NORWALK
ESTABLISHED 1800
Volume LXXXIX.
, .._‘. ”as...” .
An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially devoted to Local News and Interests.
NORWALK, CONN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1889.
GAZETTE. ‘
TWO DOLLARS A YEAR
Number 3._
m
GE 0 . WARD DELI-EC“,
nannsnaaoows atocK. WALL smear,
FAMILY GROCERIES.
ATENTS l
G- R. BYINGTON,
Washington. D- C- .
m "we m U- 3- Guile lr‘Inneninrs Mariel Ines.
PATENT OFFICE.
R. n. CltAUFUltD,
nnestnnents, Real Estate ani Insurance,
ROOM 2, MASONIC BUILDING.
___________,._...——
Wm. Lockwood,
Real Estate, Insurance and Investment
Securities.
MONEY To LOAN.
Insurance i'lnced In First-Class Companies
Office—Cor. MAIN & WALL STS., NORWALK
iy 13
~_,___,.___._.
.I. BELDEN llUliliilU'l"l‘.
_____.._—
lttnrnen and Bunnselur at Law,
Room No. 4, Up Stairs.
qusr'ra BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN.
ALEX. s. GIBSON.
Organist of let Congregational Church, Waterbury,
Teacher of
Pianofor e, Organ and Musical
Composition,
Lock Box 39 P 0., NORWALK,CONN.
‘ill‘. L. liyington,
tension and Patent Attorney,
.No. 241 EIGHTH STREET, N. E.,
wismsuros, 0. 0. me
"l‘ A LNSURA SE 0., of HARTFORD.
& Inconporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
CAPITAL AND ASSETS, SS,902,27-.04.
insures against loss and damage by Fire, on
arms adopted to the hazard and consistent with
he laws of compensation. COWLES a MERRILL,
Sole Agents for Norwalit and Vicinity.
'I‘ II E
NorWaik Fire Insurance Co.
line now completed its .
lSlh SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR
And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid losses
nrcialms for losses. No strum! contpmm unsures
for less. V
' w. G. Sritssr,l’res., GEO. B. Sr. Jons,’ireas.,
GEO. R. COWLRR Secretary.
.Express.
Patron ize the old reliable
{HMS EXPRESS COMPANY.
tins? lures AND Paonrr Dtemvsnv.
Branch (Gmce, Norwailt. at S- K. Stanley's
.hiaiu 0M tDe ot South Norwalk. tfii!
‘3 p ' L. iiux'i', Agent._
. o A.FRANKE,
{THE HAIRGUTTER,
No. l Gazette Building.
HOT AND COLD ,BATHS.
PENSIONS
And GOVERNMENT CLAIMS mv sole busi-
ness. Rejected and increase claims a speciality.
Don't delay. Address or visit
GleN‘nkI'.‘Y£\p‘E.E_ WM-.-
No. 91 SrnArronn Ava , Bruno roar, Cr
H r a It i it u s s, p
, Restaurant, Cafe anlSnniinn linen,
Grand Central Station,
STREET AND 4m Avenue, New YORK
Entrance from waiting room, New York, New
sunfish-and Hartford railroad. ”81
.0. E. WILSON,
Banal insurance in lieu! Estate Agent
Money to Loan.
coke, Bonds, .&c., Bought and Sold
and [was Negotiated at Lowest
[tales of Interest.
R00“ NO. 3 GAZETTE BUILDING
Nouwnnx. CONN.
Jet
W. H. MEEKER,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
3, anitary Plumbing, and Ventilation, and
, ow Pressure Steam Heating, a Specialty.
PLUMBERS‘ SUPPLIES.
, Pipe and Fitting for Steam and Gas.
kgenifiar the Florida Low Pressure Boiler.
Eaclilties for Cutting and Threading all fines of
ups. 50tf
Geo. 11. Raymond,
Furniture Dealer.
‘1' TEI OLD STAND,
36 MAIN STREET.
0 Stock of all kinds of Furniture Cheap
1 Larg for Cash. Also
EURNISHING UNDERTAKER.
" re ared to take charge day or night and
ul'il‘ifhpevgrything necessary for the intement of
no dead. Telephone Connection with residence
ti o. B Berkie y i’lace. lye
F. W. JAQUI. .Ill,
DEALER ix
0
StainsPnrtl l Brien chain as
Furnaces and Steam Heaters,
'Tiu. Sheet Iron, Copper, Wooden, Glass
and Crockery Ware.
Refrigerators and iiouse Furnishing Goods.
Generally. A Full line of
CHILDREN’S CARRIAGES.
rPlnmblng. Gas and Steam Fitting, and HolAir
Engineering. Agent for the Richardson
& Boynton Co’s.
Furnaces and [lounge-s,
Also agent for the Economy
nuts 85 WARM Am ConnmArios Has-ran
kinds of Ornamental and Plain Slateing, Tin
Shingle Roofing.
nursing Done by Experienced Workmen
Short Notice.
53 WALL STREET,
v03“ ALK. CONN
BUY YOUR
FURNITURE
5‘1. B. ELLE
s Opposite none Railway Depot. A good no now
in stoc
Parluf, Chamber. Dining and Kitchen
FURNITURE
Delivered at your home without extra expense.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
By WASHINGTON IRVING.
[FOUND AMONG rrm PAPERS on THE LATE
DIEDRICH rtNICKERBOCKERJ
Concluded.
" The ammunition now Splint at least
an extra half hour at his toilet, brushin
and furbishing up his best and indecg
qnlv suit of rusty black, and arranging
hi'E'locks by a bit '0: broken iooztmg; grass
that hung up in the school house. 'l'hat
he might make his appearance before his
mistress in the true style of a cavalier, be
borrowed a liorso from the farmer with
whom he was domiciliated, a cholcric old
Dutchman of the name of Hans You Rip-
r, and thus gallantly mounted, issued
orth like a knight errant in quest of ad-
ventures. But it is meet I should, in the
true spirit of romantic story, give some
account of the looks and equipments of
my hero and his steed. The animal he
bestrode was a. broken down plow horse
that had outlived almost every thing but
his viciousness. He was gaunt and
shaggy, with a ewe neck and a head like
a hammer; his rusty mane and tail were
tangled and knotted with burrs; one eye
had lost its pupil, and was glaring and
spectral, but the other had t to gleam of
a genuine devil in it. Still he must have
had fire and mettle in his day, if we may
judge from his name, which was Gun-
powder. He had, in fact, been a favor-
ite steed of his master’s, the choleric Van
Ripper, who was a furious rider, and had
i 'used, very probably, some of his own
spirit into t 0 animal; for, old and
broken down as he looked, there was
more of the lurking devil in him than in
an young filly in the country.
chabod was a suitable figure for such
a steed. Ho rode with short stirru s,
which brought his knees nearly up to t e
pommel of the saddle; his sharp elbows
stuck out like graSshop ers’; he carried
his whip perpendicular y in his hand,
like a scepter, and as the horse jogged on
the motion of his arms was not unlike
the flapping of a pair of wings. A small
wool hat rested on the _top of his nose,
for so his scanty strip of forehead might
be called, and the skirts of his black coat
fluttered out almost to the horse’s tail.
Such was the appearance of Ichabod and
his steed as they shambled out of the
gate of Hans Van Ripper, and it was al-
to ther such an apparition as is seldom
to 9 met with in broad daylight.
