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The Republican journal., 1872-12-05
SHEI.BURNE FALLS, July %. 1879

SHELBURNE FALLS. july %. 1872.
Dir. f. W. URANN-DEAR SIR :--I4ast Febru-
airy [ took a severe cold, had Il severe pain in
my lungs and side, and raised a great deal of
matter. | had been subject to a cough for %
years, but this one seemed so much more severe
that l called in a physician. He decided my
disease was consumption, and that | never
could be strong again. In May was so much
worse that coughed for three or four hours
without cessation, with great expectoration. |
then rs Il last resort decided to see Dir. Urann.
| saw him first May 10th. He told me | had
Liver Complaint; that my lungs were not dis
caSed, and that the cough was caused by a dis
eased stomach. After the first treatment, by
carefully following his directions noticed very
perceptibly the cough disappear day by day,
until IN few weeks it was scarcely discernible.
1t is now nearly three months since | first saw
DR.. tlrann. | can now walk a number Of miles
without fatigue and do my own homework
with ease. hope you will publish this, hoping
that some one suffering from similar disease
may learn where they obtain the same
relief Yours truly,
MRS. C. SUTHERLAND.
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GREAT DECLINE.

and are now in store to cash custom
ers at prices that are far below any
thing ever knowA for many kinds of
goods.
Bank of England, Grand Duchess
and Raven, brands of ALPACAS,
MOHAIRS and BRILLIANTINES,
for rs, 30 IS, ~, 50, 81, -, 80, -
and $l.O0, the best goods imported
All wool LONG SHAWLS, best
quality and full size, for only $500.
ENGLISH PRINTS 81 inches
wide for II cents.
All linen, large size TOWELS for
10 cents.
Ladies MERINO RIBBED HOSE
for II cents.
ALL WOOL PLAID DRESS
GOODS for IL and 50 cents per
yard. NEVER SO Low BEFORE.
Please remember to look at our
goods and compare the quality and
price with any you may find in this
or any other city, if you would con,
suit your own interest.
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ID viii be remembered that the Presi-
ient's father has been for a long time
postmaster at Covington, Ky, having
oeen appointed by President johnson. Re-
GENTLY the postmaster was i'll, and 81
peciai agent was sent from Washington
10 an the office He made some changes
n The arrangements, which SO incensed
ihr old gentleman when he got around
again thai he hit the new official over the
head with his cane. The agent immedi-
atelv sent in his resignation. which called
cut from the President the following let
Ter
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Office,

hereby give notice to the citizens of Belfast,
that will be at the store of Oakes Angler Saturday
afternoons, from until Z. NJ, for the purpose of
receiving taxes
DANIEL L. PITCH Err, COLLECTOR.
Belfast, Sept. 26--ttl3
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WONDERFUL CURES.
. r. u r A N N
of Boston

OF HOstOns
Who has made so many wonderful cares in
Boston, New York, Hartford, Springfield, and
more recently IN New Hampshire and Vermont
is now ut the American House Belfast to remain
a few weeks. Every invalid should see him.
Consultation free. His Magnetic Vitalizer and
Pills Sl.l0 per package. Terms of treatment,
according to the means of the patient and nature
of the disease 10000 patients, with every kind
of complaint flesh is heir to, have been treated
by him within the last ten years with wonderful
success. His treatment is peculiar to himself
he vitaliZes the deceased organs, equaliZing the
circulation of the vital forces by means of
Magnetism and Electricity, thereby producing
a healthy action and bringing Strength and
Vigor to the deceased parts.
Read the following Wonderful Cures in
Maine.
This will certify that | was troubled with
Sciatic Rheumatism and suffered great pain, was
unable to sleep without taking morphine, could
not walk. ] was carried to DR.. Uranus Office
at the Dewitt House, and after one treatment
was free from PAIN and have been able to work
ever since. A. W. BAILEY.
Auburn, May 7, 1869.
LEWISTON, MAY T, 1863
This will certify that had lost the use of my
lower limbs and was unable to walk or ev en- to
Stdnu, ndu seftTd IufSiCiftHS WHO
my case incurabIe. Hearing of Dr. Uranus
wonderful cures | went for him, in less than Il
week WAS able to walk the streets and can
now walk two miles daily.
JAMEaF. BRADBURY.
To THE MACHIAs Neutrality-suspicious.
As DR.. Urann otuRostont about visiting, your
place, and stranger ifN{Aese parts, ! know
very well, like most physicians travelling, he
will be looked upon wittsspspiclon, particularly
Gates myself with some dfstrust, but as could
means in nv PSXers fkesoved to try 's him. n.y.
had been obliged z wsIk>on crutches for one
year, and for nine honAS WAS not able to put
my foot to the foof. Myspine and arm were
also so lame as nearly to disable me. | could
not dress or andtess>myself, or get off the bed
without help. He trea1Rd my case last Friday
morning, and in less than! ~ hour after | was
able to walk home. Il distance of nearly half
mile, up hill, without crutches, and haye been
gaming ever since write this for publication,
hoping tina, others who are suffering may, by
knowing of my case, improve the opportunity
offered them by this visit OF DR.. Urann to
Machias j. II. GORDAN,
formerly Deputy Sheriff.
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Produce Wanted !!

