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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-01-14

DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED ~ p.,,,-o,.
STATES. District of Maine IN DANhhufItf.
In the matter of William N. Knox, Bankrupt
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, That Petition hay.
l. ing been presented to the Court the goth day
Of August A.D., 1868, by WILLIAM N. KNOX of East
Nachas in said District, Bankrupt praying that he
may be decreed to have full discharge om ali his debts
provabe under the Bankrupt Act upon which order
OF notice was issued from said Court returnable the
through accident and without fault the part of the
Petitioner has not been complied with and said Pcti
toner applying to the Court for order of
tice his Petition October 30 1861 Upon read
ing said Petition anew.
IT IS now ORDERED by the Court that hearing be
had upon the same the first day Of February A. D
1862 before the Court in Portland, said District
ten O'clock A. NJ and that notice thereof be published
in the Machias Republican and the Republican journal
OF Belfast newspapers printed in said District
week for three weeks and that all creditors who
proved their debts and other rerson in interest may
pear to show cause any they have why the prayer
said Petition should not be granted
VIM z. PREBLE,
3w27+ Clerk of District Court for said District
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FOR SALE.

zs-h SCHR "EBEN HERBERTn about Ina
ttons, old measurement, carries 50 M lum
ASK ber well found in Sails, Rigging, Chains
[&&gN Anchors, &c; Enquire Of
January 5, 1869. tf26
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-01-14

An uNkIND ALLUSION. Our brother of the
bddetord Journal, who has been at Augusta in
the iiamlin interest, taking Il hand i'll the Sena-
torial fight, tries to IaCeratc the feelings of a
prominent radical OF Waldo in this stYle:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-01-14

PERSONS at distance can be treated by letter.
CHARLES MORSE, NJ. D.
Physician for Diseases of Head, Throat and Lungs 7
Free St., Portland, Me. w. 10
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-04-24
Feeding Young Chickens.

Considering the rough food employed in
rearing chickens and turkeys, it seems
amazing that people succeed half so we'll
As they do. Young chickens and tender
turkeys require soft and rich food for the
first two weeks, just as much as newborn
infant needs milk. 1t would be just as con-
sistent to gorge the delicate stomach of an
infant with popped corn and candy as to
attempt to rear chickens and turkeys on
coarse and raw meal and small kernels of
grain. And yet such feed is often employ
ed for that purpose, where large numbers
of fowls are produced. But the losses of
young chickens would be much less were
soft food employed until the young birds
have acquired sufficient strength to digest
coarse and hard food. In many instances,
moro than half the turkeys that are hatch
ed are so seriously injured by improper food
that they die before they are one week old.
Indeed, many people will not attempt to
rear turkeys, simply because the young
birds will die in spite of all their efforts to
raise them.
The first food that young birds Of any
kind should receive is boiled eggs. After
an egg is boiled, cut the shell in two equal
parts, and place them where the young
chickens can have access to the soft and
rich food. After they have eaten the egg,
mush, made of equal parts of Indian
corn-meal and wheat flour, should consti-
tute their chief food. If milk can be OBJ
tanned, let it be made into curd. Great
care should be taken, i'll the preparation of
chicken-fecd, to exclude everything that
contains SALT. as only small quantity will
surely kill young turkeys and chickens.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-04-24
Stirring Soil Around Trees.

The opening or tightening the soil around
the roots of trees, either in the spring or
fall, for the purpose of letting in warmth,
and affording freer medium for the ex-
pansion and development of the roots, is
of great value in promoting the health and
vigor of the tree. All trees, whether fruit
or ornamental, young or old, Indigenous
exotic, are vastly benefited by this process.
In old orchards, the soil about the trunks
of the trees, and to considerable distance
from them, in every direction, should be
carefully broken, and the upper surface, to
the depth of three or four inches, removed
in the spring every four or five years. The
eggs of the curculia and other insects, are
deposited in this stratum, and if not removed
or destroyed, will produce insects, the raw
ages of which the succeeding year will be
productive of far greater loss than the ex-
pense of removing the soil and replacing it
with compost or loan. 1t is an utterly
hopeless undertaking to attempt the Guilt
walton of good fruit, when no measures are
resorted to to obviate the fatal ravages Of
this detestible and insidious foe, and the
remedy now suggested is by no means ex-
pensive, if we take into consideration the
advantages otherwise resulting to the trees
from its application.
Any good soil taken from the open fields
or cultivated lands, may be used as a sub
stitute for compost, and very small guam
tity will suffice. Even if no fresh matter
is applied, would recomend the removal
of the surface soil, and would replace it
when convenient. Chip manure, or old
dung covered with straw, answers well for
this purpose.-Cor. Germantown Telegraph.
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NOTICES, &c.
Election of Trustees
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL HOUSES

