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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-10-22
% JEFFERSON ST.

TAX
All persons liable to pay taxes in the
town of Waterbury are requested to bring
in list, printed Or written, of all the tax
able property owned by them on October
1, 1891. All lists must be handed in by
November l, 1891, or ten per cent will be
added. Office opens Tuesday, October IL
1891, in the common council room in City
hall, hours, 10 to II a. M, and 2 to 5 and
to : p. m. u. b. LAWRENCE,
ALBERT MOTHER
JOSEPH CULLEN, Sr.
Assessors
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the whole attention of everybody in sight,
and Is apt to grow sulky or abusive II this is
not accorded.
1t only does its best work, In fact, when
the general interest and curiosity Of the
spectators is at its height. We also found
that, other things being equal, it wrote bet
ter on warm day than on cold one, and
that the hands Of those who are working it
should be warm. The best wood to make
1t out of was Of the resinous varieties. The
proper shape was that of the heart ION
playing card and the dimensions inches
by 8. Wheels are not necessary on the
legs; it writes more steadily without them.
twill do other things besides write. Let
someone hide an obiect-say key or
glove-somewhere In the room, and let two
others who don't know where it is hidden
take up planchette and let it rest on their
right and left hands respectively, the fore
fingers hooked on the legs of the instrument.
Now tell it to find the object ana you will iu-
mediately find slight pressure of the legs
against your fingers. indicating the direc-
ton in which Planchette wishes to go. You
step in this direction, carefully needing and
obeying the pressure. Sometimes there
will also be an upward and downward
pressure. Thus you will be led all round
the room and in three cases out of five per-
haps the object will be found.
II one take it out doors it will act like the
witch-hazel of tradition; it will dip very
perceptbly in passing over certain places.
Whether underneath these places there was
water or gore l never investigated. but the
movement was always repeated at the same
spot Planchette will perform such feats,
however, only after it has become thorough
ly domesticated. so to say, and, of course,
one of the persons handling the instrument
must be medium" whatever that may
mean. About one person in five, according
TO my observation, has more or less of this
faculty, and one out of twenty will have it
In marked degree.
Having thus in some measure prepared
the way, shall relate next time an expert
ence of our own with Planchette, which is.
so far as l know, unprecedented.
JrrTTA%
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the consequence is a brilliant assemblage of
gaiiy uniformed men anu Ragnfieently
cOstlmed women. At these receptions the
President ial party stands in the blue room.
The guests lay aside their wraps In the
state din'ng-rOom, proceeding from the req
parlor to the blue room and thence to the
green room, presenting their cards to the
ushers and being announced pro lorna.
Apart from the excitement and the graft
fcation of very natural curiosity there is
but little enjoyment or real satisfaction in
one of those formal receptions. They are
regarded in the light of a necessary evil
Which has to be submitted to- In the east
parlor restraint is thrown off and there.is as
much freedom of movement as is possible in
the utter crush attendant upon all recep-
tions. The inventor of a patent lubricator
for the Presidential arm, that would ena bic
him to 20 through the pump-hande recre a
ton of shaking hands which he is compelled
to submit to, would be public benefactor.
1t is not at the receptions alone that he is
called upon to make this sacrifice of per-
sonal comfort. Every day al 1 o'clock, for
about ten minutes he has to shake hands
with an indiScriminate crowd. Cranks are
there by scores, and mothers who are
anxious TO be able 90 go home aud say that
their darlings have been kissed by the PreSl-
dent of the United States. President Cleve-
laud kissed anybody and eVeryD6dys
babies; but President Harrison has drawn
a line and it is now fully understood that
the only baby that he oscuates is Baby Nc
Kee.
Presenting that the visitor to the Execu-
tive mansion is on a matter of business, he
ascends the public staircase to the floor
above, where he awaits his turn in the re-
ception-hall. If his business can be settled
by any of the executive clerks, so much the
better for him and all concerned. If he
has to see Private Secretary Halford he
must wait his turn, unless he is one of the
privileged. If he calls to see the President
place where the President and his Cabinet
hold two meetings week. The Presidents
private library adjOins this room on one
side and his private Office on the other. In
Secretary Half0rd's Office are three per-
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THE STYLE IN
FANCY SUIFING&
Costumes That Have Been Designed for the Vetsf
riGS Of Racquet and Ball.

