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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-12-02
The Best Family Sewing Machine.

1 7 the Pennsylvania stae Fair, held at Eas-
Il. ton, 27lh TO 30lh OF September, 1864, u
premium was offered for the
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-12-02
pv,raordinary Dinner Party.

New York spondent of the H.
6iannapoli- Journal, says:
A queer party sat down to dinner the
o,bcr dav at DclmonIro'-. embracing
Alexander II. Stephens, H"lace Greely,
Ro,erA Pryor. Theodore Iii,on, oi the
Independen,;) John II Reagan, TX Post
master General Of the defnnrt Con(edera-
cv. oliver Johnson. editor of the Anti
Slavery Standard. and Henry Ward
b, her. They had long md animate
conversation about The war. reconstruct
ton and the future of the country. and
seemed 10 agree admirably in their con-
clusious.
The late rebellion threw men INTO
strange positions. but do not THINK a
greater variety of dr>cordant elements
could have been assembled together than
was in that co,erie. The most ULTRA and
lifelong Abolitionists met and iraternlzed
with The most violent secessIon'sls. II e
old fable of The lamb and the lion lylng
dawn ,opether is not half so remarkable
as this corgIomsraiion Of public ami
nodes.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-12-02

The Winchester Times says: AT the
lare term Of HE Circuit Court. Judge Par
ker. PhIip Williams, Esq made mo
uon - have tvs" Trustees appointed for the
methodist Episcopal Church, 10 fill va
caaccs caused By the death Of one trus.
lee and The removsi of another from tie
neishborhood. Messrs. Fauntleroy and
Pollock, 10 behalf Of Rev. Mr.. Lanahan,
opposed he molten by moving lha, two
gentlemen other than those appointed.
Judge Parker refused to consider either
motion, upon the ground tina, they were
informal. A chancery suit is. therefore,
about to be Instituted TO recover possession
OF The church property"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-12-02
BEST SEWING MACHINE.

BEST SEWING MACHINE.
A u the leading Machines were fully rcpreSen.
ted. and there was spirited contest for the first
prize.
After deyoting TIE greater part Of two days to
their labors, the Committee made the follow ny
award -
For the BEST SEWING MACHINE
WILCOX s. GIBBS, NEW YORK-A SILL
YER MEDAL"
The Great Fair of the New England States,
held at Springfield the So of September, awar-
ded The highest premium TO the Wilcox &
Gibbs, as The "BEsT FAMILY SEWING MAcHISY."
The Springfield RepubIica" Sept. oath speak.
ing of the fair, says abr E. Holmes, cf Win
thrUp, Me- the chairman of the committee on
machinery at the late New England fair in this
city. announces the decision of his committee
in the awards of premiums for sewing machines,
as follows The contest, in the minds OF the
committee lay between Wilcox 81 Gibbs ma
chine and the Florence machine. The Will
cox & Gibbs is very simple, efficient and easy
understood. We award premium [medal] 20
the Wilcox & Gibbs machine as the "Best
Family Machine" The Florence mechne is
more Implicated more varied in It's action and
requires considerable knowledge of machinery
to work i well. We award diploma 10 that
machine"
The Vermont State Fair held at White River
Junction, the 1915 September, also awarded
the Grst premium for the BEST Family Sewing
Machine to The Wilcox & Gibbs"
AT all the County fairs where exhibited in
1864, the Wilcox d Gibbs has taken the first
premium. l.. t. DARNELL, Agent,
Shepherdslown, West Va.
November 4, 1865. IF
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-18

We believe the World hasthe mere wisdpan,
"The old slave holders" have not the least
hope ofcontrolIhg the vote ofthe colored peo-
pie if they should be senfranchised. 3, They
know the negro character too well for tnat
and itappears strange that the Aygas shouia
paanifest so much Ignorance ON the subject
To talk of the freedmen voting as their lormer
masters might dictate is perfectly absurd. The
negroes are a great way from being such fools
as the argus represents them. There is more
real cunning in the race than some dream of
in their philosophy. If it were generally be-
-,;rved by the leading democrats that the ne
groes would vote as the fold Shareholders
might dictate, all the democratic Journals from
the World down to the Argus, and all the
wirepullers and 'dernagogues5 Of @the party"
would come out in the most blatant style for
negro suffrage. "The old Stakeholder" under
stand this business, and it would be weh ior
the Argus man to take some lesson from them
before he ventures to write more On the sub
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-18

