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[h e Norwalk Record
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year old its clr-wlation already averages
3,000 COPIES PER WEEK,
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the public favor. It aims to be clean and whole-
nsome, and presents all the legitimate news in
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.:readable, spicy and terse shape. lis subscription
.price is sufficiently low to enable anybody to have
it without discarding any other of their favorite
journals, and it prospers Without encroaching
upon the prosperity of any of its excellent and
esteemed local contemporaries, as is shown by
the fact that it enjoys and appreciates the hearty
good will of all—tile GAZETTE, Hour, Sentimel
Journal and Republican.
THE RECORDls sent to any address for-the
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OR
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Carriages furnished at all lit-lure. Courteous at-
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Pow . "lion A tforncy,
108 East Capitol Street,
or‘v.‘V_»\SllI INGTON I). (1.,
Located at the National Capital, adjacent to all me
Executive Departments, gives me superior
advantage in the prosecution ofClaims
against the United States.
INCsflEASE YOUR PENSION.
Many pensioners borne on the rolls are 'entltled
, .ioamuch higher rate of pension than they now
receive. Ina great majority of cases in which
pension was granted for disease. the pensioner is
entitled to an increase of rate, and in most cases
where it was granted for wounds 01' injuries the
disability increasesteach year. As time passes the
disability of all classes naturally increases. Many
were at first rated too low, and it often occurs
that pensioners are unjustly or erroneously re-
duced by examining surgeons. A pensioner is
entitled to increase on a. disabilil y not set .forth in
his original declaration. The pension laws are
more liberal than formerly, and boner rating can
be had for many disabilities. I make a specialtv
of Neglected and Rejected Claims, and if you Will
present me with a brief statement of your case,
stating by whom it was presented, 1 will obtain a
rehearing of your case,and,if it has merit. will
procure a favorable settlement Many claims
stand rejected before the department, when ii
only requires a competent attorney to make them
good cases. soldiers superbly with disabilities
contracted 7517. service, who 71a (75‘ not applied for a
pension, should c'o so as it is their RIGHT.
SOLDIERS 0!: THE MEXICAN WAR,
Who were in that service sixty days, [or their
widows if not re-married] are encltisd (058.00 per
month from January 29th. 1857. mo
For Sale Cheap.
SECOND-HAND Cast Iron Fence, with gate
all in perfect order and as good as new,
about 120 feet in length. Will be sold at a sacri-
fice if applied for soon. Enquire at
30ft. GAZETTE. OFFICE
; chimneys that do not break.
I Where his
' ever.
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duced to try the successful medici‘n’e‘
called Kemp’s Balsam, which is sold on a
positive guarantee to cure, they would
immediately see the cXcellcut effect after
taking the first dose. Price 500. and $1.
Trial si’ze free. At all druggists.
Something About Thackeray.
Thackeray is hard to imitate. In the ‘1er
plate he was a very strong writer, and, in
the second place, he knew life thoroughlv
from the standpoint of the English club.
was a man’s man and really had many quali-
ties in common with one of his characters,
Fitz Boodle. He never was liked as a man,
and he never had the same position in society
as Trollope, although he was of a far better
family, and at heart a much better gentle—
man. But the women of families were afraid
of him, and therefore ‘the men preferred to
invite him to dinner at the clubs rather than
to ask him to their houses He hurt himself
extremely by the savageness of his attacks
upon Bulwer, whose position in English so-.
ciety was as high as Lord Byron’s before the
quarrel with his wife. —Curreut Literature.
fix». __........._.. -—
The children’s health must not be neg-
lected. Colds in the bead and snuflics
bring on Catarrh and lung affections.
Ely’s Cream Balm cures at once. It is
perfectly safe and is easily applied into
the nostrils. It. also cures catarrh, the
worst cases yielding to it.
A. Million Silver Dollars.
"W'hat is the weight of 1,000,000 silver dol-
lars?”
The question was asked of Chief Coin Clerk
Vassar at the sub-treasury.
“Twentymnine tons avoirdupois,” was the
reply.
, “How niuch space is required for their
storagef”
“I should say about L30 cubic feet."—-BOS~
ton Herald.
'Worse Than the Cats.
Hubby—Did those cats keep you awake
last night?
VVife—No; but you did, sitting up in bed
and shouting at ihem.—Harper’s Bazar.
