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m mmwm mofllnhtlsStylishChu-ch.
“‘eil, wife. I‘ve been to church today—m to o
stylish one-
And, accln‘ you an‘t go frornhunerllteli you
who: was done;
Youwouldh-ve been surprised to see whnt I saw
there today:
The sisters were fixed up so fine they hardly bowed
to pray.
i had on these course clothes of mine—not much the
worse for war—
ButJha, they knew I won‘t one thcycullumib
llomlre:
Sotheylcdtheold man too sent away back by the
door:
'Twus bookies: and uncushioued. A moaned sent
for the poor.
Pretty soon in cums a m with gold ring md
clothing line; .
Theyledhim to u cushioned set fu- in Adrnnuao!
mine; I
I thoughttMn‘n‘teucflgr-jght toscuhiln upso
near: .
“'hen he was young. and I was old. and very lard
tt‘ hear.
But, then, III"I'L"S no Icemmtiu‘ for what some peo-
ple do :
The finest clothing: nowadays oft gets the rlncst
pew:
But when we reach the blessed home, and undcflled
by sin.
We‘ll see weatlth beggin‘ At the guts while poverty
goes in.
I couldn‘t kw the sermon. I not so far awnv,
80. through the hours of service, I could only “watch
and Dim“
Watch the doln‘s of the Christians sitting near me.
‘rouud About :
Pny that God would make them pure u ithin As they
were pure without.
While I sat there, lookin‘ all around upon the llCl’]
and great:
i kept thinfln‘ of the rich man and the beggar If
his gute;
Ilcw. by all but dog forsaken. the poor bpgglr-
form grew cold.
And the angels bore his spirit to the mansion: built
of gold.
flow. at lust, the rich man perished. and his spirit
took its flight,
From the purple and line linen lo the horn! of and-
lcss night;
, i‘bcre he learned, as he stood gufln‘ at the teggur in
the sky,
“ it isn't all of life to live, our all of dealt to die.”
i doubt not there were wealthy sires in thntrcl'lg‘lous
fold
Who went up from their dwelling-i like tm Pharisec
of old:
They returned home from their worship with a brad
uplifted high,
Tu spurn the hungry from their door withmught to
satisfy.
Out. out! with such profmions: they are doln'
more tOvdAy
To stop the wary sinner from the gospels shinin'
way
Than all the books of infidel-z than all tbs! ha- been
tried
Since Christ was born in Bclblchvmr‘éllcc ('brlzn
was crucified.
How simple arc the work: of (60d. and yctliow very
grand?
flower- on tin-
land—
? llc gilds the cloud of menin‘ with gold-lkht from
His throne.
Not for the rich man only: nor for tIie puor llOI’li'.
Than why should man look dmvn on numbemus‘:
of luck of gold ‘1 ‘3‘
Why «at him in the: poorest pow because hi: clothes
an- old?
Abenrtwith noble mutis‘csAa heart that God in:
blast—
May be beatin‘ Heaven's music ‘nmth tho: tAttrred
coat Ind vest.
I‘m old—I may be childish—but I lov1 simplicity ;
I love to see it shinin‘ in s ChristiAu's piety;
Jesus bold us in Ilia sermon, in Jndcn's mountains
wild,
He that wants to go to Haven must be “h a little
child.
Our heads are glowing grly, dear Wlftkfill’ heart.-
are batin' slaw——
In a little while the luster will call for us to go;
When we reach the parly gateways, and look in
with joyous eyes.
We‘ll :90 no stylish worship in the temple of the
skies. 4d!» If Fate's.
THE HIGHWAY BOBBEB.
BY AMY BAXDOLPII.
“ Now, Charley, you will have to ride
fast, if you expect to get home by dark."
“ I don‘t expect to get home before dark,"
I answered, deliberately buttonlng mygloves,
while my sister fluttered around me like a
human specimen of the tribe hummingbird,
and her husband, the sober, steadygoing
city lawyer, regarded her with pleased nd-
miration.
“There, there, Sybil, you'll strangle me
outright, if you put any more scarfs round
my neck. I am not an Egyptian mummy,
although you seem to have some smh im-
pression in your mind."
“ “'ell, but Charley, what will Miriam
say, if you take cold 1’"
“ Dose me with hot foot-hath and syrup
of mums, I suppose. Come—I must be oil 3"
“ Did you put the money in your inside
coat pocket ?" inked my brother-in-lnw.
