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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-01-20

IMPORTANT no TRAVELLERS
When you visit or leave the CITY OMEN
lORk. save ANNOYANCE and expense Of carriage
hire and stop at the GRAND UNION IllD.
TEL. opposite the GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT .
II has over $50 elegantly furnished rooms and Is
htted mp at an expense OF over 5000. 900. Eleya-
tor, steam and all modern improvements Eu
ropcan Plan. The REsTAURANTs, Lunch
counter ami Wine Rooms are supplied with the
best the market can furnish. The cuisine is I'M
surpassed, Rooms for a single person. e., Sl5O
anu - per day irch suites for families proportion
ateIy low, so that visitors to the city and travel
ers can 1--we more luxuriously, for less money at
the GRAND UNION, than at any other first-c lass
Hotel In the city. stages and Cars pass the Ho-
tel every minute for all parts OF the City.
lyig G.F 4 w. d. GARRISON Managars
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-01-20
IMPORTANT no TRAVELLERS.

in>tanter cures lOothache IN one moment.
3ltf.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-01-20

DO you want to save your children. II you
do. 90 to G. A. Parcher and get a box OF Fe.-
senden's Worm Expellcr. Ii is the surest
safest and hest worm medicine now in use.
For sale by all drugg lists for - cents, or sens
by mail on receipt OF the price.
Prepared by Fessenden Il Co. Rockland
Maine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-01-20

Capital paid up. saUOOo0
ASSETS, (Msrket ValueD
Loans on Mortgage of real estate, slgB SO oo
Loans on STOCK Coiate rails. 81 ,V9l IS
United states Bonds. Coupons Of 81, IL 5000
city ofTerre liaute IS per cent?
Bonds. 25 I'M oo
CITY OF Evansville, q per cent?
.o bonds, 10000
800 shares Nat lonal Exchange Bank,
Hartford. gaOo oo
l24 shares Charter Oak National RanL
Hartford. Is -Ionn
lUU shares Mercantile National Bank
Hartford, II 3on m,
100 shares American Satioual Bank,
Hartford. IN nm
IS shares Farmers 4 Mechanic. Bank
Hartford, .ooo
50 shares First National Bank Hartford o2s Sv
- shares Aetna National Bank
AZ n afford, $3.50
~ shares United States Trust Co,
% ' st,,n.n, 10000
~ Shraes Connecticut Trust Co.,
Hartford > nno oo
- Shares Security Company, Hart
ford, a.non.
Cash IN hand and IN Bank A. o. ~
Cash IN course Of collec lion from Agrs b, ~ ~
Interest Accrued, 20 ~
miscellaneous Items -Yo5 a,
523, las AZ
l. l ABB LITIEs
I'ss'S III course OF settlement aGe. 100 81
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-01-20
Wednesday.

Mr.. Floyd motioned. That the Com. on Ju-
dietary authorize rewards TO be offered by the
Attorney General, TO secure more sure arrest
and punishment of those who commit robber-
les in this State. Also that bill be presented
TO the legislature, 10 secure better protection
against Migrants and tramps.
Petition OF Thomas Davis ct ais, of Mt. Des-
ert, was presented for leave TO said Davis 10
build a fish wier between Bear Island and Mt.
Desert. with bill for same. Referred TO Com.
on Fisheries,
Mr.. Sargent presented petition of Geo. b.
Flye ct ais, TO build a fish weir in the tide wa
tiers OF Bluehill Bay, on Flye's Bar. Referred
Com. on Fisheries.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-18
Justly Punished.

