Evening gazette, Thursday, July 15, 1897 · page 5

 

 

 

SOUTH 103111114.

Branch Office of GAZETTE No. 12'
A North Main Street

Local firemen will attend the fire-
men’s pionic in Port Chester, Ito-day.

Work was resumed on the different
building enterprises in this city to-day.

A new roof is being put on the build-
ing occupied by Guyer, the Water
st1eet printer.

The steamboat Belle H01 ton will
make an excursion to Pleasure Beach,
next Sunday.

The commissioners of the insolvent
estate of David Stow are John H. Light
and Tallmadge Baker.

DMiss Lillian Farrell and Miss Amelia
Wilcox have been engaged as teachers
at the Union school. I

Orlando Thompson died at his home
in this city yesterday. He was a war
veteran and 78 years of age.

A lad named Willie O’Brien was
kicked in the leg by a ho1se yesterday,
and he is going lame to- -day.

Mr. Isaac Hamilton has a string of a
dozen horses at the Fair Grounds
stables, and all of them are fiyers.

The several times postponed m00n-
light excursion of the Epworth League
will take place on the Belle H01 ton,
Friday night.

A vehicle owned by a man named
Stocker attracts considerable attention
by reason of the complicated construc
tion of the wheels.

A Norwalk mail pouch was picked up
on North Main street early this morn-
ing. It was tu1ned over to car1ier
Spicer from whose wagon it was lost.

The rain last evening caused another
postponement of the T. C. 1V. lantein
parade. An outsider suggests that
Christmas eve be selected as the date
of the parade.

Miss Luella Lane won the prize at
the Yacht Whist club’s meet yesterday
afternoon, and Mrs. A. E. Chasmar the
consolation . prize. There were six
tables of players.

Dr. ‘Tomlinson, the popular druggist,
was a member of a sailing party yester-
day, that caught nearly a bushel 0f
blackfish. The doctor modestly de-
clines saying whether he caught four
or forty-four.

The steamboat Belle Horton grows
in popularity every day. This morn-
ing there was a goodly number of pas-
sengers on board. The sail of a fine
day cannot but prove delightfully in-
vigorating and healthful.

The Truman Stevens Pleasure makers
enjoyed a picnic on Smith’s Island yes-
terday.

of. The picnickers were transferred
to and from the island on the launch
“ Pearl.” The first section of the
party while on the way home got quite
an installment of water from a leaky
cloud that among others made it quite
lively for picnickers.

Travel on the Naugatuck division of
the Consolidated system was interfered
with for Several hours yesterday after-
noon. An engine attached to a freight
jumped a frog at the intersection of the
N augatuck tracks and the main line.

The engine was of the Mogul type
and was thrown completely across both
of the Naugatuck tracks block-
ing all passage. The wreCker was sum-
moned from New Haven and after a
couple of hours’ hard work succeeded

. in clearing away the obstruction.

AAA

LOCAL AND, OTHER NEWS.

Your city tax is due and payable to-
day.
—Buy your neckwear and shirts at

the Boston Store. Norwalk, and win a
bicycle next Saturday.

There were four real estate sales in
Norwalk last week. The mortgages
amounted to $4,800. For the corres-
pouding week last year there were five
sales and the martgages amounted to
$4,575. '

The heavy rain has washed several
of the roads about the city quite badly.

Walter C. Price and several other
local wheelmen have entered the bi-
cycle races to take place at the barbe-
cue and picnic of the Norwalk butch-
ers, July 28. Several Stamford butch-
ers will be in attendance—Advocate.

A farmer’s wagon while enroute to
this city from the suburbs to-day suf-
fured a breakdown near Center avenue
this morning and there was a sad mix
ure of currents, pot-cheese, raspber-
ries, eggs, blackberries, butter, onions,
beets and gooseberries. Kindly assist-
ance was rendered and the mixed mass
unmixed, the vehicle repaired andlthe
owner made to half beliechthat the ac-
cident might have been of a more de-
plorable nature.

The yacht Mable sailed this afternoon

fora trip dewn east. On board were
Commodore ‘ Hubert Bishop, ' Mate
Amzi Waters, City surveyor Charles
N. Wood and Dr. w. ‘F. Acton. . Se-
lectman Merrill will join the party at
New London to-morrow night.

