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Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1872-11-14

Fosters Celebrated Self-AdJuatIng
Wood Pad.
Double Truss, the most comfortable and efAcient
Another large and well selected stock 0f Trusses,
Braces, supporters, syTinges and surgical appli-
ances received al Fosters Truss and Brace Depot,
Front and West streets he demand steadily in
treasinR Special Inducements now offered to pur-
chasers Personal attention given 70 hitting. Pri-
vate 70 ms for ladies' and gents separate
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Clothing Cleansed.

my14d1w F. o. BAILEY g. CO., Is Exchange st
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Bescher on Grammar.

Mrs. Stowe gives a characteristic account
OF grammatical exercise at which her broth
er Henry Ward Beecher assisted in his school
days. Young Beecher was about eleven
years old, and was as full of fun and mischief
pupil in the rudiments
''Now, Henry" said she, "a is the indef-
mite article, you see, and must be used only
with the singular number. You can say a
man, but you can't say "a men, can you %
eyes, l can say 'amen,' too" was the re-
joinder. Father says it always at the end of
his prayers .....
"come, Henry, don't be joking; decline
ihe'"
''Nominative he, possessive his, objective
him." lil
You see, his is possessiye. Now you
can say his book, but you cannot say him
book'.n
''Yes, l do say hymn book too" said
the impracticable pupil, with a quizzical
twinkle.
Each one of these sallies made his young
teacher laugh, which was the victory he
wanted.
"But now, Henry, seriously, just attend to
the active and passive verb. Now, 4 strike
is active, you see, because if you strike, you
do something. But, Il am struck is passive,
because if you are struck, you don't do any
thing, do you?"
''Yes,I do; strike back again."
After about six months, Henry was return
ed to his parents hands, with the reputation
of being an inveterate joker and an in LITER
ent scholar. .a-.. ..4.-fee-
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POETRY.
Our Own.

II had known in the morning
How YEARLY all the day "A,
The words unkind would trouble my MIND
That | said when you went away,
had been more careful, darling,
Nor give you needless pain;
But we vex our own with look and tone
We might never take back again.
For though in the quiet evening
You may give me the kiss of peace,
Yet 1t well might be that never for me
The pain of the heart should cease!
How many 60 forth at morning
Who never come home at night!
And hearts have broken for harsh words spoken,
That sorrow can never set right
we have careful thought for the stranger,
And smiles for the sometime guest;
bnt on for our own tho bitter tone,
Though we love our own the best.
All! lips with the curve impatient,
All! brow with the shade of scorn,
'Twere a cruel fate were the night too late
To undo the work Of morn. &
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OFFICE OF
Blanchard Maine State Boiler Co.

FVNHE above is ali engraving of Steam Boiler con-
Il tanning 1900 feet Of heating surface built upon
new principle namely, that of stopping the Uertcdl
circul1tiOn accomplished by means of two horizon
tai diaphragms running through the boiler, and
forming three water compartments. By this
rangement there maintained three temperatures of
water. Fl fssrts.t =1t vEl- Ect8EE
The smoke and heated gases pass first through the
tubes in the upper compartment, then descend, and
return through the tubes in the second compartment
thence again descending they pass through the tubes
in the third compartment. By this operation, the
smoke, and heated gases from the furnace on their
tact with gradually decreasing temperatures of
water. '.'' .t l..a
While doing average work, coupled with good
engine, it will supply steam for $50 indicated horse
power.
We will guarantee that, this boiler will shew 80
per cent. more power with the same weight of coal
than any boiler of the same heating surface in the
Market and viii continue to do so, as long it is
used, and we will back our guarantees with Gov
ORNAMENT BONDS ..r. '-.....-..s .....fr
The durability of this boiler is greater than any
other for the reason is that cold water is allowed
to In contact with the intensely heated surfaces
the feed water being gradually heated it ascends
from the lower to the upper compartment.
We would especially call the attention of Railroad
to the following facts that while running this
and none have left the smoke-stack chimney,
which in itself Is a most valuable advantage, never
before realized. HutC. .si
Confirming ourselves to practice and not theory we
invite all parties in want of Steam Boilers to give
w. T. BROWN & CO., General Agents,
dc18 Cor. Middle and Exchange SITS.
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KING WILLIAM.

