W E ER .1. Y; - N o 11w. 11.21:" A71” rm. Local News. I Percy E. Ferris has arrived at Pana- ma on the steamer Advance. Miss Ella 'Sturges, of Weston, is spending the week in Norwalk. MiSs May Kelly of—West avenue, spent Sunday in Bridgeport. _ The Baptist Sunday school has vcted to expend $2.5 for repairs on the church_ Miss Helen T. Bracken, of Living- ston place, spent Sunday in New Ha- you. Mrs. L. L. Seeley. of Darien. is visit- ing her brother, Selleck Seeley, of New Canaan. , Frederick Tocci and Miss Theresa Scarpella will be married at St. Mary’s church, shortly. E. S. Marsh and family have moved from Branchville to the Jarvis house. on West Main street. . 'Mrs. Estella. Kéllogg of New Canaan, spent Sunday with her cousin Miss Etta Kellogg of Broad River. While carting logs at Bald Hill, Monday, Adolph Deering suffered a fracture to his left leg. James VVhitcomh Reilly and wife. of Derby“. spent Sunday with Mr. rs. Lawrence Cavanagh, of Crescent erraCe. Mrs. Ella D. Hill, of West avenue, ls isiting friends in Meriden. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Merrill of Lino- eumville, Staten Island, are visiting Ir. and Mrs Charles Yost of Smith , ille. John J. Cavanagh of Crescent Ter- 08, left Saturday night for a trip to alifornia. He will be gone several eeks. Miss Clara E. Marvin has been spend- ..g a few days in Brooklyn. Mrs. Theodore A. Sheffield, of .New .' ork, has been a guest of her parents r. and Mrs. Francis Leonard, Union ark. The funeral of the late Samuel Fer- ,uson was held from'his home, 22 Day reet, Sunday afternoon. Rev. A. S. 'avanagh officiating. The Catholic club will give a recep- on, in Lockwood’s hall, Monday even- g, April 3 E. Everett Gorhanr of Katonah, N. ., is visiting hls parents, Mr. and Mrs. HE Gorham, of East Norwalk. ‘ Samuel J. Watkins, of South Nor- alk spent Sunday in Darien. T. H. Foster of Danbur y, was in town onday, inspecting his Bell Island operty. Mr, Foster predicts a rush- - season and says several new Cottages ll go up. pt. Roy Decker of East Norwalk . returned home from Greenpoint I., where he has been putting his op Fell in condition for the season. ohn Smith has moved from 'Betts -ce, East Norwalk, to School street, '3 city. l liss Marie Curtis of B1 ooxlvn spent nday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Curtis of Knight street. ouis L. Wilcox and Miss Marion lcox, of Brooklyn, will spend Easter h his father Edwin Wilcox of nklin street, South Norwalk. I 'ving Finch of Providence, Rhode. 11d, spent Sunday with his parents and Mrs. W. A. Finch of Van ‘ dt avenue. rs. Jarvis Kellogg is visiting her .1 hter, Mrs. George A. Bell, in vidence, R. I. iss Jeanette Gossctte of New York, Harry Pepper will sing at the ves~ service in the South Norwalk Con- - ational church, Easter Sunday. rs. Vernon H. Yarnell, of Boston, been a guest of her sister, Mrs. J. ewkirk, of Morgan avenue. 's. Harriet Hendrickson, a sister of Mary A. Townsend, of West -t, died Sunday at her home in " one, N. .1. Mrs. Hendrickson was many years a resident of South valk. ssell Morgan of Philadelphia tal College is expected home to d several weeks vacation with his nts, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Morgan of 1ew avenue. orge Crofut, who has been employ- a newshoy by the New York rn News Company for several 1 , has resigned his position'and day left South Norwalk for Brook- . here he enlisted in the United T 5 Navy for a period of five} years. - e pupils of Professor N ewell’s dan-’ ' class will hold their clOsing recep- ; Wednesday, April 5th. The com- e of arrangements is composed of ey Craw, George Comstock, Ben- . Mosher, Harry Goldschmidt and 1; y Reuter. arles L. Barker, of the firm of Bar . ' :& Baldwin, hardware dealers at , field, Mass, has sold out his inter- I1 the firm to W. S. Smith, formerly , - South Norwalk Hardware com- l The new firm will be known as - a'rdware Specialty Company. the morning service in the First regational church Sunday, Dr. '1‘ 'oble took occasion to thank his Is for the Christian spirit shown at u eeting called to consider his let- of resignation, and for the two he vacation offered him, to take '3 own convenience, within the six he that he will be their pastor. and. Taylor. sueet. William T. Walter, of N01 walk and are soon to wed. Mrs. William B. Unholtze, of Stam- ford. is a guest of her mother. Mrs. Kelleher, of