It was, as I have said, a line autumnal
day; the sky was clear and serene,,
and nature wore that rich and golden
livery which we alwa s associate with the
idea of abundance. e forests had ill:
on their sober brown and yellow, w tile
some trees of the tenderer kind had been
nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of
orange, pu lo and scarlet. Streaming
files of wil ducks began to make their
a pearancc high in the air; the bark of
to squirrel might be heard from the
groves of beech and hickory nuts, and
the pensive whistle of the quail at inter-
vals from the neighboring stubble field.
The small birds were taking their fare-
well banquets. In the fullness of their
revelry they fluttered, chirping and
frolicking, from‘ bush to bush and tree
to tree, capricious from the very pro—
fusion and variety around them.
There was the honest cock robin,
the favorite game of stripling sportsmen,
with its loud querulous note, and the
twittering blackbirds flying in sable
clouds; and the golden winged wood-
pecker, with his crimson crest, his broad
lack gorget, and splendid plumage; and
the cedar bird, with its red tipt wings
and yellow tipt tail, and its little mon-
teiro cap of feathers; and the bluejay,
that noisy coxcomb, in his gay light blue
coat and White underclothes, screaming
and chattering, nodding and bobbing,
and bowing, and pretending to be on
good terms with every songster of the
grove.
As Ichabod jogged slowly on his way
his eye, ever 0 en to every symptom of
culinary abun once, ranged with delight
over the treasures of jolly autumn. On
all sides he beheld vast store of apples,
some hanging in oppressive opulence on
3 river, giving
.Plnmhinn, Steam art has Fittinu,
. - pics-c.»
9:3 Errgfifnfé’r figlltlslerfiiiaxkrét? others
heard; 1. ; in. rich piles for the order
press. Flarther on he beheld great fields
of Indian com, with its golden ears eep-
ing from their leafy coverts, and he ding
.out the promise of cakes and has pud- _
' ding; and the yellow pumpkins lymg be-
neath them, turning up their fair round
bellies to the sun, and giving ample pros-
pects of the most luxurious of pics; and
anon he passed the fragrant buckwheat
fields, breathing the odor of the beehive,
and as he beheld them, soft anticipa-
tions stole over his mind of dainty slap
'acks, well buttered and garnished with
oney or treaclo by the delicate little
dimpled hand of Katrina Van Tassel.
Thus feeding his mind with many
sweet thoughts and “sugared supposi-
tions,” he journeyed along the sides of a.
1a a of hills which look out upon some
of t e goodliest scenes of the mighty
Hudson. The sun gradually wheeled his
broad disk down into the west. The wide
bosom of the Tappaan Zee lay motionless
and glassy, excepting that here and there
a gentle undulation waved and prolonged
the blue shadow of the distant momitain.
A few amber clouds floated in the sky,
without a breath of ah" to move them.
The horizon was of a. fine golden tint,
changing gradually into a pure apple
green, and from that into the deep Inc
of the mid heaven. A slanting ray lin-
gered on the woody crests Of the preci-
pices that overhung some parts of the
enter depth to the dark
grayand purp e of their rocky sides. A
sloop was loitering in the distance, drop-
pingslowly down with the tide, her sail
anging uselessly a ainst the mast; and
as the reflection of t 1e sky gleamed along
the still water it seemed as if the vess
was suspended in the air.
It was toward evening that Ichabod
arrived at the castle of the Heer Van
Tassel, which he found thronged with
the ride and flower of the adjacent
coun . Old farmers, a spare, leathern
faced race, in homesplun coats and
I-sreeches, blue stockings, ugo shoes and
magnificent pewter buckles. Their brisk,
withered little names, in close crimped
caps, long waisted gowns, homespun
petticoajts. with llscissorsk andhpingigush-
onsan yca'copocets an gon
the outage. Buxom lasscs. almost as
antiquated as their mothers, excepting
where a straw hat, a fine riband, or per-
haps a white frock, gave symptoms of
city innovations. The sons, in short
square skirted coats, with rows of stu.
pendous brass buttons, and their hair
generally queued in the fashion of the
times, especially if they could rocure
an eelskin for the purpose, it being es-
teemed throughout the country as a po-
Eent nourisher and strengthener of the
air.
Brom Bones, however, was the hero
of the scene, having come to the gather.
ing. having come to the gathering on his
favorite steed Daredevil, a creature, like
himself, full offinetal and mischief, and
which no one but himself could manage.
He was, in fact, noted for preferring vic-
ious animals, given to all kinds of tricks
which kept the rider in constant risk of
his neck, for he held a. tractable, well
broken horse as unworthy of a ladof
spirit. ,
Fain would I pause to dwell upon the
world of charms that burst u on the en-
raptured gaze of m hero as centered
the state parlor of an Tassel‘s mansion.
Not those of the bevy of buxom lasses,
with their luxurious display of red and
white; but the ample charms of a genu-
ine Dutch country tea table in the sump-
tuous time of autumn. Such heaped up
platters of cakes of various and almost
describable kinds, known only to ex.
perienced Dutch housewives! There was
he dough doughnut the tender oly-_
hook and t a crisp and crumbling crul-
ler; sweet cakes and short cakes, ginger
cakes and honey cakes and the whole
family of cakes. And then there were
a ple pies and peach pies and (pumpkin
; besides slices of ham an smoked
Beef, and1 mpreoverddelectible dishes of
serve runs an peac es an pears
m quince: not to mention broiled shad
and roasted chickens; together_ with
bowls of milk and cream, all mingled
higglcdy-piggled , retty much as I
have enumerate t em, with the moth-
erly teapot sending it its clouds of
vapor from the midst—- eaven bless the
mark! I want breath and time to
Iiscuss this banquet as it deserves,
and am too eager to get on With
my story. Happily, Ichabod Crane was
not in so great a hurry as his historian,
"but did ample justice to every dainty.
He was a kind and thankful creature,
whose heart diluted in proportion as his
skin was filled with good cheer, and whose
spirits rose with eatm , as some men’s do
with drink. Be cool not help, too, roll-
ing his large eyes round him as he ate,
and chuckhng with the possibility that
he might one daybe lord of all this scene
of almost unimaginable luxury and
splendor. Then, he thought, how soon
he'd turn his back upon the old school
house. snaghisfingegshlfimfsseemam
I v’eripper, and every other at garmy
patron, and kick any itinerant pe afiogue
; out of doors that should dare to ca, him
comrade!
Old Baltus Van Tassel moved about
among his guests with a face dilated with
content and 0d humor, round and
jolly as the harvest moon. His hospitable
attentions were brief, but expreSSive,
being confined to a. shake of the hand, a
slap on the shoulder, a loud laugh, and a
ressing invitation to “fall to, and help
hemselves.”
And now the sound of the music from
the common room or hall summoned to
the dance. The musician was an old
gray headed negro, who had been the
itinerant orchestra of the neighborhood
for more than half a century. His in-
strument was as old and battered as
himself. The greater part of the time
he scraped away on two or three strin s,
accompanying every movement of t e
bow With a motion of the head, bovnna‘
almost to the grotmd and stem ing with
his foot whenever a. fresh coup 6 were to
start.
Ichabod: rided himself upon his danc-
ing as muc as upon his vocal powers.
Not a limb, not a' fiber about him was
,/
Ichabod prided himself upon his dancing.
idle; and to have seen his loosely hung
frame in full motion and cluttering
about the room, you would have thought
St. Vitus himself, that blessed patron of
the dance, was firrurin before you in
person. He was he allmir' ation of all
the negroes, who, having gathered, of
all ages and sizes, from the farm and the
neighborhood. Stood forming a yramid
of shining black faces at ever cor and
window, gazing with delig it at the
scene, rolling their white eyeballs and
' showing grinning rows of ivory from
ear to car. How could the (logger of
urchins be otherwise than animated and
joyous? the ladv of his heart was his
partner in the dance and smiling gra-
ciously in reply to all his amorous
oglings; while Bram Jones, sorely smit-
ten with love and jealousy, sat brooding
by himself in one corner.
