If
1
1
_,.. ii
NORWALK GAZETTE, TUESDA
Y.
MA,Y_426,.1885.
Tuesday, May 26, 1885.
(”fl/W
The Public Health. . .
In Sunday’s New York Graphzo, isa
four column article of exceeding interest
and ability, written by Colonel R. E.
WHITMAN, U. S. A., who resides upon
the Mrs. Wm. Keyser place at East
Nerwalk, upon the all important subject
of conserving the public health, by the
proper disposition of the bodies of our
dead. We regret that we have not room
for the entire article, but must content
ourselves with clipping random excerpts
of its salient points. Miss KATE FIELD
prefaces the article with her own en-
thusiastic endorsement of its forcible
arguments in favor of cremation and her
own adherence to that mode of disposing
of our dead, as follows :—- . m t
DEAR Sim—These are times a' are
trying men’s and women’s bodies quite as
much as their souls. The zymotic diseases
breaking out in what were formerly
healthy villages may set even the blindest
to seek for causes, and perhaps the most
prejudiced may finally be forced to admit
that one great source of water‘contami-
nation is the existence of multitudmous
raveyards contiguous to habitations.
nmy daily excursions on horse back,
which cover about fifteen miles, I count
seven graveyards perched on hills. the
thejadjacent towns preparing
for speedy exit from the world by hvmg
occupants of
below the dead and using well water.
Suggest to them that the prevailing
“malaria” may be due to drinking up the
remains of. their deceased ancestors and
a'howl of “sacrilege” reads the air.
I learned by terrible experience,
very young, the horrors
incorporated in New
member. on
prompted by profound
Colonel Whitman
the pa er new seat y ou, Ifelt it a duty to hands of i nor-ant municipal authority,
do “1.1?“ my pqwer to bring It beflng as: as are clear? streets and an effective fire
pubhc. That its appearance may p department.
an absolutely necessary reform is_ the
t'e t wish of ours trul ,
hear x s y IIATE FIELD.
South Norwalk, Ct., May 18.
In discussing the
is it not well to remember that aphorism
living dog is better
and to see to it that the
is not permitted to encroach
unwarrantably upon the heritage of the
of Solomon, “For it
than a dead hon,”
“dead lion”
“living dog 1”
Good drainage and ventilation are now
necessities, where once they were matters
of taste or convenience.
So of the earth burial of your dead.
Some form of incineration is a necessity
before whichhabit, prejudice, superstition
and inherited sentimentahsm must . give
wa , that this land may be “of the hvmg
an for the living.
The bodies of Saul and his sons were
recovered from the enemy at great risk
that they might be burned and their bones
buried.
Greece,
civilization,
world any
our superficial earth covering.
If we wish to preserve
simpler ?
Dr. Parker tells us that each decom-
human body generates annually
fifty cubic feet of carbon acid gas;
that the atmosphere of thickly populated
cemeteries contains ordinarily more than
double the normal proportion of carbonic
posing
about
acid gas and other deadly exhalations
that the atmosphere of burial grounds 1
freighted with the germs of
form of zymotie disease.
periments have proved that earth worm
bring to the surface myriads of_ bacteria
from the bodies of the decomposing dead.
The contamination of wells and water
courses about burial grounds is a sourc
of far greater danger than is generally
supposed. Asa rule, grave fed water has
a peculiar sparkling clearness, due to the
very large proportion of nitrates, and
nitrites therein contained which are the
product of neighboring graves. Th
ondon Lancet says, “It is a well ascer-
tained fact that the surest carrier and th
most deadly fruitful hidus of zymotic
contagion is this brilliant, enticing looking
water, charged with the nitrates which
result from decomposition.”
Look at the sparkle of the death-laden
water, that once pure from the clouds has
_ , oisoned enclosure
r”— ’édr‘rfpélled to hvc within the circle Of its
filtered through, the
baneful influence.
People who wonder at the change that
has come over our New England villages,
the homes of a vigorous ancestry, and
deplore the event of this mysterious
“malaria,” the unseen vampire that sucks
the red blood of the present generation
would do well to look about them and see
how the graveyards, old and new, have
grown in two centuries, how the town has
surrounded them; how the water supply
is from the same Old well.
The continuous burial of dead bodies
in the midst of these villages is practically
like sweeping house refuse, year after
year, into the cellar, shutting the door
upon it to wonder at the appearance of
. disease and malaria in the beautifully kept
upper rooms]
Incineration by the Siemens process a
Gotha is thus minutely described by Mr
Beugless:
front of the altar.
constitutes the floor
elevator.
is opened to receive
tint.
rollers into this bath of rosy light,
immediately it becomes incandescent, in
which it remains until incineration is
This requires about an hour
complae.
for _ each hundred pounds of weight.
There remain a few handfuls of pure,
pearly ashes equivalent to about four per
cent. of the original. These are dropped
by means of a lever into the ash chamber
below and are drawn thence into an urn
of terra cotta, marble, alabaster or other
material, and returned by means of the
elevator to the catafalque. The service
of ceremony being now ever, the friends
of the deceased find the ashes, just where
they had last seen the bodyof the depart-
ed, and they may be borne thence to the
columbarium or mortuary chapel, or may
be set in a border-violets, heartseasc and
forget-me-nots may be planted in them
from yeanto year. ‘And from his ashes
may be made the violet :of his native
land.’ No fuel or flame or foreign
substance comes in contact with the body.
The process is accompanied by 'no per—
ceptible smell or smoke, absolvte y noth-
ing that can offend the sensibilities of the
most fastidious. All the smoke and v0]-
atilc products are passed through a re-
generating furnaec before being turned
loose into the air and absolutely puri-
fied.” ‘
The process is so decorous, so beau.
tiful, and so commends itself to the
common sense of then htful observers
that scarcely an instance is known of any
one having witnessed it who has not at
once _ become a pronounced convert to
cremation, whatever may have been his
preexisting prejudices.
What better for the dying philanthropist
than to devote his ashes to nature? That
the lawnin front of his home he leaves his
family shall be greener, or that his favor.
ite trees shall bear better rounded and
more abundant fruit, that his flowers shall
tallic on more vigor and a brighter glory of
co or.
By cremation we should avoid the dread
. of grave robberies, either for the benefit
of embryo surgeons, or for the hope of
reward.
The question of expense is of great im-
portance as it invades the homes of the
poor with discomfort and suffering. The
tyranny of custom seems inexorable.
Children lack'brcad, the sick and the old
lack comforts that a Show of black and a
line of carriages may follow the dead to
the grave. The corpse must be beautiful-
ly clothed though the living sufi‘erfor fuel,
shelter and food. _ .
It is estimated that the output of all the
gold and silver mines inthis countrywould
not pay the amount that the funeral and
cemetery expenses of the country exceed
those necessary to cremation.
Moreover, it has been stated, and is un
doubtedly true, that the Irish in this
country expend more money yearly, di-
rectl and indirectly over their dead, be-
you what a decorous incineration would
require, than would pay the rental for
their entire much loved island.
The first real movement in favor of cre-
"mation in this ccuntry began in New York
in 1874, and soon secured the attention of
some of the best minds. Since that time
the solid wall of opposition, a concrete of
ignorance, prejudice and superstition,
crowned with a super-sentimentalism,
which can say, “I don’t care for myself,
when
of earth burial.
