' ESTABLISHED 1800 ,
VOLUME XC.
ORW
An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially devoted to 'Local News and Interests.
NORWALK, CONN., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER.15,1890.
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LOCAL ITEMS. '
Mrs. Robert G. Easton is visiting friends
i n town.
Norwalk’s new directory is nearly ready
for delivery.
Captain Pierce has been appointed
notary public. - f
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. J. Scofield are visiting
friends in Boston.
George Benedict has i been appointed
special policeman.
A branch of the Royal Arcanum is to to
established in Norwalk.
Senator E. J. Hill spent Sunday with
his daughter at Vassar College.
S. S. Rhodes and wife, are the guests of
Mrs. R. M. Rose, 17 Camp street.
The Wall street widening matter will
have another hearing to-morrow.
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Bridgeport’s annual fire department in-
s pection and parade takes place to—day.
John K. Hyatt has gone to Tallapoosa,
Fla.. to enter upon his new duties there.
Thos. Evenden and Miss Jennie Scoficld
were married in South Norwalk, Thurs-
day.
Mrs. Dr. Barbour leaves town for St.
Augustine, Florida, in the course of a few
days.
A pension of $16 per month has just
been granted to John R. Brown. of this
town.
The Hon. David A. Wells has accepted
his nomination for Congress in the Third
district. ' - '
Miss Mary Hoyt of New York has been
been visiting Mrs. James A. Hoyt of East
avenue.
James T. Hubbell, Esq., was made to
smile on Thursday last .by the advent of
another son.
- T. B. Kellum and wife, of Babylon, L-
I., were the company of R. M. Rose, dur.
ing last week. '
Our local firemen are in proper shape
for the Port Chester parade to-morrow,
and expect to look real pretty.
On Thursday morning last, Rev. Father
Slocum united in marriage Miss Nellie
Casey and Thomas E. White.
Mrs. John S. Seymour, who has been
spending the past three weeks atScranton,
Pa., returned home Monday.
Mrs. Mead gave the friends and patrons
of Hillside seminary a delightful musical
reception on Friday evening last.
Dr. Bryant Whaley, the promising
young colored, physician has settled down
to practice in Savannah, Georgia.
Bridgeport police are trying to hatch
' outa murder from a bundle of clothes
found in Egg pond, nearthat city.
Miss Libbie Demmon, who ,has for
several months been ill at her home on
Harbor avenue is rapidly failing.
Was there ever a democratic candidate
more grievously afflicted with a fool
friend, or worse, than was Warden Lee?
Miss Crawford, who was the guest last
week of Mrs. E. P. Weed, returned to her
home in Glen Ridge, N. J., Saturday.
Barney McGovern is in Chicago exhib-
iting to the Carriage Makers’ Convention
the merits of his patent cushion wagon
tire.
Gipsies, as well as other birds of pass-
age, are going south. A longwagon train
of these Bohemians went through town
, Monday.
Miss Eliza Wood died in Winnipauk on
Sunday, of typhoid fever.. Several other
' cases of this disease are reported in that
district.
The Straw Hat company will begin
work on straw hats to-morrow. During
the past season they have been turning
out felt work.
Quite a number of Norwalk friends took
fcarriages to Westport yesterday, despite
the rain to attendithe Nerv'kirkéSheerOd
wedding. . ____.____,, ‘1‘ _
Professor W. G; . A swell. will : ineb‘ti. his
pupils in
noonfto arrange
coming season. ..
——Carriages and harnesses of ‘every de--'
scription, trunk-gr; arggelingggpaggflc. , at
reduced rates, at.'W.§-E.;—..¢Daun’s, No.50
Wallis'treet ‘ . , , 99‘; .
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r.,.r.s,. .8
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.fllled daily
dancing at'Music Hall this after: the “59d ““1935 made of metal.
for the .classes’I-fo'r'. the:
The old Fairfield county bank is 'again
proving its renewed prOSperity, by reno-
vating its inner walls.
