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For the Gcwctte.
Sunrise.
B! JENNIE K. LUDLUM.
The grass is heavily hung with dew,
The shrubs all bond ’neath their weight of
leaves,
The birds swing up on the trees. by two,
And the breezes quiver the choking sheaves
The river is calm, and cool, and clear,
And the boats rock onto it lazily; \
While out of the harbor, for and near,
The sea-weed drifts with the tide to son.
The sky is softly and faintly blue,
The white moon sinks down the purple
west, . .
And the golden stars are lost from View
In the brighter hue of the morning drost.
In blue and amber and purple sky, .
And dew-hung grasses, and singing birds
That burst in a thrilling melody
Which is sweeter tar than any words i
As suddenly from the earth below
Comes a sudden stirring of work began,
The birds all burst in a song, for 10,
Above the hills comes the morning sun l
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Portfolio Sketches.
BY J. K. LUDLUM.
Morning 011 The Ilills—-lst Sketch.
We rise early—everybody rises early in
the country—and as the cast begins to put
out her banners of morning, that have
been wrought by no mortal hand, we
gather up our dresses and start off through
the dcvy grass that glistcns with lumi—
nous pearls,——up toward the hills that are
wrapped in a veil of mist, presently, will
be transformed into a thousand glilleling-
flashes and glcauls and jewels us no bride's
veil ever was.
On every hand is such a wealth of
' jewels and velvet and rose-color, as no
earthly king can boast of.
All around under our feet rises the
slender grass dolled here and there with
flecks of gold—the tiny yellow star-flowers
that have been well called the "El Dorado
in the grass."
For to the right murmurs tllc river ; to
the left the deep, dusky woods. Behind
us is the quiet town; before us the won-
derful, misty hills that the sun begins to
touch tenderly. ‘
The mist IigIltcns,wavcrs,—fulls, sway;
ing to and fro. Then the sun strikes
through, and the veil of mist is tom to
shreds, and flutters in the soft breeze,
like dainty clouds of exquisite lace.
With swift feel. we hasten up the hill
to lose no part of the beautiful mystery
unfolding before us. At the top we pause
uumiudful of our tumbled hair. our glow-
ing cheeks, our breathleslmcss ;'awcd into
utter silence by the glory and beauty of
the heavens and earth.
The cast is a mass of crimson and
orange and pink clouds, broken in the
center by the glittering King of Day, who
rides in a violet chariot edged with gold,
and lined with delicate swan’s—down.
The cloudsjscatter in grand confusion,
fading as they go. _
Below our feet * lie velvety meadows,
' with the cows beginnig to troop into them
over the bars ; the mist hangs swaying,
flutteu’ng, gleaming to the rocks and trees
on the hill-side. The river dances and
sparkles in the distance; busy life begins
to rise in the town whose towers and
steeples gleam white and pure in the sun-
light. ~
Instinctively we -turn from the sounds
of tumult below, and lift our eyes toward
the sunlit heavens. What a contrast!
No jarring discord there! All is peace
because the hand of man cannot touch it!
No strife after the first place—the leader-
ship. The énn and moon and stars keep
their appointed places, obeying the will
of the Master’s Hand in the hollow of
which they lie 1
“0h, Harrie l” I say softly, “This won-
derful scene brings back to one’s mind so
clearly the words of the Psalmist:
“What is mau,thst thou art mindful of
him ? and the son of man, that thou‘vis-
itcst him 1’.
For thou hast made him a little lower
than the angels, and has crowned him
witlfglory'and honor.
Thou modest him to have dominion over
the works of thy hands; thou has put all
things under his feet ?”
And this sweetheart girl of mine an-
swers gently :
“But where shall wisdom be found ?
and where is the place of understanding ?”
"0h, Kate, dear, look down behind us
at the tumult and strife going on below I
The men and women and and children
down there, hurrying to the daily round
of the wheel .cf life, without even a
glance at this message of a loving Father,
—this mystery—the lmarvelous sunrise—
glory! How much easier their work
would seem if they could keep the thought
of this swact morning light and life and
purity, with them through the day!
"But they don’t do it, Kate! They'
hurry to and fro, in and out, back and
forth, their thoughts all of the “earth,
earthly,’ their eyes never raised to the
heavens above their heads! They think
they are wise; But are they ? ~Why
don’t they take fifteen minutes—if not
more—out from the tread-mill. and devote
them to a glimpse of higher, noblcr life,
—a motive for rising above the petty
trials, just by a ray from the glory of the
new-risen day? They never would miss
it—ethey never could miss it! It would be
new life to them 1"
“But, Harrie," I answer smiling, "if
we should tell them this, they would only
say we do not have to work as they do,
we have plenty of time to do as we like.”
"Plenty of time 1” cries Harrie. “Why,
Kate, we are busy as they in our way!
There is always plenty of work to do in
the world ; and because one person trudges
to'and fro while another sits down to the
mending, or-the thousand-and—one duties
to be done, it is no reason to say they do
not both work,-—not alike, perhaps, but
work! , .
We rise a little earlier to get time for
our sunrise message as we call it. Why
cannot they do the same?
, But we won’t preach ! The sun is risen
clear from the clouds, and the dew-drops
sparkle like jewels, in the strong light;
the last thread of mist is swept from the
hills! Our sunrise glory is over. Let us
go down 1"
And as, hand-in~haud, we run down the
hillside through grass and clover and
daisies, dashing aside the dew with our
feet, perhaps we are lighter of heart be.
cause of the view from the hills, and cool
winds on our tows, and the thoughts that
will cling to us even to the night.
The cows stare in opemeycd amazement
at us as we flit past them ;:l.h'e bees began
their search for in the hearts of the flow-
ers; the sunrise bird has disappeared with
the delicate mists and rose-colored clouds.
Day has come in earnest, with the num-
berless round of duties; but we take them
up more cheerfully after the few minutes
of the early morning on the hills.
A Dsnbury lawyer who had never seen
a snake, was out in thefieldl on Saturday,
when a monstrous black snake liited its
head flom behind a log and commenced
to bias. Calling to a companion who was
near at hand, he said: “Come here and
see this nice black goose." Upon being
told that it was a snake, heels did their
duty, and a certain law office was soon
one; again , occupied.—Danbury Republi-
can. .
For the Gazette.
Westport.
BEAUTIES or A LAWSUIT.
NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A FIFTEEN
DOLLAR SALT MEADOW.
How Something fun: Nothing may be Realized as?
Shown by the “(larval- Flatiron" contest.
The public have been interested for sev-
eral years in the suits at law between Mr.
Stephen Carver and Mr. Horace Staples,
President of the First National Bank for
possession of a piece of real estate situated
on the depot road. Its appraised value as
returned some twenty years ago was only
$15, but litigation has made it cost more
than $900. The exact position occupied
by the respective claimants who not known
until a recent decision before Judge Hall,
who ruled in favor of Mr. Staples, and
against Carver who was backed by G. B.
