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John w esley.

Macaulay sneers at historians who have
undertaken to give an account oil the
reign of George III, without mentioning
the preaching OF Whi!eIield. Ii instead
of Whitetipld he had written Wesley, Tue
sneer would have been more just; 'of'
after the establishment of the American
republic, the institution OF Methodsm is
the greatest event of the eighteenth cen
tury, and of all the men who livea ID 'iia'
century there is no one whose influence
upon after ages equals that OF John ives
ley. or the seventy five millions VINO
speak the English tongue, about lhfee
a half millions are members OF lhe Meth
odist churches four millions more are
pnpils in their Sunday schools and The
regular attendants upon Methodist wor-
ship cannot be less than as many more
fifteen millions in all. Thus one min OF
all wnc speak our language are directly
moulded, for this life and the lie TO come
bv Mcthodsm. We doubt il any other
Protestant communion really numbers AZ
many. The established churches OF Eng
land and Germany indeed nominaiiy IN
clude more; but in counting their mum
bcrs, all who do not formally belong TO
other communions are put down as Epls-
copalians or Lutherans Fully two thirds
OF the Methodists are in the United
States. To Methodsm more than to any
other one thing it is owing that our west
ern states grew up into civilization win
out passing through period vi semi
barbatsn. Southey expressed no more
than the bare truth when he said
consider Wesley as the most influential
mind of the last century-the man VINO
will have produced the greatest effects
centuries or perhaps millonninms hence,
| if the present race Of men shall continue
so long This Judgment is coming TO
be acknowledged. Within few months
past site has been appropriated in West
minister abbey for monument to John
Wesley. OF all the great Engiishmen
there conmemorated there is no one
more worthy Of u place The world does
move after all: and who shall say that
among the portraits OF British sovereigns
in the houses of parliament, that OF Oil
yer, the great Lord Protector, will Not
yet find place ? Dr.. A. II. Guernsey,
in GALAXY for Ebradry
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NNIIE WEEKLY sun is too widely known to require
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more, are briefly as follows:
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THE FoRNALTIEs OF RELIGION.
Beecher Regards them as Worse than
Useless in Spiritual Living.

Beechcr preached last evening against
the formaltes Of religion. 1t is bet.
ter. ~ he said, that men should have one
day OF the seven for a pause in the weary
ins pursuits Of life, but it Is not necessa-
ry To- Christianity. He who can make
manhood without instruments should do
So If a man cannot go without crutchss
uf course he should no, despise cru,ehes.
If he can get along as Christian With
ont rules. creeds, and satechisms il is his
liberty to do so. As general thing
suppose the charrhes do good to men,
for in almost everything eoaloscence -
helpful but men come into churches to
find themselves bound BY ordinances end
olliga,ions-tied with d string here and
another string there, and wound about
with n web that binds them down. thinks
for them, takes away their responsibility.
and makes of them spiritual eunuchs. 1t
is like building great prison OF selhary
cells in which to lock men away from the
roach of temptations. How harmless ana
reformed they would be there and how
worthless. Liberty is ono of the glories
of Christianity. While | was In wash
ipoton the other day went into The Na-
tional Conservatory, and noticed there
that the tall growing canes, when
they reached the top of the conservatory
and their further growth would break tho
class. were cut or So it is in the
churrhcs. Men are eat and trimmed so
~ no, TO break their glass house by grow
;ng Religion should not be
considered as compressed into formulas.
If it is anywhere il is in men, ana not IN
FIRMS or creeds
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PAPA. Don't Bury Me DEEP. In
the spring Of 1862 little girl died in
Vermont of consumption, aged eight
years and three months. a few days be.
fore she died, she called her father to her
bedside and said, Papa, when ] die,
don't bury me deep,-not more than so
deep" holding UP hsr emaciated arm,
and measuring from her shoulder. "Oh,
it is so hard to be put down SO deep in
the cold ground and please don't place
any marble slab on my grave, it will be
so dark under it, and press so heavy on
my little breast. Sod my grave nicely.
and plant a tree ut It's head, so the wild
birds can come in Its branches and sing
for me After pause she continued
" But it seems to me would rather have
our binds sing for me than wild birds
Couldn't YOU let brother Willie and sister
Emma bring our cage Of little birds ont
to the cemetery Sunday morning, and
leave them To sing to me all day Z Then
when you are all at church it won seem
so lonesome out there by myself v A
few days after Anna died, and her affee.
,ionatc parent did everything as she re-
quested.
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SMUT IN Wharf.-The Prairie Farmer

