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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-08-23
BRINKERHOFFS WOODEN LEG

BRLNKEPHOFF'S WOODEN LEG,
Gen. Brinkerhoh, in Democratic interests,
under the patronage of the Free Trade
League, made speech not long since at
Mansfield, Ohio, in which he compares the
United States under Tariff for the protection
of American labor, to a man with wooden
leg. Among his statements will be found the
following: "That during England's Free
Trade experience her exports and imports
have increased four-fold, the wages of every
class of laborers have been increased twenty
per cent. and pauperism has decreased one
half"
ANY one conversant with the condition of
English industry or with the facts brought
out by the British Board of Trade, during the
late French Treaty discussion, cannot fail to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-08-23

"The Journals China correspondent is too
small game for us to fire at please excuse us
we cannot afford the ammunition - Maine
Standard, dug. Is.
OF course the Standard man cannot afford
the ammunition, his supply was exhausted in
the interest of rebels during the war and
since. Il.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-08-23
Henry y. & A. A. Nichols,
Masons e. Skaters.

All work in their line done promptly and in good,
workmanlike manner, by the day or job.
AS-Partcular attention paid to CEMENTIN0 Cts.
TERMS, CELLARS, &c.
Orders lefl at store OF A. P. GOULD, first door
above X, Il. Bridge, promptly attended to.
HENRY o. NICHOLS. ALBERT A. NICHOLS
may24-6m22
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Caution 7

A Ii persons are cautioned against purchasing
"A two notes OF hand, signed by me and dated
June 3D. 1871 and in favor of Leonard c. Judkins
for the sum of one hundred dollars each, they hav
ing been obtained without valuable consideration
by cheating and false pretence. Therefore shall not
pay them. LOTION GRIFFITH.
Augusta, Aug. 18th, 1871. t3t
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Consumption,
ITS CURE AND ITS PREVENTIVE,
BY j. H. SCHENCK, N. d.

Many human being has passed away, for whose death
there was no other reason than the neglect of known
and indsput2by proved means of cure Those and
dear to family and friends sleeping the dreamess
snmber into which, had they calmly adopted
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-08-23

For County Attorney.
Waldo, w. III. FOGLER.
For Register of Probate.
Cumberland, W. NEAL.
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Augusta Savings Bank.
ORGANIZED IN i848.
x -
AUGUST 1, 1871,
Sl,35l, 5s5.Ia
Notice !!

The State having made an appropriation for
destitute orphans of soldiers and seamen OF the
late war; the mothers, friends or guardians of such
orphans in Augusta are requested to present their
claims to the subscribers for consideration forth
with.
Il. ATKINS.
A. Ii. MERCHANT, Committee
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TO ALL PERSONS,
BOTH SICK AND WELL.

oOln StNN ANO WcIIs
If Long Life of Health and Happiness
in the Spring and Warm Seasons Of the year, and
especially by the following classes Of people =
The MECHANIC, who, from his constant In
door labors, not having sufficient access TO the
bracing and refreshing air out OF doors, becomes
weakened at the stomach, nervous, pale and sckIy,
his food not reshing nor properly digesting. ne
should take these Bitters, and Freely too, IN or
der to get his system up, right ana strong, and IN
prime condition to go through the warm weather
In good shape, with his constant daily lao1rs Inc
exhilarating and cleansing power or the DOCK
Root, Dandelion, Poplar, and Prickly Ash Bark,
is what will bring him up, and make him, physi-
say spsosinE NTfs %i find ns Msdene
the very thing to cleanse the blood and strengthen
the system and rsrg s gaa p,sGs.sn n g sakf.
LADY has but to take this compound freely, and
she will be speedily restored to health, beauty
and buoyancy: The HONEST FARMER,
MEN OF sEDENTARY HABITs-this
is your Medicnei After once using it, you VIII
never be without It, viii improve Xoa od dwe s aSe
best medicine in the world for his use; IL makes
him, while at sea, hearty and rugged, ana capable
of great endurance and exposure anu ~nen Oh
Shore 1t renovates his blood, and restores and re-
pairs his system.
The Largest Bottle, the Lowest Price,
and the most Enectual Remedy
i'm the World.
Diploma awarded by the Massachusetts, Chair
table Mechanic Association.
PREPARED BY
L. M. ROBBINS,
Chemist and Druggist,
R0CKLAND, ME-.
Sole Proprietor of DIR. T.. II. Clarke's Vege-
table Sherry Wine Bitters. Formerly
manufactured in Sharon, Mass.
CAUTION EXTRA Owing to the great
popularity and sale of these Bitters, worthless imi
tations may come up In the Market but as you
value your life and health be and get the gen
uine Sherry Wine Bitters. See that the Portrait Of
DR.. Clarke and my facsimile signatures arc upon
the label Of each bottle. No other Is genuine.
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When to Advertise.

