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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1870-04-28

A HOUSE MORE THAN Two CENTURIES
OLD. In Durham New Hampshire, stands
what was built not much later 163S) for 4 gar
rison house. by Captain John Woodman, its
present occupants being the sixth or seventh
generation that had dwelt there of the name,
Ii was the citadel of the early settlement.
Round about it, from ten to thirty rods dis
tant, may yet be distinguished the cellars Of
houses which mouldered at periods beyond
the memory of any mal living, clustering
near by, that the occupants might speedily
take refuge within its defences when menac-
ed by Indian raids. 1t stands on rising
ground. three quarters OF q mile from Oyster
River, commanding view Of the valley OF
that branch, by which goods We're brought
from Portsmouth 1t is constructed of solid
white pine logs, 4 foot thick, some OF them
two feet in depth as high up as q few feet
above the second floor, thus forming a para
pet to serve us Il breastwork, the roof being
Of moderate pitch, for use in some eXigencies
of Indian Warfare this mode of construction
having been adopted in similar strongholds
in other places. On this upper tier Of logs
now rests u frame building, finishing out the
second story and attic. 1t has in font the
projection common to such houses, to beat of
assailants. end prevent them from setting fire
from below Its small windows and various
port holes and look outs, were provided with
heavy blocks of wood to protect the inmates
from the enemies bullets. 1t has all been
changed now, and covered with clapboard-
and otherwise modernizcd; it is commodious
and sufficiently elegant for present needs, but
as originally constructed, it must have PROV
ed u formidable defense against the weapons
and methods of Indian warfare
As the fisheries in the neighborhood were
the best along the coast for salmon, shad ant
whatever products of the sea Indians chiefly
delighted in, it was natural that their temper
should have been stirred to the quick, eXas
perated by the indifference manifested by the
settlers to their earlier claims. If they wreak
ed resentment by frequent massacre anG
cruelties peculiarly savage, their sense o
wrong was aggravated by their want ofpow
er to drive off the intruders or compel redress
Recent events of greater immediate intcres
have blotted out the memory of these bap
tisms OF blood, and the legends that have
tloated down to us are too shadowy and al
most too horrible for belief. Certainly nc
part of the country was more constantly har
rassed, nowhere were more needed tortresse
of strength. The Indians own castles were
girded about by thick-set palisades, and thi
outer defense was likewise adopted by thu
settlers for their garrison houses. They wei
answered their purpose, and Belknap men
tions an instance when upon alarm the inhab
itants OF Durham took refuge iii their fort
The Indians some hundreds in number, in
vested it, but unable to make any impression
upon its solid walls, and themselves exposed
to calling fire from the port holes and root
which rapidly reduced their force, We're oblig
to retreat. Amory, on the "Old Homes o
New England
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1870-04-28
ADVERTISING.

Perhaps the best way to attain marked
success in business is carefully to observe
and faithfully to put in practice the maxims
Of those men who hare achieved emincnce in
business pursuits. We subjoin herewith the
opinions of some of those men;
'.Without advertising l should be a poor
man to-day" II. T. Helmbold.
My success is owing to my liberality in
Advertising" Bonner.
advertising has furnished me with Il
competence" Amos Lawrence.
Il advertised my productions and made
money" Nicholas Longworth.
Constant and persistent advertising is q
sure prelude to wealth." Stephen Girard.
"He who invests one dollar in business
should invest one dollar in advertising.'
A. I. Stewart.
p T. Barnum, the noted exhibitor, ascribes
his success in accumulating million Of dol
lars in ten years to the unlimited use of
printers ink
"a man who ia liberal in advertising is
liberal in trade, and such a man succeeds
while his neighbor with Just as good goods
fails and drops out of market" Horace
Greeley.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1870-04-28

