quite“ good care
' stake of canaries
hithi made y a cer-
hieh are well
These theycon
ding to a‘ for-
” ov‘ral persons'spend
abreeding‘and training
'l. on otherpiarge cities.
, ever get sea-
. . use steward. o’c-
lie' Philadelphia Record.
thrive carried thousands
me.”*she says, "and
her I» have seen their fa-
ith. raybroth'ers“ and sisters
too ‘ ith the babies. Who
gh or‘smoth at sea. a
‘ an excellent sailorv-
h or smooth at‘sea, .a
age. Babies don’t get.
of-‘the cradle. That
it lilte the rookies :of
y aboard ship, therefore,
baby in an unusually big
iii to is nothing odd to him
.. lngffor it is what he
named to all bis‘lifei"
sic of the directors of the
”mills. in Germany, to dis.
eons of red and white ad-
39‘ i‘f‘ tween the plays
' .‘persona‘to wit~
' are not is causing
etty shirtwaists are made by
- to a waist of checked or fan-
‘ embroidered bands of plain
‘Ilars made of embroidered
offs landlbelt are of the
“1“th '
effectuate. shoWn in some
., modes of dresses. They
.. ... of course. for tall people.
itand'to lessen the height.
‘ :3 stores are showing rib-
.rlstmas decorating. They
say three inches wide. and
very ,Dretty method of our
in white. which produces
Bhltding. Half the leaf in
d' . other half is "mg.“
“é: 1‘
gerrllnen that is
, lo . do not waste any
‘the two processes of
rotting. and do not put
on the articlanis'y
Vs rst.‘ .
oft already at waist .henr- .
’h embroidery, set thout
t3 once.
is as near the Oriental
Q. have the nicest loch
g J ‘ ,s" H‘
sets In tiny bams‘
sunroof them prey
so «aft‘fairs: held during.
cldiers before a cannon
t ey are accustomed.
a fancy of the season. 0f~
th sprigs of holly in their"
. Jillian Thu
es. . , , , .
it -‘ We hominid is manholes sigabosrd
in "the Wares
all traders without. exception: to hang
der to make their establishments and
fillings the better known. and in. the
f lowing lines We purpose citing some
of the more curious and quaint. in this
connection including. some referring to
houses tor‘the refreshments! man and
boast. the proprietors of. which are
about the'only traders whohave kept
green the memory of signs'and sign-
bonrds. Most persons are acquainted
with the. quaint present-day, sign of
“The Case is Altered.” oppOsite the
gates of Kensal Green cemetery. but it
may not be so generally known that it
was a cobbler who adopted the follow-
ing sign when he took to the calling of
a licensed victoailer——.“Search all the
town over, and you'll find good elect
the 'Last.' " 0n the‘Hounelow road
in former times was to be seen this
sign: “Poor Jack striving to live." At
the sign of the "Snail" was to be found
this inscribtion at a house in the
King's road: ‘
The snail is slow,
'And I am low:
What d'ye think?
Pray stop and drinks
in, the ‘days of Walpole, on the
Giteenwich read, an old house bore the
a go:
' Stand fast. Sir Robert.
showing a little fat man straddlins
upon two hogsheads. In Old Fish
street was formerly a house bearina
the sign of the ‘.’Labour in Vain." the
board showing two‘women trying: to
scrub a negro wb‘lieigand in 0x:'ord
street was the "Load of Misch of,"
showing the man bearins on his back a
woman and a monkey, the former‘ with
a glass of'gin in her hand. This sign
has been attributed to Hogarth. and
certainly it is painted in his style. The
house. is now known as the “Prior
rose.” “The Moonrakers" in the bore.
ough derives its name from the terms
applied to'the natives of Wiltshirez
while thef‘Bag p' Nails." at Chelsea.
is a corruption of the Bacchanals. the
original sigpboard ahowina satyrs
dancing and .iesrousing around a figure
of Bacchus. ln Cierkenweil was the
“Pickled Egg." and near Gnares‘
borough. in Yorkshire. the "Asa in a
Bandbox." upon the slgnboard being
shown a figure of a Napoleon the Great
in full uniform sitting on a donkey.
, which stands on a bandbox which is
floating across ..the English Channel.
and hearing this inscription: “Me vil
make do Jean Bull tremble now i have.
found out do arande conveyance." The
signboaril is still in existence. but the? Hartford. Man'sier 0: Rookie
establishment to which it belonged 15} Manufacturers. New Haven .
no longer an inn. Nearly every one i Msridcn Electric ,,,,,,, .,,
knows the little public house at
End, the sl‘lrnboard of which bears on 1 Mlddletown Street R. R.
one side “Themt fan in Ensland." i Montville Street it'll. .
and on the other, “The Firstinn lame...» London Street a, n, ,,
England," but it may not be so gene} Norwich Strnrt R. R. ..
