Tuesday,May 2, 1882.
Fairfield County Items.
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1 CITY OF WEST NORWALK.
The genial sunshine on Sunday, seemed to
give new life to nature, and vigor to your res-
idents. The attendance at the Union Sunday
school was larger than usual. .
“One goeth and another cometh.” After
a residence of 40 years, Mr: N. Jarvis Street
has sold his residence to‘Mrs. Hamilton of
Brooklyn, N. Y., and removes on Monday
to Daricn. No local event of late has caused
so much regret or comment. .Mr. and'Mrs.
Street were among the most respectable of
our residents, social as neighbors, friendly
and ready to aid.in time of affliction and
distress. Their successors will be welcomed
among us, but the remembrance of those who
leave, will be lasting.
WEST STRATFORD. ,
Sunnyside Cottage is being put in order for
its summer occupants. -
The Cartridge Company’s powder maga-
zines are being removed to a point further
away from the vicinity of dwellings.
A great many improvements in the way of
sidewalks, etc., are being made this
spring. . .
The $50,000, for the Fairfield County Hos-
pital has been subscribed and the completion
of the enterprise is now assured.
Some young vandals have lately cut and
otherwise mutilated shade trees set out by
residents of the Borough in front of their
premises. Such acts of ruiflianism should
not go unpunished if the perpetrators of the
acts can be caught.’ '
Mr. George Lewis, an old and well known
resident, has been quite ill for some time.
He is the father of Dr. Geo. F. Lewis of
Bridgeport. ‘
Rev. C. S. Wing, the new pastor of the
East Bridgeport M. E. Church is making
many friends in his new position. It is need-
less to say that the reverend gentleman has
many warm friends in Norwalk who will
long remember him.
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WESTPORT.
Mr. H. R. Tr’cadwell has presented to
Temple Lodge, No. 65, two relics of the
past, both believed to be more than a bun-
dred years old. One is a Masonic pitcherlof
quaint but artistic design, the other an en-
graving representing, Washington as a ma:
son. - ,
The funeral of'John Doran, lately in
charge of Willow Brook Cemetery, who died
Thursday aged about forty-five years, took -
place Saturday, the burial being at the Cath-
olic Cemetery. ~ '
Interest in telephone communication in-
creases with the number of chestnut'poles'
erected during the‘week, and we are shortly
to have direct lines with Bridgeport as well
as Norwalk, and some day we shall be talk-
ing with Boston inside the year.
The Selectmen are looking after dogs, and
dog owners are striving not to see the selectr
men. The canine registry system brings with
it annually its inconveniences.
The Daniel Platt building on West Aven-
ue, has been converted into a blacksmith
shop. .
Mr. John Crossman arose early Friday
morning. He noticed that hislwife made no
movement to follow his example, and on
' speaking to her received, no reply. He spoke
again'. with the same result. He thought
strange of it and on going to the bedside
discovered that she was dead. An investi-
gation showed that she was troubled and had
been for a long time, with heart disease, the
same having been the cause of her death.
She was in her forty-second year, and had
her life’insured in the Poughkeepsie Legion
of Honor, for'$8,000. The funeral took place
Sunday at the M. E. Church. ‘
Representative J. W. Hurlbutt, says he
cared less for :the $300 he got for ser-
vices to the State, and more for the hour of
adjournment, which arrived,in his opinion,a
month later on the calender than it should
have done. .
As building and manufacturing is looking
up amazingly of late, why may ourrepre-
sentative in Congress not give our harbor a
thought or tv'vo looking to an appropriation.
A few thousand dollars laid out during the
year will add to our strength, or rather to
our claims that we possess the best natural
facilities for growth in this part of the State.
. There was a fine attendance of clergy at
their quarterly meeting at Memorial Church
Tuesday. .
“How long will the thousand tons of ice,
in those two barges of yours last,” asked a
citizen of the captain »‘of the craft, the other
day. “About a couple of days," was the
reply. “We have twenty barges on the
North River continually, and we could em-
play more." The barges have been towed to
Brooklyn. ,
Passengers for Westport by the Steamer
Adelphl, Saturday, were delighted to.reach
the wharf at South Norwalk at a quarter to
six, as 'it enabled them to take the 5:55 New
,Haven train.
Mr. H. R. Pennoyer proposes to make an-
other trip to the Pacific coast. ‘
Mr. G. J elliffe thinks the cold weather has.
caused one thousand dollars damage to the
peach trees. _ - -
Rev. John 'R. Williams at-Christ Church,
Sunday morning, preached on the doctrine
of the “Intermediate State and the Resur-
rection," presenting some views of the mys-
teries not Often thought of. The subject was
ably treated. " PAUL.
STAMFORD.
The first Borough election under the new
charter occurred yesterday. ,
Albert Lynch and Chas. Haight have gone
to Dacotah to seek their fortunes.
H. Oothout, J n, has returned home from
Texas. , -
Chas. H. White has been elected Superin-
tendent of the Baptist Sunday School.
The G. A. R. Post.“ their recent camp '
fire. presented Chas. H. Daskam with a gold
mounted ebony cane.
DANBUZBY.
