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RWALK, CONN, TUESDAY, APRIL, 15 1884.
W. A. TOLLES Ass clan Editor
. Spring in the (lity.
The shed is on the market stand,
The birds begin to sing; '5,
The ulster slumbers in the hook ;
They tell me this is spring.
The “dude” appears in raimont swell,
The buds sweet premise bring;
‘To LET" is seen on many ahouu ;
Alli surely this is spring.
‘ J. O. W. in Journal.
. Wilton Farmers’ club.
The lfith meeting of the Wilton
Furmcrs’ club was held at the' residence
of Mr. George Comstock, March 10th.
There were thirty.cight present, about
half of them ladies. The previous ques-
tion was adjourned, viz: “Life on the
Farm." .Mrs. John Jackson agreed to
read a selected poem at this meeting,
which was very appropriate. commencing
with the judicious choice of a wife and
pointing out in a very clear mariner how
to overcome the many discouragements
encountered in life on a farm. It showed
plainly the importance of joining the
Farmers’ club as a means of improvement.
After reading the poem, Mrs. J. presented
her ideas and experiences of a life on a
farm as follows: At the last meeting,
Mr. President, you invited me to say
something; but I refused, as I thought it
was something altogether too absurd. But
the poem I have just read has suggested to
my mind a duty we owe to each other of
each doing our part [0 make life pleasant
and successful on the farm. Is not this
important in order to promote love for
the farm? When 1 hear a person com-
plaining about the discouragements of
farming, I suspect there is something
wrong somewhere. If we cannot find
happiness and contentment on the farmMI \
am afraid We will never find it anywhere.
To be sure there are’discouragementa here
as well as in other pursuits and' profes-
sions; but we ,must have determination
and a will to overcome them, 'and when
this is accomplished how much stronger
and happier we feel The greatest dis-
couragement at present is the desire our
boys have to leave the farm. Do we not
too often hear the sons of farmers oxcluim,
"I will never be a farmer ?" Am I mak-
ing too strong an assertion when I say the
fault is with the farmer himself? The
very course he is taking with his boys is
full enough to drive them away from it.
The farm is the place above all others on
which to bring them up, for there they
. best learn the habits of industry, economy
and patience. The hardships he is called
upon to endure better prepare him to fight
the battles of life. Who are our most
useful and successful business men to day,
but the boys that wore reared on the
farm. In conversation with one of the
most successful merchants in Norwalk, he
said: “If you have boys kee‘p thorn on
the farm as long as you can." Some ask
how are we to do this? My idea is to
give them an inter est in evurythiug on the
farm, and let them feel they are working
for themselves, and then watch the result.-
Give them’ a pair of steers and let them
train them into beautiful and useful
animals, and if they choose to sell them
to make room for others let, them do it,
and don't put the money in your pocket;
that discourages them. Give lt to them
and teach them to make good use of it.
A child thus treated early learns to love
everything about him, especially his
animal pets. Daniel Webster, who stood
so far above his associates in the United
States senate, felt so strong an attachment
for his animals that upon his death bed
he requested them to be driven before his
window that he might look once more
into their honest faces. Avoid excessive
physical labor both for yourself and your
families to the exclusion of social and
intellectual developments. The agricul-
tural papers hringto us all the best minds
of the land. They should be given plenty
of time to read and study, and allowed to
experiment and compare their views with
others. In that way they will be able to
avoid many mistakes and derive much
pleasure and profit from so doing. ,How
we enjoy their weekly visits, and spend
the long winter evenings in perusing their
columns, selecting and fixing in our minds
many suggestions to aid us in our summer
work. ‘Time never hangs heavily upon
one’a hands; in fact, we have not half
time enough. The question is often
asked me by friends in the village, “Are
you not lonely way up them among the
hills?" No. not lonely, but happy and
contented. I would not exchange my
rural home and its freedom for their
stately mansions and privations. There
certainly are attractions, pleasures and
privileges upon the farm that can be found
nowhere else. The pleasures are innu-
merable. Is it not a pleasure for a child
to plant the seed and Watch its develop-
ment into the beautiful growing shoot
that seems to them like something of‘thcir
own creation; and more wonderful still
to them is the budding of that shoot, and
watching again its development from year
to year, until his labors are crowned with
successful fruit. Wouldn’t you suspect
that the pear, or peach, or othbr fruit
would taste better to them grown thus,
than had another planted it P ‘ For him l0
behold his own beautiful tree laden with
fruit that even rivals the fruit of the
tropics. [low wisely has our Heavenly
Father distributed the fruits of the season.
' What ,can be more delicious than the
strawberry, largo, floating in abundance
of pure, fresh, rich cream that can no-
where else he enjoyed to such perfection
as upon the form. Next in order and
not far behind alcthe cherries, and rasp-
berries, thc melting poor, the luscious
peach, honeyed plum, and rosy apple, all
fresh from the use. Then the delicious
Lady grape with her sister Brighton,
Worden, and Concord. Can you think
they were ever intended to pervert their
use by making them into cidcr. wine or
brandy to ruin both body and soul?
There is no danger of a person becoming
intemperatc with an abundance of fruit at
his hand. It satisfies the natural cravings
of the appetite better than anything else
can? do, which are both harmless and
healthful. It does more to enhance
the profits of the farm,". and add to the
health, comfort and happiness of the fam-
ily than anythingfclse that can be obtain-
ed for the some outlay. There can be no
dime-gratifying experiences in life 'than
those found iuswilnessing the successful
results of our labors. Where can it be so
well done as upon the farm ? In order to
obtain these we must learn to be wise,
faithful, Vlgllam.,’.delcfmlpefl,‘fiflfl,§9 bring.
all the practical knowléd'gc we can obtain
to bear upon our labors.
Some of the other ladies expressed
themselves on the subject.
Mrs. Dr. Brady said, this beautiful farm
life legindced very nice, ,but it‘, wants a
fortune to back it up.
Mrs. George Comstock—I think I can
agree with Mrs. J. on the desirability of
farm life.
A demand was made by several of
the members {for the re-reading of the
“Few Thoughts of a Farmer’s Wife,” by
Mrs. D. H. VanHooscar. read at the last
meeting, which was againjread.
Mr. J. R. Sturgea then said: I must
beg to difier from the essayist. After you
have educated your boys for the farm
they will go west ; they’ll not stay here in
rocky New England, and especially on
land as poor as Wilton. Suppose we do
pick up the stones ? Our meadows run
out so quick that we have to re-seed {and
it picking up stones the bigger
part of the time. The boys will go West
where they wont be bothered with stones.
And hired help—it is not as it used to be ,
you've got to rely upon foreign help. We
can’t compete with the rich Western lands.
I can’t see any inducement for a boy to
stay on the farm in New England; and as
for raising crops here, the more I’ve
raised the poorer I grow.
President—W hen we first opened the '
club, in 1878, one of our members said he
did not know what to raise to sell, but
he ' had watched some of our farmers
and concluded it was hay, so he had filled
his barn with it and he coukln't sell it.
But at the next meeting he Said he was
feeling better, for be bad customers now.
Bis talk was published and those in want
of hay knew where to buy.
