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“ ”THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1891. ,
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'r OFFICE, IN NOBWALK,
2
ENTERED AT THE Pos
As A NEWSPAPER.
THE W RATHER.
The weather (0-day promises to be
‘ymterally fair and warmer. To-mor-
row it promises to be fair, still warmer
and more sultry.
W
' Almanac for To—morrow.
High water Bridgeport 12:10.
High water Norwalk Islandsledd
Low water Normal/a Islands 6:55.
Sun rtscs 4:54. sun sets 7:03.
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SOUTH NORWALK.
i'lw (5.1,ZE1'TE is on sale at the news ofli c o
of Fred Coleman, J. H .Flynn, il’.1‘:.A.ther-
ton, and H. E. Bodweu. Orders for all
lei-ads of JOB PRINTING received at our
branch omco on Railroad Square.
Commodore “Bert” Woodward was
at Laurelton Grove yesterday.
Edward Quitner is expected home
from the old country to-morrow. '
James O. Jennings is painting the
city—police rooms a rich oak color.
The Resolutes and Wiltons will play
ball at the Baxter grounds, Saturday.
A car load of lumber for Chester F.
Tolles arrived from Albany, this morn-
ing.
‘ 'A little red-headed nigger” attract-
ed considerable attention on a recent
excursion from this city.
Will Craw proposes erecting a two-
story building on Wood street, the first
floor to be used as a store.
Mr. J. Donovan was so pleased with
the playing of the Norwalk City band,
yesterday, that he gave them a check
for $100.
The peach season in South N orwalk
has opened. The City of Albany
brought up 500 baskets of that fruit
last night.
Mr. J. Donovan went on the excur-
sion Of Catholic Union Council, yester-
day. The second time in his life he
ever went on an excursion.
A vagrant was before Justice iSmith,
this morning. It was the first time he
and the soldierly justice had met, and
the latter gave him a carte blanche for
30 days at the Bridgeport jail.
A bursted watermelon on Haviland
street this morning caused a certain
colored individual to cry. It was the
remnants ofa vegetable that a man tried
to take home with a load of beer.
Uncle Hiram’s band in theirbest pa-
rade clothes, made fine music on Rail-
road Square yesterday, the double eu-
phonium soloist showing himself a mas-
ter of the instrument which he played.
Editor Bailey, of the Danbury News,
is at Bell Island for the month, and is
writing “mince-pie” items from that
point for his paper. He is one of the
few men who never eat fish without a
thought as to where they slept the night
before. _
Those who went on the Second Ad-
vent picnic to Cold Spring harbor, on
the Nina Rowland, yesterday, and
there were 115 of them, report having
had a gloriously good time, even though
it was an advent of sea-sickness with
some of them.
Robert Bones lay on a hammock in
the station house yesterday afternoon,
and ’twas thought he would die. Dr.
Baker was summonedand did much to
relieve the poor fellow’s sufferings.
This morning “Bobby” was around as
bright as a new dollar.
The Danbury Elks and a large num.
ber of their lady friends, are on an ex-
cursion to-day. They came by train
from Danbury to Wilson Point, where
they boarded a steamer with the ex-
pectation of having a happy time, and
they will if happy countenances go for
anything.
Twenty-five or more of the gentlemen
friends of Jesse Tolles called on him,
at his home, on Chapel street, last eve-
ning. It was an elite party and Mr.
Tolles proved himself to be the person-
ification of entertainers. The cuisine
could not have been excelled. All
made merry to strain of music from our
leading vocal and instrumental artists
Contractor Bach expects to complete
his sewer contract at the lower end of
South Main street to-day. The found-
ation for the new Hubbell hat factory
he expects to have ready for the brick-
layers as soon as Monday. Messrs.
Hoyt & Beers (all Masons with a big M)
will thenlcommence their ascent,brick-
by-brick,toward the skies.
