NORWALKZGAZETTE, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18. 1889.
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KINDNESS l3 POWER.
.3. conqueror is kindness; far beyond
e armed victor, who doth thundering preach
vilization with the cannon‘s tongue,
Woe brought delights, and bloody benefits.
A gentle word begets a gentle thought;
Drawing the sting'from malice. Better thus,
Than bruise with hate the. ignorant serpent‘s
head;
Who knoweth nothing till you teach it to him,
‘ ——Barry Cornwall.
HE BEGGED FOP, MERCY.
During the month of February, 1853, Seth
Damon, of Acton, instituted an action at
law against Gabriel Butterworth, of the same
t0wn, for the recovery of thirty thousand
dollars, of which he claimed that said Butter-
worth had defrauded him. The circumstances
were these: .
Butterworth owned and kept the principal
store in Acton, and though he had never been
regarded as an exemplary gentleman, his
honor in business had not been impugned.
Those who had the faculty of looking upon
the undercurrents of human actions decided
that he was a man not bound by honor, but
who understood the laws of self interest too
well to be guilty of small meannesses in busi-
ness. What he was capable of doing on a
grand scale was not mooted until the occur-
rence of which I am about to speak.
Seth Damon had removed from Edson to
Acton in the fall, and had purchased the iron
works. Shortly after concluding the pur—
chase he had a payment of $30,000 to make,
and late on a Saturday afternoon he arrived
from New York with the money—part of it
in bank notes and part of it in gold. When
he arrived he found that the parties to whom
the money was to be paid had left town, and
would not return till Monday. Mr. Butter-
worth had the only reliable safety vault in
town, and to Mr. Butterworth Damon took
the 830,000, asking permission to lodge it in
his vault over the Sabbath, which permission
was readily and cheerfully granted.
During Sunday night the people of the vil-
lage were aroused by the alarm of fire; and
upon starting out it was found that the
alarm came from Butterworth’s store, but
Mr. Butterworth had been active. He had
discovered the fire in season, and, with the
assistance of his boys, had put it out before
much damage had been done. Upon looking
over the premises it was found that the fire
had not only been the evident work of an in-
cendiary, but that it had been set in several
different places
“I-Iow fortunate,” said the owner, “that I
discovered it in season.”
But very soon another discovery was made.
The safety vault had been broken open and
every dollar it had contained stolen away!
Here was alarm and consternation. Gabriel
Buttcrworth seemed fit to go crazy.
“For myself I care not,” he cried. “A few
hundreds were all I had in there; but my
friend had a great sum!”
Immediately search for the robber or rob-
.bers was instituted, and word was sent far
and near to all sheriffs and their deputies and
to the police of the cities.
Now, it had so happened that on that very
Sunday evening—or, I may say, Sunday
night, for it was near midnight—I, John
Watson, had been returning from my bro-
ther’s, in Dunstable. I had left my hired
team at the stable, and on my way to my
boarding house I passed the store of Mr. But-
tea-worth. In the back yard of the store was
a horse trough, and, being thirsty, I stepped
‘ around that way to get a draught of water.
As I stooped to drink at the ‘spout of the
' fountairi I saw a gleam of light through a
crevice in the shutters of one of the store
window. Curiosity impelled me to go and
peer through; for I wondered who could be in
there at that hour of a Sunday night. The
crevice was quite large, made by the wearing
{away of the edges of the shutters where they
ghad been caught by the hooks that held them
aback when open, and through it I looked into
She store. I looked upon the wall within
éwhich the safety vault wee built, and I saw
{the vault open. and I saw Gabriel Butter-
_ orth at work therein I saw him put large
ackages into his breast pocket, and I saw
; ' u bring out two or three small canvas bags.
. Id. set them upon the floor by the door that
,peued toward his dwelling. As I saw him
,. pproaching this outer door a. second time I
‘lj bought he might come out, and I went
I way. It was an hour afterward that I
card the alarm of fire. And it was not un-
. the following morning that I heard of the
’bbery of the safe.
I was placed in a critical pagitlcn; but I
_ 'd a duty to‘ perform. I went to Mr. Da-
1 on, and told him what I had seen, and also
2; ve him liberty to call upon me for my tes-
mony in public when he should need it.
3, ntil I should be so called upon I w. to hold
I, y silence.
