GAZET E. ESTABLISHED 1800 VOLUME LXXXIX. , Norwalk Gazelle. Tram or suscemrinu. W Two Dollars per year, in advancefia RATES FOR ADVER‘HSIIB AIIII NIB PIIIITIIB rnished on application at the Office. , ‘ gildinary and transient advs., 1 inch, i Week, 31.03 F" Each subsequent insertion, up to 4 times, alf inch, half of above rates. _ I(gne column, ordinary adv., one time, One column, reading matter, one time, . 25.00 LOCALS in reading matter columns, perline, .20 Births, Marriages and Deaths inserted free. Advertising of Funeral Notices, - - 1100 Liberal terms to yearly and half-yearly advertis- ers, and ten per cent. discount on all advs. pre- paid for three months or over. ; GAZETTE J on PRINTING DEPARTMENT is «giggled with the best facilities for turning out. First Class Work of every description. All orders for Printing. Engraving and Book Binding, execu- ted promptly, and will be as well and reasonably done as anywhere. k - ‘ 15.00 LOCAL ITEMS. Allen Hubbell, Esq., was in town over Sunday. Ben. Mallory of Norwich, was in town yesterday. . Thirty-two deaths were recorded in town last month. Miss Florence Selleck, of East avenue, is still at Saratoga. Mr. Buck. Hoyt, with his beautiful bride-wife, are in town. ‘ Mrs. Thornton, is an expected guest of Mrs. E. P. Weed, to-day. John G. Stevens was yesterday ap— pointed postmaster of Monroe. The Ferrys are delighted with their surroundings at Pigeon Cove. To-day, Wednesday, is the anniversary of the death of Rev. Dr. Mead. Mrs.William St, John, Sr., of New York, is visiting Mrs. James H. Hoyt. Rev. 001. Anderson, wife and daughter, are summering at Pachouge, L. 1. Editor Moody of the Evening Sun, said his prayers again at home last Sunday. The Danbury fiend is still at large. Two more buildings were fired Monday night. Mrs. Asa Smith is visiting her daughter, Mrs. VanBuren at Newberryport, Mass. George G. Durant and family of Bethel, ' are occupying their cottage at Bell Island. Charles F. Osborn, Esq., expects to make his regular annual visit to Saratoga, next month. The Bethe] Congregational sunday school will picnic at Roton Point to—mor- row, (Thursday.) C. Lapham, late proprietor of the Main street drug store, now of Stephentown, N. Y., is in town. ' And now it is the Horse Railway depot that is being decorated with new paint and electric lights. Mr. and Mrs. Parsons and son, of New Haven, are guests Of Mr. and Mrs. Talcott on Beldeu avenue. The Gentleman’s Driving association has arranged for races on the Fair grounds Ausust 21, 22 and 23. Mrs. Charles Gifford and daughter, of New Jersey, are visiting their relative Mrs. S. B. S. Bissell. Mr. Frank Mallory came to town Satur- day, and is visiting his venerable mother, Mrs. James Mallory. The Fairfield county bank has had a bid for the Gunning mansion from a wealthy New Yorker. The Morison excursion party returned late Sunday evening, thus escaping Mon- day’s drenching rain. , ~ There were 20 degrees difference in temperature between Sunday and Monday which was good for the doctors. Old Norwalk’s most pressing need is a New Hotel and several more thoroughly good and reliable washerwomen. The Cape Charles sailed away from the Sound racer, Rosedale, most beautifully on her trip up Monday afternoon. Attorney John S. Seymour and family spent Sunday at Bell Island. listening to what the wild waves were saying. The Butler Lodge 1. O. O. F. went to Northport, L. 1., yesterday evening on the steamer Media, to work a degree. The old Norwalk GAZETTE has changed its form to eight pages. A_ decided im- provement, we think—New Canaan Mes. cancer. An immense load of Wakeman’s unrival- led mattresses from his Saugatuck manu- factory, were left at Raymond’s furniture rooms. Saturday. There will be a rafille for a: silver watch at James M. Creagh’s, on Monday evening next for the benefit of the widow of the late John McInerney. News comes here from New York via Bridgeport, to the effect that a prominent Norwalk broker got badly F‘scOOped” on an oil deal recently. ‘ A bomb, one of those infernal machines which Anarchists use for blowing up peo— ple who difier with them, was found in" 9. Bridgeport man’s house one day last week. Bridgeport is fast becoming metropolitan. It was gratifying to see Dr. M. B. Par- dee about town again, yesterday, with much of his aforetime vigor and good health apparently restored. ~ Mrs. E. P. Weed has in contemplation the erection of a brick block of stores on the property just vacated by Marble-man P. W. Bates, on Water street. