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On The Way.
Soft shadows fall‘aiong the wall
That girts the roadway where I run :
The waining light foretells the night
And swift pursues the retreating sun.
I see afar a twinkling star—
The herald of a million more :
The great waves creep, as half asleep,
Along the distant sandy shore.
The world is still, and yet a thrill
Of joy intense pervades my soul;
While Nature seems to be in dreams,
As down the gentle slope I roll.
The rifted clouds that drift in crowds
Along the far horizon’s rim.
lleflects the rays of distant day’s
Last lingering sunlight faint and dim.
A sweet wild rose unnoticed grows
Half hidden in the long strong grass;
Sweet thoughts arise of love-lit eyes—
I lean and clutch it as I pass.
My love will wear within her hair
This sweet memento of the hour;
I shall forget the dream ; but yet
My lilo has felt its subtle power.‘.
—1he Wheelman.
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“That Detestable Old Hen.”
BY JENNIE K. LUDLUM.
“Bab!”
There was no answer to the sharp call,
and the woman standing in the doorway
of the Brown’s farm-house, shaded her
eyes with her fraud. and looked up the
road and down again, despairingly.
“That child will be the death of me,
some day, if she stays here long!" she rc-
marked, as she stepped out on the broad
shine in front of the kitchen door.
“Never, since the day she come here to
spend her vacation, has she been within
sight or sound when I wanted her. Ex-
actly like. her mother, for all the world,
always a dancin’ and laughin’ and happy,
when, so far as I could see, there was
nothin’ to be so gay about!"
Perhaps the small grey eyes had never
looked for the bright things of life. that
made her niece so happy. It is hard to
judge others’ thoughts and actions justly,
without a glimpse into their hearts, and
few of us even try to look deeper than
the surface, to form our judgments.
Once merc the shrill voice called impa-
tiently : '
"Barbara! Barbara Grey l Oh, you
are a-comin’, are you? Well, just run
around the corner of the house, and drive
that pestering old Guinea hen out of the
yard! It‘s everlasting pot rack, pot rack,
is enough to drive me wild."
“Where shall I drive it to, aunt Anton
one 1’" asked the sweet volcc breathlessly,
as the girl-she looked about sixteen but
was in reality “sweet-and-twenty”—-panl-
ed at the gate, swinging her big calico
sunbonnet on her arm by the strings.
“Land alive, Barbara! lIaven'r you
drove it out often enough to know it be-
longs to old Mr Berry at the next farm f"
"Berry 1’" and the girl laughed. “I! he
that horrible old man with the ferocious
temper that you speak of so often? I.
be home from Europe ? Suppose he
should see me, and come after me with a
gun, aunt Antonette? Oh, I'm afraid of
the ‘Berry'old owner of that detestable
old hen.”
“Barbara Grey, don't be a fool.” said
her aunt sharply. “Go along, and do as
i tell you. These are my grounds, and I
won’t have anybody/’3 Guinea hens squawlr -
iug around here, enough to Wake the
dead !”
“I thought the grounds belonged to-
uncle Allen," the girl said mischievously:
as she disappeared around the corner
of the house, in pursuit of their next
neighbor’s noisy hen.
“Sauce-box l” exclaimed Mrs. Allen
Brown as she turned back into the big,
:lean kitchen, and went on kneading
Dread. But there was a suspicious twitch-
ing around the stern lips, and she said,
half aloud, as she buried her hands deep
in the dough : “If the old bear meets
her, she won‘t get the worst of it, that’s
sure i" .
Barbara Grey was a city girl, with plen-
ty of money to do as she pleased. and her
pleasure was quite as unilkely‘to be an-
pleasant to her relatives and friends, as to:
be otherwise. Being an Only child of in-
dulgent parents, she had much her own
way ; but as she was a dear little girl, afttr
all, with a heart warm and generous, and
a disposition impulsive but swecl,she was
not a spoiled child as mighthave been ex~
peeled. She was tired of the mountains;
thought Saratoga was a horrid, stifling
bore and'Ncwport a great nuisance; Sent
last, she happened to remember her moth--
er's only sister. Antenetle Brown, and tie
cided to try-a month or two of real, dc
lightfully new, farm life. That is how
she came to be away up there among the
Connecticut hills, tormenting the good-
natnrcd farmer, and bothering his wife
until she declared the “would be. the death
of her, some day.”
With light feet Barbara hastened after
the speckled hen, waving the big eunbou-
net to frighten it away. ‘
Such a screaming and clatter as that
creature set up. Actually it didn‘t seem
possible that one small hcu could raise
such a commotion. With flapping wings
and ungainly gait it rushed back and forth,
to and fro, blindly, wildly, most provok-
ingly ; while breathless Bab made frantic
endeavors to induce it to go out the wide-
opcn gate. Not a bit of it did it take
kindly to the suggestion. That little bit
of flesh and blood, 8 Guinea iron, is the
most aggravating creature in existence.
Go out that gale it would not; and all
Bub‘s chasing and racing and "shoeing"
could not make it see the sensible side i f
tire argument.
“You! horrid, provoking, detestable old
hen, you‘re an old gooseberry just like
your ov'vner. 1 wish he'd keep his old
chickens home, where geese belong and
Guinea hens ought to stay. 01:, you
hateful little biped! Just wait till I catch
you. won’t you get a shaking !”
Evidently the hen intended to “wait,”
and Miss Bab grew frantic.
“I'll pull all your feathers out, see if I
don't. I'll cut your wings off—I'll choke
you, you deateslable old hen, you !”
Still the hen did not take kindly to
these promises—perhaps she did net be
have them; be that as it may, little Bab
still rushed in hot pursuit after the fleeing
creature which made enough din to “make
an adder hold its ears."
Finally, tired out and panting, the hen
ran blindly into the blackberry hedge, and
perhaps. thinking as the proverbal ostrich
did. when its head was hidden no one
could see it, so the chicken paused; and
with a last desperate gathering of her rc-
maiuing strength, Barbara clutched it and
flung it over the hedge straight in the face
of the next neighbor. '
If ever any one was struck disagreea-
bly in the world, it was amutual case this
time.
“There, you detestable old hen !"
"Confound you i"
A pause.
With wrde, frightened eyes Barbara
Grey stood, sunbonnet in hand,.starting
into the angry face of the terrible neigh
bor beyond the hedge.
With mixed feelings of rage and sur-
prise antPamusemcnt, Jim Barry, the rc-.
class as he was called, glared across the
thorny hedge at the tiny, graceful figure,
brown eyes and rosy checks of Barbara.
“Well, Misc, I suppose you are satis-
fied !"
The voice was cold as ice, and .thc blue
eye: flushed down slraight into her soul,
Bab thought.
But she neither faltered nor fled, but
stunt] rather defiantly, there in the broad
sunlight, motionless, speechless.
“Are you avenged ? Has the tins of
that ‘dulertrbie hcn’ been wiped out in
my face ? is her owner still a goose
Berry 1‘”
Bab flushed and poled, and the brown
eyes fell.
