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WHOLE" NUMBER .1840.
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- ’ . For the Gazelle-
Faucy and Reality.
BY JENNIE K. LUDLUM.
I suppose wehave'all read, or heard 0f 8»
brilliant fancy ball? We were all more or.
{less charmed with the descriptions of the va-
rious costumes and brautiful jewels Wllle,
perhaps, brought back to some of us our
favorite childish fable of Cindcrrlla and her
fairy god-mother, the golden coach and mouse '
colored steeds. Yet there is if difference be-
tween this ball in reality and the one in fic-
tion. , .
If I remember rightly, the enchanted wand
was brougllt into use to overthrow the
haughty, hard-hearted sisters, and aid a poor,
little, roll-worn maiden to rise out" of: the"
ashes of ill-usage, and a wronged, crushed
pWCl'ly; and at last by her patient, brave
heart and precious slipper of modesty. rose
to be a princess bountiful, with bands to aid
and a heart full of compassion for all those
she found in the claims by which she herself
had once been bound. Am I right '8 It is so
long since I read that story of fairy powur
that I may have confusedit with theme-real
life of wrong one sees, or :héars, or reads of-
every day.
And now into the midst of our work-a-day
life floats this fairy story of the magical
power of wealth and a wonderful fancy and
—an idle life i ‘
Is it true? we ask ourselves,-—is it real?
Why, we thought all the, fairies were dead
long ago! Is this 'a living fable of the
“Sleeping Beauty," and are we just awsking'
after one hundred years’ sleep? Is it the’-
touch of the good prince or the evil wand (if
le Dl'able! , -
At first, we do not stop to consider the
source of all this. we only Wonder, vaguely,
as we picture the magic scene, whpse hand,
has done all? aw'e ups ‘hslf intoii'catcd by T .
the lights, the costumcs of velvet and satin;-
< ermine, the flash and sparkle of beautiful
eyes and jewels; the mingling togetherof e
Diable and Bo Peep, Red Riding Hood, and
Louis XVI, Egyptian princess .and Ping
Wing, Fruit and Ice; the whirl Of. the
dancers, the bewildering perfume and music.
nguely we wonder—lyet half understand;
why the wolf and lamb, innocence and evil
should whirl past us, side-by-sidg in the very
heart of this nineteenth cent‘urygfairy land!
We turn with a half-defined pain, from the
wild eyes and hungry faces without, to the
laughing lips and. bounty within; partly
conscious of the glaring difl'eifcn‘ge—the wide,
unbridged gulf between, Wheré the dark night
leans down over one, and brilliant lights and
music wrap the other around, and shut out
the wail of the hungry and'Weafy'and dying‘l
Then, presently, the charm begins to wear
ofif, the cob-Webs of fancy to break, and we
ace with clear eyes and a consciousness of
right and wrong. '
In imagination 'We sweep curlcycs over the
crowds of beauty and wealth. The lights are
still- brilliant—yes—but how did they get
there? Did any of the assembled crowd— ‘
did even one among them—live years and
years in a mine under the eartb,lshut out from
God’s beautiful sunlight and music, to bring
out of the depths of. the earth, the glowrng,
gas that illumines the wonderful (scene ?
Did any of them toil through unspeakable
privation and suffering, to bring into sight
the tiny, imprisoned drops of dcw that flash
like stars—or tears—on beautiful necks and
arms? Is there any among them who risked
his life in the heart of the ocean for the
glowing pearls? Did they toil early and
late, hungry and worn and weary, over the
very dresses they wear? Do they even
pause for a moment in the bewildering dance
at thought of their denials to allow even the
ground work of labor that found the basis of
this fairy scene, to be laid by the poor of their
own country ?
“Moll Dim, no! we must have it done in
foreign lands by foreign looms. America,
of whom we are so proud at times, is not
artistic, not original, not the fashion enough
for that! Every body who is any body,
sends to Paris for costumes and all that—of
course we’re going to do the same! We
haven't strength of mind enough to strike
out into a path of our own ! Theview from
the mountain-tops may be grand enough, but
who ever goes up through the narrow path
full of brambles and sharp stones that would
tear our fine clothes to pieces ? Oh dear, no!
The valley is good enough for us so long as
it is paved with gold and will not soil our
costumes! Who wants tbs sunlight when
we can have with_less trouble and inconven-
ance, the glittering gaslight P What have
we to do with the wretches who crowd our
streets and dirty our clothes by the touch of
their hands? Why don’t lthey go where
they’re wanted—why don’t you do something
for them—or why arn't they contented with
the ashes from our hearths ? Or, if that
won't do, there’s the river—deep and dark
and swift, fit for such as they! We can't be
bothered with them!" We turn from the
demon in velvet and diamonds, who seems to
have read our thoughts and glided to our side
to answer us. _ .
Once more, with this thought m on mind,
we glance through the rooms.
The spell is broken with as magic, yet
more real, power than it was woven around
us. The spider cobwebs of fancy are swept
away by the strong band of reality. We have
the “magic mirror” before us,--the Philoso-
pher’s Stone of Wisdom in our hands:
Above each head hangs Dsmocles’tsword
hung by the tiny hair of wealth with wings.
The pearls around the necks of beautiful
women, have turned to tears of “the people,”
that seem to weigh the Wearers down. The
beautiful, priceless rubies are drops of blood
instead of fairy spiders’ eyes. The music is
but the wail and groan of the “mass" with-
out, to the sounds of which these “masks”
are dancing!
Wesll remember the old days of slavery,
do we not ?
Why, yes, you say ; but there is no need of
recalling them to mind. What— have they to
do with this scene from fairy-land ?
Well, for this once. at least, look back
along the road over which men rode in state
so long as their slaves were kept dowb with
curses and blows. ‘ '
You dlm’t like the prospect, you say ?
No. it isn’t pleasant; so come back
along that road to where it I urns
off into freedom. That is pleusanter,
is it not—better for both man and
slave ? Less money was wasted in providing
for dependants—for who wants to work, or
does work well, when forced? More wealth
flowed in on the some-time s'ave holder.
The slave became a man—a human being
capable of happiness and independence, with
a little aid; sensible to suffering, and to be
ruled by kihduess as we all are.
Which is best—man taught to kcephim-
self,and, in so doing help his brother—man?
Man and brute,-—or man and man ? Which
would you prefer ? i -
It is, indeed, well if, in the midst of our
life.work, we can renew our youth by music
and laughter. A wise man once saidz—“Il
is not well always to wear the air :of a phil-
osopher; we must. sometimes trifle with
others." In it any better'to‘ always wear the
air of a great man of the world, who looks
down with disdain on some poor mortal at
the foot of the ladder, looking up to him
with a desire to climb also, but put back by
a sense of power which money alone gives in
our “rushing days of steam ?" Would it not
be better to descend from the high round, to
all equal footing with those lower down,—
a comprehenfion of their wants and desires’
by the remembrance that Ire—great as he
now is—wss once at the foot?
