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NORWALK' GAZETTE, WEDNESDAY-.-MJANUABY 1.1., 1885.
IRKINOIO POST.
Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Its
Capture, J all. 11.
The Men WhDTook the Fort and
the Men Who Defended It.
Arkansas Post, Otherwise Called Fort
Hindman—Joint Army and Navy Expe-
dition Planned by Gen.
Admiral Porter—They Had Had Hard
Sherman and
Luck at Vicksburg, and Gen. Sherman
Wished to Revive His Soldiers' Droop-
ing Spirits—The “Cut Oil‘.”
[Copyrighted by the Alllerican Press Association}
Ill his account of tile capture of Arkansas
Post, Admiral David D. Porter, in the “Naval
History of the Civil \Var,” says:
“The battle gave general satisfaction to the
public. It was unexpected, and few knew
where Fort Hilldlnan was situated.”
The public of today is quite as ignorant of
the locality of Fort Hindman as Admiral
Porter’s public of 1863 was. Arkansas Post
was otherwise called Fort Hindman. It is a
mere village now,
and the name of
the village is,Ar-
kansas Post. It is
, not laid down at
‘ ~ all upon the smaller
' maps.
If the leader will
turn to a map of
the southern states,
note the position of
Vicksburg, Miss,
'then run his finger
up the line of the Mississippi river for about
100 miles, he will come to the mouth of the
Arkansas river, 011 the right bank of the Mis-
sissippi. If now he follows the Arkansas
river up some fifty miles from its month,
then stop, he will pause where the Unidn
army under Gens. Sherman and McClernand,
and the fleet of gunboats under Admiral
Porter stopped on Jan. 10, 1863, at Arkansas
Post. It is 011 the left bank and north side
of the Arkansas river.
But the gullboats and the transports, load-
ed with the infantry regiments, did not take
the direct route to Arkansas Post. If the
reader will look again upon the map he will
perceive a river emptying into the Mississippi
about fifteen miles north of the mouth of the
Arkansas. This is White river. A branch
of it, called a “cut off,” leaves the main
stream a little before it reaches the Missisip—
pi, and flows into the Arkansas. Thus there is
a triangular island -* *
between the three
rivers. Geologists
say the whole coun-
try llereabouts was
settled 300 years
too soon; that it is
not yet sufficient-
ly redeemed from
the waters. It is
low, flat. and al-
most on a level
with the rivers that
flow through it. In :
consequence of this
the currents of
streams and bayous
do not always run in the same direction.
When the Arkansas river overflows: water
from it passes through the cut off into lVllite
river, and thence into the Mississippi. “’hen,
on the other hand, thite river is full, water
passes from it through the cutoff into the
Arkansas.
The siege of Vicksburg began in Decem-
ber, 1862, by a joint army and navy move-
ment. Little thought the Union forces of
the long alld painful work before them be-
fore Vicksburg should actually be taken.
A joint attack was made 'by land and
water by Gen. Sherman and Admiral Porter,
Dec. 29, 1862. It failed.
The weather was like that which had
greeted McClellan on the Peninsula in the
cast. Incessant rains flooded the low swamps
around Vicksburg. Fogs obscured the air
sometimes till one could not see fifty feet
away. Soldiers were sick, dying and dis—
couraged at the beginning of 1863, around
Vicksburg. Something must be done.
Gen. Sherman proposed to Admiral Portel
that they abandon Vicksburg for the time
and go up the Arkansas river and take Ar-
kansas Post. He
hoped thereby to
inspire his men
with courage
again.
Porter agreed.
The Federal troops
had withdrawn to
the mouth of the
Yazoo on New
Year’s Day, 1863.
Jan. 3 the expedi-
tion was ready to
' start to Arkansas
Post. But on that
day Gen. John A.
McClernand ar-
ARKANSAS ros'r m 1863
P. J. OSTEIRIIAUS.
GEN. lll‘cnummss.
rived from Cairo to take command ill Gen.
Sherman's place of the land forces.
There was It prejudice against Gen. McCler-
gland among the regular army officers be-
cause hc was not a military graduate. It
cropped out in various ways that interfered
with his usefulness. He had beellafather—
lesa boy who had divided the years of his
youth between farm labor and study, taking
intizne the profession of the law. He was
born in 151:3. Like Lincoln, he was a native
of Kentucky and migrated ill early child-
lloorl to Illinois. In that state McClernand
llad great influence, raising a brigade of
Union soldiers by his personal popularity.
He distinguished himself gallantly in vari-
ous battles. among them Belmont, Fort
Do; fill and Shiloh. His corps also_fought
dcsp. lately on the Big Black river in May,
lSi‘I'I. In November, 1864, McCleI‘nand, then
major general of the 13th army corps, re-
signed and left the army. “West Point officers
were accustomed to call him a “political
general."
The men before Vicksburg ill January,
186:5, numbered 40,000. MeClernand took
cozllzllaud of them. Thcreupon Admiral
I’Ollr-l- dot-lined to co-operate ill the expedi-
tion of; -' Arkansas Post unless Gen. Sher-
lll.‘lil colllllluudcd the land troops. To this
J-IcClt-lllallll agreed. He, however, accom-
panied the army.
Ill good order the Federal transports and
glllllmuls steamed away from Vicksburg
and up the Mississippi, the Confederates
firing a parting salute after them. The fleet
did not enter the Arkansas river directly,
l.o\\'e.‘~3;'. 'I‘hcymovcd up past it to Mont-
;voml-ry point, opposite the mouth of 1White
I'ivcr. Entering that, they ascended it fif-
uxul allies and calllc to the before named
" “-li. «.l‘.“ Through that they entered the
.-'!.'ka.lsns river, steamed up its waters with
all haste, and ill the morning of Jul]. 10.
$863, suddenly appeared below Arkansas
ost.
Fort Hilldman, at the Post, was admirably
constructed. It had been built by some of
the most accomplished engineers of “West
Point. It contained ,,
thirteen gulls. two
of them tell illcll
colllzlllliads. The ‘ I
caselllates ill which 5%
those were mounted ’3 ‘
were covered with ‘
four layers of rail-
road iron. The
guns were trained
down the river, to
face the advancing
gullboars. Among .
the vessels of the-3r.“
Liliesissippi squad-'f . . .
I'on that engaged GEN. CIILRCHILL.
in the reduction of Arkansas Pom. were the
flllgsllips Black Hawk, the Rattler, the Louis-
ville and the Cincinnati. The ram Monarch,
renowned in western waters, took active part
ill the light.
The Confederate officer. in command at Al‘-
kansas Post was Gen. '1‘. J. Churchill. He
had at the Post 6,000 troops.
Gel). T. J. Churchill, who commanded the
1’ st, was engaged throughout the war ill thc
southwest. He was all active Confederate
general ill the forces that afterward fought
against the Federal Red river expedition.
Churchill’s superior ofiicerwas Licut. Gen
Theophilus H. Holmes, commanding the Con.
l’ederate department of Arkansas. Gen
Holmes had given orders to Churchill, in
also of a siege, to “hold on till help arrived
or till Illl were
dead.” There was
nlucll more of that
kind of talk during
the early part of
the war than dur-
ing the latter part.
Admiral Porter, in
his book, says that
Churchill was not
ill the fort at all
during the bom—
bardment, but five
'.._ , ,, miles away, in the
GEN. TL ll. nomms. rear, waiting to at-
tack the Federal force, which should ad-
vance by land.
Confederate Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes.
who had given Churchill orders to hold on
till all were dead, was 11 graduate 0f West
Point, of the class of 1829. He was a man
brave to I'asllness, alld served in the MeXIcan
war side by side with Jefferson Dams.
Holmes was a native of North Carolina.- All
the outbreak of the war he resigned from the
United States army, ill which he held the
rank of lllajor, and entered 'the Con-
f'ederatc service. He was appointed lleu-
tenant general, and held a place at firs:
under Lee ill the cast. At the battle_0
Malverll Hill he was blamed for neglecfimg
what was thought to be a great OPPOI'tumtIy’
and after that was sent to the far west. 1!!
the. latter part of 1863 he evacuated tht 3
Rock, Ark, with his army, and abandon?
I
it to Fedei‘a'l Milli.“ flé s’till co‘ifi‘manded
the Confederate army of Arkansas.