"83“.Newlngtoll Tramway ...... 08
People's Tramway. Daniei'n 5.541.68‘
rally known that at Witcombe.
Gloucester. there is anion at.tbe bot-
tom of a hillwhteh also has a double
signboard. with rthesortw‘o inscriptions:
ore the hill yahoo so “P.
s in andhave a cheering cup.
and on the reverse side:
You're down the hill, all danger past,
Come in and drink a friendly glass.
At Falmouth some time since the
writer saw a signboard with the fol-
filowinz inscription for sale:
it - Tallahassee. Horror-t “ ‘
‘ seine here.
Lemonade an Ginger Beer.
Cow heels and tripe every Friday.
qekond hand clue to make so tidy;
Groaned kitt'es. pans. an' ail,..»~ - .
ind Godly Buttes to save yer sole:
‘ n- he ales; and patensjdikewise.
who]? shim-day nights no Mutton
was your fascia w ter plays strange
cranks «with the English leanings--
but. like the Scotsman. we "hs‘e .oor
dents.” Another star-board to be seen
at the same establishment contained
the. foliowingliaesi, . '
... snowman NUTE, ~
it fits (lad Liver {Oilseed «Tussle.
or lihiibtrb. Tarts‘and sin-me.
Hammers. Winnowin: haohtnss.
‘ ham ‘3 Frat: cans and
vended therein. it was the custom for,
Vl‘b , 5
0‘1““ gas a ove their doorways in or state... board of equalization. the ac: ,
gm. ‘ i. ..
can do the some
‘. ore ~ bootmoiter'
tow, near Bsdfso
above constitute a few samples
.vor footerlaiiy; all .
van a Mission“ is
T
sass. ‘:
‘ , road Companyivestardsy.
As a monitor the meeting of :t
constants in the treasurer's oilioe hays
made. out and notified the several
steam. and street railway corporations
of the state of the amounts of taxes
due by them is 01.284.312.88. 0! this
large sum $1.032.173.30 will be. paid
byihc steam roads and $252,130.52 by
the street railway companies. "The
Newvdiork. New‘flaven and Hartford
railroad and its leased lines pay nearly
all of the steam road tax.
the treasurerrof the. corporation paid
into the state treasury checks amounts
‘ng to 8100533005., that being the ag-
gregate amount of the tax of the con
aeration and its snbordinatte lines. For
the-first time the East 'Granby and
Suflleid. the corporation which con-
structed the “ioop'fmround the Mom
:ague. farm. appears lathe list. and is
aheConuecticut Railway and Lighting
Company and its subordinate lines pay
:he. largest tax. $84,521.98. The Fair
:st taxpayer. and the Hartford Street
Railway Company the third. The
lunaileet tax payer is the Newington
Tramway Company, which is called
upon to contribute exactly eight cents
to the state treasury. The amounts to
be paid by the seroral steam and street
railways are as follows: '
V STEAMRAILWAYS.
Boston & N._Y. Air Line 314,721.34
Colchester railroad ........ 72l.34
i)anbury& Norwaik. . ...... 7.940.24
dost Granby &,Suflieid .. . . . -. 200.00
Hartford & Conn. Western . 13,173.62
Vaugatuck . ...... ..._ ..... .. 2 147.92
New England ....... 79 65688
New Haven it Derby .. 6,784.81
‘lew Haven a Northampton 7.667.76
\iew London Northern .. 21.081375
Norwich dt Hartford 50031.63
\l. Y.. N. H. d: Hartford 807,430.65
:toclivlile Railroad .. ...... 575.88
to. Manchster Railroad 357.83
Viiddle'n. Meriden & Wat’by 150.00
31.032.173.36
STREET RAILWAYS. .
lranford Light 0: Water 00. 81.700.“
i
Conn. Railway 6': Lighting 84.52108
Dauielson it Nor'h St. 11. 11.. ,.504.95
)anbury ii: Bethe! 8t. ER. . . 3.041.00
East Hartf'd & Glosion'y .. 2.000.00
Fair Haven &’Westyille 52,862.06
Farmington Street R. R. 780.74
Greenwich Tramway ..... .. 3,323.67
Hartford & Springfield ..... 5.400.00
Iliartford Street R. R. .. . 38.800.04
4,298.84
210.00
. 6289.25
Lands : hieriden. South 0: Comp’ce .. 2.234.88
1,581.30
5.000.00
3364.80
5,340.00
Homers & Enfleld ......... . 50.00
80. Manchester lit. & Power 50.00
Stamford street R. R. ..... 2.210."