“ Certainly I did—413m hundred and fifty
dollars of my own, and five hundred of
Mrs. Torrcy's Upon my honor, the temp-
tation to bid adieu to my native land and
depart for California—Abscond, in short—is
rather a strong one!"
“ We'll send it policeman in charge,” said
Sybil‘s hm drily. " It will be mortify-
ing to you! Mono, but that we must cu-
de-vor to endure !”
Scatter artistic more cuclus bldinsge of
link 50th lumped into my little opcn‘wag-
m, dnwhg the pIW robe over my
knees, for the October mingwuschsrp
And frosty, although brilliantly clear, and
drovelu'iskly away through the liquidgold
at mun-u. =
kit-ulna; ride'fiat luv heinous—-
warm cwiwcn
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fallen tree, just within the edge of the
woods—moldwoman,chdinaworu,
brown cloak, with I' quliicdtbhck hood on
her head. As the deer ring of my horse’s
hoofs sounded on the road, she rose uo—a
tsll bowed form, and rccommenccd a. weary
gait, like one little refreshed by rat. '
As I overtook her, a vague feeling of com-
punction entered my mind—some dim and
undefined recollection of my old mother.
now long dead and buried, floated across
my memory, and I checked Baron instinct-
ively.
“ We are going the same way," I said,
“ will you ride ?”
With some muttered formula of thanks,
the old woman hobbled to the side of the
wugon. Iput out my hand to assist her,
but with In agility first was little short of
mmuhe sprang-up to her-soothe-
side me.
“ W'bv, you are very nimble for your
yam, good mother,” I said pleasantly.
“ Not very, sir," she said, in a strange
hoarse voice. “ I am old and feeble."
Old and feeble she might have been, but
she was tall and largely made, with muscu-
lar Inns, and a gigantic frame. I thought
of Meg Merrilles. She would have been
aptly represented by my singular com-
puuion.
I made one or two efforts to draw her in-
to conversation: but she was not inclined to
talk, and kept the hood drawn well over her
face, as I drove on in silence.‘
As we came into an opening, where the
clear traces of sunset yet made a brightness
in the silent air. I stooped suddenly for-
ward, ostensibly to pick up my fallen whip
from the floor of the wagon, to which it
had slipped—in reality to obtain a glimpse
'of my companion's face.
Merciful Father! it was the dark and
bearded face of a man !——u face lighted by
decp~sel black eyes, with shagged elf locks
hanging over the swartby brow, and a
mouth such as ought to belong to the coun-
tenance of man.
In an instant in full and complete sense of
all the danger of my situation flushed upon
me, as if ushect of lightning might have
illumincd the solitary scene around us. I
had been watched at the bunk—my errand
thither had probably become known, and I
had been waylaid, with the intention of
robbery, perhaps something even worse
My blood ran cold as I recognized all the
untoward circumstances that seemed to sur-
round Inc. 1 WE prepared with no weapon
of defence, save the light whip~lmndlc in
my hand, and ev'cn bad I been armed, the
size and strength of my muscular companion
fur exceeded my own, and the consequences
of a haml-to-bund struggle Would scarcely
be in my favor. One thing I fully realized
—tht it would be the worst and most dis-
usirvus policy to evince any consciousness
that I had penetrated the flimsy disguise
adopted by the roman, and I drove on in si-
lence although the cold dew stood like
bonds on my fonhead.
“'33 I u coward ? The reader may smile
as he glances over this faithful record of my
feelings and sensations; but it is far differ-
ent to read these things by a snug fireside;
with Policeman No. 265 patrolling in from
of your door, and to act them—to livc them
out, as it wcrv—in the desolate loneliness of
a forest road, with no human aid near, and
Death riding almost at your right band. I
have been placed in situations of more than
average danger in my day, nor have I
shrunk from them; but never did I feel
such an overwhelming, helpless sense of
terror as hruoded over my whole being at
that instant. I am not a coward, but the
blood stood still in my veins like some cur-
rent that is slowly turning to ice.
“ What‘s that?" I ejaculated, sharply, as
something fell with a sharp metallic ring on
the oil-clothed carriage floor. My companion
stooped with confused haste.
“ Only my snuff-box, sir."
