ESTABLISHED 1800.
Volume LXXXVIII.
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An Enterprising Republican Journal, eSp , .
NORWALK, CONN, WEDNESDAY, .JANUAggjgs, 1888
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Norwalk. July 19, 1887.
THE PARTING HOUR.
It has come, the hour of parting—
Only a moment more
Shall Meet the trembling kisser
Of the lips that I adore.
Once again with tender passion
Thou wilt press me to thy breast,
Then leave me to my sorrow.
Because thou doem‘st it best!
0b! in this hour I could wish
Thy noble strength would fail thee;
For then, perchance, my wanton heart.
Less truly might bewail thee.
And even though I knew that then
Thy faith and trust were broken—
. The shattered relics still would be,
To me, a priceless token!
-—-Lilliau Spencer in Pittsburg Dispatch.
A GASCON ROMANCE.
Alltho inhabitants of Salignacq, in Gas-
cony, well know whata hateful rivalry there
was between the two millers of the com-
mune—Castaguet, the owner of the Upper
Mill, and Labarthe, the proprietor of the
Lower Mill. Castagnet of the Upper Mill was
rich; Labarthe of the Lower Mill was poor.
The Upper Mill hudtho prettiest maid of the
mill in the canton; but the Lower Mill pos-
sessed the handsomwt donkey in the district.
The maid of the mill was the daughter of
Castagnet, and was called Yanette; the don.
key was born on Lubarthe’s estate, and was
named Hercules. Now, it must be regretfully
admitted, the handsome Hercules competed
with the pretty Yanette advantageously, and,
thanks to him, the poor Lower Mill was
making ready to ruin the rich Upper Mill.
Let us hasten to say that Hercules was not
an ordinary donkey. Hercules was as big as
a; horse, hence his prestige; strong as two
mules, hence his name; and as learned as
several college graduates, hence his triumph.
His master, the beaming Labartho, had two
sons. The elder, elegantly named Auguste,
was a handsome fellow of 25, provided with
atliick mustache, and accomplished in the
art of stealing the ducks of the customers at
the mill, in specialty of the Gascon miliers.
All Salignacq admired him. The other son,
sneeringly named Carleton, was a feeble
youth of 22, afflicted with a beardless face.
and never able to cheat a friend out of the
smallest little chick. And the young girls
made fun of him. It was this fellow, disin-
herited by nature, who Was the teacher of
fiercules. And whats donkey he made of
in.
To begin with, Hercules was well endowed.
While very young he carried two sacks of
flour, and his master atop, with the case of a
- horse taking a young girl to ride: Taught
by Cadeton, Hercules learned to go down on
his knees when he was scolded, to dance when
the peasant girls patted his nose, to ring his '
bell when he passed before the church door,
to salute the schoolmaster, whom he honored,
with a respectful shake of the head, wagging
his ears the while; to count up to nine with
his hoof, for which he was rewarded with an
extra. dish of bran; to—ah, well, let us con-
fine ourselves to saying that he made the en-
tire commune wonder over his learning-—
glory comes quickly in Gascony—so that in
the little evening gatherings they talked of
nothing but the exploits of Hercules, the
illustrious donkey of the Lower Mill. The
Upper Mill got into a terrible rage over it;
every day it lost customers. All the country
round about, dazzled by the wonderful deeds
of Hercules, sent its grain to Labarthe.
Hercules charmed all the farmers, and had
the sympathy of all the housekeepers. The
four donkeys of the Upper Mill could not
compete with him. And Ynnctto, the maid
of the mill, who was' prudent as well as
pretty. was not so honored as the famous in-
habitant of the rival mill.
Castaguet, not entirely discouraged, con-
sulted fortune tellers in high repute and
paid them roundly to throw a spell over the
cursed donkey. But Hercules was perhaps
as much of a. witch as they; at any rate,
nothing worked against him. And the
wheel of the Upper Mill turned only when
there was grain to be ground for the family.
Castagnet would have bought the wonderful
donkey from his enemy; he would certainly
have given 100 crowns for him, and you can
get ten donkeys for that money at the fair in
l’eyhonrade. But Hercules would not have
consented to the sale, and it was necessary to
reckon with the beast. His reputation had
passed the bounds of the commune, and su-
perb offers had come to Labarthe, who had
accepted them. But Hercules always came
back home on the marrow of the sale. and
Labarthc had to refund the money'to the
buyer. From Pouillon, distant; three leagues;
from Habas, over fifteen miles away; even
from Didachc, which was at the farther end
of the next department, Hercules had thus
returned. And each time, with very hum-
ble movements of his ears, he had gone
dorm on his lmecs before his teacher, Cade-
ton. But Cadetou never had to be careful
not to scoldIhim: indeed not! He loved his
pupil too much! He was soproud of him!
Thanks to the donkey, they had a little con-
sideration for the miller in Salignncq.
And besides, there were certain bonds unit-
ing Hercules and Osdeton unknown to the
world. In former days, when each was too
young to carry sacks of ‘flour, they both
amused themselves on the red heaths of the
country. Cadet-on rode on Hercules’ back,
and, disregarding the fact that he had no
mustache, he played soldier, was a general,
and charged on his boyish enemies. And in
these games Yanette took part, the pretty
Yauette of the Upper Mill, who did not yet,
know that she ought to hate Cadeton of the
Lower Mill. Cadeton was then 14 and Yanette
13. She was already very pretty, with her
. well rounded forehead, her big eyes, her dainty
chin, and all her face, so timid and so, lively,
where shone constantly an ingenuous smile.
Then Gen. Cadeton dared to call her “Mrs.
General.” And Yanetto liked well- to hear
herself called so. But since then Cadet-on
had become serious. Despite his energetic
razor his mustache persisted in remaining be-
neath the skin. -He had no right to look at
young girls. He no longer looked at Yan-
ette, and he gave her a very low salute when
he met her; and, if he blushed before her. he
coughed at once to make believe that he had
swallowed something the wrong way.
Cadetou, in fact, looked only at Hercules.
The good donkey soon filled all his life. The
beast grew more and more intelligent. He
imitated the voices of other animals.
One day Hercules and Cadeton went to
Bayonne, where there was a gl'and musical
competition. The streets were filled with the
blaro of brass instruments. When he re-
turned to Salignacq the donkey began to
bray. and in his song Cadeton recognized a
fragment of the Marseilluise. Thereupon there
was a fine scandal in the commune. The
tom: council was republican. The assistant
mayor, however, protested. But if there
was public indignation, there was more
writhing in the household; and Hercules,
after this adventure, drew away the last
customers of the Upper Mill.