Gypsies and circuses flock to Danbury this
season.
Rev. Mr. Hubbell attended the Clarissa
Raymond centennial anniversary .in Wilton,
and preached a sermon on the subject last
Sundayevening. .
Danbury is to have a Surprise party next
month. Rice’s. .
St. Peter's Band are hankering for new
uniforms. , o
Hendrich Barnum has purchased a patch
of land on Patch street, for $500.
There seems to be considerable movement
in real estate. '
Rev. Mr. Hubbcll had $100 added to his
salary at. the - late annual meeting of his
society. , .
A second excursion car is being built by
the D. d; N."R. R. Co.
Mr. A. -B.-’Hull has been elected a Vim
President of .the Fairfield County Historical
Society. A deserved honor.
Whenhatting is dull, batters turn carpen-
ters. '~
Every other nabob in Danbury is to build a
cottage at Bell's Island this summer.
The, officers of the New York & New Eng-
land Railroad are all resigning to give. other
follows a chance; ' " ‘
Davide. Booth is a great sufferer. He
has been, confinedto the house over three
‘weeks with pneumonia, and now it is thought
that he will lose his sight, the recent opera-
‘ tions upon his eyes havmg done no good _
Thevha‘tters of the Danbury Association
ve a supper to the. delegates to the National
‘ nventiorig‘ost Mefek Agenda: qugtlnfiide ’a
The Tw c g‘._ 0. vs _
“relief and bgrial fund" for the benefit of
their employeesfand families; _. Th9 employ-
ees will be permitted to select ‘ o' committee
to take charge of the fund,"au'd=ail whowork
for the firm will be entitled. to "its bemfitl.
A noble act. and without precedent. .
An oratorio society is to be formed, 1
We sincerely hope that the. foolishraslotr 5
tion that newspapers lies may neveribe again;
repeated after what happened “1° other
night in the qura . When the audience was:
on the point of stampeding. and “'0 news'A-J
paper men rose then and there and said there‘
was no danger, the; audience, knowmgilhem
\bc newspaper men, immedialflly 83‘ Wm“
name there was no danger}! the NW.“
“191.3!“ there .was none.'rif,"1‘llu§'ré§3r I
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Letters From the People.
_ New YORK, April 25, 1882.
Dean GAZETTn:—Perhaps some of - your
readers would like to know the value of
wampum. (Indian money.) - John Palfrey
of Bostcn, was a paymaster in the Revolu-
tionary war, and among his papers was
found the description and value of wom-
pum, 01's: It was made of the slfells of: crus-
taclous fishes,;,‘«inch in length, and smaller
in diameter than a clay pipe stem, drilled
endwise and strung like beads, how made it
is not possible to know. There were three
kinds, white, purple, and black. The white
was worth 1 farthing each brad, the other
colors one-half penny each.
OLD HUNDRED.
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The Resurvey of the Sound.
5. There is little doubt but what the project
of resurveying the Sound will be successful.
Superintendent Holgrade, of the United
States coast survey, is interested in the plan
and is preparing extensive plans for carrying
on the work. The survey will include the
' Sound bottom and the shores and islands.
Individuals and firms representing capital to
the amount of $150,000,000 signedthe peti-
tion. and it is said this is the strongest finan-
cial backing any scheme for coast improve-
ments ever received. '
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The Danbury Republican says: Mrs. _ T.
W. Gilson (nee Miss Libbie Ferry) has re-
ceived the position of organist in a leading
Boston church at a handsome salary.
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Ex-Gov. Jewell entertained his old stail‘ at
his fine residence in Hartford, last Thursday.
Among the twenty members there has been
but one death, that of Col. Valentine who
was killed by falling through the hatchway
of a vessel.
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The Hartford Courant says: “In his part-
.ing words to the general assembly Governor
Bigelow again showed that nothing but his
own modesty prevents his being gener-
ally known as a pleasing and effective speak.
er. His remarks were well chosen, his voice
easily penetrated every part of the hall, and
his delivery was excellent.”
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Infernal machines were sent through the
mail last Saturday to W. H. Vanderbilt and
Cyrus W. Field, New York. One of them
exploded in the mailbag, and the other was
found by the post men, soaked in a pail of
water and examined. Each contained 'about
half a pound of powder, arranged to be ex—
ploded when opened. It is safer for a man
to be poverty stricken now-a—days than to be
the guardian of immense wealth.
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Buy your Drugs at 21 Main St.
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The political parties appear to be sufiering
from an attack of , gripes. .,This is the only
case of indigestion that Cobb’s Little podo-_
. hyllin Pillwwill not relieve. _25 cents per
: .ttle ;- H.-S. Betta agent, ‘ - . 1
Through. the personal efforts of ; Mr. J.‘
L. Harlem. arrangements are nearly per-
fected towaid the location of a new hat man.‘
'ufacturing concern‘here. They are ne otia-
ting for the use of the‘buildings on ones-
atonic avenue, owned by Mr. Benjamin Ray
and formerly occupied by the Old Wheel
Company. The concern is at pesent located
in South Norwalk, and will ‘make quite an
addition to our list of industries. They em.
ploy a large number of hands, their monthly
ay roll amounting to about $6,000. We
Rope they will decide to locate here as it
may be the means of bringing others in the
same line—Bridgeport Standard. _
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FOR DYSPEPSIA and Liver Complaint,
you have a printed guarantee on everyboto
tle of Shiloh’s Vitalizer. It never fails to
cure. Monson Hoyt, ent. tf
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. It is the fashion now to use The Peerless
Worm Specific in cases of worms in children.
