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and a Visit to the Smelhny Works
in ii. )1 rnowirr.
There are impr-lv In '- 9
D‘HVI‘I‘ since We lelict‘l it in 1882.
Writing about this city an endeavor will
be made to avoid a recaprlulaiion of what
was nlven in the previous year. Perhaps
none of the readers of the Gamma.
would like to take an imaginary walk
wilh us lbl‘uitizll some oi the streets oi
Denver. It will be taken for granted
that no arrival in this city all took a
cursory glance at the Union depot, a nrw
and elegant. bull-ling. Arid now, belon-
golug many steps, we will stop for a
moment at the large clothing establishment
on the turner, wbcrc‘ we will have ilil
pleasure of seeing our fellow lownsmaii,
Ell Balt'flln, whois at the brad of tho
curing dl—partmeiit.” You willfind him
alWays pleased to meet. his Nornnlk
friends. At. the drug store of Charll-s
Prowilt, we will stop for a glass of sod-~
water, and will most likely meet with
some of our eastern psopic ; for this rt'n'
seems to be u favorite stopping place for
them. Halsey Day usrd irrqueutiy to in
in there. Hr: invent. to Denver on accoun
of ill health, but. becoming discouraged
returned home, when: he gradually failed
' and la'tcly succumbed tothe disease which
lately took him to his heavenly rest.
While at Denver, we had also the pleasure
of meeting Mr. F. Bt-ldeu's daughter.
Walking up Slxiecnth street We pass by
the elegant. Opera House, and soon arrivi-
at the 0mm] court house. This is a
larg , stately building, in the middle of a
block, and is surrounded With a fine
lawn, on one side of which an artcsiun
well has just bten bored. At present a
large stream of pure crystal water flows
from it. d0Wn the. street gutters. Ascend
ing the large flight of wh-te stone steps
we enter the building, and on each side
of the spacious hall we see the different
county omces Then on the second floor
are arranged the Various court rooms.
Entering the large and elegant room of
the supreme court, which is at this time
in sr-ssiou, noliccihe .lhfiy ceilings, while
the sides are decorated, with beautiful,
paintings; but as time will not admit of a
longer slay. let us go up to the tower and
lookout upon the Oil-y. The ascent. of so
many n-glilfl of stairs may be rather
fatiguing, but you will be well repaid.
“What a magnificent scene! ”you exclaim.
’Herc is a V bird’s—eye view of the whole
city at once, and beyond are the ap—
parently luitf'mlnable prairies, while by
looking out of another Window some 200'
miles of the mountain range sic in plain
sight. Herc stop for a few minutes and
feast your eyes with the wonderful gran
dcur of this panorama. Notice the trees
on each side of the stre’ct,ailof which are
kept. in this fi lurlsiiiug state by irrigation.
On our way down, Wait for a moment and
rest. in one of the other court rooms.
Here they are trying a Chinese for bur-
glariously entering a store,while questions
and uusWei's from the lawyers havr to be
made through the Chinese interpreter.
It is amuaiug to hear him repeat the Q'icfi
tions in the Chinese language to the Wit-
_nr,sscs and then turning' to the court,‘
report. the answusdn broken English.
The next new building is the Baptist
church, which has been finished t-inCe our
last. visit to this city. The exterior ap-
psarance is very pleasing, but the interior
arrangements are very complete, especial-
ly in the Sunday school and conference
rooms, all of which can instantaneously
be opened into one. But. the large audi-
torium of seventy-one feet square, with
frescoed walls and Stained glass windows,
will always be the chief attraction,
especially since its acoustic properties are
perfect. The pastor, Rev. Dr. Jefiery’s,
is a Very popular man in this secuon, and
can readily command an audience that.
will fill till house, While the music led by
the organ, choir, and a comet, meets with
a response from every part of this capa-
cious building. But it is aiway amustng
to a stranger to hear the loud "Hal Abs 1"
that. comes from an old gentleman, who
’wdi thus persist in his applause whenever
the psswr, in his sermon, touches upon
some favorite doctrinal point. This
building is near the corner of Eighteenth
street, while on the opposite corner of the
same block is the large Congregational
churcu. As the two back up toward
each other, there is but a small space
between the rear of the two buildings.
The Methodist society, We are informed, .
have in contemplation the erection of a
new house for their church, not. for dis-
tant. frdm the above named edifices.
"But. what. is ihatl” you say, pointing
to a sail-boat, which is standing on the
edge of the sidewalk. It. in very queer
to seen boat. and no water in which. to
place it. Let us go up mi: and inspect
it. It. has just been turned out from this
limp, and was built to order for a gentle-
man who intends to put it on a little lake
some five miles distant. It is'a very
handsome boat and Very perfect in its
model, Electric lights are used OXICD‘
'uively here in Denver, and a large number
of artesiau wells are being bored in
different parts of the criy. For drinking
purposes this water is decidedly prefer.
able to the river Water which supplies the
city. The ariesian water is Very clear
and pleasant to the taste, and this water
is carried through the streets in water
tanks and is sold at. a pailfui for a nickel
(5 cent»). The climate of Denver, it Is
generally admitted, is changing, for
Whereas the Winter’s snow and spring
rains have been all the llll'fflcr: supply,
showurs are when more frequent, though
they are of short, duration. Various
theories have been advanced for this
change, such as the introduction of'so
much water for irrigation, the growth of
so many trees; also the great number of
railrolirla thus affecting electricity. Our
walk has been sufficient for one day,
though we could conduct. you to the new
City hall, or might go up to the extensive
brick yards, or out by the circle railway
to the Exposttlon; bus the Exposition is
not what. it was one year previous
Iomething is unpopular with the manage-
ment, sud‘the cuiZens and merchants of
Denver take but little interest in it.
Consequently the attendance is very
limited. '
Taking, at firtt, s southwesterly course
after crossinngc reveral railroads, as
well as Cherry creek, we come out to a
very pretty little lake where we see the
sail boat of which an account has just
been given. There the Sets beautifully
in the water and shows off to good adVan-
tags Changing our course more to the
northward we ride over some beautifu'
road as smooth as if macadamiZed,
and through a neat little town or settle-
ment where the trees line the wide street;
and now up quite a hill, see the large
houses and residences of some of the
merchants and tankers. Glancing to the
light, there, at a distance of some three
cr four miles is the City in full view, upon
which we are looking down, anti tracing
out different localities by the smoke from
trli , Or the church spires. We are
swinging round acirclc from the centre
of Denver, and with a radius of about
four miles, while ahead of us is Argo, the
great smelting works The white sulphur-
in
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ii‘niiiyl
ions n.0ke constantly pouring forth from-
the vast number of chimneys, plainly
t this place to which we are now
i is on .
p0 H After a handful ride we reach
aiming.
Argo.
' numeral is at the bottom."
all uncE-isul- or r or: -I o l-.
«and -hl‘t‘t large and very long our: rim}
Holdings, with earth filllis, From ”1'
if till-sir build": .- iiluh hrll It
chimney rises, and from which the largest
column of ... a; pears to
be for the machinery Which llrlvr-a Ill
auditing for crushing and breaking up the
ore as well as for the blowers. As we
enter, sevual large heaps appearing like
chunks of rusty iron mingled with clay,
v. ill-limit. .l'alim l:ll.
