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ORGANISTS MEET.
They Have a' lolly Good Time With Their
Patrons.
The home of Nelson Hoyt was last
night the scene of a rare musical tr eat;
It was a sort of good- -bye leception to
the former organist of the Congrega-
tional church, Walter Peck Stanley.
Among those present were the new
organist, Mr. Zehm and three of his
predecessors at the same keys, Messrs.
Humiston, Perkins and Stanley. Of
course music of a high order was the
feature of the occasion, but it did not
preclude the party from tickling their
palates with a feast of othergood things.
A ‘
er
Basket Ball.
Two basxet ball games were played
in Music hall last night. The first
game was between the St. Joseph’ 5 J1.
and a team from East Norwalk. Neither
.52 SCOI‘eG. 8. p011“.
The second game was between the
St., Joseph’s senior team‘ and the Stam-
ford High school team. ~ The score on
the first Vhalfof the game resulted in a
tie, 5 to 5. In the second half the score
' was 5 to 2' in favor of the St. Joseph’s,
and the game Was accorded to the lat-
ter.
:A:
Y M. C. A.
There was a fairly good attendance
at the Y. M. C. A. supper given last
night. The suppe1 was excellent It
is stated that one man who simply or—
de1 ed a five cent sandwich paid f01 the
same with a $1.00 bill and told the young
lad1 that waited on him to put the
change in the association treasury.
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LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS.
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Louise Lodge, D. of H. will meet to-
night. .
Ml. and Mrs. Cyrus Pal ks are Vcall-
mg on friends in Bridgeport to-day.
The funeral of the late Mrs. N. B.
Johnson was attended at Weston, to-
day. The deceased was 75I years of
age. __ 1
A regular meeting of Buckingham
Post G. A. R. will be held to-night.
. The LaMont club listened to asplen-
did lecture on par'liamentaly law de-
livered by Mrs. T. K. Noble last even-
ing. The final lecture of the series
will be held next week.
—Sloop Flash with live cod at 5c per
pound, Washington stl eet bridge,
South Norwalk.
Edward Lycett, has purchased the
John Buttery farm of forty-two acres
at Broad River.
James Walsh of Norwalk, who has
been employed in Boston fell down
stairs one day recently and fractured
one of his legs in two places. He was
attended at the hospital and is report-
ed as improved.
Invitations .have been issued for the
commencement exercises of the senior
class of the South Norwalk High school
at Music Hall, Tuesday evening, May
3d.
George Shellhoes has arrived home
from Southern Pines, N. C.
-—P1-of. M. S. Rosen. the well- known
oculist Optician, can be consulted at his
office in the pa1101s of the Mahackemo
Hotel, South N01 walk Tuesday f1om
9 a. 1n. t08 p. m. Eves examined free.
f5 -tf.
The case of the State vs. Michael
Sullivan leceiv ed the attention of
Judge G1 eg01y in the Town coult, this
morning. It was continued without
date. _
The boald of health is scheduled to
meet. to- night.
The abandoned colmed infant has
been sent to the To11n Childr’ens
Home. where it will be cared for.
The Auction sale of the George S.
Gregory. place takes place this after-
noon.
iMiss Clune proprietor of the Star
Laundry proposes taking a few days’
j vacation next neck, and will visit Hart-
, ford and other points of intrest in the
state. Miss Cahill will have charge of
the laundry during her absence.
IT‘ne funeral of the late Joseph Stur-
ggeszwas attended in Weston, tc-day
Deceirsgd was about 60 years of age.
. in THE GAZETTE will be r~ad._
COMMENT AND GOSSIP AMONG
THE WOMEN. BY ONE
OF THEM.
It would be amusing if it were not
so pathetic to see girls and old- fashion-
ed kind of women struggling to under-
. stand politics when we come to a crisis
like the present gigantic one.
Forold-ashioned women are, with
all their virtues, always trying to grasp
the things that directly interest men
and indirectly themselves, and in so
doing are frauds, more or less, the
grade depending upon the capacity of
the women to dissemble.
Theyare usually echoes of their hus-
bands and brothers and the men they
meet casually. Belinda has been ac-
customed to hearing the President’s
policy denounced at home, we will say.
