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ml. Copies, 5 Conan.
All communication in relation to erran- theJob
or Newspaper departments. should be addmaed
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LEWIS F. BEEBS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Dmcr over
('nnn.
WMI fiififiifii EEK—17‘
\TTORN EY AT LAW.
FleFlELD COUNTY BANK BUILDING, NOB-
WALK. CONN. l—tf
WIILJAM A. DALTON. 1
WTTOR EY AT LA‘V.
HFFIL'E l.\' DWS BLOCK. SOUTH XOR—
n‘worda' Clothing Store, South .Vorwgk.
1.
2-d—
WALK. CONN.
DENNIS PLATI‘97
1531115503 AND mu]. ESTATE AGENT.
Rests tenements. uella house; farmaad
'ag lots Drawn deeds, willaandother leg:
documents. Issues polldes for life accident and
Insm’lnce in the beet companion at the low-mt rates.
mien-hour: Stolla. x ems and" 1 tosr I. 0f-
fire on Iain street. next door to the Congregational
1 north. South Norwalk 1 tf
FRED. H. NA7SII9
.Urgnnirlt Trinity Church. Bridgeport. Conn.)
‘lTEACHER 0F )[L’n 1C.
In New York londay and Wednesday; Bridge-
Hr: Tut-edgy Friday and Sunday;Vor1v7alk Thurs;
i3 ; Westport Sat
: .anui- tuned, as usual. +1:
0 1.1)77717vELi. HOTEL.
. 1R)‘ ER ELLIS AND WASHINGTON STREETS.
SOL'TE NORWALK. CONN
FOOTE 1k (0., Proprietors.
\n w #101“ Stable stashed Cumazes in at-
glance at a; l honrs,1vhjch can be had 1)} applica
n 1. ME 1: of the Hotel. ltf
'FIIE LL‘ZCKS HOTEL,
MAIN ST,
SOLTH RORVVALK.
a renowned and thoroughly pre
red for
This House is located Wit in a few
f the Railroad Depot. which renders it one of
nn-t convenient hosteln'es in the city Tran-
t a d permanent est.- oan be aoonmrnodated.
llmmv to let with or Without board.
Hood subling attached to the House. where a
:ted number of horses will be taken to board.
Th1 property for sale on reasonable terms.
.f J LLCHAS Proprietor:—
.r. 717v. GRIFFIV.
”NYSE. SIGN AND ORNASU‘ZNTAL
PAINTER AND DFCORATOR.
Opposite Luau Hotel Main strum South .Vurwnlk.
{ll order- executed with rue-these and dispatch.
\‘outh 5’1le .Vov. 17. 1810 lvtf
J. (1. (1370“1-2.
VTER BI'IIJHSR
ll\
gaudy.
‘.\Hf’I-I.\ AND
.lHBBlVG DONE AT SHORT NUT“ E.
""1" r‘ ac lc' ted
\nuth .Vorwnlk. Nov 17.1330.
95. It. Si!EI§7\V()()D. F
lll'lLDER AND coxTRM'TnRX
7:; all its branches, with or Without material. Job-
"1132 done at shortest notice. Orders solicited.
Shop west 0! the Depot near the Nursery, South
\ mun. k.
Jim: pb R. Raxmond of South .Vorwalk is my nu
~~ ‘rtzcd agent in the transaction of Old business-
‘0th Noe-walk. Jan 25.1871 flour“
a 1~1036A67§61i7v 15.71. I:
i <T.\IR Ill'll.llHll.
B.\L[‘¥TER§. HAX‘D RAILS.
5T AIRS 32C &C.
mm to order and put up or .-l: p to any rt of
1:» country Shop foot of Stumped rmipgoutb
Vurwaik.
\ll order‘ proanptly attrnrled to and satisfaction
:uranteed l.
I?L;\(‘KS.VIITIIIX(§.
('3.le & EVE_\'DE.\7.
\hop on \nz «(h 1 1.1"?“flln.
ltf
\' F. W E LS.
lould announce that they have started a new
<a0p. a: lower end of Water street city of South
Vorwulk. for the re of 8088338031)“;
I- ENERAL BLACKS;m IVG. WAGON MAKDG,
.‘vl- Yheymake altv of OYSTER 101168:
OREDGEC SHIP W332i. ac. Good work as raw
2 cable prices. 1311:
Aor'ru shining 7 7
\.\\7I.\7GS BANK.
‘OKTH NORWXLLK CONN
[n' Ares: allowed on all Deposits nude in this
final; from the first day of the month next :11:—
GrilD: (“u 1i posit.
W S. HAXFORD.
t! Treasurer.
.VI. BEC KER.
WINE AND LAGER BEER SALOON.
1 ‘wrmr Water and Wuhingtun streeta. South .Vor
\nlk. Loan 1 If
‘\ . “Z
GROCEZR.
(“CRISTOC K.
l>lDBl.l—‘.'\' BLOCK.
‘ '1' SOLE—H NOR“ ALK 1 L)\_\'_
(n [{()7( Bi§IF.H. —7
.10 ll .\ ll YTCHINGS.
”21:...2122225 $222.22.: 2:12.22:
range received from his cuetomers. he hope: by
e in) a assortment of Groceries to meet
”-2. r appto tion and secure a genemui share of
' heir patronage in the future. 1- tf
1
t [IOY T BBO’I‘I 11-. Its.
l‘ldnfvr‘. nthpers. and Whulerele Dank-rs in
t ()YSTERS
fie largest and moot reliable Uy-‘rer nthbllo‘b:
l "zen! in Connecticut.
