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IL was wonderful-more than wonderful.
Bat they had to believe it.
AN jes' look ut that twenty-acro field,
said Bancroft. Ten years ago 1t wouldn't
hardly pay for moving. Ii didn't much else
but podgum. Now look at it. Think ol
the corn and wheat he's raised there an this
year he cut more than forty tuns Of good hay
IRON it,
But that amt half interposed Sawyer.
look at the stock he keeps; an jos soc
what prices he gets for his cows and oxen.
We laughed at him when he paid 50 much
for the new breeds of sheep and cattle he go,
some years ago; but jes' look ut 'em now.
Why, he tells me he's cleared over thous-
and dollars this year on his stock
At this moment Mr.. Walton came in. lie
had grown older and somewhat stouter, than
when he first settled upon the ridge and bc-
came farmer; and his neighbors ceased to
question his capacity, and had como to hon.
or and respect him.
I'VE was jest talkin' about you, Mr.. Wal.
ton said Sawyer.
sAh,' returned John, as he took scat by
the fire, +" hope you found nothing bad to
say Of me-
Not bit of it. We was talkin' about
the wonderful improvements you've made on
the old place, and Of the money you make.
And do you think it wonderfulT
But ain'tit?'
'Wcll,' replied Walton, l don't know
about that; but I'll tell you what ! do know;
know there is no class in the world who
may study the arts and sciences to better ad-
vantage than farmers; and yet, am sorry
to say, there is no class occupying the same
social position who read and study less.
Farming is q sciencc-one Of tho most deep
and intricate, and he must be man Of more
than ordinary capacity, who can master it
all. have but just begun to learn what
may be learned in farming. In sort, there is
no branch Of industry in the world which
may not be followed to better advantage with
than without good education. But farm
crs must not be be afraid Of books. They
wont, if they are wise. follow every advice
experimentalists give, but they may reason
and study and experiment for themselves.
So I have done, and 80 mean to do
Edstpori Sentinel.
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,r, n, ..-... .... 4
Inc ail-aosproing quesuoh now I.eSen'eo
to the American citizen, lor what Will prove
to be h!s ultimate decision, ! nave watched
narrowly Us IL mas risen INTO ,mPorahcc 'rnn'
year 70 year. ana tnIhk ! Know ,,P .ne 9P,n. n
ions oi inc se'erai frcsiuen'iai eanuiua~'
respecting II. ,u
am not aware that the supporters OF MT.
Breckinridge attempt any conceaiment as 70
his designs in case OF his success. IL they
should desire to rGsoI. to Prcvar'sas;on, , ,nSy
nave piaced u entireiy without lncir PIwIr
by the irankncss ana boluncss' ana, haa ai'
most said, the rccklessness OF their deciara'
tions. lie has been put forth prominently,
alike In speech and platform, as the Achilles
of the armies Of tho South, and as tho do
termincd foe of free soil, FREQ speech and free
men. lie stands upon no single democratic
sentiment, unless indeed what were regarded
by all statesmen within the last fifteen years
as tho pretcntious hercsies OF John Q; Cal
houn can be 80 regarded. lie 30 reads the
teaching. OF the sases OF the past, ana their
primary law, as TO make IL lru,,lcss 70 NJ
tempt an exclusion oi ms peculiar anu T la'
yorite institution IRON tue orgah,.ed ie,r,'
tories, and ~ Us 10 make u inaspcns'olc
Tor Congresses, Courts ana Presidents 70 eA'
crcise all their ingenuity and aii their powers
to fortify It there. legislative action Is TO
be invoked, judicial decrces had, executive
fats pronounced, nayies equipped and armies
marhalcd, to exclude forever every settler
therefrom who will not bow down before the
black god of his idolatrous worship. ap-
peal TO you, frccmen, to know whether this
Is tho democracy Of Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe and jackson. Iappcal TO you, FREQ.
men, TO know whether you have ever found
anything In the annals Of parties 30 insult
ing to the understanding, until within the
lifetime OF tho youth who has not yet reach
cd his majority. l appeal 20 you 10 Know
whether the honesty inteiilsonee' ana un'
mixed blood OF tho offspring oi northern
mothers can ever accept On excuse ior 'h9so
who would endeavor to iastcn such ruler
upon us. but We may congratulate our
selves that even Official zeal can perceive no
chance for Mr.. Brcckinridse's election. II
there had ever been any, the recent stump
speech OF Mr.. Buchanan would have eiiectu'
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Az OLp LADY AND HER DoLLARs.-Mrs. Au-
M jenkins. widow lady, resides in the town
Of Durheld. N. H., and was In January last one
hundred and one years old. Her husband died
in 1903, aged 4t years. She has been the moth.
er OF four children, the last and Oldest one, a
son, died in 1872. sgel sixty-seven years. She
sits and walks as erect as any one. and is ap-
parently as vigorous and more energetic than
most women. and is In good health, relishes her
fool well, and has even been noted for good
sound common sense, yet somewhat eccentric
in some Of her habits. Much Of her present
good health and prolonged life Is doubtless at
tributablc to her early habits Of outdoor exer-
else for which she was 50 much famed. assist
ing her husband in plOughing. planting, hoe
ing, haying. and gathering Of the crops, and
even taking the lead in the varied labor OF the
day, and neglecting not the indoor work Of the
family. She was truly helpmate as well Is
help eat. She Is . member Of the Congregation
al Church Of that place. and partook Of the
sacrament when ninety-fvs years old. Her
hearing falling somewhat. her sight partially
dimmcd. she has not attended church since.
Can read In her coarse print Bible. and does %
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OFFICE IN HooPER's BRICK
BIDDEFoRD, ME-, FRIDAY

