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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-30

"PRO BONO PUBLICO,"
MEANING FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD.
We have seen far better men than Old Blowhard
hanged for the pub.ic's good.
S1OOO.OOi
One Thousand Dollars says that j. c. Bar
naby OF Providence don't, nor has not since March
I'd, owned one dollar in our store.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-30

40 CENT OVERALLS
may stand inspection but will not stand any
wear.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-30
100000 !
THAT ROOT

THAT BOOT
Down in the boot Old Blowhard says
We went with heels up in the air,
But in the toe we found Old Blow
All curled up like Hare.
The M anikins they had frightened him so
tie dare not show his snout,
We've labored hard for many day
To draw the OLD CUR OUT.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-30

Several days ago we offered to bet $50000 that our
selling less were lower than the selling prices
marked ON each garment of Old Bowhard That
offer is still open with additional S50000 to boot
We have been trying to get some COMMON sense
out of Old BlOwhard but can get nothing but
Cheap Talk.
Our windows, both inside and out, are full Of
Clothing marked in plain figures.
Why don't Old Blowhard follow suit and allow the
pulpit to judge who is selling the lowest.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-30

q TORE No. 90 Commercial Street, Thomas Block.
~ Apply to f. j. ROLLINS,
apl4u % Exchange Street
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-30
For Sale.

TN Cape Elizabeth, II miles from Portland Bridge,
i near the Baptist Church, Town House, Store,
rooms. Also small Stable, and one or two acres of
land more, if wanted. For particulars enquire of
+. E. ROBINSON, at c. E. Jose & Co.'s, or
j. L. PARROTT, at Store the premises.
my16 dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-30

"A PLEASANT two story dwelling House. in good
"A repair, suitable for two families. situated on
the southerly corner of Pearl and Lincoln Streets
Enquire at the House any time after 10 A. M.
my20 If
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I OVER tenement in House No, ia Spring Street.
~ Inquire OF MATTOCKS 81 FOX, SO Middle
Street. fe4dtf
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WANTS..
$1,000. Partner Wanted. $1,000

A N energetic, square-dealing young man with the
"A above amount of cash capital to engage in
frstclass manufacturing BUSINESS fully established
and will pay. Address BOX 1922,
ju27dlw* Portland Me-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-30
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 80, 1874
Gossip and Gleanings.

GOSSIP ana Gleanings.
A disguised Milwaukee fisherman offers
chrome to every fish which will take the bait.
Now the green apple doubles the little boys
into quarto form.
The elephant is said to be dying out.
Young men will take warning, and see him
On every possible occasion.
Richmond Enquirer: A philanthropist
suggests that it would lower the price of
small coffins to muzze the boys during the
green apple season.
A classical charioteer. say,
what doose dye mean by opening the trap
in the cab and saying, Remember thou art
MORTAL eh?"
Marshal MacMahon's suspected sympathy
with the Bonapartists gives credence to his
endorsement oflthe remark, II had rather be
in the Right than be President
Mr.. Edgar Bascom was taken to the in
sane asylum at Hartford, Friday morning
just three months from the day his son
Joseph purchased fiddle.
The full name of the Frenchman who re-
Gently struck Gambetta is Louis Marie Phili-
but Edouard de Renonard de Sainte-C -Croix,
and nothing makes him mad quicker than to
see it get into the papers wrong.
A new game called "Granger Seven-up" is
announced. Three persons play for can of
oysters. The first man out gets the oysters,
the last the can, and the ''middle man" don't
get anything.
First Senior-''When was the war of
1922" Second Senior (after meditation)-
'By Jove, Pve forgotten that again! Pll
put it down and ask my tutor."- ."-Haruard
Magenta.
General De Cissy, MacMahon's Prime Min
lister, is described as man with ga low, plain
tive voice." 1t may be important, in this
connection, to remember that De Cissy has
survived four wives.
Some lynchers in Texas shot nine horse
thieves and such who were in Texas Jail
the other day. One of the victims came near
getting clear, because he had stolen DO horses,
but had only killed his wife. However they
shot him all the same.
Amoung the Union miners in Ohio they
have a plain, blunt sort of way of arguing, but
very effective one withal. They tie rope
around a mans neck, sling the other end of it
over lime tree, and then inform him that he
has the floor, but that how long he retains it
depends entirely on what side of the question
he takes.
Among the articles of import at the Chi
cago custom-house, last week, was one bot
tie Of holy water, from France. If the Chi
cagoans hope for the remission Of their sins
through the agency of holy water, they must
import a consecrated loke. 1t would take a
good sized well to purify the Times Office
alone.
Disillusion, or the Sketching Season.-Ar-
tist cleaning his palette)-"Uncommonly
obliging person-your master, the farmer! 1
asked his permission, and he said / might
paint my picture in the middle of his field,
and stop as long as ever likedl Most court
eous, must say. Quite as if was doing
him favor, instead"
Suffolk Carter-"Wh'come o'course, so y
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A PLEASANT and very convenient Upper Tene
"A ment of Rooms to a small, quiet family. Rent
$500. Address, p o. BOX 1884.
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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-11-25