Samuel Hervin.——My interest in farm
life I must say is on the decline.
John Jackson.—-I can’t sit still and hear
anything raid against farming. I heard
Mr. Sturgea' brother who went West say,
after his return, “I made a mistake; I
ought to have remained in Hurlbutt
street.” "I am told that only two per cent.
of business men succeed. If I should
leave anything, I don't want to know that
it is going in a business that there is dan-
ger of losing it. This is worse than a.
lottery“ Of course I have done much
foolish work. I wouldn’t do it again.
Give the boy an interest. I intend my
boys will have enough when twenty years
of age to buy them a farm. It is not as
hard to farm it with the machinery as it
used to be. Don’t go West. The west-
ern men are looking towards the East.
Those fertile fields of the West are passing
away. Look at Ohio, I believe their av
erage of wheat is about clcvcn bushel,
while Connecticut is eighteen. Don't
buy feltllizcrs. The one who does, if he
hasn’t a mortgage, will have one on his
farm soon. If I had a dozen boys and a
dozen girls I would say, Boys, stay on
the farm; and to the girls, marry farmers.
President.—Do we understand each
other? Ithink'not. One is talking of
forty years ago, the other of present pros
pacts. We don’t want the help we used
to—up early in the mom grinding scythes.
I knew this too often, for when it boy I
had to turn, and [be scythe was dull
enough. I followed shoemaking long
enough to wear the floor (inch pine board)
through where my feet-came, and I know
the troubles of that'trnde They all haw:
them.
Bedlam—I have always livmi in old
Connecticut. l'w: traveled a little, stud-
ied and read more, and find our own state
has as good soil as an y, yet our farms are
poorer than they were, as many claim.
Worn out I there is flu such thing. If we
sow,culuvutc \vcare sure I) reap. We can
raise enough or alumst everything. The
husbandlnau's work is perhaps hard, but
hrulihy. The farm is the place to raise
children. It keeps them from vice.
Dudley—I must sayI liked the poem
lead, which says, first get it good wife. ‘
That's what I um after. I may havcbccn
extravagant ill my talk last week, but I
cannot and will not take it all back. Yet,
perhaps, Ihavn’t yet discovered all the
beauties of farm life.
Adjourned.
The Art 'of Borrowing.
“What are you doing now i” was the
somewhat well-worn question asked by
the reporter of a casual acquaintance
where means of livelihood were uncer-
tain. .
“Do you mean what am I doing for a
living ?"
“Well, yes; how do you do it i"
“I am borrowing, now," was the reply.
“Borrowing ? Not a very paying busi-
ness."
“Why, not? You invest no capital.
and the only special training you require
is a fair knowledge of the world. ‘The
proper study for mankind is man,’ you
know.i How is it done? You must be
born with a faculty for it. Now, ordi-
narily, when a man wants to borrow a
dollar from number he Watches to catch
his victim alone. Then he sneaks ~up to
him, and if he is an awful fool, he says
something intended to flatter him. If he
is Only a fool of me usual kind, he makes
a remark about the weather or the affairs
of the day. Then he says, in a kind of
half whisper, 'I wonder if you could
spare me a dollar until to-morrow 1” Or,
‘Oh, have you got a dollar about you that
you could let mo have until tomorrow i”
Or, ‘Ob, by the way, I am a little hard
pushed; would you mind lending mes
dollar until to-morrow i” There are many
other ways in which the simpletons put
it, but there is one thing in common, and
two things in general, among them. They
always make ‘to-morlow’ the date of pay
ment, and rarely make their request ex-
ceed a dollar. '
"Now, the first objection to this is that
they equalize the advance forces. When
you think you have an advantage over a
man because he is alone, you forget that
you are alonc"’ also. You h'ave less
hesitancy in appealing to him; but be
less healtancy in refusing. Your
reasons are exactly the same ; you do not
want strangers in friends to hear your
request; but ,do you think, if you had
approached him at first, that he would
have wanted either strangers or friends
to her: his refusal ? At any time a man
is likely to speak to you, when confi-
dentially conversing, in pretty much the
same tone that you speak
provided you speak first. If you whisper
to a man your secret desire for a dollar,
he is very likely to whiz-per back: ‘I
declare I have only twenty-five cents,
and, as sure as you live, he will add,
if he has a particle of prosprctive powor,
‘Just enough to, get home withl’ Too
often such men will supplement their
deception by expressing a hope of borrow-
ing, within :an hour or two, enough to
supply your wants and their own. ‘
“There is a way of avoiding all this.
When. youwnnt to borrow money from a
man, choose a time when illsgfriends are
about him. Oh, I nearly forgot about it
—can I,depend upon you for a couple of
dollars; to-nigbt?’ You muln’t wait for
him to answer; add before he speaks,
‘Oh,?it will do in a few minutes. as
though yonlwereilinterested lu something
one of his friends ,waa :saying. If..lllat
man doesn’tfsearch his pockets for the
money he is a ransom Of course, if he
hasn’t got it, you embarrass him; but
you are less embarrassed yourself than
you would have been had you and he been
alone, and that is a great point. though
not a lucrative one. But you ouuht to
know youtman before. youxask. him? for
a loan. I know all the men I atrike,'aud
I? don’t foftcu'. strike men
myself."
“Do you'pay them back 1”
“Only'for the first two or three times.
Then I get a larger loan and let them go.
I very seldom borrow more than twice
from a man after I have determined to
stop paying him.”
“But that cannot last. Your stock of
friends must soon be exhausted."
“Cf course the old stocks are constant-
ly running out,'hutI am always searching
for new ones. I never drop ope until I
have secured another or perhaps two to
take his place. Iihave more now than I
had a month ago."
“It seems an1easy way of earning a
living."
“It is. By the day. while I think of
it.Iconld you oblige me with a dollar until
to-morrow ?" . .
"Really," the reporter replied, “I have
only twenty-five cents, just enough to get
home with." -
“Ah, I see,” the young man remarked.
"Your friends should have been around.
Then you would have found it for me.
Well, good day.”
to him, ,
poorer than ,
Household ‘ Hints.
JltLtlEn CHICKEN.-—TO make jellied
chicken or veal, boil the meat till it falls
from the bones; use just as little water as
possible; when cold chop it very fine,
season with pepper and salt and a pinch
of curry, if‘you like that flavor. Then
put it in a mold with a‘laver of hard-
boiled eggs. either chopped or sliced.
Boil the water in which the meat was
cooked until it is half boiled away; add
u tablespoonful of gelatine; when it is
dissolved, and while still warm, pour over
the meat. This will be ready for use the
day after it is prepared.
GINGER Stuns.— Onc cup of shortening,
two cups of brown sugar, two of molasses;
boll together a short time, and then let
cool. Sift four cups of flour with one-
half tablespoonful of cinnamon, one table-
spoonful of allspice, two of ginger, one
nutmeg, last of all, one tablespoonful of
soda, dissolved in hot water; then let
cool. It is better to use one part butler.
Make in small rolls with the hand, then
cut in pieces the size of 11 bickorynut,
giving them plenty of room in the pans
to spread. Bake in a moderate oven.
Let them cool before taking them out of
the pans.
