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_ Daily Norwalk Gazette;-
TUESD.j—\_,Y DELEM BER. ‘23. ISQO.
Railroads. .
‘I J A. Bostwick's Grip on the Shepauu._
. Litchfleld & Northern
J. A.“ Best-Wick and othersfhaving ob-
tained Control of $60. 000 worth of stock of
the Shepang. l itcbiield and Northern road, V
Saturday petitioned ludge Robinson, ofthe
" Superior court. in New Haven, for the
appointment of a rccen e1
It was stated in court that George A
Chapman. the president of the road, had
transformed it into a construed: 211' Company,
and also that the road had not been run on
business pri1 ciples.
At a meeting held December 17 of the
old beard of directors it. was voted to oust
Senator Edwin McNeil from his position as ‘
director, and Attorney Valentine, of blew
Ynlk was appointed to succeed him. Dr.-
Buel, audito . was removed, and W. D.
Brown of i\ew York,'1 a 'irie: d of President‘
Chapman, appointed in his place. The
matter was further aiied to day in the
superio1 court in l ridgeport.
w—‘Op—m
“Parallel” Come Again
Boston people are at it again, talking of
I the need of more rifilmad facilities, and ‘
1 _ :3“?
I 'I The Boston Executive. Business AssociaJonV
- 11.11 11111111110111 ,of this “urgent need of bet-
ter 'i'ailro'ad facilities between Barton and ‘
21:11.11” 11- 1v road, to New York city.
New York.” and the Gmb.-- neWspape' has
its say as fvllows:—-"A reel air linc’ be-
twwn Hoston and New York would pass
between the Providence and {\ew York &
New England roads, opening Vup for resi-
dence a suburban territory that is now
comparatiVely inaccessible in i'rookline,
West R -xbury. Roslindalc and Needham,
crossing the New ankt‘b' .\eIIw England at
Dover. touching the eastern not of 'Sher-
born and liolliston and the western part of
Millis and \ edway, through IHopi-rdale and
Mondon, through the center of Uxbiidge
and crossing the Providence & ~- orcester
there; through Douglas, and cutting -. ll the
northwest come: of II hode island. From
this point it Wilhid nearly parallel the .
\Villiniantic to \liddletown, onn , and the
New HaVen and .lliddletown to .\e\v Haven.
Thence it Would fol ow the shore 10 1‘11 1v
York Such a line of railroad would bring
New York 11 iiillll considerably less than
2‘40 miles of lloston. -lt would have no.
very diflicult'country to cross, and the land
damages would be l1gl1t. it 11 ould have to
depend mziin y 011 through business at first.
but of that it Would l1. 11e almost a monopo-
ly lts subt rban business 11ould soon be-
come i1.port.1nt.” I
\\ e . 11 m t lock to see Santa Claus stuff
our stocking with an air line” this week.
«no» __
Faster Time Betwaen New York and
Boston
The ll oston (lcnmntl for more rapid transit '
between that city and Nev. York has led to
this statement in the Boston Herald:
It is underst ad that in the s 1ri:g.1il1en -
the New Y,ort< ew Haven «65 liar lord
R 1ilr'o.1d c 111panv liiisioinpleted 1l11 err-.mr
part of its track i1nprove11ients, thr Speed ol
the railway vraius between New York and
Boston will be so increased as to cpeiinit the
time (11 railroad travel between 81.311111 and
New York to be reduced lay the fastest
trains to live hours anal a half The state-
ment is also made that the board of di-
rectors of the Boston 85 Alzauy railroad
have vmed to use a considerable part of
the money to be obtained by the sale of
new stock to the'straignteuing and relaviug
of certain Sectionsot their track, and 111211
in consequence of these changes a snvmg in
the'distauc: will be inadeof not less in the
aggregate than eleVen miles.
‘ 1\ot only
W1) there e ibis gain in d1s ance, but by
{filing away with quiii a number of bends
in the road it will be tasy .1onaintaina
veiy much highs: 111e of speed than is now
poi-stble. 11i1l1 11o gleattr wear uprnihe
linens and rolling stcok, and With even less
iiii-ot-ienience to those travelling on the
trains.
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-—'R1Ceivcd1li11-.('1 l1oV1n Floiida, 01 3119,13
and all 1 tliel FIlVIl‘ltil f11111R_1131.1111111’s.
I I. Christmas Stockings.
It is better to- hav 9 your stocking filled
than to haxe to 2‘ ll one. ~Jtidge.
Fat girls fill stockings the best-Water
loo Observer
DOnit expect to find a brown stone from
in your stocking.- 41211111111111.1112 Call.
Chiistmas e1 olutiou - from stock to
stocking. —-Good1 lll’ s Sun.
'1 good motto for Christmas stocking
fillers—Sock ct tuum. V—Pittsburg Chron-
icle.
What most people will find in their
Christmas stockings — VCorns. - Lowell
Courier
The children are already hunting up the
biggest stockings that are to be found. —
0 ton Post.
. t is more pleasure to fill a stocking than
Vto hang one up.—llartford Past.
She Remembered Him.
