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THE SHENANDOAH.
The Valley Campaign of Twenty-
Five Years Ago.
STONEWALL J ACKSON’S RAID
But Now “Those Knights arc Dust,
Their Good Blades Rust.”
Portraits of the Leaders on Both Sides
in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign
of the Spring and Early Summer of
1862—Ilow Stonewall Out-
wltted Armies Three Times as Largo
Jackson
as His Own and Escaped—Interesting
Personal Sketches.
One hand on the saber and one on the rein
. 'l‘hc troopers move forward in line on the plain.
As rings the word "Gallop!" the steel scabburds
clank
And each rowel is pressed to a horse‘s hot flank;
And swift is the rush as the wild torrent’s flow
When it pours from tho crag on the valley below.
The trend of the land in the Shenandoah
valley is northeast and southwest. The Blue
lidgc mountains, you will see on the map, lie
due northeast and southwest. Almost in a
~iine parallel with them, loving the very
mountain foot with its blue and rushing
waters, runs the romantic Shenandoah. It.
[lows northeast and empties into the Potomac
at Harper‘s Ferry. To the westhrd and north
are other ranges of peaks. Between the lines '
of mountains are long’narrow stretches of
valley, down which the wind and files of cav-
alry soldiers might sweep without obstruc-
tion. Bpth wind and soldier swept down
those valleys many and many a time during
the civil war. The Shenandoah region is
en's-crossed with the lines of advance and re-
treat: its stony soil soantly covers the crum-
bling bones of many a brave horse and
rider. ' . .
In the spring of IBM-Gen. Thomas John-
thaii Jackson, C. S. A., spread dismay, first
_ - - through the Shen-
andoah valley, then
through the whole
Union. , His force
was both infantry
and cavalry; but.
becau 50' of tho
swiftness and bold-
ness of his move-
ments he came to
be associated in the
popular mind with
STONEWALL JACKSON. cavalry especially.
In criticisms of the campaign of the Shenan-
doah valley it has been said that if the Fed-
eral general sent against him had been only
half as swift Jackson never would have got
out of that valley alive to join Lee and aid in
driving McClellan from the Chickahominy to
the J nines.
His strength consisted in the swiftiiess of
his movements and in that firmness of both
purposc'and action which gave him the name
of “Stonewall.” It was a. very unusual mixt-
nro of qualities.
Jackson got the name of Stonewall at the
first battle of Bull Run, called by the Con-
federates the battle of Manassas. The general
commanded a brigade there. The Confeder-
nto general Bee had just been repulsed with
his men, and was falling back. He met T.
J. Jackson coming to his rescue with the first
Confederate brigade.
“General,” said Bee, “they are beating us
back.”
“Sir,” said Jackson, “we will give them the
bayonet.”
He had his “war 100 r” on at that moment.
This advance of Jackson and a similar move-
ment on the part of Wade Hampton else-
where turued the Confederate defeat into vic-
tory at Bull Run. Bee golloped back to his
men. lie pointed with his sword to the gen-
eral standing in the midst of 2.600 fixed bay-
onets, and said in a. voice full of excitement:
“Look! there is Jackson standing like a
stone wall. Let us determine to die here and
we will conquer!”
MAP OF SHENANDOAH VALLEY.
Gen. Bee rallied his men, but the next mo-
ment was shot dead at their head. And from
that day on Thomas Jonathan Jackson was
called “Stonewall.” But. students at the Vir-
ginia Military institute, where he was profes- ,
sor of physics, nicknamed him the “Blue
Light Elder,” because he was so strict 9. Pros-
byterian. There was in him more resem-
blance to the old Scotch covenanter than in
any other soldier of this century. ,
Jackson was born at Clarksbui'g, Va, in
1824. Slow, awkward, friendless and bash-
ful, be yet struggled up through a youth of
toil and poverty till he obtained the appoint-
-ment as a West Point cadet. In time he was
graduated there. He served in the Mexican
war as a lieutenant, and won honors for his
bravery and coolnem. Failing health led him
to accept the professorship in the Virginia
military institute. At the outbreak of the
civil war he marched to Richmond at. the
head of a porps of cadets he had already been
- drilling in anticipation of fighting.
Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded
by a terrible volley fired by his own men
through mistake at Chancellorsville, May 2,
1.863
After Mnuassas, in the autumn of 1861, the
command of the Confederate army of the
Shenandoah was given to Gen. Jackson.
Bodies of Federal soldiers belonging to Gen.
