7 SOUTHNOBWALK “commoner... WEDNESDAY. *J‘UNE 27.1894. ‘
‘ , , manu.uim and humor
, linen“. was” 27; um
Walla IA‘IW“Want.“. ”I.
mural “For Sale" advertisements. not ex-
] avenue-woe time. 260.: three times.
mundane. all). Reading muses. ion. a
”If: Murine and death notices. 600. Sched-
9! rates for displayed advertisements tur-
m on appliance.
amnion Kansans: mall. in ad-
mm prepaid: One month.llllc: three
WM six months. 82.50: one year. saw.
W by newshoys. lilo a week. to be paid
, m the carrier.
. ”I! Dillon—No. 110 Washington street.
‘ am Norwalk; telephone call. 92-5. Branch
-: iodine. No.18 Wall street. Nor-walk: telephone
0|“. 9' A. ,
WMWNHMTIONS should in all cases be
u .
Till EVENING SINTINIL,
Bou'ru Sonwnu.Cosn.
,EllElllllG smurf ...
C O U PO N.
Good on any ublleatlon sold
‘ by The Evening ‘entlnel.
law tort 'Ilmld Weather Forecast.
In Raw England today vainly cloud y. humid
weather and fresh southerly to southwesterly
winds will prevail. w lth local rains and slight
temperature changes and squalle on the coasts.
On Thursday. partly cloudy to fair. warmer
weather and fresh to light southerly winds
will prevail. preceded by local rain on
the coasts north of Cape May; and on Friday
falr. warmer weather. with the approach of
the Western “warm wave." .
Thermometer Record.
The lowest point of the thermometer for the
twenty-four hours ending at noon to—day was
66 3 above zero: hluhest. 86 3 .
'lllnlature Almanac for To-morrovv.
Sun Rises Sun Sets "High 'l‘l'le l Low This
at 4:23 at 7:30 at 8:00 i at Azls
Vacation Time.
Insanity is most prevalent among the’
classes of people whose lives are most
monotonous. Even where the mind
does not go entirely off its balance the
person whose thought is confined in one
dull round becomes irritable, set in his
ways and unhealthy. Old clerks, old
teachers and old farmers who have pur-
sued their one vocation without a break
40 years or more are noticeably peculiar,
cranky and occasionally so eccentric
that it is hard to say just where eccen-
tricity ends and downright insanity be-
gins. It is the terrible result of never
giving their minds a vacation. There is
no happiness except in constant change
of some kind. This need not be change
a! l or occupation, but change of
i . , he one dull old current must be
‘ veu away and a new tide of fresh,
sweeping, cleansing ideas flood the soul
and wash out the Corpses of the dead
thoughts that will haunt persons whose
lives run in one channel.
Everybody needs a. vacnti m of at least
one month every year. The farmer,
whose busiest season is in the summer,
ought to take his vacation in the winter,
coming with his wife to the “city and
taking in town life. It is a pathetic
comment on the appalling drearlness of
rustic life that more farm women go
crazed than any other class of people.
Town people, whose livr-s are narrowed
down between brick walls. and whose
eyesight is hanned by bending over desks
eight or ten hours a day, should go to the
country. The eyes should get accus-
tomed to taking in long vistas of land-
scape; the cramped legs and body should
stretch out at full length in daily walks.
If you are rich enough, help somebody
who is poor to take a vacation.
Inland people should visit the sea—
shore. Persons who live by the sea
should go to the mountains. Then. too.
there are trips to Europe to be had very
reasonably now. For the real vacation
hunter who is tired out and wants rest
the poorest place is a fashionable resort
by sea. mountain or lake, where there
are more dressing. late hours and dys-
pepsia in a week than the average city
dweller gets in umonth at honw. For
all but the morest shallow. artificial soul
there will be a bcltcr vacation in a quiet
spot as near to the heart (71' nature as one
can get. The very rich can tukr- a vaca-
tion when they like. but the lm‘lividual
who tolls in ofllcc or factory tho your
around wants cheerful. jolly compan—
ions, outdoor life and plenty of sleep;
also plenty of milk, fruits and flesh veg-
stables.
