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SPRING..

We cannot lift up our eyes, in this de-
lightful season, without being tempted TO
ask, on what principle can we account for
the beauty of Spring? Winter has shades
as deep, and colors as briliant and the
great forms of nature are substantially the
same, through all the revolutions of the
year. We shall seek in vain, therefore, in
the accidents Of mere organic matter,fo the
sources of that''vernal delight" which sub
ject all finer spirits to an annual intcxication
and strike home the sense Of beauty even
to hearts that seem proof against it under
all other respects. And il is not among the
dead, but among the living, that this beauty
originates. 1t is the renovation of life and
joy to all animated beings, tha. constitutes
the great jubilee of nature; the young of
animals bursting into existence-the simple
and universal pleasures which are diffused
by the mere temperature of the air; and the
profusion of sustenance--tho pairing of
birds--the cheerful resumption Of rustic
tols-the great alleviation of all the mise
ries Of poverty and sckness-our sympathy
with the young life, and the promise and
The hazards of the vegetable creation-the
solemn, yet cheering impression of the con"
stancy of nature to her great periods OF rem
ovation--and the hopes that dart spontane-
ously forward into the new circle of exer-
lions and enjoyments that is opened up by
her hand and her example. Such are some
of the conceptions that are forced upon US
by the appearances of returning SPring,and
that seem TO account for the emotions OF de-
light with which these appearances are
hailed, by every mind endowed with any
degree of sensibility, somewhat better than
the brightness of colors, or the agreeable
ness OF the smells, that are then presented
70 our senses.
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LIME IN PLANTING TREES.

An English paper says that large plan
taton of trees within the last few years has
been formed without the loss of a single
tree, and this has been achieved by sim
pie process; it is merely by putting a small
quantity lime in the hole with the plant.
About four bushels OF limo will suffice for
an acre. Itmust be thoroughly mixed and
incorporated with the mould before the
plant is inserted. The effect of lime is to
push on the growth fthe plant in the first
precarious state; new fibres begin to form
and ramify from the taproot, and not only
is the safety insured, but its growth is ad-
vanced in double ratio. There existed at
first, an apprehension that lining the
plant would force it on prematurely, but
this apprehension is proved TO have been
groundless.
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PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY H. WEBB,


at some naughty tricks observed the mag
istra!e.
Fl de vous, ,Monsieur-I me am not Won
naughty trick-no sare-I can prove de
charactare morale
Can you prove you weren't sitting in
this mans wife's lap ? asked his worship.
Ven him broves him washn't l shall
brove he vash,' returned the Dutchman.
Dlable you shall not prove him,b you
shall ask Madame Vandyke, an ven she say
| am sitting in her lap-Mon Dieu,I shall
say no more
Ha, dat ish no goot,mynheer--for mine
vrow is sure not to tell de druth mitout she
can't help him. An den dere ish de boots;
an mine Got how will he brove de vashn't
off ven de vashn't on, an ven had dem in
mine own dwo hands, IAN hit him OH de nosh
nit dem 2
This appeared to be home thrust 10 the
Gaul, in spite of his character morale;' for
he merely responded to it by giving his
shoulders shrug, that nearly placed them
on the top of his head;and so matters stood
when huge link in the chain of the fair
sex waddled forward, and stated to the ef-
feet that she was ophar TO all the particu.
lars. This fair one turned out 10 be nc
less parsonage than the immaculate Mrs
Vandyke, aud as her worse half had ind
Gated. was in all probability more thar
twice as large as the Frenchman's wife
for she was, to say the least of her, a
least double the size Of the Frenchman him
self.
| Immediately upon presenting herself be
fore the court, this substantial appariliol
plunged heels over head into most elo
quent harangue, touching the spotlessnes
of her own virtue, and the innocence of til
Frenchman; bu! as this harangue was don
up nine ,enths in low Dutch, and the cd
one-tenth in such maryellously high Englis
that it was altogether beyond the reach G
our comprehension-we couldn't keep til
run of it: and have therefore meiely to add
that it was pretty conclusively proved tha
the whole affair was the upshot of drunke
squabble in which the Dutchman was chie
ly guilty-and that, in accordance with tn
petition of the slardered vrow, and as til
Frenchman gallantly designed to prosecute
the case was dismissed.
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AN ACROSTIC.

