1. ,. . . . in 'v". ,w . r-' D AIL Yin-<1 \ » .—- . .-_. ~..\\-.—;.4..3w-. "K~"\/-.‘ >- a "_=“'§-_ ‘e- s ...- u-t v—., o R w A i. K G 12m 11E - Mia'— hf, = i i i NORWNKWGAZETTE. Absolutely Independent. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1994. The my Gazette, established in 1890 The Weekly Gazette In 1800. The Weekly Gazettepirculates throughout Norwalk and the adjacent towns,w1th mail subscribers scattered throu bout the world. [t cos to the homes of t e most thrifty and intelligent people. those who have money to spend and tastes to gratify, and as an advertising medium it has no 000.] near. The manufacturer, the merchant, the me- chanic and laborer. are all daily and de- voted readers of the Datly Gagette. n- terprising, attractive and honest. its readers believe in it and peruse it thoroughly; and its Editorials and Advertisements et closer attention than do the columns 0 less re- spected papers- MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS. "fly, one year, $3.00; six months. $1.75: three months 51.00; one month 300. . eddy. one year, in advance, $1.00; Six months. 600: three months. 350. POSTAGE PRE-PAI D. TERMS OF ADVERTISING. The Lowe“ of any local paper on basis of ‘ ctreulatien. and no cut rates. 5525—; No Paper To-Morrow. To-morrow being Washington’s birth- day and a legal holiday no paper will be issued from this office unless some- thing of unusual importance should 000111. - A...” _. Possibilities of Negro Minstrelsy. Dr. Dvorak, of New York, asserts that the future for American music lies in the melodies of the negro. His theory is tenable for many reasons, says the Washington Post. The only American composer or performer who has ever attained any signal distinction or been accorded special recognition abroad was Gottschalk, whose rendi- tion of plantation songs, With varia- tions, created a veritable furore in the musical centers of the old world. No one who has ever heard the genuine darky melodies as sung by‘the people who gave them birth; who has listened to the wonderfully harmonious blend- ing and shading, the striking chords, the delicate turns and sympathetic ex- pression of a band of dusky field hands as they gather about their humble homes after the wearv labors of the day, but must confess that in their mu- sic is the possibility of the development of a great and unique school. But if this development is to be made it must be undertaken soon. The songs of the negro, which are wor- thy of consideration, were born of a condition that is past. They were the outpourings offence in bondage; all the pent~up yearnings of a down-trod- den people, all the miseries of a de- spised‘and humiliated class found their only expression in the songs with which they whiled away their periods of rest. The negro, it is true, had his mirthful, lively songs, for not even a condition of servitude could utterly choke the expression of the light hearted animal- ity so peculiar to his race. But there is no music in his jigs, his songs of mirth are grotesque and void of bar- mony. The songs which sprang from his heart are universally sad, and these alone are entitled to consideration as music. With lhe change in his condition has come a change in the musical expres- sion of his soul. All the environments which produced true melodies are gone. There has not been a genuine “dorky” song produced in twenty years. In their stead the burnt-cork burlesquer has ground out libelous travestics which are to the younger generation the truth- ful expressions of negro music. The negro himself has done nothing to dis- prove this. Those of the lower strata who live in cities and villages are,strange to say, particulary fond of the cheap, sentimental rot, such as “Stick to Your Mother, Tom,” and have forgotten or never known the beautiful and pathetic melodies which charmed all Europe and have so interested Dr. Dvorak. The old generation is fast disappear- ing; the new is musically worthless. If the American school of music is to be founded upon the melodies of the col- ored race, it will be well to hear and preserve them in their purity as sung by the survivors of the era that pro- duced them and which is now past. TERSE TALES f lHEl—I—IMES. There is good skating on Wood’s pond. _ There will be several hatchet parties in town tomorrow night. Rhinold Schrayer, a weaver at the Winnipauk Mills is very sick. Mrs: Clara Exmer, of Long Island City, is visiting friends