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FBilDAY JUNE 29, 1894.-
[Entered in the Post-Office as a Newspaper.[
Washington’s Visit. -_
'The Connecticut society of the Sons
of the American Revolution will un-
veil a bronze memorial tablet on the
Wadsworth elm in front of the Wads-
worth Athenaeum, Hartford, at 4 o’clock
Friday afternoon. This bronze tablet
will commemorate the visit-0f General
George Washington to that city on
June 29, 1775, when on his way to Cam-
bridge to take command of the Conti-
nental army. The Athenaeum stands
where at that time 'stood the house of
Captain (afterwards Colonel) Jonathan
Wadsworth, who entertained General
Washington on his visit there.
Jonathan F. Morris will deliver the
address. After the unveiling exercises,-
- the Daughters of the American Revo-
lution will entertain the members at a
r u in the building.
Thomas Hooker’s Works.
There seems to be a general awaken-
ing all overour state in {matters of
Colonial and Revolutionary history,
thanks to the inspiration emanating
' from the twin societies of the Sons and
Daughters of the Revolution. The
Hartford papers give the following in-
teresting factsrelating to a collection
made by that city’s Historical society
of the works of the famed theologian
and statesman Thomas Hooker. They
say that in one of the cases in the Con-
necticut Historical Society’s hall is
nowdisplaycd a collection of old books
which, when the name of their author
is noticed, will at once attract the in-
_terest of every observer. They are
the works of the Rev. Thomas Hooker,
the first minister in Hartford, and a
man eminent in the early history of
the colony. Mr. Hooker was born in
England in 1586, studied for the minis-
‘try and was given a rectorship, but
~ was silenced by Archbishop Laud for
nonconformity. To escape persecution
he fled to Holland. Here he remained
until his departure for America, where
he arrived in September, 1633, and set-
tled in Cambridge. The following
month he was chosen pastor of the
. church in that ‘place. In June, 1636,
he removed with his congregation,
which was compOst d for the most part
. of those who had emigrated to America
With him, to Connecticut and founded
Hartford. Here he continued his pas-
torate until his death in 1647. His
learning, ability and sound views upon
every subject caused him to, be recog-
nized as the leader of the settlement.
He it was who first advanced the idea
of constitutional government, result-
ing in Connecticut’s “fundamental or-
ders” of 1639, the first written consti-
tution in America and the basis of all
later ones. Mr. Hooker’s printed works,
about thirty in number, were all theo-
logical, as is shown byvsuch titles as
“The Soul's Humiliation,” “The Chris-
tian Drawn to Christ,” “The Saint’s
‘ Dignity and Duty.” The collection
belonging to the Historical Society;-
consisting of over twenty editions, is
perhaps the largest collection of his
works that has been gathered.
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The Solid Way to Boom a Town.
A Western contemporary calls atten-
tion to the city of Cleveland and the
city of Washington as exceptionally
fortunate in that they have been beau-
tified and enriched by “municipal atten-
tion to planting shade trees and strips
of lawn on the borders of the streets.
This,” we are assured, “is the solid
way to boom a town. By public spirit
and infilligence in beautifying their
streets Cleveland and Washington have
added many millions to their tax valua-
tion and thousands to their population.”
It appears that under authority granted
by the Ohio Legislature, Euclid ave-
nue in Cleveland, a magnificent thor-
oughfare, is to be extended into the
suburbs. “It will be 100 feet wide,
"with car tracks in the center. The
tracks will be separated from the drive,
ways on each side by broad grass plats
planted with trees. Then come the
carriage roads twenty feet wide, with
hitching posts at convenient intervals.-
Between each carriage road and the
sidewalk a bicycle path three feet wide
will be provided.” '
The suggestion that the “solid way
to boom a town” is to beautify it, to
' make it attractive, is justified by the
experience of every town and city
. throughout the country. Of Washing-
‘ ton, the~ Capital City, it is truly said
; that it is not alone in its hundreds of
l miles of shaded streets, its innumer-
i able parks and reservations, its fasci-
l nating display of the results of land-
: scape gardening, and its flower-decked
; squares, circles and diamonds, that the1
city has been intelligently commended
5: to those who desire to live amid pleas-
l ant surroundings. No other city in
the last twenty-five years, has expend-
ed so much money as Washington in
ne erection of school buildings and
he maintenance of a superb system of
'. rec public instruction. New churches
-, 'o by the score, .and various‘duca-
'. i‘onal establishments of the collegiate
:nd university grades have invited pap.
