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"Truth above all things.’
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1896.
Entered in the Post Ofliee as a Newspaper
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Fatal Fuel.
'It did not require the Cincinnati gaso-
iline explosion with its score of dead vic-
tims and its ruined buildings to prove
that gasoline is one of the most danger-
-.ous products used for fuel or for any
other purpose.
The lesson of the Cincinnati disaster
tie the necessity of officials inepection to
prevent the use of dangerous explosives
«as fuel in buildings. It makes very
:little difi'erence whether a building full
“of people is blown to atoms by an ex-
s-ploding boiler or a gasoline tank, butif
j‘there is any difference the latter is
worse, as fire-is certain to follow the ex-
.iplosion.
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Farm Villages.
“Mr. John Bookwalter. of New York,
his the owner oflarge tracts of land in
"various States, including Nebraska,
ILIllinois, and Ohio. It has occurred to
.Mr. Bookwalter that the conditions of
"farm life are susceptible of improve-
eanent. He thinks such an existence
could be rendered more attractive and,
'at the same time, more profitable. As
he owns land for the money there is in
,r’if», and does not profess a great measure
ofph-ilanthrophy, we supposo .a desire
: for increased receipts is his chief reason
for wishing to make his tenants hap-
vpier. t is one of the most fortunate
:facts in human affrirs that a man of
~‘Weallh mayiprozwte his own interests
1 by helping others.
AW.'Bookwaltel' has been a traveler
in foreign lands, and has paid special
attention to rural life in France and
Switzerland. He proposes to trans-
mlant the farm village custom of those
countries to his own American domain,
.and to introduce improvements on the
Eborrowed plan. His intention is to
rconcen-trate the rural population in
willages of 500 to 5,000 persons, so that
‘they may have "the advantages of social
.iiife and modern luxuries and improve
ments impossible of attainment under
«existing conditions.
.In France and Switzerland the agri-
=4rultural population is grouped in vil-
flages, the farms radiating in strips from
"the center of the town. Mr. Bookwal-
’tcr believes it practicable in this coun-
try, where great tracts of good lands
are available, to improve on the Euro-
.pean villages. They have grown up by
sub-divissious. He would, at the start,
{lay out a large village. He has an-
anounced his intention to begin this
*‘work on a 60,000 acre tract he owns in
Nebraska, and proposes to organize a
drown which is to have a. theatre, music
that], library, and other advantages for
uamusement and instruction. If we
must have tenant farming as. a perma~
nent feature ofrural life in this country,
«where, but a few years ago, “Uncle
«‘Sarn_was rich enough to give us all a
damn,” there can be no doubt that
the 7oringing together of the peOp'e in
othis way will make them more content-
"ed, and diminish the inclination of the
young people to desert the farms and
rush into the cities. .
Another great advantage will be the
improved facilities for education. In
.the average farming community there
"L‘ufl be no graded schools, and the
school terms in summer and winter are
gory short. In a village of 500 to 5,000
rponulation good graded schools can 'he
.grma’ln‘tained for long terms. Thus 6&-
lcs‘ ::c led in communties the farmers would
tile able to exert a greater influence in
@ublic affairs than is possible in their
isolated state. The Pittsburg Dispatch,
, in a well-considered article on the
.Booawalter plan, suggests that it would
“naturally lead to better sanitary con~
"-df‘l'OllS, to conveniences, to police and
satire protection that are now lacking in
the widely separated farm houses, and
, call this without detracting from the ad-
'vantages of rural surroundings, such as
tress, flowers, and the supply of the
‘best and freshest that the garden, dairy,
-thhard, and farm can produce.”
It may be doubted,-however, whether
"tenant farming will be made popular
will the United States by any amount of
affix. The native American does not
take to it kindly, and generally regards
- his landlord as an oppressor. And the cit-
'-izen of foreign birth is apt to acquire,
msoen after his arrival, enough of the na-
rrative spirit to render him a discontented
tenant of any man’s farm.
I But such farm villages, with the.
farms owned by the residents, present
many attractive 2 and commendable
features.
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A Good Companion,
ever delightful and Welcome, is found
in The Youth’s Companion, established
1827, yet growing more vigorous each
year. Its Announcements for the com-
ing months are“ well worth reading.
