' NORWALK GAZETTE. . biius'hed, every Tuesday Afternoon at $9 per Year ~ in Advance: Single copies 5 cts. The mom, Largest and most Widely Giradawa Newspaper in this section of the State. It is the [last Advertising Medium, and has the Host Advertising, because it is read by tho Best People. Entered as so class matter and Postago prepaid duress Slips indicate time when Subscriptions by . ESTABLISHED 1800. An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially (1 \ Q‘NFF EK} V’i/M, ,/ \W W \‘f . ",.——' GAZETTE. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. ‘NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY MARCH 23, 18,86. Number 12. T /,‘. ,"‘r....-r.. Nix/Ilkx-Fg'kfili‘t '1. bra/Ill In.» 'I‘erxns for Au. ,vvl'tiz‘s‘lng, Furnished 5n application l :‘m-rui, . aiforxu. rare» to long time and bury.- space Advertisers. Transient advs. i square (1 inch) 1 time thee ‘ Subsequent Insertions, per week, w Funeral and Obituary Notices, same room. Births, Marriages and Deaths. inserted froo Questionable advrts. not inserted at any pnco. nu Bills C'ollectablc Monthly and rm Accounts at pro rafts. Ram. Job Printing of every Vflhw lunx, Qmmx a (lunar m rumpus—zen rum mail expiro. '33:. a. Burrito-row 7 Enrroa m Pnornnrou. ’ V Olum G LXXX'VI. JOHN RODEMEI’ER, Jr. - AssociateEdftor. - Bo mm“. m“, a. ”V“!- “ 0b. if 1173 opinion has more weight head in bold rilief agam' st tho mahog. vaeet friend, whon thou and I or! zono, Beyond earth’s wosry labor, When small shall bo our need of grsoo From comrade or from neighbor; Passed all the strife, the toil, tho oaro, And done with all the signing- What tender truth shall we have gained, Aiasi by simply dying? Then lips too chary of their praiso Will tell our merits over, And eyes too swift our faults to seo Shall no defect discover, Then hands that would not lift a stone Where stones were thick to cumber Our steep hill path, will scatter flowers Above our pillowed slumber. Sweet friend, porchauce both thou and I, Ere love is past forgiving, Should take the earnest lesson horse—- Be patient with the living! To-day's repressed rebuke may savo Our blinding tears to-morrow; Then patience, o'en when kccnest cdgo nay whet a nameless sorrow. ’Tis easy to be gentle when Death's silence shames our clamor, And easy to discern the best Through memory’s mystic glamour; But wise it were for thee and mo, ’ Ere love is past forgiving, To take the tender lesson home— ‘Bc patient with the living! W A. Tale of Rue. Of all the tired passengers of the mid- night express bound eastward over the 01d Colony road, perhaps there was not one more thoroughly used up than John Coleman, of the law firm of Coleman dz Riggs, Ashland, Massachusetts. From the morning of November first, when he , had started for San Francisco, till the evening of this December first, he had been constantly on the wing. To aggra- vate his fatigue, the trip, in a business view, had been highly unsatisfactory, if not unnecessary. . But as he drew nearer home his scowl vanished, and the lines about his firm mouth softened. Stretching his long- sufi'ering limbs across the scat, he spread a newspaper between his aching eyes and the glare of the bobbing lamps, and indulged in tender speculations. How would Rno look when he appeared before her next morning, two days earlier than he had promised? She might be watering her plants in the bay window, and he would walk in nonchalantly, as if he had left her the evening before, and say, "Good-morning, Rho," and she would drop her watering-pot and rush toward him, all smiles and blushes, crying, “0h, John! John! how glad I am to see you! how I've missed you!" Dear, warm-hearted, impulsive little Rue! She certainly was fond of him.- He wished he had never been sucha brute as to reproach her about Mr. Lynde. He was convinced now that she had'not really cared for the fellow. She had only been cordial with him in her free, girlish way. What charming, inimitable ways she had! The lover's revery merged into a dream. Mr. Cole- man was unconscious of the slacking of the train at B——, and of the entrance of two young gentlemen into the seat in front; but the name of Miss Rue Hay- wood, spoken almost in his ear, aroused him like on electric shock. “Mr. Lynda is bewitchcd with her, that's plain, " continued the voice. “ He’s having a fine time out of Coleman's absence." “ Pluperfect, ” said an answering voice. “They say Miss Rue wouldn't mind Coleman’s taking himself off for good." " He'san able man. You know there's talk of running him for Congress.” “Oh, yes; he's ‘a dig,’ and all that, but he's a crotchetv fellow. Makes Miss Rue walk Spanish, I hear. By the. way; how is she and Mr. Lynda coming on with the Operetta? I had to out last rehearsal." “Famously. Miss Rue's solo will bring down the house. Lynde thinks the entertainment will foot up at least one hundred dollars toward the new. organ. Ho's jubilant. I believe that instrument comes next to Miss Rue in his afiections. Can’t he get the music out of it, though! Halloo, here’s Ash- land 1" Wincing beneath his newspaper, Mr. Coleman had recognized the voiccsas those of two college students returning from a lecture at B—-. Forgetful at last of travel-stain, weariness and head- ache, he waited till the youths had left the car, then walked out at the opposite end, his whole energies engrossed in weighing the evidence so gratuitously offered. How for could he rely on our- reu‘t gossip? What attitude should he assume toward Rue? Morning found him undecided. He must be governed by Rue's own manner. As a test of her feelings toward