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V iim,.'m.rmwome~g~r,e ,
ions.
1 am selling white back Blanks
‘ * {min 100. to 20c. per double roll.
M goods are all new and in
combination side, ceiling, and 9
in. or 18 in. borders; or course
we break the combination when
MM .
:Gilte 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.
' Painters’ supplies at lowest
prices.
, Painting, Paper-hanging and
. Decorating.
E. E. Gorham,
No.2 First Avenue,
EAST NORWALK-g
EASY AND PLEASANT T D TAKE.
Patent Medicines
AT OUR PRICES.
INlFAGTriNARD NOT TO TAKE,
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Plumbing. Steam and lies Fitting
108 WASHINGTON 8T.
1. I. Tim willhave personal champ: this
Went.
Plumbing overhauled and but in first clue
sanitary condition.
PORTER WATER MOTOR
Best in thefworld. Call and get prices.
mil t!
Physician for Women!
——-—-”-——-—
MRS. DR. N. A. GUIIFORO
Can be consulted at her office.
342 Broad St, Bridgeport. Bonn,
train 10 a. m. to 7 p. in. any day except Sunday.
The Doctor Is a regular ph slclan and for
the wet sixteen years he! maze the DISEASES
or OMEN a specious. ladies sufferlna
from an difllcult incl eat to the sex can
consult .Gullfor in thestricteet confidence.
and with the assurance of receiving the most
skillful and scientific treatment known to
modern surgery and medicine. ome care
furnished for confinement cases. Terms mod-
erate. All letters promptly replied to. In-
eloee stung. so ti
HORSE GLIPPING
z-BY—
WATER POWER.
If you want your horse clipped quick and
oleanc on
W. McQuhae,
58 North Main St"
"‘3 South Norwalk.
Old Well Hand Laundry.
rumours: $1.00
Hood’s Smaparilla, .60
Ayers’ Sarsaparilllla)‘, .23 SI WISMTIISOII SSH“,
Danae Barsapan , . ,
Cuticura Resolvent, .70 South "MW!“
goott's liqmulsion, . 0
reen’s ervura, .7. an. worm no“ in BAND.
Stillson’s Specific for Malaria .75 _
Homage; gamma ' gig “ii:l.fi.§i¥3.‘2.‘l§i‘i.¥‘§m
Alcock's Plaster-s: .10 GOODS cannon Ion arm nnuvur.
Sansone Capsice Plasters. .1? no rnrur os- cannon, on nail.
Cari/233mm, .3 wins marten, Proprietor.
Ant“; Hoodm’ssbfilct‘lfig, Killer qta 317‘; ”staunch ofllce—Goorgs L‘. Cook, Main street.
’ '7 ' ' en.
Radam’s Microbe Killer, gal. jars, 2.50 .:
Yankee Lung Soother, .25 —r “-7 - .m...“
Geo. I}. Slillson’s
Drug Store,
82 Washington Street.
Fix us In
Your Mind.
No matter how small your wants may
be, see if we can suit you. Whether
you want one dollar’s worth, or more, or
less, remember that our object is to earn
your good will and keep your patronage.
We deal in
WILL PAPERS.
PAINTERS' SUPPLIES.
ARTISTS' MATERIALS.
PICTURES FRAMED
AND UNFRAMED.
Also do general
g. PAINTING.
PAPER HANGING
DECORATING BUSINESS.
.L H. Decker,
1! Washington at, to. Norwallr
P. S. PIOT ONES Illiiliil to ORDER
orcoarrg‘txrrer
fire. tile and Accident Insurance.
7 AIM [Sim till) llllllSi AGENT
em sun-us rarer. a 1.
rain s T “3::
Public. laminar-lur-
waconsi
Madmen-alum
liEMElIBEit'l‘iiA’l‘
The Oonneciicut General Life In-
surance 00., of Hartford,
will insure the life of ayoung men for 31,000
for less than to a day. or will sell him an en-
dowment for 81,! 00 for less than 7c a day.
payable to himself if he lives. and his people
If he dies. so do not neglect to.l
S. S. l'NONIMEDIEU, AGENT.
III WASHINGTON ST.
rua ennr
HINDOO REMEDY
'flhltl'i DI Til! Allui‘il
fl'fil'lfl'l In It! "A”. l‘uru-n oil
Nr-rvnus liisr‘usr'u, hurling .‘li’nllily.
