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WHOLE NUMBER 1822. ,
Indian Summer.
After October’s biting frost it seems
That Summer days return. The Partridge
whirs
Anoisy wing to ambush in the firs;
And for a while the sun retricks his beams.
It is an autumn that of spring-time dreams.
The warm breeze comes again and softly
stirs »
The silent tree-tops and the empty burs
‘ Which loosened, dr0p into the leaf-clogged
streams.
Ahl dearfthis tardy sunshine, and the last!
So shall we find—our summer being past,
And hear-frost with * ns—for a little breath
So fair a country, such agenial air;
And shall forget our woes and unaware
Step over to the border-land of death 1
—A. B. Sexton, in the December Century.
Pin Money.
“ Pin,money,indeed,” cried Hermon Sent-
crton. “ My wife’s too sensible to think of
a separate purse)? " ’ . ._
“ The time will come, my dear fellow,”
answered Warren Umboldt, “when even your
wife will become like unto others of liar sex.
This having to ask, perhaps beg, for every
. cent a woman expands, is gelling in the ex-
treme."
Hermon Senterton smiled complacently, as .
he replied:
‘ “I believe Mrs'.‘Senterton has as yet had
no reason to complain of penuriousnsss on
my part.” - ' '
“ Very easy to believe,” answered his
friend, nothing daunted; “judging from her
wardrobe, which is- the admiration and envy
of every woman in the city. Yet, notwith-
standing all that, if ever your..wife should
ask you for pin money, don’t glare at her as
if you thought her crazy, but do the hand-
some thing by her; 'tis her due. But I must
really be going; good night." And Warren
Umboldt sauntered down the steps; for this
conversation had taken place’at the front
door of his friend, after an evening spent at
the Sentertons‘. .'
Young Sentorton laughed softly to himself.
As if he did not know. To be shre, he and
Nellie had been married but a few months;
butif a woman was disposed to be extrava-
gant—pin money meant extravagance, ac-
cording to his idea of things—surely the
eleven fact would have made itself manifest
before this. No! Other men might talk
as they pleased. They did not understand
the (management of such matters, that was
all. He sighed pityingly for his misguided
friend. “ Poorfellow, I had no idea he was
henpecked."
Meantime, there had been a listener to
this colloquy. It was no other than Santer-
ton’s young and pretty wife, who, after part-
ing with her husband’s guest, had gone up.
stairs to her room, where, sitting by the open
window. for the night was warm, had been
an unintentional auditor of her husband's
remarks. A curious smile came over her
_ face, and she nodded sagaciously to herself,
saying: “ 0h, very well," but that was all.
But the next morning, after breakfast, she
said, as if casually:
“ Hermon, can you let me have three
cents, please ?"
“ Three- cents I” he echoed, staring in
amazement. Nellie was equipped for a shop-
ping expedition, and he was expecting a re.
quest for as many tens of dollars, at the very
least.
“ Yes, dear,” she answered, with a look of
innocence.‘ “I want to _mail a letter. Oh,
yes, and my car fare. I had almost forgotten
that. It will be ten cents more, and—I be-
lieve that is all.” She said this slowly, as if
trying desperately to recall something she
had forgotten. “ Well, perhaps you had
better give me a quarter of a dollar. I can
bring back the change to you, you know,
when I return.” ,. —.
Hermon Senterton, like one in a sleep,
mechanically counted outsseveral pieces of,
money, large and small, and handed them to
his wife, who, selecting the smallest, said
demurely, as she tied it in the corner of her
handkerchief, “ I think there will be five or
ten cents thatI will not need ; but I' will be
careful not to lose whatever it is.” _
He watched the pretty white fingers knot-
ting the delicate lace about the diminutive
coin, in stupified amazement; but managed
to articulate : . ’
“ Why, Nellie, where is your purse 1’”
“My purse, dear 2" and her little head
went back with a gesture of insulted dignity.
“ I hope I am too sensible to think of such a
thing as a separate purse.”
She hurried from the room as she‘spoke,
and in the hall crushed her handkerchief
frantically into her mouth. Then when out
of doors and hearing, merry pesis of laughter
broke again and again from her lips.
That evening, after dinner, there was a
charming “ love, honor and obey ” look rest-
ing upon Nellie Sentorton's face. as she
placed a ten cent piece and two coppers in
her husband‘s hand.
He took the money without comment;
for a ray of light had flashed on him' during
the day. “ Little witch! Does she think I
am to be outdone in that way f” he said to
himself.
Nollie, charmingly frank and sweetly inno-
cent, meantime, went ‘on with her “experi-
ment,” as she called it to herself. She
played her part .so well, that her husband,
although provoked at times almost beyond
endurance, gave up his - original suspicion
that she might have overheard him. “ No,"
he said, “she is as simple and frank as a
‘ child."
Day after day, however, the play went on,
At length even her husband began to tire of
it. One morning Nellie was going out, and
wanted a few cents. " Only a few cents,
dear," she said. “ Iwill be sure to hand you
the change.” ~’ - -
He looked at her in real pity. There was
something so humiliating in her beseeching
attitude and plaintive voice, that he sprang.
to his feet, exclaiming fiercely: “ Mrs.
Sentcrton—my dear Nellie, when is this
going to end 7”
Nellie had been preparing for something
of this kind for nearly a week, and yet she
was now so startled that the quiver upon her
lips was not in the least affected.
“ What thing, Hermon ?” she asked,
tremulously.
“ This endless cry for money."
“Why, Hermon! Have _I been so very,
so very extravagant f" _
Her husband was not in the habit of using
expletives, but he broke out now hotly :
“ Deuce take it,“ he cried. “ I really
belieVe. you have been to me at least a bun-
dred times within the last ten days; and I
do not think your entire expenditure-during
that time has exceeded fifty cents."
“ But, Hermon, do you think any true wife
will ever object to going to her husband for
money, or giving him- her reas'ons for want.
ing it 1’"
Her voice was sweetly deprecating, the
eyes she raised to his very earnest, and Her-
mon Senterton, poor idiot, walked straight
into the trap laid for him.
“ This thing of having to ask me for five
cents now, ten cents this afternoon, and fif-
teen cents tomorrow; is ridiculous, as I've
said before. Can’t I just as well give you
fifty, seventy-five, or a hundred dollars, to
spend as you see fit 1”
He drew out his pocket-book as he spoke.
But she motioned it away with a gasp and
gesture of well-affected horror. “My dear
husband,” she cried. “ Pin money, indeed.
I)
“ Hang it all, is that what you ladies call
pin money 2"
open place in the works, on the left side of
' the right of the Angle for nearly half a mile:
" Yes, Hermon, just exactly," answered
Mrs. Nellie. coolly; “ and I am too sensible
a woman to think of a separate purse. I--"
“ Nellie l" and he crushed a roll of bills
down into the saucy mouth. “ There-take
lt—and let’s hear no more about it."
