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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-07-13

The anniversary exercises at the Classical
Institute at Watervile, under the charge OF
Mr.. j. Ii. Hanson, will take place on Monday
and Tuesday of next week. Nine young
gentlemen graduate from the Preparatory de-
partment. On Monday evening there will
be vigorous contest for prize in Declam-
alton. From the Collegiate department,
eight young ladies graduate this year, and re-
ccive the diploma of the Institute. The ex-
ercises connected with the graduation of
these young ladies will occur on Tuesday
afternoon. For the various exercises of the
anniversary, the Portland Band is engaged to
furnish music, and also for concert on
Tuesday evening.
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Domestir Nrms.

The Press relates that thirteen years ago
small boy at school in Portland, placed a
bean in each ear and could not get them out.
When he went home he told his mother
about it and she succeeded in removing one
with pin, but the other eluded her efforts,
and she thought the boy must be mistaken
and that there was no bean there. He in
sisted upon it, and until the other day expe-
rienced no inconvenience from the bean,
when he had some slight trouble and went to
see surgeon, who probed the ear and told
him he must be mistaken. The probing by
the surgeon, however, loosened the bean and
two days after the boy picked it out himself the
only change in that. long period of time that
it had sustained being discoloration so that
it was entirely black.
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KENNEBEC SAVINGS BANK!

ORRIN WILLIAMSON.
Deposits received at the counter Of the
FreemanS National Bank.
The net earnings Of the Bank are divided
epery sac months.
Loans made to Depositors on Depositing
their handbook as security.
j. L. ADAMS, Treasurer
April sth, 1870. l5tf
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LETTER FROM RICHMOND.
RICHMOND, July, IL, 1870.

RICHMOND, July, IL, 1870.
To the Editor of the Journal:
Notwithstanding this warm weather, ice is
"irm" though somewhat lively. The COM
panies in this vicinity are rapidly pushing their
shipments and have off about one half their
ice on an average. Within the limits of
Richmond there were twenty -one ice vessels
yesterday afternoon and thirteen more came
up last evening.
The company recently organized here which
purchased the Tiffany farm in Dresden is com
posed OF eight instead of Mirty-tloo members as
you had it last week. Your informant judged
of the numbers probably, by the energy,
pluck and natural goodness of the concern,
in this respect they are fully equal to any
thirty two common men. They organize I'M
der the law of last winter for the formation of
corporations, as the Lincoln Ice Company.
They will Immediately put up buildings Of
about 1000 tons capacity.
Our Assessors have completed their labors
for the present year and committed the taxes
to the collector.
Total valuation Sl,lSl, 1871 90
At Is IA mills on the dollar 2l,56O.3S
$50 polls at So 1,6Oo.OO
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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
FOR GOVERNOR,
Sidney Perh a m,
OF PARIS.

FOR REPRESENTATIVES TO CONGRESS, ''
LIST District-JOHN LYNCH:
ID District-WILLlAM P. FRYE.
ad District-JAMES G. BLAINE.
4th District-JOHN A. PETERS.
For senators,
No., THOMAS p. CLEAVES,
oA'oiu' OTIS HAYFORD, JR.
For sherin,
oxeord .. LORENZO d. STACY.
For County Attorney,
Oxsor, ENOCH FOSTER, JR.
For County Commits siOner,
oxford. ALBION p. GORDON.
For County Treasurer,
oxford FREDERIC f. SHAW.
Lincoln County Republican Convention.
The Republican voters of Lincoln County are
requested to send delegates to a Convention 10 DC
held at the
COURT HOUSE, yISCAsSET,
on Thursday, August 25th, 1870, at 10 o'clock A. NJ
for the purpose OF nominating candidates for sen
stor sheriff County Attorney, Register OF fronate
County Commissioner, County treasurer, anu ~
transact all other business THAT may pfope'y o'in'
before the Convention. 81, =, - c,,,o,,.
The basis of representation VIII be as loltoWs
Each town and plantation will be entitled 10 oEt
votes cast for the Republican candidate at the Cub
ernatorial election of ISIS. a majority fraction
will be entitled to an additional delegate.
ANDREW LACY, Wiscasset, 80.
JAMES A. HALL, Damarlscotta, Kepuonco'
SAMUEL l.. MILLER, Waldoboro', county
SAMUEL J. BOND, Jefferson, tonm1tee
HORACE FossETT, Bristol,
July II, 1870.
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Total amount assessed 1923, l6S, 3S.
There is 6 per cent. discount on all taxes
paid on or before the first day of September
Below give list of persons who pay a
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-04-09
The First American Flag-When and
Where it was Made.

