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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-03-08
Railroa0s anD Steamboats,
Maine Central II. II.
4skAs
Winter Arrangement commencing
Nnvemher 18th

NONVMuC4 AOtu
On and after Nov. 18th, Passenger Trains will
leave Augusta, for Portland and Boston, at 5.45,
u 40 a. NJ, l0.15 =. NJ; Tor Bath, Lewiston and
Portland 5.45, II 45 A. M, 800 p. NJ; for Bangor
90 "A. NJ. and 400 +. NJ. for Bangor, Dexter, Bel.
fast and Skowhegan. 400 p. NJ; for Hallowell and
Gardiner 545. 900, Has A. NJ. 2.l5. 800 30 p. NJ.
The 5.45 and Has Trains connect at Bath for
Rockland.
The 5.45 A. NJ. Train connects with the Grand
Trunk Railway at Yarmouth for South Paris.
The ii As A. NJ. Train connects at Portland with
the Portland 4 Ogdensburg Railroad for Baldwin,
Fryeburg and Conway.
The 400 A. NJ. Train connects at Bangor with the
e. q \. A. Railway for Houlton, Fredericton,
Calais and st. John, arriving in st. John at 0 T. NJ.
Freight Trains leave Augusta for Portland and
Boston at $50 A. NJ; for Skowh gan and Bangor at
l2l5P. NJ.
Trans arrive-From Boston at 400 A. NJ, 90
and o.l5 +. NJ. from Bath, Lewiston and Portland
at 1000 a. NJ, 400 and s.l5 =. NJ; from Skowhe
gan, Belfast, Dexter and Bangor at las A. NJ. and
l0l5 NJ; from Gardiner and Hallowel at 100,
So and 1000 A. NJ, 80. AGO. 500 and SIS r. NJ
Freight Trains arrve-From Boston, Portland,
Bath and Lewiston at 1000 A. NJ, and 12.C0 NJ. !;
from Bangor Dexter, Belfast and Skowhegan at
800 A. NJ
JAS. NJ. LUNT, Gen' Supt.
Nov. 10, 1871. l.. l.. LINCOLN. Asst. Supt.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-04-12

Charleston, South Carolina, is
excited over a white deer killed in
a swamp not far from the city. IL
is nothing new-we have seen three
white deer in our time, as we'll as
several white squirrels and one
white bIack-bird.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-04-12

it was permitted to me to produce
In a white glowing furnace, and to
bathe myself with impunity, In
glowing cast iron. The great i'm
portance which a thorough study of
the spheroidal condition possesses
may be denied, if one chooses to do
so; the part which it will sooner or
later play in the science may be de
MED, but that I shall not care for.
l have formerly stated that mention
of this condition is made in the BIZ
bic, and many other accounts seem
also to prove that the ancients pos
sessed a more extended knowledge
of ealorics than is generally sup
posed. They we're, perhaps. igno-
rant of little things, as for instance,
of a thoUsandth part of degree,
but they were certainly aware of
the great effects. "A certain num-
Der of historical statements, which
are still considered as being fabu-
lous, may be true. The ancient
philosophers knew, perhaps, many
facts of which we have no knowledge.
A little more esteem for them would
not be out of place" I"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-04-12
BOLIVAR, HARDEMAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE, APRIL 12 1872

teen days we viii be at the wedding. -
Ali of which was done.
Well, Reebstock had grandsons
and grand-daughters whom he trot-
ted on his knees. Long afterwards,
when he was very old, he said to his
daughter and husband: "My chill
dren, remember one thing. We
have Heaven to thank that we are SO
happy. I heard the cock crow be-
fore the morning, and looking out
Of the windows [ saw Gretchen
opening her shutters. I was getting
very angry, when Providence whis-
pered to me, Give your consent
quickly, for fear they will marry
with out it.
Theodore and Gretchen admired
the wisdom of the old man, and
thanked the good Lord who governs
everything here on the earth as it
pleases h1m.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-04-12
r.se Henry Clay.