Belinda' 1n her hgart does not favor
1v ar—that' 15, the killing of people. She
shudders whenever she hears ‘the pos-
sibility mentioned. But Belinda feels
that the cause is a high and a holy one,
and that we are striking for our na-
tion’s honor—although Belinda does
not know exactly what that means in
the present instance.
She talks war, though, and gets ex-
cited, and says men are cowards who
oppose it, and all that. And Belinda
meets a man who says unexpectedly to
her: “Isn’t it a blessing we have a man
at the helm who can’t be bullied; who
has stood firm through all kinds of
coercion! Why, just think what would
happen if some jingo fool had been in
his place, and had precipitated war be-
fore we had a thing ready.” '
“But don’t you think,” Belinda
timidly murmurs, “that McKinley has
been a little slow?” (This is some-
thing a visitor ventured upon one day
at her uncle’s house. Her uncle is a
defender of the President).
“Slow!” screams the man. “Slow!
Why no. A man who has the safety of
millions of people in his hands has got
to go slow. Would you have him im-
petuous and undiguified, and dragging
the country into all kinds of complica-
tions?”
Belinda says no of c011rse not. But
she is not quite satisfied, and asks
mildly if hel inter locutor does not
make one cry for v engeance.
The gentleman gives her the 01 tho-
.dox answer—that the Court Of Inquiry
declared the issue doubtful, etc. And
goes home to utter the astounding
news at dinner that she has changed
her politics.
convert her over again, and Belinda is
a. war horse next morning as before.
M flazléé o/gue.
Wilton.
Mrs. A. B. Gorham visited relatives
in Bedding on Tuesday.
Rev. William E. Hooker,
in New York this week.
Mrs. S. P. Fitch is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. John M. Belden, Dan-
bury.
One more in the series of pleasant
entertainments for tne benefit of the
W'ilton Library association will be
given on Friday evening, 6th. This
time the novelty will be a “Book
Party” and will be held at the pleasant
home of Mrs. A. W. Merwin. A num-
ber of ladies and gentlemen"have been
selected to appear dressed to represent
the title of some well knowu book, and
aprize will be given to the person
has been
. guessing the greater number of titles.
A limited number of tickets will soon
be placed on sale.
West N orwalk
A sociable and apron sale will be held
to-morrow evening at the residence of
Mr. and MrsJIIather, for the benefit of
the Methodist Mission chapel. The
proceeds of the sale will be used for-
the purchase of new hymn books.
Mrs. Frederick W. Keyser of this
place is spending a week with Danbul'y
friends.
A number of the chlicker club of
East Norwalk, visited this place last
night where they were entertained at
the Tuttle home with a feast of good
things gastronomical to say nothing of
a feast of a literary and musical
character. It was a late hour when the
“lickers” reached their several homes.
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Battalion Drill.
A battalion drill of Companies D and
F was held at the Armory, last night,
Major Fitch in command.
The captain of Co. D report-ed thirty
new enlistments and the captain of Co.
F 1ep01 ted the full company numbel
'of 84 men, 111111.11 included twelve new
enlistments. ,
~——-<a.o>—
-—l.ive Merchants keep their name:
before the Public. An Advertisement
after he has talked along time Belinda'
The men of the family immediately
EVE s RAMBLINGsT-“'V
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think the loss of 266 sailors enough to 4'
, Nortthmericanj.
11m... and Newton.
V' A church sociable will be held at the V
. _j Ridgeway, Pa" April 07. —Fred Rock-
'11 ell and Patrick Ganya. were hanged
home Vof Dav id Nelson Mather, TJ‘hlIlS?
day evening.
The Eagle H & L. company W111 visit
the Pioneer 5 of N orwalk Thursday
evening.
Mr. Tilley is havinga sidewalk laid
along side of his pond and in front of
Daniel Slauson’s place, besides various
other improvements which upon com-
pletion will be appreciated as well as
noticeable. j
Friends in Darien have received in-
telligence of the death of Franij.