“I—I beg your pardon, sir,"‘she said,
faintly. “But the noise of the hen trouh
led aunt Antoinette, and I tried to drive
it away. Were you there all the while 2”
“I was reading in the garden, when I
caught the sound of battle, and could not
well help witnessing the, encounter, novel
as it was.” ‘
He was laughing at her.
Barbara drew herself up proudly.
“At least, the Mn didn't know any bet-
ter,” she said faintly. ‘
“And you did i" queried her tormented
"Well, let me congratulate the victor, at
any rate.”
She gun the extended hand a frerzing
look and turned away toward the house.
“I don't wonder your hens act so do.
testably," she flashed.
“Neither do I—with such a pretty neigh-
bor,” was the answer.
“1t‘s a wonder you don’t eat them up—
you'rc such a bear 1" sounded back the re
ply as Bab vanished around the corner:
and bounded into the sunny kitchen.
“I've seen him, arrnt Nettie! l've seen
him i" cried the breathless girl, dropping
into the nearest chair and fanning herself
vigorously.
“Seen who 1’ What’s the matter, child!”
and Mrs. Brown positively dropping sev
eral flecks of flour on the usually spotless
floor, in her astonishment.
And Bab told her.
They saw'no more of the “horrid twig].
her” for a whole long Week, and never a
Guinea hen found its way over the garden
hedge. .But one day, a grinning black
servant delivered at the farm heusc door
a basket of exquisite fruit. “For the
young lady with the big eyes," he an-
nounced. Aud buried among the luscious
grapes and peaches, was the note of apol—
ogy “for the rudeness offered to her that
day when she was so tormented by that
destestable hen of his."
Well, somehow that neighbor of the
Browns, got to going over to the big farm
house very often. And Barbara told her
aunt confidentially once, that—
“ery, he isn’t old, at all! I don’t be-
licve he’s a day over thirty. And he is
really nice looking when he dcemr‘t
frown 1"
Now, as to the end of this story, do
you say you have already guessed it, and
of course they were married ? If so, I
will leave it as you say, and let you finish
it at your own sweet will, adding. howev-
er, that neither the Browns nor pretty
Barb were ever again bothered by “that
detestable old hen.”
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Wilton Farmers’ Club.
The Wilton Farmers’ Club held their
last meeting on Saturday, September 29.
After preparing to arrange for Danbury
fair, the following essay was read by the
secretary. This was evidently prepared
for the previous question, “How shall we
.keep down the bushes f”
V Mr. President, Isec by the GAgu'n-a,
September 11, that the club took up the
question, "How shall we keep down the
bushes?” acknowledging that they are
once fertile fields. Many of you express
ed opinions which were not altogether
objectionable but I think failed to reach
the object sought. Abouttwo hundred
years age six or eight young men, resolute
and hardy, armed with one or two shot
guns and two or three axes, started from
Greens Farms in a north-western direction
to penetrate a dark and trackless forest.
It wseso dense that-they had to mark the
trees,so they could return by the way they
had gone. Weary and worn out they
arrived at East Wilton, just as the sun
was sinking in the west,and here they pre-
pared to spend their first night. Their
camp was easily made, a dry tree was
found which readily yielded to the well
aimed blows of the axe, and was soon laid
in a pile by the united strength of those
brawny arms." They had no matches,
for matchesut. that time were not manu-
factured, ‘but'the‘stccl and flint and tinder
had nothcen forgotten and click click it
goes untiljstspark has caught and soon a
fire iliglits up their little camp. Each
with; an “appetite, which none but those
wholabu'r énjoy, were eating the food
that had been prepared by the loving
hands of their wivua or mothers. The
rcpast Over, a few more sticks were added
to the fire to last through the night and
keep off the bears and wolves,cach wraps
himself up in. his blanket and is soon
dreaming of dear friends at home. When
morning dawns this little camp is all aslir,
They ascend these beautiful ridges and
truvurse the valleys and by midday are
ready to return guided by the “blazed"
trees they had prepared for this purpose.
On reaching home they drew together a
few friends who listened to their glowing
account of noble ridges and-fertile valleys
with beautiful, sparkling springs until
their enthusiasm knew no bounds. A
company of a dozen or more were chosen
to go out into the wilderness and form a
settlement. The few rude instruments of
that day were got together and prepara-
tions for their departure were made.
There were no roads or bridges, but
taking the path of their predecessors and
being guided by the, marked trees, they at
last found the old camp ground. A few
log cabins were soon built and the roofs
Were con-red with bark. and they now
had shelter. They soon felled and cleared
a small plot of .ground which they prt-
pared to sow with winter grain. Slow
and tedious was this work, but steady
application day by. day brought about
the result they desired. The game around
them in a great measure contributed to
their supply of food. The little clearing
was sowed and a portion of the company
returned to the Farms, leaving the re-
mainder to watch the cabin. in a few
days the first portion was seen accompa-
nied by their mothers and children with
the household goods and furniture, plain
and rudely made, bound for the new
settlement. Following behind we see a
small drove of cattle each wearing a ting.
ling ball, so if lost or stray cdthey could be
easily found. Then came those noble
sires an a, rear guard picking up that
which might be lost by the way. Such,
Mr. President, was the commencement of
farming on this very spot where we now
reside. Look at the improvements made
by them and their immediate descendants.
Count the miles of highway, and the
scores of miles of stonewalls built by their
hands, besides felling the forests, and
clearing the underbush, and building
school houses and churches, leaving them
' all to us. Now with all the improvements
at our hand, we meet at an agricultural
club, with down cast eyes and sorrowful
faces and ask, “How shall We keep down
the bushes?" Have We dccended from
thatnoble old race? Docs their blood
flow through our veins, or has a lace uf
pigmies rakeupossession of the land nr.d
have we descended from them? Look at
the. rude implements with which those 0 d
pioneers wrougbt'lbeir way. Their axe
hammered out by a common blacksmith,
their only implement to cut grain, the
sickle, culling only one handful at a time.
Their line would weigh bibs or more. A
rude hickory from the woods ran through
making troublesome headway upon our .,
its eye. The plow of wood with a
wrought iron share made by the black
smith, required sharpening ours and
sometimes twice a day. The scythe was
a clumsy thing as heavy as our bush heck
of t) day. Their only rifle was made of
u shingle daubcd with fellow and sprinkl-
ed ever with sand from the beach.
Mr. President, what makes the differ-
ence? If you will allow me, Iwill try
and point out some of the defects that lie
in our path. In those early times, with
their rude implements, all the available
labor was brought into use. In harvest
all the males were in the field with sickle
in hand reaping the golden grain. Girls
and boys. too small to reap,- followcd the
reapers and gathered the fallen heads that
nothing he lost. After dinner, the wife
and mother joins the happy laborers. If
her little breed is able to keep up with
them, she with her sickle takes her place
by her husband and helps on the work.
