WHOLE NUMBER 1809.
A Motto for Life.
Without haste! without rest!
Bind the motto to thy breast;
Bear it with thee as a spell : ,
Storm and sunshine-guard it well!
Heed not flowers that round thee bloom,
Bear it onward to the tomb.
Haste not! let no thoughtless deed
Mar for ay'c the spirit’s speed;
Ponder well, and know the right ;
Onward, then, with all thy might.
Haste not; years can ne’er atone
For one reckless action done.
Rest not; life is sweeping by ;
Go and dare before you die,
Something mighty and sublime
Leave behind to conquer time!
Glorious ’tis to live for aye,
When these forms have passed away.
Haste not! Rest not! Calmly wait ;
Mccldy bear the storms of fate!
Duty be thy polar guide;—
Do the right, whate’er betide!
Haste not ! Rest not! Conflicts past,
God shall crown thy work at last.
—-Tlle German.
Mrs. Wanders Mistake,
From Lt'ppt'mott's Magazine.
“Charles C. Humphrey, M. D., Philadel-
phin.
That was the entry on the hotel-register.
Mrs. Witherell scanned it critically through
her eye-glass while the busy clerk's attention
was diverted as be sorted out the mail. "A
good bold hand," she muttered. The “M.
D.’ of course is to know he is open to a
chance fee. Humphrey,—-Humphrey,——-there
used to be Humphreys in Germantown,—a
Judge Humphreys: or was it Houghton ?—
What! only one letter for me? Thanks.—
Comc, Sam."
But Sam was alreadyjhalf-way to the beach
with his sand-shovel, wither his grandmamma
followed him, and having engaged him in
the engrossing task of digging a hole through
to China, she seated herself upon a neighbor-
ing log of drift-wood to read her letter.‘
"IIumphrey,—Humphrey,—I’m sure I’m
run across people of that name somewhere
who were worth while. At any rate I like his
looks and— But we will wait," she conludad
languidly tearing open the enqelope and read-
ing as follows:
My man Mns. ‘WrrnnnnLL,-I arrived
home quite safely, and, having just finished
a letter to Emily, take the opportunity to
say a word to you to express again my
gratitude for your offering so kindly to take
charge of her. She was getting so much
good from the sea-air that I hated the thought
of bringing her back to the city, and thus
your offer to look after her was most timely
and welcome.' If she can only be kept for
a while free from all excitement or fatigue,
I am in hopes that she will regain her
health.
“I find matters here not so bad as I feared
(Emily will explain), and therefore hope
very soon to return and relieve you of re-
sponsibility. ‘
“Very truly and gratefully yours,
“ELIZABETH Barman."
This letter will serve to explain the sud-
den interest inspired by a strange young
physician in a matron of fifty. Mrs. Wither-
ell had unexpectedly become a chaperon.
What it does not explain is how Mrs. Belden
ever came to intrust her daughter to Mrs.
Witherell’s care; for, when it is added that
these two ladies had only known each other
a matter of three weeks,cvery feminine critic
will infallibly pronounce it a rash and ill-ad-
vised proceeding. Yet, as will presently ap-
pear, ,Mrs. Belden had acted with at least
ordinary prudence.
Mrs. Belden and Mrs. Witherell had, it is
true- met as strangers at the hotel table, but
already their acquaintance had ripened al-
most to intimacy,—and for the best of all
reasons: their whole previous lives had been
preparatory to this acquaintance; they had
simply obeyed the universal instinct by
which kind detects kind the world over, and
every mother’s son straightway recognizes
and patronizes his inferior, recognizes and
toadies his superior, and recognizes and pro-
pitiates his equal. '
Mrs Belden and Mrs. Witherell had di-
rectly recognized in each other such an
equality in fortune and position and such a
similarity in tastes and habits as are com-
patible with good fellowship. In three
weeks of the indolent, kill-time life at the
seashore hotel they had found opportunity
to compare notes on past experiences, to
discover many points of sympathy and in-
terests, and various common acquaintances;
and thus it was with entire confidence, when
she was suddenly called home by illness in
her family, that Mrs. Belden intrusted her
daughter to the charge of a new acquaint-
ance. .
And indeed Mrs. Witherell seemed in
every way to deserve the confidence. A
widow of middle age, with dignified person,
excellent manners, and matured judgment,
she promised to make an ideal chaperon. , It
is enough to say here that in the main she
fulfilled this promise. She justified Mrs.
Belden’s choice to all intents and purposes.
Her intents and purposeses were certainly
unimpeachabie. If, notwithstanding all this
she sought for impossible ends and achieved
a farcical result, it was due to no lack of forc-
sight and intelligence on her part, but simply
to a pre-existing entanglement of circumstan-
ces of which she was unconscious.
Under the indolent, amiable languor
which absence of care had engendered Mrs.
Witherell was in reality an energetic, ambi-
tious woman,lwith talents for leadership and
a thirst for action. She had managed her
own affairs for some years. She had suc-
cessfully married off her own two daughters,
and she had the natural longing of an able
person to exercise latent and unrecognized
powers. Nothing, therefore, could have
been more opportune to her need than this
unexpected demand for her serflces. She
undertook the charge with alsrcity, and
characteristically felt herself inspired not
only with a harmless negative sense of re-
sponsibility, but with a positive and even
mischievous desire to turn to some profitable,
account the unusual grace and beauty of her
charge.
It ,was, therefore, with a grateful little
thrill of interest that, on coming down to tea
one evening, she found a comely young man
seated opposite them at the table. '
Mrs. Witherell was far too experienced to
betray this interest |or even exhibit any
consciousness of the stranger’s presence.
But an observing woman sees a great deal
without looking, and Mrs. Witherell appar-
ently saw enough after two days‘ circum-
spect observation to warrant her on the third
morning in bowing across the table and
exchanging salutations. Indeed, it would
have been difiicult any longer gracefully to
ignore the stranger, for the enterprising
Sam, having just become aware of his men.
ence,proceeded at once to scrape an acquaint-
ance without seruplc or formality. “You
been fishing yet t" he asked suddenly, a; be
critically studied the new-comer.
"Not yet,” returned the stranger guarded.
l .
y“Don't you like fishing l”
' “Sometimes.”
“You can ketch splendid cunncrs over on
the point."
“Indeed !" .
“Yes. Bill Davis caught a five pcundcr.
Interrupted here for a moment by. whis;
percd admonition from his grandmamma, he
presently continued, “if you’ll hire a boat
N
and take me out, I'll show you the place.’
I’ve spent all my pocket-money, and grand-
ma won't give me any more, or I’d hire the
boat."
At this point, Mrs." Witherell, by dint of
vigorous and authoritative interference, suc-
cceded in repressing furtherconversation; but
at dinner it was renewed with alarming free-
dom and candor.Thc ladies had scarcelytaken
their seats when they were electrified by the
triumphant announcement from Sam as he
beamed knowingly on their new neighbor,
“We’ve found out your name."
“Indeed P"
“Yes,!’ continued the terrible infant before
his astounded grandparent could recover her
breath. “It’s Dr. Humphrey. Grandma
hunted it up on the book." ’
There was a moment of general paralysis.
The young doctor, with a demure face but
dancing eyes, flashed a look across at Emily.
She blushed, and looked hysterically down
at her plate. Neither actually smiled, and
it proved a triumph of breeding. Mrs.