I'nrvsls, till-c'lin-«snwm, Nightly Erna.
«lolly,r-irun'uun‘d try your lilo. re. rim- \‘igoriulrisrrr
lilt‘lll'llllkl‘" organ-I, .m.l rpilr‘kiy not -urmy l’r-:1nrr-g
Ami. Martina-ti in old or young. i1i~l|vvnrrin1m \mr
,uwkor. l'nunsiuio "purring... rm (”roadworo...
wriilrvu gin-rumor- to mom‘ or mom-y rrlumlrdal >~nt
lot nnv un ll‘lllr'llvlrrl drought err-ll on «my knul «>1
imilrrlluh. lrmlsim)lmvlngiNIIAI'i - lionvullll‘r. ti
hf! litre no! RU" It. V !‘ WIII sl-n-l it "l mnll upon nu-ripr
ofpriru. l’nliipllli'l Irumlmlmivr uln- fn-r». Adolf-rs-
Motto! finding] ('0, A's-spa. (hinge. Ill. . crew-guts
South Norwsllr. coolly... ..
To
Reach
Buyers
Is the cherished plan of all ad-
vertisers. The liner Cases oi
buyers buy THE BENTINEL,
and it is through their trade
that all
Business
Must
. mountain of many mountains.
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A‘ newsrooms. '
ONLY A STRAW IN THE PATHWAY
, OF THE AVALANCHE.
[has of the Joe Hails Party—Twenty-three
Men, Ninety Home Ind Hui». With
“.000 Worth 0! 0006!. Wipod Out on
the New Route Our the Mountains.
The route was from Marysville along
the right bank of the ‘ana river, over
the Sierra Nevada mountains and down
to Washes City and Gold Hill. a haul
of nearly 200 miles. Except in» the dead
of winter there Were always freighters
going and coming. There had been talk
of a cutoff route over the mountains—a
route which would save many miles of
heavy hauling and of unloading and re-
loading the great wagons—but the
freighters still stuck to the old trail.
Every mile or it was rough and rugged,
and many miles of it dangerous to man
and horse as well as vehicle, but there
might be more danger in the new route.
In the spring of 1803 word was sent
out that Captain Joe Hnincs was load-
ing his 14 wagons for the Gold Hill
country and would be the first to tryths
cutoff. Some men sngcly shook their
heads and recalled the stories of emi-
grants lOst in the grim Sierras; others
applauded the captain’s nerve and
wished him good luck. Six heavy
horses or mules to n wagon, 14 drivers,
two bosses, two cooks, five men giving
their services free to get out to the N c.
vada mines. Twenty-three men and 90
hand of live stock, and the value of the
goods in the wagons was $30,000,
Ono spring day the caravan took the
road. Word came back from it almost
every day until it left the trail leading
up to the pass through which the rail-
road track afterward found its way. At
a certain point 18 miles short of the
bend in the trail the caravan turned
sharp to the east to try the cutoff route.
A trapper saw the wagons among the
foothills, and Indian hunters saw them
two days later. After that no man saw
them and lived to tell of it. Days and
weeks passed by, and tho weeks had run
into mouths below it came to be gen-
erally believed that the Haian outfit
had met with some disaster. That never
a man had returned to Marysvillo and
never a man, had reached the eastern
slope meant more than disaster. it
meant a terrible. tragedy.
Ono searching party followed the
wagons into tho foothills and lost. all
intro of them. Asvr'ond ll'm'r-d tIn-ni up
one valley and down another, but at a
certain point limo hurl olilltomtr‘ul all
furthvr cvidonr‘os. Winter- (‘rimrn and
they won: furgultr‘ll. Spring returned,
and the hunters and Indians sr-ut out
reports that tho disuppmrnnco of the
outfit was a mystery beyond them. Then
the rumor gave out that (‘riptoin lluim-s
had snfvly notched his destination, but
would rr-turu no more to Marysvillo. It
was wartime tin-n, and promo scarcely
thought of ought else but War. In an-
other year all was forgoltou, save per»
hope by tho shiprwrs wholind had no ro-
turns and wr-ro hoping against liopo.
