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Tuesday, May 9, 1882.
“I’m lostedl Could you find me, please ?”
Poor little frightened baby!
The wind had tossed her golden fleece
'l‘he stones had scratched her dimplcd uses.
1 stooped, and lifted with case
And softly whispered, “Maybe ;
“Tell me your name, my little maid,
I can’t find you without it.”
"My name is Shiny-eyes," she said.
“Yes, but your last?” She shook her head:
“Up to my house ’ey never said
A single ling about it.”
“But, dear,” i said, “what is your name?"
“Why, didn’t you hear me told you?
Dust Shiny-eyes.” A bright thought. came:
“Yes, when you’re good ; but when they
blame
You little one—is’. just the same
When mamma has to scold you 2”
“M y momma never scolds.” she means},
A little blush ensuing,
“ ’Cept when I’ve been a-frowing stones,
And then she says (the culprit owns,)
fMehitabel Sapphire Jones,
What has on bccn a-doing 2’”
y — Wide Awake.
For the flasette:
Antique Bric—a-Brac.
There were six more dwellings in Dump-
ling Hill 80 years age, than there is now.
samuel Higgins, one of the early settlers,
planted an apple orchard as early as 1740,
some of the trees are still standing. The
property is now owned by James Sturges,
Esq.
LEGEND.
Very many years ago, one Captain Bett’s,
who lived in Chicken street, brought from
Cuba 9. colored boy by the name of Steppe.
His father made an arrangement with the
Captain to have him educated and sent back
after he had received his education, for
which the lcgqnd say the Captain received a
large amount of gold coin a one-half bushel
(big pile) but instead of keeping his pledge
with the elder Steppe, he set him at work on
his farm, and when the Captain died he was
allowed to occupy an old house that stood on
the west side of the road opposite of the
Moses Jennings house, now occupied by
Zebulon Jennings. The place where it stood
is still visible and the lot is known as Steppe
Lot. Toward the close of his life he found
a home with Azor Belden, deceased.
In the war of 1812 Major Tom Dudley,
late of Cannon’s Station, was then Captain of
the company, and at dead of night a messen
gcr came to his house with orders to imme-
diately move his company to be ready at
Lamberts Corners in Wilton at precise 10 a.
, m., the next morning, as the British were
about to land near Compo. Accordingly he
sent out warnings bv men and boys such as
he could find willing to go, and himself
doing so much of it as possible. Uncle John
Hurlbutt, late of Hurlbutt street, was then a
‘ young man living in an old house that was
torn down to give place to the house now
owned by Benjamin Brown, at Cannon’s
Station; Captain Dudley called on him and
set him at making cartridges. The Major in
after years used to tell the above story with
this ending, he said that about three hours
after the warning given to John he thought
he would go over and see how he was getting
on with the cartridges, and when he got
near the door he heard what seemed a
strange noise, and listening more intently
he heard John in a,crying strain repeating
Lord, Betts (Betsie) I shall never see your
face and eyes again. So I opened the door
and John was sitting on the floor working
_ like a beaver, with the tears streaming from
his eyes. The company met as ordered but
the fun was all spoiled when adispatch came
with the intelligence that the British failed
to put in an appearance. OLD HUNDRED.
m
The First Regular Train to run
From Boston to New York in Six
Hours.
‘ The Bcston and Albany railroad company
achieved Monday a feet- which has never
before been attempted or accomplished—the
running of a regular train from Boston to
New York in six hours. The train left Bos-
ton at 4:30 p. m., reached every station at
which a stop was made, exactly on time,
and came to a standstill in the Grand Cen-
tral depot at 10:30 precisely. The train,
which thus inaugurated the fastest running
time for long distances ever made by a “reg-
ular” in New England, was composed of six
cars—one baggage, two drawing room, one
smoker and two passenger coaches. This
number is intended to make the maximum,
as experience has proved that a heavier train
cannot safely be depended upon when there
is a “bad rail” or other circumstances against
it. It was intended to stop at only six sta-
tions between the terminals, viz., Worcester
at 5:34, Palmer at 6:37, Springfield at 7,
Hartford at 7 :32, (New York time), Meridcn
at 8 and New Haven at 8:28. But a stop of
a couple of minutes was made at Stamford
at 9.36 to replenish the water tank of the
locomotive. The time lost there, however,
was made up. Three locomotives are needed
for the run, changes being made at Spring-
field and New Haven. If arrangements were
perfected, as on the Pennsylvania and some
other roads, that engines could “scoop up”
water from long tanks between the rails,
the delay caused by the changes could be
avoided The gain in time is effected in two
ways—by extra speed and by omitting to
stop at certain stations. ' ‘ Ihe twelve minutes
gained between Boston and Springfield are
by the locomotive. The eighteen minutes
better time made between the last named
city and New York are attributable, not
only to greater speed but also by running by
four stations at which the train formerly
hauled up. These are Berlin, Bridgeport,
Norwalk and Stamford, the stop at the latter
Monday being out of the custom it is intend-
ed to adopt. The actual average of speed
was forty-five miles per hour, although the
stops reduced the average from the time of-
leaving Boston to the time of arriving in
New York to between thirty-nine audforty.
Each of the enforced stops at Connecticut
drawbridgcs caused a loss of about fou
minutes.
Judge Hilton and Paddy Ryan are some-
thing alike. Thcy both sold their mills.—
Boston Herald. '
Sarah Bernhardt is married at last. W ell,
every man has a skeleton in his closet.—
Boston Courier.
The conceited Britishers claim we have no
liierature of own own. They don’t know
anything about our circus posters, evidently.
~Lowell Citizen.
Tufts college having established a base
ball nine, is now on a par with the oldest
and most respectable of her collegiate sisters.
——Boston Transcript.
There is a girl in Plymouth county who
has had eighteen different lovers, and not
one -of them ever got his arm around her.
She weighs 384 pounds. '
“What is your income '1’” was once asked
of a noted Parisian Bohemian. “It is hard
to tell," was the reply ; “but in good years I
can borrow at least 10,000.”
John Taylor, president of the Mormon
church, is described as of venerable appear.
ance, tall, broad-shouldered, full-chested,
with an almost square face framed by snowy
hair and short, White heard, worn under the
chin from ear to ear. ills sunken, dark eyes
are shadowed by bushy, black brows.