Jefferson Davis, in his “Rise and Fall of
the Confederacy,” says of Gen. Holmes:
“He has passed beyond the reach of censure
' or of praise, after serving his country on
many fields wisely
and well. I, who
knew him from our
schoolboy days, _I,_
who served with .
him in garrison
and in the field,
and with pride
watched him as he
led a storming
party up a rocky
height at Monte-
rey, and was inti-
mately acquainted
with his whole ca-
reer during our sec-
tional war, bear
willing testimony
to the purity, self abnegatiou, generosity,
fidelity and gallantry which characterized
him as a man and a soldier.”
Gen. Alvin P. Hovey was a brigade com—
Inallder in G911. Steele’s Federal division.
He was wounded while leading in the advance
of the land forces at Arkansas Post. Gen.
Hovey was a native of Indiana, born ill
1821. He wasalawyer by profession and a
rkilled one, but during the war proved
himself as good a. fighter with his sword as he
had been with his tongue. He had been sent
from Helena, in November, 1862, to co—
operate with Grant's movements in Missis-
sippi. He was afterward engaged at Port
GEN. A. P. HOVIY.
Gibson and at Edward’s Station, and took
his part in the final assault on Vicksburg.
In the plan for taking Arkansas Post the
army landed four miles below the Post and
made a march of some fifteen miles around.
Then it was to assault the fort in the rear,
while Admiral Porter‘s
fleet bombarded in
front. They lauded
from the transports
at 10 a. m., Jan. 10,
and set out on their
march. Some Con-
federate rifle pits
and earthworks ob-
structed their path
at the river’s edge,
but the guuboats
' Rattler silenced
troops passed on.
They were much of
the night getting
GEN. JOHN M. TIIAYEB. into position in the
rear of the post. Another brigade mm-
lnander ill Gen. Steele’s division at Arkansas
post was Gen. John M. ’l‘hayer. His horse
was shot under him. '
Gen. Thayer was engaged in much of the
lighting ill the southwest. He was a for
western man, from Nebraska, having been
colonel of the lst Nebraska volunteers.
The Confederates ill the fort had prepared
for a gunboat attack at long range. Instead
of this, however, the ironclad De Kalb
steamed up within 400, yards of the Post,
closely followed by the Louisville and Cin-
cinnati. Admiral Porter ordered a number of
smaller howitzer vessels to accompany them.
At 3 o’clock on the afternoon of ,the 10th
word was brought to the fleet that the army
had reached the rear of Arkansas Post, and
were ready for action. The information was
afterward found to be incorrect. The gun-
boats, however, passed up the river and began
the attack on the strength of this mistaken
information.
A tremendous pounding was opened upon
the iron casemates of Fort Hindnlan from the
gunboats.- The cannon of the fort replied
vigorously. In an hom'tho fort guns were
silenced, the fleet doing fearful damage with-
in the fort.
At dark the gunboats dropped down the
river and were tied to the bank. Meantilml
the “tinclad,” or light plated vessel Rattler,
had been ordered to steam up past the Post
and cut off the Confederate retreat in that
direction. Her commander attempted to do
so, but guns from the ’fort opened on him and
knocked his “tillclad” about so effectually
that he was compelled to drop back out of
range. It was at this time, during the night
of J an. 10, that the Confederates might have
escaped across the river or up the bank, if
they had taken advantage of the situation, a:
Sherman's army was not yet ready for as-
sault.
The commander of the garrison at Fort
Hindman was Col. Dunnington, an ex-
United States naval officer. The firing from
Admiral Porter’s gunboats had damaged the
fort greatly, but the Confederates did not
yet consider themselves beaten, as Admiral
Porter says, “by a. great deal.” During the
night they worked vigorously within the
fort to repair the damage done, and by
morning were ready for fight again.
At early morning of Jan. 11, a courier
from Gen. Sherman arrived at the fleet and
informed the admiral that the land force in-
closing the Post was ready for action. At
noon :1 combined attack by land and water
was ordered. The glmboats were thereupon
run close to the fort again, and once more a
tremendous pounding upon the bastions and
iron casemates began. -
Meantime Admiral Porter ordered the “tin-
clads” Glide and Rattler and the ram Mon-
arch to cut their way up the river past the
fort and prevent the escape of the garrison
by way of the ferry. This they did. The
» rest of the gun-
boats continued to
pour shot and shell
red hot into the
fort. In less than
three hours the
guns of the garri-
son were silenced.
During this time
several brigades of
Sherman’s men had
forced their way
up close to the fort
ill the rear. It was
in this advance that
Gen. Thayer’s horse
GEN. A. J. SMITH.
was shot under him and Gen. Hovey was.
wounded.
The Union left was led by Brig. Gen. An-
drew J. Smith, promoted to major general of
volunteers in 1864. Gen. Smith steadily
forced back the Confederate right at Arkan-
sas Post up to the very fort. Then he sent
word to Gen. McClernand that he had got so
near he could almost shake hands with the
enemy.
Gen. Smith was one of the hardest fighters
of the war. The list of battles in which he
took part during the civil war occupies a.
full page ill the West Point register. Pre-
vious to-that he had served in the Mexican
war, and had engaged in many an Indian
fight while on frontier duty. He was born
in Pennsylvania, and was graduated from
West Point in 1838, entering the cavalry am
of the service. At the outbreak of the civil
war he was still on frontier duty, being
major of the lst United States cavalry at
Fort Walla Walla, IV. T. .
After the guns of Fort Hjndman were si-
lenced by the fleet that afternoon of Jan. 11
the vessel Black Hawk was run up alongside
the fort ready for the crew to board it. Her
officers could look directly inside the fort at
the work of ' de- .
struction the gun-
boats had wrought.
Broken cannon, de—
molished fortifica-
tions, lay all about,
mingled with dead :
and dying men and -
horses. The Con- ' ’
federate artillery
horses had been
kept within the
garrison,and many
of them had been
struck by shells
from the gullboats. '
The screams of the .GEN' GEO' w.
wounded animals and their mad struggles
there among dead and, wounded men pre-
sented a scene terrible to behold.
A general assault both by the naval and
army force was new ordered. Being oppo-
site each other, one in rear of the fort the
other in front, they could scarcely fire upon
the Confederates without hitting each other.
However, a general rush for the inside of the
fortifications was made by both soldiers and
sailors.
The Confederate colors had been shot away
from the fort, and had not been raised again.
Not an arm was lifted to firea gun. The
garrison was evidently beaten.
As the Union soldiers appeared at the rear
of the fort numbers of Confederates ran to
the rear parapet and crouched down behind
it. Not attaching any importance to this
movement, the Federal troops continued on
their way to the inside. They came within
thirty yards of the hidden Confederates, when
suddenly a tremendous volley of over 400
bullets was fired into their very faces. so near
as almost to scorch them with powder. They
fell dead in numbers.
That was what the hidden Confederates
meant. The Union line wavered, fell back
and stopped. The next moment every one
of the Confederate soldiers who had fired the
volley of lllnsketry held up a. white handker-
chief in surrender. All was over with them
before, but they had sent a last _ bullet into
the heart of the advancing Federals, and then
held up the white handkerchief to protect
themselves.
Admiral Porter says he could easily have
soldiers to pieces
before they fired,
by the guns of the
Black Hawk, but
he did not do so be
cause he saw that
they were already
beaten and he did
not wish to add to
the slaughter.
Gen. Churchill.
theConfederate
commander, s a i d
afterward that he
had no intention of
surrendering, but
meant to hold out,
according to
Holmes’ orders,
until the last man
MORGAN.
van“
. . .. .mt-VZDGE.
gtheso, and the'
I was slaln. he sfiicTtliat tbé ’di‘spl'zi’y (If white
handkerchiefs by. the soldiers behind the
parapet, who werevTexans, wasunauthorized.
However, the fort: :was surrendered, with
In: 9 stores of‘army silppliésiu Gen. Churchill
an 6,000 troops became prisoners In, killed
the Confederate lost si'xtyemen, and seventy-
flvo were woundedin the fight at Arkansas
Post. The Union loss was much larger, being
129 killed and 848 wounded and missiu .
The Federal forces at the battle of rkan- ~
sas Post comprised two (for s, Sherman’s and
McCler-nalld’s, with .McC ernand ' in chief
command, Each corps was divided into two
divisions. > ~Gens. Steele and Stuart com-
manded Sherman’s divisions. Brig. Gen.
George W. Morgan, of Olfio, was one of Mc-
Clernand’s' division commander's, Brig. Gen.
A. J. Smith the ether. On McClernand’s as-
suming general; '00de Gen. Morgan be-
came commanderg'of the corps. Brig. Gen.
