_. NORWALK GAZETTE.
Tuesday, Dec 23, 1884.
Breastpin lost. See adv.
——Pnrc Candy at Fred. Mead‘s.
-—French china tea sets at Jaqui’s.
There was good skating on the prn s
, Saturday.
_Qv. coping reductions i1 parlor stow s
at Jaqui's. ‘ .
-—Embroidered slippers in great varii y
at Fancher‘s.
~Elt'gant jew lrases and perfum ry :t
J. G. Gregory & C -’.v.
A few Xmas cards at the zenrr‘a office
selling less than cost.
-——Bcautiful decorated toilet sets, rea-
sonable prices, at J a ui’
A good place to sp 'nd Christmas aft: r-
noon is at the skating rink.
There will be no meeting of the Churcl:
Choral Union until Jan. 9th.
—Victoria Schnclling, nee Morisini, at
Music Hall, Friday evening.
-Don‘t fail to hear the jubilee singer
at the Opera House, Sunday night.
The present court of burgesses hold thei
last meeting next Monday evening.
Now the plumber smiles and takes a
hopeful view of the country’s future.
Signatures to applications for liquor
licenses bring $5 each in New Haven.
———The laughable farce “The Kindergar.
ten" at Music Hall, on Christmas. Sec adv.
«New York play “The Kindergarten"
at Music Hall, Christmas afternoon and
evening. _
Rev. S. B. S. Bissell will preach at the
Mission church next Sunday evening at 7
o’clock.
—Ladies’, Misses and Children‘s rub-
bers, 25 cents. Men’s rubbers, 50 cents at
Fan-therls.
’We have a few Xmas cards at the GA-
znr’rn ofiice which we are a closing out at
less than cost. ‘
The annual meeting of the New York.
New Haven and Hartford railroad will be
held January 14.
The most readable, and the most read
parts of a newspaper just now are the
advertising columns.
Hope Hose company have renovated
their parlors on “later street and they now
present an elegant appearance.
The committees of the sc veral school
districts may procure enumeration blanks
upon application to the secretary.
-——Edward Street shows the finest and
largest assortment of handkerchiefs this
town has ever seen, and at low prices too
Sunday is said to have been the shortest
day of the year, but every husband will
agree that the shortest day is the day after
Christmas.
The winter term of the public schools
will commence January 5 and close April
2. The spring term commences April 18
and closes June 26.
The total amount cleared by the Dan-
bury fair this year was $4,842.50. Stock-
holders of our unfortunate local society
are not expected to read this.
The town wishes to borrow $2,000.—
Weatporter. [We may have to sacrifice
our cigars for a week, but never mind:
Call in and we’ll accommodate you.
J. S. Lyon, the Norwalk and Stamford
hatter, Hubbard’s block, has received the
contract for furnishing the O. U. A. M.
caps for the various councils in the state.
——Coma5. ‘
~Do not be deceived; ask for and take
only B. H. Douglass & Sons’ Perfected
Capsicum Cough Drops for coughs, colds
and sore throats. D. S. and trade mark
on every drop. Retail price, 15 cents
per quarter pound.
Mr. Silas W. Gregory has purchased the
Volk place on_ West avenue, adjacent to
the residence of the late S. Vaniloosear.
We understand that Mr. Gregory will
shortly commence improving the appear»
ance of the hens0 and grounds.
Dr. Schwab, the oculist, will be at the
Norwalk Hotel on the 30th and 31st of
this month. Consultation free. 'The doc-
tor is gaining great success in treating all
diseases of the eye. He is highly recom-
mended by several prominent citizens of
Norwalk. '
—-French and domestic confectionery at
Mead’s. '
So little interest is manifested in the
New Haven County Agricultural society
that only the secretary and the treasurer
attended the recent annual meeting. The
Union considers it an excellent opportun-
ity now for the horsemen to take hold of
the society and run fairs in the future ac-
cording to their own ideas, for the farmers
are willing that they should.
——A first class job of slate roofing dene
by J aqui.
The dry goods, millinery and clothing
stores of the borough and city have made
an agreement to close their places of
business after January 1 at six o’clock p.
m., Mondays and Saturdays, and the
evenings of the 10th and 11th of each
month excepted. The shoe stores sought
to follow suit but the refusal of one firm
to sign the agreement prevented the
measure.
—-Handsome Cornucopias at Fred.
Mcad’s. ‘1' '
New England will soon cease to be
recognized as the land of steady habits if
this earthquake business is not stopped.
Last Wednesday the heaviest shock of an
earthquake ever experienced in New
Hampshire. is reported from Laconia, and
lasting half a minute. New Hampshire
with its granite hills should be the last
place where real estate should get unsettled
and shaky.
—-A good harness for $18 at Peckwell’s,
Water street. _
Mr. Reynolds of Woodbury, who has
been an inmate of Fitch’s Home, Darien.
.for the past six months, applied to General
Couch and ex-Senator Talmadge Baker,
Friday morning in South Norwalk for
what. he termed relief. General Couch
denied the application, stating that Rey
nolds, who receives a pension of $60 per
month, got his money about two weeks
ago and spentit, and he didn’t think it was
fair to encourage that sort of work. —-
Standard.
——Fancy toilet bottles and cases at J. G.
Gregory & Co’s.
The burning of the St.John’s Orphan
home in Brooklyn, on Tuesday night was
one of the most distressing tragedies of
the. kind on record. It appears that
fifteen or more lives were lost. and there
was great terror and suffering among all
the little people and their friends, even
where life itself was saved. A brigh'
feature of the disaster was the heroism
diaplayed by the guardians of the children
and by the firemen and volunteer helpers.
Such deeds of valor and selfisacrifice as
marked that night prove that the noblcr
virtues of our nature still animate all
classes and can be depended upon in any
time of need.
—-Go to the Opera House and hear the
jubilee singers, Sunday night.
Great care should be taken by people in
sending Christmas presents through the
mails to ascertain whether the goons are
mailablc. At the present time the mails
are crowded with matter of every de.
scription. Everything imaginable is sent
through them, many of which are
not mailable and . are confiscated.
