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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-02-04
What w. C., Means.

One time, not everso-lo long ago, a Bos-
ton gentleman and his wife determined on
spending their vacation in the country
even in New Hampshire. in 4 good farm
er's family. Early in the season they had
talked over the matter and decided exact
ly what they wanted and what they would
do; and having been 10y friends referred
to a good old couple in the interior of the
State, they wrote and engaged board Tor
a lew weeks. 1t took considerable time to
settle matters, SO many little things oc
cured to the wife to be arranged for, but
at last everything was satisfactorily ad-
justed The letter was to announce when
they might be expected; and just here
something prompted the thought in the
woman's mind, and she insisted that her
husband should inquire Of the farmer how
far away the water-closet was from the
house; tor at some extremely well-regu-
lated country homesteads that institution
is tritle less than a quarter of mile from
the fire place. Don't you forget it, said
the wife; because il it is rs far off as some
are, will not go-so there
Well, the husband wrote to the farmer
and told him about what time he should
leave Boston, which road he should take,
and when he might be expected. He for
got, until he had signed his letter the in
quiry his vile had directed him to make
SO he added the following interrogatory as
postcript-.P. SWIM you please inform
me how tar it is from the house to the
w. C.?'
In good time the farmer got the letter
Everything but the postscript was explicit
apl nna1nI inf ofat h1lf hat
was the meaning of wv. or The honest
old farmer and his honest old wife were
both-fguratively speaking stuck. They
scratched their heads and thought; but all
to no purpose. They couldn't answer the
lettef until they knew what wv. c. meant
of course, and with all their study and
shrewdness its meaning they could not dis
Germ The old farmer went out into The
field about his work; but all the while w
c. was before his eyes, and the explanation
was the worst puzzle he ever knew. All al
once it came to his mind like flash
'Pohn said he; 'of course that's it, and
away he went to the house. Wife said
he, I've got itn Have you?' said she
we'll for goodness sake, then, what does
w. c. mean?' why, it is the meeting
house, of course, se,-Wesleyan Chapel
1t seems that small chapel had been
built to accommodate two neighborhoods
the distance being about the same from
each; and the farmer discovered that hi:
to-be city boarders were church going peo-
pie, and wanted to know how far it was tc
the Westinghouse. Having discovered the
meaning of the at first mysterious initials
he sat down to write, and initiating the
style OF his correspondence. he reserved
his answer to the inquiry till the last, ane
then added the following extraordinar,
information p. Sit is three miles ane
halt to the w. c. and you have to %
early to get seat.
1t is conjectured that it was now thu
Boston gentleman's turn to puzzle over wv
c. but our informant came away sool
after the farmers letter was written, an
the result of the correspondence has no
been made public
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-02-04
NUMBER 81.
Logan on His Feet.
New York Tribune. I

| Pranced there in upon the arena of the
great debate, like trick mule in a circus,
or spawned nightmare upon the track
of Il beautiful dream-Logan OF Illinois.
There was vision Of mustaches, eyebrows
and hair, piled on each other in arches; a
large brandshing of arms, pose, and
a stridulous war-whoop; and much as
though picture of the Deerfield massacre
early history, Logan took the American
Senate by its large, capacious ear. And
then he went for his mother tongue. He
smote it right and lett, hip and thigh, and
showed no mercy. Swinging the great
broad-ax of his logic high in air. he turned
it ere it fell, and with the hammer side
struck the language Of sixty millions of
people fairly in the face, and mashed it
beyond recognition Under his stroke the
floor OF the American Senate was spattered
with the remnants of a once proud vocab-
ulary, and messengers, doorkeepers and
pages were covered from head to foot with
the spray In the fearful two hours which
followed the first roar Of his Grafton all
the parts of speech were routed ard put
to flight. There were orphaned adjectites
and widowed nouns, bachelor verbs driven
to polygamy, and polygamous verbs LETT
lonely, conjunctions discovered, preposi-
tions scattered. adverbs disheveled and
distorted, and syntax flung into wild dis
order. 1t was great day for Logan
He set his teeth into the language as the
untamed tiger of the iunglcs takes between
his mouth and paw the wearing apparel
Of tae wayfarer, and the ripping of it was
heard through all the forest depths 1t
reverberated to the other end of the Capt.
tol, and sluggish Representatives lifted up
their ears and listened to the roar with
terrified awe. Some started for the scene
but upon being told the cause of the dis
tLrbancc in the brief communication,
"Logan's up' turned back, with tul as
surance that they could hear from that end
OF the Capitol all that was worth hearing
So through two hours Logan swung his
beautiful arms over the heads of the Sen
ate like the booms of a Government der
rick, while his chin churned the language
like pile-driver in a heavy sea, and the
bal1led reporters made wild plunges with
their pencils to gather up his regurgita-
tions for the printer.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-02-04
VOLUME Is.
Winter Dressing of Asparagus Beds.

