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The Portland daily press., 1872-03-18

ANCESTRAL WIsDoM.-In Pennsylvania,
not many years ago, there dwelt the descen-
dants of Peter Van Schrenbendyke, who had
cleared his own farm, guarded it carefully
from the attacks of the Indians, and willed it
to his son Jacob. The farm was transmitted
in regular order from father to son, and at
last became the property of Heinrich Van
Schrenbendyke-a good natured, stolid Teu-
ton, whose son Johannes, bright, lively
youth of sixteen, was told to saddle a horse
and ride to mill with grist, and hurry
back. The grist was ON such occasions plac-
ed in one end of the bag, and large stone in
the other end to balance it. Johannes, hav-
ing thrown the sack across the horses back
and got the grist evenly divided, had no need
of the stone to balance it. He therefore ran
to his father and cried:
Oh, fadder, come and see. We don't need
de stones any more"
The old gentleman calmly surveyed the
scene, and with a severely reproachful look
said
Johannes, your fadder, your grandfather,
and great-Sranddfader all went to de mill with
the stone in one end of de pag, and grist in de
odder. Und now you, mere poy, sets your
self up to know more as dey do. You put de
stones in de pag and never more. let me see
such smartness like at."-Erchanqe
The Portland daily press., 1872-03-18

Dentists.
JOSIAH HEALD, No. 1O5 Middle Street.
DIR. w. n. JOHNSON, No 13 Ia Free st.
PACKARD q HARDY, Fluent b lock
cor. Congress and Exchange SITS.
The Portland daily press., 1872-03-18

u. S. ENGINEER OFFICE,
Portland, March II, 1872. } mrl2-6t
The Portland daily press., 1872-03-18
ssI CONGRESS STREET.

Where we shall keep constantly on hand, full as
sortment of these Machines in the various styles of
finish.
Machines sold ON Monthly Instalments.
DR-Machine Stitching and Stamping for Embreid-
cry and Braiding done to order. All Machines sold
and work done warranted to give entire satisfaction.
N. B. Manufacturers are especially invited to call
and examine our ssMIedium Maehine.o
The Portland daily press., 1872-03-18
p II O p o AIS
For Dredging i'm Royals River, Maine

For Dredging i'm Royals River, Maine
WILL be received at this office until 10 o'clock
w A. NJ. on Thursday, the 1lth day of April next
The dredging to be done, will not exceed $4,000
cubic yards. For specifications and further particu-
lars, please apply to the undersigned; Proposals
must be made In duplicate on forms which will be
furnished on application to this office;
~. GEO. THOM,
Lieut. Col. of Engineers
By't Brig Genl, u. s. A,
The Portland daily press., 1872-03-18

"A person having been mentioned who
had been notoriously unfortunate in his first
marriage relation, and yet had soon after
wards married again, was asked if it was not
rash to embark anew in an adventure which
he had already found to be so disastrous.
"No," said the philosopher elevating his hand,
and his countenance glowing with enthusi-
asn, sit was the triumph of hope over expe-
ri
The Portland daily press., 1872-03-18
NOTICE.

IN ~ l. L ~ T..
ssTUyHE Portland Dry Dock and Warehouse Co."
II have leased their Docks and other propery in
Cape Elizabeth to James 4. Simpson for one year
from Jan. l. 1871, to Jan. /, 1872 and during said
time the Company will not be responsible for any
debts contracted in their on their account,
unless authorized approved by the President of
the company. CHAS. A. LAMBARD, 4L--.-
President P. D. Dock and Warehouse Co.
By his Attorney, L. d. NJ SWEAT,
Portland, january 2Sth, 1871 jn30H
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08
A Hundred years Ago.

