A‘ RAID BY ”TELEGRAPH.
REMARKABLE WORK OF JOHN MOR-
GAN’S OPERATOR.
How Ellsworth Tapped Union YVires, Sent
Bogus 'Dispatches, Misled Generals and
Commanded the Union Forces—It Was
Not Repeated During the War.
(Copyright, 1890, by American Press Association]
R... HEY are having a
, ‘ ; stampede in Ken-
' tucky. Please look to
'it. A. LINCOLN.
This alarming
notice was tele-
graphed by the
president to Gen.
Halleck, com-
manding the Un-
ion forces in the
west, July 13, 1862.
On the same day
Gen. J . T. Boyle,
commanding t h e
U n i O n forces in
the state of Ken—
tucky, wired from
Louisville to the
, war department at
I “lashington t h is
s ' startling news:
“The rebels undoubtedly have control Of
telegraph all around us. There is great
danger in Kentucky.” -
At that time the Confederate lines in the
west lay along northern Mississippi and
Alabama, with forces in observation at
Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tenn. The
main Union army was around Corinth,
Miss, where Halleck was, and a portion of
Hallcck’s force, under Gen. Buell, was
moving out along the Tennessee river to-
wards Chattanooga.
But the Confederate cavalryman, Mor-
gan, was out on his first great ride and his
errand was to bring about the state Of
alarm indicated in the dispatches of Presi-
dent Lincoln and Gen. BO le.
The Confederate troops in East Tennes-
see were held in check by a Union force at
at Cumberland Gap, the mountain pass to
Kentucky, and the southern commander
could spare only a small force for a demon-
stration in the rear of Buell. One column,“
consisting of two regiments and two small
detachments, was placed under Morgan to
operate in Kentucky, and his success with
this small force was due to the manipula—
tion of the telegraph, which he found in
working order on his route. As neither he
nor his compeers were permitted to repeat
the exploit by the same unique methods the
case stands alone in annals of famous raids.
Morgan took with him as telegraph Opera-
tor George A. Ellsworth, of his command,
and after he struck the first blow, which
was at Tompkinsville, Ky., July 8, four
days after he set out from Knoxville, Ells-
worth tapped the wire between Louisville
and Nashville and learned from passing
dispatches that the Union authorities were
alarmed and were putting the railway and
depot guards under orders. For the pur—
pose Of confusing the enemy a bogus dis-
patch, signed by the provost marshal at
Nashville, was sent fiver the wires to the
provost marshal at -'ouisville announcing
that a Confederate ‘ 'lumn under Forrest
was advancing on Nashville and that Mor-
gan was in that vicinity co-Operating.
This was July 10, and Forrest was at the
time operating against Murfreesboro; but
he had not taken it, and Morgan was then
over a hundred miles from that point.
On the 12th Morgan captured Lebanon,
Ky, before daylight, and Ellsworth went
with the advance guard and seized the tele-
graph oflice. Here he found a dispatch sent
the day previously from the Union com-
mander at Lebanon to Gen. Boyle at Louis-
ville, stating that Lebanon was threatened
and calling for re-enforcements immedi-
ately. He settled himself in the Operator’s
chair and veryr soon he heard the instru-
ment call B, which the books told him was
the signal for Lebanon. The following
conversation then took place between Ells-
worth, Confederate, aud a Union operator
at a station between Lebanon and Louis—
ville: » .
To 13 (Lebanon): “What news? Any more skir-
mishing'f—Z.”
To Z (station unknown): ”NO; we‘ drove what
little cavalry there was away—B. ”
To B: “Has the train arrived yet?—Z. “
To Z: “NO. About how many troops on train?
-—B.”
To B: “About 5CO.—-Z."
There was but one railroad, a branch from
the Louisville and Nashville, but the re-
enforcements were evidently coming in an-
swer to the call of the day previous, and the
TAPPIXG UNION WIRES.
important thing to Morgan, next to their
strength, was their location at the mo-
ment. To ascertain the station signaled as
Z, Ellsworth adopted the following clever
ruse, telegraphing to Z:
“A gentleman here bets the cigars you cannot
spell the name of your station correctly—B."
