davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Republican journal., 1871-01-26
DIED..

Obituary notices, beyond the date name ana must
bepaid5or.l
In Camden, Dir. John r. French aged g. years and s
months, formerly of Montvile.
In Camden, Charlotte l., daughter Of tho late l. IT,
and Melinda Brewster aged 10 years and months.
In Union, 18th inst, Mr.. Vina Ware, aged 81 years.
The Republican journal., 1871-01-26
Two STORY DWELLING HOUSE
For Sale at a Bargain
A PERFECT TITLE GIVEN!

AAo IN ORDER TO CLOSE A CON.
&ME2 Germ, the Two Story House and l., in
.s& Rockland, on South side Of Rockland
4E1=944G street. adjoining Benjamin Knowlton's
will be sold very low, and possession
given Immediately The house Is pleasantly situated,
in good neighborhood, five or six minutes walk from
the Post Office High School and Churches. 1t contains
sixteen finished rooms closets and other con
good repair has two handsome parlors parlor chambers
ind spacious entries, above and below, all which
elegantly papered and painted 1t very suitable for
venient for two families. perfect title will be
given free from all claims to dover. The premises may
be examined on application to Benjamin knoWlton, or
to
PETER TEACHER, Agent Of Proprietors,
No. kimbaIi Block.
Rockland, Jan. %, 1871. tf29
The Republican journal., 1871-01-26
ABSTRACT OF THE
ANNUAL STATEMENT
ETNA INSURANCE Comply.
On the 3ts day Of Det $780, made to The State Of Maine

Capital Stock all Paid up, $4,000. 900 90
ASSETS AS FOLLOWS:
Real Estate unincumbered 25S3lo,14
Cash on hand In Bank and in Agents hands As
United States Securities, 739, ESQ 90
State, City and Town Stocks and Bonds l,OO3135 90
Bank and Trust Co.'S. Stocks, l44seo5 90
Railroad Co.'S. Stocks and Bonds 15l38S7 so
Loans on Real Estate, 100000
Total Assets. $5.7s2, $50. 90
LIABILITIES.
Losses adjusted and not due, 5 7473e35
Losses unadjusted, 2O9 176 60
re, insurance Fund 1851 1885, 90
other Liabilities small, for printing, &C., 10000
Total, $1,s66, 400. SO
Total Income for 1870, $3,972, $685. s3
Total Expenditures for 1870, $3749 1850
Risks written during the year. $329, 6sl ,3s2oO
ksfs Written IN Maine during the year.
RISKS outstanding In Maine, 6,l25, 050 90
Premiums received in Maine In 1870, 1903 2O1 so
Losses pa'd IN Maine In 1870, 81 505
cox 4 FIELD, Agents,
Nv For Belfas and Vicinity.
The Republican journal., 1871-01-26


County of Waldo, on the second Tuesday Of January i'll
the year OF our Lord A. D. 1871.
MARY LONGFELLOW, widow of Nathan Long
WI fellow late of Palermo, in said County of Waldo
deceased having presented petition for allowance
from the personal estate of said deceased.
Ordered That the said Mary, give notice IT, all per
interested by causing copy OF this order to be publish
ed three weeks successfully in the Republican journal
printed at Belfast, that they may appear at Probate
Court to be held at Belfast, within and for said County
the second Tuesday of February next, ten OF the
clock before and shew cause If they have, wh
the prayer OF said petition should not be granted
ASA TIlURLOUGH, judge.
true copy. Attrst-B. +, FIELD, Register. 3w:o
The Republican journal., 1871-01-26


Ordered, That the said Leonard, give notice to all
persons interested by causing copy of this order he
published three weeks successfully in the Republican
journal, printed at Hcltast that they may appear
Probate Court to be held at Belfast within and for
County, the second Tuesday of February next at ten
OF the clock before noon and shcw cause il any they
have. why the same should not be proved, approved
and allowed ASA TIIURLOUGH, Judge.
true copy. Attest-B. T. FIELD, Register. aw1s
The Republican journal., 1871-01-26

7 EONARD SllUrN, Nance Executor in certain
instrument purporting to be the last will and tesla
ment OF Thomas shute late OF stockton, in sud County
of Waldo deceased, having presented said will tor FRO
The Republican journal., 1871-01-26

At Probate Court held at Belfast, within and tor the
County OF Waldo, on the second tuesday of January
A. ID. 1871.
T T. WHITE, WM. q. CROSBY y DANIEL HARA-
- DEN Trustees Under the will of Nathaniel Wilson
late of Belfast in said County OF Waldo, deceased hay
ing presented their seventh account OF ruaGeship for
allowance.
Ordered, That the said Trustees give notice to
all persons Interested by causing copy OF this order
be published three weeks successfully the Republican
Journal, printed At Belfast, that they may appear at
Probate Court, to be held at Belfast within and for said
County, on the second Tuesday of February ten
of the clock before noon, and sheW cause if they
have, why the same should not be allowed.
ASA TIL KLOUGH, Judge
A true copy. AttestB, l.. FIELD, Register 3we7
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-30
WiseeAaneons.
System.