. out (1 fii'u’ul lnincs all krpt HI‘Df‘TVIv'
E-ch heap llinSISIs oi Fqu’lal car load:
. .ilir-I r-. I
In; iii-rum l -
.linrrai. By hen, machinery ihr ’
omen are broken tip and crust“.
Tu . is then Inlet] up by a
elevator to a mill, which grinds ' l
i a coarse powder. and afici'wmrls l
reacted to drive oi the sulphur. This 1.
June in another purl of the works Wilt'i-
vcral stacks of tall chimneys are eon--
nutty pouring forth the white sulphur
us smoke. The air in this apartment 1
o filled with the sulphur gas that frni
or must frequently be sought for at .
tom'- Let us now pass on to the plat:-
.vherc' the smelting is going on. Tin-l-
ire rows of large furnaces, 'and as tin
furnace door of one is open, the wboll
inside is a vast molten sea, at a whip
«out, and boils like water. While watch
ing the attendant who pushes a long
handled iron, shaped somewhat like a
live, into the furnace, and who seems to
or: drawing forward the top of this seeth-
ing mass, a stream of this melted material
pours out slowly but. steadily as from n
trough. It appears to have the consis-
tency of very thick molasses. This sub-
stance passes into a series of earthen
basins, flowing from one to the other.
until the whole long row is filled. He
mops for a moment, and withdraws hi
hoe to cool it. We take this opportunity
--f asking him some questions. He says:
“What I am doing is crenming the ore, as
a person would skim milk, but with Ihl~
olfimnca, that the part we cram 93 is
united slag,aurl is worthless, while in.
These basilr
luto which this slag fiiws are about a
yard or more in length, and about eighl
ccn inches thick in the middle, tapering
In each end. When sufficiently coolrn
r‘or removal, these are carried out in
worthless. Thir smoke which is seen
rushing out of these chimneys know no
Cessation night nor day for seven (lays in
the week, and three hundred and sixty-
tive days in the year, except as necessity
demands for preparing it. for other pro-
cesses. “But what becomes of th-
lhetal?” we ask. "Phat," says be, "you
will 5- on see in another place ” Wl‘ go to
another place, where preparations are
Using made for opening that part. A
large and long rod is driven with sludges
through the mass of fire clay which fills
up the Ipcraiure. Alter driving it Ii~
about four feet the seething metal is
reached and commences to flow very
slowly at first, but afterward somewhat
faster, in a thick but slow stream, nol
wzth the rushing force that iron not.
from the surface, as seen in our foundries.
If an‘cnquiry is made as to what metal
this is, the answer is given that it is oi
all kinds, and that which flows out. from
this aperture is Called bullion. We next
pass to the silver room, which cannot be
enlered except by special ticket, such as
was handed us at the office of the com-
pany. Here, the dlflcl‘eut metals are
separated one from the other, by mean.-
of chemicals. These are put into large
troughs, which are owned up and so ar-
ranged as to form a staircase, by mean.-
of' which the workmen can ascend from
one set to the other. These men are per,
fecily willing to answer any questions
and make reasonable explanations. After
opening several and showing the chemi-
cats in operation, he opens another which
looks silvered. Taking his wooden
stirrer, shaped like a chisel, he lifts up a
' liquid mass and says this is the pure sil-
ver. We enter another apartment, where
are other furnaces which do the finishing
process. Although nothing of this pro-
cess can be seen, yet. there are several
brick's, as they are called, of solid silver.
These, bricks are about the shape of a
blacksmith’s anvil, or, as if (molded in a
box with bushing sides. Then bricks
weigh about one hundred and twenty
pounds each and have a valuation of over
82,000 apiece. ,
This finishes our visit at Atgo, and
although a scientific description has not
been attempted yet it is given just. as we
saw it without éndesvorinlz to explain
anything, and this visit to Argo gives a
faint idea of the wonderful refining pro-
cesses in bringing the coarse looking ore'
to the condition in which it is found in
the hands of the banker, broker or jew-
eler. Time failed as to see the Grant
smelter, and we finished our ride to the
city in time for a delayed dinner. The
refining process for gold is not open to
public gaz=,and is kept as sprofound
secret.
———-—-——.—OQ
A HAIR RAISING EPISODE.
A young man was ushered into the
parlor where not his adored one. She
was gazing soulfuliy into the fire, think-
ing of him no doubt. but not. dreaming I t
his presence. He tiptocd his approach,
and slyly srizing a struggling hair whlrb
was coy 1y nestled in ill blonde beauty of
the scruff of her rounded neck, gently
twitchcd it. and waited for the sudden
start and maidcnly blush, a pleased
surprise. But not a start, not a surprise.
Again he drew it. towards him, and again
did the fair one continue to “am:
thoughtfully in the fire. “Dear girl, Eho
knows not of my presence,” he murmuled
to himself. “How glad she will be to
discover her Charles so close behind her.
I will end this surprise, ” and gently
lifting an auburn curl from the sloping
shoulders he gave it a gentle tweak, and,
gentle reader, you may believe it or not,
but. truly, as sure as we live, he scalped
her. The whole business came off, and
then she knew that Charles was there.
Shall we draw a Veil over. the picture!
By no means. Charles knew that she
wore false hair, and he knew that she
knew that. he knew it. Besides the girl
was turning thirty and worth millions.
Charles was poor, but madly in love. A
'poor young man, madly in love with a girl
worth a million. is never particular.—
[Baitimore Every Saturday.
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A Chicago vice president of the Ameri-
can Sunday school Union shows his ap-
preciation of the society’s work not. only
by supportingva missionary, but by going
himself to Dakota to examine the work
and taking his pastor with him. Travel-
ing ten miles to one Sunday school, and
thence eighteen miles further to a point
where a missionary was to.0rganize a
Sunday school, the vict-nresident pro-
posed to chrisien it the “Pleasant Hill"
Sunday school, and to give with the name
a library of one hundred volumes.
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DIDN‘T WANT A GIRL;
Lasrsummor my wife’s health was all run
down, and she wanted me to hire a girl to do
the work. Inalittlo while I found one I
thought wovld suit her, when to my surprise
she said I need not hire any one, as she felt
much better, and ahought another bottle of
Sulphur Bitters would euro her. an
120st Carr; ‘41 Worn-tor Square, Boston.
