l
r
THE. EvnN1
The wonde1ful cure 1elated below 1s
by no means unusual with Hood s Sa1-
saparilla. This great medicine has
given health to suffering child1 en,
even when health seemed impossible.
' .The sec1et of its success is that it pur i-
ifies, vitalizes and enriches the blood.
“I wish to tell of a wonderful cure
effected by Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Five
years ago my little boy was sudden-
. 1y seized with a severe lameness, appar-
ently' 1n his right knee, Which some phy-
sicians said was rheumatism, while others
said it was hip disease and that it was
lncurable
iDuring the next Winter and spring he
{became rapidly worse. We took Jimmie
to a specialist, Who said it was hip disease.
At this time the affliction became so
severe that we could not move him with-
:out causing screams of agony. He be-
came reduced in Weight to 30 pounds, and
‘ was but a shadow of his former self. We
had about given up hope when we read of
a cure by Hood’s Sarsaparilla of a similar
case. We resolved to try this medicine.
' Jimmie was decidedly improved after
taking the first bottle. He was even
Better
after the second. We have since used
over a dozen bottles of the medicine, and
the change has exceeded our expectations.
' .James is now able to w'alk without the
aid of crutches and goes to school every
‘ day. He has been wonderfully cured
by Hood’s Sarsaparilla.” J. O. RUNDELL,
l Oakley, Michigan'
Druggist 0.0. Tubbs says he knows the
Rundell boy has been wonderfully
Cured
by HGod’s sarsaparilla and that Mr. Ruff3
dell is thoroughly reliable. He has a good
sale of Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s
Pills, both of which are giving 'perfect
satisfaction. He says Hood’s Pills seem
to be the coming family cathartic.
N. B. If you decide to take Hood’s Sar-
saparilla do not be induced to buy any
other. Insist upon Hood’s, because
Hood’s
i Sarsaparilla
.-, :jQRue True Blood Purifier. All drugg1sts $1.
fiepared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
are easy to take, easy
HOOd’S PIIIS to operate. 250euts.
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BETWEEN
.N ORWALK,
80D NORWALK
NEW YORK.
Propellers
Illt y of Norwalk,
Vulcan and Eagle.
Leave Norwalk at 5 p. 111.
Leave So. Norwalk at 6 p. 111.
Leave New York, Pier 23,
E. R., Beelrman St, 5 p} m,
HERE’S YOUR GHAHGE.
A, fine building lot on Wilton ave-
nue If you intend to build, look at
this before purchasing.
Water, gas and sewer on the avenue.
Willpe sold at a Bargain.
5
W. H. BYINGTON,
Real Estate and Insurance,
Room 1._'ca'zette= B’l’d. .
IN THE QUICKbANDS.
BY H. IRVINE LYNDS. ,
E ...;_,-'
fireplace in my friend’s study, telling
hunting experiences. The wind was
blowing outside with just enough force
to give the windows a ghostly rattle,
and make the blaze roar up the chim-
ney in a way that lent an addedcharm
to stories into’ which the element of
danger largely entered
We had all dutifully told some old-
time adventure with certain additions
that seemed absolutely necessary un-
der the circumstances—all except our
host, who had been given the last place
on the list, so that the series might close
robed in the richest coloring.
He was a hunter of wide and varied
experience and a man who had given
:1 great deal of intelligent thought to
the mysteries of woodcraft. Conse-
quently, whatever he said upon the sub-
ject was alway s listened to wit-h defer-
ence.
We therefore settled down a little
more comfortably in our chairs as he
began:
“In my younger days I spent more
time in the woods than I do now. Not
that I like hunting less. It has as great
attraction for me as ever, the odor of
the woods is as sweet to me as the scent
of powder is to the old war horse; but
many things claim my time now and
keep me from wandering. L
“The little adventure I am about to
tell happened in Nova. Scotia, 20 years
ago, when I was quite a. young man.
“It is not generally known that cer-
tain parts of the province contain some
of the finest hunting grounds imagina-
ble. Miles and miles of virgin forest,
acres of spruce and pine averaging fully
60 feet in height, crowded together on
moss-green groundwork, almost close
enough to shut out daylight. Then
there are parts overrun with high
maples, birch and beech. -
“Many a day have I crept through
the deep, shady glades and over the
long, sloping hills. But I am rather
wandering from my story.
“I’ll just show you where my adven-
ture happened.”
Raising, he took down an atlas from
a shelf.
“Just here at the north,” he con-
tinued. “See that headland? That’s
the place. Twice a day all the water
in the basin seems to rush around that
point, and away up intothe mainland.
