f I
em in the year when you want on the line delicacies the market affords, Christmas
For this occasion we have themed: complete as well as the largest stock of fine
: we have ever exhibited. First you want good pastry. You'can only get itby
best materials, (Angelns Flour and pure Leaf Lard.)
on o mono. .
2 lbs. for 25c. None Such; or, New England Mince Meat, 10c pk.
Apricots, 2 lbs. for 25c. Pie Preparation, 10c pk.
2 lbs. for 250. 4 tbs. Extra Fancy Raisins, 25c.
20c lb. Imported Cluster Raisins, in large varieties.
-.- Raspberries 25c lb. Fancy Glace Citron, per lb , 25c.
California Prunes, 25c. French Orange apd Lemon Peel, lb., 25c.
, large French Prunes, 13c and live lb. Extra large fancy Figs, 200 lb.
Black Italian Prunes, 2 lbs. 25c. London Layer Figs, 10c, 13c and 15c lb.
collie. liliEiSE.
Edam, Pineapple, Club House, Rouquefort, Neufchatel. Philadelphia Cream. Old English,
ian, Parmesian. . ' '
‘ Hours no ouvu.‘
Gherkins,Chow Mixed, Walnuts, Midgets, Onions, Celery Sauce, Chili Sauce and the famous
~ Pickles, Stuffed Olives, Pitted Olives, Queen Olives in all styles. A big drive on gallon
‘ : of Olives, at 81.00 each. -
.___.”——
To keep you sweet, we will give you until further notice,
Three cans Tomatoes, 250; 3 cans Corn, 25c; 2 cans Succotash, 25c; 2 cans Dudley Pumpkin
250; Stewed Tomatoes, 18c can; 2 cans extra fine Peas, 250, and a full line of Dew
our. more. court.
It is not necessary to say much about our Coffee. Everybody knows that it is the standard.
Iris. tiiiis. EXTRAS.
Mayohaise and Durkee Salad Dressing, Trutiles,Plum Pudding, Sauces, Lambs Tongues in
» Fancy Fruit Gate in 1 lb. packages, 25c each. 1 lb. holiday greeting fancy mixed Crackers,
box. Larabees Saratoga Chip Salted Wafe rs, 35c box, and fancy ediblestoo numerous to men-
omo. oofiio. ouuu.
, Our tancy Butter is (tilt Edge, fine in flavor, and is the finest goods sold in town. Made
. each week. Only 3001b, 30c lb. Our Dairy Butter at 28c lb. is fine goods, and cannot be
llllil TEAS. ,
The people come far and near for our Tea, 35c, 500, 000, 75c, 01.00 and $1.251bl
I isk tor the Ferris Deiiolousiiams and Boneless Bacon.
non, non. ‘ non.
: wo carry a large assortment of Oranges, Tangerines, Nuts, Grapes, Cranberries, Salted Al-
‘ : and Candy, at lowest market prices. ‘
Illl. AID 3!! bill "Will SALE OF BIIIIEB Ill. Till! WEEK.
Ww.wm
. We stand by every word we say and every article we offer. Anything you want that you
1'. see here, we have it just the same. We have laid the rails for our competitors in the past,
intend to keep spiking thorn in the future.
l
S.E.SEYMOUR,
LEADING escorts.
“ , ,iectloltl,"
not: i w. H, ‘ about the last
time I went boiling. when we belied old
50” yarn"; thatisjify‘on have no ob-
, Having received our assent be cleared
histhrosr and, in the woman-manner
becoming one of his calling and tastes,
began.
" ‘ "I am not superstitious—far from it.
ill would it become one to whom for so
"I“! with Was intro-ted the «location
ofonr township, and once even that of
the whole county, to give credence to the
foolish rumors of hannts‘ and chums, or
to the strange believes current among
some in our valley concerning the con-
versation of, cattle on All Halloween, or
toany like ridiculous fancies. But yet
there is one point of which! crust now
less some timidlty—that is to passing the
small log house which stands just at the
foot of the first ridge on the road r ' ning
to Macedonia, on the night of Noghao, or
indeed, at almost any time after sunset.
Not thatlam afraid—far from it; but
strange stories have been abroad for the
past thirty years regarding the doings
there after nightfall. The sound of
flddles, they say canbe llcurtl, and the
changing of cow bells, interspersed occa-
sionally with the dull report of axon.
This the young folks declare is the ghost
boiling Joe Varner.
“I have never heard the ghosts bell Joe
Varner—uot that i believe they do, butl
did bell him once myself, and hence
what passes now as a more superstition is
to me the reminder of a painful reality,
and each recurring rumorof strung noises
heard on the Ridge road recalls my last
serenuding adventure.