AT a recent meeting of the Pennsylvania
Historical Society, William J. Candy, Esq,
read an essay on 1.-THE American Flag
He discovered, in tracing the history of
this national emblem. that the first instan-
ces when the Stars and Stripes were UNI
August Il, III, and upon an occasion just
one year prior to that time; the brig Nancy
was chrrtered by the Continental Congress
to procure military stores in the West
While at Porto Rico, in July of the ensu-
ing year, the information came that the
colonies had declared their independence,
and with this information came the des-
cription of the flag that had been accepted
as the national banner. A young man,
Captain Thomas Mandenville, set to work
to make one, and successfully accomplished
it. The flag was unfurled and saluted
with thirteen guns. When t he brig Nancy
was upon her return voyage she was hem
med in by British vessels off Cape May
Her officers succeeded in removing all the
munitions to the shore, and when the last
boat put off, a young man in it, John Han
cock, jumped into the sea, swan to the
vessel, ran up the shrouds to head of the
mast, and securing the flag, brought it tri
umphantly to the shore, through a hot fire
from the British men-of-war
The first American flag, however, accord
ing to the design and approval of Congress,
was made by Mrs. Elizabeth Ross. Three
of her daughters still live in our vicinity to
confirm this fact-founding their belief,
not upon what they saw, for it was made
many years before they were born, but
upon what their mother had often told
them. A niece Of this lady, Mrs. Mar
garet Bosgs, aged ninety-five years, now
lives in Germantown, as is conversant with
the fact. The fact is not generally known
that to Philadelphia not only belongs the
honor of finging the first Star-Spangled
Banner to the breeze, but to Philadelphia
lady belongs the hsno1 Of having made it.
The house in which it was made still
stands-No. $50 Arch street the old num-
Der being S0)-the last of an old row. 1t is
related that when Congress had decided
upon the design Col. George Ross and Gen.
Washington visited Mrs. Rsss and asked
her to make it. She said, 81 don't know
whether can, but I'll try" and directly
suggested to the gentlemen that the design
was wrong, in that the stars were six-cor-
nered and not five-cornered as they should
be. This was correct; she made the flag
Congress accepted it, and for a half dozen
years this lady furnished the Government
with all its national flags, having of course
large assistance. This lady was also the
wife of Claypele, one of the lneal descen-
dants of Oliver Cromwell.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-04-09
Who Should not be Wife,

Has that woman call to be q wife who
thinks more of her silk dress than her chill
dren, and visits her nursery no oftencr than
once 4 day? Has woman call to be a
wife who calls for cashmere shawl when
her husbands notes are being protested .
Has that woman a call to be wife who sets
reading the last new novel, while her hus-
band stands before the glass vainly trying
to pin together buttenless shirt bosom p
Has that woman call to be wife who ex-
poets her husband to swallow diluted coffee,
ssggy bread, smoky tea, and watery pota-
toes six days out of seven? Has she a
right to be wife who fjrts with every man
she meets, and reserves her frowns for the
home fireside? Has she call to be a wife
whe comes down to breakfast in abomiaa-
BILE curl papers, soied dressing gown,
and shoes down at her feet ? Has she a
call to be wife whose husbands love
weighs naught in the balance with her next
door neighbor's damask curtains or velvet
carpet? Has she call to be wife who
would take advantage of a moment of con-
jugal weakness to extort money or extract
4 promise? Has she call to be wife
who takes journey for pleasure, leaving
her husband to toll in close office, and
have an eye. when at home, to the servants
and children? Has she call to be a wife
to whom good husbands society is not
the greatest of earthly blessings and a
house full of rosy children its best furnish
ing and prettiest ornament?
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-04-09
Death of the Last Remaining Prisoner Of
the Revolution.

