Norwalk weekly gazette, Friday, July 29, 1892 · page 2

 

 

 

 

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‘ Rev. Mr. Watkins.

Mrs. Wm. H. Smith is in receipt of a
letter from Mrs. Watkins written from
cool and beautiful Chamouny. She
writes that during their stay in Paris
the weather was intensely hot and Mr.
Watkins did not recuperate as it was

‘hoped he would. They then moved
down to Switzerland and are sojourn-
ing in the beautiful valley of the Alps,
where-the climatic conditions have been
all that could be desired and Mr. W.
has made a steady gain in health and

. strength.

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Old Times.

Mr. John Benedict, now of Norwalk,
need to live, seventy odd years ago, on
what is now known'as the Grupe reser-
voir farm. Before last Sunday he had
not visited his old home in some sixty
years. He says the changes there were
so great he scarcely knew the old place.
The water in the reservoir was some
two feet below the dam, and but little
running in. Mr. Benedict drove up
about the locality, so fam' iar to him
when a lad, with three ge erations of
his descendants in the carriage with
him. A-

Norwalk not Homestead.

That the strained relations and un-
friendly feeling ruling at Homestead
between employer and employed, is
not shared in Norwalk, and certainly
not in the office of the “B. L. D.” was
most gratifyingly evidenced by the in-
cident of an enormous basket of choic-
est hot house flowers, most beautifully
and artistically arranged by that expert

- florist, Hanford. having. been sent to

he home of the “senior” Saturday
evening, in commemoration of the 66th
anniversary, and with the “sincere con-

‘gratulations and cordial good wishes of

the employees of the GAZETTE.” It is
such kindly amenities as this that es-
tablishes a genuine interest and sympa—
thy between employer and employed

find makes life worth living.

 

The Story of a. Note.

James Brown, Esq., of whose family
'fame mural monuments in Lincoln-
shire, England, to-day speak, was born
in his father’s “mansion house in Nor-
walk” in 1720. He belonged to St.
Paul’s parish, but his parent having be-
come a heavy Westchester property
purchaser, the son with his brother-inc

'law Samuel Isaacs, Esq., removed to

Salem, now Lewisboro. He here, as-
sociated with Hon. William smith,
Chief Justice of the prevince of New
York and one of the J udges of the Su-
perior Court, purchased thousands of
acres of land, out of which the two
gave to the Episcopal Church an estate
which, had it been retained, would in
1892 have made the feeble Lewisboro
flock handsomely independent. The
sad truth, however, is that during the
revolutionary war the property was
lost to this flock, and" it has now left
only the sixty acres bequeathed to it
some twenty-one years ago by a mem-

.ber of Congress, Hon. John Lewis, a

native of their ancient town. Mr.
Lewis, after deeding the glebe to the
society, began at once the erection of a
commodious parsonage and chapel in-
tending subsequently to ' crown his do-
nation by that of a new church. He
had expended about three thousand
dollars when death suddenly summoned
him hence, intestate, and leaving the
struggling folk to complete what he
had most generously commenced.
With strong faith in Almighty God the
people accepted the heavy task. .Con-
tributing of their own means, and
aided by others, they finally arranged
two loans for the liquidation of the
balance” still due. One of these loans,
for fifteen hundred dollars, was made
of the Norwalk Savings Society.
Through the last week’s signal kind-
ness of their Norwalk and Bidgefi‘eld
friends, they will now wipe this note
out, and as their second note is already
much reduced they expect before long
to free themselves from this obligation.
So that after years of- patient sacrifice
this old ante-revolutionary body hopes
to regain its ancient status and without
let, enjoy the ministrations of the
church their fathers so loved and prized.

A Model Labor Organization.

If all the labor organizations of the
country were as level-headed in their
membership as the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers in the New
Haven division, says an exchange,
there would seldom be serious dispute
between employers and employes and
strikes would be extremely rare. The
Locomotive Brotherhood has its griev-
ance committee as well as all other la-
bor associations, and the members of
that committee as well as all other
labor associations, and the members of
that committee,like most walking dele-
gates who live on the labor of their fel-
low workmen, assume that they must
create trouble now and then to main-
tain their dignity and magnify their
importance. _

By the arbitrary intervention of
Chief I‘hompson,and his associate Par-
ish and Gates of the grievance commit-
tee of the New Haven Locomotive
Brotherhood, the engineers of that di-
vision were involved in what at one
time'threatened to be a serious dispute
with the railroad, and they were
brought almost to the point of a strike
before they discovered that they were
being misled and played upon by the

 

. men whom they supported to look after

their interests. When the members of
the Brotherhood were brought face to
face with the difficulty, they saw that
their grievance committee had wanton.