The process is slow, but perseverance se-
cures the harvest. The store for their
winter's bread is laid up and now comes a
breathing spell. The flocks and herds
are looked after. They are increasing
from year to year. Now that strength ’is
restored, attention is turned to the‘ forest,
a few more acres are cleared for fallow
that next year's'crop may be larger than
the year before. While this is going on
in field, the good housewife is filling the
larder With delicious chreec and gilt edge
butter. Sally, now just twenty, Jane
eighteen, Susan sixteen, are making the
house ring with buzzing wheels and their
sweet songs of content. When the day’s
labor is over the family gather at the
hearthstorrc while father and mother are
inter-eating the rest of the family circle
with stories of by gone days. Their fam-
ily were in bed at an early hour resting
and preparing for the labors of the feline -
lug day.
The picture I have here drawn of one
family was the rule of all. Now, Mr.
President. do you think that such a fami-
ly or such a settlement would know want,
or would be troubled to keep down their
bushes P Then the s'ons could subdue the
wild and untaught steer, make him to up-
turn the hard soil; his skill as a farmer
was his recommend to the rosy checks of
his neighborhood. Sally, Jane and Srisan
were equally sought after for their knowl-
edge of glearring in the field, of filling
the home with good butter and cheese, in
fact to know how to be a good farmer's
wife. Their holidays were Thanksgiv-
ing, Christmas and New .Years. .
Then each vied with the other to see
which should have the best dinner. The
turkeys, chickens, ducks, roast pig, but-
ter. cheese, pumpkin and tart pies, dough-
nms and crullers, and Indian pudding all
from the farm, wrought into such a feast
by mother, Sally, Jane and Susan. Who
would not be a farmer when with such
help he can bring up from the earth so
many good things 1’ I have tried to give
you the idea of how our fathers kept
down tbebushel by5'tbe united labor: of
their household. What a strong, robust,
hardy race compared \virh our degenerate
race of the present time.
I would like to follow this up at some
future time and show the habits and cut-
toms of the preterit time compared with
the time when farmers could keep down
their burner. Amos M. Rann.
nop-
Waiting on the Combination.
A country editor who had procured a
Mick's safe on an advertisement, is toy-
ing with the combination. Man. waiting
tozcollect a bill:
"Eighteen times slew, to the right, stop
at 32 1-2,” the editorsoliloqulzes.
“Copy,” yells the boy who sets up the
paper. .
Hastily abandoning the safe, the editor
cuts out half a column article from an ex-
change, marks it “editorial,” and returns
to the combination. '
“Let’s see," he muses, “stop at 32 1-2,
“Yes, that’s right. Now, then, to the left
10 times slow past 32 1 2 stop at 16 3 4,”
and then, looking up at the collector, he
paused. and inquired, “How much is that
bill of yourn P”
“’I‘wo dollars. ”
"Can’t you come in to—rnorrow ? I
haven’t any change about me, and I don’t
like to ask you to wait until I open my
safe."
“Just as have wait as not," responded
the collector. .
"Besides," continued the editor, “I
haven't anything less than a $100 bill in
the safe. Break a $100 note ?"
"Yes, two of them," was the dishcurt~
eniug response, ‘
“All right. Lemme see,'16 23. Then
to the right past 10 3—4'—but hold ‘up,seems
to me half of that bill was to be taken out
in advertising. How is that i’"
"No such thing.”
‘ ‘Sure ?"
"Yes, I am."
“Very werl. Then to the right past
17 3-34, 14 timeslto the leftystop‘at 75.
Look here,” to the collector, ”better_
come in to-morrew. This is an accom-
modationzcombiuationrstops at all the
stations, and besides that. it's flagged ev-'
ery few minutes," he added, as the buy
called him out to- see "that woman with
some poetry.” .
. Thirry-five minutes later he reappears
with an arm.;ead of mixed poetry.
“You couldn’t Wait till I read this,
could you, he asks or maybe you‘d like
to skim through it by yourself,” hand,
tied. , -
Bur. the collector said he felt faintly
like, and would just sit still and trail. un-
til the safe wasopencd. ' .
"Oh, you will? Correct—75, then to
the, right past 75 88 times flow, stop at
99 1.4; then to the left past 9012 168
times, stomar 48, ,then to the right past
43—say! I’d rather you’drcoino iu'to-~
morrow. I'm a little pushed, for time,
new. Can't wait? Then to this right
past 43 922 times, stop at 13. This is a
long stretch of century I'm going over
now," said the editor as he Whirled the
knob, “but when ,1 get, to 181111». :
nearly. half through—confound it, I’ve
passed it! Have to begin all over
now. Eighteen times to the right stop at
32 1.2—" , '
“Hold on there! Stop where you are,”
interposed the collector; “I'll come, in
some time next month ;”' undhc left. 3
“It’s my opinion that no newspaper-
ofiice is complete without one of these
combination lock rates,” soliloquizcd the
editor, asehc- dcftly turned the knob
twice, opened the safe and got out his best
cigar.
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EVERYBODY LIKES
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will remove all such disfigurations, and make
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ration ANDRE’S canons. '
The True Facts Regarding That Interesting In
eldest of the Revolutionary War.
Among the incidents of the Revolution-
ary war given in “The History of the
Town of Ridgeficld," which was publish-
ed in 1878, was the capture of Major
Andre, which materially differs from the
well known and accepted historical state-
ment of that exploit. In the year 1817,
Gen. Joshua King was written to by a
friend who desired to know the exact facts
in relation to Major Andre's capture, etc.
The following letter was written by Gen.
King in reply, and although previously
solicited for publication, it was first made
public through the above mentioned his-
tbry. As many have never read the letter
we reproduce it for the benefit of the
readers of the Guam:
Bmeumnn, June 17th, 1817.
Drum Sm :—Yours of the 9th is before me.
I have noted the contents and am sorry to ex-
press the indignation I feel at the idea of be-
ing obliged to translate a foreign language to
obtain a true history of any art of our revo-
lution. The facts, so far as am acquainted
with them I will state to the best of my abil—
ity or recollection. Paulding, Williams and
Van Wort I never saw before, or since, that
event I knew nothing about them. The time
and place where they stopped Major Andre,
seems tojustify the c aracter you have drawn
of them. The truth is, to the imprudence of
the man, and not the patriotism of anyone,
is to be ascribed the capture of Major Andre.
I was the first and only officer who had
charge of him whilst at the Headquarters of
the 2d Regiment of Light Dragoons, which
was then at Esquire Gil ert’s in South Salem.
He was brought up by an adjutant and four
men belonging to the Connecticut militia
under the command of Lieut-Col. Jamison
from the lines near Tarrytown, a. character
under the disguised name of John Anderson.
He looked somewhat like a reduced gentle-
man. His small clothes were nankin, with
long white to boots, in part, his undress mil-
itary suit. . is cost purple. with gold lace,
worn somewhat, threadbare, with a small
brimmed‘turnished beaver on his head. He
wore his hair-in a quieu with long, black, band
and his clothes somewhat dirty. . In this garb
I took charge of him. After breakfast y
barber came in to dress rue—after which re-
quested him to undergo the same operation,
which he did.
When the ribbon was taken from his hair,
I observed it full of owder. This circum-
stance, with others t at occurred, induced
.me‘ to believe I had no ordinary person in
charge.
He requested permision to take the bed,
whilst his shirt and small clothes could be
washed. I told him, that was needless, for. a
claange was at his service,—which he accept-
e .
