Tuis mowr-r is known throughout the country to be the finest machine
made; it has 9-inch driving wheels, double ratchet, Zilljllslfliilt: steel
' Thrs'is less than 5" per cent. of the first imt.
, w. StUrtevant.
, North Thain and Ann Streets, '
illlORWA'LK 4 4 * - couurcrtcur.
aneurnnnxtlu'srsg
II
Branch Shops
AT
DARIEN
AND
BROAD RIVER
T, utmsott
Fir-:R MTWRIJGH
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TI-IE .TALK IS ALL OVER ABOUT
L. M. WRIGHT’S REPOSITORY,
WHICH IS WELL‘STOCKEI) WITH THE FINEST LINE OF
rriagcs,;Wag"0ns, Bicycles and Horse Goods
G PAINTING AND LETTERING done at short notice. All purrbusers of liintyt-lcs taught to ride
free. Open until 9 p. m. Repairing a specialty. llavmg leased the Norwalk
‘ ~f 3, t Fair Grounds, apply to me for terms, cur.
,‘thtER' M. thGH
lngrains,
III
Factorv and Salcsrooms,
.’ ‘1 ' ‘
Madison and I'rankhn his.
‘ Velvets,
Tapestry, Moquette,‘
, Body Brussels, Axminster,
A large variety of China and Japanese. Mattings, Oil Cloths at d
Linolcums, Shades, Lace Curtains, Portiercs.
A. Dickerman & Son,
"M Washington Street, - - - - - South lorwalk, Connecticut.
PRINTING HOUSE!
BEST QUALITY OF WORK AT THE LOWEST PRICES.
Min So Large 0r So Smell that cannot Be Done here as Well as Anywhere
1°C ’cutters, and is the lightest running, quickest cutting mower made-
’59] The regular retail price is $6.50 for 14 inch. It is too late In the sea-
39: , son for us to mark these goals at even a fair profit, so will give you
fige the benefit of the purchase as an advertiser.
69c 12 inch, , ¢ J - $2.69
' -invigorating prieein- winch, ' ' , ' $2.89
V ill interest all ccouo- 16‘3“", ' ' - ‘ 32-99 '
‘ int: his autograph.
y i ii ' eds. "an aim
, her. w ill , nth it ' ‘
“Or. ‘ (bashful god oruklpplnn lambs and outer:
reed!) a litter" ‘ p ‘
Hethlnlt than. gentle Corrdun. A mm hum
all night loam .
A km but slips Irma your lips like t'ohin‘e
evoulnk noun. , ~
A him that goes where no one known. a mac.
a crimson roan.
gorydou made bin ‘oleo and tookwwell.‘
which do you suppose?
—‘11"0-
PINKERTITNKT’PILLS.
Fairhairn’o a successful tunnwospoo-
ially since. his wife’n money has enabled
him to write at loiauru-und he's clever.
but I do think he lacks resource, this is
from the morning paper; ,
"A train of autograph letters was bold
:ontorday at the rooms of Mortars. Loth-
. Eutdgo, White «is Go., whore home high
,irioon were recorded.
“A lot of six very early and intorost~
arr letters, written by Charles Diokom
when he was‘ reporting for the Morning
Uhronicle. futohed 3100; two shortnoton
written by Tennyaou in ,1350. sold for
$61; and three letters written by Mr.
John Fair-balm. and the titlopago of tho
n-iginol manuscript of ‘ his famous
wore‘aecured by Mr. Watchet, after a
brisk competition. for S'ltl."
’That‘s how things stand today with
Fairhairn; anything of his sells—includ-
But, four years ago. his position with
the public was very different, and I am
going to tell you how small a thing was
really tho turning ptndt which root-ed
the needle around on the dial, and titeu
set it for his futuro.
,li‘airbairn and ,I both played at being
barristers after we let t Oxford. and both
found it necessary to do broad and tutt-
tor work for journals whose editors con-
sidered our stuff worth paying-for.