him he would ask her for his cake to withdraw from tho . ‘ Operetta. If she loved him she would do this cheerfully. If she would not do it—Mr. Coleman had not provided for . the ,latter contingency when Bridget ushered him into Mr. Haywood’s parlor. Miss Rue and Mr. Lynda woro prac- tising a duet for tho Operetta, both too rapt to observe the intruder-o fact inexplicable on musical grounds to poor Mr. Coleman, who did not know the notes apart, or care to know them. According to his inference, the young people were absorbed in each other, and he ofi‘ in limbo. Under these cir- cumstances it may not be strange that his face, that instant spied by Miss Rue, was not the face of an amiable man. It promptly reminded Mr. Lyndc of a waiting pupil, and having congratulated Mr. Coleman on 's safe return, he hustled his music under his arm and departed in haste. Miss Rue wheeled the big easy-chair infront of the grate, playfully forced her sullen suitor into it, and perched herself on its arm to hear about his journey. Had he boon ill? No? [Then he mustbo 'fearfully tired. She knew his head ached. Should she not try to magnetizo it, and put him to sleep? No, he preferred that sho should not. Ho had kept hiscyes closed toolong already. As well might a lcphyr have attempted to pct as iceberg. With a shiver Miss Bus slipped from her perch, and seated, herself with her work in a neighboring rocker. What had come over John? She had never seen him like this before. He did not seem a bit glad to meet her. He turned away from tho distracting vision, mentally preparing his brief— this astute lawyer, an ignorant of the nature of a girl as an elephant of tho structure of a rose. Presently he began about the festival. He admitted that Rue had once confided to him her inten- tion of participating in an Operetta, but he had supposed an Operetta to be some- thing like an Oratorio, not a jumble of silly love songs. Did she think it becoming in herself, an engaged young lady, to carol amorous. ditties from morning to night with a tuneful swain ? "They are burlesques, John—only burlesques. If I had dreamed of 1°“? disapproving, I wouldn’t have promised to sing; but I can’t retract now." ' "Not when I particularly request it, ‘ Ruo f" A “Indeed, no, John. I havo the load- ing part. I can't refuse now to act without offending Mr. Lynda.” “OIPtho “th 116, you can't per- sist in acting xvi-'43.. offending me: " "Now, John, do be reasonable. How should I feel, announcing at the next rehearsal that I must be excused- Mr. Coleman was not willing to have the connected with the Operetta ?- What world Mr. Iivndo think ?’~’ . we break it up, he’s in for fever. with you than mine, I will retire. " “John, you’re too absurd. Can't you see how ridiculous it would look for mo to throw up my part the moment you came home P People would say you or jealous of Mr. Lynde.” , » “ The jackanapes l" “And that you are a Bluebeard. John I’m not sure, but they'd be right. " “If I’m a tyrant, Rufello, you're an amazingly fearless Fatima." “ I don't propose to be your Fatima, J ohu." “ What did Rue mean by that ? Tho wrinkle in Mr. Coleman's forehead dropped into a. trench, his brown face flushed like an oak in October. “ Please lay aside paradoxes, Rufelle. Do you mean that you don't wish to marry me P Rumor has told me such." In truth Miss Rue had meant nothing of the kind, but her lover's insulting tone exasperated her into silence. Had it come to this that she could not wink without first consulting his lordship! Her blue eyes flashed ominously, the steel hook in her fingers darted out of her crochetiug with a murderous ra- pidity. . ~ "Rumor has told moss much,"re- peated Mr. Coleman, as impressively as if he had been addressing a jury. “And you let people talk about me, J ohu, and listen. to what they say." “ I might have known that a girl who would not respect my dignity could not value my esteem. Tyrant or not, Rufello, at least I have no desire to rivet gelling fettors. Hencoforth you are free to smile upon Mr. Lynda or any other gentleman. " Had he omitted the last sontcnco, affectionate, kindly little Ruo could even then have “madeup” with John, but this was too much for her temper. Suatching the golden oirclct from her engagement finger, sho hastily flung it at hor lover, with cheeks afiamc. “Take back your ring." cried she; “the girl who wears it should be a saint or a oimploton, and I'm neither. Good-bye John. " Auburn head orcct. chin in air. she swopt out of tho room with all the stato- linoss possiblo to a slight girl of five feet two. Sho felt hero to be a righteous indignation. John had no reason—no earthly reason—to treat hot so. She would not pcrsonato pationt Griselda - for tho amusement of tho whole village. “ John wants to bend the whole world to his will." mused she, angrily, poop- ing through hor chamber blind as he stalked away chewing his black mus- tache; “he wants to bond the whole world to his will, and Iwont bobcat. Our engagement is brokon, and I am glad of it. " For full fifteen minutes oho was un- equivocally glad. John Coleman thought that ho too was glad. Walking fiercely on, he squared his broad shoulders, and told himself that the engagement had been a mistake—an error of judgment. A grave, self-made man 'of thirty should have been wiser than to trust his happi- ness to the keeping of a gay, capricious maiden. Why had he been so dotingly fond of the child, so hoodwinked by her coquetries ? Blind, drivolling idiot that ho was, the sooner he was buried again in the law the better. The man's soul was not within him. Shocked