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LOCAL ITEJLS'.
Chief Buttery is doing day duty this
week.
Thunder and lightning! how it did
storm Thursday night.
The Eleventh regiment will “reune” at
Birmingham, on the 18th.
Some scoundrel poisoned Mrs. E. P.
Weed‘s little dog last week.
James Gordon has been elected record-
ng secretary of Hope Hose company.
Sanford A. Waterman, of Cohoes, N.
Y., visited Norwalk friends last week.
Pioneer Hook and Ladder company
came out for a practice run on Monday
night.
ANorwalk milkman’s horse. ran away
last week and concocted an extensive
milk shake. ’ I ‘
Charles E. Squires, the ll'orld’s Danbury
and Bethel representative, was in town
on Saturday.
James B. Costello is the new foreman of
Hope Hose company, vice Patrick Slat-
tery, resigned.
“Hen” Hoyt has received back pension
amounting to about $500, and is allowed
$0 per month.
The corner stone of the new East ave-
nue Methodist church, it is expected, will
be laid to-day.
Thomas Dunn, the Stamford wife mur-
derer,.has been sentenced to seven years
in the state prison. ' l -
If the races on the Fair Ground this
week are not a success, it will not be the
fault of the weather clerk.
Officer Charles Plauz, of New Milford,
is one of the gate keepers at the Fair
Ground during the races this week.
Miss Mary Rddemeyer and Leroy A.
Stone, were married, in Bethel, on Wed-
nesday last, by the Rev. H. L. Slack.
John Sherry, brother of the late Charles
Sherry, of this town, died in Sag Harbor,
L. I., on Thursday last, aged 88 years.
The twentieth reunion of the Veteran
Masons of Connecricut, will be held at
Waterbury, Thursday, June 26th, 1890.
The new hotel project is rapidly taking
shape, and it is expected that ere long the
hotel itself will begin to show its shape.
These Decoration Day flags that still
adorn the Opera House exterior look like
battle flags just after a ferocious skirmish.
——Everything pertaining to horse fur-
nishings, carriages, etc., at greatly reduc-
ed prices, at W. E. Dann’s, 50 Wall St. 17
Danbury Jack and wife are “in the jug”
again for looking too long upon the wine
when it was red and gave its color to the
cup.
Mrs. U. S. Grant has sold her house at
West End avenue and Seventy-third street,
New , York, to gFrank J. Spraguc, for
$70,000.
Rufus Allen, a compositor on the
Brooklyn Times, and who was an appren-
tice in the GAZETTE office in 1861, called
on us Monday.
Eleven infants were baptized in the
Methodist church. on Sunday last, a bean-
tiful feature of the beautiful observance of
Children’s Day.
\Vm. Meseberg isllaying the foundation
for an addition to the front of his house.
He is to bring it out to the line of the
Quintard building.
Miss Nellie Sheehan and Dennis Calla-
han were married in Winnipauk, on
Tuesday evening of last week, by the
Rev. Father O’Brien.
W. S. Crofut of this town is meeting
with good:succcss selling Hall’s safes up
in Berkshire :eounty to the proprietors of
summer boarding houses.
E. H. Strong of Bridgeport, a genera]
speculator and dealer in real estate is to
be proceeded against for charging illegal
fees for the securing of pensions.
Rev. Father Slocum has returned from
his European trip, and gave an interesting
account of his travels in Ireland, in St.
Mary’s church, on Sunday evening.
The employes of the Buckley rubber
shop have organized a cricket team. On
Saturday they went to Bridgeport and
were defeated by alteam in that city.
Charles Randolph, the Wilton horse
thief arrested by Sheriff Toner, pleaded
guilty and was bound overin $200.
The annual convention of the National
Editorial Association will be held in
Boston, Jrine 24th to 27th, and promises
to be an interesting and important meet-
ing.
The court of burgcsses have as yet taken
no definite action on the matter of pur—
chasing the steam road roller, as author-
ized by the voters at a recent borough
meeting.
John Brarrneis, of Danbury, has been
arrested ona bench warrant for the se-
duction of Mary Caliill, of that town, for
which he was recently tried and acquitted
in the police court.
A brakeman named Kelley was caught
between the switch-engine and the plat-
form at South Norwalk Thursday evening,
and only prompt action of Conductor
Comstock saved his life—News.
Mrs. Moses, nee Minnie Hoyt, of Wash-
ington, D. C., paid her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James Hoyt, a Visit on Arch street,
this week, It was her little babe’s first
introduction to its grandparents.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the
founding of St. Andrew’s church, Stam-
ford, occurs next Sunday. There will be
special services and the vested choir will
render a fine musical programme.
