Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-03

four years c0urtshlp.
A certain Bangor milk dealer obtains part of
the milk he sells from a neighor living half a
mile distant. Each day about sunset he har-
nesses his horse into the milk wagon, puts in his
cans and throws the reins Over the dasher. His
large Newfoundland dog then grayely steps in,
and the horse, under the direction of his canine
| driver, proceeds TO the aforesaid neighbours and
stops; the dog announces their arrival, the
neighbor fills the cans, the dog resumes his
seat in the vehicle, the horse carefully turns and
trots home. These intelligent animals have
done this daily, and have never met with an ac-
-cident.
Heretofore the legislature has so frequently
and constantly refused to charter parallel and
competing lines, that it would have been con-
sidered breach of legislative faith TO charter
parallel line, even when only charter before
existed. But the legislature of 1871 has adopted
a new policy and has declared new views by
granting charter for the extension of the Bos-
ton and Maine to Portland, and by granting
charter to the Androscoggin to extend from
Lewiston to Danvlle Junction.
A correspondent of the Maine Farmer urges
the sowing of the seeds of forest trees for lum-
her and wood. and especially of the white pine.
In reference to their rapid growth, he says: I'm
the year 1856, purchased an out farm for
pasture There were some twenty acres OF wood
upon 1t. Finding q few small pines among Tue
| hemlocks from two to four inches in diameter,
| pruned them as high as | could reach. Lately
| found them grown into tall trees over a foot
| IN diameter, WIN no SlGus Vi NH0TG tuG lllUS
were taken off, with green, smooth thrifty
| bark"
An Augusta letter writer says: When the
matter of distributing the wonderful report of
the water power Of Maine by Walter Wells came
up, several members asked sneeringly, whats
the goodP' Do they forget that this report has
so advertised our capacities as already TO bring
ten millions of foreign capital to our statcr 1t
is no prediction to say that Maine will cherish
Walter Wells eminent services many years
after those who sneer are dead and forgotten.
Did those gentlemen know that during the day
they sneeringly refused a small appropriation to
pay the expense of further distribution, Gov.
Perham received letter making inquiries about
investing in manufacturing between three and
four hundred thousand dollars, with the further
statement that the attention of the parties was
called to this state by Mr.. Wells report2
The Portland Press says: "a yearago, a crowd
of croakers told us that the legislature of Maine
was controlled by railroad interests, and that
the combination Of two or three large companies
then talked OF, would be able TO shape all legis-
lation. The combination took place, but any
observer with half common sense would say to-
day that there has not been legislature for years
where these leading corporations were Sc utterly
without power or influence. There was not in
duence enough in the friends of consolidation,
although they number some of the strongest and
influential men in both parties, to secure fifty
votes in both branches for proposition of this
character. If all the future legislatures cac go
away from the capital so entirely free from the
charge of corrupt bargains, lobby influences and
class legislation the people Of Maine will be for
tunate indeed.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
John j. Havey, recently arrested for passing
counterfeit money, was the keeper of a grocery
and liquor saloon at Messer's Crossing in Salem
OF the 3S2 students at Dartmouth college there
are 1865 professors of religion, and fifty are in
tending TO enter the ministry. There have
been twenty-four conversions in the past year.
Of the forty-siX residents of Claremolt who
igned the WashlngtOnian pledge forty years
ago, Josiah Holt is the only one living, and,with
| the exception Of Jonathan Miner, deceased, the
| only one who remained true to the pledge.
AbiJah Sanborn, a grandson of Ebenezer San
| born, one of the original grantees of the old
| town of Sanbornton, celebrated his eighty
| fourth birthday, recently, by gathering of all
| his children, grandchildren and great-grand-
| children.
