NORWALK GAZETTE, TUESDAY FEr_-;RUARv__23 1886
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Throe Scenes.
The fisher-boy sat on the sandy shore.
With tears in his dark blue eyes,
And the little maid, Madge, by his humble door,
Stood still in pitylng surprise;
Then she laid her hand, like a snowflake soft,
On the hand of the weeping boy,
And she spoke sweet words till his hat ho'tiofl’d,
And his sad heart thrilled with joy.
The years sped on, and a slender maid,
With hair like the wings of night.
In a dainty bark, by the storm dismayed.
Gazed slioreward with eyes tear-bright.
“ I’m lost I” she whispered, but through the foam
Spsd a boat by a strong arm rowed,
And beautiful Madge, in her lordly home.
Her life on the fisher-boy owed.
The tide ebbs low. and aiong the sand
Face two with their eyes aglow;
The sad waves murmur, but, hand in hand,
They care not how time may go. I
" Oh i were I a king, with scepter and crown,
To woo you would be my joy l"
“Nay, dear," and she blushes, “ my lieart‘bows
down
To a king in my sailor-boy l”
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Felix Gray. -
Miss Duval remained on the piazza
for some time after her mother had
re-entered the hotel. A thoughtful
girl, with a queenly carriage and an
ideal head ; not more than twenty years
of age, yet womanly and reposeful in
manner. The day was perfect—a mid-
October spelbof rare colOr, rare atmos-
phere, rare silence—only the sound of
the katy-dids, beginning long ere sunset.
The clear sky, the blue mountain tops,
the nearer slopes and groves of odorous
pines, even the yellow road, winding
steeply down toward the village, all
were pleasant to look upon, and Grace
Duval was fond of nature. It gave her
keenest joy simply to sit and single out,
with artist's eye, some dash of snow.
upon the azure of the heavens; some
blood-red seal of the season’s sitting on
sumach or maple. How she had enjoyed
their fort-night's sojourn at that plea-
sant hill-top hotel ! .
There were three of the Duvals. Be-
sides her mother and herself there was
also Kirke Duval, a second cousin, and,
some said, a suitor of the young lady's.
She had been looking ofi‘ toward the
mountains for some time when her at-
tention was diverted by the sound of
wheels. The hotel stage, alumbering,
three-seated vehicle, came around from
the great red barn at the rear of the
house. It was just starting for the
village to meet steamboat and train and
bring up any possible new arrivals.
' The horses seemed unusually restless
and Felix Gray held the reins, a slight,
delicate-faced boy, in whom Miss Du-
val had already taken an interest. She
noticed how restless the horses seemed,
and so called out to the young driver,
in her sweet, kindly voice, asking if he
were to drive down alone. She had
felt an interest in the boy since the
moment she had first seen him. He
had such a frail physique and such sad,
dusky, long-lashed eyes. He was as
delicate as a woman, with fair skin and
pointed features, and wavy golden hair.
She wondered now if his small, thin
hands were strong enough to control _
the fractions animals. And when he
had answered her question in a low,
weary affirmative, she felt a curious,
apprehensive concern. She left he]
wooden rocking chair and came forward
to speak to him while he took the mail-
bag from the clerk. But her speech
was checked by the look the boy, turn-
ing, cast upon her-a singular expres
sion of intensity and suffering, perhaps
‘even more—an expression she could not
wholly fathom. ”5? It affected her strange-
ly, and so she did not speak, as she had
proposed, bidding him drive carefully
where the road was steepest and an
upsettal would prove most disastrous.
She only watched him take up the reins
and drive away down the winding
yellow path. \_
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”Come," said aman’s voice, which
seemed suddenly to have approached
from behind—a rich, hearty bass voice,
suggesting the elements of “good-fel-
lowship "—and a hand touched her arm
in propriety fashion; “ come, we cannot .
allow you to dream at midday."
Miss Duval turned slowly and with
reluctance. Her mother was standing
in the doorway, a petite, prematurely
white-haired saint. She was smiling.
and spoke tenderly.
“ Kirk wants you to go for a walk, my
child. Now is the time to go down in
the grove. It is too chilly later."
“Yes, mother," said Grace, absently,
' and put on the hat which she had been
holding in her hand.
They were a handsome couple setting
off together. He tall, lithe and fair,
yet vigorous. She raven haired. with
lustrous topaz eyes, and checks pale
and pure as calla lilies. The saint-
faced mother thought so, looking after
them as they went farther and farther
ofi' in the afternoon sunlight. And she
sighed in a relieved way at the prospect
of their union.
The grove walk was thickly strewn
with needles of pine, so thickly that
one’s footsteps fell soft and soundless,
as upon velvet. The two walked slowly
and said but little. There was a great
enveloping silence on the world, it
seemed to Grace Duval. Now and then.
yet rarely, the faint twitter of a bird.
They kept on in their slow promenade
until the path, descending, gently,
came all at once upon a rustic foot-
bridge across the little gully, with an
easy current flowing thinly over the
green {stones And there they paused.
Kirke Duval took his cousin’s hand
and spoke tenderly, though she, for
some reason, held her face averted.
“I love you,” he said. “Will you
come to me forever, Grace, my darling?"
She did not move or speak. The
great silence seemed again upon them,
and now even the bird twitter was fin-
ished. But there was the oozing of
the easy current underneath.
He waited a little. Then he gently
made as if to take her face between his
hands and turn it towards him. She
drew back and spoke with vague reluct-
ance: "I-do not-know."
Kirke Duval gave no sign of impati-
ence. “Say that you will,” he urged
softly. "Your mother approves and
she will‘be made happy. Grace, I love
you!"
She spoke up suddenly.
“ Kirke, did you ever say those words
to any other woman. Did you ever
before say, “ I love you?”
He appeared surprised.
”What a singular question!” he ex-
claimed.
“But did you?"
He hesitated only a second.
"Never in earnest, Grace. I swear
to you I never loved before. And shall
I have my answer now? Darling,
turn your face to me. Do not look
away. I have loved you a long time. I
am almost sure you can return my love.
And we shall be so happy. Turn your
sweet face, darling.”
She obeyed siowl y. The movement
of her perfect head was gradual, yet
certain. Slowly, slowly her pale, pure
countenance was dawning fully upon‘l'
him. He bent his head a little. He
bent to press his lips to hers, when she
fell away as it struck.
“Oh I" she cried out, and began to
tremble violently. “No, no, no! I
.must have time to think. You must
give me time. It is too sudden I"
He bowed in silence, looking aston-
ished and displeased.
‘ ‘ Shall we return i” he asked then.
“Yes," she answered faintly, and
they retraced their steps. She said
nothing more. She was only thinking
of the singular sensation she had but
now experienced. What was it ? How
could she describe it? Just ere his lips
had brushed her own. a sharp. crashing
‘ amity !
sound rang; in her ears, as if it were the
sound of something far away. The
sound of catastrophe, great or small
she could 'not tell; asound he might
not hear; a sound audible only to her-
self, though why she could not tell.