“Good!” foamed Castagnet, “I know now
what rct‘miits {or me to do." And he took
his gain of? the hooks.
"Papa, iiarre are you going?" asked Ya
netie.
“To hi"; Fur-sales” '
“Oh, papa, you will not do that! That
would be wrong! They would put you in
‘ru'l.”'
But Castagnet, with his gun loaded, set
out toward the Lower Mill.
“Papa!” implored Yanette, “don‘t do that.
We can come to some understanding
perhans”
"How?" ‘
“If—if—this donkey
us”—
. “You know very well that he would not
stay here.”
“Oh—but—but—if,” stammered Yanetto,
lowering her eyes, and growing as red as a
ripening cherry, “oh! but if, papa, he would
remain, if—(it was her turn to cough now)
if—one of his masters should come to live
here, also?” _
The miller laid down his gun. Great
heavens! he thought, what an idea! To
marry Hercules!
Inburthe was at once sounded. But he
stood on his dignity. Give up his donkeyi
Never! Not even if his son should marry a
princess. He- reflected, however. Yanette
was worth having. Castagnet would give
heradower of 2,000 francs. Labarthe had
only to give Hercules to the young husband.
“Hum!” thought the miller of the Lower-
Mill, and he smiled as though he bade. bright
idea of his own to work out. Then he sent
for his son Auguste, and said to him, “lVould
you like to marry Yanetto, and go and live
at the Upper Mill?”
“Yes, indeed,” replied the handsome Au-
guste, curling his mustache on his finger,
So the question of marriage was quickly
settled. But: Yanette turned slightly pale
when they passed her the marriage contract
to sign.
“But, papa,” she cried, gently, as soon as
she saw Auguste at the side of tho notary.
iiWhgt is the matter? What is the matter 3”
they all asked of each other.
But she made no answer, The notary
stared at her over his glasses, and she was
frightened, scared and said not another wOrd.
She hgd deceived herself, perhaps. Growing
paler and paler, ‘she ’heard the conditions of
the marriage: dower 2,000 francs on one side,
Hercules on the other; and in fact the mag-
nificent donkey was there, making to the
notary the bow usually reserved for tho
schoolmaster, and was handed over on the
8991? to Canteens! ‘
came oi live with
,
“I haveinmg stammered the miller in 'his
beard. And he held on to the halter with
both hands.
They signed the contract. Auguste made
a fine flourish. But Yanette, whose distracted
heart was beating fast, almost fainted when
they gave her the pen.
“Yes,” thought she, now very pale; “I
must have deceived myself."
But suddenly her face lightened. She ven-
tured to say to Labarthe, “You know the
donkey must remain with us? If not”—
“Nothing also shall be! That is under-
stood," insistzed Castagnet with energy.
“That is understood,” replied the puzzling
Labarthe.
“So soon? ' Well, there is a. practical bride
for you,” thought the neighbors.
And Yanettc signed.
0n the marrow Hercules went back to the
Lower Mill. ‘Castagnet went after him. He
had his labor for his pains, for on the next
day Hercules got away all the same.
"Oh, he will become used to the place,”
said Labarthe to Castagnet. “After the wed-
ding, when Auguste will live witlr'you, he
will not go away again.” .
W'aiting for the wedding, the donkey ran
away every-day. To tell the whole story at
once, he had his reasons. As soon as he was
in the stable at the Upper Mill Hercules
heard a. distant whistle which caused him to
prick up his cars. It was Cadeton, who was
very sad since the contract was signed, and
who made to him this despairing appeal.
Now, when this well understood whistle
sounded there were no barriers or bonds for
Hercules. He broke through everything, and
went to rejoin his friend, singing the “Mar-
seillaise.” _
“Well!” growled Castagnet to Labarthe.
“If the donkey escapes again—only once
more-good-by to the wedding.”
Then Labarthe took his son Cadeton and
gave him a strong sermon. .
“I have a mind to pinch you, you scamp,
for calling Hercules? If you do it again I
will pull you by the ears around the common
after vospersi So, you understand, one whis-
tle more and look out for youmlf!" Then,
in a softer voice to console him a little,
“After the wedding you cando as you please.
You understand me! Hush, then.”
Cadeton fell sick. He called Hercules no
more. Why should he have called him at
all? “Yanette does not think of me,”ho said
to himself. And the days passed by, and
Hercules did not return. They gave him all
his brim at the Upper Mill. ’
And Cadeton thought that he should surely
die. 7 He loved Yanette with all his miserable
soul. Ah! he acknowledged it to nobody; he
knew how to keep matters to himself. He
saw her in his memory, the Yanette of old
days, the pretty Yanette, with her well
rounded forehead and her big eyes, and
whose innocent smile had seat so much sun-
shine about him! Ah! in those days she was
quite willing to be Mrs. General! in those
days it was not Auguste whom she loved.
Cadeton at mass prayed to St. Laurent, the
patron of Salignacq, for Hercules to escape
from the Upper Mill. But St. Laurent was
asinoxorable as Yauette. And the victor-
ious Auguste rubbed up his mustache with
frenzy. The days rolled by and Hercules
never came back. And on the eve of the
marriage Cadeton went out, though still suf-
fering, and he walked along the winding
stream which supplied the two mills. He did
not weep. They do not weep for love in Sal-
ignacq. But when night came be seated
himself on a decaying oak, which served as
a boundary mark between the lands of the
two mills, and he remained there for along
time, with his eyes fastened on the path
which led to Hercules’ stable. Ten o’clock,
11, midnight. Oh! the ungrateful donkey
would never come. And Cadeton thought, as
he tore out his hair, that on the next day—~
(It was too much. He stood up. He did not
try to drown himself, because this way of
settling a problem is not liked in Salignacq.
He simply cried, after being assured that no-
body could see him. And while he wept he
suddenly heard a. strange noise, the noise of
steps, the steps of)— Oh! he thought he
must be losing his wits. It was really Her.
cules that was trotting, that was coming to-
ward him—and Cadeton gave a spring. But
soon felt a vague burning in his heart. Her-
cules was not coming alone. Somebody was '
beating him, too, gently to make him go. And
the person _ who was beating him in this
manner—-- ’
“Oh! Yaiietbei” said Cadeton, opening his
despairing arms. And Yanetto, uttering a.
light cry, iet herself fall into his arms, al-
though that was hardly done any more at
Salignacu. And twenty years of happiness
seemed torun away lnthat minute of de-
lirium. '
“You love me, then? You love me then?”
stammei ed the dazed Cadeton.
