sorry." or ALBANY”
South NorWalk and New Y.ork
FARE-«Single 40 Cents; WExcursiOn, 70 Cents.
LEAVES SOUTH NORWALK DAILY AT” a 30 A. M.
Leave Beekman street, 2: 35 p. m.: Saturdays, 2 p. m. Leave East 313*. street, 3 p. 111-: Satur-
days, 2. 20 p. m. Connecting with trains for Danbury on Saturday s only.
. ‘
THE PBOPELLER, “CITY OF NORWALK," leaves New York Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays, at5 leave Norwalk Tuesday's.'1hursdays and r~11.turdays, at 53 911. m
FREIGHT RECEIVED DAILY.
lOO- TONS VERY- CHOICE
Timothy Hay, Clover
.Timothy and Red Top Seed.
- BEST QUALITY.
ALL KINDS GARDEN SEEDS
HOLMES, 'KEELER & SELLECK COMPANY.
. WHOLESALE GROCERS,
9 and. 11 Wall Street.
Madman/473113 OFFER/W05,
WI‘DSUWWbR PRODUCTIONS.
We will sell all our Hot-Weather Goods at prices that will be of interest and
benefit to the purchaser.
ETON DUCK SUITS, ETON SERGE SUITS, CHILDREN’S LATVN
SUITS, LADIES’ WHITE TVRAI’PERS, PARASOLS AND
UN UMBRELLAS ARE BEING CLOSE
OUT AT CUT PRICES.
Lcfl‘DIES SHIR T WAIS TS.
IVHITE CAIIBRIC AlVD LAWN, FIGURED PERCALE AND SAT-
EEN SILK WAISTS, FANCYAJVD BLACK, ALL STYLES
AND PRICES, FROM $506 TO $6. 00 0.
Largest assortment in the city of Wash Dress Goods. Cambrics, Bedford
Cords, Tontine Crepes, Challies. Outin Flannels. Princess Cloths. Zeghyr ~
Ginghams. Dotted Swiss Mulls, Lawns,’ issues, India TWills, Pongees,C ev-
iots, French Madras, Lace J aconets Sateens, Crepons, French Ginghams, etc
_Take advantage of our reduction in prices and make your purchases at once
-FREE DELIVERY DAILY. All goods purchased by customers resid-
ing in Norwalk and South Norwalk, delivered at their door free of expense.
' THE D M. ‘REA‘D COMPAWY
E21 2
WWWW
F1rst Annual Regatta
OF THE
[TOWN POINT IMPHUVEMENT 00.
TO HELD AT
”lluluu Puinl, Bonn, Wed. August 9,’93.
.OPEN 20 21.1. BOATS.
Nearlylal] of the smart yachts 1n Long Island Sound have promised to be present and take
11111 t in the Regatta. Something never seen 011 Norwal k.
Handsome Cups and Prizes in Gold.
(‘lass A. Cabin Sloo aIs, 40 feet and under. Silver Cup to first. $5 to second.
Class B. Cutters and we, 30 “ “ “ “ “
«Cl ass 0, Jib and Open or 30 “ “ 1 " “ “'
Class D, Mainsail Cabin,24 “ “ “ “ “
018485 E: CatRig Open or .30 u u u n u
0| 6| ‘6
g?
E
81.2: E; 1...... c. bm g3 :: . :: .. .. ..
Class H. Oyster Open or 40 “ .. .1 u ..
0111153 I. Boat 8 Cabin “ h u u 11
Class J } Jib and Mainsailll, 16 feet and under.
Class K Cat- Rigged Boats.
B'SNo second 1prize will be given in any class starting less than three boats. and no class will the
tarted with ess than 2 boats. Sailia' measurement will be the load water line and. 1- 3t
overhang add ed Time allowance W be that ado ted by the Herveshofi Schedule. No shift-
11:2 of fballast W111 be allowed" 1n Classes A and B. o restriction as to ballast 1n other classes.
l restriction as to sails 1n Classes A and B. Only Jib and Mainsail' 1n Classes 0 and ain-
sni only' 1n Classes E Fa G Classes H and I, Oyster Boats may carry Jib Main sail and Top-
sial only. No boat sheila carry more than one man for every three feet of sailing length or
traction thereof, not including sailing master.
Course, Five Miles lo Windward or Leeward, and return. Entrance Fee, $l
Entry and Entrance Fee must be 1n the hands of the committee by 9 o’clock a. m. ,Saturday
A11 ust 5th.,1893. Entry blanks will be furnished upon application. Race called at 10.00 a.m
Ad ,
e” 11. .1. 11901111111111 or FRANCIS BURBI'I'I‘, South Norwalk, Conn.