this city. William A. Kellogg proposes spend- ing Good Friday at the home of his daughter in Groton. ' Mrs. A. J. Nutting and Mrs. Sturges of Brooklyn; have. been visiting their father J. A. Slater of Seymour place. A party of South N01 wa k people expects to take a week s t1 1p to W ash- ington, D. C. next Tuesday. Mrs. R. T. Bishop and son Julian of Bridgeport, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. '1‘. Raymond at The Maples. Miss Clara Bell of Brooklyn, will spend Easter with her mother Mrs. Charles Bell, of Cove s’tréet. William Gage of Newton; has been visiting Mrs. William Mayhew ofSouth Main street. Principal E. H. Gumhart has return- ed from Boston where he attended the funeral of his brother Rev. A. S. Gum- hart. Miss Jennie Smith of Ridgefield, has been a recent guest of‘ Miss Fannie Hoyt, of East avenue. Mrs. A. Dickinson and daughter Flor- ence, of South Main street. will spend the Easte1 holidays at Fishkill on the Hudson. Warren Smith,Jr., of Madison street, entertained a party of friends at dinner Tuesday evening, at his home. An informal family gathering was held at the home of Mrs. George W. Couch on Bayview avenue, Monday af- ternoon. Miss Kate Dekens, of New Y01 k, was a guest of he1 b1 other, Petel Dekens, of Girard place, Sunday. George Anderson has applied for a license to sell liquor at 37 South Main street, South Norwalk. Edward Shields, of Hamilton avenue, has secured a position with the New York and Eastern News Company, and is on the main division of the ConsOl- idated railroad." Mr. Elliott of New York an inspector 'of the Metropoliton Life Insurance Co. is in town inspecting the books of the local agents. , . Mrs. Charles McPherson and daugh- ter Eloise, of Bridgeport, who have been visiting at the home of H. B. Wigham, returned home to-day. Mrs. Kittie Downes and child1en, of New Haven, have returned to Norwalk and Will make their home with Mrs. DOwnes’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice ~‘ Ahearn, Cross street. . Spencer Peek, a. well-known young man of this-city, has procured a posi- tion as head clerk in the dress-goods department of A. Dickerman & Son’s dry goods establishment in South. N or- walk—Stamford Teleg1 am. Ephriam Thomes, has contracts for constructing an extension to the Stam- ford Yacht club’s dock, at Shippan Point, andalsofor building a new dock ' for ex-Councilman John B. Phillips, just south of the yacht club property. Mrs. Mary Wilcox, Widow of’Han- ford Wilcox, and a. former resident of South _ NOrwalk. died very suddenly one week ago, while making a call on some friends in the town of Warren, Mass. The funeral was held Friday. Miss Ida M. Thornton. ' formerly of South Norwalk, who is now head nurse in a ward of the New'Haven City Hos- pital, is suffering fromastrained ankle, received last fall, and is recruiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Aiken, in Stamford. Some one has started a b00111 for Gov. Roosevelt of New York for the Republican nominationjfor the vice- presidency in 1900. But that will never do. Roosevelt is not vice presidential timber. When the Republican party gets around to putting his name on a national. ticket, a day that we believe is coming, it will be at-the head of that ticket. They won’t shelve Roosevelt with any vice—presidency.—Portland Express. Funeral of Selleck Youngs. The funeral of Selleck Youngs, who died on Sunday at his home, 70 West Liberty street, Bridgeport, took place this morning from his late home at 10:30, the Rev. Harvey E. Burnes offi- ciating. South Norwalk on the 12:25 train for interment at Five Mile River. The pall hearers were the four sons of the deceased. The funerel services were as simple and as private as possible: only the immediate friends and rela- tives of the deceased being present. "7 Library Club. Miss Alyse Gregory entertained the Library club Monday evening at her home on West avenue. As the Central club is to move into its new home next week and things will not be properly adjusted and arranged at once, the Library club will be notified of the tvime and‘place for its next meeting. ‘-A Acme Plant Not Sold. The statement that Wilbur E. Lems had purchased the plant of. the Acme Bottling Company is erroneous. Mr. Lewis has not procured the plant though he has negotiated for its purchase. Miss Rose Jarvis, of Northport, L.I., 1’ ' is visiting ‘Mrs. H. of Cove Miss Nellie Keith, of New York city, .