Pier 1 Water street. foot of Raymond.
\nuzh _V rrWulL Nov 17.1870.
\V. R. wa
Dealer in
Stove»: Tin Ware. Cooking Utensils,
u-,- and Ian- hnhlhg Goat.
letal Rwdng. Tin. Copper and Sheet Iron work
~xecutedtoorder. Jobbing of Ill kinds promptly
attended to.
IAIN STREET. SOUTH NORWALK.
JOIIN’ A. mom ‘KEB,
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICE.
And Agent for
.N‘ R Bunting & C035 Bakery.
No.1 Wall Street. foot of 31m Hill.
.VOR'WALK, €055.
FRANCIS J. Moms,
l)ll.lPER AND TAILOR.
So. I Gazette Infill-x.
NORWALK CONN.
\ full line or (10th:; (miner-es. Venting-r. the-
whiny!“
Partiaxlaratteltion 'dtoeuttingand—kingof
tfl1lmdmgm.
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PRIVATE “Am FOB LADIE.
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VOL. 1.
SOUTH ”WALK FOOT OFFICE.
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ex.
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NORWALK POST OFFICE.
WhncmTafiMnn; inward
can: I.
rim” flitflafnnaadms
Damn Crane—8:53;. 1.:er
0mm Dex-7231.1. $52.1.
Wmlan. nmgm—mba..‘ 2.
Wm t
CEAS.0 Omar K
Bum
mun-Joan: k Ranoxn, doom C. Can-
Judge—Wm Tm
Street 31:11-31 A Vl oonu an.
Surveyor—Wynn: '1‘ Gran:
Ckiq' 1 Mid—Ions .V. Tim
mm—
Fim Ward—Tamper: Bunk Tnoaua Guru
me13 Four, LzaxnxaG WILCOX.
WEWWS Baum H
Rom, Jon LM .1me L
TM rd “ind—Gloss: Bxstmcr Bun? E El.-
Hamz N03102:, Baxronn me.
Inspector: «Mon-
Firu Word—Moms M. Vorrrox WILLIAX hf
RAHOFD, an.
Semad Ward—Caner“ F Tuujé.
Pncx
Third “UM—JAIES (‘.
W'Annwm.
tin or run STAX‘DISE noun-rut:
or conic-nus.
Ordinances—fireman Gaye!- Eart Z Norton. Tal-
madgc Baker
Amman—George Benedict. Leander G Wilcox
Robert H. Rowan.
Mead Sim-Harry B Elwdl. Franklin
B Partly W330
and Gas—H Z Vorton Thomas Gnyer
Banford Wilcox.
01111 L. Richard: Talmdge Baker Frank-
lin B. Purdy.
flamifiobert H Rowan Joseph L Hopkins
Henryfi. Ewe ll
Pam—Madge Baker. B. Z. Norton. George
Benedict
Public Printing—J. L Hopkim Hartford Wilcox.
Henrv H. Elw elL
Public Health— ankli n B. l‘nrrly John L Rich-
ards, Thoma Guyer
'nand Supplies-L G ll 1lcox George Bent
dict, Hartford Wilcox.
Sultan l-.
Cnowrz. WILLIAI F.
0? TE! BOARD
SOClETY INDEX.
RELIGIOUS.
Y H l 4. Aleet in M Hallouviall 121., .\or
walk. Jamed K Bar-bow, Plea.
Old "11 Lad ‘3.me F ‘1 H.—
e o . ard . WW
communicationagtholden on the fl‘ratlnd
evening in each month. at their Ball. on main
street. Sou Vorwallr Geo Knlght. W. X.
S: John: Lodge, l‘lo 6— out: on tint and third
’l'hnrsda evenings in each month. Hall on “'all
StreeL. orwnlk. Da1id K. Pollard, W
ODD FELLOWS.
Our B‘rotxlert' Lad . No 10. —Xeet5 every; Monday
Ewening at theirN on Walll‘ atreegx‘1 orwflko
amen C. L‘roweh let, . .
J Prowitt Secretary: (7+.th (baa.
Olmstead. permanent Secretary.
CLUBS.
0111 Wed (7:16 ~Corner Main and Wa‘hlnmon
nueels. South Vomlk. Rooms open everv day and
eveniélgm (Sundays excepted.) Elbirt A Woodward,
Nov-unit euro. —Roorne in Sariugs Bank Building
Var-walk Open every d31- and evening (Sundays ex
(fled) Chagm G. Dean. t.
.—Room in New York and New
Haven Balgroadhb Depot, South Vorwalk 0‘1)ch everv
evening(Snndaye excepted.) Chester F. To
dent
Base Ball Club. Alert, Jr.
Seller}; Prmident; Geo. K.
E. H .Vorton. Secretarv and Treasurer;
Smith. Captain.
(man (7151) "Winn
. South 30mnlk.—“'m_
Bard. Vice President;
Charla E
—Xeet.~ every Friday
evening. in South Norwalk. President. F. Rocha-g
Vice President. H. Stuns: W . W. Bruege—
rmn: Cashier, H. Stadlcr; ‘Huslcal tremor. Geo.
Schanb,
FOB“'ALK mICAL AbSOCIATlON
fleets second ionday eyening in ad: month.
President John Hill I. DW7 Vice Preeident. In
Gregory M D;Secrutarv, W..A Lockwood. M D;
Trearnrer. 31. 3. PM 3. .