The sound of death perhaps. But what-
ever it was it bore down upon her and
her affairs.
As at length they emerged from the
grove and climbed the slope toward the
hotel, they quickencd their steps—for
two reasons. One, that the sun had
gone down and the air was chilly; the
other, that something seemed to have
happened at the hotel. There was a
commotion in the piazza; guests and
servants had all gathered there and
something—or some one-was being
carried in.
“Faster, faster i” said Grace Duval,
i abruptly. “Something has happened I"
She left her cousin and ran on, but the
commotion had subsided partly as she
reached the steps. The hotel team,
they told her, had run away and dashed
into another team. and Felix Gray was
brought back dying.
Grace Duval put her hand to her head
in a dazed way! The crash! The cal-
Was it this ‘9 Then some one
spoke her name. Felix was asking for
her—for Miss Duval. Would she go to
him. He could not live an hour. ‘She
turned, bade her cousin go to her mother,
then followed some one to the room
where the boy Felix lay dying. Was it
not a barren place—that bare-floored,
bare-walled place ? Was it not a sweet,
still face before her? They left her
alone with the dying. He :had some-
thing to confide, some secret. He could
barely whisper. .
Grace Duval knelt and took a blood-
less hand with purpling nails in her
own. ,
“ but can I do ?” she said tenderly.
and tears fell from her gentle eyes.
"Nothing," said Felix Gray. “You
can do nothing—but listen." He had to
stop and speak more slowly. "I have
something to—tell you. About—about
agirl '. . . There was a girl once;
she was young, and she was not wise.
. Amen—a man came to be her lover.
They were to be married.”
Grace Duval bent her ear very close
and held the cold hand closer in her
own. ~
“ es," she said tenderly. “ I under-
stand." Felix continued with increas-
ing difficulty: "They went to a place
—-to be married . . . But he had
lied. He had not meant marriage. He
. . . He ruined her to all her friends
—disgraced her. . She had to leave her
home. She had to do the lowest, meanest
work. He cast her ofi‘. She begged of
him, implored of him to be honorable—
‘to save her. He—deserted her. She
tried to die, but she could not. Then
she took an oath that he should not be
happy while she lived. She swore that
she would followhim and stand between
him and any other woman. It was
necessary that she should disguise her-
self. She-changed the color of her
hair—from dark to light. She wore-
men's clothes. Her real name was—
Felicle. She made it—Felix Gray. The
man that she loved—is here. You know
him—"
GraceDuvai did not move, though a
loud voice mug in her ears. Something
crept up inher throat and seemed to
choke her for an instant. And then
again she controlled herself. “Poor
child ! Poor girl 1" she said with yearn-
ing compassion.
Felix Gray tried to speak again, but
only indistinct whispers issued from her
lips. “ Around my neck—a locket—his
picture—I loved him—"
Grace Duval saw life flicker out ; saw
the gray look, and stilled features; the
quiet of death.
She folded the handstof Felix Gray.
She gently unloosened the collar and
lifted the locket of which she had been
told. There was a picturcr within. It
was the picture of a man-the face of
Kirke Duval. She took the locket from
the chain—~for the sake of the dead,
lest some one else discover. Then she
rose from her kneeling posture and, half
turning, saw the :door open and her
cousin enter. ,
She went near to him and held the
locket open. ,
He glanced at it and turned as pale as
the dead.
Grace Duval spoke slowly then, with-
out a quiver of lash or lip. - ,
“ From this moment, ” she said in he
clear, composed voices “from this
moment we are strangers I” And she
swept from the room.
a PREFERENCE 0N 'rnrl.‘ GALLOWS
A funny anecdote connected with the
Hon. Joe Blackburn's first race for Con-
gress was told the other day. Joe hap-
pened to be passing through/ Owenton,
the county seat of Owen County, on the
occasion of the hanging of a noted
criminal. As a hanging is rather an
exceptional episode in the State of Ken-
tucky, the honorable Joe concluded he
would stop over a few hours and
Witness the event. The gallows was
erected in the public square, so that no
citizen, however humble, should lose an
opportunity of witnessing the unusual
spectacle. It was, in fact, a gala day
such as the history of Owenton has
seldom recorded. The Sheriff, with
true Kentucky hospitality, invited
Blackburn, as one of the distinguished
guests present, to occupy a seat on the
gallows. Blackburn did so. After the
preliminaries had been arranged the
Sheriff consulted his watch and dis-
covered that it was not quite 12 o’clock,
the hour fixed for the execution. Tum-
ing to the prisoner, he said:
“You have ten minutes yet to live.
Is there anything you desire to say in
the mean time P"
The prisoner sullenly replied there
was not.
At this instant Blackburn sprang
from his seat, and, advancing to the
edge of the scafi'old, said:
“If the gentleman will allow me his
remaining ten minutes I will be glad to
announce myself acandidate for your
sufi'rages. If elected to Congress—"
At this point the prisoner interjected:
“Say, you! Is your name Joe Black-
burn ?"
“Yes, Sir, ” responded Blackburn,
politely.
Turning to the°SherifiZ the prisoner
said: “We won’t stand on a few min-
utes, more or less, when the alternative
is presented of death on the one hand
or listening to one of Joe Blackburn’s
longwinded speeches on the other.
Flip the trap and let me go.”
The good—natured Sheriff obligingly
“ flipped the trap," and the next instant
the desperado swung into . eternity,
while Blackburn clambered down the
gallows, exclaiming, as he went, that he
had lost the greatest opportunity of his
life.
THRO‘VN AWAY ON THE WIDOW.
Mrs. Beltwhistle's husband had died
and she was crying over the coffin in a
most fervid and impassioned manner.
“Poor dear! poor dear?" said the
pastor sympathetically, patting her on
the back. “ We all have our crosses to
bear, sister, and the burden is lightened
by the helping hand of our loving
Father. "
“Boo hoo! boo hoo I" continued the
grief-stricken relic.
"Don’t cry; that won’t bring him
back."
“Boohoo. Iknow it. 1—1 wouldn’t
be crying if I thought—If I thought it
Would. Ie—I—I’ve got to do something—
boo boo—to keep up appearances. Go
away. Let me weep. Boo hoe! boo
hooi" The pastor sadly didn’t have
any further condolence to offer.
bad Wronged her—forced her to evil-
Scigrltlflc
Tidal observations on the eastern
coast of America have acquired a new
importance since the Coast Survey has
confirhed by 'recent observations the
older suggestion that there are tidal
fluxes in the Gulf Stream.
Having recently madean assay of a
gold ore from the vicinity of Constanti-
nople Dr. A. B. Grifiiths behaves that
the following remarks may interest
metallurgical chemists. The gold is
disseminated in very small pieces here
and there throughout a quartz and
earthy matrix. The ore comes from
mines which have not been worked for
several centuries, and were thought to
be exhausted of gold. The assay, both
by dry and wet methods, of a carefully
selected sample, gave three Ounces four-
teen pennyweights of gold per ton of
ore. The gold in the ore contains iron
and copper, and a very small quantity
of silver. The matrix is composed
chiefly of quartz, but contains calcium
carbonate, ferric oxide, alumina, and
lime.