A great many articles are sent
as tonrtmclass matter which are not
Idmissable, such as gold and silver and
jewelry. These are not allowed to pm"
through the mails of the foreign postal
union and a great deal of trouble is
caused the post office authorities in trac—
ing articles back to the sender who in
turn is subjected to much chagrin and
annoyance.
—Best Candy in ‘own at Mead's.
-Surcinglcs cheap at Peckwell’s.
~Elcgant hanging lamps at J aqui's.
I aqui’s.
The schools closed Friday for their hol—
i lay vacation. -
—Warm wool-lined shoes for winter
car at Fauclicr’s.
A few Km 5 cards at the zenrrn office
'lling less than cost. 7- »
”‘ompany F will hold their first sociable
tw ) reeks from to—night.
v~llollan l’s Pills arc. the only reliable
femedy for chills and fever.
—Victoria Schelling, mo Morislni, at
:Iusic Hall, Friday evening.
——-Go to the Opera House and hear the
ubilec singers, Sunday night.
—One of Wood‘s first quality Organs for
sale at a bargain at J. Spencer's.
——Go to “The Kindergarten" .at Music
Iall, Christmas afternoon and evening.
Duck shooting is not as good now the
mid weather having driven the birds off
:horc. . 7 .
-—Edward Street makes a fine display
if Holiday Goods. Everybody should ex-
~:minc them.
James Mitchell of ’Norwalk, was in towu
l‘hursday, a witness in the Messertrinl.-—
Danbury News.
Coal dealers are now smiling and find
time to bless the man who recently per.
dicted a cold snap. ‘
The Connecticut commercial travellers
will’ have theirannual meeting at the Win-
throp hotel: Meriden, January 29.
The South Norwalk Savings bank will
pay depositors 2 per cent. interest for the
past six months, on and after January 2.
Samaritan Lodge of Danbury, will visit
Our Brothers’ Lodge, I. O. O. F., next
Tuesday evening. Work in the three de-
grees will be performed.
The present city council meet for the
last. time on Monday, Jan. 5th. The new
mayor and council take the oath of office
on New Year’s day—Republican.
The legislature will be asked to make
the appropriation to the state board of
health $5,000 instead of $3,000, in con-
sequence of the anticipated arrival of
cholera. '
Captain A. Benjamin of Stratford,
started from New Haven for Florida.
Saturday, in the schooner sharpie Mary
3., recently bought in Fair Haven to run
between Jacksonville and Lake Worth.
——The recent elopement of millionaire
)Iorisini’s daughter with the family coach-
man is not yet forgotten, and the an-
nouncement that the runaway pair will
appear at Music Hall Friday evening, Will,
.ioubtlesa, fill the houfe to overflowing.
See adv. F .
-B. H. Douglass & Sons‘ Perfected
Capsicum Cough Drops are manufactured
by themselves and are the result of over
forty years’ experience in compounding
cough mixtures. Retail price, 15 cents
per quarter pound. _
The following bit of sarcasm from the
Republican, is delightful : “Danbury pro-
poses to erect a $30,000 building on a
$15,000 lot, for the use of the town: As
Norwalk has such an elegant town hall of
its own she won’t be jealous.”
By April next the five drawbridges be- ‘
tween New Haven and New York will be
provided with interlocking signals, so that
trains may cross without stopping. The
interlocking signals will save ten minutes
in the running time of express trains be-
tween New Haven and New York.
An explosion took place Friday in a
small building in the yard of the Union
Metallic Cartridge company in Bridgeport,
in drying fulminate. Peter Burns, em-
ployed there,was blown nearlyinto atoms.
Burns either dropped apan of fulminatc or
stepped on a piece. The building -,was
blown to pieces.
Theodore Lowndes of South Norwalk,
stated tho—(lav that he had invested $5,000
in the building and stock of the Hatters'
Cooperative Association. This will enable
the. batters to go forward with their new
building and to have a liberal sum with
which to conduct business after it is com-
pleted—Standard. .
The annual meeting of the Norwalk
Fire Department was held on Tuesday
evening, and the following nOminations
made: Chief Engineer, J. T. Prowitt:
First Assistant, Frank J. McKeon, Jr.;
Second Assistant, George Darrow. These
nominations come up before the new board
of hurgesses for approval.
——Full line of rubber goods at bottom
prices at Fancher‘s. "
The Callender Consolidated Colossal
Colored Minstrels (forty performers) will
give one of their original minstrel perform-
ances here, arrangements having been
completed for their appearance at the
Opera House on the afternoon and even-
ing of New Year’s day. The famous
Hyer sisters, 9. full show in themselves,
are members of this company.
——Candies for Christmas and New Years
at Mead‘s. ' .
The annual meeting of the First Con-
gregational Church Society will be held in
the lecture room on Friday evening at 8
p. m. The officers for the ensuing year
will be elected and the usual rep‘orts read.
The meeting will fix the time for the an-
nual rental of pews in the church» which,
in all probability will occur next Monday
at.10:30 a. m.
—-Pottcr’s Music Store, Norwalk, Pianos
and Organs for sale and to rent for cash
or installments. ..
The following is announced as the fig-
ures of merit of each company in the
Fourth regiment for the month of Novem—
ber, based on the drill reports for the
month : Company A, 76.56; Company B,
87.14; Company D, 82.21; Company E,
85.87; Company F, 87.07; Company G,
84.61; Company I, 84.72; Company K,
72.33; figure of merit of regiment 82.54.
~Florse Blankets way down in price
at Peckwell’s.
The annual communication of St.John’s
Lodge, F. and A. M. was held on Thurs-_
day evening and officers elected as follows :
W. M., Alfred Camp: S. W., John H.
Lee ; J. W., same as last year ; Treasurer,
Asa Smith; Secretary, W. E. Montgom.
cry. The following officers were appoint-
ed:~ Nicholas Martin, S. D.; P. M.,
GeorgeWard Selleck, J. D.; W. S. Moody.
Ir., S. 8.; Arthur C. Wheeler, J. S. ; A.
G. Betts, Tyler. The trustees are Henry
F. Guthrie, P. M., A. C. Golding ant.
Edward Street.
—Go to “The Kindergarten" at Musit
lIall, Christmas afternoon and evening.