Many years ago I watched the struggle for
supremacy between the two sister cities in
the west. Chicago won in spite of her great
disaster, and it was because every New
Year’s day the leading men got together and
said : “What shall we‘do to make our city
greater this year than last ‘r”——1t’obcrt Coll—
yer.
Said a stranger to an 'old resident of
Omaha: “Who is that fat fellow, with a
red ribbon, good clothes and a gold headed
cane ‘1’” “Why, don’t you know ?" “No;
who is it?” “Well, that’s President Walsh.”
“What does he do i” "0, he doesn’t do any
thing; he's a workingmanl ”—«0ma74a Re-
publz‘can.
Mr. James Russell Lowell is quoted by
The Boston Gotta-icr as saying in a conversa-
tion about Irish poetry : “I have gone over
all I could lay my hands on, and you will be
surprised if I should tell you whom I consid—
er to be the greatest of the Irish poets."
Pausing a moment, he said : f‘Thc greatest of
Irish poets, and one of the greateshand some-
times I think the greatest, of all posts is Ed-
mund Burke.”
interest on a new antiseptic compound of his
discovery. If the practical results of the dis-
covery are what ;they seem to be, it is likely
to become of great importance. It has for
some time been known that boraic acid pos-
sesses antiseptic qualities; which were difii-
cnlt of application because of its insolubility
in water. Professor Barlf. after long ex-
pcrimenting, has discovered that a combina-
tion can be made with glycerinc, forming a
material analogous to natural fats. The
method of prepartion was to heat glycerine
t) a high temperature and then add boracic
acid as long as it dissolved, the proportions
being 92 parts 01' glycerinc to 02 of boracic
acid. The result is a compound which is
pronounced entirely harmless and which
costs less than one shilling a gallon. A gal- :
ion of the liquid will preserve as much meat
as can be surrounded in it, keeping it un-
chaugtd for months, and the same liquid
mag,r be repeatedly used. Milk or cream
treated with it will remain perfectly fresh,
and it was stated at the meeting referred to
that such milk ha been used at a college near
London, containing 300 persons, during the.
whole of last summer without any one sus-
pccting that the milk was other than the
fresh dairy product. At the meeting the
practical success of the experiment was
shown in numerous articles, treated at home
and abroad, all of which were found to be
as fresh as when first prepared. Among the
specimens shown and_tested were fresh tur-
tle, oysters and pigeons put up in Jamaica,
and which were cooked for the audience,and
being tasted were pronounced good. The
professor also exhibited eggs, lobsters, and
fish of various kinds, which have been pre-
served in the compound for three months,
which were pronounced excellent in fresh-
ness and flavor. The professor explained
how the process could be used to advantage,
for the temporary or permanent preservation
of food in public institutions and in private
houses, and how meats, in a dry condition,
could be imported from a long distance.
Specimens of mutton, both raw and cooked
were shown, which were put up in the Falk-
ner islands last August. He also read letters
from responsible pirties in Jamacia and
Zanzibar, certifying to the freshness of cream
received from England in this preparation.
The exhibition made by Professor Barif, con-
firmed as it was by actual test in cooking and
eating, proves him entitled to the credit of
having made a very valuable discovery, How
extensively it may be applied can only he as-
certained by actual experience. If it is found
equal to the expectations of the discoverer,
and if it cen be furnished at reasonable cost,
its usefulness can hardly be exaggerated.
For the transportation and preservation of
meats, it may be found more economical and
satisfactory than the ice process—Hartford
Gourd-ht.
Nearly Kissed Themselves to
Death.
Osculation is unquestionably a pleasing
pursuit. It has been recognized as such
from time immemorial, by generations un-
numbered of lovers, poets and even philoso-
phers. There are doubtless, at the present
moment, in this as in other countries, many
enamored swains who ask no better than to
be permitted to imprint “ten thousand
kisses,” one after another, upon the lips of
tho damsels on whom they have bestowed
their affections. They may, however,
esteem themselves fortunate if their oppor-
tunities in this direction are somewhat limi :7
ed, as the following true story will show:
At an evening party in Kelkheim, a few
weeks ago, the conversation happened to
turn upon kissing, and the question arose
how many salutations of this class could be
exchanged between two ardent lovers within
a certain space of time. As usual, opinions
differed and the discussion. waxed warm.
Presently a firey youth offered to bet any-
body prescnt that he and his bethrothed
would kiss one another 10,000 times within
ten hours, provided they were permitted to1
partake of some slight refreshment at inter.
vals of half an hour during the performance.
His wager having been accepted and the
money posted, the affianced couple addressed
themselves to the achievement of their con-
genial task. At the expiration of the first
hour their account stood credited with two
thousand kisses. During the second they
added another thousand and during the third
seven hundred and fifty to that number.
Then, pitiful to state, they both broke down.
The youth‘s lips were stricken with cramp,
and the maiden fainted away. Later on in
the evening she was compelled to take to her
bed with a sharp attack of neuralgia, An
even more'distressiug result ensued from this
surfeit of tender endearment for it led to
he breaking off, by mutual consent, of a
hopeful matrimonial engagement. Young
lovers should keep this sad tale in mind and
moderate their transports, for, strange as it
may seem, Don Cupid himself may he kissed
to death—London Telegram.
IS’all Sleep ‘Wiv Him To-Night.
Sometimes I believe the little ones say the
best things afterall. I know a little family
in Detrmt who are heartbroken andfad this
Saturday night. There were three last Sat-
urday, but to-day only two are let. The tie
that bound them more closely than that
which the clergyman drew has lately been
loosened, and the light of their countenance
went out with the red winter sun only the
other night. The father is a railroad man,
whose duties call him away from home near-
ly three-fourths of the time. It was his
habit whenever he was abbut to start .for
home to telegraph his wife apprising her of
the fact. In these telegrams he nevér failed
to mention the name of the little four years
old, and the dispatches usually ran as fol-
lows : "Tell Arthur IZshall sleep with him
tc-night.” The baby boy was very proud of ,
these telegrams, which his mother would
read over to him, and he considered the “tel-
cdraf" a great institution. The other night
when the fever had done its work and the
mother was sobbing out her anguish, the
little one turned calmly in his bed and said :
“Don’t ky, mamma; I s’all sleep wiv Dad,
’00 know. Send Dod a teledraf and tell him
I 5’ ll sleep wiv him to-night.” But the mes-
sage went straight up there without the
clicking of wires or the rustling of wings.—
.Dct-roz‘t 07:01]“.