To B: “Take the bet. L-e-b-a-n-O-n J -u-n-c-
t—i-O-n. How did he think I would spell it?-—Z.”.
To Z: “He thought you would put two b’s in
Lebanon—B.“
Lebanon Junction was the point Of inter-
section of the thirty miles of branch road
from the Louisville line to Lebanon. Mor-
gan immediately sent out a party to burn
the bridge and destroy the track. After
some time Ellsworth heard the call of Le—
banon again and received word from the
unsuspecting “Z” that the train of soldiers
had returned to the junction. Then, with
a little urging, “Z” sent forward for the
information of the Union commander,
whom he still supposed to be in control at
Lebanon, the copy of a long dispatch sent
by the commander of the re-enforcement to
Gen. Boyle. This gave Morgan just the
news he wanted, for he learned. where his
own detachment was and that the re-en-
forcement was indefinitely checked.
He now proceeded to seize all the Union
supplies in Lebanon, and after attending
to his own needs, a large" amount was
burned. Subsequently Ellsworth received
dispatches‘by way of “Z” at. the. junction,
showing that Gen. Boyle did not know of.
Morgan’s capture of Lebanon. They
showed also'that Union troops from Louis-
ville were on the. road south in anticipa-_
tion of his coming, and so instead of going
to Louisville the raiders moved northeast,
striking the Louisville and Lexington rail-
. road between Frankfort and Lexington at
' a station called Midway.
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TFIICKED AGAIN.
The command reached Midway in the
fore-noon of the lBth, the day of the great
alarm in \Vashington and at Gen. Boyle’s
headquarters. Morgan was in the heart of
Kentucky. Ellsworth entered the telegraph
Office at Midway, surprised the operator
and made him prisoner, and after a few
words Of professional condolence carelessly
asked him to call the Lexington oflice and
get the exact time of day. This was a ruse
to get the operator’s style, and when he re-
sponded Ellsworth found that he was a
register Operator, using paper to receive
answers. A little search brought to light
a signal book giving all of the calls on
the line, and it appeared from dispatches
which passed over the wires that the towns
all about were alert for Morgan. On test—
ing the wires the raider found that he
could safely cut Off the Frankfort Office
and receive all its business at Midway. In
a short time Lexington asked Midway if it
would be safe to run a train between those
stations. The answer was: .
“All right! Come on. NO rebels here!”
Following this came a military order
from the Union commander at Lexington,
Gen. \V , to his subordinate at Frank-
fort, Gen. F—, to move all his forces out
on the railroad and await orders at Mid-
way. It was now necessary to deceive the
authorities and give Morgan a chance to be
off in one direction while his enemies were
massing troops in another direction. Ells-
worth then telegraphed to Union head-
quarters at Lexington that the raiders had
passed by Midway toward Frankfort.
It was necessary to confirm this letter by
a bogus dispatch from Frankfort, but Ells—
worth did not know the rules Of charges
and could not risk a formal message for
fear Of making a fatal mistake. He waited
sometime until the wires were occupied by
through messages, and then broke in in
great excitement, calling frantically for
Lexington. He got the circuit, of course,
and dispatched word to the Union com-
mander at Lexington that Morgan was be-
fore Frankfort and had driven in the Union
pickets. Having the Frankfort signal he
signed it and ran the wire into the ground,
so that Lexington could not call Frankfort
again and detect the fraud.
The command then moved on toward
Lexington, reaching Georgetown at night.
Ellsworth seized the telegraph Office, found
the instruments removed, put in his own,
and called Lexington. Morgan had de-
cided to scare Lexington and ride around
it, north, so as to cross the line at Paris and
get out of the state. He was within sixty
miles of Cincinnati. Ellsworth said to Lex-
ington: “Keep mum, I am in the Office
reading by the sound of my magnet in the
dark. Morgan’s in on are here. I crawled
in when no one saw me.”
To this he signed the Georgetown signal
Obtained at Midway, and received the an-
swer, “Keep cool. Don’t be discovered.
How many rebels are there?”
A SWAP.
