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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-02-21
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FRIDAY MORNING. Feb. 81, 1878.
STATE OF MAINE.
IL House OF REPRESENTATIVES,

February Is, 1878. J
Whereas 1t appears by the report of the STATE
Treasurer, that the Thomaston Savings Bank ha
neglected to comply with the provisions of chapte
seventy-iour of the public laws OF eighteen hundred
and seventy-two, relating to Saving Banks, there
fore:
ORDERED, That the Committee on Banks ant
Banking be hereby instructed to give notice to sail
bank 10 appear before .hem and show cause VIII,
their charter should not be repealed; the said no
tice to be given by advertisement in the Daily Ken
nebes journal, stating tbs time and place of hear
ing.
Read and passed. Sent up for concurrence,
SD. CHApBOURNE, Clerk.
IN SENATE, February Is, 1873.
Read aud passed in concurrence,
SAMUEL w. LANE. Secretary.
In accordance with the above order the parties
interested hereby directed to appear before thu
Committee on Banks and Banking on Friday mex
at 4 p. NJ, In room No. 20 of the State House.
JOHN q. BROOKS, f,,o,-,,a,
Feb is 1873. JAMES NASH. ~n"''
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Special Notices.
BACHELORS HAIR DYE.

This splendid Hair Dye is the best In the ,rorid
The only True and Perfect Dye. Harmless Rel.
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III effects Of bad dyes and washes. Produces In
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and leaves the hair CLEAN, SOFT AND BEAUTIFUL
Inc genuine signed W.; A. bachelor. Sold by ali
Druggists. CHAs. BACHELOR, Prop, n. \
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Augusta, Maine, Feb. 10, 1878, teod2w
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10 Per Cent. per Annum,

ifheld to maturity. Principal due Nov. /, 1879.
These u nds undoubtedly belong to q safer class
Of securities than many of those now sold In New
England.
ANY marketable securities taken at fair prices In
exchange.
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Maine Central Railroad Compan,

NOTICE Is hereby given that the annual meeting
~ Of the stockholders of the Maine Central Rail,
road Company will be held at the Town Hall Ia
Waterville on Wednesday, the 26th day of Feb A
D., 1878, at eleven O'Clock In the forenoon TO sct
upon the following articles, viz:
~ lst. 10 hear the reports OF the Directors ana
Treasurer, and act thereon.
I'd To fix the number and make choice of the
Board OF Directors for the ensuing year.
Sd. To see ii the Company will change the By.
Laws SO as 10 hold the annual meeting hereafter on
the fourth Wednesday of March, instead Of the
fourth Wednesday Of February.
Per order of the Directors
febl2-.td JOSIAH ii. DRUMMOND Clerk
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suspended, ana passed TO be engrossed.
Mr.. HADLocK from the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs, on address ofthe Executive COM
mttee Of the Gettysburg Battle field Memo
rial Association, reported reference to next
legislature.
Mr.. MAY from the Committee on Legal AZ.
fairs reported an act to authorize the town of
Bridgton to subscribe for stock in the Bridg-
ton Branch Railroad Company Read and
assigned.
Mr.. HADLocK from the Committee On Mil
itary Affairs, on report of Soldiers Orphans
Home at Bath, reported legislation mex pedi-
| ent.
Mr.. HARRINGTON from the Committee on
Education reported an act relating to schools
in the Madawaska territory Read and as
signed.
Mr.. kIMBALL from the committee on Claims
reported reference to the next legislature on
petition of Victor Beauboucher for repay
ment of moneys advanced to Jaffa colonists.
Mr.. DUNNrN0 from the Committee on State
Lands and State Roads, on petition of y.
| Coburn, President of Moosehead Lake rail-
road compan y, praying for amendment OF
their charter, reported reference to the next
legislature.
Mr.. WEBSTER from committee on judiciary
on order relating to the sale of insolyent es
tates. reported legislation inexpedent.
Mr.. kIMBALL from the Committee on Claims
on petition of Francis B. Lane and others for
reimbursement of money paid for war pur-
poses, reported leave to withdraw.
Mr.. MAY from the Committee on Legal AT
fairs reported an act to incorporate the pro-
prietors of the Uniyersalist Meeting House in
Oldtown into a parish. The bill was read
twice, rules suspended, and passed to be en-
crossed.
Final reports were made from the Com
mittees on Insane Hospital, Fisheries, State
Lands, Military Affairs, Pensions, and Judi
ciary.
Mr.. Humphrey from the Committee on
Mercantile Affairs and Insurance, reported
IN new draft, an act additional TO chapter
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-07-10
How a Lawyer Worked all Night
In Preparing a Case.

