(LC-L19, . RWATERO'Q , SARATU GA SARATOGAl 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. 10c Askiyour Grocers. -Blt 66101111165 MEAT. [ Round, Sirloin and Per-r . terhouse Steaks, Sausge, “ Pot and Rib Roasts _ . Reduced 26. 1 Pound All First Quality Meat. J. W. BOGARDUS, 6 WATER sin. NORWALK D H l NK WA TE RFOR THE Stomach, Bo wels, Liver and Kidneys. FOR SALE BY The Holmes, Keeler &Sedeek to NEW. CAFE WITH RESTAURAN T ATTACHED. MIKE fiATCHFcRD, 44 Wain Street, The Best Wines, Liquors and Cigars. PLYMOUTH ROCK ICE. Stores and Families Supplied. Lowest Rates: Horace 5E. Dame. ' EXOELSIOL Livery and Sales Stable. WWW“.- Opposite Danbury and , . Norwalk Bailroad depot Norwalk. Conn. Stylish Single or Double Team ‘“ with or without drivers.I Safe horses for women sndehildten . ' SADDLE HORSES A SPECIALTY MAKE GOOD CITIZENS. This Is Said of Icelanders Who Have Sé‘ttled’ in Dakota. They Are 11. Hardy and Cheerful People and Are’Notefi for Their Honesty and Falthi'ulness—Easily 3 . Americanized. The re is here a large Iceland in popula- tion, says a Milton (N. D.) communica- tion. No other people who have come to this country are better equipped to become citizens. The first settlements were made by the Scandinavians, prin- C] pally Norwegians The Icelanders are, as we see them here, the most frugal and industrious people in the world. They ne1er fail to utilize every thing of value in life, from the shortest straw to the latest- minute of time. They are at work al- ways, all of them, from the baby just out of the cradle to the withered and hobbling great-grandfathen Eveuy family makes sure that its own necessi- ties are provided for. Each keeps afew sheep, some pigs, an abundance of hens, at least one or two cows, etc., but noth- ing that consumes without producing something 1n return. Most luxuries are new to them on their arrival, and they take to new articles, either of food or raiment, only when forced by their new surroundings to do so. They live 11 1th- in themselves, and always have some- thing to sell—chickens, eggs, butter, mittens, socks, knit warnmusses, leg- gins, hoods, yarns, cloth, car tips, and, of course, farm products. All work incessantly but moderately during daylight; and at night, while visiting as if they had just met after a long separation, knit, spin, weave, sew, work out rude implements, card wool, make butter and manufacture ga1- ments Of course, the cloth for these garments is homemade. When some- thing is absolutely needed from the store, the Icelander secures it by bar- tering an article of home manufacture ——he never pays out money if it can be avoided. The butter here is much like that common to old Iceland—that is,r rancid. It is not the rancidity of the American buttermaker—where butter, sweet at first, has begun to spoil—but a. peculiar sonrness resulting from keeping the milk and cream until “fixed.” It is very disagreeable to Americans at first, but it keeps far better than what we call “good” butter. Butter, according to the reports of the United States de- partment of agricultwure is of the high- est form, bulk for bulk, of nutriment. The Icelanders seem to have know 11 this always, and, although their “bootah” is strong enough to derive a dog out of a tanyard, it is just asenutritious as the “gilt-edged creamery” of their Yankee neighbors, and costs less' 111 labor before and: less in care after making. There is absolutely no picture in American life carrying so perfect an idea of domestic contentment and hap- piness as one may see in any ordinary Icelandic home. They are frank, cheerful and kind—never noisy—and have no vaulting ambitions, no false pride: no false modesty. This utter lack of prudery may account for their virtue and, in part, for their simple happiness. The Icelander has no complex the- cries or philosophy. He thinks the first man was an Icelander and was born in Iceland. He scouts the idea that the Norsemen discovered either America or his own bleak little mole in the arctic seas. He says he was always on the latter, and always knew about the former and about Greenland and Eu- rope. He claims with pride that noth- ing good in the popular form of govern- ment is new with America, or that the United States is entitled to credit for the invention of a. republic. He says he had a better republic than this for 400 years, and that a long thousand years in Iceland did not develop so many sins, crooks and forms of maladminisyy tration as a year in America. . g All Icelanders, of course, are. very hardy. They are troubled, at first, by the extreme heat of our summers, but finally become acclimated. They do not move about, and never return to Iceland. They