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LOCAL I TEMS.
B. J. Sturges, of New York, was in
town yesterday.
Mrs. S. B. S. Bissell returned from
Block Island, Friday last.
Mr. T. B. Hopper and wife spent Sun-
day with friends in Bridgeport.
It is rumored that Miss Gertrude Camp
has resigned as organist of St. Paul’s.
Mr. W. L. Lewis of New York, is spend-
ing his vacation with friends in town.
Mr. James Trainer, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
spent Sunday in town with his parents. '
LeGrand C. Betts has sold his pretty
Whitehall row-boat to the Dorlon House.
Mrs. Lizzie Belden J eifreys has returned
from a protracted visit to Buffalo and the
west.
A calf belonging to butcher Shaub, ran
away last week and has not been heard of
since. .
Deacon Man and wife are visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Walter J. Fitch, on Westport
road.
Miss Kate Anderson is . visiting the
Misses Sallie and Lottie Betts on the
green. .
Mr. Edward Mallory, of Corpus Christi,
Texas, is Visiting his mother on West
avenue.
Miss Edith Mackey of New York, is
. visiting the family of A. M. Boerum in
East Norwalk . .
A gang of Italians arrived in town Mon-
day looking for work. They were sent to
the new reservmr.
The Misses Conley of Poughkeepsie, N.
Y., are visiting Mr. Fletcher Pierce and
family in Winnipauk.
Representative John H. Ferris essays
another of his sumptuous clam-roast parties
down the harbor to-day.
The Iron Moulders’ Union will hold
their annual picnic on Tuesday, August
6th, on the Fair grounds.
Mr. H. E. Bismhas been quite
seriously indisposed since Thursday last,
is able to be about again.
Old Hugh Midity spoiled a gloriously
organized pic-nic party of young people,
yesterday destined for Cempo Beach.
Charles Morehouse, who escaped from
the Danbury jail Thursday, was captured
in a Bridgeport pawn shop on Friday.
Norwalk scores another on Bridgeport.
Ed. Lahey, of this town is the handsomest
conductor on the Consolidated read.
An electric car, moved by storage bat-
teries, is being tried at New Haven, and
has run very well where ' the track is
straight.
Rev. F. R. Sanford, of Nevada, arrives
in town to-day on a. visit to his family and
friends at the Bailey cottage on the Church
Greeen.
Col. H. C. Morgan, assistant quarter-
master general, will superintend the work
of preparing Camp Bulkeley at Niantic
this week.
The Jack the Ripper of Spring Hill finds
a wicked delight in sneaking around the
neighborhood nights and cutting the tails
off the cows.
Editor W. S. Moody was “at home’
again over Sunday, and especially Sunday
evening, and those who heard him- sing
say he can’t.
Master Frank McIntosh who has been
visiting his sister, Mrs. Smith, on Beldcn
avenue, returned to his home in New
York. Monday.
Rev. Col. Anderson and Mrs. Anderson
passed through Norwalk to-day, en route
to Boston. Their daughter, Kate, joined
them at the South Norwalk depot.
Gen. Olmstead has a gangof men at
work on Main street, trimming the trees
along the sidewalk according to the re-
quirements of a recent borough by-law.
Morris, one of the twins born to Mr.
and Mrs. E. R. Goldschmidt on Water st.
seven months ago, died on Sunday night.
It was taken to Fairfield for interment
yesterday forenoon.
A large porpoise was seen near the
South Norwalk drawbridge, Sunday. It
is not often that one of these fish comes as
far up the harbor, but it was probably on
its way to the borough to make the ac-
quaintance of “Dutch” Charlie.
Fred. Stanley is reported to have been
robbed of a gold watch and a sum of
money at a hotel in North Abington,
Mass, on Friday night.
The annual statistics of the Congrega_
tional church in Connecticut, now being
prepared for publication by secretary
Moore, show 301 active churches, with an
aggregate membership of 57,600.