TWU, throw, iivo, ten years passed
away. ()ld illi'li died; boys grow to
manhood. The railroad (urine, and the
Wagons disappeared from the trail. (mo
summer’s day a hunter who had become
separated from his companions sat
down on n ror-k in tho Iii-art of the
mountain range to rr-st. To the “'l‘f-ii of
him (hr-r0 was only :1 narrow trail; to
tho cos-t and north thorn\vnsmorr-rrmm.
As the hnntr-r rostr-d llo summed tlm
hillsidvs to tho mud and north. Tho po-
sition of tho limvldr-rs, tho l-‘llfl of tho
trees, lIu- qnwr vuniiwrrotion of tho
slopes—n dozvn signs gave him to under-
stand, for he was sonwthing of u geolo-
gist, that the spot. was hot its nnturo
left it. Ho r'Izunlu-rod up tho northern
slopo rind nill-l‘t'd :in “All!" of Hill'lll‘ll-l‘.
(lilr'v upon it limo tho ground lwlow him
had bm-n ri \':lllvy l‘li'll in grass and
Ilou'rrs.
It was 1; narrow, tortuous “only not
over Ill rods widow-n valley connecting
two larger valleys. To tho vast n umuu-
lnin roared its hvndlldmu fuck. high—~n
'l‘wo
thousand fort nlmvn him Iutdlwr-n the
starting point of n Irimlslip. Millions of
tons of r-nrth and rock had been not in
motion by the rolling over of to storm
which might uothnvmveighorlnhundrr-d
pounds. ’i'ho dischargo of u rifle, tho
Indgh of a home, the about of to man,
even tho foot of a bird rusting after it
flight. irright have consul tho nvnlunrvlw
after it long spoil of wr-t weather. it
had rushed down into that narrow val»
Icy to fill it up on dirt fills a ditch, to
bury the green grass and the tender vio-
lots in, 20. Ill) fr-ot deep. The rush, and
tho rmr. and tho crash must have been
terrific.
The man limited and descended iotho
trail. To him It was only a point of
geology. Willi his own eyes he had seen
one oi the trolriuudowo changes naturals
constantly making in the mountains.
Ah, what’s this? He has been dissent
less than half an hour. and yet during
that time the waters from a hidden
spring have gushed forth from the hill~
side and formed ncreclr, which is twist.
ing and turning along the trail. The
hunter kneels down to drink, and his
eyes rest upon a rusty gun barrel. Ashe
pulls it out of the soil he sees the hoof
u! a horse with a shoe yet firmly huld~
ing to it.
Two hours later two men are digging
my art the hard: on each outdoor the
. They find the brmes of a horse,
the skelnton of a man, the ironwork of
. They solve the mystery sure
rounding the tumor tholong lost Rained
. Dead. every man and horse--
imrms up to use. j
M Alas! the Wasn’t a Widow, and Ilia
' Feelings Were Burt.
Among the passengers in the little wait-
ins room of the Fort street depot the other
day was a little old man whose age any
one would have put at above 60. He had
a stiff knee, in bad cough and made him.
self conspicuous by moving around, carry-
ing under his arm a bundle of ”dude” tied
. up with a. piece of clothesllne. When he
had asked about his train for the fifth
time and got it through his head that he
had over three hours to wait, he went over
and plumped himself down on a seat be-
side a fat woman with six parcels and
bundles on the seat to her fiht and said:
"You nmdn’t be afraid of me, room.
I’m no robber nor blackleg, but I jest feel
like talkin to some one."
“I'm not afraid of you or any other
man living!" she replied as she looked
him over.
"Glrid to hear it, warm. Some wimln
are as skeery as rabbits when they are
traVclin. Sunthln kind 0’ whispers to me
that you are a widder. ”
“Does it?” she queried in reply.