“Thirty yours ago, Joe Varuer’s place.
as itis culled, presented a fur different
picture to the. eye than it does today.
Then all was scrupulously clean. Not a
stone on the chimney top was out of
place; not an iota of dnubiog was fallen
from between the logs, nor was the
smallest surface left unwnslu-d. The
surrounding garden was no neatly kept.
No'wceds disturbed the almost painful
effect of its tidlncss.
"Joe was proud of his home. and well
might be have been. For twvnty years
he had lived his lonely lifetliermdoue
his own housework, earml for his own
garden, and only varied the mouotouyof
the days by occa ioually working on to
neighboring furl .
“He was a st ogr- cmtture, tall and
gaunt in oppearuu e, 'tnciturn and surly
in manner, speaking a cross word more
often than a kind one. doing his bud
deeds in public and his good more in mi
vote, for his natural pride would not
allow him to purude the lotto-r before his
neighbor»: Yet, with all, be wus at
heart a kind fellow, spoiled simply by the
loneliucn of his way of liviugmvcuan
his own mongrel dog grew te~ly from n
luck of companionship.
“Why Joe bud never married was an
column to our people. He was not a
native of our county. but had simply ap-
peared onoday. bought his secluded piece
of ground, built his house. and stayed.
'l'WIcc, ln-nviuu no word behind blur, he
had gone uWay, remained a week, and
then its quietly returned to resume again
the even tenor of his life. ills return on
each orcaslon was marked by a fit of mel-
ancholy. which attracted the notice, but
repelled the curiosity of his nearest
neighbors. That he had visited Mould
home in an adjoining county um all that
we could ever learn.
“ltwua just 9|) years agotbis mining
November. that. Varuer went away for the
third time since his nettlruu-nt in our
midst. One Week paused, and severnl men
betook themselves to his house tosee him.
He bud not returned. 'l'wo tom-in passed,
and he was yet nlmcnt. Strange rumors
were current as to the cause of this unno-
couulnble delay.
“When the third week had reached its
end hi' returned with a wr-uzencd face lit.
tle Woman, who had a thin bond of gray
hair,h:ml features and a most, sloveuly
ammunition. This new personage was in-
trodm ul luvouicully, but with an evident
touch of pride, as his wife.
"Jim who the wife was and where from
nomu knew, but the filt‘l of her arrival
quickly spread over the tmvmhip, uml
nouny .uld slui'll‘h‘ werecurront as to when,
when- and why old Joe bud em-umbo-rcd
llimsw i with ‘llt'li u bolpmutnu
"iiut stromze us ull li|l\ qu-uwd, there
existed no rvusou why he simuld be
exempt from being belied. A scrunudn
he sluuld have, and a grand utfuir it
should bo.
“Non-r before were such grout. prepara-
tiousumde for a boiling us for the one
whicl. was set. for the night following
Varnrr's return. Old guns, I‘lhly from
disllw, sleighbolls of monstrous aim: and
horn-mud drums were mode rv-udy. while
myself and six ””er bid in the- vicinity
of the house three titre oak planks and
three heavy box-m. together with a large
«proudly of Main.
"'l'ln great night t‘iilllt'. We rut-r, fully
fifty of us, men and boys, of my father's
bnru,l few hours utter the sun bud set,
and ii a body started for the «t'em- of our
operations. It seems almost useless to
tell you of the wall; of two miles before
we rtaehed the Varner home. It was a
cleargcriap November night. The road,
hard beneath. stretched n Wolloleflued
whilst baud, Across the country lwfurtc us,
lit unit was by the light of a full moon
just doing mm the westward ridges. 'l‘be
windswept. mournfully through the leaf-
less trees, rattling the llmim and stirring
up the fullen foliage below. An occa-
sional rabbit darted from beneath the
crIstLed snake fence» and flirted shadow-
likescross the road into the shelter of
the lrnsh beyond, followed. for a moment.
by slew shoots and stones from our party
and then allow-id to escape in peace into
the woods. Indeed, it was just such a
night as this.
“A tor a walk of sonic forty nlinnleg
we dgsd over the boot hill, rounded
the at turn in the road uud rams to a
halt short distance from Varuer'a home,
with lay nestling desolately in the
woo . A few dim rays of light shone
th gh the crevices in the closed blinds.
”f r little party silently stationed lb
self round the bolus. Eachof the planks,
‘ iges of which had already been
ly coated with rosin, was seized by
two onion men, and gently, after the
us: not a violinist tuning his instrn»
no" , drawn over the upturned swim of
one fths fill”. which had likewise been
mired with the some atlhi-alre sub-
stance. Backward end forward went the
me how», at am making a scarcely
audible murmur and then uttering low
and straw unearthly groans. which in-
creased to volume as the norm bent to
their work. ' finch lotto an we heard our»
in the trial convinced us that when the
instruments were play . with full
. they would without us
menace-um _ on”
W emu .
doorway bowing, and, thrown“! «use
then teach us in to a {if}: or sweet cake
and old cider.
