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———-OFFERS TODAY-'—
KID GLOVES AT 25 CENTS AND 50-CENTS,
Actual Value 50 and 75 cents.
2,000 Yards at Best Standard PRINTS at 3; cents Per Yard
In Dress Lengths. 2,000 Yards of
BEST .OUTING FLANNELS
Choice Styles at 100611363 per yard. 20 Dozen
Huck and Damask Towels at 25 Cents a piece,
Actual Value 39 cents.
Look at the CROCHET QUILTS at 79 and 98 Cts.,
Value $1.00 and $1.25. Choicest Line of
Flannelenes and lineman Sailings at 12; Cents Per Yarn
Ever Shown in this Town.
Edward Street,
No. 5 Gazette Building, Norwalk.
Just to Make It Amusing
Stflllllll a ran
‘WILL SELL FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS
A GOOD 50c. CORSET FOR 35c.
Atlantic Co. Sheeting at 7c. ll'lerriinac Prints at 5c.
The Best Kid Cambric at 5 cents.
Six Pairs of Fast Black Hose for-I23 cents.
.A. Good. Broom, 90.1
A BIG DRIVE IN CARPETS.
INGRAINS at 23‘cts. WE MEAN BUSINESS,
SCOF’IELD & HOYIT'.
Agentsfor Butterick’s Fashions and Hall’s Bazar Forms.
E. K. LOCKWOOD. FRANK I. JONES
_ E. K. Locxwoon a Go.
Plumbing, Steam and Hot Air Engineering,
FULL LINE OF
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
NORWALK, CONN.
The DAILY GAZETTE proposes to present to the most popular
Working Girl in the town of N orwalk a handsome Gold
Watch, her popularity to be determined by a vote of the
readers of the DAILY GAZETTE. the voting to close on Friday
May 1, the result to be announced on Saturday, May 2d.
' In order to facilitate the voting. and for the convenience of
the voters, the appended official ballot will be printed daily
in these columns. ' ,. . .
This ballot is to be cut out, and the blank lines filled in by
t‘he‘voter, with the name of the candidate and her place of
employment and Sent’tolthe following address :
' Gold “Watch Editor, Daily Gazette,
' ' Norwalk, Conn.
EEALLOTS. .
Daily Gazette’s Gold Watch,
For the Most Popular Working Girl in llorwalk.
)
' Name
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; Employed
Ballots sent addressed in any other manner than as above
are liable to be cast aside and not counted. .
Any WorkingGirl working within the boundaries of the
term of Norwalk is eligible as a candidate, whether employed
in the factory, store, office, or in the household. The progress
of the voting and the scores of the candidates will be an-
nounced from day to day, that voters may keep "themselves
informed as to. the standing Of their respective favorite.
The Watch will be placed on exhibition in the window of
onset the prominent'stores of the Borough, and will also be
exhibited in South Norwalk and East N orwalk. .
And now the ball is opened. Let all join in.- Cutout the
ballot, fill in and send to this office addressed plainly as
directed above. ‘ -
EEKLY - NORWAL
in. manna.
We publish to-day, E.J. Hill’s Speech
at” the Bridgeport Board of Tracie Ban-
quet last week, in full, in view of the
many erroneous quotations that have
been made from it. We commend to
our citizens his suggestions in regard
to home investments. If the millions
that have been sent out of the State
during the past ten years had been used
at .home to develop Connecticut, the
lenders would be better off to-day and
the State would show far greater pro-
gress than it does. Let us “boom” the
place we live in first: . .
MR. PRESIDEN'rz—At a camp meeting
in Nebraska, at the close of his ser-
mon, the minister invited all those who
wished to go to Heaven to rise, and
seeing that all rose except an apparent
stranger sitting on one of the back
seats, he put the other side of the case
and asked that anyone who wanted to
go to Hell would rise. Still the stran-
ger kept his seat. Amazed at an indif-
ference which he felt must be assumed,
the minister went to him and asked if
this was a matter in which the had no
interest. “None whatever,” was the
reply. "for I am very well suited with
the place that I live in and don’t be-
lieve that I care to move.”
Ever since I read that story. I have
wondered where that stranger hailed
from, but since I have been here this
evening and have listened to the glow-
ing accounts of your prosperity and
growth, and then remembered that
whenever I have met any of your peo—
ple elsewhere, I have always found that
they kept on tap, so to speak, an abun-
dant supplyzof panegyrics and encomi-
ums of this city, I have about conclud-
ed that the man hailed from Bridge-
port, Conn. . and was an active member
of the Board of Trade.
