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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07

slr. L. i'heeney of Lime Springs
Visited ttr.ca on la last week, and
Whi'c here sought III, ugh all the "a.
looms ana through thc'laacs and back
alleys It the tpwn to find some gentle.
man who weula take u chip oil hi, Goa.
tail At tho dismal hpur al ~ p m.
HI found the n,an most unexpectedly
who e,aa.l IL II. Though Mr. Ihrney
hal mt mt, him before during tic LAY.
10 lit uncs recognized his man. md
rear.v,l cut Il, him with left lan,l-
or. Y The first round convinced Mr,
!hrcnrs that he was aboard &c 4
double decker. and after few mo-
mcnts le went ashore, fully repaired
fnr exhibition to the curious, both
eyes dressed in mourning--his nose
blown out like biz sunfcwcr. and n
splendid mansari ru,f on his head, q.
he was jus, beautiful picture - be.
hold.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07

The Peoples Paper announces that
thr people # Nrt,feg,r. through SINE
r til lnalius business men are taking
riea~are, II connect their city with tho
Mluaasin shore i, mt ans u \ ranlaon
iriler IN wagon ROAD, II seems IT.
IT. that such i connection would hiring
iafge amount uf trade and business
/" the city. AMI II - i, would he a
profitable Investment to the city anil Vt
course g. The eainufatars.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07

IN the first district the Hon. Il, W,
M,t'rarv WIN ne,ninatca Or congress
IN the republican convention a, Far.
lic.l in tlc us hall,t. Tho contes,
up I, this ppi'' ha' heen between j.
II. t:car. anl Nr. San valkcnbnrgh
With tu.tar three persons % lessor note,
Nr. Mat'rary hal declined 4 reelection
he!urr l., ,elu.n from Washington. w
believe l., a,tsi's ~ nominations
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07

1As tAsfis* - iaspliaepNs~4 sAss
ssee iisssles i ,sl.lssassag Ne aisA IA.
t.tt ii lf~A ssaNss that 10 q mistake
VI. aNasfss - ,ssnsge ~ sat .ee
ssAsA 49, that he lsAa stated Fl !.
'Hestt Nna am isMsisA |" lsshAls
w. atlAs h~At stfairht Msalna
Standard
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07

Sam l,nwlrs, u the Springfield Re-
publican, seems u BE- doing quite nice
u III his new farm although he got
very mud, The other day. At an agri.
eul,nrist Win rerroycl him for pairing
his potatoes before planting them.
brooklyn Argus,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07

saHsinael slsrnre M Minneapolis
nni It. ranl h near the isas III rniAr
~ ,sfsss hss trseialei editorial Topics ansi
local items having III. attention the,
merit. This however II nd designed
~ an apology a. w ,hsnk The paper
.ieuf oe..f IA
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07

Tho llawkeyo says II wasn't
Barnes nomination thu, gives tho Anti-
Monnp ticket 4 "bal smell" ~ DR..
Miller declared. Tho oaor comes from
TN fostering Stone hrnisc.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07

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a. s8 A - Aa@4 = II
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07

Nearly half the republican papers IN
this district BIOL, tho nomination II
lIon. II. u. Pratt, AZ ono unfit to have
been made. II looks rs thong', his
defeat must bo Inevitable.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07

The Republicans d tho Ord distri,I
nominated lion. &. I. Granger fol
Congress on tho 18th ballot. The let
tors Of lion. y. N. coolcy, to Nm
Toman Of tho independence bulletin
unqncs.ionably hal much ~ d. IN dc
leating his Congressional aspirations.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07
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pServANarI fhv rafitr sfgr.
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stes1 Uf thv 0fd sfnNd 0s here
t~ferr Wifs "a fHH Nsr az
Eoes1s ~ ersru ffr.,n.tMsra'.
IOesr roni'a.tets i,rfjun .
MEC IN solicited.
Sre~rn June afsi issi vat
u. sIrlTllER
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07