icasn from the low places where the soil ia
deep and black, cut up the low bushes, the
fern the brakes, the raspberry bushes, and 9th
er foal stub wherever it is, on the farm or in
the public roads; especially make war upon
the Canada thistle just before they are IN
blossom and remove the haulm to the grand
manurial depository; rake up the leaves rom
the roads and elsewhere that have dritted into
lee places go into the boys and marshes and
haul ont the black peaty stuff that, sweetened
nv house ashes or quick lime, will in due time
he reduced to soft mould. Surely an hnnz.
bred cents worth of such things can be found
and gathered up almost any day. Nay, with
fair chance, man and boy, with yoke of OK
en-, Or even a single horse, can, almost every
day collect five dollars worth of such stuff to
deposit in his compost vault. Only thirty
days of such work in course of year, would
increase any farmers sources of wealth to
the amount of one hundred and fifty dollars
in addition to the, common stock of manure
made in the barn-yard from the litter and
dropping of cattle and horses. And if his ac-
tual gain, from year to year, was no more than
that, in ten short years he would find himself
Enriched Ito the amount Of fifteen hundred
dollars which he might put out at interest, or
more proftably invest, to say nothing of the
increased value Of his farm thus permanently
Improved.
There is now on and around most farms
enough of such foul stuff, encllmbering the
land or occupying space where grass should
grow instead, for the cattle to crop, which
might be collected to double proft-profit to
the fields and pastures thus eleansed, and
profit to the corn, wheat, potatoes, tlrnips and
other crops ofthe fields thus MANFRED and made
fertile, ts,.,a.3 Is = E9hsl8 .tl@
Salt, ashes, plaster of Paris, lime 90, are
essential manure. These are all easily OBJ
tanned and often at moderate cost; but few
make as much use of such cheap fertilizers as
might be proftably Employed - ia6iE0 2;
|staSea7 dressing is useful, even to lands in the
neighhorhood of saltwater; how much more
so to soils farther back from the ocean? !, On
all our coasts there are immense quaint
ties of kelp, rock weed, sea weed, DC, which
might be collected and transported upon riv-
erS and streams into the country with advan-
-tasez especially as the soil in the Interior is
generally wanting in the saline qualities that
are carried with all such dressings.eA
balIbelieye, MIR. Editor, that if some man or
company ofmen, would select some onerof
the three hundred and sixty-five islands that
bestud the waters OF your -Casee Bay, and
there undertake the manufacture of manure
from elements gathered about the shores and
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-18
HOW TO EN- RICH A FARM.

Visiting ATTEND the other dag, In one of
ourrural towns, who would be good farmer,
and who desired US to tell him by what pro-
cess heeolld most easily shfieh his cultivated
grounds, it occurred to 9TraxinE' that he would
have something to say in the present paper. up
on the subject suggested by the querist AS q
friend of Maine he wishes to write lupom any
land all subjects that may best promote her in
terests. lor ao s.l ol - giis oiii d sfgi1o Il
e We all know very well, that whatever in
creases thestrength or quantity Of mould on
the surface of theland, whetherin the form of
gdecayed animal o., vegetable matter, is just so
much gold in the pocket of the cultivator.-
The farmers wealth, though sure, is generally
accumulated by. Titles. His dollars are COM
posed of cents, and every dime has to be earn
ed by skill and toll. ; If am hundred Old fash
Toned cents were scattered upon the farmers
fields and pastures, or by the roadside, as man
ma fell to the 1childreng ofusrael, every night
within amile of his COW yard, no doubt he, or
his boys, would think it an object. many days.
OF the yeag, to so out and labor from sun to
sun IN collecting, one at time, that number
:. copper bits amounting at the days. .conclu-
SION 70 a'doliar IN solid cash. But are there
my d hundred cents worth Of stuff that every
,arriler may collect from tile waste places of
nis nei1s' pastures, forests, boys and road
siues winch Na ne can carry to his barn-yard and
deposit in that mine Of wealth. IL call 4 a
mine Of wealth gforI 1lanIDIFe " IA la,,itH
wealth of the cultiyator- of the soil And
if he would live and thrive and grow 1NV rT;ct, he
must In some way add to the strength and
SIZE Of bis manure heap . ' s. = :
fear that this subject is not Thought of so
much as itashouid be- Manure will not rain
down-it comes not as the mamma fell from from
heaven In the wilderness. Wemust work for
r. as for every thing else valuable: !, and the
farmers constant ingenuity should be- taxed
70 contriVe how he can manufacture manure
70 ene pest advantage. Let him select a low,
place. IKE great vault, where all the drain
ing uom the sink, the wash tub, the privy,
ne pig-sty, DC, naturally incline. Let him
employ every convenient hour or day in col
lec'lne material that may bedeposited and de-
composed there. Search the high-ways--pick
up the droppings from the cattle wherever
tnere Is cents worth-eyen dig off the rich
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-18
THE WORLD ANpsARauaa