Peter 'J.‘_Osterhails;i'fof Missouri, thereupon
tookgcommlaudi of ofin‘s 'diln ion.
Afterf’thelmpture of kansas .Post it, was
lut i'n char ' " of Brig. Gen. Stephen G. Bur-
hridge; of 'entueky."— Under-his su rin-
tendenc‘c the fort was dismantled and lown
up. The Post was then abandoned by the
United States authorities, as it was of no
particular advantage.
After the capture of the Post an army and
navy force, Federal, .unde‘r Gen. German and
Lieut. --_ Commander >,IValker. ,respeetivel’y,
wereseut up IVIfiIe "river'tlnd "ca tilled t le
towns of Des Arc and Duval’s luff, Ark.
This was Jan. 15.- The main part of the er
pcditiOn returned to Vicksburg. The cap-
ture-of Arkansas Post served lts'purpose,
and had a very inspiriting effect upon the
Federal troops. — ,
A GOOD COLLECTOR.
I-Iow DON M. DICKINSON MADE A
FIRM coME TO TIME.
A Good,.story Told by. a Western Con-
gressmaningttlng One Hundred Cents
on the Dellar Outho'f :5 Bad Case of
Bankruptcy—Fenild‘ Out; 7 ‘
A western congressman tells the following
about Mr. Don M. Dickinson, of Michigan,
the postmaster general. _
“Yes, I know Dickinson, of; Michigan, very
~well..,'I have_‘beeu ill some railroad cases
with him. He is chain lightning. Dickinson
has, made the bulk of his fortune in the prac-
. ~tice oflone legal specialty. He is the best
collector of 'bad debts on the face of the
earth. ‘Oh, no; I don’t mean small debts.
This is the way of it: In the first place, there
used to be a good many people with a bad
‘habit of failing every few years. They al-
uways-owed large‘sums of moneyto eastern
merchants and capitalists, and did not mean
.to pay acelltgi‘fthey'could help it. To this
class Dickinson Was and isla mortal terror.
There is nodevice that. the spindling debtor
can adopt that Dickinson can-iiotsec through,
and he is assharp on thbtrail as the best
Parisian, detective. The man Who can pay
and won’t is_,the follow Dickinson likes to get
hold of. About ten years ago—to illustrate
what I mean—there were three big failures
in Detroit. One firm had the sympathy of
everybody, but the others were uncertain
customers. The two doubtful concerns each
owed over 8%0,000 to New York and Boston
people.
LIKE A BAD CASE.
“Among other creditors was a. New England
shoe manufacturer for a large sum. This
firm quietly retained Dickinson as their
counsel, and the largest other creditor did
the some thing. ‘Don’t let them know I am
in the case,’ said he as he left his clients. He
went home. The agent of the New England
firm came out to see the broken merchant I
am talking about. He was a German J ew—
generally good responsible people, but when
they are tricky, look out! The usual tales
were told of customers who could not come
to time, and all that. It really looked like a
bad case, and the Boston shoe concern was
about to accept a settlement at tWenty cents
on the dollar. ‘Don’t go it for a day or two,’
said Dickinson.
“Just how be was going to get the money
out of the Israelitisli customer he did not
know, but he was sure there had been some
swindling. It happened that in his house-
hold there had been an extremely pretty
Irish girl living as a domestic for many
years. She was faithful, neat, and unusually
intelligent, and the household was very lunch
attached to her. About a year before this
she had married 3. very industrious young
countryman of her own, who was a thrifty
young boss drayman. That evening after
dinner Dickinson learned that Maggie’s hus-
band had broken his leg a week or two be—
fore. He went around to see the man. ‘How
did it happen, Pcte?’ he asked. ‘Well, ye
sec, sir, I was on a blt of a job that—but, sir,
the man told me, sir, that I must not tell.‘
"‘ ‘Nonnensc; you can tell me, can’t you?’
said Dickinson; ‘and why not tell Mr. Dick-
inson, l c ieré’ said the Irishman’s pretty wife.
So it came about that two weeks before, late
at night, Peter had been draying goods from
the rear end of a store. A heavy box had
slipped and broke his leg.
' ‘ saw THROUGH 11‘.
" ‘But why did you say you must not tell I"
said the lawyer. ‘I’m sure I don’t know, sir;
that’s what Mr. Katzenyammer told me, sir,’
answered the man.
“ ‘Katzcnyammer; so you are working for
him, ell?’ asked Dickinson. He soon got out of
the Irishman all he knew. ‘I see it now,’
said he 'to himself as he went home. The
next morning Mr. K. was rather surprised to
receive a call from the great lawyer. He had
not sent for him, and was somewhat a little
uneasy. ‘I am the attorney for Messrs.
Blank, of Boston,’ he began, very politely.
‘They have a claim against you of $47,977.80.
What do you intend doing about it, Mr.
Katzenyammer'l’
“ ‘Vy, I haf failt, you know, Mr. Dickin-
son; I don’t know how much I can pay on de
dollar.’
“ ‘You must pay this in full, or I will send
you to the penitentiary in less than a month,’
said Dickinson, sternly. ‘Yon have been
running your goods out of your store at
night, and sending them to Chicago auction
houses to be sold for whatever they. would
bring in cash, and you have filled up your
books with false eutrios.’
“ ‘Fader Abraham 1’ screamed the other, as
white as he could become. “How tit you fiut
all dis oud?’
“ ‘It doesn’t matterhow I know it all, and
if you don’t settle now, today, I will have
you arrested before to—morrow night. You
are watched; you can’t get away;so don’t try
it,’ and with that Dickinson left. It hap-
pened that he had dropped on to what the
man had been doing. How be guessed it he
doesn’t know himself. About 2 o’clock the
man came around to see what terms he could
make. ‘None, sir, except 100 cents on the
dollar,’ was the only reply. ‘ In three days
the claim was paid in full.”—Missouri Re-
publican.
An Underground Forest.
All lulderground forest was recently dis-
covered in the metal mountains of Saxony.
These mountains are covered with forests of
pines and firs, in which there are a large
number of open spaces serving as pastures for
the cattle kept on them during the summer".
Many of these forest pastures are inundated
in fall and remain under water until the
summer following. The result of those pe
riodical illundations is the formation of deep
layers of peat, which supply the region with
valuable heating material. Along a pass
through that forest region a railroad is now
building between the cities of Annaberg and
Schwarzenberg. In one of the peat pastures
the navvies have just laid open the stems of
a primeval forest in an advanced stage of the
process of.petri faction, or carbonization. The
stems are all 01‘ the fir family, from fifteen to
thirty inches‘ circumference on the average,
and ilnbcddcd ill peat some fifteen to twenty
feet under the surface. No reliable estimate
of the age of the forest has yet been pub-
fished—Chicago News.
The English Soldier.
Col. Clark, of the Seventh regiment, who
has just returned from a three months’ leave
in England and the continent, had his eyes
on things military while across the water.
Soldiers are met so frequently over there as
to Impress him with the magnitude of the
burden their support must entail.
The English soldier, he says, is a. model in
appearance. lie is strong and athlelic, very
erect, with a most soldierly carriage. His
uniform is clean, handsome and well fitting,
and when seen of! duty, with a natty little
cap perched jauntily on the side of his head,
cane in hand and well gloved, “he is in ap-
pearance the most distinguished soldier in
the world.” Distinctive uniformsadd greatly
to tho esprit de corps of the army, for every
uniform has a history and a record that is to
be maintained. While he deems the English
volunteers a powerful adjunct for national
defens3, he thinks their organization and
system in many respects inferior to our Na.-
tiotlal guard—New York Herald.
Alcoholism in Persia.
Dr. Jablonowskl, who has contributed
some sanitary notes on Persia to a Polish
medical journal, states that the use of alco-
holic liquors (brandy and wine) has of late
become greatly extended among the upper
classes, alcoholism in various forms being
new a very frequent allection,'as those per-
sons who have taken to drink scarcely pass a
single day without becoming intoxicated—
New York Pest.
Always an Englishman.
The charge that Maj. Haggerty and Tom
O’Reilly are Scotchmen because they were
born in Scotland led one of O’Reilly’s friends
into a story yesterday. Once upona time
the Duke of Wellington, when accused of
being an Irishman, made a stiff denial of the
accusation. “But weren’t you born in
Ireland?” asked his accuser. “I was,” re-
plied his grace, “but if amen happened to
be born in a stable, do you call him a horse?