Witherell, however deeply mortified, was too
much a woman of the world to yield to dis-
comfiturc on so small an occasion. On the
contrary, she adroitly turned it to good
purpose by establishing :at once an enfcnte
cordiale which might otherwise have been
the toilful labor of Weeks. "Why, yes, Dr.
Humphrey," she interposed, with an easy
and half-laughing explanation, “I do know
‘your name; and since I am so unceremon-
iously forced to it, let me explain that I have
an‘idle habit of looking over the new arrivals
when I go to the office .to get our mail, and
thus learned your name among the others.
I was so indiscreet as to mention my discov-
ery before too attentive an audience, and
have been punished, as you see. Pray let
me apologize for the liberty I took, and, that
I may retain no unfair advantage of you,
allow me further to introduce myself as Mrs.
Witherell.
It will be noted that Emily was not in-
cluded in this introduction. It was only
after an interval of two or three days, during
which she assiduously cultivated the doctor’s
acquaintance hsrself, that Mrs. Witherell at
length took an opportunity. of quietly
making the two known to each other. Then
she performed the ceremony of introduction
with 9. suddenly remembering, half apolo-
getic air, as it making amends for an over-
sight. The receipt of a letter from a friend
in Philadelphia, containing the following
sentance, may have had something to do with
her action: ‘
“To be sure we know Dr. Charles Hum-
phrey very well. He is a great favorite in
society here, and in every way a fine fellow.
As to his ‘circumstances’ I only know gen-
erally that he is said to have made a remark-
able success in his profession, and he has
already become an authority in his specialty
of nervous diseases. and acquired an unusally
large practice for so young 11 man; besides
all which, he is the only son of wealthy par-
cuts."
The endorsement of her own favorable
impressions certainly justified Mrs. Witherell
in furthering an acquairitance which seemed
in every way desirable. Dr. Humphrey,
however, although plainly not insensible to
the beauty of his young neighbor, betrayed
nevertheless a lack of enthusiasm in follow-
ing up the acquaintance which disappointed
the chaperon. It was in vain that the latter
resorted cautiously and tentatively to various
familiar feminine taetacs : the doctor, while
amiably responsive to ordinary conversation-
al overtures, remained urbanely distant to
any nearer approaches. '
But Mrs. Witherell was not a novice. It is
quite unlikely that she iexpected direct and
easy success. Atlany ratelshe showed herself
'undismayed by obstacles. Accordingly, she
rubbed up her eye-glass, settled back in her
easy-chair, and busied herself with a little
closer study of the two young people before
her.
The first fruit of this study was gathered
from a little conversation she had one
morning with Emily. as they were sitting
on the piazza: Dr. Humphrey had just left
them.
“The doctor is decidedly a handsome man,”
said Mrs. Witherell, studying his retreating
figure: "he has a distinguished face and an
excellent carriage, which is of. prime impor-
tance to a man."
“Ye-es," said Emily looking up, as if just
making the discovery.
“He has, moreover, what very few hand-
some men do have,” continued Mrs. Wither-
ell, taking some fancy-work from her pocket
and adjusting the needles; "and that is an
expression of force and vigor., He looks like
one born to success; and indeed, I am told
he has already takenahigh stand in his pro-
fession." - .
"Indeed ! How splendid! Where did
you learn that beautiful stitch, Mrs. Wither-
ell ?"
“0h, ’tis as old as the hills, my dear,"
returned the latter, holding out her work
for inspection and regardinng searchingly
the fair, unconscious face that bent over it.
Evidently not satisfied with her inspection,
however, she presently returned to the
charge: “Don’t you like to hear the dector
talk, Emily?” ’
“Oh, yes, ever so much. I think he is the
nicest person down here,—except you and
me, of course.”
“He is always entertaining," pursued Mrs.
Witherell, intent on her point, and watchful
of the effect of the words.
“Yes, indeed; he seems to know no end
of things, and he tells such charming stories.
That makes me think of our story: do let us
finish it this afternoon! I will go and get
the book.”
Mrs. Witherell dropped her eye-glass as
her companion withdrew, and fixed her eyes
with a reflective squint upon the far-off
horizon. The discovery she had just made
added very much to her perplexity. The
mutual and unmistakable indifference ' of
lease young people‘to leach otherlwas unnat'
ural. . ,
Emily soon returned with the book and
began to read. Occupied wifh her puzzle,
Mrs. Witherell gave little heed. Her keen
eyes were fixed in absorbed attention upon
the reader. Presently her face brightened;
hor meditation had evidently mot been in
vain. The {slight figure and delicate :face
before her may have furnished the sugges-
lion.
“Emily,” she cried emphatically, “it is all
wrong i" '
“Why so?” asked theastonished reader.
“It may be, but we cannot tell yet."
“Oh, I do not mean the book, my dear;
I don't care anything about that. Imean
you !” ‘
“I 1"
“Yes ; it’s all a mistake your sitting mewcd
up in the house here the whole time reading
novels and writing interminable letters.
You’re not getting a bit better. You're los-
ing ground. 'You ought to be out of doors,
knocking about." _
“But," pleaded Emily, with the positive
air of an invalid, “I cannot. It tires me-al-
most to‘death to walk; I should never sleep
a wink if I did."
“But you do not sleep now.”
“Oh, yes, I do—a great deck—fully half
the night, usually." _
“But that is not enough; and I think it
can be helped. I have a mind to consult Dr.
Humphrey about it.”
“No! no 'indecdl you must not do that!
I wouldn’t have him for a physician on any
account.”
' “Why not, my dear ? He has made nervous
disorders 9. special study.”
“Oh, he is too young, and I know he
couldn’t do anything for me. Our doctor says
nothing can be done, but that in time I shall
out ow it all." _
ll rs. Witherell Withheld the answer that
rose to her li s, and said merely, "I devoutly
‘l
hope you w' . my dear.”
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1882.
A less resolved and energetic woman
might here have quietly relinquished an un-
dertaking which already bristled with diffi-
culties and in which she had so little per-
sonal concern. To Mrs. Witherell an obstacle
was only an irritant which straightway
aroused the latent energy necessary for its
overthrow, and we have reason to believe
that it was precisely here that she became
for the first time deeply interested in her
purpose. Happily, therein. no occasion to
speculate upon what she might have done,
for chance came to her aid. An accident oc-
curred whlch, in a moment, seemed to clear
the way.
One afternoon, as she was sitting with
Emily upon the piazza, a tumultuous throng
of men and boys suddenly turned a neigh-
boring corner and approached the hotel.
They seemed to be much excited, and were
crowded about a central object of interest.
As they came nearer, this proved to be the
lifeless body of a man.
“Drowned i” cried one of the crowd in ans-
wer to the query of a by-stander.
Mrs. Witherell turned quickly to shield
Emily from the shocking sight. It was too
late. She had already seen and recognized
in the livid face and dripping figure one of
their fellow-boarders. Uttering a cry of
horror, she instantly swooned. Mrs. With-
erell promptly applied the necessary restora-
tivcs, and presently had her carried up stairs.
She soon returned to consciousness, but the
shock she had received threatened serious
results. _ Toward evening Mrs. Witherell
became alarmed, and, Dr. Humphrey being.
the only physician in the house, shehad no
alternative but to summon him. He had
just left the bedside of the drowned man,
whom, after several hours of exhausting
labors, he had succeeded in resuscitating.
He entered the room pale and quiet, looked
at his patient indifferently, learned the cause
and prescribed a simple opiate. In the ex-
citement attendant upon snatching a man
back from the clutches of death, the swooning
fit of a pretty girl appeared not to take much
hold on his interest.
