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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-09-03

With my returning senses the truth
came to me. That which had murd er.
cd the three mep who slept before me
in the blue chamber was nothing more
or less than the coal stove.
1t was provided with what is called
damper, and this being caught in a
manner which closed it sent the pois-
onous air into the room. It had been
kindled as wood-ire would have been
at the hour Of retiring, by one quite ig.
norant Of the danger possible from coal
gas, and they had slept never to awak.
EN-. Had l thrown myself upon the
bed, also should have been found
dead at daylight, in all probability.
As for the fact that neither doctor
nor coroner discovered the truth, l
have but to say that they we're not deep
ly scientitic men.
or coure I rejoicelt the houaeh>ld by
my discovery next morning, and equal :
ly Of course, Mme. Natteau, who was
not only freed from suspicion, but be-
came the object Of universal sympathy.
She was always grateful to me, and she
proved her gratitude by giving what
soon asked for. the hand Of her dauoh.
ter Gabrielle in marriage.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-09-03

FUNERAL RUsE.-Men and women
get Goals, liquor, house rent and rides
in the Park, from systematic begging
for coffin or shroud or money to bury
a poor woman or dead child. AT the
eventide, between dawn and dark, the
meditations OF a city pastor We're disturb
BY the entrance OF cleanly looking but
plainly attired young woman. She was
out at service, she said, and could only
catch odd hours to get out. She attend
ed the pastors church, and with a com
panion sat among the lowly in the gall
erv. She had been converted the past
winter; both wished to be bapti.ed. The
sickness OF her friend prevented it, aud
now she had just died. Her companion
wished her to call upon the pastor;
thank him for his faithfulness thank him
for the great benefits she had derived
from his preaching. and to bear her diving
request that he should attend her funeral.
The street, house ,and time were named.
The girl wept, aud the pastor was deep
ly affected. The little money of both had
been exhausted in the sickness and the
preparations for the funeral. EVERYTHING
was ready but the grave. Was there
any society that helped bury the dead?
There was none. But the pastor opened
his pocket book. and promptly tender
ed five dollars to complete the arrange
ments for the funeral. The girl would
not touch it-would not think of such
thing After an earnest plea Oh the
pastors part, the visitor would take it
only AS a loan, to he returned in short
time, and with many thanks departed.
The pastor entered the remarkable case
in his notebook, with which to refresh
the saints when they came together. He
took carriage, and started for the tun-
eral. He found the street and the honse
very easily-but, alas! no corpse.
Nobody was sick-nobody had died the
fgirl was not to be found, and the whole
was a deliberate plan TO get out OF the
minister five dollars. and the plan was
asuccess.-[Cor. Portland Press.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-09-03
Bass Fishing in The Alleghanies.

| The quality andgameness ofthe black
bass transplantcd from the Ohio to the
Potomac, where they had formerly been
unknown. has been improved to an ex-
tent scarcely credible chiefly arising
! from the superior bass. food in the Pa.
tomac, until ut present the Upper Yough-
iogeny and the Upper Potomac attract
an annual multitude of anglers from all
the great and minor cities of the East.
The station-masters and bIid2e-tenders
, on the railway, and tho farmers in the
neighborhood of the pools and dams.
have been ovcrrun with dodgers, while
their boys and the negro hands have
been set to netting mnnows and build
ing scows Tor the use of the sportsmeu
| Up to 1894 there had been no other fish
in the running Upper Potomac than
| pike, suckers, suntish, raw-fsh and min
nows. In that year. General Shriyer
of Wheeling Virginia, was visiting Cum
berland, and, dissusted at his want of
luck, he said -
Il will send something here that a man
can fish for,"
He put few Ohio base in the water
of q ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, and carried them
from Wheeling back over the mountains
to Cumberland. when they speedily
cleaned the Water-snakes out of thai
river and its lOn2 tributaries orthe Soutb
Branch, Great and Little Cacapon and
Shenandoah, and grew with such rapidi-
ty, that Augusta DeLander, the noun
tain-angler, told me he had taken alto
9cther carload, and had caught 200
in one days sport. Mrs. Loundes of
Cumberland caught the first bass, and
thought she had all alligator This IN
veStincnt cost quiet philanthrogist
So 90. BY the time OF the war the sold
iery OF both sides iiohcd the river for
sport; and, i'll cleaning out the canal u
few weeks ago, fourteen barrels were
taken i'll one short reach, the small bas,
being rejected. They bite to spoon
and fly, to toads, frogs, craw-tish, an
artificial grecn-grass hopper, and priu-
cipally to minnows. Expert angles are
now experimenting with some flv adapt
ed 10 the bass, aid it is believed that the
best yet made is the scarlet ibis, tipped
with the gunea-iowl wing. The miunow
and the craw fish are slll the principal
reliance. The bass feed on locusts,
suckers and turtles, and are often found
TO eject quantities OF small, clean, water
snakes. They are said to run up stream
twice year, and to ascend ordinary
falls with case. They have alwavs been
in the Cheat River, but We're unable to
get up the loughiogheny past Ohiopyle
Falls, until, in 1868, DeLandcr put in
sixteen at Oakland, and they have since
been taken at Swallow Falls and Selbys-
port. The bass OF the Potomac are of
more vigor and flavor than that of the
Cheat, and this proves that fish-culture,
like the rotation of crops, requires new
soil and food to keep up the stamina of
the species.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-09-03
pottrp.
Song Of the Flail.