“It is marsh land along there, and the
point is called Minudie marsh. It is a
very large tract of land, said to con-
tain 5,000 acres, shut in from the sea by
nine miles of dyke. It is perfectly level,
dotted all over with barns and hay—
;stacks; and in the autumn also with
men and.h01‘ses, busily at work cutting
"broad leaf” or marsh hay.
“One not acquainted with the place
could easily become lost, for the barns
and hayst—acks, extending in every di-
rection, are all alike in size, shape and
color. It was near this marsh that I
had located myself for the hunting sea-
son, on account of the excellent sport
which it afforded in the shape of almost
every kind of water fowl, and also be-
cause not many miles away were woods
in which moose and caribou were plen-
tiful. _
“The autumn that year had been very
dry, so that there were, comparatively
speaking, no birds on the marsh. VVith-
out knowing this, however, I one day
set out for a few hours’ shooting.
“I tramped the best part of the aft-
ernoon, without success, and, as I did
not care to go home without bagging
something, I determined to shoot
‘peep’ on the mud flats.
“I rolled up'my trousers to the knee
and started, sinking fully six inches in
the soft mud at every step. I walked
about for some time, getting a shot now
and then and wandering far out- upon
the flats, until a rushing noise behind
made me turn quickly around.
“The ‘bore’ was coming-a bank of
tumbling, seething water, quite three
feet high, tearing about as fast as a man
could run. ‘Time to be getting back,’
thought I. ‘It will not take long for the
tide to cover the flats.’ I stood and
watched the. tidal wave for a moment,
then started quite leisurely for the
dyke, shaping my course directly for
it.
“After having gone 50 yards or so,
I came to a gully, between eight and
ten feet wide, at the bottom of which
flowed a little stream. It ran nearly
parallel with the dyke, and in order to
reach the marsh I had either to cross
it or go away up and around. Not car-
ing to lengthen my disagreeable tramp
——for it was 110 fun dragging one’s feet
out of the mud at every step—I decided
to hold my 01 ginal course. Thec sides
of the gully looked soft and treacher-
ous, but by taking a running jump I
thought I could clear the dangerous
part.
“Ir stepped back a. few paces, and,
firmly grasping the gun, started. I had
miscalculated the effect the bad footing
would have, and saw my mistake the
moment I sprang ;' but too late!
“I landed on the other side of‘ the
stream, in what seemed to me the soft-
est part of the mud. My weight and-
1he mud knee-deep.
“At first I-was inclined to laugh at
my plight, but that feeling Speedily
gave way to one of anxiety, when I real-
ized that I was swiftly sinking.
“I endeavored to draw my feet out,
but when I tried to lift one the other
went further down. A cold sweat broke
out on my forehead. I was in a. bed of
quicksand!
“I struggled with all my strength,
but it was useless. There seemed to be
. an undercurrent of sand that was con-
tinually slipping away from my feet.
Against that terrible power it was use-
less to fight.
“I hadheard and read of people dy-
ing in this horrible manner, but never
before had the chilling awfuiness of
it struck me with any degree of force.
K ow, as I thought of being drawn slow-
ly down, down inch by inch,in imagi-
We were all sitting around the cozy-
nation I could feel the cold, wet mud
creeping like some gruesome reptile
about my neck, higher, h1gher—over
my chin; over my tightly-closed lips,
until my breath—. I tell you a man’s
mind rushes when he gets so near the
border! ,
“I shouted for help, in the hope of
attracting some one, but it only ex-
hausted me, and my struggles caused
me to sink faster.
“In extreme agony of mind, I threw
my self on my face-I had not sunk be-
low my waist—and clawed the bank in
a frantic endeavor to draw myself out.
My fingers slipped through the soft
mud and touched some hard, smooth
substance, buried about three inches
below the surface.
“I struggled to grasp it, but it was
too large for my fingers to grip. It was
a tree that had probably grounded 'on
the flat long ago, and the tides had
gradually drifted the sand over it.
“When one is in a position of great
bodily danger, events succeed one an-
other mugh more rapidly than they
can be afterward told. The telling of
the impetus of my jump drove me into ,
this has taken a great deal longer time
than its actual occurrence. A few min-
utes only had passed since I started to-
ward the dyke. '
“The sound of the tide now rushing
over the lower part of the flats called
me to a sense of new danger.
“Even if I was able to keep from sink-
ing for a little while, the red water
would soon rise over the place of my
imprisonment and complete What the
quicksands had so surely begun.
“ ‘Drowning is said to -be the easiest
of deaths,’ thought I, though any kind
was preferable to being smothered in
oozy quicksand. L
“In the water, too, I could at least
struggle—fight for life. But in that
narrow, clinging grave, every limb
bound as with elastic cords, allowing
freedom only to the extent of simply
maddening one, caught like a miserable
fly in a spider’s "web, I would not even
have the satisfaction of struggling.