 

' . John Cotter has been appointed ad-
ministrator of the estate of James C.
Cotter, deceased. ,

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A Rhode Island ' clam-bake .
was served which was hea1tily partaken ‘

 

', T? HE E VEN 1?

George Shellhoos who a few days

since left for a prolonged stay in the

Adirondack mountain's, greatly to the
surprise of his relatives returned home.
last night.

A" Hoyt street nine of base ball
players defeated a Franklin street nine
this morning by a score of 36 to 19.

Mr. H. B. Rogers and family, of New
Canaan, are moving into the Comstock
residence on Morgan avenue, which
they will occupy during the summer
months.

FRATEENAL NEWS.

Secretaries of fraternal, or secret so-
cieties are invited to send to the
GAZETTE, the elections of oflicers and
other news pertaining to their lodges
to be printed in this column. The
names of officers should be brought in
on the evening of their election and
all other news with equal promptness.

 

 

The Hat Finishers’ associaiion met
last evening.

'The Indian Haylofters
Stamford to-night.

M1. and Mrs. Frank Fenis a1e ex-
pected home from their European trip
to- day.

The Central Labor Union will meet

will visit

 

to-ni‘ght. Picnic matters will be dis-
cussed.
A number of the members of the

Oriole club and their lady friends en-
joyed a trolley ride and dance at
Guider’s hall last night.

4 A-‘

QUEER LIBRARY FREAKS.

Funny Requests for Books that Amuse
I the Employcs.

'Once in a while the clerks in the pub.
lic library get hold of a good joke
through the ignorance of people who
come there to take out books. It was
not long ago that a woman who was
anxious to join the Daughters of the
American Revolution came there to
look up her family history and get he1
facts and claims ready to submit to the
Committee on Membership. She wenl
about it in rather a queer way. After
looking about aimlessly through the in-
dex for a time she discovered “Loss-
ing’s Family History of the United
States.” She wrote her request for the
book on one of the cards provided for
that purpose, and was quite indignanl
with the clerk who handed itto her be-
cause it did not contain what she
wanted.

Ithas not long afterthis incident
that another woman, who, from her
dress and appearance, the clerks
thought might be literary, wrote on
one of the cards a request for “The
Autocratof the Breakfast Table.”

“ ‘Holnies’s Autocrat,’ do. you want?”

politely asked the clerk.
. “Oh, I don’t care whoseit is,” was
the reply. “I only want to find out if
it is pioper to use toothpicks at the
breakfast table.”

Another request for .a magazine
which the applicant said was called
“Brain” kept'one of the 'cle'rks busy
hunting half an hour before he discov-
ered that what was wanted was the
magazine called “Mind.” Still another
clerk was shocked the other day by a
request for Washington Irving’s “Alas
bama.” The clerk mildly suggested
“Alhambra.”

 

FIREMEN WATCH FOR EACH OTHER:

Habit of Vigilance That Prevents aCom-
rade’s Danger Being Overlooked.

There is a system in the Fire Depart-
ment by which the men can keep track
of one another.
men of each company to look out for
the men of that company. This makes
it comparatively easy for the men to
keep track of one another, for there are
rarely more than a dozen men in a
company, and each man in it knows
about where his comrades are working
at a fire. The custom among the men
is to keep constantly inquiring for one
another. If Jones hasn’t happened to
see Smith for some time, he immedi-
ately asks the first man of his com-
pany that he“ comes across where
Smith is. If that man can’t tell, the
inquiries go on, and so a man can’t be
missing for very long without his com-
rades knowing It. Then it is an easy
matter to trace Smith to the last task
he was ordered to do, and as a rule he
is hauled safely out of danger. From
constant usage the system has become
almost perfect, and the cool courage
that it has developed has made the de‘
partment one of the finest in the
world. The men will risk everything,
and go against the most tremendous
odds to save a comrade.

A splendid exhibition of nerve was
given at a fire in'New York not long
ago when fireman after fireman de-
scended into a freezing cellar, full of
black smoke, to try and saye a young
fireman who was finally taken out
dead. Men who were brought to the
surface fainted away, and on recover-
ing insisted immediately on going
down again after their comrade. They
finally got him out, but not before five
rescuers had failed to accomplish any,-
thing, and had been hauled out uncon-
scious.—-New York Sun.