TEXI’ERAVCE.
Naomi Social 7' .‘o. i—Heete men Friday
evenin", at their in Dibble' a Block lulu street
South Sim—want X1101): Meow or
Var-mam G. T.-leet: every Wednes—
day evening at {keno Hall m street. South Nor
walk. Charles Hallock, W. C T
Tam limou- and 7" “Sparkling
Wam‘ do. fi—Heefs ever-r eerily evening at
Nonth \6rwalk. J. R
their Ball. on Gigi: street. 75cm
Ragrmond. W.
Dir-05m No. as S. gut T.——Ieets every
‘l‘uesdav evening at their Burma-111mm Wall
street. 3301an C. F. SelleoLW. P.
(W Dim. ”3'0. to Iii—Hem: every
Friday eve " It their Eng, on “all street. .Vor-
ngXE E TLCYBWW. I first I da
. a)?! - eat: on 1
ev 1n eachmouth. Romain Hubbdl a Hindi
cofsfegglain and Wall stroetv, Vomit. Jas. Sherrv
Preei ent
mounvr SOCIETY.
S: Joseph: Benevolent Ara-(nation ~Meetz- firm
Thur-sin evening of each month. Rooms inBub-
bell :- ock. corner Main and Wall street‘. Wm
Hanan President.
TRADE) t’\'10_\5_
(Merl and Joiner! l‘nim, No. a». of math
Vorwalh— Sect on the first andthirdl'rlday e1en-
ings in each month. at their roman onIaln street
Vorwalk. Wm \Mxellogg Prddeat- E. H. Dibble.
NEG! métifierx Mariam ml“ align?)
m — eet‘ on Rm; Wind uy
and October. in each yar. (hie 1. President;
Thomas Hadden. .
FIRE DRAW.
Pioneer W and W (h, For 3, 37ng
Meetsseoond Thursday in “m. 3.3. “il-
coxen. Foreman.
1%meme 0)., No.1. Hurrah—Meet:
first Tumdafieachmonlh. 1.11m lineman.
(b.. l. Vorwalk—Keetz first
Wednegday breach month. C. oreman
R AILBOAD PASS.
PWIOS is hereby given to all travelers and
citizens of the city of rionfh NM to will to
any part of the city. over any railroad track. to the
BR! UGEPORT HOUSE.
Uppuelh: [hr New York and Sew Haven Railroad
Depnt. and get supplied with the best
$1.83. PORTER. \VINE. LlQl'UR‘é _\.\'D CIGARS
In the city. Oysters in every style.
R. T. HITCHLVS. Conductor.
bond! Norwalk. \‘ov l? m H!
KrV'APP & FITCH;
CARPENTERS Ava warm.
SOUTH NORWALK. C0313“
Will comma to eredt Buildings. and do
JOBBING WORK.
dallkhada. “MAO; 1rd
INSURE AGAINST LOSS BY FIRE
n: m
Most Reliable Companies,
“001’ ROMA.“ RATES.
Atmoloed mvm nmn.
thazs‘r 31-9911 1
6mm MIME“!
mm
New.
7—“
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1871.
.- M—v- _ ._,_'-————-
THE “OLD WELL”
Hardware Store,
01"
LEWIS HUBBELL, Dealer,
Has jut opened in the
NM BRICK BLOCK.
Across the way from TOLLES a ELY‘S Old Stand. ‘
foot of Washington Street. with a fill had new lot of
Builders’
BETTER, AND MORE EXTENSIVE,
THAN EVER OFFERED BEFORE
IN THIS CITY OR “UNITY.
Hardwat (3
Our Assortment of Locks,
of Home and other Companim“ manufacture we
would all vonr attention to no! as a specialty an we
make u a may a; hepa
Complete Stock of Everything
in our line of trade.
FRENCH AND AMERICAN GLASS,
All Brand» of AMERICAN t. ENGLISH undultemled
W n I '1‘ I! I.- E A D ,
LINSEED OIL,
AND MIXED COLORS
Also.
DRY
can always be found at our store.
Pickets, Doors, Sash and Moldings.
Agents for XASL'RY &' WHI'I‘ON'S celebrated
Railroad Colors and Combination Lead.
South Vonvalk Nov 1? 1870 l- ff
Di?- GUILMETTE’S
DOI'BLE DISTILLED
EXTRACT 0F JUNIPER.
Dr Gnilmettc Physician and Chemist of forty
years experience. after many costly trials. bulloc-
ceeded in producing a pure Juniperlne Extract war
ranted free from the deleterious oils usually found in
foreign and dome-tic by their action
upon the fluids and fine- omy aggravntc
the climatic:
This Forum! of Juniper lo a leaaant. health-
er remedies ful
ful beverage and in superlor to all 0
DEBILITY OF STOhlACH AND BUVI'FJb'.
DISEASE OF THE KIDKEYS.
rummcr.
DYSPKPSLA.
DIABETEb.
GRAVl-ZL
AND ALL DISEASES I’ECL‘IJAR TU
FEMALES.
It i: an info-don of the hen-lee of lhr (debuted
Italian Jun! rin the beat qualityCh of Glu. The re-
finlt in a easant. Sumnllfln. Chemfmll Pure
Health Giving Preparation. nh ch has rem red the
end... Phy and C'- ’ as
well a the general rule. A: a safe. rune remedy
for all afiec on! of Kldne ye and I‘rlnarfo gun:
it has no equal. It entirely countenctath It e
produced by drinking impure water.