Jennings is authority for the statement
that a South Nor-walk undertaker proposes
the dispensing of the festive cucumber
and.green apple at fairs and festivals,
instead of the luscious strawberry.
Messrs. Hill and Seymour were in
Washington last week, and it is said the
result is shown in an additional clause of
the river and harbor bill calling for $30,-
000 for improvements at Wilson Point.
Five boats of the Nor-walk Canoe Club,
on a three days’ cruise. came up the river
Friday night and stayed until about the
middle of the forenoorr on Saturday, near
Lyons Point. They were very pretty little
crafts—Port Cites-fer Journal.
“Judge” Murray, the painter. and
Charlie Betts, are organizing a council of
the Order of United American Mechanics-
ley will hold a meeting in the colored
lodge room, Monday evening, to see about
it.
Thomas Morison has added another
story to the bay window of his West ave-
nue residence, and Painter Prowitt’s men
are busily engaged changing the color of
the building from a dark brown to a lemon
color.
Tommy Cook a Cobble Hill warrior de—
feated Henry Reynolds, of Branford, in a
seven round fight in an old ice house near
the borough line on Monday evening, in
the presence of a considerable crowd of
sports.
Alarge three-wheeled advertising wagon
has been about town for a few days and
attracts considerable attention. Mr. Wade
thinks of buying one like it and using it
to practice on, in the hope of becoming a
bicycle rider.
Dr. \V. H. Baldwin and W. K. Maples
have started on their bicycles for W ash-
ington, D. C. They expect to wheel it
there and back, and will probably find the
“city of magnificent distances” magnifi-
cently distant.
The printer's of the borough are arrang~
ing to play a game of base ball with the
Company F nine on Saturday of next
week. ,The type stickers think they. can
make the musket wrestlers retreat in
deinoralized confusion.
The Nor-walk delegates to the state con-
vention of the Ancient Order of Hiber-
nians which began in Waterbury on Thurs-
day morning, were John J. Walsh, Esq..
John O’Sullivan, John -Gormley, John J.
Hanlon, and Michael Sheedy.
On Tuesday evening, the A. O. H.
elected the following officers :—Prcsident,
John J. Walsh; vice~president, Patrick
Carney; recording secretary, John Mc-
Cormick ; financial secretary, P. A. Mur-
phy; treasurer, Michael Sliccdy.
Wilbur Tompkins, a brakeman on the
Danbury &. Norwalk road fell from the top
of a freight car at Bethel, on Friday night
last, and was horribly killed, the entire
train passing over him and mangling him
beyond all possibility of recognition.
The New Milford Gazette’s society editor
(presumably Joe Farrally,) took a young
lady belonging to the Y. P. S. C. E., to a
festival recently, and his experience there
convinced him that those mystic letters
mean, “You Paralyze Seven Creams
Easily.”
The Pequot Council, an organization 0
the citizens of: the village of Southport,
Conn., for village improvement, assistedf
by the Sasquanaug Association, will give a
mammoth entertainment and encampment
to be held during the week commencing
July 1st. '
Among the soldiers’ graves in the cem-
etery at Canaan, is one over which a
gravestone stands, bearing the following
interesting inscription :—
Milo J. Freeland. {Died April 16, 1883.
Aged 43.. A member of 00. F, 54th Mass.
Vols. The first colored man enlistedfrom
the North in the Rebellion of 1861.
An Enterprising Republican Journal, especiallyfdevoted to Local News and Interests.
NORWALK, CONN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1890.
At St. Paul’s church, Sunday morning,
Rev. C. M. Selleck preached the baccalau-
reate sermon to Col. Roberts’ cadets. The
attendance was very large and the choral
service was admirably rendered by the
boy choir. The evening service was in
memoriam of Mrs. Dimon-Bouton.
A Dairymaids' Festival will be held in
the Sons of Temperance room, GAZETTE
building, to-morrow, (Thursday,) evening,
under the auspices of Concord Division,
S. of T. The entertainment will consist
of dialogues, recitations, tableaux, singing,
etc., and refreshments Will be served.
At 2:30 Friday morning the body of a
brakeman named Carroll was found near
the Fair Haven station. Carroll was
employed on the Shore Line fr'eight traim
which leaves New Haven about midnight.
It is thought that he slipped from a box
car, as the body was somewhat mangled.