DOWN G0 THE PRICES
Yes, business 1s dull, and to enliven it We offer the
THE FEAR OF SNAKES.
Why Men: Children and Some Grown Peru
lone DWI“: Them.
. There are many authenticated in-
_ stances of children becoming attached to
snfkteias and making pets of them. The
so u on of a nestion of this kind is
OFFERED AT TEE; REngfggn' 111 NORWALK sometimes to b: found 111 the child mind.
My experience is that when young chil-
dren see this creature its strange ap-
SOUTH NORWA K , pearance and manner of progression, 80
unlike those of other animals known to
A ride on the Tramway in the even- them, affect them with amazement and
ing is still all the rage. n. 81115813: myfit‘lldyfg‘n‘d thattllleysgafigl‘:
hor jus as ey won ear any 0 er
Multan: 111.232.112.23 ,1... logos ““211“ agegea
The postmastership of this city seems £33133 113,;sz 33.32311; 1133.)“ £01:
to have developed into a still hunt. ests ab oun din g with the larger constrict-
All Of South Norwalk’s 8016111311210 fish- 01-5 and venomous tree snakes, it is high.
ermfinfiall‘le down the harbor to day after ly probable that they also possess a tra-
wea 3 ditional fear of the serpent form. It
Miss Rose Flynn of Crescent street would be' strange if they did not.
has returned from a visit with friends The experiment of presenting a caged
in Brooklyn monkey with ase‘rpent carefully wrapped
The South Norwalk club are holding up in a newspaper and watching his be-
Absolutely. Independent.
TUESDAY AUGUST 1, 1393.
cel, expectingto fine nething more
wonderful than the familiar sponge-
cake or succulent bananaé-well, such
Point today.
One of Raymond Bros. wagons lost
a wheel While crossing the car track on
West avenue yesterday.
P. M Watt of Providence, an officer half a hundred important. scientific
of the Standard 011 company is stop~ worksv and Out ‘0‘ respect ‘0 0119's “133'
ping at the Mahackemo. ters one ought to endeavor not to smile
when reading it. A third view might
One tourist occupied the parlors in be taken which would account for our
the lockup last_night. This morning. feelin .mward the ser ent without ei-
he walked to Br1dgeport. .g . . . p
ther 1nstmct or tradition. Extreme fear
The Presbyterian Sunday 5011091 9f of alllophidians might simply result from
HufiitingtoPn, Long gllfild will picnic a vague knowledge of the fact that some
at oton oint next r1 ay. kinds are venomous; that, in some rare
M. Davis has transferred one half of cases, death follows swiftly on their
the bonds wh1ch he gave 1“ the Harris bite, and that, not being sufficiently 111.-
ms Bros cases to Ernest Greschner telligcnt to distinguish the noxious from
P. H. M ygood has leased the store the innocuous—at. all events while un-
next to the ySentinel office and Will open (101‘ the domination of a sudden, violent
on Saturday with a full line of boots emotion—we destroy them. all alike,
and shoes. thus adopting Herod‘s rough and ready
of frankfurters. When last seen he innocents
was tongsing ofi‘ Ascension beach. It might be objected that in Europe,
A large excursion from Bethel- and where animosity to the serpent is great-
Georgetown are picnicking at Roton est, death from snake bite is hardly to be
P 01an '50 dflY- The party came down feared; that Fontana’s 6,000 experiments
on a special train and filled six cars. with the viper, showing how small is the
Mrs. Robert M. Wilcox is critically amount of venom possessed by this spe-
ill at the residence of Mrs. Knight on else, how rarely it has the power to de-
South Main street. It was not thought stroy human life have been before the
last evening that she would survive the world for a century And although it
night must be admitted that Fontana’s work
The old planking on the depot plat- is not in the hand of every peasant, the
form W35 relaid to day and an assorted fact remains that death from snake bite
mixture of youngsters searched busily is a rare thing in Europe, probably not
in the dirt for diamonds jewelry and more than one losing his life from this
money. cause for every 250 who perish by hydro-
terday afternoon from a boat, near the terrible Yet Whfle the sight of a snake
old Danbury dock, but was rescued in excites m a majority of persons the most
’ time to be on hand to sell his afternoon violent enmtions, dogs are universal fa-
pagers. th fi th 1d f t vorites,,and we have them always with
I'OVCI‘, 8 V9 111011 8 0 in an us and make pets of them' 1n spite of the
3f Mr and Mrs Henry W Mitchell knoWledge that they may at any time
ied hilt evening at its parents home become 1abid and inflict that unspeaka-
figldAtgt-lmztifgiv af’feh‘zogulneral Will be bly dreadful suffering and destruction
on us.