Judge James S. Campbell died on We'd
nesday, the o2nd ultima, at his residence,
near the village of Cherry Valley, Otsego
county. New York. at the advanced age of
81 years. He was in many respects a re-
markable man, being probably the last
undoubtedly the only man who met and
conversed with both the first President.
General Washington, and the last General
Grant. He was born in 17112 on the estate
where he died, where his father was born,
which his grandfather reclaimed from the
wilderness on the first settlement of the
country, and which is now the residence Of
his son, the Hon. VIM. W. Campbell.
When the massacre of Cherry Valley
took place in 177s, Immediately after that
Of Wyoming. and by the same party of
Indians and Tories, under Brant and But
Ter, Col. Samuel Campbell, the late Judges
father, was away from home with his COM
mand in the army. His family were taken
captive; the homestead burned; his aged
mother, being unable to keep up with the
party on their stormy November march,
was killed, and his wife and children car
ricd to Fort Niagara. Most of them were
soon exchanged; but the late Judge, then
a child six years old, was for some reason
retained among the Indians, was carried
off far back into Canada, and became so
habituated to the savage life, which he led
fer about five years, as to forget his native
tongue. He was finally, after great exer-
ton, restored to his family in Quebec; and
on the resettlement of Cherry Valley, after
the war, returned to his home, and has re-
sided there ever since. When the war was
over, General Washington rode up the
Valley of the Susquehanna with party of
officers, to view the scene Of the late mas
sacre. On his way he was entertained at
the house Of Col. Campbell, where he met
the survivors of the bloody attack, among
whom was the little rescued prisoner, then
about twelve years old. He manifested
much interest in the story Of the boy-cap-
tive, conversing freely with him about the
curious experiences he had gone through.
The old man retained vivid remembrance
of this event, aud to the last month Of his
life dwelt upon it with evident PRIDE
When the war of the Rebellion closed, and
General Grant came to Albany to partici-
pate in the celebration of the national vic
tories, the aged Judge happened to be
visiting his son, Samuel Campbell, Esq, of
tn
where he was introduced to Gen. Grant.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-04-09
Woman.

How can the rose grow without sunshine
How can the violet bloom on salty soil :?
Lo! women are flowers, that are always be-
coming more beautiful and fragrant the
more they are guarded and cared for. But
men should be keepers in the garden of
beauty; they may rejoice themselves in the
fragrance Of the flowers, but they may not
rumple them with rude hands. Just as
the weed is rooted from the flower-bed, so
should all that is base and common be re-
moved far away from the neighborhood of
woman. Tread upon the rose with thy
feet, and its thorns amaze thee; watch over
it with love and care, and it will bloom and
be fragrant, an ornament to itself and thee.
Make thyself Of thine own accord a slave to
a woman, and she will not bear it, but will
herself bow before thee, and in thankful
woman by force thy slave, and she will bear
it still less but will seek by craft and cum
ming to obtain dominion over thee. For
the empire of love is the empire Of contra
dictions: the wise man makes this, and
acts accordingly. The more one has to do
with women the more one learns to know
them; and the more one learns to know
them, the more one learns to love them; and
loved again-for every true love finds it's
response, and the highest love is the high
est wisdom.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-04-09
Speak Kindly to Him.