Some there are who occasionally take
exceptions to items published in this
column. If not true, the writer is al-
ways only too happy to make full cor-
rection. The lot of a newspaper re-
porter is strewn with thorns, yethe her?
here no enmity towards anyone. He is
human and just as liable to make a mis-
take as the man who does not have the
GAZETTE every day. Facts are stub-
born “things.”
The exCursion of Catholic Union
Council, yesterday was agrand success, ;
It included a sail from Wilson Point to
Bridgeport,thence to Laurelton Grove,
where 'two hours, were happily spent,
and then the return home. Not an ac-
~cident or anything else to mar the
pleasure of the occasion...
arrived home about 6 o’clock, well
pleased with their day’s outing and sat-
isfied in'every particular with the man;
nor in which the affair had been man-
aged.
The party
eLD TIM AND HIS SWANS.
' POINTS; REGARDING THE. WATER
jFOWI. 'IN CENTRAL PARK,
Though Beautiful Creatures, Swans Have
Some Queer and Interesting Pecullnri-
ties—Mates! Are . Always Faithful to
Each Other—Bow They Live.
Toward 8 o’clock one afternoon a. scene
of serene domestic-bliss was to be observed
from the high bridge which leads out of
Central park “at Eighth avenue and Seven?
ty-scventh street. . There was astruggling
~and faintiheurted sunshine. In thoihollow
just below the bridge isaspond,'flrc some:
quarters of the swans, the snow gem and
the white ducks. Some of the swans floatr
ed in pairs on the water, now and then div-
ing their long necks so far benmth the sur-
face that their tails pointed to the zenith
and their webbed feet floated like the
leaves of water lilies. Ythn they were not
diving they drifted beautifully about, look-
ing like bits of summer cloud dropped to
the pond from the sky. They were evident-
ly well contented.wfth their lot, and each
pair seemed as loving as a’couple on their
honeymoon tour.
The geese and ducks seemed amiable
enough also. Others of the swans stepped
about upon the ice and gave no sign of
being troubled with cold feet. They - all
made strange guttural sounds, except one
swan. He stood alone, observing first the
swans on land and then those in the water.
After each inspection there was a drearier
' droop to his plumage, and at last he gave
vent to his feelings in along rattling note
like the noise of a wheezy trumpet in no
skillful hands. This lonely' swan wasthe
American trumpeter. the-only representa—
tive of his kind among the numerous Afri-
can and European swans.
BEAUTIFUL CREATURES.
Presently one of the ducks gave a shrill
crook that was taken up 'on all sides.
Those swans and geese that were on land
took to the water in a hasty and undigni—
fled way, and then all began a grand water
tour of the pond, sailing slowly or rapidly
In the leading duck slackened or quicken-
ed his movements.
After a while an old man came slowly
down the path toward the pond, and finally
leaned against .a little bridge overlooking
it. He carried a thick thorn stick. He
wore an old cap, an old overcoat and an
old fashioned comforter. This was old
Tim, who has taken care of the swans and
-water fowl generallyvfor thirty years. Al-
though none of them has ever shown the
least sign of affection fer him, he is very
fond of them, and has come to know and
admire them thoroughly.
One thing has always grieved him great-
ly. He has never been able to tell one
swan from another, orto be positive which
are the males and which the females.
When he sees a pair together constantly
he knows that one is a male and one a fe
male, but which is which he mnnot tell to
a certainty. Any one but a man of thirty
years’ experience would decline even to
speculate about the question, for one swan
isexnctly like another. except in trifling
details of plumage, which alter constantly. .
Until a. swan is a year old you can tell
that he or she is younger than the others,
but after the full. plumage come: there is
no difference. When the swans first came
the superintendent saw that there would
be this difficulty, so after much thinking
he hit upon a cunning scheme. He painted
a number on each at the joint of the wing.
SWAN LIFE.