I am an Englishmanl” cried the duke,
“wherever I was born.”- 'ew York Sun.
There are 1,500 temples in China that were
erected to the memory of Confucius. In
these edifices 62,000 pigs, rabbits, deer and
sheep are sacrificed annually.
ll. iiallett a 00., Portland, Mame.
POVERTY.
0 poverty, by thee the soul Is wrapped
With halo. with envy, dolefulness and doubt,
Even so be thou cast out,
And even so he that speaks thee otherwise.
0n earth all honorable things are wise.
Within thy power each blest condition dies:
By lllce men‘smlnds with sore distrust are made
Fantastic and afraid:
Thou hated worse than death, by just accord,
And with the loathing of all hearts abhorred.
‘ —Dcnte.
A CHINESE FAROE.
How the Play Dragged Its Slow Length
Along-Fate of a Bore.
The hero, a son captain, comes in and seats
himself at a table to write; but he is heavy
with sleep, his head soon droops, and he falls
into a peaceful slumber. But scarcely has
his nap begun when he is disturbed by the
hasty entrance of a breathless fellow who be
gins, with all air of great consequence, to pant
outa long tale of not the slightest import-
ance. Tllc captain listens for a time with
wide open eyes, but when he finds that the
story has Settled down into an uninterrupted
sing song 'which shows no prospects of reach-
ing an early conclusion, he tries to break the
thread-of the narrative. All,vin,vain, for the
tedious fellow repremcs his; interruptions
with a dcprccatory; wave 'of his hand, and
goes on’ill his monotonus way with head
thrown back, and eyes half closed in an
ecstasy of delight at having secured a
listener. . ,
After a time thepaptain, submitting to the
inevitable, adopts the wisest course in the
circumstancesaud dozeslofr to sleep again.
The bore is so satisfied with, himself, and so
engrossed in his .tuloflthat he never notices
this, and still goes on, see-saw, sing-song,
with never a stop.till_.the;.-§udience, or at
least one of them, grow as .weary as the cap
min.” Butamysteriousmepgér is at hand.
A limping ghostof hombleréppéarance, who
. remembers his own sufferings on earth, hops
. ill unseen to befriendthepaptain. He squats
silently-behind the chair of the story teller,
holding the club he carries in readiness to
strike, while that worthy is still quite uncon-
sciously jubbering his interminable nonsense.
Once the club is raised threateningly over
him, and twice, and yet he goes on; then a
thundering stroke descends on his shoulders,
which stops his voice so suddenly that it
leaves him with open mouth in the middle of
II word. In comical terror he gazes about
in vain attempts to findout whence the blow
came, then, in amazement, seim the sleeper
and muses him to tell ‘of this terrible new of-
fair. But the captain listens with hazy inat-
tention, evidently thinking it some more of
the same tale, and dozes off again immedi-
ately. . , , _ '
The bore, abandoned. now-to the tender
~mercies of the specter, runshitller and thither
in horror, adopting first one plan and then
another {rediscover or avoid his invisible as-
sailant; but tbe'ghost crawls after him wher-
ever he goes, now clubbing, new clutching
him, until at last the poor wretch makes his
escape half dead with fright, and the captain '
is left to sleep in peace, while the ghost curls
up by his side like a faithful dog whose labors
are done.—-Macmillan’s Magazine.
,_.-W
Infantile
Skin Diseases.
Our oldest child, now SIX years of agc.wllen an
Infant six months old was attacked with a Vll‘ll-
lent, malignant skin disease. All ordlnary reme-
dies Ialllllx, we called our famIIy pllyswlan, who
attempted to cure II; but it spread \VIIII a most
Illcredlbic rapidity, unIIl the lower porllon of the
IIIIle Icllow’s person, Iroln the middle 01 hls back
down to his knees, was one solid rash, ugly, palli-
fn1,1I:oIclled and IIIa'Iclous. We had no rest. at
lliflIIlJlO peace by day. Finally. we were advse-l
lolly the UU’I'lOURA REMEDIES. ’I‘he ellect was
simply marvellous. in three or four weeks a com-
plelc cure was wrongnl, lcavlllg Ille IIlIle fellow’s
person as white and as healthy as Illough he had
never been attacked. In my opinion your valu-
able reIIleIlIes saved his llle. IIIIII IO—Ilaly he is a
sarong, Ilf‘lIIl by child, perfectly \\'ell,l10 repelillon
of the disease having evcroeoI "ell
one. B. Smil'll,
Atl’y at Law and Fix—Pros. All’y, Asllland,0.
Reference: .1. G. Wolsl, Urugglsr, Ashlalld, O.
'I‘IIOUSA NDS OF CHILDREN.
Are horn Into the world every day with some
eczemalous IIII'euIIoII, such as IIIIIK crust, scall
head. scurf or (IuIIIII'UII. sure to develop lulu an
agoulzlun‘ eczema. the IIclIIIlg, IIIII'IIIug, disfigur-
Illlull of which. Iralle life a prolonged Iol'lure ull-
le‘s properly Ircalell.
A warm mm Wltll UU'I'ICURA SOAP, an quuisue
Skill BeIIuIlIIcI’. and a singze app‘IIcIIIIJn of (UTI-
CURA, the great 5km Cure. Wllll a mule i'II’I‘ICCIlA
Rusom'rle. ”If: new “mull I’lll‘IlIBI‘. Is often suf—
llrlelll Io arrest we progress of me disease, and
pond lo a speedy and pl:l‘lllillll:lll. cure.
llence. no Inolhcr wuo loves her children, who
takes [Il‘llle In [her beunly, purity and health, and
III ocsxowmg on them a CIHIII’S greatest illherll-
aIlce—II Skill wnhout a blemisll, and a body nour-
ished by pure blood—should fall Io make trial of
Inc CU’I‘iCL‘RA REMEDIES.
Sold everywhere: Fl'lce. CUTICUI‘IA, 501:. ; SOAP,
23d; EssoLvsxr, $1. honored by Ike POTTER
1)an AND L'usMIcAL C0,. Boston, Mass.
rr Send for “How to Care. Skin Diseases,” 64
pages, 50 liluslralions, and 100 Icsumouials.
BA BYIS Skill and Scalp preserved and beauti-
llell by CUTICUIIA MEDICATED SOAP.
Constitutional Catarrll.
No single Illseasc has emailed nlore suffering or
hastened the breathing up of the coustuutlou
more than L'alall‘l‘h. The sense smell, of taste, of
Blglll,(lfll‘all'llg, the human voice, the mind——
one or more, and sometimes ail, yield to us de-
structive Influence. 'lhe poison it distributes
throughout the syslem atlacks every vilal force,
and breaksupthe most robust of constllullons.
Ignored, because but lime undelslood. by most
physicians. Inlpotclltly assailed by quacks and
Charlatans, those sullering from It have lutle hope
to be rcllevedoflttllls sule of the grave, It Is
time then that the popular treatment of Ibis
terrible disease by remedies within the reach oi
all passed inIo hands at once competent and
trustworthy. The new and hitherto untried
method adopted by 111'. Sanford In the prepara-
tion of his RADICAL CURE has won The hearty
approval of thousands. It is instantaneous ill
alfording relief In all head colds, sneezing, snuf-
llng and obstructed breathing, and rapidly re-
mosves the most oppressive symptoms, clearing
the head. sweetening the breath, restoring the
senses of smell taste and hearlng, and neutraliz-
lng the constitullonal tendency of the disease
towards the lungs, liver and kldneys.
SANFORD’S RADICAL CURE conslsls of one bottle
of the RADICAL CURE, one box of CATARRIIAL
SOLVENT, and an luruqvun INHALER; prlce, $1.
Porrsn DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co., Boston.
KIDNEY rams,
STRAINS AND WEAKNESSES,
Relieved In one minute by that marvel-
ous Anndole to Paln, inflammation and
Weakness, the Cutieum Anti-Pain
' Planter The first and only paIIl-kl ling
\ slrenghlhening plaster. Especially
‘ adapted to instantly relieve and speed-
Ily cure Kidney and Uterine Pains and Weakness.
Warranlell vastly superior to all other plasters.
At all druggisls, 25 cents: llve for $1.00; or,
postage free of Potter Drug and Chemical 00.,
Boston, Mass.
wo R KIN G C LASSE "W10“!
We are now
prepared to furnish all classes with employment at
home, the whole of the time, or for their spare
moments. Buslness new, light and profitable.
