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LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS
A. J. Clark, of Elinwool avenue, has
gone to New Milford to spend a few
days. -
Dr. Frederick W. Darmer has re-
turned from a trip to VYashingtcn.
Hun. Robert- H. Rowan has preSent-
ed the South Norwalk Library and
Free Reading Room with a check for
$25 for the purchase of new books.
Franklin A. Smith has been appoint-
ed administrator of the estate of Mary
E. Mather. ‘
Howard A. Tilly has returned home
from a business trip through New Eng-
land.
Goold Hoyt and William P. Beers
left Norwalk to-day for a few weeks’ So
journ in Washington and other points
in the South.
Miss Florence Bouton is studying
shorthand at the Metropolitan Short-
hand School in New York.
Col James C. Crowe went to New
Haven to-day to spend Sunday at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Willis H.
Crofut. ~To-day is the 64th anniver-
sary of his birth.
Boys wanted to sell
G: A Z E'l‘T E.
the EVENING
Miss E. C. Emerson, one of the teach-
ers of Grade 7, Center school, is ill at
her home on East avenue.
Miss Ethel Hendrickson. of Camp
street, is a guest of Miss Blanche Dun-
min", of Brooklyn.
W. M. Stevens is erecting a granite
monument over the grave of W. H.
Seymour, in Norwalk cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Leander Gould, of lslip
cf;- 1., who have been guests at the
home of J. C. Hawkins, of East Norwalk
have returned home to-day.
Miss Marietta Couch, of Bayview
avenue, entertained the Hospital Whist
club yesterday afternoon.
Miss Minnie L. Ferris, 0f Riverside
avenue, entertained the Farther Lights
' of the South Norwalk Baptist church,’
last eVening. A musical and literary
program was rendered.
R. [-1. Leonard has moved from Willi-
' mantic to South Norwalk.
The Norwalk club has accepted an
invitation to participate in the festivi-
ties at the South Norwalk Club smok-
er, on February 8,
The annual city meeting will be
held March 6th. __-_
Cockenoe Tribe of Red Men conferred
the Adoption degree on two candidates
last night. .
Rev. and Mrs. Frederic W. Norris
are home from a visit in New York.
Miss May Scofield, of Norwalk. will
entertain her Sunday school class with
a valentine party, on Tuesday evening,
February 14.
The governing committee of The
Norwalk Yacht Club will hold a meet-
ing this evening at 8 o’clock, at the
office of Attorney Joseph R. Taylor.
At the South Norwalk Methodist
church Sunday morning. there will be
Holy Communion. In the evening,
the pastor, Rev. A. S. Kavanagh, will
preach on the “Protestant Episcopal
Church Through Methodist Spec¥
iaeles.”
At the South Norwalk Congregation-
al church Sundayirnorning, Rev Gerald
H. Beard will preach on The “Tran-
scendant Purposes of God.” in the
evening there will be a song service.
The pastor will make an address on
the origin of the hymns.
At St. Josephs church Sunday even-
ing Rev. John T. Winters will preach
on the subject which was to have been
delivered last Sunday but which was
postponed on account of the indispo-
sition of the pastor. The subject is
“The Priesthood and its Obligations ”
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Grip’s Ravages Doomed.
So much misery and so many deaths
have been caused by the' Grip, that
every one should know what a wonder-
ful remedy for this malady» is found in
Dr. King’s New Discovery. That dis-
tressmg stubborn cough, that inflames.
your throat, robs you of your sleep,
weakens your system'and paves the
way for Consumption is quickly stopped
by. this matchless cure. If you have
chills and fever, pain in the back of the
head, soreness in bones and muscles,
sore throat and that cough that grips
your throat likea vice, you need Dr‘.
King’s New Discovery to cureyour
Grip, and prevent-Pneumonia or Con-'
sumption. PriceMctsmdel-OO. Money ‘
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itiahn-Klmirsilmarm. .
hi.