To make a durable automatic ink take
white wax, 8 ounces, and white soap 2
to 3 ounces ; melt; when well combined,
add lamp-black, 1 ounce. mix well and
heat it strongly ; stir well together ; cool
a little, and pour it out. With this ink
lines may be drawn of the finest to the
fullest class without danger of its spread-
ing, and a copy may be kept for years
before being transferred. This ink is
employed for writing on autograpbic
paper, and is prepared for use by rub-
bing downwith alittle water in a saucer
in the same way as common water-color
cakes or India ink. In winter this
should be done near a fire, or the saucer ,
should be placed over 8' basin contain-
ing a little warm water. It may be used
with either a steel pen or a camels’-hair
pencil. __
Even in the most ancient times, the
Scientific American says, difi'erent for-
eign matters were mixed with bread.
In Thracia bread was mixed with pow-
dered dried roots, in Syria with dried
mulberries, in Egypt with whole grains.
In modern ti mes in Sweden they add to
the bread powdered dried fish ; in Ire-
land and in Iceland, moss, which, be-
sides being nutritous, keeps the bread
from drying ; in Prussia, white clay,
which contains alkali salts and makes
bread very light ; in Russia, powdered
bark or finely chopped straw. On the
western shore of England a certain kind
of seaweed is gathered, washed, boiled,
and then baked with oatmeal flour. In
Africa, powdered dry locusts are mixed
with bread; in India, potatoes and pea
flour, and during the famine stones
ground to a fine powder.
The melting point of lard—112 deg.
Fahrenheit—is of the highest impor-
tance when it is used for making pastry,
says a writer in the Chemical News. The
quality of the crust materially depends
upon it. In the hands of a good cook
pure lard furnishes a pufi‘ paste an inch -
or more in thickness, while lard of
95 deg. melting point yields a tough,
hard crust, unbreakable by a spoon. I
have purposely had experiments made
under my supervision with lords of
various melting points, and the rise in .
the crust was exactly proportioned with
the rise of the melting point of the lard
employed. It is a noticeable fact that
pure lard always solidifies with a
. crinkled surface, while common lard is
perfectly smooth. Therefore pure lard
can be known by simply looking at the
top of the pail.
Berthelot has published a paper on
the direct fixation of free atmospheric
nitrogen in plants through the agency
of certain argillaceous earths. Some
years ago he discovered that to atmos-
pheric electricity was largely due the
attraction of free nitrogen to the im-
mediate elements of vegetable organ-
isms. rrAftcr fresh experiments con-
ducted for two years at the Mendon
laboratory for vegetable chemistry he
now announces a new and perhaps a
more general cause of this arrestation
of the nitrogen of the atmosphere in the
silent but incessant action of argillace-
ous clays and of the microscopic organ-
isms contained in them. In support of
his conclusion he gives the results of
more than 500 analyses of four different
clays employed in five distinct but.
simultaneous experiments in a closed
chamber, in a field under shelter, on
the top of a tower, in hermetically sealed
flasks, and in soils artifically sterilized.
Some months ago it was stated that a
plan of electric signaling from balloons
was invented by Mr. Eric S. Bruce,
having ecial advantages for army pur-
poses. t will. then, be enough now to
say that balloons after having been per-
mitted to ascend a suitable distance are
caused to be lighted by means of elec-
tric lamps, supplied with current from
wire communicating with an electrical
generator on the ground, for long and
short intervals, so as to spell out words
in a Morse alphabet manner. The es-
sential nature of Mr. Bruce's invention
being thus mentioned details may easily
be recalled to mind. This method of
signaling was tried a short time ago by
the British military authorities at Chat-
ham, and it appears that it has given
entire satisfaction. The light thrown
down by an illuminated balloon was so
brilliant and difiused over so widean
area when the balloon was at a consider-
able height that‘ some one suggested
that sucks. light might well be made
use of for conducting certain military
operations at night.
“0...—
GET’I‘ING PLATTEBY.
“Flattery’s a big thing in our busi-
ness," explained the manager of a sub-
scription agency to one of his new
CRUVILSSGI‘S.
“Yes, I expect it is,” assented the
novice.
“Oh, it’s immense—it is great-it is
the mightiest beverage of the age! For
instance, when you have ascertained
the name of the lady of the horise,
inquirefor her. personally, at the door.
In a majority of cases, she will announce
herself as the person you desire to see.
You must then say: ‘Ah, pardon me;
but I mistook you for your daughter.’
Do you catch on to the idea ?"
' f‘Well, I should smile I" .
But the young man did not smile
again for a week. He bolted up the
steps, rang the bell and was greeted by
a lady whose name he had looked up in
the directory.
“Is Mrs. ——- in ?" he inquired, with
sauvity. '
“I am Mrs. ——~," she replied.
“Ah, pardon me, madam; but, really,
I took you for—for her mother. "
Then the door was slammed in his
face, and he slid down: the steps three at
a time.
SKE’D “SOT AND 801‘."
Al. SprOule, one of Chicago’s prettiest
and sweetest traveling men, was up in
Michigan not long ago, and was caught
over night in a very little town. There
was a dance on for that evening, and Al.
concluded he would accept the invitation
and swing the country losses for awhile.
He went to the dance and danced with
every girl there except one scrawny one,
who had eat all the evening in the
corner waiting for a partner. Al. took
pity on her at last, and. putting on his
most angelic smile, he "slraseayed " up .
to her. '
“ May I have the pleasure of dancing
with you in the next set i’"
“ You bet you kin, young feller, for
I've not and set till I’ve about tuck
root. "
Al. did the graceful in great shape,
and the girl stuck to him the balance 0'!
the evening.
‘pennyworth of double twist.
Items of Interest. '
A history of India under Queen Vic
tcria will be published in London by
Capt. Trotter by subscription. It will
fill two octave volumes of. about 500
pages. ,
The largest price by the square inch
ever paid for a painting was lately
given by the Due d' Aumalc for the
“Three Graces." by Raphael, from
Lord Dudley‘s gallery. The price'was
$125,000, or. as the picture is only seven
inches square, $2,500 per inch. -
An English company has perfected
its arrangements for providing sick
clu‘imbers with telephones. The object
is to give persons suffering from contagi-
ous diseases a chance to talk with their
friends. Speaking-tubes are inadmis-
sionablo ‘on, account of the infectious
nature of the breath.
The Lancet hopes against hope that
boys who smoke will draw a lesson from
the case of a 12-year-old lad in London, .
who died in consequence of smoking a
It We
may at least," says the venerable editor,
“ advise every sensible boy to regard
tobaCco as a poison. ”
Avery noticeable change has taken
place in the grass growth of the open
sheep plains of Australia since its civil-
ization. The grass originally grew in
large tussocks some distance apart, but
now has assumed the appearance of a
sward, owing to its having stooled out
when fed upon by sheep and cattle, and
for the seed having been trumped into
the ground, when, in the absence of
bush fires, it germinated.
