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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-08-16
Somerset County Republican Cons ntion.
OF PARIS.

ouc.ted to send delegates to n Convention to be
held at COburn Hall, SkOwhcgan. Thurs
day, August 18th, at 10 O'Clock \. NJ, for the
purpose Of nominating two candidates for Seha-
tors County Attorney, County Treas urer, and one
County Commissioner. and to transact all other
business that may properly come before the Con-
yention The basis OF Representation will be rs
follows viz: Each town and plantation will be en-
titled to one delegate, and one additional delegate
for every fifty votes cast for Joshua l.. Chamber
lain at the tibernatoiial election of 1865. frac
ton of thirty votes will be entitled to an additional
delegate.
JAMES WRIGHT.
WILLIAM FOLSOM Republican
y. f. BLUNT, County
JAMES b. DAsCOMB, Committee.
HoRATiO n. PAGE,
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DEPARTMENT VI.

MECHANICAL & MANUFACTURERS PRopUCTs.
Best knitting machine, pair scales for fam
lily use, pair farm scales, each, diplomat best
stave machine, sl,ingle machine, clapboard
machine, each, medal; best steam engine
with any improvements, hydraulic pump,
lathe for turning irregular forms, sewing ma
chine, machine for pegging boots and shoes,
wringing machine, OK cart job wagon, double
wagon, washing machine, wheelbarrOw, half
dozen whips, horse names, half dozen horse
shoes, dozen OK shoes, each, diploma; best
OK yoke and bows, s.; best double pleasure
harness, 8; best single pleasure harness, 8 /;
best double work harness, 8; best single
work harness 3 /; best saddle, side saddle. each,
diploma; best display of carriages made in
Maine, from one exhibitor, medal; best sim
gle sleigh, double sleigh, each, diploma; best
lot of furniture exhibited by one person, dip
Iona; best exhibition of sashes, doors and
binds, diploma best furnace or other appar.
tus for warming houses, medal; best exhibit
ton of stoves for heating and for cooking
$50; best display of silver ware, IS; hes
display of britannia, diploma; best display o
cutlery, IS; best display Of leather, medal
best display of boots and shoes tor men.
wear, S5, 3; best display Of boots and shoes
for women's wear, -, 3.
MANUFACTURED by MACHINERY IN MAINE IN
1870.
Best piece cashmere, doeskin, broadcloth
satinet, woolen carpet, not less than twenty
yards, oil-eloth carpeting, fancy cotton cloth
each, medal; best piece wide sheeting, com.
mon width sheeting or shirting cotton drill
ing, cotton flannel, white woolen flannel, rec
wooden flannel. pair milled blankets. woveI
bags, not less than ten, ten pounds cottol
warn. FIVE pounds cotton Irvine, five pound
xoolen yarn, each, diploma. Best display o
millinery, $40; hats and caps, So; dres
furs, IS.
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I. O. of O. F. OGlcers.

AT the annual session of the Grand Lodge of
Odd Fellows, last week, at Biddetord, the toi-
lowing officers were elected:
j. W. Adams. NJ. w. Grand Master; ID.
W. Babb, X. w. Deputy Gra"d Master; q.
A. Callahan, Il. W. Grand Warden; o. b.
Written, X. W. Grand Secretary; 5. X.
Dyer, X. W. Grand Treasurer; J. A. Fender
son. Il. W. Grand Chaplain; T. 7. Parcher,
Grand MARSHALL +. Is. Sawyer, Grand Inside
Guardian; j. b. Merrill and \. Ii. Cotton,
Grand Representatives.
The Grand Encampment elected its officers
as follows:
VIM. Smith, NJ. w. Grand Patriarch; John
Il. Neallcy, South Berw lex, NJ. L. Grand High
Priest; Phineas Batcfelder, Bangor, Il. w.
Grand Senior Warden; Jerome Garland Bid
detord, X. W. Grand Junior Warden; n. q.
Cummings, Portland Il. ". Grand Scribe G..
b. Nash, Portland, X. w. G.. Treasurer o.
b. " httcn, Portland, X. W. Grand Repre-
sentative; Israel Hicks Portland, K. w.
Grand Sentinel.
The next annual session is to be held at
Bangor.
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tile, each, medal; best statement IN the pro-
duction of the greatest amount of honey from
one swarm of bees, reference being had to KIND
of hive and Management of swarm, samples OF
honey with hive to be shown. So; best model
of apparatus for the artificial propagation OF
fish, with written statement OF the expert
ence and result of the exhibitor, SIS; model
of best constructed fish way, 10; best quintal
of Goldfish, cured, 81 kit Of mackercl. 3; box
smoked herring, 2; box smoked alewives, =.
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encd then what does he do but (as hog
sometimes goes through a rail fence), turns
edgewise and slips through the cracks of the
barn. NJ.
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AnecdOte.