A writer in the English Gardeners
Magazine says that he could never under
stand why gardeners in private establish
ments, and those who have the manage
ment of market gardens. should so widely
differ in their practice of the winter dress
ing of asparagus beds. The farmer, either
late in the autumn OF the commencement
of winter. spreads over his beds thick
covering of decayed matter He then digs
from the alleys or trenches between the
beds quantity of soil which is strewn over
the manure on the top Of the bed, giving
the bed an even slope toward the bottom OF
the trench. When this is done the trench
es between the beds are filled with plenty
OF rotten manure, into which, in the grow
ing season, the roots of the asparagus
find their way. Early in the spring the
beds are lightly forked, a portion of the
soil going toward filling up the alleys;
thus in some degree the beds are lowered
With the market gardener the practice
is different. He makes good the side of
his bed in the spring; and instead of re-
ducing the quantity Of the soil, he adds to
the top of his beds; thus their depth is in
creased. The reason for these opposite
systems Of culture appears to be that lie
market gardener, in order to obtain as
paragus fit for the market. must haye each
stalk of Il sufficient length, in order to
make saleable bundles; therefore it is nee
essary that there should be an extension
Of its growth underground, because when
it reaches few inches over the surface it
must be cut, or the shoots would soon be-
come unfit for the table With the private
gardener the length Of stalks is not of so
much consequence, because they are sent
to the kitchen in a loose state; and there
fore very little more than the length Of
the saleabe portion is required for that
purpose.
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slept little that night At daybreak
arose. and scribbled brief farewell t
Charlie. A telegram from my employer
| stated, called me away. Best wishes
compliments to Mrs. Pell, etc. had jus
addressed and sealed it when some one rap
ped furiously at my door, and opening it
| found Charlie, who strobe in and locke'
it after him.
1--WE have been friends for many years
Richmond" he began, "apd | have hat
great confidence in you. Perhaps you cal
explain the meaning of your embarrass
ment at the sight of my wife"
Il really"-I began.
mo prevarication, said he. "Y You know
each other. She sent you a note last night
| demand a sight of it!'
''What does she sayp asked.
''She has notbeen asked to say anything,
said Pel Il leave her to her own con
science. Let me see the note ?"
Really, began again. i assure YOU
said Charlie
81 have BEEN Yes.''
"You know something about her that |
do not"
ut is nothing to her discredit," said
'Believe me, you had better let the mat
ter rest. mere-a coincidence"
''The note related to it ?" said Pell, black
in the face with rage.
"Well in Il measure
| ''Show it to me" roared Charlie.
II can't' said |. ''Ask Mrs Pell to ex-
plain. | must not show lady's letter to
any one"
''ller husband demands it" said Char
| lie
"Charlie,' said /, 'what fool you are
| Therer'
And | cast the little note his wife had
written. toward him
He seized it, perused it eagerly, repeat
cd the words:
eff you have the least love tor me. go."
"And he instantly clutched me by the
throat.
Iwent down lie sat upon my chest and
choked me.
could not help it then had tried to
keep Mrs. Pells secret, but self-preserva-
ton is a law of nature | wrenched my
cravat from his hands. and grasped his
wrists firmly.
LET me speak, said
81 give you moment for confession
said be. 'Speak before YOU die"
II know Mrs. Pell very we'll" said |,
'better than do You. We have been very
fond of each other She kissed me when
we parted last, and called me her dear
Rich-Stop a minute, let me confess all
before You choke me She's my grand
mother. She was Mrs. Charlotte Rich
mond before you married her wasn't she ?
/ was named after her.
Poor Charlie Pell stopped trying to choke
me, and got up at once.
"1our grandmother?" "he repeated. why,
she's only twenty-eigh1.'
"People become grandmothers very
early sometimes, said l. Il don't know
her age
Then Charlie let me get up, and went
and sat with his face on his hands near the
window before he left me.
An hour after, | received another note
from my grandmother.
DEAR RICH: Don't 60 unless YOU choose.
Eve explained matters TO Mr.. PcIl
Yours. c. FELL.
| found out atterward that my grand
mother had told a dreadful fb about my
pcing an adopted child; but it really did
not matter what poor Charlie Pell thought
about that, SO never contradicted the
statement. And really now that golden
hair dye has come ill., my grandmother has
grown 50 juvenile i'll appearance that |
think she begins to believe that she is not
out OF her teens herself
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-02-04
Cares of Every Day.

