<1 ,4 chums, $25, an m $75...- ‘HAYES A Wonderful Variety of Hollday Goods Hayes. No. 5 Main Street. Just around the corner from Hale’s drug store Can assure you that I have the largest and mo complete assortment or v .ALBUM$ ' g ' ' ' .. . ' . ' in some In town, varying in price from 40.. to 9.36. There IS music of them. HAYES ons, Sleds, Veloci cdes, Dolls, Books, Desks, Drums, Mifiilcsmvliitruments of ‘everypdescription, Games of all kindsngalgic Lanterns. Guns, Doll 1/311“ lages, Carts. Wheel barrows. ggues, Trumpets, A. B. C and Picture Books, Albums, Plus-h and P 'e u. loid Handkerchief Cuff Glove and Jewel Cases. Cs 110llC 1aye1 Books from 50 to $5. WEKEEDG UPRIGHT PIANO. former Price $475. NEW $225. This is a rare chance. Call and be convmced at J. w. STUDWELL’S. m ELEGANT snoumum cum 1. .1. w. srunwenus. a: A DISCOUNT OF $50 ON ALL PIANOS PURCHASED BET-ORE XMAS AT J. W. STUDWELL’S. ~»nre? We have the finest lot of clear Havana lOc Cigars which we are selling at $1. 25 per box. We bought them at a bargain and are are selling them at a figure that defies competition. M 36 hau m In: Our line of gold- -mounted briar and mcerschaum pipes cannot be duplicated 1n town. They are just what you want for a Christmas present. Tobacco Pouches. Match Boxes and Smokers Sets at 00st» Also the Finest Grades of Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, TRQWERI DQE 69 @©. South Normal]: 001111 in Successful Business Since l860. The hornet Fire us Go. CASH CAPITAL, $200,000 ’ ASSETS $325,000. outstanding Claims, $300. 9/4. G. Wollwome, fr., George 73. St. john, Vice President. ‘23. E. Show, 566)). W. Y. Office. Geo. ‘R. Cowles, Resident Sear. NORWALK marches. P.7'eszdmt W. B. E. Lockwood, F. St. John Lockwood, George R. Cowles, George . B. St. John, Homer Merrill. Before insuring. Elsewhere, Call on this Home Company. ~ NOW FOR hills. What would be a nicer pres- ent than a in A ‘ ’ 9 ‘v A Handsome Umbrella or Game Can’t be beat. I have both. Or pelhaps you prefer a Golf Gap in which case I have an elegant assortmeut of all kinds of Caps. But the newest and great- est winner for Christmas is the Combination Umbrella and Cane It is just What you want for “Hubby’s” present Call in and examine them. A large line Ladies’ Felt Hats always in stock. J W. O’BRIEN, Practical Hatter, 125 Washington Street, South N orwalk, P. WED 38 WALL, SI, NDRWALK. ALL SEEKERS AFTER enhancers Are invited to look over our handsome display of Eeliuiuid Toilet Seis, Perfumes in Elegant Boxes, of which we have the largest assortment in the City Japanese Novelties, . llui Glass Bottles, Pocket Books, Pocket Knives. Fancy lcilel Alumizeis, Eic. A BOX OF FINE CIGARS will be appreciated by those who smoke. PICTURE FRAMES This year at 150, 2 for 25c. .—...—.—.—.-—1.5_..—_———— EDWARD P. WEED 38,,WAtl STREET, NDllWALK. dent. He did go so far as to say that he 'when it began to show signs of decay, now «its standard in the field; but the rising bridge at one time at an average Weight ‘ , LINCOLN. CAND HAtsLil‘l. » The Former-’5 Preference is; the Hatter. of the Vice-Presidency. I had hoped to see Mr. Hamlin renomi- mated, and had anxiously given Mr. Lin- coln many opportunities to say whether he preferred the renomination of the Vice President; but he was craftily and rigid- ly non committal, knowing, as he did what was in my mind concerning Mr. . Hamlin. He would refer to the matter} only in the vaguest phrase, as “Mr. Hamlin is a very good man,” or, “You, being a. New Englander, would natural- ly like to see Mr. Hamlin renOminated; and you are quite right, ” and so on. By this time Lincoln’s renomination was an absolute certainty, and he cheerfully con. ceded that point without any false mod- esty. But he could not be induced to ex- press any opinion on the subject of the selection of a candidate for Vice Presi- hoped that the convention would declare. in favor of the constitutional amend- ment abolishing slavery as one ofrthe ar- ticles of the party faith. But beyond ' that. nothing. - I may say here that when I returned from the convention I made a verbal re- port to the President, and entertained him with an account of some of its do- ings of which he had not previously heard; and he was then willing to admit that he would have been gratified if Mr. Hamlin had been renominatcd. But he. said: “Some of our folks [referring, as I 119 lieved, to Republican leaders] had ex- pressed the opinion that it would be wise to take a \Var Democrat as candidate for Vice President, and that, if possible, a. border State man should be the nominee.” Mr. Lincoln appeared to be satisfied with the result, saying, "Andy Johnson, I think, is a. good man.” Nevertheless, I have always been confident that Lincoln, left to himself, would have chosen that the pld ticket of 1860—L1ncoln and Ham- 1i,1'-'—should be placed in the field. It is 1éasonable to suppose that he had re- solved to leave the convention entirely free in its choice of a candidate for the second place . on the ticket. —— Century Magazine. THE KNOW NOTHING PARTY. Sprung Out of an Oath Bound Order I! This City. The American party sprung out of a secret and ‘oath bound order that was formed in New York for the avowed pur- ‘ pose of checking the influence of foreign born voters, purifying the ballot box and keeping the Bible in the public schools. In the city of New York, where voters of alien birth had become influential, the order flourished exceedingly, and