The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-01-30
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
AUGUSTA, Jan. 81, 1857.

habitant has never known, in hisexperience
anything like it. Mr.. Flags thermome-
tor in Hallowsll this morning indicated 81 .
below zero. Mr.. =. is a kind Of Kennebec
Merriam, and there is no appeal from his
thermometer in this section. Some people
had the presumption this morning however
TO talk about il being in some FranconiA-
like places about town, down TO 40. and 45' +,
but on being told that tho mercury CONCEALED
at about these rates sufficiently to mako Ice
creams. they gave in, and submitted to the
general idea that il was, and that 1t had
been for few days, tribe I" too cold for
comfort"
Legislative business this week has been
rather stagnant. The early part OF the
week the members were blockaded at home
by storms, or buried in snow drifts on their
way back, and the latter part Of the week
the extreme GOODNESS and other causes con-
bined to bring on legislative vacuum, and
consequently with the exception Of the usual
quantity of orders directing the committees
to enquire into the expedicncy of doing this
or that thing, little has been done. The
Governor, ON Tuesday having got his remov-
ing machine in perfect order, extracted
many corrupt and deceased trunks that cum
bered the political vineyard Of our State and
which bore fruit bitter to the taste, and
placing in their stead others from which bet
ter fruit is e1pected. 1t is to be hoped there
will be no mistake in this expectation. The
new CRAFTS on the body polite are as fol-
lows:
Commissioner al Washington, on claims
Of Maine, GEORGE NJ. wEsrEHS-Bangor.
Superintendent Of Common Schools, MARX
ii. DuSSELL-Norway.
Bank Commissioners, Robert GOOdenow
Harrington, W. S. CoCuRAS-Waldo-
boro'.
Warden Of STATE Prison, THOMAS W. HrH
-Rockland.
Superintendent Of Public Buildings, Gill;
NAN TURNER-Aususta.
Agent, Peno5scot Indians, WISsLow Sra
PLEs-0ldtown.
Keeper Of Bangor ArscHal, c. o. RECORD
Bangor.
Inspector Of Beet and PORK, DAS'L WINS
LOw-Portland.
Keeper ofArseaal a! Portland, W. T.
Observation-Disclosures.
Reporter Of Decisions, TIMOTHY LrDDES-
Turner.
The Age, this morning talks about there
being whole drove of disappointed aPPli-
cants. Whew! We know better than
this. The Age is Gncifnl paper, and has
the singularity to belicye,tha in this matter
orgetting Office, the Republicans arc no bet
ter than they should bc-in fact, nearly. If
not quite as bad as the sham Democrats,
themselves. Our old friend Pike, than
whom there is not more genial fellow in
the world, and a greater lover Of political
fun, has gone back to the Age. Look out
for Locke Moore stories, told with great
pleasantly in that sheet, as the Almanac
makers say " abOuithcs days"
One of our mess, whose reputation for
truth and veracity is unquestioncd up 70
this hour, related little incident at the
breakfast table this morning, which occurred
last eveningas no was vending his way
home, rather late Of course, (he keeps rather
late hours) which in these dry times for
material for letter writing will do to tell.
ifncw, it is quite good, If old we acsnowl'
edge the sell, and proceed to tell it on paper
as he told it verbally.
He was on his way home from the State
House, he says, we suspect it was from some
other public House, when he noticed before
him peculiar looking individual, mailing
a somewh,t zigzagins course through the
drifts, now this sids Of the path, now that,
with him the travelling was evidently had,
and to keep his spirits up. he broke out in
singing "lIail Columbia" running through
the stanzas. He began again;
:" Hail Columbia happy land"- about
this time he went under, in the biggest kind
of snow drift, and as he emerged, he finish
cd his couplet-
"lf amt in a snow drit, / be d-ed."
AS our friend passed him, he was eudeavor-
ing to get his balance again, and aluted
him with this
Stranger what kind of a man are you to
leave fellow to freeze to death in snow
bank, whosays "IIail Columbia so finely"
This will do. The Clerk Of the House will
please make record of this. l. &C.