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The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-21

It is said that in dockyanl Of England, "A
ship OF many thousand tons was once built,
and large multitude had assembled to
witness the launching. The wedges were
knocked away, hut the immense mass 70.
mained motionless. Before a feeling oi
disappointment began to manifest ITSELF a
liule boy ran forward and commenced
pushing against the side Of the vessel. Ills
efforts excited tho ridicule Of the spectators,
but he turned Indignantly toward them
saying: ~ can push pound" and con-
iinued bis exertious. They were all that
were needed to overcome the friction md
soon the hugo ship yielded to his pressure,
gracefully glidcd into the waves. 30 many
A great and noble cause stands motionlesr,
when perhaps the efforts Of child would
have overcome tho obstacles that hinder its
progress. A single grain will turn a nicely
balanced scale. A single word or action,
or glance of The eye, may be fraught with
ines,imable consequences. We cannot I've
the Judges OF the amount Of our influence.
We know not how mulch Il accomplislIes.
We cannot be aware through what circle
It may spread.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-21

A MASONIC Pisa good story 10 told Of
confident individual, evidently we'll Ircad
up" In the mysteries. who applied at tho
outer reception.room Of Boston Masonic
Lodge for admission. An eminent brother
who was quietly sitting there, but who
made no sign that no wns anybody, request.
cd the stranger 10 be seated, and he would
send in for proper persons to examine tho
credentials Of the visitor.
10, It's no matter about that; I'm all
right" said the applicant, making sundry
extraordinary passes with his hands, and
contortions Of visage.
"That may be, but I think they always
examine strangers who desire to visit tho
lodge" said the attending brother.
"Well, I'm ready for EN-" said tho Wis.
itor, confidently.
"Glad TO hear it-that Is quito an elabo-
rate breastpin you have there" said the
other, looking with some interest at q big
gilt letter G, which tho visitor had conspic-
uously displayed upon his shin bosom.
"Yaas, that's a Masonic PIN" replied
the wcarcr, swelling out his breast.
"Indeed! Letter G-well, I suppose you
know what that mcans?"
20, ycs-certainly-letter G-sdnds for
Gsr,isdiem-sorter headquarters ot rs Ma.
sons, you know"
The querist didn't know il, and The ap.
plicant, Il 10 almost necessary to state. did
not get any further into the lodge.-Com.
mnodi Bulletin.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-21
NUMBER IS.
ne crsps Of 1858.

Full details Of the crop reports from all
parts Of the country arc printed. The
wheat crop Is larger than last year u West
Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri. Kansas,
Utah. Colorado, Montana, Illinois. lows
Wisconsin, Minnesota, New York, Pennsyi.
yania. New Jersey, Mnine, Massachusetts,,
Connecticut and New Hampshire, and tho
quality is excellent. In Georgia, South
Caroline, Alabama and Texas, tho reports
arc not 30 good, the yield being Indifferent.
In Louisians, Arkansas, Kentucky, Missis.
sippi, Maryland, South Western Virginia,
Central Tennessee, Noul, Carolina, Della
ware, and Vermont, the crop 10 an average
one.
Oats-ln Kentucky, Tennessee, West
California. Indiana, Ohio. Missouri, Kansas
Ohio, Nebcssks. lows, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa. Vermont, New York and Illinois, 60.
pecially In the latter Staies, the yield is
large. while in Louisiana. Mississippi. Gcor.
gia, Florida, South Carolina and tho South.
ern States Il will not be moro than an ave.
rage crop. The rsins lately have injured
the crops in New jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland and Maine. Tho bar.
ley crop will DO an average one.
Com-This crop Is very large and the
quality remarkably good. The yield this
year will be fully one.third moro than last
year. This 10 especially % In the Southern
States.
Moro than an average crop Of hay will
be realized. In Pennsylvania, New jersey,
New York, Indiana, Ohio, Delaware and
Maryland. tho yield u very large and excel.
lent.
Cotton-Reports about cotton arc very
encouraging, and fully an average yield 10
expected. In parts Of Florida the caterpil-
lar is doing damage.
sugnr promises well, but very little d
PLANTED.
Fruits arc almost q total fnilurs, especial
" in the Middle States. Tho peach crop
will not bo half what it was las year. Ia
the extreme South Il looks better. In New
York apples look better than almost any.
where else.
The potato crop is generally large and
good.
Heavy mildew and lice have killed tho
hops In Pennsylvania.
The crop report from Massachusetts,
Connecticut and Rhode Island Is ss FOL.
lows:
Wheat-Tho crop is about tho average
quantity, and little above the avenge In
quality. -
Coal is Of good quality. There Is dc.
crease Of 1885 10 the number OF acres plant.
ed in Massachusetts, in Rhode Island dc.
crease Of l7l9 acres and in Connecticut Q
decrease Of 95ll acss.
Rye, oats and harley promise abundant
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-21
Al,bou,h Gen Cmn, ha, r.eommende,

