NO. 2. HARTFORD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1880. PRICE TEN CENTS.
A N ewport Memory. VIII. and escorts thither his sisters and his—well, the rest (SOME DISTANCE AFTER PRAED.) She belled it at the Bellevue: of his family. A very considerable part of the I ogled at the Ocean, I. And sent each day a billet-doux exhibition, as it is at present, appeals peculiarly to Years—years ago—when first I thought Describing my emotion: feminine aesthetics. I alluded briefly, yesterday, Of writing rhymes and verses: Creating, yes, alas ! 'tis true, to the superb collection of paintings now on Ere 1 had learned to set at naught Some scandal—some commotion, The critics and their corses; loan which includes many fine pictures of the Among her lovers, not a few, best modern artists at home and abroad; and And didn't know that fame was bought By my intense devotion. From Editors, with purses,— those who care for the works of tlie old, or at IX. That girls were women, grown and taught, least considerably older masters, can find here, Ere they had left their nurses:— We met, my diary says, in June, The ball had hardly started— belonging to the Museum, two paintings by Ru II. I proved myself the landlord's boon, bens, a Murillo, a Velasquez, and several examples In short, when I was very gay, For which ray uncle smarted : of the Dutch and Spanish schools. The daily And full of youth's romancing; We breathed our vows 'neath July's moon tide turns toward the picture galleries first, bu t And apt at changing night to day, And swore to be true-hearted, with casual visitors these are soon "done," and And dollars into dancing; And when hot August closed—too soon, While on the waves at Newport bay We sighed, and wept,—then parted. with the present almost universal ceramic craze, One night the moon was glancing, I think the longest, certainly the most loving X. I met, and loved sweet Yora Gray, lingering is over the cases which contain the Eighteen, and—quite entrancing. We parted—those short months of joy To by-gones quickly faded: oriental porcelains. This magnificent collection III. While others came with their alloy, includes specimens whose " marks" date their Her hair was auburn, and not red, And brought new loves as they did ; manufacture in the reigns of different Chinese As claimed by some beholders ; I changed somewhat—grew less a boy, monarchs from 1426 down to the present century. A Grecian nose, and royal head, My college hopes were shaded— And very splendid shoulders ; Then, finding love too gay a toy, Many of these exhibit, with names of makers A fair white hand, and eyes that shed In railroad tickets traded. and place of manufacture, curious mottoes (in Their fire like charging soldiers; Chinese characters) such as, "May there be no And then, her dowry, it was said, XI. Would be in golden boulders. Years hurried by—our sad farewell limit to your happiness "—as certainly there is Became an old-time matter; not, while viewing this collection, unless the god IV. We met again, but, woe to tell, of covetousness uncomfortably interferes with There, where the dazzled young and old She scowled when I gazed at her; your otherwise quite unalloyed enjoyment. It is Through fortunes swiftly dash on; I heard her rubric-haired boy's yell, And in their living say they're sold And her tongue's discordant clatter, of no use trying even to barely catalogue what To heathen gods of fashion ; And she was not the Newport Belle, is here shown in the way of old white, celadon, Where grand turn-outs in gilt and gold But the wife of Dobbs, the hatter. crackle, blue grounds with slip decorations, mono Our lauding eyes would flash on ; II. T. SPERRY. chrome, variegated and mottled enamels, reticu We laughed, and sighed, and danced, and bowled, And nursed our tender passion. lated pieces, relief decorations, rice grain decora Our New York Letter. tions, bamboo covered egg-shell ware, blue and V. METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM. white, rose and ruby, the greens, polychrome Her father was a country squire, Rich, old, and quite rheumatic: Correspondence of THE BAZAB BUDGET. decorations on white, and all the marvels of this She had a sister full of fire— NEW YOKE, June 1, 1880. collection of Chinese, Japanese, Corean, and Her brother was erratic ; By far the most attractive prominent exhibition Persian porcelain. The variety and splendor of She wrote; and made the press admire in the city, or anywhere in this country, is the color in many of these pieces are bewilderingly Her lines and tropes didatic: beautiful. All the private collectors in the And sang sweet songs about her lyre, Metropolitan Museum of Art, now located in To see me get extatic. Central Park. It is the growth of but ten years country are sure, some time or other, to see these gems, for to such pilgrims this Museum will be a VI. since its foundation, and yet already it has fairly Mecca. But from now till next October this de She led me oft a weary walk begun to be to New York what the more extensive Where beetling cliffs were frowning; South Kensington Museum is to London—only partment is immensely enhanced in interest and And bravely through the surf would stalk, that has an annual subsidy for its support of about attraction by the very valuable loans of Mr. To save some girl from drowning; .$1,000,000 from the British government, while our Prime, Mr. Hosack, Mrs. Genet, Mr. Munoz, She loved late suppers—knew the chalk Mrs. B arlow, Mr. Gord on, and other wealthy col Of those served up by Downing; Museum receives yearly but $13,500 from the city, Shone very bright in parlor talk, which is only about one-half enough to pay its im lectors who have generously placed these private And quoted Poe and Browning. perative expenses. The rest of the money needed treasures where the public can enjoy them, and who are quite sure to he equally liberal loaners to VII. comes from the few paying visitors on two days of the successive six months' exhibitions which add She talked of surplice, or of gown, each week, from annual and other members, and Of lager or of laces, from the private pockets of the directors who man so largely to the numberless objects owned by the Of B rougham's form, or Forrest's frown, age this great institution for the public benefit. Institution. Mr. Prime has also kindly loaned Of clowns or of the graces ; Probably the majority of the visitors, who some a large number of early-printed books and speci Of modern whims, or thoughts come down mens of early wood engraving, including works From old abnormal races; times number nearly 20,000 in a single day, are And wished the hotels, like the town, women; for nearly every man who goes there po of Albert Diirer; Mr. Joseph W. Drexel has sent Were full of handsome faces. litely becomes for the time a Pinafore Sir Joseph, here his collection of manuscripts and illumina 2 THE I '> A X A I* BT J DG E T . tions; Mr. Munoz and others, ancient American A Good Samaritan. heart, so that, while I didn't wish to cast the objects and relics of early Spanish occupation of shadow of my sorrow over you, I must tell you Thirty odd years ago a young man whom I America; and from other loaners there are enam my story. never saw, and of whom I had never heard, was els, arms, bronzes, ivories, miniatures, tapestries, "My poor boy," said the clergyman, rising and drowned in the Pacific ocean. To that fact I am embroideries, laces — in short a multitude of taking his guest's hand, "Now I know why I strangely indebted for the opportunity of putting marvels to engage the eye and taste and thoughts was impelled to speak to you from the moment on record here the Christian manliness of an for weeks in succession. Yet, I suppose, the you entered the car, as I felt you were in trouble. Episcopal clergyman whom I have not known most of the visitors go to the Museum once, I, too, have known sorrow, and can sympathize a fortnight. occupy an hour or so in walking through the with you. But you say you are from Connecti Two weeks ago a gentleman left Utica, New halls and galleries, and walking by the thousands cut. Did you ever hear of the L family in York, for a station on the Erie Railroad, by one of objects; but even one hour within those walls one of y our cities in that State?" of the railroads that intersects that great through is an event in one's life, and a whole day is a pos "Indeed I have. Mr. L. is an old family line. Absorbed in thought, he paid little atten itive advance in one's education. I have left to friend—" tion to the conductor who punched his ticket, or the last w hat are by far the most unique as well " Then I am more than glad, as Mr. and Mrs. L. to any of the passengers, except to note, with an as valuable of all the possessions of the Institu have been as father and mother to me these impulse to escape therefrom, that an elderly gen tion. These are the Di Cesnola collections, vast twenty years, and any kindness I can extend to tleman occasionally fastened his eyes upon him