In Autumn, when the hollows
All are filled with flying leaves,
And the colonies Of swallows
Quit the gu lily succeed caves,
And silver mantle gistens
Over all the misty vale,
Sits the little wife and listens
To The beating Of the fail,
To the pounding Of the fall
BY her cradle sits and listens
10 the Tapping OF the nail.
The bright summer days are over,
And her eye no longer sees
The red bloom upon the clover.
The deep green upon the trees,
flushed the song Of finch and robin,
With the whistle OF the quail;
| But she hears the meliow thI obbing
OF the thunder OF the fail,
| The low thunder of the fall
! Through the amber air the throbbing
And reveroerat.ng fail.
In the barn the stout young thresher
| STOPPING stands with rolled-up sleeves,
Beating out his golden treasure
From the ripped and rustling sheaves;
| Oh, was was ever knight In armor-
Warrior all in shining mail
| Half so h ind>ome n her farmer
| A. he plies the flying fail.
As he wie!ds the flashing flails-
! The hare-throated. brown young farmer,
As he swings the sounding fiAiit
| All the hope. that saw the sowing
All the sweet desire of gain.
| All the JOY that watched the growing
And the yellowing OF the grain,
| And the love that went TO WOO her.
And the faith that shall no; fail
All are speaking softly TO her.
In the pulses OF the flail,
OF the palpiiating flall.
Fast and Future whisper 10 her
In the music Of the fsil.
In its crib their babn Is sleeping,
And the sunshine from the door
All the afternoon Is creeping
Slowly round upon the floor;
And the shadows soon VIII darken,
And the daylight soon must pale,
" hen The wife no more shall harken
To the irampiing Of the fail,
To the dancing Of the fail
When her h ,srt no more shall harken
To the football OF the fail.
And the babe shall grow and strengthen,
BE n maiden, be wife,
While the moving shadows lengthen
Round the dial OF their life:
Theirs the trust Of friends and neighbors.
And an age serene and bale.
When machines suall do the labor
OF the strong arm and the FAIL
OF the stout heart and the fisIl-
Great machines perform the labor
OF the good old fashioned fail.
But when, blessed among women.
And whcn. hone red among men,
They look round them. can the brimming
OF their utmost wishes then
Give them happiness competers
And can ease and wealth avail
To make any music sweeter
Jhan the poundin, of The fiil:
Oh, the sounding Of the fail.
Never music can be swceter
Than the beating Of the fail,
j. I. TRowBRIDGE. in Hdrpefs Ndg
dsine for September.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-09-03

1t is told of a man poorly dressed,
that he went to church seeking an op-
portunity to worship. The usher did
not notice min, but seated several well
dressed persons who presented them
selves, when finally the man addressed
the usher saying: ''Can you tell me
whose church this is?' ssYes, this is
Christ's church, rs he imp was the
next question, after which seat was
not hard to find.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-09-03

days to new grOund-a precaution
which 10 rarely. unsod, should never be
nsgiected---lFrom Scamp Cure, by S.
Weir Mitchell, ia Lippincott's Maya.
zine for August.
Middletown transcript., 1874-08-29
Select Aoqtrp.
MRS. HAMLET'S SOLILIQUY.
BY lMossr.

