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GAZETTE.
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VOLUME XC.
NORWALK, CONN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1890.
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LO0AL..,ITEMS
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Lawyer Gray has smother heir, born on
Tuesday last.
Asiatic cholera is said to have broken
out in Carroll County, Ohio.
Mrs. Samuel Beatty, of East avenue, is
seriously ill with intermittent fever.
The bidding for the contract for build-
ing the children’s home will end to—day.
Mr. Isaac Bowe returned Saturday from
his vacation trip, only to be taken sick at
home.
Fred. A. Taylor. of the GAZETTE oflicc,
spent Sunday with relatives and friends
in Danbury.
Miss Martha A. Evans and Miss Florence
Shepard, of Bethel, spent Sunday With
friends in town.
Mr. Charles Prowitt, of Denver, for-
merly 9. Norwalk druggist, is visiting
friends in town.
W. J. Martin, of Bridgeport, will soon
start a class in shorthand and type writ-
ing at South Norwalk.
Mr. A. D. Wait, manager of the Empire
Box manufactory, at Birmingham, was in
town on Wednesday.
Mrs. Mead announces in another part
of the GAZETTE that her school Opens for
the fall term Oct. 2d.
The letter carriers handled 35,879 pieces
of mail matter last month, of which num-
ber over 20,000 were letters.
Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Blascer and Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Scofield have returned from
their sojourn in the Catskills.
Four Italian laborers were killed by
lightning in a shanty near Brewster’s, on
the Harlem railroad, Saturday.
Who’s afraid of the scarcity of ice ? Ice
is a drug on the market right here in
Norwalk at 25 cents a hundred.
Senator O. H. Platt passed up from
Washington, Monday evening, to attend
the Republican State convention.
The first national election of the repub-
lic of Brazil, under her republican form of
government occurred on Monday.
Gen. Charles Olmstead, en route home,
stopped off at New Haven to be present
at the State convention, yesterday.
Mr. W. G. Lineburgh, of Bridgeport,
was in town on Monday calling on Nor-
walk friends, of whom he has many.\
“Barney” Fagan and “Bob” Slaviu, the
minstrels, will discard burnt cork next
season and appear in “farce comedy.”
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James C. Hitchcock, aged 60 years, died
in Waterbury, on Sunday, from injuries
received bybeing thrown from a carriage.
The country along the Black and Mo-
hawk Rivers is flooded by the rains which
have fallen steadily for the last five days:
The private school for young children
by Miss Rena W. Ells, commenced its
fall term this week at No. 8 Camp street.
Mr. and Mrs. Giles Gregory celebrated
their wooden wedding anniversary, Tues-
day evening, at their home on Berkeley
street. '
—-Carringes and harnesses of every de-
scription, trunks, traveling bags, etc., at
reduced rates, at W. E. Dana’s, No. 50
Wall street. th7
The borough dry good stores will here—
after kecp open on Monday and Saturday
eyenings instead of Thursday evenings,
as heretofore. .
Mr. Hamp Smith has returned from his
summer outing at Darien and is attending
assiduously to his duties as janitor of the
Opera House. '
. An incipient fire in the rear of Andrew
Crawford’s residence, on Harbor avenue,
on Thursday, was extinguished before any
damage was done. .
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The blame for the recent accident at
South Norwalk has been located, and
Engineer Searlcs. of the Consolidated
road, has been discharged.
Thomas J. Moody, fer many years gen-
eral freight agent of the Bridgeport Steam-
, boat Company, died in Bridgeport, MOH-
day, at the age of 43 years.
A north bound freight train on the Con-
S’olidated road was derailed at Berlin,
Monday evening, and fifteen freight cars
were 'promiscuously piled up across the
Rack. Nobody Was hurt but traffic was
delayed several hours by the wreck.
Thomas H. PeaSe, who has kept a book
store. on Church street, New Haven, for-
the past twenty-five years, died yesterday.