Ia. - 5 3 =.
EaY A Washington correspondent
ofthe CINCINNATI Gazette, ofthe goth,
says that the Treasury Department
has caused a full investigation of the
Sugg Fort claim, and ascertained
that it is fraudulent throughout, 1t
was for flour taken1by the Union
army in Tennessee After its retec-
ton by the Southern Claims Com
mission, it was worked through the
departments by false affdavits and
other false proof. The Secretary of
the Treasury, hearing of its probably
fraudulent character, sent two agents
to Tennessee, to investigate the case.
1t appeared that the proof was man
nfactured,, and the result will be a
number ofarrests, both in Tennessee,
the principals, and here in Washing.
ton, of the claim agents and others,
who took part in preparing the false
The money obtained from
the Treasury on the claim was be
tween twenty and thirty thousand
dollars. 4sttsi .-l4-siE v0 .e +-a,r
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-11-25
RALLR01D MATTERS.
THE ZINE I'd Decide THIS OIz1ss
@-- TTOV~ 10 A r. TT1VT

On the general subject of taxing
railroads the Memphis Ledger makes
the following timely remarks: The
charter of the railroads in this
State exempt the companies from
taxation for a term of twenty years.
That term has recently expired with
several of them, and it will devolve
upon the Legislature to determine
whether railroads shall be taxed as
ether property. The constitution re-
quires all taxation to- be uniform,
and under our laws property belong
ing to educational institutions, to
widows of ex-Presidents,. ETC.. is ex-
empt; but nowhere in the constitu-
ton or statutes is there any provis-
ions under which railroads may be
exempted from paying their share
of public burdens, save under their
charters as above mentioned.
The railroads, in most instances,
take care of themselves by reducing
the pay of their employees and by IN
creasing local tariffs far beyond the
limit prescribed in their charters.
That railroads, and all such corpor
atoms, are the mere creatures of the
State and subject to It's control, there
is no question. The State has Alright
of which it cannot divest itself, to
impose taxes upon every species Of
property, and corporation has no
right over and above the citizens Of
a State. The Pullman palace sleep
ing cars are likewise liable to taxa
tion and should be made to pay Ell
Their a privilege or an al valorem
tax, as assessed against other prop
erty.
At the time the internal improve
ment laws were passed some twenty
years ago, it was considered sound
public policy to exempt railroads for
a term of years, until the leading
lines could be put into successful
operation. The State loaned her
credit at an immense loss to many
Of these corporations. We have
about all the railroads needed to car
~ the products of the soil to mar
xet, and to do the general freight
and passenger traffic Of the State:
If those we have are-not selfsustain-
ng and have to be put on an eiym-
,senary footing, it is high time to
AVE a change ofpolioy. We'are OPP
,osed tu.alI subsidies as we'll as mo-
especially thoserthat daily
ioIate tile conditions of the charters
7hich brought them into existence.
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h clsaacerg1 af MogrisfoEa, Tenn
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-11-25
cor " n CLARKSON.