Bouton, M. ‘1). Pending the. trial of the
case rather lively episodes occurred on the
property. For instance, one claimant
mowed the sedge near the “Flatiron," so
called, and while he was waiting the sun’s
heat to cure it-thc other claimant appeared
on the scene and carted it off, and 11"36
oersa. As will appear by a perusal of the
appended statement Mr. Stanlcs' claim is
based on the recOrd, and by the statement
of those of whom he originally brought
the property, Mr. Curvcr‘o claim has
strength as it would seem. only by virtue
of possession. In the case of C " r's
backer, he is imbued with the i . but
Staples has a hankering after the “II ion,"
but it is not true, Mr. Staples’ clain’jficx-
tending only on the strip on the south'hnd
east adjoining the “flatirou,” which strip
including _ a little more than two acres
across the creek on the cast, Carver now
claims is rightfully his. To a candid ob-
server Mr. Staples is the rightful owner.
and 110 has one cOurt decision as a backing.
The following outline speaks for itself.
In 1817 John Sturgcs bought the home-
stead now occupicd by Captain W. C.
Staples on the depot road. There was in-
cluded in that purchase a salt. marsh/hav-
ing scven Owners, five of whom Mr. Stur-
ges bought out. The share of the prop-
erty owned by these heirs was bounded as
follows :-East by Snugatuck river, and
on all other sides by road, and lying
around said gut. (The gut or creek rc-
fcrred to in the deed having been so named
in describing another track of land,) In
quantity three acres, more or less. One
owning one-seventh died without heirs.
The other oneseventh was owned by
nineteen different heirs. Each owning
one, one-hundred.and thirty-third (1-133).
Calling the tract two and one-half acres,
the share of .each would be three rods of
ground. Mr. John Taylor was one these
1-133 owners, Mr. David M. Marvin, son-
in-law of the said- Taylor, bought the old
“Shercrow” School House which stood On
what is known as “ The Plain,” near
where Mr. Edward H. Nash now resides,
and sold it to Aaron B. Meeker who re-
moved it to one .corner of this salt marsh,
there being four or five rods high ground
on the said eorner. Mr. Sturges being
the five-seventh owner of the whole made
no objections, as Mr. Meeker was a sickly
man and had no capital. The school
house had been well stripped by boys em-
ployed by the teacher to build fires, who
scrupled not in the absence of kindlers to
obtain a supply from the shingles with
which the old house was covered. Con-
sequently the house had to be reshlnglcd.
David S. Hubbell, a builder, did the work
and took a mortgage of $50 on the' house
from Meeker. This was in_ 1832. No
quit claim had ever been given. Meeker
bounded the land north and west by
highway, easterly and southerly by
creek or gut, quantity four-sevenths of
one-half an acre, more or less, being the
same land Mr. Staples lately purchased of
John Sturges. . Mr. Sturgcs said he never
gave Meeker a deed. . In 1835 Meeker
made a deed to D. M; Marvin for one acre
more or less, with dwelling house thereon
bounded northerly and westerly by higb~
way, southerly by William Elwood, (who
occupied but never owned an inch of real
estate), and easterly by gut or creek. This
deed, strange to say, was presented for
record in July, 1878, 48 years after it was
made, whether because Meeker really
never had just claim to title cannot be
stated. In 1837 Mr. Marvin quit claimed
to John Carver all right and interest and
bounded it the same as Meeker to Marvin.
In April, 1844, John Carver deeded by
warrantee his whole lot for $500 to Anson
Gray, his' wife’s brother, bounding it
north and west by highway, cast by brook,
south terminating at a point, quantity one
rood,'not more or less, but exactly one
rood.. About 1840 a subscription was
started for Carver, and as good as $200 in
labor and cash was given him, making his
house comfortable, and building a bank
wall about ten feet high and one hundred
feet in length cast of his house on the
line of said creek. Twenty farmers and
citizens assisted and before they began
work Capt. Carver said there was no use
expending money on the place as he had
no title. Mr. John Sturges was among
the benefactors, and promised Carver he
should never be disturbed but should, so
far as he was concerned permit him to
hold it the same as though he had a deed.
0n the strength of this promise the men
went forward and built the wall and on-
closed the lot with a board fence, just in
accordance to Carver’s deed to Anson
Gray. Gray deeded the same to John
Carver, 2d, April,1855, consideration $500,
quantity, one rood, (not more or less) but
just one rood. terminating at a point on
the south. The next deed from John
Carver, 26, calls the tract one half acre,
more or less, bounded on the south by
owner's unknown. This deed was made
M1867. In June, 1866 James Slur-gee
deeded the undivided one-half of the three
parcels of Sturges’ place to William H.
Staples, calling the marsh parcel five-
sevcnths of an acre, bounded north by
road and heirs of D. S. Hubbell, ‘east by
Saugatuck river,‘south by creek, and west
by road and creek, with a' cart-house
standing thereon. Nichols,
whose minor daughter owned the other
one-half deeded to the said Staples her
undivided half, same quantity, adding
“the road leading‘to the N. Y., N. H. St
H. R. R. passes through the said lot, and
referring to former records for further de-
scription." That description says, three
sevenths of the tract lying around said
gut or creek. ' Also another deed for two
scvenths of about four acres bounded east
by Saugatuck river and all other sides by
road. In 1878 a learned M. 1)., having
_
der the brave (1) General Walker at Nica-
uargua, bought of Stephen Carver, for
the purpose of assisting Mrs. Carver, as
he says, in getting title to the whole front
on the west side of said marsh. extending
25 to 80 rods southeast below the termina-
tion of the enclosed one rood terminating
at a point—the " Flatiron,” so called,
which has already cost. more than $900 in
litigation. After trespassing twice on the
property by either cutting salt grass or
carting it away when others had cut it,
Staples ventured to prosecute the brave
M. D., and after a trial of five days ob-
tained some two dollars damages, in fact
all the grass was worth, and Judge Hall,
sitting at Bridgeport, decided that the M.
D. had no title. but that Staples did have
title by enclosures, &c.’ The suit lately
had some experience in fillibuslering un-'
brought; and which will be tried at Bridge-
port next week is by Carver, (Benton) for
ejectment, purely on fillibustering princi-
ple. The beauty'of the case consists in
its peculiar fitness for making cost as the
whole tract, four acres of marsh, was ap-
' praised in 1849 at only $15, cart house and
all. The celebrated M. D. (for Carver)
seems to have imbibed his peculiar meth-
ods of thinking and acting from some false
impressions. When the best friend the
said M. D. ever had here, Dr. George
Blackman, was able to be about, (he died
some years since) he used to write 0ch-
souallyv articles for the GAZETTE and
Bridgeport Standard. One article headed
“Hallucination," alluded to alcarned doc-
tor here, who, while carrying a had of
coal up a stairway in his house, felt some-
thing burst inside of him, which at the
moment he thought was the main artery
of his heart, and went and made his will
and prepared to “go hence." But, find-
ing himself alive next morning he discov-
ered the “burst" was only a button from
the waistband of his pants. The deceased
“friend” of the M. D. wrote this "Hallu-
cination" article because he thought it too
good to keep, and be it was who signed
his name as a witness to the last will and
testament of the brave M. D., who didn’t
burst a blood vessel but did lose a button
and who, for noteriety’s sake under the
guise of pity, and a desire to protect the
weak, has caused the salt meaddw—tnc'
“Flatiron,” worth $15, to cost $900, and
the end is not yet.
For the Gazette.
ATllpl'rolllNolwllktothellockyMoulllllills
NOTES BY THE WAYSIDE. .
H. M. Pnowrrr.
[Continued from last WeekJ
FORTY MILES INTO THE MOUNTAIN.
Although the great day for cheap excur.
sions is Sunday, yet arrangements are
made for lourist’s tickets on other days of
the week, at nearly half price. Taking
advantage of this 1'! duction, we purchased
tickets for an excursion to Central City.
