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A Romance of the Jerseys, 1779.
By BRET HARTE. .
[Copyrighted by Iloughton, Mifilin & ‘00., and
published by arrangement with them.]
CHAPTER I.
The time was the year of grace 1779;
the. locality, Morristown, N. J. ‘
It was bitterly cold; A 'n'ortheasterlv
wind had been stiffening the mud of the
morning’s thaw into a rigid record of that
day’s wayfaring on the Baskingridge road.
The hoof prints of cavalry, the deep rats
left by baggage wagons, and the deeper
channels worn by artillery, lay stark and
cold in the waning light of an April day.
There were icicles on the fences, a time of
silver on the windward bark of maples.
and occasional bare spots on the rocky »
protuberances of the road, as if- nature
had worn herself out at the knees and el-
bows through long waiting for the tardy
spring. A few leaves disinterred by the
thaw became crisp again, and rustled in
the wind, making. the summer a thing so
remote that all human hope and conjec- »
t-uro fied before them.
Here and there the wayside fences and
walls were broken down or dismantled;
and beyond them fields of snow down-
trodden and discolored and strewn with.
fragments of leather, camp equipage, har-
ness and cast of! clothing, showed traces
of the recent encampment and congrega-
tion of men. On some there were still
standing the ruins of rudely constructed
cabins, or the semblance of fortification
equally rude and incomplete. A fox
stealing along a. half filled ditch, a wolf
shaking behind an earthwork, typified the
human abandonment and desolation.
One by one the faint sunset tints faded
from the sky; the far off crests of the
Orange hills grew darker; the noitrer files
of pines on the Whatnong mountain bc-r
came a more black background; and with
the coming on of night came 1:00 an icy si-
lence that seemed to stiffen and arrest the
very wind itself. The crisp leaves no
longer‘rustled; the waving whips of older '
and willow snapped no longer; the icicles
no longer dropped a cold fruit-ago from
barren branch and spray, and the roadside
trees relapsed into stony quiet, so that the
sound of horses’ hoofs breaking through
the thin, (lull, lusterlcss films of ice that
patched the furrowed road' might have
been heard by the nearest Continental
picket a mile away.
Either a knowledge of this, or the dim-
cultlcs of the road, evidently irritated the
viowlcss horseman. Long before he be-
came visible, his voice was heard in half
suppressed objurgatiou of the‘ road, of his
beast, of the country generally. “Steady,
you jade!” “Jump, you devil, jumpi"
,.“Curse the road,'and the beggarly farm-
ers that durst not mend it!“ And then
the moving bulk of horse and rider sud-
denly arose above the hill, floundercd and
splashed, and then as suddenly .disap-
peared, and the rattling hoof'bcats ceased.
The stranger had turned into a deserted
lane still cushioned with untroddeu snOw.
A stone wall on one hand-4n better keep-
ing and condition than the boundary
monuments (if the outlying fields—bo-
spoke protection and cxclusivcness. Half
way up the lane the rider checked his
speed, and, dismounting, tied his horse to
a wayside sapling. This done, hc’wcnt ‘
cautiously. forward toward the end of‘thc -
loam-ands farmhouse from whose gable
window a . light twinkled through the
deepening night. Suddenly he stopped,
hesitated, and uttered an impatient ejacu- '
lation. He turned sharply on his heel,
and retraced his steps until opposite a
farm shed that stood a few pace: from the
wall. Hard by, a large elm cast the
giant shadow of its leafless limbs on the
wall and surrounding snow. The stranger
stepped into this shadow, and at once
seemed to become a part of its trembling
intricacies. ' .
At the preSent moment it who certainly
a bleak place foratryst. There was snow
yet clinging to the trunk of the tree, and
a film of ice on its bark; the adjacent wall
was slippery with frost, and fringed with
icicles. Yet in all there was aludicrous
suggestion of some sentiment past and un.
seasouable; several dislodged stones of the
wall were so disposed as 'to form a bench
and seats, and under the elm tree's film of
ice could still be seen carved on its bark
the effigy of a heart, divers initials and the
legend, "Thine Forever." *
The stranger, however, kept his eyes
fixed only on' the farm shed and the open
field beside it. Five minutes passed in
fruitless Expectancy. Ten minutes! And
then the rising moon slowly lifted herself
over the black range of the Orange hills,
and looked at him, blushing a little, as if
the appointment were her own.
The face and'figure thus illuminated
were those of a strongly. built, handsome
man of 30. so soldierly in bearing that it
needed not the buff epaulets and facings
to show his captain‘s rank in the Conti-
nental army. Yet there was something in
his facial expression that contradicted the
manliness of his presence—an irritation
ahd querulousness that were inconsistent
with his size and strength. This fretful~
ness increased as the moments went by
without sign or motion in the faintly lit
field beyond, until, in peevlsh exaspera-
tion, he began to kick the nearer stones
a' alnst the wall.
': “Moo-oo-w!"
3‘ The soltlici'fiistarted. Not that he was
V tI-igntencd, nor that he had failed to rec-
ognize int-these “prelonged syllables the
deep chested, half drowsy low of a cow,
but that it was so near him—evidently
just beside the wall. If [an objects:
bulky could have approached him so neat
without his knowledge,-might not she——
“MOO‘WI” , . . .
';Ho drew nearer the wall cautiously.
“So, Cushy! Moolyi Come up, Bossy!”
he said persuasively. "“Moo"—-but here
the low unexpectrxlly broke down and
ended in a. very human and rather mu-
sical little laugh. ' ._ ?
