1,1";
E .V— E M N G G A z E T111
joyed as a baby with
K . -
back to MEADOW *MOIviMG
' '9‘. Welcome. ’ AN ANCIENT LONG ISLAND cusrorn
New England housekeep- i 0F CLEARING THE MARSHES.
CI'S are 1200 Wide awake to. be , Youths Swung' Scythes and. Cut Swat-h:-
. . ‘ . - . Where Their Ancéstors l-Iad ‘l‘rod.
fooled Into - buyms mferlor «n...» me. and“ m. 1...... c...,....1
Soap more than once, just on the Field and Rosent Break of Day.
'At the last annual mowing of the
' because them is a present meadow marshes at Hcmpstefld. L- 1-.
given with it. Uncle “Tine’l Matts, as day broke,
sounded a reveille by hitting :11 scythe
with a Whetstone. From coaches of
new mown grass striplings and hardy
old timers ranged themselves along?
the prairie of meadow giass that Iose
and fell in gentle billows of u muffled
green under the pressu1e of a soft east
wind. Keen scythes glistened in the
hands of the silent army. “ ith a- flour
lsh that made the scythe blade ring,
Uncle “Tine” brought the reveille to a
finish.
.1 “Be youse all ready?” he demanded
“Aye, aye, sir,” returned the nautical
. farmers; “we bees,” and the scythe
WW blades swung back with Inilitaiy pre
On washing-day the}r 1.1-1, cision
II only the beSt soap;lnex1 L“? “Then let ’er go! Cut, you clam
they buy their own-present. diggin sons 0 guns, ..cut ”
h A hundred blades glinted, then sank
deep into the great, green field, and
the wmk of cutting the hay on the
common meadows of Hempstead was
begun.
WITH}
REST AURAN T
ATTACHED.
MIKE fiATCHFoRD,
44 {Mam Street,
The Best Wines, Liquors and gigars.
‘ ‘. " LONG ISLAND FARMERS.
_BIG cull. IN PRIGE- Back and forth over these meadows
‘ for two hundred years or more have
the natives of the town of Hempstead
' . OF . each season swung their scythes and
, _ x 1 harvested the crop of meadow grass
' " _ i that fell beneath their strokes. From
1 ‘ father to son privileged routes for cut»
‘ .L ' - . ting the grass have descended. Youths
this V.morning worked their way
. . . ‘ through the tall grass over the same
Round: SlI‘lOln. and POI? ground-where their "ancestors had cut
terhouse Steaks, Sausge, --Waths- . . - , . .
,- The common meadows, comprise
P01: and Rib ROflStS . about two hundred acres. ~Hundreds
of tons of hay are out every year, and
Reduced 20 a Pounds the cutting season is eagerly looked
forward to by farm boys and old tim-
All First Quality. Meat. ers. Those who make a business of
gathering the hay yearly camp out on
the ground.
,. Jo Wm BOGARDUS D'GSpite his sixty years or more,
Uncle “Tine” is the crack mOWer of
In 6 WATER ST-I NORWALK the town. According to custom, the
mower owns all the grass Within the
ADAMS! swath he can cut between sunrise and
' sundown. Hundreds of tons of this
hay is gathered annually. It is worth
.0 n from $7 to $8 a ton. As the grass is
heavy and sometimes wet, three or
four acres a day is all a good man can
' cover. The grass is used for bedding
80a POWdeP’ and feeding cattle, and is also sold
' ' for packing crockery.
For Kitchen Use POSTAGE STAMP FLIRTATION.
Excells a" others. Be Careful \Vhere You Put the Stamp, for
Ask Your Grocer For It Its Location Hasa Meaning.
The following Grocers have it on sale: E. J. It will be news to most letter writers
Miran-rims111......1. stash M. 11.1.1... is a recognized we 0, ms
Emit? A E°"E"E”'.U‘"§°tll 11.411:- ‘1“ “lie “3‘?" mm??? “,2 the ”9“,?”
as 0““ ukOS 11’ ° - a misp acing o e s mp—or w at
Fre§u§z?1b¥;3?ADaAAv§?oRnH3: 111': ggfiéglfsg. has been supposed-t0 be such—is really
nasal-22.211.231.111. 31111.“... 8....1. fitfi‘. done “:1 accordance w... .1... .01..