“Dunn: CAKE" is s new production,
and Wlll be welcomed by all lovers of
good cnko.,' It is baked in three layers.
Each layer should be about an inch and a
half thick when baked. The two layers
are frosted with confectioner’s sugar and
the white of an egg; the frosting for the
bottom layer is flavored with lemon, the
next layer with vanilla, and the top layer
is thickly covered with cocoanut and is
delicately flavored with a few drops of
rose water. The cake may be made by
following any good and sufficiently lich
receine for white cake.
It seems to be an unknown fact to most
of our domestic assistants that platters
and vegetable dishes are sure to crack,
sooner or later, if they are set on the hot
stove. If they are left there a moment
only there is danger of their good looks
being spoiled. It is a good plan to
have something on or near the stove
where such dishes may be placed. Of
course, if one has a shelf above her range
or stove there is no excuse for the, annoy-
ancc mentioned above; but if there is no
shelf, a brick may be kept in the heater
and used when it is necessary.‘or an iron
fiatiron folder will be found useful.
To make fancy mats or (idles, cut out
the required shape in coarse net; 0 sin a
paper patcrn of a flower and leaves for
wool work. and small piece of canvas not
too fine. Lay the canvas and tack it on
to the not ; work the pattern on in colored
silk, or all in gold color; then pull away
all the threads of the canvas and leave the
worked design on the not. The elfcct‘ is
very pretty and the work easy. The
embroidery is of course done in cross-
stitch. The net may be edged with deli-
cate lace or white silk fringe. The work
is Russian, and small table mats made
thus are very much used. They are also
pretty, made of soft white or colored
muslin or satin.
S'rnwnn Eons—Boil five or six eggs
ten minutes, and let them lie in cold
water until they are perfectly cold. Then
peel and cut crosswise in slices with a
sharp knife. Have on the fire in a frying
pen a cupful of soup stock or gravy, in
which half an onion has been stewed five
minutes, then taken out. When it comes
to a boil , heat in a tin plate a teaspoonful
of butter, roll each slice of egg in it. cost
it with flour, and lay gently in the frying
pan. Set the pan at the side of the stove
to do this, then remove to a warmer spot,
but do not allow the gravy to boil again,
merely to simmer around the edges.
Leave the eggs thus five minutes. Line a
flat dish with very crispy-toasted bread,
dipped in salted boiling water and butter-
ed. Lay the sliced eggs on this and pour
on the gravy. This is a nice breakfast
dish that may be improved by chopped
parsley. ‘
Banaxrasr VEAL.—Bllller a small
oval dish very thoroughly, and fill with
bits of cold stewed vcal seascncd with
pepper,salt and a little nutmeg; put in
alternately with layers of cracker crumbs,
moisten with gravy, put bits of butter
over the top, and bake. When it is brown
turn out of the dish on a hot platter, and
garnish with parsley. If it is not the
moist it will keep its form when it is
turned out.
Duran Pinon I’m—Au excellent pie
can be made of dried peaches. Let the
peaches soak in cold water all night, stew
them in the same water until so soft that
you can mash them fine; add for one
pic two tablespoonfula of sweet cream
and a little more thanrhalf a cup of sugar
—too much sugar deétroys the flavor of
the fruit. Butter may be used in the
place of cream, but if possible use cream,
it gives such smoothness to the filling.
When silk is used for working on cloth,
esque tints of red and brown should be
employed. For this purpose the native
Indian Tussore embroidery silk is heat.
For working on merino or cashmere, no-
thing else does so well, for it is as light
as a feather and has no tendency to draw
the material. For embroidery on satin
there is no kind of silk so pleasant to use
as the shiny and beautiful filofloss, in
which charming results can be obtained.
hovel-3' Hard Lot. _
A young lady of Portland, Me, who is
engaged to be married to an estimable
gentleman, is being annoyed by the receipt
'of anonymous communications reflecting
upon the character of her fiance. Over
800 have been received, several of them
being from Baltimore. Two had the St.
New York, one from Philadelphia, one,
, from Chicago, and one from San Francisco
One of the communications was written
in a fine, delicate hand, on a piece of note
paper, in the following words:
“Your lover’s wife and child are in St.
Louis. SPY.”
“ There‘wns no date or other ~{indication
whence the letter came. Connected with
it is a mystery and romance. The first
letter was received by the young lady
eight months ago. just three weeks after
she became engaged. It told herthat her
“lover’s wife and child were in Boston."
Shocked at the supposed perfidy of her
lady‘hrnptlybroke the
‘forbaderihimigztb‘o; house.
” days her life was, despaired of. By this
time her lover had learned the cause of
his dismissal and her sickness, and went
vigorously to work to {prove his entire
innocence. The engagement was renewed,
but the letters continued to come, and in
all sorts of ways; They were folded into
the morning papers, found in baskets of
groceries left at the house, and at one
time twenty-five of the notes. rolled to-
gether, were discovered in the front yard.
Every effort has been made to discover
. the author of the letters, but in vain. No
one is suspected..-and the family is not
known to have'zan enemy. Meanwhile
. the young people are getting {reconciled
to the situation“ «we shall be married
but moat .” they said. “We guess the
letters won’t come] any more. Anyway,
we'll risk all the writer of those letters
can do, sane’or iEEallé.”"-'m ”WM”
. and shellac.
a succession of slender leaves of pictur-.
Louis postmark, some thirty came from.
Heads, lists and Halters.
Ulica Press: “Daniel Webster wore a
No. 8 but and his head was 25,i inches
round it. He has the credit of having
had the largest head on record,” said a
but and cap merchant to arcportcr.
The conversation turned on sizes of
heads and hats, and considerablcinterest-
log information was obtained. The aver
age size of hats worn is 7;}, which would
make the circumference of the ordinary
headjto be twunty-two and onehalf inches.
If heads were absolutely round the diame-
ter would be in inches. about the same as
the size, but a man’s head is oblong like a
potato. A man who wears a7g but has a
head 7% inches long and six inches wide.
It is an almost forsaken fallacy to con-
‘hect the size of a man’s intellect with the
size of his head. To be sure a big brain
can‘t be contained in a little heud,but
“gray matter” counts. The size of a head
is no more a measurement orindication of
the owner’s ability than the luxuriancc of
his hair. -
Styles in hats have undergone a great
change in the last fifteen years, and in
none is it more noticeable than in silk
hats, sometimes known as “beavers” or
“plugs.” The high hat of 1850 had a men.
strous, wide brim, on the under side of
which was fur. Sixteen years agothc style
was a very high crown, tapering toward
the top. The brim was just oncnnd one-
eighth inches in width. Such a but would
look ridiculous now, but was the height
of fashion lh'tn. Each year the brims
have been changed, the crown raised or
lowered. Each'chunue itself was slight,
but the two extremes are wide apart.
As recently as fifteen or twenty years
ago the two styles of head-gear for men
were silk hats and soft hats. The stif
but so much worn now was just coming
into use then and would have been called
"dudish" had the world been in existence.