Mr. Washington Merritt keeps a. board-
ing house at the corner of Water and
Chapel streets, and has a number 01
boarders. Recently two men, dressed ii
Indian style, with the'conventional wide-
brimmed hat and long hair, engaged
room and board there, claiming that they
were agents for the “Sagwa remedy”. l
was remarked as something strange tha
the men took turns in being out all nigh
and that both seldom stayed in the lions.
together. Nothing, however, was Bait
about it as they seemed to be wall.
oehaved and conducted themselves ina
gentlemanly manner. Sunday morning i;
was discovered that both men had beer
out all night and a hasty cxaminatio:
to Mr. Merritt and his boarders had stair
out. with them. Neither the goods northt
men have been seen since. The stolen.
property consisted of silverware, jewelry.
other things .of more or less value.
Several houses in the vicinity of Norwall.
have been robbed of late and Mr. Merritt
now believes the men to have been orga.
nized robbers. The matter has been re
ported to the police but the burglars 11th
not yet been captured.
—Great bargains in clothes wringers at -
showed that a number of articles belongin, '
various articles of clothing and many
NORWALK GAZETTE, TUESDAY DECEM’BER‘ZB l
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—~Carving knives and .forks at Jaqui’s.
Bank meetings for election of directors,
January 13.
L—Large variety pocket books at J. G.
Gregory 8.7 Co's.
The shirt factory will close to-morrow
until the 5th of January.
The second of the Athenrenm sociablcs
was held Friday evening.
——Don't fail to hear the jubilee singers
at the Opera House, Sunday night.
Ferd B. Smith and family expect to eat
their Christmas pudding in Norwalk.
——Fever and Ague, and all forms of Ma-
laria. promptly cured by Holland’s Pills.
—Thc laughable farce “The Kindergar-
ten" at Music Hall, on Christmas. See adv.
———New York play “The Kindergarten”
at Music Hall, Christmas afternoon and
evening.
We have a few Xmas cards at the GA-
zarra office which we are closing out at.
less than cost. f
The state encampment of the G. A “R.
posts of Connecticut will be held at Bridge,
port January 28'.
The'First National Bank of South Nor-
walk has declared a semi-annual divi end
of four per cent.
The locomotives of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford road consume 100,-
000 tons of coal per year.
The National Bank of Norwalk has
declared a dividend of 3; per cent. from
the earnings of the past six months.
—-Pianos and Organs for the holidays
for sale on monthly installments at Pot-
ter’s Music Store, Opera House block,
Norwalk.
—-—Dr. Holland‘s Pills contain neither
quinine, arsenic, or any. other dangerous
drug, dan can therefore be taken by per
sons of the most delicate constitution.
The spasmodic “Spasm” of the chronic
hue, was issued by Rodemeycr, the Bethci
man, last week. As a spastic specimen
of spasmology it equals its own delightful
namesake.
The name of the Arlington House, bor-
ough, will be changed to Hotel Brunswick,
when the new proprietors, the Messrs.
Murphy, assume its management, Jan. 1.
-—Republz‘can.
The Speedwell and Sewell combination
gave an excellent exhibition of bicycle
riding at the rink, Saturday evening.
Their feats were truly wonderful and elic-
ited great applause.
Saturday was a cold day for fishing, but
a certain young gentleman spent nearly
an hour fishing for a set of false teeth he
accidently dropped in the river near
Bates’ market. He got ’em.
Last Wednesday night a young ,man
named Cook took an involuntary bath in
the harbor, near Meeker’s dock. As the
fish were somewhat intoxicated the next
day it is safe to say that they were partly
Cook-ed
In another column the Norwalk Savings
society give notice that interest at the ‘
rate of 4 per cent. per annum, for the cur-
- rent six months will be credited to depos-
itors January 1, and paid on and after
January 10.
-—-If you have a sore throat, a cough or
a cold, try B. H. Douglass & Sons’ Per-
fected Capsicum Cough Drops; they are
pleasant to the taste, perfectly harmless
and will surely cure you. Retail price,
15 cents per quarter pound.
-—The jubilee singers who packed the
Opera House two Weeks ago Sunday, and
gave an excellent sacred concert have been
induced to return and on Sunday evening
at the Opera House by special request,
they will give another concert with an en-
tire change of programme.
At the First Congregational church there
will be a Christmas exercise, consisting of
scripture verses, singing and a Christmas
story by Rev. Mr. Anderson; exercises to
begin at 7 o‘clock p. m.on Christmas day.
The Sunday school social will be held on
Jan. 2d, at 2:30 for the intermediate and
primary departments, and at 7:30 for the
adults, seniors and juniors.
The South Norwalk batters have se-
cured H. B. Woods‘ specialty company to
make a tour of the state for their benefit.
They will open Tuesday next and play in
Danbury, Bridgeport, Mcriden, New
Haven, Ansonia and other places for two
weeks, when they conclude their engage-
ment with two weeks at the Mount Morris
Theatre, New York. Two batters accom-
pany the troupe as representatives.—
Danbury News.
At the annual meeting of the stock—
holders of the Fairfield County Agricul-
tural Society, held in South Norwaik on
Wednesday, the following named were
elected directors: Nathaniel Wheeler,
Bridgeport; II. F. Guthrie, Norwalk;
Hon. W. D. Bishop, Bridocport; Col. T.
L. Watson, Bridgeport; . E. Kroger,
Winnipauk; C. E. St. John, Norwalk ;
Hon. Samuel Fessenden, Stamford; T. B.
Wakemau, Westport ; N. W. Bradley,
Saugatuck; Edwin Hoyt, New Canaan;
Francis Ives, Bridgeport.
-The Christmas tree will not be com-
plete unless you buyMead’s confectionery.
Mayor-elect Nelson Taylor, Jr., the
enthusiastic commander of Company D,
has projected a series of entertainments
for the amusement and cdiflcation of his
command. The first of them will occur
this evening, when Mr. Alex. S. Gibson
will display some stereopticon views of
Egypt and the Nile, with an informal
description. It is whispered thatavery
popular Norwalk pastor will address the
company after the entertainment, and give
them"points” out of his extensive military
experience.
——Imported and domestic cigars at J. G.
Gregory S: Co's.