1y disturbed the harmony between the
Brotherhood and its employers, and in-
stead of raising a row and going out on
a strike, they unanimously demanded
the resignation of the chief of the
grievance committee, which was
promptly given and accepted, and
passed a vote of censure on the other
members of the committee who had
sanctioned the effort to make trouble.
If all labor organizations would thus
hold their grievance committees and

their walking delegates to strict ac-~

countability and compel them to deal
truthfully and justly between them-
selves and their employers, it is safe to
say that two-thirds of all thelabor dis-
turbances of the country could be
averted; but as long as organized
workingmen permit themselves to be
led by the blatant demagogues who
usually manage to forge to the front
and elect themselves as grievance com-
mitteemen’ or walking delegates, and
who are usually foreigners by birth,
there will be constant trouble between
employers and employed, and the
workingman must always pay the piper.
The action of the New Haven division
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers is well worthy of the sober
study of every labor organiziitiun in
the country.
The Lesson at Homestead.

The terrible tragedy attempted at
Pittsburg, is shown to have been en-
acted by a crazy anarchist. Neverthe-
less, those Union workmen who right-
fully refused to work at the wages
offered them, enormous as they were
and beyond wages paid anywhere else
on the inhabitable globe, wrongfully
conspired not to permit the non-union
men who did desire to work at their
rejected rates andlwere not insane when
they, to the extremity of deliberate
murder, fought against the mill owners
entering upon their own property, with
Winchester rifles. Their conduct and
the conduct of such papers, notably the
New York World, as have approved
and encouraged their murderous acts
and designs, are logically responsible
for this act of a madman. In striking
contrast to the unpardonable action of
the World, is the bold and brave utter-
ances of the Democratic New York Sun
and the Democratic Philadelphia
Times, an excerpt from the latter of
which, on the subject, we append :

“There is a most impressive lesson to
our labor associations in the attempted
assassination of Henry C. Frick by
Alexander Bergmann, and unless it
shall be accepted and appreciated it
must fearfully prejudice fair-minded
men of all classes—workmen as well as
employers—against organized labor.

None pretend that labor associations
contemplate lawlessness or_ assassma-
tian, but the appallingpbject lesson
given by a crazy Anarchist in attempt-
ing the assassination of Mr. Frick,
painfully illustrates the tendency of
labor teaching to inspire the hordes of
foreign Anarchists that have been
flung upon us, to the destruction of life
and property. .

The one plain truth that every labor
organization of the country should now
look squarely in the face, isthe fact
that, whilevery many have made for-
mal deliverances justifying or excusing
the lawless rioters at Homestead, not
one has declared the right of every
workingman to accept employment at
will and pursue it in peace.

This fundamental right that can be
claimed, by the humblest under our
laws as inalienable, has yet to be pub«
licly recognized in the many deliver-
ances given on the labor troubles at
Homestead, and it is this forgetfulness
of the one law that is Mike the safety
of all, from the richest to the poorest,
that not only has made every murder-
ous Anarchist in the land sympathetic
with lawless labor, but has logicelly
culminated in attempted assassmation.
It is known that it requires all the
power of the striking labor leaders at
Homestead to suppress the open Anar-
chists in their own ranks 'from pro-
claiming a policy of theft and assasSi-
nation. _

Our labor organizations havedone
themselves the gravest injustice in this
failure to plant themselves on the ma-
jesty of law as the safety of all. .The
only safety of labor is in the majesty
of law; and as this is a nation of in-
dustry, and labor is sovereign, in the
selection of rulers and the enactment
of laws, the one element of the Repub-
lic that must scruplously maintain the
sanctity of law to assure its safet and
to command public sympathy an sup-
port,'£s the working men of the country. ”

 

. Lewis 0. Wilson.
The demise on Friday last of Lewis

0. Wilson, brings to'mind the interest-.

ing local epoch of forty or fifty years
ago. He was about the very last of
that especial generation of Norwalk
representative men which embraced
among others the well known names of
Dr. Mead and Francis Skiddy, Charles
Isaacs, and William S. Lockwood, and
Samuel Lynes, between whom there
was, in the particulars of thorough
gentlemanly bearing and fine presence,
a marked resemblance. Mr. Wilson
was formerly the head of one of the
first class New York houses, and his re-
markable business talent made life lu-
crative. A contemporary of such metro-
politan firms, in his own line, as Alfred
Edwards & Co., and a little later Mar-
tin & Slauson, Beck& 00., and Jet-
fray 8: Co.,'his ability and enterprise
caused him to be ranked high and his

house was of acknowledged mercantile -
standing. His knowledge of the promi. '

nent men of his times afforded him in
Vafter life many a suggestive memory.
During the earlier part of his career
the father of the Astors lived in his un-
adorned two story brick building near
Houston street with door plate in-
scribed simply, ”Mr. Astor,” andhav—
ing amassed his' twenty millions could
be occasionally seen at his front window
looking out “on the Broadway throng.”
Philip Kissam was then, as he is at ad-

 

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Mrs. Amanda Paisley

For many years an esteemed communicaut of
Trinity Episcopal church, Newburgh, N. Y.,
always says “ Thank You ” to Hood’s Sar-
saparilla. She sufiered for years from Eczema
and Sci-oral- sores on her face, head and
ears, making her deaf nearly a year, and affect-
ing her Sigh . To the surprise of her friends

Hood’s Sarsaparilla

Hasefiected a cure and she can now hear and
see as well as ever. For full particulars of her
case send to C. I. Hoop & 00., Lowell, Mass.