Although Gen Grant has recommended
to ths President tho remission Of the pen.
aliiss and the releasc from imprisonment OF
al persons now in con6nsmcnt under scn.
tence by Military Commissions organized
under the Reconstruction acts, We do not
find single Democratic paper sPplaud'ng
his course, The professions nsds y "ese
Coppsrhcsd josrnais ofsymp.thy with Tho
Southern people arc lslss' md. and merely & 10.
tend to gain votes. Gen. Grant mas SHOWN
more practical sympathy, and given more
evidence Of kindness toward tho Rebels,
than sli the Copperhead writer's and poll.
tieisns combined. HE course hes been
s;nsulsfly rnssnanimous, and yet be is do.
noSneed % seeking their murder OF ban
isbmsnt, and The eop6soaton oftbsir prop
say-G Y. TE5sas. t,,,.-.,.. ,s,,.,
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-21

time OF prevent tiresome waiting and anIi.
ety.. Trifles arc strangely linked In this
world" Dir. Montrose spoke like the
prompt man he was. carrying his careful
regard for Others rights into most minute
circumstances.
ELLA Is q most reliable friend, papa, snd
most conscientious o. regards what other
people would call small duties, said Anna,
10 an expostulating tone.
2 ELLA hinsell Is ono Of the sweetest sud
best girls In the world 7" said Mr.. Montrose,
very heartily. VI was not at all personal
In my remarks. ] was dealing merely with
generalities. and have no doubt Ella had
tho best possible excuse. Something else
might have detained your mother as well a.
the proposed cull."
It does seem very little thing TO have
said, ~ will call to sec you in the morn
Ing" and then to have let circumstances
hinder; hut that night as Ella hinsell turn.
el unea.iy on her pillow perhsps some Of
the dclicutely linked circumstances struck
a finely balanced spirit chord rendered
more sensitive in the realm Of sleep. Per.
haps disturbed vision Of heavy hearted
Marceline returning to an unweleome
bone from sheer discouragement, while
alear Mrs. Montrosc turned wearily TO
cares she hoped to have found opportune
relief from, Jared upon generosity. The
girls disappointment, Il Is true. was but
transient, but what could atone for gentle,
loving Sophy's momentsry feeling, though
directly plli away as treason to her friend.
''lf ! were well and companionabls as ]
used TO be In the old, pleasant times, Ella
would not have le0 without seeing NO."
! Are not words Of unkept engagements
among the "idle words" Of the yet unrcn
dered account?
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-21
Negro we.

