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The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06
The 'sProdigal SOM described by one Of
his Class

The Chicago Times tells how gambler
described the "ProdigaP' to his comrades:
''Why you see the prodigal was a Young
feller as lived along with the Old man. long
time ago, and the old man staked him pretty
liberal, and he was happy. But bye and bye
he thought he'd go abroad; so he packed I'D
his best clothes, and gettin' the old gent to
ante up for him, he started out travelin'.
Well, he did first rate for time till the cap
pers' got hold of him and run him into a
bank He wasn't up to the banking biz
and you see the boys played him for Gran
ger. He goS 'whipsawed.' Every time he
'coppered the ace to win an played the king
upon it, he warn't thar! TIL bank bust
him flat; an then he went to work shown,
up his clothes. An every time be raised a
little stake he'd come and leave IL in the
bank until by and bye he din't have epouoh
to get square meal with, an had to look
around tor a job. He couldn't strike notbin'
but hog rancho though, an he went to
work on it for his boa,d and clothes Bnt it
was mighty thin living. The boss kind a.
played off on him, and made him hash with
the hogs. So bye and bye he sickened on
the hog-ranch, and made up bis mind he'd
go home and see if the cd man wouldn't
take him again. And he vent. The old
man was powerful glad to see him. He gave
him new rig, an a gold ring, ar set him
on his feet again. An he got lots of wealth..
and started in on the banks, payin' full lin
its. every bet. That's what's the 'Prodigal
Son."
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06
A Hundred Years Aro.

One hundred and ten years ago there was
not single white man r what is now Ken
lucky, Ohio, Indiana, or Illinois. Then.
what is now the most fourishing part OF the
United States, was as little known as the
country in the heart of Africa itself. 1t was
not till 1776 that Boone left his home i'm
North Carolina to become the first settler In
Kentucky. And the first pioneers of Ohio
did not settle Till twenty years later still. A
hundred years ago Canada belon ged to France,
and Washington was modest Virginia Col
onel, and the UEited States the most loyal
part of the British Empire, and scarcely a
speck on the political horizon indicated the
struggle that in a score of years was to Law
the foundation of the greatest Republic of the
world.
A hundred years ago there were Lut four
small newspapers in America; steam engines
had not been imagined, ard locomotives, and
steamboats,, and railroads, and telegrapbs and
postal cards, and friction matches, and revolv-
ers, and percussion caps, and breecb-loadipg
guns. and stoves and furnaces, and Gas for
dwellings and India rubber shoes, ,and Spauld-
irgs glue, and sewing machines, and anthra-
cite coal, and photographs, and chrome paint
ings, and Kerosene oil, and the safety lamp,
anu the compound blowpipe, ,and free schools
and spring mattresses, and wood engraving
and Brussels carpets, and lever watches, and
greenbacKs, and cotton and wooden factories,
in anything like the present meaning OF these
terms, were utterly unknown.
hundred year ago the spinning wheel was
in almost every family, and clothing was spun
and woven and made up in tie household.
and the printing press was cumbrous ma
chiue, worked by hand and nail, or brick,
or knife, or pair of shears or scissors, or a
razor, or a woven pair of stockings, or an axe
or hoe, or shovel. or lock Or key, or plate of
glass of any size, was not made iu what is
now the United States. Eveu in 1890 there
were OF ly segenty-five postoffices in the coun
try, and the whole extent OF our post-routes
was less than nineteen hvndred miles. Cheap
postage was uI,heard OF. and bad any one sug-
gestcd the TRANSMISSION OF mes saees with
llshtning speed he would have been thought
utterly insane. The MICROSCOPE on the one
hand, and the telescope on the other, were in
their infancy as instruments of science: and
geology and chemistry were almost unknown.
In word, it is tTne that 10 the century pass
ed have been ALLOTTED more improvements in
their bearing on the comfort ard happiness of
| mankind, than to any other which has elapsed
since the creation of the world.
With all these wonderful improvements
within the certury, who would allow such
narrow and contracted views as to object to a
suitable Centennial celebration of the marvel
lous progress of the age?-Boitimore Ameri-
can.
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06
Old IrOnsides.
HER PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE.