At about the time of the close of the war
the "Alpine" Hat came into favor. It was
a high crowned foil. hat with a shapely
brim. Soft hats before had been low
crowned and wide brimmed like a plant-
er's hut. This “Alpine"bnl, which Knox
claims the credit of introducing, was worn
a great deal. The fact that General Grant
was said t9 wear such a hat helped its
sale. From this the felt became stiffer
and lhc “Derby” was finally reached.
The style l'elraced itself and the “Fedora"
hats so generally worn last fall and winter
are almost the same as the “Alpine”
of war limos.’ Beavers or silk hats are
worn much less now than formerly. _
The materials lhaf-n silk hat is made
from are three, silk plush, cheese cloth
The body is made of ordi-
nary cheese cloth stiffened with shellac
which is covered with plush. Thc hat is
then lined and trimmed and ready for
wear. The manufacture of all bats whose
basis is felt is very interesting. In its
first condition the felt is in form of fine
fuzz which is blown against a rapidly rc—
volving cone and is formed into corre
sponding shape. Henry Martin, the hat-
ter, yesterday showed a reporter a felt but
at this stage of manufacture. ' It looks
like an exaggerated duncc cap and ap-
pears like anything rather than a four
dollar hat. This felt. originally a muddy
white, is colored, rendered firmer, fash-
ioned on a block and at length finished
into a hat. The best hats are made most-
ly by hand. The prices of silk hats range
from $3 to $8 ; of soft hats $1 to $4, and
still hats, $1 to $5, to say nothing of
those in front of auction stores labelled,
“your choice for fifty cents.”
Youmaus, Knox and Dunlap are the
leading New York batters and have an in-
fluence in setting the fashions. They
plan various styles in each season. The
changes from the last season’s style are
generally slight. The retail trade has
also a great influence in making the fash—
ion. These large wholesale houscs have,
"say, adozen different styles. These are
sent out and retailers lake there choice.
The hat that has the largest sale. to the
retailer becomes the ruling style. Small-
er manufacturing establishments copy
after the larger ones. About no alticlc
of dress is a man more particular than!
his hat, and over the purchase of none
will he hesitate longer.
ing glory.
The styles for this season are all large
shapes, black and brown being the pre—
vailing colors, with light shadbs for sum-
mer. In straw goods Mackinaw, square
and round crowns with medium brims
will be mostly sold. In children’s hats
the style discards the former wide brim
and has it rolled up all around witharope
curl on the outer edge. The latyle which
probably will he must worn will be the
best‘ for the least money. .
Spring 010m and Jackets.
In the spring the thoughts of a woman
naturally turn toward rain-cloaks: not the
enveloping and uncompromising water-
proof, but a cloth wrap, a garment that
will not shrinkgfrom a slight shower and
that will look jaunty in the sunshine; a
paradoxical garment, warm enough in a
chill little wind, but not too warm when
the northwester has given place to the
light breath from a more congenial quar-z
tor. The light-weight ulsters filled the
place two years ago, but they have given
way now to garments more in the coat
and pelisse forms. Avery new atyleia
fine ribbed cloth, in a dull leather color.
It is plaitcd at the back from the neck
down, but has a_ shoulder cape, which is
divided in the middle, displaying the folds
in the center. The fronr. is tight-fitting,
and sometimes finished by a belt made of
folds of satin, fastened with a clasp of
oxidized metal. Those cloaks are often
made in fine 'Chuddah weal or camel's
hair-do black, fawn color, mouse gray or
dull Indian red—and they are lined with
lurch, Fine checked ‘clotha are used for
travelipg pelissee,_madc with or without
scape, With a cape they are out not
unlike an ulster, with hollow single plaits
in tile extension of the back to give full
ne'ss. Without a cape they are cut more
as a raglan, with shoulder pieces, narrow
back and plain in front. The new braids
for cloth mantlcts and jackets have gold
interwoven with the silk or wool, in
black and cloth colors. The fawns and'
stone colors look particularly well with
this mixture, but it should be of pure
Japanese gold thread, if it is not to far—
nish. Upon mantlets of light cloth
several rows of braid make a good heading
for what is known as rat-tall fringe—hut
softball ends are now more fashionable
than the knotted ends, and a, very pretty
itself. ‘Vcrts of ottoman and Sicillenuc
accompany, or are made with a great
many of the spring jackets. though we
doubt if they are becoming all fashionable
here as they are abroad. A vesttobe
useful ought to be real. The fancy affairs.
only simulated and made without pockets,
are not comfortable. and one soon ‘gets
tired of them as a purely ornamental fea-
ture.
W
A New Haven confectioner has been
fined for carrying on'his business on Sun-
day. Young people of the ElmvClty who
have heretofore'contrlbuted lozenges to
the heathen, instead of the pennies which
had been intrnsted to them for contribu—
tion purposes, will henceforth be obliged
to purchase their confectionery on Satur-
day—Boston Transcript.
Acolored barber in Idaho has drawn
the color line; he refuses to shave Indi.
ans. He dimers from the average post
trader in this respect—Boston Courier.
It is the crown"
l'. .
heading is often formed by the chenille ..
The Tyranny ”of Fashion.
Fashion is a sort of self-ellected power in
society which exercises almost universal
sway over all civilized nations, and is based
on no principles and governed 0by no rules.
It counts among its slaves momrchs, princes
and nobles; nor are the lower classes exempt
from in pernicious'infiuence. Its dominion
is more extended than ever was that of the
most powerful monarch; it has existed from
the remotest times, and, in all probability,
the world will never shake ofi‘ its fetters.
The customs and fashions of society are so
various and changeable that if the human
race were, like minerals and flowers, chiefly
characterized by those qualities which strike
the eye rather than by such as are more es-
sential, humanity Would constitute the most
complicated and perplexing branch ,of nat-
ural history. We have happily not attained
to that point of folly, though we exhibits.
considerable degree of it by the tame man-
ner in which we Submit to the decrees of
fashion, however ridiculous or inconvenient
they may be.
It may be well, before going further, to
distinguish between fashion as regards dress
and costume. A national costume is gener-
ally inaugurated with the founding of a un-
tion, and undergoes but few essential alter-
ations in the course of time. Fashion, on the
other hand is perpetually changing, and
often but u. few months ,elapse between the
transitions ; the former is usually compatible
with the general choracter, or else a striking
peculiarity, of the people; but the latter
acknowledges no law, and results from no
virtuous principles.
Although men are not by any means free
from the influence of the caprices of fashion,
yet they are not nearly so much affected by
them as those of the opposite sex. Perhaps
this distinction may arise from the different
constitution of the female mind. Women,
led on by a strange infatuation, sacrifice
freely their personal appearance, modesty
and health, at the altar of the goddess of
F alshion, which , _ '
“ a venerable tyrant, .
O’cr scrvile mun extends a Wide domlnion.”