 

HOOD’S PILLS are hand made. and are per-
fect in condition. proportion and appearance.

 

 

vanced age, to-day unqueiioned finan-
cial authority. Moses Taylor was a
Wall street magnate, and before Mr.
Wilson’s New York course closed John
G. Phelps and Amos R. Eno were be.
coming rich in~a kindred line, H. B.
Claflin & Co. were leaders, and the
era of Jay Gould and "Cyrus W. Field

was dawning. A vast amount of busi-
ness lore had been stored up by him,
and he lived to see the. most wonderful
changes.

At about twenty years Of age he came
to Norwalk and soon after married
Harriet, the second daughter of Isaac
and Esther (Reed) Belden. Mrs. Wil-
son lives in Norwalk memory. She
made the Belden Point home, which
she inherited from her father Isaac
Belden, very inviting and was one from
whom nobody received a frown. The
freshness of youth cheered her later
years and her sympathy and kindness
were known quite outside her own fam-
ily. .It was a most impressive scene
yesterday afternoon when the remains
of her partner, accompanied by rever-
ent bearers and mourned by devoted
sons, were laid beside her own and
their beloved children’s sleeping forms.
Peace to their resting-ashes.

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The Case of Private lams.

The Philadelphia Times, edited by
one of the ablest, bravest and most
frank and honest of all the democratic
journalists in the country, itself, if not
on the ground, certainly so near the
theatre of the Homestead troubles that
its deductions are likely to be founded
on a better acquaintance with the true
situation than papers more remote, has
these observations to offer concerning
the regretable case of private Iams:

“The severe punishment of private
Iams by the commander of his regi-
ment for having cheered the would-be
assassin of Mr. Frick and refusing to
retract it when advised to do so by his
commander, has provoked considerable
criticism, and much of it is of the sen-
timental character that ever overlooks
the supreme necessities which often
dictate severe punishment. The man
who would cheer the assassin- in his
cowardly work is quite as much an as-
sassin at heart as he who fires the pistol
or drives the deadly knife into his vic-
tim. He differs only in the cowardice
that prevents him from executing his
devilish will ; and when he is a soldier
wearing the uniform of the govern-
ment, employed and paid to suppress
the assassin and the lawless, he puts
himself beyond the pale of sympathy.
and there is no punishment known in
military authority that can be regarded
as too severe.

We dismiss all question of sympathy
for private Iams himself. He is en-
titled to none. Granted that his cheer
of the assassin may have been :the im-
pulse ‘of a boy, but when he was
brought into line with his brother sol-
diers, admonished of his serious breach
of discipline and requested to recall it,
he defiantly proclaimed his sympathy
with the assassin and thereby made it
impossible for him to command any
charitable consideration whatever, and
exposed himself to the severest punish;
ment known to military authority short
of death. . '

Many soldiers have been tried and
shot for a much less grave ofl‘ense than
private Iams committed, and the pun-
ishment although brutally severe, is
one of the recognized methods of pun«
ishment by military authority. The
buck and the gag, the ball and the
chain, the thumb-screw and various
other methods of severe punishment
are recognized as military law, and the
only question to consider in the case of
private Iams is whether the punish-
ment inflicted upon him will be promo-
tive or subversive of. discipline in the
military command; Beyond that there
is no question involved in it worthy of
consideration.” ‘

 

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The store on Main street occupied by
“Ed.” Fitch the cobbler, had a nar-
row escape from being consurrmd'. b
fire yesterday. Mr. Fitch has a sma l
kerosene lamp which he uses in heating
his burnishing tools. It rests upon a
box which has become somewhat satu-
rated with 011. He lighted the lamp
Wick which suddenly lblazed up igniting
the box and threatening to explode the
lamp. At the risk of being burned him-
self, Mr. Fitch picked up the burning
lamp and hurledit into the street, thus
averting what might have been a very
serious fire.

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[All 3' SHIRTWAISTS.

THE SEASON IS SHORT Now.

OPENING

FALL goons.

 

. Must commence to make room.

 

Offer you today our entire stock or
Ladies’ Shirt Waists '

Ana. reduction ,of 25 to. 50 per cent.
Edward. Street.