will pay the highest market price for all kinds of
FARM PRODUCE. Potatoes, Pressed Hay, Apples,
Beans, Sc, Sc, delivered at LANES WiARF in
this city. E. A. CALDERWOOD
Belfast Nov. 1S72.-tn9
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Read the following Certificates.

The following is from Miss Sarah Halligan.
whose case was well known in Massachusetts
at the time from the publicity given it by a long
and protracted law suit. Her father sued the
town of Buckland for damages sustained by his
daughter from defect in the highway and re-
covered four thousand five hundred dollars
damages, which was poor recompense for the
pam and suffering she so long endured
TO THE PUBLIC
More than four years ago ! fell from the
highway some five or six feet, injuring the spine
so much that have been confined to the house
and bed most of the time since, never being
able TO walk but few steps without my
crutches since, and never without a great deal
of suffering either at the time or afterwards.
have employed eight physicians during this
10 permanent relief was obtained from any :
they all said ii was spinal. Some said | might
get we'll in time, others said | never could [
spent about fourteen hundred dollars for the
medical treatment alone. with no good effect. [
read in the Greenfield Rper a latter written by
a lady DR.. Urann cured spin disease seven
years ago immediate1y\nd her to find if
It was true. She replied thepigh she received
it. proving to me that her kprawas even more
wonderful than had elppdssl. She urged me
sure that he could and would help me as he had
her submitted my case a his hands, after
the first treatment walked without my cane,
in few days walked up sta5rs, in two weeks
couid Walk nan a lnlle, ~ Nemonth from the
time | first saw HIM [ could Walk mile, ride
w nn ho"r eS Sr two na do dow stairs
1t is to me a greatpeaslfe to recommend to
those suffering, DR.. prarM Ind his treatment,
and should be glad tAreceft9 netter from any
who are suffering, arr&e taatalsf did to en-
ploy him. for think | can soon prove to them
their mistake, and they soon, if suffering as I
have, will look upon him AS u friend and
esteemed physician SARAH HALLIGAN,
Shelhurne Falls. Mass.
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m q " ~ Il sss Z Is -
IN TUE---
WORSTED DEPARTMENT.

Il. X. JOHNSON & CO., just opened fine
assortment OF Worstcds and Norstcd Patterns,
Slippers, Ottomas and Toilet Cushions, Bracket and
Towel Racks. Infants Knit Shirts, Sacks, Socks and
Mittens Ladies breakfast Shawls ,Nubias, Rigoetts
and Hose, Children'S ie%gins, Sacks and Riding
Hoods, Gentlcmen's Scarts, Java, Panama, Waf.
and linsel Canvass, Plain and Tinscl Perforated
Paper, Brrgmann's Best Berlin Zephyr W nrstcds IA
Knitting and Worsted Needles, and Paper Patterns.
Particular attention given in shading OF Worsted-
hAYFORD BLOCK, BELFAST.
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MISS SAWYER'S SALVE.

