under the trees
into the open sunshine for a young girl who
was with them. James Wall sat. down upon
it beside her, crossed his stout legs comfor-
tably, drew out a Quebec paper and looked
at the quotations .in lumber. Noel walked
away. He could not come near Hester
Pagelo-day. She had dropped a word or
two to him last night, a mere nothing when
one repeated it, yet. very different from the
cool, amused criticism with which she had
met him heretofore. ’He had repeated the
words a thousand times to himself to-day.
Could it be ?—
He could not speak to her before Wall.
He felt as if he must cry out with this sud-
den madness of hope that sent the blood
through his body like flame. He wandered
about irresolutely, climbed a tree for some
russet pears for her, and left them lying on
the grass, lighted a cigar, smoked furiously,
and let it go out in his month, then be-
gan to sing with a tremendous discordant
clatter.
Mr. Wall shuddered, then laughed, com-
passionately glancing at Miss Page. They
were both admirable musicians, and often
sang together with that accuracy and nea-
ness of effect which peculiarly marked the
words and movements of both.
“These Canadians are restless in body
and mind as grasshoppers." James Wall’s
thick tones grew complacent and intimate
with Miss Page. Were they not both
Americans? The Noel and all unfortn
nato foreigners belonged to agreat Ultima
Thule outside of the States. She smiled.
looked deliberately at Louis, then at Wall,
then down to the pale blue web she was
netting. What with her delibration, the
pale plue net, the creamy. gown fitting cIOSc
to her neat, rounded figure, and her lustre-
less brown hair and eyes, she made a centri-
of calm, of delicate color, which suited the
faded hue of the autumnal day. Mr. Warl
scanned her over his paper, parsing his
thick lips with gusto. He had been calcu
lilting her merits and defects for a long time.
but his mind was made up. True, she had
not money enough to pay her share of the
board-bills, nor brilliant beauty to push them
on socially in Montreal. But some indefi-
nably latent power in the faint-colored calm
little woman had conquered him. As much
of the man as was not—given up to thelumber
interest or to worship of James’Wall was
genuinely in love with her. He was a poor
man, greedy .of mouey,yet he meant to marry
this penniless Baptist minister’s daughter.
Why not tell her so at once? .
“Noel l" he called; “here, Noel!” (II
was just. as well .6 let her know their rela-
tive positions, and that this scampish fol-
low, whose infatuation for her was the talk
of the village, was only the paid servant to
the firm.) "I wish you to finish that report.‘
I start for home to-night. By the way, I
will take. all your collections with me."
Noel did not move. “D’ye hear ? See to it
once."
“Chat ! chutl No hurry." Louis lounged
over the low stone wall, looking down the
mountain. Below him was the uneven
street of Tadousac cut through beetling
graycliifs; the old cottages, perched here
and there. each sending out through its steep
red or yellow or tinned roof a sleepy drift of
smoke. Lights shone through the window:
of the little ancient church; the doors wen-
open; hecould see Grigneaux, the-fat bea-
dle, climbing into its high seat; then cam:
Father Matthieu up the hill, half a dozen
children of the habitants, with their wax-
like features and glittering black eyes. tog-
ging at his gown. At the foot of the hill
rolled the silent, fathomless tide of the
Sagueuay—that mystery of the North, black
as a line drawn by Death throdgh the 1in .
beauty and comfort of the hills and village.
Just then the notes of a French horn filter.
the air with a melancholy sobbing. LOUI:
gave a quick nod of satisfaction. , That we
his father; he always knew that the old man
was happy as long as he was filling th.
world with his melodious piping. Sum.
young fellows, his comrades, on the pier,
caught sight of Noel.
“Hi! hi! Louis 1” they called.
He shouted back, waving his hat to Perl
Matthieu, who laughed and nodded. th.
Sisters of' Mercy, pacrng decorously in their
black robes to the church, glanced furtively
up and smiled to each other. The wholi
village knew and liked the merry fellow
and the aid father of whom he was no
fond.
The gate clicked. Wall, tired of waiting on
him, had gone angrily away.
“Thanks to Gudl” chuckled Noel. He
hurried towards Hester, then stopped short
ins spasm of shame. Who was be? To
go to her to ask her to give herself to him?
The first man in the world was not. fit. to
touch her! Look at her sitting there, the
sun shining full on her! Her hands Went
'with their Work, in and out, in and out. The
monotomy of motion maddened him. For
two years he had followed her faithful as a
dog. It had been almost enough to see her,
to hear her speak now and then. If he tolu
her now that he loved her he would risk all
this: she would drive him away. Never
to see Hester again? Never? If she mar-
ried Wall! For a moment he could not ge
his breath—the world gaped empty about
him.
Then his blood swelled with sudden ti"-
umph. Why, he was not a child; he was a.
man, and that was the dear woman that he
loved! He went. to her, leaping over a fallen
tree, and threw himself breathless on the
grass. Hester, amused, looked down at his
sensiti re face and burning eyes.
“I heard you singing, Monsieur Noel,” she
said after a while. 0
“Obi Did you like my voice ?” eagerly.
“My father does. I don‘t know. He isa
great musician. Perhaps—would you like
me to sing to you now ?” .
“No,” Hester smiled. “You—you can
talk to me instead," she added shyly.
Noel did not answer. He rose slowly,
and leaning against a tree looked steadily
down into her lace. .She saw how he trem-
bled lhcugu she did not. raise her eyes. Tut
very wrud Was still, A crlcket Cllll'plug In
the stubble counted off the long minutes;
far away enrolled and sank the low chanting
in the church, Boater’s fingers still went to:
and out of that wearisomc net, but they
shook how ; she could not see her work. It
seemed to her as if all had been already said
between them,
“Hester,” he broke out at last, “you must
have known it. this long time. I suppose it
seems mad folly to you. I know I I’m only
Louise Noel. I'm a headlong, good-for-
notiliu fellow. But"— He caught her
hand and stroked it passionately in his cold
fingers. 7
Hester glanced up at the passion windows.
She did not forget to be decorous.
“No! Don’t speak yet i” he cried.
“Don’t send me away yet! I know the
Americans think me fiighty—n vaurien. But
I can work l I can make you such a happy
home here in Tsdousac. I know you like
Tadousac. Oh, I know all your whims and
fanciesl I’m a weak little fellow ; but I love
you so that 1 could keep trouble away from
you as if 1 were God.”
Hester looked at him thoughtfully. She
had known for a year that each of these two
men would ask her to be his wife, and she
know precisely what answer she would give
them, but she was not going to’bc hurried
out of her orderly course.
Louis drew back. “You will not take my
love ?"
His sudden pallor, his relaxed features an
oyed her. What was the use after all on
such wearisome tragic emotions?
“I will see you again,” she said coldly;
"we are not alone now. Mr. Wall"—
Wall stood within the gate. Noel turned
and joined him without a word. As the men
went out together a branch of woodbine struck
against one of their faces. Miss Page when
she was alone broke it off and shyly put it to
her lips with a bright blush. .
“Bring the reports and money here," said
Wall when they reached the house.
"The money,” stammered Noel ; “it is in
a sealed package. Is it necessay to count
it ?"
Noe‘i's suppressed excitement as he left
Hester had startled Wall. ~He eyed his dazed
face now with sudden suspicion.
“Bring me that money," he said sharply.
Louis ran up to h‘s chamber. There were
steps overhead, then a pause. Ten minutes
half an hour passed. Then the door opened
and he stood ‘in it. He looked shrunken and
years older than when he went in.
“The money is gone, Wall,” he said.
“The money ? Gone? What do you
mean f”
The package. I sealed it yesterday. I
locked it in my desk”—
“And it is none ?”