We were close pent up in a bedroom with
a guard at the door and window. There was
a spacious yard before the door, which he de-
sired he might in with me. I accord-
ingly disposed my guard in such a manner as
to prevent an escape. While walking togeth-
er, he observed he must make a confidant of
somebody and he knew not a more prop?
person than myself, as I had appeared to .
friend a stranger in distress. After settling the
point between ourselves, he told me who he
was, and gave me a short account of himself
from the time he was taken at St. Johns in
1775 to that time. He requested pen and ink
and wrote immediately to Gen’l ashington,
declaring who he was, About midnight the
express returned with orders from Gen’l
Washington to Col. Sheldon to send Major
Andre immediately to Headquarters.
I started with him and before I got to North
Salem meeting house met another expiess with
a letter directed to the ofilcer who (1 Major
Andre in charge,_and which letter directed a
circuitous routeto Headquarters for fear of
ro-capture, and gave an account of Arnold’s
desenion, rim—with directions to forward the
letter to Col. Sheldon. I did so, and before
I got to the end of my journe , I was joined
'l‘la‘y Captain Heedgers first an after by Major
almadge and Captain Rogers. Having given
you this clue,.I proceed wrth the major s own
story. He said, he camevup the North river
in the sleep of war Vulture for the purpose
of seeing a. person by flag of truce. hat
was not however accomplished. Of course
'he had to come ashore in a skiff, and after he
had done his business, the wind was high, the
Dutchman who took him ashore dare not ven-
ture to return him on board. The night fol-
lowing the militra had lined the shore, so that
no attempt would be made with safety, conse-
quently he was furnished after chaufimg his
clothes, with‘a continental horse and choral
Arnold s pass, and was to take a route by
Peekskill, Crumpound, Pinesbridge, Sing
Sing, Tarrytown, &c.,‘to New York.
Nothing occurred to disturb him on his
route until he arrived at the last place, except
at Crum ound. He told me, his hair stood
erect an his heart was in his mouth on meet-
Col. Samuel B. Webb of our army plump in
the face. An acquaintance of has said that
Col. Stoddert knew him and he thought that
he was gone but the kept moving along and
soon passed each ot er. He thought himself
past all danger and while ruminatin on his
good luck and hairbreadth escapes, e was
assailed by three bushmeu near Turrytewn,
who ordered him to stand. He said to them,
“I hope gentlemen, you belong to the lower
party. ’ “We do,”sa s one. “So do I,”says
e "and by token c this ring and key you
will let me pass.” “I am a British oflicer on
business of importance and must not be de-
tained.” One of them took his watch from
him and then ordered bimte dismount. The
moment that was done, he said he found he
was mistaken, he must shift his tone. He
says, “I am happy gentlemen to find I am
mistaken”—-“you belong to 6 upper party
and so do I, and to convmce you 9 it here is
Gen’l Arnold’s pass,” handing it to them.
“Damn Arnold’s use,” said they. “You
said you were a ritish officer. Where is
your money i” “ Gentlemen I have none
about me,” he replied. “You a British ofiicer
with a gold watch and no money ! let us
seaerh him.” They did so, but found none.
Sa 5 one. “He has got his moneyin his boots,
lets have them ed and see.” They took off
and there they found his papers, but no men-
ey. They then examined his saddle, but
found none. He said he saw they had such a
thirst for mone , he would put them in the
way to get it, i they would be directed by
him. He asked them to name their sum to
deliver him at King’sbridge. They answered
him in this way, “If we deliver you at King’s-
bridge, we shall be sentto the sugar-house
and you will save your money.” He says,
“If you will not trust my honor, two of you
may stay with me and one shall go with the
letter I will write, name your sum—500 or
1000 guineas but the latter, I think, was the
sum. They held a consultation it considers-
ble time and finally they told him if he wrote
a party would be sent out and take them an
then should all be prisoners. They said,
“they had, concluded to take him to the com-
manding. ofiicer of the lines.” They did so
and retained the watch until Gen’l \ asking
ton sent for them to Tappun, when the watch
was restored to Major Andre. Thus, you see
had money been at command, after the im-
prudent confession of Major Andre, or any so-
puri given that the British would have put
oenfi once in, he might have passed on to Sir
Henry Clinton’s Headquarters with all his
capers and Arnold’s pass into the bargain. I
do not recollect to have seen a true statement
of this business in any history that has fallen
into m hands. If my memory serves me
Arno] solicited and obtained, the comman
of West Paint in consequence of his being an
invalid and the reason why his- negotiation
was not completed by flag of trace, I will
state what Gen’l Washington told the French
ambassador, Lucerne. He stated on his
route to Hartford, that he dined with Gen’l
Arnold st’Haverstraw at Joshua Smith’s,
. ; where Arnold and Andre met. Gen’l Arnold
showed him a letter from Gen’l Robinson di-
rected to Gen’l Israel Putnam, or officer com-
manding West Point re nesting an interview
by flagpn business of 6 first importance to
the United States. Gen’l Arnold asked Gen’l
Washington if he should go and hear what he
.had to say, Gen’l Washington rgplied that it
would be very improper for the commander-
in-ehief of apost to meet anybod himself—
he could send a trus
proper. -But, he adde I had numerous.
platen of Arnold than I had of-myself. This
accounts for Ms or Andre’s failure to negoti-
ate by flag ' an his subsequent movements.
I havethus compilied with your rsguest, giv-
ing you such fuc ,, viz., what I be from the
mouth of Major Andre and what I heard
Gen'l Washington tell the French minister
soon after the execution of Andre.
J. Howard King, Esq, has in his pos-
session the chair used by Major Andre
while a prisoner in the hands of his grand-
father, Geuera'l Joshua King. '
horgot The Baby.
“Yes, we find a great many things," said
the conductor, as he looked over the cou-
tcnts of a lady’s purse which be had found
On a seat in the next car. ‘ '
“What do you do with them 1"
“Turn them over to the chief baggage-
mun at the end of the trip.
ways a fuss kicked up, and be generally
finds owners for things. Yes. many
people are very careless when traveling.
They leave all sorts of things in the cars
—canes and umbrellas oftenest. I sup-
pose you've heard the old yarn about the
man who get on the train and felt as if
he’d forgotten something. After-the train
had started, you ‘remember. he happened
to think he’d left rm wife‘ sitting in the
depot waiting room. Wel!,I had a real
case about as bad as that last Spring. A
man and woman put their baby to sleep
oaths-cat behind them,‘a‘nd "when they
reached their dtstination slot of friends
met them and carried off their bundles
and traps, but everybody forgot the baby.
.A' telegram caught an at the next station,
and the agent toek‘carc of the little chap
until the careless father came with a
buggy. Some people would forget their
heads if they Weren’t fastened on."——-(Jhi~
cage Herald
hand if e thought '
There is al- .
Sabrina Inmmmlconfrola all Hanoi-r5 - ‘.