and various, of almost all sorts and of very great their friends will never repay what they have with a look of earnest inquiry. Wrapt in reverie, value, ranging from huge sarcophagi cut from a done for me." he was aroused by the voice of a new conductor, single solid stone down to a gold finger-ring. " Indeed! How did your acquaintance begin? " who looked at his ticket and exclaimed: General di Cesnola was engaged ten years in un " Singularly enough. I was then, as now, a earthing these treasures from the tombs and " So you, too, are on the wrong road! " bachelor, rector of a little church in a New Jersey buried cities of Cyprus. The statues range "What do you mean?" was the startled re town, where, some twenty-five or more years through different periods and styles of art, he- sponse of the traveler. ago, Mr. and Mrs. L. were spending the summer. ginning with the early Egyptian, and ending with "You should have changed cars at the Junc Mrs. L. was in the deepest affliction over the loss the late Greco-Roman. In pottery there are more tion. This car goes down to Springs. of her oldest son, who had just before been than 4,000 pieces, most of them vases, and no Didn't the other conductor tell you so?" drowned or, as is feared, killed by sharks, while 7 two of them alike. The gold and silver orna " No; nor any one else. This is a prett} road, bathing in the Pacific Ocean. She found it very ments and decorations, nearly all found in Greek indeed!" said our traveler, now very indignant. hard to reconcile herself to "the loss of her dearly- tombs, include necklaces, bracelets, earrings, " I am very sorry for you, sir," said the elderly loved boy under such dreadful circumstances, as finger-rings, hairpins, and other articles for fe stranger, as the conductor shrugged his shoulders he had been a lad of great promise and of most male adornment, and some of these beautiful and went on through the car to settle a similar tender, loving ways. That he ' should die so patterns which have been buried 3,000 years have complaint with a commercial traveler who had cruelly and so uselessly,' as she put it, she deemed been faithfully copied and are the height of also not been notified to change cars. "Permit terrible. But a strange fancy took her that in fashion in New York to-day. But more beauti me to invite you to spend the night with me at some way I reminded her of her lost son, and ful and even more valuable than these gold orna the Springs." from that day to this she and her husband have ments are the more than 2,000 pieces of Phoeni In a morose, irritable manner our traveler re showered kindnesses upon me. At the time I cian and Greek glassware taken from tombs torted, "You ought to ask my credentials. I was suffering from a sad bereavement, and was from 2,000 to 3,000 years old. These are small certainly shall require yours." at first inclined to resent her kindlj- interest, but jars, vases, cups, bottles, vials, etc., and the With a deep blush that made the last speaker ere long she conquered me, and for years I have decay of centuries has wrought in many of them much ashamed of his rude question, the stranger loved her as I loved my long-lost mother. ' For an iridescence which the rainbow in the heavens replied, " I am Rector of the Episcopal Church George's sake, I must be kind to you and to the may equal but cannot surpass in fairly dazzling at . I have a large rectory, and no one world,' she says." brilliancy of color. In the whole museum there is there but a colored housekeeper. You will find The clergyman's guest was silent a moment, as absolutely nothing that attracts more attention and the hotels there very unpleasant at this season, his host was moved to tears, and then said, "Now admiration. And to think that this great building, while I shall be very happy to accommodate you." I recall a story, told in early childhood, of how now that it is erected, is only just half large enough "I ask your pardon for my rudeness, and if poor George was missed one night from to contain even the present collection of the you will give me a few minutes for reflection, will his ship and never found, though the shrieks Institution, and there is actually no room for the decide," was the answer of the traveler, who heard at a distance led to the fear that sharks additions which the directors will inevitably pur thereupon consulted with the commercial traveler had devoured him. I remember hearing that he chase and which private generosity is continually and with a casual acquaintance on the train, only was a lovable lad, and that his mother was grief- offering. But there is plenty of room in the to find that there was no way of getting through distraught. How little I ever dreamed that his Park to extend the building. All the duplicates to the Erie road till next day. He was moreover memory would thus be brought up in my mind, and several of the larger objects are stored in informed that the gentleman who had extended where your kindness will keep it ever green. basement till space for their proper exhibition is him hospitality was, as he had said, a clergyman, Yet the Good Samaritan of the Scripture story provided. The situation is excellent for visitors. and one deeply loved and respected. With re little thought that his little act of kindness would The Museum stands within a few feet of Fifth newed apologies, he said to the clergyman, "If pass into the proverbs of humanity for all time. Avenue, is directly opposite 82d street, the you will accept one so ungracious as I have been, It seems like a page out of Mr. Hale' s sweet story Madison Avenue street cars always stopping I will gladly be your guest." of ' Ten Times One is Ten,' which, as is well there, and the nearest elevated railway station on Arrived at the Springs, the host and known, is based upon the life of a young railroad Third avenue is at 84th street. Few people guest were, after a comfortable supper, soon freight agent at "Worcester, Mass., whose real come to the city without visiting, at least once, seated by a delightful fireside in a parlor filled name I think was Frederic Wadswortk." this truly great and marvelous Museum. It is with evidences of a choice taste. As a driving "Ah, my dear sir. Is it not based upon veiy properly the pride of the city now, and it storm raged outside, the cheer and kindliness even higher ground-—the Saviour's Golden Rule? will immensely increase in attractiveness, value, within touched the heart of our traveler, who Should we not reflect upon this strange incident interest, and influence as the years go on. said: that draws us together now, and amid our sorrow ROLFE. "Now I will tell you of myself. I am from reflect that if George L , d ying thirty years in Connecticut, and have just lost my only ago, is still a power for good, our own lost ones sister, with whom I lived. She has been dead may be even now and evermore doing Christ's As the late Professor Hamilton was walking near Aberdeen, he met a well-known individual but two weeks. I was sick and sad at heart when work. Let us then look up and not down. Good of weak intellect. "Pray," said the Professor, you accosted me, and resented any evidence of night." HENBY P. GODDABD. accosting him, "How long can a person live interest on the part of any one. Your kindness without brains?" "I dinna ken," replied Jamie, is that of a true Christian gentleman—that of a scratching his head, "How auld are ye, your PUBLIC opinion is the average stupidity of man self? " Good Samaritan indeed—and has touched my kind.-—Douglass Jerrold. THE BAZAR E XT T> Gr ET . 3
Sisters. upon its reed-like stem attracted the honey bee, scentless forsythia, which, like the magnolia, for i. while the rocket—which has almost been shot out gets etiquette, and presents first its blossoms and Fair Amy Bits be hind her bays, of remembrance—and the sweet-pea were equal then its leaves; the weigelia with its pink cups; The ponies, beauties, Beauty drives, claimants for his attention. the single and double innocent deutzia. It has While envy smiles and gazers gaze— In the old June days, the double white rose, always appeared to be the height of absurdity to Upon such food my lady thrives. the Harrison rose, with its important bit of color, weigh down the delicate morning-glory with the She is so fair, this golden blonde ; and the rich, deep damask, with its well of per And what said Swedenborg, the Seer— name of convolvulus. It is a burden too heavy 41 The natural home is heaven beyond fume almost inexhaustible, the rarely beautiful for it to bear, and all out of proportion to the sub For those so sealed with fairness here." buds of the moss-rose, which one now sees more ject, whose flowers of many colors have climbed And yet blonde Amy 'twixt her brows frequently blooming upon Bristol board than else the thousand-and-one strings from ground to Forever wears a tiny frown, where, the bridal rose and the rose of Sharon, trellis, placed for their support by thousands of It melts but little while she bows As from an Alpine height adown. decked out the primitive garden in gay attire. youthful hands, when the morning of a lifetime A hue of health and youth's fresh grace What is now known as the "Annunciation lily," was itself one great morning-glory full of beauti Is on her cheek, and round her form ; and is dragged by the ambitious florist into mar ful colors. Yet who can love a perfect face ket with premature haste, was formerly styled A mention of old-time flowers is incomplete Chill-giving as a winter storm. 