NORWALK GAZETTE WEDNE
soAY' DECEMBER 10. moo.
THAT LITTLE BADGE.
Worn only by the son of liars,
Whose garb wasonce thewell known bins:
With honest pride none dare deny '
That little badge is worn1|by you.
it speaks "of more than wealth or- fame.
Or titles grand Ly noble birth. '
It speaks of those who tolled to save
The fairest land of all the earth.
, That little badge, how much it boils
3 0: days of carnage. years of strife;
When for his flag. that dear oldflag,
Thejhero oflerc'd up his life. ' “
Its luster speaks of far-more worth
Than rubies red or diamonds bright.
0f.sohs and fathers who were once
A needy nation‘s strength and might.
:' Then‘pr'o’udly wear it :‘ wen you may;
5 Your valor proved your right and claim
' To that one badge which‘shows today
Yem- title to a soldier‘s name. " -
" ' ' ' —Exchango.
THE ' AVERN.
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some of the most noted criminals of the
.- Separatedwfrom Canada'by a river ‘i
which could be easily crossed, a vast wil- .?
demons affording protectionflto gangs and
bands, «the towns and villages far-apart,
railromlgand telegraph lines hardly dream- :
ed of, the territory. for years contained just new, and ye’ll haveto excoose ,me—.—
more rogues than honest men. A man , ha! ha! ha!’
could commit almost any crime and befsafe l
a baboon and lowering his rifle again, ‘it’s
none 0’ yer business, but I don’t mind tell-
ing ye. I ar’ called Hank Williams by.
some, on others call. me what they please
I don’t gluerally'teil my business to stran-
gers, but in this case I ar’ free to saythai
I goes Where I likes, comes when I Wish"
and stayh ez long ez I car’. car .
"l‘He ' laughed a devilish laugh as he
ceased speaking—a laugh more like the
growl of a bulldog than anythinselse. and
his eyes roved back to the gold which Com-
stock, in his amazement,had nearlyjqr-
gotten and quite neglected. My friend
' caught his a look, and was. not quite a min.
ute in tying up and staying away his
money ., p 1 '
“ ‘Land hunters, I s’posc l” remarked the
stranger after a pause which neither (if as
was inclined to break, anxious as we were
to get rid-of . the man, and hoping that he
would take-hhnselfaWay. . . . .
,,“I,repli_ed.that we. were of that class, and
proceededto ,make some inquiries of the
. man, realizing that it was more prudent to
becivil than (toeexh’ibit our dislike of his
. presencegfhpraiscdthe country, remarked .
Michigan, ns‘a territory. and even in its ' .on the civility of the pioneers whom we had .
younger days as a state, was a resort for .
thus . far encountered, and offered the fel-
low our,provision' bag.
“ ‘Yes,"~thar ar’ a fine country," ’he re.
marked. never. noticing the provisions.
‘Ifd like totramp withflye'for two or three
days an' show ye some of the finest land in
the world, but, I’ve got a press of business
"I could not see anything mirthful in
mom arrest by crossing ‘intoCanada. Rob- ‘ hisuremarks, especially as. his face grew
beries could be committed in, the barns : more wicked. as he uttered ’them, but I
and murder on thallishwartend the crim- i . . . . . .
inals had only to seek the swamps'and for- l tinuing'to watch him until he washidden ’
made no reply and he walked off,.we con-.
cats to esCape. The officers of the law were ~ among the trees.
fewin number, were intimidatgdaud;_oyer.-
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"Comstock was greatly frightened at the
awed by the rascals, andeach traveler and ’ incident and was for Setting out for De-
settler understood that he must look to his j
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own knife and pistol to protect himself.
Iii-the year 1.832 my uncle, Silas Wright,
diving in Chenango county, N. Y., decided :
ito ”make a trip to Michigan, with a view
to settling there. He had a family, and
was a man ofconsiderable means. He was
a. stout, hearty man, who had made. his
property by hard work, and he was just
the man who. would defend his means with
his life, if occasion required. '
He reached Detroit without adventure,
and after- spending a day or two in the city
to make inquiries be determined totravel
into the interior and look up some land.
