"A“... . _ E5: "dz/"1' I . .2 7” //// _ m“ \ ZET T E. ESTABLISHED 1800 VOLUME XC. . Tor/walk Girfzez‘fe. TERMS II F SIIISGIIIP'I'IBI. a? Two Dollars per year, in cavemam RATES FOR ADVERTISING AID NB PBIITIIG d on a lication at the Office. 81133131}; and trgrpisient advs., 1 inch, 1 week, $1.00 Each subsequent insertion, up to 4 times, 50 Half inch, half of above rates. One column, ordinary adv., one time, - 2 0 One column, reading matter, one time, 5.0 LOCALS in reading matter columns, perline, .20 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. . GAZETTE Jon PRINTING DEPARTMENT rs eqrfriipliied 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. 15.00 LOCAL I TEM'S. Strawberries are abrrndant at ‘20 cents a quart. “Billy” Bishop was in town 'Lfor a few days last week. Howard Earle and his bride returned to Norwalk yesterday afternoon. Borough Clerk Warner is quite ill at his residence on Arch street. Prof. Newell’s closing reception will be held in Music Hull this evening. - “Uncle Jack” Meyers is spending a few this week at his hotel at Far Rockaway. Col. W. H. Stevenson and family now occupy their summer residence at Fairfield. Sheriff Doran, of Bethel, was in hunfing Deputy town yesterday with his fox clothes on. The steamer Medea will ply between Roton Point and Wilson Point after the last of this month. Wm. H. Crittcnden will open a barber shop and ice cream saloon on Brook street, Thursday; The dust is laid for the present and the street sprinkler has had a chance to enjoy a much needed rest. The Bethcl minstrcls will repeat their entertarnmentin New Milford, on Wed- nesday evening, 2lst rust. Judge Selleck’s statrre of Venus was unveiled on Wednesday last, as the GA- ZETTE predicted it would be. Mrs. Harry Irving, of Stamford, was killed by the cars at that place, on Friday afternoon, while attempting to cross the track. Apockct-book containing a small srrm of money was found a few days since. The owner can have the same by calling at this office. . Frank W. Woodward,Mrs. Woodward, Mrs. Dr. Baxter and relatives of the latter from New York will sail for Europe on Saturday, 24th inst. The Norwalks played a game of ball with the Sylvans, of Harlem, on the Bax- tcr grounds. Saturday afternoon. The Sylvans won by a score of 2 to 1. The GAZETTE says Judge Andrew Sel- leck has the gout. This is one of those base newspaper slanders that “make life a positive burden to famous people.”— Journal. __ Ex-Mavor Edwin Smith talks of opening a street from Orchard street to Butler street, which will make available about fifteen most desirable building lots. —Carriages and harnessss of every de— scription, trunks, traveling bags, etc , at reduced rates, at W. E. Dunn’s, No. 50 Wall street. tf1'7 A corresporulcut, (no doubt a prohibi- tiouist), states that one of our board of ~ health could improve the sanitary condi- tions of his breath by changing his saloon. It is said that the large factory on Ray. mond street, recently occupied by George Buckmaster & Co., has been leased by a company who will manufacture light novelties. Supervisor Cogill says the railroad] baidge just north of the “tunnel” wil soon be replaced by a substantial iron one, as will also the bridge near the Winnipauk depot. Howard Earle, son of Wm. H. Earle, and Miss Hattie I. Woodward, daughter of Judge Asa B. Woodward, were married in New York city, on Wednesday, by Rev. Dr. Houghton. The Only a Farmer’s Daughter company in which young Fred Mead takes the part of Sammy Green, played in Philadelphia all of last week. This entire week they play in Trenton, N. J. t—Everything pertaining to horse fur- !) shings, carriages, etc., at greatly reduc- ed prices, at W. E. Dann’s, 50 Wall St. tf General Secretary Simons left town, Monday morning for Nashville, Tenn., to attend the international conference of Y. M. C. A. secretarics’ to he held in that city from May 6th to 11th. There were two days - last week when Connecticut had neither a governor nor lieutenant-governor, both being outside the boundaries of the. Commonwealth on business. And yet she lived through it. The Y. M. c. A. base ball team played its first game of the season on Thursday afternoon, with a team from Company F, on the Baxter grounds, South Norwalk. The score was 13 to 5, in favor of the Y. M. 0. A. ' Governor Lounsbury has gone to the Adirondack woods to hunt and fish for a month. The trout season is now at its height and we expect the governor will make dire slaughter among the “speckled beauties.” Brother Hoyt has booked “The Fakir” to appear in Music Hall on the evening of Saturday, May 17th, the musical comedy which made such a great hit here in February. It will undoubtedly draw a large crowd. The price of ice for the coming summer has been settled on. Mr. R. L. Ells has an advertisement in this issue, offering to furnish ice at the following prices :—To . to stores, 80 cents; butchers, '75 cents; to families, $51. By a new arrangement in the police system the three regulars now alternate for day Service, each member doing one week’s day service and two weeks’ night service. Ofiicer Gormley is the day patrolman this week. The sixth annual commencement of the New York College of Pharmacy was held at the Metropolitan Opera House, Wednes- day evening. Among the graduates were Wm. A. Orhch of South Norwalk, and Frederick Peiter, of Norwalk. It is generally thought in Connecticut that Governor Bulkcley will be renomin- ated by the republicans and that ex- Governor Waller will be the democratic candidate.