'Tis but some favored one she sees, the monthly lily, and its midsummer blossoms without a word regarding the hydrangea. We Chanced like my lady, fortune's pet; were the faithful followers of the day lily, whose remember it as flanking farm-house doors and And who would strive a heart to please beauty of outline was no less admired than its lifting its chamelion-like blossoms, from wooden In arrogance so stiffly set. powerful and grateful perfume. Another variety boxes, upon the entrance steps. In its modern So as a pretty picture, I of the lily always grew in the old garden. It used Will watch fair Amy and her bays, ized form, and having burst the bounds of its Quite cheerful if she pass me by to make, in early spring, most elaborate promises wooden enclosure, we now find it classed among With pride's nnrecognizing gaze. with its thumb-like shoots, and later in the midst ornamental shrubs, and waving its full plumes of much over-falling greenery, the slender stalk above the lawn. The stately dahlia, too, has II. appeared, and in due time the tawny lily burst undergone the ' * improving " process, since it stood But there's her sister Marion, Not made by heaven in such belle-wise into bloom. It seemed to feel its position, and in a sort of " stiffish, frumpish way " in the earlier But glints of gold her hair are on know that it was a sort of poor relation of the gardens, tethered to a green painted stick to keep And soft light in her shy brown eyes. other lilies, and accordingly never pushed itself its place, and is now presented to the public, we And when she rides (and rides as well or crowded for a place in public estimation, but presume, in what hatters call "the correct style." As Joan of Arc to battle-field) If she behold me—can I tell ? after the lapse of time its colors have been appre Beside the comparatively few varieties which No smallest greeting will she yield. ciated, and the yellowish brown of its petals is at flourished in old gardens, we have others whose But yet I know this maiden soul, the present time in kindly favor. The lily-of-the- name is fast becoming legion, one species, enjoy Courageous too beyond her sex, valley, like a diamond, holds its own throughout ing a diminution of its rosette-like flowers, being Who will not grant the little dole Whose silence might another vex. all years. The older members of the family, if dignified as the rose-dahlia. I know this young maid Marion they could be allowed the utterance of an opinion, The truants of the garden were the honey So 44 p anoplied in innocence," would doubtless bewail that degeneracy which suckles and the trumpet-creeper. Wandering With tell-tale blush her cheek upon— now compels their offspring to be brought into over the summer-house, or swaying far out from Her pride is but proud difference. market in midwinter, and sold at so much a head, their own territory, their transgression was con E. D. E. or more strictly at so much a spray. We are for doned by the wealth of color or by the fragrance getting those old plants which Holmes aptly which they tossed back to their constant admirers. A Plea for Old Flowers. describes as '' butting their purple heads through The dandy of the old garden, coxcomb, has nearly With but a few worthy exceptions, we are fast the soil every spring in just the same circle"— stalked out of recollection, and led away with losing sight of old flowers. They blossom again the peonies, emblem of blushes. And what of him the pride-of-the-meadow, the columbine, the in memory with the advent of a fresh bloom in the stately hollyhock? We have a great deal of spider-wort, the sweet-scented lavender, the cow which we discover an old acquaintance in new it just now. It is paneled and framed and wor slip, with the lady's slipper thrown after them guise, remodeled, it may be, under a gardener's shiped by the amateur artist. It is kept alive, for good luck. Amid the rich variety of gera care, and exhibited to the public with a flourish too, by the faithful scene-painter at the theater, niums which the florists bring us to-day, plants of floral trumpets, and daintily chaperoned by who produces it in its pristine glory to tower and whose leafage is a marvel of coloring, we seldom Fashion. We recall them when we notice the blossom in the most unnatural places. But after find one of the older members of this generally precise parterres of to-day, and the eminently all we are content to remember it only through bright family—the nutmeg geranium. Its soft, exact and perfectly proper beds laid out under pigments; its lofty stalks freighted with blossoms velvet leaf, whose shape was beautiful in its sim the skill and taste of modern times. which graced the garden of a few years ago, are plicity, was most agreeable to the eye, while the The progress of the age has invaded the gar now among the things of the past. As to the perfume of the plant was peculiarly its own, and dener's domain. We have now more culture. sun-flowers, their heads have of late been so formed, perhaps, its principal attraction, as its Boston, which has certain claims upon this sub turned by fashionable attention that we defer ex flowering disclosed but an unpretentious white ject, has long since produced a rosebud. "The tended comment. Gone, too, is that phenomenal blossom. Boston bud," or the Bon Silene, is now a house flower, the evening primrose, whose blossoms, Of late public attention has drifted toward a hold word in the florist's vocabulary. We have opening in the twinkling of an eye, burst upon great respect for things laying claim, if not to been educated up to new views of treatment the vision at sunset. Marching out of remem antiquity, at least to age: we are old-china hunters, touching the growth of our plants, their disposi brance is a whole ragged regiment of garden we are old-furniture lovers, we are admirers of tion in gardens and upon lawns, the massing and flowers, with the ragged-robin at its head, its the fashions and dress of old times, old dances the combinations of color. But with the new ranks including the bottle-pink, " Bouncing Bet," are in vogue, old books are being revived, and departure, we can recall with pleasure—a bitter which always seemed to be shaking itself to upon the tide of this universal favor we ought sweet pleasure—the old-time flower-gardens with pieces, the periwinkle,1;the star-petunia, and that surely to expect to see borne back to us a few, if sentinel-like borders of stately box, guarding important member, the golden coreopsis, whose not a large proportion, of old flowers. goodly bloom and rich colors within, where the flowers lit up the beds from early summer until WILLIAM CLAIBORNE BROCKLESBY. clove-pinks sent out their spicy fragrance and the autumn. moss-pink carpeted the earth with its thick The sturdy althea, the wholesome lilac, flower growth. There the larkspur and the sweet-wil ing currant, the almond, the syringa, and other THE stars at night stoop down over the brown liam and the marigold grew happily together, blossoming shrubs are now growing as if their est, homeliest common, with all the spiritual mag despite their rival claims of color or sweetness. days were numbered, and seemingly express a nificence which they shed on the Campagna, o r The poppy raised its sleepy head, and those faith desire to be gathered to their fathers, as they see on the marble deserts of Egypt. The difference ful time-keepers, the four-o'clocks, kept their their domain encroached upon, and eye askance between landscape and landscape is small, but vigil for the appointed hour. The tufted valerian the modern upstarts with distracting names, the there is great difference in thebeholders. —Emerson. 4 THE 1 A X A II BUDGET.
