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The Portland daily press., 1876-04-12

PROPERTY is doubtless an excellent thing
to have in this world and next to good rep
utation, the best thing to have. When, how
ever, heirs get to quarreling about the will of
dead relative, it is not quite SO nice. A
case is now being tried in the Supreme Court
at Augusta which illustrates this last poin..
james Abbot, of Pittsfield, died less than two
years since, leaving an estate and a will
dated May % 1873. Concerning this will
there is trouble. Mr.. Abbot had two wives.
One died years ago leaving one daughter.
The other survives him and brings suit to
break the will In this will Mr.. Abbott gave
the surviving wife his farm and 500, express
ing the opinion that she can live re-
specially upon the income of that and the
money he has given her while living. He
next gives five sons by the second wife
one dollar, adding that it is all he ought to
do after educating them and furnishing them
a home as long as they would live with him.
All the rest of his property of every kind he
gives to Mrs. Clark, the daughter by the first
wife, and her heirs forever, and makes her
executrix of his will. He also gives the fol-
lowing reasons for so doing:
At the time of my marriage 10 my present wife,
my said daughter was mere child, and needed the
care and attention of mother. The treatment she
has received since my second marriage has been such
that my said daughter could not live happily at home.
She has heretofore been neglected and worked hard
and fared poorly. wish, and by this my will in
tend, to make amends for the past by making the
remainder OF her days as comfortable as can. She
has always been to kind and affectionate daugh-
ter
We don't pretend to know how this suit will
terminate but it should be lesson to step
mothers.
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-12

ELSEWHERE will be found an interesting
account of an organization known as the
Building and Loan Association and its
method Of doing business. 1t is being tried
in Richmond in this state and gives general
satisfaction. II is worthy of the considera-
ton of mechanics in villages and might be
used by grangers and like institutions.
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-12

Mr.. CLYMER has poor opinion of the two
women whose names were given by Gen.
Butler as the persons who claimed to know
about the alleged payment of money to Mrs.
Belknap by Pendleton. He does not know
them it is true, and has no grounds for his
poor opinion, but he is convinced that they
are bad women and that it would not be
proper to bring them before his committee.
So no effort has been made to secure their
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-12

fined in The Libby must have shared the fate
OF the poor soldiers on Belle Isle and at Ander-
chase of the prison officials at enormons nrices
During all this time there were abundant sun.
plies sent to us by our Government and nv onr
friends, but they were appropriated by the rebs
to their own use N N
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-12
STATE OF MAINE.
BY THE GOVERNOR,
PROCIA MA TIT

A p r. o Q l. A M TION
Following the established usage, hereby appoint
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council,
Thursday, the Twentieth Day of Apri.
Next,
as day OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION, FASTING AND
PRAYER; and earnestly recommend that the day
be observedfn manner betitting the solemn pur-
pose for which it is set apart-the strengthening Of
our allegiance to Him in whose hands are the welfare
of men and the permanence of states.
Given at the Council Chamber, at Augusta, this
thrty-hrst day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy
SIX, and Of the independence of the United
States OF America the one hundredth.
SELDEN CONNOR.
Sd CHADBoURNE Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-12

DEMOCRATIC papers are republishing some
figures from the New York Bulletin showing
that taxation, federal, state, and municipal,
has increased 315 per cent. since 1860. But
they omit to state that the increase was
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-12

WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL. -. '7e

We do not read anonymous letters and commun-
cations The namG and address of the writer are in
sill cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return OF reserve commu-
nications that are not used, .
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-12

The spelling bee continues to be the rage
in England, and scherif, mulligatawney,
Chouans, tael and phylopods are the words
upon which the bold Britons fail and shame
facedly 90 to their seats.
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-12
WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT
VEGETINE
FOR TEN TIMES IT'S COST.

The great benefit have received from the use of
VEGETINE induces me to give my testimony in its
favor believe it not only great value for restor-
ing the hah put preventive Of diseases peculiar to
the spring and summer seasons
would not be without it for ten times its cost
EDWARD TILDEN.
Craftsmens Life Assurance Comnanv No 40 Sears
Building, Boston, Mass.
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-12
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The Portland daily press., 1876-04-12
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SPECIAL NOTICES. one third additional.
Under head of "AMUsEMENTs" and "AUcTIoN
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and 30 cents per square for each subsequent insertion
Address all cOmmunica tons to
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The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-05