The City Council will meet Monday
evening.
The National Provident Union held.
a regulir meeting last evening.
Our Brother’s Lolge, l. O. O. F.
will meet Monday night.
A 50‘) was born Thursday to Mr. and
Mrs. Philip Slomansky of Taylor ave-
nue.
J. W. Beatty is ill with grip at his
home on Courtlandt place.
The members of the Emihke soci-
ety of Miss Bairdis Institute will ‘give
a reception on February 13.
Phoenix Engine Compiny will hold
an “at home ” at the engine house, next
Tuesday evening.
Concord Division, S. ofT., will meet
Monday night, and incidentally make
arrangements for an entertainment to
be given at an early date. ,
VVashburn, the painter, is doing
some artistic painting for liVerymen
Dawn 8: Banks.
.Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Powell, who
have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. David
F. Hunt, of South Main street, have re-
turned to Seymour, and will begin
housekeeping.
There was a lively scrap on East
Washington street last night.
There will be a cake-walk and enter-
tainment at Guider’s hall, Rowayton,
to-night, for the benefit of the Congre-
gational church.
Oscar Schminke, of New York, is ill
at the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. E. Apell, of East Norwalk.
Giles Gregory, clerk for Edward P.
Weed, has secured a position as trav-
eling salesman for a New York drug_
house and will assume his duties March
1. '
The. Volunteer Circle of King’s,
Daughters of the Methodist church will
meet with Miss Edith~Mille’r, W estport
avenue, Wednesday evening. ‘
Mrs. Leonard Pollard of Winnipauk
is convalescent of her recent illness. I
An enjoyable surprise was last night
rendered to Miss Emiline Taylor, at her
home in Cranbury. Dancing was the
chief feature of the evening, and re-
freshments were served.
The funeral of Frank Cushman was
attended from the Methodist church
at Rowayton yesterday afternoon, Rev.
H. E. Wing officiating. The pall-
bearers were. Messrs. George Mo: re
John Brundage,Earle Thomes, Samuel
Mills, Moses Rackett and Samuel Mott.
'The meeting in the Young Men’s
Christian Association rooms, Sunday
afternoon, will be led by Rev. F. S.
Ainsworth. The orchestra will assist
and there will be some good vocalists
present.
A doll show will be given at the
Berkeley street chapel this afternoon
at 3 o’clock. A feature of the exhibit
will be some dolls of historical interest
loaned by Mrs. William K. James.
There will also be a Punch and Judy
show.
The thirteenth annual donation and
reunion of the Knight street A. M. ‘E.
church will be held next XVednesday
night in Athenaeum hall. The address
of welcome will be made by Rev. F. A.
Scofield and there will also be ad’
dresses by Rev. A. S. Kavanagh, Rev.
A. J. Smith and Dr. C. G. Bohannan.
Mrs. Beecher Carter, the wife of the
pastor,-‘will recite_ the “Preacher’s
Farewell.” Supper will be served from
6 to 12 p. m.
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. Unclaimed Letters.
The following letters remain un-
claimed at the Norwalk post-office:
B. J. Betta, Jennie Fletcher, W. H.
Kenney,‘ Mrs. Hattie Hoyt Lockwood,
Lucy Newland, Ferdis Remedy 00.,
Mrs Mary E. Sutton, A. Webster.
. _ - ”B. S. KI'ETH P. M.
Feb. 4th. 1899,. ~ '
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TEACHING BIRDS TO SING. , ,
How Cobblers In Germany Train Canaries
‘ to \Varble Sweetly.
Germany’s fame in’ music extends
even to the feathered tribe—those soft.
pearly, mellow notes that you beat
emanate from}; the throat of the Ger-
man canary. All our best cana'ries
come from that country, but they de-
generate very rapidly 'over here, so
that after a few generations they sing
in that high, shrill, piercing voice
with which we are all too familiar.
That charming quality which seems to
surprise you is the result of centuries
of cultivation, and the story of how
it is accomplished is really very inter—
esting to one familiar With it. .
