‘ NORWWGAZE’ITE. l > "Truth above all tlLings.’ Entered in the Post Ollice as a Newspaper FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1897 - THE WEATHER—Today, fair, partly cloudy, to cooler. To-morrow, partly cloudy to slightly warmer and on Sat- urday partly cloudy to fair and ’ warm- er, preceded by possible rain. l800. - - - - |897. Norwalk Gazette. With’ the date of issue of the present number of our Weekly, the NORWALK GAZETTE, founded in 1800, enters the ninety'seventh year of its prolonged ex- i-stence. Lacking but three years of a full century of age, the GAZETTE ante- d’ates about every existing Norwalk in- stitution, excepting our two oldest ec- clesiastical societies and St. John’s Lodge, A. F. dc A. M. And whata marvelous compendium of local history and of family biographies, the bound volumes of its yearly files, bring down to us from the century’s early dawn. The GAZET'IE has always been con- ducted as a servicable and reputable journal, creditable to our town and to its several conductors. It has always been especially and intensely loyal to Norwalk. Earnestly and unwearedly has it striven to promote the welfare and good repute of our town. It has been exceedingly fortunate, during all the years of its publication, in having had for its editors and contributors, the ablest and most brilliant writers resident here, and embracing Divines, Jurists. thsmians, Educators, Soldiers and Statesmen, of honored local and National tame. In this good fortune, it has been enabled to intelligently cover the widest fields of human inter- est, and make itself an indispensible recorder of local events. It has always striven to avoid disreputable deceits and low and vulgar sensationalisms, to win notoriety or pilronage. In fine, the GAZETTE is known to be, clean, honest and reliable, furnishing infor- mation and entertainment for all ages and conditions of its grand army of faithful readers. As in the past, so in the coming fu- ture, the GAZETTE is not to be surpassed in worthiness of character and in inter- est aud va'ue to the people it depends upOu f it support. It will continue a sell-respecting and respected, reliable and welcome purveyor of current local and general news. Its columns will not be continually prostituted to the dtsparagemsnt of our town and its worthy officials, not let personal hatrel emit torrents of malevolent slander in language born of the slums. The sewer rats of a depraved modern journalism, will fi ..d no quarter in the GAZETTE. . and will ever strive to deserve and maintain, its old time reputation for purity and integrity both in its reading and advertising 001- 'J_'l.ii‘i paper prizes, umns. Salacious scandals and disrepu- table. "lakes" will be left if; the press scavengers with hereditary taste for vulgarity and indecency. Oitlie GA- ZETTE, it shall never with justice be charged that it cannot be received into a reputable household without a sense of personal degrad ition coming to every clean mindid person, or causing the blush of shame to crims in the cheeks of parents and children in every vir- tuous home. This journal has nothing but loathing for a. celebrity that reeks of the sewer and boasts a monopoly in ness. Soon or late, the public comes to ‘knuw that being deceived and fooled b} i be informed or improved. It is as im- portant to any community that its ,4:va . . . .‘ mendacious publications is not to newspapers be honest and reputable, as that its citizens should be. Upright- .—~—.— M /~'-«..~-,.’- ness 7.5 t“ "ed roc‘: of character to the i-m_.vi(- , ' municipality and tie Nation. The local newspaper is claimed to he the protector of the people against all evil doors and especially those who ‘ deem the public treasury a general pocket made to be picked. To our readers, one and all, and to the many for whom the present propri- etor has wrought for more than a half century, the assurance is given that no efforts will be relaxed to render their ’ favorite home journal as entertaining and useiul to them asheretofore. The GAZETTE enters more households than ‘ ever before; despite the ‘.