The frigate Constitution, the "Old IRON
Sides" is being repaired at the Philadelphia
Navy Yard. The design is to fit her for sea
service, but it is supposed that during the CEN
tennial year she will remain at the Philadel-
phia Navy Yard to give visitors an opportu-
nifty Of looking through her.
The Constitution is 1876 tons, carried orig
inally forty-four guns and 400 men, and cost
1902, ,719. She was built at Boston, between
1904 and 1897, by Edmund Hartt, under an
act of Congress which provided for the pur-
chase or construction Of four ships to carry
forty-four guns each, and two to carry thirty
six guns. The Algerine corsalrs were depre-
dating at the time upon American commerce,
and Congress was aroused to the necessity OF
putting an end to their outrages. President
Washington approved the act Immediately
after its passage, and the keel of the Constitu-
tion was laid in November. She was the
only one of the forty-tour-gun ships compet-
| ed. The Algerines having made pr ace with
| the United States, the material for the others
was sold.
Humphreys of Philadelphia, and was built
under the superintendent OF Colonel George
| Claghorn of New Bedford. When her hull
was completed and a day fixed Tor the launch
| inc, the people of Boston and its vicinity
crowded to the shipyard Of Mr.. Hartt, and an
| effort was made to slide i. from the ways into
| the water, which did not prove successful. 1t
| moved about eight feet, and there stuck, and
| il wys not until third attempt was madethat
| the she'll reached its destined element. When
first put in commission, Commodore Nichol-
son was assigned to her. and she was after
wards commanded by Commodores Prebe,
Hull, Bainbridge, Stewart, Decatur, Rogers
Macdonough and Elliot. Commodore Hui
G. ptured the Guerrero in her, Commodore
Bainbridge the Java, and Commodore
Stewart the Cyane and Levant. The
last action took place off the island of Ma
deira, on bright moonlight night. Peact
had been declared between the United State:
and Great Britain, but by the terms of the
treaty, the capture was legalized. The Con
sttutlon was rebuilt in 1884 at the Charles.
town Navy Yard. When hauled mic
the dock for that purpose there were preyS1en. y1
yice-President Van Buren, Secretary-o''""
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06

DOES ADVERTISING PAY?-There Is no in
stance on record of a well sustained system of
judicIous advertising falling of success
MY success is owing to my liberaity in adj
vertising. '-Bonner.
1 advertised my productions and made mon
y."-Nicholas Longoorth.
Constant and persistent advertising is sure
prelude to wealth.-Stephen Girdrd.
He who invests one dollar in business should
invest ONE dollar in advertising that business
a. T. SteWart
"Without the aid of advertisements I could
have done nothing in my speculations. have
the most complete faith in printers ink. Ad-
vertising is the royal road to business.-Bdr-
mum.
advertising has furnished me with a COM
petence. Amos Laurence.
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06

For SALE on favorable terms, a yaluabIs
slate property. partially developed with most
encouraging prospects, in the eastern part of
the State. Owners refer to S. t. Pulen, Esq
PRESS office. ie14-dtf
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06

The French surgeons announce that Con-
sumption Is not incnrable. But they don't cure
it. The only remedy that seems to effect this
object IS Hale's Honey OF Hoarhound and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in 1 minute
mch2eadau1u
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06

HARP for sale at a bargain. Can be seen at
W. G. Twombly's Piano Warerooms, 1856 EI-
change street. feb17tf
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06

The Boston Saturday Erening Gazette tells
the following story about a somewhat we'll
known clergyman of the Hub, which it say:
"has the merit of being too true" A gen
tleman invited the Rev. Mr.. M-to drive, one
day, and thought he would improve the op
portunity for little serious conversation
and broke the ice thus: 81 sometimes thinl
there's something wanting in my life
eyes," interrupted M, ''you want some
thing that will get up and git, and just COM
on the road better than this old plug YOUR
holding the lines over nowr'
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06
Desirable Residence for Sale at
WOOlfOrGl's Corner.
FOR SALE.

A LOT OF vacant land, situated on the west side
IA of High between Pleasant and Danforth, SITS,
This let has front of about 81 feet and is about 1874
feet deep, and plans have been drawn How, for a
block Of seven nine genteel and convenient resi-
dences, and adapted for the same. Enquire of
EDWIN CHURCHILL,
No 4 Portland Pier,
mar2s From IL to O'clock p. NJ.
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06
The travellers book at an inn in Switzer.
land contains the following epigram:
THE TWO TRAVELLERS.
I've lost my portmanteau!
81 pity your giief."
All my sermons were in It'll
II pity the thief."

A gentleman travelling on horseback "down
East" came upon an Irishman who was
fencing in most barren and desolate piece
of land. what are you fencing in that lot
for, PATTI" said he; ''a herd of cattle would
starve to death on that land.' "And sure,
yer honor, wasn't fencin' it in to kape the
poor bastes out av it ?''
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06
Dissolution Of COparinership.
DissClutiOn....I ID, Merrill 4 Co.