From the Albany Journal.J D7''i
One hundred and ten years ago there
was not a single white man in Kentucky,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Then what
is the most fourishing part of America
was as little known as the country
around the mysterious mountains Of the
moon. 1t was not until l767 that Boone
left his home in North Carolina to be-
come the first settler in Kentucky. The
The first pioneers of Ohio did not settle
until twenty years after this time. A
hundred years ago Canada belonged to
France, and the population did not ex-
ceed million and half Of people. A
hundred years ago the great Frederick
of Prussia was performing those grand
exploits which have made him immortal
in military annals, and with his little
army was sustaining single-handed
contest with Russia, Austria and France,
the three great powers Of Europe com
bined. Washington was modest Vir-
ginia colonel, and the great events in
history Of the two worlds, in which these
great but dissimilar men took leading
parts were then scarcely foreshadowed.
A hundred years ago the United States
were the most loyal part of the British
empire, and on the political horizon no
speck indicated the struggle which,
within score of years thereafter, estab-
lished the great Republic of the world.
A hundred years ago there were but
four newspapers in America. Steam
engines had not been imagined, and
railroads and telegraphs had not entered
into the remotest conception of man.
When we come to look back at it through
the vista of history, we find to the cen
tury just passed has beeu allotted more
important events, in their bearing upon
the happiness of the world, than almost
any other which has elapsed since the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08
The Custom Of Counting Bricks.

A case has been decided in the Court
of Common Pleas, in New York, before
Judge Robinson, which is Of the greatest
Importance TO contractors and builders,
inasmuch as il Seatilstes some of the
tricks of the trade aud condens them as
illegal. The action was brought By
EdEard Fitzgerald against W. & c. II.
Bernan, tS foreclose a mechanics lien.
From the facts il would appear that
Fitzgerald contracted TO do the mason
work on seven houses building by the
defendant and to lay the brick at six
dollars a thousand. In computing the
number Of brick he charged for all the
openings, measuring solid, which gave
him n, 800 more than he received, and
for which be fled lien. On his behalf
il was claimed that the measurement
was according to the recognized custom,
while on the part Of defendants il was
not only claimed that no such custom
existed, but that by mistake they had
overpaid plaintiff $40 10. The court
decided in favor Of defendants, caneeling
the lien and giving judgment in their
favor for $40 2l and costs
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08
l.: WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 8. 1872 -.

quest that was denied. The prisoner
looking in the direction of the rising
sun, expressed wish to die with his
face toward Mecca. He prayed. fer.
vently, making use of the ordinary Mo
hammedan prayer The cap was then
drawn over his head, and the drop fell.
The prisoner died very hard, the con-
vulsions lasted for fully twelve minutes.
The prisoner, however, did not die with
his face toward Mecca, as in the act OF
falling the body turned round. The
body was cut down at 8 am.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08

Wombells famous menagerie was
lately sold in Edinburgh, Scotland, and
some of the prices paid for the animals
were as follows: Tasmanian devil, SIG;
Diana monkey, S35; mandrill, $3.50;
emeu, S35; nylgau, $l3O; lama, $95;
Polar bear, S2e0; performing leopard,
500; performing leoparddess, 500;
performing hyens, SIG; lion, Wallace"
n years old, S425 royal Bengal tigress,
2 years old, $775 lion, " Duke of Edin-
burgh," 8 years old, 500; lionnesses,
" Princess" and Alexandra" about
p years old $4OO each; black-maned
lion, Hannibal" 81 years old, $3.50;
male tusked elephant, Z feet 6 inches
high, nearly eight years old, $34O0; fe-
male elephant, 5 feet 6inches high, SIPS;
two boa constructors, $50 each. The
sale produced nearly $4,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08
The EpheaIan Fame.

The famous temple of Diana of Ephe
sus was one of the seven wonders of the
ancient world. Destroyed by an earth
quake and plundered by the Goths in
the third century of the Christian era
it served as a quarry for the architects
of the Byzantine city built at Ephesus
probably in the time of Justinian, till,
the appetite for plunder being exhausted,
the remnants of its ruins were allowed
to slit up silently under the slow but
sure action of alluvial deposit. Thus
the very site Of the world-famous sem-
pie was obliterated, till British enter
prise, penetrating through twenty-five
feet Of alluvial deposit, came suddenly
on the marble pavement, still strewed
with broken columns, capitals, and frag-
ments of sculpture. This discovery,
one of the happiest efforts of archaeology
in our time, is due to the persevering
energy and sagacity of Mr.. Wood, who,
having searched for the site of the tenn
pie since 1868, first at his own expense,
and subsequently, with funds supplied by
the trustees of the British Museum, has
been rewarded after long years of toll,
by the discovery Of the site, which was
finally ascertained about this time last
year During the last twelyemonth
large area of the temple has been cleared
TO the pavement, and various architec-
tural marbles have been found, more or
less mutilated, lying as they had been
left by the barbarpus despoiiers in BY
zsatine times. The diameter of these
columns of the temple being six feet,
the scale of the architecture is, of course,
colossal, exceeding, it is believed, in
proportions the celebrated Temple of
Jupiter Olympus at Athens and all ex-
tant examples Of Greek architecture.
ApBlet0Rs s Journal.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08
Heindreich and his Successor.

