South Norwalk.
Branch Office of GAZETTE No. 12
North Main Street.
Electrician Percy E. Ferris is in New
York to-day on a business trip.
The Till family will give their con-
cert this evening 'in the Methodist
church.
The Knights of Honor will hold a
meeting this evening in the Red Men’s
Wigwam. “
Miss J ulia Hatch leaves town to-day
to visit her sister Mrs. Bailey, in
Brooklyn. ,
UncasTribe of Red Men, held a
meeting last night and worked the
Chiefs degree.
The Veteran Whist club will hold a
meeting with Mrs. Milo H. Parsons at
her home in Brookaide.
Miss Luella Lane, of South Main
street, has returned from a visit with
friends in Wallingford.
The last meeting of the season of the
Ladies’ Whist club, will be held at the
Yacht Club house this afternoon.
Mrs. Oliver Weed. of South Main
street. has gone to Newark, N. J. to
spend a week with friends in that city.
The Connecticut Library association
of which Miss A..Soott is secretary held
a meeting in Bridgeport, yesterday.
The laborers are hard at work lifting
the wrecked engine onto the track.
They will probably have it on by this
evening. ’
Edgar H. Price, of Yale, will addresss
the Prohibitionists in the old Congre-
gational chapel on North Main street
to-night.
The Philharmanic Bagpipers will
meet Friday night. A full attendance
of mani ice is requested as Maniac Glad-
stone will render a new bagpipe se-
lection.
At the meeting of the Library asso-
ciation in Bridgeport, yesterday, Miss
Angeline Scott read a paper, the title
of which was “The Librarian and Pub-
lic Societies." .
'l'he Palestine Castle fair last night
'Was well attended as usual and all pres-
ent seemed to enjoy it, especially the
exce‘lent program rendered by the
Philharmonic orchestra. The program
this evening will be, recitation, Miss
Susie Utzinger; solo, Miss Abendroth;
(solo, Miss ' Eva Weyman; recitation,
Miss Nellie Corcoran; solo, Mr. Harry
Stevenson; duet, Messrs. DePerrin &
Badly,
Constable Samuel Ireland arrested
Joesph Genzy yesterday afternoon for
being drunk and creating a disturbance
in Whistleville. As he resisted, the
ofiicer was obliged .to procure a wagon
to convey him to the station house. In
the struggle, Constable Ireland lost
part of his watch chain and was unable
to find it. This morning in the Town
Court Judge Frost heard the case and
continued in until tomorrow morning
at 9 o’clock.
133's. Diven, the milliner located on
North Main street closed up for the
night last evening leaving her show
case outside. 00]. H. A. Saunders im-
mediately bore down on it and succeed.
ed in capturing it. This morning after
having decorated it with Boutez en
.Avant posters he returned it to its
owner. The Colonel has had his eye
on this show case for some time and
now smiles when he see his posters
decorating it.
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A Suggestion for Bicyclists.
Out at the Minnesota Transfer Col.
Lander was located some weeks ago,
a gentleman much interested in the cat-
tle business, and a ranchman of many
year’s experience. [He was much dis-
gusted ‘with the way the dogs in the
vicinity barked and “jumped at him
as he rode along‘on his wheel or pony,
.so not long ago he determined to put
a stop-to the annoyance. He is as ex-
pert a lassoist as can be found in the
cattle regions, {SO he got into the
habit of carrying his lariat with him.
The instant a dog would start out
.from some lawn with a bark in his
mouth and a. savage look in his eye,
and .an ugly, carnivorous wrinkle
around his nose, the Colonel would
.calmly raise himself in his saddle and
lasso the cur. Then he would pull a
taut rope, and off he would go, drag-
ging the dog after him to a private
burying ground which he has! estab-
lished at the Transfer. There's a sug-
gestion here for the dog catcher.
No Desire for Honors.
Mrs. Zachary Taylor had bitterly
opposed her husband’s nomination. “It
is a plot to take him from me,” she
said, and looked forward to the pub-
lic claim on him with dread, and de-
clined to have anything to do with
public receptions, or hospitalities of
the Executive Mansion. Mrs. Bliss,
the newly married daughter, led the
White House affairs and became a
social power. When the President
died Mrs. Taylor knew that her words
had been prophetic, and after the pom<
pous funeral was ever, she would not
' , linger a day nor ever speak of the
White House or Washington after-
ward.
xA-n" last winter Mr-I Geo.».A.‘" Mills, - at
Lebanon, Conn.;" was badly afflicted with
rheumatism. 7., At times it was so severe that
he could not stand up straight, but was
drawn over on one side. “I tried different i
remedies without receiving relief,” he says,
“until about six months ago I bought a bot-
tle of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. After using
it for three days my rheumatism was gone
and has not returned since.” For sal by E.