daily. For eighty years she kept by her side
one hundred silver dollars, which she could not
be persuaded to part with on any account Keep
ing them, as she said, to pay her funeral e1-
penses. Each night they are placed under her
pillow; on leaving the house to visit the neigh
bors. she placed them in her pockets by her side
for safe keeping. The follics, fashions and silly
habits Of this degenerate age, she descants free
ly and auently. The money, had 1t been put
out at compound interest, would have ere this
produced over twelve thousand dollars.
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4oetrg.
THE RIVER PATH.
nj JOHN O. WHITTIER.

the toIIJNing ,ses nos sna si,i ~ rs.crn;s.
by those who have ever been near his cot
: ua.r;n.s- - JnI,p,aasat1
,ox ,hs Nil,
The tangled bank below was still.
,. A.. ,,,.hsn stem
No ripple from the wAier's hem.
,-,,,.., ro,na m, yrrv.
wsfelt the falling OF the dew'
For. from us, ere the day was done,
The wooden nus smut 0'' '"' ~
But ON the rivers farther side
We saw the hill-tops glOrihed,-
A tender glow. exceeding fair,
A dream Of day without its glare.
With us the damp, the chilli the gloom'
With them the sunsets rosy bloom;
While dark, through wiilouy 'i''a' 'een'
The river rolled In snsde oe'"eeh'
49,. ,..a.rl,s., where We trod
We gared upon those hills OF "od'
v,,.. ,;,,, ..susa M, Of moon or sun,
We spske not. but our thought was ohe'
Va n,u..d q, II from that brigh, shore
Beekoned our dear ones gone 0ei''''
Al .,p,.J o,r heating hearts 10 hear
The voices lost TO mortal ear !
s,, ,,r,sj from ,ivh,.
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agricultural.
John Walton's Farm.

Hero Is looking glass, in which many Of
the sleepy farmers Of New England may see
themselves:
John Walton wa young men-some live
and twenty-and, though he had been born
in the neighborhood, much Of his life had
been spent in other sections Of the country.
III" parents both died when be was quito
young, and his fathers farm passed into the
hands OF Mr.. Amsden. But now John had
married, and he mean, IN no A farmer and
nus thoughts naturally turned 10 the old
homestead. lie iound Amslcn willing 10
sell, and he bought, paying two thousand
dollars down, and giving nOte and mort
gage for Eve hundred which had been easb.
dby Mr.. Piddon.
This farming district was upon n broad
ridge Of land which had been cleared for a
great many years and though they were the
handsomcst and smoothest looking farms in
town, vet they were by no means the BEST
The summit OF the ridge was crowned by q
lodge Of granite, and the soil, over the
whole broad swell, was more or less wet and
cold. This was particularly the case with
John Walton's farm, some portions Of IL DO
ing wholly unit for cultivation. There wa,
one held over twenty acrcs-onc Of the
smoothcst and prettiest located fields IN town
which was never ft for plowing. The soil
was so wet and heavy that il could not b
worked to any advantage. II had been now
cd year after year, yielding about three quar-
tiers Of ton to the acre, Of poor, wild, wccdy
hay. Yet there were other sections which
were good, and Mr.. Amsden had gained fair
crops while he lived there.
Ben Grummet had curiosity TO sec what
was going on in walton's barn. 40 he drop-
ped in there. lie found the whole of the
hoor where the cattle stood had been torn nm
and that they were digging a wide, deem
trench the whole length Of the tie-up.
"What ON earth Is all this for 2" askcd
Bon.
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NUMBER 33.