April. GEO. P. BISSELL & CO., T. BURKE I met young April on the windy hill, HA8 FINE Her forehead wreath'd with hyacinths, and heaps •* BANKERS *• Of fresh-blown violets, from woody steeps Oil Paintings, E ngravings, L ithographs, Etc., Where sunshine nestles, and the winds are still. AND DEA LERS IN INVESTMENT SECURITIES. Gold., Silver, and Wood Frames. The heap'd arbutus flower her arms did fill, Oil P aintings and Engravings Cleaned and Restored, That 'neath the pines above the dark glen creeps, LOCAL STOCKS bought and sold, also Securities at the OLD FRAMES REGILT. And from her grassy girdle she did spill New York Brokers' Board. 167 Asylum Street, - - Hartford, Conn. The gold that, in the dandelion sleeps. APPROVED COMMERCIAL PAPER discounted at cur rent rates ; and as we have a large capital in the business, Her song I thought to be the meadow lark's, we are always ready for offerings of large lines of good So wild and sweet and silver-clear the strain, notes and acceptances, either with collateral or names. All in the afternoon's soft showery weather, CHOICE WESTERN LOANS on hand for sale, selected When over all the silent-budding parks with all the care which an experience of twenty-five years Pf|0TECTI0t( F0f[ THE FAMILY. can give. The low sun and the robin's song together Burst through a world of sparkling drops of rain ! INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS. F. L. B. We furnish Drexel, Morgan & C('s and Brown Bros. & REDUCED RATES. Co's LETTERS OF CREDIT for persons going abroad. SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT AND BOXES of the most Sun, Moon, and Stars. approved and expensive construction, guarded by Yale Time Locks. |ta jjjuhrat J ifr |nsurancc ^ ompanj) To the sun that travels the long, long way, Our facilities for the transaction of a Discount, Deposit, Round the world, and General Banking business, upon the safest and most 44 liberal terms. The stars said, May w e go with you all day " OF NEW YORK, Round the world?" Geo. E. Bissell & Co., The sun, fierce and angry, cried, 44 You stay at home. I'll burn out your golden eyes if you come, 307 MAIN STREET. F. S, W INSTON, Pr esident, In my swift fiery ride round the world." A. D. VORCE & CO., The stars went softly to the moon so fair, Office, No. 146 Broadway, In the night, Said, " O queen whose throne is the fleecy air, Offers Life Insurance "upon In the night. jjiijfct J(mporteni of Jjine|r t|oods, Let us go with you, for your gentle ray all safe plans at Will ne'er burn our little bright eyes away." Framing, R estoring o f P aintings a nil E ngravings, So she chose her dear friends of the night. A SPECIALTY. ESTABLISHED TWENTY YEARS. (German Translation.) LOWER PR EMIUM RATES ALICE II. GOODWIN. Jt I- ALTMAN, Jf than any other company. Answers to Correspondents. Real Estate Broker, NEGOTIATES SALES, EXCHANGES , AND LOA NS. KERAMIC.—44 What are the highest prices paid.by any Being Purely Mutual, the entire CITY AND COUNTRY PROPERTY. American collector for peculiarly choice ceramics?"— divisible surplus of each year Most collectors keep such things (like their collections) to 268 MAIN S T., HARTFORD, C ONN. themselves. There are a few Greek vases and jars in New in cash, is equitably appor York, 4,000 years old, which are valued at many thousands tioned among its members. of dollars. But the most costly ceramics in the long run, on the Massachusetts coast, just as, according to Professor probably, are 44 fam ily jars." Haeckel, the common red herring exerts a profound influ ence upon the government of Switzerland. Professor Proc JVo T ontine "Estimateshut LITTLE SUSIE writes the following: 44 N ext Saturday a dozen of us little girls will each contribute something good tor thinks that if the sun were to suddenly come in contact for a pic-nic, and we will have a whole idle day roaming with the planet Jupiter, the latter would knock the spots out actual Cash Dividends about the woods. What kind of cake shall I carry ? "—Loaf of it in less than no time. Come round to the office some cake, of course. Saturday afternoon, when we are quite at leisure, and we annually. will explain the matter more fully. DE REMUSAT.—41 Of what precise disorder did Napoleon III die?"—It is difficult to determine the 4'precise" dis order. It was a combination of the disorders of a dis IT is almost superfluous to say that this sum orderly life. Among diseases enumerated by his physi cians, surgeons, and the Paris papers, were: lumbago, mer at Newport will surpass all previous seasons THE BEST QUALITIES OF sciataca, binomial theorem, pneumonia, integral calculus, at that charming seaside resort. It is so every gout, pons asinorum, pantagruelean panfarophopremasia, summer. Eacli succeeding season is an improve and sick headache. In general, it was a case of accumula ment upon the last, because every year there are ted compound interest on capital invested during his youth and early manhood. new and more beautiful cottages, new improve BROWN SCHOOL.—" Wh o was Alfred Jingle ? "—He was a ments of all kinds, new attractions, new and COAL, player and poet with whom Charles Dickens, Edgar A. Poe, increased comforts, and, of course, new visitors. and the Archbishop of Canterbury were very intimate. Jingle There is an annual blossoming out of fresh belles, 44 suggested The Bells " to Poe. just-come outers, and for these Newport is fa AT THE LOWEST PRICES. GEORGE.—Uberrima fides, in English, is superabounding mous. The hospitable owners of the charming faith, and it applies especially to the predictions of Professor Yennor, and to what are advertised as 44 country-made sau cottages make up parties for the season and old sages." friends meet on this fresh ground. Newport is WILLIAM PERCY.—441 notice that both words are used by not only by far the most delightful resort on the E. S. TYLER, good writers, but which is the most correct, afterward, or Atlantic coast, but there is no more beautiful afterwards ? "—There is no most about it; one is correct watering place in the world. Foreigners confess and the other is not; it is no more correct to say or write Successor to HATCH & TYLER, 44 afterwards " than it is to say or write 44 forwards." this fact. # It is not alone the situation, or splendid surf, or beautiful scenery, or fine fresh air, or its YOUNG ASTRONOMER.—In answer to your inquiry, the best information we can give you in brief is this: The accessibility, or all combined, that sum up the Office, 80 State Street. spots on the sun are spots. All astronomers so agree. attractions of this favorite resort—it is the "per These spots exhibit a dark central region called the umbra, manence," so to speak, of the place, which makes which is a contraction for umbrella—which they much re it as respectable as it is rich. Great wealth has semble, especially the one you lent three years ago, and haven't seen since. Within the umbra is the nucleus, and made solid investments there, and it is getting to around the nucleus is the fringe known as the penumbra, be an all-the-year-round home with many. The LINUS T. FENN, while about the whole is an immense amount of conjecture. season is long; the displays in fine turnouts are The smaller spots, in the simple but beautiful language of unequalled even in Central Park; there is abund Sir John Herschel, 44 are in constant fluctuation, resembling FURNITURE, the slow subsidence of flocculent chemical precipitates in a ant amusement and recreation; and, as many Hart transparent fluid." The chief danger to be apprehended from ford people discover, it is one of the healthiest as 205 Main. Street, the sun spots is their effect upon the schooling of mackerel well as gayest of American resorts. Cor, M ulberry S treet, HAE.TT0KD, 00N N, THE E n xv z .A. IT BTJEG E T. 5 J. H. & W. E. CONE, Importers and Dealers in R. P. KENYON & CO. Wooden Ware, Seeds, Hardware, WATCHES. And Agricultural Imp lements, TIFFAYY A CO.'S stan HATTERS, 87 & 8 9 ASYLUM ST., HARTFORD, CONN. Agents for Wo od's N ew Model M owing M achines. dard watches are eon- 23 A SYLUM STREET, HARTFORD, COM. strneted upon the latest CONNECTICUT TRUST " Pillsbnry's Best" Flour seientifie principles, and AISTD Ask your Grocer for this brand and you will be sure of having THE VERY BEST in market every time. eombine all the improve SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY, SMITH, NOKTHAI & R OBINSON, ments attained by the use Capital $300,000, Wholesale Agents. Transact a regular Banking business on same terms as of American Machinery, National Banks. Depositors supplied with check-books free of charge. AMOS LARNED & CO., together with the uncqual- ed advantages of the high Are authorized by special act of the Legislature to act FASHIONABLE BOOTS & SHOES, as Receiver of Estates, as Executor of Wills, Superior Quality, ly skilled labor of the watch and as Guardians of Minors. No. 347 MAIN ST., HARTFORD, CONN. manufacturing district of SAFE DE POSIT DEP ARTMENT. Safes and Lock-Boxes rented in their Safe Deposit Vault. Switzerland, of which Gen Bonds and Securities guaranteed. GAS FIXTURES, eva, where they are made, Silver Plate and Valuables stored. Corner of Main and Pearl Streets, CLOCKS AND BRONZES. is the centre. They are Connecticut Mutual Building. simple, strong and durable E. B. WATKINSON, President. Mitchell, Vance & Co. M. H. WHAPLES, Treasurer. and fully guaranteed for ESTABLISHED. 18 G. Invite attention to their NEW STYLES, which for variety, excellence of design, materials, and workmanship time keeping qualities. are not excelled. FURNITURE UlECORATIONS. Special and Exclusive Designs if Desired, TIFFAIVY A CO., ROBBINS BROTHERS, Successors to 836 A ND 838 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, EKIO\ SQUARE, YEW YORK. Robbins, "Winsliip Sc. Co., 209 xMAIN STREET.