“We have moi the enemy and they are
ours,” said Commodore Perry, thus tel-
ling the story of the battle of Lake Erie.
And it is also a fact that Dr. Bull’s Cough
Syrup is no sooner used than the cold is
conquered and the cough disappears.
The pIague of lamps is the
breaking of chimneys ; but that
unnecessary —- there are
They are made of tough
glass, which costs morczthan
common glass, but not so much
more as to make it impossible
to sell them at the usual retail
price; so the dealer gets less
profit on them.
The dealer wants to know
future chimney
trade is to come from, if he
sells chimneys that last for-
He secures the “good
will ” and good profits, as well.
“Pearl-top” is the
chimney; Mac beth &
CO., Pittsburgh, the makers.
EEHIESS
LAIIESi-s was
Do Your 0w“ Dyeing, at Home.
The-,- will dye everything. They are sold every-
where. Price 10¢. a package. Theyhave noequal
for Strength, Brightness, Amount in Packages
or for Fastness of Color. or non-fading Qualities.
They do not crock or smut; 40 colors. For sale by
.l. G. .i‘egury an no. ; J. A. Riggs, No. 1| Main
Street, Geo. .5. Huisied. Druggists. ly‘z‘l
GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1871.
Is absolutely pure am!
it is soluble.
No Chemicals
are used in its preparation. It has more
than three times the strength of Cocoa
mixed with Starch, Arrownoot or Sugar,
. and is therefore far more economical,
. ‘ costing less than one cent a cup. It is
3‘ delicious, nourishing, strengthening, EA-
‘ . str Diorsrno, and admirably adapted
for invalids as well as persons in health.
Sold by Grocers everywhere.
“‘7. BAKER IS; 00.. Dorchester, Mass.
CHAS. H. VALDEN
~—DEAILER FX——~
GROCERIEs
FRESH no lllll. u
I shall keep constantly on hand a.
' ruu LINE or All scans
usually found'in 'a' '
FIPSI-01000-1-01'0001'I'3-SI01‘0
which I will sell at prices
DEFYING HONEST COMPETITION
to heat. A share of the public patronageis solicit-
ed and every client will be made to faithfully
serve our customers. Give us a call and
let us assure you of our ability to
give satisfaction.
CHAS: H. VALDEN,
5Wall St, . Norwalk, Ct.
ssfii'
SALESNEN to sell Nur-
sel‘y stock. . All Goods
Warrauted first-class.
Permanent,Pleasan' proiiiable positions for the
right men. Good s...:lr~:s and expenses paid
weekly. Liberal Inducemm ‘ 'o beginners; No
previous experience necessary. ::' Ills free.
Write for terms. giving age. ,
CHAS. II. CIlArlE, Nurserymcn. Rochester, N.Y.
Mentionthis paper.
Still waits she, and penchance is near thee new.
If but thy groping hands might lift the veil,
Or subtile intimation teach thee bow,
Successfully, her foemen to assall.
Be brave. 0 Knight! and battle for her smilul
Rejoice in each impediment 'o’ercome!
Array thy cheerful thoughts in sen-led flies,
And bid thy valiant heart to sound the drum.
So, haply, shalt then break the magic spell,
And then and Sweet Content together dwell.
—-Boston Transcript.
Royal Signatures.
The queen’s signature to state documents is
still a model of firmnesi and legibility, no
sign of her majesty’s advanced age being dis~
cernible in the boldly written “Victoria R.”
which she attaches to such papers as have to
bear the royal autograph. There are veteran
statesmen living who will remember that the
question of the signing of state documents by
the sovereign became one of considerable im-
portance in the last month of George IV ’s
reign. During this period his majesty was in
such a debilitated state that the writing of
numerous autographs was practically impos-
sible for him, and under these circumstances
a short bill was hurriedly passed through
parliament authorizing the king to affix a
fac-simile of his autograph by means of an
inked stamp.
It was also provided, however, in the bill
that George should, before stamping each
document, give his verbal assent to it in a
specified form. The Duke of Wellington was
in office at the time, and it was often his duty
to lay certain documents before the kinj,r for
his approval. One day the “Iron Dulzc,” no-
ticing that his majesty was stamping the
papers before him Without repeating the pre-
scribed verbal formulary, ventured to enter
a respectful but firm protest. The king,
much irritated, exclaimed: “Confound it,
what can it signify?” “Only this, sir,” re-
plied the duke, “that the law requires it.”