“Naughty fellowl” said she, reproachfully.
”Why did you not whistle?”
“I did not dare to! Could I possibly sus-
pect—oh! my good Yanette.” Then, with a
fine genial e, expressive of his rehabilitation,
“Did you know thathill have one in six
monthsi"
“Ono \vhui 't"
“Mustache!” . _
The next day, at the hour when Yanotle
Ihould no to the mayor’s office with Auguste,
agreat event happened at:- the Upper Mill.
The bride dared to assert that there had been
a blunder in the delivery of the man fora
husband It was not Auguste, but Cadeton.
whom she had chosen.
“That fellow i” exclaimed Castagnet, “a
youngster like that! a beardless boy! a—
After all,” he concluded, “for my own part,
provided I have a. donkey”—
But it was now the turn of Labarthe, who
entered in a fine rage.
“Cadetonl The donkey will remain at
home with him. Let him go? Never!”
“It was a trap, then!” shouted Custagnet,
bounding up. “Miserable fellow.”
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Labarthe understood his son’s thoughtless- I
ness. He tried to deny it. Some neighbors
had run in. There was but one way to prove
his good faith; give his younger son and his
donkey to his rival. He gave them up. And
in a. month later, after a. new contract had
been signed and the bans had been pub-
lished, the belfry of Salignacq announced a
marriage in the beautiful Gascon tones of its
hells. Cadeton, who saw growing the first
hairs on his lip, put on a large new vest to
go and find Yanette at; the Upper Mill. He
was happy; he trembled with feverish ex-
citement, and never in the heavens was
there so much light as on this day. When he
was all ready he went to take Hercules from
the stable, and he put on him a fine, hand-
some, stout bridle, a. handsome fiy net and a
heavy blanket of gray wool.
he were to present themselves together at the
Upper Mill on the morning of the wedding
day. And the donkey was as happyashis
master. He danced, he knelt, he saluted
Inbarthe, whom he was going to leave for-
ever, and be counted up to nine with his
hoof. Now, just at the moment when he
was settingout for the Upper Mill, the young
spouse felt the paternal hand’lying heavy on
his back. '
“Listen,” said Labarthe, in an agitated
voice. . ’
He drew the son toward the stable.
“My son, I am an honest man, as you
know. I made great sacrifices for you.
Take Hercules away. Since he is the price
of your happiness, I consent to the separa-
tion. Bat,” and he waxed profane, “I will
never permit my competitor to make use of
him. In two years I would not have a sack
of flour to' grind Co at once and give your
donkey this half pound of powdered cobalt,
which I have mixed with five quarts of
bran.” .
Cadeton grew pale.
“Fear nothing,” Lnbarthe went on. “I
have foreseen everything. The first symp,
toms of the poisoning will not appear for
two hours. In two hours Yanette will be
your wife. and what’s done can’t be undone,
Come, be quick 1”
llBut’ pa H __
“No foolishnes now. If you don’t mind
me, everything shall be stopped.”
Cadeton felt a. cold sweat start on his tem-
ples. What! the good donkey, that he had
ridden so much when he was general! the
good donkeythat uaa'canviédiernettei the
unforgettingfriend 'that'hod‘brought their
iovetolight! “011,110, no!” said he, keep-
ing away from the trough that was filled
with the bran. But he thought of Yanette’s
largo eyes, of her bright smile, of all the
radiant promise of this day, for which he
had so long waited, ‘
“Oh! my God!” said he, burying his face
in his hands, And he heard Hercules munch-
ing the contents of the trough.
Five minutes later Cadeton trembled a
little as he presented himself at the Upper
Mill. Castagnet felt of the donkey, ex-
amined him all over, found that he was
sound._and put Yanette’s hand into that of
Cadeton. Ynnette was resplendent. She
was all in white. She made light about her
usshe walked through the fields. Cadeton
trembled, Coming out from the mayor’s
office, “What is the matter with you?” asked
she of him, “you are pale." Cadeton told
her the whole story. And in the church,
when the Salignacq organ played its prettiest
tune over the shining faces of the newlywed,
and when the old curate declared, in Solemn
Latin words, that the blessing of heaven
would descend on Yanette and Cadeton,
they, very humbly, with great fervor in their
souls and with sweet tears in their eyes,
prayed with all» their might that the good
God would accord them long life, that He
would cause great harvests of corn to grow
in the Bridle: than to grind. that He would
Hercules and ‘
send water to t‘iirii'tneir'null, mid 6150 that
He would keep life in the poor, innocent and
loved donkey that was called Hercules.
Alas! when they came back, arm in arm, to
the Upper Mill, Hercules gave his last sigh;
turning on his master his great despairing
eyes, those eyes so profound, so thoughtful,
so loving, so mysterious that they had some-
times disturbed the eyes of men.
A year went by. and there came the
christening of the first son of Yanetto and
Cadeton. The mayor’s wife having accepted
the part of godmother, and the schoolmas-
ter’s-wifo having attended the ceremony, the
young mother received heaps of flowers just
as if she had been a fine lady. 0n the next
day there might have been seen the hand-
somest of the bouquets spread piously under
the decaying oak, which served as a boundary
mark between the lands of the two mills.
It was there that Cadeton had buried Her—
cules a year before. —Translated for the Bos~
ton Transcript from the French by J can.
Rameau.
YESTERDAY AND TODAY.
The Accident of Fortune—The Second
Generation—Young Nobodies.
In these days when so many men who were
born in the gutter die in a palace, when the
accident of fortune, rather than that of birth,
determines a man‘s social status, it becomes
young men and maidens to study and thor-
oughly comprehend the mutinls which go to
make up gentlemen and ladies. .