IN his attractive Art Gallery, in Goodwin's new price almost as soon as it was hung in New York. and beautiful building on Asylum street, Captain T. F. Burke has now on exhibition several of the If this fine picture comes to Hartford, as we latest and best works of J. L. Fitch, who is so expect, our art-lovers may look for a treat such favorably known as an artist in this city, and who CHENEY BROTHERS, as is not often afforded in this city. It is certain is prominent among the landscape painters in that Mr. Bun ce will send two or three more Ve- New York, where he long has had his studio. nitian views, and a lovely little "Watch Hill," Among the larger pictures this artist has sent which was shown in the just-closed exhibition in SILK MANUFACTURERS, New York of the National Academy of Design. to Captain Burke's gallery are: "On the Edge of aClearing," "Gill Brook," •• Among the Rocks HARTFORD Another genuine gratification is promised in the AND speedy exhibition, also, of R. M. Shurtleff's and Trees," "Boreas Pond," in the Adiron- dacks, "Cedars in Orange County," "Green SOUTH MANCHESTER, CONN. "Autumn Gold," a large landscape in the Adi- rondacks, which was unquestionably the best pic River, South Williamstown, Mass.," and "Iveene Salesrooms, 477,479, and 481 Broome St., Valley, N. H." Smaller paintings give other ture in the recent Academy exhibition in New NEW YORK. views at South Williamsport, at Centreport, L. I., York. This is the verdict even of the competing in New York, and in New England, and there —WHOLESALE ONLY. — artists, the most prominent of whom are unqual are a few foreign studies. The whole are good ified in their approval, several of them pro examples of this popular artist, and are well- Brocade D ress S ilks, nouncing it the best '' woods picture " that has yet worth visiting. Among other pictures in the been painted by an American artist. Heretofore gallery are recent portraits by "Wright, a fine Black and Colored Gros-Grains, Captain Burke has lacked the facilities for show landscape by Shurtleff, and new paintings by ing to the best advantage works of this character; Porter. Captain Burke has induced W. Gedney All S ilk M omie C loth, hut his present premises are unsurpassed in this Bunce to exhibit in Hartford his largest and best Venetians, city for such exhibitions, and his numerous artist work, "Venice—Morning," and it will be sent friends in New York have pledged themselves to here in the course of two or three weeks if the send from time to time for Hartford inspection present owner of the picture will consent to its Plain and Printed Satins, and criticism the freshest and finest from their removal from New York, as probably he will. Imperial S atins, studios. Besides paintings, the visitor can always This truly great picture is already famous. It find at Captain Burke's a large number and great was conspicuous in the Paris Spring Salon last Plain and Printed Foulards, variety of superior engravings and other art year, and has been reproduced in an engraving in objects. Scribner's Monthly. It was again exhibited this Plain and Printed Pocket Handkerchiefs, SQUALOR, vagary, recess, enervate, isolate, spring by the Society of American Artists in New allopathy. How are those words pronounced by York, and afterward in the Brooklyn Academy Marcelmes a nd Florentines, Dictionary standard? exhibition which closed last Saturday. In both the New York and Brooklyn exhibitions it at Millinery S ilks, WHEN did Noah go into the wine business? tracted far more attention than any other picture He made port about forty days after the Deluge in the galleries, and it was sold at the artist's Gros-Gram and Satin Ribbons. began. 6 TII E BAZAR BUDGE T.
MAIN AND TEMPLE STREETS, HARTFORD, A DAILY JOURNAL Affoi ds tn the L adies of this vicinity all the attractions of a OF THE "UNION FOR HOME WORK." METROPOLITAN STORE. IN THE STATE. ELLA BURR MCMANUS, Editor. ITS VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS are at all times fully SPECIAL AGENT FOR stocked with the Mns. D. W. C. SKILTON, I Financial MRS. WM. B. MCCHAY, I Managers. Tlje Celebi'ated Ci\a,pi. !$. Jadot. Wktdy, Latest, Fin est, and Most Costl y Goods, which taste and fashion demand, and which the TERMS:—TEN cents per copy, or FIFTY cents for the SanipdeR Watdl) don\paxiy, DRESS GOODS Markets of the World afford. numbers to be issued during the BAZAR. We are constantly selecting from advance samples of —AM)— Parisian G-oods, Novelties in Laces, HARTFORD, JUNE 2, 1880. Embroideries, Satins, Silks, G.ORHAM SILVER W ARE. and rich goods of every kind, and solicit with confidence the inspection of our store and goods, fully believing that EVERY copy of the Cookery Book was sold last BAYID MAYE!? we successfully compete with any store in the States. night. nrr ui\/C MAIN AN D TEMPLE STREETS, 319 Main Street, cor. of Asylum. DLL HIVL, HARTFORD. ALL the fine fancy articles in Booth G are in [ESTABLISHED 1863.] sured for $5,000. HAYNES & • SIMMONS, TIIERE were less than ten thousand people at the C. S. WEATHERBY & CO., Bazar last evening—a good beginning. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in No. 364 MAIN STREET, KEEP THE LARGEST STOCK OF THE beautiful "Book of Poems on June Days" DRY GOODS, is going very fast. A few more only are left. Have constantly on hand a First-Class stock of E>oot$ & $l\oe0, GOETHE'S last expressed want was, "More ood$, I
SEASONABLE GOODS AT \m, THOMSON^ & Co. We have now in Stock a full Assortment of CAPITAL, Ladies,' Gentlemen's, and Children's pAR^TFOP^p, SUMMER UNDERWEAR $1,000,000.00 at very low prices.
The following goods we have in great variety : Parasols, Fans, Shetland Shawls, SURPLUS, Lawns, Linen Dusters, Laces, •2,733,341.2? $874,504.63 at our usual popular prices.
Brown, Thomson & Co. Agencies in nearly every State and Territory, and on the Island of Cuba. II. KELLOGG, P RES'T. A. W. JILLSON, VICE-PRES'T. D. W. C. S KILTOX, SEC'Y. GEO. II. BURDICK, ASST. SEC'Y. B, ROWLAND ALLEN, HART, MERRIAM & Co. TWENTY-NINE Y EARS O F Will offer during the coming month one of the largest lines of SUCCESSFUL E XPERIENCE. leneral Insurance |.gent and jtock jjroker, CARPETINGS (filling three large carpet halls,) to be found in the State. We have all the New Designs and novel colorings suited to the OFFICE, HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE CO'S BUILDING, New Wall Decorations just being brought out. 55 TRUMBULL STREET. We are the only members of the AMERICAN WALL PAPER MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION in the State, and BHCENIX JVIUTUAL can offer inducements in ~YV AIJH PAPE 14*. THE BEST ASSORTMENT OF FINE advantageous to purchasers. Our stock comprises the richest goods made. Life Insurance Co., 0ikqoi\d$, In our CURTAIN DEPARTMENT we ex hibit a Jeweli'y, beautiful stock of Laces, Shades, Cornices, Lam OF HARTFORI), CONN. SILVER WARE, brequins, Raw Silks, Fringes, &c-, &c. Wo offer a fine line of FANCY CHIN A MATTINGS CHEAP. USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES FOR Hart, Mer riam & Co. jHssets, over $ 10,500,000.00 I? I.) IL, R H.1 A. IP IT R « K X RV Total Payments ^ ^ CAN A LWAYS BE FOUND AT M Y S TORE. to Policy Holders, 0V6T 1 0^000,000. OO ALSO AGENT FOR THE fSn f^les|hr|t S^ortrqeqt A. C. GOODMAN, Pres't. CELEBRATED WALTHAM WATCHES. All goo ds of the best qua lity, Prices guaranteed. J. B. BUNCE, Vice Pres't. D. H. BTJELL, - 323 Main Street. G J. M. HOLCOMBE, Sec'y.
m Oranges, Lemons, *>NCY M0-X SFFAPEIJS, 13. ~Rj. "V. Gk Bananas, Pineapples, A PURELY VEGETABLE REMEDY FOR FR •-*- and Strawberries. FURNISHED BY THE RECEIVED DAILY. TRADE SUPPLIED DYSPEPSIA. 375 ASYLUM ST. A. M . HURLBUT. McNARY & CO., Agents. D 3or, MAIN 8T., IIARTFOIID. -FLOIIST— BPTOtL MPC. Co. CUT FLOWERS and FLORAL DESIGNS a specialty, with all 366 ASYLUM ST REET, the novelties of the season. NATIONAL Personal attention given to all orders. MANUFACTURERS OF 242 ASYLUMST Fire Insurance Company D. A. SPEAR, HARTFORD, CONN-'. OF HARTFORD, CONN.
P. JEWELL & SONS, ^TATEJVIENT, J/,NUAF(Y I, 1880. 4,1/6 CAPITAL STOCK, all Cash, $600,000.00 FUNDS RESERVED TO MEET ALL LIABILITIES : •leather B e It imp AND Unpaid Fire L osses, . . . $19,078,82 | i 7 c 7 r o on Re-Insurance Fun d, leg al sta ndard, 156,676.47 f ' —AND— NET SURPLUS] TUSSESF [364,304.35 TOTAL ASSE TS of the Co., $ 1,140,057.64 LACE LEATHER, WILL BE JAMES NICHOLS, Sec'y. MARK HOWARD, Pres't. HARTFORD, OOJSTlSr. FOR SALE AT THE BAZAR. Office, 118 Asylum Street. 8 THE BoAZdAR I> U I) G E T.