"‘Thnnkfuli". exclaimed the soldier,
echoing the laugh a trifle uneasily and of-
fectedly' as 'a hooded little head arose
above the wall. " . _ f
. “Well,” replied the figure, supporting
a prettily rounded chin on' herharid's' as
she laid her elbows complacentlyou the _
wall—“well, what did you expect? Did
you want me to stand here all night while
you skulked, moonstruck, under a tree?
or did you look for m’eto callyou by
name? did you expect ”me to shout out,
‘Capt. Allan Brewster’ ”—
“Thankful, hush!” -
“ apt. Allan Brewster, of the Connect!-
cut contingent," continued the girl, with. -.
‘ an affected raising of a low, pathetic voice
that was, however, inaudible beyond the
tree. “Capt. Brewster, behold me—you’r
oblccgcd and humble servant and sweet-
heart to comment .” ‘
Capt. Brewster succeeded, after a slight
skirmish at the wall, in possessing him-
self of the girl’s hand, at which, although
still struggling, she relented slightly.
“It isn’t every lad that I’d low for,"
she said, with an afiected pout, “and there
may be others that would not‘tako it
amiss; thenghgthere be fine ladies enough
at the assembly mus at Morristown as
might think it hoydenish?" p
“N onscnse, love,” said the captain, who
had by this time mounted the wall, and
encircled the girl's waist with his arm.
“Nonsense! you startled me only. But,” 4
he added, suddenly taking her round chin
in his hand, and turning her face toward
the moon with an uneasy half suspicion,
“why did you take that light from the
window? What has happened?"
' broke
“We had unexpected guests, sweet-
heart," said Thankful; “the count just
arrived.” «
“That infernal Hessian!” He stopped
and gazed questioningly into her face.
The moon looked upon her at the same
time; the face was as sweet, as placid, as
truthful as her own. Possibly these two
lnconstants understood each other.
Ibsst‘bly these two incomtaufs understood
, ouch otller.
“Nay, Allan, he is not a Hessian, but
an exiled gentleman from abroad—a no-
bleman"-—'-— . ,
“There are no noblcmen now," sniffed
the trooper contemptuously. “Congress
has so decreed it. All men are born free
and equal." -
“But they are not, Allan," said Thank.
ful, with a pretty trouble in her brows;
“oven cows are not born equal.‘ In yon
calf that was dropped last night by Brin-
die the equal of my red heifer whose
mother came by herself in a ship from
Surrey? Do they look equal?"-
“Tltlos are but breath,” said Capt.
Brewster doggedly. There was an omi-
nous pause. ' '-
“Nay, there is one nobleman left," said
Thankful; “and he is my own—my no-
ture's nobleman!" '
Cllpt. Brewster did not reply. From
certain arch gestures and mouthed smiles
with which this forward young woman
accompanied her statement, it would seem
to be implied that the gentleman who
stood before her was the nobleman alluded
to. At least, he so accepted it, and cm-
braced-her closely, her arms and part of
her mantis clinging around his neck. In
this attitude they remained quiet for some
Imoments, slightly rocking from side to
side like a metronome; a movement, I
fancy, peculiarly bucolic, pastoral and
idyllic, and .as such, I wot, observed by
' Thcocritus and Virgil. ,
. At these supremo moments weak woman
usually keeps her ’wits about her much
better than your superior reasoning mas~
culino animal; and, while the gallant cap-
tain was losing himself upon her perfect
lips, Miss Thpnkful distinctly heard the
farm gate click, and otherwise noticed that
the moon was getting high and obtrusive.
She half released herself from the captain’s
arms, ‘ thoughtfully and tenderly—but
firmly. “Tell me all about yourself, Al-
lan dear," she'said quietly, making room
for him on the wall —‘ ‘all, everything."
She turned upon him her beautiful eyes
—cycs habitually earnest and even grave
in expression, yct holding in their brave
brown depths a street, childlike reliance
and dependency; eyes with a certain ten-
der, dcprceating droop in the brown
fringed lids,.and yet eyes that seemed to
say to every manwho looked upon them,
“I am truthful; be frank with me." In-
deed, I am convinced there is not one of
my impressible sex, who, looking in those
pleading cyan-would not have perjured
himself on the spot rather than have dis-
appointed their fair owner. '
Capt. Brewster’s mouth resumed its old
expression of discontent. ,
“Everything is growing worse, Thank-
ful, and the cause is lost. Congress does
nothing, and Washington is not the man
for the crisis. Instead of marching to
Philadelphia, and forcing that wretched
rabble of Hancock and Adams at the
point of the bayonet, he writes letters."
“A dignified, formal old fool," inter-
rupted Mistress Thankful ladigunntly;
“and look at his wife! Didn't Mistress
Ford and Mistress Baily, ay, and-tho best
blood of Morris county, go down to his
excellency’s in'their finest bibs and tuck-
ers, and didn’t they find my lady in a pin-
afors doing chores? Vastly polite treat-
ment, indeed! As if the whole world
didn't know that the general was ,takon‘
by surprise when my lady came riding up
from Virginia with all these fine cavaliers,
just to see what his cxccllency was doing
at these assembly balls. And fine doings,
I dare say." '
“This is but idle gossip, Thankfu ,"
said Capt. Brewster with the faintest ap- '
pearance of self consciousness; “the as-
sembly balls are conceived by the general
to strengthen the confidence of the towns-
folk, and mitigate the rigor of the winter
encampment. I go there myself rarely:
I have but little taste forjunketing and
gavotting, with my country in such need.
