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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01
Fruit Raising in Maine. Art. III.
BY HENRY REYNOLDS NJ. d.
CAUSES OF FAILURE.

CAUSES OF FAILURE.
In our last we gave our reasons for consid-
ering the failure of New York trees in this
State, as due to the worthless character OF
the trees themselves: These trees being the
products of gratis s in pieces Of old roots,
are wosthless. We will proceed now to no
tice other causes of failure of young orch
ards in Maine.
EXHAUSTED SOIL.
Soil exhausted of its virgin fertility is unfit
for successful tree growing. Little difficult
ty was experienced, by the first settlers in
that State, in raising fine healthy trees, with
no further care than the setting Of the same.
What we want for success is soil as near
like the soil of newly cleared land as we can
hsve it. Land which is cleared now is not
lust the same as formerly. Then all the hea-
Wy growth of wood was burned upon the land
and the ashes all left to enrich the virgin soil.
The great heat generated by such fires, also,
was not without its beneficial effect upon the
lnsoluble mineral elements of the soil, render
ing them valuable and available for plant
food. But the most valuable element we con-
sider to have been the ashes resulting from
the destruction of such vast quantities of
wood. The lesson then to be learned from
this, is, that the land cleared by the modern
method of removing all the wood, requires,
in order to render it as well adopted to
orcharding as our primeval orchard
ing land, free application of ashes.
Having land recently cleared and
applying goodly quantity of ashes, it is well
adapted to the raising Of apple trees. With
such land there would be comparatively few
failures, with good trees for transplant
ing.
On the majority of farms there is no new
land Tor this purpose. Then the question
arises how is an old field of exhausted land
to be best prepared foran orchard. If retent-
I've OF moisture, the land should be thorough
ly underdrained. 1t should also be planted
one or two years and well manured, This
pulverizes the soil, destroys the sod, and rem
ders the land in condition to receive the
trees. 1t would be well before setting the
trees to apply heavy dressing of muck csm-
posted with ashes at the late of twenty-five
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Nasty is to lecture in Portland soon. Here
are circumstances under which Lock-jaw may
be accepted as pleasant thing.
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Who Wants Employment !?

No book ever sold like MARK TWAINS
s'ROUGHING 1T ;; 80, 600 printed in six months.
Old Agents often make S25 day ;new ones can make
~ to SO easily on this book. Try it once and
We want 1000 more agents; don't be afraid to apply
old and young. Women do sp]endy with it. For
full information, address AMERICAN Publisng
Co., Hartford, Conn, oct22t4w
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The New York Euening Post says Mr..
Froude pronounces name to rhyme with
"mood." Let us have it right ..t-.
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The epidemic laryngite is not new dis
ease, for it will be remembered that Richard
I'LL, once when he was in much trouble, Of
fered kingdom for horse, and no takers.
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The river is SO low at Pittsburg that milk is
,iSinn
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THF PORTLAND DAILY PRESS
published every day Sundays excepted) by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING CO.,
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THE MAINE STATE PRESS

Is published every THURSDAY MORNING at So 30 a
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RATES OF ADvERTIsING One inch of space, in
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SPECIAL NOTICES. one third additional.
Under head of "AMUsMEMENTs," So 90 per square
per week; three insertions or less 81 80.
Advertisements inserted i'll the 'sMAINE STATE
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tion.
Address all communications to
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

