davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-23
Portland & Rochester Il. II,

Portland & Rochester Ii. II.
On and after Monday, April, 8, 1875,
rssssssssssssza Trains will run as follows:
60 i Leave ! " Portland q at 7.5o a. M,
$50 A. m. Train stops at al Stations between
Portland and Rochester, and runs through to
Worcester. Arrives at Rochester at 1000 a.
ton q Maine Raroads) At Nashua at II At
Am, Lowell! 1215 2. n, Boston 1.l5 p. m,
Aver Inns snS ., ~ m F Fi,ssnburs
connecting with trains South and West.
$50 r. Nj. Steamboat Express arrives at
Rochester at $50 p, m, connects at Epping
ton for Fiichb"rs and Hoosac Tun-
Albany Railroad, and goes through H'' New "
London without Change Of Cars
there connecting with the magnificent
Steamers of the Norwich Line, arriving in
at 90 a. m.
state Rooms can be secured in advance at
H BAR S Bros, No. % Exchange Street and
400 p. VI: Train runs to Rochester, stopping at
all stations.
$40 r. MI. Train runs to Gorham.
RETURNING.
Trains leave Rochester at 7.2O, 1925 11.45 a. m
5.2O A. N. Stops at all Stations arrives in Port
| land at 10 90 m.
11.25 A. M Steamboat Express from New Lon.
don, leaving Norwich Line Steamers at 90
a. M, and Worcester at 500 a. M. stops al
Springvale, Alfred Saco River, Gorham, Sacca-
Kappa and Westbrook sarrives IN Portland al
1.20 p. M, makes close connection with the
Maine Central and Grand Trunk Railroads.
ger Car attached, stops at ali Stations, and
is due in Portland at $40 p. m
| $50 p. vi. Train Is through from New York
rhnr cd rrsty
in Portland at 1880 p. m.
Local Train from Gorham at 600 a. M, arrives in
Portland at $40 a. m.
j. M. LUNT, Supt.
ap1 Diff
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-23
Grand Trunk r. II. of Canada.
ALTERATION OF TRAINS.
SUMMER ARRANG GEM EMIT

ssFSsa5EzSa On and ate. MONDAY. June 10, 1876,
&trains will run as foIlows
Express train for Gorham, Island Pond, Montreal
and West at Is a. m.
Express toI Auburn and Lewiston at 6.55 q. m.
Express tram at l,30 p. N TOT Auburn and Lew
iston.
Mail train LAO p. m. stopping at all stations to
Island Pond)* connecting with night mail train
for Quebec, Montreal and the West.
Express train for Auburn and Lewiston and
South Paris ~ $40 q. m.
Trains will arrive as follows:
Express train from Montreal and West at 7.45 a. m.
Express from Lewiston and Auburn at 30 a. m.
Mail from Quebec, Montreal and West at 100 p. m.
From Lewiston and Auburn at 120 D. m.
Express from Lewiston and Auburn at $50 D. m.
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-23
Eastern Railroad,
JULY 3, 1876.

= - E#5s;!;:=zi!| S III
kssaz2asZSl
PASSENGER TRAINS leave Portland
for ScarbOrO,. SacO, Biddeford, Ken
nebunk. Wells North Berwick, South
BERWICK, Conway Junction, clio t.
kuttery. Portsmouth, Newburyport
salem. Lynn, Chelsea and Boston at
300 a. m, arriving in Boston at p.
saco, Biddeford. Kennebunk, Kiitery.
Portsmonth, Hamptons, NewburypOrt
1 80 p. m, arriving IL Boston at lis p. m in
season for New York and Western connection.
pullman ParlOf Car attached.
500 p m. BiJdef0rd accom- Odating train.
Returning. leave Bidieford at 8 90 a. M:
SAGE B'dde.orh, enn%bu"k, Wells.
Junction, Eliot Kittery, POrt-m nth,
Hamptons Ipswich. Beverly. Salem.
Lynn, Chel-e~ and b OstOn M 100 d.
mn, arriving in Boston at 1000 p m. Pullman
Parlor Car attached
Might Express with Sleeping Car, for
Boston at 2.15 a, M, every day Except
Mondaysl
RETURNIMG,
Leave Boston at Z 80, 1900 a. M, t12 30
and AT 100 p. M, connecting with
Steamers for Mt Desert aud Bar
Harbor. Pullman Sleeping Car attached.
Through Tickets to all Points south and West at
lowest rates. Pullman Car Tickets for seats and
Berths at Tick ct Once
Cars leave Eastern Depot, Portland, direct for
Lowell at 80 p m.
Passengers by this line avoid all change
Juldf GEO. BATCHELDER. Supt.
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-23
REAL ESTATE.
For Sale or To Let.

