Norwalk weekly gazette, Friday, July 1, 1892 · page 2

 

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other land. She called me a-romancer,

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Who's you many maiden
Dancing down the dune-—
noseate robes arrayed in,
Arms with blossoms laden.
On her lips a tune,
In her hair the moon?
Sure, you radiant maiden
Is the Lady June.

Nay! you lovely maiden.
With the foot so fairy,

Boseato robes arrayed in,

Arms with blossoms laden,
Tuneful lips and cherry.
Crescent-crowned and merry—

~ Nay! yon radiant maiden
Is Young January.
—Times-Democrat.

ETTA’S ROMANCE.

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Br F. L. C.

 

‘Tall? Yes, very. She stood a head
above the average man.

Slight? No. ‘That is too poetical a
word to be in any way applied to the
heroine of this little tale, whose lean,
scrawny figure looked . for all the
world like a series of badly connected
angles. and whose steeping shoulders
and narrow chest were clad in afaded
black jacket.

This garment, with its rusty surface
and pulled seams, suited well the sad-
looking woman into whose drearylife
'came one little bit of color, which I
shall try to describe.

Her face corresponded well with the

' rest of her appearance,for it was faded

and worn, and surrounded by a fringe
of straight, dusty brown hair, pulled
tightly back from the sallow, weary
face, whose one redeeming feature
weas'the eye—dark gray, and oh, so
sa .

She had that. expression of wistful
waiting'semetimes seen in the eyes of
a faithful dog who has lost his mas-
ter, and‘seems eVer to wait, always
patiently, and to watch ever expec-
tantly for the beloved face.

She was a Norwegian named Etta
and lived in our family as cook for
nearly a year.

Weeks passed by and early Au-
tumn, which had brought her to us,
shed leafy tears, and departed sud-
denly, leaving us all unprepared for
winter’s advent, which announced it-
.-self in a cold, dismal rain.

Up to this time Etta had never re-

solved a letter or any communication-

from the outside world. She never
:left the house, and scorned the idea
«of an afternoon out.

~ However, on this drizzly day there
was a surprise, a great surprise, for
Etta was discovered holding an open
letter tightly grasped in one hand.
But when she found herself regarded

’ it was hast-fly thrust into agvolumi~

nous pocketjin her skirt. -

Now this pocke: was‘a marvel in it-
self, as it could held myriads of things.
Why, one '_ day 'I‘saw her produce a
.pillow case, work-box, scissors and a
brass .thimbie at one fell swoop; at
another.” time—but I am wandering

‘ far ”away from the letter audits con-

sequences.

.The -mysterious epistle was seen
several times again, and these glimp-
ses showed it to be worn and rumpled
with much reading. No doubt it
would have been read and reread out
of existence had not another, fresh
and clean, replaced the first.

This I took from the postman, and
had a chance to see the uneven ‘char-
acterless writing,the Christiania post—
mark and Norwegian stamp. It was
followed a week later by another, then
another. '

I became interested, for I felt I was
on the track of a real, live romance.

The. pale, tired face seemed to grow
brighter in those days, and for the
first time Etta made frequent trips to
the city, returning laden with bundles
of every size and description. All her
spare time was now employed in sew-
ing. Calicos and prints were made
and laid aside. For some rea-
son or other Etta was replenishing
=her clean but scant and somewhat di-
lapidated wardrobe.

Another link in the chain! thought
I, and began to imagine the arrival
of a stalwart Norwegian lover left in
Norway two years before, when, she
had 'come to try her fortune in
America.

Letters came more frequently, and
Etta grew correspondingly brighter
and cheerier—she even seemed to try
to hold herself more erectiy, for often
the bent shoulders were suddenly
straightened as she went about her
work. Her voice, formerly so tired
and hopeless, took on a more cheerful
tone.