Anecdote.
Admiral Farragut's life on earth having
Just closed, it reminds ME of an incident in
which he was interested, and which also
shows the true character of roble man, who
though in an humble position in life, has
caused his light to shine by simple action.
At party given not long since in honor of
Admiral Farragut at the Farragut House in
Rye Beach, the Navy Officers having toasted
and toasted, the Admiral says to the leader of
the Marine Band, Mr. Harlow ''On with the
dance;" he replies, mot until we have had
our supper, and if you please. give US the
honor Of drinking your health" "Certainly'
says the Admiral, bring on my best Liquors
and Wines" Thank you" says this noble
young man, eve are a cold water Band"
and they drank it with water, without single
exception using this beverage.
And here is band whose salary from the
Navy is eight thousand dollars per year.
Where is the man who would have had the
moral courage to have faced a government
officer in the position they both were with the
drink a free gift, and he dependent on the
Navy for his living and had the firmness to
reply in this manner.
Young men; when you are about to drag
down the happiness of your future wives and
.ehldrcn by your present actions, let me as a
lady who abhors such a vice, ask you to re-
member this little act.
A NAVY OFFICERS DA uGHrER.
The news from the seat of war continues
favorable to the Prussians. The defeat
which the French experienced on the 9Th
and 9th grows in magnitude as it is better
seen. Nothi. g prevented it being a
Waterloo for Napoleon except that the
PruSSians were not prepared to follow it
up and take advantage of it. The report
of the capture of Nancy and the precarious
condition of Strasbourg, with the falling
back of the French army, gives Napoleons
chances a more forlorn look and carries
the war with all its ravages clearly into
French territory.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-09-14
Vol. 65.-3335. No. ~.

may well be imagined that after a shower
the amount Of mud brought into house is
sufficient to drive a woman frantic. Then
flies and other insects do so abound, that they
must be constantly fought and cleaned after,
and withal, tho wOter is 20 hard that it can
not be used for washing until broken with so-
da or lyc. The eastern housewife who prid.
cd herself on clothes that came from the wash
ing white as the driven snow, finds II a hard
matter to accomplish that result here. There
is no good, soft grass on which TO spread and
whiten them, but the hot sun dries them very
quickly, and perhaps fierce wind coats them
entirely with dust, whipping out the hens Of
sheets and table-cloths till they have the ap.
pearanco Of being fringed Other things
which tend to make woman's lot a hard one,
will appear in connection with other things.
As to mans labor, if it is from sun 10 SUM-"
as the old proverb hath it, the days are long
and tedious It strikes one very singularly
here that there is no twilight. The sun sets,
and in half an hour it is dark--no long, rest
ful twilight to attend to little odds and ends,
and then sit down for quiet ease Day breaks
in the same sudden fashion; you half wake
from your dreams and il is dark, one more
little nap and presto the sun is up and flies
are buzzing in your face in the most aggra-
waiting manner possible. Thus far the season
in this section has been unprecedently dry,
and generally speaking men say it has a way
Of never raining here except nights and Sun.
days, so that hired men see but little oppor-
tunity for rest. Since last September there
has not been a day when weather would him
der men from work. Not enough rain has
fallen in all that time to moisten the ground
to the depth Of three inches, and the dust is
fairly intolerablc, so that men at work on the
land have sore eyes from it, unless they take
the precaution to shelter them with goggles.
Much land here has been gone over three
times this year, as the spring wheat was a
failure and most plowed it it up and put in
corn, and in many instances that had to be
replauted. This is no country for lazy
man, for though the earth yields abundantly,
it does not do it without solicitation on mans
nart
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-09-14
Special hntioes.
WHAT DOES REASON SAY9