She caught his hand, and held'it tight be-
tween her own. ;
" But, Hermon,” she said, and her eyes
wore dancing now, “ you did glare at me, as
if you thought me crazy—" '
‘ “ You witch! I ought to tie these bills
into a rope, and hang you—-—-,"
. “ Do it, s'u'," 'she cried, laughing taunting-
ly, as he approached her, and than she whs
very quiet for a moment; for he wae'holdin'g‘.
her tight, and stooping over her with his fece
closeto hers..- '- -' " ~‘ - ‘
‘f Only, Hermon," she said, presently, very
softly, drawing away from him that she?
might look up into his face with her laughing
eyes. ‘
“ Well, little girl i" and be bent his head
lower to catch every word.
‘She was a woman, and to sue her life
could not have helped a last parting, shot.
“ Nothing, dear. But if I were' you, I
would never tell Warren Umboldt I gave my
wife PinMoney." '
m
' At the Bloody Angle.
'A rues wanna pram REAPED A non
I "‘Hhitvn'sr or run anus AND run our.
General Lewis A. Grant, who commanded
the “Old Vermont Brigade" in the Sixth
Corps during .the fierce struggle at Spottsyl-
vania on May 12, 1864, has writtena letter
detailing his experience at “the Bloody
Angle.” The letter was addresscd'lo Mr. 'G.
N. Galloway, of this city, who has furnished
it for; publication in the Weekly Times. In.
the course of his narrative General Grant says:
“At the time I marched in and relieved Gen-
eral Barlow’s command the enemy were
making some show of strength in the woo ds
in our advance on the works and there was hot
firing of musketry on our right. And when
I marched to the the right of the Angle
(which could not have been much, if any,
over' half an hour after coming into the first
position) the enemy was in full possession of
one side of the works at the Angle and to
the right of it. It was quite evident that
he was making a desperate attempt to recover
lost ground. It was at the Anglo that the
savers fighting of the day took place. It was
there that at least five of the ten brigades of
the Sixth Corps fought nearly the whole day.
General‘ Eustis was there with his brigade;
Colonel, afterwards General Upton was there
with his brigade; Colonel, afterwards Gen-
eral Bidwell was there with his brigade; I
was there with my brigade.
“General Wheaten, with his brigade and
one of my regiments, was in the thick brush
to our right. I do not recollect seeing any
of the Second Corps there, but there were
troops to our left, in the direction of the po-
sition I first occupied that morning. The
Angle became at once the key point and. the
scene of a terrible struggle. It was apparent
that if we held it all the lines to the right
would fall into our hands, and equallyappar-
cut that if we failed to hold it the captured
hues to the-left would fall into the enemy’s
hands. Perhaps there was not a more des-
perate struggle during the war. It was not
only a desperate struggle, but it was literally
a hand-to-hand fight. - .
“Nothing but the piled up logs orjlreast-
works. separated pie combatants. Our men
would reach over the logs and fire into the
faces of the enemy, would stab over with
their bayonets. Many were shot and stab-
bed through crevices and holes betwecn'the
logs. Men mounted the works and with
muskets rapidly handed them, kept up a
continuous fire until they were shot down,
when pthers would take their places and
continue the deadly work. General Upton
personally attended to the securing of two
pieces of artillery, which when loaded were
repeatedly wheeled up by hand to a low or
the Angle, from which the enemy’s lines
were enfiladed with great effect.
“During the day the point could be seen
from the Landrum House in the rear, and it
is not strange that from that distance men
would sometimes appear ‘forty deep.’ There
were five brigades there and they were con-
siderably huddled, but organization was sufii-
ciently preserved for effective work. Sev-
eral times during the day the rebels would
show a white flag above the works, and
when our fire slackened jump over and sur-_
render and others were crowded down to fill
their places. Scores and no doubt hundreds
of men now living who were engaged in
that- conflict and whose recollections are
vivid. It was there that the somewhat cele-
brated tree was cutoff by bullets; there that
the brush and logs were cut to pieces and
whipped into basket stufif ; there that fallen
men's flesh was torn frbm the bones and the
bones shattered ; there that the rebel
ditches and cross sections were filled with
dead men several deep. It was there where
General Barlow says: ‘I myself saw in the
excavation on the enemy’s side of the log
breast works, such a mass of the dead and
wounded as I had only seen once before and
that was in sunken road at Antietam, which
is still called Bloody Lane.’ He clings
to the error that “it was at some distance to
our right of the Angle,’ though he quite
naturally concludes that inasmuch as these
rebels ‘could not have besn'kllled at the first
assault‘ it is evident that they must have re-
turned there later in the day. It was nearly
night when I drew my command from the
Angle and after dark we marched into a
dense wood, considerably to the right.
Others continued the conflict till late into
the night and the result was that the entire
line fell into our hands.
“I was at the Angle the next day. The
sight was terrible and sickening-rmuch worse
than at Bloody Lane. There a great many
dead men where lying in the road and across
the rails of the torn down fence and out in
the corn-fields, but they were not piled up
several deep and their fiesh was not so torn
and mangled as at the Angle. I went along
the line to the right ofthe Angle. There
was no such evidence of a conflict there.
There were a few dead men scattered along
on the rebel side of the works, but not more
than might have been expected from the
effects of our enfilading fire from the Angle.
But in our front of the works, all along to
were our own dead lying in the brush, from
two to four hundred yards from the works,
where they fell in the assault.—Phl'la. Times.
2”
A test case of great importance to Western
property owners is pending in one of the
Missouri courts. A man who lived in the
pathway of a cycldne had his house-insured
against destruction by fire and lightning, but
nothing was said in his policy about cyclones.
His house—was swept away by wind, and he
demands pay for it,'on the ground that elec-
tricity is the motive power of a 'cyclonc, and
that, electricity being the same as lightning,
the policy covered his choc. Prof. Tice, the
meteorologist, who was a witness, supported
this opinion. Other meteorological experts
are to be called by the insurance company.
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The‘late Thurlow Weed used to say the 1
Lord's Priyer every .' night before going'to
sleep. “ It is a relief to me,” he said to a
reporter, some time ago; “ I could not sleep
without it. I cannot believe, and cannot be
brought to believe that the purpose of our
creation is fulfilled by our short existence
here. To me the existence of another world
is a necessary supplement ‘of this, to adjust
its inequalities and imbue it wich moral alg-
A Revolution in Carving.
EDUCATION Ol' A CARVER.
Speaking about carving, there is a pros-
pect now that in our best circles within a
short time, the old~ custom of making the
host demolish the kiln-dried poultry at din-
nor will become extinct, and that a servant
at a side-board will take a hand saw and a
cane! nitro-‘glycerine and shatter the re-
mains, thus giving the host ,a chance to chat
with his guests instead or spatterlng them
with dressing and casting gloom and gravy:
over the company. ~
, This Is a move for which I have long con-
,‘tended. It places are manual labor of a
’dlnne’here it belongs, and relieves a man
who should give his whole attention to the
cntertainthent of his friends at table. You
would t expect your host to take off his
cost an kill the fowl in your presence, in
order to show you that it was all on the
square, and it is not customary to require the
proprietor ito peel the potatoes at table for
his guests to prove that there is no put-‘up
job about it.
ThereforcI claim that the lamented hen
may be thoroughly shattered at a side table
by an athlete at $4 per week, and still good
faith toward the guests be maintained. 1f
any one be doubtful or suspicious, etiquette
will permithim'to stand by the side of the
hireling carver ‘and witness the inquest.
