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[Fromthe Tenth Census of the United States]
Oyster Interests from Hell Gate
to Port Jefferson, New York,
and Norwalk, Connecticut.
BY ERNEST INGERSOLL.
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I‘OR’I‘ JEFFERSON HARBOR.
Going 'over to Port Jefiersou harbor, we
find sevefal villages united in the improve.-
ment of a single piece of water. At Satan-
ket are two planters, with two sleeps, $3,000
invested, and 8,000 bushels produced. . At
East Setaukut 50 men go oysteriug, 35 of
whom are heads of families.
$25,000 Invested in the beds here, but busi-
ness has been poor of late, only 30,000 bush-
els having been taken. From Port Jefferson
35 men are engaged on the bay, of whom 20
are married. The oyster ground is leased by
the town at $3 an acre, and only four acres
allowed each planter. This is the first sea-
son any. systematic planting has been done,
the seed being obtained from the Connecticut
shore, At Mount Sinai, a. little beyond, 800
bushels of 'oysters were sold in 1880. This
is the last point of oyster culture on the
north shore of Long~Ialaud; beyond, the
coast is abrupt and uncut by those sheltered
and shallow bays so suitable for the business,
with‘which the western end of the island is
furnished. '
GENERAL CONDITION or run orsrsn nusmsss
or: run worrru SHORE or LONG rsLAub.
In conclusion, some words of explanation
or caution should he uttered iurespect to the
statistical statements relating to this north
shore. The large array of men engaged
(806), families supported (500), and sailing
craft (165)in use, does not compare .well
with the total of bushels raised, which -is
only 377,500, worth from $300,000 to $350,—
000. But it must be remembered that, in
the large majority of cases, the oystermen
are also farmers, and besides are engaged in
the menhadeu fishing and various other aorta
of seine-fishing; while they add to their in-
come from their oyster beds something
like $250,000, derived from the ssle of about
181,000 bushels of quahaugs, or hard clams,
and 293,000 bushels of soft clams, annually.
It therefore happens that many, most, in-
deed, of the “oystermen,” are really at work
only a portion of their time. _
New YORK LAWS, APPLICABLE TO EAST RIVER.
Certain enactments by the legislature of
New York must be quoted, applying to the
East River and the north shore of Long
Island. These are substantially as follows:
Any person who shall * * * in any‘
manner catch, interfere with, or disturb the
oysters of another now or hereafter lawfully
planted upon the bed of any one of the
rivers, bays, sounds, or other waters within
the jurisdiction of this state, shall be deemed
guilty of a .misdemeanor. Penalties, fine
not exceeding $250, imprisonment not more
than six months, or both.
No person who has not been r. resident of
the state for six months may rake or gather
clams, oysters, or shellfish, in any of the
waters of this state; but an actual resident
may employ any person to gather shellfish
for his benefit.
No dredging for clams or oysters within
the state “ with a dredge, operated by steam
power,” is permitted, and no dredges are to
be used exceeding thirty pounds in weight.
In the general statutes the following sec-
tions ap'ply to Queens county :
Summit 78. Persons who have been for
six months or more inhabitants of Queens
county, may plant oysters in any of the pub-
lic waters of that county, except Hempstead
harbor, Jamaica and Hempstead bays, and
Oyster bay harbor; and may acquire exclu-
sive ownership of such beds. ‘
SEC. 79. Any person as aforesaid may use
land under public waters in Queens County,
as aforesaid. “ not to exceed three acres in a
bed, and on which there is no natural or
planted bed of oysters, for the purpose of
planting oysters thereon"; but he must
clearly mark and define the portion so select-
ed by him, as a. notice to the public, and
shall not hold possession unless he puts oys-
ters upon it, within six months, to the extent
of at least 50 bushels to the acre.
Sun. 80. Forbid: any persons taking or
disturbing oysters on beds mentioned in
section 79.
Sun. 81. Penalty for violationof section
80, fine not to exceed $100, or 60 days in
' prison, or both.
SEO. 82. Process of arrest and trial,
Sac. 83. Oyster ground is forfeited in
Queens county by ceasing to use it for one
year, or at the end of two years from his re-
moval from residence in the county.
Sun. 84. Forbids dredging for oysters in
any waters of Queens county, except in
Oyster bay harbor and in Cow bay; and no
person,uuless a resident of North Hempstead,
shall dredge in Cow bay. Penalty, line not
exceeding $100, imprisonment not over 60
days or both.‘
Sun. 85. Repeals previous laws inconsist-
ent.
Sun. 86. “ The natural growth or bed of
oysters in " “4 Little Neck bay,in said
[Queens] county, is hereby defined as being
between low-Water mark and a distance of
500 feet therefrom, into the waters of said
bay toward its center, beyond which, in the
planting of oysters * * * the word
‘ natural ’ shall not apply."
METHODS or ovnrsn CULTURE.
The East river is the scene of-probably‘ the
moshpaiustaking and scientific oyster culture
in the United States, and the methods in use
there merit careful notice.‘ It is impossible
to ascertain when it first became a custom
there to transplant'oysters from the abund—
ant natural beds along the shore to staked-in
tracts off shore, nor is it of much import-
ance to inquire. Probably the very first of
‘-this was done in the Harlem .river. Half a
century ago. however, City Island was popu-
lated by oystermen; and in 1853 the New
York Herald reported that the largest prc-
portion of the East river oysters, used in
New York, came from there, “ where there
are extensive artificial and natural beds.”
The same article stated that then City Island
owned a fourth of the 100 boats engaged in
conveying East river oysters to the metropo-
lis, and that 100 men and families on the
island obtained a living by oystering. The
whole amount of property invested there
was estimated at $1,000,000. This included
the value of the beds, and was supposed to
Irepressnt one-third of the capital of all of
the East river interest; This writer asserts -
that twenty years previous—which would
make it about 1833—East'river oysters were
almost unknown in New York markets; and
that it was not until about 1843 that any
planting was engaged in. The character of
this planting is not indicated; but I have no
doubt that, whatever was the date of its ori-
gin, the credit of first truly propagating oys-
ters from seed caught upon artificial beds or
prepared receptacles, belong to the men of
City Island. It had behn a matter of com-
mon observation, that any object tossed into
the water in summer became covered at once
with infant oysters. The sedges along the
fidge of the marshes, and the buoys, stakes,
and wharf-piles were similarly clothed. If
the circumstances were favorable,this deposit
survived the winter, and the next spring the
youngstersi‘ were large enough to be taken
and transplanted. It was only a short step
in 10gic, therefore, to conclude, that ' if
objects were thrown thickly into the water,
* Section 84 was repealed by chapter 402
laws of 1879, “in go far as the same relates
to the waters of the county of Queens, lying
on the north side thereof,exce‘pt that portion
of the waters of Hempsteadharbor lying
south of a line drawn from the center of Sea
Cliff dock, on the east side‘of said harbor,
to the center of Mott’s dock ou.thc .west
side thereof.
i There is no word in the northern states
for infant oysters. except the- terms “set,”
" spat," “ spawn,” etc., all of which. belong
originally to the 6389 OT-Bpawn of the oyster,
and not to the young, but are frequently and
confusedly applied as well to the half-grown
mollusks. In the South the mime “ blister "
(referring to its smooth, pufied-up appear—
ance) is given “to" the’infant oysters, and
serves to distinguish them from “ seed,”
“cullens,” and “oysters,” which represent
the successwely- larger sizes and stages of
a
growth. . .