when it was extended to other States it attracted many on whom party obligations sat lightly, while the 91d parties were either breaking up or undergoing a purging mm The Democratic party had generally been in favor of easy naturalization. The term of residence requisite to lawful nat- uralization, at first fixed at two years, was extended in,1795 to five years; the Federalists, in 1798, stretched this to four- teen years, but in 1802 the Democratic Republicans cul it down to five years. Men who left the Democratic party be- cause of its domination by foreign voters, or who dropped out of the Whig (party found an asylum in the American party. The American party flourished exceed- ingly in 1852,‘ and reached its meridian greatness in 1855, when it obtained a. con~ siderable foothold’in the South and car- ried important elections in the New Eng- land Static}! California, Kentucky. Texas and New ork, and showed great strength in Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Missis—‘ sippi and Louisiana. The party made preparations for entering the Presiden- tial contest‘of 1856, and actually did set tide of opposition to the further extension of slavery, eventually swamped the or- ganization. and it finally went under, long_before the breaking out of the war of the rebellion.—Scribner. THE BRIDGE’S GREATEST CRUSH. Weird Scene About ' the East River Fog on the Evening of January 21. The great crush on the Brooklyn Bridge in the early evening of January 21 of this year was undoubtedly the most severe strain the bridge has ever received from dead Weight. For nearly two hours there were fully 2,500 tons of people distributed along the structure at a. given time. No greater strain from foot trafllc will ever be known, probably, on the bridge. All the bridge authorities declared that it was the largest throng in its history. A dense winter fog had fallen over the city and harb 01. T he ferryboats to Brook- lyn for nearly an hour had ceased run- ning. It was at 5 o’clock in the after- noon, and thousands turned from the fer- ries to the quicker transit of the bridge. Accidents at either end of the bridge had completely suspended the service of the cars, and then the thousands and tens of thousands turned to the promenade and aegan a march that was slow and really as dangerous as tron-it .by boats in the thickest weather. Up around the New York tower the crowd turned and twisted. The women were pale; scores of men were laughing, alf boisterous] y, as a boy whistles to keep up his courage, and there seemed to be a. nervous dread akin to hysteria per- vading the entire crowd. Out on the center of the bridge the throng was omi- nously silent. Really weird was the situ- ation. The crisis was reached at the Brooklyn tower. There the crowd had to go down a. flight of Steps, and there was the great- est danger of falling. Had one woman become hysterical there and faint-ed noth- ing could have prevented a ti ampling to death. That throng could not be stopped any more than a river can be stopped when anyone falls into it. No one did faint and no one fell. I asked Superintendent Martin, of the bridge, Whether he had made any special computation of the strain the bridge had undergone in those two hours from half past 5 o’clock until half past 7, .and he said he had not, because there seemed to be no necessity for it. Each cable of the bridge is able to withstand a strain of 12,000 tons, and the strain from this crush, estimating the 40 000 persons on the of 125 pounds, would be only 2, 500 tons. He said, however, that the conduct of the people illustrated wonderful self con- trol, and he had no doubt that it the . crush had come in the early days of the structure a panic would have resulted, and the loss of life Would have been greater than on the Opening day of the bridge. Burrows- _ humanely accrue] NORWALK p Cm- miimmy S me. THE 1111311111 CHEAPEST Linn or All I” lit TCWN. Fine Ice Cream AND Ice Cream Social 21 Main Street, NORWALK Di] YOU . ‘ READ THE PAPERS? Sometimes I think you don’t, but just to test the matter, we will make this proposition: CUT THIS AD. OUT AND BRING IT WITH YOU. READ THESE PRICES. 3 lb. can tomatoes, 7c; can corn, 7c; can peas, 7c; box‘American Sar- dines, 30; pint Heinz’s mixed pick— les, sweet, sour or mustard, Sc; 1 1b. mixed tea, 150; 1 lb, baking powder, 15c; 1 lb. best Elgin Creamery but- ter, 260; Cornwall Creamery, in prints” 23c; 1 bar Ozone soap, Ac; 1 loaf bread, 4c; pork chops, 8c; pork sausage, 8c; lamb chops, 12c; porter- house steak, 14c; best ribroast, 12%c turkeys, 12%c; chickens, 12am rump corned beef, boned, 10c; 1 bushel potatoes, 450. note nus ccunniuns-—-Bring this ad. with you---and the money. . If you do this I will 'sell you goods at above prices, while this ad. continues. A 1.1an LINE or FIRST CLASS Groceries, Meats, Fresh Fish, Poultry, etc, in stock. Free Delivery. E. . J. WADHAMS, ‘ 2| Wall Street. Telephone call. 51.3. , Use it. is always a DESIBABLE E have a large stock of use? ful pieces at mm mm 111mm. See our line of Perfume hicmizms All prices from 250.3130 :55? WE also have many novelties SlLVER. R. H. PLAISTED. 43Wa’shington St, South Norwalk. 1N Hounnrs cores we; have a ' ment of FANCY ATOMIZERS all prices. JEWEL CASES CUT GLASS. Perfumes in Bullies TEN NY’S FINE CANDIES‘ fresh every week\ ' comment’s 111111161 No. 8 North Main Street, scorn 'NORWALK
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