The other night, at a late hour, a
horse car started from the new postotfice
to run up. town through one of the east
side avenues. The man who starts the
cars-that is the fellow located down
town, who with a little whistle signals
the drivers when to go-got aboard this
particular car to go home. In the car
were a young friend of mine, an aged
gentleman, and little ragged newsboy
with few papers in his hand. The burly
starter no sooner saw the gamin than he
seized him by the collar and threw him
out of the door with such force that the
little chap fell heavily against the railing,
and began to cry bitterly. At this the
aged gentleman rose and said:
"That was a very mean thing for you
to do.
The starter brutally said: 81 guess /
can attend to my own business without
your troubling yourself"
The old man replied rather severely :;
"But it was the act of a coward, sir.
"I'Il coward you," said the bully
whereupon the old gentleman said, "Go
in." Here my young friend rose, and
began to put in a word; but the old man
bowed and said, "Tm very much obliged
TO you, sir; but am arguing this case,
if you please.
At this lie slapped the starter over the
cheek so that the blow sounded like a
torpedo exploding. The starter was
about to square off when the old laddie
let him have a singer on the other
cheek. The brute now began to back
toward the door, the old man following
him up and dealing slap after slap over
eyes and ears. When the starter got
outside he cried out to the old man, who
had quietly sat down:
Come out here and I'll give you a
chance"
The old man calmly said, "You big
bully, if / should come out there you
wouldn't have teeth enough to eat your
supper with. I'd knock 'em down your
internal throat. SO don't say any more. "
The starter got off and took another
car Then the old man turned to my
friend and said
"Pm very much obliged to you, sir,
for your offer of assistance but L didn't
need it, sir really didn't need it. You
see, (here he cast his eyes down, as if his
clean, patriarchical appearance might
belle HIM, / was once just leetle
rough myself-just a mite rough, you
know. could put up the dukes in my
day, 1 confess. / was rough, rough
but sir, I never hit child III my life.
No, sir, nor allowed anybody else to hit
a child in my presence. -Nc0 York
Letter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-18
A POETS CONsTANCY.
A mAnnraAL: BY JOHN q. SAVE

a prsise il ever sweet to hear,
Ia simple candor 1 confess It;
And then. I own, tits doubly dear
when loving lips-like yours-txpress II.
And vet, when calmly reflect
How much is due 10 Oupid's biindnets,
Forgiye me, dear, II suspect
Your praises only prove your kindness.
whatever virtues l may boast
(And slight indeed il my profession),
The one you praise and prize the most
MAY be the least in my possession.
You tell me, sweet you loye-revere
mind 40 steady and unswerving;
But never Poet yet, fear,
OF such applause wal quite deserving.
The Poets constancy, at best,
IL like the Bee's-yoluptuous rover;
Still constant 10 her honey-quest.
Though found in lily, rose, or clover.
And DO thus my faith impeach
Az one untrue 10 Loves vocation?
A moments PATIENCE beseech-
And YOU shall hear the explanation:
Suppose the Bee-so prone to stray,
As Fancy bids, from bower to bower
should chance TO find, some lucky day,
wondrous honey-bearing flower;
Which-though she slipped and came again
As often as the day was sunny-
Quite une Exhausted should remain,
Au eyer-Aowing fount of honey
Such praise az she might fifty claim,
Ii ne'er again she proved rover,
So much (the cases are the same)
Is due your fond and faithful lover!
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-18
How to Cure Stammering.

A gentleman who was once an invet-
crate stammerer writes as follows about
the way to cure the habit: "No STAN
mering person ever found any difficulty
in singing. 1he reason of this is, that
ny observing the measure of the music
10y keeping time-the organs of speech
are kept in such position that enuncia-
ton is easy. Apply the same rule to
reading or speech, and the same result
will follow. Let the stammerer take a
sentence, say this one, Leander swan
the Hellespont, and pronounce it by
syllables, keeping time with his finger,
letting each syllable occupy the same
time, thus: Le-an-der-swam
Hel-les-pont, and he will not STAN
mer. Let him pronounce slowly at first,
then faster, but still keeping time, keep
ing time with words instead of syllables,
and he will be surprised to find that, by
very little practice, he will read without
stammering, and nearly as rapidly as
persons ordinarily talk or read. Then
practice this in reading and conversation
until the habit is broken up. Persever-
,nce and attention is all that is necessary
TO perform perfect cure.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-18
Two Notable Weddings.