Softly and mysteriously sped the answer
back, so cleverly worded that it reads like
.1 the breathless whisper of a. man in terror: .
“I don’t know. I did not notice. As
Morgan’s operator was asking me about
my instruments, I told him I sent them to
Lexington.”
Cincinnati now broke in and called
Georgetown, asking if the “rebels” were
there. Ellsworth answered:
“Yes, Morgan’s men are here,” repeating
his story of working in the dark.
The raiders remained two days in George-
town waiting for the scheme to mature
and draw all the attention of the Union
commanders toward Lexington. \Vhen the
command was ready to move Off the regu-
lar operator, who was under guard, pro-
posed to Ellsworth that his telegraph in-
struments, which had all the time been
skillfully hidden near at hand, should be
taken by the Confederates as his ransom.
“I agree to that,” said the raider. “Tele-
graph instruments are of more value to the
Southern Confederacy than Yankee Operat-
ors.”
The exchange was made.
Morgan now rode north, avoiding Lex-
ington altogether. Every effort was made
i by the authorities at a distance to have
him attacked at or near Lexington. A new
general was sent Out by Gen. Boyle to take
command, and passing through Frankfort
he reached Lexington the day Morgan
passed north of it towards Cynthiana, be-
tween Lexington and Cincinnati. Ells—
worth found all the Offices on the line dis-
mantled and the wires out of order.
After taking Cynthiana and Paris (a
town half way between Cynthiana and
Lexington), the raiders made a detour and
passed around Lexington to the south,
reaching a place called Crab Orchard on
the let. The telegraph ran along the road
toward Somerset, where Morgan, as his
enemies knew, would naturally turn to re-
cross Cumberland river. Ellsworth tapped
the wire, and soon heard a message from
Gen. Boyle to his subordinate at Danville,
saying, “Pursue Morgan. He is at Crab
Orchard, going to Somerset.”
It was )1 o’clock a. in. Danville is about
forty miles north of Somerset, and Crab
Orchard about twenty-eight miles north-
east. The raiders, therefore, had twelve
miles start by this timely warning and
dashed off, reaching Somerset at sundown.
The Somerset office was in fine working or-
der,but the operator in charge had 'ust come
up from the London oflice, and t e raider
had no trouble in personating a “ reen
hand.” The first message was from tan-.
ford, near Danville, and was an inquiry
about Morgan. Ellsworth answered that
there were no signs of him at Somerset,’
and learned from Danville and Louisville
via Stanford that the pursuers ordered out
from Danville at 11 o’clock in the day had
reported back to Gen. Bo 1e that Morgan"
was too strong to be attac ed.
Resting secure on this information Mor-
gan telegra bed to the offices at Lexing~
ton, Danv1 le, Lebanon and other points,
countermanding, in the name 0 Gen.-
Boyle, all the orders for his pursuit. The
whole command then took a night’s rest,
and in the mornin , July 22, started,
well refreshed, for East Tennessee. Be-
fore abandomng Somerset and the soil
of Kentucky—his old home—Morgan di-
rected Ellsworth to celebrate his clever art
by wiring north the following facetious
greeting: ,
George D. Prentice, Louisville:
Good morning, George D. I am quietly watch-
ing the complete destruction of all of Uncle Sam‘s .
property in this little burg. I expect in a short
time to pay youa visit, and wish to know it
you will be at home. All well in Dixie-Joan H.
Manon. ‘
. GEORGE L. KILMER.
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' PAR’ALVZED' ‘EV‘XU'I’ SCRATCH. '
A Soldier’s Graphic Story of a. Half Hour’s
Agony on :1 Battlefield.
“I have read of men being paralyzed by
a wound and unable to move,” said a well
known prominent Maine Officeholder, “and
I believe it. I'know that there have been
many cases of the kind, and one of them
in particular has such a personal twist that
I have good reason to remember.
“It was at the battle of Chantilly in the
early part of the fight. \Ve had approached
a low rambling fence—a Virginia fence, as
they were called, and I had my gun through
it and was doing what service I could. I
saw the splinter fly from a piece Of that
fence under the impulse of a ball from the
enemy.