— Washington Post. If either of the above propositions is so neither republicans nor democrats know it. If Dr. Phirrney had not been driving a good horse, on Wednesday last, ire would have been involved in a smashup with a locomotive at the crossing near the Ito- wayton depot. However he just cleared the track as the engine struck the cross- ing. James Dooley, of Georgetown, came to Norwalk, on Monday, riding on a “corn- fortable jag,” according to the Rocord’s classification, for on being brought into court by Officer Adams he was fined $2 and costs. whi 11 he paid tip and went his way promising to sin no more. A large and recherche and decollete arrdiencc witnessed the New York school- boys’ burlesque on Little Lord Folderol in the Opera House on Friday evening. The library fund must have been appreciably augmented through the energy of the ladies who managed the enterprise. The Beacon (Cong) says: “We once heard Dr. J. M. Buckley say that he always read the Sun for two reasons. First, for good, clear, vigorous, Anglo-Saxon the editorials of the Szm'wcre unexcellcd; and second, that it was his business to fight the devil and he wanted the latest news from headquarters.” The through New York and Pittsfield Housatonic express trains will begin run- ning on Monday next. They will be run as last season, over the Danbury and Nor- walk division, switching off from the Consolidated road at South Norwalk. The schedule time of the train going north will be a little later than last year. The second aurrual fair of the A. M. E. chrrrclr will be held the 27th and 28th of this month, the first night with grand opening exercises, consisting of a select concert and “dumbdrill.” in the Athen- zeum Hall; the second night in the church. Admission, first night, 25 cents; season tickets, 35 cents; srngle ticket, second night, 15 cents. Wednesday afternoon a man was run over at the Rowayton station by the fast express train. Medical Examiner Burke has examined the facts in the case and finds that the deceased was a blacksmith named Gessner, and that he committed suicide by deliberately throwing himself in front of the train. Ullie Akerstrom, “Norwalk’s favorite,” will be at Music Hall, South Norwalk, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. This popular actress needs no introduction to the theatre goers of Nor- walk, and it is safe to predict that she will meet with a cordial reception. Look in another column of the GAZETTE for reper- toire, scale of prices, etc. The second annual meétingand election of officers of the Norwalk Christian En- deavor Union, will be held at the Con- gregational church, South Norwalk, Tues day evening, May 13th, to commence at 7.45 o’clock. Rev. C. E. Torrey will deliver an address on, Apes and Peacocks. A lawn tennis club was organized at the residence of Mrs. E. P. Weed, Wednesday evening. The oflicers elect are :—J. Arthur Pinneo, president; Dr. W. Acton. vice-president; LeGrand Raymond, sec- retary; J. Arthur Ambler, treasurer. A constitution and by-laws will be draughted ‘ byn committee appointed for the purpose. It is believed that the court will be established on the Bishop~lot near the Methodist church. NORWALK, CONN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7,1890. Missl'Susie M. Hubbell, daughterfof Mr. John W. Hubbell, of Wilton, and sister of Lawyer James T. Hubbell, was married at her residence, on Thursday, to Mr. Stanton Coley. of Wilton, the Rev. W. D. Hart, performing the operation, It was a pretty affair and was largely attended. There are a few things money cannot buy. Millionaire Scott would willingly pay $10,000,000 for a working stomach, and Millionaire Rockefeller would drop $20,- 000,000 for a liver with business in it. Reader, if you possess both you have what millions cannot buy, and they are so en- tailed that you cannot sell out. There is no great industrial boom to report at present, but we are pleased to report the glorious fact that our churches are prospering. Last Sunday twenty- threc candidates were taken into the same day the membership of the Baptist church was increased by fifteen. The