To vote or not to vote ?-ihat is the question
Whether It's nober to forego the suffrage
And bear the arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or take arms against our sex's troubles,
And by opposing, end them2 To lve--to we'd
No more? And by marriage say we end
The heartache, only 10 nurse the little ills
Women are heir to? 'Tis II consummation
Not for Joseph, if the Court herself doth know
Aud that she doth is most indubitabie
To vote--to act To act, pcrchance, n farce ;
aye
There's the rub-!or by this act what fight may
come
When we have shuffled off our crinoline?
This makes us pause; this. too, is the respect
That makes calamity OF Womans suffrage;
For who would bear the kicks and cuffs OF men,
The oppressor's fists, our lords contumely,
Assault and battery, and the laws delay
The insolence OF hummers and their spurns
That patient women from rough loafers take,
When to void it she should stay at home
And use her bodkin? When would muskets
BEAR,
Or groan or sweat under mechanic life,
But for The pleasures of emancipation
The rich Golconda from whose gaping jaws
The fesh-pots yawn in tantalizing plenty?
But there's the after-clapi--this puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear the ills we have
Than fly to The horrd inexpressibles.
Thus cowardice makes babies OF us all,
And thus our pett,d Suffrage resolutions
Are sicklied Ger with the pale cast of fear;
Aud enterprise of glorious bullot-stufliing
Must iade, alas because our suffering sex
Dare not imbbe the soul-nspiring rye
To give us vim and action
Middletown transcript., 1874-08-29
Ancient Wonders Of the World.

LIST, The brass Colossus of Rhodes, 100
feet high, built by Cares, A ID. 2S8, oc-
cupying twelvt years in making 1t stood
across the har Dor of Rhodes 66 years, and
was thrown down by an earthquake 1t
was bought from the Saracens by Jew,
who loaded 900 camels with the brass.
End. The pyramids of Egypt The lar
gest engaged 260, 600 workmen thirty
years in building, and has now stood at
least three tho usand years
3D. The Aqueducts of Rome, invented
by Appius Claudius the censor.
4th The Labyrinth efPsammetichus, on
the banks of the Nile, containing within one
continued wall l 800 houses, and II roy
al palaces, all covered with marble and
having but one entrance. The building
was said to contain 5000 chambers and a
hall built of marble adorned with the
statues of the gods.
5th. The Pharos of Alexandria, tow
er built by order of Ptolemy Philadelphus
in the year 3al, b. G 1t was erected as
light house and contained magnificent
galleries of marble-a large lantern at the
top, the light of which was seen nearly a
hundred miles of-mirrors of enormous
sizes were fixed around the galleries re.
fiecting everything on the sea A com
mon tower is now erected in its place
9th. The vi alls of Babylon, built by or
der of Semiramis, or Nebuchadnezzar, and
finished in onp year by 200, 900 men. =
They were of immense thickness.
7th. The tie emple of Diana, at Ephesus,
completed in the reign Of Seryius 9th
king of Rome 1t was $50 feet long, 200
broad, and supported by 129 marble pill
lars, 10 feet long The beams and door:
were of cedar, the rest of the timber cy-
press. 1t was destroyed by fire B. c
265.
Middletown transcript., 1874-08-29
Bad Country for Deaoons.

Not far from Houston, at place called
Norsworthy's, protracted meeting was in
progress In the plentitude of his religious
zeal, worthy deacon felt called upon to
paint all the terrors of an lawful help to
the congregation in general, and to Ger
tain young ladies who had backslid, y
and kept far back in the congregation, in
particular. The appeal seemed to fall
upon stony hearts The good deacon
looked for an effect, but no effect followed
He cast his eye to the seats occupied by
the "backslidden" maidens Horrors
There they sat, not only unmoved. but
actually smiling serenely upon their ''fel,
lows This was more than the pure in
heart could endure. With holy fervcr he
singled out the young ladies-named them,
and said unpleasant things concerning
their frivolity and trliing behavior. The
"fellows" took counsel-they were knight
ly fcllows-and agreed that the deacon de.
served licking "tOn Sunday they went tc
church, invited the deacon to conference
in grove, and they there proceeded te
demolish his physiogpomy A bad coun.
try for deacons is Texas st Louis Re.
publican.
Middletown transcript., 1874-08-29
1t Wasn't a Joke.

| happened to call at Browns the other
morning, on my way down town, and as
knew them well | entered the side door
without knocking. | was shocked to find
Mr.. Brown PROSTATE on the floor, while
Mrs. Brown sat on his chest, and rum
bled among his hair, as she bumped his
head on the boards, and scolded him Wig
orously. They rose when | came in and
Brown, as he wiped the blood from his
nose, tried to pretend that it was only a
joke. But Mrs. Brown interrupted him
Joke Joke. | should think not!
was giving him dressing down. He
wanted to have family prayers before
breakfast, and was determined to have
them afterward, and as he threw the BIZ
Bile at me, and hit Mary Jane with the
hymn book, soused down on him. If |
can't rule this house I'll know the reason
why Pick up them Scriptures, and have
prayers You here me, Brown, It's
more trouble regulatin the piety of this
family than runnin' saw mill. Mary
Jane, give your pa that hymn book -
Mar Alder
Middletown transcript., 1874-08-29
Didn't Kiss Her.