The remarkable weekly circulation of
The Companion testifies to the general
appreciation of its worth; to the eleva-
ted tone ofeverything it prints, as well
as of its interest for boy and girl, father
and mother, alike. , _
Those who make the acquaintance of,
The Youth’s Companion for the first
time this year~will find it entertaining,
instructive, generous and healthful.
Those who for many years have re-
ceived its weekly visits will find in it an
old and true friend, more welcome than
ever. '.
To all new subscribers, and to those
renewing their subscriptions, The Com-‘
panion sends free its handsome four-
page Calendar for 1896. The four sea-
sons have been appropria oly pictured
in water-colors, reproduced by litho-
graphy, size of each page 7 x 10 inches.
Address The Youth’s Companion, 195
Columbus Avenue, B )ttOl‘, Mass.
¢ ..+
Connecticut Patents.
The following were issued May 5,
1896, List furnished from offices of
Earl & Seymour, Solicitors of Patents,
868 Chapel street, New Haven, Conn.
R. A. Bruel, Bridgeport, chain mak-
ing machine; J. Christianson, Hartford,
railway switch; F. H. Richards, Hart-
ford, six, automatic weighing machine
(4), knife edge pivot for scale beams
(2); A. J. Wolff, Hartford, bicycle
wheel; W. J. O’Neill, Stamford, ash
sifter;J. Anderson, Portland, tool for
expanding pipes; L. Briggs, Glasgo,
twisting machine; R. H. Mather,
Windsor, steam engine; M. L. Carpen-
ter, East Hampton, bicycle bell.
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A Week of Wonders.
The Boston Store, Norwalk, on page
eight, announces a great reduction in
superior silk dress goods and capes and
jackets.
On the silk goods they quote astonish-
ingly low prices while in the cloak
room they will take 25 per cent, off all
garments marked $5 or over.
This great reduction will surely fill
their mammoth emporium with eager
purchasers, and the sale will prove in- I
deed a week cf wonders.
Burglary at Bridgeport.
The residences of Messrs. Parker and
Beach, on Fairfield avenue. Bridge-
port, were burglarized last night and a
quantity of silverware and clothing
were stolen, among the latter being two
spring overcoat”, one light color and
the other dark. Superintendent Bir-
mingham and Detective.Arnold were
here this morning trying to apprehend
the burglars who it is believed came
this way.
State Bicycle Races.
The Connecticut state bicycle race
circuit has, the following dates: At
Middlefield, May 30; at New Haven,
Rovers Wheel club, June 20; at Bridge-
port, Bridgeport Wheel club, July 4;
Meriden Wheel club, August 29.
Norwalk’s Drawbridge Horror.
The fact is recalled that Wednesday
versary of the terrible Norwalk draw-
bridge disaster in which for ty-two lives
were sacrificed.
Supports McKinley.
He, [McKinley] Don’t; Have to Speak
Can—News.
FAITHFULNESS OF A DOG.
Saved the Life of a. Seriously-Wounded
Officer.
Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, in her
story of “The Guard,” a body of young
men who followed “The Pathfinder”
into the civil war and made a. brilliant
record for their courage and gallantry,
tells a pathetic story of a dumb beast
who also was loyal and courageous:
While the guard—a body of cavalry—
was drilling one day near St. Louis, a.
little fox-terrier followed one of' the
men, Herr Wisa, a. Hungarian officer,
going with him to camp. He could not
be driven away. ‘ .A.
The men all made a. pet of him, an '
named him “the corporal;” but though
he was affable to them all, he made the
Hungarian soldier his companion and
friend, sleeping at his feet at night,
nndfollowing him by day.
When the guard made their memor:
able charge at Springfield, Me., the
Corporal charged with them, keeping
beside his master’s horse throughout
the battle. Herr Wise. was wounded,
and fell, apparently dead, in a. thicket.
The corps swept past, his horse fled,
wild with terror, but the little Corporal
face and trying to rouse him. w.
There the dog remained through the
bitter cold night. When morning came
he run to the distant road, and by his
frantic barks and cries induced a pass-
.cr-by to enter- the thicket. '
The man, seeing only a cold, stiff
body, supposed the soldier to be dead,
and would have hurried on; but the
Corporal furiously drove 1121;; back, and
would not be silenced until he saw his
master move and speak, when he
crouched, dumb and cor;t-.;;;;d, at his
feet. , ‘ '_
‘ June I. ut3p. m.
the 6th inst. was the forty-third anni- '
nestled close beside him, licking his ‘
”HERE .A_N_n___ THERE. i
All Epitome of Happenings of ,
interest to the Public.
