‘ in van . or in nun
. AOérmpondentCiteeanIncidentmd
an:- m Oouatitutea a rear- ‘
Guarantee -— Other Bicycle
Briefa of Local ram
Editor of the Sentinel: I would like
toheinformed throughthe‘columna of
the Sentinel by wheelmen, or more ee-
poeiatly by agents otwheela. what con-
etitutea a year’» guarantee on wheele
sold by agents. 1 will note the {acts aa
[have been treated. not [0 much as I
an: individually concerned. but an al-
' {acting the hundreds of other riders of
this town. I bought of an agent of
thin place a new wheel, May 22, ”396.
guaranteed for one year. bees than one
your after this, May 17. 1897, my wife
punctlired the tire and left the wheel at
the aguute' to have it repaired. They
rent the tire to the factory and
‘ had it repaired. and it as re»
‘ turned with no charges. but the
expressege of tiny cents. Now, the
agent charges seventy-tire cents extra
for refitting tire on wheels. Is this cus-
tomary, or is it illegal on a guaranteed
wheel? 11. Acmur.
William Miller, of. Seymour'e grocery
at; ire, is learning to ride a bicycle.
WHEELED T0 TIDE WEDDING.
m...
Hr. Finch and Miss St. John node to
the Place of Marriage on n Tandem.
And they looked sweet
I you the seat.
Ola bicycle built {or two.
Gilbert Finch. one of the best-known
bicycle-riders in this section, and Mia
Ellie L. St. John. a charming young
lady of Darlen. rode to St. Luke's chap-
el, South Stamford, at. 5 o’clock Wednes-
day evening. A few friends :icompanied
them, some on bicycles. Rev. 1). L.
Ferris rode over on his “silent steed."
and by and by pronounced the solemn
words which united them in wedlock
and made it appropriate to have a tan-
dem all the time. The couple received
congratulations of their friends and .
started on their wedding trip as happy
as could he.
Four 13an in Stamford Completed.
The work of four-tracking the New
York division of .the Consolidated rail-
road through Stamford is completed, the
last olthc work being done this week.
This leaves only the four miles through
Bridgeport to he fonr-traclu d to
winplete the entire job trom New
Haven to New York. It is unnamed
that the work thus far has coat the New
Haven system about widow“), of
whichtlfimulm} has doen expended in
laying the. trucks through Stamford
The New York division now has stone
ballast its entire length. By tin-eluni'
nation of curves and cutting down
' of grades much faster time can he made.
Mal the regular time of express traina
between Stamford and New York will
be reduced to forty minutes. The inst
express train makes the run from New
Haven to New York in one hour and
thirty minutes. while the best time that
couldbemnde on regular traim up to
who scare ago was two hours for the
some distance.
rigour.“ Finished.
The new oil tank at the Standard ( ill
Worka, at the corner of tho Wilson
Point road and Ely avenue. was finished
today. and will. ahortlybo willml with
water. The tank has a capacity of
about “($.0le gallons, and in Dill! oi the
lament of the plant.
Chartered the Modem.
The Stamford (hirinlhian \‘urhl. club
has ehartertd the Heather Mutual. of
South Normdk. to run an vitamins: to
the statue of the ll-rlem ills-er Yacht
elnh'e regatt i. oll' (lily island. anorial
Day. The twanwr will have Watereido
at on. m. . .
Official Board limiting.
Tho nagular monthly ollicial llll‘tllitlfl
ottho Nonvullt Mtthodiut church wdl
he held next week Wmlneuduy night.
Jun. fill. beginning at n o'clock. The
meeting will he in the Epwurlh parlor.
Fall rapture will be prevented.
Carl Every Twenty linutee.
It in reported that the llorwalk Tran»
way will manual with tthtanliot-d rtrv-et
am every twenty tnlnutea after June it.
Ronni Point will pmhallly be the objeot~
ivopolat on llundaya for many titanium.
people. with he anmeroauttraettoua.