When the dance was at an end, Ichabod
was attracted to a. knot of the sager folks,
who, with old Van Tassel, sat smoking at
one end of the piazza, gossiping over 0 -
mer times, and drawling out long stories
about the war.
This neighborhood at the time of which
I am speaking, was one of those highly
favored places abound with chronicle
and great men. The British and Ameri-
can linc had run near it during the war;
it had, therefore, been the scene of
marauding, and infested with refugees,
cowboys and all kinds of border chivalry.
Just sufficient time had elapsed to cash 9
each story teller to dress up his tale with
a little becoming fiction, and, in the in-
distinctness of his recollection, to make
himself the hero of every ex loit.
There was the story of Do ue Marthng,
a large blue bearded Dutchman, who had
nearly taken a British frigate with anold
iron nine pounder from a. mud breastwork,
only that his gun burst at the sixth dis-
charge. And there was an oldg‘gentleman
who shall be nameless, being toovrigbmt-
mynheer to be lightly mevb‘émré eln excl e1,
”neffille9bf‘gé'fbnsc, partied a musket
tllel with a small sword, insomuch that
he aiw'outely felt it whiz round the
blade. and glance off at the hilt; in proof
’of which he was ready at any time to
show the sword, with the hilt a little
bent. There were several more that had
been equally great in the field, not one
of whom but was persuaded that hc~had
a. considerable hand in bringing the war
to a happy termination.
But a! these were nothing to the tales
of ghosts and apparitions that succeeded.
The neighborhood is rich in Is endary
treasures of the kind. Local t es and
superstitions thrive best in these shel-
tered, long settled retreats, but are
trampled under foot by the shifting
throng that forms the pogplation of most
of our country places. sides, there is
no encouragement for ghosts in most of
our villa es, for they have scarcely had
time to wish their first nap and turn
themselves in their graves, before their
surviving friends have traveled away
from the neighborhood, so that when
they turn out at night to walk their
rounds. they have no acquaintance left
to call upon. This is perhaps the reason
why we so seldom hear of ghosts except
I? our long established Dutch communi-
es.
The immediate cause, however, of the
prevalence of supernatural stories in
these parts, was doubtless owing to the
vicinity of Sleepy Hollow. There was a
contagion in the very air that blew from
that haunted re 'on; it breathed forth
an atmos here 0 dreams and fancies in-
fecting the land. Several of the
Sleepy Hollow (people were present at
Van Tassel’s, an , as usual, were doling
out their wild and wonderful legends.
Man dismal tales were told about fu-
nera trains, and mourning cries and
“railings heard and seen about the great
tree w ere the unfortunate Maj. Andre
was taken, and which stood in the neigh;
borhood. Some mention was made ,
of the woman in white, that haunted
the dark glen at Raven Rock, and was
often heard to shriek on winter nights
before a. storm, having perished there in
the snow. The chief part of the stories,
however, turned upon the favorite spec-
ter of Sleepy Hollow, the headless horse-
man, who ad been heard several times
of late, platroling the country; and, it .is
said, tet ered his horse nightly among
_the graves in the churchyard.
The se uestered situation of this church
seems ways to have made it a. favorite
haunt of troubled spirits. It stands on
a knoll, surrounded by locust trees and
lofty elms, from among which its de-
cent, whitewashed walls shine modestly
forth, like Christian urity, beamin
through the shades o retirement.
gentle slope descends from it to a
silver sheet of water, bordered by
high trees, between which pee 3 ma
be caught at the blue hills of t 6 Eu -
son. To look upon this grass grown
yard, where the sunbeams seem to sleep
so quietly, one would think that there at
least the dead might rest in peace. On
one side of the church cxtendsawide
woody dell, along which raves a large
brook among broken rocks and trunks of
fallen trees. Over a deep black art of
the stream, not far, from the churc 1, was
formerly thrown a wooden bridge; the
road that led to it, and the bridge itself
were thickly shaded by overhanging
trees, which cast a gloom about it, even
in the day time; but occasioned a fearful
darkness at night. Such was one of the
favorite haunts of the headless horse-
man, and the place where he was most
fre uently encountered. The tale was
tol_ of old Brouwer, a most heretical dis-
behevcr in ghosts, how he met the horse-
man returning from his foray into
Sleep Hollow, and was 9in ed to get
upbe ' dhim; how theyga o d oVer
bush and brake, over hill an swam ,
until they reached the bridge, when a;
horseman suddenly turned. into a skel‘
eton, threw old Brouwer into the brook,
and‘sprang away over the tree tops with
a clap of thunder. , '
This story was immediatelymatched
by a thrice marvelous adventure of
Brom Bones, who made light of the %1-
lo ing Hessian as an arrant jockey. e
a ed. that on returning one . night
from the neighboring village of Sing
Sino he had been overtaken y this mid-
nigllit trooper; that he, offered: to race
wit
should have won it too, for Daredevil
beat the goblin horse all hollow, but just
as they came to the church bridge the
Hessian bolted and vanished in a flash of
e. - ,
All these tales, told in that drowsy
undertone withwhich men talk-.inthe
dark, the countenances of the listeners
only now and then receiving a Casual
loam from the glare of a ipe,
ee in the mind of Icha ._ He re-
ai them in kind with large extracts
grout his invaluable author, Cotton
Mather, and added many marvelous
events that had taken place in his native
state of Connecticut, and fearful sights
which he had seen in his nightly walks
about Sleepy 1121193:- -. ., . .
him for a bowl of punch, and -
This 176F131 DOW gradually broxe up.
The old farmers gut cred together their
families in their wagons, and were heard
for some time rattlin alon the hollow
roads, and over the istant ' . Some
of the damsels mounted on illions be-
hind their favorito swains, an _ their light
hearted laughter, minglin Wltll the clat-
ter of hoofs, echoed along t e silent wood-
lands, sounding fainter aud fainter, until
they gradually died away-and the late
scene of noise and frohc was all silent
and deserted. Ichabod only lingered be-
hind, according to the custom of country
lovers, to have a tete-a-teto With the heir-
ess; fully convinced that ho was now on
the high road to success. What asset] at
this interview I will not proton to say,
for in fact I do not know. Something,
however,,-I fear mo,‘ must have gone
wrong, fer ho certamly sallicd forth,
after no very great interval, with an air
quite desolate and chapfallen—Oh, these
women! these women! Could that girl
have been playing of! any of her coquet-
tish tricks?—Was her encouragement
of the poor pedagoc‘ue all a mere sham
to secure a conquest of his rivali—Heaven
only knows, not Il—let it suffice to say,
Ichabod stole forth with the air of one
who had been sacking a henroost, rather
than a fair lady's heart. Without look-
ing to the right or left to notice the
scene of rural wealth, on which he had
so often gloated, he went straight to the
stable. and with several hearty cuffs and
kicks, roused his steed most uncourt-
eousl from the comfortable _quarters in
whic he was soundly sleepmg, dream-
in of mountains of corn and oats, and
' raw ole valleys of timothy and clover.
It was the very Witching time of night
that Ichabod, heavy hearted and crest-
fallen, pursued his travel homewards,
along the sides of the lof hills which rise
above Terry Town, an which he had
traversed so cheerily in the afternoon.