No one can say that in this free country he
has no chance. There is chance for every
one to become what every one seems to think
the noblest, highest, most to be desired condi-
tion—very rich—but there is also chance for
everyone to become a. man in its brightest
sense, a gentleman according to the type rec-
ognized by intelligence, virtue, honor, self
abuegation. . '
Imitations; whether in jewelry, fabric or
manhood, are readily recognized. There isa
superficiality of polish, a gaudy stickinem of
varnish, an unpleasant prominence of trait
about imitations which fortunately the solid,
genuine material does not need. As in a
museum one canfind gathered by the hand of
enterprise curiosities from all portions of the
globe, so in a city may be found, drawn by a
common magnet of ambition, all the odd do
velopments of human nature, and one of the
strangest features of metropolitan experience
is the extraordinary growths which are ap-
parent in the second generation, extraordin-
ary growths in directions utterly foreign to
any seed supposed to exist in the parent
stock. ' '
The boatman of yesterday produces the
dude of today. The corner grocerymnn of
twenty years ago efiloresees into the Fitz-
nbod-lo of this year. The practical butcher
of the past is transformed into the manikin
of the present. The honest, painstaking, in—
dustrious self denyer, who for forty years
put head and heart and hand at severest toil
in order that his pocket might be filled, pro-
duces in the second generation 'an empty
headed, idle handed, shriveled hearted spend-
tiirift, of no use to himself or any of his fel-
low creatures.
If you let the namby pamby German danc-
ers of the day, the fiippant waltzers of the
period, the sippers of absinthe and the gulp-
ers of brandy and soda, the pallid faced,weak
eyed, bifurcated bearded, overdressed fops
answer, they will drawl out that they, in
their many colored gaudiments of apparel,
are the true gentry, and will blush to tell you
howthe money they so recklessly waste and
prodigally squander was made and saved by
their brawny ancestors. It is difficult to
speak of the alleged “ladies” whose names
appear in our society columns day after day,
the same sickening list of flatulent nobodies,
because one hesitates to pillory non-combat-
ants—Joe Howard in Boston Globe.
A STORY OF THE WAR.
A Coward at Chancellorsvilie is Promoted
for His Gallantry.
Some of the war veterans who were guests
of, the Twelfth regiment were exchanging
reminiscences at the table. One of them
told this story: “When reaching the Army
of the Potomac as arecruit for the
New York regiment, twenty—five years ago,
just before the Chancellorsville campaign, I
soon heard of a man in my com-
pany whose notoriety for cowardice
had made him a subject of many
jests during his short service in the camp.
Plenty of men are bitten by fear upon going
into action, but this fellow had the rare
reputation of being an incurable poltroon,
and the mere crack of a. rifle had often
thrown him into fits so violent that two of
his comrades had to leave the ranks to keep
him in order. He was with the regiment at
Chancellorsville on the right when we began
to exchange shots with the enemy in that
quarter, and he trembled so violently that he
could not handle his rifle. '
A small rebel cannon that had been pulled
on to a knoll some distance off, and that was
playing an independent game apart from the
Confederate force, threw a ball that struck
the ground just in front of him and scared
him out of his wits. . He became blind with
fright, broke from the ranks, took to his
heels, and, not knowing where to fly, ran di-
rectly toward the hostile gun, which was
manned by two old Virginia militiamen
in gray, who had undertaken to render their
state some service. The two Virginians be
bind the ridge suddenly saw the infuriated
Yank rush upon them, and, behaving him to
be followed by his regiment, took to flight,
leaving their cannon behind them. The pol-
troon stood aghast for a moment alongside
the piece of artillery, which he had captured,
and almost' simultaneously our regiment, by
a rapid advance and a few shots, drove back
the company of rebels that had been lurking
in front, and. we held the ground for the
time being. '
But the wonderful deed of our comrade
who seized the enemy’s gun had been wit-
nessed by the mounted general of our brigade,
who happened to be a relative of his, and
within forty-eight hours the fellow who had
been the laughing stock of the regiment was
promoted for gallantry in the field. His sub
sequent rise was rapid, and when I tell you
that he afterward fell wounded at Gettys-
burg, ut the head of the regiment of which
he was in command, and that the gray-
bearded veteran himself, who now lives in
this city on his pension, uses only a spoonful
of whitewash in telnng the story just; told,
you will admit that sometimes things are not
what they seem.”—-New York Sun.
“Going Out" with a Doctor.
“I remember," said Dr. Roscommon, who
read medicine in Chicago some thirty years
ago, but who has been practicing in Iowa for
‘ _a great many years, “I remember one night
-I passed in Chicago, and I- don’t think I
could forget it if I should live to be a thou-
sand years old. I was a young fellow and
had just begun to study medicine. One even-
ing Dr. Freer asked me if I would like to go’
out With him that night, and I said‘Iwould.
About midnight we accordingly went to a.
saloon on North Clark street—Conloy’s, if I
remember right—and got a good supper.
Then we started away in the doctor’s chaise,-
one of _ those old fashioned, jigglety jogglety
things, and finally came to the city ceme-
tery. After awhilewe started for Rush Med-
ical college, then on the north side, with the
corpse sitting up between us on the seat. The
old chaise joggled so that we both had to put
our arms around the corpse to keep it from
falling over. - When we reached the college
we drove into the alloy at the south of it and
bundled the body into the shaft,-whence it
was to be hauled up to the dissecting robm.
“The doctor and I parted then, agreeing
to meet at the college at 10 o’clock that
morning to give the body the necessary in-
jection. I went into the shaft below and
made the body fast to one end of the rope
which hung down from a pulley, and the
doctor, on the floor above, hauled away on
the other end. When about half way up the
body stuck, and I went up and after _a. good
deal of tugging managed to loosen it. Final-
ly, when we had drawn it to the dissecting
room and ripped open the sack in which it
was confined, we found it was the body of a.
man who had died in the confluent stage of
smallpox. What did we do! What could
we do? We buried the body. that night in an -
orchard on the west side,- and the doctor took
his chaise 03 into the country and left it to
stand out all winter where nobody would go
near it. That was my first experience in ‘go-
ing out’ with a. doctor, and I don’t think I
shall forget it.”—Chicago News,
Beyond Comprehension.
A certain Sunday school worker, noted for
his pompous manner and lofty use of lan-
guage, was invited to a sister city to estab-
lish a Bible class. It was mostly composed of
ladies. One day two of the 'members met ‘ a
friend who had not joined.
“Oh, you ought to come and hear Profes
sor - , he is so grand, so deep, and so—
so—religious,” cried one.
“Yes, indeed,” chimed in the other morn-
ber, “he talks to us in such a scholarly man-
ner and uses such beautiful language, I don’t
believe anybody could understand what he
says except himself.”