No, Thankful! what- we want is a leader;
and the men of Connecticut feel it keenly.
If I have been spoken of 'in that regard."
added the captain with a slight inflation
of his manly breast, “it is because they
know of my sacrifices—because as New
England yeomcn they know my devotion
to the cause. They know of my suffer-
ing”— ,
The bright face that looked into his was
suddenly afire with womanly sympathy,
the pretty brow was knit, the sweet eyes
ovorfiowed with tenderness. ] “Forgive
me,',Allan. I forgot—perhaps, lovc—f-per-
hops, dearest, you are hungry new."
“No, not now,” replied Capt. Brewster,
with gloomy stoicism; “yet," he added,
“it is nearly a week since I have tasted
men .” '
“I—I—brought a few things with me,"
continued the girl, with a certain hesitat-
ing timidity. She reached down and pro-
duced a basket from the shadow of the
wall. “These chickens"—she held up a
pair of pallets—“the commander-in-chicf
himself could. not buy; I kept them for
my commander! And this pot of marma-
lade, which I know my Allan loves, is the
same I put up last summer. I thought
[very tenderly] you might like a piece of '
that bacon you- liked so once, dear. ._ Ah,
sweetheart, shall we ever sit down to our
little board? Shall we ever see the end of
this awful war? Don't you think, dear
[very pleadingly], it would be best to give
it up? King George is not such a very'
bad man, is he? I've thought, sweetheart
[very confidently], that mayhap you and
he might make it all up without the aid
of those Washingtons, who do nothing _= .
but starve one to death. And if the king
only know you, Allan—should see you as
I do, sweetheart—he'd do just as you
say." _ :
During this
several. "articles alluded to; and _-hc,-re-
ceived them, storing them away in such
receptacles of his clothing as were conve-
nient—with this" notable" diflere‘nce, that
with her the act was graceful and pic-
turesque; with him there was a ludicrous-
;nessiof'spggestion'rthat his broad shoul- ‘
acre and uniform only heightened. , -
".‘Ithink'not 'or , myself, lass,” he said,
' putting the eggs in his pocket and but-
tonfng the chickens within hls'msrtial
breast. “I think not of myself, and per-
haps I often spare that counsel which is
but-little heeded. But I' have a‘dnty to
my men—to Connecticut. [Ho here tied'
the marmalade up inhls handkerchief.)
I confess I have sometimes thought I
might, under provocation,-bo driven toex-
treme measures for the good of the cause.
I make no pretense: :to leadership.
but”—
“With you at the head of the army,"-
in ,‘ Thankful enthusiastically,
“peace weald be declared within 'a fort-
night." ‘1 . -' ,
‘ There is .no fiattcry,lhowi3ver outrage-
ous, that a man won not accept from the
woman whom he believes loves him.- He
will perhaps doubt its Influence in the
colder judgment of mankind; but he will
consider that this poor creature, at least,
understands him, and in some vague way
represents the eternal but unrecognized
"reason for it.
speech. she handed him-tho I
NORWALK, CONN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER '5, 1887.
vo’ritics. And when this is vbiced'fiy lips
that are young and warm and red, it is
somehow quite as convincing as the blood- ,
less, romoter utterance of posterity.
Wherefore the trooper cemplacently
buttoned the compliment over his chest
with the pallets.
“I think you must go now, Allan,” she '
said, looking at him with that pseudo-
maternal air which the youngest of women
sometimes assume to their lovers, as if
the doll had suddenly changed sex and
grown to man’s estate. “You must go
now, dear, for it mayso chance that father
is considering my absence overmnch. You
will come again a-Wodnesday, sweetheart;
and you will not go to the assemblies, nor
visit Mistress Judith, nor take anylgfrl
pick-a-back again on your black horse;
and you will let me know when you are
hungry?” '
She turned her brown eyes lovingly, yet
with a certain pretty trouble in the brow,
and such a searching, pleading inquiry
in her glance, that the captain kissed her
at once. Then came the final embrace,
performed by the captain inchalf per--
functory, quiet manner, with a due regard
for the friable nature of part of his provis-
ions. Satisfying himselfof the integrity
of the eggs by feeling for them in his
pocket, he waved a military salute with
the other hand to Miss Thankful and was
gene. A few minutes later the sound of
his horse‘s hoofs rang sharply from the
icy hillside.
But_ as he reached the summit two
horsemen wheeled suddenly from the
shadow of the roadside and bade him halt.
“Capt. Brewster, if this moon does not
deceive me?" queried the foremost
stranger with grave civility.
“The same. Maj. Van Zandt, I calcu-
late?” returned Brewster querulously.
“Your calculation is. quite right. I re-
gret, Capt. Brewster, that it is my duty
to inform you that you are under arrest."
“By whose orders?”
“The commander-inchief’s. "
"For what?"
“Mutinous conduct, and disrespect of
your superior officers.”
The sword that Capt. Brewster had
drawn at the sudden appearance of the
strangers quivercd for a moment in his
strong hand. Then, sharply striking it
across the pommel of his ,saddle, be
snapped it in twain, and cast the pieces
at the feet’of the speaker.
“Go on," he said doggedly.
“Capt. Brewster," said Maj. Van
Zandt, with infinite gravity, “it is not
for me to point out the danger to you of
this outspoken emotion, except practically
in its effect upon the rations you have in
your pocket. If I mistake not, they have
suffered equally with your steel. For-
ward, march?"
Capt. Brewster looked down, and then ,
dropped to the rear, as the diseased yolks
of Mistress Thankful’s most precious gift
slid slowly and pensively over his horse’s
flanks to the ground.