This wont. on for a (gonplo' of years,
when. by the death of a rr-lntivo, I came
intoa working share of a patent pill.
From that time on I found ample troupe
for my literary ability in writing advon
tinoments for tho pill.
But Fairbairn had to keep his nose to
tho grindutouo and wantod the loisuri-
to do his best work; and thou he got or»
gagod to Elinor Ilay.
Her father, Andrew Hay. was a
wealthy north country manufacturer
retired from business. a »mau of whims
and crutches, which Were atrout: in pro-
portion to their lllll'OttStmllIIIt'nl‘s'é.
Among hi4 tll‘tltUIltftri were an absurd
haliof in Illoxom‘a pills. which can't
hold an invalid} night light to mine; a
funny for horse- hair sofas and dining
room chairs, which, bonds-s beint,r most,
uncomfortable and slippery, are terri-
bly wearing to one's trousers. an extra
ordinarily high opinion of successful
Iand well known authors and an entire
? contempt for thontruot eminent.
But the man was a curiosity in other
prays: ho would spend large sums on
this hobbies and autograph letters. and
'yot I believe he ware llIllltHI p'trsitnoui-
Tons about his household n-xptuw-s.
They \ri-renfraid to MIoltI Ilty about ‘
{their engagement. for I'llinor told Fair
iboirumwho was quit:- frank with lu-r
1about his menus—4n what light her fa
vthot' regarded authoru who had yot to
larrirv.
j One afternoon, :tftrr about throu-
mouths of his clandestine vimagetnout.
' ML‘H Ilay was rolling on my wife. who
iwnu in the snort-t, and. when inking tn:
:to go to diuuvr at ilustbrook. said to
”um; »-"I (ItthIrIl, Mr. Millltuay, you
[would think of mono plan to make far
thor think more of John; it
wrvtrln-d."
I “Miss Hay," I answered a: a thought
thtuhoti on ma. “Li-t us malt» llt‘tlill
pact. If I Hilt'l'f‘t‘tl in making your to
,tlwr think highly of John as an author.
:willVyounit to myartist for ‘llrought
|lip tin I’inkortou‘u Pill“!
iblat'k and while postvr. you know. Slut)
{the and True pills for lilo."
Sim lnunln-d, but I i‘inlll‘t‘tl hot I
gtntrautit, and finally the t-ompm't was
Vtuado.
! (hi the following Monday we Wt'ltI to
diuuor at Mr. llay'fi. The only other
ignite-ts Wore l"airbuirn uml u Min, I’t-It'lti
‘~-a friend of Elinor.
Altor dinner [Ito old lllttlt not showing
.nn Home of his things, and Fairbstlru. at
’my advising, played up to old llny and
admirod his autograph letters when Iv-
.pullod out his portfolim.
l rt-tuomlwrmi otn- lu- uhotwrl nu mm
a little rat-rap written by (fhurlm IL.
in‘ so
of Noweaatlo.‘ who had boon rhidltw;
him for not taking: his Inodiriun.
Later in tho ov-ninu the old troutlu
lllltllHIlttWNI mo- mnw l‘t't't'ltl llt'tllliii‘
lions, and among tin-m was an early
lottvr ho bought. at a high price. writ,
ton by Mr. (burrito lilvri-ditlt.
Thin at outta t‘dlllet'rlmI to ma my plan
of notion. lthuuuht it. out an I wr-ut
homo, and tho next day wt to Work.
limit I Went to a Well known London
tlealvr in utttournphu, and lmughl are.)
worth of lt'tlv-tn. l uddml in tin-mu.
which inrluvl .,| out- by t‘arlylu and tor:-
of 'I‘luu-kvtny‘n a maple ol notam writ-
ten to mo Htmu youth nun by l";tiriutltn.
I then wont to our of the “funny
miner-mum and trim- in all the lotion.»
iw-lndiuu I‘alrlmtrn'rwwith a eotumin
nion for tin-tr sale at the next auction.
