Court of Burgesses.
The Burgesses were called to .order
Thursday evening at ,8 by Warden
Keeler; Present, Burgesses‘ Bowe,,
Burr, Buxton‘, Kent, OIReilly and .Van-
derhoef.
The minutes of the meetings of May
4. 11 and 18 were read and approved.
BILLS ORDERED PAID.
The following bills having been duly
audited were ordered paid: . B. Con-
ley, $5.10; D. B. Conley, $10.50; Dav1d
Sheehan, $15; Barney Feeney, $17.70;
A. DeForest, $30; John H. Gormley,
$30; Charles Adams, $30; Timothy Mc-
Carthy $22; F. Kocour,'.$11.50; Mike
Whalen, $12; Martin Mulligan, $16-95;
William A. Scofield, $5,70;. Nicholas
Martin, $30; [D. Conley’s bill of $211
included $39.20 for lowering the grade
of the street railroad, Chairman Bowe
of the highway committee explaining
that the charge was properly against
the borough rather than the Street
Railway Company, inasmuch as Hie
work was practically for the benefit of
the borough rather than the Street
Railway ;Company.] After Chairman
Bowe’s explanation Warden Keeler
thought he could not indorse the bill
as properly chargeable against the,bor-
ough, although he wanted to be Just to
all parties concerned. Burgess O’Reil-
1y asked Borough Attorney Warner
whether he was prepared to express an
opinion on the matter, to which he re-
plied negatively. Burgess Burr’s mo-
tion that the bill be paid, minus the
$39.20 was carried unanimously. Fire
department $2.50; P. H. Dwyer, $1;
Connor Brothers, $1,733.38; Norwalk
Gas Light Company, $11.25; John H.
Hoyt, $50; William Lawler (balance
due); Gutta Percha Company, $3.88;
Norwalk DAILY GAZETTE, $14; total,
$2,224.26. _
Chief Prow1tt announced that owns;
to delay in getting the hose supply wag-
on he would ask an extension of time
until June for the annual fire depart-
ment inspection; his request was
granted.
Water Commissioner Street present-
ed a requisition for $2,000 for the pay-
ment of bills in the water department.
Mr. Street presented a petition of
Hiram Fitch for the extension of water,
pipe to his barn, he agreeing to pay
seven per cent. of the expense“ The
recommendation of the Commissmners
that the request be granted was laid
over till the next meeting on motion of
Burgess Bowe.
The prayer of the petition of Mr.
and Mrs. George H. Raymond for an
extension of water main was granted on
motion of Burgess O’Reilly.
The petition for a sidewalk on Belden
avenue, referred to the highway. com-
mittee, was reported by Chairman
Bowe, who said that it seemedto the
committee, after a careful examination
of the matter, as if the work should be
prosecuted at once. On motion _the
whole subject was referred to the high-
way committee with power, which
means that the work will be done sub-
ject to the apprOval of the highway
Wmmittee. .
Chairman Bowe reportedone bid for
the grading etc., of Rivers1de avenue,
from A. Bach, South Norwalk.
On motion of Burgess Buxton a con-
tract was ordered entered into with Mr.
Bach by the Chairman of the highway
committee, on the basis of his Did, it
being understood that the total ex-
pense shall not exceed $1,200. .
An estimate for the sewer in Cross
street, of $691, was considered, and as
the sum named is in excess of that
' which the Court can expend the sub-
ject went over to the next meeting. _
Burgess Buxton presented an esti-
mate of the expense of a sewer exten-
sion on East avenue, the sum not to ex-
ceed $90. on motion, of Burgess
O’Reilly the petition was granted. -
Superintendent of Sewers '. Curtis
through Burgess Buxton, petitioned
for some decent and much. needed hose
to be used in his department. On mo-
tion of Burgess O’Reilly the matter
was tabled.
An invitation to the Court of Bur-
gesses to participate in the Memorial j
Day parade was read and accepted. ,
On motion of Burgess Bowe a com- ;
mittee was appointed, consisting of
Burgess Bowe, to engage two coaches,
at the expense of the borough. for the
use of the Burgesses on Memorial Day.
Burgess O’Reilly’s motion that the
highway committee be requested to re-
move the knoll on the south end of
Stewart avenue was adopted.