There's no doubt that just all fair maids navai
Or mania rhstf Tor dancing, should say,
And turn night into day in most reckless way.
So, as Byron remarks 1 beiieve In an ode
No doubt you remember the piece that moan,
As my memory's bad, should not like to quote
poem that no doubt you have Just lately seen.
The girls as say, uucommonly gay,
And there's one pleasure they prize above all:
The average maid, be she ever so staid.
VIII fatigue herself much In pursuit or a bail
4eutontc WTea1S.
NEW YORK, March 80, 1S91.-Now that
we have got through the most unpleasant
month of the whole year-that rude and
clustering March, the precursor Of the
real spring-the season will advance with
rapid steps. and those who have not already
done their shopping will probably find that
the cream of the novelties has been secured.
and belated corners will have to put up with
more commonplace materials. This is more
especially the case with fancy sutings, en-
broidered Partisan robe patterns. and the
choicest of the imported ginghams aud
sateens. But of the figured challies aud
printed Indian and China silks which Rlaks
such delightful hot-weather gowns large
and attractive assortment still remains for
the delayed contingent to select from.
Those who spend the first spring months
travelling about in search of q milder Gem-
perature than New York affords are al
ready procuring costumes Of these feather
weight materials. Redfern has filled many
orders during the past few weeks for such
gowns, and one of his sketches published to-
day is model for China silk house toilet.
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THE LOBB

sons-Halford, Miss Sanger of Indianapo-
lis, the Presidents Stenographer and Mr..
Halford's assistant, and Mr.. Ifbbott, also a
stenographer. No letter passes Mr.. Hal
ford's desk unopened, and the saving clause
personal" marked up in one corner, does
not save it upon this occasion. On Cabinet
days the President sits at his desk, which
has an interesting history. 1t is made of
the timbers of the bark Resolute, which
went to the rescue of Sir John Franklin,
and was presented to the United States by
Queen Victoria in 1871.
All mention of the conservatory is as
rule, avoided by writers of the scenes at
the capital. They must have some reason
for so doing. but if so they never explain
it. In the illustrated descriptions there is
almost always picture of the cOnSerVa-
tory; but the sentence, 'the lobby or hall
leading from the east room leads to the
conservatory" or 1.-THE state dinlng-rOom
adjoins the conservatory" is, generally
speaking. the only reference made TO that
adjunct II the White House. As a matter
Of fact it is, in one sense of the word, an
ordinary affair and not at all in keeping
with its surroundings. 1t is more impoS-
ing structure aud has 4 better collection of
plants than the one in Central Park, New
York; but it would not Comrare favOrably,
either in architectural design or the value
of its contents, with the conservatory in
Golden Gate Park, in this city. 1t contains
some magnificent specimens of the fora of
different countries, but it falls far short of
what it should be. and for that reason is
never relied on for supply of floral orna-
mentatons upon state occasions. New
York florists aud the greenhouses of Long
island and New Jersey do duty upon these
occasions, and a few years ago one florist
who does business in the Bowery had his
bill honored for S25,000 for flowers fur
nished at an inaugural ball. This money
was for the most part subscribed By the
admirers of the incumbent, and the designs
were of the most elaborate and costly de-
scription. The White House conservatory
would have been denuded of every bud and
flower upon this occasion, and even then
would not have furnished enough to deco
rate one room.
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IN THE PARK.

Those were pleasant times, my Madeline,
oh happy hours in the bright sunshine,
When Cupid the imp, with his quill was deciding
Our lives and our fares, and the moments were
gliding;
Twas pleasant. indeed, as we went riding
Out through the park
1t all comes back through the mist and gray
OF the silent years that have passed away.
Out of the dust and the din and the smoke
Into the light through the trees we broke,
Where the earth smiled forth in her verdant cloak
That mantled the park.
We sped away DER the smooth brown road
That W estwArd WON where the sunset glowed;
And little ecked OF the gitterng throng
That passed and repassed, swift gathering along,
wrong
out, out in the park.
Past the groves and woods, in the steep decline,
We paused to view the curling line
OF pillows that broke on the white sandy shore,
The shore Of the ocean. with sails spotted Ger,
And sat side BY side caught the loud roar
That rolled through the park.
There were other times IN the soft moonlight,
Silent strols through the whispering night;
The stars twinkled bright and the deep liquid blue
/ could see reflected In those eyes so true;
And thought you queen as the sea-breeze blew
And swept through the park
ger IeaistreWn paths through tAe pines WeStrayed
While the shadows, flick ring ike fairies, played,
Ana once, once dared-what folly is this?
But a cloud fled over. and twas only kiss
From sweet upturned lips, just moment Of bliss,
And all In the PARK.
Tonight muse in the fireslde's glare
On the then and now, on that chestnut hair,
And blue eyes whose glance fell like shows light
sitting;
IT'S fancy's creation, IT'S memory uplifting
Tha veil nf n md I n he drif
Again through the park. WILLAc.
Mnrch % 1891
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HE WAS NOT GREEN.