The hour was as dismal as himself. Far
below him the Tnppaan Zoe spread its
dusky and indistinct waste of waters,
with here and there the tall mast of a
sloop. riding quietly at anchor under the
land. In the dead hush of midnight he
could even hear the barking of the watch.
dog from the opposite shore of the Hud-
son; but; it was so vague and faint as
only to ive an idea of his distance from
this fail: ul. companion of man. _ Now
and then, too, the ong drawn crowmg of
a cock, accidentally awakened, would
sound far, far off, from some farm house
away among the hills—but it was like a
dreaming sound in his car. No signs of
life occurred near him, but occasionally
the melancholy chirp of a cricket, or
erhaps the ttural twang of a bullfrog
mm a neigh oring marsh, as if sleeping
flower-tam} and turning suddenly in
All the stories of ghosts and goblins
that he had heard in the afternoon now
came crowding upon his recollection.
The night grew darker and darker; the
stars seemed to sink deeper in the sky,
and driving clouds occasionally hid them
from his sight. He had never felt so
lonely and dismal. He was, moreover,
approaching the very place where many
0 the scenes of the ghost stories had
been laid. In the center of the road
stood an enormous tulip tree, which
towered like a giant above all the other
trees of the neighborhood and formed a
kind of landmark. Its limbs were
gnarled and fantastic, large enough to
orm trunks for ordinary trees, twisting
down almost to the earth, and rising
again into the air. It was connected
with the tragical story of the unfortunate
Andre, who had been taken prisoner
hard by, and was universally known by
the name of Maj. Andre’s tree. The
common people regarded it with a mix.
ture of respect and- superstition, partly
out of sympathy for the fate of its ill
starred namesake and artly from the
tales of strange sights an _doleful lamen-
tations told concerning it.
As Ichabod approached this fearful
tree he began to whistle; he thought his
whistle was answered; it was but a blast
dry
branches. pproached a little
sweeping sharply through the
As’“ 0 'a thm 111
n. , _ . 1-,: T” ““vsome ' gw 't0
4 .4'“?. “.4" ~~. ~~w. ., -. M“""’ c
and msg#93133 :f'lu $gmb-5;;R‘Tmu§ed
more narrowly'f'poagffeeii’ Jltam'it‘ivliifi‘fi‘
lace where the tree had been scathed by
'ght'ning and the white wood laid bare.
Suddenly he heard a groan—his teeth
shattered, and his knees smote against
the saddle; it was but the rubbing of one
huge bough upon another, as they were
swayed about by the breeze. He sed
the tree in safety, but new perils y be-
fore him.
About two hundred yards from the
tree, a small brook crossed the road and
ran into a. marshy and thick] wooded
len, known by the name 0 Wiley’s
wamp. A few rough logs laid side y
side served for a bri go over this stream.
On that side of the road where the brook
entered the wood, a group of oaks and
chestnuts, matted thick With‘wild grape
vines, threw a cavernous gloom over it.
To pass this bridge was the severest trial.
It was at this identical spot that the un-
fortunate Andre was captured, and under
the covert of those chestnuts and vines
were the sturdy yeomen concealed who
surprised him. This has ever since been
considered a haunted stream. and fearful
are the feelings of a schoolboy who has
to pass it alone after dark.
As he a preached the stream his heart
began to t- ump; he summoned up, how-
ever, all his resolution, gave his horse
half a score of kicks in the ribs md at-
tempted to dash briskly across the bridge;
but instead of starting forward, the per-
verse old animal madealateral move-
ment and ran broadside against the
fence. Ichabod, whose fears increased
with the delay, 'erked the reins .on the
other side and icked lustily With'tho
contrary foot; it was all in vain; his
steed started, it is true, but it was only
to plunge to the o posite side of the road
into a thicket o brambles and alder
bushes. The schoolmaster now bestowed
both whi and heel upon the starveling
ribs of o d Gunpowder, who dashed for-
ward, snuflling and snorting, but came
to a stand just by the bridge, with a sud-
denness that had nearly sent his rider
sprawling over his head. Just at this
moment a plashy tramp by the side of
the bridge caught the sensitive ear of
Ichabod. In the dark shadow of the
grove, on the margin of the brook, he be-
held something huge, misshapen, black
and towering. It stirred not, but seemed
gathered up in the gloom, like some
'gantic monster ready to spring upon
9 traveler.
The hair of the affrighted pedaggiue
rose upon his head with terror. at
was to be done? To turn and H was
now too late, and besides what 0 arms
was there of escaping ghost or
goblin, if such it was, which
could ride upon the win of
the wind? Summoning up, there ore, a
show of courage, he demanded in stam-
mering accents, “Who are you?” He re:
ceived no my. He repeated his de-
mand in a. ' more agitated voice. Still
there was no answer. Once more he
cudgeled the sides of the inflexible Gun-
powder, and, shutting his eyes, broke
orth with involuntary fervor into a
psalm tune. Just then the shadowy ob-
ject of alarm put itself inmotion, and
withascramble and a bound. stood at
once in the middle of the road. Thou h
the night was dark and 'dismal, at 9
form of the unknown mi ht now some
degree be ascertained. 9 ap ed to
be a. horseman of lar e dimensnons, and
mounted ona black area of werful
frame. He made no offer of mo estation
or sociability, but kept aloof on one side
of the road, jogging along on the blind
side of old Gun wder, who had now
got over his frig t and waywardness.
Ichabod, who had no relish for this
stran a midnight companion, and be-
thoug t himself of the adventure of
Brom Bones with the galloping Hessran,
now quickened his 6 ed, in hopes of
leaving him behind. The stranger, how-
ever, uickened his horse to. an
pace. chabod pulled up. and fell' in a
walk, thinking to lag behind—the other
did the same. His heart began to sink
"within him; he endeavored to resume his
tune, but his arched tongue clove
the roof his moat , and he could not
utter a stave. There was something in
the moody and dogged silence of this
rtinacious companion that was mys-
grious and appahing. It was soon fear-
fully accounted for. On mounting a
rising ground, which brought the figure
of his fellow traveler in relief against the
sky, gi ntic in height and muifled m a
cloak, chabod was horror struck, on
rceiving that he was headless! but his
error was still more increased on ob-
serving that the head, which should have.
"rested on his shoulders, was carried be-
fore him on the pommel of his saddle!
His terror rose to es oration; he rained
a shower of kicks an blows upon Gun-
powder, hoping, by a sudden movement,
to give his companion the shpT-but the
cter started full jum With lum.
BAps‘fvay, then, they dashed t ou h the]:
and thin, stones flying and spar s flash-
ing at every bound. Ichabod’s flimsy
garments fluttered in the air, as be
stretched his Jone, large bodv away over
his horse’s head, lathe eagerness 'of his
. ,. _ , I flight. .
‘ "" : --' hov had now reached the road which
tm'n'Sbfi‘tO sreé yHonawrbtuGimssw.
der, who seemer possessed with a demon,
instead of keeping it up, made
an opposite turn. and lunged
headlong down hill to the left. T us road
leads through a sandy hollow, shaded by
trees for about a quarter of a mile, where
it crosses the bridge famous in goblin
story; and just beyond swells the green
knoll on which stands the whitewashed
church.