 

A Gena Dog Story.

Two Senators were telling tall stories
about their dogs. Outlying each other,
the dog-tales grew longer and longer.
At last, a Southern member of the
House broke in:

“You think those things are marvel-
1011s. do you? I can tell you some-
thing about a point-er that beats it all
to pieces. Several of us fellows were
out gunning. Suddenly, in the midst
of a lonely country road, my pointer
stood stock still. There was no evi-
dence of game. There was no one on
the road. but an old country farmer
standing stock still. too, gazing at us.
'A moment l.ate1 we found that the
farmer‘s name was Partri dge. —ITwin-
kles '1" '

 

 

The rule is for the-

 

eaECOCIous PICKANINNY.
Began Talking When aweek Old, as State-
ment it is Said, That can be Verified.
Few will believe it possible for a
three- months old child to talk. How-
ever, such is the case, and any one
can verify the t1uthfulness of this
statement with ve1.y little trouble. The
palents of the child are Richard and
Frankie Cleveland, colored, living at

‘17 Short street, and the child has been

talking since it was only a week old.
Hundreds have visited the little won-
der, and have left the house complete—
1y. mystified at what they have seen
and heard.

The child is a girl, and difiers only
from other babies in that it can talk
as plainly and be understood as dis-
tinctly as a grown person. The
voice, of course, is naturally weak,
but has none of the baby prattle about
it.

Some people called at the house to
convince themselves of the txuth of
the 111mo1s which had been circulated
concerning the child. The little one
seemed to enjoy the presence of the
crowd £01 a while, but, soon tiring,
remarked to its mother, in a voice
audible to all present:
these folks would go home, as I am
tired.” The callers took the hint and
soon departed—Nashville Banner.

 

NEW LIFE FOR OLD ROSES-.

A Pretty and Dainty Use for the Queen
of Flowers.

The rose ja1, no matter how costly -

and beautiful, is a thing of the past.
The up-te—date woman no longer prizes
it as a receptacle for dried roses with
sentiment attached to them. In its
place has come the rose Sachet-not the
ancient form of sachet, either, with its
cotton and batting and ounce of pow-
der. It is a dainty thing made of the
finest organdie or mull, beribboned and
adorned with lace, just as the owner
sees fit.

A pretty one shown the other day

was of the finest of rose flowered or-
gandie, with drawing strings and bows
of pale green silk. The rose leaves of
pink, yellow and deep red that shone
through it and filled the room with
che'n pg rfume were bionght all the way
across the continent from Tacoma.
Another rose bag, for most of the new
designs are in the shape of bags—was
of white chiffon eml‘rroidered with but-

“I wish all.

 

terflies, with a rufile of the chiffon to .

set off the sides and bottom. The roses
were picked in Southern California at
C'hrlsnnastime for an Eastern friend.
Some women are using their pretty
handkerchiefs to make designs for
bags, but these precious sachets are not

put in the chiffo-nier to waste their.

beauty there, but are suspended by
their long Libbon strings to the back of
an a1tistic chair. When the mm is
well heated they emit a delicate per-
fume. -

_—.-.__—___—_——b—— . _. .

The Editor’s Leading Article.

It was the practice of a certain Lon-
don editor some years ago, to write his
leading article or articles at home the
night before publication. , The rest of
the week he did nothing. One4 might
his articles had not come to hand at
the oflice. Ten o’clock came; 11, 12,
and still no sign of an article.

There was commotion in the office,

and at last a messenger was sent to
the editor‘s house.
a glass of brandy and water before
him, and. newspapers scattered about.
There was no article written.
‘ “What do you want?” asked the edi
tor ‘ “The article for to—morrow.”
"Didn't I send it?”
has not come to the office.”
‘The Times.’ ”

“The Times” was found and handed
to him, and with unsteady‘fingers he
cut out one of his leading articles.
This he stuck upon a sheet of paper.