GLOW much will you charge msssa mag.
istratc, to marry me and Miss Dinah p
"Why Clem, Ill marry you for two dol
lars."
1.-TWO dollars! What you charge to
marry white folks, NASSAU"
ave generally charge them five dollars,
Glenn" -,
We'll. you marry Us like white folks.
and III give you five dollars, too."
"Why, Clcm, that's curious notion but
a. you desire Il. will marry you like tho
white folks for Ave dollars"
The ceremony being over, Glenn and
Dinah being one, tho magistrate asked for
his fec.
"Oh! no, msssa, you no como up to do
'grement-you no kiss the hride." -.
"Get out Of my Office, you black rascal"
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-21

An editor says that man in New York
got himselfinto trouble by marrying two
wives. A Western editor replies by assur
Ing his contemporary that good many men
had done that same thing by marrying one
A Northern editor retons that quite mum.
her Of his acquaintsnees found trouble
enough by barely promising TO marry, with
out going any further. A Southern edito!
says that friend Of his was bothered
enough when simply found In company
with another man wife.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-21

Ifyou expect 70 win just 70 10. People
who IN on back seats and lodge In stties
rarely amount to much. The world = NOT
conducted on sow principles, and coaches
OF that style went out Of nso long $50.
The 70 In and win figure Is tho only ono
that counts and every fyuo telig tells a
rood sory. Always trsvel on that route.
and you'll sst ihere on sny othsf, you
may reach somewhere sfer dark, but you
arc not quite certain. Winning is going,
and going is wining. lf you won't eco u.
other people will. These are new times
gay as d ssl with hes feathers oil sP. These
sre 70 times. Organs may hsvs the.r seps;
b,n people mus no. lfyousIRsct 20 WIN,
70 in In and on and up. Ihats Jour
son, lust a. you sre going. .f..r
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-21

Important Observation-Disclosures eoifeurs
can dress the head and curl the front ol
their offending7 Whether a glazier can
give a window a glass too much Wheth
er Il il comfortable porinon for the man
who hides his head under b,sheR Wheth.
any man ever kicked sneaking kindness
Whether modest request ever b'ushes
Whether one would not get fatigued by
constantly having an enemy on the hip /?
Whether o half:and half measure held an
imperial pint? Whether it - q fragrant call
ing 10 be always smelling rnt? Whether
sweeping charge is the amount exactcd
for cleaning one door stepf
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-21

Au old lady once ,riuInphantIy ,Polntec
TO tho Epistle OF tho Rsmans," and ssted
whcro ono could DO found sddresssd 70 the
Prolssiut,7 This was equalled by an old
negro Baptist at the South; who s.lo % hs
master, "a Methodia,l "You,ys w. ,esd ihe
Bible, 'spose." YES wen you've
read in !, Of ono John tho Baptist, hasn't
you ?" "Yes.""weIl, you never saw moth.
}ng sbou, no John the Methodist, did your
mNo." swell, den, you SEQ derc's B,p,ist
in The Bible, but dere amt no Methodists ;
and do Bibles on my side"
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-21
among the very first
Always s,,spee, a man who affects xres,

Always s''spee, a man who affects great
sof,ness OF manner, an unr,ffled evenncss
oftemper, and an enunciation studied, slow
and deliberate. These things arc oil unnst-
ursi. and bespesk degree Of mental disei.
pine into which he thai has no purpose OF
craft or design 10 answer cannot submit 10
driIl himself. The most successful knaves
arc usually OF this description ) - smooth
- rasors dipped In oil, and q sharp. They
affect the innocence ofa dove, which they
have not, 10 hide tho cunning Of serpent,
which they hare 1,r =, t.... 8 sf.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-21
Two penous Of tho colorod psrsusl

Two persons Of tho colorod percussion
got into an alteration a. New Orleans,
when ono drew what the Other supposed 10
be a sluug shot. The unarmed African at
once took to his heels, pursued by his
enemy. The latter, overtaking him, flung
bis "sIung shot," Fair and square it bic
the mark, covering bis head with Q soit
substance not unlike human brains. The
4wounded" darkey stopped instantly. ran
his hand over his bead, thon examined II,
and splutiered out, Showed " you sin't
knocked my bruins out, an dey smells like
bsnanss, tco.'
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-21