1t is generally believed that the Arqus takes
its cue from the New York World. that l beino
the great central organ ofthe sham democracy:
But it seems the Argns man overlooked. or
read carelessly, an article in the Word on
negro suffrage, in which the editor says: qThe
Southern States, if the negro is kept from the
ballot-box, are certain to be Overwhelmingly
democratcS We have no doubt Of that fact
not the least in the world. But what docs the
argus say2 Hear ityand then judge which
organ has the largest portion Of wisdom. The
argus says: sel in---siaaH1
LIS ~ = almost certain, as we have often sug-
g sS1,sd that the measure NEGRO suffrage
W %o4 t aon TO the political influence and power
s1,reiv c ou save holders who would almost
Fat n. ~fislr1aafif hl-4.4.i- ~ III ~
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-18

u
y SAN FRANCISCO 18TH, ship Kingfsher. Free
man. New York. sIN ! Ia assSsy1snl ~. 80 ~
NEW QRLEANszAr 4th, barque sharpsburg,
Below 9TH, barque waltham, MiHot, from Boston;
brig Stockton, Griffin, ffom do, 70 sk,f8stO'A
RICHMoND-Arf 18th, sch Alice Curtis Patterson,
r Below 18th, brig windward, from an Eastern port
with lumber; schs ID ii Baldwin, from Rookland ;
Walter "a, Scott from an eastern port T. I, ~ x
SD lotn ship Monsoon, for Europe, with tobocco.
h AtsEAANbRIA--Ar 18th, sch II K Dunton; 5amc-
BALTTMoRis- i9th. brig Forester, Murray
Cd iifh' Barques Flora, Hubbard Or chars.,u.
EDency, Smith, Boston. ------ :
X PH1LADELPHIA-Ar 18Th, brig, Orozimbo. Or
cut, Bdstons schs cushing evcOdlst John NIB !;
n Ar 14th, briggs Mary Means; Fibbetts: Elmra Nor
ton, and Annandale, Bunker Boston, schg Exnress
p c,l caias q \ Hsa ss BgHksf prpvidepqes
sehs Jos Ames, Turner, saco; Belle, Griffin, and
AT 14fh' sch "a PaiHe ,JOnea westIsIe Nc. =
NEwsY0RK-.si 14tB,, Brils sExcelsIor. Cooper,
Bermudaf Waltham, Cotfrell SsyanIahl II III y
Cid 14th, brig Wild Pigeon, johnson Kingston j..
ssex lo Rose oI ssSe Vasda Stafford TripidAd brig
CID 18th, ship st Louis Ballard, City Point, Va, to
load ior ttivsrPeol; chace Edwards Cow Bay CB;
pAsr, Boston Rambler, Packard fBr Apaschcela;
6riS WIN !. Mason Small Baltimore . " ,flnker,
: PRSV ilDENcE Ar 18th, sch Harriet Maria,
Sd, bli 2shalf Dutch, Holmes, Philadelphia. ~
NEWR0ST;--Ar 1ith brig Ma9ssniila, Magne,
schs Emily Fowler, Holbrook, for do; Elizabeth
GoweH, Smith, BengQr for MidlIletowns OF; s ii Ca
ady, CroweI Providence for Baltimore. 81
Tn mort brig A II Curfiss, and the above arrival.
: HOfAiEsS HOLE Ar 14th,ae barque Ironsidcs
Taplev Penang, for orders; brirs Geo II Pressstts
Mills, I'm Philadelphia for Gloucester; D o Cashier,
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-18
TEISEG R APH
ITO THE
4 EVENING PAPERS#


