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NATURES REMEDY. s.
VEGETlkl..,.
LsIhE CREhI BLOOD PyeInER

vEGEriSE is made exclaslvel- rom J.lles '.
carefully selected barks, rr~.s ana he.b.' an Z
so strongly concentrats., STAT II WIN eh.rIa...
Ia &c roTulou. n umor, Tumor., Cancer,
Caaeero.- AumOr, Erysip-ias, salt
AhesS, syphtiisic Diseases, ankle r.
HAAr-aess ~ the ssOm ach, and all The t.s
e, -es that arise from impure blood. seiatica,
AnnAAaasevy and Chronic Rh~una -
Neuralgia, Coat and spinal Com aint.,
can only be tualY cured thorugh the blood.
For lcers and ErUpsive diseases oil the
skia, Possules, Ptnples, Blosche., Boiis.
letter, SeoldseaA and Rtnxw orm, L,,t-
TINE has never fAtled to effect permanent c,.re.
For Paine IN the Back, 4 idu~y am
plAi.ss, DrOpsy, Female WeaLse.., Leu.
eorrhuA. arising from internal liberation. and
uterine diseases aud General Debility, III
EIlSE acts directly upon the causes Of the"
complaints. IL lnvigorates and strengthens tht
Whole system, acts upon the secretiyC organs, II
lays inflammation, cures liberation and regulAtct
the bowels.
For asA rA, Dyspsps ia. HabIsuai Co.-
ache, Ptles, Nervousness and General
prostration of the NersOas System, no me'i'-
sine has ever given such perfect satisfaction as
the VEGETiNE. 1t purines the blood, cleanse
all the organs, and possesses d controlling power
over the Nervous system.
The remarkable cures effected by EEGETlNt
have Induced many physicians and apothe' :
whom We know TO prescribe and use 1t IN their ."
families.
In fact, yEGETINE is the best remedy yet dis.
covered for the above diseases, and Is the only
reliable BLOOD PURIFIER yet placed
before the pubic.
rrepareiby II II. STEW EMS. Boston, Mas,
Price Sl.15. Sold by all Druggist
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-epecially as he does not At present

specially as he does not at present
-,.pear to eat your vines. You will find
him skulking about among the young
plants not SO much on the leaves a. under
them. and most often under the two oval
seed leaves that lie close on the soil at the
root Of the plant. They know well the su-
perior quality Of your Hubbard squashes,
and 1t is there you will find them by twos
and threes during the June days, appar-
entity doing their best to keep cool and
rest. Their quiet demeanor, however, is
very deceptive, for they will soon begin TO
lay their eggs, and when the housewife
goes out In July to gather her first sum-
mer squashes. she will find the bugs, with
their ash-colored broods, whose name Is
legion, and whose odor is most villainous,
swarming over the leaves by the thousand,
not now quiet, but lively and hungry, de-
vouring the vines with wonderful rapidly.
and often destroying the whole crop. II
crocodiles are easiest destroyed In the
egg, these pests can be killed easiest be-
fore they begin to deposit their eggs.
With two fat strips of wood-pieces Of
single, for instance-you can easily
catch and crush the bugs without befoul-
ing your hands. They are not numerous
now, and are SO large as to be easily seen,
and, besides they move so slowly, and SO
rarely take wing that they seldom escape.
By going through your vines in this way
twice a day, for few days now. you may
save the whole crop OF your kitchen gar
den.
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Sale Of Public Lands.
STATE OF MArYE, LAND OFFICE,
BANGAR MAY alfh 1s-1