A council Of about 6o00 Indian warriors -.
semblad st Fort Learned arty In July 70 meet
Gen. Sully. Most Of The tribes were miien and
oroo bsssup provisioos are scarce sad govern
nsnt has not given them the stipslstsd arms
nd smmuuition. Many oe the reported Indian
outrasps and murders are denied bJ Gen. Sally,
but k = admitted thst some q fthsm arsstsaling
everything they can lay thdr hands On. An q
ouist now, but troublA wf1l follow unless provis-
ions, arms and ammunitioa ars more plenty.
On. SAannn has ths nsans 70 syat I'll dr.
sultiss and ths Indian burssa Sesk assured that
- vm uss hb means jadicieasiy, ,,,...
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-21

A r,ntIemsu OF Boston, says tho Adcer.
h;,er Of Of that city. whose ctfistiau name was
,be anne q that of tho younger Weller,
Will rrcovsring from sn sitsok of sickness,
rsosivsd note IRON friend eovshsd 10
ths 6slIowing lsconic terms; "Sam-u'elr
Tho reply. came promptly N the afne
br,sf sty,e1"6sm Weller"
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-21
Sss. soys, lhrss cheer. for 0~sm and Csi'
6S-htp!

Nsr, boys, three cheers for 0raW and Csi-
6e-htp!
Hurrsh Hurrsh the Boys In Blue are
coming In their might,
In soldier columns, arm and true, to battle
for the right.
Brave boys are they, and well they know the
country's chiefest want;
The air resounds. where e'er they 60, with
cheers for General Grant.
F'. CHORUS.
Hurrsh Hurrah mislesd the boys you can't,
Forsver true, hey wore The Blue, and fol-
loved General Grant, "r'l
Hurrah !Hurrah deceive them now you can't
Tho boys In blue, forever true, VIII fol-
low General Grant
Hurrsh Hsnah HarrshI
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-21
CHARLES HARDY

.nFFERS SIX STORE LOTS FOR SALE
" OR LEASE, located on Adsms' street, mont.
log City Building and square, sfloinng Biddsford
Also, House or srORE LOr, oa washlngtou
street.
Also. HOUSE, LOTS on Granite. Alfred and at.
Also. moUsE AND LOT In saeo. on rhorntoa
Avenue.
Tor particulars call ., his Vfiee, No. . lincoln
street 5n
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-21
Trifi0hf Dreanss.

Triitghf Dreams.
IT ApELAiDG A. Pnocfsl.
TIE shadows were dancing, waving
whiis the nrellghts nickerins sieams
Lit up those two still faces,
Dreaming their twilight dreams
The dreams Of IN aged woman
And young girl, side by side'
Age 10 is calm rrsignsiicnj
Youth, In IL confident pride.
Forth 10 what comes 90 qu'ekly-
RAek 10 what ned 80 fAst,
Que divining her future
Oue resrettips her past
Yet - I salei and watched them,
ny the Hrelights glaneing fame,
Ia~ the two dreams they were dreaming
And 10 they were both the sams.
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1868-11-20
RIDGWAY ELKiCO PA, FRIDAY, NOV 20, 1868