Agency for Sewing Machines.
w. .. DYER, No. 272 Middle St. All
kinds of Machines for sale and to let.
Repairing.
Bakers.
w. c. COBB, No. IL Pearl st.
Booksellers and StatiOners.
HOYT, FOGG & BREED, No. 81 Middle
Street.
Book Binders.
WIN. A. QUINCY, Room IL, Printers
Exchange, No. III Exchange 81.
SMALL & SHACKFORD, No. 3J Plum
Street.
Carpenters and Builders.
WHITNEY & MEANS, Pearl Street, op.
posite Park.
Dentists.
DIR. w. IL. JOHNSON, over HI. HI. Hays.
Dye-HOuse.
f. sYMONDS, India ST. Velvet CIoaks
dyed and finished.
FOSTERS Dye House, "a Union Street..
Furniture Wholesale and Retail.
WALTER COREY & CO., Arcade, No.
rs Free Street.
GEORGE A. WHITNEY, No. SO Ex-
change st. UphOIstering Of all kinds
done to order.
Furniture and House Furnishing Goods.
BENZ. ADAMS, cor. Exchange and Fed
eral Streets.
HOOPER & EATON, Old Post once,
Exchange Street.
l.. r. TIOVT No - D-.l,Ia s.~n,s IT.,
holstering done to order.
Furniture and UphOlstering.
DAVID w. DEANE, No. 50 Federal ST.
All kinds of Uphols cring and Repairing
done to order.
Hair Goods and Toilet Articles.
J. r. SHERRY, No. o CIapp's Block
Congress Street, opposite Old City Hall.
Horse ShOeing
Done i'm the best possible manner by 9.
YOUNG & CO., No. 100 Fore st.
Jan 2173
Jewelry and Fine Watches.
ABNER LOWELL, 3O1 Congress street.
Agents for Howard Watch Company.
Manufacturers Of Trunks, Valises and
Carpet-Bags.
J. X. DURAN & CO., III Middle and
116 Federal Streets.
MasOns and Builders.
N. X. REDLON, 233 lie Congress 81.
Paper Hangings, Window Shades, and
Carpetihgs.
L0THROP P,DEVENs a. co, 81 Exhamge
Street, and As Market st.
Photographers.
A. 9. DAVIS a. Co., No. so Middle Street.
j. HI. LAMSON, 4 52 Middle ST., cor. Cross.
Plumbers.
JAMES MILLER, No. 81 Federal Street.
Every description of Water Fixtures mr..
ranged and set up i'm the best manner.
Jobbing promptly attended to.
Plasterer, StuccO Worker, &c.
II. FEENY, Cor. Cumberland and Frank.
lin SIS.
Real Estate Agents.
JOHN G. PROCTER, No. 93 Exchange
Street.
GEO. Il. DAVIS & Co., No. 3O1 IL Con.
gress Street.
Silver Smith and Gold and Silver Platter.
nj: PEARSON, No. d Temple ST., near
UGnsress. All kinds of silver and Plated
Ware Repaired.
Silver and Plated Ware.
AbNER LOWELL, 3O1 Congress Street.
Schools.
ENGLISH and FRENCH SCHOOL, 43O
Congress Street.
Stair Builder.
II. Il. LIBBY, IL Ia Union Street, ND
stairs.
G.. L.. HOOPER & CO., Successors to
pie Streets.
Watches, Jewelry, &c.
J. w. d HI. HI. MCDUFFEE, Cor. Middle
& Union Sts.
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WOOD! WOOD,

lizard and SOFT WOOD for sale at No. 4s Lin.
Ii coin street. Also Dry Edgngs
WIN. HUSE.
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Paralysis and Deformities Cured.

The Orient Springs Health Institute is located near
the town Of Amherst, Mass for the treatment and
of Paralysis in all its forms, Spinal Diseases,
Contracted Cords and Limbs, Crooked Feet and
and Hands, Enlarged Joints, Wry Neck Curvatures
of the Spine, Hip Diseases, Rickcts, st. Vi,us's
Dance. and all deformites, Neuralgia, Rheumatism,
and all Lameness, Nervous Diseases, Gout, Convul-
sions, Diseases of the Brain Heart and Lungs Cam
GERS, Hysteria etc.
Apply to GEORGE W. RHODES, NJ. D., Amherst
or to r. Z. FAXON, Esq, Agent for the Institute
No 1 Pemberton square, Boston.
oct15-d&w12w w42
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Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Davis, of East
Saginaw, tried to discipline Nap. with the aid
of shotgun, and when he took it from her
she had him arrested for assault and battery.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01

Daniel Thatcher, of Paoli, Kas., loved Miss
Ellen Pine, and so did l. NJ. Purcell. Daniel
collided with Purcell and gave him tremen-
dous thrashing. Somebody ''laid'' for Thatch-
er and blew off the top of his head. When
the fair Ellen was taken to the house where
the CORY remnants of her dead lover were laid
out, her first remark was affecting. She said: /:
''Mrs. Shipman, have you put up any apple
butter yetp'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01

ga wedding is to take place in Philadelphia
in December, with twelve bridesmaids, all
attired by Worth, of Paris. The bride'sdress
will be of Belgian lace, and cost $4,000 in gold.
The danger is that the worth of the brides
maids may be too great for their wealth or
the BRIDES worth.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01
THE LAST OF THE LOAN
OF THE
CHICAGO
Danville & Vincennes
Railroad Company.
To Careful Investors.

