W Handsomewhsllv- leaps. complete, all
colors and shapes, 0mg.
f
myrne notifications! in '
I “ ”Mk,“ I ll!,'?i%‘fl¢' designs, at munch on HeatOI'S- M
0' Mini prices. All the standard makes end lstest nov-
elties. These goods we buy in car
load lots in advance of the season, and
retell them at jobbers prices. We give
Hon. E. J. not will ’ _
linen convention in S ., ..
W. tings, engravicgs and artos, in
003%! She , oak,whi§e and, gold and fancy . ,
the retaining Mirna: “39¢ up. We offer these :jatnecy zinc flooerat free with each
"m“ : goods for so per cent less than cost of a ' .
William ‘ . ff“ ' ' . , ,,
renaneili . m" e . MII’I’OI‘S.
n m . . .
W 118‘ PS. I ._ F ch plate, beveled edge mirrors in
.The ' Piano, banquet library. hall, sewing oa fight, and white and gold frames
Km” N and night lamp ,i in all the new {all at p' ces that will astonish theshrewd-
est shoppers.
Mason fruit jars, any size, 39c dozen.
Bring the children to see our fine
assortment of TOYS! DOLLSII
GA M E S ! ! !
Free and Prompt Delivery
styles. We have always held the rep- ,
utstion oi showing the largest and
handsomest line of these goods in
either city, and intend that this year’s
display thail eclipse all former efforts.
W’EYW Evening.
.gs..s URTEVANT,
FOR
pai n Banners
.----AND---.--
month one nun Mill smears,
so. uonwm. couu.’
.... .. x
”nee-re.”-
' * LUTHER M. WRIGHT’S
', ‘ ‘ Factory and Repository,
South liorwellt.
. . ON THURSDAY . .
we will offer at special prices
Ladies’ Night Robes l
o—AN D—o
Ladies’Whlte Skirts!
Also other items of interest to bargain seekers.
I'IOSIERY ALWAYS A SPECIALTY.
" A. Dickerman 8: Son,
N Washington Street, - - - South lierwelit, conneotleut.
EeVn sentinel
PRINTING HOUSE!
BEST QUALITY OF WORK AT THE LOWEST PRICES.
‘ » ., 1n; to urge Or to Smell that Gennet Be Done ilere es Well es Anywhere
He eiweye sen e men's e “men"
And sell! 0 WAFM."
'Iie vieye with use most ev'ri day
And rides me on his knee.
It not me to e platinum»
And I: last like tee.
le are I run a ‘ bonny helm” l
A kisses rne. endiwhen
I nets him why wr't he tell: right
He new. “I dlunu ken."
But we end him has late 0! fun.
He“; each a litany men-
I deuce for him and brush hie heir
and loves him all low.
I nulls him Atrium-that's his name—-
And-ho any» I can't talk.
And then he puts my plnidie on
And tslree me {or a wells.
I tells him forty lowland tlnlol,
lint ‘iniu‘t a bit at “no.
He always says it mau'n e “mon”
And calls I huutsu a “boom."
-Chienco interior.
The editor of Fresh Bronson wantcd :.
bright story from my pen. and in that cnc
1 had conjured my brain by on ry doth-A- In
niy‘powcr. In vain hndI scrutinizod tin
nights of Punk and [Mo and other suggest
ivo [wriodicals of that ilk, but no idea
came. The red pods of the flowering boon
tuppud gontly against the open window,
and tho yullow learns of tintehorry lazily
ilrinted eartthrd. whose action my slug
ginh mlud persistently imitated.
The little llro upon the hearth ornckleu
and blazed briskly, trying its best not t4:
furl lost in the throat of the ui‘cflt, oiu
fashioned chimney, lor the oarly autumn
morningu in tho 'l‘cnuom hills won; cool
enough to mnko n enroll lire wclcomc, capo-
clully so as country pcoplo in that ('Illllllli
are loath to keep closed doom So the door
to the porch stood upon. and opposite that
was the kitchon door, alsoopcu, allowing
the odors of an appctlzlug breakfast unr‘cv
strained admittance.
I lenncd against tho high mantel study.
ing the ilro with that lnnxuliur. downcast
tooling that comes to ono seeking inspira
tion and finding cinnunstanccn utterly ad
verso.
Finally tho andlrous riveted my nttcn
tion—thc undirons that. hlinnio had acourui
the day hcloro till they shone as bright as
tho glowing logs they upheld, and tin
andlrons, together with the sound of tin
quick, light stops of the girl In the kitchen
busily prciniring tho morning mcal, lcd my
mind over tho recent events at Illl' {arm
housc.