The New Orleans Times tells the
following good story
Among the stirring recollections Of
the history Of our bench and bar
during the past twenty-five years,
there has been unearthed one touch
ing two high legal luminaries who, a
quarter of a century ago, were the
first at the bar, but who are now,
alas, gone the way of all the earth.
The chief characters in the story
were a certain district Judge and a
certain district attorney, aud the oc-
casio i vas the trial. Of very impor-
tant caseIin which the district attor-
uey represented the government. be-
ing sued for claims that amounted to
many thousand dollars The case
was fixed for trial., by jury, on the
day appointed, and at the appointed
hour the Judge was on the bench, the
julymen were in their places, but the
district attorney came not.
An honr-two hours passed-and
the patience Of court and jury was
we'll nigh exhausted. Messengers
had been dispatched in all directions
for the laggard, but he couldnowhere
be found, when l.! ! as the court was
about to adjourn in despair, tn; gov
ernment representative appeared on
the scene, blowing like a porpoise'
The court. in rnffled temper, demand
;, vi, :. y r.f ;ns.:rc La.l
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-07-10
Sayings Of Josh Billings.

All successful lirts havs sharp
eyes, one they keep on you and one
on The ether phellow.
Don never quarrel with a-loafer.
Skurality is hlz trade; you never can
make him ashamed, but he is sure
tew make yu.
Man is a highly educated animal.
Dent never phgovesy, young man,
for if you phrovesy wrong nobody
will forget it, and if you phrovesy
wright nobody will remember it.
Genuine grief iz like penitence-
not klame:nns, but subdued. Sorrow
from the housetops and penitence in
a mdrket place shows more ambishun
than piety. :.
About the Lest thing that expert
ence kan du far US is tew learn US
how tew enjoy mizery.
The reazen why so few people are
happy in this world IL bekapse they
mistake their boddys for their souls.
We are poor, not from what we
need, but from what we want; re-
cesetys are not only natural, but
cheap. -,
Vain. men should be treated az
boys treat bladders-blow them up
till they bust.
1t is crate art to be superior tew
others without letting them know it,
: Thare is not only phun but there
IL virtew in u harty laf; animals
cant lafi and devils won't. ,.'.
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The Southern Admirers of Presi-
dent Grant.

In recent interview between Col.
Mosby and a reporter of the Rich
mond Dispatch, the former expressed
himself 50 much satisfied with the
administration of President Grant
that he will support him for a third
term. If necessary, he will take the
stumpto secure Gen. Grants elec-
ton; and this admiration and at
tachment is said to arise from per-
sonal friendship as well as from po-
litical considerations. Mosby has
great faith in Gen. Grants integrity
and he considers him man Of more
than ordinary ability. In his con-
duct toward the South he finds no
cause for complaint, but on the con-
trary his magnanimity excites within
him the liveliest feeling Of gratitude.
Mosby, and one or two prominent
men in the South constitute the rank
and file of General Grants admirers.
Mr.. Stephens, of Georgia, is an ad-
mirer Of President Grant. He thinks
him a man of strict integrity and of
generous impulses. He has no COM
plant against the President for his
action in the Louisiana case. Mr..
Wise, of Virginia, is another friend
of President Grant J. indeed, he is a
Grant man out and out-and these
three gentlemen constitute the South
ern trio. In their devotion to the
President they speak for themselves
and not for the Southern people.
Mr.. Stephens is entitled to entertain,
and to express his opinions favorable
to General Grants character and
standing, and to Justify his action in
the case of Louisiana, and Colonel
Mosby and Mr.. Wise have right to
vote for him and praise him tor his
generous conduct toward the van
quished. But in doing so, these dis
tinguished gentlemen represent their
individual opinions, and not theEiews
or feelings of the Southern people,
who, with an unanimity almost un-
precedented in the history of this
country, hold Grant and his admins
tration responsible for the crimes
committed against liberty and law,
and the deep, burning wrongs against
the persons and property of the
Southern people. These outrages
lave become matters Of history,Tand
it will take something besides the
expressions of apologists like Col.
Mosby to reconcile the Southern peo-
pie to Grant. Mosby states that
Grant has appointed his friends to
office, and thinks it would be well for
the South to take him up and run
hirl for the third fern, This fawn-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-07-10