A gentleman who has been recently
travelling in the lower counties tells us the
following amusing story; He was stop
ping over night at house where the par
tition wall, we're particularly thin. The
adjoining room was occupied by mother
and her daughter After retiring the
mother began to rebuke the daughter for
an alleged partiality to somebody named
John, which soft impeachment the daugh-
ter denied vigorously.
But" said the mother, Il saw him
kissing you at the cow-pen yesterday morn
ing, Amanda
mo, ma, he wasn't kissing me at all y
"Why did you have your head SO close
up to his for you deceiyin' critter' .
"Well, you see, ma, | had been eating
pitallas, (he fruit of species of cactus) !,
and you see, ma, got some of the prickles
in my lips-and nd-and-"
And what, you wicked, wicked crit.
ter"
and | couldn't get them out myself
you know, and John pulled them out with
his teeth-but he didn't kiss me nary
time. .-Sua 4ntonio Herald.
Middletown transcript., 1874-08-29
dait and 8uu1or.
Not Cheap Enough.

Johnny Blaine, who manipulates the
drugs in G. G. Lloyd's 'shotecary pop, :"
was startled the other day by dark OBJ
ject which appeared in the doorway. and
inquired:
us dis de concarn whar dey sell med
icum fer sick folks p
ut is replied the polite dispenser Of
life saving apparatus.
How much you n" asked the son
of Ham.
"That depends upon what you want, .
responded J. b.
"What you ak fer dose 7"
"A dose of what ,"
"Well, sumpn like calmoral, rhuberb
and arsenrick frowed aroun' togedder, !"
answered the enlightened Civil Fighter.
"Ten cents" responded the man Of
drugs.
"Ten centsv' screamed the astonishsd
hen-roost professor. as he grasped the
door post for support. "Ten cents! l
golly, boss, I kin git it cheaper dan dat p
and he "faded away like beautiful
dream" ."-Newtown Record
Middletown transcript., 1874-08-29
MIDDLETowN NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE,

the republic passed over to Hakon, then
King Of Norway 1t was done through
Marbury, and never since has Iceland been
entirely free until now, when King Chris
tan TX, gives the people free constitu-
ton. The Norwegian crown being annex
ed to that of D enmark by the Calmor un-
ion. Iceland bd came Danish and was much
6eeced by the Crown up to 1776. The
trade with English merchants was, how
ever. during parts Of this period, quite ex-
tensive. They brought clothing and bread
aud took away dried fish,
In later days the island has not been
without certain political convultons. A
pirate named Gilpin stole all their money
in 1908. and one Jorgensin set up rebel
lion there agaip pst the established authority
of the King and his one policeman. cap
tured the island. issued proclamations,
and did not desist in his rebellious pur-
poses until n man of war came and carried
him off. He figures largely in modern
lcelandic history as patriot Of the first
water. He would free Iceland of the
Danish Crown and claim himself protector
of Iceland and Commander-in chief by sea
and land, eve assuming the power to
make war and conclude peace with foreign
potentatcs" until fair constitution was
established by the people. Fortunately
perhaps, for y is same people, this self
sacrificing dict tptor did not succeed in his
designs, for, now. they will have free
constitution without any fighting and
without any dictator. They have free
trade and If they are not growing absolute
ly rich they are at least happy and envy
nobody else | have seen no Icelander
who ever cared to leave his own country,
nor who, having left it, did not wish as
soon as possible to get back.
Middletown transcript., 1874-08-29
Res sisting the Evil One.

AT camp meeting not long ago a man,
clad ina thin linen suit seated himself on
one of the rickity benches beside fat man
who occupied full one third of the con-
Germ Vixen the services we're ended the
fat man arose, and tho gentleman in thin
linen sudde nly began twisting about in a
surprising manner, while his oountenance
was significant of mortal anguish. His
actions attracted the attention of some Of
the brethren and one of them, solemn
visaged individual, who looked as though
he had jus swallowed a pill, approached
the writhing body, and laid his hand on
the man's shoulder and said Brother, il
you are res sting the promptings of the
Evil One, strive manfully, and you will
triumph at last Remember Jacob
wrestled with the angel. and" II dunno
but he did, y interrupted the agonized man
'but if Jacob had the seat Of his trowsers
and little of his meat caught in con-
dcmned era ok he wouldn't feel like raslin'
with an angel or any other oritter !"
Middletown transcript., 1874-08-29
II Busted" /"