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deposits an she rneip Rnff. IA All
lss1nn sfs,sng~ VIZ slsrinpns
rsh,lsitr,l''aisAAr mtsc IA '.fuAisaa
raIg~r ~ n II vailrl, but shrs. esn.
n,a h. m, doubt About tie silver -
Mssuf Smish has forwarded h New
York tie tlseeinrns forwarded hiM IT
investigation shuali tic imsaense
ieage 4 reks which line the tsfini.
stene iot miles IN either sile prove L.
he ~ rich NJ the specimens exhibited.
the value II the discovery will he he.
sond computation. !, number Il min.
err from Silver ISL, n,ine arc visiting
the tirinls.nnc regions exploring lar
silver In tile in,errss ul the Silver lSlut
Mining Company We expect II hsar
st,tne interesting news trnm TIN Iaris
IN few days. --t',ne Count, MINI. J
News.
Inc friends &c Mr.. Mitchell about
here, and they arc legion, will be re.
jaiced at the Intelligence communicate.
ell IN the foregoing article. taken from
n paper Published IN tho vicinity II tho
discovery. MIR. Mitchell has devoted
his entire time with tic exception of
4 fcw days a, home IL tho spring, and
again the iirs, ~ July, since early las,
winter, IN exploring or copper IL tie
sieiui,, II this discovery. and We hnpo
q SO hin profit now from his pcrac-
scre,re, labor aud rriva,isns.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07

~ Sew lnyrn.i"n Thnruu3 hls Test
81 AMI Secure hy ,..:iera l'nt.nl
- Makes perfect lock stitch. alise
oil bail i les, sn AL liNa II Enots
3--Euns Light, Smooth, Sni,rless and
X ,rad hest combination II qualities.
-linr.hl Run. for ,se..< without
Rr,sirs
!, Will H. II sarlties ~ VIZ, mi
Fancy stitching ID sipri.nr nutnrr.
u - mn.i rasilA ntnsSstti | itit utpr.
a'pr. lrrsfh II sa,,h is5s III hltslri
~l.,,e running, nni mNehtnr i u i.f.ad.
~ ~ tn,. ,''r in.s ,hsFn.sN lss
- 'i.sign s'm'c. Ing, sen~, finsns,
f.ttiin4 i'te ~ VI, wIlnut lhe ~ nfi'es
Mhsei t,ta,, 40 ~ nas ~ isrAaF Anus
Ha- .he tnl"a ME iiren Fell which la.
sntee uniform len- ni'~' itsh Ill an speed
lis .its new Thread ,gnl,eiaef. Which
a1ltrs - v meyca. sW Ut No. ltfst,r md
prevents Injury ~ thread
4 s~t'sfstirisen in.af e4eesal pn.l lHis i.
81. Il |. manufactured rs h n..,sf ILL.
FIJI mi experienced n.f.'a nies ii liz ri.
ehsatf tt.nus'nn ArHors i.iien, y
ti.ira9n tllirs. -, .stsia -. ..ft'lu.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07

CNalOC1a II mnre than n substitute
fsr castor TIL, II II the only safc anicic
IN existence which Il certain to assimlAlr
the food, regulate the bowels, cnrc Wind.
eslls, and produce natural sleep. u con.
talMs neither minerals mnrplllnr az alcohol,
and II pleasant 10 take. th,lirca ncel net
cry, and mothers ,nay rest ao,,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07

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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07
~ tfsE GREAT GAlNK
l. ~. s..f.s' sExNlsK \.

Y
e#tls,
4 I.fttthr IN the Mature, Treatment.
md l.ahiesl cure ~ seminal Wcaknuss "
flefmatafshaa, induced rs feif Ahuse.
Involuntary l,nissans, lmpoteney, Near.
san4 debility, uial lurc,llmon,s 10 Marriage
u,tlpralif inn.umttlun Rpilepsy, ssd Fits.
Meatal il itsetepl in.aprrity. ke,-~Dy
EnnIHl / i'IIAInWELI, N y. author
ii tie Iilrrn Hook, &c.
lie un,il.renpunci rihor. In this adm.
i,tt ler uie, clearly prov .
fiAm ILL evn experiences Tint thc
nsEiH consequences NJ tsll.AbMev
my 10 .nerinaily lrmpsL without nseai.
cine, nnl Without dangerous surgical 0per.
atolts, htnlti.4. Instruments, rings, or cot.
,llnl.s pointing nut h ,nnlr ~ rnre ii nnc.
..rtaln nn,l ss...iuai, nv which Every sAsr.
-, III npii,r whfs ~. condition may b.
NY talr Liu.ait eaesrly. privately ant
rsdieslly
f1e fhis Lecture will PROVE hooa h
ilaalr I'LL ant tin,sanis
pan, unsser seal. IN Plain envelope. 10
m, nIirefA, ~ receipt Of six cehis, " ~"
postage stamps Address the Publishers,
tLa.. !. a. kllnr \ Go,
~ no~ery, New York Post Ohcs hes
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07