CHAPTER II.
Mistress Thankful remained at the wall
until her lover had disappeared. Then
she turned. a mere lissom shadow in that
uncertain 'light, and glided under the
caves of the shed, and thence from tree to
tree of- the orchard, lingering a moment
under each as the trout lingers in the
shadow of the bank in passing a shallow,
and so reached the farm house and the
kitchen door, where she entered. Thence
by a back staircase she slipped. to her
own bewer, from whose window half an
hour before she had taken the signaling
light. This she lit again, and placed upon
a chest of drawers; and, taking off her hood
and a shapeless sleeveless mantle she had
worn, went to the mirror, and proceeded
to readjust a high hem comb that had
been someviyhat displaced by the captain's
arm, and otherwise after thc‘fashion of
her sex to remove all traces of a previous
lover. It may be here observed that a
man is very apt to come from the sma est
encounter with his dulcinca distrait,
bored, or shamcfaced; to forget that his
cravat is awry, or that along blonde hair
is adhering to his button. But as to
madcmoiselle—well, looking at Miss
Pussy’s sleek paws and spotless face,
would you ever know that she had been
at the cream jug?
"Thankful was, I think, satisfied with
her appearance. Small doubt but she bad
And yet her gown was a
more slip of flowered chintz, gathered at
the neck, and falling at an angle of fifteen
degrees to within an inch of a short petti-
coat of gray flannel. But so surely is the
complete-mold of symmetry indicated in
the poise or line of any single member,
that looking at the erect carriage of her
graceful brown head, or below \to the
curves that were lost in her shapely
ankles, or the little feet that hid them-
selves in'the broad buckled shoes, you
knew that the rest was as genuine and
beautiful.
Mistress Thankful, after a pause,
opened the door, and listened. Then she
softly slipped down the hack staircase to
the front hall. It was dark, but the
door of the company room, or parlor, was
faintly indicated by the light that
streamed beneath it. She stoOd still for
a moment hesitatlngly, when suddenly a
hand grasped her own, and half led, half
dragged her into the sitting room opposite. ,
It was dark. There was a momentary
fumbling for the tinder box and fiint, a.
muttered oath over one or two impeding
articles of furniture, and Thankful
laughed. And then the light was lit, and
her father, a gray, wrinkled man of 00,
still holding her hand, stood before her.
. “You have been but, mistress i" '
“I have," said’Thankful.
“And not alone," growled the old man,
angrily. ‘ >
. “No," said Mistress Thankful, with a
smile. that began in the corners of her
brown eyes,'ran down into the dimplcd
curves of her mouth and finally ended in
the sudden revelation of her white teeth
—“no, not alone." ‘ -
“With whom?" asked the old man,
gradually weakening under her strong,
saucy presence.
“Well, father," said Thankful, taking
a seat on a table and swinging her little
feet somewhat ostentatiously toward him,
“I was with Capt. ‘Allan Brewster, of the
' Connecticut contingent."
“That man!"
' “That maul" .
“I forbid you seeing him again."
”forbid you using him again!
Thankful gripped the' table with ahead
on each side,- of her, to emphasize the
statement, and;- s'wlnging her feet, rc-
pllcd: .
“I shall see him as often as I like,
father."
“Thankful-Blossom!"
“Abner Blossomi"
“face you know not," said Mr. Blos-
som, abandoning the severely paternal
mandatory air ‘for- one ‘of confidential dis-
closure, “I see you' know not his reputa-
tion. He is accused of inciting his regi-
ment to revolt—of being a traitor to the
' cause." ,
“And since when, Abner Blossom, have
you felt such concern for the cause? Since
you refused to sell supplies to tho Conti-
nental commissary, except at double
profits? since you told me you were glad I
had not politics like Mistress Ford"—
Hush!" said her father, motioning to
the parlor. , "
“Ilush,"'echoed Thankful indignantly.
“I won’t be hushed! Everybody says
‘Hush’ to me. The count says ‘Hushi’
‘Allan says 'lIush!’ You say ‘Hush!’ I’m
a-weary of this bushing. Ahi,if there
was a man who didn’t say it to me!” and
Mistress Thankful lifted her fine eyes to
the ceiling. '
“You are unwise, Thankfitl-Z—foolish,
indiscreet. That is why you require
much monition." 3 ,
Thankful swung her feet in silence for
a few moments, then suddenly leaped
from the table. and, seizing the old mail
by the inputs of his coat, fixed {her eyes
upon him and said suspiciously: “Why
did you keep Inc front going in the com-
pany roo'mi' Why did you bring me ,in
here?" ‘-‘
Blossom senior .was staggered for a
moment. “Because, ' you know, , the
count"— ,
“Aud‘you were afraid the count should
know I had a sweetheart? Well, I‘ll go.
in and tell him now," she said, marching
toward the door. .7
“Then, why did you not tell him when
you slipped out an hour ago—eh, lass?"
queried the old man, grasping .llerhand.
“But ’tis all one, Thankful; "ttvas’tpptg‘for'
spark with him—ay. even as won/dell,"
lass—a likely young gallant; and he and
the count are jabbering away in their own
lingo, a kind of Italian, beliko; eh, Thank-
ful?" ”
“I know not." she said thoughtfully.
“Which way came the other?” In fact, a
fear that this young stranger had wit-
nessed the captain’s embrace began to
creep over her. '
“From town, my lass.”
Thankful turned to her father as if she
had been waiting a reply to a long asked
question: ' “Well?” .
