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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-01-23
KENNEBEC LAUNDRY,
Winthrop Court, Augusta, Me.

Having purchased of Mr.. W; A. Webster the
entire interest in the above Laundry we shall open
it for business on MONDAY. Jan. -.
The laundry is in the building known as Waverly
Hall, which has been fitted up with all the ncces-
sary appliances of frst-class laundry, and we are
now prepared to do all kinds Of Laundry Work in
the best manner ct reasonable rates. Our facilities
are such that We are enabled to do all kinds ofwork
cheaper than it can be done in any other way, and
without the Inconvenience Of washing day. We
shall collect articles every day from our patrons
and deliver them when ready, Free of Charge, thus
saving All trouble in that direction. Every precau
ton viii be taken to prevent loss OF articles.
Printed blanks will be distributed, thus enabling
every one to keep their own account. We hold
ourselves responsible for all articles lost injured
beyond the usual wear Of washing, and shall use
no acids or compositions which cave work and in
jnre clothes and ask Of the public fair trial Of our
work. with the determination to make that our best
recommendation
Orders left at J. +. Pierce's Bookstore, and j. B.
Dyers, Cushnoc Heights, in Augusta, G. Spauld-
ings Bookstore, in Hailowell, Palmer Co.'s Book.
store in Gardiner, or at the Laundry, will receive
prompt attention.
BURBANK X LArHAM,
PrOprietOrs.
Augusta, Jan. IA, 1874. t-3w
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-07

A bit of most reprehensible cuisine is TO-
ported from Bartlett. n. II. Daring free nso' 'n
few DAYS ago. child was kicked into the "0 aNN
there until IL was overdOne We are rather ph@n,
20 rcad tbat the rioters were Swedish colonlsts vi
we had better opinion But rum is great demorsh10'
There is in a hospital in Italy an old woman
who has an appetite most extensively e1celien'i ~.
every day she eats Ave rations OF roast meat
eggs, fourteen loaves with nsh aud maecaronL "noa
tha doctor, dnin,h the quantity OF the food, she raves
ediv .he threatens 70 create famine, the doctVIs
are doing their best reduce her appete 70
nronortions thus far with no success whatever.
The cause of education has been greatly
retarded OF late in Pleasant Grove CAL One hue morn
ing little ANIMAL far from fragrant was ioana o00u
plying seat In tho schoolroom. Direfal enor'' We.
made by teacher aud pupils 10 expel hpi put vac he
he was pressed the stronger he grew for zen SSn't
held sole posse ssion OF that seminary, ana 81
Keep Then the Odorous creature consented - l,s
the cellar lie Ia there still and though the edueauons
siruggles continued above. ~ "a VIII ieau
tremOling aud plsnt9o0a LACK VI meu'As aos''ss""N
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-07
WORTHLESS RAILROAD LAND
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD CoUN-
TRY-yIEWS OF MAJ.-GEN. HAZEN.

ruR NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COUN
TRY-yIEws OF MAJ.-GEN. HAzEN.
A REGION OF EXTREME COLD IN WINTER AND DRoUrH
IN SUBMISSIONS IN WHICH MEN AND BEASTS
PERIsH-THE SOIL CAN ONLY RE CULTIVATED BY
rRRIGAuoN-IHE LAND NOT WORTH PENNY AN
ACRE
TO tie BdttOr OF The tribune
SIR For two years have been an observer OF 'ns
effort upon the part of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company to make tho world believe this secuoh "
be q valuable agricultural one. and. win many
ethers have kept silent although KNOWING 'no
falsity Of their Representations. wnuo tney nave
pretty fully carried their point IN eS'aDhsnins :"
popular belief favorable TO their wishes
vhen reading such statements OF its fertility as
,ra.r in the article entitled Poetry and Phlloso-
phv al Indian Summer in that most estimaDle pc
RADICAL HaypeYs M0RthlE OF December lo'S-ln
winch are repeated most Of the shameless falsehoods
90 lawfully published the past two years, as adYer
,;saments in the interests of that Company, ana
,erha,s written by the pen-a feeling OF shame
and indignation arises that any of our countrymen'
especially when 50 highly favored with the popular
Good will and benefits, should deliberately indulge
ia such wicked receptions.
The theoretical isothermals of Capt. Maury ana
Mr.. Blodget, which have given rise to so much
speculation, and are used 30 eXtraVaganuy ny uo'o
who have a use for them, although true along the
Pacific coast are not found 10 be true by actual eX-
perienoe and observation, i'll this middle region.
My post of duty is at the mouth OK the lelow-
stone. at the intersection Of 104 meridian west with
she 4sth parallel north in the midst of this sO-caled
northern tropical belt" and while nature stares
me in the face with its stubborn contradictions
shall put them on paper shall just give table OF
temperatures and rainfall taken from accurate
daily observations at this post since 1866;
BtIFORD d. T., FROM THE 15T or AUGUST, 1876, TO
THE SisT OF DECEMBER 1873.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-07