Banks’ corps were in the Shenandoah and
about the head waters of the Potomac, where,
in the language of a Confederate writer, they
“harassed the inhabitants, and treated as pub-
lic enemies all who refused to subscribe to the
Federal oath of allegiance.” Jackson had
been darting about through the Shenandoah
region here and there during the winter. His
own superior ofllcers seldom knew where to
find him, so rapid were his movements. At '
the close of the campaign even. When he
wrote asking to join the Richmond army, Lee '
wrote back word for him to come in a con-
fidential letter directed: “Gen. '1‘. J. J ack-
son, Somewhere.”
In November, 1861, Stonewall Jackson had
occupied Winchester. It was a point danger-
ously near the Potomac, and Jackson sought
to get yet nearer. He made an attack on the
little town of Bath, very near the Potomac.
His intention was to cross the river. But he
was prevented from doing this by Gen. F. W.
Lander, who commanded the Federal forces
in northern Virginia. But. he took possession
of Ronmoy and divided the Federal forces in
northern Virginia. Then he made Winches-
ter his headquarters during the winter, re-
cruiting largo numbers’of men. In March,
1862, Gen. J oseph E. J ohnston evacuated Cen—
treville and went nearer Richmond. At the
same time the Federal Gen. Banks advanced
toward‘Winchester. These two circumtances
induced Jackson to retreat to Woodstock,
forty miles south of Winchester.
SHENANDOAH VALLEY I CAMPAIGN.
He was immediately pursued by Gen. James
Shields with a division from Banks’ corps.
It was evidently J aekson’s intention to keep
' within communicating distance of Johnston,
and to join him if advisable; ,
Shields pursued Jackson as far as New-
market. This was a point within fifty miles
of Johnston. Shields seemed to be driving
the one Confederate army to the other. He
suddenly changed his tactics and began a
feigned retreat back to Winchester. He
hoped thus to draw Jackson away from J ohn-
ston. The trick was succemful. Jackson
turnedl his face Winchesterward again, fol-
lowing Shields.
Gen. Banks meantime, who was in the chief
commandin this part of Virginia. had been
ordered by Gen. McClellan on the 16th of
March to take a position near Manassas and
‘Centreviile, points recently evacuated by the
Confederates. Banks was to rebuild the rail-
way passing through Mnuassus to Washing
'l.,_
ton and keep the cguntry south of tho Bulfi-
moro and Ohio railroad free from Confeder-
ates. This included the Shenandoah valley.
Banks prepared to obey the order, march-
ing his corps to Centrevilie, leaving Shields'
division of 18.000 men behind to take care of
Jackson. He did not believe Jackson would
attack a force so much superior to his own.
Shields had hoped that Jackson would at-
tuck him, however. With Jackson was Col.
Ashby’s cavalry, 1,500 strong. Jackson’s
force, exclusive of Ashby’s, is said to have
numbered 6,000. Near Winchester Shields
halted and prepared for the attack which he
hoped would be made. ,
It was March 22,1862, that Gen. Shields
prepared for battle at Winchester. On the
% of that month there died at Paw Paw,
Va., a man who, if he had lived, would have
taken a very lively part in the operations of
the Shenandoah
valley. This was
Brig. Gen. Freder-
ick West Lander.
He was born in
Salem, Mass, in
1822. He was edu-
cated at a military
academy in Ver-
mont. He was one
of tho surveyors of
the Pacific rail-
road. One expedi-
tion for this pur-
he or ized ' .
£335 own sigma. GIN. man.
This exploring party was surrounded by hos-
tile Indians and cut to pieces, only Gen. Lan-
der himself escaping. He made five expedi-
tions altogether across the continent, all of
them attended with danger and full of the
element. of the romantic. He was perhaps
the only American who ever brought back an
unexpcudcd fund from 'a oongremion'nl- bp-
propriation. Wherever dash and bra-
very, as well as correct judgment, were
required, Lander was. to be , de-
pended _ on. In» 1860 , he married
the gifted actress, Jean Davenport. In 1861
he Offered his services to Gen. Scott, for the
war, “in any capacity, at any time and for
any duty. ” His offer was accepted, and from
that time on till his career closed, all too
early, he was to be found where fighting was.
He was wounded in the leg at Elward’s
Ferry. but before the wound healed he was
OK at Romney, Va, commanding the forces
there. Once he marched 4,000 men forty—
three miles through a deep snow, and without
//
' rest and with almost no food, charged them
upon a Confederate camp at Biocmery Gap,
routing it completely; So impetuous was he
that witha single aid he galloped ahead of
. his men and demanded and received the Con-
federate commander’s sword.
So little is known, however, of this brilliant
and romantic figure that his name is seldom
mentioned in the war reminiscences which are
now at flood tide in the country. It is because
Gen. Lander died soearly in the war. Soon
after the beginning of 1862 his health
failed and he was at length stricken with
a typhoid fever. He applied for leave of ab-
sence from military duty, but before the per-
mit came, while he was yet waiting, word
came that J ackson's men were in the neigh-
borhood. He rose from his bed, called his
aids about him and, with the old time fire in
his eye, put-posed to make a midnight attack.