‘Dl‘. Newkirk’s previously announced
marriage took place at the Memorial
church, Westport, yesterday.
Eveline Andrews has been divorced
from Frederick W. A. Andrews of Nor-
walk and her name changed to Yale, her
maiden name.
Young Milton Turk, the scholarly son
of Mr. Jacob Turk, is the youngest pro-
fessor in point of age bf any one now serv-
ing in our American colleges.
“The ~Norwalk race track is the best
half mile track in the state of Connecti-
cut,” remarked a professional horse man
last week at the Danbury fair,
Col. F. St. John Lockwood and daugh-
ter Libbie, left last week to join Mrs. Lock-
wood who has been visiting her parents
for some time past in Michigan.
A little son of Ed. Goldschmidt was run
over on Center avenue'by' a carriage on
Wednesday evening and was somewhat
bruised but not seriously hurt..
The Norwalk Lawn Tennis club will
hold their semi-annual meeting and have
a dance at the residence of Dr. Acton on
West avenue on Tuesday, 28th inst.
. R. M. Rose started for Buffalo, Monday
evening. Mr. Rose takes John Barrett
with him to exhibit railway supplies at
the convention to be held in that city.
The democratic county convention was
held yesterday afternoon in theTown Hall
at Newtown. Sheriff Robert L. Clarkson
was nominated to be his ‘own successor.
The fourth annual meeting of the Yale
Alumni Association of Fairfleld county
Will be held at the Sea Side Club, Bridge-
port, Wednesday, October 22, at 2:30 p.m.
Acolt race for $50 a side will take
place at the Fair grounds next Thursday
between two-year old “Sergeant” owned
by Isaac Bouton, and a colt by “Independ-
ent.”
The ladies of the First Congregational
church are making most elaborate prepara-
tions for their calender kit-mess, which is
to open at the Opera House next Tuesday
evening.
The republmf the firatpgpgmssion-
al‘district have renominated Mr. Simonds;
the 12d Josiah M. Hubbard of Middletown;
the 3d have renominated Mr. Russell ; the
4th Fred. Miles.
The walking match'in Bridgeport last
week was a fizzle. and wound up by the
manager Walking away with all the pro-
ceeds, leaving the pedestrians to walk
home penniless.
A borough young man won a look of
scorn from his wife the other day, when
she asked him‘ to drown their cat. by put-
ting in the bag With the cat, as a sinker, a
loaf of the bread she had made the day
previous—Record,
Mrs. J. W. Cable, of Bergen Heights,
Jersey City, and Mrs. John Chapman and
daughter, of Brooklyn, Were guests over
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Mallory at
the Norwalk hotel.
The sentiment of the borough on the
municipal consolidation scheme was
shown at the election to be overwhelming-
ly in favor of consolidation, the ballots
showing 450 for and 25 against. ’
To—night Buckingham Post, G. A. R.
will take action on the invttation to parti—
cipate in the exercises attendant upon the
unveiling of the soldiers’ monument at
Greenwich on Wednesday next.
The Ausoma Sentinel scores one on the
Bridgeport Farmer, in the following:
“The Bridgeport Farmer heads its divorce
column, ‘Are No Longer TWain.’ Will
the Farmer please tell us what they are ?”
Five hundred newspapers have antici-
pated us with the remark: “Now that Con-
' gress has adjourned, let the President
issue his Thanksgiving proclamation.”
But the President is waiting for the base
ball season to close.—1Vorriuown Herald.
The man who don’t take a receipt
Is likely at times to be beipt,
For he pays little debts
Which he sometimes forgebts
And these payments he’s apt to repeipt.
The Katie Pearson comedy company
gave excellent satisfaction during their
engagement at the Opera House last
week. This week they are entertaining
the people of South Norwalk in Music
Hall.