Here is singular paragraph to find in a
Portland Me. newspaper " 1t was good a TEN.
peranee lecture those i've young fellows standing
on the corner OF High and COngrosssS Saturday, all
too drunk DO able 10 talk OF TO walk straight" Where
In that pattern prohibition place could they possibly
have got thstr lqGorf .t l1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-07

'aF ,oa,aa' % .'sa'.'aa .. aate'' ae esa'a -'1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-07

ae.isssai 1ise3 @1as Pc , -. 81, sl.,s, -,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-07

To he EdtI0r OF I"e II
SIR: Your twenty-five Years Subscriber"
4, beaten nine years My father subscribed when Iss
TRIBUNE was first published in $780, think, and pre-
vious 10 its publication took The Log CABIN" also pup
ushed by Mr.. Greeley He has Away snoeen saI ~
most solid and substantial paper published T. w.
Fort PLATA n. L., Jan. 90 1874
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-07

Temperatures Average.
ia years. A.A7 26oJ V3l l264
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-15

TIE urand JUiy ivr TIE Court OF
t Common Pleas visited the residence OF
. Judge Hall this forenoon and submitted
the following report:
Hon. VIM. Sprigg Hall, Judge Court OF
Common. Pleas, Ramsey County. Sep
TENDER Term, 1874.
The Grand Jury have the honor to
state that they have visited the county
and city prisons, and that they flnd
them we'll kept, and the persons there.
! in confined are properly and we'll cared
for,
They have made the several inquiries
as to the conduct of the various county
Offices, and find them well conducted and
that no complaint againt said officers
have come to their knowledge.
They have visited and inspected the
County Poor House and City Hospital,
and find them well and properly con-
Quoted and the inmates we'll cared for.
They respectfully call attention to
the ex posed condition Of the outer walls
eof the county Jail, and recommend that
the Jail be suitably fenced
so as to preclude the approach to the
walls from the street.
1t has come to the knowledge of the
grand jury that the present State Aud
itor is in the habit of receiving public
money. 1t is hoped this course will be
. discontinued.
All Of which is respectfully submit
ted. DAVID DAY, Foreman.
D. A. j. BAKER, Clerk.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-15
The Arrest.

Soon after the report, Mr.. Mc1lrath
was arrested by deputy sheriff Miller.
Judge Hall being sick and Judge Will
kins of the District court absent in
court at Minneapolis, Mr.. McIlrath was
taken before the Supreme court then in
session on a writ of habeas corpus, and
admitted to bail in the sum of $4,000,
with Ex-Governor VIM. R. Marshall, ex-
State Treasurer Charles Scheffer and
Russell Blakcly, Esq, as sureties.
1t is understood that Mr.. Mcllrath is
preparing lengthy reply to the report
Of the Senate Investigating Committee,
but it is not thought it will be made
public until the civil suit against him
ordered to be brought by Gov. Davis
is commenced.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-15
To Preserve Green Fodder.