IN a---, The champion five year old stallion OF
= ~ 1871, will make the season at Maine Hotel
= AfAxl NAuburn, Me. He is sixteen hands high,
~ blood bay with black points, and has
public record of the fastest five year old coltever rails
ed in Maine not private record, but public follows
Aug. 81, at Forest City Park, he beat field of six
horses in hard contested of five heats Sept 6th
at the New England Fair, Lowell, Mass he won in
three straight heats distancing five horses in 40,
2:438 42 Sept. 2Stb, at Portland he the cham
pion race for all five year Odds i'm Maine trotting the
fifth heat in :42a without break; and the offer to
match him for $500 $1,000 to beat the best public
record the best blooded and gdest trottiny stallion
in the world remains unaccepted to this day, and
though claimed that Hiram Woodruff pronounced his
sire the best Stallion the world knew facts show
that in 1860, twelve years ago. Hiram says in his
book he was the best stallion that had yet ap-
peared. Since then three stations have beaten Geo.
NJ. Patchen's record two Of them, Geo. Wilkes and
Jay Gould, being descendants of Hambleton who
stands first on the list Of seventeen that have beat
2:30, while the Cays fourth the list with eleven
below 2:30, and to make it more binding Long Island
Black Hawk stands second fifteen of his posertyhav-
ing beaten 2:30 AS King William is great grandson
of Long Island Black Hawk, and Tom. Patchen a
great grandson of Henry Clay, think intelligent
breeders will not need slate and pencil to cypher
out the problem for themselves. so
King William stands for s25 the season closing
Aug. fst, $40 to warrent, at Maine Hotel, Auburn,
Me-, in charge of Geo. w. Steward, who will take
pleasure in showing him to any gentleman who may
call to see him. may1d&wtf-W1S
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A L Morrill's Corner, Deering-A genteel brick
n dwelling house, pleasantly located near horse
cars and cars has 10 rooms, all the modern ap-
pances stable, &C., and is first class in all respects.
Apply to Chas. E. Morrill, near premises or w. H.
Jerris Cahoon Block. my11tf
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marvellous cures, which have for it confidence
in its virtues never equalled by any other medicine
1t still makes the most effectual cures of Coughs
Colds, Consumption, that can be made by medical
skill Indeed, the CHERRY PICTORIAL has really
robbed these dangerous diseases of their terrors to
great extent and given feeling of immunity from
their fatal effects which is well founded if the rem
edy be taken in season. Every family should have it
in their closet for the ready and prompt relief of its
members. Sickness, suffering and even life is saved
