The Republican journal., 1870-10-27

Last, winter creepS along with taruy pace,
Sour is his front, and turrow'd is his face"
Our long dry summer and autumn seem
to have given place to what on the Pacific
coast, would be called the rainy season and
we ,are now subjected to many drenching
rains and chilly blasts of wind, which cause
our streets md walks To become uncOmfort-
ably muddg-though we feel under ucel,
obligation TO our city fathers, for the efforts
they have made, the past season, to improve
our streets by importing and using coarse
sea shore gravel on our streets instead of
lime rock chips, which grind up into powder
4 fruitful source of mud and dust
The past season has been one of the dull
est ever experienced by those who have been
engaged in lime burning, and little or no
During the entire season the price of lime in
Boston and New York. has not been above
what it cost here ready for market. am
informed that an effort is being made to
unite. the several firms and persons engaged
in lime burning, together with all the prop
ery owned by the same, into one corporation
Whether such an arrangement would be
beneficial to the lime burning interest and to
the place, is u matter of doubt among
many,
Our city has been unusually quiet of late,
and nothing of interest has taken place here
since the trial of the Bank Robbers. Mar
shall Carver seems 10 he satisfied with the
amount of liquor he has ON hand, aud has
made no effort lately to obtain more. Hotels.
saloons and grogshops are in full blast,
dealing out the dircst fluid right in the face
and eyes of the party that has control of the
city government, and is largely in the ascen-
dency here, and has solemnly resolved that
prohibition is the fundamental plank in its
platform.
''For often vice. provoked to shame
Borr0Ws the color of II virtuous deed
Thus lihcrtines are chaStc, and mser4 good,
A coward valiant, and priest sincere
Oh! Z. Pope! where is your 'Good Tenn
plar's lodge" and your youths Temperance
VISITOR? Farwcll, where is the cane you
once shook so vanantly over tue neads Of
rumsellers Is twenty years of experience
not enough to satisfy those zealots that their
efforts are all in vain?
Our city, together with the other towns
along the route of the Knox and Lincoln
Railroad, has been called upon again to
raise more money for the above named road,
and the amount required has been given with
few liSSentinr votes 1t is believed now by
the directors, that q sufficient amount of
money has been subscribed to finish the road,
and they hope to have it finished by early
summer of next year. The iron has all been
landed, and the track is now being laid at
the other end of the route | am informed
that active efforts are being made by the
people of Camden to build a road from that
village to Rockland. The route is very
easy one, and would cost no more than the
people of Camden are we'll able to pay
The Rockland Lyccum, which was so much
of u success last winter, has been organized
again, and | am informed that an effort will
be made to have q course of lectures here
during the coming winter.
The Teachers Institute for Knox County is
being held this week in Thomaston. These
institutes, and the active efforts of &. NJ
Hicks, Esq, the County Supervisor, have in
fused new life into our schools throughout
tho county. The schools of this city have
been suspended during the week to enable
the teachers to attend. NoMEN |