Oh. tritling tasks so often done,
Yet never to be done anew!
Oh! cares that come with every sun,
Morn after morn the long years through
We shrink beneath their paltry sway
The irksome calls of every day.
The steady strain that never stops
Is mightier than the fiercest shock;
The constant fall of water-drops
Will groove the adamantine rock;
We feel our mobiles. powers decay,
In feeble wars with every day.
The heart which boldly faces death
Upon the battle field, and dares
Cannon and bayonet, faints beneath
The needle points of frets and caresi
The stoutest spirits they dismay-
The tiny stings Of every day.
And even saints of holy fame,
Whose souls by faith have overcome,
Who wore, amid the cruel flame,
The molten crown of martyrdom,
Bore not without complaint alway,
The petty pains of every day.
All. more than martyrs aureOle,
Aud more than herO's heart of fire,
We need the humble strength of soul
Which daily toll and ills require:
Sweet Patience! grant us, if you may,
An added grace for every day.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-02-04

TIE WORK OF A HAMMER. The relief
light-boat which has recently been station
ed at Cornfield shoal was towed to this
Brainard's ways for repairs it having been
discovered that she was leaking badly,
1t was some time before the locality of
the leak could be fixed, but 4 place was
finally found amidships, where the plank
ing and three or tour inches of the keel
were entirely gone The only thing which
had kept the vessel from sinking was the
copper sheathing Between the planking
and ceiling was found Il hammer. which
is supposed to have been left there 13
years ago. when the vessel was re-topped.
The handle of this hammer was worn
down to a mere stump. 1t is supposed
that the planking and keel were worn
away by this hammer as it moved with
the continual motion OF the vessel. N. l..
Telegram.
Colonel Ethan Allen of Revolutionary
fame, though roughly reared, was very
courteous by nature, and made every pos
sible effort to improve his manners by OBJ
serving those of other people. When he
was a prisoner OF war in New York City
on parole, he was invited into the best
society of the city, and on one occasion
attended Il large and fashionable dinner
party Olives were passed around during
the feast, and, following the general ex-
ample, Colonel Allen took one. He was
unable to overcome the disgust it caused
his palate, and taking the half-chewee
fruit in his hand, said, with low bow to
his hostess, "Madame, with your permis
sion I'll put that God damned thing OF
! the table,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-02-04

IIAEIrS OF THE ALLIGATORs. \ South
ern naturalist has made some observations
on the habits of alligatcls. Among them
he records the following; THAT alliga-
tors swallow their young have had ocu-
lar demonstration in Il single case as was
engaged making survey on the banks OF
the lIomochitto Lake, near the Mississippi
river. The day was warm and sunny, and
as | halted near the margin of 4 pond
nearly dried up, to pick up some shells l
started a litter Of yonng alligators that
started of yelping like puppies; and re-
treating some twenty yards, TO the bank OF
the La Homochitto, saw them reach their
refuge in the mouth of a tive-loot alligator.
She evidently held open her mouth to re-
cicve them, as in single lie they passed in
beyond my observation The dam then
turned slowly round and slid down beneath
the water, passing into large opening in
the bank, beneath the root o. ash tree.
Doubtless this refuge is tempo try. and
the young are released ut their own OF the
mothers pleasure; the descent being but
partial, in no way reaching or interfering
with the process of digestion.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-02-04