This gentleman, Chairman of the Con
gressional Executive Committee of the
| First District, deserves the thanks Of the
party for solving the Congressional prob
| lem for them. In calling the Conven-
| ton that nominated Col. Mcfarland,
! (which call one of the Democratic Jour
nails of the district refused to publish,
! because the editor believed there was
q no chance, "a he acted without the adj
vice and consent of his fellow-cOmmit-
| teemen, and acted wisely, All honor to
his unswerving adherence to duty.
This-considering the chronic stu
pidity and amending dullness that
characterizes the lucubrations. of the
managing editor Of the sheet Arom
which the above paragraph is ex-
tracted-(and for chronic stupidity
and unending dullness that same ed
itor is himself his paralleD-is pref
ty good. Under all the circumstaR4
ces, it might he written, as for him,
excellent! But the ninth hour com
pliment to Maj Clarkson would have.
been just as highly appreciated by
that gentleman had it been ~discon-
nected from the uncalled for and IL
belous insinuation about one whom
he has long had every reason to re-
gard as his personal and political i
friend. The Democratic journal
of the district that refused to pub
lish Maj ClarEson's call, has no re-
grets to express nor apologies to
make for the course it pursued about
that Convention. 1t expressed no
opinion that had not been maturely
gathered from representative men OF
the Democratic party of the District,
including a majority of the Congress
sional Committee. with Maj. Clark
son at its head; and the most ass
piring member of the press of the
District took the earliest opportuni-
ty to indicate the drift of public
opinion by declaring q i.
We do not know that it has been de-
cided best for the Conservatives of the
first district to run a candidate in the
next canvass, or let the happy family
fight it out among themselves" ... -.,
We have no taste for discussions
that beget ordinations, and have
given no excuse for this opening
wedge. We have had occasion here
tofore to intimate in these columns
our impression that the editor of the
sheet from which the above extracts
are taken was unscrupulous in his
insinuations. A further fact, deriv-
edlfroul personal conduct to us, is
rs well established that he is deeid-
" Timber in yeracity, Under these
circumstances, our present ipclipa-
lions are restrained, and we merely
sxtend the benignant salutation of
- how are You, Slaek?''7 z'0ea 2s'
e-. -. efs~s5st =
wTheLouisyille Jonrndl
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.c4Pr. ] Harvey lArHES.

\. Y
CAPT. J. H4RYEY MATHES.
av lis wonderful what honesty of
purpose and well directed effort will
do. Still, it is not so wonderful,
when we realize the fact that people
are willing to honor man when he
has the ring of true metal in him.
We rejoice greatly in the success Of
the gentleman whose name stands
ut the head OF this article, who, by
such an overwhelming majority, has
been recently chosen as one of the
Representatives Of the city of Mem
phis in the next House. And. at
the same time, we congratulate the
people Of Memphis in having the OPP
portunity to elect to a position of
trust and honor, time and again. such
man as Capt. ]. Harvey Mathes.
The Captain was born and raised
near this place, and was educated by
that able and thorough instructor,
Rev. A. w. Wilson, the Senior Princi-
pal Of Reagan High School. His
many friends are pIeasedtok know that
he has ever been faithful in the posi-
lions he has occupied, and believe
that he will continue to merit the
confidence of the. Memphians5 and
West Tennesseeans. Ir s."a~-.
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.n3Ta9sslf'I 8sI0v8r &
john f. Dyer ct al
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-11-25

two miles from DanHiIlo on the Lexing-
/ ton pike al the magnificent farm and
h6me-like residence of R. e. Davis, who,
in every sense of the word, is one Of
Kentucky's noblemen
Far off to the east and north you see
the vineyards clustering with purple
gfapes, and over thereto your rleft ARE.
the presses where the'red wine flows at
tneTate Of SIX Hundred gallons to the
acre ofgrappg So III 9TT'Ers SHIT
Beyond the vineyards can be seen in.
outline tile rugged cliffs, around which
Dick 5 River is reeling and wheeling in
its course as though it were in "a hurry
to witness the union Of Tire Ohio and Ken
lucky. -Hsir)gE ,8GTuJ IL s 5Ge
GThe door bfehis lovely home stands
wide, to receive tie boy who left itmahyl
yearsago, and warm lleartsgather around
and welcome his return. T'io
I'M this neighborhood I met bevies Of
Beautiful and accomplished girls, with.
them T played my first game Of croquet.
1t was remarked that / played with a
nerve and vigor seldom equaled by one
of my age. Likely l did, for you know
it requires nerve for one lone fellow to
play against six or. eight star-eyed, rosy
checked, soul-shiyering girls. Chief
among these beauties, 1 would like to
call the attention of some of our best
East Tennessee boys to the charms of
Misses Maggie, Mamie and Mary D.;
Misses Belle and Flora NJ; Mamie. X
Fannie B. Mary NJ and Mollie NJ, and
advise them to make a trip across the
Mountains" and meet their fate. Young
men are scarce in this neighborhood, and
my sang-digger friends may stand a
pretty good chance, provided they are
careful not to use the words U-0nss and
qcs-0nes L also advise them to goin force,
OF they may meet the same fate as my
seIfand get croqueted out of the country
Z On mentioning the mamie of Mrs r. @.
Davis, allow me to saRe off my hat while
think of that long cool dining room,
and that table grooming under its weight
of luscious "grub" All! that pig, roast
ed brown, with me red apple in his
mouth Those lovely short cakes, and
brown corn dodgers; that fragrant coffee!
Those red and amber jellies, and that
pyramid Of purple grapes!, In the cen
tire of the tablet remember that rare bo-
quet Of choice flowers, and the gentle |
voice and loving face of her who attends
and nurses them, comes, up before me,
while the gentle bTSeze lmurmprs only
this one name, and nothing more,-
..rji.,-f.e-< t...o-..t.. .,s..s.
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~TheLouisyilIe Comier-Jonrndl
estimates the aggregate ofthe,t obac-
co crop in the. United States this
year atl1O5. 900 hogsheads and So, 900
eases as compared with 265. 900
hogsheads and 10000 cases in 1873.
and $4,000 hogsheads and 10000
cases in 1872 Adding in the stock
left over, the totafsupply this year
is s60,s60 hogsheads as compared
with S7O.423 in 1873, sans 37s,soS,in
187aco CalculatingetilaG the require
ments wilFbegthe same as inpreyious
years. ethe supply left in the markets
October, 1875 will be only 1000
hogsheads, as compared with $4,000
this year. and lI6, GOO in 1875 ifli 3
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Monday, 4th day january, 1885,
NOTICE