It has been‘ put to a severe test and came of!
victorious, and has earned its position as the
foremost remedy of the kind in the United.-
States ; H. S. Betta agent '
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A Royal Wedding.
- LONDON, April 27,—Prince Leopold, duke
of Albany, was married to-day - to the Prin-
cess Helena of Waldeck at St. George’s
chapel, Windsor, in the presence of the queen
and the royal households of both bride and
rate. There were four grand processions,
and the ceremony wisrperformed by' the
archbishop‘of Canterbury, assisted by other
church dignitaries.
. Fashions in Floor Coverings. ~
The carpet trade is now at its busiest sea-
son. At 'J. as J. Dobson’s immense store 40
and 42 West Fourteenth street, New York,
an extended and choice selection of Oriental
carpets and rugs,:with 0. full line of their own
manufacture, are in stock to meet the re-
quirements of this busy season. On the first
floor is the salesroom for carpets and rugs of
medium grades; on the floor above is the
salesroom for the 7 wholesale trade; on the
third is the retail 'salesrbom for choice and,
costly carpets; on the fourth are the sewing
rooms, where carpets are made, and on the
fifth the carpets are measured and cut. Wil-
tons and Axrninsters, it a ears, as usual,
lead in the finer carpets. ight olive shades
are now the fashionable styles. Velvet car-
pets; have rapidly grown in favor, and. are
more popular t an ever before. They are
fast displacing moquettes. Body~ Brussels,
always popular, are still in favor with many
customers, and show much the same color-
ings and designs as are to be seen in the
higher-priced carpets. Tapestries, brought
out in three qualities and, giving a range in
price of from 65 cents to $1; also come in'
similar patterns and hues. Ingrains, from
nature of ther manufactures, show a change,
and present designs peculiarly their own.
Hall and stair carpets are made tomatch and
as a rule, harmonize with the carpets, of the
parlors. Among popular imported rugs are
an infinite variety of Persian, Daghestan and,
Yhordes rugs. The highest-priced ru s im-~
ported, and exceedingly rare, are the ndian
,Nepanel rugs, hand-made, _of light cherry
colors, enduring as time and reversible.
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A New Use for Cdrk.
’ The wonderful success of the American
make of "LINOLIUM’? floor cloth is fully de-
served. It is a beautiful floor covering com-
posed mainly of finely ground cork and solid-
ified oil, making a remarkably durable floor
cloth, unexcelled for elegance in designs and
col'orin 3. Especially suitable for all classes
of dwe tings, dining rooms, halls, churches,
and hospitals. The genuine has' .“LINo-
sum”, printed ;on the hack of every square
yard. Kept by all carpet dealers.
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“You are looking bad,” remarked Show-
barge‘r to Colonel Percy Yerger. “What’s
. the matter?" ,“The doctor says, my lungs
are, afiectedoand that, I must not take more
than ‘ three drinks a day.” “I would try
some other doctor.” “1 did, and he said the
same thing.” ‘fWell, then, if each one of
them said you could take three drinks a day,
that makes slx drinks.” “I never thought
of that before. I'll see the rest of' the doc-
tors in Austin, if they all say I can take three'
drinks a day, that will make about sixty
drinks a day, and that is as much as is good
for an invalid."
“How are you and your wife coming on it”
asked a Galveston man of a colored man.
“She’s run me off, boss." "What's the mat-
ter ?” “I is to blame, boss. I gave her a
splendid new white silk dress, and den she
got so proud she had ‘no use for me. She
. lowed 1 was to dark to match dc dress.”
-—Tea:as Sittings. .
A young curate having preached before
his vicar for the first time, asked that worthy
at the close of the service which, passe e in
his sermon he thought the best, to whic the
vicar made reply: “Your passage from the
vestry to the pulpit was very fine; but com;
mend e to that from the pulpit to the ves-
try for downright, heart-r elieving effect.”
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Bright’s Disease, Diabetes.
Beware of the stuff that pretends to cure
vthese diseases or other serious Kidney Uri-
nary‘ or Liver diseases, as they only relieve
for atime, and make you ten times worse
‘afterwards,bnt rely solely on Hop Bitters,
the onlyremedy that will surely and perma-
nently care you. It destroys and removes
the- cause - of disease so e ectualty that it
never returns. ' , ‘
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A Tennessee negro ate two raw mackerel,
two dozen hard boiled eggs. and drank two
buckets of water. Make him' sick 7 Oh, no!
He wanted more—you see he was a week
- doing it.-—-Boston Post.
. . A town of 13,000 inhabitants in Peunsyi-i
vania‘ has forwarded the President a petition
jwith 50,000 names for the pardon of Sergt.