“Hello, Maggie. how’rc you."'said :1. Polk.
berryvillc beau easily and grace'fdlly‘m one
of the belles of the town; “Can’t lcome
’round and see you to singin’ school Friday
night?”
“No. you can’t, Bob Plumen.” was the
freezing reply “I’m up to your tricks
sir. You can be mighty friendly when it’s
coming Christmas time. can, ’t you? Oh,
I know you! Mebbe you think I’ ll knit
you three more pairs of wristlets, and a red
and green and yeller and blue scarf nine
feet long. and then have you give me both
Witt} c
last 3111-5111.; ‘remémbercd’. 'you; and you
I . [don’t 362.1110 more scarfs nor Wristlets nor
. nothing from me. ”—Plnladelphia Pwss. '
..Took Weeks to Work Them. . ’
_ Devoted IWife—Have you any embroid-
cred Christmas slip ppcr's?
Dealer—Plenty of them, YoVu wish hand
I. lurked. I presume?
"Yes; I' want a pill: 6111115111111 look as if it
{Mk Eu summer to do them. 17 .: . V
” "Yes. mm, wire. hé‘ve that 1.1.1.1511.»
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or liini.’_'
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3" .
Chit-8b bun a 19w dollars 1:11st Vhll
limpin- of, hasn't-whence. ,
"a, little old ten-cent candy heart '-
"nibér, me" on to it. like you did ‘
make amen almost. weep when he thinks - I II'
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DRES GOODS
36-inch Wool Stripes, 4 (2571:".
25 pieces Colored Faille Francaise, "89c
Wé are eliowing some~ wonderful
good values in Serges, llenriettas and
Camels" Hair' suitings, in 'our 501;,
600. and 75c. qualities.
Right in the height of the busy sea son are made
the folldwingchanges of price in
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$15, .1115 and 1112.50 Suits, now $3
50 combinations containing ten yards Cash-
mere. 11 10 yds. Fancy Silk. for $3 49.
. $35 3.... 1111111 225 00.
25, 31' 1.5011
22- “ 1401.1,"
20~ “ 'f‘ "1250.
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jobbers at legs than 422 cents, and
never 1eta111-d for less than 50 cents
"They. are Ifully 44 inches Wide in
plain colon. both light 1nd dark shades, .
and at the low price of
25 cents per yard.
This we guarantee as a bona- fide pur-
chase of 11' lot of I Tees Goods that
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FIVE HUNDRED PAIRS
LACE CURTAINS.
In lots of three and six pairs.
Bought at a great sacrifice to the manufacturer,
and will be sold at an equal sacrifice. The
assortment, includes Nottinghams, I
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Silver; Brass "ind Leather, '
Are now on Exhibition.
THE D M HEAD CO.
. Irish Points and Tamlwurs.
CLOAK AND
50Tai10r made Jackets, 32 .50, Were 38.
$110.
Fine Cloth Wr raps, trimmed with braid, $12,
Seal Plush Sacques‘, $15 W1. ,rc $02
100 N ewmarkcts at $5, were
We1e $18
Seal Plush Wraps, $22, were 30. 00.
\Izsses’ N cwmarkets, in variety of styles, S5. 00, S6 00, up to $90 06 II ' ~ I VV
Astracban Capes, S400, 5 00 and 6. 50
Black Coney Capes, S6 00.
precnitcd than a; good garment I I ' I -
s: mqustand’s memure. ‘ {I K I I
HOLIDAY-GOODS.
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, 75 \Iisses’ Jackets $2,111,111; $6
. Tailor made CheviOt Jackets, 37,- Were $10
I CARPET DEPARTMENT.
Some few medium lengths in Body
_ Brussels, 7-3c. per yard.
IIl.arge assortment of ii ,ody Brussels, $1
per '1. ard.
Made-pp Carpets, all sizes, very cheap.
The 11331 rlment of Foreign and Domes-
tic Pings fat the Holidays is V1 ry
large. ' -
»I-,V, VIBthlIIlqu
4210 Height of 111'. «11511:.
Sou-c I'qud IIIIII Celebrated
Amid Blooming, .Wfld Flowers-4A Scl- ‘
I oma' Religious Holiday. ‘
I nsecratcd, by all Chris-
In, Comes
Asthe, Season _
.. Itlsn peoples. of whatever race or, clinic,
I draws near, 110w“ new of us realize how dif- -
forently it is observer according as the pc-- “
I'itlon of the obmrvcr- on this globe of ours, '
ltself so small 11111111111, 1.11111. immensity '
' of the universet. . .
‘ I. Europe welcome it with, good cheer and so?
The northern nations of. _
cial gatherings; the dwellers on English
.1611 with yule log and mistletoe. our own»
people with wreaths of evergreen and
holly, and among all these there lingers the '
fragrance of the ancient traditions of good
old St.- Nicholas. the chum-1111211 friend. with
I ' team of reindeer and burden of toys, which
the legends tell were meant for distribu-
tion among the good little. children. , ..
But this ista'lk’ too serious 11111311111111.1111.
tide. How do our. neighbors of warmer
clinics keep the festival? F01- them Santa.
g-Claus and his outfit 'would be a mystery
too deep to be penetrated. The only snow ..
they have ever seen lies miles array on the _
slopes of their volcanoes.- They have never.
heard the merry jingle of the sleigh bell or -.
