\_ V VII-.5! THE EVENING GAZETTE uraasv AT THE POST OFFICE IN NORWALK as a ansrarna. , M 4.1L 5 UBsoRIPTIONS; Darnv. one year. $3; sixlmonths. $1.75; three months. $1.00; oneZmonth. 300. WEEKLY. one: year. in ladvancefi $1.00: six months. 600.; three months. 350. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17. 1896. THE WEATHER—Forecast for to- day. Cloudy in the morning, becom- ing fair; cooler, and northwesterly winds, followed by kllling frosts. On Sunday, fair, cooler, with fresh north- westerly winds; and on Monday fair weather, with rising temperature. —————-.—‘O Hon. Thomas W. Ferry. The death of ex-Senator Thomas W. Ferry recalls one of the central figures of the great presidential contest of‘1'8'76- ’77, but who soon thereafter passed into retirement and has been almost forgot- ten by the people of the present. Ferry was not a man of Great ac uirc- " q . Union Veterans’ Bridgeport, Thursday, when the fol-.- : . ment or force, but he happened to hold the key to the solution of the president- ialquestion in the battle between Til: den-and Hayes, which resulted in the formation of the Electoral Commission and finally the seating of§Hayes. His importance at: the time as presi- dent of the Senate was intensified by the fact that his position was, at first, regarded as somewhat doubtful on the great issue, but honors were piled upon ' him and he held to his party fidelity. When the strain was over, however, he was defeated for re-election, and ' since then has been unknown and un- felt in the politics of either his State or the nation. Ferry but repeated the experiences of thonsandsof our meteoric, political statesmen. Peace to his asher. Vicarious Piety. There is too much vicarious piety in the world. The many rely upon the few to bring them safely into the prom- ised land. Statistics show that two- thirds of the church members of the United States are women. This speaks well for‘the purl y a 1 l goodness of the women, but it does not speak so well for the sense of the men who imagine that they can be saved by proxy and are under no obligation to make any direct efi'lrt to save themselves” _ The country is full of men—geneially married men-who never go to church, but who, believing in the church as a means of grace and in religion as a fit- ting preparation for anotlier world, are glad that their wives belong to the church an.l steadfastly encourage them in the performance of their Christian duties. Durlng the latedcivil war many men' who had a direct interest in the preser- vation of the Union and were full of patriotism in the abstract were so con- stituted that, in preference to taking an open part on the field of battle and thus risking the perilous entertainment of a piece of lead in the nerves and tissues of their bodies, they served vicariously, sending to the front, in their places substitutes, whose love of ucre outweighed their fear of personal, injury. ' In like manner men of the present day select as religious substitutes the wives oft‘heir bosoms and send them to church trdo battle with Sat in for both their souls. Many a man, when. with his-comrades and around the festive board, is in- clined to laugh at the idea of a hearalter and has nothing whatever to do with the church and its many fields of reli- gious efl‘ 1rt—personally. But with the vague fear that perhaps his diagnosis of a future state may be wrong, he hedges. That is, he encourages his wife to go to church and send his children to Sunday school. He on... up a. vicarious sacri- fice for his own sins, and goes on with the cloning while the sacrifice is being accomplished. Bringing down to a gross, se‘fish plane the Sublime Sicrifice of Calvary and arguing on‘ the hypothesis that, as Christ atoned for all, soin these latter days may the same course be al— allowable, he hugs to his heart the belief that his wife’s Christianity will be broad enough to cover him also, and that he may be able to smuggle himself through the narrow gates in the shadow of ‘her personal, devotion. In his extreme self-conceit and sel- fishness he takes his w1fe’s action unto himself and deludes himself finally in‘o the belief that he is the Christian and his wife merely an automaton of which he pulls the strings Like the man who was willing to sacrifice all his wife’s relatives sooner 1 than see the Union perish, he cfi'ers up '1 his wife and children upon the altar of a possible . contingency, and flatters himself. that the fruit. if any, Will be recorded to his everlasting credit. This accounts largely for the scarcity of men in the churches—a scarcity that is 'uoticable in every church in every city, town and hamlet, and more espec- ially in the large cities. 