T ouch not the bright but ever mad'ning
bowl,
E lse honor, fame, and purity Of soul
Nj ust sink into the ruin it will bring
p erish beneath its deadly pos'nous sting,
E nticing though in form, bright TO the view,
r ich i'll sweet fragrance and of brilliant
hue,
A n imp of dark design turks in each drop,
N estles secure within the sparkling cup;
c ease motto Danish, then, the pois'nous bowl,
L re life e. health shall fade meath its control.
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Number 40.
A LUCKY LOSS.

Graf Schlabendorf was most singular
person, sort of strange German Coleridge
more, however, of philosopher and poli-
tician than like q poet, t,llving hermit in the
bustling history Of revolutionary Paris
misery in small things,the lord of a garret,
slovenly in his attire, e,and cherishing beard;
but generous, even magnificent on large
scale, and actuated in all things by motives
of the purest patriotism and most disin.er~
este benevolence; character ready made
for Sir w alter Scott. The man, as a for.
eigner and German aristocrat, and also as
the esteemed friend of Condotcet, MERCER,
Brissot, and the unfortunate Girondist par
ty, naturally enough, during the reign of
terror, was more than suspected of being
suspected and sat- for many days, first in
the Conciergerie and then in the Luxema
bcurg, in constant expectation of the gullo.
tine. He escaped, however, after all
strangely enough, saving his life By lOos-
sng his boots! Varnhagan Won Ense relates
| tiiO SHCutlotdiiCCS d9 lOlUWS
'One morning the death-cart came for its
usual number Of daily victims, and Schlas
bendorfs name was called out. He irnme-
diately, with the greatest GOODNESS and good
humor; prepared for deparuro--presence OF
mind in some shape, q grand etoicism or
mere indifference, were common in those
terrible times. And Schlabendorf was not
the man to make an ungraceful departures
when the unavoidable must Of fate stoed
sternly before him. He was soon dresseds
only his boots were missing: he sought and
! sought,and the jailor sought with him in his
: corner, and in that, but they were not 10 be
S found. well, said Schlabendorf sharply, 'to
e be gullentined without my boots will never
e do. Hark We! my good friends continued
d he, with simple good hulnor TO the jaior;
b 'take me tomorrow; one day makes no diff
+ ference; it is the man they want; not Tues
g day or Wednesday, The jailor agreed
, The wagon, full enough without that one
/ head, went off to its destination. Schlaben.
q dorf remained in prison. Next morning, at
:. the usual hour, the vehicle returned land the
e victim who had go strangely escaped ON the
e previous day was ready, boots and all,wat-
ing for the word of command. But,behold!
his name was not heard that day, nor the
third day, nor the fourth, and not at all.
There was no mystery in the matter
1t was naturally supposed he had fallen
D with the other victims named for the origi-
nal day;in the multitude of sufferers no one
$ could curiously inquire for an individual;
e for the days that followed they were enough
Q of victims without him, and SO he remained
in prison till the fall of Robespierre, when,
, with SO many others he recovered his liber-
ty. He owed his miraculous escape, not
the least strange in the strange history Of
, the Revolution, partly to the kindness of
the Jailor, partly and mainly TO his good
r temper. He was universal iavorite in the
. Jail.'-foreign Quarterly Rsview for jan
, uarg.
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RES5g-EsazazzEsH

Laconic-Never despise a man because
his employment is mean, or his clothing is
bad, Tho bee is an insect that is not very
pleasing to the sight, yet its hive affords AM
abundance OF honey;
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was always partial to you, and I've said SO
often behind your back.
Well declare I've all along thought
you might object, and that's the reason I've
been always afraid to ask you
Object no, I'd die frs. you may ask o'
me just any thing you please
'And you'll grant it!'
'Then, Maria, want you TO pop the
question for nae to Mary Sullivan, for
'What.'
sEh!'
Do you love Mart Sullivan!
20, indeed do vi i,h all my heart!'
Il always thoughtyou was fool
'Eh!'
4 say you're fobl, and you'd better 60
home, your mother wants you-you--you
--stupidP exclaimed the mortified Maria in
a shrill treble,a ,and sie gave poor John slap
on the cheek that sent him reeing. 1t was
MONDAY land yet John declares he saw my
rlads oil stars fashng all around MIN, more
| than he ever saw before in the night time.
Poor Maria
'Never told her love.
But let concealment, like worm i'the bud
Prey on her damask cheek
Thus, alas, how often are the gems o
young affection cast away! For it is bu
too true, as David Crockett beautifully ex
presses it.
| The course Of true lovers never did Iui
smooth (!
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EL-IIISOIAIhl!L.EA AIILNOUSo
From the Picayune.
A LEAP YEAR STORY.
POPPING THE QUESTION.