1t is seldom that Mortgages upon new Railroads
Trust Funds. 1t is only when Railroad is earning
net, excess of its interest obligations, with
tanty of steady growth that its Bonds can be said
to be perfectly safe.
The CHICAGO, DANvILLE & VINcENNEs RAIL-
ROAD is doing this, and has this certainty. That
part of it known as the ILLINOIS DIVISION from
Chicago to Danville 1872 Mies finished last year,
and its gross earnings have increased from $3 s4 OF
in December, 1871, to $575s7 95 in August, 1872.
The net earnings for August were $3O4l2 46, or at
the rate of 1885,, ,949 80 per The total inter-
est ability upon the total issue of Bonds upon both
the Illinois and Indiana divs ons is $2S0,OOO gold.
The Illinois division is, therefore, earning net
than enongh to pay interest upon the entire bonded
debt upon the whole road.
THE INDIANA DIVISION
is about eighty miles in length traversing extensive
Bituminous Coal fields, and making direct and the
shortest possble line between Chicago and the Block
Coal district at Brazil.
The Iron and other materials for the Indiana Divi
sion have all been bought and paid for in cash, a
part of it is in operation and the entire Division
is to be finished this season and opened to prota-
BILE business.
The company is not in debt, and owns large and
very valuable real estate in Chicago beside having
an equipment of twenty-three frst-class locomotives
and about 700 cars.
first mortgage upon such road, at the rate of
$3.50 per mile is safe investment, and we know of
other railroad bond at the price asked for this,
that demonstrate similar value as security for
savings banks and others.
We have sold nearly two millions of these bonds to
savings banks, trust companies and the most careful
investors, and have but Ss5O,OOO bonds remaining.
They are for $1,000 each, and have forty years to
run, Interest
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01
SUMMER RETREATS.
GEORGES HOTEL,
MAIN STREET.
7 H O NJ TON, MAINE.

This old, well known and favorite house has during
he past winter, been thoroughly repaired remodeled
nd supplied with furniture, in style equal to
any Hotel of the day; Is now opened for permanent
and transient boarders.
The rooms light and airy, the arrangement, be-
ing such, that each room has view upon Main St.,
street unsurpassed in beauty by in the State.
Making 1t most pleasant resor for visitors from cit
les during the summer season.
The larder will be kept fully supplied with the best
the market affords, at all times and seasons, and no
pains expense spared to make the condition of all
who may patronize the House agreeable and happy.
Central and commodious SAMPLE ROOMS are
open, in connection with the house to accommodate
Travelling agents.
Coaches leave the House to connect with all the
Steamers touching at Rockland- from east or west
Also to carry passengers to and from the cars.
Carleton's well-known Livery Stable is connected
with the House.
All old acquaintance and friends at the LYNpE
House, where the undersigned officiated as Clerk
from its opening are invited not to forget his present
residence. He will be at home and happy to I.eet
them all. WILLIAM X. BICKFORD,
Proprietor.
CHARLES H. GLOYD, Clerk.
Thomaston June 1st, 1872 je13dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01

There is one young lady in town who ate
oysters all through the month of August
when she could get them, under the supposi-
tion that there was an ''r'' in that month.
''Orgust' was the way she spelled it.-Titus
rilLe Press
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01

This is how the Louisville Cowier-Journal
looks at it: They should quit abusing Pere
Hyacinthe for marrying. They should re-
member that the destinations of Yankee
widow travelling as the agent of patent cor
set are not to be whistled down the wind as
you would the charms of an ordinary woman
travelling merely for fun. a %.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01

Mr. Dickinson, of Pittsburg. put his pipe,
containing sparks of fire. lin his vest pocket,
hung up his vest, and with his wife went
down town, leaving the children locked in
the house. The house was insured for a
small amount, but the children were not, al
though the doctor thinks they may recover.
st. Louis Globe.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01