The little town of Andresberg, in the
ll'artz mountains, is the great canary
center of the world, and all of our best
songsters. are imported from that
region. For generations the obscure
cobblers thereabouts have inherited
with the trade of repairing boots and
shoes, and they all have curious rude
devices'for training their little fledg-
lings into the various notes for which
they are distinguished. Every autumn
a large fair is held, and premiums of
considerable value given the man who
can produce the best singers, or who
has in any way achieved a new variety
of note. .
The stock notes are called the roller.
water, flute, and bell. To effect the
first. a large wooden wheel is kept
constantly revolving in the vicinity of
the birds by means of a pulley and
weights, and against the surface a
quill is made to press. This, as vou
may imagine, does not give rise to a
very beautiful sound, but the birds”
effort to imitate it produces a very
pleasing note, indeed.
The water note is not unlike a trill.
The 'birds are initiated into this by
means of a tin pan nailed to a post
firmly planted in the ground. Through
a pipe from above water is made to
drop, drop into the pan, and'the vibra-
tions thus caused, rendered into bird
language, has quite a Patti-like effect.
To gain the flute note, though I do
not see why they should not rather call
it the violin, they rub together two
bits of waxed end held "taut by a sort
of rude framework.
The bell note explains itself, and as
the various eobblers have different
bells, it naturally follows that this
variety of note should vary with their
respective birds. This is, indeed, the
case, ‘nnd the connoisseurs of that
country can tell by which particular
dealer a bird was raised by the quality
of its bell note. These birds thatyou
hear will doubtless always retain their
beautiful voices and method. The next
generation, removed from their par-
ents’_ cultivated environment, will not
sing so well, and in three or four gen-
erations the descendants will 'screech
canary goingg—Chfiicngo Inter Ocezin.’
At the Inquest.
“You knew,the deceased, I believe
you said?” asked the coroner of the
witness.
“Yes, sir. Our desks stood side by
side for six years.” ;
wish to die or declare that life was in-
supportable?" 3'
“No, sir.”
“Can you suggest any reason for his
suicide?”
bly prove to be the reason, sir.”
“What is it?”
“When he came in yesterday morn-
ing he seemed very much depressed. I
asked him' the cause and he replied
that on his way to the office he had
seen a wheelnian wearing a red waist-
coat and a pair of bright green golf
stockings. He must have swallowed
the poison within five minutes after
that.’ sir.”
“That is all. You may step down.
Gentlemen of the jury, under the cir-
cumstances, the only verdict you can
render is justifiable suicide."——Art in
Dress.
Running aliExpress Engine.
The general public has no idea what
the. engine of an express train means.
It is no exaggeration to say that, while
the train is running, the engineer’s
whole soul is in his work, and that he
has no time to think of anything else
but his engine and the signals ahead.
An express train often travels at the
rate of sixty miles an hour, and then
signals will be passed every film min-
utes, and it can readily be understood
that an engingtravelling at that big];
rate of speed will require constant at-
tention. . ,
The strain on a man’s mind, working
an engine a long distace without stop-
ping, is very great, and could not be
endured for many hours together; he
sides, it would not be safe for an en-
gine to travel more than 180 miles
without being examined, and that dis-
tance is about the maximum any en-
gine runs on one journey
The Best Dipilutory.
It was statednot long ago that the
Roentgen rays had been taken up
quite actively in the practice of derma-
tologists for the removal of skin blem-
ishes. This employment of the rays
has now been extended to the removal
of hair from the human skin. The use
of a current not exceeding two am-
peres at not more 1mm 11 1-2 volts is
necessary to avoid lnflaming the flesh.