As yet the anic of the steed had given
his unskillfu rider an apparent advant-
age in the chase; but just as he had ot
half way through the hollow the girtéhs
of the saddle gave way, and he felt it
slipping from under He seized it
by the pommel, and endeavored to hold
it firm, but in vain, and had just time
to save himself by clasping old Gunpow-
der round the neck when the saddle fell
to the earth, and he heard it trampled
under foot by his ursuer. For a mo-
ment the terror 0 Hans Van Ripper‘s
wrath passed across his mind-for it was
his Sunda saddle; but this was no time
for tty ears; the goblin was hard on
his launches, and (unskillfu! rider that
he was) he had much ado to maintain
his seat, sometimes slipping on one side,
sometimes on another, and sometimes
'oltcd on the high ridge of his horse’s
ack bone with a violence that he verily
fax-ed stolhuld c1653: it? asunder. . .
n ope int f, can now cheered.
him withtheiopesg _
was at hand; The] ,vering reflection
of a silver star in the vbvgsom of the brook
told him that he was‘hot"mistaken. He
saw the walls of Mohurch‘ 'dimly glar-
ing ‘ under “the trees beyond. He‘recol-
lected the place where Brom Bones’
ghostly competitor had disappeared. “If
can but reach that brid e," thought
Ichabod, ”I and safe." ust then he
heard the black steed panting and blow-
ing close behind him; he even fancied
that he felt his hot breath. Another con-
vulsive kick in the ribs, and old Gun-
ered over the, resdundmg planks, he
gained the op 'lte side, and now Icha-
bod cast a look behind to see if the pur-
suer should vanish, according to rule,
in a flash of fire and brimstone. Just
then he saw the goblin rising in his stir-
rups, and in the very‘act of hurling his
head at him. Ichabod endeavored to
dodge the horrible missile, but too late.
In encountered his cranium with a tre-
mendous crash—he was tumbled head-
long into the dust, and Gunpowder, the
black steed and the goblin rider passed
by like awhirlwind.
Ichabod endeavored to dodge the horrible
missile.
The next morning the old horse was
found without his saddle, and with the
bridle under his feet, soberly cro pin
the grass at his master’s gate. Ic abo
did not make his appearance at breakfast
—-dinner hour come, but no Ichabod. The
boys assembled at the school house, and
strolled idly about the banks of the
brook; but no schoolmaster. Hans Van
Ripper now began to feel some uneasi-
ness about the fate of poor Ichabod, and
his saddle. An inquiry was set on foot,
and aft-.31- umgelxu aflvmdgdetin‘n thev
po his traces. In one part of the
road leading to the church was found the
"4&MDMd,m the dirt; the tracks of
horses' hoofs deeply dented in the road,
and evrdently at furious s eed, were
traced to the brid e, beyon which, on
the bank of a hmnr rt. n? "so I‘m'r,
where the water ran cop and black, was
found the hat of ,the unforttmate Icha-
bod, and close beside it a shattered
pumpkin.
The brook was searched, but the body
of the schoolmaster was not to be dis-
covered. Hans Van Ripper, as executor
of his estate, examined the bundle which
contained all his worldly effects. They
consisted of two shirts and a half, two
stocks for the neck, a. air or two of
worsted stockings, an 01 pair of cordu-
roy small clothes, a rusty razor, a book
of psalm tunes full of dog's ears
and a broken pitch pipe. As to the
books and furniture of the school house,
they belon ed to the community, except-
ing Cotton ther’s “History of Witch-
craft,” a New England Almanac, and a
book of dreams and fortune telling, in
which last was a sheet of foolsca much
scribbled and blotted by several ruitless
attempts to make a copy of verses in
honor of the heiress 0 Van Tassel.
These ma '0 books and the poetic scrawl
were fort with consigned to the flames
by firms Van Ripper, who, from that
time forward, determined to send his
children no more to school, observing
that he never knew any good come of
this same reading and writing. What-
ever mone the schoolmaster possessed,
and he ha received his quarter’s pay but
a day or two before, he must have had
about his person at the time of his dis-
appearance.
'The mysterious event caused much
speculation at the church on the follow-
ing Sunday. Knots of azers and gossips
were collected in the c lurchyard, at the
bridge, and at the a 01; where the hat
and para kin had een found. The
stories of rouwer, of Bones, and a whole
budget of others, were called to mind,
and when they had diligently considered
.them all, and compared them with the
symptoms of the present case, they
5 00 their heads ttmd came to the con-
clusion that Ichabod had been carried off
by the galloping Hessian. AS he was a
bachelor, and in nobody’s debt, nobody
troubled his head any more about him;
the school was removed to a. dilferent
quarter of the Hollow, and another ped-
agogue reigned in his stead.
It is true, an old farmer who had been
down to New York on a. visit several
years after, and from whom this account
of the ghostly adventure was received,
brought home the intelligence that Icha-
bod Crane was still alive; that he had
left the neighborth partly through fear
of the goblin and Hans Van Ripper, and
partly in mortification at having been
suddenly dismissed by the heiress; that
he had changed his uarters to a distant
part of the country; at! kept school and
snidied law at the same time: nadneen
admitted to the bar; turned ohtrcran:
electioneered: written for t 9 news-
papers; and, finally. had been made a
ustice of the ten pound court. Brom
l30nes. too, who shortly after his rival’s
disappearance, conducted the blooming
Katrina. in triumph to the altar, was ob-
served to look exceedingly knowing
whenever the story of Iclia or] was re
lated, and always burst into a hearty
laugh at the mention of the pum kin;
which led some to suspect that he 'new
more about the matter than he chose to
tell.
The old count wives. however, who
are the best ju ges of these matters,
maintain to this day that Ichabod was
spirited away by supernatural means;
and it is a favorite story often told about
the neighborhood round the winter even-
ing fire. The bridge became more than
ever an object of superstitious awe, and
that may be the reason why the road has
been altered of late years, so astoap-
preach the church by the border of the
mill 0nd. The schoolhouse being de-
serte soon fell todecay, and was re-
ported to be haunted by the host of the
unfortunate pedagogue, an the plow
boy, loitering homeward of a still sum-
mer evening evemn' g, has often fancned
his voice at a distance, chanting a mel-
ancholy psalm tune among the tranquil
solitudes of Sleepy Hollow.
POSTSCRIPT.
FOUND IN THE BANDWRITING or am.
KNICKERBOCKER.
The preceding tale is given, almost in
the recise words in which I heard it re-
in at a corporation meeting of the
ancientfcity o the Manhattoes (New
York), at‘which were present man of
its sagest and most illustrious burg era.
The narrator was a pleasant, shabbyt,‘
cam’ “on n
fir
gentlemanly old fellow in pepper and so
clothes, with a sadl humorous face; an
one whom 1 strong y suspected of being
r--he made such efforts to be enter-
E'filiing. When his story was concluded
there was much laughter and approba-
tion, articularly from two or three de
uty alderman, who had been asleep t a
greater part of the time. There was, how-
one tell, dry looking old gentleman,
ever,
I with. inertial: eyebrowsmliomain’eamed
tjhe church bridge ‘
wder sprang upon the bridge; he thun- .
l a grave and “rather severe 'face Through-
_ out; now and then folding his arms, m~
, clinmg his head, and looking down upon
, the floor, as if turning a doubt over in
his mind. He was one of your wary
men, who never laugh but upon good
grounds—when they have reason and
the law on their side. When the mirth
of the rest of the company had subsided,
and Silence was restored, he leaned one
arm on the elbow of his chair, and stick-
ing the other aykimbo, demanded, witha
slight but exceedingly sage motion of the
head, and contraction of the brow, what
was the moral of the story, and what it
went to prove.
