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The Portland daily press., 1869-12-25
Poetry.

Our Christmas tree is decked once more,
In low we meet around;
1t tells Of brighter things in store,
Let songs of praise Iesound!
Our Christmas tree is fresh and green,
While skies are cold and drear;
Its harvest store of fruit is SEEM
When Winter blights the year
Our Christmas tree is shining bright,
While evening SHADES surround;
Tins God doth give his children light,
When darkness falls around.
Kind friends! whose hands have decked this tree,
Our grateful thanks receive;
Yet Lord! for Christmas JOYS, to Thee
Our highest praise we give.
When Rosemary, AMI bays the poet s crown,
Are bawled frequent cries. thu ough all the TOW
Then judge the festival OF Christmas near
Christmas, the joyous period of the wear,
Now with bright holly all your temples strew!
With laurel green, and sacred mlsletoe;
Now, Heayen-b born Charity! thy blessings shed;
Bid meagre Want uprear her sifkly head;
BID shiyerng limbs be warm; let Plenty Do"i
IN humoe roofs make glad the neeuy soui!
See see! the heaven-born malu ler dressings shed
Lol meagre Want uprears her slckly head;
Clothed are the naked, and tue needy glad,
While selfish Avarice alone Is sad.
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-25


ington, and all the principal points
West, South and South West,
Via Taunton, Fail River and Newport.
Cabin, $500; Deck $500 Baggage checked
throngh and transferred In tree OF charge.
New York trains leave the Old Colony and New
port RAILWAY Depot, corner OF South and KneelaHd
Nj, arriving In Fall River 40 minutes In advance Of
the regular Steamboat Train, which leaves Roston
az 80 NJ, connecting at Fall River with tha
new anu magnificent steamers PROVIDE NEE Can't
a -; ~. summons, BRISTOL, Capt. W. Lewis
lnese steamers are the fastest and most reliable
ooa's on the sound, built expressly Tor speed safety
ana comfort This lire connects with Ali 'fhe Soma
ern Boats and Railroad bnes from New York Soin~
Mesl And South, and convenient TO the California
"fo shiPpers Of Freisht.v this Line, with
us new and extensive depht RECOMMENDATIONS In Ilos
ton, and ar.e pier In New York fexclusiyeV or M.
business OF he Lneb is supplied with facilities Tor
Height and passenger business which cannot be sur-
pass Fteisht always taken at low rates and for
New York Express Train leaves Boston AZ fsOP
III goods arrive In New York next morning abont a
NJ. Freight leaving New York reaches Boston on
the following day at Gas A NJ
For tickets, bertbs and staterooms applv NJ the
eomPany's Office al No Old State House. corner 81
Washington and State streets and az Old Colony and
Newport Railroad Depot, corner Of south and Knee
land streets, Boston.
Steamers leave New York daily, SUNDAYS exo.n.
ed from Pser 30 Worth River, loot Of Chamber
81, at 400 = Va.
6HO. sHIyERIcK, Passenger and Freisht Agent.
MIR srvo,7s N gJAaiES t,bsk, JR.; President
steamship Co.
Noy5 dfyr
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Norfolk and Baltimore steamshi Lima

Norfolk and Baltimore steamshi Line,
Steamships Of this Line san from end
E4r1s Of Central Wharf, Boston, Tsoice a
W. sjts.f. geek. tor Norfolk and Bqitimore
49, Steamships: =
'Gsorge APpotd," Capt. Solomon Rosres
"Wuttdm laurence" Can't. Nm A. HaIIeff
"Whiidm Kennedy" Capt. J. q. Parker Jr.
nMeCtetan," Can't. Frank ~. HoIres
Richmond, by river or rail and by the Ia 4 Esnn
ar LiRe to all points in Virginia, Tennessee 1La-
odmd and Georgia; and over the Sea5odTd and Roa-
noke X. X TO ali points in North and South C0roiIna
oy the ga, BaLf Ohio r.. r. to Washington and ali
Through rates given TO South and West.
Eiue passenger acco odations.
rare including Berth ana Meals $3.50; time TO
Nqrioik, IS hours. To Baltimore Go hours
For further information apply to
Il. SAMPSON, AQeRf
nOtId3m 53 Central WHorf' Rosfo.
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Notice..