Persons of either sex can earn from 50 cents to $5
per evening, and a proportional sum by devoting
all their time to the business. Boys and girls earn
nearly as much as men. That all who see this may
send their address, and test the business, we make
this offer. To such who are not well sailsllell we
will send one dollar to pay for the trouble of writ-
Ing. Full particulars and outllt free. Address
George Stinson It 00., Portland, M aille. 'Iy52
can llve at home and make more money
0 at work for us, than at anything else in
this world. Capilal not needed; you
ale started free. Bolh sexes; all ages.‘ Any one
can do the work. Large. cal-mugs sure from first
start. Costly outfit and terms tree. Better not
delay. Costs you nothing to soul as your address
and find out : if you are wise you will do so at once.
1y52
ENDORSED
Physicians, ’l‘he Clergy,
Bankers. Lawyers,
Public Speakers,
in fact by
EVERY BODY.
All drugglsts, 250.. 50c., $1.00.
Dr. Seth Arnold’s Sugar-
Coalell Bllious l‘llls, unequalled for Costlveness,
Jallndlce.Liver Troubles, kc. 25c. 6m43
CD P3
’, a”, , I' Claw 3'.
1/186 ETVRE‘UY ,_ l
EXPEGTOBfii .
'l‘llio Invaluable Medicine is acknowled
-cdbythonsandsto be The nestConshMedl
no in the world. For Coughs, Colds. Sore
Ill-oat, Homeness, Inflammatlon of the Throa v
.. nd Mouth. Whooping, Cough, Canker, Rash,
-~ c., there is no medlclne now in use that ha
I- erfol-med more cures.
It is Wmanted not to contain an mine ,
ubstance; it is also free from lau main 0
quills; it may be taken at an time with er
ect safety. SoldbyallD‘g'sts. . £231. bot es.
. MORGAN k SONS. Pro .. Providence. ll. 1.
Dr. Haynes’ Arabian Ill-an is unequall
d for Group. Try it. 25c. and $1. at Dmggists
I 8. “Jones! Whatarevou
L” '0 talkin about?” What
‘3 Efifevcry lyatalks about.
I" ,3 Theysayt tforBrlghts’
E a DIsease,Kidne ,Liverqr
4 a Bladdercomp ms, this
- ; ~ '_ 3, remedy has no equal."
x -=.LWER 3. n oeo httotheSpot.
- q‘ ~‘ “GB" at Dr. Kllmer's
a: EBLADDER not DismYJJln hamton.N.Y.
D ‘ -' Pin Lettersofln u , answered.
‘5 N Guide to Heal (Sent Flee).
‘— .
For sale by C. LAPIIAM, 11 Main street.
GOLD MEDAL. PABI’S, 1878.
BI‘IIIIIIII UIIII.
- Warmntod ablalutely pure
Cocoa, from which the excess of
011 has been rem0ved. It has three
time: the strength of Cocoa mixed
with Starch, Arrowroot or Sugar,
and Is therefore for more economi-
cal. calling Ian than one cent a
cup. It is delloloul, naurlsbing,
strengthening, easily digested. and
admirably adapted for invallds as
well ml for persons In health.
- i ‘ Bolliby (ll-"Wenwlloro.
“I. BIKER I 00., narcissist, Mass.
IV
I!
HOUSATONIC RAILHUAD.
I
l
Danburz/ and Arm-walk Division. 1
Corrected December 11111.1587.
PASSENGER TRAINS
SOUTH.
lv. Norwalk. Lv .80. Norwalk, Ar.WiIson Point
7 32 a. In. T 45 II. In. 7 5'2 11. m.
s 66 “ , 9 04 “ 9 it) ..
1o 24 c 10 32 “ lo :19 H
12 50 p. m. i 00 p. In. 107 p. m.
439 " 450 “ 457 “
NORTH.
Lv.WIlsou Point L\'.So. Norwalk, Ar. Norwalk
1 20 a. In. 'I' 80 II. In. T 44 II. III.
84o “ 9 20 -‘ 9 25 d
985 “ 12131). In. 121$p.m.
1140 “ 145 “ 152 “
153 p. III. 515 “ 519 H
555 “ 615 “ 620 -~
W. 11. S'rrzvssson, Vice-Pres. and (ham Manager.
F. C. I’AvNII, Superintendent.
II. D. AvEIIILL. General Ticket Agent.
New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad.
NOVEMBER 6, 1887.
NE“' YORIK DIVISION.
'l‘ralns leave Soulll Norwalk as IoLows :—
For New York.~Accommodatlon trains at
5.50 6.12, 6.69.9.36, 11.45. a. m., 2.44, 5.08, 6.54.824,
10.15 p. III. Express Irallls Ill 4.56, 5.16 (0chth
M oIlIIIIys)7 5.40, 7.23 (local), 7.411 (local), 8.26 (local),
31.03 (aprlnglleld local), 10.30 (Spl'IIIgUelll local),
:I. In. ; 12.59 (Sprmglleld local), 3.38, 4 46 5.51. 9.50
p. In. \Vasnlugton night express, 12.56 a. In.
For New llnven and the EMl.—ACCIIIllmO-
dalion trains at 6.31, 8.46. 10.53 a. m., 1.15, 4.32,
8.20, 9.58,]I.06 p. In. Express Iralns at 1.22 a. In.
(Washington night express), 9.20, a. m.; 12.13,
1.43 (local), 3.05, 4.49. 5.10 (locals), 5.42 (Stamford
and New Haven special), 0.14 (local). 6.29 (Bridge-
port speclal),6.53 (Springfield local), 7.51 (Bridge-
port special). 11.47 p. In.; 12.21 a. In. (Boslon
express).
rmndnys.—Accommodailon 8.00, 9.11 a. m.,
and 6.51 p. m.
0. M. SHEPARD, Gen. Supt.
C. 'l‘. IIEMI’S’I‘EAD, Gen. Pass. Agt.
The “Record.”
The Norwak Record 2
Is all establlshed fact. Although harc‘y four
months old its circulation already averages
,000 COPIES PER WEEK,
a fact which altestslts raplll rise and 1m. hold on
the publlc favor. It aims to be clean and whole-
some, Ilud presents all the legalmate news In
readable, spicy and terse shape. its subscrlpllon
price Is sumclemly low to enable anybody to have
It wllhoutdlscarlllng any other of their favorlte
journals, and it prospers without encroaching
upon the prosperlty of any of its excellent and
esteemed local coulelnporarles, as 13 shown by
the fact that it enjoys and appreciates the hearty
good wlll of ull—Ihe GAZETTE, Hour, Simll'lwl,
Journal and Republican.
THE RECORD ls sent to any address form“
small sum of
15 CBIIIS a Year; Single Copies, 2 cells.
Now is the Time to Subscribe
SPECIALTO‘FARMERS.
The Record
PUBLISHES EVERY SATURDAY 'l‘llE
The New York Market Reports
((lIlUlIl? II‘TODATE.
_ To Inventors
OIO. ll. BYINGTON,
OFFICE :
COI. louisiana Ave. and llh St.
Washington, ll. (1.,
Gives his Personal Altenl ion to Procuriug
Patents for Inventions
In the II. 8. Patent Ofice and all Foreign
Countries.
An experience of nearly ten years In tllc Patent
Dulce, has given him a perfect famlliarity with
- every classification of invention and the particular
EHAMINERS AND BUREAUS, to which each
and every Invention is referred. Ile has a com-
plete famlllarlty with the Rules of Premier:
the Records Models, &c., &c., 310., and
every detail of the ankle, and GIVES Ills PER-
SONAL ATTENTION to the interests of his
Clients. Being Oil the ground. and VIsiting the
Patent omce daily, he can serve Inventors Ill
securing thelr Letters Patent far nlore advantage-
ously than Solicitors who (IO
Washington.
Searches and Rejected
Applications
A Specialty. To all those whose applications
have been rejected. he will make an examlnatlon
and report on the same gratuitously. Prelimin-
ary examlnailon of the Patent Olllce Records.
prior to an application for a patent, will he made
foravcry small charge. and advice or Informa-
tion In regard to patents will be given in full
detail In acircular which will he landed free of
Ile has speclal
Hill
“‘7‘
charge to every applicant.
facilities also for
Pmcurlng Patents Ill Foreign
Counllils.
He refers to any ofllcer of the Patent Office, and
lame many Connecucut Inventors for. whom he
has done business and takenout Lnr'runs PATENT
Choice
BUILDING LOTS
(ON INSTALLMEN'I‘ PLAN.)