gagged the whole night IN preparing
this case, his labors had prostrated
him, and the slight rest he sought
after his task was done became pro-
longed slumber, from which he had
Just awakened.
His honor looked daggers, but used
none-rather expressing himself sat
isfed with the explanation-and then
without delay the case was ordered
to proceed, and proceed it did Wig
orously to q termination, marked BY
an elaborate and exhaustive argument
at the hands of the district attorney,
and verdict in his favor after only
a short deliberation.
After the adjournment of the court,
the foreman of the jury dined with
the Judge, when quite naturally there
came up the subject OF the recent
suit, and the foreman dwelt at length
in terms of ardent praise on the faith
fulness, sacrifice and devotion to the
interests Of his office of the district
attorney, instanGiag his labors of the
night before as evidence of what
sort of man he was.
The Judge smiled at his friends re,
marks. "Why do you laugh ?" said
the other Because the story Is
enough to make horse laugh. That
stuff he told about laboring all night
WAS conEounded lie. know it, for
(noy this is seeret) was with him
myself last night, and we played po-
ker from early dark until long after
daylight this morning. and that was
the way he prepared himself for the
great case.
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VOLUME xxxyIII.-So. %.
was too prompt. Bat still. va like
to see man take an lnteres IN his
business.

A STRANGE RoMANcE.-The two
Canadian cities, Montreal and Que
bee, have a romance to share between
them. Thirty years ago this summer
three year-o!d boy was left without
his nurse to play upon his fathers
doorstep in the latter city, and when
his parents searched for him lie was
nowhere to be found. Detectives
were placed on track, advertisements
were inserted in the journals and re-
wards were offered, but the little
wander r, could not be found, and
his family have since mourned him !,
as dead. The father Of the child
was named Richards, and a friend Of
his recently visiting Montreal, ano
having occasion to buy hat went went
into the store of halter named
Richmond. The resemblance Of the
proprietor to his friend at home struck
the purchaser, and he questioned
him concerning his history. The
man said that when child he had
been stolen from Quebec by an lndi-
an woman whom he had regarded as
his mother, until on her death-bed
she confessed her act and gave him a
name as near like that his father
bore as she could remember. After
the squaw's death the youth tried to
find his parents, but bearing a differ
ent name and having but a vague
clue he was unsuccessful and settled
himself down to the business in which
he was found. The mother came on
to Montreal. and by certain birth
marks, the strawberry mark perhaps
identified him as her son which Is the
latest development OF the romance
UP to date.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-07-10