At that moment his hour struck. He was
seized with a sudden congestion of the brain
and died in a few minutes. ,
He was a man of fine physique and extra-
ordinary personal magnetism. If he had
lived he would have been- among the larger
figures of the war.
lander dying, Gen. James B. Shields was
placed in command of his division.
Gen. James B. Shields was one of the old
time soldiers. He.
was born in Ireland
in 1810; came to
this country and
served both in the
Florida and Mexi-
can wars. He was
. a gallant fighter,
. and was severely
wounded at Cerro
Gordo and also at
Chapultepec, in
Mexico. He had a
varied experience,
having been gov-
ernor of Oregon territory and United States
senator respectively from Illinois, Minnesota
and Missouri. While filling the last office
named he died in 1879. '
KERNSTOWN OR WINCHESTER.
‘As frequently happened in the fights of the
- civil war, the Confederates designated the bat-
tle of March 23 by one name, the Federals by
another. In the north it is known as the bat-
tle of Winchester, in the south as the battle
of Kemstown. '
Shields, to deceive Jackson, concealed-
most of his division in an out of the way spot
two miles from Winchester. A small guard
was left in that village. March 22 Turner
Ashby’s cavalry came galloping into Win-
chester in pursuit of Shields. 'i'aoy :oruve
back his pickets. Apparently there was only
a small rear guard of Union troops at Win-
chester. There was a sharp attack, which
was repelled by the Federals, but the much
scarred veteran Shields was wounded again;
a. fragment of shell broke his arm. .
Gen. Banks had remained with Shields’
division up to this time. But the morning‘of
March 23, feeling certain that Stonewall
Jackson would not attack, he started to
lVashington. Shields thought differently,
however, and with his broken arm in a sling
made ready for the, battle of Winchester.
At 2 'o’elock Jackson came up with his
whole force, colors flying; He stopped at
Kernstown, three miles south of Winchester.
Ashby had encamped there with his cavalry
after the skirmish of the day before. Shields’
force was upon a ridge not far from Keros-
town, though Jackson did not know how
large it was. His men were Wearied out with
marching, but he ordered an immediate and
hot attack on Shields’ right upon the ridge
near Kernstown. He hoped to sever Shields’
line and cut him of! from Winchester.
Jackson’s men charged up the ridge with
great spirit, and were met with a vigorous
artillery fire, Shields managed to hold the
Confederates off till he had brought his re-
serves into line; then he attacked with his
whole force. ,
There was a fierce fight of three hours. and
then the battle of Winchester or Kerostnwn
was over. Stonewall Jackson was defeated.
He lost two guns and 700 men in killed,
wounded and prisoners. Shields lost 544 ' ac-
cording to the record.
Next day the citizens of Winchester, headed
by the mayor, came out‘ to bury the Con-
federate dead who had been lying where they
fell upon the bloody field. A deep, wide pit
was dug, and there ‘in one common grave,
several hundred dead men in gray were
buried. The southern writer, Pollard, says:
“Scarcely a family in the country but had a
relative there.” ‘
Banks returned at once from Washington
and set off in pursuit of Jackson, who had re-
treated rapidly, leaving deud and wounded
behind. Banks pursued thirty miles, till his
meniwereftoo exhausted,“ gates-then He
stopped at" Woodstock toirest. L: Jackson cou-
tinned retreating till he came to Harrison- '
burg, where he remained till April 19, en—
deavorhig to recover himself after the battle
of Kernstown. ‘ ‘ r .
It was a severe Confederate defeat at
Kernstown. But there was no is. of enthu-
siasm for Jackson among his wearied and
fleeing men. .
“Why is ‘Old Jack’ a better general than
Moses?” asked one of his soldiers, conundrum
fashion. Answer: Because it took Moses
forty years to lead the Israelites through the
wilderness, and Old J sck would have double-
'quicked them through in three days.
April 19 J acksou crowed the 'sOuth fork of
the Shenandoah. .He was thus within easy ‘
reach of Johnston at Gordonsville. .
MARCH AND COUNTERMARCH. -
The sudden attack of Jackson at Herna-
town caused a change in the plans at Wash-
ington. Banks and his corps were halted on
the Way to Manassas, and sent in pursuit of
the flying Confederates. At the same time
Shields’ division of Banks’ corps, which had
routed Jackson at Winchester, was,detached
from Banks and sent to McDowell. Mc— v
Dowell wasto halfway cO-operate with Mc-
Clellan at Richmond, and wholly keep an
eye on Washington. Just what he was to do
seems never to have been fully decided on
between Gen. McClellan on one hand and the
president and Secretary Stanton on the
other.