There are '
on purpose to catch the floating spawn, a
large quantity of young oysters wculd be
s'ecurcd,and could be saved fer, transplanting
at very slightexpense. The next question
was: What would best serve the purpose P
Evidently nothing could be better than the
shells which, year by year, accumu-
lated on the shore from the season’s opening
trade, They were the customary resting-
places of the spawn; and at the same time
were cheapest. The City Island oysterman,
therefore, began to save his shells from the
lime-kiln and the road-master. and to spread
them on the bottom of the bay, hoping to
savc'some of the oyster-spawn with which
his imagination densely crowded the sea-
water. This happened, I ain told, more than
fifty years ago, and the first man to put the
theory into practice, it is remembered, was
the father of the Fordham Brothers,'.who
still pursue the business at City Island. In
1855, Captain Henry Bell, of Bell’s Island,
plantcd shells among the islands off the
mouth of Norwalk river, and _a short time
after. under theprotection of the new law
of 1855, recognizing private property in such
beds, Mr. Oliver Cook, of Five Mile River,
Mr. Weed, of South Norwalk, Mr. flawley,
of Bridgeport, and others, went into it on an
extensive scale. Some of these gentlemen
appear never to have heard of any previous
operations of the sort. Discovering it for
themselves, as it . easy andnatuml to do,
they supposed they werertbe originators;
but if any ‘such credit attaches itself any-
where, I believe it belongst‘tofthe City Island
men. It wassoon discovered that uniform
success was not to be hoped for, and‘ the
steady, magnificent crops reaped by the earli-
est planters wcre. garely emulated. Many
planters; therefore,decried the whole scheme,
and returned to their simple transplanting of '
natural bed seed ;_but others, with more con-
sistency, set at work to improve . their
chances,by making more and more favorable
the opportunity for an oyster's egg success-
fully to attach itself, during its brief nata-
tory life, to the stool prepared for it, and
afterward to live to an age when it was
strong enough to hold its own against the
weather. This involved a closer study of
the general natural history of the oyster.
'The first thing found out was, that the
floating spawn would not attach itself to, or
“ set” (in the vernacular of the shore), upon
anything which .had not a clean surface;
smoothness did not hinder—glass bottles
were frequently coated outside and in with_
young shells—but the surface of the object
must not be slimy. It was discovered, too,
that the half-fidimentary, half-vegetable de-
posit of the water, coatingany submerged
object with a slippery film,was acquired with
marvellous speed. Thus shells laid'dow‘n a
very few days before the spawning-time of
the oysters, became so slimy as to catch little
or no spawn, no matter how much was float-
ing in the water above them. This taught
the oystcrmeu that they must not read the
shells until the midst of the spa hing sea-
flon ; that one step was gained when they
ceased spreading in May and waited until
July. - Now, from the 5th to the 15th of that
month is considered-the proper time, and no
shell-planting is attempted before or after.
This kuowledgeof the speed with which the
shells became slimy was turned to account in
another way. It was evident that the swifter
the current the less would there be a chance
of rapid fouling. Flanters, therefore, chose
their ground in the swiftest tidcways they
could find.
The mere manner of spreading the shells
was also found to be important.’ If they are
rudely dumped over, half their good is
Ousted, for they lie in heaps. The proper
method is to take them from the large snow
or sloop which has brought them ashore, in
small boat loads. Having anchored the skiff
the shells are then flirted broadcast in all di-
rections, by the shovelful. The next heat
load is anchored a little further "on, aud the
pfocess repeated. Thus a thin and evenly
distributed layer is spread over the whole
ground. Just how many bushels a man will
place on an acre depends upon both his
means and his judgment. If he is shelling
entirely new ground, he will spread more
than he would upon an area already improv-
ed; but I suppose 250 bushels to the acre
might be recommended as an average quan-
tity. Having spread his shells in midsum-
mer, the planter, by testing them early in
the fall, can tell whether he has succeded in
catching upon them any or much of the de-
sired spawn. The young oysters will appear
as minute flakes, wily detected by the ex-
perienced eye, attached to all parts of the
old shell. If he has got no set whatever,"'he
considers his investment a total loss,'since
by the next season, the beds of shells will
have become so dirty that the spawn will not
take hold if it comes that 'way. Supposing,
on the contrary,that young oysters are found
attached in millions to his clutch, as often
happens, crowdiugupon'cach old shell until
it is almost’hiddeu,.what is his next‘step ?
The ordinary way in the East river and
elsewhere, is simply to let the bed remain
quiet, until, in the course of three or four
years,such others as have survived are large
enough to sell, when the bed is worked—at
first, everything that remains—oysters,shells
and trash—is removed and .the ground left
clean, ready for a second shelling, or to be
planted with seed, perhaps right away—per-
haps after the area has lain fallow, exposed
uncovered to the influences of the sea for a
year. Oystcrmen have an idea (probably
well founded, though badly theorized upon)
that this improves-the bottom for oyster cul-
ture, as much as a similar rest would the
soil of an upland field for agriculture.
In the process of growth of the young
oysters lodged upon the fields of clutch,
when left undisturbed, there is, and must of
necessity be,a great waste under th'e. meat
favorable circumstances. Leaving out all
other adversities, this willariao from over-
crowding. More “blisters " attach them-
selves upon a single egg than can move to
maturity. ‘One or a few will obtain an acces-
sion of growth over the rest, and crowding
the others down,_ or overlap them fatally.
Even if a large number of young oysters
attached to a single stool do grow up together
equally, their close elbowing ,of one another
will 'probably result in .a close, crabbed
bunch of long, slim, unsbapely samples, of
no value save to be shucked. To avoid these
misfortunes, and, having got a large quantity
of young growth, to save as much as possi-
ble of it, the more advanced and energetic of
the planters, like. the Hoyts, of Norwalk,
pursue the folIOwing. plan :I When the bed is
two years old, by which time all the young
oysters are of sufilcient age and hardiness
to bear the removal, coarse-netted dredge:
are put on, and all the bunches of oysters are
taken up, knocked to pieces. and either 'sold
as “seed," or redistributed over a new por-
tion of bottom, thus widening thewplaute'd,
area; and at the same time leaving more
room for those single oysters to grow which
have slipped through the net and so escaped
the dredge. , The next year after, all the
plantation, new and old. is gone over and
suitable stock culled out for trade, three-
year-old East river oysters being in demand
for the European market. This further thins
out the beds, and the following (fourth) year
the main crop of fine, well-shaped, well-fed
Oysters will be taker}, and during the suc-
needing summer. or perhaps after a year, the
ground will be thoroughly cleaned up, and
prepared for a new shelling.
All these remarks apply to a reasonably
hard bottom, which requires no previous
preparation. In portions of Long Island
Sound, especially of! New Haven, it has
been noedful to'makea crust or artificial
surface upon the mud before laying down
the shells. This is done with sand. ,
Just what makes the best lodgemeut. for
oyster spawn'intended to be used as seed,has
been greatly discussed. Oyster shells are
very good, certainly,’and as they are cheap
almost ”always at hand in even troublesome
quantities, they form the most available
clutch, and are most generally used. Small
gravel, however, has been tried on parts of
the Connecticut coast with great success, the
advantage being that not Often more than
one or two oysters would be attached, and
therefore the evil. of bunchiness would be
avoided. Where scallop shells, as in Nar-
raganset bay, or, as in Northern New Jersey,
muscles and jingles, Anemia, can be secured
in aufilcientrquautiel, they are undoubtedly
better than anything else, because they not
only break easily in culling, but are so fra-
gilc that the strain of the growth of two or
more oysters attached to a single sc‘allop or
muscle-valve, will often crack it in pieces,
and so-permit the several meinbcrs of the
bunch to separate and grow into good shape,
singly. I am not aware that any of~thc
elaborate arrangements made in France and
England for catching and preserving the
spat have ever been imitated here to any
practical extent. The time will come, no
doubt, when we shall be glad ‘to~profit by
this foreign example and experience.
Although the effort to propagate oysters
by catching drifting spawn upon prepared
beds has been tried nearly every where, from
Sandy Hook to Providence, it has only, in
the minority of cases, perhaps I might say a
small minority of cases, proved a profitable
undertaking to those engaging in it; and
many planters have abandoned the process,
or, at least, calculate but little upon any pre-
pared beds, in estimating the, probable in-
come of'tho prospective season. ‘ This arises
from one of two causes : 1st. -.The failure of
spawn to attach itself‘to the. clutch; or, 2d.