I now know its crime against the livmg.
The moment a cremation society was
York I became a
conviction, wrote
—.—
disposal of' the dead
at the height of her beautiful
made earth burial a disgrace.
It is questionable if at any age of the
burial custom has been more
fraught with danger to the living than is
the integrity of
our dearest “dust,” does not retaining
their ashes in their entirety while all else
has gone heavenward in flames seem
almost every
Pasteur’s ex-
“The body is borne into the
chapel and placed on the eatafalque in
This section of the
chapel floor upon which the body rests
of the lift or
As the funeral service proceeds
- the elevator invisibly and noiselessly
descends, bearing the body to the base-
ment, directly in front of the incinerator,
which by means of superheated air has
been raised to a white heat within. to a
temperature of about 1,500 degrees
Fahrenheit. As the door of the incinerator
the body, the
ini'ushing air cools it to a delicate rose
And the body resting on a metallic
bed, covered with a cloth of asbestos, or ,
of linen soaked in alum, passes over
but I never could consent to it for my
friends ;”begins to show signs of a gradual
disintegration, and yet we have up to this
time but two crematorics in the country——
one the private property of Dr. Le Moyne
at Washington, Pa., to which bodies have
been taken from nearly all the states.
The second crematory is at Lancaster,
Pa. Several of the local pastors of evan-
gelical churches assisted in the dcdicatory
semce. .
The New York Cremation society, in-
corporated in 1881, now has about 200
members.
The United States Cremation company,
(limited), an outgrowth of the above or.
ganization, is now erecting a_crcmatory
near New York city, modest in expense,
but with the most approved process.
So far as we know the civrhzed world
has but five prOpcrly constructed crema-
torics, viz, at Milan, Padua, Gotha, 'Wash-
'ington and Lancaster, Pa. Searches are
growing in numbers and influence.
Copenhagen has 2,000 members, the H01-
land society has 1,100, Paris has . 400,
and Milan 300 members. Other soc1eties
of which good progress is reported, have
been formed in Florence, Rome, Berlin,
Dresden, London and Rio de J aneiro.
These societies are made up of active
thinking philanthropists,who hope that the
judicious scattering of information on this
subject, their own example and the ever
growing necessity will so influence the
ublic as to make possible the universal
incineration of dead bodies.
After a careful examination of the facts
they ask whether it is not the duty of the
wise to do what they can to overcome a
sentimentalism which entails on humanity
so much disease, discomfort and death.
tific research that we may
of are air, pure water, and of sound food.
I is not so much of argument
zation‘ with the ideanwith
vantages to the: living.
have become a
,.
_————-——G+P——.——"
Samuel E. Olmstead.
cnt consciousness.
his recovery.
a‘factor in almost every local enterprise
i
S
S
.werc sadly futile.
C
enterprises.
e
e
in helping the failing fortunes of the un
dlid Jremi‘inerativc ‘ili Oui— town as promo
interests.
!
———-—4—.>————-
Veteran Railroadcrs.
l;
to August of the same year.
trains were run from Canaan both ways.
the other to Bridgeport and return,
changing off every other day. Both these
veterans are sprightly, and both are
popular favorites with the road’s patrons.
Mr. Cole began his railroad career as
brakeman ; Mr. Emmons as section hand.
The latter owns a residence in Canaan,
and is one of the most affable and cordial
men in the world, with a pleasant word
for everybody, and is as ready and willing
a hand shaker as apresidcntial candidate.
Among the boys he is familiarly dubbed
“Pop” Emmons” and “By Guy!” (which
is the wickedest oath he has ever been
known to swear.) .
The Electric Limit.
The agent of the Edison Electric
Lighting Company are canvassing ' the
borough with a view to establishing a
permanent plant here, andwith such good
results that there is no doubt that the
project will succeed. They have already
secured subscribers for about 600 lights,
and anticipate no difliculty in securing
the 800 necessary to insure the establish-
ment of the station. The work of con-
structing a building and-putting in the
requisite machinery will be begun soon,
and everything will be in readiness and
the lights flashing by the first of October.
- The experimental lights which have been
exhibited here for two or three weeks are
giving satisfaction, and do much toward
creating an interest in the matter. South
Norwalk is also being canvassed by the
same company, and a separate station will
be established there.
Reform.
One of General Hawley’s men was
replaced as mail route agent between
New York and Boston, on Saturday.
The former employee was an experienced
and faithful ofiicer, but he voted for
Blaine, and who was removed for being
“offensively partisan” and is replaced by
ahowling Cleveland shrieker, all in the
line of democratic l“civil service reform.”
——————-<4->—————
An Old Stand.
The Asa E. Smith’s Sons’ New York
pottery warehouse at Peck Slip is the
same edifice this ancient and honorable
house has-occupied fora period of seventy
years. No other Norwalk manufactory
has such a record of longevity, running
back as it does to the earliest years of' the
present century.
Pure Water. .
We do not wish to discourage cold
water drinking, nevertheless we would
call the attention of all who are forced to
use the public water, and especially of
.our water commissioners of the borough
and city, to the communication of “Medi
our” in another column, who knows
whereof he speaks, and whose warning
words are worthy of heed.
————<+>—-—
Poeket Picked.
Mrs. E. W. Stuart had the misfortune
to lose her pocketbook in a New York
horse car yesterday containing about $25
and other souvenirs. r‘
Serious thinkers would encourage scien-
know approxi-
mately the influence on moral character
in favor
of cremation people need, as familiari-
its manifest ad-
thn it shall
household fact that grave-
yards are a more fruitful source of disease
than defective sewers, and that the change
from earth burial only hastens the mevrt—
able oxidation while avoiding its horrors,
then will cremation be demanded at the
The accident to Mr. Olmstead, detailed
in our last, and which it was then hoped
would not prove very serious, has had a
fatal termination. He began to sink last
week; articulation failed and then appar-
Hc passed away at
about four o’clock this (Tuesday) mom-
ing, after several hours of terrible convul-
sions, of which suffering he 'was happily
unconscious. His physicians discovered
soon after the accident that the seat of his
chief injurywas at the base of the brain,
and this left them little sanguine hope of
The death of Mr. Olmstead will be a
shock, not. only in this community where
he has lived since boyhood, but in remote
quarters where his wide business and
personal relations have made him prom-
inently known. It is too early to forecast
with accuracy the magnitude of this loss
to the varied interests of; Norwalk. His
active brain, early and closely trained to
the severest business methods, made him
He has held varied responsible positions
ufaeturing corporations, and in St. Paul’s
church. For years he has been the head
and chief promoter of the parallel railroad
scheme, and at his death was president of
this organization. His intense application
to business without recreation or rest for
many years no doubt Operated disastrously
upon his recuperative powers, for all of
-nature‘s efforts to rally from his injury
Mr. Olmstead’s nature in every fibre
was business. His very love of gain was
promotive of constantly widening business
There could be no stagnation
in any of his affairs. If on the one hand
he was resolute and seemingly harsh in
securing his own, on the other it must in
truth be said that no man in Norwalk over
ventured so far in rendering aid to the
irresponsible, or willingly took such risks
fortunate As a merchant no man was
ever mofl lenient to the poor and dilatory.