in town. Mr. John Kirsch is convalescent of a severe attack of inflammatory rheuma- tism. ' Connecticut Pensions :~Frederick In- gold, New Haven; Mary E. Butler, New Haven. Kabaosa Encampment, I. O. O. R, will work the Patriarchial degree to- morrow night. Ten members of the Stamford Peli- cgn club will visit this city, to-morrow -' night and organize a similar club. TheConnecticut Music Teacher’s as- sociation will hold its annual conven- _. :10?! ianewHaven, instead of in Hart- or . Mr. C. .B’ Coolidge arrived home Tuesday night. His trip does not seem A Steiner violin at Trowbridges cigar store for 250. .A ,meeting of the board of school Visitors was held Tuesday night. Several Norwalk people will go to Hartford to-night to be present at the consecration of Bishop Tierney to- morrow. Connecticut has more weather proph- ets, successful and otherwise, than any state in the union except Massachusetts. —Ansonia Sentinel. A box sociable was held at the home of Mrs. S. Hamilton in West N orwalk, Tuesday evening, a neat sum was netted for the chapel fund. —Repairshoes whileyou wait. Hoyt’s. . 708-6t William Mitchell is in New York to. day, in attendance at the dog show. William Wardwell thinks that he will bring a prize-winner home with him. The entertainment to be given in the Norwalk Methodist church lecture room to-night, will be well worth attending as talent of exceptional ability has been engaged. A young woman living on Water street is going about nights borrowmg small sums of money from storekeepers which it is alleged she expends for in- toxicants. ———Until further notice I shall sell shoes at cost. Jarvis Kellogg. 7 SG-tf The ladies of the Babtist church will hold a bazar and Oyster supper at Lock- wood’s Hall, on Friday evening. A lib- eral supply of oysters will be found in each stew. The remains of the late Mrs. Priscilla Morgan of Danbury,were brought here for interment to‘dav. The deceased was the mother of \Villiam Hoyt of O:- chard street. ——Do not fail to see the “silk spinner” with various colored silks, at theNor- walk Boston store, next Friday. 801 21; Judges Studley and Hotchkiss on the petition for a remedy for the so-called abuse of the nolle power by the prose- cuting attorneys, will give their answer next Saturday. The Danbury Agricultural society has decided to make Wheelman’s Day a feature of the Fair again this year and it is probable that some interesting novelties will be introduced. —One of the butterflies in the col- lection to be exhibited at the Norwalk Boston store this week, is valued at $1,000. 801 21; Fred Merrill ran a sliver nearly three inches long into the fleshy part of his right hand on Tuesday. The sliver was removed by Dr. Baldwin and Fred now carries his hand in a handkerchief. —Samples of Hale’s Lung Balsam free. 74-tf Messrs. Samuel Daskam, E. J. Hill, F. St. John Lockwood, George B. St. John and John P. Treadwell will pro- bably attend the annual meeting of the Sons of the Revolution, in Bridgeport to-morrow. Chief Bradley was in receipt of a telephone message from New Canaan, this morning advising him that a man was in that place selling rubber goods at figuresthat led to a belief that he was not honest. Harry Jenkins, the lad who wandered away from Prof. Wilson’s school and was found walking aimlessly about in South Wilton,was taken to Washington on Tuesday, in hopes that a change of climate and scenes will be beneficial. —~Grand tableau will be given by a committee of 32 persons at the masquer- ade of the Germania Saengerbund. To morrow being Washington’s birth- dav and a legal holiday the post office will be closed at 10 o’clock a. m. It will be open from 6 to 7 o’clock in the evening. The carriers will make one delivery and collection at 7:15 a. m. ——Wanted—A young lady having knowledge of book-keeping and steno- graphy. Apply at this office. Dr. W. J. Tracey is in Northampton, Mass, to-day, having been summoned there as a witness in the case of Merritt vs. the Consolidated railroad. Merritt has brought suit to recover damages for injuries received on that road some months since. ' A missionary meeting will be held at the Baptist church to-night. Among the speakers who are expected to be present are Gen. Thomas J. Morgan, Dr. Henry L. Morehouse and Rev. Dr. Murrow ,for a long time a missionary 'among the Indians. —The Schurr’ collection of insects, , birds, snakes, etc, will be on exhibi- tion at the Norwalk Boston store next Friday. This is one of the finest col- lections of the kind in this country and should be seen by everybody. 