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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-08-08

BENCH AND BAR ANECDOTES.

Rufus Choate and Chief Justice Shaw.
of Massachusetts. often indulged in wordy
conbats, and wit was generally expended
by both sides. Choate was once arguing
Il case before the Chief Justice, (who was
one oi the haudsOmeSt men ever elevated
to the bench,) and, to express his reyer-
ence ior the conceded ability of the Judge
said. in yielding to an adverse decision:
''ln coming into the presence of your
Honor experience the same feelings the
Iiindoo does when he bows before his
idol. know that you are ugly, but feel
that you are great p
1t is said that Choate had a command of
/ language, and his brain leemed with II
wealth Of diction truly marvellous When
Judge Shaw heard that there was fresh
edition of Worcester's Dictionary out.
containing 900 new words, he exelaim-
ed: "For heavens sake, don't let Choate
get hold Of it,
Choate, in IN important assault and
battery ease at sea. had Dick Barton,
chici mate of the ship Challenge, on the
stand, and badgered him so for an hour
that he got his salt water up and hauled
by the wind to get the keen lawyer under
his batteries.
At the beginning of his testimony Dick
Stltl tue night WIS as Q;tfk as the ucVll,
and raned like seven bclls.n
Suddenly Mr.. Choate asked him:
WAS there any moon that night?''
Eyes, sir.
''Ah yes, a MOON"
did you see it ?''
tNot a mite"
''Then how did you know there was
moon ?"
The Nauctical Almanac said so and
I'll believe that sooner than any lawyer in
the world
.What was the principal luminary that
night, sir ?"
"Binnasle lamp aboard the Challenge"
"Ah you are growing sharp, Mr.. Bar
ton"
''What in blaZes have you been grind
ing me this hour for-to make me dull ?"
BE civil, sir, and now tell me what
latitude and longitude you cross the equa-
tor in ?"
"Sho-you're joking
mo, sir, | am in earnest, and desire
you to answer me. !"
II shan't."
"Ah! you refuse, do you ?"
"Yes-i can't
'mdeed, You are the chief mate of Il
clipper ship, and are unable to answer so
simple Il question ?"
Yes, It's the simplest question l ever
had asked me. Why, thought every
fool of lawyer knew that there amt no
latitude at the equator
That shot tloored Rufus.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-08-08
POULTRY HOUSES.

Within the last twenty years the i'm
provement in the breeds of poultry has
been on the increase. Foreign importa-
tions have contributed largely to this, and
every importer of superior stock for breed
ing purposes deserve the thanks of the
country. With this improvement has in
creased the demand for bothpoultry and
eggs. and small farmers cannot do better
than turn their attention in this direction.
There is just as good a range for poultry
on farm of twenty or thirty acres as on
one of five hundred acres. Experience
has proven that they must not be too
crowded; from fifty to one hundred may
be accommodated in one house of ten by
twenty feet, or sixteen by sixteen feet, two
stories high, with plenty of outdoor range
in the day time. The basement story must
be at least four feet in the ground, open
toward the south, walled in with stone,
brick or lumber. 1t must be located on
ground where the floor will always be dry
All the laying boxes or nests must be here,
and it will be better to have all the hatch.
ing nests on the ground, as the tempera-
ture of.the eggs in Matching will be more
uniform. Hens having access to such a
cellar and properly fed will lay eggs all
winter. Young broods of chickens may
be hatched and reared in March.
The second story is for roostng; the
perches should not be placed too high and
so arranged that those on one perch can
not reach those on another. The drop
/ ings must be removed frequently and the
whole interior whitewashed with quick
/ lime. The floor between the two stories
must be fitted close SO that no dirt will pass
| through Both stories should be so fin
! ished as to be warm in winter and we'll
ventilated when the weather is warm.
Those who wish to keep more poultry than
one such house will accommodate can erect
two or more.
In the neighborhood of Il market, town
or city, or within reach of snch by rail-
road, the growing of poultry and eggs is
very profitable and the demand increases
with the supply, so that there is no danger
of over-stocking the market. The time
spent in attending to this is so small that it
is not missed from other employments, hut
it is rather Il ecreation.-Ameriean Stock
Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-08-08
Nennebtt Journal.
Published on Water Street, Foot of Court,
AUGUSTA, MAINE.
By SPRAGUE, OWEN t. NASH.
1ailp 3ennebrf Aournat