- tion. The remains were brought to. AT REST. Rev. C. M. Selleck’s Beautiful and Touching Address at Mrs. Cholwell’s Funeral. The funeral of the late Mrs. George R. Cholwell was held from the family home on High street, at 3: 30 o’clock Monday aftelnoon, Revs. C. M. Selleck and J. McClu1e Bellows officiating. The floral offerings, which were of a most elaborate and beautiful nature, were sweet and silent tributes of love from relatives and friends. fev. Mr. Bellows read the favorite hymn of the deceased, 3“One Sweetly SolemnThought,” and, the Rev. Mr. Selleck delivered a most beautiful and touching address. Mr. Selleck’s remarks were substan- tially as follows: A heathen youth who although him- self and family had been converted to Christianity remained, nevertheless, loyal to certain race traditions, stood, after funeral honors over the draped form of his father had been performed, and torch-touched the prepared costly covering with the consuming of which fabl in and form were reduced to ashes, exclaiming, as he lig ted the pile, “ Victory; Victorvg, Vlctory,tO\Iesus. "’ A tender illustration represents a daughtel who had home- returned f1 cm the just-closed grave of her mother as going to the window and looking lone- ily but longingly into the twi-lit heav- ens, the language of her look being, “Until the day break, and the shadows flee away.” . Both these bereaved children seemed enabled, at a supremely sad moment 1n their early life story, to experience what Oh l that the mourners on this occasion might gather to themselves. a sustaining conviction of our religion. After a. life such as has been that of the one here terminated, a. life so fine- ly, so delicately, so rarely sweet and sympathetic: after a life so choicely fine and pure; after a life the whole tone and trend and tenor of which has been so affectionate, so attractive, and so admirable, and after’a life not alone of breadthrof amiability and breadth of lovability, but of breadth of principle and character, after such a life of cov- enant with God and Communion ill His church does not,must not recur to us the inSpil-ed and royal testimony, Better is the end of a thing than the begin- ning.or, paraphrased as King Soloman’s declaration is suscetpible at this hour, of being paraphrased, Better is this 'nobly filled casket than was its resting ones well filled cradle, better is the fruition than was its blossom; and so, now that the course has been so well run, and God’s will has been accomplish _' ed, airs. right, and all' 1s well There is a painting abroad, a work of high merit, One of Levins not mas- terish but masterful achievements entitled Life in Death. Surely after such a goodly career this slumberer’s departure as was that also of her ven- e1 able and saintly mother, a true mother in lsrael, is such avital pieture; which fact is comfort inspiring, and which tribute w01ds appear to us not inappropriate over her bier, the bier of a daughter of one of the ancient households of this ancient Community, a daughter whose family name, on bOth sides, stands for worth and who has proven such an excellent family repre- sentative. How much to be coveted is a life so teeming with eloquent realiza- How' grand is a life the charm- ingr functions of which have been the expression of such a strOng underlying base. The memory is a consoling one and we wreath it with immortelles. My dear friends of this old .and hon- ored hearthstone, from the starry skies there now falls, above the beautiful dust of your beloved dead the celestial attestation, Blessed are the Dead; and the response is the victorious, Even so of the Holy Gh.ost Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. Even so saith the Holy Spi1it. Even so is your departed loved Ones, tuneful and t1 lumphant and melodious and magnificent requiem. Blessed are the dead. Even so. Wherefore be comforted by and com- fort one another with this word. To Father, Son and Hely Ghost we. commend you. The peace of God be with you both now and evermore. ‘-= <Vv . Lad: es Aid Social. The Ladies Aid Society of the First Methodist church held a. social and-1 entertainment at the home of Mrs” 'gains precedence in the future those James Brown of South Main street Monday night. The report of the New England supper which was held' in the church was read and shOwed a