Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-04-09

ten. James II. Butler has formed a
partnership with Marcellus Emery of the
Bangor Commercial, the former to take
charge ofthe business department of the
paper, and Mr.. Emery Is to devote his
time exclusively to the editorial manage
ment OF the paper.
"A young chap up country has discov-
cred that there is nothing which so tends
TO shorten the lives and injure the health
OF oid people as the practice of setting up
late, particularly winter evenings. This IS
especially the case where there is grown
up daughter in the family.
The Legislature of North Carolina has
passed All act entitled '.for the better
security of human life Ii provides that
any person who manufactures. sell, or
deals In spurious liquors as a drink, of any
name or kind, containing foreign proper
ties or ingredients poisonous to the sys-
tenn shall be punished with five years i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary.
NORMAL SCHOoIs.-The trustees of the
Normal Schools held "A meeting at the
council Chamber, at Augusta, Tuesday
evening. Gov. Dinglcy presided aud all
The members of the Board were present.
~ was voted to establish = post graduate
course. according to the law oflast winter.
The Trustees also fixed upon system of
study to be pursued in sucn course. Itwas
decided To have three terms per wear in
each Normal School these Of the Castine
School 10 remain rs now fixed. and the
term AT Farmington to commence a week
later
EITHER AND NEfrHER.-A correspond
ent ASS what i the proper pronuncia.
ton "f ''eiiher and neither" We do not
profess to speak with authority. but simply
give our own opinion when We saw that
either aud neither should be pro
honnc-d ec-ther and Hee-ther. At least
there Is an immense preponderance of
good usage in this country in favor ofrhis
pronunciation, which is also the prc,lomi.
nant one in England. 'I-ther and ui-ther''
are :" rare In America Us to be conspicu-
Gus, aud man of good taste will avoid a
conspicuous pronunciation "a he would
an over"rouGht diction or a ha>hy neck
tie. Lewiston J,urnyI.
THAT CIDER SEIZURE. Our readers viii
remember the case OF a cider seizure in this
city IN l>i2 The case las been on trial In
henncbcc County. Simon Guptill ct ais. y.
Hol>"y III. Rchardsou. -. d. Baker for
plaintiffs. Cornish OF the Andro>coogin
bar tor defendant. The plaintiff, are
farmers living in Belgrade, and mluu(a.-
thrrrS Of cider from apples grown upon
their own farms. In July. 1872. they sent
several casks OF cider to Lewiston. ana
employed an agent to sell It for them In
that city. The sale had lust opened when
the defendant. actin. A. city Marshal Of
Lewiston, seized the Whole lot, A. hrin.s
SOLD IN violation of tn" statute prohibltIn.,
the safe OF intoxicating liquors. together
with the casks. aud all measure, AMI
vessels Used Ia ale. The action /, tres
pass 10 recover for thr value Of good, -ciL-
ed. the plaintif, cnntrntling that the cider
was expressly exempt by law from seizure
The yalu" OF cider and vessels /, alleged 10
be S'26,2j. la defence the plaintiff saws
that the cider was seized A. iutoxicatin.
liquors. upon warrants duly issued hy the
Municipal Court. Lewiston; that after due
proceedings IN SAID court, tn. liquors
were d.cTeed forfeited from further liability
~ consequence OF the seizure. After get
ting out the testimony the case was with
drawn from The jury an marked Law
on report. and goes TO the tull court tor
their decision.