Is issued every morning, except Sundays.
Contains the latest news by telegraph and mail,
reports of the Markets. and has carefully pre-
red political aud local articles, and generous
amount of farming, home and miscellaneous read
ing with full compilation Of State news.
Terms, 81 per annuni in adconcei Is il payment
II not made within the year. Single copies cents,
70 be had at the bookstores and at this Office.
Advertisements one inch in length, three III.
serIons or less, ao0; p cts. for every Hb clnent
Insertion Longer advertisements or those nserted
for any considerable length of time, VIII be lnserted
at favorable terms to the tdyeftiaer.
Special Notices - per cent additional.
Amusement Notices, - per square per week.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-05-10
SORGIIINI.

Mr. EDITOR: BY your permission
| wish TO answer question wliole Is
often asked me, through your columns.
The question is, "IIow much sorgh am
can you make per acre.
| would say, generally from tn rec
to three and half gallons to every
bushel Of corn the same land would
yield.
A few suggestions with regard to the
cultivation Of this crop may be of in
terest to your farmer readers who are
without experience IN this particular.
But soils and other conditions vary %
much that only few general hints can
be given. The first and one of the most
important items to be observed is the
thorough breaking of the land, The
land should be broken early, close and
deep. From the 10Th to the Zoth OF
May it should be again broken or bed
ded in rows three and half feet apart,
and the seed planted either in hills or
drilled, and covered lightly with well
pulverized soil. Care should be taken
not to plant the seeds too thick. If
the soil is rich and productive, such
as would yield forty bushels Of corn to
the acre, it will bear about three canes
to every running foot in the drill.
Apparently it makes but little differ
ence whether it is drilled continuously
or planted in hills eighteen or twenty
inches apart, or III check rows three
and half feet each way. In either
case the roots will occupy all the
ground. If the soil is very thin OF
worn out, reduce the stand to one and
two canes to the running foot. Guilt
vate light and clean. In conclusion
| would say to my neighbors, be sure
and plant sorghum. If you do MOI
wish to incur the cost of a mill, those
who have mills will manufacture the
syrup at twenty five cents gallon.
w. n. JOHNSON.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-05-10
retrospect of the burdens and depriva-

retrospect of the burdens and depriva'
tions, through which the people of the
south have passed, not uncomplaining'
ly it is true, but peacefally, during the
last five years. Deprived of the privi-
leges enjoyed by their former slaves,
deprived of their voice in the affairs OF
the country, deprived of representation
in the councils of the nation, and yai
continually ground down by the one :
Gus burdens of an unjust and unwi g
system of taxation, state and national
The laws administered in great niea =
ure by strangers and foreigners, AMI
the people, to all intents and purpose )
mere subjects. For all this the pocr
negroes are not to be blamed, but rath
er pitied. We maintain that under
the peculiar circumstances of their
emancipation, they have done n'uc /
better than we had reason to expect OF
them. But it will not be denied thai
they, as a people, are ignorant an'I
credulous, and have been led by wicked
and designing persons to the adoption
of a political course directly detrlnen
tai to their own most vital interests
and to the interest of the whole peop,.
of the south. And though they liavs
persisted with a zeal and an earnest.
ness worthy better canse, yet this has
not embittered their former owiers
against them, and to-day they are the
recipients of greater kindnesses from
old Massa than from any of their new
found friends. They know that this
is true, and will not themselves ienyit
And many of them, too, are beginning
to appreciate the situation-they arc
becoming more intelligent and capable
Of judging Of appearances, and the con-
sequence will be that every year will
witness waning oftheir allegiance to
the radical leaders. Mark our predic
ton. The Ku klux ill will not
strengthen their faith in radicali sm,
and as the failure of reconstruction be-
comes more and more apparent to them,
they will grow more and more ;nde-
pendent in their habits of thought un.
til the most intelligent of them will
begin to realize the situation, and think
and vote like men.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-05-10

Whether walking dres'es ere to be
long or short this season is vexed
ueston. In factit is not likely to be
settled, and we are glad of it, for 1t
tulancipates our lady friends, whom
we are sorry to sa. are more complete
slaves than ever fuifee was, and allows
them TO exercise tleir taste little.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-05-10
Wheeler's Cavalry VS. Ku-Klux.

