Norwalk weekly gazette, Wednesday, September 4, 1889 · page 8

 

 

 

NORWALK

GAZETTE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 12-389.

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The Seventeenth Conn. Vols. Reunion.

The reunion of this veteran Fairfield
county regiment on Wednesday was among
the most notable of its many annual gather-
ings. The place was eminently fitting, and
to Capt. Hobbie were the veterans and their
friends principally indebted for the success of
the reunion. At about 10 a. m. some one
hundred and sixty comrades formed at the
Noroton depot, headed by the Stamford
cornet band, and marshaled by Col. Brady
and Gen. Noble, marched up the hill to the
Soldiers’ Home. On entering the grounds the
one hundred and fifty-four soldier inmates
of the home were drawn up in line and,
unéovered, stood till the Seventeenth boys
had passed up the stairs to the large
hall, where the business meeting was held.
Houses at and near the depot were decor—
and children joyously
greeted the veterans. The great hall was
festoon‘ed with flags and adorned with
flowers, while beside the platform was an
old army telescopic rifle used in the war by
a Massachusetts sharpshooter, and under a
microscope an old army familiar and which,
as enlarged, looked more like a mule than
the simple grey-back it really was.

President Brady called on Rev. Mr.
\Varner, of Bridgeport, to open the meeting
with prayer, and then Rev. Arthur Requa,
of the Darien Presbyterian clntrch,delivered
the address of welcome as follows:

ADDRESS OF WELCOME.

Fellow Citizens, Soldiers of our Beloved
Union, and especially you of the Seventeenth
Regiment of the State of Connecticut:
\Vhile I am sincerely grateful for the honor
conferred upon me by those who suggested
that I should deliver a speech on this oc-
casion, and yet on certain accounts, I assure
you, it is with some reluctance that I take
this position before you today, feeling, as I
do, that there are so many others older and
of more experience than myself; men better
versed in the history of the civil war and in
that of this Seventeenth regiment; men,
who either themselves fought in that war,
or whose loyal hearts at home were flooded
by those mighty swelling, melting tides of
public sentiment which swept with such an
awful severity over every thinking heart
that remained loyal and true. And yet, as
a citizen of these United States, (thank God
today they are such!) most ungrateful would
I be for all that you have dared and done,
and for all the nation’s blood that has been
Spill: that I, along with the many millions
of our land, might have such a country in
which to live, as is ours today, if when
asked, I were to refuse to lay my humble
tribute upon the altar of memory to those
not with us today because filling an honored
soldier’s grave, or to utter a few words of
appreciation to you who survive. As one
that riseth up to pronounce blessed the
memory, or honored the deeds of others to
whom he is personally indebted, but who,
in point of time, have been in advance of
him upon the stage of life, would I gladly
help to immortalize the names and the
deeds of our nation’s patriotic heroes by
whatever words of commendation or of grate-
ful appreciation I may be able to give utter-
ance to, or even by such as may be feeble
reminders of the glorious past, that past to
which the pens and the pages of historians
have already been aptly dedicated.

Small in comparison with some of the
states of the Union though our own state of
Connecticut is,yet it is recorded in history to
her honor that in season of warfare she has
always been ready to supply her full quota
of men and means. She did this premptly
when the first and second French wars were
carried on, and again in the Revolution she
manifested the same patriotic spirit by con-
tributing more liberally of both her men

- and her means in proportion to the number
of inhabitants than either of the other col-
onies. And although she was greatly affect-
ed by some of the events which occurred
before the war of 1812, yet she again gave
her full quota of men and means. And
then, still again, when it became a. stern he.
cessity for our loyal Union men to shoulder
and buckle on the deadly instruments of
warfare and march against their wayward
brothers in the south in order that they
might teach them a much needed lesson, let
us hope of permanent value, a lesson that
they or their posterity shall never forget
while America shall rest upon its unseen
foundations, the state of Connecticut quickly
showed the gazing world that she had not
forgotten her former custom. but that she
was just as determined as ever to do her
part towards maintaining the integrity of our
glorious institutions. For while she valued
highly the blood of her citizens; while it was
to her a sickening thought that again the
peace and happiness of her quiet homes
must be disturbed, and while she would
greatly have preferred to see her sons re-
ceivine.r even moderate wages for honest toil
than to see them laden with the honors of
war, had there been no just occasion for war,
yet she counted out, as in the days gone by,
her full quota of men, even of her best, and,
as with streaming eyes she looked heaven-
ward imploring the benedictions of A]-
mighty God upon them, she sent them forth
into the field of battle as well equipped for
efficient warfare as those of any other state.
And when they were called into action no
others were braver than they, and right
well have many of them earned the high
honors of war which have been heaped
upon them for their deeds of patriotism and
valor upon the battle field.