The following conversation is reported
to Macon paper as having occurred be-
tween two colored men, who were recent
ly discussing the collapse of the Freed
mans Bank
+" Busted !? exclaimed an old, bowil-
dcred fellow, who had placed some money
in the institution; you don't gwan' tole
me dat Freed mans Bank busted 2"
. 1es-it's gone up :"
" Done, cit ian gone 2"
" Yes"
Evidently the old man couldn't under
stand it. He mused deeply and sadly, and
with last, So rrowful look into the open
but vacant ro ON, turned away muttering
as he went:
OATS what always makes me 'spise a
bank"
Middletown transcript., 1874-08-29

The Hartford Gouraat is model OF
gentle humility, and says. 1--WE regret to
say jealousy has risen in the breasts of the
Hill trout fishe ers in regard to the alleged
catch Of tw enty pound trout by Mr..
Samuel G. Dlnham ia the Adirondacks.
We are requested to make trihing cor
rection in our statement The fish was a
lake trout, which fact was left to be infer
red 1t weighed only fifteen pounds 1t
was not caught by Mr. Durham We
will make any other corrections desired"
Middletown transcript., 1874-08-29

"Nsver marry for wealth, says con-
temporary, "but remember that it is just
as easy to love girl who has brick
house, with a Mansard roof and silver
plated door bell, as one who hasn't any
thing but an auburn head and an amiablc
disposition.
Middletown transcript., 1874-08-29

Papa, do you think Beech "Hush
Johnnie" =" But, papa, don't you think
Beech" Didn't you hear me tell you
to stop your noise, sir? | won't have
you talking these things. Go in and get
your face washed" And Johnnie, with
tears in his eyes, wants to know why papa
won't tell him whether beech nuts are
ripe. Cincinnati Times.
Middletown transcript., 1874-08-29

Some men are born to misfortune At
picnic IA Covington chap got bis eye
punched for speaking to another fellows
girl, and when he tearfully explained that
he'd "knowed her these thirty-6ve years.
he got all his hair pulled out.
Middletown transcript., 1874-08-29

A Paisley printer, afflicted with the
"lnst infrmity of noble minds" forsook
his trade to share in the glories Of Nelson
Soon after he was afoat be was, one black
stormy night ordered aloft The poor
fellow instead of at once throwing himself
into the shrp uds, looked up 10 wild dis
may 10 the officer, and exclaimed, "Od !,
man, it wad be tempting of Providence
to gang up there Oh sic a night"
Middletown transcript., 1874-08-29

One who makes human nature his study
says that " hen girl takes her handker-
chiefand mpistening it with her lips. wipes
black spot off young mans nose. we'd
ding betweqn the parties is inevitable.
Middletown transcript., 1874-08-29

A good way to restore a man apparent
ly drowned is to first dry him thoroughly,
inside and out. and then clap speaking
trumpet to bis ear and inform him that
bis mother-in.law is dead
Middletown transcript., 1874-08-29

An Iowa paper reports the following as
the actual form of a marriage service in
town in that State: Join your right
hands. Do you want one another r.
Crhey both answer yes Well, then,
you have one another. You're man and
wife"
Middletown transcript., 1874-08-29

A Maud Muller laughed heartily at a
young haymaker when the yellow jackets
got up his nankeen trousers But whom
they got up her'n-Well,
Middletown transcript., 1874-08-29

:. don't see any towel here" said q
conniryman, rersntly, after washing his
face ut Que Of the drinking fountains
Middletown transcript., 1874-08-29

A little boy defines snoring as "letting
off sleep"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-12-10
TEMPERANCE LECTURES.

Mr.. Edward Carswell, of Canada, the cele-
brated Temperance Lecturer, paid our Town
visit last week, and delivered two eloquent
and interesting lectures-one in the Court
House on Thursday evening, and the other in
the Methodist Church on Friday evening.
Large audiences were present both evenings,
and expressed themselves highly delighted
with the eloquenee and inimitable style of the
gifted lecturer. He described the evil effects
of alcohol in the most eloquent style, often in
PRODUCING anecdotes illustrative Of the ruin
brought upon individuals and families by its
continued use, and showed the necessity of
Temperance, in ensuring peace and prosperity
to the country, and the greatest good to indi-
yiduals and society His style of delivery is
unsurpassed. Commencing with flow Of
rhetoric and beautiful language, and with a
serious air, he goes on describing, when all at
once he changes from serious to comic, recites
some anecdole which convulses the audience
with laughter, applies this to the main subject,
and reverts once more to his former style and
manner.
During his former visit to this place, Mr..
Carswell did great deal Of good for the cause
of Temperance, and doubtless his visit of last
week will have benificent results also. He
complimented the Anderson Division Sons Of
Temperance very highly. He left on Saturday
for Greenville.