"Leone Leoni gives some reminis
cences of HeindreicA, the Paris execu
tioner, lately deceased. He was soil
tary character. and his favorite com
panions were two ugly bulldogs and a
halfdozen cats. When he was ordered
to guillotine a man he spent the night in
yigils. The early hour of execution
made this necessary, Order for execu-
ton is commonly given at nightfall.
The assistants are to be summoned; (;
they live in the outskirts of the town.
The ak has to be sharpened, the grooves
cleaned and oiled; nuts and bolts and
straps examined; the timbers inspected.
All these things are scarcely done when
it is time to erect the guillotine-this is
two or three clock am. 1t is put up by
torehlight, noiselessly, for no nails are
used, only pins and screws and bolts
Troppmann was the last criminal he ex-
ecuted, and he displayed unusual
strength and skill in the manner in
which he threw and kept Troppmann
under the ak. Troppmann endeavored
to thrust his head between the two later
al posts which support each side of the
ak. Heindreich drew him back, thrust
him forward, prisoned him in the form,
and sent down the ak before Troppmann
could RECOVER from his surprise. He
was calm during executions, hut the
moment they were over be took hot
bath to soothe his nerves, tangled by the
protacted vigil, by coffee-drinking and
tobseco-smoking Che was extremely fond
of pipe), and by the death Of the Grim
inal The new eKecutioner is man
named Bouvree, who was for eleven
years Heindreich's first assistant. BE
is forty years old, six feet high in his
stockings, and can knock down an OK
with his fist.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08
FOR SALE.
Lots For Sale in Ida City,
ON
Long island, New York.

IDA CITY is SITUATED ON LONG Is
Il land, IS miles from, New York city. the
Long Island railroad running centrally
through Ida City. Lots there are hereby OF
fered for sale on the following terms: Fifty
dollars each, on a credit of ten years, paya-
BILE in ten annual instalments--say IS 90 per
year on each lot. The parties owning the
above property propose to sell to the Southern
people one-half Of the lots, say 1900, on the
above terms, without interest. The East
River Bridge Is now in process of construc-
ton, connecting Manhattan Island, upon
which New York is situated. with Long Is
land.
This is a good opportunity for any person OF
this section of country to invest small sums
in the purchase of these lots. Terms are
easy, and within the reach Of all. Property
on Long Island will rapidly increase in value
as soon as East River Bridge is completed.
Map of the City of Ida can be seen, and
full Information Giyen, upon application being
made to HY. F0NTAINE,
responding Secretary,
No. 10 Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08

All accounts agree that the principal
vintage of France was a failure last
year. No matter, there viii be wine
enough, and champagne in abundane OF
any desirable brand . -s.al
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08
no the People Of Tennessee.

IN RESPONSE TO THE EXPRESSION
Of 4 popular desire, sufficiently general
and inhasntial 70 control my actien in ne
matter, / hereby announce myself candi-
date for the once Of Judge Of the supreme
Hon. L. A. Il. Nelson. Election first Ihurs-
day in August NET. Ma;,h !, B. VVgf iI-ts
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08
For COUNTY Trustee. i

A. WOODWARD is candidate for re-elec-
tiop 70 the Office Of Trustee of Shelby county,
subject to the action Of the Democratic
County Convention. Oh
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08
To the Pe0ple on Tennessee,