But in that hour of such intense gloom,
that hour that so severely tried men’s
hearts, that put to the test the best faculties
for statesmenship, and that caused a cry of
agony to be heard from the lovers of an
unbroken Union and from the haters of
human bondage ; in that hour when there
was issued the call for troops to support the
Union, how nobly did the county of Fair-
field, imitating the worthy example of the
state of which she is a part, show her inter-
est in the cause of freedom and of right.
The suggestion to form a regiment within
the borders excited a temporary doubt in
the minds of some as to whether it would be
possible to make up a regiment so quickly
from a county as from the state. But the
citizens of this county of Fairfield were too
full of a spirit of patriotism to be set aside
easily by the expression of such doubts, or
to be’turned aside from their avowed pur-
pose. And the promise made to Governor
Buckingham to send a well filled regiment
to the front as quickly as any should be sent
from the state, was nobly kept. And the
fact as stated upon the pages of history, that
within thirty days the Seventeenth regi-
mentcould have been sent at once into ac-
tion, 1,000 in number and representing ev-
ery town in the county, goes to prove the
intensity of feeling in the county, the deter-
mination to which her citizens generally
had come to put down the rebellion at
whatever cost, and the readiness with which
you who are before me, members of the
Seventeenth, as well as others now sleeping
in the dust, who were your comrades, sep-
arated yourselves from your comfortable
homes, tore yourselves away from parents,

atcd, and ladies

or wives, or children, not knowing whether
ever again you should look into their faces,
or grasp their hands, or listen to the tones of
their lovin voices. And as your regiment
took its epartnre from Seaside Park,
Bridgeport, who but God alone could fathom
the depths of sorrow in your own hearts or
in the hearts of those you left behind. But
that cloud of darkness and gloom that
ettled down that day on so many hearts
and homes was not in vain. By your pres-
ence, your courage, your activity at Chan-
cellorsviIIe, May 2, 1863; at Gettysburg,
July 1—4, 1863; at Morris Island and Fort
\Vagncr in August, 1863; Welaka and
Saunders, May 19, 1865; and at Dunn’s
Lake, February 5, 1865, you testified to
your love of country, and to your firm ad-
herence to those principles of government
which you had professed to espouse.

One of the finest illustrations of your
patriotism and of your spirit of determina-
tion, one of which Horace Greeley has
made mention of in his“Amcrican Conflict,”
and one that will go very far towards help-
ing to render illustrious and immortal the
history of your regiment, was that which
you gave to the world at the battle of
Gettysburg, where your Ticutenant-colonel
was killed. When, with a persistency whlch
would have been truly commendable if only
it had bren exhibited in a different and
a better cause. the confederate soldiers made
charge aftercharge upon your ranks when
the divisionot‘Gen. Sehurz had retreated
or fled, you refused to be frightened or driv-
en irom your position, nor would you even
allow your ranks to be broken, sodetermined
you were that if defeat finally came it
should be through no fault of your own.

 

Thus showing that so long as you could an-
ticipate any favorable results from your firm
re dstance you preferred to die on the battle
field rather than to manifest a lack of brav-
ery or of patriotism.

But time forbids a full recital of your
heroic deeds, nor is such a recital demand-
ed by the present occasion, for you to whom
we speak particularly, who yourselves pass-
ed through the awful experiences of these
scenes to which so brief and incomplete
allusion has been made, you who have wit-
nessed the downfall of your comrades by
your side, or who perhaps yourselves,
were, some of you, among the number who
went to Andersonville, can never forget
those bitter expersences, and you of course
have a far more accurate knowledge of what
actually took place in those days when hu-
man blood flowed So freely. than we who
only read the history which you have
helped to make, and to whose interest you
have added by what you offered to do, as
when you volunteered to assault Sumpter,
and by the exploits of your individual regi-
ment.