by this timely protection, The prudent should not
neglect It, and the wise will not Keep by YOU for
the protection it affords in sudden attacks and by
timely use.
PREPARED BY
DIR. j. C. AVER 81 CO., LOWELL, MASS,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
And sold by druggists all round the world.
dec18-d&wevery3dw1y
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Arrangement Of Trains,
--1IdsslS72. ri.5 Iat ersIss==5.;;zzz
s1oal Trains From Portland.
Passenger trains leave Portland for Bangor, Ne.
o, (night express via Augusta) at 1890 a. M Brun-
swick 2:25 Augusta 100, Waterville 500 Arrives
at Bangor 80 a.. M Connecting with +. 81 n A.
Railway train for Houlton, Calais 81. John and Hal
flax. ,5 go
No. 10. Leaves Portland at TOO a. m. Arrives
at Lewiston via Danville S:55, Brunswick 80 Bath
$500, ghere connecting with Knox q Lincoln Rail-
Augusta 1890 a. m. WV ~ =
No. ,. Leave Portland at 1 100 D. m Lewiston
via Danve 80 Readfed 1855, Kendalls Mills 10,
brunswick 2:3o Bath $50; there connecting with
Rockland, &c9; Augusta AGO. Kendall's Mills 10,
SkOwhegan 80 Dex , Arrives at Bangor 40
for Oldtown and Mattawamkeag. .t
No 4. Leaves Portland at Sis p. m. Arrives at
Brunswick :35, Lewiston via Brunswick 7 AS Bath
71O and Augusta S:15 p. m. - n
No. 10; Leaves Portland at sos p. M, for Lew
ston via Danville, arriving at Lewiston $50. This
train connects with p. m. train from Boston.
Trains Due mt Portland.
No. 4. Leaves Augusta at 6:45 a, M. Bath s AS,
Brunswick 7:15, Lewiston (via Danville) AS. Ar,
rives at Portland IS q. m. ma s..r-- N a. .
No 8. Leaves Bangor at 8 10 a. M, Dexter 8 :1b,
Brunswick 35, Bath :OO Readfeld II 40, Lewiston
1880. Arrives at Portland :55 p. m. E. -rI..7
No. D. Leaves Augusta at p. m, Bath 5, Bruins
wick 6:2S, Lewiston (via Danville) s. Arrives at
No. =. Night Express from st. John) leaves
Bangor P m Watervile 923, Augusta 10 rs, Bruins
wick II 40, Bath p. M, Gemaining at Brunswick
until IL 49, Arrives at Portland at l a. M. 80
Passengers from Portland for Dover and Foxcroft
are ticketed through. Fare $500 A good line Of
stages connect at Dexter with the 7.15 p. m train
Leave Dover and Foxcroft at or about g. 80 a. m.
connecting at Dexter with the 8.15 a. M train for
Boston $3.50. N'' W
stages for Guilford, Abbott, Monson and Moosehead
Lake, leave Dexter at HOO a. M. Connecting with
the Night Express from Portland.
Through Tickets sold in Portland for Houlton.
Calais and ST. John, for $500; and to Halifax for
$1,000. ~
j. NJ. LUNT. General Superinfendent
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MEDICAL.
Aver sChel.ry PectOral
For Disease. of the Throat and Lunss,
such as Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough,
Bronchitis, Asthma and Consumption.