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through ti o courtesy of the New England
Homestead. and, doubtless, will proVe ol
more than passing interest to residents of
this and surrounding towns—EDI: _]
One of the Nets England Homestead‘
correspondents asks if any Hi i-» inland
readers were “ever down in S- nthport
and Westporl, C l , _ the coat-t of
Long Island sound." To this inquiry I
can respond affirmatively, Away back
in 1832-, when a mere buy, my father
removed his family from the breezy hills
of Chester, Sin Hampden county, to
Soutbpmt. We occupied a small but
fertile and productive farm on the east
side of Mill river, so caller), an insiguiii
cant stream whose Source is in the
viciniiy of Greenfield Hill, where Tilti-
nihy Dwight preached, prayed and wrote
poetry Our residence was exactlyop-
posite the village or Southpoit, and one
mile or thereabouts from Fanfield. The
four years that llic writer lived at
Southport he reckons among the happiest
of his life, if not the very happiest. Ho
wnsihe possessor of a boat yclcpt the
"Lady Washington,"in whlcn he essayed
many a perilous voyage on the freilul
watt-ls of Long Island round. It was a
vugabondish sort of a life, but it. had
its pleasures and delights only to be ap-
preciated by those who have experienced
them. Roger Minot Sherman, one of the
ablest. men New England ever produced,
then in the zenith of his fame, lived in
Fairlie-id. Even at this late day I recall
with rapture his elr-quent addrtsses to
juries in the primitive court house in
Faufield village. Among the local aris-
tocrats of Souibpori, that is, those who
lived upon the income of their estates
and performed no labor, were the Pcrrys,
the Waktmsns,-the Bulklcys, the Downs
and the Sherwocds. These families had
mostly acquired their property by com
merce, and were in easy and comfortable
circumstances. The business of tho vil
logo was considerable, and one of the
Bridgeport banks cslahli-lird a bleach
there; the blinking room being in the
hou~c of Ebrnvzer 'Dimnn near the
creek. At ’the relild referred to
Frederick Marqiiandmotcd for his liberal
Contributions to benevolent and philan-
thropic objects, was erecting a housr in
the western part of the village. Near
him lived Captlin Jonathan Godfrty of
local eclcbrity, whom Fatrficld county
people will not be likely soon to forget.
The Rev. N. E. Cornwall, a pious and
eloquent Episcopal clergyman—41 low
churchman—and a most rxrmplury man
in althe relations of lifr, whose fame
is not confined by the limits of coun-
ty or state, was also a resident of South-
port. "
As to agriculture it may be remarked
that intensive methods did not their
prevail. Corn. polaiol-s, grass and oats.
w re the principalctops. Souls money
was made by the cullivatiou of potatoes.
[remember that we sent more than one
thousand bushels to New York by the
market boat in one season that netted us
about. fifteen cents per bushel. But those
were cheap times for farmers’ products,
and owing to the scarcity of money its
purchasing power was far greater than it
is now. Corn found ready market. at the
difinl’euf. tide-mills along the coast where .
it. was kiln-dried and ground for West
India consumption, i. e., to be fed to the
negroes on the sugar plantations. Some
‘farmers planter] from ten to twenty
acres in corn, and about the same area in
potatoes. The system then was to grow
these crops on sod, and immediately
reseed with timothy and clover. This
maintained the fertility of the soil. ' It is
a fact that by adopting and persistently
adhering to this system the farmers in
the vicinity of Southport did make
money. Fertilizing so many acres an
nually with stable manure was impracti
cable. It 'exctted some surprise and
considerable talk among the farmers
when Dr. Bronson, who had become
enriched by the payment of claims against
the old confederation of states under the
policy of Alexander Hamilton that be
had purchased at a nominal sum, carted
two or three alcop loads of manure,
which be had procured in New York, a
distance of several miles to fertilize his
farm at Greenfield Hill. It was then
thought a waste of money by shrewd
minds. This Dr. Bronson was a wealthy
min or able financier. Greenfield
Hill was the residence of some noted
men. Among thvm were Timothy
Dwight, at one time President. of Yale
College, Gideon Tomlinson, governor and
United States senator, Abraham D.
Baldwin, high sheriff of the county, and
a man of marked ability, and the Rev.
Richard Varick Dcy, whose erratic ten-
dencies'of.ihonght and conduct caused
no little commotion in that. quiet and
orderly community. In justice to Mr.
Day it may be observed that he always
'Iold his people that if they would follow
Day’s precepts and avoid his practices
there was reason to believe they would
not go far astray.
The land'adj-cent to Soulhpori in
Green’s Farms was quite fertile, and
especially so was that on the “Island” as
it. was then and may be still termed, near.
. compo. the birth place of the brothers
Franklin, Francis and Frederick Sher-
wood, whose names are familiar to the
readers of "the Homestead.” Byflh'e way
John Q. Wilson, first judge of Fair-field
county under the old regime, .and after-,
wards a distinguished lawyer at Albany,
lived for many years on an excellent
farm near Gompo. I remember him well;
he was a man of fine presence and learned
In legal lore. 4 _ .
Small fruit. culture was not then
thought of, and the onion culture, now,
aprominent feature of the industry Of
that section, was a matter of experiment
The village blacksmith—I think his
'nainc was Hawkins but am not sure—and
Captain Paul K Shcfiield—whose son
some thirty-five yesrs‘ag'o, I think, was
r'member' of Congress from. Rhode
Island—were considered the pioneers in
the cultivation of onions tit Soutbport.
In 1833, however, a Mr. Nichols, on the
southern extremity of Fairfield village,
and about one .mile from our house,
cultivated one acre in onions. I recollect.
that his neighbors unanimously concurred
in opinion that he was impoverish'ing
the rest of his farm to enrich the-soil
for his onion crop. This was fifty years
ago. Half a century is a good while
particularly t9 those who have find that
length of, time, and, as Horse Shoe
Robinson said, I may “disremember”
others who are equally deserving of
mention, although I was then acquainted
with every farmer within a radius of
seve‘ral miles.
I distinctly remember while living at
Souihport, of covering o piece of land
thickly with fill! hay during the winter
season and plowing it under in the spring:
and planting Nova Scotia or Blue Nose
potatoes. No other manure was used.
The product was satisfactory—over four
hundred bushels to the here. The crop
was marketed in New York. _ But there
wore no rot or potato bugs then. During
infresidence at Southpurt I learned the
value of sedge, salt grass and sea weed,
as fertilizers for the soil. This crop was
produced on land directly opposite
Southport. and about midway between
’ are formrd of a paste composed of corn-
statement in the whole business is Mrs-
At roll |idr li Wm- v- 5 WIN
bottom was a fine. sit, or ii n’lix'il-l of
sand and mini. In explor'll r- the noun -
one channels tmong these sedge Islands
in ‘ . Washington,” l to
fortunate as to discover a bed of lot-oil lls
oysters of an acre or still extent. For
flirt-e years I liixu:inll (1 upon ibosr-
dcliCI .. bivalves. The secret ,ll' iiir-ir
existence was shared other
person. They WI-ru . to “ink -,” and
I l- is two methods of “takiiu.” ihlm.
One was iojplacc them on a pile of brush
and roast them—a feast an 'epicntc miplil
envy The other was to fill a deep shell
with pepper sauce; then dip the oyster
in the sauce and swallow it, feeling‘much
as Thackeray did under the same circum-
stances, who thought he had swallowui
a young baby. 1 look back longingly to
those halcy on days. Wonder if lIlul. nyl—
ier bed is still in existence: 8. 'B. Q.
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ARTIFIGIAL EGGS.
“This is a wonderful age l” exclaimed
a gentleman as he put aside the nevvs-
paper he was reading in the car. “At.
last they are manufacturing eggs so
exactly like the hen product that no one
can tell the arlificialdrom the natural. I
have just read all about the ‘new indus-
try' in the papri. Dear me, VII-at nixl ?'
Unquestionably a very large number of
readers were lid to believe the story, so
adroitly put by a faceiioul writer in the
Detroit Free Press, regarding the man-
ufacture of hens’ eggs. The joke has
gone the round of the English press,- and
but. few doubters have Con!" tothe front
to dispute the statement. The English.
as a rule. are incapable of appreciating,
or even under: tending, American jokes.