Such absolute tyranny does Fashion ex-
ercise, that women submit to have their
waists squeezed to half their natural size ;
they disfignre theirfucm with powder, paint,
and blotches of plaster; they wear immense
protuberances behind, and pile up on their
heads diminutive mountains of hair. They
cripple themselves with heels four or five
inches in height ; they convert themselves
into public street cleaners by dragging after
them long skirts loaded with flounces and
various .other appendages, and return to
their homes bedaubed with mud, and carry-
ing with them the refuse of the streets.
it is a. matter of astonishment to every
sensible man that a woman of the nineteenth
century should act in such an incomprehen-
sible manner. Yet it is not so with all ;
there are a few women y who durcto rebel
against some of the most monstrous decrees
of fashion. There are, at the present time,
women in this country who feel that “clean-
liness is next to godliness,” and struggle be-
tween Scyllrl and Churybdls, between fashion
and clean skirts. If such a. woman adheres
to her natural love of cleanliness, and ap-
pears abroad in 9. dress without a. long train,
the women of the period stare at her, and
the clerks leave her to wait on more ele-
gantly attired customers. But, when ur-
rayed in a new dress, polite attentions await
her at every point; gentlemen acknowledge
the superior out of her garments by tender-
ing her courteously their seats in the stage ;
the clerks are obsequious and attentive, and
Fashion meets her with a. smile of approval.
It should notbewonderedatso much then,
if, in the face of these and similar difficulties,
so few women rise to shake off the thraldom
of fashion. If society should make one sys—
tematic and united struggle for freedom, the
rule of the seemingly all-powerful goddess
might be overthrown; but this, we fear, will
never take place—at least, so long as we are
actuated by the same principles and feelings
as we are at present. ‘
Although the language, manners, and
morals of nations have been alike subjected
to the arbitrary influence of the tyranny of
Fashion, I have refrained from making men-
tion of them, as the field which they cover is
too extensive for the limits of the present
article. I have likewise confined my remarks
mainly to modern fashions, as they demand
less space than the account of those which
prevailed centuries ago. But enough has
been said, I think, to show that Fashion has
been at all times and under all modifications
a relentless tyrant, and her sway an absolute
despotism.
Attempted AssaSsinution.
The following account is given of the re~
cent attempt to assassinate Senor Pi y Mar-
gall; “Senor Pi was quietly breakfasting
with his wife, when a man presented him-
self, stuting to the servant that. he wished to
see his Excellency. Without waiting for
permission. he folloWed the servant into the
breakfast-room, and“ as‘quiclr uslightning
drew a revolver from his pocket, and with
the words ‘Yo acubo roasted de vivir !’
(‘Now you cease to liVe ‘3’) pointed it straight
at the astonished philosopher, whose habi-
tult coolness, however, did not forsake him,
for he uttered the exclamation ‘Esta vacated
loco?’ ,(‘Are you mud?’), to which the
would-be assassin merely replied, ‘Ave
Marie!’ and instantly fired. The ball lodg-
ed in the opposite Wall, and the intended
victim, finding himself unhurt, and that the
revolver was once more presented at him,
sought safety in precipitate flight into an ad-
joining room, which led into his study.
The assassin pursued him, and fired at him
just .as he reached the study, the second .»
ball lodging in the wall right over the door.
Once in his study, Senor Pi turned the key, '
butin the meantime the aggressor had run
round by a side passage into the drawing-
room, which had a door leading into the
study. A struggle ensued between the two
at this door, which would not lock. Senor
Pi, howeVer, kept it shut by main force, and
the aggremor fired his third barrel through
the door but without effect. _ In the mean-
time the crim of his Wife and servant brought
in the neighbors, and“ those instantly heard
the discharge of the fourth barrel in‘ the
drawing-room, accompanied by a heavy
thud on the floor. Rushing in, they found
the lifeless body of the would-be mm,
bathed in blood from a wound in the telnple,
stretched on the ground, with the fatal re-
volver firmly clasped in his right hand. In
his pockets they found hiscedula dc oednidad
in which he was described as a priest, rssi~
dent in Toledo, and also a. documen tiling
forth that he had been an inmate o a lunn- '
tic asylum in the Province cf Valencia,
discharged as cured. '
A. 1101' REGION.
One of the hottest regions of the earth
is along the Persian gulf, where little or
no rain falls. At Babrin the arid shore
has no fresh water, yet a comparatively
numerous population oontrives to live
there, thankstotbe copious springs which
burst forth from the bottom of the sea.
The fresh water is got by diving. The
diver,-'Bittinginhisboat, winds at great
gontskin bag around his left arm, the
hand grasping its month; then he takes
in his hand a heavy stone, to which is at-
bohed a strong line, and, thus equipped,
he plunges in and quickly remhes the
bottom. Instantly opening the bag over
the strong jet of fresh water, he springs
up the ascending current, at the some
time closing the bag, bud is helped on
board. The stone is then hauled up, and
the diver, after taking breath, plunges in
again. The source of these copious sub-
marine springsis thought to be in the
greenhillsof Osman, some 500 or 600
miles distant.
flbsolutel
' This Powder never values. A marvel of
‘ urity. atrcn th, and wllclcsomoness. More
conomichlt an the ordinary kinds, and can-
notbo sold In competition With the multitude
of low test, abort weight, allum or place hate
powders. Sold only in com. Hogan AK-
rlw Pownnn 00., 108 Wall St. N. 1 .
-
”ottoman,
.Druggist all Apothecary,
DEALER IN
Bills, Chemicals, Fancy Gills,
Toilet .flrticles, Soaps, .
Per/”tunes, Patent .Merli-g
cincs, .312, (5'0.
Agent ' for Wilsonl'u Magnetic
Appliance.
Proprietor of “Pleistcd’s Cough
Remedy,” and “Old Well Co-
logne,” “Iron Tonic Bitters,” Our
Olvn Condition Powders, and
Star aparilla.
Cor. Main and Wall sts., Norwalk‘.
62 Washington St, So. Nerwullr.
MANUFA STURERS 01“ fl: DEALERSHIN
LUMBER, .
TIMBER,
SHINGLES,
' LATH,
DOORS.
sass,
BLINDS]
MOLDING
WINDOW FRAMES,
PICKETS. ac.
Veneercd Hard Wood Work,
Hard wood Ceiling & Flooring
So. Norwalk. Conn.
Will be mailed FREE to all a pllcants zlmd 30
customers of last year wit out ordering it.
It contains illustrations, prices, descriptions and
directions for planting all Vegetable and Flower
Seeds, Plants. etc. Invaluable 0 all.
'n. M. FERRY & colour.
Vega-tine
W ILL CURE
D
Scrofulaficrofulous Humor, Cancer, Cancer-
oua Humor, Erysipclas, Canker. Salt
Rheum. Pimplcs or Humor in the face,
Coughs and Colds, Ulcers, Bron-
chitis. Neuralgia, Dyspepsia,
Rheumwsm, Pains in the
Side. Oonsti tron. Cas-
tiuencss. flee, Diz—
in.ess.Hcadachc.
Nervousness, Pains in the Back. Faillmess at
the Stomach. Kidney Complaints, Female
lf’eafmess and Genera chility,
_ This preparation is scientifically and chem-
lcully combined, and so strongly concentrated
from roots, herbs, and harks. that its good of-
fcctsttre realized immedlqtcly after commenc-
ing to take it. There is no disease of the
human system for which the VEGETINR can-
not on used with Punrncr smart, as it does
not contain any metallic compound. For
erudlcuting the system of all impurities of the
blood it has no equal. It has never failed to
effects curmgivm tone and strength to the
system debilitated y digeusc. Its wonderful
clfects’npon the com lalnts named are sur-
plrlalng to all. Many aye been cured by the
~It'du'rmu that have tried many other reme-
dlcs. It can well be called
Tllll lillfll Blflflll Plll'llllll‘.
