Knapsack, 1874-11-14

              Sn-otrd to the intrrrKt« of thr Connrrtirut Itationat and the ^irift ^fflimnit in Sartirutxr.
Vol.. II.
Q E M M I L L , B U R N H A M ft CO.,
Merchant Tailors,
Deitlort In
Ft»« Rr*dr mkde ClothInK of our OWD Mtoafaetare.
KO. a ASYI.rU RTIiEKT.
llirtiurd, Conn.
». r. SCMBAB. JOHK UIHHILL.
A Cordial Invitation
I s extended to tUl In want of »
FIRST CLASS
S e w i n g
M a c h i n e ,
To call and examine tbe
Sing^er Improved
GEO. D. OARVIE,
> • . 8 A l i r a I l a aM Blwik. H a r l t a r d , C a a a.
GRAND CENTRAL CIGAR STORE,
207 MAIN S T R E E T,
KRDG, PARISH & CO, Proprietors.
Uetd Quartrrn for Ci«t»llB»i«. rartPRHn, Fli?aroi, etc.
MlllUry ••ltooitvr«"*U •(<i|i here.
" Trii " bIwh)'! uu hsDil.
All t h e Nobby StvlcH of (InntH' F i n e Hand
and Machine B«wed
Boots and Shoes
Huitable for F a l l and W i n t e r wear, at
m O S L A R N E D * €0>S,
AMO* UlRNIO.
U7 Mitlii Street.
VM. o. iiaiioN*.
S T A F F O R D
D i i i i i i ^ ^ l i o o m s.
For LadifB a n d (ientleiuen.
138 S T A T E HT., N E W HAVEN, CONN.
J . U. REYNOLDS & SON,
ProprietorH.
T E V E N S * CO..
l>citleri lu s
fatcties, Diamonds, Jewelry, Sil?er
Ware and Military Goods.
MO Ualn Biret^t,
Dr. Henry C. Bullock,
S u r g e o n Dentist,
Ko. Main !>t., Ctty Bank BnUdior
n . \ H T F ( ) l i I ) . r o N X . . N O V . 14. 1ST4. No. 29.
MILITAKY MATTKUS |
Company K, Wallinnf"r«l, di-dirRti'd •
t h e i r nuw a r m o r y in t h a t place last i-veninj?. j
T h e rt'Ccntly formed r i r t i ' c l n b a t Norwich ,
in a r r a n j j i n n for a ehoot before T h a n k s j
>rivin>?. I
Is tlip Firpt rejirlmt^t (foing to t h e Cen j
t e n n i a l in IHTtHf Why not duitate the |
iulijectV The First oujtht to and we
believe could go without p n a t ixpense.
Co. H, Serontl re>?imcnt (Mansfield
(Juard), Midilletown. held a t a r g e t shoot
T h u r s d a y . The boys d o love to shoot. We
hope to p u b l i s h t h e best scores nvxt week.
Colonel lloyt of tho Fourth rej^iment
had his barn broken into recently and sev-eral
robes, b l a n k e t s , etc., etc., stolen. Bet-t
e r put t h e " t h i r d relief" on d u t y , Colonel.
A member of Co. A, and a member of
Co. H, meet on Main street. The former
a s k s : " W h a t is der reason of your com-
|)any ? " Co. H's man immediately (fave it
up.
We publish the result of t h e rifle prar
t i c e of the First regiment companies in
a n o t h e r column, s h o w i n g the averajjes of
each and other statistical information of
i n t e r e s t .
T h e F(K)t Oiiards, Major Osborn, held a
d r e s s d r i l l Monday e v e n i n g at t h e i r armory.
Several of the Veteran associate members
were present to witness t h e drill ami tui-proTenients
made in t h e armory and par-lors.
T h e City f l u a r d , Co. F, F i r s t Uepiment,
("apt. W h i t e , have chosen P r i v a t e Charles
D. Uiley Secretary in place of Corporal Fox
resigned. The aoriable committee are ua
follows : Private* Welles, H u n t , Lee, Uiley,
and Woodward.