But it is eminently proper that, at times
you should be reminded that such proofs of
patriotism as you, the members of the 17th

regiment of Connecticut, have given the

world, are not soon forgotten by the public
mind. Such deeds live long after they, by
whom they were performed, have been laid
in their graves. And it is right, too, that
thos cenes should oceasionally be brought
befo e us in our imagination, lest there
should be discovered on the part of some, a
growing tendency to forget the lessons
which should be impressed indelibly upon
the nation’s mind.

But while we must ever regret that there
was so great reason for your having been
called to perform such military duties as
were laid upon you, yet, by the very man-
ner in which you went into the battle-field,
and by your conduct, your faithful perform-
ance of the duties assigned to your regiment
while in the field, you have not only well
earned the honors which in various ways
have been heaped upon yourselves, but you
have also caused to be written in the history
of the State of Connecticut as also in the
County of Fairfield, a chapter of glory.
But 0, what a glory is that that is won at
such a cost, a glory won at the cost of sighs,
heart aches, hu._ -n blood, scarred and dis-
membered bodies, vacant chairs in the fam-
ily circle, and soldiers’ graves and mon-
nments! May the God of Heaven, who is
also the God of nations, forbid that there
should ever again be the need of our scat-
tering death in the ranks of those who are
fellow citizens with us in the states of this
glorious Union! May it please I Iim. for
all comming time, to enable our statesmen
to adjust any difference of sentiment. of feel-
ing, or of claims, by the more peacable, the
more human, the more Christian means of a
mutual but candid and friendly discussion of
the points in question,

Perceiving more and more clearly, as the
years and decades roll by, the value of our
republican institutions, becoming increas-
ingly convinced of the rightness of equality
of rights, and comprehending more fully the
mutual responsibility of citizens and states,
may every citizen of every county and state
be zealous in the promotion of peace, good
erI, general prosperity, and that righteous-
ness that exalteth a. nation. -

And now, without longer testing your pa-
tience, I will close by expressing my sincere
hope that the choicest benedictions of heav-
en may rest upon all the surviving members
of the 17th Connecticut, upon the living
wrdows and orphans of the dead, upon the
mothers, sisters, and wives who have been
loyal to their country and to their own,
and upon all whom I have had the pleasure
of addressing at this time, and that the
patriotic and heroic deeds of our living
soldiers and of our dead, may long continue
to live in history, and to exert a potent in-
fluence for good upon the rising generation
and upon generations yet unborn. God
bless you all, and this land that we so dear-
ly love; a united country, and the country
of the free. And now, I can assure you
that it afiords me great pleasure, in the
name of the citizens of Darien, to welcome
you to this place

0)]. Brady being quite ill Gen. Noble
eloquently responded in behalf of the regi-
ment and comrades. He emphasized the
fact that at the crucial battle of the war,
Gettysburg, little Connecticut had five regi-
ments and one battery engaged. The gen-
eral presented a series of fitting resolutions
upon the death of Comrade and Secretary
George W. Keeler, of Bridgeport. He re-
ported action of committee in locating the
site of the new mmument to be placed, in
October next, to commemorate the Seven-
teenth’s position at the foot of Cemetery
Ridge at the time of the terrific and deadly
assault upon them by the Louisiana Tigers
on the 3d of July.

Capt. Hobbie was elected president of the
association for the ensuing year, with one
vice-president from each company as fol-
lows: Company A, Charles J. Smith, of
.' :uth Norwalk; B, Alfred Morehouse, of
Darien ; C, George F. Bradley, of Danbury;
D, Albert W. Peck, of Newtown; E, Capt.
H. P. Burr, of W estport; F, W. S. Knapp,
of South Norwalk; G, Lieut. Chas. Smith,
of South Norwalk; H, Lovi Dickson, of
Stamford ; I, John London, of Greenwich ;K,

Richard M. Gee, of Bethlehem; John 11.]

 

Porter, of Company K, was elected secre-

tary, and Capt. Pat. Wade was reelected
treasurer.