In response 70 the call Of many leading
citirens OF the State, hereby announce my.
self a. a candidate for the 0fiee Of Judge Of
the Supreme Court. made vacant by the resig-
nation Of Hon. 7. A. X. Nelson. Election
first Thursday in August NEXT.
ROBERT MCFARLAND.
Merristown, Tenn. 1l-te
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08

MARCUS ]. WRIGHT is a candidate for
reelection to the Office of Sheriff Of Shelby
county at the ensuing, August eleetl3n. sub
ject to the action Of the Democratic Conyen-
lion Of June 10th. 4o-t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08

l.. l.. BATTLE is a candidate for Tax Col
Lector of Shelby county. subject to the nomi'
mating convention. o5-te
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08
A CARD.

ALL LETTERS AND INQUIRIES IN
Areference to Ida City and the purchase and
sale Of lots should be addressed TO Hy. Fon-
taine, Corresponding Secretary. No. l9 Madi-
son street, Memphis, Tenn. The title to the
property Is perfect in me, and the advertise
ment and maps published correctly represent
the value and attractions Of the place.
1871 JACOB THOMPSON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08
For Privilege Tax Collector.

ROBERT F. LoONEY is candidate fol
Congress, subject to the decision of the Demo
cratic Convention NIfH aH i 51-te
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08

]. HARVEY MATHEs is a. candidate for
re-election TO the Office Of Privilege Tax Ool-
iector for Shelby county. subject to the Demo
cratic ronvention, 47-te
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08

GEORGE L. HARRIS is a candidate for
Sheriff Of Shelby county. subject to the action
of the Democratic Convention 45f
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08

dependent candidate for reelection to the
Office Of Sheriff for Shelby county. Election
August, 1872. He respectfully refers TO the
merchants and lawyers Of Memphis as 20 his
fitness 10 hold the Office. 40-te
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08
For Tax Collector

JIM. BOOKER is candidate for Magistrate
Of the Fourteenth Civil District. Election May
9TH 5o-oo
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08
ANNoUNcEM ENTs.
FOR Justice of the Peace.

We are authorized to announce W. j..
LITTLEJOHN as a candidate for the office
of Magistrate in the 14th Civil District. Elec-
tion Tuesday, May Z, 1872. 55-5S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08
( THE LYDIA LANGUIsH.'

II The LfulA LhNuUloh'
You ask me, Lydia, whether |,
If you refuse my suit, shall die.
(Now pray don't be offended;
Although the tune be out of joint
/ should not to a bodkin point
Resort at once to mend it;
Nor, If your doubtful mood endure,
Attempt q final water-cure
Except against my wishes;
For l respectfully decline
To dignity the SerpeDtine
And make hors-d' 'otipres for fishes.
Bat if you ask me whether
y C0mp0sedly can go,
Without look, without o sigh,
Why, then / answer-No.
You are assured" you sadly say
"a Of in this most considerate way
To treat my suit Your will Isl
That / shall quickly find as fair
Some new Neaera : tangled hair
Some easier Amaryllis.
/ cannot promise to be cold
If smiles are kind as yours of old,
On lips of later beauties;
Nor can hope to quite forget
The homage that is natures debt
While man has social duties;
But if you ask, do prefer
To you honor so, W "a
This highly hypothetic Hes,
| answer plainly-No.
1Ou IchTs you W hhN
In me too late the altered mind
That altering Time estranges."
To this / make response that we.
As psychologists agree,
Must have septennial changes;s
This is thing beyond control,
And il were best, upon the whole,
To try and find out whether Fg
We could not by some means arrange
This not to be avoided change
So as to change together
But had you asked me to allow
That you could ever grow
Less amiable than you are now
Emphatically-NO tHl
But-to be serious-if you care
To know how | shall really bear
This much discussed rejection,
Ianswer you: As feeling men
Behave in best romances, when
You outrage their affection, 1N
With all the ecstacy of woe, W II
By which, as melo-dramas show,
Despair is simulated;
Enforced by all the watery grief,
Which hugest 0cket-handkerchief m
Has ever indicated;
And, when arrived so far you say,
In tragic accents Coz
Then. Lydia. then-I still shall stay
And firmly answer-No.
t ~. Str PauPs Magasile, London.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08