The next morning all was changed. The
drowning man had become a commonplace
convalescent. Emily had developed into an
invalid. She had not slept. She was plainly
unable to sit up. The doctor called, and.
after a few words, sat down and regarded
his patient attentively. For the first time a
look of interest began to dawn on his face,
—a look that was not lost on Mrs..Withcr-
ell.
For half an hour he remained engaged in
an easy. rambling, and apparently indifierent
conversation. The conversation was really
really a masked battery of questions. When
he withdrew, Mrs. Witherell made some
pretext to follow into the hall, where she
directly began to give. him an account of her
charge. The doctor choked her by saying
impatiently,“I know it; I know it all,ma'am,;
she has given me the whole case."
“She—when f” asked the astonished cha-
peron. '
“Just now.” ~
“Here? this morning 1’"
“Certainly.”
“Why, you have been talking about
books.”
"Books! pooh, pooh!” exclaimed the doc-
tor, in-a little outburst of irritation ; “that
was only the twaddlc I employed to draw out
from her how she had been wasting her life
and ruining her health studying foreign lan-
guages and science and such rubbish, work.
ing at her cursed worsted, and practising
upon her infernal piano.”
Mrs. Witherell seemed not at all shocked
at the doctor's strong language, nor, indeed,
sensible of the sudden change in his tone from
the social deference of yesterday to the pro—
fessional authority of today.
“She has further let it appear," continued
the doctor, “that she cannot ride, swim, row,
walk, or do anything that a human being
ought to do,—-—that she is, in short, simply
another victim of the American conservatory
system. The fashionable phrase—you may
have heard it-is nervous prostration.”
“True, true; I entirely agree with you,”
replied Mrs. Witherell in a low tone, and
with a glance at the half-Open door behind
her. 391 should say to you that I am only
accidentally in charge of her for the time
being, and have known her but a very short
time. However,lhave already seen enough to
assure me that you are quite right. In fact,
she came down here upon advice to try the
sea-air,having tried nearly everything else. I
wished to consult you, but she was unwill-
ing. I have no authority, you understand, to
interfere; but she is a lovely girl. I grow
more and more intccsted in her every days
It is such a crying pityn What do you
think? can'anythlng be done for her? You
see, she is very young yet, and that must be
to her advantage.
vise?”
“A little common sense.” .
"Why, we all of course, flatter ourselves
- that we have an abundance of that. But she
has got beyond that, I fear, some time ago.
What we need now is a little extraordinar‘
and professional sense."
“But you say she is here under advice.”
“Not directly; that is, they have a family
physician, I suppose: I really do not know.
At any rate, what she needs now is special
treatment. In the absence of her mother I
shall take the responsibility to—in short, I
wish you to undertake the charge of her."
The doctor paused a moment and looked at
the floor, saying at length, ashe turned to go,
"As you please: you must be the judge of
your own ahthority.”
It will be unnecessary to give the rationale
of Dr. Humphrey’s system. It will be
enough to mark results. Mrs. Witherell sat
by, with busy eyes and watched the charm
work. Her proximam concern was, of course
for Emily's health, but. it was so merged in
the larger if more remote anxiety for the
success of other hopes that it may be doubted
if she could nicely distinguish them.. Her J
identification of the two questions may have
.been rather hasty, but it found some color
of reason in the fact that the former :indif-
ference between the two members of her
dramatfspersonnae had suddenly given place
to an unmistakable interest. If Mrs. With-
erell was not yet quite clear as to the nature
of that interest, she was content to wait.
Meantime, she saw her caged bird gradually
become a wildiing,——saw her by turns wooed
from her bed, her room, Ithe house, the
piazza to take an active part in out-door life,
one day spending hours in basking in the
sun on the warm sands, making elaborate
castles, battlements, and towers under the
superintendence of her ingenious physician,
on :another tramping the beach gathering
sea-weeds; lucw roaming the woods again,
then taking long drives over the breezy hills,
and at length actually gathering" vigor to
mount a horse and depend upon her own
back-bone.
Two weeks passed thus, and Mrs. Belden
had not returned. Meantime she received
cheering but conservative reports of her
daughter’s improvement. Mr’s.’ Witherell,
indeed, though in excellent spirits, was wise
.enough not to discount her triumph so far
in advance. In this comfortable frame of
mind she sat one evening in the parlor at an
open window, while Emily and her watchful
adviser paced up and down upon the, moon-
lightcd piazza. ; '
Presentlythey took a sent within ear-shot
of the window. It is a question open to
discussion whether Mrs. Witherell was now
called upon to withdraw from an interview
at which she was, in a certain sense, an in-
voluntary party, and in which she was so
vitally interested. Undoubtedly there are
those whose delicacy would have compelled
What would you ad- ,
them to such a course. She retained her po- ’
sition, and listened with breathless interest
to the following dialogue : . 5
“Oh. we had such a lovely drive this
morning thatI cannot help dwelling upon
it. I believe you make everything interest
ing, doctor !" '
“Tut, tut ! I must not let you put so
complimentary a construction upon what is
simply the natural and' healthful. interest
you are beginning. to,take in the outside
world."
“Oh, no; I am sure it is not that: it is
because you see so many things that I should
never notice, and explain everything so
beautifully. Do, doctor,'look at that tiny
boat 'way ’way yonder crossing the moon’s
wake! What: afairy,atom,! How unreal!
Why, it reminds me of a dream I had the
other night." ‘
"Do you dream often ?”
“Not very ; but this was such a vivid dream
that—only it was too nbsurdto tell.” '
“Not at all; absurdity is the true consist-
ency of dreams; let' me hear it and judge."
“You will laugh at me.”
“I assure you I shall not.”
“Well, then, I dreamt that you and I were
in a little boat on the broad open ocean, and
that you were talking and telling all sorts of
interesting things, and'-teaching me the use
of the ears, and that'I was ‘detting'vstronger
and better every moment, when suddenly
we struck upon a hidden rock, and the boat
split right in'two, and you were in one half
and I was in the other, yet somehow we did
not sink, but suddenly a persoh appeared
by your side in your half, and a person ap-
peared by my side in my half, and we sepa-
rated and went different ways, and so floated
out of sight, and never saw each other
again.”
' The doctor mused a minute before speako
ing, and then said, in a low voice just audi-
ble to Mrs. Witherell's anxious ears, “That
is a strange dream indeed: we must take care
that it never comes'true.’, '
There was a pause of several moments,
caused, perhaps, by the impression of the
dream, when the doctor suddenly agked,
“Would you like to go rowing ?”
“Very much, but I fear I should be scared;
and yet, I don’t know—you will laugh at
me, of course,——but I am getting to feel as
though nothing could happen when you are
with me.”
“And you may be sure there shall not," re-
turned the doctor, adding presently, in mod-
ification, “That is a very good feeling to en-
courage."
“And could you teach me to row ?”
“I could teach you anything.”
But, you see, I am not a very apt pupil,"
returned Emily laughingly, as she held up
her watch in the moonlight, “for'you have
been teaching me ever so long that I must go
to bed at nine o’clock, and here it is half-past
ten. What will Mrs. Witherell say a“ .
