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LOCAL ITEMS.
Ex-President Watrons was buried Mon-
day.
See advertisement, 'Bank‘ stock wanted,
in another column. , ~
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac M. Doty, of Newark,
were in town Sunday.
James Hadden is treating his rear roof
to a new coating of tin.
Mr. Ira Cole has just had his residence
very prettily painted.
Hon. James W. Hyatt went to . Wash—
ington yesterday evening. .
A building association has been organ
ized in South Norwalk. -
Miss Anna Smith is recovering from a
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. severe attack of tonsrlitis.
Mr. William St. John is a guest of Mr.
James H. Hoyt on East avenue.
The Wilson building opposite the GA-
znr'ra Office is being renovated.
Journalist W. S. Moody, Jr., was at the
parental mansion over Sunday.
Miss VanZandt',’ of Washington, is visit-
ing the family of Selectman Dasksm.
Our borough rulers have added tree
trimming ladders to the borough assets.
Wm. St. John, of New York, was the
:1 iggest'oi Charles St, John ever Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Peck, Sr.,
spent Sunday with his son on East avenue.
Selectman Sam. Daskam is putting an
enlarged addition to his East avenue cot-
tage.
Mrs. J. P. Treadwell and children, of
Norwalk, are visiting relatives in New
Milford.
Rev. Mr. Richardson preached for Rev.
Mr. Selleck at St. Paul’s church, Sunday
1 morning.
Nat. Requa, formerly proprietor of the
{ Hotel Brunswick, sailed for Germany on
;_ Wednesday.
i Mr. Henry Thomas spent Sunday with
his brother, Mr. Wm. H. Thomas, on
5 East avenue.
Mr. Charles 0. C. Betts is already talk_
ing about going to Saratoga the last of
f the season.
Benjamin J. Sturges is an applicant for
the U. S. marshalship of Brooklyn, where
he resides.
Mrs. Charles B. DeKlyn has gone to
that paradise of summer resorts, Old
Orchard Beach, Me.
Joseph B. Rider was among the grad-
uates of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti-
tute of Troy, N. Y.
St. Joseph’s picnic which was to have
been held the 4th has been postponed
until next Saturday.
Mr. Fred. Betta sold one of the pets of
his barn yard Saturday, a young Ayrcshire
heifer of his own raising.
Hutchinson, Cole & Co. have shut down
for a short time for their usual annual
taking account of stock.
Mr. LeGrand C. Betta has disposed of
all of New Canaan’s out—put of 4 per cent.
l town bonds at a premium.
U. S. Senator Platt has again taken to
' the Adirondacks woods for a prolonged,
} m uch needed and well deserved rest.
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A city brass band:of seven pieces, blew
out music to our quiet boroughites yester-
72 day.
Ward Gregory supplemented his 4th of
I uly powder explosion by cutting himself
' ith a scythe yesterday.
Mrs. William Olmstead who passed the
ourth in town, left Saturday for her
‘ resent home in Harlem.
Banks Morehouse, formerly the father
f democracy here in Norwalk, is now a
esident of Bridgeport. '
Mr. William H. Earle has gone for a
wo weeks’ visit to his brother’s popular-
nostelry at Richfield Springs.
Mrs. William K. Lewis left for Ocean
rove yesterday to join the family of her
rother, Mr. Frank Mallory, there.
Miss Nash, the Congregational organist,
5 taking lessons on that instrument with
ew York’s great Professor, Morgan.
all heart! as well its in growth and inter-
est. I, ,
‘ _;l .The season isfseason is seasonable for
foiir the chestnutty pun that “it will never
rain Jail-gain- decause- Sullivan is able to
Kilrain.” __
Rev. L. W. Bacon of Norwich will sup-
ply the pulpit of the First church in
Waterbury, during Rev. Dr. Anderson’s
vacation.
The pastor of the Congregational church
in Salt Lake City is Rev. John E. Hurl—
butt, a brother of Mrs. R. S. Billings of
Danbury.
Norwalk will send a large delegation of
Masons of high and low degree, to New
Haven to-dayto participate in the centen-
nial ceremonies.
Rev. Dr. Noble and wife are to occupy
the rooms vacated by: the Ferrys at the
comfortable mansion cf Hon. Asa Smith
on East Avenue. ‘
Mrs. Charles C. ,Betts sent an immense
box of exquisitelybeautiful and sweet pea
blossoms down to the New York Womans’
Hospital, Monday.