VIVA, tho DEBORAH ltcrnb lean SAYS
abeu, the Democrats having supported
Judge Williams aud Milo Mctila,hrr,
I'll tho lW"lii,ncnaii", IL the lar IT
,he district il cmiaeu;ly true. w
know that tho leading men u tina, or.
ganixa'i,u have always opi sod carry
ing inlirMl matters into party
for Ii, nominees, Ia this county
there !,as ucysr ~ tar m
We ale aware. bern disposition III
the part II eit her democrats ~ rerubl,-
caus u make thu Office par,ixan in is
character. Men u al parties ,l.s.,l.,
tho hustle with which Judges have saa
away fran the courts III this county. ~
the utter neglect IL the business tic,
Al. rail fur doing, lhc anxiety u
ut away from The county and il htt,i.
nrss t. hase "A ganl timc with the
hnys," l,as h.cn such that W. think |,
time to have change
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07
l,eMemear l.tntsslcnt.

}. !: !: J:
~ There II NJ pain M'...h the
crhls.ur Imminent Will nat -
H li~se. M swelling II will mol
XM suhlue, NIL II. lnmrr ~
4l0 which II will not cnrc, This
~" II strong Language. hui Il u
trna, II hAs rr ih.el N.ste
(CD0 cures ii ih.nMaitral, hr'irNi.
ria, l. IL law, lslsA. krfAiss .M, Wv &c.
eaksi. hreast. seall-. burns, salt.iarani5
aar.ashe, 40, wren tho human frame, anu
Or strsins, sravin gall., Ne. upon aainnls
70 one year lhan have All ether pretended
remedies sluse Tie we..fa hegan. II Ia
cssnser.lrrlt IN. MI MI healing ralu re'ir,.
er, crinrles il.-W AMY their eat 'tst
the lame walk. l.lsansas hitrs ~, rendered
harmless, md tic wounded ARE heal, / Mllh.
out A acar, Ii In ~ harAlng f,r reril,e
IL published nru,ind rael. hu,s'a II Il sell.
lA9 m no article ever hrt.ra hall. an II
cells because Ii ,laes Its, nhat u rrr'rnIs
10 d.. Thus~ WIN nsN Aussrr frun. iscan,
atixm, pain " sNpllsng deserve W siller IL
they will not use tstliaur l.inlfent Mere
than 1000 certificates IL remarkable cures
including fras~u lhnls. rh.nnassin Yaa,
RAINING tuners, Ne, have heei received,
We will ssna a circular containing Ger.
tihsAtes, the recipe, &c, gratis, 10 any Que
reoussting II. tine hottie ef the yellow
wrupper cvntAur Imminent IL worth one
Auudrsd dollnrs for spawned or sweehlcd
Aereea and mu'ss. ~ FIR sefew.Notm in
shesr. ktosk.awners --this llniment Is
worth your attention. No fanily shnull ~
without ccntAar linimen,, soli Us ~
Dvu.Fists. 40 cents PER bottle large
bottles SlOtl J. Is Rose \ 80.
o broadway, New York. tuyl
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07

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H8se.*sA4 4h8i I'll hAa III tssssss *s8aa@
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80 she 4FaMss4sA s8 Mss ts# Ill ssNsseH 4s
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iAaAi.t. aHi Nil Mt taift atassns fpsAa ~
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07

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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07

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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-08-07

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10 Dys1xtht;ra Il sf's tsutieTu
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-01

"a man shall be known by his fruits" solilo-
quised respondent Brooklyn Father, "and
mine are pairs. "-[Brooklyn Argus.
The natural inference from the above is that
the poor man is "pair"-ent. But why did
he misquote the scriptures?
Ackley, iowa, has been having novel tenn
perance war. A saloon keeper who was arrest
ed for selling liquor without authority, thought
the other persons in the business did not side
with him as they should have done, so filed
complaints against them all. The result is
that the liquor business in that town is sus-
pended.
1t is considered fact Of interest that Mr..
Richardson, when he was Judge of Probate,
once denied a request for an order authorizing
the sheriff or some other officer to seize the
books of an insolvent debtor accompanying
the refusal with the declaration that such a
seizure "would be in violation of the constitu-
tional rights of every citizen to be secured from
unreasonable searches and seizures of his per-
son, his houses, his papers, and all his posses
sions.''
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-01
An Imnortant Question.

