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WEEKLY - NORWALK '- GAZETTE.
Two' CAREERS.
So much one thought about the life beyond
He did not drain the waters of his pond:
And when death laid his children ‘neath the sod >
He called it “the mysterious will of God."
He would not sci-lye for worldly gain, nethe—
His wealth. he said, was stored in God‘s To Be.
He kept his mortal body poorly dressed,
And talked about the garments of the blessed;
And when to his last sleep he laid him down
His only mourner begged his widow‘s gown.
One was not sure there was life to come,
80 made a heaven of his earthly home.
He strove for wealth, and with an open hand
He comforted the needy in his land.
He were new garments often, and the old
Helped many a brother to keep out the cold.
He said this life was such a little span
Man ought to make the most of it for man:
And when he died the fortune that he left
Gave succor to the needy and bereft.
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox ill Norfolk Journal of
Commerce.
A FEMALE CRUSOE.
On the 26th day. of October, A. D. 1871,
the trading schooner Little King sailed out
of the port of Singapore, bound for the
Kinderoon islands. to the north, and only
one of her crew was ever again met with.
For five years before the schooner had be-
longed to and been commanded by Capt.
Ezra Williams, an American from San
Francisco. He traded between Singapore
and Sumatra, Java. Borneo and the small-
er islands of the Java sea, and in May,
1871, died at Singapore of fever. He had
then been married for three years to an
English woman, whose maiden name was
Danforth, who had been a domestic in an
English family in Singapore. She had ac-
/companied him in all his voyages, and had
secured much experience and information.
As she could not readily dispose of the
schooner, she determined to continue in
the business, acting as her own super-
cargo.
Mrs. Williams secured an Englishman
named Parken as captain, another named
Hope as mate, and with three Malays be-
fore the mast and a. Chinese cook, and
with about $7,000 in specie in the cabin,
she sailed away on her first voyage, and it
was four years later before she was again
heard of. The purpose of this narrative is
to chronicle her adventures in the interim,
as I had it from her own lips. .
While it was a bit queer to start one
voyage with a woman virtually in com-
mand of the craft, Mrs. Williams had
nothing to fear from her crew. The offi-
cers were good navigators and the men
willing. and all were anxious for a profita-
ble voyage. She had no complaints to
make until the islands had been reached.
The group lies between the Malay Penin-
sula and the island of Borneo, about 100
miles off the coast of the former, and from
250 to 300 miles from Borneo. There are
nineteen islands in the group, covering a
length of 120 miles by about 40 broad.
There are only seven or eight which’are in-
habited,_and at the timqof which I write
the people were a lawless set, and a share
of them out and out pirates.
The products were dried fish, sea shells.
cocoanuts, dye stuffs, various herbs and
roots for medicinal purposes and several
sorts of spices. The schooner had been
there once before and made a profitable
trip of it. She had clothing, powder,
shoes, axes and a great variety of notions,
and where none of these was wanted she
paid cash. .
On this trip the schooner worked to the
northward and made-her stop at the island
of Quewang, being the third one from the
northernmost island of the group. She
met with a cordial reception, and at once
began bartering for and receiving cargo.
She was anchored in a sheltered bay, with-
in 500 feet of the beach, and had been there
five days before anything occurred to
arouse Mrs. Williams’ suspicions that all
was not right. She then observed that the
entire crew were drinking deeply of a. na-
tive liquor which the natives were supply-
ing in a. liberal manner, and that some of
the fellows were becoming impudently fa-
miliar.
When the captain was spoken to he
laughed at her idea of trouble and promised
better things; but the drinking continued.
On the afternoon of the seventh day several
women came off in the canoes. One of
them, who could speak English pretty fair—
ly, was presented with some ornaments by
Mrs. Williams, and in return she hinted
to her that it was the intention of the
natives to capture and loot the schooner
that night. They had discovered that
there was a large sum of money on board,
and they had found the crew an easy one
to handle. The native woman hadn’t time
nor opportunity to say much, but no
sooner had the crowd of natives left the
schooner at dusk, as was their custom,
than Mrs. Williams set out to sound the
alarm. Imagine her feelings when she dis—
covered that every single man on board,
from captain to cook, was so much under
the influence of liquor as to be unable to
comprehend her words. She doused them
with sea. water and pounded them with be-
laying pins, but all to no purpose. The en-
tire lot were stupidly drunk, just as the
natives had planned for.