, Garnered with Scissors and Pencil.
—Fishing tackle, Hayes’, 5 Main St.
Contractor George W. Cravn is build- L
ing a Telford road in Litchfield.
The warden of the little bordugh of
New Canaan receives a salary of $150,
The funeral of Mrs. Jeremiah Spii
lane was attended yesterday afternoon.
Howard Glendeuning has graduated
from the New York College of Phar-
macy. c _‘
The funeral of the late James Gal-
lagher, was held in New Haven this
afternoon.
Street Commissioner Kellogg has a
gang of men at work “cleaning up”
Mun street.
Town clerk Herbert R. Smith is ex-
pected home from his Visit in Tennes-
see, next week.
The annual meeting of the Norwalk
Pottery Go. Will be held on Monday
Charles Tenney has recovered from
his illness and resumed Work at Sterns
Bros. on erth avenue.
William E. Dann is in White Plains
to-day and Horace E. ‘ Dann is doing
jury duty in Budge-port.
Next Sunday Will be the twentieth
anniversary of the opening of the Con-
tennial exhibgtion at Philadelphia.
The funeral of the late Silas Buttery
of Silver Mine, will be held to-morrow
morning, Rev. Mr. Davis officiating.
The third degree was conferred on
Selectman Frank 1H. Merrill by St.
John’s Lodge F. &. A. M. last night.
The Pequonneck club has leased
a cottage at Gregory’s Point for the
summer season, and moved into the
same.
At the Congregational church last
evening Rev. Fred S. Curtis gave an
interesting talk on missionary work in
Japan.
Messrs. H. Hoffman and H. Wein-
stock, of New York city, are visiting
friends in Norwalk.
The Golden Rule Circle, K. D. are
holding a meeting at theCongregation-
al parsonage, this afternoon, the guests
of Mrs. T. K. Noble.
-—-Young ladies, see Truth to-morrow.
“ Cupid’s Direst Foe, ” by Johnson.
All trains’ and news stands.-
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs-
day nights no transients lodged at' the
Hotel Howard on Smith street. Last
night there were two.
It is twenty-six years ago this month
since the Fenian demonstration against '
Canada in which several Norwalk Irish-
men were more or less interested.
The funeral of Mrs. " Margaret P.
Beatty widow of the late George Beatt-y
will be attended to-morrow on the ar-
rival of= the 11:37 train at South Nor-
walk.
—Just for one hour, between 5 and 6,
Saturday, tan-colored 8 inch Mousqu-
taire gloves, all sizes, $1 quality 50
cents. One pair to a customer. Bos-
ton Storc, N orwalk.
The Southern hew England Tele-
phone company has a gang of men set-
ting forty foot poles on Water street
from a point on the railroad tracks near
“Battle Row.” , '
Oysters twelve inches long are found
in Australia and when a man asks for
oysters in a restaurant the waiter mere-
ly order: “one fried slab” and the cook
understands what is wanted.—Ansonia
Sentinel.
Pioneer Castle, K. of M. C. will work
the initiatory degree at their lodge
room in the GAZETTE.Building to-night.
Next Monday night they will pay a
fraternal visit to Palestine Castle of
South Norwalk.
The fire loss on MacKeuzie & Sons’
burned hat factory at Danbury, has
been adjusted and the owners are to re—
ceive $7,100 insurance money. The
loss on" stock and machinery has not
yet been adjusted.
—-We will call your attention to the
advertisement of the Boston Store,
Norwalk, on the 8th page. about giving
25 per cent. ofi' capes and jackets for
Saturday. '
Health Officer 'W. J. Tracey yestel-
day afternoon put up another measle
card on the Colonel Roberts’ schr ol
to replace the one filched or blown from
the door. There is but one case of the
disease in the school.
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Members of the Mrs. Tom Thumb
company called on, Conductor" Hanni-
gan of the Street Railway yesterdav.
and seemed mighty glad to shake hand-
with him. Mr. Hannigan was at one
time connected thh
-' Grounds
’batrery for the Arctics will be Schui
. case.
a company of .
which the liliputians were members.
Selectman Turner, of Danbury, was
in town this morning.