The Berliner 'l‘agr,elrl:ttt is advising
German farmers to plant American
corn. It speaks of tho chi-options of
this article. tells its readers what. chem-
ical constituents of livu stock food
mallels deficient in and locations otlicr
utlcles of food to be used in connection
with the corn that will supply what it
lacks. The price of seed corn is given,
ml directions are printed for its plant—
ing and culture. While Indian corn
will not fully mature in Germany. it
will grow enough there to produce an
Mont quality of fodder. and this is
what the German paper desires farmers
as cultivate a for. in in directions for
The Tanblatt says of our
Ymm: “One drills him, the first
to themlddle of May beginning, in from
. “town-attractors apart rows, not too
thin. Anthoymnsrknufinmw
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Wyhewtenlufoddnm
ANCIEK’I' AND MODERN NOB'ALK oh!
An Interesting Paper Prepared by D. 8.
houses? Who but descendants»- of
Norwalk's kind settlers. Who span the
flax. prepared the wool from the shoe 'I
back to make their own clothes of? 0
aided in every way our Revolutionary
Vanflmear, of Wilton.
THE BOSTON" STORE
9
Vaquosear. of Wilson, and requested to
be read BIIlOl t: the exercises at the Arm.
ory,June 19th, on the occasion of the two
hundred and forty-fourth anniversary of
Norwslk, but the time was too limited.
and this paper, with others, was left out:
I have been asked to say a few words for
m
blithplace is a part of his life. The very
and here he is especially attracted and
drawn. severing all present luxuries and
—— walk, to your local historian
The following was written by D. 11.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
own town. The history of we'-
lace where one was born is enchanting. w
fond attractions for this first epoch of his T
life. My father, self and son were born
and have always lived in Wilton. Is it
natural for me to think of It as “Home,
Sweet Home?" Many of you, your fath-
ers and grandfathers, were born in Nor-
walk; a and place robe born in, a goo.)
plow to ive lu. surely a good place to die
in. In this love we cannot dider. This
subjectlsahright light to me. It has
“,thle me years of study and thought,
and it will be hard for me to ill a pzscc
of beginning, and perhaps harder yet to
know when and where to stop. I have,
however, determined to leave a full de-
ecription of the good old mother, Nor
-my friend
and co-worker, the Rev. Charles ill. Sel-
kck—who has so vividly shown to you
the looks, new, walks, doings, and dispo-
sition of this kind old lady.
We meet here today to commemorate
the first year our ancestors planted them-
selves on Norwalk’s soil—the fertile soil,
the green fields, the sea breezes so balmy.
The inlets so clammy (for their back
yards were filled with clams ready to be
dug for breakfast. and such oysters—of
Norwalk oysters you all know), who
blamed them for settling here? Next you
will expects word for her descendant.
You have seen that this peaceableold girl
(Mrs. Norwalk) had lived nearly four
score years alone on her farm, a territory
which includeda large share of West-
port. allot Wilton, (Including that por-
tion of the "Oblong" or “equivant tract"
now part of Pound Ridge) as far north
as the south line of Ridgetield, and part
of New Canaan. Then, as now. beauti-
ful Norwalk, for without a house or
building of any kind, to me itwould still
be beautiful. for I am so well acquainted
wtth is history. so closely Interwoven
with Wilton, which history of the latter
I am compiling.
In 1726 to this Nora-elk ancestor a
child was born, and to this pet daughter
a very select and uncommon name was
desirable. Many were undoubtedly sug-
gested, but it had been settled that it
should be such an one as would be grace-
ful. becoming. easily written. and pleas-
ing to the eye. Nothingof Indian orig-
luality ending with waug, wake
or walk should entrr into eyeu
its derivation, so they went home to
England, where at last it was found,and
it was christened “Wilton Parish." The
child has never found fault “llh the
selected name. She at once began the
wearing of short dresses. for this year
the first church was built, and Mr.
Sturgeon began his Sabbath teaching.
Which stood where now thunders along
on the steel rails the massive enrinl -,
carrying to and from therr duh-rent evo—
cations thoumods of souls yearly, who
little think lll‘tllt‘lf busy life of these
good old pioneers, or care to look in the
hill-ode tor the mending dust of our
forefathers. More were added to this
flock. and the building use too small,
and the settlement seemed drifting north-
ward and a second church was will on
“Sharp Hill." In 1790 our present Cou-
grcgationul church was built. Miss Wil
lUU remained in the "upper division."
contented and happy. when she felt its
duty to take upon herself more resprm-
eibility, and the farm was divided, each
controlling their own town affairs for
the bird could fly from the lust audphad
ably taken care of herself. .