Dr. W. ROSS, Writes!
Serofula, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Rheu-
matism, Weakness.
H. B. Stevens, Boston:
Ihave been practising medicine for 25 years
and ash. remedy for Ucrofufa, Liver Com-
plaint, spepsia, Rheumatism, Weakness
and all dlseaecs of .the blood, I have never
found its equal 1 have sold Vegetine for '1
years and have never had one bottle regurnod.
would hearth; recommend it to those in need
or. Dr. W.ROS%Druggist,
cf :1 blood mi
1) llton, Iowtti
Sept. 18, 1873.
Vegetine is sold by all Druggists.
ly43 ,
ill 0h, Bale lilo .
DR. D. HlTCHCOCK,
Cor. of West Avenue
Berkeley Place, and
Third house below the Methodist church.
‘oggipgfionra from f to 9 a, m., 2 to 3,and 7
A. H. BALDWIN, M. D»
l [Homeopathic Physician and Surgeon.
tesidcncc in the Charles leases H
Wall st.. Norwalk, Ct. omestcad,
Olllco hours till 93. m..l to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m
Dr.T.E,SWlFT,
DENTIST.
Artificial teeth without plates by the perfect
Crowning system.
oflccacnesldonce No. 9 “’0“ Ave.
WRizht Hand Bell.
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organism! the First Congregational Church
Teacher of
Plano-Forte. Organ and illusion]
Composition,
Look Box 39. P. 0., NORWALK.CONN.
FURNISHING UNDERTAKER
EMBiiMER
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R.DEPOT.
Residence 143 Main St. Telephone connectinn.
- To the Public.
BEING the first;and only one in this place
. to cmbaim‘ the dead successful] I 1
call the attention of the public to thg’sl'lllgllrsg
l have attained. A man by the name of Wm.
Moore was drowned at the propeller dock, on
Saturday evenlng, Sept. 22d. he body was
brought .to my place and cmbalmed by me.
After bclng seen by hundreds of people dur-
ing the week, it was buried on Sunday, Sept.
3lst, In a remarkable state of rcsorvntion,$
days after death. WM. 19. UINTARD.
NEW MARKET I
No. 6 Main street, N orwalk,Ct.
run alter or
Beef, Veal,ll[utton, Lamb, Pork,
HAMS.I’0ULTRY, the" always on hand at
33613:?“ markctTpri-ns.IGAME of all
f lescnson. r me' 'llt '.
gm}; u m K won 0. Isle witnwaldmil’suggg.
m .
“SERuARD COHN,
-Mercha.nt Tailor
WEEK’S Bushman, WALL sun,
' A FULL LINE or
Imported & Domestic Cloths
of the lat-cat styles. constantly on hand.
Novelties In Scotch Suitings. Satisfaction
guaranteed in every particular.
J. Belden Hnl'l b
Annual and Counsellor at Law
Room No. 4, Up Stairs,
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK.
HOYT & MEEKER,
54 MAIN STREET.
SOUTH NORWALK, or,
PRACTICAL PLUMBERS,
Steam and Gas Fitters. Dealers in Plumbcre’
and Steam Fitters’ Supplies
and Gas Fixtures.
J ohbing promptly attended to.
l 5'21
AMERICAN HOUSE.
J. C. COLLINS, - - -. l’ROPlZJLTOR
16 Malta Its-eel. Nor-walk, Conn.
We are prepared to furnish meals at all
hours and at lowest possible rates. in the best
manner. Oyster: afipecialty. Good accom-
modatlon for transient. You willdo well to
give us a call lyla
fhe llnlwalk Fire Insurance to.
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Your
And has not outstanding a, dollar of unpaid
losses or _of claims for losses. No soun
company msures at lower rates. *
W . U .S’rnnm', Pres..S. E.0LuarnAD,Treas.
are. R. Oowaxs.8ec’v.
Carriage Making
1 inepalrlng.
A'l.‘
H. TILLY’S
Main ($1., South Norwalk, Ch
term as. SMITH,
F L O R I .S T,
EAST SIDE OF MAIN ST., SOUTH
OF RAILROAD,
City of South Nos-walk, Conn
Plants & Flowers alallseasnns
Flowers for Funerals furnished and taste
fully arranged to Oral)? at short notice.
SMITH & HUBBARD,
.‘-'-“ (:1 .
Offices 3.4 and 6 Exchange Building, cor
Main andWall Sta. Bridgeport, Conn. lym
:L.l(unk,
I
Is offering Special Inducnuents
for the next 60 days ill
Parlor Stoves, Chandeliers
and Hanging Lamps.
Prices on Decorated Dill -
war and Zea, Sets, China,
Porcelain and. Glass Ware
are. as Low as the Lowest-
JVew patterns in Decora-
ted Chamber Sets, from
$5.00 to $15-00. "
Gunillt Stalls llllll Halos.
I have several Second-hand
Cook Stoves and Ranges all in
good order and at low prices.
Tin and Wooden Ware,
Silver Plated Ware,
and Cutlery. .
Eyerytlling you want in the
House Furnishing Goods line, at
L. J. Curtis’s,
Mam STREET.
Money to Loan.
Enquire of O. E. WILSON, No. sfluzette
Building, Norwalk. coan. tl'lll
w. s. columns,"
Only the Best l
w. A. VOGEL,
Manufacturing Pharmacist,
WHOLESALE AN l) RETAIL
O .
DruggIS‘t,
21 Main Street, Norwalk, 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! 6m30
Agent for Dr. Holland’s
fever and ague pills, an in-
fallible remedy for chills
and fever, dumb egos, and
all forms of malaria.
PETER L. GUIGUE.
FLORIST llNllli Ylllll
ION AVENUE,
North of Norwalk Cemetery,
‘ NORWZQLK, 60335193-
Dealer in Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants. Fruit and Or
uamcnlal Trees, Sllrubbcry, Vines Cut Flow-
ers always on hand and all sorts of designs in
Flowers arranged to order.
, Grading and ltd-fitting Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
_.I_
“Y‘L'l
Orient Pulmanwire!
Orient Pulmonnlre cures Asthma.
Orient Pulmonnlre cures Bronchitis.
Orient rulmonnlro cures Coughs and
Hoarseuess. ,
orient Pnlmonalro curcs'Eall Throat
and Lung Troubles.
Boron! Pulmonalre contains no pow-
erlu anodyne.
Orion 1 Pulmon’alre is pleasant to take.
orleut Pulmonafre is speedy in its
effects.
orient Pulmonnlre is manufactured by
PORTER 85 BENEDICT,
Lock Box 547, WATERBURY, CONN.
PHILADELHIA BRANCH :-137 W. 3d St
41-6m .
P. W; BATES.
AT I115
MARBLE & GRANITE lull
On Water Street.
HAS NEW DESIGNS IN
Head Stones. Monuments and
all kinds of'Memorlal Work.