HERE you have a snlve combining soothing AMI
Il l. healing properties, with no dangerous ugre,'-
lent. y remedy at hand for the many plins arl
aches wounds and bruises to which :lcsh is heir
Is more easily applied than many other rrmr'i'>,
never producing Il bad effect, but always reiy,i"a
pam, however severe.
1t is prepared by Mss Salcvec who has usei Il
in her own extensive treatment Of The sick, Ir
nearly twenty years, with great success.
The principal diseases for which tins salve i, 70.
ommended are, Cnitjlqins, Phetnuatiaa P2.s.
ScFofuta, Oh Ulcers, Sat Hhetm. SIta1ts, BotH,,
Ftre Sores FetonS, PiRDleg E3vStpeAty. So.
Eyes, Bnber's Hch, Deathss Bolts RIM ,r279.
Cogns Bites Of Insects, Ca",ers, Toott2.hs, In
ache Sore Nipples, Bald',ess, .>coH.n Byeas.
Kch, Scutd Hetd, TsetiaH Choll.d Hmtt,
Scafds, GUS, Bruises Group, CJu-h, Lips ot'
Sores on CHidyeq
1t never fails to cure Rheumatism if properly
applied. Rub it on well with the hand three time,
a lay. In several cases 1t has cured palaiei limbs.
For Piles it has been discovered to be a sure rem.
edy. Persons that have been afflicted for ycu,
have been relieved by a few applications. For p.
sipelas 1t works wonders, allaylng the nlamnatlo's
and quoting the patient. For thappe' ihip,ts
produces a Immediately. Let those with .Sl''
Rhea0 obtain this Salye, and apply it freely, AMI
they Will find it Invaluable. 1t is good in eases Of
Scr?ft9 and TamoyS, cancers have been cur
with it. The best Savc ever invented for .CrfSis,
Erepst and Sors NppEeS. No way injurious h..
afford relief. Sore or wax Eyt,- Ru}
the lids gently, ono" or twice day Cures dv.t
ness by putting in the on a piece If co,tu
For feioHs this il superior TO anything know.
For Pmpies this acts like charm. F.r I,,n-
and Scalds, apply the Save AZ once and it gives
immediate relief For OIL SortS, apply olcc =
day
Not among the least Of the Invaluable prop rti..,
~ MISS SAwYERS S-tLNE are It's ucuctclal ctlcr;S
On the hair Rubbed ON the scalp, in five on 81.
different parts it promotes the growth of TN, h.rr.
prevents II turning ~, and ON bald spots II pr
duccs a lew growth 't hair No lady should DO.
without tii- Invaluable article IL an inli-u-.,i -
cosmetic for the |, I"t II cr.ldir..lc- lau ruH 3u
disease from the head, and bIotches anil plupt.,
from the face.
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LARGEST STOCK IN TILE CITY
AND TIE
LOWEST PRICES !

We now offer a full assortment of
new seasonable goods, selected by
ourselves and bought for cash, since
the
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purple horizon, and crescent moon was low
down in the west. The wind now rose and
swept the wide plain with fresh, delicious
gusts, scented by heather.bloom.
Mildred leant upon the arm which was to
be her support through life, and not even mem,
ory could disturb the calm content Of her
SOUL They were quiet lovers This great
happiness had subdued while it intensified
Jacks passionate nature. Love often trans,
forms characters; but in this instance it only
developed the innate strength. They talked
together more like old friends than wly-af:
6anced lovers. Happy indeed are those who
rear upon the solid foundation of sincere
friendship the sacred temple of conjugal aftec'
ton. That alone can stand the test of storms
when the superficial structure of transient
passion would yield to the first assault.
Jack had already assured himself of Mrs.
Weir's approval, and nothing now remained
but formal announcement of the engagement
to their friends. They would defer this for a
few days until their own plans were fully de.
veloped and settled.
When they reached the door of their lodg'
ings, Kate was looking little pale and tired
but she sat up till late that night writing a
long letter to her mother. This important
epistle was dispatched next day, accompanied
by another similarly addressed, bearing the
crest of Won Altenberg.
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war, or seventeen of civil war, and ffty.two
of foreign war, and in the eighteenth century
there were ffty-eight years Of war, or seven
of civil war, and ffty-one Of foreign war;