Chapter t. Section l, of the Public School
Law, is as follows:
''For the purpose of elccting two Trustees
of the School House District, and deciding
such other questions as may arise, election
by ballot shall be held in every such district
on the first Saturday of the month of May,
at Pm, in the year eighteen hundred and
sixty eight and on the fret Saturday in May
in every year thereafter, at which every re-
gistered voter having legal residence therein
shall be entitled to vote. And the School
Commissioners for the several counties shall
give at least ten days public notice of such
elections by advertisements in the newspapers
of the county or Baltimore city. If no cleo
ton shall be had on the day aforesaid then
the Board of County School Commissioners
shall appoint said Trustees
In accordance with the above section of the
Public School Law for the State of Maryland,
notice is hereby given that an election will
be held in the several School Districts of the
county, on the
First Saturday Of Nay MEET, ats o'clock Pm.
As there appears 20 be no appointment of
Judges of Election in the School Law. the
election may be held in accordance with Arti-
Gle 81, Section 6, of Volume l of the Code of
Public General Laws of the State of Mary
land, which is as follows:
elf neither of the judges so appointed
shall attend aforesaid for the space of one
hour after the time herein prescribed for
opening the election, it shall be lawful for
the justices OF the peace for the said county
then present at the place of election, or the
majority of them, or for one justice Of the
peace III the event of but one being present,
or if no justice Of the peace be present, for
the voters then present, or 4 majority of
them, to choose by ballot three persons to be
judges of said election, who for that election
shall be vested with the same powers and au-
thority as>H they had been appointed by the
County Commissioners
BY order. JOHN SQUIER,
Apr ), lo69-iw Secretary.
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Sheep Beneficial to q Farm.

The profits of keeping sheep are not at
all to be derived from the wool they pro-
duce, or increase in numbers; for their
manure is one of the very best fertilizers
we have. Although sheep will not thrive
if kept too long upon the same field, yet
the soil upon which they run will increase
in productiveness. Every farmer knows
that moderate coating of sheep manure
will renovate worn soil more than a heavy
coating of barnyard manure, and more
particularly may it be used with profit on
wheat land.
Greater pains should be taken in seasons
when sheep are yarded to secure their drop
pings Straw, forest leaves, ETC., are good
absorbents, and a fresh coating should he
put in the sheds at least once a week.
Before putting ON the fresh bedding, clean
from the surface all that can be removed,
and put into pile, thus keeping the sheds
in healthier and sweeter condition, besides
saving greater amount of manure.
We have heard men assert that they
could make an absolute profit greater from
the manure their sheep would furnish, by
saving both solid and liquid e1crsments,
than from their f1eeces. A farmer in the
east says that he believes the profits derived
from sheep by way of manure will amount
to five dollars per head in value to him
every winter.
There has never yet been one-half the
attention paid to saving this fertilizer
among farmers generally, that there
should have been and we hope the discour-
aged wool growers, who talk about no
profits from fleece and increase, will turn
their attention to bringing their farms up
into higher state Of productiveness, and
make their focks the means of this wise
improvement.
Where sheep are not kept closely yarded,
during winter the flocks may be fed upon
the poorer spots in the pasture when the
weather is fine. A marked difference will
be seen in the growth of grass upon these
plots the next season.-Ohio F.msr.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-04-24
How to Cook Shad.