A new experiment consists in placing
two similar black paper figures—”two
crosses, for example-quite closely to-
gether, at about three inches from the
eyes. When so held before a sheet of
white paper, three separate crosses will
be seen. Tire phenomenon, illustrating
the principle of the Astereoscope, is ex-
plained by the simultaneous vision of
two eyes. If figures of complementary
colors, as red and green, are used upon
a dark backgrounda white figure will
appear in the middle.
In the' council chamber of an old Ger-
man town, famoun for rare and quaint
memorials of the very long ago, is pre-
served with wondrous care a very singu-
lar bit of gold smithory. It is “the
Burgercd crystal," an enameled relic
box with a rock crystal upon the top,
and upon this the burghers of Lune-
burg placed a thumb when required to
take an oath.
Mr. Randolph Caldecott, who was re-
cently in this country, though very
little appears to have been known of
his presence. has prepared for the Lon-
don Graphic a series of sketches of
American life and places. After the
Graphic prints them they will be col-
lected into a volumn.
An important salqof ancient works
of art found in the island of Rhodes was
held lately in London.' The bidding
was very slack, the British Museum
securing all it wanted for nominal
prices. Scandals like the retention at
the Metropolitan Museum of New York
City of its present Director do more
than local harm; they disgust and dis-
courage those who would otherwise
be active in supplying the wants of
museums all over the world.
The Duke of Argyll's volume on the
British land question will be published
next month by David Douglas, the
Edinburgh publisher. Mr. Douglas
will soon add to his American Series
Mr. T. B. Aldrich's “Prudence Palfrey."
He has already added to it Mr. Howell's
“Silas Lapham." The series now in-
cludes in six volumes the works of Mr
John Burroughs.
Gen. F. B. Chesney was the man who
explored the Euphrates Valley and
urged the building of a railway to form
a link between Great Britain and India.
M. de Lesseps called him the “ Father
of the Suez Canal." It appears from
his life. edited by Stanley Lane 'Poolo,
(London: W. H. Alien & Co.) that Gen.
Chesney's father was a loyalist of Caro-
lina during the Revolution, who re.
ceived a place in the Irish Customs as a
reward. The late General was eighty.
five years old when he died.
Gen. Grant’s paper on the Wilderness
campaign will be printed in the Feb-
ruary number of the Century. It will
be accompanied by wfac-simile of the
letter which Lincoln wrote to the Gen-
eral just before the‘ opening of this
campaign, and which closed with the
words, ” And now, with a brave army
and a great cause, may God sustain
you." The original of this letter is in
the possession of Gen. Badean.
AFrenchman named Lahontan has '
just accomplished a remarkable feat in
book renovation. He had sent hima
copy of Coverdalc'e Bible that was
completely saturated with fat, and had
been badly eaten by the mice. His
process was to treat each leaf 'to a judi-
cious course of chlorine in solution and
ammonia, while the dirt was removed
by some process only known to himself.
He then supplied the defective portions
by carefully grafting on selected pieces
of paper of the requisite texture and
shade. The missing letter-press was
fac-similcd. The whole was then sized
and afterward appropriately bound by
one of the best Parisian!) hinders, the
whole cost of this treatment being $200.
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PnnAcnrNo. AND PRACTICE,
Several workingmen, some of them
without any work at present, seated
around a stove, which, likewise, had but
little work to do owing to the mildncss
of the prevailing weather, were discus-
sing the interesting questions of wages.
dull times, and kindred matters. Said
the one who did most of the speaking:-
“I tell you ' $1.50 isn’t enough. A
man ought to get $3 a day at the least.
If I was in Congress I'd bring in a bill so
that employers'd have to pay every man
33 for a day's work; no less than that. "
"It's no use talking," said another,
“ they couldn't ul‘l‘ord'to pay that much. "
"Couldn't afford it! Why, there's a
firm in this city that cleared over $2,000,-
000 last year. Do you mean to say they
couldn't afford to pay $3? lecw a
man that makes $20,000 a year and only
pays his help $2 or $3 a week, with
board, such as it is, not fit for a dog.
and a place to sleep in where the rats'il
eat up your boots if you leave them on
the floor at night. "
, “You'd do the same if you got the
chance. If you was a rich man you
wouldn't pay a darned cent more to
your help than you had to. "
“Yes, I'would. If a poor man asks
me for a nickel to get something to out
do you think I give him 5 cents ? No.
Sir; I let him have a quarter."
"You? .You wouldn't give a man a
pipefnl of tobacco. "
"No,” answered ‘ the former, hot-ly,
‘I won’t give tobacco to any one. I
draw the line at tobacco. I've sworn
off. If a man makes a practice of giving
tobacco he is liable tObe imposed on,
and a ten-cent package won't last—"
But the laugh that went round the
circle madethe remainder of his excul~
pa'ory remarks quite inaudible.
wall! can 'rnouern‘ 11‘ was.
“Phwat'the divil is this 2" exclaimed
a fair yet fresh importation from the
Old Sod, as she piekedup, a “Three-
roll patent duplex-latest style of bustle."
" Phwat is-this I see 2"
“Why,. Mary, this is. a bustle, and
the latestastyle, too." ' ’
“Arrali,,then. I" declare: if it isn’t a
saddle for an ace. I haven't seen wan
since I left‘the owld country. "
Sunbeam.
The man who can write love letters
withoutmaking an ass of himself has,
‘kept the matter very quiet.
Put it around a horse's waist and it is
calleda “ circingle;" ut it round agirl's
waist and it is a “be t." What 18 it ?
Flattery' used tobc called ” soft soap, ”
now it is called “tafl' ." The style was
changed because the ye was so plainly
visible in the former.
“I should have no objection," said a
hen-peeked husband, “to m wrfe hav-
ing the last word, if I con (1 only be
assured that it would be the very last. "
"Yes, my son, " said Brother Talmage,
" there may be roller skates in heaven,
but the floors will be padded and the
music will never go out to wet its
whistle."
“What are the last teeth that come?”
asked a teacher of her class 1n pliysm-
logy. "False teeth, mum," replied a
boy who had just woke up on the back
seat.
Tobogganing in Canada is an extremely
opular sport with hack-sliding bankers
iJrom the United .States. The easy
dlown-hill glide has for them a peculiar
c farm. .
“I want the music of the ‘ Mikado,’ "
said a little boy entering‘a Broadway
music store. “ For singing, or the
piano ? ' “ I don't want it for either, I
want it for my sister."
Julia (aged six) —“We’vo got a .new
baby at our house." Clara (aged six)-
"Wlmt is it—a boy or a girl?" Julia—
"Oh, we don't know yet. We've only
had it two days !"