Mr. Gibson’s next. organ recital will
occur on Monday evening, 29th inst.
beginning promptly at 8 o’clock. Mr.
Gibson has been so fortunate as to secure
for this occasion the assistance of Mdllc.
Pauline Bredclli, prima donua soprano,
\vlnsc singing will be a great treat to all
who may be present. Mdllc. Bredelli has
received the most flattering notices
wherever she has sung. There will be no
charge for admission, and all Will be
welcome. Contributions, to be applied
toward paying expenses and for organ
improvement, will be received at the door.
—-Embroidered slippers in great variety
at Fancher‘s.
Alarge number of people gathered at
'he First Congregational church on Tues-
lay last to witness the exercises attend.
mt upon the installation of the Rev.
Edward Anderson s pastor. An anthem
was sung by the choir, after which the
nstallation sermod was preached by the
lev. J. A. Hamilton. Rev. Dr. Thurston
undo the prayer of installation, and Rev.
3. H. Everest in a few well chosen words
lelivered the charge to the pastor. The
ight hand of fellowship was given by
Rev. Mr. Burroughs, and Rev. Mr. Mer-
vin delivered the charge to the people.
dot the least pleasing feature of the ocea-
:ion was the singing of Miss Swan, who
lelighted her many Norwalk friends by
several selections of well rendered music.
As an indication of the expanding use-
fulness of the telephone we note that many
Sonnecticut business concerns have made
special connection with the new copper
, .vires by which rapid and easy communi-
:ation with their New York offices is main-
’ ained. Only this week Manager Butler
:oncluded arrangements with the Gilbert
h Bennett Mfg. Co. of Georgetown, for
.uch a service, and a special wire connect-
ng with the copper line will be run up to
he works from Norwalk. At least one
urge manufacturing concern in Stamford
s contemplating a similar step. In time,
to doubt, all the large business concerns
it the state having offices in New York
city will have immediate telephonic con-
.ection between the offices and the factor
es, the advantage of which can hardly be
over-estimated.—Stamford Advocate.
The Weather.
Beginning with Friday morning we have
had some weather. Friday a. m. it began
to blow up cold and by night it seemed as
if all the cold we hadn‘t had previously,
had bunched itself and was determined
to make itself felt. In this it was
successful, for it was felt. The poor
mercury sulked and shrunk until about
midnight it struck zero. Even then it
wasn’t satisfied, and by five a. m. on
Saturday had gone 5 degrees lower.
Then it took heart and came up a little,
and between 6 a. m. and 0 p. m. kept an
average record of seven degrees. In the
early evening is was still higher, and early
Sunday morning a snow storm set in. A
fall of two inches before noon gave
promise of good sleighing but it shortly
turned to rain and slush became the order
of the day. Yesterday morning most. of
the snow had disappeared and, it having
frozenalittle, the streets were resolved
into skating ponds and~pedestrians had
Fhard work to keep an upright position.
A damp fog rendered yesterday’s atmos—
phere sufficiently pleasant to keep most.
people in doors. In short, the entire
weather between Friday morning and last
night was so thoroughly delectable that
we trust we won’t have anymore of it.
On Saturday the most intense cold
prevailed throughout the country. The
railroad men on the line report-
ed the state of the mercury as
follows, all of which were below
zero: Springfield, 7° ; New Haven, 4°;
Wi sted, 14° ; Watertown. 17° ; Water-
bury, 12° ; NewMilford, 8° ;Brookfield,
8° ; Newtown, 10° ; Sandy Hook, 15° ;
Botsford, 15° ; Pittsficld, 22° . In
Bridgeport, 5° seems to have been the
average height.
New York state seemed to bear the
brunt of battle, the thermometer at
Rome, Macedonia and other towns in-thc
interior standing from 20 to 40 degrees
below zero. Much sufi’ering was caused
but no loss of life has been as yet reported.
The cold snap was felt all the more se-
verely because of the warm weather
preceding.
George W. Jennings.
Mr. George W. Jennings died at his
home On Sunday morning, at the advanced
age of 83 years. He was one of the old
residents who were so prominent in days
gone by and whom the older portion of
the community will remember with in.
terest. He was born in Norwalk in 1801
and has resided here continuously ever
since. Some forty years ago he kept the
only barber shop then in town in the old
Isaac’s building where the Opera House
block now stands. He combined a news
and toy stand with his barber shop and
was very successful until the great fire of
1859 which destroyed hisplace of business
as well as a considerable portion of the
town. After this event he built himself a.
little shop on the site of his former store,
and continued there until the store now
occupied by S. K. Stanley was built when
he moved into that. There he continued
his business until 1872 when Mr. Stanley
bought him out. Mr. Jennings then re-
tired from active business life and over—
come with age and infirmities, settled
down to pass the rel ainder of his days at
the old homestead on Mcrwin street. The
funeral will be held from there to-morrow
at 2:30 p. m. Our Brothers’ Lodge, I. O.
O. F., of which deceased was one of the
oldest members, will attend in a body.
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An Honest Man Bears Watching.
On Wednesday evening Mr. John A.
Camp who has for many years been Com-
stock Bros'. faithful and efficient head
Clerk, was presented with a handsome gold
watch and chain by a number of his
friends. A bountiful supper at the Nor-
walk Hotel was included in the pro-
gramme to which thirty or forty gentle-
men sat down. As Mr. Camp expects
shortly to leave for Bridgeport to engage
in business for himself, the gift was in-
tended as a farewell expression of good
will and friendship. Nelson Taylor made
the presentation speech, and after a. reply
by Mr. Camp, the balance of the company
expressedhheirfeelings upon the occasion.
The watch is a handsome hunting case
and was procured by Jeweller Spencer.
Mr Camp‘s monogram is on the front lid
of the case and on theinsidc the following
inscription is engraved:
runsax'rnn 'ro
JOHN A. CAMP, E80,,
As a testimonial of the sincere regard and
good wishes of his friends in Norwalk,
December 17th, 1884.
Mr. Camp can but feel proud of the
kindly feeling which prompted the gift.
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A Heavy Bet.