At the mom than I obtuitlml from the
unttmnrrr the lumum and lHI'Il’I’rHt't of
half a dozmt regular nilt'utlutttu it their
umzlionn. and. raliimt a hnnmm. wont
Itiwwsmttb of thuut. My lormnla was
IIlt' train" in rut-h tea-Io. l aaltL --“l\l
lilunk'n rab- nvxt. Tao-«lay mm" of Mr,
lohn Fatrtmiru'n latter» will ho put
ll l.H
"Who in Mr. John l’airlntirn’r" win
the invariable (pa-«nun that Wit-t tum
”WWI.
"tlo‘n tho author of ‘litt-ty Armitaau,‘
.md—-—4-r~erv-wby, surely yuu loam
.tiru‘f’
Ilut none of the six men did. so I loin
ach oi them uriratelr to hit tor Iliosi
novel, The Vision of Present Thinga,‘ ,
A lir~t riuzw ‘
wvlwn a boy. to his guardian, tlu- I‘Int'l ‘
“m5 Evening Sentinel
Dut‘ttiy plauir . up, ntI'uo
sea about the most effective denourtuent
of it an regards old flay.‘ ‘Two days
later I received from tho salesrooms a
printed catalogue which t-outaiued par
tloularri of tho lotturn I had given in for
the auto, and which did not mention my
name an the owuor of them.
With this in my pot-hot I wont over
to Eastbrook in the evening. for a game
of billiards, and. during the gatuo,
turned tho talk to Ilay'n hobby.
"By the way. I was so intermtud with
thoso autograph,» you nhmvod mo last
Monday that 1 lllll thinking of making
aeolloctiou.” , "'
"I got the eatalogue today from
Blault'a,"l Wont, on an I took it from
my pocket. “You might look through
it and mark what you think likely."
"Hay had not lookod long: at tho lint
before he I‘Jtt'IltllIltllI: "Who in this?
John Fairbairu, two early lottorn‘.‘
Who’s John Fltlt'llltil‘ll‘l"
"Why. you know John Fairbairn. Mr.
Huyw-ho dim-d hora last Monday."
“What? Hint! Who the devil wants
his letters, I should like to knowl,‘
“Your ntrokr, sir." I said, “aud'lrt
mo toll you that Fairintiru is a long
way higher up the ladder than I l'auoy
you think he IH—II'UIII your romark."
“Nome-use!" rejoined the old groutin-
mnu. as ho slammed the rod into a bot-
tom poukoi. ‘
I went on with my stroke. and boi'orr:
Iloft wourrnugud to meet at Illauk‘u.
Ag; tho 5qu progroaued I procured
some of thomiuor items marked, and
my Carlyle and ’l‘luu'koray letters were
bought by Ilay himself, who bid more
tlutul had paid for them on the pro-
codiug Tuesday.
It. was very funny to watch tho one
limit-or as he anuoum-ml "Two early
letters by John Fairbairu." Ilia notions
were lost on Mr. IIay, who wa-i oxant
iuiug one of his purchases, but as a bid
of $510 was quietly offered by one of my
agents, I whine-rial to Ilny. "Iv‘airhairn'n
letters are being offered."
"Twenty," called out my "F" man,
who sat on tluI other side of the table;
“5'35," “830“ and “Sill" were quickly
reached before tlto'old man could get.
back tho breat't ho had lost in his first
gasp of astonishment. ,
"This beats mo,“ he said. “but they
must ho Worth having, or Potter and
the others; wouldn't be so keen."
“Fifty dollars" was reached. who“. to
my imnwnno surprise. Mr. IIay calh-d
out "Fifty five dollars!" and as ho wzur
at once taken up and passed by my man
"if." I lottuod back in the choir and
fairly luxurinted in tho oer-no. The
!, ordinary habiiuon of tliosalt~;-'roo1tt worn
ii-mnplotoly nonplnssed. Ilut IIny did
Inot notion. it—ho was too much on-
grosst-d. A birlof $05 had come from
my fourth limit man, and Hay chimed
in. only to be cut out by my fifth string
with $70.