Yes, music and laughter will bring us our
youth even in old age if we will only, also,
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keep our hearts young with a sense of com-
panionshipwith all the world as we felt in
childhood wh‘éna mud-puddle was our favor-
ite “sea-side resort," the tiny log fort our
palaccof pleasure, and mud pies our favorite
dainty. , ,
We often look back with a sigh of regret
for our “lost youth”—-what’s the use? Why
are we so; foolish as to lose it when we can
keep it if we only will? _ ‘
If we have the golden wand why don‘t we
use it to raise up some toil-worn Cinderella
from the ashes, who is so capable of tinder-
standing the needs of her people through
having‘felt their-,nccdsfherself ?’ - I
We talk about theidepia‘vity and sinfulness
of the poorer classes; but as far as 1 can see
we seldom try 'to raise. them higher, unless it
.is to found some asylum or house of protec-
tion where they are ruled with rods of iron ;
and disgust‘us with trying to do “good,” by
rising infrc'bellion or running away from it.
We‘ ddn't‘pnt ourselves in their places, and
think how‘we would feel, but we treat them
like animals, and are shocked if they show
human feelings. .
Perhaps you will say I have used strong
laughage’ and drawn sharp pictures that
would better suit red-and-yellow paper
‘IiOvrcls. Have I? Doesn't it need strength
to overcome all the evils that are gathering
around our otherwise beautiful country?
Doesn’t it need some fairy god-mother’s—or
god-father's either,it‘don’t make much differ-
ence,—wand with the strength of a giant’s,
to throw dbwn'thésé‘dlls that flesh is heir
to ?" A modern Hercules to perform another
_“twclve labors ?” ,
When we see thousands slid thousands of
dollarsspent for a few ‘llours show thathas
not even giyen the labor of it to our poor,
and 39": also the starving millions in the
;ssmecltyr,(lon’t‘ we feelthat there is some-
'tblpg' :wrgng somewhere ?. , 2
, Thiy dehqt'all thp iniscrieaare out of
Pandora’s Box, but hope—beautiful hope—
blocked Within. Why not try to find the
key—if it does take time and patience—and
unlock hope to theprrld? ' Wouldn’t it
—-could'rit it—Tbe al-better world if we all
tried'to make it so ?A .
~ Let us trike for the motto of our lives—an
“.union is strength" in all things—E Plan’-
bus Umun .’
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Wlltohvl‘armers’ Club.
. Atlhcimeet‘ing: held March 27th, was read
an article on ‘iSunflowersfl by A. W. Mer-
wln, "of'Wiltoni Mr. M. is ‘not a member,
but the club‘is looking in all‘ directions fer
information, hence anything original or of
likely interest in agriculture presented to the;
club wih begdiscusscd and solicited. His
talk or essay-is verbatim as follows: “Sun-
flowers, (Helianthus), Soil and Situation.”
The plsht is hardy and thrives well when
raised by seed and admits of considerable
latitude in regard to the nature or qualit y of
the soil on which it may be grown with ad-
vantage Wherc there is sufficient depth,
strength and moisture. The situation in
which they are grown should be constantly
open and exposed as much as possible to the
light of the sun, as the crops in such, not only
ripen and fill the seed better, but the plants
are of a considerable larger growth than those
which are close and confined. In preparing
the ground for this sort of crop, it should not
be rendered light by too much ploughing,
but be in a rather firm state of mould in the
more superficial part, being kept as free from
all sorts of weeds as possible. Manure may
be used and ploughed in as near the time of
sowing as convenient.
Planting—Select carefully the seed, using
the hardest, finest, fullest and plumpcst, and
that which has been best ripened. The seed
should be kept in a dry situation or place so
as not to sprout, and the practice of swim-
ming the seed before using is beneficial, so
as to- reject any light or imperfect seed.
Three or four quarts of seed is sufiicient for
an acre if double dlbbled. In seeding, the
largest and most exposed plants should be
selected, letting thenuemaln until they are
perfectly well ripened, and making use of the
largest heads, and keeping the seeds out of
the way of moisture. The time of sowing
must be governed by circumstances, generally
the earlier the better; in February or March
if possible. In most cases it" is probably
better sown in drills, made at the distance of
about a foot or eighteen inches apart and
dropping two or three seeds at a time at such
distances, covering them with a following
chair or light roller, as for turnip deed, or
they might be Set by the dibble,,as practiced
for wheat, or in the quincunx order as prac-
ticed by some, which is said augments the
distance of the plants nearly a fifth, but is
not as convenient in gleaning the crops. A
little water should be given at the time~ of
planting and some days afterward if the
weather be not moist, the plants being sup-
posed to arise either at large intervals in rows
of 1 foot apart or at 12 in intervals, with 3
feet distance in the row would give about
14,520 plants to the acre.
Culture—Where the plants. have risen
above the surface of the ground the superhu-
mary plants should be well thinned out by
the hoe, when not wanted for filling up any
vacancy in the crop, and the ground between
the plants should be constantly kept free from
weeds, etc. When plants rise to a great
height they should be pruned and some of
the lower branches be taken off, with great
advantage to the seed.
Harvesting—The best mode of harvesting
is considered to be by pulling up the stalks
entire, as on account of their woody nature
there is some trouble in reaping and it pre-
vents in a measure the scattering of the seed.
After being pulled or out they may remain
out sometime as rains do not materially in-
jure the seed; before threshing the roots
should be cleaned from dirt. When perfectly
dry they may be collected into stacks and
then gathered into the barn. The heads as
they become ripe may be collected in baskets
and arranged in sheds so that the air can fully
circulate among them, and thus be perfectly
dried. This gradual taking off the heads is
an advantage, as lt prevents the deprcdntions
of birds and insects, as also the shedding and
dropping of seeds on the ground, by which
sometimes great loss may be sustained.
Produce —-'l‘llc produce of the crop must
Vary according to the season, care, situation,
etc. But it has been slated as high as 50
bushels per acre, supposing each plant to fur-
nish 1 pint of seed. .
Uses—ITIw Off ——A fine oil can be extracted
from the seed which can be used by the
olothier, printer and others, and also for il-
luminating purport. _ In the East Indies it
is said 8 quarts of fine transparent oil were
obtained from 80 pounds of seed and the res-
idum. or cake is valuable. food for poultry
and othernnimals, and will amply repay all
expenses of milling. The cake can be used
for heat cattle, horses, swine and sheep, with
great benefit to them. and the animals using
it are said to look extremely well in their
coats and to give other evidences of health
and good condition. \ '
Fibre.—The‘ strong fibrous and other por—
tions of the plant may be useful for the man-
ufacture of jack thread instead of hemp and
for paper. The white-shining silvery fibrous
substance which is contained in a large pro-
portion being more deserving of the attention
of the manufacturer than any 0 her part.
‘ Other Una—The large roots, naked stems
and other waste part may in many places he
used to great sdvnntnge as fuel. The flowers
also yield a large supply of honey and was to
hem, which maybe of greatlmportance. ’It
is not impossible but that this plant, which
is now used mostly for ornament, may be
used for a further variety of uses and appli-
cations by the farmer and manufacturer. _
A second years’ experiment was referred
to by Mr. Isaac Luty, of Michigan, who was
, first persuaded by Mr. M. to cultivate “Sun-
flowers,” and is said to continue it. The
point Mr. Luty claims is “an abundance of
leaves which can be fed to horses, cows and
pigs, when pastures are short." I have often
pulled 10 pounds to s stalk, S to 10 tons per
acre. Shocked (cut when they begin to glaze).
A dozen bundles to the shock, dried and cut
up make the best of feed. Place heads on
barn floor and beat out with a flail. Two
men thrcsh 25 bushels per day. I produced
47% bushel of seed per acre. Most profitable
distance drills,4 feet apart, 15» feet ill drill,
2 quarts per acre. Many grew 16 feet tall.