Try it and be convinced
Wholesale Depot No. 40 Ban-1113' street.
New York.
3. FA [’LKNEII, Proprietor.
For \il‘f‘ by all Druggiutri.
a. F. PECK, Agent,
l-tf SOUTH NORWALK. CONN.
Camp‘horino,
ONE OF THE GREATI‘ET DISLUYERIKS OF THE
AGE FOR THE RELIEF OF PAIN.
Particularly adapted L0
Rheumatism, Sprains, Still" Joints,
Glandular Swellings, &c.
ONLY 'I‘\VE.VT\'—Fl\'H CRNTs .\ BOTTLE
For 5811' by all Druggist-. @
HOYT & BLANUHARD. Pruprielnlx.
‘13:; GREENWVICH STREEF. XE\\' YORK.
(all for it at
s. r. PECK’S,
DRL'GGIST.
Hr South Norwalk, Conn.
F n.1vasn a: 13305.,
mahmmnmm
Furnaces, Heaters,
Stoves, Ranges,&c.
IMPORT“ AND mum IN 7
Crockery, China. Glass, Wood,
Earthen and ‘Willow Wares.
Iron Hollow ~Ware. of every
description,
mourn-1mm m
TimSheetImnlldCopllP—I'Ketab, m
13%;,mequ
kindsof'f’me workoonneotedm tit-build
th§lmhh Plumbing materials Tile
ymwmmmmmd
Lamps mend Iranians of all kinds, and
fiatiwmflhtbeCuhnaryor
fruity.
ammo.
An Adieu.
Weep not, nor sigh : our paths lie far apart.
And we shall meet in days to come no more.
‘Tla foolish thin to cherish in the heart
The relics of a passion that is o'er,
Now thou art wedded, find ere long shall I
Pursue my way beneath a foreign aky.
But yet. one tear ‘twould not be wrong to shed.
One nigh to breathe, and they shall be the 1m.
For sake of all the happy hours long fled;
Alan thatcheyshonldvaniah,andaofastl
And while that tent fills, and that nigh doth swell,
Give me thy hand, and let me say farewell.
“—24%—
To the Sexton.
A APPl-ZEL FOR ARE TO THE SEXTANT OF
THE MEETINKOUSE.
BY A GAEPEB.
0 Sextant of the meednhouae, wlch sweeps
And dusts, or is supposed too I and makes area,
And lltee the 3:511, and sumtlmel leaves a screw loose,
In wlch case it smells orfnl—worae than lamp-lie;
And «rings the Bel and tales it when men dyes
To the grief of aurvlvin pardners, and sweeps pathea ;
And for the servases gm $100 per unnum.
chh them that thinks pays, let em try it ;
Getln up befonr star-lite in all wethen and
Klndlln hers when the wethcr is as cold
As zero. and like as not green wood for hindlcrs ;
I wouldn't be hired to do it for no some——
But 0 sextant l there are l kcrmoddlty
Wich‘a more than gold. wich donut coat nothiu.
Worth more than anything mop the Sole of Harm l
I mean power Arc, sextant, 1 man power Are l
0 it is so plenty out o dares, no plenty it doom
No what on alrth to dew with itself, but flies
About mtterin leavs and blow-in of men's bans;
In short its jest “ frr as are" out down.
But 0 sextant, in our church l. sauce an piety.
Scarce as bank bills wen aglnts beg for mlacbnna,
chh sum say is pretty often (calm nothln to me
Wat I give alnt nothin to nobody) but 0 sextant,
U shet 500 men. wlrnmin. and children,
Speehally the latter, up in a the place,
Some has bad breths. none alnt 2 swctr.
Some 1;- fevery. norm: is ecrofllus. some has bad truth.
And some halnt none. and some alnt ovcr cleen;
But every 1 on cm breethes in & out and out and in.
Say 50 times a minlt, or 1 million and a half bretha
all our.
Now how long will a (bun-h full of are last at that
mtc,
I ask you. any is minlta, and than wata to be did 1
Why then they must brelhe it It all over aglu.
And then agln, and so on, fill each has took It down
At least to amen and let it up agia, and won; more,
The same ludlvldlble donut have the prlvelidge
0f bretbcn his own are. and no one‘s olnc ;
Each one rune! take whatever comes to him.
0 sextant, doant you no our lungs is bellusse».
To blo the fler of life. and keep it from
Goln out ; and how can bc-lluasea blo without wind.
And niul wind are 9 [put it to your conchens.
Arc lo the name to us as milk to babes.
Or tuner is to fish. or pendlmns to clnx
0r root:- & alrbs onto an injnn Doctor,
0t little plls unto on onrepath,
Or boys to gurln. Are is for no to brethc.
“'at signifies who prccchca if i can't hreetho ‘
Wat: Pol ? Wale Polio: 7 to sinners who are ded‘:
Ded for want of broth .‘ why sextant, when we
Dye its only cor we ant brethc no more—mate all
And now, 0 sextant, let mo. beg of you
2 let a llttle are into our church.
(Power are is sertln proper fer the pews.»
And do it weak days and Sundays tewi
It aim much trouble—only make a hull‘
And the any will come in of itself:
(It lurs to come in where it can glt warm ,1
And 0 how it will roam the people up
And aperrit up the preocbet, and stop gun»,
And yap-us and flggltx as eflectooal
As wind on the dry Boone the Profit tells of.
gubblfs.
The (' um l(l s <11lutmitmtnllw k: ulgarmv—
"I am lfzmsjmrtul to 911 _\"'()u.