at his partner's ill looks, Mr. Riggs in greeting him asked if he had had a chill. “Yes. something of that nature," was the grim reply. “How about the suit of Ingalls versus Wade i’ I find a flaw in the indictmont.” . Mr. Coleman was in tho mood for finding flaws; his habitual self-control had deserted him. Onco be nearly an- nihiliated Mr. Riggs for casually mon- tioning Mr. Lyndo and his roportod on- gagement. _ "Oho! I recollect now ; Coleman has a lien on the young woman himself. Queer I should have forgotten," mused the discomforted advocate, dipping his pen in the ink. That night Mr. Coleman had a chill— no metaphorical heart ague, but a genuine physical, bone-shaking rigor that demanded blankets and hot brick and a heroic dose of quinine. “ He's caught malaria from some of those Western bog-holes," said the doctor aside to the landlord. " Unless See that he has agood nurse. I’ll be around in the morning.” The landlord himself sat up with the patient, and a busy night he had till daybreak, when Mr. Coleman sank into a drowse. The weary watcher improved this opportunity to steal away for a nap and sent his son to take his place .by the bedside. After an hour’s sleep the sick. man awoke refreshed, the ringing in 'his ears greater, but the throbbing of his temples less, the pain in his limbs no longer absolutely unbearable. "Heigho ! that you, Harry ?" he said, catching sight of the boy munching an apple for entertainment "Where were you when I came home last night? I didn’t see you." "At St. Mark's, sir; blowing the organ. Mr. Lyndc has hired me for the quarter. " ”Oh, he has, has he ?” Mr. Coleman turned over in bed, and scowled at the smoky lump chimney. Soon he flopped back again. . "Do you like this Lynda fellow, Harry a" “ Tip-top; everyone does." Mr. Coleman groaned. “Is the pain coming on again, sir? Can I do anything for you 2" "Nothing, thank you, my boy; I'm pretty essentially dono for. I’d like to hear you talk, though. Tell me what’s happened since I'vo been away. What's this Lyndo been up to ?” “0h, he’s been flying around, you'd better believe." . "Been doing a stiff business, I sup- pose, driving out with tho ladies ?" "Ho's been driving out with Miss Haywood some. I haven’t seen him with anybody else. " . Tho invalid suppressed another groan. . "They've been 100 .' g at dishes and curtains and things." «7! Mr. Coleman rose savagely upon his elbow. This was ten thousand times worse than he had ever dreamed. “The story I’ve heard, then, is true, Harry. Mr. Lyndo is going to be mar- ried." . “Why, how do you know, Mr. Cole- man? He said it was a secret. He let me go all over his house yesterday -—-hc's hired Lunt's cottage, corner of Vine street—and things shine, I tell you. You just ought to soc these carpets. Miss Haywood helped him pick 'cm out. The other woman don't suspect a thing." " What other woman ?" "Why, the woman Mr. Lynda is going to. marry. She lives down in Maine. She thinks after the wedding on Christmas she's coming with Mr. Lynde tohis boarding house; but in- stead of that, sir, he's going to fetch her right home to his bully cottage. I'll bet she’ll be surprised. " “ Mr. Coleman dropped back upon the pillow with an expression a Raphael might have despaircd of reproducing. He lay there a few minutes reflecting. then sat bolt upright, his towol-bcgirt any head-board. "Blow out the lamp, Harry, please, draw up the curtains, and hand me my writing desk there on the table. I'll give you a dollar if you'll carry a mes- sage to Miss Haywood for me this morning." “Bless my soul, Coleman, you'rcas tough as a pine knot!" exclaimed the doctor, bolting in as his patient sealed the note. “You had aguc enough last night to shake a sensitive mortal into the grave, and here you're up and at- tending to business. Let's feel your pulse. Rapid yet, but softer. If you're prudent you'll be out in afcw days.” ' Harry rushed off on his errand, and delivered Mr. Coleman's billet into the hands of Miss Rue herself, who in his private opinion looked very sober and red eyed. The missivc ran as follows :- “Dnau Rom—I’ve been having a chill, one of the bow fide castanct order. I hope you’ll do me the favor to believe itwcs coming on at your house. IfI raved furiously and behaved worse than asavago, as I lmow I did, do forgive me, dear. I’m coming to beg pardon on my knees as soon as they arefirm enough. Enclosed please find' your ring. Ever thine, JOHN. “ P. S.-—-Don't on any account with- draw from the Operetta.” ' "Poor dear soul, how ill he must have been!" mused loving little Rue, slipping the cherished ring back upon her finger. “But I hope he isn’t going to be subject to those chills, " she added, with a doleful -.look. “ I hope he isn't, for tho sak'c of both of us. " W AN INGENIOUS SMUGGLEB. When watches were subject to duty a passenger started from Holland to Har- wich, England, wearing a curious under- garment crowded with small pockets, in which were stowed away no loss than 140 w'atchcs. This shirt of watches was so god that it was impossible for him to sit down, but so the-time usually spent on the voyage was not very long, say twenty-four hours at the outside, this inconvenience did not seem to matter. The boat started, and the man began to wonder about the deck. no one having the slightest suspicion of the curious armor in which he was encased. Unfortunately for him a fog came on and the vessel's progress was stopped. The fog was obstinate, it wOuld not lift, and the man who couldn't sit down wandered despairingly about, growing more and more tired each turn. Thirty hours had