Mr. Merwin in his experiment of Sunflower
culture says, “I recommend planting 1 inch.
deep, in rows 3 feet apart, 1 foot in each row
This is the system adopted in the, vicinity of
the Black Sea where it has been extensively
cultivated. Seed 3 quarts per acre. In
my experiment in making oil from the seed
(believing it to be the first in this country) I
find it a superior lubricator, not unpleasant
taste, and is as clear‘ its prepared oil without
being refined. I sent to the mill 1,993 pounds
and received 1,781 pounds of oil cake, 212
pounds of oil 7} pounds per gallon.~ Mr.
M. refers to an article in the New England
Farmer which briefly states it a sure specific
against intermittent fevers; been proved by
the Dutch to be beneficial in neptralizing the
deleterious effect, .03, marshyicxhslations. M. ,
Martin states “itis'a proven fact that the
SunflOWer has the power of freeing the at-
mosphere from those germs, animal and veg-
etable, which are supposed to constitute the
miss'ms that‘hrd produbtive of fever and '
aguc.” Che liunrlrcd=plantsare allowed to
produce 1 bushel of seedand from this is ob-
tained 3 quarts of oil, or 40 gallons: to the
acre. The seed can‘bc planted with corn.
and extended over our country, resulting it
maybe in untold good to present and com-
ing generations.
The meeting was then opened for general
discussion. President VanHoosesr asked if
it was a fallacy that the flower would keep
faced to the sun. Bedienl: “as‘rsoon' as they
bloom, at sunrise it faces cast, but follows the
sun in its course." Dudley: “I sent to Phila-
delphia for the mammoth Russian and plant-
ed to drive off malaria. I had one head 17.
inches in diameter, stalk 23,- inches. It had
1 quart of seed on it. Some branched, others
single head, (these \vere probably males).
Poultry will eat the seed better than corn.
Shall plant in the bill for pole to beans.”
[Presldent: they will rob the_ beans, of the
fertility]. I shall raise more this year. I
can’t see how a man can pull up the stalks,
they have a firm hold. I have doubts about
Sunflowers as a preventive against disease.
Mr. Smith, of New Yorinn his talk on con-
tamlnated water says, "we must look in an-
other direction than to believe Providence
has ordained that the air we breathe should
gather and distribute earth’s poisonous'cxha-
lations, if so where is our relief. We are to
look for our prevention of malaria in pure
water.” If he is right, Sunflowers to purify
the air will do no good. Bedient: “I think
favorable to planting them to prevent malaria.
This is an unknown dread and science has
not yet developed its prevention 6r cure.
They will grow in marshy ground. We
have the Eucalyptus and other trees planted
for this purpose, and it stands to .reason it
will take up the gasses so detrimental to man."
President : “I would say Sunflowers ’08. Ms-
laria resembles castor beans as a protec—
tion against moles working in the garden.
Last year I had 1 plant in my cum. I took
it to the Danubury exhibit and distributed
them to all who asked for them. I find that
to save any seed ’they must be kept away
from the mice. Butflit seems to me I don’t
want to raise so much wood foi‘ as little grain.
I have observed and had it called to notice
that Sunflowers are \an omen of poverty.”
.New question, “Plonghing Green Crops."
Voted a “Farmers’ Club Bulletin Board"
be made and placed in G. B. Abbot’s black-
smith shop. .
Delivered before the Wilton Farmers’ Club,
at a previous meeting.
“er1. roux/rm: PAY.”
This question I will answer, yes. That is
if we select the right breed and take care of
them properly. After we have made our se-
lections, if I want fowls for laying, I will
take the white or brown Leghorns. ' If\I
want them for market. I will take the Ply-
mouth Roek, Cochin or Brahma. Either 'of
the last named breeds are very good layers as
well as a good market fowl. The Plymouth
Rock in particular is, I think, the farmers’
fowl. Of course, if youkeep fowls the way
a good many do near me, (and I have no
lions annually, and amounts to more than the
wheat crop, together with beef, pork or mut-
ton combined. Four hundred and twenty-
llve ruillious are paid for eggs and poultry
by private customers, and the balance by
hotel and saloons and for chemlcal purposes;
so you can see what a vast amount of money
is paid» for poultry and eggs annually in this
country alone. In your orchards and poultry
yards the busy chicks find 'every bug, worm
and egg that sooner or later works harm to
the trees; and their droppings enrich and
promote a. healthy and vigorous growth.
‘Havlng had but. little experience in turkey
and duck raising. I will say nothing of them,
but I am convinced that this part of farming
will pay, and I see no reason why raising
these will not pay also, if properly cared for,
as I have briefly suggested.
“Tire Black Country.”
THE LABORING MAN IN ENGLAND.
HOW THE NAIIJERS WORK AND LIVE—WOMEN
AND GIRLS FORCED TO LABOR AT THE FORGE
TREES,
Mr. Robert P. Porter, a member ‘of the
late talilf commission, who is now in Eng-
land in the interest of. the New York Tri-
bune, is contributing to that paper a series of
articles upon the condition of the working
classes in that countrthith the view of
showingvth'e inevitahlcgfiept produced by a
"free tis'de system upon those- classes. Mr.
Porter gathers the material for these letters,
not from hearsay but from actual personal
observation. Traveling about the industrial
districts ofEnglnnd chiefly on foot", “szqb'
serving "and conversing with laborers, he is
enabled. to impart an extremely :vividgidea of
the depth of poverty andwrctchedness to
which some of those unhappy people are
brought. In a communication dated March
5,‘and published in Monday’s issucof the~
Tribune, we are given a sketch of Lye
Wastc,- or as it is known the "Black Coun-
try,” and the condition of its inhabitants.
This region of country lies in the counties
of Stafford and Worcester, and includes a
population of about 125,000 souls. Of this
number about 24.000, including men, women
of nails, rive's and chains by hand. The
district is not far removed from the great
city of Birmingham, and is thus described
by Mr. Porter: “The district itself has‘aptly,
been described as a grimy chaos. *Hi‘lge
mounds of black and dirty-white rubbish,
melancholy asses cropping the sparse,
shrivclled herbage on the banks of worked
seas betwen the jumbled, natural and artifi-
cial hills ; ' cinder-strewn - meadows threaded
by~filtby footpaths enping at smutty stiles ;
high roads fringed with a dreary continuity
of dingy red brick houses in the midst of
which a yellow washed house looks almost
as pure as a lily; small boys clustered on the
roads, kicking and punching and bespattcr-
ing their smaller feminine acquaintances;
bigger ones loafing around the little dingy-
public houses; narrow ragged-hedge lanes,
with inky puddles through which unwashed,
unshaven. heavy-booted men flounder and
splash, with their handsin their cost pockets
and vicious looking dogs cowering at their
heels; jaundiced canals crowded with lanky
black barges; sloping tramways, almost ob-
[iterated by gritty, viscious black mud ;
crossing and converging railways with road-
side stations that look like recently emptied
soot warehouses; gibbetcd black collliery
wheels; dilapidated engine, houses and
dermined earth; dingy red and clay colored
cones and domes; iron works' furnccs,
chimneys of all kinds, sending up smoke and
flames.