“In the lightning flash of the flying wood
I seemed to find time to dodge, and then
there was a quick pain like the searing of
a hot iron and the splinter was through
my hat band and along my scalp, penc—
trating it, but not injuring, the skull.
“The blow was severe and stunned me,
and I remember well my last look at the
scene—the fighting troops, the smoke, the
battle and the trampling men.
“I fell back, my legs half doubled up be-
neath me, and in a moment my strength
was gone and I was powerless. I saw
everything. Men fell upon me. Men
trampled upon me. Horses reared around
me. The battle was on all sides.
“My wits were clear, my brain uncloud-
ed, but there was I, dying a death momen-
tarily, alive, yet dead and suffering more
tortures than Ithought life could have. I
lay there perhaps half an hour—«every mo-
ment a year of agony—when I felt some
one’s-hand on my collar, and I was dragged
out and turned on my face, where I lay
for a moment as some one rifled my car—
tridge box.
“The motion saved me. My pulse seemed
to stir, my heart beat, my will to re-cxert
itself, and in a few minutes I was myself.
The wound was so small that I stanched
it with my handkerchief and in half an
hour I was as well as ever.
“If the hand had not found my coat col-
lar I should have been bleaching my bones
on Chantilly at this moment instead Of
here talking to you, and it would have
been ,tough to have passed in on such a
scratch. ”—Lewiston Journal.
Outwitting the Teacher.
It requires a pretty smart school teacher
nowadays to get any the best of a child.
This was never more fully demonstrated
than it was in one of the Chicago schools.
In some of the schools the Old fashioned
and unnatural method of teaching free arm
writing is employed, and the children are
obliged to twist their hands unnaturally in
order to obtain the free arm movement. In
order to in’Sure this position the teacher
places a small shirt button on the back of
each little hand, as piano teachers some-
times place pennies on the backs Of their
pupils’ hands.
This is done to insure the keeping Of the
hand in the “correct” position, for if tip-
ped in the least the button slides Off and
thus betrays the crring scholar. This but-
ton arrangement is quitc tiresome to the
children, and they complain of it at home.
The other afternoon a bright little girl re-
turned from school and said to her mother:
“Mother, I kept the button on my hand
nearly all day today.” The mother ex—
pressed some surprise at such a feat.
“Yes,” said the little one; “I gummed it on
with a piece of my gum.”——Chicago Herald.
‘Vhere Sam Houston Got That Bath“,
The venerable Richard Dowling, one of
the oldest residents Of St. Louis, tells of a
visit which he made to Gen. Sam Houston
at his home in Huntsville, Tex, in 1858.
“I was introduced to Gen. Houston,” he
said, “by Capt. Simms, after having re-
quested him to do so, though he remarked
thot ‘you could tell Gen. Houston among a
thousand.’ I was received very cordially
by the general, and immediately felt as
much at casein his company as if I had
been intimate with him for years. I was
struck with the peculiarities of his appear-
ance and dress. He wore a shad bellied, or
what would be called now a cutaway, coat,
dark colored vest and pants, and black
cloth gaiters over his shoes. He had a
brown beaver hat, with a tremendous high
crown and broad brim, under which
gleamed a pair of gold spectacles. Struck
with the Odd appearance of his ponderous
hat, I had the curiosity to inquire:
“ ‘Say, general, where did you get that
hat?’
“And heinformed me that he had it made
to order in Austin.”-——St. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat.
Penalty of a Little Nervousness.
Queen Victoria is a great stickler at for-
mality; she will not tolerate anything like
abreach of custom. The custom is that
whenever the queen visits a town she shall,
before leaving that tow'n, knight the mayor
thereof. The form of dubbing a knight is
exceedingly simple. The candidate kneels
before her majesty; she asks his name; he
gives it simply “Andrew Jones,” or what-
ever it might be; the queen touches him
with a sword and says: “Rise, Sir Andrew
Jones.” On one occasion the queen was
about to knight the mayor of one of the
smaller cities she had been visiting. The
poor fellow was scared almost out of his
wits. He was so nervous that When the
quc’cn asked his name he answered: “Mr.