CALL ANDSEE THEM. 10:f
TNA I NSUBANOE Co. of HART-
FORD. Incorporated 1812. Charter
Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, 38.902.272.04
Insuresagainstloss and damage by Fire, on
terms adopted to the hazard and consistent
with the laws of. compensation. COWLES
It MERRILL, Sole Agents for Norwalk and
Vlclnl y.
Geo. Ward Selleck,
Basin his New Store,
IiAliBEIlfllllll’SlEW Moll, IALI. SHEET
A completcassortmentof the best olassof
lilillllElllESPllllVlSlllNSHlllITS
aonforfamilynso,“ Popular Prices. His
stock is at all tlmes fresh and goodmnd will
etand com anger: with those of any Grocer
'lll town. ‘nll ln audleave your orders. 28:!
The Phenix 00.,
or srAlllrnllI,-collll..
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
FINE BARRIAGES-
Established in lean.
Have a good assortment on hand
which they will sell at a moderate
price, among which will be found‘
.Fine Side-Bar Buggies,
End Spring Buggies, '
thetons, ‘
4 and 6-Seatcdeockaways,
A T Cart; ‘
A Village Cart,
A fictoria, -
.Wagonctt, .
A Second-hand Coach,
A Six-Seated Rockaway on
Bob Runners,
New and Second-hand De-
potWagons, &c.
gargmlv'rs
a; 00.,of the Aunnrcatv eon-
lnuem not as Solicitors for Patents, Gav ’1'
“$00 yrlghts for the United 8
rods
1!. no, men
?s ts sentfree. Thirt «even ears’experlence.
Patents obtained through 1(0th CO.nrenotioed
nthe Somme AMERICAN. the .
most widel clrculatedmcientlfiopn . Mum.
geeklyan Sglendklegflrmvlpgoan law in-
rlnati . pectin 0
Icon soothes. Admayumm W
suntan, amoemmondwnv.
IRON FENCES.
fir: SUBSCRIBER having returned to
_ zorwnlk, and located at 26 Leonard st.,
13 prepared go turnlsh Wrought Iron.
Fouclugol all styles, of the best material
and best workmanship. stressonable prices.
Huvrng had many years of experience in the
maklpgtllereol he feels confident t int he can
satlsly all demands. Estimates and plans
cheerfully lllrnlsbed. . '
. EPHRAIM MJlEltRlTT.
Norwxlk. Augd 882. P. O. Box 657
Geo. Ward Selleclc,
HARDENBROOK’S BLOCK, WALL STREET,
Dealer in the Best Quality of
FAMILY GROCERIES.
Pnowslows, FRUITS, ac.
Stock alws s Fresh and Complete. Agent for
Ledgewoo Farm Dairy. Families can be
New York. _ .
supplied with Pure Bottled Milk daily.
AND a
totes. '
mete. .Hand Bookabout ‘
REAL ESTATELW
For Sale Cheap. '
in and neighborhood,
OFFICE.
To Let.
. 1 root
McKeon Fnllpartlcua B.J.S'1‘URGE&
For Sale or to Let.
Storehouse and office near A. J.
Enquire o
lk 00 n. f
"a ’ n o. E. WILSON,
35 ff
For Sale-
A
of the South Wilton tie at and
Norwulk . p 3%
town of Wilton, Wlthin 6 min“ten w
m
on easy terms. Enquire of
ILL bcsold at a Bargain,“ applied for
soon a small, neat Cottage, of six rooms.
bud three minutes’
we k or the Bridge. Apply at GAZETTE
BE large, commodious front room in
Gazette Buildingjust vacated byFrancls
The Coal Yard and Sheds, with large
Meeker
&Bros’. yards on Norwalk river, Nor-
Room 3, Gazette Building,
SPLENDID country seat situamd in ‘3}:
flee from
This place has 6 “ere“.sglocted
arranged. This place will be sold cheat:9 and
A Woman’s Ruse to Saw a Lover.
James Harris kept a public house within
eighteen miles of York, England, having in
his service a man named Moi-gun, who to his
other occupations added that of gardener.
It happened that one Grey, a. blacksmith,
ioumeying 011 foot to Edinburgh, Slipped
and slept at this public house. Next morn-
ing, Morgan deposed before a magistrate
that his master strangled Grey in his bed—
that he actually saw him commit the murder
—that he in vain endeavored to prevent it,
his master insisting that the man was in a.
fit, and that he was merely endeavoring '50
assist him. Morgan further swore, afl‘ecting
to believe this, he left the room; but, after
retiring, looked thmugh the key-hole, and
saw the murderer rifle the pockets of the
deceased. Harris, as well as he might:
vehemently denied the accusation, and, hop-
for perjury. As no mark of violence “735
found to be visible on the body, Harris was ,
land with abunda - - .
fruit trees, and 309 gggmggrgfllmzull 1: on the pOlnt 0f being d150harged,’when the
ggggngfizflggncggdgggny 18%": RN22: 33d maid-servant demanded to be heard. She
. er. .
laureat‘lrutam Wilkinson m... that “or awash-house wmdoms
dry, The him, and wflzfir figgggge nicely she was descending the stairs, she saw her
master take some gold from his pocket, and,
having carefully wrapped it up, bury it
under a tree in the garden, the position of
which she indicated. Upon this Harris
. one. r. comm an ~
» .. Norwluk sums! 'y'
glossy Wilton. renmaiyhsm, lé‘lbffacifif
. For Sale.
in; his life-time, upon which to
high (l!
Islam Sound. fine old shades.
3. Bleach, and known as the st.
gentleman’s famil
1% hours of New
‘Pine St., New York.
THE olegantbuildingsite at Norwalk Con-
necticut, belonging to the Estate (if the
late Henry T. Morgan. purchased b him dur-
uild his
country residence containin 9 no as on
round, WI"; extensive $4ch _ of L'ong
, _ Th1 '
capable of being subdlvlded into sevela’llgitte‘:
atom! or twp acres each,and islocated on the
green oppoelte the residence of the Rev. S. B.
, , John’s l . ~
This propertvis highly recommendedpfgg:
orgsbdgnce, 3nd is wifthln
l , an in o e
largest and most flourishinyg towns'inntl'o‘lm‘elb‘1
ticnt; price, $12,009. Apply to F. ST. JOHN
LOCleOOD, Fall-field County Bank, Nor-
walk, Conn., or HOMER MORGAN, No. 2
ms
turned pale; and the earth under the tree
halving been searched by a constable, £30 in
gold were found wrapped up in a. paper.
Harris then admitted that he had buried the
money for security’s sake, but answeredin
so confused a munner,thut he was committed.
He was tried at York for the murder. The
man, the mold, the constable, and the’
magistrate were all examined, and no sus-
picion attaching to this‘testimony, a verdict
of guilty was at once pronounced. He died
protesting his innocence, and ere long his
innocence became manifest to all men. The
Farm. for Sale.
be sold cheap; part of the purchase mono
West Avenue Property
For Sale.