EFFECTS OF MODERN ARMs-The Elber-
field Gazette publishes some curious statistics
of the comparative deadliness of the different
weapons used in the Franco-German war.
According to them, of 3,453 Germans woun-
ded before Metz, no fewer than 95.5 per cent.
were struck by Chassepot balls; 2:7 per cent.
only were wounded by projectiles from heavy
guns, and there were only 0.8 per cent of
wounds from cold steel. As to the French
wounded, it is calculated that as high pro-
portion as 25 per cent. were wounded by ar
tillery projectiles, and about 70 per cent. by
the fire of the needle-gun. No fewer than
$4,000 Frenchmen in all were struck by the
projectiles of the German artillery. This
gives an average of one effective shot in every
three fired from the German batteries, re-
suit which appears hardly credible. The loss
es in the different branches of the German
army are estimated as follows by the Gasette:
Of every 100 men put hors de combat 80 per
cent. were in the infantry, 5 per cent. were in
the cavalry. and only per cent belonged to
the artillery. The total number of cartridges
fired by the Germans in the late war is said to
have been 25,000,OO0, or about 80 per man.
The war having lasted fighting purposes.
just six months, this gives only an average Of
five cartridges per man per month for the
whole army. Taking the total number of
French killed and wounded at 100000, this
would give an average Of 250 cartridges fired
to every man struck.
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A BIG CLocK.-The large clock at the Eng
lish Parliament House is the largest in the
world. The four dials of this clock are twen-
ty.two feet in diameter. Every halfminute
the point of the minute hand moves nearly
seven inches. The clock will 60 eight and
half days, but it only strikes for seven and a
half thus indicating any neglect in winding
it up. The mere winding up Of the striking
apparatus takes two hours. The pendulum
is fifteen feet long; the wheels are of cast
iron; the hour bell is eight feet high and nine
feet in diameter, weighing nearly fifteen tons,
and the hammer alone weighs more than four
hundred pounds. .:...,
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No PERSON Is WITHOUT INFLUENcE.-
Some persons fall discouraged on the highway
of life, because they cannot be this or that
great or eminent person. Why not be viii
ling to be themselves? No person who ever
lived, or ever will live, is without influence.
Why not make the most of that? Since you
cannot grasp that which you wish, why let
what you have slip through your fingers? No
person in the world is exactly like you. You
have your own faults, but you have also your
own excellences individual to yourself. Give
them air. Because you are not poet, should
you not be a good merchant? Because you
cannot go to college, should you therefore
forswear the alphabet? Because you cannot
build palace, should you not rejoice in your
own humble roof, and that because is it your
own! Will not the sun also shine into your
window if you do not obstinately persist in
shutting it out? you cannot have whole
hot-house full offowers, may you not have one
sweet rose?
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The USE OF SALF.-Professor James E.
johnson, ofscotland, says that halfthe saline
matter of the blood (75 per cent? consists Of
common salt, and as this is partly dissolved
every day through the skin and kidneys, the
necessity of continued supplies Of it to the
healthy body is sufficiently obvious. The
bile also contains soda Gone of the Ingredients
of sal) as special and Indispensable constit-
uent, and so do all the cartilages Of the body
Stint the supply Of salt and neither will the
bile be able properly to assist digestion, nor
the cartilages to be built up again as fast as
they naturally waste. ....
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Foo1s-Mr. Locke has somewhere made
distinction between madman and fool {:
A fool is he that from right principles makes
a wrong conclusion but a madmsn is one
who draws just inference from false princi-
pies. Thus the fool that cut off the fellows
head that lay asleep, and, then waited to see
what he would say when he awaked and missed
his head.piece, was in the right in the first
thought that man would besurprised to find
such an alteration in things since he fell
asleep; hut be was little mistaken to imag-
inc he could awake at all after his head was
cut off.-Iatler.
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By Hook OR CRooK.-There appears to
be no want of an origin for this proverb. In
the great fire Of London many boundary
marks were destroyed. This, in consequence
of many disputes as to the sites Of different
properties, had tendency to hinder the re-
building of the city. In order to escape from
the delay it was decided to appoint two arbi-
traitors, whose decision should be final in all
cases. The surveyors appointed were Mr.:
Hook and Mr.. Crook, who gave so much
satisfaction in their decisions that the build
ing proceeded rapidly. From this circum-
stance comes the saying, "By hook or BY
crook"
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A WARL1KE PEoPLE.-France, during the