1 ‘ Every Sunday witnesses devoted Christian wives at their places in the church offering up heartfelt thanks 1 to Heaven and kneeling in sublime con- fidence to the only. eternal God, while their husbands lounge and sleep at home or indulge in more reprehensibe enjoyment, under the comforting con- viction that their souls are being taken care of in. the most approved manner, and that a vicarious statement has been ual needs. Annual Encampment. The fifth annual encampment of the union was held in lowing officers were elected. Depart- mentcommander, Colonel'W.E. --.Mor-' gen, New Haven; first department com- mander, J. L’Hommedieu, Sou'h Nor- walk;second department commander, George S. Cleveland, Meriden; chap- lain, Thomas Chadeayne, Shelton; surgeon general, Jonathan W. Byrner, Bridgeport; executive board, Albert W. Cook, Meriden; Cnarles W. Wat- rOus, Bridgeport; James Goodwin, New Haven; L. V. B. Hubbard. Shelton; Charles Smith, South Norwalk; L. T. Hurd, Bridgeport; Lawrence O’Brien, New Haven. A collation followed the election. Hick’s Motion. There was on the list yesterday, be- fore Judge Shumway, at the Superior Court, in New Haven, 11 motion made by Mrs. Isabelle Hicks in her suit for divorce from err-Representative Bat- clifi'e Hicks, of Tolland. She charges her husband with infidelity, and this morning, through her counsel, Harri- son & Zacher, asked to be allowed ali- mony pending the trial of the divorce case. She alleges that he is wealthy and that he should provide for her sup- port pending the hearing. Ex Judge Harrison announced, how- ever, that nt the request of the counsel for the defendant, he had agreed to postpone the hearing. Mrs. .4 000 Case of Brutality. _ Dr. W. H. Donalson of F.airtield an agent of the,_i_:'lumane Society has in- vestigated the case of Frank Lockwood, 11 Greenfield Hill farmer, who attends the Congregational church there three times every Sunday. He finds that he has cruelly treated his sister- in law, Jennie Rowe, aged 25 and not very bright. Recently he branded her face with a red hot poker and locked her in a room w1thout food or w iter for thirty- six hours, it is charged. Dr. Donald- son, after investigating, sent Lock- wood Word to come and see him and if he does not he will be arrested. <o>———— Rice’ 8 Comedians. “Rice’s Comedians have just played a week’s engagement at my house, and have not only done the largest reper- to1re business ever known here, but have given by far the best perform- ances we have ever had at cheap prices." H. C. DENNIS, Manager Opera House, Asbury Park, N. J. October 5th, 1896. Rice’s Comedians will be at the Nor- walk~0pera House all next week. The little daughter of Mr. Fred VVebber Holland, Mass: had a. very bad cold and cough which he had not been able to cure Vt ith anything. I gave him a 25 cent bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, says W. P. Holden, merchant and postmaster at West Brimfield, and the next time I saw him he said it worked like a charm. This remedy is intended especially for acute throat and lung diseases such as colds, croup and whooping cough, and it is famous for its cures. There is no danger in giving it to children for it contains nothing injurious. For sale by E. 1’. Weed, druggist. 0.. Adv. . used Letters. The following letters remain uncalled for at the Norwalk PUS' Office, October 17th: 1 Barry W. Frary, Miss Mary E. Gil- mon, Mrs. Charlotte E. Main, S. V. Parker, Mrs. M. Prchin, Mrs. Mamie Winterer. W. H. MALONE, P. M. Hog Cholera's Rsvuges. DUBUQUE, 13., Oct. 17.—Scott Benson, commercial agent of the Illinois Central Railway company, has sent in his report as to ravages of hog cholera along the Central’ s lines in Iowa. He reports a loss of 40 per cent of hogs from Jessup to Fort Dodge. It prevails at Alden, Iowa Falls, Williams, Blairsburg and other points, the loss being. fully 50 per cent. , Mascagni and Leoncavallo. NEW YORK, Oct. 17. --The distinguished composer of “Cay ulleria Rusticana,” Pie- tro Mascagni, is coming to this country, and with him will be Ruggiero Leonoa- vallo. Emile Durer is now in this city making arrangements for a series of grand concerts to be conducted by the masters during November, December and January. Quinn Arrested For Forgery. Los ANGELEB, 0111., Oct 17. —-George T. Quinn, wanted in New York for forgery, was arrested here. Quinn raised a check and then left the east. He has been in bid- ing since his arrival in California. l made sufficient to cover all their spirit- . 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PARLOR DENTIST, BABBEII-i-SIIDP, » . ‘ H. S. LEOBOLD. 8 West Avenue. 4-7 Maln Street. TRY WEED’S- . 38 Wall St. , E N TE R P R l S E prompt attention. 1 Job Printing? ‘_ EVEllY DEZFGBIPTIIII EXECUTED AT THE‘ . .. ' GAZETTE omen Bé'yond 'Dounr. Among the many good things told some years ago of Colonel Utley,1vell known as a \Visconsin editor, and also as the hero of more than one military story, is a little incident which illus- trates his ability to make a. good- no.