Some unregenerate son of Belial stole a
rubber coat, pair of rubber boots and a
hat belonging to “Foxey the flier,” from
his boat at South Norwalk and then turn-
ed the boat t’other side up, last Thursday
night. It IS needless to add that Foxey
was out of patience when he made the
discovery.
A good sized party of business men
went in a large sailboat from Norwalk
down to Fox Island, below Port Chester,
last Sunday. It was an exciting sail, the
wind being high and the water rough.
An enjoyable time was had on the Island
and the whole party returned home safe
and sound.
Mr. E. T. \Vliitney has shown us a copy
of the 'Evening Observer, published in
Brisbane, Australia, which is a handsome
and well edited sheet, giving news from
all over the world, and showing that they
know how to make a newspaper in that
far off land as well and interesting as in
Fairfield county.
John Ronk sustained a slight paralytic
stroke last week. Although it was not a
severe one, and caused little or no incon-
venicncc, John feels nervous about it and
is apprehensive that it may be the fore—
runner of more serious shocks to follow.
IIe naturally dislikes the prospects of get-
ting paralyzed. '
A minor named Blber claimed to have
imbibed intoxicants at Roton Point. on
Memorial Day, to such an extent that he
was made drunk. The proprietors of the
place were arrested, and on .Wednesday
were lined $50 and costs by Justice Mor-
rell, from which decision they appealed to
the Superior court.
Portchester is to have a grand firemen’s
parade some time this fall. Of course
our Norwalk firemen will be invited to
walk in it, for no parade is quite complete
in its beauty or grandeur without us,
even if Campy, of the Port Chester four-
nal, stalks with stately tread at the head
of the marslialcd hosts.
A Nor-walk lady remarked the other day
that Jennings, the Norwalk representa-
tive of the Bridgeport Post is the bustling-
cst, the prettiest and the most attractive
reporter for an out of town paper that
everjuggled a quill or trailed a Norwalk
item to its lair. There, Jennings, take
that. Now honors are even.
William Vare died at the residence of
his daughter, Mrs. W. Favvcctt, on Hill-
side, on Sunday last, in the 81st year of
his age. He had been living with his
daughter only a few months, and had
been for some time in feeble health. He
had long been a resident of Norwalk and
many years ago was a wool sorter in the
Union mills.
We have no apologyto offer to our read-
ers for occupying a considerable amount
of our space tlils week with the Memorial
Day addresses of the Rev. Messrs. Rich-
ardson and Torrey. They will be found
most excellent reading, and we are sure
our readers will almost regret that they
are not longer.
At the annual meeting of the Bridgeport
Lodge of Elks Friday night the following
officers were elected :—Exalted ruler, R.
C. Pearsons; est. leading knight, Richard
Brown; est. loyal knight, Louis Brock;
est. lecturing knight, George Doolittle;
secretary, S. H. Whiting; treasurer, F. H.
Vann; tyler, W. H. Ryburn ; trustees, W.
H. Gunderman, Byron Eddy, George Doo-
little. _______
Ex-ChiefHarry Howard, of New York,
has contributed $1,000 toward the found-
ing of a home for aged and disabled fire-
men. “It has been my intention for some
years,” he said, “to suggest such an es-
tablishment, but until new I have not
been able to spare the money which I
wished to give with the suggestion, Now
that I have got it I gladly donate it to such
a worthy purpose. I am an old man with-
out family and can afford to give what
money I ‘have for such a purpose.”—-Fa're—
men’s Herald. .
VW. A. Tolles, the up-town reporter for
the Sentiml, has been transferred to South
Norwalk by Editor Golden, to occupy a'
desk in sinctum. His place in the bor-
ough will be occupied by Eddie Thomas,
who, though he is young and inexperienc-
ed, shows an aptitude for the business that
indicates the requisite ‘ ‘hustling” qualities.
He will have to bristle tdfill Tolles’ shoes.
TWO DOLLARS A YEAR
NUMBER 24..
At the regular ib-monthlyl business
meeting of the Y. M. C. A., held on Mon-
day evening, 53 new members were
elected, making the present membership
293, and several more have signified their
intention of joining this fall. The recep-
tion committee will not hold a meeting
this month, as there is no business of
importance to transact.
A true bill of murder in the second
degree was this week found by the superior
court against Thomas Dunn, who killed
his wife in Stamford, last March. He
plead guilty and was sentenced to State’s
prison for seven years.
for murder in the first [degree in the case
of Thomas O’Halloran charged with the
murd‘er'of Thomas Plnnkett, at the same
place, .He will be tried at the September
term of the court.