TNHAT handsome three story brick house No. Al
Il Winter st. Has 10 newly painted and papered
looms, modern improvements. Gas, SebagO and
bath room, good ventilation and drainage. Will be
sold at bargain or leased for a term of years.
Apply at No. Exchange st.
+. E. UPHAM & CO.
sep2O dim
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-23
STEAMERS.
PEAKS ISLAND STEAMBOAT CO.

ST. On and after Monday, Sept. IL,
Steamer Gazee will leave the end OF
Custom House Wharf daily for Jones Landing only,
at and 1890 m, and 2 and 70 p m.
Returning leave Jones Landing at $50 and 11.30
a. m, and 80 and 5 p m Will make two trips on
Sunday at 1913 a m. and 2p IN,
Fare down and back 10 cents. sep11dtf
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-23
Ice Pond Wanted

I'm the coast of the Eastern States where Ice can
~ be loaded cheapy and in quantity. The harbor
for vessels must be free from Ice and open TO naviga-
tion at all times during the winter. Address
KNICKERROCKER ICE CO,
sep19d2w PhiIadeIphia.
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-23
To Let.

FURNISHED Rooms wi b board in private fam
l. lily. House contains all modern i'm proven ents.
Location Congress Square. address P. o. Box 1877,
Portland, Me. iu23dtf
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-23
Chronic Catarrh.

Symptoms Obstructed breathing, partial closure
Of one or both nostrils, stopped up "stufed up''
feeling in the head, constant blowing OF the MISE,
or greenish mucus, frequently streaked with blood
Sometimes the matter becomes encrusted in the
effort. In the morning rising the symptoms are
the worst. Violent blowing, hawking and splitting
until the crusts are removed at least partially, and
the throat is freed from the matter that has
ted during the night. Finally the poisonous
secretions attack the throat bronchial tubes lungs,
panied by most offensive breath and impaired
eyesight and hearing.
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-23
To Let

1lRICK HOUSE, No. Carlton Street; COM
ID mOdious pleasant and every way desirable
BYRON D. VERRILL,
sept0dtf 205 Middle Street
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-23
Store 10 Let.

STORE en- Commercial street, opposite Thoma
- Block. Apply to
ELBRIDGE GERRY,
Sep15tf 80 High Street.
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-23

BY ALGERNoN CHARLES swINBURNE.
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-23

A TENEMENT of seven rooms with Sebago and
"A modern improvements Inquire of
+. f. HILL
Sep16dtf 274 Middle ST.
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-23
TO LET

To Let.
A FIRST-CLASS House of 10 rooms, Corner of
"A Franklin and Cumberland Street. Also nice
rent of rooms, in new house a Tate Street.
Inquire of E. PONCE, Corner of Middle and
Exchange Street. septlSdtf
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-07

bands or brothers. ssWhen I vote"
she said, 81 want to march to the polls
and put in my own vote my own self"
what a pretty spectacle you'd
make, Matty, with that rolling.pin in
your hand, and"
I'm not at all sure | want to vote"
she interrupted. ''But | would like to
make some laws, that's ALL
well, you might petition the Leg
islature, suggested the Doctor grave
ly.
sob, they re not legal laws; only So
cial customs and usages. I'll tell you
what | mean" She laid the rolling
pin aside, with an emphatic bang,
placed her tloury arms akimbo, looked
very earnest and determined, and
quite regardless of the fact that she
and DR.. Gibson were in love with each
other. snow, at party, when lady
sits in a stuff-chair all the evening,
not dancing, simply because she hasn't
any partner, and can't ask any one, oh,
you know, DR.. Gibson, you know"
Chow it is myself, !" interpolated he.
Show 1t was at Mrs. Campbell's the
other night If | had been Anna Rad
cliffe, or Dora Coliard, I'd have asked
some of you men to dance with me-"
''Then you think women should have
the privilege of asking for whatever
they wish, he retorted, with smile.
She answered that she thought just
that.
"Well, Matty, | quite agree with
you. l not only think they should
have this right in such a case as you
mention, but in more serious affairs.
For instance, women might, with per-
feet propriety, make pr oposals of mar
riage."
Now, such an idea had never enter
ed Matty's little head, and she seized
the sugar-box with great embarrass-
ment. The Doctor went on, with much
gravity:
81 am aware that it would be a very
unconventional proceeding, and | am
afraid that no woman will ever be
wise enough to take the initiative !;
and yet am persuaded that ii many
instances it would be the most natural
and beautiful thing she could do"
He was looking unconsciously up at
the blue sky shining through the fila
gree work of vine-leaves above him.
1t was evident he was thinking in the
abstract only, but a faltering little
"Dr. Gibson" recalled him to the con-
crete. And there stood Matty, smil-
ing, blushing, dimpling, ready to ex-
tinguish herself in her brown Bingham
apron.
''Dr. Gibson, like you ever SO
much - she faltered, bravely, but
breathlessly.
The Doctor jumped through an open
window, and made his proposal over
again.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-07
The True story of a Doll.
From st. Nicholas for December.