HAL... 4.1.424..-
tive of the general prosperity. His death
is a deplorable loss to all our business
Now that he sleeps his last
sleep, and a whole community mourns
the loss of a chief man of affairs, the ten-
dercst sympathies of all hearts will go out
for the stricken, invalid wife, so terribly
bereaved, and to his children who mourn
the loss of the most indulgent of fathers.
The oldest employes of the Housatonic
Railroad are John Cole, conductor of one
of the day passenger trains, and Charles
Emmons, at present signal tender and jani-
tor at Union Depot, Canaan. Mr. Cole’s first
- service in the employ of the road was on
J unc lst, 1850—thirty-five years ago.
Mr. Emmons’ term of service dates back
At that time
That is, two trains stayed in Canaan over
night, one running toPittsfield and return
Random Ramblings.
____..__.—.—
BY OUR RANDOM RAMBLER.
After a hearty game supper Friday
night I retired, fell asleep and dreamed a
dream. I thought I was strolling on a
hillside, my only escort being my big, .
majestic mastifI “Leo,” which accom-
panies me wherever I go—particularly in
dreams. Coming to a little grassy knoll
I seated myself, and Leo lay down a few
feet away. Presently a pole-cat crept out
from the underbrusli, approached Leo
and said : “Good morning brother
Mastiff 1” Leo dcigned not even a second
look at him. “Clio,” continued the in-
truder,” you won’t recognize me as a
brother, eh? why, my tail is as long as
yours. My tail is even longerthan yours.
Hang you] why don’t you say something?
My tail is two and a half times as long as
yours." I expected to see Leo with one
powerful blow of his massive paw knock
the impudent skunk whirling over the
bushes, but he lay there as if unconscious
of the other’s presence. Having worked
itself into a frenzy of wrath, the skunk
p
l’m all fail, and you ain’t. Thcrd, take
that!” I called Leo tormc and said:
“Why didn’t you take hold of it ?”
“Because,” replied Leo, “to condesccnd
to its level would lower me in my own
estimation, and exalt that pitiable thing
with the idea that I consider it Worthy of
as I pushed him away from me,
preparatory to rising from the knoll, I
was suddenly awakened by a childish
voice that said: “Why Auntie, what’s
the matter with you i’” and I found that
I had kicked my little niece out of bed.
ful.
in town and borough, in our banks, man
longing.
. 4-..: “I‘m-J: u»
called “sweet.” He said:
insipid, tasteless smacks, but a fellow
kiss, don‘t want to talk; he just wants to
boots on.”—But that was along time ago.
It
It It
ing skeptics are so prone to make a handle
of. It was to the effect that in a certain
town not far away a Protestant “minister"
and a Catholic “priest” were brought face
to face at a place where a funeral was to
beIheld, each expecting to officiate, through
some awkward misunderstanding or mis-
management on the part of the “committee
of arrangements.” Each refused to con-
duct the services unless the other with-
drew, and consequently the poor unfor-
tunate corpse was laid away without any
religious services being held. And under
the circumstances, who shall say the gates
of heaven will not be the more quickly
opened unto him ? ,
———<+>—————-
Improvements.
The Marvin BrOthers have closed a
contract with Builder Wilson for the
erection of a new dwelling 'on Haviland
street, South Norwalk, and J. T. Prowitt
has secured the contract for the painting,
both being lowest bidders.
J. T. Prowitt is repainting the sightly
residence of Mr. George Clark on Prospect
Hill, recently purchased of General Cran—
furd. ‘
The frame of Mr. Arthur Osborn’s new
hopse on West avenue, is already, up and
Mr. E. J. Hill is rapidly following suit
with his new residence. Qur. carpenters,
painters, tinners and plumbers have had
a hurried time of it this spring, if all other
business has been paralyzed.
-—-———<+>————————
Much Big.
Sitting Bull, the much big Injun chief,~
has just had a straw hat made by Beatty
Brothers of this town that beats all former
records in the big but line. The size is
9}, the crown is 7% inches deep, with a
ten inch brim, which makes it thirty
inches in diameter, or two and one-half
feet—larger than a sun umbrella. It was
made of green porcupine straw. Mr. Bull
will wear it when he goes to Washington
to see the president about some more
guns and fire water. ,
____..,____
. Good Seeds.
See the adv. of seeds, as presented by
Thorburn & Co. 15 John street, N. Y. A
dollar sent this old and reliable house, for
an assortment of gardenvarieties of seeds,
will result in more satisfaction and in
better results tlinn all the miserable free
seeds sent out by the Agricultural depart-
ment of the government in the last ten
years.
———————+o->——————
Obituary. ‘
During the past week ex-Senator and
Secretary of State Frelinghuysen and
Gen. Wm. H. Russellof our own state have
passed away, while all France and the
world of letters mourn the death of Victor
Hugo.
swaggered off hissingjspitcfully: “Fool, 4
my paw.” I patted him on the head, and'
(My little niece sleeps with me.) The
clock was just striking twelve, and out-
side the darkness was black as Egypt,
and the thought impressed me, that the
skunk, the kicker and the wicked dark-
ness were peculiarly applicable to the hour.
In the sporting‘colum'n of a daily paper
I noticed recently an article instructing
“catchers” as to the means of guarding
against accidents in base ball. Now I
don’t know nor care anything about base
ball; my hobby is crazy patch-work. But
I would venture to suggest that accidents
in base ball could be avoided by substi-
tuting wood chopping for base ball. It
might not be so exciting or fascinating
until after the market was gluttcd with
chopped wood, and the continuation of
the chopping could be of no possible bene-
fit to humanity; then the charms of wood
chopping as a pastime would be all—power-
I have never heard of a young man
who, while chopping wood, got his nose
spattered all over his face by a base ball
but slipping out of another fellow’s hands,
or sprained his ankle between bases, or
had a ball strike him in the stomach hard
enough to break his heart, or suffered a
fraction of the tribulations of a base ball-
ist. Try it, boys; and after you’ve played
the chopping game for one day you’ll
feel just as if you’d been having a nip and
tuck contest with the champion club of
the world, and you’ll think you’ve been
swapping backs with a man 104 years old.
as
Well, isn’t it tdo funIiy for anything?
’That truthful, sweet-tempered and sweet-
scentcd nosegay of a fellow over the way,
so beautiful in face and figure. so fascin-
atingly bewitching in moral attributes and
so altogether lovely—should seek to rob
poor me of all my hoped for glory as a
newspaper scribbler and thrust it upon
another, who neither needs or craves the
distinguished honor and fame thereto be-
a:
On my way hoIne frdm church Sunday
night with my married sister and her
married husband I observed in front of a
house on the upper end of Main street a
very loving pair of sweethearts leaning on
a gate, he on the outside, she on the in-
side. They were Spooning and slobbering
in a manner that made me sick; and al-
though we were on the opposite side of
Earliestlmeld Plein’y ”earthen":
cork out of a molasses jug, and a trem-
ulous masculine half-whisper that said
something abodt somebody being ‘ ‘swect.”
