THE EVENIN u—e SARATOGA! Genuine Saratoga Water in block-tin lined barrels direct from the celebrated Spring, is for sale on draught at Had- den's, corner Wall and River . Street. THE WATER Is brought direct from Sara- toga, and is dispensed in pre- cisely the same condition in which it flows from the spring at Saratoga, and is sold at 5 cents per Glass. House-cleaning. Lustrine. lOc Ask your Grocers. no 011011 emce- MEAT. Round, Sirloin and Por- zterhouse Steaks, ., Sausge, Pot and Rib Roasts Reduced 20. a Pound All First Quality Meat. «J. W. BOGARDUS, 6 WATER ST.. N ORWALK nnmn llAlHdflN RSPRING ; WATER ' FOR THE Stomach, Bo wels, Liver and Kidneys. FOR SALE BY The Holmes, Keeler &Sellecl to NEW 01111 RESTTIIJHRANT MIKE ATC-HFORD, 44 Wain Street, The Best Wines, Liquors and Cigars. a“ all PLYMOUTH ROCK ICE. Stores and Families Supplied. Lowest Rates. Horace E. Dann, EXOELSIOL Livery and Sales Stable. Opposite Danbury: and Norwalk Railroad depot! . Norwalk. Conn. Stylish Single or Double Team with or without drivers: Safe horses for women andchildreni' ’ ‘ SADDLE HGRSES 'A SPECIALTY their orders about the same time. PLENTY OF WILD FRUITS. Nature Has Been Very Generous This Year. The Abundance of Berries and Nuts.- It‘Is LSaid, Presages Severe Cold and Lots of Snow the Com- ing Winter. If there' 1s anything 1n the old belief that a season of abundant wild fruits, and especially nuts, presages a cold and snowy winter, we may expect se- vere w eatheI five, six and seven months hence, says the New York Sun. All the wild fruits hereabouts have been unusually abundant, and there is prom- ise of an equally abundant nut crop. The fruit season opened with plenty of wild strawberries. If the cultivated strawberry could retain, along with its large size, the sugary sweetness and juicy tenderness of the wild berry it would be vastly more popular even than now, and the sin of strawberry short cake would be seldom committed. Just after the strawberries came the wild blaekcap raspberries, abundant and excellent. They were greedily eaten by birds and boys and like wild° creatures. Blackberries are still ripen— ing, because their season is longer than that of most other wild fruits. In the immediate suburbs they are abundant, but smaller than usual, though farther north they are both plentiful and luscious. They are extremely sweet this year in spite of the plentiful rain, which is sometimes supposed to in- crease the size of such fruits at the ex- pense of the flavor. The berries that grow in the shade of the woodlands seem to reach the highest perfection. Wild cherries are abundant, and ripen- ing in good season: They seem to be a favorite fruit with the birds, and the output of that delectable and beautiful cordial, cherry bounce, is greatly eur- tailed by reason of the fact that the birds seize each separate cherry as it ripens on the bunch. Wild apple trees in fields and woodlands, where they have sprung up as volunteers and have never been grafted, are “roping” with fruit, as is the picturesque country phrase. They have a pleasant wild tang, often in keeping with their out- lawry, but they make excellent apple- sauce. Cooking seems to rob them of a certain griping quality, but does not destroy their wild fiavm.‘ The nuts promise well, and upon these the weather indication is sup- posed especially to hang, An abund- ant nut crop is held to indicate a provi- dential care against snow and cold, for the needs of squirrels and other wild creatures that lay in winter stores. The nuts are full of, delightful suggestions to country-bred men whose memories are still supple. The hickory nut seems to be full size new, and they gleam pleasantly among the leaves. Their pungent odor is a lively spur to memory. The chestnuts, which seem only yesterday to have lost their tas- sels, are showing abundant small ten- der furs. They were hoary with prom- ise in the blossom stage, but the trees never lived up to the early indications. Walnuts swing high in air, their twin green spheres thickly dotting the rather thin foliage of the great trees. STOVEPIPE AN D ELBOWS. An Important Feature in the Business of 40,000 Dealers in Stoves in This Country. ETin and sheet iron workers dealing in stoves usually make their own stove- pipe, while the bulk of the product of stovepipe manufacturers is sold to dealers in stoves, hardware and house- furnishing goods. Most stovepipe is made by hand. There are various patents relating to the manner of join- ing the seam, and pipes are made that can be shipped nested, the seams to be joined at the point of destination, thereby saving freight charges, says the New York Sun. Stovepipe is sold in joints, two feet in length, and in various diameters. In anthracite regions the pipe averages five or six inches in diameter, but in soft coal regions it is mostly seven or eight inches' In diameter. Stovepipe is much cheaper than it used to be. Such pipe as formerly sold at retail at twen- five cents a joint, can now be bought at fifteen cents or less. There are in the United States about forty thou- sand dealers of one kind or another who sell