J fibifihdfiy 311111112.) hparty wins given This leads to the following question:
Vgodldward 317.1351: 1%? ezgfiiisn°%;g Is it not at least probable that our ex-
number of his friedds While taglien by ' cessive fear of the sélrpent, so unWOrthy
surprise Mr. Dauler proved himself a
splendid host and every one present I'0 m‘JCh unnecessary cruelty, l5 1381'th
thoroughly en] oyed themselves. ~ it all :vengg. :1 1:511:12? (E‘ur SgJPBrStlthEB
James T. Keating and Miss Mar ear 0 su en ea or ere ens s,
McMahon were married to- day in Sty we know, an exceedingly widespread de-
Rose s church Newtown Mr. Keat- lusion that the bite of a venomous ser-
ing is an employee of the Danbury and pent 11111811 kill and kill quickly. Com-
Norwalk branch of the Consolidated pared with such ophidian monarchs as
railroad and 1s stationed in this city. the bushmaster, fer de lance, hamadry
The GAZETTE Joins a large number of ad and tic polonga, the viper of Europe
{flierfids 1n extenlding congratulations to —the poor viper of many experiments
e appy coup 6' and much (not too readable) literature—
Little Miss Mabel Coldwell, of Moss may be regarded as almOSt harmless—at
Hill Villa, was seven years old yester- all events not more harmful than the
gigérzgdwlhe, regent Tast celelérzfieedd 1n hornet. N evertheless', in this celd, north-
y 5 no es ure 0 ay em world, even as in the other worlds
was an argument which Mabel had With where nature elaborates more potent
a cow which was pastured near the .
villa, in which she came out second Juices, the (191251011 prevails and may be
narrow escape from being seriously 1n. origin cannot now be discussed. For my
Jured while another more pleasing fea- own part I am inclined to believe that
ture was 3 donkey party which she we regard serpents Witha destructive
gave in the evening to the other little hatred purely and simply'because we are
tots at the house. so taught from childhood. —Macmillan‘s
Alice Florence daughter of Mr. and Magazine. , k V .. ....-..
Mrs. CharlesF. Rallock, and Mr. Jas.
Emory Stevens, were united in mar— Arum” 1‘10“":
riage by Rev. Mr. Burns yesterday at-
ternoon. at the First Methodist Episco- through his mother,” laughed such a
pal church. The edifice was handsome- mether—. the other day. “Last Week I
ly decorated with ferns and other pot- planned to take a friend to the theater,
ted plants, and was filled to overflowin
with the relatives and other friends ogf and her only free night was Thursday.
the contractin arties. Immediate]
after the cererfonlles had been perfOrm): bl“? I make 1t 11. rule “7 shall not be on 9‘
ed Mr. and Mrs. Stevens took the train night Preceding a school day. So on
for New York from whence they Will this occasion I explained to my son that-
take a short wedding tour. They will re- he could not go, and as an ofiset to his
housekeeping in a house which has
Eteen tfitted up for them on South Main figsffitxggzlljoggmiuhfilx 3,2138%:
ree ' matter rested. Thursday came, and as
belfingtyfiougagggtgig 3‘93 113521;:- the afternoon waned, I found that my
9 0 D. . ..
Maney, died at her residence, No. 52 $32,233? 13339221131331 fizittiifhfiee¥;.
Spring street, last cvenin 11 ed 32
years. Mrs. Mane has bi'en gill for going With us. At lastImade up my
many months and er sickness reaily mind «and calling him Said
dates back to last October. when with ‘ "1 tlmlk after all ardumay 80 tonight
her husband she stood beside the open You are going to be alone, and I know
grave of their only child, a little girl you always count upon these trips to the
of three years. The shock and worry theater. So if you’ll study hard till din-
oft th1sibefeavemeint fibrew Mrs. Mane?!r ner you shall be of the party n '
1n 0 :1. cc me an s e never recovere - . u . 1
from the dread disease. consumption, Thats all right, mother, replied the
into which the case developed. Funeral 5'0ng scamp With a laugh. I knew
services will be held at her late resi- YO“ d weaken at the-last, 5° I ve‘ managed
dence Wednesday evening at 8 o ’,clock my 19580118. and I’m all T931135, And now
at which Rev. C. 'M. Pegg, of East I’m alternately deploring my want 0‘
N orwalk W111 ofliciate The interment strength and wondering how to preserve
will take place at Danbury on Thurs- a semblance of amberity with so shrewd
day. 1 . —N cw Y (111: Times.