I didn’t envy her. although I am willing
to admit that it did for a moment bring
back to memory the days of my girlhood,
when that word was whispered into my
car, just as she was having it then. And
as I continued on my homeward way my.
thoughts were busy with the past, and I
recalled the answer one of my old flames
gave when I asked him why a kiss was
“A man calls
a kiss sweet, not because there is taffy in
it, but because he don’tknow what else to
call it when he feels the electric thrill
traveling all thr‘ough his Whole diabolical
system on a lightning express with no
stop-over check. I tell you what it is,
Rosie,” he continued, “a man who is pre-
sumptuous enough to attempt to describe
a kiss, never had a kiss—he may have had
who has ever had a real spirit-rush-together
think, and soar, and dream, and die with his
I saw an item in a paper the other day
that illustrated very aptly the prejudice of
denominational distinction that these bark-
Sewors, ac.
Mu. Enlronz—I do not materially difier
from Doctors Gregory and Hitchcock, who
give the public their solicited opinions as.
to the want of sewers in this place,
but there is a more threatening and
more easily remedied evil affecting
the health of those who are using the
borough and city water, which in view of
the possible (shall I not say probable) visi-
tation of cholera this summer, should re-
ceive instant attention and immediate
correction. I refer to the fact that in both
the above public water systems there are.
no proper and adequate filterage. Our
water pipes are infested with animal life,
which soon or late becomes putrid. My
last visit to the borough distributing
reservoir produced a more sickening sen-
sation than a slight emetic, because of the
myriads of tadpoles, swimming bugs and
other forms of animal life darkening all
the shore rim of that artificial basin. A
year since a family living near the bridge
called my attention to the fetid odor of the
water they were daily using. I was sure
on cc], fish or frog had died and become
lodged in the pipe. On excavating for
the cause and opening their water pipe
the vertebrae of a decayed fish or cc],
which in life could not have been less than
ten inches long,was found clogged therein
and the family had used the water for
months filtered through the decaying mass.
Last Week an ccl of great size was cut
from the water pipe at the Meeker Bros’.
foundry, and the next day two tadpoles of
very large size came wiggling out of a
ruptured pipe on Belden street, one of
which was wounded and would soon have
died to have decayed in our drinking
pipes, as hundreds and thousands of other
forms of animal lifehave and are doing.
Our citizens should at once purify the
sources of our present contaminatedwatcr
supply if they would save us from disease
and death. This is a far more and imme-
diately pressing need than sewers, desir-
able as they would be in many localities
of our village. Purifying filters of gravel,
charcoal, etc., of modern construction are
not costly or difficult to construct. De-
eaycd and filthy sponges do not accom-
plish the needfu] purifying results, and
both Norwalk and South Norwalk water
reservoirs cannot be thus remedied a
single hour too soon for the comfort and
health of this entire community.
. Maniacs.
__.____‘.§>—————-‘
Oui- Contemporaries.
The Ridgcficld Press man can come the
nearest to getting out an eight column
paper in a four column town, of any man
in the country.
Mrs. M. A. Parsons, late cditress of the
Winsted temperance and woman’s rights
paper, the Advocate, has started the May
Flower. Sister parsons’ pct theme is
“For-get-mc-not,” with woman suffrage
variations.
The Standard has sent one of its
compositors to the New Orleans exposi—
tion. Whether in the capacity of a
curiosity as a lightning nick picker, or as
a note gatherer, or for fun. dcponcnt
sayeth not. .
A communication to the Mechanics’
Journal says that in Stamford children
from nine to thirteen years old are em—
. ployed in the woollen mills from 4 a. m.
till 9 p. m. The Advocate brands it as an
“abominable lie.”
The Port Jefferson Enterprise is now
owned by B. F. McDermott, who has
purchased it of Damon 8.: Poets. It is a
wide-awake, enterprising Enterprise, and
one of the neatest papers, typographically
that comes to our table.
The Stockgrowers’ Journal, published
in Miles City, Montana, of which Robert
Erwin, a former Connecticut journalist is
editor, is on our table. In reading it over
we are surprised to discover that “Bob.”
can “talk hoss” as glibly as a church dea-
con.
The Republic-awe Fritz intimates that a
man who has done business in Bctli‘cl
..—._n.—u.».
and the premium on your policy, Fritzy,
if you’ll get your life insured in our favor
and then go up to Bethe] and say that
anywhere within 100 rods of the post of—
fice.
————<+b—-—-—-—-
Ho’ll Do So Some More.
Captain Paul Boyton was asked if he
thought, in case of hostilities, such a
thing as attaching a torpedo to an enemy’s
ship could be actually accomplished when
every one is alert and looking for some
such foe, and replied: “Most assuredly,
and to convince the officers of the Canada
I will issue them a challenge. But first I
do not intend it as an act of discourtesy,
nor do I want an international question
made of it; neither do I wisli'to cause
them any trouble with their own
authorities. But if they will allow me
to repeat the experiment I will consent to
let them shoot me if they can. The
responsibility shall all be mine. My
challange is this: That at any time
within any named seven days I will, if
allowed, as a scientific experiment, attach
a torbedo shell to the Canada in spite of
all the apparatus they may use to prevent
it, or the strictest watch that may keep
on board, I to select the night and hour
for the experiment. If they see me they
are at liberty to treat me as an enemy and
kill me if they can.”
._..— coo—
After Many Days.
A few weeks ago, as the evening train
came rushing into the depot, a stranger
alighted and seemed to be looking for a
familiar face. After looking around for a
few moments he was rewarded by seeing
his old friend and comrade N. E. Peck.
The stranger, Mr. Shcpmoes, and Mr.
Peck were fast friends in the late war,
during the last part of which they were
stationed together in Washington and
parted in the year 1865,and have not seen
each other since, although Mr. Shepmocs
had tried in many ways to find his old
comrade. At last he wrote to the pension
office to find his whereabouts, and after
learning that Mr. Peck was living in Nor-
walk camc up and spent Sunday with him
and talked over the three years of camp
life pretty thoroughly, returning to his
home in Jersey City on the Sunday even-
ing “aim—Sentinel. ‘
Frank Leslie’s Sunday Magazine for
June completes the Seventeenth Volume,
with a number of exceptional interest.
The opening article is by an eminent
traveler, Alvan S. Southworth, and entit-
led “Catholic Missions in the Far East,”
principally Farther India, China and
Japan; the labors of St. Francis Xavier
and histsuccessors are raphically describ-
ed. The article on “ ible Histo?”tells
of the conquest of Canaan under oshua,
and the history of the Israelites under the
rule of the Judges. The article has twelve
illustrations. Portraits and short bio-
graphical sketches arc iven of the three
new English Bishops. _, he Sacred Musi-
cians described are Madame Sainton-
Dolby, who“ recently died, and Anton
Rubinstein; and the Parables of Christ
have reached their thirteenth number
with “The Barren Fig-tree." Farlcon’s
story, “Love’s Harvest,” reaches an in-
teresting point, and Mrs. Farmer’s seriel
“What She made of Her Life,” progresses
favorably. There are several very beau-
tiful poems, and a varied and attractive
miscellany, at 25 cents a number or $2.50
a year, postpaid. Published by Mrs.
Frank Leslie, 53, 55, and 57 Paik Place,
New York.
Restitution.
At a special meeting of the court of
burgesses, on Monday evening, Warden
Hyatt announced that he had been able to
secure a reduction of interest on $22,000
of the borough debt from five to four per
cent., a saving to the borough of $220 per
year.-Organ of the Burgesses.
Just $20 more than enough to pay for
that useless sewer map.