“The signal was given, and forthwith
arose the greatest din that has ever been
heard in our county. The ancient mus-
kcts banging viciously, the bells ringing.
the horns touting and above all the mel-
ancholy wall of the horse fiddle, made a
tumult that would shame that which we
have just heard. The result was not as
anticipated. The light inside died and
dcnly out, and the house assumed a de-
serted upwarsnce.
"We kept to our work bravely. A half
hour linseed, and a few impatient cries
of 'Bring out the bride,’ arose above the
din, giving evidence that lusty lungs
were fast comingto the aid of wearlcd
limbs. ' .
" ‘Brlug her out. Fetch out Mrs. Var-
ner, J oc,’ we began to cry almost in unio
son. .
“An hour passed, and not a sign of life
had come from the interior of the lonely
dwelling. The noise weakened in vol-
ume, the owners of the guns grew chary
of wasting their powder, and at last,
much to our chagrin, we were compelled
to retire to the woods to hold a consultar
tion.
A thin stream of smoke poured steadily
from the mouth of the great stone chim-
ney, and the sight of it suggested the
execution of or plan resorted to only on
the most desperate occasiomwthat of
smoking out the occupants of the house.
”it was the work of but a few moments
to obtain a heavy board suitable for the
purpose, and for one of the young men
to climb on the roof, taking it with him.
lie made bis'v‘fny noiselcssly up to the
peak, laid his burden across the top
of the chimney, and then crouched low
to await the denouemeut. The smoke
ceased to escape.
“Surely, we argued, if any one was
within, they Would have been driven
out, or at least some noise would have
been made in their efforts to quench the
flames.
“Then the young man on the roof
noiselessly removed the cover from the
chimney. A dense volume of smoke
poured slowly upward, showing that the
fire had (loner well the Work required.
From beneuth the doorways We spied a
few faint wreaths come circling vaguely
out.
“A chill of dread passed over its. \‘Ve
wondered if any mishap bud happened.
People are not usually when wide awake
willing to be sutfocated in their own
homes. llut the question he to whether
they were at. home urosc. Home of no
thought not. im. the light that We
had seen burning on our lirst. approach
occurred to minor something. Some one
Who no homo ulul something bud hap-
pened within. we derided.
“in annihcriustunt four stnlwurt fel-
lows, holding between them a lu-uvy log,
upprnucln-tl [he llftUI‘.
“One blow -~it. gave wuy; not it sound
was benrrl inside. Another l-rush and
the heavy ouk fell llm'kwm'tl from its
hinges. 'l‘ho aruoke, rob-used from its
prison, poured out so densely us to
alumni drive the excited boilers from the
doorway.
"One young man dashed boldly across
the room, which passed as llvmg room
und kitchen, and in another instant the
window W“ up, the shutters thrown
open, und the wind whistlvd through,
driving before it the heavy wil of smoke
that hid the interior from view; and the
moonlight streamed in. Then what a
sight met our eyesi
”There. sitting in u grout Wooden rock-
ing chair. his feet. resting almost in the
fire, his head fuilcu low upon his breast,
his stern, burvl {suture-s o-uimly set as it
in sleep, out he whom no lmd come to
bell, dead. .
“By his side, on the spirilewu table
stood a «‘antllrstrick from which the
candle had burned uwuy, only at Hull!“
bit of churn-d paper remaining to tell no
[but .lm- bud in all llkt‘lllmml died before
but spurt. of tho ltuuttou-lml light hurl
died out just us We begun the liideom
turmoil ouhide the butter.
"Cllllt'llt’ll in the dead tnuu'e right.
hand was the (‘Xpllllllillllll oi lll~ rulilliil‘y
life. as \w-ll :N the WV“ mow l'lltllllu oi
the great, belting. it Woe a rilllt‘ll pin-.9
of cheap. llllcll lotto-r paper."
drew out his pocketbook. nml utter fum-
bling to nwmcnt. in it:- rt‘t‘rhw's seized a
small, soiled piers of putwr, which he
handed to .lullt‘x, who L'd'IJ‘il out it curi-
ously for a lime, and thou ails-ully pttflsfll
it to me.
This is what lt‘cml:
" lll-‘H: Jot-3: You an‘ i was tu't‘t‘t' ment
for one uuuddrr.