“Give me

and then. taking up his pen, wrote at-

the top: “What does ‘The Times’ mean
by this?” In that form and with that
introduction it appeared next morning
as the edi r’s leading article—Sax.
FL-naicisco Amonaut.

He found him with 1

“No; at least, it -

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' Bra'seley, England.

 

WHERE CLAYI- Hess ARE. MADE
Where They Have
Been Made 'for 297 Years.

It is diflicult to state with any de- ‘

gree of accuracy when tobacco was
fi1st introduced into Europe, but it is
generally belieVed that Sir Walter Ita-
leigh took it to Englandtoward the
end of the sixteenth century. With
the' introduction of tobacco came the
need of tobacco pipes, as before to-
bacco smoking began the smoking of
herbsand leaves even for medicinal
purposes was not at all general. It is
stated that at Braseley, in Shropshire,
the first clay pipes were made; and al-
though many are made in Glasgow and
elsewhere, yet, the Braseley clay pipes

are the best known among old smok--

ers the world over, and their manu-
facture is still continued by descend-
ants of the original makers.

The clay for making the pipes is and

.always has been obtained from Devon‘
and Cornwall, the absence of coal in ‘

these districts and the abundance of‘it
in Brasely having offered sufficient in-
ducement to the early manufacturers
to settle there. Pipe making in the ear-
ly days of its introduction was a very
diflerent matter from what it is now.

Then the greater part of the maul-Du;

lation was performed by the master,
and twenty or twenty-four gross was
the largest quantity ever burned in
one kiln. This required. about a ton of
coal. Each pipe rested on its bowl,
and the stem was supported by rings of
pipe clay placed one upon the other
as the kiln became filled; the result
was that at least 20 per cent were
warped or broken in the kiln.

At the present time the preliminary
preparations of the clay are made by
men, but the most delicate part is al-
most entirely intru-sted to the hands of
women. The pipes are placed in “sag-
gers,” to be burned after the Dutch
mode, and from 350 to 400 gross in one
kiln are not an uncommon quantity.
The breakages amount to not more
than 1 per cent. One collector has a
splendid collection of old clay pipes,
the oldest of them, from their trade
marks, hailing from Braseley, and be-
ing dated as longago as the year 1600.
—New York Sun.

 

Championed bya Dog.

Several years‘ago in lVisconsin, be-
fore the Indian had retired from the
neighborhood of the white man, a
mother and her little girl were alone
in their cottage on the edge of a great
forest. Everyhing seemed peaceful,
and there was no thought of danger.
The mother sat inside the door sewing,
while the child was in the bright sun-
shine playing; their l'a-rge black dog
Cuff was theonly other member of the
family. Suddenly half a dozen Indians
fresh from a recent raid on whisky
stood in the doorway and demanded
more whiskey. The lady had no whis.

. key, but ofiered them food and drink.

The Indians, however, were drunk, and
before the mother could interfere the
roughest seized the little girl and was
making 0% with her, when the dog,

' which had wandered away a short dis‘

tance, came bounding back. In an in-

stout he had the savage by the throat ,

and threw him to the ground; the oth-
ers, having no firearms, beat a hasty
retreat. The dog kept a tight grip on
the Indian until they. hadall gone,
then released him. and he also de-

parted. -—From Our Dumb Animals.

They Were All Tw’ins.

The tramp who “lost everything in
the Mississippi floods” is now abroad
in the land. One of them approached
a benevolent 01d gentleman in Atlanta
Sunday. “And you say,” said the‘old
gentleman, “that your children were
drowned in the flood?” “Yes, sir,” re—
plied the tramp, wiping his eyes with
his coat sleeve; “seventeen of ’em,
sir!” “God bless me!” exclaimed the
old gentleman, “you are a young man,
scarcely 30, and— “I know it, sir,”
intermpted the weeping tramp, “but
they wuz all twins. ”——Atlanta Consti-
tution.

 

 

 

EACH MONTH

(During 1897) V

 

20 Second “
40 Third

FOR
5 ‘ l' h '
I111 lg t SOAP
For particulars send your name and full address to
Lever Bros, Ltd., Hudson & Harrison Sta, New York.

4'Flrst Prizes, each of $100 Cash.