Fow girls would have managed a high
. Miners he Mord
tomwn'd, domineering, 50111th old fuller
so wcll us Minnie did, and, to my‘mlud.‘
sho dcmrvud hcr sin-mun.
Minnie. was in love with an honest court
try lad. and it lnippoxwd that her l'nthcrdid
not npprovuof him. or pretended he did
not. Ho could raise no objection to tin
young man's character nor to his steady.
plodding life, but ho was ulow, “ull lircd
slow," growlcd Minnio'uiathor. “lil'flliltfl.
his im'niiyaln't much, on his formniu'i
wuth tho ucrapiu of a plow. Miunic could
do better—n hoop hotter. Anyhow, thcrt
ain't no call for her to jump at such a
chance, considerin she ain't 20, an sinco ho:
madied I can't gitfulong without her,“
was the emphatic mnmncntol that usually
tllciturn man, attend to me in return {or
a ward I hail nlxrkcn with the intention oi
casting a stone from hilnnic’s path.
Wull, ntmurm, it u'annonooi‘ my busi
new, though I couldn't hclp iii-lug inicr
noted In the girl. Mluuio had bornc pa
tiontly with hcr taihcr, for. sen-ml timc:
bcforo Hilton‘s advent. her company hnd
been shown by uumlnlaknhic signs that It
was useless to settle toanything likc rcgtt
iur liusincun; but Ilimm‘s niayiugounllilw
.noomcd unusual. Besides, lillnnic iikcd
him.
One night after hcr father had slgnill
cantly wound the clock and made othct
preparations-r for retiring. and, scclug m.
disprmition In tho young man todo liko
\vlsc. ho ulnwiyinrtmlnut tho light. With
out n word Miunio immcdlulcly rcllt ii
and ropnircd with hcr young man to Iiu
widc hall. ”or inthcr lolimvcd with his
pipc, smokcd for nwhilc. iiu'n ylswncd
ominously, and llrmlly i'cll into n nintc thnl
udmilicd thc issuuncc of an tunarihl)
nuorc. which only ocrml in gixc ihc young
pr-oph- an excuse for drawing ucun‘r ouch
othcr and comcrsing in whispcrs.
'I‘hatangcml thcohi man, who atom-u
up, kicked thc dog until he howlcd, and
in hluclumsy attempt to cjcct the nnimnl
lunnugs‘tl in turn over tIul lump. soiling
ilrotn tho intro lloor. A huckct ui' won-i
did Its duty to tho ucclinuumimcnt or all
aorta of llii’ciltlil'ri and gmwiings about
"young folks what didn't have no hcttot
some 'n tor act round an horn couioil
ouough tcr‘git a man in doln, an try in
burn the houso down tcr lxmt."
llirntn was rouscd at laid. his eyes
glcmnud, ho flloppoti forward withnn angry
ejaculation, but Minnic quickly iuionccpt
Oil with n colnnutudlnu gosiuru and the
untnuiy: "lion't unynu'ordiodnddy. iii,
out on let tho gallery on 1'“ conic in ct
Iulnulo. Now, daddy. " slut iii'mlll, mimira
lily m‘rttmilluu hcrucll. "yo kin hcv tin
lint, on tho light. thc hall. on ti.chu|i
houscmthc gallery in good ”limit!“ for no
on Hiram, hut cl yo uriso him away lmni
that i will go too."
'I‘ho old formcr Killi'ii stupidly at hi-
danuhicr. riho cvidcntly mcont what uh:
mid. and Inc was not prcparcd to carry hue
tilitics l‘urtIu-r that night, so hc uticrmi nc.
word as uhcuhui thodoor hchiuti bur--
carefully molding slamminu it. hot Ii
ohmcd mwortllcicss with a curtain cmplmnin.
Hiram itupt up his visit-t h'puinrlylor
more than a your, and though the lather-“s
rctu'piiuli was always morimliy Null In
uot'cr again attmnptcd to insult him.
lino nluhi thc uiiilnr whim-Hi to my,
“I'm noomln l'cr Minulc sonic tiny."
“Wig-ii, yo nmuln't. youmr man. un 31
won‘tci ye know whcu yc'r.‘ wr-ll on,"
was tho uron’ retort
[it uiii‘ limo Minnie tried to trump with
hcr 'uilrnr. but was omnccminl i knew
by her red "you and homing nicps. r-‘hc
rimmed in IIpr :lunmhi for o lvwdaya;
tin-u slur brightened und wcnt ulnuli hct
duties with mmsuui llulnnlm and mom.