George IV said no more, but at once began
to repeat the requisite formulary as be
stamped each of the remaining documents.—
London Figaro.
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Every nervous person should try Car-
ter’s Little Nerve Pills. They are made
specially for nervous and dyspeptic men
and women, and. are just the medicine
needed by all persons who, from any
cause, do not sleep well, or who fail to get
proper strength from their food. Cages
of weak stomach. indigestion, dyspepsia,
nervous and sick headache, &c., readily
yield to the use of the Little Nerve Pills,
particularly if combined with Carter’s
Little Liver Pills. In vials at 25 cents.
The skin is a very important organ, as im-
portant as almost any in the body. When it
is healthy and performs its functions well we
feel well, when it is weak and lazy we'feel ill.
The makers of fancy and medicated soaps un-
derstand this. Before me lies on advertise—
ment of a soap which says it will cure on
skin debility. W'hat makes the skin feeble?
In general the skin is week when the body is
weak and strong when the body is strong, but
it is often weakened by our clothing 5nd by
cold, and it is strengthened by friction, exer-
cise, suitable bathing, light and air. There
is one advantage we have over the skin that
we have not over the liver, we can get at it
and keep it clean and well exercised, when
the liver, being out of sight and reach, has to
be treated by other means. The cold bath or
the Turkish bath, for those who can hear
them, are excellent means of strengthening
the skin. To those who cannot bear them a
pair of flesh gloves used daily answers nearly
as well. In the summer sun baths not well.
—Herald of Health.
”Harsh purgative remedies are fast giv-
ing way to the gentle actionl’and mild
effects of Carter’s Little Liver Pills. If
you try them, they will certainly please
you.
A New Rose.
Rose Mme. Hoste (tea). This is one of the
very finest roses ever sent to this country.
It is already known in England as a fine bud-
der, while experience also shows it to be an
excellent indoor winter bloomer. It is a
strong, bushy grower, and a bud can always
be cut with long stem and closely set leaves,
of heavy texture and dark green color. It is
like a Perle in growth, and also in the fact
that the bud shows different shades in differ-
ent temperatures. In coolweather it is an
ivory white (scarcely cream) of even tint; in
the summer it is a bright canary with a deep
amber center.
We know of no tea rose with a larger or
more finely shaped bud. It is globular, and
at the same time distinctly pointed, and, as
this shape of bud always indicates, is very
double, and an unusually beautiful open
rose. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
I To become happy. read about the Im-
proved Medical Discovery in another
column.
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BEA LTHFUL EXERCISE.
Only a. few months ago those romping. rosy“
checked ’3 rssvcrc puny, delicate, pale, Sickly
iris. B‘. be old of Dr. Picrce’s world-famed
‘avorir Prescription, they have blossomed
out in’ ocautiful, plump, hale. hearty, strong
your NOl‘llCll.
“‘ .vorite Prescription” is an invigorating,
re'n :‘ativc ionic and as a regulator and pro-
moter of functional action at that critical
period of change from girlhood to woman-
. hood, it is a perfectly safe remedial agent, and
can produce only good results. It is care-
fully compounded, by an experienced and
skillful physician. and adapted to woman‘s
delicate organization. It is purely vegetable
in its composition and perfectly harmless in
any condition of the system. It imparts
strength to the whole system. For over-
worked, “ worn-out,” “run-down,” debilitated
teachers, milliners. drossmakcrs, seamstresses,
“shop-girls," housekeepers. nursing mothers,
and feeble women generally, Dr.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription is the greatest earthly
boon, being unequaled as an appetizing cor-
dial and restorative tonic. ]t is the only
medicme for women, sold by druggists, under
a positive guarantee from the manufacturers,
that it will give satisfaction in every case.
or money will be refunded. This guarantee
has been faithfully carried out for many years.
Copyright, 1888. by WORLD‘S DIS. MED. Ass’N.
$560 orranD
by the manufactur‘
ms of Dr. Sage‘s Catarrh Remedy, for an
I incurable case of Catarrh in the Head.
MOUS FIGHTING GROUNDS.