The train leaves about 8 a. m. It is the
narrow gauge road. The distance is 40.
miles into the mountain. This is what is
generally called the famous switch-back
road, and every foot of ground passed
over is filled with great interest. Though
much has been said and written upon the
comparative advantages of the broad and
narrow guage, yet it would appear that
all the trains running into the mountins
are the narrow track. This may be to fa-
cilitate turning sharp curves.
To the traveler who takes his first ride
'on this road, provided that he has noticed
the road bed before entering the cars, and
finds the two rails but little more than a
yard apart, there arises is feeling of inse-
CUrity, a lack of confidence. He has be
come accustomed to riding on the broad
gauge and feels safe; but when the space
between the rails is reduced one-third, the
first impressIOu is that passengers once
seated, should remain in a fixed position,
least in turning acurvc the proper balance
should not be maintained. But on' closer
examination, it will be noticed, that the
engine and cars are built narrower, also
that they are much nearer the ground.
When these things are taken into consid-
eration, and he sees that the driving
wheels are much smaller than those of the
usual guage,a feeling of reconciliation takes
place and it does not seem so much like
riding On a bicycle. But it may be asked
why are three parallel rails necessary P
The answer comes that this is ddne from
motives of economy. This is a Union
Road, and while one train may use the
two outer rails, another train may have a
narrow gauge, by simply running another
set of rails between the other two, and
thus using one outer and the middle rail,
The mountain range being nearly north
and south,a question here arises, as the
train is moving on, why are we taking a
northerly course for a couple of. miles?
This is done so as to take in the fiouriah-
ing settlement called Argo, on this route.
This place derives its great ilnporlancc_
from its smelting works. High columns
of white sulphurous.smoke are emitted
from several tall chimneys, while to the
very doors of these buildings the railroad
tracks are laid. From this point the course
of the train is westward direct to the
mountains. The reader will call to mind
that in previous numbers the Colorado
prairies have been described as unproduc-
tive, yielding nothing but a short,coarsc
grass, and that rain seldom falls there ex-
cept in winter and early spring, and it
may be further said that the ‘ melting
snows are considered as of great value to
the soil in giving an opportunity for the
prairie grass to grow. .But we are now
passing through a section of the same
prairie land where stacks of hay and wheat
are seen, and everything appears luxuriant.
Large fields of corn put in their appear-
ance, and as it is the fall of the year the
steam threshcrs are seen in several places
busily at work.
These are some of the Colorado ranches,
and here the ingenuity of man has over-
come the obstacles in the way of agricul—
tural production. The mountain sleam‘s
have in many cases been captured, and
made, by means of canals and ditches, to
irrigate the soil and it exceedingly produc
live. There is a load of hay being carried
on a two horse wagon. It looks nice, is
of a bluish green color, and horses and
cattle eagerly devour it. This hay is sell-
ing in Denver at $20 per ton, a price no
higher than in the eastern markets.
Farming in this section is quite an object,
but as more will be said in relation to the
rancheslon asubsequcnt occasion, it will
be better to leave this subject as the train
is nearing Golden at the very foot of the
mountain. Golden is a towu of consid-
erable importance on account of its con-
nectiou with mining operations, and would
be well worth .our attention if we could
spare the time. We are now entering
CLEAII CREEK chaos.
An obsérlmtlon car is attached to the
train, at this place. This Is a'merc cover,
ed platform car with seats sideways, like
acarryall, but with no interfering sides
or windows. The occupants of this car
must put up with the inconvenience of
wind, dust and cinders, and be protected
by overcoats and wraps, but it is the only
satisfactory way of seeing the wonderful
works of nature. At 9:05 the train is
again under headway, plowing direct in-
to the mountain gorge. This is the near-
est of all the gorges, and as it was the
first to be penetrated by arailway, it yet
remains the one grand crowning attraction
of Colorado.
To General Palmer the credit is justly
ascribed for achieving this triumphant
success, and his determination was' to
pierce this Canon with a railroad despite
all discouragémeuts. With amazing over-
powering cliffs, straining the head and
eyes to see the top, the train appeared to
the creek from which this canon derives
its name dashes down by our side in a
perpetual foam, curving here and there to
accommodate itself to the irregularities of
the gorge. Clear (1) Creek Canon is its
name! but judging from its present tur-
bid appearance, it is a misnomer.
Throughout its whole length gold
searchers may be seen with pick and shov-
be completly shut in and isolated, whilor
foil. The railway is built on the norther-
ly side of this creek and the track has to
follow the meanderings of the stream, and
must conform to its grade, which is up
wards of a hundred feet to the mile,
rounding long and short curves so frequent-
Iy,that on looking a head and seeing the en-
gine running behind a lock, and now out of
sight, we are reminded of a kitten trying
to catch his tail, and perhaps a slight
shudder might occur lest the engine in
someway should come round and telescope
its owu rear car. We are now on the
Long Curve running under large overhang-
ing cliffs, which appear dangerous, while
at all times the train is shut in with very
short prospect ahead, and scarce any in
the rear; the present tense is all that can
be used, no past, no future, so far as the
line of vision is concerned; the grade
constantly rising at about 110 feet to the
mile.
How awe inspiring is the grandeur of
these projecting masses! Here and there
in this foaming stream, a few miners or
‘gold searchers may be noticed standing
knee deep in water. turning over the
stones and rocks. As we look upon these
massive walls towering above us, some of
which rise vertically 1,000 to 2,500 feet
above the track, how insignificant all else
appears I
(To be continued.)
The Bad Boy. '
“Say‘ I thought you was going to try
to lead a different life.” said the grocery
man to the bad boy, as the youth came in
with his pocket full of angle worms, and
wanted to borrow a baking powder can to
put them into while he went fishing; and
he held a long angle worm up by the tail
and let it ' wiggle so. it frightened .algirl
that had come in after two cents worth of
yeast so she dropped her pitcher and went
out of the grocery as though she was
chased by an anaconda.
“I am going to lead a difiercnt life, but
a boy can't change his whole course of
life in azminutc, can he? Grown persons
have to go on probation for six months
before they can lead a different life, and
half the time they lose their end before
the' six months expire, and have to,com-
mencc again. When it is so alfire'd hard
for a man that is endowed with sense to
break off being bad, you shouldn’t expjct
too much from a boy. But I am doing as
well as could be expected. I ain’t half as
bad as I was. Gosh, why don’t you burn
a rag? That yeast the girl spilled on the
floor smells like it was sick. I should
think that bread that was raised with that
yeast would smell like this cookingbulter
you sell to hired girls.
“Well,,ucver you mind the cooking
butter. I know my business. If people
want to use poor butter when"they h'ave
company, and then blow up the grocer
before folks, I can stand it if they can_
But what is this I hear about your pa
fighting a duel with the minister in your-
back yard, and wounding him in the leg,
and then trying to drown himself in thc
cistern '1’ One of your new neighbors
was in here this morning and told me there
was murder in the air at your house last
night, and they were going to havo the
police pull your place as a disorderly
house. I think you were at the bottom cf
the whole bniness.”