Not the least remarkable of Etta’s
peculiarities was her manner _of
speaking; slowly and lispingiy came
the broken English, which was at
first so hard to understand. Such a

» and mixture of her mother tongue and

this new, strange language, such ver-

combinations and misplaced

plurals were never heard before.
About this time I mentioned my

. romantic notions to my mother, but

she only laughed, being entirely un-
able to connect Etta’s sad appearance
Norwegian or of any

but I still felt sure I was right.
Sooner than I expected came the
chance to vindicate myself, for the next
day as I sat idly by the window, watch-
ing the passers by, my attention was

,.attracted by a queer little figure way
, down the street, which came on to-

wards the house at a rattling pace,

.- gayly swinging a huge cane and pull-

ing vigorously at a mammoth cigar.

, At a distance it was impossible to tell
"whether he was a boy or man, such a

comical, little figure he was, dressed
in a snuff-colored suit, with a rose in

_ his buttonhole and the tiniest derby

imaginable tilted over one ear.
Gazing laughingly at him, I was

. just telling my mother to look at that
' absurd creature when, what was our

surprise to see Etta, the staid, the
quiet, dash wildly across the lawn,

' rush down to the gate, and, threwing

her arms about the little fellow’s
neck, 'kiss him first on one check and
then on the other. The man after a
few quiet but earnest struggles, mau-

- aged ,to free himself from her long.

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thin arms and looked up into her face, -

so high above him, with pleasure sure-
ly, but without a trace of lovelike
ardor.

On 'closer inspection it proved to be
such a funny, rosy, childish face that
it was impossible to look at it without
laughing. Etta seemed to find it so,
for smiling happily she escorted him
back to the house, her long arm linked
in his short one, almost lifting him
from the ground at every step, and
presently we heard the low monotone
of their voices in the kitchen below. .

Not- the least queer thing about this
queerest of queer men was a yellow
shock ofhair, plastered down in care-
fully arranged scallops all around his
chubby face. I suppose it never
occurred to him that the back of his
head was even seen, for there the hair
stood straight out in bristly points.

Soon Etta appeared, and blushing
and hesitating,'said, “My cousin haf
comed from Christiania.”

That was all, but" my theory was
proved, and I made use of that time-
worn and aggravating phrase, “ What
did I tell you?”

Days came and went and so did the
little Norwegian, but nothing was said
of an approaching marriage. Par-
cels poured in upon us, and Etta
sewed steadily on. Each afternoon
Auguste (we learned his name) ap—
peared, apparently propelled by the
regular motion of the big cane. Some-
how, he always seemed like a piece of
machinery, for his appearance never
changed—always the snuff-colored
suit, the little hat and the buttonhole
bouquet; and he seemed to go and
come mechanically, enveloped in a
cloud of smoke pufled from the big
cigar.

Etta owned one thing strangely out
of keeping with her other possessions.
It was alarge gold Watch, attached to
an old-fashioned chain, from which
dangled two or three odd, foreign
lbokiug charms of fine workmanship.
She was very fond of it, as it had be-
longed to her mother, and were it al-
ways, till at last it seemed almost a
part of herself. Seeing her without it
one day, I exclaimed immediately, as
I thought she must have lost it.

She waited a moment before reply-
ing and then said slowly: “ I haf
lend it to my cousin.”

She then told me that Auguste was
a barber by trade, and had come to
America with money she had sent
him for the trip.

After the disappearance of the
watch Auguste came less frequently,
and as time went on seldom appeared
There
was no more sewing, and Etta began
to look more as of old. Little by little
the happy light faded from her face,
and the gray eyes became * sadder by
contrast, perhaps, than before.

A time came when weeks passed
without a sign of the little Norwegian.
but one day a letter arrived for Etta
in the same crooged writing. Some
time later in the y, going into the
kitchen, I found Etta leaning on the
table, the letter crumpled in her
clinched hands and her face buried in
her arms.

I touched ,her gently on "the
shoulder, but got no other response
than the low, stifled sobs which shook
the poor, thin body from head to feet.
At last she raised her sorrow-stricken
face, and lifting her eyes to mine said
slowly, with her lisping accent, “f
half to go vay; I haf sorrow, grea
sorrow.”