Q In the long disputes between the
States of Virginia and Kentucky,
growing out of what is termed the
"occupying claimant law" Mr.. Clay
was retained by Kentucky to main
tain her rights before ''that tribunal
in the last resort, the Supreme
Court Of the United States. The
then Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives was to appear for the
first time before that elevated, dig
nified and venerable body; and a
large conco9rse. of spectators was
attracted by natural curiosity to
determine whether the orator OF the
West would he able to sustain his
high reputation before thishigh and
untried theatre. When he rose, it
was with some agitation of manner;
but he soon. recovered his wonted
eomEosure, and held his auditors
in admiring attention while he pro-
uoanced a most beautiful eulogium
upon the1eharacter of the sons of
Kentucky. The Judges sat IN their
Black robes OF Office, sedate and at
tentiVe. The late Judge Washl ng-
ton, who was IN the habit of indul-
ging himself in an occasional pinch
Of snuff, had taken out his snuf-box
for a little of that titilating restora-
tive; and Mr.. Clay, on observing it,
Instantly stopped, and advancing
gracefully to the bench with his
thumb and finger extended, partici-
paLed with the Judge in the refresh
ing of his nasal organs. As he APP
piled the pinch, he observed, 81 per-
ceive that your honor sticks to the
Scotch, ,"sand Immediately resuning
his stand, he proceeded With his ar
gnment without thsleast embarrass-
ment. So extraordinary a step over
the usual barrier which separates
this court and the barrister, excited
net a little sastonishnlent and admi-
ration among the spectators, and it
was afterward aptly remarked by
Judge s.. ia relating the circum-
stance to friend, that she did not
believe there was another man in
the United States who could have
done that bat Henry Clay"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-04-12
Shipments in Bulk to Europe via the
Mississippi. -s-.


The Missouri Democrat announces
that shipments of corn in bulk to
Europe, via the great water route,
are now progressing sabisfa actory.
Since Monday Of last week over one
hundred thousand bushels Of corn
have been taken by the barge, in
bulk line for England and France
VIA New Orleans This corn is go
ing forward on q contract freight OF
ten cents per bushel, which is Slight
ly tough for the barge line people,
as just now they could get thirty
five to forty cents per hundred
pounds for carrying miscellaneous
freights down the river, and this
corn pays but about eighteen cents
per hundred. But contracts are
contracts, even though not made in
writing, and the barge line are not
the party to break them. After all,
though the obligation to carry bulk
corn at ten cents per bushel seems
now TO their disadyange, il may, in
the long run, turn out to have been
the best thing they could do, as by
moving the corn out of store here
they make room for more to come,
thus providing plenty of loading
forthe barges when the rush of mis-
cellaneous freight shall have ended,
which viii be the case in thirty days.
But it must be supposed that the
Barge Line Company are taking no
miscellaneous freights. Only part
of their room is given to bulk grain
pro bably less than one third the
balance Of the capacity of each tow
is taxed to it's utmost with -four,
provisions. liquors, hay, .baggei
grain, corn meal, and general mer-
chandise. There is an immense
rush of freight going southwark
from this city For want OF labor
ers to put it rapidly aboard of the
boats il aecumnlates in vast heaps
on the levee. o
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-04-12
Dream Children.

can Old Bachelor" in HaTpey.'s
Bazaar, under the above head, tells
of the experience Of an acquaintance
of his the following: ~ ~
She was early and happily mar
red; but one after another of her
children had died, and all at tho
tenderest age. Some fate seemed to
be set fast against their innocent
young lives, and while still IN the
nursery they died, So the young
mother was totally beref,. Still she
felt hers IF to be a mother; bus her
sweet family were dream-children
only. Their nursery remained an
changed. The toys, the little ta-
b.es aud chalra. the torn picture
books-they were left as the last OF
the lost darlings had LETT them, and
the last had died thirty years byfore
1 saw the mother.
She meanwhile had passed from
the young wife to the matron, and
the brown hair wi iEh which the baby
fingers had played was gray now,
and covered with a cap. There was
no morbid or quel ulous complaint
in her manner or in her life; no
cynicism or false gayety. 10 most
persons she would seem merely
a grave and Tranquil lady who
had probably some sorrow. But
those dead children nodded her
whole character. a sad gentleness,
an endless self-sacrifice, a Sweetness
of charity that shamed calumnty
and inspired generous Judgment,
made her life, as 1 had always heard,
one of the noblest Of Influences. She
bore with her and diffused an mex
pgessible human tenderness. And
the source of it was that unchanged
nursery and the children who pratt
tied and played there long ago-th
children Rho are children only for
ever
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-04-12
alabama Claims in Farlirbeat