From ST. Nicholas for December
A year ago, young girl, one of Ut e
teachers III school in a great C. ,
babe goodbye to the children aud
went home. The children laughed a
great deal, and the story went about
how that Miss Nelly was going to be
married soon, and was going home to
learn how to keep house.
Nelly was one of the merriest girls
in the world. In school or at home,
everybody tried to sit next to her, to
hear her laugh. Nobody was ever so
friendly or so full of life, they said.
But she was not strong; and when she
went home, instead of learning to
keep house, she grew thinner and
weaker day by day. while the doctors
stood helplessly looking on. The mar
riage was put off again and again. AT
last she could not leave her room.
Yet still people tried to come close te
her the laugh was always ready on
her lids, and the big blue eyes grew
more friendly with each fading day.
1t began to be noticed, however,
that she was anxious to sew or knit all
the time, to make something for little
children-soft, white little shirts, OF
baby's socks. In the city where she
lived there is a hospital for sick child
rem, in which there are many ''memo'
rial BEDS given as legacies by dying
women, or in remembrance of them by
their friends. Nelly had no money tC
endow a bed, but her thoughts were
busy with the sick babies.
II will dress a box of dolls, she
said, $50 that each can have one Oh
Christmas morning.
They gave her the doll, and scraps OF
silk and lace, and she worked faith
fully at it with her trembling fingers
81 will have them ready she would
say.
BIT it seemed as if she would not
have even one of them ready, she was
forced so often to lay it down. One
SEPTEMBER night she was awake al
night, and by dawn made them wast
and dress her and give her her work
box and scissors.
BY noon the doll was dressed, anC
she laid it down, smiling.
An hour or two later, they told hel
the end was near. She kissed them al
goodbye. Her face was that of one
who goes upon pleasant journey and
holding her mothers hand, she closed
her eyes and went away.
There is the little doll, alone i'll its
box. thought if each little girl who
reads this story would dress dol
and send it to a poor child in some
asylum or hospital on Christmas morn.
ing, that Nelly would surely know OF
it, and be glad that she and her loving
fancy had not been forgotten.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-07
sentimentalities.

The gods have a curse for him who
willingly tells anoth er the wrong road.
Some inclinations become manifest
slowly. like the sunward creeping OF
plants.
A man must make some sort OF de-
cent toilet. in words as well as in cloth
and linen.
There is great deal of unmapped
country within us, which would nave
to be taken into account in an eXpla-
nation of our gusts and storms.
The subtly varied love drama be-
tween man and woman is oftel such
as can hardly be rendered in words
put together like dominoes, according
to obvious fixed marks.
The finest child-like faces have a
consecrating power, and make us shud-
der anew at all the gressness and base
ly wrought griefs of the world, lest
they should enter here and die.
In many lives there is much, not
only of error and lapse, but OF q GER
tain exquisite goodness which can
never be written nor even spoken,on
OWNED by each of us, according 10
the inward instruction of our own prl-
vacy.
One may spend a good deal of energy
in disliking and resisting what otnefS
pursue, and a boy who is fond OF
somebody else's pencil case may not
more energetic than another who is
fond of giving his own pencil case
away.
Who is so much cajoled and served
with trembling by the weak females OF
a household as the inscriptions male,
capable.if he has not free will at home,
of going and doing worse elsewhere!
Is this world and all the life on 1t
ONLY like a farce or vaudeville, where
you find no grand meaning! Why,
then. are there tragedies, and grand
operas, where men do difficult things
nd choose to suffer.
Not his the gamblers passion, that
nullifies appetite, but well-ted lelS-
ure, which, in the Intervals OF WIN
ming money in business and spending
it slowly, sees no better resource than
winning money in play, and spending
it still more showily; rejecting al
ways that Providence had never man.
ifested any disapprobation OF the
amusement, and dispassionate TO leave
off if the sweetness of winning much
and seeing others lose had turned to
the seurness of losing much and see
ing others win. For the vice in gamb-
ling lay in losing money at it.
A human life, think, should be
well rooted In some spot of a native
land, where it may get the love of
tender kinship for the face of earth,
for the labors men go forth to, for the
sounds and accents that haunt it, for
whatever will give that early home a
familiar, unmistakable difference
amidst the future widening of knowl-
edge a spot where the defniteness of
early memories may be inwrought
with affection, and kindly acquaint-
ance with all neighbors, even to the
dogs and donkeys, may be spread, not
by sentimental effort and reflection,
but sweet habit of the blood.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-07
She wouldn't Speak to Him.