profit- of $81. Fifty dollars were spent for dish-“, es and furnishings and after all bills ‘ were paid $11 was left which was expended for silverware. A picture and an autograph contest was held. The latter was won by Miss Dollie Byxbee. Refreshments were served and the guests had a very enjoyable evening. ' ——-——-~‘I-l>——' Father Assaults Children. Andrew Slauson, of Westport, was‘ arrested Monday afternoon by Officer Kcmper for a criminal assault upon three of his children, liltle girls, aged fifteen, twelve and ten. He was take before Judge Hyatt and behind closed doors and drawn curtains the case was heard. The prisonel pleaded guiltyi and was bound over to the Superior-i - Court. .iSELLECK YOUNGS DEAD. lDied From Heart Failure Caused by A tack of Grip At 4:30 o’clock Sunday morning Selleck Youngs died at his home No. 70 Liberty street, Bridgeport, in the 76th year of his age. The deceased was a former resident of Norwalk and is wellknown here,’but for the past fourteen years has re- sided in Bridgeport where he has been prominent in business circles. Eight years ago Mr. Youngs suf- fered his first severe attack of the grip and at the time his life was despaired Of; but he recovered sufficiently to 1e- sume his duties, only for a sum t time, however. _ Brion. to that period, for sevéral years, his son Elmer was engaged in business with him, but the young man withdrew to follow other employment and after the elder Youngs recovered from his attack of the grip it left him in such a feeble condition that he decid- ed to retire from active business life, and during the latter part of his life he lived in comparative retirement. Mr. Youngs was twice married and leaves a widow and six children, Mrs. C. A. Lounsbury of'Bridgeport, Wilbur F.-Youngs of Philadelphia. Homer N. Youngs of New York, Olin S. Youngs of South Norwalk, Mrs. J. E. B. Sayre of this city and Elmer S. Youngs of Bridgeport. The funeral will be held at 10:30 a. 111. Tuesday, from his late residence in Bridgeport. Interment will he in Norwalk cemetery. —_——“.-O>—-—‘—-‘———- BIDS OPENED. Awards Made for Working of Town High- ways. The bids for the working of the. town highways in the. five districts as appor- tioned, were opened Saturday after- noon and were as follows: 1st dist1~ict-EAST NORWALK‘ M. O’Brien, 750.00 J. Florence, 720.00 2d district—CRANBURY PLAINS. E. Coley, 550.00 F. F. Clark, 50000 D. M. Finch, 478.00 3rd distr lot—SILVER MINE. F. F. Clark, “ 350.00 D. A. Newcomb, 500.00 4th district—WEST NORWALK. C. Baldwin, 395.25 H. Sitts, 850.00 A. A. Raymond, 446.00 51h district—~FIVE MILE Rlvr R. C. Baldwin, 543.75 41 Sitts, , 650.00 A. A. Raymond, 690.88 E. Ladrigan, 415.00 COVE STREET. .(This bld to] be inclusive with first district bid.) M. O’Brien, ' 700.00 J. Florence, 684.00 D. M. Finch, 708.40 The awards were made to the‘low- est bidders. . The bld for the first dis- trict and that of Cove street were “lumped,” the lowest bidder in the ag- gregate of both being awarded the cOntract. ‘ ‘ YOU PRESS THE BUTTON. How the Connecticut Automatic Telephone Company Does Business. The “Connecticut Automatic Tele- phone Exchange Company,” with head- quarters at Meriden, has started a. list of subscribers in Waterbury, and will enter there at the first opportunity. Theautomatic Telephone, a novelty in this state, is thus described by one of its owners. "Instead of pressing the button and turning the crank, you simply turn to a- little numbered disk at the right side of'the machine, with little push buttons numbered from Oto 9, and spell out the number you want. That is, if for instance you want No. 416, 'you press down4 once, then 1 once, then 6 once, and on taking up the re- ceiver you find that you are connected with 416. All the ‘hello girls’ are done away with; everything at central 1s entirely automatic. The outfit there consists merely of a. number of tiers of storage batteries instead of ,a. number of good looking girls with pleasant voices, and if this style of telephone young ladies will be thrown on the‘ mercies of the cold world to gain a living in other ways.” a.