passed since he had left the Dutch coast, and all the time he had remained on .his legs. The man who did not sit down became the observed of all on board, and as he wandered hither and thither, longing for the fog to rise. he became conscious that all eyes were turned on him. He thought he was discovered; he grew alarmed; and still the vessel remained motionless; and like an' unquiet spirit he shambled across the deck. Thirty-six hours from Holland, and Still he kept his ‘legs. Forty-two hours went by, and the wan- dering watch-carrier, eyed and wondered at by all, tattered to and fro, unable to rest, and ready to drop from fatigue. No sign of the fog going; no sign of relief. Twenty-two hours overdue, and still the wandering Jew glided about in the gloom! At last there came a slant of wind which cleared away the fog, and as tho-vessel neared the harbor the cus- tom ofileers came on board. Catching sight of the man's haggard look and peculiar gait, they spoke so sharply to him that his courage gave way, and declaring his goods in tones of terror, he went off in a faint, and, retaining his rigidity, toppled over into the officer's arms. He was decently unclothed, and he left his shirt to be shown at the Cus- tom House Museum of an unappreciativc country. —-——~-.4+o-—-—- AN INC ENIOUS‘ CORRESPONDENCE. A correspondence with hair was once attempted between a notorious Parisian thief in duraucc vilo and his comrades outside. A letter was sent to the prisoner from his sweetheart, contain- ing thereby a lock of hair wrapped in the leaf of a book. The jailer did not consider the souvenir important enough to be delivered, but in a few days there came a similar inclosure, and, yet another. This aroused suspicion, and the governor took the matter in hand. He examined the leaf of the book; it was that of a common novel, twenty-six lines on a page. Then he studied the the hairpnd noticed the small quantity of the gin. Counting the hairs he found them of unequal length and twenty-six in number, the same as the lines on the page. Struck with the coincidence, he laid the hairs along the lines on the page which they respec- tively reached, beginning at the top with the smallest hair. After some trouble he found that the end of each hair pointed to a difi‘erent letter, and that these letters combined, formed a slang sentence, which informed the prisoner that his friends were on the watch, and that the next time behalf the prisonto be examined an attempt would be made to rescue him. The ‘ Governor made his plans accordingly. The attempt was made, but the res- cuers fell into their own trap. , ECONOMY IN THE KITCHEN. We are not apt to think ofibread as an expensive article of food, and yet on bread a saving of 50 per cent. may be made by using the home-made article instead of the baker's wore. Inother words it costs about twiccas muchto buy bread as it does to make it'ot homo, and when ono considers how much more healthful the latter article is, it seems strange that so many- fsmilieo are con- tent to do without it. Almost any cook or "general hous worker” can learn without much di cultyto make good bread, especiallyif she understands that you will have it. We would strongly urge the necessity of setting first a sponge, not too thick; secondly, of kneading this well a few hours later; and, thirdly, of a final, thorough knead- ing, before putting the bread into pans. According to our experience the func- tionary will shirk one kneading if she can. and the bread onion in conse- quence. Another advantage of using home-made bread is that the cock is l°§5~ apt to waste it, because she will want to save herself the troublo of making more. One thrifty housekeeper of our acquain- tance always keeps the bread under her own control, cutting of! a sufficient supply for the kitchen and parlor at each meal. Certain it is that bread is very apt to be wasted, and we have seen, in at least one kitchen, a large drawer completely filled with old breed, the greater part of which, of course, had to be thrown away. Potatoes are also very apt to be wasted. Many careless cooks will not take the trouble to calculate nicely how many they will need for a meal, and so will always have a’large quantity left, much of which, even if warmed ever. will eventually find its way to tho refuse. M For a spur of diligence we have a natu- ral thirst after know edge ingraitod in us. ‘ In a study of tho post emcee of the United States it may be wollto com- mence with “A B O,"apoat omco in Tennessee, where we will find “Y Z" also; and Suiz there with our Aunt while we View West Virginia, with its Alum Bridge, Apple Grove, Baker's Run, Buffalo Dick, Brush Creek, Coal River, Marshes, Cross Roads, Dial Rock, Fair Plain, Friar’s Hill. Elk- water, Eagle Mills, Fairlight, Fire Creek, Gold Hill, Indian Camp, and by Joe's Branch of the Roaring Creek called Jake’s Run Hughart with Good Hope and True for Union under the Willow Tree in that Quiet Dell at Fan- keo' Dam called Traveler's Repose on the Top of Allegheny. But should we “B" in Indiana at Zipp’s. near Wolf Lake. we will drink White Water on a Willow Branch, while a Wildcat Sinks Six Mile down Nickle Plate and Slate Cut over It Snow Hill towards the Southwest and a New Era brings Coffee over the Coal Blufi‘ from Crisp's Cross Roads to our Farm- er's Retreat amongst the Fallen Tim- her. Dora will play with Dice and Cape till it becomes Chili, then put on Buck- skin till it Burnside, and with a Broad Ripple of Independence go Home through a Gale to Freelandville. Amy only from Michigan, says there they have the