A LIVELY PosTorFIcE BUSINESS IN
MoNrANA.-An amusing experience
which recently befell special agent
Of the postofice department illus
trates tile ideas which postlnasters in
the far West entertain regarding the
dignity and Importance of their posi-, %
ton. The agent, commonly called
Mae" while officially visiting va
rious Offices in Montana Territory for
the purpose of correcting any irreg-
ularities of postmasters, stopped at
Iron Bod. Going into the postoflice
he found the room DIVIDED into three
sections first. a saloon neSt the
postofice, and the last q faro bank.
The mail bag was brou9ht in, a rough
looking customer opened it and emp
tied the contents on the floor. fhe
entire crowd got d 'Sn on their hands
and knees and commenced overhaul,
ing the lettarg, among which several
were registered, and selected sqoh as a,
they wanted. After they were through
the remaining letters were shoveled
into candle box and placed on the
bar. The special agant, thinking the
office needed a little regulating, ask,
ed the bar tender, who had received
and distributed the mail, if he was
postmaster.
He answered, No."
"Are you assistant postmaster 2
"No."
Where is th" postmaster" ?"
"Out mining
Where is the assistant postmas-
ter ?"
thunder Bill Jones has got to run thus
oHice next week; its his turn"
The government official then askec
who he was, and demanded the keys
of the Office. The Ear tender coolly
cook the candle box from the bar; p.u.
1t on on the AQor, apd gave it a kick
sending it ont Of the door, aay'ng;
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-07-10

CURED, Is a wild, sandy looking place
some four or FIVE miles this side ot
Bay St. Louis. where the road passes
through wood OF tall pines, behind
which is an open field. Near by,
and on the line of the railroad, is a
small cottage occupied by family,
but with this exception there are no
residents nearer than three quarters
of a mile. This. difficulty is one Of
the sad results OF the iniquitous
Hawkins suit against the Picay,tmc.
of which Col. Rhett is editor. In his
speech for the prosecution Judge
Cooley made reflections upon the pa
per, which called forth an editorial
in its next issue, pronouncing them
false. Judge Cooley then addressed
a communication to the editor, calling
for explanations, which not being ac-
corded, he followed it up by publish
ing a card assailing Col. Rhett. A
challenge promptly followed and the
result is now before our readers.
This is not the first due! in which
Judge Cooley has been concerned.
Some years before the war he met
DR.. Kaufman, one of his parishioners,
upon the field of honor, and after an
exchange of shots an amicable ad-
iustment of difficulties were made
and thereafter the parties became
warm friends The body was brought
to the city this evening and left at
Luzeberg Hospital. The funeral will
take place tomorrow morning.
The following from the New Orleans
Times gives a full history of the ori-
gin of the,dificultys:
Yesterday morning the Picayuae
in an editorial, assailed me on account
of my argument in the Hawkins
Picayune libel suit. My statements
to the Jury were qualified as being
malicious and wilfully false, As
seen as ! read the article l addressed
a letter to Colonel R. B. Rhett, Jr.
the editor, which was handed to him
bv friend. After reading it, Colo.
mel Rhett stated that he, within
twenty-four hours, would answer
and this time was granted. To-day
| received his answer; and ! now
put before the people of New Orleans
the two letters;
New ORLEANS, June 25, 1873.
r. p. Rhea' H. Editor Of @f
S.ggIn the Picayn,c. of this
morning, under the caption Of Z" Haw.
kins ys. the Picuy,4ae," you take the
liberty Of. commenting upon the Incl
dents Of the trial Of the libel suit
against the paper. So far as you
deal in generalitiea, it is not my pur'
pose to ask you any explanation; but
in referring to me, under my own
name, you have been guilty Of what
I consider direct Misrepresentation
You refer to my concluding Argument
for the plaintiff, and say that l trav'
eled out of the record and misrepre'
sented facts because knew no one
was to follow me apd show my mis-
takes, which yos qualify as not, only
wilfuily but maliJiously false. II
this connection you allude and quote
from my argument rs follows:
This canvass (of the Lynch re
turning board) was made-this result
proclaimed to the citizens of tht
State OF Louisiana on the twelfth day
December. What did the Rscny47l
do? Did the Picayuale in the montl
OF December say one word about it
lNill--not q word, Then comes tn
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-07-10
low 10 Live Cheaply.