Noel sank on a chair near the door. Wall
went up to him. He was a powerfully-built
than, and he towered over Louis who was
out a pony young fellow. “Bring me that
money l" he said.
Noel pushed him away steadily. “Keep
our hands off of me. I must think-this
means more to me than to you.”
Wall draw back. There was a moment’s
silence. “It means ruin to you. Look at
me, Noel. This will not surprise the‘firm.
They have long suspected you. You can-
not pass it off as an accident. Now listen.
b‘ltlli -ll may is not within my hands in and
hour, 1 must return to Montreal to-night and
make all known. Even if Freyteau will not
consent to your arrest you will be discharg-
ed." He lowered his voice. “Miss Page
will not be likely to marry a penniless vaga-
bond and a thief.”
“What of Miss Page ?" said a clear voice
behind him. ‘
Louis stood up. Wall turned and faced
her, a slow heat of triumph rising in his
heavy jaws and half-shut blue eyes. There
had been some softening of pity in his tone
just now, but now he remembered that this
than was his rival and was in his power.
James Wall was not the man to delay
using that power for one remorseful mo-
ment. ‘
“Monsieur Noel is in difficulty,” he said,
graVely looking down and rubbing his well-
kept nails .as though in embarrassment.
“His return to the firm—there isa deficiency
of several thousand pounds.”
Hester went quickly up to Noel. There
was something wholesome and invigorating
I er decisive step, in the keen common
sense lighting her brown eyes.
“You can set this aright of course‘?" she
said. '
“I have not spent the money. It was in
my desk yesterday." .
She looked at him a moment, then for
the first time in her life laid her hand on his
arm. -
“Monsieur Noel, you are not yourself !
You have been robbed. Why do you stand
here? Why do you not make search : arrest
the servants ?"
Noel avoided her eye. “I will not do that,"
as said. "They did not take it. ”
“He does not understand of what you ac-
cuse him,” she said impatiently to Wall, who
laughed contemptuously. _
“I do understand. I will search for his
money again.” He ,turned to Wall: “The
boat will not be in for an hour. Give me
that time.”
The stupor wasshaken off. Something of
us usual gusty awkward vehemence was in
his manner as he went out. But when Wall
said, “He knows he will not bring the money
track,” Miss Page secretly felt that he was
right. She took up her netting and seated
. O .
herself by the Window.
“We will wait here until the hour is over,"
.he said quietly, and Wall recognized him-
fielf a prisoner. A stronger will than his has
been resolved 0‘ justice'to Noel. ' He could
not go out as he had intended to publish the
theft in Tadousac.‘
“Unfortunately,” he said “suspicion had
been directed against this young man for
some time. A charming fellow, too i A
tllouspnd pities l” '
Hester’s fingers steadily went in and but of
the blue Web, but she remained silent.
Npel on the upper floor halted at the door
of a chamber next to his own Within the
French horn sounded a wailing cry. He
stood a minute, drew a long breath of gath-
ered strength and went on smiling. M. Noel
sealed by the window, rose quickly to meet
ulm, laying down the instrument carefully.
lie wore a velvet jacket, and cap on his long
White hair. Noel took as much fond pride
Ill devising picturesque costumes for his
father as a woman would for her baby. His
features were sensitive and fine as those of
Louis, but the eyes were shallow and glassy
and there was a perpetual deprecatiug smile
on the mouth.
“Is it time for our walk, my son ?” he said,
speaking the pure French of,the old families
of Quebec. .
L ruis with the smile still on his face plac-
ed a chair. “We will talk a little finst fath-
er." Standing behind him, his hands on his
shoulders, he glanced at the clock. Not. an
hour! Yet if be frightened the old man he
could discover nothing. He talked of in-
different matters, and then said:
“How did you amuse yourselt to-day,
sir ?"
“With my music, Louis, and 1' strolled
across the mountains."
“With these, also?" taking from a drawer
a pack of greasy cards. 1112. Noel started up
p lie and trembling as a guilty child.
“They are not mine!. They were lent to
sue! I only play a little game of solitaire." '
“Why. assuredly! Do you ever wager
with yourself, sir? One hand against the
abet?" I
“Why I never tried that. l” chuckling dc-
Ilguted. “I Inger with Jacques when we
play. A trifle—bah!"
“And the money, to play with 1‘ You hide
‘Val Va!
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NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, F EBERUARY28, 1882.
A Dish of, Onions.
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Seth Twiggs came home from Shadtown
the other day, a good deal elated, with the
prospect of growing onions as a special crop
1
it as you used to do! Here—there—wherc
Jacques cannot find it ?"
Mr. Noel nodded complacently. "Trust me
for that. Nobody will ever find it. Why,
there are places among the rocks"—
Louis looked out at. the vast stretch of
mountain ledges over which his father had
wandered that day. The clock tlc ked faster.
“Father,” he said coming in front of him-
“My soul Who has hurt you I” The
gentle face was full of wild terror. “What
have they done to you ? You never looked
like that in your life, Louis.” _
“Never mind. It’s all right, father, all
right,” kneeling down before him and south-
ing him. He thought if he told him the
truth surely God would waken some spark of
intelligence in the poor dead brain to help
him. The hour was nearly over. His strait
was desperate. '
uThere was some money in a package in
.my desk, father. It is gone. Do you know
where it is ?,’
The tenderness faded out of the blue eyes.
They grew by turns perplexed, vacant, then
cunning. “Ab, Loais! You want. to find
out my hiding-places to store your money.
We old people have our little se-
crets, eh ?” clocking with his tongue.
Noel started up. “Oh, for God‘s sake.
You are my father‘l Be a man again l Come
back this once to save me i”
A shadow of comprehension struggled into
the vacant face. like life galvanized into a
corpse. Then it died out. “Yog frighten
me," he cried; “I did not see the money.”
Louis was no fool. He saw how he could
shelter himself by leaving the crime where
it undoubtedly belonged. It would proba-
bly becondoned as the act of an imbecile.
He threw his arms with a shudder around
the old man and reverently kissed the gray
head.
“Do not be frightened, father,” he said
gently; “nothing shall harm you.”
Amoment later Hester hearing his firm
steps without rose. “He has the money I”
the said.
Wall also rose.
“NO. If
’iNoel, all of his life vdlement and passion-
ate. stood now quiet and resolute, while Wall
swaggered uncertainly.
“You know the consequences, Noel? You
are accountable. I can do nothing for you.
I shall telegraph the firm from Quebec and
return to-morrow." ‘ 6
“The money.” said Louis slowly, “may be
forthcoming by that time."
“So late a repentance will hardly save you,”
sneered Wall. “If it were not for Freyteau
I would order your arrest at once.”
He turned irresolutely to Miss Page,bowcd,
and :without speaking left the room going
immediately down to the little steamer which
lay at. the pier.
Hester went up to Louis. "You do not
defend yourself.” she said with a queer chok-
ing in her voice.
“NO.”
“You did not even say that you werenot
guilty ?" .
Their eyes met. There was along silence.
Noel put his hand up to his mouth uncertain-
ly.
“I can any nothing.” He turned away.
She stood still, her clear eyes following
him, her unconscious fingers tearing the web
she had netted bit by bit. It fell in a heap on
the floor. She came to his side with a littk
rush as Pere Matthieu§entered the room.
“I will speak for you then,” sliding' her
hand into his arDm. “Ah, Father congratu-
late usl I have accepted Monsieur Noel.
I must announce our betrothal. It is our
custom in the States.”