“The feeling of fear that first pos-
sessed me gradually left, or maybe
numbed my senses, - and in its place
came strange fancies, such as one
dreams when lying half awake.
“The sun seemed beating its piercing
rays into my brain. The hoarse cry of a
raven far up in the sky came faintly to
me. I pictured him and his mate, dark
specks showing against a background
of white clouds, floating—floating and
watching.
“I wondered if the peek of a raven’s
beak on one’s head would hurt much—if
they were up there waiting for me to
die. Then I remembered that before I
was dead I would be buried! .
“I smiled grimly at the. thought of
cheating them. But. if they came be-
fore ? Instinctive] y I felt for my knife.
I could keep them off with it. My knife!
Like a. flash came the thought that it
would be a means of rescue.
“The cloud of fancies seemed to lift
from my brain. With trembling fin-
gers, I hurriedly drew it out and opened
it. It was the kind known amongschoola
boys as ‘toadstabber,’ stout and strong.
“Hopefully, with one hand, I felt for
the tree; but I had sunk so far in the
mud that it was now beyond my reach.
A groan burst- through my clenched:
teeth, as my last hope fled.
“It seemed as if I must- give up. But
life is sweet—so sweet to one about to
lose it. One more effort, then—a re-
quiem chanted by the waves and flung
landward by the winds.
“Making a. violent struggle, I thrust
my hand that held the knife as far for-
ward as I could and struck down with
all my strength.
“The tree must have been lying
obliquely along the sides of the. gully,
so that my left hand had not been able
to reach it; but my right, in which was
the knife, had found it. The blade sank
into the soft, half-decayed wood. Slip-
ping my hand down as closely to the
tree as possible, so as not to pull the
k nife out, and placing my left hand over
my right, to give myself greater pur-
chase, I pulled. Slowly, almost imper-
ceptibly, the dreadful sucking power
was lessened—was stopped! Slowly
my arms bent—I was gaining! IV rench—
ing the knife out, I dr0\e it in further
up the trunk, repeating this again and
again, for I was able to draw myself
only a few inches at a time, until I
finally lay my length over the tree——
saved!
“I had thrown the gun high up on
the flat when I first found that I was
fast». Recovering it now, I gained the
dyke, to fall weak and trembling on the
grass. I lay there until the tide had risen
to the dyke. Then washing the mud out
of my clothes I spread them in the sun
to dry. When I had finished it was
flood tide, the water was still and
smooth as a. mirror, except where here
and there mounds of amber-colored
foam or a piece of driftwood broke the
surface.
“I shuddered as my eyes, drawn by a.
\‘strange fascination, sought out the
spot, now covered by many 1 qt of
water, where a. short time before 1 bad
so narrowly escaped a terrible (1.111 1' 3
“When I reached my boarding house,
tired and hungry, the harvest moon was
shining brightly I thought with a
shudder of the cold whit-e glitter of the
wet sands, and how nearly that night
her beams had res-ted on my grave. ”——
Golden Days.
Stopping a Small Leak.
A Detroit merchant has been so care-
ful in the conduct of his business as to
be afflicted .with very few bad accounts.
But there is one citizen who, despite the
fact that his record elsewhere was bad,
managed to get in debt to the firm.
“I suppose,” said the bookkeeper, on.
the first of the month, “that we Will
send Skinnim that bill regularly for
several months to come ?”
“No,” replied the merchant “Times
have been pretty hard and I guess .we’d'
better not lose any chance to economize.
Just charge what he owes to profit and
loss and pay. no more attention to him.
It’ll save ink and a good deal of wear
and tear on the pens ”—Detrmt Free
Press.
1: cures Catarrh, even in
serious cases. To get
immediate relief in. Ca-
tarrh,~or a. hard “cold in
dire head,” just put a. bit.
0
Salva—cea
(runs-um)
the size \of a. pea, into
each nostril.
It’s the quickest remedy
for
Piles,
Skin nlseascs,
Ulcers, Bells,
j Burns, Sore Throat,
Brulses, Earaclre,
' chafing, Headache, .
Spralns, Slralns.
Two sizes, 23 and- 50 cents.
At druggists, or by mail.
Tun anmu Co., :74 CANAL $1., NfY. ‘
J. D. Jennings.
UN D ERTAK ER
1 Knight street. opposite
Street Railway Depot
BEBE AI OFFICE.
I !" LIGHT PARCEI and
LUbKWODflB PACKAGE DnLr'vnar
Cheap rates. Will also take orders for mes
wager service in New York Goods called
uruers received at E P. eed’ s Drug Store.
lW 3.131 Street. With telephone connection un.
. 1.