In a recent speech before Parlia-
ment, Mr.. Gladstone, in reply to
question proposed by Mr.. HoFsman.
stated that he had informed the
honorable gentleman the night pre-
vious that he had been unable to
consult with his colleagues on the
subject. He added that he was yet,
without opportunity to do so, and
consequently, waa not able to give
the assurance asked for. He would
state, however, that parliament
would be Informed at al times Of
the spirit, aim, direction and policy
OF the government on all important
questions. As far as the Alabama
claims were concerned be believed
the speech of her Magesty at the
opening of the session gave all ne
ceSsary information. Mr.. Gla6-
stone IN conclusion said 1t woHld
be impossible for the government
to delegate to parliament the pow
er of m sking treaties.
Mr.. Horsman In reply to the last
portion otMr. Glandstone's s remarks
cited the fact that the American
senate had power to ratify or re
ject any treaty which the govern
ment may negotiate. .ar
MIR. Gladstone repeated his as
sertion that it would be impossi-
to allow parliament the treaty MAX
ing power, but at the same time
stated that it was the duty of the
government to keep parliament IN
formed of any alteration IN govern
mental policy.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-04-12
Meekness

You do not know what that is, do
you? am afraid you would not if
7 were to describeit to you. Meek
ness is one of the rarest of virtues.
It is more rare than pearls, Or than
opals, or than diamonds. The gold
Of Ophir is not to Be mentioned by
the sido of it. Meekness-tbe in
effable sweetness of all the foregoing
qualities mingled-that is like the
sum of all the rays Of light VIII ch
shine upon the earth, and give 20
things the qualities which they pos
sess in our sight. 1t is the sub
stance Of the faculties of man raised
up in sweetness and power, and
shining out as the sun shines on
summer days, with such gentleness
as to nourish, and not to singe, the
tenderest flowers. s7 People say that
meekness consists in not. getting
mad when struck, or IN keeping
composed In the midst of local OPP
position. Yes, that Is one phase
oft. But you might as well bring
me bit OF the bark of an oak-tree,
and tell me that that was an oak
tree, as to tell me that the control
of ones temper is meekness. It is
part of the oak-tree; it is one thing
connected with the tree; but it is
not the tree itself. So, mildness of
temper is not meekness.-H. W,
Beecher.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-04-12
TmEDoOR STEP.
BY EDMUND c. sTEDMAN.


q =
The conference meeting through at last,
We tyDyssround the Yestry waited
To see the girls come tripping past
Like snOW-birds waiting to be mated.
Notrayer he that leaps the wall
BY level musket flashes litten,
Than Iwho stepped before them all
VINO ioaged % see ne get the mittenf
But no, she blushed and took my arm
We let the old folks take the highway,
And started toward the " aple Farm
Along kind Of lovers By way.
can't remember what we said,
Twas nothing worth song or story,
Yet tnat rude path by which we sped
Seemed all transformed and in glory.
The snow was crisp beneath our feet,
Themoon was full, the fields were CLEAN
By hood and tippett sheltered sweet,
Hersface with youth and health was beam
Ing.
The little hand outside her muf,
. sculptor, If you could but mould It'll
So lightly touching my jacket cnhs
To keep it warm had 70 hold It.
To have her there with me alone,
Twas love and fear and triumph blended;
At last we reached the foot worn stone
Who're the deilcions journey ended
8 She shook her rinelets from her brow.
And with Thank you, Ned" dissem-
But vet / knew she unders TODD
With what darling wish i trembled
a cloud passed kindly overhead,
The moon was slowly peeping through it,
Yet hid his face, as If it said,
Come, now or never dol do itl''
Ny lips till then had only known.
The kiss of mother and Of sister,
But somehow full upon her own
Sweet, rosy, darling mOpth-I kissed her,
Perhap, twas only bOyish love, yet still,
0, htslegs woman weary loverl
To feel once more that fresh with thrill
I'd giYe-but can live life ever?
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-04-12
Something AbOut Yourself.