MILL HILL IMPROVEMENT.
A petition numerously signed, was
read praying for the cutting down Of
Mill hill, the substance of the .same
having heretofore been presented In the
columns of the DAILY GAZETTE, and
being well understood by our readers
generally.
Burgess Bowe believed the borough
had already about as much on its hands
as it could. carry through, and that no
interests would-,sufi'er materially. if the
whole matter were postponed Indefi-
nitely. .
Mr. E. J. Hill had nothing particu-
larly new to Offer, but suggested that
the contemplated improvement would
properly come before a borough meet-
ing, inasmuch as the expense of the
cutting would exceed $500. .
Burgesses Bowe and Vanderhoef be-
lieved in completing work on West ave
hue and other thoroughfares before en-
tering upon any new work, Burgess
Bowe closing, his remarks by moving
that the Mill hill subject be tabled.
A running fire of discussion ensued,
participated in by Burgesses Bowe,
Vanderhoef and O’Reilly and Mr. Hill.
On being put to a vote Burgess
Bowe’s motionto table resulted in a
tie,and the motion was lost by the vote
of Warden Keeler against tabling.
On motion of Burgess O’Reilly the
whole Court of Burgesses will act -with
'the borough‘engineer in preparing an
estimate of the expense of the Mill hill
improvement, establishing a grade, etc.
The petition for a re-layout of a por-
tion of East avenue (referred to in yes-
terday’s GAZETTE,) for; the ‘ purpose
principally of saving some fine trees in
front of the Bennett and other proper-
ty was tabled, on motion of Burgess
O’Reilly. _ . ,
The estate of Eli B. Bennett sent in
a communication askingthe .Court to
make East avenue 44, feet Wide along
their 250 feet, frontage," as the present
layout of 50 feet will take all their ten
trees. They intimate that the map has
been made 40 feet fer ‘a good part of
the way in order to save the trees and
express their intention of opposing the
layout by legal proceedings and claim
$2,000 damages if the layout is not
amended. ‘
Burgess Burr moved that the salary
of the Collector be put at $500 as here-
tofore, and the same was adopted.
Burgess Bowe referred to the Hoyt
street surface water nuisance, and on
motion of Burgess Kent the matter was
. WEE KLY NORW ALK GA ZETT E ,
referred to the sewer committee with
power. ~
On motion of Burgess Bowe the bond
required of the collector was fixed at
$12,000.
The East avenue improvement ques-'
tion came up and Senator Seymour ex-
plained that the work could go on wrth
the exception of the section in front of
the Daskam' property, which is covered
by an injunction. "
On motion the chairman of the finance
committee was authorized to borrow
$2,500 on the credit of the borough, or
so much thereof as mi ht be necessary.
Burgess Bowe move that the mat-
ter of purchasing suction hose for the.
use of the sewer department be taken!
from the table and that 25 feet be pur-
chased. Carried. '
On motion of Burgess Burr the
Court adjOurned till Monday, June 1.
——r———-—‘+’————"‘—
OBlT‘UARY.
ELIZABETH ST. JOHN HOYT.
One ofNorwalk’s most estimable and
beloved women died Thursday at 7:45
p. m.,in the person of Mrs. ELIZABETH
ST. JOHN HOYT, widow of the late J as.
A. Hoyt, at her home, 93 East avenue.
Mrs. Hoyt belonged to one of the old-
est and most revered families of our
town. She was a lady of charming
manners, of warm and affectionate dis-
position and unusual grace and attract-
iveness of both mind and person. She
has reared a large family of children,
every one of whom must “rise up and
call her blessed,” and with and for all
of whom, she has always striven to
maintain the old, ancestral home.
Mrs. Hoyt has left six children, four
sons and two daughters. and had she
lived till J une would have attained her
seventy-seventh year. She had for a
great number of years been a devoted
member of the Episcopal church. It
is an interesting as it is a singular fact,
that her glorified spirit took its flight
in the same room in which she was
born, and there to-day, the restful
peace and glory of the supernal world
illumes her pallid brow. To her—
“We will not say good bye,
But in some brighter clime
Bid her good morning."
EMMA S. GREGORY.
