WEEKLY-NORWALKA
GAZETTE, 3m.
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“Truth above all things."
FRIDAY, MARCH 18. 1892.
[Entered at the Post Ofiice as a Newspaper]
A Delegate Convention.
We would ask the politicians of Nor--
walk to carefully consider the question
whether the time is not ripe to abolish
the old fashioned caucus with all its
faults and substitute a “delegate con-
vention.” Norwalk has within its bor-
ders nearly 4,000 voters. If they should I
all attend their several party caucus
the caucus would be too cumbersome.
As it is now no attention is paid to the
several sections of-the town, and many
who would attends school district pri-
mary to choose delegates cannot attend
a caucus. A delegate convention would
be. or could be made more representa-
tive in its character, it would eliminate
the “packer caucus,” and would give
the outer portions of the town a repre-
sentation if they cared to have it. The
advantage of some sort of a delegate
Convention was proven at the last Bor-
ough election. The Democrats held an
old fashioned hurrah caucus with every-
body there, the Republicans recogniz-
ing the weakness of the caucus system
farmed-out their nominations to a com-
mittee i. c. a delegate convention as it
were; and we know the rest.
In choosing delegates to State and
other conventions the caucus system
might be improved on.
We commend the consideration of
this question to our local politicians,
v. s we believe its introduction would
, rive us excellent and well balanced
ickets and do much to break up the
ectional feeling in town which is in no
vise diminished by our double-bar-
elled town caucuses to select candi-
ates and delegates.
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A State Farm.
Among the complaints made by the
aboring men is the one" concerning the
ompetition of convict-made goods.
ahich, it is claimed, demoralizes the
market and affects the manufacturer as
ell as the skilled laborer. On the
ther hand it is decidedly better for the
onvicts that they should have some
ort of occupation, and, if possible, be
lf¢supporting The wise men of Mis-
'ssippi have been wrestling with this
'oblem and have solved it by estab-
shing a state farm whereon the con-
‘cts will labor and at the same time
ise their own sustenance. The wis-
m of this plan should commend it-
-lf to our Connecticut prison reform-
s. Let the state buy 11p a dozen or so
our “ abandoned farms,”. surround
cm by a ten-ply, electrO-charged
rb-wire fence, then set the convicts
work digging ditches,cutting bushes,
king up small stones, removing the
ge ones, etc.
1‘ 11 short, let the farm be thoroughly
ared up and turned into a garden by
e work of the convicts, and as fast as
e farm is cleared up let the state sell
11d buy another with the proceeds of
- sale. There are none too many well
ared farms in Connecticut and their
u ber could be increased many fold
or great present advantage The
11 who turns a hundred acres Of poor
dinto a garden and makes two blades
rrass grow where but one grew be-
, benefits the human race both pre-
t- and to come, as much as he who
Ids a stone church.
learing 11p land would not be work
.. would run athwart skilled labor or
ct any established industry. If this
I seems cumbersome, then put the
victs at work upon our roads. Hand-
en stone is preferable to the ma:
Ie-broken article, and where could
convicts be better employed than
roviding material to build or repair
wretched country roads? Here,.
no skilled laborers are brushed
e by an unhealthy competitor. In
tbetter way could our convicts be
lo: ed than in reclaiming and im-
ing poor land, or in building good
ls ‘3 We shall watch the Mississippi
riment w1th interest.
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Industrial Schools.
Imc Norwalk people who are deep-
nterested in the welfare of the
.g in our midst, are pointing out
t is being. done in other places, in
matter of establishing industrial
ches of their public schocl systems.
6 are led to make these statements
. v the reading of a school report of
. eapolis Where sewing was first in-
. ced in 1884. _It is now taught in
" fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh
es? Girls learn plain sewing.
‘ make thousands of garments in
. 01 under the direction of their
I Icrs. In the harvest festival pa~
last fall one of the floats bore 18
each of whom were a dress which
l at, fitted and made in school, as a
of the instruction given in the
' ng classes. Last year 3, 630 gar-
l s were made by the girls who were
- 'ng instruction in sewing, of
,. . there were 2,366. This year the
- er in the sewing classes is about
and the number of articles made
. em will be nearly or quite 6,000.
‘ rk shops for boys are also in suc-
- . operation and all the teachers
estimony to the noticeable results
is training, in expanding and
toning the minds of the scholars.
suggested that our School Com-
e take up the subject and give the
. unity the benefit of its researches
’oeommendations for us to carry
‘. as give our children an equal
chance with others of the country.
Some of them, from the impulses re-
ceived at school. will become ' heads of
large manufacturing establishments,
which will do somebody some good.
News in Advertisements.