SMUT IN WHEAT The Prairie Farmer,
in answer to Il question, gives the follow.
ing information respecting smut:
Theorists diacr in relation to what is
generally known as smut in wheat
Jethro Tull states that the difficulty was
common in England, till some wheat ta-
ken from asunkcn vessel was sown. This
produced waeat free from smut, and
from that time forward the practice Of
soaking seed wheat in ocean brine, or
water made artihcially salt. became gen
eral. Land that contains salt is not liable
TO produce smutiy wheat. Applying
lime and salt directly to the soil seems to
operate 10 prevent rust. but it is better
to treat the grain than the soil Sulphate
Of copper, commonly known as blue
vitriol or bncstone. is now generally
used, instead Of salt, to prevent smut.
An ounce and quarter OF this salt, dis.
solved in as much water as will cover tho
wheat. is regarded BY many persons as
sufficient quantity for bushel. The
wheat may remain in it an hour. For
convenience in sowing. many afterwards
sprinkle the grain with dry limo.
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CANCER. The attention Of the medical
world abroad has been aroused by the
new treatment of cancer, introduced in
London by a Hungarian physician named
Grob. He contends that cancer is not a
local but general disease that it arises
from the presence of poison in the sys'
ten aud that the knife will never cure
the disease, but only postpone its fatal
effect His remedy consists in setting up
another aisease--fever--u the iniiu
ence Of which, the ood.poson, which
causes the cancer, is thrown oil 1t Is
said that he has made some marvellous
cures
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EF An Ohio woman riding on TIE
cars with her boy said he was six, ard
when Billy" spoke up andsdeclared he
was ten the good woman drew him Owe
her knee and had satisfaction for the half.
fare she was obliged TO pay.
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Gy- In late severe gale lady aske,'
a neighbor if he was not afraid his house
would blow away. "Oh no. " was the
answer. the mortgage on it is so heavy
as To- make that impossible
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ry- A little four year old in Ricbmona
v.rv fond of certain dish, when ssked
hv bis neither il he wouldn't like TO 10
an angel with wings and ny about nsaven
he his little brotlsr, replied afer
n,use: "No. ma; IDA heap rather %
= hawk and live on chicken
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Ey a Little Book woman saws that il
death loves a shining marx. it is sin2u-
lar that it has not aimed at her husband S
nose before this
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MASONIC.

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the saturday on. or next preceding each luli
n,oon at7P. NJ. in their Hall at Van buren,
Wemhers of the Fraternity in good standing
are respectfully invited to meet withuS'
KENNEDY. W. NJ.
A.. w WARD. Secretary. 2
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NOW FOR a BARGAIN
SAW MILL FOR SALE.

WYE are authorized to offer for sale a
" No. SAW MILL. which the owner
having no use for al the present time will dis
pose of very low. 1t is in good order. ready
for use. FOR further Information apply at
TUIS OFFICE. IT
Oct 8, 1873,
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tive? It's not Of much account without
is tender.
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Eg' The sentinel who did not sleep on
his watch had lett it at the pawnbroker ).
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BIBLE DEPOSITORY.

A LARGE supply of Family and Pocket Bibles and
n Tcstaments, are constantly kept for snle nt the
Depository of the Crawford County Bi5r society. ut
the store of ClIAS. +. HARVEY, opposite tho Court
House.
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Il } meets every Friday at 0 clock, T. NJ At their
n all over GEORGE AUSTIN St0re.
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Pianos Tuned.

DR0F. BRUuN wishes to inform the citizens OF
/ Van Buren, and Fort smith, that he is prepared
to Tame Pianos, Organs. 8c. ON short notice. Also,
will give lessons in Music Brass String Instru
euts and on the Piano.
win furnish Music for Parties Balls. &C., on short
notice.
Address by letter orin person and prompt attention
will be given. jan 5'72,
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Knights of Pythias.

&IyANUOE LODGE. 30. ., X. ofP meet every
WEp<EspAY evening" at their Castle Hall, over
D gorge Austus Store. ,>, ,y,rcov n ~
JoHS J. CLARK, X. Of X. ). apri o. 20.
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]. a. MclLvAiCH,
Sadd|er and Harness Maker,

MAIN STREET, VAN BuREN, ARK,
DEALER IL
- ADDLES. Bridlc> Wagon and Buggy
- Harness ofcyrYy description.
REPAIRING and othcr work In his line
done with nratnrss and di-pacth. All orGers
promptly filled.
GIVE HIM 4 CALL.
Oct l.'13-3ln
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MISCELLANY.
The Green Pelisse.