Rev. Mr.. Borden, pastor of the Lowell street
Unversalist society, Manchester, has caused his
resignation TO be read. The Mirror says: "He
is regarded as a faithful pastor and an excellent
man, and 1t is understood that the society Will
request him to withdraw his resignation"
The Portsmouth Chronicle relates that a little
lady of five summers, in that city, whose father
is an officer of rank in the United States naval
service and now absent on sea duty was re-
Gently offering up her petitions for the absent
| one, and concluded as follows: 90, Lordl Please
send my dear papa home again, as quick as
| Uncle Sam will let your
The Nashua Telegraph begins, this week, its
third volume. The experiment, on the part of
| the publishers of the old Weekly telegraph, at
| publishing daily, has proved highly satisfac-
tory to its patrons, and the paper begins the new
| chapter of its successful experience with excel
| lent prospects of attaining all the prosperity
| that it so richly deserves.
The Nashua Telegraph says: eve learn from
A reliable source that ex-Postmaster Willard, of
| Concord, is addressing letters to republicans IN
| various parts of this district soliciting their CO.
operation in bolt of the nomination of Gov.
| Stevens. This is the very poorest poor bust
| ness, and if Mr.. Willard gets no more encour-
agement from other quarters than he does from
this, we reckon he has already got aea in his
| cal"
| The Nashua republicans will not want fer a
| long list of names from which to select cam
| didate for mayor next week. The town talk al
| ready makes free with the names of Messrs. F.
| b. Aver, John g. Blunt, John d. Chandler, g.
| V. Dearborn, A. II. Dunlap, j NJ. Fletcher, B.
Fletcher, Jr., Charles Holman, Charles Loveioy,
| A. W. Sawyer, Gilman Scripture, S. K Well
man, S. 7. Worcester, etc We have heard of
| but three names mentioned for the democratic
| nomination, viz: Messrs Frank A. Mexican, L.
| g. Reed and Dana Sargent.
VERMONT.
A "citizen" standing near Landon's platform
scales, Rutland, the other day, asked a colored
| individual, Can a Niger weigh hogsP To
which the colored man replied, "Put yourself
| on dem scales, and see if he can'tP
Hon VIM. G. Shaw, the present Burlington
| city judge, having been nominated by the re-
| publican party for re election, and having de-
| chned the nomination, second caucus was
| called to ill the vacancy, and assembled on the
| 18th ult. Judge Shaw was again nominated for
reelection, and the unanimity was such that it
| is understood that he will consent to be a cam
] dldate
The Providence journal, after alluding to the
fact that President An gell has consented to 20
from the Vermont to the Michigan university,
says: "Ihis is one of the consequences of WORK
well done where he is. His five years service in
Vermont has made him known, and made it
sure that he would be in demand in yet larger
fields. II is one Of the penalties which Bur-
| lington must suffer for having drawn away
| from Rhode Island one of our citizens capable
| of so much greater work than they have for
! him to do. And now having set his mark upon
| the small college where he hls tried bis hand
and purchased a good degree, he goes to the
great university of the west, where his brilliant
| powers and his ample academic experience will
lind opportunity large enough to satisfy all
reasonable ambition"
John Haggarty of Woodstock, who has here
| tofore figured in Boston and Burlington police
| courts, came from Boston week ago and stop
| ped at White River junction, where he loafed
around for several days Thursday, as a train
came in from Boston, he stepped INTO car, took
| up chest of tea, and with some vehement an
| athemas against certain house in Boston for
whom he claimed to be acting as runner, and
who he said had sent an article he did not order
walked with it to the express office for the pur.
| pose of sending it back, While he was marking
the chest for return, the train hands, suspecting
| something wrong, were examining the bill Of
| freight, and having their suspicious confirmed
Mr. Haggartv was at once seized by an officer.
On a preliminary hearing before justice, he
was held in $500 bonds; failing to procure it he
was committed His parents are honest, hard
working, respectable citizens of Woodstock.
CONNECTICUT.
The Hartford carpet company at Thompson
vile makes 5000 yards of carpeting,or enough to
fill two freight cars, every day.
The Pitklns Of South Windsor and Dewevs of
Wrapping, poisoned the other day by Mrs Stiles
| candy, are recovering.
| Ii is reported that another foolish person al
| lowed himself to be heeced out of $4,000 lately.
on the New York and New Haven railroad.
A package sent by express from Daubury TO
| Sherman, in yVember last, reached its destina-
| ton last week.
| A man riding across the bridge near Haskell's
| tavern, Pomfret, on Sunday in a carriage was
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