"Oh, it’s all a darn lie, and those neigh—
bors will find they better keep still about
us, or we will lie about them a little. You
see since pa got that blocking on his face
he don’t go out any, and to make it pleas-
out for him ma invited in a few friends to
spend the evening. Ma has got up around
and the baby is a daisy, only it smells like
a goat, on account of drinking the goat’s
milk. Ma invited the minister, among
the rest, and after supper the men went up
Into pa’s library to talk. 0, you think I
am bad, don‘t you, but of the nine men at
our house last night, I am an angel com—
pared with what they were when they
were boys. I got in the bath room to un-
tangle my: fish line, and it’s next to pa’s
room, and I could héarcverything they
said, but I went away ’cause I thought
the conversation would hurt my morals.
They would kill steal when they were
boys, buttiarned if I ever stole. Pa has
stole over a hundred wagon loads of water
melons, one deacon used to rob orchards,
another one shot tame ducks belonging. to
a farmer, and another tipped over grind
stones in front of the village store, at
night, and broke them, and run; another
used to steal eggs, and go out in the
woods and boil them, and the minister
was the worst of the lot, cause he took a
seine, with- some other boys, and went to
a stream where a neighbor was raising _
brook trout, and cleaned the stream out, ;
and to ward of! suspicion he went to the
man the next day and paid him a! dollar to
let him fish in the stream, and then kick-
ed because there were no trout, and the
owner found the trout were stolen and
laid it to some Dulch boys. I wondered,
when those men were telling their expe-
rience, if they ever thOught of it now
when they were preaching and praying,
and taking up collections. I should think
they wouldn’t say a boy was going to hell
right off ’cansc he’s a little wild now days,
when he has such an example. Well,
lately somebody has been burgling our
chicken coop, and p9. loaded an old mus-
ket with rock salt. and said he would fill
the fellow full of salt if he caught him;
and while they were talking up stairs ma
heard a rooster squawk, and she went to
the stairway and told pa there was some-
body in the hen house. Pa jumped up
and told the visitors to follow him, and
they would see a man running down the
alley full of salt; and be rushed out with
the gun, and the crowd followed him.
Pa is shorter than the rest, and he passed
under the first wire clothes line in the
yard all right, and was going for the hen
house on a jump, when his neck caught
the second wire clothes line just as the
minister “and two of the deacons caught
their necks under the other wire. You
’know how a wire, hitting a man on the
throat, will set him back, head over appe-
tite. Well, sir, I was looking out the back
window, and I wouldn’t be positive, but
I think they all turned back summzr-
snails, and struck on their ears. Anyway,
pa did, and the gun must have been cock-
ed,or it struck the hammer on a stone,
for it went off, and it was pointed towards
the house, and three of the visitors got.
salctd. The minister was hit the worst,
one piece of salt taking him in the hind
.leg, and the other in .the back, and he
yelled as though it was dynamite. I sup-
pose when you shoot a man with salt, it
smarts, like when you get corned beef
brine on your chapped hands. They all
yelled. and pa seemed to have been
knocked silly, some way, for he pranced
around and seemed to think he had killed
them. He swore at the wire clothes fine,
then I missed pa and heard a splash like
when you throw a cat in the river, and I
wont down and we took pa by the collar
and pulled him out. 0, he was awful
damp. No, air, it was no duel at all, but
a naxideut, and I didn’t. have anything to
do with it. The gun wasn’t loaded to kill
and the salt only 6.... through the skin,
but those men did yell. May be it was my
chum that stirred up the chickens, but I
don't know. He has not commenced to
lead a better life yet, and he might think.
It would make our folks sick if nothing
cl stirring up the rock and clay in hope of
finding something to compensate them for
occurred to make them pay attention. I
think where a family has been having a
good deal of exelcisg, the way ours has,
it hurts them to break off t( lsuddeuly.
But the ~.Ioitors went home real quick,
after we got pa out of the cistern, and
the minister told me he always felt when
he was at or“. house as though he was on
the verge of a yawning crater, ready to be
engulfed any minute, and be guessed he
wouldn’t come any more. Pa changed
his clothes and told ma to have them wire
clothes lines changed for rope ones. I
think it is hard to suit pa, don’t you?’
' 0, your pa is all right. What he
needs is rest. But why are you not work-
ing at the livery stable 1’ You haven't been
discharged, have you ?” And the grocery
man laid a‘ little lump of concentrated
lye, that looked like maple sugar, on a
cake of sugar that had been broken,know-
ing the boy would nibble it.
“No, sir, I was not discharged, but
when a livery man lends meakicking
horse to take my girl out riding, that set-
tles it. I asked the boss if I couldn't
have a quiet horse that would drive hisself
if I wound the lines around the whip, and
he let me have one he said would go all
day without driving. You know how it
is, whena fellow takes a girl out riding,
he don’t want his mind occupied holding
lines. Well, I got my girl in, and we
went Out on the Whitefish Bay road, and
it was just before dark, and we rode along
under the trees, and I‘ would the lines
around the whip, put my arm around my
girl, and patted her under the chin' with
my other hand; and her mouth looked so
good and her blue cycslooked up at me
as much as to dare me to kiss her, and 1
was all of a tremble, and then myurlu
wandered around by her car and lercw
her head up to me and gavcu smack. Say,
that wasno kind of a horse to give to a
youug'fellow to take a girl out riding.
Just as I smacked her I fell. as though the
buggy had been struck with a pile driver,
and when I looked at the horse he wr'.l
running away and kicking the buggy, and
the lines dragging on the ground. I was
scared, I tell you. I wanted] U jump out,
but my girl threw her arms around my
neck and screamed, and said we would
die together, and just as We were going
to die, the buggy struck a fence and the,
horse broke loose and went off, leaving us"
in the buggyvtumblcd down by the dash
board, but we were not hurt. The old
horse stopped and went to chewing grass,
and he looked up at me as though he
wanted to say ‘philopcne.’ I tried to
catch-him, but he wouldn't calch,aud then
we waited till dark and walked home,und I
told the livery man what I thought of such
treatment, and be said if I had attended
to my driving and not kissed the girl, I
would have been all right. He said .I
ought 'to'haVc told him I wanted a horse
that wouldn’t shy at kissing, but how did
I know I was goilig to get up courage to
kiss her. , A livery man ought to take it
for granted that when a young fellow goes.
out with his girl he is going tokiss her,
and give him a horse according. But I
quit him at once. I won’t work for a
man that hasn't got sense. Gosh! what
kind of maple sugar is that? Jerusalem,
whew, give me some water. 0, my, it is
taking the skin off my mouth.”
'The grocery man got him some water
and seemed sorry that the boy had taken
the lump of concentrated lye by mistake,
and wbeu'the boy went out the grocery
man pounded his hands on his knees and
laughed, and presently he went out in
front of the store and found a sign “Fresh
Letis, been picked morc'n a week, tufier’m
tripe."———Peck's Sun.
Bed Rock for the Tem- I
perance Cause.
BY BEV., THEODORE L. CUTLER.
‘ Mrs. Mary E, Hunt of Boston delivered
a few weeks ago, a most earnest and pow-
erful address in my church upon the Ed-
ucational aspect of the Tempe'rance Re-
form. She is one of the secretaries of the
National “Women’s Christian Temper-
ance Union," and has been heard before
several legislative bodies as well as relig
ions assemblies. Her key note is save the
boys and girls; in addition to the instruc-
tions in Sabbath Schools, she advocates
the introduction of an elementary book
on Alcohol and its Effects, into all the
public schools, This has been done in"
several towns in Great Britain ; and the
staunch old Puritan State of Vermont has
already enacted a law to provide its fu-
ture voters with wholesome instruction
against the perils of the bottle.‘ Restric-
tive legislation against the dram-shop is
right and desirable; but tllc most effectu-
al warfare against the hydra of strong
drink is to strike at the root and overthrow
the drinking usages. The best way to
stop dram-selling, is to persuade people
to stop buying and drinking intoxicsnts.