And with this peculiar tribute to the great
man’s greatness they went on their way.—
Dotroit Free Press.
Force of Habit.
Very stout old lady (in dry goods store)—
I want to look at some of your Jerseys,
young man. .
Clerk—Yes, ma’am. Something all was]
and a yard wide, I s’poaa—Tho Epoch.
THE MEDICAL MUSEUM. ,
some or :l'HE GHASTLY RELICS I»
KEPT' ON EXHIBITION.
Curiosities of the Government Collection
at Washington—Freaks of Rifle Balls.
Reminiscences of Indian Wars—Sections
of Bones—Gen. Slckles’ Leg.
But the museum abounds in things that
are of intrinsic interest. There, are object
lessons illustrating the wonderful freaks of
rifle balls. One of these is a section ofa
skull with the ball which struck it splitin
two, onehalf going inside and iirflicting the.
,wound which caused death, thii, other half
remaining on the outside between the scalp ,
and the skull. The soldier who rewivedthis
remarkable wound at Spottsylvania lived
twenty-three days. - 3;
Still more wonderful than this case is one
where a miuie ball struck the soft bone, of
the nose and divided. Along With this goes
the head of the man who put the muzzle of
a pistol in his mouth and fired. The ball
passed through the jugular vein_ and stuck
fast in the bone, acting as a. stopper on
hemorrhage from the vein. The would be
suicide lived seventeen years before yielding
up his head to make museum visitors marvel.
INDIAN BABIES. .
The museum possesses quite a collection of
papoosa, picked up by the army surgeons in
the wild west and forwarded. Tho withered
and battered remains have been “cured” by
long exposure to sun and wind .. “,‘the cler
voted stages where the Indians use ' bury, '
but they are not pleasant to look pylon. Tho
most notable of these papoosw is a little
chap, said to have been found info tree ricer
Laramie. He is dressed in n grit of blue,
upon which the Indian mother has sowed a
great collection of buttons. Around the neck .
is a string of beads, and on the feet are little
embroidered moccasins.
Reminiscences of the Indian wars are nu-
merous. There is the skull of one bravo who
only succumbed when he had been sabered
nine times. At least that must be the con-
clusion, for the cranium shows nine distinct
penetrating cuts from the sword. . Of course
it is not to be supposed that; théiwhite man i
amused himself by whacking away need-
lemly at the red man’s head after the latter
was hors do combat. The skull belonged to
an Araucanian, who was killed by Chilian
soldiers. The skull of: the favorite squaw of
Little Bear, the India chief, is «very good.
companion piece to the above. ' She was
killed in Wyoming. In the preserved cra-
nium are seven bullet holes. "
One day after the war closed there camoto
Washington a one armed veteran. ’ He had a.
bundle wrapped in paper, and herald it was
something that ought to be in the museum.
When the mappings were taken off there
was brought to view a humm'l' arm. The:
muscles had dried hard and the skinhud been
tanned by the action of the wind and sun. So
complete had been nature’s process that there
was nothing disagreeable but the looks of the
arm. The drying and shrinking of. the flesh
had left the jagged bone bare at one end,
and the same causes had clinchedthe fingers
at the other. The veteran’s storyth that
in the battle at; Gettysburg a cannon ball had
taken off his arm. Unconscious, he had been
carried to the field hospital, and then to the
general hospital. Months afterward‘he had
regained his health and had been discharged.
Curiosity prompted him to visit the battle-
field and live over his terrible experience.
He found, after some trouble, the Spot where
he stood when the cannon ball discovered
him. It was in a corn field, aud'thero be-
tween tho furrows was the arm in the well
preserved condition apparent. The‘scientific
gentlemen of the museum didnltfthink it
worth while to take the soldier’s-affidavit.
They saw at a. glance that the arm was an
interesting specimen, aside from itb‘ldstory.
They took it, mounted it upon two supports
in a glass case, and gave it a place,“ promi-
nence in the museum. ,..’
wonnnnm WORK wrrrr narrows.
Some of the wonderful accomplishments. of
the Indians with their arrows areillustrated
in a very realistic manner. These arrows
had heads made of the iron hoops cf barrels.
A shoulder blade of a. buffalo. with the thin,
frail looking arrow head piercing it isshown.
Upon close examination the visitor discovers
that the point projects through the outer side
of the bone. The only explanation is that
the arrow must have passed through the
body of tho buffalo and struck the shoulder
blade on the inside. These arrow: heads may
be taken between the fiirgers and bent with
case, they are so thin; but shot from the how
by the Indian, they went through obstacles
which would have stopped a bullet. They
penetrated bones without fracturing them,
and they made cuts as clean as the keeuest .
surgical blades. The Apache arrow head of
soft iron has pierced where a. leaden project-
'ile would have flattened.
The visitor sees hung up in the case's here
and there sections of bones which possess no
significance until it is learned that they have
« been taken from the arms or legs of men still
living. Incasos where balls had shattered,
the bone, surgeons sometimes preferred the
operation of cutting out a section instead of
adopting the shorter and, for them, easier
method of amputation. One of these
excised bones hung up in the museum
came from the arm of a veteran who
was for years an attache of the institu-
tion. He used to walk up to the case occa-
sionally and shake his fish at it. Muscle and
sinews had developed in place of the missing
bone to such an extent as to make the arm
strong enough for more than ordinary use.
This man could lift 200 pounds with the arm
fror. which the bone had been taken. -
Pension Commissioner Black had one of his
arms excised, and there is a considerable por-
tion of it which is only gristle and muscle.
The bone is gone, and he becomes painfully
aware of the fact when he tries to shake
hands with 400 or 500 people.
No. 1335 is a large bone with the splinter-
ing about midway, where the bullet struck.
The tag says: “Maj. Gen. D. E. 8., United
States volunteers, Gettysburg, July 2; ampu-
tated in the lower third of the thigh by Sur-
geon T. Sim, United States volunteers, on the
field. Stump healed rapidly, and subject
was able to ride in carriage July 16;com-
pletcly healed, so that be mounted his horse,
in September, 1863. Contributed by the sub-
ject.” It is the leg of Gen. Sicklea, whois
still cheerfully stumping about New York
and Washington. — “W. B. S.” in Globe-
Democrat.
The Origin of “Chestnut.”
Mr. Joseph Jefferson is responsible for the
latest explanatioxf of the word “chestnut.”