We are authorised 70 announce Colonel
A. FORREST as a candidate for Sheriff Of
Shelby county at the ensuing August election,
subject TO the Democratic Convention. 2lt
In answer to many inquiries hereby AZ.
thoriEe you TO announce my pane as a candi-
date for sheriff Of Shelby county, at the Au.
gust election, 1872. snbject to the action Of
i5-te B. y. BALL.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-08

CHAS. Z. ANDERSON is a candidate for
sheriff of Shelby county, subject to tke de-
eision Of the Democratic Convention. zee
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-02-24
VERM ONT FARM R.

would; hut for this there is no time. |
would say, wordsworth in silence ut first, in
silence for years; it will not be time wasted.
Perhaps in all your life it will be the time
you will aftcrward find to have been best
spent; and it is very certain that without it
you will he no worker. You will not pro-
duce one perfect work." but only ~ botch
in the service of God.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.
Have you read Bakers Sources of the
Nile" where he says he was more like DON
key han an explorer? This is MS much my
case, and | believe is that of all who have to
do an unusual work. And | would especial
ly guard young ladies from f%ancying them
selves lady supcriors, with an obsequious
following of disciples, if they undertake any
great work.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-02-24
poultrp.
POULTRY.

Shippers who wish to lave their poultry
sell for the best quotations, says II New York
Produce circular, and have quick returns,
must observe the following directions for
preparing it for the market See that the
poultry are well fattened, and this is best
done by combining them in close quarters,
giving them water and feeding them with II
mixture of meal and mashed potatoes, thor
oughly wet: keep from food ~ hours he
fore killing; Kill by bleeding in the neck. or
cutting of the heads; dip the bird in water
just beginning to boil until the wings ,hrin!.
up to the body, when it is property Scalded (;
MS soon us the birds are picked. the head
should be cut off and the blood thoroughly
drained from the neck. which should then be
wiped dry; pull the skin over the bone, tie
and trim neatly. The intestines or crop
should not be drawn. Torn skin Injuries Its
appearance and lessons its value. Thu fowl
should be cold before packing, but il is bet
ter if gotten to market without freezing.
Pack closely, in nice, clean rye or wheat
straw--the poultry out straight with backs
downward, putting two or three inches OF
straw between each layer. and pack only one
kind t.. II package. Good, firm, clean boxes.
holding $50 or 200 pounds. are the best pack
ages. Mark the gross and tare on top, to-
gcther with shippers initials. Nothing but
the fattcst kind of poultry should be dry-pick-
ed. Such are very desirable at all times,
and sell ut our outside quotations. Thanks
giving day occurs on the Both inst, and
poultry intended for market should be here
not later than Monday, Nov. eth, and must
be prime in order to bring full prices. Nice
liurge turkeys will he most inquired for, but
all kinds will sell well if the quality is
right.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-02-24
A NEW USE FOR FRESH EGGS.

Mr.. John Murphy of this city-a gentle
man of intelligence and close observation
recently made to us some interesting state
ments in regard to the value of fresh eggs in
ailording nourishment to weak animals, that
are worth remembering by all farmers. lie
remarked that he had known II young colt
which to all appearances was nearly dead,
the breath of life being barely perceptible,
to be quite instantly revived by giving it one
or two fresh eggs. The same results. in
several cases to which he was knowing,
have followed the adn. inistcring of eggs to
weak calves, and also to feeble and chilled
lambs. A remedy so simple, SO easy at hand
and so c%flectual in the cases mentioned
which often occur with calves and lambs
should be remembered by al our readcrs.-
Name Farmer.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-02-24

In the report of Prof. Stockbridge of the
Massachusetts Agricultural College, made
last week to the State Board of Agriculture.
he stated that in the ten towns of Eastern
Hampshire County (cast side of the Connec-
ticut river) the farmers had made during the
past year 10 per cent. on all their invest
ment on the valuation of all farming lands,
buildings. &c. This we think is II pretty
good showing considering the character of
the soil in such towns us Prescott, Pelham
and Greenwich, which are included IN the
list, and is IN encouraging answer to the
question. will farming payP"