I could rim that Iu'r Inlln'r Watcht‘tl lici
ovary mmrd. and that ho rcail)‘ doictl on
his Irmihcrlcrm daughtcr. for no Mimi‘s-dim
of Immcmo rciivi upwarmi on his loco nu
won an aim was light ln-ai'ii‘il.
(Jun morning hc canto into the kitchen
in u ion-cring rage, arch-«inn Minnie of in-
icndlng io clupc with IIiram.
ilho met imn calmly. cw" “Milli”! ‘1 Ill‘
tin triumphantly i thought. M We im-
owcmi nuisnurlngiy, " Yo inmin't form lu~
thcr; I ain't goin lair do lioihin or the
kind."
"silent mm not.” hofuuml. if she
would he {00' enough lodo such a thing.
ho‘ti turn hcr out of his hotm‘. he'd disin-
ht'rlt her. he‘d now-r look at her again.
8'7!!!)th the storm did not dampen the
o... M» . .
who...» -. ,‘
unit v
for n will»! soon dinner
the m ‘,
time twitting ha ‘0! a he! iooulnriy,
though he studied her furtively. as she re-
plied ntirthl‘uliy.
“Most any girl with such a cross old
daddy would do it, and no one would
blame her." ehn said. Noting his MIWII,
however, she added winti'ully, “I'd ruther
hey my intlm's consent tor bole mar-
rlcd." ‘
lie did not seem quite satisfied. and
though he said nothing more‘ho eat smok-
ing luuiltatiroiy for u. long time.
Alter that Ioftun Inuml him pnoo the
gallery. as they tailed the long trout. pan-ii,
until late at night, a sign that ho was
troubled or watchful, {or his custom was
to rotlt'u almost with thophlckons
lie was often up till altar midnight. for.
lining is light ulooper and my window wido
upon, l was clndly disturbed lry bio oluumy
lounging in tho shruhlusry or his pcculhn'
lnryngotd cllortn that rosemhicri thc rural»
log of an insect. Uno owning I oyorhwml
a mnvorrustlon. A young man from an ad-
joining furm hud oomo over on Momc cr-
rand. I paid no nth-ntiou to what he was
saying to tho lurnu-r till hc mcntiouul
liirtun'n munc. Then it occurrcd to me that
hcwnu onc oi Illram‘n fricudn and that
his ulster was a bosom coulldantuf Minnie.
lie was sawing:
“ Yo'li hut tor ho hoxtra kocrful icrnight,
for I hccrd one o' the hnudnn-tnlkin, an in-
said thct Illrum'u nigger said thct thc
'lopcrncnt wutl. planned for half urtor 1
o‘clock tcrnlght sure. "
"l’yc hoard yo my mc'tho some thing
More, nu l'tn hall 0' tho mind that yu‘ro
odyiu tor mc. "
“l'ull it lyin, than," rctortcd the other
indignantly, “but whut l sh‘d be tollin
lion icr Irlillliil‘e'll I know.” 'l'hcn hc rc-
uumcd with cvllcnt good will: "El i wuz
yc, I‘d put or stop so It somnwnys. Why.
it'll worrit yor lilc uout. Yo look how‘s if
yo hadn't had a speck o' slot-p {or weeks. "
There. was nothing about Minnic at tho
uuppcr table that lustokcucd anything on-
usual. She was nolthcr hilarious nor dull
——slmply her pleasant, thoughtful soil. One
thing. hom-rcr, I noticcd. She did not up-
pcar to ace thnt her luthcr Iclt his meal al-
most untamed and that ho studied her do-
umxnor anxiously. Sometimes, mold the
feminine clutter that. she audI kept up, I
fnucicd sho glam-ml ut hcr father with a
sudden ghuunof cunning critltinmu, which
as quickly changed to something like ten-
dor rcmorsc.
Minnlc's room was next to mine, and a
slight noise was easily hcord through tho.
thin partition. but cvcrything was so abso-
lutcly still that night. I thought 1 could
lit-or hcr brcuthc. ' ,
’l’hc oil’cusivo smoke. of tho farmer's pipe
gm‘ied my nostrils as tho clock struck 1.
its rovcrhcration had hnrdly coast-ii when
from my window lwutchcd his dark shud-
ow crccp around incur the corner under the
shruhbcry which oflcmi a point oi‘ rain
tagc of his dnughtcr's room.