Our old war comrade Bill WYATT
of the sixth, Georgia cavalry maa' a
ten strike the other day. lie captured
three of the Ku Klux that Governor
Bullock has been advertising for car
r;ed them to the Chattanooga court
bonse, got them convicted and senten-
ced to the penitentiary for seven years.
and came down ON Bullock Tor 'he
prize money, $1,000 for the first ana
Z, 600 each for the balance, making
A. 900 in all. Bullock paid up "like
a little man." and Wyatt went home
happy. This amount OF money III
Chattanooga county, all at one time'
will create a tremendous excitement
The beauty of the whole affair is !, ,ha'
. these Ku-klux we're common rad'ca
thieves, and we're playing ku-kiux :, |,
cover their stealing operations pun, w
for Wheeler's cavalry.-Grt'H o. =
Star.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-05-10
Yet advanced a glorious cause. In
fact. any cause that might be advanced

fact, any cause tnat iniSht pe au'ahceu
by the employment of such means,
would itself be thereby debased. In
politics as in every thing else about
which we shall write, we expect to be
guided by our Conscientious convictions
of duty; and hence, will be always
found battling for what we believe to
be right, and against what we believe
to be wrong, whether the perpetrator
of that wrong be found in our own or
the enemy's camp.
Having now laid down our platform
and mounted it in good earnest, we
come before the people a candidate for
their patronage and encouragement.
We intend to give full value for every
dollar of subscription money we re-
ceive, and if our business men do not
think our space will be valuable to them
for advertisements, they must with
hold them, because our subscribers
will appreciate the increased quantity
of reading matter. We will parade
no claims upon the people for gratui-
tous support-we would not accept OF
il while we are able to work. But
we promise to make the best news
paper we can, and to deal candidly
and honestly with our customers.
That's all.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-05-10
ton day.

liOu ua1s
Cincinnati May 6.
Cotton- Mijdling, Il to - Flour, tamp
81. .25 to $50. Corn SIC. Oats 80 TO
Mess pork $3.50 Lard lie. Bacon
Jlc. Whisky sc.
St. Louis, Nay g.
Flour, super winter, So 81 to 8 20 !; extra
&c. 90: double extra, $625 to $40 Mess
,ork SI7.75. D.on Il o9i a lOc.
New Orleans, May 6.
Cotton--good ordinary ~ TO l3ic' low
middling E,I to I4sc; middling lls to l4s
Sugar irmer ; common "A to SC; prime I'D
o lOI choice lOi to III. Molasses and
coffee unchanged.
Louisville, May g.
Cotton, midjHng. l3ic Y,our, plain ana
rhoice extra family, $685. 675. Oats ozt 10
Ire. Ness pork $500. Bacon a. d a ~
Hams, sugar-cured, l5c plain 1lc.
Liverpool, May =.
Cotton milJling uplands7i to I'D; mid
ding Orleans 7i to 7sd
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-05-10
TuR FRENCH ERoUBIE.-Many