This law of Prohibition no Legislature
can repeal, no policeman can :frustrate,
no court can pronounce unconstitutional
"‘ " " What amazes and shocks me is
to see the wine bottle where it is as fia-
granlly out of place as a bonfire would be
on the floor of a powder mill. No intoxi-
cant has any business to be cu the table
of a family which contains any boys, or
on the table of any miscellaneous social
party, or in the cupboard of any profes-
sional man, or anywhere else, in short,
except possibly in the hands of a very dis-
creet and careful physician. Every bot-
tle that contains alcohol contains a serpent
The serpent in Eden was not a more per-
fect embodiment of deceit. A bottle of
bourbon or of burgundy will deceive thé
very. elect. I am constantly called to
labor for the reformation of persons who
began moderately; but their glasses insen-
sibly enlarged and deepened until they
.bccame literally a pit of damnation!
Some of the hardest cases I encounter,
are these whose names are enrolled” on
church registers. In yonder lecture r'oom
I have heard a man pray most pathetically
for deliverance from the tempter, and yet
he has been traced to a drinking saloon
on his way home from the prayer meet-
ing! More than once he has been the
subject of most loving personal efforts
(once or twice of necessary church dis-
cipline.) and still does he cryrout inagony
from the bites of the serpent which he
deliberately put into his own bosom when
he was a young man. He never whines
about being “a poor unfortunate victim,”
etc., etc. ; he squarely admits that he is a
heinous sinner against God and his own
soul. But what shall be said of those
Christian people, who from thoughtless-
ness or from the tyranny of fashion, will
set wine-bottles where they will produce
just such conflagrations ? In my honest
judgment, Pat O'Rafierty, the grog-seller,
will have no heavier account to answer
for in the “great day,” than with those re-
putable-and .professedly christian people,
who place bottled serpents on their hospi-
table tables for the temptation and poi-
soning of their guests. ~ Hols the drunk-
ards in the land had one or more partners
at the outset. God’s word solemnly de-
clares “Be ye not partners of other men’s
sins”; how much worse to be their temp
tors. * * ’ The only gospel of tem
perance I have yet learned, or which I
dare to preach is—let It alone; it is a de-
ceiver; it both power to cast both body
.to teach to the rising generation. On this
bed rock of entire abstinence they can
build safely. On that immutable rock let
us maintain and enlarge the Temperance
reform.
and soul into hell.) This is the principle ‘
ill
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i’gor Bur-ins, Scnlds, Woundt, Brill-cl
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1? or llnflnmcd and Bare Eycu—Itseffeot
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It is the Ladies, Friends—All remain
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For ”(Slice-:3, 01d Boxes. or Open
Wounds, its action upon these is most remark-
: i c. .
Toothache, Fuccnchc, Bitc- ol‘ In-
sects, Sore Fees, are cured by ~
POND’S EXTRACT.
RECOMMENDED BYPHYSICIANS!
«USED IN HOSPITALS!
C'mzuon.—PO.VD’S EXTRACT has been (not-
lafcd. The genuine has the words “ POND'E
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yr ‘61“? on surrounding bufi’ wrapper. Nuns
other is genuine. Always {mistonhavflw PONDB
u’.’.‘.".”1.’ACT. Memmprepcratm
It is never sold in bulk or hymns-s.
l. 1‘ !‘.C!AL PREPARATIONS OF POND’S EXTRACT 0m-
1.13:1) WITH THE PURES’I‘ AND MOST DEHCA'H.‘
PERFUME FOR LADIES BOUDOIB. -
man’s EXTRACT--~,---------50c., $1.00. $1.75.
Toilet Cream- - - - - g . 4.00 Catarrh Cure-om- .. 75
Iicllllfrlcel an - - 50 Plaster-nu-mm- 25
Lip Salvo ........... 25 Inhaler (Glass filled-1.00
Toilet Soap (3 Cakes) 50 Nasal Syringc- ..... 25
Ointment ----------- 50 Medicated Paper .... 25
Family Syrlngc, $1.00. .
Ladies rend pages 13, 18, 21 and 28 In our
New Book which accompanies each bottle of our
preparation. Sent _froo on application.
tram: le qurnm'r wrrn Hm'ronx or our:
l‘nnmnsnoxs Sm FREE on sermon xo
WOND’S EXTRACT CO.,
14 West 14th St. New York.
All of the ovc preparations displayed in
Pond’s Extract Co's show case on sale at
J. G.Grcgorv 8'. 00’s. Drug Store: also with
Mr. G. 1:. Plaistcd’s Drugglst, South Norw alk.
BOOTS ll SHOES
NEW SPRING STYLES.
Ladlcs’ American Kill Button, opera
toe. overlap quarter, short vamp, sty-
llsll $2 00
Ladies’ Cloth Top Button, same style, 2 00
Ladies’ Button Shoes up
Ladies’ IIand-Sewcd Pruncll Congress 75-up
Ladles’ Slippers, with solid leuthcr
soles 25 up
Men’s Calf Boots, good 2 00
Men’s llcavy Boots, good ‘1 00
Men’s Congress Gaiters 1 00 up
_.
Men’s- Fine Hand-Made
Boots and ShOes
OF OUR OWN MAKE,
on hand, or made to measure and warranted.
Tl‘llllll,lSflllIlBll,_L_Bfllllfll, Fillings,
EUGENE FANCHER,’
17 MAIN STREET, NORWALK, CONN.
tf‘to Slgn of the Golden Boot.
Send 10 Cents for five piece”!
popular vocal and instrumental
music. Full size best paper.
Would cost $2 at any music
store.
WILLIS WOODWARD do 00,
817 and 819 Broadway, N. Y.
\
PENSIONS
And all other claims on U. S. Government
promptly attended to. 'Any disabling in-
jury or disease entitles to a pension. Re-
jected claims a specialty. Every day’s
delay counts against non-applicants.
Charges of desertion can be removed for
cause. Every honest claim will succeed.
W. H. NOBLE, Bridgeport. Office at 91
Stratford Avenue.
Road Machines,
Will keep the roads in better ordcrfor half the
cost.
Chllled Plcws, Cultivators,
Seed Drills, narrows,
Mowing Machines,
Horse Rakes,
And all the latest and best improved
FARM & GARDENIMPIEMENTS.
For circulars and information apply to
3mm, Knapp & Gilbert,
ncldon’s mu Wilson.Conn.
per day at home. Samples
$5 l0 $20 worth 85 free. Addregsfiun-
v
son &Co., Portland.Mainc.
Gutters! Cutters 1!
LEVER, RAW HIDE,
BALDWIN’S. AND DICK’S.
RIGHT HAND
[lull lllELLilRS,
W.H.Smith it 00’s,
15 and 17 Water Street,
NOR W ALE. CT-
gggpmwsmus.
istory of the great Sea 5 his ofth
I y giedical Director SmrrnN. U. s. N. z A real
McCURDY&Co.. 632 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Pa.
THE
Admiizzzéorz
OF THE
WORLD.
MrsSAAIZen’s
W ORLD' S
H ' R '
, IS PERFECYYON/
Public Bencfaotrcss. Mrs. S.