He“ had abOut a thousand dollars with him, :'
mostly in bank notes, .and he took .a
friend’s warning and purchased, a pair of
deuble barreled pistols ands good knife.
He learned from the newspapers and from
citizens that‘imany' ldivlesSCharactSrs ’w'ere
prowling about, the interior of. the terri-
tory, and his ,preparations were only _ a -
matter of prudence. I have Often heard
him tell of what befell him on his trip, and
I. now let him tell it to the reader:
“I left Detroit in company with a man
named David Comstock, from Ohio, who
was in the territory on the same mission—
to locate a farm for himself. After mak-
ing due inquiries, and learning that some
very choice government lead could be
found by traveling northeast, we took our '.
departure. on feet. It was in SH. 1:: mber.
The roads were in bad condition, and we
believed that we 0011‘: i get along better on
foot than with saddle ;. mes. especially as
me might have trouble-in finding proven-
der for the beasts, and as we would now
and then want. to leave the road, which
ran northeast, and was little better than
a path. The trees had been cut down" in
some places, to make a highway some.
thirty feet wide, and again the path wound
among the trees so that the passage of :a
vehicle would have been an impossibility.
There was not a bridge on the route,‘and
the cabins of the settlers were sometimes
miles apart. All the goods and provis~
ions-taken-iu had to be packed on horses
or carried on the backs of the settlers.”
(I stop my ‘uncle to say that this road is
new a great avenue, paved and planked,
and runs through two of the finest coun-
ties in the state).
“Comstock had about 6500 with him.
The money was all in gold, in five and ten
dollar gold pieces, and he had it tied up in
:i handkerchief and thrust into his bosom.
He was armed with asingle barrelcd pistol
only, not having so much as ajackknife
besides. So far as I could judge he was not
the man for an emergency, having but
little confidence in his pistol, and none at
all in limself. He had heardof the horse
thieves, counterfeiters and desperadoes we
should be likely to encounter, and we had
bar:;* 3: lost sight of the city when he began
to express his fears that we were unwise in
making the trip.
troit immediately, declaring that the man
having seen his gold Wauld follow and
murder us at the first opportunity.
“While I believed that, the man’s cupid«
ity had: been excited and that he might not
hesitate to commit murder for thesake of
gold, I would not listen to Comstock’s
idea of going back. I argued, that we could
plunge into the woods, make a long detour
and then throw the man off our trailif 'he
intended following us, or, we could keep
the path and take a run for a mile or two,
getting among the settlers, again before
Williams, as he: called himself, could ,
come. up.
“Talking in this way, Gemstock’s fears
finally vanished, and we started off and
ran for a mile without ahalt. Then walk—
ing another mile' at. a fast pace we ' con-
cluded thgt we were. Safe. from pursuit.
and lit the end of the next mile'had almost
forgotten the noonday incident.
“We were getting into a finer country;
the road.~ was better defined, the settlers’
cabins were more frequent, and Comstock
, felt quite jolly, boasting that we could
have easily finished off the hunter had he
attempted any violence.
“My view of the adventure was a more
serious one. Thehunter was a desperado
and a villain I was sure, andI had a belief
that he would attempt in some way to get
possession of the gold on which he had
been allowed to feast his eyes. I believed
howould follow us, but did not think he
wOuld dare attempt a murder by daylight.
as hewould naturally have a fear of- being
' dutected, and ashe could only about one of
us with his single weapon, leaving the
other to resist or escape, I made up my
mind that his cflfort would be made after
_ dark at our camping or lodging place, but
I impartednone of my-fcars to my friend.
“About-4 o’clock in the afternoon we
came upon a prairie about forty acres in
extent, and paused for a moment to survey
it. The hieroglyphics one tree near the
path showed. that the land had already
been applied for, and we envied the lucky
man. -We were theua mile. beyond the
last cabin, where a woman had informed
us that we would have the same distance
to tramp from the prairie before reaching ,
another. She had further informed us
, that four .milcs on would bring us to
‘The Log Tavern,’ which was situated at ;
a spot where ‘the wear. road’ crossed this
one.