HE large, elegant mansion on WestAve-
rule, (known as the; Dimon estate]
containing fifteen . rooms, all finished
off in the most substantial manner with all
the modern improvements. The rooms are
large and conscious. ceilings high. and in ex-
cellent condrtronJhe piazza extends across
the cutlre front; and the walks and lawns
are very fine. Shade goodmnd thelocation
the finestln the Borough. The grounds are
about lnfi'tect front and contain about two
acrcsvof‘land. _Tllcreisas lendidbarn or. the
prcmlsesmnq In and or er. Must be seen
to be appreciate . Call on BENJAMIN J.
STURGES for permission to examine. Stf
CHOICE
Building Lots
F6131 SALE
On Wilton Avenue
'3. al' srununs, or o. 12. Watson
Ga ottc Building.
Building -
Material
of every kind, and in any quanti-
ty,§furnished promptly.
Estimates for
Grading, Excavating, Filling, it
Contracts for
Walks made from Flag,
Concrete, 0 e m e n t,
' Brick or Gravel.
Building Stone,
Sand and
Coping,
A1
Ill ll"...
South Norwalk.
Clearing 011i Sale!
In order to reduce my large
stOck preparatory to removing to
my new store which is being
built, ' adjacent “to the National
Bank of Norwalk, I shall imme-
diately commence and sell at
Bottom Rates.-
Here lsgau excellent chance for
some . '
Real Bargains
in Stoves, Ranges, Crockery,
Glassware and all the miscellane:
ous articles which come under
my line. .
Come Early all and think.
Wall Street.
45—“
Tin}. subscriber offers his Farm for sale,-
sltuated in the Town of Greenfield, in
SaratogaCo.,1n the state of New York, nine
miles from Suratolra Springs. It is pleas-
antly situated on a rise of ground. 95 acres of
land, whlch 13 favorably divided into pas-
ture, plow, meadow and woodland; with
a large house; the size of the barn 30 by 40,
wagon houscand stabllng, hay loft over the
same, 23 by 43, and grainery 16 by is. Will
can remain on_mortgnge if desired, or wt 1
exchange for Village property. For further
particulars inqulre of SILAS P. TUTTLE,
. tf51 Norwalk.Oonn,
44“
real facts were as follows: In a quarrel be-
tween Harris and his servant, Morgan re-
ceived a. blow, and vowed vengeance. Soon
afterward, Grey’s arrival fumished the op-
portunity. The part which the servant girl
played in the business is explained by the
fact that she and the gardener were sweet-
hearts. Seeing her master one day appar-
ently hiding something under a tree, she ap-
prised Morgan, who, on digging, found five
gnineas concealed there. On this they
agreed to purloin the board when it should
amount to a ‘sum sufficient to enable them
of prosecution for perjury so terrified the
girl, that she resolved to save her lover by
the sacrifice of the money and her master’s
life. A subsequent quarrel—the not un-
usual consequence of guilt like theirs—be-
trayed the truth. They died of jail fever on
the day previous to that appointed for their
trial. It was afterward ascertained that
Grey had had two apoplectic fits, and had
never been in possession of $5 at a time in
his life. -
In this melancholy case it will be observed
that the victim of circumstantial evidence
himself unconsciously prepared the, principal
fact which told against him.
' Children at Church. ‘
There has been some discussion in ortho-
dox circles recently as to the effect of the
Sabbath-school upon the religious training
and experience of the young. It is quite
well understood that a hint in depreciation
of the Sablmth—schoolsystem would be re-
gurded ’Wltll extreme disfavor, not only by
parents, butby the large majority of Chris-
tian men and women by whom the Sunday-
school is truthfully regardedas the “nursery
of the church.” Some objections have,
howeer, been raised lately which require to
be set at rest,the principal one of which is
that attendance at the Sabbath-school is
taking the place of attendance upon Divine
worship. Some ministers and religious
weeklios have taken up this question, and
ask, with apparent alarm, “What are we
coming to ?” They state that the Sabbath-
school has become a. place for jnnketings
and merry-makings, that it holds out a.
premium for absence from the services of
the church, and that parents no longer think
of insisting that their children shall remain
for church worship after attendance at the
school.
We are inclined to think that the fact is
as stated—that children, young children
particularly, while gladly sent to the early
exercises of the Sabbath-school, are not rc-
quired to remain over to participate in the
services of the church with the same strict-
ness as formerly; but we doubt very much
if this fact is to be regretted.
Sermons, as a. general rule, are not under-
stood by und are totally devoid of interest to
children. Enforced attendance upon them,
therefore, not only becomes insufl'erubly te-
dious, but impresses itself upon the child’s
mind as u disagreeable necessity, which it
will make up for by total absence when it is
old enough to act for itself. The Sabbath-
school, on the contrary, presents facts, doc-
trines, and principles inusllape suited to
the child’s mind; it addresses itself to the
social sympathies of the child’s heart; it
affords to thousands of children the only
glimpse they enjoy of a kindliei' life.
Where combined efibrt works itself out in
measures for the permanent welfare and
happiness of others the Sabbath-School is
certainly the truest and most valuable hand-
maid of the church, and its modern methods
of making all children participators in its rc-
ligious and social life, by bringing them in
from the highways and byways through
such influences as cauld best be brought to
bear upon their darkened minds, have
already been productive of most salutary
results.
There is, without doubt, room for inl-
pro'vement in many of our Sunday-schools;
but, at the some time, we should remember
that the managing of a. Somali-5011001 is
anything but a. sinecure, and so not be too
hasty-in our judgments, but hope for that
excellence which experience and the bless-
ing of Almighty God can give.
________
A Ghostly Chateau.
Travelers in Switzerland who have ex-
plored the flat alluvial delta of the valley of
the Rhode may remember a fine old house
about three miles from Villeneuve, called
the Chateau du Grande 0103. Of a. solid
square form, with high-peaked roof, lofty
chimneys, spaciousllall and pen-on, and
pretty old-fashioned garden, with cypresses
and fountain, it seems to have been tranS-
planted out of Northern France in the last
century to this region of ugly little stone
houses or mountain wooden chalets. Its
story is curious. It was built and for it
long time inhabited by the self-styled “Due
de Normandie,” one of those numerous
claimants to be the real Louis XVIII., of
whom, it seems, we are never to hour the
last. The “due,” at all events, took great
pains to inform himsbll'ofull the particalars
which, (supposing him tb have been the ill-
fated prince) he might be expected to know.
His Library which recently remained in the
chateau, and is probably still to be seen there
consisted of books, pamphlets, and papers
of all kinds, many hundreds in number, but
all, with one exception, connected with the
story of the French Revolution. Is it neces-
sary to add that the quaint old chateau pos-
sesses its‘ghost story? An English family,
it is soleme stated by the neighbors, were
twenty years ago tenants of the house.
They went to sleep as usual one night, but
' . . -. .next morning the place which had known
~. them knew them no more. They had dis-
. appeared utterly from the face of the earth,
' I‘ "and from that hour dismal clankings of
, I
Chains have been heard at midnight through
the echoing rooms. Unhappily the narra-
tivejust Stops short at the interesting pointr
Had the lost family paid their bills?
loss for himself, threatened a. prosecution ,
to set up inbusiness. But Harris’s threat',
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