A farmer once saved a poor boy from
drowning. After his restoration he said to
him:
"What can do for you, my boy?'
s:Speak a kind word to me sometimes, -
replied the boy, as the tears gushed from
his eyes. - amt got mother, like some
of them
A kind word! Think of it. That farmer
had it in his power to give that boy money,
clothes, playthings; but the poor fellow
craved nothing so much as a kind word
new and then. If the farmer had ever so
little heart the boy must certaialy have had
the wish granted.
A kind word! You have many such
spoken to you daily, and you don't think
much of their value; but that poor boy in
your village, at whom everybody laughs,
would think that he had found a treasure
if some one would speak a kind word to
him. Suppose you speak it! The next
time you meet him, instead of laughing at
him, speak kindly to him. Then watch
him and see how he looks. See if his eyes
do not brighten and his lips smile.
Kinds words. They are blessed things.
Speak them, reader, every day. Scatter
them like sunbeams everywhere. They
please others, and then return to bless your
own hearts. Kind words forever.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-04-09
Flowers.

We know Of no association more con-
fitting, than that which connects woman
and flowers: and rarely, indeed, does the
first appear more charming. or engaged in
an occupation more suited to her taste,
than when she is surrounded by the latter.
by blossoms that have been trained and
cherished by her own fair hand. We have
always admired flowers as the most beauti-
full production Of nature. True, they are
fleeting. But what is there of the bearti-
full and lovely that is not? 1t may be sympa-
Thy: it may be mere imagination; but to
us the thought has the force of truth, that
we have never known woman, truly
lovely-hearted and angelminded, that did
not love flowers. The things by which we
are surrounded have their influence on
our minds: they give the tone and coloring
in a great measure to the character, and
perhaps our destiny. The man who grows
up among the rocks of New England, or
the mountains of Switzerland, will he a
sandy plains of the South, or basks lazly
in the maremna of Rome. There will be a
lirmness of nerve and unyieldingness of
purpose in the first unknown to the last, 4
something caught from the country and
climate, and stamped by the surrounding
objects, which leave an impression rs in
dellible as mountains and rocks. So with
woman; the hues and coloring Of her mind
the graceful and the beautiful that make
mp so much Of her existence; the soft and
the flexible, which, while they seem to leave
her helpless, constitute her true strength
al these things are heightened and strength
ened by the action of nature around her;
and the fragility, and the beauty of flowers,
exercise no trifling influence on her heart.
What is it that gives the home of the En-
glish cattagera degree Of neatness and COM
fort so seldom seen here? Tit because honey
suckles and jessamines are twisting around
the doors and windows; because flowers OF
many kinds and beautiful hues are mingled
with shrubbery in the yard. Would that
such 4 taste was mere prevalent here
Where so much real treasure can be pllr-
chased at so cheap a rate. so many senses
yratified at once, it is truly a pity SO few
are found to make the effort Flowers
around a door, or clustered in Window,
give an air Of happy quiet and peace, of
conscious security, and more correct in
dication Of good taste, gentle feelings, and
an unsulied heart, than silver plate or mar
ble walls. -Erchange.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-04-09
A Paraguayan Village During the War.

The village Of Piribebuy consists Of four
streets intersecting each other at right
angles, and inclosins an open space or grass
covered plaza, about a quarter of a mile
across. 1t is situated on gentle slope or
knoll, with higher ground or crests on all
sides at distance of about a mile and a
half. The houses are of one story, and
generally rooted with thatch. Near the
centre Of the plaza or open space stands
the church, built in 1875, and full of quaint
carvings and solid ornaments of silver
Outside and in front was a bell tower with
a full chime, which, OH account of the null
tiplicity of festivals, national and religious,
was seldom silent. On the crown of the
knoll was the cemetery, inclosing about an
acre of ground, and marked by single
large wooden cross in the centre. The
market place was under a dense orange
grove at one extremity Of the village, and
always presented during the day a specta-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-04-09
Hints for the Season.