.American Hall (Foot (luards' Armory)
has been repainted and handsomely deco
r a t e d under t h e direction of S e r g t . Hascall,
t h e company's k n i g h t of the brush. The
company parlors have also received atten
t i on at ills hands.
A Cil.\l.l,ENOK. " T r a c y " offers to play
any meuiber of t h e S t a t e National ( l u a r d a
g a m e of billiards for the military cham-pionship.
No s i g h t i n g shots allowed.
Position offhand. Weapon, any cue
properly chalked.
Mr. E d m u n d Severn, t h e t a l e n t e d violin
ist of Adkins and Severn's o r c h e s t r a , has
composed a very pretty little schottische
and dedicated it t o t h e Hartford City Ouard.
We shall expect to hear of s o m e t h i n g in
t h a t line dedicated to t h e KNAI-SA( K t h is
coming season.
T h e sociables of Stedman Post, (J. A. U.,
a r e to occur on t h e e v e n i n g s of Tuesday,
December Ist, 1874, J a n u a r y I'Jtli and Feb
r u a r y 2d, 1875. The committee consists of
Comradi s Francis, Scott, an<l l i . K. Blakes-lee.
Music by Adkins. Tho series will
closit with a cump fire and baked beans
soiree.
Capt. J o h n J Upham, of the W o r a s t er
L i g h t I n f a n t r y , has resigned bis commis
sion and same has been accepted. Levi
Lincoln has l>eeu elected to succeed him.
Capt. W. H. K i n g of t h e Worcester City
G u a r d s is very sick with lung fever.
T h e Second Assembly of t h e VV.C. ( i s took
place at . \ r m o r y Hall last Friilay evening.
N a t h a n i e l Lyon Post, No. 2, (i. A. It.,
g i v e u c h a r i t y ball at American Hall,
T h a n k s g i v i n g Eve, November 25th. We
a c k n o w l e d g e receipt from Quartermaster
r U r k of t b e necetsftry " p a u c a " for ( b e eve-n
i n g ' s enjoyment in the light fantastic
Terpsichorean gyrations—or words t o t h at
effect. We'll be there, Ed, if we hiive to
r u n t h e g u a r d . j
A p a r t y of y o u n g guardsmen went out i
s e r e n a d i n g a few n i g h t s since. They sat !
on t h e pavement, which ha<l been recently
|>aved with tar solution Next m o r n i n g i
t h e rear of six pair of trowsers dotted thu ,
walk, and niustic is heard no more a r o u n d {
t h a t cottage. (Names, d a t e of occurrence
and location of c o t t a g e w i t h h e l d by request
of t h e Captain.)
The Orays, Company F, Second r e g i m e n t,
Capt. Heniirick, h a v e made choice of Sec-ond
Lieutenant Uessner as first lieutenant
ricf Warren resigned, and ex t ' o r p o r a l L.
L. Morgan second lieutenant rire Uessner
pnimotiHl. We c o n g r a t u l a t e Lieutenant
( l e s s n e r on his deserved promotion. The
election was held last Monday e v e n i n g and
was l a r g e l y attended.
T h e coiinnitteesa|>{iointi'<l by t h e various
r e g i m e n t s of Connecticut Vohintei-rs in t he
l a t e war, will hold a m e e t i n g at Stedman
Hall Friday evening, NovemU-r 20th, to
a r r a n g e for t h e pro|>osi'<l general reunion
and encampment next summer. Regimen-tal
committees not yet reported, are-re(|
ueste«l t o corresiMind with B. F. Blakes-lee,
Hartford, on t h e subject.
Major (len. Shaler, F i r s t Division N. <1.
t). N. v., h a v i n t ; a<>Otf(i|uU • pr.tiiiineiit |>o
sition in t h e Chicago Fire Department, has
obtained an official leave of absence from
head (luarters. During his temporary ab-sence
Brig. Oen. Varian will asHUine com
mand of t h e First Division, and Col. Clark,
of the Seventh regiment, will command
t h e Third Brigade. Gen. S h a l e r left for
Chicago on W e d u f s d a v.