What Mrs Witherell said may be readily
guessed. She took the hint, and came di-
rectly out with the matronly scolding-
What she thought is not so clear. Follow-
ing her inclinations, she may put too posi-
tive an interpretation on the forgoing con-
versation. What she did is of some signifi-
cance, and will, of course, give the most
reliable clue to her thoughts. She began
from that evening to grow unaccountably
indolent. She excused herself on one pretext
or another fronf all outside exercise. If it
was a row or sail, she dreaded nausea. If a
drive, she had a headache. If a walk, she
must hunt up the errant Sam. None the
less, however, she contrived to take the
greatest possible interest in all these expedi-
tions, and listened with eager ears to Emily’s
glowing accounts. Thus 'two more weeks
elapsed, in the course of which Mrs. With-
erell was left alone a great deal. '
A letter at length arrived, heralding Mrs.
Belden’s speedy return. Mrs. Witherell ap-
peared a little uneasy at the announcement.
“Your mamma will find a great change in
you, my dear.”
“Yes; she will be amazed. "
"I only hope she will approve what we
have done. I felt very' doubtful about the
propriety of calling in Dr. Humphrey, but
you certainly needed attention, and there was
nobody else. "
“It was a most fortunate thing you did.
Only think what a wretched creature I was,
and see what I am. Oh, mamma will be
eternally grateful to you.” ' .
"I sincerely trust she my, my dear; but
things look very different retrospectively. I
regard it, however, as providentiai that Dr.
Humphrey chanced to be here."
“Oh, it was indeed. He is amost wonder-
ful doctor. He takes such an interest in his
patients."
“Extraordinary,” assented Mrs. .Withcrell
dryiy.
"And he is so encouraging."
“And devoted."
"A doctor with only one patient can'af-
ford to be devoted,” replied Emily, with' a
slight flush, as she glanced suspiciously at
her 'chaperon’s demure face. “He has cer-
tainly been very attentive to me, but he had
nothing else to do, and then he is so enthusi-
astic about his system that I think he really
wanted to see what it could do."
“His system is rather novel, but it seems
to have been efficacious," said Mrs. Wither-
ell, with unmoved face.
“It has done wonders for me," exclaimed
Emily emphatically.
“It has indeed," assented Mrs. Witherell,
with a convulsive movement about the cor-
ners of her mouth.
The following afternoon Mrs. Belden ar-
rived, accompanied by several fricnds. Her
delight at her daughter's improved looks was
unbounded, and her acknowledgments to
Mrs. Witherell were correspondingly hearty.
The latter listened with evident embarrass-
ment, and sought an :ehrly opportunity to
draw the fond mother away for a private
conference. “I am glad to see," she began,
ina confidential tone, “that you notice the
change in Emily.
“Change! why, I hardly recognized her.
It is miraculousJ’
“It is indeed remarkable,” continued Mrs.
Witherelll, encouraged by his enthusiasm,
“and I am delighted that you recognize it;
but I had qualms enough at the outset, I as-
sure you, about taking the responsibility of-
calling in a strange physician, andI have not
yet shaken off my misgivings as to how you
would regard it."
“Do not say another word, my dear friend!
You have done me a service I shall never
forget. I cannot tell you half my thanks."
“Oh there ;is no question of thanks. It'
was a great pleasure to me to do anything I
could, if only I have acted for the best. All
I can say is that I have used my best judg-
ment,—that I did precisely what I should
have done in the case of my own daughter.
And now all I want is ’your approval."
“And you have it; you have it,” interpos-
ed Mrs. Belden, with emphasis; “not only
my approval, but my gratitude.”
:“Wait a moment!” exclaimed Mrs. With-
erell, raising a warning forefinger and fixing
/
an anxious eye upon her listener: “there is
another phase to the case.”
“Another phase ?" echoed Mrs. Belden,
with a languid expression of curiosity."
"Yes, but I trust—I am sure, not an un.
pleasant one. I think it only right, how-
: ever, to give you a hint-of what you will soon
infallibly discover for yourself, in order that
I may explain—” ‘
“It is something about Emily ?"
“Yes,” pursued Mrs. Witherell, looking
round to assure herself that there was nobody
within ear-shot. “You must know that Dr.
Humphrey is quite a young man." '
"So Emily has written me."
'world without a wheel in it.
"But a very extraordinary young man,—a
man of superior mind and the most distin-
guished talents for his profession.”
“So it would appear." ,
“Moreover," continued Mrs. Witherell,
with a watchful glance upon her auditor, “he
has, I am told, already acquired a large prac-
tice, which is all the more creditable as he is
Che son of wealthy parents. ,’
“Ah, indeed !" exclaimed Mrs. Belden;
seemingly not much interested.
“Besides all which," pursued Mrs. With-
erell, slightly piqued at this indifference,
“Dr. Humphrey is, as you will see, a man of
fine personal appearance." - '
“Ab, that is of great advantage to a young
doctor,” remarked Mrs. Belden,supprcssing a
yawn. '
“It is," rejoined Mrs. Witherell with a
fleeting touch of malice; “and I suspect it
has not been entirely without its influence
here. "
"What do you mean !”
“I mean,” returned Mrs. Witherell bluntly!
“that your daughter and Dr. Humphrey have
beeuzthrown a great deal together the past
few weeks—" '
“Well?" I‘
“And that they have become seriously in-
terested in each other.”
“Nonsense!” exclaimed Mrs. Belden with
a sudden flush of indignation. ‘
“And that, furthermore,” continued Mrs.
Witherell/leaning forward and sinking her
voice to a whisper, “I have reason to think
they are actually engaged."
“Impossible i” cried Mrs. Belden angrily.
You must be ,crazy! You do not know—-
Let me inform you,- llrs. Witherell, that my
[daughter—W I
At this moment the door was suddenly
thrown open, and Emily rushed into the room
in search of her mother. ' .
. “Sh! Say nothing of this to her, I beg of
you. I will talk with you further," whispered
Mrs. Witherell hastily as she withdrew.
It was Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Belden
had come on the last train, which, as usual,
brought a large influx .of visitors from the
city. Mrs. Witherell found the piazza
thronged when she went out. Immediately
she bcthought herself of Sam, whom after a
little search, she descried on the beach
walking with Dr. Humphrey. She put on
her hat and went after him. Prccccupied
with the interview that had just taken place,
she did not notice till they were close upon
her that it was not Sam, but a strange boy of
about the same age, whom the doctor was
leading by the hand.
“Heigho, doctor 1” she exclaimed drawing
along breath, “you have brought me on a
foolish errand. I thought it was Sam you
had, and came down to get him.”
“No,” with a fond look at the youngster
by his side, “this is not Sam: this is Master
Charles Humphrey.” .
- “Eh I” gasped (Mrs. :Withell, interpreting
the look rather than the words, “you—you
are~ married i” .
“Ay, to be sure! You did not take me for
a bachelorJ hope ? Let me present my wife,”
exclaimed the doctor gayly, turning to a lady
close behind him. ,
Mrs. Witherell flushed crimson, and stared
at Mrs. Humphrey for a moment utterly
dumbfounded ; then, bowing coldly, she
muttered a few incoherent words, and‘walk-
ed ofif abruptly toward the hotel.
As she approached the house, Emily came
hurrying toward her, leaning upon the arm
of a strange young man. “Oh, Mrs..With-
erell,” she cried breathlessly, “what a funny,
funny mistake you have made about Dr.
Humphrey and me!~—mamma has just told
me. How strange you didn’t know that the
doctor was married! He told me a great
deal about his wife and his little boy, and 1
—I have told him about— But let me pre-
sent Mr. Atherton. Don’t you remember
his picture in my room 7 Have you noticed
how many I have written 2- I thought
mamma had told you—how very funny—why
Mr. Atherton and l are engaged I”
EDWIN Lassn'r'rnu BYNNER.