‘lat'ibn from the whole world. Popula,
ion grows and Wealth increases when.
Iver any community shows public spirit
if good roads. side-walks, shade trees,
f ell kept parks, abundant water and
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unselfish friendliness and” cordial wel-
come to new comers.
And yet Washington has not Nor.
walk’p incomparable beauty of topogra-
phy, of landscape and water views.
Norwalk’s New Postmaster.
' Latepn Saturday afternoon President
Cleveland sent to the Senate, among
other nominations, that of “WILLIAM
H. MALONE, to be postmaster at Nor.
walk, in the county of Fairfield and
state of Connecticut, “in the place of
Carmi G. Hubbell, whose commission
expires July 9, 1894.”
This appointment was expected by
every one having any knowledge of the
matter. Young Malone’s good fortune
is credited to United States Patent
Commissioner Seymour, upOn whose
recommendation, it is said, Congress-
man DeForest nominated him to the
Postmaster General and there being no
competitor, the Postmaster General
made the appointment and forwarded
the ‘same to the President, who in turn,
sent it to the Senate, where it now
awaits confirmation. As morc,or less
delay is always incident to these post-
ofiice changes, it is not probable that
Malone’s confirmation, acceptance of
bonds and final commission, will all get
around so as to enable him to relieve
Postmaster Hubbell much before the
end Of July. However, his possessioa
of the office is assured and we think
the 'public equally with himself, is to
be heartily congratulated. Young Ma-
lone served three years as Postmaster
Golding’s principal clerk and has been
First Assistant Postmaster to Mr. Hub-
bell during the entire four years of his
term, and thus he has served faithfully
and well a long apprenticeship to the
business, and is a master of all its in-
tricate duties and responsibilities. This .
could not have been the case had any
new, ,untried and unpracticed man been
appointed.
Postmaster Malone is a graduate
of the Center School, and is a fine
example of what a Norwalk public
school can turn out. He is upright,
alert, industrious, intelligent and faith-
ful to every trust and withall, a courte-
ous, obliging and always affable gentle-
man. While in no sense a noisy, blat-
ant and “offensive partisan,” he with
all his kin, are recognized as democrats,
the latter of the active and hustling
sort whenever election bugles blow.
As the newspapers have the larger and
probably closer business relations with
the local postoflice, it is with no ordi-
nary pleasure that the GAZETTE ‘con-
gratulates itself, the whole community
within this postal radius, and last but
by no means least, Mr. Malone himself,
upon our mutual good fortune. A lunk-
head, such as partisan politics too fre-
quently afflicts a community with, as
its postmaster, is a calamity so grievous
to be borne, that when a, thoroughly
competent man who is experienced in
his duties, is selected, political differ-
ences can well be thrust aside in con-
sideration of the greater advantage to
the public and postal service.
Excentric, but Famous.
At a recent meeting of the Equal
Rights Club of Hartford, Mrs. L. D.
Bacon gave an interesting sketch of
the late talented but erratic l\Iiss_Abby
Smith, of Glastonbury, who for many
years refused to pay her taxes because
she did not have avote. While her
sister J ulia raised cows and made five
translations of the Bible, Abby raised
the breeze that waited them to fame.
In the days of the “Millerites” and
their talk about the end of the world
Julia wanted to learn if there was any
warrant in the original Hebrew for
Miller’s predictions .fixing the end of
the world in 18439 so she studiedHe-
brew and then went to work and trans-
lated the Bible. “I have been unable
to find,” said Mrs. ,Bacon, “that any
one man ever translated the whole Bible
alone. The Bible has been worked up
by many different bands, and has ,ap-
peared under different names, as ‘Wi-
clif’s Bible,’ ‘Tyndale’s Bible,’ ‘Cover-
dale’s Bible,’ Cranmer’s Bible’ and
‘King James’s Bible.’ No one man
ever did the work alone and unaided.