It was a perilous situation for the wom-
an to be placed in. If the natives captured
the schooner they would murder every one
of the crew as a natural sequence, and the
first step toward capturing her had al-
ready beeu- taken. - The step she took
showed sound judgment. The schooner’s
‘ yawl was down, having been in almost
hourly use. The native village was about
forty rods back from the beach, and as the
schooner swung to the ebb tide she pre-
. sentcd her broadside to the village. .VVhen
', the yawl was pulled around to the port
' side she was out of sight. Mrs. Williams’
. first act was to step the mast, her next to
1 supply the craft with provisions and water.
I There were an unusual number of lights
I burning in the village, showing that some-
_. thing was on foot, but she had no fear of
'5. an attack until a later hour. The natives
I would wait until certain that all the peo-
ple were helpless.
' Mrs. Williams had determined to slip
away from the doomed craft in the yawl,
although she had no experience in the
management of a small boat. After water
and provisions she brought .up all her
I money, which was in' . boxes she could
handle. N ot a penny of it was left behind.
There were a rifle, revolver and double"
barreled shotgun“ belonging to her hus-
band. These she took, together with.‘
powder, shot and fixed ammunition. _ Then
she gathered up all her bedding and cloth-
suits of clothesfbel ,5.t0jthe’ bfl. .-.
and when thesagw‘emsi‘nltfig 139“ She mm?
pots, pans,de and. cutlery, bundled up
a. lot of carpenter’s “obscured two axes,
na lot of small rope, moral‘pieees of canvas,
a-lamp and four gallon" of oil. ‘She worked '
, for upward of two hours get-ting these
i things into the boat, and the last articles
! taken aboard were meat, flour, beans, tea
. and other provisions from the lazarctte.
It was about 10 o’clock when Mrs. Will-
iams took her seat in the yawl and cast ofi
» from the schoc .- \r, and the tide at once
I
‘drifted her out of the bay to the north.
forgotten was a chart, of the Java sea,
which she could have put her hand on at a
which made her a Crusoe for several years.
As the yawl went to sea after its own fash—
ion, Mrs. Williams lost the points of the
:ompass at once. Indeed, had she kept
them in' mind, it would have been of no
benefit just then, as she had not studied
she chart, and could not have told which
way to steer to reach an other group or the
main land. She heard nothing whatever
from the natives, but several years later it
was ascertained that they did not board
the schooner until midnight. The men.
I all of whom were still drunk and asleep,
I
I
I , -.
I drown, and then the absence of the woman
I
ing, took three ,qufour.spage"blankets;tt‘wb'.“~
ever was porthble and handy,” including»;
the clock, compass, quadrant, sextantand’
were stripped and tossed overboard to
and her money was discovered. Five or
six native crafts were at once sent in pur-
suit, while the people who remained looted
the schooner of everything of value to
them, and then towed her out to deep wa-
ter and scuttled her to hide the evidences
of their crime.
After drifting three or four miles out to
sea the yawl got a light breeze, and after a
fewtrials the woman learned how to man-
age the sail and lay a course. She had no
idea which way she was heading, but ran
off before the breeze, and kept going all
night and until mid afternoon the next day.
She must have passed the island of Up-
nong in the early morning, but so far. to
the westward that she could not see it.
The wind hauling at mid forenoon altered
her course by several points, and the north-
ernmost island of the group, named Po-
iElo, was thus brought in line. The
island is seven miles long by three in
width at its widest part, and well wooded
and watered. The woman landed on the
east side at the mouth of a creek which
forms a snug little harbor. She was con-
vinced that this was one of the islands of
the Kinderoon group, but she did not
know that it was the most northerly one.
By consulting the compass she got the
cardinal points, but not having studied
the chart she could not say In what direc-
tion any other land lay. She had seen the
sails of two traders that morning, but as
they were native crafts she had every wish
to avoid them. The boats which were
sent in pursuit of her must have taken an-
other course, as she saw nothing of them.
W'hen Mrs. \Villiams landed on the
island she had no idea of stopping there
for more than a day or two, or until she
could decide on some plan. She had scarce-
ly gone ashore when a gale came up which
lasted about thirty hours. during which
the yaw] was so damaged that she must
undergo repairs. She unloaded her goods
on the shore. covered them from the
weather and then set out to explore the
island, pretty well satisfied that it was in-
habited, and hoping, it it was, that her
money might secure assistance. Before
night she was satisfied that she was all
alone, and she made a shelter out of the
blankets, and slept the night away as
peacefully as if in her cabin on the schoon-
er. Next day she exchanged her apparel
for a man’s suit and began the erection of
a. but. In a grove about 200 feet from the
beach she erected a shelter, 10x20 feet.
which withstood the storms of almost four
years. While the sides consisted of canvas
and poles, the roof was thatched with a
long grass which she found on the island
in abundance.