Steamer City of Albany will corn- rnence regular trips from South Norwalk to New York May 26th. She has been thoroughlyrepaired, painted and uphol- stered in fine style, copper bottomed and prrt all in good shape, and will make the run in two hours and thirty minutes from dock to dock, with ease, comfort and safety. A speeialborough meeting will beheld on Thursday of next week at 3 p. m. to hear the report of the committee appointed last year to investigate the matter of mac- adamrzing the streets; to consider the advisability of purchasing a steam roller, and to direct the Court of Burgesses. if deemed advisable, to repair Riverside avenue. Connecticut pensimrs :—Thomas A. Haight of Round Hill; Jeremiah G. Dunbar of New London ; Melissa, widow of B. J. Fetherson of New London. Original, Martin Baurberg, Yalesville ; C. Abernethy Baker, low Hartford; James Haggcrty, Willimantie. Increase, George \V. Blox- son, Bridgeport. Original, widows, etc., Susan A., widow of John Allen; Maria, widow of Alvan B. Rouse, Bridgeport. St. John’s Lodge, No. 6, has accepted an invitation from St. John’s Lodge, No. 4, of Hartfordflo pay them a visit and work the third degree, on May 14th. It is hoped there will be a large delegation from Norwalk. back early can take the owl train home. The meeting called for last evening, to re- hearse the work, has been} postponed until this Wednesday evening. Tire GAZETTE is out with an article re- garding the appointment of soldiers on the police force of the borough, but no men- tion is made of the fact that the present chief of police served as a good and effi- cient soldier of the United States for eight years—Sentinel. The appointment of Buttery is all right enough so far as he is personally concern- ed, hut it is the illegal removal of the soldiers Lockwood, DeForest and More- ]rouse that is complained of, as it ought to he. Eighteen new members were added to the communion of the First Congrega- tional church, on Sunday, as the first fruits of Rev. Dr. Noble’s very acceptable ministry there. The occasion was one of deep interest and solemnity, and was wrtncsscd by a large gathering of church attendants. Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Noble, who were themselves of the number admitted into membership, are more than ordinarily devoted and zealous in their clrrrrclr work. Manager Harris, of Parlor Book, the Housatonic railroad company’s popular picnic grounds eight miles above Bridge- port, said on Monday to a reporter : “We are making improvements at the grove and the woods are full of painters, carpen- ters, shovelers and railroad workmen. Things are fairly booming up that way and the result will be seen when the regu— lar season opens. The first picnic will probably be'held there about the middle of June. That is as early as picnickcrs ever get out.” Mrs. Vincent Colyer, as is supposed, had her late husband’s Contentment Island property bid in for herself. The court recently gave her a judgment for some- thing over $30,000, for cash she had advanced to her deceased husband and in no other way could she secure a satisfaction of the judgment. She bid $39,000 for her home cottage, $14,000 for the Centennial Building, $1,400 for a cottage near Noroton depot, and various- parcels of land to a total of within $20 of $25,000. No one appeared to bid against her. ' An exchange says :—Under section 1,569 of the statutes, fishing on Sunday is illegal, and a person is liable to from $1 $4 fine with costs. bass, or other brook or pond fish would come under the head of “sports and rec- reation,” which are prohibited between sunrise and sunset on Sunday. Hauling nets for shad, which is cold, hard work, could not be considered as either sport or recreation. But it is also prohibited by section 2,489, which prohibits the hauling 50f s seineor gill net in any river from sunset Saturdsyeto-sunset Sunday. Methodist church on probation, and the' Fishing for: trout,” Those wishing to get _ l l l | An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially devoted to Local News and Interests. A pleasing little story comes from Hunt- ington, West Virginia, which points a 'moral that may be of value to some of our Norwalk girls who accompany their rest- less escorts to the theatre. It seems that a young man who escorted one of the finest young ladies of the city to the theatre, was a victim of the pernicious habit of “going out bectween acts.” The second time he tried it on this occasion, his fair companion arose, invited a friend to accompany her home, and gracefully retired. When the surprised young man returned, the vacant seat must have spoken volumes to him. Another swindling scheme came to light in Bridgeport Saturday. Several days ago, a stranger called on Rev. Father Nilril, pastor of St. Patrick’s church, and was