He'attributes the intrOduotion of the word in
its slang sense to Mr. William Warren, the
veteran comedian of Boston.
“There is a me] " Mr. Jeflerson
said to a reporter, “but little known to the
presentgeneration, written by William Dil-
ion and called ‘Thc Broken Sword.’ There
were two characters in it; one a Capt.
Xavier, and the other the comedypart of
Pablo. The Captain is a sort of Baron
Munchausen, and in telling of his exploits
says: “I entered the wood-.0! Galloway,
when suddenly from the thick boughs of a
cork tree’-Pa.blo interrupts him with the
-words: ‘A chestnut, Captain; achestnut.’
‘Bah 1’ replies the Captain, ‘Booby, I say' a
cork tree.’
“ ‘A chestnut} reiterates Pablo. ‘I should
know as well as you, having. heard you tell
the tale these twontyaeven times.’ -
“William Warren, who had often played
the part of Pablo, was at a ‘stag' dinner two
years ago when one of the gentlemen present
told a story of doubtful age and originality.
‘A chestnut,’ murmured Mr. Warren, quot-
ing from the play, ‘I have head you tell the
tale these twenty-seven times.’ The applica-
tion of the lines pleased the rest of the table,
and when the party broke up each helped to
spread the story and Mr. Warren’s commen-
tary. And that,” concluded Mr. J eflerson,
“is what I really believe to be the origin of
the word ‘chestnut.’”—Philadelphia Press.
Few Discoveries of Gore.
New and extensive discoveries of old con.
tinue to be reported from all sides. t is now
certain that the mines of Alaska are excep-
tionally rich. In Australia, districts where
the existence of ‘ gold was unsuspected
throughout the palmy daysof the diggings
have been found well supplied With the yel-
low metal. In the regions surrounding An-
gm. Pequena, the recent German acquisition
on the southwest coast of Africa. gold fields
of extraordinary richness have been discov-
ered. The interior of southern Africa, in-
deed, seems likely to prove little short of one
vast gold mine. Considerable. quantities of
the metal have already been obtained in the
Transvaal, and the large district lying be-
tween tho LimpOpo and Zambesi rivers—
N orthem Bechuanaiand—is believed to be so
richly supplied that a. mining compmy has
, been formed for the purpose of prospecting
it thoroughly from end to end. .
The discoveries inAlaska, which interest
as most, suggest the reflection that as the
Russians were so long in occupation of. the
territory without suspecting the existence of
theselmines, there may exist in their own
possessions on the other side of Behring sea
valuable deposits of which 'they' have no
knowledge. Gold mines of some importance
have long been worked in eastern Siberia.
Bust such a vast and thinly populated region
as Asiatic Russia may contain deposuts of
surprising richness as yet undiscovered.—
New Orleans TimosDemocrat.
SAVING rare reruns?- 9
,INTERESTING , expsaisacss or
moss, who Have raise 11'.
A New Cross Which I. rug-tiny the Be-
' ginning of. Financial Revolution—Thu:
Plan In pecan—A very Fascinating
nablt. " g. '; '
Two young gentlemen stepped into a cigar
store the other day, and one Of them bought
and paid for two cigars. The‘cigiu's costtcn '
cents each, Iand'the-‘mm who sold‘ them
, handedback, in change for the silver d'onar‘
' that had been tendered tohim, eightylcents‘
in ten cent pieces. Thereupon'on'e‘ of the
’y'Oung men laughed vociferouslygshndrthe.
other, who had bought the” cigar-smoother ii
the eight dimes, with an explosion approach- ~-
iug chagrin, and said:. ‘fJnst my luck, by
George. However,” said be, after fighting
his cigar, “if théreis any more spending '
be done, old fellow, you’v'éf got to do it. for
I’m broke." ‘I-i. PIE :7: . - ,1. . :.
'When the young -m'an:‘v'left"t,he= store-the
cigar man mods-towzreport‘egf Who .lild
witnessed the ”McLeod-ids.- -. -. ;.‘-A .
“Do you know whauthatmfl}. ,, ._,.
“N0.” . . , _ ., a}..nr: .
“Well. the young man .lfibfliimfly mitt.
the dimesaving craze." '1’" "-“' ' ,f ‘ '
“And what assassins—Mm Motif _ ,
“It is something that" may not be exactly-
new, but is new for all’ that‘I'know to'the
"central-y. The scheme is never-to spenda
dime. It was probably devised for the bene-
fit of thriftieas people, who areaaotxgbhlo
save their money in the regular infirm: f6}: ., 7
a plan of saving it is one of the best I ever 7‘;
heard of. Hundreds of young fellows have
caught it, and limit their wants accordingly.
My business suffers from the practice to some
extent, but not a great deal. In fact, I am
something of a dime saver myself, and I get
new customers by explaining the plan to
them and getting them to adopt it. They _
come in to see me about it nearly every day,
and tell me how well they are doing.”
“Suppose you give me the plan more in de-
' ’2 .
“Well, you make up your mind to keep
every dime that comes into your possession.
You are never- to part with a ton cent .piece
under any circumstances. Whenever you re-
ceive a dime in change put it away, and
when you get home place it in a box or re-,
ceptacle for safekeeping. The more, dimes
you get in change the greater your savings
will be. You are to make any sacrifice rather
than to part with one dime." If you have
nothing but dimes in your pocket when you
want a cigar, go without. the cigar. If you
want. lunch and have nothing but dimes, go
_ without lunch. If you have only a dime in
your pocket and want to ride home on a
horse car, brace up and walk. Save your
dimes.” ‘ ‘
“Well, what will be the result of it?”
“Itwillsui'prise you. If you’are a free
' spender your savings will assume large pro-
portions. You will be surprised when you
adopt the plan to see the number of dimes in
circulation.
Now, when you come to think of it, a. dime
is no smallsum. If you save all the dimes
you get in change you save nearly onohalf
of your small expenditures. If you are not
free with your money your savings will of
course not amount to a great deal; still they
will come to an interesting sum in-time.
The plan seems to be, as I said, devised for
the purpose of making people who spend
money freely save a. part of their pocket
money. It is a. good thing, too, in the way
of teaching a man frugality and thrift. I
believe that any one who learns to save in
small things will not be long in learning to
saveinlarge things. Try the thing awhile
and see what comes' of it!”
Inquiries among personal friends served to
show the reporter that the dime saving plan
hadbecome to many of them a fascinating
habit.