System.
Everything that is done ought to
be done Systematically, and every
set of opinions ought to be systema-
tized. The professional man that
works by system is more likely to
succeed in his business; if he gov
erns his labors by chance, oftener
than otherwise failure is the result.
Any course study and duty adopt
ed and rigidly parsaed woild be
likely to lead to success; but
hap-hazard effort to obtain fortune
or reach emihence by imptlsifc ac-
ton viii in almost every case ter
inmate proftlessly. The history of
all human achievements demon
strates the Importance of system in
labor. The labor of mind or body
to be made remunerative, must be
drifted steadily and constantly in
one direction. Mighty oceans are
formed of little drops Of water and
great intellects consist of number
less little ideas; small riyulets flow
ing constantly in one direction wi
den out into broad rivers on whose
bosoms the commerce of nations is
borne; small minds constantly gath
ering up knowledge finally direct
national thought and control ma
tional destiny system assures
success; fixed hours of study and
recreation are essential to profes-
sional eminence. and efficiency;
opinions scatteringly gathered and
loosely arranged are practically Of
little value. They cannot be used
readily or to much advantage. Sys-
tematized they constitute wisdom
and become powerful ANY man Of
common sense may become a useful
member Of society by a systematic
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-30
CheanPIeasuPes.

Did you ever study the cheap
ness of some pleasures? asks some
writer. Do You know how little it
takes to make multitude happvf
Such trifes at a penny a word viii
do the work. There are two or three
boys passing along-giye them each
a chestnut, and how smiling they
look! They llnot beeross for some
time. A poor widow lives In the
neighborhood, who is the mother
of half dozen children. Send
them a peck of sweet apples, and
they win all be happy. A child has
lost his arrow-an the world to
him-and he mouIns sadly; help te
find it or make him another, and
how quickly viii the sunshine play
over his sober face. A boy has as
much as he can do to pile up load
of wood; assist him few moments
or speak a pleasant word to him,
and he forgets his toll and works
away without minding it. Your
apprentice has broken a mug or cut
the vest too large, or slightly injur-
el piece of work. Say ''you
scoundrel," and he feels miserable;
but remark Il am sorry," and he
will try to do better. You employ
man, pay him ehccrfully and
speak a pleasant word to him, and
he leaves your house with con-
tented heart, to light up bis own
hearth with smiles and gladness.-
As you pass along the street you
meet a familiar face; say "Good
morning" as though you felt hap
py, and it viii work admirably in
the heart Of your neighbors. Pleas
ure is cheap. Who will not bestow
it itliberally? If there are smiles, sun
shine and flowers all about us, let
us not grasp them up with n miser's
fist and lock them up in our hearts.
No; rather let us take them and
scatter them about us, in the cot Of
the widow, among the group Of
children in the crowded mart, where
men Of business congregate, in our
families, and everywhere. We can
make the wretched happy, the dis.
contcnted cheerful, the afflicted re-
signed, at an exceedingly cheap
rate. Who will refuse to do IT.
THE Republican caucus of Cor
gress has decided that it win do no
business beyond protecting South
c n loyalists before adjournment.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-30
Sometime.

OVMCAkAACs
It is a sweet, sweet song, warbled
to and fro amongst the topmost
boughs of the heart, and filling the
whole air with such JOY and glad
ness as the songs of birds do when
the summer morning comes out Of
darkness and day is born on the
mountains. We have all our pos
sessions in the future which we call
"sometime." Beautiful flowers and
singing birds are there, only our
hands seldom grasp the one, or our
ear hear the other. But, oh, read
er, be of good cheer, for all the good
there is . golden "sometime;" when
the hill and valleys Of time are al
passed; when the wear and fever,
the disappointment and the sorrow
of life are over; then there is the
place and the rest appointed OF God.
Oh, homestead, over whose roof fall
no shadows or even clouds, and over
whose threshold the voice of sorrow
is never heard; built upon the eter-
nal hills, and standing with thy
spires aid pinhacles Of celestial
beauty among the palm-trecs of the
city on high, thoSe who love God
shall rest under thy shadows, where
there is no more sorrow nor pain,
nor the sound of weeping 'somc-
time. Prentice.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-30
Bnnerons.