The tube should be. kept from‘20 to 2-5
centimetres from the place operated
on, and each operation-‘ should last
about-ten minutes. From seventeen to
thirty operations usually. suffice—Ex.
change. ' ' " '
“The Irish Cyclist” says that an old
farther quietly watched a wheelmnn
1089 control, 01- 1.11.3 mount. and go. over
'a wall, machine and all, and» then re
marked: “Well, well! And so they can
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the business of raising canaries along _
and whistle with the best American
“Had you ever heard him intimate a‘
“I can only suggest what may possi-.
mun evasive GAZETTEi} a? ' ‘~_ .z
i The Lamont club will meetto-morrow
I noon at the Congregational church. '
l
; Union will meet in G. A. R. hall, No:-
, ; walk, Monday night.
1 ‘A. J. Clark, of Elm/wood‘I-avenue, '
,went to VNew Milford, yesterday, to
' spend a few days.
visiting Joseph Linxweiler, of Hall-
road Place.
A whist party was given Wednesday
night, by Miss Emma Litohbleau, of
Washington street. The prize was won
‘ by Miss Maggie Sausa, of Danbury.
The revival services will be con-
‘ tinned every evening next week in the
N orwa‘lk Methodist cnurch.
Mrs. W. Newcomb and daughter,
Mirgery, of Jersey City and Clive
N -wcomb of Yale, are guests of Mrs.
thn S. Seymour. '
Miss Julita Hatch leaves town next
Week for a month’s stay With‘her sister,-
Mrs. Bailey, in Brooklyn:
M. Zundcr 8r. Sons of New Haven, was
' in town to-day. _
'Rev. F. A. Scofield will preach to
the laboring classes to-morrow night.
The topic will be “The Divine Car-
penter.”
returned from Denver, Colorado, last
night.
. Regular meetings of the Twin City
councils will be held Monday night.
While coming from his home on
West street at an early hour this morn-
ing, Jeremiah Donovan slipped and
fell, but so far as could be learned
escaped injury. ‘
Considerable delay was caused on the
Street Railway to the early morning
cars owing to the storm of last night,
which coated the trolley wires with ice.
One of the cars from Winnipauk left
that place nearly half an hour late by
reason of the storm.
Robert M. Wilcox, of‘South Norwalk,
slipped on the icy pavement on South
Main street this morning, and fell suf-
fering an injury to his back that is
liable. to keep him confined .to his home
dor- some days.
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Plenty on BoariL
_ He "had just returned from a trans-
'Atianic voyage and he let all know
{it ‘ ' , ., . . .
rWes.” he. said pompously to the. old
' gentleman with the silk‘ list and the.
grey whiskers, who sat opposite, “we
had a meet eventful trip: there wasa
marriage on board, two deaths, and-~~”
"Any births?" interrogated the old
gentleman, with a. twinkle in his
we.- .
“No—«ermno births.” answered the
other, in a manner which implied they
could have had one or two if they so
desired.
“Dear me. that’s very strange!" ex-
claimed the grey side whiskers.
“\tht is strange?” .
“Why, no births. I have crossed
forty—three times, and there have al-
ways been births on board.”
The pompous note in the new fledged
traveller’s voice gave place to a tinge
of reverence as the other mentioned
the figures, but he asked:
“Well, wharf: do you call a number of
births? Two, three, four, or—"
“No. indeed. Why}; the last: time I
crossed there were over five hundred,
pnd—"
‘Whmt, babies?"
“Babies? No, berths. sleeping berths.
Here‘s my street. Good bye."
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Miss Maggie Sausa, of Danbury, is
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Mrs. O. E. Wilson of West avenue, i
cal profession, and the satisfactior.’
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When anything stands a test of over sixty years among a discriminating
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In 1836, one year after they were introduced into the United States,
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i
The sudden Epidemic of Grip has startled the coun-
'l‘he doctors coni'ess they have no sure Cure for
for ii, and this is seen to be true in ihe sudden death
of Garcia and EX-SenaiorBrice and the alarming in-
i r37.
crease In the death rate.
Brazilian -alm.
No fatal disease of Grip was ever known where
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Colds. Grip, Influenza,
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