“Were it not well to put on a few furs
bolows. and a tucker?" queried the old
man. “ ’Tis a gallant young spark; none
of your country folk." . ,
“No," said Thankful, with the prompt-
ness of a woman who was looking her
best and knew it. And the old man, look-
ing at her, accepted her judgment, and
without another word led her to the parlor
door, and, opening it, said briefly, “My
daughter, Mistress Thankful Blossom.”
With the opening of the. door came the
sound of earnest voices that instantly
ceased upon the appearance of Mistress
Thankful. Two gentlemen loliing before
the fire arose instantly, and one came for-
ward with an air of familiar yet respect-
ful recognition. '
“Nay, this is far too great happiness,
Mistress Thankful,” he said, with a
strongly marked foreign accent and a still
more strongly marked foreign manner
“I have been in despair, and my fricno
here, the Baron Pomposo, likewise.”
The slightesttrace of a smile, and the
swiftest of reproachful glances, lit up the
dark face of the baron as he bowed low in
the introduction. Thankful dropped the
courtesy of the period, i. e., a duck, with
semicircular sweep of the right foot for-
ward. But the right foot was so pretty,
and the grace of the little figure so perfect,
that the boron raised his eyes from the
foot to the face in-serious admiration. In
the one rapid feminine glance she had
given him, she had seen that he was
handsome; in the second, which she could
not help from his protracted silence, she
saw that his beauty centered in his girl-
ish, half fawn like, dark eyes.
“The baron,” explained Mr. Blossom.
rubbing his hands together as if through
more friction he wastrying to impart a
warmth to the reception which his hard
face discountenanccd—“the baron visits,
us under discouragement. He comes".
from far countries. It isé'thc custom of ,
gentle'folk of—of foreign1 faction tot
wander through strange lands, comment-
ing upon the habits and doings of the
peoples. He will find in Jersey," cen-
tinued Mr. Blossom, apparently appealing
to Thankful, yet really evading her con-
temptuous glance, “a hard working yet)-
manry, ever ready to welcome the stran~
gcr, and account to him, penny for penny,‘
for all his necessary expenditure; for
which purpose, in these troublous times,
he will provide for himself gold or. other
moneys not afle‘cted by those local dis-
turbances." ' ' -
To be Continued.
.._.__————-—
A Famous Tightrope Performer.
After many years of retirement Blondin,
the most famous tightrope performer in the
world, has returned to the active pursuit of
his profession. Although an old man, he is
said to be as fearlom and graceful as of old.
and is now giving regular exhibitions in
England. A theatrical man who knew him
intimately when he was in America and who
was interested in his management when he
performed his wonderful feat of crbsslng Ni-
agara, said: Blo‘ndin was absolutely without
nervousness or fear when on the rope. While
they were fixing the guys which steadied the
cables across the hills. one of them came
loose and'hung dangling from the middle of
cable over the rushing torrent beneath."
Biondia coolly walked along till he came to
the loose guy rope, when he slid down hand
over head and reached the end of it. Letting
his legs drop, they just touched the surface of
the current, of which the force was so great
that the contact sent him- swinging like a
‘huge pendulum. . Three or four times be re-
peated this, apparently enjoying the fun, and
then coolly clambered up; I asked him once
whether the rush of the rapids below him did
not make him dizzy.
“It might." be answered, “if I saw it; but I
don‘t. 'I never look down, for should I do so
I should be lost."
“But how do you tell where to place your
festl" I asked. .
“Oh, I let my feet take cars of themselves.”
His feet were peculiarly formed, and in his
mom much prehemibie poms—New York
and ,
A Shrewd Yankee.
A northern shoe merchant set up a shop in '
Vicksburg several years ago, and buying his
stock of the manufacturer ho had always
dealt with, without reference to any peculiari-
tlcs‘umong his new patrons, found himself
loaded with an absolume unsalablo lot of
ms Atfirst he thought his case was hope-
lsu, and then noticing that the few small
numbers ho had were too small really for tho
ple that called for them, he tumbled to the"
real state of the case. The Vicksburg ladies
were greatly gratified at his diplomatically
loud avowals that he had bought his stock all
wrong through ignorance of‘ the flatness of .
the southern foot, and when he at considera-
bls expenditure of time and ingenuity man-
aged to mark a large part of his stock over
again and invited them to come and see his
new goods bought for little feet, he drove a
good trade. unit he says saved himself from
bankruptcy. As. a fact, however, he' did.
have a few boxes of udv'snced sile- for which
he had no call windows—New York Graphic.
The flower of the family you will often
find becomes college bred.
It is truly'wonderful to see how the
name of Lydia E. Pinkham is a household
word among the wives and mothers of
ourland. -
' The writing-masters business is fiourisln
'ing. ' -
The we 8 of, cheapening a piano with-
out detect on are more numerous than the
". purchaser realizes. Buy the Mathushek
made upon honor;
_ On. sale at Loomis’
Temple of'liiusic. " ' ‘ , ‘ ‘
* A woman of the period is the female.
typesetter' -- .
No Cure—No Pay.——A now departure
ill medical science! Fontaine's Cure for,
Throat and Lung disc es has, cured after,
all other remedies fai ed. For sale by
l. A. Meeker, 11 Main Street, Norwalk.
The hardest kind of pork is madcoi
pig-iron. ‘ _,
During the hot summer months impure
lard is apt to be ver strong and frowy.