When | was little. girl, many years
ago, read a nice littleStoy, and though
it has been Il long time since l read 1t, !
have not forgotten it. ! will endeavor
to tell the children WHO may read your
paper, one very much rke it. | am sure
all will agree with me i thinking that no
one can be really happywho is not good
aud hope my little Stay, although it is
very simple, will help to make children
happy | shall call it
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-05
RUBBER HOSE

You who have the privilege Of
using RUBBER HOSE for luxury
or necessity i'm preventing dust,
watering gardens or laWns and eX-
nnguishing fires, please remember
mat we propose TO supply the de-
mand for 3-piy hydranf RUBBER
HOSE at prices from lee per foot
upward i'm amy length you require.
Our best HOSE, like our best RUB.
REk MACHINE Betting and
RUBBER STEAM PACKING, is
made from new Rubber, and the
Hose has a pure Rubber lining,
which makes il durable and is
warranted to stand as pounds to
the square inch. Most RUBRER
HOSE. RUBBER BELTING and
RUBBER STEAM PACKING, &C.,
is made TO save expenSe) from
the grindiDgS of Old Rubber Boots.
shoes, Car springs, &C., which be-
ing liielcSS stuff allows the water
to penetrate the lining of the Hose
into the cloth and soon becomes
rotten and worthless. Hence moth
ing but u pure Gum lining i'm Hose
is of much value whether subject to
pressure or not. Our brass COUP
ingS securely attached soc per set.
Common Brass Hose Pipes with
stOpcOck, l.50 each. But few per-
sons will use the common style of
Pipe after once seeing HALLS PA
TENT COMBINATION HOSE
PIPE, with which You can pro.
dUce either a solid stream or
sprinkler by a simple turn Of the
StOpcOcK. PJ. ase call and examine
these Hose Pipes even ii you do
not wish to purchase, al HALLS
WATEKPROOF1N AND RUB
BEEs WAREHOUSE, MIDDLE
STREET, UNDER FALMOUTH
HOTEL.
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with danger. and the Board has adopted the
report. thus discontinuing the co-education OF
the sexes except in special instances.
Judge Asahel Peck is said to have the in
side track for the Republican nomination for
Governor of Vermont.
Michigan papers indicate that the canvass
on the constitutional amendment to confer
suffrage upon women, proceeds with inereas-
ing ardor. Some of the papers that advocate
the measure, sharply critiese the speeches Of
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton because of their
abuse of men and her practice of holding
women up as slaves, and express grave fears
shat her rash talk will stimulate hostility.
The Belfast Age is of the opinion tha1
military drill in connection with our coiieSes
is uncalled for and would be OF little pracIl-
cal utility if we were warlike people.
The Pressure Isle Sunrise says that 5000
worth of tobacco is sold annually IN that VII
lage and $500 worth of candy, both
of which it claims are useless. The Belfast
Aqe comedies and proposes to crusade them.
One at time, brethren, and the worst first.
The Pennington Chronicle endorses Mr..
Frye for third term and says: He is an
honor to the party and the people, ranking
among the best and most faithful workers,
and the readiest of debaters on the floor Of
the House of Representatives, and no man
can charge him with lodging any important
issue before the country, or shrinking from
the discharge of any duty, in word or deed.
during his Congressional career.
The Fifth District Congressional Conven-
ton will be held at Ellsworth, June Is.
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Sporting Over the Left.

Three sportsmen from the city stopping at
Cotton's Hotel in Brownfield on the 10th Of
May went up Shepard's river as far as Fort
jackson and commenced fishing down. Com
ing to a farm they were notified that the pro-
prietor objected to letting any one fish there
but (as is usual with that class Of people, they
persisted. The proprietor went to them and
very civilly told them that he objected to fish
ing on the premises and must, with all due re-
spect to them as gentlemen, ask them
to trespass no farther Then came the swhy,
what hurt what damage, &C., mixed up with
what honest, civil, country people would cali
insulting language One, to all appearance
the biggest toad in the puddle, says, 81 am go.
ing through, and come ON for the damage
Then he asked what they could have the privi
lege for. He was told one dollar each. They
said they would not pay it, but they would and
did take fifty cents each, agreeing to go by the
farm and trouble him no more. The next
day they were caught by the proprietor and
two good witnesses, fishing on the same prem
ises. .. ,s
Would not such people do well to learn that
country people have some rights, that even city
sportsmen are bound to respect? X.
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Current Notes.