They gobble down all our audit, absurd
improbable news-paper stories, and look
at i-acb other in wonder.
This egg story is published in so highly
respectable a journal as the London
Farmer,and this is the ways it is describ-
ed :
"The manufacture of artificial eggs
scrr-ss the Ailaniic is largely increasing;
and one istablisbmrnt alone turns out.
upwards of 1,000 every hour. The yclks
flour, starch, and other materials. The
whites are made of albumen, and are
chemically identical with the whites of
realeggs. 'The inner skin is a film of
gelaline; and the shell is of plaster-of-
Paris, and is somewhat thicker than the
original. The yclk is first rolled into a
ball, and frozen hard -. then it. is enclosed
in the albumen, anti submitted to a rapid
rotatory motion, which makes it. a proper
ovoid form, and again it. is frtlZcu. It. is.
then dipped into the gelatine, and after
lbatinio the plaster, which; while drying
rapidly, relains the form after the
contents have meltcv. Ii is said, that, in
point of their, the t-ggs cannot be dis
liuuuisbed from the real article; while
they will keepgocd foryesis, and are not
so easily brokcn. Thty can be flavored
to ftbt‘mble durhs’ eggs; but up to the
present. it is stated that. ‘even the most
assiduons I1! u had failed to produc chicks
from these compounds.”
The western joker Will be encouraged
to try his hand again in the “delusion”
line; anrl his next venture We shall look
for with interest . '
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Odd Sort of “American Gentlemen.”
A sensational divlirce casein these quiet
days is a boon to the lovers of sensation,
and Miller agtf Joy had many points of
rather uncommon interest, not to speak
of a verdict. for £2,350 in favor of ii plain—
tiff who is a middle-aged woman and cast
l R by another man. Perhaps it is this
other man who is to the American public
the most striking feature of the whole
case. It. had been agreed between the
counsel that he should be known as the
“American gentleman,” and for a while
he was referred to by everybody in this
anonymous way. By and by the plaintiff,
under the sting of crass-examination,
blurted out the name, and lol it is Mr.
Clinton Winans. Now, Winans is an
American name, to which there belongs
in England an unpleasant notoriety. Mr.
Ross Winans is always mentioned when
hard things have to be said about Scottish
deer-forests. Mr. Clinton Winans, it ap-
pears, is Mr. Ross Winan’s brother. Be
it. was who misledflts. Miller, then known
by the unromantic name of Dredge, whose
occupation was to sell perfumery and
gloves at a well-known shop in Burling-
ton Arcade, ' She lived With him fiva
years and had a child by him; then Mr.
Clinton Winans married another wcman ;
there was a quarrel, a scene in the Lung-
hsm hotel. an action fordamages, and a
compromise which gave Miss Dredge, or
Mrs. Miller, or Madame Revillon (for she
went by all three names), a sum of £1,250
and an annuity. It is natural that Mr.
Winans should have preferred the history
of all these incidents to be disclosed, if
disclosed it. must be, without any mention
of his name. But. the must extraordinary
Miller’s assertion that Mr. Clinton Winans
could not read or write. He was twenty.
five years old. Is there another native
American of Mr. Winans' position and
means bf whom the same thing could be
said—[L Indon Correspondence New York
Tribune.
.
no low-paper at Ilene.
Wiih‘each day that. passes the news
paper grows more and more an educator,
and the extent to which it has become
so can hardly be realized. A few years
ago it was considered a luxury, but there
are few homes now that are so poor as not
to count a newspaper among its belong
ings. In fact, in many houses it is the
principal reading. A business man,
weary with care, will hlsitaie about
beginning a book. It scents a herculean
trek to go through with all those pages,
attractive though they may appear, but
he will take up his paper, cull puch
articles as may take his fancy, and then
lay _it down at any moment without
hesitation. In the intervals of her
house-keeping cares the wife catches it
up and reads an article here and there to
learn what isgoing on in the great outside
world. The boy and girl want to see
each day’s news, and so the daily or
weekly journal goes the round of the
family while the bank rests securely on
its shelf.-——Toledo Blade.
#6.“
A Disastroul Dairy Experiment.
Two Boston girls read in a paper that a
farmer took a goat to a country fair and
received the premium for the best butter.
They at once emigrated to Colorado, rent-
ed a ranch, stocked it with fifty billy
goats, and awaited results. After follow-
ing the herd about. for a mouth, and not
being .able to pick up a single pound of
marketable butter, they sold out and went
back to their brown bread and beans in
disgust at the mean, hateful, contrary
gain—[Bismarck Tribune. '
W
Dr. Wisliart’l Pine Tree TarOCordisl has
entirely cured me of kidney disease, says
Mr. D. B. Grim of Sharpsburg, Md. No
doubt your druggist can tell ,you of other
similar cases,
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The disagreeable operation of forcing liq-
uids into the head. and the use or cxmting
snufi's, are being superseded by E_ly’s Cream
Balm, a euro for catarrb, colds in tho head
and hay favor. Price ‘0 coats.
'uttcntion to the subject of atmospheric
I must have freed himself. There wsssiill
Apply info ultras with tho finger.
AGE OF Ok'S'i‘I'lTlfi.
The natural form of the oysters life is
not known, but there is reason to believe
THE
that it: may extend to twenty years or
more. Anexoellent authority, Professor“
Mobius, is of opinion that most of the
adult Schleswig oysters are from seven {to
ten years old, and that, though oysters
over twenty years of age are rare, he has
met with occasional specimens which had
attained between twenty-five and thirty
,.em_ 0
Oysters breed long before they are full
grown, very probably in the first year of
their age, certainly in the second. Their
productivity appears to reach its maximum
at five or six years, and afterwards to do-
cliae; but much further observation is
heeded before any definite rules can be
laid down on this subject.
I suppose that when the sapirl and slip-
pery munch—which is and is gone, like a
flash of gustatory Summer lightning—
glides along the palate, few people imag-
ine that they are swallowing a piece of
machinery (and going machinery, too)
greatly more complicated thanawatch.
But so itis; tho oyster possesses repre-
sentatives of all the most important organs
1
7.»‘
n I .
ainsolutely Pure.
This Powder never vlir’cs. A iilan'ei of
purity, strength, and wiit-lesor-ieness. More
economicallhun the ordin .ry kinds. .- mloan-
nol. be sold in competition with the multitaoe
of the higher animals, and is CDdOW‘BdAJot low test,slmrtweizht, all“!!! or phosphate
withcorrespondingfunctions. The“love.-l"
of the oyster ” may be mythical, andwe
may oven be sceptical as to its parental
tenderness ; but no parent can take greater
care of its young. And though. the oys-.
tier seems the type of dull animal veg-
etation in its adult condition, it passes
through a vagabond, if not a. stormy
youth, between the time in which it; is
sheltered by the parental roof and that in
which it“‘ranges itself" as a grave and
sedentary member of the oyster com-
munity.
PEREOUB
LEAFS.
Curious as it may seem, it is not gener-
ally known by theatre audiences that the
“perilous leaps,” “ terrific scaling of
precipices," and other similar feats which
fall to the lot of the hero or heroine of the
play are in almost every case performed
by a dummy. Thus, if. is not the prima
(loans, who, in “ In Sonambula," walks
in her sleep across the bridge at the back
of the stage, nor in the “ Romance of a
Poor Young Man ” is it the leading man
who takes the flying leap from a tower,
but in each cases. carefully dressed dummy
whose bones are not particularly precious.