The experience of the most successful
business men supplies but one answer
to this question, and that is, constantly.
Notoriety is condition of success in all
employments which demands the sup
port OF the public; and there is no way
in which this notoriety can be so surely
gained, As by advertising. When trade
is dull, advertise. When the blood in
the human body is sluggish, brisk cxer-
else is resorted to, to quicken it. When
the public appetite for your wares is
dull, stimulate it by recital OF their
flavor and richness. A man may be
made hungry by hearing an eloquent de-
scription of "good things" which mo-
ment before he had not a wish for.
Moreover, the fundamental principles of
keeping your name and your business
before the people, have special force in
dull seasons. When trade is brisk, ad-
yerise. III the oil regions, when new
well is discharging a comparatively lib
eral stream, the owners bore into it, and
double the oleaginous volume. So when
customers are coming in crowds, "bore
into them with advertisements, and
you will treble their numbers.
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The Bottom of Canal Drops Out.

Monday morning about 10 o'clock,
the driver of canal-boat, while crossing
the seven-mile level, between New Viii
lage and Broadway, in Morris county,
New Jersey, heard an unusual rumbling
noise, like that of muffled thunder, and
noticed that the waters of the canal were
disappearing rapidly. In short space
of time his boat was left high and dry
in the empty bed of the canpl The
water in the canal, for the distance of a
mile and half bad disappeared in a
cavity OF forty by fifty feet in width.
No outlet for the water has yet been dis
covered. It will probably cost the canal
company $4,000 to defray the expenses
of this interruption in their business
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-07-20

Recently gentleman was reading a
letter of an Oriental traveller, and was
particularly impressed with an account
Of remedy for sunstroke. One of the
party of travellers fell from his beast,
insensible, from the effect Of intense heat.
The Arabs Immediately squeezed out
the Juice OF several lemons, and with it
rubbed the hands and wrists, face, head
and neck OF the sufferer. In short
time he was able to remount and ride on
"two hours farther"
On last Friday negro woman, named
Hannah Jackson, fell insensible upon
the leyee from sunstroke, and remained
in that condition for considerable tipe.
The gentleman before referred to, heard
of it, and recommended the lemon juice
remedy. 1t was applied as above de-
scribed, and also rubbed on the spine.
In q very short time the patient, from
being utterly insensible, had so far re-
vived as to sit up, and was still improv
ing at last accounts She says all the
doctors ought to know it.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-07-20
The Story Of Fox.

The Rev. Charles ID. Mott, of st. Lou
is, sends TO the New York Independ-
ent q story suggested by the remark Of
DR.. McCosin, that he had "doubts whe-
ther the lower animals can abstract,
whether they can generalize." "a for
mer pastor Of mine" says DIR. Mott,
"told me the following When q boy,
he had fox, which, ! regret to say, bore
the reputation Of possessing far more
brain than personal piety. This fox was
in the yard in O sort OF raised den, nice
ly sodded over, and was confined by q
chain that allowed him quite generous
circumference. One evening in the fall,
the farm wagon, returning from the field
with load Of corn, passed near the den,
and by chance dropped an ear where the
fox could reach it. He was seen to
spring out, seize the corn, und carry it
quickly back into the den, What he
wanted with it was a amyStery, ns corn
formed no part OF the gentloman's diet
The next morning, however the myste-
ry was solved, for the fox was observed
out of his den, and considerably within
thelength Of his chain, nibbling off some
OF the corn and scattering it about III
full view of the poultry, after which he
took the remainder back into the den
and awaited events. Sure enough, the
chickens came, and, while eating, out
sprang tie fox, nabbed his man, and
quietly took his breakfast in the back
parlor. Now it seems to me that this is
pretty good 'generalizing.' The fox may
not have reasoned upon the most su-
blime theme imaginable. I regret to
say he did not; and, for that matter,
neither does Col. James Fisk, Jr But,
if he didn't evolve that chicken out OF
the depths of his own consciousness,
then there is no such thing as logic, and
logic is logic, that's all say"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-07-20
Do It Well.