Johnfi Harty, one of Horace Dann’s
drivers, saved his life on‘ Thursday night,
during'the great thunder storm, by trans-
ferring his bed from the hay mow in H.
B. Rogers’ barn, in New Canaan, to his
wagonette, while waiting for a party of
Norwalk visitors to get ready to return
home. . Shortly after he got into the
wagonette, lightning struck the corner
post of the barn and ripped up things at
the very spot where he was lying at first.
The representatives of the Uniformed
Rank, Knights of Pythias, of Connecticut,
have selected the following route from
Connecticut for those wishing to attend
the Biennial Conclave at Milwaukee, Wis.,
July 8th to 12th, 1890 :-—Housatonic Rail-
road (thc Berkshire Hills Route), Boston
d: Albany Railroad, New York Central
and Hudson River Railroad (stopping at
Niagara Falls), Grand Trunk Railway, and
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad.
—Carriages, carts and wagons of all de-
scriptions and at reduced prices at W. E,
Dunn’s, 50 Wall street. tf17
A dull day in Kentucky legislature:
“About the only business transacted in
the Kentucky legislature Friday was that
Hon. Wallace called Hon. Frick a liar.
Hon. Frick knocked Hon. Wallace down.
Sergearrt-at-arms Castle knocked Hon.Friek
down. lion. Bently knocked down Hon.
Farmer. Hon. Farmer got up again and
tried to knock Hon. Bciirly’s head off.
Saturdggwgrs observed as a day of apology
and rest. All the members are said to
have taken their bearings once more.”
Hans Raasch, of the Germania Stranger-
bund, and a member of the Norwalk
Amusement Co. orchestra, has a‘largc and
well stocked store, below the bridge, on
Washington street, at South Norwalk,
where he keeps all kinds of German
provisions, every variety of sausages,
cheese, ‘,‘wursts,” sauer kraut, and, in
short, every description of delicatessen.
His place is a favorite resort for the
Gernran element, and Raascl; is doing a
good business, as he deserves to do.
Nearly one hundred guests assembled
at Miss Baird’s school, on Orchard street,
Tuesday evening, the occasion being a re-
ception given by the young ladies of the
school. A play entitled “The Dream,”
was charmingly presented, and with vocal
and instrumental music, reading, dancing,
etc., the evening was very pleasantly
spent. A feature was the dancing of the
minuet by fourteen young ladies. Among
the guests were a number of cadets from
Col. Roberts’ school.
Constable O’Brien of Waterbury Thurs-
day, scrved papers upon P. J. O’Connorof
Norwich, treasurer of the A. O. H., iii-
surance department; J. D. Cunningham
of New Haven, state secretary, and State
Delegate Murphy of Norwich, in asuit
for $2,000 brought by the widow of the
late Thomas D. Healey of Waterbury.
Henley was expelled from the First divi-
sion of the A. O. H., of Waterbury, for
non-payment of dues. His wife sues to
recover the amount of insurance.
—Carriages and harnesses of every de—
scription, trunks, traveling bags,.etc., at
reduced rates, at W. E. Dunn’s, No. 50
Wall street. th7
Mrs. Julia Johnson, relict of Raymond
Johnson, and who has been sick for the
past eighteen months, was found dead in
bed Wednesday morning. She leaves two
sons, Henry and Raymond, and it was at
the house of the former, in West Norwalk,
that she died. She was 83 years of
age, and the cause of her death paralysis.
Her husband died about four years ago.
She had been a resident of West Norwalk
for many years. The funeral was attended
from her late home, Friday afternoon,
Rev. Charles M. Selleck officiating.
Charles T. Leonard, of Norwalk, has
just patented, through the office of A. M.
Wooster, Bridgeport. an improvement
in pipe couplings. This coupling is one
of the simplest and best that has ever
been produced. Both internal and ex-
ternal sleeves are dispensed with, likewise
all threading of parts. The parts are so
constructed that it is impossible for them
to slip in tightening up or in making
turns. This coupling is adapted to all
grades of pipe, but is especially adapted
to the lighter grades which are liable to
be crushed by many of the couplings now
in use if they are tightened up sufficiently
to prevent leakage.—-Hour.
AUseful Present in every package Savena;
the best Washing Powder. Sold 'by grocers.
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The court found.
The beginning of the horse races for
the meeting of the Norwalk Driving
Association, on the Fair Grounds yester-
day, was an auspicious one, and indicates
most successful meeting. The GAZETTE
goes to press too early to give particulars
of the first day’s sport.