I do not wonder, however, as you re-
view the history of your city, that you
are proud of its progress and rejoice in
its present greatness, and as you re-
member that this work has been
wrought and this success achieved al-
most entirely within the lives of men
now living, and largely by those who
are. present here to-night. I cannot
blame you, if you do indulge in a lit-
tle modest boasting in the presence of
your. Faigfield County neighbors.
T5 tell the $1th ha've very little re-
apect for the man who will not stand
by his own town, certainly while he
lives in it. and while I must admit all
that you claim for your home, you will
have to acknowledge that there are a
few other places in the State in which a
man can live and transact business with
a fair degree of comfort and success,
and in my judgment, Norwalk is one of
those places,
There are some things in which you
can never equal us.
Our town will always be one hundred
and eighty-two years older than yours.
We shall always be fifteen miles near-
er New York thnn you are.
We have now, and from present ap-
pearances are liable to have for some
time to come, the largest borough and
smallest city in the State.
You have no hope whatever of achiev-
ing either distinction.
\Ve make more hats and woolen
goods than you do, raise more oysters
and clams than you do, and have hereto-
fore beaten you out of sight in mixing
up parellel railroads and politics.
There is a posibility, since the
13th District was carried last Fall upon
a promise to have a railroad, built by
the State and a guaranteed dividend of—
fered to anyone who would operate it,
that our enthusiasm on this latter sub-
ject has carried us too far-,so that if you
will only “hustle” with your new cor-
poratiou just organized here, you may
outstrip us in this respect, While we are
resting in abandonment by the way-
side.
It is said that when Senator Wilson
brought to Thaddeus Stevens on his
death—bed, the most touching expres-
sions of sympathy and sorrow at his ap-
proaching separation from his friends
in Congress, the “Old Commoner”
pointing to the yeast poultlces which
covered his feet and limbs, said:
“Never mind, Senator, never mind:
tell them I shall rise again.”
While we have an almost unbounded
confidence in regard to the future of
Norwalk, we are. perfectly willing that
you should be as happy over your city,
as John Simpkins seems to have been
over his wife’s grave, when he put this
epitaph upon her tombstone: “What’s
the matter with Mary J ane Simpkins;
she’s all right. ”
It is not at all strange that men
think differently on any subject, when
we consider how different-1y men are
themselves constructed.
I knew a male once, who was a
“dude.”
His clothes fitted him as if he had
been melted and poured into them.
Everything about him was the pink of
propriety, and his highest idea of life
was to be perfectly polite and to follow
the extremest fashion.
Last spring it was my good fortune
to hear him express (what he called) his
views of theology. Said he: “The
highest type of humanity is to be po-
lite und courteous to every one. I be-
t lieve God exists and that he is infinite-
l 1y more perfect than man. When I
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die, it will be with a full consciousness
that I have never wronged any human
being, and I shall go into His presence,
intending to treat Him with the ut-
most politeness, and expecting the
same from Him, and if I don’t get it, I
shall take my baggage and register at
the other hotel.”
But however much men may differ
religiously, politically or socially, there
is one thing in which I think that both
as individuals and as communities, we
are coming to agree, and it is this:
that the good Lord has given to us,
herein Connecticut. as good a place
and lot in life as the globe anywhere
affords, and that it is not only our
privilege, but our bounden duty to
improve every advantage and make
the most of every opportunity that this
locality presents.
For many years the prevailing senti-
ment has been, that success could only
be found in the West. and large num-
bers of our active, restless boys have
left their old New England homes and
helped to build great States upon the
Western prairies, and by the conse—
quent increased value of land alone,
have made fortunes for themselves.
Some by harder work than they ever
dreamed of here. and by self denial
and deprivation that no New England-
or would tolerate at home, have ac-
cumulated wealth.
But, in' my judgment, there is no
place in this land to-day, where labor
is better rewarded, where capital can
be more safely employed or securely
invested, or where the comforts and
necessities of life cost less, than in this
good old State of Connecticut, and if
we who remain here would manifest
one-half of the vim, and push. and
pluck displayed by the boys who are
peopling the parched prairies of the
Great American Dessert, or climbing
the rugged slopes of the Rockies, we
would make Connecticut bloom and
blossom like a garden,and every valley
and hill-top rejoice with a new life.