1.-THE Alfred street Methodist Fpiscopal Society nj
u Biddeford, will make application to the next
LeglSlauIe OF Maine Tor authority TO repair remodel
OF ieoulld tner Church on said Alfred street, and
ior that purpose, Sc and dispose OF the present
Ouureh builomg. or TO assess the pews thereof and
10 10 all things necessary tor the finishing FUR
nlshlng such church building upon the site OF the
present church, as the Parish Society shall de-
Biddeford, Nov 10, 1869.
LEONARD ANDREWS,
DANIEL POND,
HORACE FORD,
JAMES ANDREWS,
WILLIAM X. FOGG,
GEO. w. HATCH,
SILAS p. ADAMS,
ROBERT ADAMS
STEPHEN LOCKE
nol6t trustees OF said Society
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-25

Al Wis hare committed ar szcsss Of ar tad.
neither IL be The solitary vice OF youth or tbs tre
Fg reoake OF misplaced confidence In raatureF Fesfr
SEEK fOE Az AErLDoTE IN sKAsoS
las Pains snd Aches, and Ladsifuds anu NsEgcss
PFosuation thar Hsy follow Impure Cotton
sre the BarometeT 20 the whole system,
Do net wait for The ccnsumration thar ia sure ~ s
lovi Go not wait for Unsighfly Ulcsrs toy
nzsSlsd Limbs, for Loss Of Beauty
nd Tor NH.
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-25
Castles SO sse 2zblae,

CNeszu4 so Eho 2 zbAaas
Eysfy Intelligent and thinking person must Know
nst remedies handed out for general shoud have
their efficacy established by well tested experience in
the hands of regularly edacated physician, vhos-
preparatory studies t him for all the duties he
fulfil; yet the country Is flooded with poor ncstrur,
snd cure-ais, pnrs az TO be the best in the world
which are not onlE eeless, but always lnjurioug,
Ine unfortunate ssss lie PARTICULAR in selecting
ms phy sican, as II 10 lamentabe yet
pie iaet that manv syphilitic patients are made MIC
cradle with rulR constitutions BY maltreafmeut
from INEXPERIENCED physicians IN general practice Tor
PISA point generally connected BY Inc best
dhers that the study snd management OF these core
olan5s should engross ths whole time Of those who
soni1 DC competent xnd successful IN their tresf-
rent snd cure. The ina1psriencei geuerxl nras-;-
uonef haVins neither opportunity uor tlse 20 rSf-
himself acquainted With their ratio ogy common "
Fursues ore system Of treatment in yosf casen vJss
Ing an iDdiserminste use OF ira. EEsss sr4 &c.
g.-ous wcaUGr, The EcrcrET
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DIR. j. Il. HUGHES,
CAN BE yo1ED AT HIS
PRIVATE MEDICAL ROOMS
No. II PrebIe Street,

Next ti.e PrebIe Esoass
VA EEkE be can be consulted privately, and ait
w the utmost confidence By the afflicted sf
hours daily, and from A. NJ. to SPIN
Dr. ~ addresses those who are suffering under thA
smieuoh OF trVate diseases, whether arising from
impure connection or the terrible vice Of seitehnSs
Devotng his entire time to that particular branch cf
ene medical profession be feels warranted in GUSS-
ANfEEiH9 CUEE IN ALL CASES, whether of Ion
standing OF recently contracted entirely the
eregs OF disease from the system and making ps,
feet and PERMANENT CURE.
he would cali the attention OF the ssalotaf N tha
fsct Of HE onessnding and well-earnsd reputation
fufnishnS Auao'ent assurance OF ole skiI ani srr-
CESS.
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-25
ONE GRIP PEB wngr
For Halifax, Nova Scotia.
SEMI-WEEKLY LINE.