A. ALLEN hasjusdy cm-ucd this title,
and thousands are this day rejoicing
over a fine head of hair produced by
' her unequaled preparation for restor-
ing, invigorating, and beautifying the
Hair. -Hcr Wcrld's Hair Restorer
quICkly cleanses the scalp, removing
Dandruff, and arrests the fall; the
hair, if gray, is changed to its natural
color, giving it the same vitality and
luxurious quantity as in youth.
COMPLIMENTARY. “My
hair is now restored to its
youthful color; I have not
agray' hair left. I am sat-
isfied- that the preparation
is not a dye, but acts on
the secretions. My hair.
ceases to fall, which is cer~
tainly an advantage to me,
who was in danger of be-
coming bald.” This is
the testimony of all who
use Mrs. S. A. ALLEN’S
WOIgLD’s HAIR RESTORER.
“Ono Bottle did it.“ That is the
expressmn of many who have had
their y bairfcstorcd to its natural
color, and their bald spot covered
With hair, using one bottle of
Mus. S. A. Auss's WORLD'S HAIR
RESTORER. It Is not a dye.
. losses or of claims for losses.
' DR. n. HITCHCOCK, .
Cor. of West Avenue and
Berkeley Place.
Office Hours from 7 to 9 a. m., 2 to 3, and 7
to 8p. m.
Dr..T. E. SWIFT,
D E N 'I‘ I s 'I' ,
Ofllccdc Residence No. 9 West Ave.
frnight Hand} Ball.
A. H. BALDWIN, M. D..
[Homeopathic Physician and Surgeon.
Residence in the Charles Isaac: Homestead,
. Wall st" Norwalk, Ct.
Ollico hours till 9 a. m.. l to 3 and I to 8 p. m.
This is to let people know that
DR..J. C. KENDALL,
Attends the sick at low rates—much lower—
thau. he has done for the past five years.
Medicines furnished for emergencies as far as
practlcable. Telephone connections. Resi-
dence 152 Main St. Village omen first build-
lng west of the Danbury depot.
Norwalk, April 21th. 1883. - 3ml7
w. s. culllrlllln,
General Fullllslllullllellahl‘,
Orrosrrn House 11. nearer.
IB'Ordcrs attended to day or night. Besi-
dcncc Mum street, 3 doors from Union ave.
Telephone communication with the house.
BERNARD COHN,
Merchant Tailor
WEEK’S Busu‘nma, WALL s'l'.,
A sum. LINE or 4 . ,
Imported .st Domestic Cloths
ol‘ the. latest styles, constantly on ,hand.
Novelties in Scotch Sultings. Satisfaction
guaranteed In every particular.
The Norwalk Fire Insurance Co.
Has now completed its
1817!. Successful Business Your
And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid
No sound
company insures at lower rates.
W. U .s'rnlsn'r. Pres.,s. E.OLMSTIAD,TreflI.
also. 8. uownns,3ec’y.
'I‘NA INSURANCE Co. or HART-
FORD. Incorporated 1812. Uhurtcr
Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $8,902,212.64
Insures agninstloss and damage by Fire, on
terms adopted to the hazard and consistent
With the laws of compensation. COWLES
k. MlglltnllILL, Sole Agents for Norwalk and
viola y.
J. Belden Hurlbutt,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room No. 4, Up Stun,
GAZETTE BUILDING. NORWALK.
HABLES S. LOCKWIDOD ,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor
AND
GENIS’ rolesHINo astronaut.
Main Street .Norwalk. Conn.
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organistof the First Congregational Church
Teacher of
Plano-Forte, Organ and Mullen]
Composition,
Lock Boi39.P.0.. NORWALK.CONN.
NE W MARKET I
No. 6 Main Street, N orwalk,Ct.
run BEST OF
Beef, Veal, MuttOn, Lamb, Pork,
HAMS,POUI.TBY, Arc" always on hand at
very lowest markctTpri-cs. GAME of all
kinds In Its season. ry Inc; Iwill tryto suit.
W. F. LOCKWOOI), late With Adams Bros.
HOYT & MEEKER,
SOUTH N ORWALK, CT.,
PRACTICAL PLUMBERS,
Steam and Gas Fitters. Dealers in Plumber!
and Steam Fitters’ Supplies
and Gas fixtures.
Jobbing promptly attended to.
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ADAMS BROTHERS,"
Dealers in
MELT ll VEGETABLES.
N0. 22 MAIN STREET.
Fish and game in their various seasons.
All goods promptly delivered' Low Praises
, Y
a Specialty.
Horse Shoemg.
'WM. McCORMACK.
No. 111 Main St. N orwalk.
Shoclng in all its branches guaranteed to
be done In the best manner. Special atten-
tion paid to Interfering, or tender footed
horses. All work warranted. Give as coal).
IRON FENCES.
HE SUBSCRIBER having returned to
: Nor-walk, and located at 6 Leonard st..
to prepared to furnish W ought Iron
Fencing of all styles, of the best material
and best workmanship. at reasonable prices.
Having had many years of experience in the
making thereof he feels confident that he can
satlsf'y all demands. Estimates and plans
cheerfully furnished.
EPH BAIM M. MERRIT’I‘,
Norwalk, Aug.1882. P. 0. Box 6157
Geo. Ward Sellec'k,
Has in his New Store,
IIAIIIIEIIIIIIIII’S IEW Illlfl, WALL STREET
A complete assortment of the best class of
IIIIIICEIIIES.PIIIIVISIIIIIS.FIIIIITS
acumrfamily use,at Popular Prices. His
stand comsarison with those of an Grocer
in town. all In andleavc your or era. 28“
PEBanAl "Parts of the human body
._ enlarged, developed and
strcngthcned.’{ Is an Interestlng advertise
mont long run In our paper. In reply to in-
quiries we will say that there Is no evidence
of humbug about this._ On the contrar , the
advertisers are very highly indorsed. uter-
csted persons may get sealed circulars giving
all particulars. by addressing
Erie Medical Concern,
P.O. Box, 513 Buffalo, N. Y.—'-Toledo Evening
B e. 1y9
-0. ESKELSEN
llas removed to Lyncs’ Blockflvater St,
and havin a full stock of machinery is pre-
pared to ake and Repair all kinds of
Bootmflhoes. we
. Repairing a Specialty ; done by machine
In place of peg or nail. Work done neatly
and cheaply. Give me a call. ’ 1377
THE LADAMS THOU'SE.
This well known Hoatlery has been thor-
oughly refitted and renovated and is now
reudyf‘or the comfortable entertainment of
Permanent Transient Guests.
A few desirable rooms, suitable for families.
man and mimand single occupants, are now
ready to rent 10 regular boarders.
Mechanics and workingmcn. who so desire.
can be served in a separate dining room with
a private entrance. A number of comfortable
rooms have also been fitted up for this class
of patrons. _
TERMS REASONABLE.
Accommodation, Table. service and all up
pointmeuts of the Adams House are first-glapg
m
PETER L. GUIGUE,
FLUBIST lllll'li Ylllll.
UNION AVENUE,
North of Norwalk Cemetery,
mountains, comm.
Dealer in Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants. Fruit and Cr
namental Trees. Shrubbcry, Vines. Cut Flow-
ers always on hand andall sorts of designs in
Flowers arranged to order.
