Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-12-07


The great unknown-pcople who Hever ad
rertisc.
to the 9th.
\ Tennessee editor was so rejoiced at the
death of rival that he announced it under
the head of ''amusements."
Everything in life worth having is wrested
for, and acquired through severe labor and
self denial.
'eredwith ice and snow.
Many of the railroads of New England
have not sufficient rolling stock for the
proper and prompt delivery of the freight
brought TO them.
The news from Persia continues to be dis
astrous. 1t is estimated that two-thirds of
died.
colored woman, once slave, recently
sued William Drake of Hartford, Conn, for
unpaid wages, and got SAB and cost.
The Evening Post says that the reason
why the Grand Dukes dancing is not more
satisfactory is. that he only understands the
steppes of Tartary.
Horace Greeley, iir speaking of some of
our American wits, says he does not see any
genius in bad spelling, for he had seen hun
dreds of mediocre persons who could spell
badly.
The Washington Territory convicts have
drawn up resolutions to the effect that if they
are not furnished with tobacco they will feel
impelled to leave the prison.
This is the heading of paragraph in a
western paper, recording suicide: HE
blew his head off. Bilious, poor and dis
his toe on the trigger, and up gees his hair
lady in Boston, five feet and three inches
in height has hair that trails quarter of a
yard behind her on the floor as she walks. 1t
is seventyfive inches long and jet black
James Thomas, who pleaded guilty of in
cendiarism last week at Easton, Pa, has been
sentenced to thirty years imprisonment, and
to pay fine OF $4,000.
News from Macao to September 18th re-
ports severe hurricane, which destroyed
over two hundred houses, and sunk some two
hundred small craft and four European ves-
sells, while the loss of life is estimated at two
thousand victims.
In speaking of dupes, Henry Ward Beecher
says; "These scoundrel impostors may be
divided into three general classes: those who
solicit the passions, those who touch the ava
rice, and those who trade upon the sickness
of their fellows"
In the Supreme Court of New York de-
cision is given that mock marriage, follow ed
by cohabtation and mutual public acknowl-
edgcment as husband and wife, is a valid
marriage according to the laws of the State.
The st. Louis Democrat has invented a
very happy name for the advocates of the
''passive policy"-that is, democrats who
would make no nomination for the Presiden-
cy, but wait for disatfected republicans to
make one in opposition to Gen. Grant and
then fall in. 1t calls them ''Possumtes.''
A gentleman travelling homeward from At
lanta met an old colored man, on whose hat
was entwined the Grape of grief. The gen
tleman said, you have lost some friend,
see" Eyes, massa." "Was it near or a
bout twcnty- four miles"
At dinner party, recently, Christine Nil
son was presented with full-rigged clipper
ship about four feet long, every portion of
which, from kelson to main truck was COM
posed of flowers. 1t rested in a miniature
floral ocean, and was very pretty affair
The best farm in England is kept by wo-
man, and took the first prize, recently offered
by the Royal Agricultural Society. 1t is a
farm of four hundred acres, devoted to pas
ture, grain and stock. Thesoil was original
ly poor, but had been much improved by skill
full treatment. Only four horses were kept;
yet such has been the admirable system of
management that they were sufficient for the
cultivation necessry for seventy acres Of
wheat, the same of barley and turnips, be-
sides some oats and beans. The produce sold
during the year realized $l5,S95.
p. T. Barnum, long a temperance worker
writes to the Bridgeport Standard discounte-
nancing the movement OF temperance men
for a separate policy party, considering it
inexpedient and impoitic. He regards it as
movement very likely to result in "setting
back the temperance reform ten years at the
very least" He further says to his co-work-
ers in the cause; "Let us continue most faith