Mr. G. H. Byington has received his
commission, and assumed charge of the
post office at South Wilton, and moved it
to his house near the depot. He has fitted
up the front room for the office.
The walls and ceiling of the auditorium
of the M. E. church are being frescoed.
The services will be held in the lecture
room until the improvements the church
is new undergoing are completed.
A new guard house, containing eight
cells, has been built near the entrance to
the State camp grounds at Niantic. It
will probably be tested by some of the
daring boys during the week of camp,
Danbury and Norwalk papers are proud-
ly printing the number of streets in their
reSpective towns. Stamford can boast of
one hundred and ninety-three streets and
avenues according to the new directory
new in press—Adooaate.
D. F. Cole, freight receiver at the N. 7' .
N. H. and H. R. R. at pier 50 New York,
was in town Saturday evening. He was
enroute to Cannon station to spend Sunday
with his family who are visiting there.
Terrific Sioux screeches and Comanche
yells seemingly coming from Betts’ woods,
terrified the quiet dwellers on the Church
green Monday night. It turned out to be
one of the Betts family calling their deaf
dog.
The fifth annual picnic of the local Iron
Moulders’ Union will be held on the Fair
Ground on Wednesday alternoen and eve-
ning next. Of course there will be a large
attendance and all hands will have a good
time.
A large bay Window is being added to
the Boston Store on the Main street side
which when completed will add greatly
to the appearance of the building. The
window is for the use of the new art
gallery.
Rev. Col. Anderson will leave Patchogue,
L. I. the present week and go to Nantask-
ct beach for the rest of the season, he
having a call to preach foralarge and
wealthy church in Boston, during the
pastor’s vacation.
Mr. E. N. Hurlburt, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
who is an eminent authority on Shakes—
peare, and a leader of a young men’s
Shakespearian society in that city, is
spending a few days in town visiting
friends and relatives.
Judge Selleck went over to Bridgeport
to look up a proposed real estate “dicker”
the other day, and came home full of the
most startling accounts of his having been
picked up by a genuine bunco steerer and
confidence operator.
M. D. Randall is building a large three
story building at the corner of VanZandt
avenue and Hoyt street, East Norwalk.
The first floor will contain three stores.
The second three flats and on the third
there will be a large hall.
Extensive improvements are being made
at the Danbury & Norwalk depot, in the
way of new water closets, sewer connec-
tions, etc. The work is being done by
Hull & Porter, of Danbury, under the per-
sonal supervision of Mr. Porter of the
firm.
Aparty was scouring the borough all
last week taying to find comfortable
boarding accomodations for a family of
four friends from the city, but without
success. Oh, fora glimmer of that much
needed, and much prated about new
hotel.
A lawn party under the auspices of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. will
be given on the grounds of the Congrega--
tional parsonage on East avenue, Wed-
nesday evening, July 31st. Refreshments
will be served at 7 o’clock. Music in the
open air.
Mrs. Arthur H. Earle and child arrived
at the Earle mansion, on East avenue, last
week from Colorado. Mr. Earle will be
here next month. Mrs. Earle’s sister Miss
Sarah Woodward, who spent the winter
with her in Colorado, had returned home
previously.
On Sunday last a large portion of the
retaining wall in the rear of the James
building§on Water street, caved and fell
with a crash into the harbor. H. D. Cor-
nell’s little son Ernie had barely stepped
stepped back from the spot when :it fell,
and narrowly escaped being carried down
with several tens of stone and earth into
the water.
fiSchofield and Hoyt, aroused to a high
sense of the prevailing fashions and the
“Eternal fitness of things,” have put in
the tallest plate glass windows to be found
in Norwalk and as a pleasant paradox,
new propose to sell dry goods at the low-
est figures ever known or heard of, out-
side of a bankrupt stock. So now is the
time to secure :bargains in Dry Goods by
calling at Schofield and Hoyt’s.
An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially devoted to Local News and Interests.
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N ORWALK, CONN, WEbNESDAY, JULY 31, 1889.