Still it would be better fun for him to sit at
the table, and if the parts given‘ in his over-
shoes pro tem., and casually throw them out
the back door while the other guests are
liateng to the “ Maiden’s Prayer" in the par-
lor.
Under the new deal the host will enjoy
the‘ dinner much more than he used to with
his thumb cutoff and a quart of dressing in
his lap. No man feels perfectly at home if
he has to wrap up his cut finger in a rag ‘snd
then scoop a handful of dressing out of his
,vest pocket. Few men are cool enough to
do this laughing heartily all the time and
telling some mirth-provoking anecdote mean-
while. ,
It is also annoying to have twenty guests
ask for the “ dark meat, please." when there
are only three animals cooked, and neither
one of them had a particle of dark most
about her person. Lately I have adopted the
plan of segregating the fowl by main
strength, using the fingers when necccslary
and then wiping them in an off-hand manner
on the table cloth. Then I ask the servant
to bring in that dark hen we ordered, so that
we might have an abundance of dark meat.
It the servant says there is none, I smile
and tell the guests that the brunette chicken
by some oversight, has been eaten in the
kitchen, and I shall have to give them such
relics as may be at hand. This simplifies
the matter, and places me in a far more
agreeable place relative, to the company.
My great success, however, in carving is
mainly confined to the watermelon. The
watermelon does not confuse me. I always
know where to find the joints, and those
who do not like the inside of the melon can
have the outside. Now, my great trouble
with fowls is, that one day I have Nebraska
nate a Mormon Shanghai pallet, with high,
expressive hip bones and] amalgampsletot.
This makes me nervous, because they are
no dissimilar and their joints are in difierent
places. The Mormon hen is round shoul-
dered, and her collar bone is more ‘cn the
bias than the Nebraska fowl. This gives a
totally difiercnt expression to her features in
death, and, as I have said, destroys the sym..
many of the carve.
I began my education in this line by
carving butter in hot weatherfiaadgradually
led up to the quail on toast. In carving the
quail, first mortgage your home and get the
quail. The quail should be cooked before
carving, but not until the chronomater
balance and other organs have been re-
moved. Place your quail on .tho toast in a
sitting position, then, passing the dissecting
knife down between the shoulder bla dos, bis
sect the polonaise.
Another method is to take the quail by the
hind leg and eat it, asking the guests to do
the same. This breaks up the feeling of
stiflnsss that is apt to prevail at a‘ formal
dinner party, and while each one has his or
her nose immersed in quail, good feeling
cannot fail to show its elf. Btu. Nu.
‘ - 5—,”...—
The debt ridden city of Elizabeth, New
Jersey, had’adopted the “resdjuster” plan of
arranging ~its difficulties. The mayor f and
city ecuncil have joined in a circular to the
creditors of the city urging a settlement of
its indebtednes on a basis of fifty per cent.
It is stated in the circular that the total debt
including interest up,to the first of last July,
is $6,700,000. Thefiassessed valuation at that
date was $12,182,035, which appraisement is
being steadily depreciated by the practical
repudiation of the debt. In addition to'this,
real estate to the extent of oneothird of the
area and chevsixth of the valuationhas been
sold or forfeited to the city forgts'xes, thus
reducing the total valuation of the city on
which taxes can be collected to atrifio over
810,000,000. To carry the indebtedness and
to pay the current expenses of the city will
necessitate an annual tax of $630,000, mak-
ing a tax rate of over six'per cent. In addi-
tion, it will be necessary to raise $1,500,000 v.
of unpaid interest by intermediate taxation,
Every property holder in Elizabeth, the doc-
ument says, would be under the necessity of
paying out something beyondgthe returns of
‘his property for a long period. The people
as a rule would rather give up their property
than make such a sacrifice ‘ to hold it, and
the payment of the debt in full is out of the
question. They have no desiro,:however, to
repudiate the debt, and being willing to pay
all they can afford, have made the proposition
for a settlement at the rate~of fifty per cent.
as stated.
An Interesting Question.
Senator Platt will stop over in New York
tc-morrow, says the Meridan Republican of
last evening, to make a deposition in relation
to a transaction he witnessed in May, 1881,
in the cars between New Haven and Meri-
den. ItA was on Conductorl Dieter-man’s
train. passenger, apparent y a esman,
was in the car. Dickermau asked him to
show his ticket. The passenger replied that
'ho had one for Hartford, but would not show
it until he got to the end of his trip. The
conductor insisted that he must see it, but
the passenger was as stubborn in his refusal
to show it, but made sure to reiterate that he
had one. ’Arrlvin at Merlden, Dickerman,
politely but earnes y informed the passenger
that he must show his ticket or leave the
train. The passenger still . persisted, and
threatened to sue the company if he was .put
off. Dickerman called the ofilcer at the
depot, and the passenger'left the car with
him, protesting. Now he sues the company.
for damages. As Senator Platt witnessed
the entire rccno, his deposition will be taken
to be used on the trial. The case will be
watched with some interest, as it may deter-
mine the rights of the railroad, and how far
they can reasonably go in compelling passen-
gers to produce evidence of their right to
ride um the train. It would seem that the
conductor was clearly in the right, and that
the company. through him, was not unreason-
able iu itadcmands. Evidently the man had
a settled purpose to bring about a test case,
for. it occurred at a time when commercial
travelers were very touchy and did not enter-
tain the best feelings toward the railroad.—
Palladium, Nov. 89.
The Arctic region has not been extremely
’the recitals of the josiousies. and bickerings
with each other-on the "Jcanontt‘e,’fdeveloped‘
by the recent investigation. will, wetrust',
have its due depressing efiecttzup‘on ‘any
future lhnatics who may have an ambition
nifican'ccdf
NEW METHODS AND THEIR ADVANTAGES—THE '
. the tariff ?
chicken, and the next trip I have to assassi- —
popular as a Summer resort heretofore, but; >
which characterized the oflcers intemcurse ’
Washington Letter.
[From Our Regular Con-capo indent]
WAsnmoron, D. 0., Dec. 2, 1882. -
“ Blessings brighten as they take their
flight.” When the country once sees a Re-
publican House: about to go, and a Demo-
cratic one about to come in, with a strong
hint likewise of a probable Democratic Ad-
ministration to follow it, with all that the
word implies, the people will begin toopen
their eyes to the blessings they have received
from the two bright decades of Republican
rule and progress and national improvement.
Twice Republicanism by smashing.slavery
and disenthralling labor, has made our system
of government and our system of industry
harmonious. We only needto go forward
in the road the party’s principles and policies
have marked out, to have our national pros-
perity and happiness assured. Our three
hundred millions of annual expenses are col-
lected and met, and the‘zpeople do not feel
the hand of the government. Our-;debt is
being steadily and rapidlyipaid, and'ou'r pen-
sioners are being paid, and still we have
greater individual and national prosperity
'than we have ever known, and to?) much
revenue coming into the Treasury! But
what would the Democrats do 2 ‘ They
promise as much to the people as the devil
didto‘Jesus when he wanted him to worship
him. But .what will they do? Will they
destroy the internal revenue system and ruin
Will they pension more soldiers
than the Republicans have—those of the
Mexican war, rebels and all, and some rebels
of the late war, and fail to provide for paying
"any ? Without a tariff and without internal
revenues we cannot pay off the debt, pay our
pensions and make the ether necessary ap-
propriations carrying on the government;
When the Democrats had the House recently,
although they didn’t 'dare to cripple the tariff
or disturb the revenue much, they gave the
government a little foretaste of the “starving"
process, in refusing to make appropriations
necessary to run the departments. Reflect
how little we have ‘felt the hand of govern-
ment under the rule of the Republican party
from Lincoln down to Arthur. Think of. our
free domain only one-fifth smaller than ell
Europe, with her struggling republics—her
standing armies and her oppressions of taxa-
mission of Republicanism is ended—and
Democracy ought to have a ‘»‘ restoration."