If the French spoliation claims had
been a debt due to the citizens of any
other country they would have been paid
long ago, birt unfortunntely for those
interested they are of our own household,
and so they are being continually put
aside. ~Why should not that stalwart
limb of the old democracy, Hon. Richard
Vaux, turn his attention to them and add
to the many obligations which the public
already owes him by assisting to secure
the long delayed payment of an old and
honest debt? Instead of dissipating the
surplus in the interest of the lobby, why
not hand it over to public creditors who
have waited over eighty years for their
money?
A. Homer Byington, of Norwalk. editor
of the GAZETTE, is reported as a candidate
fonthe office of sergeant-at-arms of the
United States Senate. If ever a man de-
serves oflicral recognition from the party
for which he has worked for over a quar-
ter of a century, Mr. Byington is the man.
His labors have told, too, in the success
of the party. He is, moreover, a whole-
sonlcd, generous man, whose heart as
well asliis purse has always been open to
the claims of Connecticut people. Hun-
dreds of old war-scarred and fever-stricken
veterans know this, and with his brother
newspaper men. will wish him success.—
Ansonza Sentinel.
Thanks, neighbor, in behalf of our
absent chief, who, however, expresses the
opinion that the presentation of his name
is more in the nature of compliment .and
to show that Connecticut is not wanting
in patriotism, than in any serious belief
that little Connecticut can successfully
wrestle in the matter of political patronage
with her larger sister states.
About midnight Thursday night a
thunderbolt struck the llorisatonic depot
at Newtown, setting it on fire and causing
its speedy destruction. Tire building had
no occupants at the time, and everything
was burned. Friday Vice President
Stevenson issued orders for the erection
of a new depot, which will be about one-
third larger than the burned structure.
The loss from the fire is nearly coveredby
insurance. SCVCI’al instruments owned by
the New England Telephone Company
are included in the loss, the total of which
amounts to between $5,000 and $6,000.
A number of trunks, in transit, were
among the articles burned, and these the
railroad company will have to make con-
pensation for. Tire depot was built only
a few years ago, and was such an im-
provement on the old structure that the
townspeople were inclined to be proud of
it. The new depot will surpass the old in
size and accommodation, and will be
finished as soon as is practicable.
A joint committee of members of the
bar in the various counties of the state
presented to the supreme and superior
court judges at Hartford, Monday, for
approval, a set of rules concerning the
admission of applicants to the bar. A
satisfactory examination in English must
be passed before a person begins the study
of law. The state examining committee
will include 15 or 18 lawyers appointed by
the judges. If the applicant is a college
or law school graduate, he must study
two years, and, if not, three years with a
practicing lawyer, before applying for
admission. This condition complied with,
he notifies the clerk of the superior court
in the county where he has a residence of
his intention of being examined for ad-
mission. Then the clerk calls a bar
meeting and his moral character is dis-
eussed; if satisfactory, the chairman
certifies to the fact, The candidate must
then appear before the examining board
at its session in New Haven, in June,
where he files his proofs of compliance
with all conditions. Finally, when he
passes the examinations, he can go before
a superior court judge and be admitted.
Says the Norwalk reporter of the Bridge-
port Post :—Architcct Harris, of New
York, was in town Friday, viewing the
location and surroundings of the plot of
ground located corner of West avenue and
Berkeley street, on which will be erected a
chapel for the use of St. Paul’s parish, of
which Rev. C. M. Selleck is rector. Mr.
Harris was the architect of the Garden
City cathedral. Whoever has viewed this
beautiful edifice could not but be impress-
ed with the originality of its design. Mr.
Harris says the plans for the new chapel
will be entirely original and unlike any
style of architecture seen in this vicinity.
While yet massive and impressive, its lines
will be light and delicate, great attention
being paid to its'acoustic properties. The
building will be of wood. The large plot
of ground on which it will stand was
given to the parish by Mrs. James. St.
Paul’s parish is the largest in town. The
above is not the only work in Norwalk
upon which Mr. Harris is engaged. Plans
for another and more expensive building
are in contemplation. It is hoped that
Norwalk will take a boom forward in the
building line, as plenty of work means
prosperity for our merchants.
Some two weeks since tlic'body of a'
male infant child was found in the woods
near Springwood, by some boys. The
coroner was notified, and no evidence
being adduced that the death was other
than natural, the body was buried at Pine
Island. The South Norwalk police have
since been at work on the case, and on
Tuesday night arrested Eliza Kelly, 9.