'But it was no snuff-box; it was something
that gleumed long and sharp and ghastly
like a knife in the uncertain twilight, the
one instant that I caught sight of it! It
was but for an instant—the next it was
deftly concealed beneath the folds of the
worn brown cloak.
“'ell, there could no longer be the slight—
est doubt as to the meaning and end of all
this thing. I might as well prepare my mind
for the worst. But with s dogged resolution
that sometimes comes at the moment of ex-
treme peril, I determined that this ruflhn
should reap no actual advantage from my
unprotected situation.
With a slow, gradual series of apparently
unconnected movements, I advanced my
left hand toward my inner pocket, and drew
out Mrs. Torrey’s black pocket-book, letting
the hand full carelessly on my knee in the
dusk. Then, after a minute or two of ap-
parent carelcssnm, I hung my bind over
the side of the wagon, and dropped the
pocket~book just beyond a huge old snarled ,
stump whose locality was well known to me.
It was trusting a good deal to chance, but
what else had I to trust?
Next came my own—u less important
packet, but scarcely leis prized. I was not
rich, nor did I choose to lose the little that
was my own, bard-earned 1nd mfnlly
saved. At a curve in the road a blasted tree
lifted its white skeleton-like arms high in
tbeuir—at the foot of this spectre treeI
left my little treasure.
Then, relieved in mind,urd with a certain
defines and recklessness of danger, that
waned oil at ouceto arise up within ml
mod boldly to my silent commie-i.
"Look have, air,” I hid, resolutely, “I
have ind quite enough of your society—-
suppose vé pm MT.
_ i'“'¥'es:fm—W “ ‘ yoi'vcnndcudb
may!" Ito—Tint:
SOUTH NORWALK,.
Theme-muck Eleonora clock’
of one rand. I felt his fingmfighteuirigoh
my throat, but I mulled my impending at;
wflhucheuclosecklntoduper-Atloul*
Jultthm the rials «when, the radii
bestofhone‘s hoofs in maximum
struck on my ear. I strove to cryout, but
the cruel hand grasped my throat with
steadily compressing hold. 80 class were
we to human aid and sympathy that I could
hear the wheels stop—I could hear the well-
known voice of Ethan Day, one of my
neighbors, crying out to his companion:
“ Why, if ’taint a team! It’s Mr. Allston‘s
Baron. And, sakes alive, where‘s Mr. All-
stou himself 9" ‘ -
“Somethln‘s happened, likely," said his
philosophic companion, a huge farm hand,
hulf Dutch, hull Welshflrumod'llkeagiant.
and strong is Handel. ‘ ‘-
1 could near them slight from their 0
conveyance, and walk round my little wug-
on, speaking soothingly to Baron, and won-
dering in half uttered scraps of conjectures,
where was the missing driver; yet I had
_no power to call for the assistance that was
so nigh. I strove to shout, but my voice
died away in suffocating agony.
“Let‘s walk a piece up the road, and look
about us, Fritz," said Ethan. “ I don’t be-
lieve but what there‘s sornethin“wrong.“
Could I lie there and "know that the least
straw of hope and help was drifting away
from my reach? With the strength that is
a frequent characteristic of mortal peril or
mortal agony, I threw up my arms and
caught my enemy firmly round the shoul.
dcrs, rolling heavily down the steep innit
with him. The suddenness of the attack
deprived him of all power to use the knife,
which mast of all I dreaded, and the im-
pctns_\ve gained from the downward dc-
sccnt aided me in my struggle. Ile relaxed
his hold on my throat to strike awuy my
hands, but I clung with unflinching tenacity.
“Help, help!" I.shrickc(l, in busty ac-
cents.
Thank llcaven, they were heard. Ethan
turned abruptly. and sprung toward mo
with a cry of surprise and horror.
“ Fritz, Fritz! Here he is now 3"
There Wm one instant of desperutc strug-
gle—oi lrnnd-tomaull encounters—one wild
instant of blending confusion, when :1 sea
of blond seemed to swim before my eyes,
and thunderous surges to sound in my cars,
und then I lost all Consciousness.
“'hcn I returned to myself I was on the
sofa in my own room, with my wife bend-
in: M'vr mo, and honest Ethan Dny stirring
up what he called “a but drop" in a tiny
punch kettle. From him I learned that the
robber, one of :1 desperate gang which had
lately been broken up, was safe in the vil-
lage lock-up, under the Cerberus-ship of
huge Fritz, to say nothing of locks, bolts,
and chains innumerable.