The little mongooso whom bitten by a deadly serpent
resorts to certain plant eats Of IT, and escapes the efec
Of the poison That Is instinct. Human beings tho
other hand must depend reason and experience IN
selecting the of protecting health and life against
unwholosome iniuoncoa Now, what does reason say
this vital subeci Does not tell that 10 nyigorato
and purify the system the best wny to protect against
The Invisible poison which generates dselsol Surely 70
does Tho next question is what guide shall follow
In choosing medicinal safeguard Reason replies lot
your monitor ho experience. We'll, tho experience OF
shctory testimonials assures that losoters stomach
ntters possess strengthening, regulating aud nntsopuc
properties which not combined n the same happJ
proportions In any other preparation oxtunt This.
therefore, De- tho antdoo 10 which bids resort
when our health is imporllod either by the malaria
which produces epidemic disorders, or by any other
cause whether inherent aud constitutional or connected
with our habits, occupations and pursuits.
The of a noxous reptile &. scarcely more subtle
and dangerous than that which Turks n foul air aud i'm
pure water. To escape The fevers, bilious disorders,
disturbances Of tho bowels and othorsorous malades
produced by these usaluhfious elements, II, is absolutely
necessary that the stomach and all the sccrctvc organ.
should be- 40 90 speak 90 robust condition. Upon The
amount of resistance which the vital ystem can oppose
10 the delcierous influences that as.a h The safety of
The health depends and 10 s because the CHEAT yroA
uLE ivvtaonANr impafts energy and regularity TO the
most important functions of The body, unt 70 can De
recommended and guaranteed as an Invaluable proven
dive medicine 3tE
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-09-14

9" If you would only tell me so now and
then, Andrew, It would do me good" Mrs.
Lee arose, and leaning her face against
the manly breast Of her husband, stood and
wept.
What strong light broke in upon the
mind of Andrew Ice. lie had never
given his wife even the small reward OF
praise for the loving interest she had mani
tested daily, until doubt of his love had enter
ed her soul and made the light all around
her thick darkness No wonder that her
face grew clouded nor what he considered
moodiness and ill-temper took possession Of
her spirit.
"You are good and true Mary, my own
dear wife; am proud Of your happiness.
Oh, if | could always see your face in sun
shine, my home would be the dearest place on
earth"
" How precious to me are your words Of
love aud praise, Andrew" said Mrs. Ice,
smiling up through her tears into his face.
" With them in my ears my heart can never
lie in a shadow"
How easy had been the work for Andrew
Lee lie had swept his hand across the
cloudy horizon, and now the bright sunshine
was streaming down, and flooding that home
with Joy and beauty.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-09-14
The Last Uttcrancc on PoIygamy.

At the recent pioneer celebration held In
Salt Lake, Brigham Young spoke as follows
Il want for moment to speak Of what
remarks referred TO- | mean celestial mar
riago plurality of wives, or polygamy |
want to tell you what have done, sent
word to Congress by DR.. Bernhisel, our for
mer delegate, and W. H. Hooper, our present
delegate, that if they would pass law that
every man in this government that is capable
of taking care Of himself shall marry wife,
aud then add a penalty to every man who in
terieres with his neighbors, or with single
women, we will dismiss our wives and have
but one each. But until you do that we will
see you-well, anywhere. We will try and
fulfill the commandments Of the Lord. But
could we not live as other men dot Is it not
my privilege to lead about a wife or sister, a
neighbor's wife or any females, as much as
any other maps1 Certainly but when ! do
it | do it legally and lawfully-not clandes-
timely This is the curse that is upon this
nation, and one Of the greatest curses IN the
sight Of heaven and justice that now rests
on the United States. 1t is their abuse OF
ltluhltN hiillOun VI ilSiu "iS N"'tNNf
cording to their own showing, thousands OF ie-
males hayo persisted in the streets of New
York since we have been in these valleys
probably double and almost treble the entire
number Of females we have in this territory
In our lives and practice we seek to save life
while the world is seeking to destroy life, We
say, Away with wars, away with conten.
tions and disputng," and if two men cannot
agree, pick two neighbors not concerned II
the affair, and let them judge, and be salts
fed with the judgment, and dismiss courts
lawyers and juries. They are blot, a STAN
A nest. They stop improvements wherever
they dwell. Away with all this mischief
and come to The proper standard of civiliza
ton aud live accordingly and when we wan
officers get the best that we can for president
congressman, and for all Offices; put them II
office and let them stay during good behavior
God bless you. Amen.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-09-14
The Imperial Boy.