_,. ..__ _ .. ,
Mrs. A. S. Knox’s cow was seriously
'injured a few days ago, one of her teats
catching on a barbed wire. It is feared
.. .m ...., .. ‘ ...,.......ur..‘w-.....-.. w... -a-_.—-.
made In the latest style
Careful attention given to
“Which Way 1’” ‘
That every article used for the same
urposc is of equal value no one admits.
s in all nature productions, so in the
manufactured; allhave their degree of merit
and soap is as cons icuous in its variety
as anything else. at in.this, gis'the de-
mand for the pure and reliable “101190865”
so does the value of the reductions of
Curtis Davis & 00., especia ly their “We -
come” and “Unequalled” brands, being
practically recommended by other manu-
facturers, who imitate thcm_in eve . con-
ceivablclway. But,while tins comp i_ment
may be appreciated, what can be said in
favor of such competition, or the character
of such goods and their makers? .No one
should be deceived, as the ori nal_ has
the name of Curtis Davis, in _fu , _elther
on the bar or wrapper, and it is their pur-
pose Io let their reputation stand on this
class of goods.
pr:
3.
List of letters remaining in the Post
Office, at Norwalk, Conn., May 23:
Geo 11. Brown, Frank Blake, Annie Carbrey,
Mrs. Dan Comte, Mrs. S. Cross, Hattie Dutton,
Frank H lzloton, J onnie J amer, James Knowles,
Pholix Carney, Andy McCarty, L. H. Merritt,
J. Macat. Miss Tessie O’Brien G. ‘B Olmstead
«It (10., Walter Penn, Thomas Wilkinson
Attcst Cans. OLMSTEAD.
List of Patents
Issued from the U. S. Patent Office for the week
ending May 19, for the State of Connecticut,
furnished as from the office of John E. Earle,
Solicitor of Patents. New Haven. Conn.
O. Bangs, New Haven, assignor 1-2 to W. II.
Andrews, car coupling. _ .
J. Boland, Norwich, revolvm fire alarm.
B. Cartwright, assignor to ale & Tovme,
Stamford. trolley for overhead tramways.
J. P. Clifi'ord, new Haven, adjustable appar-
atus for gas machines. w
J. M. ltvarts and J. Ii. Greenfield, New
Haven, machine for coiling pipe. '
G. P. Fennor, New London, dampening ap-
paratus for lithograhpic presses. . _
W. Goodfellow. South Norwalk, pincusluon
and button hook holder.“ '
J. A. House, Bridgeport, corset stretching
machine. '
Same, apparatus for shaping corsets.
C. H. Lyman, assignor;1 to Angonila Brass and
Co or 00; ans ension ovrcc or amps.
£1) {Maittheg's and'D. Li. Ireland, Wafer-
bur , hat stand. . _
. H. Miller, Wlilmevvillo, assienor to
Woodmfi', Miller a 00., Mount Carmel, blank
for wrou ht metal ox shoes.
8. T. ewman, Danbury, lallio chuck.
T. R. Pickering, Portland, safety attachment
for steam en inc governors. _
E. S. Pipe: assignor to W. K. Strong, Bristol,
removable Internal bottle stop or. .
J. L. Rutherford and A. F. . ood, assignors
to Parker & Whi pic 00., Meridcn, clock case.
J. H. Shelton, firidgcwrt,‘musio loaf turner.
C. 81101], deeoasod,J. . Marshall, Stamford,
administrator, ore stamp.
A. E. Wallace, assignor. to Pope
Bartford.veloeipede edal.
J. F. Woodridge, artford, screw threading
tr. .
lSame, relieving screw tap.
Mfg. 00.,
Mo’- nouoy the great (laugh curs. 280.508.,“
Clo-I'- lulphurfioup heals and Mutual.“
GomuCornnc‘novorklllsCoraImuulouflo
lllll’l flair and Whisker Dye—Bllok 15 Brown-No;
Pike’s Toothache Dropl care In 1 Minute.
DOC-'8 Rheumatic Pills no a euro can.“
Dario.
OLMS'I‘EAD -—ln Norwalk, May 26, Samuel E.
Olmstead, aged 61 years. [Funeral from St.
Paul’s church on Friday, May 29, at 3 p. in.
Please omit flowers.
MATHER.—In West Norwalk,
Milly 25, at the
residence of her daughter, rs
. William
her age. [Funeral from the Chapel at West
Norwalk. Thursday, at 2:30 p. m.
Cnow'rmin.—In Winnipauk, May 25 Harry
Crowfhcr, aged 18 years, 10 mos., and 9 days.
[Funeral from the house, Thursday, at 2:30
p. m.
Little Girl Wanted.
ONE who can aaslst In care of ababc, and be
trusted to wheel It In Its carriage, and who
can sleep home. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE. 2t11
Found.
ON Main street, near Lamb’s, Blacksmith. some
four weeks since, a Sealskln Collar. Owner
can have same by calling at GAZETTE Ofllce, prov-
lng property and paying for this advertisementé
Norwalk, May 15, 1885. at 0
For Sale.
FINE CHESTNUT HORSE, sound and kind,
owner has no further use. Price $110.
Apply to L. B. CRANE,
edford Street, Stamford, Conn.
For Rent.
1 WI
lodge or office Enquire of
1’19 LEGRAND JACKSON.
To Let.
STONE Cottage House. Seven good size
rooms, pantrles, closets, cemented cellar, all
in first rate order. Apply to
9 . HENRY I. IIOYT
1qu
To Let.
The best office room In
. GAZETTE Bulldlng.
If 16
the building. Apply to B. J. Srunoas.
>M._
.--__--_a--
tlon office. A most desirable location.
tflo Apply to B. J. STonoEs.
To Let.
THE Country Seat of Mrs. I. B. Woodbu , on
bill opposite place of the late LeGrand oer-
wood,parfly furnished. beautiful vlew of the cum],
stone house, 15 or 16 rooms IIne stable and barn,
garden, fruit trees and shrubbery, shade trees,
pasture and meadow, 15 or 20 acres; water Intro-
duced In house and grounds ; furnace, laundry, etc.,
all In perfect order. Occuplcd during last 9 years
b H. J. One In, Esq., of 10 Barclay Street, New
ork. For urther particulars apply to Mrs. I. B.
Woodbury, Barrett House, Broadway and 48d
Street, New York. 3t20p
'I’A’I‘E SCHCLARSIIIPS IN THE SHEFFIELD
SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL. ‘The vacant State
Scholarships In the Sheffield ScientIfIc School wlll
be filled at the Annual Meeting of the Appointing
Board, J uue 24th, 1885. All applications should be
made previous to that time. Blank forms for
application will be sent when requested by PROF.
GEORGE J. Bnusu, Secretary of the Appointing
Board. * . 3t21
New Haven, May 20th, 1885.
Mr. LEWISH,
Minister of the German Congregation worshl plug
In Trinity Church, will give Instruction In he
GERMAN LANGUAGE,
Eltlier In class or privately.
For terms address Mr. Lewlsh, care of Rev. Mr.
chbard. 1t21
{1
FOR SALE,
At Allen Betts’ Mill.
HE REMINGTON STEEL AND CAR-
BON PLOWS, and parts. A great
improvement on the Chilled plow. The
CHAMPION MOWER AND REAPER.