[looted to Ilrull and lance.
M the annual election of thefikuil
and ham society at how Haven.
Thunder. David F. linger-a. at new
(Jamal. m etdoha W, the malptor,
and Grenville Purina. tea at llr. Willard
WM. were aha-ea aren't.
”We all willing wall paper a. low at
tile. par doattlerall. The 1.3!. Will
09.. ill Wflhihflm m.
.3
Boy
made earthy should be made
3. —- of '6oys' "cloth; strong, .
tough. - Iron-wearing. That's
out-“had. _ . . ’ ’
Cost"mm‘ (Iran culinary kmdsii
”at at all. flat so much to
some cases. It's ail in the
cloth and , the making-00
tears, no rips, no buttons com-
mg of): ”endings saved.
In low as 82 for an all wool .
sat! for little fellows. Healers. juniors. sailors.
The kind you film {a see the boy wear.
Prices run to 33. 83.50 and 35. Value goes much
lug/ten [lever was a time when boys' clothes—our
. "Ind—4‘00”.“ bought for so little money.
Same with lug boys' sells. Long pants suits, bOyISh
in appearance. S5. 86. 87.50, 810. Made for boys'
wear but copies of the men's styles. ~
Everything they weak—from 3 years old up. Is your
boy a Metys' (2.0m:i (my? ‘
Mates 8&0.
BRIDGE PORT. com
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Open Monday, Friday and Saturday E venrngs.
OCCOMGOCt COCMMWWWEWMWOOméw
00
Some people have thought in ages
gone by
A gasoline stove an unsafe thing to
boy;
inch no‘ ions as these are past all
endurance.
For there is a sale stove and it is
call d the‘ Insurance."
And this is Ihestory thc“lnsur.mct;"
will it H,
No bother of flooding, no smoke,
no small;
safety, Convcnicncc,
meals, and Well done,
i'hcrc is no stove can beat it made
under the sun.
For quick
Some dealers think more of what they can make,
So be edrelnl in buying and make no mistake.
line ask for the Move Hm. lm _\ . ad every test;
The "lnsnruncé‘ today and former the best.
You will nuke .t rnismke if you buy a gas-dine sim-
nithout fi st investigating the insurance.
NASHaVANScov,
Cor. I. Iain and West Streets
OLD AND RELIABLE
DainDirect Freight Line
' BETWEEN
new voak.sourlH NORWALK AND
NORWALK. ‘
THE PROPELLERS
CITY OF NORWALK, EAGLE
VULCAN,
Will leave Pier 23. E. R. Beekman adcet, New York} at 5 p. or.
Leave Norwalk,5 p. m; South Norwalk 6 p. m. Freight received from
7a. m. to 5 p. m. Upon application to agents the City of Norwuilt
Eagle and Vulcan will be sent for special lots of freight anywhere in
New York or its vicinity. '
All persons are‘lorbid trusting any of the employees of the beats of
lllll line on account of the owners thereof.
AND
CHILDREN’S
suns: #
That were aold homrfilh lto .12;
we are going to cloae mtg _
$2. $2.50 and; $3.
Correlating of the
Fluent Pattern Werateda.
lenneeltburn Ghevleta.
Clay Manuela. Ito. t
' Made in the heat atyle and men-
uer. It; la an opportunity that
album MK 3 fiancee scream.
i
true PEAGE‘OOMHIOOION.
m p ‘
Wat‘I-lmh'h Prfllnfllnry‘ 'l'ertoe
Preclinical! Further ‘NWIIIII.
from Personal Memoir- of no Grunt.
0n the hut ct Janeen. 1865. peace
commlealunefl train the What Con.
tederate Staten preacntedythemaelvce
on our linen armnd' Peteraburs. and
were immediate ly conducted to my
headqumera at City Point. They prov‘
ed to be Alexander H, Stevens, Vive-
Prealdeut oi the Confederacy; Judge
(lampbeli, Aulatant Secretary of War.
and R. M. '1‘. Hunter, formerly United
States Senator and then a member at
the Confederateseuate.