Thomas Hopkins.” W'hereupou her ma-
jesty, incensed. at this breach of custom
and making no allowance for the poor
man’s trepidation, exclaimed: “Rise, Mr.
Thomas Hopkins,” and, throwing the
sword aside, sailed indignan‘tly out of the
room.—Eugene Field’s Letter.
An. Electric “’ooing.
Tom (at the club)-—Jack, you are an
electrical expert. Your sister adores you
and I adore your sister. She laughs at me
for my ignorance of the science. Give me
some pointers.
J ack—VVell ?
Tom—What’s a volt?
J ack—Pressurc.
Tom—What’s an ampere?
J ack—Quantity.
Tom—What’s an Ohm?
J sch—Resistance. .
Jack (same evening in the parlor)—Lucy,
dearest, why this ohm to the volt of my
hand? Do you not realize the ampere of
my love?
Lucy (rapturously) — My own! I am
yours.——Pittsburg Bulletin.
Can’t Obllgo Him.
A negro under sentence of death in
South Carolina wants to be hung with a.
rope made from the hide of a. white horse
killed at midnight by a. silver bullet, but
the sheriff refuses' to depart'from the regu-
lar routine and will use good hemp. He
says it will be all the some after the dTOp
falls—Detpoit Free Press. -
After the Ball. 1 '
“Don’t you get tired of this endless round
of dancing?” '
“No; it is the endless round of waiting
for the ballto begin that wearies me.”-'-
Harper’s Ba tar. . 7 . _
HOUSES THAT ARE OUT OF STYLE.‘
There Is No Excuse for Making Bad In-
vestments of This Kind.
There are-few towns and cities in the coun-
try in which there are not a number of
houses which are said to be “out of style.”
They'ore old style houses and will not bring
the money that was put into them. It is not
good business to build a house that will go
out of style. It is not good businessto put
money where one cannot get it again. There
are some things that do not go out of style.
All such things are founded on common
sense. The requirements of housekeeping
do not change materially from year to year,
and a house plan which meets all of the re—
quirements Of the housekeeper is rarely said
to be out of style.
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little rental when considered relatively to
their cost. 0n the other hand we see little
boxes Of houses which bring in relatively a
high rental. The latter may have all of the
modern conveniences-a furnace, hot and cold
water, a bathroom with tub, water claset and
washstand; a sink in the cellar in which to
pour water from the tubs, allaundry stove, a
cemented floor, plenty Of light, that it may
be used as a laundry; 9. well arranged kitchen
and china closet; everything handy and con- .
vcnient—no waste room, hence no waste steps
or wasted carpets. This is the kind of a
house that is always in good style.
There are many things to be considered by
people who have not much money and are
without a large experience in house building.
Being a man of moderate means, if I wish to
build a house it is proper for me to consider
whether my house would have a rental value
if I wish to put it on the market in that way.
The net income from that property, if rented,
should exceed by 1 or 2 per cent. the current
rate of interest in the section Of country in
which the structure is erected. A great many
foolish investments are made in dwelling
house property because people do not think
of this, and for this reason we hear a great
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deal about the foolishness of going into debt
for a home. It is a very smart thing to do if
we pay for the property only what it is
worth, and it is a very simple matter to de-
termine what this is. We must take what
would be the gross rental income of the prop-
erty if it were to be rented, and then make
due allowance for taxes, insurance and re-
pairs, and if the net income is then slightly
in excess of the current rate for money, we
are justified in going in debt.
The people who are living in the . house
which is here illustrated are paying for it in
a building association. The lot cost $1,200,
and the house, with everything that goes to
make it. complete excepting a furnace, cost
$1,800. The association from which they se-
cured their money is on the perpetual plan,
and is organized on a limited premium—basis;
that is, all premiums are limited to ten cents
on each .weekly payment of fifty cents on
each 5200 share. _ Having secured $1,800, they
have to pay in fifty cents per week on nine
shares of $200 each. This is 8-1. 50 a week, or
between $18 and $20a month, as the minimum
payment to be made. On this plan Of pay-
ment of 6 per cent. interest there is twenty-
four cents per share per week to be paid as
interest on $200, or one share.