Mrs. O. S. Ferry and daughter Mary
leave town to-day for a summer so.
journ at Pigeon Cove, a charming point
on Cape Codbay.
Mrs. Brayton Ives, of New York, and
her sister, Mrs. Fannie Patterson, of
Philadelphia, are visiting their father,
Rev. 8. B. S. Bissell.
It is contemplated to employ Rev. Mr.
Everest again, at the end of his summer
vacation, to preach at the Congregational
church on the Green.
Pres. C. P. Clark, of the Consolidated
road, Zhas gone abroad for his health, and
temporarily Vice-Pres. Reed will have
charge of the road’s affairs.
Miss E. Bertha Brady is an applicant
for a teacher’s position in one of the South
Norwalk schools. Few ladies are as well
equipped as she for the position.
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_, Hons. Geo. M. Woodruff of Litchfield,
has resigned the superintendency of the
Congregational Sunday school after twenty
nine years of continuous service.
Fred. Hubbell, of New York, was in
town over the glorious Fourth. He had
just returned from the “wild and woolly
West,” via the Galveston steamer.
Mr. D. Craft is diligently moving and
clearing away the grass and weeds that
have so long marred the beauty of the
East Norwalk “garden of the dead.”
The young and accomplished daughter
of the late George Bissell, of Pittsfield,
Mass, is visiting with her aunt, Mrs.
Charles C. Betts, on the Church Green.
The venerable Lewis 0. Wilson is again
a guest at the Dorion House and is again
making his name fragrant by clearing the
pretty drive way to the Point, of cobble
stones.
The English language needs refining.
“Forelady of the ironing department, is
the NORWALK Gsznm’s. We suggest as
a companion expression, “Foregentleman
of the shovelers’ brigade.”—-New Britain
Record.
If the burglar who bunglingly burgled
Frank Starr’s confectioneryzwindow Wed-
nesday night and hooked a lot of carmels,
will call, again he can have some gum
drops.
The side-walk was torn up around the
Hubbell corner April 26, and now, July
10, Engineer Wood is giving‘ the last
levels to the unquestioned public improve-
ment.
Master Cecil Clark, of Westport avenue,
has varied the usual programme in cutting
of! the tail of the old family cat in his
papa’s hay cutter instead of his own
fingers.
Attorney John B. Hurlbutt has a young
house cat minus a tall since the glorious
4th. “Pudding Lane” was our most un-
lucky locality in celebrating our national
holiday. ‘
W..A. Loveplacc of Kingston, N. Y., is
the new engineer at the electric light
works. Mr. Loveplace comes highly re-
commended as a thorough and competent
engineer. '
Chas. Sniffen has withdrawn from the
proprietorship of the refectory on board
the steamer Cape Charles and devotes his
time exclusively to his cafe in the Nor-
walk Hotel.
If any of our readers think that Nor-
walk does not possess the true poetic
instinct, they should peruse Miss Agnes
Gibbs’ charming little poem, “Summer”
in another column. _ _ '
“W. G. L.," a former resident of this
town, is writing interesting letters from
Bridgeport for the Gumm—South Nor-
walk Republican.
Right you are, neighbor.
Mrs. Sarah 0., wife of Richmond H.
Parmele of East Norwalk, died Monday
morning. The funeral services will be
held this, Wednesday, afternoon at 2
o’clock at her late residence, Riverside.
Geo. W. Selleck, Esq. of Selleck Bros.,
expects to recreate again with Boniface
Warner at Canaan, Litchfield 00., first of
August.
Ex-U. S. National Bank Examiner, Hon.
A. B. Mygatt, thinks our Central the
strongest and most successful of all the
Norwalk banks.
Horseback riding is the popular pastime
of the Stamford young people. This is a‘
healthy exercise and might be imitated by
the lads and lassies of Norwalk.
West avenue from the M. E. church,
down to the Armory needs reparing sadly.
Our borough highways give us a bad name
with out-ottown visitors, as well as no
end of home grumbling.
A cablegram was received from Mr.
l Charles L. Rockwell announcing his safe
arrival at Queeustown on Thursday last,
having had a pleasant voyage and neither
he or his bride was sea-sick.