become Americanized even more easily than the Norwegians, if. that is possible, and make reliable, peaceful citizens. The young women are the most kindly, faithful and quiet servants procurable, and all of them are honest—N. Y. Times. Polishing Wood. ' Mahogany and all polished wood of any kind is‘ apt to become very dull and tarnished, and the regular opera- tion of rubbing it up is not one that is clear to the average maid, yet if it is al- 1owed to go too long uncured for, the trouble of reviving it is endless. The best and easiest way of polishing wood is to make a “dolly” of rags, finally tying it up tightly in a piece of soft flannel; this should be slightly sprin— kled with linseed oil; over it tiea cloth rag on which put a few drops of spirits of wine; rub all the woodwork quickly ’ with this prepared material, and pol- ish quickly as you proceed with a soft siikor flannel rag. Both the oil and the spirit should be very sparingly ap- plied, as they would otherwise moist.- en the weed too much and produce. smears; but if the operation is briskly done, according to these instructions, no polish, however elaborate, will bring about the same brightness. ——Detroit- Free Press. / The Real Thing. “Yes,” said the meek-looking man, “I’ve no doubt you’ve had some great hunting experience in your travels abroad.” . , “I have, indeed.” ' . ‘ “Buffalo hunting?” “Yes.” “And bear hunting?” “Of course.” .“.Well, just come round and let my wife take you house hunting and bar- gain hunting with her. Then you’ll begin to know what real excitement 1s. ,W'ashington Times MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. ——-All Irish peers not peers of parlia- ment. are eligible for seats in the house of commons and ma ay represent any borough, county er university in Eng- land or Scotland, but not in Ireland. —Arbor day has been celebrated in Nebraska by the planting of over :1 mil— lion trces bet-ween sunrise and sunset. Premiums for the large-st plantings were offered by societies and indi— viduals. _ ——A nemarkable coincidence occurred in the death of William Crossley and 'John Howell, two pioneers of Stock- bridge, Mich. ' Both died the same night, and a few years ago their wives passed away the some do y. ——James Buchanan, a fisherman, liv- ‘ ing on the Du omish river, in Wash- ington, has recently been bequeathed $15,000 by a Texas cattle raiser. Bu- chanan was formerly a cowboy on the cattleman’s ranch, and saved the lives of the wife and child of his employer. —The more the battle ship Indiana is tested, the more the opinion of ex- perts is obtained regarding her, the more clearly is the fact demonstrated that the United States of Amemca have at this moment the most powerful in- strument of marine warfare on the terraquecus globe. ——VV. A. J. Glidewell, ex—shierifi of Franklin county, Inch, died the other day from a curious combination of causes. A new shoe cha-fed his foot. and inflammation followed, 'l resulting in, gangrene. Sympathetic pneumonia. completed the. chain of unlucky circum- stances and proved fatal. —An immense fissure in the earth has made its appearance on the top of Iron mountain, N01 th Carclind and Tennes- see, on the 13111 ersx ille road. This open- ing is six to tw el1e feet wide and runs along on the summit for the entire length of the mountain, which is sev- eral miles. It IS supposed to hav 0 been caused by the recent rains. —-An analysis of 2,000 accident poli- ci es 011 11 hich benefits 11 ere paid show s 531 persons injured by falls on pave- ments, 243 by carriages or wagons, '75 by horse kicks or bite and 47 by horse- back riding; 117 were cut with edge tools or glass 96 were hurt by having 11 eights fall on them, and 76 were hurt in bicycle accidents, while 211 are hurt .by falling downstairs. HORSES AN D FLUTES. How the Sybarltes’ Enemies Are Said to Have Won 11. Battle. Born 0110‘ ginally in Greece, it had its renascence in Italy, and Grisoni and Fiaschl must be. acknowledged the t1 uc fathers of the art, however ready we may be to admit that the courts of F1 ancis I. and Henry IV. by early adop- tion of the olfspring, adorned its de1el— opmcnt 111th the courtly grace, luster, and urbanity of French influence, 11 hich made the menage the art of the princes, . as another nation and age made hawk- ing the sport of kings. ‘ They say ,’ 11 rote Ben Johnson. “princes leain no art t1uly but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flattercr. He 11111 throw a prince as soon as his groom.” ' The Greek theory of education, as we find it in Plato, was of a twofold kind: “One of gymnastics relating to the body, the other of music for the sake of a. good state cfthe