1 Says the Golden Age: One of the
; subjects talked and written about q
good deal at the present time is how
to live cheaply. Prices Of al the
great styles Of: life are high. Rents
are enormous. Fashions are exacting
Wants multiply, while resources di.
minish. How to make strap and
buckle meet is the problem which
presses on hundreds Of housekeepers
of the middle class. The difficulty
in the problem is to reconcile the ir-
reconciIables. The middle class
generally want all the fine things, all
the style and display Of wealthy
neighbors. The problem would sim
plify itself at once, would the middle
class family cease trying to appear
what it is not, and be content to ap-
pear and be thought just whas'it is.
It is what is done to keep up appear
ances that destroys the equilibrium
between outgo and income, and makes
life .drudgery and vexation.
How to live cheaply is question
easy enough to answer if one will be
content with a cheap living. Substl-
tute comfort for show. Put convent
ence in the place of fashion. Study
simplicity. Refuse to be beguiled
into style Of living above what is
required by your position in society
and is justified by your resources.
Set fashion Of simplicity, neatness,,
prudence and inexpensivenesa, which
others will be glad to follow and
thank you for introducing. Teach
yourself to 10 without thousand
and one pretty and snowy things
which wealthy people purchase, and
pride yourself on being just as happy
without them as your rich neighbors'
are with them. Put SO much dignity,
sincerity, kindness, virtue and love
into your simple and inexpensive
home that its members will meyer
miss the costly fripperles and snowy
adornment of fashion, and be happier
in the cosey and comfortable apart
ments than most Of their wealthy
neeighbors are in their splendid estab-
-
It does not follow that in order to
live cheaply one must live meanly.
The great staples of life are not cost
ly., Taste, refinement good cheer,
wit and even elegance are inexpen-
sive. There is no trouble about
young people marrying with no outfit
but health, and love, and an. honest
purpose, provided they will practice
the thrift and prudence to which their
grandparents owed all their success,
and make their thought and love sup
ply what h,y lack in the means OF.
Those who begin life at the
top OF the ladder generally tumble
off, while those who begin at the foot
acquire steadiness, courage and
of arm and will as they
rise.
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Enjoy the Present.

It conduces much to our content if
we pass by those things which hap
pen to our trouble, and consider what
is pleasing and prosperous, that by
the representation OF the better the
worse may be blotted out. If | be
overthrown in my suit at law, yet my
house is left me still and my land
or have a virtuous wife, or hopeful
children, or kind friends, or good
hopes. If l have lost one child, it it
may be have two or three sill LETT
me. Enjoy the present, whatsoever
it may be, and be not solieitous for
the future for if you take your foot
from the present standing, and thrust
it forward to to-morrow's event, you
are in a restless condition it is like
refusing to quench your present thirst
by tearing you will want drink the
next day. If tomorrow you should
want, your sorrow would com time
enough, though you do not hasten it;
let your trouble tarry till its own day
comes. Enjoy the blessings OF this
day, if God sends them, and the evils
of it bear patiently and sweetly, for
/ this day is ours. We are dead to
yesterday, and not yet born to the
morrow.-Exchange.
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My Dream.

A beautiful vision oft comes to me,
When the work of the day is done,
When INV heart throws off its weight Of
care, Is
And I sit in my room alone;
"I dream of home where no shadows
fall"
Nor language OF strife is heard,
Wbere anger and bitterness enter not,
But love breathes in thought and in
word. "a
AS sit in that beautiful home
Watching the sunset glow,
hear step On the gravelec walk
A step I have learned to know.
One stands on the threshold, whose ten
der love
.eIakes the world all bright to me;' p
Whose heart keeps the VOW which his
lips have made,
My own, and mine only to be.
Rpt T waken, alas it was only dream,
q Like the fancies used to weave,
I'm those far off days of the happy past,
Ere nv heart had learned to grieve;
Well Z know the face lin dreams behold,
Though have not seen, it seems for
I have heard that voice and its s.cherished
tones,
Which are the sweetest of earth to my
ears.
But I'm a sad and lonely woman now
No love words are breathed in my ears;
Life's lessons to me have been sternly
{ taught
In WEAKNESS, pain and intears.
But I love to sit in the twilight hour
While the shadows around me fall
Aud dream Of that beautiful sunny home
And the love that's dearer than all.