It was about dark when they reached
my headquarters. and 1 at once con~
ducted them to the steamer Mary Mar-
tin. a Hudson River boat which was
very comfortably titted up for the use
of managers. 1 at. once communicated
by telegraph with Weaningtuniand in-
termed the Secretary at War and the
President at the arrival 01 these corn-
nzésalonera and that their object was to
negotiate terms of peace between the
United States and, as they termed it,
the Contederate Government. 1 was
instructed to retain them at City Point,
until the President, or someone whom
he would deelgaate, should come to
meet them. They remained several
days as guests on board the boat. 1
saw them quite frequently. though I
have no recollection of having had
any conversation whatever with them
on the subject‘ot their mission. It was
something I had nothing to do with,
undl therefore did not wish to or-
press my views on the subject. For
my own part. 1 never had admitted, and
never was ready to admit, that they
were the reprmentntlvce‘ of n govern-
ment. There had berm too great a waste
of blood and treasure to concede any-
thing oi the kind. As long as they re-
malned there. however, our relationn
were pleasant and i found them all
very agreeable gentlemen. l directed
the would to furnish them with the
llest the boat. allordcd, and to adminis-
ter to their comfort in every way pos-
nll kinds were filled with guests. and lgirl’dehofizs‘lrfitllo:‘tta‘fsmdfil31:51: 12::
many pmple \vvnt thvro and t'illlli'l'll lmovenicnte' nor was there anv pledge
on tin- shores of tholnkv. his stizllfiushlp lucked that'they mm“ “a ill-lust: the
coming to the snrfnvv :lt satisfactory iprivlleges extended to them. They
intervals and doing hie whore ot' the. were permitted to leave the hood when
work. So the lam» of the Silver Lake they felt like it, and they did m, coin-
snnke wont nlmunl. ing up on the bank and visiting the at
There came a body of scram»: or the my headquarters.
school or Europe to we the famous trr- I had never met either of these gen-
”‘r' “"‘l they ”m it “M "“"""""‘ "V” ltlemcn before the war but knew them
it but at a meet revall'nl Illfilfllitt‘. EM?" by reputation and through their
Finally one day the wires bmlw, lluv ’publlc survives, and i had been in
snnho floated to the million and turned Ipurllt‘ulau' admirer M Mr. Stephvns.
its white MIN Wf‘nr'nl the sky. ilwt’ Mm a few days, about then m oi
mi“ “"3" other ”"5” “MR“ "M ”l“ February. 1 remind a. dispatch from
great hoax was oxplnled. 3'" Vii-“"3 Washington, directing me to send tin:
frivml 1““! "W“ hie "WNW“ and wmmiseloncrs to Hampton Roads; to
milled in ii. and Silver Lnko bm-nnw ‘ meet the. President and n. mpmrwr “i
quite a M'“ after “ll-“rm““m’ lthc Cabinet. Mr. Lincoln met them
Tl“"“"”"”"“- libero and had an interview of short
“"“‘"“ lduration. it. was Hill at grout while
‘ . r . . ‘ ’
. p i “”2: .“"l:‘""'“'" | l taller [hey nut that the President vis.
' me it 'a-et.’ t wrx‘w :1 inn-x . .. , ., .
' trl ' "i.“l” . "1)- : l . ' )1 ‘ lit”! mo .11 (.11) Point. lit. prnt‘. Li
“J" ”'N' moon. ‘4“ "‘“‘ ‘ -‘ his having met lite mnutilsaiotwrx, and
numln-r of things from lin-
l'lllil‘llk‘"
and runny of lilom mm of i’ltlllX‘.
PM a Friend and D20
. ‘ all Any Harm.» '
Forum was happiest when doing
dominion to relieve the distress of
anther. and-he WM. moreover, mat»
ly siren to practical mung. There
two characteristics in him produced a
hoax ooee‘that became famous at the
time. and, it want near about the mine
time that hecouacd Blondin to walk
across 'Niaeara.‘ , .
