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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-07

A hand-car of novel construction, and bag
containing monkey wrench, cod-chizel and
other burglars tools were found in the woods
at Topsham, Saturday, near the Lewiston
branch of the Maine Central. Thew we re COW
eyed with brush to conceal them. The section
men saw a stranger lurking about the place
yesterday, and kept watch of him, hut he elud-
ed them and disappeared.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-07

The Centennial buildings, valued at s.
SOC, 900, were sold at auction, Friday, for
$500, 160. The Main building was sold to
John s. Morton tor the Permanent EXhi-
bition Company for $3.50, 900 Among the
other buildings disposed of were the car
riage building for s4l00; Photographic
hall. $1,000; Art Gallery annex, $1,000;
Judges hall, $500; Agricultural hall,
$13 100; Pathological building, $3.50;
etc, etc. The Grand American restaurant
sold for $l10O to VIM E. Baker of Boston,
and will be taken to Ridge Hill farm, Wei
lesley, Mass
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Yne Contested states.


I,n, lso+,r,,;,,, H,,r,l ~ i o,,;oi,n., ha,.,
done their work Tie Hayes electors arr
declared elected, Packard tfeP) ior Coy
ernor, with four Republicans and one
Democratic Congressman
The wires are down, and lorida ha;
not been heard from
The publishers at the I4Gnnebec Journa
announce that they will furnish their daily
edition during the session al the Legisla-
ture tor two dollars The journal has
..1.1 !
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there wasn't brand, enough IN if miure pic
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-07
Letter from President Lincoln

The following letter lom the late President
Lincoln to George +. Shepley of Maine, writ
ten while Shepey was in New Orleans in the
latter part of 1862, Will be read with some in
terest at this time. 1t shows what the late
President thought of the mode adopted by the
Grant Administration Of electing State and
Federal officers ut the point of the bayone':
NJ
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-07

A man named Dudley in Riddeford has been
burning gas he didn't pay for. He had attached
a pipe above the metre, so that none passed
through the regulator, and consequently no
bills could be made out. 1t will probably cost
him dearly now.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-07

1t is said that the grave at Thomaston of
John Holmes, who was Representative and
Senator in Congress during the administrations
of Monroe, Adams and Jackson, has been so
long neglected that it cannot now be identified
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-07
Effect of Republican "Victory.'


1--WE will, says the New York Herald,
grant everything to the republican lead
ers; grant that they observe every parti-
Gle of the bad laws that they have enacted
down there grant that they not only count
in Hayes but carry the count through Con-
gress; grant that they actually install Mi.
Hayes in the White House on the 4th OF
March; and. after all, ii they have not
completely satisfied the intelligent public
opinion OF the country that the count is
just and honest, nothing they can do will
give either content or security or pernm-
nence to the general interests Of the colln-
try. All Industries and commerce will be
struck with paralysis. No capitalist will
venture on enterprise; no merchant will
dare to lay in stock of goods, because no
prudent consumer will buy more than he
needs from week to week no sensible
man will buy our bonds or hold them; no
manufacturer will venture to produce be-
yond his actual cash orders credit between
man and man will be gone; the number
of the unemployed will increase tenfold :;
poverty and want will overwhelm the
country"
We regret to learn OF the death of
Moody f. Thurlow of Rockland, brothe l.
of Postmaster Thurlow Of this city. He
was 4 good citizen, Il well known and
successful business man, and "a leading
Democrat of that locality He was u
great sufferer from lingering and pain
full disorder.
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Some of the Portlanders have excellent
sport in shooting owls from the church
seepes
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1t is announced that Tweed has dismissed all
his counsel and will let the law take its course.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-07

Hon. c. r. Whidden, Il prominent politician,
formerly collector of Calais, died on Sunday.
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j. W. Humphrey. an ldsand respected cir
zen of Bangor died suddenly in his carriasr
Saturday.
The Peoria Democrat says that Bob lngersoI
has lapsed, and that he was steaming drunk
when he sent that disgracefnl dispatch to GOV
ernor Kellogg.
The superiority Of American firearms is 80
fully acknowledged throughout the world thai
in case of European war our manufacturers
expect to be oyerrun with orders.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-07