She would tell but little of her story.
She was to have married her cousin
in a few weeks’ time, but he had tired
of her, and that day a letter had come
from him, first begging her to forgive
him and then telling her that he had
sold her treasured watch, and by the
time she got that letter would have
sailed on a vessel bound for Norway.”

“Shall you, too, go home?” I said.

Slowly and sadly came the answer,
“ No,” and I felt that with the utter-
ance of that little word she gave up
all hope and renounced forever all
thought of the happiness she had
been picturing for herself the last few
months, as she sat sewing steadily,
only pausing new and then, with a
little flush in her pale cheeks, to softly
steal a hand into her pocket and touch
the letters she always carried there.

Next morning Etta could not be
found. In a corner of her room stood
a little hair trunk labelled with a N or-
wegian address and filled with the
garments so recently finished. It
was corded and sent to Chris-
tiania; it may have reached
its destination or it may not
it's fate is as uncertain as Etta’s own.
The poor woman, 'tired, disappointed
and hopeless, had vanished that
night, taking‘ with her little else than
her sad, sad thoughts.

I often picture her with her steep-
ing shoulders and pallid, tear-stained
face, every vestige of love and hope
gone out, wandering away into the
night and gazing up at the stars, so
serene and far away, as she murmurs:
“ Forsaken, forsaken.”—Boston Her-
aid.

'l‘o Squeloh a. Soft Corn.

Corns are not mentionable in poll‘te
society, but they get in their fine
work alike among all sorts and con-
ditions of mankind, and of all varic-
ties of this pedal scourge there is none
more diabolical in its exuitaut misery
than the wily little “soft corn.” How
often has it made beauty limp and
bravely go lame! -

Well,

There is gain for all our losses.

There is balm for all our pain.
and there is a. positive cure for this
affliction. An old- time actress, whose
feet have trodden the mimic stage
in triumph for many years, told it the
other day to a sufferer. It is this:

“ Wear a pinch of drop chalk be-
tween the tocs or over the spot where
soft corn is located. It will disappear
in a few days? The cessatiOn of pain
and throbbing is immediate after the
chalk has been applied.

“My dear, this. remedy was given
me by a celebrated~ danscusc just as I
felt myself about to lose one of the
opportunities of my life because I was
absolutely crippled, by a soft coru.”-
N. Y. Wprlrl.

- Advertise inlthe damn
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CURIOUSLY ENGRAVED JEWELS WORTi
IN EARLY TIMES.

 

 

,Grotesqne Designs Used by the Ancients.
Cameos and Intagllos Engraved @000
Years Ago—Assyrian Seals 6,000 Years
Old—Animal Symbols.

One of the most ancient and beauti~

ful of engraved gems is a cameo rep-
resenting the Pharaoh Ptolemy Phil-

adelphus and his queen Arsinoe, who -

reigned in Egypt 150 B. C. It is as
perfect to-day as when it was first
carved, and the portraits are lifelike.

Perhaps the most interesting and
important engraved gem ever found

ANCIENT CARVEDGEMSA

was one thatbore a legible inscription

locating a store of treasure in a hill in
Pontus. There, the inscription said,
much wealth that once belonged to
Mithridates might be found, and
when the spot was dug open, a. price-
less deposit was disclosed, including,
among other things, hundreds of
onyx vases, amulets, caskets and
trappings for horses and men, all in-
crusted with cametfl- and intagiies.
Engraved gems are among the most
interesting objects of art inherited by
us from the ancients.
of the cameos and intagllos were en-
graved on precious stones 2,000 years

ago, they are still as clear and fine as

if they were out yesterday.

The designs engraved on these
stones indicate that the old Greeks
and Romans regarded them as charms
against accident or misfortune.

The superstition generally took
the form of afondness for representa-
tions of certain animals. Sailors
affected the dolphin because it was
believed to be the mariners friend.
Women,‘ so far as fishes were con-
cerned, preferred the representation
of the prolific aringa of the Adriatic,
which was an emblem of fruitfulness
because of the great number of its
eggs. The ant is worn as a symbol
of industry. By the frog was indi-
cated the idea of resurrection, because
that interesting batrachian renews its
yputh each spring by shedding its old
3 111.