-. A NEW YACHT. Being Built at Patchogue For Hubert E. Bishop. Captain Hubert E. Bishop, of the slqop yacht Mabel, is having a hand- some new yacht built at Patchogue, L. 1., and she will he completed and de, livercd at the Norwalk Yacht club house on June 1. Captain Bishop’ s new purchase 18 all so a sloop yacht. She will be smaller than the Mabel, but will have just as much cabin room as the latter, and will be finished' 1n mahogany throughout '—— ,——Advertise in THE GAZETTE. :v> ‘his mother. Alli HEB MUTHEH. Also a Frying Pan in the Hands ofthe lndignant Parent. ' CAN FEEL IT YET. - A Lovesicl< Milford Youth Has an Experience in Stratford. A young man residing in the old town of Milford, and also quite promi- nent in church circles and society of that town, has been keeping company with a young lady who resides in the vicinity of Washington bridge in Strat- ford. He has given it up. His story is as follows: I " I love the girl and I know that she loves me, but we have got to give it up until her mother dies or something else happens. I had been in the habit of'goingto her house every evening for the past three weeks and the last time I was there her mother politely told me that I would have to go some- where else to spend my evenings as she was not going to furnish oil and light for me. I told. her that I would love the girl in the dark, but she did not seem satisfied and I was told to pack my trunk and go. I refused, whereon she made an assault on me with a fry- I left. ' “But as love always finds a way I did ing pan. not get discouraged, I saw the girl and made arrangements to meet her at This wont all right for four nights whenshe certain places each evening. failed to meet me. at the trysting place. Just as I was about to go home her brother tell his sister that I was getting tired came along and I told him to -waiting and for her to hurry up, the brother thought he would have some fun and instead of telling her he told She was the one I met in- stead of the girl. She had the frying pan with her and I can feel it vet.” 0-.»— THE KNOB CLUB. ‘* President golden Announces His Committees .for the Coming Year. President R. H. Golden of the Knob Outing club on Saturday announced his committees for the ensuing year fOIIOWs: House—James Golden. B 1311 c baud. F. H. Quintald. ' " as Boathouse and Floats~—J ohn H. li-‘el? ris, James Golden, F. H. Quintard.:- Entertainment—A. E. \Vinchester, Joseth. Taylor. F. H. Quintard. 4 Charles Hubbard has been secured for the restaurant,.which will be unde1 his control, and for the use of those who desire to secure,mea1s and re- freshments. . His brother, Joseph Huh- bard will have charge of the grounds. The picnic pavilion attendant has not yet been secured. Wheeler & Wilson’s full band has beensecured for the Fourth of July celebration, which it is intended to make an occasion of greater enjoyment. than ever before. All of the impmvements as outlined in the GAZETTE several weeks ago will be carried out and work upon the same will commence at once, A V Golden Wedding. Mr. and. Mrs. Joseph P. Crossman celebrated their golden wedding anni- versary in a very felicitious way at their home on Jennings place, Saturday evening. The looms were crowded with well- wishers of the couple and an evening of social enjoyment was spent, Mr. and Mrs. Crossman proving themselves to‘ be splendid entertainers. Both the Buckingham Post, G. A. R. and the Relief Corps were well repre- sented, of. which organizations Mr. and Mrs. Crossman are members. There was a shower of presents and a perfect deluge of congratulations. The festal occasion continued until a. late hour. Refreshments in abundance were provided and heart1ly enjoyed. #‘_'«'-°»‘. Dividend Declared. The Fairlield County Savings Banks has declared a semi-annual dividend of 31} per cent. to depositors, on all sums of $2,000 and under, and of 3 per cent. on all,amounts in excess of that sum, payable on and after April 10th, 1899. -‘ 7 Veteran Hanford Mead. Veteran Hanford Mead, who died Tuesday morning at the residence of his son-in-law, Sam. H. Morrell, on the Shippan road, was a member of Co. A. Twenty-eight Regiment, C. V. ,and was one of the Stamford men detailed as a “storming party” at Port Hudson in June, 1863. -—Adv’ocate. ' ‘A SEEPAGE IRRIGATION. Can Be Pruetlced toAdmtuc Who:- ever Drought]: Apt to lnjnro ' ' Late Crops. Seepage , irrigation is practiced in some sections of the west, and is ap- plicable to many districts throughout the Mississippi valley and prairie states, where drought frequently injures late crops. The plan is best suited to low, flat valleys, especially the river or creek bottoms Where the