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GEMS IN‘ VERSE.
Farewell !
Man cannot make, but may ennoble, fate,
By nobly hearing it. So let us trust
Not to ourselves but God, and calmly wait
Love’s orient, out of darkness and of dust.
Farewell, and yet again farewell, and yet
Never~farewell—if farewell mean to fare
Alone and disunited. Love hath set
Our days, in music, to the self same air ;
And I shall feel, wherever we may be,
Even tho‘ in absence and an alien clime,
The shadow of the sunniness of thee,
Hovering, in patience, through a clouded time.
Farewell! The dawn is rising and the light
Is making, in the cast, a faint endeavor
To illuminate the mountain peaks. Good night.
Thine own, and only thine, my love, forever.
——Owen Meredith.
Fidelis.
You have taken back the promise
, That you spoke so long ago:
Taken back the heart you gave me—
Imustleven let it go.
‘Where Love once has breathed, Pride dieth;
So I struggled. but in vain,
First to keep the links together,
Then to piece the broken chain.
But it might not be—so freely
All your friendship I restore,
And the heart that I had taken
As my own for evermore.
No shade of reproach shall touch you,
Dread no more a claim from me;
But I will not have you fancy
That I count myself as free.
I uni-bound by the old promise;
What can break that golden chain?
Not even the words that you have spoken,
Or the sharpnws of my pain;
no you think, because you fail me
And draw back your hand today,
That from out the heart I gave you
My strong love can fade away?
It will live. No eyes may see it;
In my soul it will lie deep
Hiddenfrom all: but I shall feel it
Often stirring in its sleep.
So remember. that the friendship
Which you now think poor and vain,
Will endure in hope and patience,
Till you ask for it again.
Perhaps in some long twilight hour,
Like those we have known of old,
When past shadows gather round you,
And your present friends grow cold,
You may stretch your hands out toward ino—
Ah! you will—I know not when—-
I shall nurse my love and keep it
Faithfully, for you, till then.
"Adelaide A. Procter.
i What of That?
Tired! Well, what of that?
Didst fancy life was spent on beds of ease,
Fluttering the rose leaves scattered by the breeze,
Come, rouse thee! work while it is called today!
Coward, arise! go forth upon thy way!
Lonely! And what of that?
Some must be lonely! ’tis not given to all
To feel a heart responsive rise and fall,
To blend another life into its own. '
Work may be done in loneliness. Work on.
Dark! Well, and what of that?
Didst fondly dream the sun would never set?
Dost fear to lose thy way? Take courage yet!
Learn thou to walk by faith and not by sight;
Thy steps will guided be, and guided right.
Hard! Well, what of t u .
Didst fancy lifeone-suMmer holid ,
With lessons none to learn, and naught bat playi‘
Go, get thee to thy task! Conquer or die:
It must be learned! Learn it, then, patiently
Same Day of Days.
Some day, some day of days, threading the street
With idle, heedless pace,
Unlocking for such grace,
I shall behold your face!
Some day, some day of days, thus may we meet.
Perchance the sun may shine from skies Of May,
Or winter‘s icy chill
Touch whitely vale and hill.
What matter? I shall thrill
Through every vein with summer on that day.
Once more life’s perfect youth will all come back,
And for a moment there
I shall stand fresh and fair,
And drop the garment care;
Once more my perfect youth will nothing luck.
I shut my eyes, thinking how ‘twill be—
How face to face each soul
Will slip its long control,
Forget the disml dole
Of dreary Fate‘s dark separating sea;
And glance to glance, and hand to hand in greeting.
' The past with all its fears,
Its silences and tears,
Its lonely, yearning years,
Shall vanish in the moment of that meeting.
' aNora Perry.
The Bravest of Battles.
"The bravest battle that ever was fought,
Shall I tell you where and when?
011 the maps of the world you’ll find it not:
‘Twas fought by the mothers of men.
L
Nay, not with cannon or battle shot,
With sword or .noblcr pen;
Nay, not with eloquent word or thought
From mouth of wonderful men.
But deep in a walled up woman‘s heart—
Of woman that would not yield,
But bravely, silently bore‘her part—
.Lo! there is‘thetzbattle fleld.