Acts“ and Gimmic- l'cnoua am! ”“0101”.
mum: 1'03
rims, mm ”15333032., 5.41."-
nrcs. mus or Issuers. rims,
sons xm'sosr. ram,
THE WONDER 0F HEM-lie; 1
xi..- p‘r‘ru, mini, armies 0r Itch
ante-t
lamfttstho Manually.” ‘
unit-am ound. rm arc-1
all? s Witfuln'egllcd—uhimngparr
snub hon-nutter ,umuer.
marlin-sou nwdflomlm-Jin efl'icf
upon Mamba-pulls simply narration;
It In Ihd'laufdlcv-Frfdndr—An tuna-23
complaints yield tufts wgurlrouu puwer. ,
or Flo-l.” 'OII' ions. or 0pc.
F .
Woudulumupeuthqefs mt fall-h”:-
m . . ' ‘
noun-use. Ink-is rim or In.
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com Jose's manor m be». bib
feud. pundit Ali-0w m: “ '3‘
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rows outlaw-.50... shoe. $1.15.
mum....._..1.oo mm...... 75
muffin"... so ”mm"... 25
upsainm... as Midsummer:
a
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H'Oun lel’mmn' wm‘nmon‘o'rcnn
humanism runs on arms r. r
powers sxvuac'r 00.,
14 West ’14th.,St.. New York.
Allof tne amtlous dlove prepsplayod in
Pond’u Egtract Co’s show case on sale at
J.G.Gregorv «b Co’s. Drufasmre; silo with
Mr. G.B.Plulsml’s Drugs t. South Nor-walk.
T211?
Adigzgrlian
W 013 L1).
raS/I .11 [1672’s
, WORLD'S.
fieresZamr
IS PERFECTIOK’V/
Public Beno’ hotness. Mrs. S. -
A. ALLEN hasjilstly urn'c'd this title,
and rheumatism this day rejoining
over a’fine head of hair- produced by
he! iii-chucked preparation for restor-
ing,iuvigontm" ndbcuutify ingthe
Hair. Her World’x' Hair Restorer
quickly clauses the scalp, removing .
Dandrnfl, and arrests-the fall: the
hair, if gny,is changed so its annual
color, giving a an saute vitality and
luxurious quantity as in youth.
COMPLIMEHTABY. “My_ :
hairfisl upw? restored“: ’0: its ‘
youthfulicbloity Lhafy incl: .2
a gray hair left. I, am sat- '
isfied that theprcparetion »
is not a dye, but nets 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
WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER. -
“Ono Bottle did if." Thatistbe
we of many who have had
their gnyhairmsror'cdtoiuuauu-al.
and ' bald spot covered
hair one bottle‘ ‘of
Mus. S. A. We
. arm's Hun
lineman. It is not a dye.
(Mariam (as: out.)
flow Watch {ages ale Made.
A plate of sons com 1412-10 karat:
fine is soldered On each side of a, plate of
hard nickel composition metal, and the
three are then passed between polished
steel rollers. From this plate the various
parts of the cases—back, centers, bachetc.
are cut and shaped by' dies and formers.
The gold is thick enough to admit of all
kinds of chasing, engraving, and engine-
turning. The composition metal grvesut
needed strength, shyness and solidity, while
the written guarantee of ‘ the manufacturers
warranting each case to wear twenty years
proves that it contains all‘the gold that-
can pOSsibly be needed. This guarantee
is given from actual realms, as many of
these cases have been worn perfectly smooth
by years of use without wearing through
the gold. Descent. 1A.. Dec. 14. teen.
I have used one of your James Beas' Gold Watch
Cases for seventeen years. I bought it second-hand
and know of its having been used before I got it,
but do not know. how lunar.~ It looks good for ten
years longer. Did not suspect it was a filled case
until so informed by s Jeweler a short time lines.
Imostcheerfunyrecommendyour «saute basil
re resented to be, “timers.
they "3. flown-mp. col. Inf. Rn. ad pic. Ions.
ladies-Impala“ Ills! ease [beta-In, [Illa-
Mulls. Pl, formulae-u “fulfill-Who'll.”
lun- Ie-‘u-d Icy-un- fistula-summit
(To be WM) '
Remarkable Cure of Sorofulouu Paco.
Warmer-xx. Calm, June 19,1819.
112.11.11. Stevens-Dear Sh I can tutti! to the
good effect of your Harem: My llttls boy had a
Senor-cu sous break out on hhhudulurgu use cuss-
tcr of sdollsr, and It went 'do'Ii his face m one
car to the other. under his neck, and was out solid
msuof sores. Twobottlusofyourvflublst
metrically cured him. Very mm.
' If”. G. n. mama.
Drugglsts Ki. vocation":
and Recommend It:
musiamnoumrmmm Youth.
ever since it calm into m. Ind it!" recom-
mndcditto my autumn. than tried it muff.
sndflndttugrsatbloodpurmerundrsnonto: of the
system. If. M. smoxmrmiu.
I Regard It as a Valium ,.
FAMILY. MEDICINE.
* , v Jud.”
lla.n.n.stev¢us—Desrsm Ital-Mb my!
lnzthstfhaveusadtho YWlumyfamflywlth
Mauritania 1 havo‘kuwu’of saver-leans“
remarkable mmwu. trundle-sevenfold-
tamnymedldno- mm
nun. alumnus).
Rev. win. McDonald Iwoll‘luuyn w as
umtsuststssuummhtuluiol.l.m ~
Vegetinels Sol-El)! all DESI!“-
GUIO'N'ILftNE
II. 8. Mill‘ lfl‘nBI
IOR
. Queenstown andleerp'col.
. Leaving Pier 88 N. 8.. foot of King St _
;ALASKA wrscoxmv animus
. These Steamers are built '0! from“: water»-
'tlght compartment-mud are; lunishcdwlth
'cvery requisite to mount , '
the Atlantic both safe and agrees
lug Bath Room. Smoking ~llama. nnwas
Room, Piano and Lion . also exporter:
, Stewards» an Caterer on such
Steamer. The Statements are all on deck,
thus insuring those orsll luxuries
greatest ,
at sea, perfect ventilation hudllght.‘ Cabin“
Passage (accurate to m) S.
and 8100; latermsrfiutc, 0.: steengo It'low
rates. ' '
Wllllams“& Galen,
. omega-.20 Broadway, 8.1,
A.H.Byl‘nmon'& us. . ‘
_. - Agents.
Money to Loan. ,
En also of 0. E. WILION, No.36sutte
Build ng. Norwslk, Conn. 13 tf
’ ' 1H3 lldlllltyll Co
0 pamgdmuw :
. 'I‘NA INSURANCE Co. of "ART-
BD. Incorporated 1812. Charter
1 ,Perpotusi.
» {Capitals-d Anon, 88.902.212.84
insures against loss snd damage by Fire, 'on
terms adopted to the hazard and consistent
vi the we of compensation. COWLES
‘ie'ilunlgmbn'so'. Agents for Nor-walk and
v .
RENSIleS .
,erd' allothsficleiml’ on U. S. vernment
fwd-my attended to. Any 0 subling in-
‘ ury or disease entities to a pension. Re-
ecwd vigil!- .I. emit":- .Evety. day’s
delay counts inst non-applicants.
Charges of desert on can be removed for
cause. Every honest claim will succeed.