The bus of heredity Ill so dist’uctly
marked, it is seen in so runny places,
you even now recognize threw two as
mother and daughter. The looks.
the actions, the peculiarities
in [Lore now living, great rand child~
ten—in them we see it all. The Msrvrns,
Olmsteads. (lregorys, Ker-lore. Boutons,
Bctlll, Babb-us, Abbot”, Gmmrusns,
Uomstocks, Fitch: a. Seymours, Ituscor-s,
llanl’ords, Churcms, l’srtricke—~they
have been and still are yours and
ours. They are here today ioldiug up
their r'ght hands in praise of their an-
cestors The intermarriagee. the "old
homestead," their dealings with. con-
nection through it and other rc-
lationelllp, Masonic and Odd ‘cllow
membership, natural visit» to the sea-
shore. and trade by market boats. all
passing through this center—these and
otherlnllueuces, have kept thernbouud
securely together as possible.
In 1802, the date of our inmrporation
as a town, this daughter then were long
dresses. dressed en train, and our St.
Matthews church took life, which was
another offspring. this of your St. Paul‘s,
a good old church. It was ninety-two
years eg: day after tomorrow that Mat-
thew Mead ordered Samuel Fitch,Jr.,
tonotlfy the members of the Episcoxnl
church to meet in asmall schoolhouse
at. elo’cloclt in tho sftornom: to choose
the first proper oflleers. My encoders.
thc Nachos, were of this faith. and its
fairly backing up the present St. Paul
edifice yet with their headstones. The
Methodists are in goodly numbers, and
their various churches give all who wish
to entertain this belief a chance to dos l.
'l‘eu sent-rations or more have livad ln
Norwallr. Many of the first were nearly
read to pass away when they came.
The out have just come to settlewith
us. The census for June. 1650, would
harem about too mun-edition-
am. At the end of 160 years new).
2.9m, havln, lost seven famlllq. \ early to
Danbury a quite a comply to Ridges
lletd: in 1708, 1.728 from Wilton and
many hundred from New Canaan. Westo-
t and the “Oblong." Eighty years
t
soldiers. baked their beans, boiled their
numpings, made hasty-pudding,
pumpkin pies? Who but those good old
mothers. ‘
gone. What can we say of them?
have nothing
words. rest in
few of their re ice; may we study their
history
memoriz 9 their last resting place with a
properly inscribed monument, if they
have noun
then as well remember and honor us.
ancient and modern Norwalk.
of England and America was filled
with tributes to his memory. In New
York a meeting of newspaper people
was held, at which it was resolved
uted. The mount-1' in which this was
done was amusingly illustrated by a
story told in
some years ago.
the anecdotcwould be true today,
we do not know.
week's vacation at Waterford. Me,
and during my visit went to the vii.
loge graveyard to view the final rest-
ing place of Artcmus Ward.
grave. there being nothing about the
plain white slab to distinguish it
from many similar ones around.
While thinking and wondering that
no monument had ever been erected
to the humorist, u countryman ap-
proached, to whom I said:
is that Artcmus never has had a
monument erected to his memory r"
was the rcply. “You see, urtcr Arte-
mus died 3th) or too printer fcllcrs
down in New York city not together
and
The last thought. Our ancestors are
Per-
bstter than the simpls
cs. We have saved a
more. remember them oftener,
' This we owe them. This
llluleoleach our next generation to
no watchword of ti day with us all is,
wrist They (lot.
When Artcmus Ward died. the press
but his memory should be perpetu-
Harwr’s Magazine
ththcr or not
A few summers ago I passed a
With some trouble I found the
“My friend, can you toll me why it
“Well. strangcr, I guess I kin."
and passed some beautiful resolu-
tions, saying that Artemus should
have a monument, and they Would
pay for it then and there, and then
they took up a collection. which
amounted tot-2mm, so I'm told. and
since then this town hain‘t seen ei-
ther the monument or the money;
but, stranger, wedid gct a copy ofthc
resolutions."—Youth‘s Collllmlllull.
The Earth's Millions.
The human family living on earth
today consists of about 1,450,0Itlw00
souls—dint fowcl‘. probably more.
These arc distributed litcrttlly all
over the earth‘s surface, there being
no considerable spot on "ill" be;
“'lli'l'l'lllilll has not found afoot old.
In Asia, tho so cullctl ”cradle of the
human rm-c," there are now about
Ntoymoymu pimple dcnscly crowded
on an averagi- of about l2!) to cvcry
squarc mile.
