I ESTABLISHED 1800 VOLUi_/I_E LXXXIX. An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially devoted to Local News and Interests. NORWALK, CONN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, .1889. Two DOLLARS A YEAR NUMBER 32. Norma/k Gazelle. TERMS OF SUBSGBIPTIOI. W Two Dollars per year, in advmwefaaa RATES FOR ADVERTISING AID JOB PRINTING Furnished on application at the Office. Ordinary and transient advs., 1 inclinl week, $1.00 Each subsequent insertion, up to 4 times, 50 Half inch, half of above rates. . One column, ordinary adv., one time, — One column, reading matter, one time, . LOCALS in reading matter columns, per line. Births, Marriages and Deaths inserted free. Advertising of Funeral Notices, - . - 1.00 Liberal terms to yearly and half-yearly advertis- ers, and ten per cent. discount on all advs. pre- paid for three months or over. THE GAZETTE J on PRINTING DEPARTMENT is equipped 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. LOCAL I TEAILS'. 15.00 25.00 .20 Miss Abby Woodbury is in town. Miss Alida Ball is summering at Hunter, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. John Doty were in town Sunday. Miss Mamie Wheater is visiting friends in Stratford. Our Senior was suddenly called to Washington Monday. Mr. Ed. Mallory left yesterday for a short trip to the Adirondacks. There are in Connecticut, 14,000 colored church members, mostly Methodists. Mr. George M. Holmes has treated him- self to a new and elegant park phmton. The Norwalk Gun club has arranged to hold a shoot at Dorlon Point on August 6. Miss Mamie Colyer, of New York, is a guest at 'Walter J. Fitch’s, on Westport avenue. Mr. F. E. Readman starts to-day for Boston to attend the Photographers’ Cou— vention. Mr. Ed. Bennett was in town over Sun- day. His family are summering at Mil- ford, Pa. Mrs. Frederick Belden and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hill made a trip to the Cats- kills last week. Mr. H. E. Bishop starts the last of this week on a trip to Montpelier, and other points in Vermont. Frank E. Smith of the firm of Smith Brothers, shoe dealers, has returned from a sojourn in Boston. Miss May Fauntleroy’s friends will be glad to hear that she is improving from an attack of scarlet fever. Mr. G. 0. Bryant of the firm of Bryant, Besse 8: Co., is spending a few weeks at East Wareham, Mass. Water Commissioner Moody says at no time during the freshet was either reser- voir dam in any danger. John A. Tuck of Middletown, has been appointed principal of the government a school at Unga, Alaska. .1, H. B. Wigham, principal of the Over . River district school is quite ill at his home on Harbor avenue. John S. Seymour is negotiating for the ‘ - Capt. Smith homestead on Smith’s Island, 7 for the rest of the season. Rev. Mr. Sanford and family have gone to their cottage on the beach at Madison, for the rest of the season. Mr. J. D. Kimmey is having his pala- tial residence on West avenue fitted up With electric burglar alarms. Miss Grace Mead returned home yester- day after spending a week with Miss Kittie Parker, of Bridgeport. Andrew Smith has “swapped” his East avenue residence for a farm up in Easton and expects to move thither. Henry Tilly has just finished painting undertaker Jennings’ wagon, and has made as usual, and elegant job of it. Howard Earle, “Fred” Hill and “Dave” Raymond go to L’Hammock Island this week, for several days camping out. The first peach train of the season passed through Norwalk for Boston last Tuesday and is now running regularly. mohn H. Allen, a colored laborer, died from inhaling poisonous gases while cleaning out a cesspool at New Haven. Miss Ella Betts, after a two weeks’ vacation, has returned to her post as operator in the telephone central office. Mrs. Charles Wood, and Mrs. Stephen Stanley, had night blooming ccrcuses, open their gorgeous blossoms Sunday night. Revs. S. B. S. Bisscll, Charles Selleck and Dr. Noble conducted the services at the Benedict Price funeral Monday after- noon. Mrs. Frederick Mead, who has been confined to the house for a long time with malarial neuralgia, is now able to be out again. , . Rev. Mr. Selleck preached at St. Paul’s Sunday morning, and Rev. Mr, Richard— son in the evening to unusually large audiences. The organ was presided over by the new Stamford organist for the first time, and quite acceptably. People who drive to the Dorlon House this summer, complain that there are not enough good safe row-boats to satisfy the demand. The annual reunion of the 17th regi- ment, 0. V. A., will be held at the soldiers’ home, Noroton, on Wednesday, 18th inst. The Ridgefield Press says that they have it on good authority that the New Canaan branch will be extended to Ridgefield in the near future. James Callahan, an inmate of: the sol- diers’ home at Noroton, while in Danbury Saturday night, fell off a curb into the gutter and broke his arm. The Independents again demonstrated their