This was left for a woman to do; and
not'only twice, but five times did she
perform this herculean labor, and then
modestly shut the translations up in
her closet for a quarter of a century,
never at that time intending to'publish
them. Probably no woman after «the
age of eighty can’show such a record as
that of Julia Smith. At the age of
eighty-two she had a lawsuit in her
town which was decided in her favor
and was then appealed by the defend-
ant to the Court of Common Pleas re-
sulting in along trial, the Smith sisters
coming oVer every day, Julia being the
brightest witness on the stand, in spite
of her four-score years and two. At
the age of eighty-four she published
her translation of the Bible. At the
age of eighty-six she was. married,
making a record which easily distances
the records of ordinary mortals in the
eighties.”
The funeral of the late Benjamin F.
Brown of Wilton, waslargel .attended
on'Tuesday at the Zions 111 M. E.
church, of which the deceased was a
member and a staunch friend. The
pall bearers were G. H. Gregory.~W.
B. Hurlbutt, Jr., N. M.- Belden, John
Gorham, Wilbur Sturges and H. B.
Osborne. The interment took place in
the adjacent church-yard.
The lawn fete at Miss M. P. Chiches-
ter’ aturday afternoon netted over
$100 or the h03pital fund besides be-
ing the source of a great amount of
pleasure to those-in attendance.
SLEEPING CAR CONDUCTOR.
Not Only} Kickers at Large, but Snorers,
Somnambulists and Talkera Tex the Long
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1V0 man’Who 13 none. born diplomat
need apply for a position as a sleeping
car conductor. It will be time lost for
him He may have all the other quali-
ties that would make him a success at
peculiar and indefinable ability to get
along well with all sorts and conditions
of men, which is called diplomacy for
want of a. better term, he had- better
keep off the sleeping cars and take up
something easier, such as law, medicine
or the ministry. ‘
Few of the thousands who nightly
sleep at the rate of 40 miles an hour or
thereabqgts realize how well the man
who has charge‘of the car in which they
sleep looks after their comfort directly
and indirectly. They think it is all the
work of the porter, whom they reward
accordingly with tips. The conductor
doesn’t get many tips. He has the re-
sponsibility, which is a poor substitute,
and he has his wages, which are good
wages, to be sure, but he earns all that
he gets. If he thinks he doesn’t get
enough, there are hundreds of others
ready and eagerto take his place.
“During this year, ” says an official
of the Wagner Car company, “we have
had, I should say, close to a thousand
rejected applicants for every one accept-
ed. The tcsts, though not ironbound as
to form, are pretty rigid. In the first
place, the candidate must have letters of
recommendation. If these are saisfacto-
ry, he makes out an application blank,
which gives us some idea of his educa-
tional limitations. This being satisfac-
tory, he is talked to by some one of the
officers and told to return in a day or
two, when he .has another consultation
with other officials who put to him such
questions as they desire. -
' “In this way we get some inkling. of
the man‘s personality—whether he is
of good appearance, intelligent, polite,
easy in manner and of good address.
These are very important matters, and
many candidates otherwise qualified
fail here. The successful candidate goes
on the waiting list, and when his turn
comes he is sent out under the care of
some old conductor to loam the ropes.
“First, last and all the time he is in-
structed to be courteous to his passengers
and attentive to their wants. Often a
man fails, for some unforeseen causehtc
become a good conductor after he has
been tried. Really first class men are
hard to get, but we keep on trying can.
didates until we find the right one. On
entering our employ the man is required
to furnish bonds for $500. Our men are
usually bonded by a security company.