Schachat, Harbor avenue. Schafifat, 'Thus, if the stamp is put in the lower
assassins. Pant: 12.11.10.111 1... 1...... or .1. letter. but 9.1.
Lubrous. 20Ward street; AnnaR Qurke. East lide up, it indicates that “mother IS 11]
£3333“ ,lglgggsggg2501mm“ 0' K' and father is going to the lodge this
_ evening.” In the same locality, but
‘ with the head downward, it means that
SPECIAL SALE it will not be safe to call on account of
the dog. Put on diagonally the signifi-
—0F—" cance is “meet me tomorrow noon at
the old place.” And ”when pasted
S awkwardly near‘the middle of the en-
ai O r as velope it signifies” “I cannot return
your affection.’a These are not all the
messages, of course, but they will read
NOW READY, lly suggest the capabilities of the code
. - and probably prompt theinventive to
'Unlrlmmed, Inc and llpwards, the designing of new signals. Those
. who incline to flirtation are very in-
TrImmId, 5°C and Upwards, genious in the matter of methods, and
- will readily avail themselves of; so
convenient a method as the postage
FAWCETTS
I Books and Bookmaking.
The first Bible printed with a data
'" 3 Water Street, "OI-walk Was finished by Faust in 1462. ’
-* " ‘ Type setting machines were suggest:
MEEKER GOAL 00 ed for book work as early as 1842, .
9 Books were printed in Paris from
J, stereotyped plates by Didot in 1798.
Ancient booksw were sometimes writ<
GOAL WOOD BRICK ten on slabs of wood, ivory or metals.
' , j , The firstbook printed in America is
’ said to have been an almanac, at Bos~
. ton, in 1638. ,
. The first printed engravings, for use
LIME! BEMENT, "LE PIPE‘ in books, were done. on wood, in 1519,
- in Germany.
, ‘ (The "first book to have its leaves.
OFFILE WITH (3' WARD SELLEOK numbered was Esop’s Fables, printed
.. . ' - by Caxton in 1484.
WALL STREET. NOBWA LK. Chinese printing is certainly as early
' ' ' ”A. D. 593, books of that date being
. . ‘ now in existence.
Horace E_ »Dann' Three-fourths of the inventions used
, in bookbinding are due to the ingenu-
sxauLSIOL ity of American binders.
The fir st printed books had their
Liverv and. Sales Stable leaves printed on one side only, the
W""""""“""‘- blank sides being pasted together.
* . opposite Danbury and Ofterra cinder or a speck ofdirt may
Norwslk Railroad 4099‘ be removed, from the eye without in-_
‘ Norwalk. 0011“" Stylish jury or pain by placing a grain "of flax
’ Single “Pub“ Team seed in'the eye. As the grain dissolves
' girl f°::::°::td::::n 1“" a glutinous substance is formed-which
I 6 , -v--,'.,-, .. ,, - .yo. 7 c -
1...... . - -« f”-.i?*;:::~.:°.i:.:}*::f.ss
SADDLE HORSES 1" SPECIA‘TTY nut viii: :lauveo its purpose.
. J,
4..., l. if:
”A endows-roast) ' MAN.
,HB Confesses Himself 3 “'hitenell n-‘pzr'a
chre and Wants to be Taken Sex-i...”
I have been told that I came 11119
this'world with a grin on my pink face.
Instead of protesting when the classy-
man who baptized me sprinkled the
water in my left eye, I took the whole
thing as a good joke, which led my
nurse to predict that I would have a
short life. My conduct during my first
couple of years showed that I had
made up my mind to make it a merry
one. The reputation for good-nature
which I have had from my earliest
childhood has proved my greatest af-
fliction. The popularity which I en-
all those who
came in contact with me has 'stuck__like
a leech. Having reached the age of dis-
cretion, I am expected to be happy un-
der all possible circumstances. My
friends tell me that they never'met'any
one who equaled me in evenness of
temper. They are careful to Spread my
renown among those who a1e strangers
to me. he result is that I feel
obliged ”to live up to my repute. I go
about ready to turn on a fictitious
smile at a moment’s notice. . My tailor
may be pressing me for payment of
his bills. I may be suffering from the
remorse that follows a late dinner. I
may have indigestion, or in fact suffer
from any of the ills that afflict human-
ity; yet if I see a friend in the street I
must grin like a monkey and laugh like
a mule-why? Because-I am a good-.