"Why do you swear at such a litt'e
thing?" asked she. “It's very wrong,
on know." “The size," said he, “don't
indicate the sting. Tall oaths from little
ache corns grow. " '
A milliner exhibits a bonnet trimmed
with artificial bananas. Haven’t bananas
cantributed to the fall of enough men
without being admitted to this now
avenue of mischief?
Tire mad Kin of Bavaria has been
captured by a wi ow. Sane people are
frequently in the predicament. She is
the relic of a carriage maker, and, there-
fore, an adept in hitching teams.
The best time for a young man to
take his girl sleighin is during a “dri v-
ing snowstorm " 6 can use both his
arms to hold his girl in the sleigh, and
let the snow storm do all the “ driving."
A hygienic writer remarks that not
one woman in a thousand nowadays can
run amile. Perhaps not, but ninety-
nine out of a hundred could give our
grandmothers points on running a
rusband.
“And so you're married, Gracie ?"
“Yes." “Is your husband a good-
‘natured man?" “Well, now, isn't be
though? I‘ can eat onions whenever I
take a notion, and he never says 'Boo l’
about it.”
An eminent statistician has calculated
that a man spends nine dollars per
annum more than a woman. This may
be accounted for on the ground that a
man generally has to buy his wife's
clothes as well as his own. '
One of the stockholders in a New
York brewing company asked the presi-
dent: “Don't you think the advance
in hops will have some effect on our
stock '3” ,“Humbug! The little amount
of hope we put in our beer is not going
to affect the shares of stock. "
-‘ What did you do the first time you
got into a battle ?" said a young lady to
an old soldier. “Of course you didn't
run 2" “Oh, no, I didn't run, miss;
not at all. But if I had been going for
a doctor, and iyou had seen me, you
would , have t ought somebody was
awful sick."
There seems to be quite a taste just
now among the members of the Chicago
Board of Trade for givingheach‘other
black eyes. It is natural at, Chicago
having suddenly become such a great
“literary centre," her citizens should
begin to pay more attention to the
matter of “dotting eyes. "
Miss Difiident—“Aunty, you don’t
understand Italian, and your a plaud-
ing at the wrong time attracts a tention
in you from all over the house." Mrs.
Vulgarien (sharply)——"My dear, you
see this new wrap? It cost $800 to
import. What do you think I came
here for f"
At a recent popular assembly in Paris
a speaker pathetically inquired: “ Why
don't the cat men of Paris bestir them-
selves? hy do they remain cold and
unmoved at the calamities of our
country ?" “Because they are cast in
bronze!" shouted a sarcastic voice in
the gallery.
Mr. Augur (to Mrs. Societe, as he
calls her attention to a young lady near
by)——“There is evident .enjo cnt.
Miss Couleur. appears with
young Ultradude, does she not ?” Mrs.
Societe (smiling brightly)—-"Oh, one
cannot tell anything by a woman's
expression. She knows how to look
fllminéfle when she's being dreadfuny
)ore ."
“ Mr. Snaggs, the next time you go to
Pittsburg you must fit: me a temporary
ban for Fido, " said . Snaggs, yester-
day morning. “A temporary bani"
snorted Snaggs; "what in the name of
sense is a temporary ban f" “I don’t
know, but I see that all the dogs in
New York» are being put under a tem-
porary ban, and I suppose it’s the latest
style of dog blanket, for the Winter,
you know."
”Crimsonbeak drink water t” ex-
claimed Chalkmark, the milkman, to
Yeast the other mornin , after he had
left the azure fluid at e latter's resi-
dence. “Why, yes; Crimsonbeak
drinks water, " replied that gentleman’s
neighbor. “You certainly ought to
know that.” “Well, I—I never sup-
used such a thing." "I don’t see why,
'm sure. He's been drinking your
milk for the past twenty years."
A young Austin lawyer was appointed
to defend a negro who was too r to
hire counsel of his own. After i: e jirlry
were in the box the young lawyer ch -
lenaed several of them, who, his client
sai , had a prejudice against him.
“ Are there any more j urymen who have
a prejudice against you I'" whispered
the youn lawyer. "No, boss, the jury
am all rig ll}; but I want you to challenge
the J edge. I has been convicted under
him seberai times already, and maybe
he is beginnin’ to have prejudice agin
me."
1223;? famili—
’ ——
A young postmaster of a village post-
ofiicc was hard at work, when a gentle
tap was heard upon the door andin
stepped a. bashful maiden of sixteen,
with a money order which she desired
cashed. She handed it, with a bashful
smile, to the official, who, after closely
examining it, gave her the money it
called for. At the same time he asked
on the margin of the order.
“ No. I have not," she replied, “ for I
cannot make it out. Will you please
read it for me ?" ‘
The young postmaster read as follows:
“I send you three dollars and a dozen
kisses." .
Glancing at the bashful girl, he said:
"Now, I have paid you the money and
I suppose you want the kisses."
“ Yes, " she said, “if he has sent me
any kisses, I want them, too."
It is hardly necessary to say that the
balance of the order was promptly paid,
and in a scientific manner at that, and
.eminently satisfactory to the country
maiden, for she went out of the ofice
smacking her lips as if there was a tute
upon them she had never encountered
before. ‘
After she arrived home she remarked
to her mother:
“ Eh, mother, but this poet-office sys-
tem of ours is a greatjhing, developing
more and more every year, and each
new feature seems to be the best.
Jimmy sent me a dozen kisses along
with the money order, and the ‘post-
master gave me twenty. It beats the
special delivery system all hollow."
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
The gray goose is getting its bone in
a north pole condition; the muskrat is
digging a hole like an artesian wall;
the corn-husk is as thick as a piece of
country-made pumpkin pie; therefore,
young man, it behooves you to lose no
time in getting your white pants dyed a
sober and subdued tint of terra cotta,
and simultaneously to shoot the straw
hat and stand your tailor off for a warm
suit of winter clothes.-
A cool reception—A skating party, on
a private park.
Born to blush unseen—:Colored ladies. _
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manently cured by Cutlcura liesolvent (blood
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Claus. lIuilgIrion. 16511., Lawyer, 28 State St.,
Boston, reports a cascoi Eczema under his obser-
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body and limbs, and to which ali known methods
of rreaimerrt had been applied without benefit,
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Cuilcura and four bottles liesolvent have entirely
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“ film. Isaac Phelps, lichnria, 0., writes -—
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catarriial virus caus-
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—restores the senses at S y - ,
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Not a Liquid or Snuff.
A Quick Relief
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Aparticie applied into each nostril; no pain;
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gists. Send for circular. ELY BROTHERS,
Owego, N. Y. ' , iys
to
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D. M. FER Y e 60.. Detroit, Michigan.
'3 Bibles at 1-2 and Old
5‘ Testaments at less than
t v 1-3 the prices of the Eng.