In case a ‘N‘set” occurs, a subsequent death
or destruction. ‘ ' ‘
‘ The supposition among oystermen general-
ly has been, that the water evbrywherc upon
the coast; was filled, more or less, with drift-
ingoyater-spst during the spawning season,
whether there wa's any bad of oysters in the
immediate neighborhoodor not; in other
words, that there was hardly any limit to the
time and distance the spat would drift with
the tides, winds and currents. ' I think that
lately this view has been modified by most
fishermen, and I am certain that it greatly
needs modification; but, as a consequence
of the opinion. it was believed that one
place was asgood as another, so long as
there was a good current or tideway there to
spread-shells for spawn, whether there were
any living oysters in proximity or not. But
that this view was fallacious, and that many
acres of shells have never exhibited a single
oyster, simply because there was no spat or
sources of spat in their vicinity, there is no
reason to doubt. _ ‘
Having learned this, planters began to see
that they must place with or near their beds
of shells, living mother-oysters, called
“spawners,” which should supply the de-
sired spat. This is done in two ways, either
by laying a narrow bed of old oysters across
the tideway in the center of the shelled
tract, so that the spawn, as it is emitted, may
be carried up and down over the breadth of
shells waiting to accommodate it, or by
sprinkling spawuers all about the ground, at
the rate of about 10 bushels to the acre,
Underthesc arrangements the circumstances
must be rare and exceptional,when a full set
will not be secured upon all sheila, within,
say 20 rods of the spawners. Of course
fortunate positions may be found where
spawn is produced from wild oysters in
abundance, or from contiguous planted beds,
where the distribution of special spawuers
is unnecessary; yet even then it may be said
to be a wise measure.
The successful capture of a plenteous
“ set,” however, is not all of the game.
This must grow to salable ' maturity before
any profits can be gathered, and it often
happens that the most promising beds in
September are utterly wrecked by January,
making atotal loss of all the money and
labor expended, that more than one planter
has decided that it does not pay to attempt
to raise oysters upon shells, so long as he is
able to buy and stock his grounds with half-
grown seed—a decision which may be based
upon sound reasoning in respect to certain
localities, but which certainly will not apply
to all of our northern coast. ' _
To‘ what causes the well-filled artificial
beds of infant oysters owe the destruction
which seems often to overtake them in a
single night,‘cannot always be told; we are
not sufllcicntly acquainted either with the
oyster or the conditions under which he
lives, to detect the fgtal influence. It is
easily perceived, however, that these propa-
gation-beds offer an unusual attraction to all
the active enemies of the oyster, such as
winkles, drills ‘Or borers, and starfishes,ai_nce
they find there'food not only in superabuud-
ance, but thin-shelled and tender, so as to be
got at in the easiest manner. It has very
frequently happened in East river, that star-
fishes alone have not only eaten up many
acres of young oysters in a single season, on
shelled ground, but so colonized there as- to
ruin utterly that tract for any further use, so
longas they remained. It is certain that the
half-grown transplanted seed is less attractive
to oyster enemies: than the propagation-beds;
but when, as frequently occurs, the latter
survive misfortune and attack, the yield of
profits is so great as amply to compensate
for the risk. Those who do not catch any
or sufilcient seed for .811- purposes, upon
areas of shells and other clutch, annually
procure young oysters of natural growth, or
“seed ” with which to stock t it beds. To
this eudthey send their sloops from Nor-
walk eastward to the Housatonic beds, as has
been described in a previous chapter, out
intothe Soundof! Bridgeport and to Shippan'
point, while the more westerly planters get
their seed in the East river and of! the Long
Island shore. There seems to be no lack of
supply, but the scene of good dredging and
the amount gathered are continually chang-
ing. 0n the whole, however, there is a de-
creaseof supply brought about by the large-
ly increased number of boats now fishing
every fall. More or less of the seed gathered
here is sold by those who catch it, to local
planters, and some goes to beds in Rhodc
Island and New.York bay, or the south,
shore of Long Island; On the contrary,
some little foreign seed, chiefly from the
North river, is brought to Connecticut beds.
The deep-water sound seed is the best. The
seed is not usually culled, but is sold to the
planter at about 25 cents a bushel, and dis-
tributed upon his grounds just as it is caught.
Ina bushel of it, consequently, not more
than one-fourth (in a fair run) will consist
of living oysters, the remainder being dead
shells and trash of all sortsp Of this 'mixed
stud from 300 to 400 bushels are put on an
acre lot. If it were culled, even roughly, it
would bring from 40 to 50 cents, and one-
half the quantity. would be enough for the
same ground, since the danger of planting
too thick must be avoided. Frequently this
is done. - Some planters here never disturb
their beds until' they begin to take them up
for market; but others make a practice of
shifting their transplanted oysters,_whcn two
or two and-s half years old, to La new spot.
There they liefor one year, and; are then
ready for. sale. The cost of shifting is from
10 to 15 cents a. bushel; but the increase,
both in size and flavor, is thought to com:
pensate for this extra outlay.
The great drawback to East river oyster—
planting of every kind, is the abundance of
anemic! wilh which flushed! are infested.
These consist of drum-fish, skates, and, to a
small degree, of various other fishes; of
certain sponges and invertebrates that do
slight damage,- and of various boring mol-
lusks, the crushing Winkle, and the insidious
starfish or sea-star. It is the last-named
plague that the planter dreads the most, and
the directly traceable harm it does amounts
to many tens of thousands ‘of dollars annu-
ally in this district alone. Indeed, it seems
to have here its head-quarters on the Ameri-
can oyster coast; butas I shall devote to it
a special description in my chapter on the
"Enemies of the Oyster," I will only men-
tion here the fact of its baleful prudence, of
which it has utterly ruined many a man’s
whole year’s Work.
nusrnuorrou or nAsr mvEu ors'rans.
Nearly all the East River oysters are sold
in the shell in New York. Those from the
Connecticut shore and City Island are gener-
ally taken to the city in the sloops of the
owners, and sold to dealers at the foot of
Brooms street. This is partially true also of
those raised on the Long Island shore; but
there the New York firms, themselves often
co-planters with ther countrymen, send boats
to buy‘up cargoes at the beds at a small dis.
count from city prices.
. .rnooxro BAY, on alarms LONG ISLAND.
The whole extent of bays and inlets' con-
tained between the two promdnto'rles, Mou-
tauk. and 0rieut,which terminate Long Island-
at its eastern end, is'subdivided under sever-
al names, the principal being Gardner's, and
Great and Little Peconic bays. Though
this region is highly productive in respect to
the swimming fishes, and. to several kinds of
edible mollusks,yet oysters are not commonly
found there, nor‘do.they flourish when plan-
' ted. This dearth seems to be due to the un-
fortunate abundance of enemies, especially
sfarfishcs,since there is evidence that ancient-
ly oysters were indigenous and plenty. At
the, extremity of; the northern cape “Oyster
pond ” and “ Oyster Pond point.” still pre-
serve the recollection of what was once good
tonging ground. Mr. Sanderson Smith, of
the United States Fish Commission, once
told me that he had found- near there an ex-
tensive bed of dead shells of very large size,
perforated throughout with boring-sponges.
It is not surprising to learn these facts, but
they point to a state of things now past, for
there is no oyster catching or planting at
present in Peconic bay, which has any com-
mercial importance. ,
The collector of the port of Sag Harbor
Mr. W. S. Havens,has for several years kept
statistics of the yield of the fisheries in this
series of bays, from which it appears that in
1879J80, 5,000 bushels of oysters were
taken ; their value was $5,000. 0f other
shellfish (chiefly scallops), $22,400 is given
as the-value of the catch, which‘seems to me
too low. , .. .
At Riverhead a company of six men was
formed in the spring of 1880. They put in
$50 each, and stocked one acre a short
distance below the village with 675 bushels
of seed from New Haven; but it did not
grow well. .
New Suffolk, Mattituck, and other towns
in that neighborhooddo a large business sell-
ing scallop-sheila to Rhoda Island and Con-
necticut fishermen, to be used as clutch on
the propagating beds. The price is 2; cents
a bushel, at which rate the 75,000 bushels of
shells sold all along. shore brought‘$1,875.
At Southold oyster culture has been begun
by one man, who has planted 50 acres.