A Spanish proverb has it that “Man is the
child of his own deeds.” The American ver-
sion should be that "Man is often the slave
of his own mortgages.”
—_-.-4°v——.———
The Government Chemist Analyzes
two ofthe Leading Baking Powders.
and what he finds them made or.
I have examined samples of “Cleveland’s
Superior Baking Powder" and “Royal Bak-
ing Powder," purchased by myself in this
city, and I find they contain:
“ Cleveland’s Superior Baking Powder.”
Créam of Tartar
Bicarbonate of Soda
Flour.
Available carbonic acid gas 12.61 per cent.
equivalent to 118.2 cubic inches of gas per
oz. of Powder.
“Royal Baking Powder.”
Cream of Tartar
Bicarbonate of Soda
Carbonate of Ammonia
Tartaric Acid
Starch _
Available carbonic acid gas 12.40 per cent.
equivalent to 116.2 cubic inches of gas per
oz. of Powder.
Ammonia gas 0.43 per cent. equivalent to
10.4 cubic inches per oz. of Powder.
Note—The Tartarie Acid was doubtless
introduced as free acid. but subsequently
combined with ammonia, and exists in the
Powder as a Tartrate of Ammonia.
E. G. LOVE, Ph. D.
NEW YORK, Jan. 17th, 1881.
The above shows conclusively that “Cleve-
land's Superior” is a strictly pure Cream of
Tartar Baking Powder. It has also been
analyzed by Professor Johnson of Yale Col-
lege; Dr. Genth, of the University of Penn-
sylvania; President Morton, of the Stevens
Institute; Wm. M. Habirshaw, F. C. 8.,
Analyst for the Chemical Trade of New
York, and other eminent chemists, all of
whom pronounce it absolutely pure and
healthful—Hall‘s Journal of Health for
April, 1882.
Dr. Richardson says: “Whenever strong
drink produces a permanent effect upon the
body, there is established in the affected
person the habit of falsehood. The word of
no dipsomanian can be :relied on. It is as if
the very knowledge of truth, the distinction
between true and untrue, has become utterly
lost or forgotten. And the statement was
confirmed by eighty or ninety physicians at
a late meeting of the Medical Temperance
Association.
ruonmrrrox IN usnnssxs.
John B. Finch. a representative Prohibi-
tionist of Nebraska, gives the ‘ollowing
programme of that party for the coming
campaign 1‘ "We intend, first, to send to the
Legislature men whom we know to be
thoroughly honest, and_second,:men who are
Prohibiticuists from first to last, and who
will stick by us through thick and thin.
We elected last year under promise, a few
doubtful ones, and there is where we made
the mistake; the doubtful ones sold us out.
It will be quite different this time. Every
legislative district will be thoroughly can-
vassed, and we will go into the Legislature
knowing just what we can do. We know
our strength better now than ever before
and we are absolutely certain of securing a
very large majority of votes in the coming
Legislature.
sores FROM “our: UNION."
The need of the hour is a union of the tem-
perance Democrats of the South with the
temperance Republicans of the North in a
grand National temperance party. Nothing
else will so effectually heal the still festering
wounds of partisan strife—nothing else con-
stitute a firm and abiding basis of reconstruc-
tion.
The Republican party is certainly not a
prohibition party.” So says a writer of Har-
per‘s Weekly. Why, if it is, as i; has so long
claimed to be, “the party of moral ideas,”
should it not be? Murder, theft and arson
are prohibited by law in this country in the
direct interest of morsl ideas, why in the
same interest should not whiskey, “the di-
rect cause of nine tenths of these crimes,” he
also prohibited by law? And why should
we not have and support a third party, pledg-
ed to the carrying out of the most important
“Moral ideas” of the day? ’
American travelers in Europe are not to
think that they must follow the customs of
the countries in which they happen to be,
and adopt the foolish maxima concerning
wine-drinking, one of which is that “water
is for fishes,wine for men.” The experience
of the editor onfa§European tour andsojourn,
exactly coincides with that of Henry Clay
Trumbull, editor of the Sunday School Times,
says: “I have travelled not. a little in my
life time; I have averaged nearly twenty
thousand miles a year. Yet I never found
the place where I deemed the native wine as
safe as the native water.”
Many good people calling themselves tem-
perance men and women never make the
least personal effort or sacrifice for the cause.
They meet men every day who are drifting
into bad company; who frequent saloons;
who go reeling through the streets drunken,
yet they never try to rescue or save these
unfortunate ones. They read of the horrors
of intemperance, as they are chronicled day
by day in the papers, but never think of
giving their time or their money to further
the good cause of its abolition. Brethren,
these things ought not so to be; some time
you will awake to the awful fact that God
has made you “your brother’s keeper."
Climbers and their Supports.
The use of climbing plants is chiefly cor.-
fincd to verandas and porches, and occasion-
ally to cover an unsightly fence. They may
often be used elsewhere with pleasing effect,
and probably would be more frequent were
it not for the trouble of providing suitable
supports. The old style with the delicate
and beautiful Cypress Vine, is to place a
,pole 8 or 10 feet high, and run strings from
wooden pins placed in a circle around it to
the top of the pole. This, when covered
with vines makes a pretty pyramid, but it is
so formal that one does not care for more
than one in a garden. In providing sup-
ports, whatever else they may be, they should
be strong. By the end of summer they are
covered with a great weight of foliage, and
the winds are apt to make a wreck of them
just when the plants are at their best. Com-
mon poles will become rotten by the end of
summer. If locust can be had, a piece of
this, no matter if crooked, can be placed in
the ground and a pole of any kind spiked to
1t. In some places, to make a partial screen.
poles may be set 10 feet or so apart, and a
strong cord run in festoons from one to the
other. When such a support is well covered
by climbers, it is very pleasing. For low
climbers, such as the hybrid varieties of
Clematis, a young red cedar is excellent.
This should have its branches cut to from a
pyramid and may be used with the bark on.
If prepared before hand, the bark may be
removed, and after the wood is seasoned, it
may be painted some brownish green color.
Such supports will last for years, and when
covered will not have a formal appearance.
A support of this kind, covered with Clema-
tis Jackuiannii, in the garden 'of a friend,
was worth going faf to see.——American Agri-
cult-uric): for May. '
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Not a. Good Day for Business.
He was a red-nosed, wild-eyed man from
the headwaters of Sage run, and looked as if
he hadn’t been in town since oil was discov-
ered. His rusty pants were several inches to
short at one end, and he carried half a dozen
coon skins in his- right hand.