They tell this story of a “ Mazeppa " per~
formahce in the old days, which shows
how this theatrical trick sometimes results.
A celebrated star was playing the piece,
and had a circus rider made up to look
like him to do the riding. Of course the
audience supposed the rider to be the
star. In those days the runs up the
mountains were elaborately arranged, and
the flight of the wild horse was a startling
incident. One night the horse fell with
the rider, crashing from the flies 'to the
stage. The curtain was rung down, and
presently the star was led before it, stag-
gering as though badly injured, and said
thshin spite of the fall, he would endeavor
to finish the play. And he did so, amid
frantic applause. The poor circus-rider
lay in the hospital four weeks.
THE ALASKAN VOLCANO.
A gentleman who is greatly interested
in science, and who has given considerable
phenomena, states that the recent peculiar
sunsets are, without mueh‘doubt, due to
the late volcanic eruption in Alaska.
Ashes from that eruption have been car-
ried all over Japan and beyond, and sim-
ilar coloring of the skies has been observed
there. During the eruption in Java sim~
ilar coloring was exhibited in difl'erent
parts of the world and as far east as Pan-
ama. The beauty of many of the Italian
sunsets are held to be due to ashes from
the desert. Our own sunsets, therefore,
are supposed to have been caused by the
particles of ashes coming from the Alaskan
volcano. These are carried in the upper
currents of the air, and form, as it were, a.
canopy. In the ordinary position the
sunlight passes through this stratum with
out producing a visible efl'ect; but when
the light is below the stratum, as atosuu—
rise or sunset, and the rays strike the
under surface of the ash-laden current,
the solid particles form an extended re-
flecting surface. The sunlight is thus
thrown back upon the earth, and causes
the beautiful sunsets which have been so
much admired.
W
EARLY RELIGIOUS DISPUTES.
To us many of the metaphysical points
connected with the Trinitarian controversy
and the nature of God 'are unintelligible,
as they are tmtranslatable into English,
or even Latin. The endless disputes
about the meaning of the words “Father,"
“Son,” “begotten,” “unbegotten,” of a
like nature “Homoiousios,” and of the
same nature “Homoousios,” raged in
every little public house in Alexandria.
Men were more eager about it than they
are about Popery,.or ritualism, or any
other ism of our day. Gregory or N yssa
records how, when you went to ask the
price of bread, the baker seemed quite of!
his head, and would answer, “The Son
arose out. of nothing." Or, when you in-
quired if your bath was ready, the bewil-
dered slave would observe that the “ Son
was subordinate to theFather. ” Mobs went
about the streets shouting for the “ Hom~
oiousion,” and broke the heads of the
mobs whom they met shouting for the
“ Homoousion." The Emperor's statues
were thrown down, and the permeable in-
habitants complained bitterly to the con-
stabulary that breaches of the peace took
place, with impunity, and that quiet folk
could hardly go about unmolested.
compo W
A Modern Ham. . .
A rocent writer in one of the religious
journals tells the following story of Sis
tor Simplice, a nun of the Order of Bon
Becourse : '
Five years ago she bad in charge the
little children of a gentleman near Paris.
She was walking with them in the garden,
when a sound in the shtubbery near by
caused her to start and turn pale. She
knew that the fierce dog which the owner
of'Ibe chateau should have kept chained
time enough; she could easily_ rescha
place ,of safety. Ah, but the children!
she will not leave them. She gathers
them about her hurriedly and perhaps
gains a few yards toward the house. It
is too late. The huge creature is in sight,
bounding toward them with red eyes and ,
foaming mouth—mad. What did she d. ?
There was but one thing for a Sister of
Good Help to do. With one grand sweep
she thrust. tbecbildren behind her, and
c ying aloud for kid, but never yisldirg
an inch, faces the brute without a quiver;
He springs upon her; her little waits
hands are entwined in his long hair, while
the savage, cruel jaws open and clots
vimoully. Perhaps the children cried;
perhaps you could hear nothing but. the
fi- rce, mad snarl of the dog as he hit, and
the poor cries of the little sister now
growing very weak; but. she would not
let go her hold, for there were the chil-
dren. I wish you could hear the story
as we heard it. in tremulous, broken Eng-
lish, from her who herself nursed Sister
limplicc during the month of agony
through which she lived. Just before
her death she turned to those by her bed
and sad: .
“I was so glad—I-could do it. I
would do it—agaiu—agsin."
horn. BAK-
poivdcrs. Sold only in cans
Y. lyl3
1x6 Powmrn Co.,108 Walt at. \
. . IMPORTANT
TO THOSE WHO “’18“ TO PURCHASE
lll ll
Ihavc been eng (red in the
manufacture of Confectionery
about six months and selling at
wholesale ouly,but 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 as Pure Sugar Candy can be
sold. People do not realize the
depraved character of some of
the Candy sold throughout this
country. Much of it is made our
of term alba or ell/tile clay with
.enough gum to stick it together.
one. gh sugar to sweeten 'it, and
enough coloring matter to make
it look gay. ’
Ihavc also the usual line of
103/ Boo/cs and holiday publica-
tions. Chaitellbomcs, 5 different
kinds, ranging in price from 50c
to $1.00. A beautiful line of
Boa; Paper. Diarictfor 1883 is
endlessr variety ranging in price
from 100 to $3.00, and every
thing in the smoking line.
Very Respectfully, .
S. K. STANLEY. '
No. 43 Vail st.
Norwalk, Dec. 18, 1882.
nuns vs specs FIC MEIIICINE.
I'RADE ”AR; THE GREAT AMERICAN
_ REMEDY. An unfailing
cure for for Seminal Weak-
ness. Snermatorrhrna, Impn~
." tency and all Discasesol‘Sclio
Abuse: as than 01' Memory,
Universal thsitude,Paia In
the Back. Dimhcss of Vision,
_. Prematureuld Aucmnd many
4:, \ , other diseases that lead to In-
sanity or Consumption and a
BEFORE 'I'Allll', Premature Grave.
BEWARE ol' advertisnients'l’RADE MAR
to refund mom-y, when drug-
uists from whom the medicine
is bought do not'rcfund, out
refer you to the manuilictur-
era, and the requiremen's are
such that they are seldom if
ever. complied with. , Sec-their
written guarantee. A trial of
one single uackayc 01 Gray’s .52. _\ 1
Specific will convince themost * ‘
skrprtcui or its real merits. AFTER ‘I'AIIIG.
On account of counteri‘otts, we. have adopt-
ed thc Yellow wrapper: the only genuine.
H'Fuil particulars in our pamphlet , which
w-- depire to send free by mail to every one.
“The Specific Medicine is sold by all «true-
gist: at $1 per package. or six packages rnrss.
or will he sentirec by mail on the receipt of“
the money, by addressing THE GRAY M ED]-
CIN It‘. Go . Bufi‘alo \i. Y. Salli by GEO n,
PLAISTED, cor. Main and Wall stl,Norwulk.
and 6:: Washington st. 80. Nprwalk.
PENSIGNS
And all other claims on U. S. Govrrnmcnt
promptly attended to. Any disabling in-
jury or disease entities to a pension. Re-
jected claims‘ a specially. Every day's
delay counts against. non-applicants.