Our ladies take every year more gen.
eral and active interest in out of door en-
pigments. Gardening hats, ladies' gar
dening implements. protecting gloves and
thick shoes are more and more in demand.
Fashion and Health are becoming better
friends than Of yore, and are to-day work
ing together among the vines and flowers.
There can scarcely be more healthful
exercise than this, judiciously indulged.-
The freshly turned sod contains elements,
which inhaled by the cultivator strengthen
the lungs and invigorate the whole system.
Tradition says that a powerful remedy for
a deep seated cough is to daily breathe the
exhalations of fresh earth. Motion which
gently exercises the whole body, sunlight
and pure air, combine to render the EN-
ployment very beneficial, while the interest
attached to each bulb and shoot, each Dor
der and shrub is fascinating to the mind.
To be sure plants and flowers require daily
attention, but are they not continual re-
wards as they look up with smiling faces
and shed their grateful perfume on the air?
If the garden is undertaken this Spring
for the first time, there are many plans to
make, even for small plot of ground
Walks and beds to be contrlved, and plants
selected, which shall appear to the best
advantage either with respect to the size
and situation of the garden or with regard
to the juxtaposition of the flowers them
selves. 1t is we'll to know before sewing
seeds. the height the plants will attain and
the hue of the blossoms, as taste directs
that certain colers shall not be placed side
by side, and also that plant of low stature
shall not be placed behind tall shrub. 1t
should be borne in mind that all perfumes
do not harmonic with each other
If the style of planting in masses be
adopted, tall plants should be placed in the
centre of a bed and the heights of the 9TH
ers graduated to the circumference If
planted against fence or hedge, the tallest
plants should be placed next to the back
of the walk. The ribbon style of planting
is the most beautiful in our estimation,
especially for long borders strip of
ground close to the green lawn sown ell
tirely and evenly with one kind of seed, as
thickly as will grew to advantage. Next
to this strip, sow another strip of harmo-
NOUS celor and so on until the border is
made up according to the desired width
the tallest plants being placed in the centre
of the ribbon.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-04-09

any article of value belonging to the same
individuals; and such dams should not be
allowed except when proper passages are
left for the migrating fish. In most of the
rivers, however, the artificial propagation
of shad is a necessity. Nature makes its
provisions for certain casualties; a stream
has certain fixed capacity beyond which
it cannot go naturally; it reaches a point
of production at which the rate of destruc-
ton equals that of increase, and there is an
equipoise. There are rivers in some ofour
Northern States i'll which every species of
fish have become extinct, and which are
now absolutely depopulated, although they
were once we'll stocked. To meet such
cases certain protective laws must be pass
ed, and l believe that something of this
kind has already been attempted with yon;
but fish culture is, after all, to be the main
resource.
PROCESS OF MATCHING.
The speaker referred to the numerous
experiments of Mr.. Seth Greene in the ar
titicial propagations of shad. The manip
ulating process was the same as in trout,
but it required swift running water to do
the Matching. All that is necessary is to
put the impregnated eggs into boxes with
one side full of holes. fastened to buoys in
the current of the river. Let them remain
infant brood into the water to earn their
own living. They get out to the sea and
in three years return full grown shad. The
males come back in two years. and are
called by the familiar name of bastard
shad.' The female returns in three years
to spawn. The shad attains his best de-
velopmcnt at four years. Mr.. Roosevelt
was of the opinion that shad always return
to the river in which they were propagated.
In a river in Germany an experiment had
been made by clipping the dorsal fins of a
number of shad and throwing them back
into the water. Next year some of them
were caught and identified hy this mark.
The speaker. in conclusion, said that
fish culture was yet in its infancy, but re-
marked that every day was adding to our
knowledge and making new discoveries
He did not allude to herring fisheries, be
cause the artificial propagation has not
been much studied, but the principles gov
erning it, he thought, We're the same as
these governing shad culture, The speaker
finally presented a copy of the law for the
protection of fishe ries and fish culture which
missioners in that State, and explained how
far it was desirable or applicable in Mary
land.-Baltimore Sun.