3‘ While the oflioers were hunting hither and
ther, Mr. Damon kept a strict watch upon
,_ e movements of Mr. Butter-worth, and at
gth detected him in the act of depositing
large sum of moaney in a bank in Buflalo.
, is action immediately followed, and Butter-
doth was arrmed.
This was the way mutton mood when I
ry at Wiltcnburg. I went there in com-
ny with Mr. Damon, and neared lodgings
the Sabiaohouao. It was a snail inn, well
Id comfortably kept, and frequented by
."y e .s of moderate mean. Thu. were two
blie houses of more inalienable jar-Mons
the place.
lbwasontheafmof the latichyof
brunt-y that I took quarters at the Sabine
: so, and after tea I requested the landlord
build a fire in my room. which he did, and
also furnished me with a good lamp. It
-. - :5 o’clock, and I at at the table engaged
reading, when me one rapped upon my
I said “Corns in,” and a young man
med Laban Show enticed. This Shaw I
" I known very well u e derkof Gabriel
tterworth; but I had never boa: intimate
th him from the fact that I had never
‘ :1 him. He must havomen the look of
pleasure upon my face, for he quickly
‘ ‘Pardon me, Mr. Woman. I don’t mean
. ntrude. I have come down to be present
; the examination to—morrow—mmmoned
i Butterworth’s man, of course—and I got
i 0 too late to get a room with a stove in it;
, worse still, I must take a room with an-
f: r bed in it. and with a stranger for com-
' y. And so may I just warm my fingers
toes by your fire and leave my carpet
under your bed?”
" e laughed when he spoke of thecarpet
:but'yet he did not know'what sort of a
lty his stranger roommate might have
.-_ -.-r ing up and walking off in the night.
:; . cause I granted him his request, and
put his carpet bagnnder my bed, and then
. own by n" stove, and we chatted socia-
-. -ough for half an hour or more without
. alluding to the business which had
Ight the pair of us to Wiltonburg. His
- «z tiou was plmnt, and I really come
1 -. the fellow; and I thought to myself
I had been prejudiced against him with-
ceuse. At length he arose, and bade me
night, and weataway, and shortly after-
. I retired.
.. beenin bed butalittle while, when
i - rap upon my door disturbed me; and
y demand of what was wanted I re-
. answer from Inbau Shaw. - Ho bade
.tto lighta lamp. 110 had only come
'.: nightgown. He could get it in- the
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as-mmmoued to appear baton the grand.
chrk. Icrose and unlocked my door, and
his apologies were many and earnut. He
always slept, in winter, in a flannel night-
gown, and he had thoughtlsuly left it in his
carpet bag. He was sorry—very sorry. He
had thought to try to sleep without it rather
than disturb me, but his room was cold
and -—
I cut him short, and‘ told him there was
no need of further apology; and while he
fumbled over his bag I went to the stove to
make double assurance that the fire was all
right. I offered to light a match for him,
but he said he had got his dress and all was
right. He then went out,and lclosed and
locked the door after him, and then got back
into bed. ‘
But I was not to sleep. I had been very
sleepy when Shaw‘ disturbed me, but an en-
tire] y different feeling possessed me now.
First came a nivous twitching in my limbs
—a “crawly” feeling, as some express it—
that sensation which induces gaping and
yawning, but which no amount of yawning
could now subdue. By and by a sense of
nightmare stole over me; and, though awake,
a sense as of impending danger possessed me.
At length, so uncomfortable did I become in
my recumbent position, that I arose and
lighted my lamp, resolved to replenish my
fire, and dress myself, and see if 1 could read
away my nervous fit.
My lamp was lighted, and as I returned to
the bedside for my slippers my attention was
attracted by a string which lay upon the car-
pet—a string leading from the bed to the
door. I stopped to examine it and found it
fast at both ends. I brought the lamp and
took a more careful survey. The string was
a fine silken trout line, new and strong, one
end of which disappeared beneath the bed
and the other beneath the door. In my then
present condition I was suspicious of evil, and
my senses were painfully keen. Raising the
hanging edge of the coverlet, I looked under
the bed. The carpet bag which Laban Shaw
had left lay there, partly open, with the
silken line leading out from it. that could
it mean? Had the man accidentally carried
the end of the line away with his night dress
without noticing it? I drew the bag out
from beneath the bed, and as I held its jawai .
apart I saw within a double barreled pistol,
both hammers cocked, bright percussion caps
gleaming upon the tubes, while the silken
line, with double end, was made fast to the
triggers! And I saw that the muzzles of the
pistol barrels were inserted into the end of an
oblong box or case of galvanized iron. And
I comprehended, too, that a very slight pull
upon that string might have discharged the
pistols, and, furthermore, that a man outside
of my door might have done that thing!