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. P. Hollingsworth, and Miss Fanny Hoyt left New Canaan on Friday last fora sojourn in the Adarondack re— gion. See advertisement of a thoroughbred saddle horse in to-day’s paper. It isa fine southern bred and broken saddle animal and of the best strain of racing blood. ‘ The directors of the Fairfield County Savings Bank, agreed last evening to re- move to the Bank of Norwalk, so soon as the contemplated enlargement is consu— mated. The letter carriers of South Norwalk held their heads up a little higher than usual yesterday morning, all on account- of their new helmets which they wore for the first time. The National board of Underwriters have offered $500 reward for the dis- covery of the incendiary who set fire to the new house of the Misses Young, at South Norwalk, July 2d. Don’t fail to read the new school adv. of Miss Sara Smith at Litchfield. Miss Smith is one of the most accomplished, experienced and successful instructors of youth in the country. I. A. Meeker, prescription clerk at Jen- nie Hamilton’s pharmacy, Bridgeport, is in town, and there is an encouraging pos- sibility of his remaining when the Quin— tard matter is cleared up. George Clark and E. L. Muckridge have pitched their tents in a delightful spot on Smith’s island, and together with their families are enjoying camp life, and all its attendant sea side pleasures. Mrs. Charles D. Bower, nee Miss Mamy Bailey, celebrated her birth-day Monday with a glorious and most enjoyable hick- ory wood fire, on the hearth of the family’s new and beautiful Queen Anne. The po'sltmaster—general has appointed the following fourth class pestmasters :— W. J. Pram, Centerbrook; A. S. Howard, South Lyme; George H. Byington, South Wilton ; C. T. Mather, West Norwalk. Hon. E. J. Hill purchased ten shares of Fairfield County bank stock last week at 60 and a few hours afterward sold it to E. O. Keeler for 70, while the oflicers of the bank claim it to be worth 80 on their books. John Gaffney, who has been troubled with Spinal disease since last November, died Friday, at his residence on Franklin avenue. aged 64 years. He leaves a wife, one son and three daughters. The funeral occurred Monday. Fred. Hubbell while conversing with a New York policeman at an elevated sta-_ tion last week, had the gold watch carried by his father stolen from him by some adroit pickpocket. Moral—Don’t stop to talk with Gotham cops. Albertus McElman, a carpenter employ- ed at Bridgeport, was instantly killed on Friday by the fall of a derrick. His skull was fractured, one leg broken and body badly crushed. He was about 60 years old, and leaves a family at Bath, Me. Henry M. Byington,’ the engineer Who was badly injured last Wednesday in a collision on the New Haven and Derby railroad near Tyler City, is improving at the New Haven hospital, although two ribs were broken and his body and head badly bruised. ‘ While a boiler was being unloaded from . the steamer Rosedale at Bridgeport on Wednesday "night it broke down-the gang plank and fell into the water. James Hickey, receiving clerk, was on the gang plank and went down, too. He escaped with no other injury than the ducking. The increase of $100 in the salary' of the Norwalk post oflice will have a tendency to intensify the “pernicious activity” of the dozen or more applicants for the position. And the announcement of the increase, coming as it does, at a time when the official axe ,is gleaming in the sunlight, must impress upon Postmaster Golding, with melancholy force, the truth of the .adage that “Blessings brighten as they take their flight.”—-Record. ' The A. M. E. Sunday school will give a literary concert in Odd Fellows hall, Ga- zette building, Wednesday evening, July 24th. The programme will consist of select readings, declamations, dialogues and songs. It promises to be a grand success. The proceeds are for the benefit of the pastor, Rev. S. P. Shepard. Glover’s band and Heine's band gave an open air concert near the depotsquare in South Norwalk on Wednesday. Brother Ellendorf, the musical editorof the Jour— nal, who reported the affair, very wiecked- 1y says “The squeak Of a concehtina in the hands of a peddler lent dignity to the occasion.” Ellendorf may have an ear for music—but what taste! i An EnterpriSing Republican Journal, especially devoted to Local News and Interests. NORWALK, CONN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1889. Two grandsons of Rev. S. B. S. Bissell are to be members of the next freshman class at Yale college. One is the young son of Rensalcr Bissell; and the other is a son of Col. Brayton Ives, and is reported to be a remarkably brilliant lad and ac— complished scholar. In other words, “a chip of the old block.” Congressman Miles has been notified that there is a vacancy at West Point, to be filled by appointment from the Fourth Congressional District. A committee Will soon be announced who Will-examine the several applicants for appointment. Ap- plications should be made by letter at once, to Hon. Frederick Miles, M. 0., Chaplainville, Conn. _ George W. Keeler of Bridgeport, senior vice commander of the G. A. R., Depart— ment of Connecticut, died killer a long and painful illness, on Tuesday. He was 46 years of age, and leaves a wife and two, children. During the war he served in the 17th Conn. regiment. He had a wide acquaintance with Grand Army men. with whom he was very popular. Miss Catharine F. B. Hoyt, the young daughter of Mr. Gould Hoyt, returned Saturday from the State Normal College at Oswego,-N. Y., where she has been a student some two years. She is being educated by Miss Nellie Baird. and pre- sumably will become a teacher in her aunt’s Young Ladies’ School upon her graduation from the college next year. There is in the employ ofthe Bridgeport Standard, a compositor who has served in the same oflice thirty-six years. His name is George R. Stowell.