He was born in Canaan, and was 75 years
of age. _
The Warden’s call for the annual
borough election. which occurs October
6th, in the Blascer store Opposite the
Main street intersection, appears in another
column.
Editor Beckley, of the Canaan News,
will read an essay on the relations of the
public to the editor, at the next meeting
of the Weekly Press Association, to be
held in Hartford on the 29th inst.
. At the regular meeting ‘of Pilgrim
Council, 0. U. A. M., Thursday evening,
State Deputy George W. RHWP, of Bethel,
installed F. E. Pratt as enunciior and
James N. Whitney as vice—councilor.
Miss Rena M. Collins is soon to open a
millinery establishment at No. 2 Main
street. South Norwalk. Miss Collins
thoroughly understands the busrness and
will undoubtedly make a success of it.
Washington dispatches predict the pas—
sage of the Anti-Lottery bill by the. Senate.
This will add one more to the list of
measures for the public welfare that have,
been passed by the Fifty-first Congress.
Mr. C. V. Arnold will lecture on Spirit~
ualism in G. A. R. Hall, South Norwalk
this evening, under the auspices of the U.
G. T. R. AssOciation. No admission will
be charged, but a collection will be taken
UP. .
The remains of Mrs. J. l’fAlleu, who
died in Brooklyn, on Tuesday, were
brought here for interment in Union
cemetery, Thursday. Deceased was a
sister of the late E. Benedict Price, of
this place.
Tommy Ratchford, son of Michael
Ratchford, started on Tuesday for Alle-
ghany, N. Y., to enter St. Bonaventure
College, having been thoroughly prepared
for a collegiate course at St. Mary’s paro—
chial school.
The marriage of George. H. Quintard,
bookkeeper at the Norwalk Mills, and
Miss Addie Bramble, daughter of Geo. H.
Bramble, of South Norwalk, is announced
to take place at the Congregational church
Wednesday, Sept. 24th.
The‘Star-Eyed Goddess pants for her
boom in Illinois—New York Sun.
Who ever thought the journal that
persistently insists that “trousers” is the
only proper word, would attribute pants
to the Star-Eyed Goddess ?
“Broad River Bill” James is reported
to be a candidate for the office of first
selectman. The democratic party might
go farther and fare worse. Mr. James
filled the bill once and filled it well. But
where is our friend Wheeler?
Editor John J. Splain, of the Catholic
Standard, has resigned. The New Haven
Register says that the reason is that Splain
has made attacks, through the columns of
the Standard, on Tomlinson, candidate
for sheriff of New Haven county.
There will be an interesting race on the
grounds of the Geu°‘eman’s Driving Asso-
ciation about the first of next month. Ike
Hamilton’s gray mare, “Maggie,” will be
matched against John Patterson’si‘pacer,
“Lillie Paterson,” for $100 a side.
The Elastic Web Cricket Club went to!
Norwalk, Saturday, to play with the club
of that place. ‘ The Bridgeport club made
84 runs for nine wickets. The game was
not finished, however, the rain preventing,
but it probably saved the Norwalks from
a very bad defeat.——Bfidgeport News.
The Record intimates that R. M. Rose is
a candidate for the captaincy of Company
F. Mr. Rose denies the soft impeach.-
mcnt—but “Captain Rose” wouldn’t sound
badly. And besides there would be a sort
of “eternal fitness” in transforming the
baby of the regiment into the father of the
company.
Durig a shower in Cario, Ill, on Tues-
day, quite a number of live fish fell in
various parts of the city. They were all
about four inches in length, and of the
sun perch and buffalo species. They
were stunned by contact with the earth,
but many were revived by placing in water
and are still alive.
A miserable band of tough looking
customers, blowing furiously on their
battered instruments, on the top of a
whitewashed charcoal wagon drawn by
six horses, constituted the glittering
pageant thatVreminded our citizens that
Irwin’s great big circus was to hold forth
down on the base ball grounds in South
Norwalk last Saturday.