Inc New York World concludes that Con-
gress no more called upon to legislate for
otah' than a farmer is called on to regulate
the social arrangements of camp of gypsies
who have pitched their tents upon neglect
ed corner of his farm, but who hold tben-
selves ready to strike tents and march when
he needs the land for his own uses,
The Hartford Coardnt says that Mr. Jor,os
F. Babcock, just appointed city judge of Now
Haven by the reform legislature, has sional-
lied his accession to the bench by selectino
as clerk of his court young man who had
recently been dismissed from the same Office
by Judge Harrison for misuse of the public
money. Great is reform. -
by common rumor at Washington Butler
recent collie was chiefly a sham TO tide him
over the Sanborn report. 1t was, so to
speak, melancholic.
we cut few lines from the New York
nort@ recently which we proposed to pub
iiSn ior the benefit of the Augusta Standard,
70 tne effect that no temperance party. from
the nature Of things, no crusaders. no moth.
ing OF that kind, can expect to make an alli-
ance with the Democratic party ~
The special committee of tbe Rroot,nr
Board of Education, to whom was refarrsd
the matter of mixed classes in public schools
have reported that the system is pregnant
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presented petitions in favor of the bill signed
by 10,43S persons. The effect of the petition
and the presence of the ladies was very percep-
tible, and the Senate passed the act
1t is is understood that the will of the late j.
Edgar Thomson contains provision that af-
ter death of Mrs Thomson, the estate is to be
disposed of for the purpose of erecting and
maintaining an institution in which the chill
dren of the employees of the Pennsylvania rail-
road, killed in the discharge of duty, may have
home.
Madame Bazaine the Mexican wife of the
ex-Marshal, is said to be actively intriguing
for the restoration of the French Empire. 1t
Is intimated that the time is not far distant
when the Vatican will openly advocate the
canddature of Napoleon ~. by urging the
French clergy to use all its power snd influence
on bis side r"
Wintermute, who killed Gen. Edwin Nc
Cook in Dakota, has been convicted of man.
slaughter in the first degree, the highest de-
gree of homicide of which he could be convict
ed without having the death penalty affixed,
The penalty is in the discretion of the court,
but it is not less than four years. imprison
want
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STATE NEWS.
HANCOCK COUNTY.


Hon. John West an old and prominent citi-
zen of Franklin, fell dead in his son-in-law's
ship yard, Monday. He was rs years of age.
Franklin is to have a new town hall to cost
$1,915.
Charles A. Blake of Sullivan, and Charles E.
Gordon of Franklin, have been arrested for
breaking into store at Deer Isle and have
confessed.
KBNNBBEo COUNTY.
Davis, the Stetson murderer, now in the
ASylu at Augusta, is said to be quiet and
harmless. His mind seems to be. clear ON every
subject but that of his fathers death. He per-
sists in saying that third person killed his
father and then sought his life.
Dresden Ice Company has been disposed of
to Brooklyn ice company, which will use the
$4,000 tons belonging to this company and 3d.
next week. >.,
r KNOX COUNTY
The new court house to be built at Rockland
will cost $4,000. 1t is to be of brick with stone
trimmings. .H r rHa t}n
Rockland is looking after suitable grounds
for park.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY. t s'ia
William Arnold has been elected President
of the Penobscot Mutual Fire Insurance Com
Treasurer. The assets of the Com
pany amount to $157, 671.73, and the liabilities
to $21, 8O291. The amount of their present
policies is So, 500 The losses last year were
$6,270.47, and their business amounted to &c.
270.47, ~
Major Stevens of Boston, who delivered a
poem in Bangor, Decoration Day, gave the $50
presented TO him, to the Post, declining to keep
any portion of it.
Hon. William r. Hersey of Lincoln, died ON
Tuesday. ID EHF8
Rev. John q. Parsons. once preacher in
Bangor, recently died in his home out West of
paralysis. He preached in B. during the great
religious revival, and was vigorous worker.
He has been settled minister in every state in
the Union, east of thel mississippi
WALDO COUNTY.
Mr.. Rufus Drake of Lincolnville, seve raj
times candidate for representative to the
State legislature, died on the 9th.
The Journal says the prospects of the hay
crop were never better. #
On Sunday night some bungling burglar at
tempted an entrance into McDonald's jewelry
store on Main street, Belfast. by cutting away
the sash and breaking the glass. He got moth
ing. Y
T. X. Fowler, young man at work in ma
chine shop in Liberty. afew miles from Bel
fast, had his hand completely cut off by cir
cular saw. sa -4 1rrs -fa 1t
The municipal authorities of Belfast have Of
fered reward of $500 for evidence to convict
the incendaries who have been operating of
late in that city. '
The Bodwell Granite Co., have in course of
construction model stone-shed, which is
mammoth in point of size, being $50 feet long
and capable of accommodating some 160 cut
tiers. A-es --.t -4s A5t p &
A little son of Daniel McNelley Of Rockland,
fell through scuttle in the coal building of
the Bodwel Granite Co., some fifteen feet, in
juring himself badly.
The Belfast Savings Bank declared its
twelfth semi-annual interest dividend on Men
day, june LIST, passing to the credit of the de-
posts, exclusive of dividends, was 5000, 189. g.
with 2,77S depositors. The surplus and reserve
fund of the bank amounts to 1874, 78451.