A good newspaper is a presentation
of the drama of daily life, for which
“ all the world’s a stage.” Its news is
personal as well as public. Its person-
al news is not exclusive, but of particu-
lar and direct interest to many persons
constituting the subdivisions into which
the masses are separated.
When you have read the general in-
telligence regarding public events of
the day, gathered by reporters far and
near and transmitted by lightning to
the publication Ofiice ; and after that,
when you have noted and digested the
opinions of your paper on current
events and their relations to those of
other times and other countries, you
have not exhausted your newspaper
either as your informant or as your in-
structor, says the Recorder.
There remains for your enlighten-
ment and entertainment the most vivid
of all presentations of the life Of the
world, because expressed by people
themselves in their own words, while
describing their own wants, opportuni-
ties and aspirations, such as go to make
up the sum of human life and hope. It
is certain that since the developmentof
the press as the exponent of civilized
thought there is even more to be learn-
ed from the advertisements in a news-
paper than from that part of the publi-
cation which is called its “ news col-
umns.” If you wish to know the com-
munity, the place to study it is in the
advertisements.
It is very likely that you will find
something much more important to you
than all that. To those whom they con-
cern advertisements are the news of the
day. Are you quite sure that there is
no advertisement this evening that in-
terests you, or that may not affect your
course or welfare? If you have any
doubt on the subject and have not,p1ac-
ticed the excellent habit of reading the
advertising columns, read those in the
GAZETTE today. There is a very
strong probability, to say the
least, that you will find in
this advertising matter the very
news that transcends all the other news
in value to yourself. Even if you do
not find this you will certainly discover
matters that will instruct and perhaps
amuse you.
Read the advertisements day by day
for a week, to begin with. Do not lay
aside your paper until you have read
them, and you will form a habit that
will be a never-failing source of instruc-
tion and diversion—a liberal education
in itself.
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IN HONOR OF 811‘. PATRICK.
Representative Springer Not Too Ill to
Forget His Green Bow.
WASHINGTON, March 18,—A1though Rep-
resentative Springer is still a very sick man
he has not lost his interest in the progress
of affairs. The first thing he asked for
Thursday was the green bow which he has
worn for years on the 17th of March, and
all day it decorated his breast, showing
above the line of the bedclothes.
A Big Parade at New York.
NEW YORK, March 18.——The day was fitly
celebrated here. On the city hall and other
public buildings there was a fine display of
hunting. and all over the city and its en-
virons the emerald flag floated from hun-
dreds of edifices.
Shortly after noon the different divisions
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the
other Irish societies paraded the city.
The parade was an extensive one, there
being something like 15,000 men in_ line
marching to the music of forty-five bands.
The parade was erv iewed on Union square
by Mayor Grant and various city ofliciz .ls.
Chicago Celebrates the Day.
CHICAGO, March 18.—St. Patrick’s Day
was celebrated in this city by the Irish pop
ulation 011 a more general scale than ever
before. The parade was in in four di-
visions, the first including the Hibernian
Rifles and the Clan-na-Gael Guards and the
Robert Emmet Guards; the second the
Father Matthew Total Abstinence so-
ciety and the Catholic order of
Foresters; the third the thirty-seventh di-
vision of Hibernians, and the fourth the
clergy and citizens. The procession was re.
viewed by Aichbishop Feehan and May or
Washburne at St. PatI 1c ’s Roman Catholic
church.
Commander Poole’s Appointments.
ALBANY, March 18.—Department Com-
mander Poole has made the following up
pointments on his personal staff: William A.
Wallace, assistant adjutant general, Post
63, Albany; \V. VJ. Bennett, assistant quar-
ter-master general, Post 121, Albany; C. A.
Weaver, inspector, Post 151, Syracuse, N.
Y.; Horace D. Ellsworth, judge advocate,
Post 346, Canton, N. Y.; James D. Bell,
chief mastering officer, Post 435, Brooklyn.
L. Curtis Brackett, senior aid-de-camp, Post
140, New York.
Lingo’s New Trial.
CAMDEN, N. J., March 18.—Tho second
trial of Francis Lingo, who was recently
granted a new trial by the supreme court,
will take place at the October term. The
postponement was asked for to allow
Messrs. Earned, Belden and Weaver, who
have been recently added to the counsel
for the defense, an opportunity to make
preparations of the case.
Valuable Jersey Cattle Killed.
PHILADELPHIA, March 18,—The slaughter
of Joseph E. Gillingham’s valuable Jersey
cows, which are affected with tuberculosis,
began at the Clairmont ”farm, Villanova.
Six were killed—five by Dr. S. S. J. Burger,
professor of anatomy at the university, who
stabbed them in the spinal cord at the base
of the brain. The sixth was killed by Rabbi
Stemple, who cut its throat.