—GAZETTE. The fact is the term of service of George R. Stowell in this office will be forty years in September next. There are seven com- positors in the Standard oflice whose terms of service aggregate 188 years, or an average of twenty-eight years, while others, not included in the above, have been with us ten years and upwards.— Standard. Miss Brown and Miss Walsh, of Stam- ford, and Mrs. Henry B. Walsh, of St. Paul, Minn., took a delightful carriage dr1Ve from Stamford to Norwalk yester- day. Mrs. Walsh is a daughter of Editor T. M. N ewson, forty years ago founder of the Derby, Conn., Journal, later on pro-- prietor of the first daily paper in St. Paul, and now the oldest journalist in the great north-west. state. The borough is raising the most luxuri- ant crop of burdocks to be found in the state of Connecticut on the roadside be-‘ tween the residences of George W. Cram and William Hendricks on East avenue. The residents on that beautiful avenue would much rather see these rank weeds mowed down than the proposed altogether unnecessary and ruinous widening of that beautiful and truly rural thoroughfare. Rev. J. J. Woolley has returned“ from his extended visit over Europe, Egypt and the Holy Land, much improved in health and enriched in mind by the various and interesting scenes that met his view in the lands his Sakur trod and the cities where the great Apostle Paul so eloquently and fervently preached. He made his father- in-law, Deacon Ferris. of South Norwalk, a short visit, immediately on his return from abroad. The other morning at 2 o’clock in South Norwalk a Chinaman “supposed to be in— sane” ran up and down the depot platform screaming that some one wanted to cut his throat. He was pacified for a time, but the next noon rushed into a meat market and crouched behind a desk, declaring in his peculiar pigeon English that there was a party in Bridgeport who wanted to kill him. He was finally locked up. We ad - vise the authorities to carefully investigate the case. The Chinaman may not be in— sane, after all; on] trying to escape the “high binders.”— artford Post. By the lease of the Derby railroad to the Housatonic, which took effect Wednesday the latter will pay, in addition to the fixed charges, $9,400 per. year for the first three years, $14,100 for the next three and. $18,- 000 per year thereafter. The lease is for ninety—nine years. ‘ The lease will cause little change in the management of the Derby, as both lines have been practically under the same management since the purchase of the Derby by William H. ' Starbuck . The condition of several of our esteemed contemporaries induces us to again pub— lish the N. Y. Sun’s valuable cholera mix- ture at this juncture : “Equal parts of tincture of cayenne, tincture of opium, tincture of rhubarb, essents of peppermint and spirits of camphor. Mix well. Dose, 15 to 30 drops in a wineglass of water; repeat every fifteen or twenty minutes until relieved. ” . From the Republican.- Munson D. Pardee is confined to his bed bygsudden and serious illness—Rev. Father, Slocum, of St. Mary’s R. 0. church, will ‘ “go on retreat” in Brighton, Mass, Monday, June 22d. The ~curates will do likewise one month later.— George'J. Tischer, a broker on the Produce Exchange, New York, will spend thesum- met in town. He expects to build-some- where in South Norwalk and is now looking for a site—There is at least one store 1n town that is a drug on the market, and it is . located on Main street- Those having the greatest attachment for it are Quintard Cranberry Plains, has been granted a pen- sion of $14 a month, dating from last October. He received a check for the amount due to J uly- lst, this week. York and New Haven Railroad. Hundreds of the poor tenement house children of New York are breathing the pure and invigerating air of Connecticut, through the Tribune fund for poor child- ren. The rural residents of our state are to be commended for their generosity in throwing open their doors, for the recep- tion of these poor waits. A letter from Mrs. Charles L. Rockwell, written as the steamer lay at her dock at Queenstown, July 4th, and addressed to a lady friend here, states that the entire voyage was as smooth, quiet and unevent- ful as her last trip from Norwalk to New York on our steamboat. It was a