A N orlh Carolina. Venice.
Monanxan CITY, N. 0., Aug. 3l.——I sup.
pose Morehead City is the only city in the
I do not think
there is a wagon or buggy horse in the town,
and very few in the county. Everything is
done in boats. There is not a house in the
county that a boat cannot get within a mile
of. Not a doctor or lawyer in the county
owns a horse—they practice in boats. The
people go to funerals in boats, and when
they arrest a man they carry him to jail in a
boat.
The main export of the town besides truck
is fish, but the fish caught here embraces
everything from a whale to a shrimp. Last
year two or three whales were taken oil this
coast, and a whale is worth from $1,200 to
$2,000. It is said they get between the shore
and the gulf stream, and in trying to beat out
to sea are sickened by the warm water. They
turn in shore again, and soon strand them-
selves. Along the bays and inlets mackerel
are caught in large quantities in nets. But
this wholesale fishing is neither picturesque
nor interesting. A pretty sport practiced
along shore is spearing flounders. A small
row-boat is put adrift. A man with a dam-
beau walks alongside up to his knees in wa-
ter. In the bow of the boat sportsmen stand
with slender gigs. Along the bottom, by the
reflection of the light, can be seen white
fioundcrs half buried in the sand. They re-
main perfectly still while ,the gig is being
poised above them, and never move until
they are either speared or missed. The only
drawback to this sport is that occasionally
your torchbearer is stung by a stingaree. A
stingarec is simply along buggy whip, bro-
ken out with small-pox and filled with ,steel
springs, nqua-fortis and needles. When he
hits you, loekjaw is the mildest possible re-
sult. The “little niggers" contingent about
Morehead makes its living by crabbing.
With a little boat, hardly bigger than a tub,
they go out in the surf, and flopping in and
out like amphibia, soon come in with a_ bush-
el or so of the ugliest looking and sweetest
tasting things that swim the water.
One other important industry of this most
interesting . place is the raising of “ma’sh
tackles.” The marsh tackey is a shaggy
pony hardly larger than the Shetland, light
built and hardy. He lives in the water and
will not eat corn and hay. He is brought up
on the marsh grass, which he eats between
tides. They cost literally nothing, breeding
in droves as wild horses. Each drove has
its leader, who selects the eating grounds and
decides when the tides are going out or com-
ing in. Once every year the owners have
what is called a' “pony branding." All the
ponies along the coast, running into the
thousands, are driven in by boats and either
branded or sold. They bring from $15 to
$30 apiece, and it is a tribute to their'utter
wildness, that It “broke” pony, that is one
that can. be ridden or driven, is called a
' “trained tackey,"_and brings $570. They are
in great demand-In the middle part of the
state, eating little and doing a heap of work.
They run down to skin and bones before
they learn to eat corn or hay. but then
fatten rapidly and lose the ugly reddish color
the salt water gives them. ' There are men
who buy them 1.! largenumbers, train them,
and take them to the mountains and get fan-
cy prices for them. 'As' I "write there is a
drove of tackissmarchingtin slow and, sedate
procession against the horizon. The leader,
bearing his responsibility with dignity, picks
the way carefully, and his company follow
with a blind sense of confidence. ‘ The water
as it splashes about their legs glistens like
showered silver, and their red sides shine
againt the sun like bronze. Oh they go, as
birds beat homeward in the twilight, grow-
ing smaller and more indistinct as they plod
theirsteady way. At last they are but specks
above the water, moving dumb and patient
.to some well-desired goal—Atlanta Contai—
' station.
NORWALK GAZETTE,
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MlllllllB.
The Second Oldest Paper In the State.
is:
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDIIVG.
A. H. 'BYINGTON & CO.
A. H. Bvruc'rou, J. B. ELLS, G. N. Ean
c
Subscription $2.00 per year, in advance.
Single Copies 5 Cents.
Entered at the Post Ofiee at Nor-walk, 00nn.,
as Second-Class Matter.
Advertising Rates :
Four lines or less, 1 time 50c., 3 times $1 00
One square, one insertion .... . . . . 1 00
Per: week for continuance . . . . .. .. .... 50
One Square, three months 4 00
‘l
“ six ruonths..... ........ 700
“ “ one year, with paper. . . .. 15 00
Two or u u u .... 25 00
Three “ “ " “ .... 30 00
one time........ 500
Quarter of a column,
- “ oneycar........ 5000
One-half column, one time. . . . . . . 10 00
,M“. “ I, one year........ .... SO 00
Full column, one time. .... .... .. . 20 00
“ “ one year................15000
One inch constitutes a square.
Special Notices 25 per cent. advance on the
above.
Local Notices in Reading Columns, 25
Contapcrhnc.
Yearly advertisers restricted to the business
contemplated at the time of contract,but are
permitted to make monthly changes of their ad-
vertlsemcnts.
Marriages ‘and Deaths inserted gratuitously.
Obituary or I uneral Notices 15 cents per line.
All unusual cuts and devices 25 per cent. extra
' A. H. BALDWIN, M. D.,
Has Removed his ollicc to his New Residence
No. 71 Wall Street, Dr. Hill’s place.
Hours till 9 a. m., l to 3 and 7 to S p. m.
ALEX. s. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church
Teacher of
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Cornuposltlon;
Lock Box 39, P. 0., NORWALK. CONN.
The N orwalk Dye Works
ARE now in successful operation. Ladies’ and
. Gents’Oarmcnts Dyed, Cleaned or Secured
In best possible manner; wrthout injury to cloth.
Any shade of color produced which may be de-
sired. Work well done and riccs reasonable.
Goods can be left at the Mi liner and Fancy
Store of the MISSES ST. JOHN, 33 aiu St.,Norv
Walk, or at MR3. II. KREIGER’S Mliiiuery. 39tt
BERNARD COHN,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
WEEK’S BUILDING, WALL s'l'.,
A FULL LINE or
Imported and Domestic Cloths
of the latest styles, constantly on hand. Novel-
ties In Scotch SuItIn'gs. Satisfaction guaranteed
In every particular. 46
w. a. claimant),~
General Flll‘lllllllllli Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R. DEPOT.
H‘Orders attended to day or night. Residence
Main Street, 3 doors from Union Avenue,
Telephone communication with the house.
The "small Fire Insurance 60.,
Hasnowcompleted its '
18th Successful Business Year.
Andhas not outstanding a Dollar of unpaidlosses
or of claims for losses.
It! so Illn BOMPAIV IIISJIRESAI LIIWEII RAIES.
WK.O.STBEET, From, S. E. Onxrs'rnan, Tress.
. 620.11. CownlsScc’y.
TNA l NSURANCE Co.ofIIARTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $8,902,272.64
Insures against lossand damage byFire, on terms
adopted to the hazard and consistent with the
laws of compensation. COWLES It MERRILL,
Sole Agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
Notice.
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 Hindley,
Jr.,would return his thanks to this community
for the patronage accorded him and respectfully
ask for a continuance of the same to his succes-
sor. Ifersons having unsettled accounts with the
subscriber are requested to call and settle the
same immediately.
WILLIAM HINDLEY;
Norwalk, Jan.16th, 1382.
IIARLES S . LOCKWOOD ,
Fashionable Draper and Teller
GENTS’ FURNISHING EMPORIUH
MainStrcct,Norwalk,Conn.