Charges of dcsertion can be removed for
cause. Every honest claim will succeed.
W. H. NOBLE. Bridgeport. Otfiice at 91
Stratford Avenue. ,
G-U I O N L I N E
u. 3. min. srnanlns
‘ r on
Quecnstown and Liverpool.
Leaving Pier as N. 1’... fool: of King St.
ARIZONA
ALAS K A WISCONSIN
These Steamers are built of Iron, in water
tight compartments,aud are furnished with
every requisite to make the passage across ‘
the Atlantic both safe and agreeable, hav-
ing Bath Room. Smoking Room, Drawing
Room, Piano and Library, also experienced
Surgeon, Stewarricss and Caterer on each
Steamer. The Stateroom: are all on deck,
thus insuring those greatest ofall luxuries
at sea, perfect ventilation and light. Cabin
Passage (according to Stateroom) :60, .80
and '100; Inte‘rmediate, “0; Stecragc at low
rates.
Williams &: Gulon,
,' 0filces.‘20 Broadway, N.Y,
A .H. Byinmon & Sons,
Agents.
Jor. 01' West Avenue and
Berkeley Place.
Third house below the Methodist Church.
Office If n
to a". in. ours from 7 to 9 a, 111., 2:0 3mm] ,
a. H. calamari. n.
[Homeopathic Physician rind surgeon.
Residence in the Charles Isak
‘ . . cs Hom
Wall st.. horwlilk, Ct. estead.
Office hours till 91).. m..l 1.03 and 7 to 8p. in
Dr.'l'.E SWIFT,
DENTIST.
\rliiicinl teeth without. plates by the perfect
Crowning system. ’
omens; Qo-idcnce No. 9 West Ave.
tr argin. Hand cell. ‘ '
.ukLEX. 9:5. G15 "ON,
Organist if the First Congregational Cturch
Teacher of
Piano-Forte. (Duran and Musical
. iroinponhlon,
Lock Box 39. P.”.. NORWALK.CONN.
w. s. QUINTA an,
FURNISHING HNDERTAKEB
EMBiiMEIi
. . OPPOSITE HORSE R. ILDEPOT.
Residence H3 Maih St. Telephonecounectian.
To the Public.
Bint ‘ lfirst and only one in this place
.0 cm is I“ the dead sueccustull I we to
call the attention or the‘puhlic to rhiz’siicc‘tlass
{'havc attained. A man by the name oi’ Wm.
.‘ oorc was drowned at. the propeller dock on
Saturday eveniug.Sept. 22d. The body in...
biouglit_to my place and embaimed by me.
Altl-l‘ being seen by hundreds at people dur-
ing th . week, itwas buried on ~u
. hdav So I.
31st, in a. remarkable stale of )rescri'titionltfi
days-aftehr‘dcptliu-”WM. E. UlrilARl).
ADAMS BROTHERS,
Dealers in
kill it VEGETABLES.
_ N". 22 MAIN S‘II‘IREET.
Fish and game in their various seasons.
All goods prornptl“ delivcrc i' '
a Specialty. ' ‘ Low 11);?
NE W. 3L4. RKET /
No. 6 Main Street, Norwaik,(‘t.
THE BEST 01“
Beef, Veal. Mutton, Lamb, Pork.
dams, POULTRY dim. alwa ‘s on hand
very lowest markc't prir-«s. ROAD”) 01 still
kind}; in this season. Try me; I will try to suit
[tart Limit W001). late With Adams Bros
BERNARD COHbl,
Merchant Tailor
WEEK’S BUILDING, WALD. ST” '
A FULL LINE 01"
Im orted & Domestic Cloths
o: r. 8. latest styles. constantly on hand.
Novelties in scotch Suitinirs. Satisfaction
cunt-unwell in every particular.
it. Belden not...
illtll’llfll llllll Cruisellli at Law
Room No. 4, [In stain,
GAZETTE RUILDING, NORWALK.
HOYT & MEEKER,
54 if! A [N S'Ifin EET.
SOUTH NORWAI.K. «‘1‘,
T PRACTICAL PLUMBLRS.
Steam and Gas Fitters. Dealers in Plunibcrs’
and Steam Fittl-rs’ Supplies
and Gas rixtnres.
Jobbing promptly attended to.
1y2l
AMERICAN HOUSE.
J. C. COLLINS, -- ~ - PROPI’JETOR
16 Main slrenl, Nor-walk, (lonn.
We are prepared to furnish meals at all
hon rs and at. lowest possible rates. in the best
manner. Oysters aS‘ueI-iaity. Good accom-
modation for transient. You willdoweli to
give unit call in3
file llorwallr Fire Insurance 60.
. Has now compieteu its
lStt Successful Business Your
Anti has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid
Imam or of chums for losses. No saund
company insures at lotver rates.
W .u .srnau'r. Pres. S. E.01.MsrnAD,Treas.
GEO. 8.. Uownns.oen’v .
P. W. BATES
AT HIS
MARBLE ll GRAN ITEYA RD
01:. Wafer Street.
HAS NE‘WDESIGNS 1N.
Head Stones, Monuments and
all kinds of'Mem-arfal Work.
on. o. HITCHLOC-K, l
CALI. AND SEE THEM. IOlf
Only the Best:
W. A. VOGEL,
Manufacturing Pharmacist,
AN 1"
WHOLESALE AN 1) RETAIL
Druggist,
21 Main Street, Nor-walk, Ct.
None but. absolutely pure and
perfectly fresh and reliable medi-
cinal preparations, Drugs and
Chemicals
A complete stock of
American and Foreign Patent
Medicines
Perfumery and Toilet Articles.
Prescriptions compounded at
all hours by careful, experienced
and skilled pharmacists only.
Prices Reasonable! 611130
Agent for Dr. Holland’s
fever and ague pills, an in-
fallible remedy for chills
and fever, dumb ague, and
all forms of malaria.
PETER L. GUIGUE,
FLORIST till] it llllllll
ION A VEN UE.
North of Norwalk Cemetery,
NGRWALE, CONN.
Dealer in Green House and! Hot House and
Bedding and‘Vege-able Plan ts. Fruit and Cr
uamcnl a1 Trees, Shrubbery, Vines Cut Flow-
ers always on hand and all sorts of designs in
Flowers arrange-l to order.
Grading and Re-fitting Cemetery Plots
prom ti attended to.
lly'll p 3 .
Orient PulmOnaire!
Orion! Pnlmnnalre cures Asthma.
Orient Palm-mun cures Bronchitis.
diner-l. rulmouulre cures Coughs and
Hoars‘ness. '
II rlcnl Pulmonalre cures all ‘Throat
and Lung Troubl. a.
III-fem Pulmonalre contains no pow-
erful snort} he .
Orle u | Pu lmonnlre is pleasant to takb.
"rte-1|. Pnlmoualre is speedy in its
effects.
orient Pnlmonnlre is manufactured by
PORTER & BENEDICT,
Loc Box 547, WATERBURY, CONN.
PHILADELHIA BRANCHz—i37 W. 3d St
41—6m ‘
PATENTS.