The turtle and the snail meant do-
mestic inclination. A serpent indi~
cated wisdom, and with its. tail in its
mouth symbolized eternity. The owl
was reflection—not wisdom, as _is
commonly thought. Bacchus en-

Though many.

graved on a gem was often accompa- ‘

nied by a parrot, representing the le-
quacious disposition of the inebriate.
Women commonly were stones en-_
graved with scorpions, spiders or oth-
er’poi'sen'ous things, as if’protection
against like objectionable ' creatures.

Stones were formed into the shapes
of beetles by the ancient Egyptians.
They regarded the beetle as an em-
blem of immortality, and hence it
was the most popular of all forms of
ornament. Counterfeit beetles of
common stones were commonly
buried with dead persons, and it was
customary to engrave upon them the
expression of wishes for future repose
and happiness, dedicatieus of the soul
to God and various hieroglyphs.
One of the latter was a hawk with a
human head, symbolizing resurrec-
tion. Another, the vulture, meant
maternity. A goose was the son of a
king. ,

In ancient times the artists Vied
with each other in engraving gems.
With consummate skill they operated
upon the stones, which were to them
both canvas and palette. Where this
color or that was needed they had to
find it in the material they worked
upon. Spotted stones were utilized
for this purpose in a marvelous way.
A spot served for the cup from which
Socrates was represented in the act of
swallowing the draught of hemlock
poison.

The ancient Greeks were engraved
gems in rings of silver, gold and
bronze as early as 600 B. C. By the
Romans they were adopted as seals,
though at first their use as such was
restricted to the emperors, who as-
sumed the right of giving like per.
mission to others. The popes followed
this custom in adopting “ The Fisher-
man’s Ring,”—an intaglio ofa fish cut
in carnelian—as a symbol of authori-
ty transmitted from one pope to
another:

The ancient Assyrians nearly 6,000
years ago put iumoist clay their seals,
engraved in intaglio upon precious
stones, on chests and doors, in order
to prevent their being opened. There
were no looks or keys in those days.
If they wished to senda private letter
they would often seal it with ahip-
pogriff, which fabulous winged horse
was regarded as the emblem of
secrecy. Centuries later the Greeks
and Romans adopted similar devices
for the same purpose.

 

 

Th e Brook.

Pride of the mountain! Joy of bird and fieweri
Gleaming with sunshinel mirroring the
dawul
Of thy sweet water drinks the timid fawn,
Then bounds away unto her woodland bow'r.
Well. thou rememberest the place. and hour,
Where stood Vertumuis with grain-gar-
lands wreathed.
And his Pomona for whom he had grieved.
But had, at last. won by his subtle power.

now without malice. glides thy current p‘ure,

Leaving the banks where the shepherds love

to lie!

0. that had malice died in days gone by '
From hearts of men! But it doth still endure.
And wlill Hence. brook, adown thy channel

move.
And teach to other hearts thy lesson—Love!
-'-Arthur E. Smith in Arkansaw Traveler.

 

A Canine'Beggar. .
~ One of the most persistent beggars
in Portland, Me., is acollie dog, which
is very fond of doughnuts. The col-
lie, in company with his mistress, vis-
ited a bakery one day last fall and,
perceiving some doughnuts in a show
case, he sat down and pleaded, by

meansof short, sharp barks, for a'

treat. The clerk generOusly fed the
smart dog, but now he wishes that he
hadn’t, for every day. since the collie
has appeared to beg for more .dough-
nuts. If the shop door is closed he
will wait outside until some one Opens
it, and then dedge in to get his regu-
lar free lunch—N. Y. Sun.