Rev. C. M. Selleck has decided to 're-
sign as rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal
church, his resignation to be acted upon
by the church society next week, and to
take effect upon the appointment of his
successor.
The prejudice against hand lamps is not
just. Accidents are nctzli-kely to occur
provided the best of oil is used, and that
the burners are kept clean, the lamps to be
No hand lamp ever should
The barbers of Bridgeport are to form a
_'barbers’ union. It will not be surprising“
if'their resolutions set forth that mutual
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The democrats of the borough, elated by
their success at the polls, hired the Ameri-
cus drum corps and started out on a sere-
nading crusade Wednesday evening.
They walked all over the borough and
made music for all the successful candi—
dates.
Frank Smith, of Bridgeport, formerly
city editor of the Standard, while stepping
from a row boat to the landing, in that
water. His nice clothes Were ruined and
some postage stamps in his pocket were
destroyed.
James Williams, aged 14, a Bridgeport
boy. has received probably fatal injuries
from a peculiar case. One of his school-
mates put a pencil upright in his seat,
which Williams sat down on. The stick
penetrated his body, and it is doubtful if
he recovers.
The Bridgeport Farmer comes out as an
eight page paper and shows a marked im -
provement in general style and arrange-
ment of matter. The Farmer is a thrifty
and excellent paper, despite its bad poli-
tics, and richly deserves the prosperity it
seems to enjoy. '
Hon. Lewis Barker, ' one of the most
prominent men in Maine, was killed at
Bangor, Thursday, by a runaway horse.
He was an eloquent republican stump
speaker and had spoken several times in
Norwalk. He was also a warm personal
friend of Mr. Blaine. ,
Partrick Hartigan, a greenhorn Irish-
man, eucountered John Barleycorn, in
South Norwalk, on Friday night, and in
the tussle that ensued poor Patrick was
worsted and Judge Knapp gave him $1
which he went to jail.
—O. E. Wilson has several valuable
building lots in price all the way from $40
to $5,000, for sale now at a reduction of.
at least 40 per ‘cent. less than the same
lots can be purchased fora few months
hence. Now is the time to secure genu-
ine bargains in Building Lots.
Billy May is “in it” again, and, after
being frozen out of the Bridgeport Sun,he
comes to the front with another charac-
teristic sheet, which he calls the Bridge-
port Star, and which twinkles with all
the dazzling brilliancy that has ever dis-
tinguished the irrepressible Billy.
Typhoid fever is raging in Winnipauk,
nine cases being reported in four houses.
It appears that negligence and a lack of
precautionary measures and advice on the
part of those who should know better,
made the spread of the disease not only
possible, but almost unavoidable.
The educational classes of the Y. M. C.
A. are starting off very successfully and
nearly fifty different young men have
joined the several classes and this question
comes to us for answering—If these fifty
young men were not in the association
rooms, studying, where would they be ?
Elections Inspector J. Handsome Wade
says the republicans of the borough can
thank themselves for their defeat at the
polls on Monday. They cast a majority
of the ballots, but their tickets were so
badly scratched that the Victory went to
the opposition. The democrats cast 336
gtlriaight ballots, and the republicans only
Two cars attached to the Harlem River
freight going west, jumped the tracks at
the cross over switch of the Consolidated
and Housatonic roads in Bridgeport just
before noon Monday, blocking the tracks
for several hours. Both cars were badly
' wrecked. A wrecking train was sent over
from New Haven to clear the road. No
one was injured.
Frank Lewis, of Norwalk assisted in
showing up the merits of the Hendricks’
lever portable baling press, from Kingston,
N. Y., at the Danbury fair, which, by the
way is a most ingenious contrivance for
baling hay, etc., with all the modern
equipments'for speed, strength, etc. It
attracted considerable attention from
farmers and others.
