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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-04-27
TO THE Ho>Juasc Of Probate for The cor.

To THE llO< Judge Of Probate, Tor inc 'o'H.
Of Ilnc1 :.
TILE CNDEE~IGNED Nish McEay. ~ Buck
L sport in said County. represents that James
Hutclnng, late of said Bucksporf, deceased on
the 10Th dav OF November, 1870. gave to lila rlet
Horn and benjamin Mckay, OF said Bucksport
bond tor the conveyance upOn certain conditions
of certain real estate in "a ID BuCksport, bounded.
Beginning AT the Southeast Corner OF the ID. Don
oven lot. thence running south 6i7 East 81 rods 10
land OF heirs OF Abncr hImhall, thence North 20,
East by said kImbals iand Is rods, thence North
So IVES to the Donovan lot thence by the bono
van southery to the place Of beg inning, contain.
ing 20 acres with the buildings thereon. san bond
has been duly assigned 10 me and the conditions
thereon contained having been iully comriici, /,
the undersigned, pray that your Honor viii gr mt
a license to George ". Hutchtu.., ADMINISTRATOR
upon the estate OF said James llu!chluE- T. con
yey satd estate 70 me. Sail James Huichinss be-
my prevented BY death from making such convey I
anc
Bucks port. April 81, 1876
STATE OF MAINE.
HANCOCK s. Court Of Probate, April Tern
\. ID 1870.
Upon the foregoing Petition, ORDERED That
said petitioner give public Iotico TO all per'on,
interested, by causing copy OF the petition anu
tins order thereon, to be published three weeks
succes -ivry IN the Ellsworth American, a news
ape 'lishetl in Ellsworth, in said County ,thlt
tiie, may appear at court OF Probate Tor sahI
County To be held at Buckpsort, on the seven
ivcuth ay OF NAV next, at ten of the clock IN the
r LOON, to shew cause, Il any they have, why
the D. y "a II said petitioner should not be grant
ed.
PARKER TUCK, Judge,
Atest:-CH,s. L. DoRR Reg'r. 3w
\ tue copy-Attest: CIIA>. p. DOkR, Reg'r.
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CHILD NATURE.

Child is social, therefore he must
have companions and not be left to the
solitude of his home. He is active and
fond of making-ksep him busy and
help him to produce things. He loves
the earth-give him a garden patch.
He is an artist-give him music, inita-
tive action, and other appropriate
means of expression. He is curious
teach him to think and discover. He
is religious-lead him to trust in God.
On this last he said: 'sGod.
trust, rock-firm God-trust has died
out of the world. The kindergarten
shall bring it back so that the next
generation OF children shall he Gods
children"
Here is work for a child not against
the grain, but with it; not III violation
of Gods law in the child's nature, but
in loving obedience to it. Instead of
Furnishing tie lad that makes pictures
upon his slate, the loving Kindergar-
ten master puts him to making pict-
ures, and gently shows him how to
produce with his fingers the pictures
that float in his brains. Instead oil
rebuking his curiosity and construct.
tiveness, the Keilhau schoolmaster
yokes them to his purpose. Instead
of checking the child's sweetest i'm.
pulse-the impulse to play-he conse.
crates it. Jean Paul has said: ssPlay
is the child's first poetry" 1t was q
wise and poetic saying of a poet. But
Froebel was not poet, but school.
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TO CALIFORNIA.
FhG Prophet Not Without Honor in
His Own Country.
The Opinion of Those Who are
Right on the Gronnd.
Unsought Testimony in Fa.
vor Of the "Old Reliable"
North-We lest.