Suiilcld Street it. it. ........ 730 00
‘I‘orrinaton a Winchos‘r 2.015.00
West Shore. New Haven 940.00
Winchester Ave. New Haven 17,153.83
Worcester & Conn. East’n 500.54
8252.139“
‘lncludes Bridaenort Traction. Der-
by Street Railway. Milford Street Raib
way. New Britain district. Norwalk
district. ‘Norwaik Tramway. Shelton
Street railway. Waterbury district and,
Weathert and vBsugatuckatreot Rall-
'A oav or rHANKsone.
ma
This day of an al thankfulness,
We set snortth t God may bless
our Nation broad in years to come.
with bounteous wealthy as its has
0 ‘e. . ‘ . . . -, .
l
I
who ”imam“ simulations day’s“ ‘
That caiieth forth-our fullest praise;
Than‘ioin in praise tonic: above .
may or'prsiso; on tritium e...
Around the foetal board tomcat.
A
_li
A
was, Paid by the coo-oiidsied .Rsll- if
Yesterday .
assessed 3200. Of the street railways ,
iiaven‘fi'Westvilie isutlie second larg- ,
wsogiveis'mdtmm with also". ‘
, admits on friends; esshsnrs seed 2
array?
5, ormer horned some
rioua‘ risenbut .the‘iist could-the : .2 . p '
gi
i
.
hearse man'signedthoi. , , .‘
. ,Macvmn in orientation." cellist
4 ‘Min" . A
. More eras-‘9! in room,
.deciarian that the his. will"
neuter were asrseshie to tin '
”With didn‘Oi'adiuatm i'
e
r the negotiations. is made in
w
. 6
YOU when
on scissoks r
w. ammo v Wise, no
and ovary teat you‘wiah to give t
No matter what kind
mywautvfl WIBS
Slim!
8 a shear erosion
." or ”we, knew
warmers t not ril'ths‘“ ' L
hemmed" mama...
arm-Was“... “one
. It, 30:- ‘ I .
aremillivlg. ll .firviae = "Y 1 ' ,
Every WI
g ...r‘
fighters. ..- us: 5'; _____q
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3' DOW. .,
m wasfiuiei on eraser.
SOUTH .NORWALK.
Phone use.
Fancy M
"NU vs
‘Josiiio {its ’
.72 iron m mm 51'.
'l‘lt‘LEPleNE (Mid. 138-5. ‘
Be heads on ‘iiiuiSdou
to GiverThafinaks .
Thanksgiving Day w soon be; here.
Neither bountiful harvests nor a "full
bucket" in any form an arouse gen-
uine gratitude in the man whose back
and bones ache. Devoutest gratitude
is-that overgood be W... Dr. Dick‘s
Medicine is the area ache healer.
Take a bottle and be ready to give
thanks for the greatest of all blessings. _ ‘0‘ .,
Good-Things to Eat. ,
a body without pain.
on nouous' or lliillli
You will want the best of
WINES: »
' ‘0"? « .
LIQUORS
or r “biased other uses.
coffin can (represent? at
The Imperial Cafe
In _ 5 our. ‘
‘i,
or aid-mornings Whiskey.
‘ ”hm-”F
v.
«some minor. details of the agreement.
ixed'
3
meat. which is as follower,
The; commission adjourn ,to ,
days in. pursuance of an. arrangement
between the parties to give ,opilolftuo»
ity. forzconcliiation on account of. a» tab.
. exam which was .understooiltto have,
been written by Georaeh‘. lBaer,‘ int-the
presence; of, and with the consent; of
every railroad .concoruediand waesign-
,ed “by Wayne MaoVeagh. . This tele-
gramtwas written after ocureful road-
Zin'g: of. the tentative . agreement which
:had,.besn prepared and written by
counsel of both parties and which had
been submitted to the commit-loom
the request of 4 Mr... MacVea’gh. ”Mr.
Mitchell, Mr. Darrow and Mr. Lloyd
:went to Washington to consult upon.
i'l‘here was no friction or important
disagreement between “*‘tiiewparties‘ at
the meeting in Washington. Later in
the dov‘and after the conference in
New York with the independent oper-
ators. Mr. MaeVeaah received a tale
‘;aram calling all all negotiations and
advising that 'thc matter be settled by,
e commisslon.:.»,, . ‘1
. ”the man who wrote» the
Judge Gray stating
l'teiegram‘ to
that the
’* ”history on the part of the road.
8
. . ll . . .
the story. of, the manyw c, said he
would not drink unless you forced him.
but i suppose youare‘ able to force me.
Thus the companies had some 100“?
way ofi thinking before warned. them.
Pres dent. Mitchell ‘andjg'ssverai otb
or union officers were here “to end
the commission hearinas'and spent the
afternoon conferring about the details
of the conference to be presented when
the commission reassembled. Presi-
dent Mltchell denied tilerebort that‘
the miners” executive , board has been
summoned for a conference. .
