The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-06-04

(N. Il) Mirror tells the following: II
take 1t most OF the SpOrtSmcn of Central
New Hampshire know something Of Rag
ged Mountain. the home of coon and trout.
Woodcock and foxes. and a few bears and
those who know the mountain as Z matter
ofcoursc know Uncle John lIilliard, whose
cabin hides under the east side Of the
mountain, and who has tor three score
Years and ten been quite content to brave
the winter SHOWS and summer suns, re-
sistin@ all the temptations to desert his
clearing and his friends OF the forest for
the encryatimg pleasures Of village life
Johns sons are chips OF the old block-as
stalWart and ncouth, rs good shots and
Il, wild, as opposed to luNury and rs well
acquainted with the denizens OF the woods
and waters from which most of the food
they have eaten has been secured. \ year
ago this spring, While prospecting upon
the side Of the mountain, Johns boys
found a family of mink--tWo Old ones and
tourvoung The young Were quite small.
'fangless and furleS~ and therefore value
less The old ones We're nearly aS worth
less, their fur Being at that season both
thin and poor, and, after considering
awhile, the boys concluded to try and save
the lot until the next winter, when their
heavy coats Of gIstening tur would turn
into many al honest penny. They accord
ingly went to work and constructed a
rough box about twelve tect long by four
feet high and six feet wide This they
carried to brook near the cabin and, bv
placing one end il the brook, 50 arranged
it that by boring augur holes in the sides
OF the box, 4 brooE. ran constantly through
it from side to side. The dry end of the
box was filled with earth about a foot deep,
and upon it was thrown & mass OF green
boughs and twigs, which We're renewed
as they Wilted through the summer. This
constituted the mnkcry, and into it Were
| put the six minkS, and during the summer
others were added until the colony num-
bered twelve They were ted ON wild
meat. the carcasaes Of woodchucks, hedge
hogs and squirrels, and live fish which
were caught IN nets and pat into the brook
inside the box The lnnks tlrived anC
grew wonderfully, becoming as fat as
pigs, and being quite rs hearty. Last win
/ ter they We're taken out and skinned ane
their skins sold tor SJI
Small il the sum that IA required to pat
ronlze a newspaper, and amply rewarded
is its patron, | care not how humble ant
unpretending the gazette which he takes
1t is next to impossible to fill 4 sheet Will
printed matter without putting into i
something that is worth the subscription
price. Every parent whose son is ava,
from home at school, should supply hin
with 4 newspaper. | well remember wha
4 marked difference there was between
those Of my schoolmates who had, an,
those who had not access to newspapers
Other things being equal. the first wcr
always decidedly superior to the last il
debate, composition, and general intelll
gence. Daniel Webster
young lady in San Jose, Cal, about
month ago secretly married the man c
her choice, and then went right alo. g at
tending to her business as if nothing ha
happened But the other day the happ,
couple concluded to publish thermarriag
in the local paper. and the old man 81,
it. Showing the notice to his daughte
he sternly demanded, "What does thi
mean is it a joke, Maria Jane, or is it rt
ality ?" The daughter raised her head
her face sutf'used with bushes, an
answered, Yes, father it is a .loke-o
) you" The Old man weakened.
, No more truthful sentence was eve
penned by man than the following write
, by Chancellor Kent: The parent VIII
, sends his son into the world uneducate
} detrauds the community Of a lawful cit
zen, and bequeaths to it 4 nuisance
These words should be written in letter
OF gold over the entrance of every scho(
in the land.
, soliloquy by an old topper: They 81
} whlskey is a curse And they say brand
is q curse. And they say tobacco
; another curse. Well, | wish all tho>
, curses would come home to roost. an