Lard manufactured y Sperry &- Barnes is
strictly pure and superior to any in the
market. Hams, Bacon, ctc.,, made by
them are the best. '
V The editor’s motto‘the'writo man in
the write place.
Uonv AND Huston, but I couldn't help
it. Everything went wrong with me. and
I thought I hadn’t a friend in the
world: dys psia caused all this, and
for months couldn’t eat anything, and
just suflercd in misery till I used Sulphur
Bitters. Three bottles cured me.—1).
Lewis, 22 Bowdoia Street, Boston, Moss.
A sermon and a hornet resemble each
other in that they both have a concluding
point.
Absolutely «Puree
This Powder never varies. A’m‘arvel of pure
strength and Wholesomeness. Murciaeconomic,
him I stopped you. There inf-du‘young: ETTNICWNNM’ kmus,andcaunotbow%
. p'e , the multitude, mam
eight, anum or phosphate powders. ,
Born. BAKING Pownsa 00.,106 Wall St., N. Y.
"IN SEPTEMBER
Care and arcareful diet
should be observed.
' Fonlo's Wheat Germ idea!
for breakfast, prepares the
way for heartier foods
, later in the day. It's easi-
, iy digested: it does not
', heat the blood; it’s highly
nutritious and siren hen-
ing: can be cooked it less
than ten minutes and is
very different and superi-
or to oatmeal. 15 cents a
package. Sold by all gro-
cers.
'“ ifiii \} Butler, Breed & (20.. Agts,
" Boston, Mass.
Beetle the World.
Hams,
Shoulders,
Breakfast
Bacon.
——-AND——- ,
Sausage ,f"
ARE GUARANTEED {to
THE-BESl
' iii
THE MARKET
Our KETTLE LAB!) is Strictly Pure
‘ and Free from all Adultoration.
Look Carefully for the Brand.
ods bearing our brand at
ties
We manufacture all
eiv llavcn.
our packing house in
from it Barnes, New Haven, Conn.
' A BREAKFAST msu.
Quickly Cooked---Easily Digested
’ , "Delicious and Popular.
' sou) BY ALL onocsms.
small Quaker Mill 00., Bureaus, Ohio.
; ' FOR ’ :
'IDIEESTIUN a. DISPEPSM.
' A csn‘rns nnusnv Fen -
Indigestion. Acute and Monte Dyspepsia, Chronic
and Castro-Intestinal Catarrh, Vomiting in Preg-
nancy Cholera lnfantum, and in convalescence
from Acute Diseases. . .
Over 6,000 physicians have sent to us the most
flattering opinions upon Digestylin as a remedy
for all diseases arising from improper d! tion.
It is not a secret remedy, but a sclenti c prepar-
ation, the formula of which is plain! printed on
each‘bottle. Its great DIGESTIV POWER is
created by a careful and proper treatment. of the
ferments in manufacture. It is very agreeable to ’
the taste, and acceptable to the most delicate
stomach.
It will positively CURE CHOLERA INFANTUM,
Summer Complaints and CHRONIC DIARIthEA,
all of which aredirect results of imperfect diges-
tion. Give your Children Digestyiiu. One bottle
may save ailfe. Not one case of death reported
for the past year from above diseases where the
patient had taken Digestylln. Ask your druggist
for it. _ Price $1.00. Large bottles. If he does
not keep it send one dollar to us and we will send
you a bottle. Express pre id. . '
WI. l-‘. LID Ell & (30..
MANUFACTURING Cnsmsrs,
m 83 John Street. New York.-
OM. SCHWAB.
OPTICIAN and. OCULIST,
WILL BE AT NORWALK‘
October 13 and 14, 1887,
. At Nor/walla Hotel.
Buvingquahned myself by years of hard study
in the best institutions in Europe, and-having and a
practical experience-of twensy-live years in. thi‘
country, I am enabled at Met ght to adapt lease
most appropriate‘to restore the visionto its origins
vi r and care all the various diseases of the eye
I ave therefore combined my practice of an
Ocullst with that of an Optician, and am now on—
abled to furnished all kinds of lenses and styles of
Spectacles and Eyc.Glasse_s which are made to
order under my own supervision, tol suit my ~cus-
omers' visionary ailments. - . ' p - -
Con-ultution Free.
References-Geo. G. Bishop.‘Charies--Olmstesd
ex-Deputy SherilL Charles Adams.‘ Mr. Clarence
Nash with J. F. Bonnet, Gen. 1). N. CouchJIrs. -
W. R. James Dr. E. C. Clarke. . . , . ,-
nruonanosoiv as norm-0N goes
' ,soon-notorious'eueiioet ‘
5 Containlne newest, patternsfcoiap’rlslng latest
improvementsfposslble to adopt {an .. eating Fur-f
nacowhcrc Power, Emclencyfifconomy and pure-
biiityisdesired. . MedicalandSclentillc Exports
pronounce these Furnacessuperior in, every. 1'8:
spect to altotners for supplying'pure air free from
vgssanddustu ~ .- ‘ .
Send for circuial's.—-Sold by all first-class dealers.
RICHARDSON «V BOYN'I‘ON 00.,
mm, 232' and!“ Water sumo-sew York.
. v _ scan or , .:~ ,
r. w. snout, Jr.,
35 3mm "RIMS. Illil.
Notice" to: Bulmers.
' llts’l‘-QUAL1'I‘Y BUILDING STONE for sale
~ cheap. Apply to‘
JAMES B. SELLECK,
Norwalk.
‘ P. 0. Box 23.
Two DOLLARSA YEAR.
Numbers” _
BRIDGEPOBT.