A judge in Indiana has been
named "Old Necessity, because nc
cessity knows no law.
The Chattanooga Times asks:
''Whither are we driftingY" To
which The Knoxville Whig replies.
ut would be profane in us to say"
"Well, there is something in that!'
as the man said when he tried t0
put on his boot with a kitten in it.
If you want to please a newspa-
per man, learn to make long story
short before calling oil him.
A kind lady who sent up a mince
pie with a request to "please in.
sert, is assured that such articles
are never crowded out BS a press
of other matter;
A lady wishes some one would
invent a '1egometer,n to attach TO
mems pedals, so that wives iaay
determine the distance travelled by
their husbands when they want 10
'Just step down to the post-ofiiee"
of an evening.
A man died in st. Louis recently
and in his will, after stating that he
tneYer forgot d favor" left 81 600
to an individual who ten years be-
fore ran away with his wife.
An 'Improved Nursing Appara-
tus" is advertised. We don't be-
lieve the old way can be improved
much. There arc some things that
were about complete at the begin.
ming.
"Are the pictures which you
brought home from Europe all
laudscapesY said the artist to Mrs.
Shoddy one day. "Lord bless yoa
nor replied the indignant lady;
"they're lie paintings"
An enterprising editor has start
ed a paper in the Fc.ce Islands
Sensational paragraphists are look
ing forward to bis early taking OF
so as to make a brilliant tale head
ed Eating an Editor"
As q companion to the song @Ohs
give me back but yesterday"
melody win soon be issued, entitled
"Oh, could you spare Tomorrow
which viii be followed by "You
haven't got such a thing as next
week about you, have youg They
win undoubtedly become immense
ly popular.
Somebody says .'devil' Is q mean
word any way it may be written
Remove The d and 1t Is "evil,"
traaspose e and it's 'vile,n remove
the and it's ell" remove the
and I remains, which has the aspi-
rate sound Of -hell,"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-30
Aaefr @enls.
OVER THE RIVER.
Over the river they beckon 70 me
Lo.ed ones who've crossed to the further

Over the river they beckon 20 me-
Lo.ed ones who've crossed to the further
side;
The CLEAN of their snowy robes I see,
But heir voices are drowned in the rush
There's one with ringlets Of sunny gold,
And eyes, tho reflection Of h aveh's own
blue;
lie crossed in the twilight gray and cold,
And the pale mist hid him from mortal
view.
We saw not the angels who met him there,
The gates of the city We could not SEQ
Over the river, over the river,
My brotherstands waiting TO welcome ue!
Over the river. the boatman pale
Carried anotheI-the household pet;
Her brown eurls waved in the gentle gale;
Our darling Minniel / see her yet.
She crossed on her bosom her dimpled hands
And fearlessly entered he phantom bark;
We watched it glide from the silver sands,
Andall our sunshine seemed strangely
dark;
We know she is safe on the further side,
Where all the ransomed and angels be-
Over the river, over the river,
My childhood's idol is waiting for me.
For mono return from those quiet shores,
Who cross With the boatman cold and
pale;
We hear the dip of the golden oars,
And catch gleam of the snowy sail;
And 10! they have passed from our yea: n
ing heart,
They cross the stream and are gone for
aye;
We may not sunder the veil apa t
That hides from our vision the gates of
day,
We only know that their barlls no more
May sail with as Ger life's stormy sea;
Yet somewhere, ] know, on the unseen
shore,
They watch, and beckon, and wait for me.
And I set and think. when the sunsets gold
Is flushing river, and hill, and shore,
I shall one day stand by the water cold,
And list for sound of the boatmans oar;
I shall watch for CLEAN Of the tapping sail;
shall hear { he boat as it gains the strand;
/ shall pass from sight, with the boatman
pale,
To the better shore Of the spirit-land;
l shall know the loved who have gone be-
fore,
And joyfully sweet viii the meeti ng be
When over the river, the peaceful river,
The Angel of Death shall carry me.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-30
GeniEsranre.
SUSIE'S PRAYER.
BY EBEN REXFORD,