A. M. WOOSTER,
Late Examiner U. S. Patent Office,
436 Main St..cor.Fairfield Ave,
RIDGEORT. CONN. Having had eight
years experience in'the Patent. business, 1
am preparedto give my personal attention to
all matters intrusted to me before the Pat‘-
ent Office and the Courts. 13752
J- G. PETER.
Dealer in Firm—Class
BflLflllNAS till SAUSAGES.
Shipping Orders Promptly Attended To.
259 DELANCEY ST.
2m50 NEW YORK CITY.
TNA l NSUBANCE Co. or HART-
FORD. Incorporated 1812. Charter
Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, 88.902.212.64
insuresagainst loss and damage by Fire, on
terms adopted to the hazard and consistent
With the laws of compensation. COWLLS
Q \IERKILL, Sole Agents for Norwaik and
vicinity.
Geo. Ward Selleck,
Basin his New Store.
HARDEIIBGGI’S HEW ILOGI, "All. SIIEE'I’
A complete assortmentot the best class of
GBUCEHIES.PB'0VIS|0NS.FBUITS
mentor family use,at Popular Prices. His
stock is at all times ircsh and goodmnd will
'stand comparison with those of any Grocer
in town. Call-in and leave your orders ‘28“
RSI ‘
An Immense Variety for the Holiday Trade, at
FAN CHER’S.
Warm Wool. Lined Shoes for Winter wear
AND
- Rubber Goods of every description.
Flllll Halli-Milli Bills illlll Sills lll all widths, llll lltlllll
. Ill lllllilll ll] fll‘lllll. '
Men’s Heavy Boots, ‘ - —' — — $2.00 and up
Men’s Calf Boots, - - - - - 2.00 and up
Men’s Congress Shoes, - - - - 1.00 and up
Ladies’ Button Shoes, - - - - 1.00 and up
Carpet Slippers, with Solid Leather Soles, - - 25 cts.
TRUNKS,SATCHELS, LEATHER AND FINDINGs.
EUGENE FANCHER,
17 Main Street, NOrvéralk.
Sign of the Golden Boot. ‘
2win2wn—38
. SPECIAL NOTICE.
JESSE HOPSON,
MANUFACTURER OF
FIN-E CABBIAGES.
Coaches, Landau
Landaulets, Broughams. MailPli-aatons, '1‘ Carts,
Village arts, Hearses and Undertaker’s Wagons.
He would call the attention of those desiring Fine Carriages in any style and
design, that be has had a practical eperience of twenty-five years in the manu~
factuize of Fine Carriages, would also invite attention of Liverymen and Under-
takers to his very Fine Hearses and Undertnker’s Wagons of the latest and most
approved designs.
He would also inform them that he was manager for theYoule
Hearse Mfg. Co., for 10 years and is now sole proprietor.
Carriage Repairing in all its Branches.
JESSE HOPSON.
'P. 0.30X 216,‘ 1,, NORWALK. CONN.
REAL ESTATE.
-m~~;-..~- M_,..W
To Rent.
HE upper part of a house on Warren
Street. Five rooms. Rent low. Enquire
at this office. mu
To Let.
THE‘ lower part of the house corner of
Union and Beidcn avenues.
Enquire at
3“?" LCCKWOOD’S MARKET.
39“
To Let
ROOMS '1'0 RENT in Brick Buildingin
Leonard street. Possession 'imme-
diutely. Enquire 01 C. T. LEONARD & SUN
May 7th, 11583.
For Sale Cheap.
WILL besold at a Bargain,i1‘ applied for
soon a pmali, neat Cottage, of six rooms.
in fipod neighborhood, and three minutes’
82131.18}; the Bridge. Apply at GAZETTE.
To Let.
THE large, commodious front. room in
Gazette Bulldlllfi just vacated by Francis
Mckeon. Full particulars of
B.J. STUBGES.
fulfill! AfBaitaill!
A desirable dwellin
. house and 30 acres of
good iand,ni h gr-lun ‘10 minute- drive from
d pol. Goo out houses, large variety of
iruit. two good wells. spring water. Price
very reasonable. Enquire o1 ‘
TH E MESSENGER,
blew Canaan. Conn.
For Sale or to Let.
The Coal Yard and Sheds, with large
Storehouse and office near A. J Meeker
6: Bros’. yards on Norwalk river, Noi-
walk, Conn. Enquire of
O. E. WILSON,
Room 3, Gazette Building,
3136
35 ff
ForISale or to Rent.
A House and One Acre of Land, on‘ Pros-
pent, Hill.
May be had on reasonable terms. Apply to
E W STUART.
Norwalk, March 15th, 138]. ' ' 12::
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Desirable Property for Ste.
A. Very desircblc placeon EastAvenuc. ‘~
Also, a few chotcc Building Lots situat-
- ed on Osborn Avenue. for sale cheap.
Also. a. nicely located House and Lot on
Mel-I'll] Street near West Avenue,for sale
at a bargain. Enquire of '
S. E. US.BUBN,East Avenue,
tfll or to D. W. Fitch, W est Avenue.
For Sale.
A. SPLENDIQ country seat situated in the
town of Wilton, Within 6 minutes walk
of the South Wilton depot. and 3}; miles from
Norwaik. This place has 6 acres of good
land With abundance of‘ well selected
fruit trees, and 300chotcegrape vines,alliu
stood bearing condition, lar e gardens and
excellent well of water. ouse large and
convenient with 16 rooms besides plintries
and closets in abundance, cellar large and
dry. The barn and wa on house are nicely
arrunlzed. This place wi I be sold cheap and
on easy terms. Enquire of
GEO. F. QUIN’I‘AR‘D,
Norwaik Shirt. Manufactory.
South Wilton, February 26th, 1383. list!
For Sale.
IIVHE elegant building site at. Norwalk.Con-
necticut, belonging to the Estate of' the
late Henry '1‘. Morgan. purchased by him dur-
ing his lire-time, upon which to build his
country rcstdence. containing 9% acres. on
high (Found, with extensive views of Long
lsian Sound. fine old shades. This plot is
capable of being subdivided into several sites
of one or two acres eachmnd islocated on the
green opposite the residence or the liev. S. B.
S. Bisscll,’and known as the St. John’s place.
This property is highly recommended for it
gentleman’s familyy residence, and is within
1}; hours of New on City, and in one "film
largest and most flourishing towns in Connec-
ticut; price, 812.000. Apply to F. ST. JOHN
LHChWOOD, Fair-field County Bank, Nor-
walk, Conn., or HOMER MORGAN, No. 2
Pine St., New York. tfis
Farm for Sale.
I-IE subscriber offers his Farm for sale,
situated in the Town of Greenfield, in
Saratoga 00., In the state 01 New York, nine
miles from Saratoua 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 loft over the
same.23 by 43, and grainery 16 by 18. Will
be sold cheap; part of the purchase mone
can remain on mortgage if desired, or wil
exchange for village property. For further
particulars inquire of SI LAS P. TUTTLE,
tfbl Norwsfk.Conn.
West Avenue Property
For Sale.
HE large, elegant mansion on West Ave-
inue. (known as the Dimon estate)
containing fifteen rooms, all finished
off in the most substantial manner with all
the modern improvements. The rooms are
lot 9 and conscious. ceilings high, and in ex-
cel em. condition. the piazza extends across
the entire front; and the walks and lawns
are very fine. Shade goodnmd the location
the finest in the Borough. The grounds are
about 156 feet front and contain about two
acres of land. fl‘hereisa s lendid burn or. the
premises,anri_in and or er. Must be seen
to be axfinreciate . Call on BENJAMIN J.