Bazar and Budget. A CHINESE youth, C. C. Woo, woos customers ERNST SCHALL, No one who was there last evening needs to be at the south end of the Bink. 313 Main Street, cor. Asylum, Hartford. told that the opening of the fair was in ever}' re FINE GOODS A SPECIALTY. spect a brilliant success. There was a very large PEOPLE can be assured that letters from the attendance through the evening of the best peo Bazar Post-office will be of the right stamp. The Largest and Finest Stock to select from in the City. ple, in the best clothes; the booths looked beau BIAMON B§, tifully, and th e only needed improvement, a little FORTUNE favors the Fair, as well as the brave. more light, will be supplied to-night; the music There will he two or three very fine days and FINE WATCHES AND CHAINS, was excellent; the sales were unprecedented for a evenings this week. ROMAN GOLD BRACELETS. first night; over $600 were taken at the door; Elegant Designs in Eich Gold Jewelry, everybody was pleased and gratified, and thus the ALLITERATIVELY speaking,on the opening night BLACK ONYX GOODS, Bazar begins with every promise of profit to the the Bazar, the booths, the belles—all were be- Union, and of pleasure to the patrons. wilderingly, bewitchingly, bright, brilliant, and Sterling Silver ami Rogers' Plate! Ware, Now for the BAZAR BUDGET. We are more beautiful. than satisfied with our reception. All sorts of French. Clocks and. Bronzes, kind things are said of and for us. We have PARIS AND VIENNA GOODS, THE Gipsy fortune-tellers give your future by hardly a single apology to make, and only an ex mirror, cards, or by the lines in the hand. Their U^ield suhllgL Opera G-lasses. planation or two, which will meet, and we trust SOLE AGENCY FOR THE tent was thronged last evening. A good many satisfy the objection a few may make to the ar AUGUSTS SALTZMAN WATCHES, fine fish are caught by hand lines. rangement, technically the "makeup" of out- Acknowledged as the best and most accurate paper. The close conjunction of advertisements performing watch existing. and editorial or contributed matter is simply some At booth C are beautiful decorations for rooms, ERNST SCHALL, 313 MAIN STREET, HARTFORD, CONN. thing that is beyond our control. We owe to in paper flowers. They are not theordinary, stiffly- made flowers of old-fashioned style, but large THE GENUINE NEW HAVEN our advertisers the means which enable us to pub lEAA-TElLTT lish the paper at all; and to these same advertis peonies, with soft petals, in buff, rose-color, and ers the Union is indebted for a very handsome different shades of pink. They are something ROLL-UP SPRING BED. new, and are very handsome. Among all the rare THE MOST PERFECTLY' ELASTIC, NOISELESS, addition to its funds. One of the prime induce PORTABLE MATTRESS IN USE. ments to our advertising patrons was the selection articles in this booth is an elegant easy-chair, BEWARE OH IMITATIONS. of such space on our pages as would display their upholstered in light blue satin, with embroidery Office, 84 Trumbull Street, cor. Pratt, Hartford, Conn. announcements to the best possible advantage. in shaded silks, of sprays of wild roses, and but And this selection was their due. If we were terflies; an exceedingly beautiful baby-blanket CHARLES A . G RISWOLD, publishing a permanent paper it would be policy is made of white flannel, with a flight of angels DEALER IN to make different arrangements. As it is, we embroidered in outline in pale blue silk. The doilies in this booth are unusually handsome, and Choice F oreign anil A merican S heet M usic, have done what was the very best for the advant A S PECIALTY MADE OF EDITED AND FINGERED age of our advertisers and for the interests of the original design. Some are made of English linen, EDITIONS OF THE BEST COMPOSERS. with botanical designs, outlined artistically, and Union. We suppose it will occur to sensible Steinway Piano Warerooms, No, 241 Asylum Street. people that the,primary object of th e paper is not a clever parody on Latin mottoes is worked into the fabric. Other designs are taken from Mother so much to gratify an soethetic taste as it is to THE POPULAR make money for our charity. Goose characters, and some have an appropriate But we are doing both, and hope and expect to sentiment embroidered " Now comes in the MARKET keep on doing both till Saturday night. sweetest morsel," "Across the walnuts and the —OF HARTFORD — (MSLEY'S Of course we have been compelled to reject wine," etc., etc. The effect of this outline stitch a large number of contributions which would ing in silk is artistic, and has the same effect 173 a nd 175 A sylum Street. have been highly acceptable if we had room for as a lovely picture. them. We do not refer to the mass of really DON'T TRAVEL WITHOUT A excellent matter in prose and verse that has lit THERE is somehow a close affinity between erally poured in upon us—a great deal of it anony moral purity and clean linen. A well-dressed GOSSAMER WATER-PROOF C LOAK. mously—-we have been offered articles from those Water-Proofs from $2.00 to $7.00, man, all other things being equal, is not half as "Wholesale and. Retail. whose names alone would have attracted merited likely to compromise his character as one who JOHN W. GRAY JAMES G. WELLES &CO ., JVC IE31ST I T . R. BALLERSTEIN & C O., Importers, COLD DISHES. Wholesale and Retail WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Boned Turkey, - .50. Sandwiches, - - .10. Fine F rencli a nd English Porcelains, a nd Foreign and Ham, - - - - .25. Chicken Salad, - .40. MIILILINIEMYO Tongue, - - - .25. Lobster Salad, - .35. Special attention paid to Trimmed Hats and Bonnets. Domestic C nt a nd Engraved G lass W are, Saratoga Potatoes, .15. Stewed Tomatoes, .10. Goods sold at Manufacturers' and Importers' prices. Novelties in the Millinery line received daily. CHINA HALL, 27 ASYLUM ST. RELISHES. Mixed Pickles. Catsup. THE WM. ROG-ERS MFG. CO. Rolls and Butter, .10. ONE PRICE and SQUARE DEALING Factory c or. Front & (trove Sts ., Hartford, C onn. CAKE. AT THE Manufacturers of the Strawberry Shortcake, - - - .20. Loaf Cake, - - .15. Sponge Cake, - 5. 8e$t I TOM MOORE compared love to a potato, because Fancy Groceries & Foreign Luxuries, it shoots from the eyes; Byron said, it is like a 1STO. IS. potato because it becomes less by pairing. 217 MAIN ST. , HARTFORD, CON N. 10 TH E BAZAR BUDGET. Directory of the Committees and Booths. CHARTER OAK Hik JU HUH UJJ UU1I11 illl1 ] 'The ladies constituting the joint committees of the Union Bazar are as follows : HARTFORD, CONN. EXECUTIVE.—Mrs. Sidney J. Cowen, Mrs. Samuel Colt, LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Miss E. J. Hamersley, Mrs. George C. Perkins, Miss Mary Capital Stock, paid up in cash, . . . $500,000.00 Boardman, Mrs. N. Shipman, Mrs. J. S. Jarvis, Mrs. R. J. Assets Dec. 31, 1879, Reserve for Re-insurance 141,133.74 Gatling, Mrs. A. S. Porter, Mrs. F. W. Russell, Mrs. A. P. $», 243,732.42 Outstanding Losses and all other Lia Hyde, Mrs. II. C. Robinson. Liabilities, . 