The good borough fathers are making
the people glad by having the parks clean-
ly shaven again. Prof. Mike Fitzgerald
is now enjoying exhilarating rides on the
borough horse lawn shaver.
The annual picnic of St. Mary’s church
will take place at Parlor Rock, the Hon-
satonic railroad company’s popular and
delightful picnic ground eight milesfabove
Bridgeport, some time this month.
There was the usual percentage of
satisfaction and displeasure manifested in
Norwalk on Monday when it was an-
nounced that Sullivan had whipped
Kilrain in 75 rounds in Mississippi.
The ladies of St. Mark’s church, New
Canaan, will hold a fair this afternoon
and evening for the benefit of the church,
which will undoubtedly attract a large
number of friends of the cause.
Stephen H. Smith, Esq., has a pet fam-
ily Dobbin, 34 years old, that enjoys
robust health and cats and sleeps well,
does his daily round of duties, and reads
as well without spectacles as with.
Mr. Eben Eaton, an old Norwalker is in
town once more, and as agent of the
American Building and Loan association
is endeavoring to establish an agency of
the same in the borough, or at South Nor-
walk.
The trial of the case against Henry
Millspaugh for non—support of his family
brought out some discreditable evidence
of domestic tyranny on the part of the
defendant. The case was laid over till
October 7th.
Stamford is becoming famous as a sum-
mer resort for actors and actresses.
Alreadya large company of “stars” are
there and we may expect to hear of some
tragedies and elopements before the
season closes.
Bank Teller James H. Bailey and his
brother-in-law, Mr. Brewers, gave the
little ones on the Church Green a gala
day and hilarious evening of it, with a
profusion of fire works in grand celebra-
tion of the glorious Fourth.
The many friends of that aged servant
of the Master, Rev. S. B. S. Bissell, will
be saddened to learn that in addition to
his affliction of failing sight he is also a
daily and nightly sufferer from that terri—
bly painful malady, muscular rheumatism.
The Commercial Travelers’ Association
of Connecticut will hold their annual con-
vention at the Branford Point House on
Friday, July 26th. There will be plenty
of fun there for no one is more sociable
and can tell so many jokes as the drum-
mer.
A black dog, accompanied by a smaller
one of lighter color, made a raid upon hen
coops on Prospect aveniie at daylight
Monday morning. When last seen the
marauders were going towards Spring
Hill at a rapid gait, followed by several
Winchester rifle balls.
A corn mill owned by Coles & Weeks,
at Middletown, burst last Wednesday
afternoon while working, flying into a
thousand pieces, and severely, if not fatal-
ly injuring the Superintendent, Roscoe
Coles. No cause can be determined for
the bursting of the mill.
The ladies of the Methodist church will
give an entertainment in the Lecture
Room this Wednesday evening. A musi-
cal and literary programme has been
arranged. Doors open at 7 o’clock.
Admission free. Ice cream will be served
after the entertainment.
One of the new drivers on the horse
railway forgot to stop on the upper switch
to wait for the 12.57 car yesterday and
the cars met about midway between the
switch and the horse car depot, making
it; necessary for the fit st car to be hauled
back to the switch in order to pass.
‘ Sheriff Toner of late has given cause
for serious suspicions that he was prepar-.
ing himself for a “flop” over into the
republican party. He has been seen sev-
eral times of late in bathing down at
D'orlon’s, and this anti—democratic habit
is giving his party friends a solicitude
thoroughly justified.
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The popularity of Parlor Rock has
been greatly increased since the Opening
of the new extension of the New Haven
& Derby railroad. About five hundred
‘ LLB. Sunday school scholars picnicked
there yesterday.
Rev. Dr. Noble, of Washington, occu-
pied the pulpit of the First Congregational
church Sunday. In the evening he
preached an after the 4th patriotic dis-
course on “Our Beloved Country. Our
Duty to it and to God.”
Eighteen thousand dollars has already
been pledged for the erection of an
Episcopal church at East Norwalk, and
quite a liberal sum is already promised
for a similar erection on the lot so gener-
ously donated by Mrs. Wm. K. James.
Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Everest were de—
tained here until Friday of last week,
owing to the prolonged illness of Miss
Griswold, who came on here from Minne-
apolis to act as maid of honor at the
Rockwell-Everest wedding. The parties
are now speeding westward.