" $100 Pierce Special Bicycles.
“ “ " S 25 Gold l'lalchos.

VWRAPPERS

 
 

 

 

COMMENCING JUNE 21,1897.

DAILY TRIPS T0 NEW YORK.

 

SIDE WHEEL PASSENGER. STEAMEII

7‘BELLE HORTON!

Leave South N orwalk 7: 30 a. m. Leave New York, Beekman St., 2:15 p.
111. ,(Saturday, 1: 35 p. m. ); East 3lst Street, 2: 40 p. m. ., (Saturday, 2. 00 p. m.

FARE: Single, 406. Excursion. 100.

 

6mm sunnu SIILS. .lllLY I001 1o Pleasure Beach.

Leaving South Norwalk, 2:00 p. to. Leave Pleasure Beach 5:00 ..p m. ,
EXCURSION FARE, 25c. ‘

 

FREIGHT PBOPELLEII 1'0 IIOIIWILK IIIII SO. IIOIIWILII.

Leave Beekman Street, N. Y. Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5 p. 11:.

 

Leave Norwalk, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5. 00 p 1n.

 

COMBINATION

IBIIINT : INIEIL III]

SECOND— HAND WHEELS AT IBIHGIIN

Talk quick while I am in humor.

Yours llnlll Death,
II. I. SAUNDERS, Expert in Bicycles,

 

DIAMOND FRAME

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I2 llorlh Main 'Slml, Soulh lIorvIIalk.

 

 

PENNANT BICYCLES $38.00.

A first class high grade wheel, large tubing, and all 1897

improvements.

Made by the Acme Mfg , |Co., makers of the

celebrated Stormer bicycle. A chance to get a fine wheel for

ltle money.

 

III-IE J. T. .PBOWITT CD.

 

 

$I.00 I

‘ Warranted Solid Gold. 1
Beautiful Cha’sed Holder.

1 $100

 

You may think it cannot possess merit or durability, the price is so Io'w; but

the “Lincoln” is a $2.50

en reduced to $1 00.

It is durable, always Iready to “go"

but never drips, the ink owing steadily and uniformly. They are in use in this

office, giving the best of satisfaction, and they are in use in the be

and business oflices and among all classes of users of pens in Norwalk and vicinity.

Orders are received from all parts of the country.

Samples to be seen and orders received at the GAZETTE OFFICE.

 

 

Stock and Mutual Management.

TEN YEARS’ BUSINESS

 

 

IN THE

ETNA LIFE AND GONNEGTIGUT MUTUAL
COMPARED.

 

 

 

 

Amount of Insurance in Force at

 

 

I New Insurance Issued End of Year.

. Year.
ATNA LIFE. couu. MUTUAL. £11m LIFE. CONN. MUTUAL.
. 1886 $92, 262, 969 3150, 528,923
$14,486,886 39, 369,874 1887 97,372,334 150,992,498
16,233, 553 9,068,990 I 888 102, 904, 303 151,361,913
20,399,689 9,245,204 1889 110,669,719 151,739,494
21,406,821 10,620,245 1890 117,656,382 153,234,742
23,370,242 11,811,087 1891 124,907,218 155,043,055
25,471,105 12,291,824 1892 132, 778,466 157,737,302
23,381,374 10,649,485 1893 135,450,723 156,994,498
17,956,460 10,331,207 1394 135,907,796 156,686,871 .
‘ 20,744,280 11,518,525 1895 140,027,261 158,042,056
22,342,948 10,355,237 1396 145,635,941 157,422,626

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL New INSURANCE ISSUED 11 10.15113

AETNA LIFE, -

ConnéCticut Mutual,

- $205,793,358
105,261,678

 

YZETNA LIFE over Connecticut
Mutual - _.

GAIN IN INSURANCE 1N FORCE.

XETNA LIFE, --
Conn. Mutual, I -

- $100,531,680

$53, 372 9120157— I.

6893, 703 or 4% Ptlflenl.

 

 

TOREN T.

 

The fine ofiice formerly occupied by
Police Headquarters.
ance, Real Estate, 8513 Possession July 1.
Terms moderate. Apply at

GALETTE OFFICE.

 

 

Suitable for Insur-

 

 

5, insurance ‘*'