water. He was a sailor, sir, and had little
to leave me but his memory and my poor
clasp. oh, sir, If it is lost | never shall for
give myself for Offering to pledge it. But,
sir, our extremity was very great"
Colonel McHenry stopped at the Justice S
Office, and briefly and clearly made his COM
plant, and in a few moments Mr. Brochard
was brought into the presence of the magis
trate.
He appeared to be in great tiepidation and
was pale as ashes he had been suddenly
taken without warning from behind the coun-
ter, leaving his shop in charge of his aston
ished assistants Colonel MclIenry and the
young lady, being sworn deposed that they
last saw the clasp on the show case, where
each went out and left it the former further
deposed that he had not gone three steps
from the door before he returned and found it
missing, and no one was in the vicinity but
the defendant
The goldsmith was then called up to be
sworn to his knowledge of the facts. lie ap-
preached the stand where the magistrate held
the Bible, laid his hand upon it with per-
ceptible tremor of the body but love of
money was stronger than the fear of the law,
and he took the oath. 1t appeared as if he
would sink through the floor when he took
it, but the moment it was done he recovered
his audacity. At this moment an officer who,
at the suggestion of Colonel McHenry, had
been privately dispatched by the justice with
a search warrant to the shop of the gold.
smith, now entered and placed something in
the magistrates hands, after briefly whisper.
ing to him.
"Did you ever see this gold ornament be-
ncl,a ,a1 hn nictru 70 hold
clasp before the young lady's eyes.
"Oh, it is my clasp-it is my clasp!" she
cried, springing forward
d" Yes-it is the same" answered the Col
onel.
" Aud did you ever see it before?' de
manded the justice, sternly, holding it in the
| direction Of the goldsmith, wEo had seen il
at first, and was appalled, with fear and con
sternation. Instead of replying, he uttered
a wild hystercal laugh, and fell his length il
in convulsions on the floor
He was q few weeks afterward taken from
his prison and tried for perjury; but his rea
| son fovsook him and he is now al inmate OF
/ the madhouse. Thus avarce, and parsimony
and Indifference to the sufferings of the poor
are punished in this life; the acts of the sci
| fish man will show how acquisitivenesB, j
wrongly directed, is fatal to the possessor
Colonel MclIenry proved to be bachelor
and though little over thirty, his hear
was keeny alive to all the sensibilties o
our nature. He could feel for the down
trodden poor, and sympathize with unfor
tunates. TO this truth none could more at
test than the young friend of the COLDER
clasp, for ere two moons had elapsed, she re
joiced in the euphonic title of Mrs. Colone
McIIenry. surrounded with all the appliance
of wealth that grateful heart could enjoy
or even wish. Her poor, afflicted mothe
was we'll provided for, when she recovered
her health, and happiness and prosperit.
smiled upon all. .H ...
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1868-11-20
FUN AND ISCELLANY.


Chicago rejoices in twenty-five miles of
new sidewalks. HH
An Illinois girl, who has lost Arr speech.
has had forty offers of marriage. M a ......
A Vermonter has grown III sevan years
beard three feet and half long
A marriage took place in Thol.SLon, Me-,
last Saturday, in which the bridegroom vas
eighty-five and the bride eighty.
Iudians in Omaha wear pap"r-coilnrs Us
tened with shoe-string, because tney have
no garment ON which to button them
A workman in Louisville, repairing an old
railroad freight car, found in one end rats
nest containing five 500 bills, three OF which
were intere, ,t-bearing notes. .-.
A rural economist has saved money by
digging his own grave, which he keeps nicely
covered with boards, so us to- be ready for
use at any time.
Fashionable earrings in Paris are made in
such curious designs us owls suspended by
the beak, monkeys balancing on a hoop,
squirrels in cages, etc. ...a.. or d
In Hadley, Moss., there is lady 20 years
old who has never taken ride in a stage,
coach, car, steamboat, or and ether species
of public conveyance ..a g .a
1t will be the fashion next winter TO give
large dinner parties in place of the German.
feasts. Young ladies argue that it is less
expensive way of entertaining friends, and
decidedly more sensible. -.. .... ~,
Scene in French Court.-The President
-" Prisoner, did you steal this silver spoon
from this gentleman's house - Prisoner
Your Honor, upon my word l thought it
was pewter" ....... ....I ...
The VEYes DI MEDIef has been measured
again. Its heighth is five feet two inches,
which is good thing for vain short girls to-
remember. Its foot is exactly nine inches
long, being more than oDe-seventh Of the
heighth
The pluck of an expected bridegroom
failed him, just before the ceremony, in
Richmond, the other day, and he sent note
to his waiting bride to- that effect. Her
brothers then soused him in muck-pond.
A quantity of laces and diamonds was re-
Gently discovered in the chignon of suspect
ed French servaht-girl in New York
Another use for this valuable and ornamen--
tai adjunct of female beauty. ..-. ....
Dadanwala Maha Walawwe Wijayasun-
kara Senewiratna Wikkranasiuha Navarat-
| ma Chandrasekara Pandise Wasalamudiyan--
| selage Madduma Banda has been appointed
Deputy Corner for Yattinuwara, in India.
Brigham Young says he would be willing
| to give up half Of his wives If he were Ger
tain they would get husbands who could
| lead them to eternal salvation" In his un,
| certainty he thinks he will keep them for
their own sakes. @
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1868-11-20
Sad Scene in Court-A Woman Setenceo
to be Hung.