801‘2t H. F. Wheeler, a resident of Ridge- field, a man who loves griddle-cakes as he .does his mother, has patented an article which ought to make him popu- lar in every household in the land. He, for want of a better name, calls it the “Smokeless Griddle Greaser.” It Will also come in handy for other pur- poses. Directions accompany each of the machines. Mr. Ed..Lock\vood and a friend start- ed to drive to Bridgeport Tuesday evening. When at the foot of Mill Hill the carriage wheels got caught in the trolley tracks and the vehicle was overturned and the occupants dumped out into the street. Mr. Lockwood pliickily held on to the lines and suc- ceeded in stopping the horse at the top of the hill. The carriage was wrecked and the harness broken. _ For the past two weeks a certain fam- ily in this city were. disappointed at the failure of "then washerwoman to make her usual, visits. Thinking that'per- haps she was sick and in ”need a mem- ber of the family called upon her and was surprised to find her in the best of health. To the inguiry as to why she had not called to o the washing she to have afforded himany great amount of relief. 1 replied, “I don’t have to work now, the relief committee is taking care of us;” i ll-NOlEWORTHYHEVENl. ‘ Bishop Tierney’s Conseoration at Hartford Tomorrow. . Magnificent Scene and Ceremonies at the Cathedral. '7' The consecration of Bishop-elect Tierney to-morrow in St. Joseph’s cathedral, Hartford, Wlll be a notewor- thy event and one long to be remem- bered. Elaborate preparations have been made in the way of decorations and music, and many high dignitaries of the church will take part in the ex- ercises. BishOp Tierney returned from his eight days’ “retreat” at Keyser Island, to his home in New Britain on Monday to complete the details of the consecra- tion. The services will begin at 10 o’clock in the morning and will continue about three hours. Fully 350 priests will be present at the consecration ser- vices, seated within and without the altar. Bishop Lndden of Syracuse and Bishop Wigga of New York will be present. BishOp Bradley of Manches- ter, N. IL, will preach the sermon of the day. Bishop Bevins of Springfield and BishOp Harkins of Providence act as assistant to Bishop Tierney and will guide him through the ceremony of his consecration. Because of the‘ cold weather the processional usual on such occasions when the bishop-elect is es- corted from the Episcopal residence to the cathedral, will be abandoned and the processional will be formed in tho vestry instead. The officers of the mass have not 3 et been selected. Apos- tolic Delegate Satolli will be unable to be present. The public exercises in the cathedral will be follOWtd by a banquet in the school hall at the corner of Broad street and Capitol avenue at 2 o’clock. Besse will cater and 350 covers will be held. The bishop himself will celebrate ves- pers at 7:30 in the evening, after. the long-established custom. The cathe- dral will be brilliantly lighted and will present its beauty in another phase. The music at the exercises will be of the finest character. The program has been arranged by Organist Hughes and will be as follows: Organ and orchestra prelude, overture to Rosamund, by Schubert; organ and orchestra prelud- ium; “Credo” from Haydn’s “Imperial Mass”; “Kyrie” and “Gloria in Excel- sis”; offertory, “Ave Maria” With obli- gato;“Sanctus” and “Agnus Del” from Gounod’s “Messe Solennelle”; “Veni Creator”; postlude, organ and orches- tra. The chorus will consist of eighty voices composed of the Catholic church choirs of Hartford under the baton of Conductor John S. Camp of the Park church. There will be an orchestra of fifteen pieces. The soloists Will be Hubert L. Maercklein of the Park Congregational church, Miss A.V.King of Windsor Locks. Miss Kittie Smith, Miss Margaret and Miss Mamie Cline of the church choir,Mrs. William Cleary, of St. Patrick’s choir, Miss Tessie Law- lor of St. Peter’s choir, Miss Neliie O’Gara of Holyoke, J. J. Cloonan, Ed- ward E. Goff and J. 