SEAT HORSE RAKE at the low price of
$22.00. Also CHI’l‘TENDEN’S HIGH.
GRADE PHOSPHATES.
Farmers wanting any of the above ar-
ticles will do well to call on the subscriber,
2m18 ALLEN BETTS.
SPECIAL" BARGAINS
-—IN-——
Choice Building Lots
Situated on Spring Hill, Wilton Avenue,
Fair Street, and Riverside Avenue. En-
quire at GAZETTE OFFICE, or of
ms - B. J. STURGES.
Commissioners’ Notice.
URSUANT to an order of the Court of Probate
for the DIstriet'of Norwalk, notice is hereby
given to all persons claiming to be creditors of the
Estate of HENRY G. MIDDLEBIIOOK, late of
Wilton, In said DIstrIct,' deceased, represented In-
solvent, who presented their claims at said
estate wltliln the thus limited and al owed for
that purpfise, that sold Court has appointed JOHN
E. KEE R of Stamford, In the County of Fair-
field, and . HENRY 1c. eniansrna, of said
Wilton, Requires. judicious and disinterested per-
sons, commissioners torrecelve, examine and de—
elgle upon the claims of the eredltors of said estate;
and that sold commissioners will meet on the busi-
ness of thelr said a poIntmeut at the dwelling
house of sald HENR E. CHICHESTER, In said
Wilton, on the 8th day of J one, 1885, at 10 o’clock
forenoon.
Dated at Norwalk, May 26th, 1885.‘
g 1t21 JOSEPH O. DIKEMAN, Executor.
ISTRICT 0F NORWALK, ss., Probate Court,
May 7th, A. 1)., 1885.
Estate of WILLIS BURR, late of Norwalk,
In saId distric deceased.
The Court 0 Probate for the District of Norwalk
hath limited and allowed slx months from the date
hereof for the Creditors of said. Estate to exhlblt
their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to
present their accounts, properly attested, wIthIn
d time. will be debarred a recovery. All persons
indebted to sald Estate are requested to make]!!!-
mediate payment to
SILAS r. TUTTLE
3:19 Administrator.
Miss Agnes Fitch,
(Successor to Mrs. J. 1!. Butts.)
DRESSMAKER all MILLINER,
49 Main St, Norwalk,
Invltes the public to examine her stock of
' mamas! GOODS,
which Includes
Raul Hats, Bllllllllts, Flowers, Feathers
And all the Noveltlcs of the Season. Having se-
cured the servlccs of FIrst-Class Trimmers, sae
eels confident of pleasing all. Suits and Mantra
at reasonable rlces.
Fitting and Drop In; for
H
she may lose the cow. The use of barb wire home making Agency for
should be prohibited by law.—IVoodbury STATEN ISLAND DYE fionxs
Reporter. ism _
O
I, -
I. If ‘
Mather, Nancy Gregory in the 83d year of
IrIIE Rooms over Jackson’s store. Suitable for
t
V ‘IIE first office at the head of the stairs In
HE Little Store beneath the GAZETTE publici-
Thc COATS LOCK LEVER, SPRING‘
Opera. House.
TUESDAY It WEDNESDAY
MAY 26 AND 27. ,
A Wonderful Atrraetlon. Mark Twain's Greatest
Work
Tom Sawyer,
——-INTRODU CING-—--'
Miss Mollie Revel
-———-AND A———
COMEDY COMPANY OF RARE MERIT!
Under the Immediate management of
—MESSRS. MILES & BARTON,—
Bljou Opera House, New York.
Prices 25. 35 and 50.Ccnts.
The “Seaside,”
_.__nEI.L ISLAND,.—...
Will be open for the season on 3 0
o
' SATURDAY, MAY
The “ SEASIDE," has been thoroughly Barman,
REFUBNIBHED and ENLAIIGED.
BOARD CAN BE OBTAINED BY THE DAY,
WEEK 0R MONTH.
Telephoulo Communlentlou.
WA“ communlcntlons should be addressed to
Norwalk post office.
If 1 NAT REQUA, Proprletor.
2
1885 GRAND alum 1885
Roton Point Grove.
Immense Attractions!
DECORATION DAY,
MAY 30TH, 1885.
TWO BANDS OF MUSIC!
Prof. Heine’s Brass Band,
10 Pieces.
Prof. Campbell and Orchestra,
Of Stamford, wlll furnish Music in the
GRAND PAVILION AND GROVE,
From 10 a. m. to 11 p. m.
Dancing In the Afternoon.
Roller Skating in the Evening.
One of the Palatla‘i
IRON STEAMIBOATS—
\VIII make her first excursion of the season on
that day.
First-Class Steamers
WILL LEAVE
South Norwalk Steamboat Dock,
will leave
ROTON Pomr GROVE
Every hour from 11 a. m. to 11 p. m.
EXCURSION TICKETS,
'25 cums.
————\V [LL OPEN—-
Monday, June lstf
Every hour from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. Returning
ROLLER SKATING RINK
SPRING suns Mill on!
-—AT—.—
FAWGETT’S
‘ HEADQUARTERS FOR
M I
LLINERY'!
Ladies will find the nugget and finest display of
Mllllnery ever exhibited towli. Havln disposed
of all our old stock we are now prepare to show
an entirely new stock, consisting of
Straw Hats and. Bonnets
In all the leading Shapes and Colors.
Elegant display of Plaid Scarfs, Trlmmlngs, 50
cents up.
Plald Ribbons, from 25 cents up to $1.25 per yd.
Brocaded Sash Ribbon, all Sllk, 95 cents.
Line Colored and Black Crapes at only 50 cents
per vard. .
Bargains Ill Children’s Hats, Lace Calls.
We have a most elegant display of Flowers and
Novelties In Ostrlch Feathers, om Penis, TIps,etc.
Also Gilt, Silver and Jet Lace, Braids, Cords and
Omnments.
Black English Grapes and Mourning Goods al-
ways on hand.
Bonnets made to order at short notice.
‘ Please call and examlne our goods, and we will
guarantee to please you every time, at
No. 3 Water St., Norwalk, and
73 Main St, South Norwalk.
Tax Collector’s Notice.
OTICE Is hereby given to all persons liable to
pay taxes to the Town of Wilton, In the
County of Falrfleld, and State of Connecticut, on
the Assessment List of 1884, that I will meet them
to receive sald taxes at the following times and
places to wlt :— .
At the store of Henry C. Olmstead, Georgetown,
until 12 o’clock noon.
from 1 o’clock until 3 o’clock afternoon
afternoon, of the same day.
At the store of Nelson Hanfords, South Wilton,
noon untll 12 o’clock noon, and at the store: of E.
o’clock afternoon, of the same day.
9 o’clock In the evening of the same day.
1885, until the same shall be paid.
ROBERT W. KEELEII
Llst of 1884.
Dated at Wilton, Conn., April 28, 1385. ms
Tax Collector’s Sale.
NOTICE Is hereby given that the undersigned
certain tax warrant,
commanding In to levy and collect of Samne
Pike, and other persons named In the rate book
on the list to sald warrant annexed. their severa
sessment Ilst made In 1888 by the In abitants o
bled, to. wit A. I).
on the 24th day of December
1883 met for the purpose of providing for the I
town of Norwalk, and bounded as follows to wit
A. Partrlck and 0t
taming ten 10) acres more or less.
levy, sale, «to.
