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Portland Business College.

UyHE Evening sessions of this Institution will COM
mence Ober = and continue un;il April
1st 1874 1t is desirable that those expecting to at
tend should cnmm nee as near the beginning of the
session as possible.
l.. A. GRAY. Principal.
Se23 2W
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Notice.

A NY one wishing to go into business win please
N call at w. W. Carr & Co. fruit Store No Ex-
change street where they will find an opportunity of
buying out good stock fair terms be wishes to
retire from business. seSu.vwtf
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THE PR ESS.
MONDAY MORNING, SEPT. 20. 1878
Gossip and Gleanings.

A rich old lady in New Haven keeps her
hens in the parlor and feeds them with ielly
cake and English walnuts.
There is lad in tbs city who refuses To 90
to Sunday-school, on the ground that his toi-
let isn't complete, and it's wicked to exchange
shirts on Sunday.
Daniel Drew carried musket during the
war of 1872; and it is said that even at
that early period he understood the business
of unloading.
A paper in Dixon, KY, complains that the
hogs scraping heir backs Oh the floor jcists of
the church put solemn thoughts to hasty
flight.
A Terre Haute man announces that he
has almost hit upon plan to harness gIav-
itaton," which, when quite complete, will
give him perpetual motion.
The idea seems to prevail that an orator.
like poet, is born, MT made while the fact
product OF human education. Not more so is
the splendid pie OF st. Peters at Romeo.
r. adams.
The Utica Herald says men will never
know what effeci it would have had upon Job if
eleven little girls had called upon hi y, one az
ter another, and tried to sell him Sunday
school picnic tickets.
The Cleveland boy isn't remarkably good,
but he certainly is honest. He was asked,
the other day, would he like to be an angel
and he replied promptly, mo, sir 1 want to
be an engine boy"
Enthusiasm, we learn from an eminent
author, is necessary to success. We beg
Captain Jack to think of this Let him be-
gin at once to enthuse, and on the third of
next month he may have the finest execution
he ever had in his life
No doubt Mrs. Young No. II had an eye to
business when she made such a stir at Salt
Lake City and got her name so conspicuous
ly before the people. 1t is low announced
ludI out Is lO IuOuDL LHe lecture pla form anQ
tell what she knows about Mormonism. We
ought to have anticipated this, but it is too
late now to avert it.
'If man wants bottle of whiskey."
says one of those sprightly and elegant busin' S.
notices ''let him buy it and take it home like
man." That is to say, we Suppose, that
he must drink the most of il and then fall on
the bottle and spill the rest. Better that he
tlke it home like beast, and then it is safe
from use and other misfortunes.
1t is related npon one occasion, when Com
modore Judkns was in command of the
Scotia, fussy little gentleman came to him
just as the steamer was leaving Liverpool
and asked him if he thought the Scotia would
arrive in New York upon certain day in
time for him to catch the roon train for
Philadelphia. Judkins looked at hin mo-
ment in silence and then tax .ng out his
watch replied, 81 fear, sir, we will be five
minutes too late!'
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House for Sale,

A T WEST End good brick house, twelve
IA rooms, hot and cold Sebago and bath ,om
Fine lot 10000 feet nice graper first class neg bor-
Cahoon Block, sci / @3yv
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A sEomse and stable for saODO !,

o. The II story,House corner Quebec and Mer-
ks;, rl streets, containing seven finished ro ms
;l4s good cellar. Stable On the premises. Lo. about
$3.50 er gear. Apply e. +. G. PATTERSON Deal
er IN Real Estate, cor. Congress and Brown streets.
seq 2W
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FOR SALE
AT A GREAT BARGAIN.

o. The new q story house No Beckett street.
HA.,n Mnntny. Tine location well arranged for tv
80 families of the purchase money Can remain
on a mortgage with easy pavments.
GEO. R. DAVIS,
se7eoG2w Real Estate and Mortgage I;roker.
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IF you wish to purchase a Tub OF uice Vermont
i Butter call and see that lot just received direc
from St. Adams by GALLISON & COLBY 50 Spring
street. se24dlw
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Maine Savings Bank.
No. 100 Middle street, Portland.