“And sunthln may kind 0’ whisper to
you that I’m a widowur, fur sich is the
fact. Bin a widder long?”
"Not so very long.”
“I’ve bin awldowcr about two years.
Did he die suddenly?"
1 “My husband? No, not so very sudden-
y H
"But my wife did. She sot down to
breakfast and out a hearty meal and then
went out to feed the hogs and fell dead.
in the midst of life we are allus in death,
marm. ”
“Yes, I presume so.”
“Fur the first three months I thought; I
could never lovu ngiu. Was that the way
It affected you?"
“l———l don't remember," she replied as
she turm-d her head away.
“I l-i'llilsi) it affects n wlddcr diilorent
from a widower. Some 0' my friends
thought I orter git married ngin, but
their Words stabbed mo to the heart. Was
any slch thing said to stab you to the
heart. nmrm?"
"Not that I can recall. ”
“But the World scorned dark and dreary
to you, of course, and you was a good
mind to take plum and be at rest beside
your loved one? It's to hard thing to lose
the [nu-incr- oi yer llic. moriu?"
"Yr-s, sir."
“Fur the lust five or six months you
or' rm lonesome as u. lost calf, and you
hulu't got no more appetite than n chick-
en with tho pip—that is, It affects to wide
ovvr-r that, way. After n time, however——
ultornlmut two yours—you Iwgin to feel
that, lilo is not a dreary desert nrtor Id .
In other Words, you begin to squint:
Mound."
“Yum" slu- sold as ho puns-«l.
“And I‘ll toll you in ConlIdvnvo. " he re-
sunn-d llflt‘l‘ bitching about {or mvhilw,
“flint I run on tin-squint. ln nthvrwrurds,
l'vr- got my wyu out fur n second Nancy
Juno. ldon'l rm tl'llin it lll‘llllllil, but I
for-l that l kin «flrlrlltlv in you. Turn it
widow-r, urnl _\'ull :ir' u widdvr. “'r- (mi
(lr'litnllv moot in this 'i-ro dvpot, whirh is
large IlIIll romfnrtnblo and at credit to tho
town. W.- lrrkr' n .‘llllll' to i‘lil'll otha-r on
sight. .\t'rrr~ n Irotlo talk yu- pnss from
shine to low Hum nrtvr pussin from
sllllli' to lri\'r‘”———-—
.lust thou it man of about ill, who had
luv-n to the ticket window to make some
lnquir’m, npproncliml tho pair. lit-scorned
to instinctively divlm' what was golugoh,
and without any words In! took tho old
man by tho cont. collar and liftvd hlm to
his for-t and Hal. down Iu-sido his wife and
livgun to iIIVI' hor tho information he hurl
fir‘r'urr‘d, 'l‘ln' \vIllowvl‘ stood for a mo-
ment nnd lookod of the pair. who paid not
the slightest nttvnllon to him, and bull a
dozen pr-uplo \vlin llml overheard sumo—
thlng of tho r-onvvrantinu Iwgnn to laugh.
Um» of ”Ir m—nn unfolding mun—got up
and laid Ili~ bond on the old nmn‘s shoul-
drr and Hilll.
“(.lld «hop, you mode a mistake thoro,
eh? Sluts no widow."
"No, slu‘ huln't no widdor," n-[divd tho
vh-tlm H's If talking to lilinw‘ll.
" Ilntllrr throw youdovvn. l shouldsriy. ‘
“ Yi'r. throwvd mo right down, "
"And. Ii.i\ Int: [alumni from slilnr- to low.
what uni you going to do now?"
"I'mzi-goln to puss out of llll-i ill-pot
and pit. n “lilaky brown and tluvn r-nnm
bark and tell that. Woman “but i think
of Iron moi lli'k lwr Illlrdmnd till you kill
hour him )‘I'Il ll mile away."
He \U'lil out lillll got his lirnm-r. hut
illnesv who “‘lilii‘il his nviurn \wro dimp-
polntvd .\n hour lull-r lipiilli‘t‘lllilll found
IrIm with one arm nround u Irnnppost rind
lllii Imndlont his for-t. llowns h‘Wlilellz
nliout in on unstr'ndy Why. and no illl‘Olll-
il'l‘ rippronvIn-d ho Iu‘gml to lump.