" M21. make Bob 'lmvr himself; every time
I hit him with the hummer. he hollow“
A Chicago girl says she don't get married
for the reason that she don't knmv whose
husband she utight be marrying.
The gentleman whb puts together seven
joint: of store pipe without swearing, turns
out to be a graduate of a. deaf and dumb
asylum.
“ “'11:“ is the difference between sixty
minutes and my youngest sister P" asked a
precocious boy of his grave uncle. “ I don't
know ; what is it ‘3" was the uncle‘s reply.
“ Why, one‘zs 11.11 huur,'11nd the others our
Ann." was the stunning explanation.
A fellow was arrested at Rochester, on
complaint of his wife, for not supporting
her. Ills reply to the charge was that he
was willing to support his Wife, but was not
willing to support his entire neighborhood,
and do his own cooking, washing and iron-
ing.
A11 ingenious wife in Des Maine-s, curt-(l
her husband of snoring thus: She had a
gutta pervlm lulw with two cup-shaped
ends; Ollt' nlll: puts nver his nose and mouth,
and the other over his ear. He consumes
his own noise, as a. stove does its smoke, and
wakes up instanter.
The life of an editor is not always free
from care. They have to stand this up in
Newman. Ga. : “ Come and look, mother,”
said a little boy: “ there goes an editor."
" My son, you should not make sport of the
poor man; you cannot tell to what extremity
you may yet- come."
Mr. Spriggins is a little forgetful sometimes.
He counted his children the other night, but
could make only fourteen. “ How is this ?"
he asked ; “ I thought there were fifteen of
them at the lust census," “So there were,"
answered his wife; " but little Sammv was
drowned since then." Indeed 2” said Sprig-
gins, meditatively; “ why, it seems to me I
heard of that at the time.”
A Yankee editor lately killed 2 lady in his
paper. The bereaved husband visited him.
“ Villain 1“ dried the Hinged husband, “ you
have killed my wife !” Editor (with dignity)
—“ Sir, I am an editor, note doctor !” “ That’s
just it,” cried the bereaved husband; “ you've
killed her on paper, and she‘s alive,” “ If
like is not dead, I congratulate you.” “ Gon-
gramlate ? I demand damagesfordlaappoint—
merit !”
One of our young wquahlames, not long
since, was endeavon‘ng to enjoy an evening
in the mmyofavouns Myrfail'and en;
tena'ming, upon whom he called, but found-
aseriousobataclehl the persona! ham
and not very cordial father, who at
The Providence of God.
lav-rm. 61' FROM a mo; xv 321'. JOHN
DAVIES 01" Tina CITY, AT THEBAPTIST TAB-
ERNACLE, SUNDAY, FEB. 19TH.
I had lust reached this point in the con-
sideration of my subject, when the news
come to hand of that terrible disaster on the
Hudson River Railroad. An express train
heavily freighted with immortal beings
came thundering along the way to destruc-
tion, and in a. moment twenty—two persons,
by violent means are ushered into eternity.
Among these are several eminent citizens
from various parts of the country, one min-
ister of the gospel and a number of dear in-
nocent children. Now, some men will at
once say to me, “How in face of sucks.
disaster as this and of things that are like
it, can you maintain the doctrine_thnl God's
providence is over all His works,nnd is con-
cerned with the trifling events of our life, as
well as with those which we consider of
more moment. “'ell, I reply, that calamity
is a sad thing to remember. It makes one
weep to think of the dead, and tremble to
remember the living who are daily exposed
to similar danger. But then I believe this
event is just as sad in the sight of God, as
it is to you or me. God can have no pleas-
ure in the slaughter of His dear ones, nor con-
template their untimely end without grief
and pain. Is Ifc like the human vultures
that gathered to mock and plunder the dis-
torted dead? In surveying human sorrow
is Be more indifferent, less sensitive and ten-
der than we? It cannot be. \Vhatever
may be our feeling of indignation or grief
at the causes and results of such 21 Calamity
us this, much more does our heavenly father
grieve that His children should thus be de-
stroyed. But then you will say to me, “If
God's providence is truly over all His works
and the wholesale destruction of men is a
grief to Him, why did this accident occur?
I begin my reply by saying: the. providence
of God did not cause it ; it never caused
any such disaster and never will. It is a
common thing, I know, for men to credit the
providence of God with most of the misery
and suffering of the hunym rucc. Not only
are railroad dimslcm referred to it, but men
attribute their personal disappointments and
sorrows, which come in the ordinary course
of life, tn the same cause. \Vlrcn a drunk-
ard dies, when n spendthrift comes to want,
when n dchaucbcc is paralyzed, when an
idle man loses his trade, it is _all thrown on
In the providence of God. I believe, how-
ever. the providence of God has nothing to
do in causing any such things. All cncmy
hath done this God's providence mercifully
conccms itself with all our sins, with all our
sorrows, but it muses none of them. Some
time ago I stood by the side of a wearer's
100111 and saw. the wearer operating on a
fabric full of beauliful lmtturns. As I did
so, srvt-lul of the threads snapped ussuudcr,
and the loom had to be stopped while the
mechanic united the broken threads together,
after which he skillfully worked them into
the pattern he had before him. The weaver
himself did not break one of the threads.
But the moment he discovered they were
broken. In: gently gathered them together
again and used them all in the accomplish-
ment of his design. 80 I think it is with
the providence of God and the lnistakts and
sorrows of human life. He has caused none
of these things. lie breaks none of the
threads out of which human life is woven.