, With a thump on tho table Flay
looked at the anriiouevr and gnupml.
"Sutvoutylivo dollars!" A final glance
around. tho mullet full, and Mr. iiay
ihad bought twout' the despisedJohu
I’ttirlmiru'a letters.
(if course thin settled the wholo thing,
for Play was tho last man ever to go
bank on his own judgment. As we
went rut together he said to me:
”You must. forgive Illt} for what I
said tho other err-nine about Mr. Fair-
hairu. I had no idea he stood rm high.
bntyouran't tht' a suror test of a
man's position than the price his letters
leiuh."
Ilmurmurrd a polite rejoinder aml
Fil‘i ',
"Your mistake was quit:x pardon‘a‘blo.
Mr. llny. for Mr. Fairbairu is one of
those quietly brilliant men who ltl'l‘
really right up at the top of tho tree,
but who tttako no fuss of self udvor-
lbw merit."
"You, you; it must be no, and I/tuu-t
,utako amends for my mistake.
you mine and meet him at dinner on
Friday?"
tin tho ruorniln: uftor thi- di'unvr Fair-
,bait'u fornutlly [ll‘tlptirlt'll for Miss lluy
innd her father at om-o t'ottr‘vtliod.
‘war not long Ill't'tIi'd by Fairbairu. for
,th.- report. of tho Halo of bin lottery.
brought him into protuinvnt notit'u. and
hit own rh-vor work emanated hi-.
sum-om, -
lint you ran now one why latnrh'd by
nayiuu that li'nirbuiru Illi'k‘l l't-‘wttrr'v,
bimtw- he might have thotmht of the
plan himself, but then In- i< uwroly :t
talontml ntau- ‘Im qu not tin» ui-nuni
whirh i4 at tho rail of a writer of all
rv-rtbwuu‘uts for I’inlwrtou'n I'illt,
'l'ho Slirtch.
I’or tlw I-lyuu.
Win-nth:- l‘yl'Hltt’Il“ eIo-io tlu-tu for
tire lltllllth‘s.
Witt-u they burn ItrlIIltt thorn in water
as but tut t‘ttlt bo bortu'. with a duwh of
witch hazel in it.
After wwpimz bath" them in NM-
Walt-r and lay a tow-d in rum» Water tht'I‘
thi-tu for live miuutw.
When tinny ore
tnzuv.
When th-v whi'm urn yellow and th-
pnptlu dull i-otttttlt your ulo‘lor about
your dial.» , Evening World.
Ithndaltot uhu'p
Tami “’olu-luy like-- ”or l'atrlot l-m.
Lord Wolwloy,tlto liritiwh (‘ommun
drr iu-t'hh-f, In a public ltiIIIl-‘u rut" u:
.3. and that he would ttol bH p thinking
it won a noovl thing tor tla- m'b-rvl rhit
viii-not tho litutv-ol fitnlm to It" brought
twin lbot'ouvintlou tint tiny indium LI
lothoarmtmt nation in th” World, and
mud be rcttdy to litht for it. and he
Ml ln'l that he tronbl like in w- I-Vl‘l".
mild in an I‘Il‘L’IiuII w'lwol touxbt to ”d
”rim :1!“ Int'I- hi4 i-mtulry owl ibmwu
dilution ‘nudi-r wlurb hu Iiwwl. M9 to it
It- Would be prt'ptrri to maintain that
n-onistttutiou tllzdlll-I oil Hutu-m.
A htelbrrt \Huk. ~
The Queen hm atlmlbort wort of r.
«rink in her eye a. IlIlf talks to .lauu-mw
mount ob lulu; sash a bad boy. . t'umu
nil .‘fhzi‘i’a Nruuntot.