"You have Il pleasant home and bright
fireside, with happy children sitting around
it, haven't you ?" said the Judge. les,
sir" said Mr.. Thompson. "Well,'' said the
Judge, eff the happy children sit around
the cheerful freside until you return, they
will stay there just forty-three days, as
will have to send you up for that time"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-02-04

short horned steer was butchered in
Detroit. recently, which weighed 4llO lbs.
alive, and yielded 5000 lbs of dressed
beef This is believed to be the largest
animal ever slaughtered for beet on this
continent.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-02-04

President Gilbert OF the Maine State Az
Ilcultural College, says that it has been
demonstrated by practical tests that, on
an average for the whole year, it takes
swenty-four pounds of milk to make a
pound Of butter.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-02-04

'.Oh your nose is as cold as ice, a Bos-
ton father thought he heard his daughter
exclaim the other evening as he was read
ing in the next room. He walked in for
an explanation, but fhe young fellow was
at one end of the sofa and the girl at the
other. while both looked so innocent and
unconscious that the old gentleman con-
cluded that his ears had deceived him, and
SO retired from the scene without word
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-02-04

| SCOT AS GARDEN FERTILIZER. Per
haps it may have occurred to some of our
lady readers that the refuse SCOT of our
chimneys is one of the most valuable
stimulents and fertilizers they can have
for their garden flowers. The following
incident OF practical experience is from a
lady contributor to the Rural Carolinian :
During two seasons we nursed fed and
petted the Hartford prolific grape vine-as
much for its shade over the window as for
its truit-but it persisted in remaining a
stunted cane, yellow, and refusing to
climb. Despairing a shade, grapes and
roses, we finally bethought ourselves of
SCOT as a manure, and forthwith made a
''soot tea by sleeping a teacup of SCOT in
a quart of wafer This we administered,
two doses each, to both the trees and the
vine. The vine grew six feet in height in
the space of six weeks, the rose bush four
feet in the same length of time-both
therefore rejoiced in living green.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-02-04

A scientific agriculturist reports that he
has found as high as thirty per cent. OF
cream in the last pint of milk drawn
from COW, when the first pint from the
same cow yielded only nine and a hall
per cent.
a lot of Texan cows imported into Sims
bury, Conn. have brought the Texan cat
tie disease into that town and large mum
Der of cows have died with it, one farmer
losing ten almost at once.
The growing of winter wheat in pref
erence to spring wheat is greatly increas-
ing in the West, as it is not SO susceptible
to damage from uniavorable seasons.
The breathing of impure air OF the
drinking of impure water by cows, even
for single day, vitiates the quality of the
milk-a practical hint to farmers
Gardening is a part of the educational
system Of Sweden. and upwards of ,, 1000
schools have gardens for planting attached
to them.
A Californian has raised GO tons Of cab
bages from three acres of land, and got
81 900 in gold for them
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-02-04

one day last week gentleman opened hole
in an eddy, at Lyndon, VT, and removed with
his hands nearly 800 pounds of pickerel and
suckers. The same thing was done year or
to the hole in the ice for freer breath and are
captured.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-02-04