“I took up the scheme last spring,” said a
young married man, “at the solicitation of
my wife. “79 had been figuring up my ex-
penses—that is, my personal expenses—and
she declaredmo frightfully extravagant. I
insisted that the expenses could not: well be
curtailed. She advised the practice of a
little self denial in the matter of cigars,
‘shines’ and all other little expenses that eat
ups. dollar so quickly. I said it would be
impossible for the to forego these little luxu-
ries, as they had so grown upon me; and
she, while asseverating she did not want me
to revolutionize things, maintained that a
little denial of these pleasures, a. moderation
of them, infect, would improve me finan—
cially and physically.
“It was about that time that I heard of the
dime scheme, and I became an advocate and
devotee of it at once. Well, you wouldn’t
believe how I profited by it. It became a
matter of the greatest interest to me, in the
first place, to secure change that had no
dimes in it. In the second place it became
interesting and amusing to deny myself cer-
tain things I otherwise would buy without
any thought of saving. Everything I de-
nied myself became really a source of pleas-
ure to me, and I would not only enjoy the
saving of the money that would otherwise
have been spent, but I enjoyed telling my
wife about it. Furthermore, I felt the keen-
est interest in the pile of dimes that was con-
stantly growing. I felt free to spend in some
things, because I knew that I would get my
return in dimes. The desire to addtomy
pile, however, kept me from buying many
and many a thing I should have been as eager
before to secure. .
“I know you will refuse to believe me
now, when I tell you that I have saved in
sixmonths nearly 8100. It’s a solemn fact,
though. My salary is $2,500 a year, and
has been'for two years past, and I am really
ashamed to say that never until Iadopted
this dime saving method have I saved any
money. My wife and I are delighted with
it, and I think I see my way to saving $1,000
next year. I have determined to buy a house
and lot with dimes, and to become a whole
some example to my boy, if I should live un-
til he becomes a young man, and amconfi~
dent that I shall never cease adjuring him to
save his dimes.” -
“Now,” said the gentleman’swife, “.yo
need not think that he is the only member
of the firm that does any dime saving. If
you knew what a walker I had become
through my unwillingness to part with a
dime, you would open your eyes in wonder.
Often and often I have walked home because
of having no other money than dimes. I
have saved nearly all my church money. I
never buy a fashion paper, and as for candy
I get it by the box or not stall. I have
saved at the market, in shops and at the
stores. I never spend a. dime, and have gone
without many, many things, and have taken
a positive pleasure in the sacrifice.”
“Several of the boys started in with me,”
said a young gentleman .who fell to talking
with the reporter about the dime habit, “and
Idon’t suppose any of as intended tokeep
the thing up, or to do anything more than
try it on for a day or two, just for the fun of
the thing. The practice of self denial is a
~ mighty enjoyable thing, though, if you can_
see yourself prosper-ing at so much a. denial.
‘ [never cried for much money, but this dime
izbusiness has made a regula .rmiser out of
mc.”~—St. Louis Republican.
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pounds of flesh per week. I think S. S. S.
a valuable medicine, and I frequently ’
recommend it to my friends."
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Do Your Own Dyeing at Home with
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PEERthbS DYLS.
They will dye everything. They are sold every-
where. Price lOc.a package—10 colors. They
have no equal for Strength, Brightness, Amount
in Packages, or for Business of Color, or non-
tadiug Qualities. Trey do not crock or smut. For
sale by J. G. Gregory d: 00., Drugglsts, Wall
street. and C. Lapham. 11 Main street, Norwalk,
Conn ly13
Geo. S. Gregory.
Livery. Boarding, Sale.
Feed and Exchange
5 t a. b 1 e s .
No. 14 Knight 81.
(in rear of Horse Car Depot).
NORWAI.K, CONN.
Carriages furnished at all hours.
Courteous
attention and gentlemanly di'lvers. 1y
ooh. ailo' I100
LUMBER, TIMBER,
Shingles, Lath,
Doors, Sash
Blinds, Moulding,
Window Frames,
Piclcets, é'c.
Veneered Hard Wood Work.
HariWood Ceilingiand Flooring.
South Norwalk, Conn.
runs 1hrough the mosquitoes’ veins.
»... ovar. BAKING Pownsn 00.,‘106 Wall St.. N. Ya.
Coolidge & Lockwood,
NO. 9 MAIN ‘STREET,
Havs 'rus Fonnowrao Paorxn-rr iron Sans:
House and Lot, Academy Street.
House and Lot, West Avenue.
House and Lot, East Norwalk.
BUILDING LOTS IN ALL PARTS
OF THE TOWN.
Prices range from $50 to $1,000.
Mount in Loan on Real Estate Security
AT 5 PER CENT. p
THREE. FARDIS FOR. SALE..
Tenements 'to lient from 33 T0 .15 Per Month.
' --STORE T0 RENT.—
Insurance Placed in Old. Reliable Companies.
——-nasrs COLLECTED.—- lyll
' DEBENTURE BONDS
6 0i 0 Million Mouuaues
Ohio: New Eugland‘hoan and Trust Co. > _
This is one of the oldest. most conservative and
soccesstul 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 mortga s, assigned to and deposited with
the Farmers’ n and Trust Co., New York. trus-
tee.B Interest payable at Bank of New Nork,
. A
Mdrtgages from best Corn-Producing regions of
Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri.
For full information enquire of j ' - m
o.- a. WILSON.
6 Mill 7 1181' 0811i. l‘fll‘lll, Mill‘lEflEBS
—OF THE——
Equitable lortgage 00., 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. use
Slx per cent. Debentures Bonds of the
Mlddlosex Banking Company; of
' Mlddletown, Conn,
Organized under the banking laws of the State
of Connecticut. Coupons payable in New York.
R. B. CRAUFUBD,
Agent. 81 Main Street, Norwalk.
~ JOHN S. ATKINSON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Harness, Blankets,
' Trunks, Bags,
Sole Leather and Shoe Findings, and Boot
and Shoe Uppcrs.
Corner of Pairfield Ave. and llddle Street
Bridgeport,- Conn. ms
Postpone.
for it and your physician
Ask your drugglst
about it.
P. stands for Pnlque, which, “by Joe,”
Cures KIDNEY "ROUBLES. don’t cher know?