The good Father was shocked at her want
of decorum. Her cheeks burned, her eyes
shone'with soft brilliance. “Come, come I"
“We may yet be in time to tell the news to
our friend James Wall. It will cheer him on
his voyage. ” ’
She almost dragged Louis down to the
garden which overlooked the pier, on which
a little crowd had gathered. He held her
back.
“You shall not blast your'lil’e for me?
Why do you do this ?"
“Because I love you,” she sobbed.
At that instant Wall, stepping from a lit-
tle bateau on to the deck of the steamer,
looked up. He saw her clinging to Noel’s
arm; started and hastily drew back; the
bateau rocked, overturned, and Wall with the
Indian boatmnn was struggling in the water.
The Indian, who swam like a fish, easily
gained the land, but. Wall was washed it help-
less lump under the steamer,ahd then drifted
down into the black resistless current of the
Saguenay.
Hester was a gentle creature, but she cer-
tainly did remember at that moment that the
man was the only witness against Noel. On
the contrary, Louis in an instant was his old
self, fran tic with excitementshouttng,kicking
(IE his boots. - .
“Where are you going i” she said sharply.
“You have found it ?"
plunging into the rushing flood. Both men
disappeared in the night. The whole village
gathered on the pier, crying, swearing, talk-
ing at once. Pere Matthieu ordered out.
boats and went in one himself, which pres-
ently brought both men ashore. Louis was
conscious and staggered to his feet. They
laid Wall’s heaVy body under the trees and
stood about it with their lanterns, while Pere
Matthieu drew off his coat and put his ear to
his breast.
"He is alive,” he said. “Carry him”—
But Hestel’s keen eyes- saw what no one
cls'e did. She swooped down on the pros-
trate body like a white bird on its prey.
“Stop ?" she cried wildly, drawing some
thing from his breast. “Take witness all of
you that I take this from him. It was a pack-
age marked ‘Louis Noel. Fivc thousand
pounds,’ 0h, Louis! Louis!"
' Noel put. his arm round her and led her
away. Her passionate love filIEd him with
such a. new keen joy_ that he did not fully
understand the meanilig of what 'had Imp-
pened. When he did he only said humbly :
“Then I wronged father. God forgive me!
Let us: go to him, Hester.”
He was eager to tell him that the Ameri-
can girl of whom the old man was so fond
had promised to stay with them in 'I‘odousac
and be his wife. Here surely was heaven
opened.
When James Wall, clothed and in his right
later, he found the three toghther chattering.
and laughing. They grew silent as he apt
proached.
“ they tell me I owe you my life, Noel,”
he said hoarscly.
L-luis turned away. It hurt him to see the
man’s humiliation. It did not hurt Hester
one whit.
“Here is the money,” she said, sWeetly
smiling, tapping the package. Monsieur Noel
will himself transmit it to Montreal."
Wall looked into the soft taunting eyes one
breathless moment. “I did it for you wom-
an.” be said, and turned away.
Louis Noel never mentioned Wall’s name
after that day. But his wife loften did, al-
‘ways adding: “There was much good in
that man after all.”
Ransom HARDING DAVIS.
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Authors are spoken of as dwelling in allies,
because so few of them can live on the first
story.
A little girl in one of our public schools
the other day had occasion to parse the word
“angel." Coming to the gender she stopped,
dismayed, and asked her teacher1‘if,therc are
any men angels ”
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SLEEPLEoS NIGHTSS, lmadt:J misfrablle
by that tCI‘l‘lch cough. hi oh‘s ure 3 t e
[remedy for you. Hoyt, agent. tf
“Why, Wall cannot swim,” he cried,.
mind, entered the pension an hour or two'
for the New York] narkct. “There must be
money in it, ‘Square Banker. You sce,there
was a chap at the wharf in his vessel jest
over from the Island, peddling out the on-
ions and.other truck to the Shafltown gro-
cers. He was selling the Danver's Yellow:
at $1.00 a bushel, the Wcthersfield Reds at
90 cents, and the small ones ,for pickling at
60 centsa bushel; and they went off like
hot cake. The man said he had] raised a
thousand bushels on his 0qu land—less than
two acres, and sold them for a thousand dol-
litre.”
Jake Frink said, “1 (MN believe any such
stufl as that, Seth. Ye sec, I’ve tried time
and agin to raise onions, and. never could
make ’em pay.’ Sometimes it was tew dry,
and agin it was tew wet, and then the weeds
got the start, and ’fore I ca'tched tip it was
September, and the darned things wnn’t big
enuff for pick-els. And then when I did
raise ennything, everybody had e’m and on-
tons was a drug in the market. It won’t pay.
Depend on’t’" .
“That’s do,” said J othsm Sparrowgrnss.
“They must have changed a woudful sight,
ef they’ve larn‘ed to raise onions over on the
Island. Sense I left—which, let's see, must
be hard on upon thirty year or more—Nat
Tutllill tried it, and Ben Miller and Zrlphar
Mills, and the most I ever heerd of them
gittin’ was three hundred-bushels to the note,
nod I never believed they raised that."
The high price of onions this year has
made a good deal of talk in Hookertown
and vicinity, ' and the matter has been dis-
cussed at the club with a good deal of in-
terest. At a recent meeting David Sherman
was in from Mlllport and read a statement as
follows: “N. Y. manure, $157.50; rent of
duck. 3; carting. 20; spreading, $5; plow-
ing. 22; harrowing and sowing, 27.66; seed,
$10 a pound, $240; cultivating in May,
$12 67; in June, $56.94; in July, $15.52;
August, $22.50; September, $79 50; Octo-
ber, $60.50; rent of store room. $30; cutting
and taking to market, estimated, $136 36;
interest on land, $99; overseeing iqu-k,
$100; whole amount of expense, $1,138 15.
As carted into the barn with the tops, he
had 1,553 barrels, estimated to shrink less
than one-tenth. From the same field he had
1 171 bbls" Allowing for shrinkage there
would be about 1.400 bbls. .on the 5% acres.
worth about $2 50 per bbl., or $3,500. De-
duct cost of raising, $1,138, it would leave
$2,372 as the profit uponthe crop. The yield
per acre is about 254 bbls, or 635 bushels, al-
lowing 2} bushels to the bbl. The profit per
acre is about $429.
In looking over the items of expenses, we
meet first the blll for New York mauure,$157
or about $30 per acre. This seems quite
moderate considering the large yield. But
it. is to be taken into _ the account that this
plot of land had been highly manured and
borne heavy crops for years in succession.
The only security for profitable crops is in a
liberal supply of fertilizers. It is not on-
common to apply two hundred bushels of
Canada Ashes per acre of land when it is
first cropped with onions, in addition to the
stable manure. The ashes have been parti-
ally leechcd and are sold at tide-water from
canal boats, from 14 to 17 cents a bushel,
according to their distance from New York.
This would make an item of thirty dollars
or more per acre at the outset of a profitable
onion culture. But such a dressing lasts for
many years. Mr. Sherman explained that
almost all the manure brought to Millport
was stable manure, and came from one party
who made a business of shipping manure.
Of course this manure is from grain-fed an-
imals, and is of the best quality. It costs,
delivered on the dock, near the farms, 45
cents per dump of seven bushels, The
freight paid by the shipper is 20 cts. a dump
load to Millport. The cost per cord of 128
bushels, which is reasonable considering the
quality. Street manure is used in small
quantity as yet, and its future use will de-
pend upon its results. The use of New York
stable manure in this vicinity is of quite re.
cent origin, and in the five or six years since
the farmers began to invest in it, it has made
a great difference in the amount of produce
sent to market, and is? likely to make still
more, as the farmers increase the quantity
and quality of the fertilizers applied to the
soil. Without capital to invest in fertiliz-
ers, it is of no use to undertake onion cult-
ure. _
Another point in these items of expenses
of cultivation is the thoroughness of the
weeding of the crop in May, J one, July, and
August. It amounts to $107.93, principally
the labor of boys, who make good wages in
onion fields. A: soouas the onion tops are
enough in sight to mark the rows, the push
hoe, or onion weedcr, is started, and every
weed that is not destroyed by the tools is
pulled with thé fingers. Absolute cleanliness
is indispensiblc to succass in this crop.