It took the woman about a week to con-
struct her but and move her stores into it,
and this had scarcely been done when her
boat, owing to carelessness on her part,
was carried off by the sea, and she now
realized that she was a prisoner until such
time as the crew of some trading vessel
might land and discover her. After her
house was completed she made a more
thorough exploration of her island home.
There were parrots and other birds. snakes
‘of a harmless variety, Borneo rats, and a
drove of about 300 Java. pigs, which are
about the. size of the American peccary,
but are wild instead of fierce.
The woman had clothing to lost her five.
or six years, but the provisions she had
brought from the schooner would not sup-
ply her needs more than a fewmonths.
W'hile hoping and expecting to be taken
off almost any day she wisely prepared for
along stay. She had fishhooks and lines
in her outfit, and with fish from the sea,
meat from the woods and bananas and
wild fruits from the groves she had a va—
landed a native craft put in about a mile
from her but, but creeping through the
woods she saw that all were Malays, and
so savage in appearance that she did not
dare make herself known. Seven months
later a second craft sent men ashore to fill
two water casks,L but she was also afraid
of these. She lived very quietly from that
time until nearly two years after her land-
ing, having remarkably good health all the
time, but naturally lonely and cast down
at times.
One afternoon, as she was in the forest
about half a mile from home, having her
shotgun with her, a Borneo sailor suddenly
confronted her. He was entirely alone,
and whether he had been marooned or cast
away she never learned. As she was
dressed in a man’s suit he naturally took
her for a man, but his first movement was
a hostile one. He advanced upon the wom-
an with a club in his hand and uttering
shouts of menace, and to save her own life
she was compelled to shoot him.
N ow and then, all through her stay,
trading vessels were sighted in the offing.
and sometimes a craft known to be
manned by Englishmen, but signals made
to the latter by means of smoke were never
heeded. Her main hope was that the loss
of the schooner would in some way reach
her friends at Singapore, and that a search-
ing party might be sent out to her rescue.
One day, when she had been on the island
four years lacking about fifty days. the
British survey ship Sahib, then engaged in
resurveying the group. dropped anchor off
the mouth of the creek and sent a party
ashore to explore the interior. I had the
honor not only to head this party, but to
be the first man‘ to see and to speak to Mrs.
Williams. We found her in excellent
health, although tanned and roughened
by exposure to the weather. When she
had. donned her own proper apparel and
had time to tidy up no one could find fault
wit her appearance.
After a few days we sailed for Singapore,
where Mrs. Williams was safely fanded,
and a few weeks later a man-of-war was
dispatched to the island where the schooner
had been seized. Natives were found who
.gave’ all the particulars, and the result was
.a‘thfit eight men were brought aboard, tried,
"convicted and swung up at the yardarm,
. awhile three more were shot while trying to
escape from the island—New York Sun.
: That ugly iron rust will depart when
- treated with cream of tartar. . Tie a little
90! the powder ‘in the stained parts andboil
a. few moments in clearrwater.
The only,thing of consequence .she had,
minute’s notice, and it was the want of this ‘
riety and a plenty. Six inonths after she .
THE BEST CREAMERY.
THINGS ESSENTIAL TO A SUCCESS‘
FUL CREAMERY.
Managed on the Live and Let Live Prin-
ciple, These Factories Will Go on Mul-
tiplying—A Creamery Manager Must Be
Clean and Have Backbone—Trickery.
At the Iowa State Butter, Cheese and
Egg convention Mr. O. T. Dennison, of
Mason City, addressed the convention
on “What is Best for the Creamery.”
He said: “Every creamery operator and
every patron of a creamery has his
opinion as to what is best for the cream-
ery, and I can only give my opinion from
the standpoint of an operator, leaving
yours to be brought out in the discussio
that may follow. -
‘ ‘Three essentials to a successful cream-
ery are: honesty, cleanliness and intelli-
gence. These three graces are as be-
coming to the patron as the operator.
You may differ as to the order of preced-
ence and contend that cleanliness should
be placed first or intelligence first, but
each is absolutely essential to success in
the-creamery and in the dairy as well.