GEORGE B. ST.JOIIN,
Tax Collector, Llst 1883.
Dated at Norwalk, May is, A. D., 1885.
on Tuesday May 19, 1885, from 10 o’clock forenoon
At the store of William F. Renaud, Cannons,
and at the
Post Office, Wllton, from 4 o’clock until 6 o’clock
on Thursday, May 21, 1885, from 10 o'cloek , lore-
Ruseock Co., Bald. Hill, from 2 o’clock until 4
At my store In North Wilton. on Monday, the 1st
day of June, 1885. from 7 o’clock forenoon until
On all taxes whlch shall remain unpaid after the
1st day of July. 1885, Interest at the rate of blue
per cent. will be charged from the let day of J une,
Collector In and for said town of Wlltdn on the
the town of Norwalk, regularly and legally assem-
ndebt—
’ .
caucus of said town, levies upon the followlng lie I I0
scribed real estate of said Samuel Pike, situated In N i , '
On the north by land of the heirs of Samuel
Byxbee, deceased east and south by land of John
liars. and west by highway, con-
And I shal sell at Public Auction, on the premlses
hereinbefore described. on the 22nd day of July A.
D. 1885 at 10 o’clock forenoon so much thereo as
wlll table the sum of Four Dollars, that being the
proportion of the said Samuel Pike, of the sum
total In sald list, together with the charges of
MEN’S FINE
In great variety of colors, $10,
$2, 2.50, 3, 3.50, 4,
Odd Pants at all Prices.
l-Vc buy for 27 first-class stores
the town of Norwalk. - Trash we
don’t have. Our success in the
proofs of our appreciating public.
/'
All goods marked in plain figures.
‘unnnnu352
In Reliable Goods at Low Prices.
Bryant, 136886 8» CO.
, llllW Illillllll antihistamine. I
Never have we been able to offer such Genuine Bargains to the
public as now. I
MEN’S ALL WOOL SUITS $6.50 AND $8.50.
WOOL SUITS,
I2, l4, 15, 16, 18, 20, and upwards
0111:- Young Men’s tinting
Are the most perfect fitting suitsi
13, 14, 15, and upwards.
, Boy/8’ mm Children’s Suits,
11 the market at $6.50, 8.50, 10, 12.
1
4.50, 5, and upwards. I
Hats, Caps, Trunks, Bags and
Gents Furnishing Goods.
We‘Dery Competition.
and for cash, and sell for cash only,
and can give you better goods at lower prices than can be found in
don’t keep, or advertise things we
past and still increasing business are
We can and will save you money.
Store open every evening.
BRYANT, BESSE & 00., ,
~ The Great Bargain Clothiers.
‘ 2911mm St, Norwalk, Conn. .
Collector of Taxes under and by virtue of a '
duly executed and signed
by proper anthrllirlty and directed to the undersigneq
proportions of the sum total as therein stated, said
sum belng a tax or assessment lald n u the as-
f
GO0D8..
The Best French
BRIDGEPORT.
WflIIlII‘DIIS CUIIGBIIUII OI BIII‘EIIIIIS!
wear, and also several cases of Colored and
Cashmeres.
continue through the week.
Satlns, Surahs,
man and American Dress Goods, coinprisin th
Nun’s Vellingsi Shoodas, Albatross Clo
Ing Cloths, 'l‘r
Notice.
Good Patented Article,
market to advantage. 4t21
Correspondence Invited.
412“}. . A. . I“ O Y E .
280 South Water Street, Chicago. 1]].
7:; .fl 'Aqv
May be found an immense stock
of New [and Desirable Goods
bought directly from the manu-
facturers of New York and Boston.
The benefit of the profit thus saved
willbc allowed to our patrons. In
Ladies: Millet and Children’s Shoes
... We have nobby Spring Styles,
also in
Boots and Shoes,
For Boys and Youths, which we
are selling at the
LUWESI PISSIIIIII PIIIIBSI
A large portion of these goods
must be disposed of' at once in
order to make room ; therefore we
offer the following special sale for
two weeks:— '
Lot No 1 comprising 50 pairs of
Men’s Haul-Malls Gulls,
made by our own workmen at the
extremely low price of $4; former
price $5.50.
Lot No. 2, comprising 100 pairs
of .
Men’s Button, Congress and Bill,
at $3 ; former price $5. Every
pair of the above goods warranted
in fit and wear.
Lot No. 3, comprising 30 pairs
.of Ladies’ Fine All-Wool Top
French Kill Fox Bullon,
at $3; former price $4.50.
Lot No. 4, comprising 50 pairs cf
Lalles’ Allltl‘ltllll Kill Button,
at 31,37; former price $3.
fl _
Lots Nos. 5, 6, 7, and 8 are now
open for your iiispcctiou, and com-
prise goods at prices lower than
the lowest. '
Custom Shoes Made
AND
REPAIRING,
As heretofore carried on by Mr.
F ancher will be continued by the
same skilled workmen, neatly and
ilh dispatch. ‘
a
1”
,H. D. Barrows, J r., ,
7 MAIN ST., NORWALK,
Successor to
EUGENE FANGHER. "
Will represent in Chlcago and the Northwest any
or goods of any kind, which may have active
demand; have facllltles for putting goods on the
x _ -AA. .....
Barrows’ Shoe Store
Cloths Trlcots, All Wool Grenadines, he, Inc.
To t 030 ladies contemplating their usual outfit
opportunity to obtain the newest and best fabric
at prices for below the cost of production.
are 38 Inches wide and are not now and have
were sold elsewhere elsewhere at less than cage.
ful Scrgcs at 750. Extra Wide
Camel’s Hefir Serges.
going to run them at only me.
“ ‘WTE’ Cloth “Suitings. ,
FROM THE MANUFACTURER DIRECT,
Three thousand six hundred yards of
Beautiful Sateens,
We sell them at 100.. a bargaln Indeed.
Satecns at 12x, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 37x.
Foulard Cloths.
A perfect copy of Foulard Silks, 12%c.
Price 1214c.
Ladies’ Tweed Cloths,
A beautiful article for dresses.
tumble and are usually sold at 15c.
marked them So.
of Dress Goods.
II. B. CHAUFUHB.
Investment Securities,—
3| Main Street. Norwalk,
AGENT FOR THE
Amerlcan Ins. Co., of Newark, N. J.,
Assets ......................... .3 1,721,424
Northern Assurance 00., of London . 15,225,422
Germania Fire Ins. 00., of New York. . 2,700,076
Montauk Fire his. 00., of New York. . .. 339,606
Jersey City, of Jersey ................... 310,863
7 per cent. Bonds 61 Mortgages
Of the Equitable Mortgage 00., of Kansas, and
6 per cent. Bonds
of the Middlesex Banking 00., of Middletown,
Conn. Princlpal and Interest of both guaranteed.
Securities of all descriptions bought and sold at
New York Quotatlons.
Alarge number of deslrable dWcIIlngs and
for sale. . 1
MissesSt. John,
33 MAIETBBET.
Our display of. Ladles’, Misses’ and Children’s
Trimmed
Bonnets and Hats
18 superior In design quality and flnlsh to ally ever
before shown by us. We are also display-
Ing a full line of
farms
3t16
STRAW GOODS
In Engllsh Mllans of the NewestShapes and Colors
for Spring and Summer wear, and
Flowers, Feathers, Ribbons, Scarfs
and Ornaments
At the Lowest Prices. We have on hand at all
tlmes a full assortment of
Mourning Bonnets ail Veils,
Als’o Mourning Materlals. We have the agency
for Refinishing CREPE by a Patent Process,
which makes It equal to new.