for a promenade and change of air
between the acts. AT the Italian the
atre and at most of the others there is
ordinarily no orchestra. The rising of
the curtain is not signaled by the
pleasant tinkling of bell, but by a Sc
ries of startling, ominous s.coups - or
thumps, reminding one of the awesome
knocking at the gate in Macbeth
All the theatres we have visited have
q bright, gay appearance; not quite so
profusely lighted as our own, and so
less trying to the eyes; and, withal,
an air of singular neatness and good
preservation, the secret of which was
revealed to me one night at the Gate,
when, having fingered a few minutes
after the performance, we saw the en-
tire corps of ouvreuses shrouding the
seats and loges in voluminous busters
and hanging out their banners of
brown linen on the outer wall of the
gilded balconies. The frank, fearless
economies of this people take my heart.
Half our extravaganza is miserable
cowardice. notwithstanding all the
drawbacks of foreign ways and a for
eign tongue, we have enjoyed the few
French plays we have seen exceedingly.
It is the most delightful and perhaps
the best way of taking lessons in the
language.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-05
Partisan Temples to- Terpsichore.

Grace Greenwood writes from Paris
to the New York Times: For the ben
EFT OF amusement Of the few. distin-
gWshed Americans who have never
visited Paris, will venture to give a
little idea of the way French theaters
are managed, OF rather to note down a
few obvious peculiarities. Every
where, as you enter a theater, YOU
come first upon three gentlemen, seat
ed in a row, behind long table or
desk. These are controllers. to whom
all tickets and orders must be present.
ed for inspection, and all inquiries or
appeals addressed. They are usually
eldely men, of sternly serious aspect.
and in their black dress suits look SOL
emn, judicial, and memorable as Plu-
to's supreme bench, Eos Minos, and
Rhadamanthus. With the execution
of the Francois and the Grand ODera
all the theaters employ women for
ushers-nice, decent bodies, though
not lovely to look upon-with neat
stuff gowns and very gay caps. If they
sacrifice on the soberness of their
general attire, they wreck themselves
on their bonnets, which are stunning
affairs, mostly composed of ribbons.
Profound pink is the prevailing color
for all ages and compilations. Your
usher always offers to disembar-
rass you of your wraps, and kindly in
sists on furnishing you with a little
wooden footsool, which by it's size and
tendency to hop about and disappear
mysteriously, recalls the old name of
s'cricket. No seats we have ever
had, in stalls, boxes, or galleries, have
seemed to us so easy and comfortable
as corresponding places in our own
best theatres and opera houses, nor has
the ventilation seemed so good. But,
then, more space is here given to stair
way, corridors, and foyers, and it is
the custom for all the world to 20 out
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-05

% When writing - Aaversi.er.
In this paper.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-05

Twenty Five Visiting Cards, ten Styles with name
4 1Oc or twenty acquaintance iOc. Outfit 1Oc Sam.
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IL 1t pays. r. F. NORWOOD, Kezar Falls Maine
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-05
,)n Leap ear Cards, 10 cents. Fun for the Ladies'
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As Una, FREE t. sMIrHNiGHT, Cle et Rnde 5.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-05
TO CHARLES SUMNER. ;

River that stealeth with such silent pace
Around the city of the dead, where lies
"A friend who bore thy name, and whom
these eyes a. ~
Shall see no more in his accustomed place,
Amg gel ana sae. 1919 him in thy soft embrace,
skies - y. = - Z, a.
Are red with sunset, and gay mists arise.
Like damps that gather on a dead mans
Good night good night as we so oft have
beneath this roof at midnight, in the days
That are no more and shall no more return.
Thou hast but taken thy lamp and gone to bed
l stay little longer, as one stays
10 cover up the embers that still burn. '|.''
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-05

dy. Irregularities and Instructions to- the
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Sense Medical Adviser in which have de-
voted . large space to the consideration of all
forms Of diseases peculiar to your sex. This
on receipt of $3.50 My favorite Prescription
is sold by druggists
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-05
A Few Words to Feeble and Delicate Women

By R: v: Pierce, M. D., Of the Worlds Dis
Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser
ETC., etc.
Knowing that you are subject to great
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But, lady sufferers, there is better and far
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The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-05
Babies Legs. =.