“The inhabitants of this desolate district,”
continues Mr. Porter, “are among the most
industrious, and yet the moat wretched, in
England. The work is done in little
‘smlthys’ attached to the hovcls in which
the workers reside, and for which the usual
rent seems to be about 25. Ad. to 23. 6d. a
Week, a trifle overflfty cents. These houses,
as a rule, contain little or no furniture.
They are filthy and wretched beyond de-
scription. What spare time the unhappy
nailer’s wife gets from nursing the baby and
preparing the meagre meals, is spent at the
smithy pounding, away at the anvil until late
at night. But the extra work that the wo-
man does, combined with that of one child.
—say a girl of fourteen—will barely keep the
family frbm starvation. For example:
An expert nailer, working steadily from
Monday morning to Friday night, can only
make two and a half bundles of iron rods
doubt there are many among you who do the
same way). They will not pay and you need
not expect them to.
Poultry to pay, must be taken care of, and
not left to take care of themselves. They
must be fed regularly, and requires variety
of food; more so in winter than summer.
You must not fasten down to one kind of
food all the time? Corn, which I have no
doubt most of you feed is too fattening all the
time—that is if you expect eggs. Corn
mixed with oats, and clear oats part of the
time, you will find will increase the profit of
your egg basket. Their morning meals should
be scalded and fed warm. Meal mixed with
boiled turnips and seasoned with a small
quantity of salt, mikes a very good feed,
or mix your meal withlscslde'd oats and sea-V
son as before mentioned. ‘Green food in
Winter in the shape of cabbage or onions
or something of . the kind, they should have
once or twice a week regularly meat, also at
least once a week, and good clean water every
day. Do not oblige your poultry to drink
water that. stands in stagnant pools around
your place, but attend to giving‘ them good
clear water every day. It is not only neces-
that they be fed well, but they must ' be fur-
nished with a good comfortable house to
west in. Do not allow them to roost in trees
or on the top of old buildings, as I know a
good many farmers 00, but attend to their
comforts, the same as you‘ would your oxen
and horses. Some think if they throw out
plenty of corn to their fowls this is all that
is necessary, but you will find if you attend
to the comforts of theornt night as by day
that you wrll be repaid in the end. Is there
any among you who would think of letting
your horses or oxen go without proper hous-
ing or feeding duringghe cold and chilling
days and nights of'Fall and Wintér P I must
answer, “No, hot one of” you." Why then
do you allow your {owls to stand around out
of doors, half frozw, and no house to protect
them? Yet no doubt many of you do lllis,
and expect them to pay. This is nonsense
You might as-well expect your horse to travel
50 miles a day half fed and not otherwise
properly cared for, or your (”full to do a
good days’ work half starved and frozen to
death, as to expect your poultry to lay when
they are half fed and half frozen, or eVen if
they are over-fed it does them full as much
harm. You will feed 15- bushels of corn to
make 10 pounds of. pork, which amounts to‘
$1, and think it pays. The same quantity
will keep a hen until it is a year old, and dur-
ing that time she will lay from 10 to 15 dozen
eggs, worth on an average about 20 cents a
dozen, making all income of from $2 to $3
per head and have the fowl too; and still
some think poultry raising does not pay. I
would not advise keeping more than 50 to
100, unless you have a very large run for the
layers. Too many crowded together brings
onvdlsease, and when that gets among your
poultry it is a hard matter to get rid of it.
Not only does crowdingbringbn disease but
exposure to damp, wet weather brings on
many diseases. The poultry‘business of the
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into nails, for which he gets 05. Ed. per
every moment of her spare time and late into
the night—neglecting the wretched little
children—can make a bundle of commoner
nails, for which she is paid 3s. 1d., and the
little half-starved, stunted girl of twelve,
with her brown arms and steady, unerring
aim, will hammer out half a bundle." The
total earnings of a family of three persons
for a week are therefore £1.13.- 4§.. or $5.13.
From this miserable pittance must be paid
expenses for cartage of iron, for the fire for
the forgeand for repairs upon tools. The
net weekly earnings of such afamily there-
fore, amount to but about $4.77. Another
case is cited of a family consisting of a
mother and daughter of sixteen, who by dint
of working early and late,4are able to make
about forty-six pounds-of nails weekly, the
labor rendering a weekly income of about
$2.10. In reply to the query, “How do you
manage to live,” the poor woman replied
“We don’t live; we hardly exist. We rare.
ly taste meat. I don‘t knOw'what the poor
folks in England are coming to. If they as
work at other trades he like us God help
them, sir, I don’t know what will become of
us. A many of us have to go to the work-
housc. So-far I have not taken anything‘
from them, but I may have to do it. Work
is very slow hcrc sometimes, and it's hard
even to get what we do."
“The most cruel part of this business,”
s~lys Mr. Porter, “is tllatyoung women should
be allbwed to work at what is ficalled the
‘olivers,’ a heavy iron-machine worked by
means of two wooden -trca(llca.” ‘ Numbers
of young girls were seen makinglarge eight
inch bolts" on these machines, and indeed
they seem-to work with masculine firmness
and with far more 'vigor than the men.
Hundreds of women are clllployed in the
lilth “smithys” at the back of the houses in
making these great bolts, and there are at
least seven or eight establishments, that
might-properly be classed as factories, thus
employing wornen'. Their earnings do pot
exceed $1.25 a week. In this way lnothtrs,
daughters and more children toil and slave
on from your to yearfilldeed, it is said that
nails have been made here over a century in
this way: How they exh't‘is a lllystery.,
They live in hovels, they are poorly fed and
poorly clad. They lllarry early, arid several
girls not over seventeen were pointed (int as
mothers of children two and three years of
age. Tile mcn hare an unrl'lnsculllr' look,
most of them are “very pale and lean and
leadcn-eyed.” The small nailers are not
protected by the English factory net, and
they work in their fathers’ shops sometimes
until late at night‘. The time to see the
callers at work is Friday night. The sharp
din of the hammer on the anvil, and the dull
rapid thud of the “oliver,” as it flattened the
heads of the nails and spikes, rings in the
ear, the bright sparks from the forge, the red
hot nails cluttering down to join their cooler
United States amounts to five hundred mil-
-PAI.TRY. warms, sranva'rron arm nls-_
: trlcts in England, and that if any one doubts
‘is s winker or a non-winker.
brethren, the bending forms of the men, the
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Women and the girlleittle children creeping
into the cluttering, rciintilatjng nail shop, for
the sake of- warmth, and every now and then
the red flames from the forge illuminating
the scene and making more distinct the weird
forms of these sb‘sllojwy creatures, doomed
th never-ending industrial tread-mill,‘all
form a terrible picture.
Mr. Porter thus continues: ‘t‘llany got; the
nailers actually starve, ands can; or 1Stile
deepest sorrow are not oncolmhor‘l. "Min
ery,’ as the London S (lard correspondent
wrote, “so deep and drills ful that thomost
graphic pen can but faintly convey its dcptlr
visited‘ this region and walked through'it,.
these industrial Slavesfl‘sm ready to add my
testimony to the factsmntaincd in the letter
written from Edinburgh Christmas day (No. 1
5) In reply to copcgipemocratic members
of Congress who have proclaimed in thehouse
of representatives‘tbpu'fhe Edinburgh letter
was ‘based on hearsayé’. I can simply say
that I have not half told the misery of this
district, and of a doz'enoothcr industrial die—
the facts I will gladlytgke them with me to
any of the places'IJhavé visited Ifor the Tri-
bune and let then: see with their own eyes.