Whatever you do, do it well. A job,
slighted, because it is apparently unin-
portant, leads to habitual neglect, 40
that men degenerate insensibly into bad
workmen.
"That's good rough job. said fore
man IN our hearing, recently, and be
meant that il was piece OF work. not
elegant in itself, but strongly made and
well put together.
Training the hand md eye to do well,
leads individuals to form correct habits
in other respects, and good workman
is, in most cases, good citizen. No
one need hope to rise above their pres
ent situation who suffer small things to
pass unimproved, or who neglects, met
aphorically speaking, to pick mp cent
because it is not dollar.
Some Of the wisest lawmakers, tho
most gifted artists, the most merciful
Judges, the most ingenious mechanics
rose from the great mass
A rival Of certain lawyer sought to
humiliate him by publicly saying: "You
blacked my fathers boots oncep "Yes,"
replied the lawyer, unabashed, "and did
il we'll" And because Of his habit of
doing even mean things well, he rose to
greater.
Take heart, all who toll all youths in
humble situations, all in adverse circum.
stances, and those who labor unapprc-
ciated Fit be to drive a plow, strive
to do it well; if only to cut bolts, mHko
good ones; or to blow the bellows, keep
the iron hot. 1t is attention to busi-
ness that lifts the foct higher on tho
ladder.
Says the good book-"sccst thOu a
man diligent in his business, hc shell
stand before kings; be shall not stand
before mean men.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-07-20
The Wife.

No man ever prospered in the world
without the cooperation of his wife. II
she unites in mutual endeavors, or re-
wards his labors with an endearing smile,
with what confidence will he resort TO his
merchandise or his farm, fly over the land,
sail upon the seas, meet difficulty and en-
counter danger, if he knows that he is not
spending his strength in vain, but that his
labor will be rewarded by the sweets Of
home! Solicitude and disappointment
enter into the history Of every mans life
and he is but half provided for his voy-
age who finds but an associate for happy
hou-s, while for months of darkness and
distress no sympathizing partner is pre-
pared,
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-07-20
A Remarkable Story.

Aite the first battle Of Manassas,
A. Burton, of Cobb county, Ga, belong
ing TO Capt. Kings company, Seventh
Georgia Regiment, was brought to Bell
vine Hospital with q rife ball wound in
the centre Of the forehead. He seemed
perfectly well, walking about as if moth
ing was the matter. 1 procured for
him home in private family, where.
on the third or fourth day afterwards,
the ball which had lodged between the
skull and the lining of the brain, by
supparation reached and rested on the
brain producing spasms and death in u
short time.
Before left him on the day of his
arrival in Richmond he told me lie was
27 years old and his wife ~ years old;
that they had fourteen children--nine
boys and Ave girls; that his wife had
twins six times; that eleven of them
were going to school When he left
home all were alive, and not one Of his
children, his wife, OF himself had ever
had three days sickness since their mar
riage. He was fine looking man, sir
feet one inch high, and weighed $50
pounds; that he was the smallest Of six
brothers, and that his parents raised
six boys and twenty-one girls. This
statement was made in a calm, moder-
ate manner, which seemed Characteristic
of the man, in the presence OF myself
and the Rev. P. A. Price, Of which l
made q note at the time, and to-day, by
accident came across it, and now give
it to the public. ODsEEvRs.
Richmond Dispatch.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-07-20
VOLUME Nv ,
Number 30
Formulation Of Great Britain,