The story teller, who was just putting
a glass of wine to his lips, as a refresh-
ment after his toils, paused for a. mo-
ment, looked at his inquirer with an air
of infinite deference, and lowering the
glass slowly to the table, observed that
prove:
“That there is no situation in life but
has its advantages and pleasures—pro—
vided we will but take a. joke as we
find it:
.“That, therefore, he that runs races
With goblin troopers is‘ likely tohave
i‘ou _h riding of it:
“ drgo, for a coun ‘ schoolmaster to
be refused the hand 0 a Dutch heiress is
Stamt ” in step to high prefer-meat in the
e. .
Thccatitious old gentleman knit his
brows tenfold closer after this explanar
tion, being sorely puzzled by the ratioci-
nation of the syilogism; while, me-
thought, the, one in pepper and salt e ed
him with somethin of a. trium‘
leer. At len hheo erved that this
was very we , but still he thought the
story a, little on the extravagant—there
were one or two points on which he had
his doubts: -
“Faith, sir,” replied the story teller, “as
to that matter, I don’t believe one-half of
it myself.”
A Fall of 2,000 Feet.
A most exciting incident took place in con-
nection with the balloon ascension at Staf-
ford Springs, Conn., not long ago. “Pro-
fessor” Hogan, the parachute “artist," who
had been engaged to make a balloon ascen-
sion, had waited all day for the wind to die
down. About 5:30 o’clock, before 3,000
spectators, be inflated his monster machine
and ascended gradually to a. height of 4,000
feet, or nearly a. mile. At that enormous
height the balloon with its occupant ap-
peared to be about the size of a. frog.
According to his programme, the aeronaut
at this point fixed his balloon so that it
would fall to the earth alone, and prepared
to make his daring descent by means of the
parachute, which was attached to the side of
the balloon by a small cord. The parachute,
when inflated, is a sort of cone in shape, the
base of which looks like an umbrella, the
sides being numerous cords and the apex be-
ing a small iron ring, to which the professor
hangs by his band. Mr. Hogan jumped from
the basket at that terrible altitude with the
iron ring in his hand. The cord attaching
the chute to the balloon at once broke, leav-
ing the daredevil with his flimsy apparatus
nearly a mile from the earth.
A terrible thing now happened. The cords
had become entangled and stiffened by the
rain, and prevented the great chute from or
paneling its broad surface in the air, through
which the aeronaut was falling with fright-
ful speed. The people below, looking up with
wide open mouths, could see nothing but a
dark line, becoming longer at each instant
and coming toward the earth with the speed
of lightning. “My God i” cried a. locker on;
Hogan’s gone i” A_ woman clutched fran-
tically at a strange man at her side as the
body in the air was seen to careen to one
side, as if unstable. At this point, when fully
one-half of the descent he‘d been made in but
a few seconds, and when not one of the 3,000
spectators expected aught else but a. catas-
trophe, the great surface of the chute was
seen to expand, and thence there was only a
graceful, easy fall that turned every groan
to a smile.
When the performer reached the ground he
said that at the beginning of the descent he
realized his danger, but could do absolutely
nutthisgmlut‘ahttcli the ring. H2 was unable
overtook him, and his sensation was that his
fingers were relaxing their hold. At this ‘
point, however, the entangled cords baseball-i ,
inclosed the folds of the chute were snap
was saved from certain death—Springfield
Republican.
limiting Wild Turkeys.
Wild turkeys are hunted. in several ways,
but the only true way to hunt them is with
gun and dog. Setters or pointers make most
excellent hunters when trained young, and it
is a fact that hunting turkeys with them
does not injure them for partridge hunting.
The plan pursued with us—und Isuppose it
is the same with all who hunt them, is to
start out early in the morning for the
feeding grounds of the wild turkeys, and
when they are reached to set out the
dog, and when well trained, upon cross-
ing the track of the turkeys he will run it as
the bound will that of the fox or deer, until
he finds them; then, without stopping to
“point,” as he would a. covey of partridges,
he will burst among the flock like a tornado,
barking furiously, and in a short time he
will have them scattered for half a mile to a
mile around.
Then is the hunter’s time. Having located
the direction the flock has taken, be pro‘
ceeds to make “blind.” After waiting an
hour or so for everything to quiet down, he
gets out his “turkey caller” and proceeds to
imitate the notes of the old hen. Then, if the
flock has never been hunted much, they will
begin to answer and gradually approach the
blind, sometimes singly or in twos and threes.
Then the hunter must be quick and with
steady nerves, as they do not wait for any
foolishness.
They are generally shot with No. 6 shot,
and I have killed them with No. 8, always. of
course, shooting at the head. The flesh is un-
fit for the table if the turkey is shot in the
body, as the blood settles at least an inch
around the smallest hole made by shot and
cannot be removed by cooking. Turkey
hunting is very exciting, and one who cutie
gets into a well scattered flock never forgets
the thrill that passes through every nerve as
he hears the answering calls of the “wary
gobbler” and sees him tumble to the crack Of
his trusty breechloader—a dish _fit for a king,
~Cor. New York Herald.
OH on the Water.
The new life float which is supplied with a;
reservoir of oil, in order to support . bodies in
the water, is based on the recent cases of stun
cessful experience with oil in overcoming the
power of waves, and thus saving life and
property from destruction. The reservoir in
this case is provided with an outlet, by means
of which the oil may escape automatically,
no matter on which side the float, or buoy,
may be turned when thrown into the water,
or to which it may be impelled by the waves
when once in the water. Thus, by means of
the escaping oil, the surrounding water is ex-
pected to become sufficiently calm to enable
the float to be discovered at a further dis
tance than it otherwise could be, and a calm
space secured around the float for the preser-
vation of life. —Boston Transcript.
TATE SPRINGS, Term, July 4, 1858. '
The Swift: Specific Co., Atlanta,_Ga.: '
During the spring of 1871, while working
in the field at my home in Morgan county,
Ga, I pulled oil my shoes to give my feet a
rest. Unfortunately, I walked into a clump
of poison oak, and in a few days my feet
were in a terrible condition, and I could not
put on a shoe because of the soreness and
swelling. I was treated as poison oak cases
usually are, and everything was healedup.
About the same time the following spring,
1372, my feet became sore again, as at first,
and every succecfizg spring for five years
brought baa-k the same condition of the dis-
ease, only each time it became more dis-
tressing, because I began to think it was a
lifetime trouble. Finally, I was induced to
try Swift's Specific. I took six bottles, and
to-day am entirely well. My improvement
was gradual from the first, and no evtdence
of the disease remains. I shall take pleas-
ure in testifying as to its curative proper-
ties. It is the greatest blood purifier in ex-
istence. Yours truly, J. L. MORGAN.
The foregoing certificate is taken at
random from thousands of letters in posses-
sion of the Swift Specific Co., and presented
simply as a sample. It is a voluntary
statement, giving facts and results of the
case. Its accuracy and genuineness are
beyond question. .
A valuable Treatise on Blood and Skin
Diseases mailed free. Address
THE SWIF '1‘ SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawer 4 Atlanta. Ga.
liloffats Life Pills are purely vegetable.
They act on the Liver, opening the ducts,
and restoring the whole body to perfect
health Always have a box of them in the
house. For tale by druggists everywhere.
Tlicrclwili be a national exhibition in
Palermo, Italy in 1891.
Cure yourself. Don’t pay large doctor’s
bills. The best medical book published,
100 pages, elegant colored plates, will be
sent you on receipt of three 2-cent stamps
a,
to pay postage. Address, A. P. Ordaly;
1 Boston, Mass.
the story was intended most logically to _
to breathe, his head began to swim, film‘s“
L:- 4.1.... ....--.-;;...x. 1.......... -n «1.- ab,‘“.‘ law-I —
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This Powder never varies. A marvel of pure
strength and wholesomeness. More economic
petition with the multitude of low test, short
weight, ailnm or phosphate powders. '
Sold only in Cans.