3? 4.... llsh editions, and equal
3 . w the English in type,
- = - paper rioting and accu-
racy. rst agent mt out
.v r rte an order at even]
.. c for: two weeks. Rare
chance for agents to make
' money. Send 81.00 for out
fit. Tunis vmx manner.
The Henry Bill Pub. 00.,
Norwich, Conn.
N ickerson Bros.
Having purchased the Meat, Vegetable and Fish.
Business formerly carried on by Mr. Win. F.
Lockwood at
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Wish to inform'the public that they are prepared
to supply all wants in their line. 'l‘heir stock is
fresh and of the best quality, and prices are low.
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ODDS AND EN DE.
Know Thyself, by reading the “Science
of Life," the best medical work published
for young and middle-aged men.
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“Call me early," said Mr. Tennyson in
one of his poems. Mr. Tennyson was evi-
dently not employed on a farm.
Pain from indigestion, dyspepsia, and
too hearty eating is releivcd at once by
taking one of l arter’s Little Liver Pills
immediately after dinner. Don’t forget
us.
-———.O.
A New York paper says spring parasols
are already in the market. ~ They are
likely to remain there for the present.
00
At this season when so much pork is
shipped from the west, you cannot be too
particular in your selection of meats.
Sperry dc Barnes slaughter in New Haven
and can guarantee their goods sweet, (Ic-
licious and healthy. . ‘
O
The wife of a Kansas man has worn orzc
bonnet 22 years. The only part which is
worn out is the elastic which goes under-
neath the chin.
onannnorunu smrsi
When she was a girl 111er her mother gave
her sulphur and molasses to purify her
blood, but she now gives Sulphur Bitter-s
to her grandchildren, as it is the best med-
icine she ever saw.-—'l‘i:c Father. 2L7
————Coo ———-—-
“Momma," said a lliilc girl, "I wish I
were an orphan.” “ Why, my déar 'r"
“Because you are all the time going to
the orphan asylum."
——cc
'rwo rams Aoo! '
I was a sight to behold and was unable to
enjoy life at all. Now I am the picture of
health and can eat anything. What (lid
it ? Sulphur Bitters cured me of Dispcp-
sin and Liver Complaint after suffering
two years.—‘-W. H. Bowman. Manchester,
N. H. 21:7
A society lady, who was describing a
grand ball to a friend a few nights ago,
was asked how she was dressed. “Low,—
and behold," was the response.
-———ooo————
PURIFY YOUR BLOOD. ‘
Among spring preparations, do not
neglect that which is most important of
all—your own body. During the winter
the blood absorbs many impurities, which
one
scrofula or other diseases. Tire best spring
medicine is Hood's Sarsaparilla. It cxpr‘ls
every impurity from the blood, and gives
strength to every function of the body.
Sold by all druggisis.
Attorney General Garland, it is said sum-
marily dismissed a servant girl the other
morning when she asked him if he would
have pan-cakes.
_—_—...___..._._.
Something that will quiet the nerves,
lug sleep, improve the quality of the blood
and purify and brighten the complexion,
is what many persons would be very glad
to obtain. Carter’s Iron Pills are made for
exactly this class of troubles and are re-
markably successful in accomplishing the
ends desired, as named above. They are
useful for both men and women. Sold by
all druggists. Price 50 cents a box. See
advertisement. -
Some people are now shedding ink in
the cause of the Union, and fighting the
rebellion in the magazines who never shed
anything in the cause before except $300
for a substitute.
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Since last October I have suffered from
acute inflammation in my nose and head—
often in the night having to get up and in-
hole salt and water for relief. My eye has
been, for a week at a time, so I could not
see. I have used noend of remedies, also
employed a doctor, who said it was im-
pure blood—but I got no help. I :used
Ely’s Cream Balm on the recommendation
of a friend. I was faithless, but in a few
days was cured. My nose now, also my
eyes are well. It is wonderful how quick
it helped me.—-Mrs. Gnoncrr. S. J mason,
Hartford, Conn. Easy to use. Price 50
cents.
A Bridgeport cigar maker went to New
York last October, and from that time
nothing was known of his whereabouts
until a few days ago, when he returned
to Bridgeport. His story is, that he re-
members nothing after arriving in New
York until several weeks later, when he
awoke to consciousness and found himself
in the St. Louis general hospital just be-
ginning to recover from a terrible seigc of
brain fever. He has no idea of how he
got there.
Try one box of Sutton’s Catarrb Curc,
and you will be convinced that you can be
cured.
“It affords me pleasure to testify to the
benefit Ireccived from the use of Sutton‘s
Catar'r'h Cure. Having been troubled with
catarrh for a number of years, I procured
a bottle of Sutton’s Catarrh Cure, and it
has cured me of that. terrible disease, and
I would recommend it to all those who
have any catarrhal trouble."-i-l. S. 'f‘cr
rcll, Engineer on the Manhattan Elevated
Railroad. Sc udv’t. -
ALWillimantic on Wednesday a true
bill for murder in the second degree was
returned by the grand jury a ainst Fred.
Young and Eugene Tucker, or killing a
colored woman named Emma Torrey, at
Daniclsonville last December, while trying
to procure an abortion. The circumstan—
ccs of the case were" particularly brutal
and revolting. The trial will take place
next April at Brooklyn, before Justice
Parks. —-— Com-ant.
surrnnrno wonAnrroon.
Too much effort cannot be made to
bring to the attention of suffering woman-
hood the great value of Lydia E. Pink-
ham‘s Vegetable Compound as a remedy
for the disease of women, and perhaps
nothing is more efl’cctual than the testi-
mony of those who have been cured b it.
Sucn an one is the wife of General ar-
ringer of Winston, N. C., and we quote
from the General's letter as follows: “Dear
Mrs. Pinkham: Please allow me to arid
my testimony to the most superb medi-
cinal qualities of your Vegetable tom-
pound. Mrs. Derringer was treated for
several years for what the physicians called
Leucorrbea and Prolapsus combined. I
sent her to Richmond, Va., where she re-
mained for six months under :the treat-
ment of an eminent Physician without any
permanent benefit She was induced to
try your medicine and after reasonable
time commenced to improve and is now
able to attend to her business and consid-
crs herself fully relieved.” [General Bar-
ringer is the proprieter of the American
Hotel and is widely known.]
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Oliptcmnnia.
Isaac Strahan, aged 23, formerly book-
keeper for Pollard, Wood & Co., liquor
mentfrom the firm, was Tuesday sentenced
to four years in the state prison. He con-
fessed stealing $32,000 from a New York
firm by whom he was formerly employed,
and said he spent the money on wine and
women.—O. G. Wales, mayor of While
Hoof, Ohio, has fled toiCanada on account
of al eged business irregularities. He was
agent for the Wabash railroad 'there, and
also held a pension agency. He is alleged
to have overcharged pension commission—
ers and warrants are out for his arrest.
—-—The fishing schooners Virginia Dare
and Maud M. Story of Gloucester, which
with their crews. aggregating 29 men,
were given up as lost, have been reported
safe at Cap; Ray. N. F., January 20.—
Gen. W. . Rowlcy, secretary to Gen.