81 desire to state that my colleague is
paired" said Mr.. Ferry, President pro
TEN. of the Senate, the other day, when
the name of Mr.. Christiancy, of Michi-
gan, was called. There was a twinkle in
his eye when he said it, and the remark
provoked n general laughter. Senator
Christiancy was married the same morn
ing TO Miss Lille Lugerbeel, of the Blu
reau of Engraving and Printing, Treas
ury Department. The ceremony was
quietly performed by Rev. DIR. Sunder
land IN the presence of a few friends at
No. 80 Indiana avenue, Washington.
Senator Ferry ofliciated as groomsman.
The bridegroom is 81 years old, and is
the father of six children. He lost his
wife nine months ago. The bride is
pretty blonde only 20 years old. The
happy couple went to New York to pass
a portion of the honeymoon.
James Parton, the author, has inno-
Gently broken the law of Massachusetts,
by marrying his step-daughter in New
buryport, Mass. The morning after the
wedding he learned that what he had
done was contrary to the statute, and,
leaving his home in charge of his bride,
took separate lodgings himself until such
time as he can induce the Legislature TO
pass special act sanctioning the mar
riage. The affair has created quite
sensation in Newburyport. Miss Ell
bridge, the young lady who has thus be-
come Mrs. Parton is the daughter of
" Fanny Fern" Her sister married the
late Mortimer Thompson, who became
amous under the nom dc plume of
!" Doesticks many years ago. Mr..
Thompson was twice married, and his
wives both died in childbirth. Both
children, boy and girl, survive. The
former is with the mother of MIR. Thomp-
son, and the girl, ever since its mothers
death, has been cared for in the house
hold of Mr.. Parton. Since the death of
her mother, Miss Eldridge has superin-
tended affairs in the home of her step
father, whom she has lust married,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-18
Religious Insanity.

A farm iaborer at Wilbraham, Mass,
crazed by religious excitement, closed a
letter to his friends, on Saturday week,
by saying that it was the last time he
would ever write to them, as his right
hand and right foot had offended, and
lac was going to cut them off and cast
them from him, as the Scriptures direct.
He then sharpened his jack-knife, took
a saw, walked about mile and n half
from the house to the top of the noun
tain, and commenced operation On his
right leg. He cut through the flesh just
above the ankle joint, severing the cord,
barely missing the main artery, and then
began to ply the saw, but desisted after
getting into the bone a little way, be-
cause, as he says, the saw was dull. He
then walked back to the house, leaving
a bloody trail behind him. He told the
doctor who dressed the wound that he
couldn't have been in his right mind,
and the loss Of superlluous blood had
fully restored his reason.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-18
The Confederate Flag.

The Shreveport Oa.) Times says
During our civil war the several Sc
coded States used their several State
flags. In March, 1861, the Confederate
Congress adopted the so-called stars
and bars, composed of three horizontal
bars of equal width, the middle one
white, with blue union containing nine
white stars arranged in circle. The
resemblance of this to the 'Stars and
Stripes, led to confusion and mistakes
in the field; and in September, 1861, a
battle flag was adopted, red field
charged with blue saltier, with mar
row border of white, on which were dis
played thirteen white stars. In 1863
the Stars and Bars were supplanted
by flag with white field, having the
battle flag for union. The flag of 1868
was found deficient in service, it being
liable to be taken for flag of truce; and
on February 4, 1866, the outer half of
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-18
Clappng Washington on the Back.

After the Revolutionary war, Wash
ington and many of the army officers,
then living in New York, met frequently
at dinner at each others houses. My
grandfather, DIR. John Cochrane, (Sur-
geon and Director General of the mill
tary hospital of the army, attending at
one of these had directed his son, my
uncle, then lad, to come i'll the evening
and escort him home.
AS the son Of the doctor he was adj
mitted to the dining-room, where, in the
midst of their hilarity, he saw Gouver-
neur Morris, who was talking, turn sud
denly toward Washington, next to whom
he was seated, and clapping him on the
back, heard him cry out, Wasn't it so,
my old boy9"
Washington, my uncle said, sat I'M
moved, and death-like silence fell upon
the whole company, which soon after
quietly broke UP.
1t was understood that the scene was
occasioned by a wager that a liberty
could be taken with Washington. John
Cochrdne, in NeV York Stn.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-18
splendid Very well. Mrs. Wintripe-