Slowly and silontly an hour passed, and
thc. clock in the dining room loudly tolled
1,2. 'Ihc old man waitmi ten minutes
lougcr, then drugged himscii’ (mm the
bushcs. I («mid clouriy distinguish his
tail, h-nn iigurc as ho shxul appansntly
gazing up t.) thc. window of his dunghlor’s
room. Something droppcd from his hand,
cluttering in: It struck the ground, and he
started into ihc housc. Ilo shuiilcd oil his
s’lun‘fi in thc hall. and with awkward (‘uu-
tionsncsu nsccndcd thc stairs
'l’hcrc was a slight jar, a sudden rustic
in thc adjoining room; thcn I distinctly
heard the girl's regular breathing.
Ill‘ nclthcr stoppml in linlcn or knock.
The door must have lrccn open, for hc on-
tcrt‘d imlucdinicly. A chair stood in tho
way. llc stmnblcd over it, making a grout
rnokct on the uncovered iloor. Minuic's
\‘olcc como slucpily, "What's the matter?”
but at thosomul of lu-r {athcr's grufi, aux-
ious. “Air yo thur. darted" she sat up
\\‘ldu uwukc cxclnimlng:
"\i'liy,r‘|ndtlyi \Vlmt's up? Mr yo sick?"
"ch, 1 air sick—sick tcr death o’ this
cumrd husincm. "
“Why, whut's' tho mnticr \ri' you. la-
ther?" (She called him [other when very
uchciimmic.)
"Minnie. tell me truc—«icll yor olc dud»
dy. didn't yo how no notion o' ruunin
uwny lcrnighi?“
“ Not thc least in tho world. yo porn olc
honcy daddy. Winston-r pot ll into ycr
hood; "
“.‘In hcv yo no notion o‘ whippin oil‘ wi'
lllrumaaln'i him no you cumin nogamu
on )cr clo timid} .' "
".\ fair i'IllIIiKlI gullit‘, Inllu‘t‘. Ye) know
wcli commit Ilimm no mo hov hccu pawl-ci-
lii‘Ji'l‘i u long timc. all no In-v liccu Wallm
pullcut lcr ycr consent. 1 shout nm‘cr
liko nooihcr man like I d'rhlm. on I think
monc lliuc my door ulcdndd_\“ll gin- in, for
hc's right rich-rut iu'art. nu ii’ wc kin wait
i’cr hi». count-tit, whcn wl- might run nil
ousy cuough. don't it look like \'.'c'll «and
hyyc as long on \s‘c live} llon't It, daddy?"
I could lmnyluc how )linulo caught his
hands. nmi how thc poor. wm-uom old
man succmnlml just us his artiul. luring
dnughicr oxpoctcd, for I heard him giro a
broken ooh. then bur low, tfriilifill‘llllu!
torn-n, h-aneuriuu him.
'1 ho old nudirom rrilccli'rl )llliliic'u
brighlucs-(as uhc Hir'ppml totln- door and
nunouucml lm'ulafuut that mornink. :uui
pcrhapn It was no wmnlcr that l maid
thiukul nothing more inspirlmr nlidny
than thc girl's happincm and loyalty. no
nilc cxcuml horn-Ii {or making tho local a
irillc lnlcr than usual.
"i was bound tcr giro fuihcr y-‘omcihiu
good this tnnrniuwhc'ulm-rrio ii, lcrhc's
promimd to M'I moan iilrum up in hon-m
kwpln. nu tor «my In“ in all his Illc." shc
mid. with n lcudcr ginnco at tho old urur.
who hastily unipcd do“ n his coli'w. dcclnr-
luu ioconcly hc'd tokc ll nil hurl: if ul't'
lnlINI lo «'uuiihuc to iced him on Iiii‘ pros
cut cm-ih-nt lurc, “Mary Spoulding linich
in fiprlnglicld ilcpuhilcan.
. . ..... .. ..,, H...-
An Old Midi". g
“I euprmscihcrc arc not mnuyeurivym
of the Iiuluklniu cliittgc?"
'I'Iw old iciiow loniwd pnrieuions mui in“
gun in mwmpnny his talk with a ton lin-
yzcr laid upon hln palm.
"Now, ihni's “hat I can‘t umkc out.