A Card-Sharp Thought Differently and
Was Beaten at His Own Game.
A well-dressed man attracted crowd of
gaping onlookers round him by number OF
ingenious and skillfully executed tricks
with pack of cards, says Pearson's
Weekly, an English publication, and at
last shutting the cards several times and
slapping them down on his knee, he said:
'fpll bet any man that | can cut the knave
of diamonds at the first attempt"
Every one hung back. suspicious OF him,
until green, gawky looking individual
pushed his way forward.
'Mister." he questioned. may l take a
squirt at them keerds ?"
Certainly" replied the professional. as
he handed them over. The countryman in
spected them suspiciously. and then appar-
emily satisfied, returned them, but did not
take the bet.
"The cards are all right, aren't they ?" the
professional asked.
"Ya'as," the countryman said. hesitat-
"Why don't you take my bet, then?"
swell, don't know; amt much Of a
betting man."
The professional saw that the countryman
was more than half inclined to take him up,
and. to make sure of his game, he said:
"COme, Pil bet you 10 shlllingS to shill-
ings; 10 shllings to 5 shillings; e5 to 5
shilings."
Hanged if l don't take ye." exclaimed
the countryman, after moments hesitation,
and, diving into his pocket he drew out a
strip of calico apparently sample to show
his girD. some cheese, plug of tobacco.
several horseshoe nails, and, lastly, q dys-
peptic-looking leather purse, from which he
extracted two half-crowns, which he placed
In the hand of a bystander. The profess
sional speedily covered the deposit with q
bright sovereign, aud then, thoroughly
shutting the pack as a prelude, he grasped
the cards firmly in one hand, and producing
a sharp pOcket-knife he cut every card in
two at stroke.
"There,"' he exclaimed triumphantly,
"haven't L cut the knaye of diamonds?'
'Tll be eternally blamed if you have"
the countryman replied, producing that
veritabe card from his sleeve, whittier he
had dexterously converted 1t while pretend
ing to examine the cards. The countrymau
quietly pocketed the stakes and the profess
Sional skunk off.
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A SONNET TO SPRING.

Upon my cheek feel the breath OF gentle Spring,
Anon 1 know the trees will bloom; the lark will
sing;
While in the woods the sweet bluebell viii raise its
head,
To decorate the messy turf and perfume shed.
The within the bow'rs Will ope their eyes
And slowly spread their petals out In glad surprise
The trout Will soon desert the sea to swim the
brook,
The fields no longer scar and colorless Will look:
The cows more meath hedge will lie but
elsewhere,
Beneath Sos rays in open space earth is fair
We welcome thee oh, harbinger of brighter days,
With universal effort we Will slug thy praise
And when more earth thy mission ia full
filed,
Thy wonderous works will in our souls remain In
stilled. p n. CARNEY.
San EiaNcisco, March %. 1871
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Che Duke Of LGilStGF'S Palace Re-
produced in America.
MRS. ABIGAIL ADAMS DRYING ROOM.
ViTgiRia8 Permanent Investment The Lobby.
Waiting to Shake Hands The Presidents
PInD-HaHdl8 Recreation The East Room.
The Blue R00m-Tl9 Presidents Desk.
Private SGcTetaTY'S ONCE.