splendid Very well, Mrs. Wintring-
ham, il you wish me to be jealous.
eff that makes you jealous, what will
you say when tell you L have had
letter from a gentleman since you've
been gone-a handsomer man than even
Mr.. Addison.
Jessie watched him closely, her eyes
beginning to hint of not far distant
tears.
You did dare say can see it 2"
He was smiling, very little as a dis
trustful husband would do.
Jessie slipped half-sheet of paper
from her pocket and gave it to him, her
lip half trembling, yet half smiling. He
opened it carelessly, then looked at her
in amazement.
"Why, what on earth, Jessie! Why,
1 wrote this letter"
eyes, l know you dido, Rich !"
She was almost crying now, and her
husband was looking so gravely at her.
She pointed to navy blue waterproof
and brown veil lying across a chair.
cit was !, Rich. / knew it was
awfully wicked, but-but / wanted to
know if it was true, you know, and"
Mr.. Wintringham knit his brows,
irowningly. CT am not sure l under
stand yet. Jessie, did you send me that
letter last night Were yOu my lady
admirer' on the train and at the st.
Julian 2"
She laid her hands on his shoulder,
and looked i'll his eyes penitently.
"Don't scold, Rich. 1t was /, and my
little escapade has made me very hap
Ply, for all l know was very cruel to dc
such a thing. You may punish me il
any way you please, Rich. !"
She said it meekly, but with such love
and pride in her eyes that he would have
been less than Rich Wintringham tC
have censured her. So he drew her hea6
down to his breast and kissed her, while
she promised never be so foolish again
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-18
SELF-REvEALED.

Dip deep thy pen into my heart.
Oh, angel scribe, and write that
May know myself will not cry
Nor weep. Dip deep; will not start"
The angel dipped deep in her heart,
And drew his dripping pen aud wrote
And though her knees together Jmote,
She did not cry, nor weep, nor start.
He wrote one word in many ways,
All quaint, but beautiful, until
His fair white roll was full and still
Her modest eyes she did not raise.
" Is IL all written?" Even 40.
Beholdw She saw not, for her sight
Was dim with pain and in despite
Her woman's tears began to flow.
Then through her tears she looked again,
And saw the world all written fair:
And smiled and sighed, and with her HAIR
Toyed, crying: 90 Love . but love is pain;
" Yet Thou. dear Christ, has shown me how
To die for love; let others wear
LIES roses in their waving hair,
Irvine Thy Thorns about my brow"
The angel bent his stately head,
And babe her bless him a. he bowed;
For though my name and state be proud,
am no peer TO thee" he said.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-18
THE Rankrnnf Act.

The most important business trans
acted by the House during the week,
says n Washington dispatch, was the
passage of the bill introduced by Mr..
Willis, of New York, Immediately after
the holiday recGss, to repeal the Bank.
ruptcy act. Numerous petitions from al
Parts of the country have been received
ty Congress this session asking for this
legislation, and the Committee on the
Judiciary, to whom the bill was referred,
agreed to report it. When the Commit
tee was called in the House it was re-
ported and passed with very little debate
on the merits of the bill.
The act simply provides for the imme-
date repeal of the Bankruptcy law of
1867 and all amendatory or supplementary
acts, and directs that all suits and pro-
ceedings now pending in the courts of
the United States, where an adjudication
in bankruptcy has been made, shall be
proceeded with and governed by the
provisions of existing laws, which are
continued in force only for the purpose
of closing up the suits and proceedings
now pending. In all other cases, 1T Ia
proposed that the act shall go into effect
on the LIST of January, 1877.
The petitions for the repeal OF this act
referred to come principally from cred
itors, and the effect of the law of 1867
seems to be different from that of 1S4l,
which two years later was repealed.
This was found in it's operation to be
worse for debtors than for creditors.
Forty years ago the man who awaited
himself of the privileges OF the Bank
ruptcy act was unable to obtain further
credit, and this had such depressing
effect upon business as to call forth a
general demand for its repeal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-18
Born Five Years Before the Republic

John Allen, who has reached the re
markable age of 104 years and D months,
passed down the river in the. steamer
Ohio on Sunday morning. He was born
ON the 9th of October, 1771, Mt sea, while
his parents were coming from England
TO America. He left his home near
Greenville, n. c., on Tar River, and
walked to Huntington, w. Va, being
very nearly year on the road. he was
never married. He chews tobacco, and
enjoys his cup of coffee every morning.
-MaysrRle (Ry.) Bulletin.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-18

the field beyond the union was covered
with vertical red bar. This was the
last flag of the Confectionery.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-18

The dinner-table was in readiness, de-
liciously suggestive odors of turtle-soup
and eggplant came from the regions
where Jessie Wintringhams incompara-
BILE cook reigned supreme and in the
lace and damask draped bay-window
Mrs. Wintringham waited for her hus-
bands coming home. with her sweet face
all sunny welcome, that made him feel
what bonny darling she was as he
kissed her before even lie removed his
sealskin cap.
:" And how have you got along, Jessie;
Were You lonely last night 2"
She blushed little as she helped him
off with his overcoat.
No, not at all. Indeed, I've had an
unusually fine time"
That's good. Had any company p
eyes. Flo and her lover were here
to lunch this noon. Rich, / think Mr..
Addison is Just perfectly splendid.
He frowned in pretended horror.
You think Flo's bean perfectly
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-11-24
The Dime Show.