rarely pleasant and enjoyable voyage, no doubt. Rev. Dr. Noble and wife remove to the residence of Hon. Asa E. Smith on East avenfie the present week. Dr. Noble re— ceived into the communion of his Wash- ington church some twenty members the Sunday before his coming to Norwalk. The membership of his church has more than doubled since the Dr. became its pastor, only a few months ago. Fred. A. Lockwood, son of Col. F. St. John Lockwood, and Webster Belden, of East avenue, are spending a couple of weeks in the Catskill mountains fishing and hunting. On their first day’s fishing expedition they caught fifty splendid trout. They rendezvous at Pine Hill, Ulster county, where Dr. and Mrs. Mos- man and Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, are stop- ping. Ex U. S. Treasurer Hyatt was called to Washington last week on business connect- ed with counting the cash in the Treasur— er’s office. Whilezthere he was presented with a heavy cased gold watch and chain. from his former employees in the Treas- ury. On one side is his monogram. and on the reverse the U. S.;Treasurer’s seal, all exquisitely engraved. It is a rich and gratifying memento of the kindly regard in which he is held by his former clerks. He left “Al.” Relyea contented and undis- turbed in his old office. William Johnston and Ben. F. Heyser, of Rehausville, while on their way home from New Rochelle, late on Saturday night, were struck by a train on the New ‘ Johns— ton was’ instantly killed and Heyser crip- plot] for life. The men are supposed to have been'intoxicatcd at the time and to have gone to sleep on the track. Heyser is thirty years of age and married. J ohns- ton boarded with him and is but twenty- one years of age. Henry C. Bowen, editor of the New York Independent, was badly bruised and suffered a severe shock by a carriage ac- cident in Putnam Friday afternoon. While riding about 4 p. m., his horses became frightened by the cars and ran away, throwing Mr. Bowen and his coachman to the ground and smashing the carriage badly. Mr. Bowen was at- tended by a physician and taken to his home in Woodstock. As he is seventy years of age there are fears that the shock to his system may prove serious. The free- delivery system went into effect in South Norwalk the 1st of July. Postmaster Doty only had two weeks’ notice of the change, yet when the day came he had every detailed part of the work done, and the system went into effect promptly. The Department at Washington was very much pleased and they wrote'liim a letter this week paying him a high compliment for the energy he displayed in establishing the new system, which is very gratifying to himself and his many friends. Editor Dana, whose cholera mixture shines for all, offers this drunkenness mixture: “Let the person have within his reach a small vial of the best kind of tincture of Peruvian bark, and when the craving for liquor comes to him let him take a teaspoonful of the tincture every two hours. In a few days the taste of the liquor is destroyed, and destroyed while indulging in it, for tincture of Peruvian bark is spirits into which has been drawn all the substance of Peri'ivian bark. It is to be found in every drug store, but it should be of the very best.” ' On Saturday last a party of N orwalkers went to Maplewood, a delightful summer boarding house about midway between Danbury and Ridgefleld, where they en- joyed the comforts of a perfect day and most delightful home and house comforts. The place is called “Maplewood” and is kept by Mr. William S. Thompson and his accomplished and agreeable wife. The house is an inviting and well kept struc- ture containing twenty rooms available for guests and accomodating at present about fifteen city people; Adjacent to the house are a couple of pieturesque lakes, in which pickerel and other gamey fish abound and which are supplied with boats in abund- ance. . The party of Norwalkers caught more fish than they could bring. home and were obliged to leave large numbers in ’ the lake. 'Hosts of Danbury people” come down every day to Maplewood for a . dz , lim se of the deli htful scene and a Son’s creditors—“Dr.” John Bouton, of' g p g ry most enjoyable meal. Those from this region who want to spend a day most pleasantly, should drive to Maplewood and see Mr. and‘ Mrs. Thompson. A peripatetic printer with only one arm —the left one at that—dropped into the GAZETTE composing room the other day and setup a stickful of type with a rapid— ity that made the “devil’s” eyes bulge out like quills upon the frightful what-you- may-call-it. The Waterbury American observes :— Years ago some one discovered that news- papers. between the blankets made a very warm and light covering for a bed in the winter season. Now someone else has discovered that “to keep the head cool in hot nightsa folded newspaper, between the head and the pillow, is a good thing and handy.” The newspaper is a