In Europe there are :l2ll,lllll>,l)l)ll,
averaging loo to tllcsquaro milo, not
socrowdcd as Asia, but everywhere
dcruw, and in many places ovcrwpu-
lated. In Africa there urc. approxi-
mately, 2lo,om,m lll, and in the Ameri-
cas-North. South and lh'lllnllv-l 10,-
000,000, these latter of course. relat-
iVely thinly scatter-ml ()Vt'l‘ broad
amns. (in the islands. lurgc‘nnd
small, tho-re are probably loomooo
more.
The cxtl‘clncs of the blacks and the
wllitcs are no iivo totln'cc, the rc~
muining 70IUNNUIHH intermediate.
brown, yellow and tawny in mlor.
Of the cutirc mu- .‘.lm,otln,lll m are well
clotlmlwthut is, thcy wear mimic-Hts
of wine kind that will con-r naked-
nessr~s25ltollltlm habitually gonukcd,
and 700.0003)an only cover tho middle
part of thuluuly;5illl,llllll,llllll live in
houses, 7llo,olm.lmll in huts and caves,
the remaining 25ll,lmo,mn virtually
having no place to lay tltcir llclltls.«—
l’hilwlolphiu (fall.
Amid-lb Wasn't In It.
"It is it great conmlutic m at lilacs."
said the first and looking mun slowly,
"it is it great ('UllMtllltlUll, 1 my. to
road almut tho afflictions nf othcr
men. Misery lnvcs company. and
when on:- roads what otltcl's lmvccn-
dun-(l it makes his own lot scum bot-
for.“
'l‘hc M coml iniwrubh- looking.' than
slomh his lwud.
"You lmvcn't lrml it," said the
lirst.
“I have tricd it," i'l'llll’lll‘tl the suc-
mnl. '
"Wt-ll, you didn't i'cwl tho right
kind of litcrulurc then. (it (worse
you fool sorry for tho Ill‘dlltlll in his
tory who had thcir lll.’.'lllti cut oil'. but
that din-isn‘t affect your cam You
want to read about Job."
"I have read of all his sull'crings.“
“And didn't that. ulukc yom'own
burden fool lighter by comparison r”
“Notahit. llvtlcvcrhtul hay fc-
vcr."~~l,'hicngo l’mt.
~ 00d News for
THIS MEANS SOMETHING OF
To everybody. The unusual big sale of last week cleaned out our
stock so completely that we were enabled
bargains.
Wash Goods.
25 cents; to close at
8,000 yards fine French Sateen
to sell at 25 cents; all new ; we shall offer them at
Dress Goods.
All spring and summer styles that were 98 cts. and $1.19, to
()ur 75-cent Geode to close at
Our 59 and (SD-cent Goods to close at
All of our 39-cent and 25-cent Goods to close at
25 dozen ladies’ white ribbed Vests, low square neck, silk ii
For Men.
men of Norwalk can appreciate good values.
For this sale we offer, a lot of fancy Laundered Shirts,
ate; prices were $1.00 and $1.35; while they last.
One lot fin’e Madras Shirts, laundered Collars and Cuffs,
One lot extra fine Shirts, colored Bosoms and Cuffs, at
corner Main; ind Wall Streets, Norwalk. ‘ w
the market, and, as a result, have secured some wonderfully rare
Printed Crepes, Brandenburg Suitings and Printed Dotted Muslius;
I
s, new effects and designs never shown here before; imported ,
You will never have such a chance again to buy Staple Goods at such low prices”
Hosiery and U nderwear.
50 dozen ladies’ tan colored Hose, full regular made, all sizes,
100 dozen ladies’ fast black Bose, full regular made, for this sale only
An unusual activity in this department is surely most gratifying. It is an evidence that the
Collars and Cuffs attached and separ-
Buyers
lNTEREST
to take advantage of
were imported to sell at
lflic
lfllc
75c
590 .
45c
1 To
close at
lfli
12.}
nished, 25c
50c
69c
79c
Men’s fine wash Silk Shirts
Although we had a contiuu
It is a well-kn
at 93 cents (which are every pair warranted) by their quick sales fully to
In Taffetas and Silks the assortment is large and varied. 50 doz.
cent. 'l‘al’fetas, in black. modes and tans.
THE BOSTON STORE,
TELEPHONE CALL. 57-4.