The catcher ofthe picked nine of crack
ball players who came over and gave our
invincible Independents such a close rub
on Saturday, was the chap who caught
for the “Post printers’ nine” when the
Norwalk printers played them, and whom
they palmed off on the unsuspecting Nor-
walkers as a printer.
Two cyclists of Brooklyn passed
through town Monday evening. They
made the run from Bridgeport to Nor-
walk in less than two hours. They are
riding around for pleasure and to get a
view of Connecticut’s variegated scenery,
which for natural beauty is unsurpassed.
—W. 1’. Whitney will take the manage-
ment of an art department which is to be
0 V ned in the Boston store in the course
or a few ‘months. E. T. Whitney who has
been interested with him in the manage-
ment of Whitney’s art store of this city
will also be connected with the new
departure—South Norwalk Republican.
The suggestion is made us that it would
be a wise and desirable thing ifi the First
Congregational society would purchase a
plot r‘n'the new'and beautiful Riverside
avenue cemetery, and then tenderly re-
move the ashes and monuments of the
ancient dead from that sadly neglected
Town House bill grave-yard.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the
Fairfield County National Bank, held
Friday afternoon, it was voted almost
unanimously to reduce the capital stock
from $300,000 to $200,000. It was also
voted to levy an assessment of 20 per cent.
on the stockholders. There were 2,264
shares represented at the meeting.
Builder Denton has the plans for the
elaborate enlargement of the National
Bank of Norwalk. It would seem from
the plans that much of their present light
was to be shut out, but perhaps it isn’t
desirable now—a—days to have too much
light let in upon our banks.
Major Holmes has done his wards as
well as the public a decided service in his
renovation of the Hubbell building.
When it gets all the finishing touches of
“Charley” Smith’s artistic brushes it will
be an attractive credit to the borough and
all concerned in its beautifying.
Superintendent Hyatt has supplied a
new and attractive ladies’ reception room,
doubled the capacity of the horse car
Depot, and added 38 new stalls, extended
the edifice to 170 feet by 65 and will soon
have tracks laid sufficient to store all the
Company’s cars. Builder Hart Denton is
rapidly finishing up the interior.
Thomas Shields, the foreman of the
Consolidated railroad gang which was at
work at the scene of the North Haven ac-
cident, was arrested Saturday charged
with criminal carelessness and brought to
the jail in New Haven. He was found at
his home in Hartford. Shields claims to
be innocent of criminal negligence.
The Germania Swngerbund, of South
Norwalk, went to New Haven Wednesday
evening, and contested for the prizes
offered by the Smugerfest at the Hyperion
Theatre. About five hundred singers
took part in the contest. The Germania
Seengerbund took part in the Ariou pa-
rade and the games at Schutzen Park on
the 4th.
A bevy of drunken rowdies chased and
greatly frightened some unattended ladies
who were walking to their homes on East
avenue on the evening of the 8d. The
cowardly villains also threw lighted fire
crackers upon the ladies’ clothing. No
man with the slightest instincts of a
gentleman would do such a thing even if
brutalized by borough rum.
The Ridgefield Press’ recent statement
concerning an editor’s wedding to take
place at the next Danbury fair causes the
Danbury Press to wonder who will be the
“best man.” There will be nodifiiculty
in securing a best man, judging from the
willingness and promptness with which
the editorial brethren come forward and
"give the groom away.”
An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially! devoted to Local News and Interests.
NORWALK,'CONN.,WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1889.
TWO DOLLARS A YEAR
Number 28. _,
The swngerfest, which was held in New
Haven, the 3d and 4th inst., under the
auspices of the Arion society, of that city,
was a musical success, but owing to the
bad weather was a financial failure.
Willie Creagan, the boy who was acci-
dentally shot the eve before the 4th in
New Haven, by a pistol in the hands of
Isaac Hull, died from the effects of his
wound Friday. Hull was-placed under a
bond of $500, but has since been acquit-
ted. This is another sad warning that
pistols are not to be fooled with.
Mr. George Betts, youngest son of Chas.
C. Betts, Esq., who has spent four years
thoroughly learning the machinist trade,
will start for home the first of August.