one Big Beaver, but have to share Devil's Lake with Dakota; she gets a Banana from Florida and takes it to a Bake Oven in Oregon; through Georgia they tried to Kissemy, and she said Oro three times, gave a Yell in Tennessee, and with a Peek into North Carolina, crossed Pea Patch in Virginia to Hunt in seven places for afLittle Rest in New York at Bartow-on-the—Sound; but Bliss was scarce, as a Big Indian from the High Woods found Good Ground to take her to his Forest Home on Fire Islands, in Kattskill Bay. Ira rescued her with Joy, having seen her from Bay Shore, and said: “My But< tcrfly, come Half-Way to a Fresh Pond. where all is Fine. You can Neversink this Long Year while I Lykes Liberty. Let us Rush for Protection to a Pleas- ant Valley, and Stow away Energetic West Virginia Philosophy in Ohio when we find NewLight on the Point. There we find Ada. with a long list, which we copy; Ai, Air, 'Hiil, Archer’s Fork at Allen's Store, and take a bath in Bear Creek and listen to Black Jack, Bloom Switch, Chagrin Falls. Clear Port, Dry Run, Cold Water, Delightful, J ay Bird, Morning Sun, Rex, River Styx Xenia. By the way there are only ninb oflices with the initial X, and all these are Xenia but Xenophon and Xerxes in Tennessee. We all know where Put-in-Bay is, but can you locate Baker's Corner, Calf Killer, Cabin John, Cabbage Farm, Baby Head, Backbone, Bachelor’s Hall, Bad Axe. Allgood, Angel’s Camp, A Man’s Store, All Healing, Big Foot, No Bible, Blacks and Whites, Blizzard, Bird in Hand, Bishop’s Head, Big Skin Creek, Weaver’s Old Stand, Way Back, Warrior’s Mark, Well Water, “looping Water, Kill Buck, Kill More, Keep Tryst, What. Cheer, White Bab- bit, Kitty Hawk, Wigwam, Wilderness, Wide Awake, Wiregrass, Yellow Dirt, Wolf Trap, Zip, Zem Zeim, You Bet, Yingiist, Zero, Us, Up Church, Let Us Stop, Ty Ty, Ubet? THE ELDER GOT AHEAD. .— Old Potiphas Bledsoe, of the Southern Tier, is an authority on horses and ministers, and this is one of his experi- ences: “ I never knowed Deacon Expe- ‘ters to git beat but onct in my life, and that was done by Eider Smiles, who worked the Tioga circuit down in Penn- sylvany. This cre Expeters had a bay filly that Elder Smiles wanted, an’ he offered Expeters a big brown gelding which ’ud weigh about twelve hundred, even up for the filly. You see the elder wanted that filly mighty badto ride on his circuit. But this are Expe- ters asked the elder $14 boot money, an' the elder hemmed an' hawed ’round considerable an' went ofi‘ finally, an' there warn't no trade that day. But in about a week artcr this are Expeters dropped in on the older in scoreless way like, an’ the question of the boss trade cum up, and this era Expoters says: “ ‘ wan, elder, I've bin athinkin' con- siderablc about what we said the last time we talked hoes, an’ the more I thought the more the Lord seemcdto be whisperin' in my ear: ‘Let the older have the filly; let the older have the filly.‘ The Lord seemed to kinder put it to me in the light of a duty I owed to the cause, an' ac, elder, if you say so, the filly's your'n an’ I'll take the gelding. ’ “ 'Wall,’ says the elder, 'if what you say is true, it would rather look like my duty to take the filly, considerin' all the circumstances, an' you don't know how grateful I am to you, Brother Expeters, an’ if you any trade its a trade.’ “ ‘All right,’ said this ere Expetors, an’ they shook hands on it. “‘I guess,’ says the older, ‘I'll go over and git the filly now.’ “ ‘That’ll be all right,’ says this ere Expeters, an' these two Christians went up to Expeters' poster, an’ when they got to the bars they found the filly lying there as dead as a kit of pickled white-fish. The elder looked at the filly an’ then he looked at Deacon Ex- peters, who was whittlin' the top of the fence an' chewin’ a splinter. He never looked up at the elder onct. “ ‘That’s my filly. ain’t it i” said the elder quietly. “ ‘Yes, that's your hose, Elder,’ said this ere Expeters. ' . “ ‘An’ you still stick to it, that it's a trade?’ ‘ . . “ 'Yes, it’s a fair trade,‘ said this era Expotcrs, kinder dogged-like. “'All right,’ says the elder, ‘I'll go up to your house an’ git a claw hammer an’ a cold chisel an’ take the shoes OE. Itook 'om off the gelding which died last night store the trade was consum- mated. The shoes appear to be ’about all I'm ahead on the deal.” mxcn nauwax nmnoxmts. Einployees of French railway com— panies have pxceptional privileges Rates of freight on goods consigned to them personally are much lower than tho usual rates. 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Send 10 cents pos HELPage, and we will man you free, a roya valuable sample box of goods that wi put you in the way of making more money in a few days than you ever thought possible at any business Capital not required. You can live at home and work in spare time only, or all the time. All of both sexes. of all agesgrandly successful, 50 cents to $5 easily earned every evening. That all who want work may test the business, we make this unparal- leled Offer: To all who are not well satisfied we will send $1 to pay for the trouble of writing us. Full; particulars, directions etc., sent free. Immense pay absolutely sure for all who start at once. Don’tde- lay. Address. Srmsox a 00., Portland, Maine. lie Yfimiiumupl’nflflgm ‘ PROPRIETOR: L. B. SUTTON, New Canaan, Gt. For Catarrh and Cold in the Head it has not an equal. Gives immediate relief. Pleasant to use. Causes no sneezing. Restores the diseased mem- brane to a healthy condition. -—-Persistent Uso Assure: a’. Perfect Cure!— Alleviates Catarrlial Headache. 