told the clergyman was out of town. He seemed disappointed and said he was the agent of the Empire Life Insurance company of New York, and had called to collect a premium, and added that if it were not paid the policy would become void. The amount was $25. The servant girl tried to raise the money, but obtained only 353, which the man said he would take and hold the policy, collecting the remainder later. He gave a receipt signed Captain O’Flaherty. On his rcturufFathcr Nihil said he never had any life insurance. A portrait of Murat Halstead, who regrf'i‘ larly contributes a review of current events of the day to tho Cosmopolitan magazine, appears in the frontispiece of the June number. This is followed by an article by the late Minister to Persia, Mr. S. G. W. Benjamin, on Farm Life and Irrigat- ing in that remote and interesting country. Mr. Lafcadio Hearn contributes a study of the Half-Breed Races in the West Indies, and an extremely popular article, entitled Side Glances at American Beauty, by Eleanor Waddle, is illustrated with repro- ductions of photographs of some of the most beautiful women of the United States, selected from the more prominent cities, Memphis, Baltimore, Boston, New York, Leavenworth, and many others. Full descriptive personal notes accompany these engravings. The complete short novel of the number is entitled A Ghost At His Fireside, and is by Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton, with illustrations by . fr. Albert E. Sterner. The Norwalk Club cigar, made by John Oldc‘nsclilagcr, is a splendid smoker and is making rapid strides in popular favor with good judges and lovers of good cigars. It is an all Havana filler, of me— dium size, draws freely and is of excellent flavor. It is sold in the borough by Fred Mead, J. M. Benedict, Newsdealer Ben- nett, James Sutherland, Finncy do Bene- dict, Ilale’s drug store, E. N. Sloan, Riggs’ drug store, Hayes’ news stand, Hoyt &. Meyers, Grumman Brothers. John Malone, James M. Creagh, Al- though it is a new brand it is already a favorite and Mr. Oldcnsehlager is kept constantly busy in making the supply meet the demand. Ask for the “Norwalk Club.” The annual meeting of the Connectierrt Society of the Sons of the American Revolu tion will be held in the senate chamber at the capital, Saturday morning, at 11 o’clock. The board of managers will meet one hour earlier. The meeting is for the election of officers and transaction of gen- eral business The presidant will deliver a short address, and the secretary will read his report. The present officers are : President, the Hon. Lucius P. Deming, New Haven; vice-president, Jonathan Trumbull, Norwich; registrar, Jonathan F. Morris, Hartford; treasrrrcs, Rowland B. Lacy, Bridgeport; secretary, Meigs H. \Vhaples, Hartford. General Couch paid the police force a compliment in the meeting of the Court of Burgesses Monday evening. He said he had strolled out in company with Mrs. Couch, on a Saturday evening, when the streets were unusually lively, for the especial prrrpose of observing the order that was maintained, and found the best of order. Idlers who had no business to look after, instead of standing on the sidewalks and obstructing the crosswalks, were kept at the curbing when they were not being “moved on,” and squirted their tobacco juice in the grrttcr instead of over the walk and against the clothing of pedestrians. The General thinks the police system about as good as it can be. —Carriages, carts and wagons of all de- scriptions and at reduced prices at W. E. Dann’s, 50 Wall street. tf17 Conductor Gordon S. Coit, .of the Housatonic main line has no such word as “fail” in his “bright lexicon of youth,” and it is said he has never embarked upon an undertaking in whiCh he did not succeed.. With this record as a criterion, it is perhaps safe to predict that he will succeed in the job ire has just taken upon himself, vim—proving that he is not a her. He assumes the task by having caused the arrest of a Gt. Burrington man who, it is alleged, being unable to evade the payment of his fare, resorted to brow- beating tactics and persistently and re- peatedly abused the cor‘ictor with opprobrious epithets until patience ceased taboo-virtue, and the, conductor «used his arrest. -_ At Westport the Consolidated road is filling in the large tract of swamp land near the depot which it purchased last winter for freight depot purposes. Eigteen feet of filling is called for. Tire four tracking operations between Green’s Farms and N orwalk have been completed for about a mile and a half, and the grad- ing for the rest of the distance is well advanced. On Thursday afternoon fire was dis- covered in the hay mow of Silas W. Gregory’s livery stable,opposite the depot, at South Norwalk. The ‘alarm was imme- diately sounded and the fire