Quarters Changed.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 10.
The Norfolk, Va. Post says Jeff Davis MAS
yesterday transferred from his casemate prison
to a room in Carroll Hall in. Fortress Mon
roe. The change was made necessary owing
to his declining health. Carroll Hall is per-
haps- the most comfortable bailaing- in the
Fortress, and, instead. Of being limited to port
hole viewIof the W8rld JEFF Kilfnow be ena-
bled to survey the entire parade ground from
his prison window ~, -
telegram was received yesterday at the
Provost MarshaPs Office, from Gen. Baker in
Washington, to arrest G. Garrison of Accomac
and send hipto Washington. with the proper
ty committed to his charge by Can't. Winder.
Garrison lett in the Baltimore boat yesterday
in charge Of Capt. Hitchcock for Washington.
The Post says that the safe recovered from
the frigate Cumberland, contained only a
twenty dollar gold piece.
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-18

Ifamored lsts,fs res,ce q tfs United States.
New York, Sept. 10.
Adyices concerning the war between Para
quay on the one side and Brazil. the Argerl-
tine Confederation and Uruguay, are received,
and state that Lopez has taken command of
the Paraguayans in person and lis, moving
cautiously. The allies claim that the navy Of
the Parrguayans was nearly annihilated in the
battle OF Riachudo, and that on land the Para
guayans had suffered material oreverseg. The
aDrazilians have n 900 troops in the field. aii
q "A aMonteyideo paperg says "a United States
feet Would soon appear on the South Afnefi-
can coast to demand non-interfeFenoe with the
free navigation Of the Plate river by Brazil
and an indemnity for American vessels des-
troyed by the pirates-iA brazilian waters.
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-18
IDIEDa !.

In Blddeford, Aug 2t Mrs Lydia G, wife Of John
Hern, aged 80 years. -
In saoc, Sept I, Mrs s Lizzie, wife Of Luther T
Mason, Es9ypf Biddefords J. L.
At Cape Neddick, Sept 3, Mrs Joanna, wife OF Mr.
Albra Norton, aged 20 years. sy-xs
In kennebnnk. Aug Is, Mrs Lydia Bickiord, form
erly of Acton, aged So years. - - - = 4
INK eb1lk septs, Miss Fanny h, only ssIhd IL
Charles Holland, aged 10 years months.
In Kennebunkport, Sept 4, MI Nahum Haley, AGED
81 yearsstnsvDA 1ssd Ell % biodto s0Sfod
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-18

NB-Fhe Lewiston JOurael aays that a sun
posed accompiice Of Peter Guild namad
Thompson has been arrested m Bath III The
theft of horse and wagon from f.aw;sto.s
stolen on the 18th tlt. -, = :, Y "a
6gs BzR The Bangor Wig in making u, ~
resources of the e, & N al Railrosd = ~ =.
mated to cost nearly 81 900 OoO puts dow n.
Maine and Massachusetts,, claims aea;,s. !. ~
u. s. Government, at $1,000, OOOi This o..
reckoning when the q. s. Government a.. 49,
acknowledged single cent Of the clainYs MI
is wellnot tocountthe chickens before tber -
Matched In making good chowder oneSs =. ~ :
first things is tp catch the cod.,sS 4, Y g 'As
}, BB- Samuel and Maria Osborn, Wow =, Il
in Watervlle the 18th inst The MI -
little time ago Mr.. and Mrs. Oshor,, 80,
Southern "chattels," in Virginia, where M
had lived for a number of years in the mo-:
smonial connection known under the slavo -.
and reared several children oomins K ss.,s
with Col Fletcher last spring, Mr.. Osborn v,ss
aided with money to bring on his wife and o,,;I
idren, and they took the earliest opnor.
after theif arrival to be Joined in the holy hs,s
of matrimony after the fashion of a cbr;o,;..,
civilization. "Sanap and hisMifs and NJ tls1onas
says the Mail, are the happiest mortals 70 h.
found hsreabouts, and no talk of the cold mir.
ter chills their enthusiasm for nlopent B Tg'ls-s
ER-The Bangor Evening Times. az F,; a. z
contained thirteen lines in relation to the Pub
fishers Convention, and a whole column ahaut
the clambake. We hope this does not ind;cata
the relative importance Of the two .,,f 'as
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-18
c Ilsda is s0s ~ hsaaal Cd INV y31 9taiiv s51;
IT 8 II "A r PsS lea AZ
TONIC .s+BITTERS.
Halls Rubber EMPORIUM,

Is ut i47 Middle Street. where every variety Of Rub
bsr Goods be procured at Manufacturer prices.
Their assortment Of Rubber, ,eweiry and Fancy
Goods is really magnihee, 1t. ,Sf june2sti a
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-18
MARRIED.