It is sin, disobedience, reeklessucss and
other things which do this. And that which
the providenw of God does is to unite the
broken threads together and by His wisdom
and His love to weave them into the fabric
of His r111 gracious purpose. Still you say
to me if the providence of God is over all
His works, why did He not prevent this
fearful accident?" An answer to that in-
quirv is very easy. Because He could not,
He could not without interfering with the
established course of thingu In all His
dealings with us God has been pleased to im—
pose upon Himself certain laws, and having
chosen to not within the limits of His own
laws, He could not prevent minor any simi-
lar calamity which comes upon us. I be—
lieve He did do everything which it was
7 possible for Him to do to prevent the oc-
currence to w [rich I have referred. In mak-
ing mun He endowed him with the faculty
of umtiousness. He gave him the ability to
reason on the dangerous possibilities to
which he is exposed in passing through the
world, and in most cases the ability to avoid
them, and having thus endowed us, He
hopes through the ability He has given us,
to keep us from the dangers that beset our
path. And it is a fact that if all had been
done by man which God made him capable
of, the lives of these twenty-two persons
would not have been sacrificed. In France
and Germany, where men remember that
accidents on the railroad are possible, and
where they use the cautiousness with which
their Maker has endowed them to perfect
their; system of signalling the train, such a
disaster as that on ,the Hudson ’Rivcr Rail-
road could not have occurred But if men
will neglect to use their powers of self-pre-
servation, if they will use their liberty to go
to destruction themselves and bear other
people‘ with them,then I any do not lotus
make the providence of God accountable
for the results, nor make the results a reason
why we should refuse to believe in that
providence.
“ But after all, ” says some doubting one,
“How easy it would have been for Godto
haveput a thought into thomhtd ofthe‘
driver by which he would have beenlofl
tostaopthetraing” 511de shall 11¢th
hedid not? But if he did put web a
thought into his head‘ltis certain the
thoughtwould have been 11W asa'
morafanoy How manyfimeshawyouln
it himself, but that just as he was getting
his ticket, the thought occurred to him he
had better wait till morning, and he accord—
ingly did so. I see the providence of God
inthat. Andsoitisinafltheoomfon
which has since been given to the bereaved—
in all the help given to the needy—in all the
wisdom and tender feeling given because of
this and event, to the whole country. And
looked at in this way, there is nothing here
to cost us down from the rock of consola-
tion on to which our subject lifted us to day,
We may still stand firm in the faith and rest
in the peace which the certain providence of
God in little things has inspired.
—<»>——-——
Three Popular Superstitions.
Over all the middle ages, says Chamber-8'
Journal, we see the weird figure of a. man,
downcast and grave, who unhasting. unreal.-
ing, must march on to the day of doom.
The Wandering Jew, sometimes buried in
American convent: or the deserts of central
Asia, in the burning plains of Africa. or the
snowy heights of the Caucasus, euddmly
appears in the haunts 0! mon civflined Eu-
rope, and tells us, as an eye-witness, the sad
story of the crucifixion, and his share in the
contumcly cast upon the God man. He had
thrown himself into the flaming city of Jo-
rusalem under the Roman swords; he had
fought against Gauls, Germans, and Sara-
cens; but no lance would enter his body, no
arrow pierce the heart that longed to be at
rest.
The wild elephant had crushed him un-
der foot, venomous serpents had bitten him,
but he could not die until Christ himself
had returned to judge the world. This le-
gend filled the people with terror and emo—
tion, and probably arose from some eloquent
preacher, who thus personified the Jewish
nation under the figure of 11 single man,
scattered through the world, and dndestroyed
by persecution. Matthew Paris is the first
historian who speaks of it ; an Armenian
Bishop, visiting the monks of St. Albans,
had conversed with the Jew about the year
1228, and from that sime he appeared at in-
tervals in several of the cities of Europe,
dressed in the old Roman Costume, much
worn, a long beard, 11211121 feet, andn sad,
melancholy expression. He refused all pro
gents but a few pence, which he gave away
to the poor. At Strasburg he appeared in
1580, and informed the magistrates that he
had passed through their city 200 years be—
fore, which was verified by a reference to
the city registers. The last time we hear- of
him is in the city of Brumlo in 1774.
Another no less popular superstition was
the existence of a king and pontiff, united in
one,uamed Prestcr John, who had ruled:
vast empire for centuries, in which more
marvels Were to be found than in Moham-
med‘s paradise. N 0 traveler to the east
dared put a stop to this absurd belief ; some
even pretended to know 'the place. The
kings of Portugal sent several expeditions
into India and Abysinnia to assure them-
selves of the reality, for this immortal pope
gave many an hour‘s anxiety to the popes of
the west, for fear lest schism should spring
from so distant a quarter. There was a
curious letter, written perhaps by some par-
tisan of the Reformation to the Emperor of
Rome and King of France, in the name of
Prester John, about 1507, inviting them to
settlwin his dominions, which he described
as the richest and the finest in the world.
There they would see the fabled phmnix,
the grifiln, the me, the 5111-0112111)de bull,
contours, pigmics. and dragons. There
sprung the fountain of eternal youth, there
grew the tree of life, from which was drawn
the holy oil used for the sacraments of the
church; and when the King and his court
sat down to the table, they needed no cooks,
for a spiritual chef prepared all their dishes.