But the swan is a clean bird, and has a
strong admiration for his uniform white—
ness. So they never stopped picking at the
painted feathers until the last one had dis-
appeared. After that the superintendent
gave 'up. '
But old Tim by careful watching has de-
termined one point which makes him very
proud of his charges. He says that the
male swan in the spring, at the end ’of his
first year, takes unto himself a wife, and
remains true to her and she remains'true
to him until death does them part. There
are never two wives. The females are not
‘at all flirtatious, and accept no caresses
from other swans. Each domestic estab-
lishment keeps to itself. '
In thirty years 'old'Tim has observed but
one instance of unfaithfulness. There was
one female swan who lived with her hus—
band at the far corner of the lake. Away
down-at the other end lived a. male who
had been so unfortunate as to find all the
females married when he came to maturi-
ty, so he set up housekeeping for himself.
Once in awhile he used to float up the lake
and inspect from a distance the domestic
happiness of the others. 4 He always re-
turned with a sad air. He flirted with scvf
eral of the females, but was whipped both
by them and by their husbands.
At last this female who lived at the other
end of the lake took pity on him and stole
dovtn to see him one day when her hus-
band was on a foraging expedition, As
she had to sail by all the other swans to
get to this bachelor’s abiding place she
soon became a scandal to the community.
Her husband caught her and punished her
and the bachelor. ~ Then. he got sick chart
it and died. The bachelor came and con-
soled the widow, andas no one could tell
him from the dead husband be quite natu-
rally dropped into his place, This was five
or six years ago. but on Tim as: talk-8
about it indignantly. .
SWANS SOMETIMES FIGHT.
In the winter time the swans liVe hap-
pily enough together, and never fight or-
quarrel'. But in the Spring their troubles
begin and last until winter comes again.
When a pair of youngswans set up house-
keeping they choose' a certain spot on'thc
shore of the lake for their nest. This spot
remains theirs for the rest of their lives.‘
They return to it each spring. W'ith the
land location goes a certain amount of
water surface in the neighborhood, and
that is the cause of the trouble. They seem
to be pretty well agreed among themselves
as to how much of the lake surface belongs
to each pair. ' I . '
But sometimes a swap. in search of a bit'
of choiccr mirror for his plumage than his
own pleasure ground affords, or of some
bit of food in his neighbors’ territOry, will
get out of his limits. Thcnzthe row begins.
The injured pair leap upon him, and, seiz-
ing him by the neck, beat him with their
wings. He is not idle, and his mate comes ‘
to the rescue. They fight all over the lake,
this drawing each of the other birds into
the disturbance. The feathers fly, and the
lake is ru’fli‘ed and the air resounds, . 1'
Every blow tells, for, a swan canstrikj'e a
blow with his Wing that will break ustout l
ash car in two, as old Tim can testify. He
has a scar on the back of his hand which
has reminded him for twenty years of the
day he went too near. a swan’s nest when
there were young ones in it. The male i
estruckhim‘with the ,cd'go of his Wing and
"laidhis-h'and open almost to the bone..
At present there are .three unmated
swans, and Tim thinks they are allmales.
Two are Africans, and they go together.
ThaAmcrican trumpeter swims and'walks
Malina clean-New YorkSun.
than an unfinished story. A number of
people in a London drawing roam were
conversing about capital punishment when
a lad y remarked:
“How strange it must seem to be sen-
tenced to death!" .
"Not-“so very, very strange, I assure you.
I was myself once condemned todeath in
Africa,” said a returned African explorer.
"Indeed!” exclaimed the lady. “And
were you—did they”-—— ‘
“Did they what, madumf'f
“Why, did they execute you, you know”.
—Yonth’s Companion. - ,. :
The velocity of sound in air at low tem:
peratures has recently been measured by
determining the interval bettveen the flush
.of a gun 12.8 meters distant and the re—-
pOI-t. For temperatures 10.9 deg, 25.?
dogs” 87.8 dogs. and 45.6 dogs. below zero
(centigrade) the velocities were 326.1, 317.1.
309.7 and 305.6 meters per second. From
this it appears the velocity of sound dimin:
ishes 0.002 meter persecond for each degree.