MEANS To GET RICH. Ten or twelve
years ago there was miner working in
the upper levels of the Comstock at 81 per
day He lived in little cabin down the
canyon, did his own cooking, and whist
led softly There Il good time coming,
boys To-day that miner walks about
the streets of Virginia City, as cordial rs
in the old days; he dresses no better than
any ordinary gentleman of Virginia, and
eats no better food than II conscientious
editor ought to have. And vet as his for
tune is rated in the stock list daily. he is
so rich that, were his stocks turned into
money, he could lend Scott that so ,OO0.-
600 he wants, and have enough left to
live comfortably upon. He could unaid-
ed, 90 down and open, ut his own eX-
pense, the Darien Canal on should his
fancy run that way, he could advertise to-
morrow that the Government through
him had determined to resume immediate
specie payment. and pretty nearly max e
the promise good He could endow a
college in each State of the Union with
s. .0OU, 900 each, or could build Il double
track narrow-gauge railroad from San
Francisco to New York, and solve at once
the problem of cheap transportation,
There is no telling, indeed, what he might
do bat what he will do is apparent
enough He was here when thirty feet OF
the o"rf,,eo was u bic mine AT
| 900 feet he has found it three or tour
times as wide. He believes at 4 900 he
will strike it 800 ieet wide, and get rich,
and he is going for it
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-02-04

The only happiness a brave man ever
troubled himself wi it'll asking much about
was, happiness enough to get his work
done 1t is after all the one unhappiness OF
a man that he cannot work cannot get
his destiny as man fulfilled. Behold the
day is passing swiftly over, our life is
passing swiftly over; and the night COM
eth, wherein no man can work The
night once come, our happiness, our I'M
happiness, it is all abolished; vanished,
clean gone a thing that has been. But
our work, behold, that is not abolished,
that has not vanished our work, behold
it remains, OF the want of it remains -
for endless times and etemitles, remains;
and that is now the sole question with us
torevermore. Brief braWling Day, with
its noisy phantasma, its poor paper crowns
tinsel gilt, is gone; and divine, everlast-
inc Night with her star diadems, with
her silences, and her veracities, is come !.
What hast thou done, and how Happi-
ness, unhappiness; all that was but the
wages thou hadst; thou hast spent all that,
in sustaining thy self hitherward; not a
coin Of it remains with thee, it is all spent,
eaten; and now thy work, where is thy
work ? Swift, out with it, let rs see thy
work Carlyle.
The daily gazette., 1875-12-30
Removing stumps.

A friend asks us what can be done
% get md OF stumps in whether
aGde oil would not cause the stumps
% ourn more readily. In our expert
ence we have found it preferable to
,eMove stumps with machines made
Or that purpose and burn them after.
wards, if desired. 1t is slow work
burning isolated stumps in field and
ele same amount of time spent in
uProotlng them will be much more
enective. A good team, horses or oxen
WIN a stump machine will clear quite
aspaee Of ground in a dey, and if the
sioand be stony, the work may be
,It1her er progressed by filling the holes
Nnefe the stumrs came from with
Mnes to within eighteen inches or
Mo @ ieet of the surface. Crude oil is
aot very lnt1amable and unless used
n large quantities its only effect is to
eear The surface of the stump and
make 1t last even longer than il other.
wise would.-Rurdl Ne.o Yorker.
The daily gazette., 1875-12-30
SECOND EDITION,
NBETCkRI .
n'a'h of Col. Albert l.. ,rayil,on.

Death Of col. Albert l.. MaxiIton.
ON Tuesday, Col. Albert l.. Mapil-
ton died at his residence, No. 1l3
Florida street, Philadelphia. He was
IN the Both wear of his age, and was
born in New Castle county, Del, on
the Sth of July. 1897. His parents
removed to Philadelphia soon after
his birth. He was West Point grad
nate and served for several years in
Ihe regular army. lie was sent to
west Point in 1912 by Hon. Charles
3rown then representing the First
Congressional District Of Pennsylva-
ma, being selected from among the
High School boys after consultation by
Mr.. Brown with the teacher. Mr..
Magilton graduated from the United
States Military Academy, July 1st,
1915, and was Immediately appointed
IN the army brevet Second Lieutenant
Fourth United States Artillery. Ir
October of the same year he left with
his regiment for Mexico, and wa.
engaged in the seige OF Vera Cruz il
the Spring of 1647,
lie served during the Mexican wa
and was also engaged in the lat
rebellion. rising to the rank of Lieut.
Col. of the 3lst Penn. Vols. At tn
time of his death he was Deput,
Collector OF internal revenue io
Philadelphia.