“As I stood leaning against a tree, look-
ing about. I caught sight of something
moving out from behind a large oak about
fifty feet away.
“Looking sharply, I saw a fur cap ap-
pear, thcn a mass of red hair, and then the
face of W’illiamsl He must have seen that
my face was turned toward him, for he
drew his head quickly back, and I saw no
more of him, though I continued looking
at the tree until Comstock had moved on
I . .
; quite a distance.
“During the forenoon we met several i
hunters and quite-a. number of settlers,
‘ dogging our steps.
most of them on their way into Detroit. ,
' after my friend, that the villain would
Every man carried a rifle, most of them a.
pistol and knife, and all were uncouth and
savage looking in our eyes. We had started
out soon after 7 o’clock, and despite the
bad condition of the path, for a part of the
way, had made a distance of thirteen miles
when we sat down on a log to eat our din-
ner. We had provided ourselves with dried
' beef, crackers, cheese and other articles.
enough to last for two or three days, and
each of us had a stout blanket, being
warned that we might have. to depend on
ourselves for provisions and lodgings.
"We had passed at least beyond two
miles of civilization, and just previous to
eating had been told by a traveler that we
would not find another cabin for five miles.
We had seen no land to suit us as yet and
were determined not to end our trip until
we, had seen the fine timbered country'
which was said to lie awaiting purchasers .
fudtsettlcrs within two days’ tramp of De-
1'01 .. '
“After satisfying our hunger, and while
{Twas gathering up and packing away the
remains of the meal, Comstock discovered
that his money was not securely tied up,
and he drew out his handkerchief to retie
me knot. He knew that I had money. I
knew of his gold, and so he did not hesi-
tate to unfold the handkerchief and ex-
hibit the bright yellow pieces which looked
truly tempting in the September sunlight.
“ ‘That’s a fair share of gold for a man
to carry around in the woods. I liain’tseed
so much for a year.’
“We looked up to find a man standing
within three feet of us—a wicked looking
fellow, with long red hair, red beard all
over his face, and a pair of eyes which
would not have been out of place in the
head of a wolf. '
“He stood leaning on a heavy rifle, and
his appearance petrified us for a moment.
He must have been watching us for seme
time from behind some of the large trees,
and had taken advantage of‘ the moment
when we ' bent over the geld to step out
and come nearer.
“My hand went up to my breast and-
pnlled at the but of one of the pistols, but
a devilish smile showed itself in the stran
get-’3 eyes. 'He lifted his rifle a little, and
remarked: ‘
“ ‘None 0’ that, stranger. I kin put a
,bulletinto your eye before you git that
lplaything half ready to ,shoot.’
. “ ‘Who are you, and what do you want?’
,11 inquired, Considerably excited and not at
’ail liking-therfellowls words andf'looks-
‘.‘ ‘Jt‘z to. that,’ he replied, grinning like
“It was now certain that the man was
We had failed to elude
him by our run, and I felt, as .I started on
shoot at one or the other as we moved out
on the prairie. If I turned about and
walked up to his hiding place, he would be
sure to shoot me; if we kept on, he might
pass the opportunity by. Thus I reasoned
as I followed Comstock.
“If you have never experienced the feel-
ing that an enemy is behind you, prepared
to lodge a bullet in your body, having an
inclination to do so,.and you expecting he
will do so, you can never imagine how I felt.
The chills danced up my spine, I felt _my
hair crawl. my knees were weak, and had
Comstock looked around he would have
seen a pale face. I was thirty rods or so
from the tree behind which I knew the
villain to be hiding, when the feeling be-
came so oppressive that I stopped and
wheeled about, determined to see if the
man was in sight.
~ “The movement saved my life. As I
wheeled, a bullet cut— through the rim of
my slouch hat, passed close to Comstock,
and went singing over the prairie. Then
we heard the report of a rifle, and both
caught the smoke from the tree.
“ ‘Great heaven! who did that?’ ex-
claimed Comstock, his face as white as a
sheet.
“I knew that Williams had tried to mur-
der one of us, but as he did not make his
appearance from behind the tree after a
moment’s waiting, I concluded not to tell
my friend what I had seen.