Such as turnip-tops, best-tops. or
other succulent vegetables, a method
has been in nse for many years in Eu-
rope, by which this green fodder is
kept in good condition for six or twelve
months. A trench two to four feet
deep is dug in dry spot in the field,
and the tops of the roots, carefully
gathered when free from rain or dew.
are thrown into it. They are very
compactly pressed down, and when the
pit is filled some straw is laid upon the
fodder and the earth is heapcd over the
whole. In this manner, this product,
which is generally wasted in a great
measure, is utilized. On one occasion,
the writer saw one Of these pits opened
in the spring which had been filled and
covered up. the fall previous. The fod-
der, which was leaves of sugar beets,
was as fresh to all appearance as when
gathered, and the COWS to which it was
fed ate it with avidity. Salt is gener'
ally sprinkled upon the fodder and aids
in it's preservation. 1t would be worth
while when our root crops are being
gathered to preserve the tops in this
way as an experiment. 1t is not proba
bic that there will be any difficulty or
account of our colder climate in thus
preserving for future use a{very consid
cradle amount Of winter fodder. The
principal requisites are to pack away
the leaves when dry, to compress them
as closely as possible, and to cover then
SO completely with earth that all access
of air is prevented. 1t is by tho exclu
sion of air that they are kept from de
cay.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-15
THEFARM AND HOUSEHOLD
Keeping Apples for Winter Use.


Winter fruit is usually kept in cellars
with other vegetables. The usual dis.
advantages of this plan are that they
are too warm and too damp. and the
air is too much laden with vapors from
other stores. If kept in the cellar I'm.
der the dwelling house it should be en-
tirely separated from the other cellars,
and be kept at lower temperature
than potatoes and squashes, and the
vegetables usually slowed in the cellar.
A better plan is to have a cellar under
grain barn, and devoted to the use Of
fruit only. This should be kept open
during the day as much as possible
without danger of freezing the fruit. 1t
should be well ventilated by fues into
chimneys, or going up to the roof, &C.
cording to the location.
Care must be taken however, to keep
the fruit, as nearly as possible, at the
same temperature. One or more ther.
mometers should be fixed to the walls,
and if it become evident that the air
admitted in the middle Of the day raises
the temperature, the cellar should be
closed until this effect is no Il nger pro.
duced.
When placed in barrels, the ap.
Piles should be carefully assorted, wheth.
er for home use or for the market.
Table apples, cooking apples, and ap.
Piles to be fed out, should each be plac-
ed by themselves, and disposed of &C.
cordingly. The best apples should be
firmly headed up, and labeled with the
name and quality Of the fruit, and the
date of the gathering, with. any other
desirable memoranda. By the way, il
people used such memoranda more than
they do. it would often be source OF
pleasure and Of profit.
Apples require some watching. SO
that each sort may be used only while
in its prime. This must be determined
not only by the variety, but by the
season. If it has been warm summer
OF fall, or if apples generally have rip.
ened early, they will not keep so late as
usual. They must not be allowed to
ripen fully before beginning upon them
by the way of trial, so that you may
Ilt SURF w NION WucD Cucf 1Ic III C1cll
best condition, and improve it accord
ingly. If there be many of one sort, oI
of 3eyeral sorts, that ripen simultane'
ously, SOME of them might be used be,
forehand for pies, or buildings, or other
cooking. They are far better for use
than if left to be cut up when half de
cayed. For cooking is sort Of quick
ripening, which breaks down the hare
tissues and develops havors, before
they come naturally to perfection. But
cooking has no power to restore favors
to fruit which has passed its prime. and
slightly immature apples have q better
flavor when cooked than even those
which are in their prime. If. with al
this, the supply of apples is too grca
ia be Used up while at their best, they
should be put up in cans, which, by
the time they are wanted for this pur
pose, will probably be emptied of SOM
earlier fruits. For this purpose, also
it is best to plan so as to put them vi
before they commence to decay.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-15
Harvesting Buckwheat.

The New York Tribune says: Buck
wheat may be cut with a reaper, and
raked up in good-sized gravels. These
should not be bound. but raked into
lunches and the heads pressed togcth-
er. The punches or sheaves thus
formed are set up upon their butts and
left in the field until the grain is dry
enough to thrash. 1t is never stacked
but is threshed as it is brought from
the field. No grain or straw will heat
more readily than buckwheat, and af.
ter threshing the grain should be
cleaned up from the chat at once and
stored upon the floor Of an airy loft
until it is dry. 1t may then be placed
in tina bin.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-15
STATE OF MINNESOTA, }
CHARLES MCILRArH.