Grading and Re-fitting Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
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\GENTS Want“! Min-m. Illustrated-In
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lurks ofchuacrcr: mat uric! :Books & B'bles
I' In ca; selling :Iaed cvcrywhercalglberllm
:- linin- . 170-. 66 N. Fourth 51.. Philadelphia. Pa
Third house below the Methodist Church.
stock is at all times fresh and good,and will _
. REAL ESTATE.
To Rent. .
HE upper part of a house on
Street. Five rOoms. Item low.
at this oflloc.
Office Rooms for Rent.
BF. ROOMS in Lockwood’s building now
occu fat by the Ladies‘ Temperance
' . 1'. uer of
Egon nq ' F. ST. JOHN LOOKWOOD-
For Sale Cheap.
ILL bosold at a Bargain,“ applied for
soon a small, neat Cottage, of SIX rooms.
In {good neighborhood, and threc‘ mmuas’
wa k of the Bridge. Apply at GALLT‘I‘E
OFFICE. . 4
Warren
Enqulre
101.1
To Let.
HE largo, commodious front room i_n
Gazette Building just vacated by Francis
hack on Full articulars of
e ' p B.J.srunoss.
For Sale or «to Rent.
A House and One Acre of Land, on Pros-
pect Hill. ,
May be had on reasonable terms. Appg to
E. .STUA .
Norwalk, March 18th, 188]. mu
.llesilallll Properly: lll' Sale.
A Also, a few choice Building Lots situat-
ed on Osborn Avenue. for sale cheap.
' Also. a nicely located House and Lot on
Mcrwln Street near West Avenue.f‘or sale
at a bargain, Enquire of '
S. E. OSBORN,East Avenue,
tfll, or to l). W, Fitch, W est Avenue.
Farm for , Sale.
HEsu-bscrfbcr offers his Farm for sale.
situated in the Town of Greenfielduln
Saratoga 00., In thertatc of New York, nice
“on from Saratoga Springs. It is pleas-
‘I‘y situated on a rise of ground. 95 acres of
Ian , which is favorably dividcd'into pas-
ture, plow, meadow and woodland; With
a large house; the size of the barn 30 by 40,
wagon house and stabllng, hay loft over the
same.23 by 43, and grainery 16 by 18. Will
be sold cheap; part of the purchase money
can remain on mortgage. if desired, or Will
exchange for village property. For further
particulars Inquire of SILAS P. TUTTLE,
tibl _ Norwalkflonu,
For Sale.
THE REAL ESTATE known as the Wm.
C. Street property 115 feet fronting on
High St. and 125 feet on Mam st.,belng 290
feet deep with splendid .Housc, Barn, and
other out buildings thh nice shade and fruit
trees, adjoining the property of S.E.Olmstead.
on Riverside avenue fronting on Riverside
avenue and runnln through to the Spring
hill road allniccl coated for building lots
all located in the orongh of N orwalk and al-
mostln the centre of the business ortion.
Contemplated railroad wilhln short distance.
For further particulars’cnlénlrc of
3.131 BURB. MITH.Agt.
West Avenue Property
For. Sale.
THE largo, elegant mansion on West Ave-
.uue, (known as the: Dimon estate]
containing fifteen rooms, all finished
off In the most substantial manner with all
the modern Improvements. The rooms are
In a and capaclous. ceilings high, and in ex-
cel cut condltlon,the piazza extends across
the entire front; and the walks and lawns
are very flue. Shade good,and the location
the finest in the Borough. The grounds are
' about 156 feet front and contain about two
acres of land. There is a s lendld barn or. the
promises, and in good or er. Must] be seen
to be agprccmtc . Call on BENJAMIN J.
STUBG S for permission to examine. Stf
CHOICE
Building. Lots
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4st!
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AND
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Druggist,
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None but absolutely pure and
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A complete stock of
American' and Foreign Patent
Mediclnes
Perfumery and Toilet Articles.
Prescriptions compounded at
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Prices Reasonable! 6m4
_ Agent for Dr. Holland’s
fever and ague pills, an in-
fallible remedy for chills
and fever, dumb ague, and
all forms of malaria.
P. W. BATES;
AT 1118
MARBLE ll GRANITE YARD
On Water Street.
HAS NEW DESIGNS IN
Head Stones. Monuments and
all kinds ofMemorlal Work.
CALL AND SEE THEM. 10%1‘
HOW VVA’I‘CIIES my: MADE.
In a SOLID GOLD “LATCH, :lSlLle 21'
the necessary thickness for mgr-aria; ..
polishing, a large proportion of nun-.1 is
needed only to stiffen and hold the engrav-
ed portions in place, and supply strength.
The surplus gold is actually needless. In
James 3038’ Patent Gold Watch Cases this
WASTE is saved, and sommrx and
STRENGTH increased by'a simple process,
at one-half the cost. A plate of soup
GOLD is soldered on each side of a plate
bf hard nickel composition metal, and the
three are then passed between polished
isteél rollers. From this the cases, backs,
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dies and formers. The gold is thick
enough to admit of all kinds of chasing,
engraving and engine taming. These -
cascs‘have becuworn perfectly smooth by
use without removing the gold. This is
the only case nude under this process. Each
' case. is accompanied with a valid guarantee
signed by the manufacturers warranting it to
near 20 years. 150,000 of these Cases
fiw’mried in the United States and
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Established 1854. Ask your Jeweler.
Very desirable place on East Avenue. 5:. '
Also. one other Tract at about forty acres .
DABBYS
PBOPHYLACTIB
FLUID.
A Household Article for Universal
Family Use.
For Scarlet and
Diphtheria, 8-11-
Eradicates
vutfon, mutated
Sore Throat. Small
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cases of Diphtheria yield to it.
Fovcredand SlokPer-
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Bed Sores revelat-
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Impnre Afr made
harmless and purified.
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Con on destroyed.
For shed Feet,
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Rheumatism cured.
8011: White Complex-
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gulp rove‘rl'lplfivenoig.
o rarity e no ,
Camus: the Tegth,
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Catarrh relieved an
Eryn! ' la d
0 I cure a
mfmamimansy.
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eatery cured.
ounds headled rapidly.
Scurvy cure .
Au Antidote forApirnal
or Vegetable Parsons,
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I used the Fluid duriu
our present affliction wi
carlet Fever with de-
cided advantage. It is
indispensable to the sick-
rooru.—War. F Sum-
Iorm, Eyrie, Ala.
SMAELnd-mx
FITTING 0! Small
Pox PREVENTED
Amembcr off-hymn.
ily was taken with
Small-pox. I uscdthc
.Fluid'; the paticutwas
no: delirious, was not
pitted, and was about
the house 'ninrhrce
, an no others
w
had it. — J. W. PARK.
INSON, Philadelphia.
The physician: hem
use Dar Flmdvery
successful yin the treat-
ment of Diphtheria.
A. Sronuuwxncx
Greensboro, Ala.
fetter dried up.
Cholera prevented.
Ulcer:i purified and
In cases ofDeath it
should be used about
the corpse—it will
prevent any unpleas-
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The eminentl’hfi
alclan, J. MARIO
SIMS, 1!. 1)., New
York, as
Scarlet Fever
counuccdm‘DlarE;
Preph lactic Fluid is a
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Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
I test: to the most excellent qualities of Prof.