We don't give this for an du fat dcconlptts,
but il is very strongly rumored that Cedar
Rapids is to be the hdlftC tCGy station between
Chicago ard Council Bluffs.
If this is TO be, and some experiments have
been made to that end, We suppose II Is on
account of the superior condition OF the road
A trip on the steel Iailed and wen bsiasteo
road, is rot any more now, II as much, wear
and tear on the employees and machinery 70
a train, from Chicago to Cedar Rapids, 2le
miles, as il wss on the iron rails from CHI
cago 10 Clinton, l5S miles, in the olden time.
1t is not necessary for us to say that the &.
d n. w. R'y is a first class road in every par.
t:cular, that it rides as easy as sitting IN a
rocking chair, that its coaches are pariors.
that its employees are the most polite and a.
fable gentlemen the travelling public can
meet or will meet in lifetime OF trayel-the
the esprit de corps Of the emploN es. Il We may
say is at a high standard we say we need
not say this in a newspaper, 1t is self-evident
to every traveller on the road. But IN The fh-
tltre these are 10 be increased; IRE suppose The
trains mill be more 4upel6 there q 10 be nc
train more complete, either Jor fonafoTt or safety
ledre the sOorld's commercial metropolis for The
GOLDEN GATE. THAN THE GREAT TRAINS on
THE CHICAGO q NoRTHwESTERN RAILWAY
THE ONLY COMPANY RUNNING OUT OF CHI
CAGo THAT HAS A ROAD SO RELIABLE THAI
CAPABLE OF BEING ATTAINED BY ENGINES
OF THE MOST IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION, Run
WITH THE HAND OF IRON NERVE. AND A
HEAD OF BRAINS, WITHOUT ANY FEAR OF AC
CIDENT OR INCONVENIENCE.
Every employe outhe road feels a persona
interest In the North Western Railway It'll
the "clipper" road in the West, and SO far as
anything can do ii will continue SO to be.
THIS Is THE TRANs-CENTEySIAL LINE
FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE GREAT MIS-
SOURI, RIVER.
The old-time trave er speaks in high gies
of the lease and comfort" of these days o.
steel in contrast with the pioneer days o.
this pioneer road in the days of iron. Tn,
comforts Of trapei on the North Western Rail
icdu are IN every trouelers mouth from the At
lontic TO The Pucific. II must be a proud CON-
pliment To the ef1icient management. anc
that is the reason every officer or employ,
feels so happy Gnd obliging.
1t is with pride we mention these things
and Join the general shout along the line
' Hurrah .or the "OLD DRELIABLE--CeddrR Rap
ids Republican, dug. IA 1876.
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SQCtE TIES.


Ma~onic Hall locst' d In third story OF Cages
Block. Main street
FIspLAY CoUScILRA & !. NJ No. 50. Regular
Counoll second Monday evening in each
mSnth.
EIEDLAY CHAPTER, X. A NJ. No. 81 Stated
ConvocatL,,n first Monday evenings In each
month.
fIsDLAY LoDGE.F r. q NJ, No. ~. stated com
munication first and Third w ednesday eve
q ngs In each month.
Odd-FeiIows' Hall east side of Main Str, ct
between Sandusky and Crawford Streets
9oLUEN RULE ENCAMPAEsT. No. 92-l-D.p.F.
meets second and fourth Friday evening,
OF each month.
HANCOCK LODGE, So.7S,I. o. O. r., meets es e
~ Tuesday evening
FIsDLAYLoDGE, So. IS, X OF P -,meets ever !,
Monday evening in odd Fellows Hall.
FINDLAY5AyISGs AsDBUILDING LOAN AhSo
cIArIoN M eeJs at the CourI-house on tine
third Monday In each month
THE WoMEN's CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE
UsIoNmeets at the League Rooms. Opposite
the Joy House. General prayer meeting
sverySabbatn af ernoOn at O'Clock. Wo
inen's prayer meeting "Wednesday alter
moon at O'Clock. Children meeting nrst
Saturday afternoon N each mo.-th at
O'Clock.
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NO.. 80.

of the distance past; the inspired love
of Senta, who also recognizes the face
of her dreams; and the happy, father
ly affection of Daland, are pictured
with wonderful dramatic power.
The scene of the third act is again by
the sea shore. The two ships are moor
ed by the pier; the Norwegian is lllum
mated, and the sailors and merry-mak-
ing close by; but the Hollander lies
blank and gloomy, and all on board is
still as death. The jewellers cry out
but get no answer from the crew. The
steersmen says:
They're dead indeed;
Offood and drink they have no need
Tie maidens ask:
Have they no sweethearts 10 see on the land
And will they not dance with us here on the
strand?
But the sailors reply:
They're old and pale instead of rec.
And all thei- sweethearis are iorg since
dead.
And they return to their merriment.
At last the crew of the HoIlander
awake and sing a ghostly song of the
coming storm, OF how the storm wind
howls, the wedding music and the
ocean dances thereto. Erik returns
and hears of the wedding, meets Senta
and reproaches her-The Hoiiaufsr-
draws near, and, seeing Senta and
Erik together, he supposes his wife
unfaithful. He calls his crew, and
despite Senta's entreaties, bids an eter
nal farewell to the land, and he sup
poses also to his last hope of salvation
As he sails Senta throws herself into
the sea, faithful unto death" This
breaks the spell, the phantom ship
sinks, and the opera ends with the full
fillment of the angels promise, as
shown by the apotheosis of Senta and
the Hollander
The opera throughout is filled with
exquisite melody; bubbling and spark
ling like the clear waters of noun
tain brook over its pebbly bed; melody
pure and graceful, of the same spon-
taneous nature as that which leads us
in Mozart's masterpieces: and melody,
such as only a great genius can give the
world, and the graceful Instruments
ton, ever twining and wreathing itsell
around the noble recitative reminds
one of nothing so much as the ivy
which adorns and enriehes the columns
of some grand architectural work
Nothing brings to my mind more forci
bly, the familiar comparison between
the two arts, the saying that architec
ture is frozen music, thau the hearing
of one of Wagner's operas.
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Sunday Readins.
From the New York Observer.
ONLY A BEGGAR.