‘hard ti- ' of~the past year, and no man to ’ . l sensational seLsriality and shameless_ safe in having it left at his home and read by his family. Much encourage- ment and satisfaction is felt in the future outlook, and whatever of busi- ness prosperity comes to this old paper, shall be fully shared by its generous patrons. ‘ In the twilight of over fifty years of labor on the GAZETTE, it is proper to here express a gratitude for the support and faithful friendships, that have ever enciuraged us, that will and only when the shadows come‘ at life’s end, to pur- ple the eternal morn. Happy New Year to all. ._... ...-..-..s...... New Counterfeit $l0 Bill. The Secret Service Division reports the discovery of a new counterfeit ten- dollar national bank note. It isa photo- .graphic/reproduction of a note issued by the Union National bankut Detroit Mich., check letter B, series of 1882, signed by W S. Rosecrans, Register, and C. N. Jordon, Treasurer. Chief Hazen says it is the product of the same hand as a cOunterfeit note recent- ly discovered of the National bank at Commerce, New York. Gen. Van Keuren’s Present. Yesterday, Quartermaster General L. N. Van Keuren of the governor’s staff, was presented with a superb silver rhilted sword, dress and service scab- bards and bufl' silk sash. They were the gift of the trustees of the People’s Savings bank of Bridgeport, of which Gen. Van Kevren is one, and some twenty-five members of the Seaside club of which he is president. The in- signia belongs to the rank of brigadier general. _._._..___._‘ .- Holiday Weddings. Miss Florence Tuttle Was married yesterday in New York, to Mr. Clinton Barnum Seeley, a grandson of the late P. T. Barnum. Yesterday Miss Ella Collin, daughter of Peter Collin, a tailor, of New York, became Queen of the Cannibal Islands of Illika, of the New Hebrides group, by ’her marriage with Colonel John F. Hobbs. who enjoys supreme rule of the barbaric South Sea islands. Westport. The widow of the late Captain Wil- liam C. Staples who died so ' suddenly of supposed Bright’s disease took. place yesterday. 0. FOR BOYS AND slurs . ELIZABETH AS A CHILD. ' " England's Manly Queen Possessed blunt. the Same Traits as Other Children. One seldom thinks of “England’s manly. Queen” as a little maiden with a broad brow, serious eyes. and inter- esting though not beautiful face. The daughter of Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth inherited none of her ill~starred mother’s charms of counte- nance and person, though the Tudor in- tellect came to her in its mixture of strength ’and weakness. As a child, Elizabeth was studious, diligent, and modest, possessing many lovable characteristics, and not show- ing the imperious temper which re- quired the constant flattery of courtiers and minions to keep it in equipoise. But though she possessed the defects of her qualities, she was, during her long reign, a woman of lion-heart, great shrewdness, and amazing sagac- ity. Her childhood was not: especially happy, nor at any time in her life did Queen Elizabeth drink a cup of un- _mixcd sweetness. In her old age. she utterly refused to look at herself in a mirror.—Harper’s Bazar. Swallow Sentinels. Respecting the utility of swallows as messengers of intelligence—could we but understand their language and their signs—a correspondent of the London “Telegraph” writes: “On this point I can give the experi- ence of an English gentleman who served under Said Pasha in Egypt. He observed that a whole colony of swal- lows had suddenly left the town in which he lived, and noted the fact to a friend who had been located there some years. ‘Yes,’ said the latter, ‘we shall have cholera break out in less than a week. Twice before I have seen the some thing.’ And so it did on this occasion. Nor did the little winged messenger return until a clean bill of health was apparent. The pestilential atmosphere must have been scented or tasted by the swallow, who lives in the aii‘.” ( Don’t \Vet Your Fingers. Don‘t wet the fingers to turn the leaves of circulating library books. The authorities among tlie’circulating li- braries of Dresden have been conduct- ing :1 series of experiments to deter- mine if books in general use become a lllt‘llililll for the communication of in- """iion. Soilod leaves were rubbed .ii-st with dry: fingers and 'tlien with wet ones, and the results microscopi- cally examined. No microbes, or few, were found on the dry_ fingers, but many on the others. llIargai'et’s Sacrifice. The little children were talking of Lent and of what they would each give up for the season of fasting and repentance. . ' Candles and cake went on the list of sacrifices. ' Little Margaret, aged two and a half years, was an'intent listener. Finally, “I close I will dive up mus- turd,” she said, and added in a thought- ful aside: “I never did tare much for mustard, anyway.” w E ETK L Y. -‘ Nouw A an? "on ZETTE .* THE EVENINGGAZETT CHECKER-BOARD BUSINESS DIRECTORY.- 8 West Avenue. .NORWALK Safes For Rent. FREliifiig‘g‘Tm’ - iiiiiiiii .. Fll‘ll Illlllialltt Cu. R 39.51.31,...“ In Sficcessful Oper- . Safe Delms't Vault DONEIAT - . dialiiiillils grii‘noliggs ation Since 1860, on THE - d Harnessmitrde to or-. _ , - - NATIONAL BANK er a spoon 1y. No Outsranding Claims. or moawux, TH l3 OFFlGE- __ Non‘gungjlflingNN. l GAZETTE ans. W. H. BYlN TON l BRING IlSURA CE. GOOD RESULTS llnom I, Silelle Building. 0. Ward Selleck, BEST GOODS. TEAS and COFFEES 18 WALL ST. Edgar Buttery, Painting. E er N u [‘88 ryman , Banging. semin- Nonwanx, CONN. ing and Ear wood Trees. Shrubs and Finishing. II’llantts. Sérawbegry u. l. "kn" 8. la . . Braiildxfwmlbeiio rind 52 Wilton venue, Mar‘srhel. :0 other Norwalk. l Conn. “"3 195- Send for bbok con- Oifice 6 Water St. ~ - Nurs'y’s, Broad River. taming sstmples. —‘ \ Fran y PARLOR DENTIST BABBEB-i-SIIOP, , J H. S. 1130301113. 47 Main Street. TRY WEED’S SODA WATER 38 Wall St. ENTERPRISE Bottling Works, 7 Wall Street. m: MES Aiio 1am EXPRESSLY non FAlll- . . . ILY USE. Mail orders receive prompt attention. I I V , Joli Printing ‘ ' 0F “El“ DESCRIPTIII succumb AT THE sums orricr SLEIGHS, SLEIGHS, SLEIGHS. ‘l -If you want to buy a new sleigh, or have your old one repaired or painted, let me know. ‘Work called for and delivered free of charge. LUTHER M. WRIGHT. FACTORY AND REPOSITORY, RANKLIN nuisances, South Norralk. A FREEBICYCLE! .. The WHITE'SHOE STORE will give away ‘ absolutely free, on Saturday evening, Janu- ary 2, 1897 ,_ A Beaulllul High trade iicycie. Your Choice of Either Ladies’ or Gent’s. A Coupon “with each 500 Cash Purchase. \ Don’t forget the date and place. At OLSEN BROTHERS’ WHITE SHOE STORE, ' 3 GAZETTE BUlLDlNG, NORWALK, CONN. l _ _ THE STRONG AND RESPONSIBLE 1 a STOCK MANAGEMENT", OF THE NTNALIF ~ Of Hartford. Conn... iiisunicii ' COMPANY, Has produced results to Policy Holders which are uneXcelled REGORD 0F POLIGY "0. “33,0”. Issussd in 1881, at age 35, for $1,000. 15 Year Endowment Annual Premium. - - - $63.28. Amount of the Policy, - . - - $1,000.00 FIFTEEN ANNUAL PREMIUMS, of $63.28 each, $949.20 FIFTEEN ANNUAL DIVIDENDS, ‘ 199.07 NET COST to maturity, - . J ' f 750.13 NET CAIN, - ,_ - - , - 33430? This Policy matured in 1896. and showed a gain of $249.87, And 15 years" insurance for $1,000.00 MORGAN c. BULKELEY,-President. JOHN I. HUTCHINSON, General Accident Agent, Hartford E.,E. HALLOOK, General Agent. 5 Hubingcr Bldg” New Haven. P. W. BATES F 42 mini srnrsr, ,you can find as fine an assortment of lllllllllllfllllfllllliflillfllliil 'Wlll'll As can be found in any Yard in the State. Look it over and get prices before going elsewhere. ’iirs. MEANS... ' _sn-_.SUHO0L WILL R‘EOPEN-x Santana 29, 1896. illll’lLICATIONS ‘ . For admission should be made at Hillside at an early day. Piano Lessons, .GEORGE W. BRADLEY. (daughter of the lateWm. i . Nash.) gives eflicent and satisfactory instructions on the Piano at her_home No. 193 Main street.
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