COLI MBlA, Dec. :. The Democratic ana Re
publican Legislatures have occupied the House
of Representatives since Nov. Both, and both are
working to secure an advantage. Worn out b,
the lncesSant fatigue Of the past forty-egh
hours, they slept soundly last night. The Dem
ocratlc members could be recognized by the
large white blankets that had been bought fol-
them, and IN which they were wrapped. The
negro members snored in their everyday cloth
Jig. This morning, as yesterday, the adjourn
ment of both Houses a moment before r. an1
the calling to order by the two Speakers at tina
hour again took place. The lower portion o
the building is occupied by the troops. The rdi
culous and farcical scenes of yesterday are be
ginning again. A concurrent resolution was
adopted by the Senate and the Mackey House
postponing the special order for to-day, which
was the counting of the vote for Governor an,
Lieutenant-Goyernor until p. VI. Monday
This indicates hesitation and weakness amolls
the Republicans, or that they are waiting in
structions from Washington.
Two of the most prominent Republican mem
bers, Myers and Hamilton of Beaufort, (colored
this afternoon deserted Mackey's side of the
House and We're sworn in by the Democrat,
Speaker Wallace. Others are expected to fol
low their example. The Republicans are strain.
ing every nerve to save themselves. The Dem
ocrats are more cheerful. There has been no
interference by the military AS yet. The Senate
has adjourned till MondaT
The Republicans tonight seated four more
members from Abbeville county without hear
ing the protests or contests, and while the Dem.
ocratic members were IN the hall holding cpr-
tifcates of election from the Board of Canvas
sers. Mackey, in the House, this evening" told
Wallace he intended to remove the EdgefielI
men with State cOnstables. Wallace said the
House was the conservator of its own order
and could not legally be interfered with by con
stables or any outside force, and he would resist
them with all the power at his command and
not yield except to United States troops under
Of n
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-07

The Governor and Council counted the
votes, and issued certificates to freaden-
tial electors last Thursday. The troops
We're not called in.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-07

1t is plain talk which that able kepubii-
can paper, tue Nation, makes to Gov,
Hayes. The article will be found in this
i,lnar
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-07
The Louisiana Hetu,n..

rhe Democratic Committee from the
North, in attendance upon the Louisiana
count, have published the iollowin" td-
dress
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-05-19
Some Senators, Wives.

/ A Washington letter to the Cincin
natl Gazette says: Letme tell you of some
wives know, whose husbands sit grave.
| ly in the senatorial hall, and whose coun.
tenances seem to express so much digni
ty and wisdom that one, in looking al
them, would consider them far above the
paltry littleness of everyday life. " Why
don't you 60 to Mrs. Blank 2" I said
to sewing girl soliciting me for assis
tance after months illness. She
will do something for you, as you have
sewed for her so long, and she likes you
| so much"
"Oh, Miss Cleaner" the girl replied,
you are heap happier and better off
than she, if she is senator's wife and
wears diamonds and velvets. She never
has cent to spend herself. Her hus-
band buys everything, and grumbles
over the way the money goes. He visits
the kitchen to see no waste is going on,
and he comes up where am two or
three times a day, when he's home, to
see how am getting on with my sewing.
Sometimes get so scared like run and
hide when | hear him coming"
Probably he is interested in the dress
reform movement" l said.
"And Mrs. Blank" continued the
girl, never has the enjoyment of SO
much as five dollars at time for her
private spending money, although, of
course, her husband likes to see her
dress well, but he buys all the dresses 7"
Some time ago there was pale, frag.
ile-looking little lady, the more miser-
able half of Solon, and her pallor
was heightened by her constantly wear
ing green, which is only becoming, you
know, to persons with color and health
fnl tinge of complexion. why do you,
my dear Mrs. Solon, wear green so
much - asked an intimate friend. at
makes you look like corpse"
"Oh, Mr.. Solon likes it, and you
know he always buys all my dresses for
me. have never even purchased a
gingham since our marriage"
Another knows that her husbands af
fections are alienated from her, since
years have marked her brow with wrin-
kles and scattered snowfakes over her
hair. She knows that her husband has
new, new love" and yet she keeps
" her hearts proud pain superbly still,
and is to her lord the same quiet, unset
fish, uncomplaining woman she has al
ways been. Some day." she thinks.
" he will remember all that | have been
to him, and he will grow weary of the
purchased wiles of this strange woman.
| can afford to wait" Are not her white
hairs crown of glory.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-05-19