For a little time my hands trembled so that
I dared not touch the infernal contrivance;
but at length I composed myself, and went
at work. First, I cut the string with my
knife; and then, as carefully as possible, I '
eased down the hammers of the pistol, after
which I drew it from the iron case. I had
just done this when I heard a step in the hall
outside my door. Quick as thought I sprang
up, and turned the key, and threw the door
open, and before me, revealed by the light of
my lamp, stood Laban Shaw. He was fright.
ened when he saw me, and trembled like an
aspen. I was stronger than he at any time,
and now he was asachild in my hands. I ’
grasped him by the collar, and dragged him
into my room; and I pointed the double—
barreled pistol at his breast, and I told him I
would shoot him as I would shoot a dog if he
gave me occasion.
He was abject and terrified. Like a
whipped cur he crawled at my feet, and
begged for mercy. His master had hired
him to do it with promise of great reward.
It had transpired that my testimony before
the jury would be conclusive of Butter~
worth’s guilt, and Butterworth had taken
this means to get rid of me. In his great
terror, the poor accomplice made a full con-
fession, and when he told all I released my
grasp. He begged that I would let him go,
but I dared not—my duty would not allow
it. I rang my bell, and in time the hostler,
who slept in the office, answered my sum-
mons. I sent him for an officer, and at
length had the satisfaction of seeing my pris»
oner led safely away.
On the following day the carpet bag was
taken before the grand jury and the iron case
examined by an experiean chemist, assist-
ed by an old armorer from the arsenal. It
was found to contain a fulminate of mercury,
mixed with bits of iron; and it was the opin-
ion of both the chemist and the armorer that
the power of the explosive agent, had it been
ignited as it was placed, beneath my bed,
would not only have been sufficient to blow
me to atoms, but that it would also have lit-
eraliy stripped and shivered to fragments all
of the house above it!
And a single pull of that silken string
would have been sufficient to this horrible
end! And but for my nervous waking—my
incubus of foreboding—mo destroyer would
have come; the fatal cord would have been
touched, the mine sprung, and I should have
been launched into eternity as upon the light-
ning’s bolt!
And so Gabriel Butterwosth did not pro-
cure the destruction of my testimony, but
through that testimony the grand jury found
cause for indictment of far graver character
than had at first been anticipated, and of _
those graver charges be was convicted Seth 1
Damon received back the full sum he had in-
trusted to-the fame man‘s core and shortly
afterward I entered into bushes with him,
and today Seth Damon and I are partners.
IAban Shaw came out from prison and went
to Idaho. ‘ I have not heard of him since.
Gabriel Butaerworth did not live to serve out .
his full term of sentence—Chicago Ledger. l
Louisville Outmvvlng Yillagehood.
Of late years there has been a marked
change in the habits of Louisville theatre-
goers. Formerly they were Friday nighters.
. Now they are first nighters, and this change i
is one of the strongest proofs that Louisville ‘
is shaking off the chrysalis of villagehood
and fast becoming a great city. A year or
.tWO age five nights in the week were dreaded
by theatrical men, and the Friday night at-
tendance was relied on to bring the week’s
receipts up to the mark. The leading stars,
of course, drew well through the week, but
the ordinary attractions, no matter how
good,were slighted by society. Friday night,
however, always witnemed a remarkable
change in the appearance of the house. It
mattered not whether the play was a ranting
tragedy, a dreary melodrama or an insipid
comedy, fashion favored the night, not the
play, and the dress circle and parquet were
filled with the city’s best people. Now, how-
ever, things have changed. Plays that have
merit are well patronized, regardless of the
night, while the opening night, as in all
large cities, is being more and more gener-
ously attended—Louisville Courier-JournaL
Politeness of the Dinner Pail Brigade.
A West Skier—My business carries me
down town at an early hour every morning.