I: is safe to say that there are but few
people who are aware that the original des-
ignation applied TO the residence of the Pres
ident of the United States WAS THE
Palace" Such. however, was the case.
When our forefathers founded this Govern
ment they still clUng to some Of the terms
which were in common use in the old coun-
Try, and thus it was that when the plans of
the young Irish architect, James HOban,
we're chosen from among the competitors for
the prize of $500 offered by the Government
for the most suitable design. 1t was not
called House" but "the Palace" Later
on other names were given to the structure,
and it has since been known as the white
House." the Executive Mansion" the
Presidents House." and so on. The latter
is not very euphonious, but it Is probably as
correct term as could be applied to it,
There was an existing reason for calling
it The Palace at the time of its erection.
Hoban, in preparing his plans, simply fol
lowed ont the designs of palace which had
been built by the Duke of Leinster at Dub
lin, and therefore, in certain sense, the
term was not inappropriate. From first to
last the cost of the mansion has been about
81, co., 900, ana of this amount 100000 was
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"MY NAME Is S-M-Y-T-H-E.n
But the Clerk Knew Her When She Was
Plain Nrs. Inhn Smith.

But the Clerk Knew Her When She Was
Plain Mrs. John Smith.
They recognized each other With a look of
establishment Not any links of the old time
remained, but each recovered Immediately
with a cold, distant nod. Mrs. John, in
measured tones, asked for handsome bro
cades in evening shades, and impressed upon
the clerk the importance of her search and
of her station in society by telling him
haughtily where she was to wear it, says the
Chicago Herald. An omnous expression
was gathering in the clerks face that should
have toned down her manner of supreme
condescension, but it seemed to increase
rather than diminish. The ominous look
settled into one of decision as well-known
lady came up to the counter and took the
seat next to Mis- John aud also took Mrs
Johns attention. They were evidently in
the same ''set" now, whatever the differ
ences had been in the penny-side time.
Mrs. john appeared on much more familiar
terms with the well-known lady than was
the lady with her, but of course stupid
clerk would not notice that she was doing
all the taking, and she could show him how
differently she treated her equals
The brocade was selected and cut. The
much-snubbed clerk took out his pencil and
said thoughtfuIly:
:" Let me see-I don't Just remember-is
your hus bands name John, Mrs. Smith,"
The name is Smytte, S-m-y-t-h-e, and
my husbands name is j. FRANKLIN. the last
syllable spelled l-y-n," replied Mrs. j. F. S.
with great indignation.
"Oh, l beg your pardon. Shall send it
tots 1t still the same address. - Halsted
street," said the clerk with the expression
of an innocent child.
The well-known lady looked amused.
Mrs. j. Franklyn Smyths arose equal to the
emergency, however, and if her face was
red With anger, she managed to say with
compOsure:
You may send the package to my car
riage. You have evidently mistaken me for
some one else. | will bid you goud after
noon Mrs. -" Sine walked out with
majestic air. The clerk chuckied and said
TO the one at his elbcw:
81 knew her when she was Mrs. John
Smith and lived on Halsted street, and
couldn't buy anything but marked down
goods. She is Mrs. J. FRANKLIN Smythe
now. 1t is different. you know"
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A MOUNTAIN GRAVE.

Upon a lonely hillside far away
There is grave mine eyes have never seen.
Above ii flies the wood-dove ana the bee;
And in the springtime Wild grass makes 1t green.
Bluebels and daisies bend their pretty heads
Above that grave; (my lost ones lonely mouud3
Whilst fairy ferns and dainty stlr-llke blooms
With trailing ivy garland 1t around.
But in the later summers heat and glow
The grasses on that grave are brown and dry.
Across 1t then no shade Of tree is cast,
Naught save the cloudy shadows OF the sky.
o lonely grave! by which I've never wept;
lonely gravel that have never seen,
We're not far away these hands Of mine
Should make thee beautiful and keep thee green.
Then faIrest flowers should always blossom there,
And lOveliest vines that ever chung orept,
Dear Natures rarest and most raceful forms
Should make a little Eden where she slept,
Alameda Cal, March 90 1891 ASELEH.
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A MOTHERS THOUGHTS.