Scoville of appendicitis in Norfolk,
Conn., after an illness of onlyafew
days at the early age of fifteen. He
was a son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sco-
V ville, well known in Darien.
The marriage of Miss May Elizabeth
Green,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Green of NorotOn, to J unius Hosford
Stone takes place at St. Luke’s church
this afternoon at 4:30. A reception
will be held at the bride’s home, "Oak
Lodge,” N oroton Heights, at 6:30, after
which the young couple will leave for
a bridal tour west. Many handsome
presents were displayed tokens of the
high esteem in which the young people
are held. j
Mrs. John Raife1t1 who has been so
seriously ill is recovering.
Mr. Frost' 15 in charge of the pool
room recently "conducted by Henry
Northrop. .
Joseph Hindley is moving his car-
riage house adjoining his barn to the
rear of his chicken house and is mak-
ing various other improvements about
his place.
The Royal Social club is progressing
and new members are being taken' 1n at
s hort inte1 vals.
Frank Gleason has completed the
work on the chimneys of the ‘town
clerk’s building and town hall. E
Homer B11 chald has a. new line of
handsome furniture which he invites
the public to inspect.
Frank Van Scoy web hired to pump
the organ at St. Luke’s Episcopal
church Sunday, the regular attendant
being called away. , . ,
Charles Adams.- who bought out
VVolff’s hotel in this place is out with
a handsome new wagon furnished him
by the brewery who supplies his hotel.
Mr. QuintOck is spending a few days
at his home in Darien.
Mr. and Mrs..Hoffe1I' have opened up
their summer residence; Rance Pooley
carted a load of household goods for
the furnishing of the same.
- ,Fred Man _Scoy,_has purchased a new
wheel which he rides like aVvetVerau.
M15. William Selleck 15 the owner of '
a new wheel and will s'oon joinI the
ranks of the lad1’ liders of the Vt0an.
Darien has shown very little enthu-I
siasm in the war and 1t is time to wake
up and show the lest of the state that '
there are patriots living here as well
as at the soldier's Home ..
Bulll Ills Home on n1- Wiré'i any...
Colonel Elishe De Board of' Glider
County, Ga., is probably the only man
whose :home is on a grave. V He has.
just built a house on the spot where
his beloved wife rests, on the beautiful
mountain side, near his mansion, at
Ellijay. The structure is a. small
but substantial octagon of stone, and
on the great iron opening into the sin-l
gle room is the inscription “One in life
and one in death." I
Colonel De Board, who is past four}
score years, lost the partner of half
a. century five years ago. His wife
was his comfort and his inspiration in
life, and now she is his solace in death.
Around the windows the rarest flew-
ers have been planted, and the ven-
erable patriarch spends the days in
beautifying the surrounding yards. At
night he finds repose and rest within
touch of the gravc'he loves Vso well.—
New York Journal. ' V I!
South so. Car'ouomV
When a South Sea Island 'mothel
wishes to chastise her child she sel-
dom 1eso1 ts to slapping and slippers-
of course she has none. ’
Instead of using the forms of pun-
ishment customary among civilized ,
mothers, she pulls the child’s hair and
bites some part of the body, generally
the fleshy part of the arm.
In wandering about the villages one
sees many children having on, their
bodies scars produced by wounds in-
flicted by their mothers’ teeth. ' l
When a mother wishes to caress her
child she deftly draws her thumb,
across its eyebrows or cheek, or god i
tly seizes its cheek between her teeth.
The rubbing of noses is also a mark
of affection among the Kingsmill Is
landers, as it is among the Maoris of
New Zealand.
Where Was So'lomon? V V V
Johnnie—Papa, is mamma the 'bet:‘-V
tor half of you? |.'
Father—Yes, my son, that’s the way
they put it.
J. ——And are all the wives the 'bet-
tel half of their husbands?
F .—~Certainly, my son.
.1" .-—Then what part of King Solomon
were his wives?—Brooklyn Life._
“Well,
voice?”
“Well, she has a beautiful singing
voice to talk with, but a bad talking; ‘
with."—‘Philzul nip 19,1
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‘what do' you think :‘of- beta
F.1V/a Moccasins 117N620.
bay of Legal Execution in the State of
., Penney lvauia.