Three or four days lieglect in the early part
of the season is often fatal; the weeds grow
so fast, and the richer thcfsoil', and the more
favorable the season, the greater is the peril
of the onion Crop. Those who propose to
undertake this crop should understand at the
outset that strict attention during the whole
period of' cultiVIltion is imperative. The
weeds are robbers, and must be exterminatcd
without regard to cost. No crOps pay better
for early and constauyattention. Absolute
cleanliness will soon reduce the weed crop
so as to make it easily manageable. If land,
proposad for this crop, is foul with wild
carrot, charlock, or other weeds, it will save
much labor to ligep it fallow one season and
clean It by stirring the soil as often as weeds
appeargnth the barrow or cultivator. One
of the chief advantages of keeping gloundin
this crop for a series of years is the freedom
from weeds, which is secured. by thorough
cultivation. The labor of cultivation is also
reduced by the use of manures free from
the seeds of grasses and weeds. The New
York stable manure generally undergoes
fermentation enough to destroy all vegetable
life. Marine manurcs, rock weed, kelp, and
the mosses are quite free from weed seed,
and are good fertilizers for this crop. -Cul-
tivators back from the shore make considera-
ble use of _ salt, applying it at the rate
of three or four barrels to the acre. This
will destroy the seeds of many weeds,
and of course should not be applied in the
season of onion growth. The next thing
that strikes us in this exhibit of cost of crop
is the large cost of onion seed—$240 for 24
lbs.—or ten dollars a pound. This is an ex-
ceptional price. on account of the short crop
of the previous year. Good need can gener
ally be had at about one-third of this price.
For one engaged in this business, with the
couVeuiehcc for selecting the bulbs for
growing seed under his own supervision, It
is much the cheapest to grow his own SLCd,
and generally the safest. Failing in this,
' procure seed of some reliable cultivator who
can vouch for the article he sells. Good seed
-is cheap at almost any price, as successful on-
ion growers will tell you.
The vegetable is a little fastidious about its
soil,and feeding. Mechanical condition goes
for much if you waut'maximum crops. A
heavy clay soil will not answer at all. The
plant starts from small seed, and makes Ir.
bulb of two to four inches in diameter by the
last of August. It wants an early start, and
loam that can be worked the last of March.
The sooner after April lst, in tuls latitude,
the seed is in the better. The seed should
be rolled or trodden with the foot at plant-
sold the two previous years 1.169 bbls, and'
to this end should have a well-drained sandy '
ing, quite hard. The delay of sowing is
dangerous. The land should be as level as
possible to prevent all washing, and to facil-
itate the labor of cleaning the crop of weeds
—It also must be cleaned of small stones, to
reduce the labor bills to the minimum.
Much labor has to be expended every spring
in raking a coarse, gravclly soil to get .it
ready for the seed. In a smooth, sandy loam
such as is often found in our river bottoms,
it is easy ts sow the seed in straight lines,and
most of the cultivation can be done with the
tools specially adapted to this crop. We
have then, in short, as a recipe for this dish
of onions, three parts good stable manure,
and plenty of it, applied every year; three
parts seasonable and thorough cultivation,
with no Weed allowed filo {go to seed; two
parts good onion seed; one part good sandy
loam; and to this must be added cheap freight
too good market. With these conditions,
any smart, thrifty farmer can raise onions,
and make money. In the neighborood of
Jake Frink and Seth Twi ggs‘ some of the con
ditious are wanting. CONNECTICUT.
~Agr2'culttu'thl.
Letters from the People.
FIRE INSUR ANCETAGAIN.
'\
Masses. EDirons: It is not our purpose in
this connection [0 abuse or run down fire in
surance companies. They are a necessity.
and if well and honorably managed cannot
btit receive the hearty approval and support
of all persons whose interests leads them to
do business with them. The man who pays
his money to them for risks, taken is fortu-
nate, indeed. if he is never, obliged to call
"pull them for the relief which they have
pledged him in case of loss by fire. The
man who is by fire turned into the street
houseless and may be penniless or otherwise.
is truly fortunate if he has a policyin a good,
reliable company. No person will question
their advantages or usefulness. That they
are well patronized is evident from the fact
that about 125 different companies are doing
business in this State, and received 'in the
year 1880 about $1,500,000.00 as premiums
paid for insurance. There is in this State
twelve stock insurance companies of upwards
of $8,000,000.00 Capital, and eighteen mutual
compan‘es with Cash assets of over $1,000,-
000.00. Why is this large investment of capi-
tal in the insurance bustneSs? Is' it because
these capitalists are so generous and benevo-
lcnt that they want to help those who do
business with them? Not at all, but simply
10 make money on their capital. That is all
right. To this no one can object. These
companies are of course theurun in the in-
terests of the stockholders and not for the
interest of the insured. To divide large
dividends is the desire of the stockholders
and the study of the managers. To take in
all they can for insurance and pay out as lit-
tle in losses as possible,'is their aim. This is
business. To look out for the interests of
'thosc who insure with them is not their
object. Those whoinsure must do that, and
our object in writing this article is to state
that which we believe to be for the interest
of those who insure. The universal belief
among those insuring is that if their property
is destroyed by fire they are to receive the
amount for which they are insured and for
which they pay. This,wc say, is the univer-
sal belief of those who insure, but itis not
a universal fuel; that those who burn out al-
ways receive all for which they are insured.
Those who do reCeivc all in case of fire are
first, those who are insured in companies
that take no more risk than the property is
worth,or will pay all for which they are paid
for insuring. Second, those whose loss is
proven'to be equal or more than the amount
insured for if in companies that require it.
Third, those who are sharp enough not to
agree to any settlement short of,_a full pay-
ment of the amount named in their policies
and for which amount the company has re-
ceived their moaey.
Those in case of loss who do not receive
all are first, those who insure in companies
that will take any amount of insurance one
chooses to name and is willing to. pay for,
and in settling total losses requires it to be
done by appraisers (one from each side of
course) who shall estimate the worth of the
building from the size of the cellar and the
ashes therein instead of doing it while the
building is standing or the insurance is ac-
ceptcil. Second, those who insure their
buildings for about. their value or for about
what they can be replaced for, but bound to
an agreement which takes from the building
burned from twenty to fifty per cent. for
depreciation because twenty or perhaps fifty
years old.
It is a fact that many if not most of tile
insurance companies will pay only what, if
left to appraisers, the building burned can
be replaced for, less the depreciation for age,
which it is not uncommon (says the secretary
of a Hartford company) to deduct one per
cent. per annum for depreciation. Those
who are paying for insurance on buildings,
fifty, seventy-five and a hundred years old
(no matter how well cared for, the ashes
will not show that) would do well, in renew-
ing their policies, to consider the age of
the buildings and not pay a premium
upon an insurance that from fifty to one
hundred per cent. could be deducted from in
case of loss by fire. .