UISSCIuCIOH'.''I. d. WtFTIII q COe
NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership late
IN ly subsistng between l. d. MERRILL and G.
C. HAYES, both of Portland doing business on
Union Stteet under name of l. d. Merrill & Co., is
dissolved by mutual consent.
All accounts of the late firm have been left with
JOSEPH A. LOCKE, "a Middle street,
for adjustment. l. D. MERRILL,
fe24d2W C. G. HAYES.
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06
THE PRESS,
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 1874
Gossip and Gleanings.

Dakota Territory has only three-eighths o
white man to an acre of ground.
In China, two people Of the same surname
dare not marry. The Smith family would
suffer in that country.
A father in Wisconsin offered his boy five
dollars to take dose of castor oil, and then
got counterfeit bill off on the boy.
n prevalence of the measles is reported in
Cohhecticut, but there is one town there not
at all alarmed. It's HaLdam.
What is the difference between a farmer
and bottle of whiskey? One husbands the
corn and the other corns the husbands.
A hopeful topper looks for an early summer
and good, square, old-fashioned cholera, to
stop all this nonsense.
| Dio Lewis ventures to observe that ''high
living is the foundation of every cemetery"
His formula is accordingly very simple one
diet or die.
| Are blachsmiths, who make a living by
| forging, or carpenters, who do little count
er-fitting, auy worse than men who sell iron
andEteel for lining9
Sand did you hear him call her my dear or
ufb 10 fhof0 c1ya JtIo lou NJ
sir! of coulse not; why she was lis wife,
answered the lady witness,
The Waukegan (Ill.) Gazette speaks of
william Yager, nee conductor on the
Northwestern Railway" Now, was William
really born a conductor?"
Pekin (Ill.) woman was asked by the
preacher if her husband feared the Lord.
She replied, "fear Him? Bless you, he is so
feared of Him that he never goes out Sun
day without taking his gun aleng with him.
They're singing these lines in Ohio now:
Rouse, thee! o respondent brother,
Cheer with hope these days OF pain;
When This whskey war is over.
wen, " We'u get drunk again.
Said pompous husband whose wife had
stolen up behind and given him kiss, ''Mad
am, consider such an act indecorous," Eek
cuse me-" said the wife, IL didn't know it
was you."
I've helped bury every man that ever sold
me drop of liquor, except one, and am ar
ter hims night and day." was the CHEEKY
good-natured remark of a temperance orator
at Springfield, Mass, the other day.
A watchman who lodged in the boiier-r nj
of factory at Flushing, was asked if he
wasn't afraid OF being blown up, and answer
ed, with sickly smile, IN o; I'm married
man."
Mad dogs are chewing the calves of the
@ Chcagcans. We have been trying to think
what we would rather We mad dog do
than chew Ch,ca9Oans calf, but we haven't
any time-that is, if time is really money-to
follow the amusement to any result.-Mil-
acdukee Sentinel.
Little girl-"Mamma, don't think The
| people who make dolls are very pious peo
| ple." Mamma-"Why not, my child ?'' Lit
| tie girl-"Because you can never make them
kneel. I always have to lay my doll on her
stomach to say her prayersp'
The travellers book at an inn in Switzer-
land contains the following epigram:
THE TWO TRAVELLERS.
I've lost my portmanteau!
II pity your glief.'
All my sermons were in It'll
II pity the thief.''
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06

When the British ships under Lord Nelson
were bearing down to attack the combined
fleet off Trafalgar, the first lieutenant of one
of the ships, on going round to see that all
hands were at quarters, observed one OF the
men devoutly kneeling at the side of his gun.
Such an attitude in British sailor exciting
his surprise and curiosity, he went and asked
the man if he was afraid. "Afraid?' an
swered the sailor; mo! l was only Praying
that the enemy's shot may be distributed in
the same proportion as prize-money-the
greatest part among the officers.''
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06
For Sale.