It is all egg'wsll to gloslllthese things over
they do in EoglandLIiuflhe mmgklhd'
are Tdaybyjday andjljisar by year getting
poorer. Not long ag9,._a journalist of ability
undertook to show they desperate condition
of the working classes fibre. "I do not mean
the idle; worthless, goodifor-nothin'g people,
but just such industrious people as those
described in this letter“ He sent the result
of his inquiries to a liberal journal and the
manager refused to ptillliéh the facts. He
:wrote: ’ . ,
. "SR is better not to (Edi attention to such
3matters: It couldFdo'no, cod."
ifn‘t‘lrls way tlicy'ho‘p'ef. o'tempt‘the Ufiited'
'Statefido‘. throwdow-n i'fi protective barfiers,
and at the. awful risk, of bringing our cwn
labor to this condition _'vc back to England
the sixty' millions'ofvcubiomt-rs she. has lost in
so many importan'tbr,alldhes of industry.
It is timégtlae truth ‘ 'ut industrial Eng-
and children, are engaged in the manufacture land is‘l01‘”fli‘hf‘Q‘LOI‘ld Standard bah (filled .
to speak out on the-condition of labor in the
Black Country.- and= when; that paper makes
the following stytement {can spy that it so-
tually adegigrdg ’wlith llomeiof the horrible facts-
which have cdmcwithinipy observation dur-
ing my stay in‘lhis dismal regiOn.
“Women within. a few; days of their con-
fluemcntllavc been know to work in the
out-pits; stagnant pools, spreading like dead agony Of'CXhfllmlonl' In 0rd“ to mm a few i
pence at the 'hearth’—n'ot the ‘hearth' of
borne, but the hearth ‘of the ‘forge ;’ they
have been known to return to work in a day
or two after childbirth, emaciated in consti-
tution, weak and weary for the want of sim-
ple nourishment. Their children, ragged and
ill-fed, haw had to lead miserable and wretch-
ed lives, with no hope before them but a life
of wickedness and vice.” The problem to
the nailcr to disburse the pittancé which he
receives at the end of the week so as to ‘.go
leadingnowhithor in particular, pit-failed as far as possiblé.”; is indeed adimcult one, Mice and Residence so. 9 Was a".
and nothing but misery from year to year
can be his portion. TAnd this, says Mr. Por-
ter, is fair wages, not only for the trailer but
for the laboring lnan’in every section of Eng-
land, winout one . exception—less than $5 a
week. “A necessary house keeping untensil,
a pair of boots or a garment, as both the man
and his wife assured rue, meant told abstin-
ence from meat for the week, while ajdoc-
tor for a (lying baby or sick wife ls nothing
short of a domestic calamity.” We are hero
given a pictureof the conditional the laborer
of England under free trade laws. It is not
cottages sinking on one side into the un- a pleas-Jug picture, yet the query suggegtg ig- 0
self whether were the principles of the free
trade advocates dominant in our country, the
ondition of the laboring people in America
would be any better and happier than that of
their English brethren.
The Human Wink.
’l‘he spasmodic agitation of the human eye.
lid has come to be recognized as a facile
method of conveying ideas. Suppose, for
instance, I wish to intimate that you can’t
teach your grandmother to suck eggs. By
c
tongue into my opposite cheek, I can express
my meaning without making a noise. Some
people can’t wink; that is to say, they can’t
wink a solo. Whenever they wink they
wink a duet. If they want to wink a solo
they have to hang on to one eyelid with both
hands.
You can form a general idea of a person’s
character when you know whether he or she
A man who
can't wink can’t shuffle cards nor tie a bow-
knot. It isn’t safe to swear in his vicinity;
he'll pray for you the first chance he gets.
Never kiss a girl who can't wink. or she’ll
swell up and up and burst. Non winking fe-
males are too good for this world ; t
to be let loose in space. ' .
But to return to winking as a means of
communication. ' Perhaps I cannot illustrate
my point better than by recounting a few of
O
a muffler 01' for his week’s work 165» 3d» the mishaps of my friend Charles Hayes, who
' exactly $4, Now, his wife, by working has St. Vltus’s dance in hisleft eye, and con-
sequently is apt to say what he doesn’t mean.
Charles isa real nice boy. He belongs to the
Young Men’s Christianassociation and never
looks on wine when it is red.
One day last summer Charley was very
thirsty; so he went into an apothccary store,
and called fora glass of lemon sods. The
clerk was a knowing man, and when he saw
Charley's left eye winking he kept tally on
his cuff. The receipt book which this clerk
used said: “Put in one tsblespoonful for the
first wink, and a tesspoonful for every ad-
ditional wink.” But the man in the recipe
book never winked more than nine tlmes, as
that left only a small margin for soda. When
the clerk had tallied fifteen winks, be con-
cluded that, as the rpceipt book made no pro-
vision for this case, he must act on his own
responsibility. So he gave Charley eight
fingers of brandy straight. Charley said it
didn’t taste very lemony, but be guessed it
was all right. As I piloted Charley home
that |afternoon, he gravelyexclsimed, “Shay
ole (hie) bhoy, don’t you ever. drink an
lemon shoda."
Charley went to the auction sale one (1.
and was surprised to see the rapidity of the
sales and the high prices commanded.’
Every few minutes the auctioneer would cry,
"Sold to that man over there." Charley
thought from the direction of the auctioneer’s
glance, that the buyer was somewhere. in
his vicinity. Presently. he started to go and
was startled to hear the auctioneer shoutr
“Hi, there, come back! No trifling. C. O.
D. 's the word." The people around Charley
looked at him suspiciously, and said some-
thing tllar sounded like: "it gue, swindler,
thief l" Charley was more surprised still
when the auctioneer, who was considerably
bigger than he, pounced on ilim, and asked
what he meant by buying everything and then
sneaking off in that way. Charley declared
that nothing was further from his thoughts
than buying any i hing; that the auctioneer was
mistaken in his man ; that his father wrote
tracts, alld he himself was a member of the
Young Men's Christian association. But the
auctioneer said: “Don’t tell me you scoun.
drel ! You winked; I saw you. Charley
trierl to impress upa-n the auctioneer that'lle
was not responsible for the vagaries of his left
eye. Tllcauctioneerdeclined to be impressed.
llc said il' Charley couldn't mind his eye, he
would. 'l‘aking off his coat, he intimated in
rather figurative language that he was going
to fit Charley‘s reel-cant eye with a full mourn-
ing outfit; and he (lltl it, too: Charley hasn’t
been‘to an auction sirICe.
Charley is in love, and not long ago e de-
cided to ask the momentous questiOll. Chal-
lry always did filings ill a plain, straightfor—
ward way. So, when Abbie came into the
parlor, he locked the (low on the inside, and
then prostratcd himselfat her feetexclaiming:
“Dealest I love you! can you hot love me
a little ill return '1’" At this unfortunate
moment his left eye winked, and gave Abbie
to understand that he didn't really mean
what he said. She naturally inferred that
he was rehearsing a Christmas pantomime.
So she said :-—-“Tnat's splendid Mr. Hayes.”