Shad should be baked, fried Or broiled-
For broiling, remove the roes, clean and
dry thoroughly, cut into straight halves,
and lay with the roses on a well-heated
and we'll CREASED gridiron, over moderate
fire. put the cover on SO that it will cook
through while it is browning, and only
turn once; when it is done, remove it to a
warm dish, spread over piece of butter
the size of walnut, little pepper and
salt, and put it, for moment, in the oven
garnsh with sprigs of fresh parsley before
serving.
Fried .Shdd.-Divide the two halves in
pieces two or three inches wide, salt and
pepper them and put them in a pan, in
which the fat, to keep them from sticking,
has already been made boiling hot; fry \
rich brown on both sides, cooking the
inside first, and serve hot. The roses may
be fried in the same way.
Baked .Shdd does not require to be cut
down the back, only cleaned. the roses re-
moved and the inside filled with stuffing
made of bread crumbs, salt pork, and
onion, sage, thyme, parsley, and pepper
and salt; chop altogether fine, fill and sew
up the shad, and place in pan with three
or four slices Of the pork over it, and the
roes at the side; bake one hour, and you
will have dish fit for an editor.
.SAad Maitre D'Hotcl.-Butter Il pan and
lay the shad in it, with an onion sliced.
bay leaf, five cloves, the juice Of half
lemon a spoonful of vinegar, and two of
gravy; make four or five missions on both
sides of the shad, cutting down to the bone
cover with buttered paper and put it into
a rather slow oven; let it bake twenty min
utes, then take it out, fill the missions with
chopped parsley and butter, and put back
while making sauce of littla butter,
flour, broth, and lemon-juice, into which
pour all the liquid surrounding the shad;
boil up once, dish the fish, and pour the
sauce over it,
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How to Whitewash.

Procure fresh-burt lime, not that partly
air-slacked. The large humps are best
The fine portions and small humps will not
make wash that will stick well. For this
| reason, lime that has been burned several
months is not rs good as that just from the
kiln. Put pound or two in vessel, and
poor on water slowly, until it is all Stacked,
and is about as thick as cream. Then add
cold rain water until it will flow well from
the brush. Stir often when using it. A
few drops of bluing added will give it a
more lively color. One or two tablespoon
fuls of clean salt, and one fourth pound of
clean sugar to gallon of the wash, will
make it more adhesive. If the walls have
been whitewashed let them be swept
thoroughly, and if colored with smoke,
wash them clean with soap-suds A brush
with long, thick hair will hold fluid best
when applying it overhead. If a person
has the wash of the right consistence, and
good brush, he can whitewash large
parlor without allowing a drop to fall
| When it appears streaked after drying, it
is too thick, and needs diluting with cold
water Apply the wash back and forth in
one direction, and then go cross wise, using
paint brush at the corners, and thin
piece of board to keep the brush from the
woodwork, or the border of the paper
Coloring matter may be mingled with the
wash, to give it any desired tint Tomake
light peach-blow color, mingle small
quantity of Venetian-red. For sky-blue,
add any kind of dry, blue-paint, stirring it
well while mixing. To make wash of a
light straw-color, mingle few ounces of
yellow ochre, or chrome yellow. The color
ing matter should be quite fine, to prevent
its settling at the bottom of the vessel.
\ small quantity of green paint and a
! little red will form desirable color for out
door work. The true way to blend colors
is to take a small quantity of the wash in a
vessel and mix a little at once, marking the
proportions of each kind.
When buildings or fences are to be white
washed, prepare the wash as directed
above, keeping it warm when using it, by
means of a kettle or burning coal; and
mingle about a pint of good paste made of
wheat flower with Il gallon of the wash,
and also half a pound of salt and half a
pound of cheap sugar per gallon of the
wash. These materials will make it stick
well, and, if applied quite warm, will look
well and be durable.
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REPUBLIsHRD BY REQUEST.
Over the River.
by MISS PRIEST.