MONEY deposited in this Bank on the first day
Vl of any month begins on interest tn same day.
deposited on any other day, begins on interest he
first day of the following mouth.
lun17dSwtf A. M. BURTON. Treasurer.
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Real Estate for Sale.

o. A two story House in the Western part of
E,,,,;; the CITY, rooms, gas and water; lot az 95;
for two families, on Pine st Get. for ss2Oo. new
residence in Western parl of city for $4,000. two
story House on Winter street ( II $5O00 A new two
story House, II rooms, Bracket street; lot 7Ux
100, which rents for 5000 per year; terms, $500
cash, balance time. two story House, rooms;
lot 40 50, Hanover street for $1,000; $500 cash,
ba ance time. A two slory Hoase, 10 rooms: lot 40
III, in Western part of city; price $65t0 Flenc
Cottage on Brackef street tor $500. Nrw two story
House, rooms. for S3400 story Honse.
rooms cemented CELLAR lot 35 x 20, in Western part
of city for S2e0 Real estate for sale in nearly every
part of Portland ami Dee ing. Apply to f. G. PAT
TERSON, Dealer in Real Estate corner Congress and
Brown streets. st25d2w
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DOES ADVERTISING PAY?-There Is n, in
stance on record of well sustained system of
Judlclous advertising failing of su, cess.
MY success is owing to my liberality in adj
vertislng - Bonner ." -"
Advertising has furnished me with a com.
peteuc-. Amos LoUrence.
advertised my productions and made mou-
ey."-Nichotas LongeooYth
constant and persistent advertising ia sure
preidde to wealth.-StepheR Girard.
lie who invests ON, dollar in business should
invest one dollar in advertising that business"
"A. 7. Ste,cart
without the aid of advertisements could
rave done nothing in my specuations. have
the most complete faith in printers ink. Ad-
vertising as the royal road to business.-Bar-
mum.
For Loss of Appetite. dyspepsia, lncices-
ton, Depression OF Spirits and General Debill-
ty, in various other forms, FERRo-PHosPHoRA-
TED ELIXIR of CALIsAYA made by CAswELL,
HAzARD X Co, New York, and sold by all
dr,IyoIsts is the hest tonic. As stimnlant
tnnic for patieuts recovering from fever or 9th
or ,icluesS, 1t has no equal. If tak,u during
the season il prevents fever aud ague and other
Intermittent fevers. se2O-4w4
JOB INrING.-Every description + job
Printing executed promptly, aud at the lowest
prices. at the Daily PRESS Printing House, lO9
Exchange st. WIN. NJ. MARKS.
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REAL ESTATE.

MANNV TO LOAN on First-CIass
HUN IA Mortgages of Zeal Estate
in sortl nd ana vicinity. Real Estate
bought and sold. Rents collected, Apply
to
n. G.. PATTERSON,
Real Estate and Mortgage Broker.
over EoweIi's Jeweiry Store,
se92eod6 Cor. Congress Il Brown SITS.
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FOR SALE

For Sale.
EyHE honse on State Street, occupied by the M
Il dersigDed. This house is thoroughly huilt Of
brick and stone and has all modern cOnveniences.
ALLEN HAINES.
Portland, Sep. 18th, 1872. sep19-tt
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A rich old lady in New Haven keeps her
hens in the parlor and feeds them with jelly
cake and English walnuts.
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Hard Pine Flooring Boards
VCRMONT RUTTER.

Tor sale, WnOItSaIe anu TetdII, ny
RYAN & TX E l. = e v,
se26d2w l6l Commercial Street
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STORE TO LET.

A large brick store in the Racket Block corner
"A OF Middle and Ceurcb streets-basement and
first floor, elegant, finished and adapte1 to obbing
dry goods OF other similar trade.
Apply to ALLEN HATNES.
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There is lad in tbs city who refuses to 20
to Sunday-school, on the ground that his toi-
let isn't complete, and it's wicked to exchange
shirts on Sunday.
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Enthusiasm, we learn from an eminent
author, is necessary to success. We beg
Captain Jack to think of this. Let him be-
gin at once to enthuse, and on the third of
next month he may have the finest execution
he ever had in his life.
The farmers' vindicator. (Jackson, Miss.) 1873-1???, 1873-10-31
THE COST OF POOR STOCK.