Mrs. Harriet Bissell who recently
removed to New York was in this city
to-day, calling on friends.
A quantity of new machinery for the
Jones Manufacturing company arrived
this morning. —_ .
F. W. Smith the Main 8‘. butcher,
sweeps the deck on spring lamb, sweet-'
, breads, calve‘s liver, tender steaks and
other mm? luxuries.
The ilcticsunii Darlens will play a.
moron game if base. ball on the Fair
to-morrow afte'rnom. The
man and Ashton.
A mutt-ing up« n which was mounisd
a lad named Nowell lolted on Eest. av. -
nue, this morning but was captured'bc-
fore throwing its rider, by a man who
happened to be [assing at the time.
The ‘25; inch teed-pipe on the Street
”Railway sprinkler is being. substituted
with a 4-:nch pipe in order that it 1.80-
CEB‘Il‘y, the sprinkler will throw a Wider
spray of warer on either side of the
tracks.
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ANOTHER ICE PERIOD.
A Predicted Result of Cutting the Isthmus
of Panama.
“The best scientific authorities pro-
dict dire et‘r‘eets from the cutting of a
canal through either the Isthmus of
Panama or Tehunntepcc. The late
George R. Marsh said of this that ‘u
new ice period might be occasioned by
the witlldurwal of so important a source.
of warmth from the northern zones,’
and Sir John Herschel wrote: ‘Were
the Isthmus of Pan umn broken through
there is no doubt that the whole climate
of our island (Great Britain) would un—
dergo a. most notable deterioution.‘
The sum of $0,000,000 has been voted
by the legislature of the state of New
York for improving the Erie canal sys-
tem; the Hennepin canal has had $1,-
=2»
' 200,000 spent on it, and work has Stopped
until new appropriations can be made.
Mutt Quay is using his influence for the
construction of a ship canal from Pitts-
burgh to Lake Erie, to cost $16,000,000,
and a ship canal from Philadelphia. to
New York, besides advocating the ex-
penditure of $50,000,000 in canulizing the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers. One of the
most stupendous of these engineering
works is the Chicago drainage canal,
now in progress, which is to cut the
‘divide’ which bars the way between
Chicago and the Mississippi river. The ,
distance is only 30 miles between Lake ,
Michigan and the Illinois river, and one 3.
can easily see the startling nature of a
union of the ‘great lakes’ and the
‘fntiher of waters.’ ”
Agony
The wonderfulcurc related below IS
by no means unusual with Hood’s Sar-
saparilla. This great medicine has
given health to suffering children,
even when health seemed impossible.
The secret of its success is that it puri-
fies, vitalizes and enriches the blood.
“I wish to tell of a wonderful cure
effected by Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Five
years ago my little boy was sudden-
ly seized with a severe lameness, appar-
ently in his right knee, which some phy-
sicians said was rheumatism, while others
said it was hip disease and that it was
Incurahle
During the next winter and spring he
became rapidly worse. We took Jimmie
toa specialist, Who said it was hip disease.
At this time the affliction became so
severe that we could not move him with-
out causing screams of agony. He be-
came reduced in weight to 30 pounds, and
was but’a shadow of his former self. We
had about given up hope when we read of
a cure b'y Hood’s Sarsaparilla of a similar
We resolved to try this medicine.
Jimmie was decidedly improved after
taking the first bottle. He was even
Better
after the second. We have since used
over a dozen bottles of the medicine, and
the change has exceeded our expectations.
James is now able to walk without the
aid of crutches and goes to school every
day. He has been wonderfully cured
by Hood’s Sarsaparilla.” J. 0. RUNDELL,
Oakley, Michigan. ~
Druggist C. C. Tubbs says he knows the
Randell boy has been wonderfully
Cured
by Hood’s Sarsaparilla and that Mr. Run-
dell is thoroughly reliable. He has a good
sale of Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s
Pills, both of which are giving 'perfect
satisfaction. He says Hood’s Pills seem
to be the coming’family cathartic!"
N. B. If you decide to take Hood’s Sar-
saparilla do not be induced to buy any
other. Insist upon Hood’s, because
'oodS
Sarsaparilla
Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. s1.
Prepared by C. I. Hood & 00., Lowell, Mass.
i100 d’S Pills are easy to take, easy
to operate. 250ents.
