The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-08-03
DECISION
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, I
WASI1INGTNN. ID. G .lulY. 1871

WASHINGTON, d. G., July, 1871.
Sir: Mr.. John Porteous has appealed from
your decision assessing duty at the rate Of three
dollars per barrel on certain salmon, at the
rate of thirty Ter centllm al vaorem on GER
tain pressed salmon. and at the rate of half
cent per pound on certain Goldfish, imported
by him into your port from Halifax, Canada,
and claims that such fish are entitled to free
entry as the products of the fisheries of the Do
minion of Canada under the provisions of the
Treaty between the United States and Great
Britain, concluded at Washington May s, 1871,
and since ratified by the two countries. Upon
an examination of the said Treaty 1t appears
that the provisions thereof, Article XXI, which
allow the importation into the United States,
free of duty, of fish oil and fish of all kinds,
cept fish of the inland lakes and of the rivers
falling into them, and except fish preserved in
oil, being the produce of the fisheries of the
Dominion of Canada or of Prince Edwards Is
| land-lo not by the tenor of article NNNIII
thereof take effect until the laws required to
carry them into operation have been duly en-
acted by the Congress of the United States.
Such laws have not yet been enacted and the
provisions of the treaty referred to are conse-
quenty not in force. Your decision therefore,
in assessing duties OH the said fish is hereby
affirmed.
am very respectfully,
! (Sgned,) GEO. S. BOUTW ELL, Secretary.
Hon. |. Washburn, Jr., Collector of Custo ms,
| Portland, Me.
| A farmer of our acquaintance having noticed
| decrease in the number of his hens, had a
| curiosity to ascertain the cause. One night re-
| Gently he was reused from sleep by hearing
strange noises in the barn adjoining the house,
accompanied with the loud cackng of hens.
| Lighting a lantern and Selling upon a loaded
| gun which stood near, he rushed into the barn
and saw by the dim light black monster crawl
ing up one of the rafters near the rldgepole
while the floor lay the result of his slaughter
in the mangled bodies of several hens With
| out knowing exactly what the creature was
our friend fired, and down came big raccoon
about the size of an ordinary dog. This is the
first raccoon that has been seen in the vicinity
for several years. AS they are vegetable eaters
it is something unusual to see such an exhibit
ton of their love for poultry. Ikennebec Jour
That's pretty good story, but the Jour
nal is mistaken if it means to say that TIT
raccoon is exclusively vegetable eater
1t belongs to the bear family, and like al
its relatives is omniverous. The raccoor
eats vegetables, but it also climbs trees tt
devour eggs and young birds. 1t eats full
grown birds, when it can catch them, a
we'll as oysters, frogs, &c. There's man
survivor OF the campaign of 1910 VIII
: don't want to see the coon misrepresented
Richmond, Va, boasts woman who wa
several wears a circus athlete and eymnast Fl,
years a shoemaker, two years blacksmith,
priZefghter, having whipped her man, and fir
ally jailbreaker, inebriate, and fighting cha
| acter generally. Fanny Taylor is her name.