good relish rs ever" He would sit down by the
family. while they were at meals, and would
look wistfully atthe table, bat nothing could
induce him to admit particle Of food into
his mouth. He would 20 into tho cellar,
and standing over the pork barrel, apostro-
phize II thus al will eat you all up" lie
retained his strength, during oil the seventy
days, sufficiently to walk about the house,
until the last fortnight, when nature finally
succumbed, and he took to his bed, mover "a
rise again. He gave no reason for his sin.
gular conduct, except that he had lived long
enough and was Of no use in the world. a
more extraordinary instance Of strong self.
will and super-human power of command
over the appetite probably Is not on record
Lynn Reporter.
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Y The execution Of the Pirate Hicks and
the attendant scenes are said to have been most
disgusting and horrible. Some $4,000 persons
were ON and around the island and directly
in view Of the convict, as he stood on the fatal
drop, was the sloop in which his crime was CON-
mitted, with man at mast head, waving his
cap and cheering. The big city Of million OF
people poured out the dregs Of the dirty tenant
houses aud miserable lanes, and many q man
was there no doubt who for five dollar bill
would have aided in the piracy. Rum was free
as the water in the bay, and even in the govern
ment steamer II was flowing on the deck as the
prisoner was repeating his prayers in the cab
in. The whole affair was suited to the worst
society in New York.
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Cars IN TIE DEsERr.-Mr. Russell, the
well.known Crimcan reporter Of the London
Times, give most interesting sketch Of a
run through portion Of the Arabin desert
by the new railway route. We subjoin an
extract:
Blanched bones of camels lie In dull
whitcness on the sands. Not bird fans tho
hot, silent air. Stones and sand, and sand
and stones, are all and everywhere stretched
out dead and hard under the blue sky and
the relentless sun. The rail which conveys
MS through this dcsolation is single, and the
line is said, by English engineers, to be very
badly made, as the French engineers who laid
II out took it over ridge ], 100 feet high,
instead of following low level near the riv-
or, which would have greatly diminished the
expense and cost of working. The water
and coal for the engines are to be carried by
the trains out to the various stations. so they
arc like commissaiat animals In barren
country, which have to carry their own fod-
der and diminish the public burthens.
The stations are helpless, hot, oycn.like
erections, generally eked out by old Crimcan
wooden huts, within the shadcof which may
be seen an undoubted Englishman, smoking
his pipe. At the Twelfth station VIC coalcd
the train ended in the desert hero; but at
long intervals, for miles in advance, we could
see the encampments Of Arabs, who for tho
time had become nayvics, were engaged in
picking, burrowing and blasting through the
rocks way for the iron horse. In long
wooded shcd-tho centre Of o group Of tents
were laid out long tables, covered with
hot joints of r,condite animals, papier machc
chickens, and Ignite vegetables. This was
our dinner-it had come oil the way from
Cairo, 80 had the wine, the beer and tho
spirits. If mama and quails were at all eat
able, wo had cnvicd the food Of tho Israel
ttos
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-08-10

Y-The Rochester Democrat says: "Thc ven
cradle Judge Isaac sissons of Cayuga county
who has voted for the Democratic party sine,
the days of Jefferson, is out for Lincoln. Ill
says he has stuck to the Democratic party a
long as he could sec any thing Of the part,
left, and now, 1t having utterly dissolved, hi
feels 1t his duty to work for 1t no longer, bu
intends to support the Republican candidates
Lincoln and llamlin."
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Total, i.3li,5i4 1883, ,232