Every transaction in and about the
creamery must be honestly done, else
that confidence between patron and op-
erator essential to the success of eachis
forever gone. There is a mutuality of
interest that renders dishonesty of either
ruinous to both. The “tricky” cream-
ery man soon has “tricky” patrons, and
dishonest patrons drive him to dishonest
tricks by which both are losers. The
creamery must be managed upon the
broad principle that to beprofitable to
the owner it must make dairying profits
abletto the patrons. That 11 rrow, self-
ish management that pays a little for
milk and cream as possible will never
be best for the creamery nor for the pa.-
trons. ,
The creamery should be an educator
to all the community in cleanliness,
honor and general intelligence upon all
dairy matters. The creamery man must
be progressive and abreast of the times—
spreading the latest and best thoughts
upon all matters pertaining to dairying,
dairy breeding and dairy feeding. It is
best for the creamery that it be operated
upon business principles, and not upon
any catchpenny ‘plan. There must be
intelligence in operating the creamery,
to the end that the best work may be
done with the least cost of fuel, ma-
terials and labor. The honest creamery
man will compel his patrons to be honest
with him and each other by refusing
milk or cream from him who is not
cleanly in his work as well as from him
who adulterates.
No remedy is so effectual in bringing
milk or cream to a proper percentage as
the whispered news, “They won’t take
So—and-So’s milk at the factory,” and no
news travels so fast. Some decision of
character is required, but a manager
without “backbone” is not fit for the
creamery. Managed upon the live-and-
let-live basis, the creamery will go on
multiplying in numbers, manufacturing
the raw materials produced on our
farms, developing the resources of Iowa,
restoring the wasted fertility of the
farm, of the soil robber, developing the
true dairy cow, spreading intelligence,
building homes, developing better men
and women, of higher intelligence,
higher thinking and better living.
Wisconsin Dairy School.
The University of Wisconsin has add~
ed to its other admirable courses a dairy
school. This year the dairy course will
open Jan. 5 and close the last of March.
Dr. Babcock, inventor of the milk test,
will give twenty lectures during the
term. There will be four sub—courses of
instruction. Dr. Babcock’s lectures will
comprise in the first sub-course such top-
ics as cream raising, the churning and
preservation of milk, etc. The second
sub-course will be devoted to milk test-
ing, with laboratory instruction. Then
comes the third sub-course, butter mak-
ing, and the fourth, cheese making.
The milk test instruction will be one
of the most important parts. of the
course. The student .who carefully
learns his lessons here will be able to de-
termine the amount of butter fat in
milk, and also to tell whether milk is
skimmed or whole, and whether it has
been watered or otherwise adulterated.
He will be made acquainted with all
kinds of cream separators and butter
extractors, and made to understand the
highest market standard for butter. At
the close of the course the young man
or woman who has successfully passed
the examinations, and has had eight
months’ practical experience in a com-
mercial cheese factory or creamery,
will, if his work is satisfactory, receive
a dairy certificate from the University
of Wisconsin.
In a dairy state like Wisconsin the
benefits of a school like this cannot be
estimated.
Notes.
The poison tyrotoxicon is believed to
be generated in cream that has not been
sufficiently aerated. We have known
good customers to be lost to milkmen on
account of the animal odor in the milk
they sold. To aerate properly take the
milk in the open air, dip it up by the
dipper full, hold it up high and pour it
either through a strainer or into a vessel
other than that from which you took it.
The point is to let the air all through it.
The best butter color in winter is car-
rots fed to the cows.
Use the milk tests on the farm and in
the creamery. Some very good and
simple ones have been invented. The
farmer will thus find out whether he is
feeding ‘ unprofitable cows, and the
creamery man will find out whether he
is paying unprofitable farmers.
Here is a touch from Field and Farm:
“A historian writes that butter was un-
known to the ancients. If this is true
it is equally true that ancient butter is
not unknown to the modems.” »
The honest way for creameries to pa
for milk is’ by the test system, accord-
ing to itsrichness, not its quantity.
Iowa, too, will have a dairy school.
One is soon to be established at the
Ames Agricultural college.
‘FA‘RM, FIELD, GARDEN.
NEWS, NOTES AND EXPERIENCES IN
FARM LIFE.
Wood for Fuel—The Relative Value of the
Difl'erent Kinds—Varying Conditions of
Wood According to Its Exposure and
Treatment.