"P. Weed, druggist. " " "" l
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‘A MOTHER DIES OF JOY.
T219 Sight of Her Cripple Boy, After Years
of Separation, I’rofves Fatal.
l‘i’hen Fritz Nuttman parted from
his mother in Cassel, Germany, no one
would have guessed that‘he would
survive her.for the boy had been a
w’cakling from birth, whereas his
mother bore her sixty odd years
with all the vigor for which a coun-
try-bred frau is remarkable . Fritz
was a cripple. That misfortune,
coupled with frequent attacks of ill-
ness, had made him shy and sensi-
tive. One could see it——-one can see
it still—in his meagre face and in
his plaintive blue eyes. He had one
passion; it was for music. And he be-
lieved he had genius. But it seemed
to him that in his own country, among
the people who had been familiar for
so many years with his misshapen
form, he was handicapped in the race
for fame. ~
So the young musician made up his
mind to sail for America, wherehe
might hope to pass unnoticed until he
was ready to compel the world’s no-
tice, and where he might recover in
a measure from the self-consciousness
that tormented him at home. He
sailed, but not alone. His sister Kat.
rina, who had nursed him in sickness,
and shared his dreams in health,
would not be left behind. “You can-
not do without me, Fritz,” she said.
And Fritz was glad enough to have
her with him.
Letters from ' their mother. kept
them informed that she was in good
health, that their little sister Ma-
thilda. had grown into a big, strong
girl, and that the, day when all four
would be reunited was a constant
theme of joy in the old home.
At last it was arranged. Mrs.
Neumann and Mathilda should pack
up all their belongings and come to
New York, where Fritz would take
care of them so long as there were
people in the Annexed District who
wanted to learn to play the piano.
At the pier Fritz and 'Katrina met
their aunt, their mother’s sister, who
had left Cassel in her girlhood forty-
four years before. They were stand-
ing together in a group as the big
steamer was swung into her berth,
and they all recognized Mathilda and
her mother as the latter leaned over
me railing of the promenade deck.
Tears were in all their eyes as the
mother came toward them, with her
glad cry of “Fritz! Fritz! How I have
longed for this day!” They clustered
around her, plying her with ques-
tions, and led her to the waiting room.
She sank into the nearest seat.
“Fritz! Fritz!” she murmured
again, and then her lips fell apart in
a changeless smile. There was some-
thing beside.joy in her upturned eyes.
Fritz ran for restoratives, and
somebody else ran for the ship’s doc-
tor. But joy had done its work, and
the mother was dead. Her heart had
been too weak to bear the agitation of
meeting her loved ones.
His Treacherous Memory.
It happened in Lewiston on the
night of the McGillicuddy banquet.
The man himself told me about it, as
follows: -
My memory isn’t very good, and I
had several things on my mind.
When I went out Tuesday night I in-
tended to come home early, but I
dropped into the spread at the Hotel
Atwood, and it was past 2 a. 111. when
I struck my doorstep. You- ought to
have seen me sneak up to my front
door and fumble for my key. I reckon
that no one ever did a slicker job than
I did. I haven’t been out so late for
months, but I got into the hallway
without making any noise, and I sat
down on the stairs and removed my
shoes. I learned that when I was
courting my wife. Why, I have done
slicker jobs in getting out of her house
and into mine without waking either
of the families than Spike Hennessy
ever did in his palmiest days of bur-
glary. I went up stairs to the cham-
ber door and pushed on it. It creaked
some, but it gave way, and I Was in.
I expected to hear some one say:
‘Will, is’that you?” but no one did,
although I fancied I heard the soft
breathing of my Wife. I didn’t light
the gas. Not I. I slipped ofi my
clothes; decided not to wind my watch
for fear of it’s click; found my robe
de nuit, slipped into it, and edged
around to my side of the bed. Then
I ' calmly and steadily and deftly
slipped in.
I was alone!
She was gone!