At the postofilce corner he meta lady, and
stopping her by holding the bunch of hides
before her face, said:
“Can’t I sell you something for to make a
set of furs ?”
The lady screamed and shot over to the
other side of the street.
“Does any of your neighbors want to buy
anything of the kind ?” he yelled.
The lady screamed again.
“Now, what’s the matter with Hanner ?”
appeared in the door opposite.
A moment later the man veered into a bank
and threw the hides down on the cishier’s
window.
“Got some A No. 1 coon skins here that I’ll
sell cheap. Not a scratch of a tooth on any
of them. Kctchcd every one of ’em in a box
trap."
,“Wc have no use for them,” said the presi-
dent, politely, as he cast an oblique glance at
the'goods.
“They will make you a nice vest," said the
red-nosed man. “Two hides will make you a
vest, and we’ll make you a cap that’ll wear
you as long as you live.”
“My dear sir,” replied the president,some-
what confused, “we don’t want hides here.
Take them somewhere else, please.”
“Mebbe your wife would like a set of furs,
and these is—"'
“No, no, no," replied the banker,impatient-
1y, “take the things away, they are often-
sive."
“What’s that?” said the red-nose man,
sharply. -
‘~Take the blamed things out of this," ex-
claimed the exasperated bankcr; “they smell
like a slaughter house.”
“I'll take a dollar for-the lot.”
"The people next door buy coon skins,”
put in the casnier; “take them in there, take
them up town, take them down town, take
them over the river, take— '
d“Gimme fifty cents for the lot, " he persist
e .
“If you don't get out of this, I’ll kick your
head off," yelled the president.
“l’ll take thirty 'cents for six." said the red-
nosed .man. “D'ye say the word?” and he
dangled the bunch by the tail.
The president started for the outside. The-
man with the skins started for the sidewalk,
midi after having reached it he paused and
sat ; '2
“Greaealat Godfrey i If sealskin and sable
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LADIES’ AND CHILDREN’S
AND
GENTS’ and BOYS’,
.. AT
ALEXANDER/S,
. SIXTH AVE., AND 231:!) s12,
N EW YO R K. 311114
1.,
Drain Pipe,
“Fertilizers,
Building Material,
Grain,
Flour.
_ Feed,
Soap,
Oil, &c.,
AT
Raymond Bros
gSouth Norwalk‘.’
Pharmacist,
P u r e D r u 8 S .
Prescriptions a Specialty.
Toilet and Fancy Articles,
-—AT——
toasts DRUG SToltli,
Norwalk. Conan.
Ell _ Fall .
Boots 8. Shoes
LADIES’ FINE SHOES
In all Widths and Styles.
Men’s Fine Hand~ Sewed Boots and
Shoes,
01 our own make, warranted to fit and wear well.
Heavy Boots and Rubber Goods
0f every description.
Men’s Heavy Boots. . . . .. .. $2.00 upwards
“ Calf “ 2 00 “
Ladies’ Cloth Top Button.. 1:00 “
.. . Kid “ .. 1.00 “
" Slippers.............. .25 ‘ "
Trunks, Traveling Bags, Leather
and Findings. ‘
Repairing Promptly Done.
Eugene Fancher,
17 MAIN STREET, NORWALK, CONN
Sheet. Music 5 Gts.
A large assortment of
SILK ORNAMENTS,
Just Received. ,
Artists’ Materials :1 Specialty
Andrew Scllcck,
Bookseller and Stationer,
49 Wall St., Norwalk, Conn.
—A1‘—
SPENCER’S
Jewelry Store,
you will find a large assortment of
Rich Jewelry and Precious Stones,
Fine Gold Watches and Chains,
French Clocks & Bronzes,
R o g c r s ’ Statuary,
Soldid Silver &
PIatedVVare
Faience Vases and Lamps, Musical
Instruments, Opera Glasses,
&.c. Also, the celebrated
Rock Crystal Specteales and Eye
Glasses,
In Gold and other Frames.
No. 3 ‘Main Street, :Norwalk, 01:
LA. MEEKER it 00.,
Druggists,
21 Main St., Norwalk, Conn,
YOU WILL FIND
Strictly Pure
Drugs smut Medicines,
At Reasonable Prices.
Prescriptions carefully compounded.
If you are a
. man of let.-
» tcrstoiliu over-xvii -
‘ night war ’5 to res-
, . tore brain nerve and
waste, use flap 3.
suffering from any in-
tlou; it youuremar- '
-.¥ouug, stuttering from
. m: on a bed of sick-
Bitters.
» Thousands die out
1 nuully from some
1! you are a man ‘
ofbusiness,wcak-
sued by the strain of
your duties avoid
stintulauts an d u s a
flop Bitters.
If you are young and
discretion: or disrupt:
flat! or single, old or
poor-health orlun uish
tress. rely on op
Whoever youure _’
whenever you feel . .
that y ur system ' for-mot dney
needs cfimlslllg,ton- F—a.‘ disease 0 lat might
:- have heenproveuted
or stiutulatln ' .<‘
g, byu timely useot
in
:vi‘Ell‘Iouttutcxlculing, - H Blt
a c O 0 ton
B I tt 0 r s . p p
, _
Have you due. /
acpsia, kidney f _
hrm-iaar * ” D' l' 6..
. is an absolute
f and irresista-’
.- . bio cure for
H drunkennes a ,
use of opium,
tobac co , or
narcotics.
l
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,1
You will he "I
ctlrcdifyouusc l‘if
Hop Bitters ‘r; .
If ouureslm- nu"?
lyzveakand ;, -
lbws iritcd,try
it! re ':
Sold bydrug- '
ists. Semi for
‘ arcular.
IIOP nrrms
I'F’G co., . .
Rochester, 11. Y.
» JtTcrouto,Oul. 5:
HAS REMOVED HIS
MUSIC STORE.
'To Opera House Block, in
Store with A. W. Austin,
Jeweler.
$660 week in your own town. Terms and 85
autm from Address H.11ALLETT f Soc,
1'
Portland, Maine.
Free Reading Room.
HIS is a comfortable room fitted pp for the
benefit of the public generally, situated on
east side of South Main Street, over Rood’s J ew-
elry Store, Clark and Lane’s Block, nearly oppo-
site Railroad Depot, South Norwalk, 0t.. t rs
open from 9 a. m., to 9:45 p. m. The room is well
lighted, warm and comfortable. It is supplied
With four dalliefl. two Weeklies. and several
monthlypapers and journals, beside a number of
instructive and interesting books. .