Supposing your age to be fifteen
years, or thereabouts, Fcan figure
you up to dot. You have 160
bones and 500 muscles your blood
we. ighs 25 pounds ; your heart is
Eve inches IN length, and three
inch es IN diameter &c beats 10
times per minute. 1900 times per
hour, I00,800 times per day, and
36, 725, POO times per year. At each
beat q Ii tile over two zounees of
blood is t. brown out of 1t and each
day it rece.;v and discharges about
seven tons of that wonderful fluid.
Your lungs viii contain a gallon of
air, and you inhale 24,000 gallons
per day. The aggregate surface Of
the air cells Of yo1r lungs, supposing
them to be sprelGd out, exceeds
700 square inches. The weight
Of your brain is three pounds, when
you are man it VIII weight about
eight ounces more. Your nerves
exceed 10,00O,0 900 In number.
Your skin IS composed of three
layers, and varies from on.a-fourth
to one-eighth Of an inche in thick
ness. The erea of your sldp is
about 1, zoo square inches, and you
are subjected to an atmospheric
pressure Of fifteen pounds to the
square inch. Each square inch Of
your skin contains $500 sweating
tubes, or perspiratory pores, each
OF which may be ikened toa little
drain tile one-fourth of an inch long, q
making an aggregate length of the
entire surface of your body, of 201,
166 feet, or tile ditch for draining
the body almost forty miles long.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-04-12

"Simplicity and freshness are de-
Jared to be the two grand character
lstics of the Spring toilets.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-21

The postmistress in one of the smaller
New England towns is the widow Of !
gallant soldier who died bravely fighting
In behalf Of the Union. His family were
left In Strengthened circumstances, and
draw their support mainly frOm the scan
ty salary Of the postonlce. A few DAYS
ago the following interesting document
reached the llostmistress
UNION REF. Conc. EXECUTIVE CoN.l
WAeH1HoroN, ID. c., Auo. 10. lS55.
Believing that you feel deep interest
In the success of the Republican candi-
dates for President and Vice President,
we take the liberty to enclose the COM
mittoe's printed letter requesting contri-
buttons to aid In publishing documents,
and defraytng other necessary expenses
Of the campaign. Hyou can conveniently
forward rs early a. practicable forty (346)
dollars, 1t will be gratefully received and
promptly acknowledged. Very respect
fhlIy. JAMEe HARLAN, Chafrman.''
This request IL of course an order and
unless the poor widow promptly RENTS
the $40 to ''James Harlan, Chairman. !"
she viii be turned out by Grant, the SOL
dier's friend, to make room for q more
loyal successor.
Where e George William Curtis and his
gwet tscented civil service reform? VIII
he inform ms through the Joxs.sel Of CO.
lb1Setjon when the reforming busineSs win
positively begin, and how many widows
and orphans Harlan viii sacrifice mean
while ?-&. L0Nis Paper.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-21

The New York Ssss, of September IL,
contains the following important edito-
rial
:" meeting Of certain prominent Grant man
Wilson, candidate for Vice President, took
on Friday evening last. Oakes' Ames, nem-
Der Of Congress for the Second district Of Mas
sachusetts, and bribery agent of the Credit
purpose Of this meeting was to obtain nom Ames
broad, square, and Comprehensive denial Of all
the facts stated in his letter to Col. H. G. Nc
nony In the case now pending In the Supremf
court of Pennsylvania, and aI,o of the list ~
members Of Congress brib:d by Ames with
presence, nom . list which Anes took out
Of his pocket and slowed them: Such b, broad ,
prepared for Ames' signature, and 1t was intend
ed to publish It in the morning Journals Of Sat-
1rday last, and to telegraph It az over ne Union
dare % do it. ne evidence in the hands Of Col.
aD es p: q whoh Sss
oserwSeinlns that Amss Isls il to be impossible
70 sigu and publish snch = lie. He refused the
denial, which was to have been pubfished. with
do1ed, and the only ' deniais that are now to
like those Of SPEAKER Blaine and Henry L. Ds.
means o. eon1inciae themselves. are nothing
but Confessions Of the vIllany. No denial can now
be worth anything Tt u mot siRned and sworn
ass
other evidence Of the most subetantial nature.
Mere personal denials, such Is might have sstis-
no purpose, except to convfnee the people that
the party denying q really guilty."
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-21