W. 11-. NOBLE, Bridgeport. , Office at 01-
Strktfhnd Avenue. - - ~ ' -' '
1600; Ward 'BOHBCk,
-‘ lulu his New Store.
IIIIIIII’QII' Ill“, 'All. "I!!!
l -. assumes ijcimdu'tol theirs-t ell-sot
"" " uup:anilineiisniulrs
he. 11 userstv‘PopulsrsPrlces. His
‘stoo lust ullttmss fresh and goodmnd will
mum-Burl" with times otun Grace
futon- silluaudleuveyouro on. 2 _
J F Rockwell.
I g.‘ - W. e . -.
‘ ”Watkins-bull.) . .
Dealer in
bananas az'sannmt
ll,-
No. 7 inns-i9 Black Water Street. .
' Neatly and promptly executed. lyl
. w...
fridnuuorunuas er a I-EALERS or
L
LUMBER.
I TIMBER,
humerus,
‘ earl-I,
TOURS.
A .- i ' sasu.
:BLINDS,
i ' MOLDING.
W [NDOW FRAMES,
PICKETS, &C..
.Veneercd Hard Wood Work,
Hard wood Ceiling & Flooring
S6. Non-Walk. Conn.
IMPORTANT
or
TO THOSE WIIO WISH TO PURCHASE
ll ii
Ilravc been cngrgcd in the
manufacture of Confectionery
about six months and selling at
wholesale only,bu_t now. through
the urgent request of many
friends I have opened a candy
department in my Store. where I
shall sell at wholesale and retail,
Confectionery in every variety of
my own manufacture. which I
will guarantee pure and unadul-
terated. Not as cheap as some
sell it in Town, but as reason-
able asan Sugar Candy can be
depraved ' character .of some of
the Candy sold. throughout this
country. Much of it is made out
of term alba or white clay with
enough gum to stick it together.
one: gh sugar to sweeten it, and
enough coloring matter to make
it look gay.
Ihave also the usual line of
203/ Boobs and holiday publica-
Ulaattembom, 5 different
kinds, ranging in price from 50c
to $1.00. A beautiful line of
Boa: Paper. Diafiafor 1883 i.
tions.
tendless variety ranging in price
from 10c to $3.00, and every
thing in the smoking line.
Very Respectfully,
S. K. STANLEY.
No. 43 Wall st.
Norwalk, Dee. IS, 1882.
;'
sold. Peeplo’ do not realize the,
DR. D. HITCHCOCK.
Cor. of West Avenue and
Berkeley Place,
Third house below the Methodist Church.
‘otiagipgflours from 7 to O a, In"! to ‘3. and 7
Dr. T. E. SWIFT, .
D E N 'I‘ I S T .
Artificial teeth without plates by the perfect
Crowning system.
onceknesldcnco No. 9 West Ave.
, ear-night Baud Bell. -
AL 1:. s. GIBSON,
Organism! the First congregationalmurch
Teacher of " r ‘* '
Plano-Bone. orgies: and. din-foul
, , Composition,
Lock Box 39, P. 06," N0" WALK. CONN.
A. a. BALDWIN, M. 0..
[Homeopathic Physician and Surgeon.
Residenccln the Charles Isaucs 11
Wall st.. Norwalk, Ct. omestead,
Office hours rm 9a. a... r to a and 7 to s p. m.
w. E. unlit?
ISA
itMl'
orros'rrauortsnuz-umsro'r. A '
Ruldcucc 143 Math st. Telephcnc connection.
Imus shamans,
Dealers in
inn 8.» VEGETABLES.
N0. 22 MAIN STREET.
Fish and game in their vurlor s soon
All goods promptly deliverecl- flomericc.‘
. lyls
aSpccralty.
NE W MARKET! '
No 6 Main street, N orwalkflt.
., .- New? or. . .
gift, Veal, Mutton, Lamb, Pork,
rs. romxmr. .
very lowest marketasri-fg‘gtfihg‘ad :1:
kinds in-its season. Try me; I will try tosult.
W. It. Luuli wuu
“m“, D. late wrth Adams Bros.
*BERNARD COHN,
Merchant Tailor
WEEK’S ll l-l l LDI NG , WA I. 1' ST"
A FULL LINE 0"
Imported & Domestic Cloths
of the latest styles coustantl on hand.
Novelties in Scotch Snitings. Satisfaction
guaranteertin every particular.
J. Belden liurlbutt,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room No. 4, Up stall-s,
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK.
HOYT & nausea,
54 MAIN STREET,
SOUTH NORWAI.K,,(T.,
' PRACTICAL urinal,
. Steam and Gas Fltters..Dcalcrs in Plrrmbors'
and Steam ‘ll‘ittcn’ Su lies
and Gas Fixtures]:p
Jobbing promptly attended to. ly21
AMERICAN HOUSE.
J. 0. COLLINS, - - - PROPRIETOR
16 Main street. Nov-walk, Conn.
We are prepared to furnish meals at all
hours and at lowest possible rates. in the best
manner. Oysters aSnecialty. Good accom-
modation for transient; You will do well'to
give us a call lyl:
The Hawaii Fire Insurance I!
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year
And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid
losses or of claims for losses. No sound
company insures at lower rates.
W.O.Srauur Pres. Altamira-nan Tron
(“6.11. odwnxs,9cc’y. ' '
66a wcckiu ourown town. Terms and
.c5 outfit rec. Address 11. tum-n-
Co. , Portland. Mai-e. lvll
Anna's-MM
jglgM-Wgtfllih
fin amhfla‘gbu's'm 'Mr':
Horse Shoelng.
WM. MCCORMACK.
No. 111 Main St. Norwalk.
shoeing in all its branches at
be domain the best manner. ggcdi‘m‘fi‘tleh?
tron paid to interfering, or tender footed
horses. All work war-rented. Give usacall.
lyup
SPECIAL
P. 0. BOX 216,
Only “the “Best!
w. A. VOGEL,
'lianlacluin Pharmacist, »
LID
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Drtiggist.
21 Main Street, Norwalk, ct.
None but absolutely pure and
perfectly .fresh and reliable medi-
cinal preparations, Drugs and
Chemicals ‘ " f '
, A complete stockOf
y; 1.. -.
medicines
Perfumery and Toilet Articles.
Prescriptions compounded at
all hours by careful, experienced
and skilled pharmacists only.
Prices Reasonable! 6m!)
Agent for Dr. Holland’s
fever and aguc pills, an in-
fallible remedy for chills
and fever, dumb ague, and
all forms of malaria.
Sinus, Ranges and
Furnaces.
Now is the time to select your
Winter Stoves. call and see
the Best Made Ranges.
was: DUGHESS
- UNCLE NIcK,
our own,
anvocamn,
And several good low priced
Ranges, I have something
entirely new in
PARLOR STOVES,
Square shape, Round and Nickel.
(Iranian and Glass Ware,
" chloral Silvul‘laielware
' Lamps and Chandeliers.