Only a beggar. so sick and so sore,
At the gate of the rich man, and not at
his door;
And the rich glance down, with a scorn-
ful eye
And a look of pride, as they pass him by:
Only beggarl
There, at the rich mans gate let him lie.
Only beggar. No human outpores
Zen sympathy's ointments to cover his
sores;
More kindness the dogs on the street
may have shown
To the sufferer lying so helpless and
lOne,-
Only beggar,-
An1man can, unmoved, hear his piteous
moan.
Only beggar, Just laid at the gate,
For the crumbs ofthe rich man so meek
ly to wait;
At the door ofthe dwelling he never has
been,
To talk on the wealth and grandeur
within:
-.. Only n bcSSari .-
What right has he to be gazing in?
Only beggar; in lowliness born:
The crumbs OF the rich man are seasoned
with scorn,
And fed to the beggar by poverty laid
At his gate, in poverty's rags arrayed,
Only beggarl
And beggars for sneers and scorn are
made.
Only beggar. Twas we'll when he
died,
To be trampled no more by the foot of
pride;
No more, in his helpless, woful state,
For the crumbs of the rich does he hum
bly, wait
Only beggar,
No longer he lies at the rich mans gate.
Only beggar, But down from above
Came the beautiful angels of Pity and
Love,
And stripped him Of poverty's rags that
he wore,
And his soul to their dwelling triumph
antly bore.
Only beggarl
At their Kings splendid palace he enters
the door
No longer a beggar for crumbs will he
| plead,
For his is heritage goodly indeed;
His rags are exchanged for a garment of
white;
The rich man, from Hell, sees the Won
derful sight
i Sees the poor beggar
a splendOr-crowned prince in the City
of light.
Many a beggar while treading earth's sod,
May have for portion the kingdom of
God,
And in his possession title may hold
To mansions of beauty and riches un-
told;
Only beggar
; May have an inheritance better than
gold.
!, BEAVER FALLS, PA. sc.
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NONE FAULTLESS.
BEAVER FALLS, PA.