(screws: .1129 sf immature .._ -
Typhoid is‘still one of the most common
fevers, but it is known taboo filth discus,
and has already been limited in its range.
Fuller and more intelligent attention to:
hygienic conditions, private and public,
my yet drive it claims complctclra‘fid
Winds. _ . ' ,
SHOE NE W'S.
. BRIDGEPoRT. Conn., August 5, 1891.
The weather to-day: Cloudy.
. - Near Tear Down Time. .
Tearing down the inside
walls must start not later than
three weeks; probably before;
thatmeans shut up shop for
sevengdays. , Now 'I intend to
crowd two weeks’ business,
into one, even if I am. on the
loss side of the fence. The
price tumble, tale means 10;
per cent. or more Off on shelf
goods andhalt price on several
hundred pairs will be-thrown
on the table. . I A
_ 4 JOHN G. HOWLAND.
405 Main Street
, FOUND
ENOUND on the NewtOIiin—tuiinpike. a bag of
potatoes and a horse blanket. The owner
can have the same by calling at this oflice and
paying for this advertisement. 3t159
'TO REJVT.
OR RENT.—A Portable House for camp-
F ing out will be rented for t 0 week
or month. Apply to F. E. Looxwoon. tf29
FOR RENT—Four rooms on Mervin street.
Enquire No. 12 Merwm street . 2w152
FOR SALE.
OR SALE—A Ra‘s... Enquire 93 has:
AVENUE. 11715813
0R SALE CHEAP.—-A Cottage of five
rooms, No. 5 H111 street, borough. cod
well of water, well-bmlt barn and splendid
garden. Lot 50x2_25 feet. Apply to WILLIAM
LAWLOR, on premises. 1w157
OR SALE—Two Refrigerators in good
condition. Apply at CITY HOTEL, South
Norwalk. tf154
OR SALE—Three Coaches. 1 Wagonette,
1 Surry, 1 Side-Bar Tg‘Buggy.
tf145 Eo. . Gnauonr.
A PRETTY Cottage of seven rooms, near the
Brid e. Price $2,500. E $500 down.
Apply to CE, WILSON. Real state Agent
GAZETTE Buildinz
OR SALE—A number of large Counter
Drawers, that were In use at the Ambler
store will be sold at a bargain._ Apply at
TRISTRAM (it HYATT’S. GAZETTE Building. tfls
WANTED.
N Elderly Woman. from the country pre-
ferred, to do plain cookln and light
housework for a farm y of threes. nits. Re er-
ences required. Enquire at the ethos. 1w159p
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*— -0 N—Ot
Flea. and Mange.
Non-POISONOUS.
, ASure and Quick Remedy for
Fleas on.Do s and Cats, and all
Men, Anlma s and Birds. . . ,
For POISON FROM IVYIOR MERCURY
and most diseases of the Skin and Scalp. For‘
Eczema,Pnckly Heat, etc..'1t is a safe and
sure cure. .For sale by druggists.
25 CENTS. Manufactured by
J. E. LARMER, Norwalk, Conn.
WWrite for circular. ' ‘ 3m117
ostr‘éyins
ermm. on
smug, Stockyl’lantsAOCé ‘ "
' per, hundred ‘
; Transplanted (Plants. 75¢.
. *«wwmmw—vF—W
Tested Seeds.
4:396
PRICE .
Celery , » " PlHIIIS.
Hanford’s' _ Floral H Hall. '
6 Main Street, Nomalk, ,
Baker and COnfectioner.
Manufacturer M Ito cream, '
' WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
WPicnics and parties supplied on short
notice. -
Leave lyour orders for Sundays at 6 MAIN
STBEE .NORWALK. ‘ 1W5
Fourth of July has Come and gone but my
stock 0
GROGEBIES
Has not. The public will do well to give me a
call. I think I can suit you. . If you have
not secured your '
FRUIT JARS
You had better do so before theyare all gone.
You will need them in a short time for the
crop of peaches. Don’t forget the place,
7 WATER STREET, NORWALK.
Only a few steps from Wall street.