“Any ono hurt. your Tm‘llllus?"
Gllr‘ lllllw'nnl.
” Yt‘sli?”
"Who is It?"
“WIdd-‘r—“dvpoi—wlIimWI-rl down!" Noll»
lied the old mnn. “Yosh. Never had my
frolln’s hurt. so Tu‘lul‘vl Shay. nilurr?‘
"Well?"
”AA'ltiilif’ inIm-pl l \vnritrr shlvr'p and
dream and forgot, I wnntmr pass from shlno
to low-r and (mm low to braver—rind
from Iimm-r iowlu"—~-w
”'i'o elm-p."
“Yt’i‘ll, filllf'i‘li. Yv-di, lrwto”m-—
ills loge trove nwny, tillil ho stink down
ltlltl slept. and wlwn llw putrid wagon
crime and thutwrioillvors lifted him In
tho rnovumcnt didn’t. Won interrupt his
snoring wilt-troll. Free l’mrs.
queried
Where Realism Falls.
Frlrnrlwl phmiitllo you how become a
follower of tho mmlr‘rn n-ollntlo when]
and picture life no It m'tunlly In?
tiuocmsful AIIUWPMUII, no!
not do in my man.
Int.
“What. difference need that. main-l"
“I must motto my characters soy bright
things. ' 'wh’r‘w York Weekly.
Explained.
Johnny A shop-«Soy. pow, what‘s the
dllYorom-r- lwtwocn to visit and o visitation?
ills Pry-4. visit, my film, In when we go
to am your grandmother on your mother's
side.
“Yes, sir."
”A visitation Is when she comes toeoe
us. "---Iinil‘nio Courier.
"MW
In Cold Blood.
It would
I rim to sorrhsty novel-
thcodorcdlee
—-HAS BOUGHT TH E—
SHOEsToo
Jarvis Kellogg, of Norwalk,
—FOR—-
our on an onion.
AND IT IS NOW ON SALE.
The goods are all right, and you will get the benefit.
The goods are having a big sale, and you should call soon
and get the bargains.
Last trips of ‘City of Albany’
From New York. Saturday. Sept. 22.
To New York. Monday. September 24.
...;. ‘ ..aa ‘
‘ are.
South Norwalk and New York.
FARE—SINGLE, 400. ; EXCURSION, 700.
[leave South Norwalk. 7:30 a. in. Leave New York, Beekmsn street, 2:15:11. m.; Satur-
day. 3.00 p. :11. Leave East Thirty-first street. 2:40 p. 111.; Saturday, 2:20 p. m.
Freight steamer, City of Norwalk, leaves New York. Monday, Wednesdayiand Fridayiat
5:00 p.111. Leaves Norwalk Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5:00 p. im. Freight received
from 7:00 a. m. to MD p. m. 11 if
DAILY SERVICE
BETNVEEN
-—- snares..."
RROWN’S $3.00 SNDE.
And you will see not only a
Neat and Perfect Fitting Shoe.
But one in which the
Best Material is Usediiombining Durability and Style
Making it the best $3.00 Seamless Shoe in the market.
EVERY PAIR WA FIRANTED.
Call and examine them before purchasing any other shoe, at
H. S. BROWN’S,
South Main Street. So. Norwaik.
“ousrnscswsbh ALKfihi—z‘”i.i’dé”or=
Baby Carriages,
FROM $5 UP.
Large assortment of Oak Bedroom Suits, Sideboards, Ex-
tension Tables, Fancy Chairs and Parlor Furniture at bottom
prices.
Raymond & Song:
one on ..ll’..§.!l.§§.§..“"”ffl€
325 Main Street. Bridgeport. Conn.
Only regularly organized business college in Fairileld
County. Sand for new illustrated catalogue giving the names of
over 1,000 graduates we have placed in business.
6. ll. lllllllill, President; N. i. DENNIS. Teacher of Penmanshin:
ill. illitli, Secretary and Treasurer
s1
ADVERTISE IN THE BENTINIL.
Norwalk Chronicler