"a. To take an account and for Creditors of
JOHN I. DYER TO FILE CLAIMS
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a Tour Though the
Mountains.
Conclusion of Sticks Sparkling
Sketch.
BYE. SLICK.

Sketch.
The elections are over, and the smoke
from the burning mountains has blown
away, LEAKING all serene.---According to
promise resume this g Tour" and will
closesat the first convenient jumping off
place. Before proceeding, however.
must ask that tie readers of the gentle
GAZETTE allow me to mount these steps
long enough to remark farewell, Mr..
Maynard Farewell the two Mf. But
lers Farewell, Mr. Radical Congress
Last, but not least, farewell my old friend
Brownlowl AIthoughyou went back
on your Civil Rights Proclamation,
''dodged" for Maynard, and showed a
treacherous pen in his behalf; you, too,
went under with. the rest of the gang.
Zone more unfortunate, ...,,
Too weak of breath,
Rashly importunate,
Gone to his death %
And, from the marble steps of our new
Custom House, allow me the pleasure of
bidding you,. one and all, a long fare
W d H
--- SOUTH -D44NTILLE, -..-,
is small place, consisting of two rail
road tracks, with few. frame, buildings
jumbled on each side of it, including a
shaky Hotel, staggering Bar-room, and a
small Depot. The inhabitants are COM
posed of the depot agent, telegraph OPP
orator, and express agent-one man, fill
ing all three of these important offices,
besides acting as ticket agent and post
master, during his leisure moments.
General Grants duties are nothing com
pared to the duties and labor of this vast
.u4 = ar ,s.itt.raL
r. Leaving South DanVille and its busy
nging a late stylemilitary
salute to the war-worn veterans of the
Kentucky State Guard, as they Feeled
onward with the train-I cFawled into
red, black and yellow stage, and with
rain falling in torrents We splattereds on
toward DanYille proper-a lovely, quiet
town Of about four thousand Inhabitants,
many fine colleges, seminaries and
churches. .d1rftn v-E
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e The number of CongrC

u The number OF Congressional
candidates in the Fourth District for
the seat made vacant by the death
of Mr.Head, now figures upfourteen.
"A Convention has been called to
meet at Lebanon to nominate a
candidate. -. ,-~.;--5-,,,--. r--.e..-,-r .
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Brown, Crowell & Co. are sole agents
for the saFeaof Wells Cassi1nefes and of
KiFkpatricK's Jeans, and you, viii save
money by buying your mems wear Of
them zstO1g 3It io s1nrt1EsI G9aaGfuD
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Geo. W Dye. As.nr &c. q John s. Dyer decd
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~ The official returns from the
Second Congressional District make
Thornburgh majority $50. .''' -
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u The Official returns from the
First Congressional District make
Netherlands majority 1873.
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-07
Badgct Of Sclssorings.
A Model Subscriber.