- tured joke. During the war, while Colonel Utley was in command of a Wisconsin regi- ment stationed in Kentucky, he at- taincd some notoriety by allowing his men to harbor and protect a poor negro boy who had escaped from his master. The boy came north and the master brought suit for his value against Colonel Utley. One day the colonel went from his home to Milwaukee, andpwhile there he met a friend who asked him how his case was progressinv. “Very well, ” replied the Colonel. “I think I shall win it, although I have the smartest lawyer at the Milwau- kee bar against me." ' “Why, he isn’t our smartest lawyer by any means,” Said'the friend, with evident surprise. “on, certainly he is,” responded the colonel, with conviction. “How do you know?” persisted his friend. “Know! Why, man alive, he ac- knowledged it himself!” A Suit; for Every Day. Studentus—“Young Herman has a suit of clothes for every day in the week.” 7. Studentum—“I never see him wear but one.” Studentus—“Yes; that’s the suit!” Positive Proof. Miss Daisy MedderS—Do you love me, Jason? Jason Huckleberry—’Course I love you. Do you s’pose I’d have been actin’ the fool over you all this time lf I didn’t? Mere Euphemlsm. “Ellie—Popper, what does this book mean by saying that the King took the lion’s share? . Mr. Ferry—It is a polite way of say- ing that he acted like a hog—Cincin- nati Enquirer. A Theory. “It as it whiskey that brought you here. ”’ asked the prison visitor. ‘I think, lady, fiom the way the copper smelled,” answered Dismal Dawson, “that it was gin.”-—-Indian- npolis Journal. The Old Sort. . Ethel-How did Blanch manage to get a husband? Maud—She utilized a matrimonial agency. . Ethel—You don’t say so! agency?__ Maud—“A hammock.—Pick-Me-Up. Which TEA, COFFEE AND SUGAR. Differences in the Averages of Consump- _ tion in Various Countries. Twenty ounces a year for each in- habitant has been the average of tea consumption in the United States for twenty-five" years. England’s aver- age for the same period has been 80 ounces for each inhabitant, 01' four times greater. Tea. drinkers, as a rule, use more sugar than coffee drinkers do. Tea-drinking countries are the greatest consumers of sugar. In Spain, where chocolate is more popular as a drink than ten, and in France, wherecoffee is proverbially popular, and supposedly best made, sugar is, relatively, less used. The annual consumption of sugar in the United States is 'now 2.100.000 tons, which is about 65 pounds a per- son. , 0f. the total the United States produces 350,000 tons, 1,800,000 being imported. The United States pay an« nually over $108,000,000 for foreign sugar, and $20,000,000 for the domes- tic article. The American product of sugar has increased 50 per cent in 12 year. The English consumption of hugar is at the rate of 70 pounds per ,capita, the average of Holland and Denmark being 30 pounds, and of France and Switzerland 23 pounds. The expression “enormous,” often erroneously used by statisticians in- tent upon establishing a proposition, is correct in the case of Holland as a coffee-consuming country, for the to- tal consumption-of coffeein a year amounts to 40,000 tons, and the total area of Holland is 12,000 square miles ——less than half the state of West Vir- ginia. On the basis of the population the coffee consumption of Holland is 325 ounces yearly for each inhabitant, and the other countries 111111 which comparison is made have the aver ages following: United States, 150; Germany, 90; France, 70; Austro- Hungary, 35; Italy. 17; Great Britain and Ireland, 15; Spain 9, and Russia 3. The English. taste for tea has never extended to the United States, but, oddly enough, in those portions of Canada. in which the inhabitants are of English descent the consumption, of tea is just as large as in either Eng- land dr Ir-.eland In tea and coffee drinking the United States follow_ rather France and Germany than England, though the reason for this preference is not altogether clear. The Wife’s Retort.» The infant, of the house was in its cradle. The head of the house was at home, peevish and fault-finding. At length he became unendurable, as he growled out; “You have done nothing tonight but make mistakes.” “Yes,” she answered meekly. “I began by putting the wrong baby to bed." . One Unsettled Point. 'An old man who bore evidence of more work than culture approached a representative of a free silver pa- per the other day in the State Li- brary. “Can I ask you a question?” “Certainly.” “Well,'if we have _f1'ee,silver coin- age, we’ll all have more money, won’t We?” ‘- “Why, yes, certainly; that’s easy to answer.” _ . “Well, what I want to know,” said the old father, earnestly, “ is wheth- er they will bring it to me or whether I’ll have to go after it.” The Costly Lot. 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