We offer for sale our property in
AszMA-A Ligonia Village, C. E., consisting of
E4Nal sEs-&R two Houses. arranged for eight fam
"a fHzN lilies, anG land and ontpuildings con-
ea2Sl-zA4zz3i5ln nected Herewith These houses are
new and Thoroughly ard substantially built and
fully occupied by prompt paying tenants. This is a
most desirable Investment for any one having funds
invest This properly is entirely free of encum-
brance and will be sold on liberal terms.
For particulars end terms inquire of us, at our
place of business.
CHURCHILL & MELCHER.
Of Commercial street, Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06
NOTICEi

NyHE copartnership heretofore existing under the
i firm name of MCCORRISON q GREENE is
this day dissolved by mutual consent. All accounts
to be settled by Wyer Greene, who will continue the
business under the name Of WYER GREENE s.
co. at the old stand, No. 2S8 Congress Street.
CHARLES A. MCCORRISON.
WYER GREENE.
Portland, Feb. 20. 1874 fe23d3w
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06
For Sale

For Sale in the Town of West
brook.
A FINE residence one-half mile from the Railroad
"A Depots, Post-offce, good Schools and Churches,
six miles from Portland House and Ell two stories
thirteen finished rooms, double parorr with marble
mantles, Wood-house and Stable connected-all in
good repair. painted and blinded Barn 40 60 on the
well fenced, 80 apple and pear trees, acre choice
Strawberries three good wells of water upon the place
and good cistern in the cellar cellar under whole
House, fine cement bottom; grounds ornamented
with fine shade ses. This is one OF the finest resi-
Davis & Co., Portland, or Otis Brown, Westbrook.
mar21tf
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

|
Our Ninth Grand Annual
S A L e!
Still continues.
We are giving Immense Bargains
T O A L L
See Our Goods
Learn our Prices :!
Zephyr WOrsted marked down to
sixteen cents an ounce.
BalmOral Yarn 10 cts. a skein.
Germantown Yarn marked low.
LOOK AT BARGAINS IN OUR
HOSIERY AND MERlNO DE-
PARTMENT.
Ladies Fleeced Hose, 5 prs, for ST..
l lot Ladies Cotton Hose, IL l.2 c.
l lot Childrens' Fancy Wool Hose
marked down to so cts.
l lot Ladies Balbriggan Hose, 6
prs. to box at $1.1O per box,
Ladies MerinO Vest and Drawers,
few left at 62 l.2 cts. worth ST..
Childrens' Vest and Drawers way
down to so cts. each.
Hamburg Edgings F.!
1000 yds. new patterns
just received at the
Popular Price of Twenty-Five cts.
BE SURE AND SEE THESE GOODS.
COrSetS! COrSetS! COrsetS f!
All the desirable makes of Corsets, including
FRENCH,
THOMSON's (GIoye Fifting)
JACQUELlNE,
Md. FOY'S,
GERMAN, &C., &C.,
at prices sure to sell them. We recommend our
Jacquene Corses as being the best American Corset
manufactured both for comfort grace and durability
Goods marked Very Low in every
Department.
KID GLOVES.
Our stock is unequalsd and have marked every
thing in this department down. SEE PRICES.
OUR $1.OO Kid Gloves, s. 80
1.5O .s ss LIZ
400 &C 's l.5O
DAVIS & co.
This sale will continue un.
til we have reduced
our Imense Stock.
d A V Is & co.
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06

Said pompous husband whose wife had
stolen up behind and given him a kiss, mad
am, consider such an act indecorous," Eek
cuse me-" said the wife, 81 didn't know it
was YOu.n
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06

I've helped bury every man that ever sold
me drop of liquor, except one, and 1 am ar
ter hms night and day." was the CHEEKY
good-natured remark of a temperance orator
at Springfield, Mass, the other day.
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06
WANTED.
Lost.

SATURDAY. Feb. 2stb, between the hours of
~ three and four, p. M, pair of SPECTACLES,
in case The Under will please leave them at Hora-
tlo Staples, No. "a Middle Street, and oblge the
owner. mc3*3t
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06

A watchman who lodged in the boiier-roc nj
of a factory at Flushing, was asked if he
wasn't afraid OF being blown up, and answer
ed, with sickly smile, IN o; I'm married
man."
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06
Wanted.

"A n APOTHECARY CLERK, one that has had
"A two or three years experience. Address with
reference,
mc3dtf BOX 945 Portland
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06

A Pekin Il.) woman was asked by the
preacher if her husband feared the Lord.
She replied, "fear Him? Bless you, he is so
feared of Him that he never goes out Sun
day without taking his gun along with him.
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06
Lost.