Faaon fluid a friend who vjrent to
fillver [relieve Mutual body of water
a raw adieu math at Buffalo and
Rochester. in what was th‘enh wild
and pletmoeqne country. where he
built a superb liotcl, hoping to make
the place-a popular resort. Thin mam
fortune was expended luminous; and
outfitting the hotel. but an people did
not. mrt‘ to the place in innumerable
number“ it failed of becoming much at
a resort. and the man was about tc
be financially mined. l’nxon went to
the place (or a tow daya' relaxation.
and, seeing the condition or attain. In-
vented a scheme which his friend du-
biouely fell into. and the inveetnwnt
was naval.
At Iinllulo lived a young (Sermon
tinnmith or an ingenious turn or mind.
To him Faxon went. and under Fox-
ou's direction on lmnwnac ”tin .enake
wan m-rrolly made, and no contrived
that by the uncut wires it would. un-
der proper armngmnems. go into sor-
pentine writhing": and open and shut
its onurnmns month. This ‘controp
tion" was: quietly token to Silver Lake
and no Ilse-d in the \vntt-wwhich “he
very deep—that by wires \vorkul from
tho- collar of tho howl it would show it.
self on the written. snap its terrible
mouth and dive down again.
The unnko being arranged in Working
order. Faxon went bank to Buffalo,
and in his wiper prints-d. under great
"st-are heads." the story of the din-or.
cry of an enormous snake in fiilver
Luke. i’mplo Vinitot‘l the place by hlzn-
(irvds and then by llmnsends. 'l‘he ho-
tel and its barns and onthnildinca ol
Torrid he had told tho-m that. the-lo would
“mi" line minsc in cunning ium any lll'fltrild.
HM)” ”I!“ “HM vnlltnhh' 1“” 'l‘” n l” ”W itiona unions they uonld recognize. llrst:
"“1”” "f "3‘"“"'*““~ W“ hm“ Vim" “ that the linion as a Whole must he {on
that \i'lltvltm‘vl‘ a city or town in!» lmllt 30“., prosel‘w-d, and second, that slav-
llll illi' Ski“ £l( ll!) "Ill ‘Ill‘lilll 5!‘lil“'llt"ll. Cry "Hit“ llt‘ nliNlliblH‘il. I, ”2”}. “‘l'l‘l'
i' M“ "“" "3"“ “”"“ “”F "r W“ '2" lwillinn to norm-do than two [mint-1.
winner \l hirh have now and Ham mun-- illmn he was ready to enter into IH‘llW
Mull: in 'h" Wrr’if‘rll mllilil'l’. “‘-"" :tinrmnsand \vnsnlmont willing tub-4nd
tln- lndézum “W" oosormnt "M ’"M‘ them a blank xhwt oi butter with his
“”“”‘—'“ l” ”"h‘" ”w" [“V “‘ "1‘ ““ Fl [signature attached for the-m to till in
“HM! NW" NW")? "WWW" "5‘“in ” ithv tornm now Wllil‘ll they were will—
“”""' than “1' “M" I‘M” ”M" m h ”m glut: to llvo with no in the l'nlon and he
ivy stint}: or l“\“~sll;'lliiltl|. iml tho invl one "'3”th He always nimwml a new
remains that the imvm or Flint MI ”mm“, and kindly hllli'il. toward the
original indizm mflflnmm "'7" lSmtlhorn pr Iplt'. and i never heard him
"|""""'r°"'" ‘ahuac an mwmy. Sonll- it the run-l
"‘i'hvs.‘ towns which are IW'HU'Il thus I lllllllfll mid “hm" 1.....mm,u, Lincoln.