sWel,. IL oo;d the yov.h, stopping (
short with gasp; and fixing his eyes up
on vacancy with puzzled and foolish ex-
preston.
Well, 60 on; you what!' said the fair
cross -questioner, almost imperceptibly in
clining nearer to the young man. Now
just tell me right straight out, you what?'
Why, I-Oh, pshaw, don't know!'
You do, 1 say you do know, come
want to know
o, I can't tell you
Il say you can. Why you know I'll
never mention it, and you may tell me of
course, you know, for haven't always been
your fricndi'
We'll, you have, 1 know replied the
beleaguered youth.
And I'm sure l always thought you lil-
ed me- went on the maiden in tender and
mellow accents.
%, l do, upon my word-yes, indeed I
do Maria, said the unsophisticated youth,
very warmly. and he found tha, Maria had
unconsciously placed her hand in his open
palm.
Then there was silence.
'And then-well, John 2 said Maria,
dropping her eyes to the ground.
'Eh! Oh-well ! said John. dropping
his eyes and Maria's hand at the same mo-
ment.
I'm rsaay euFe you love somebody,
John; in fact said Maria, assuming again
tone of raillery, 1 kno,O you're in love,
and John why don't you tell me all about 1t
at once 2
We'll, T.
'WeH, 10 you silly mortal, what is
there 10 be afraid Off
'Oh, it aint because I'm afraid of any
thing at all, and Fll- well now Maria, I'll
tell you.'
well now, John!'
Il
sEh9'
H.
Yes
Il an, in love nov don't tel-you
wont will you ? said John, violently seiz-
ing Maria by the hand, aad looking in her
face with most implering expression.
! why, Of course you know, John, I'll
never breathe word of it--you know l
wont, don't you, John?' This was spoken
in mellow whisper, and the cherry lips of
Maria were so near Johns ear when she
spoke, that had he turned his head TO look at
her there might have occurred an exceeding.
ly dangerous collision.
well, Mari said John, I've told you
now, and SO you shall know all about it,
| have always thought great deal of you,
and
yes, john.
Il am sure you would do any thing for
me that you could
Yes, John, you know l would
'Well, thought so, and you don't know
how long I've wanted to talk to you about
| it,
Il declare, John, l-you might have told
me long ago if you wanted, for I'm sure
never was angry with you in my life.'
mo, you wasn't and have often felt
great mind 10, but
It's not too late now, you know, John.
We'll, Maria, do you think I'm too young
TO get married 2
Indeed do not, John; and l kno,O il
would be good thing for you too, for eve.
ry body says the sooner young people are
married the better, when they are prudent
and inclined to love another.
That's just what think; and now, Ma.
ria, | do want 10 get married, and if you'll
just
| Indeed l will John, for you know ]
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tpOLAZEDTo
TxsE !STE.UB OFT.

BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, ESQ.
See how yon flaming herald treads
The high and rolling wave,
As crashing DER their crested heads,
She bows her surly slaves!
With foam before and fire behind,
She rends the clnging sea,
That flies before the roaring wind,
Beneath her Kissing lee.
The morning spray, like sea-born flowers,
With heapcd and glsening bells,
Falls round her fast, in ringing showers;
With every wave that swells;
And flaming DER the midnight deep,
In lurid lringes thrown,
Tho living gems of ocean sweep
Along her flashing zone.
With clashng wheel, and lifting keel,
And smoking torch on high,
When winds are loud, and pillows reel,
She thuuders foaming by
When seas are silent and serene,
With even beam she glides,
The sun shine gimmering through the green
That skirts her cleaning sides.
Now, like the wild nymph, far apart,
She wells her shadowy form,
The beating Of her restless heart
Still sounding through the storm;
Now answers like cour,ly dame;
The reddening surges Ger,
With flying scarf of spangled flame
The Pharos of the shore.
Tonight yen pilot shall not sleep,
Who trims his narrowed sail;
Tonight yon lrigate scarce shall keep
Her broad breast to the gale;
And many loresail, scooped and strained,
Shall break from yard and stay,
Before this smoky wreath has stained
The rising mist of day.
Hark hark hear yon whlstling shroad,
see yon qulvering mast;
The black throat of the hunted cloud
Ia painting forth the blast
An houl, and whired like winnewing chaff,
The giant surge shall fling
His tresses DER yon pennant taft,
White as the sea birds wing
Ye rest, ye wanderers of the deep;
Nor wind nor wave shall tire
Those feshless arms, whose pulses leap
With floods of living fire.
Sleep on-and when the morning light
Streams Ger the shining bay,
o think of those for whom the night,
Shall never wake in day
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Tatller, is clever fellow, of infinite fun,a
good natured but close observer Of human
nature. Many of his sketches are fully
equal to Dickens. He will yet be the
Boz of this country. The following, (no,
one of his besi,) is from the TalJer. 1t
describes scene in the New York Police
Court.
Where is John Vandyke =
Here him ish = answered Duchman,
with his arm in sling.
'Hah you're the fellow that killed the
man with his own boot
Mine Got, t,no--him lsh not dead yeti
am two times so dead as Misher Delcroix,
mineshelf.'
'Whcre is Paul Delcroix, that said he
was killed last night
'Hah dat is me = answered French
man with a nose considerably the worse Of
the wear, or rather the tear-and pair Of
eyes in deep suit of morning: for the
which they were probably indebted to a
certain collision which had taken place be-
tweeH the aforementioned boot and his nasal
protuberance, 'Hab, dat is me Monsieur,
SO long as am myself;but ven l look in de
glass dis morning, mon Dieu, cannot tink
dat am myself at all
why man, you're not dead as you re-
ported
Mon pas; no say vas so dead as ven
you shall put me in de coffin, but ven am
come TO tie watch house last night, / cannot
see Wit mine eye: an cannot talk Wit mine
mout; an cannot walk Wit mine feet; an
ven no can sec, an no can talk, and no
can valk, begar shall tink l an dead e.
nough.'
what did Vandyke strike you for!'
'Je ne sais pas Helas ave not done
to him any ting so leetle as nothing at all. ;
dat ish nod dhrue-mine Got dat sh
nod dhrue = exclaimed the prisoner. i go
out of my room and I leave him mitout
no pody IN hlm but mine VroW; ana ven
ish vent town down dhree hours wash
gone pack to mine room, but ven | look
in him we're l left no pody but mine vrow,
teefel and dulder, dere l see Mynheer
Decroix siltin mine vrow's lap, an mitou,
no boots on
Ha it vas all Won bagatelle-von leetle
mistake!-I live in de next room from Mon.
sieur Vandykes; an ven am tinkin am in
my own room begar shall find myself in
Monsieur Vandyke's room, an not in my
own room at ALL
'Bnt,mine Got, yeu could nod mishdake
mine vrow for your vrow, for mine vrow is
more den SO pig ash dwo of her,
Monsieur Delcrsix, Il fear you have been
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SHIP CHANDL + RI Y.


a GENERAL Assortment constantly on hand
"A and for sale by ZINA HYDE & Co, Front
street, Bath; including C0RbAGE, Manila and
Tarred, from the manufactures OF Plymouth, Mar
b)ehcad and Boston, by the gang or retail.
Sail Cloth, Duch and Irvine oil most descriptions
ANCHORS ofall sizes, warranted.
CHAIN C.7BLES, Sheets and Ties of Boston
manufacture from English refined iron, and war.
ranted for two years; also. English Chains. Bolts
Sheet Copper Composition Spikes ind Nails, with
o,har Castings Of all descriptions.
WiadLsss Necks and CapStun SPindleS.
ZINC SHE.4THLvG Nails, new and appro
pirate article.
.NaV.AL STORES, Paints, Oils and Glass.
Troy Pressed Spikes, from thee TO ten inch.
NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, books and
Charts
Many of,he above articles, con on suitable notice
be delivered to the purchaser al bis place of bns
ness, direct from the mantdactory free a expense
80 him, and at tho manufactor's lowest prices.
Bath April |, 1910 1v1
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SPERM OIL.
The Lion of the Day.
For sale By ID. Y. KENDALL, IN Bath,
No CURE NO PAY!
THE GENUINE OLD DUTCH
or German Vegetable Pills.
Highh recommended by Doct. Valentine
Moit M ID of ~ Y and 0thers