TRAINMEN‘B WAGES ADVANCED--
. SALT LAKE, Nov. 26-GeuersiManr
agei- Dalvin, of the Oregon Short liine
Railroad. announced today that on._De'o
cemberl. the wages of all switehmen‘
and yardmen in the employ of' the
road will be advanced approximately
ten per cent. This will make the
scale Conform to the new Chicago
wage schedule. The advance is vol-
\ Severe
of hundred men are benefitted by the
increase.
t
f
ing to 3 locate
fooled them all.
\ . Charles Beach of theorists Road, hid-
ward Hawiey.of Longiiiilmtreet. and
Thomas Kohler. of Tashueotraet. all
of Long Hill. , ‘ ‘
hound. Mr. Haw1ey‘a shepherd dog and .
.Mr. Beach a collie. Each of . these . *
,-. dogs‘was‘bloo‘ded.
. been analysed, by Dr. James E. Hair
of the Emergenoy‘hospitai‘ staff and
he found evidence of strichnine. That
is put upon the meat which is strewn
around the house where the dogs are
kept." Some of the meat has been
guide; "those city hunters have pep-
D
or .
0 _
rte _ to ound him
order have winter-
ostentatious try—
isonorpbuthe. has
sted people tc-tbe
The latest 0 rs to. sure. are
Mr: Kohlei‘ lost his
.They picked. up
meat in the vicinity of their owners'
home. and after“ eating it dropped in
the street. ' The poison "acts soiquyickw ~
iy. that it is rarely that the owners
have a chance‘to do
anything to save
he dogs'ilives. ' ‘ v‘ ‘ ~ “
The ,Zstomach of one ofithe dogs has
ound and destroyed. Large} quantities
of meat have been found.“
"I suppose you are well seasoned."
said the tourist in the hunting forest.
“I ought to be." responded the old
aged me enough.”-Phiiadelphla Rec.
AT 85.90.
Ladies‘ and Misses Monte Carlo
1". Costs. in Jane-08319?- red. 0x
‘V ford and'black. "a few made
with collars. Some half tight '
fitted back. fly “front. straps .
over shoulderskoll satin lin.
pigs and velvet and unable
breasted, never before offered
at less than stationed at this
price cspocla ly strong value;
tomorrow’s price" . . . .. .'. 30.90
Roads, ‘30 Wear Dept.
AT $10.00.
Ladies' Lord Kitchener and Men-
to Carlos. exclusive styles,
Skinner's guaranteed ilnings,
best quality Kerseys and Met.
tons: also quite a few in the
imported 'Montagnac. ‘ nibcol-
ore,“ all shapes, values up to
815.00 .................. $10.00 -
We call special attention to this "
Ten Dollar line of Coats for
we believe it will be a hard
matter to match the some at
$15.00. ‘
at
AT $12.50,
We haveeelected from the en-
tire purchase about seventy-
ilve of the best. embracing all
the popular ideas of cape col-
lar effects, velvet and silk ‘
stitched—:27. 30. 32 and 46
inch lengths.
A few ail silk Peau de Sole, with
padded satin linings, best
quality velour. trimmed and
plain. When We any they are
worth 818.50 we underestimate
their value $1250.
' you WA or “if nor-at THANK
you man sea in ma manner 8
Florida Oran
pie. Cherries. etc. .
Nuts~Jordan Shelled Almonds.
CheeswEdam, Pineapple. Ron
and Double Crouch. 1
‘ Rich's Fruit Cake. Plum Pudd
Cranberries. Street Potatoes. _l.ettuce
nininciers. Mai-souls Cherries. New ii
Fresh Gountry iii 1" once-America
. ,:«We extend o in;
s
Q's
ow,
TOREB lN THE QXTIES. .
Fitted-outlined V ” ’
gen. iiannnas. Grapes. Grape Fruit. Cluster Raisins. Citron. Orange [and lemon i’eci. Pinenp.
tation
soi‘vmo. YOU WILL rm
French ‘Gheatauts, Paper
in g. Currants, Raisins.Brick'sMiaceMeat. Prunells. rm”.
ps, Mushrooms. Frsifies. French
onoy. Poultry damning. Elegant Coffee and Tees.
The Ferrisv'flams and Bacon. ,
tonsil and see our Thanksgivinx display, whether you
Celery. Asparagus ’l‘i
n Soups.
shell Almonds, etc. ‘
quofort. Camembert, English Dairy. Philadelphia Cream
m vaninn an assoarunmgnnnnns
.I‘asl
., .., .
a.
, Club House. swine
I 0‘ Dated. "induce.
Pm. Macedonian
sweet Rosy Butter.
on
rollers or not.
i. .-
4 . I . /
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: '1; 3.. ,v m“
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Norwalk Chronicler