“ And Baron 1'"
" llc's safe in his stable, pour fellow,“
Enid Ethan. “ But, Squire, where‘s the
money you bud about you?” “'c didn‘t
find; none on that—that urns-med mum
when wc scorched him, mo and Fritz.“
“ The money," I repeated, vuguvly. And
then I remembered how it all had been, and
told Ethan of my device.
Ten minutes afterward he set forth with
u hum-m in his band for the gnarled stump
and lln- spectre true that had been blasted
by lightning. And in less than rm hour the
money was safe oncv more in my guardian-
ship. '
“ ll “us :i pretty cute lilCC of your'n,
Squirt," said Ethan; but it migbm't lm‘
wux'kcd so well if 1 luulu't chanced to come
along."
Ethan was rig.; but I had trusted to
clmucc, and chance bud befriended Inc.
From that night, however, it single silver
lock has always glcnmcd among _my jet
black hair, a sort of outward sign and
token of llll.‘ mortal horror and danger
through which my whole being puswd upon
that October night.
II lscellaueous.
Which is the best way to retain a young
lady‘s affections ? Not to return them.
Old 801 and the politicians are making a
very warm season in the United States.
Josh Billings says that opera music don‘t
have any more effect on him, than castor oil
would have on a graven image.
“Boy, you are not far from a fool."
"Well, as we ain’t more than three feet
apart, I give in to that," was the reply.
All the newspapers are exercised over the
fact that the Czar of Russia wears asoft
bat. Perhaps he prefers it to a very hard
crown. Whose business is it any way?
Tennie C. Clafliu says she ain't a rooster
and won’t wear spurs. By the noise she
makes, though not a master, she maybe
likened unto a crowing hen—the contempt
of the burn—yard.-
Qlam Louise Kellogg, the sweet~voiced
American girl, is in London. The other
day the Prince of Wales winced wean ou’
her and—she refused to see hin'l. Spunky,
virtuous, and positive Clara. Louis: has no
use for royal libel-tines- . , .
Wm. Bradford, on American artist in
Geneva, has received an order from Queen
Victoria and the Marquis of Lorne to point
for them several pictures ”resenting“
in'tbe'Arcchccau. Grlflcsprououuco this
the coolest order 'of‘the season. , ‘
' Some of our Western exchung'es hove}
mafi'mrmx xii-129351113920“:
Other. Per tun-ea. $9M 'népnbn
can acys'lthl mm output-letter!
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’3' Rhond'ulofiyburing,
“1-7 mwdlwuv.
1‘? modshfiomperwn, .
=’ I“ the world my sec;
weilmayglory
mgmlikcmc!“
ud him up the stairway,
_ crept s sinful one:
‘lfi‘hurt wu very heavy
93' W1“ WW that he hid dour.
,Ddfrauder And cxtorter
" {if money not his due, -
- . _ to 1* forgiveness
"3/ 4nd help to live mew. '
, first, with head uplifted.
pokc'i'orthhis thunk: aloud;
' toll lb lunvouly Futhcr,
won my o gesture proud.
“I‘m betterthnn the othm
Who in thy courts appear;
I um not like this sinner
Who bows before Thee hon-J
0i sll my great possessions.
Whatever they may be.
From gold to gardén-hcrlmgv,
I give I tenth to Thee.“
This was the proud nnn‘s worship:
The other stood behind,
Ami mote his brunt And murmured.
To God the good cud kind,
" Hm: mercy on I. sinner!“
And this won all he said:
Ills voice was full of sorrow—
"1‘ bent for shame his head.
Tbs first went sweeping outward
I: Arrogant (ii-ploy,
With scripture: on the borders
0! all his rich Imy;
The other turned him hamcwnrd
With turn that would not course:
But God flu-gnome sinner,
And filled his heart mth pence.
_—
I'p the Shcpnug.
The town of Litchileld has long been
known, to those who have had the courage
and perseverance to climb up into it, as one
of the most delightful and salubrious sum-
mer resorts in New England. It, with
Watcrlown, Bethlehem, Morris, (losheu
and Norfolk, occupies the eastern portion
of a high ridge of land between the Nouga-
tuck and llousutonic valleys, a hilly, but by
no means rugged country, more elevated
but less mountainous than the western slope
of the some ridge bordering on the Unusu-
tonic. Ila hills are covered with well-tilled
forms, that bring :in easy and independent
living in their owners, and in the quiet vil~
Inge, which is it:~ centre and the centre of
the county, n {cw honest tradesmen lmvg
been contcnt to sun-c their frugal neighbors.