IT IS A NATURAL PRODUCT AND NOT A
PATENT MEDICINE. L
It cures all Kidney Troubles and is the only
known specific for Bright’s Disease. in cases of
Dyspepsia, Insomnia. Debility and excessive use
of Tobacco, it will be found of great value.
It is a wonderful tissue buildier. giving strength
to the weak. Get our descriptive circular and
read what reputable physicians from your vicinity
say about it. If your drugglst- does not have our
circular, send postal and we will mail you one free.
Retail Prion, Ill ‘ets. nor that Bottle.
RIEXICAN PULQUE CODIPANY.
3m45 92 Hudson Street, Jersey City, N. J.
- THE CELEBRATED
Prof. Ashborn’s.
NUMIIIIII'S EMBOSSINE [III
——on—
Transparent Paint,
—--IS ON SALE AT—
J .' T. PROWITT’S,
41 Main Street, liorwoll, can
The Only Paint Renewer in
Existence.
It Restores the Lustre 0/
Old Paint and gives it
an Elastic Body.
trlf you contemplate painting or re-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 N orwalk and
Vicinity,
47 MAIN STREET. 1,2.
Glover .81 Olsen,
No.42 Wall 81., Nounll.
Leaders of the Shoe Trade
Wish to cal. your attention to a few of the many
. styles of shoes canted in stock by them.
OUR LADIES’
French Kill, Halli-Milli} Wallltllllllail,
A Marve of Comfort and Base.
0111‘ $5 Hanoi-Mane Prenoli Kin Welt
For ladies wear are perfect in every respect and
asgood as oeasanysold at“.
. For $5.50,
Our Ladies’ Hand-Made French Kid Turn Shoes
made b Benedict a 00.. of New Canaan. are the
acme 0 style and beanty,and positively cannot be
excelled at any price. '
Oh! Oh! for $3,
Those Bobby Little French Kid, Band-Made
Oxfords with patent leather tips are admired by
all that have seen and worn them. You must cal
and see them.
For $2.50.
A Perfect Misses’ Waukenphast for school or a
walking shoe cannot be equalled.
Erln a word ourline of shoes is complete in
every respect. '
We have the best the of
CHILDREN’S SCHOOL SHOES
Ever shown in town and at prices from the
cheapest to the best.
Glover 8: Olsen,
42 Wall Street,
803W”.
REAL ESTATE 81 INSURANCE,
aurora. Alanna
'Meat. Fish, Vegetables. lie.
LOCKWOOD 8t ANDREWS.
MAIN STREET.
All kinds of the best qualities of Meats, Fish,
Clams, Vegetables, etc.. are kept constantly on
hand. and will be sold by us as low as can be pro-
cured at any market in Norwalk. We intend to
prove to our customers that we deserve their
patronage by fair and generous dealing.
lydo LOCKWOOD a ANDREWS.
1 who rvrnvsonv
—To come in and look. over my stock of—
Monuments
“mp——
HEADSTONES
Before they buy anything of the kind. A’ selection
can be made from them much better than from a
photograph or pencil sketch. Respectfully,
its . .: ":P. W. Bates.
J. P.’ NICKERSON,
Farthetimeheingat ‘1 ’h .
No. 7 East enactment-so,
noun 000ml snort mm. srnstzr, -
'NORWALK, . . CONN.
STAPLE AND CHOICE '
G R 0 G E R I E S .
Family Supplies,
or mé freshest and neat unlit that the Ne
York market affords iqn moieties. also it
VEGETABLES & FRUITS
In their seasons at
f MODERATE PRICES.
The patronage of my friends and former cus-
tomers is respectfully solicited. flat
7" P. NIGKERSON.
Telephone Call.
RIVERSIDE
EEIIETERY ASSUEIATIIIN.
The grounds of this Association are
situated in the Borough of Norwalk, just
north of the Union Mills, between Spring ,
Hill Road and Riverside Avenue, and
may be reached by good and well-kept
roads from all directions. The cemetery
is divided into twenty-two sections, with
Broad Avenues
and suitable streets, and the contour of
the land is such that every taste may be
gratified in the selection of plots. The
avenues are so arranged as to afford
an almost ,
Continuous Drive
to all the difl'erent sections, and are
crossed in every direction by the streets
so that carriages may reach every plot in
the entire cemetery. Au Elegant
Receiving Vault
of large capacity, and fitted with aii’.
modern improvements, is near the
entrance gate. '
Capacity.
The entire space is not plotted, but
52 Vault Lots, reservations for 517 single
interments, and 2,102 Burial Plots are
now offered for sale at prices very favor-
able to purchasers.
MAPS.
Maps of the Cemetery may be seen at
the office of MB. Enos Ksuooo, the
Superintendent, on the premises; at the
office of How. James W. Hun, at the
Horse Railroad Depot; and at the office ,
of Mn. Joan E. Liam, at South Nor-
walk. tf5
o. E. WILSON,
General Insurance it Real Estate Agent
Money to Loan.
Stocks, Bonds, &c., Bought and Sold
' and Loans Negotiated at Lowest
Rates of Interest.
ROOT! NO. 3 GAZETTE BUILDING
Normans, Cons.
PETER L. GUIG UE,
FLORIST ANII'NI illilli,
UNION AVENUE,
North of Norwalk Cemetery.
Dealer in In Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Ornamen
ta! Trees Shrnbbery, Vines. Cut Flowers always
on hand and all sorts of designsin Flowers arranged
toorder. sin
Grading and Re-filling Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
BEING UNABLE TO MANUFACTURE
HARNESS
To compete with lug: conceres, I have taken
the agency of one of t e the oldest and largest
establishments in the state for the sale of
HARNESS, SADDLES, HALTERS,
SURCINGLES, COLLABS, so.
I shall also make
FINE HARNESS to ORDER
As usual as the old stand.
NO. '7 WATER s-rn'amrx‘,
Where I will.keep a regular line of Whip
Sponges, Chamots, Blankets. Robes. Feed Bags
Traveling Bags, etc.
J. F- PEC—K WELL
Geo. H. Raymond.
Furniture Dealer.
‘1' THE OLD STAND.
36 MAIN STREET.
‘A Large Stock of all kinds of Furniture Cliea
. for Cash. Also
runmsmna unremitting __'_
I am prepared to take charge day or night an i
fur nlsh everything necessary for the ntement or: -:
the dead. Tele hone Connection wit mideuce‘.
No. 3 Berkley lace. 115C;
Norwalk Chronicler