Concerning the family trouble which
led to a murder in Lanesville, Litchfield
county, last week, the New Milford
Gazette says :-“The Knowles feud 'is a
strange affair, illustrating to a remarkable
extent ‘pure cussedness’ and unreason-
able perversity on the part_ of the doctor
and other members of the family. It
involves enough details and curious epi-
sodes to fill a book as large as Webster’s
dictionary. No one understands it clearly,
no one can remember everything'conncct-
ed with it, and he who tries to search out
what it means simply wears out the grey
The falling of a scafiold in the new
Methodist church building, at East Nor-
walk, 'on Saturday, precipitated William
Fitzgibbons and William McRight, work-
men, a distance of fifteen feet to the floor,
fracturing one of McRight’s ribs, but not
severely injuring Fitzgibbons. It was a
fortunate escape for both.
Supervisor of Bridges Cogill, of the
Housatonic railroad system, is vigorously
pushing the work of constructing the new
bridge over the Norwalk river just above
the borough depot. The iron work is
now being placed upon excellently and
most substantially wrought masonry and
the entire structure will be completed in a
few days.
Springfield Republican: Ex-United States
Treasurer James W. Hyatt, of Norwalk,
adds interest to the contest for'the Con-
necticut democratic nomination for gov-
ernor by announcing his willingness to be
a candidate. His friends are quite enthu—
siastic and believe, according to a dispatch
that he will have more than a fighting
chance of success.
The sale of the Yost Writing Machine
Company’s werks in Bridgeport has been
again postponed, and it is said that this
has been done in the spirit of compromise.
The Bridgeport Standard says that work,
which has been suSpended so long, will be
resumed at once,,aud that all the old em—
ployee are wanted back.
Our firemen responded to an alarmof
fire from box 34, just before 4 o’clock,
Thursday afternoon. The fire was located
in the basement of Annie McDonald’s
house on Harbor avenue. It was extin—
guished before much damage wasdone.
It is thought to have been set on fire by
some children who were playing about the
spot a few hours previous.
The Fur Hat Manufacturers’ Association
of Danbury, in recognition of the services
of Senator Platt, in raising the duty in the
hat schedule in the McKinley tariff bill,
have adopted resolutions, “acknowledging
such services, and his able presentation
of the needs of the hat industry and assist-
ance in securing the passage of the tariff
bill, levying a duty we so much needed.”
The Norwalk fire department expect to
show off a little for the benefit and edifi-
cation of the Good Will' engine of Allen-
town, Penn., on the 25th inst. The
visitors are coming east on a junketing
trip to call on various Connecticut fire
departments. They will be accompanied
y one of the largest and best bands in
their state and expect to have a glorious
round of fraternal visits.
The Rev. Dr. Noble of the First Con—
gregational church and Rev. F. E. Hop_
kins of New Canaan will exchange pul-
pits next Sunday. This will give New
Canaan people an opportunity to hear one
of the ablest of this country’s noted di-
vines and one of Nature’s noblemen. And
by the same token our people will be
privileged to listen to one of the brightest,
most eloquent and promising young pul-
pit orators of the day.
Advices by telephone as the zesrrn
gees to press indicate that the democratic
nominations at Hartford are as follows :—
For Governor, Luzon B. Morris, New
Haver ; For Lieutenant-Governor, Dr. J.
W. A‘sop, of Middletown; For Secretary
of State, John J. Phelan, of Bridgeport;
For Treasurer, Maan H. Sanger, of Can-
terbury"; For Comptroller, Nicholas Staub,
of New Milford.______
The Danbury News of Monday, chronic
cles “Fritz’s” visit to that town and alludes
to him as “the hibegoneus orator of Nor-
walk.” Fritz authorizes us to hurl back
the malediction into the teeth of the
maledictator with the assurance of his
distinguished denial of the allegation and
defiance of the alligator. He says he is
neither a hibegoneus nor a jiboose, and
that in his opinion, the localizer of the
News is another.