At Orient 800 bushels of oysters were taken
last year, and an insignificant quantity on
the'Napeague shore, inside of Montauk. In
the center of Montauk point is a large fresh
oyster pond, by opening a sluice so as to
admit the salt water. At Sag Harbor 500
bushels are reperted as the local catch, and
another 500 bushels at Southampton. These
three reports add up only 1,800 bushels. I
suppose the remainder of Mr. Havens’ total
of 5,000 bushels were picked up at chance
-times by fishermen in various parts of the
bays, and locally used.
STATISTICAL RECAPITULATION sou uAsr Rivas
(AND rnoouto BAY.)
N timber of planters, wholesale dealers, 95S
Value of share property, $347,200
Number of vessels and sail boats, 1,268
Value of same, 218.800
Number of. men hired, ~ 125
Annual earnings of same," $67,500
ANNUAL sALus.
- . . ‘ Bushels.
Native oysters, 669,800
Value ofsame, . $708,925.
Hell Gate.
GENERAL unw'ron’r xxxr BLAST.
New Youx, March 27.--It is known in
an indefinite way that General Newton is
preparing near Hell Gate an explosion com-
pared to which that of the summer of 1876
will seem- insignificant. Then the area of
rock blown up was about three acres; at the
next aflair of the kind about eleven acres of
rock will be treated to dynamite at once.
This mass of rock lies on. Hallett’s Point to
the northwest of the reef blown up’in 1876,
and is right in the center of what would be
the natural Hell Gate channel. It marks a
reef of rocks covering about eleven acres of
the river-bed. It was resolvsdlto treat this
reef its-precisely the same manner which
proved so successful in the case of Hallet’s
reef. The system followed is exactly sim-
ilar to that procured at Hallet’s reef. Gal-
leries about seven feet wide andsix feet high
are out eight feet apart, running at angles
to :each other, the result being :a plan
something like a map of a city with the
streets running very closely together, the
blocks between galleries representing the
solid columns of rock, about eight feet
square, which holds up the roof of the mine.
The reef is irregular in shape, with an ex-
treme length of about 1,100 feet and a width
varying from 600 to’ 200 feet. At present
about seven acres of the reef have been hon-
eycombcd, the (work. proceeded at about the
rate of 300‘ feet of gallery iin a month ; the
rock having to be drilled and then blasted.
Then drilfingiahd blasting .‘go on constantly
at adepth ofifrom' 50:t0v602 feet under 'the
water. , ,
The depth below low water of the floor. of
the lowest; gallery is sixty-four feet, the
depth 3 of the" galleries varying with the
depth of the rock below the surface. ' After
the blast is over,'and the loose rock has
been cleared awrw, there will be a depth of
twenty-sixth feet at low water. The thick-
ness ofrock between the roof of the tunnels
and the bed of the river is about thirteen
feet. When the time comes for raising the
whole roof at once charges of dynamite will
be placed through the mine and exploded by
electricity. _ The explosion at Hallet’a Reef
was followed‘by five years of dredging to
remove the loose rock. This was done
by the Atlantic Dredging Company, who
have taken out about 85,000 tons of broken
rock. The entire reef has now disappeared,
and thereip (uniform depth of twenty-six-
fcet at low tide, where six years ago was one
of the terrors of navigation through the
Gate. _
The work of improving the East river and
Hell Gate was decided upon in 1857, and
original estimate of the cost was $5,000,000.
Up to the 30th of June, 1881, the appropria-
tions have been $2,000,000, and the expenses
$2,616,000. General Newton: is confident
that the entire work can be finished without
exceeding the original estimate, unless con-
stant interruptions, due tolack of money,
interfere with the work and scatter the men.
About four years more will be necessary to
complete the whole work if the tunnelling at
Flood'Rock goes onsufilciently fast toallow
the final explosion to occur about two years
new
pond, which it is proposed to turn into an ,~
General Newton began work in 1860. His'
An lewd Girl's Ambition.
Tbc’ smartest'girl I've met in Iowa I met
yesterday at NévddaEStoi'y county,‘morth-
western Iowa—Mi'ss Belle Clinton. Mi J.
Clinton is a brightseyed, rosy-checked girl of
about twentyfias full of fun and health and
vigor as a good girl can be. Two years ago
Miss Clinton was: school tucker." Saving
spring bdrrowed a span of horse‘s'from’b'cr
father, rigged up 'a “ prairie schooner,” and,
taking her little brother, started for Dakota.
Miss Clinton says laughingly to—day,speaking
of her trip: “ Why, I'ncvcr lived so nicely
'in my life, and I never had such an appetite,
and such courtesy I received cverywhcrel
‘Rough, rude men would come up to our
camp, and, after I had talked to them awhile,
water to me. We went. up through the
wheat country, which they call the ‘Jim
River country.’ It’s about 100 miles east
from the Missouri at Fort Sully. I home-
steaded 100 acres of land Then I took up
a timber claim of 160 acres more.”
" What is a timber claim fl”
“ Why, I hired a man and we set out ten
acres of trees. This gave me 160 acres more;
so Ihave 320 acres now. But I must tell
you about those trees. They were you‘ng
locust, apple, and black walnut sprouts. I
sowed a peek of locust beans, a pint of apple
seed and two bushehrof black walnuts in our
garden in Iowa at year ago. These sprouts
were little fellows and we could set them out
fast—just go along'and stick. them iu'the
ground. But they are just as good. Ibe-
lieve my 3,000 little black walnut sprouts
will be worth $15 apiece in ten years, and
$20 apiece in fifteen. My locust trees will
Sometime. fence the whole country.”
" Then what did you do? " '
“ We built a shanty and broke up five
acres of land; and in the spring I'll go back
with more black walnut and locust sprouts
and take up 160 acres more. The trees are
just what I want tdplant anyway,and they’ll
pay better than any wheat crop that could
be raised—only I’ve got to wait for them ten
or twelve years; but I can wait."
Here is a girl who owns in her own' right
,320 acres of splendid black prairie now 4 and
,who will own .480 acres'iu the spring, every
acre of which will bring as within three
years, $10 within five years, and $20.vithin
ten years. Her black walnut and locust trees
will be worth as much more. At thirty she
one. . '
A N ice Lot of City Ellie". .
A lively scene was enacted in the common
council chamber at Troy, N. Y., recently.
Alderman thlan and Alderman Morris,
each claiming to be president of the board,
took seats on the platform. At 7 :80 o’clock
Morris» called the meeting to order. The
clerk refused to call the roll until directed to
do so by Whelan. A quorum not being pres-
ent, Morris declared the meeting adjourned,
but in attempting to leave the chamber he
was seized by a detective and forced to re-
main until Whelan had declared the board
adjourned. :During the uproar'pistola were
drawn, and at one t‘e a serious riot was im-
minent. Fred..P. Smith was arrested with
a pistol in his pohsession. Anthony Dunn
was also looked up. N 0 other arrests were
made. Morris was elected-president at the
annual meeting. Whelen was said to be
elected by an illegal gathering of Democrats,
who declared the chair vacant. The Repub-
liean members were not present. The affair
has created great excitement.
A Tennessee Incident.
As we were coming'to our office yesterday
evening (March 11th) about half-past six
o'clock, as is- our daily custom, on passing
down Gay street we were accosted at the
corner of Gay and Church, by James W.
Wallace, the ostensible editor of the Knox-
ville Tribune, who demanded to know if we
were “responsible for that piece in this (yes-
terday) morning Chronicle.” No particular
“piece”'was mentioned, but we replied that
we were responsible for everything which
appeared in that issue of the Chronicle.
Thereupon the irate young man, who, ap-
peared to be writhing under some irrepressi-
ble grievance, hoarse with pent up wrath,
trembling with excitement, commenced a
sort of formal denunciation, which he had ,
evidently been practicing for the occasion.
In order to assist the young man in his ex-
plosion we struck him a blow with a small
cane, about one-half an inch in diameter at
the larger end, about the neck, whereupon
he drew a revolver and commenced firing.