We desi,e to thank Messrs. Frye and Hale of
the Maine delegation, for giving their votes
in favor of what is known as the McCreary bill
for regulating railroads which pass from one h
cause we approve of every feature of that Dill,
INT especialiy because it asserts the power OF
Congress to control railroads so far as they car
ry on inter State commerce, and by implication
the power of States to regulate ralroaus SO Iar
as they carry on State transportation; ana Is an
attempt to practically use that power. Inc
mower once established and used, and any i'm
perfections in the method of application can be
readily corrected.
The trutt is that the nation and every State
is engaged in struggle to ascertain whether
railroad corporations shall be above the public
interests and public control, the public inter-
ests should be supreme. So long as railroad
corporations were small affairs this conflict be-
tlemoment: but now that theselcorporations are
consolidating and concentrating the control in
the hands OF few men, the struggle for the
mastery between them and the people involves
far-reachlng consequences. The great lines
connecting the West and the Atlantic, over
which pass the breadstuffs of the nation, are
controlled by Tom Scott, Jay Gould, and Van
derbilt; and those three men can, and frequent
ly do conspire to run up rates at their pleas
ure. Probably not more than half dozen meu
control the great consolidated railroad lines
stretching from Boston to Bangor, and soon TO
swallow the line to st. John.
Now such immense consolidated lines of
transportation, practically controlling the trat-
tic of nation State, and Swapping their
fingers in the faces of Congress and Legisla-
lures, are and mnst be engines of tremendous
power; and this power is rendered all the more
dangerous when concentrated in the hands OF a
very few men. However well meaning the men
may be. they are but men, and great and ire
sponsible power in the hands of a few men, is
everywhere dangerous to the public interests,
and peculiarly dangerous in Republic where
il is essential that no interests should be over
shadowing. We repeat that the day will soon
come when all who have aided in the building
up such great consolidated railroad power, will
deeply regret the dangerous step taken. 1t is
time that Congress and Legislatures should see
to it that such powers are held in control before
| it is to late-( LeUiSt0n Journal.
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-01
NEWS and Other Items

Theodore Tiltons novel is ''The Great Ameri-
cam
General Buffers penmanship resembles that
of the late Horace Greeley.
Senator Anthony, of Rhode Island, will be
candidate for the next Presidency.
The Springfield Union says, that Gen. Banks
is a vox etprgterea niha.
"Tallowed toast is a delicacy included in a
Jersey City bill of fare.
Colored public speakers now allude to ''the
white element of our population"
The sea beach is sometimes dry, but gener-
ally it has water enough-in fact, surf-it
Pennsylvania has 1176 less producing oil wells
this year than last. @
Fifty cents day is the pay of laborer in
Quebec.
The new Danbury base ball club calls itself
"Boled Eggs" to signify how impossible it is
to beat them.
John W. Forney's anecdotes of himself are
interesting where he incidentally refers to
prominent men, says the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Minnesota has 500 Oranges with member
ship of about 25,0OO The order certainly pros
pers in that region.
Gerritt Smith says the dreariest day of his
life was when he had to ride fifty miles in a
stage coach beside a young man who parted his
air in the centre.
A Texas woman has invented fiat iron
wnlch irons sheets in a minute and quarter,
OUT as IL IS too heavy to throw at husband it
VIII not come into general use
Lord Dufferin, Governor General of Canada.
IS autocratic in his language, and speaks of
the Dominion Government as "my govern
ment.
French editors are required by law to allow
person attacked in their columns a space twice
that occupied by the attack in order that a re.
ply may be given.
Dio Lewis told Washington audience that
the Parker House in Boston took from $4,000 to
$4,000 day for liquor selling. He also said
Bostoa was decent .own, but it had 1892 tay
ems.
An Iowa jury recently decided that when a
marriage engagement is broken off the parties
must return all presents or their value in mon
ey, and young men are now beginning to keen
an account.
Boston paper wonders why member of
Congress who recently spoke with so winch
feeling of the hay seed in his hair, and .eoat.
IN MS throat" forgot to complete the diagnosis
OF tne case by aluding to the rye in his stomach.
"A 1ull grown mouse 'bottled" in a four
ounce wal is curiosity at Lafayette, Ind. The
mouse is supposed to have crawled in when
quite small and was unable to get out again.
Probably the mouse has a name.
lie worcester Gazette censures Gen. Banks
1or voting for Whittier, and says: 'Senator
Banks may be eloquent and able Int he ia not
worthy to sit in the seat left vacant by Charles
Sumner
Peace is pret erved in household in Elka der,
Iowa, by long withy raw-hide hung up in the
bedroom of the juvenile portion of the fumily,
bearing upon its handle this legand, "Boys
please be kind to your mother
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-01