I! PRESIDENT Grant should be reelected.
ann ms party should have majority In
t1e next congress, It would not be sur
pl1smg II we should have presented the
queeaon OF the federal goyernuent's re-
ssPonaDllty iof the irauqqlene deots OF the
.cpusnern statee. ~: Henry Cers, the
HMeX YORK banker, WHO is good Heal in
tetested IN these neudulent debA. fs an
Hsr1ssn Of the dominant party. # Grant
snoued % re-eiecSed ana RADICAL con-
GrEao chosen. who knows that Mr. CleWs
may not come ON - the goYernment for
the Fraudulent Bullock bonds which he
and bis friends hold, and which the Geor-
90 Legislature viii repudiatef Il l. none
q The business Of the people of Georgia to
pay these bonds, for they were not issued
~ their agent the man who issued them
Wns the agent Of the federal government,
and It might be pleaded that, Il the agent,
bnliock, cannot pay them, the principal
ought 70. lt cannot even ne said that the
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-21

half what the goods are worths This n
cheerful; but this is not all. The salary
of the Collector, readers will observe, Is
$731 30, while the salary Of his deputy is
81 500. Obviously this means that the
Collector Is person who does no work at
all for his wages, while competent man
could be got to do all the deputy does for
$50 instead Of the 81, 500 which the deputy
gets for doing it. And alsoa "janit0r" is
required to take care of the extensive
offices and warehouses which so vast q
trade necessitates. A tariff for protection
has its advocates, but system which COL
lects let us generously say 81 600 in duties
at cost of 81, 991 20 in salaries-whO but
an eminent civil service reformer like Mr..
George William Curtis can defend that p
NJ p, World.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-21

The st. Louis Fair Association have de-
termined to establish in that city grand
Museum of Agriculture, Natural History
and the Useful Arts. President Barrett
has appointed Professor j. L. Tracy, Cen
eral Agent of the Association, to devote
himself to the Inauguration of the insti-
tuition. The purpose Of this museum, as
we understand it, will be to take the best
specimens Of grain, and other farm pro-
ducts not perishable, minerals, &C., from
different counties and districts Of the
West. and thus to exhibit to all visitors
the peculiar characteristics and resources
of different localities. As the museum
catalogue will contain brief sketch OF
every county that sends specimens, and
as the catalogues will be for gratuitous
distribution among all those who wish to
learn more respecting the Great West,
this will be an easy way for any locality
world. This Is Q kind of advertising that
costs nothing, and may bring hundreds
and thousands of worthy people to inn
prove the fruitful lands Of our vAst coun-
try. Let any one who would do his
country some service gather up the proper
specimens pint of wheat, rye, oats,
barley, &C., good ear of corn, q piece
Of coal, of iron or other ore, or anything
else useful, valuable or curious that
serves to illustrate the locality, and send
IL to Prot. Tracy at once. 1t will be
bread s0wn upon the waters that shall ap-
pear after many days.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-21
CARAIaN NOTES,

-According to the Springfield Mass.
Repu6lican, strong Radical In Boston
defends Judge Hoar from the charge O
having given the PRESIDENT valuable col
lection OF books, In this curious but saus-
factory manner: impossible, sir, nm
possible The judge would as soon THINK
Of presenting eunuch with harem a.
Grant with nbrary!"
David p. Lewis. the Grant caudi.
date for governor of AIabaDa. was mem
Der of IT,. secession convention, voting
against, Afterwards signing, the ordinance
Of secession. chen member of the first
Confederate Congress. voting supplies and
active measures to carry ON the war, then
lieutenant-cOIOnelo of Roddv's First caval-
ry regiment.
The Philadelphia Press fntimates
that Gen. Grant Is pledged to veto any
free trade or revenue reform bill that may
be enacted by Congress. There is q sort
of tacit agreement between the free trad
ers and protectiopists to stack arms on
the Presidential issue. and lipht the oues-
ton of principles in the various Copores-
sional Gl{stricte.
- A. ~ ho-,a, g., MIND th.t tho tax-
"a ~ = y1.,sts,a ctnt. '..ac ,,tr;h
rti,r - ~ Gront TS.cr,.,a,,e str;hntsr .
80 sSs.;ss,, ~,,,J e1rn -. H. Ts.,s 70 The
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-21
Grants Beef.Eaters IN the Custom
House. $3.50.

The foreign commerce of Alexandria, In
Virginia, amounted last year to imports
of the value Of $12, O6l. Yet Alexandria
Ii q port OF entry with custOm-houscs and
officials to The following extent:
One collector Ut . salary Of. ........ e73l. -
One deputy collector Ct . salary OFF,. 1,t00.00
One jsnftor y : salary Of ............. sOo.oO
Iotai. -................ ~. 99l. 20
In New York It would take about half
an hour In the Custom-house, and half an
hour moro In the Appraisers office to dis
pose Of 3d. 61 worth of goods. In Alex
andr1a, a. we see, 1t takes the labor Of five
men Tor whole year, and costs nearly