50 cents by mail and at druggists. R. W. ROBINSON Jr SON, Whole- sale Agents. 184 Greenwich street, New York. For Sale by Geo. B. Plaisted, Norwalk. 1y15 ' m presents given away, send us 5 200 0 fl Ucents postage. and by mail you will i get free a package of goods of large value, that will start you in work that will at once bring you in money faster than anything else In America. All about the $200,000 in presents with each box. Agents wanted everywhere, of either sex, of all ages, for all the time or spare time only, to work for us at their own homes. Fortunes for all workers absolutely assured. Don’t delay. H. HALLETT & 00., Portland, Maine. RUP’I‘URE CURSE—PEST a (70., 501 Sixth Ave., Cor. 80th St., New l'ork. New Method. Holds any case with ease and comfort. Relief at once. Parties attended to and return home same day. Also, Va- ricocele Without surgical operation. Advice free. Open day and evening. Sundays till 2 p. m. Es- tablished 15 years. Book for 2 cent stamp. 1y9 Send 10 cents postage and we will mail you free a royal, valuable sample Ibox of goods that will put you in the way of. making more money at once than anything elm; in America. Both sexes of all ages can live at‘home and work in s are tune. or all the time. Capital not required. ewlli start you. Immense pay sure for those who start at. once. Srinsox a 00., Portland, Maine. I y46 FOR SALE. A STYLISH VICTORIA, Newly Trimmed and Painted. A Fine Family Carriage. Will be sold at a. very low price. HEN RY TILLY, CARRIAGE MAKER, SOUTH NOR WALK. The lies “1,, World. Sperry & Barnes’. _ Hams. Shoulders, Breakfast Bacon, AND Sausage , ARE GUARANTEED . fl}, THE BEST IN THE MARKET. Our KETTLE LABD is Strictly Pure and Free from all adulteration. Look Carefully for the Brand. We manufacture all goods bearing our brand at T“ mbofonndgs. . Is men ..... Sperry & Barnes New. Haven, Conn. Rowan a 00's (10 o be made for ft in _ ourpacking house, New Haven. file at Goo. cwspa Advertising Bus-em Streo fightereadveh tisfngcontrsctsmay a W iih my faith in the ability ‘ the most wonderful Lung.‘ JOHN“ H. SMITH, ‘ F L O R | S T , EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET, SOUTH OF RAILROAD, City of‘ South Norvnlk. Conn, Plants &:Flcwers at all seasons Flowers for Funerals furnished and tastefully arranged to order at short notice. CH 0101?: building lots E‘OR 0n Wilton Avenue Apply to B. J. HTURGES. or 0. E. ‘VILSON, GO TO F. J. Curtis 82: 00’s. Stovesiiiianges, Crockery, China, AND FINE DECORATED lies and Toilet Seats, TABLE GLASS WARE, Standing and Hauling Lillilli on NEW Pursuits, CUTLERY. —AND-—— nun FURNI Ni} GIBBS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. — I 847. I 886. STILL AT THE FRONT —WITI'I-— The Largest Assortment _op.._ STOVES, RANGES, HEATERS, CR OCKER Y, GLASS [W WOODEN I A WILLOW AGATE R TIN ‘ E And all kinks of Wares required in a house at I it Price Lower than Eur! -—A'l‘— No 17. Wall Street, B. K. LODKWOOII & 00. E. K. Locxwoon. FRANK I. Jones. For tale at Bargains! 1 Canopy Top Buggy. 1 Light Grocery Wagon. 2 Heavy Grocery Wagons. 1 Lumber BOX Wagon. 1 Light Trotting Wagon. 1 Four Passenger Surrey. Apply to w. H. Smith a 00., Norwalk, Conn. J. G. Gregory 87. 00., Desire to state that in addition to a full line of Drugs, Proprietary Medicines and manure undrles they are prepared to receive orders for Silk, Cotton or Linen ELASTI C HOSE For varicose or enlarged veins. Warranted to fit, and at. reduced rates. They also desire to state that they have accepted the agency of the New York Vaccine (30., and will keep a supply of PURE BOVINE VACCINE VIRUS Constantly on hand. They have in Block Electric Batteries, which will be sold at close figures. They carry also a full assortment of Keystone Writing Paper Packets. _ R B. CRAUFUBD, Insurance, Real Estate and Investment Securities, 3| Main Street. Norwalk, Agent for the American Ins. 00., of Newark, N. J. Assets................ ............ ;...’.si,721,424 Northern Assurance 00., of London.... 15,225,422 Germaina Fire Ins. Co., of New York. . 2,700,000 Montauk Fire ins. 00., of New York. . .. 839,606 Jersey City, of Jersey ................... 36,863 7 per cent. Bonds and Mortgages of the Equitable Mortgage 00., of Kansas, and 6 per cent. Bonds 0f the Middlesex Banking 00.. of Middletown Conn. Princi a! and Interest of both guaranteed, Securities 0 all descriptions bought and sold at New York Quotations. A large number of desirable dwellings and farms for sale. was Bill Hill TIIIIIIIIIIII. .Mr. Geo. B. Plaisted : Dear Sir .' Knowing“ the formulaifrom which Plaisted’s Cough. Remedy is prepared we can certify that the medicines of which it 27.9 composed are of recognized? utility for throat and lung troubles, and that it contains no opium. or any poisonous or injurious (Zr-lags. ELERY C. CLARKE, M. D., Norwaik. C. A. MURRAY, M. D., “ DEXTER IIITUHCOCK,M. D., “ G. If. MCGONEGAL, M. D., ~ WM. C. BURKE, M. D., So. Not-walk. C. G. BOHANNAN, M. D., “ E. s. MINER, M. D., ,, G. W. BENEDICT, M. D., “ H. IIUNGERFORD, M. D., Stamford. W. S. TODD, M. D , Ridgcfleld. Sb MANUFACTURED BY Geo. B. Plaisted, DRUGGIST, Garner Main and Wall Streets, Hawaii. 