department were soon on the spot with their appar- atus. The work of rescuing horses, coaches, etc., was begun and in progress when the firemen arrived on the s of, and the latter directed all their energies to the work of extinguishihg the flames, which were put out in short order. One horse was burned to death on the second floor, besides a considerable quantity of hay, grain, etc., and fifteen or twenty carriages and sleighs. The loss to Mr. Gregory is estimated at $4,000, fully insured, and the loss on the building, which is owned by the Central National Bank, is about ills-2,- 000, also fully iusrrred. The origin of the fire is a mystery, but the prevaling theory is that it was the result of carelessness on the part of some smoker who chanced to be in the hay loft. “Monday night” says the Bridgeport News, “Was an interesting one in Masonic circles in this city. It was the occasion of the meeting of Pyramid Temple, Nobles of Tire Mystic Shrine, for the reception of candidates. As this city 13 the only one in the state where candidates can be ini- tiated into the order, a large number of gentlemen from the p'incipal cities and towns throughout the state, who were to take the degree, as well as several hundred visitors, were present. Tire Noblcs’ degree was conferred upon 44 candidates in the presence of fully 400 members. Tire full degree was worked. There were promi- nent members of the order present from New York, Boston and Philadelphia, among them being James McGee, Oriental Guide of Mecca Temple, New York, and George H. Rowe, of Kismet Temple, Brooklyn. After the meetings banquet was served, Andrews catering.” A num- ber of Nor-walkers attended the meeting and arrived home in fair shape early Tuesday morning. Said the Standard of Friday: This week Judge Lyman D. Brewster, of Darr- bury, Curtis Thompson and Geo. W. Wheeler of Bridgeport, were appointed by the Probate Court of Norwalk, trustees of the fund given by the will of the late Chief Jrrstice Thomas B. Butler, for a law library for Fairfield county. These gen- tlemen will succeed Asa B. Woodward of Norwalk, W. K. Seelcy of Bridgeport, and H. T. Blake, who have acted as trustees for a long period. Owing to vari- ous causes they recently resigned, after having managed the affairs of the fund in excellent shape. Chief Justice Butler died in 1873, and much of the fund lay in stocks which were not then realizing very heavily. By retaining the stock largo interest was finally realized and the fund now amounts to a total value of more than $9,000. About $000 worth of books was a part of the fund, and $2,000 has been spent on prrrchasing new books, leav— ing about $0,500 in cash for the trustees To Mr. Woodward, who is the l’orwalk Judge of Probate, especially is the crpdrt for such a good showing due, and his la- bors are well appreciated by his brother members of the bar, a resolution to that effect being adopted at a recent meeting. A reporter of the Stamford News, has had an interview with the man who has painted the “Prepare for Eternity” “Re- pent or go to Hell,” and other similar in— scriptions upon the rock beside the high- ways in this vicinity. The reporter made several unsuccessful attempts to draw him into conversation and finally attained the following information concerning him: He said his name'was George Mahcr, that he was forty-three years of age. Prior to 1883 he was a confirmed drunkard, and was a victim of all the other vices which tend to destroy the mental and physical qualifica- tions of man. At the beginning of that year he says he shook off his old habits and reformed, taking as his work the task of painting various religious inscriptions upon the rocks. The first year he painted I,000; the second 1,000; the third 5,000; the fourth 7,000 ; the fifth 11.000; and the sixth 13,000, making a total of 38,000 in- scriptions painted up to January 1st, 1890. He is very eccentric in his manner and conversation, and treads along and speaks to no one unless spoken to. When asked how he manages to earn his living, he re- plied that he did not bother himself in the least about that. In fact he never gave it a thOught; the Lord looked out for that, and he most always had plenty of money. He has used upwards of fifty pounds of paint since January lst, and has painted nearly 7,000 signs. ‘ Before leaving he presented the News man with his card—j piece of woodzshaving picked up on the street, with his .nsrned burned on with a sun gloss. He ss s it is hisi tention to follow this business] until he dig. Two DOLLARS A Y EA NUMBER 19. About the time the GAZETTE is printed this week the marriage ceremony will be performed in the First Congregational church that will make Robert G. Wilson and Miss Fannie Wilson man and wife. The Rev. Dr. T. K. Noble ofliciates. After the ceremony a reception