It is also a fact that many companies who
insure your buildings, say for $5,000, and if
but-neel was estimated by appraisers to-‘bc
worth $8,000, would pay the full insurance
of $5,000 willingly, while if the estimate
showed that the building would cost $5,000
to replace it, yet for being forty or fifty
years old a depreciation of twenty per cent.
say, would be allowed, thus making the esti-
mate worth $34,000, would pay only $4,000,
while they haVe receiwd the same amount
of money ror‘t‘el'king the'risk in one case as
the other. This may be legal in the eyes of
the company yet we doubt if any jury of
twelve men would so declare it if brought
before them. If it is law then we say it is
time the people knew it and govern them-
selves accordingly and not pay their money
for insurance they never will get if burned
out. By so doing we will put a small divi-
dend into our own pockets which would
otherwise go to increase the dividends of the
stockholders.
First, then, we would say to all who own
buildings and are not. able to insure them
themselves, to insure in some good, respon-
sible company.
Second, do not insure for any more than
the building or goods are actually worth and
have the agent or party insuring estimate the
value with you wuen the insurance is ac-
cepted.
Third, take every precaution possible to
guard against lire.
Fourth, if burned out, stutul upm your
policies tin-:1 accept of no terms but a full
payment of the amount insured, excepting
in partial loss when an appsaisul of it‘lntges
will be uncensary.
Fifth, do all in your power to have an en-
actment passed re airing fire insurance
companies to pay, in case of loss by fire, all
the insurance they have accepted upon the
property btlrned.
When this is done we believe there will be
less trouble in settling lossesand less conflict
between the companies and those insured.
Yours respectfully,
Srarusx l-Iorr'e Sons.
Thought is the properly of those only who
can entertain it.——E-mcrson.
...__-_¢_————
For lame back, side or chest use Sbiloh’s
Pol-us Plaster. Price 25 cents. Monsou
Hoyt, agent. tf
NORWALK GAZETTE,
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All unusual cuts and devices 25 per cent. ex tra
A. H. BALDWIN, M. D..
Hflllllllllllfllllll‘.’ Pllplilall & Silicon
Office corner of Main and Wall Streets, 0ch H.
3. Betts’ Drugs‘torc.
Ollice flours from 8 to 9:30 n.m.,1 to 3 and
7 to 8 p. m.
Slates at Ilanlord 8; Osborn’s, East Norwalk.
and at D. Beers, Jr,Sonth Norivalk. Calls by
Telephone at Betts’ Drug Store promptly attend-
ed'to. ms
. Theodore
J. G. GREGORY coo.
DRU‘GGISTS,
Successors to EDWARD P. WEED,
No. 38 Wall Street, Norwa’lk, Cit,
invite the attention of the public to'thelrcomplet'c
stock of
Pure Medicines and Drugs,
and Is full line of
TOILET & FANCY ARTICLE.
Also dealershin
Pure Winesdw Liquors for
Medicinal Pun-posters.
Careful attention paid to the dispensing of phy.
sicinns’ prescriptions. 2g
DENTISTRYw—DRQH. Kendall can and
will Extract Teeth better and Make Teptlji
Y
cheaper than any Dentist in Norwalk.
LL branches of Dentistry performed at rea-
sonable prices, and the best of materials
used. All work warranted, Extruclluzfizsc.
Chloe and Residence, West Aventtemdjummg
Methodist Parsonage, Norwalk.
Open Evenings.
GOODELL & PAIGE,
COUNSELORS AT LAW,
Sword’s Building, SOUTH NORWALK, CONN,
EDWIN B. GOODELL, (3711) ALLAN W. PAIGE.
Notice.
nit. HITGHGGGK HA8 REMOVED
I O the corner of West Avenue and Berkeley
Place, third house below the Methodist
Church.
Ollicc Hours from 7 to 9 a. m., 2 to 3, and 7 to 8
p. m. .
Hilhalllf lien and Messenger,
11E subscribers will act as Purchasing Agents
and .Messengcrs between Norwalk and New
York, daily. Orders and packages received at
_ inapp’s, South Norwnlk, and Bene-
dict’s News ltoom, Post Office, Nor-walk.
EDWIN K. SELLECK, with J times McCrcei-y &
00., titkcs fio’clock train. .
D. R. SELLECK. takes 1:45 it. In. train.
L. N. PHINN-EY, M. D..
Residence and Office, No. 62 Wall Street,
Ollicc Hours—6 to 9 u. m., 1?. to 3 and 7 to 8 mm
Slates at I. A, Meeker & Cb’s,.\'orwalk,and Still-
son’s and Plaistcd’s Drug Stores, 50. Norwalk.
CHALPSLESS W. MANS’,‘
Surgeon Dentist.
wonwann. cortiv.
Office corner of Main and WallStl-ects. Nitrous-
Oxtde Gas administered.
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregationalist Church
Teacher of
Plano-Forte. Grams and Musical
Composition,
Lock Box 39, P. 0., NORWALK. CONN.
The Norwalk Dye Works
RE now in successful operation. Ladies’ and
. Gents’ Gn rmcnts Dyed, Cleaned or Secured
Irl best possible manner, without injury to cloth.
any shade of color produced which may be de-
srrcd. Work well done and prices reasonable.
Goods can be left at the llIillinery and Fancy
Store of the MISSES ST. JOHN. 33 Main St., Nor-
walk, or at MRS. II. KltEIGElt’S Mllliht-ry. 39tl
BERNARD COHN,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
WEEK’S BU ILDING, WALL SCI",
A FULL LINE OF
Imported and Domestic Cloths
of the latest styles, constantly on hand. Novel
ties In Scotch Sultrngs. Satisfaction guaranteed
to every particular. 46
w. s. QUINTARD,
Genital Furnishing Uliellalil,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R. DEPOT.
#Orricrs attended to day or night. Residence
Main Strect, 3 doors from Union Avenue,
People’s Market
, . . 9
filo. 19 DIAIN STREET,
I-IE very best of BEEF, delivered daily to
our customers. Also, in their season, Veal.
Lamb, Mutton, Pork. Atc.. at the lowest
Market 'RaIes_ Vegetables and Fruits a full
fresh and varied supply daily received. Market.
Wagon sent about town every morning.
_ JAMES E. WIXSON.
-. 5 ._ _
the catwalk his insurance 80.,
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year.
And has not outstanding a Dolluroi unpaid losses
or of claims for losses.
H“ Sflllllll GOMPAIV lllSIIIlESAT MINER RATES.
i’t’H.U.STREET. Pres., S. E.0L.‘IISTEAD, Tress.
91:10.12. Cownns.Scc’_y.
E'E‘NA l N SURA NOE Co.ol‘IIAItTFORD.
incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $8,902.272.64
lnsures agmnst loss and damage by Fire, on terms
adopted to the hazard and consistent with the
laws of compensation. UOWLhS Jr. MEltItILL.
Sole Agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
HABL'ES S. LOCKWOOD ,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor?-
GENTS’ FURNISHING EMPORIUM
Main Street ,Norwalk. Conn.
THE MODEL
Hair Dressing& Bath Rooms
_ Wall Street, Up Stairs.
cleanliness. Comfort, Artistic Workmanship and
gentlemanly Attendance are leading features of
this establrshmcn t.
E. APE LL, Proprietor.
Geo. Ward Selleck,
Hnsin his New Store,
HARDEIIBRIIIIK'S HEW 3106K, WALL STREET.
A complete assortmentowue best class or
G’RUGERIES, PRUVISIDNS, FRUITS.
.10.. for family use,at Popular Prices. Ills stock
is at all times fresh and goodmnd will stand com»
parison with those of any Grocerin town. Call
in and leave your orders. can
artist cram nrs'rlimtrlll
DARBY’E
Prophylactic IlIIIiII.
Pr‘ltr’ng of Small Pox
prevented.