James McKiernan, engineer at the Mer—
win street shirt factory, met with an acci—
dent on Tuesday, that will keep him
confined to the house fer several days. In
descending a flight of stone steps at the
factory he fell, striking on his side, re-
ceiving injuries that necessitated his being
taken home in a carriage.
The dead body of William Walton, a
batter, was found at noon Sunday, lying
in the water of Beaver Brook, three miles
east of Danbury. Walton was last seen
at the fair on Friday.» As there were
bruises upon' the body, it is surmised that
he came to his death by foul means.
Walton’s father is an Episcopalian minis-‘-
ter at Grand Rapids, Mich. ‘ ‘
The Norwalk reperter of theyBridgeport
Post says; The timely cry. of the gate
tender at the Washington street crossing
yesterday afternoon-saved the" lives of- a
‘-lady and, ailittle gittle girl who attempted
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city missed his footing and fell into the '
and costs for drunkenness, in default of-
to cr'diss the-t'rscls’fii’stllfisstéé' anthems;
“lowered-1 soda or express;.tigaiing’from». the _‘
proteétioesittleadc‘ ntéesssw bytlicinl "West was. 'reiiidlri Inn'n'tmclliIrls-3r He? Bia-
Ease in the price Olgi'lliskeewfi, résu]t_ ‘
. '~~'.::r tall-.Misossj ya? ., "a. m;
“Uncle Jack” Meyers has di, posed of
his interest in the business of”? mes H.
Hoyt & (30., on Water street to his part:
her, Mr. Hoyt, who takes full possession
on the first of November. Jack has been
identified with the place for just one year
and has been largely instrumental in in-
creasing its popularity and trade. Mr.
Hoyt will undoubtedly keep it up to its
present high standard.
Special correspondents in Danbury look
through ‘foggy'eyes, especially just after
the big fair. 'A dcspatch from that towu
dated Sunday states that fifteen wheels of
fortunegliwere running in the Wooster
House pool room all night Saturday night,
and thet‘backers on Sunday “carried away
five writer pails filled to the brim with
silver, fijgrlimes, quarters, halves and dol-
lars, together with large rolls of bank
bills.”
The Hope Hose and Pioneer Hook and
Ladder companies will march to South
Norwalk in a. body on Thursday morning
next, to take the train‘ for Port Chester,
headed by the Americas drum corps. The
Pioneers will be joined at Stamford by the
Stamford Cornet band, which is to
furnish music for them at the parade.
It is expected that the warden and court
of burgesses will accompany our fire-
men to Port Chester on that day.
A fire plug, similar to those in use in
New York, is being put in the place of the
hydrant which stood opposite Phoenix
engine house on Main street. All the hy—
drants in the business} portion of the
borough are to be replaced by fire plugs,
which are to be connected with the sewers
system in such a manner that the hot air
from the sewers will rise in an air chamber
and prevent the plugs from freezing up in
the winter.
Mr. A. E. Kroger, who rented the
booths and stands at the Danbury fair,
says he was homesick and discouraged up
to Wednesday noon, the weather and
attendance reminding him so strongly of
the old Norwalk fair. But when Old Sol
‘ came out and the multitudes began to
pour in, his muscles relaxed, his heart
rose buoyantly and he rejoiced and felt
exceedingly frisky. Kroger likes plenty
of business—and he got it before the
week was over.
.. The a'lhati‘si‘il session of the Grand Lodges
of Colored Masons for this state was held
in Hartford Wednesday. Oflicers were
elected as follows: H. J. Johnson, New
Haven, M. W. G. M.; Thomas H. Rose,
Hartford, Den. G. M.; Alexander Brent,
Norwich, Sen. G. W.; William Effort,
New Haven, Jun. G. W.; F. 0. Cross,
Hartford, G. Sec.; James Ross, New Ha—
ven, G. Treas.; Thomas Voorhees, Nor—
wich, G. Tyler. The appointment of
subordinate officers will be made later.
“Resolved that Pic is better than
Gingerbread,” was the question that agi-
tated a Pittsfield literary society recently.