You will find the best assortment
of Stoves and Ranges, at
L. 3. 0313333536
MAIN STREET. 7
figflfiygfl =53 Bellamy-Bing;
‘ . : C 3 . kn]
WW 5 do: as N. 15330: hiefifiadclvlriifi
per- day at home. Sample-
$5 l0 $20 worth 85 free. Addrclspiiétm
son .IrCo., Portlandflalne.
NOTICE !
JESSE HOPSON,
MANUFACTURER OF
INECARRIAG .
Coaches, handaus,Landa.ulets, Broug-
hams, Mail thtons, T Carts, Village
Carts, .Hearses and Undertaker’s
‘ Wagons.
He would call the attention of those desiring Fine Cerriaurcs in
any style and design, that he has had a practical cxpcriciice of
twenty-five years in the manufacture of Fine Carriages, would also
invrtc attention of Liverymen and Undertaker-s to his very Fine
Hearses and Undertakcrs \Vagons of the latest and most approved
designs. He would also inform them that he was manarrcr for tho
Youle Hearse Mfg. Co., for 10 years and is now sole proprietor.
CARRIAGE REPAIRING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.
JESSE HQESQN. 2-5
NOR WALK, CONN.
. SDflN’S lulu MARK
Fish,Fruit, Vegetables, Canned Goods,
EVERYTHING, PEBIAINIHG T0 A FIRST-GLASS MARKET.
Fine Delaware Peaches.
FRESH BLUE FISH,
LOBSTBRS‘ EVERY SATURDAY.
Cerers Attended to Promptly.
WILLIAM HILSDON,
29, WALL STREET, NORWALK. m,
RT!
P
6m23p
ATENT
Tommie a snm’ s.
709 G- Street, Washington, D. C.
“INVENTOR’S PATENT MANUAL " sun'r FREE.
S
* '- Auctioneer
“11
REAL ESTATE.
To Rent.
HE upper part of a house 0
TStrcct. Five rooms. Rent low? 3335':
at this office. 10“
To Let.
V IIElowcr art of the h -
Union antPBeldcn avenuoelgjc corner of
Enquire at
LCCKWOOD’S MARKET.
To Let
001718 To llENTinBrlckB ‘ ' '
R Leonard street. Possessloiiu-l'rlir'rliir:
diately. Enquire of O. T. LE 1
May 7th, 1883. ONARD a; SON.
For Sale Cheap.
ILL bcsoldat a Bar ain 'l‘
Wsoen a small, neat Ctfitagcl. o??i§i$0rir§
in cod neighborhood. and three m' ’
waft of the Brldgc. Apply at GAleiliTtie‘ic
OFFICE.
To .Let.
THE largo, commodions front room in
Gazette Buildinzjust vacated F.-
McKcun. Fullparticularé of by such!
B.J. STURGES;
39H
5"
,1 . 7.. n; ‘2, , \‘
, house ‘and :10 acres of
good land, in h groundgao minutes drive from
papal. ' 53102000“; hfimscs. large variety of
,. f e s s 'in water. '
very reasonable. Enqrilrdnot g Price
THE MESSENGER
arse Mew Canaan. Con'n.
Fer Sale or to Let.
The Coal Yard and Sheds, with large
Storehouse and eflicc near A. J. Meeker
«it Bros’. yards on Norwalk river, Nor-
walk, Conn. Esquire of
_ O. E. WILSON,
30 ff Room 3, Gazette Building.
For Sale or to Rent.
A House and One Acre of Land, on Pres-
pect Hill.
May be had on reasonable terms. App! to
. W.STUABT.
Norwallr, March 15th, resi.
fl
1.
Desirable Property in Sale.
A Very desirable place on EastAvenue. 5
Also, a few chorce Building Lots situat-
ed on Osborn Avenue. for sale cheap.
Also. a. nicely located [louse and Lot. on
Merwru Street near West Avenuc.for sale
at a bargain, Enquire of’
S. E. OS.BORN,East Avenue,
or to D. W, Fitch, W est Avenue.
For Sale.
SPLENDIO co utry scat situated in the
town of \Vrlt ,wrtbrn.6 minutes walk
of the South Wilton depot and ex miles from
Norwnlk. This place has 6 acres of good
land wrth abundance of well selected
fruit trees, and 300 choice grape vines,all in
good bearing condition, lar c gardens and
cxcelierrt well of water. ouse large and
convenient with 16 rooms besides pantrics
and closets in abundance. cellar large and
dry. The barn and wufon house are nicely
arranged. This lace .W' i be sold cheap and
on easy terms. ‘nqurre of
GEO. F. QUINTABD,
. Nerwalk Shirt Manufactory.
South Wilton, February 26th, 1383. 39tt'
For Sale.
Tux elegant building site at Norwalk,Con-
necucut, belonging to the Estate of the
late Ifcnry T: Morgan, purchased by him dur-
ing hrs life-time, upon which to build his
country rcéldenpc. containing 9% acres, on
high (Found, with extensive views of Lon
Islan Sound. fine eld,shadcs. This plot is
capable of being subdivided into several sites
of one or twp acres each, and islocated on the
green opposite there-idencc of the Rev. 8. B.
s. Brssell, and known as the St. John’s place.
This property is highly recommended for a
gentleman’s family rcsrdeucc, and is within
1}; hours of New ork City, and in one of thc
largest and most flourishing towns,rn Connec-
ticut; $1100. $12,000. Apply to F. ST. JOHN
LOCK ODD, Farrfield County Bank, Nor-
walk, Conn., or HOMER MORGAN.
Pine St., New York.
Farm for Sale.
111E subscriber offers his Farm for sale,
situated in the Town of Greenfield, in
Suratoga Co., in the state of New York, nine
miles from Saratoga Springs. It is pleas-
antly situated on a. rise of ground. 95 acres of
land, which Is favorably divided into pas-
ture, plow, meadow and wood land; with
a large house; the size of the barn 30 by 40.
wagon house and stabling, hay left over the
same 23 by 43, and grainery 16 by 18. Will
be sold cheap; part of the purchase mono -
can remain on .mortgage if desired, or wi 1
exchange for vrllage property. For further
particulars inquire of Si LAS P. TUTTLE,
' Norwatk.Conn,
No. 2
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West Avenue Property
For Sale.
THE large, elegant mansion on West Ave-
nue. (known as the Dimon estate]
containing fifteen rooms, all finished
off in the most substantial manner with all
the modern improvements. The rooms are
iarfe and capricious. ceilings high, and in ex-
ccl cut condition, the wane extends across
the entire front; and the walks and lawns
are very fine. Shade goodmnd the location
the finestin the Borough. The grounds are
about 156 feet front and contain about two
acres of land. ‘There is a s lendid barn or. the
premises, and In cod or er. Must; be seen
to be appreciate . .Call on BENJAMIN J.
STURGES for permrsslon to examine. Stf
CHOICE
. Building tats
F‘OR SALE
On Wilton Avenue
Apply to
II. J. STURGES, or o. E. WILSON
Gazette Building. utf
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EAST SIDE OF MAIN ST., SOUTH.