As it is, we have no reason for dis-
couragemeut.
During the past ten yea-rs, our mater-
ia-l resources have shown a steady,
solid growth, and our population has
increased one hundred and twenty-two
thousand, while in the past three years
alone, Kansas has lost one hundred
thousand, and Iowa, one hundred and
fifty thousand peOple.
Last year, five thousand farms were
abandoned in Kansas, and hundreds of
men and women are to-night almost
starving upon its mortgaged prairies,
while the reports of our State Labor
Bureau in 1883 show an unencumbered
ownership of ninety per cent. of farm
values in Connecticut and a profit in
agricultural operations fully equal to
the average returns from the manu-
facturing establishments of the State.
One thing we know. There is no por-
tion of the community, in western Con-
necticut at least, whose trade is more
desired or sought after than that of the
farmer. As a rule, they buy carefully,
pay promptly, and the great majority
own their own land and have more or
less money at interest. And not only
are our old established industries fairly
prosperous. but new ones are constant-
ly springing up. Take for example,
the scientific cultivation of oysters,
largeiy developed by the use of steam-
ers during the past ten years. In my
own town, more than a million dollars
are employed in this business, and al-
most all of it actually made in the busi-
ness within a few years.
Talk of Western enterprise and bold-
ness. If the power of faith is not
thoroughly illustrated, when men de-
liberately throw thousands of dollars
worth of jingle shells and old tin scraps
overboard into Long Island Sound in
seventy feet of water and wait three or
four years for a crop of oysters, then I
fail to understand the meaning of the
word.
In fact. in any comparison of the
this Union, no Connecticut man need
be ashamed of his State.
According to the census of 1880, our
people then owned the whole State and
all that was in it, and seventy-three
millions of dollars beside. Since 1880,
millions upon millions more. of the
earnings and savings ofConnecticut men
and women, have gone Westinto farm-
mortgage’s, and into railroads con-
structed incidentally to develop the
country, but actually, to secure bond-
ing privilegesuud South to buom towns
that are now either dying or dead.
- If the Boards of Trade of Connecti-
cut can turn back this stream of capi-
tal to its source, and by reason, or
argument. or better yet, by‘the ex-
amples of its Bridgeports and Dan-
burys, can secure the investment of
our surplus funds at home, they will
have proved the wisdom of their crea-
tion and justified their future existence
by a marked developement and progress
of the whole State.
I am very sure that any probable
form of home investment, which they
would recommend, would prove as safe
as those to which no personal super-
vision of the lender could ever be
given, and if no other result was secur-
ed, he would at least enjoy the pleasure
of seeing his money honestly lost, in-
stead of as is uow,too often the case,
simply having the cold comfort of
mourning over its sudden disappear-
ance.
I can speak with some feeling upon
this subject. In fact, I am like a min-
ister in my own town, who in speaking
anTTE.
progress and growth of the States of »
to the boys in the Sabbath School.
said: “Boys, never use tobacco. Don’t
ever smoke. it is injurious and expen-
sive. But above all things. don‘t chew,
for it is a disgusting. nasty habit. I
know what I'am talking about, fer I
have a chew in my mouth now. while
I am talking to you.”
I congratulate the City of Bridge-
port and its efficient Board of Trade,
upon the splendid results of its efforts
at home development, and if I am not
mistaken, you have simply begun to
gather the fruits of a policy which the
whole State would do well to imitate.
In an old grave yard in Richmond,
Va., I was shown a gravestone. upon
which was this inscription:
“Stranger. behold as you pass iv:—
As you are now, so, once. we: I.
As I am now, so you must be.
Prepare for death and follow me."
Beneath it, in pencil were written two
lines more, and I am sure that you will
agree with me in this conclusion, as in
my first, that it was 9. Bridgeport man
who wrote them. They were:
“To follow you. I’m not content
Unless I know which way you went."
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or Lungs. Dr. King’s New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds is
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found 1t just the thing and under its use
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Trlal bottles free at H. R. Hale’s Drug
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W.B.HALL&CO.
THIRD WEEK
of the greatest clearing sale Bridgeport has
chi' seen. With a view of interesting all
the close buyers we shall offer each day
some important bargains in our twenty-five-
departments. In fact, for the next two
weeks our store will be the
Bargain Hunters’ Paradise.