He fired twoshots, the first at such close
range that one side of our face was slightly
burned with powder. We retreated a few
feet behind one of the pillars in front of, the
store of the Ross Brothers, when he fired
in and then ran around behind the cor-
ner of the store, but came out immediately
and stood on the sidewalk. Then Jim went
in a dog trot across Gay streetto the Tribune
ofiice, and thus the curtain dropped on the
first act which was intended to :be’a tlhriling
tragedy. He stopped but a moment in his
office, when he passed down Gay street to
Main, and when last heard from he was go-
ingin the direction of Concord on a break-
neck' speed, making time that has not been
excelled since the day that the celebrated
John Gilpin made his historic ride.
We learned from various source, after
Jeems executed his remarkable marksman-
ship (for, although not exceeding eight or
ten feet away he did not toucha hair of our
head, jand we think missed his mark the
length of a barn door at each shot,) that he
of about an hour, and as subsequent events
proved, was fully armed to carry out his
bloody purposes. Thatwe owe our life to
his bad markmauship there is no doubt.—
‘K'mville Chronicle. '
Steam. Heating.
, That our readers may havls some idea of
the magnitude of the steam heating plant,
‘uow being established in the city of New
York by the New York Steam company, we
state that said company have purchased real
estate on which to, erect boiler houses, loca-
ted in the centre of districts-about one mile
square, for the entire area of the city, and
have already laid about one mile of mains,-
connected. with their boiler house now nearly
completed, located near the'junetiou. of Cort-
land ou Greenwich street, which boilor house
is six stories high with boilers, on four floors,
the coal to be carried up in an elevator to sixty
four boilers of 250 horse power each; a total
of 16,000 horse power.
From this first boiler house erected and
‘another to be erected_ this spring on Broad
street, the-entire lower end of the island is to
be warmcdrand supplied withapowcr. Over
one: mile of mains have already been laid on
Broadway, Warren, Barclay, Cortland and'
Greenwich streets, and the work will be un-
interrupted and- vigorously pushed until ali~
the available territOry is supplied. The com-
pany expect to let'on steam about the first
of April. .. - .
WILL YOU SUFFER wDitbyspepsia and
Liver Complaint? Shilob's Vitalizer is gu‘arl
anteed to cure you. Manson Hoyt, agent.
A new map of Boston hasa ,ertain open
space designated as Hayputsmallm Square.
A-printer would readily see how the error
occurred. The square was marked in the
origi draft Haymarket. but. in- printing it
was c angcd to Hay Market. In correcting
the proof the reader markedit, “Put-small
‘ m’.” and the printer followed his copy literi
ally—Traveller.
. . .
For lame back, side or chest use, Shiloh’s
Porus Plaster. Price 25 cents. Morgen
Hovnaeenv
up by her teaching about 1$160‘,'she“last_ ,_
offer to build my fire and actually bring _
, Full column, one
(I
,above.
will be worth $25,000.—Cor. Chicago Trib- ‘
had been awaiting our arrival for the space .
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The Second one-(Paper In the State”.
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
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Yearly advertisers restricted to the business
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Marriages and Deaths inserted gratuitously.
Obituary or Funeral Notices 15 cents per line.
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A. u. BALDWIN, M. D.,;
Homeopathic Pllltltlflll & Surgeon
Ofilce corner of Main and Wall Streets, over H.
S. Betts’ Drug store.
Office Hours from 8 to
9:30 a.m.,l to 3 and
7 to-S n. m. :
Slates at Buniord 5r Osborn’s, East Nor-walk,
and at D. Beers, Jr ,South Nor-walk. Chile by
3313,9110” at Betta} Drug Store promptly attend-
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L. N. PHINNEY, M. D.,
Residence andofilce, No. 62 Wall Street;
Office Hours—6 to 9 a: m., 12 to 3 and 7 to 8 15.111.
Slates at I. A, Meeker lb Columns-Walk, and Stil -
son’s and I’Ialsted’s Drug Stores, So. Norwalk.
CHARLES W, MANY,
Surgeon Dentist.
NORWALK, CONN-
Ofilce corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
0x1do Gas administered.
ALEX. s. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregationalist Church
Teacher of
Plano-Forte. Organ and Musical
Composition”:
Lock Box 39, P. 0., NORWALK, CONN.
‘ The N orwalk Dye Works
ARE now in successful operation. Ladies’ and
. Gents’_Garmeuts 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 Milliner and Fancy
Store of the MISSES ST. JOHN. 33 ain St., Nor-
walk, or at MR3. H. KREIGER’S Millinery. 39H
“BERNARD COHN,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
WEEK’S nu [LDING, WALL ST”
A FULL LINE OF
Imported and Domestic Cloths
of the latest styles, constantly on hand. N oval-
ties In Scotch Sailings. Satisfaction guaranteed
in every particular. 46
w. s. almanac.“
General Fanning Undertaker;
- OPPOSITE HORSER. R. DEPOT.
WOrdere attended to day or night. Residence
Main Street, 3" doors from Union Avenue,
The liarwalk Firs insurance 00.,
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year.
And has not outstanding a Dollar of unpaid losses
or of claims for losses.
I6 Milli) GOMPAIY IISIIRES AI will RATES.
WI.0.ST8EET, Prom, S._E. Outer-nan, Treae.
Gno.B. CowutsSec’y. ' '
ETNA l NSURANCE Co.ol' HARTFORD.
Incorporated l8l2. Charter Perpetual .
Capital and Assets, 88.902.272.64
Insures against loss and damage by Fire, on terms
adopted to the hazard and consistent with the
laws of compensation. COWLES I: MERRILL,
Sole Agents for Norwalk and vicrnity.
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N otlce.
THE undersigned having sold out all: his inter-
‘ est in the Hardware, and House and Sign
Painting Business heretofore conducted by him
at No.30 Main St., to his son, William Hmdley,
J r.,would return his thanks to this community
for the patronage accorded him and respectfully
ask for a continuance of the same to \hlS succes-
sor. Persons having unsettled accounts with the
subscriber are requested to call and settle the
same immediately. _
. WILLIAM HINDLEY.
Norwalk,Jan.16th, 18:92. _
' Kaunas s. nocxwoon,
Fashionable Drape-r and Tailnti‘
' Ann '
- GENTS’ FURNISHING. EMPOBIUH
Mainstreetmorwalkmonn.‘ '
. TEEMODEI-
Hair Dressingtt Bath Rooms
. Wall Street, Up sun-s. '
cleanliness, Comfort, Artistic Workmauship and
gentlemanly Attendance are leading features of
this establishment. '
E. APELL, Proprietor.
Geo. Ward SelleCk,
Has in his New Store,
A complete assortmentof the best class or
fillllflEllIES,’ PROVISIONS, FRUITS;
the" for family use, at Popular Prices. IIis stock
is at all times'tresh and goodmnd wrll stand com-
parison with those _of‘ any Grocer in town. Call
in and leave your orders. 28“
IREAT GERM DESTROIER l.
DAEBY’S
Prophylactic Fluid.
Filling of Small Pox
prevented.
m an -n 1 x
SMALL P0X ..s:apr.:..t.saa
C -
ERADICATBD. 5631?st healed rapidly.
Sctlrvey cured in short
time,
Teller dried up.
I t is perfectly harmless.
For Sore Throat it is a
sure cure.
DIPTHERIA "
. PBEVENTBDL -
Cholera dissipated.
Ship Fever prevented
by its use.
Removes all unpleasant
odors. .
In cases of death in the
honsent should always
- be used about the
corpsc~it willprevent
any unpleasant smell.
An Antidote for Animal
or Vegetable Poisons.
Stings. 83c. .
Dangerous efiluvias of
Sick Rooms and flos-
pitals removed by its
use. ‘ -
Contagion‘destruyed.
SickRooms purified and
made n leasant.
Fever-ed and Sick Per-
sons relieved and .re-
freshcd by bathing
w i t h Prophylactic
Fluid added to ‘the
water.
Soft White Complexions
secured by its use in
bathing.
Impure Airmadeharm-
less and purified by
sprinkling Drnby’s
. ltluid about.
To Purify the Breath.
Cleanse the Teeth, it
can’t be surpassed.