'F. Collins of New Haven. Soup Kitchen Closed. The Hatters Soup Kitchen and Coffee House in Dan bury was closed on Tues- day, after being open just four weeks. During that time a large number of people have been fed. Some idea of the quantity of food consumed can be gained from the following: Coffee—22,400 quarts. Bread—6,000 loaves. Soup, chowder, etc—3,000 gallons. Crackers—16 barrels. Milk—800 quarts. Sugar—300 pounds. Pork—350 pounds.” Potatoes—250 bushels. Beans—4 bushels. '—OOO Woman’s Relief Corps. The annual convention of the Con- necnicut department, Woman’s Relief corps, was opened in Rockville on Tuesday with nearly 200 delegates pres— ent. The annual reports showed: Ex- pendcd for relief work. in cash, 351,406; other than money, $194; turned over to the G. A. R. posts, $483; to the relief funds, $145; to the National Woman’s Relief Home fund, $142. Total, $2,373. The report of the secretary showed a total membership of 2,696. The report of the treasurer showed a successful year financially. All bills have been paid and there is cash. on hand suffi- cient for the present needs of all de- partments. ~ -———-—-—-————‘e o 0 USE DANA’S SARSAI’ARILLA, IT’S “THE KIND THAT CURES.” Superior Court. The February term of the Superior Criminal court opened in Bridgeport, on Tuesday, with the largest docket in the history of the court. The first prisoner put to plead was Robert Nichols, colored, who pleaded not guilty through a guardian to the charge of stealing a bicycle valued at $100 from Henry 0. Smith, of Norwalk on the 18th of last November. Martin Conroy and Thomas McCul- lough pleaded not guilty to picking the pocket of Sam Merritt of the latter’s gold watch, valued at $100. Alister Trainer, not guilty to the charge of burglarizing the saloon of Patrick Kiernan of Bridgeport. Pleas of not guilty were also entered in the cases of the following: William Shay,tramp,arrested in Stamford; Wal- ter Springstein, colored, assault upon David Coggswell of Norwalk,and breach of the peace; Patrick Ryan, theft of 70 cents from the person of James Cun- nigham, of Stamford; Charles P. Gor- ham, of Sherman, assault on Margaret Gorham and Fanny Gorham; George Bernes and Robert Talbot, of Green- wich, arson. Thomas Enright, burg- lary of the residence of John A.Windlc, Greenwich. John Eiofl’ pleaded guilty to the charge of burglarizing the residence of George S. Barrel of Bridgeport. Charles Smith pleaded guilty to steal- ing $17 from Finney St Benedict, Nor- walk grocers. Wallace .Ufi'ord, Ernest Allen, and William Williams, for burglary, pleaded} not guilty. ' "' ‘ William Hartnett,Thomas Fitzgerald and William Ryan, theft of 51 cents from the person of Thomas Sherratt of ’ BOTH KILLED. ‘ 'Two Men Struck By the Fast Freight. Said to Have Been intoxicated. As the fast freight between Boston and New York, known as the “Wash- ington Pick Up,” Conductor Spaulding, was flying towards New York at 12:15 o’clock this morning, and just after passing under the second bridge below \Vhisllcville the engineer saw a party of men on the track ahead of the train. As the engine rush-3d towards them he noticed two of the men were trying to scale the retaining wall which skirts the track at this point. Just as the train reached the end of the wall both men fell off directly on the truck, and were struck by the pilot. The engin- eer reversed his lever and whistled for brakes and the train was brought to a step. A search was made and James Healey of Boston, was found lying on the bank dead. His companion, James Whalen, of New York, was found alive, but with his arm and both legs broken and skull fractured. They were placed on the train and brought to South Norwalk. Healey was taken to Gregory’s morgue and VVhalen to the Norwalk hospital, but the latter died immediately upon reaching the hospital. Tuesday was pay day and it is said that Whaleu and Healey came to South Norwalk with a party of fellow work- men employed by Contractor Brown on the Consolidated Railroad's improve- ments between Five Mile River and Whistleville and that all became intoxi- cated. They were an their way back to their lodgings when struck by the freight, and it is believed that they saw the train approaching and tried to save themselves by climbing on the retain- ing wall, as when first seen one was trying to assist the other, but both be- ing intoxicated they missed their foot- ing and fell on the track in front of the engine. The friends of the deceased wzll take up a subscription and see that their bodies are properly interred. __ _.__ ..____ g. . ._.._._.___.—.