And then I remembered that she
had been away two days. and I had
known it all the time, if I had only
stopped to think. ,
“Sober?”
,Certainly I was. I hadn’t drank
anything but spring water and \Von
cestershire sauce.
Fruit as Medicine.
Whyfor ages have people eaten
apple sauce with their roast goose and
suckling pig? Simply because the
acids and peptones in the fruit assist
in digesting the fats so abundant in
this kind of food. For the same rea-
son, at the end of a heavy dinner, we
eat our cooked fruits, and when,we
want their digestive action even more
developed, we take them after din-
ner in their natural uncooked state
as desert. In the past ages instinct
has taught men to do this; to-day
science tells them why they did it,
and this same science tells us that
fruit should be eaten as an aid to di-
gestion of other foods mucl- thI‘t‘ thew ,
it is now. ,Gultivated fruits, all h
apples, pears, cherries, strawberric, -
grapes, etc, contain on analysis very
similar proportions of the same ingre-
- clients, which are about 1 per cent. of
malic and other acids and 1 per cent.
of flesh-forming allmluilloids, with
over 80 per cent. of water.
THE STATE OF HAWAll.
Some of the Advantages that “'ould'Ac-
crue to Us in Case of Annexation.
AI Honolulu correspondent of the
Washington Star thus writes of annex-
ation: ‘p
Hawaii wants nothing short of an
absolute guarantee of political perma-
nence, with relations to the United
States which are incapable of termi~
nation. Unconditional annexation is
the only thing that can meet the needs
of Hawaii. The Government is ex-
tremely anxious to enter this haven of
security as soon as it can be arranged.
.Should we find favor: with your next
administration, and our desired ad—
mission to the Union be granted—say
within two years—the new state or
territory of Hawaii would start in
with about 10,000 English-speaking
whites, 15,000 white Portuguese, one-
third of whom speak English; 30,000
Hawaiians, and 10,000 half-whites,
one-third of the former and most of ,
the latter speaking English, and, be-
sides these, about 15,000 Chinese and
25,000 Japanese. These figures will do
roughly, until we get the report of the
new census, to be taken'in a few days.
For an American state this would be
an excellent beginning, especiallly
since all, except the Asiatics and adult
Portuguese, have enjoyed a good drill
in the public s'chools. It would be a
rarely good beginning for an Ameri
can state in view of the fact that Am.
ericans are and long have been the
dominant element. Hawaii is already
American in its government, in its pub-
lic schools, in its institutions, its
churches, its press, its commerce, its
language. Since annexation would
substantially put an end to Asiatic
immigration, the future incomingpopu-
lation would necessarily be mainly
from the United States. All experience
in your annexation of France and Men
ican territory proves that such an
event promptly gives rise to an active
American emigration to fill up the
newly acquired country.
Into annexed Hawaii such an in-
flux of' American population would
undoubtedly pour with accelerating ra-
pidity. In a very few decades Ameri-
can settlers would outnumber and
overrun all the diverse elements of
the present small population. Find-
ing American principles already pre—
vailing, and American institutions es-
tablished, they would not be assimi-
lating in a strange and hostile society.
They would find the social and politi-
cal soil already prepared for them to
take root. .
Faithfulness of a'Dog.
Mrs. Jesse Benton Fremont, in her
story of “The Guard,” 3. body of young
men who followed “The Pathfinder”
into the .Civil War and made a brill-
iant record for their courage and gal-
lantry, tells “is pathetic little story of
a. dumb beast who also was loyal and
courageous:
While the guard—a body of cavalry
—was drilling (one day near St. Louis,
3. little fox-terrier followed one of the
men, Herr Wisa, a Hungarian officer,”
He‘ could
going with him to camp.
not be driven away.
The men all made a pet of him, and
named him “the Corporal;” but though
he was alfable to them, he made the
Hungarian soldier his companion and
friend, sleeping at his feet at night,
and following him by day.
When the guard made their memor-
able charge at Springfield, Missouri,
the Corporal charged with them, keep-
ing beside his master’s horse through-
out the battle. Herr Wisa was
wounded, and fell, apparently dead,
in a thicket. The corps swept past,
his horse fled, with wild terror, but
the little Corporal nestled close beside
him, licking his face and trying to
rouse him.
There the dog remained through the
bitter cold night. \Vhen morning
came he ran to the distant road, and
by his frantic barks and cries induced
a passer-by to enter the thicket.