" ‘It was a stray shot from some hunter’s
rifle,’ I. replied, as coolly as I could. ‘We
had better hurry on.’
“As we turned, about a dozen Indians,
all on foot, appeared on the farther side of
the prairie, and I knew that we were safe
from a sceoad, shot. I By hurrying across
the prairie we should have a good start of
the villain,'who would not cross until we
had entered the timber, and we could then
quickly make the ”distance to the nearest
dwelling. , . ' .
“We had passed the Indians with a mere
word, and after entering the timber ran
almost every step of the way to the cabin.
It lacked only an hour to sundown when
we reached it and we had made up- our
minds to stop there for the night. Great
was our disappointment, therefore, to find
the door nailed up, and rude letters on it
announcing, ‘gOn‘e BaCk to ohIO—cur’s'e
31103 a Country!’ ~ ., . "
“The furniture. had all beentaken out,
the place had a lonesome look, and at' the
risk of another shot from Williams (I; ads
vised that we push on to the LogTavem.
l , - .m ._
: Comatock agreed, and just atsunset, with-
' out having seen or heard our enemy, we
arrived at our destination. . ' '
Camel-s! ';-Besides the mummies...”
onlyui fair ,sized log ,house, there turns! in
”Wit “Mills Post and theihon‘se of its--
other settler.' _,;The whole clearingwas not
over six acresin extent. " W? saw corn- and
pumpkins growing in .a' field, but the bal-
ance of the clearing was covered with
brush, stumps and logs. A dozen Indians
stood around the door of the trading post,
others were riding away, and the scene
was wild and savage enough to have satis-
figdgthc cravings of any romancer.
“The name given the hamletwasl‘fémith’s-
‘ 333mg,” was no one present aswewalked .
maths layers. nearly half- 9! which was
partitioned off as a public room. ' Benches
were ranged around the walls, a huge fire-
place occupied one end, and a keg of whisky
and, .a pint cup rested on the, end of one
bench. _ .
,“. ‘Hillo, strangers!’ cried a voice as we
drew up before the fire, for the night was
quite chilly. "
fr0m?’ . . . -
,‘I leaped up as I heard the tones, and as
I turned and caught sight of a red head, a
face covered .with bristles and two by-
ena eyes I looked tones where the man’s
rifle was, believing him to be 'Williams.
The same voice, same hair and bristles—it
was he or his brother-l, - ' -
,“ ‘What’s. the ,matter? Lost yer power
o’answering a civil question?’ continued
the man, appearing somewhat put out“ "at
our astonishment—Comatock having the
same-feeling. '
“ ‘I—I—thought you were some one-.-
. some one elselfI-replied, finding my voice
at last. ' f.
_ " ‘Hal ha! -How can I be some One else
and still he Dan Green.” laughed the man
——the' same ‘ughl ugh l’ which Williams
had uttered. ‘But you ar’ from Detroit, I
s’pose, an’ I calk‘erlate that you mean you
, want to stay all night?’
' “I replied that we so desired, and he
went to adoor and called to ‘Jane’ to get
supper ready for two. He then threw an-
other log on the fire, took a drink of whisky
and went out, saying that the woman
would call us when the meal was pre-
“ ‘That’s the same man who met us at
noonl’ whispered Comstock, his hand
shaking as he laid it on my arm.
“ ‘I thought so at first, but he is not,’ I
replied. ‘This man has a scar across his
forehead,-while the other had none.’
“When the , man . had drank from the
cup he pushed up his cap, and I had caught
sight of the scar. I had also observed that
he was shorter and stouter than Williams,
and felt certain that he had a separate iden-
tity. However, I had made up my mind
that the pair were brothers. N 0 two men
not of the same blood couldlook so near
alike and have voices so singularly brutal
and unpleasant. I did not dare to tell
Comatock of this opinion, as I saw that he
~ was already badly frightened. Anything
’ further, I feared, would completely upset
him. . . .