The population Of England and Wales,
by the census Just taken, is 22,700,000.
Ireland has 5,4OO,0O0. Scotland, we
presume, has in the neighborhood Of
100000. The total population Of the
United Kingdom will not vary much
from 33,OO0,O0O. This is 100000 less
than the population Of the United States
One Of the pecuharihes Of this census il
that Ireland has lost 100000 since 1851.
Thirty years ago, in 184l, there were
nearly 100000 people in Ireland. So
vast falling of in that period Of time
is unparalleled in the history of nations,
The emigration to this country, which
had been comparatively small before
then, set in with an immense food, and
there have been few years since when
not less than a quarter of q million Of
Irishnen have expatriated themselves
from the land Of their birth. 1t is one
Of the curiosities Of modern civilization
that in large districts of Ireland the gem
try of the soil have removed their ten
ants in order to make room for sheep.
The man had to give way to tho brute
creation. There is remarkable differ
ence between the d0sity Of population
in Ireland and England Although the
latter has but twice the area in territory,
she has five times the number Of people
Of her island sister. OF the two, Ireland
is probably the more fertile, This dif-
ference is to be accounted for by the
fact that for centuries ireland has been
Disseminated against in al legislation
by England, and that every effort has
been made to build up the one at the
expense Of the other, England is about
the extent Of the State Of Missouri, yet
it has as many people as Missouri, iii,
nois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennes-
see, Pennsylvania and Now York put
together. The population Of the British
Isles has doubled since the beginning Of
this century. Seventy years ago France
had fully double as many people as En-
gland, Ireland and Scotland. Now,
since the loss of Alsace and Lorraine,
the two countries are about equal. This
shows which is the progressive power.
On the score OF numbers alone Great
Britain is entitled to hold high place
in the European coniederacy OF nations,
she is equal to France and nearly equal
to the whole North German Confedera.
ton. England alone has as many peo-
pie as Prussia; she has nearly double the
population Of Spain, is equal to Austria,
and largely ahead Of Italy. She has the
capacity if she chooses to exercise it, to
put as large an army into the field ~ any
Of the continental powers.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-07-20
The Rights Of Suicide.

The latest suicide comes from the edi-
torial profession. DR.. Torbett, the edi-
tor Of the Kansas City News, died oil
Wednesday from morphine taken Mon
day night. The most peculiar circum-
stance of the case is letter written by
the deceased to friend, just before his
death, and now published in the New
York Times. 1t maintains, with much
earnestness and great beauty of Ian
guage, the right Of man to take his own
life, and urges, with full vigor of an in
tellect which certainly did not lack force,
the absurdity of supposing suicide to be
evidence Of insanity. He seems to have
gone to work with u deliberate purpose,
and to have intended that the world
should understand.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-07-20

My pretty little dears, you are no more
fit for matrimony than pullet is to look
after family Of fourteen chickens. The
truth is, my dear girls, you want, gene
rally speaking, more liberty and less
fashionable restraint, mora kitchen and
less sofa, more making puddiugs and less
piano, more frankness and less mock mod
esty, more breakfast and less bustle---
buxom rosy-cheeked full-breasted, bonn
cling lass, who can darn stockings, make
her own frocks, mend trowsers, command
regiment of pots and kettles, milk the
COWS, feed the pigs, chop the wood, and
shoot u wild duck as we'll as tlfe Duchess
of Marlborough or the Queen of Spain +;
and be a lady withal in the drawing
room.-Mrs. Ellis.
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TbeLod;es oftbe South.

A Richmond letter to the Oswego
Gazette suys:
The young ladies Of the South arc,
with very few exceptions, beautiful, and
we see no sickly, ugly, or consumptiye
looking females, such MS are to be found
in the North. They dress in the most
excellent taste and remarkable neatness
and we encounter none of the brassy-
faced and over-dressed girls that con-
front you on many occasions at home.
The young gentlemen, however, are gen.
orally ordinary looking in comparison,
and dress remarkably plain.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-07-20
THE ENTERPRISE.
SweetWater. Thursday, July 90, 1871.
Radical Adjustment of the Fourth

Radical Adjustment OF the fOurtn
of July.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.l
The way the Fourth of July was eele-
brated by the Grant Administration at
Washington is thus told in o special tel
egram TO the Times and Chronicle:
"WAsHNaToN, July 5.-No observance
whatever of the National holiday was
had here to-day. Not even National
salute was fred from the Navy Yard.
No bags were displayed on the public
buildings"
Not q salute fred, not even flag dis
played in honor OF the old Fourth, by
the Grant authorities at Washington
We stated some time ago that it looked
as if the Radical managers wanted the
Fourth Of July discarded as National
holiday and new one substituted in
its place that would represent the new
order of things-say the day that Lee
surrendered at Appomattox. The prin-
ciples OF 1776 CRATE harshly on the new
departure, and make sad company with
those OF modern sham Republicanism
Gen. Grant would have q personal
motive in having the Fourth Of July dis
carded and the day substituted Oh which
he gained so much renown, while the
country could not have recalled to its
memory principles and sentiments so at
variance with those which the Repubh-
can managers are working to have the
people adopt. And we have no doubt,
if Grant were reelected President, the
Fourth of July would, at the close of his
second term, have ceased to be regarded
by the Federal authorities as q National
holiday altogether. They made o fair
start in that direction ON the Fourth
just past. All they want is time, to
nholish IL altooether.
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WATCHESs WATCHESi
BEIow Oosr.