To-day, upon the lovely hilltop of
peaceful Wilton, a widowed mother
sits in the deep sorrow of another ir-
reparable bereavement. In the obitu-
ary record of Thursday’s DAILY GA-
ZETTE, the brief announcement of the
sudden death of Miss EMMA S. GREG-
OBY was given. She was the youngest
daughter of the late William D. Greg-
ory of Wilton, who in his life time was
Town Clerk, Representative in the
Legislature and occupied many other
positions of trustand honor. But since
the father’s death Miss Emma has been
the “main-stay” of the family and “all
the world” to the widowed mother..
She was a young lady of lovable char.
acter and gifted with unusual and even
extraordinary managing and ‘eXecutive
abilities for a girl and for one so young.
She was recently stricken with la
grippe which soon deVelOped into other
more serious symptoms and almost be-
fore her life was considered in danger,
her pure spirit had taken its flight to
God who gave it, while mother and
sisters and brothers mourn as did Ra-
chel of‘old and refuse to be comforted,
because she is not. Heaven comfort
and sustain them. For the many who
knew and loved her, as all did who
knew her, “she sleeps too early and
too long.” But—-
“There is no flock. however watched and
tended.
But one dead lamb is there.
There is no fireside. howsoe‘er defended,
But has one vacant chair.”
Let Them Alone.
An agent for a Rochester nursery
firm has beendelivering orders in this
town recently, says the New Canaan
Messenger, which some of our people
were foolish enough to give him. In-
stead Of ordering trees, plants, vines,
etc., from Hoyt’s Nursery, which is
right in their own town, and known to
be one of the best .and largest in the
country, and conducted by men of in-
tegrity and perfectly responsible for all
they do and say, they will give their
orders to a stranger, who, nine times
out often, will give them an inferior
article at greater cost than can be fur-
nished right at home. . The following
extract from a letter recently received
by Stephen Hoyt’s Sons, from a vener-
able gentleman of Stamford, speaks
for itself:
“I was abominably taken in last year
by a Rochester nurseryman. All the
trees and plants died duringthe winter,
and he charged nearly double than
what you do. People will learn one. of
these days to get their trees and plants
from the nearest nurseries, and from
established houses, not from, agents
with picture books, brought up in the
school of lying.
. The Pigllrum Case.
Just as the DAILY GAZETTE was go-
ing to press Tuesday, Attorney Light
sent Constable Conley of South Nor-
walk up here with notice of a suit and
an attachment to be levied on the prop-
erty of Theodore E. Smith, of Arnold
& Co., for the false arrest and impris-
onment of his [client Oliver C. Burton,
on the charge of stealing pig iron be-
longing to said Arnold'dt 'Co. ’ The" al-
leged damages were laid at $2, 500, and
Mr. Theodore E. Smith’s house, No.18
Camp street, was attached for that
amount. , v ‘ ' ' .
Mr. Hurlbutt, attorney for Arnold‘
& 00., states that his clients expect to
prove all that they have charged upon.
Burton when the case comes up for trial.
Carpenters and joiners use J ohnson’s- Ano-
dyne iniment; it is very-soothingand healing.
MANuRE PROBLEMS.
Knotty Points finely Settled by Dr. T.
H. [locking of Vermont.
1. Why doesn’t . cow manure heat?
2. How can we cheaply prevent horse
manure from fire fanging? 3. How
much loss does bran sustain in manurial
value from feeding? 4. Does it pay to
use plaster? 5. When should manure
be hauled out, and should it be on sod.
or wheat? 6. Should it be rotted or
fresh? 7 and 8. There is not a cement
stable floor in our community. If ma.-
nure is applied raw, and does not contain
enough straw to dry out the crop, and if
the ground be kept constantly covered
with a green crop, is there any loss? The
foregoing questions were recently asked
and answered in Rural New Yorker by
Dr. Hoskins:
1. Because it contains toomuch moist-
ure. It does heat a. little, and mixed
with horse manure it will heat percepti-
bly, yet usually not enough to harm it.