“I was doing my best to reassure my
friend, when the woman called us to sup-
per. The fare consisted of corn coflee,
Johnny cake and salt pork, and the ap-
pearance of the reom was in keeping with
it. The woman was tall and stout, her
hair cut short, her eyes black and ugly,
and I did not like her looks in the least.
She watched us covertly while we ate, and
did not so much as utter a. word.
“During the meal I made up my mind
that we would 'settle for our supper, and
leave the house fora night . in the woods.
; feeling that we should be as safe with the
l wild beasts as with such evil lookingzepeo-
; pie. But as we walked to the door I'saw
3 that a cold drizzling rain had commenced
i to fall, andthe fire felt so comfortable that
1 I did not broach my plan to Comstock.
Perhaps we were too suspicious, and, being
unused to the way of the pioneers, had
, wronged the people about us. I was pur-
suing this train of thought when the land.
_ lord came in, replenished the fire, and
; chatted so civilly about the country, the
people. the chances, etc., that I quite for-
got my former suspicions.
“It came to be 9 o’clock almost before I
knew it. One or two Indians had come
and gone, the atmosphere had grown colder,
the fire felt more and more comfortable,
and I was ready to doze as the landlord
went to see about our bed. He had just
stepped out when Comstock gave a cry of
alarm, his face blanched:
“ ‘Look there! Look at that face against
the windowl’
“I turned quickly about, but could see
no face—only the panes wet with the ruin.
“ ‘Either the landlord or the man who
met us in the woods was looking through
that window!’ said Comstock, as I turned
again to the fire.
“I was about to ask for further informa-
tion when the landlord came back and an-
nounced that we could turn in. He also
told us that it had been arranged for Com-
go up stairs; but my friend at once pro-
tested so strongly against this that we were
both allowed to mount the rough ladder to
the loft over the barroom, where some
skins and quilts had been spread.
“ ‘We shall both be murdered before
morning!’ whispered my friend, as soon as
the landlord had retired.
“He then informed me further in regard
to the face at the window, and was so sure
he had seen Williams that I finally agreed
with him that there might be danger, and
told him of the relationship which I be-
lieved existed between the two men. We
were in for it in any case, and the most we
could do was to prepare for what might
happen. We looked to our pistols, saw
that they were in order, and then agreed to
take turns in watching, so that the villains
harm. Neither of us was to undress, but,
if not disturbed, we could manage to catch
a little sleep as we were. Purposely or oth-
erwise, the landlord had given us not more
than an inch of candle, and this burned out
while we were talking. ' '
“The floor was a loose affair, and the
light from the barroom fire shone up
through a dozen cracks. The ladder led
from the kitchen, was placed about twenty
feet from our bed, and there was no door
above, nothing whatever .to prevent any
one from making the ascent.
“As I was to take the ' first watch Com-
stock' removed his gold from his bosom,
laid it on'the skins and' then lay down. I
crawled carefully over the floor until I
found a crack large enough to allow me to
have, quite a view of the room below,‘and
then set myself to watch and listen.
‘fThc landlordsat for a whilebefore the
fire. An Indian came in, got sumo whisky
and went out, and after another hour the
tavern keeper covered up the fire and‘went
into the other room.
“Long before this, despite his alarm,
Comstock had fallen soundly asleep. I
maintained my place for another hour
without hearing the least noise, and. then
crawled over on'the bed. ’
“Two hours more went by, and then, be-
frishtemd, cadmium. we, should: not be dis-.
thatpvcr'ything mammals. and cdnsulted‘
him "as to whether-“we should not both‘go'
‘Which way did ye come
stock to sleep down stairs, while I was to '
could not surprise us if they meant us”.
having that we 'had been unreasonably
turbedh I woke unity: friend, toldhim.
‘ after years one of his early playmates said .
to sleep. He concluded towatch for an hon}
st least, ‘and I got under the blanket and
lefthimsittingup, his pistol in his hand.