,—
following price in meats .
' Shoulder Steak, . — - ». 10c @ ,
gfig‘g . _ -"' ‘ " '- ~ ‘ if}: '21 Wall Street.
gogtfirhuse“ ’ .2 -' ~ - - - - ' 180' TeieNpZZZZmoau
i oat, - ' ' - V - . .o - 12 c , "
Plate Piece. . 4- . - ‘ A - , - - Sc 57-5
Hind Quarter Lamb, - ‘ ' . - — - 180
Fore Quarter, - - - 12c ‘3 N‘Main Street, _,
‘ So.Norwalk,
, Full line of Fresh Fish, Fruits, Vegetables, etc _ o 11
Telephone 9. .
_ E. J. WADHAMS, ProprietOr . ' 62-3 -
STEAM ER SYLVAN SHORE LEAVES
SOUTH NORWALK'—10: 00 and 11.30 a. m.; 2. 00, 3: 30 and 5: 40 p. m.
ROTON POINT—10: 45 a. m. ., 12: 15',- 2. _45, 5100 and 6: 30 p.111.
People’s Market. T ~
ENDrWalK and So. Norwalk.
EXCURSION FAR', 25 CENTS.
WSteamer to Charter for Moonhght Excursions. -'- ‘ ’
their first annual clambake at Roton havior when he gravely opens the par-‘
an experiment has been recorded in
Speeler Smith started down the har- method of ridding his city of one incon- 1
bar at 5 o’clock this morning for a mess venicnt babe by a general slaughter of
Johnnie Seymour fell overboard yeS- phobia, of all forms of death the most '
of. us as rational beings. and the cause of - '
best, and from which she had a very taken into account here, although “75. .
“It takes a 14-year-old boy to see -
Now, I often take my boy to see a play, ~
turn in about ten days and commence disappointment arranged an outing for-
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ANNUAL u usuuu u SAL
unnnu cunnnducu'le:
seasonasnn Goons.
TBISTBAM & Hi."
2 Gazette Building, Norwalk. ,
WE HAVE COMMENCED OUR
0F SEASONABLE GOODS. EVERY DEPARTMENT REPRESENTED..1 J
~>>>>3§<§~ _
Ladies’ Shirt Waists.
Shirt Wuists made' 1n silk, lawn, sateen, percales and cambrics at prices never ::
before known. Note the prices:
All of- our fine lawn and sateen waists reduced 1n the same proportion.
8111:. Shirt Wais‘t‘s.
Silk waists, in China, India and Sarah. in black and colors, all reduced' in price.
35 silk waist for $3: $6 silk waist for $4. 50;
Gentleman’s Outing Shirts. iii-‘5’
We have decided to close out our entire line of gentlmen’ s outing and negli‘g 5
shirts, and 1n order to do it we have made just two prices on them and- will sell
‘ all of our cheviot, percale and madras shirts. regular 75c and 8100 goods, at 500' ,
all of our finer goods.1n Oxfords, zephyr and French fiannels, regular price
from $1 to $1. 75—we will close out at 75c. . .-:
$3“
The Leading Dry Goods Store,
TRISTBAM 2 HYATT
2 Gazette Building
131113 INNB 1113
Who was a. great student of
human nature, in his novel,
“ David Copperfield ” makes 111-.
Micawber observe: “If a man
had 20£ a. year and spent 19
pounds, 19 shillings and six-
pense, he would be happy, but
if he would spend 20 pounds»
one farthing he Would no mis-
arable. ”
every day shown by the hap-
py results which come to these
who save 1n buying at this store.
When eyerythiug is a. bar-
gain it’s a. hard matter to sel-
ect what will be the most inter-
] esting to you and quote you our—
“low prices. r " ~ *
THE A BosToNs-roRE, v '
, Gom'Main and. Wall "Streets,
Nor-walk, - . . -‘.: > Connecticut.
TELEPHONE CALL, 57-4. 3 " _ (r ,
A geod plated waist for 19 cte; a regular 500)..
waist for 371.0;11 fine percale waist never sold less than 75 cents for 50 cents, " -
$7. 50 and $8 silk waists for $5.50. '_ ;‘ ’
The truth Of this
quaintly expressed warning is
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