The Supreme court last week, handed
down its decision in the case of More-
house against Remson. The case was an
action brought by Sherman Morehouse to
recover commissions for the sale of de-
fendant’s farm to the late T. B. Gunning.
On the first trial in the court of common
pleas the jury disagreed and on the sec-
.ond trial the verdict was given for defend-
ant. Plaintiff appealed and the supreme
court sustains the lower court. The Opin.
ion is bleudge Loomis.
It has been ascertained that another
reason why the reservoir just now is more
or less unfit for domestic use, is the fact
that some of the farmers in the neighbor-
hood are in the habit of allowing their
cattle to stand or wade about in its waters.
As cows are not familiar with sanitary
codes, their occasional disregard of the
eternal fitness of things has tended to
make the water in a great measure what
it is to-day. It is stated that at times
there are from 65 to 70 of them in the
reservoir.——Middletown Press.
Sixty-five to'seventy cows trying to
water their milk by soaking their udders
in the reservoir, is a larger number than
we have ever heard of being in our Nor-
walk reservoir at any one time. But
there are just as good fish in our water
pipes as ever were caught.
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A Useful Present in every package Savena;
matter of his brain to no purpose."
the best Washing Powder. Sold by grocers.
,cQuillan had kept no dog, his dog
not have fought. If McQuilian’s
dog f‘ad not fought, McQuillan would not
haveifought, and if McQuillan had not
fought he would not have been shot in the
neck. Moral—Don’t be a clam ; kill your
dog.
. Plait Price’s new business block on
Water street is nearing completion. It
presents a neat and bold front. The cor-
nice that crowns it is a formidable, impos-
ing aod elaborate piece of sculpture. Itis
madegof Scotch granite if you look at it
fromhflie ground, but if you go up where
it is,“ is a tin thing and sounds like a
bass drum.
Thai'lRotou Point picnic resort closed
last week for the seasou. Manager Knubel
has had a most successful season and
leaves with the gratifying consciousness
that he has brought the Point up to a
standard of popularity it never before
enjoyed, and he will undoubtedly add to
his fame as an efficient and successful
caterer next year.
A special borough meeting, held Thurs-
day afternoon, voted to lay a special bor-
ough tax of five mills to be due and pay-
able February lst next, for the purpose of
macadamizing West avenue from the fun-
nel to the borough limits, or adjoining the
city line, the macadam to be eight inches
in depth, and to cost not to exceed eighty
centsZper square yard.
' he; will of the late Giles Hoyt, of Dan-
buryflgives $1,000 to the Second Baptist
Socreiy, of Danbury, and $500 each to
the Danbury Hospital, Children’s Home of
Danbury, American Home Missionary
Society and American Baptist Missionary
Union} The rest of his property is divided
among his three sons, Richmond, Gran-
ville, and Oland, and one daughter.
Joseph Jefferson will close his auto-
biography in the October Century with
what he himself is said to consider the
most important installment of all—prob-
ably because he ‘ventures to state here,
more ully than before, his reflections on
the a of acting. He touches on the
questi .n as to whether an actor should
“feel” his part; describes the fault of
French acting; discusses imitators; how
to keep fresh in playing a part; how to
learn to act; how to conduct rehearsals;
and now far realism may be allowed on
the stage.
The altention of our readers is called to
the advertisement in another column.
announcing the auction sale of the Judge
Andrew Selleck property on Mott avenue,
to take place Tuesday of next week.
This, as most of our readers know, is a
most desirable property, situated in a
delightful location and neighborhood, and
the sale is liable to bring out a large
crowd of those who have an idea of
obtaining the bargain of a life-time.