In Westbropk. Sept II, by Rev Alex Burgess Cyrus
Hamilton nsley, Of Boston, and Miss Mellow Brown
of Portland. r 49,. !, .r,lll -
In Augusta, Sept o. ROMANCE M Waolburn an,,
Annie Church. 3 s-rss - \, -. - - -,
{, m Belfast ssPt George W Eaton, II waldo. and
IN Belfast Sept 4, Frank Follett and Nettle II.
Carter - ~ e-t9tIo ~ ' - ~ -, = - : <
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-18

COLGATE'S HONEY SOAP!
THIS teiebtted f6iet Soap II such universal
demand, is made from the choicest materials, is
mild and emollient in its nature, agrantly scented
and extremely beneficial in itsFact upon the shin
For sale W al Drat5gisss aaa Aanct GooA?s Dealers
june31d1yr .4...s.. -,a.rt dsffgf
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-18
nHostsEter,s Bit.erss 3 On the Battls-Eield..

HAdM HEIHTW UHE llAj l.
Hostetter's Bitters on the Battlefield.
1t is satisfactory to know that our field hospitals
are no longer unsupplied with tbs @ saving prepa-
ration. Soldiers who. aspiiySts sitizens hadbecOmo
acquainted with its properties, have many Anstan
oes made special request thai HoSTEl ~
CELEBRATED STOMACH RITTERS might be
added TO the medical stores Of their regiments, and
fhsf xishss have not bset a As A1eaAs
Of sustaining wounded men on the Pattle-telds and
of enabling troops to bear iltigpihg marches under
blazing sun, i has been strsns4u4ly recommended
by distinguished medical men, and the prospect Is
thaft win eventually sdpersede an the adaiteraied
tinctures. lqgdss end ldNgegeas IOsies that have
heretofore been considered medical staples The fact
that small quantity Of the Btters mixed with water
om any Of the Southern or Southwestern rivers win
prevent it from affecting the bowels or the liver,
should be borne inpird by Army physicians soldiers
and an WHO have occasion to visit those portions Of
our country. The man who uses Hostetter's Bitters
in conformity with the directions may set at defiance
Intermittent Fever and all other diseases generatd
by the asGp # az 4wh0lqApRf asn0sppero upon
an overtaxcd Frame
.-New York House ,5s Cedar Street. NJ VI b I
Sept rs d&w1wf - -
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-18
sPEo5TI:AL NOTICES. q


HalI'sfvegatabIe sieilian ahir Renew
or has pfoyed itself to the most perfect prepara
ton for The hair ever Offered to the PUBLIC
-Itisa vegetable compound, and contains nO-inju-
rious properties whatever.
1T WILL RESTORE GRAY HAIR TO ITS ORIG
It will keep the hair from falling out.
ntcleanscs the scalp and makes the hairlsoft, lns-
trous and silken.
Hisasplendid hair dressing
No person. eldpr youn.s shpala fail to use it. ;
ff is REcoMMENDED- and USED BY THE
FIRST MEDICAL AUTHORITY. sAs%Ra
~ Aslyfor Balls sicIlian- Hair Rehewsr. and
take ne otlier. a. 81 = - - -
r. P. HALL & CO.,
Nashua, N. H., Proprietors.
ulsttPpr SAFE py DruggistsoS s,auglesndAEsm
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-18