The Old Field er Honor'Near a Deserted
village—rho mm Duel a'e niaaensbnrg.
The Awful Fight Between Mason and
McCarthy—lion Than Fifty Meetings.
Miser' ably falling to decay, a deserted vil-
lage truly is Bladensburg, with little to per-
petuate its name aside from the memory of
its dueling ground. FOunded about the mid-
dle of the last century, the town was named
after Governor Bladen, of Maryland, and
soon became the chief tobacco mart of the
state, owing to the facility for shipment given
by the eastern branch of the Potomac. In-
deed, Bladensburg’s importance was sufficient
to give it a place on the map at an early date,
when scores of towns now superibr to it, in
the same neighborhood, were scarcely even
dreamed of.
The visitor to Washington who takes in
Bladensburg as one of the inevitable “sights”
of historic interest scarcely can be prevailed
upon to believe that the sluggish, half dried
stream at the end of the town once floated
merchantmen down through the Potomac
into the Chesapeake bay and out into the At-
lantic. He listens to the old traditions of
that battle in the village on an August day
in 1814, when the British Gen. Ross and Ad-
miral Cockbnrn routed the Americans under
Winder and Barney, and proceeded on their
march of devastation to the capital.
rim DUELING GROUND.
A spa spring of chalybeate water flows
uselessly away at one end of the only street
in the village, and the picture of gloom is
completed with two or three taverns, rendez-
vous for negroes, while deep in the shadow
beyond is the dueling ground.
About one mile westerly from the village,
and just outside the line separating the Dis-
trict, of Columbia from Maryland, is the
world famous Bladensburg dueling ground.
It is a strip of low ground, shut in by hills on
three sides, like a natural amphitheatre. with
the fourth side open toward the road. Civil-
ization may complacently gaze at this far-
away nook and reflect that the world would
have to retard instead of advance could the
duel ever again revive. It was the medizeval
“wager of battle” without the merit of its
attendant superstition; it made the trick of
the weapon the verdict of the jury.
The first duel at Bladensburg was in the
year 1808, between the Hon. George W.
Campbell and H. B. Gardenier, both 'mem—
bers of the house of representatives. Camp-
bell was in the house from 1803 to 1809, repre-
senting Kentucky. He was afterward a
senator from the same state, succeeding to
the secretaryship of the treasury and finally
becoming minister to Russia. Gardenier was
from New York. Their quarrel arose from
words spoken in debate. - After several at-
tempted meetings in which friends interfered,
they met at Bladensburg on a cold, frosty
morning in February; Gardenier fell, after
several fires, severely wounded, but he was
able to resume his seat in a. few weeks. Con-
cerning the event, an extract from The Na.-
tional Intelligencer of that date, signed by
the respective parties, stated that “e very-
thing was conducted on the ground with the
utmost propriety.”
The first death occurring on the Bladens-
burg “field of honor” was that of Edward
Hopkins, an ensign in the navy. He was
killed in 1814 by a brother officer. Both the
cause of the dispute as well as the name of
his slayer are in much doubt at this date.
It is estimated that since that time there
- have been fifty hostile meetings on the spot.
Some have resulted amicably; some have oc-
casioned bloodless shots or wounds slight
enough to satisfy injured honor, while in oth—
ers at least one of the duelists has yielded up
his life.
Jan MASON AND M’CARTBY DUEL.
Few men have ever crowded into thirty-
three years of life more worldly honors than
Armistead Thomson Mason. No nobler sac-
rifice to the demon of vanity was ever offered
on the “field” at Bladex'isburg. The great
popularity of Mason Was considered by the
Federalist party as their only hope in the
campaign for the choice of a member of the
house of representatives. According to his
party’s request, he resigned his seat in the
senate to run for a lesser Voflice. Figuring
largely in that campaign was his cousin, John
Mason McCarthy. Between the two families
there existed a most deadly feud. The hur-
ried utterances of an excited campaign were
not calculated to allay it. Crimination and
recrimination followed, and, goaded on by
interested friends, Mason challenged McCar-
thy.
Jack McCarthy, as he was familiarly Called,
was a dead shot, and, knowing the superi-
ority, be it said to his credit that he sought
to avoid the meeting. He was a noble enemy,
for when he saw that the meeting was un-
avoidable, be determined that both lives
should be sacrificed, in order that the family
enmity should end. and, being the challenged
party, he proposed in serious earnestness that
each man should sit on a keg of powder and
be blown up. This, of course, was not in ac-
cordance with the code, and was not listened
to. His next proposition was to fight with
muskets, ten paces apart.