Over the river they beckon to me-
Loved ones who've crOs't to the farther
side;
The CLEAN of their snowy robes see,
But their voices are drowned in the rushing
tide!
There's one with ringlets of sunny gold,
And eyes the reflection of heavens own
blue;
He crossed in the twilight gray and cold,,
And the pale mist hid him from mortal
view.
We saw not the angels who met him there
The gate of the city we could not see:
Over the river, over the river,
My brother stands waiting to welcome me
Over the river the boatman pale
Carried another-the household pet:
Her brown curls waved in the gentle gale
Darling Minnie I see her yet,
She crossed on her bosom her dimpleG
hands,
And fearlessly entered the phantom bark;
We watched it glide from the silvery
sands,
And all our sunshine grew strangely dark.
We know she is safe on the farther side,
Where all the ransOmed and angels be:
Over the river, the mystic river,
My childhood S idol is waiting for me.
For none return from those quiet shores
Who cross with the boatman pale;
We hear the dip of the golden oars,
And catch CLEAN of the snowy SAIL
And 10! they have passed from my yealn-
ing heart;
They cross the stream and are gone for aye
We may not sunder the veil apart,
That hides from our vision the gates of
day.
We only know that their bark no more
May sail with us DER lifes stormy sea;
Yet somewhere, l know, on the unseen
shore,
They watch and beckon and wait for me.
And sit and think when the sunset $
gold
Is flushing river and hill and shore,
l shall one day stand by the river cold,
And list for the sound of the boatman's
oar.
I shall watch for CLEAN of the Tapping
sail;
| shall hear the boat as it gains the strand
| shall pass from sight with the boatman
pale,
To the better shore of the spirit land;
| shall know the loved who have gone be-
And joyfully sweet hall the meeting be,
When over the river, the peaceful river,
The Angel of Death shall carry me.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-04-24
Who do Great Men Marry

Themas Jefferson married Mrs. Martha
Shelton, childless widow. but she brought
him large fortune i'll real estate After
the ceremony she mounted the horse behind
him and they rode home together. 1t was
late in the evening, and they found the fire
out But the great statesman hustled
around and rebuilt it, while she seized the
broom and soon put things in order. 1t is
needless to say that they We're happy
though jefferson died poor man on ac-
count of his extreme liberality and hospi-
tally.
Benjamin Franklin married the girl who
stood in her fathers door and laughed at
him as he wandered through the streets of
Philadelphia with rolls of bread under his
arms and his pockets filled with dirty
clothes. She had occasion to be happy
when she found herself the wife of such a
great and good man.
1t is not generally known that Andrew
jackson married a lady whose husband was
still living. She was an uneducated but
attached to the old warrior and statesman.
John c. Calhoun married his cousin, and
their children fortunately were neither dis
eased nor idiotic, but they did not evince
the talent of the great Estates Rights y
advocate.
Edward Lytton Bulwer, the English
statesman and novelist, married girl
much his inferior in position, and got Il
shrew for wife. She is now insane.
Gen. Sam Houston lived happily with Il
squaw wife. while Gen. Ben. Butler was
divorced from an accomplished lady. Ed
win Forrest, the great tragedian, married Il
beautiful actress, from whom he was di-
vorced.
Gen. Fremont married the daughter of
Thomas II. Benton against the latterS
wish. which obliged him to elope with her
on stormy night The union proved 4
happy one in spite of squally beginning.
Horace Greedy married school mistress
whose beauty was questionable but whose
sense and goodness satisfied one of the
greatest men of his time.
Gen. Sherman married the daughter of
Thomas Ewing. of Ohio, who was MEM
Der of Gen. Taylor's cabinet. This alone
would have been a good start in life for any
young man.
jeff Davis for his first wife, won the
hand of Zachary Taylor's daughter; and
Gen. Grant married Miss Dent, of st.
Louis She apparently has more sense
than show. and is therefore tit for 4 Presi-
dents wife
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Notice to Creditors.

This is to give notice that the subscribers. Of Ceci
county. have obtained from the Orphans Court of salt
county, letters Tcsamrntary the personal estate of
ELIJAH REYNOLDS
late of said county, deceased. All persons having claim
against the said deceased hereby warned to cNhibi
the same with the vouchers thereof duly authenticated
On or before the Ord day Of March. 1870:
they mny otherwise by law he excluded from all benc
of said estate All persons indct, to said
requested to make immediate payment To the subscribers
Given under our hands this 9th day of March, 1860
JOSEPH Z. REYNOLDS.
WESLEY W. REYNOLDS.
Executors of Elijah Reynolds. deceased.
Te>t-REUBES d. jAMAR. Register.
mar d lSGg--6M
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Riddle.

My first is in kite, but not in string:
My second is in winter, as well as spring
My third is i'll owl, but not in spade;
My fourth is in wash, but not in fade;
My fifth is in take, but not in leave;
My sixth is in heifer, but not in beeve;
My seventh is in yours, but not in mine;
My eighth is in shadow, as well as shine
My ninth is in East, also in West;
My tenth is in lazy, but not in rest;
My eleventh is in first, but not in best.
My whole is a proverb. 8. J.. S.
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Notice to Creditors.