BANGOR, MAY cath, 1873. !
Notice Is hereby given that the following town.
snps or tracts OF land, situated In the County OF
franklin set apart tor sale der the prov,sions Of
Tue revised Statutes, Chapter S, section 49, will be
SOLD AEreeably 20 the direction Of the Governor
and Council, on MONDAY, the nrst day OF SEN
tsmber next At IL O'Clock. At the Land once In
Bangor, by sealed proposals, to be received A.
any tune previous 10 said time Of SALE no propo.
sails 70 be received unless ten per cent Of the
minimum price Is paid into the Land once with
the proposal.
The following is list OF the lands 70 be sold A
each, viz: - ~
township number Three In Range Five west of
bingham's kennebee Purchase, the minimum
price nxed being Is cents per acre.
All that part Of township number Three. Range
OH. Ving within the limits Of the STATE the mini
acre. 1890 - '0"" per
All mat part OF township number Two, in
seven, lying within the limits Of the STATE
&c nts per acre. '"eAS
PAYMENT to be made a. follows. viz: one-,hird
VI lie purchase money In cash including the ten
peI cent; OF me minimum price deposited, and the
oAiAhc9 oy notes for three equal sums PAYABLE
annually. In one, two and three years, respect
Iuiiy win interest. and o bond with sum
c,eN surety ior the payment Of fair stumpage OF
All TIMBER 70 be cut thereon, to be applied 10 the
PAY ment Of ne notes. Deeds TO he con ditions nj
the usual form Of State Deeds
PARKER p. BURLEIGH,
H~H Land Agent.
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POeTERe and PROGRAMMES
printed st this ONCE
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-08-14
CAUSES OF SUDDEN DEATH.

Very few of the sudden deaths
which are said to arise from disease
of the heart" do really arise from
that cause. TO ascertain the real orr
gin of sudden deaths, experiments
have been tried in Europe, reported
to scientific congress held at Stars
burgh. Sixty-six cases of sudden
death were made the subject of thor
ough postmorteIn examination; in
these only two were found who had
died from disease of the heart. Nine
out of sixty-six had died from apo
plexy, while there were forty cases
that is, the lungs were so full of blood
they could not work, there not being
room, enough to support life. The
causes that produce congestion of the
lungs are cold feet, tight clothing,
costIve bowels, sitting till being chill
ed after being warmed with labor or
rapid walk, going too suddenly from
close heated rooms into the air, espe-
cially after speaking, and sudden and
depressing news operating on the
blood. The causes of sudden death
being known, avoidance of them may
serve to lengthen valuable lives which
would otherwise be lost under the
verdict of "heart complaint" That
disease is supposed to be inevitable
and incurable; hence many may not
take the pans they would to avoid
sudden death if they knew it lay in
their power.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-08-14
why sHou1p a MAN SWEAR.


We can conceive of no reason why
he should, but ten reasons why he
should nots
l. 1t is mean. A man of high NOR
al standing would almost as soon steal
sheep as swear.
2. 1t is cowardly; altogether too
low for decent man.
3. 1t is cowardly implying fear
either of not being believed or
obeyed.
4. 1t is ungentlemanly. A gentle
man, according to Webster. is a gen.
teel man, well bred-refined. Such a
man will no more swear than go into
the street and throw mud with clod-
hopper.
5. 1t is indecent. Offensive to del
icacy, and extremely unfit for human
ears.
6. It is foolish. Want of decency
is want of sense.
Z. 1t is abusiVe-to the mind that
conceiVes the oath, to the tongue that
utters 1t, and to the person at whom
it is aimed.
8. 1t is venomous; showing the
mans heart to be a nest of vipers, and
every time he sWears one of them
sticks out his head.
9. 1t is contemplate; forfeiting
the respect of the wise and good.
10. 1t is wicked; violating the di-
vine law, and provoking the displeas-
ure of Him who will not hold him
gniltless who takes his name in vain.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-08-14
FOUND WANTING.

To know one heart that could comprehend,
One soul that would never read yours aniss !;
In a word, to possess perfect friend
Is there any wealth that can equal this.
I whirl along in the flying train.
The clouds fit by in the windy skies;
The frozen rivers a wide white plain,
Whose glare and glitter affrOnt my eyes.
For eyes and heart are known with the sense,
OF parting words that were less than kind,
From my friend so prompt to resent odense,
When never shadow had crossed my mind.
When the idle speech that was answered so
Was only jest that was meant for cheer,
And to hide the feeling would not show.
The p tssionate pain and the ycarniag fear,
He ought to have knowni But that is the worst
That he didn't, and never will understand;
This blow to-day is not the first,
Nor will be the last shall have'at his hand
1 have had my dream of a friend-alas,
That dreams like these should be false as fair
Bot. Indeed, if it ever should come to pass,
1t Wonld leave too little to do or to bear
That dream fulfilled would sufice for me;
Hope and effort and all desire
For the world that is, and the world to be
Would seem as chat to a tongue of fire.
If ever my heart that has starved so long
Should fnd its mama and take its fill,
Better to suffer, perhaps. and be strong,
To wait in patience and miss it still.
For what is life but a flying train,
That bears us on to our journeys end
And afte< its burden of loss and pain,
may discover and win my friend!
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-08-14