CURE
Sick Headache and relieve all the troubles incl-
dent to a bilious state of the system,such as
Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness. Dinars” after
eating. Pain in tha Side, &c. While mitmooc
remarkable success has been shown in curing
SICK
Headache. yet Carter's Little Liver PER an
equally valuable in Constipation. curing malpra-
venting this annoying complaint.whila theyalao
correct all disorders of the stomachmtimulamtha
liver and regulate the bowels. Even if they only
curd H E‘ k D
Ache they would be almost priceless to those'whc
suffer from this distressing complaint; but tortu-
nately their-goodness does notend here,and those
who once try them will find these little pills valu-
able in so many ways that they will not be wil—
ling to do without them. But after all sick he“
AGHE
Is the bane of so many'lives that here is where
we make our great boast. Our pills cure it while
others do not.
Carter’s Little Liver Pills are very small and
very easy to take. One or two pills makes. dose.
They are strictly vegetable and do not gripe or
purse. but by their gentle action please all who
use them. In vials at 25 cents ; five for $1. Sold
by druggists everywhere. or sent by mail.
To-day we offer :
2,000 Remnants all Silk Ribbons at 8, 10, 12 1-2 and 15 cts a yard.
150 pieces all Silk Ribbons, 2 1-2 inches wide, at 15 cts.. worth 25 cts.
Remnants wide Ribbons, 25 cts., worth 50 cts.
Lot narrow Ribbons, 6 cts. a bunch, worth fully 15 cts.
RUCHINGS.
125 Boxes at 10 cts., worth 25 cts.
Strips of Handsome Ruchings 5 cts., worth 20 cts.
2,000 yards at 10 cts., worth 15 cts.
1.000 Linen Collars 5 cts. each.
5W Linen Collars, slightly soiled, 1 cent each.
Embroidered Chemisets 35 cts., were 75.
Children's Lace Collars 3 to 10 cts., worth double.
Mull Chemises 10 and 15 cts., were 25 and 30 cts.
HANDKERCHIEFS.
400 doz. best 12 1-2 ct. quality, 5 cts. .each.
300 doz. manufacturer’s samples 12 1—2 cts.. worth 25 cts.
200 doz. embroidered handkerchiefs, best 25 ct. quality, two for 25.
Germantown yarn 10 cts., best 15 ct. yarn.
Best Saxony yarn 10 cts.
Head Rests, 65 cts.
Silk Scarfs, 49 and 69 cts., worth $1.
Splashers and Stamped Goods reduced.
LACES.
50 Pieces Handsome Laces for street and evening over dresses,~
18-inch Ecru Laces 25 cts., worth 75 cts.
27-inch Ecru Laces 5O cts., worth $1.
Oriental Laces, all down.
New Trimming Laces.
200 Pieces Handsome Gimps.
New Styles Dress Trimmings.
Notions and Small Wares.
In our Notion, Smallware, Silverware, Jewelry and Perfumery Sections are
Thousands of 'Real Bargains.
We have room for only a few but our whole stock is marked fully as low
as the sample prices we give.
Cutters’ Spool Silk, 5 cts . usually 100.
500 yards Spool Cotton, lo. a spool.
Clark's 2,400 yard Machine Cotton. 25c.
Wide Elastic, good quality, 1c.
Whisk Brooms, 10c., usually l5c.
Blacking Brushes, 18c. usually 22c.
\Vriting Desks, with ink wells, 15c., usually 24c.
' Machine Oil, 10c. usually 150.
Good Pins, lo. a paper.
Handsome Plush Boxes, 790. were $1.59.
Elegant Manicure Sets, $5.50, were $11.
Manicure Sets and Jewelry Case combined, $3.75. were $7.50.
Oxidized Toilet Sets, $2. were :54
Elegant Shaving Mirrors, $1.38. were $2.75.
Handsome Smoking Sets, $1.75. were $3.50.
Elegant Plush Collar and Gulf Boxes, $1 75, were $3.50,
New Dress Goods Rooms.
Wonderful Bargains in Black Henriettas,
Short ends of Choice Goods, Ends of Silks
and Plushes.
W. B. Hall&Co.
Cor. Main and Cannon St., Bridgeport. ..
Norwalk Chronicler