He comes via the lakes and river St. Law-
ence, and from thence he expects to make
Norwalk on his wheel. He has been
offered a very lucrative position in Chica—
go after his summer vacation is ended and
will probably accept.
The second regatta of the Cedar Point
Yacht Club was sailed the 4th, although
the weather was unfavorable. The sail
was over a triangular course of 19 miles.
The prise winners were: Class E, Clytie,
F. D. Staples of Bridgeport; class F.
Amateur, Frank Burritt of South Nor—
walk; class H. Rival, H. T. Hitchcock
Bridgeport; class K. Quaker City, L. K.
Youngs Bridgeport.
James Harkius for his next friend John
Tuhey, had the County Commissioners
together on Monday to decide upon his
application for a liquor license. He was
opposed by several residents who objected
to any more liquor stores on Franklin
avenue. The gin mills, if they must be
licensed, ought all to be confined to the
vicinity of the bridge, where they can be
under the eyes of our police.
The GAZETTE reporter counted in the
space of less than ten minutes, nine milk
wagons pass the water tank opposite town
house hill cemetery, Saturday morning,
from which he deduces that the milk
business is about as largely overdone in
Norwalk as is the newspaper business.
The reader will note, in justice to the lac-
teal fluid dispensers, that our reporter
says he saw the milk wagons pass the
water tank.
The Norwalk Record, a weekly publi-
cation, has been consolidated with the:GA-
.ZETTB, and hereafter will a pear as an
eight-page paper.—N. Y. Tn" ne.
The above is a fair specimen of the mis-
information sent the metropolitan press
by their provincial correspdndents. The
Gaznrra will hereafter appear as an eight-
page paper, and the Record will continue
to stand on its own independent legs as
heretofore, but not “consolidate” till oil
and water mix.
The officers of the new Gentlemen’s
Driving Association are as follows : Buck-
ingham Lockwood, president; E. A.
Woodward, first vice-president; W. R.
MacCready, of Saugatuck, S. C. Stevens,
of Stamford, and Henry F. Guthrie, of
Silver Mine, vice-presidents; L. S
Knapp, of Stamford, secretary; E. A.
Woodward, treasurer; executive com-
mitte. W. M. Saunders, George I. Keeler,
Theodore Olsen, T. S. Morison, of Nor-
walk, and E. T. Redford, of Greens
Farms.
From the Republican :——Wm. E. Dann
is preparin to erect a three-story build—
ing on his sin street, borough lot.—A
building and loan association has been
formed in Norwalk and subscription pa-
pers have been put in many of the promi-
nent places of resort. The idea is that by
co—operation persons of small means may
be enabled to acauire homes of their own.
———-President arrison passed through
this city on his way to the Fourth of July
celebration at Woodstock, this week, but
that fact will prove poor consolation to
the crowd that hung about the depot for
several hours in hopes of catching a sight
of the chief executive.
Those adolescent and: callous youths,
who, in the minds of many, are running
and ruining the borough, are severely
criticised in having “made a mess of it” in
the removal and replacing of the electric
lights on the church green. They are
also charged with having neglected to
have the troughs encircling the elms on
the church park filled with kerosene, and
in failure of which the beetles which, lay
the larvae of the leaf destroying pests
were not prevented from ascending the
trees, and they are now threatened with a
complete denuding of their foliage.
“Bruno” Anderson, the noble black
Newfoundland dog of Rev. Mr. A’s, has
been left here as a boarder with milkman
Roberts. Saturday he was seen to follow
thejmilk wagon till he came abreast the.
Congregational parsonage, when Bruno
leaped the fence, mounted the, stoop and
commenced to sniff the air of the desolated
and drearylooking residence, and whine-
.out a doleful sense of homesickness and
longing to see his former master. It was
is touching and pathetic incident and none
who saw it lould doubt that good and
loyal old Biino had affection,” memory
, and thinking processes that would put to
shame the intelligence and thinking
powers of many of his biped fellow creat-
ures.
An exchange chronicles the recent rail_
road disaster in New Jersey under the
expressive heading, “Four Persons Fatal-
ly Killedl" This style of caption is cal-
culated to diSpel any false hope which
might be entertained by friends of the
victims, as would be the case if the head-
ing were less conclusive, and announced,
for instance, that the ill-fated ones were
slightly killed, or somewhat killed, or
killed a little bit.