he thought; "it's only a joke" and
tried not to care; but by the time the
minutes had heightened into hours he
did care good deal. He called for
help, of course, and at last, grown
desperate, yelled with all his night,
but she would not heed, and nobody
else could hear. He paced back and
+ forth, back and forth between the two
long benches that held the pans of
milk till he was tired, and then sat
/ down on the cellar stairs and slept.
/ Poor fellow He awoke cold, and
stood about to keep off the chill till it
seemed to him as if he'd been there
severa! years. Daylight came in be-
/ tween the close bars of the windows,
and brought him hope and no relief.
Hours of daylight passed, and he was
| half famished as well as tired out, and
utterly crestfallen. He sWore solemn
ly TO himself, the walls and the milk
pans, that he would never look at an
other girl as long as he lived.
| At last the trap door was raised and
hastv steps beat retreat. lie walked
up stiffiy and looked around. Nobody
was visible. He started home, aud
the fresh air and sense of liberty gave
him an idea. e
/ I" Nobody need know it," thought
he; " they'd just suppose l went to
see Wildly, and stayed this morning a
little late. I don't believe she'll tell
it. Ii she does. III say it amt so, that
set up with her in the kitchen. l
guess folks will believe me if stick
to it."
About the time he arrived at this
sage conclusion, he saw Deacon Smi-
ley and his family, including q gos-
sipPy wife and two grown daughters,
driving toward him on their way to
town. He took off his hat brushed
down his hair, and walked on quite
boldly.
Good morning, Dave" said the
deacon. "Dressed in your best and
on your way home this time Monday
morning. What does this -mesn?"
Dave smiled and looked as if he
could tell but wouldn't.
Miss Ruthey spoke up. "Guess he's
been over to see Wildey and forgot to
go home. Will saw him going that
way last night"
Dave didn't deny the soft impeach-
ment.
aBut, Dave, what on earth ails
your coat ?" exclaimed Mrs. Smiley.
Dave cast two rapid glances over
his coat, one in front and the other
behind. Those milk pansl They stood
just high enough for the swallow-tails
to skim and dip to advantage. The
unlucky wretch! He grinned ghast-
ly grin, and then, Ruthey said, looked
as If he was going to cry. The dea-
con drove on.
The story leaked out, as a matter of
course, and the circumstantial evil
dence being SO strong, it was believed.
Poor, desperate, discouraged Dave had |
to tell somebody to relieve his lacer-
ated feelings, SO he gave my inform
ant all these particulars, and added:
:" amt going to give it up SO,
though. Pm going to try Nancy |
Brown. They say she amt more'n |
half-witted but l don't care-she'n |
suit me all the better. l don't like |
these sharp girls"
1t may be a comfort to you, as it
certainly was to me, to know that he
did Marry Nancy Brown, and turned
out quite money-saving man and
good ".proyider."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-08-14
TREATA1ENr OF rae RoYs.

Somebody says: have recipe to
offer. 1t is compound, being COM
posed of several Ingredients. 1t is an
excellent remedy, and when properly
applied, has an amazing good effect
upon farmers boys, keeping them at
home in the evening, when they ought
to be there, and making it better than
any other place on earth, Here are the
ingredients sr
l. Treat them as partners with
you. Give them to understand that
they are interested in the success of
the farming operations as much as
you are yourself.
2. Converse freely with them. Get
their opinions and give them yours,
at all prudent make use of their plans,
and when you think your own best,
explain to them why you did not
adopt theirs. Don't keep them alto
gether in the dark with reference to
your plans tor the future,
3. Don't require them to stay at
home in the evenings all the time
When there is any meeting orr enter
tainment from which they mi ght re-
ceive benefit, be sure to let them go.
4. Provide them with plenty of
good books and papers especially re-
ferring to agriculture. Let them be
well posted in their ownbusiness-
farming.
5. Never scold Ihom because they
don't do their work or attend to the
business of the farm as we'll as you
do. Encourage them.
8. Give them a holiday now and
then. They look for it aud they need
it; and it will be better for you aud
them to let them have it.
Other ingredients may with safety
be added, but the above are of infinite
Importance, and should never be omit
ted. Farmers, try my recipe; it acts
like charm.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-08-14
a sPEoIF1O AeAINsr suNsrRoKE.