SEMI-WEEKLY LINE.
e. y The Steamship CHASE and
Ss~sOax-44M CARLOTTA will leave Calls
n, ftskAN\ Wharf every Wednesday and
g. $500 Z saturday, at q T.. W., for
= Halifax direct, making close con-
neetons with the Nova Scotia Railway Co. Ter Wind
scr; Truro, New Glasgow and oIctou, N S.
heTruInlng viii leave Pryor's Wharf, Halifux, ey-
4P. NJ. f''"s' NJ
Cabin passage, with State Room, ss.O
Meals extra.
Through tickets may be had on b ard to above
points, " "O0'e
For turtner particulars apply to L. BILLINGS.
Atlantic Wharf, or
No. JOHN PoRTEoUs, Agent.
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-25

xosng nen troubled With emissions "a slesp.--s
complaint generally the result OF bad hahi m
youth, treated seentihcalV and n affsrS cure -
rented OF NO charge made.
Hardly day passes but We ars eoEFulls,i bv ana On
more young men with the Above diseass sevee n,
whom sre as weak and eznaeiated Bs though thew sd
the consumption and by their friends are supposed te
nave IT. AL such cases yield TO the proper and oIIy
correct course of treatment and n si,ars en-
rste TO Te.oire IL perfect hsaltr.
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-25
Dissolution /!
Dissolution of Copartnership.

THE c0partnership heretofore existing under the
firm name of MATHEWS 81 THOMAS, is this
day dissolved by mutual consent.
j. B. MATHEWS,
ELIAS THOMAS, I'd,
JOHN P. THOMAS,
STEPHEN G. DORMAN, .
Portland Dec l6 1869.
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N O TIC Il

motifs e.
The affairs of the late firm will be settled by the
undersigned. who will continue the FLOUR, GRO
Gerry and PROVISION business at the old stand,
No. so Commercial Street, Thomas Block, under the
firm name of Elias Thomas & Co.
ELIAS THOMAS, I'd,
dec22d1w STEPHEN Il. DOkAIAN. .
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-25
1870. The Nxrseru. 1870.

- The best, cIhIeanest and most richly ILLUsTRA
- 20 Nun hLf MAGAZINE FOR CHILDREN,
the last number of 1869 FREE. ''O"' anu se'
de22tiw IL Vasb ~ on OS Si.,. ~,
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-25

g. A good Dwelling House, well finished, and
EB;::I improved. one-aDd-a-balt story, ten rooms,
E.sk. large and good cellar convenient Barn, hard
and soft water and good Garden Lot. Size, 63 feet
Westprook Horse Ears, near terminus, Mor,ill's
Corner. Terms CASH. Inquire on premises of
II. w. MCKINNEY,
dec1Su Morrills Corner, Westbrook.
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-25
eEiaa.s.Aksa fncn

Ihers are many men OF the age OF thtrrx VIA Ar,
troubled with too frequent excavations from tbe bss
Ger, often accompanied by slight smartine or burn
lag sensation, and weakening the system In q man
ner the patient cannot account for. On examining
the urinary deposits ropy sediment vii loften H.
founu, and sometimes small particles OF semen or a.
oumen VIII appear, OF the color will be of Thin milk
ish hue, again changing to dark and turbid apueer
ance There are many men who die of this dificuItv
Ignorant OF the cause, which Is the
skCoED STAGE OF SEMINAL wEAKrEsa
can warrant perfect cure in such cases. and a
ful and healthy restoration Of the urinary organs
Persons who cannot Personally consult Inc Dr.
can 40 80 by writing, In plain manner, descrip-
win be forwarded iulr tala ,eIy, 'S''''
gan correspondence surlctlv coEtasnti.l spd sil
Dc returned, II SsziEe1. A' va
sddfsaSs Oh. IS. y. a06BEb,
no. !EPreble Stress
SAT aoor 10 the Prsbie House, Rer9iaag. No.
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-25