Doubles. our readers have all heard of the
lad we are thinking off, His name is Louis
Bonaparte, and he has all his life lived in
gorgeous palaces, worn rich clothing, aud eat
en- delicate food The finest horses in the
world have drawn his carriage and servants
always stand ready to procure for him the
least thing that he happens to want lie has
playmates, but they never contradict him nor
dare to cross him in any way, let him do what
he will Moreover, the kings and queens Of
the earth, while visiting his parents have
talked with him, petted and praised him, and
addressed him as " Your Highness.n
Still Prince Louis has alwayshad his troub-
les All the kings and queens in the world
cannot prevent sickness, nor stop its pain
when it comes Louis has suffered a great
deal, probably because he has lived too deli
cately and we do net think he suffered any
the less because every newspaper in the world
published an account of his ill-health And
although his doctors made low bows to him
and called him "your Highness,' they gave
him Just as bitter medicine as they would
have given to any beggar.
But this boy has always been taught that
he was to be an emperor by-and-by, and to
have the privilege of deciding all questions
that relate to the government Of the people.
From the time he was old enough to under
stand he has been taught that he is of great
Importance to France, and even to the rest Of
the world. Poor boy He is now an exile
from the land of his BIRTH and it much to be
doubted whether he will ever be permitted
again to look upon the magnificent scenes to
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-09-14
Parentage,

The presence of a baby equalizes n social
conditions. On the floor of some Southern
hut, scarcely so comfortable as dog-kennel, |
have seen dusky woman look down upon
her infant with such an expression Of delight
as painter never drew. No social culture
can make mothers face more than moth
eris as no wealth can make a nursery more
than place where children dwell. Lavish
thousands Of dollars on your baby-clothos,
and after all the child il prettiest when every
garment is laid aside. That becoming naked
ness, at least, may adorn tho chubby darling
of the poorest home. In the cOarsest
household tho mother of "A young child is
placed on a sort of pedestal Of care aud tend.
erness, at least for time. She Resumes some
thing Of the sacredness aud dignity Of the
maiden. And TO the true mother,
however cultivated, or however Ignorant, this
period of early parentage is happier than all
else, in spite Of its exhausting cares In that
delightful book, the letters of Mrs. Richard
Trench, tmother Of the well-known English
wrter,) the most agreeable passage is per.
haps that in which, after looking back upon q
life spent in the most brilliant society Of Eu.
rope, she gives the palm Of happiness to the
| time when she was young mother.
The coarSest father gains a new impulse tC
labor from the moment Of his baby's birth
he scarcely secs it when awake, and yet it il
with him all tho time. Every stroke he stip&e,
is for his child. New social aims, new mora
motives, come vaguely up to him. The Lon.
don costermonger told Mayhem that h'
thought every man would like his child L
have better start in the world than himself
After all, there is no tonic like the affections
Philosophers express wonder that the diyin'
laws should give to some young girl, almos
a child the custody Of an immortal soul. Blu
what instruction the baby brings to the moth
or She learns patience, self-eontrol, endur
ance her very arm grows strong, 80 that sh'
can hold the dear burden longer than tn
father can. She learns to understand char
acter, too, by dealing with it, ln training
my first children" said wise mother to me
" thought that all were born just the same
and that was wholly responsible for wha
they should become. | learned by degrees
that each had a temperament OF its own
which must study before | could teach il.
And thus, as children grow older, their dawn
ring instincts guide those Of the parents thei
questions suggest new answers, and TO hay'
loved them is liberal education.
For the height Of heights islove. The phi
losopher dries into a skeleton like that he in
vestigates, unless love teaches him. He !
blind among his microscopes, unless he see
in the humblest human soul revelation tina
dwarfs all the world beside. While he grow
gray in ignorance among his crucibles, over
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-09-14