Probably few farmers think, says
the american Agicultawist, of what it
costs to keep poor COW or a land-pike
hog They readily understand that a
good COW, or hog that will dress 200
pounds, at ten months old, is profitable
stock to keep, but the fact that this
gain is really the amount Of loss on the
poor stock, is rarely considered. If
cow yields 200 pounds of butter in
year, which brings $40, and another
yields seventy-fve pounds, which
brings 1922 30, the loss on the poor
cow is just S37 so. The fact is, it
would be more profitable operation
to give her away than to keep her, for
she does pot pay for her feed.
* The dairy businessA9f this country
Is not OF satisfactory footing by any
means, and solely on account of the
multitude ofpoor cows which are kept
year after year. This is a matter
which should be looked after by the
county agricultural societies. Every
one of these associations should intro
duce improved stock, by means Of
thoroughbred male animals, into their
localities. Its agood work to elevate
the minds Of farmers, and to foster a
taste for improvements, but to the
great majority of their clients the pos
session Of such stock, or the use Of it,
is quite unattainable, on account Of
want of necessary means.
La making this special branch of
their operations, the usefulness of these
societies will be much increased, and
their importance greatly enhanced.-
Farmers Home Journal.
The farmers' vindicator. (Jackson, Miss.) 1873-1???, 1873-10-31
A REASONING HORSE.

A remarkable instance Of equine sa
gacity was exhibited this morning, an
account Of which may seem to some Of
our readers like story manufactured
because local news is scarce. But we
never impose upon the credulity of the
public. Everything which appears in
these columns is Written with that
strict regard for the truth which
should entitle us to the championship
Ratchet. This horse story comes to
us testified by several reliable wit
nesses. Thomas Drummond, a teams
ter in our city, owns horse which has
been afflicted with lameness for two or
three weeks past. This morning Mr..
Drummond turned him out upon the
common, hoping that fresh air and ex-
ercise would benefit the animal. Upon
gaining his liberty, the crippled horse
hobbled on three legs direct to the
blacksmith shop of William Eager,
entered the shoeing department, and
stood there holding up his injured foot,
with his head turned and his eyes in
diligently fixed upon Mr.. Eager. This
peculiar act on the part of brute at
tracted Mr.. Eager's attention, and in
duced him to examine the foot held in
vitingly up for inspection. The result
of that examination was the discovery
Of a long nail driven into the frog,
which was the cause of the lameness.
OF course Mr.. Eager removed the
nail. There was something more than
instinct in the act. 1t was good horse
sense. Mr.. Drummond generally had
his horse shod at Mr.. Eager's shop,
and the suffering brute undoubtedly
reasoned that this was the place for
him to go for relief. Equine intelli-
gence, according to the common accep-
tation Of the term, is not so rare, but
when a horse deliberately concocts and
executes plan for relieving his in
jured foot of rusty nail, he certainly
can lay claim to a small portion Of the
reasoning faculties which are supposed
to elevate the human race above the
level of the brutes. -Janesville { WIS.
Gazette.
The farmers' vindicator. (Jackson, Miss.) 1873-1???, 1873-10-31
Stock department.
FEED FOR PRODUCING MILK.

The Practical Former says: :" 1t is
well settled in the opinion of all ouI
best dairymen, that bran greatly pro
notes the milk secretions in cows, and
it is fed almost universally. About
equally mixed with corn meal is the
usual proportion. This mixture seems
to promote both quantity and quality
of milk. From several sources we
hear that buckwheat bran is great
milk producer, and it is now being
used considerably among our Chester
county dairymen, in about the same
proportions as the other.
"Thomas Gawthroy, near West
Grove, Chester county, also by repeat
ed trials with his own cows, has fully
satisfied himself that they do as we'll
with corn and cob meal and bran as
with purs corn meal and bran. The
amount Of nutriment in corn cobs is SO
very small that this result will have to
be explained on the supposition Of the
ground cob, acting to promote diges-
ton by distending the stomach. The
presence of bulky material being ne
cessary to promote distension and fill
up the stomach of Eliminating animals,
before perfect digestion can be accom-
plished, is frequently lost sight Of.
Hungarian grass is also found for
mich cows to be rather superior to the
ordinary run Of hay. The last year or
two, Hungarian grass has doomed up
wonderfully in the estimation Of our
dairy farmers, and a very large scope
Of land will be sowed with it the COM
ing season. 1t natures for cutting in
about sixty days, and produces two to
four tons per acre-the latter, Of
course, on good soils. Three pecks to
the acre is the usual allowance of seed.
Where good hay market is conve-
nient, this substitution Of Hungarian
grass for common hay in home feeding
will be clear additional source Of
profit"
The farmers' vindicator. (Jackson, Miss.) 1873-1???, 1873-10-31