OF RAILROAD,
City ofSouth Not-walk, Conn
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The historian of the Napoleonic on; If»:
many threads to‘ weave into his mind“.
and the thread of sickness is ape-fie“ slum
perhaps, less conspicuously than its importo
once deserves. But the historian of'iitedi-
cine and of epidemic diseases supplies his
omissions: and it is indeed a ghastly unm-
tive that he gives. The horrors of typhus
and dysentery in the Russian campaign of
1812, and in such sieges as that ’of Torgau
in the year following, are beyond all descrip-
tion. Nothing in the modern world for
which the will of an individual can be held
accountable ever came so near to realizing
the monstrous imagination of Macbeth:
‘ " Though the treasure '
Of Nature's get-mans tumble all 0
Even till destruction sicken—J’ M r'
0f the army numbering 500,000 that crossed
the Vistula in the Spring of 1812 only some
bands of stragglers found their way back,
without {arms their clothes in rags, and
spreading typhus as they went. The Third
Army Corps, commanded by Nay, was 43,-
000 strong when it set out, and when it re-
enter-ed Poland all that remained of it was
u'ragged group of some twenty persons sur-
“ .. .' WOWWWI
' the medical history cf the campaign.
In Vilma, out of a total of 30,000 "French
prisoners, 25,000 died of typhus, and the
disme' carried off 8,000 of the poor Jews
livinginthe town. In the Hospital of St.
I A tiusan eye-witness is said to have seen
this Qfi the wards filled three times over with
fifty typhus patients and three times
emptied of fifty dead bodies. As a contrast '
fothcse'unmitigated horrors let us take the
proportions of sickness and mortality among
thsGerman troops in the Franco-German
war. The Germans crossed the Rhine in
theSummer and Autumn of 1870 to the
numbegof 913,967. Of these there perished,
from one cause or another, 44,890, includ-
fng 17,572 who were killed in battle, 10,710
‘ who diedinhospital of their wounds, and
13,253 who died of sickness and pestilence
Thereinfively small amount of sickness in
the campaign is referred to with just pride
by HM. Virchow, in an address from ivhiclr
we mlgeLtbe figures, and which we shall no-
figqtnrthér. It will be better appreciated
by'comparing the figures for the Crimean
war 996' for the American civil war. In the
former the French lost in all 95,615 men ;
of these only 10,240 fell before the enemy.
about the same number died of their wounds,
and the enormous residue of 75,000 fell vic-
timsto mp sickness and pestilence. In
the American civil war it is estimated that
97,000 dentin occurred in battle or subse—
quently from wounds received, and that
184,000 died of sickness. “What immens-
arable suffering and pain!" cxclaims Vir‘
chow. “Whatasea of blood and tears is
contained in these figures! How much,
too, of defective practice, of prejudice, of
erroneous opinion!" The lesson of these
calamities, he shows, was not thrown away
upon the citizens of the United States ; their
8 gigantic medical history of the war has been
a mine of scientific information and of prac-
tical experience for the military surgery and
hygiene of later times. When the Germans
entered on the war with France, says Prof.
Virchow, they had the well-digested exper-
ience of two recent campaigns of their own ;
they had also the incstimable experiences of
man science— “wir hatten die dcutsclro
Wissenschaft."
“mo——
THE CAUSES OF BLUSHING.
The physiology of blushing has long pre-
sented a difficult problem to solve. Many
unsatisfactory explanations have been given
of. the causes of that interesing phenomenon.
The British Milled Journal lately received
an inquiry as to the measures to be taken for
the cure of a chronic tendency to blush, and
one of its correspondents takes up the mat-
ter in a very practical way. Among other
causes of blushing he gives prominence “ to
the wearing of too thick underelothing and
especially of too thick socks.” He adds that
long-sleeved woolen sacks or jerseys are often
clothing in general. He does not fail to re-
mark that the blusher must choose in this
matter between the risk of rheumatism and
the annoyance of blushing. As collateral
evidence in support of- his views he says 2
“An aunt of mine had habitually a red nose
from this cause alone, which disappeared
when she took to thinner stockings.”
Regarding the matter from a social stand-
point, tho writer says: “The best plan for
an habitual blusher is to laugh and be very
gushing, as, for instance, on meeting an
acquaintanceinthe street, when he colors
up; and he will then feel more at his case
than if he looks sheepish and reserved.”
An obvious cause for blushing is over-sen-
sitiveuess and self-consciousness, which will
wear awayas the person becomes used to
society and strengthens his character by
adopting wise principles of thought and
action. The physiological explanation of
blushing given by the writer just quoted is
that. it is due to paralysis of the sympathetic
circles of nerves surrounding the arteries,
which, not contracting properly, allow a
freer flow of blood to the surface.
—-‘°-‘. 09-..—
A DENIAL 0F PENN’S INDIAN THE
The romantic story that William Penn,
soon after his arrival in Philadelphia, as-
sembled the Indians of his new domain
beneath an old elm on the banks of the
Delaware, and there entered into a treaty of
friendship with them, which, although not
bound by the sanctity of an oath was never
broken, has gone into history. The obelisk
at Beach and Hanover streets, which marks
the spot where it is claimed the famous cov-
enant was made, has for over half a century
been visited by the curious who firmly be-
lieve, as does the worldin general, that there
could be no doubt of the authenticity of
ATY.
hiladelphia, however, bluntly says that
the thing is a myth, and that the people who
wander off from the bicentennial parades to
seek this historic spot will be thoroughly
humbugged.
“There is not," said Mr. Wescott ~“ one
shred of evidence to bolster uptlu's lie about
Penn’s treaty or friendship. There are no
records of it anywhere, and no reason to
suppose there ever were. In short, it rests
upon no more reasonable foundation than
does the legend of the twins of Rome. "
In the State records at Harrisburgh them
is, however, a letter from Penn, which Mr.
\Vescott thinks casts some light upon the
origin of the story. It was given to Light.
Gov. Markham by Penn previous to '
latter’s first voyage, and was addressed to
the Indians, offering them peace, friendship
and protection. There is an endorsement
upon this letter, stating that Thomas Helms
"did read this letter to the Indians, ".aud‘as
he lived in the old mansion house neat' 'the
old elm which stood near where the htcnu:
ment has since been erected, this crrcum' ‘ -
stance, Mr. Westcott thmks,’ m'ay havé'éiven
ea y currency to the Pennififreaty story,
which has since been strengthened-by West’s
great picture. Helms probably did call ih‘e'
Indians together beneath the great elm, as if
was a spot likely to be selected {or-the puk-
pese, and there read them the letter frqm
Penn, but this is all there ever wga or a
treaty. '
A relic-hunting citizen who was. told of
Mr. Westeott’s contradiction of the My
store recently, said that he didn’t care what
the old elm tree. “What ars'wo to‘do."
Blue Anchor tavern site, and ‘ they want
they will tell' as
that mm was ‘ad '
masfegullf . '_ .' m
thatgenflemansaidhehaducaus'cuffrom '
saidhs. «Hmaeyoagyandmhrheatd:
to break up up treaty story: Mm‘ayhue -.
rounding “ARIEL”. . .OnfLofi. thnsa_m:
the Americans, and, finally, they had G'er-
a cause of blushing, and, in feet, warm ,
mister-y. Thomas Wescott, the historian ,
of-
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