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Thus there remain sixteen cents to apply on
the principal. This vg'll pay out a 8200 share
in about fourteen years—a. very long time, it
may be said. This is the element of safety to
the borrower. As a matter. of fact. the poo- ‘
ple who own this house and are paying for it
in a. building association are putting in from
$30 to 835 a month. Thus theexcess over
and. above the $18 or, $20required is credited1
patelinthedividendotth . ' p .
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little over 6 per cent,.aaztho association is'
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ROOM 2, MASONIO BUILDING. '
Wm. Lockwood,
Real Estate, Insurance and Investment
Securities.
MONEY 'I'O LOAN.
Insurance Placed in First-Class Companies
Ofilce—Cor. MAIN Jr. \VALL STS.. NORlVALK
Iy 13
I. BELDEN IIURLBUTT,
lltooooo all Counselor at Law,
Room No. 4, Up Stairs.
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN.
ALEX. s. GIBSON,
Organist 0t lsl Connregaliona] Church, Waterbury,
""euchcr of
Pianoforte, Organ and Musical
Composition,
Lock Box 39 P 0..NORWALK.CONN.
ETNA lNHllICA _ NC I)
L Incorporated 1312. Clmrler l’crpetu
CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $8,902,272.64
Insures against loss and damage by Fire, on
termsadoptcd to the hazard and consistent with
he laws of compensation. COWLES dc MERRILL
Sole Agents for Norwalk and Vicinity.
Building Materials, 866.
UIL DING STONE, all qualities of sand, cel
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.
1’. O. Box 654. Norwaltk .
PLYMOUTH ROCK ICE.
I HAVE a 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 favored solicit
a continuance of their patronage.
mtr R. L. ELLS.
TH E
Norwalk Fire Insurance Co.
Ilas now completed its
18Ih SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR
And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid losses
or claims for losses. NO sound company insures
for less.
W‘. U. STREET, Pres. GEO. 13. ST. Jonx,Treas.,
GEO. ll. (.‘OWLESL Secretary.
O. E. WILSON
General Inooronoo and Real Potato lot
Money to Loan.
Stocks, Bonds &c., lought hnd Sold,
and Loans Negotiated at Lowest
'Ilatcs of Interest.
ROOM NO. 3 GAZETTE BUILDING,
W. H. MEEKER,
Plumbioo, Steam and Gas Filling,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
Sanitary Plumbing, and Ventilation, and
Low Pressure Steam Heating, 3. Specialty,
PLUMBERS’ SUPPLIES.
Pipe and Fitting for Steam and Gas.
Agent forthc Florida Low Pressure Boiler.
Facilities for Cutting and Threading all Sizes 0!
Pipe. 50tt
T0 HORSE OWNERS!
We keep constantly on hand a good assortment of
Kentucky and Ohio Horses,
selected with great carein 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 Carrlage
Reposuory a complete line of CARRIAGES from
the bestmakers, which are manufactured for us
to special order ; every carriage warranted.
WAGONS and UAlt’l‘S of every description.
IIARNESSES, W11] PS, ROBES, BLANKETS
DANN’S LIVERY STABLE,
OFFICE 48 WALL ST., NORWALK
OPP. D. & N. II. R. DEPOT 35
FURNITURE
A Full Stock of Furniture of all kinds'
aoooo All] oooooooooos
7 a specialty.
DAVID . STOW,
Main Street opp. Depot
SOUTH NORWALK,CON1V
PETER L. (lUlGUE,
FLORIST lNURSERYMAN,
UNION AVENUE,
North or N orwalk Cemetery,
EQQWALE, -“ - CORN.
Dealer in Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit. and Gina-
mental Trees Shrubbery, Vines. Cut Flowel's
always on hand and all sorts of designs in Flowers
arranged to order. 41y2
Grading and Re-filling Cemetery Plots
promptlygattended to.
HENRY TlLLY
- CARRIAGE MAKER,
SOUTH NORWALK‘ ' ‘ - CONN
Manufacturer of
Family Carriages, Victorlos, Buggies lo. '
All Kinds of Repairing.
Norwalk Chronicler