bread and butter and coffee the next
morning
Come my lass said the old gentle
man, | want to show you place fur
ther up the road, which has been taken
by friend Of mine"
The drive and the delicious September
air were like an invigorating tonic to our
wearied little bride, and picture await
ed them, in an exquisite villa with its
rose-clad bay windows and picturesquely
sloping roof. Rustic iron chairs stood
under the bowling branches of the elms
ON the lawn, and marble Cupid, hold.
ing up carved conch shell, scattering
bright rain into flower bordered basin
directly in front of the gates.
Oh, how beautiful I" cried Rachel
+" | never saw such superb scarlet geran
iums in my life; and what a lovely mar
BILE paved hall !"
You like the appearance 2"
"Oh, yes; tbs beautiful"
"Come in, my dear, and see how you
like the interior said the old gentle.
man, serenely.
1t was perfect, from the parlor, with
its superb Brussels carpet and exquisite
silk hangings, to the bedroom, all in
white and pink, like the inside of 9
roses heart, and the fairy conservatory
all stocked with camelias, heliotropes
and rare fuschias, at the south end o.
the house.
1t is like fairy land !" cried Rachel
enthusiastically. Do tell me, Uncle
Ben, who is to live here?"
Uncle Ben turned round and faced
her.
You, my dear ("
And Hugh, of course 2"
To be sure! :"
But uncle" gasped little Rachel
quite overwhelmed by this unexpected
good luck' /" the other house -
That's only a little joke of mine
This is the real home, and / give it tt
you with all the more pleasure that yor
we're disposed to make the best of the
bad bargain you thought you were in
for. My dear, the contented mind you
possess is worth thousand houses"
And Rachel felt something warm and
wet upon her cheek, like tear, as the
old gentleman stopped to kiss her.
When Hugh came home, to find his
little wife upon the veranda, all welcom
ing smiles to greet him, he exclaimed
Why, uncle Ben, this is a perfect
casket."
But none to good for the little jewel
that inhabits ii" Uncle Ben answered.
And Hugh read in the tone that hi;
young wife had won the capricious ole
gentleman's heart.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-05-19

IT WAS HE.-A man forty years old,
and as long as a rail, went into one Of
the banks of Detroit to get the cash on
thirteen dollar check, drawn by par
ty living in Nankin township.
You will have to be identified" said
the cashier, as he looked at the check.
"I'm the man." was the reply.
But l don't know who you are."
"But do"
You must bring some one here who
knows YOU"
"Don't | know myself" exclaimed
the check tenderer.
"But must know you. You may
be Tom Jones for all that know"
You must be consarned fool to
think I'm some one elsel" growled the
man in response.
"You must be identified" observed
the cashier.
That's my name, l tell ye, and this
is me, and if this bank gets me riled I'll
lick the whole crowd of you over behind
the railing"
The cashier wouldn't pay, and the man
couldn't find any one who knew him,
and at noon he was waiting " for the fell
Ter who sassed him to come out"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-05-19

AN AFFECTING MEETINa.-Sarah
Steele, a young woman, has been COM
mitted for trial in England on charge
of bigamy. Both husbands attended in
court, and on being confronted with her
first partner, Sarah threw herself into
his arms and said: "Alec. is that you
They told me you were hanged in Glas-
gov years ago.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-05-19

A JoKE.-A few days since jury in
Carroll county, Ga, thought it would
be good joke to bring in this verdict:
/" We, the jury, unanimously agree to
disagree" They did so, and the judge
replied: Il, the judge. unanimously fine
Won FIVE dollars each.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-05-26
Miscellaneous.
AN AFFAIR OF HONOR.

For fve.and-forty years / have borne the
name of Peter Smith. Though you have
never heard of me, natter myself that my
family name will be familiar to you. | am
quiet in my habits, and, | believe, not dis
posed to interfere with the rights of other
men f; yet even this did not avail to save me
some ten years since from becoming involved
in an affair Of honor. Let me tell you how
it happened.
At the time of which I speak was an in
mate of Mrs. Jones family. / use the word
inmate advisedly, since it was well known
that Mrs, Jones never took boarders. In
fact, she expressly gave me to understand
that her only inducement in taking me was
the pleasure she expected to derive from my
society; that she was far above mercenary
considerations. Ofcourse | felt hattered by
the compliment thus insinuated though |
confessed | was somewhat surprised, since
all mercenary considerations were discaimed
to be charged higher rate for board than |
eyer paid. Still | did not demur, feeling
certain that | had at length found Il
home
Let me describe Mrs. Jones, my hostess.
Physically speaking, | should say that she
came of great family, her proportions be-
ing most aristocratic. In her demeanor to-
ward me she was always very gracious and
condescending for which | felt properly
grateful. She always came to the table
arrayed in stiff satin, the very rustic of
which betrayed her consequence, and inn
pressed me with my comparative insignf-
cance.
Mrs. Jones had daughter, by the name
Sophronia. In external appearance she was
quite unlike her parent, being exceedingly
tall and slender while the other is exceed
ingly short and dumpy. In copy ofverses
which she was kind enough to show me,
some enthusiastic young man had the tenn
Gritty to call her a sylph. | do not know
much about sylphs, never having seen one
to my knowledge; but | question much
whether sylphs have red hair, or noses with
an upward tendency. have my doubts al
so as to whether sylphs squint Still am
far from denying that Miss Sophronia Jones
was sylph, since that belief evidently af-
iolded her satisfaction.
Mrs. Jones table was admirably adapted
for valetudinarian. There he would find
no dishes of unwholesome rchness-noth-
ing, indeed, that was calculated to induce
excessive eating. II, as some physicians
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-05-26
POetical.
REGRET.