T h e Blues (Co. D. S-cond) L'aiit. Shaw,
will give a ball T h a n k s g i v i n g eve a t Union
Armory, New Haven. The company have
chosen the following sociable c o m m i t t e e :
Chairman, Captain Shaw; Lieutenants
P h i l l i p s and Buell, Sergeant Sinister, Ser-geant
L. I. T h o m a s , Corjioral T. C. Hollis,
Cor|)<)ral E. U. S m i t h , S e c r e t a r y H S.Coop-er,
a n d P r i v a t e s P. Pierce, W. S. Bacon,
W. W. Kennedy and E. Hosmer.
T h e Second social of Colt's band aeries
l a s t Monday e v e n i n g at Union Armory was
l a r g e l y patronized and greatly enjoyed.
" J o h n " had charge of t h e floor and per-formed
his duty acceptably. "Mon"
prompted, and sweet strains of mehxly
floated about the large hall, dropping
g e n t l y on t h e t y m p a n um of t h e ear of the
l i s t e n e r , which made one forget the
panic, t h i r d term, or t h e h i g h price of cod
lish.
Special orders No. 70, A. O. O., of Nov.
5th, accei)ts t h e resignation of First Lieu-t
e n a n t J o h n B. H u b b a r d , c o m m a n d i n g 2d
Section Light Artillery, G u i l f o r d , to take
effect Xocember Wth, 1S?4, and directs him
to t u r n over all property of t h e S t a t e in his
possession, to t h e next r a n k i n g otilcer of
t h e Section, and t r a n s m i t to tlie Quarter
master General duplicate receipt showing
t h o delivery of such property. Second
L i e u t e n a n t W i l l i am H. Lee is ordered to
warn t h e members of said Section to ap|)ear
at t h e i r Armory at t h e earliest practicable
moment, and wlien so assembled to lead
t h em to n o m i n a t e by ballot a First Lieu
t e n a n t , and in like manner to make nom
i n a t i o n s for any vacancies in t h e Commis-sioned
Oltlcers of said section, o c c u r r i n g by
reason of t b e nomination ordered, and to
make r e t u r n of t h e nominationa ao m a d e to
t b e N. a . O. w i t h o u t delay.
A ^ e s t o x r
' S . s t c v t e
J \ o c w c f J
Z J ^ ^ V s ^ ' ^ x v S t.
JAMES DANIELS,
Dealer In H a t s , C a p s a n d F u r s,
U r c b r e l l a s , T r u n k s , T r a v e l i n g Bags, etc..
2 1 3 M a i n S t . , H t y H o t e l B l o c^
HAKTFOKD, CONN.
Tb« Largest Sture, and the bent 8tock of Ooods !•
I>e found in tbe Slate.
•OeWBLL SLODaBTT. B. F. BL<iD«rrT. J.B.OL^P.
U. F. BLOn^ETT & CO.,
Iron and steel Uerchants,
17,19 and 21 Market Street.
We k«rp eoniuutly ou band a (tall asaortmMt of
all tbe better grades ot
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN IRON
AND STEEL.
Citizens' Market,
/SS Main Street,
J O H N F l i V . W , I ' r o p r i e t o r.
Meats, Flsb, Qaine, etc.
KrerjrtbiDi; in Its Seaauo.
W A T S O N ' S
LADIES' AND G E N T L E M E N 'S
DINING SALOON,
Confectionery and Fancy Bakery,
387 Main St.
C. B. EKICHSON,
Dcntiai^
Hart's mock. Main Street,
N E W BRITAIN, CONN.
Tbe preservation of tUe Satarsl Teetb • ipeclaltr-
331 Main Street. 331
S T I L L M A N & C O .,
UanufMtureri Bod Desleri In Hats, Caps, Furs, Furniihlng Qoodi, CourvvUter'n Kid OlOTM. Par-tluulsr
attautlou gUen to the Uituaftctura of U«aU'
Fill! »llk UBM BUD Udl«i' Fur*. Also, UUllBry Caps
made to ord«r.
p. D. BTILUI4B. W. tTILLaAI. B. P. KBaTOB
331 Main Street. 881