2. By keeping swine on it or by keep-
ing it too wet to heat strongly. Throw-
ing snow on it in the winter is a good
way. A little heating does no harm,
but is rather a benefit. The horse ma-
nure from beneath a gardener’s hotbeds,
though it is prepared so as to heat all it
can be made to, is still very rich. The
earth put upon it seems to absorb part
of the volatile matter, while the rest '
retained. The loss by heating, especi '
ly in mixed manure, is much late than iii
generally believed, greatly less than
from leaching, when it is thrown out
under the eaves of the stable.
3. The loss varies considerably, but
with dairy cows properly fed the net
loss need not exceed 20 per cent., while
if the urine is all saved the loss is prac-
tically nothing, digestion adding more
than is taken away.
4. I think it does, but it will pay bet-
ter to mix some fine bone with it.
5. It is best to draw out manure as
often as possible. . The swing platforms
understables, which are becoming pop-
ular, require the manure to be drawn
out weekly, and this methodtis strongly
urged by experts of experience.
6. Manure is never worth more than
when it is dropped. Keeping it is not
for the improvement of the manure, but
for the convenience of the farmer. It is
only in some gardening operations that
old manure has preference over that
which is fresh. There is always a loss
in rotting, usually greater, for the farm,
than the gain in fineness.
7 and 8. Without a cemented floor or
pit there must be very thick bedding to
save the urine; but where there is plenty
of straw (which is much better cut into
four to six inch lengths) most of it will
be absorbed. ..
Suggestions on Plowing. .
Any wise farmer will determine from
his own experience and observation
whether deep or shallow plgwing is best
adapted to the soil of his differeiit fields.
No ironclad rule can be laid down that
will apply to all cases. Stifi ‘clay soils
will be benefited by late fall plowing,
and the freezing and thawing of the ex-
posed rough surfaces, which will put them
in a Mtter condition for the plow and
barrow in the spring. Where rye and
wheat are to be sown, there must of
course be fall plowing. and the exact
time should be such as best suits the
nature of the crop as found by experi-
ence in certain localities. On a. sandy.
soil plow shétllOw, for whakver fertility
it may contain will lie near the surface,
and there is the place to keep it. Rich
soils will be benefited by deeper plowing,
but the mistake ought not to be made
of turning a poor sub-soil up to the sur-
face to be cultivated.
Whether fall plowing is done in prep-
aration of a crop, or only for its me
chanic‘al action on the soil, it should
cover up and incorporate all the surface
vegetation that will be of benefit to it
when decomposed. Many of our best
cultivators practice spreading barn yard
manure on the plowed ground to turning
it under deeply at time of plowing.
Brood Mares on the Farm.
Brood mares can do enough work to
pay for their keep. and by mating to a
good sire will bring good colts, which
will be clear profit. It will require good
management to take a team of geldings
and keep them on the farm until they
are worn out, and make them pay a
good profit on their value. A horse is
not matured enough to market to advan~
tage until it is 5 years old, but if broken
in good season it can be made to do con-
siderable work before this time, fully
enough to pay for its keep. ‘
A New Enterprise.
The plan is on foot for transporting"
live cattle from the Wyoming, Utah and
Montana ranches to Philadelphia. Here
immense abattoirs are to be built, and
the beef, when dressed, is to be shipped
to Europe. The idea is said to have
originated in Chicago. It is claimed that
it will cost less to ship live cattle to PhiL
adelphia and kill them than to kill them
in the west and ship the dressed beef to
New York and Europe.
Things That Are Toni.
When the cow’s hind' legs are so close
together that you cannét have full view
of the udder from behind, or rub
against it so as to make the udder swing
backward and forward, you; can depend
upon it she is not correctly built for a
first class cow. The teats" shOuld be full
size and set well apart, says Field and
Farm.
Mark those ewes that have disappoint-
ed you. Don’t be fooled twice by the
same sheep. -
’ ' erican wool gron advise exam-
' _ carefully every ewe'sudder before
deddin'g to. retain her as a member of
your breeding flock. ‘ If, you find one
side spoiled, reject" her. - . -
Cathay, scalded and mixed'with com
meal and bran, is a profitable rationito
feed in winterfi ' ' ‘ -
It costs no more to
flockof well bred fowls than it does fOr
common stock.