A most alarming phase of tie horse dis
tempsr-the atrocious jokes to which really
well meaning persons resort to keep up their
spirits. To laugh or weep at half of them
would cause serious interruption to business.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01

Indiana, according to the Courier-Journal,
'feeds daily at her groaning tables two mil
lions Of prosperous and happy children, bloat-
ed with plethora of wealth." This does
not include the Indianapolis Journal man,
whose bloating material is taxed at the rate
ofseventy cents gallon.-St. Louis Globe.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01

< n a AGENTS WANTED (!
y " VRest chance now offered for Fall and
Winter. 800 to $500 per month cleared
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Quarters Books, Charts, Threads, &c ,
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GUERNSEY, Publisher, Concord, N.
Agents. H. and Boston. oct22t4w
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Olive Logan having herself been brought
around to think cit would have been money
in her pocket, had she taken to millinery
instead of literature" the popular regret on
that score must now be considered unani-
nous.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01

Agency for Sewing Machines.
w. =. DYER, No. 272 Middle 81. All
kinds of Machines for sale and to let.
Repairing,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01

The three points of excellence which claim, are:
1st constant and thorough circulation of pure air;
End dryness, no dampness monld nor taint; 3rd; no
intermingling of odors purity and active air, the
elements of its success. Call send for circulars.
Manufactured and for sale by j. F. MERRILL, be-
tween Cross and Cotton sts., near Leaytt, Burnham
& Co.'S Ice House, Portland, Me. je4dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01

An Atlanta, Georgia, man thought he had
reached his couch the other night, when in
reality it was nothing but soft ditch. He
undressed, however, and slept peacefully un-
til morning.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01

,ciU dispose of 100 PIANOS, MELODEONS, and
ORGANS, of sic frst-ctdsS makers, including Vat
ers at very low price for cash, or part cash and
balance in small monthly instatments. Neso-7-
octdr tirstciaSs PIANOS modern improvement, for
ORGAN, the most beautiful style and perfect tone
ecer made. Illustrated Catalogues mailed. Sheet
Music and Music Mere hd,dise. oct30-4act
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01

The wags now miss the entertaining pen
cP' of the "arithmetic man. of the New
York World Could he not be induced to
give the world at large a new specimen of his
inventive powers?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01

TWO good rooms with board for gentleman and
Il wife; also good accommodations for two or three
gentlemen. Board reasonable at NO Locust st.
Oct 2ee-dtf A
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01

Young men under age are not allowed to
smoke in the streets of Halifax, and, quite re-
Gently, ayoung man was fined 81 for VIOLA
tion of this law. Where is their boasted civil
ization?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01

Albert Mellen, an old st. Louisian, was
Fannie L. Gardner. 1t is eminently proper
for this Gardner to devote her energies to
Mellens
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01

TIyHIS is NO HUMBUG! Os
y By sendng0 0cESrs with age
height color of eyes hair, you will receive by re-
turn mail, correct picture of your future husband
W. FOX, P. O. Drawer No. 20, Fultonvle, N Y.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-01

House ON State Street, for Sale.
. STORY Brick house on New State street, next
= to Congress street, has ten rooms and furnished
with Cas- Sebago water hot and cold bath room, two
water Closets furnace, dumb waiter wash room, two
cellars &c.
Is a very healthy location, every room having the
For further information apply to G. G. LARKIN,
311 Congress Street or HENRY A. JONES, Gait
Block Commercial Street, Oct9-tf
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-12

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bottle, as easily applied as water, for restoring TO
gray hair its natural color and youthful appear.
ance. to eradicate and prevent dandrun, to pro-
mote the growth OF the hair and stop It's falling
out. 1t Ia entirely harmless, and perfectly free
from any poisonous substance and VIII therefore
take the place of all the dirty and unpleasant
preparations now In use. Numerous testimonials
have been sent us from many OF our most promi.
nent citizens, some Of which are suojoined. In
everything in which the articles now In use are
objectionable, CRYSTAL DISCOVERY is perfect.
r. IA warranted to contain neither Sugar OF Lead,
sulphur or Nitrate OF silver, it does not soil the
clothes or scalp, is sgreeably perfumed, and
makes one OF the best dressings FOR the HAN IN
pse. 1t restores the color Of the Hair more per
feet and uniformly than any other preparation,m
and ALWAYS does 30 In from three to ten days,
virtually feeding the roots OF the Hair with all
the nourishing qualities necessary to It's growth
and healthy condition.; it restores the decayed
and induces q new growth OF the hair more POSI-
lively than anything else. The application OF
this wonderful discovery also produces q pleasant
and cooling effect on the scalp and gives the Hair
a pleasing and elegant appearance. Price 81 a
bottle. ARTHUR NATTANs,
Inventor and Proprietor, Washington5D. Q.
For sale by the Agens, Dr. e. BAER,
No. ISL Meeting street, Charleston, 8. O.
nov1s-stuth1y
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-12
,1oTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE.