Charley saw at once that it was no use; his
mouth and rye didn’t pull together. Whtn
he tried to say anything in earnest his eye
turned it into a. joke. He gave up Abbie,
and, as his eye debarred him from the minis-
try, he decided that the only thing he could
be was a humorist. So he wrote articles for
Push about Plumbers, and motilers-inslaw,
and Cllicag l’erl's feet, and became famous,
and died y0uug, and was buried in Green-
wood cemetery with one eyc open and the
other eye shut, as though he wore. trying to
look into his future state with a telescope.—
IIal-llarrl Lampoon.
of sorrow, are witnesred.’ Now that I have’I i
and com-creed with at least a hundred of .
and lit-c Yiié’m out 0(9th newrlpapcrs, as L
Ill 80IIID “MFA" IISUBESAT WWII IIA'III.
adopted to the hazard and conslstcnt with the
laws of compensation. COWLES Jr MERRILL,
almly closing one eye and thrusting my GAZETTE BUILDING, NOBWALK.
Purchasing Alert and Messenger.
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" NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1883.
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Has now completed its
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Andhas n at outstandlng a Dollar of unpaidlosses
or of claims for losses.
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nsures against loss and damage byFire. on terms
p1
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Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Room No. 4, Up Stun-,1
HARLES 8. LOCKWOOD ,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor _‘
AND
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Pensions and Bounties got for
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W. H. NOBLE,
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IRON FENCES.
THE SUBSCRIBER having returned to Nor-
walk, and located at 26 Leonard street. is
prepared to furnish “fl-ought lr'on Fanc-
lug of all styles, of the best natural and best
workmanship. at reasonable prices. Navrng had
many years of experience in. the_ making thereof
he feels confident taut he can satisfy all demands.
Estimates and plans cheerfully furnished.
EPHBAI M. MERRITT.
Norwalk, Aug.1882. P. 0. Box 657
Dr. D. Hitchcock,
Cor. of West Avenue and
Berkeley Place,
ran-a house below the Methodist Church.
omcc Hours from 7 to 9 a. m., 2 to 3,and '1 to 8
p. m.
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THE
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719.5114 Allen’s
WORLD’ S
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hug mu. Mrs. S.
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and thousands are this day rejoicing
liver 3 fine head of hair produced by
her unequaled preparation for restor-
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quickly cleanses the scalp, removing
Dandruff, and arrests the fall; the
hair, if gray, is changed to its natural
color, giving it the same vitality and
luxurious quantity as in youth.
COMPLEMENTARY. “My
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youthful color; I have not
a gray hair left, I am sat-
isfie’d that the preparation
is not a dye, but acts on
the secretions. My hair
' ceases to fall, which is cer- ,
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who was in danger of be-
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The Second Olden Paper In the Store.
M
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airman ESTATE.
To Rent.
r us: it per part
1‘ Fivcprooms.
ofilce.
Office Rooms for Rent.
:lillE ROOMS in llockwood’s building now oc
copied by the Ladies” Temperance Unron.
lltl' Enquire of F. ST. JOHN LOCKWOOD,
- To Let.
THE LARGE elegant mansion on West avc.
now occupied by Mrs. Lawrence. For par-
rrcullrrs and permits up i to
8tt' 1518230. J. STURGES, Agt.
For Sale Cheap.
WILL be soldata Bargain, if appilcd for soon
. a small, neat Cottage, of six rooms. in good
uclghborllood, and three minutes’ walk or the
Bridge. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.
To Let.
THE lurge, comOnodious front room in Gazette
Bullulng just vacated by Erancis Mckeon.
Full particulars gt
; B.J. STUltGES.
For Sale or to Rent.
11E well-known Farm at Winnipauk, formerly
owned by lilor an '1‘. Smith, is offered for
sale or to rent. The arm contains some 40 acres
of improved land, in good condition, a commodi-
ons gnu convenient.rcsidencc,bnrns,&c. Pos-
sesslon ‘ivenfimtrlrlrsdmtel . i‘Prlcelow antLterms
ens. oru or crime .1: .
I‘A 1!an COU NATIONS? ANNE if“
' To? Let.
THE Large flail. recently occupied by the Odd
Fellows, at the low yearly rental of 8150.
Full particulars of the agent, .8. J. STURGES,
No. 4 Gazette Building.
For Sale or to Rent.
A House and One Age of Land, on Prospect
ill.
May be had on reasonable terms. Applly t
E. W.s A
Norwalk, March 16th, 1881.
For Sale.
HE REAL ESTATE known as the Wm. C.
Street proper-t 115 feet fronting on Hrgh
St, and l251cet on am at., being 290 feet deep
wltn splendrd House, Barn. and other out build-
lngs wrth nlce shade and fruit trees, adjoining
the property of S. in. Olmstead.
Also, one other Tract at about forty acres on
Riverside avenue fronting on Riverside avenue
apd running through to the Sprin hill road all
nlccly located for building lots all coated in the
Borough of Norwalk and almost in the centre of
the human portlon. Contemplatcd railroad
0
RT.
12“
within short distance. For further articulars
enqurrc of BURR SMIT .Agt.
tl3l
For Sale.
SPLENDID county seat situated in the
town_ol Wilton, wrthrn 6 minutes walk of
the So. Wilton depot and 3% miles from Nor-walk
This place has 6 acres of good land’ with abun-
dance of well selected fruit trees and 300 choice
grape vrnes all in good hearing condition, large
gardens and excel rent well of wa ter. House large
and convenient wrth 13 rooms besides pantries
and closets in abundance, collar large and dry.
The barn and wagon house are nicely arranged.
Thls place wrll be sold cheap and on easy terms.
Enquire of GEO. I". QUIN T ,
. Norwalk Shirt Mannfactory.
South Wilton, February 26th, 1883 M9
West Avenue Property
T“ For Sale.
if: large elegant mansion on West Avenue,
(formerly occupied b Mrs. Lawrence» con-
taining fifteen rooms 'all dished oil in the most
substantlaimanner with all the modern improve-
meats= The rooms are large and capacious. ceil—
ings high, and in excellent condition, the piazza
extends across the entire front; and the walks
and lawns are very fine. Shade good, and the
location the finest in the Borough. The grounds
are about 100 feet front and contain about two
acres of land. There is a splendld barn or. the
premises, and in cod order. Must be seen to be
appreclated. Cal onleNJAMIN J. STUBGES
for permission to examine. stf
Farm for Sale.
[-1131 subscriber offers his Farm forsalc. situa-
ted in the Town of Greenfield, in Saratoga
00., In the state or New York, nine miles from
Saratoga Sprlngs. It is pleasontly situated on
a rise of ground, 95 acres of land, which is favor-
ably divided 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, 23 by 43, and grainery 16 by 18.
Will be sold cheap; part of the purchase money
can remrmpn mortgage if desrred, or will ex-
change lorvrllagc property. For further’psrticn-
lars inquire of S LAS P. TUTTLE,
n51 Norwatk. Conn,
Desirable Property for sale.
A Very desircblc place op EastAvenne.
Also, a few choice Bulldlng 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 of
, S. E. OSBORN,East Avenue,
tfll ‘ -or to D. W, Fitch, W est Avenue.
CHOICE
Building Lots
F‘OB. SALE
0n Wilton Avenue.
Apply to
BENJ. J. STU!!!)JISfor O. F. WILSON
Gazette Building. 4ft
P. W. BATES.
AT HIS
athletflallltlllarl,
On Water Street.
HAS NEW DESIGNS IN,
Head Stones.'Monuments and
ul kinds of Memorial Work.
CALL AND SEE. THEM.
Joan Ir. SMITH,
F L O R I S T ,
EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET ,SOUTB
or RAILROAD,
City ofSouth' Norwalk, Conn.