62 Washington Street, South Kuwait. GRAIN, FLOUR, FEED, COAL, WOOD, AND HAY, Must be Sold Regardless of Cost, at Raymond Bros’, South N orwalk. Geo. 5. Gregory. Livery, Boarding, Sale, Feed and Exchange Sta. No. 1'4 Knight so (In rear of Horse Car Depot), ‘ NORWALKs CONN. Carriages furnished at all hours. ttention and gent Iemanly drivers. acumen .1! Seven Years Experience 11 U. 3. Patent Office. , Geo. R. Byington, SOLICITOR 0F PATENTS. Fu-cmcn’o Insurance Building, WASflINCTON. D. C. xtenaion Cases before Congress uSpccinlly For Sale. TH“ OFFICE. » A Chestnut Standing Desk. Apply at j? Absolutely Pure. This Powder never varies. A marvel of pure strength and wholesomeness. More economic than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in com- petition with the multitude of low tear, short weight, allum or phosphate powders. ROYAL BAKING Pownan 00.,100 Wall St., N. Y. a}. s. columns, FURNISHING UNDERTAKEB OPPOSITE HORSE R. R. DEPOT, Residence 143 Main Street. Telephone Connection. GE 0 . WALES!) SELLECK, iusosncnoox’s sLocx. WALL smear, FAMILY ‘GROCERIES. ALEX. S. GIBSON, Organist Of the First Congregational Church, Teacher of Pianoforte, Organ and Musical Composition, Lock Box 3 P. 0., NORWALK, CONN. .i. BELDEN HURLBUTT. — Attorney all Uflillliiillll at Law, Room No. 4, Up Stairs. GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN JAMES '1'. RUSSELL, ‘ Attorney and Counselor at Law, a Gazette Building, NORWALK, - - CONN. E. WHITWOBTH, Successor to B. Cons, MERCHANT TAILOR, WEEKS’ BUILDING, WALL STREET. A FULL LINE or Imported and Domestic Cloths. 0f the Latest Styles, constantly on hand. Novelties in Scotch Suitings. Satisfaction guaran- teed ln every particular. PENSIONS ——-:AND:—- (loom-Ismael!) (licenses. My sole business. Thousands have Rights Neglected. Address, free of charge, or visit, GEN. W. H. NOBLE, 91 Stratford Avenue, Bridgeport, Conn W". H. MEEKER. 54 Main Street, SOUTH NORWALK. CONN, Practical Plumber, Steam and Gas Fitters, Dealers in Plumbers’ and Steam Fitters’ Supplies, and Gas Fixtures. Jobbing promptly attended to. fyai O. E. WILSON, General Insurance I Real Estate Agent Money to Loan. Room No. 3 Gazette Building, Norwalk, Conn. r'I‘NA INSURANCE 00.. of HARTFORD. Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual. CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $8,902,272.64. lusures against loss and damage by Fire, on terms adopted to the hazard and consistent with the laws of compensation. COWLES do MERRILL, Sole Agents for Norwaix and vicinity. THE NorWaik Fire insurance Cc. Has now completed its 18th SUGGESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid losses or claims for losses. No sound company insures for less. W. C. STREET, Pres. s. E. Oausrnan, Tress, GEO. R. Cowman, Secretary. A CARD. Having purcmsed the FURNITURE BUSH: ESS, Recently carried on by WILLIAM Looxwom) at No. 36 MAIN STREET. I am prepared to meet the wants of all prospective purchasers of furniture, both STAPLE AND ORNAMENTAL. I have on hand a large stock which I will sell VERY CHEAP FOR CASH. lshailbe pleased to meet a]: old or new friends and will guarantee satisfaction in every case. gamer. H. RAYMOND. PETER L. GUIG llE. FLORIST III] I HVIIIII, UNION AVENUE, North of Norwalk Cemetery, NOEWQLE, - - CONN. Dealer in In Green House and Hot House and Bedding and Yegetable Plants, Fruit and Ornamcn tal Trees Shrubbery, Vines. Cut Flowers alway on hand and all sorts of designs in Flowers arranged to order. dlya Grading and Ito-filling Cemetery Plots promptly attended to. A ..l._ F. H. PEC'K WELL, ARCHITECT, N0. ’7 WATER STREET. AGENT FOR Gill. crt Lock Company. Dibble Manufacturing Company’s door knobs. New York Wood Turning Company. Corner Blocks for window casings. Round and Square Turned Balusters. H ‘6 £5 AL Newels. Plain and Double Moulded Stair Rails. Also Flat Moulded Door and Window Casings furnished at short notice. BEING UNABLE TO MANUFACTUER H-ARNESSI To compete with large concerns, I have taken the agency of one of the cidest and largest estab- lishments in the state forthe sale of Eeraess.$a.ddles, Halters, Sur- cingles, dollars, as. I shall also Make - Fine Harness to Order, as usual, at the Old stand, No. 7 WATER STREET. where I will keep a regular line of Whips, Sponges Chamois, Blankets, Robes, Feed flags, Traveling Bags, do 3'. F .P ECKEXJL. For Sale Cheap. 11.1. he sold at a Bargain, it applied for soon a small, heat Cottage, of six: come, in good neighborhood, and three minutes’ walk of the Bridge. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE. Notice to Builders. HIST-QUALITY BUILDING STONE for sale cheap. Apply to us JAMES K. SELLECK, P. 0. Box 28. , Norwalk. v THE FIRST STRIKE. The first strike among our working people, I think, was at Dover, N. H., in 1827 or 1828. The Cooheco works were established in 1820, and the operatives were almost entirely American girls, who deemed that weaving and Spinning was better than farming, and became “factory girls" on the erection of the works at Dover Falls. A small factory up the river was No. 1, and the works at the falls were Nos. 2, 3 and 4, as Ibeliove they are at the present time. Everything went on spinningly and smoothly until the year of which I write. There ware exactions on the part of the corporation that the indepen- dent spirits of the fair spinners and weavers could not brook. Arnie was made that the great gates should be shut at bell-ringing, and those who were late should go through the count- ing-room passageway to be marked for reduction of pay, largely disproportioned to the delinquency. This gave great offense, other measures awakened oppo- sition, and on a fine morning the mills were idle. Every operative was out, leaving the overseers to run them alone. They met at some convenient square, and, forming a procession, with a band, and bearing the American flag. they paraded the town, under a leader whom I knew well a year later, and a stalwart manly guard of one for their protection. The corporation came