Hlghtq recommended Oy LOCI. Fafentt1t
Mott NJ ID. Of ". T., and others.
These are the orders ANY one that does not find
relief from these pills the price is refunded back.
these are the p0S,ttUe orders oil the proprietor TO
agents and others.
In Offering these pills to the public, appeal 10
their intelligence. If these pills not what they
are recommended, you in duty bound out of re-
spect to yourself and community 10 reject them.
and publish them 10 the world an imposition,
hunbug aud quackery The public may be assured
thew are purely vegetable, they composed OF
nine ingredients, part of the medicine is only found
in ASIA and in the valleys of Germany. For
convinced these extracts are made into pills and
will be found sure sure or Ieliet for all bilious
complaints yellow and bilious levers. fever md
ague lauuccr, scarlet fnsii, biiiouS choHc diSptp
sia. &c.
|, is MOI intended that this medicine is for
oil diseases To which the human system is lnbIe.
Ten thousand useless efforts have been made to
draw from The regions ot unknown fancy, some
long spun theory OF magic art, which would cure
each sud every dseasc. Good medicine is NOT
found in the fire or wh!rwind. Health and happ-
Hess hang upon chance winds-time is the herald
OF truth. Tic past at least is secure; they have
already raised ID monument of their greatness which
will defy the Gorroding tooth OF time.
LIST OF AGENTS IN LINCOLN COUNTY.
Nahum Perkins in Topshal james Sampson,
Charles 7 Quint, J Carr ~ Son Bowdoinham;
Enoch NJ Avery, Geo Thp,uus, J l. Slurevant
Il Co., Richmond; NalHn Reynolds Y Son, Lew
iston; Joshua Gerrish. Jacob Bbber, 1homas
Pierce & Co, Lisbon; } & Rogers, Bowdun;
J Is Perry, Nathaniel Reed, Phipsburg; James
Berry, Georgeown:J Chadburn, James Mcr-
MI Jr Ed ,ouonh; David Scwbegin, Robert S PIN
ncy Bonti,hay; A NJ w Elaney, Joseph CONWAY,
| Bristol; Samuel Woodbury., " II Fisher, Hora,lo
Hilton, Bremen; l>iac Watt, q Il F W
Nichols, Wm II Barnard Wadoboro; Stephen
Nyrra. Jr. Webster, Edmund Dana, Wi-casset;
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pCoUGHS, COLDS, SETTING BLOOD

NPCOUGHS, COLDS, SPLITTING BLOOD
and al' Pulmonary complaints cured.
BosToE, Aug. ID, 1870. hereby certify that
within few years past, have had several friends
who have been subject to coughs, colds and pumo-
nary complaints, and have also been very much
troubled with ugh myself. A young man who
is agent for me at New York, fell from cars
the Boston and Worcester Railroad about four
years since while they running al the rate Of
fifteen miles per hour, and received serious inu-
nv, which caused him to bleed inwardy. daily. for
year. After much persuasion, induced him to
try Mrs GARDENERS Indian Balsam of Liverwort.
He used or 10 bottles. which entirely cured him;
he is now as well ever. He thinks nothing hui
this Balsam could have saved his life therefore,
from experience, cheeJiy recommend it to my
friends and the public, for coughs. eo,ds and all
pulmonary complaints, raising of Blood, &c. 1t ls
prepared and for Saeby Nm. Brown. Chemist, 45I
Washington ST; Boston, VIM F. HARNDEN.
Conductor of harnden's Express from Boston to
New York.
Price so cts. For sale in Bath, by E WOOD,
2Ow35 Central Wharf
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FOR SHE.

a CONVENIENT House situated Oh High stree
"a formerly occupied by ID. farsfon Jr. 70
IL rms &c, inquire Of DANIEL MARsIOh.
Bath .fpril %. 1870. ia
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GRAVE STON ES.

EOEL CLARK, Jf., ~ Co, Of Iallowel' here
Cd by informs the inhabitants Of Bath, aud VI
ctnty, tina, they have resumed the Stone Cntt'ng
business formerly pursued by Joel Clark, Jr., aud
have taken stand, ON Stamford Wharf, near the
Town Landing, where may be found good as,
sortment of Dover, New York, White Marble, and
Slate GRAVE STONES, OF all sizes and Of every
variety of pattern, including Tomb Tables, and
Monuments Of all descriptions. Having made
arrangements, to be constantly supplied with the
best Of Stock, all orders in their line of business,
will be executed with punctnallty and Dispatch,
Mr. Charles Clapp, Jr., of Bath. is our authorized
Agent, to whom application may be made, and
will give any information necessary, in relation TO
the business. JOEL CLHhk, III, ~ %
Hallowcll Oct 29ih lS40. lk3l