A short while before election Superin-
tendent Moore of the Mine Hill quarries,
near Roxbury, made a wager with a
Bridgeport gentleman on the result. If
Mr. Blaine was elected the Bridgeporter
was to pay the superintendent the price of
a car load of granite from the Mine Ilill
quarry. If, however, Mr. Blaine was.
defeated Mr. Moore was to ship to the
Bridgeport gentleman a car load of the
finest granite, free of cost and all shipping
expenses. Mr. Moore paid his bet
yesterday. The granite was shipped on
the Shepaug road on a platform car
ornamented with gaily colored flags. On
the side was fastened a large strip of
canvass on which was the following
inscription :“From theMine Hill Quarry.
Lost on Mr. Blaine.” The car was packed
solid'with blocks of granite, evidently of
the best quality and attracted much
attention. At Bethe] the car was attached
to the noon train on the Danbury and
Norwalk road, and carried to South
Norwnlk, whence it was taken to Bridge-
port. The cost of the granite was $53.75
and the freight $20. The weight of the
lead was estimated at nearly 50 tons.
Supt. Moore thus enjoys the distinction of
having made. and paid the heaviest bet
ever laid on an election.
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Christmas Festivals. .
The following are the dates on which
the festivals of the various Sunday schools
will be held :—
. nonoucu.
First Congregational.—Christmas even-
in g at. 7:30.
St. Paul’s Episcopal.—Saturday after-
noon, December 27, at 2 o’clock.
First Baptist.—Friday evening, Decem-
ber 26, at 7:30 o’clock.
Second Methodist—Christmas evening,
at 7:30. _
Mission church.-—Frlday evening, De-
cember 26, at 7:30.
crrr.
Trinity.—Music Hall, Tuesday averting,
December 30.
Second Congregational—Christmas eve-
ning at 7:30.
First Methodist—Christmas evening,
at. 7:30. . '
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Bleued are They who Expect Nothtnt-
Kirk, of the New Canaan Manager,
placed the following device at the head of
his column last week:
.............. o-.u-u-u..........uu-"nun..."-
E—O—A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL-TO—
The little circles at the left and right of
the sentiment are what the editor will get
for Xmas. The adjacent dashes signify
his remarks upon getting it.
The Post Offices.
The borough post office will be open on
Christmas morning until 11 o’clock. It
will then be closed until the following
day.
In South Norwalk the post office will
be opened until 11 a. m. It will then re-
main closed until 5 p. m., when it will be
rc-opencd for one hour.
. A Sure pomedy.
Duringlast week’s cold snap the win-
down of our local stores Were more. or less
coated with a heavy coating of frost mak-
<ing it impossible to see within or without.
An easy prevention for this is the rubbing
of alcohol over the glass. A few applica-
tions will keep the windows free from
frost during the winter. This is said to be
"a “sure cure ”
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—Everybody has to have Candy at
Christmas time. Mead’s is the place to
get it.
WESTPORT.
Baltimore.
Mr. William Spicer is laid up with a
sprained ankle.
The public schools closed for a vacation
of two weeks last Friday.
Bishop Williams will preach at Trinity
church on the morning of Sunday, January
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Mr. Frank Williams, son of Rev. Dhn
R. Williams, is home for his holiday va-
cation.
Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson and daughter
of King street have. gone. to Bridgeport for
the winter.
The graduating exercises of a class of
one took place at the Staples High School
on “'ednesday. _
Mr. Rufus “'akcman has erected a
handsome iron fence in front of his place
on Bridge street at Saugatuck.
A special meeting of Vigilant Engine
Company was called for Friday evening,
which was attended by four members.
The members of the different church
societies have been busy during the past
week preparing Christmas decorations.
Why is itthat the erection of a railing at
the east end of the new bridge at Sauga-
tuck is delayed? In its present condition
it is dangerous. ,
A portion of the morning session at the
Staples High School, on Friday last, was
omitted on account of the rooms being
insufficiently heated.
Edward H. Coley of this place is among
those recommended for holy orders by the
standing committee of the Episcopal
church for Connecticut.
The vane on the spire of the new church
has been again placed in position. The
spire is now ready for the slates, all the
wood work being completed. '
The annual communication of Temple
‘Lodge, at which time the election of offi-
cers for the ensuing year will take place,
will be held on Christmas night.
The usual services will be held at the
various churches on Christmas day, and
in addition at Christ church the christen-
ing of the Rector‘s infant son will take
place.
The selectmen have offered a. reward of
hue hundred dollars for the conviction of
the party who entered and set fire to the
factory of the Lees' Manufacturing com—
pany. '
One resident of this town will certify to
its having been cold early Saturday
morning. He attended a sociable at Nor-
walk, Friday evening and walked home at
2 a. m., Saturday.
Mr. M. B. W. Wheeler returned from
his hunting expedition to North Carolina,
last Thursday. He brought a quantity of
venison and the head of a deer as a. portion
of the results of his hunt.
A number of Norwalk items swelled the
Westport column last week, owing to an
error of our foreman. That is one or the
occurrences which render the life of an
editor so pleasant—[Eon zen'rrn.
Mr. Landon Ketchum has patented
what he calls a towel clip for- holding a
towel in place. It is an ingenious contri-
vancc, cheap, ornamental, and worthy a
place in every household—Standard.
A number of ladies of this place have
sent to the flower mission rooms in New
York, a box containing one hundred
articles, for the comfort and amusement
of the poor and unfortunate children in
that great city.
Mrs. John, Baker, a former resident of
this place, but for the past two years,
living with her daughter, Mrs. Henry S.
Jason. of Plainfield, N. J., died at the
latter place, on Thursday. Her remains
were brought to Westport yesterday for
interment. '
The Board of Belief will meet at the
Selectmen‘s room‘, in Hurlbutt’s block, on
Monday, January, 5, 1885, at one o’clock,
p. m., for the transaction of the duties of
their appointment. Also for the same pur-
pose on each succeeding Monday in said
January, at the same hour.
Captain Taleott B. Wakeman of Greens
Farms, read a paper before the Connecti-
cut Board of Agriculture, which held a
meeting at Meriden on Monday of last
week, on “Does General Farming Pay?”
an extended account of which together
withawood cut of the veteran farmer,
appears in the Homestead of last week.