fortunately nw their Indian oriuitl no ‘ Imrtlrulurly in the North, ”a“! h
on :nlvm'll-u-lurnt and net u gmlmntw inlvrt'c him to the heart: but “W”. in
nu- svlllmllrm. ‘l‘hua 1.qu in am mlul ‘my [in-moire did M me n revmuvlol
lllll lwllnn Milli-mom town are will ldlepoeltion and ' now u Kr..." deal ”f
"'1' 9 ""4"” I'm“ 9"" “"" "l 1““ "W imm at ('lty Point, for he z-un‘tllt'tl uln‘d
dmrvnd Ilmu in towtifi laid "l" “5' 'lo got away from tlw euros and MIMI--
while- "if“. n in rather ronn‘ll 0" ““7 tie-n of the capital
lllll‘lllgt'lh'v. but it is dollnra to pvnn’ws
that it Is right. The. vyl'ltltw lnanrnnve
«viliumny will llwnrv a policy ull honour
In on lmllmt wttlonwut for one-Hindi
the prime: they churn-I for similar pun.
rim in other lit-«lions. ’l'hvy have
found that It pays thvin lu‘llrt‘ In he
sue the low~rntn poll-due limo Mlu'r
policies nl ”W higher mic-I" \l‘nnhlnn-
tun timr.
[r
THE CONFEDEHATE COW.
the Way him no: tmprcawd into tho
Union Survive and handed.
"Our region-uh. the Find llvlawnw,
was on picket, and confronting the, on
l'itl)’. Barney, our Remnant-Major. orn—
pled a cow. whirh had just moaned
iron: the mind lines. with u ‘rvh in hot
nurunit, both routing towards nnntml
territory. lturnoy, Mining hie sword.
ruahml towarda the iti‘illil‘. rim-wit, m-u—
lmt the advance, hullod. Handyman
up to the cow, and, wnvlntt hie Word.
gave her a nenlle pulse with it. and
darted her towards our linen. 'i’ho
rebel. aatonlehed ut the audacity. rrlvnl
"Mom“... . ,
The Word " l'mople."
'l‘hon- in one word which la tulmeml
by every lonrnnllnt and t'\'l'l')’ author
wherever ill“ l‘Ilwlluh lnnunnttv ls \vxil~
it'll the word “hoopla" Mr. llouulla
for luamnw. in one of him dl-llghtl'nl
tum-la awake of "thru- ln'opln'" all.
tingJu a man. Now. lt‘ two of ”now
"twophl" Were to \vlllnlruw. one "limi-
plu" would he lull and very nun-h
it'll! ll leltlt Ilillh'm'amn'y in Klilhv ‘
and yet it in iwvuwui'y to alule it that
“mantle" la a mllwlln- norm. and run
pmperly ‘I' applied only to Illiliull. a
Will». a Plan. a community. It la quite
mhnlanlhlo to say. "How are your pm.-
plu?" «- moaning your family. your l'lllll:
but ouch u llllt‘ltltt' nu “Filly pouplo
Wl't'v injured." or ".i hnndrul in min-
”were lll‘i'm'ill." are lml t'olttvrtllih-
llt't'tnu. [For twenty-live yearn or more
i have kept my «yo on thin little word
"pt-mun." and”! have yet In that n ulti-
uln Al'ltm'll‘llll or tiuulluh iltlillnl' who
alum um inlauw it. In the t‘tlil‘l‘M' or
all or will your! the mwuvt unudoy.
nwnl of it only humility lm'onw gen
WillrMNt‘W York (“villa
“run Alllflhl. nan tilti'ltllitlli "
int: ‘lley. you damned Yank! bring that
low back lmet' Barney tiuurtehinu hie
word. looked back toward: him. and
amended: ‘Who am you coming. you
turned rebel? The animal nae moth
ldl' divine the cow another reminder
with hie award that aha wan needed in
m blvumw. he brought her in trium-
phantlywvvral at the relic. who had
teen drawn out by, the colloquy. taurhv
he at the visual dlawmhture of their
mooning: in prune. ital-nay. havhm
milked the now. turned her lunch to-
Mam on":
A het'culvun hum (trey pmmltttt
along Printout» street. itdlnlmrahmm»
,dny. lumped hi the melamine. and
«reliant on a autumnal: to while his
am.