Mason. '
Jr- The tiallta Constitution'moumfully ac.
knowled 'es that the democratic newspapers
or. the north‘don‘t occur to have much influ—
ence on public opinion. ‘ - g 1' ..
There is also an absurd prominence given
the urn God We Trust? which isufnew thing
‘in our coinage. ‘The‘words'should be “One
hundred centsfi ’
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groom. ”The preparations were very elabo- “
5 clergyman inFairfieldlmunty. Her fsther’s,
Mrs. Clarissa Raymond.
sun EMS HER stOND camera or nxra-
raNcn,‘ANn rs ooncnimarn BY a xosr or
FRIENDS. : ~
The town of Wilton is not an historical
locality, but it has physical and social fea-
tures which place it high among its sister
of residence. Its landscapes are of the most
pleasing character, and in the summer, the
scenes which meet the eye among its valleys,
hill-sides, running brooks, moss-covered
rocks, cultivated fields and pasture lands,
are a key explainnig why so many denizens
of the dusty city linger among them till the
scar and yellow leaf falls and warns them to
. depart. It is a town whose people as.a class,
living the full term alloted- to man, have be-
come noted for their longevity, there being
in a population of not quite two thousand
about sixty persons who are over seventy
years of age, fifteen over eighty, and four,
including the aged friend in whose honor
these words are written, who have passed.
ninety years. Indeed. Wilton is often allu-
ded to by its friends as a place ‘where people
seldom die. Here, native industry finds
those rewards which the tiller of the soil
seeks, andacquiring them is satisfied there-
with. On every hand may be seen houses
some humbly built, after the fashion of the
“thatched cottage" in the song, but more of
them of a substantial character, wherein
dwellers enjoy “That peace of» mind, better
than all," of which Payn,from the depths of a
sorrowing heart once sang. In one of the
homes of this latter character,shaded by aged
trees, from which birds sang merrily as the
sun rose last Tuesday morning, surrounded
by the natural beauties described and almost
in the shadow of the ancient Congregational
Church, dwells Mrs. Clarissa Raymond, the
oldest person now living in Fairfield County,
and believed to be the oldest in Connecticut,
who, according to the record inscribed in
the family Bible, was born April 25, 1782,
in the town of North Stamford, and
consequently on Tuesday last, entered her
one hundred and first year. The event had
been pleasantly anticipated, not only .by the
immediate members of her household, but ,
by her four generations of. descendants re.-
siding in many States of the Union. These.
had resolved to celebrate what.~ but few
children can have the privilege and honor
of doing, and it was made the occasion of a
formal gathering of relatives and friends,who
came from near and far in response to the.
following: , .
1782 CENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY 1882.
mvrrarle ' _ .
MRS. CLARISSA RAYMOND
will receive. her friends on One Hundredth
' BIRTHDAY. ‘ .
Tuesday, April 25th,
at the residence of Mrs. Nathan Comstock,
Wilton, Conn. ‘ 5 .
The hour designated for the reception was
one o’clock in the afternoon, but long before
that arrivals began, and they continued _un-.
til nearly three hundred had taken the aged
lady by the hand. In reply to each she had
a cheerful word, and she talked and laughed
with everybody, and , understood and en-
joyed as well as if she had been fifty instead
of a hundred years old. Physically, she is
so well preserved that her appearance, while
it indicates great age, does not impress the
visitor with the remarkable period of years
. through which she has passed, and'in sen.
timent and feeling as expressed in the words
she uttered, she is more of a woman now
than many of her sex who have not yet seen
pixty years. .
Mrs. Raymond was seated in an old fash-
ioned rocking chair, and she availed herself
of the privilege belonging to all centenarians
of receiving ‘ guests 'without ,rising. She
was attired in a gown of black satin over
sixty years old, and about her head and
person were those adornments so charming
by reason of their simplicity, which make
us love our grandmothers, and with whom
memory associates them in our hearts. The
room where she sat had been made attractive
and there were in and about it objects'which
served as reminders of the ce'ntu'ry'in which
she began life. Among these, described to
the writer a few days previous togthe cen-
tennial, were a china tea-pot, believed to be
.150 years old, brought from England, and
found in the streets of Ridgefield after the
battle fought there in 1771, a sugar bowl
much more than ahundred years old; a
spinning wheel and _distaff used by Mrs.
Raymond when a young woman; the Com:
stock family tree,its branches extending back
through the reigns of English kings and
queens to the time of William the conqueror
'in 1087 and several aged pictures and, books.
'Of the books which Mrs. Raymond :reads,
and holds in - high regard is’ one entitled,
f‘The Life of Jesus Christ and His apostles,"
printed with the old-fashioned letter a,
somewhere about the middle of‘ the last
century, and the “The New England
Primer.” During her long life she has never
been afflicted with sickness requiring the
aid 'of a physician—a remarkable circum-
stance, and all her faculties are well preserv-
ed. . She retires each day regularly atwhat
she calls “early candle light," and she is
awake and ready to rise with the sun. This
has been her habit for more than fifty years.