8,116,647.63 bilities, 21,587.57 FINANCE.—Miss A. R. Phelps, Mrs. George Sexton, Mrs. Surplus by Conn. Standard, $127,084.79 Net Surplus, 146,298.90 Marshall Jewell, Mrs. Jacob Knous, Mrs. J. P. Taylor, Mrs. Surplus by N. Y. Standard, 689,286.79 Total Cash Assets, Jan, 1, 1880, $809,020,21 A. C. Corson, Mrs. Martin Bennett, Jr., Mrs. J. H. Holcombe, Miss Jilson, Miss Mary Beresford. OFFICE: FLOOR COMMITTEE.—Mrs. C. R. Chapman, Miss A. R. GEORGE M. BARTHOLOMEW, P resident. Phelps, Mrs. R. J. Gatling, Mrs. K. D. Cheney, Mrs. J. L. Hartford Fire Ins. Building, cor. Pearl &. Trumbull Sts. Jarvis, Mrs. S. J. Cowen. CHARLES E . WILLARD, S ecretary. DIRECTORS: REFRESHMENT COMMIT TEE.—Mrs. Samuel Colt, Mrs. F. David Gallup, Daniel Phillips, Leverett Brainard, W. Russell, Mrs. J. W. Beach, Miss A. R. Phelps. Newton Case, Fred. R. Foster, Charles J. Cole, CATERER.—Habenstein. 0. D. WOODRUFF & CO., Geo. M. Bartholomew, Geo. S. Lincoln, Wm. H. Bulkeley, COMMITTEE OP GENTLEMEN.—Mr. W. H. Bulkeley, Mr. 355 JVC-AIIN" STREE T, Wm. Board man, Selden C. Preston, Rob t. E. Day, Manufacturers and Dealers in James Campbell. A. E. Burr, Mr. W. C. Brocklesby, Mr. J. W. Beach, Col. L. S. 0. PRESTON, Pres. NEWTON CA SE, Vice-Pres. A. Barbour, Gen. W. B. Franklin,Mr. E. S.Brewer, Col. J. H. HATS, CAPS, and FURS, Burnham, Hon. Morgan G. Bulkeley, Air. F. S. Brown, Mr. Of the latest styles. GEORGE W . LESTER , Secreta ry. G. Bartholomew, Mr. S. L. Clemens, Mr. H. W. Conkling, Hats and Caps to match Suits, Made to Order, Col. J. L. Greene, Gen. J. R. llawley, Mr. William Hamers O. D. WOODRUFF. J. E. WOODRUFF. 0HAELES W. PRESTON & 00., Local Agents, ley, Prof. G. O. Holbrook, Hon. Marshal Jewell, Mr. R. H. No. 279 Main Street. W. Jarvis, Mr. George Keller, Mr. E. E. Marvin, Mr. W. H. Post, Mr. H. C. Robinson, Mr. G. Wells Root, Mr. F. W. HARTFORD STEAM BOILER Russell, Hon. George G. Sill, Mr. H. T. Sperry, Hon. N. Ship- man, Capt. Thomas M. Smith, Hon. George G. Sumner, Dr. PHILIP C ONRAD'S Wainwright, Mr. W. J. Wood, Capt. J. L. White, Mr. C. D. _First-Class Vienna JBakery. Warner. Confectionery, le e C ream, a nd. C offee S aloon, A. Managers—Mrs. E. H.-Crosby, Mrs. D. W. C. Skilton, AT Mrs. W. B. McCray, Mrs. James McManus. Assistants, Mrs. H. A. Whitman, Misses Agnes Kellogg, Lottie Tracey, 372 A sylum Street, - BATTERSON B LOCK. Sophie Tracey, Annie Tracey, Hattie Hunt, Julia Plimpton, Annie Wood, and Belle Gorton. This booth will be the HEADQUARTERS headquarters for the Bazar Budget, rare autograph fans, INSPECTION & IN SURANCE CO. FOB decorations by W. Gedney Bunce, R. W. Shurtleff, W. Mar Full information concerning the plan of the Company's opera HARNESS, RIDING SA DDLES, SU MMER BLANKETS, shall, Charles Porter ; T. Sedgwick Steele's new hook " Ca tions can be obtained at the AND L AP RO BES, A T noe and Camera," Sarony photographs, stationery, paper COMPANY'S OFFICE, HARTFORD, 00NN, weights (in three novel designs), paper dusters, elegant J.M.ALLEN, Pres. W. B. FRANKLIN, Vice-Pres. blotters (with chromo covers), knapsack boxes filled with SMITH, BOURN & CO'S, J. B. PIERCE, Secretary. 384 ASYLUM STREET. Willimantic thread, visiting books, photos of Bazar, etc. B. Laces, Shawls, etc.—Managers, Mrs. E. S. Brewer, Mrs. IDEMING & GUNDLACH, H. W. Conklin, Mrs. J. Ilart Welch, Mrs. Jacob Knous, and Have the largest stock of Miss C. Jillson. Assistants, Mrs. J. P. Taylor, and Miss Conklin, and Miss Jones. Containing dolls of all kinds, handsome lace curtains, beautifully embroided scarf shawls, For fresh, pure, home made COJSrFECTinisrE fine table spreads, wall pockets, painted pins, elegant clocks, of every description and of an endless variety, at very SPECS k EYE GLASSES, many pretty articles for children's wear, muslin caps, collars, reasonable prices, there is no better place in the In the City. etc., a gold bronze dish, with cameos. city than at 20 STATE STREET. C. Paintings, Embroideries, etc.—Managers, Mrs. Sam E. SCHROEDER'S, 373 MAIN S T. uel Colt, Mrs. A. S. Porter, Mrs. J. Watson Beach, Mrs. H. L. H. GOODWIN, Whitmore, Miss Alice Taintor. Assistants, Mrs. C. Nichols Also, our .AdMlS and ICES are of the best quality. Beach, Miss Sheffield, Miss Porter, Miss Rosseel, Annie A splendid assortment of our goods will be on exhibition Fitzgerald, and Miss Kneeland. Elegant paintings and em and for sale during the Bazar at the Rink. Jrajgisst and glpthccarn, broideries, toilette cushions, fancy aprons, fancy chairs and 336 Main St., Exchange Corner. tables, work-baskets, ottomans, sofa pillows, variety brass candlesticks, etc., may be seen at this booth. D. "Baby Booth."—Managers, Mrs. Stephen Goodrich, Prescriptions Pr epared Da y or Night. Mrs. Daniel G. Francis, Mrs. John R. Buck, and Mrs. S. C. Dunham. Assistants, Misses Lily H. Moses, Mary Holden, EDDY'S REFRIGERATORS, Nellie Spaulding, Minnie Aspinwall, Ada Sprague, and CHARLES T. STUART, ICE 0KEAM FREEZERS, Grace Goodrich. Baby clothing with all the new patterns, well made, and at reasonable prices, will be on sale here. Water Coolers, New French. Coffee Pots. r—•* | ^ E. Bronze and silver ware, etc. Managers, Mrs. Mar shall Jewell, Mrs. W. H. Bulkeley, Mrs. George G. Sill, Mrs. At the 0R00KERY STORE) opp. Cheney's Block. Francis Goodwin. Assistants, Mrs. Dr. Mann, Miss Jack 275 Main Str eet, H artford, Co nn. CIIAS. J . F ULLER, 3 S9 Main St., H artford. son, Miss Barbour, Warehouse Point, May Hubbard, Emily Brace, Grace Sill, Lelia Anderson, and Mary M. Bulkeley. SPECIALTY : Brass, bronzes, silverware, corsage, bouquets, ladies' break T SUIT DEPARTMENT fast caps, sash ribbons, embroideries, fancy chairs, three —AT— panel-screen on satin, toilet sets, elegant piano cover, MILLER'S, 403 Main Street, mantel lambrequins, banner screens, painted screens, mag "|r(|otogtiiiit[ic pa limits. ^IS CONSTANTLY RECEIVING ADDITIONS. nificent Chinese vase, will be exhibited here. Black and Colored Silks, Buntings, Grenadines, Momie Cloth, SUCCESSOR TO S. H. WAITE. Ladies Cloth, Flannel, India' Silk.s, Summer Silks, White F. Apparel, etc.—Managers, Mrs. H. C. Robinson, Miss Suits, variety of m aterial, Ginghams, Cambrics, &c. Elizabeth Hamersley, Mrs. Nathaniel Shipman, Mrs. George Gallery Established Twenty Years. We have ten Satin de Lyon Mantles which we offer at extreme C. Perkins, Mrs. K. D. Cheney, and others. Assistants, ly low prices. Mrs. Edgar Welles, Miss Dunham, Miss Hunt, Miss Trum bull, Miss Kingsbury. Cheneys' silks, gentlemen's cravats, CARPET!S5, curtains, silk quilts, Martha Washington 'kerchiefs, amber, Oilcloths, Canton Mattings, Smyrna Rugs, Rugs, Mats, COVEY & SMITH painted shells, china, work-baskets, tobacco-pouches, inde Crumb Cloths, Curtain Goods, Nottingham Laces, OP Shades and Fixtures. structible babies, afghans, baby books, scrap-baskets, fancy XDR.Y GOODS, 65 and 67 Asylum Street. work, etc., are some of the many attractions which will be found here. Fancy Goods, Black and Fancy Silks, Black Cashmeres, Plain HVEZEUSPS OUTFITTERS. and Lace Buntings, Ladies' Linen Ulsters and Suits, at MANUFACTURERS OP G. Fancy Work, etc.