down at once, the offensive rules were withdrawn for the time, and everything went on harmoni- ously. But there arose, again, threats of War between James F. Curtis, a new agent, and Mill No. 2. He was not a fortunate selection for the office, as he had been a sea captain, and endeavored to introduce ship’s discipline among his crew of girls. It would not work, and a general irritation prevailed. The climax was reached when he ordered the windows of No. 2 to be nailed down. This was done over night, and in the morning, when they found out what had been done, and one of the loom girls had fainted, their anger knew no bounds. A strike in that mill was the consequence. I saw the excited crowd from an upper window opposite, and such a clatter of tongues has not been heard since Babel. Agent Curtis was sent for, and went among them, angry at first, but that bird wouldn’t fight, and he came down to coaxing, begging them to return, arguing the necessity for the nailing down, which excited them the mofe, until he com- promised the matter by allowing the windows to be opened part way. Other inducements were given. and they returned to their work, but during the altercation with him they had spotted his black coat with cotton locks until he looked like a new description of leopard. WON—— GOOD ORAN GES. To very many an orange is an orange, the only variation distinguishable being is size and corresponding price, while those who know the difference between Florida, Seville and Messina oranges are considered experts. The “Florida Catechism" tells us better than that. We learn from it that there are over thirty varieties of sweet oranges, not to mention the “natural stock,” which is a larger and handsomcr fruit than the sweet orange, and is excellent for orange- ade, andmarmalade, but being very sour, is seldom shipped North. The medium sizes are apt to be the choicest, and probably the very sweetest orange that is marketed is the rusty-coated and rather ill-looking orange, which might be considered inferior by an amateur. Furthermore: “The way to detect oranges is to ‘helt’ them in your hands; pick out the thin-skinned, heavy fruit, and you are all righ " The light-weight fruit is apt to be juiceless—a condition caused either by a slight freezing while on the tree, or, more probably, by the poverty of the soil in which it grew. All this applies to the sweet oranges. The “kid glove” oranges are grown in Florida from two stocks brought, respectively, from China and Tangier-3. Hence they are called Mardarin and Tangerine oranges. Both are small; the skin is loose and easily removed, and the sections fall apart so readily that a lady can eat one without soiling her gloves; hence the name. Some other interesting bits of information may be picked out from this "Catechism.” It is not generally known, for instance, that “an orange that is entirely dead ripe in December will hang on the tree until March, and is ready at any time to be picked and shipped;” while so far from deteriorating, “the longer they hang on the trees the sweeter they grow," and Florida. oranges, purchased in February and March, are therefore apt to be better than those procured early in the season. Again, the notion that to know what an orange is really like, one must go where the oranges grow, appears to be a popular fallacy, as we are told that “the orange picked from the tree is no riper or better than the orange on thefruit stalls in the North. .._..H__ 3:0 NEED TO 'IIUIuII'. Stories of Travers are always in order. There is a good one about something he. said to James Gordon Bennett once upon a time. That gentleman, upon the occasion named, was standing one afternoon in front of the Union Club, when a particularly annoying bootblack came up and asked if he didn’t want a shine. Bennett turned away and made no answer. The boy strolled ofi', but came back presently with his former question. The owner of the Herald paid no attention whatever to his tormehtor, and the boy, after repeating the request acouplc of times said: “Say, mister, will you tell us what time it is ?” Mr. Bennett took out his watch and replied that: it was five minutes to 5 o’clock. “All right,” said the boy, preparing for a retreat; “when she strikes 5 o’clock you go and soak your head." Then he. ran down the street, and Bennett, for-13" getting himself for the moment, started after him with the intention of culling his ears. They had gone about thirty paces when Bennett ran into the arms of Travers. “ W-w-what’s the matter ?” stammered Travers. “Do you see that infernal boy “.3” responded Bennett, in- terrogativcly. “Go-certainly,” ob- served Travers. “Well,” wenton Beu- nctt, hotly, “he told me to soak my head at 5 o'cloc 1” Travers pulled out his watch. “W—w-well, you needn't be in sucha devil of a. hurry; w-‘w-why, you’ve got four minutes and a half yet to do it in." ”—4.44..."— A NEVADA BORAX FIELD.~ Teel’s'marsh, in Nevada, is the most productive borax field on the Pacific coast. Its deposits cover ten square miles of surface, and it is said to include chemically pure common salt, borax in three forms, sulphate of soda and car- bonate of soda. The basin of Nevada, in which it is situated, is covered in many parts with dry, effervescent salts, washed in course of ages from the soda feldspar of the volcanic rocks and ridges of yellow lava which cover the country for miles. The waters of the lakes are heavy, appear like thin oil, smell like soap, possess great detersivc qualities, are caustic as potash, and easily saponify.
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