The “Jeannette investigation ” is still in
search of the “frozen truth ” about the sad'
fate of DeLong, lind his management of the
expedition to hunt for theopen North seas
and to advertise the New York Herald.
President Arthur meditates over the recom-
mendations of his forthcoming message,
about the bright lawns of the Soldiers' Home.
But whether this is a “ managing Adminis-
tration," and whether he “‘meditates" on
matrimony (as Well as the Vice-President)
when the $300,000 repairs are made to “his
house in town” or not, is something that
“ no fellow can find out." The Washington
gossips have been OK the scent for some time.
In the meantime the President is as serene as
the golden autumn weather on the blue
Potomac. ’
The sensation of the hour is the Garfield
Memorial Fair, which is now attracting thou-
sands to its beautiful and novel sights in its
novel temple, the Capitol of the nation. It
was certainly a graceful act on the part of
the directors to invite specially, along with
the “Oldest Inhabitants,”‘the Mexican war
veterans, &c., those old soldiers of the Army
of the Cumberland, who- composed the
“Garfield Guard of Honor,” while the dead
President lay in state for two days and nights
lin the rotunda, and mutely, and particularly
in and out through the Capitol, in order and
decorum, as they came from near and far to
see the last of Garfield in the city of his
triumph and his fall. This great fair of the
a source of great satisfaction to thousands,
and add to the Monumental fund ,of the
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
'many thousand dollgrs, enabling them at no
very distant day to- unveil another statue
hereto another distinguished comrade along-
side of that of the sturdy General George H.
Thomas. Justus.
A Great Paper.
How many of the Kentucky editors that
copy the excellent matter from the Little
Rock Gazette know that the author is the
ago, edited the Scottville :Argus—a paper
that looked as if‘fit were set up in shingle-
nails and' printed on a cheese-press.-_-Frank.'
It“ n(K;l/.) Local. _
The Scottville Argus! The name brings
up a sigh suggestive to ,a split bellows. How
that paperjwas rsverenced; how the boys on
the street persisted in calling it the Hotcille
Scar-pus. It was a powerful sheet, and it re-
quired a pair of powerful eyes to read it. It
was unneccessary to - read the proof, for no
one could ever discover a typographical er-
ror. One day the individual referred to‘in
the above clipping went into the office and
found Warner, the. proprietor, in great dis-
tress. “What’s the-matter ?” ' ’
“We can’t get out a paper this week."
“Why ?"
“I lost a type just now.”.
“Which one 1”
“An m, I believe.
Then he took the office out of the oyster
can, ran over the alphabet and remarked :
“Yes we’ve lost our m." - ,
“What shall we do ?” '
“Don’t know unless I go to:the blacksmith
shop and get a horse-shoe nail.” .
This was an excellent idea, and hezsecured
the nail. “ Next day, four other types were
missing, and Warner got more nails.
day following, somebody stole the office and
threw the can into the street. Warner got
enough nails to set the paper up, and after
it was issued the leading'man in the place
(he worked at a livery stable) came around
and complimented us upon the im proved ap-
pearance of our journal—412:2“: Rock Gazette.
r____._-——-——.____
A New York girl has made $150,000 by an
on transaction. A can of it blew her rich
‘aunt to kingdom come.
When Mr. Seward paid $7,000,000 for
Alaska there was a great outcry about the
waste of money, yet the government has al-
ready received from the Alaska Fur company
revenues exceeding $10,000,000 and will get
all of $10,000,000 more by the time the con-
tract with that company ires. -
It has been announced that Mr. Blaine is
not in the field as a candidate for the Repub-
lican Presidential nomination in 1884, but
some of his friends in Ponsyivania are tak-
ing measures to bring forward his name. A
club has been formed in Philadelphia and its-
membership. numbers already 250. ' Other
clubs are to be started in the city and State.
What is the color of Mrs. Langtry’s eyes i
The, Herald says they “are of a pale bluish
color, shaded by long lashes." . The Sun
calls them “gray, with little jet black pupils.”
.Tho World opines that the “ to would
have called them green." The ribunc says
that she has “great. violet eyes,” and the
Times preserves a discreet silence.
. Practical suggestiou:;thn a man is ex-
cited he isvery apt to talk without thinking.
An Austin landlord called, on his tenant the
tenth time for rent. ,-.“I haven't got ‘ hay
money," was the respdnse. “Well if you
haven't got money enough to pay rent you
ought to build yourself a house—Teens
saving. , _ _
- The cry is'heard on every hand, ‘
' To stop the church hells ringing-
But it would be quite as unwise
As if they‘d stop their singing
‘ Say what you will about the noise,
_, ~ This fact is w‘crt‘hjrepeating
~- It§is the belles and nothing less
to repeats stmilar' ' folly.
‘That calls young men to meeting.
'f YWI . fl.
tion and hardships, and answer whether the.
and tenderly piloted the streams of humanity
artistic and the curious Will no doubt prove‘
same determined individual who a few years‘
The _
’ NORWALK, :CQNNECTICUT,{;T1:{JESD AY. DECEMBER ’5‘, 118.82.. ,
NORWALK GAZETTE,
PIILISIIII-IVIIV IIEIIAY IIIIIII.
”Life" ifs‘ the-Mopeds.
_.__., - O ‘ , '
Specml' Correspondence of the Gaunt.- .
New \Yom‘Nbv’. {Shawl
An exhibition of alkyd hesitltifulwwomen
has held forth in a Broadway museum all last
week.
Beauty," prominentlyNdlsplayod in front snd
looked in. The a’fiairz‘wes'intercsting as a
The problem is how caneyplihs girls persuade
themselves that they are, Nihilful‘whon-the‘y
have no personal attractiohs whatever. There
they are, a score ofthcm. or more,,all array-
ing the blue ribbon and carrying 03 a bag of
gold dollars. There was a‘great crowd of
young men pressing against'the railing, be-
hind which the .“bcauties.'_’ were seated, some
young bucks among them of the kid-glove
and walking stick type, who are not often
seen in such places of amusement, staring at
the poor creatures as they woulcPat‘fancy
dogs and prize cattle. The young women—
who are without doubt respectable—sat rock-
ing nervously, or reading dog-cared paper
novels. Being stared at and having their
merits discussed, was a new sensation to.
them and covered them with confusion. One
of the young women, “big-arms, ethickv
waist and a curved nose. She woro' her hair
down her back. As she . evidently thinks
that her profile is more striking‘than a front
view she kept her face in that position. Ano-
ther girl, with yellow ringlets and'yellow
in aremote corner, depending upon the opera-
tion of the law regarding distance and upon
a voluptuous attitude which she maintained
with untiring perseverance. But for all her
pains you could see crows-feet about her
eyes and other signs of age stealing on.