Bow-legs and knock-knees are among
the common deformities of humanity;
and wise mothers assert that the
croOkedness in either case arises from
the afflicted one having been put upon
his or her feet too early in baby hood.
But a Massachusetts, physician who
has watched for the true cause thinks
differently. He attributes the first
mentioned distortion to a habit some
youngsters delight in of rubbing the
sole of one foot against that of the
other; some will go to sleep with their
soles pressed together. They appear
to enjoy the contact only when the
feet are naked; they do not attempt to
make it when they are socked or slip
pered So the remedy is obvious; keep
the baby's soles covered. Knock
knees the doctor ascribes to differ
ent childish habit, that of sleeping on
the side, with one knee tucked into
the hollow behind the other. He has
found that where one leg has been
bowed inward more than another, the
patient has always slept on one side,
and the uppermost member has been
that most deformed. Here the pre-
ventive is to pad the insides of the
knees so as to keep them apart, and let
the limbs grow freely their own way.
All of which is commended to mothers
who desire the physical uprightness of
their progeny.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-05

He was one of the best teachers ever
knew, although he had his faults.
Sometimes he would get on a spree,
ana 1t would be necessary to adjourn
the school for week at a time to let
him sober up, when he would send
word around through the neighbor.
hood, designating the day when school
would take up again. During study
hours, no two boys could be out at the
same time. This rule, which was
never to be violated, however pressing
the necessity, was enforced in this
way The door to the schoOl-house
was kept closed by large wooden pin,
which fitted into an auger hole bored OBJ
llquely into one of the logs, against
which the door closed. When one of
the scholars passed out he had to take
the pin with him or her, and until the
same was returned to it's proper place
no one else could think of crossing the
Threshold of that institution.
In those days the textbooks were
not changed every term, but were
handed down from one child to an
other, until they had served for all the
little ones of a family. Then there was
not a public school at every cross-road,
where an education could be obtained
without money and without price but
we had to pay tuition and all other ex-
penses-work on the farm in summer
and go to school in the winter when
there was no farm work to be done.
Can our modern school system produce
better scholars and more able men
than those turned out of just such
schools as have here described?
For several years I was scholar of
the aforesaid Haley, and finally mas
tered enough of the arts and sciences
to be promoted to the writing class and
transferred to a seat at the window.
My cup of happiness was full when
began to make my "pot hooks and
hangers.
UT all the children who went to that
school, how few there are left Nearly
all passed away before they grew up to
mature man and womanhood. In fact
| cannot recall a single one at this time
whose head is above the sod. a good
and merciful God has spared me only,
not certainly for what have done in
His cause, but possibly for what am
to do.
After giving Sandy certain directions
about kirk matters, the minister sniff
fed once or twice, and remarked !:
"Saunders, fear you have been stast-
ing this morning. ssDeed, sir. re-
piled Sandy, with the coolest effrontery,
set off with droll glance of his brown
9VAS-s6Qp6 sir T 14oc iict rosin RI OI>
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-05

The great Boston One price clothing
Store, Minneapolis, are receiving the largest
stock of clothing ever seen in the State.
Give them a try.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-05

Pimples on the face, rough skin,
chapped hands, saltrheum, and ali cutaneous
affections cured, the skin made soft and
smooth, by the use of Juniyer Tar Soap.
That made by Caswell, Hazard & Co.. New
York, is the only kind that can be relied on.
as there are many limitations, made from COM
mon tar, which are worthless,
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-05
Centennial Buildings
DIR. BOHANNANS
marriage
SECRETS,

Kind Of Dseases With hundreds Of valuable receipts,
should marry the impedments TO- marriage, their M
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scientific work Of the kind published and Is conn
in every respect Sent securely sealed receipt Of
Address, pr. G. A.. BoMANNAN, 6l9 North Filth st
St. Louis, No, Established in lxz.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-05

The standard remedies for oil diseases Of the
lungs are ScHEHcx's PuLnox1c SrRUP.
scHRNcK's SEA WEED TOXIC, and ScHRrcK's
MAnDRAKR PILLS, and, If taken before the lungs
are destroyed. speedy cure is effected.
TO these three medicines DR.. J.. H. Schenck.
OF Philadelphia, owes his unrivalled SUCCESS in
the treatment Of pulmonary diseases.
The Pulmonfc Syrup ripens the morbibmat.
ter in the lungs; nature throws it off by an
easy expectoration, for when the phlegm OF
matter is ripe slight cough will throw it ofE.
the patient has rest and the lungs begin to heal
To enable the Pulmonic Syrup to do This.
Schenck's Mandrake Pills and Schenck's Sea
Weed Tonic must be freely used to cleanse the
stomach and liver. Schenck's Mandrake Pill
act on the liver, removing all distractions
relax the gall bladder, the bile starts freely.
and the liver is soon relieved
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic is gentle slim.
ulant and alternative: the alkali Of which it ia
composed, mixes with the food and prevents
souring. 1t assists the digestion by toninq up
the stomach to healthy condition, SO that the
food and the Pulmonic Syrup will make good
blood; then the lungs heal, and the patient
fresh cold
Allwho wish to consult DR.. Schenck. either
personally or by letter, can do so at his princi-
pal office. corner of SIXTH and ARCH Srs..
Philadelphia. every Monday.
Scbenck's medicines are sold!by all druggists
throughout the country.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-05
Southern Hotel, St Louis. 40.