It was decided in the negative. It was
unfortunate for the pie advocates that
Beach, of the Willimantic Journal, was
not present. He would have paralyzed
the Gingerbread munchers in the debate
as completely as he proverbially paralyzes
pie. But he was not present, and the
opponents of his favorite beverage got in
their gingerbread work so vigorously as
to secure a verdict in favor of cookies.
George Lockwood, the South Norwalk
cigar dealer, is the agent in this section
for the celebrated cigars manufactured by
Jacob Meyers of Danbury, and he reports
an excellent run on them. Probably no
better cigar can be found anywhere for
the same money" than Meyers’ “Figaro,"
which is in such great demand among
smokers who are judges of good cigars
that it is almost impossible to manufacture
it rapidly enough to keep up with the de-
mand. Mr. Lockwood sells large quanti'
ties of the Figaro, and the demand is on
the increase. __
~ The tabulated returns of the town elec-
tions of last week show sixty—nine towns
credited as democratic—a gain of six over
1889. There were sixty-two republican
and thirty—seven “divided” towns. Four
republican and two “divrded” towns
have shifted into the democratic column.
The license vote shows eighty-two license
and eighty-six no license towns, a gain of
one no license town over 1889. Eight
rural towns shifted into the licensecolumn
last week, and nine changed to the no
license column, including Simsbury, Gris-
wold, Huntington, Trumbull, Killingly,
Putnam, Boston, Somers and Stafiord.
A writer in the Sun referring to the re-
fusal of the Philadelphians to let Col.
Ingersoll have a hall to speak in, in that
city, says: . j ' ‘
“Did any one ever hear him utter a
thought on the subject of art that was less
encouraging to it, than the thoughts of
other admirers of art? Did any one ever
hear him express a sentiment on the sub-
ject of morality that was not in.accord
with the most exalted ideas of morality ?
Then why, Iask, are the difliculties en-
countered in securing a suitable hall?
Why this persecution—this attempt at
suppression—of, one of the most brilliant.
.intellects of the age? Simply'and only
--ebccause if asked regarding the-supernatur-
al, he is wont to answer, ‘1‘ denotzknowtl ”
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The Kickapoo Indians, who were, en—
camped on the Captain Lamb lot in the
borough have emigrated to New Canaan,
where for a couple of weeks they ivill heal
the sick and fire the small boy with an
ambition to get a gun and go West.
Bridgeport gets another one right be-
tween the eyes from Norwalk. Lieuten—
ant Matheis of Company F, went over
there Monday with seven other members
of the company, to compete in the regi—
mental rifle tourament, against the most
proficient marksmen in all the companies.
His men were Lieutenant Aiken, Sergeant
F. E. Pratt, Corporals Sterling a d Hunt
and Privates Waters Smith an Pollard.
The prize was a magnificent badge offered
by General Watson. Well, it came to
Norwalk.
The prospective industrial fair in New
Haven will not be embellished with a ham
palace nor a pork palace, as intimated by
the GAZETTE last week. But “a Pie Palace
is probable.” We have this on the author-
itv of our ever reliable and esteemed con-
temporary, the New Haven Register. If
it is to be a Mince Pie Palace, the only
difference implied in the distinctiOn is,
that it will admit of a wider diversity of
industries being represented in its con-
struction, and its component parts may
include not only ham and pork, but hash,
hair, hardware and vest buttons as well.
We accept the amendment and await the
Palace of Pie. __
The contract for macadamizrng West
avenue from the D & N. railroad tunnel
to the city line, has been awarded to Con-
nor Brothers & 00., of,New Haven, their
bid being 74 cents per square yard, and
$3.50 per cubic yard for rock excavation.
The macadam is to be eight inches deep,
which is twice the depth of the new road
on the South Norwalk end of the avenue,
for which the city paid 65 cents per square
yard. It is readily seen that our court of
burgesses have made a very advantageous
contract. The other bids were, B. D.