‘thc'kcen ring of the. skate on a frosty
rimming, while asnow, storm would aston-
ish them as much as we should be amazed _
by the importation of one of their earth-
quakes. , .
Let us take a peep at Peru, our lovely .I
southern sister. Blessed with a climate
almost perfect, where the heliotrope grows
wild on the hillside and flowers bloom- all
the year round, there is no more gentle,
kindly. hospitable people On earth. 1.1111"...
the capital. is renowned for the beauty aha
grace of its ladies. and the children, are like
animated Christmas cards. There is no
Jealousy of the foreigner. He is welcomed.
" entertained and treated kindly and fairly
by the government find the people. Life
in Peru isof a quieter. gentler character
than as we know it in the hurry and rush
‘of our business eagerness. and one who
haslived among them and learned to ap-
preciate their lovable Qualities will often
send back a grateful glance of retrospec-
tion, .
As trav‘lem oft look back at eve. when eastward
‘ darkly going. -
I V To gaze upon the light they leave still faint behind
them glowing .
Among the Anglo- Saxon dwellers in
Peru Santa Claus is not forgotten, and
the approach of Christmas is looked for-
ward to with eager expectation in many 11'
childish heart. The fabled shoe of the an-
cient dame with her numerous progeny.
11111 glass slipper of Cinderella, and the
' trials and triumphs of the Sleeping Beauty.
are as familiar to them as to ourown little .
"Iona. Perhaps some who may read these
lines may remember edozen years ago to
. have seen the parlors of one of the leading
foreign families in Lima tilled with a. de-
" lighted audience to witness the debut of
the daughter cf the houseas Cinderella,
the beautiful child bearing herself with as
perfect self possession as the bride of the
prince as she afterward shovred when, at
the drawing room of her majesty. in 1011-
don. sliIc bowed before the queen, herself
the fairest among them all. ,
But Peru lies a few degrees south of the
'cquator, and while the American boy is
burnishinv his skates 'or putting his sled
in order. his Peruvian brother is hastening
tothe seashore. and the summer bathing
season. is at its height. Christmas gifts
are not so- plentifuyl the shops not so
5 crowded with puzzled customers. nor their
windows so till ed with dazzling novelties-r
as with us; but a beautiful custom obtains
there. as throng-bout all South American
countries. As the season rolls on space
- ' and the sacred anniversary draws nigh,
one of the largest rooms is set apart, and u _
stage improvised, on which is built up, in
varying degrees of detail, actiordin'g to the
ability of the family, a representation of
the scene at Bethlehem, with all its sur-
roundings faithfully shown". In the disn
tunce are the shepherds watching their
flocks—the wise men of the east in royal
robes, bringing gifts from afar. and in the
foreground the humble manger, with the
2 holy family grouped around the cradle.
while the star of Bethlehem shines brightly
in the sky above Gold, silver and jewels
. are lavished an the decoration of the scene,
days are devoted to perfecting its smallest
detail. and on Christmas eve. and for days
thereafter. friends and visitors are cd<
mitted to gaze and admire.
At- tbe Christmas season in Lima—com-
, ing as it does at midsummer-the skies are
childless 111111 the air is tempered by the
breeze from the Pacific, which rolls pluc-
. idly along the shores" of Peru. As the
brief twilight of- tbe tropics fades. tho
" : jeweled cross'of the-southern hemisphere
' , rises in the sky. the avenues of .the plaza
_ begin to fill, bright eyes flash brief glances '
I - V of recognition, friends exchange pleasant
Seal Plush Jackets $l5 were $25
IWe have made these prices solely to attract trade to our Cloak Department during ~
the holiday week, for we know of no more scrv1ceablc gift and one that will be more ap-
- am. " said 11 Hartford little girl.
greetingsas they meet. the Well trained
.I bands- or the garrison play softly in the
' summer air. until at 11111 the, sweet voiced
bell of the cathedral tolls the “Animus.”
There' is ,a momentary hush, u Whispered
prayer for the souls of loved ones gone be-
fore. the crowd begins to melt silently. _.
' away, and as the moon rises soft and fall
over the distant. peaks of the Andes we
turn from the scene. bearing With use
- pleasant memory of a Christmas Vin Peru;
~Ex-Mayor Gracc' in Troy Times
Took After n.5- Father.
“Yes. 1 am saying up for Christmas, I
“I’ve got
fourteen cents new. and I’m goingto bn'y
papa something. ' inamnia something.
II minty something. and everybody I know
something. ” ': -
' “I’m afraid. my dear. your purse will
I i hardly hold out. "
Fiench Beaver Capes, S15. 00
“That’s just what papa. said about your
I purse! yesterday. "
We are all about in the same boat 111111113
VthVeseV days-Selected.
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~ Little Johnny—.7213. does Sarita. Claus ,
keep chimneys for sale2 *
lids—Perhaps he does. Ibo you Want to
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“Why not yet?" I'
"Tense his, price is too high. I’ll' welt
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