N o marshaling troop, no bivouac song,
No banner to gleam and wave!
But oh, those battles, they last so long—
From babyhood to the grave.
! —Joaquin Miller.
Remembrance.
Do you remember, sweet, that day we passed
Down that dim avenue where sungold beams
Trembled thro' leaves that murmured in their
dreams
And waving rings across our pathway cast—
Our velvet pathway. love, narrow, new gr'aSsedi
You, slim and fearless, on your dappled mare,
Robed all in black; only your pale gold- hair
Gave color to that dear dream of the past—-
That and the soft, sweet flush of throat and cheek.
Your eyes were wet, I think, and low and clear
Your words—but I remember all you said.
Do you remember how I tried to speak,
And could not? 0h, do you remember, dear!
Klgcgeaven! I had forgot that you were
i
A Fragment.
There is many a gem in the path of life,
Which we pass in our idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the jeweled crown,
Or the miser‘s boarded treasure:
It may be the love of a little child,
Or a mother‘s prayer to heaven,
01' only a’beggar‘s grateful thanks
For a cup of water given.
Labor.
Labor is life! ’tis the still water faileth;
Idlenms ever dapaireth, bewaileth; .
Keep the watch wound, or the dark rust assaileth;
Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon.
Labor is glory !—the flying cloud lightens;
Only the waving wind changés'and brightens,
Idle hearts only the dark future frightens,
Play the sweet keys wouldst then keep them in
tune. —F‘rances'S. Osgood.
’ Memory. '
i {I #13." Mt languish. ‘
Dare not ind'ul . in memory’s rapturous poll
Once drinkihggdeep of that di‘vin'e’st anguish,
How Could I taste the empty world again?
. -—Emily Bronte.
3' With Yesterday’s Seven Thousand Years.
Ah! my beloved, till thorcup that 'clears
Today of past regrets and future tears.
To—morrow! why to-morrow I may be
Myself with yesterday‘s seven thousand years.
. ——Omar Khayyam.
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WEEKLY - NORWALK - GAZETTE.
Always Ahead..
“Well, there’s one consolation,” he said.
to the iceman as they were discussing the
weather. “Ice must be cheaper next sum-
mer.”
“Well, perhaps.”
“But there’s no perhaps about it. There’s
lots of it all over the north this winter.
Y on fellows will have to come down.”
“Yes. I suppose the price will be some-
what lower: but there’s the Offset, you
know.”
“What offset?” _
“\Vhy, the solidity is only 50 per cent. of
last year, and it will melt twice as fast.”—
New York Sun.
Her Pot Name.
-. l ‘
Mrs. Dix—Why does your husband call
you his “good resolution?”
Mrs. Hicks—He says I am always
“broke.”——Munsey’s Weekly.
Settled in Advance.
An old lawyer who occupies an ofioe on
Griswold street found a new tenant along-
side of him the other day—a stranger who
had come to Detroit as an agent. The law-
yer entered, introduced himself, learned
that the tenant had leased for a year, and
then said:
“We shall see considerable of each other,
being so close together, and I shguld like
an understanding in advance. If a bill
collector comes up and asks for you what
Shall I say?”
"None will come, as I shall pay cash for
all I get.”
“Good! That is also my way. Will you
want to borrow any money?”
“No, sir.” '
“Nor I, either.
note for you ?”
“No, sir.”
“Splendid! Liable to ask me to sign a
bond ?”
“No, sir.”
“Beautiful!
“No, sir.”
“Magnificent! One more question: You
don’t want me to answer your telephone?”
“No, sir.”
“Shake! We shall be the best of friends,
and I hope you will stay for five years. "’—
Detroit Free Press, '
“W
Made the Colored \Vaiter Turn Pale.