There was also a large eyed quadroon, with
her hair pasted down on her head as smooth
as she could get it; but sheisn’t even a dark-
eyed beauty, although like the others she
imagines she is. here are many queer shows
turning up in New York from time to time,
but thisis the queereat of them all—as far as
my observation has gone.
There are some people who are rash enough
to declare that since the decay of the Ameri-
can merchant, marine this nation has lost all
love of or desire for fame on the high seas;
and in proof of this assertion they call your
attention to the difficulty experienced in re-
cruiting our navy with Americans. They‘
really have good ground for this line of argu-
ment, for the training ship Minnesota, which
is now anchored in New York harbor enlist-
ing boys for naval. training, has met with
very little success. It was the intention to
enlist about 500 boys who were physically
and morally up to a certain standard, but
out of over that number examined only
about 125 have been accepted. Only those
known as “good boys” and who have the
consent of their parents are enlisted. No
fast boys or runaways are taken and asthe
average Young America is either fast or well
enough informed to know the condition of
the old hulks of which our navy is composed,
I venture to say it will be some time yet be-
fore the Minnesots will have received her
compliment of the rising male generation.
"The Old Merchants of New York” is the
title of one of the most interesting American
books of the present time. A similar work
on the “Old Rogues of New York" from
1800 to 1880 ought to be written by an able
hand. When finished, the list of subjects
calendar. What an interesting chapter, for
instance, would be the history of the swind-
ling in 1868 of Clement March, of Washing-
ton, of $2,800,000 inherited by himself and
sister from their uncles, the great Madeira
wine merchants! How agreeable would be
the narrative of the adventures of Uncle
Daniel Drew 1 How like Dick Turpin and
Johhathan Wild the story of Fisk and Gould
and Vanderbilt! . Kmaxannooxaa. .
- mm
A Beecher Fish Story.
Mr. Beecher told a pretty. hard “fish
story" to his people at the Plymouth prays r
meeting last Friday evening. He said that
whenever his father went down to Guilford,
Conn., to visit his wife's relatives, he used
to think of nothing but finding a. good place
to catch trout. In a certain pool there was
a particularly large trout, and for several
years the old gentleman vainly tried to hook
him. Finally, during one of his annual
visits he saw the old trout’s fins sticking out
of the- water in a shady spot under the
bank. The reverend angler bethought him
that he had heard or read that fish could be
tickled and captured with the hand. He
the motionless fish and slightly tickled its
belly with his finger tips. It shot a little
distance ofi, but returned almpst immedi-
ately, and Pore Beecher moved his hand
lightly along its scales until approaching the
gills slipped his forefinger in and jerked the
the surprised trout high and dry upon the
Beecher told this story with such dramatic
force and so cleverly imitated the old gan-
tleman peering into the pool and reaching
his am down into the water that when he
pulled it up, a rustic of excithmsnt . was
noticeable in the meeting. Mr. Beecher’s
unconscious mimicry in another part of his
discourse led him to make a pose or grimace
which wouldhave delighted one of his
caricaturers. He said his Friday night
congregation was like a breed of callow
robbins sitting in a nest with eyes shut and
month's open waiting for him to drop in a
worm. Mr. Beecher shut his own eyes,
opened his mouth to the fullest and sat for a
moment with face upturned, looking as much
like a young robin as was possible for a gen-
tleman of his age and full habit.
The New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad has voted almost unanimously to
lease the Air Line Road by paying _4 per
cent. on par upon the preferred stock. The
Air Line has agreed to the lease and appar-
ently:it is now complete. The movement
second mortgage bonds ($2,000,000), and,
after years of forfeiture of interest, sets the
old first mortgage bonds (nowthe preferred
stock) to paying 4 per cent. instead of 7 per
cent., as originally stipulated. A new first
mortgage, superior to [the preferred stock,-
was put'on after reorganization. It is $500,-
000 at 5 per cent. The present arrangement
' poems to be final, and, in alluding to it, it. is
impossible not to review the wrecks that it
calls to mind. The old Air Line common.
stock and second mortgage bonds and three-
sevenths of its [first mortgage have disap-
peared. ‘ The Connecticut Valley road stock
and 'second mortgage bonds and twenty per
cent. of its first mortgage bonds have been
wiped cut; and the stock of the Connecticut
Western Itoad with forty per cent. of its
mortgagebonds and the accumulated interest
of years has also gone. Millionslave been
sunk that can never be recovered in any sort
‘of revival of railroad .intcroatu—-—Thsy are
gone forever. As regards this lease, what-
-,e,,ver may be theoplnion of-ths public regard-
ing it, the managers of th’e‘Consolidated' road
in arranging it pursued a course in noticeable
distinction to that of the Vanderbilts under
likcyconditions. A copy of the lease was
"sent-“to "every stockholder‘forhis considera-
"tion before sending a proxy. - In the Vander-
Southern to the Michigan-Contraband the
managers have sent-Ito the stockholders re-
quests for proxies» to confirm the: lease, but
they refuse to give any stockholder any‘in-
formatioh as to what are the terms of the
lease that they are asked to approve.
I noticed the sign, “A Contest of.
psychological problem, it} that respect only.’
ed in their best gown, and hopeful of wine :
haugs, reclined in a large upholstered chhl‘r.
would read like the contents of the Newgats,‘
softly slipped a hand into the water undes‘
bank. The fish weighed three pounds: Mr.
wipes out all the old Air Line stock, all its ‘
hilt case, it is proposed to leasstho Canada .
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line Removed his office to his New Residence
No. 71 Wait street, Dr. 'Hill's place.
Hours till 9 a. m., 1 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m.
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregation! Church
. Teacher of
- Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
. Composition, ‘
Look Box 39, P. 0., NORWALK. CONN.
DENTISTRY.—Dr. o. 11. Kendall can and
will Extract Teeth better and Make Teeth
cheaper than any Dentistin Norwalk. lyl
The N orwalk Dye Works
ARE now in successful operation. Ladies’ and
Gents’ Garments Dyed, Cleaned or Scoured
in best possible manner without injury to cloth.
Any shade of color produced which may be de-
sired. Work well done and prices reasonable.
Goods can be left at the Ml line and Fancy
Store of the MISSES ST. JOHN , 33 ain St.. N or-
walk, or at MRS. II. KREIGEB’S Millinery. 39a
BERNARD coHN,‘
MERCHANT TAILOR,
~ was-arms ssnsnnmo, wan. 81.,
' ' a FULL LINE or
Imported and Domestic Cloths
of the latest styles, constantl on hand. N oval-
ties in Scotch Suitings. Satls action guaranteed
tn every particular. -
w. newsman,
General Flushing
OPPOSITE HORSE B.DEPOT.
WOrders attended to pay or night. Residence
Main street, 3 doors from Union avenue.
Telephone communication with the house.