great thing. Often the newspaper will have opposite effects on two different people, and likewise different papers will have like effects on the same person. This is the only- way one can account for the above paradox. The Journal gives vent to thislugubri. ous plaint concerning the stagnation that overwhelms our erstwhile stirring little ‘ neighbor, South Norwalk :— A walk about the streets of this city impresses him who keeps his eyes and ears open with several frozen facts. One of them is that there is a decided lull in building operations. The boom, never healthy, is dead. The number of shingles out with “Rooms to Let,” “This Floor to Let,” and “This House to Rent,” is sur- prising. And yet, hundreds of people, who work here, do not live here and can— not be induced to come here. Why? Because of the abnormally high rents. High rents stand in the way of the city’s growth. My dear reader, don’t torture an editor Wiih poetry; be human.—-Roclwz'lle Jour- na . We hardly believe the above plaintive appeal originated in the Journal; it must have been wrongly credited by the paper from which we clip it Certainly it could not have been penned by the associate of our Rockville namesake, for poetry is a marked characteristic of his matrimonial life.—;- Willimanlie Journal. . It was the Record that clipped the par- agraph in question from the Journal and gave duc credit. Neighbor Taylor, with a poet in the family, is by no means dependent upon the strained effusions of outside pretenders, for poetry as is poetry. The centennial anniversary of the Con- necticut Grand Lodge of Masons in Con- necticut was celebrated on an elaborate scale in New Haven on Wednesday last. There were 3,500 men in the parade and a collation was served in the 2d regiment armory in the afternoon. Old Hiram, by virtue of her age, led the parade column. At the Hyperion theatre the centennial exercises were held. consisting of singing by the Mendelssohn double quartette, of Boston, music, speeches, centennial odes and poetry, etc. In the evening a ban. quet was served at the Hyperion theatre, where Grandmaster John H. Swartwout of Stamford presided and R. W. John G. Root officiated as toast master. Eugenio Guerreggiante and Genero Ter- rible, two Italians, were arrested at New Haven Saturday night for participating in a fight, which nearly proved fatal to the former. Gucrreggiante laid in wait for Terrible, hitting him with a heavy oak club when he approached. Terrible drew a revolver and fired three shots at his assailant, one of them passing through the shirt and grazing the flesh over Guerre- ggiante’s heart. Guerreggiante, with Ter. rible in pursuit, and a howling mob fol- lowing. Officer Lonergan caught both Italians, one with each hand, as they rushed down the street, and after a des_ perate struggle landed them in the police station. Guerrcggiante carried an Italian stiletto, and it is thought that murder was contemplated. A man walked into the Danbury police station at a late hour Thursday night and somewhat startled the sergeant by pro- claiming himself to be the fire bug. He told a half dozen peculiar stories, and claimed to be under the influence of Maria Stevens, a Cherry street colored woman, who sent cats out after him. He explained that the electricity of the cats would fire buildings and talked in so wild a manner about being hung that the sergeant sent for Dr. Stratton who' pronounced the man insane. gave his name as Charles S. Williams. He was placed in a cell and Friday morn- ing had greatly recovered himself, and was able to talk rationally. He was evidently suffering from the results of excessive drinking. A gentleman who was taking an invalid lady out for an airing Sunday, observing two men in a boat getting lillies out of Mr. Allen Betts’ Fourteen Acre. Pond, stepped quietly down to its margin and asked them to sell him two or three of the flowers for the lady, which they readily assented to do, but before they reached the shore, a coarse and vulgar blaekguard by the name of Coggswell rushed upon the gentleman in a fury equalled only by L some enraged brute and first most grossly and wantonly insulted and then assaulted him. The excuse for his ruflianly conduct finally given, wasthat he was custodian of Mr. Betts’ lilly pond. If this be'true, as it‘probably is not, Mr. Betta must be in hard straits for a “custodian” if he longer continues such an intemperate vagabond in his employ. The self-confessed fire bug TWO DOLLARS A YEAR NUMBER 29. The sad death of Mrs. A. E. Wilcox, wife of the secretary of the Norwalk Y. M. C. A., which occurred at Rondout, her former home, on Wednesday appeals to the feeling of all who knew her, and the unstinted sympathy of the community goes out to the bereaved husband. They were married last October and the happy bride was accorded a warm and affection- ate welcome here, where she soon won all hearts by her lovable qualities. The