Beside these two clause-3, there is one other,
the solid men, whose fathers built the ele-
gaut mansions- that adorn the town and
planted “11- beautiful and wide-spreading
trees that shield the broad and well-kept
streets. There intruded lulu this peaceful
haunt, uponfair and Court (lays, the rural
population of adjoining towns, and, in the
” healed term,“ a few denizens of tbe'city,
n fan: who were steadily increasing to many
as. the W1!!! phat). became more
widely known.
The first advent into such a community
09 this of a locomotive must have produced
it profound sensation, almost. a shock; in-
deed I know that the succemful completion
of the railroad of which Litchiield is the
terminus, was it real surprise t'o all but:
few of its most sanguine friends. The She—
pnug Valley Railroad was completed last.
autumn from Litchilcld to the Hoosntonic
Railroad at llawlcyville, and has since then
been connected with the Danbury and Nor-
walk Railroad at Bethel, making a. very di-
rect route, by way of South Norwulk, from
the central and western parts of Litchficld
county to New York city
’l‘wo trains leave your city daily direct for
Liichfleld without change of cars, one at
about 10 A. 31., and the other at a little after
6 P. u. I took the first of these,n few days
ago. in company with a party of friends,
and was kindly permitted to satisfy my
desire to know “the truth and the whole
truth" regarding the country through which
the mad runs, by occupying a seat on the
locomotive. The trains are taken to Haw-
leyvillc by the Danbury and Norwnlk Cour
pany,and this one; runs as an express to
that place, stopping only at Georgetown and
Bethcl. The min consisted of eight loaded
freight cars (beside one we left at Branch-
ville with heated boxes) and o baggage car
and passenger coach; inda‘s I was told that
this was not an extraordinary number I
conclude that the business of the young
road must already be quite large. '
The ride to Blame] is so familiar to most
of your readers that it needs no description.
At that place we changed locomotives, and
started up out of the village on Anelghty-
three feet grade, the engine that had brought
us up from South Norwnlk very kindly com~ .
ing up behind and giviug‘us a "Most."
For about three miles, or half the way to
Huwi’syvil‘le, the; grade is very. bud, but
havingwed the water .Ihed 'ws descend
coolly to that place. At Hawleyville we
cross the track of the Honsatonic Railroad,
and are placed for the first time entirely in
the hands of the Shepaug Valley RAllr'Ond
Company. Here I was introduced to Kr.
Graig, the eflicient 8:1th offthc
road, tom intelligwt W I into
much of niy enioymeut of the trip:» We
to Wkgfwm,“ M:Wkfi"’kutwu“
comp-nioml ‘cf the faint: pom, sis-sheaf
them minim-mam our'u‘yim
hndmdfin'thc‘m ‘ ' :5",
71m BMW to; $.15ch
that» mud follmdhouhedd mum“, '
water privileges anywhere to be found.
The
ridge
next day,
of Chestnut
delight.
further away.
to possess the goodly kind.
the papers circulating in that section.
tising medium. .
for courtcsics I hope some time to repay.
II. E. “’01..
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[Original]
Earthquakes.
marknblc coincidences
face in April last.
fourteen miles distant.
beyond the Euphratses
ten days.
and shatter the solid rocks.
markdble mine, frnm‘which ore is extracted
that produces excellent steel. Alamo sum
. of money; has been expended in opening the
:mine And erecting the necessary buildings
.and apparatus, and with the advantage of
the railroad running close by it will doubt-
less soon develop into one of the most in»
pox-taut handles of industry. Washington
and New-Preston are delightful agricultural
towns, with exhaustlcas resources of the
soil and untold undeveloped water power.