The love of the beautiful is one Of
the gifts of the intellect. 1t is doubt
full whether the Creator would ever
have made bees, or men, if he had not
first made fowers-beautiful, many
colored, honey-bearing flowers. Man
admires flowers for their beauty. The
bee seeks them for food, and doubtless
admires the pumpkin blossom as much
as it does the rose. Since, then, flowers
seem specially given to crafty mans
love for the beautiful, is man excuse
BILE for trampling them under foot?
Nay, further, for neglecting to cult
vate, study and admire them to the
best of his ability. Shall it be said Of
any devout intelligence, that notwth-
standing the beneficent Creator has
painted the flowers in all the colors of
the rainbow, and carved them with
the creative variety of infinite wisdom,
that soul is Indifferent and unmoved by
such manifestations of Gods goodness
in clothing the earth with beauty for
mans special qualification. -Er.
The farmers' vindicator. (Jackson, Miss.) 1873-1???, 1873-10-31

OvER.FEEDING OF GRAPE VINES
If there be any one pervading fallacy
in grape culture, which we should al
ways be on our guard against, it is,
withoutquestion, the tendency toafford
the vines more nutritive aid than they
can appropriate, and we may be sure
of this, that many more vines are in
jured by excess of food than by def
cheney. In the vegetable kingdom the
same law prevails as in the animal it
is not the quality of food taken into the
system which affords nourishment, but
the quantity actually digested. The
Gardeners Magazine.
The farmers' vindicator. (Jackson, Miss.) 1873-1???, 1873-10-31
FOOD FOR HORSES.

Wilkes Spirit Of the Times says: We
never have believed, and never shall
believe, that chopped hay and oatmeal,
saturated with water, is proper for a
working horse, as a general diet. We
firmly believe that the food of work.
ing horse, who cannot be pastured,
should be good sound oats and sweet
hay, for. at least FIVE days a week
Look at the South, where the COM
mon run of working horses are fed on
corn. What is found there? Why,
the big head, a terrible and almost in
durable complaint. We also think
that wet meal is the very worst way of
feeding corn to horse that ever was
practiced. And the chopped wet hay
is not half so good as fine, bright
timothy from the NOW. We like to
hear the horse grinding up his good
timothy hay like grist mill, after he
has finished his oats. A nice mash
once in while is good, and very
different thing from almost constant
soft diet.
The farmers' vindicator. (Jackson, Miss.) 1873-1???, 1873-10-31
THE PIONEERING OF THE FIG.

To the uneducated eye, the fig is a
wonder. The fruit seems to come out
in the place where the flowers ought to
be; and the appearance is that there
are no flowers before the fruit, as there
is in other plants 1t was the habit in
past ages to attribute something mira.
culous to every appearance out of the
ordinary course Of nature, and to take
the occasion to connect these marvel
GUS appearances with some individual
whom they wished the world to vene-
rate and esteem. So this fig tree mar
vel came to be associated with the
flight of Mary into Egypt with the in
FAINT Jesus.
The Spaniards tell us that in her
flight she sheltered herself under fig
tree. In recompense for the security
afforded, she blessed the tree, and be-
slowed upon it a marvellous power.
1t produces two crops year, and this
is one of the blessings then conferred.
But in order that the tree might be fer
tilized-for even in those days it was
known that flowers were of two sexes
the tree put forth, by her command,
one magnificent white flower of rare
Beauty. 1t was pure white, and shot
forth rays of phosphorescent loveliness.
This fructifes the whole tree, and
The farmers' vindicator. (Jackson, Miss.) 1873-1???, 1873-10-31
DESIRABLE aUAIlTIFsIx A PIG.