ALARMING DISORDER. The Manchester
Democrat makes the following mention of a
strange and fatal disorder that is prevailing
in some of the towns in New Hampshire
A very deep feeling Of alarm is prevailing
in North Haverhill in consequence of several
sudden deaths that have occurred in that viii
lage and vicinity during the past few weeks.
The disease is termed by some ''spotted few
err and by others it is not considered that
disease. AS yet the physicians have been un-
able to determine what it is, or to adopt any
means to a1lay the progress of the disease.
Dreadful malady! Within four weeks nine
persons have died, some aged people and
others in the prime of life. On Wednesday
last, two boys, one young Clifford, and the
other Hartwell, died very suddenly.
The Hartwell boy was about fifteen years
old, and on Wednesday last was at the depot
in North Haverhill at four O'Clock in the af-
ternoon, apparently as well as ever. Before
eight O'Clock in the evening he was a corpse
The Clifford boy was a son OF Thomas X.
Clifford, the miller of that place, and was the
second son Mr.. Clifford has lost within a
fortnight. They were both very promising
lads, and their parents are plunged into the
greatest grief by their sudden bereavement.
They have the hearty sympathy of the COM
munity in which they live.
The other deaths were Mr.. Wetherbee, a
young man in the full prime and vigor of life,
a Mr.. Mason, about forty years of age, a lad
by the name of Rogers, Mr. Morse, one OF
the most respected citizens IN the town where
he resided, and one or two others whose
names we have not yet learned. The great
est alarm prevails, and the same feeling is
extending to other towns in the vicinity.
Another account states that this disorder is
the trichina spiralis, or worms in the flesh
from eating diseased pork.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1870-04-28

TRANSPORTATION OF LIVE FISH. Many
expensive tanks have been constructed for
transporting fish alive, answering the purpose
more or less perfectly We give here SIM
pie and inexpensive method: Take a barrel
or cask, washed until it is clean and sweet.
Fit a cover to it tightly to prevent the water
splashing over while in the cars or wagon. A
piece of canvas tied over the top, answers
every purpose. A hole one inch in diameter
may be made in the middle OF the cover. Fill
with water within six inches of the top, as
the agitation of the water on the journey,
helps to ;erate it. Tie some ice in piece OF
flannel and tasten it to the side of the cask
near the top so that it shall not swing about
and bruise the fish, and the cold drip from
the ice will sink to the bottom. Ifthe journey
is to be a prolonged one, fit the nozzle of a
common bellows with a tin tube long enough
to reach to the bottom of the cask, and by
blowing little now and then the fish can be
carried thousands of miles. We do not give
this as the best plan, but as a cheap and in
expensive method answering avery good pur-
pose. The best apparatus would be 4 metal
tank of some kind with double walls, perma-
nent ice chamber in the middle, and automat-
c air-pump. [Green's Fish Culture.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1870-04-28

opened them again and observed that her up
per bureau draw was partly open, and thu
key in the lock.
She opened them wide al that, and saw
that the trunk that held her silver was pulled
out from beneath the bed, and open! Bixby's
best woolen stockings and all their contents,
were-gone!
She sprang from bed, and pulled open her
bureau drawer Her purse was not there. A
pile of handkerchiefs, that had been in the
corner opposite the purse, was not there: a
valise that had stood beside the bureau was
not there.
She gave a little scream, and went out in
to the kitchen, The back door was open,
and q strange cat had walked in and was
smelling about the pantry
The parlor door was aiar. The wreath OF
immortelles lay on the floor, and the tablet
commemorative of the lamented Bixby had
been torn from its place. His watch was
gone from the cupboard, and the pasteboard
box, with the strings of gold beads, the
hoops which Mrs. Bixby sometimes wore in
her cars, and the brooch with lock of Blk
and the silver candlestick, and the butter
knife, and all the spoons and forks.
Mrs. Bixby flung on wrapper and went
upstairs to arouse the Detective His cham
Der door was open, and the Detective also was
-gone
A bureau stood in that room and most of
the drawers were out upon the floor, their
contents in great confusion. Mrs. Bxby saw
at q glance that three fine shirts, that had
been Bixby's, and mink mutf and collar
that were Sister Sarah's had been taken. The
closet door was open, but Bixby's best broad
cloth and Mrs. Bixby's new black silk were
not on the hooks.
The Detectives badge was pinned in con-
sp.c lous place on the chamber door Mrs.
Bixby seized the badge and hurled it from
the chamber window in a trce, but made nc
exclamation. She went down and opened
the front door, no one was to be seen moth
ing to be heard. Mrs. BiXby said nothing
1t was to fell blow She shrank down in a
little heap on the step-stones; and when at
9 O'Clock the fish-man came around, she
shook her head She wanted neither ''fresll
cod. halibut, mackerel or salmon" The fish
man left her on the steps III the some attitude
of despair that he found her, and thus also
must we leave her. But if any one going
up this land flowing with milk and maple
molasses. would like to give her consolation
they shall be introduced by her biographer
with pleasure.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1870-04-28
ABSENCE.