Catarrh relieved and
cured.|
Erysipelas cured.
Bums'lrclievcd instantly
Scars prevented.
soAaLaT'
Yellow Fever
FEVER Cured, . .
—__—, Eradicated.
In fact. it is the great .
ll.
DISINFECTANT AND PURIFIE
Prepared by ' . ,
J.‘H. ZEILIN & 00.. '
Manufacturing Chemists, Sole Proprietors.
an Enameled Cari Board,
Carmine and Blue fut Fancy flail
mus.» mar rnratm usaulaa. ' ;_
.- invits the attention
alanraaannr's‘liw slots, mm mm. ~
.zgeesssomcoi
mash... striving}, warn», .,
No. 3‘s warrantiamdvmk, on,
sat nt?‘°‘°‘.héfrvrv‘ew
5 Pfirb.‘..1iftiilicinésfihiidill'liliési
r .
ands. fulllinc 61““ .
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, TOILET
. I'Also dealersin
Pur‘e Wine-8n Liquors for
Medlycliaml“ .Puxpo‘sesu
Careful attention paid to the dispb'nsingof pby.
siciuns' prescriptions. 28
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cheaperthan any Dcutistin Nor-walk.
' FRARK .T- Burr."
A LL branches onDontistryperformedjnt. rea-
_. scmtlilc'jmicce, and the beehpt‘ material's
deem-"FAD w‘ork'warranted; ‘Exafuélfngflse.
(mice and ResidencopItEest Animist—adjoining
McthodistParsonage.Normals... . -. ~ '
Open Evenings.
' Notice. ' ~
an. HITGHGOBK Has lit-Mover
TO the corner of West Avenue and Berkeley
(.11 lilacs, third housc- below the Methodist
-‘ I 0:. . . . .
0 cc Hours from 7 to 9 a; m., ‘2 to 3, and 7 to 8
p. m. -
flailing that and Melanin,
HE subscribers will act as Purchasing Agents
and Messengers between Normal]: and N rrw
York, daily‘. Orders and packages received: at
Theodore napp’s, South Norwnlk, and Benc-
dict’sNew; Room, Post Office. Norwalk.
EDWIN la. SELLECK, With James McGrcery &
00., takes oo’clock train.
D. RaSELLECK, takes “(:45 a. in. train.
”Pu-RE MILK.
Delivered in Norwalk and South Nor-walk, at
your door, every morning.
AT ’7‘ CENTS PER QUART,
“ By REMSON BROS. " ' p
P E N SI 0 N S .
Pensions and Bounties got for
all Soldiers of my own and other
Regiments, are. y
W. H. NOBLE,
0. '1‘. Leonard it Soil.
COAL,- WOOD,
Masoegs’ Materials, '
For Drains, Sewers, W 0115, &c.,
At Lowest Cash Prices. V
Drains and Wells Dug and Piped
- AlsoSdleAgentfor '
Patent Winder. Wood,
The Cheapest and Best Kindling out . Tryit'
G‘ Branch Office at H. S. Betts’ DrugStore
_ J. Belden Hurlbutt,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Room No. 4, Domains,
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK.
NEW-MARKET!
No. '6 Main Street, Norwal, Ct.
, THE BEST 01“
Beef, Veal,
Ewnrs'rnxr.‘—nr.c. 21. Kendall can a...
will Extract Teeth better and Make Tofu]:
y
Mutton, Lamb. Pork.
HAMS, POI‘LTRY, &c., always on hand at ver:
lowest market prices. GAME ol all kinds in its
season. Try me: I will try to suit. ’
Gmtfi W. b. LOCKWOOD, late with Adams Bros.
a E M o v .A. I.- a
To the Basement of 58 Wall Street,
Next door below Jackson Broihers’.
‘» 1E. .BEAcH,
House and Sign Painting,
Paper Hanging and Kalsomining,
. ~ Residence—Lewis Street, ~
NORWALK, CONN.
All work entrusted to me shall be promptly!
reasonably and well done. A share of the public
patronage solicited. ' _ 33st
install think Telephone Co ‘
lISI llf SUBSGRIBEIIS IIF IDRWALK, Ill SPEAK-
llll GOMIMIIIGM’IOI TB‘DAIE.
Adams Bros. -- - - Market
Adams Expressgo. Norwalk - Office
Adams. Leroy — - - arket
Bank, Fairfield Cd. Nat - .Oflice
Beard, E - - - Residence
Beatty.J.P. .8; Bros. : - Office
Betta, H. s. - - . .. Drugkist
Burke,»W.C.,M. D. - - - Ofiice
liyington, A. H. £00. - Gazette Office
ClarkeLE. C., M. D. ‘ - - Residence
Comatock Bros. - — . Norwalk
. Oomstock Bros. ' - South Norwalk
Crol ut a linapp, . '3 Upper Office
' ' Croiut At Knapp, ' E Lower Office
. ID. to N _. R. R. - - Freight Office
D._& N . R. R, - : ‘- Coal Dock
Dunn, Horace E. - - - Stable
Donovan Jerry - - - . Store
Earle,,W. H. . ‘ - - Residence
Ferris, J. Li. - ~ -‘ Residence
Ferris, J. n. - Coal, Upper Office
Ferris; J. H,- - -. Coal,Lower Ofilce
Ferry, Mrs. C. S. - - Residence
Fitch, Henry R - - Lumber Yard
Gibson, A. S. - - - - Residence
Gregory Bros, -. - . - Stable
Gregory, J. G., M. D. '- EResidencc
Gregory,-J..G. & Co. ~ - Drugglsts
Hutch. Bailey at Co.
- Planing Mill
Hat Forming Co. - « Oilicc
Higgins, R. L., M. D. - Residence
Hill, _E. J. - . . Lumber Yard
Hitchcock. D., M.’D. - Residence
Holmes Ar healer, - - Grocers
Hoyt, I'. M. PAY ouster: - ,Druggist
Hyatt. J. W. - - ‘- — ()ch
Hyatt, J. W. - - Residence
Keeler, E. O. - - - Residence
Kendall,J. C., M, D. - - Residence
-' Leonard,C. 'I‘..\‘z Son. - Coal,East side
Leonard, O..'I‘. 3:. Son. - Coal, West side
Lockwood, W. A.. M.D .-. Residence
Lockwood, F. St. John - Residence
Lounsbury .k Bisscll Co. - Olliee
Mahackcmo Hotel . - - _Oil_icc
Mount). W. - - Residence
Meeker, I. A. 3 Co. - Drngglsts
- Residence
Miller. George E.
Meat. Market
Mitchell, W. at I).
Nolan, K. On, M. D. - - Residence
North. G. S. - '- - Gallery
Nor-walk Gazette. - - . Olllca
Norwulk Hour ‘ - - Ofiicc ‘
Norwalk Iron Works - - (mice . -
Norwalk Look 00. . - Office
NorwalkMills‘ - - ’. . - . Ofllco.
isorwulk Savings Society 4 - - Bank
Palmer, E. M. 35 Co. - - Olllcn
I’ardec. E. V.. al- D. - Residence
Phiuney, L.'N., II. D .- Residence
I’laisted, G. 1!. - . . Drugglst
Post’Otllce. PAY onr‘rcnr ' ~ Noroton
Propeller Dock - -, Norwalk
Prowitt, J. 'I‘. - ‘llnrdware,
' Rnndlc,‘J. 0.. PAY OFFICE, - '. Store
Raymond dzNickcrson - -. Store
Raymond, G. W. - - Residence
Raymond Brothers -. ,Upper Office
Raymond Brothers - Lower ()filco
alandiibrtb’, 1.. W’. - - Residence
selleck Broth ers. - - - Grocers
:therman, SJ. - - - Residence
Sherman, S: J‘, '. - - Stable
Smith. W. El. & Co. - Hardware
Salmons, A. - - - _ tilcc
Starr. O. S. - - - Residenco‘
Starr. Brothers g - : Store
steamboat Dock - South Nor-walk
Stillsou.G. C. . -- .. - Druggtst
St; John. C. E. - - Residence
Trougbririuc, Chas. S. — - Ulllcc
Western Union Telegraph - Norwnlk
Western‘Union Telegrapb.Sontb Norwulk
Wilson, $.13. ' - ~- - Residence
Wood, Chas. N. - - Market
WESTPOR’I‘. .