IIIIVIs KEII000,
PIN:
Leather and Findings.
Everything In the Shoe Lina!
PRICES THE LOWEST:
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY !
3.7.3I Main Street, Norwalk.
OUR NEW BABY «
HAS BROUGHT US A FULL INVOICE OF
GROCERIES,
Teas. Coffees. Crackers.
Olives, &c.,
m WE WILL SELL THEM AT
ROCK BOTTOM PRICES.
Nickersln H. Belts.
Misses! St, J01101
SUMMER
MILLINE RY.
We are ofi‘erin our entire stock of millinery
at a GREAT R .DUCTION. Our prices are
beyond competltion. ~
——-A Full Line of—
M ourning -:- Goods
Constantly on hand.
- HAIR Goons, A SPECIALTY.
COMBINGS MADE UP.
0 o n s E u? s .
Agency for M ethadame' Griswold Corset
We also keep the Warner Corset—C. B. A., La
Sprite. MaJestIc and others.= '
COME EARLY To SECURE THE
BEST BARGAINS,
N0 TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS.
Missns ST. JOHN
33 MAIN STREET, NU‘RWALK.
Charles P. . Keeler’s,
Boots and Shoes,
A CONE—i000 ~
Building Bank.
,, _' ORGANIZED UNDER THE Laws or THE STATE _
ALL KINDS OF CANDIES FRESH EVERY DAY._ ' '
or NEW YORK. ,
00000230. Capital, $100,000,000
The Most Successful National
Building and Loan Assotiation.
The one that [has the Wealthiest and
Most Influential Board of Directors.
Desires 00 E00100 0F00 Gal-1000
TO ASSIST IN ..
Establishing Branches in
the Eastern States.
For particulars address. stating experience.
The to-Operative Building Bank,
World. Building, New York.
HON. JAMES W. HYATT, - Presiden..
Late Treasurer of the United States.
TIMOTHY L. WOODRUFF. Vice-President.
MINOT C. KELLOGG. 2d Vice-President.
HON. JOHN H. LEE. 3d Vice-President.
CHARLES L. HEINS, - - Treasurer.
HENRY CAREY. - - - - Secretary.
FRANK W. FARNHAM, Asst. Secretary.
TRACY, MCFARLAND. IvINs, BOABDMAN 6r. PLATT,
Attorneys and Counsellors.
DEPOSITOBI ,
MERCHANTS’ EXCHANGE NATIONAL
BANK. NEW YORK.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
HON. JAMES W. HYATT. Norwalk Conn.,
Presrdent Fairfield _County National Bank,
late Trees. of the United States.
HON. JOHN H. LEE, ex-Mayor of Norwalk,
Con .
061.. HENRY CAREY, Civil En ineer N. 1.
JOHN D. KIMMEY, Director oéThe Farm.-
ers’Fced Co., New York City, C airman F1.
Biggie Comifiee
BERT .BOARDMAN, of Tracy. McFars
lgnfifl. Ivius. Boardman (it Platt. Attorneys.
HON. E. P. DOYLE. Secretary of the Fish"
Commisswn, N. Y.
WM. T. DENYSE, of Wm. DeNyse db Sons,
Pres1dent Excelsior Steam Power 00. N. Y.
JAMES s, C AY ON,of Thurber, Whyland.
8t 00.. Credit Dept, Wholesale Grocers. N. Y
MINOT C. KE LOGG. of Patterson Bros.,
Hardware. 27 Park Row, . .
CHARLES L. HEINS. Secretary and Treas-
urer of Excelsror Steam 1’ower.Co., . . ~
. IUS _H. BIGLOW. of BIglow A; Main,
Music Publishers. N Y.
GEORGE I. BUhTON, of Buxton, Heine d5
Co. Oils &.c., New York.
TIMOTHY L. WOODRUFF. President of
the MaltIne Manufacturlngz Co., New York.
HQN. P. C. LOUNSBUR .Ex-Gov. of Conn..