The April sunshine. soft and fair,
Touches the meadow cheerily;
Wild violets scent the warm still air;
But ever through the bright spring hours.
The sunshine and the opening flowers,
My spirit hungers to be fed,
And infants for loves dear daily bread,
Yearning, beloved, for thee!
The day wears on, the evening lone
Comes up across the misty lea
l watch the stars as one by one
They glmmer out; my eyes are wet;
My heart is filled with vague regret,
Haunting it like sad refrain;
I can not still this restless pain,
Thinking, beloved, of thee,
The twilight deepens; brooding sleep;
Shadows the green earth tenderly;
The house lies hlshed in slumber deep;
The peace of Heaven seems strangely near: :
| knecl beneath the moonbeamS clear,
As soft upon my troubled breast,
Comes down blessed sense of rest,
Praying, beloved, for thee.
Chambers journal.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1870-04-28

The Court of Appeals of Maryland, in the
case of Daniel Dechert, Esq, OF the Hagers-
town MAIL against the Mayor and corporation
of Hagerstown, affirmed the judgement of
the Circuit Court of Washington County.
BY this decision Mr. Dechert comes into
possession of about $500. The suit was
brought against the corporation for damages
in allowing a mob to destroy Mr.. Decherts
printing Office in the year 1862. The State
Legislature also has passed q law to indemnify
VIM. Shaw Of Carroll county, for destruction
of his printing office i'll Westminster by a mob
during the war.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1870-04-28

APRIL. How is il about the tool house Are all
1he pows, shoycls, and hoes i'll order; are the
wagons painted and the harnesses strong and dur
able , There is no place ike 4 work shop on the
farm for mending up, and no time like this to mend
mp. A multitude of little things can be done now
which will save time by and by, when the spring
work i, pressing. The bushes in the pasture can
he cut she rocks be lifted easier than when the
earth is hard and dry. Many an old fence needs
liking up, Il patch here and another there. This
ought to be Il busy month, month of preparation
for the work. How is it too, about the stones on
the moving lots : They are loose now. The frost
has thrown more less of them to the surface.
They ought TO be picked up and carried OF the
land The mangolds may be fed to the stock.
The fields and pastures may now he top-,lressed
with some concentrated fertilizer, or with Old rot
ted manure In many sections the blowing may he
done this month. Glover seed may be soWn on the
helds and pastures. The stock will need great care
a daily cartiing VIII pay Don't let the cattle 60
out To run over your moving lots while the ground
is sntt LOl Farmer's Almanac.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1870-04-28
LOOK TO YOUR WALL PAPER.

The filthy custom of pasting one wall paper over
more il accumulated is TOO common and is attend
tanned by the Lancet was the cause of the puzzling
offensive smell at knightsbridgc Barracks, London,
that recently threatened the whole establishment
W ith fever. The examination of the drains and
taking up of the floors revealed nothing, while the
introduction of increased means of ventilation left
the evil as it was. AT last examination
made Of the wall papering, when it was found that
one paper was pasted over another till thickness
WAS accumulated amounting in one case to four
teen LAYERS Between these LAYERS there was rot
ten paste, in which fungi, and even maggots ger
minated; while the wall being hollow, the stencil
spread into the passage and over the establish
nent.
Every fowl has two small organs near the cX-
tremity of the body called ovaries 1t is filled with
elastic tissue, and feels under the finger like a
~ponge. The eggs are started here. and those
which will mature year or two or three years
hence are IN embryo. one is forced up, is siczed
by the strumen, which Is seventeen inches long
and passed rapidly through II nottrue though
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1870-04-28