When a young Chicago man came
down stairs the other morning he re-
membered that his wife, who was pre-
pairing breakfast, had not spoken to
him when she got up, and so he cheer
fully said: "Good morning, little
lady,"
Not word came in reply.
ssGood morning." said he again, in
higher key, thinking she might not
have heard him before
"Um-'m-'m, was all that escaped
from her sealed lips. as she kept on
with her work.
.sWhy under the sun don't you an
swer me 2" exclaimed he in surprise
"what' S the matter! what have done
to offend you I"
"Um-'m-'m,' was the only sound
elected.
Look herel" then exclaimed the
husband, as he jumped up and knock
ed over a cup of coffee: 81 don't swal-
low a mouthful of this breakfast until
on tell me what's the matter.
ssWhat's the matter Z" echoed she,
suddenly turning upon him with flash
ing eyes. And then, she continued
"John Adell Smithson, the next time
that / dream see you kissing another
woman, I'll will leave this house
-bOo--hoof
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-07
Chemistry of the Faltening Process.

A lean COW or OK is in a very differ
ent condition, chemically considered,
from fat animals of the same kind. Ia
the first place the poor animal consists
of about LwU-tlIirdo water the rat one
OF only half, that is, in total weight.
A fat animal is in dry condition, a
poor animal Is like some of our bog
meadows, very wet. When the fatten-
ing process begins, water commences to
disappear, and fat or suet takes its
place and the increase in bulk during
the process is largely of adipose mat
ter. 1t is a curious circumstance that,
during fattening, the proteids, or nj
trogenous compounds, increase only
about seven per cent, and the bone
material, OF inorganic substance, only
one and half per cent.
/. The cost to a farmer of fattening an
OK is much greater at the close of the
process than at the commencement
that is, increase in bulk or dry weight
at that period is much more costly.
If it costs three cents pound for bulk
for the first month after poor ami
NAL is put in the fattening stall, it will
cost five cents the last ,onth. If,
then, a farmer consults L , money in
terests, he viii not carry the increase
in fat beyond a certain point, provided
he can turn his partially fatted ami
mails to fair advantage.
Farmers have perhaps learned this
fact from experience and observation,
and, hence, comparatively lean beef
abounds in our markets. While this
is of advantage to the farmer, it is
very disadvantageous to consumers of
the beef, for the flesh of fat animal
in every case is much richer in fixed,
nourishing material than that of the
lean. and it is never good economy to
purchase lean beef. 1t is better to
purchase the poorest parts of a fat
animal than the best of lean one.
The best piece Of fat OK (the loin),
contains from twenty-one to twenty
eight per cent. more fixed material
than the corresponding piece in lean
one, and curiously enough the worst
piece in the lean animal (the neckl,
is the richest in nOurishment material.
The flesh of the neck improves very
little in fattening, hence, economy
considered, it is the best portion to
purchase, as it's value is in measure
a fixed one.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-07
Wheat-GrOwing in America.