I come down with the laboring men—the din-
ner pail brigade. Along the line we pick up
the shop girl and the factory woman. I have
never yet seen one of these enter the car that
some one of the dinner pail brigade did not
get up and offer her his seat. I know there
is a good deal of nonsense written and talked
on this subject. There are times when men
shouldn’t give up their seats to women. But
for genuine politeness the dinner pail brigade
is entitled to the prize so far as my observa-
tion goes—Chicago Tribune.
THE DUMB BRUTES.
Moretheywhomthsamm-i
And yet that wealth of tender—
h look, in gesture, in can:
By which our hearts they touch.
Might well the thoughtful spirit grim,
Believing as we must believe
How little they from man receive
To whom they give so much.
INOPPORTUNE.
When Edward Cooper was offered the
European agency of the specialty which his
firm handled, with headquarters in Brussels,
and a three years’ contract on a. very good
salary, he made up his mind to take the odor,
but be resolved not to go alone, and so there
was a marriage shortly after in his town, and
the happy couple, as the local paper said,
started on a tour of Europe.
Peat.
lriend away like that. I see he '8th by
the other end of the gallery. W.“ a mom
till I hail him."
”No, no,” cried , “h! lim‘go; thatls
all right." But before he could call him back
the voluble Dowling was gone and tombs!
the other on the shoulder.
“ fry, look here,” he said, “you are not to
go 0 like that, Shepherd, I didn’t know
when I spoke—you know-that your sister
was married to Cooper.”
“My sister?” stammored the young clergy-
man. .
“Why. yes, Ed has just told me how it
was, I hope you won’t think anything about
it. You see, Ed and I are very old friends.
i We have gone the rounds together, and so
Edward had traveled agood deal on the ’
continent, and he knew Brussels like a book,
and he was sure that his wife, Jennie, would
enjoy the gay Belgian capital as much as he
had done in former years, and as he expected
to do now.
Mrs. Jennie had been a pretty lively young
woman, and marriage had not seemed to
change her vivacity to any great extent.
I never found out from Cooper just how
the project was started, but this was the re-
. salt, and Mrs. Jennie entered into the scheme
with the jollity that was characteristic of
her.
ing together, and observer would have gen-
erally said that she was the taller of the two,
but this was not the case.
exactly of the same size.
The scheme that I speak of was this: That
Mrs. Jennie should dress up in Edward’s
clothes, and that the two of them should take
in the town together some night, going to the
Bourse theatre and a number of other places
where ladies are not generally supposed to
0.
go see a sample of the night side of Brussels
life, and, her husband being then as giddy as
herself, had agreed to the scheme.
It must be admitted that Mrs. Jennie made
up as a very handsome young man.
you will excuse the familiarity of an old
friend, won’t you?”
“Oh, certainly,” answered the clergyman,
“but I am anxious to get home. I hope you
will excuse me.”
“Oh, not at all. Now, look here, you and
Ed were going to have a good time of it to-
night, and I am not going to interrupt you.
I’ll make one of three. If there is anybody I
who knows Brussels it’s Ed Cooper, and if
; there is anybody else that knows Brussels it’s
your humble servant. Now, a clergyman,
: of all other persons in the world, should
know what he’s talking about, and it is just
, as well for you to see how things are here as
to see them at home—in fact, if you were to
‘ see them at home, it might create talk. Now,
When she and Edward were out walk- ;
They were almost .
you are quite safe with us. Nobody will
know anything about it. Not even your sis-
ter. I should be the very last one to say a
word to her about it. You may trust me,
for I know lots of things about Ed that I’ll
bet you a dollar he wouldn’t care [to have
your sister know.”
By this time Cooper came up and caught
the last word.
“I say, Dowling,” he broke in, “I will let
Mr. Shephard go home. We’ll let him go
home. We will go to your hotel and have a.
. talk over things.”
Mrs. Jennie had an absorbing curiosity '
Her 3
hair, which was black and curly, had been '
cut short before she left America, and so,
with a but set jauntily on her head, and a
slim little cane, Mrs. Jennie made about as
good looking a. young fellow as you would
expect to see, in Brussels or anywhere else. ,
The great trouble they had when they start-
ed out was to keep from laughing at each
other. It struck Edward at that time as in-
tensely comical, and Jennie entered into the
spirit of the thing as any one who knows her
would expect her to do.