She reads and threads: needles without
glasses, and is so industrious that she cannot
content herself unless occupied with some
‘nseful work. Shela particularly fond of
children, for whom sheltakes means to pro-
vide amusement and instruction. Of her
work during the past year are three pairs of
cotton socks knitted entirely by her own
by her successors. She is blessed with a
splendid memory, and can at present recall
dates and hours. When Washington died
she was 17 years old, and she spoke of many
incidents of his time, of the war of 1812, and
of the difierent wars’later on, but of the war
of the Rebellion she had no particular
comment to make; though her intimate
friends say she was unmistakably in sym-
pathy with the boys on the Union side,
She resided in New York City during the.
war of 1812, in Hester street, which was
then a sort of country lane, outside the city
proper. Her husband, Samuel Raymond,
was engaged in business there,and with other
able-bodied men from merchants down to
day laborers, was called on to drill daily in
anticipation of attack by the British forces
who were on board their sleeps in the East
River, waiting for chance to despoil. Mr.
Raymond died in 1814, after which she
removed to ,Wilton, where she has resided
ever since, making _her home for the past
twenty-five years with her daughter. Mrs.
Nathan Comstock. Mrs. Raymond joined
the Congregational Church in 1822, and until
towns in the scale of desirability as a place.
-Mr. J. T. Hubbell, Rev. and Mrs. J. W.
Mr. Nat Webb, $7 .
hands, and which will be prized by and by "
name was Deodate Davenport—her :mother
Elizabeth—and.both died at the age of 78
years. Mr. Davenport'was twice married,
and the Centenarian is the youngest, {and
only one remaining of eight sisters, She has
had seven children, two of whom, Mrs. Ann
Raymond of South ”Norwalk, and Mrs. Na-
Tuesday. , - '
, Her grand childrgn are fourteen in num-
ber, the eldest being Mr." John‘Conistock,
the popular station agent of the Danbury 8:.
Norwalk R. R. at Wilton, now in his 56th
year, and she had {until a few days ago,
nineteen great grandchildren, but one dying
in Brooklyn reduces the number to eighteen,
and two great-'great-grandchildren, their
father being Mr. Frank Comstock in the
employ of Holmes 8!. Keeler, Norwalk,
Nearly every one of these were at the birth-
day party. -
But a scene, beautiful beyond description,
and one which can be witnessed grely more
than once _in a life time, was that at table,
—the first table, and by the way, tables were
set many times that day by way of enter-
taining the numerous callers, Mrs. Raymond
occupying the place of honor, with her 5
daughters, aged 78 and 76 respectively, one'
on the right, the other on her left, and guests
united ages being over 2,0003years, At the
proper time Mrs. Raymond invited her pas-
tor to say grace, which finished she accepted
a light oyster stew, and drank a cup of tea,
of which article she had had something to
say, as to the difficulty of obtaining it when
she was ydung, and the high price per
pound paid therefore. 'The Centenarian talkv
nonce '_as any in the house,- and _her aged
daughters catching the infection joined in
the same with her. It was a happy time all
round. . . . ’
hand addresses for which he is so noted, in
which he apologized for». having ' nothing
particular to'say and yet Said ’mn'eh. ’
Rev. John G. Davenport of Waterbury,
recited an original poem which was good
enough to be printed andoread by everybody;
’and‘R‘ev. Frank Thompson of the Wilton
church, made an earnest prayer, the aged
lady taking ‘a seat and listening to every
word. There was no music performed, or
hymns sung, in deference to the old lady
who had said that, while she loves music, it
has a tendency to induce weariness. Nearly
every person who called brought some sort
of present, boquets of natural flowers being
the phief. The odor from them was as the
incense of remembrance, and there was
enough of them to trahsform Mrs. Raymonds
room into a fairy bower, . The recipient
walked from room to room speaking to this
one and shaking hands with that one, guests
at table, meanwhile having a good time talk-
ing about the fortunate circumstance of their
being present, and partaking _of the-bounty
supplied to the order of Mr. Nathan Com-
stock by Mr. Fred. Mead and his assistants,
who, while his work was a success, yet had-
his hands more. than full to keep the supply
good day'and evening - ,
Ameng those who spent the day with
Mrs. Raymond, or called were: Mr. G. P.
Adams, Miss Arthur,Mr. and Mrs. Birchard,
Mr. and Mr. J. N. Betts, Miss. Betta, Mr.
and Mrs. C. Bell, Misses Laura and Fannie
Barnum, Mr. and Mrs. Betts,- Miss Jennie
Berry, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Comstock and
two children, Mrs. Church, Mrs. L E. and
Carrie Comstock, Mrs. Susan Comstock,‘ Mr.
Sylvester Comstock, Mr. R. Comstock. Miss
Alice Comstock, Mr. G. Comstock, Mr.
Joseph Comstock, Mrs. Crofut, Mr. Geo.
Camp, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Davenport, Miss
Abbie Davenport, Miss Sarah Davenport,
Miss Georgia Davenport, Mr. Jae. Davenport
Mr. and Mrs. H. Davenport, Mr. W. H.