TIE FRENCH TRoUBIE.-Many
questions relative to the Causes and
Character of the Civil strife in France,
are asked us almost daily. The follow
ing from the n o. Times will throw
some light on this subject:
The real source of the vigorous re-
sistance of the Parisians to the recogni-
ton Of tLa Narsa;lles cnra-r-rant = !.
l The apprehensiop Of restoration
of a strong, ,anti,repubca' government,
and the denial of the authorities of the
National Assembly p create such a
government.
2. This suspicion aud apprehension
have been inhamed 10y the delay in the
Government TO recognize the communal
rights of the Parisians; that is the right
of selecting their own bcal city govern
ment. M. Thiers sought to subordi-
nate the exercise of this right to some
control of the central or national gov
ernment, to which Paris is bitterly op-
posed.
3. The Partisan working classes are
as bitterly opposed to the bourgeosie
class, embracing the capitalists and
propertyholders-perlnps even more
so-than they are to The Imperialists.
The Orleans dynasty, with whose
restoration ii is suspected that Theirs
is identified, is doubtless more hateful
to them than the Imperhl dynasty. In
fact, they demand simeihing more
than change of political forms and
administration. Theyask and expect
relief for the poverty, degradation and
wrongs of the working classes, and
minds have been saturated with the
social and communisticideas of Simon,
Louis Blanc, Prudhomme and others.
These appear to be he chief causes
and motives of the great, and indeed it
would seem heroic resistance of the
Parisians to the entraIce of the Ma
tional Government into Paris. We
trust, for the repute of civilization and
humanity, that there will be some com
promise and solution of the terrible
problem, though we confess the pros
poets are not very encouraging that
such = result will be reached without a
fearful loss of life.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-05-10
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
NEwtkLEANs, May "A tornado,
Tuesday, at Baton Rouge, did great
destruction toproperty in that vicinity.
The north and south walls of the peni.
tentisry, together with the roof of the
shoe factory and the south wing of the
building were blown away. Several
'stsss+ +-awgc-vaumnys-wcsc- -uffrcvser;,-
and three or four steamboats, wrecked.
A number of coal-boats and flats were
sunk.
Articles to consolidate the Missis>
sippi River and Paducah and Gulf
Railroads, were signed at Memphis
yesterday. The work of completing
the former to be commenced imme-
diafely.
SING SING, May 6.-At noon yes
terday, as the convicts at Sing Sing
prison were marching to dinner. the
gallery floor gave way, prccipitating
several men to the pavement, forty
feet beneath, and others dropped to
the gallery below, sustaining severe
injuries. A scene of wild excitement
ensued, during which numerous at
tempts to escape were made by the
prisoners. The prison officials acted
promptly and coolly, ami soon extri-
Gated the victims from the debris.
The cause Of the accident was the
breaking of one of the iron braces
which supported the gallery. 1t is
feared that two men are fatally injured.
New York, May 6.--The Tribune
says Senator Osborn, now at Brooklyn,
has received information by several
private letters from Florida, that Mr..
Mahony, the republican member of the
lower house of the Flor ida legislature,
was killed in.Lake City on the 26th of
April. The reports are that a quarrel
was provoked to secure an apology for
killing him; that he was a southerner
and confederate soldier; that some
time ago he joined the republican par>
ty and was elected to the legislature in
November. The senator also has let
tiers positively asserting that about the
time of Mahony' 5 death three men ap.
pearcd in Tallahas A~>he avowed
purpc Sc of assassifklng Gov. Reed.
San Francisco, May 6.-The main.
portion Of the town of Folsom, in this
state, has been destroyed by lire.
MARKETS.
-, New York, Mayo.
Gold III! to lIIl.
Memphis. Mayo.
Pusipexs generally suspendrd to~day on
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-05-10

The official records Of crime in th,
siate of MASSACHUSETTS were exhibited
in congress during tip discussion OF
de ku kIsA osn n.y. .oN ia' III
tbe year 1869 in Mas.chusettes there
were A.. 9I9 crimes apinst the laws,
10 1913 of which were offences against
chastity. morality an decency." In
Ben, Batler's district a me the criminal
statistics show the COMMISSION OF o,55o
crimes a greater numbr than can be
established against anYwhole state In
the south. And yet thy pass ku klux
bills and read moral lectures to decent
people! In the Language of disth'>
guisled member of the la:e legislature,
'"Oh, blush, where is tly shame 7
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-05-10

Z send this number Of the Tele~
gra to large number of persons
wbe names are not on our books, as
welace none there but bona fide paid
ursubscribcrs. Those who wish the
poer CONTINUED will please notify us
at once.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-05-10

Never attempt to do anything that
is not right. just as sure as you do,
you will get into trouble, if you even
suspect that anything is wrong. do il
net until you are sure your suspicious
are groundless.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-05-10

Next week we will publish the ad
dress of the Democratic and Conser
yative Senators and members Of Con
gress to the people of the Unite.
States.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-05-10

Super .tition is the poetry of hie' IL
!. inherent in mans nature; and wnen
=. ,h;nL II is eradicated, it takes refuge
in the strangest holes and corners
whence it peeps out all at once as 500"
as !, can do il with safety =
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-05-10

