v 1 • j . • "" . t* 'ys-sel-fisifi 'I0 /•>*& ijj ii£gat • n -riij. 0} 9i!Cif>'i9j esf i ,eSlS5'£r •\.vuq 12 • • t.: ••.k.JJ ysq «4> JSlK^s# ':i sYjnJ ••/ -;i-I'm s •i.M ' n^f ••'•S '•~ -i' ' A'39^ 1 vk'i i)A^rh-il,- •' •?>.« f" •; -fr./:;-:: -,:. ;, 1 ;,t siH UBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY A. H. BYINGTON & CO., jmpMAT two dollars per annum, in advMce. : ; ' ' ri'l.';; •'." ,:. ; "••••'••'•••—_—!— ; . : u .-:-• - -,~y ..; rr^U-.t ,i in" './•• . oci • , • -wt i jk . »» 'v .- f-,.. i 'rtOWi*;*^ & lawilg fewwe*, §mtd ta fsalftawuwl Interests, 3tiaxtintellujewf, fttwatwt, foKtir#, ^gricnltuK, ^wkaBits, staHisbtd i« 1800 -W^ NUMBER 953-NEW SERIES, t •->'•- r.......- NORWALK, CONN.. TUESDAY, APRIL 17,1866. ,. VOLUME XLIX--NUMBER 16; PTORWALK GAZETTE. P. T. SCHLEY, M. D, ' " Forth* Norwalk Ctiuettt. 'Ban Frahdsco ' is Well1 provided with ho We admire straight roads wherever they by digging out the surface, and filling^ the jCtorwalk OONPBOTIPNBRY! 'teJk The C^itnoj^olitali and'O^identai are are practicable. In a hilly region they are trench with cobble stone; putting all the The Second Oldest Paper i the State. Jf. K. SOCTHMAYD'S frequently bent .out of their proper course to small ones on top and covered with" euth , OFFICE WITH : , V l.j BT BET. O. C. S. superiot inMyle and appointttieikt;' bdng ele- QELEBRATED BALSAM OF TOLU ,, , . , . gahtiy ftarnished ifid only id i^iiect to size seek fording places, because the people are taken from a bank of Coarsie isand and clay, OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING. : Dr. N. A. Mosman, CANDY, for Coughs and Colds, In Metbooght I saw.aettx . inferior to' tto beait: in -the United States. unable to bridge the streams, and thus the rounding it up well in the center. If it will • ' • V ^ fluenza, also Southmayd's celebrated Irntdlentof cielMtUi U(»ht, bt"" ? ' location often becomes fixed in the wrong VORWAIS CONST, Vanilla Taffu, Everton Taffu, Choclate, Car- There are several other hdtises bf equal ele­ pack over the stones so as not to cut through * A. St. BYINOTON & CO. OverC. J. Gruman's Store.' ^ ' The hnltttod^i W«HihWrlng there, ] place, and remains a serious tax upon travel­ Chartered Capital . $500 000 omds, Molasses and Ice Cream Candles, Onfoot, an wint,on pl*iii, lii air, ' i gance. The Whit Cheer Houpe is patron­ aind the road-bed has proper draining, it ma* / ' 'a . B. Bthtoton, J. B. ELLS, G. N. ELLS. Paid up Capital w $100,000 Together with a large assortment of Ameri Ax will; but filled with one ddlght. .ji-1 ized by miniTO mostly, and conducted on a ers in many future years. There should be last gocid''foreVer. # NOTICE. can and French Confectionery, Can be found -.-- Subscription $2.00 per year in advance WM. C. STBBKT, President. (dan p<«uiiu to ltaelC; & fbaUiltt that proves an ea*y mode of changing roads thus'wrong- In snowy districts'tiie {mportan^o^nep- SAMUEL LTNES, M. D., respectfully in­ at Ol DAYTON'S There perfect concord ruled the tcene— ! 1 Single copies 5 cents. GEO. R. COWLKS, Secretary. Fallan«cls7aq>lm^divine.. - ah theintelHgc^ce oi Caiiforida ytmng men is ly located. ing the 'roadsides clear of ail obstraqiaani EBBN. Hal., Treasurer. forms his friends and the public generally South Norwalk, Ely's Rlock, old stand. !; > ADVERTISING RATES. March 5th, 1866. 4tl0 FarxonndttecitjrStretched aidsin, VI -;i'i I the iiading-raom belonging to this hotel KATERIAI. AND - FORMATION OF BOAD-BED& never appears to be considered by road-men­ ^Four lines or less, one insertion, >.-••• BOcts Norwalk, Jan 1st. 1866 iy that he has associated with him in business which' isi; supplied' with a: wdl-selected Li- ders; probably because they aiways'do &eir •' ". :2 or 3 insertions, .-/> i $1.00 Wbo«e booiidt, sot eye nor thonght attain, In the formation oi a road bed iu wet One Square, one insertion, .$1 00 JAHES E. BARBOUR, M. D., late of Wilton, Where, near and wide, the white tobed shine. VMt- iMnl thdusandVbluhies. 1 took work in warm weather. If, bj sofri^' remark­ 1 85 Music? Music!! Masic!? soils, one of the easiest modes of making it two, Insertions, Conn. • •• -.iw .a.; .ij i .T'UO- able concurrence of common IscnSii fn .one " tbree'fnsertions, ^ 1 SO Assets over 823,000,000. J WOULD respectflilly inform the people Itenu^^llssieiitidyoiltb, : , <.... riia to ^xathini» the siieives and 'found' that always dry is to establish underdrains four " one month, VAy-.n 1 SB th« rtWitigmatferis1 of dtatf Wglf Srdir- toad district, the roads are kept in g6&' or* *wp ^months, ; 3 00 GEO. B. COWLES, DR. BARBOUR can be found at his office of Norwalk -and vici ive taken in Mch elsitic stepyoo read,; j U^Jt\ • feet deep, running; if practicable, lengthwise 8 4 00 S AGENT<at Norwalk, and issues Policies