Dr. T. E. SWIFT,
D E -N' T I s T ,
Olllce and Residence No. 9 West Ave.
truism Hand Dell.
The "small Fire Insurance to.
Has now completed its
18th successful Business Year.
Andhas not outstanding a Dollarof unpaidlosses
or of claims for losses.
III 80 III "IPA" IISIIIEIA'I' "In BATES.
Was.0.s'rnnlr. Pres., s. E. OLMSTIAD, Tress.
GnoJl. cownlsSoc’y.
' 'l‘NA l NSUBANCE Co.ofHARTFOBD.
Incorporated 1812. ' CharterPerpetual.
capital and Allen, $8,902,272.64
Insures against loss and damage byFire, op terms
adopted to the beard and consiste wrth the
laws of compensation. COWLES & ERGILL,
Sole Agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
Notice.
THE undersigned having sold out all his inter-
est in the. Hardware, and House and Sifn
Painting Business heretofore conducted by h m
at No. 30 Main St.,t0_ his son, William-Hindi”,
'Jr.,wonld return his thanks to this community;
for the patronage accorded him and respectfully
ask for a continuance of the same to his succes-
sor. Persons having unsettled accounts with the
subscriber are requested ~ to call and settle the
ame immediatel .
s y WILLIAM HINDLEY. '
Norwalk, J an. 16th, 1882.
RABIES . LOCKWOOD ,
Fashionable Draper and Tailotl
AID
' GENTS' FURNISHING EKPORIUI
Mainstuetmorwalkflonn.
Geo. Ward Sellebk,
Has in his New Store,
IIAIIIEIIIIIOI'S III Illlll, WALL STREET,
A complete assortment of the best class of
GHOGEIIIES, PBIIIISIIIIIS, FRUITS.
confer family use.at Popular Prices. His stock
is at all times fresh and good. and will stand com-
arlson with those of any Groccrln town. Call
a and leave your orders. astf
El. E M O V A. I. 1
To the Basement of 58 Wall Street,
Next door below Jackson Brothers’.
:l. BEACH, ,0
House and Sign Painting,
Paper Hanging and Kalsomining,
Residence—Lewis Street.
wonwanx, .- - -. -. CONN.
All work entrusted to me shall be promptly
reasonably and well done. A share of the public
patronage solicited. ' 83:1
' Peter L. Guigue,
IillllS'l'lI Illillllflll
Union Ave, North of Norwalk
Cemetery, Nos-walk, Conn.
Dealer in Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and
Ornamental Trees, Shrnbbery, Vines. Cut
Flowers always on hand and all sorts of De
signs in Flowers arranged to order. .
Grading and Re-fitting Cemetery Plots
promptly nded to. 3m21
Mullings Brash,
Carriages ll Wagons
MADE TO ORDER. '
Repairing in all its Branchrls.
(LA-MULLINGS J.S.MULLINGS
LEAVE YOUR ORDERS FOR
' ' Book and Job'
P" II I N-TIN G.
l0f Every Description,
‘ —.\'rcmn— ‘
. Gazette *Ofice, _
NORWAISK.
~ :fl-le orto rents.
Undertaker, '
amen ESTATE“.
\nlx /\..’\. A
ForSaIe Cheap.
WILL . bosoldatalsrgaln lfa iedforsoon
a small. neat Cottage, 0'! slxpigoms. in good
not bcrhood. and three minutes’ walk or the
Bridge. Apply smazmst orrloll. ~
500,2Farms' for Sale
In Title Water Virginia.
unas- Atvn nscrs Lanna. Healthy
and mild climate. Fish and Oysters in great
“abundance. ‘v
E. C. LINDSLEY a: 00., .
fimafl
Norfolk. Va.
To Let.
HE Isrge,commod,ionsg front room in Gazette
Building just vacated by‘Francis Mciicon.
l'ull particulars of
. B. J. STUBGES.
For select ‘to Rent.- '
W
, _h', is offered for
. . , Iecntmns some 40 acres
,of'lmprovcd la "in good condition, acommodi-
has and convenientvresidenoc, barns,=&c.- Pos-
session iven immediatcl .rl'rlce low and terms
easy. or further art enlars enquire at the
FA BFIBLD COUN NATIONAL BANK. ~ 11
. ,..:s TQ legitimise”
Till: Large Hallkcoentlybccnpicd b ..
~- - - owned by‘Mor
the one
Fellows, at the low yearly route of 8150.
Full particulars of_the agent, 3. J. STUBGIS,
No. a Gazette Building. .
For Sale or to Rent.
A House and One Agiellof Land, on Prospect
. 0
Ms. be had-on reasonable terms. A l to‘
y E. W.§TI¥ABT.
Norwalk, March 16th, 1881. . 12
i ' "HE well-known Farmétslxlillenipauk, formerly.
voL. LXV.--NUMBER 49
PBOPHYLACTIC
FLUID.
A Household Article for Universal
Family Use.
For Scarlet and
. Typhoid F e v e r a,
mat“ Diphtheria, Sali- ,
masts. Wm “WM
SoreThroat, Small
Pox, Measles, and
allContaglous Diseases. Persons waitin on '
the Sick should use it freely. Scarlet Fever
never been known to 5|)er where the Fluid was
used. Yellow Fever has been cured with it after
black'vomlt had taken place. The worst
cases ofDiplstherla yield to it.
FeveredandSlckl’er- suanmsa-rox
FITTING of Small
Ions rcfrcsh‘ ed and
PoxPREVENm
Bed Sores vent-
ed by ha. ing with
D Fluid Amemberofmyfamp ,
ily was taken with
Impsgso fila- 'lélagc
hm“ “'33:.“ ‘3 - Small— x. l uscdtlso '
ForflorQ t“ “a Fluid';p(t)he patientwas
not delirious, was not
sure cure.
(batman destroyed. .
tad fired, and was about ‘
For. I Feet, Elle house 'ninthree ’
cnaangu. “in” ““51. 8" M “Mr
' Rheumatism cured.
Soil: White Complex-
. Ions secured by its use.
Ship Fever prevented.
To the Breath,
. gum Teelth,
,lt can't surpassc' ., ,
Wk -‘relievcd ' -- .
had it.—J. W. Paax- .
msors, Philadelphia. . »
The physicians here
use Darb Fluidvery,
successful y in the tmt~
plant of Diphtheria.
A. S-rounlvwmrcx,
Greensboro, Ala.
'l‘etter dried up.
Cholera prevented.
Ulcers purified and
healed.
n ry cured.
ounds healed rapidly.
ured
c ..
An Antidote forAnimal
or Vegetable Persons,
Stings, etc.
I used the Fluid duri
our present afilictlon wi
Surlct Fever with de-
' Farm for Sale.
THE subscriber will sell the we] known David
t. John Farm wnh all the Stock, Tools and
Gro ng Cro a. Most of the price can remain on
mortgage. or full articulate address
28“ GEO. F. B LDEN, Winnlpauk, Conn.
Farm for Sale.
. HE subscriber ofi'ers his Farm forsaic. sitna~
ted in the Town of Greenfield, in Saratoga
00., 1n the state of New York, nine miles from
Saratoga Springs. It is pleasontly situated on
a rise of ound. G5 acres of land, which is favor-
ably div ded into pasture. plow, meadow and
woodland; with a large house; the also “the
barn so by to. wagon house and stabllng. hay loft
over the same, 23 by 43, and grainery 18 by 18.