Another mystical being was Antichrist, who
was supposed to have been born in Babylon,
and whom the Jews were ready to recognize
as their Messiah. The year 1000 was fixed
upon by the most learned doctors as the
timepf his appearance, and the end of the
world. We have a terrible picture given by
a contemporary of the dmlation which
reigned throughout Europe at the approach
of the fatal term; there were fearful signs in
the heavens and on the earth—editions, com~
ole, meteors, floods, tempests, and plagues.
Superstition aggravated the real evil of pub-
lic misery ; the people spoke of frightful
miracles; the dead were raised; the living
struck with sudden death; spectra and
demons came from the abyss. Men thought
of nothing but how they would appear be-
fore God ; they gave up their wealth to
churches and oonvents; they hang!" it use-
less to till the ground and occupy themselves
in their daily tasks; their fields,"houaes, and
shops were deserted for their altars. At
length thalaat day of the year on arrived;
the whole populace, in team and prayers,
crowded the churches, and waited in trem-
bling expectation the soundings‘of the seven
trumpets, and the appear-anon of Antichrist;
but the sun rose bright as ever, ‘the ‘stars fell
not from heaven, the laws of natmewene
uninterrupted “ It was only postponed,”
said the credulo‘us; they counted the days,
weeks, and _ months with indescribable
anxiety, audit required many years of an-
gujsh to restore calmness to their minds.
W— ‘
A Goon Jon.—-‘The scene described In»
lowtiaaaidtohavetahnplaoe in fluxes—
tucky Legislature in the Willard 1”. A
member from 011611? I'm mtin mantles
7N0. 16.
A Scrap born Bur-nab.
In the happy days when Kuhsthan Farah
was King of Burmese, a. potter formed in
his heart an evil plot against the prosperity
of his neighbor, a wealthy washerman who
lived in the same village. The envious pot.-
ter, bent on injuring his good neighbor, went
to the palace of the king, and thus addressed
him :
“ 9 illustrious prince! is it not well known
in the mountains and valleys of our land
that all the calamities which have come so
severely and suddenly upon your kingdom
of late years, have arisen from the fact that
your majesty has no longer, the. churn of a.
white elephant, since the unfortunate death
of the lucky white elephant which belonged
to your father, who now reposes in rapture
in the seventh heaven of the blessed immor-
tals? Do you not know, 0 king,that the ele—
phantwhiohnowoarrieayoula but acorn:
mon black beast, which bring only black
luck to as ‘P Having, therefore, your prosper-
ity and glory at heart, 0 king, and kiaarng'
the dust from your golden feet, I venture
to propose the following plan to your majes-
ty: There is a wa'sherman in this place of ex-
traordinary skill in washing or dyeing white
everything brought to him, however black it
may be, and however diECnlt to make white
and beautiful. Let, now, my lord the king
consider well the word of his servant, and
bid this skilful washerman to wash your
royal elephant white, so that the white day]
of prosperity may once more darn upon
your blessed majesty and on the realm.”
The king, who was weak in mind, heard
the potter: project with delight, and readily
assented to it He summoned the skilful
washerman. whose fame was great, and thus
addressed him :
“ I command thee, most loyal subject, to
use thy skill in washing my elephant white,
that I may enjoy white days of prosperity
even as my father before me."
But the washennan, who was a shrewd
man, and ready withal, suspecting the plot
of the potter to ruin him by so vain a pro-
ject. thus spoke to the king—
“ O my lord king! that I may wash my
lord‘s royal elephant white, a suitable wash-
ing-house must be erected, and also a pot of
corresponding size must be constructed, and
then I will wash your majesty's highly re-
apected elephant white, and feel thrice
blamed in having carried out my lord the
king's wishes."
On this the king summoned the potter,
and calcined him, on pain of his royal dis-
pleasure. to construct-avast pot. of “mu t
dimensions to hold the royal elephant, as
well as a sufficient quantity of water and
other constituents for the ablation. The
potter, in fear and trembling, collected an
immense mass of clay, out of which be con-
structed a pot large‘ enough to hold the royal
elephant.
When, however, the elephant stepped into
this huge pot it broke into several pieced
Another pot was made of considerable thick-
ness by the potter, who, do as he would,
could not even by his largest fires bake it
thoroughly, no as to make it both compact
and strong. 80 the unfortunate potter was
in this dilemma: if he made a thin pot it
was broke by the weight of the elephnng
and if he made it thick enough to resist
such a weight, he could not, with all his ef-
forts, get the potsuflioiently baked; andwas
obliged at last to give up the task as be-
yond his pow er, and to brave the royal
displeasure, which consigned him to a pris-
on for the rest of his life, and oonfiscotodhia
goods.
“ Plot not against thv neighbor,” says the
Bumresc proverb,‘ lest thine own property
suffer by the plot"——a proverb w hich' 15 here
well enforced.
—— 24>—
“ Standing Treat.”
No American custom causes more genuine
surprise and amusement among traveling
foreigners than that which is known in our
saloons as “ treating," consisting lrg'the en-
tertainment of two or more with refresh-
ments for which one volunteers to pay. It
is a pure Americanism; all over the Repub-
lic it is as common as in Europe it is un-
known There is probably no minute of
any day in the year when two or three hun-
dred citizens of Chicago are not gaming
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evaluable horaeatthe stables of them
31-0911:an this mm the min; of
Saturday, Jan. 7th,1mderthe following an
communes. 0n Toesdsyflansmhopaeu
him to Northampton for the pnrpue'ot
belngcllpped,“ an the horse wouldnot
nervous temperament, and a cold weepin-
tionalayed onhhn along time after-hem
been drivm. That H.111). acted as he thought
theaot. Thathelathhhaawaalncemly
circumstance Nemmur'ueou-
dgsionof other: we beg leave to damnr.