1t was a half holiday. The chill
dren were gathered on the green
and a right merry time they were
having. I think children always
do enjoy themselves on such occa-
sions.
Come, girls and boys" called
out Ned Graham, "let's play hunt
the squirrel"
All assented eagerly, and a large
circle was formed with Ned Ora
ham for leader, because he was the
largest.
sCome, SUSIE" Said one Of the
boys, to a little girl who stood on
one side, and seemed to shrink
from joining them.
"Oh, never mind here' said Ned,
with little toss ofhis head, "she's
nobody anyhow. Her father drinks
A quick flush crept over the child's
pale face as she heard the cruel,
thoughtless words. She was very
sensitive, and the arrow had touch
ed her heart in its tenderest place.
Her father was a drunkard she
knew, but to be taunted with it be-
fore SO many WIS more than she
could bear; and with great sobs
heaving her bosom and hot tears
filing her eyes; she turned and ran
away from the play -grouHd:
Her mother was sitting by the
window when she reached home and
the fearful face of tile little girl
told that something had happened
to disturb her.
'lWhat is the matter, Susie?' she
asked kindly.
ssOh, mother" Susie said; with
the tears dropping down her cheeks
as she hid her face IN her mothers
lap. "Ned Graham said such cruel
thing about me-" and here the sobs
ehoked her voice so that she could
hardly speak; she said wasn't
anybody, and that father drinks" +"
sMy poor little girl Mrs. Ellet
said, very sadly. There were tears
in her eyes too. Such taunts as
this was nothing new.
/ @Oh, mother" Susie said, as she
! lifted her face, wet with tears, from
! her mothers lap, q can't bear to
have them say so, and act as if /
had done something wicked. I
wish father wouldn't drink. Do
/ you suppose he'll ever leave it ofy'
II hope so'' Mrs. Ellet answered
as she kissed Susie's face where the
tears clung like drops of dew on a
4 rose. 4 pray that he may break
of the habit, and I can do nothing
but pray, and leave the rest to God. .
That night Mr. Ellet came home
to supper as usual. He was a hard
working man, and a good neighbor.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-30
THE GIRL WITH THE CALICO
DRESS.

A fZ for the upper-ten girls
With their yelyets and satins and laess,
Their diamonds and rubie4 and pearls,
And their milliner figures and faces;
They shine at the party and ball,
EmblaEoned with half theypossess;
But give me, in place of them all,
My girl with ths calico dress.
She is plump as partridge, and fair
As tie rose in its earliest bloom;
Her teeth will with ivory compare,
And her breath with the clover perfume;
Her step is as free and as light
As the fawn whom the hunters hard press
And her eye is as soft and as bright
ny girl with the calico Dress.
She is cheerful, warm-hearted and true
And is kind to her father and mother;
She studies how much she can do
For her sweet little sister and brotherI
If you want q companion for life,
To comfort, enllven and bless,
She is Just the right sort OF wife
Ny girl with the calico dress.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-30
IfR,s Idlaps


There is class of being that
somehow get into existence whom
we should exclude from our plan,
five are going to project the scheme
of world. We should be strongly
disposed to shut them out by the
rigid quarantine of non-existence,
may be with us old fashioned pre-
udice, that ought long since to have
yielded to the influences of modern
Improvement, but the plain truth
is, We have always believed in that
political economy which seeks to
missionize the numbero those who
are merely useless consumers, and
add to the number of those who are
useless producers. The law of
life's success is action-action first,
last, and always. For this there is
no substitute, and for its absence
no compensation. The law of life's
duty is, and without no life is to be
deemed normal.
Holding these elementary posi-
tiOns as a matter of theory, we
frankly confess a sense of deep dis
gust when compelled to look upon
life's idlers. We would not pay for
the privilege of seeing them, and
indeed would not sec them if they
did not SO often and so obtrusively
force themselves upon our notice.
Whether male or female, young or
old, in high life or low, they GER
tainly have come to the wrong world,
and the sooner they get out of it,
the sooner society viii be relieved
Of burdensOme and expensive nu-
isance. They are the voluntary
paupers of earth, sometimes very
elegant in their way, yet paupers
after all. Eating and drinking and
sleeping are their chiefemployment.
With their prOvender made sure,
they are quite satisfied. Habits of
useful industry they have not; and,
moreover, they never expect to do
anything that is Of practical value
for either world. They are just what
they mean to be-do-nothings.
These idle and useless people, if
of the masculine gender, must have
their methods of relieving the en-
nui of doing nothing. Hence they
devise a business in the shape Of
hunting, fishing, card-playing; thea
tre-going, horse-racing, grogshop-
lounging, dog and cock fighting,
and all other sundries that consume
time and exhaust power to no prof
it. Woman, generally in a more
delicate and less offensive way, very
often falls into the same category,
and renders herself justly amenahle
t. the same censure.-BescAes
Magazine.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-30
Ffee ReIigi0n Among the indian.