Charles Mcllrath is accused by the
grand jury of the county of Ramsey by
this indictment Of entering upon the
duties of the office of Auditor of the
State of Minnesota without having en-
tered into or filed in the proper office
the official bonds in that behalf re-
quired by law, committed as follows:
The said Charles McIlrath at
the general election for the
State of Minnesota held in
the said State of Minnesota, on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday of
November, 4. d. 1869, being the I'd day
of November, A. d. 1869. was duly
elected to the office Of Auditor of the
State Of Minnesota for the term COM
mencing upon the LIST day of January,
1871, and ending the LIST day of Janu-
airy, 1873; and that thereafter at the
city of st. Paul, in the county of Ram
sey, on the LIST day of January, 1872,
the said Charles McIlrath did
wrongfully, unlawfully. knowingly
and feloniously, and being then
and there Auditor of the State of Min
nesota, enter upon the duties Of TIE
office of Auditor of said State of Mime.
sofa before entering into bond with
one or more sureties approved by the
Governor Of the State of Minnesota, in
the sum of $4,000, payable to the
State of Minnesota, conditioned for the
faithful discharge Of his official duties
as such Auditor, and did upon
the said LIST day of January, 1872, enter
upon the duties of Auditor before
depositing in the office of the Secretary
in State bond of the sum of $40, 200
payable to the State of Minnesota with
one or more sureties, approved by the
Governor of Minnesota, conditioned by
him, the said McIlrath, for the faithful
discharge of his official duties as re-
CURED by law.
Contrary to the form Of the statute
in such case made and provided and
against the peace and dignity of the
State Of Minnesota.
Dated at the city Of St. Paul in the
County of Ramsey and State of Mime.
sofa the 18th day of October, A. D..
1874. DAVID DAY.
Foreman of Grand Jury.
NUMBER TWO.
Charges, malfeasance in office in tina,
he sold John Rollins permit to cut
pine timber upon section Is, township
80. range 20. without any public auc,
ton or public sale in any manner.
NUMBER THREE.
Charges that on the 18th of Nov.
1871. he sold to j. Clarke & Bro. per
init to cut pine timber on school lands
in section Is. township fl, range %
without public auction.
NUMBER FOUR.
This is similar to number one. except
that it simply charges him with enter
Ing upon his duties as State Auditor il
January, 1S72.without giving an oficia
bond.
NUMBER FIVE.
That on the 18th dav of November
ISL. he unlawfully and feloniously sol,
to one Crowell and one Ph;lhuck. F.;
permit for the cutting Of pine timbel
upon certain school lands, numbere,
Is in township No. 50, range 26 west
without any public auction. contrar,
to the form of the statutes in sucl
cases made and provided.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-15
Cut the Corn.

The Wsstern Farmer says: Not
every farmer, but by far the majority
Of Wisconsin farmers will find it to
their Advantage to add to their other
supplies of winter food for stock, good
quantity of carefully shocked and
handled corn fodder. Cutting and feed
ing this is hard and disagreeable work,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-15
A Lean Horse Made Fat.

Many good horses devour large guam
titles of grain and hay, and still con-
tinue thin and poor. The food eaten
is not properly assimilated. If the
usual feed has been unground grain and
hay, nothing but change will effect a
desirable alteration in the appearance
of the animal. In case oil meal cannot
be obtained readily, mingle bushel of
fax seed with bushel of barley, ore
of oats, another bushel of Indian corn,
and let it be ground into fine meal.
This will be a fair proportion for all his
feed. Or, the meal of barley, oats and
corn, in equal quantities, may he first
procured and one-fourth part Of the
oil cake mingled with it, when the meal
is sprinkled on cut feed. Feed two or
three quarts of the mixture three times
daily, mingled with peck of cut hay
and straw. If the horse will eat that
amount greedily, let the quantity be
gradually increased until he will eat
four or six quarts at every feeding
three times a day. So long as the ami
NAL will eat this allowance, the GUAM
tity may be increased little every
day. But avoid the practice of allow
ing horse to stand at rack we'll
filled with hay. In order to fatten a
horse that has run down in flesh, the
groom should be very particular to feed
the animal no more than he will eat up
clean and lick the manger for more.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-15
The Late State Auditor.