Mr. George Clark, the celebrated actor,
who returned a couple of weeks ago from
a successful tour in Europe with the
Daly company, has been spending his
brief vacation at his delightful Norwalk
residence, “Clark’s Folly,” on Prospect
Hill, but leaves here this week to rejoin
his company. Mr. Clark has had exten—
sive and elaborate improvements made
about the “Folly” within the past year, to
such an extent, in fact, that he hardly
recognized the place itself on his return
“from a foreign shore.”
The marriage of Architect Miner D._
Randall and Miss Martha E. Raymond,
daughter of Mr. Thomas I. Raymond, was
solemnized at the Methodist church, in
South Norwalk, on Wednesday afternoon,
in the presence of a large company of
friends. The bride’s uncle, Rev. Robert
Jones, of Watertown, officiated. The
church was handsomely decorated with
flowers. There was a reception at Mr.
Raymond’s after the ceremony, and the
happy couple started on a bridal tour.
They received a rich and varied collection
of gifts.
Albert Comstock, fireman on a freight
train on the Danbury & Norwalk road,
was instantly killed, Monday evening, by
falling from the top of a box freight car
while running over the top of the train as
it was coming south from Sanford’s Sta-
tion. The poor fellow was run over by
seven loaded cars and literally cut in two.
He was a brother of Conductor Charles F.
Comstock, of the Pittsfield express, and
also of Engineer Walter Comstock, of the
D. & N. division. He was a member of
the Charles F. Comstock Lodge of Train-
men at Danfiiy and leaves a wife and
child.
Superintenden E. G. Allen, of the Shore
Line division of the Consolidated road,
has resigned, the resignation to take effect
to—day. Mr. Allen goes to assume the
superintendenéy of the Hudson division
of the New Yerk Central and Hudson
“River railroad. Superintendent W. A.
Waterbury, of the Air Line, will take the
position on the Shore Line road made
vacant by Mr. Allen’s resignation. Con-
ductor Allen S. Ostrander, of the New
York division, has been promoted to' the
position of superintendent of the Air Line
.formerlyfilled by Mr. Waterbury. Con-
ductor Ostrander is a very popular oflicial.
These changes all go into effect to-day,
and the offices will all remain in New
Haven as at present.
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While the woods are full of candidates
for this honor and for that office and for
the other position, there isa surprising
and disheartening dearth'of patriots who
are willing to confess to a yearning for
the honors of Wardenship.
The annual clam bake of the Fat Men’s
association was held at Seaside Park,
Bridgeport, on Thursday. At the business
meeting a board of officers aggregating
3,185 pounds were elected as follows :—
President, D. B. Lockwood, Bridgeport,
367 pounds; Vice-Presidents, A. W. Wal-
lace, Bridgeport, 225 pounds; B. B. Both-
wcll, Fairfield,293pounds; P. J. Bren-
nan, New York, 265 pounds; Chauncey
Morris, Bridgeport, 255 pounds; Dr.
Fanyou, Bridgeport, 220 pounds; B. W.
Maples, Norwalk, 240 pounds; E. H.
Munson, New York, 304 pounds: Elliot
H. Whitman, Springfield, 260 pounds;
G. M. Cole, Bethel, 235 pounds; F. S.
Stevens, Bridgeport, 215 pounds. Secre-
tary and Treasurer, J. Murphy, 307
pounds. After the meeting a shore dinner
was served in Bowen’s pavilion.
In the Superior Court at Bridgeport this
week, William Carr, who plead guilty
to the theft of a pocketbook from Sarah
McLaughlin, of Darien, received a sentence
of one year in States prison. William
Darrigan, of South Norwalk, who plead
guilty of the theft of a gold watch from
Charles Waterbury, was sentenced to pay
a fine of $1 and four months in jail.
Darrigan sold the watch in South Norwalk
and afterward went to Bridgeport, where
he was relieved of the proceeds in J aques’
saloon. Fred McLean, of this place,
pleaded guilty to stealing a sum of money
from J. B. Wheeler, of South Norwalk,
and was fined $525 and costs and sentenced
to six months in jail. Nelson Byxby, of
Norwalk, charged with criminal assault
on his niece, Jennie Byxby, but who after
plead guilty to assault, was fined $350
and costs and sentenced to one year in
jail.