Pierce, Bridgeport, 90 cents per yard, and
O’Brien, Meriden, 98 cents.
Bridgeport News: A girl employed at
Thompson & Langdon’s corset factory.
and engaged on a machine called a “strip
‘winder,” had her hair, which was flowing
over her shoulders, caught in one of the
small wheels Saturday afternoon, and she
undoubtedly would have had it torn from
"the soalp had it not been tether presence
of mind in placing her foot on the lever
and thus stopping the machine. Her hair
had been wound around the wheel and
her scalp rested against it. Some of her
shopmates touched an electric button,
which was connected with the engine
room, and the engineer quickly stopped
his engine and shut off the power. The
wheel was then reversed and the girl’s
hair was taken out without the loss of
any of it. She has only been employed at
the factory a short time, and did not
understand the working of the machine.
The attendance at the Danbury fair this
year exceeded that of last year by just 35.
However, if the first two days had been
pleasant the management are confident
the record this year would have gone
several thousand over last year’s. The
total paid admissions this year numbered
53,745 as against 53,710 in 1889. Besides
these itls figured that not less than 10,000
may be added for dead heads, employes,
lessees of space, exhibitors, etc. The
record is as follows :—
1889. 1890.
Tuesday, 3,223 499
Wednesday, 8,956 5,828
Thursday, 16,813 21,868
Friday, 18,882 19,284
Saturday, 5,836 6,266
Total, 53,710 53,745
Mrs. Joseph Ferguson, nee, Emily C.
Black, died at the home of her mother
Mrs. Gerhard Black, on Academy street,
Wednesday night, aged 35 ,years. A few
months ago she went to Europe hoping to
be benefited in health, but since her re-
turn she has continued to grow worse
until death came to her relief. Deceased
was a graduate of the State Normal school,
and previous to her marriage had taught
in the East Norwalk and West Norwalk
schools. She was of a naturally happy
disposition and seemed happiest when
making others happy. To know her was
to love her. Her; husband and two child-
,ren lose a devoted and loving wife and
mother. The funeral was attended from
the Congregational church, Sunday after-
noon at 3 o’clock. -
Frank B. Manson, of Shelton, is trying
to wrest the laurels from the classic brow
of our fellow townsman, R, M. Rose, as
the youngest veteran of the war. How-
ever, Rose contemplates all these efforts
on the part of infantile warriors with
complacent serenity, and says he pays no
attention to the challenges of these drum-
mer boys and trundle bed baggage, whose
papas carried them to the war in their
haversacks, together with a supply of
soothing syrup and nursing bottles. He
went into the war as a soldier bold, and
carried a gun and killed rebels like a little
man, and by his intrepid valor on, the
bloody fields of battle, made a record
which had: a potent influence only last
.week ih‘.inspirlugthe‘ warriors of Company
F tozco‘giegto thegArmory'three .on a horse
and clinihnilli over.- _one:2another r in' their.
‘eigerseas trigger- to? the'ballc‘t' box nurse
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Miss Jennie A. Simpson, of Norwalk,
and Mr. John Van Nostrand Simonson, of
Brooklyn, were married on Wednesday
last at the residence of Mr. Chas. Kellogg.
A large company of relatives and invited
guests attended to witness the ceremony
which was performed by. Rev. Dr. Van-
Alstyne. The presents were numerous
and many of them very valuable.
A Maine farmer claims that golden rod
‘is responsible for many cases in influenza,
thus arguing from the fact that two days
after a large bunch of the flowers had been
placed in the,.parlor several members of
his family began to sneeze, complain of
sore throat and feel greatly depressed. He
thinks that the flowers give out an imper»
ceptible powder-like subtance which is
taken into the lungs by the sleeper, caus—
ing an irritation, also that this powder acts
like a drug upon the system. making the
limbs feel as though burdened by some
heavy weight, and depressing a person’s
spirits.