COFFEE ROOM.
There is aCoftee Room on the same floor and a
lady in attendance from 9 a. m., to 9:45 . m.,to
serve HOME_ MADE articles mentrone below,
at the followrnz prices : ‘
1 Cup or Con‘ecnwnh crackes. - -
1 Cup of Tea, With Crackers, - -
Cocoa - ~ — -
Brown Bread and Butter, - .
Sandwreh, - ' - - -
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(b
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m
co.
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a:
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c. - . . o I
Doughnuts, - - -
Piece of 1’te, . -
Crullers, - - - -
Ham, - - - -
Ijork and Beans, with bread and butter
stewed Oysters, - -
QIQCIGIOIOIOI
HI—II—I
Cleo
12a week. 812 a day at home easily made,
Costly outfit tree. Address TRUE at Go.
Adgustu, Maine. lyll
MACH:Ntsrssttrtattfm
GAME OI‘D'IOI
-AN D—
, N—orwalk.
FARE ONLY 35 CENTS.
Excursion Tickets to N. Y. & Return
Fifty Cents.
THE POPULAR AND SWIFT STEAMER,
r.._ _,
Ammo-z».
"ADELPHI,"
Will commence her Regular Daily Trips on
Saturday. April Jst, 1882,
leaving New York from Pier 2!. E. R., foot ot‘Ful-
ton St.,at 2:45 p.m . and from foot of illst St.,
E. It, at 3:00 p. m., connecting surely With the
Train for Danbur leaving at 5:55 p. m., and New
Haven trains for t 0 east. Leave South Norwalk
every morning (Sundays excepted,) ' at 7 :50
o’clock. on arrival or the Danbury and the New
Haven trains.
Passengers can procure Single and Excursion
Tickets for all Stations on the Danbury Railroad
at the Captain’s oh‘ce on the Boat.
Passegers and Ba gage conveyed to and from
the Depot at South orwalk, Free of Charge.
Refreshments served on board at all hours.
WHITE’S PROPELLERS
Will continue to makeregular trlpsbetweanor-
walk Bridge and New York.
Freight received from and delivered at' the
freightdepot of the Danbury .2 N onvalk Railroad
for all stations, also the Shepaug Railroad. .
B'SpeciaIarr-angements forfreight to and from
New York can be made with this line 10 percent.
less than by the railroad. . . . ., '»
Produce sold free of commission: and returns
promptly made at the highest market rates.
IB' All persons areforbidtrusting any of the
employees of the boats ofthis fine on account of
the owners thereof.
Meeker’s
I: I N E 2
Schooner JOHN C. PERRY, Capt. Byxbee, will
hereafter makeregnlar weekly trips between Nor-
walk and New York. stopping at South N orwalk,
leavmg Meeker Brothers’ Wharf, Nor-walk, every
Friday night. Freight taken on board at Pier
43 E. R., footof RutgerSt., New York, on MON-
DAYS and TUESDAYS.
The Highest Market Rate: Paid for
Bay, Straw and Farmer’s Produce. by
‘\
Oommeneianune 27,1881. .
D A I]. Y '1‘ RAIN S
Leav eNorwalk Bridgefor Dan bury.
9 32 a. m., Mail.
2 22 p. m., Accommodation.
4 20 p. m., N. Y. Express .
6 01 p. m.,Mail. ,
8 07 a. m., Sunday Accommodation.
Arrive a lNorwatk-B-ridgefr om Danbury .
7 34a. m.,Mall.
8 52 p. m., N. Y. Express.
1 08 p. m., Accommodation .
514 p.m., Mail.
9 05 p. m., Freight.
9 00 p. in. Sunday Accommodation.
L .W.SANDIFORTH ,Supt.
I!" "III, I!" HAVE! l. HAITFUIID IAIlIBAD.
Trains leave So. Norwalk/or New York at 12 47
a. m, Washington Ex.via Harlem River; 4 56. ex.;
5 18 ex.; 5 28, 5 50, 8 20, 7 25, 7 45 ex.; 9 04 ex.; 9 35,
10 34,11 45 ex. a.m.;1 20, 2 56 ex.; 4 30 ex.; 5 27 ex.;
6 29 ex.; 6 55, 918 p. m. ex. For New Haven, 1 36
ex.; 6 52, 8 56, 9 21 ex.; 10 48 a.m.,12 11 ex.;1 43. 2 11
ex.;419,ex.; 4 52, 5 52,ex.; 6 32_ex.; 942, 11 01. ll 28
ex.; 11. 50 ex.p. m.
For Springfield, 6 52, ex.9 21, a.m.; 12 11, ex.; 1 48,
2 ll, 6 32 cx.;11 01,11 50 pm. Express/o: Boston
via S ringfleld 9 21 a.m.1211, 11 50 pm). Vta New
Lon 011.0 52, 9 21 a.m. 2 11. 6 32, 11 28 p.m.
EW YORK & PHILADELPHIA NEW LINE
BOUND BROOK ROUTE
F011 TRENTON AND PHILADELPHIA .
Commencing November 7, 1881.
Leave New Yorkfrom station 0. R. R. of N .J.,
foot of Liberty St.,for Philadelphia.
Ninth & Green Streets, at 7:46, 9:30.1lzl5 mm.
1:30. 4, 4:30. 5:30, 7, l2 p.m. On Sunday at 8:45 a.
rn. 5:30, 12p. m.
For Third a. Berksstreets,at 7:45,11:15,a.m. 1:30,
4:30, 5:30, 7, p. in. On Sunda at 8:45 a. m.
ForTrenton,Warrenand uckersts.,7:45,9:30.
11:15 a.m.,1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 5:30, 7:00, 12, p.m. Sun-
day 8:45, a.m., 5:30, 12 p. m.
. Return trainsleavePhlladolphia for New York:
From stations Phila. a Reading Railroad,
Nmth Jr. Green 8th., at 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, ll,a.m., 1:15
3:45,5:40,6:45,12 p.111. On Sunday at 8:30 a. m.,
5:30, 12 p. m. '
From Third A Berks streets, 5:15, 8:20, 9:15 a.m.,
:,35(;25, 6:30, 11:30 p. m. On Sunday at 8:15, a. m.