“My wife and I were itaking dinner at
the Wyoming Valley hotel, and a great big
strapping darkey' was waiting on us. I
was in a hurry, and told him I wanted
dinner as soon as possible. SO he hustled
about for my order of fish, and soon
brought it to me. I caused the fish to dis-
appear, plate and all, before his eyes and
then said, ‘I thought I told you to bring
me some fish in a hurry.’ The darkey in-
sisted that he had brought it, but as it
could not be found he was finally brought
to believe that he had not. By this time
the attention of the whole room was drawn,
so as soon as the darkey won (1 bring me
anything I caused it to vanish, until that
poor old darkey was nearly wild. Finally
I asked for a cup of coffee, and he had
scarcely set it before me when I looked as
it and said, ‘Why, Iasked you for coflfee;
this is tea.’ That was the last straw, and
the old darkey, with eyes almost starting
out from his head, staggered up to the
head waiter, and throwing up his arms,
cried out, ‘Foh de Lord sake, lemme go
home; dat man is'dc dehil!‘ Imagine the
roar that went up in that dining room.”—
Maglclan Keller in Hazlcton Sentinel.
_....
Want any one to back a
Ever get drunk?”
A Clarlng Fraud.
“What is your specialty?” inquired the
visitor at the dime museum. “Are you the
living skeleton?”
“No,” answered the cadavcrous party on
the elevated platform, “I'm doing the
forty-five-day fasting act.”
“How long have you been fasting?”
“This is the thirty—seventh day.”
“Have you eaten nothing since you be-
n?”
“Nothing—that is to say, nothing you
can call eating. They give me perhapsa
pint or two of bean soup every morning and
evening, but that’s all.”
f‘And you call that fasting!” exclaimed
the visitor, purple in the face and grasping
his cane nervously. “You are an infernal
humbug! Why, good heavens, man!” he
roared, trembling with rage, “bean soup
is?!—
But the attendants hastily seized the
maddened visitor and hurried him out of
the building. He was a gentleman from
Boston.—'Chicugo Tribune. '
An Unfortunate Arrangement.
“Mrs. Pinkerton ;declined to receive at
the Charity this winter.”
“So I heard. What was the reason?”
“Why, last year on the engraved cards
they had her name at the head of the list,
and the managers said afterward that pm
cedence was arranged on the basis of senior-
ity.”—Harper's Bazar.
Precautionary. , .
Mr. Ch‘ugwater—Samantha, who isit out
there in the kitchen singing “I want to be
an angel?” ~
.hllrs. Chugwater—That’s the new hired
g" - . ,
“Put the kerosene can” where she can’t
find it in the morning. ”—Chicago Tribune.
. A Truthful Evaslon,
She (anxiously)—l saw you sitting down
several times during the game of football
yesterday afternoon, and I was so afraid
you were hurt. '
He (lightly)—Hurt? Oh, that was noth-
ing. I’ve often sat in a game that hurt
me more than that.-—West Shore.
Bungle Knew.
Mrs. Bungle—uPi-ofessor Edward Everett
Hale wants some'college to appoint n“pro-
gfessor 'of‘Americahto expound American-
i-isins.”3 What does that mm? ,
. le—It‘ means a profesortoxexé
P. . .mper jokes, or course—New
York 'Weekly. ~ '
Nothing Wrong About That Top.
Momma—Willie, you must not spin ”that!
. 1 fimmingtop of yours today. This isSu'n-.
Willie (whirling it again)—That’s all
right, mamma.‘ It’s humming a Sunday
Ichool tune—Chicago'TI-ibune.
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Are again in the field with the largest stock of
-‘:G_A_BP.ETS:--
Moquettes, Velvet, Body Brussels, Tapestry Brussels and Ingrains at
all prices. Rugs, Linoleums and Oil Cloths at Bottom Prices. We
shall meet all prices and go a little better. Our stock is three
times larger than that of any of our competitors. It was
purchased before the rise and sells at old prices.
\Ve carry a Larger Line of
DRESS - (3.0.0135
Than ever before, and we will sell goods cheaper than any other store
in town. Goods not in stock purchased next day.
Big Drive in Tin land Wooden Wares. Kabo
‘ Corsets. Gopco.
@Agents for Butterick's Patterns.
SCOFIELD 85 HOYT.
A Fall in the Price of Sugar!
It fortunately hap lens that there is more
than one kind of a fa 1. There is a waterfall:
there is the fall which comes after summer;
there 18 the fall which a, banana peel Is liable
to cause. and there Is that peculiar kind of la.
fall which comes toa man when he sees the
point of a joke. or, In other words, to put 1t
somewhat vulgarly, when he takes a tumble.