“Billy” Duncan has had another streak of
luck. After leaving the newspaper business .
he went into railroading, starting as brake—
man. Soon his superiors detected in him
the material that reliable men are made
of, and he was given charge of a train of
drawing mom cars running between New
York and the White Mountains. The
train was discontinued a few days ago for
the season. and Duncan was summoned to
the general oflices in New York and noti-
fied that he was appointed ticket seller in
the Grand Central depot at a salary of
$35 a week and would have every fourth
week to himself at full pay. This is a
good job and Billy is well worthy of it.
He’ll go higher yet.
Hartford journalism is having a shak-
ing up, especially in the vicinity of the
Evening Post office. Managing Editor
Thomas S. Weaver resigns to take the
editorial managment of the Willimantic
Journal to succeed our friend Beach, who
resigns after four years of busy and excel-
lent work on that paper. The Post’s city
editor, Ira E. Forbes, who, for nearly a
quarter of a century, had held that 'posi-
tion, has resigned, as have also Arthur‘N.
Hall, telegraph editor. and Reporters‘Ed.
Ryan, Will Weaver and Bert Spaulding.
Will Weaver goes to the New Haven
Register. C. D. Flake, formerly of the
Telegram, and W. E. Collins, formerly of
the Com'ant, have been added to the Post
staff. The new proprietor of that paper,
Mr. John Addison Porter, evidently be-
lieves in an occasional house cleaning bee.
On Saturday last a jolly little party of
jolly little people, composed of Misses
Edith Perry, Mamie Smith and Nettie
Williams and Masters Sammie Wakeman
and Willie Siege], went up above the reser-
voir on a chestnutting expedition. They
had excellent success, each filling a. good-
sized bag, and had a jolly time all around,‘
according to the delegation that visited
this office to report, with the single ex-
ception of a little adventure that concluda
ed the day’s sport. The boys were up in
the branches of a well loaded tree, and
were rattling down the nuts in a shower,
which the girls were busily picking up,
when they made the horrifying discovery
thatawild woman was coming rapidly
over the hill towards them. accompanied
byaferocious bull dog and a big club.
This frightened our little party and they
speedily made tracks for home, and in the
haste of their departure Miss Edith Perry
neglected to pick up her «own bag of
chestnuts, which fell into the hands of the
approaching enemy.
Mr. Reuben M. Rose is “in it” after all.
He didn’t catch-on at the caucuses or
conventions, because he didn’t see any-
thing that matched his complexion. Brit
at the Armory last Tuesday evening he
was elected captain of Company F, to
succeed the late Captain Wm. F. Stevens.
There was not a large outpouring of
warriors on the occasion, but there was a
majority of the company {present and Mr.
Rose got a majority of the ivotes cast
Lieutenant Matheis being a close com
petitor. Some of the boys don’t like the
result, arguing that the oflice by. right of
deserved promotion belongs to Matheis,
and the disaflected ones are said to be
working up a scheme to induce Rose to
decline to [accept the command. How-
ever,'_Rose knows of no reason why he
should refuse to assume Ithe'responsibili-
‘ ties thrust upon him by hls‘friends in the
company, and is quite likely to stand
firm and show the boys the stuff he is
made of. gLeaving {asidc| the fact of
Lieutenant Mathies" claim upon the posi-
tion and the further' fact that he would
undoubtedly make an excellent command-g
ing oflicer, the company are by no means
unfortunate in thelselection of Mr. Rose.
He is a tip-top good fellow. dignified in
appearance, of liberal disposition, with
lots of money‘and plenty, of leisure
time to devote to his soldiers, and,
they may depend upon it that when he
takes them” out he will see that they- are
"wellca'red fgr and: tha’t‘,,they. have every. 'j‘.‘
~.bit of-comfort to whichthey. are4entitled.,_fi;;
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