Davenport, son and daughter, Mr. Dan
Davenport, Rev. and Mrs. J. G. Davenport,
Mr. Davis Davenport, Mr. T. Davenport,
Mr. S. Fancher, Miss Anna Green, Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Gregory, Mr. and Mrs. E.
Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. German, Mrs. Doctor
Hill, Miss Hill, Dr. and Mrs. Hun'tington,
Mr. Joe gHubbell, Miss LSusan Hubbell,
Hubbell,|Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Hyatt,
Miss Harris, Capt. John Jarvis, (91), Mr. C.
Knapp and son, Mrs. Fannie Loder (82, Mrs,
and Miss Lockwood, Mrs. Fred Lockwood,
Miss Helen Middlebrook,’ Miss Lizzie Mor-
gan, Mr. H. Middlebrook, Miss M. B.
Munson, Miss S. Northrop, Mr. F. H. Nash,
Miss Hattie F. Nash, Mr. Geo. Ogden, Mr.
and Mrs. S. E. Olmstdhd, Mr. Thos. Olms-
tead, Mr. and Mrs. C. Olmstesd, Mrs. Geo.
Partrick, Mr. Fred. W. Raymond, Mrs.
Henry Raymond, Miss Grace Raymond,
Mr. Reed, Mr. Nat Raymond, Mr and Mrs.
Edgar Raymond, Dr. and Mrs. Ryder,ex.
State Treasurer and Mrs. W. E. Raymond.
Mr. F. Raymond, Miss Bertha Raymond,
Mr. and Mrs. S. Raymond, Mr. and Mrs.
G. Raymdnd, Miss Clara Raymond, Mr.
Fred. Raymond, Miss. E. Raymond, Mr.
and Mrs. W. Scofield, Mr. and Mrs. Sterling,
Miss Eliza Sterling, Mr. Issac fierling, Miss
Seymour, :Mr. and Mr. G. Seymour, Miss
Carrie Seymour, Mrs. Henry Seymour, Mr.
and Mrs. W. Shields, Mr. James Taylor,
Miss Jennie Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Thomp-
son, Misses Annie, Clara and Lizzie Vail.
Mr. Vail, Mr. and Mrs. J. Warren, Mr. E.
Hanford Warren, Dr. Mead, (Greenwich),
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Weed, Mrs. Dr. White,
Miss Whiting, Mrs. 0. Whitney, Mr. Ches-
ter Wildman, Mr. and Mrs“. Wildman, Mrs.
Mrs. E. Woolsey, Myiand Mrs. Whitlock,
As the day waited it was evident that to
protracggfi‘most happy proceedings would
have a" tendency to weary the agedone in ;
whose honor they had been instituted, but
in taking leave, each gue'a’tdid' not fail to be
impressed with the significance of the day's
event, and to. be inspired With the thought
that the centenarian though old as to years
was young in heart—that the most momen-
tous day in' her history and its happiness
was leaving her strong in the strength,
with no inclination to exclaim, as some do in
sentimental moments, .
“Backward, turn backwar
0! Time in thy flight,
Make me a child again
Just for to-night."
Not There was a halo of veneration about
this aged lady, majesty in her demeanor,
characterland force to her adieu,and from all »
there was a good natured, well meant,
“come and see me again,f’ plainly implied-
None were there, finally, I who did not hope,
and foster the belief that the centenarian
Would long continue the honored head of a
distinguished and‘ almost countless number
of descendants. ‘ PAUL.
_—
than Comstock, remain and were with licr'
to the number cf 28 seated near her, their '
ed and laughed, and was as gay for thc'
During the afternoon, Rev. J. W, Hubbell' -
of Danbury, made one of those splendid off: ‘
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Openftheir 7 entire ~Line cf «
ND BOYS’ ~
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WEDNESDAY. ' MAI 3rd.
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1111 red Flannel Suits I '
.
‘ Just Received. ‘
communes.
_ Mdhufaeturers, Wholresalers and .Retailers.
. Insurance Building, 80. NorWalk.
TO THE
Ladies of Norwalk tit-Vicinity-
Come and see our Stock of
SPRING and SUMMER STYLES
M'..llll
I » hats,-
ingoninets,’ ,
Ribbons, .
5 - Feathers. .
Fancy. : chads, ac.
as... ‘ St. _ John.
A we. BB=-Ma.1:rts. sea -
‘ Nor-walk, Conn. : .,
M“ [i ll;
Offers the Finest and most com-
Iplete stock of
muss GOODS
In Norwalk,_and at the Lowest
prevented by weight of years had been a
constant attendant on its services, and a!“
ways a devoted member. _ On Sunday's she‘
looks from her parlor window across the
street and enjoys seeing people going in and-
out of church. The last time she entered
the occasion of a Centennial celebration.
Old persons like herself were made objects
of special interest, and she happened to be
neager one hundred years of age at that time
than any one else in Wilton. ‘
In her youth -at North Stamford,
Mrs. Raymond was" a singer, belonging to a 5
choir there led by one Major Seeley, who
called, were employed in the rude singing
books. No musical instruments were allow-
and the only implement used was a tuning-
fork, though sometimes‘a pitch pipe to de-
termine the key note. .