The great addition, says the Boston Jour
nal, which will now be made to the popular
vote, will come principally from the North
west. As between the slave and the free
States the latter will undoubtedly exhibit u
much greater rate of increase. In the latter
also has fallen the burden of the disadvan-
tagcs inflicted upon the Democratic party by
its late rupture and continuing disscnsions.
And vet the prcpondcranco OF Democratic
voters Mt tho North in 1856 over those ut the
South-in other words, the extent to which
the marty can be injured, and consequently
the opposition adyantaged-will surprise oil
who have not examined the figures.
The Buchanan vote in all the States foots
up as follows:
In Slave States, 6il,sso
haa n aIss Ess' s'a,s. 1Sss in Oregon in 1857 s:
/" Min. I" l7,79O
Total in Free States, i,ai9.6s7
Thus it will be seen (relnarks the Journal
further,) that there wero in 1856 just twice
as many Democratic votes in the Free as in
the Slave States-twicc as many men inter-
csted in the policy or tho party, and liable to
bc injured by mismanagement and yet THIS
two-thirds OF the party have been for years
systematically overrulcd in their views, and
dragged along in the suicidal train OF the
onc.third. Now the reluctance OF the iorm'
or to 60 any further at present, SIMPLY be-
cause the North will not ht them go and live,
has been made tho cause Of an irreconcilablc
rupture, which spreads disorganination
throughout the broken Democratic ranks ol
the free States. While we rejoice at the great
Republican gains, and at the benefit to the
country which Is to ensue from this event,
yet with these figures before us we can hard
iy restrain our wonder ut the fool.hardlness
OF the Southern Democratic wing. and the
long subserviency Of the Northern wing,
which allowed 1t TO take place.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-08-10

In THE TENTH LEGION Of Pennsylvania, q
Democratic stronghold, which gave Buchanan
5000 majority over Fremont and Fillmore
there are now six Breckenridge and four Doug,
las papers.
The publishers Of the rival Lincoln and Doug,
las papers at La Crosse, Wis.,, having exhaust
cd their resources of brag, have now stakcd
their entire newspaper offices, valued at about
$4,000 each, on the result in Illinois and Wis.
consin, and S25OO more in "corner lots" on
the general result.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-08-10

sY-The last Iowa State Reporter, published
In tn, city OF IOWA, decidedly the abiest and
most influential Democratic paper in the State,
announces in its last issue that will next week
drop the names of Douglas and johnson, and
thereafter give an enthusiastic support to Lin
coin and Iamlin.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-08-10

THE GERMANS in Milwaukee are abandoning
the Democracy en- masse. At ratification
meeting of the denomination by reclamation Of
Hon. John Potter, the other day, 600 turned
out from one ward, aud 500 from another-from
Mards heretofore the strong hold Of democracy
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-08-10
HA letter from Chicago of July 81, thu,

"we arc perfectly confident of carrying the
Northwest-Illinois by decisive majority. We
shall have no aid from the Breckinrdgeites.-
They are few aud feeble, and their present pol
icy, although they have ticket in the field
seems to be to give the State to Douglas, that
the contest may be carried to the House. Bu,
our gains from the enemy are many and impor.
tant. We have absorbed the Fillmore elemen,
to such an extent that vote for B'll will be q
vote lost to Douglas. SO you see we have q
clear field, and though D.'s friends will hgh,
with great desperation for the control of thu
State, we shall drub them soundly. We alsC
regard Indiana as safe."
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-08-10

DrAru Ysox STARVATION. mention
has been made In tho papsn Of man BY
the name Of Eldridge, who died recently In
tho town of Chatham, on Cspe Cod, from
starvation. This man lived more than seven-
ty days without food or nourishment OF any
kind. When asked II he was not hungry,
he would reply, 10, ys, could eat with -
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-08-10
SflistelIaneous.

II The estimates Of the census marshals
place the population Of New York at upward
OF s62, ,OOo-an increase Of over $1,000 since
is5O-and the real and personal property at
S702. .0O0. 900.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-08-10

In its (" View Of the Field" Of 1856, the
Independent IN. H.) Democrat canvasses the
States of Minnesota, Pennsylvania. Indiana,
New Jersey, Illinois, California and Oregon,
and concludes with the following:
ave are willing, therefore, to "risk our
reputation as prophet" on the prediction
that the following States will cast their Cleo
toral votes rs follows:
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BLOCK, LIBERTY STREET.
MORNING, AUG. 10, 1860.
Prom the Bangor Jst,srsouian.
ELECTION STATISTICS.

As We are now In the midst Of State and
National Campaign statement OF the re-
suits Of several iormer elections, both State
and National, will be Of interest to our read.
er.
We present first table Of the electoral
vote of each State in the Union, as 1t will
be in the ensuing Presidential election.
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4olitital Nlatter.
Shall Douglas or Lincoln be supportedp
Douglas described by one who Knows Him
SPEECH OF
HONORABLE JOHN HICKMAN,

DELIVERED IN CONCERT HALL, PHILADELPuiA,
on TUESDAY EVENING, July ~, lS6O.
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 1856.
For .Millard Fillmore.