Will ’
’l'iu» ttn'olut- from Ins wifo's mom-y
mate thought of [1th apparel It's
man's ambition to loo/r wall at all times,
\ \\ whether it be his busmess suit, bicycle
’- ., suitor outdoor/rig suit, and he mre/y ob-
jects to doing so at thermal/est possrble
cost. Same stares can ‘malre him loo/r
well al'lass money than we aha/ye. We
make him look well longer. It’s got to
, , (19- in material and make. The tailors
say the same thing. but they're several flights higher up
_ than we (rm—«m price. Our case/mere suits at 87.50 are
strictly all wool. Price in this line glass not represent the ‘
qua/it‘y——they'ro worth 370. Our tailor made blue serges,
clay worsted and Scotch weave suits of 310 have the sam
cut as 6‘20 Suits. _ '
Bic ole nnrt'ttolfsiuitn. $5 i011?
Wh te l-‘lanm-l 't‘mincra, very rue quality for Goll'erl, 85.
_ . Lint-n and White Din k ’l‘rotm‘ra, 89c to h.
Linen Ct tsh Suits, 13 and $10.
, liieycle old in ceclten, {2, $3, $3.50.
15 Star make Negligrc Shirts. 31,35 to $2.50.
other makes, also. 69c. 97c.
, Golf and uicylc Stockings, 25cm 33,
EtG$&(o.
Open Monday, Friday and
' J 3""! fiifrr‘“
z.
3,:
Saturday Euem’ugs
Bridgeport, Conn.
OLD AND RELIABLE
Daily Direct Freight tine
BETWEEN
New York,$outh Norwait: amt
Norwalk.
THE PROPELLERS,
City of Norwalk, Eagle and Vulcan,
Will leave Pier :3, E. R, Iicekman street, New York, at
5 p. m. Leave Norwalk, 5 p. m ; South NUI'WCIII-i 6 p. m.
Freight Received 2mm 7 a. or. to 5. p. m. Upon Appli
cation to agents the City or Not-walk, Hugh: and VllIt'ilII
will be sent for spcrial lots of freight anywhere in New
York or its Vicinity.
All persons are forbid trusting any
Of this boats of lltciim; on account of tin: owners 'lincreof.
What is It?
that prompt .‘ at totiny your shut-s .w ‘
Ullll stow t'ulIb't‘ than :tuotlnn‘.’ Isn’t. lb
nub. quality, in durability and pro-u a.
totht-‘dun‘ and prompt and murmur.
attomionon ths- part of the pt'oprivtorutnl
mti-wtlmzt? II' litmu- .Ii'r‘ tlu- teal itulmww
I-J‘IIII‘ '.\'w look for :t Ililt‘l'di simrnuf your
patronage.
H. 8. BROWN,
90 WASHINGTON STREET,
South Norwalk, Conn
0
out than
TI l .\'l‘
Nash
&Van Scoy
Ix'm'p thvtiuondaua “lIIIIIf «‘rm‘kery, \tltirb In :nkuowb-xltpwl by lb:
truth: to In: IIlt' boat made, and that tin-y
« SELL AS LOW
at any store in the town. Try our R()\'.\I. l'tiIJSlllNli I'AS'I‘l'
i! \viiitlcan and [admin silwrware WIIIIHIII minty, (“Home on .‘H‘III
13.0 :“fifiilr‘a-r’t‘m
and its unequalled for plains. marble ul‘ brawn. I‘m 1' 95:,
NASH 8: VANSCOY,
Cor. N. Main and West Streets,
ROUTH NORWA‘LK . . . GONNTZCTIGUT
one knew
tumultuous
the price he-
ROSE MM ‘
foretryingit, he'd J
. be surprised to find it sogood. If
or": horned the prim after trunking
Ii, l;~"ri I?” azvtooistltt‘d to find it no
clump. Iii}: Value :lll'I Little Mon-
~ ev never got closer than in
I” I this tobacco.
Norwalk Chronicler