To get the movements that followed the
battle of Winchester clearly in mind it will
be necessary to note upon the map the posi-
tion of both the Confederate and Union
troops in northern Virginia at the beginning
of May. Gen. Richard ‘S. Ewell’s corpsof
10,000 Confederate troops had been sent to
Jackson from Richmond. That general,
after crossing the south fork of the Shana!»
doah. continued his rm wt and camped
)7 .-
at length near Swift Run gap. It had
been an exciting, i'omanticretreat. Col
Turner Ashby, the cavah'yman, was Jack-
son’s rear guard. He hovered about the
Federal advance, now making a dash at
them and engaging in a. hot skirmish, now
galloping away with a ringing of sabers when
they came too near. It was work he delighted
in. He rode at thiatlmo a magnificent white
horse, as famous In Confederate annalsasthe
Union Sheridan’s black horse became in this
very region two years later. Ashby, left
alone, was the last man to cross the
Shenandoah bridge. Eight Federal ‘cav-
alrymen were almost upon him as he
rods for life over the bridge. Two gaiioped
on in advance. Ashby turned suddenly on
them. A bullet from his party already across
the bridge struck one of. the Union troopers
down. Ashby cleft the other with his saber,
and he, too, fell. Then Ashby galloped in
hot husto over the bridge.
Meantime balls rained like hail around the
bold rider. One of them pierced his milk
white horse and gave the beautiful animhl-a
mortal wound. He carried his rider safe
across the bridge,’ however, a torrent of
blood flowing from his side as he run. Ash-'
by’s famous ride on the white horse was
continued two miles. _
Jackson, with Ewell’s corps, was at Swift
Run gap. On thoj-erderal side plans were
{3:219 to hem him in on three sides and crash
Banks had pursudeack‘sgn'as far south as
Harrisonburg. He lied abbot 6,000 men after
' , ., Shields’ division
was .. taken away.
Thus Banks was in
the rear of Jack-
son. Fremont at
that time COIII~
mended the Moun-
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_ which included
northern Virginia
Schenck and Mil-
/ , s were sent with 6,-
' ' ' ’ 000 men south front
GEN. BANKS- Romney, to hold
Jackson on the watward. Fremont, with
10,000 men, was following Schenck and Mil-
roy. Farther away from Stonewall Jackson,
but still within fighting reach of hhn, and to
the cost, was McDowell at Fredericksburg
with 40,000 men. .
Stonewall Jackson had.with Ewell’s divis-
ion, nearly 20,000 men. He resolved to fall upon
the Union generals one at a time, and cripple '
or conquer them. His plan was a masterly
one. Banks at this time had not yet fallen.
back to Strasburg, but was still at Hamson‘ -
burg. Jackson left Ewell to confront him.
Then, himself taking the tried troops that
had been with him in the valley so long. he
made a wide sweep around by the south and
west, past Staunton, then to the west and
northward to attack Schenck anWMih-oy.
Milrov was: at McDowell, a village forty
miles southwest of Harrisonburg, where
Banks was. .
The swiftness of Jackson’s movement was
something marvelous. It was important for
him to attack Mili‘oy and defeat him before
he could join Banks at Harrisonburg. He no-
compiishcd it.
He made forced marches and fell upon Mil-
roy at Brill Pasture, near the village of Me-
Do'weIL He had meantime been joined by
six regiments under command of the Con-
federate general Edward Johnson. The fight
at Bull Pasture occurred on a warm, bright
morning, May 8. It may be considered the
second battle of the Shenandoah campaign).
Gen. Edward Johnson knew the mountain
country well, and he and his regiments took
the lead; with Ashby’s scouts in advance.
May? the Federal ~picket_s were driven in.
At sunrise May 8 the Confederate troops
marched toward the village of McDowell.
They took position on Sutlington’s hill. Mil-
roy sent out a force to dislodge them, and the
battle of Bull Pasture, McDowell or Sutling‘
There was a sharp engagement. Miiroy
was defeated and fell back justas Schenck
came up with reenforcements. But itwas
too late to save the day, and the Federal
forces retreated toward Franklin to wait for
Fremont. They left behind them a supply of
military stores, which Jackson captured.
Immediately after this fight Banks re-
treated to Strmburg, fifty miles north. There
'he fortified himself, so as to protect the
Baltimore and Ohio rnih'oad. Halting
not to rest, Jackson pushed on after the
Federal troops. Having drivenfliack Milroy
and Schenck,.thc next move on the chess
board was for him to crush Banks, weakened
as he was by the withdrawal of Shields'
division. Jackson therefore turned his at-
tention to Banks.