the Agency foi- thd sale from Andaverj lobk faliying trntb; ^: - iSMaiff; Science, Po6uiy andThe6l6gy'. The der, the benefits are pretty sure to'fw'nulli­ TOO over H. M. Prowitt's Drug Store,at all'boure the well kiro<rn firm of Son of the way and directly'under it Itis often -•- - i^5S?C ' fl5 00 for the following INSURANCE COMPANIES. Aadbeaii^leaVegiioIttrttaiAirth, Misni ^ wtil filled ''teMifeaV'iifiiiy a fied by some stupid path-master in tUe ^exV •' one year—with paper, I day and night, except when necessarily ab­ (543 Broadwsiy tfl Y:) lt is my intention to To mar the forms that ohcfe'iilMw4Md. ' thecase that the veiy best material for a Two Squares, one year—with paper, 85 00 Home, ofN. Y., Assets Jan. 1,'64 $3,286,270 lob^-bes^ded miner with ilotkchedjhat, being district or town. Tbis comes of thejvant of Each additional Square, per year, 10 00 Etna, of Hartford, " " . 3,128,820 sent. 8tf keep a good assortment of the Latst editions road is naturally wet; without draining it One-half Column, one year, * 55 00 of Music,as^soon as published.- Music not Acroaa the plain a river, flawed,, d^y abrnn^ & itoi atad Na- some generaif syst& and a genenti'direetor, 100 00 Phoenix, of N.Y.,1^ " " i ' 722,219 iS1'-.'.. can never be made good. The Very best one Cointnn, one year, on badwillbe furnished to order, promptly Itsba^'.'^ni^wlih^ltiUtreei, • ture; or HOpkins' Pdritans, or Lyeil's Geolo­ such as we might obtain if there Waa fftit one Fifteen lues, or 106 words, make a square. Home,OfN. H., " •' 500,000 ! earth for a road ia a gravelly hard-pan, Yearly advertisements payable 1st of January and Norwich^ i • u " 390,501 G-.&G-. M-Holmes, whether for Piano' Forte or Violin. Violin Wandering tlrom the thraneWbhAd, gy" •..-n»t'»i:l-! ;.i. nsbiifl.0<)il a:U jqo :: . timn vested with authority, and required by| tzl , Bo wis 1traced It, deepenlnji,' foHh flrom Qod, « when free from water. The next best, grav­ Ymrly advertisers restricted to the business coii- Lamar, N. Y., ~ " " 389,875 DEALERS IN » But f ^ jMtice to law and hisown interest to keep the1 public North American, Ht'd" " ifi'i 384,010 ; hs'.W ii-m and in fact everything in the musiclie line, for As deeper rivers towardi the My. el and clay in such proportions that they ; tompUied at the time of contract. sale, by - C A. DURAND. roads in good repair. - .Advance payment required for all transient adver­ City ot New Haven, '• " 330,419 Oroceries, • Sah Fritncisco, so you may cOnrider the sub­ wiU pack bard. tisement.), Obituary and other special notices 10 Merchants, Hartford, " " 301,443 Music will be furnished to Teachers, "Twelve atjles,twelve fltTort klQdi offrait, ' ject "to be continued." • "R. B. S. What wonld becOffleoIf aVailroatf Without cents per line. ; Schools and : Enrich eachbeighted tree; >' Where the surface is composed of sand, Western Mass., Pittsfield, " 236,424 Flow,' Bands at New York Trade 1 one general stu>erlhfendent, wbo Was g&Wer Prices. 2m*ll Their flayoiseyc^ testeAallsnit, j.-.-r.' | Nevada City, Cal. , Mareh lS, 1866. ^ soft loam, or muck, no amount of manipula­ Hampden, Springfield," " 200,000 over all his division, superintendents and ; People's, Worcester, "• "• 405,593 Provision, Ac., Where heaven!jr sort nuke* teste acate, tion will ever make a good road bed. Ditch their employes—and. not only power/- but * and other Companies, Stock and Mutual, in . Main Street, Andfrnit,Mto, to^l isftee. ; j iMade.;!i:'h^.: the sides and piling up the center only makes BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Two Piano Fortes, for Sale, ability to direct everything ; abbot- constjqc- • Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York, 14 Norwalk, Conn And on mine ear asteady thrill ' r j bad worse. If stones are mixed in, worse is with assets of $13,000,000. At So. Norwalk t As the time approaches for making and tion and repairs? We nevePsUil]iliaWgbod A trembling melody came in, . * j worse still—nothing can be more so. application may be made to WM. T. CRAW. FOR HALF THEIR VALUE; repairing highways we earnestly commend public roads until we pursue the:same syste- Nci toice was mate, nor' form was still/ ' ! The best material for forming an arti­ JREAL ESTATE. Nor harp bat had melodeont will ! #>{- ! the following suggestions to all, intrusted matlc course. ... Prof, of Vocal & Piano Music, FINE Rosewood Piano Fortei, Iron ficial road bed is broken stone,no piecd weigh­ ; NEW HARNESS STORE, A frame, Overstrung bass, scroll legs, fnll And ung "the end qftin." ' Mj.' ! with the execution of these affairs: Instead ofcalling out thecitizeni periodi- ' -ALSO Vnder the Connecticut Hotel Famished House to Rent. seven Octaves, city make, price |275; a five Boonsboro, Iowa, March 3Sd, 1866.