A SMALL black and tan DOG, answers to the
IA name OF Dick. The finder will be suitably re-
warded by leaving him at No. 10 Hill street.
mc4'lw S. f. HAGGETT
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06
WANTS, LOST, FOUND.
Vanted,

EILEASANT rooms and board for a lady and two
children located between Chestnut and State
Streets. Address O
MRS. q. j. T.,
mco"lw 20 Franklin Street.
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06
LET,


NTH BOARD, large pleasant rooms. Suitable
w for families or single gentlemen.
AT 52 Free Street. jn24*1w thep If
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06

The Waukegan (I.) Gazette speaks of
William Yager, nee conductor on the
Northwestern Railway" Now, was William
really born conductors"
The Portland daily press., 1874-03-06

A SECONDHAND WAGON, Phaeton or Rock
- away-the latter preferred-must be in good
condition. Address Box 1864, giving peice
arh-
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-09-17
THE TAYLOR SCANDAL.

The proceedings of the State Agricul.
tural Society last evening, a verba tim
report of which we publish elsewhere,
brings TO the surface a scandal which has
for several weeks been whispered abou,
the state ia regard to Gov. Taylor's for
mer administration in this society.
MIR. Clark made the express charge
that former officer of the society had
7ronged the society out of more than
$500. Hon. II. L. Palmer. Reformer,
rallied to the rescue, and moved an ad-
journmert. which would have cut the
matter short, only that the motion was
lost.
Hon. j. 0. Eaton then claimed that it
was wrong that such an imputation should
rest upon the former officers generally,
and without specific location. thereupon
Mr.. Clark came to the front and made
his charge against Gov. Taylor.
Gov, Taylor was in the meeting; was
a member Of the society, and therefore
entitled to speak III the meeting bat
be neither demanded an investigation,
nor even denied the dam aging and spec
ifc charge made by Mr.. Clark, that he
had Wronged the society out of oyer $40O.
Dir. Palmer, from successful practice
as criminal lawyer, has acquired thorough
knowledge of all the technicalities resort,
ed to In defence Of those charged with
crime. He made this available in his
defence of the Governor by insisting
that by the constitution no business
could be done st this meeting except to
elect officers.
But surely the Governor Of the state.
sitting by and hearing himself charged
with SO grave q wrong, by a gentleman
who had served as an officer with him.
and who had been endorsed by election
as Vice President, last evening, and not
unknown to fame, might have asked to
haye this technical objection waved; and
we are surprised that the Governor did
not demand an instant Investigation, nor
even deny the charge, nor assert his in
nocense.
A Reform Governor cannot afford to
be sheltered under such technicalitv ;
and the Governor will be seriously ipjur-
ed by this charge, uttered in his pres
ence and permitted to pass without even
deuial. l.-Senttnel
The Madison Democrat publishes an
explanation of Governor Taylor's trans
actions while an officer of the State
Agricultural Society, based upon facts
furnished by the record Vouchers are
shown for every dollar expended, and
Sat Carks's charges are proven as false
as anu utterance ever made. The Gov.
has lteoived friendly letters from many
prominent gentlemen throughout the
state since Clark dastardly attack upor
him in Milwaukee.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-09-17

The Appleton Times records very
singular case which happened at Ste
phensville Sunday before last: A lady
by the name of Smith, after a brief i'll
ness, to every appearance, died. The
funeral OF the supposed deceased was
to take place on Sunday, and on remov-
ing the coffin, containing the body, from
from the interior of casket. 1t was i'm
mediately taken into the house, again,
and opened, when to the dismay and de-
light of all, the supposed corpse was
found to be alive. She had been in a
trance, and fortunately came to at this
Opportune moment.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-09-17

By the premium list Of the Lacrosse
county Fair we see that the editor Of the
Sun is one Of the judges on poultry. 1t
is but proper to state that we have not
sought this Office, but on the contrary
the office has sought US, at the hands of
our fellow citizens. And yet, we will not
deny that the Office is well and appro-
priatey bestowed Our study Of fowls
has been, we might say. life long. From
the age of ten years we have been ac-
uuainted with the hen roosts is our
neighborhood, and many is the time,
so interested were we in the raising OF
poulty, that we have gone nights, when
we ought to ha We been asleep, and rails
ed'' chickens from the vines of neigh
bors. Ir many localities wherc we have
lived, people, have seemed to lose inter.
est in the raising of ofpoultry. Late years
the cultivation of fowls has been reduced
TO science. there being so many differ
ent varieties There is something beauti-
full, nay sublime, to our eye, in seeing a
flock of Southdown hens. roosting low.
Many however, prefer the Chester
White, though for cooking they are in
ferior to the Durham, For laying eggs,
however, give US the Hambletonian,
though some might complain that their
seGentary habits entitle them to a place
beside the Gordon Setter. With these
few remarks we enter upon our duties
with the committee. and hereby give
notice to the hens to prepare their state
ments We will give satisfaction if we
take every hen at the fair. r.-Snn.