The three Federal armiesin northern Vir-
ginia that had been sent against Jackson
were seventy miles apart, east, west and
north, in a sort of triangle. When, them
fore, Stonewall Jackson marched against
Banks neither Fremont‘nor McDowell was
near enough to aid him. '
Gen. Robert H. Milroy was born in Indiana
in 1814. He was educatedas a lawyer, but
.served as avoluu-
tear in the Mexican
war. When the
civil war began he
ofleredhisserviees
asavolunteer. He
co‘mmandeda brig-
ade of Indiana
troops in West Vir-
ginia and in .the
Shenandoahvalley.
Flying aroundto
the eastwardagain,
after the battle of
can. manor. McDowell, Jackson
cameto Front Royal. At this point, and be
tween him and Banks at Strasburg, lay
Col. Keiily, with 1,400 Federal troops. If
, ton’s hill began.
Jackson could annihilate this force the con- _
nection between the armies of Banks and Mc-
Dowell would be broken.
Accordingly, May 23, he made a fierce at-
tack ou Col. Kenly’s little band at Front
Royal and out it to pieces. This was the
third battle, of the Shenandoah campaign.
There was nothing now between Stonewall
Jackson and Banks. .
Banks retreated with his small force yet
farther north. He left Strasburg and started
for Winchester.
It was now a race and a chase between
Banks and Jackson to the Potomac. If Jack-
son paused till the forces of Fremont or Me-
Dowell could come up he would be cutto
pieces. He therefore determined to push on,
surround Banks if pomible and destroy his
army before it could . be re-enforced. He pur-
sued Banks hotly, nnd once more the old town
of Winchester became the scene of a fight,
the fourth in the campaign. Banks kept back
for several hoursthe advancing Confederates.
This was May 241md 25’. But the southern
soldiers poured in in larger and larger num-
bers. There was nothing but to rpn for it.
From Winchester Banks retreated to
Martinsburg. He only waited here two
hours, when he was up and away again. At
sunset, May 25, Banks reached the Potomac
river at Williamsport.
To get on the Maryland side of the river
wasthe next thing. The broken my bad
retreated in confusion, leaving great quanti-
ties of stores behind them. Jackson had lit
orally driven thein‘lntothe Potomac. Into
the river they plunged. The ferrytook across
the ammunition train, the cavalry swam
their horses,~the wagon terrains crossed by the
fordnnd the infantrywere conveyed over'by
means of a pontoon bridge, which had been
brought downthe valley from the upper
Shenandoah.
, Continued on the 4th page.
————4.>———-
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com-
pound removes faintness,,flatulency, des-
troy all craving for stimulants and relieves
weakness of the stomach.
It is easier to tell a lie than it is to catch
a fish. i
Why don’t you try Carter’s Little Liver
Pills? They are' a positive cure for sick
headache, and all the ills produced by
disordered Liver. Only one pill a dose.
The most striking thing in the way of
bronze mantel omameats—a clock.
No Cure—No Pay.—A new departure
in medical science! Fontaine’s Cure for
Throat and Lung diseases has cured after
all other remedies failed. For sale by
I. A. Meeker, 11 Main Street, Norwalk.
If gilt frames, when new, are covered
with a coat of white varnish, alispecks can
then be washed. off with water without
harm. '
Dr. W. A. Jonsoox an s: “I am pre-
scribing ‘Digestyiin’ for yspepsia and
Indigestion with excellent success.”
Sold b all Druggists, $1.00 per bottle,
or W. . Kiddenk 00., Manufacturing
Chemists, 88 John st., N. Y.
Cayenne pepper blown into the cracks.
where the ants congregate will drive them
away. The same remedy is also good for
mice. .
A. Casanova Franc—We re informed
that the proprietors, Messrs. '. P. 0rdway
& Co , recently sentthrcedozen of their
reliable medicine, Sulphur Bitters,.to the
Catholic Home for the Aged, which is
highly appreciated by the directors and
inmates. "As yc sow, so shall ye reap."
—Editor Catholic Union.
'1'95301 his WWI
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is a pearly’ white.
semi-transparent
fluid having a re-
markable afilnity
PEA?“ “TIT
‘dtfii’m‘ “Y
Chm
that will penetrate
the skin WITHOUT
» I.» ' - INJURY.
Before Using. .
I ' I
Beauhiies the Complexron,
III-dint“ all Frock! 'I'nn Moth
Patches, Black on... Impmtlu mini on.
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the skin. It renders t 0 skin pure. clear, hen th-
lhl and llant, «eating a complexion which is
seesawwr'.“errcuisirsre ras-
derfally D0 thi'i'i'g for chnfed or rough akin on
infants. it. ~
11' 5
(Almost Instantly) Sunburn. Prickly Meat. chap-
IOC. Ball or Chafed Skin} In fact It! relnlu
upon all diseases of the skin are wonderful.