inability to cope with Lit: Nor-Walks, Saturday on the Baxter ground. Score, Norwaiks 6 Independents 1. Fishing parties are numerous enough but thus far not even a decent string of the usual fish lies has been reported—‘—but Wade hasn’t been fishing yet. Mrs. Thomas Peck, Jr., of East aVeiiue, accompanied by her son Asa, contemplate spending a portion of the winter in San Francisco at Mr. Ward Smith’s. A smooth-tongued book agent obtained the confidence of August Liberum of Bridgeport, made love to his servant girl, borrowed $50 of him and left town. Mrs. John Lowth, a dressmaker employ- cd_by Mrs. W. E. Buxton, sails for her old home in England to-day, on the steam- er City of Paris, for a two months’ visit. An attempt was made to burglarize the barn of David Osborn on Arch street re- cently. Our readers would do well to look after the locks on their barn doors. Mr. and Mrs. Brower and children ex- pect to go to Knox, in the Catskill range, on Friday. If possible, Teller James H. Bailey and his mother will accompany them. “Uncle John” Collins, of Danbury is in town. His many friends here will be pleared to know he contemplates remov- ing, with his family, to Nor-walk, imme- diately. Four new Wagner drawing room cars for the Consolidated road are named Emperor, Empress, Prince and Princess. It takes us Yankees to show the world how to ride royalty on a rail. Mr. Charles B. Mott goes to Litchfield to-morrow with her little granddaughter, to place her at Miss Sara Smith’s new Litchfield Home School. the advertisement of which will be found in another column. Rev. F. E. Hopkins, formerly pastor of the Park street church in this city, Will be one of the prohibition campaign speakers. He calls the defenders of the saloon “pal— sied protectors of Plutoniau power.”—— Bridgeport Post. _ The local Council,Knights of Columbus, will picnic on the Amphitheatre grounds on Thursday, 15th inst. All the Councils in this district have been invited and it is expected a grand district parade will be had. An Italian rag picker canvassed the town Monday with a big bag, a picker"s hook and an ugly dirty face. He was the first competitor the borough officials have had since they agreed to collect the gar- bage. Mrs. Chas. B. Dennis, MissAliec Chol- well and li'IissfMabel Miller, left Thursday for Mansfield, Vermont, where they will remain for several weeks, enjoying the delightful air and scenery of the Green Mountains. The New Haven historical society will issue this month a book of cpitaphs from the old Milford grave-yard, which bear a date prior to 1800. The printing will represent as nearly as possible the letter- ing on the stones. The A. M. E. church Sunday school are to hem: an excursion and picnic at: Roton Point on Thursday Aug. 15th. The steamer Medea will take them to the point, leaving South Norwalk at 10 a. m., and returning at 7 p. in. Mr. E. P. Clark, of the U. S. Geo- logical surVey, who has been in Norwalk for the past two months, goes this week to Bridgeport to prosecute: the work in that locality. His comrade, Mr. Thom, will remain here another month. Reporter John Kane of the Post has pur- chased a Columbia Safety bicycle of Wil- kinson, and has made rapid progress in mastering the art of balancing. At the present rate of increase. Bridgeport may soon be able to organize a newspaper bicy- cle club of respectable proportions—Post. Mr. James W. Hyatt returned from Washington Saturday. He was accom- panied home by our ever smiling friend “Al” Relyea. A bevy of pretty Treasury girls very considerately and appropriately escorted our friend Relyea to the train on his departure from Washington. ......._...—- Anumber of passengers for Nor-walk and stations east of us, claim that they were left at Stamford till a way train came up,by reason of the rear cars on the 3.02 express out of New York being cut off without any notice being given them either by conductor or brakemen: Mrs. Hannah Hoyt, wife of Charles E. Hoyt, and mother of Mrs. J. J. Scofield, and Charles W. Hoyt, of the firm of. Sco- field & Hoyt, died Sunday morning, at her home in Glenbrook, aged 73 years. She was buried from the Glenbrook chapel yesterday afternoon. Louis Seymour, youngest brother of At- torney John S. Seymour, who recently had a lucrative offer to go to London, has since received a still higher bid to go to South Africa to superintend a diamond mine. If his conditions are accepted he expects to set sail for the dark continent in January next. A little hand-organ whined its doleful and hay feverish notes about town Mou- day forcnoon, under the manipulation of a big, healthy looking Italian of gigantic frame who poked his hat for pennies with more impudence than humility under the nose of every passer-by, [either lady or gentleman. He found it slim picking. Rev. Dr. Noble is to give a free lecture Thursday evening at the Congregational Lecture Room on “Our Mongolian Neigh- bor.” As the Doctor has had