No arrests have yet been made of par»
ties suspected of being concerned in the
publication and distribution, in Bridge—
port, of the circulars asking the public to
join in a boycott upon the bread manufac-
tured by John C. Hall upon the ground
that Mr. Hall was working his men over—
time in violation of an agreement he had
made with the Bakers’ Union. The police
have, however, obtained the names of
several persons said to be implicated in
the affair, but will seek for further evi—
dence before making any move to appre-
hend them. It has been learned that the
circular was printed in New York, and its
distribution is said to have been the work
of members of the local union. As soon
as sufficient evidence can be secured
Prosecutor Chamberlain will issue warrants
for the parties under suspicion. As far as
diminishing the sales of Hall’s bread goes,
the boycott has amounted to little or no—
thing. .
Some folks in Stamford have been say-
ing hard things recently of Miss Ellen
Rose, a worthy spinster of that place. She
cast about for some means of redress, and
finally hit upon the nove.I method of put-
ting the following advertisement in one of
the local newspapers under the head: To
my scandahzing friends:——“I hope you
do not call yourselves Christians, for you
are a disgrace to the church. You know
nothing about me. I don’t care for your
lying tongues; lwonder that they don’t
fall out of your months. You act like
fence cats and flying serpents. You have
been very busy about me for the last nine
years with your meddling; please tell me
what you have to di th me. You dare
not come to my face with your lies-you ,
keep likcpi snake in the grass. See if you
can keep it up for nine years longer. I
know 1am stand it, but I should think
you would get tired of playing snake all
the time. If you do not like my opinion
of you, prove yourselves something difl’cr-
cut, you scandalizing imps.”
Saturday night at a late hour Charles
McQuillan who lives on the Step Rock
road near the reservoir, started on his way
home from the Bridge with his Newfound-
land dog at his heels. As he was passing
John Kramartzek’s house a big dog he.
longing to the latter, rushed out of the
yard and pitched into McQurllan’s dog.
The owner and his wife came rushing out
for a share in the fight, and as the dogs
were attending vigorously to the scrim-.
I mage,the Kramartzeks turned their atten-
tiOn to McQuillan, who was trying to call
his dog away. Kram‘artlek got exc'figd
and began to thirst for gore of some color,
so he hauled out his gun and shot Mc-
Quillan in the neck, inflicting a wound
that for a time was thought fatal. That
broke up the dogfight, and soon the neigh-
lbors, who had been aroused by the hulla-
balloo, gathered about the spot. McQuil-j
lan was taken; into a house near by, a
physician was summoned, the dogs went
away, and the borough officers were sent
for but Kramartzek had flown, realizing
that he had done ‘a desperate thing, and
at this writing he is still out of the grasp ,
of the law. McQuillan is now considered
out of danger, the ball having been ex-
afternoon.
learned at Satatoga.
Superintendent Hoyt, of.‘the town farm.
has several vegetable exhibits in the. win-
dow of Lockwood 6c Lockwood’s market
that show that most excellent precincts
of the garden and farm can be raised here
in Norwalk as well as elsewhere. We
learn that potatoes, beets, onions, turnips.
cabbages, beans, etc., are grown in suffi-
cient quantities on the. town farm to pre-.
vent the necessity of purchasing any such
supplies for the almshouse.
The boysof W. H. Stevenson Lodge,
No. 336, B. of R. R. T., were presented
with a handsome morocco. covered Bible
for their lodge room recently by Mr. til-C.
Clark, roadmaster of the Housatouic sys-
tem. W. K. Lyon, the efficient superin-
tendent, also remembered the boys with a
cash present. This certainly speaks well
forthc general good feeling existing be-
tWeeu officials and employes. The lodge
is located in Great Barrington, Mass. and
is composed of nearly all the conductors
and brakemeu in the employ of the Hons-
atonic road.