5tsiu > otfsuP tCE ClfcIlHrs
EgectSc EseclicaI Fs,rygssayu.
Tu The. E.ADxcs. "
DH. HUGHES particularly invites all Ladies', woo
need medical adviser, TO cali at his rooms NJ "a
treble street, which they vii find arrensed Tor theT
Or. HIS Eclectic Renovatins Medicines srs ,1n-l,e,
led in efficacy and superior virtue 10 re ruatinS al
Eeinele irregularities. Their action is epecifc and
oerfaln OF producing relief In a short time
LAL1ES viii find IL invaluable Ia an cases NJ an,
after all other remedies have been tried In
gam. It's purely vegetable, containing NOTHING in
the least Injurious TO the health and 115a' 70 IS;
with Perfect safety at all times ~ ~ SD
BY addressing TcR EmGu ~ 9TSSsi0hs.
jsn1. 1865dSFs. No IL pranla Sfr.s+ $3.50,
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-25
Notice,

The affairs of the late firm will be settled by the
undersigned, who will continue the Provision and
grocery business at the old stand Cor. of Cumber-
land and Wilmot streets.
declSd3w ALVIN A LANE
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-25
Notice
Good Stand for n Grocer.

ITO BE LET-Two good stores in Cahoon Block,
next TO City Hal. Capital location tor the Gro
Gerry and provision business. Desirable neiehbor-
hood. Rent low. Apply to VIII JERKS,
nov29dlwteodtf In the block
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-25
FALL RIVER LINE.

For New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
lngt1n, and all the principal points
West, South and South West.
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-25

NJHE two New Eirst-cIass Dwellings,
Il the corner of Pine and Thomas streets are now
ready for the market. Thew are elegantly and dura-
Div built and fitted with all the modern convenenees
Any party desiring to purchase desirable resi-
dence in the best portion oftbe city asked to call
and examine this property. Apply to
my1Ott FRED JOHNSON on the premises
The Portland daily press., 1869-12-25
FOR % AIxE !!

'ENIIE Two Tenement House corner Oxiord and
Myrtle SITS. The present occupant would like
to hire it for one more years.
dec12-e od2y NJ q. PALMER
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-07-15
A Gramnlnrian.

Occasionally there appears an appl =
cant for a certificate t. keep school"
whose eruditiOn astonishes the ''grave
and reverend seigniors" who compose
the Board of School Examiners. At a
recent examination, the Board requir-
ed applicants to write out the parsing
of the words italicized in the follow
ing sentence:
"With grave aspect he rose, and in
his rising, seemed a pillar of State"
Here is the way one of the appli-
cants went through the operation:
"Rose is a verb found in the Indici-
tive Mode Prensant tcnce it is a regu-
lar Intransitive Verb Principal Parts
Rose ROsed Rosed, Second Percean
singIar a greeing with it's nOminative
he, and is a Conjunction Connects to
parts of a centence, in is a Proposition
.shOwes the relation between his and
and"
his is a Relative PronOun of the
third Person singlar Number Masqu =
lin Gender object Case after the Prep
OsitiOns.
Rising is a verb Irregular In'r Esi-
tive found in the Indictive Mood Pres
ent tence."
One of the Examiners says th
Board refused that applicant a certid-
cate!
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-07-15
The History of the Tune of
s.DiXiP.'2