It Never Fall-i
Price 750. per Bottle
the Line
P EAR I.“ S
were Glycerin:
SOAP,
uranium-kin”
”and white.
Ask You ,W , .
r or If: Mr [Islam
“'3 UNITE 01'3““! a. n PIOPS..IE' IRWIN.
FOULDS’
Choice breakfast cereal is
better than oatmeal and
is a delicious article of
food. Prepared from
WHEAT
It commends itself as a
healthy and life giving
4, diet. it contains the
- gluten and lys
GERM
of the berry and is the
food of all foods for all,
classes. Children thrive
on it. 1t isacourse white
MEAL
and cooks in five minutes.
Give it a trial and you Will
never be without it. All
grocers sell it or will get it
a 00., Agts., Boston, Mass.
The Best in the World.
Sperry & Barnes’
Horns,
Shoulders,
Breakfast
. Bacon.
——ANI)——
Sausage
ARE GUARANTEED
THE BEST,
IN
THE MARKET
Our momma LABD is Strictly Pure
and Free from all Adulteration.
Look Carefully for the Brand.
We manufacture all 0005 hearing our brand at
our packing house in ew Haven. “38
Suerrr i Barnes, New Haven, Conn.
Hutch. Ruiley‘ RCu
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
LUMBER, runner, _
Shingles, La 6h,
Doors, Sits/1.,
Blinds, .Mortlrling,
Win. r-lmo Front 68,
Piclcets, g.“
I, 4.; Veneerril Hard Wood Work.
5
Harri Wood Ceiling and Flooring.
South Norwalk, Conn.
Geo. ‘8. Gregory.
Livery. Boarding, Sale,
Feed and Exchange
sit-la b 1 es .
..t..s"-fi,l’——§ .
IV.
INC). 14 Knight at
(.n rear of Horse Car Depot),
NORWAIR , CONN.
I Carriages furnished 1" hours.
ttention and gentiemanly drivers.
Geo. H. Osterbank,
. Special attention given to all kinds of
PAIN TIN Gr.
Pauerlinnrinu uni Dennrntinu.
Contract Work a. Specially.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
2i Chapel Street. Norwalk, Conn.
fiml
courteou
1!
II t a it i it u s 8,
Restaurant, Cafe and SnuiinuRnrn,
Grand Central Station, ’
42o STREET AND 4m Avenue, New Your:
Entrance from waiting room, New York. New
. Haven and Hartford railroad. "32
SPECIAL BARGAINS
._._nq.__
Choice Building Lots
Situated on Spring Hill, Wilton Avenue,
Fair Street, and Riverside Avenue. En-
quire at Guerra Orrrcs,
runners sinuses.
Meat. Fish, Vegetables. lic. '
LOCKWOOD it ANDREWS.
MAIN STBEET.
All kinds of the best qualities of Meats. Fish, _
Clams, Vegetables. etc., are kept constantly on
hand. and will be sold by us as low as can be pro-
cured at any market in Norwalk. We intend to
prove to our customers that we deserve their
‘ patronage by fair and generous dealing.
ly-fo LOCKWOOD A: ANDREWS.
I WANT EVERYBODY
-—-To come in and look over my stock of——
Monuments ’
— -AND—- .
HEADSTONES
Before they buy anything of the kind. A selection
can be made from them much better than from a
photograph or pencil sketch. Respectfully,
P. W. Bates.
”5
7 RIVERSIDE
neuurunu ussnenrunu.
The grounds of this Association are
situated in the Borough of Norwalk, just
north of the Union Mills, between Spring
Hill Road and Riverside Avenue, and
may be reached by good and well-kept
roads from all directions. The cemetery
is divided into twenty-two sections, with
, Broad Avenues
and suitable streets, and the Contour Of
the land is such that every taste may be
gratified in the selection of plots." The
avenues are so arranged as to afford
an almost -
Continuous Drive
to all the different sections, and are
crossed in every direction by the streets
so that carriages may reach every plot in
the entire cemetery. Au Elegant
Receiving Vault
of large capacity, and fitted with all
modern improvements, is near the
entrance gate.
Capacity.
The entire space is not plotted, but
52 Vault Lots, reservations for 517 single
interments, and 2,102 Burial PlOts are
now offered for sale at prices very favor-
able tO purchasers.
MAPS.
Maps of the Cemetery may be seen at
the office of Mn. ENos Kartooo, the
Superintendent, on the premises; at the
office of How. JAMES W. errr, at the
Horse Railroad Depot; and at the office
of Mn. JOHN H. Lion'r, at South Nor-
walk. ,tf5
7 .‘Incursble l”
I OWO My Life.