Will be sold cheap; part of the purchase money
can remrin on mortgage if des , or will ex-
change torvillago property. Forfurther articu-
s LAS P. TU 11‘
lars in nire of ,
Norwslk. Conn, ,
Desirable Property for sale.
A Very desirable placenn East Avenue.
Also, a few choice Buildlng Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue. for sale cheap.
Also. a nicely located House and Lot on Mar-
wln Street near West Avenue. for sale at a bar-
gain, Enquiro of .
s. E. OSBORNJast Avenue,
tfll or to D. W, Fitch, W est Avenue.
BufiiiF§°fots
F‘OR SALE
.. On Wilton Avenue.
Apply to
BINJ. J. STUBGES, or 0. 1". WILSON
Gazette Building. lat
J. Beiden, Hurlbutt,
tunnel and counsellor aiLal,
Room No. 4, Up Ital-rs, ,
onzmn BUILDING, tvosswamr.
Notice.
HE subscriber would announce that he has
disposed of his well-known. Livery stable
and equipments to his son Horace L. Dann. who
will hereafter runthe fimbllshmont himself. .
Grateful and thankt for the long continued
patronage bestowec upon lulu by the public, the
subscriber would request a continuance of the
same to hissuccessor,'t‘eoling confident that he
will merit and deserve the confidence of the pub-
“ rail 6
c gene y WILLIAM E . DANN.
Nerwalk , Oct. 4th, 1881.
PRANGS’
Birthday Cards, _'
FOR SALE AT THE
GAZETTE OFFICE.
:ENGRAVED
Visiting and Wellilr calls,
in Latest Styles,:.
I AT THE
GAZETTE'OFFICE.
P. W. BATES.
. AT HIS
Mallleltlalilelall.
On. Water sate-oer,
HAS NEW nusrcxs m '
Head Stones, Monuments and ~
al kinds of Memorial Work.
CALL AND SEE THEM.
Howard S. Betta,
Pharmacist,
P u. 1' .e D 1' u 8 S s
Prescriptions a Specialty.
Toilet and Fancy Articles,
-31..
GOBNEB DRUG. S'l'llllB,
Non-walk. Conn w
for -
JOHN H.5MITE,
FL 0 RI S '1‘,-
EAST SIDE or mus srnnnrsonvrn
or RAILROAD,
City" ofSoutls Norwalk, Conn.
Plants and Flowers at all seasons
Flowers o a- Funeral. (uranium! and
tastefully arranged so order-s shors
notlco
IRON FENCES.
HE SUBSCRIBER having returned .to Nor-
» walk, and located at adheonard street. is
gepared to furnish Wrought Iron Bosse-
fie: all styles. of the best material and best
wor anship. at reasonable prices._ Having had
many years ofexperlence in the making thereof
he feels confident not he can satisfy all demands.
Estimates and plans $1533“ furnished.
. M.- MEBRI'I'I‘.‘ ‘
Norwalk, Aug. 1882. P. 0.119: 667.
t tree. Adore .Tnnn a: c .
“3W3“ all“: as...“ h”. . .lmo
awcok. 12 a do at ho l
h§1200m ougll y me easiy made,
,,,A__._mmmmwmt¥fi¥ .‘ ‘1'
cided advantage, I: is Incases ofDeatlsit
' " r ' ‘ to the sick. should he used about .-
room.—War. F. Sam)- Ihe corpse-it will
roan, Eyrlc, Ala. prevent any unpleah
ant smell.
IE: J affirm '
s n, .
Scarlet Fever , M. 1)., New
' “York, sa : “I an
M convinced rct'. Darby‘a
- Prophylactic Fluid is a
valunb c disinfectant."
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
I has ' to the most excellent qualities of Prof.
Darby: rophylactic Fluid. As a disinfectant and
a? " “Emil “ii" l’r‘ww’
superior anyproparatl wi w ic am
minted—N. T. LURON, Prof. Chemistry. w
Dorisys Fluid is. Recommended by
Hon. ALxxAlsnxn H. mares, of Georgia;
SMsrfitsyF. Dans, D.D., Church of the
{m.LsCA’ flint-image, Pfio£,Un'i}rersity,S.C.
cv...‘rruro.,ercc":
Rev. 6:0. 1‘. pines, Bishop M.'E."c':i.i.':é§
mum TO EVERY HOME.
Perfectly harmless. Used internally or
externally for Man or Beast. . ‘
The Fluid has been thorn hly tested, and we
have abundant evidence that it done everything
here clamscd'
_ For fuller information get of your
Drugglst a pamphlet or send to the proprietors,
J . H.
Manufacturing I“
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PHILADELPHIA.
CURE
lick Headache and relieve all the troubles inci-
dentto a billous state of the system, such as Diz-
ziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Distress after eating,
Pain in the Side, &c. While their most remark<
ablesuccess has been shown In curing '
SICK
Headache, yet Carter’s Little Liver Pills are equally
valuable in Constipation, curmv and inventing
thllannoy'ing complaint, while filey n so correct
undiscrders of the staunch, stimulateotho liver
and regulate the bowels. Even if may on}? clued
'HEAD
Ache they would be ulmostpriceless to those who .
[offer from this distressing complaint; but fortu-
‘ stately their goodness does not end here, and those
who once try them will find these ltttlo ills yell:-
ableln so many ways that they mil no: 9 Willng
to do without them. But after all szck head
Is thebune of so many lives that here is where we
snake our great boast. Our pills cure it while
others do not.
Carter’s Little Liver Pills are very small and
very casyto take. One or two pills make a dose.
They are strictly vegetable and do not gripe or
p but b their gentle action please all who
use em. 11 vials at 25 cents; five for $1. Sold
by dmgglsts everywhere, or sent by mail.
CARTER MEDICINE (70.,
New York City.
J. G. GREGORY & (10., Agents for Norwalk.
J. G. GREGORYfz co.
DRUG-GIS'I'S,
Successors to npwnnn P. WEED,
No. 38 Wall Street, Norwalk, ca,
invite the attention of the public to theircomplete
stock of
Pure Medicines and Drugs,
. ands full line of
TOILET & FANCY ARTICLES.
Also dealers in
Pure Wine s& Liquors for
Medicinal Purposes.
Careful attention paid to the dispensingol ph y
siclans’ prefrlptions. - '3
Dr. I). Hitchcock,
Cor. of West Avenue and
Berkeley Place,
Third house below the Methodist Church. ' ‘
p Oliico Hours from 7 to 9 a. m., 2 to 3, and 7 to 8
. m.
Purchasing Agent and Messenger,
THE subscribers will act as Purchasing Agents
and Messengers between Norwaik and New
York, dailyi. Orders and packages received at
Theodore napp’s South N orwal k, and Benc-
dict’s News Room, Post Office, Norwalk.
EDWIN K. SELLECK, with James McCreery t!
00., takes do’clock train.
D.R.SELLECK. takes 1:45 a.m. train.
PENSIONS
Pensions and Bounties got for
all Soldiers of my own and other
Regiments, &c. ‘
' W. H. NOBLE.
BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
(l. ’l‘. Leonard it Sell,
, COAL, WOOD,
Masone’ Materials,
0 M E N" T P I P E
For Drains, Sewers, W ells,&c. ,
I At Lowest Cash Prices.
Drains and Wells Dag and Piped
AlsoSoleAgentfor
Patent Tinder Wood,
' The Cheapest and BestKindlingout . ”Tryit
G'Branch Ofilcc at H. S. Betts’ DrugStore
Carriage Making
REPAIRING.
‘1‘.
E. TILLYi’S
Main street, South Norwalk, (It.
MACHINISTe
can obtain TYPE
TAL Ifll ‘
m'osr'ics
:bedded or not.
FOUR HE ROE 5.
—_
I met a brave old ofilcer .
All carved with battle scars,
Who lost a leg and a brave right arm
Under our bag of stars.
I grasped the vet’ran by the hand——
My heart thrilled at the touch;
'I sympathized with his empty sleeve,
And honored the soldier's crutch.
“I have fought/L he's-aid, “on fifty fields.
’Neath our country's honored flag;
l’vc measured swords with the fiercest hordes
Of Beauregard and Bragg.
“ I have lost three sons in the contest .
That raged for the land we love;
Three gallant boys gave up their lives,
And are now on guard above-
“ Yes luNoblcboys as the state could boast—-
Harry, aud Will, and Fred—
Brave and true as e'er follow’d a drum-—
Virginians born and bred.
., " Willie fell at Malvern Hill,
While filarging Longstreet’s lines.
: I lost this arm at] F redericksburgll~
This leg at Seven'Pint-sa-“i‘i” ”-
“ Poor Fred was killed at Gettysburg,
Fighting among the brave
’Gainst E’wcll’s fiery infantry,
And fills a soldier’s grave.
“ My boys have answered their last tattoo,
My life seems a stormy dream ;
I'm waiting to join my wife and boys
On the deathless side of the stream.”
" And what of Harry 1’" I gently asked,
. “Did he perish in the strife,
On some red field? Does blank vacancy
O'er shadow your empty life i"
“ Yes! Harry was always a wayward boy;
He fought on the other side;
He fell on the field where Stonewall fell,
And died ere’Stoncwall died.”
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Winter Care of Live-Stock.
There are a few general rules for the care
of live .stock in Winter, which are of-uni-
. versal application.
First-They should lie dry, whether
A dry floor is far better ,
than Wet bedding. ~' Spar or slat floors,
through which urine will quickly pass, and
which give the animals a level standing
place, are especially to be advised. A good
degree of comfort may be had on such floors,
but a full snppl y of dry litter—straw, leaves,
swamp hay, die—certainly makes all kinds
of stock more comfortable.
' Second—Shelter saves fodder, wherever
, lumber can be easily obtained, to a degree
which few practical men are aware of. The
warmer the stables are, the better, except
perhaps for sheep. But with close, warm ’
stables, it is essential that the manure heap
should be where it will not contaminate the
air, and that there should be perfect ventila-
tion, so arranged as not to cause drafts of air.
Third—As to feed. This should be given
with the utmost regularity and uniformity—
never male than will be all eaten up long
before the next feeding time. Then the
animals have an appetite for their food, so
that coarse fodder may be first given, to be
followed with better, and by grain in some
form, if this be a part of the daily ration.
This is no doubt the most economical system,
securing the least waste and best digestion
of all kinds of fodder used in the ordinary
way.
Fourth—Grooming and care of the ani-
mals are a most valuable means of keeping
them in health as well as of saving feed.
The skin of an animal existing in estate of
nature is washed by every shower, brushed
and carded by every-bush, licked by its
mates. rubbed by the ground in rolling, and
in various ways kept free from accumula-
tions of its owncxfoliations, from the stopp-
age of its pores by sweat, and from its own
inherent dirt. A healthy skin means warmth,
health, life, and- vigor, other things being
about right, and we can secure this only by
grooming—Con. M. C. Wan, in American
Agn'cultumt for December.
. Shall We Prune in Winter?
There has been a vast amount of discussion
as to the proper time for pruning; some in-
sisting that it should not be done in Winter”
while others hold that the proper time is
“whenever your knife is sharp." There is
one season especially in which pruning should
not be done, via: during the period of active
growth, from the time the buds start in
Spring, until buds for the next year are
formed. Winter is preferred by many, as
more time can be devoted to the werk; and
with the apple and pear, it probably does not
make any difference at what period it is.
done between the fall of the leaf'andtho
swelling of the buds in Spring. It is not
well to prune when the woodisfrozsn, ll
‘bad wounds and cracks may result. If yuan: .
trees are taken in hand from the start, and
proper attention given to forming the heads,
there would be little need of severe pruning
in the orchard. The too common methodil.
to plant an orchard and let it grow uncured
for. The trees, after they begin to bear,
yield fair crops for a few years, and then,
when they decline and fail, pruning is sug-
gested as a remedy. Too often the pruning
is done by ignorant persons, and as a result
nearly as much wood is cut out as there is
left. This great waste should be avoided.-
The labor of the tree, so to speak, expended
to produce these numerous branches, should
have been directed to the production of fruit,
as it might have been had proper care been
given to the orchard when young. The
principles of pruning are readily understood,
and one should never remove a branch, large
or small, without having some definite object
in view.—Dn. Thurman, in American Agri-
culturt'st for December.
Re Was Weary;
It is said that Mr. Arkins, of Denver, was
one of the gentlemen who recently went on
the excursion to Pueblo, When he reached
that place he went to spend the evening with
afield-friend ofrhis, and they had a grand
time together. At 11 o'clock Mr. .hkins
suddenly remembered that he had neglected
to send a special to his paper. and excusin
himself for a moment, he left the house to
attend to the matter. On his way out he
struck a path leading around a circular
flower bed, and kept tremping away ina
happy state of mind, until his aching legs
and the dawn of day brought him to a real-
izing sense of his condition. He had traveled
uround the flower bed all night, and at the
least calculation had covered some sixty
miles. ‘And yet he insists that he was per-
fectly sober. —.Laramz‘e Boomerang.
_. ..
Seen Up Salt River.
We had gone but a short distance up the
stream when we saw upon the bank a Demo-
cratic graveyard. There were new-made
graves,and graves that were overgrcwn with
the grass of 3 cars. A spectacle such as seldom
meets the mortal eye was observed. The
Skeleh us of the graves were all out—some '
plaicllcll on the tombstones, some looking
from behind them, and others bold enough to
walk through the yard. Sammy Tilden was
there, and many others (lathe older men of
the Democracy, making an inspection. They
were all whispering to each other: “Can, ,
this be so ?" “Can this ‘be so 'r"—ll[ercer
Republican. .
A bear broke into the house of a Nevada
men the other night. He was away, and his
wife thoughtvit was be coming home drunk.
She ,didn't- stop to light a lamp, bt‘lt began .
ope‘fistions. ‘When the bear finally got away '
he didn’t stop running till he had traveled
eleven miles into the heart of the mountains,
and he was such _a sight that other boats
would not assoclste whhhlm. -
Norwalk Chronicler