A FUNERAL DISCOURSE. The readers of
the Drawer have, within the past year or TWO
been edited with the perusal OF It sermon ON
ssThe Harp of Il thousand Strings and the
Farewell Discourse of Brother Watkins y
The tone of those discourses might, IN gen
eral way, be called pleasing. Not So how
ever the following brief ailrslon from the
pulpit to a young man OF indifferent position
in the social circles of b, New Hampshire,
who came to an early deceasc 10y Il vigorous
but absurdly unequal contest with Il party OF
the Otard family The preacher who oticiat-
ed at the final solemnities improved the occ,-
sion by making the following remarks:
81 hev been requested, not to say impor-
tuned, toe deliver 6. funeral discourse ON this
occasion, and | hev reluctently consented
toe do so. ! never heerd any good OF the
deceased Wit and if the friends hey made up
their minds that | am abont to begin serh II
conrse now they are mistaken estimate,
in fact, that this young man, now allyn be
fore YOU, was about the wust mar ever per
mitted, in the onscrutabc ways OF the divine
peppusses. toe locate in this vicinity. lie
was one who | might say alters fell when he
was tempted; and he certingly appeared to
me toe seek, rather than avoid, occasions Tor
such temptation.
"Why. nv feler Christians, he KEEP hosscs
anu run EN-, uC htp tpoh' 'iiNt ~ VII .tIiNt
as toe wimmn, let his widder (who see II
settn' in front pew testify. OIere the
widow arose, as was the custom when the
family of the deceased was alluded to, and,
deeming it a complimentary remark, court
esied to the preacher.) ''In short, after u
diligent inquiry inteo the pertickerers of his
kerrkter and conduct while he has resided
in this village, hev come toe the conclusion
that about the only good thing that kin be
said of him at all is that he was IN active
member of the inginc company, and oeea-
sionally good at fires,
1.-The pall-bearers will now proceed to
bear out the corpse, while the choir will
sing, as an appropriate hymn, the 32d hymn
I'd book, short metre, four verses omll'lnS'
if YOU please, the Sd and 9TH stanzas;
Believing, we rejoice
Toe see the cuss removed.
with the usual DoXology." Editors Drawer,
in Harper's Magazine for April
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1870-04-28
FOWLS IN ORCHARDS.

The puhic has Vet to learn tine full advantage of
keeping poultry Few seem TO appreciate what
they may do in an orchard of quarter am acre,
where they may be kept by picket fence four or
five tcot high, putting in say 4o fowls, and observe
the result. He will avoid the annoyance i'll the
Garden of which so many complain, while they
Keeping the ground well cultivated and destroying
everything that can niure the fruit trees. i'll the
shape OF bugs, worms or other insects, lay large
number of eggs, which are cash article, TO say
nothing of the chickens, which will pay for raising
At the present time. | have tried it, and know it is
have about one hundred fowls, which have
worked admirably among my young trees, keeping
the ground in good condition. keeping OF the insects
and promoting the growth of the orchard | am
satisfied that We have yet To learn the full benefit
which may he derived from the proper manage
ment of fowls, and il is quite possible that the meth
cd have suggested may offer the best way Of get
ting our apple orchards into bearing condition
.l9ain.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-24
PREPARE FOE THE CHOLERA.

With the cheated term" comes from the danger
of that frightful pestilence-C holera-and kind
red diseases What untold and indescrI babl'
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will positively fortify the system against the at
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Physidian-in chief of the United States Hospi
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Cholera, aud has used it with marvellous success,
in suce cases 1t acts like an angel of mercy
in every instance Sold only by respectable
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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-24
WESTERN UNION RlILRGAD,
NOW OPEN TO
Rock Island.
Summer Arrangement ! !.

THE short and dtrert route from Racine, Mil
l. rGuhee, and al! points in Wisconsin, TO
hOot Island and Davenport, and ali points in
Southern Io-a and Kansas.
On and after sunday, Nav stb 1870, trains on
the Western Union Railroad will leave and
rive at Rock Island, as iollovs:
Trains leave Rock Island at $50 Q. m, and
SOC p. IN.
Arrive at Rsck island, $50 p. m, and Il:5e
= n.
Making olose connection with passep ger trains
at the following points:
AT RACINE JUNCTION, from and te Mil
yankee a. Chicago.
AT CLINTON, from and to all points in
Northern Wisconsin snd Minnesota
AT FREEPoRT, from and to Galsns, Du-
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AT SAVANNA, With steamer "Hend'rson
from and to Dubuque, and with 81. Pa al Pack t..
AT FULTON. -Ith tTaiBs frou and to Cedar
Rapids, Marshall, Boone and Omaha
At ROCK ISLAND, with train. from and 10
MuscstIne. Washington, Iowa CITY, GriDneH,
Dee Moines. 0mshs. and the Un'on Pacific
Railroad: and vi steamers from and 10 all
points on the Mississippi river between koek
Island and ST Louis Rates Of freight and fare
always sc low by this ss by other lines.
D. A. OLiN, Gent sup't-
Z. F. BARSks. Ass't SUp't-
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ARaus JOB OsfIoE.-So fattsrius has been
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has been the patronage bestowed BY /. diserin-
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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-24
No. 5.Adver.

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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-24
What DR.. c. T. Raymond says shout DR.. Ingra-
hams Macedonian Oil.
Cures fataTrh & sheumalism,

Canton, O., Des, J. 'tS
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