The New Haven (Conn) Register will
give $100 for a properly authenticated
case wherein the cucumber ever did any-
one harm. “The vegetable has been
shamefully maligned and insulted,” this
champion claims—Exchange.
And the Register is undeniably right
The cucumber, in any capacity, touches
the spot, and there is no other legitimate
raw material for pickles. Col. Osborn
will add very largely to his list of friends
by his vigorous advocacy of Protection
for the cucumber. By the way, what’s
') the matter with the cucumber for the na—
tional flew er ?
The Quintard failure matter is drawing
to a climax. Another New York bill of
about $100 for drugs was placed in an
Qfiicer’s hands on Monday. The lawyers
guarding the interest of other creditors
however, forestalled a further attachment
by ordering the keeper. Wallace Dann to
lock up the store and remain on guard.
Lawyer Lockwood, as attorney for E. K.
Lockwood, who owns the building, has
served notice on the occupants to quit the
premises, the notice limiting the time to
the 17th inst. Mr. ' Lockwood’s bill for
rent amounts to $250. There are now at~
tachments for upward of of $500 on the
stock, which is estimated to be worth $1,-
500.
A number of Danburians composing the
“Nameless Yacht Club,” enjoyed an ex-
tended cruise last week on the sound,sail-
ing from Norwalk aboard the “Echo,”
Capt. Clark. Among the party were the
following: Frank Burnham, Ed. Sca—
man, DickLinster, M. Houlihan, Thomas
Doran, John Newberry, Tom (Skinney)
Wixted, Thomas Reiley and George Cun—
ningham. A number of thee were ac-
companied by their wives. The cruise
extended to nearly all the summer resorts
along the Connecticut shore and the party
celebrated the 4th of! New Haven with
appropriate festivities. They returned
on Saturday, arriving at South Norwalk
Saturday evening, each and all enthusiastic
over the enjoyable experience of the week.
Anovel runaway occurred on Knight
street, Saturday. A harnessed horse car
team. with whifiietrees attached, broke
out of the horse car stables and fled in
fright up to Gregory’s stable, where the
pair dashed through .the small door into
Mr. Gregory’s office and thence dashed on
through the still smaller door from the
office into the main stable where they
were captured. The most singular fact
wgs that these two great animals harnessed
together were able to pass through these
two small doors, harnessed together as
the were, and with traces attached to
cross tree and whifiietree without break——
ing harness or trees or even marring the
door casings, when one horse could
scarcely squeeze through the small space.
As it was no injury was done to animals,
harness, stable or anything else.
As a GAZETTE reporter was leisurely
walking along one of our principal thor-
oughfares Sunday evening, breathing the
fresh air and having his eyes and ears
open for news, he heard these remarks
from the different people he met going
home from church: Oh, wasn’t the ser-
mon splendid, only it was too short. The
sermon was awful dry and entirely too
long. I don’t think it was a bit interest—
ing. Whatanice delivery our minister
has. If he only knew how comical he
looked he would not make so many flour -
ishes with his hands as if he was catching
flies. Oh, how grand he looks behind the
pulpit, and other praising and disparaging
remarks. He could not refrain from the
exclamation: “Surely the way of the
preacher is hard and his parishoncrs are
not always what they seem.”
The glorious fourth has lost none of its
fire. It came in in a blaze of glory, and
went out as it came in. The fourth began
while yet the third was young, and from
the enthusiasm that reigned from dusk till
dawn, none could mark the passing hour
when the third merged into the fourth.
The whole night through was one uproar-
ious hurrah, one ceaseless cannonade, one
memorable jubilee, kept hot and howling
by some who know what a 4th of July
celebration commemorates, and more who
don’t. The privileges of the day were ac-
cepted as a license for mischievous pranks
by our fresh young gentlemen in cheap
imitation of the hilarious cowboy, who had
lots of fun carrying off. hiding and ex-
changing front gates, well-curbs, signs etc. .
And the roar of musketry throughoutthe ;
night was ceaseless and intolerable. The
day was, as the 4th usually is in N orwalk "
monopolized by the boys who kept up a,
fusillade all day. Many went out of towns
to celebrate. There was no ,public or ex -
tensive display of fireworks in the even—
rug.
Norwalk Chronicler