On Friday night, the cottou-house Of Cap
tain W. J. MiKeraIl, ut Marion, was entered,
and over six hundred pounds OF seed.cotton
taken from It..
Mr.. A. a. Brown, who lives at Mars Blrnf
Ferry, met with a serious loss on Sunday night
last. On that night his store, containing,
among other thinga, about twenty or thirty
bales of cotton, was burned. The loss Is guile
heavy, possibly about five thousand dollars.
1t is thought to be the work of an incendiary.
A Greeley and Brown club has been or
ganized In the Mill Creek neighborhood, IN
Rlchland County, within the last day or two.
The officers are Colonel 81. l. Caughman,
president; James Burnside, vlce-presiaenI; ".
P. Pelham, Jr., secretary; W. Z. McGlll, treas
urer. Nearly half the members are coloreo,
and the lists are being daily increased. 49,
The Marion Crescent says: nave iiItie
to say of the cotton crop, except maj IL -
opening remarkably fast, and that the ylela
will be much less than originally tnnlgnI.
The caterpillar appeared In Colonel W., W.
Durant5 field over two weeks ago, anu we
have since heard of Them In other places.
They will hurt late cotton, but early cOtCon
will not be iBjured-not much at AL events.
We learn of the death OF Colonel D.. ..
Jones, of Clinton, Laurens County, on Tues
day morning, the 10th Instant, about Two
o'clock. He was riding In q buggy on last
and ran of, throwing him ont of the buggy.
The injuries to his head aud other portions OF
his body were of q fatal character, and he eX-
pred or the following Tuesday morning.
Colonel Jones was a native OF Laurens. where
he was highly esteemed. He held several
offices In that county in the course of his life,
and was very popular with all classes.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-12
ANOTHER cARLIsT UPRISING.
Precautionary Measures by the Gov
ernment-Arrest of Comprehension
sip from Paris.

PARIS, September II.
Fresh Carllst troubles arc reported on the
Spanish borders. Measures have been taken
to prevent the insurgents crossing or concen-
trating. A garrison In Borgas has been at
tackled, the barracks burned, and several Car
list prisoners rescued. The captain-general of
Caledonia has been summoned to Madrid on q
charge of holding correspondence with the
supporters of Don Carlos. The private secre-
tary of the Duke of Montpensier has been ar
rested at Merida. The government has OBJ
Montpensler In the. interest of Don Alphonse.
The entire edition Of the Paris illustrations,
q comic weekly Journal, was seized yesterday
for carlcaturlng Prusslan officials.
Monsieur Dnnergler de Rawxanne publicly
contradicts the report recently published In
the Figaro that he intended 10 marry Miss
Nellie Grant.
N. Loya, a prominent Paris journalist, has
committed suicide.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-12
SPARKS FROM THE ES.

Senior Serbian, president of the Spanish
Council, is sick.
The Eugiish steamer Bella has been totally
wrecked of Portugal. No details have been
received.
two freight trains on the New York Gen.
trail Railroad collIded near Niagara yesterday
and were demolished. No one was killed.
The emigration commissioners report
fearful c~ruelties upon the emigrants on the
LIyeruool packet snip Charles 8. Marshall by
the crew alter the captain died.
Judge Leonard, of Brooklyn, whose fond
ness for granting writs of hRbeas corpus to
New YORK city criminals has made him IA
nous, yesterday granted a writ Of habeas cor
nus, r~eturnable to-day, in the case of Billy
FORESTER, the alleged Nathan murderer.