natured man. Smiling has become such
a habit that I beam unconsciously, and
if there is a baby in the elevated car or
street car at the time, the little wretch
is sure to express a desire to sit on
my knee and pull my mustache, all of
which is a cause of extreme embarrass
ment. Naturally shy and ditfident, my
alleged good-nature gives me an air of
extreme ease in dealing with strangers,
tspecially old maids, clergyman and
yolice. My life is one long bluff. I am
11 whited sepulchre. There is deceit in
the corner of my ,1 month and the
twinkle of my eye. I am not allowed
to indulge in the blues or to be misera-
ble. If anybody is despondent, he or
she would resent my failure to make
fun as a personal insult. I have been
in love many times, but in no case has
the girl deigned to take me’ seriously.
Perhaps it is just as well because in
the married state the mask is quickly
tom off. What a revelation my real na-
ture would have been! The worst
thing of all is that I am looked on as
harmless. The world positively refuses
to associate guile with so genial a man.
Yet I feel that I could be a great and
historic. criminal if I had the oppor-
tunity. I suppose I shall be unchanged
to the last, and wink at the undertaker.
THE HONEST TRAMP.
His Integrity “’33 of the Spurious Kind,
But Good for 85 Just the Same. '
“George dear,” said Mrs. McBride.
after she had put her husband’s slip-
pers on his feet and snuggled into his
lap.
"What is it, pet?”
“You didn’t want that old gray coat
again, did you, that was hanging in the
upstairs closet?”
“N0.” _ 9
“I gave it to a poor tramp to—day, and
you ought to have seen how grateful he
was for it. I was very sorry for the
poor fellow, for his own coat was all
in tatters.”
“I am glad you gave it to him, love.”
“You didn’t know you,had left some
money in one of its pockets, did you?”
“I didn’t see how I could, for I am
very careful with my money. I don‘t
get it easily enough to be able to put
it away and forget all about it.”
“Well ”George there was a twenty dol-
lar bill in the inside pocket of that
coat.”
“Oh, nonsense!”
“It’s a fact. The tramp I gave it to
found the money there, and he was so
grateful for the coat that he brought
back the money. Wasn’t he an honest
man, George?”
“I should say he was. I never heard
of such a thin" before. ’
“Oh, men are so suspicious of each
other. They never give one another
credit for common honesty. ” ‘
“Oh, yes, they do; but honesty of the
sort you name is very uncommon hon-
esty.”
“Well, I was so pleased with the
man’s bringing the $20 back that I
gave him $5 as a rewarl .”
“Did you ?” ,
“Yes, George. Wasn’t that right?
You know he might have kept all of
the $20.” V
“True enough. What did you do
with the $20 he brought back ‘2”
“I have it in my purse. I’ll get it for
you.”
She produced the note. Her husband
took it, and gave it one look, and
then looked at his wife.
“What’s 'the matter, George?” she
asked, anxiously, for his gaze was a
disquieting one. “It isn’tcounterfeit,
is it. ‘9”
“No, it 11111 t counteifeit. ”
“Then what’s the matter?”
“It’s a Confederate note.”
A Girl’s Composition on Boys.
The boy is not an animal,yet they can
be heard to a considerable distance.
‘ When a boy’hollers he opens his mouth
like frogs, but girls hold their tongue
till they are spoke to, and then they
answer respectable and tell just how,
it was. A boy thinks himself clever
because he can wade where it is deep,
but God made the dry land for every
living thing and rested on the seventh"
day. When the boy grows up he is.
called a husband, and then he stops
wading and stays'out_nights, but the-
grew-up girl is a widow and keeps
house. “ ~‘
'power‘that she can act at all.
CO.- éTRASTING ACTRESSES. '
The Melancholy Dune and the Merry Laie
Fuller Described.
In an article 1n the New York Press. .