sstEaEts New YoTk for HAstol, BE schs Ellzabsth
tor Boston john. Falksnihm, Ezabethp 0rt for do;
henrietta, 5ameA DO TOR Newburypoft Hardscrab-
Dle Sreg}ry, I'M Aoston iDT Richmond n Kate Went
WORTH ,An4ns, d9 Rr Baltimore; Jos lsh Halt and
calaIs I jSH Sst iOr Phiadelphia; Tyrone Berry
= Sailed 18th, big Edwin Kennedy; schs Rocket.
Satharne beais, Sea Flower, Eugene, Freik Reed
Mary, Melbourne, Julia Ahria Hannah Pearl IAN.
ra Jane, Franklin, Saml Loud Hannie Wesibrook
t p t ISnnsant keciasko Ned Sumter, WIZ
BOS1ON-Ar 18th, brigIIenry Ieeds vvb,tt.nor
Rond0ut; schs American Eagle, Shaw ihiladelnIia..
Anna Gardiner, knowles,lnd Hattie Baker Trdisyen'
do; William, Fletcher, dc; f. Arcularus. Iackson'
New York Augusta, 6etheils do; N .Jones- fsnss
Hapcock; Essex, Linneli fremont; Lexington, Al
Ian, RoCkand 5Branhall, Sawyer, and J Bafer, Bar
CID 18TH barqper Commerce, Robinson, New Or
leans; brigs j w DriskC C0ggins, Baltimore; Rio
Grande, Williams, Portlaadj sch Della Kinds, Wells,
Calais. ilin pos Gmg iiN siilae t .t
Sid, ship Zephyr, oavate Talavera. nll
AT 18th, brig II Kennedy Geysr, Philadelphia;
Eiizabethport; Catharlfs Beals, Haskell, Rondout
Oceaiiiea. Wndlienba h, Wad0b0ro; Florida, Kelley
EllsMorth; y Warren, Sargent, and Florence, CROCK
ett Bangori Yankee, frisbee, and Henry, Carter,
do pembroke, Hersey Pembroke; Trader, Pratt,
nocZana; glide, hhskdl, do Yankee, hnrding, I'M
Bucks GityiPont, Matthew'S FIN Belfast; Gen
sT Bah n feaa ss D s I'm Portland; Olive
Elizabetii, Randall, Portland; Ocean, Pierce, ffom
CID 10th, bargue Undna, Glover, Cisnfhegos; schs
geo Allo2r1i, Norwood, Eastport; TRIDENT, Canary
HDSa 3sa,, nqgnum Bnum Rich, Bangor; Planet
- BATH-Cld 10th, bmque Frank Maria, stinson,
4
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-18
!Fs5sa. worn, faro. Z, Ia. .,,.'

.aoisaIsbIsa9a g NEW York, Sept 49,
Charleston papers Of the 18th state that ex-
Governor Aiken received full and complete
pardon from the President on the 18th inst.
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-18
New Advertisements.
Letters Remaining Uncla,med

IN THE POST OFFICE AT PORTLAND, stAts
~ To obtain any Of these letters. the anple.n,
must call for "AdvertisSd Letters" give the date IL
CHS list, andpsy ONE CENT for ADVERTISING.
~ II not called for within ONE MONTH. thsv win
be sent to the Dead Letter oaaee.
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-18
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.

bar eHiw Hausrtiserhas wisely returned 10
the water question and the interests of Port
land. This is better than the discussion of re-
construction, particularly such reconstruction
as that paper seems to favor. ~ no
There is fellow up town who excuses
himself for drinking, whiskey on. the ground
that all the water of the city may be required
for the engines in case of fire. He is decidedly
thouphtfuIlec Hasd ed ,eaoi 20 oaH 1l'nleq a91s
ii Ee si54eQ H5 lnl1Gru 1ntpe
BB We understand that the Cumberland
County Cattle Show and "A Agricultural Fair
will take place in Gorham, Oct. 4th and 9th. e
" a gentleman from the lower Kenuebec
region gave it as his opinion Saturday, that the
Oldest inhabitant never knew the earth SO dry
as it is at the present time. III
BB@fhep Passport Sentinel states that Mr..
Thomas Frosted Perry, came to a shdden death
ON Monday morning of last week. The even
ing previous, while taking a walk, he had occa-
sion to get over fence. He had thrown one
leg OYER and was Ia the act Of lifting the other
over, when he lost his balance and fell back.
wards uponhis head, and so injuring his neck
as to cause his death the following morning al
four O'clock. Mr.. Frost was one of the Oldest
citizens of Perry, his age being 70 years, 8
zmnnthe
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-18

Miniature Afnnahnei I. September IS.
Sun rises. ..,,......5 .43 Moon rises.. 427 AM
sun sets .iA ..G94 High water & L ,fsIOAM
The Portland daily press., 1865-09-18

aS A N American Girl to do house work. Inquire at
IN NO. ~ Winter Sc, between thc h ours t-z or
81 +. NJ Must come wen recommended