and honestly with our customers.
That's all.
The passage of the celebrated ku
klux bill, enables the president to send
troo;'s to any or all of the southern
states at will. Doubtless the origina'
tors of the bill, and their satellites,
great and small. far and near, are OF
the opinion that the success of the rad
ical party in 1872 is now placed almost
beyond question. We are not so Ger
tain that the unnecessary and danger
Gus powers conferred by this bill on
the President will result in any perma-
nent benefit to the party. On the con
trary it will most probably be the
NEAR of exposing to the gaze especial
" of the people of the northern states,
the utter groundlessness of the allega-
tions of the existence of organized bands
or bodies of men, having in view the
overthrow of the government.
The whole thing is what might be
properly called, in the language Of the
hustings. "a little scheme" gotten up
for the express purpose of keeping up
the existing prejudices of the northern
people against those of the south, and
thereby, ifpossible, to check the tide of
conservatism that is finding utterance
in the late state elections. Some, many,
of the ablest and most distinguished Of
northern reconstructionists, having ev-
or since the surrender of the conieder>
ate forces, zealously and earnestly adj
yocated all the reconstruction meas
ures of congress, have at last come to
the knowledge of the truth. at least so
far as to induce them to boldly an
nounce from the stump and through
the press. that reconstruction is n
failure"-a truth that has all the while
been patent to those who were familiar
with its practical workings. Any
plan of reconstruction which practically
and necessarily results in the governing
of the intelligence of country by ITS
ignorance, must of necessity, in the
end, prove to be failure, and gen
erally, as in the present instance, a
most costly one. This we believe will
be apparent to those troops that may
be sent among US to hunt ku klux,
which, by the way, has no existence
except in the heated and excited lmag
nations of a class who are, in an im-
portant sense of the term, without "a
local habitation and a name, and who
usually "pack their traps and travel
whenever they are deprived Of then
REGULAR rations of Office and govern
ment pap. The people of the south
do not make war upon these men,
They move about over the country
with as much assurance Of safety as dc
any other class of persons; and II, per
chance, one of them imagnes he Ii
haunted by long hungry spectres, whos'
bony fingers are reaching all night Ions
for the throat Of the poor creature
the most appropriate consolation We
can offer him is contained in thes'
words, "The guilty flee when no maj
pursues"
We believe that there are fewer out
RACES committed in the south than IL
the north, and we say, unhesltatlnSly
that the southern people, since the clos'
of the war, have made a record of tol
Grafton and forbearance, never yet sur
passed or even equaled, by any peopl
on the globe. Let those who thinl
take calm and deliberate
~
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-05-10

Hon Sharon Tyndalewas murdered
Springfield ILL.,, on the 29th of April,
and the body robbed of fifty dollars
A gold watch and gold spectacles we're
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-05-10

~ SITUATION, anu we 10 hot tiiilk
)!s lust in this time of financial dis
|tress to levy an extra rate of taxation
upon the already overburdened citizens,
to erect public buildings, when the ones
we have can be occupied few years
longer. This county has been trimmed
off from time to time until Washington
has been left very nearly in the centre
of the county. and hence we very natu-
rally supposed that the county seat
would be permanent. We think it
ought to be so. In the event of the
removal very large quantity of hereto
fore valuable property, must become
almost worthless, and we hold that in
Justice and equity the county should
pay for all depreciation in the value of
property occasioned by the removal,
and this added to the expense Of erect
ing new public buildings, would involve
the credit of the county to such an ex,
tent, as to preclude the possibility of a
recovery in period of twenty years.
We think it is folly, and hope that wiser
counsels may prevail.
If one third of the qualified voters
of ie county shc aid sigl the petition to
the county court to order an election
an tte subject Of the removal of the
e county seat, we suppose the election
woull not be ordered to take place un-
ill the general election in 1872. Before
that time arrives we hope and believe
that many will have been converted
Sam the error of their ways, and the
\ ,~sequences will be what it ought to
But we do not now believe that
ipn will receive the signatures
the qualified voters Of
7the " ,hird any thing near that
OF o"1 ,nty, oNlipg the herculean
the n,Ss:, Sss notwitA,, effect
ss%ss,;A s4a''s ina, are ! Alls.
,h,t purposee eeraf Il the mos. . .elli-
wv" '.'"rsea witl the county, in regard to
cent neshnd are now thoroughly
this nhat their eyes are beginning
conv'the realities oc the situation,
40 they cannot be gulled into the
N of the ruinous measure. We
o those who partake Of the nature
.izens, and have an interest in the
fare of the country, and appreciate
cir present condition, with regard to
he ,~cssion of comfortable little
D. 0frads, and good Church and
, fhoroperty, all of which would be
/Ap,d worthless by the change.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-05-10

! 1T on his per'ia'ir
Springfield offers 2 'ce'
fr the murderer. i
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-05-10

"a A severe storm of wind and rain WIS.,
4 tied this place last evening, tearing
4 down few shade trees, and quite
number of fruit trees in the vicinity.
! A few sign boards were thrown from
their hangings, fences blown down, &c.
I'VE learn this morning that the steam
N of Mr.. John Justus, in the edge
blown dowpX the extent
glclined to the
in the edge