Bantam is in the town of Litchfleld, at the
mouth of the Bantam lakes, with one 'of the
heaviest, most convenient, and most reliable
On reaching Litchfield we proceeded to
the Mansion House, the most excellent ho-
tel thereabout, and one of the best any-
whereabout,‘bu€ rain? it full, and so wcie
driven into more quiet quarters at the
United States Hotel, across the green.
after a ride along the
Hill, overlooking a
landscape of unrivalled benuty,and a sail
upon the waters of the placid lake, dear to
the memory of many a piscatorial pleasure
seeker, we returned full of satisfaction and
With places like Litchfield, New
Preston and Washington, made so easy of
access by this well conducted and splendid-
ly equipped railroad, your readers will make
a great mistake if they seek rural recreation
T0 South Norwalk, especially, the SllC'
pang Valley Railroad has the additional im'
parlance of opening up new channels of
trade and new fields of commercial activity, "
and I wns glad to see that some of your most
enterprising merchants have already gone up
I will suggest
that one of the very best investments that
South Norwalk wholesalers (and retailers,
(00,) can make, would be in advertising in
The
Litchfield Enquirer, one of the oldest and
most respectable newspapers in the State,
has, I know, a large circulation among
thrifty and enterprising people, and I pre-
sume tllc Lilchficld Sentinel is a good adver-
In conclusion I desire to cxprcss my sense
of obligation to Smith Doolittle, the vigilant
engineer of the Danbury and Norwalk Rail-
roud, Marcus Barnum, who treated me with
the utmost civility on the route from Bethe]
in lluwlcyvillc, and Mr. Grcig, a son of the
Superintendent of the Shepuug Valley Rail-
road and the driver of the “ W'eantenaug,"
Scientific men are tracing out some rc-
in the earthquake
and volcanic phenomena which convulscd
widely distant portions of the earth's sur‘
First came the earth-
quake in California, lusting five hours, “dur-
ing which time the earth was never fora
moment perfectly quiet, and every few ino-
ments heavy shocks were occurring," with
vivid flashes of fire issuing from the Black
Rock, a volcanoe of the Sierra Nevada range,
Then April 3d the
terribh earthquake at Antioch in Syria, de-
molished ularge part of that city; the shocks
being very extensive, from Aleppo to Orfa,
, and continuing for
On the 14th of April, violent
shocks of earthquake occurred on the East-
ern coast of Africa, followed by a furious
hurricane, wrecking nearly every vessel in
the harbor of Zanzibar. 0n the 24th of April
Vesuvius burst out in one of the most violent
eruptions of modern times, emitting sheets
of flame, and vomiting forth rivers of lava
and vast clouds of, ashes. So that within a
month's time the foundations of the earth
were shaken in all the four continents,
Europe, Asia, Africa, America. It shows us
what fiery demons of. destruction are imprik
oned in the uneasy b0wels of the earth, the
same tremendous agencies, which have done
so much in past geological ages, to conVulse
And how easy
it would be for the Hand that. holds 91] these
forces In cheek to set them loose and subvert
this goodly frame of things, and involve man
and his works in “ the wreck of matter and
WHOLE No. 93.
Reduction of Railroad PAres.
SPmK OF HOS. ml:- BUDD IN THE STATE
. méflv
Hr. WM: "
The bill which we have under considers-
,tion, asI understand it,rcquircs the New
York and New Haven and the New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Companies to re-
duce their ngcr mes to two cents per
mile. As ere can be ‘nodoubt in the mind
of any that the real aim of this bill is to in-
jure that: roads, and on many of my con~
stitcents are largely temstedin thermf
am sure the Senate . indulge me a sliort
ttme while I endeavh,‘ to present a few
facts in relation to theillfiect.
The bill originates, Mr. President, with a
member of ’tbe‘llfiv‘erm who repments
—if he Mourning-“Hire town of
East Hartford, and with the editor of a
scurillous paper; which?! cm ashamed to
say is issued i
district, and w
nious title of The Hour. No one else h'as
taken interest enough in this matter to even
appear before the Committee, and all the
petitions which have been presented in re
lation to it have emanated from either one
or the other or both of the scum I have
named. Only the other day the individual
first alluded to was forced to make—in the
presence of the Representatives of the peo-
ple of the State—the humiliating admission
that he had actually paid for the insertions
of certain articles in minus to the inter-cuts
of the road in and f r the circulation of the
newspapers which contained them.
Sir, the New York and New Haven Rail-
road have lately—since I think the com-
mencement of the present session of the
General Assembly—made what the patrons
of that road regard as a most liberal reduc-
tion, and at the present time the aver-Age
fare received from all wagers, including"
commuters, is but a trifle over two cents per
mile. Now, Sir, if regular farm were put
of two cents per mile, which the company
is compelled by law to maintain, the average
of the whole travel would be reduced to
certainly 1 and 1:} cents per mile, if not less.