soul;” briefly, as Mr. Pater expresses it, “a. gymnastic fused in music.” This system of edu- cation t-he Greeks applied no less to the training of horses than of men. In the earliest extant treatise on- riding, Xenophon pointed out that. horseman- ship, like dancing, was dependent fun- damentally on the play impulse, that for anything to be done. well it must be done for pleasure; “what the horse does under compulsion is done without understanding, and there is no beauty in it any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer.” The horse must become an artist, too, in his manner, and use his limbs 11 ith rhy thmical f1 ec- dom. So far was this carried that Athenaeus relates 110w the Sybarites taught e1 on their horses to dance at their feasts to the music of the flute; and on one oc- casion their enemies put their knowl- edge Of this habit. to humorous account, by taking out flute players to battle and winning the cavalry over to their side by‘ causing the horses to dance to a favorite air, just as the Pied Piper played the rats of Hamclin into the Wesen—London Quarterly Review. He Was Suspicious. “P 1rdner,” said Derringer Dan. ‘you’ll excuse me, but I’ll have to quit you. I ain’t a-playin’ no more poker this evenin’.” “But you have a lot of chips yet,” re- marked the young man from the cast. “I know it. And I’m goin’ ter cash ’em in, too. You look like a tender- foct, an’ ye talk like one. But I’ve heard 0’ people that got buncoed and bought gold bricks even of they did read the newspapers, an’ orter to knowcd‘ better.” “I really don’t quite follow you.” “I ”had four nine- spots a little while ago.’ “Did you?” “Sartin’. An’ ye didn’t do a thing but say ye’d stay out. Then I had aflush an’ ye said the same. I got four kings an’ an ace, a-n’ ye laid down yer hand ez usual.” “That was remarkable.” “‘Rema'rkable’ don’t seem to quite cover the ground fur me. Pardner, I don’t say yer workin’ one 0’ these here Roentgen ray outfits on me. All I say is that I ain’t a-playi'n’ no more poker this evenin‘.”—Washiugton Star. \Vlmt It Meant. A little maiden of seven years at- tended the wedding of anelder brother. The Episcopal service. heard for the first ime, made a deep impression on her. mind. A .few days after she called to see the. bride, and found her sitting on‘ her husband’s lap. Looking at them wistfully for a \few moments, she ex-' claimed: “Oh, yes; I see—to have and to 1101 .”~—N. Y. Journal. OF’NEW YORK. , RICHARD a. McCURDY President. emen u , eYeaI nding en. 31. Id Assets, 5 .~ Liabilities . ,. Surplus . Total Income . Total Paid Policy-holders in 1895, ‘. Insurance and Annuities in force, Net gain in 1895 I Q $221,213,721 63.‘ 194,347,157 58 $26,866,563 75 $48,597,430 51 $23,126,728 45 $899, 074,453 78 $61,647,645 36 NOTE—Insurance merely on- itcen, is dlscarded from téiis Statement as wholly misleading. and only insurance actually issued and paid for in cash is include . I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct. , CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor. ' From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual. Report of the Examining Committee. Offieeof the Mutual Life Insurance company of New You, February 11,1896. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of this Company, held on the l8t h day of December last, theundersigned were appointed a Committee to examine the annual Statement for the year ending Decembee 31st, 1895, and to verify the same by com- parison with the assets of the Company. 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. H. C. Von Post, Charles R. Henderson, James C. Holden, Robert Olyphant, 'Wm. P. Dixon, Committee J- ,H- Herrick. \ ROBERT A. GRANNIS, Vice-President. WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. ISAAC F. LLOYD, Second Vice-President, WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary, TOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier FREDERIG GROMWELL, Treasurer. HENRYE. DUNCAN. .11., Cor. Seoy. ’ ALBERT KLAMROTH, Asst. Seoy. JAMES TIMPSON, 2d Asst. Treas . ' EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Asst. Cashier EMORY MOCLINTOCK LL.D., F. I. A., Actuary. JOHN TATLOCK, JB.,.Asst. Actuary. CHARLES A." PRELLER, Auditor, GUSTAVUS s. wrusroN, u. '1). EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, Gen. Solicitor. MEDICAL DIRECTORS ELIAS, J. MARSH, M. D. WM. W. RICHARDS, Comptroller. HENRY S. RROWN, Asst. Comp. I ‘ JOHN C. ELLIOTT,Snperintendent of Domestic Agencies, GRANVILLE M. WHITE. 11. D.- JQEN We N Iflflflfiss ,. L ‘ ' New Haven, General Agt. for State of Connecticut. «r. Local Agent. - A. E. (De-MB
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