Glover’s band gave a conCert in front of
the Opera House Thursday evening, which
attracted a large concourse of people. It
was intended to have the concert on the
little balcony off the second story of the
building, but on testing it, it was deemed
unsafe, hence the position on the ground.
The Sullivan-Kilrain incident was well
applied to the democratic “getting togeth-
er” here Thursday. There was no har-
mony so far as could be discovered with the
naked eye; but attacks from democrats
not invited as well as from republicans in
front, boded the very worst of cvrls—
utter annihilation between two fires.—
Hartforrl Post.
The new oflE‘icers of the Norwalk Fire
Insurance Co. elected on Thursday are
President, Wm. C. Street; Secretary, Geo.
R. Cowles; Treasurer, Geo. B. St. John.
Asemi-annual dividend of four per cent.
was declared, indicating a prosperous
condition of the company.
Rev. Mr. Richardson preached two fine
sermons in St. Paul’s church on Sunday
last. Mr. Selleck has evidently made an
, excellent choice in the selection of his as-
sistant. and the old parish has new every
reason to be proud of their rector and his
assistant. In spite of the threatening
weather on Sunday morning the church
was filled.
Tommy McGetrich, a 10 year old Dan—
bury boy, while bathing in Danbury Wed-
nesday. fell more than 20 feet from the top
of an ice house, struck a stone wall' and
then fell ten. feet more into a pit. One leg
was broken and the boy was terribly cut,
bruised and -jarred., He was taken out
unconscious and removed to the hospital.
He may recover.
The babes of the White House. These
are the bright faces that interest us most
in this week’s Frank Leslie’s illustrated
Newspaper. But which'is Baby McKee?
That was a good idea of Arkell’s in start-
ing contributed editorials, and a few more
like this week’s “What a Rabbi thinks of
Jesus” will make this feature. of the paper
famous. “Gambling at Long Branch” is
also exposed, while lovers of true sport
will finda good picture of the “Giants’ ”
new home.
Severe illness in our family has prevent-
ed certain important matters from being
treated editorially this week—Mount Ver-
non Record.
We are sincerely pained to learn of the
very serious illness of the wife of Brother
Ashley. Nothing so utterly unnerves a
man, as a haunting dread of a fatal termi-
nation, when sickness overlakes any mem-
ber of the family.
The Gentlemen’s Driving Association has
thus far nearly 800 paid up members.
Treasurer Woodward has been assiduous in
his efforts to place the association on a pay-
ing basis, and started out with his hopes
handicapped with the pessimistic prediction
that not half a hundred members could be
enlisted in the enterprise. The first meet-
ing on the fair grOunds next month promises
to be a most successful inauguration of the
undertaking and will bring horsemen here
from far and man—Record.
At the annual meeting of the directors
of the Norwalk Savings Society held on
Wednesday, Gee. M. Holmes was elected
preSident to succeed W. B. E. Lockwood,
who declined a re-election ; R. B. Cran-
furd was elected vice-president, George E.
Miller secretary and treasurer, William E.
Montgomery teller, Ezra H. Parker book-
keeper and clerk. On Thursday afternoon
the oflicers and other stockholders drove
to Dorlon’s point for a shore dinner.
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Comrade Warren, of Bridgeport, to
whom was awarded the contract for the
granite monument to be erected at Gettys-
burg, on Cemetery Ridge, on the spot
where, on the 3d of July, the Seventeenth
Connecticut made its stand and so heroic-
ally withstood the assaults of the rebels,
has been overcome, with such business
troubles that he cannot get the stone com-
pleted in season to be dedicated October
lst as contemplated. It is likely that the
contract will have to be given out to some
other party.
The Bank of Norwalk building now
looks a little worse than it did the morn-
ing after the burglars attempted to blow
open its safe and nearly succeeded in blow-
ing up the building, as well. The masons
are furiously at work on the foundations
and all the rear walls of the old edifice are
down, preparatory to its widening and
lengthening. The subject of introducing
a safe deposit vault is being considered,
and if properly constructed such a feature
would no doubt prove a popular and
profitable addition to the reconstructed
building.