They first went to those long arcades, which
they call the galleries in Brussels. These ar—
cades are a brilliant sight at night and are
frequented by all sorts of people, strangers
and natives. Edward called her Jack, which
was a domestic name that he had for her any-
how, and the two were having a great deal
of amusement walking up and down the gal-
lery, when suddenly a cheery voice shouted
. out:
“Why, Ed, for all the world, is this you?"
Edward Cooper turned quickly around and
the next instant was shaking hands with an
old friend of his, Jim Dowling, of New York.
Mrs. Cooper stood there in her masquerade
costume looking very pale and agitated. If
she had had as much presence of mind as she
thought she had she would have fled at the
first sound of greeting to her husband, but
she hesitated for a moment—and the woman
who hesitates is lost. Cooper himself colored ,
up a great deal, but shook his friend heartily
by the hand.
"Well, Jim,” he said, “I am very pleased
to see you. Allow inc-allow me—to er—to
er—to introduce to you my friend, John Shep-
hard.”
“What did you say the name was?” said
bowling.
“Shephard, Shephard—the Rev. John Shep—
herd, of Philadelphia.”
“I am very pleased to meet you, Mr. Shep-
hard,” said Jim Dowling, cordially shaking
the hand of the alleged clergyman, "I sup—
pose that you are seeing a little of life under
the guidance of my friend Cooper. Now, I
can tell you from experience that you couldn’t
have a better fellow to show you around
than Ed. I don’t know that it would do to
tell your congregation in Philadelphia just
what Cooper will show you in Brussels or in
Paris, but I can assure you from experi-
once”—
“Seo have,“ cried Cooper, suddenly inter-
rupting, “when did you come over, J imi”
"Who, me? I have been over here for two
or three months. Been in Paris most of the.
time, and took a run through to Bruseis, and
am on my way further north. Been over
here long, Mr. Shephardl"
“Not a great while,” answered the other.
“We came over—ah—together—ah—on the
steamer,” said Cooper, brazenly.
“Oh, by the way, Ed, I heard that you were
married. Is that so?”
“That is true," said Cooper, trying to ap—
pear at bk we.
“Well, well, I declare. Who was the girl! .
Rich, obi”
“0h, not so very.”
“Handsome, I suppose. I‘ll bet you a doi-
Iar she was a handsome girl, anyhow, or you
’ swered Dowling; “you stay with us.
wouldn’t have married her. I tell you, Mr. 3
Shephard, if ever there was a maawho had
an eye for beautyiu the world it was our
friend hm."
“See here,” said Cooper, suddenly, “when
“where are you stopping?”
“Oh, I am at the old place. Doyou re—
3 member the time we were here last together-i
(Soon-go Washington! Didn’t we paint the
town red? Say, do you remember that lit-
the”
“’I was going to say,” interrupted Cooper;
“see here, I want to speak with you a mo-
aunt,” and taking Dowling by the arm he
led him of! into a corner while he winked at
hs'wife, as much as to say, “now, for heav-
en‘s sake, escape while you can.”
“Look here, Dowling, this young fellow I’ve
got here with me now isn’t like one of us, you
know. He is a good young man. I don’t
want you to make any allusion toenything
that happened, don’t you know. He’s—you
see how it is—he’s my brother-in-law, he’s
my wife’s brother.”
“The deuce you say,” said Dowling. “Lord,
then I have put my foot right square in it
already. Say, by the way, I hear you mar-
ried Jennie Hartly. Wasn’t that the nameil
One of the Hartly girls?”
“Yes, yes, you are quite cannot,” stam-
inered Cooper.
“Wall, say, there were no boys in the
Hardy family that I knew of.”
“Well, there are no boys, strictly speaking
-—no, you are right. But theyhad an adopt—
ed boy. you know, that they adopted. Don’t
on see?”
“Oh, I didn’t know that. It’s years since
I have seen any of the Hartly family. So
they adopted a boy, did they?”
“Yes, they adopted this young fellow.”
“Then, why didn’t they give him the fam-
ily name? I should have thought if they
put him through for the ministry he would
have taken the Hartly name.”
“No, no, he couldn’t do that—ho wanted
to do it,wanted bad—but—but you see—well,
there was a queer clause in the agreement
thahthey made with his folks. No, he had
to keep the name of Shephard.”
“Well, say, I am not going to scare your
w
“Not a bit of it. Mr. Shepherd will stay
with us. We’ll get a table right here at the
restaurant; they have a first rate restaurant
here. You remember it. Goodness gracious,
do you remember that night after the thea-
tre when we”—
“All right, all right,” said Cooper. “If
you say so, let us get a table and have some-
thing to eat.”