—._ ——Handy to have in the house, Hale’s Lung Balsam. Tiéi-tf The First Appeals. The County Commissioners were on Tuesday notified of an appeal taken in the cases of Thomas Village and Wm. McNamara, both of South Norwalk, who were recently granted liquor li- censes. These are the first appeals from the decision of the commissioners, The Treasury Kegistorshlp. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—H. H. Smith, the assistant register of the treasury, by re- quest, has tendered to the president his resignation. It is understood that Mr. L. \Vilbur Reed of Alexandria, Va., who held the ofllce during ‘M‘ij. Cleveland’s first term, will be appointed to the vacancy. The rumor that Mr. Tillman, the register, would also be requested to resignisnot believed to have any real foundation. McKane Seems Doomed. BROOKLYN, Feb. 21.—The order granted by Judge Cullen does not give much satiSv faction to John Y. McKane’s friends. This order requires the prosecution to show on Friday why a certificate of doubt should not be granted to McKane. It is not believed that Judge Bartlett made any blunders during the trial or in the charge to the jury. A Suit For $5,000,000. SEATTLE, W’ash , Feb. 21.—George \V. Hunt today brought suit against the re‘ ceivers of the Northern Pacific railroad to recover $5,000,000 damages. Hunt alleges that'while he was endeavoring to‘ place bonds for the Washington and Columbia River road he was persecuted by Wright, Colby and other I‘Erthcrn Pacific people. A Postomce Blown Up. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Feb. 21.—The postof— ties at Woodlawn was blown up in a mys- terious manner and $14,000 worth of prop- erty burned. It is supposed to have been done by robbers who, it is believed, used dynamite. Government detectives are at work on the case. A Rotornmtory Bill Introduced. ALBANY, Feb. 21.—-Senator Robertson has introduced a bill making the manage- ment of the Elmira reforniatory similar to that of the state prisons and providing for the appointment of the superintendent by the governor. Chicago’s Presidential Plums. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.——The president today sent to the senate the following nominations: Martin J. Russell to be col- lector of customs, port of Chicago; Frank G. Hoyne, appraiser port'of Chicago; Delos P. Phelps, United States subtreusurer at Chicago; John \V. Arnold, marshal for the Northern district of Illinois; James W. Hunter, collector of internal revenue for Peoria (ills) district. To Marry an Indian Girl. ASH-EVILLE, N. 0., Feb. 2i.——A special from Cherokee says Thomas W. Potter, recently appointed superintendent of the Cherokee Indian school, is to be married on Washington’s birthday to Miss Lillie R. Smith, daughter of the late chief of the tribe, Minerod J. Smith. Miss Smith is a quarter blood Indian and well educated. No Riot at Bessemer. IRONWOOD, Mich, Fcb. 21,—Reports of a miners’ riot at Bessemer are greatly exag- gerated. A small disturbance occurred there in which a drunken Polish woman was a. conspicuous figure, but there were no threats against life or property, and not a single Bessemer citizen, came here to get away from danger. The Biggest Bid Yet. MstEGON, Mich, Feb. 21.—At 'a meet- ing of the Lakeside Athletic club $50,000 was reported subscribed toward bringing the Corbett-Jackson fight here. A com- mittee was appointed to endeavor to secure the event. The Coughlln Case. CHICAGO, Feb. 21. —Attorney Daniel Donahoc opened the argument for the de- fense in the Coughlin case today. Mr. DOnahoe’s speech was an eloquent gne and attracted alarge crowd of spectators. ' Biceniuiud at Reduced \Vag‘veg.’ ’- 'EAS'I‘. DOUGLAss, Mass, Feb. 21.——The W. E. Hayward 6:, Co.’s woolen mill started Bridgeport, not, guilty. up today in all departments with a reduc- tion of 10 per cent in wages.‘ ling and Valuable Remedy. \ . ) ‘ \‘ I, . N -. ' -.r \\\'\"».// Mr. E. A. Norris Fltchburg, Mass. A man who has had nearly half a century of experience in newspaper life is certainly capa- ble of judging between the valuable and the worthless. Hence we highly value the follow. ing statement from Mr. Erasmus A. Norris of Fitchburg, for nearly 50 years editor of Massa- chusetts and New Hampshire newspapers: “ C. I. Hood 8: Co., Lowell, Mass: “ Gentlemen: In 1887, after a sickness or two years, I was given up by our best physi- cians, who considered my case hopeless, my age, 65, being against me. But by taking Hood’s Sarsaparllla I was able to get about and do a little light work. It seems almost amiracle, in my case, that after using Hood’s Sarsaparllla 1n the fall, on the first day of January I engaged for the city of Fitchburg to take the record of the births. I accomplished this with compara- tive case, being out in the Unusually Severe Weather i of winter, working each day, and have been able to do a. fair day’s work every day since. Several members of my family have taken Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and always with marked benefit. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is as staple as Hood” secures flour in our house, and its presence almost as iii- dispensable. I find that nearly every medicine deteriorates, but Hood's keeps up the quality all these years that I have known it. It is cer- tainly asterling and invaluable remedy. I can hardly imagine what I should have done without it." Eassnms A. NORRIS, No. 7 Lincoln St. Fitchburg, Mass. Get HOOD'S. Hood’s Pills are hand made, and perfect inproportion and appearance. 25c. a. box. USE DAN A’S SARSAPARILLA, IT’S “THE KIND THAT CUBES ” -- -—--—-< . STAlE SHOTS.“ Bethe] is to have two new brick school - houses. The. Connecticut river is now free from ice. The canal at Stamford is to be filled in at a cost of $6,500. Danbury’s annual city election takes place Monday, March 26th. .The Anchor Paper Mill Co., a New Windsor Locks concern, began opera- tions Tuesday. Seventeen Bridgeport young women have formed a matrimonial club and are advertising for husbands. An unknown well dressed man, 30, was struck ard killed by the Ghost train at New Haven last night. William Londergan, a quarryman, was found on the railroad tracks in New Haven yesterday cut in pieces. The city of Hartford has entered suit against the Hartford Theological semi- nary to recover $4,000 back taxes. Two million seven hundred and fifty postage stamps were sold at the Bridge- port postofiice, during the year 1893. Two schooners have arrived from Baltimore, with 8,000 bushels of oyster shells for the lime works of H. A. Stev- ens,‘of New Haven. ,. The Consolidated railroad has estab~ lished a post Office in its new building in New Haven for the handling of its large quantity of mail. In Waterbury Tuesday Antonio Tes- talia, the Italian charged with robbing Naugatuck railroad freight cars, Was sentenced to eight years in state’s prison. _The Methodists of Bridgeport and vi- cinity are preparing for a grand gather- ing of the clergy and laity, which is to take place next month’for the purpose of promoting the interests of Method-' lsmI After sales and rumors of sales the saloon run by Sam Merritt, in Bridge- port.‘has finally been disposed of. J. P, King of AIISlHJlfli purchased the place Tuesday afternoon and took immediate charge. Depty collector Fox seized a slot cigar machine in the Middletown Wheel Club rooms Tuesday where it had been for five years. Collector Byxbee says the machines are distinctly illegal andqmust b3 suppressed. USE DANA'S SARSAPARILLA, IT’S “THE KIND "I‘HAT CURES.” O Amusements- HOYT'S OPERA HOUSE. Cleveland’s minstreis will give an en- tertainment this afternoon and evening at Hoyt’s Opera House, South Nor- walk. A first class programme will be presented. Every member of the com- pany is an artist. The specialties are fine and the scenic effects brilliant. A large audience ought to be present at both entertainments. ‘ OPERA HOUSE. Peck’s Bad Boy will be in town on Tuesday, Feb. 27th, and can be seen at the Opera House in the evening. The: manager has had the play entirely re-‘. written and improved, has introduced new characters, and without doubt is , carrying the strongest company of com- edians ever with the play. The spec- ialties are all bright and catchy, and they carry quite a number of charming adies who sing tuneful songs, and wear eelgant costumes. ' An Editor Nearly 50 Years 55¢” Hood’s S'aisiioarilia' lea Stet-i _ Norwalkfivenlng School. . The fellowmgégepgizhwas made to the board , of . . school,_’_.visitors, Tuesday night :. . . . , . . To the Board of School Visitors of the Town of Norwalk, Connecticut. GENTLEMEN:-—The several depart- ments of the Evening School have con- tinued to maintain a good attendance. At the beginning of January, these de- partments were, for the first time, in sessmn in each of the five districts where they had been established. Dur- ing the week ending January 5th, the average attendance, based on the re- ports of the different principals, amount- ed to 352. For the