The Willimantic Journal remarks : ‘ ‘One
object of the democratic conference held
in Hartford was to devise some way of
securing control of the next legislature so
as to put a democrat in place of Senator
Platt. It will be a mighty hard job, and
the democrats now have no Barnum to
help them, which will make it a yet more
difficult task. We predict that Senator
Platt will succeed himself if 'he so de-
sires.”
John L. Sullivan has received $24,600
for knocking out Jake Kilrain. And our
best ball players cannOt earn over $5,000 a
year.—N. H. Register.
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A western paper remarks that Sullivan
and Kilrain are the first two democrats of
any prominence who have taken Dana’s
advice to “get together.”
Dr. . E. Turner died last Wednesday,
eveni g at Wilton, after a short but pain—
ful illness, aged sixty-eight years. He
was f under of the state inebriatc aslyum
at Bi hampton, N. Y. He had spent the
last f years of his life in writing a book
entit d, "The Life of an Inebriate,” which
he INT just finished previous to his death.
Hq . H. A. Bishop and a party of about
a do en other prominent Bridgeporters
are n:)w enjoying their annual encamp-
ment. at Twin Lakes, up in Litchfield
count '. “Camp Magou” is situated on
- the ltnd of Congressman Miles on the
west iliore of the upper lake, a rnOst de-
lighti ‘1 spot, and the conveniences, hos-
pitalit es and comforts of Magou have
made ‘ithe camp famous and attract to it
any nimber of visitors during the camp-
ing seison. A steam launch is one of the
adjunéts of the camp which is kept con-
stantly busy circumnavigating the lakes.
Meiers. Coffin and Stanton, Bankers of
New prk, will receive subscriptions until
Aug. mm for $400,000 New Haven and
Derby Railroad of Connecticut consolidat-
ed Mortgage 5 per cent. bonds for the pur-
poses to refund bonds amounting to $300-
000 and to construct road to a junction
with Housatonic Railroad amounting to
$275,000. Total issue $575,000. Under
terms ofalease to the Housatonic Rail-
road, that Company guarantees a princi-
pal and’ Interest of all N. H. and D. bond
issues,-and a dividend upon the common
stock of 2 per cent. first three years, 3 per
cent. second three years, four per cent.
for 93 years thereafter. The bonus mature
in 1913 and novoption of redemption is
rereserved.
On Tuesday evening a union meeting of
the Y. P. S. C. E. of Norwalk and South
Norwalk was held in the South Norwalk
Baptist Church, societies from Norwalk,
South Norwalk, Stamford and Westport
being represented. Rev. C. E. Torrey
presided, and after prayer and singing,
reports were heard from delegates who
attended the recent Philadelphia Conven-
tion. Mr. Robert G. Mitchell rendered an
excellent account of the doings at the
Convention, which was fol.owed by. re-
ports from Messrs. Haviland and Francis‘
of Norwalk, and Wakeman of Westport,
and the Misses St. John, Weber and Sey-
mour of Norwalk. and Paradise of Stam—
ford. After singing the beantiful hymn,
“God be with you ’till we meet again,” and
repeating the Endeavor benediction, the
meeting adjourned with a hearty hand-
shakes-Record.
Fiitalets from the Republican :~- The
Italian contingent at the Rocks road make
life miserable for people residing in that
vicinity, by reason of their heathenish
doings every Sunday. They should be
fenced in—or better yet, jailed—They
are attempting to acclimatize Norwalk
oysters in several places along the coast of
Sweden. So far the oysters thrive well.
——Watermelons are plenty and cheap,
and by many are preferred to ice cream
these warm days. A good way to test a
melon is to lay it on its back, belly up.
You can tell the belly because it is white,
or of lighter color than the rest of the
melon. Scratch the skin of the belly with
your finger nail. If the skin is tender and
the melon firm to the pressure of the fin-
ger. so that you can with difficulty pierce
it with your nail, it is probably a good
melon.