: , p.m. ’
From Trent an,Warre and Tucker streets, 1:25,
0:20, 8.03, 9:04, 10:08, 11:3 .m.1:58,4:25, 6:24, 7 28,
p.m_. On Sunday 1:25, 939:. , in. 6:14 p. 11:.
Tickets for sale atfoot or Libert 151.339.2151.
401,944,957,1323 Broadwaymnd at the principal
hotels; Nos. 2 and 4 Court St, and Annex office,
.1 ewell’s Wharf, Brooklyn.
New York Transfer Companywill call for and
check baggage from hotel or residence to destina-
tron.
ALL BAIL LINE ron LONG BRANCH,OCEAN
GROVE, ASBUBY PARK. POINT PLEASANT
And all New Jersey Seaside Resorts.
Leave foot of Liberty street, N. 11., 5:00, 8.15,a.m.,
12, m., 2, 3.30, 4. 5, 6 n.m.
II. P. BALD WIN, Gen. Pass. Ag’t.
A. J. MEEKER a; BRO.
Norwalk, Apr-11,1880.
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WHO IS UNACQUAINTED WITH THE GEOGRAPHY OF THIS COUNTRY. WILL
= SEE BY EXAMININO THIS MAP, THAT THE
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he... a” \VJW —. - m'iizau- 1h. 7
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Grimace, Rocx ISLAND & PACIFIC R'v,
Belng the Great Central Line, affords to travelers, by reason of Its unrivaled geo-
graphlcal position, the shortest and best route between the East, Northeast and
Southeast, and the West,‘Northwest and Southwest.
It to literally and strictly true, that its connections are all of the prlnclpal lines
of road between the Atlantlc and the Pacific.
By its main line and branches It reaches Chicago, Jollet, Peoria, Ottawa,
La Salle. Genesoo, Molina and Rock Island, In llllnols: Davenport, Muscatlne,
Washington, Keokuk, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Fatrfleld, Des Molnes, West leerty.
Iowa City, Atlantic. Avm, Audubon, Harlan, Guthrie Center and Council Bluffs,
In Iowa; Gallatln, Trenton, Cameron and Kansas City, In Mluourl, and Leaven-
worth and Atchlaon- in Kansas, and the hundreds of cities, villages and towns
Intermediate. The
“GREAT ROCK ISLAND, ROUTE,”
As It Is familiarly called, offers to travelers all the advantages and comforts
Incldent to a smooth track, safe bridges, Union Depots at all connecting points,
Fast Express Trains, composed of COMMODIOUS, WELL VENTILATED, WELL
HEATED, FINELY UPHOLSTERED and ELEGANT DAY COACHES; a llne of the
MOST MAGNIFICENT HORTON RECLINING CHAIR CARS ever built; PULLMAII'S
latest deslgned and bandsomest PALACE SLEEPING CARS, and DINING CARS
that are acknowledged by press and people to be. the FINEST RUN UPON ANY
ROAD IN THE COUNTRY, and In which superior meals are served to travelers at
the low rate of SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS EACH.
THREE TRAINS each way between CHICAGO and the MISSOURI RIVER.
Two TRAle each way between CHICAGO and MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL,
via the famous
ALBERT LEA ROUTE.
January I, 1882, a new line will be opened, via Seneca and Kankakee, between
Newport News, Richmond, Cincinnati, lndlanapolls and La Fayette, and Council
Blufis, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Intermediate polnts.
All Through Passengers carried on Fast Express Trains.
For more detailed information, see Maps and Folders, which may be obtained, as
well as Tickets, at all principal Ticket Offices in the Unlted States and Canada, or of
a. a. CABLE,
Vtce-Pres't 6L Gen’l Manager,
CHICAGO. ,
Carriage Making
AND
REPAIRING.
‘AT
H. TILED E?‘ ..’-.
Main Street, South Norwalk, Ct.
WET RECEIVED 3
New styles of Box Papers very cheap.
The MacKennon,
Cross and American
Stylograph Pens
Constantly on hand.
Artists’ Materials a Specialty.
Andrew Selleck,
Buoks,81ationery&qfancy Goods.
. 49 “7111181., - - - Nor-walk.
THE GEIIEBRATED
WflITE
Sewing Machine
Best, Easiest Running, & Cheap-
est in the World.
For beam: of strtch.and rapidityiot‘ motion 1'
suuequale and reigns supremdking over all
Sewing Machines. The Compan give a wart-an to
for 5 ears With each Machine. uppllesconstant.
1v on and“ Repamn done at reasonable rate.
This Machine on exb ition at 178 Main Street,
corner Plymouth Avenue.
47 JOHN H. AIKEN, Agent.
EOYT’S!
Excelsior Tickets!
Milkmen, Restaurants Check, to.
These Tickets,or Cheeks, lately introduced, are
round in iorm,-about the size 01 a. silver quarter,
and the edges are completely protected by a brass
ring. They are printed on one or both sides as
desired, then varnished to protect them from
water or fluids. They are very convenient to
handle, and will last a long time. Milkmen, Sa-
loon Keepers and others using checks should ex-
amine titlem. Also printed to order, the ordinary
sty es 0'
Milk Gheeks,Bestanrant0hccks,&c
A. H. BYINGTON & 00., »
AT IKE
Gazette Job Printing Office.
0.3.12. of N.J.
:,
a“
Jl'enasha ,,_
E. ST. JOHN,
Gen'l T'k’e a Paaa'r Ag't.
Mullings Bros.,
Carriages it Wagons
MADE TO ORDER.
Repairing in all its Branches.
in SALE rc 'IIIE HounAls.
A line of SLEIGHS of our own
manufacture, made from Selected
materials. Neat, stylish and durable.
0.x. uurmucs, .r. s. MULLINGS
Joan E. SMITH,
F L O R I S T ,
EAST SIDE OF MAIN STIIEET,SOUT}1
01' RA] LROAD,
City 31' South Nor-walk, Conn.
Plants and Flowers at all seasons
Flower-to :- Finnegan-furnished and
tanefullyarrunzed 3 order at .110“
notice
A FULL LINE on
Shipping Tags,
Merchandise Tags,
{ is» )5:-
tun Luck TAG FASTENERS
L .
IN LARGE OR‘SMALL QUANTI’JJI S, AT
Gazette Office.
catatonia
ALL SIZES and COLORS,
NEATLY PR_INTE;D
——AT———-—
VERY -, 0w RATES,
A
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A RELunLE Rsusbv
ION ALI.