We had a'ffew' words of conversation, con-
gratulathg ourselves that we would safély
h
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pan? tonight, and. then Lwcnt tosleep. I
did u 'f'intend to. Imeant in my mind to."
remaingawhke, feeling. fill“ ' he was the"
'e-‘-hutz.,.wasf7tired_gand wornahd .
weaker .v; .... .-
o6iild’:not,' ,' ‘ let-nature.” The last I remem-
her was of feeling the man crawling to-
ward the head of the'ladder from ofl the
“After , events shewed that I slept about
an hour, when I was suddenly awakened
by a heavy thud, a loud scream, and I
s rang up to. see a lanternsctting on is
nor, a man stabbing at Comstock, who
was: lying on'hisrthnck, and another coming
toward me with a hatchet in his her"
“What I did I do not know. The. .hOle
thing is like a dream. I heard shots,
shouts, remember of feeling like a wild
beast, and when I was over my horrible
nightmare there were three dead men in
the loft, and the trader and a half dozen
Indians were in the room below shouting
and yelling. They came up the ladder,
took my pistols away, helped me down
and then I fainted away like a woma and
scarcer knew-anythingguntil‘dayligh I '
“Then there was a horrible sight for me
on the barroom floor. Comstock’, with
his head split open and-three knifewounds
in his breast; the landlord, Shot twice ‘in
the head; \Villiams. his brother, shot
through the heart—all dead and cold. flow
I killedthe men I don't know. Idon’t
evenl'i-emcmber of having my pistols in :my’
gras .
D
“ 0 made out that poor Comstockdmd.
crawled toward the ”ladder to listen, and
overcome by his day’s tramp and its excito
ing: events had fallen’msleep, to bemuro
dered by the plotting rascals as they came
up. The woman had fled, fearing punish-
ment, and the victims were all there. Such
an officer as a coroner was unknown, and
so after the trader had taken a record of
my statement three graves were dug in
the forest and the bodies covered up with- '
The gold and the other ,-
personal property of Comstock were i
' THE OLD Arthurian
out ceremony.
handed over to me to forward to his wife,
and at dusk I was in Detroit'satisfied to go
back home and stay there. A month after
my return to Chenango county I réceivcd
$200 in gold, that being the reward whiCh
the territorial officers had offered for-the
capture of Williams, whose real name was?
McCarthy, a notorious desperado who had
been driven out Of Pennsylvania. The oldie
cers were better satisfied with his death
than they would have been with his are
rest.”--M. Quad in New York Weekly.
A Bedroom in Holland.
May one invite you to look into abod—
room in north Holland? You will notsleep‘
in it soundly unless your nerves are quiet-
er than those of most Americans, for the
chimes of the village, churches play bars
from old songs every fifteen minutes the
day and night through, and as they seldom
agree very well about the time some sort
of bell is sounding almost without inter-
val. The five windows of Mevrouw’s room
are polished till they are all of a smile.
Each window has its spotlesslace cur-
tains and its shade of soft white linen,
which is raised and lowered bya most com-
plicated system of cords and rings, to the
complete understanding of which any but
a native must give the study of a lifetime.
The candle chandelier, with its glass pend-
ants, is nearly always in process of wiping
\Vere there no mirror the polished mahogl
any doors of the wardrobe would answer
very tolerably. ' "
No bed appears, but in one corneris a
door opening upon a closet, within which
one gets a glimpse of white draperies.
How the bed was introduced into the '
closet, unless like the bunch of grapes
in the bottle it grew there. is be-
yond telling. for the fine linen cur-
tains hang from an oval piece above
its middle, which expands above them
l , , , ~ .
Qatari-h. Cezanne; Deafness, nay Ienr
into a somewhat rudely carved model I
of a ship, too big, it would seem, to go
through the doorway. , From this oval
piece is suspended a cord with a convenient
ring handle to lay hold of for help in get-
ting up on a. sleepy morning-Cor. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Gen. Grant at School.
Gen. Grant attended the district school,
where he was a fair pupil, and noted for
his kindly disposition, a trait of character
which he inherited from his mother. In
of him: “I never saw him. show any rc-
sentment, and Ido not believe that he ever
felt a tinge of it. He was never rude, op-
pressive or disagreeable to other children.
, Once, when he was a very young scholar,
‘ he was very much troubled by one of his
lessons. Aschoolmate. noticing his per-
plexity, 'said, ‘You can’t master that.’