Mrs. Amerman, only sister of Hon. P.
T. Barnum, is visiting her brother in
Bridgeport. Her age is 74 years and she
lives in Brooklyn. To-day Mr. Barnum,
his sister, and his eldest daughter, Mrs. D.
W. Thompson, intend to pay a flying
visit to their native town of Bethel. Mr.
Barnum says it is perhaps the last time he
will ever see his birthplace, as he expects
to go to Europe in October, and he wishes
once more to visit the graves of his father,
mother, four grandparents, and other rela-
tives and friends, and to go over the roads
where in his youth he and his sister drove
cows to pasture, and call to mind many
reminiscences of the first twenty-five years
of his eventful life, chiefly :spent in his
native villiage.
:The air was full of electricity during
the shower yesterday, and lightning
played some queer pranks. A ball of
fire ran into the telegraph ofiiee, danced
.among the instruments, ran out again,
walked the slack wire across the street
and skittered down the iron pole in front
of Glover & Olsen’s store, where it popped
likeapistol and frightened a half dozen
men in the store door. Another playful
bolt after frisking about on the wires,
struck the big telephone pole in front of
the GAZETTE building and shot into the
telephone office, sending a ball of fire
across the room and out into the hall.
The switch board was considerably burned
and Mrs. Kellogg, an operator, who was
telephoning at the time, was slightly
shocked and deafened by the report.
One of the society events of the season
was the marriage of Miss Emma Brown of
South Norwalk to Mr. Alfred Chasmer of
New York Tuesday evening. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. C. J. North
of the First M. E. Church at the home of
the brides parents Mr. and Mrs. James
Brown on Washington street. Besides
guests {from Norwalk and vicinity there
were many friends of the groom from
New York. The floral decorations were
very beautiful and was the handiwork of
Florist Smith. Caterer Mead {served
over the fine collation and Heines orches-
tra furnished the elegant music. After
the ceremony was ever the happy couple
were showered with congratulations. The
bridal party took a special car on the
10.14 train for New York. Mr. and Mrs.
Chasmer sailed for Europe on the steamer
,“City of Rome” Wednesday where they
will remain several weeks. On their re-
turn they :willIreside in New York.—
Record.
Burglars broke into two Hungarian
boarding houses in the western part of
Bridgeport Thursday night and stole from
the boarders several watches and sums of
money aggregating $200. John Snyder
and Joseph Hine, two Norwalk Hungar-
ians, are the suspected parties.
On Monday Mr. George B. VanAlstyne
joinel Dr. C. A. Baldwin and Prof. Gib-
son at New Haven where they all boarded
the latter-’5 yacht for a two weeks’ cruise
along the mast. They will spend a few
days at Mentauck, and also make a short
stop at Newport and take a tumble or two
in the surf of that fashionable resort.
Will not some candid Prohibitionist in-
telligently and truthfully controvert and
prove to be erroneous, these quite general
opinions of the irrepressible Kate Field?
who says : “I saw how utterly impossible
prohibition was—that it only resulted in
hypocrisy, lying, excessively bad whis-
key, the cxcessive use of opium, no li-
cense, no revenue to the State from li-
censes and general demoralization. This
led me to investigate and to read upon the
subject. Two years ago I went to Cali-
fornia and saw there the growth of viti-
culture, and recognized in it the means
toward the best end of temperance."
A reporter of one of our evening eon-
temporaries called into Stegeman & Whet-
stine’s grocery store Saturday, and ob-
served a dish of what he thought were
grapes. He asked permission to take a
few grapes as he was very fond of them.
The request was granted, and the reporter
took a few and put them in his mouth.
The look of disgust that overspread his
face was too much for the risibilities of
those who happened to be in the store. It
turned out what he took to be grapes were
pickled olives—Bridgeport News.
There is one feature of the above yarn
thot makes the whole seem improbable—
the idea that a Bridgeport reporter, who
wanted grapes, if they were within reach,
would “ask permission to take a few.”