Col. Henry H uss moved that the associa-
tion purchase a flag to be raised every day
in the year over Barlow’s Knoll on the field
of Gettysburg. It was adopted, as was also
the proposition to present Mr. Bloken with
a suitable testimonial in recognition of his
services in hoisting the flag. Willis Mc-
Donald, Col. Huss and Gen. W. H. Noble
Were appointed a committee to attend'to the
testimonials. Col. Huss said a friend was
present who w0uld give the association :1
flag. Another member offered a frame tor
the testimonial.

A good dinner for the veterans was pro-
vided by the citizens of Darien, but as was
the case here in Norwalk last year, and as
too often the case is those not soldiers were
more eager to crowd to the table than were
those for whom the spread was specially
prepared. These incidents emphasize the
growing feeling on the part of the veterans
that at these annual reunions it would be
better to have a paid dinner provided, and
all who paid their fifty cents made welcome.
Certainly no more convenient or appropriate
place of meeting for this county regiment
than at the Darien Soldiers’ Home, could
be found, and if the free use of hall and
dining room were donated, as they no doubt
would be, the boys would only be too glad
to pay the cost of their annual dinner.

Supt. B. W. Manson, of the Hem), ex-
erted himself to the utmost to make the
occasion a pleasant one as it really was.

OTHER REUNIONS.

The 23d annual reunion of the Second
Connecticut, Heavy Artillery will be held
at Kent, Litchfield county,on Wednesday,
Sept. 11th.

The Twenty-seventh had its reunion at
Savin Rock Wednesday. About one hun-
dred and fifty veterans were present. Some
sixteen to twenty from N orwalk were mem-
bers of this regiment, but only Comrade
James L. Ambler represented our town. A
sumptuous dinner was served and paid for
by each participant, and the veterans had a
happy time.

The Twenty-eighth, to the number of
over a hundred, met the same day (Wednes-
day) at Seaside Park, Bridgeport. The
meeting was called to order by President
George E. Scofield, of Stamford. Comrade
George E. Foote, Company B, of Danbury
was chosen president, and George H. Ray-
mond, of Norwalk, one of the vice-presidents
for the ensuing year. Quite a large number
of Norwalk boys were members of this regi-
ment. It was enlisted for nine months, but
served a full year, and was in the thickest
of the fight at Port Hudson. George H.
Raymond, William Mitchell, Jesse Sher-
wood, John McCormick, and several
other Norwalk members were present.
A good shore dinner was served for fifty
cents, which the boys cheerfully paid and
enjoyed hugely. A pamphlet giving a
history of the regiment was distributed.

The gallant old Seventh Connecticut, Gen-
Hawley’s regiment, hold their reunion‘at
Bloomfield, September 18th.

_._
The Verdict Unanimous.

W. D. Snlt, Druggist, Bippns. Ind.,
testifies: “I can recommend Electric
Bitters as the very best remedy. Every
bottle sold has given relief in every case.
One man took srx bottles, and was cured
of rheumatism of 10 years’ standing.”
Abraham Hare, druggist, Bellvillc, Ohio,
atfirms: “The best selling medicine I have
ever handled in my 20 years’ experience,
is Electric Bitters.” Thousands of others
have added their testimony, so that the
verdict is unanimous that Electric Bitters
do cure all diseases of the liver, kidneys
or blood. Onlyahalf dollar a bottle at
H. R. Hale’s drug store.

SUMMER migration!

Summer styles of large

Round Hats, Torres and Bonnets

inspection of which is invited.

CHILDREN’S HATS

a Specialty. We are showing a large assortment
o

IMPORTED FLOWERS

embracing all styles and colorings in natural
effects. In

LAOES

we keep everything new and desrrable. A tall
line of .

 

 

 

MOURNIN’G

constantly on hand. Old Crape made equal to
new by the Schriver Patent Process.tor whlch We
have the agency. Everything in the line of:

HAIR GOODS.

The Empress Bang. 13 just what Ladies need
for Summer wear. uats bleached,dyed and press-
ed in all the latest shapes.

MISSES ST. JOHN,
33 Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.

Beef, Fish, Fruit
and Vegetables.

You can get any and all or the above mentione
articles at

F. W. RNITR’S MARKET.

55 MAIN STREET.

E V ERYTHING

NEW, FRESH, CLEAN.