FOR SALE
0n "Wilton Acwnue
-——AN D—
Scm. Scum: Pluf.
'APPLY TO
' .
II. BYINGTON,
, GAZETTE OFFICE.
A .
FITS over the top course of brlck keeping them
In place for years. No more topping of your
chimneys. The Cyclone Cap prevents down draft.
lt is made of on t Iron In one piece and will last
for ever. Any one can place it. it is cheap and
very ornamental. III ordering always send out-
side measurement of your cllilnuey,or number of
brick each way. Extra sizes made to order.
Man factured solelv by the saugatnck lron gl’orks
00., Saugatuck, Conn. mail
3. L. PILLOW, Agent, Norwalk.
W. E. SMITH, Agent. South Norwalk.
M. SCHWAB.
OPTICIAN and OCULIST,
WILL ‘BE AT. NORWALK .
January, 25 and 25,1888,
A t Nor-walk Hotel.
liking qualllled myselfby years or hard study
In the best Instltntlons In Europe, and havlug had a
practical experience of twent -l1ve years In 1111
country, I am enabled at Ilrst s gill. to adapt lense
mostapproprlate to restore the vision to Its origlua
vI or and cure all the various diseases of the eye
1 ave therefore combined my practice of an
Ocullst with that of an Optician, and am now en-
abled to furnished all made of lenses and styles of
Spectacles and Eye.Glusses which are made to,
order under my own supervision. to suit my call-
omers’ VillOllal‘y ailments.
Con-ultution Free.
References—Geo. G. Bishop, Charles Olmstead
to be madc.Cuf this out and re-
turn to us, and we will send you
free something of great value and
Importance to you, that wul sum you lubuslness,
wlllcll will bring yoll In more money right away
than anything else In this world. Any one can do
the work and live at home. Either sex: all ages.
Something new that just coins money for all
workers. We will start you;capilal not needed.
’l‘hls Is one of the enulue Illl orlant chances of a
llletllne. 'I‘Ilose w o are amb tious and enterprls-
lug will not delay. Grand outfit free. Address
True «I: 00., Augusta Mame. 1v52
not reside in
NEW
‘7 railway and Prince St.
Let us admoni T.
the countrv (army
and all others; I.»
cod .z) (-xlnosua, ill
lsorts of weather.
1.. ) risk health by
wearing an ordinary
ovucoat. A llrary
ulster is the proper
"C“?CI.” VII: make
them of various
ough fabrics. with
wide collars and nu-
merous capacious
pockets, but the
Prince of Ulsters is
one of genuine Irish
j
a
I
Frieze. It’s slightly higher than most others,($35
but considering that it’s wearing power is practically
unlimited. and that it is a
the cheapest coat in the store.
other kind of overcoat the imagination of man can
conceive of—exccpt the poor kind-ours are all
made to wear and not merely to sell.
ROGERS, PEET & CO.
CLOTHES, HATS AND SHOES,
perfect storm defycr, it’s
W e have every
Broadway and 32d St.
YORK.
FASHION CATALOGUE MAILED FREE ON APPLICATION
.or-ISE 99513 :11“
1751-7; H 11.ng I
' 'SAFA
making all transfers in Union Depots.
Extend. west and southwest
Nelson. Horton, Topeka,
Wichi Caldwell. and all
interior as and beyond.
of the celebrated Pullman
lasted track of heavy steel ‘
apply to any Coupon Ticket
:1. ST. JOHN,
Generalmnager.
lljr69flofiflflcf. -.._._.
Tandems...
is sold by all .
. GrocerskDrugglsfs.
L,
uncomm'rzo WITH THE monomer THE couumvmm. oanm
nucu ussrul. INFORMATION room A sroov or was In» out THE
CHICAGO ROCK ISLAND &.
It: central position and close connection with Eastern Lines at Chime and.
continuous lines at terminal points West. Northwest and Southweut, make it the
true mid-link in that transcontinental chain of steel which unites the Atlantic
and Pacific. Its main line and branches include calm. Joliet, Ottowa. La Salle,
Peoria, Geneseo, lifeline and Rock Island. in Illinois; Davenport, Buscatine.
Washington, Falrfield, Ottumwa. Oskaloosa,Weet Liberty. Iowa City,DeaMoines,
Indianola, Winterset, Atlantic, Knoxville, Audubon, Harlan, Guthrie Centre
‘ . and Council Bluffs, in Iowa; Gaugtin, Trenton, Cameron,
St. Joseph and. Kansas City. in Missouri: Leavenworth
and Atchilon, in Xmas; Minneapolis and St. Paul, in
Minnesota; Watertown and Sioux Falls, in Dakota, and
, - many other prosperous towns and cities. It also offers a.
CHOICE OF ROUTES to and from the Pacific Count and intermediate places.
All safety appliances and modern improvements. Comedians.
stations. Celerity, certainty. comfortandluxarvmnred.
THE FAMOUS ALBERT :LEA ROUTE
Is the favorite between Chicago. Rock Island. Atchison. luau
napalm and St. Paul. The tourist route to gamer Beam.
Water-town Branch traverseathejnost productive land- 0! the crest “wheat
dairy belt” of Northern Iowa. SauthWIBtem Emmet-.331;
The short line, via. Seneca and Xankakee, ofl'ers supefior
facilities to travel between Cincinnati. Indianapolis. Lara-e
yette. and Council Bluflll. St.» Joseph, Atcluaon,
.8811!” City, Minneapolis find Shrunk: .; ‘ ..; . .
For Tickets. Maps, Folders. or any desiredfnfoxmation, , , .. , .... , ,_
Office in the United States or Canada, or cadre-s.
CHICAGO. ILL.
fine LACES, [WEI/s,
RANNELs‘ilfimsRics
gTAYS VIIIITE,
@PS SWEET.
Maddy N.K£‘IIRBAIII<${C0.. ,
Chlcago R113 Produce Exchange NYCII)
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Fast'l‘ralns of fine DAY COACHES.
elegant DINING CARS, magnificent PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING CABS,
and (between Chicago. st. J oseph. Atchison and Kansas City) restful DECLIN-
ING CHAIR CABS, seat: FREE to holders of through first clue tickets.
THE culcmo. “Neils" a-NEBRASKA R’Y
(GREAT. ROCK Islmo hours)
from; manually
and St. Joseph, to Fail-bury,
JEprlnzton, .. Hutchinson,
points in southern Nebraska.
' PW Gourmet:
manufacture. .. Solidly lull-
rail. Iron and-tone WM
'91] bum
City, and Hin-
It:
and
damages-lama.
REIIIBIE
all Northern 8
Leaded:
E. A. HOLBROOK,
Gon'l can: a: Mr Am 3.
Sheridan’s
Condition
Powder
strictly a medicine to be given with food.
on earth will make hens lay like it.
en cholera and all diseases of hens.
ge‘i ht in gold.-
0
stamgs.
81.2 . Six cans by express, preps
T ‘-
is absolutely are and highly concentrated.
ounce is wort l a pound of any other kind.
Nothing
It cures chick-
Is worth its '
everywhere, or sent by mail for 25 cents in' "I
2 1-4 lb. air-tight tin cans 81.00; by mail. ‘
In. for $5.00.
DR. I. S. JOHNSON & 00.. Boston. Mass.
. M ' ' ESHERIDAN’S
_- CONDITION ,
. . i POWDER!
Cures
Chicken
Cholera.
I *-
NIIIIIIIII New Ylll‘ll Freight Lila.
THE PROPELLERS,
City of Norwalk and Eagle,
Will make daily trlps for freight between
New York and Norwalk. st )pping at South Nor-
walk. Leaving Pier 23, foot of Beekman street,
New York every evening at 5 o’clock ; Saturdays at
2p. m. Leaving Norwalk Bridge every evenlng.
Freight taken from and received for all points
on tile Dnnbury and Nora-all: and SlIepuug Rlil-
roads at Greatly Reduced Rates.
Upon application to agents the City of Norwalk
and Eagle will be sent for special lots of Irelght
anywhere In New York or Its vicinity.
WAR persons are forbid trusting any of the
employee of the boats on this line on account of
the owners thereof. [(41
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(“."T‘H’ATING! USEFUL '.
I"--v 'II—wiulm, and lllplonmllc Papers on the
l. . .:.I.; 31-. In“! Questions of the r‘ust un-J Present.
W JAMES O. nmn‘n.