lie offered kiss In the morning
But coldly turned away;
For an idle word that overheard
Had wrangled a night and a day,
I knew in truth It was nothing
That he would have blushed to own.
That point and sting OF the trinlng thing
Grew out Of my heart alone.
But a vexed, unqulct spirit
Weighs no matter Alright,
And the sore smart OF a jealous heart
Puts reason out OF sight.
l let him go in the morning
Without the kiss he sought;
And the day was long, but nursed my wrong
With many bitter thought.
One bitter thought, God help me!
Did not enter my brain,
That kiss of mine, by word or sign,
lie would never seek again.
But as evening shadows gathered,
My heart began to burn
with quickened sense OF his influence,
And longed for his return.
Leaning against the window
That overlooked the street,
| strained my ear his step to hear
In the crowd OF hurrylng feet.
Far Off in the dlmmest distance,
should have known 1t We'll;
But there came instead q muliod tread
And sharp alarm of the bell.
Some griefs, though deep and bitter,
Find at last their cures,
But some retain the Old, old pain
AS long as life endurcs.
did not know IN the morning
When coldly turned away,
That should miss and mourn that kiss
Down TO my dying day!
MARY L. BRADLEY
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-05-26

ALTITUDE FAsCINATIoN.-Jumpi from
points of elevation is a fashion of suicide.
To stand on an elevated site exercises a sin
gular fascination over some people, leading
them to jump into the air. 1t causes others
to perspire and tremble with fear. Last
summer talked with the guardian of the
steeple of the Cathedral at Strasburg on this
subject, and he informed me that few visi-
tors were free from the feeling of fright on
reaching the first terrace, which is of great
altitude, and that it was so pronounced as
to generally prevent them from going any
higher. Sometimes the women tainted. |
confess ! was not free from vague dread in
looking out over the immense reach of land
cape which this view takes in, although
there was absolutely no danger, the terrace
being securely guarded by strong iron rails.
This man Of the upper air-the guardian or
guide-informed me that the summer before
an Englishman had tainted, but deter
mined to overcome his fright, and con-
tinued to ascend every day for week. until
he could look out in the direction of the
bllcR forest, from the lantern, with equan-
unity, During the summer q man had
jumped into the air through altitude fascina-
tion. He was probably dead before reach
ing the ground, on account of the immense
height from which he hurled himself
Formerly the Vendome Column was the
scene of so many deaths of this kind that
decree was issued to prevent visitors from
ascending it unless accompanied by guar
dian. 1t was the Tarpeian Rock of Paris
Such number have killed themselves from
the fascination of altitude, or the fright pro.
duced thereby, that elevated places must be
recognized as dangerous for certain people
Those whose self-killing is premeditated O
course are not comprised therein GaLarV
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-05-26

THEY WOULD BE CAUGHT. Some years
ago bill was introduced in the Indiana
Legislature to tax all attorneys and jackasses
s4oO each. Mr.. Norris, citizen of Somerset
county, Md, having gotten hold of it, and
greatly elated at the joke upon lawyers,
called on Hon. John w. Crisfeld, a promi-
nent lawyer Of the town which bears his
name.
Good morning. Mr.. Crisfeld"
"Good morning, Mr.. Norris, rejoined tho
former.
"Have you heard the news from Indiana?"
pursued Mr.. Norris.
"What is that ?" replied the other.
"Why, they are men of sense in Indiana;
they are getting up law there to tax all the
lawyers and jackasses in that State 800
apiece, replied the latter, rubbing his hands
with pleasure at the thought
The veteran lawyer reflected a moment on
the information, and then grayely rejoined:
swell, friend Norris, it is lucky for you
and me that We don't live in Indiana Mey
sOouid catch b0tA Of Us.