Ulcers purified .e hcitlell
Gangrene prevented 52
cured.
Wounds healed rapidly.
Settr'cey cured in short
time,
T. tter dried up.
It is perfectly harmless.
For Sore Throat it is It
sure cure.
SMALL PUX
ERADIGATED.
Contagion dizfill'. yed.
Sick Rooms p uri lied and
made it leasant.
Fevcrecl and Nick Por-
sons relieved and re
I‘l‘cllell by bathing
w i t h Prophylactic
Fluid added to the
water.
Soft White Complcxinns
secured bylts use itl
bathing.
Imptu'eAil‘u‘lnllcllltrm-
loss and purified by
a Irinkling Draby’s
I‘luitl about.
7'0 Purify the Breath.
Cleanse the 'I'ccth, it
can’t be surpassed.
C’atarrlt. relieved and
curedJ O
It‘rusipelus cured.
Burnslrcllevcil instantly
clears prevented.’
cremains
canvnhrsn.
Cholera dissipated.
by its. use.
Removes :t'lunpleasunt
odors.
In cases of death iu‘tlu-
1101150,".Ellulllflilltl'flyP
be u~cd about. the
corpse-it \VIllprcvcut
:tuy unpleasant s-ucll
Au Antidote t'orAnimttl
or Vegetable Poisons.
Stings. Sac.
Dangerous efiluvias of
Sick Rooms and Hos—
pitals removed by its
rise.
Yellow Fevcr‘ -
Eratlt‘cated
SCARLET
FEVER Cured.
In fact, it; is the great
DISINFECTAIII AND PURIFIEH,
Prepared by
J. H. ZEILIN' 85 00.,
Mnuulucturiug Chemists, Solo Proprietors.
TEa CLUB *- Send your address for our Outa—
\ lodge and "Directions for form-
ing Tell Clubs.” French Chillit Too. Sets, Moss
ltore 'lia sets.Stonc China Dinner Sets, Watches,
&c., given away. Extra inducements offered un-
til pril Ist. CELESTIALTEA C .
lrm‘f't1 23? Westminster Sta Provige’nco. ,
vltip lv'etrer- prevented,
PURE MILK.
Delivered in N orwalk and South Norwalk, at
your door, every morning
AT 7 CENTS PER QUART,
By REMSON BROS.
DR. S. W. FISKE,
Clairvoyunt Physician and Magnetic
Healer, Business and Test Medium.
Office No. 270 Chapel Street, New Haven. Conn.
where he ca n be consulted regularly every month
lrom the 10th until the 22d at 9 p.m. Office hours
from 9 a. m.toil p. In.
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. If on are sick or
need his valuable advice do notfai to cousulthim.
Doctor Flake has had 31 years experience in the
practice of medicine, and thousands of the most
astonishing curesol’ all chronic and long standing
diseases of whatcxcr name or nature.
The doctor also gives valuable advice on busi-
ness matters and all the affairs of life. both social
and financial. He will tell you it success or ad-
verstty awaits you. Also ofjourneys, law suits,
gains,_losses,ubscntiriends,and great success in
select1ng_lucky numbers. . All should consult
him: He Is always reliable. Sittings for business
affairsor examination of the sick,81.00. Commu-
nicatipns by letter upon business or health must
contain $2,age,sex,' a. lock of air, and stamp.
address Lock Box 1-153, N orsvic ,Conn . For fur-
.er particulars send is stamp and get a circular.
TAKE NOTICE—The Doctor Will he at the
Smith‘s Hotcl,Watcrbury,Conu., four days com-
mencing Feb. 27th.
Use Dr. 5. W. FISK E’s VALUABLE LINI—
DENT. in allcases oi Rheumatism, Sprains, and
all pains and aches. For sale by all druggists.
0. ’1‘. Leonard in Soil,
COAL,WOOD,
Masons’ Materials,
0 an M E N tr.- P 1: PE
For Drains, Sewers, W ells, &c. ,
_ At Lowest Cash Prices.
Drains and Wells Dag and Piped
‘ AleoSoleAgentfor
Pats-int wander woos,
The Cheapest and Best Kindlifig out . Tryit
8‘ Branch Office at B . S. Betts’ DrugStore
J. Belden Hurlbutt,
Allllf'llill lillll Counsellor at Law,
Room No. 4, Up Stairs,
GAZ E'I‘T'E BUILDING, NORWALK .'
PENSIONS.
Pensions and Bounties got for
all Soldiers of my ,own and other
Regiments, &c. .
W. H. NOBLE,
finmoarou’r, CONN.
Stallirlt‘li N III_I_I__allI Telephoto
lIST Of SUBSBRIBERS 0F IIIIIWALK, II SPEAK-
IIIB GUMMUIIBATIIII T0 DATE.
Adams Bros. - _ - - Market
Adams Express,so. Norwalk - Office
'Adams. Lcroy - - - Market
' flunk, Falrticld Co.Na.t . - Oflice
Heard, Is - - - . Residence
Beutty. J.P. .17 Bros. : - Ollicc
Ilctts. H. S. - - - Druggist
Burke. W. 0., M. D. - - Oillcc
- Gazette Othcc
- Residence
Norwalk
South Norwalk
Byingtou, A. II. 3'. Co.
Clarke, E. C , M. D. ~
(Jollistock Bros. -
Cornstock Bros.
Crol'ut ilk. Knapp, - ‘5 Upper (Juice
Crolut A: Knapp, 5‘ Lower Oillce
D. d5 N. R. It. - - Freight Oilicc
D. .b N. R. It. - g - Coal Dock
Dann, HoraccE. - - - Stable
Donovan Jerry - - - Store
darlc, W. II. - - . Residence
herris, J. H. -' - - Realdence
lI crrts, J. II. - Coal, Upper Office
Ferris.J. II, - - Coal, Lower Office
Ferry, Mrs. 0. S. - -— Residence
Fitch, Henry R ~ - Lumber Yard
Gibson, A. S. - - - Residence
Gregory Bros. - - - Stable
Gregory, J. G., M. D. - Residence
Gregory. J_. G. 8'. Co. ~ - Druggists
llutcu. Bailey & Co. - Planing Mill
Hat Forming Co. - - Otllce
Higgins, It. 1..., M. D. - Residence
Hill. IE. J. - - Lumber Yard
Hitchcock. D.. M. D. - Residence
Holmes .1: hector, - - Grocers
Iloyt, I. 51. I‘A'l’ OFEICE - Druggist
IIy:tl.t.J. W. - ~ - — Oihce
Ilyt'.tL,J. w. - - Residence
chlur, E. O. - - - Residence
Iieudall.J. 0., M, D. - - Residence
Leonard,C. T.&slon. - Conl,Eastside
Leonard, C.’I‘. is son. - Coal, \\ est side
Lockwood. ti". i\., l\l.D - Residence
Lockwood, F. r‘t. John - Residence
Lounsbury & Bisscll Co. - ' Office
Mlthackcmo Ilotcl. - - _UlIicc
Many. C. W. - - Residence
Meeker, I. A. & Co. - Druggists
Miller. George E. - - Residence
Mitchell, W. a D. - Meat Market
Nolan. R. G., M. D. - - Residence
Nor . G. S. - - - Gallery
No llk Gazette - - Oltlcc
Nurwulk Ilour - - - Ollicc
Norwulk Iron Works - - Cflicc
Norwnlk Lock Co. . - Olllco
Norwal ii Mill..- - . . Ollicc
crwulk Savings Society - - Bunk
tLlIIlCl', E. M. «‘1 CO. - - 011100
Purdue. to. V.. M- I). - Residence
I’llllllicy, L.N., II. D. - Residence
I’luistetl, G. 15. - ‘ - Druggist
I’ost Ollicc. Par OFFICE, - Noroton
Propeller Dock - - Norwalk
Prowttt, J. T. ' - Hardware
Itttzldtc, J. 0., PAY OFFICE, - Store
Raymond .li. Nickel-son - - Store
Raymond, G. W. - - Residence
Raymond Brothers - Upper Ollicc
Raymond Brothers - Lower Office
-Iundltorth. I.. W. - - Residence
Sellcck Brothers, - - - Grocers
:ihul'miltl, S. J. - — llcsitlcuuc
Sherman, S. J. - - - Stable
smith. W. II. a Co. - Hardware
columns, A. - - - Office
Starr. O. S. - - - Resilience
Starr, Brothers - : Store
Steamboat Dock - South Norwalk
Stillson. G. C. - - Druggist
St. John. C. E. - ~ Residence
Troivbrillicc.UIlas. S. - - Ollicc
Western Union Telegraph - Norwulk
Western Union Telegraphfiouth Norwnlk
Wilson, S. B. - . Residence
Wood,Chils.N. - - Market
7 W ESTI’OitT. . _
Jones, Oscn r 1.,I’AY OFFICE - Till;5h0p
Messages to and from Pay Offices, will be
charged 14' cents each. no matter by whom they
may be sent or received. Exception, store of J. ,
0 ka 0. an I o t where no charlre will
is mill... were? .