Hillary Bell has this to say of the ac;
tress, whom many believe the great-
est now on the stage, and the dancer
who admittedly excels 1n her line:
Melancholy has marked Base for her
own. The Italian actless has arched
eyebrows with that distinctive sinking
in the centre which is an outward in
dication of sadness. Her eyes are
brown, deep set, expressive and beauti-
f:..1'1n intelligence. There is little mirth
in them even when her lips are smiling
A long upper lip and a droop at the
ccrners of her mouth contribute to this
general expression of gloom. Yet, when
the scene demands it, Duse can 81"?“
fine touches of. comedy. Her smile 3;
e1 Iquent and engaging. and in s1.c
moments her teeth glisten with wh (-
good humor. When she relapses intag
pathos Duse looks 40 when she smile
she seems to be twenty years younger.
' In reality she is 36. At one moment
she is an embodiment of the grace or.
. youth. at another she is a. sombre, mid
dle- aged woman. Evidences of physi
cal suffering are still to be discovered
in- the heavy rings around her ey es, for
this gifted player has long been an in-
valid from some nervous afiec‘ .ion, and
folk say that it is only by hm 01c will
At the
close of the performance her exhausted
condition 13 apparent. The file of act
ing has died out, and the animation
which sustained her is gone. She comes
forward feebly to bow to the audience;
her eyes are dull; her lips dzoop; she»
supports hersolf against the stage fu1-
niture; she inclines her head slowly,
with a mournful, deprecatory smile,as
if she had no more intel est in the stage
or its spectators. In stature she is
more than common tall, a slender fig-
ure, thin arms, small, nervous hands,
full of expression and artistic in finger
tips. Her hair is dull black, lightly
sprinkled with gray. That is Eleonora
Duse as she appears to the visual sense.
Her exact antithesis is Loie Fuller.
It is true that Loie also has a long up-
per lip, but at this sentimental spot all
likeness ends between the two Women.
Melancholy never marked Miss Fuller,
but she' 15 tattooed all over with merrio-
ment. Her round face resembles the
sun en a. May morning, warm and. gen-
ial, promising plenty. Her smile is
expansive and benevolent, and 1n order
to give it as much room as possible na-
ture has turned up her nose, which on
gan is tip- tilted to a degree quite imi
polite to mention.
.ARE THEY EXTRAVAGANT! ' .
What Mme. Guy d’Hardelot Says 01' the
American Women.
Mme. Guy d’Hardelot is Emma Cal-
ve’s intimate friend and compapion.
Mme. Guy d’Hardelot has some very
decided opinions regarding the dress of
American women.
“_I_ think American women dress most
- extravagantly,” she said to a New York
World Reporter. “I must say that,
when I went to the Horse Show, di-
rectly we arrived in New York, I was
astonished at the reckless display of the
most frail and perishable fabrics, laces,
chilfons, as well as the more sumptuous
show of velvets and brocades. Now, in
England at such a function you would
not see such extravagance of dress.’
“Do you think that Americans‘over
dress for the opera?”
“Well, I can better understand their
dressing so much for the Opera. There
is reason for that. But on the street or
at an entertainment like the Horse Show
it amazes me; to see how much Ameri-
can women put upon their backs. It
seems such a. pity, such a. waste of
money. There IS so much to be done
with money in this world, so many sor
rows to lighten, so many suife1ers to re
lieve, that such awful extravagance in
dress seems quite deplorable.
“Then, too, isn’t it awfully hard on
the American men? Everywhere you
go in this country you see only women.
The men are all in their ofiE'Ices or at
their professions, working, working
constantly to get the money to supply
the extravagance of their Wives and
daughters. It is dreadful. I think
American men are the best husbands in
the world—but too indulgent.
“As to the way your working girls
dress, it is shocking. What poor, mis-
erable, cheap imitations of finery one
sees everywhere. But that is like the
English working girls. They love fin-
ery, too. I think that is where the mis
chief is done. Ladies wear superb cos-
tumes upon the street, working girls
see them and strive to imitate them.
Soon they come to think of nothing but
finery. I tell you the love of finery is
the root of all evil quite as much as
the love of money.”
It may be of interest to feminine
1eaders to know that Mme. Guy 11’ Ear
delot herself dresses plainly but ele
gantly and almost always in black.
Fast in His Memory.
, “Remember, witness,” sharply vex-
claimed the attorney for the defence
“you are on oath 1”
“There ain ’1: no danger of my forget
tin it,” replied the witness, sullenly.