Ulysses replied: ‘Can’t! \Vhat does it
mean?’ ‘Why, replied the boy, ‘it means
that—that you can’t. There!’
Ulysses went to the dictionary and tried
unsuccessfully 'to find the word there.
Then he went to his teacher and asked
him what was the meaning of the word
‘can’t,’ telling him that he had searched
for it in vain in the dictionary. The
teacher gave a proper explanation, and
added: ‘Ulysses, if in the struggles of life
any person should assert that you can’t do
a thing you desire to accomplish, let your
answer be. “The word “can’t” is not in the
dictionary! ”—Harpcr’s Young People.
- Glue.
All the glue as received from the factory
requires the additibn of water before it
will melt properly, ‘and every addition of
water (while the glue is fresh made) will
up to a certain point increase its adhesive-
ness and elasticity; and it is the duty of
every man who uses glue to find out just
'where the point lies, as it is possible to
melt glue and have it so thick that after it
is dry or set it will be so brittle as not to
adhere to the wood. Some glue will bear no
more water than others, but all will bear
more than usually falls totheir share, and
that, too, with greater increase in the qual-
ity of the work. — Manufacturér and
Builder. , .
Water Versus Crackers.
The supper and entertainment at the
Congregational vestry Friday night was-
well patronized. The funincludedan en-
tertainment by VentriIOquist Hamilton
and a gastronomic contest. Three girls
each tried to swallow a mug of water
(using a teaspoon to convey the liquid to
the mouth) as quickly as three boys could
each dispose of a dry cracker. Jennie
Turner won the “spooning” prize, asilver
cup, and Charles Twichell got the China
alphabet. p1ate;—Athol Cor. Springfield
, Republican. :
" ‘ Profile of 3; Duck.
A "South Weymouth man has displayed
in his store a very curious freak of nature.
It is a section of the butt of» a tree sawed
off, any two inches thick, and which has
the perfect profile of a, duck.- Many who '
have seen it were of the opinion thatit
was painted», end eculd notbe made“ to b's"--
lisvev otherwi senhtil’they closely examined:
it.—-Quincy Lcdgcr. ‘
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‘OandD
' Nor-walk.
’ the owners thereof.
A New Home Treatment.
Sufferers are not generally aware that
~thesi- diary-ecsare contagious, cellist they ,
glare due tviflic presence of liviuglparnsiiba“ .
pi) lhe lining membranes 'of ihd":iios_e‘"jl'ndi '
teuslnchiao‘ 'stubezs";itiicrns’cojf‘c renéircb, ‘:. .
fliowcvvr, hos pig-{vied‘iliis 30,131? a 1' ct,’ and "1"?”
.1, the icsuli .of,,l_l,iis*3iiscovery inflict a dimple“ -' "
n-mmiy has bm-n' formulated whereby
Mllal‘l'll, calarrhal deafness and hay fever
are permanently cutcd‘in from one to
[lira-e simplenpplicniions made at home
by the palliénimiCc‘in two books.
N. B.-—-'l‘h_is treatment is not a snufl or
an ninlmem; both mm- been‘discnrdcd'
bv reputable physicians as injurious. A.
pamphlet explaining this new treatment is
sent unneceipt ofihrcc. ('(‘Dll in stamps to
pit) puslagii'by"A'.“H."Dixoh'&""Bon, 337
and 389 Wesi’King street, ’l‘orouto, Can-
ada.-—,—.-(7hria,tian Advocate '
Sufferers from 4 ‘niarrhsl troubles should
carefully read lhc above.
To InVOIIW-lis’
. tor. louiSiana'ive. ‘aml lit 8!.
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gives his mastication tom
WW9! {some
An expo seep! nearly ten years in the Ma
one. has «I his a familiarity 'lfll
everyel tionotlnvenflsnsndtho nation‘s:
EXAIINIRS AND? sunsets. to which; an
“‘nm‘ Is in: ass of buying worthless
medicinesu, and spending money on quack
doctors whose only ideals to gullihe: pubo
lic Is it an; boiler to buy reliable medi-
cine like, Sulphur Bitters? l think so. as
they" cared" me 1 of Caliii'ih' after ’ suffering 33:?3,“ wgfit'mgg: 3.9m
three yearns—"X P. Clark, Manchesger. who Records " nodal-whoa“? " ' ,
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MM. I have need it inlay .