Mrs. Raymond narrated the story Drum
Major exploits in the Continental Army and
indulged an involuntary laugh when she
imentals once a year on the Sunday preceed-
ing May training day. This. and many sim-
ilar incidents werezgiven \by the _ag ‘_ ady,,.
and if they "could be collected and inted;
would be: fiend with interest. ~Mi's. ‘" my:
mond’s grandfather was a Congregational
t
the sacred edifice Was in the year 1876, on .
was a personage of great consequence, as all ‘
choiristers were then. Buckwheat notes, so- 5
ed, in fact organs had not been heard of,”
told of his custom cf‘appearing in'full reg- '
.‘iiu.
l
_ A wit being asked,-on the failure ofa
bank, “Were you nethpset," replied. "No,
‘0
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The Natio . g, teristlcs.
Shrewdness ,_ yare the pre-
dominant" c z T ~13 of‘ the ‘ American
people. T ake no. stock in an arti-_
cle uni-u“ sritgriosls. :When-Dr.»
Swaynel . . Ointment for the Piles,
that itch-Tenth , l 'at night,on a sea of hn.
man s’hflejf” be physiciana'laughed, but
the ‘people‘tried-lt, all the sameeand manifest:
edztherr approbation in a" National endorse-
n'féht. Now the allopatbs and homeopaths
are laughing the other way. The wcrifuia
1an of reverses,
EDWARDSTREE ; :3
(Priced. 7 Just, opened a line of
Albatross. Cloths,-
. ,.- of!“ » '- , .
in all thei“§§fevailing ‘colorihga'
These goods-grit very cheap as'they
wereboughthefdrethegreat advance,
and are thecorgggt goods for Spring
. and Summer wears;
from" 3"- .
Fancilltliililll‘tiau
I Stocks are-full and have
spend-*-
‘ Bargains. ' In ‘—
secured ’the‘i‘balance of those' Ladi’es'“
and Gents? Hematitched; Indiana;
18 and 20 cents ;'—“Génts’*25“‘cen'fs.
iWorth 5 and 10 more. ‘
Gama fictiltlltl'lall
"i as if
“one assenttreats-amt:
INo. 6 Gazette Building, -‘
—:, :M,
2..» .i
45 Main Street, ~ Norwalk.
. Gall
on
at?
' Q i, A large assertment of '-
e t S!
2 Before
you
. lilufi EMA” SNNYM.
Successor to J. Sherwood &
', .39 WaShington St, So. Norwalk.
" IN . RMSHER W001),
Son, and Sherwood &. 00.,
,IMPoa-TING TAILOR.
Best Work and Finest Goods at a Moderate Price.
I ' HENRY SMITH, late of London, Cutter. .
Men’s, 'Youths’, Boys” and Children’s
. .
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s
A u P I; I ~ ' I
a .
In Great Variety,,Better Made, Better Cut, and at Lower
I . Price than ever before. ' ‘
"Hats, Caps, and Gents? . Furnishing Goods,
In New and Desirable Styles. Don’t forget to locket my
. . - .'
Spnng' Overcoats,
Made as fine as Custom Work.
‘ in great: variety.
Wholesaler and Retailer.
:HANDKERCHIEFSj L sum
89‘ USER], weleadthe LOWn.‘-. :H'apye;1 ,iif
‘ Trunks and Traveling Bags
on ‘ second floor. -
S111: Hat's made to. Order.
New York Clothing House.
39 and '4lfioMain Street, "Norwalk,_Conn.
agaiimnouaaraas I
M... MM. 'f°'i“ " ,
:1’ ' BO WKER,
31:05.,
AND ‘
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Luvs a in. unit.
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and 17 Water Street,
R USSELL 0011’s "
5; g ,zfiDBFr i, :j?
.Mlifi-S {Tile 0,,
1,
.‘ do. Wisconsin, or W omlng.
People’s market, ‘
Removed to No. 51 MAIN St,
THE very best ofBEEF, delivered daily to
our customers. Also, in their season, Veal.
Lamb. Mutton, Pork. «12., at' the lowest
Market Bates: Vegetables audits-ulna a full
fresh and varied supply daily received. Market
wagon sent aboutrown every morning.
JAMES E. W IXSON.
- g ' F er'SaIe-
'JWE-SEAT BUGGY for sale; A neat carriage
, with either one or two seats. In cod order
Price low. ’ - , B. GRAD RD.
‘ at National Bank of Noeralk.
airman , Tickets:-
. . u: w. ..
.. ZETTE. OFFICE,
: £53,1-!“ RBNOWNEE , :. '-
uion Line of Steamers.
Choiceoi‘either the Abyssiniawaii'lizoriia,mevn;
ae -yon a
monwm. or.
same rate as charzcd I: New York Ulty'
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ATTENTION!
Just received a Full Line of
j GLOVES,
In which I offer Special Bargains. ‘
Silks, Berlin, Jerseys, lisle, lace
. , Tops’ , . ‘
And the Princess in Silksd Berlins,
. In 8 to 18 hooks. ‘
Novelties in Ladies’ and Children’s
L'HOSIERY.