That was the picture at the Bladensburg
dueling ground on Feb. 5, 1819—two men
armed with loaded and cocked muskefs, aimed
at each other‘s hearts and only ten paces
apart. There was no voice to cry out, no
hand upraised to prevent the murder. The
clear voice of the second gave the command
to fire. Two shots startled the stillness
around; two men fell, and when the smoke
cleared, Armistead T. Mason, with all the
honors of his young life thick upon him, lay
dead, while Col. Jack McCarthy was severely
but not mortally wounded, escaping death as
almost by miracle. He recovered, but ever
afterward, it is said, led a discontented life.
No wonder, for if he could shut out the view
of the dead man staring fixedly at the un-
pitying' daylight, the other picture of the
dead man’s Widow and fathei'less child in
their lonely home confronted him. “The
mourning, the stone and the draping” were
the work of his hand—Gene Riley in New
York Star. '
Cost of Cremation.
The prefect of the Seine published a decree
I approving the tariff drawn up by the munic-
ipal council for incinerating the dead. Pau-
pers are, of course, burnt gratis pro Deo.
Persons able to pay are uniformly charged
$10. This includes a niche for five years, if
demanded, in a columbarium or urni'oom,
; which, however, has yet to be built. The urn
" mustin every case be paid for by the family.
An extra tax is imposed for the space taken
up by the receptacle in the urnroom, the rate
being proportionate to the decoration of the
crematorium monument when the incinera-
tion occurs and the importance Of the pomp
displayed at the funeral.
First, second and third class burial car-
riages and paraphernalia are charged $40;
fourth and fifth classes, as also bodies
brought to the crematorium from places out-
. side of Paris fortifications, are rated $30; the
sixth class pays $10, the seventh class $5, and
the eighth class $2.40. Nectar: is imposed
for exhumiug corpses for purposes of crema-
tion in any of the Paris cemeteries—Paris
Letter.
. 3°” r°°"'vh‘r°°"° CONTENTMENT- ‘ " . “ ' ' ' ' AFTER THE OURFEW. ’
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We gathemd once, a joyous throng;
The jovial toasts went gayly round;
With jest and laugh and shout and song,
We made the floors and walls resound.
We come with feeble steps and 810W. "
A little band of four or five,
Left from the wrecks of long ago,
Still pleased to find ourselves alive.
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Alive! How living. too, are they
Whose memories it is ours to share!
Spread the long table‘s full arm 3';
There sits a ghost in every chair.
One brcatlllu: form no more. alas! i
Amid our slendm‘ group we see:
With him we still raeulrlincd “the class;”
Without his presence 7:21": are we?
The hand we evor‘lcv-d to (“”3,
That tireless hand .vh’ ‘. K1121? no rest.
Looscd from zzfi’mtiuu .4 clinging grasp,
Lies ucrrI-lnss ou the pesos-In) breast.
The beaming eye; the cheering voice.
That lent to life a gone-mus glow,
Whose every maturing said Rejoice.
We see. we bear, no more below...
The air seems I! kl‘kenl‘l by his: loss;
Earth‘s shadowed f ulna": look less fair.
' And heavier well—bx me daily cross
Ills willing shoulders helped us hear.
Why mourn that we. (in: favored few
Whom g ' Lint.) so long has spared
I .ifc‘s sweet liill:€.:lilt~‘ to pursue.
The common lot of age have shared?
In every pulse of Friendships heart
There breeds uui‘elt a throb of pain;
One hour must rend its links apart.
' ho ,‘Il years on years have forged the
(illziln.
So ends "the boys," a lifelong play;
We, too, must bear the prompter’s call
To fairer scenes and brighter day;
Farewell! I let the curtain fall!
—-Oliver Wendell Holmes
AN ENGLISH SWANERY.
How the Beautiful Birds Are Bred and
. neared at Abbotsbnry.
A very curiouslsight does the marshy shore
at Abotsbnry present in the breeding season.