Our line of Staples and Novelties in
LADIES’ AND CHILDREN’S ‘
Domestic Hosiery
FOR THE FALL snsson or 1887
Is Now READY.
The abovcrlnciudes a complete assortment in
Cotton, Lisle, Merino. Wool and Cashmere. Also
. waiters line of seamless ln Cotton, Merton and
WE OFFER TODAY
Ten urologist-gains in
’ , Men’s, Mfes’ maverick-en’s
-U N D E ROW E A It
5 T New and very choice lines in White, Scarlets,
,Camelflalrs. Mixtures. Fancies. Natural Wools,
‘Co.&0.,&0. '7 v ,
LA 0'! ES’ W00 LENS.
FABRICS. Also Rov’s Ernie'sii'mfigfifi
Fancy Wonsrsn Cos-ruin: Cmus
Special Bargains.
One case. Mulch Double Fold Sailings at 33
cents in October.
One case Handsome Mixtures at 29 cents.
One case also All Wool at 26 cents.
One case Handsome Plaids, all wool. at 26 cents.
Fall Jackets and Wraps
now nanny.
BLANkET-s.
s leodid 10-4 Blankets, $1.50.
ice Grey Blankets at 98 cents.
Bugs and Curtains.
BY FAR THE LARGEST ASSORT-
MENT IN THE CITY.
W. B. HA—LL a Go.
' Mitchell’s
Model Market,
BABDENBBOOK BUILDING,
Nonwntx, coNN.
The Best of Home Dressed Beef.
Alikindl! of
MEATS, VEGETABLES, FRUITS, &0.
Prices Reasonable.
“26 H. W. MITCHELL, Proprietor.
R e m. e m. b e r z
The Best Meats in Norwalk
—~ABE SOLD AT—
WIXSCN'S mm, Chi TEE BRIDGE,
—-Afln ron Tun-—
Lowest Prices for Cash.
PLATES 0F BEEF, 6 cents per lb; CORNED'
BEEF, from ii to 16 cents r lb. 1 will not be
undersold for the Best Qua. ties of Meat. Poultry
~ Drawn to Order. 111
James E. W'I'wSOjn.
27 Wall Street.
Pili- Milli Riiilt Biliiil.
retool WAGONS.
Fertilizers,
on Slashed Lime,
Land Plaster, ,
farm-w
Drain Pipe,-
‘ Br ’.
eloh. (Boiler tote
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
Shingles, Latin,
Doors, Sash
l/illlls, ifllowlding‘,
- Window Frames,
ile’IIiket‘s, «5'0.
I leoeereiiiiani Wood ilnri.
Hall lined Ceilingiamiilooaing.
South Norwalk, Conn.
W. B. HALL &' 00..-
cents. These are goods that will be sold at 31%
GENERAL MARKET.
Moat. Fishchgetablos. dc.
Locxiroon' a ANDREWS.
suns smirm,
an 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. ,
ly40 LOCKWOOD J: ANDREWS.
i wear sttnrsonv
-—'l‘o come in and look over'my stock of-— _
Monuments
HEADSTONES ,
Before they buy anything ofthe kind. A selection
, can be made from them much better than from a
, photograph or pencil sketch. Respectfully,
n. P. W. Bates.
J .l-G. Gregory It Go.
Desire to state that in addition to a full line of
Drugs, Proprietary Medicines and Drugglsts’
Sundries they are prepared to receive
orders for
Silk, Cotton or Linen
ELASTIC HOSE
For varicose or enlarged veins. Wart-sated to
fit, and at reduced rates.
They also desire to state that they have accepted
the agency of the New York Vaccine 00., and will
keep a supply of
PURE BOVINE VACCINE VIRUS
constantly on hand.
They have in stock Electric Batteries. which
willbe sold at close figures. They carry also a full
assortment of Keystone Writing Paper Packets.
DEBENTURE BONDS
6 or o oilfioho Mounts
0f the New England Loan and TrustvCo.
This is one of the oldest. most conservative and
scccessful institutions dealing in such securities.
Eleven years' experience without a dollar of loss
to investors. "
Each $100,000 of debentured is secured by $102 -
000 of mortgaigghassi ed to and deposited with
the Farmers’ an Trust Co., New York. trus—
fiae.” l‘ptcrest payable at Bank of New Nork,
Mort ges from best Com-Producing regions of
Iowa, ansas, Nebraska and Missouri,
For full information enquire of the
o. a. wrnsosl.
6 no 1 not root. Fun Mortgages
-—-OF THE-—
Equitable Bortgsgs 60., Kansas City.
Capital, $2,000,000. $1,000,090 paid up.
Principal and Interest Guaranteed.
Security from three to six times the amount of
loan. Coupon Bonds. Interest payable in New
York. Also, _ 1y34
Six per cent. Dobentnro Bonds of the
Middlosex Banking Company, of
Middleton, Conn,
Organized under the banking laws of the State
of Connecticut. Coupons payable in New York.
B. B. CBAUFURD,
Mont. 31 Main Street. Nor-walk.
TIIE CELEBRATED
. Prof. Ashborn’s
.NIIIIINDI’S ENBCCSINC [11L
, Transparent Paint.
-—-IS ON SALE AT—
J. T. PROWITT’S,
or train soon, romeo, eon.
The Only Paint Benewer in
Existence.
It Restores the. LuStre‘ of
Old Paint and gives it
an Elastic Body.
. frlf you contemplate painting or rte-painting
your house or other property it will pay you to
' examine the merits of
Numindi’s Embossing Oil or
. Transparent Paint
Before trying any other.