Last, but most importantof all, Is the fall in
the price of sugar, It Is_proper .to esplam
that the fall shown In the 1 lustration is not
exactly the kind of a fall In the price of
spgar wthich has recently been made at the
s ore o
Nlckersonuefls
DRYG 2ll .
JAMES MITCHELL, Auctioneer.
THE BALANCE OF THE STOCK 0F
Dry Goods, Hosiery, Clocks, Fancy Goods,
' Ribbons and Small Wares,
KNOWN AS TEE
A'MBLER s '1‘ 00K
| Will Be Sold at Auction.
Sales commence AT THE OLD STAND,
3 Gazette Building, Norwalk.
1 .
SATURDAY, MARCH 28,
WEvery article will be sold without reserve.
JAMES MITCHELL, Auctioneer
Bill or THE MAKER.
Pay only one prOIit and get your
USN—WEE
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Fresh and perfect and direct from the
GEO. E. NOTH NAG LESSON,
Manufacturers of FINE PARLOB SUITS and Extensive Dealers in all
kinds of Furniture, ,
WARE ROOMS: 423, 425, 427 MAIN STREET,
_.BRIDCEPORT. CONN. _
FRANK I" JONES
E. K. 'LOCKWOOD.
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
NORWALK, CONN.
WILL SELL AT COST!
FOR TWO WEEKS‘ TO MAKE ROOM
FOR NEW GOODS.
Lot of Parlor Suits, Lounges,
Bedroom Suits, Pictures, 8.0
Also Handsome Lot of Baby Carriages
AT FURNITURE STORE OE
Theodore Coleman,
202 AND 204 WASHINGTON ST.,
EAST END or BRIDGE.
SOUTH NOR‘NALK.
.51 GARD-
TO THE PUBLIC :rHaving leased the
rooms at
NO. 53 WALL STREET,
Now occupied by the Norwalk Club. I will
move my
Photograph -:- Business
To my new quarters about April ist.
Thanking. the public for their most liberal
patronage in the past I trust that .I may look
for a contnuance of the same in my new
h ch Will be fitted up Withtfgery
J
3m40
rooms, _ w
convenience for my patrons.
(LA. BLAGKMAN, Nomalk.
HENRY TILLY,
CARRIAGE MAKER,
S0 UTII JVOR IVALII', CONN.
——Mannfacturer of—
Family Carriages, Victurlas, Buggies, is.
ALL KINDS OF REPAIRING.
PATRONIZE THE OLD RELIABLE
ADAMS EXPRESS CoMl’ANl',
Low Rates. Prompt Delivery.
Branch Office, Norwalk, at Morris Benedict’s.
Main Office at Depot. South Norwalk.
L. HUNT. Agent.
OLD AND
. E. K. LOCKWOODg'CO”~
Plumbing, Steam and Hot Air Engineering,_'
1
GEN. WM. ll. NOBLE.
No. 91 Samoan Ava. Barnum-71.:
Has all blanks needed under New Law for
Sold1ers,W1dows, Parents and Children. Call
or send for question blanks at once.
8: B. WILSON,
Carpenter and Builder.
AWING, Window Frames. are. M ld' .
S made to order. Jobbin promptly :fieildlgd
to. Shop—Cross st.; Besi ence, 92 Wall st.
First floor at Belden avenue to let at $9 e
month. Houses and lots for sale on easy ter’lhsr
LADIES? unuss
Do Your Own: Dyeing, at Home.
They will dye everything. They are sold every
where. Price loo. a package. Theyhave unequal
for Strength. Brightness, Amount in Packages
or for Fustnesn of Color. or non-fading Qualifies.
They do not crock or smut ; 40 colors. For sale by
J. G. Gregory & 00.; J. A. Bi . 11 '
street; George I}. Plaisted, Drug'glafiii Minn
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paKoIdLua.
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'SLO'I'IVEZ e
DC. A. FRAME,
THE HAIR CUTTER,
No. 1 Ghzett'e Building, Norw'alk .
HOT AND COLD BATES.
DENTISTRY.
R. \V. H. BALD‘VIN is now permanent—
ly located in the Bishop Building. No. 64
Wall street-where all In need of Dentistry in
anv.form Wlll find valuable assxstance.