THE MODEL
Hair DI'cssing&BatlI Rooms
Wall Street, Up Stairs.
cleanliness, Comfort, Artistic Workmanship and
gentlemaniy Attendance are leading features of
this establishmen t.
E. APELL, Proprietor.
Geo. Ward Selleck ,
Has in his New Store,?
HABDEIIRMK'S IE‘II- Illllll, "All. STREET,
A complete assortment of the best class of
fiRDGERlES,PllUVlSIONS, FRUITS,
Sc... for family usc,nt Popular Prices. His stock
is at all times fresh and good. and Will stand com-
parison With those of any Grocer in town. Call
In and leave your orders. ‘ZSII'
GLEAILIIESS IS IEXT Ill fillllllllESS. .
G. A. PRANEE’S
Shaving, nil Hall Culling Salon,
103 A
Pleasant Shave“ 0
Artist“: Hair Cut, or
. Thorough Shampoo
our. AT
Mr. Franke’s Hair Cutting Saloon,
NO. l GAZETTE BUILDING.
Particular attention given to Ladies and Child-
ren’s Hair Cutting and Shampooing.
AT HOME T0 EVERYBODY.
Hot and ColdWater Baths
13. E M o v A :r... 2
To the Basement 0158 Wall Street,
Next door below Jackson Brothers’.
153. BEACH,
House and Sign Painting,
Paper Hanging and Kalsomining,
Residence—Lewis Street,
NORWALK, - CONN.
All work entrusted to Inc shall be promptly
reasonably and well done. A share of the public
patronage solicited. 33“
Notice.
UNDER instructions and by power of attorney
I shall prosecute all persons trespassing
upon the grounds or premises of A. XL. or H. S.
Bymgton. B NJAMIN J. S'i'UltGlals.
Not-walk, Muy 15th, 1882.
PURE MELK.
Delivered in Norwalk and South Norwallr, at
your door, every morning
an 8 CENTS Pan QUART,
By ISEIVISON BROS.
Peter L. Guigue,‘
.llllllll'l'lrllll‘llllilllllll
Union Ave., North of N orwalk
Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn.
Dealer in Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and
Ornamental Trees, Shrubbery, Vines. Cut
Flowers always on hand and all sorts of De-
signs in Flowers arranged to order.
Grading and Its-fitting Cemeternglots
promptly nded to: 3m21
1-
.1
REAL ESTATE.
fi/‘\—'\1".’\4\/\4’\J\.J’V‘s'\v’\ A./\.r~ A '~/\ " "
A Small Building Let
N PLYMOUTH AVENUE, is offered for sale
at a law price. Apply at the
onzar‘ra orrrcn.
For Sale.
11E undersigned offers for sale his plucoou
Prospect Ilill, Norwulk, within a few ml n-
utes walk of t'hc central part of the town, and of
easy access to N. Y. & N. U. R, It.’ The house Is
two stories and Mausnrd roof; has 13 rooms with
all the modern conveniences, water, gas, bath
room, the. The grounds are tastefully laid out In
lawn, garden, and orchard, with an abundance
of choice fruit. On the place are barn,carriagc
house, cow stable and laundry; finc view of Long
Island Sound and surrounding country. Locality
attractive and healthful. Address
it. B. CltAUFUltD, National "Bank of Norwalk.
House For Sale.
0. 8 CAMP STREET, house has 9 rooms
with gas, portable furnace. cistern of water,
Borough water on premises. Also a. large burn
With stabhng for several horses, fruit trees.
grape vines, See,
Also for Sale.
The Cottage licuse and lot opposite the reel-
dence of Mr. Charles E. St John, liain Street.
For particulars apply at GAZET' ‘19 OFFICE.
'To Let.
tHE large, commodious front room in Gazette
Building just vacated by Francis Mckeon.
Full particulars of
ll. J. STURGES.
For Sale or to Rent.
llE well-known Farm at Winnipauk, formerly
owned by Morgan T.Smith, is offered for
sale or to rent. The Farm contains some 40 acres
of improved land, in good condition, It commodi-
ons and convenient residence, burns, (to. I’os-
session given immediately. Price low and terms
easy. For further particulars enquire at tho
FAIRFIELD COUNTY NATIONAL BANK. 11
To Rent.
A PLACE on the Winnipauk Boad.nearthe
head of Main Street. A comfortable ucuse,
smallBarn,Gardcn, Orchard. large front yard,
grass plots, and plenty of land. Apply to B.J.
STUIIGES, Gazette Building.
To Let.
Tun Large flail, recently occupied by the Odd
Fellows, at the low yearly rental of 8150.
Full particulars of the agent, B. J. STURGES,
No. 4 Gazette Building. .
For Sale or to Rent.
A. House and One Acre of Land, on Prospect
Hill. -
May be had on reasonable terms. App
1 to
E. “KSTIYART.
Norwalk, March 16th, 1881. ‘ 12
Farm for Sale.
llE subscriber will sell the wel known David
St. John Farm with all the stock, Tools and
Growmg Crops. Most of the price can remain on
mortgage. For full particulars address .
2-2“ GEO . F. BELDEN, Winnipauk, Conn.
FOR SALE.
TWO very desirable Building Lots on Wes
Main street. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.
- For Sale.
THE well known pro any of WILLIAM C .
STREET, situated on _- igh Street. in thc Bor-
ough of Norwalk.contxunrng one acre of ground
fronting on, High and Main Streets. with commo-
dious Dwelling House, w1th'all the modern im-
provements, large Barn, and out buildings, and
one-half _of small house on Main Street. 'l‘or fur
ther particulars enquire of BU BR SMITH, Agent.
N orwulk, AprIl 11th, 1881, 15tf
if
VOL. LXV.--NUMBEB 36
For Dyspepsia,
Costivcnoaa,
- Sick Headache,
C hronl c Diar-
2am, Jaundice,
Impurity of the
-.' "2' Blood, Fever and
A Aguo. Malaria,
TOR and all Diseases
5 caused by De-
rangcment of Liver, Bowcls and Kidneys.
SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASE!) LIVER.
Bad Breath; Pain in the Side, sometimes the
sin is felt under the Shoulder-blade, mistaken for
hcumatism; general loss of appetite ; Bowel:
generally costivc, sometimes alternating with lax;
the head is troubled with pain, is dull and heavy,
with considerable loss of memory, accompanied
with apninfulscnsation of leaving undone somethiu
which ought to have been done; a slight, dry coug
and flushed face is sometimes an attendant, often
mistaken for consum Lion; the patient complains
- of weariness and dcbi by; nervous, easily startled;
{cot cold or burning, sometimes a prickly sensation
of the skin exists; spirits are low and dcspcndcnr,
and, although satisfied that exercise would be bene-
ficial, yet one can hardly summon up fortitude to
t it—in fact, distrusts every remedy. Several
o the above symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred when but few of them existed, yer
examination after death has shown the Liver to
have been extensively deranged.
It should be used by all persons, old and
young, whenever any of the above
symptoms appear.
Persons Traveling) or Living in Cu-
healthy Localities, y taking a dose occasion-
ally to kcc the Liver in healthy action, will avoid
. all ltIala a, Bllloua attacks, Dizziness, Nau-
sea, Dgowsiness, Depression of Spirits, etc. It
will inwgorate like a glass of wine, but In no in-
toxicating beverage.
If You have eaten anything hard of
digestion, or feel heavy after meals, or sleep-
less at night, take a dose and you will be relieved.
Time and Doctor-5’ Bills will be saved
by always keeping the Regulator
‘) in the House!