WALL PAPERS.
I am selling white back Blanks
from 10c. to 20c. per double roll.
These goods are all ‘ new and in
combination side, ceiling, and 9
in. or 18 in. borders; of course
we break the combination when
desired.
Gilts are from 150. up, double
roll.
I have been told by a great
many customers that my price
for BORDER is much less than
has been quoted elsewhere. I
have also been told that my
stock of FINE goods is larger
than is shown anywhere in Nor-
walk. ,
I’ainters' supplies at lowest
prices.
Painting, Paper-hanging and
Decorating.
E. E. Gorham,
No. 2 First Avenue,
One lot Negligee Shirts, extra quality in Cheviot, Madras and French Flaunels, at $1.25,
$1.50, $1.75, $2.00 and $2.50. The choicest goods on the market.
(Negligee); value $5.00 at $3.98
Shirt Walsts.
ous rush all week. we have still a good line at prices,
, 190 to $8.19
Gloves.
own fact that in this department we are always in the lead. Our kid gloves
stify to their merit, 980
more of our special 25-
i
ll. H. Plaislelt
IS AGENT Fllll
PlLlNl] WATER
EASY Allll PLEASANT TO TAKE.
Patent Medicines
A'T :1JL'R P dlC his.
IN FACT. HARDINOT TO TAKE,
Loxatonik, $1.00
llOOd‘S Samparilla, .60 (SEE ('L'T BELOW.)
Ayers' Sarsaparilla. . 'l ‘
Dana's Sarsaparilln. . 7 %
Cuticura Resolvent, .7 '1
Scott‘s Emulsion, no / gr.
Green's Nervura, .7 3*...
Stillson's Specific for Malaria, 77) J 5
Paine's Celer Compound, 63 f. I
lirandreth's ’ills, 12 ° 8
Alcock‘s Flashers. .ll) " a
Benson's Capsico Plastcrs, .12 fig
Castoria, .23 :
Carter‘s Pills. .12 3;:
Atwood‘s Bitters, .13
liadam's Microbe Killer, qu.,
ltadam‘s Microbe Killer, gal. jars,
Yankee Lung Soother,
lleo. l}. Stillson’s
Drug Store,
82 Washlngton Street.
EAST NORWALKJ»?
W. Podmore,
65 NORTH MAlll STREET;
llus evorythln for everybody In the shape of
household will s. large or small.
FURNITURE
No lower prices in the town.
CA R P E l S.
In all wool and modlmn armies.
“fittings,
in new and novel effect-i.
0—...kaer The
l o ,
I all widths. and various dcslgns.
glerators
The best make. «most prices.
Can you get a line decorated cup and
saucer or fancy lruitplate with one-half l
lb. of tealillc or 1 lb. blended coffee 23c? ‘
Where else can you get -i Mason's quart ‘
fruit jars with 1 lb. of the
Best Quality Tea. 600.
ifs-member our goods are the very best f
and our prices are lower than other con-
cerns charge for second class urticles.Ex-
cellcnt sweet Elgiu creunmry butter, 2lc .
lb, ,
Leave your order with us on {Saturday "
and have it delivered promptly.
THE CENTRAL
so is the first nosing. preferably horse
Mama." I: a to be hoped a.»
Java'- "oiling Lulu- of )Iud.
One of the gunk-st natural won-
ders in Joya. “the iii-c island," a large
lake of boiling mud, is situated al-
most in the econ-r of the plains of
Grolmgana. 50 “Isiah" to the nortl»
east of Solo. It is almost two miles
star the government thee-nu.
mention of 17.747. This is fiarwslk Of
1890. Some of us may have seen six
generations. These generations that
ave m meaty like ourselves:
l their true andtrlalhthlr
and rises. pleasures and ppi~
oer-elves.
maybeeeeneou
like
“Mu
M
in circumference, and in the center
immense columns of soft, but mud
mullymifi
falling. great hlae ‘
thrust forth and then mldeul mths
cifififiifidfi'fil’lfis.
”fiffifiarréfifii‘?
lllllll tillll llElll llllllllllllli.
long now: all” a tplolslty
an handledwlth and molest
ua‘a’hmmeouumlmufinm
BASH illlillllElll
|5 Nlllllll MAIN STREET.
Pun Huntcaltlulml’uun Kfififififitflfii
l. 0. JENNINGS.
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on: nature affair chance and she will sue
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