RoYAL BAKING Pownsn Co.,ios Wall St. , N. Y.
" .m ‘
SYRUH‘
The only RELIABLE REMEDY full.
Giii'EflRIIIJP ‘9
El
\_
liifii'IHflMT
Index-sod by Physicians. Used bythouanle
IT WILL CURE You.
ROOHUMINIT. “01m, ”35.3mm
mzmmmcnoormmn Benito-had
IlldSavetho onus. soubynnuaa. urn
Irmsa EEIIlESS
Tito Korn- Own Dyeing, at Home.
ey will dye everything. They are sold ev
where. Price IOc.a package. Theyhave noeqairi’nl
for Strength, Brightness, Amount in Packages
or for Fastness of Color. or non-fadin Qualities.
They do not crock or smut; 40 colors. Tor sale by
J. G Aregorydr co.; (:. Lapham, ll lilain Street;
Geo d. Piaistcd, Druggists. iysf
CATARRH ELY’S
CREAM BilM
Cleanses the
\a-ai Passing.
es, aI lays pain
andinflamma
lion liealsllie
sores, restor-
es the senses
of taste and
sriieil.
HAY-F EVE R TRY run cuss
A particieis applied into each nostril and is
agreeable. Price 50 cents at Di'uggists : by mail,
registered, 60 cts. ELY BROTHERS, [56 Warren
Street, .\ew York. 1y“
E. O. WHITNEY’S
—: A R T STORE:—
57 l -‘:.‘ Main St , So. Norwalk.
Entire stock moved from Daubury to So. Norwailr
Etchings.Engrnvlngs. Artotypcl, Pastels,
Writer Colors, Etc.
PICTURE FRAMlNG A SPECIALTY.
Flltl 810“ iii ARTIS‘IS’ HATEIIALS.
Albums. Easels, Cabinet Frames
ig‘fufizfiter May 12th, a complete stock of
JESSE HOPSON, ’
llllllllAGll MAKER,
Hal removed to the building ,3
Next in Gretrry’s Stables. Knight street
Where he does first-class
Carriage Repairing and Painting
m At Reasonable Prices.
F IIINITIII
PARLUR AND BEDROOMSETS
a specialty. .
DAv-ID STOW,
I
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be soidln com- I
i
. Main Street one. Depot
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN
“ P. H. DWYER.
The largest Stock of Harness
EVER DISPLAYS!) 1M TOWN.
All First-Clue, Hand Stitched, Oak Tune.
Pennsylvania Leather
THIRD CLASS PRICES.
Set Sinrle anti Dnrhle Harness.
HABDENBROOK "All.
Over Mitchell's Market, next door to P. H. Dwy-
er’s old stand. letf
EQUITABLE MORTGAGE CO.,
on Kansas ot'rv. earns]. 32,000,000
6 and 7 per cent. Debenture Bonds and Mortgage
Loans at Far and Accrued interest.
it. B. CltAUFURD, Agent,
Room 2 Museum Buildlt g
HENRY TILLY
CARRIAGE MAKER,
SOUTH NOR WALK, - CONN
Manufacturer of
Family Uflll‘lflilfli, Vietnrias, 3112388,“.
All Kinds of Repairing.
JOHN S. ATKINSON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Harness, Blankets,
Trunks, Bags,
Soic Leather and Shoe Findings, and Boot
and Shoe Uppers.
Corner of Pals-field Ave. and Kiddie Street
Bridgeport, Conn.
was
For Sale.
DOUBLE BARRELLED RIFLE madeby Joh
Blissett, London. Will be sold cheap for
§adiexs'.8tl'i‘iti0il’$;~3..g-Box Papers. Whiting
’ tsnlard ineu, etc. " ' ‘ 3-1,}, .
--. s—b\“- ELEHITf'EEMY ‘-“‘"‘”5""
//
I
II-I-l
..>..
<
"~’.
.5.
_..I
Heals Without Leaving a. Scar.
disease to the Internal Organs.
Sores, Fresh Cuts. Snake Bites, Bruises, Burns,
everywhere.
reSuIts than any other medicine.
Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite,
Neuralgia and Nervous Diseases,
Kidneys, Colds and Fever and A e.
Complaints, etc,
N THE ONLY
Brilliant F
Durable 4:”
Economical
Are Diamond Dyes. They excel all others
in Strength, Purity and Fastness. None other:
are just as good. Beware of imitations—they
are made of cheap and inferior materials and
give poor, weak, crocky colors.
36 colors; 10 cents each.
Send postal for Dye Book, Sample Card. directions
for coloring Photos., making the finest link or Bluing
(to era. a quart), etc. Sold by Druggista or by
WELLS, RICHARDSON & 00., Burlington, Vt.
For Gliding or Bronzing Fancy sticks, 03!
DIAMOND PAI ’rs.
Gold. Silver. Bronze, Copper. Only to Cents.
// I ',r_ .
///’/// in
Page’s Climax Salve,
A FAMILY BLESSiNG FOR 25 CENTS.
Its action upon the system is unlike any other external remedy. as it never drives the
lts properties 0
all the poisonous and corrupt humors, through the perspiring vessels t. . ”the sur.’ ace, and
eradicates the disease from the system. We warrant it to cure C-xl Sores, Ulcers,
Scroinla Sores, Salt Rheum. Sore Breasts or Nipples. Inflamed Eyes, Swollen Glands,
Erysipelas, Boils, Scalds, Burns. Cuts. Bruises, Fistula, Piles, Corns. Bunions, Chil.
blains. Frosted Feet, and all cutaneous diseases on man and beast.
PAGE'S CLIMAX SALVE acts like magic on horse flesh in curing Scratches,
Saddle and Harness Gulls, Chores. etc.
boxes three times larger than any other Salve, and u I»! at the low price of twenty-five cents per _box.
it is warranted to cure in every case or money refundud. F or Sale by Draggists and Dealers in medicine
Mofl'at’s Life Pills are purely vegetable.
and kidneys, purify and regulate the whole system, and are warranted a certain cure
for all Malarious Diseases, T orpiil Liver, Immire Blood, Jaundice, Bilious Complaints,
Indigestion. Costiveness, Nervous and Sick Headache,
Female obstructions and General weakness, Scurvy,
Inflammatory Rheumatism, Piles of every kini, Gravel and Diseascs of the Bladder and
I 3
l3
“\‘\§\‘I‘\\ '\ .10 .. .
iAiy‘Si"‘win'
I
I
I
I
go to the diseased part, and separate
Mange, ()!d
It is put up in
__—_.—————————
MDFFAT’S "LIFE PILLS.
THE GREAT STOMACI-l AND LIVER REMEDY.
Established by one of our most eminent physiciins and recommended by the medical
profession and druggists who know their real merit, and are used with more pleasing
They act on the stomach, bowels, liver
HOFFAT'S LIFE PILLS are e egant‘y _ Sugar coated and easy to take and are a perfect after
dinner Pill, one taken after dinner‘each dav Will and digestion and cure all disorders of the Stomach.
Headache nvz‘. Sick Headache cannot cxistif these Pills airs” used. For costivencss take one Pill at bedtime.