The man that gives his an'imals‘n‘q y
shelter is trying to warm up alloutdoors
by burning feed. His jOb is "both hope-
less and expensive. . a
feed and care foria '
summation
scROEULA
RRoucho
caucus
scum
QUE-.819!
00 3.08
m Wasting Diseases
Wonderful Flesh Producer.
Many have gained one pound
per day b its use.
Scott’s mulsion is not a secret
remedy. It contains the stimulat-
ing properties of the Hypophos-
Elites and pure Norwegian Cod
'ver Oil, the potency of both
being largely increased. It is used
by Physicians all over the world.
PALA'I'ABLE AS MILK.
Sold'by‘all Druggists.
IOOTT dc BOWHE. Chomlsts. NJ.
GOLD “All. PARIS, 1875..
WEE-IR 81 Con
Breakfast
1 Bacon
from which the excess of
‘ oil has been removed, is
, ‘ Absolutely Pure
and it is Soluble. .
Nu Chemicals
are used in its preparation. It has
more than three times the strength of
Cocoa mixed with Starch, Arrowroot
or Sugar, and is therefore for more
economical, costing less than One cent
a cup. It is delicious, nourishing,
strengthening, EASILY DIGESTED,
and admirably adapted for invalids
as well as for persons in health.
L—
:jlc-ld by Grocers everywhere.
ti. EAKER & 122.. Eczctectcr, {tics
Is composed of pure and wholesome
ingredients, and is the most reliable
remedy in the market for COUGHS,
COLDS and ASTHMA. 10c. &,350ts.
SULPHUR
Bl
time, if you are
wise and use
161110-
ii you will‘be satisfied.
Gct'rlt'of your Drugglst.
DoN'Ir'WAIT. GET IT AT ONCE
' n on are suffering from Ind.
ne £tsease, and w sh to live to
91 tage, use 8 HUR BITTERS.
Theylnever fall to cure. -
Send 3 2-cent stamps to A. P. Ordwa a: co ,
Wmmss... for best medical work pu
w. 11. MEEKER,
Plumbing, Steam and Gas Fiftilll.
‘ SOUTH NORWALK. CONN.
Sanitary Plumbing and Ventilation and Low
1Pressure and Steam Heating, a Specialty.
PLUMBERS’ SUPPLIES.
Pipe and Fitting for Steam and Gas.
AGENT for the FLORIDA' LOW PRESSURE BOILER.
Facilities for cutting andthreading all kinds
of Pine. - 50tf
BUILDING hO‘l'S
(0N INSTALLMENT PLAN.)
FOR SALE,
OR -:- Wilton -:- Avenue,
APPLY TO
tharles Olmste'ad or 0. E. Wilson.
ashes?
Head UflllBlS m Milline‘l.
V 17 Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
(FORMERLY 3 WATER STREET.)
Just Received 1,000 Doz. Hats
To sell without reserve at the Extremely Low Price of
39 CENTS EACH.
Former price $1.00.
One lot of Hats 28 cents; 3,000 Wreaths, 25 cents each ; one lot of
Fine French Flowers, 30, 40 and 50 cents each. Don’t forget
the number, 17 MAIN STREET, next door to J. F.
Bennett’s Dry Goods Store, and COME EARLY TO
AVOID RUSH.
ALL BUYING HATS AND TRIMMINGS OF US CAN HAVE THEM
TRIMMED FREE OF CHARGE until the 1st of June
by First-Class Milliners. Our
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS’ -:- EXPERIENCE
In the business enables us'to guarantee the BEST WORK and LOWEST
PRICES to be found in Fairfield County.
MR; AW , .
17 MAIN ST. NORWALK.
: RAN‘
o,
The I One-Price
‘ Clothiers,
HAVE NOTHING BUT N ew Goods IN
THEIR FINE ESTABLISHMENT,
86 Washingtbn St. 80. Norwallk.
—The Newest Things in—
Neckwear, Children’s Clothing,
Shirt ‘Waists, Outing Shirts,
Men’s Suits, Spring Overcoats
STANDARD MAKES or COLLARS AND :gcurrs,
And Everything that Goes to Make
A FIRST-CLASS STORE.
CALL AND SEE II .N. om
. in all Departments. b-You need
not buy unless you are satisfied that-you have found a bargain.
Norwalk Chronicler