"Wheat-growing has not paid on the
greater part of the land In England for
some time. 1t is question whether
it will more than just pay even at the
mimi um cost of production, with the
aid of the most perfect machinery, up
on large areas. The cost of production
beats the English producer, and the
tendency is rather toward increased
expenses, as both land and labor are
getting gradually dearer.
"The English farmer cannot COM
pete with the colossal corn-groYers of
America, whose wheat fields of rich
virgin soil are said to lie sometimes so
large and long, that blowing one fur
row out and back again, is a good dny'o
work for a plow team! The Crimeaa
war had the effect of Fastening on this
crisis, and prematurely developing the
enormous corn production of the
United Statcs.
"The American scholar. bibliopole,
philosopher, George Ticknor, whose
letters and life form one of the most
interesting works of current literature,
wrote on this point in 1856, the follow
ing, prophetic words to John, King of
Saxony Your short crops in Europe
are filling the great valley of the Mis-
sissippi with wealth. Indeed,
your European wars are not only max
ing the States in the valley of the
Mississippi the preponderating power
in the American Union, but you are
making them the granary of the
world
wonderfully has this prediction
been fulfilled. Year by year since the
date of those words has the great sea
of waving corn steadily advanced
through the fertile valleys of the
States. 1t is still advancing, and viii
advance. We cannot resist it. We
must accumulate ourselves to the cir
cumstances as well and as quickly as
possible, taking the tide at its turn.
The transition state win be tedious,
and fraught with loss and suffering to
MANY, in various classes of society,
and it will be imperative that all con-
cerned should endeavor to use mutual
'forbearance.
The above, from the Agricultural
Gazette, is full of significance to the
American farmer. The United States
is now the granaly of the world, and
wherever wheat is wanted, there the
hungry look to US for a supply. The
surplus of America goes TO Gil all def
ciences in Europe. What we have to
do is to cheaper our product, so as to
enlarge our profit, or enlarge our pro-
ducts without increasing the cost per
bushel, which is the same thing. To
retain a l4old upon the markets we
have captured, we must do this.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-07
girer 5alls gpnrnal.
Published Every Thursday.
GRayDMA,s BOYS.

Uh2NOAAo OOA1'
Our little Allie stands tonight
SO close beside his grandma S CHAIR
And qestions her of various things
Ofearth, and sky, and everywhere,
And grandma answers DER and DER,
Her gentle patience never lost;
Tho oft it would be hard to tell
Which OF the two is puzzled most.
Such mystic things he wants to know,
Oft times too deep for her to show
But patiently she tries to give
An answer TO each question rare;
His hand in one of hers the while,
Her other smOoths his ringlets fair.
At last he says, with earnest voice,
''Your little boy I'll always be;
But, grandma, did you ever have
Another little boy like me P'
'fNo little boys ~ said grandma then,
"Ah, me my little boys are men"
Deep hidden in the human heart
Are chords Of wondrous harmony;
And truer alter many years
Their quick vibration seems to be;
And Allie, thoughtlessly, has touched
A chord, whose muscle, sweet and low,
Thrills grandma's aged heart again
As in the days OF long ago;
When she could, with a mothers pride,
Three little boys call to her side.
Unheeded now are Allies words:
She sees again her children fair:
Three little restless forms once more
Are standing close beside her chair,
And memory giveth back to her
Sweet echoes OF the busted years.
The music OF each childish voice
In eager questioning she hears
Fond memories of that long ago,
With here and there throb OF woe.
For she can see the darkened room,
A little figure rObed in white,
Whose rounded limbs are stilled in death,
Whose ewes of blue are closed from sight,
Oh, that little grave beneath the trees
Which holds so much of light and joy
An who can tell what cherished hopes
Are buried with a baby boyi
The years roll swiftly by--but yet,
A mothers heart can meier forget.
But now a shout from Allie breaks
The silence, and her dreams are o'er
Which loves she most, the little boys
She used to love in days OF yore,
Or these two stalwart, bearded men
Who call her mother ?-sweetest namel
Ali they're the boys that have grown tall;
Yet love for them is Just the same;
And this was grandma's meaning when
She said, "My little boys are men"
And she's as proud of them tonight
AS when they knelt beside her knee,
And lisped their prayers in childish faith
But ahl their number then was three,
Yet, OF the little boy who died,
The one who lett the home nest there,
Whose tiny grave is meath the trees,
She would not wish him back again
Her treasure TO the Giver given,
A link between her heart and heaven.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-07

Horse flesh is as nutritious, consid-
cred as food. as that of the OK or
COW. The relation of heterogeneous to
fixed material is rather higher in a
horse than in an OK, and the amount
of water is less. There is no good
reason why horse flesh should not be
used as food. 1t is prejudice alone
which prevents its employment. 1t is
a regular article of sale in the meat
of Paris at the present time.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-07

The mite that requires the most
room when excited is Dynamite.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-12-07
PULLMAN PALACE CARS

These celebrated isaTe run on all night
lrains on all the lines of this road.
This is the ONLY LINE running these cars
between Chicago and st. Paul OF Chicago
and Milwaukee.
At Omaha om Sleepers connect with the
Overland Slespers on the Union Pacific Rail-
road or all points west OF the Missouri
River. Among the