For those who cut wood on their own
lands, but more especially those who pur-
chase it by the cord, the relative value
of the difierent kinds should be well un-
derstood. It is a. common opinion that
the hard and heavy woods are far more
valuable than the light and softer kinds.
This is true when they are purchased by
the cord, but by the pound there is very
little diiference, explains Country Gen-
tleman. Hickory, for example, which is
about as heavy as water, has been found
by careful 'experiment to give out in
urning more than twice as much heat
as pine, which is not half as heavy a
hickory. Hard maple emits two-thirds
the heat of hickory. But take pound for
pound, these three woods vary but slight-
ly in the emission of heat.
More difi‘erence, however, exists in the
condition of the wood, according to its
exposure and treatment. Take the same
wood, for instance, and let it be wet or
water soaked or partly decayed, which
would be as bad as possible for fuel pur-
poses; or sour it by fermentation of
the sap, which would be somewhat bet-
ter; corded up in a shaded place for
drying; corded in open ground; shel-
tered under a roof for a year; kiln
dried. Here are the several gradations
of a scale, showing how freshly cut
green wood may be subjected to diifer-
ent kinds of treatment, which taken be-
tween the best and worst would affect
many times its value. One gradation
not included in this scale is the manner
in which wood is piled when cut, by
placing the bark on the sticks upward
instead of carelessly at random; this care
will turn the water of rains oif, keeping
the wood dry and holding the bark.
Otherwise the water would run under
the bark and cause decay.
The difference in the value of freshly
cut green wood and that 'which is well
seasoned should be understood by those
who burn wood in dwellings. Hickory
wood cut green and then made thor-
oughly dry has been found to lose 37 per
cent. of its weight, and some lighter
woods nearly one-half.
Another important point in connec-
tion with the use of wood for fuel is its
economical consumption. A common
simple brick “fireplace” with a strong
draught wastes about nine—tenths of the
heat, which is carried up the chimney.
But this amount will vary with the
shape in which the fire is built. If
plenty of burning coals face the room
much more heat will be radiated into
the room than when they are concealed
by large sticks in front of the fire. A
slow draught will not sweep so much
heat up the chimney as a rapid one. A
fireplace partly cased with metal will
radiate more heat into the room, and
Mr. Bull found that an ordinary open
parlor grate saved about one-fifth of the
heat instead of only one-tenth. A sheet
iron stove with ample pipe and one el-
bow lost only one-half.
, A Cheap Ice House.
An Ohio farmer has the following to
say about cheap ice houses: I have a very
cheap but rough looking ice house that
keeps ice as well as a. more costly one. I
first leveled off a space 10 feet square on
gently sleping ground and laid down
scantliugs with loose boards on them for
the bottom of the ice house. On one side
posts were set in the ground, rising 10
feetabove the surface. The opposite
posts are ’7 feet high, 0living the board
roof 3 feet of pitch. After a- few of the
first courses I put in the ice and nail on
the siding 1;: the same time. A space of
18 inches is left between the ice and the
siding, which is filled with sawdust as
the other work goes on. The floor is
covered with sawdust, and 18 inches in
depth of the same is thrown on top of
the ice as a finish. A small opening is
left in the gables for ventilation. A
space 3 feet wide between two posts is
filled with loose boards that can be taken
out from top to bottom as the ice is
wanted. A little sawdust is packed
around the outside to prevent the air
from circulating under the ice. In the
uncertain winters we have I think it
better to gather the first ice that is
thick enough to keep, and not wait for it
to get better, which sometimes results in
not getting any.
Bone Dust as a. Fertilizer.
Bone dust, like barn yard manures,
does not immediately yield up its nitro-
gen and phosphoric acid to plants. The
bone phosphate of lime is insoluble in
water, and but very slightly soluble in
water containing carbonic acid. The
gelatine of the bones would soon decom—
pose in a moist, porous, warm soil, pro-
vided it was not protected by the oil
and by the hard matter of. the bones.
Steaming by removing the oil removes
one of the hindrances of decomposition.
Reducing the bones as fine as possible is
another means of increasing their avail-
ability. -
Another good method of increasing
the availability of bone dust is to mix it
with ham yard manure and let both fer-
ment together in aheap. The bone dust
causes the heap of manure to ferment
more readily, and the fermentation of
the manure softens the bones. Both the
manure and the bones are improved and
rendered richer and more available by
the process.
A Problem in Potato Culture.