will be held at the residence of the bride’s par- ents, on West avenue, and later the happy Couple start on a bridal tour, which will take in Washington and the principal cities of the south- After about two weeks they will take. up their abode in New York, where the bridegroom has a lucrative pOsition. The display of pres- entsat the brrde’s home, on West avenue, is a rich and elegant one, embracing gifts from friends and well-wishers from far and near. On Thursday evening, in the Armory Company F celebrated its tenth annivcr~ sary by giving afinc'atlrletic entertainment. A programme of excellent and original merit was gotten up for the occasion, the first attraction being a burlesque foot bal game between'fat and lean men, Henry Mathies acting acoeptably as referee. There wasavery line exhibition on the horizontaland parallel bars by Robert Stoll, amateur champion. athlete of the United States; Exhibitions on the bars were also given by Mr. George Nash and Will Huff, and during their performance Thomas Hunt was extremely funny as a clown. A game of polo on bi- cycles, between Chas. Gaylor, of Stam- ford, and D. J: Canary, was won by Mr. Gaylorbya score of}? to 0. This polo game was followed by another between the Stamford polo learn and a team from Company F. The game was decided in favor of the Norwalk boys by reason of a foul; the score given being 5 to 0. c Very little science was displayed by the mn-v testants, and the decision on the foul was very close. he event of the§evcning was the bicycle riding by D. J. Canary, cham- pion trick rider of the world. “is let'- formance was truly marvelous. After d0- iug some tricks on the bicycle complete, among which was his standing on his head on the bicycle as it stood perfectly still, he took it apart and rode on the big wheel. first with and then without the handles; then he put the pedals on the little wheel, and, balancing himself with the “backbone” of the bicycle,rodc around tlrcroorn. His last wonderful feat was the riding of a wagon wheel, on which he propelled himself without pedals. At the close of his performance he was heartily applauded. The entertainment concluded with dancing to the strains of the Norwalk. Amusement Co.’s orchestra. Company F provided a bountiful collation for its guests and friends. Tire affair was a grand success and Company F is to be Congratulated upon it. An aestheticexchangeplaintivclydeplores the degeneration of art in America and despairingly asks: “Where can we look for a painting that will reflect credit upon the genius of American artists?” The pessimistic querist, it is evident, has never seen the drop curtain in Brother Hoyt’s popular house of amusement, Music Hall, South N0rwalk,on which a scene is de- pictcd in glowing colors and bold origin- ality, which for conception and execution, would put the best of the old masters to blush. .In the foreground a wooden stone wall is shown, built on a carpet of neat, brrt not of gaudy design. A large and peaceful stream springs out of the wall on the other side and flows up a steep hill in a tortuous and uncertain course until it loses itself from mortal View in the high and foggy distance. The landscape, with which this hill climbing stream is “hedged about," is picturesque and startling in its combinations and effects, and its harmoni— ous blending of all climes and seasons. There the Rocky Mountains, Alps, lava beds and volcanos that haVe outlived their usefulness, all join their bases together, and towering icebergs rear their frosty heads among them. On the left hand shore, near an eel trap constructed of planks driven cud-down 'in a semi-circle just off the bank, an able bodied and long waisted washerwoman in a white sun- bonnet and pink frock, is seated on a stump, with her manly back to the audi- ence, in earnest conversation with a dusky youth who sprawls at her feet. A mile or so down the stream, beneath a fantastic- ally striped and checkered mountain, an imposing marble lunatic asylum is floating peacefully upon the river’s rippling bosom. On the opposite side of the stream the busy “hum of industry” has an abiding place in a fish fertilizer factory, a grist mill and a general grocery store that are built out in the water, while from the top of a monstrous depcsit of Maltese cat colored lava the steeple of a buried‘church sticks up defiantly. But the true genius of the artist is shown in the fact that while no sun is visible in the picture, the shadows are cast at'various angles that Show that the sun is shining from several difierent points at the same time. It is a picture that holds the critic-spell-bound between the acts, and the writer of the above quoted, query can find in it an answer to his conundrum. Addmo’ ' nal Local Items on 5th 1"”.
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