Maryland,
Whole number Of electoral votes, 96
A majority of which Was, lA9
The statistics Of the last Presidential clec.
ton would be incomplete without a table OF
the popular vote. To mako 1t more readily
understood, however, a record of public opn-
ion and of the progress Of parties, We give
tho totals Of tho popular vote ut the two
preceding elections, viz:
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-06-06

XK7E have a Large Stock, and are selling at low
w prices for Cash, and should be pleased to re-
ceive orders for goods in line, which will receive
prompt attention. .'...
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-12-29


day AID Greenfield, - Fontssslls, 80 miles
and bsck. once . week.
Lsess ~ iscotaa Tuesday att 49,
Arrive IT Fontenelle BY 8 pm;
Leave fontsnslle Wednesday At an;
Arrive at Wiscotta BY pm.
Bids to end route at Greeu6eld invited.
Norss.-Prsposals must Be to carry the mail
With "celcrity certainty and security . using tho
terms OF the law, and must Do guaranteed by two
responsible persons, certified to a. such by post
master CT judge OF court of record.
NO pay viii be made for trips not performed |;
and for each OF such emissions not torily
explained, three times the pay Of the trip may be
deducted. For arrival so far behind time a. to
break connection with depending mails and not
sufAclently excused, one-fourth Of the compenss-
tion Of tho trip is subject to forfeiture. Finss
will DO imposed. unless the delinquency Be salts
facto,ily explained. for neslecting to take the
mail from or into post ONCE for suffering il to
be injured, destroyed, robbed, or lost ard for
refusing. after demand, to convey the mail O. fire.
quently rs the contractor runs or is concerned in
running vehicles on the route. Tho Postmaster
General may annul tho contract for disobe ying
the post Office laws, or the instructions Of the de-
partmsDt. he may alter the schedule. and also
order an increase Of service by allowing tn ersfor
pro rata increase on the contract pay. He may
also curtail discontinue the service in whole or
part, 1t pro rata decrease Of pay, allowing one
vice dispensed with. Bids should be addressed
to the " second Assistant Postmaster General, "
super scribed Prop )sals for mail service State OF
Iowa." and sent by ssaH.
For forms Of proposals, &C., and other informa-
ton, see advertisement Of this date, in pamphlet
form, At the principal post Offices.
Blank proposals will be furnished ON applicaGo on
r J.HoLT,
Postmaster General.
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dec21 -d3tl

VNkUSTEE'S SALE.-WHEREAs, on the 18th
! day of March, A. d. 1852 Charles Bunoell
and Margaret, his wife, executed unto Austin
Corbin, as Trustee, q certain Deed Of Trust, con
veying to said Trustee the land in Clinton county
Iowa, described rs follows, to-wit: The North
West quarter Of tho North West quarter Of Sec
ton No.twelve( ~ in Township eighty one( 81
North Of Range No three 60 East of tho 5th T. NJ.
" hich said conveyance was made by the said
Bunne,ls, for the purpose Of securing the payment
of two certain promi ssory notes and tho interest
thereon, signed by said Charles Bunnell, and dat
ed the llth day OF March, A. d. 1859, and payable
follows: One for fourteen and 40 100 dollars,
due in six months, AMI the other. for the sum Of
one hundred and twenty nine and 40-l00 dollars,
due in ono year, to the order Of Lewis Perry.
And now, saio last mentioned note having become
due and payable, and the said Bunnel having
failed to pay thu same in tull, ], Austin Corbin,
Trustee as aforesaid, do hereby give this public
notice, that by virtue Of the power which is in me
vested by said Deed Of Trust, will on Wednesday,
the 18th day Of January, A. b. 1861 at the hour
of nine o'clock in the forenoon Of said day, ct the
Court House door, in the city Of Davenport, expose
and offer for SALE at public auction, tho parcel of
land above described, or much thereof as sd all
be necessary to satisfy and pay the amount Of said
note, with the interest thereon 10 the day of SALE
together with all the costs and expenses attend
ing said SALE cost Of this notice and Trustees fees.
Dated the 18th day Of December, A. ID. 1860.
AUSTIN CORBIN,
decl3-dts Trustee.