Free Religion Among the Indians.
A new Indian policy has been in
augurated. The redskins are being
put into the hands of the principal
religious denominations ami mis-
sionary societies. Several Of the
sects and associations have already
responded to the invitation TO des-
ignate suitable persons, for whose
conduct the3 viii be responsible,
as Indian agents; and some Of those
thus recommended have been com
missioned by the President. Here
after no Indian agents win be ap-
pointed unless they have a proper
religious recommendation. The
idea is to give the religious senti-
ment Of the country an opportuni-
ty for exercising its influence in the
efforts to ciyiIize the savages. Pol
iticians had a chance as Indian
agents, but they generally robbed
the redskins, taught them bad hab-
its and brought on expensive wars,
principally for the benefit Of con
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-30
The Difference.

One young lady rises early, rolls
up her sleeves, goes in the kitchen
to get breakfast or insists upon do.
ing SO, and afterward with cheerful
and sunny smiles, puts the house in
order without the assistance of
''mother." She win make a good
wife and render home paradise
Young man, "get herp
Another young lady is a parlor
beauty, pallid from company, dis
sipation and want Of exercise, reads
novels and almost dies Of laziness,
while the poor old mother does her
washing. She is a useless piece of
furniture, an annoyance to the hus-
band she may chance to "rope in,p
and VIII 60 whining to her grave
Young man, "Let her aloner'
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-30


habit of intemperance so firmly
fixed upon him that everybody
thought he would end his days in
the drunkard's grave. Susie kiss
Ell him when he came through the
gate, as she always did, but there
was something in her face that
went to his heart. A look so sad,
and full of touching SORROW for one
so young as she.
What ails my little girlg' he
asked, as he patted her curly head.
4 can't tell you. father, she an
swered slowly.
"WhyY' he asked.
Because is would make you feel
bad," Susie replied.
4 guess not, he said, as they
walked up to the door together
"What is it, Susieg'
"Oh, fathers" and Susie burst in
to tears again as the memory of
Ned Graham's words came up
freshly in her mind, q wish you
wouldn't drink any more, for the
boys and girls don't like to play
with me cause you do"
Mr. Ellet made no reply. But
something stirred in his heart that
made him ashamed of himself;
ashamed that he was the cause of
50 much sorrow and misery.
After supper he took his hat and
Mrs. Ellet knew too well where he
was going. At first he had resoIv-
ed to stay at home that evening,
but the force ofhabit was so strong
that he could not resist, and he
yielded, promising himself that he
would not drink more than once or
twice:
Susie had left the table before he
finished his supper, and as he pass
ed the great clump of lilacs by the
path, on his way to the gate, he
heard her voice and stopped to lis
ten to what she was saying.
"Oh, good Jesus, please don't let
father drink any more. Make him
just as lie used to be when 1 was a
baby, and then the boys and girls
can't call me a drunkard's child, or
say such bad things about me
Please, dear Jesus, for mothers
sake and mine"
Susie's father listened to her sim
pie prayer with a great lump swell
ing in his throat. And when it
was ended he went up to her, and
knelt down by her side, and put his
arm around her, oh, so lovingly
"God in heaven" lie said very
solemnly, q promise tonight new
er to touch another drop of liquor
as long as I live. Give me strength
to keep my pledge, and help me be
a better man"
aOh, father" Susie cried, her
arms about his neck, and her head
upon his breast, "I'm so glad!
shan't care about anything they
say to me now, for 1 know you will
not be a drunkard any more"
"God helping me, 1 will be
man p he answered, as, with Susie
in his arms, he went back into the
house where his wife was sitting
with the old patient look of sorrow
on her face-the look that had be-
come habitual.
I cannot tell you of the JOY and
thanksgiving that went up from that
hearthstone that night. 1 wish
could, but it was too deep a joy
which filled the heart of Susie and
her mother to be described.
Was not Susie's prayer answered?
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-30

tractors. Army officers awaiting
orders have been assigned as Indie
an agents, hutit seems that, though
many of them have done very well,
the precedent is now discouraged.
The Friends have tried their sys-
TEN, and it has been in some degree
successful, but it would take 3 long
time to transform savage Indians
into peaceful Qnakers. Now all the
sects are invited TO use their infiu-
eace among the aborigin,s Here
is fine field for missionary work,
and we hope the labors of the new
agents viii produce desirable re-
suits.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-03-30

Radical thunder-bolts for the
next Presidential contest are forg-
ing in Congress. One object of the
outrage committee was to collect a
wagon load of Southern outragesto
serve election purposes. The peo-
pie pay for business.