Try us. we can please you:

 

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For Sale.

OUBLE BARRELLED RIFLE made
ApBllasett, London. Will be 801'! cite]?, a

 

cash. Enquire at the omce.

CHAS. H. VALDEN

GRO‘CERIES,

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to heat. A share of the public patronage is solicit-

--DEAI.ER 1N—

FRRSH AND NEW.

I shall keep constantly on hand a

FULL IINE 0F All. GOODS

usually found in a

 

which I will sell at prices
DEFYING HONEST COMPETITION
ed and every elfort will be made to faithfully

serve our customers. Give us a call and
let us assure you of our ability to

MISS AGNES FITCH,

Is now prepared to supply the Ladies of Norwalk

HATS and nuns,

49 MAIN STREET,

and vicinity, with the most correct styles in

 

Trimmed and Unlrimmed. :

As well as a very large variety of high :cluss ,

NOVELTIES

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give satisfaction.

CHAS. H. VALDEN,

5 Wall St, ,

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HILLSIDE, NORWALK, CT.

MRS. MEAD’S HOME SCHOOL FOR

GIRLS AND YOUNG LADIES
FIE-OPENS 001-. a, 1889.

Applications for admission to the School may be made at once.
For Circulars Address,

MRS. M E. MEAD, Norwalk, Conn.

THE

D. M. READ 00.,

BRIDGEPORT.

 

ORIENTAL AND SMY RNA

BUGS I BUGS .

By the steamship Armania, which has just arrived, we received the

first invoice of Foreign Rugs and Mats.
through our Custom House, and:are now ready for inspection and sale at

very reasonable prices.

 

DRESS - GOODS

This is the season when quality and price will sell them.
always had the quality, but never before given so low a price as we intend

to during the next ten days.

One of the greatest of all silk specialties we have known .to be in the
market is what we are to have on Tuesday morning. August 27th.
100 pieces Colored Surah, worth by the piece at least 75c., we shall

retail them at. 51.}c per yard.

15 pieces Black Broad Cloth, of the $1.50 quality, at $1 per yard.
15 pieces Black Sarah, all silk, at 50c.

10 pieces Faille Franeaise, at 75c.

We are showing a few choice things in early fall novelties.

 

WE ARE NOW MAKING A SPECIALTY
0F ALTERING, REPAIRING
AND DYEING

Seal Garments
AND OTHER runs.

Orders taken in the months of August and September will be execut-
ed at a much lower cost than during the latter busy season.
left with us thus early will also have the advantage of more careful, less
hurried and better attention, in addition to lower charges, and be returned
to our customers ready for use before cold weather demand them.

 

THE llM. HEAD COMPANY.

Main St, Eairfield Ave. dt

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ONE BLOCK FROM R. R. STATION,

BRIDGEPORT.

 

3 Norwalk, Ct.

TRIMMING Errors.

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Centemeri Kid Gloves.

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They have been delivered to us

\Ve have

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Garments

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OLD AND RELIABLE DIRECT
FREIGHT LINE TO

SI]. NORWALK & NIlRWALK

 

Commencing MAY 20th, 1889, until further notice
THE PROPELLERS,

City of Norwalk and Eagle,

Will leave Pier 23 East River, (Beekman Street,)
New York,

For South Norwalk, Daily at 12.00 Noon
Due at South Norwalk at 5 p. m. Extra Boat
Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5 p.m.

I-or Eorwiilk, Monday, Wed. Jr. Fri., at 5.00 P. )1.
Saturdays at 12 o'clock, noon.

FREIGHT EECEIVEII FROM 7 A. M. T0 5 1’. )l'
Returning. boats leave South Norwalk, Daily at

Sp. in. Norwalk, Tuesday, Thursday and Sat-
urday at 6 p. m.

 

Uponapplication to Agents, boats will 330 after
and deliver freight at intermediate points.

HOUSAHINIC RAILROAD.“

Daan and Nora-«M Division.
Corrected February 4th, 1859.
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SOUTH.