The New Milford Gazette cites a feature
of the recent picnic of the firemen of that
town at Roten Point, as follows:
When the train arrived at Wilson Point
about 9 o’clock the party immediately em-
barked on a large sailboat in tow of the
steamer Medea. As the firemen and band
stepped on board, each man was presented
with a bouquet of full grown pond lilies
by Abe Wright, the jovial and efiiCient col-
ored steward of the Phaanix Engine Co. of
Norwalk. Mr. Wright said that he re-—
membered the courteous treatment he re—
ceived in New Milford at the firemen’s
parade a few years ago and Wished to re—
ciprocate. Abe has great admiration for
New Milford firemen in general and Fore-
man Staub in particular. His kindness
was appreciated by those upon whom he
bestowed his favors.
A weary, lame, dust-covered tramp,
approached a house on the Dry Hill road
the other day, rapped on the door and was
cordially bidden to “come in” by the head
of the family. He told a familiar story of
being unable to find work, of the weary
miles he had tramped in search of employ-
ment, and ass ed for something to eat. A
bountiful meal was set before him which
' he proceeded voraciously to enjoy. While
filling his long felt want he gained con-
fidence and courage to discuss the injus~
tice of the Connecticut tramp law which
imprisons honest but unfortunate men in
search of employment, who should ask for
.bread. When he had finished eating and
was preparing to take his departure, his
benefactor asked him if he had any idea
to whom he was indebted for the meal he
had just eaten, and on answering that he
had not, he was informed to his horror
that he had entered the house and eaten
at the table of Deputy Sheriff Toner. The
poor fellow’s knees shock and he turned
pale with fright but was quickly reassured
by the sheriff that he had nothing to fear
from him, and the traveler went his way
rejoicing, with his heart full of gratitude
and his stomach full of good victuals.
The first of a series of five games to be
played between the Norwalks and the
Independents was played on the Fair
grounds Monday afternoon, before the
largest audience that ever witnessed a ball
game in Norwalk. Both clubs had out
their strongest teams and blood was look—
ed for. Mehan, of the old Norwalks, and
McAllister were the battery for the Inde-
pendents, while Gockman and Pfann were
in the points for the N orwalks. The Inde-
pendents were first to the bat and McDon-
ald, the first man was hit with a pitched
ball and got to first base. He was ad-
vanced a base on Pierce’s out, and stole
third. He came home on Blanchfield’s
out. This proved the Independents first
and only run. The Norwalks were blank-
ed in their half of the first and also the
second innings. The Independents had
men on bases in the second, third and fifth
innings but they could not score. The
Norwalks got their first run in the third
inning when James went around to third
base on a wild throw, and scored on Gock-
man’s out. From this on the Norwalks
scored almost when they pleased, and won
the game “hands down.” The result, and
the playing of the two clubs. shows, as we
have always held, that the Independents
can not, by any means, be classed with
the Norwalks. The score by innings fol-
lows:
Independents ............. 1 0 0 o o o 0 0 0— 1
Norwalk ................... 1 0 2 0 1 3 3 .—10
Base hits. Independents 3 Norwalk 5. Errors,
Independents 1], Norwalk , Umpire, Whitlwa.
TWO DOLLARS A YEAR
NUMBER 31.
Roton Point this season is having an
extensive and successful season under the
management of Finkenstein & Knubel,
there being an excursion and picnic there
nearly every day, besides numbers of
private parties from near by, who drive or
sail to that popular resort for an after-
noon’s outing. The dates for August
cover nearly every week day in the month,
a few of the more prominent engagements
being, on the 2d, New Canaan Methodist
Sunday school; 3d, Huntington, L. I,
Sunday school; 8th, Mt. Vernon Quartette
club; 10th, a big New York Clambake;
22d, Schnorers; 29th, J. R. Vollmer
Sunday school, New York. The little
steamer Medea plies between South Nor-
walk and Roton Point at convenient
intervals and carries large numbers of
passengers.