Lext three weeks the reported attendance was 362, 378, and.362, respectively. During the fol- lowmg three weeks, ending Feb. 2nd, Feb. 9th., and Feb. 16th., the average attendance was 302, 299 and 248. The reduced attendance for' those three weeks was apparently due, for the most part, to stormy weather and difficult traveling. This appears from a com- parison of the attendance for different evenings. For instance, on Monday ihe 12th instant, when a storm was pre- vailing, the attendance was only 173. On the nexn evening the attendance was 2’72. The discontinuance of the East Norwalk department, for the past week has also had an effect in reducing the total attendance. Whether other causes have been operative in this direction it is impossible to say. It is equally impossible to conjecture what the attendance will be during the ses- sions that remain. At present most of those who have attended fof any length of time, still continue to attend, and to pursue their studies with unabated in- terest. The attendance previous to January cannot be accurately given, except for walk schools were in session. Previous to that time no registers were kept, and only incomplete and unauthenticated reports of attendance have been ob- tained by the superintendent. schools is very noticeable. A visitor is impressed by the attention and earnest- ness with which the scholars engage in the different exercises. A good deal of individual attention is given to those who in reading, spelling, and number work cannot be readily classified. In- terested classes in reading, spelling, writing, grammar, arithmetic and book- keeping are found in each of the Schools, while the members of the class in me- chanical drawing, recently transferred from East Norwalk to South Norwalk, are showing commendable diligence in their work, and are making good pro- gross. The expense of maintaining the even. ing school should be limited strictly to what is necessary to enable it to do the work for which it is designed. This course is called for, both by the general principles which should govern the ex- penditure of public money, and by the fact that a limitation has been placed upon the cost of the evening school by a vote of the town. Governed by these considerations, the special committee on the evening schools has discontinued the East Norwalk department and re- duced the number of teachers in the Centre district from four to two, and in the Winnipauk district from three to two. The committee has approved and paid bills to the amount of $1,260.39. The items of this expenditure are classi- fied as follows: The total amount expended,up to the present time,can only be told when the selectmen render a report of the bills paid by them on account of the evening ‘school. That amount,whcn ascertained, will naturally determine, to some ex- tent, the proper coursc to be pursued during the remainder of the time the school is in session. . Respectfully submittec . A. BLANCHARD, Supt. of the town evening school. —-I¢D— USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S “THE KIND THAT CURE. . 7’, Q P‘hantasmagoria. BY M. M. Cupid, the silent partner of the milli- her and dressmaker is quite busy durin g the Lenten season. e. a There are brave people in Maine. A lyceum up there dares debate the ques- tion: “Resolved. That man is more in- telligent than woman.” 2): :1: 2;: My brother tells me that a certain good looking molder of East Norwalk has a new girl for every day in the week. I guess m. b. is jealous. My brother tells me that R. Gold- schmidt has nine boys and $9,000 worth of glassware, and that he is not happy. I would be happy with one boy wouldn’t you 2 I heard Pa tell Ma last night that if he had a daughter that wrote such stuff for the paper as does M. M. he would take her across his knee and use a shingle. Yes, even if she was as old as our Marguerite. . =i: >i< a: . My beau told me Sunday night that in some parts of Australia earth worms grow to the length of six feet and are three inches in diameter. I have a new been for next Sunday night or my name is not Marguerite. - Il< 2 ii? A doubting Thomas has been found who avers that, if women were lifted off their feet in Chicago by the blizzard, they must have been visitors, not na- tives. My brothers name is Thomas and his best girl lives in Chicago. _ =l< >l< it Some safe rules for girls are: If you do not feel that you are quali- fied to be a poor man’s wife, do not marry a rich one. If you marry for money, you must expect to get only what money can buy. If you marry a man to reform him, 'tience-and wisdom ofarefornier...