IT is sad to think that men who write 50
well as the editors of the World should not
be able to acquire little knowledge of po-
litical affairs-enough at least to save them
from appearing ridiculous. For instance,
Gen. Hawley of Connecticut as hard MORAY
man voted for the amendment to the $4OO,
100000 currency bill restricting the issue to
S356,OO0,000. The amen lment was lost and
another proposed to confine the issue to the
amount in circulation at that time.
$3S2,OOO,OoO. Gen. Hawley, not bein
able to carry his own proposition and con-
ceivng that it is better for the government to
issue 1882, 100000 than s4OO 900, ,OOO, voted for
the compromise measure. Any sensible man
will see that the action of Gen. Hawley was
the only course left for man of average
sense to take. The World, however, does
not come within that class, and in "double
leader denounces him for his vote. Possibly
1t does this hoping to help the Connecticut
Democracy next Monday, but the World af-
ter going on twelve years with the conviction
that the average voter is fool, has had suf-
fcient cause to begin to think that he isn't
the kind OF fool to be deceived by the fine
English and double loaded leaders of the self
styled leading Democratic paper of the county.
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-01

1T is an outrage upon laboring men who
depend upon their daily wages for means to
support their families, that such soulless
and thieving corporations can keep them out
their pay, for months while those dependent
upon them must suffer or become the VIC
tins of an exorbtant credit system and it is
no wonder that the people at that place SYM
pathize with the men who have been so deep
ly and needlessly wronged by Jay Gould's
badly managed corporation which has so long
been synonym for corruption and treachery.
One can pardon the mechanics for taking
measures to secure their pay; but the trouble
is that the outraged mechanics in their fren-
zy did not commit overt acts against the
Company alone, but to the injury of the pub
lie. They might have seized the shops in
which they worked, but the detention of
trains affects the business of the country
Gov. Hartranft is quite right in taking the
position that it is his duty to sustain the law
at any cost. and prevent the public from suf-
fering from an attempt to right private
wrong, butt seems as though there should
be some legislative means devised To eompel
such heartless corporations as the Erie rail-
road to as promptly pay their deserving en-
ployes as the law makers they purchase.
The Portland daily press., 1874-04-01
Portland School Committee.

To the Editor of the Press:
If the citizens and newspapers of Portland
have had all the fun they expect over the re-
lnctant death of their School Committee, and
have expended all their wit and wrath on the
last Revision Of the Statutes, the time has per-
haps come when it is proper to 'srise and ex.
plain"
That committee was probably elected, in the
first instance, under Chap. II, Sec. 10 of the
r. S. of 1857, which is as follows: Sect. 10
Any tom may choose committee consisting
of not less than three, all or one third each
year, and invest them with all the rights,
powers and obligations of Superntending
School Committee and School Agents, includ-
ing. SC.
Sect II. Any town failing to elect either of
of the committees aforesaid or Supervisor for
any year, shall forfeit not less than $50 nor
more than 5000.
In 1870, Chap 159, approved March %, the
Legislature passed the following:
Sect. 1. Sections 10, 4S, "a and 30 of the 18th
chapter of the r. S., and the items or specifi-
cations marked second and fourth of the 53d
section of the same chapter, are hereby repealed
Sect 2. The 11th section of the same chapter
is amended SO as to read as follows;
Sect. II. Any town failing to elect men,
bers of Superintending School Committee or
Supervisor, as required by law, shall forfeit not
less than $50 nor more than $780,
The present revision was passed and approx
ed Jan "a, 1871.
Thus it will be seen that Sect. 10 was repeal
ed nearly year before the revision was passed,
and was of course left out, while Section II
was inserted as above, and yet the munich
pal officers of Portland continued to act under
a repealed Statute nearly four years, and when
by accident they discover their blunder, they
lay the blame on the Revision Commissioners;
and the newspapers, not excepting the careful
and judicious PRESS, join in the censure
Verify if some people knew more, they would
say less. j. BAKER.