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mmm orbns. ' ._; Sonne- detaiilnaoimlar which will be mailed free of
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to every applicant. He. has special
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lie refers to any omcsr onus Patent once, and
othe many Connecticut Inventors for whom he,
a done bushes: and taken out [mu Pm
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DAILY you nu
lurwall llew. Yuri.
On and am: Monday, sept. ,i-Mh,,(until runner spring ca-Paign !
notice) 'ru smuormamns
House. and General
PAINTING,
Paper Hauling, Kalsnmluiu, is.
The subscriber has opened a general Painting
and Paper Hanging 8110:), at ~
N0. 7 WATER MEET, (James’ Bind )'
NORWALK. where would be glad to receive any
orders from old customers and as many new ones
as may favor him with their work. The best ma.-
terials- and best, workmanship tweaked and
done at thelowes! prices.
ogygg .1;
A good pushing Salesman here. First-
class pay guaranteed weekly. Commission
Local 01' .l’ru'lvele'ng. .
To sell our Nursery Stock. Salary, EXpenses and
or salary. Quick selling new Fruits and
Steady Employment guaran
s iaities.
Pia-humans can zeta good paving Job
teed.
CHASE BBO'I‘lll-glls (follPAlll',
Rocunsrsa,N.Y. ,
City of Norwalk and Eagle
Will make daily trips, Sundays excepted, for
freight between New York. Norwulk and south
fVIll leave Pier 23 too: of Beekman
streel . new York. every evening encept Satur-
days, at. 5 o'clock. ‘ -
Returning boat leaves Norwalk at 5 p. m. and
South Norwalk at. 6:39 p. m.
Freiglitrece‘rved' from 7 a. in. to 5 p m.
Freight taken froni'nnd roenlvedfor all points
on the nanbury and Norwalk and Shepann Ball-
romls at greatly-red seed prices.
Upon application to Agents the (lily of Norwalk
and Eagle will be sent for special lots of freight
anywhere in New York or its vicinity.
Wall persofls are forbid trusting any of the
employees of the boats of this line on account of
for the winter. Write for terms and parties;
Faun. it. Yours, Nutseryrnan
Rochester a. Y.
(If great interest to those who will be
bencfittcd by the- new Pension Law.
- M. L. BYINGTON.
Pension and illaim Attorney,
708 E. CAPITOL STBEFT.
waserNG-ron, n. a.
With several years of experience in the claim business at
the National Capital, and being thoroughly familiar with
methods of practice before the Pension Bureau, I am in a
position to render valuable aid to Soldiers and Sailors, their
widows and minor children, and dependent parents, who
avail themselves of my services. The new law provides a
pension for dependent parents at $12 per month, regardless
of their pecuniary circumstances at time of the death of their
son, provided he left neither widow or minor children.»
It also allows a pension of from $6 to $12 per month to
all who served ninety days in the Military or Naval Service
during the late war, who are by reason of physical or mental
diSability unable to earn their support by manual labor.
Under this section of the law many who are now receiving
only $2 or $4 per month could easily obtain an increase.
Widows of those. who served as above for a period of nine-
ty days or more, who are dependent upon their own labor for
support, will receive, upon submittance of. proper evidence,
'38 Vper'r'nonth, and $2, per month for each minor child under
sixteen (16) years of age, and this regardless of the fact
whether death was the result of army service or not.
N o_ fee is allowed me unless I am successful, and "then the
fee is paid by the Pension Agent from the pension granted.
“First come, first served” and applications should be early.
made. . . _ . .
Correspondence invited. All letters will be promptly an-
sWered. Please enclose stamps to cover return postage.
‘ Remember "that you can obtain better service at the hands
of an Attorney in- Washington than from one who, lives at a
distance. . 7 . ' .- » V
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