I".f|lh.‘1li‘lll}{hl5 masterly arguments on the. vital issues
ill the .-lI:tI’-Slaccru Strum/1e. the All Important
Labor Question, Prohibition. Irish HomcRIIlc. ctc.,
rte. rrA FonrusI-z FOR Book CANVAssI-zssl Arru»
CATIONS FOR TERRITORY Comso iN WITH A Rvsnl
THE HENRY BILL PUBLISHING 00., NORWICH, Cr.
THE OLD AND RELIABLE
Eloqnent .
{i}... PEOK WELL,
i ARCHITECT
I‘No. 7 WATER STREET,
AGENT FOR
Gill ert Lock Company.
Dibble Manufacturing Company’s door
knobs.
‘ New York Wood Turning Company.
3 Corner Blocks for window casings.
Round and Square Turned Balusters.
H If ‘6 l‘ NeweIS.
Plain and ,Double Moulded Stair Rail.
Also Flat Moulded Door and Window
Casings furnished at short notice.
Cemetery Notice.
R. GEORGE BARRETT has been appolnted
superintendent of the Union Cemetery
, Grounds. Parties desiring graves opened, plots
leed, etc., or work of any kind done In the ceme-
tery Will apply to lllm. He wlll be at the cemetery
from 7 o’clock. a. m., to 6 p. In, daily. and have
full charge of the grounds. l’er order of
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Eligible Business Parlor For
Rent.
' ‘llE Largest and Most Eligible Front Room on
first floor or GAZETTE Building, suitable for
nlostalany
For Sale.
DOUBLE BARRELLED RIFLE mulleby John
A Blissett, London. Will be sold cheap fol:
ash, Enquire at this onlce.
ODDS AND ENDS.
Beware of frauds. Be sure you get the
genuine Lydia‘ E. Pinkllam's Vegetable
Compound. Its fame is world-wide.
- A gas trust seldom trusts anybody for
gas.
Unto the third and fourth generation!
y‘ca scrofllla and salt rheum is cured 'by
outaine’s Great Discovery. For sale by
C. Lapham, 11 Main Street Nor-walk.
A new thing in socks~A baby three
days old.
The microscope demonstrates that con-
sumption, asthma and bronchids are pro.
duced by disease germs. Fontaine’s clue
Is the only remedy. For sale by 0. Lap-
ham, 11 Main Street, Norwalk.
The Hudson River ice crop,will_bc very
large this season.
You will never regret sending three 2
cent stamps to pay postage, to A. P. Ord-
wuy &. 00., Boston, Mass, for a copy of
Dr. Kaufmann’s great medical work; 100
pages, colored illustrations; of great value
to every family.
If you want to keep the flow of milk up,
always milk clean.
Ask your lnarketman for Sperry &.
Bllrnes’ Celebrated Sausage. Their Spare.
ribs are tender and juicy. Look out for
their brand and take no other. Their
Hams, Shoulders, Breakfast Bacon,alld
Lard are unrivaled.
It is said that hair dressers are being
fast supplanted by women.
A majoriiy of the Mathusek pianos sent
out by the C. M. Loomis 00., are sold by
the commendation of those who already
have one. Everybody indorses them.
Some of the best blood in the land now
runs through the mosquitoes’ veins.
Palpitation of the heart, nervousness,
trelnblings, nervous headache, cold hands
and feet, pain in the back, and other
forms of Well . Iless are relieved by Carter’s
Iron Pills, made specially for the blood,
nerves and complexion.
It is estimated that California has 9,600-
000 bushels of wheat available for export.
Beware of Swindlers. We have expos-
ed, (luriug the last year, many swilldlel's
who advertise under the name of medi-
cine, vile compounds which only increase
human suffering To all who need a pure
medicine and blood purifier, we can hou-
esIIy rcccommed Sulphur Bitters.
A lady in a Mexican suburban town
near Grizaba fell dead while waltzmg.
Fact—but, as the newspapers say: “no.
body wdl believe it,” Fonluine’s Cure for
Consumption is guaranteed to cure dis-
eases of the lungs. For sale by 0. Lap-
llam, 11 Main Street, Norwalk.
No, my son, cars provided with bunks
are not. necessarily cal'bunkles.
If you have tumor, (or tumor symp-
toms,) cancer, (or cancer symptoms,)
scrofula, crysipelas, salt rheum, chronic
weakness, nervousness or other com-
plaints, Dr. Kilmer's Female Remedy will
correct and cure. For sale by C. Lapllam
Main Street.
About 100 squallillg babies have been
named after the president of the United
States.
Every woman who sufiers from sick
headache, and who dislikes to take bitter
doses, should try Carter’s Little Liver
Pills. They are the easiest of all medi-
cines to take. A positive cure for the
above distressing complaint: give prompt
relief in dyspepsia and indigestion; pre-
vent and cure consipation and piles. As
easy to take as sugar. Only one pill a
dose. Price 25 cents. If you try them
you will not be without them.
TRAINING FIGHTING DOGS.
Improving Their Grip, Reducing Flesh
and Cultivating Wind and Limb.
A man who owns several fighting dogs and
who also owns a barroom not many blocks
away from Washington square, explained the
method of training a dog to a reporter, as
follows: “Well, take my dog Grip, for ex-
ample. Say I make a match for him to fight
at twenty-four pounds. He has been hang-
ing about the bar doing nothing but eat and
sleep for six or eight months and is conse
quently fat, short winded and lazy, as well as
ten or twelve pounds over weight.
“I must put him to work at once so as to be
To ady. but I must begin slowly. Every morn-
ing before breakfast I take Grip out and walk
him around lVashington square half a dozen
times at a brisk walk and then back to the
house. lVitll a rough towel I give him a good
rub down and sponge out his mouth with a
clean sponge. He is now ready for break
fast, generally a piece of raw beef. In the
afternoon I give him another two or three
mile walk, a rub down and sponge his mouth.
Giving him three times a day a good substan-
. tial meal.
“A few days of this and Grip is feeling as
bright and chipper as you please. Then the
walks become longer, with an occasional run,
and I add some exercise in the house. This
consists principally of chasing the ball. I’ll
show you.
“Here, Gripl and a. fat, lazy looking bull
dog came lazily from behind the bar. A rub-
ber. ball, about half the size of a. baseball,
was taken out of a box and sent spinning
across the floor and Grip went after it. He
picked it up and brought it to his master,
giving it up with a. wag of the tail as natur-
ally as a well trained setter.
“When he is in training I keep him at that
work for two or three hours a day,” con-
tinued Grip’s owner, “besides the walking it
gets the flesh off of him and gives him good
wind. After the training has gone on for a
couple of weeks I give him long runs and
slack up on the walking. Sometimes I’ll hitch
him under a light wagon and drive at a
smart jog up to Central park and back. He‘ll
make it after two or three trials withdut
turning a hair.
“Another essential thing has to be looked
after, his grip. The way this is cultivated is
by taking a heavy crash towel and making
the dog bite it. The way that a bull dog will
hang on is something marvelous. I can make
that one take a towel and can drag him all
over the place, or even lift him off the floor
and carry him the length of the room, pro-
vided his jaw is in good condition and the
towel holds. He gets anywhere from half
an hour to two hours of this work every day,
and after he has been at it for two or three
weeks he’ll hold on until you kill him or his
trainer tells him to let go.
“It generally takes about a month to get a
dog like Grip into first clam shape, and when
he is there he is fit to fight for a man’s life.”
—New York Press.
1 Frozen to_ Den-m.
In the Sandy Creek Valley, Dak.,afam~
ily lived ten miles from the nearest neighbor.
After one of the winter storzm had ceased,
the family not having been heard from in six
weeks, two Indians undertook to reach the
e
U-
Thcy found that the cabin had been com-
pletely covered l‘.) with snow. After consid-
erable work they made. an entrance. On the
bed lay the wife, withanew- I'll babe at
her 121' act. 13;: the bed stood the husband,
half reclining ag. lst the post, as if in the act
of waiting upon his wife. In a. trundle bed,
in the cot-nor cf the room, were two boys
and one. girl, clinging closely together, as if
trying to keep warm.
The scene. was lifelike and realistic, but on
touch 1 lg; were all found to be dead—frozen
stiff.
of their sufferings.
Tile tutti-e stood around like statues outside,
and as the snow was shovcled aside Ihcir
bodies were brought to view much as the
relics of Pompeii were rescued from their
beds of lava. This is but a sample of the
terrible suffering endured in that region.—
Youtll’s Companion. -
A “'hole Family of Sports.