Presxdent Merchants‘ Exchange National
Bank. New York. _
WILLIS MCDONALD, of Wilhs McDonald
81. Co.. Printers. 39-43 Gold Street, New York.
LEONARD .
N. Y., Director Kings
tor Brooklyn Real Estate Exchange.
E S. RUSH, Brooklyn Contractor.
' , . YLE, Bridgeport, Conn.,
W%cl>eIesa e Grocer ' ’ ‘ ' “““
P RUDD,A1bany N. Y.. of Harris a
Rudd. Attorneys at Law, and Director Albany
1” .
County Savings Bank
t
MOODY Real Estate, Brooklyn, 1
County Trust 00., Direc- f
$13 ‘YUU
Edward L Street
SUMMER * -:- FABRICS
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. '
WILL MAKE A MISTAKE IF YOU- DO NOT CALL
AND EXAMINE THIS STOCK. ‘
—-Don't forget that we‘can show you the Best Line of—
LADIES’ SHIRT WAISTS
1N NORWALK; \
Edward V Street,
No. 5 Gazette BuiIdIng,NorwaIk5
(mm It:
will.
AbWe, Gunman--
and first-class workmanship at a third-class price.
FOR THE BALANCE OF THE SEASON WE WILL SELL OUR
BlaZers, BeSt Quality, at $1.50.
omStock
9-,-
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I
HAT is just where our Suits are—
above criticism. We can speak
of them with all the greater con-
fidence, because every one of them has
had our personal inspection. Compar-
isons are said to be odious, and odious
enough as a rule they are, but these
suits have such a madeetomrder appear.
ance that they will show ofl’to advan-
tage, no matter what you- compare
them with. You must be hard to
please if they do not command your
instantaneous approval, for the more
fastidious you are, the more readily
you will appreciate their excelleuoies.
It is simply a case of first-class material
Comstock Bros,
3 Masonic Building, 14 SO. Main Street,
NORWALK.
$0. NORWALK.
The New Dry GoOds Store.
TR TRAM
2' GAZETTE nurnnme.
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In order to make room for our new Fall Stock we will commenCe on Saturday, August lst, a
0ia|80|30f all Summer [300 s! .
Every department will be represented, and goods will be MARKED AT PRICES THAT WILL
INSURE THEIR SALE. - '
BLACK SILK GRENADINES; :
COLORED DRESS GOODS,
WOOL GHALLIIES . .
. ~ LADIES’ OUTING SUITS
BLAZERS
I
IN FLANNEL
x- _;
. SA
SHIR
T WAISTS.
wee-n n are S =- Go o n S =————-——~
~- I V REACT; SILK LACE NnTs, ' '
PLA 1) AND STRIPE DRESS Goons.
PAR ,‘SOLS AND SUN UMBRELLAS.
TEEN. GINGHAM AND CREPE CLOTH...
HOSiery -- and. - Underwear.
MEN’S FANCY FLANNEL SHIRTS,
LADIES’ LISLE THREAD HOSE,
“ FANCY STRIPE COTTON HOSE,
" GAUZE VESTS,
“ JERSEY VESTS,
BOYS’ SHIRT'WAISTS
“ FANCY COTTON HALF HOSE,
“ BALBRIGGAN UNDERWEAR,
“ GAUZE UNDERWEAR,
BOYS’ FANCY FLANNEL SHIRTS,
LADIES’ SILK. AND FABRIC GLOVES -' AND MITTs
‘WASP-T . Goons.
COTCH ,GINGHAMS
@These goods are» all fresh :and ne
. ‘ 'r ' ‘ ’ ' or former selling price.
, . .. ,DOMESTIC GINGHAMS.
PERSIAN CREPE CLOTH, ’ ,1 ' z ‘
TRISTRAMa » H ATT.
PINE APPLE TISSUE, ,; ~
OUTING FLANNEL. , '
w and, we propose to sell them without regard to their cost
No. 2 Gazette Building. Norwalk,“
Norwalk Chronicler