Work has been suspended for a week at
Filley’s foundry. It is expected that the
coming season will be a busy one, the
preparation for which is one cause of the
stoppage. Mr. Filley has concluded a
contract for heaters, and will also puta
new range on the market, which will
furnish occupation to the extent of the
building capacity.
Last Monday evening, a number of
workmen engaged in Doschcr‘s plane
factory, became intoxicated, and one of
them became. so utterly helpless that he
was taken to the lock-up in a wheelbar-
row. Thc next morning they were taken
before Justice Finch and fined $1 and
costs, which was paid. Soon after, one
of them named Harry Elwell, was taken
sick and died. Medical Examiner Powers
held an inquest and decided that death
resulted from paralysis of the heart. The
body was sent to Sandusky, Ohio, where
the parents of the young man reside.
The closing exercises of the fall term of
the Staples High School took place last
Friday afternoon. Examinations were
held in the various studies in one of the
school rooms, after which the scholars and
visitors repaired to the hall where the
general exercises consisting of recitations
and gymnastic exercises concluded the
afternoon. In the evening the pupils
gave an entertainment the proceeds of
which amounting to over $23 are to be
used in the purchase of books for the
school library. At the conclusion of the
entertainment the audience were requested
by Mr. Sherman Lees to remain for a few
moments, and he then in an appropriate
speech presented Miss Whitaker with a
handsome set. of Shakespeare and Mr.
Tufts with a superb copy of Byron’s
poems.
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WILTON.
There will be service, with a sermon at
St. Matthew’s on Christmas eve., begin-
ning at a quarter past Seven o’clock. Ser-
vice on Christmas day at eleven o’clock a.
In. There will be a children’s 'short
service on Friday afternoon at two o’clock
immediately after which the Sunday
school will adjourn to the rectory for a
Christmas festival.
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—Satchels and travelling bags cheap,
at Peckwel.‘s.
A‘ UNIQUE PICTURE—Tile Travelers In-
surance Company. which not long ago
issued the beautiful photographic group of
American authors, has had copyrighted
and has issued one even more remarkable
and striking,——the leading Union com-
manders in the civil war. Like the
“Authors,” it is not an engraving. It
comprises the best likenesses of the
originals ever produced, several of them
taken for this very picture ; and that its
execution is of the finest, the name of the
Notmau Photographic Company is
sufficient guaranty. In its scope it is
absolutely unique: no such number of
distinguished military officers have ever
been photographed in a single picture;
and the permanency of its value is
attested by the fact that the fame of the
commanders included rests not merely on
patriotic zeitl or partisanship, but on the
disinterested verdict of competent mili-
tary ofiicers, both native and foreign,
ranking them beside the most distinguish-
ed captains of the Old World.
Besides these portraits, the picture
lncludesa number of very fine central
and marginal sketches: the Capitol at.
Washington, the White House, the
Gettysburg monument (erected by Mr.
James G. Batterson, resident of the
Travelers), Admiral tarragut in the
riggin ,the fight between the “Monitor”
and “ ferrimac,"a naval battle between
gunboats, and shadowy scenes from bat-
tle, hospital. and sanitary commission.-
Hartford 0021mm.
Mr. Lloyd Nash is visiting friends in '
entire surface, and when numbers are
collected together they present an as- ‘
tonishing spectacle.
interesting of these light-givers. is the _
chiasmodus. a fish attaining a length of 3
only thirteen inches.
head is the principal light-giving organ,
and its fins gleam with phosphorescent
light.
light-giver.
that it can seize fish twice its size. and
easily swallow them. Its stomach has
t
stretches to enormous proportions, and
appears like a great transparent balloon
1
its prey.
a character.
Spain when the war began and afterward
chiefof staff to Albert Sidney J ohnstou.
He was with that distinguished Con-
federate officer when he was wounded at
Shiloh and held the chieftain when he
breathed his last.
nattu‘ally has a. fund of reminiscence and
experience and denies Gen. Beauregard’s
claim that he, instead of
planned the battle of Shiloh. Preston
says :
direct from his chief’s hands and tele«
graphed it to Mr. Davis before Gen.
Beauregard arrived.” This whole dis-
pute about. Shiloh, which is a very in-
teresting and important one, is to re-
ceive very heroic treatment within a
short time.
gard and William Preston Johnston are
each to prepare elaborate papers upon
the incidents and accidents of that great
battle.
engagement, said:
battles of the late war, all of them
greater than the battle of Waterloo,
Shiloh, Stone
mango.
bornly contested, and the losses on each
side considerably greater than at Water—
loo. Shiloh I regard iu many respects
the greatest battle of the world. It was
practically the crowning glory of Ameri-
can valor.
of raw troops who met in the shock of
mere matter of physical endurance, yes ;
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! MILES nxnnn run. sun. !
Many curious forms of fishes have re-
cently been found in the deep sea, says a
cotemporary. One fish, dredged from a
depth of nearly three miles from the
surface, shows a complete modifies ion
of structure. It is estimated that this
fish has to contend against a pressure
equal to two and one-half tons to every
square inch of surface. A sealed glass
tube, inclosed in a. perforated copper
covering, has at two miles been reduced
to fine powder, while the metal was
twisted out of shape. Yet the fishes are
so constructed that: they withstand the
pressure. Their bony and museularsys- ,
tern are not fully developed ; the bones !
are permeated with pores and fissures.
The calcareous matter is at a minimum,
and the bones of the vertebra: are joined
together so loosely that in lifting the
larger fish out of the water they often
fall apart. The muscles are all thin,
and yet the connective tissue seems al.
most wanting. Yet these fishes are able
to dart about and capture prey.
Sunlight penetrates about twelve lmn~
dred feet below the surface of the sea.
At: three thousand feet the temperature
lowers to forty degrees Fahrenheit, and
from about the same, the world over-
just above freezing. How do the fishes
and other forms here see? Their eyes
are modified as well as their other parts.
The fishes that live five hundred feet
from the surface have larger eyes than
those in the zone above them, so that
they can absorb'the faint. rays that
reach them. In a zone below this many
forms with small eyes begin to have
tentacles, feelers, cr organs of touch.