many years residence in California, where there are many thousands of the Chinese, he has had exceptional opportunities for studying the characteristics of this “peculiar peo- ple.” Gallant “Colonel” Kilboy, of Company F, and also foreman of the GAZETTE jot:- bing department, sustained quite a painful injury on Sunday. He was down to Dorlon’s Point, and on landing from the boat he stepped on a stone and turned his ankle. ‘Hc will probably walk lame for some time, but his many friends hope that he will soon be about again. The number of lady bicyclists in Nor. walk is steadily increasing, and the sport among the fair sex is becoming quite fash- ionable. Miss Inez Keeler and Miss Minnie Hyatt are consrdcred the most graceful and daring riders, but Mrs. Edward M. Jackson, Miss Edith Ambler and Miss Edith Street are also very pretty and tireless riders, and can be seen any pleasant after- noon, with many others, enjoymg aspin on the avenues or through the parks—1V. . Press. This beats the GAZETTE’s record just a little :—Nathaniel Montgomery subscribed for the Pittsburg Gaxtte in 1785, paying his subscription with a bushel of rye, a bushel of potatoes and a wild turkey. After his death his son continued to take the paper, so that the name of. Nathaniel Montgomery, father and son, has been continuously on the books for 103 years. The Consolidated Road has ordered two new trains of Wagner cars for the express service between New York and Boston over the Shore Line. Each train will have two drawing-room cars, and the cost is given as $100,000 per train. They are to be ready in about three weeks. One- half of the drawing-room cars on the Shore Line are owned by the \Vaguer company. President C. P. Clark of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad is enjoy- ing a few weeks in Paris. His wife ' ac- companies him. They have been there about three weeks, taking in the exposi- tion, and expect to remain there two weeks longer. President Clark’s visit is made for the purpose of recuperating his health, and he is reported to be much benefited by the trip. Our Brothers lodge, I. O. O. F. have engaged the Mertz Reed Band, of Port— chcster to furnish martial music for the lodge on the occasion of the 50th anniver- sary of Odd Fellowship in Connecticut. The celebration takes place in New Haven, Sept. 3d and all the subordinate lodges in the state are expected to participate. We have for the past few weeks and shall continue to publish from time to time, the plans and front elevations of the latest productions of the most accom- plished of our American architects. The illustrations will be worth far more than the cost of a year’s subscription to the GAZETTE to any one about to build, or who has a taste for the unique and beautiful in architectural designs. The Hon. A. T. Roraback, of Canaan, the newly elected judge of the district court, has just been presented with an elegant watch and chain. The watch was made by the E. Howard Watch 00., of Boston and the chain and charm by Tiffany & Co.,of New York. The charm is a law book, on one side of which are the initials A. T. R., and on the other side the word Justice, and the whole is elegantly gottenup,and is the gift of Frank A. Peet, the well known youngCanaan millionaire, whose success in Wall street has stamped him as a shrewd and far-seeing financier. Shortly after midnight on Saturday night somebody heard somebody else shout “Murder!” on Seaside Park, Bridgeport, and although nobody has been found dead the Bridgeporters, with that characteristic ambition to keep up with their big neigh- bors, insist that there was a murder com- mitted. The shout was probably the belated echo of one of "Bunty” Adams’ protests against the Bridgeport printers crookedness at the time of the Norwalk. Bridgeport printers’ ball game there a month ago. On Sunday last unto Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Ezekiel of Spring Hill, was born a daugh~ ter, and unto Charlie Ezekiel, the GAZETTE office “devil,” a little sister. This felicitous circumstance so thrilled the “devil” with glee that his agitation was noticed even by neighbor Bates’ loquacious parrot in the window overlooking the composing room, who shrieked all day Monday, “What’s the matter, Choily ? what’s the matter, Cholly? Cholly want a cracker?” The difficulties with which the admin- istration has to contend in purifying the postal service preclude the possibility of placing the service can perfect basis all at once. However, it is gratifying to re- flect upon the fact that haste is being made in the good work, which ere long willreducc to a minimum the percentage of blunders, as yet unavoidable, such for instance as requiring four days to trans- port the Norwalk package of weekly Standards from Bridgeport to Norwalk, as was the case last week. Norwalk building notes from the Con- necticut Record: John Rowe has contracted to build Arthur Wheeler’s new $5,000 