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REAL ESTATE.
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To Rent.
A DWELLING containing 9 rooms. Also 4
rooms suitable for offices, over G. A: S. _H.
llolmcs’ Grocery Store. Main Street. For partic-
ulars apply to [S] C. C. BETTS.
- Mill for Sale.
SAW, GRIST AND CIDER MILL, located
in town of Weston. For particulars enquire
F. W. MITCHELL,
Noriwalk, Conn.
To Let.-
NICE RESIDENCE on Main Street, about
otlc milc from village, with good sized barn
and carriage-house,door-yard and gar-demwith
Icnty ot'lruitlrces, borough watcr. More or less
and be desired. _
Also. Store. No. 51 Main St , to lot from April
lst. has plate glass windows and fitted up in
0an order. Basemcut finished on' full size, good
ight. with front and rear entrance.
I]. If, LOCKWOOD.
To Rent.
LARGE HOUSE, with a few acre [ground
if desired,with burn privilege ear resi-
dence of subscriber.
JOSIAH KELLOGG.
Norwnlk, Feb. 11th, 1882. .3”
To Rent.
PAR/Polio. house consisting of four rooms.
Ill right in center of Village. Apply at this
0 cc.
For Sale.
HE COTTAGE No.15‘BerklcySt.,Iatcly occu-_
pied by Mr. E. '1'. Crolut.
CHAS 1’. TURN EY, Executor.
Farm, for Sale.
r HE Homestead of the late Seth Hickok. corn—
prising about 75 acres of tillable ground, sit-
uated in New Canaan, near the Reservotr of the
Nor-walk Water Works. It has a good DWelling
House, Barn, and other out-buildings thereon. It
is well waterc and has an abundance of good
fruit trees. Al twenty acres of cultivated land
adjoining the Homestead. Price reasonable.
Enquire of MRS. ANNA M. HIUKOK, or of
RUSDELL L. HA LL, New Canaan. “m
For Sale or to Rent.
A House and One Acre of Land, on Prospect
Hill.
May be had on reasonable terms. ARR; to
. W . t5 ART.
Norwalk, March 16th, 1881. 12“
For Sale or to Let.
‘1 EVERAL llOUSES.dcsirable prices,in the vil-
lage and onth Norwnlk, for sale cheap.
'filso, 30 a sol good land, well fenced, hear
vr age.
Also, 3dcsirable tenementsin Olmstcad’s Block
Main street. ',
Also (to lower part of House, School Street, 6
Rooms. Garden. etc.
Also. Fifty first-class and cheap Building Lots
near Norwalk Bridge and City 01 So. Nor-walk.
Also, One or two Stores, Shops and Burns.
Also, Two~llorsc Lumber Wagon.
Apply toS. E. OLMSTEAD.
N orwalk. J an. 28. 1882. 5t5
.For Sale.
NEW and well-built house of 12 rooms.
water, Gas. sewer connections, &c.. situated
on Elm Street,Boronglr of Norwalk ; within one-
half a minute’s walk of horse cars. Will be sold
very reasonably if applied for soon: one half of
purchase money can remain on place. For lur-
ther information apply to
MARTIN MORRIS, .
Over G. at S. H. Holmes’ Storc,hlnin Street,
Norwnlk, Jan. 30,1882. lmfl
For Sale.
A VERY desirable Dwelling House on Spring
Hill. Will be sold very low it applied for
soon. For particulars call on or address
. WILLIAM-R. NASH, Agent.
Norwalk, Jan. 30, 1852. it
Apartments to Let.
-IN the Brick Houses on Leonard street. In-
quire at LEONABD’S COAL OFFICE.
For Sale.
1‘ South Norwalk, half a. mile from the depot,
the late residence of A. H.8nowdcn, known
as “Clifiwood.” Largo Villa House, substantial—
1} built, in good order, elcvcn rooms, cellar and
attic, large parlor with bay windows beautiful
tower, carriage house, barn and stable. attractive
grounds, finclv shaded wrth fruit and forest trees.
Terms to suit. Apply to A. U. SNOWDEN. on
the premises, or to REV. It. B. SNOWDBN, 8]
st. Mark’s I’Iace, Brooklyn, N. Y. 341i
, Farm for Sale.
THE subscriber will sell the wci known David
St. John Farm with all the Stock, Tools and
Growing Crops. Most of the price can remain on
mortgage. li‘r full particulars address
22H GE F. BELDL‘N, Winnipauk, Conn.
FOR SALE.
WO very desirable Building Lots on West
Main street. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.
For Sale.
THE well known pro erty of WILLIAM C.
STREET, situated on igh Street. In the Bor-
ough ot Norwalk.contaihing one acre of ground
fronting on High and Main Streets, With commo»
dious Dwelling House, with all the modern im
provements, large Barn, and out buildings, and
one-half of small house on Main Street. For fur
ther particulars enqulrc of B0 RR SMITH, Agent
Noriritlk. April 11th, 1581. l5tl
A FE‘V HUN DRIED DOLLARS wi_llbuy
a. small llacc on the hill east of Winnipaul.
lacing the ourlsbury & Bissell Factory. A
chance for a poor man tosccurc abome olhis
own. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE. th
Farm for Sale.
11E subscriber offers his Farm for sale, situa-
ted in the Towu of Greenfield, in Saratoga
00., In the state at New York, nine miles from
Saratogn Springs. It is plcasontly situated on
a rise or ground, 95 acres of land, which in favor-
ably divided into pasture. plow, meadow and
wood land ; With a large house; the size of the
born 30 by 40, wagon house and stabllug. hay loft
over the same, 23 by 43, and grainery 16 by 18.
Will be sold ch 9; part of the purchase money
can remrin‘ou ortgage if desired, or will ex-
change for vlllage property. For-further particu-
tars inquire of S LAS P. TUTTLE,
tt5l Norwafk. Conn,
.
Desn'able Property for sale.
A Very desirable place on East Avenue.
Also. a few choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue. for sale cheap.
Also. a. nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
wrn Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain, Enquire of“
S. E. OSBORN,East Avenue,
It‘ll or to D. W, Fitch, W est Avenue.
Small Place for Sale.