DELOM OOoTs
Read Prices s.1lar
$50. Fine Is kt. Gold :,::: $40.
$l4. Aluminium Gold :;;,;: SlS.
$l2. Pure Coin eiESsr ::::; SIS.
$40. 0rolds Gold ;:::i::! $l2.
We offer TO the public our elegant assOrt-
ment Of Ladies' and Cents Watches
and Chains, and other kinds Of
Jewelry, at the lowest cash
prices ever offered herst6fofs to purchasers.
Full Ruby JeWeled Levers, IL kt.
Gold Hunting eased Watches, warranted,
usually sold at SIS, only $40 each.
Elegant second quality Is kt. Gold full
jeweled Lever Watches, warrSnted for
time and wear, $50 each.
Extra fine time keepers, Aluminium
Gold, Hunting eased, full jeweled Lever
Watches, equal to gold in appearance aud
for wear, warranted, at Sl4 and SlS each.
Pure Coin Silver, Hunting oased, full
jeweled Lever Watches, at Sl2 and $i5
each.
Fine Oroide Gold Watches, with extra
fine movements, at $l2 aud Slo each.
Also, fine Gold Chains, Ladies' and
Gents, from $40 to SIS each.
Rolled plated fine Gold Chains, at s4,
S. and So each.
Our Watches are regulated and adjust
ed to keep time to the minute before sent
to purchasers, and if not found so, We
will take them back at any time and re.
turn money,
We require no money in advance, and
all goods ordered from us will be sent by
Express c. o. D., with privilege to exam
iue them before paid for.
In all cases ordering six Watches at a
time, the purchaser will receive one
Watch of same quality free.
Please state the kind and price Of
watch desired and order direct from
+. OFFINGER & CO.,
81 John St., N. Y.
P. o. Box 5lS6.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-07-20

What glorious world this would be,
If all its inhabitants could say with
Shakspear: "Sir, I am true Aborer;
/ earn what I wear; / owe no man hate;
envy no mans happiness; glad Of other
mems good; content with my farm"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-07-20

Truth is the bond Of union, and the
basis of human happiness. Without
this virtue, there is no reliance on Ian
guage, no confidence in friendship. no
security in promises and oaths. BE
truthful ind you will be happy.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-07-20
Best Mode of Advertising.

The best and cheapest mode Of adver-
tising in the world is that in the news
papers. Every successful advertiser will
say this. Seed strewn there, if the seed
is good for anything, always brings up a
crop of some value, most generally an
hundred fold. The handbills among the
people are auxiliaries in advertising; but
it is doubtful whether, as u rule, they
more than pay expenses, while there is
no doubt they are nuisance. The
blankest OF dead wall is only disfgured
by posters, provoking, in the we'll regu-
lated mind, sense of aversion to the
man who advertises, and the articles up
Oh whose excellence he expatiates; while
rs to handbills, nothing so prejudrees a
citizen against going to see any show or
buying any goods, as the ugly slips of
paper thrust at him from oil quarters,
eloquently recommending him to do
these things.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-07-20


In Warsaw KY, are thirty-two Wild
ows, each possessed OF fortune of not
less than one hundred thousand dollars
The oldest of these widows is thirty-nine,
the youngest twentyA0he. All are hand
some and all in the market. Should
Brigham Young make sweep from his
harem- -scarem ut Utah, upon this wild
ows' nest OF Warsaw, and capture the
entire lot, he would cut quite figure.
He might do so but for fear such a raid
and capture of the widows of Warsaw
would make more war in Utah than it
ever before saw. This being the case,
the reporter would say:
OF all the wars we ever saw, we never
saw war like the war we saw among
the wives and widows of Warsaw.
As said the man once upon time:
"Of all the saws / ever saw saw l
never saw saw that would saw rs the
wood-saw saws, except it was q saw that
I once saw in Arkan-saw, and that wood
saw would out-saw any saw l ever saw
in any place outside Of Arkan-saw.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-07-20

The name of the Radical candidate
for Governor Of Ohio is No-yes, and that
is the language Of the platform on which
he is placed.