“And drink also, remember that. That
used to be the most important part of our
dinners.”
“Just so, just so,” said Cooper in an agi-
tated way. “I don’t think, though. that Mr.
Shephard would care to enjoy it, would you,
Jack?”
“No, I am sure I would not.
cab and go home.”
“You will do nothing of the kind,” an-
I like
clergymen myself, even if I don’t go to church
as much as I ought to. See here, Cooper, 3
word with you.” Taking Cooper aside again
he said: “Let’s get the clergyman to take
some wine, then he’ll feel more like making a.
night of it. I’ll order some champagne, and
if he is not used to it we’ll have some fun with
him. On, we’ll take care of him. That’s all
right.”
Edward Cooper drew himself up indignant-
iv.
“Sir,” he said, “you are no longer a friend
of mine. I shall not agree to any such nefari-
ous proposal.”
Dowling whistled and opened his eyes wide.
“Since when.” he remarked, "inure you be—
come so careful of. the clergy L!”
“It is a matter of honor with me, sir,” said
Cooper in a deep voice, wan-hing anxiously
to see his wife slip away from the end of the
gallery and take a cab. Then he breathed
freer. “This clergyman is my friend and I
shall not lead him into anything that he
might have cause to regret afterwards.”
“Oh, nonsense,” said Bowling. “You are
just putting that on.”
The other laughed for the first time, a free
and easy laugh of olden times.
“Come, Jim,” he said, “Shephard has es-
caped us. Let us go to the theatre.”—Luke
Sharp in Detroit Free Press.
I shall get 3
Where Praise Is Due.
“How do you like my hat, Ella?” asked
Fannie Dean. “Don’t you think it looks nice
with the new ribbon bows!”
“It will do,” answered Fannie, looking up
indifferently from her book.
Ella [went away with tears in her eyes.
“I do wish,” she said to her mother, “that
Fannie would give me credit once in awhile.
I’m sure I worked hard enough to fix up that
old hat.”
The mother sympathized with her, and so
do I. There are people, especially young
girls, who have been spoiled by injudicious
praise, I an well aware. Extravagant com-
mendation of piano playing, painting or em-
broidery,or any of the accomplishments which
so many girls can do just well enough to es-
cape censure, is calculated to injure the recip-
ient. An exalted opinion of one’s self is apt
to lead to the growth of vanity and all the
minor faults that spring so naturally from
self importance.
But praise is not flattery. “The laborer is
worthy of his hire,” and the worker is worthy
of praise. If a boy distinguishes himself in
his studies or sports, we do not hesitate to
praise him; if a girl has done her work
promptly and well, even if it is only sweepn
ing a room, why not commend her?
“I do not want Mary to get vain,” said an
over cautious mother. “She knows that when
I make no complaint I have no fault to find,
and I think that ought to satisfy her.”
It is safe to amert that Mary is not satis—
fled with tacit praise. She needs something
—a word, a smile, even a nod of approbation,
would please her better than simply not be-
ing found fault with. .
Here is a mother of another, and, I think,
the bet-fer and wiser stamp:
“I find that my girls like to be praised for
well doing,” she said, with a loving smile.
“When they puttheir rooms in order it does
them good to have me inspect them and
praise their neatness. My youngest daughter
plays much better when I tell her she is mak-
ing excellent progress, and my oldest is never
as happy as when I commend her skill in
flower painting. I am never extravagant;
sometimes it is but a word or a smile, but it
is quite sufficient. I find, also, that they will
take advice or criticism with better grace
when mingled with a little praise. I am sure
it does them good to know that I appreciate
their efforts to do things in the best possible
manner. _
Injudicious praise is certainly injurious,
but to me there seems to be no doubt that
giving praise where it is due is a duty. and
can easily be made a pleasure—Golden Days.
The Alligator and the Sick Horse.
George Cadwallader had an adventure with
an alligator the other day that recalls old
times. He went out to see I. sick horse in a
stable near the marsh and found a ten-foot
alligator about to enter the stable and discuss
Mr. Horse, who would have been unable tc
ofl'er any resistance. George was not armed
with any usual weapon of oflense, but he
seized a. small boat’s mastaud rammed it
down the ’gator’s throat. With a sharp stick
he then extinguished one of the monster-’1
optics, and having thus rendered him com-
paratively harmless he hurried over to > Mr.
