The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-10-07
LOCAL AYFlIRS.

his week We were hoeoced bya call from
Major Gen. Daniel Pratt Who Is on his way 10
address the students Of Bovdoin and Bates Col
legrs. The Gen. is hooking Is fresh ss ten years
aeo and Just about Is ssely. He informs Us
that the people have nominated him wherever
he has ieetare.i, for President In 1877, and ne
Is bound not to waive again his ehsnoe' In favor
Of Gen. Grant, Is he did In 1868. lie has
written stunning article which he wishes US to
publish, but we can only make extracts from the
more eloquent Passages;
Neither the soil can be ploued, nor the sea
navig~tci without language
But that profound AXIOM b nothing compared
with his platform In regard 10 vouans rights !:
Woman has got - good right to cultivate
and improve and dicipline her physical AMI men,
tai endurAnces - man. Woman Is paraielo-
RrAmists Of eoeqsh rights, and vocabulary,
laboratory. parapherualia, pandeueniun and
par excellence In many respects In her domestic
marital spsre.
We are afraid Daniel got . little mixed In
his long and eloquent sentence, bat he gets level
again and scars to the height Of metaphor soon
after when he says:
woue. are bosnd 10 rise like the mighty At
lantic ocean and the mighty Pseife ocean. and
shake hands With the honorable rights Of man.
We kpox Of nothing holder or more majestic
unle.s Il be lights of e'Oqueuoc in which our
Portland contemporary ofeu indulges. The Gen.
ersl ssys he has . 'thousand heas in harmony
With the ooas,itstios Of the U. 8. and the Dec
lsrstion Of Independence which are valuable to
the Pres and TO the people" He intends 1t
brunswick to deliver his valuable lecture On the
Equilibrium Of dranlmothers - an Institu-
tioa." Befbr. taking his departure the distn-
guished sentlensa resited . poem comm eocing,
"Sound the ponderous hugag," written In his
honor, the concluding stan.as Of which We give.
but which might be written and sung Of other
politicians beside the great Daniel;
Hope s,ili survives, Great Pratt
Nay yet his soantry's peace producel
For was not imperial Rome once saved
Then IsI as raise unto his praise
A monument Of bras,
For none like him hath spoken
since the days VI BslAAm's as
Last week four young bucks whose names We
suppress out Of respect I, the feelings Of some
Of their families, had IN itching to attend the
muster at Hsverill, but they had none Of the
needfuL So they stole q pelts FROM 2. New
begins barn and sold then TO Mr.. Charles Hill.
Of Ssco. On their return from Hsverill they
were arrested, when in consideration Of one Of
their families Mr.. N. declined 10 prosecute On
payment Of the cost Of the goods.
The Arm Of Goodwin & Small, Insurance
Agents. is dissolved by mutual consent.
Mr.P ". Burnham has presented to the
Cabinet Of the High School several finely pre-
served specimens including Tarantula, ScOr-
pion. Centipcie and Coral Snake from Aspin-
wall, Central America
DIR. o. @. Cilley has sold his farm in Kenne-
bunkport to Cyrus Cleaves jr. Of this city, who
has moved there and gone to farming. Success
% him.
Miss Dell Demeritt Of Dover, n. II. came here
few days ago TO have her thumb removed
which operation vas done by DR.. Cilley Of this
city.
Fruit thieves, ss thick - hops, are roaming
about this city and Ssoo, taking all that comes
within their grasp. A man who resides on
Alfred road Vas compelled 10 shoot salt into the
marauders before his orchard could be lett at
rest and nan named Seaman, who lives on
Ferry road in Saco informs US that one night
last week his orchard Vas completely leveiled