Colouoi m.»- wot for liii' n low yours and
to no to u dinncr in London of tho surtlv-
orooi thcr‘hnrw‘. You know how many
conic out alive. minnow-it'll, on. of coorw.
mnnrol 'mn ill‘ilii by this. or opcd min
not i to trim-i. \i’cli. ihcrc Wii! cmwds
lhcrc l~y tray of living survivors. i'm not
good at numl-cr». hut ihcn'wnsmorc tin-w
than I saw mmluu out uliw from the
anus Who mo ihcw min',‘ says i. ‘I
don't rcvnimlrcr llu'm. An what are tho;-
Iloiii Intro sidc lr)‘ thin with thcm that one
in tho I‘lmrgl-«uyv. nu won puiuml in
pit-lur‘u of it carryin monulml lnnccrs out
of tho cnuum-mcnt Who am How mini'
1 (Mu-d. an l‘ittmrl'icl there was no onc to
onswcrmc. ilut I mt no moral" ilrim
kind of dinners."
it u mild be impossible io H‘Ilfllllif‘t! the
prhlcoith which the old fellow swelled
himself oiitn-wilood Words
9 . . ..
a . e
A
V
considered incurable. Tint :V; :. ll
1-.-
,It'
incurable disc-
Have you got it in the house?
..._.._..__ _._.._......_
Toilet Sets.
9.85, 14.00.
replaced.
Dinner Sets.
Tumblers.
Cut Glass.
SOUTH NORWALKH
me.---....,
7a.m.t05p m.
New York or its vicinity.
mew.
5P
has worked miracles in curing diseases which luv:
‘ :‘liiff lo sul'l'cr
not the greater: l honing from iii: . t:‘.:c“\'clloiia Willt
It’lfli‘ililCil, ."Z‘.‘ i'onunoicly compurl
The greatest 360.1 in Yyooiinnii chcific is its;
mon ills. 'l‘hc little :u‘hcs and pains that :mnoy :
30 DIODIATIONI.
“as. 3-35. 3-90. 4-40. 5-15. 5-35.
It DIGOR'ATIONB.
88.35, 11.55,”.88, 13.00, 15.26, I
()r you can buy what you Want from open stock.
30c, 400, 456‘, soc, 60c, 65c, 81, La
Syrup cups. with triple plated tc
OLD AND RELIABL I
DailyDirectFreig
BETWEEN
NEW YORK, SOUTHDNORWALK AND
' NORWALK.
Tllli PROPELI.ERS
cm or NORWALK, EA
' ,VULCAN,
\Vill leave Pier 23, E. R., Beekman street, Ne
Leave Norwallt, 5 p. to; South Norwalk 6 p. m. F
l'pon application to agents the
lingic and Vulcan will be sent for special lots of lr
rte
heretofore been ,
at: humanity, but
The cascs of
lively rare.
power "\‘CI‘ CHI“!
mi afliit‘i lumnm
l’.
kiIul-milcnduchc, 'I‘mthat‘hc, ilncltachc, llurns, Scolds, and all pains. ‘
Its power orcr thcm is ulnnml hcyoud helici.
THE VPSILANTI SPECIFIC C0.. BOSTON.
5.60, 6,35, 6.50, 8.75
iiyhu break a piece from one of our sets it can be
r87. x9.44..=7.76.'40.
Ul
PS. 75":
NASH a. VANscov,
Cor. ii. Main and West Streets. '
(l ONNIO TIOUT
tLine
BLE AND
York‘ at 5 p. or.
eight received from
City of Norwalk
sight anywhere in
All persons are forbid trusting any of the employhes of the boats of
this line on account of the owners thereof.
DIAMONDS!
To Advertisers!
Changes cannot be guar-
antee the same day copy
nded in. Every rea-
, ' ble effort will be made
thvcommodate patrons,
bu changes cannot be m-
sisted upon as a right on.
less copy Is sent in by s
‘ o’clock in the aiternoon oi
the day before change A
desired. . .
BIG REDUCTION
For the Month of Sept .
Complete line of watches, clocks, jewelry, siiv
cut glass.
A fine line of stones at greatly reduced prices.
while not sold at strictly cost price, will be sold 10 enough to attract
purchasers, who will find many rare bargains.
A. W.AAUSTIN, 39 Wall sne‘ t, iiorwallt
Fine Printi-rn—g
specialty
are, opalware and
DIA 1 cups!
ll 0! these goods
ththiy "neuter hearing
almili Md. SUQCIMIIAI hot
sum or.
«in am Mel“: : it til
it done first trust in
hi {or it.- Cnmet si
weitmnhies.
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