STURG 5 for permission to examine. Stf
Bliiifiiiils
FOR sALE
On Wilton Avenue
Apply to
B. J. STUBGEII, or 0. E. WILSON
Ga. ettc Building. “if
BROTHERS’
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CROSS CREEK COAL
RAYMON;
mm: H. sacrum,
F L O R I S. Ct:
EAST SIDE 01" MAIN ST, SOUTH
. ”RAILROAD,
City of'South Nor-walk, Conn
“Plants & Flowers alallseasons
Flowers for Funerals furnished and taste
fully muted noun-at short notice.
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corsoxm: or NINETT-stx VICTIMS;
To those who believe that the practice '
of Thuggee has been completely put
down in-India, the story of Sharfu, whose
career of crime has. just terminated by his
being sentenced to transportation for life, .
will come’ as an unpleasant revelation.
Sharfu was the son of a butcher in
a. small village in the Punjab, and when
yetaboy he developed a marked taste
not only for gambling, but even for card
sharping. At the age of 18, having quar.
relled with his father, he left; his native
village and attached himself to a. party of
horse dealers. He then joined the Bareilly
police, but was shortly afterward sen-
tenced to fifteen months’ imprisonment
for injuring his wife, the daughter of
Tlmktu' whom he .had abducted In the
Bareilly jail he came into contact with
Tikka Ram, the head of a band of pois-
oners in the nozthwest provinces. On
their recovering their liberty they re-
sumed operations together, making their
headquarters in the town of Agra. After
' six years' work of imdeilected crime, of
which the details have not been revealed,
the two fell out, and Sharia joined the
police force again, only, however, to be
dismissed in a few months.
It was after this occurrence that he re-
sumed his operations as professional
poisoner on his own account. His mode
of working was simple. Disguising him-
self as a wellvto-do native of Curie, he
used to \vaylay and enter into cbnvcrsa-
tion with those natives of the province
who happened to be returning with ‘their
savings. His favorite scene of operation
was on the Grand Trunk road. Once he
had struck up a companionship with
these unsuspecting travellers it was an
easy matter to take food with them, and
Sharfu rarely failed to introduce the
opium or dhafura needed to drug his vic-
tims, whom he speedily relieved of their
savings. Most of fhese unwary persons
recovered when pursuit was useless, but
many of them died. His operations be-
tween the years 1867 and 1872 were par-
ticularly numerous and successful; and
official reports recognized the extent. to
which Thuggee prevailed in the Punjab
(lining that period. In July, 1881, his
secret was revealed by Tikka Ram’s Wife.
with whom he had been living for four-
teen years; anti he had only just suffi-
cient warning to make a'hurried retreat
into Ilajpootana. There be renewed his.
old. practices, and placed his service: at
the disposal of thobe who had inconven-
ient relatives to get rid of, and who would
pay handsomely for the dangerous work.
He long bafled the pursuit; of the officials.
and it was not until the present your that
he was discovered, through the infirm,
mentality of Tikka- Rum, undergoing a.
short term of imprisonment in Agra jail
under a different name.
Brought up for trial at Loodiana, he
admitted his guilt in ninety-six cake-l of
murder or mugging, and arm :~_-.cntr-nnl_l._l
to death, which was afterward modifier". to
transpm‘tation for life. Sharf'
impunity shows the great dill
detecting crime in I Idle, at the r». . -:1
that it reveals the extensive org: '
which criminals have formed in the Prui-
jab stall event-s. Much light has recently
been thrown by Dr. Leitner on the urgm‘
which thieves in the Punjab have framed
for their own use and of which Govern-
ment officials are absolutely ignorant.
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THE COLOR 01" “’ATER.
Two theories are advanced to expirin
the blue color of water when seen in l
masses, one. held by Professor 1"
being that small solid particles an ‘ .
in the water do not reflect the lower or
red rays of the Spectrum. According to
the other theory, the color is due to the
absorbent action of the water itself on
the white light before and after relic: "
by these particles. The results of 0..
iments made by Mr. John Alt-kin,
presented to the Royal Society, Eng-1 .
Show that the latter theory is golfing
the more correct one. The grad? -’
number of white reflecting particle". 11in
greener the water appears to be. :lijtl
hence the gradual deepening of the greet:
to blue as the shore is left. The waters
of Lake Chino owe their darkness to the
absence of reflecting particles. as Mr.
Aitkcn ingeniously proved by scallori
finely-divided chalk in the 0011133763. of that ‘
lake, thereby producing a very brilliant
blue. The brilliant);~ depends on thr-
color of: the particles, :1an is greatest with
white particles. Among coral reel".
which are generally Shown with white
sand, the water also takes a. very briI-
lilmf; blue or green. The dull tinge
of English river waters is due to the
dingy character of the suspended Silt;
but springs have often a. bright color,
- owing to the whiteness of the chalk sus-
pended in them. .
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METALIZATION 0F WOOD.
This process, which has lately been in-
vented in France, consists in soaking the
wood in caustic alkali for two or three
days at a temperature of from 167 degrees
til-194 degrees Fahrenheit. At; the expira-
tion of this time the wood is placed in
another bath, of hydro-sulphate of calcium.
to which is added. after twenty-form
hours, a concentrated solution of sulphur.
In forty-eight hours the wood is immersed
in a third bath, of acetate of lead, at a.
temperature of from 95 degrees to 122 de-
grees Fahrenheit, for thirty to fifty hours.
When it is quite dry, it is capable of re-
ceiving a wonderful polish, and looks like
a metal mirror. Wood treated in this
way is practically indestructible and never
decays with (lamp.
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A Room.
Despite the popular opinion to the con-
trary, families rarely join the Mutual Ad-
miration Society as to one another. In
what Miss. Bremen cells so beautifully
the Innermost, people are apt, to be any-
thing butheroesundheroines. Relatives
grow accustomed to each other-‘3 charms
and talents, and we believe Sir Charles
Grandison, the hero of a novel writtenin
the days of Franklin’s apprenticeship,
was perhaps the only brother, even of
that date, who constantly informed his
sisters that “ their charms were only
equalled by their sensibility.” Usually,
at home, Apollo Belv'idere would not be
considered particularly handsome, nor
Solomon much wiser than anybody else ;
and perhaps Job might be spoken of as
having made quite enough fuss about
those boils of his, and asked if he could
try to be more patient. In fact, if p80—
ple want to be admired they must exhibit
themselves to strangers. “ 0111' folks"
are not the people to flatter vanity to any
great degree. Yet, after all, home is the
only place where love dwells, whore peo—
ple really care whether you live or die,
where you have help and sympathy in
real trials. Though the world should
ring with your name, the annotmcement
of your death would be read without a
sigh, between two mouthfuls of toast, by
your most; ardent admirers; and those-
who call you charming or delightful, who!
are “so happy” to see you, who are lion-
ored or flattered by your notice Should
you achieve some reputation, would per—
haps be chiefly interested in the fact that
through somebody’s indiscretion they
had actually found out your £1111 age:
while those who never flattered you would
lament you fo revor. There is, after all, ,
I10 Place. like home.
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