MOFFAT’S PHOENIX BITTERS
Are not a drink used {or intoxication, but a pure medicine and only used by people
who are sick. They correct the secretions of the stomach and are a. sure Cure for
Dyspepsia, Sleeplessness, Nervonsne‘s. Debility, Weakness, Loss of Appeti=e, Femal:
Thousands of certificates are in possession of the proprietor, giving,
perfect cures effected by these invaluable medicines and we warrant that they will do
just what we have _said or money will be refunded, It is simply asked that the afllictcd
will tr them once, their use will convince the most site tical.
Jane-a CLIMAX sauna F,a Box. mornf's L! I I'll-1.8. asc- a Box. MOFFAT'S
PHOENIX BITTERD, $1.00 a Bot: e. F or Sale by‘Druggista and Dealers in medicir. : everywhere,
or sent by mail or Express, prepaid, cc'. .‘egeipt of price;
I. P. MILLS, Sole Proprietor,
85 LIBERTY SHEET, NEW YORK-
- . CELEBY
- “’"e s COMMUND
“Paine's Celery Com-
m ound cured in naiv-
“e" 'gla 1dos sick headaehyes."
A- Mrs. L. A. Busmusa,
Nervous San Jacinto, Cal.
“After usin six bot-
Prostratlon tics of Pain}: Celery
C r ’, i am cured
gt rheumfiirm."
Alum. u‘rcrrmsos
Rheumafl‘fil South Cornish, N. i-f.
..‘ I. 13.22.. " “It has done me more
Kldneyngfi" good for kidney disease ,
Z ' than any other medl-
Dlseases cine." Gao. Anson,
A 5 Sioux City, lowa
"Paine's Cele ' Com-
“D ound has becnrgfgreat
A“ leer Benefit for torpid liver,
indigesllog, and billet:-
ness." LizAsarn ‘
Disorders UoALL, Quechee, Vt.
IF .YOU WANT
THAT WILL
Heat Your Hausa
-———G E'l‘—-—
Ti hinin
Localities a" toss
W
SARSAPARILLA CUMPUUNII
00mm MIXTURE,
Hair Tonic, _
—FINE STATIONERY;
in the Latest Society Styles. -
Easter.- Cards,
J. I G. GREGORY’S
38 Wall Street.
ESTABLISHED 1868.
RAYMOND Bees,
Ofice, 10 Washington St.
80. NORWALK, Cr., Oct. lot, 1888.
WHOLESALR AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Coal. Wood, Brick, Lime, Cement, Plus;
ter, Fire Brick, Fire Clay. Fire Mor-
tar, Drain Pipe, FertiliZers, 'Sole
Tile,Biue Stone,Granite,Hay,
Btraw,Grain,Feed,:Flour,
Soup, Oil, Salt, Fish,
Paints, Lea d ,
Brushes,
. Colors, Alabas-
tine,Averill and Rub-
ber Minted Paints, Steve-
dores and Trucking, con-
tracts made for Exeavating,Paint—
ing, Grading, Flag and Concrete Walks.
Our goods are bought direct from the
manufacturer and producer; purchased for
cash ; freighted in large quantities, under
special contract with the railroads and boats
delivered by our own teams, and we are
thereby enabled to offer great inducements
to large purchasers, while the smaller deal-
er or consumer will find bargains worthy
his attention. \Ve keep constantly in stt cit
a great variety of all the goods on the fore
going list, besides many others not enumer-
ated, and will purchase and promptly deliv-
er on application, any article required. If
you contemplate building, painting, putting
down walks, laying a drain or sewer, hav-
ing a well or cistern built, please allow us to
quote prices for work and material.
Respectfully,
RAYMOND BROTHERS.
SOLDIERS, ATTENTION
M. L. svmcrou,
Pension Attorney, -
241 Eighth Street, N. E.,
WASHINGTON D. (2.,
Located at the National Capital, adjacent to all the
Executi Departments, gives me superior
advan age in the prosecution of Claims
against the United states.
INCREASE YOUR PENSION.
Many pensioners borne on the rolls are entitled
to a much higher rate of pension than they now
receive. Inagreat majority of cases in which
pension was granted for disease, the pensioner is
entitled to an increase of rate, and in most cases
where it was granted for wounds or injuries the
disability increases each year. As time passes the
disability of all classes naturally increases. Many
were at first rated too low, and it often occurs
that penstoners are unjustly‘or erroneously re-
duced by examining surgeons. A pensioner is
entitled to increase on a disability not set forth in
his original declaration. The pension laws are
more liberal than formerly, and better rating can
be hartfor man disabilities. Imake a specialty
l
m svvalectea an Rejected Claims, and if 'you' will
present me with a brief statement of o
stating by whom it was presented, I wlll Idling-303'
rehearing of your case, and, if it has merit twill
procure a favorable settlement Many claims
stand rejected before the department, .when it
only requires a competent attorney to make them
good cases. Soldiers Merino with disabilities
contracted in service, who have not applied for a
pension, should do so as it is their RIGHT.
SOLDIERS OF THE MEXICAN WAR.
Who were in that service sixty day or thei
widows if not re-married] are entitled tg'ekoo per?
month from January 29th, 1881. rm
GENERAL MARKET.
Meat. Fish, Vegetables. arc.
LOCKWOOD «It 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 Norwaik. We intend to
prove to our customers that we deserve their
patronage by fair and generous dealing.
iydo LOCKWOOD a ANDREWS.
ANCHOR LINE
Atlantic Express Service.
LIVERPOOL via. QUEENSTOWN.
Steamship “CITY OF ROME” from New Yo
WEDNESDAY, October 31, It
Largest and finest passenger steamer afloat.
(.aom, 950, $60, and $80 second-class. $30.
GLASGOW SERVICE.
steamer every Saturday from New York to
C pngsoow AND LONDONDEBBY.
a to assess to Glasgow Londonderr or Liv
q erpooi, :45 or $55, Sedond-class, 833. '
ateerage. outward or prepaid;either service. 820.
Saloon Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates. '
_Travelers’Circuiar Letters of Credit, and Drafts
for any amount issued at lowest current rate
For Books of .u ours, Tickets or furtherinformat'ibn
Apply to HENDERSON 81108., New York, or
§TILES w, cua'ns.
NORWALL, CONN.
0110106
BUILDING LOTS
(on marksman-r repair.)
FOR SALE_
6mm
On Wilton Avenue
—4¥P‘T
Sme Sauce: Plot.
ArrLY To
A. n.’ BYINGTON,
GAZETTE OFFICE.
PETER L. GUIGUE,
FLORIST hill] 84 YMAN.
UNION AVEN UE,
North of Norwailt Cemetery,
NORWAEE, - CORR...
Dealer in in Green House and Hot House and '
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Omanien S‘
tai Trees Shrubbery, Vines. Cut Flowers have".
on hand and all sorts of designsin Flowers arrahged
to order. any:
Grading and Rte-filling Cemetery Plots
Promptly attended to.
Peiinuifsrnme.
BEST SUIIEB HOTEL ACOOIKOTJA’IIONS I!
NEWESGLAND. ‘ ' ‘ .
Consumption in 1881 of
POLAND WA FER.
350,000 (muons.
NEAR“ 2,000,000 IOTTLES.
The largest sales of any spring in the United
States and more than all the springs at Saratoga
combined.
HIIIAM BIKER & SONS, Props.
Depot,_164 Kansas St.. Tribune Bulldlll.
send for Circuiiiri, ; , . my
munching.
D RESSM AK 1 SG done in all of the latest style
Button holes made by band. Old sermons
re-cnt and refitted. ’
gMitS. FANNIE MoKENZE
. on. 6 south Union Anne
Post omen box 654. a orwalit.
.....,.. “cw...“tflm my...“ man
Norwalk Chronicler