The Grand Jury also presented
twenty-six indictments against ex-
State Auditor Charles McIlrath for
1malfeasance in office. We append the
II first one in full and an abstract of the
Others. relieving them of their legal
verbiage:
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-15
mti-Munupolist.
MCILRATH INDICTED.
Report Of the Grand Jury,

Twenty-Six indictments ROUND
Against the Late State AuditOr-ffe
Is Arrested and Gives Bail The
Present state Auditor Receiving
Public Money-Abstract of the In
dictments-''The History OF Mr.
McIlrath,'' sc.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-15

Recently two elderly Scotch
maiden ladies, of a believing, faith full
and rather superstitious turn. being
from the Heelands, were startled out OF
their senses owing to revelation made
to them by an old gentleman travelling
in the same carriage as to the history Of
an air cushion which he carried on his
lap with the utmost anxiety lest any
one should touch it. THAT air cush
ion" he said to his fellow passengers
in voice husky with emotion, ICON
tains the last breath of my dead wife
She expired in . fit immediately after
blowing it out. / beg, ladies, that you
will not NEEDLE with 1t"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-15

but it pays. Cut as early as the matu-
rity of the corn will allow, and careful
~ handled thereafter, very large
quantity of good fodder can thus be OBJ
tanned. We are glad to see evidences
that more corn will be cut this year
than ever before in Wisconsin, but it is
not yet too late for some farmers to re-
consider their arrangements and de-
eide to cut at least a few acres.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-15
Household Hints.

Small round freckles can be removed
by the application Of chlorine water
every night and morning, allowing it
to dry in. For the more de@se ones,
chloride of lime, one to ten, fifteen or
twenty parts of water. according to the
sensitiveness of the skin. When using
the strong solutions, merely touch the
spots with moistened camels hair
brush.
One of the London journals contains
statement by DR.. Berry of his sue
cessfui treatment Of uncomplicated
whooping cough with diluted nitric
acid. in doses of from five to fifteen
minims, according to age, with simple
syrup, given every three or four hours,
alleviating the cough and spasms, and
apparently cutting short the disease.
During an epidemic of the disorder he
prescribed this frequently, and with
very satisfactory results. lie offers no
suggestion as to the operation of the
remedy, but he believes its action to be
that of tonic, though it's refrigerating
properties are not to be lost sight of.
In all cases treated he has, Of coure,
paid attention to the state of the d.
gestive organs, and in such cases as
have required it, he has given an aperi-
ent, combined with an Alternative.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-15

The 18th infantry have been ORDER
ed South from Nebraska.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-15

comb, and they are ready for the bees.
1t does not seem to be generally I'M
derstoed that the amalgam of tin-foil
with mercury, which is spread on glass
plates to make looking-glasses, is very
readily crystalized by actinic solarrays.
A mirror hung where the sun can shine
on it is usually spoiled; it takes gran
ulated appearance familiar to house
keepers, though they may not be ac-
quainted with the cause of the change.
In such state the article is nearly
worthless, the continuity Of the surface
is destroyed, and it will not reflect out
lines with any approach to precision.
Raw Beef for Dyscntery.-Take
half a pound of juicy beef, free from
fat; mince it very finely; then rub it
into smooth pulp. either in mortar
or with an ordinary potato-masher, and
press it through fine sieve. Spread q
little out upon a plate and sprinkle over
it some salt or some sugar, if the child
prefers it. Give it alone, or spread up
on buttered slice Of stale bread. It
| makes an excellent food for children
with dysentry.
-Oilcloth is ruined by the applica-
ton Of lye-soap, as the lye eats the
cloth, and after being washed it should
be wiped perfectly dry, or the damp
ness will soon rot it. If laid down
where the sun will shine on it much, it
will be apt to stick fast to the floor.
nuless paper is laid under it.
Take three carrots and CRATE them;
place in vessel and cover with lard,
without salt, if convenient; boil thor
oughly, strain, and add sufficient bees
wax to make paste. This is a most
| invaluable ointment for cuts, burns,
scalds, or wounds of any kind,
A veteran housekeeper atfirms that
the scarcity of good servants is largely
attributable to the scarcity Of mistress
es who know how to keep house as one
should be kept.
| If stove polish is mixed with very
strong soapsuds, the iuster appears i'm
mediately and the dust Of the polish
| does not fly around as it usually does
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-15
NUMBER TwENrY-SI.

That he feloniously on the 18th of
November, 1871. granted permit to
Gordon, Cooley & Co., a permit to cut
pine timber on school section 36, town.
ship As, range 10 west without any pub
lie auction and contrary, etc.