.in the Elk County jail yesterday. Rock-
' well murdered Lewis Haines on Decem-
ber 21, 1896. and Banya murdered Pa.-
Iretto Agus-ta on July 25, 1897.
I Somerset, Pa., April 27.—Two broth-
ers, J ohn and J ames Roddy, were hang-
ed here yesterday for the murder of
David B. Berky, a farmer.
Newcastle, Pa., April 27.——Frank J on-
gran was hanged in the yard of the
County Jail yesterday for the murder '
of his sweetheart, Jessie Corrine.
"Roosevelt Rough Riders.” -
New York, April 27.—The “Roose—
velt Rough Riders” has been
chosen as the name of a regimenlt
of cavalry to be led by New York’s
former Police Commissioner, The-
odore Roosevelt, who has resigned his
position as Assistant Secretary of the
navy to go to the front. It will be
composed of cowboys from the West
and the pick from New York’s police
force. . Atthze President‘s special re—
quest Mr. Roosevellt’s resignation will
not take effect for three weeks.
Blanca Is Confident.
Havana (via; London). April 27.—Cap-
tam-General Blanco has cabled the
Government at Madrid _to the effect
that the Spanish squadron of war ships
can be utilized elsewhere, as he can
account for the defense 'of «Havana.
without the assistance of the 'fleet.
LONGEVITY AND THE BRAIN.
The Necessity of \VVorklng 0n Until the
j Close of Life.
In a discourse of Sir James Crichton-
Browne’s, heIdwelis on the dangers to
health involved in indolence and dis«
use of the brain. The medical pro-
fession, he says, adapting itself to the
needs of the times, has felt it incum-
bent upon it during the last decade to
insist mainly on the evils of misuse of
the brain, on the excessive strain not
seldom imposed on it in these days in
the fierce struggle of the race to be
rich, and more especially on the over-
pressure imposed on it in the name of
education when in an immature state,
but they are not less keenly alive to
the correlative evils of the disuse of
the brain.
Elderly persons who give up busi-
:ness and professional ,men who lay
aside their :avocations withouthavlng
other interests or pursuits to which
to turn, are lav-many: caSes plunged in
despondency or hurried 'into premature
dotage. He dees’ not knew Iany~ surer
way of inducing premature mental de-
cay than for a. man of active habits to
retire and do nothing when just past
the zenith of life; and,~on the other
hand, he dees' not know any surer way
of enjoying a green old age than to
keep on working at something till the
close. It has been said that one of
the rewards of philosophy is length of
days, and a striking list might be pre- .
sented of men distinguished for their"
intellectual labors which they never
laid aside, who far exceeded the al-
lottestpan- of human life. :Galileo
lived to 78, Newton to 85, Franklin to
",85 Button to 80, Faraday to 7:6- and
*Brewster to 84 years.
ton-Brewne drew special attention to-
.the great age generally attained by our
Sir Ja'mes Crich-
Judges,.—.-London Lancet:
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—'The Pioneer of the Klondike.
Mr. Joseph Ladue, who 1v ts summon
ed to WashingtOn iecently for a con-" 1
feIence with the Secretary of War re-
gelding the means of furnishing 1elief
to Dawson City miuel s, has solda large,
number of his choice lots in Dawson
City, some of his. best placer claims,
and a magnificent quar t7. mine, besides
his rich timbel limit, including a saw-
mill which 15 earning $1350 a day net,
to the Joseph Ladue Gold Mining and
Development Company of Y ukon. The
d1rectoxs of this company are among
the most cunse1vat ve and p1om1nent
men in the financial cilcles of New
Yo1k. Those who me interested in.
the Klondike should read the notice of
the new company printed in this issue.
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I‘LL? mE‘IT
ll A Saunders will tile 3 Bicyclein the
Most Popular lady or Gentleman
A Chance to Get 21 Wheel "Free.
ORACE A. SAUNDERS has been selling bicycles for
over seven y( are. I
In that time he has sold thousands of wheels, and his
gualantee has ever been found as good as a bond.
Eveiy wl eel sold by him 1s of first- class workmanship
and of the highest grade.