They get from $75 to $100 a. month
wages and from this buy their own uni-
forms.” ,
Having secured bonds, a uniform and
experience, the candidate becomes a full
fledged conductor. Here his troubles be-
gin. His duties are many, but he soon
gets used to those. He must in the first
place look/after the sleeping our tickets,
and at night must take the train tickets
as well, handing them over to the train
conductor in the morning. Then he must
look after the car in general, keep an
eye on the porters, apportion the berths
properly, a nowise easy matter some-
times, and see that the temperature and
atmosphere of the cars are all right.
He must be up and moving at every
station where passengers are likely to
board the train, answer any number of
questions, be prepared to take charge of
matters in case of breakdown or other
accident, furnishing a full report later
to the company, see that the passengers
are all informed of the whereabouts of
the dining car in the morning, wake
them up in time, not as arbitrator in
cases of difficulty between passenger and
passenger or between passenger and por-
ter and do a thousand other little things
that cause wear and tear on his brain”.
, But these are not the matters that
bother him. It is the personal eccen-
tricities of the passengers themselves
which turn the conductor’s hair gray.
Some one once said that to know a man
as he really is you must travel with
him. A conductor Will tell you that to
know a man as he really oughtn’t to be
you must travel with him in a. sleeping
car. In general, those who travel by
night may be divided into three classes:
First—Those who sleep themselves
and let other people sleep.
Second—Those who sleep themselves
and keep other people awake. .
' Third—Those who don’t sleep them-
selves and won’t let anybody else sleep.
It might be supposed that there is one
other class—viz, those who lie awake
themselves and let other people sleep—=
but these specimens are so rare as not to
form a. class. They are abnormal, like
white crows or two headed calves. A
Wagner conductor, who has grown gray
in the service, says that he never knew
but one of 'this kind, and he was an in-
sane prisoner in charge of two oflicers.
He fulfilled the conditions because he
was bound, gagged and shackled. —New
~ York Sun.
Breach of'I‘mmlse'Suits.
Goldie asks if a. young man can sue a
young woman for breach of promise if
while engaged to him she marries an-
other man. Answer: There are a great
many foolish young people in the world,
Goldie, who seem to think that they
can in some way by money compensa-
tion make up for, unhappiness, sleepless
nights, tears and heartache.‘ Unless
there has been some actual wrong,
breach of promise suits area very poor
investment. They generally end in a
good. deal of scandal and have ntst un-
pleasant consequences; If’ no real
has been sustained, the ' court would
likely award about a cent damages, and
there would be heavy costs and all parties
made ridiculous. Such suits are best let
alone. Legally a. man can sue for breach
_of promise as well as a woman, but he
appears very ridiculous when he does
lO.—NeW York’ Ledger. '
Read the Guam.
MUST BE A DIPLOMAT.
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In order to satisfy the great demand in t.
second floor andincreased the stock, so that ’
display ‘of shirt \Vaists ever shown in Conne
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Special Reductions for this in
. ~F§eg_—:=_r,;-' At we have enlarged the space on our
week Wlll be found the largest and best
200 dozen White Lawn Waists, all new designs, 49c, 69c, 79c, 98c, $1.19, $1.25, $1.39
$1.79,$1.98, $2.19,. $2.98. This lot com rises eve thi ' ' '
fully 25 per cent less than market value. p ry ng m Whlte waists,
- In colreod Shirt Waists we‘have added many
Prices from 19c up.
cutaneous reunions.
50 dozen whitelawn Hamburg yokes, lace trimmed ruffles ‘all s' '
49c up to $1.59, ail new and choice styles. ’ was, 256. A full line from
hennunacnrnns.
We have been fortunate in securing the. balance of an im orter’s'st 6k
prices and will place the same on sale this week. p ' ‘ 0c at extremely low
3000 fine SWiss embrOidere'd, iery choice effects, were imported to sell at 25c ; our price '
12% cents.
and prices are
new designs to our already large stock.
200 dozm men’s white hemstitched, extra large and very fine quality, 14c each; cost 20c
to land.
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100 dozen ladies’ white hemstitched and colored border, at 50 each.
" 150 dozen men’s hemstitched, colored border, full size, 9c each. About half regular
price.