THE FEW Compositions
which have won the conf
dence Of mankind and
become household words
among not only one but
many nations, must have
extraordinary virtues. Per-
haps no one ever secured SO
wide a reputation or main
tanned it so long as AYERS
CHERRY PICTORIAL. 1t
has been known to the pub
lie about forty years, by a
long continued series of
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-05-17

RICHNESS OF THE Soil IN MICHIGAN.-A
man in Detroit gave me some idea of the rich
ness of the soil in that vicinity. He said
there wasn't any place ON earth where things
grew as they do there. He said his wife new
er made bread. She always made little bis
cult the size of an egg, and she would leave
'em an hour to swell by themselves, and they
would grow into 12-pound loaves I thought
to myself you are loafer. He continued his
growing tale, and said: "Once there was a
man. He went into the woods and chopped
down four trees. He used the four stumps
for corner posts, and he built him nice log
house on those stumps. Then he and his
family went to bed in the house. The next
morning he found himself and family up six
ty feet in the air, with lot of Indians down
cellar waiting to.cut their hair off, and the
Indians did scalp the whole of 'em." "Stran-
GER" said l, ''you dou't mean to tell me
those trees grew sixty feet in one night"
''Sir, do" says he, ''and not only that, they
hoisted the house up with 'em." care you
sure it wasn't sixty-one feetT! / asked
meekly. "Sir," said he, 81 never pievaricate,
especially on one foot" 80 they
took and scalped 'em all, did they?'
'They did," said he. How, in the name of
Mary who had the little lamb, did they get up
those Indians each one sawed off tree then
each Indian sat on stump, and those stumps
grew the Indians up to the house, and then
they scalped the family" 1t certainly was
the greatest case Of up tree L ever heard Of
stranger, that story is pretty tough, but
believe it, because l know something about
growing trees, and know they grow darned
fast sometimes. My father had some good
soil on his place; good soil for trees. He
couldn't afford to keep dog, because there
was so many of us young 'uns. He had to
boil what bones was left to make soup for us.
He had some trees, and in place of dog, he
kept some of the bark off those trees in the
house to scare away robbers, because that
bark would last all night. One day, used
some of the wood for tootbpicks, and as sure
as a sour allspce, stranger, those toothpicks
grew so that next day sold 'em for telegraph
poles, and they had to be sawed in two before
they could be used" The stranger got up.
Says he, ''Good day, SIR" Says 1, Good day,
SIR"
TIE Richmond Enquirer in the course of an
article on the Presidency, after stating the OBJ
lection of the late Southern rebels to voting for
man for President who contributed to their
defeat in the field, an objection holding good
against even Gen. Hancock, says:
with Mr.. Greeley it is quite another thing
He was not a soldier in the war at all. He was
not in power-dnd he used all his influence first
to permit the South to depart in peace and after
wards to settle the difficulty upon any terms
that were honorable alike to both sections.
Every Confederate solder in the South can vote
for Greeley without feeling he has made any
sacrifice Of his principles or his manhood"
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DR.. IL. j. JOURDAIN,
PROPRIETOR OF THE
Partisan Gallery Of Anatomy, Boston,
HAS just published new edition of his lectures,
III containing most valuable information the
consequences and treatment of diseases of the
reproductive system, with remarks on marriage, and
the various causes of the loss Of manhood, with full
instructions for its complete restoration also chap
ter reneredl Infection and the means of cure, be:
ing the most comprehensive cork on the subject ever
yet published, comprising $50 pages. Mailed free to
any address for IS cents. Address,
DR.. JOurdain's Consulting Office,
81 Hancock Street, Boston, Mass.
Jun14d1yr -.-. ......'.4E -.'f .ls..
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NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has
IN been duly appointed and taken upon himself
the trust Of Administrator of the estate Of
EPHRAIM P. CANNON, late of Portland,
in the County of Cumberland, deceased, and given
bonds as the law directs. and do hereby appoint
Samuel H. Cannon of said Portland, my Agent or
Attorney, within the State of Maine. All persons
having demands upon the estate of said deceased,
required to exhibit the same and all persons indebt
ed to said estate called upon to make payment to
LEONIDAS H. INGRAHAM of Boston, Mass Ad'r
or to Samuel H. Cannon, of Portland Agent
Portland, May It'll, 1872. myl1d3w
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Physicians aud Clergymen
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WaldObOro and DamariscOtta
First Trip April 90.

5 @ First Trip April 30.
,sa-t- The Steamer CHARLES
.<AfA-xA HoUGH TON, Alex Farnham
1HlNkRaM Jr, Master. will leave Atlantic
lk.M&fEASsS Wharf foot of India ST., Portland
every Wednesday, at 6 O'Clock A
NJ, for Waldoboro, touching at Boothbay and Round
Pond Every Saturday at 2 A. NJ. for Danariscotta,
touching at Boothbay and Hodgsdon's Mills.
Returning, will leave Waldeboro every THURSDAY
at A. N. and Damarlscotta every Monday at Q l.
M touching at intermediate landings, connecting
with the Boston Boats at Portland. and with The
Boston a Maine and Eastern Railroads, arriving in
Portland IN season for passengsrsto take the after
Through tickets sold at the offices Of the Boston d
Maine and Eastern Railroads, and on bard Bosten
Boats. Freight aud passengers taken as low as by
any other rovte. Inquire of
s.- HARRIS, ATWOOD & CO.,
.--.. AS Commercial st.
Portland, April &c. 1872. II
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Maine Steamship Co
NEW ARRANGEMENT.
.- SEMI-W EEKLY LINE