This difl‘erenee would wipe out the net
earnings of the road and leave the stock-
holders without dividends or any further
return on their investment. The State now
obtsms a tax of one per cent on the market
value of the stock and debt of this road.
This Will amount this year on the consoli-
dated New York and New Haven and Hurt-
ford roads to nearly $200,000. Now, sir, it
IS muifmt that if we, by the enactment of
this or a similar bill, impair or destroy the
valuc of the stock of these roads, we des«
troy ll] proportion the tax which the State
receives frOm them. The ram of fare on
the New York and New Haven Railroad
are much lower and the accommodations
and fucilities better than on any other rail-
road 1n the Suite. \Vhrt justice, then, Sir,
Is thl‘rc in singling them out for punish-
mt‘nt‘.‘ They pay ten per cent to their stock-
holders, and all beyond that, if any there be,
is put into imorovcmenis for the benefit of
the Public Reduce their rules and you
(‘Olnpcl thcmlto stop improvements, no new
depots can be built at New Haven or else-
where. Within thc last four years the
stockholders of the New York and New
Haven Railroad have paid in $3,000,000
"1 cash. This is the cash now on hand,
Which seems to trouble the Representative
from Emit Hartford so much, and '3 being
used to provide new works and increased
faculties. Since the last report $1,500,000
has been called in from the stockholders.
and this also is to be expended foralike
Purpose. ,
Mr. President, the money expended by
the New York mid“ New Haven Rnih-oad
within the last two years, together with
what they will becompelled to expend dur-
ing the next two years in the city of New
York alone, for the depot grounds and fa~
cilities, for building the branch road now in
process of construction to Harlem River,
for steam-tugs, barges etc, and for wants
and freight depots on the East River, will
amount to fully $4,000,000; and. in the
meanwhile, the business of the road 18 only
increasing at the rate of about five per cent.
per annum. The pamenger ram on this
road now are as low as they were before the
war, but the price of hint and materinlsore
increasing with fearful ripidity. The prices
paid for labor are higher than ever before,
with strikes constantly threatening at that.
Steel mils' thnt were bought two years ‘80
at $80 gold, have now advanced to 8118
gold, an are increasing in price every week.
All other iron used '3 cdvancingin the me
proportion. Now, Er, I maintain that the
reduction which this company has receun
made in its rates, is not only all tint in JUS-
tice can be asked, but also all that the con?
psny can possibly makeand pay A just leI‘
dandto its shareholders. The presentrfla
of fare on this road is lower thgn on the
railroads of any other country in the world’
--Belgium not excepted—what has been
said to the contrary, notwithstanding. And
Sir, the speed on the rods of
only 18 to 20 miles per hour, an all bur
gage in-chnrgcd extra for.
we should remember that one dollar in Bel-
gium is as good as four dollars here, on ac-
count of the extreme low price of labor sud
one lit-the ,
' juices rm“
him no
And thumb.
the crash of worlds." Whethcr'pr not the
center of the earth is a sea of liquid fire, all
modern science agrees that the order of the
heavens cud can]: rests on a. criticd equilib-
rium, which isnics balance of antagonistic:
and struggling forces, and which I slight
change mighkeasily throw oil from the bal-
ance, with universal destruction and racism
to primeval chaos. It is pleuaut tobelieve
that not chance but 3 Wise and Altoighty
Hand “ upholdeth all things by the word of
his power."
Banking In the Olden Time.
About the beginning of the present cen-
tury the old Bank of Albany, since defunct,
then prmided over by thirteendistinguishcd
representatives of 'rmhe‘rland, issued its first
circulating notes. Immediately after their
receipt from the printer An application for
unions-of a few thousnd dollars was
innde to the bank by a‘dr'over, well known
in Albany for his ability and "financial
soundness.
Thaloanxwugppassc‘ guppy up bgpr 7 g, and. ‘ I
:e‘cashiqriordwidgtgpg the money, who,
V’ke a faithful officer, hcthoughthimseif as
to what kind of money he would pay-
whetherjhulr own usw'curruucyor gold. '
mm A ’ is , ' _ " “
Moro clam; cm were 6” 6' 7
The Hudson
th
unetll they became so connected with the,
New York Central that they amid com:
mlnd the hmvy‘fnlghtlug businm of first
line over their road. that demonstratingthe
materials. Tw dive or thirty cent: 3
day are cousidcffiy
Belgium
as a. good doy’s‘ages in
Agin' Lsn, the tam on the New York
and
ow Haven Railroad sre as low, on the
average, as they are on the New York Gen-
tnl, for the reason tint the New York Cen-
tral have no commutation, sad
two cents ,
through navel to the West
than two cents. by pint-sting by disunce.