Plants and Flowers at all seasons
Flower-nor Funeral-,ruruiahcd and
tastefully arranged Io order an anion
notice
" HOW WATCHES—ARE MADE." "
.———
In a com com WATCH, aside from
'thoueeessary thickness for engraving—and
polishing, a large proportion of metal is
needed only to stiffen and hold the engravs
ed portions in place, and supply strength.
The surplus gold is actually needless. In
JamBoss’ Patent Gold Watch Was this
man: is saved, and sounm and
mason: increased by Mimple process,
at oneJralf the cost. A- plate of SOLID
com is soldered'on each side of a. plate
of hard nickel composition metal, and the
three are then passed between polished
steelmllcrs. From this the cases, backs,
centers, bezels, etc., are cut and shaped by
dies and formers. The gold is thick
enough to admit of all kinds of chasing,
engraving and engine turning. These ‘
cases have been worn perfectly smooth by
use without removing the gold. This is
the only case made under this process. Each
case isaocompaniedwithavalidguaranlee
dined by the manufacturers warranting it to
clear. 20 years. _ 150,000 of those Cases
now carried ‘in the United States and
Canada. \ Largest and Oldest. Factory.
Established 1854. Ask your Jeweler.
Geo. Ward Selleck,
Basin his New Store,
HARIEIIIMI'S III Ila", WALI STREET, .
A complete assortmentol the best class of
liliflGEIllES. PRBVISIONS. FRUITS
9
acufor family use,at Popular Prices. llis stock
is at all times trash and goodumd wrll stand com-
“ Bo did, if." That is the
ongxprcsgrlroof many who have had
their gray hair restored to its natural
color, and their bald spot covered
with hair, afiu usin one bottle of
MRS. S. A. Anna's ORLD'S HAIR
Rssronar. it is not a dye.
arison with those of any Grocerin town. Call
In and leave your orders. *Zntl
+_._
Money to Loan.
Enquire or O. Ill. WILSON, No. it Gazette Bu
ng, Norwalk, Conn.
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Family Use.
For Scarlet and
Typhoid Favors,
Diphtheria, slur.
vatlon, Ulcer-rated
SomThmnhSman
Pox, Measles, and
all Contagious Diseases. Persons wain' on
the Sick should use it freely.“ Scarlet Fever
never been known to spread where the Fluid was
used. Yellow Fever has been cured with it after
black vomit had taken place. The worst
use of Diphtheria yield to it.
Feveredand Sickl’er- SMALL-POX
an
FITTING of Small
sons refreshed and
Bed Sores revcnt.
Pox PREVENTED
Arnembcr of my fan-
ed by ba_ ing with
ily was taken with
Darbys Fluid.
Impure Air made
Small-pox. I used the
Flni '; the patient was
harmless and purified.
For Sore Throat it is a
up: clirions, was not
prtted, and was about
sure cure. -
Con on destroyed.
the house 'ninthrce
weeks, an no other:
For steal Feet,
had it.—J. W. Paar:-
his.
Chllblalnn, Piles,
msorr, P '
nfimfti'sm mired.
Diphtheria '
Prevented.
Sort White Complex-
ions scurrcdby its use.
Ship Fever prevented.
To ratify the Breath
C cause the Teeth:
it can’t be surpassed.
(Satan-h relieved and
Iii-"5559' Ins a
po cure .
Burns. relievedinatantly.
, '/ :-l 4
adds healed rtlpidiy.
' “Antidotofnym‘mal
. I D. _ I
‘ . or V , Poisons,
- Stings, etc. ‘
I used the Fluid durin
our present affliction witfi
Scarlet Fever vial de-
gided advantage. It is
lndlspensable to the sick.
room—Wu. F Surn-
vono, .Eyrie, Ala.
1., p, . i I
5300:5st yinthetrcnvu'
men: of Diphtheria. .
A. S'roznrmw‘n’acx *
Greensboro, Ala.
Tether dried up. '
Cholera prevented.
Ulcers purified and
healed. -
In cases ofDeath it
should be used about
the corpse—it will
prevent anyunplus-
ant small.
The eminentl’h -
sician, J. MARIO
SIMS, 1!. 1)., New
York, 5: : “I an:
convrnccd rof. Darby:
Proph lactic Fluid is a
_ val edisinhctant."
Vanderbut Unlversi , Nashville
I tati to the raps: extzellent qualitiesl gePlg'f':
Darby: mphyhcnc Fluid. As a disinfectant and
Ssgcertgignt‘: I5 both thematically arid practically
. r any preparatio vvi which
qwnkd.-*N. T. Lon-on, Prof. Cl'rernistfy:m ac—
Darbys Fluid ls Recommended by
£133. é:n:fl§mb H. Srlgrrfilvs, of Georgia;
. . . sails . . hutch
trangir's,C N. YdCol ' ’ C ‘ of the
cs. 3 ONTE, umbia Prof,Univcrsi , . .
Ilev. A. J. Barns, Profi, Mercer Univctrss'itsyg
Rev. G30. F. Prnncn, Blshop M. E. Church.
INDISPENSABLE T0 EVERY HOME.
Perfectly harmless. Used internally or
externally for Man or Beast.
The Flurd hambcen thorou lily rated, and we
have abundant evrdence that itfims done everything
here claimed. For fuller information get of your
Druggrst a pamphlet or send to the proprietors,
. J. n. zmnv-a co.
Manufircturing Chemists, PHILADELPHIA,
CA
.
i
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are.
G "fr 5;. . E
Sick Headache and relieve all the troubles inci-
dent to n bllious state of the system, such as Diz-
ziness, Nansen, Drowsin Distress after eating,
Pain in the Side, A: ‘.. their most remark-
able success has been shown l:l curing
S i Q
Headache, yet Carter's I
valuable in Corrsli; . ,
this punoying comp , I
all disorders of the Filllllzlcll, stimulate tho liver
and regulate the bowels. Even if illey only cur-ed
Ache they would he
. "‘most priorities to those who
Suffer from fills dig; . rig complaint; but fortu—
nately their goodnes (Toes notcnd here, and those
who once try them will find these ltttlo wills
able in so many ways fllctrhey willrlct ,,., “ '
to do wrthont them. But after all ”'c’
' AGE E
Is the bane of so many lives that here is where we
make our great boast. Our pills cure it while
others do not.
Carter’s Littlc Liver Pills are very small and
very easy to trike. . One or two pills make a dose.
They are strlctly vegetable and do not grips or
purge, butb tirelr gentle action please all who
use them, ll vrnls at 25 cents; live for :31. Sold
by dmgglsts everywhere, or sent by mail.
CARTER MEDICIN E 00.,
New Y‘arrk City.
J. G. GREGORY a (30., Agents for Norwalk.
Only the Best l
w. A. voenL,
Manufacturing Pharmacist.
AND
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Druggist,
21 Main Street, Norwalk,.Ct.
None but absolutely pure and per-
preparations, Drugs and Chemicals.
A complete stock of
. American and Foreign Patent
Medicines
Perfumery and Toilet Articles.
Prescriptions compounded at all
hours by careful, experienced and
skilled pharmacists only.
Prices Reasonable 1 6:14
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«Ill-s the functions of deranged
lltltlf‘lld. .rVervouxncxs, Palprfullon of
fence and all the unpleasant feelings »
.ul ruler: of mod. GAS'I‘RINE
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS.