Vanevar’s, where he borrowed a rifle and re-
turned to finish his task of extermination.—
Tarpon (Fla.) Truth.
\VILL CURE the Kidneys,
REGULATE the Heart, and ,7
RIAKES LIFE worth living
“ You can’t afford to be without it.”
uAnosuanoox's BLOCK. mu. smear,
FAMILY GROCERIES.
ATENTS l .
G. :a. Bun-Gross,
Washington
. D. C.
2,13,13,15;- Buide in lnveuina Mailed ice.
I ll. ii. UltAUI‘URD,
jlllVBSllllBlllS, Real Bill“) and IllSlll‘flilDB,
i ROOM 2, MASON IC BUILDING.
Wm. Lockwood,
gReal Estate, Insurance and Investment
Securities.
MONEY TO LOAN.
! Insurance Placed in First-Class Companies
5 ()mce—Cor. MAIN a WALL STS., NORWALK
1 y ‘13
DENTISTRY!
Everything in Dentistry, and Everything
Fully Warranted;
w. H. BALDWIN, n. 1). .s...
68 Wall St., Norwalk, Ct.
J. BELDEN ii URL BUTT.
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Room No. 4, Up Stairs.
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN.
ALEX. s. GIBSON,
Organist of let Congregai ionai Church, Waterbury,
Teacher of
Pianoforte, Organ and Musical
Composition,
Lock Box 39 P 0..NORWALK.CONN.
‘TNA INSURA NC D.
incorporated 1813. Charter i’erpetu
CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $8,902,272.64.
Insures against loss and damage by Fire, on
termsadoptedto the hazard and consistent with
he law» at compensation. COWLES a MERRILL,
Sole Agents for N orwaik and Vicinity.
ISER D. RANDALL, Architect and Super
mtendent.
_ Plans and Specifications for all kinds of Build-
mgs.
Artistic designs for Stairways, mantels, side-
boards, etc.
Framing or working plans for all kinds of build-
ings accurately made.
omce, Cor Main and Wall sts., Norwalk. Opel
Wednesday and Saturday evenings.
iesidence, Riverside avc., East Norwalk.
iyl
Building Materials, are.
UIL DING STONE, all qualities of sand, eel
lars dug. gardens and grounds renovated
horses and carts for hire. 1 have some thoroughly
rotted and very fine manure for flower beds.
J. W. EDMUNDS,
No.6 South Union Avenue.
P. 0. Box 654. Norwaltk
PLYMOUTH ROCK ICE.
I HAVE 3 large quantity of Ice on hand. It was
_ frozen on pure water. It is clear, clean and
solid ice. All orders promptly attended to.
Thanking my customers for past raven-1,1 solicit
a continuance of their patronage.
R L. ELLS.
19“
Co.
THE
Norwalk Fire insurance
line now completed its
‘i8th SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS “A!
And has not outstandinga dollar of unpaid losses
gr cilauas for losses. No sound company insures
or eat.
W. C. sranar,_l’res.. Gino. B. Sr. Joux,Treu.,
GEO. R. (Iowans- Secretary.
Express.
l’atronize the old reliable
ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY;
LOW RATES AND PROMPT DILIVIIY.
Branch Office, Nor-walk. at S. K. Stanley’s
Main Office a'. Depot, South N'orwalk. if”
L. Hour. Agent.
u. A. FRANKE,
THE HAIRGUTTER,
No. l Gazette Building.
HOT AND COLD BATHB.
‘ ‘1 ‘i
PENSIONS
And GOVERNMENT 1:1.“an mv sols buli-
uess. Rejected and increase claims aspecialny.
Don’t delay. Address or visit
GEN. WM. NOBLE,
N o. 91 Srunronn Ava. , Barnum-err, Cr.
ll E H II V II II 8 8 ,
Restaurant, Cafe and Smoking Ban,
Grand Central Station,
42!) STREET AND 41'}: AVENUE, Naw Yoax
Entrance from waiting room, New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad. ma
FOR KEEPING
CIDER SWEET
USE
ANTIFERMENTINE.
ONLY 30 CENTS A PACKAGE.
AT HALE’S DRUG STORE.
Sewing Machines.