CHAPTER I.
“i was taken sick a year
with biiious fever. ” 88“
"My doctor pronounced me cured, butl got
sick again, with terrible pains in my back and
I' got so bad I ,
Could not move i ,
I shrunk I ,_ ’
From 228 lbs. to 120! I had been doctoring
for my liver, but it did no good, I did not
expect to live more than three months. I be-
gan to use Hop Bitters.
Directly my appetite returned, my pains left me,
my entire system seemed renewed as If by magic.
and after using several bottles I am‘ not only as
sound as a severe , but weigh more than I did
before. To Hop B tters I owe my life.”
Dublin, June 6, ’86. 4 It. Frrznriiicx.
. cuarrsn it. ,
“Maiden, Mesa, Feb. 1. 1886. Gentlemen-
I suffered with attacks of sick headache.”
. Neuralgin, female trouble, for years in the
most terrible and excruciating manner.
No medicine Or doctor could give me relief
or cure, until I' used Hop Bitters.
“The first bottle ; . . 1
Nearly cured me;” . . . ;
' The socondmade-me as well and strong as
when a child, . . ' 5
“And I have been so tb'this day.”
My husband was an invalidgfor twenty years I '
with a serious ‘
“Kidney, liver and urinary complaint.”
Pronounced by Boston’s best physicians—
‘ Seven bottles of your Bitters cured him find
'I know of the
”Lives of eight persons”
In my neighborhood that have been saved
by your hitters. .
And many more are using them with great
benefit. “They almost do miracles I" .
. ' ‘—l|fr. It. 1). Slack.
How so our Stein—Expose yourself day and
night, eat too much without exercise, work too
hard without rest, doctor all the time; take all the
vile nostrums advertised, and then you will want
to know , .
HOW TO Gar WELL—which Is answered in three
words-J 'ake Hop'Bitters. ,
Hardened Liver. ,
Five years ago I broke down with kidney
and liver com iaint and rheumatism.
Since then have been unable to be about at
all. My liver became hard like wood; my
limbs were pulled up and filled with water.
All the best pn sicians agreed that nothing
could cure me.
I have used seven bottles; the her nose
all vone from my liver. the swelling from my
lim s, and it has worked a miracle in my case;
otherwise I would now have been im mygrave.
J. W. Mousir, ,_ Buflhlo. Oct. 1, 1887. ,
I Write ' This.
Token of the great appreciation I have of
cm- "
y " " " Bitters. I was afflicted
With innamatory rheumatism ! l i
For nearly ~
Seven years, and no medicine seemed to do
me any - _
Good 1 i 1
Until I tried two bottles of your Hop Bitters,
and tomy surpriselam as well to-day as I
ever was. I hope
“You may have abundant success”
In this great and
Valuable medicine: ,
* wishing to know more about
Anyone *
my cure '2
Can learn by addressing me. E. M.
Williams, 1103 16th street, Wash, D. C.
George F. Quintard
—'—-iiasopened a— '
crust-cuss
GROCERY.
. Ru. 5 unsure,
Opposite to .1. ll. Elis’ Furniture Rooms.
Everything new and. fresh, and will be sold at
cheap as can be bought in town.
Won’t fail to give as: can. ,
BLASGER’S .
TIME HONORED '
“OLD BRIDGE STORE.”
Nearly half a century ago my store was christened
as above, and‘lias since been known and honored among
the old residents of N orwalk by that appropriate name.
But that is a. matter of little consequence to the public in
these piping times of severe
BUSINESS. COMPETITION.
The one important question to purchasers is where can
‘ we get the. "
Best Goods for the Least Money!
From time to time the report comes to me that some of
my near neighbors have boasted that they could under-
seli me.
No one who has ever tested the truth of such a.
claim by coming and examining my carefully selectedand
UNEXCELLED STOCK OI" GOODS
and the extremely
IOW prices at which I offer the same
" ' has’ever left
“The Old Bridge Store,”
With any other feeling than that no one in their-ado can
or does offer greater inducements to cash customers than
I do.
I have the choicest exhibits of
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN
CROGKERY _ .86 GLASSWARES.
, Also about every conceivable device. for Table
Furnishing,. ManteIF-Decoration, with House Cleaning
and Cooking Implements of every description. Call and
examine and be convinced that my statements are strict-
lvtrue as to my carefully selected stock of. the '
CIIIIICIISI Qualities anulnrletles of Guests
In my. line are
I SoldJaI the Lowest PosSibio Prides.
We strive to strictly attend 'to our own buéineSs.