Many of these deep sea fishes have
special organs on their sides and heads
that are known to possess a luminous
quality. Other organs are considered
accessory eyes, so that. the fishes have
rows of eyes on their ventral surfaces
looking downward, while near are lumi-
nous spots that provide them with light.
One of the largest of these deep sea
torch-bearers is a fish six feet long, with
a tall, dorsal {in extending nearly the
entire length of the body. The tips of
this fin are luminous, and also a broad
patch on its head. Along the side, of
the body are a double row of luminous
spots. 1
One of the moat ferocious of these
deep sea forms is the cbanlindus'. Its
mouth is fairly overflowing with teeth,
that protrude in a. forbidding manner
The fins are all tipped will: flaming
spots, while along the dorsal surface ex-
tends n row of spots that appear like so
many windows in the fish, through 1
which light is shining. The little fishes,
Bombay ducks, are luminous over their
One of the most
The top of its .
It is not alone remarkable as a
It has a jaw so arranged
It
he elastic quality of India rubber.
ranging under the fish and containing
00—000.!
A NOTA ELI-1 KENTUCKIAN.
Gen. William Preston, of Kentucky, is
He was our Minister to
O
h
The old General
I move any part of his body, except his
pet ape, and shaking the man's hands,
also went away. with its hands over its
eyes. It was such a ridiculous sight
and he laughed so heartily that the
glcer broke and his life was saved.
SUPERSTITIONS ABOUT DEAF MUTES,
were looked upon as a disgrace to hu-
manity, and under the barbarous laws of
Lyourgus they were exposed to death.
Nor was highly cultured Athens less
cruel than Sparta toward these unfor-
tunate creatures.
were pitilessly sacrificed without a voice
being heard on their behalf. Aristotle
declared congential deaf mates to be in-
capable of instruction, and this was the
universal opinion of classical antiquity.
The Romans treated the unl‘ortunatas
with the same cruelty as the Greeks.
«As soon as a child was found to be deaf
; and dumb it was sacrificed to the Tiber.
! Only those escaped whom the waves
1 washed back to the shore, or whom the
: natural love of their parents kept hid-
den from the eyes of the world.
of the Arab courser is, I think, errone-
ous. Great speed is not his strong
point; the chances are that on any Ol.‘_-
dinary race course the best Arab in the
world would be beaten by a secondrate
English race horse.
not, of course, firstnratc specimens of
the race, but. they were certainly not
bad ones. A fortnight or so afterward,
when I was at Tebessa, the commandant
showed me an English thoroughbread,
which, he said, had easily runaway
from every Arab he had ever tried him
against.
markable about this horse was that
hard life and hard fare of the Arab
ness and endurance, as had been proved
in the course of many expeditions and
tours of inspection among the tribes of
the district.
884
Lauouruu as it MEDICINE, !
A short time ago two individuals were
lying in one room sick, one with brain
fever, and the other with an aggravated
case of the mumps. They were so low
that watchmen were needed every night,
and it was, thought doubtful if the one
sick of the fever would recover. A
gentleman was engaged to watch over
them one night, his duty being to wake
the nurse whenever it became necessary
to administer medicine.- In the course
of the night both-watcher and nurse fell
asleep. The man with the mumps lay
watching the clock, and saw that it was
time to give the fever patient his potion.
He was unable to speak aloud or to
arms; but seizing a pillow he managed
to strike the watcher with it. Being
thus suddenly awakened, that indivi.
dual sprang from his seat and fell to the
floor, arousing both the nurse and the
fever patient.
The incident struck the sick men as
very ludicrous, and they laughed hearti—
ly at it for some fifteen or twenty
minutes. When the doctor came in the
morning he found his patients vastly
improved; he never saw so sudden a
change for the better, and now both are
up and well. Who says laughter is not
the best of medicine?
And this reminds me of another case:
A gentleman was suffering from an ul-
cerated throat, which at length became
so swollen that his life was despair-ed of.
His household came to his bedside to
bid him farewell ; each individual shook
hands with the dying man and then
went away weeping. Last of all came a
that the patient was forced to laugh,
Q
Among the ancient Greeks deaf mutes
WM. M. HABIRSHAVV, F. c. s
PROF. JAMES F. BABCOCK,
STILLWELL 8: GLADDING,
THE TRUTH
As an Answer to the Bombastic Multilingot
the Royal Baking Powder Go. - .
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We are analyzing all the Cream of Tartar used in
the manufacture of Cleveland’s Superior Baking
Powder, and we hereby certify that it is practically
chemically pure—testing as .high as 99.95 per Cent
and not less than 99.50 per cent. '
From a hygienic point of View we ‘ regard
Cleveland’s Superior Baking Powder as the ideal
baking powder, composed as it is of pure Grape
Cream of Tartar and pure Bicarbonate of Soda.
STILLWELL & OLADDING,
Chemists to the New York Produc B -
New York, Nov. 25, 1884. . a {change
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Analyses heretofore made by noted chemists show
the amount of Tartrate of Lime found by them in
different samples of Royal Baking Powder as follows:
Per Cent of Tarn-ate
of Lime found in
Royal Baking Powder.
5.05
a . ’
Chemist of the N. Y. State Agricultural Society.
4.52
State Assayer of Massachusetts.
.00
Chemists to the New York Produce Exchange. 5
These analyses show that the Tartrate of Lime
which the Royal Baking Powder Company condemns
in its advertisements has been found in its own
baking powder.
Cleveland’s Superior Baking Powder does not
contain Ammonia, Alum, Lime, Potash, or .Bone
Phosphates, and it
FROM ADULTERATIONS.
is ABSOLUTELY FREE
Deaf mute children
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THE SPEED OF THE ARAB.
The popular notion about the speed
These Arabs were
But what was far more re-
nce acclimatized and accustomed to the
orses he quite equaled them in hardi-
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Johnston,
“ That he took the plan of battle i
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Gen. Grant, Gen. Beaure-
Geu. Preston, speaking of that
“There were three
River and Chicka-
Each of them were most stub«
Herc were two great armies
battle and never fiinehed. It was the
most stubbornly contested battle of
of modern times. Once when Sir Granet
Wolseley, the present commander of the
English army, asked me at a dinner !
party at Montreal if the South could not
have held out longer, I replied : "Asa
but do you know, air, that in the four
years of war through which we passed,
the South alone, with its few millions of
people. lost more men in battle than
England did in all its wars from William
Conqueror to Queen Vietcria.’ I spoke
with some feeling and it ended in a dis-
cussion as to the reason why the South
did not continue to light.”