I For nearly two years he has been in business at his
prr sent store, No. 12 North Main street, South Norwalk,
and has been most successful, his large sales increasing each season.
(me reason for his success is that he is firm believer 1n printers ink and
uses it freely and to the best advantage, believing that keeping everlasting
y at it IS bound to b1 ma the desired result.
HisI business thus far this season has surpassed his most sanguine ex
pectatmns, his sales being something enormous in the bicycle line.
He 18 not yet satisfied, however. and proposes to stir up the riders of the
silent steed by giving away one of his bicycles to the most popular wheel—
manor wheelwoman 1n Fairfield countv.
130115an A. SAUNDERS.
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To this end he will select a new Wheel from among those in his stock and
put it up to be voted for, and ‘he lady or gent'eman receviing the highest
number of votes Will be given the who]. .
Jn order to compete f01 the wheel it' is not necessary that you should-I be
a rider at the present time, but that you receive the largest mun
'- Notes by 8 o 'clock- on the evening of July last, when the balloting closes/{V
To accommodate centestants in the Twin Cities two boxes have been
prepared for the reception of the ballots; one in the shoe store of; Olsen
Brothers, in the GAZETTE building, and the other' in Mr. Saunders' store at
12 North ‘Wa‘n street
Norwalk Vcontestat is (an . eposit their ballots 1n the bVOX at Olsen Broth}
egg shoe store, and South Norwalk contestants' 1n the box 1n Mr Saunders
5 re.
announced each day 1n the GAZETTE.
The bal.’ oting will c ‘osepremptly at 8 o clock on the evening of J uiy lst
and a committee will be selected to count the votes, and the winner will be
announced in the GAZETTE of July 2.
NOTICE To (‘ox'rns'rANTs—Write youl name and addless‘ on. the blank
lines, cut out the coupon and deposit it in eithIpr of the boxes above re-
feued to and it will be counted.
All coupons sent by mail should be addressed to H. A.
North Main street, .‘couth Norwalk.
VBICVYCLE BALLOT-
Saunders, 12
. Name
£9
fit-
V- Address
Ballots can be left at Saunders’ Bicycle Headquarters,
.,. 12 North Main Street, South Norwalk, and Olsen Bros.
Shoe Store, Gazette Buildmg, Norwalk.
The Vote.
John Murphy, N orwalk, 400
Fred Smith. Darien. 372
Miss Olive Gr ay. Norwalk. 412
Lester Corrstock, Bload River. 380
-. Miss Vivian Sodel str om, South N0111 alk.-'10?
Mal y Duffy. touth Nor walk 151
Fred E. Conley. South N01 walk 71
Miss Bessie M. Stanley. Neiwalk. 182
Joseph Methias, Norwalk. . 100
Miss Lucy Wicks, N01 walk. . ' 2
B. M. Rose, N01 walk. 21
Annie Dauchy, South Nor “51111.20
Willie English, N01 walk. 46
Miss Edith Fostel, Nor walk. .91 .
Ar'thul Evans, VVinni 11k. 51
May Smith, South N01 walk , ' 23
Miss Annie Clune, Noew alk. '1 2
May Williams, South N01 walk. ' 8.
Miss S. Louise Sutton, N01 walk. 22
Ohm les Mott, Nor 11.11k 15
Thomas Hunt. Norwalk. 1 5
Gem ge H. Hewitt, Nor walk. 27
Hughl Ham on, N01 walk. 4
Frank Fitzgel ald. Norwalk. - V VV'i' 4
Miss Mena Amblel, South Nor walk. 3 '
Eugene Davis, Nor walk. . 3
J. Hel belt Carpenter, N01 walk. V 2
Hal old McAllister, NVVorwalk.1
Thomas McInerney, Winnipauk. 1
J Oseph McNei ney. Norwalk. {1
(‘laience F. Osborn, Norwalk. 2;
Miss Tillie Spicer, N orwfik , » _ V , V 90
FrankyMcNanghton Nor-walk. , ~ . , '
George Bertlne, No walk. ‘ “
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The ballots will be counted daily and the standing of the contestants
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