iSA~I Steamers Dirigo and Franconia
-StfA-rA viii, until further notice, run as
HMNkR7M follows:
kA8EAH4kSsS Leave Galt's Wharf Portland.
g se~eyery MONDAY ard THURS.
every MONDAY and THURSDAY at 3P. Nj
Inc Dirigo and Franconia are fitted up with fine
accommodations for passengers making this the mos
tween New York and Maine W.
Passage in State Room IS. Meals extra.
Goeds forwarded to and from Montreal Quebec
are to send their freight to the Steamers ne
early as r M, on the days they leave Portland,
For Freight or Passage apply to
HENRY FOX, Galt's Wharf Portland
May 9-dtf - ~" ~OiA'
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Jones & Schuyler,
No. ID Pine st., New York.
FINANCIAL AGENTS OF THE COMPANY
mch19d&w3m wiz
DISTRICT OF PORTLAND AND FALMOUTH,
April Is, 1872.
Proposals for supplying the U. .. Marine
Hospital at Portland, with Subsistence
Stores, ETC., for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1873.
NOTICE is hereby given that sealed proposals
IN will be received at the u S. Custom House in
the city of Portland until IL O'Clock meridian, on
the first Tuesday in June next for the supply of sub
sistence stores for the marine hospital in this Dis
trict. ...
Forms for proposals and list Of the articles to be
furnished can be had on application to this office.
The United States reserves the right to take more
or less of the articles named the supply list, and
the Surgeon in charge will be at liberty to reject all
articles which, in his Judgment not Of the best
quality and adapted to the use Of the Hospital, to
purchase any articles in their stead and to charge
the contractor with any of cost the con-
tract prices The United States the right to
REJECT any or all bids and accept the proposals for
in the list. l. WASHRITRN JR
pzo AdWtJunef Collector,
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PORTLAND & ROCHESTER, RAUROAD

PORTLAND & ROCHESTER, RAILROAD.
Winter Arrangement.
y5s=.z,,,,.s..-. On and after Monday, December 49,
1871, passenger trains l.ave Portland
f-MEArTI.7tor Rochester and intermediate stations
- at 7.15 A. NJ, and 100 p. M, making
direct connection at Rochester with trains for Boston,
over Boston q Maine and Eastern Railroads. Also
connect at Rochester with Dover and Winnipiseogee
Railroad for Alton Bay, and with Portsmouth. Great
Fails and Conway Railroad for Conway.
Leave Rochester for Portland and way statiops at
7.30 A. NJ, and IL NJ.
The 80 train connecting with down trains on Do
yer and Wnnipiseogee, and Portsmouth, Great Falls
and Conway Railroads, and the IL o'clock train max
ing direct connection at Rochester with trains from
Boston, leaving Boston at 7. 80 A. M via Boston r.
Maine, and at $50 A. M. via Eastern Railroads.
Leave Portland for Saco River at $50 p M
Leave Saco River for Portland at $50 A. M
Stages connect as follows:
At Gorham for West Gorham, Standish and No,
Lmington, daily. =
At Buxton Centre for West Buxton, Bonny Eagle
and Limington, daily. - %
At Centre WATERFORD for Limerick Newfield Par
sonsfeld and Ossipee Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat-
urdays, returning alternate days.
AT Centre WATERFORD for Limerick ParsopsfieJd
daily.
WILLIAM H. TURNER, Superintendent.
Portland, Dec. 10, 1871. decI6-tc
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NOTICE Is hereby given that the subscriber has
IN been duly appointed Executor Of the win of
BETSEY WILLIAMS, late Of Portland,
IN the County Of Cumberland, deceased, and has
taken upon himself that trust by giving bonds the
law directs And do hereby appoint Nathan Webb,
OF sald Portland my agent attorney in the State
OF Maine All persons having demands upon the
estate OF said deceased required to exhibit the
ed upon to make payment to
CHARLES L. WILLIAMS, Executor,
Of Philadelphia,
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