For, whatever the ailment may be, a thoroughly
safe urgatlve, alteratlve and tonic can
never c out of place. The remedy is harmless
and does not interfere with business or
pleasure.
IT IS PUP—ELY VEGETABLE,
And has all the power and efficacy of Calomcl or
Qummc, Without any of the injurious after effects.
-. A Governor’s Testimony.
Simmons Liver Regulator has been in use in my
famil {or some time, and I am satisfied it is a
valua le addition to the medical science.
J. GILL Snon'raR, Governor of Ala.
.Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Gm,
says: Have derived some benefit from the lac of
Simmons Liver Regulator, and wish to give it a
further trial. ‘
“The only Thing that never fails to
Bellevo._"—l have used man remedies for Dys~
pepsin Liver Affection and ability, but uev
ave lbundmnyrhmg to benefit me to the extent
Simmons Lchl‘_ Regulator has. I sent from Min-
nesota to Georgia for it, and would send further for
such a medicine, and would advise all who are sim-
ilarly affected to Ive it a. trial as it seems the only
thing that never éils to relieve.
P. M. JAM, Minneapolis, Minn.
Dr. T: W. Mason says: From actual ex-
perience in the use of Simmons Liver Regulator in
my practice I_have been and. am satisfied to use
and prescribe It as a purganvc medicine. '
@Tnke only the Genuine, which always
has on the Wrapper the red Z Trade-Mark
and Signature of J. E. ZEIIJ‘N .52 CO.
'9 FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
I
lick Headache and relieve all the troubles inci-
(lent to n. lubons aisle of the $5: , such as Diz-
zruess, Nausea, Drowsrne; Instr 5 after eating,
able Emu... has been shown in curing
FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS willbny
’ a small lace on the hill east of Winnipauk
flycing the ounsbury &. Bissell Factory. A
c ance for a poor man tosecure ahomc oihis
own. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFIC ". ctf
Farm for Sale. .
HE subscriber offers his Farm forsale. situa-
ted in the Town of Greenfield, in Saratoga
00., in the state of New York, nine miles from
Saratoga Springs. It Is pleasontly situated on
a rise of ground, 95 acres of land, which is favor-
ably dIvrded Into pasture, plow, meadow and
wood land; With a large house; the size of the
born 30 by 40,.wagon house and stabllng, hay loft
over the same, B by 43, and grainery 16 by 18.
Wlll be sold cheap; part of the purchase money
can remrtnpn mortgage if desired, or will ex-
change lorvrllagc property. For further particu-
lars Inquire of S LAS P. TUTTLE,
' tl5l Norwalk. Conn,
Desirable Property fortsale.
A Very desirable place on East Avenue.
Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue. for sale cheap.
Also. a. nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
wrn Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain, Enquire ot'
S. E. OSBORN,East Avenue,
fill or to D. W, Fitch, W est Avenue.
Small Place for Sale.
SMALL, two-story Housenvi‘tb one acre of
Land, near BroadRivcr Bridge, Is ollercd
for sale at a. low price,to close an estate. En
quire at the GAZETTE OFFICE. 6
For Sale Cheap.
Better than low interest Bends.
A House on Fair Street.
Apply to B. J. Stun-365..
D W ELLINQS
AND '
Building Lots.
SEVERAL dwellingamarious prices in differ-
ent portions of Borough, either to let or for
sale at reasonable prices. Also several places
cutsidc of Borough limits—one ill Wmnrpauk
Also several Building lots In and out of Borough
“49 Enquire at this Olllcc.
J. Belden Hurlbutt,
titans; all Counsellor at Law,
Room No. 4, Up Stalrs,
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK.
Notice.
HE subscriber would announce fhat he has
disposed of his well-known Livery Stable
and equipments to his son Horace L. Dann, who
will hereafter run the establishment himself.
Grateful and thankful for the long continued
patronage bestowcc upon mm by the public, the
subscriber would request a continuance of the
same to his successor, feeling confident that he
will merit and dos crvc the confidence ofthc pub-
lic generally.
WILLIAM E . DAN N.
Norwalk, Oct. 4th, 1881. .
P RA N G S ’
Birthday Cards,
FOR. SALE ATETHE
GAZETTE OFFICE.
Free Reading Room.
His is a. comfortable room fitted up for the
benefit of the public generally. situated on
east side of South Main Street, over Itood’s J cw-
elry Store, Clark and Lane’s Block, nearly oppo—
site Railroad Depot, South NOl'Wltlk, Ct. It is
open from 9 u. m., to 9:45 p. m. The room is well
lighted, warm and comfortable, It Is supplied
with four dailies, two wcekhes, and several
monthly papers and journals, beside a number of
instructive and interesting books.
COFFEE ROOM. . -
There is a Oofl‘cc Room on the sumo floor and a
lady in attendance from ‘J u. m., to this p. m., to
serve HOME MADE articles mentioned below,
at the following prices:
Him: or Coll'cc. with crackca, - - 5 cents
l-Cup ot‘Tca, with Crackers, - - 5 “
Cocoa - - -
Brown Bread and Butter. - .
Sandwich, - - - ,
Cake, - - - - -
Doughnuts, - - - -
Piece ol‘I‘le, . -
Crullers, - - - -
llum, - . . ..
d and butter 10
15
u
u
u
u
‘4
u
n
u
H
n
cmauauua
Pork and Beans, wrth
Stowe l Ov-‘f-I vu .
.ENGRAVED
billing and Welling Cards,
111 Latest Styles,
5mm THE]
GAZETTE OFFlCE.
sieve
Headache, yet C nrfc '
valuable in Cousli;
this annoying comp
all disorders of the st
HESS?
AChc they would be almost prior-l
suffer from this distrc: ug con:
nately their goodness does not curl here
who once try them will final these little 1)
able in so many ways tlaatlhcy will not “
to do without them. But after all sic}:
@idir;
Is thebanc of so many lives that here is where wo
make our great boast. Our pills cure it while
others do not.
Carter’s Little Liver Pills are very small and
very easy to take. One or two pills make a dose.
They are strictly vegetable and do not gripe or
purge, butb 'thcir gentle action please all who
use them. It vials at 515 cents; five for Si. Sold.
by druggists everywhere, or sent by mail.
CARTER EEE‘ {CINE 00.,
New York City.
J. G. GREGORY a (10., Agents for Norwnlk.
J. G. ensconvaoo.
DRUGGIswa-s,
Succegaors to EDWARD P. WEED,
No. 38 Wall Street, Norwalk, Ct,
invite the attention of the public to theircomplcte
stock ot‘
Pure Medicines and Drugs,
and a full line of
TOILET & FANCY ARTICLES.
Pain in. the Side, £53. I l...e the r most remark-
..
‘ ‘ 'arc equally
prt'n'crdurgr
aint; but fortu-
th e
.....
Also dealers in
Pure Wines& Liquors for
Medicinal Purposes.
Careful attention paid to the dispensingof phy
srcians’ prescriptions. 2
' FRANK T. HYATT,
BE“?!§1:.§‘v
ALL branches of Dentistry performed at rea-
sonable prices, and the best of materials
used. All workwarrantcd,
Chloe and Residence, West Avenue, adjoining
Methodist Parsonage, Norwalk.
Open Evenings.
‘Dr. D. Hitchcock,
Cor. of West Avenue and
Berkeley Place,
Third house below the Methodist Church.