hense on Arch street. Miss Annie T. Pardcc, of Ridgefield, is building a new house on Chestnut street. Horace Gibbs is to build a house on Arch street. Hart Dcntou has the contract for the changes in the National Bank of Norwalk building. They include an addition with a brown stone front, new vault, etc. Daniel L. Hornmedieu is building a store and flat building in East Norwalk and similar buildings will be erected by D. T. Murphy, J. H. King and W. H. Lawton. In the Superior Court in Bridgeport Tuesday the arguments in the case of Jer- emiah Smith &. Sons of New Haven, Wil- liam Lewis, Wheeler Hawley & McDon- aid of Bridgeport, against the Stratford Land Improvement company, were heard. Judge Hall issued an order dissolving the injunction, stating that “there is no rea- sonable grounds to fear that the proposed and alleged acts of the defendant company would seriously injure the oysters, oyster grounds or property of the plaintiffs.” The Land Improvement company was erecting dykcs intending to reclaim a large number of acres of the salt meadow land and this the oysterme‘n claimed would prevent a free flow of water and be a detrimental to the oyster growth. ' Lieutenant Colericl 'B. F. Blakeslec, sec- rotary and treasurer of the Sixteenth reg- iment executive committee, has issued the announcement to the members of that command that the arrangements for the Antietam excursion have been completed. The visit will be on the occasion of the twenty-seventh anniversary of the battle. The price of round-trip tickets covering railway fare, state-room on boat, meal and hotel accommodations from breakfast on Sunday to dinner on Wednesday, carriage drive over the battle-fields of Gettysburg and Antietam, and the necessary expenses of the committee, will be: From Hartford, $25; from New Haven, $24; from New York. $21. It is absolutely necessary that all who are going remit the price of the ticket on or before August 31, to B. F. Blakcslee, New Britain, Conn. The Opera House is undergoing radical improvements, principally the changing of the gallery stairs which will lead direct from the entrance to the gallery instead of from the auditorium as heretofore. This will do away with a source of trouble which the management has had to contend with hitherto, viz—the holders of gallery tickets sneaking into good down stairs seats on returning from their pilgrimages between the acts to “see a man.” The main stairs are being rebuilt and improve- ments are being made in the stage ar- rangements, considerable new scenery is being put in, etc. The introduction of the electric light is an appreciable inno— vation. The lights are well distributed throughout the house and every light is controlled from the stage. Manager Stan- ley has booked a number of excellent attractions for the coming season, which promises to be a successful one. The Standard says : If there is a state parade by the Knights of Columbus in Connecticut within a year or two it will probably be in Bridgeport, as all the mem- bers have their eye longingly on the clam bakes and pretty girls for which this place is celebrated. About four years ago the order held a state parade here and it was a big success, 1,200 men out of the 1,800 members attending. The order has won- derfully increased its membership now and “has over 5,000 names on its roll, a gain of 25 per cent. for the past year. There is some talk of having a district pa. rade this summer in Norwalk and of bold- ing district parades every year in the vari- ous towns. There are about 800 members in the district to which Bridgeport belongs and quite a display could be made. It is hardly likely that a state parade will be held this year as the organization has grown so large, and the district parade idea may do away with them altogether. Supreme Knight Phclan said today that the Nor- walk council was soon to hold a big picnic and wanted all the councils of the district to be present. A special meeting will be held soon by Park City and Cecil Calvert councils to take action in the matter The ladies of the Congregational church of New Canaan are to give a lawn party and fair on the church ground on Thurs- day afternoon and evening. The ladies are exerting themselves to make this sur— pass any that have cverbeen given before, which is a guarantee that it will be a very enjoyable entertainment. The supper is to be served in the chapel. The grounds will be brilliantly illuminated and the church horse sheds elaborately decorated with fanciful designs in festoonery, colored lights, etc. It will be a memorable event for New Canaan. The mouldcrs’ picnic on the fair grounds was, as usual, a SllCCCSS, the attendance being large. The dancing pavilion was kept warm by the dancers until 11 o’clock. The contests were interesting and were won as follows: The tug of war was won by the following team, the prize being two boxes of cigars : Al. Burton, John Erhart, David quks, Gus