five centuries preceding the past, that is from
the year 1900 to the year 1900, was engaged
in 326 years of war, Of which 80 years were
spent in civil war, and 246 years in foreign
war. During that period 1S4 great battles
we're fought. The record of these FIVE centu-
ries shows that in the fourteenth century there
were forty-three years Of war, or five of civil
war and thirty-eight years of foreign war; in
the fifteenth century there were seventy-one
years of war, or eighteen years Of civil war,
and ffty.three years of foreign war; in the
sixteenth century there we're eighty-fve years
of war, or thirty-three years of civil war, and
fifty-two years Of foreign war; in the seven.
teenth century there were sixty-nine years Of
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INcoME.-If your income is five dollars q
day, spend but four. Ifit is one dollar, spend
eighty cents Ifit is but ten cents, spend
nine. Ifitis three potatoes, save half a potato
for seed. Thus you will gradually acquire
something; while, if you spend and consume
as you go, you will never get ahead one inch
in life, but every sunset will look on you poor
er than atsunrise, because you will have used
unproftably one day more Of your strength
and your allotted term of life.
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WANTED TO BE LET ALoNE.-The Ban
gor (Maine) Commercial tells the following
good story: Everybody recollects uncle Van
Meter, the negro philosopher of Bakesville,
who died some month ago. Van was char
acter. He was summoned on one occasion as
a witness in the Supreme Court on COW case;
at the time the benevolent Judge Hathaway
presided. The counsel on either side, who are
still living in this city, for sheer fun, racked
their brains to obfusticate the veteran Afri-
can boy by plying all manner of questions
pertaining to every other topic but the COW.
The experiment was successful, and poor be-
logged Van answered as wildly as blind pu-
gilist strikes out at his antagonist. Judge
Hathaway, willing to enjoy little sport, but
with view of getting the bewildered philoso-
pher back to rational standing, turned be-
nignantly toward him and put a simple ques-
ton. This was more than the illustrious
vaudoo could stand-a magazine never ex-
ploded quicker. Lifting both hands above
his head, and with countenance beaming
with despair, he exclaimed: 81 sez now, you
old gray-harred gemman up dar on de bench,
don't you interfere wid dis madder. I've
just as much as I can do to take care of desc
two chaps down here"
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To YOUNG MEN-A gentleman writing to
the New York Times tells the following truth.
full story: ..
A friend of mine, who is at the head Of one
of our Government Offices, has in bis employ
large number of clerks, among whom was a
strong, bright boy, occupying subordinate
position, the duties of which the boy filled
creditably and satisfactorily for a few years
At the end of that time vacancy occurred.
The boy (then just grown applied for the ad-
vancement. NO." said my friend, II cannot
give you the situation" II think, sir, am
quite capable of filling that place, and I
would do my best" 81 cannot giveit to you,
and what is more I do not intend to let you
remain here ip any position" "How sir, in
what have I failed to give you satisfaction
I have always done my duty" Eyes, and it
is that think we'll of you that I wish you to
do better; you never can be anything more
here than clerk. 1t is miserable life for a
young man to begin upon. You will pass the
best of your life here, and at fifty have no
more salary than you now do at twenty. You
have an uncle who is butcher; you are a
good accountant, write good hand, are hon
est and bright, and with those qualities your
uncle will be glad to take you with him"
Eighteen months after this conversation nice
little wagon and horse drove up to the --
office, very we'll dressed, fine looking young
man got out. It was the ex-clerk come to
thank his former employer for the advice he
had given him. He said: Gift had not been
for you, sir. I would have gone droning on in
this routine of clerkship all my life; whereas
now my uncle has taken me into partnership.
We have large market shop, and are doing
a paying business" 1t seems to me that this
story mi ght point a way out Of difficulties Of
finding situations for unemployed clerks. !
have told it exactly as it occurred, forhearing
to alter the trade Of butcher for one that would
suit fastidious taste for agreeable surround.
ings. For myself, I would prefer having
large market shop to beingall my life a shah
by-genteel clerk.
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b6r A man out West turned States evidence,
and swore that he was member of gang Of
thieves. By.and-by they found the roll Of
actual members and accused the man Of swear
ing falsely. II was member" said the man,
II was an honorary member"
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1aT In Boston a poor man who, less than
one year ago, had only one suit Of clothes,
went into the newspaper business, and now
has eight suits. Seven of them Are for libel.
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