"I’m tellin’ the truth for nothin’ when
I could have made fifteen» shillings by
lyin’ for your side of the case, an’ you
know it.”—Tid—Bits.
To '_ Some Extent.
“Seen Bill Brownwhen I was up to
town,” said the man with. the gun.»
.boots, setting himself on the salt barrel.
“Conductin’ a. street car. ”
“I thought Bill Was goin’ into busi-
ness for himself,” said the grocer.
“W31, 1 allow "he is to, ,some°extent,
but the} company ain’t got onto it yet.”
——Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Pope’- Wise Counsel.
Pope Leo recently'advised one of his
‘ clergy to “Write articles for the news-
papers. Poople read them who never
go to hear a sermon preached.” Despite
his age and strict seclusion, Pope Leo
iridently keeps up with the times.
,/
‘ Harbor, Conn,
more than they.
MR. BENEDICT’S PALACE.
The President’s Friend Builds on the Site
of Bill Tweed’s Hotel.
On the site of the old hotel at Indian
CommOdore E, G. Bene-
dist, the intimate friend of President.
Grover Cleveland, has built a palatial
country residence that is said to be the
finest in the United States, with the
possible exception of George Vander-
bilt’s country seat at Biltmore, N. C.
Situated on one of the most pictur-
esque sheets of water in America, In-
dian Harbor, as Mr. Benedict’s place is
called, has the rare, advantage of p08-
Sessing almost a mile of water front.
The palace,» for such it really is, is
built in the Italian Renaissance ,-,._style
and stands at the very end of the prom-
ontory which juts out into the. Sound
from Greenwich, Gonn.
. com. BnNanicr's MANSION. ..
Although its decorations are not yet
complete, the place cost more than
$1, 450, 000.
A quaint relic of New York a gen-
,eration ago is suspended over a bal-
cony in the boat heuse. It. is a photo-
graph of the late Boss Tweed and his
merry men, standing in a group in
front of the Americus Club House,
which occupied the site before the In-
dian Harbor Hotel stood there, and as
a permanent reminder of the Americus
Club the letters “A.. C.” are still to be.
seen on one of the rocks in front Of
the house. The old photograph shows
the plain'wooden front of the old club
house, with the name of the club
painted across the front. In the centre
of the group was Tweed, then evident-
ly in his prime. He was dressed in a
frock coat, with the conventional-black
necktie. He was surrounded by thirty
or more of his henchmen, all dressed in
the style of the political “boys” of that
period.
Indian Harbor is built in two squares,
with airy, semi-circular porches front-
ing the Sound on each side. It has a
terra-cotta mansard roof, which re-
lieves the plain“ white of the istructure
itself. It is so constructed that the
windows in every important room in
the house command a view of the
Sound. Through the telescope on the
front porch a. view can be had of. the
Sound from Execution Rock and Fort
Schuyler to Port Jefferson, 9. distance
of fifty miles. Immediately in front of
the house are several small islands.
JOHN BULL’S NEW BOATS.
they Are the Largest War Vessels Afloat
and Named Terrible and Powerful.
England’s .two new protected cruis-
ers, the Terrible and the Powerful, the
the largest war vessels afloat, are now
mdergoing their official speed trials.
In? accordance with what seems to be
a. changed policy of the British 'Ad-
miralty, it is possible that no oflicial
announcement of the results of these
trials may be made. Orders have been
given, at any rate, that no one shall be
present at the Terrible’s trials save the
oflicers on duty, and for some months
past it is noticeable that no accounts
have appeared in the English news
papers of the performances of the
new thirty-knot torpedo boat destroy-
ers as they have been completed.
ENGLAND’S CRUISER “TERRIBLE.”
The avowed purpose in constructing
these monster cruisers, however, was
to produce something that could catch
anything afloat. The proportions of
the two vessels have appeared in print
again and again, and the contract
speed was to be twenty-two knots;
this speed must certainly be attained
before the Admiralty accepts the ves-
sels. If a much higher speed is at-
tained, it is possible that the Admiral-
ty may try to keep the information to
itself, though that Seems hard to be-
lieve. They are sister ships, built on
the same plans, but by diflerent con-
structors,theTerriblehaving been built'
at Clydebank by the Thomsons,whi1o
the Powerful was constructed by the.