"I kuou'ml lltut. llll'n-c wwlte Miler We
got. marked in yours on” and limo?» why
l run away with M tomwu you Vim-t good
to luln‘ me lmvk llwut '.' oi lu-r times i left
this lust limo t llmughl lW'ilh gi-ttin old
lilt' you liml lh‘l'll an foruivlu’ l hml lion"-
would my lust days with you l rout stand
the quiet (‘IllllllJ‘V llv'ln' an' umgoue buck
tolmrrxeburg they nint no one. with me
chi» timo- forgive moi gone you'll be bet,-
tcr off Without yul' old Wife.
... w--. Sumo."
THE ‘T‘wo WENDiZLLS.
When I'liillps liehuhed Holmes for In-
ternperance and I‘rivollty.
A Boston f‘lil‘l‘f‘ftplliltil'lll‘. writes of an
interesting incident in the lib-of iiolnics:
Paul Murphy had come to Boston and set
us all slimm- ulmututwsn. “'0' already
had a flourishing chess club, of which Dr.
flichfirtlutm was president. nit-Mint: in a
large upper rmuu on Washington strut-t.
W. resolved to give Morphy a dinner.
Never, l uliould think, elm-v chaos who
invented. had quite so much homage been
glued to any of its clmmplons as run
then bestowml on the young Monitor from
New (lrlcuuu. our over so orally m-lebrities
wounded in his honor. Holmes was
asked to ”wealth. null Income-l joyfully.
When be: out a thing. he «lid it from his
heart. 'l‘m-ro cums to the dinner the
president. of linrrard l’uiv--r~ity, the
Chief-Junie:- of the State. Professor
Agnsslz. and to score of oebrrw hardly less
famotls uml clumlllwi. 'l'ho ozone of itwaa
the Bevel-o ll: new. nud the im'idsnt has
panned [)tf‘l‘ n .,. 4'5 tot: lil‘l’li')’, bw'nuue
ummnil no -... u \ in \l't‘lt'lfl‘l l'hlllll’m,
then as err-r on too no...” in tho- rause of
extreme twinpwr-om in villi-m4 a public
rebuke to m. :n: worn“ moi rsvwrrud
seniors. ’l‘l: if u w a.” not in paying
acomplinvml m Flwphy. but in dining
‘3, fl»! Kw.- rt lion”. moi allowing win.
tube put on lbw t t!» u. The phiiipplc did
not decoy tll'tlllfll Hollows. “Wendell,"
he said, "lltmis a Mini for the fanatics."
The two mm Heb spoke of the other I.
"Wendell." They were cousins more or
less near. sud’liitsd each [othermit was
.5“ months liking-vsnmflsctidnoa“
a.) ' ._ _‘
Mal. ‘ out.) J3:
brink fins and his wife hath.
we bud l't‘lll'ltl'tl his home lillil that the{
The scllmtl trucher i‘tflhl'tl ll|~ nurrution, .
Iamsellingwhiteback‘“
from 10°. to 200. per double,
These goods are all new and ~
combination side, oeilin , M
in. or 18 in. borders; ‘ '
we break the combination
desired. ‘
Gilts are from 15c. up,
roll. ,1
l 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 infiofir
walk. . "
Painters' supplies at lowest
prices. ‘
Painting, Paper-hanging and
Decorating.
E. E. Gorham,
No. 2 First Avenue,
EAST NORWALK.2
038.
our
1
The: great Germangstable
:bedding. No more stall
foundered horses, no more
scratches. By reason of
the great absorbing quali-
ties of this bedding, there
is no stable odor.
RAYMOND BililS’.’ '“
tuoonuus torus.
H87 Mill PlElBlllT T0 TIIE.
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F. SCHlvoln. M. 0..
55 so. run so. so. room.
Practice Limited to Diseases oiWomen
Office hours. Mondays and Thursdays. 8 to
p. m. n n21 ly
Patent " mooring
llllf HOT. HIIDIHOTlTfl TAKE,
blxamnik; [LN
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, .60
Ayers‘ Samtnnilla, .87
Dana's Sarsaparilla, .07
Cuticum lit-solvent, .70
Scott's Emulsion, .00
Green's Ncrvura, .70
Btillsou‘s Emilio for Malaria, .75
Paine‘s Colo? Compound, .66
Brandreth's ’ills, .19
Aloock's Plastcrs, .10
Bowen’s Capsice Planters, .13
Cratoria, .28
Carter'- Pills. .18
Amood‘s Bitters, .18
Bsdam's Microbe Killer, qts., .75
Radam's Microbe Killer, gal. jars. , 2.50
Yankee Lung Smother, .36
too. 0. Stillson’s
Drug Store,
I2 Wrshingtoniatrs
It.
ARI YOU GOING TO
It‘loridn
This:
Winter?
Blfso be sure and go by the
“CLYDE IJINEJ’
M only steamship [line running from
How York direct to
Jacksonville, Fla”
Btoppins at
Charleston, 8. C.
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