I‘l'hu taut at momma were in new
parent- should look into.
lenient: Whihthiaaltina at
,_ mammalian-autumn
mmmumwmtand
hard the rebel linen. and cried out to
it“! new Johnny that be new: mac , 7,
EAT SALE
les’ Trimmed _
H. KRIEGER’S
SQUTH NORWALK.
For Saturday, May 30th, we have arranged a special sale of
hats for ladies and children. Anybody wishing to bnyn I ,
Decoration day should not miss this great opportunity, ‘
mark-clown in prices was never heard of in the twin cities. ‘ Boa
in a rush, sale will last all day, and positively one day only. wfiWe’
about 600 hats to pick from and no two of them turn ' ‘
marked down to 98¢, 6:. 50, 2.00, 3.00, 3 50, 3.98. All worth, .
price. . ' ,v
H.KRIEGER,M
ehackemo Hut
.v r . ‘.|:O'I gnu .-‘. wean.
lightathcwayandatayalighted. All
nickd-plated—notinzomaidcofl-fiflm
packedoillomtgdoublcemvea ‘ y 1‘
laufiumakermtluowaa
‘.,
fit.
l
pmrmcecrmmtnmco.
247Cenmeuh.
SO¢MM.W
Nowadays
No one need go to Europe {on
watch. The best are made right en:
in America by the American wattham
Watch Company. Two watch ritOveé-
ments particularly recommended—
“Riverside” and. “Royal.” Can be
found in gold,silver and gold'fiiled
cases at I , . 7 ‘
A. W. Austin’s. 39 Wall Street. Home
; n p v;- Ujlilrltfil.’ A if “ . .
xpert
kgin
Say
“Not :1 pnfimlol'l.lr.l per ran-i: connmtnl it our
kih'lll u». and aw nor.- icntiout'ly min; in t!m “Lilli:
in nu? :tlxnmt zinv «ltfizor fut." '.'l¢.'l ll.;;_‘.r,vn{
and christian Tar/mud llt‘rrirls. f {gr 1,7, Alumna! Cook E
Ilse GOTTDLEIE V
that pure, Wholesome, vegetable food product. Hotter than the beat and
mrcut lard. and la Mroncli‘ i‘lltiurrivll try rhyulrinn» [or its: limilthmlqtumlu.
‘ln- «zvtlnluu (:uttolmo Is - old vwryu turn in mm to ion ymund tins, with our
"mic-marlin "v idluh m " nod alvrr‘a lentil um'ullrntqlhtitl u‘nullt—uuuvery “II.
Not guaranteed Itwhi in any oil. :1" way. Mode only by
rut: u. a. rein-amt comeauv.’ ,
er. Lotta. new route.
r or
..
(3 ll lCAflO, ‘ ‘Om
Looking tor w wheel! at en as or exact. We «a
handh- utath-able. imlt or bI-lck tin hicyclee. when are
well you a 'iul model (triniuon itim tlyracnne to!
will run mute:- and in»! longer than any w ,
We will have more lndum‘ model. ltlill at the lull. ..
Get one while they last. '
Do You Want!
your handle hare hem. mane rehardnuodmr
at all done to your whet-1‘: lltni't mud it will.
and walk three wet-k. lirinu it tonal we romantic
lutaction. r '
Richardson Bros.,
19 North Main Street. South Norwalh.
You intend to Buy a
Bicycle!
W
If aspiring to the lligho‘el
lilultlem construction, butt
teriuldiuiehod worlmtanl - '
will find them embodied
superb, easy running
WOLFE-AMERICAN.
Beat-co a Hoyt.
80 Wneh'ngtua
Mutant”
one,
Norwalk Chronicler