Good morning, sir; Mr.. Editor, how acre
the folks. to-day:
/ owe You for next years Press, | Thought
Id come and pay,
And Jones is agoin' 20 take IL, ana thls Is ais
money here;
shut down lendin' II 10 him, and then coaXed
him TO Try il a year.
And here is few little items that happened
last week in our town;
| thought they'd look good for the paper, and
80 just jOtted them Gown.
And here is a basket Of cherries my wife
picked expressly for you;
And wee bunch OF flowers from Lucy. she
thought she must send something too,
You're doing this politics bully, as all of our
family agree;
Just keep your old goose-q quill ilappin, and
give 'em good one for me;
And now you are chuck full of business, and
| won't be takin' your time
I've things of my own must tend to-good
day sir, believe viii climb
The editor sat in his sanctum and brought
down his fist with thump.
"God bless that old farmer" he muttered.
hes regular jolly old trump
And lis hhus with our noble profession. and
thus it will ever be still;
There are some who appreciate its labor, aud
some who perhaps never will,
But in The great tine that is coming, when
Gabrel's trumpet shall sound,
And they who have labored and rested small
come from the quivering ground,
When they who have striven aud suffered. to
teach and ennoble their race,
Shall march at the front of the column. each
one in his God-g given place.
As they march through the gates of the City.
with proud and victorious tread,
The editor and his assistants will not travel
far from the head.
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-07

CIVIL RIGHTs -" Kurridge dis way
twenty five cents to any part oU de city -
This was the theme Of sable hack
man at recent public gathering.
"Only twenty five cents to any part oh
do city. Hab a kurrdge, sab T.. And
thus he accosted every passing gentle
man.
Presently well dressed gontlemanly-
appearing eolored man came up, when,
all of sudden the hackman ceased to
call out the "quarters, and turned so
as not to look the gentleman in the face.
q would like carriage" said the
gentleman.
No response
~ would like to ride to the Boody
house." stepping nearer and speaking
louder.
"Sahf'
Is this hack ?"
No, sab, it's private kurrldge. y
Don't you carry passengers ?"
"Sometimes l does, sab, and some
times | don't sab, turning away again
How much to drive me to the
Boody ~
"Three dollars, sab =
But the gentleman got in, and seemed
to display his face at the window as much
as possible as they drove along the
streets. Bat imagine the drivers dis
gusted lock when the gentleman helped
himself out and handed quarter for his
fare, and, with u smile, passed into the
hotel
He was no other than Prof. Larcome,
Of Washington, whose life has been spent
in teaching and in efforts to elevate his
race Toledo Commercial.
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-07

EE" Laugh and Grow Fat :" is quite
q venerable adage, and Sterne tells us
that every time man laughs, he au~~ a,.-
something to his life, An eccentric
philosopher of the last century used to
say that he not only liked to laugh him.
self, but to see and hear laughter. Laugh
ter is good for the health provocative
to appetite, and friend to digestion
DR., Sydenham said the arrival of a mer-
ry andrew in town is more beneficial TO
the Inhabitants than twenty asses loaded
with medicines. Though, as Shak cate
AYERS all men and women are players
yet we little know the state OF mnl ia
which they play their parts.
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-07

EE- We are ruined not by what we
really want, but by what we think we do !,
therefore never go abroad in search of
your wants. II they be real wants they
will come home in search Of you, for he
that buys what he does not want will
soon want what he cannot buy
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-07
Private School.

MISS LEILA GARDNER takes this meth
Nl od to give notice, she will open private
School. during the vacation of the public
Schools, at the Seminary Buildings,
Commencing May. 25th.
Hours from o'clock to H. a. M.
Tuition, for term Of six weeks. 50 90.
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-07

EF a Kalamazoo widow, who is not
one Of the despairing kind, has the pho
tographs OF her three departed lords in
group, with a vignette of herself in the
center, and underneath is the inscription
The Lord viii provide 4"
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-07

kT a teacher, questioning little boys
about the graduation in the scale OF be.
ing, asked, "What comes mex, to man 2"
Whereupon a little a shaver, who was
evidently smarting under . sense of pre-
vious defeat, Immediately distanced all
competitors bv promptly shouting, :" His
undershirt, ma'am"
The Van Buren press., 1874-07-07

Ey-" There is one good thing aboat
babies, said a recent traveller. lhey
never change. We have girls of the pc
riod, men of the world; but the baby is
the same self.possessed, fearless, laugh
ing, voracious little heather in all ages
and in all countries. "