O’MMr - “smut—WP:

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Edward

_ E. s.—ll—E.s. l: E..S. n E. s. c as l: E. s.-u,—-E. s.—n—-E. s

~~ - Street
Will make trade lively for afew days by effer-
ing .60 dozen ‘

Lacie-sh. Ribbed - Vests

FOR SUMMER- WEAR, AT THE VERY LOW PRICE, 0F

5 GENES A ErEcE.

ACTUAL VALUE 12%.

 

ALSO WILL OFFER 2000 YARDS ASSORTED STYLES

Outing Flannels, Flannclettes,

and other Cotton Dress Goods at

z ©ENTS PER YARD.

Less than onclhalf price for most of them.

 

Edward. St reet,

No. 5 Gazette Building. Norwalk.

 

soonaorcovr

 

There is a time for

some things, and a time for.

all things, atime for great things and a time for small

things.

 

 

 

 

It’s time now for thin underwear and thin dresses.
We havcfjust received another Case of those 30-in Lawns in
which we will put out at 50 per yd. We also have a

few of those Rib Vests for Ladies, at £100 each.

 

 

100 Outing Flannel

 

Shirts, at 390 each.

' 5000 yards of Dallas Mills Sheeting, at 40 yard.

1000 yds. of Chantilly Muslin at so yd.

 

 

45 cents.

 

 

 

 

Our Furniture Department is still growing, and
is just like a healthy younster, always on the jump. N o
wonder; it can’t be otherwise. Prices are away down to
Look at" that Bed Lounge, $4.49, and

the lowest notch.

 

We have just received a Job'Lot of Silk Waists,
in Cardinal,‘Black and Blue, valued at $5.490. To close
them out we will offer them at $3.59. One lot of Sam-
'bric Waists, valued at 89c ; this lot'we will close out at

 

 

In our Carpet Rooms you will find a large'assort-y 5
meat of Ingrain Carpet, every thread being all wool, and
valued at 690 per yard; our price will be 500 per yard.-

 

that 6-ft. Table, $4.50, and that big Fancy Rocker, $4.69 ;
and just look at that Bent-wood Bench to set out on your

lawn or porch-«$3.75 buys it, at

Soofiold 8? Hoyt’s,

:Norwalk and 50. .N orwalk.

’Agents for Buttrick’s
Skirt Forms. . .

Patterns and Hall’s Bazar

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E eosowsxi,
Merchant“ ~ Tailor.

I have just received the Finest and
and Largest Selection of

SPRING AND SUMMER SUITIN GS,
TROUSERINGS AND VESTINGS.

Ever‘shuwn in Nerwalk. which I will make
up in style and price to suit everybody.

E. ccsowsxi,
comer Wall anal Walcc Sic, Nocwali

Unlike the Dutch Process
‘ No Alkalicc

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, Other Chemicals

 

 
 
 

are used in the
preparation of

j W.Balci&ilc.’s
aklast cocoa.

'whioh is absolutely par
and soluble. '

It has more than three times the strength
of Cocoa mixed with Starch, Arrowroot
or Sugar, and is far more economical,
costing less than one cent a cup‘. It
is delicious, nourishing, and EASILY
Drensrup.

Sold by Grocers everywhere.

 

 

o. O’BRIEN.

Wcsl Sllc Custom Tailor

Having made arrangements with oue‘of tht
Largest Cloth Houses in New York to supply
me with all kinds of goods at a few hours'
notice and at the Lowest Prices. I_ have over
three hundred samples, which I will make up
in the Latem Styles at about two-thirds the
usual prices charged. .I guarantee to we sat-
.sfaction 9.81 do my own cutting an fitting
and have no guess work. Ikeep the Latest
Fashion Plates and draft accordingly.

, Repairing, Binding, Cleaning, Pressing,

Etc.. done at about half-price. Give me
call and be convinced. iyi it

'0. O’BRIEN

31 BELDEN AVENUE.

 

 
 

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Just Received. Large Let-

PULL HARD, NEVER RIP
. PA NTS !

- $1.00, $i.25 to $2.00.

Impossible to RipiThem!

TAFT BROS.

‘ CLOTHIERS,

:23 WALL STREET. NORWALK

 

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