J. T. Prowitt, '
Sole Agent for Norwalk and
' Vicinity,
47 _ MAIN STREET. mo
Glover it. Olsen,
No.42WillSt., oorooi,
Leaders of the Shoe Trade
Wish to cut. your attention to a few of the many
styles of shoes carried in stock by them.
om; LADIES’
Proootr Kit, Hoot-Heir. Weoleoilrast,
A Nerve of Comfort and Base.
iior so Hair-irate Pifliliill no Welt
For ladies wear are ect in every respect and
asgooda oeasanysold at”.
For. $5.50,
Our Ladies' Handolfade French Kid Turn Shoes
made it Benedict .k 00.. of New Canaan, are the
acme style and beauty,and positively cannot be
excelled at any price.
Chi Chi for $3,
Those Nobby Little French Kid, Band-Made
Oxfords with patent leather tips are admired b
all that have seen and worn them. You must on
and see them.
For $2.50,
A Perfect Misses’ Waukcnphast for school or a
walking shoe cannot be equalled.
Win a word outline of shoes is complete in
every respect.
We have the best me of
‘ CHILDREN’S scarier. snoss
Ever shown in town and at prices from the
cheapest to the best. '
Glover 8: Olsen,"
42 Wall seen,
NOBWLLK. " "'
Removal.
MRS. BEACH, Carpet Makeraud Layer," has,
removed from the shepherde'uiiduig, ‘on._
Lcwls street. to No. 7 Main street. where she will
be glad to receive and promptly attend‘ toA-ail'
orders in her line of business. Sherwouid also
return thanks for the liberal patronage bostttmled :
upon her for the past twelve yours. ’ '
Norwalk, July 19. 1837. , . :- t. ,, ~
. . lyll
rooororgooooooorni
aoondgea ,‘LkaVrrood,
eon ESTATE so oreoeoooo,
Room 4 Gazette Building.
SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID 1'0 'I'IIE CARE OF
REAL ESTATE, COLLECTION '10P BEETS,
do, do.
Parties havmg desirable apartments to Let from
$8 to $12 per month. will do well to place the; same
in our hands, as the call for such places the past
month has been far beyond our ab lit-y to supply.
’ Remember our Commission is only 5 per cent. -
We have now on our books several very" desir-
able placcstorent ran n in ce from 15
“Opermontn. ', 81 g . Pf! ' to
ileum 4 Gazette Building.
screws-fir, costs.
J. P. ,NIOKERSON,
I Forthe tune beingat I
No. 7 East side or Water so,
I 7‘ rou‘a nooks rnou wont. sneer, I
NORWALK, ... - CONN.
STAPLE. AND CHOICE
gROOERIES.
Family Supplies,
or the freshest and best quality that the New
York market affords in groceries, also '
VEGETABLES & FRUITS
la theirseasons at
MODERATE PRICES.
The patronage of my friends and former
tomcrs is respectfully solicited. tf
J. 1’. NICKERSON.
Telephone Call.
Plies! Fistula! Fissnre!
NO CHARGE UNLESS CURED!
Write for circulars and Full Particulars.
on. YARNALL. 1,...
150 EAST 86th STREET, NEW YORK CITY.
RIVERSIDE
CEMETERY ASSCCIATICN.
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
l
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 afi‘ord
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. An 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.
MAPVS.
Maps of the Cemetery may be seen at
the office of Mn. ENos KELLOOG, the
Superintendent, on the premises; at the
office of Hos. James W. Hun, at the
Horse Railroad Depot; and at the office
of Mn. Joan H.~Lion'r, at South Nor-
ELEGANT
PHOTOGRAPHS
BEASONABLE PRICES.
Get the Best!
After more than thirty years on Broadway
I HAVE MOVED To
-——rns ELEGANT PREMISES,”-
N0. 11 EAST 42D STREET,
one block west of the Grand Central Depot,
. NEW YORK CITY. -
Children, a Specialty. Quick as a Wink.
GALLERY AND SKY LIGHT ON PARWB FLOOR.
N0 STAIBS T0 CLIIB. 311126
ABRAHAM BOGARDUS.
Fawcett’s Easter Opening.
—-On and after .
TUESDAY, APRIL 5th.’
All are cordially invited to call and inspect our
styles. We feel confident this will surpass
any opening display in this town this
season. A visit will fully; reward .
an attendance. .
-———Our Display oil—:4} H” I
' TRIAIMED- H A TS
Will be very fine and in every: Shape and Color.
It has been our careful endeavor to send cards
to all. If any emissions have occurred theyhavc
been unintentional.- and we take-.tms occasloh to
say to all "cons," , , , -
[TWe snail each Tuesday during the season
exhibit Navarro-Ins m‘Mlenmn‘.’ ‘ "
.: .EJtill'CEIt’s ,
sweeteners,» « 73mm»:sr..
, ».,Norwalk.=r: a. .. . SogNorwfaik.
rues 12:0va
UNION‘A‘VENUEL
Noni of monomer
. . unaware, indies.
"Dealer lulu Crceni‘llouse‘jnd‘uot noon; and
' Beddlhg'and Vegetable blunts, rm: an Oj‘htlmen
tal Trees Shmbbery,'VInes;"'Cut‘ reader's alway
on hand and all somof‘dcsigns in‘ Flowers arranged
maroon, 7:31.; : moor .tL-f‘, 41”
- .. Gradingand Refillingccmctery .Plots
- p .;=_promptiystlcntled;to.se- .
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