OF all the desirable qualities in a
pig, vigorous appetite is Of the first
importance. A hog that will not eat,
is Of no more use than a mill that will
not grind. And it is undoubtedly true
that the more pig will eat in proper
ton to his size, provided he can digest
and assimilate it, the more profitable he
will prove.
The next desirable quality is, per-
haps, quietness of disposition. The
blood is derived from the food, and
flesh is derived from the blood. Ami
lmal force is derived from the transfer
nation of flesh. The more of this is
used in unnecessary motions, the
greater the demand on the stomach,
and the more food will there be re-
quired merely to sustain the vital func-
tons and the more frequently feshis
transformed and formed again, the
tougher and less palatable it becomes.
This quality, quietness of DISPOSE
ton, combined with small amount of
useful parts, or ofal, has been the aim
of all modern breeders. Its import
ance will readily be perceived, if we
assume that seventy-fve per cent. Of
the food is ordinarily consumed to sup
port the vital functions, and that the
slight additional demand Of only one
sixth more food, is required for the
extra ofal parts and unnecessary
activity. Such coarse, restless ami
NAL would gain in flesh and fat, in pro-
portion to the food consumed, only half
as fast as the quiet, refined animal. To
assume that a rough, coarse, savage,
ill-bred mongrel hog will require only
more food than quiet, re-
fined, well-bred Berkshire, Essex or
is not extrayagant. Harris.
The farmers' vindicator. (Jackson, Miss.) 1873-1???, 1873-10-31
BREAKING COLTS.

A correspondent of the Prairie Far
naer says: For the last six years
have been haltering my colts when
about one week old, and when the
mother is worked the colt is tied by
her side. / find many advantages in
beginning SO soon with them, among
which are-the colt is learned to lead
in q few minutesseklo m ns9fA than
fifteen. Being thus earl handled,
they have no fear Of being hurt when
any one comes around them They
learn to travel on theroad without fear
of the vehicle behind them, Oh meeting
Others. There is no danger of losing
them, or having them to cause you to
go back after them. Two or three
times going back for a colt will break
one to lead by the side of the mother.
When SO trained they are ready to
work as soon as they are old enough.
| have two now that were no trouble
to break. All that they had to learn
was to pull. They knew what was be-
hind, and had no fear Of being hurt.
One l harnessed without assistance,
and drove seven miles and back the
same afternoon. Neither of these colts
have naturally the bestof tempers, but
they are now a very pleasant team to
drive in any place or in any kind Of
carriage. Kindness in all cases is ne
cessary in training q do not say in
breaking) colts; and frmness is quite
as necessary. In early training,
young colt will very soon learn that
man is his master, and that he will not
be hurt if he is quiet. The coltlearns
a little at a time, and learns that little
we'll, and he never forgets it. In be-
ginning with colts that are old enough
to work, they are expected to do too
much at once. A colt should not be
to learn all that he is to
know at one time, any more than a
boy should learn all that is necessary
for him to know at one term Of school /;
Try the plan of leading the colt when
,he mother is at work in the spring.
The farmers' vindicator. (Jackson, Miss.) 1873-1???, 1873-10-31
TRAINING A HETFER.

Cows become addicted to kicking
when heifers, from being MIXED by
abusive mixers. | have never seen
an old COW become a kicker unless
abused. Instead of giving large
quantity, ! have ever found it the re-
verse. When pasturage is good, cows
come home at night with udders dis
tended with milk; our "down-east
cows seem grateful to have it re-
moved. Milking a heifer for the first
time requires patience, for they will
almost invariably kick. In such a
case put a broad strap around her
body, just front of the udder, and
buckle it up moderately tight, and as
soon as she gets quiet, for she may
dance around little at first, take your
pail, sit down and go to milking, for
she is as helpless as kitten. Do not
attempt to use rope instead of a
strap, for it will not answer. This is
a much better method than tying the
legs, as it does not hurt the animal III
the least. A few application of the
strap, with plenty of patience and
kindness, will cure the most obstinate
case. -RuraI Home.