The man seeing only a cold, stlfi
body, supposed the soldier to be dead,
and would have hurried on; but the’
Corporal furiously drove him back,
and would not be silenced until he saw
his master move and speak, when he
crouched dumb and contented at his
feet. '
To Recall a Letter.
The public is not as familiar with
its privileges about postal matters as
might be supposed. Many times peo-
ple would like to recall a letter after
it has been mailed. This can be done
even after the letter has reached the
Postoflice at its destination. At every
postotfice there are what are called.
“Withdrawal blanks.” On applica‘
tion they will be furnished, and, when
a deposit is made to cover the ex-
pense, the postmaster will telegraph
to the postmaster at: the letter’s desti-
nation asking that it be promptly re-
turned. The applicant first signs this
agreement: “It is hereby agreed that,
if the letter is returned to me, I will
protect you from any and all claims
made against you for such return and
will fully indemnify you for any loss
you may sustain by reason of such :10
tion. And I herewith deposit $—-— to
cover all expenses incurred and will
deliver to you the envelope of the let‘
ter returned.” In many cases per-
sons have made remittances to fraudu-
lent parties or irresponsible firms, not
learning their true character until
after the letter had gone, and have
succeeded in recall-ing them. There
is an instance where a Kansas City
merchant had remitted a dishonest
travelling man a draft for $175 and by
means of a withdrawal rescued the
draft just in time.
it} .t igz. ting Ci rcumstan cos.
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.1nl;:-—ll iw . uh do you think a
IL‘IZléitcl 1:113th .u get fl \' marrying a
couple? '
Fill;ins—\s‘eh, if wholly unac plaint-
ed with them, perhaps he might be
let off with six months—Town Tops
ics. '
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Assessors’ Nolicc.
We hereby give notice to all persons -
and corporations liable to pay taxes in
the City of Norwalk, that they are re-
quired by law to deliver to the Asses-
sors or either of them a written or
printed list, dated, signed and sworn to,
of all the property owned by them on
the first Monday of October, 1896, liable
to taxation. Otherwise it will be . the
duty of the Assessors to make out such
list according to law, to their best
judgement and knowledge and adding
10 per cent thereto, which they, bylaw,
are compelled'to do, and from which
list so made there is no appeal.
Lists may be returned to the Assessors
at th‘e'Clty Council room on the second
floor of the Fairfield County National
Bank building, from and including
October 12th to and including October
Blair, 1896, (Sundaysexcepted) from 10
o’clock a. m. to 12 o’clock noon and
from 2 o’clock to 5 p. m., and on Satur-
day evenings from 7 to 10 o’clock.
' CHARLES OLMSTEAD,
CHARLES N. Woon,
WILLIAM H. BYINGTON,
City of Norwalk, October 10th, 1896.
TOWN -
AoccosoLs’ Notice.
We, the undersigned, hereby give
notice to all persons and corporations,
liable to pay taxes in the Town of Nor-
walk‘, that they are required by law to
deliver to the Assessors or either of
them, on or before the first day of
November, 1896, a written or printed
list, dated, signed and sworn to, of all
property owned by them on the let day
of October, 1896, liable to taxation,
making adescription of all real estate,
each parcel being separately described,
otherwise it will be the duty of the As-
sessors to make out such list from the
best information they can obtain, and
add thereto 10 per cent. of such valua-
tion and in said list they shall make a
separate description and valuation of
each parcel of real estate, and from
which lists so made, there is no appeal.
N. B. —Lists may be returned to the
Assessors,at the Selectmen’s Oflice,bank
building. Norwalk, and at the Council
Room, Haviland street,South Norwalk,
from and including October 15th, 1896,
to and including October 31st, 1896,
said offices to be open from 10 to 12
o’clock a. m., and from 2 to 5 o’clock
p. m., and on Saturdays from 7.to§9
o’clock in the evening.
Dated at Norwalk, October 6, 1896.
CHARLES SMITH,
J. STURGESRANDALL,
JAMES M. LANE,
i— Assesssors.
Assessors.
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Opening of
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On THURSDAY, FRIDAY and
SATURDAY, Oct. l, 2, 3.
All are cordially invited to attend.
Everyone making a. purchase or leaving an
order will be presented with a souvenir.
FAWCETTS.
3 Water Street, Norwalk.
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