(l. E. LOCKWOOD.
ilENTBAL NATIONAL BANK.
20' WALL ST., NOR WALK."
URPOBATED SEPT. 1. 1876.
Al’l'l‘AL, :- - - - - - 5200.000
mm M. HOLMES, President.
. .h. Bevan. Vice-President.
WILLI AM A. CURTIS, Cashier
DIRECTORS:
onGE M. HOLMES, H. E. DANN,
11. CUNNINGHAM, J. T. Paowrr'r
a. L. Bornn, S. H. Home .
J . Cousms.IJa.
tlsrount Day. Salurd-av-
the Market ofiE. J.
WADHAHS
HAS
SOLD
OUT-
with, Meats, Fish
ne.1 goods, and so-
hell; 1 share of your
patronage.
sGHARLES E. SGHEIIBERfir-
2| Wall Street.
WILLIAM S. KEMP,
Carpenter -:- and -:- Builder,
34- West Main St... Norwalk.
Mr. Kemp has been a carpenter and builder
in Norwalk for the past 25 years. and refers to
owners of buildings erected under his super-
vision as to workmanship.
Chilton Paint,
Every gallon of paint made by the
Chilton Mfg. Company is mixed and
ground in pure Linseed Oil, All shades
are mixed and ground by machinery
seven times, making them uniform and
even. Compare the size of cans and
weight with the cheaper makes. You
get an honest gallon. Give it a trial and
you willbe convinced.
H. H. WILLIAMS
17 Main St.
SPECIAL SALE
—OF————-
MILLINERY
SATURDAY AHD MOHDAY, MAY 9-“.
A Reduction of 25' per cent on all
Trimmed Hats and Bonnets.
desiring a. nice Trimmed Ha; for little
money, will do_we11 {to attend this .sale.
FAWCETT’S’
3 , warm: 811211111. _
(hand delivered to all pvits of the town, .
Having purchased ‘
IVADHAMS, I have _
grestocked the same ’
Vegetables and Can-~
- 1
Ladies .
, NOB rum
is handsome, light, durable. Such grace of (resign as '
. is embodied in this “fast, easy-running, th-talkcd-
about” mount can only be secured by the most
approved methods, finest material and skilled woe -
manship. .
The ’96 Steams' rs the best bicycle: it is possrble to
produce. Finished at your option in orange or black.
Address now for beamifol new catalogue.
“the Yellow fellow." '
E. C. STEARNS 6: (30., Makers, Syracuse, N. V.
ssh Handset)? CAL. " _ Touomo,‘om'.'
BUFFALO, N. Y.
H. R. BULKLEY 8: 60., Agents, SOUTH NORWALK
F,
The Reduction in Hartford Bicycles has proved a drawing‘card. Ladies,
Pattern No 2, is in,3 are... demand,- and; orders are being received right we
along. Conue in and examine it. I
Columbia, standard price to 2111,8100.
The F. S. Ambler Gycle 00., 29 Wall Street.
I’m Doing L.—
. T. .1509";
If you Don’t believe it, Come and? See-
5| 0'? BICYCLES F OR $65
PlEltG—E, Latest ’96
IYGEHST, ‘ Pattern...
fighrsrrfigas (w , 1 Buililiopiiiiifi
"0mm flfiV/W ' full Guarantee.
DIANA, " ..., ‘ -- Easy Terms.
WE ARE NOT IN THE COMBINE.‘
QFor Terms and Lease of Norwalk Fair Grounds, apply 01
LUTHER ’ M. WRIGHT.
Carriage Factory and Repository, Franklin 81 Madison Sis., So. Hcrwalk.
Branch Shops at Broad River and Darlen.
THE WHITE SHOE STORE
Is still in the lead. We shall seil‘all of our Ladies’
$2.00 and $2.50 Tan, Lace and Button Shoes at
$ I 75 a pair.
About 300 pa s in this lot. . Come early and make
your selections and get the greatest bargain in town:
OLSEN 'BROS.”
Wear-1's sewn group
.3 GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK.
YOUR FRIENDS ARE USING
PlilSTED’S. EOUEH REMEDY
N D RECOMMEND ' I’IS USE
I
Get a Bottle .11 once. 25 and 50 Cents.
ALL DRUGGISTS.
.9. vi
PRIVATE '
WELL - . . . .
'- ""_‘ " "“CJ Instructmns given 1n
That you can save money BOXING .
' ' ' . at the pupfl's home.
by buylng your Meats
and Fish at
r. w..snlrn's,
~_ « 55 Main Street. -
Everything First class.
CLASS
Now forming, and ap-
plicants desiring to_
join should apply at 1
once to I
Prof. Geo. Yoereer,~, ’
‘I: South Norwalk. :
rr at this office. is;
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