This to give notice, that the subscribers. of Cecil
county, have obtained from the Orphans Court Of said
county letters Tcstamenary the personal
CHARLES GAMBLE,
late of said county deceased All persons having claims
against the said deceased hereby warned exhibit
the same with the vouchers thereof duly authenticated
On or before the 9th day of April. 1870:
they may otherwise. by law be excluded from all benefit
of said estate All persons indebted TO said
requested TO mako Immediate payment to the suhscri-
hers. Given under hands this 10th day April,
1869. ELLIS q. CHANDLER,
GEO. F. GAMBLE,
Executors of Charles Gamble, deceased.
Test-REuBES d. LAMAR Register.
auril lS6q-jw
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-04-24

A paper called the h.perialist has just
been started in New York. 1t holds Dem
ocracy to be a failure. and demands that
.'on the ruins of this unfortunate Republic
structure of an empire.'
Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, New York.
Pennsylvania, Missouri, Kentucky, and
ing States. They rank in the order
named.
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80 ACRES OF 1T WOODLAND.
ASSESSMENT APPEALS,

ASSESSORS OFFICE
UNITED STAT INTERNAL REVENUE,
FIRST DISTRICT MARYLAND.
Church Creek, 9th of April 1869.
The Annual Asso>smcnt for 1869. made ly the
several Assistant Assessors. having been completed,
notice is hereby given that the several Lists
open for inspection the Offices of the assistant
and the undersigned will receive and determine. ut
his office Appeals from the decisions OF tho Assistant
ASSESSORS the I'D I'D. 18th and Goth DAYS Of April
from oclork AN To 3 o'clock Pm. of each day.
All Appeals must be made in writing. and specify
the particular cause. matter thing. respecting which
decision is requested. and must. state the
ground or principle of error conn aine,l of
No Appeal will be allowed to any party after the list
containing the Assessment has been transmitted the
Collector OF the District.
TH0S. KING CARROLL Jr
Assessor First District of MARYLAND.
april Il. 1So9-2w
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NOTICE.,

RICHARD G. STOTESBURY for the Use of John Gilpin
JOHN V. REARDON 4 AMANDA REARDON his wife.
In the Circuit Court for Cecil county In Chanccry
No. 15S n. ID.
ORDERED This 24th day of March, the year eighteen
hundred and siNty-nme that the sale made and reported
lay James T. Mccullough Trustee for the sal. Of the
Real Estate of john '. Rcard"n and Amanda Rrarion.
his wife. BE- ratified and confirmed unless cause to the
contrary thereof he shown before the 18th day
May, next provided copy Of this order be inserted in
newspaper published in Cecil county Il week
for month before the 10Th day of April. next.
The Report states the of sales he 100000.
DAVID SCOTT. Clerk.
True copy; test, DAVID SCOTT.
mar y, 1S69-lm Clerk.
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Charade.

My first enables fish to glide,
Athwart and down the liquid tide;
My second is three-sevenths of a nation,
With an industrious population,
Beyond the ocean:
My third when seen around the moon,
Denotes a change of weather soon:
My whole an ornament is reckoned
To adorn my first and second
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Notice ID hereby given to the creditors. endursrrs and
surcrs of JOHN BASTi;I NJ of Cecil county. that he
has applied by Petition in writing TO the Judges Of the
crcuit Court ii Cecil county. setting forth that ho is
lnsp!vent and offering to deliver up for the benefit
his creditors all his property real and personal and that
the First 7hurfdau after the Third Monday ia Jahe.
merit has been fixed for the .ad John BAutrum appear
before the Judges q the Cruit Court county
to answer such intrrrosatories allegations his
tor, sidor'rrs surees may propose age against
him. DAVID SCOTT Clerk
of the Circuit Court for Cecil county
Ell L. lshn-im
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-04-24

Answers to Charadcs in last week $
issue, No. 1. Fool. No. 9. Muffin No 3.
Goldsmith
Answer to Floral Rebus. Gentian, Anne
thyst, Rose, Lily, Aster, Narcissus, Dahla,
Garland.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-04-24

Fields of mcountcd acres lie waste all
around St. Augustine, Fla, but the natives
will not cultivate them, notwithstanding
the proximity of ready market for all
they might produce.
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

W-To any who will contribute an occa-
sional article to this column-once a month
or oftener if SO inclined-we will send copy
of The Win free.