—Managers, Mrs. A. P. Hyde, Mrs. THEODORE CLARK'S, Cheney Build'g, 390 Main St., THTE O. & S. SHIRT. George Sexton, Mrs; E. E. Marvin, Mrs. C. M. Pond, Mrs. In better assortment and at Lower Prices than any other House in the State. THE BAZAR BUDGET. 11 Martin Bennett, Mrs. William Francis. Assistants, Mrs. J. H. Brewster, Mrs. Clias. E. Gross, Mrs. T. S. Steele, Mrs. THE Fred. Sexton, Misses E. L. Waldo, Alice Hills, Marie John son, G. E. Baker, Etta Looinis, and Minnie Frances. Beau /ETNA tiful screens, tablespreads, scarfs, oil paintings, etchings, variety of Kensington work, and many other useful and TRAVELERS ornamental articles will be included in the display at this Lq^uPkqde Corqpkqy, booth. OF HARTFORD, COVERS TH E WHOLE FIE LD H. C eramics, etc.—Managers, Mrs. A. C. Corson, Mrs. HARTFORD, CONN. Lyman Jewell, Mrs. Dr. Ellsworth, Mrs. Mason, Mrs. J. P. OF Pearce. Assistants, Miss Mason, Lillie FitzGerald, PERSONAL INSURANCE. Mamie FitzGerald, Fanny Lincoln, Daisy Ely, Jessie Wil liams, Miss Bourne, Miss Ellsworth, Kate Hubbard, Mary The Leailii Fire Insurance Coijaay Perkins, and Emily Perkins. The booth includes a new Life and Endowment Policies, combination card-case, a "Turk's head," through which OF AM ERICA. General Accident Policies, grabs are to be made, pottery, porcelain, pictures, etc. Cashiers, Messrs. A. T. Mason, L. Lampher, Hoffman Miller, Registered Accident Tickets, Mr. Trowbridge, and othergentlemen of the Amateur Opera Losses Paid in 61 Years, $51,000,000,00 Company. Life and Accident Combined. I. Fancy Articles.—Managers, Mrs. W. H. Post, Mrs. L. J. HENDEE, President. LOIV RATES AND UNQUESTIONED SECURITY. Frank Howard, Mrs. L. Brainard, Mrs. T. 0. Enders. Assist Liberal Dealing and Definite Contracts. ants, Mrs. Rodney Dennis, Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Charles Gil J. G00DN0W, See'y. WM. B. CLARK, Asst. Se e'y. bert, and Misses Mary L. Collins and Davenport. Fine JAS. G. BATTERSON, PRES'T. brass bronzes, flannel bath gowns, bread and milk bowls, RODNEY DENNIS, SEC'Y. hand painted, headquarters for the little book " June Days," L. A. DICKINSON, Local Agent. JOHN E. MORRIS, ASST. SEC'Y. and a variety of fancy work will be among the attractions. J. Curiosities, etc.—Managers, Mrs. G. Wells Root, Mrs. W. F. WHITTEL8EY & CO., FOREIGN AND DOMEST IC gpctxlmnl gailors, DEALERS IN L INE C LOTHING W O O L E NT S, OF THEIR OWN MANUFACTURE, 292 Asylum St., - Hartford, Conn. 42 and d= The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co., OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. Organized 1846. JACOB L. GREENE, PRES'T. JOHN M. TA YLOR, SEC'Y. DANIEL H. WELLS, ASST. SEC'Y. BUSINESS DONE IN 33 YEARS. Premiums Received, $112,717,723.72 Losses and Endowments Paid, . $36,084,055.97 Interest Received, 33,148,467.20 Dividends and Surrendered Policies, 47,286,909.68 DEPAfjTMEHT <* SpOtpY. Expenses and Taxes, ... . 15,378,980.90 Balance, Net Assets, . , . 47,116,244.37 T. STEELS! & SOIST. $145,866,190.92 $145,866,190.92 HARTFORD, CONN., Have just re ceived th e lates t nov elties in FR ENCH a nd E NGLISH GROSS ASSETS, January 1, 1880, $48,792,344.48 —Wedding Invitations, Visiting Cards, Monograms. TATIDNEnYi Coats of Arms' Menusi Orders of Dancing, Pearl SURPLUS, Connecticut Standard, 4 per cent. Reserve, 3,434,451.42 1 3 Card Cases, Paper Cutters. Calendars, &c., &c. SURPLUS, New York Standard, 4J per cent. Reserve 6,558,124.42 EXPENSES OF MANAGEMENT for 1879, 6.54 per cent, of the Receipts. T. STEELE & SON, rr^lONEHs, JEWELERS & MAIN STREET, HARTFORD. THE CONNECTICUT C. C. KIMBALL & CO., FIRE INSURANCE CO. H OF HARTFORD. Fife cLi\d Mkfit\e Ir^smAqce, No. 5 CHART ER OAK LIFE INS. BUILDING, OFFICE—Hartford Fire Insurance Building, corner of Pearl and Trumbull Streets. 218 Main Street Fire Insurance Co., C. C. KIMBALL. W. B. McCRAY. Cash Capital, $1,000,000.00 HARTFORD, CONN. Total liabilities, including re-insurance ALRYN HQU8E DRUG STORE, reserve, and outstanding losses, $273,817.68 SEVENTIETH ANNUAL STATEMENT. Net surplus, 209,662.34 NOS SPECIALITIES SONT! Total Assets, Jan. 1, 1880, $1,483,480.02. DES MEDICAMENTS DE PREMIER ORDRE; OR- — January 1, 1880. — DONNANCES PREPAREES AVEC SOIN; ARTICLES ASSETS, $3,456,020.90 DIRECTORS: Timothy M. Allyn, Alfred E. Burr. DE TOILETTES DE CHOIX ; P RIX MODERES. CASH CAPITAL, ...... $1,250,000.00 Julius Catlin, John R. Redfield, SYKES CFE: N EWTON. RESERVE FOR RE-INSU RANCE, . . . 1,110,629.26 John B. Eldredge, Rodney Dennis, Henry T. Sperry, Richard S. Ely, N. Y., ALL OUTSTANDING CLAIMS, . . . 159,992.46 Martin Bennett, Jr., Julius Catlin, Jr., N. Y., NET SURPLUS OVER ALL, . . . 935,399.18 Henry C. Robinson, William J. Wood, Franklin G. Whitmore. LEATHER WASHERS. GEO. L. CHASE, Pres't. 7. D. BROWNE, Sec'y. M. BENNETT, Jr., President. CHAS. R. BURT, Secretary. "Why will you persist in running your B. R . ALLEN, Agent, JAS. H. BREWSTER, Ass't Secretary. carriage when you need some new Wash R. S. BURT, Local Agent. ers on your axles ? 55 Trumbull Street. to loan on First Mortgage and Collateral Security. We have a full assortment to fit any vehicle, and they are very cheap. GEO. SAUNDERS & CO., H.W. CONKLIN, AND CHEMISTS PARK DRUG STORE <• LEATHER WASHERS. Batterson's B lock, cor. o f As ylum and Hi gh S treets, FOR SALE BY OFFERS A CHOICE LINE OF Agents for Reynolds's Wax and materials for Wax Flowers. Also Agents for Boericke & Tafel's Homoeopathic Medicines. Family and Physicians' Supplies. The Blodgett & Clapp Co. Gentlemen's MARKET STREET. Furnishings, ALLYN & BLANCHARD, WANTED COFFEE AND SPICE GRINDERS, OF THE BEST WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Teas, C offees, S lices, T obacco, C igars, an d G rocers' S undries. FURNITURE. OFFICE, MILLS, AND WAREHOUSE: Foreip and Domestic Manufacture. NOS. 3 4, 36 , a nd 38 M arket S t., H ARTFORD, C ONN. MAKES THE ^JPUYERS to select a nice FOR CHOICE GOODS AT REASONABLE PRICES CALL ON CELEBRATED PHAKBER OR p^ARJ-OR jStJIT from our Ware-rooms, or any PHCENIX SHIRTS thing that they may want in TO ORDE R, AND the Furniture line. You will 436 Asylum St., near Union Depot. always find a large assortment G-vLCLvantees ct Perfect Pit. to select from, and at reason able prices. Respectfully, KELSFY & HITCHCOCK, JUjEIi CI IiA NT TA.ILORS, CONKLIN'S BAZAAR, SEIDLER & MAY, AND DEALERS IN BOYS' FINE R EADY-MADE CLOTHING, 264 MAIN STREET. Nos. 14 and 16 Ford St. Cor. Main and Pearl Streets.