A gentleman gives the following
interesting facts regarding another
party who experienced the dreadful
sensation of being sunstruck. Speak
ing of the sufferer, he says:
After suffering long time from the
attack, and having to a considerable
degree recovered, he experienced snf-
fering eYen from the rays of the moon
This led him to the reflection that it
was not altogether the heat of the sun
that produced prostration. After
much research, he discovered that the
injury came from the chemical raw,
and not from the heat ray. He was
guided to this by observing that s
photograph could not be taken
through ahollow glass. Accordingly
he lined his hat with two linings-one
of orange yellow, to arrest the chem
ical ray and one of green to arrest the
heat ray. Thus prepared he went
where the rays of the sun were most
intense with perfect impunity. 1t is
well known that the negro is seldom
or never sunstruok. The color of his
skin over the skull being orangeyelioW
may assist in accounting for the fact.
| pPactised upon this suggestion all
last summer, lined my hat with green
aud orange yellow paper, aud had con-
fidence enough in the truth of my
theory to neglect my umbrella, which
l had never done before, I mention
ed ii to many who tried it also, and
in many cases that came under my OBJ
servation, they uniformly asserted
that the oppressive heat of the sun
upon the head was much relieved.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-08-14
VANDERBILTvS VAST AGGREGATION
OF MONEY AND POWER.

Mr.. Vanderbilt controls 2,150 miles
of railroad, constituting the main line
between the West and the seaboard
and the chief outlet to such cities as
Chicago, Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo
Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Lockport
Schenectady, Troy, Albany, Hudson
Poughkeepsie and the other river side
towns. The property which he thus
administers is represented on the
Stock Exchange by securities equal to
! $2l5, 100000, and its gross income last
| year was not less that forty-five mill
ions Of dollars-more than the whole
income of the United States Govern
ment few years ago.
1t is impossible to contemplate this
vast aggregation of money power and
commercial control in the hands of
one man without feeling concern for
the result. Neither military nor po-
litical nor supremacy can be pushed
beyond certain limits without dan
ger. It would seem as though the
limit in his case had been reached
Yet, not content with the mastery of
2, ,150 miles of railroad, involving in a
large degree the control of the internal
trade of the States of Illinois, Indiana,
AIulO duAl N0W i OEkg IL 1B w Gil uUuCE-
stood that in October next at the an
nual election of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, the Commodore
will enter into possession of that
great property likewise, with its sixty
or seventy thousand miles of wire. its
forty millions of capital and its eight
or nine millions of revenue. When
this occurs, not only will the COM
merce of the four great States of the
North be subject to Mr.. Vanderbilt
under such feeble restrictions as our
Legislatures may impose-but the
whole telegraphic correspondence of
the country will obey his law. He
may prescribe not only what shall be
the price of barrel of flour in New
York, but also when, how and at what
cost citizens may communicate with
each other by telegraph.
OF course he will be subjected to
Legislative control. What that will
amount to we all know. In the past,
no Legislature in New Y ork has dared
to beard him. He will be bold man
indeed, who attempts to do so now,
when his resources are so unbounded
and his power SO far-reacbing. 1t
was said that the late James Fisk Jr.,
who controlled paltry 450 miles of
Erie, running through a half-settled |
country, could on an emergency bring |
1000 votes into the field, At how |
many votes, then, must we reckon the |
master of 2,l50 miles of railrord |
q thiekIy settled country, and |
$4,000 miles of telegraph? tits more !
oyer, one thing to pass laws, and |
quite another to execute them against |
. man fertile in resources, energetic |
in action, obstinate in combat, and in |
in purse.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-08-14
AMERICAN CHILDREN.