Grant during the war, died at Chicago,
Tnesday.-——Tbc Senate Tuesday passed
these appropriations for public buildings:
At Pawtuckct, R. I.,$100,000; at Houlton,
Me., $50,000; and at Springfield Mesa,
$150,000, and for the purchase of a site
for a public building at San Francisco,
$350,000.—-—The boot and shoe factory
of Curtis Brothers, West Scituate, Mass..
was burned with the machinery at 3
o'clock Wednesday morning. Loss $10,-
000.—-——~'l‘he steamer Canonicus of the
Fall River and Providence line, and the
City of New Bedford of the Old Colony
line collided at 8:30 Wednesday morning
in the lower harbor at Fall River. The
collision was caused by the dense fog,and
the damage is slight, as both boats were
proceeding slowly.———During an alterca-
‘on between Foreman Larncd and a con-
‘» named McLond, in the Michigan
state prison, the latter was fatally stabbed.
—~—A man named Doran cut his wife's
threat in Boston. and is reported to have
caught her blood in a cup in order to drink
it.-—--—Frauk Simmonssvhile out gunning
near Eiinboro, Pa., accidentally shot him-
self, inflictin a wound from which he
afterward die .-—-—Reports snow the sharp
methods by which Brigham Young ob-
tained his fraudulent land tiiles.———Thc
Atlantic cotton mill at Lawrence, llfass.,
employing about 9000peratives, announce
an advance in wages to take effect March
1.——~Thc druggists at Fitchburg, Mass.,
at a meeting yesterday decided not to sell
cigars, candy and soda. on Sundays, at the
request of the mayor.—-—Rccently an as.
sembly of the kni hts os labor was organ~
ized, athorwood less. The assembly has
built a ball in which they hold their meet-
ings.—AnAugusta woman has ordered nest
of falsa teeth for her aged fumily- horse.
-——Abroken rail caused a wreck‘on
the Marietta mineral railway, just east of
Vincent,killing Wesley Bowman ,Dunbar,
and John Hays, Harmon. They both
jumped from the train. Only a coal car
and one passenger left the track.
if not expelled, are liable to break out in-
bring strength to the body,induce rcfresh- .
dealers, who pleaded guilty to embezzle— J
M. sonwnn.
' OPTICIAN and . ocomsr,
wan. BE AT NORWALK.
March 24ih§and§25th, 1886,
A t Nor-walk Ifofcl.‘
Having qualified myself by years of hard study
in the best institutions in Europe, and having had a
practical experience of twenty-five years in thl
country, I am enabled at first sight to adapt lcrisc
most appropriate to restore the vision to its origrnu
vi or and cure all the various diseases of the eye
I ave therefore combined my practice of an
Ocnlist with that of an Optician, and am now on-
abled to furnished all kinds of lenses and styles of
Spectacles and Eye.Glasses which are made to
order under my own supervision. to suit my cus-
omcrs' visionary ailments.
Consulta‘lion Free.
References—Geo. G. Bishop, Charles Olmstcad
ex—licputy Sheriff Charles Adams, Mr. Clarence
Nash with J. l“. Bonnet, (Jon. I). N. Couch, Mrs.
W. K. James. Dr. E. C. Clarke.
Tit filial illlliil‘lttllltlififlifli!
Is the CHAMPION HEATER and has more RADI-
ATING surface than any other of the same size of
casings. It Is PERFECTLY SIMPLE in its construc-
tion, DURABLE because made of the best materials.
It has no bolted joints, and is free from dust and
ashes. A child can soon learn to manage it. “e
have put in TEN of these FURNACES this fall,
and can give plenty of references. We warrant to
give satisfaction. Don’t fall to see it before pur-
chasing. There is no Better Hot Air Furnace
made. We have also on hand a full line of
Cook and Heating Stoves,
And all sorts of
Kitchen Furniture, Earthen
Ware in all varieties, Glass
Ware, Plain and Fancy
Vases and Statuettes,
Lamps and Shades,
In many varieties. All kinds of
Burners and Chimneys,
Bases and Shade Holders,
Agate, Iron and Hollow Ware,
FANCY ZINCS FOR STOVES,
PATENT COFFEE POTS,
And athousand useful articles too numerous to ,
mention. We have constantly on hand, Iron Clad i
Paint. Pure Linseed Oil, Patent Cements. Assbestos :
Brick and Stove Repairs. We are jobbers in 'l in, !
Sheet Iron, Copper and other metals, and do 2
Metal Roofing at short notice.
WWe solicit a share of the public patronage.
F. H. NASH &. BRO»
So- u. .’ h No rm: Ila.
AGENTS FOR THE TOWN OF NGRWALK.
Call at
CURTIS 8-» Co’s.
FOR
HOLIADY
GOODS I
Iiavilami's Decorated China.
Cups, Saucers and Plates,
French Firina, Tea and Din-
nrr Sets, English Decorated _
Ware, Colored “Tilti‘l‘ Sets,l
and Pink Table Glassware,
, - 3
Hanging and Stand lamps!
of the latest. patterns with"
Fancyf‘riobcs and Decorate-d !
Shades, Table and Pocket;
Cutlery of the best makes-i
Skates. Sleds, &c., &c.
‘ Headquarters fo
‘ P. O. Box 3755.
Fruit Line Direct 1on Yuri
”LANDING AT—v'
{Pair 23 II. 1%., foot of Bookmar. Street.
“
Lewer Rates than byP any other Line.
*
—- TEE PBOPELLBR.——
O
Cety of Normal]. .
. 0n and after Monday, Nov. 1, (till further notice,
we permitting) leaving Norwalk, Tuesdays, Thurs-
days and Saturdays.
Returning. leave New York, Mondays, Wednes-
days aud Fridays, from Pier 23 E. It., (foot- of
Beekman Street), stopping at South Norwalk both
ways, to deliver and receive feiglii. ,
Freight taken from and recivcd for all points on
the Dunbury and Norwalk and Slrcpaug Railroads
at very reduced rates.
Upon application to agents City of Norwalk will
be sent for special lots of freight anywhere in New
York or its vicinity.
ETAII persons are forbid trusting any of the
employee of the boats on this line on account of
the owner thereof. ,
Commencing June lot, 1855.
DAILY TliA INS
Euourh.
Lv. Norwafk, Lv .80. Iiouvalk, Ar.V.iiscn Pcin
’f 34 a. m. 'i' 4? a. in. 7 55:1. in.
' s 58 u l . - it
12 52 p. m. is 571). m.
4 3;. u 4 4:, H 5 :55 p. in.
rJorth.
Lv. Wilson i‘cint, Lv.Sc. lion-walla, Ar. tic-walk
s 30 a. Ill. 9 20 a. m. 9 25 a. in
l 40 p. m. 2 l3 p. m. 2 is p. in.
515 “ 51‘.) p. m.
615 “ 6201). in.