A friend who has great liking for
good horse, once said to me that he had
been seeking for perfect horse for forty
years, but without success. During this
time he has been the owner of many
horses, and some of them good ones;
but not one of them all was faultless.
This one had some physical defect; that
one was vicious; another was sl<ittish;
another was lacking in speed; and so on
to the end of the chapter. Not one Of
them all came up to his standard ofhorse
perfection.
And so it is with respect to the human
kind. There is no one of all the race Of
man faultless. With the single exception
of the Lord Jesus Christ, who was born
without sin, no one of all the human
family has developed aperfect character.
"If we say that we have no sin, we de-
ceiye ourselves, and the truth is not in
US"
There may be persons distinguished
for their various excellencies. There
may be those possessing much amiabil-
ity. There may be those whom, like the
young ruler, the Saviour loved; yet, like
him, they are all lacking in some one or
more essential. So do they appear in
the sight of God, who searches the heart,
and so do they appear in the view of all
who are intimately acquainted ~
them There is something about every
person that detracts from his excellence,
something that needs elimination. There
is something in him that needs to be
pruned away, before he can be prepared
for the faultless society of the heavenly
world.
And this is what God is doing with re-
spect to all those whom he is preparing
for that world. By one means and an
other, by all his discipline of them here,
he is refining them. and fitting them for
'-A.@s DAN7e eNOtCj "lAtIc I'LL silstll De per-
'ect even as he is perfect. He is thus
them meet to be partakers of
he inheritance of the saints in light.
The process in some instances NAV be
painful 1t may be hard for poor human
nature to bear. But let us be patient
md submissive. The work will soon he
complete, and the result glorious. When
ne shall have tried us, we shall come
'orth from the furnace as gold. There
Will be no dross remaining in us, there
Will be no adhering imperfection. We
'hall be without blemish and without
'pot- OF the saints in heaven it is said:
There are they that have come out of
great tribulations, and have washed their
robes, and made them white in the blood
Of the Lamb" HIS.
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respect entertained towards her, by
the wonton atrocities perpetrated in
her Christian provinces by her soldisry.
Our Centennial visitors have all de-
parted, and our wild and beautiful
Indian Summer has averged itself into
a cold and forbidding 'nor, Easter" +"
The wild winds come searching every
nook and corner of our dwellings, and
the earth is soaked full and running
over with the copious rain fall of the
past forty eight hours, and still no
sign of cessation Newspaper men,
away from Washington for the sum-
mer, are all back, ready to resume
work on the reassembling of Congress.
MAXWELL.
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At Columbus on Saturday last, Albert
+ Martin shot himself in the right
breast, infiicting fatal wound Same
afternoon there was a general Jail deliv-
cry, nine persons escaping. In doing so
the Sheriff and his deputy were knocked
down almost senseless, but in a moment
after had raised hue and cry and were
after the fugitiyes, six of whom were
recaptured in short time, BY the aid of
the police and the citizens. Same even
ing Samuel Mellen and Daniel Holland,
started to walk home over the line Of
the Panhandle road became confused by
the movement of trains, and were both
run over and killed. About one O'Clock
Sunday morning, tramp attempted to
board morning train on the Panhan-
die road, as it was passing out of the
depot, was thrown against a pillar and
rolled back under the wheels. He wa.
instantly killed.
There was a snow storm at st Louis.
on Sunday night, and sharp frost on
Sunday morning.
Lake Station, on the Cleveland, Tus-
carawas Valley and Wheeling Railway,
was broken into Friday night, and q
large number of tickets and some money
stolen No clue.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-12-01
Fun With a Spider.

Spiders, in many respects, are just
like other animals, and can be tanned
and petted, and taught a great many
lessons, and which they will learn as
readily as dog or cat. But you must
take the trouble to study their ways,
and get on the good side of them. One
day had been reading in book how
spiders managed to get their webs
across streams and roads and from the
top of one tall tree to another. went
out and caught large garden-spider,
one of those blne-gray, sprawling fel-
lows, and fixed him up for my expert
mens. l took a stick about eighteen
inches in length, and fastened a piece
of iron to one end of it, SO that the
stick would stand upon that end of it.
self. Then put this in the center of
a large tub half full of water, and
placed the spider on the top of the
stick. / wanted to see if it could get to
the land" which was the edge of the
tub, without any help He ran down
first one side of the stick and then the
other; each time he would stop when
he touched the water, and, shaking his
foot as the cat does, he would run up
again. At last he came to the coDclu-
sion hat he was entirely surrounded
by water-on an island, in fact. After
remaining perfectly quiet for long
while, during which, / have no doubt,
he was arranging his plans, he began
running around the top of the stick, and
throwing out great coils of web with his
hind feet. In few minutes little fine
strings of web were floating away in the
light breeze that was blowing. After a
little, one of these threads touched the
edge of the tub and stuck fast, as all spi
der-webs will do. This was Just what
Mr.. Spider was looking for, and the
next minute he took hold of his web
and gave it jerk, as a sailor does
when he wishes to see how strong it is
or make it fast. Having satisfied him
self that it was fast at the other end,
he gathered it in till it was tight and
straight, and then ran on it to the shore
"a rescued castaway. - Christian
NeIos.
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Stephen Aliens Poeket-Piece.

In the pocket-book of the Hon Steph-
en- Allen, who was drowned from on
board the Henry Clay, was found print
ed slip, apparently cut from a newspaper,
Of which the following is copy. 1t is
worthy to be placed in every newspaper
and engrayen on the heart Of every
young man:
Keep good company, or none. New
er be idle. If your hands can't be use
fully employed, attend to the cultivation
of your mind. Always speak the truth.
Make few promises. Live up to your
engagements. Keep your own secrets
if you have any. When you speak to a
person look him in the face. Good COM
pany and good conversation are the
very sinews Of virtue. Good character
is above all things else Your character
cannot be essentially injured except BY
your own acts. Ifany one speaks evil
OF you, let your life be so none will be-
heve him. Drink no intoxicating L.
quors. Every live misfortune excepted
within your income. When YOU retire
to bed, think over what you have been
doing during the day. Make no haste to
be rich, if you would prosper. Small
and steady gains give competency with
a tranquil mind. Never pIay at any
game Of chance. Avoid temptation.
through fear you may not withstand it.
Earn money before you spendit. Never
run into debt unless you see a way to
get out again. Never borrow fyou can
possibly avoid it. Do not put off until to
morrow that which should be done to-
day. Do not marry until you are able to
support wife. Never speak evil of any
one. Be just before you are generous.
Keep yourselfinnocent if you would be
happy. Save when you are young. to
spend when you are old. Read over the
above maxims at least one a week.
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Gdng atiofsl Golnmn.
Conducted by c. r. PALMER