Olllcc Hours from 7 to 9 a, m., 2 to 3, and 7 to 8
D. m.
. , F
~ '1 ll”
Plil‘tllllilllli Agent .11 irsiiflliflfil‘,
THE subscribers will act as Purchasing A cats
and Messengers between Norwnlk and J. ew
York, dailv. Orders and packages received at
Theodore Knapp’s, South Norwalk, and Bone-
dict’s N cws Room, Post Ollice, Norwalk. .
EDWIN K. SELLECK, with James McCreery lit
00., takes 6 o’clock train.
D. R. SELLECK, takes 7:45 a .m. train.
PENSIONS.
Pensions and Bountics got for
all Soldiers of my own and other
Regiments, &c.
W. H. NOBLE,
BRIDGEPOBT, CONN.
0. 'i‘. leopard S San,
COAL, WOOD,
Masons’ Jl-Iate're'als,
For Drains, Sewers, W clls, &c.,
At Lowest Cash Prices.
Drains and Wells Dug and Pipe
AlsoSochgentfor
Hats-int ”finder Wood,
The Cheapest and Best Kindling out. Tryit
6' Branch Office at If. S. Betts’ DrugStore
NEW MARKET! 5
No. 6 Main Street, Nor-Iva), Ct.
THE BEST OF
Beef, Veal, Mutton, Lamb; Pork,
RAMS, POULTRY, tic, always on hand at very
lowest market prices. GAME of all kinds In its
season. Try me; I will try to suit.
6mm W. F. LOOKWOO D, late wrthA dame Bros.
Our Angels
On, not with any sound they come, or sign,
Which fleshly ear or eye can reCOgflize;
No curiosity can compass or surprise
The secret of that intercourse divine
Which God permits. ordains, across the
line—
The changeless line which bars
Our earth from other stars.
But they do come and go continually,
Our blessed angels, no less ours than His—-
Theblessed angels whom we think we miss,
Whose empty graves we weep to name or see,
And vainly watch, as once in Galilee
One, weeping, watched in vain
‘thre her lost Christ had Iain.
’thnevcr in some bitter grief we find,
All unawarcs, a deep, mysterious sense
Of hidden comfort come, we know not
whence ;
When suddenly we see, where we were blind ;
Where we had struggled, are content,. rc-
signed ;.
Arc strong where we were weak—
And no more strive or seek-—
Then we may know that from the far, glad
skies,
To note our need, the watchful God has
bent,
.Andfiyr our instant help has called and
. .4.
Of all our luring angels, the most wise
And tender one, tdpoint to us where lies
The path that will be best—
The path of peace and rest.
-—0/u‘eaga Tribune.
Love Liglrtons Labor.
A good wife rose from her bed one morn,
Ami thought with a nervous dread
Of the piles of clothes to be washed, and more
Than a dozen mouths to be fed.
There were meals to be got for the men in
the field,
And the children to fix away
To school, and the milk to be skimmed and
churned ;
And all to be done that day.
It had rained in the night, and all the wood
Was wet as it could be;
,And there were puddings and pics to bake,
And a loaf ‘of cake for tea.
The day was hot, and her aching head
Throbbcd weariiy as she said—
‘ ‘If maidens but knew what good wives know,
They would be in no hurry to wed."
“Jennie, what do you think I told Ben
Brown ?” ’
Called the farmer from the well;
And a flush crept up his bronzed brow,
And his eye half bashfully fell;
“It was this,” he said, coming near,
He smiled, and stooping down,
Kissed herfl‘cheek—N ’twas that you were the
best _ , '
And dearest wife in town."
The farmer went back to the field,
wife
In a smiling and absent way,
Sang snatches of tender little songs
She’d not sung for many a day.
And the pain in her head was gone,
clothes .
Were white as foam of the sea;
Her bread was light, and her butter was
sweet,
And golden as it could be.
and his
and the
“Just think," the children all called in a
breath,
“Tom Wood has run 011' to sea!
He wouldn’t, I know, if he only had
As happy a home as we.”
The night came down, and the good wife
smiled
To herself, as she softly said,
. “ ’Tis sweet to labor for those we love—
"I‘is not strange that maids will wed!”
l—I—‘g-
A Hymn for the Conquered.
I sing the hymn of the conquered, who fell in
the battle of life— '
The hymn of the wounded, the beaten, who
died overwhelmed in the strife;
Not the jubilant song of the victors, for whom
. . the resounding acclaim
0f nations was lifted in chorus, whose brows
wore the chaplet of fame,—
But the hymn of the low and the humble,the
weary, the broken in heart,
Who strove and who failed, acting bravely a
silent and desperate part ;
Whose youth bore no flowers on its branches,
whose hopes burned in ashes away,
From whose hands slipped the prize they had
grasped at,—who stood at the dying of
day, . -
With the work of their life all around them;
unpitied, unheeded, alone,
W‘ith death swooping down o’er their failure,
and all but their faith overthrown.
While the voice of the world shouts its chorus,
its pecan for those who have won—-
While the trumpet is sounding triumphant,
and high to the breeze and the sun
Gay banners are waving, hands clapping, and
hurrying feet
Thronging after the laurel-crowned victors—
I stand on the field of defeat
In the shadow, 'mcngst those who are fallen
and wounded and dying—and there
Chant a requiem low, place my hand on their
pain-knotted brows, breathe a prayer,
Hold the hand that is helpless, and whisper,
“They only the victory win,
Who have fought the good fight and have
vanquished the demon that tempts us
Within ;
Who have held to their faith unscduced by
the prize that the world holds on high;
Who have dared for a high cause to suffer,
resist, light—4f need be, to die.”
Speak, History, who are life’s victors P Un-
roll thy long annals and say—
Arc they those whom the world C‘lliud the
victors, who won the success of a day ?
The martyrs, or Nero? The Spartans who
fell at Thermopyim's tryst,
Or the Persians and Xerxes? His judges, or
Socrates? I’ilatc or Christ?
—Blackwood‘s Magazine.
. m
It is not proper to speak of a milkman’e
watering his milk.‘ You should say that he
expediles the cream.
Frederick W. Meyer of Boston and Frank
J. Beck, of Bridgeport, are under arrest in
Guilford on suspicion of having stolen the
horse and carriage of Herbert M. Cslkins of
Lyme. The owner fpund the horse in a pas-
ture at Montville, and afterwards discovered
the carriage upset in the woods near by, with
the harness hung up on the limbs of a pine
tree beside it.
The judge of a court in Maine sentenced a
culprit to twenty-five years in the State
prison. The prisoner’s mother was struck by
the magnitude of the sentence. “What did
they do that for ‘3” she exclaimed. “Twenty-
fivc years! Why he won’t be contented there
three weeks,"
“We’ll have to sell that horse and bogey "
said Colonel .‘k-mggim to his Wife flickilbbr
evening. "Can’t afford to keep it. Besides,
I'm 20* - in use every cent I can raise in
the full business." “And what am Igoiug
t.) use. to buy the young one’s winter clothes,
I'd lll::- to know ?"~ demanded his wife.
"Use yennomy, dear, use economy."—7'(a1as
Oddities.
. II is uportcd that the [minus are becom-
mg restless again and fresh hostilities are
feared. Some. of those rascally agents must
. have been watering their whisky—Philadel-
phia. New. _
A Vermonter‘has invented a water tele-
scope wuhxwhieb he claims he can see a five.
cent piece in forty feet of water. But the
blasted telescope doesn’t bring the coin up,
so seeing It to only an aggravation and we
don't~want any such instrument—Boston
Post.
Norwalk Chronicler