Billy Lockwood and 0. L 13 r.
played an amusing joke on Pinky Finch,
the well known hack driver, a couple of
weeks ago. He drove them to the Fair
Grounds to look at Lockwood’s horses.
and when they were ready to r'btiirn they
found him seated inside the hack reading
a paper in which he was so intensely
interested that he .failed to when their
approach. Seeing him so engrosSed, they
quietly unhitchcd his team from the hack,
led them off and put them into a stall,
then returned and told Pinky they were
ready, whereupon he crawled out of the
hack, mounted the driver’s seat, took the
whip from its socket and reached for the
reins before he noticed that his horses
were gone. Then he “talked turkey” for
a few minutes and swore that if he hadn’t
made an engagement to be at the South
Norwalk depot to meet a party at a certain
time, he would be slam banged if he
wouldn’t keep the jokers waiting there.
till doomsday before he’d hunt up his
team. ,
Mr. C. Dart Meeker, late of Bedding
and a frequent visitor in Norwalk, with
his old chum M. S. Partrick, the-poet
shoemaker, was in tow-n on~Saturday.
having stopped off here on :his way to
Bedding from Michigan, where he has
been for the past three years, having taken
up a homestead there three years ago. He
gives an interesting account of the rapid
development of the country up there.
When he went there he built a but miles
away from his nearest neighbor, and had
to walk eighteen miles to the nearest store,
post office or railroad station. To—day
the spot whereou he pitched his camp is
Within a stone’s throw of all these conven-
ie‘nces, a towu of over 700 inhabitants
having sprung up within that time, having
all the adjuncts of civilization with the
eXCeption, apparently, of a barber shop,
for Meeker comes home with a growth of
ferocious whiskers hanging almost to
his belt, whereas when he ‘went west
he wore simply a modest mustache. He
reports all kinds of large and small game
and fish abundant, and quite frequently
shoots a bear and sends the skin east to
friends. He will remain east through the
winter, returning to his huntsmen’s Para~
disc in the spring. While in this region
he will occasionally join his friend Par-
trick in an expedition down the harbor in
pursuit of the festive shark.
A prominent and leading member of
one of our most influential churches
learned something new, while on a recent
visit to Saratoga, according to the cen—
clusions of Mr. Kroger. The cxcursio .
aforesaid beckoned to Mr. Kroger with a
mock serious air of intense secrecy, on
Monday morning, as the latter stepped
into the post office at Winnipauk, and
confidently said he wanted to engage a
few feet of space at the Danbury fair for
the manipulation of a little game he had
Mr. Kroger, of
course, wanted to know more about the
“game,” whereupon the other prodincd
and laid upon his counter two cogwheels,
each the same size and containing the
same number of cogs. These he joined,
marking with a pencil the point where the
cogs intersected, on both wheels. Then
he offered to lay a wager that Mr. Kroger
could not tell how many times each
wheel would have .togo around to bring
them both to the same point of contafi.
Naturally Mr. Kroger asserted - that each
would be compelled to make one revolu—
tion. Mr. Ran— that is, the excursionist,
insisted that one wheel wouldgo twice
around, and proved it by holding one
wheel firmly on the counter and walking
the other clear around it, bringing“
the second revolution, just where it
started from, instead of turning both
wheels in opposite directions, asKroger ~
expected. “'l‘hatgarnc cost me two ha.
,at Saratoga last week,” said Mr. ——dle,
“and I’ve got to get even somehow.”
Kroger sighed as he upbraided his fricnt
for allowing himself to learn such "tricks,
but said the game couldn’t be worked C
the Danbury fair this year, but‘Lthat m.
operator might help along a good caust
by introducrug it at the next church fa.
tracted by the. physicians on. Sunday t- In every town where Savenais introduced the
saleis larger than all other washing compounds.
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