stoves, and the annual con- sumption of stovepipe in this country amounts to millions of joints. Stove- pipe manufacturers begin making pipe for the winter trade about the ,middle of summer, and jobbers begin placing The distribution to dealers is active through August and September, and it continues until the end of winter. While many stove dealers having tin- smiths’ plants make their own pipe, very , few new manufacture elbows, which they can buy cheaper from the manufacturer. There are numerous patents on elbows. There are elbows that are made all in one piece, and oth- ers are made in sections. There is more machine work in the manufacture of elbows than in the manufacture of pipe. The old-fashioned right-angled elbow of two pieces is still made by hand, but its sale is limited;'and most elbows are of the modern kind, with three, four or five sections. There are adjustable el- bows, made with a movable joint, which can be adjusted to any angle or to two angles , Poor Napoleon! The antiquity of modern inventions has often been the subject of remark by way of commentary upon the old . saying that “there is nothing new under the sun.” An extreme case is reported by The London ’News. A peripatetic exhibitor of the phonograph in Hol- land seems determined to distance all competitors. He was exhibiting the machine in the streets of Utrecht and a number of customers were listening to a selection of tunes. Suddenly the music ceased and there was a pause. Then in a loud, clear tone was heard the one word: “Halt!” “What is that?” asked one of the listeners. "‘That, ” was the reply, “is the voice of 1 [Napoleon Bonaparte giving an order at the battle of Waterloo!” . _‘ ' and remove to pastures new. SHAKERS MOVING TO FLORIDA. Purchase of a. Large Tract of Land for , the Mount Lebanon Colony. : The Shakers of Mount Lebanon, who have for an age been a part of the pic- turesque rural life of New York state, are soon to abandon their historical town in the Berkshire hills, to cast aside old-time tradition and custom, 'VVithin a few days the Shaker society of Mount Lebanon has purchased, through a real estate broker, no less than eight thou- sand acres of land in Florida, ranging northward from Lake Okeechobee, and comprising a large part of Osceola and DeSoto counties. The Shakers are now considering the purchase of eight thou— sand more acres, making sixteen thou- sand in all, which will include an en- tire township in Florida. Some time ago the Shakers purchased a small tract in California and another in northern Ohio, but neither has proved suitable for the establishment of a large colony, hence they turned their eyes to the south, and have concluded a satisfac- tory purchase. As a result of the deal the Shakers will establish the largest settlement in this country, and, as the land in Florida is rich and fertile, the settlement will begin with every natu- ral advantage. The removal to Florida of this his- torical sect, says the Florida Times- Union, will mark an era. in the history of the very remarkable society of Mount Lebanon. Originally these Mount Leb- anon Shakers were an offshoot from the society of Quakers or Friends. In 1747 some members of that society in Manchester, England, formed a distinct association under the leadership of James and Jane Wardly. For several ticeable through being more noisy than most of the assemblages of Quakers, dancing, shouting, trembling, ete., un- der the supposed influence of the spirit. But in 1770 one Of the members, Ann. Lee, professed to receive some peculiar revelations, testifying that the carnal nature of the flesh was the root of all human depravity; and, second, that she herself was Christ, or the Incarnate deity, in the female form. The new sect became thoroughly infatuated with Ann Lee’s teachings; they called her “Moth- er Ann,” and declared their belief that no blessing could descend to any per- son except through her. But outside of their small circle the new doctrines were regarded as blasphemous, and Ann Lee and her worshipers were im- prisoned and fined. In 1774, therefore, in obedience to an- other of Ann Lee s revelations, she and several of her followers emigrated to New York and settled in N iskayuna (now VVatervliet), about seven miles from Albany. The death of Mother Ann occurred in 1847. She estab- lished the community in the feim of a family, and the general plan which she laid down has ever since been follow ed. In 1787 Joseph Meacham, one of Ann’s first converts in this country, collected her adherents in a settlement in Mount Lebanon. Within a few years Meaeham had formed eleven other settlements in New York and other states. No other societies w ere formed until about fif- teen years later, when some mission- aries were sent to the west and founded four communities in Ohio and tho in Kentucky. Part of these settlements are still 1n existence; others have been entirely dispersed. But the Mount Lebanon settlement has remained the “home,” 01 o11<r1nal tow n of the so- ciety. “N'V‘Ww ”resume . SOC! ETY’S NEW FAD. Planting a Little Acorn at a Birth or Marriage. Society has a new English