Jou‘c's,05car1.,rar ounce - TrniShop
surcharges -to ;‘and .lrom’l’ay Offices, ' will be
charged [0 cents each. no matter by whom (he ,
may be sent or received. Exception, store of . .-
C. handle. hurting“. Hoyt, whore no charge will
bo‘ mode to: ulmcr‘ibera. . .
ihPRANGSI
‘ ' FOR SALE AT'THE
A. E. BYWGlei CO.
"GAZETTE; OFFICE.
& FANCY lantern" :
‘338! .lz rings.
.3; l i "[4! "in 552‘},- - .‘l’aul‘l . .;1_. V
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. REAL ESTATE. ,5; : ‘;"Th9Y°W°°ffig‘W'WY-
ngfig‘nfw‘ myummm / .
, Asset-sanddwelliné.‘sooditand1°rbalm"- ‘H "1mg?” ”' Gilli“!!! swell-
, corner smug and_fllv8r:llfl., Wgst art. Inquire F . '-.. g u .9» ; 3.}.- i _
on the prfle’mises.~ ' ‘ In“ T 134 JP“ ,. or lollnd'hm‘ Yemlvingmlsfair,
. , To Let , -' Glitteringjeweland mg", ._
l
Full .13 floaters 0.? . .
as U -: l-z-m- - : DJJJS’I‘U—RGES.‘
'F'or Shield-orsiol‘Renxt. . .
- .owncd by; Mor
sale or to rent. The
easy. ,’ For further rticnlars. enquire-at the
FAPRFIELD COUN ‘Y NATIONAL BANK. ll
" " '9 -‘-€~:'; . fi‘:.-.:r." ~
To Rent. - .4 .
A‘ Pinker; ‘on tii‘e"wiupipnux’urouu. lieartbc
head 01 Main Street. A comfortable Rouse,
' small Barn, Garden, Orchard, tar 8 front yard,
runs plots‘ undrplenty 0! land. ppl to B.J.
5amBurs’uazenenuiatnz. ,
'- ‘ :5'T9i Rent- 1
A. Dwellings! containing :9.rooms. Also 4
room; suitable for offices, over, G.& S. ll.
Holmes’ Grocery Storei'M'aiii-Stree‘t. -F-or partie-
ulara apply to. _- . l 1= C. 0.4) T- .
Mttttor'SaIe.
A SAW, GRIST AN D CIDER MILL, located
in‘ town‘ol‘»Wcston. For particulars enquire
F- w. MITCHELL.
or 13. J. STURGES.
Farm for. Sale.
HE Homestead of the late Seth Hickok.com-
pristng about 75 acres of tillable ground. sit-
uatedinNew Canaan. near the Reservoir of the
Norwall: Water Works. It has a good Dwelling
House, Barn, and other out-buildings thereon. It
is well watered,and has an abundance of good
fruit trees. Also twenty acres of cultivated land
adjoining the homestead. Price reasonable.
Entiun'e of MRS. ANNA M. HICKOK, or of
RUSSELL L. HALL. New Canaan. . 7“
For Sale or to? Rent.
A Honsoland One Acrfa‘of Land; onProepect
g”
of
May be had on reasonable terms. ' Ag’fiy to
. . E. W. ART.
Nor , March 161.11.1681. ‘ .12“
’ Farm for Sale ‘
IN SO'UTH WILTON.
FOR SALE-the place known as the Samuel
.. P. Randle Farm. .A very desirable farm
With 20 acres up to 80 according as the purchaser
may need. If not sold by the lat opri-il, would
like to rent the place ,tosome good party. For
full" particulars apply to J .‘C. RANDLE, Winni-
pauk, or STEPH'EL H. SMITH,Noxwalk. , 8“
Apartments to Let.
N the Brick Houses on' Leonard street. In-
quire at LEON ARD’S COAL OFFICE.
,For Sale. .'
a T South Norwalk, hall-a mile from the depot,
the late residence of A. II.Snowden, known
as "Qlifi'woodfi Largo Villa House, substantial-
ly built, in good order, eleven rooms, cellar and
attic, large paint with bay windows beautiful
erms “[81]“. Apply to A.C.SNOWDEN
the premises, or 'to REV. R.B.SNOWDEN 81
St. Mark’s Place, Brooklyn,N.Y. - in:
., Farm for Sale.
HF. subscriber will sell the wet known David
St. John Farm with all the Stock, Tools and
Carving Crops. Most of the price can remain'on
m tgagc. For full particulars address
22ft GEO. F.‘ELDEN, Winnipauk, Co“
' ‘ ,FOR sALE.‘
T
Main street. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.
For 'Sale.
STREET. situated on igh Street. in the Bor-
frontlng on High and Main. Streets, with commo-
dious Dwelling House, With all the modern im-;
prbvcments, lar e Barn, and out buildings. and
one-half of smal house on Main Street. For fur
ther particulars enquire of BU RR SMITH, Agent.
Norwalk, April Iltb , 188]. lbtf
FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS vajilbuy
. a. small place on the hill cast of Winnipa
facing the ounsbury a Bisscll Factory.
chance for a poor man to secure ahomc olhis
own. Apply at. the GEETTE OFFICE. err ‘
Farm for Sale.
HE subscriber offers his Farm for sale, situa-g
ted in the Town of Greenfield, in Saratogai
00., in the state of New York, nine miles from.
snratoga: Springs. It is pleasontly situated on
a rise or ground, 95 acres or land, u inch is favor-;
ably divided into pauure, plow, meadow and,
Wood land ; with a large house; the size of the
barn 30 by 40. wagon house and stabling. hay loft.
over the same, ‘23 by all. and grainery 16 by is.
Will be sold chcap‘; part at the purchase money
can rcmnn on mortgage it desired, or will ex-‘
changelor vill‘agc propcrt . For further particu-'
lure inquire at S LAS P. TUTTLE,,
tt5l Norwatk. Conn.
Desirable Property for sale.
A Very desirable-place on East Avenue. .
' Also, a few chores Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue. for sale cheap. I: _
Alsom. nicely located House and Lot on Mex-I
inn Street near West Avenue. for sale at a bar-z
gain, Enquire of - - - -
S. E. OSBORN,East Avenue. '
tfll or to D. W, Fitch, W est Avenue.
‘ Small Place. for Sale.
A SMALL, two-story House, with one acre of
Land, near BroadRiver Bxidgo,is offered
for sale at a. low price. to close an estate. En:
quire at the GAZETTE OFFICE. 6
Fora Sale. '
Acosy, comfortable Cottage on one of tbcpleas-
unrest 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 87,000. Em.
quireaat this Office.
For Sale; Cheap. ,
Better than low interest“Bonds.:
Apply to B. J. Stun-gee.
Dwmfigzfincs s -
A
‘ BunidmgLots. .
SEVERAL dwellings, various prices in differ-i
sale at'reasonablc prices. Also several places
eutside' of Borough limits—one in Winnipank
. Also several Building lots in and out of Borough
ttl9 Euquireat-this Office. ‘
aweek. 812 a. day at home easily made,
$12009tlyoutfit free. Address Tarn-2 a». 00.
Augusta, Maine. . lyll
BliAlllIEfl I8 IEX'I' I0 MEL!!!“-
rox A ' . .
Pleasant Shavo,: . ..
Artistic Hair Cut, or _
Thorough Shampoo
cam. A’I‘
No. l GAZETTE BUILDING.
rcn’s Hair Cutting and Shampooing.
AT HOME T0 EVERYBODY.
Hot and ColdWater Baths
Money to Loan. I
ing. Norwalk, Conn. _
ii. its?
JUST RE'OEIVED !
N cw styles of Box: Papers very cheap.
_3
per day at home. Samples worth so
Tlie‘flMacK,€nnon',
" ' ‘ ' Croes'and‘Amel'icnn
Constantly on hand..