Billcnsteiu; high kick. Tom Hunt, silver napkin ring; one mile race, Scotty Bowman, silver cup; standing jump, Will. Stecb, pair shoes ; three jumps, Will. Stceb, silver cup, 100-yards dash, Will. Stceb, gold medal. The base ball game between the Nor-walks and Gorhams was won by the Nor-walks, 10 to 3. One cooking range was drawn by Michael Cahill and the other by ticket number 752, the holder of which can se- cure the range by applying to any of the committee. A narrow escape from what might have been a terrible accident occurred at the Washington street crossing, South Nor- walk, Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Wm. Morton and his two daughters were driv- ing across the track just as the gates were being lowered for the 5:08 train contrary to the warning of danger given them by the gate tender. When'the team got on the east side of the track the horse balked and commenced to back. The train was at this time just coming around the curve, and the engineer, seeing the danger, im- mediately reversed his engine and Signalled for breaks to be put on, but the train was not brought to a standstill quick enough to prevent the rear end of the wagon from being struck and the occupants thrown out. Mr. Morton’s head came- in contact with the driving rod of the engine just as it stopped. Had the train moved another foot his head would have been crushed. Annie Morton, on seeing the danger, had jumped from the wagon, and when she saw the engine collide With it, she ' naturally thought the occupants were killed and she was; much overcome by fright. The remarkable feature of the accident was that no one was injured. —Reoord. . The completion and dedication of the National Monument to the Forefathers, at Plymouth Mass., the corner stone of which was laid thirty years ago, gives timeliness to the well written and beautifully illus- trated article on “The Pilgrim Fathers,” which leads off this number of Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly. Arthur V. Ab- bott interestingly describes the new can- tilever bridge over the'fludson river at Poughkecpsie N. Y. “The Military Road of the Causasus,” by P. J. Popof‘r‘, gives a picturesque account of this marvelous highway of Russia’s Asian conquest. En— sign Wilkinson of the Navy, gives a valu- able and authoritative account of “The United States Hydrographic Office; its Evolution, its Aims and its Achievements.” Other illustrated articles are: “An Old French City” (Bourges) 5 “In the Acadian Laud”; “Turenne,” Louis XIV.’s great general ; etc. The short stories, illustrated poems, miscellaneous essays, etc., are up to the first-class standard, and the new literary department begun in this number promises to be a valuable feature. The New England clothing combination, of which Bryant, Besse & Co. are mem- bers, and which have stores located in most of the important cities in New Eng- land, arc soon to add another to their already large list. They are soon to open a very large and extensive store in Wor- cester, Mass., at 40 Front street, Chase Block. The store is centrally located, has a modern and attractive plate glass front, is 22 feet wide by 150 feet deep, with a basemeqt of same size. They have al- ready begun work on their fixtures,which are to be of ash and finished in the best possible manner, and, when complete, with the wood fittings, large plate glass mirrors, handsome nickel window fixtures, together with the attractive brass fittings for the ofiicc, it will be a very attractive, large, light and cheerful store. Mr. G. C. Bryant, who has been so long and favor- ably known here, is to be the managing and resident partner of the Worcester store, where we shall predict for him the same great success he has achieved here. He will still retain his interest here in the firm of Bryant, Besse 67. 00., and will leave Mr. Parmlee to manage this store. It is, he says, with regret that he leaves his [many friends, numerous customers and pleasant acquaintances who have so liberally patronized the store here, but the opening is a flattering one, and he feels that all will find in the future manager one that will fully sustain the good and rapidly growing reputation of Bryant, Besse 85 Co. for courteous, honest and upright dealings, and trusts he will re- ceive the same generous, satisfactory ap- proval and patronage of the people in the future as he has in the past. On the occasion of the base .ball game between the Independents and the Nor- walks on Saturday, colored Abe Wright went along as the Independents’ “mascotte.” On presenting himself at the gate the gateman demanded his ticket and declined to be satisfied with Abe’s assurance that “that’s all right; I’m the Independents’ mascotte.” The magic of the mascotte failing to work even for the mascotte himself, he went around to the opposite side of the ground and in a ridiculous but successful attempt to climb over a barb-wire fencc,dislocated the seat of his