The Memphis Post tells this story of
Dixie:
'In the first place, the song and
chorus of 'Dixie' was composed and
by Dan. Emmett, member
of a travelling minstrel party, who
while at Mobile in the winter of 1S47-
'48, heard some negro labOrer5 singing
ON the levee while loading steam
boat with cotton. The thought struck
Dan. that with a little change of meas
use it could be made a good song and
walk around, which generally winds
up a negro minstrel concert. Dan. ar
ranged it and produced it. II became
a success, and was sung and played
all over the country by all the bands.
"In the spring of 1861, Mrs. John
Wood came to New Orleans to play
an engagement at the Varieties Thea
ire. During the time she appeared in
BrOugham's burlesque of POcahOntas.
At the first rehearsal of the piece
everything went we'll till near the
close of the second act Tom Nc
DOnOugh (now agent for The Letting
welD, the prOmpter, got up a ZOuave
march and drill by twenty two ladies,
led by Susan Denim. Everything ran
smooth, but the music for the march
could not be fixed upon. Carlo Patti
was leader of the orchestra and he
tried several marches, but none suited
McDOnOugh-One was too slow, anoth-
er was too tame, another not enough
spirit. AT length Patti struck up the
negro air of Dixie That will do,
Patti-the very thing" said Tom, and
Dixie was played, and the march
gone through with, and the chorus
by all the characters. AT night it re-
ceived a double encore, and PocahOn-
tas had a rum and from that time out
the streets and parlOrs rang with
Dixie The war broke out that Spring
and the military bands took it up, and
'Dixie' became to the South what the
Marsellaie5 Hymn was to the French.
And that's how Dixie became the
popular war song of the South"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-07-15
A New Version of WOmam's
ISights-A Wife Living with
Two Husbands.

A New Version of Woman Is
IBights-A Wife Living with
Two Husbands.
From the Chicago Evening Post
There is a very remarkable case of
matrimonial felicity ~ in this city
which is not generally known to the
public. In the West Division lives a
woman with two husbands, to each
of whom she has been married in le-
gal form. At the time the war broke
out, this woman was living with her
first husband, by whom she had three
children. Soon after the breaking
out of the rebellion her husband en-
listed, and went off in the role of a
"brave soldier boy" A year or two
after, his wife heard that he was kill
ed in battle. She heard nothing from
him personally, the war closed, and
he failed to write or to report at his
former "headquarters" in Chicago.
His wife now considered herself a
widow, beyond all doubt, and in course
of time she married again. But, a
few months ago, to her amazement,
husband No. l, whom she has mourn
ed as dead, returned to his lOng-de-
serted dOmicile, but, like EnOch Ar
den, only to find his wife the spouse
of another man. But, unlike EnOch
Arden, he failed to die of a broken
heart. A council of war was held by
the three heads of the family, and the
difficulty amicably adjusted. What
to some men and women similarly
situated would have resulted in pis-
tolls, blood and litigation, was settled
readily and satisfactorily by this ami
able trio. 1t was mutually agreed
that both husbands should continue
to be '.liege lords" of the woman, on
equal terms, and she should be the
wife of both husbands.
Soon after the sOldier-husband's re-
turn home, the wife presented to him
and to the world another child, the
offspring of husband No. 2. But this
Circumstance did not seem to disturb
the equilibrium of No. 1, nor the
peace of the household. And there
dwells that "happy family'-One
wife, two husbands, and four children
in a small cottage, as quietly and
contentedly, TO all appearances, as if
nothing unusual had ever happened.
Verify, this is an age of wonders,
and Chicago is the place where they
are to be found.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-07-15

The Josh Billings Papers.