DISEASES or THE
SKI N,
firm. As Tenses,
Pll-IPLED, Sonic,
Btorcuso,
RAsH,
Envstpstu,
RmowosM,
Bansrns'
lrcn,
It r nurse or
Ross
A I!)
AND HEALING
Powm or
SWAYN as;
QINLHEIE
on account or AL-
_ mum in: Inverts:
"cums AND lunumaa
Swen Moose, n i!
Know» Iv umv A!
THE GREAT CunE
rou lrcnmu Puss."
DR. Swsvas A Son,
\AAAAn/‘AAAN‘
Commissioners’ Notice.
I-IE subscribers appointed by the Court of
_ Probate for the District of Norwalk, Commis-
sioners to receive. examine, and decide it on the
claims of the creditors or the estate of 'I OMAS
FINNERTY, an insolvent debtor, of Norwalk, in
said district, ln_settlcment as an insolvent'estate,
herebyglve notice that we will attend to the busi-
ness of our s:t1d_ap iomtmeut, at the Olilce of the
Selectmen in said orwalk, on the 14th day of
June. A. D., 1882, and on the 14th day of Jul ,A.
D., 1882, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon of can of
said days.
Said court hath limited and allowed three months
from this date for the exhibition to us 01 claims
a ainst said estate.
atcd at Norwalk. Ag” 14th, A. D. 1882.
MA TIN S. CRAW,
“16 ALFRED E. AUSTIN ,
Commissioners.
REMOVAL z
B.S.BLASCER,
Has removed to Lockwood’s Building, WallStree
foot of Mam. which has been refitted and furn-
ished with :1 choices took of
biscuits, Crockery, Glass, to;
He gives his ersonal attention to his busines
and invites pub in patronage.
Wanted, Salesmeny
CANVASS for the sale of Nursery Stock.
Unequalled facilities. No expenence re-
TO
aired. Salary and expenses paid. 500 acres of
rat: and Ornamental Trees. Shrubs, Roses.etc.
W. a '1‘. SMITH. Geneva, N. Y.
6tp
Cures Dyspepsia, Nervous Affec-
tions, General Debility, Fever and
Ague, Paralysis, Chronic Diarrhea,
Boils,Dropsy,Humors,chale Oom-
plaints, Liver Complaint, Bemittent
Fever, and all diseases originating
in a bad State of the Blood, or
accompanied by liability or a. low
State of the System.
Notice.
HE. subscriber would announce that he has
disposed of his well-known Livery Stable
and equipments to his son Horace L. Daun, who
wul hereafter run the establishment himself.
Grateful and thankful for the long continued
patronage bestowec upon him by the public. the
subscriber would request a continuance of the
same to his successor, feeling confident that he
will merit anddes erve the confidence of the pub-
lic generally.
WILLIAM E. DANN.
Nor-walk, Oct. 4th, 1881.
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PARKER S ulNGER TONI
Gin er Bach Man-
~ ’ A dmkqg Stillingun', and
many of the best med!-
clnes known are com-
binedin Parker‘s Ginger
Tonic, into a median:
ofsnch varied powers,”
to make it the gmtest .
. . Blood Purifier and the
, ' BestlloalthaStl-ength
I l Restorer Ever Used.
‘ It cum Rheumatrsm,‘
-. Sleeplessness, & discus
Parker's oftbe Stomach, Bowels,
H 1 B | km“ “its first
’ isentire ' ercn m
we r a 83mg Bitters, Gi’d er Essences
2 But, Clean .
MostEco 1:111:11le and other 0“ ask
. Haydn. to reliant; nevcrintoximtef‘lfiscox
Will mlflkfl'fly 1W?- ‘ 8: C0,, Chemists, N. Y.
. 501:. and $1 sixes. Lam Swim Buying Dollar Size.
alarmist
art-"At'éa‘c'llhp't'kid of" 3‘
l-' rice
$l.50 per bottle. cunss WEDAK-
NESS ‘. NERVOUSNESS . and
cranium. Design]. This re-
markable preparatl n I: the only
reliable remedy for he distressing
diseases of women. Sold by Drug-
Ists.
greeten‘nerg 00.111 Chambers St, N. Y.
.BATIIOLIGDN.
per day at home. Samples worth S
ill. $20 rec. Address, Stlnson a 00., Port-
un . ine. lyll
WHENCE COMES THE UN-
BOUNDED-POPULARITY 0E
Allcock’s Porous Plastcrs?
Because they have proved themselves
the Best External Remedy ever in-
vented. They will cure asthma,
colds, coughs, rheumatism, neural-
gia, and any local pains.
Applied to the small of the back
they are infallible in Back -Ache,
Nervous chility, and all Kidney
troubles; to the pit of the stomach
they are a sure cure for Dyspepsia
and Liver (Implaint.
ALLCOCK’S I’0ROUS PLASTERS
are painless, fragrant, and quick to
cure. Beware of imitations that
blister and burn. Get ALLCOCK’S,
the only Genuine Porous Plaster.
Bezcare
F rdud
BENSUN’S
'GAPBINE
PLASTERS
HAVE BEEN IMITATED, .
And their excellent reputation in-
jured by worthless imitations. The
Public are cautioned against buy-
ing Pla‘sters having similar sound-
ing names. See that the word
C-A-P-C-I-N-E is correctly spelled.
Benson’s Bapcine
"Porous Plasters
Are the only improvement ever
made in Blasters.
One is worth more than a. dozen
of any other kind.
Will positively cure where other
remedies will not even relieve.
Price 25 cents.
Beware of cheap Plasters made
with lead poisons.
' ' SEABURY a. JOHNSON,
Manufacturing Chemists, New York.
GAZETTE otncr.
SI! REM]! var use.
copper to the extent ofleight to ten parts per
million. ~
Colladon long ago noticed incidentally
that obstructions in the path of a sound
decidedly lessen the intensity of the vibra-
tions. These “sound shadows" are known
to be much more distinct in a dense medium
like water than in air. Prof. John Le Conte
has recently given results of some further
experiments on the sublect, in which he took
advantage of some dynamite blasts being
made under water. He immersed a vertical
pile, about a foot in diameter, at a distance
of about forty feet from the explosive
cartridge. Bottles and glass tubes were
shivered by the concussion of the explosives
when outside the geometrical shadow of the
pile, but protracted when within it. The
sharp definition of these sound shadows has
led Prof. Le Conte into an exposition of the
theory of the elects. Like shadows of light
the distinctiveness of the sound shadow
should depend on shortness of wave-length,
and the sudden detonation of dynamite mast
generate a very short and intense wave,
making a very sharply-defined shadow when-
ever an obstacle is met. It follows that
less sudden sounds, like the explosion of
gun-powder, must produce less definite shad-
ows.