CHAS. M. CRAWFORD, Slip!
N. Y., N. H. 86 H. RAILROAD.
Trains leave South Norwall: for New York.
4 56 p. In. Boston ex ‘12 59 p. in. liosion ex
5 24 a. in. Adams ex ‘2. 05 “ Slanmi spiel.
5 40 “ Boston ex 5 3 3g) “ llosiou ex
5 50 “ SN. special 4 41' “ *-
6 17 “ Accom’tion 6 09 “ Accom’iion
I 05 “ li'i. special 6 55 “ Accem’iion
7 25 “ SN. Lo. ex 8 lo “ Newport Spa]
7 42 “ Local ex S 40 “ Milk train
8 25 “ “ “ S 45 “ SN. special
9 08 “ “ “ 10 05 " Express
9 3.9 “ Accom‘iion 12 56 “ Wash ex
lo 2'.) " Local ex Sunday Ac., 9 15 a. m.
11 45 ' Accorn’iion “ Local 6 14]). In.
“ Milk, 3 40 “
Leaves South Norwnlk for New Haven.
1:22 a. m., Wash. ex 6 l4 p. in. Local ex
6 33 “ Accom’tion 6 47 “ S.rN.s recial
1 25 “ Milk train 656 “ Sp'f’ld 0. ex
846 “ Accom’tion 7 29 “ S. N. special
9 20 “ Boston ex 8 02 “ B't special
10 20 “ Local ex 8 24 “ S. N. special
10 55 “ Accom’tion 9 44 “ Accom’tion
1213 p m. Boston ex 10 55 “ Adams ex
1 46' “ Accom’tion 11 47 “ Boston ex ,
2 07 “ Newport ex 12 21 “ “
4 32 “ Accom’tion Sundays 8 00 a. in. Mail
4 40 “ Local ex “ 9 41 “ Ac.
5 10 u u u 651 p. In.
540 “ Simfd. A: N.
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CHEAPEST, STRONGEST, BEST.
Made of Iron, beautifully ornamented. Five size;
for table or floor. .
Send for our Special Ofi‘er and Illustrated Cato
Egg?! containing testimonials Free; also, price
The F. M. Libby Penhcldcr, 11 kinds.
Linney’s improved Newspaper Files, 10 sizes.
“Triumph " Steel Pens, 12 Nos. Samples and prices
on receipt of six cents.
"gist Only" Pencil Holders. Sample by mail 10
n 5.
Order through your local dealer or direct of the
manufacturers
w. r:- PRATT a co.,
r everything in the Sfalloneryanl
Fancy Goods line,
No. 19 BOND STREET,
New Yon-D
BEING UNABLE TO MANUFACTURE
HARIVESS
Tu compete with large concerns, I have taken the
agency of one of the oldest and largest estab-
lishments in the state for the sale of-
Earness. Saddles, Halt rs, Sur-
cmgles, Collars, 866.
I shall also Make
, Fine Harness to Order,
as usual. at the old stand,
sec. 7 WATER STREET.
where I will keep a regular line of Whips, Sponges
Chamois, Blankets, Robes, Feed Bags,
Traveling Bags, .w
J. F .PEOKELL
I in Send six cents for postage, and re-
A PHIZEceive free, a costly box of goods
which will help you to more money
right way than anything else in this world. All of
either sex, succeed from first hour. The broad road
to fortune opens bnfofe the workers,absolutcly sure
at once address, 'l\.m_a at 00., Augusta, Maine.
Geo. S. Gregory.
Livery. Boarding, Saie,
Feed and Exchange
@t'ables.
set». 14 Knight 551;. .
(in rear of Horse Car Depot),
NORJVALK, CONN.
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CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILWA‘u'
Bv reason of its central position and close relation to all rind ' s
‘Vcst, at initial and terminal points. constitutes the mcslt); impgiiidigzemiséitch‘ig
mental link in that s stem of through transportation which invites and-facili—
rates travel and tra
0 between cities of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. It
is also the favorite and best route to and from points East. Northeast and
Southeast, and corresponding points W est
The Rock Island system includes in
Johot, Ottawa, La. Salle, Peoria, Geneseo,
Davenport, Muscatine, Washington,
Liberty, Iowa. City, Des Memes,
Northwest and South‘v est.
is main line and branches, Chicago,
Molina and Rock Island, in Illinois;
Fa‘rfleld, Otturnwa. Osknloosa. ‘West
Indianola, .Winterset. Atlantic, Knoxville...
Audubon Harlan Guthrie Centre and Council Bluffs in I .A -. .ll ‘17
Trenton, Cameron, and Kansas City, in Missouri; Leavenw'oz‘tbozg‘f“? Aidhiibfi:
in Kansas; Albert Lea, Minneapolis and
St. Paul, in Minnesota; Watertown in
D .kom, and hundreds of intermediate cities. towns. Villages and stations.
”ff-IE GREAT ROCK
ISLAND ROUTE
Guarantees its P81730118 that sense of personal secuvi‘ afforded b—zr solic‘
thoroughly ballasted road-bad; smooth tracks of contiguous steel fail; sub:
stuntiallv built culverts and bridges;
rolling stock as near perfection as
human skill can make it; the safety ap liances of patent buffers. platforms;
and air—brakes; and that exacting disc
Separation of all its trains. Other specie. ties of this route are
line which governs the pracgm;
Transfers at
connecting solute in Union Depot , and the unsurpassed comforts and
l
luxuries of its issenger Equipment.
The Fast Express Trains between Chicago and the Missouri River a r ..
posed of well ventilated, finely upholstered Day Coachesbhiagniflcent £31233.
alace Sleepers of the latest design, and
elaborately cooked meals are leisurely eaten
Between C
Appetite. and Health on both."
sumptuous ining Cars, in which
‘ good Di estion waiting on
hicngo on Kansas City and
Archison, are also run the Celebrated Reclining Chair Care.
THE FAMOUS ALBERT LEA‘ ROUTE
Is; the direct and favorite line between Chicago and Minneapolis and St. Para-i.
whore connections are made in Union Depots for all
points in the Territor‘na
and British Provinces. Over this route, Fast Express Trains are run to ill-r
watering places. summsr resorts. picture
.m- grounds of Iowa. and Minnesota. It is
fine localities, and hunting and fish-
so the most desirable route to giro
: .ch wheat fields and pastoral lands of interior De. ..
Still another DLREC'I‘ LINE. vio. Seneca and Kgrtdtrgkce, has been opened
between Newport Nowa._Richmond, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Lafayette and
Council Blufi‘s. Kansas City, Minneapolis and St. Paul
For ,detallcd information see
Maps and Folders, obtainable as we
rim,
‘1‘]
and intermediate 1)
Tickets, at a: principal Ticket OEcesin the United States and. Canada; <2:-
by cddrc
R'. R. CABLE,
President and General Manager. chicane.
E. ST. JOHN,
General ticket and Passenger Agent, Chicago
Norwalk Chronicler