Lv. Norwalk. Lv .80. Norwalk, Ar.Wilson Poin
;. .. 0 02 a. mi‘ 610 a. m. fi'liv'
132 a. m. 7 56 “ 8 03 ‘- '

S 17 “ 8‘27 “ 8 35 “
003 “ 1013 “ 10 20 “
12 50 p. in. 100 mm 107 .
4 34 H 461“ 3pttln
618 “ Mixed 6 36 “ Min]. 46 “ l i
S 02 “ S 07 “ S 15 “ \hxed
947‘ .‘ 10 ‘24 “ 1031 “
NORTH.
Lv. WI.son Point LV.So. Norwalk, Ar. Norwalk
a. m. a. in.
6 25 “ 6 35 " 6 41 “
8 45 “ 918 “ 9 23 “
12 01 “ 12 I3 “ 12 18 “
250p.m. 310 p.m. 316p.m.
4 25 “ 512 “ 517 “
7 15 “
5 50 “ 6 35 “ 6 40 “
10 10 “ 1017 “ 10 24 “

Limited Express. New York and Plttsileld. via.
D. a. N. Dmsron, going South leaVe South Nor-
lwalk at 7:44 p. m. Going North leave South Nor-
walk at 4:15 p. m.

Sleeping Car train, New York and Plttsileld‘
e ave Bridgeport at 11:45 p. m., every Saturday
night. '

W. 11. STEVENSON Vice-Pres. ant "Gen’l Maria er
I". C. PAYNE. Supei‘lntendent. k g
A. W. PnRRrN, General Passenger Agent.

New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad.

JUNE 23d,1889.
NE\V roux urvrsroa.

 

Trains leave Soutl- Norwalk as i'ollows:—-

For New York—Accommodation trains at
6.55, g 3.30, 9.36, a. m., 1. . , 5.09,
and 6.38 (to Stamford only) 7.06 (White Mountain
Express), 8.11, 10.15, p. m. Express trains at
5.16 (exeept Mondays), 5.48, 6.12,(local), 7.23 (lo-
cal), 7.56 (local) 8.26 (local) 9.03 (Springfield 10-
cal), 10.13, 11.47 a. m. ; 12.59 (Springfield local),
4.46, 5.20. 7.51, (daily except Sunday) p. rn.

For New Haven and the Emu—Accommo-
dation trams at 6.31, 7.38. 8.50, 10.42 a. m., 1.42,
4.22, 5.13, 6.22 and 7.23, to Bridgeport, 8.41, 9.41,
11.07 p. m. Express trains at 9.16, 10.16 (White
Mountain Express) a. m. ; 12.13, 1.07 (local), 3.08,
4.11 (Housatonic Express) 5.09 (Naugatuck Ex-
press) 7.16, (Springfield local), 12.43 a. at. (Boston
express).

Sundays.—Accommodatlon 7.38, 9.11 a. m.,
and 6.45 p. m.

0. M. SHEPARD Gen. Supt.
C. ’1‘. IIEMPSTEAD. Gen. Pass. Agt.

HUDSON RIVER ll) DAYLIGHT

Day Line Steamers.
NE‘V YORK 01‘

DAILY (except Sundays)
Leave BROOKLYN,Fulton st(by Annex), 8.00 mm
Leave NEW YORK, Vestry at. Pier, 8.40 a.m.
Leave NEW YORK, West 22d at. Pier, 9.00 a,m.
for ALBANY, .andmg at Yonkers, West Point.
Newburgh. Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck Catskill and
Hudson. Returning. leave Albany 8.30 a. in.
MUSIC. 26

FOR SALE I
Dongle Wagons,

Single Wagons,
Road Carts,
Horse Carts,

 

ALBANY

 

Goal,
Wood,
Grain. -
Flour,
Hay.
Straw

—A.ND—

Building Material,

Ill Bl

South N orwalk.
GENERAL MARKET

Meat, Fish, Vegetables. arc.

LOCKWCOII 05 LCCKWOOD.

MAIN STREET.

All kinda of Q19 best qualities of Meats, Fish,
Clams, Vegetables. etc., are kept constantly on
hand. and will be sold by us as low as can be pro-
cured at any market in Norwalk. We intend to
prove to our customers that we deserve their

 

 

patronage 'by fair and generous dealing.
1‘le LOCKWOOD & LOCKWOOD. ,