Naval Shipbuilding. and Armament
Company at Barrow. The plans were
drawn by Sir William Henry White,
K. C. B., director of naval construc-
tion. The estimated cost is £662,851,
or$3,300,000.~ « . . I “4.1:
The Terrible is 5381/2 feet long over
all, 71 feet wide, and 431/.) deep from
the upper deck to the keelson, displac-
ing 14,475 tons. The measurements of
the Powerful are practically the same.
The tonnage is almost double that of
our Columbia, whichis 116 feet short-
er and 13.feet narrower.
The Terrible is about as long as the
St Louis and the St. Paul of the
Ame1ice 11 Line, but is eight feet broad-
, er and measures 2, 800 tons more. It is
sixty- -two feet shortel, but six feet
broader, than the Cunarders Gampania
and Lucan-ia, and measures 1,500tons
It is twenty-seven
feet shortennthIrteen feet' broader, and
measures74,500 tons more than the
White Star-steamers Majestic and Teu-
tonic. '1_‘_he European war cruiser that
comes nearest it in displacement is the
11,000-t‘on Russian Rurik. The Terri-
le’s engines are intended to furnish
,560 horse power, giving a calculated
speed of 22 knots with natural draught.
A....SA113011’S sronr. _ '
Nt the Protrerbial Sailors Yarn. I
An Old Saltsneaks 1n
Narwalk. '
The life of a sailor has man u
downs. The hardships of 1113111151533
sails the briny deep are not appreciated
by_ the land lubbers who know not what
it is to struggle with the elements to
keep above water, it takes brawn and
muscle and good constltutions to stand
it. While men, even the hardiest, when
they return from nautical life find the
exposure has left them with a legacy
as a constant reminder of the past. And
often when a Jolly Jack Tar ls relating
an experience, the back that has car-—
ried him through it all Is burdened with
a far heavier burden. Our representa-
tlve had a pleasant chat the other day
with just such a man. A sailor for. thirty
years. Thomas Coonev, by name, 9.
Norwalk citizen, residing at No. 73.
Harbor avenue. He has also held the
position of 'dockmaster for ten years,
and to add to the difficulties he has had
to contend with, he fell from a tree
when a. boy, striking a fence. This m-
cidént left him with back trouble, and
the life on the water with its hardships
added their share until he found back-
ache Was more or less a. steady thing,
coming on from time to time. - Like
.most people he did not understand that
.it come from the kidneys, but reading
that Doan’ s Kidney Pills cured back-
ache he got a box-.at Hale’ s drug store
and was surprised to find how quickly
they acted. “Why,” says Mr. Cooney,
"they simply cured me, and you mav
be sure I have a good word for Doan’ s
Kidney Pills, they have done such good
werk for 1116.1 shall be glad.- to tell
anyone about it whowishes to know. ”'
It’ 6 like a case of mistaken identity.
Mr. Cooney did realize that it was
kidney ache and that his kidneys were
injured, not his back. That. exposure
had simply increased the kiduev. com-
plications. It’ 5 easy for Doan’ s Kidney
Pills to cure such cases.
For sale by all dealers. price 50. cents,
or mailed by Foster-Milbnrn 00.. Bud'-
alo, N. Y., sole agents for the United
States.
Itchlng Piles, night’s horrid plague,
is Instantly relieved and permanently
cured by Doan’ s Ointment. Your deal-
er ought to keep it
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block-tin lined barrels direct
from the celebrated Spring, is
for sale on draught at Had-
Iden’s, corner Wall and River
Street.
THE WATER
Is brought direct from Sara-
' toga, and is dispensed 1n pre-
cisely the same condition in
which it flows from the spring
at Saratoga, and is sold at
5. Cents per Glass.
DRINK
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GREGOIiY’S 'POIN I.
llllW OPEN FOR THE SEASON OF 1896.
Slim Dinners,
flhods Island Glam Bake. __
Bathing. Busting. Flshlng. - ' '
Electric car's to Hotel, every twenty
‘ minutes.
-' ,, JOHN E. O’SULLIVAN, ,
' Manager.
Norwalk Chronicler