The most complete hotel in all it's ap.
pointments in the West The table supplied
at all times with the best the market affords.
The New York herald., 1876-12-09

THE PALLBEARkRs.
Tho following gentlemen were appointed pallbcar.
Lawrence Barrett, Frederic Robinson,
f. l.. Davenport w. Il. Sinn
J. ii. Stoddart Edward Lamb,
T. b. Warde, H b. Phillips,
II. +. DaIy, John Parselle,
james O'Neil, W. u. sheridan,
II. W. Montgomery, II. j. Montague,
Lester Wailack, IL. q. Jarrett
\. f. Mackey,
rHs usnxRs
The following were appointed ushers:-
Joseph H. Tookcr, Il. H. Butler
H. NJ. Holland, Hart Conway,
James Lewis, Charles A. Stevenson.
H. II. Gougc, Willie Seymour,
Frank Lamb, A. II. Sheldon,
Charles Rockwell, John Carroll
Daniel r. Gillette, Stanley McKenua.
Iorran Rogers, G. W. Hooper,
James &. pcakes, Theodore Moss,
Lyaander Thompson, Henry Tissington,
r. Pcterschen, George Hoey.
Thomas II. Norm.
the subcommittee, which appointed to visit
Rev. Dr. Houghlon, then returned, and reported that
the cburcn could be mad on Sunday at two o'clock
for the funeral, whcreupon 1t decided to hold u
at that hour All the members Of the profession will
receive tickets Of admssion and also the friends aud
relatives OF the deceased. These tickets be OBJ
tancd at the Office OF Mcssrs Shook Palmer at tho
Union Square Theatre the ushcrs are requested TO
meet tins morning 1T the Union Square Theatre to
make such further arrangements OF tho details OF the
funeral az may ba considered necessary.
rHE cnoiR.
The following persons have volunteered as a choir IN
this church on the occasion Of the funeral Emma O.
Tnursby Anna Drasdil Eugene Pappcnheim Nine
Gulagher Kate Mcdonnell MIR. Frich, and Albert
Berg, the organisL
AT IRVING HALL
The bodies OF Burroughs and Murdoch will be taken
TO irving Han to-day. and will lie encotned there
un'ii the time Tor the funeral sunday Floral offer
ings may be sent there Members the Union Square
Theatre Company Committee VIII be in attendance 10
receive them
THEORY or EuRRouGHs' DRATH.
Tho lamcned Claude Burroughs accompanied Miss
Ethel Allen TO the theatre on the fatal night whom no
met hs death. He have been her escort homo
after the play and TO tins end Mss Aliens Carriage
had been called aud was IN waiting at the time wfon
The fearful catastrophe happened. a short while be-
lore the lire broke Mr. burroughs spoke to Miss
Allen and told her account to leave her dressing
room. until he called there MISS Allen, VINO was
The New York herald., 1876-12-09
DREAD SCENES AT THE MORGUES
297 Bodies Recovered-80 Victims
Not Identified.
THE GREAT FUNERAL TO-DAY
'Draping the Sister City in
Mourning.

PROGRAMME OF THE OBSEQUIES.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-06-15
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from active prac-
tlce, having had placed in his hands by an
East India missionary the formula of sim
pie vegetable remedy.for the speedy and per-
manent cure Of consumption, bronchitis, ca
tarrh, asthma, and all throat and lung affec-
tions, also positive and radical cure for ner-
vous debility and all nervous complaints, al,
curative powers in thousands OF cases, feels 1t
his duty to make Il known to his suffering
fellows. Actua;ed by this motive, and a con-
scientious desire to relieve human sunering,
he will send (free Of chdrge)to all who desire
It, this recipe, with full directions for prepar-
ing and successfully using. Sent by return
mail by addressing, with stamp. naming this
paper DR.. w. @. STEVENSt
Munroe Block, Syracuse, N. \.