Kate O'Brien, who murdered Bridget
McDermot in Buffalo, was on Saturday sem
fenced to be executed on the 18th of De-
cember next. When asked if she had any.
I thing to say why the judgment of the law
should not be passed upon her, she arose and
delivered an incoherent appeal TO the court.
She spoke in a low voice, and her words were
broken by sobbing, so that it was impossible
TO catch all that she said. Its substance
was that she had killed Bridget McDermot,
but that she was so much under the inhu-
ence of liquor that she did not remember
the commission of the deed. She was out
of her senses. She spoke of her children.
of whom she has two, a boy and a girl, and
expressed the wish to be permitted to see
them. She alluded to Nellie Sheehan, 'the
witch of the patch," in whose house the ioul
deed was perpetrated, and charged that she
was the cause of the murder because she
had furnished the liquor. Nellie (the muir
deress said) was a bad woman. Next she al
luded to the woman at whose house she had
obtained the axe, charging the responsibility
of the crime upon her because she did not
take the weapon from her. and made incohe-
rent mention of some other woman, from
whom an axe had been taken under similar
circumstances. At this point she broke
down, sobbing piteously, but recovered par
tial command of herself in few moments,
and went on in q rumbling appeal to all
present. She said there were several old
men on the jury who might meet their
Maker before she did, and they would
then know what she had suffered.
She implored compassion, saying that
she had worked for many respectable people,
mentioning DIR. Rochester, Mr.. Fillmore,
and Others, and they would all testify to her
good character. In the course of her re-
marks she alluded to the possibility of her
never coming out of prison, which showed
that she did not expect the extreme sentence
of the law.
AT the conclusion of her remarks Judge
Masters pronounced the sentence, and as the
last words were spoken the trembling woman
seemed to realize her doom and burst into a
passion of weeping, the sound of her sobs
| filling the courtroom as she was led away.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1868-11-20

ANOTHER CIvILIzING GALLONS SCENE. -
Rufus B. Anderson was executed in Austin,
Nevada on the 30th ult, for the murder of
Noble ~ Slocum. The usual crowd sur
rounded the galows, and the usual military
force and attendant clergymen had been EN-
ployed. After prayer on the platform, the
prisoner calmly addressed the spectators. =
Having finished, he stepped forward to the
railing, and requested that Deputy Sheriff
Taber should put the moose around his neck,
and then shook hands with those on the plat
form. He then took his position on the
trap, and his hands and feet were bound, and
the moose was slipped over his head and cap
drawn over his face. AT the signal the trap
FELL and the wretched yonng man lay stretch.
ed upon the ground, the knot having given
way. There was wild cry and rush for
ward of the crowd, but the people were kept
back by the guard. Anderson was carried
on to the platform, and the moose was again
adjusted around his neck, and the trap fell.
The knot gave way again. and Anderson was
prostrated nsensible. He was carried up the
steps of the platform and seated in a chair,
his face wearing the pallor of the grave,
from which he had been twice snatched.- -
The rope was adjusted the third time. As
the trap fell he swung free, and after slight
muscular movement for several minutes all
was over.