SOME SHORT PERSONAL GOSSIP.
Mrs. Tirza. Emery, of Elliot, Me., at-
tained her 1015t birthday recently.
The oldest pensioner in the United
States is Hosea Brown, of Grant’s Pass,
Ore. His age is 103.
‘ Scott R. Hays, youngest son of the
err-president, is a. successful electrician
in Cleveland.
An eye-witnessof the battle of Water-
100, lives 16 miles east of Alliance, 0.
His name is James R. Green, and his age
is 98.
Neal Dow, the famous temperance ad-
\ ocate and originator of the “Maine
prohibitory laws,” was 92 years old the
other day. His mental faculties are un-
impaired and his physical Condition
good.
Miss Morton, eldest daughter of Gov.
Morton, of New York, is said to be an ex-
pert fishcrwomun. From early in the
spring until the last. run of autumn fish.
and even throng-h the ice in winter, Miss
Morton loves to go angling.
Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, car-
ries three rabbit feet for luck. “These,”
he explained to a friend the other day,
“were presented to me by three beauti-
ful young ladies. They are the left hind
. feet of rabbits killed in a country grave.-
yard, over the grave of a. murderer, in
the dark of the moon. by a cross-eyed,
red—headed, left-handed negro.”
.ETIQU'ETTE POINTS FOR GIRLS.
It is quite proper for even a. very
young girl to wear a watch.
In entering a. house the lady precedes
the gentleman. ‘
It is not considered good form for a
girl of 16 to wear diamonds.
The gentleman is presented to the
lady, and not the lady to the gentleman.
Ice-s, wafers and lemonade form a.
suitable collation for a small entertain-
ment.
The announcement of an engagement
usually comes from the mot-her of the
young lady.
NOTICE. ,
The annual meeting ofthe Nor 1
Pottery Company, will be held a‘tvzhl;
Company on' Monday,
oflices-of said
June 1, 1896, at 3 o’clock p. m.‘
E. O. KEELER,
Norwalk, Conn., May 8, ’96. Secy.
DIED.
BEAery—Entered interest on March 3lst
18.46.1IIARGABE1; P.. widow of the late,
GEORGE'BEATLIY, 1n the 86th year of her
age. .
Funeral on Saturday M ' '
11:37 train at'South Norvtxllgfh' on arrival Of
AWANTED,
ANTED—Immedia.tely a good 1
dress. Address St f‘ “‘1‘
arm Whitney Building, Stdgfgidzfland Laun-
1'0 RENT.
0 RENT—Cottage of six rooms ad‘ ' '
~ . . . Jounng
reeldence of VI: . J. Fitch. West 6
Apply on premises. P rt avenge.
Norwalk Opera House
3 Nights, Commencing
THURSDAY. MAY 7th.
Matinees Friday and Saturday Afternoons.
The World Renowned, Ori-
ginal and only
MRS. GENERAL
TOM THUMB-’8
LILIPUTIANS
Alli Refined Specially Entertainers.
Popular Prices, 15, 2 5, 57 35c.
Reserved seats‘now on sale at Weeds and
Tomlinson’s drug Stores. -
HERE THEY ARE! \
EDDI’SREFRIGERATORS
Strongly Built, Handsomely Finished and theMost
Economical Users of Ice.
THINK OF THIS.
Perfect Non-Conductor Packing. Cold Dry Air Circula-
tion. Wrought-Iron Ice Racks. Absolute Dryness.
Slate Stone Shelves.
Zinc Linings.
Unexposed Wood
Inside Joints.
Double Cases.
EVERY ONE WARRANTED AS REPRESENTED
42 .SOUTH MAIN STREET,
SOuth Norwalk Hardware co,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
ality and spleridor.
as usual, THE LOWEST, at
OLSEN ~{BROS ,
Our display of new Tan Shoes and Oxford for the spring
of ’96 beats anything ever shown in town for hOVelties, liber-
Th’ey dazzle and bewilder you, and you will be the worst
disappointed person in town it you don’t come in and exam-
ine our shoes, whether you'wish to buy or not. The prices
OLSEN BROS."
WHITE SHCE‘ Siron’n
’ 3 GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK.
runs. FRIENDS ARE USING
PtllSTED’S tonsil ssusnv
AND RECOMMEND 11's Use-
Get a Bottle at once. .25 and, 50 tents.
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