As a Tor-fr: and I: v
[Ire .fppctll-t. Ila—cs
Slmuue Relieved
Illa .’ . Nausea, H.
result an ruin Nun-.16.
is in liquid form.
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OF ANOTHER AGE.
Gradually Supplanlcd dy a Better A ru‘
do certain old things are done navay.
lrl the general receptlon room or the Western
Union Telegraph building on Broadway, N. Y.,
are exhibited the course, crude and clumsy ln-
struments oi the infancy ol‘ the telegraph. They
are only relics now. More perfect mnchlncry has
superseded them, ‘ _
Years ago what is now styled tho old-lashroncd
porous plaster did some good_scrvrec There was
then nothing better of the klntl. Now all that Is
changed. Science and siutly have.gonc deeper
into the secrets of medicine and produced Bagu-
.s0u’s carers rt l-ouous Phasrnuavhlch embodies
all the excellencics thus for possible in an exter-
nal remedy. The old plasters were slow—the
Unpcine is rapid; they were uncertalnr-the Cap-
clue is sure. Cheaper articles hear similar names
Be careful. therefore, that some thrifty drugglst
does not deceive you. In the centre of the genu-
ine is cut the word Capciue; prlce ‘29 cents. 4ti5
Seabury at Johnson, chemists, New York.
‘ . For lh Gum .
Hattie andfiWill. e "
it
Br J. ran Lumen: -
'Tis evening, the sun is just setting .
Behind the hill ‘ . i
,Wbllc Hattie goes down the meadow-path
Her pail to fill
was rich, new- milk all freshly foamed.
Herpeltedcow 4 " '
Comes up to her fpr her to milk.
Hattie knows how ?
‘Ab! yes, she is a farmer’s lass-
Sweet Hattie is; ' .
There’s not a voice in all the world
Could rival this, ~
In trilling forth the songs ‘of birds
With love-lit wings—- ' I
There are not sweeter songs t and:
That Hattie sings! I l1 ' ' ' “9
Will comes behind in the meadow-path
And o’er the stile; , ,
While Hattie keeps on milking faitu ,
And all the while ‘ '
She wishes Will would come to her '
From far away. ' '
She dges not know that he returned
:4 : Home yesterday. ,_ ‘ . ,
' He comeflrehlsd and‘lsys his infra
Upon terrain; " ' ‘ "
She springs up fro‘nrher milking stool,
All flushed and fair.
And Will, with all his ardent love
_ Beams from his eyes.
. Takes her within his open arms.
‘In sweet surprise. ‘
She does not try to break from him,
But, lo! instead, ,
Upon his noble, manly breast,
She lays her head! ’
He pours out all his 'srdent love,
Whilé she-lie. still. ‘ ‘
We’llleav‘e them in each other’s arms—
Hsttie and Will.
w hat; Mothers are Doing.
.BY LILLIE E. BARR.
I know what mothers are doing tonight‘—
Loving mothers all over the land;
I can see the children in spotless white,
Round many a happy fireside stand.
’Tis Saturday night; and rosy and sweet,
Each from its bath. like a flower from rain
Pattering about with little bare feet.
And trailing night-dresses free from stain.
I know what mothers are doing to-night—
I’utting away a toy or a tool;
Hearing some dear little scholar recite
Leason or text for her Sabbath-school ;
Laying out ready wee jackets and caps;
Seeing that shoes and stockings are right,
Gloves and collars and cosy wrapa—
That's what mothers are doing to-nlght.
Patiently mending some little torn dress,
Signing to think no better is there;
Putting down needle and thread to caress
Little ones bending beside her in prayer:
Praying herpelf, as she busily sews
Now a button, and now a tear :
It’s on Saturday night a mother knows
The sweetest side of a mother's care.
On Saturday night, when children sleep,
And father sits by the fire at rest,
The angels give her a thought to keep,
And she feels that mother’s life is bloat;
She tenderly talks of their future days.
Telling of all they have said and done,
Till the father glows to her pleasant praise,
And blesses his children, one by one.
And the year will pass. and the children
_ grow ‘
Men and women, and wander away;
But deep in their hearts they will kcepI
know,
A love for their childbood's holiday—
That day when they wander’d far and wide,
That eve, when they said, in the waning
light, '
Their Sunday-school tasks at their mother’s
side. _
0! her kiss was sweet, and their heart’s
‘ were light,
When they went to bed on
a Saturday
night. _
N or My Business.
A wealthy man in St. Louis was asked to
aid in a series of temperance meetings, but
he scornfnlly refused. After being further
pressed he said :—
“Gentlemen it is not my business.”
A few-days later,‘his wife and two daugh-
ters were coming home in the lightning
express. In his grand carriage with two
liveried attendants, he rode to the depot,
thinking of his splendid business, and plan-
ning for the marrow. Hark! Did some one
say “accident ?" There are many railroads
centering in St. Louis. If there has been an
accident it is not likely it happened on the
and Mississippi. He~ telegraphed" to
the superintendent: ‘ "
"I'll give you $500 for an extra engine."
The answer flashed back, “N o."
“I will give you $1,000 for an engine."
“A train with surgeons .and nurses has
10‘ fectly fresh and reliable medicinal already 8008 forward, and we have no
other." _ _
With white face and anxious brow, the man
paced the station to and fro. It is his
“business" now. . -
In half an hour, perhaps which seemed to
him half a century, the train arrived. He
hurried toward it and in the tender found
the mangled and lifeless remains of his wife
and one of his daughter's. In the carfollow-
ing lay hi3 other daughter, with her dainty
ribs crushed in, and her precious life oozing
away. ‘
A quart of whisky which was drunk fifty
miles away by a railroad employee, was the
cause of the catastrophe.
Who dares to say of this tremendous
question, “It is not my business ?"
The Largest Pearl ever Found.
Some remarkable pearls lately found near
La Paz, Lower California have excited much
in'eresl. Three such extraordinary events
have taken place during the past month.
Probably the largest pearl on record, weigh.
inl' seventy-five carats, was found toward the
close of December. The fisherman sold it on
the spit for $14,000, which however, was an
insignificant sum compared with it's real
value. Now comes the announcement that
one of the fishermen employed had just dis-
C'JVCI'Cd a finely tinted and perfectly'formcd
pearl Wc‘gbing forty-seven carats and valued
on the spot at $5,000; while yet anotherpcsrl
was found about the same time, smaller than
the former, but of perfect shape, weighing
forty carats and valued at $3,000.—Jl[m‘ean
Financcro.
became displeased with the way his wife
dished up the fried potatoes for breakfast,
and ordered her to leave the house, which
she naturally refused to do. He then dis-
_ missed the servant's, turned off the water and
gas. and took lodgings for himself ata fash-
ionable boarding house. His wife hired a
new lot of servants, tapped a neighbor's
water pipe bought a lot of lamps, jabbed the
pokerbthrough her husband’s portrait, and is
running up a handsome grocery bill which
be will have to pay. . ,
g:
Unable to Tell.
Yes, that was so. For years [suffered .
sevurely with scrofula; sores’bl‘t)kr,.jorrt~ all .
over my body, and 1 am unable to tellonc
half that [ suffered. - I was not able to obtain,
relief until I used Sulphur Bitters whidh'
colnplelely cured me.—C. 13. Dale, 17 Allston
street, Boston. 2i15
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