Notes frOm The Rural New Yorker’s
experiment grounds give" the results of
the third season’s experiments to solve
the problem whether the fertilizer should
be placed under or over the “seed pieces
of potatoes. a. problem that. it would
seem, might well be worked upon by
the stations. Thus far the question is
not satisfactorily answered. The aver-
age in favor of placing the fertilizer over
jibe seed, as will be seen. is about ten
bushels to the acre. The experiment
will to continued.
HOMELIKE CONTRIVANCES.
An Ideal Chamber, Convenient Book
Shelves and a China Closet. -
[Copyright by American Press AbsociationJ
A chamber should be decorated and fur-
nished in such a way that it will be rest-
ful, and void of everything which might
irritate or excite the eye. Nothing stiflf,
rigid or formal, brilliant in color or marked
design is desirable. Light, soft colors in.
quiet combinations; hangings and draper-
ies with large, loose, indistinct figures; fur-
niture with delicate curves; soft fur rugs
and plenty of cushions give a delicacy and.
softness of tone required by the character
of this room.
The accompanying sketch illustrates
what is meant.
The woodwork is delicate in its carving
and painted an ivory white.
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covered with yellow wool matting, with .
plenty of rugs, and the furniture is in
keeping with the woodwork.
The lacquers which hang upon the lower
two—thirds of the wall is an indistinct cur-
tain of pendant and ashen green leaves,
delicately cut, with a. white background.
The frieze is wide and contrasts well with
the wall below, but in tone is the same.
Huge loose flowers, pale, soft blue and
ashen rose in color, droop heavily among
broad curling yellow green leaves, pale yel-
low palm branches just indicated beyond
giving a rich subdued efiect.
People who use books like to have them
where they can get at them. The nicest
thing about a bookcase is the books. Elab-
orate detail in woodwork or decoration
counts for nothing. The book shelves in
this drawing are as plain 'as they can well
be. Tim y are arranged on both sides of
the wil; ..)w. Under the window is a place
for a seat. The sides of the bookcase form
a rest for the back. If one cared to do so,
he could hang little fiat cushions on the
ends of the cases against which one could
rest. The seat, of course, should have an
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BOOK SHELVES.
upholstered cover. It could be home made.
Under the seat, and the full length of the
case, are recesses inclosed by doors. One.
or more of them could be arranged as
drawers. At the left of the window is a
place for bric—a-brac, if it is desired to use
the place this way. Otherwise it would be
convenient for large books.
. The shelves should be made adjustable,
so as to accommodate them to the diifer-
ent sized books. On one side of these
shelves is shown a curtain, which may be
of silk (.3 other light material, suspended
from the brass rod above. This will suffi-
ciently protect any of the books that one
may particularly value on account of their
external appearance. The woodwork is
best when made plain. Natural oak, syc-
amore or gum is particularly nice.
These shelves can be fitted into any
house, old or new.
It is suggested that the part which forms
the lower receptacle with doors or draw-
ers be projected six or eight inches beyond
the face of the cases. It makes the seat
wider, and gives a place to lay books on
when one is rearranging or dusting them.
This lower part of the case could be used
for holding unbound magazines, circulars
and newspapers.
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A CHINA CLOSET.
A lady had an old fashioned china cup-
board in her dining room. It was shut in
by a common, solid wood door. In that
closet was some very pretty china. As it
accumulated, the fact of its being hidden
from view became to her a very serious
matter. This cut shows what she did. She
took out the old door and the old shelves.
The plastering was repainted and gone
over to make it smooth. Then it was paint-
ed a light chocolate brown. New hard-
wood shelves werc put in. Cup books were
screwed into some of them. Double glass
doors were provided, and the drawers and
doors of wood below.
The space between the glass doors above
and the shelf over the drawers is . entirely
open. Thus one can set dishes in this
place and open the door above without dis-
turbing anything.
.An admirable wax finish for furniture
woods is "made by mixing about three
ounces of tallow and three and a quarter
pounds of wax with one pint of turpentine,
which is constantly stirred while boiling
and until cold. .7 The paste is rubbed in, the
superfluous wax removed with a wooden
scra r and then gene over with soft woolen
clot until it shines. Some workmen prev
fer‘to let the wax dissolve m'the turpen-.
tine cold, as they fancy the beat diminishes
the polishing effect. If a coat of French
polls is afterward a plied it deepens the
gloss—Decorator an ls‘urnisher.