SMALL, two-story House. with one acre of
Land, near BroadRiver Bridge, is ofiert-d
tor sale at a low price. to close an estate. Eu
quire at the GAZETTE OFFICE. or.
For Sale.
‘Acosi, comfortable Cottage on one of the-pleas-
a tcst streets in town, Within five minutes
walk of the Bridge or Churches, will be sold at
low price. A portion or the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price $7,600. Er:-
quire at. this Office.
For Sale Cheap.
Better than low illletest Bonds.
A House on Fair Street.
Apply to B. J. Sturges.
DWEELINGE‘L
~ AD ~
Building Lots.
SEVERAL dwellings, various prices in differ-
ent portions of Borough, either to let or for
sale at reasonable prices. Also several placer
outside of Borough limits—one in Winnipa ill.
Also several Building lots in and out of Borough
tl49 Enquire at this Ofiicc.
188—2.
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VOL LXVNUMBERQ
The Heart Song.
A silver tongue and sparkling eye
Are lovely to be sure;
And sunny smiles ;——yet all'fn vain,
Unless the heart ' is pure.
A fairy step, elastic, free,
Hands small and lily white
Are well enough ; yet all in vain
Unless the heal-tin right.
And wit and beauty, wealth and fame
All gracefully combined,
Will win applause ;—yet all is vain,
Unless the heart is kind.
Such graces many friends may bring,
And high position, too;
Yet know this well ;—’tis all in vain,
Unlessthe heart is true.
. ' —Youtll’e' Companion.
Partnership.
PET KITTBN .
You need not be looking around at me lo;
She’s my kitten, as much as your kitten, you
know,
And I'll take her wherever I with her to go!
found,
If I hadn’t cried, she’d have surely been
. drowned,
And you ought to be thankful she’s here safe
and sound.
She is only just crying because she’s a goose;
I’m not squeezing her—look, now,?—my
hands are quite loose;
And she may as well hush for itsnot any use.
And you may as well get right down and go
'wayl
You’re not in the thing we are going to play,
And, remember it’s isn't your belt of the day.
You’re forgetting the bargain we made—Ind
so soon!
In the morning she’s mine, and yours all If-
ternoon, , -
And you couldn’t teach her to est with a
spoon! ‘
So don’t let me hear you give one single mow.
Do you know what will happen, right ofl, if
you do?
She’ll be my kitten mornings and afternoons
t'oo!
—ll{argaret Vandegnft in St. N z'c/Iolas for
February, 1882. '
The Fruit Garden.
There should be 3. Fruit Garden on every
farm for the profit, health, and enjoyment.
that it brings, where well cared for—yielding
a succession of fruits from early strawberry
time until the latest grapes are gone. It is
our desire that all who have. no garden for
small fruits ,msy resolve to prepare the
ground and plant one the coming spring.
The soil for a Fruit Garden should be rich,
deep and mellow, and above all thoroughly
drained should it be naturally wet. Then
is nothing better than well rotted stable ms-
nuro for enriching a garden soil. The list of
strawberries that may be planted is along
one and has been added to from year to yeag.
Charles Downing, Seth Boyden, Monarch of
the West, and Shar'ple'ss are all reliable. The
Bid well has proved excellent, and tho
Manchester is a promising new sort. 0n
heavy soils the J ucunda and Triomphs do
Gand do well. Among raspberries are the
Cuthbsrt, Batrician, and Herstinc. The
Mammoth Cluster and Gregg are among the
best Black-caps for general use. For Black-
berries the Kittatinny and Snyder are the belt
The Versailles, Red Dutch and White Grape
lead in the currents. It is difficult to-seloct
from the long list of excellent grapes; Con-
cord, Wilder, Brighton, Eumelan, Delaware
and N iagsra give a good variety—American
Agricultural“. _
m
. What to do With Them.
The question is frequently asked, What
shall we do with our daughters? It often
seemsa hard one to answer, but some writer
has done it squarely and sensibly,as follows:
Teach them self-reliance. Teach them to
make bread; yes, to make shirts. Teach
them to add up bills._ Teach them not to
paint or powder. Teach them to wear a
cheerful smile. Teach them to wear thick,
warm clothes. Teach them to wash and iron
clothes. Teach them how to make their own
dresses. Teach them that a dollar is only
one hundred cents. Teach them how to
cook a good meal. Teach them to darn
stockings and sew on buttons. Teach them
to say No, and menu it; or Yes, and stick to
it. Teach them to regard the morals and
not the money of beaux. Teach them to
wear calico dresses, and do' it like a queen.
Teach them to wear their own hair, and to
dress it neatly. Teach them all the mystero
ies of the kitchen, the dining-room, and the
parlor. Teach them to cultivate a garden.
and to drive a road—team or farm wagon.
Teach them to have nothing to do with in-
temperate and dissolute young men. Teach
them that the more one lives beyond his
income, the nearer he gets to the poorhouse.
There would be smallhopes of making splen-
did “oid maids” out of daughters taught
like that.
m
The Sense of Honor in Boys.
There is great confusion in boy’s notions
of honor. You should not go to the teacher
with tales of your schoolmates, but when
questioned by those who are in authority
over you, parents, guardians or teachers, it
is your duty_ to tell who did a misdiief or
broke a rule, no matter what the result to
yourself, or how unpopular you become.
Boys have a false honor which hides mean
and skulking actions in each other, which
ought to be ridiculedput of them. The most
cowardly injuries and injustice among boys
go unchecked, but the weaker are abused
and bulled in a way every decent boy should
resent, because this false notion of comrad-
ship leads them to lie, prevaricate or keep
- silence to screen the guilty. Teachers and
friends ought to put down this ignorant,
petty “st-use of honor” for something more
intelligent and upright. When you know of
a wrong, and keep silence about it when
asked, you become a partner in wrong, and
responsible for its original meanness. It is
pity that boys and grown people did not carry
the strictness ,‘of principle they show in
screening bullies and frauds into points of
genuine honor and courage.
Croquet, says the Boston Commercial Bul-
letrn,wtll be popular this season, notwith-
standing that it is played out. . -
Good books are to the young mind what
thewarlnlngr sun and the refreshing rain of
spring are to the seeds which have lain dor-
mant In the frosts of winter.
.While slicing up ayow aSt. Louisbutcher
discIIVercd a $10 greenback in the animal’s
stomach. Tlllrt cow eludently believed in
retiring our [ntf-L-t' (-Itrst'tlcy.
A ’l‘cmzi-Ssm: man can so perfectly imitate
the 'EUUIIII uuuir by two dogs euguged‘in
fighting Ill-:1 he one call a Memphis congrega-
tion out of church in three minutes. -
-~ —— — +l.’..———
A ct-rtuin circuit judge was always sure I f
uu Hing some cutting or sheeting remark
from :I :‘l'il-CUL‘ICl‘lll'd lawyer when he ClzlllC to
u (":Illllll town in his. rounds. This was re-
peltrd one duy ;.t dinner, II III Ir a gentleman
p!’l':CIiI. Sizlll‘: "Judge, why don’t. you iquclclr
that iclluwr’ 'ILW judge. dropping his knife
and fork and placing lilscbin upon nishandn
ill our town a widow woman Ilasu yaller dog
that, whenever the moon shines. goes out on
the sloop and barks and barks away at it all
night.” .Sltlpptl g short, he quietly resumed
eating. AIIt‘I' wailing some time it was
asked, “Well, judge,-what of the dog and the
mount" “Oh, the moon kept right on,” he
{said—Troy Tt'ma.
A LITTLE GIRL ADDRESSES Tn] MOTHER OF Ill
You know very well that the day she was
and his elbous on the table, rehIaIkz-il: “Up '
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