The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-06-25

tul preservation, as it contains the essence
of large amount OF legal verbiage:
1t is not legally necessary to say on Il
note for value received.
Contracts made on Sunday can not be
enforced.
4 note made by minor is void.
\ contract made with n minor is also
void
A contract made with a lunatic is void
note obtained by fraud, or from per
SON III a state OF intONication can not be
collected.
If 4 note is lost or stolen ii does not Re
lease the maker; he must pay it. ii the
consideration for which it WAS given and
the amount can he proven.
An indorscr of a note is exempt from IL
ability if not served with notice OF dis
honor within twenty-four hours of its nom
payment.
Notes bear interest only when it is 50
stated
Principals are responsible for the acts OF
their agents.
Each individual in a partnership is re-
sponsible for the whole amount of debts
OF the firm.
Ignorance OF the law excuses no person.
1t is fraud to conceal Il fraud
The law compels no one to do impossi-
| bilities
| An agreement without consideration is
void
Signatures made with II lead pencil are
| good in law.
A receipt for money is not always con-
elusive
The acts of one partner bind All the
other partners.
How TO Sror A PAPER The follow
ing from one OF our exchanges so fully
and clearly expresses our view upon the
| subject, that we copy it without comment
You have al undoubted right to stop
a newspaper whenever you are disposed.
upon payment of all alrearageS DO not
hesitate to do so on account of any tender
ness of feeling for the editor Don't You
suppose he would stop buying sugar OF
you, or meat, clothing, dry goods. etc
etc, if he thought he was not getting his
moneys WORTH And when Won discon-
tinue your paper, do 50 manflllv. Don't
be SO pititul as TO throw it back to the
postmaster with a contemptuous. Idon't
want it any longer and have refused
written on the margin, and have the
paper returned to the editor No gentle
man ever stopped a paper in that way
no matter if his head is covered with gray
hairs that should De honorable. If YOU dC
not wish longer to receive a newspaper
write 4 note to the editor like a man. say
ing so--and be SIRE that alrearagcs ars
paid. This is the way to stop a paper"
According to the Springfield Republi-
f,l.
a. Charleston, New Hampshire. is forty
feet long By nine wide, with twelve wheels
and an air-brake AT one end is fresh
water tank holding five tons of water, and
at the other end two salt water tanks OF
the same capacity. The ice-boXes are oven
these tanks, which are stationary. and
there are twenty portable tank along the
car. The following varieties of fish have
taken berths; Holsters and oysters from
Massachusetts Bay; tautogs, GELS and
weaktish from Martha's Vineyard striped
bass, kingfsh, and bluefsh from New
York hardor; black bass and glass-evcG
pike from Lake Champlain, Michigan anc
Nebraska; horn poutS from Lake Cham
plain; tresh-Water cells from the Hudson
River; shad from the Hudson or Connect
icut Rivers catfish from the Rartan
River, New Jersey; aleWiycs from Mystic
River, Massachusetts,
A CHANGERS DREAM. \ granger
dreamed that lie had died lie went
straight to the spirit-world he knocked
at the gate of he New Jerusalem, and il
was opened unto him The books Were
opened; he was asked, Did YOU evci
belong to any secret society" 10 which
he replied Il did, 10 the Changers. =
Then, sir, You can't be tdmittcd de
part" He went to the door of the bot
tomless pit, whore the same questions
were again asked him by the Devil, and
again he was told to depart After he
had gone little way off, he was accosted
by the homely ruler Of the pit when
the following propositions We're made
stranger, said Nick. 81 will not admit
yon here they do not want You III heaven
but will sell You two hundred barrels OF
birthstone for cash, ten per cent knocked
OFT, and You can start 4 little hell Of yoWl
own, with no agenl' OF middle-mon"
he British steamer TaIadaY, which III; g,
been laying the new sea cable between
Halifax and Portsmouth, \ H.. arrived
at the latter place on Monday. The cable
has been successfully laid, and the Amer
can emf buoyed ten miles off the Isle Of
Shoals. The Faraday will proceed to lay
the cable remaining on board between
Halifax and newfoundland, and then rt.-
turn to England to load again 10 lay be-
| tween Ireland and IfalitaX