W i
nominee AND REALITY. !
Two Russian nobleman and a favorite
Parisiali' actress played the principal
parts in a story which is going the
Mrs. W. Bartlett;
No.3 Water St. Vel'walk. i
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MILLINERY GflflDS.
Manning Gulls a Sustain
A large assortment constantly on
Trimmed ‘ Bonnets,
Thurstavhllai t8alnrlav.‘é
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Carts-
Sleds
Skates
Banks .
Balls
Tops
Drums
Trumpets
Fiddles
Banjos
Tamborlnes
Puzzles
Games
Books
Flutes
TOYS! HOLIDAY GOODS! TOYS!
Work Boxes Masks
Toilet Sets Canes
Pocket Books Whips
Foot Balls , , Mugs
‘ilobby Horses Desks,
Velocipedes Dolls
Wagons Pianos
Harmonicas Trunks
Work Baskets Trains
Butter Dishes Casters
Magic Lanterns Cutlery
Chandeliers Cages
Tool Chests Knives
BlackingfiSets Arks "
Majolica &c., the.
Useful and Ornamental Goods Suit-
able for the Adults and. Young in great
profusmn and variety at such low
prices as to suit all, at
E. K.L.OCKWOOD’S.
73 Main St. So. Nor-walk,
: row prepared to show the La-
dies a Full Line of
IN ALL
The Latest Styles.
hand, and made to order of
Short Notice.
Our Regular
OPENING ,
or g
AND *
ROUND HATS.
Will take place on
OCT. 16, 17 and 18.
RESPECTFULLY.
MRS W. FAWCETT.
rounds of the French papers. Both of
the Bayards were suitors for, the fair
lady's smiles, and both seemed to be
equally esteemed by her. It would ap-
pear that in Russia, as well as in many .
other countries, a lock of hair is con-
sidered a signal pledge of the tender
passion. V' Mademoiselle Alice glories in >
the possession of auburn ringlets, and
would not part with one of them for less
a. duchv. Her Russian admirers, the
Count do L. and the Baron de M., both
happen to have hair of the same golden
hue as that of their mutual Dulcinea.
Each begged a tress of her hair in ex- ,1
change for a lock of his own, to which I
the charming creature readily assented, ;
and withouttouohing a single tuft of ‘
her head, cunningly managed to effect
an exchange of parcels, by which each
gentleman received a curl of his rival's
capillary. The count now wears the
baron’s hair next his heart, and the
baron sleeps with the count's scalp-look ;
under his pillow. :
MOO—.4
A BEE’S WORKING TOOLS.
Naturalists say that the feet of the
common working bee exhibit the com-
bination of a basket, 9. brush and a pair
of planets. The brush, the hairs of
which are arranged in symmetrical rows,
are only to be seen with the microscope.
With this brush of fairy delicacy the
bee brushes its velvet robe to remove
the pollen dust. with which it becomes
loaded while sucking up the nectar.
Another article, hollowed like a spoon,
receives all the gleanings which the
insect carries to the hive. Finally, by
opening them, one upon another by
means of a hinge, these two pieces be- 1_
came a. pair of pincers, which render 3
important service in the construction of l
the combs.
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Woman is a luxury. Unless a man's
circumstances permit of luxuries he had
better be content with sewing on his
own collor studs. ' .1
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Ask to see our Unlaundried Shirts for 50 cents.
SPECIAL BARGAINS
s.
Men’s Odd Pants, $2 and $2.50.
' Overcoats, $5 and $6.
Mail’s and Youth’s Suits, $7.50 and $8.50.
BOY’SE CHILDREN’S SUITS, $2.50, $3, $3.50.
ITheirGoods are far ahead of anything over before offered for the
money. They are neat and desirable
BEMARKABLE BARGAINS,
Seam-
less Socks 15 cents, two pair for 25 cents.
Horse Blankets, From 60 Cents Up.
One LOW Price To All.
All Made Welcome and Treated Equal.
BRYANT. BESSE & 00.
EE'l‘HE GREAT BARGAIN MOTHERS—:—
. 29 Main St, Narwalk, Conn.
MILLnERY,
Ever shown in Norwalk.
OUR FRENCH SHAPES
In both Felt and Velvet are both Stylish and
Becoming. We have many
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J nst Received. We have
Matiame Griswold' Corsets.
And others. A perfect fit guaranteed.
HAIR GOODS A Specialty. ,
TRY on nun WATERWAVES.§
t‘ombings Made Up. '
We 502‘. the ,
BUCKEYE COOK BOOK.
Glenna, hasinet Galore Embroidery. .
MISSES ST. JOHN.
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saoss FOR ALL : HANDMADE, ;
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census 3- snares,
OFFERS SPECIAL BARGAINS.
In Ladies French and American Kid, l’cbblo Goat, Cloth and Kid
‘ Top Shoes. Some lots soiled goods less than halt" oust; One lot
French Kid, regular $4.50 Shoe for $2.50 mostly small sizes. One lot
Ladies Pebble Goat Button, a good $3.th shoe ,tor $2, mostly slim
A good chance for those having narrow feet to get a perfect
fit at low prices. Lot Ladies Rubbers 25 its. Lot Men’s Rubbers '50 -
cts. Lot Children's shoes SO crs., was sold at :51. Lot Boys Gaiters
75 etc. The best American Kid, 83 shoes ever sold in ‘Norwalk.
Men’s Shoo Special. ’l'he Douglass $3 shoe, the Fearless 2.50, and the
best $2 Shoes in the market. . Stoga Boots, a good boot, $1.90,, the
Old Reliable $2.25. The best Boot. to keep, soft and turns water. all
hand work, 34.
First Quality Rubber Goods, all Kinds
All at the Very Lowest Prices!
P. S.-—One Lot Ladies Shoes. All kinds. $1, worth $2 ands-a
A. rs. H©Y‘B,
Under Opera House, Wall Street, Norwalk.
Norwalk Chronicler