fad. It might be more properly called a sug- gestion of a fad, for it requires time to grow, just as an acorn requires time to become an oak. When the duke of York was married a loyal subject planted an acorn. The loyal subject assiduously cultivated the tiny sprig which presently appeared above ground. When the son of the duke of York was born, says an eastern ex- , change, the loyal subject presented his tiny oak to the infant prince, in behalf of whom it was received most gracious- ly. It was planted at Sandringham and is the chief pride and «care of the head gardener. A new leaf on that oak tooth in the future king’s head. It is the court fashion for royalty and no- bility to inquire frequently as to the growth of the -little tree, and it is es- teemed a high privilege to see Prince Edward’s tiny oak, the acorns of which will doubtless be treasured up as sou- venirs several hundred years after Prince Edward has been gathered to his fathers. The “family tree” idea is certain to be no less popular in Ameri- ca than in England, where the fad has the favor and patronage of royalty. The fashion may be called a pretty one, ' commemorating anniversaries about which most family sentiment at- taches, the date of marriage and of the birth of the first heir, and it carries on in the future, in a way which it is pleasant to fancy, its story of a double happiness. To plant the acorn on the date of the wedding, to transplant and present the tree on the day the first baby is born—4that is the simple method of the new fad. Telephones in Clalrvoyance. M. Trouve, the well-known electri- cian of Paris, has brought out a tiny teléphone no larger than a franc piece, and, in conjunction with Rostofr‘, the “wizard,” has applied it to clairvoy- anee. The telephones attached to the ears of the blindfolded performer are hidden by a wig and connected by fine wires, also invisible, to a transmitter behind the screen. A confederate be- hind the sereen, who can see and hear all thatpasses, prompts him by means of the telephone. _ The Kaiser as an Actor. The German emperor is ambitions to win success also in amateur theatricals. This is the most difficult undertaking he has yet ventured on, and if he could be assured of absolutely unprejudiced’ criticism he might learn that there are metes and bounds beyond which even l emperors cannot -.pass years the little eompany was only no- - is second in importance only to a new ' OF NEW YORK. RICHARD AMCCURDY President. y. emen or heYear hdmgdeefltl Assets. f ., $221,213,72133 '3 Llabllltles * - 194,347,157 58 21 Surplus $26,866,563 75 $48,597,430 51 $23,126,72845 l Total Income Total Paid Policyvholders in 1895, Insurance and Annuities in force, $899, 074,453 78 Net gain in 1895 $6], 647,645 36 NOTE—Insurance merely om- rtcen, Is discarded from this Statement as wholly mlsleadlng. and only insurance actually issued and paid for in cash ls included. I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct. r1 CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor. be: .‘1.’ From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual. "Report. of the Examining Committee. Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, February 11,1896. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of this Cempany, held on the 18t h day of December last, theundersigned were appointed a Committee to examine the annual Statement for the year ending December _31st, 1895, and to verify the same by com- parison with the assets of the Company. 1 A The Committee have carefully performed the duty assigned to them, and hereby certify that the Statement is in all particulars correct and that the assets specified therein are in possession of the Company. In making this certificate the Committee bear testimony to the high character of ' the investments of the Company and express their approval of the system, order and accuracy with which the accounts and vouchers have been kept, and the business in general transacted. . . l H. C. Von Post, Robert Olyphant, Charles R. Henderson, Wm. P. Dixon, Committee - 1 James C. Holden, J. H. Herrick. ROBERT A. GRANNIS, Vice-President. _ ‘ ' 11 WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. ' ' . 3., ISAAC F. LLOYD, Second Vice-President, HENRY E. DUNCAN. Jr., Cor. Seey. " WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary, ALBERT KLAMROTH, Asst. Seey. FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. JAMES TIMPSON, 2d Asst. Treas WILLIAM P. SANDS. Cashier EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Asst. Cashier EMORY MOCLINTOCK LL. D., F. I. A., Actuary. JOHN TATLOCK, .13., Asst. Actuary. ‘ WM. W. RICHARDS, Comptroller. CHARLES A. .PRELLER, Auditor, HENRY S. BROWN, Asst. Comp. JOHN C. ELLIOTT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies, EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, Gen. Solicitor. MEDICAL DIRECTORS GUSTAVUS S. WINSTON, M. D. ELIAS, J. MARSH, M. D. .1an w. monotone, New Haven, General Agt. for State of Connecticut. GRANVILLE M. WHITE, M. Dr A. E. CAMB. - rev- "an , Local Agent. . _ ,
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