A celebrated Philadelphia oculist says
concerning the balcful habit of gum chew-
ing by girls: “I would advise the girls to
,' stop it at once, ‘swear ofi,’ as the drinkers
say, for in one respeit these dainty girls
are like drunkards. If they are chronic
gum chewers they are heir to all the in>
firmities that afliict the chronic whiskey
drinker. The greatest injury is caused to
the eyes. The musclts of the jaw connect
with the spine and from the spine there
are fibrous tissues running in all directions.
a number of these extending to the eye
are called optic nerves. These nerves are
very sensitive and when overworked be—
come shrunken and enfeebled, and the
process of deterioration in the eyesight
begins. The vision soon becomes impared
and eyeglasses must be resorted to.”
In another column will be found the
announcement of a public lecture to be
delivered at Music Hall South Norwalk
next Tuesday evening under the auspices
of the Norwalk Building, Loan and Invest-
ment Association by Chas. F. Southard of
New York. The speaker is among the
foremost promoters of their organization
in this country,having been for a long time
in charge of the building association de-
partment of the New York Star and hav-
ing lectured before many hundred thous-
and hearers all over the United States in
the course of organizing associations and
teaching to communities the wonderfully
beneficial wealth of cooperative savings
and investment. He illustrates his lectures
with stereopticon views and the entertain-
ment is bright, attractive and convincing.
The association under whose auspices Mr.
Southard lectures has resently been
organized under a special charter, its ofli—
cers being well known, and representative
men of this town among them Nelson
Taylor who is Treasurer, Chas. F. Hallock,
Christian Swartz, Franklin A. Smith, John
H. Light. Already over one thousand
shares have been subscribed for and it is
hoped that as soon as the objects and the
plans of the Association are fully under-
stood by our citizens both ends of the
town will share largely in the benefits that
in every community always follow the
establishment of a well managed institu-
tion of this kind, which plans the gaining
of a home within the reach of every man
and woman who has the ability and the
pluck to keep up. a system of moderate .
but persistent saving.
An Irishman employed on East avenue
was most effectively frightened into turning
from the error of his ways recently. He
was out on the night in question on one of
his periodical boozes and was wiggling his
uncertain way homeward from the vicinity
of Cobble Hill, when he was suddenly
pounced upon by a half dozen men wearing
white masks. Frill though he was, Pat
realized that he was about to be “white cap—
ped,” and he pleaded most piteously fez-
mercy. Regardless of his appeals they
marched him to the “elephant barn” and
proceeded to put him to the torture. They
tied a rope around his feet, threw one end
over a beam and pulled him heels upward
till his hands barely touched the floor. By
this time Pat. was thoroughly sobered and
frightened to the verge of despair. He im-
plored his tormentors in the most abject
terms—“Dear Misther Whoite Cats! Good -
Misther IVhoite Cats! Putty MistherWhoite .
Cats ! don’t kill me, don’t kill me ; I’ll
never dhrink ag’in as long as I live, an’
longer, an’ whin I go out nights ag’in I’ll
shtay at home,so I will,Misther \Vhite Cats,”
etc. The “white cats” kept him suspended,
however, while they extorted from him all
manner of absurd promises of good behavior
and the poor victim was forced to own up
that he had committed the most villianous
crimes and the most exaggerated misdemean-
ors, which of course Pat had never heard
of. He was persecuted until he was in a
lamentably mixed up state of mind but pos-
sessed with an overpowering resolve that if
he ever got out of this inquisition alive he
would henceforth lead a life of the most un-
impeachable virtue, and finally he was let
down, a white mask was put over his head
and he was conducted to the street and rm
leased. He kept his vows and his secret
well until a few days later, when a chance
remark, dropped by one of his old cronies
aroused his suspicions and it all came out
that the “dear Misther Whoite cats” werea
party of his boon companions who organized
the white cap expedition to have a little .‘in
with him, and Pat is now hiding his time
and expects to get even with them if he has
to thrash the whole gang.
Norwalk Chronicler