funeral occurred Friday. Conductor Sidney K. Spencer, Baggage- master John Fining, Brakeman Will Der— rick and Engineer W. B. Ferris resigned their positions on the limited expreés, last week, as they did not care to do switching at South Norwalk in addition to their regular duty. They were succeeded Mon“ day, by Conductor S. M. Arnold, Bag— gagemaster John Murphy, Brakeman Hugh Lane and Engineer George Seeley. It is said that they are to do no switch ing. Spencer will probably stand extra on the main line for awile and has begun to run picnic trains. Engineer Ferris is also extra, while Baggagemaster Fining has returned to the Pittsfield yard and Brake- man Derrick to his old position on the main line. Sergeant P. Wade, of Bridgeport, Col- onel S. G. Blakeman, of Huntington, Colonel Henry Hues, of New York, and George S. Purdy, of Danbury, the man; ument committe appointed by the Seven— teenth-C. V., to select a design for a men- ument to be placed on the battle field at Gettysburg, held a meeting in Bridgeport, Wednesday. There were three compe- titive designs presented. After a careful comparison of the merits of each the committee awarded the contracts to F. L. Warren, of Bridgeport The successful design represents a shaft twenty feet high gracefully ornamented with appropriate emblems and lettering. The monument will be built under the state appropriation of $1,000, and will be placed in position about October 1. It will be located on East Cemetery Hill where on the night of July 2, 1862, the regiment was charged upon by the Louisiana Tigers and Hoke’s brigade. In an old house situated on Hamilton street, resides a Bohemian family. The house stands a short distance from the water, and is infested with large wharf rats. On Saturday night last the mother was aroused about midnight by the screams of her two-year-old child, who was sleeping beside her. The child had rolled down beneath the bed clothing to the center of the bed, and the mother reached down to lift the child up. In doing so her hand came in contact with a huge rat. She immediately dropped it With a scream. The rat dashed across her body, leaped to the floor and dis— appeared. through a large rat hole in the floor, which had been previously covered, but the rodent was strong enough to force the covering from the place. The child was bitten on the arm, but not severely, as its screams probably caused the rat to pause. On Sunday night Andrew Toud y, a boarder in the same building, was awakened about midnight by a feeling of suffocation. His first impression was that a burglar had entered the room and grasped him by the throat. But to his horror he discovered a huge rat standing on his neck, its teeth buried in his chin, and the rat calmly sucking his blood. The young man jumped up with a cry of alarm, and grasping the rodent by the back, he hurled it to the floor and dis- patched it.—Bridgeport Farmer. Editor J ohn‘ Wade thus attemps to call into question a neighbor’s courage : Livoryman Dann has generously Offered J ohu Rodemeyer the free use of a saddle horse on any day or evening that he pleases to name. Mr. Rodemeyer is waiting for a dark night when everybody else is in bed or out of town, and then he proposes to take advantage of the offer and ride the horse a mile or perish in the attempt. There was once a pickpocket who, when he was pursued, effected his jescape by mingling with the pursuing crowd and shouting “Stop thief l” The facts con— cerning the above are that Liveryman Dann at least six months ago very gener- ously offered Editor John Wade and the GAZETTE reporter each the use of a saddle- horse for a competitive trial of horseman— ship. The contest has been deferred owing to Wade’s lack of courage. That’s all right. The GAZETTE reporter is as much afraid of a horse as Wade is, and it ’ is doubtful whether either one would know which end of the horse to put the bridle on, or could tell the difference be- tween a spavin and a stirrup. But it is cowardly and unmanly in Wade, whose timidity prevents the contest from coming off, to attempt to shift the responsibility in the above feeble and far-fetched insinu- ation, and the following proposition is submitted in order that an impartial pub- lic may determine as to the good faith of' the contestants : Wade to name any date convenient to him, when Mr. Dann’s offer will be accepted, and to state the condi— tions, select the surgeon, etc. We will race him bareback or with sawbucks for saddles, standing up or hanging hands downward, with hurdle jumpers or buck- ing bronchos, one mile or ten, for fun Q finance, go-as-you-please or Marquis of Queensberry mics to govern. In view, of these concessions it would seem that our : progmati’cal but nevertheless esteemed neighbor must either mount the saddle or hencefor ward confine himself to little Ralph’s rocking horse.
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