WHEN you nave arranged your order
of .x+rci -. writ. il out large and put
il I'm wl.era I'll lie scbolars can see it,
aiior.;g 81 I-sS- Ev- minutes better
TIM cYci: ,;r.It.nti. AID each afternoon
for general exercises. When you wish
for = cIa.s. the first strCke of the bell
call. attention. at Il e second they rise.
and ~ the third they pass to tie reel
tation benches.
U,v.. \oua ciass which is about be
ginning grammar! Say nothing about
o-s,uu A., 'ur u few weeks. but some
morning ark each scholar to name
something ne saw Oh his way to school.
You will perhaps get dog, tree, Iu.'n, etc.
Art+r they are written out on the
b,arJ tell the children that these
thing. though appearing so different,
belong TO the same family and have
the same name. John Smith has black
hair. Katie red; Jennie brown: and
Reuben fiaxen; aud yet they GTe BROTH
ers and sisters, and all called Smith /;
ana lust SO, al these belong to the
saiue family, and have one name, and
that name is noun The next day you
can ask them what the man, dog, etc,
were doing, AMI this i'll iLtroGuce you
to Il new family called verbs. From
this YOU cau proceed to adje, tives, by
asking what sort of man. tree, etc.,
thew raw: and to edyerts, by asking
how the dog ran, man talked, and 50
on.
have given you this illustration in
grammar to be sure that you get my
idea clearly, and by exercising a little
Ingenuity you may use the saline meth
cd for giving first lessons in anything
| vou wish to teach. Ii may seem to you
| fl,at bestos undue attention upon q
| trivial a matter rs five minutes gen
| ernl exc trcise, but | DO not consider II
| trivial. for there is something so at
tractive to children in the novelty,
| change and rest, that it often awah'
ems their powers OF observation, and
stimulates their desire for knowledge,
even more than book lessons, and thi:
III tiiink is the important thing il
education.
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In teaching We should recogniz" and
act upon both the resemblerces and
differences among different minds.
They will resemble each other in de
sire for knowledge. different in degree,
| to be sure, still found, to some extent,
in all. Then prepare to feed and stim
rlate that desire, by giving TO each tile
proper mental aliment. To a certain
extent that aliment may be the same
for all, but beyond that the quantity
and quality both shonld differ for III
dividual pupils. The severe grading
and classification, now so generally
practiced in our schools, tends greatly
to this process, and can only be avoid
ed by q careful study of tie peculiar
wants and powers of each pupil, the
assignments of lessons and the hearing
of recitations TO have special regard to
those varied wants and powers.
The process wholly ignores the nat
ural differences which exist i'll any body
of pupils brought together from ditier
ent families, different grades of society
and perhaps different nationalities
They must all be mentally and morally
recast into one mould, stuffed out to
fill it, or compressed Oh all sides to it'
compass. If an active, wide wake
pupil would grow, he must be checked
till the dull ones come even with him
If one has bent for a peculiar kind o.
study or mental exercise, it must moi
be INDUCED, but brought to the pat
tern of the mould. The pattern il
found in the teachers mind, and may
be a very good one-for him and pos
sibly for few others, but it will NJ
more be adapted for whole school, ol
any class of il, than the coat or the boot
worn by the teacher for the same pu
pills. The Creator never intended tC
make his creatures alike, neither car
they ever be made so by their teach
ers.
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Kid is among the new inportations
for dress trimmings. The vest, cuffs
and bands, are of this material in all
colors, and embroidered with silk in
shades to harmonize, or in the natural
colors OF the leaves and flowers.
Some of the new embroidered gal
looms are very handsome. A few have
fine Jets ami beads introduced again.
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master and philosopher. He went
deeper, and said s.e supreme word
about play when he called it the first
work of childhood 1t is the child's
chief business. Use play to serve the
ends of education you may, but to do
away with it is the unpardonable sin
of the prevalent method OF teaching.
e FggleStone.