 

 

Comsto

ELI-F TEE MEN

Are not half suited in suits; they
put up with just about half their
money’s worth. It’s better to ride a
donkey that carries you safely than a
horse that throws you. Fairy stories
are entertaining, but they’re not to
be taken seriously. A streak of com-
mon sense clears the atmosphere like a
streak of lightning and for common
sense buyers we have a common sense
suit. It’s just. the thingto buy now, it’s
just the thing to wear not, it’s better
than most and it’s as good as any. Our
Straw Hat stock is the largest. in town
and price the lowest.

Masonic Building,
NORWALK.

ck Bros.

 

 

Comstook Bros”

'14 So. Main Street
so. NORWALK.

 

PROF. J. H. HEYNEN,

Organist and Director 0) St, Mary’s
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Church.

. —-—TEACHER or-—_

Piano, Organ, Harmony, Singing,
Violin and "Julio.
Piano lnsrructions
By the German Method.

Residence, 23 WEST AVENUI.

 

THE FAIRFIELII comm
National Ban k.
CAPITAL, - $200,000.00

James. w. Hyatt, President.

 

Edwin 0. Keeler, Lewis. 0. Green.
Vice-President. Cashier.
DI R ECTO R S :

JAMES W.HYAT.T F.ST.JOHN LOCKWOOD.
EDWIN O. KEELER. DAVID H. MILLER.
IRA COLE. MOSES H. GLOVEB.
W. B. E. LOCKWOOD. LEVI WARNER.

Accounts of Manufacturers, Mar-

chants and Individuals. Soliciiid.

THE Bank has recently placed in its

fire-proof vault, a burglar-proof
safe containing safe deposit axes to
the convenience or their depositors
which they offer free or charge

Spring Announcement!

LATEST IMPIIIITAIIIIIIS
Spring Suitings,

WhichiI will make upiat the lowest cash price
F . Z O G" O U R ,

. Custom Tailor,
17 North lain Street: South Norwilk.

- G. J. Far-rise
PARCEL AND BAGGAGE EXPRESS.

Blatant Benedict’s.Norwalk. and Hoyt’s Drug
Store South Norwalk 3111147

 

 

 

 

 

THE STAMFORD '

DYE - WORKS!
WATEBSIDE, STAMFORD, CONN.,
Are pre ared, in addition to the'r .'
of FAST fiLAOK to do all kinds 01f hilariliilfi
IN THE BEST sTrLE on THE T. and in
accordance With specia formulas which guar.
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scoFIELD a HOYT’S, Norwalk and South
Norwalk. . 211::

E. GUSOWSKI;
Merchant ~ ‘l’ailor.

I have~ just received the Finest and
and Largest Selection of

SPRING AND SUMMER SUITINGS,
TROUSEBINGS AND VESTINGS.

Ever shown in Norwalk. which I will make
up in style and price to suit everybody.

E. GUSOWSZI,

 

Just Arrived!

TWO CAR LOADS OF

NEW CARRIAGES,

WHICH WILL BE SOLD AT THE

LOWEST CASH PRICES AT .

H. E. DANN’S.

 

Frank H. Baxter,
PHARMACIST.

tf SMnln Street. Son!- '81 rwalk

T0 CAMPERS.

Portable House and Tents to rent by the day
or week. 1‘. E. LOCKWOOD Agt. 7 Main

Street.

Building Lots For? Sale.

BOTON POINT IMPflOVEMENl
BOMPANY,
AT '

ROTO‘N POINT.

For particulars apply on the premises or to
any 0 the followrng directors: James W.
‘Ilryatt, John D. Kimmey, Norwalk; E. .A.

oodward. C. Swartz. South Norwalk.

NOTICE. '

A LL persons are hereby forbidden to trust
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any one on account of the Roton Point

rovement Company Without an order sign-

yJ.Finkenstein eneral mans er. _
By order of JA 8“ 1::er 3:,
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EL'A WOODWABD.
. Secretary

 

Horse Skating.

HE undersigned has taken the shop in the
T front of S. . Ruby’s on Cross street, and
[5 prepared to do Horse Shoemg in a first.
class manner. Give me aca

 

tumor Wall and Water Sin, Norwalk ‘

JOB mm a.

 

Mn. Hanar M. Guam. Ja.. superintend-
ent of our Printing Departments. is unexcelled
as a Book. Joband Newspaper Printer. and
all work entrusted to him will be promptly.
reasonably and satisfactorily done. Soecia
care and attention given to

CHURCH AND SOCIETY PRINTING.

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Menu. -' Cards,
Dance Orders

Ball Tickets,

RECEPTION CARDS,
WINE. '- LISTS.
Shun Hangers,
W edding

‘ Invitations.
Business Cards,

Visiting cards ‘

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flail Gazette
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Church and

Society Work -

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