‘ _. If you have,_‘au;idea:‘.that a cob’kb‘bok and allowan‘ce’can ,‘nij‘ake a happy home you should get‘3‘y‘ourself to a nunnery with great'speed. * ‘ ‘ If you expect God will bless your home because; you put the sentiment "‘God bless /our home” in yellow worst- ed and an _oak frame, you are doomed to disappomtment. ' ‘- the two weeks preceding Christmas, . when the East Norwalk and South Nor- ‘ The decorum that prevails in these - Teachers’ Salaries, $974.00 Registration, 10.50 Gas bills, 109.20 Coal, 5.75 Janitors, 6 4 . 50 Printing and advertising, 26.10 Supplies, 37.34 Lamps and fixtures, 30.00 $1.260. 39: you must expect to exercise all the pa- ; r E 7‘. “Eli-1A? GURESg a, . - - c - , 'E E I’d -t: , l ' g . If g: s g E E 1% Elli MRS. LOUISA SOMMERS, - Lynn, Muse. gDANA SA‘RSAI’ARILLA CO. : . _. (intern-urn}: :——I have been troubled with Inn—”=- L‘flammutory Rheumatism ever smcc 1 all lgheumatic Feven_5 years ago. IE ave had cramps in may limbs nl hts so bad I..— ould not sleep and won! be compo led to walk- ._ 1-3 floor all night. My breath was very: __,sl~.ort, could hardly go up stairs. I consulted aw- ==Pli side?! who came from Boston; he said that I! E lui the Dropsv and could not be cured. ——- :—— I have taken fi'vcbottles of , DAN A’S -- SARSAPARILLA =imni the inn-o sy has entirely «Ii-av- “ porn-ed, the Blueumntiem and. Cramps; E|iliiflllillfiiililfillillfill Illl lillilllililllllilllllilllll!!!.L‘ ll 'lil warm Iliilillillifllll ' :zi'e gone, can run up stairs as fast as any one, N _- E x}: and can go to bed and seep all night. Yours respectfully, MRS. LOUISA SOMMERS. Roar N .1. 50 Park St, Lynn, Muss. This is to certify that I am acquainted with Mrs. Summers and lluh‘: no doubt of the truthful- “ of her statement regarding DANA'S SAK- ’.’ii:li.l..\. CHAS. W. BROWN, Druggist. 1m, Muss. I lillilllllllil S_-i V 1.). 7'3. Den: Sareaaarilln Co . Belfast. Maine. VIOLIN LESSONS. Violin Instruction given by experienced, practical teacher. progresswc methods. Halt hour 500.0115: hour 750. Call Or address "V 10- liuist,” care C. F. HENDEE, Musm Dealer, Y. M. C. A. Building. 793 1w PIANO LESSONS. as. GEORGE w. BRADLEY (daughter M illill'lll cient and satisfactory instructions on th Piano.at her home. No. 193_Main Street. it4 . PLYMOUTH ROCK iCa ' iIORES AND FAMILIES SUPPLIED. k Lowest 1: ates. AMUSEMENTS. Giandtonceit First MI. E. Church, A . Tuesday Evening, Feb. 27 M: S O’CLOCK. The Nefiork ” '- Ladies’ Quartet Mr. Frank Damrosch, Director. Miss Elizabeth Cornelia Gaffncy, Miss Laura Halstead Graves. Miss Emma Estelle Potts, Miss Zora Gladys Horlockcr. ' assisted by Mr. Ericsson F. Bushnell, Basso, . Mr. Richard T. Percy, Accompanist. Tickets 35 and 500. Doors will not be open until 7:30. SOUTH NOR‘VALK . Wednesday Afternoon and Evening, FEB. 2 l . W. S. Cleveland’s MINSTRELS! ALLIED WITH THE EUROPEAN VAUDEVILLES Great, Grand, Gorgeous COLUMBUS FIRST PART With World’s Fair Panorama. All the Minstrel Notables. Prices. Matinee 25 and 500: evening 35, 50. 7‘5. nPERA HOUSE "- NOR‘VALK. ONE RIGHT ONLY. Tuesday Evenimgjebiuary 27th. Nothing old butthe name. Everybody’s i'av- orite Funny Show. 4 Peck'sjajl Boy. After Supper G0 and See It. This year better than ever. NE H" SPECIALTIES, FUNNY COHIEDIANS, GRAOEFUL DANCERS, ‘ PRETTY GIRLS. in Elll‘ail‘llllal'll Stationary. Success breeds imitators.. This is the origi- nal .version. Reserved seats now on as. e at Gregory’s drug store. Norwalk. and Cooks drug store South Norwalk. . , Prices 85. 59. 75. To BENT. _ Half inch or less . 250 a. day ar_-$1.CO per wilt o RENT.—Six_rooms. at No. ,3? Orchard street. Inquire on the premises of Mns. S. NICKERSON. 80 0 RENE—,5 rooms on second floor. All modern improvements No c ildren. Apply to H. TEEILE, East Norwal‘k. o RENT.—First floor of No. 4 Elm street, olso barn. Apply to O. E. WILSON. 684. ”’11. N TED. ANTED.-—To exchange a profitable man'- . ufactur-ing business machiner incl - dad. for real estate. Address A. K. HEPNE‘II, South Norwalk, . 801 at inure Will cure a cold before it settles or after it settles. The right time to' take it is when you " feel the cold coming on. . Prepared only by - 1% my Davis 8: S0n, .rrmmm. I of the late Mr. Wmlt. Nash.) gives eih- .
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