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G. A. FRANKE,
THEHAIR CUTTER,
No. l Gazette Building, Norwalk.
HOT AND COLD BATES.
DENTISTRY.
R. W“. H. BALD‘VIN is new permanent—
ly located in the Bishop Building. No. 64
Wallstreetv'here all in need of Dentistry in
anviorm Will find valuable assistance.
His referencesare your friends and neigh-
hers. and he invites inquiry as to his ability
and past- record. Consultation free. Office
hours: 3 a. m. till 6 p. 111. tfrf-E
H EN RY H USS.
Restaurant, Cafe and Smoking Room,
GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT,
42d Street and 4th Avenue, New York.
_El‘ltrance from waiting room of New York,
bew Haven & Hartford Railroad. rte:
Building Materials, 8tc.
I’III‘DING STONE, all qualities of sand.
cellars dug. gardens and grounds renovat-
ed and horses and carts for hire. I have some
thoroughly rotted and very fine manure for
flower beds. N J. _\\. EDMUNDS,
- o. 6 South Union Avenue.
1’. O. Box 6.3!. Norwalk.
TABAND CONCRETE W'ALKS.
Laid infnew and the best possible manner,
and old ones neatly and substantially repaired
and at very reasonable rates. All orders
promptly executed. ‘
Wm. Lockwood,
Real Estate, Insurance and Investment
Securities.
—l'vIONEY TO LOAN.—
Insurzlnre I’lared ill First-Class Companies.
Oflice—Corner Main and Wall SIS" Norwall:.
J. Belden Hurlbutt,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
ROOM 4, I'P STAIRS.
Gazette Building, Non-walk, Conn.
Alex. S. Gibson,
Organist ofvthe First Congregationgl Church,
“I aterbul'y, and Teacher of
Pianoforte, Organ and-
Musical COIflpOSithlly
P. 0. Lock Box. NORWALK, CONN.
TNA INSRUANCE 00., of Hartford.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
2,- {Capital and Assets, $8,902,272.64.
Insures against loss and damage by FIRE or.
terms adapted to the hazard and consistent
With the laws of compensation.
WLES db MERRILL,
Sole agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
The Norwall Fire Insurance Cl.
Has now Completed its
26th SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR,
And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid
losses or claims for losses. No sound com.-
)4712/ mszu‘esfor less.
V. C. STREET. Pres: G. B. ST. JOHN. Treaa;
GEO. R. Cownns. Sec’y.
R. B. CRAUFUED,“
Investments, Real Estate and Insurance,
FURNITURE I
Geo. H. Raymond,
Furniture Dealer,
Has removed to the new and commodioua
store four doors above his old stand and
stocked it with NEW GOODS of the LATEST
STYLE and FINEST FINISH.
GEO. H. RAYMOND. Agent.
Furnishing Undertaker and Embalmer.
I give my personal attention to laying out
and furnishing everything necessary for the
interment of the dead.
iesidence. No. 3 erkeley Place. Norwalk.
Telephone communication with residence.
w. H. MEEKER,
Plumbing, Steam and Gil lilting.
SOUTH NORTVALK, CONN.
Sanitary Plumbing and Ventilation and Low
Pressure and Steam Heating. a Specialty.
PLUMBEBS’ SUPPLIES.
Pipe and Fitting for Steam and Gas.
AGENT for the FLORIDA LOW PRESSURE BOILER.
Facilities for cutting and threading all kinds
of Pipe. 50tf
To Horse Owners!
We keep constantly on hand a good assort-
ment of
Kentucky and Ohio Horses,
Selected with great care in the western mar-
kets. We have horses suitable for all purposes
and no one who wants a. thoroughly reliable
animal should purchase before seeing what we
have to offer. We also keep constantly on
hand at our Carriage Repository a complete
line of CARRIAGES from the best makers.
which are manufactured for us to special
order; every carriage warranted. WAGONS
and CARTS of every descrmtion; HAHN ESSES
WHIPS. BOBES. BLANKETS.
DANN’S LIVERY STABLE,
OFFICE :—48 WALL STREET. NORWALK.
Opposite D. &- N. Railroad Depot.
FURNITURE.
A Full Stock of Furniture of all kinds.
Parlor and Bedroom Sets,
A Specialty.
"DAVID. STOW,
Main. Street, 082331? South Norwalk.
ITEM-1's !'
G. n. hummer,
10 van: IN UK “In: tuning”): MM FIR.
PATENT OFFICE.
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