A reduction of the
cents a mile, would strike It fivosixtllot
all the business ofothis compan , u the
freighting is, and most ever be ' ht, only
about one-fifth or one-sixth of the whole.
River Ran 'lnocd, even before
the war, when labor sud metals]: were low
and money was gold,,never paid a dollAr‘to
itsstockholdemwhileitsstofirmdown to
20 or 30. cents on the dollar ;. Ind, ‘
yin: dividends
their-full
,; Andou
xe'tnlore
mile on
mmrwo
never commenced pa
4:,
moreover,
my...
w , cu,y-¢...,.....a.. .
I.
=3 -,
5: ,7 > TIL ,. ,7 77.; L ,.
The Sentinel Prinfiui We "
yawummmé . ,
mum Wise:
'tion to cometo thermwill walkout) tofind
thutthey hove “towed, to the wind and
mpedthowhirlwind.” , . ' ‘
The hwscf ”.mdemmim-
mumble. Themmhuutwhosemfitem
est, will take the trade fromother
mundullows flier/W
on demons. if it has new; will
takethe trade from; 7 huh-r
nuance.me ,yflnit, , thaw
prenxintn,if thus capitalsuoughwflIt-kc
them from mineralogy-mien. ’
ssmeimmutsblcruhholfi good-him!
to railroads in Connecticut. 7Y0“ ’1
r
l
make’extren’ie low on the cur ,fi
and'New Hum and 3 New van
Hurtfmflrnllruflwflhout ‘ can!
towns off the lincof their ad
mmufactories. and facing, ' Murillo,
townspnithcline Bohr ufl , 4.
by compelling it to do the Mina without
aprofit. In the eurlyhist 'of Connecti-
cut, the'price of most ' ‘ wavegu-
In what,
ciun. Under the light of III
these rcstrlaions have hm wi any;
sndflnally the legnhtu' techno “on
in the year 1872.—m its audit be it “’9‘:
has abolished the restricdon upon intend,
thus obliterating the lust vestige of the dirk
ages and proclaiming to the wald'
hereafter the actual laws of dunno and
supply, of trade and commerce, 1nd of
competition, shall reguhte the rice: of
gveifihing in the good old State 0 Connec-
cu
Practically, Mr. President, it. would
better for the true interests of the Emit
this line of railroad were prohibibd from
i
8'
the general railroad low is in
railroads can be built anywhere. '-
moch of the stock of this road has bhen
purchased. for investment by m' M wk-
“88,111 good faith, at 3140 to 3150 pr has; .
so that the ten per cent dividend ml] yields
them between six and seven per cent.
have relied upon the good flith of the Sum
that their property would not be
unless they should commit some
able ofi'ense against the State and the people.
It IS a principle of law, that private pm
shall not be taken for public use withmt
just compensation. The pnnelp' lo k
binding in morals as in law, and m
nlate this General Assembly that out of the
half million inhabitants of this Sale,
3
'ustice and airy h
emanated from the! led In "
brain of the Representativs from East ‘
El
ford, and from the vindictive Indie: of the
editor of The Hour. The New York Ind
Sew Haven railroad has unfurled null!
casings upon the do u in Run.
has tenfolded the vm of 1)” y
doubled our populutiou: it has
wealth 'und prosperityto our
and it is now ding' in
creasing its faclfities, to dd dill
the general p ‘ .
able body, sent err: in
interests of the
ate the of
plunged its poisonous
its’l‘benelegislnm who
his tore ma
restrictions which will'ddloy the
this rgfid of hound)? ~
ence ,
erty. But if they do, it um
same argument by which thehi’km
the sparrow:
madman“.-
In con lusi It. Pt“ ‘
es c :3!!!“ h ‘u:
a penalty
Connecticut that the M”
EastHurtfordlhOIHll &
undtalentsinndlll
pursuit. Ifhewu'
icslandmfilflullfl,
and high-m
d ,
some m *
I
grand
or benevolence. If it
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Norwalk Chronicler