Welook at thin matter of clipping with
avaabn' Webdienumbeuab-qmd
onethat is becoming qniw too pnvalent.
Ithmbarytoflremhgadfnam It
wouldaean to the comm acme mat
manning-ht. thatnamre mm forthe
horas an extraoootof hairtokeephimwann
inthewinter. Thiaexu'aooct iaa m
blanket, one covering him completely in
everypargonethat will not'blowofione
thatmanwill not forget to ptton. This
seematobeanugumengooncluaiveandun-
oonnvvertibleunderordinaryoirmnaneea,
against the practice of clipping. Batman:
kindueeverreadyto ape ariatocr-acy,and
they beware the victims of many foolish
We. The Empreas’mgenle wears I
hide or cobweb, corsets or crinoline, all the
feminines put it on. Nor-are the maacnllnea
much differ-em. Some Robert Banner, who
keeps a fire constantlyhuming in-hh warmly
consu'actedstables, who w'nhesto drivein
2:40 and has plenty of blankets, hoods, etc,
plentyofmentotakeoare of hiahoraeby
day and night, inventsafuhion, and every
nabob follows suit. 03 comes the, horse’s
ear-unis caudal appendage or his hair,“
thefasbion requirement! all an may to
findanexcuse forsadoing. Nowthiaargu'
mentaf aooldswugtomeahomelyphnae,
iatheprincipaloae relied onto tompporl
thhpractioeof clipping,de anpmigthat
under whatever dream-canoes it omen, it
showsthatthe toneof vinlenu'gyhaabeen
lowered; thehorselnebeenmmfm-or
toofast,or he was not. in a omdifionto
driveatalhwhentaken out. Slop abusing
yourboraeandlhartherewmbenoneedd
clipping him. The horse in anditim to
drive,oaugou£araadaatanwithhbhah
on,asnameinmdedhimto do,andwhal»
evahedoesmorethanthagisattheexpe-r
of thevital economy. To dtpfilmin
ordertocheckprespiration more ”dimly,
endangeuhblife md health. Another-
guruentisl,thatthe clipped hone willfeed
better thanthenndippedmre. Heoamnly
needato,ittakeamorefood to kewupthe
neoeasaryalnountof animal heat. Iaitadv
fisabletoknocktheclapboudlofltromfiie
house, that we may put more M'fn"'tbe
stove? There are other we: relied
onbythmecfipmbut in my m,
aginetobetheprinoipolone. Ititheonly
oneIwillnoubleym mmm
in thisoommumoabon.‘ ' It is thepaylhey
get for doing thejob.
Mumps (Dominion:-
much more frequentlythaniagufllyanp-
posed, audtheBoston Jolt-5616M
isof meopinionflntmyflrGaaer-lbodto
incendiar'anl have owedtheir ofigiamtbat
cause Such combnsfim awash-uncrit-
naryburningonly influx“! nrrimotthe
combustible substance withthe oxygen of
thealrls more gradual When a log of
‘wood rotsinthe forest, ltisas'r’omy'bii‘rned
npaswhenit blazes in the fire-Manly
them-ocean is so alowthat the heatisnot
perceptible.
The rmfingof metals is motherformof
slow comm-non, and i! the rustingiaenf
ficiently rapid, the rise of mpuatnreia
readily demoted. In idlanlmlble unboun—
mwbenalowoombum mantra!
something stronger than water at somebody Last free causes me oxidetim to go on faster
else‘s expense.
The casual meeting of two men who have
never exchanged a word together la a sight!
for both instantly to exclaim, “ Come, let’s
have something l" and for both to dive down
into the nearest subterranean cavity below
the sidewalk. The one who spoke first
usually insists upon “ paying the abofL—the
word “ shot" being a metaphorical reference
tome deadly character of the emanate usu-
ally taken into the stomach. If two old
friends meet, the regnlanthingmfim is,
“ Let‘s drink mold M2” 942nm”,
must invariably “ treat" them 11
man bowel! acquainted. it is considered the
princely thingtoseixn uponallhianeqnah-
latices as often as possible, take their to;
maloon, and give them a comm M
up drink ’22 the bar.
If thee in anything abounds: than th'u
habit, weareunablemput our finger-mil.
lendonot always “neurone another-t9}
.qr-fiokets became they. happenlaonoeton
theme neat. Wenever saw anmntahg.
outhispookel—book on Man»
quantum. and any; “MI. W1 n2
lightedtoaeeyou! Dotahufmvm
ml It's my trod!” no. men have:
Mother-WWW!
and m, until the m%7*""flame.
Oflyngumedbypalnmmdoowonwute
for-whingmaohiaeryfirem causes
of spontaneous m- Oil spmon
dryaawduathasbaarhown totakefirein
thlaway.
Oihflntoxldimreadily,hkewon seed
oll,areespedallylialieto tabefire‘fithout
apparent cause. Hay, meow, m,
hemp,rags,leavee,apenttuw,snawinma-
mhummareliubletotake fireapon
Wywben W in quitting lna
,dampatate. These are facts which every
mmmumma
thernnmanyinmmludatoprwauflom
ofthenunuatlmpormce.
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regret. He mlgbthaveloathimnnderother'
garment, it makes no difl'ere'noe, be it cow- '
theyareequallyfutile save one and lint—-
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