Prof. Fairchild thinks there are reasons for
believing that the common house fly, with
its numerous lenses, capable of change of
focus like the human eye, can avoid the dif-
culties we encounter in microscopes, and
may distinctly recognize objects on a twenty
millionth of an inch in diameter.
A peculiar and newly observed property
of tin is being investigated by a Moscow sci—
entists. Some tin cans kept in one of the Gov-
ernment buildings during the cold weather
showed blisters, then holes, and finally fell
to powder.
Prof. Foote‘ of Philadelphia, has a group
of quartz crystals measuring about four feet
by three in superficial area. A group in the
University of Naples weighs nearly half a
ton, A crystal at Milan is three and a quar-
ter feet long and five and a half in circum-
ference, and weighs 870 pounds; and anoth-
er crystal, at Paris, is three feet in diameter
and the same in length,weighing 800 pounds.
Fifty tons of crystals were discovered in one
cavity at Zinken,, more than a century ago,
and were sold for $300,000.
Dr. Wollaston’s observation that certain
sounds are inaudible to man’s ears was re-
cently illustrated by Prof. Tyndall During
a lecture he blew a small whistle, the low,
shrill note of which instantly agitated the
sensitive fiame,while full half of the audience
failed to hear the sound.
Insects, caterpillars and larvae are not de-
stroyed—as is often believed—bf intense
cold or heavy frosts. After an exposure to
a temperature of eleven degrees below zero
the common caterpillar has revived on the re—
turn‘ of suflicient warmth.
The path of destruction of American tor-
nadoes has averaged 1,085 feet in width ac-
acordingato Sergeanthinley. The storm cloud
moves at the rate of twelve to sixty miles an
hour, while the wind within the vortx some-
times reaches the tremendous velocity of 800
miles an hour—392 being the ave rage.
In concluding a course of lectures upon
the “Ancient World and the Appearance of
Man,” Prof. Boyd D wkins said that a study
of the past had sho that continued strug-
gles with nature had evaloped man’s power
until he had reached his present condition;
and it was his belief that in coming ages
man would be elevated as far above the
level of culture of to-day as .we are advanc-
ed from the state of savagery of the primeval
‘ man.
The theoretic work obtained from the
consumption of an ounce of various substan-
ces is thus stated by Prof. Sylvanus Thomp-
son: One ounce of hydrogen gives 2,925,000
foot pounds; of coal, 695,000 foot pounds;
zinc, 113,090 foot pounds; gunpowder,
100,000 foot pounds; and copper, 69,000 foot
pounds.
A French journal recommends a fire test
for determining the quality of seeds. Sam-
ples are placed one at a time upon live coals.
If the combustion is slow and quiet, it may
be safely decided that the seed contained in
diseased germ; but if seed turns and leaps
about, producing a dry sound, it may be in.
ferred to have good germinative qualities.
The good quality of larges seeds, such as
acorns and chestnut, will be indicated by a
detonation of seed soon after being thrown
into the fire. ‘
The frog, toad, salamander, newt, etc., are
found to secrete special poisons. From the
glands on the neck of a frog M. Paul Bert
has obtained a liquid which caused the death
of a sparrow to which it was administered.
A transparent leather, said to posses great
strength, is now made in Germany by a new
process.
m:
A Gymnast’s Long Eall.
We Were playing in Havana. The same
people go to the theatre every night, and they
demand constant changes in the bill. My
brother Tom was taken sick suddenly. His
ladder was up in the dome ready for “the
leap for life," and the people began to clam-
or to have “it done. ” I finally agreed to do
it. The feat consists, after the performance
of a variety of tricks on the ladder, in swing-
ing yourself into motion and jumping to a
taut rope running from a ceiling at an in-
cline to the wings. The jump was a long
one, and the house was very quiet when I
{legan to swing preparatory to taking the
cap. '
I throw myself at the rope, and, when I
was in mid-air, I saw it was no go and that
I was done. I struck out desperately with
my feet in the hope of helping myself for-
ward, but I only reached the rope with the
tips of the fingers with my left hand. Both
hands and both feet were extended in spread
eagle form, if you like. I ought to have
struck the rope with both hands fairly in
the center of my body, with the legs
across the line, so as to distribute the strain
of sustaining my weight over my whole
body. As it was, it all fell on my left arm
and my body swept in toward the rope like
a whip-lash, Of course I let go, and then I
began to turn spirally like a corkscrew and
then go down. I instantly realized that I
must not land all spread out. I gathered
my left arm close into my body, pushed my
head forward and drew my legs together,
struggling to get into shope to fall on my
side. I did fall just that way forty feet on
a wooden stage. My arm was driven into
my side and a rib was broken. The arm
was shattered and I was laid up for many
months.
While I was going down in an instant I
saw over again, as vivid as life, every fall
that I ever witnessed. They came up in my
mind, one right after another, like successive
flashes of lightning, and I seemed to be ex-
periencing all of them in my own person.
But worse than everything else, a great deal
. worse thari the shock of arriving, was the
terrible shriek of agony that went up from
the audience. It was like one heartbreaking
wail of agony. I can hear it yet, I hear it
every time I think of the accidenL—Jnter
view with mum». Hanlon. ‘
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One year ago a needle entered the wrist of
a young lady in Elmira, and the other day it
was removed from the right arm of the fellow
Express.
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Why We Have So Few Good
Riders.
It has frequently been the subject of re-
mark as to the cause of the scarcity of good
Jockeys. To be sure we have some excellent
riders—Barrett, Eveno, Hughes, Barbee,
Feakes, and probably half a dozen othembut‘
not more. 1119 secret is explained in the
fact that unless a jockey takes great care of
himself, constant exercises in the saddle
will snperluducc Piles of the most aggnvat:
ing character, that itch intensely,particularly
after getting warm in bed, and thus render
lulu unfit for service on the horse. However,
tawnyfneficgl-ntmlejfit were used, the worst
0 3 so would be wally
cured. £19.
Price25cte.
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