Then the ground is dotted with nests, a pair
of swans to each, one covering the eggs, the
other sitting or standing, a snow white senti-
nel beside his mate. The swans do not breed
until they are 3 years old;‘ they are strictly
monogamous, and the male bird takes his
full share in the incubation. The nests,
formed of dry reeds, are of great size, and
are made. upon grassy tussocks among the
osiers, the whole breeding ground, moist with
tunnels of the water, being so freely inter-
sected by narrow alleys of sound turf that
the visitor is enabled to inspect them closely;
nor does his approach disturb the equanimity
of the birds, though, if molested during the
breeding season, or while the brood is young,
the swan is a bird that will defend himself,
and still more his offspring, with considerable
valor. They lay from five to eight very
large thick shelled white eggs, and the period
of incubation is six weeks
The swan is not indigenous to the British
isles, but is supposed to have been introduced
from Eastern Europe or Asia many centuries
back. Our climate, however, suits them
well, and at Abbotsbury they have flourished
exceedingly. The number there now is about
800; formerly more were kept, as manyas
1,500; wlile further back, again, tradition
gives the number as 7,000 or 8,000. In winter
time many sorts of wild birds put in an ap-
pearance, when the sooty plumage of innu-
merable coots forms a striking contrast with
the snowy whiteness of the swans. Some
years back a black swan, that rare avis in
terris, kept the white ones company for
awhile, but none knew'whence it came or
whither it went. There are also hoppers, or
wild swans, a smaller species.
\Vild species are, perhaps, always smaller
than tame, though generally more beautiful;
but this does not seem to be the case with the
swan, as M. Baillon, king’s counselor and
bailiff of \Vaben,,at Montreuil-sur-Mer, re-
marks: “The abundance and the choice of
food augmented the bulk of the tame swan,
but its form has lost none of its elegance; it
has preserved the same graces and the same
freedom in all its motions; its majestic port
is ever admired. I doubt whether even all
these qualities are found to equal extent in
the wild bird,” At Abbotsbury, however.
the swans are not fed; they find ample pro-
vision for themselves in the algae and other
marsh plants which grow on the banks of the
Fleet.
The grace and power with which the swan.
moves in what we may call his native ele-
ment are delightful. 011 land he has been
coupled with the dismounted dragoon to illus—
trate the extreme of awkwardness, and it
must be confessed that his gaitis more un-
gainly; but afloat he is superb. According
totbat keen observer and eminentuaturai-
ist, Buffou, the swan presents the finest nat-
ural model for the art of navigation. “its
raised neck and round swelling breast exhibit
the prow of a ship cleaving the waves; its
broad belly represents the keel; its body,
pressed down before. rises behind into the-
stem. The tail is a genuine rudder. Its feet
are broad cars, and IIS wings, half opened to
the wind and gently inflated. are the sails
which impel the animated machine.”—Corn—
hill Magazine.
Michael Angelo “'11s Slow.
Probably one of the liveliest panics which
ever visited Europe from this country was-
tbe one composed of members of the old Owl
club, of this city. Those who composed it
were Tom Kirkwood, Fred Stanley, Harry
Billings, Scott Liun and Beverly Chambers.
Poor Chambers and Linn have died since.
This little party was given a. grand banquet
at the Owl club’s rooms on the eve of their
departure, and were made to lie in flowers
and bathe in wine.
It was no limited, "Cook’s tourist” party,
and each man took his “roll” with him, bent
upon seeing the 01d \Vorld thoroughly. They
had their own special guide everywhere. In
Rome they engaged the most expert courier
and took in all of the celebrated art galleries.
In one of these the courier paused in front of
an old painting and said, impressively, as he
pointed at the canvas: “That is by Michael
Angelo. It took him nine years to paint it.”
The boys regarded it intently. “You don’t
mean to tell me that it took Mike nine years
to paint that,” said Stanley, finally. “It took
Michael Angelo that time to paint it,” said
the guide. "Well,” said Fred, “I’ll lay 100 to
.1 that Hank Milligan could have painted it
in three days.” The courier said he had never
heard of him. “Never heard of Hank Milli.
ganl” exclaimed Stanley. “Well, he may
not be known here in 'Rome, but every one in
Chicago knows him. He’s a sign painter.”
If the guide had not been getting extra large
pay he would have quit the party in disgust,
as he really loved art—Chicago Herald.
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-—THE EDITOR.
Norwalk Chronicler