Now then, gentlemen, pay at the door
and pass in; the fiery untamed giant of the
Mississippi valley is Just stepping into the
ring, only half as old as any man twice his
age, and weighs sixteen ounces to the
pound from his shoulder down. The only
real, original and genuine young giant of
the Mississippi valley now on exhibition
in this country, all others being impostors
and frauds. Measures five feet ten inches
from the sole of his foot to the top of his
head, and five feet ten inches from the top
of his head to the sole of his foot, total
hight Of eleving feet eight inches, and has
voice like conch shell. Born in the land
of Menditty, where there's neither house.
town, nor city; where they dig potatoes
with their toenails; warranted not to rip,
rayel or run down at the heel, balk in the
eye or cut in thestep, and secured at great
expense for positively this season only in
Indiana. And the small sum of one dime
passes you in to see this wonderful master
piece of natures journeywork, the fiery
untamed, star-striped, royal American
Bengal "giant of the Mississippi valley )"
one ticket for dime, or three for quar-
ter; one for yourself, your wife and your
daughter, and still they come This way,
ladies and gentlemen roll up, tumble up,
any way to get up, and see the most won.
derful, exhaustive and expensive collection
of natural living curiosities ever grouped
together under one canvas-thc big snake,
the live lion stuffed with straw, the wild
anaconda of the woods, the colt with two
heads, the calf with five legs, the wonder
full wild men of Borneo, the fat girl and the
"young giant of the Mississippi valley"
And one dime takes you into the whole
show.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-11-24
A TOOthpick Venture.

went down to Smyrna last week to
look at a house. AS / was riding along
the road with Major Berry, we passed a
couple Of fields that were filled with such
a wild, tangled confusion of bushes that
they resembled jungle.
"That," said the major, lis Merrihew's
Toothpick. plantation"
NJ don't understand"
"You see, Merrihew owned that farm
and he got along well enough vntil one
day an idea struck him. He came to me
and he said, "Barry, I've got just the big
gest idea you ever heard of Barry, says
he, there are about eight million men in
this country, amt thcrc9 Well how
many toothpicks does each man use in q
year, Say four a month on an average:
that's about fifty year apiece, or four
hundred millions year for the whole ma
tion. Now, what is the best toothpick in
the world2 It's thorn-say two inches
long, hard, smooth, with sharp point,
and not likely to break. I've got q bush
full of them on my place, and Pm going
to grow 'em, fill the whole farm with 'em
introduce 'em to the trade and make N.Y.
fortune"
$50 sure enough Merrihew went to
twenty five acres in those thorn bushes
and the next summer lie had the awfullest
crop of 'em you ever saw. Filled the
whole place. When the thorns were
grown Merrihew employed twenty men to
pick 'em. 1t took em about q month at
two dollars day for each man. That
was one thousand dollars.
Then he got the toothpicks tied up in
bundles, and he sent 'em up the city,
After shining around for five or six weeks
trying in vain to sell 'em, man offered
him forty dollars for the lot and he accept
ed the bid"
"The forty dollars just paid his board
bill and carried him home. Two days
alterward the man had him arrested for
fraud, because the toothpicks poisoned
the mouths of his customers, and the
court made him refund the money and
pay the costs. By the time the case was
settled the thorn bushes had grown so fast
that an elephant clad in sheet iron could
not have made his way through the fields ;
and when Merrihew got some of his
friends to come out and advise him what
to do they decided that it would cost
more to clear off the land than the prop
erty was worth, and they counseled him
to let it alone. So lie did, and now he
is driving mule team for man in
Smyrna at dollar and half a day, and
the toothpick plantation is going to seed.
The very sight of toothpick sets Merri
hew crazy, and it's no wonder, is it2"
Any man who feels an interest in tooth.
pick culture can find good opening
down near Smyrna. Merrihew wants tC
sell out.-Mdx Adeler.