Muny has dun one thing for the
world that nothing else could hav did
so well-it has developed the phools.
The best kind ov advice for me tew
follow il this: "Pay to the order of
Josh Billings so Dollars and charge
my akount.-John Burch." I had
rather hav 10 dollars ov this kind ov
advice than six hundred in Christian
consolation; there is more sassage
in it.
Although mankind worship wealth,
1 will give them credit for one thing
they seldom mistake it for brains.
Most aul the CRATE things hav bin
did by taking the chances. Prudence
haz but one eye, while fortune haz a
thousand.
Ifa man had stumueks and out
sides, thare might be some excuse for
adding 10 thousand dollars more each
year tew hiz pile.
l don't read emmy boldly else's poet
ry but Homer's, upon the same prinei-
pie that 1 alwus drink, when it il just
az handy, out ov spring, instead ov
the outlet.
TreazOn IL one ov them kind ov
stains that wash well.
Ifa man haE got tew be poor aul his
life, amt sure but it would be sum
muny in hiz pocket tew be ignorant.
Fust class virtue is always anxius
tew avoid temptashun.
Yu kant transplant a Yankee suck
cessfully without taking up a good
deal ov the sile with the roots.
Originality in writing IL az difficult
az getting a ishpole by the side ov a
trout brook-aul the good poles hav
bin cut long ago.
1t IL eazy enuff tew get religion, but
tew hold it IL what bothers feller. A
good grip IL better than rubez-yea
than much fine cotton cloth.
I enjoy a good laff-one that rushes
out ov a mans soul like the breaking
up Ov Sunday school; but laff that
Gums tew the surface, az the hiokups
cum, or backs out ov a man, like the
struggles ov a chicken choked with a
chunk of wet dough, 1 utterly lament.
There amt no poetry in poverty,
but any number OV feet ov blank
verse.
When a feller knows he is being
stared at, it makes him ackt az unnat-
ural az though he wuz setting for his
piktur.
am called a "broad humorist," +"
and l am glad ov it; there IL a plenty
ov narrow humorists in the country
without me.
Emmy man who will kompel a Wo.
man tew make O shirt for twenty
cents, ought tew be filed full Ov fish
hooks and be used for bait tew ketch
other sharks with.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-07-15

The plan of afixing the writer's
name to all the articles in the politi-
cal press in Paris, does not, in one
respect at least, seem to work well.
1t leads to continual personal disputes,
and these in not a few cases, are set
tied by swords or pistols. 1t would
seem that publicity would keep wri-
ters from offensive personalities, but
this is not so. The Dotoriety which a
duel gives is saught by reckless aspi-
rants for fame. Itisquestionable wheth-
er for system Of anonymous writing,
though plainly liabl9 to great abuses, as
our own political press shows, is not on
the whole better than that of the
French.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-07-15

Out of one hundred cases Of
doubled barreled gun bursting, it is
said that ninety-fve can be traced to
defects in the left barrel. The reason
is simply that the right is most fire.
quently used and reloaded, perhaps
ten times to the left one being dis
charged once. Every time the right
barrel is discharged, the gunpOwder in
the left is pulveriZed more or less by
the shock, which therefore leaves a
space between the charge and the
wadding by settling. Naturally when
the left barrel is discharged, it fre-
quently explodes. These accidents
can be avoided by sending the ramrod
home with one or two smart blows
into the non-discharged barrel every
time the other is reloaded.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-07-15

The Stamford Conn Advocate is
the medium through which tho faith
ful Sarah exposes the vices of her
faithlcss swain,in the following words:
To THE Whereas, my hus-
band, Edward III, Jones, has falsely
advertised that have left his bed and
board, and that he will pay no debts
of my contracting, &C., this is to in
form the public that the aforesaid Ed
ward II. Jones has neither bed nor
board for me to leave, he having been
living at the expense Of my father
and further, under pFetence of prOcur-
ing money to pay his way to Birming-
ham, COnn., he borrowed q dollar of
my father, and with that paid for this
lying advertisement against me, and
even after that dastardly act, he took
all the money 1 had, and borrowed
every ccut in my mothers possession
and left the town.
For the past three months he has
been kept from nakedness and starva-
tiOn by the exertions of myself and
relatives; he squandered in dissipation
all the money his inbOrn laziness
would allow him to earn.
The scamp need not have advertis-
ed that he would pay no debts of my
contracting, for the public well know
that he would not pay even his own.
Hei is a lazy, ungrateful, loafng
scOundrel-not content with living
at the expense of my relatives and bOr-
rowing their money, he publishes an
outrageous lie. His bed and board !
indeed!-if left to himself, his bed
would be nothing but a BOARD, and 1
should not be much surprised if the
bed he dies in were made of boards
with q strong crOss-beam over head.
SARAH a, JONES.