o! the winds blow high. the winds blow low,
Yet however fierce the tempest grow,
The little nest in the oak tree tail
Is safely sheltered through them all
The cradle swings high, the cradle swings low,
AS the storm-tossed boughs sway TO and fro;
But staunch and strong is the old OAK tree,
And 1t shields its subjects loyalty.
The wee. wee birds IN their downy nest
Securely in its covert rest;
Nor heed they that the angry gale
With wrath their refuge doth assail,
The blast that would their lite destroy
Not even doth their sleep annoy:
They dream that the Garth spirits strong
Are singing them their slumber song.
o ! the winds blow high the winds blow low.
Yet however wild the storms may grow
The little babe in its mothers arm
Is guarded well from hurt and harm.
out in the world rage the storms of strife,
Strewing with wrecks tue sea of life;
Without lurk sorrow and woe and Sin,
But never here may they enter In.
Midst all the din the child doth hear
Its mothers voice rise sweet aud clear;
The rude winds dwlndle murmuring
To the low refrain her dear lips sing,
And what is the world and its Wild unrest
To him asleep on her faithful breast?
o, nesting, of the mothers hearth
Time wider knowledge will Impair.
And 10 the day shall dawn at length
When untried wings have gained new Strengtni
The jealous years shall lure We forth,
Ye will fly south, We will fly north,
And east and west, ana far away
Where beckons hope: ye may not stay.
then that mothers love were charm
To fend We still from hurt and harmi
Keep but the heart e'er or the child
Ger which the mother watched and smiled;
Though angry gales blow fierce and strong,
Though grief and pain aud and wrong
Do bide without, vet still shall be
Her love'yOur shield eternal y.
Above the world winds clear shall ring
The song you heard your mother singi
The dlscord of the storm shall cease,
To ye shall come the Old sweet peace,
The peace ye had la childhood known,
The peace ye dreamed forever flown.
San Francisco. March, 1891. SELMA SCHMIDT,
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A DETERMINED LOVER.

He Imprisons the Girl of His Choice
After Being Rejected.
Faint heart never won fair lady," but
John Fenstemacher has made bold and
romantic attempt to secure handsome
young woman for his wife which will
probably land him in prison. Twelve month
ago Miss Nellie E. Murphy of LewIsburg
arrived in Brady, village three miles from
this city, on receipt of an invitation to
spend few months with Mrs. Washington
WEIGH, an aunt, says a Shawskin (Pa.) dis
patch to the Philadelphia Record. Soon
after the daShing girls appearance Fenste-
macher, who is go0d-looking young miner,
fell q slave to her charms, but she would not
marry him. He urged her again aud again
only to be rebuffed, Miss Murphy mean
while extending her visit TO twelvemonth.
Two weeks ago she disappeared, and the
Welshs telegraphed TO LewiSburg, but were
Mortified to learn that Miss Murphy had not
reached there.
rigid search was instituted, but to no
avail, until Fenstemacher began to be sus-
pected, owing to numerous trips to ShamO-
kin. He was Swallowed last evening, and
seen to enter a dwelling in this place. Im-
mediately afterward an officer also effected
an entrance and found Miss Murphy, who
said Fenstrmacher had taken her carriage
riding to Shamokin, and lured her into her
present quarters where she had been kept q
close prisoner ever since.
She was treated kindly by the inmates,
and was told that her marriage with Fenste-
macher would insure her release, but she
refused to pay the price. She was removed,
and her aunt went with her to Lewisburg
this morning, a large crowd cheering the
plucky maiden as the cars left the station.
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A DAY IN THE MOUNTAINS.

For sunny slope In the heart of the mountains,
Wind-swept, tree crowned. o'erspread with OVERS
We left the town and the dusty highway,
To spend the langushing summer hours.
we strayed DER hillsdes, thro brake and bramble,
We paused on the rocks beside the stream:
We locke for nymphs in trees. and where fountains
Through the dusky, tremulous branches CLEAN.
Such woodland treasures he gathered for me,
Ferns and peoples and bluebelis gay,
And Of laurel leaves he wove garland,
Growing me queen OF his heart that day.
Then the sun went down DER the hazy hiltops,
The day mad ended all too soon;
The hours had gone but blessed memory
Remained of that long, bright afternoon.
GRACE PORTER WALLACE
San Jose, March. 1891
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spent on the original structure. Virginia
loaned the Government $4,000 of this
amount upon the personal promise Of Gen.
.ral Washington that as soon as the Gov
sTnment was able the amount would be re-
turned. Washington died, and the amount
has become a permanent investment. Vir-
ginia has frequently asked for return of
lhe loan, but as yet Congress appears to
.hink the debt is not sufficiently aged. Repu-
iiation is a bad-l0oking word to go into
print, ana vet it looks very much as if that
vas the meaning and intent Of the Govern
ment in this case.