‘ Another lot of BLACKS at all prices.
Black and Colored Lisle, &c.
‘Great Bargaips in
Dress Goods—
FULL LINE OF
BLACK SILK, S. ' -
CASHMERES,
HENRIETTAS,
AND ALL
DRY GOODS.
a FINE 1.an 0F
Fancy and Stag! Engraved Lotte
aper. ,
ALL THE LATEST-
nnmrsnc PAPER usmous.
J. F. BENNETT,
. 19 MAIN STREET.
”e. HAULENBEEK' a 00.,
13 Water Street, Nor-walk,
Make a Specialty of
scuo’nl. AND crnounan saw/mo,
TURNING, rrc'rmrn: FRAMING,
REPAIRING ofFUBNlTURE,de
FANCY JonmNG in woon.
A line ofMannfuclur-ed Articles may
usually be found on hand and for sale
as also Munutncsory.
—. 13 WATER STREET.
Cornices Made to Order.
Dueling of Spring all Summer
Millinery
Mrs. W. Fawcett,
8 Jam es’ Block;
. Water Street, Norwalk.
Will open on
WEDNESDAY M THURSDAY.
APRIL 19th AND 20th,
A Choice Assortment of
Trimmed Bonnets and Hats,
In all the Leading styles. Also
Flowers, Feathers, Ribbons, Silks,
.Satins, Laces, and all Novelties ‘
pertaining to a First-Class
_ . Millinery _ . .
MACHINISTS dh‘ivir'ii’ti'ienn
. a.» ovum
A “I'll
r
nouns,
Stoves,
Ranges,
Eta, Etc.
Children’s Carriages
—A.'.I:'—
E. K. LOOKWOOD’S.
021nm: see is“;
e co awa 'n
forsalc cheap. Applyto y 1 ”t rate order
in 16 MRS.E.H.LYNES.
Sheet Music 5 (its.
A large assortment of
SILK ORNAMENTS,
Just Received.
Artists’ Materials a Specialty
Andrew Scllcck,
Bookseller and Stationer,
49 Wall St., Norwalk, Conn.
-» The Thoroughbred and
~ Registered
Jersey 31111,
‘O‘Springwood Boy,”
SIBED by“Idol of Yoeum,”ontfof the thorough-
bred Jersey Oow owned by Ed.‘ B'eard, Esq.,
will be kept on the farm of 0. C. Bette, the en-
suing season. This, besides being a Registered,
is a very superior and beautiful animal.
lotf WM. M. BEMS.
P. W. BATES,
AT HIS
Maillettranitelarfl,
' On JWater Street.
HAS NEW DESIGNS IN
Head scenes. Monuments and
all kinds of Memorial Work.
CALL AND SEE THEM.
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HOME LAWN SOHOOL,
Young Ladies and Children,
HIGH 8'13, NORWALK, Cf.
Reopens for Summer Session Monday A “I
17th. MISS H. M. STEVENS,Pririci1}:l.
F 1311'. FTOE’TI
' For Boys.
THE Spring Term will commence Mon-
day, April 3d,l 882 0 Panda received at
any age over six. Young Ladies arealsoadmittcd
to the Da Department, both in the Primary and
Advance Course. .Sessions arranged to accom-
modate pupils wishing to commute on the cars.
Penmanship . and Bookkeeping, a specialty,
taught by teachers of large experience. Free
Hand Drawrng and Painting also taught. Young
Ladies and Gentlemen fitted for College.
Circulars and references will be furnished on
,application to the Principal.
. Dn. J .C.FITCH Norwalk, Conn.
, N ORWALK LATIN SCHOOL,
‘ Belden Ave. near- West Avenue.
. ALE DEPARTMENT at 8:30 a. m., (limited to
. 25 pupils.) Terms 840 per car; extra stud-
ies—Latin, Greek, German, an Higher Mattie
irrational» eachper for. ' ~-
FEMALE DEPART ENT at 9:00 a. in. Terms
840 per year Without extras. Special terms for
boarders and young children on application.
Third Year, Second anus-ter, Novem-
her-15,1881. -
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON , A. m., Principal.
1.. J. OURTIS’
Main Street,
Is where you can get the
Ion
.nanen
Least Money.-
E IALSO,
WOOD, TIN, AND BlASS WARE,
CHINA & 0300mm,
' Table and Packet Gallery,
Agent for the
Monitor Oil Stoves.
Tin .Roofing and Repairing
done at short notice.« .,
GlEAIllIESS l8 IE" T0 “Mill".
is. A. PBANEE’S
103‘ a
Plea-uanhuwo;
artistic Hair cm, or
- , can. it- . r -
Mr. Franke’s . _ .
No. 1 oszn‘rrr‘r nonhuman
Particular attention 'ven to Ladies and 0 'Id-
ren’s Hair Outnsdg and Shampooing'. _lu '
AT HOME T0 EVERYBODY.
Hun Furni "
BEST srovn
HANGING LAMPS,
Silver Plated Ware-
Sharing and Hair Uniting Saloon. -
“was“. Seen-ape. .
Hair Getting jSaloou, '
Hot andGoldWaterBaths
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