We have a full line of
FANCY GOODS
Includlng all klnds of materials for Embroidery."
Combings Made Up.
Switohos‘at all Prices.
WAVES, FRIZZES, &c.,
of the best natural curl. Warranted to stay In.
We have the agency for Madame Griswold & Co’s,
——PEP.FEG'I‘ FITTING GORSETS.“
Please try them. No other agentauthorlzed to
8011 ll] NOI’Wal K.
Our Opening Announced in Next Issue.
Misses St. John.
311113.
W. B. HALL Al 00.,
We have agaln been fortunate in the purchase of
several hundred pieces of Dress Fabrics for 8 {ing
ac '
We shall consequently, on Monday,
commence a special Dress Goods Sale which will
The leading feature of the unique sale wlll com-
grlsc an unequalled display of Black and Colored
ros Grain Silks Summer Silks. Black and Colored
Rhadames, Radzlmirs, Black and
Colored Brocaded Velvets, French, English, Ger-
latest noveltles In Plalds, Cashmeres De elgs,
Ills, Yacht-
cots, be. A rich and varied exhi-
bItion of Black Dress Fabrics, embracing French
Cashmeres, Nun’s Velllngs, Buntings, Henrlctta
for Spring and Summer this will afford a rare
We have only space to mention a few particu-
lars: One case Summer Cashmeres has twent new
shades, besides the regular standard shades. ' hose
. ‘ BOTTOM PRICES.
A. Eli. HOYT’S,
Under Opera, House, Wall Simeon-Norwalk.
One lot of slxty pieces 1}; yards wide—the regular
dollar quantity. These are marked r-sxc. ; One lot
of SatIn-faced goods, made to sell at a dollar, are
In all fashionable shades. ‘ We have marked them
85c; One lot fifty-live pieces Armures, best 880.
qnnllty, 40 Inches wlde, prlce 76c. ; One lot beauti-
Ouc lot of 26 pieces, 56 inches. wlde, two Inches
wider than Ladies Cloths, especially for draping—-
these were intended for $1.25 sergcs, but we are
A beautiful single fold fabric, on a canvass
ground—ordinary price Is half-a-dollar; we have
marked It 17c. One lot Broche, also on canvass
grounds, to be sold at 25c. One lot double wide
nItings also 250. One lot fifty Inch, almost cloth
(woldth, well-known as We. goods ;' these are marked
c.
In lengths frOm three three to elght yards.
These are remnants of the 15c. and 200. goods.
Elegant
Short Lengths Of’J aconets.
Two thousand yards of Handsome Plaid Jaconets
and Swiss Checks—the quality of the 25c. goods.
Will not kink or
We have
Come and see our various styles
1yis
W. B. HALL 06 00.
Insurance, Real. Estate ,and
Look at our
1
Q
Men’s Hand Sewed
e
S
1‘
Kid Shoe in Town
Style and Quality considered, $4.50.
The Best American Kid,
$3.50; a Very Nice One at $3.00; a Good One at $2.50.
$2 Kid Shoes.
Also in Pebble Goat at $2.00.
A Good Grain Button $1.25.
AN O'l‘I-IER LOT OF
GLOVE TOP SHOES, . _
$1.25, worth $1.7 5. .
French GalfShoes,$5
A Good Hand Scwed Lace Shoe for $4.25.
Sole Agent for James Means’ $3 Shes.
:1 Largo Line of' Boys’, Youths’ and Men’s Shoes.
repre sented and at
Every thing as
E. K. LO
CKWOOD.
lySS
For Sale by
.W. H. Smith «to 00.,
15 and 17 Water Street.
nun/.1275?
SEASONABLE HIGH-CLASS VEGETABLE SEEDS.
Mailer] Prolnptly on Receipt of the Amount in Sminps or P. 0. Order.
.Per oz. Per oz.
French Brussels Sprouts 20 Moss Curler] Parsley 10
New Etampes Cabbage 20 Sweet Golden Dawn Pepper 40
Improved Early Summer Cabbage 40 Earliest Roman Carmine. Radish 20
Early French Forcing Carrot 10 PrussianGlobc Shaped Carmine Radish 20
Improved White Plume Celery $2 00 New King Humbert Tomato 75
Early Golden Stonephead Lettuce 25 Cardinal Tomato 30
Thorburn’s Snowball Cauliflower, per packet, 25 cents.
“’21
For Descriptive Priced Catalogues of Seeds of all kinds, apply to ‘
J.- lf. “033m «2 00., 15 John Street, New York.
Mineral Waters Of'tlie World.
0:
Bethesda Mineral Spring Water. ~
Recommended by “Guy’s Hospital of London.”
Recorded in “Dunglison’s Medical Dictionary” as one of the leading
Endorsed by the Medical Profession generally.
Pamphlets mailed free to any address.
“—301”—
BETHESDA MINERAL SPRING COHPANY, Waukesha, Wis.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
4t21
rams UNABLE TO nmscrm
H A R N E S 5
To compete with large concerns, I. have taken the
agency of one of the oldest and largest estab-
Ishments In the state for the sale of
Eamossfioddles Halters, sur-
cmglos, Go lars, 86o.
I shall also Make
Fine Harness to Order,
as usual, at the old stand,
No. 7 WATER STREET.
where I wlll keep a regular llne of Whips, Sponges
Chamols, Blankets, Robes Feed Bags,
Travehng Bags, c.
.1". Fa PECKELL.
'.
q INSTANTANEO‘US
GABIIIE'I' PORTRAITS!
FIVEDOLLLRBPEBDOZEN.
17 men 8%, II. I. ‘
11’ Wood ves
TRADEVITAMARK .
P I L L S 2
For the cure of
Fever and. Ague,
And Intermittent Malaria] Favors.
VI“ 00. : KErr-on'r, N. J., Aprll 24, 1885.
DearSh-s: ' ' I had been suffering with malari-
al intermittent fever for more than twenty years
until my life had become abnrden to me. The last
attack whlcli was four years since, threatened to
terminate fatally. Through my brother-In—law.
who had been recent] cured of fever and ague, I
heard of the PILLS, an procuring them was cured
by them In a few weeks, and havehad no return to
thIs hour. I most cheerfully and earnestly recom-
mend these PILIS to all sufferln from this rnls-
erable disease. JESSIE ALLENBAKE.
. Price 50 cents. Send for circular.
V lta Company, 12 and 14 Chi! St, New York.
Notice to Farmers!
Flows Afil PLOW REPAIRS.
HAVING purchased the stack of Plows and
Plow Repairs formerly owned by the Austin
Company, 8. E. Olmstead, and the Slmonds Foun-
l’h‘l'. We are prepared to manufacture anythlng
wanted in that line. Salesroonis foot of Mill ll ill
SOLE AGENTS FOR. CONICAL PLOW.
if r. , ll
sonal attention t9 outcry, -
. Elation M90974 ‘
1118818182810; I
6ml4p
Norwalk Chronicler