A sewing machine agent drove up to a
backwoods cabin and country store com-
bined, mld inquired of the leear-old boy,
who seemed to be in full charge and who was
the only person ill sight, whether his mother
was at home. ’
“N aw; she’s took our old rooster and gone
to match it agin one Nance Sims has been
blowin’ about. I bet our old rooster’ll lick
ev’ry time.”
“Got any sisters?”
“Yes, two on ’m. Sary’s gone to see the
Yaller Jacket Baseball club play agin the
Bow Legs from Pole Cat Holler, and Liz: has
gone ten miles afoot to the boss. race down to
Pillville.” ‘
“Got any brothels?”
“Yes, Bill and Sid. But they’ve gone to a
hard glove sluggin’ match over to Bud
Hixon’s cabin.”
“And you are alone, ch?”
“No; gran’dad au’ grau’ma’am are in the
back room playing cuchre for the hard cider.”
“Business is pretty dull today, isn’t itl”
“Y6; dad said I might shut up shop this
afternoon and go down to Bob Agger’s house
and see him match a big gray rat he’s got
agin one Hi J illkins owns; and I’ve got
fifteen cents to put up on life rat. I tell ye
it’s a dandy.”—Tid Bits.
A “’ltty Fortune Teller.
Georgia has one fortune teller who can be
depended on. She is a young girl, and was
recently thought to be a gypsy by a widower
who is looking for a young wife, and was
therefore anxious to know the future. The
girl said she’d tell the past and the future,
and, having first received a good fee, she told
the man to take of? his but. He did. Then
she said: “You took off your hat; you will
put it back on. God loves you, and if you
don’t look sharp the devil will get you.” The
fortune teller then walked away and left him
standing, looking “like the boy the calf ran ;
over.”~—.\'ew York Sun.
-.ot one had stn'vivcd to tell the story I
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Record. . '
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PINKHAM’S
VEGETABLE
OOI‘I‘IIIIIIIIII,
Is a Positive Cure
. or ALL of those Painful
., 1’ Delicate Complaints and
Com Iicated troubles and
Wes nesses so common
among our Wives, Mothers.
and Daughters.
H'Pmsmr 1'0 m
_ TASTE,HFXCACIOUS,
> . manna asp usr-
’ mom ns Erncr.
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- ‘ i ‘ Fox: 85.) El‘l'nm
/ I 92%. /Z -or mm mm:
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a,“ "(all emu-nor, ox uncann- or ram.
lins- mmu’s‘flvmu 10 Emma" m comm-
rut. W um to ANY my small} mousse
m “m 10 pm, ms. Mention this I’uper.
a
llaliies’ Weaknesses.
Mrs. '1‘. II- Gairord, of Churchill. MIL. ls so
thankful for the restoration of his wife to complete
health, that he ls mum; to certify to the rum mm
manner of hel‘ (illl'e- ’1'0 Mrs. Lydia ErPlnkham :
This Is to certify to the grand effects of your Vege.
table Compound. My wife was suffering from a
terrible disease. which seemed to baflle the skill of
the medical men. the was In a poor. languld, (le-
pressed. nerVolIs condltlon. We Ilnally concluded
to try your V egetable Compound, and I0 our great
surprlse the half or one mule had not been taken
before there secnlell to he a thorough change in
her whole condition, and now to-Ilay she Is in
good health and entll'ely relieved from all former
depressed Ielllngs. '1‘. 11. Garroun and wife.
PHYSICAL SALVATION.
‘6 “lagged Art Thou Above All Others."
Some of the expressions of gratitude for the
physical regeneration wrought by Mrs, Lydia E,
Plukham’s Vegetable Compound read like the re-
jmcmgg of religious converts afler a revival. It
brings Salvation to the body. A lady in Franklin
Parlsh, La.,wrlles :—“1 mod one home of your
Compound for Prolapsus lteri and Leucorrhoea
Inever had anything In my life that did me as
much good. I “318 Ilmdly able IO walk about
without dlmcully; I covld not step upon anything
without pain. “hell 1 think how Inuchgooll that
one noule 11d me] feel as If 1 con II fall on my
knees and gay: “lllessnl art thou above all others
for thou art one of the greatest benefactors that,
woman ever hail.”
You-rt: and BEAUTY
. . ;. Can be Obtained
‘ ‘ BY USING
IILINTIIN’S
WITCH HAZEL-
" Is the uni preparation In the
‘ world warranul to cure udendicnie
all impuritln from the skin. such as
Pin-Kle- Salt Rheum,
Fles arms and Sun
Burn. ‘ I. givu the complexion 1| freshness and translucency
which cannotbe obtained byan other, even b the dangerousuuof
manic. it ll unoqnllld u a miller of t 2 Damn, refinblg the
skin nudmkingltgaft, clear and white. Witch Hazel Toilet Cream
ll not a pllnt or powder used to cover up the impurities of the skin,
but aremedy that hull perfectly and moved: I e some to enviabl-
beanlv. Price offyiiil box 25c. For Sale BY ALL DRUGGIS'I‘S.
WITIIII "MEI. ‘ mt! Gil. CLINT-Willi IIIIIIII.
COCKLE’S
ANTI-BILIOUS
PILLS,
THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY
For Liver. Bile, Indigestion. etc. Free from Mer-
cury- contains only Pure Vegetable Inrrodlems.
Agent: 0. N. cul'r'rlzs'ros, sew fol-k.
TI—IE- AT
lGerman Remedy.
X TIIIITIIS FOR THE $16K.
I For those dcathl Ladies in delicate
B" Spells, d aealtb, who are all “
end on SULPHUR: ndown,shoulduse
ULPIIUR Bums.
$1,000 will-be aid.
or acasewhere or.-
v- um Brrrlzns will
not assist or cure. It
never-fails.
The Giant Dyspep’
siais cured byusj- .
SULPHUR Drunks.
mun »:
They will not thu- .
.be weak and sickly. ~
HL_ . .. .
Sulphur Bitters.
”Send two 3c. stamps to A. P. Orilway 8: CO:
Lawrence, 11:155., and receive auelcgant set of
Fancy Cards free. 4 '
MATHLIS-HEKM
PIANOs.
“Tried and Triumphant."
I
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illnaqualled Ill Ilicllnllss and 113le of Ions.
GREAT CAPACITY OF VIBRATION
AND DURABILITY.
Each Instrument over 12 months In 3
process ofconotructlon. Best materials 3
and finest workmanship. .
,
FULLY WARRANTED. G'They will last‘
a Ilfe-tlme and keep Ilf‘tune at one- 3
quarter the expense of any other piano. —-
OVER l7,000 IN USE.
Sand for full descrlptlve pamphlet and
prices to 1,
,ua II. II. lIIIIllS 80., Tangle of Music,
or trrurn ‘
New HAVEN.-M:nlnzu. Bnlntspon‘r, DAN-l
Bunv. wnznuunv. MIDDLh-own on
WEST WINSTED. ,
80L: Anna’s roll NIVI HAVEN nun Phlnrlrlm Co's.
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The First; and Only Starch not H‘) l; -
who have a Practical Iimuvlo ‘
laundry profession. It requlscs ll
keeps the iron from sticking and lln rm frch
while ironing. and gives shirts. cuffs and co .
stiffness and beautiful polish they have when 319W.
which everybody knows keeps them clean tw as
long. Beware of imitations. See that the 11.3.2,-
J. C. II’JBINGER (I; BROS, New Haven, Com“ )8
> on every package. SOLD BY ALL GROCERS.
IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SZ‘ARCH USE
BLEAGH Rd NE
the Latest. Cheapest and Bestprcp . '1 yet discor-
ercd for bleaching. linen. It mv: makes your
clothes snowy white. Ask your grocer for It.
George F. Quintard
———llas opened 3—-
——FIRS'I‘-CLASS———
GROCERY
NO. 5 Wall Street,
Opposite to .1. 1%. Ells’ Furnllure Rooms.
Everythlng new Ilnll fresh, and will be solo
cheap as can be bought In town.
@Don’t fall to give us a. call.
FOR SALE,
A STYLISH
VICTORIA,
Newly Tl‘illluled and Pain led.
A Fine Family Carliago.
Will be sold at a very .ow 'Il'll c
HENRY TILLY,
SOUTH NO it WA LK.
Notice to Builders.
HIST-QUALITY BUILDING STONE for
ehea . A ‘ t0
1:12 p pply JAMES SELLECK.
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