()F every Lind and make. repaired, cleaned
and guaranteed. All orders left at
Spencer’s Jewelry Store,
will receive prompt attention.
41p56
Norwalk~;~ Gazette
C. J. GRUMAN.
JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT.
Wedding Cards, Posters,
Visiting Cards, Handbills,
Business Cards, Programmes,
Fancy snow Cards, Dodgers,
Ball Cards. Billboada,
Statements, Circulars,
Tag Cards, ' Receipts,
Town and Probate Records, Letter Headings,
Hooks and Pamphlets, Note Headings,
llotel Registers. Milk Tickets
Printed in the Seatest Rifles and at the Lowest
Prices. _
Call and get estimates.
Engraved \Voddmg Card: a Specialty.
HUN T’S: REMEDY.
GEO . WARD .EIILECK,
o. E. WILSON,
General insurance it llcil Estate - Agent
Money to Loan.
Stocks, Bonds &c., Bought and Sold,
and Loans Negotiated at Lowest
Rates of Interest.
BOOK N0. 8 GAZETTE BUILDING
NORWALI. Corn.
W. H. MEEKER,
Plumbing, Steam and Gas Fitting,—
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
Sanitary Plumbing, and Ventilation, and
Low Pressure Steam Heating, a SpeCialty.
PLUMBERS’ SUPPLIES.
Pipe and Fitting for Steam and Gas.
Agent fox-the Florida Low Pressure Boiler.
Facilities for Cutting and 'l‘hreadiug all Sizes 01’
Pipe. 50ft
TO HORSE OWNERS!
We keep constantly on hand a good assortment of
Kentucky and Ohio Horses,
selected with great care in the western markets.
We have horses suitable for all purposes and no
one who wants a thoroughly reliable animal should
purchase before seeing what we have to offer.
We also keep constantly on hand at our Carriage
Reposuory a complete line of CAR [{IAGES from.
the best makers, which are manufactured for us
to special order ; every carriage warranted.
WAGONS and CARTS of every description.
HARNESSES, \VHIPS, RUBES, BLANKETS
DANN’S LIVEltY STABLE,
OFFICE 48 WALL ST., NOBWALK
OPP. D. J: N. If. If. DEPOT 35
Geo. H. Raymond,
Furniture Dealer,
AT THE OLD STAND,
36 MAIN STREET.
Large Stock of all kinds of Furniture Cheap
for Cash. Also
FURNISHING UNDERTAKEI.
I am prepared to take charge day or night and
furnish everything necessary for the intement of
tne dead. 'l‘elepnone Connection with residence
N o. 3 Berkley Place. 1
FURNITURE
A Full Stock of Furniture of all kinds-
P BLUE ANJ BEDROOMSETS
a specialty.
DAVID STOW,
Main Street opp. Depot
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN
GENERAL MARKET
Meat, Fish, Vegetables. lie.
LOCKWOOD it LOCKWOOD.
MAIN STREET.
Alikinds of the 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.
"40 LOCKWOOD dr- LOCKWOOD.
F. W. JAQUI. JR,
DEALER IN
Stoves, Portables. Brick-Sailings
Furnaces and Steam Boaters,
Til. Sheet Iron, Copper, Wooden, Glass
and Crockery Ware.
'_ Refrigerators and House Furnishing Goods.
Generally. A Full line of
CHILDREN ’8 CARRIAGES.
Plumbing. Gas and Steam Fitting, and Hot Air
Engineering. Agent for the Richardson
& Boynton Co’s. '
Furnaces and Ranges,
Also agent for the Economy
Sun: & Wunr An: Comma-Ion Hum:
All kinds of Ornamental and Plain Slatellc. 'fln ‘
and Shingle Roofing.
Repairing Done by Experienced. Wanner:
at Short Notice.
53 WflLL STREET,
NORWALK. CONN.
Beef, Fish, Fruit
and Vegetables.
You can get any and all of the above mentions
articles at
F. w. smug him.
55 MAIN STREET.
NEW, FRESH, CLEA. N.
4 .
J. 0. NE WKIRK,
fir DENTIST
Dentistry performed in all branches. Gold and
'orceiain Crowns inserted. Gas admininered
for the painless extracting of teeth.
Office at residence. Lewis Street, £0800.-
gregatiqnal clan rch,Norwalk lfl‘fp
Norwalk Chronicler