pants in a most embarrass- ing fashion. However, he “got there just the same,” and backed up against the end of the grand stand where he held his position, being constrained by stern neces- sity to forego his usual monkey-shines. The gate keeper learned that Abe had mascottcd himself onto the grounds after being refused free admission and started to hunt him off. On finding the mascotte and seeing his pitiablc plight, however, his heart softened, Abe was allowed to mascotte the Independents to defeat, while the gate keeper went back to his .post where he learned that he had lost four admissions by pursuing the mascotte. Friday of last week Mr. R." M. Rose, of Norwalk. Conn, came to this city to see Captain John Garrett and other old sol- diers of the Sixty-first Ohio Volunteers, and has remained here since. He was a member of Captain Garrett’s company and the youngest soldier in the regiment. He was enlisted at Findlay, Ohio, when he was under fourteen years of age, and carried a musket all through the war, un- til mustered out at LouiSVille, Ky. Mr; Rose wasa boy in size and when he had his knapsack on it about covered him so that only his head and legs were visible, and at the review of the troops by Lincoln the president and his staff made remarks about his appearance as he passed in re- view. In a conversation Mr. Rose said that if ever any man in Ohio had earned a Colonel’s commission who did not get it, it was Captain Garrett who was in com- mand of the regiment a large part of the time and in many hotly contested battles. Mr. Rose has enjoyed his visit to his old comrades and returned to his home in the cast well pleased with his visit to Bellaire. ——Bellaz're, (0.) Tribune, July 31. In connection with the above, a little incident may be pertineutly related. Mr. Rose enlisted in February, 1862 at the age of thirteen years as a private in Company H, Gist regiment from Bellaire, Ohio ; went with his musket and knapsack to the front; participated in several battles, culminating with the battle of Chancel- lorsville, in which fight his regiment was so cut to piecestthat it was deemed nec- essary to recruit. Accordingly the Col- onel, with thirty furloughcd men includ- ing young Rose, returned to Ohio for the purpose of recruiting. Their route took them through Bellaire, from which town Mr. Rose had enlisted as volunteer. Be- ing obliged by force of circumstances to stop here for several hours, the recruiting party assembled in a public place and in response to a call the Colonel made a patriotic speech. His remarks so arougd the ire of the “Copperheads” and “Butter— nuts” of the town that a general row was precipitated, in the course of which young Rose detected a copperhead in the act of stealing his Colonel’s saddle, where. upon the former drew his revolver, shot the thief and recovered the saddle. At about this time the melee ended and the Colonel, on the restoration of his saddle, crowded Rose to the front and introduced him to the crowd as “the baby of the regi- ment,” after which the party proceeded on their way, enlisted their recruits and went to the front and did valiant service till the close of the war. The incident of the “baby” recovering the Colonel’s sad- dle, however. it seems was never forgot- ten in the little town of Bellaire, the story having been handed down from one gen- eration to the next till the valor of the “baby” had become a cherished tradition with the citizens of the town. And it was not until last week that Mr. Rose ova saw the place Since the occurrence above related took place. Then having business in Cleveland, he ran across to Bellaire to call on his old commander, Captain Garrett, whom he had not seen since the war. It required but a word from Cap. tain‘ Garrett to have it known throughout the town, now grown to 10,000 population that the “baby of the regiment,” who distinguished himself twenty-seven years before,was in town,and from that time till the end of his ten days’ visit Rose was the lion of the hour. A reception was gotten up in his honor, which was made the oc- casion of a reunion of his old company which now has but three survivors includ- ing Captain Garrett. This reception was attended by the prominent citizens of Bellaire, speeches were made, the remarks of the Captain being especially flattering to Mr. Rose, who, as the hero of the occasion, was, of course obliged to make a speech. Mr.- Rose, in reply to the frequent allusion to himself as “the baby of the regiment,” pointed to his bald had as a proof of the fact that he was the “baby” referred to, explaining that his hair had not yet :begun to grow. This explanation, of course, greatly delighted the ladies. During Mr. Rose’s stay in Bellaire he was was entertained and feted and fawned upon as becomes the veritable hero which he is, and he relates his last twig! weeks’ experience with .pardouablc pri e. ,
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