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Darbys Fluid ls Recommended by
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Rev. CHAS. F. Dumas, D.D., Church of the
Strangers, N. Y. :
£05. LnCorvrn, Columbia Pro£,University,S.C.
cv. A. J. Bin-n.3, Profi, Mercer University;
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INDIS'PENSABLE '1'0 EVERY HOME.
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ziness, Nausea, Drowril _
1. 11:1.) Llll‘ll' mos: rumor-i;-
Pain in the Side, .‘5 ‘..
able success has been shown lll curing
Sfififi
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natcly their goodness does no: end here, and t .7
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Vegetine.
——
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'l‘o-lllorrow 'a Long Way 01' when
Help 1- wanlcd 10-day.
Comfort is never In ahurry. Pain and dls-
tress are in hot haste. It Is to the "friend in
need"—-the l‘rlend who does something now-
that the old adage pays the compliment of
being "a friend indeed." That they do not
keep the sufferer in suspense is the salient ex-
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whether porous or otherwise—said—“ alt
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the spur. of the moment." But pain unre-
lievod, llkc hope deferred, makcth the heart
sick. Benson‘s plasters act on appilcation.
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Typhoid Fever-s, _
black vomit had taken place. The worse
Love, Drink and Debt.
Son of mine! the world before you
Spreads a thousand sccrot snares
Round the feet of every mortal
Who through li‘o's long b'ghway fares,
Tl‘reo especial, .‘ot me warn you,
' Arc by evcl, travels: mat;
Three to try your heart of Vli‘ 1c—
They are In 1c, 6' 'nk and debt.
Love, my boy, there’s no escap' 3..
’Tis the common fate of men ,
Father had it; I have had it;
But for love you had not been.
Take your (hanccs, but be cautious;
Know a squsb’is not a dovo;
B 3 the upright man of honor ,'
All deceit doth murder love.
As for dri lk, at old it wholly ,
Like an adder it will sting;
Crush the earl'est temptation .
Handle not the dangerous th' ‘g.
See the wrecks/of men arov '10, us-
Oncc as fair r-ld pure as you—
Mark the warning! Shun the pathway
And the hell they’re tottering through.
Yet though love be pure and gentle
1‘ ’III from drink you may be free,
With a yearning heart I. warn you
’Ga' st the Worst of all the three.
‘ Many a. demon in his journey
Bunyr ’s Cb'istian p' grim mot;
They we:o lambs, e’cn old Apo‘lycn,
To tno 11W..ll demon debt.
With quaking heart and face abashod
The wretched dobtoi' goes ;
He starts at shadows lest they be
' 'Ihc s1 ‘.dcs of men he owes.
Down silent streets ho slyly steals
The face of man to shun,
Ho shivers at the pos5 'nan’s ring,
And fozss the awful don.
Beware of debt! Once in you’ll be
A r‘avo forcvermoro ;
If credit tempt you, thunder “no 1”
And show it to the door.
C:ld water and a crust of bread
May be the best you’ll get;
Accept them like a mm, a 1d swear—
"I 11 never run in debt I”
m
Seeing a Battlefield.
He was from Syracuse, and he said he’d
give almost anything to see a battlefield.
It was, therefore, arranged that we should
go upto Fort Pillow in company. I never
saw such an enthusiast on the subject of
war and fields of carnage. He went out
and bought three war histories before we
left Memphis, and on the way up he talked
war to every man who would listen to
him. I warned him not to expect to see
too much, and to he disopposnted if Gree-
ley, Headley, and Abbott had made some
errors in describing the lay of fields
which none of them had been within five
hundred miles.
“0b, of course not," he replied. “I
don’t expect to see more than ;a fort, five
or six bursted cannon, a few skulls, half a
dozen cannon wheels, and a lot of musket
barrels. I shall bring away about a dozen
swords and revolvers as relics, and I won-
. der what it would cost to get one of the old
cannon to Syracuse?”
When the boat swung in at Fort Pillow
I saw my friend’s chin begin to fall. The
landing was a steep slide for a distance of
a hundred feet, and the mud was a foot
deep. We dropped oi the gang plank
and the steamer went her way.
“W~what's this i” inquired the Syracuse
man as he looked up the grade. ‘
“This is a historic bluff. Prepare to
see a battlefield."
We tugged. and strained, and swore,
and finally reached the bluff, each man
plastered with mud from collar button
down, -
“Now, then," said I, after we had scrap-
ed off a part of our loads, “over there is
the fort. You can see where all the big
guns were mounted. Above it must be
the citadel. Over to the right is theirs-
vine up which Forrest’s men advanced,
and—n
"See here," interrupted the gentleman
from New York, “do you call this a bat-
tlefield ?"
“Certainly.”
“This infernal sand—Fthose thickets—
thal. swamp—those two nigger cabins are
a battlefield, eh 1"
“Of course.”
“ Well, sir, it's an infernal fraud-a
dead swindle on honest men, and I've a
good mind to punch your head for bring-
ing me up here. Battlefield, eh 1 Why,
sir, if I couldn’t take ten acres of North-
ern tamarack swamp and make a better
battlefield than this, I’d never look a dc-
cent man in the face again! Go on with
you! You are a liar and deceiver !”
And he went off and sat down on a log
and sulked and growled and grumbled for
six long hours, and when I showed him
bullets and breastplates, and other relics,
he charged me with having brought them
up from Memphis in my pockets-DdTOi‘
Fm Press.
No Discount There.
A few weeks since a railroad collision
on one of the roads leading out of New
York killed, among others, a passenger
living in an interior town. His remains
were sent homs’in good shape, and a few
days after the attorney of the road called
upon the widow to efiect a settlement.
She placed her figures at $20,000.
“0h ! that sum is_unreasonablc I” replied
the attorney. “Your husband was nearly
50 years old.”
“Yes, sir.”
“And lame.”
“Yes.”
“And his general health was poor? ’
“Quite poor.”
“And he probably would not have lived
over fifty years i"
“Probably not, sir."
“Then it seems to me that two or three
thousand dollars would be a fair compen-
sation.”
“Two. or three thousand !" she echoed.
“Why, sir, I courted that man for ten
years, run after him for ten more, and
then had to chase him down with a shot
gun to get him before a preacher! Do
you suppose I’m going to settle for the
bare cost of shoe-leather and ammuni-
tion ”—Wall Street News;
”——
A Voice From the Poet.
J hn G. Whittier says that be is still
one of those who hope that the dreadful
evil :‘of intcmperaucc may be checked,
and finally abolished by legislative action.
He believes in the right and duty of the
community to protect itself by legal en-
actments whenever there is a public sen-
timent strong enough to enforce the pro-
hibition of the liquor Irafiic. “I despair
of any direct assistance from politicians,”
he writes, “but the grert majority of in-
dividuuls, composing these parties have a
moral sense that may be awakened into
action by precept ;und example.” Look-
ing at the drinking habits of New Eng-
qudcrs sixty years ago, and at the general
temperance among them at the present
day, he sees reason for the greatest cl:-
couragement.
m
“You will be a. dead man unless you slop
preaching,” was what llev. John P. Loib'n
lhysreiun told him. He used Dr. Wishart’r
Ine Tree Tar Cordial, however, and was
entirely cured.
nor-lord’s Blend Preparation
restores the nutritous elements that are, 41km
from the fiourm bolting. It is superior to all
other baking powders, being purer, better,
cheaper and healthier. -
“Thank heavens!" exclaimed a fond
father, as he paced the floor at midnight
with his howling heir, “thank heavens
you are not twiusl"
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