5 references are your friends and neigh—
‘bors. and he invites inquiry as to his ability
and past record. Consultation free.
hours: 8 a. m. till 6 p. m.
HENRY HUSS.
Office
tf35
' Restaurant, Safe and Smoking-Room,
GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT.
42d Street and 4th Avenue, New York.
Entrance from waitinc' room of New York.
New Haven Jr. Hartfordlllailroad. tf32
Building Materials, 86c.
UILDING STONE. all ualities of sand.
cellars dug. ardens an grounds renovat-
ed and horses an carts for hire. I have some
thoroughly rotted and ver fine manure for
flower e s. J. W. EDMUNDS.
No. 6 South Union Avenue.
P. O. Box 651. Norwalk.
TAB AND CONCRETE WALKS.
Laid infinew 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.
——MONEY T0 LOAN.
Insurance Placed in First-Class Companies;
Office—Corner Main and Wall Sta, Norwalk,
J. Bcldcn Hurlbutt,
honey and Counselor at. Law,
noon 4, tr STATES. ,
Gazette Building. Norwalk. Co” .1 “-
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Alex. 3. Gibso “ ,
Organist of the First Con regationgl Church.
aterbury. and eacher of
Pianoforte, Organ and
Musical Composition.
P. 0. Lock Box. NORWALK. CONN.
TNA INSRUANCE (30., of Hartford.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $8,902,272.64.
Insures against loss and damage by FIRE on
terms adapted to the hazard and consistent
With the laws of com ensation.
ES a. MERRILL.
Sole agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
The Nona]! Fire Insurance to.
Has now Completed its
26th SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR,
And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid
losses. or claims for losses. No sound com-
p‘t’my insures for less.
. C. STREET, Pres: G. B. ST. JOHN, Trees:
GEO. R. COWLss, Sec’y.
R. B. CRAUFURD.
lllVBSllllBlllS, Rflfll Estate and lllSlll‘flllej
B00)! 2. MASONIC BUILDING,
h-rr'rztrn—Nt‘ 1'7: 7.. ‘ ““""" ‘73:? '32?
TURN TURE !
“Geo. ll. Raymond,
Furniture Dealer,
Has removed to the new and commodious
store four doors above his 0 (1 stand and
stocked it with NEW @333 9 $1118, LATEsT
4 "'1“"_u’_~.~. .r.-. “We
, §T¥LE Ellyn? .SI‘ .,
[ cs9.- ii: Asses): Agar;
nr —-'-:.; ‘3. .
.4 am ' - ;
«u
Furnishing Undertaker and Embalnier"
I give my personal attentio '
_ _ - n to laying out
and furmshing everything necessary for the
interment of the dead.
Residence, No. 3 Berkeley Place. Norwalk.
Telephone communication with residence.
To Horse Owners!
We keep constant-1y on hand a good assort-
ment of .
Kentucky and Ohio Horses,
Selected with great care in the was
kets. We have horses suitable. for alltern 133:5
and no one who wants a thoroughly to iable
fimmal should purchase before seeing what we
have to offer. We also keep constantly on
land at our Carma e Repository 2. complete
me of CABRIAG S from the best makers
w 1ch are manufactured for us to special
nogcéeéi‘fiyi‘eqrgcarrmgie warranted. WAGONS
L every escri tio ;
WHIPS, BOBES, BLANKETSP HARNESSE
BANN’S LIVERY STABLE,
OFFICE :—48 . WALL STREET. NORWALK
Opposite D. d: N. Railroad Depot.
FURNITURE.
A Full Stock of Furniture of all kinds.
Parlor and Bcdi'oom Sets,
A Specialty.
DAVID STOW,
Main Street, 062332" South Nomalk.
FURNITURE.
GEORGE E. RAYMOND,
FURNITURE. DEALER,
Has removed to the new and commo lions at
four doors above his old stand anu‘stockedon
it with NEW GOODS of the AA'I‘ES’I‘ -
. STYLE and FINEST FINISH.
GEO. H. RAYMOND, A gen
ATENTS l
G. :a. amen-01w,
Waugh; 1:. D. C. '
mm» m u- s- will}. Inventors Milled Free.
PATENT OFFICE.
Norwalk Chronicler