Hungarian women about 25 years of age,
on the charge of having murdered the
infant. On being charged with the crime
she confessed he'r guilt, saying that she
drowned the infant shortly after its birth
by holding it in a brook, afterward dis-
posing of it where found. She was em.
ployed at Ascli’s fur factory, and says
that the father of the child is a Hungarian
named “Joe” whose other name she does
not know. She was bound over to the
criminal term of the superior court, on
the charge of infanticide.
Hen Cornell relates an incident of his
trouting expedition with Dr. McGoncgal
at Lake Armonk, which the Doctor neg-
lected to tell. On a dreary, rainy morn~
’ing they started out from their stopping
place with their fishing tackle, and, on
reaching the trout stream, they separated,
Cornell going a considerable distance
ahead of McGonegal, but not getting be-
yond hailing distance away. They had
fished the stream for a couple of hours,
when Cornell shouted back to McGonegal,
but got no response. Thinking be him-
self had traveled more rapidly than Mc-
Gonegal, Cornell struck a more leisurely
gait in order that the other might catch
up. After a while Ire shouted again, but
heard no sound in reply. He then re.
solved to retrace his steps and fish back
up the stream until he should meet his
companion. He was then five or six miles
from the starting point. He turned about
and fished his way back, pullingr in an
occasional trout, but was surprised not to
see his lost companion at any point. “At
last he reached the starting point, which
was near the house where they Were stop-
ping, and as the day was quite well
advanced and it was raining steadily, and
as his basket was full of trout be deter-
mined to go into the house and await hi
companion’s return. On approaching the
door he saw McGonegal’s fislipole leaning
up against the house, and. on ClltCl‘lilJ
and enquiring for “Dec,” was told that
he had returned just after starting out in
in the morning, and retired to his bed for
a day’s sleep, saying he wasn’t such a
blooming idiot as to stay out in such
beastly weather just for the sake of
catching a few measly fish, and that any-
body who was fool enough to do it was
welcome to all the trout they might catch.
Cornell went up stairs and yanked him
out of bed and made him dress the whole
basket of fish. And yet Doc comes home
and tells how “we” caught 141 trout.
Conductor Charles Comstock, who runs
the Pittsfield express trains from South
Norwalk to New Milford and return, is a
handsome fellow, wrth winning ways and
an irresistible smile, and it is not to be
marveled at that the ladies look and smil‘e,
and smile and sigh, when handsome Com.
stock passes by. A short time ago a
handsome and impressionable yourfg wo-
man in New Milford besought a friend to
introduce her to the Chesterfieldian ticket
puncher and her request was granted.
From that time forward she let no oppor-
tunity escape, to place herself in his way
whenever he stepped off at New Milford
to wait for the South bound train which
he took in charge at that station. One
day last week, after the transfer of the
trains’ crews had been made and “Charlie,"
after having given his engineer the signal
to start, had jumped up into the baggage
car door, a feminine figure was seen run-
ning rapidly toward the baggage car from
the extreme north end of the platform.
In her uplifted hand she held a letter and
a bouquet. Charlie, thinking the lady
wished either to board the train or hand
the letter to some of the train hands, beck-
oned the engineer to wait a minute. The
platform was crowded with the usual
delegation of idlers,and the lady had some
difficulty in dodging the people in her
eager flight. At last she reached the bag-
gage car door in which the conductor was
impatiently waiting, and, panting for
breath, she held up her hand to Charlie,
who is as bashful as he is good looking,
and gasped; “ h, Mr. Comstock; I just
wanted to say how do you do. I picked
this bouquet for you to-day. Mercy! it .
seems an age since I last saw you. Oh,
dear, I’ve had to run so far I’m all—out—
of—breath. I wish—” at this juncture the
crowd on the platform smiled audibly, and
Charlie, blushing like the red. red rose.
signaled the engineer to go ahead with
such violent emphasis that - the crook on
his punch nearly wrenched his little finger
out of joint, slammed the door shut, kick-
ed the baggage master all around the car
and asked him whathe meant, by “allow-
ing me to keep the train standing here five
minutes for no other purpose than to let
that girl make a laughing stock ‘of me be-
fore it whole crowd of people!” When he
arrives in New Milford now he hides be-
hind the fright cars on the opposite‘side
of the track untilthe down train. comes in,
then lie-jumps on the’cngine and prial-lsathe
throttle himself. 1,21
~m.
Norwalk Chronicler