Strange Mishap to a Farmer.
Bmomnomu, Illa, March 18. —Samuel
Bells, a farmer, while walking from his barn
to his house tripped and fell. A bar 01
rusty iron entered one of his eyes and
pierced the brain to the depth of six inches.
Itrequiredall his strengthtopulltheiron
out. He cannot recover.
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SIMS llPBESENIS.
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" I.f lurs in the latest styles.
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93¢L‘JALS.IC~11 4-2 years.
. :5 seals suns,
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Be Careful .'
No matter what disease you may
have. Be sure that the medicine you
take 1s reliable. Such a medicine you
will always find Sulphur Bitters. They
are not a cheap rum drink, but are
made of the choicest roots and herbs
to be found in the vegetable kingdom.
——Daily Argus.
New York,
March I4th,1892.
Our piogress in the manu-
facture Of clothing surprises
men who look into the matter
for the first time.
realm of ready made we ac-
knowledge only one 01‘ two
rivals—our real’ competitors
are the custom houses.
When you can step into a
perfect—fitting Suit or Over-
coat, made of best fabrics in
best manner, where is the use
of paying custom prices or
submitting to the delay of or-
dered work?
Free deliveries to all pomts Within one 111111.
(I red miles of New York city.
ROGERS, PEET & CO
THREE Prince,
BROADWAY l Warren,
STORES. 32d St
Mrs. Bowker \Vants $30,000.
ATLANTIC CITY, March 18.—Sophie E.
Bowker, of Philadelphia, has sued this city.
She claims $515,000 for damage to her prop
erty by trespassing of the city workmen
making stieet improvements and $15,00t
for the shock and suffering occasioned by
their ill treatment.
In Balfour’s Defense.
LONDON, March 18,—The Times defends
Mr. Balfour against the attacks of the op-
position. It admits that Mr. Balfour has
defects, due to his cleverness; that he
speaks oftencr than prudence dictates; but
the Unionists, it says, should rally to his.
support.
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THE BOSTON ' ' ‘
0191/“. #0008. STanE!
SPRING SILKS AND DRESS GOODS.
We beg to inform our friends and customers, and the public generally, that our
reputation for keeping
THE - LARGEST - STOCK - OF - DRESS - GOODS
Will be sustained, as heretofore.
Two hundred yards of New Watered Silks 1n- large, hand-
some Wave Shadings, in all the leading shades, sold In New
York at a great bargain at 58 cents. Our price,
490
CI ape Stanley Silks, famous throughout the country and
for which we are the sole agents for Norwalk. the daintiest,
sheerest mateiial used thish season, all colors, pure silk. Our
’ 69c.
GOODS.
“e are showings large line of Bedford Cords, Cote do '
Cheval and Two-toned Bedfords In all grad es,
490., 691., 981., 9!. 09.
AGENTS.
Priestley’s — Silk Warp ’ '_ Henriettasl
Each Piece is Stamped-
Every live yards on the under side of the selvedge, with the name “ B. Priest-
ley & Co.” In gilt letters.
When you want Fine Black Goods, come and I. see us.
JACKETS 2
150 Jackets to be sold on Saturday. These Jackets sold from
$5 to $10. We will close them out at $2. 98 each, so if you
want a Jacket call and see them.
Five hundred vards New Printed India Silks, in Black
and Colored Grounds, Floral Designs 1n White, 22-in. wide,
would be a bargain at 59 cents; sale price
390.
Four hundred yards of Oolah Wash Silks. These Silks
are largely used for Summer Waists, and well worth $100;
Bargain Price,
590.
DRESS
Twenty-five pieces 42- inch Bedford Cord, all wool, wide
wale diagonal, shades, tans, greys, modes, castors, navy,
greens, latest weaves, good value at 98 cts. Our price,
5 Cents.
Special Sale Cotton Underwear Saturday and Monday.
Ten dozen fine Tea Gowns, Bedford Cord effects, Special iOI Saturday and $I. '9'
The Popular Boston Dry Goods Store,
Cor. Main and. Wall Streets, Norwalk.
The Leading Dry Goods Store.
Monday
a damn-min! BUILDING.
"W 8 will Commence on.
SATURDAY, FEB. 20,
PECIAL. SALE
‘ IIIIII IIIIIII IIIIIWIII."
White Aprons, Corsets and Hamburg Edgings,
Ladies’ White Skirts, Corset Covers, Chemise, Draw-
ers, Night DresSes, all New Goods, and we propose to
l
l SELL THEM LESS THAN THEY COST
To Manufacture
TRISTRAM & HYATT,
'3 NO- 2' Gazette Building. Norwalk;
Norwalk Chronicler