/ Lord DuHeri1, visiting the Montreal
Normal School, was presented with
an address by the pupils. In his reply
| he referred to the important task for
which they were preparing them
selves, and continued 81 would
venture to remind YOU that in your
future elations with young pupils, you
will be careful } remember that your
iunctio6s must not be confined mere
ly to the development of their intelli-
gence and the imparting of informa-
ton, but there is also another duty as
important as either of these, and that
is, that you should endeavor to refine,
discipline, and elevate their general
behavior, rendering them polite, def
erential, well bred, respectful to their
parents, to their elders, and to their
superiors. Now, what / would ven
ture to ask you from time to time to
impress upon yOur pupils is this
that though upon the one hand there
is no quality more creditable than
self-respect, yet, on the other hand the
very idea of self-respect excludes self
assertion and say it the more read
lily because 1 confess il there is any
criticism that have to pass upon the
youth of this new country-I do not
say of Canada especially, bnt of the
continent of America-iti is that have
been struck by the absence of the def
erence and respect for those that are
older than themselves, to which we
still cling in Europe. / have observed
in travelling on board the steamboats,
on the st. Lawrence, children running
about from one end of the boat to the
other, whom, more than once, haYe
been tempted to take up and give a
good sound whipping. 1 have seen
them thrust aside two gentlemen in
conversation, trample on ladies' dress
es, shoulder their way about without
even thought of the Inconvenience
they were occasioning, and, what was
more remarkable, these little thought
less indiscretions did not seem to at
tract the attention of their parents.
When l ventured to make an obserVa-
ton on this to the people with whom
l had been travelling, | was always
told that these little pleasing individ-
uals came from the other side of the
line. Well, only hope that this may
be so: at all events, without inquiring |
too strictly how that may be, l trust |
that the teachers of the schools of
Canada will do their best to inculcate |
on their pupils the duties of polite
ness, of refined behavior, of respect |
for the old and of reverence for their |
parents; that they will remember that
a great deal may be done by kindly
and wholesome advice in this partic- |
ular, and that if they would only take
a little trouble they viii contribute
greatly to render Canada not one of
the best educated, most prosperous,
most successful and richest, but one
of the most polite, one of the best
bred and well-mannered countries of
the American continent.-Boston Pr
lot.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-08-14
A rKANsENDENrAL MULE.
From the Chicago inter Ocean.

The uses to which mule osn bepHt
are enormous, and his qualifications
Tor braying, strength and stubborn
ness are his main points of excellence.
The mule in the role of draft animal
is unsurpassed, and mankind have
considerably limited his services to
that useful vocation from time i'm
memorial.
A mule In any other sphere of ac-
ton would be considered an anomaly,
and the traditional faith in his virtues
badly undermined. One mule, how
ever, has at length risen above his
kind, and demonstrated his claims to
be considered something more than
mule. This may be an astounding
pretension, but the facts are that an
assine animal, located ON Van Buren,
near Throop street, created quite q
sensation in that vicinity by becoming
timekeeper, and announcing the
hours of the night to the vigilant
community of that district. 1t seems
strangely enough, that at the precise
hour of clock this gifted animal has
brayed the time, and when the hour
hand happened to point to z, 8, 8, or
ten o'clock, there would be the same
number of brays. These strange
manifestations have occurred on sew
eral evenings, have been prolonged
through the night, aud haYe been
carefully noted by dweliers in the
neighborhood, A gentleman connect
ed with the city law department had
his attention called TO the phenome-
non, and sat up several nights to take
auricular observations. AT IL O'Clock
on the first nights vigil the mule
brayed several times. Then there
was an hours pause. At II o'clock
the mule brayed once more, and with
measured cadence gave forth thehour
when churchyards yawn, These OBJ !
servations were repeated frequently, /
with similar results, and their cor
rectness is vouched for by several T
citizens.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-08-14
ANDY JOHNSON A TIGHT ROPE PER-
FORMER! a

Andy johnson, of Tennessee, when
he was boy, practiced tight-rope
walking, with the intention of becom-
I'M q circus performer, but afterwards
concluded to learn his fathers trade
of tailoring, aud rose from that to be
President of the United States. He
and Mr.. James B. Chapman were boys
together. They bought large yarn
rope, for which they paid five dollars,
and whenever they could get a spare
moment they would go into the woods
and practice upon it, until they both
became expert performers. johnson
has been q high and lofty tumbler
ever since, but never performed in
any circus except the national one at
Washington City.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-08-14

MIR. l.. L. Our, of Belmont precinct
Oroe county, Nebraska, is the happy
father of recent pair of twins-a
boy and girl. The girl was baptized
Betsy and the boy l. r.. Out. That
settles the question between Carleton
aud the other old maid about the ped
igree of "Betsy and l. r. Out"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-08-14

FAST young men declare that the
great beauty of an ocean voyage is
"that you can get as tight as you
please, and people think ycH are only
sea-sick."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-08-14

ONE reason why the world is not
reformed is, because every man is
bent on reforming others, and never
thinks OF reforming himself.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-08-14

A DANDY on shore is disgusting to
many, but swell at sea is apt 10
sicken everybody,