Kmdfiflkt cameraman.
For four'days, beginning Saturda
One lot window shades at 15c.
lsEBOSTON STORE.
y,.all our oil stoves will be sold at specially reduced prices
don.- Main and Wall Streets,
Moonwalk.
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We have secured several copies of back w A BA Rs AIN
numbers from 4 to 12 of “.THE WORLD . "--‘ 7'
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AN.” ITS .PEOPLE B." .SUNI’IQHT FOSTEBJREEMAN&CH~AMBERLAIN
which parties can obtain by applying at . , . I .
once to this office or to newsmen Benea ' fizzgifififiggfieefigfiszi have two very desir-
dict, Hayes and Betts. perts, Rooms 12, 13, 14, Bish- able Building Lots,cen-
In order to facilitate matters we print op Block, Bridgeport. Conn. . . 0
below aback number coupon,which when Philadelphia, New York and ‘ trally located, in a aen‘
presented with ten cents, at either of the giggldgiménlg years exper- teel neighborhood, five
above named places will entitle the hold- ' minutes walk from the
er to any number from 4 to 12 of these $10an MEMBER OF OUR FIRM 15 11v b 'd _ ' _
elegant art portfolios. NORWALK EVERY WEEK. r1 go, that I Will sell
at:'_Slaughtered Prices.
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GOOD FOR ANY A large Consignment of Fine G A FRANKE
PORTFOLIO FROM Millinery, consisting of Hats, ' ' ° 9
NO! 4 {(112, Flowers, Ribbons, Laces, and all AGENT-
When presented with ten cents at the latest styles in Pattern Hats. - ~ ,
this oflice. or at the stores of news- consigned by one of the largest Horace E. 03." '1’. I
:men Benedict. Hayes and Betta?! .
Importing Houses of New York nxcnnsron ,
City, to Fawcett’s old and reli- _ '1
. - able Headquarters for Millinery, LIVBI’Y and Saul-es Stable.
F A I P E0 P L E No. 3 Water street, Norwalk. La- ‘-
. . _ . ' ' . - Opposite Danbury and
Pgark 0bes1ty Pills mu reduce your weizht d‘es- “"11 d° we“ t° call and ex Norwalk Railroad depot.
BMANENTLY from 1:2 to 15 pounds a.
month. N0 STARVING sickness or injury
N0 PUBLICITY. They build up the health
and beautify the complexion leavrng no Wrin-
kles or; flabbiness. Stout abdomens, difiicult
brea in surely relieved. No experiment but
asci t1 cand positive rehef. adopted only
after fiye years experience. All_orders sup
plied direct from our office. Price $2.00 per
package or three packages for .5530 by mail
pogtpaid. Testimonials and particularsmealed)
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All Correspondence Strictly Confidential;
PARK REMEDY 00., Boston, Mass.
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parties a specialty. WNo Amateurs! High-
furnished for Concerts Balls
Soirees. Weddings and uter-
est. grade of musioi by first-class musiciansr
Summer evening _ once: a specialty. Violin
and Piano instruction. . A. F n E r. M A N, 17
Elizabeth street. 80. Norwalk, or at GAZETTE
oflice. Norwa .
PIANO LESSONS.
1‘Iflti. GEORGE W. BRADLEY (daughter
L of the late Mr. Wm.B. Nash,) gives enl-
iens and satisfactory instructions on the
Pianotat hei- homemo. 193 Main Street. in
Stores & Fam-
PLYMOUTH inc
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with or without drivers.
Safe horses for women
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SADDLE HORSES A SPECIALT‘I
REFRIGERATORS. *
We have the Mackinaw dry
air, cabinet finish, solid ash
refrigerators and ice chests.
Also softwood refrigerators.
A full line of adjustable win-
dow screens, fit any window.
H. H. WILLIAMS!
15‘Wall Street. .
Ecru Sharing.
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front of 8. Bu ay’s on Cross street,
sprepared to do Horse shoeing in a first
«lass manner. JOE T. LIOETT.
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