We never run down or misrepresent other dealers, and
we ask simply a. chance to show our customers our stock
and let them satisfy themselves; but one thing may be
depended upon—-
NO OTHER CONCERN SHALL UNDERSELL, ME I
The times, the times, the age,‘the age'—_‘ '
The “Old Bridge Store” is all the rage;
Tell of the town or city, where. they keep
Such goods at once so rich and yetsocheap!
For of all cheap stores beneath the sun,
B.» S. BtAscnn's is tlicgcheapest one!
13.33. .BLASCER. ;
Norwalk, April 4a., riser.
resolved to lry Ho Bitters; ,
has‘ .
B........ we a... .
JERSEY. .WAISTS.
Special: Dieting;
We offer 150 to... Fitting innate: ddality
Jersefs in Blacks-and Colors that Wore bongnt
to sel at. $2.50 and”. Price'oniy 81:50.; , .
.‘ 75 CENTS. »
Another iot(noi all sizes ’v'ero .8135 an I
and $1.50. Price 75.. ) ' - d.
Jersey/"Jackets. ,
One lot best French Cord. Genus... Tailor,
Made, Elegant Bound, Best Fitting. Price 87 ;
this IS the jacket New York ‘iiores are selling
at 810 i .
. Suols.
An elegant variety in Cloth. Imported Cash-
mere. Check and P side from 88.50 upward. ‘ .
Best s: is: Tailor-Made Suits.
Tailor nits made‘ to brd‘en,
WWW? *
' Cloth, 88 and upward. ,
. Satin, 811 and upward, Jet Trimmed Grena-
dines. in Broads and Jets; ”and upward. -
‘ A , large “has of elegant Imported Fabrics, ,
.tnmmed wrth’lace dnd'flneet cut'jete at prices -
u
that: defy competition.
' ”Glance. ' ' _ .'
_Ladios’ and Misses’ Spring and Summer
Silk, Taieta and Lisle Thread Gloves- These
Gloves were made expressly'fo'r our trade, and
. for fit and durability cannot: be excelled." We
have the largest assortment ever shownin this
city and we shall offer them at prices 'Whi’ch
we now cannot be approached. ' -
iKidv'Gloves. Five special lots under
price.
,, ' f vypomsozs.
' AT AN ENORMOUS REDUCTION.
Au opportunitv for the ladies of New Eng-
land to more genuine values at prices within .
the reach of the most economical purchaser.
NOTE i—The extreme cold and backward
‘ season had a do ressing effect upon. manufac-
turers, especial y in this particular branch,
many of whom find enormous accumulations
on hand and with our great outlet we have
been enabled to secure large gn'antie's of really
first-class’goods atlprices vely ruinous to
the makers. In or cc to ispose of these large
lots, we mark them at prices that will dispose '
of the same at once. ' V - '
W. 13. Hall (b',0_‘o.‘,
Cor. inn and Cannon as... scum. '
Misses St. John,
FINE MILLINERY
Fancy Goods.
,—-We have an elegant assortment ot—, ,
SPRING AND. RUNNER NILLIIIERY,
Which we are offering at Very Low Prices.
A full line of MOURNING. hath made and un-
made, constantiy on hand. - '
,rlucv eoobs or All. lens."
rum ,ooons,_a Specialty “assault .
Bangs in all the latest styles.
. om GRAPE ms noun -;-ro m "
By the Schriver Patent Process, for which. to
have the agency. We also have the agency for the
MADAME GRISWOLD CORSET. .
A Perfect Fit Guaranteed.
missus sr. Jens,
33 MAIN 13mm.
Miss Agnes Fitch.
49 Main smut, _'
—oners all the latest novelties in——- ‘
linemen? earns,
—Consisting of—
Billions, liners nun Trinninus
‘ Diallkinds; I ,
. Hats andiBonnets f
Centemeri Gloves
—,-a'r— I [cum
- (‘entemeri Prices.
Fawoett’s Easter Opening;
rue’snava, Apart. 5m.
All are cordially invited to call and inspect our
styles. We feel confident this wiil‘snrpass
' any opening display In this town this" '-
sealon. A visit will fully reward
an attendance. _
Our Display of—-— .
TIBIMMED . HATS
Will be very fine and in every Shape and Color.
It has been our careful endeavor to send cards
to all. If any omissions have occurred they have
been unintentional. and we take this occasion to
say to all “COME." ..
mm shall each Tuesday during the season
exhibit Novsurms iN MILLINnuY. ,
rowan-T's,
3 WATER ST.,' 73 MAIN ST.,
- . Norwalk, So. Norwalk.
Pent llnss Steele ‘Buulinn’,
FARM, WAGONSQ
' Fertilizers,
nix Slashed time,
Land Plaster '
‘- AND __..
Drain » Pip
—AT—
Rlllllli Bru’,
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