The hope Of the country is in its young
men the hope of young men is in the
strength of their integrity aud the incorrup-
tibility of their lives,
1t is a question worthy Of profound thought
whether the tendency Of the age is towards
a liberalism which is likely to end in social
demoralzation, or whether, through the in-
tense matorialism which seems more and more
to direct our energies and shape our lives, we
shall preserve intact those higher sentiments
of honor, honesty, and accountability to God
which, in all ages and under all circumstan'
ccs, have proven the rock Of safety and the
key to true progress.
luhis "Tale Of Two Cities, Dickens seems
fully to comprehend this popularity Of pub
lie hope and public apprehension, which,
though not confined to any age, seems espe-
cially appropriate to the present time
at was the best Of times, it was the worst
of times; it was the age Of wisdom, it was
the age Of foolishness it was the epoch oil
belief, il was the epoch of Incredibly it was
the season of Light, it was the season Of
Darkness it was tho spring Of hope 1t wa'
tho winter of despair we were all going d.
rectly to heaven, we were all going directly t
the other place" ETC. etc.
Thus are our hopes, wishes, aPprehensions
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-09-14

and fears forever minolino and forever ON.
no.inc. and thus will il over he that the sca.
son of ligbt 10 one il the season of darknce.
10 another that tbo vorv circumstaneos which
10 como arc C,ll Of nromiso, or lico oc tbc
vcrdnrc or snring 10 others oro bnt the foro.
holdings Of obilligg frost of dcspoir and death
There can he no doubt as to tbe real pro.
cross of ,ho world. for potwitbstanJing the
conviction which is onon forced upon us that
individuality of character and purenes. of
lifs are being lost siebt Of bv those who are
.oon 10 assume the direction of affairs. not
opo among ms oll wonld welcome hack tho davs
Of GNy years AGO.
Never in the history of the world was there
sneb hone for tbe future as now never such
onnorhunitics far individual nrogress. never
so many acccptinp and using those oppor.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-09-14
For the 1gnung,
BROWNIES FANCY

nr AMELIA p. DALEY.
Brownie IS out ln the orchard now,
Watching the hugring bees,
Flying heavily 20 their hive,
Under thc apple trees
Some nrc coming from clover fields
some from the garden come
Ever hios empty home
Brownie is tired her feot to-day,
Dear little, ahoclca foot
Over The hillside paths have bcon,
To ind the mrios retreat
For sho has heard that 900 pleasant slopes,
Sunset and dawn between.
They dance, and their foot ou thc .9n grass leave
Circles of brighter -rcon.
And lf mortal can really spy
A iuco 1f the fairy fuot
When next tnn moon lu houFnu IH hI-t
llc can liul iNnm lu choir fe'folt
And many e,n or those bc loves.
Upon him they VIII hest.w.
lf be win promise mo- other soul
Their secret shall over know.
Brownie IL .uro TINT uo hulsdcs bear
And DC hopes, ismetimos. when thcday is hir
To find where the fJs have been
And shc thinks Tint when. with her eager eyes,
The trace 0l the dance che sees,
She will follow The nys to their secret holmes,
Deep hidden among tho trees.
And many 20 tokon she viii gain
f0r those who o. hOf arc dear,
A token uf JOS fum nIfyIaHI,
Her mother hout t0 Cheor
Her homo .unll ho with plouty Nllci,
Her brothers shall laugh with Ilce,
And poverty and weary TOLL
no moro thal tAcit burden Dec
And into her s.stor s.sht.os. eyes,
The uI ght HuIu shnIl pour
And hope shnll sIt hy their lonely hetflH
And gladden. their lives uuce moIe.
Brownie BE- smiling while .he slp
Nursing her fancy aWeet-
Quite inflaiiul ui passing hours,
Nledleas ui trei lect
And though the bees may clAQ and el,
Never Dec -hn -ee-.
She is lo.t ln happy dream
Under uo apple trees.