surface strata is a sandy loam or vegetable composi- tion. In the mountain regions where the water and lava. made soil contains alkaline substances the continual prac- tice of seepage-irrigation destroys land fertility. I have seen fields that once produced 600 bushels of potatoes to the acre so completely mineralized from seepage irrigation as to be worthless, except for growing joint.a grass and sal- eratus—bush for early spring pasture. ,While this danger exists in the west there is practically no such trouble to fear inuthe central. and‘ eastern states. Seepage irrigation. if propa erly managed, would certainly work \W\ \\\§§\\ \ IRRIGATION BY SEEPAGE. wonders in fruit-growing. and hay- making' 1n e1 ery state, e1 en in the great»- est rainfall belt. The sy stem is very simple, consisting of a. main ditch and laterals carrying water to the land... where it is im- pounded andleft to percolate throng ' the soil. Dams of wood 01‘ stones or thrown across the main to raise the' water to fill the laterals, when. the head-gates are closed. A good plan is to have wooden gates made by insert»: ing boards into slots much the sand as the tail gate of a 11 agon box. Thd seepage ditches should be deep enougli to hold a good.- volume of water, and dug close enough together to allow the moisture from parallel laterals to meet beneath the surface. On some soils water from ditches three feet wide and two feet deep will percolate 200 _ fc-ct or more in 12 hours. I have run ' water around a block of one and one- fourth acres in two—foot ditches, and soaked the entire area with one filling of the laterals. In some of the river valley 5 through- out the northwest- the farmers depend entirely on natural seepage for grow— ing crops in the.10wer bottoms. This could be improved and crops made more certain by cutting trenches around and across the fields and con- veying the water through as drain- ditches are used for carrying of! sur- plus. But to get the best results from seepage the water should stand as in. pools or reservoirs and find its nab llral outlet through the soil. Some- times these open seepage ditches are filled with logs. stones, brush or other" material and plow‘ed over the same as a perfect subirrigation system. If any reader doubts the value of seepage ditches let him visit the valleys of the . Arkansas in Kansas. the drought sec— timls of California or the river bot- ,- toms of eastern Oregon during a dry season, and he will become converted ' to underground irrigation, even though he, resides in New Jersey or on. the' Florida coast—Joel Shomaker, in Farm and Fireside. ' ORCHARD AND GARDEN. Watch a sod orchard. It11-ill begin to fall before you know it. Potash is the chief fertilizer to be ap- plied to fruit trees, particularly after they come into bearing. Probably nine-tenths of the apple’ orchards are in sod, and many of them are. meadows. Of course they are fail- ing. Potash mav be had in wood ashes and murinte of potash. It' 15 mostcom— nlonly used in the latter form. All an- nual application of potash 'should be made upon hearing orchards, 500 pounds to the acre. Phosphoric acid is the second‘ 1mpor- taut fertilizer to be applied artificially’ to orchards. 0f the plain superphosF phates, from 300 to 500 pounds maybe applied to the acre. Barn manures are generally more economically used when applied to farm crops then when applied to orchards; yet they can be used with good results, particularly when rejuv- enating the old orchards. Cultivation may he stepped late in, ' the season, and a crop can then be sown upon the land. This crop may serve as- a cover or protection to the soil and as a green manure. — Prof. Bailey, in Rural World. Lettuce Rot In Greenhouses. Lettuce rot in the greenhouse is caused by a. fungus which in infested soils spreads over the surface and at— tacking the plants near the roots some- times cuts of! the circulation ma single night, causing their speedy death. The only remedy is to use sterilized soil, that is, soil which has been heated to _ about 180 degrees. This should be spread on top of the lettuce beds and ‘ around the plants after setting two inches deep. The germs of the blight being all killed in this soil the disease , . will not get up through to attack the plants until they will Monte! tho my. --l‘u-m and Home. . .. ‘0. ..
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