Artists’ Materials a Specialty.
'i Andrew Selleck.
tBbalstSialiunnyt Fareyfloatls.
Birthday Cards,
- Ail-wk nan. - -i - -e- Non-walk.
I
i . Wagonfor Sale.
{A “I“ am ”w‘m‘ Misfits. n
O
H E well-known Farm at Winnipuuk, formerly
a T. Smith, is offered. for
., arm contains some 40 acres
of improved land, in'good condition, it commodi-
ons and convenient residence, barns, arc. Pos-
session giren immediately. Price low and terms
tower, carria e house, barn and stable. attractive:
. grounds, finey shaded wrth fruit and forest trees.I
a on V
W0 very desirable Building Lola on West!
THE well known pro any of WILLIAM C.i
ough of Norwalk.coutaining one acre of ground;
11 Q
A
A 'House on Fair. Streetfi
ent portions of Borough, either to let or for-
G. A. PBAERE’S
Shaving 'allHair tiling Salon.
'Mr- Pranke’s Hair Getting Saloon;
Particular attention given to Ladies and Child‘; _
, unusual QVI'H to those in per
Enquire ol- 0. E. WILSON, No. 3 Gazette Build.-
lree. Address, Stmson & Co.,lPort-'
y .
-Sfylograph Pens?
“EWhIIQW‘fl till --‘
-..........~...,...
My mammalian as hilt diamonds can ;
. 'T-i‘shwcll'tf)‘ be ready‘ for Easter day'.”
j. , airy .
As it seemed, from
_ vase, .. - ~
A low. sweet voice, and . with startled face
y.- Sbeheard these words from the lilies fair.
the pure, white lilies,
(‘L‘adyfi thyrobing's are fair to'sce,
Thy jewels gleam in their grand array.
But bow4§balljby heart apparclled' be,
The 'day that should‘come with grace to thee?
Hast preoaied thy heart. for the Easter
. (lax i". -
f‘Hast prepared tby‘ soul by repentance
.. true; ‘ >- ,‘ .
. The joy of 'th’isglad-time to receive ?"
The sweet voice ceased—ceased, and the
lady-knew,
As she opc’d her eyes to hoi- chambcr’sview,
’Twas a dream of the fading Easter eve.
Only a dream! But when on the mom,
The glad To Deums peal'and roll,
And the breath of,flowers is sweet upborue,
As lovely garment as there is .worn
\ _ Is the fair, pure dress of that humble soul.
—Bfoat¢nt Advertiser. —-
m
Captain Brooks jam! tlio Nimrod.
Yes, I remember, since you speak.
0! it, it was Thanksgiving week, - '
Eighteen hundred and forty-two,
In a wild storm as ever blew; -
Brooks siid- he’d put the Nimrod through.
“For here, you see, a hundred men, .
Their wives and babes, and beside them,
.A hundred more with girls at home
Waiting to pull the dried wish-bone;
Never a one of them shall say.
Brooksspoiled their fun Thanksgiving Day.”
‘ Four strong band: at the whirling wheel—
,Through the Narrows he held her keel— ,
Into the Sound though wild winds howled,
. Andgreat gray billows crunched and growl-
ed . ,
And threw aloft their shattered comb,
‘ Then broke and sensed, with miles of foam—
i Men grew-pale and the women—wimp !
Brooks said tersely, “I’ll put her; through.”
Down in the lea of “‘"Hubbell’s store,"
We, men and boys, a rounded ”score,
Stood with an old s’pyglass in hand—
Whieh some whaler had left on land—
' Watching to see the Nimrod push
. Her prow by headland tree and bush.
_’ “See! There she comes, fighting her way
2 Inch by inch, through the sleet and spray I
Forging ahead, although the waves
Are mountains and their troughs are graves!
-. Eager, as if she too could feel
The thrill of his heart 'long her keel ;"
And every boy among us knew
John Brooks would bring the
through,
Nimrod
“Wait, my boys i" said a one eyed tar,
“Wait, till she turns to cross the bar 1"
Bridgeport harbor was then a chain,
Narrow, shallow and nothing straibgt;
Across its mouth two ugly bars, ‘
Where storm and keel had left their scars.
“Starboard‘tlw helm! New dawn! Hard
'dmon!"
Waves grew black with.storm-clouds frown,
She pitched and swerved and rolled alea—
Broadside catching the plunged ses—
Then back again, on keel upright,
Stood, as a steed standsin its fright,
One‘secoudl O'ne thrill, as if of dread,
Then through the breakers bravely sped!
_ The storm was loud—louder the cheer
the
We gave for Brooks when he tou‘ched
. . C.
pier.
33106me, Feb. 1, 1882.
The Old Familiar Faces:
amass mo.
. I have had playmates, I have had compan-
ions, .
In my days of childhood, in my joyful school
days, ’
All, all are gone, the.old familiar faces.
' . I have been laughing, I have beeucarousinjg.
, Drinking late, sitting late, with my bosom
cronies; _
All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.
I loved a love once, fairest among women;
Closed are her doors on me, I must not see
her—
. All, allure gone, the old' familiar faces.
I have a friend, a. kinder friend has no man;
Like an ingrate I left my friend abruptly;
Left him to muse on the old familiar faces.
. Ghost-like I paced round the haunts of" my
. childhood.
Earth seemed a desert I was bound to tra-
verse,
Seeking to find the old familiar faces. ,
. Friend of my bosom, thbu more than a
brother,
Why were thou not born in my father's
dwelling? '
So might we talk of the old familiar faces—
How some they have died, and some they
have left me, - , ‘
And some are taken from me; all are de-
parted ; , .
All, all are gone, the oldfamiliar faces,
The Iowa State Register, published at Des
Moines, in‘ its issue of March lat, has the fol-
lowing obituary of the youngest son of
George Swan, who was a brother ‘of the late
W. B. Swan, of this place: ‘
DIED—AI. midnight" of February 27:ka
Carter 8min, at the age of twentys'cven years
a‘ndfsevcn m'ouths. , .
Thus terminated a life which had been al-
most an uninterrupted :carecr of physical
suffering, accompanied throughout, however
with a buoyancy and elasticity of spirits
fact health. Hr.
Swan was born in Columbus, Ohio, July 30,
but when Frank was about two .years'old
the former abandoned his chosen profession
- and removedto Norwalk, Warren county,
in this State, and nine years later he/camc
to this city, where he soon afterwards died.
When in his fourth year Frank ,had a fall,
which dislocated his hip; but the character
of the injury was not discovered until long
afterward,when it was to late to be‘remedicd
From that time Frank was a constant suds:-
er, and his death,‘though remote in point of
time, was theevenlful result of that injury.
His invalid co ditiou did not, howchr,
as exprt as agent at‘ton. Ten months ago he
accepted a position in the State Insurance
Company's office in' this city Which be re-
tuiucd until his death. In his various em-
: ploymunts, Frank5iilaiic may friends, who
will long remember his constant cheerfulness
and vivacity that seemed not to know of the
cloud' which they well knew shrouded his
existence, and surely foretold its early term-
ination. - ‘HIS mother and two-sisters of the
deceased (one of them; Mrs. W. ;H Lehman)
survivehim. to mourn with special keenness
-. one whose continued suflerings bad peculiar,-
, ly endeared hunt" them;
Thm‘mmm Is an.
Then sheiclos‘cd hereyes with languid grace,
When suddeu,-therc stole on the evening
. _ , .. , ~: “TESS-.1701? “118.8 venisweet the
THE large, commofiion’s front’roém in Gazette . . _
' Building Sustvacated byl‘rancisucltm. ‘ ‘ N a“ ‘ j . " ..
3‘53,“ 39‘.” I umr’eadyfl—hér ligollghta so ran
' My df'CES‘lkpei'feCt i‘jiorl‘gi-sve'; up. guy“;
*lfir‘g'ldiaé. my fun.’
" 5 1854. His father, Mr. George Swan, was a‘
prominent journalist of Ohio in. those days, ‘
i
prevent his uciuu participation in the aflaira '
. of business lite,auu forseveral years he acted
as”
Norwalk Chronicler