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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-14
YORK COUNTY

A cores Dondent writes that Mr.. George W.
Miller Of Kennebunkport lost bis barn by fire
upon the afternoon of the 18th inst, containing
his hay, carts and utensils, newly purchased
yoke of oxen and calf. A cow, after being
severely scorched about the neck and head,
broke loose, escaping through the falling tim
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-14

At Templars' Hall, No. 100 Exchange Street.
CoUNcIL-Maine, first and third Mondays in each
month.
TEMPLE-Forest City, No. 1. every Wednesday
evening.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-14
THE REASON

why we underseI ALI others is
simply because we buy i'm such
make i'm the buying what other
dealers make i'm the selling.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-14

On Tuesday the 4th of April, two barns be-
longing to Mr. John Mclaughlin in Whitefield
were destroyed by fire. Besides the buildings,
8 tons of hay, hog and 10 pigs, 5 sheep and
lambs, and farming tools in general were de-
stroyed. Fire caught from hot ashes put in
barrels in one of the barns. The house had a
narrow escape, being saved with slight scorch-
ing, through the energetic efforts of the neigh
bors. Loss about $1,000: no insurance
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-14
PRICE LIST.

Compare our Prices with those
You have been paying.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

How THE OLD Man Cor SQUARE WITH
HlM.-At Hardin, Bay county, lives an
honest, quaint old gentleman named Trigg,
who keeps grocery store. He was for
some reason suspected, by the Internal
Revenue Collector at st. Joe, of keeping
" crooked tobacco. One morning a gen.
tlemanly-looking man stepped into his
store and said he was travelling, and was
out of tobacco. He could smoke nothing
but "pure leaf, and wanted to buy few
pounds; it would be great accommoda-
ton and he must have it. The old man
protested that he kept it only for his own
use, that it was against the law, and that
he couldn't sell a pound at any price.
The Collector begged so hard, and protested
so strongly that no one would ever know
it, that Trigg " smelt MICE" and finally
consented to put up five pounds for him.
Mr.. Collector pulled out his pocket book
and asked the price. give hundred dol
lars" quietly remarked the old man
"When revenue officer goes out Of his
way to induce a man to break the law, in
order to prosecute him, must have money
enough to pay the fine" Mr.. Collector
lacked $490 of having the money, and con
cluded that he didn't want any leaf tobacco
at that price.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09
A Converted Actress.

A correspondent, "J. B. r." strongly
objects to the phrase converted actress"
generally applied to Mrs. Lowery, the
female preacher, on the ground that it i'm
plies reproach to the theatrical profession.
This does not follow. Webster defines the
primary meaning of "convert" thus-"to
cause to turn; to turn" and quotes from
Ben johnson the following apt illustra-
ton 80 which way shall / convert my
self?" 1t is correct to speak of Mrs
Lowery as "converted," for she has turned
from the stage to the lecture room. But
such conversion is not necessarily from
bad to good. Corn is often converted into
whiskey, yet no one thinks the change i'm
plies any condemnation of the grain. The
conversion of Mrs. Lowery from a bad
actress to good evangelist is, therefore, no
reproach to the theatre.
The error into which ~. B. r." in COM
mon with many other people, has fallen, is
to suppose that conversion always means
change from evil to good. But it may be
from good TO evil, from one good to another,
or from the better to the best. In the case
of Mrs. Lowery we are inclined to think
the change is public benefit, and that il
there were more converted actresses the
theatres would gain by its loss. This lady
is probably doing the world more good by
her energy and devotion as an evangelist
than she ever did on the stage. We dc
her the justice to presume that she at leas
intends no reproach to the stage in permit
ting herself to be called a converted actress
without protesting. As an evangelist it i
her duty to obtain large audiences, anc
this title is an attractive advertisement, fo
there are thousands of sinners who hay'
never seen an actress in theatre ant
would eagerly rush to see one in church
~ X. Herald.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09
Why Did Jacob Weep When He Kis-
sed Rachel9

The following are the "opinions of the
English Press" upon the subject of the text
which tells you that Jacob kissed Rachel
and lifted up his voice and wept:
If Rachel was pretty girl, and kept her
face clean, we can't see what Jacob had to
cry about.-Daiy Telegraph.
How do you know but she slapped his
face for him.-Ladies Treasury.
Weeping is not unfrequently produced
by pleasure, joy and happiness 1t might
have been so in Jacobs case.-Hard0ick
Science Gossip.
The cause of Jacobs weeping was the re-
fusal of Rachel to allow him to kiss her
Acknowledgements.
1t is our opinoin that Jacob wept because
he had kissed Rachel before, and he wept
for the time he had lost.-Csty Press.
The fellow wept because the girl did not
kiss him.--PaU Mall Gazette.
Jacob wept because Rachel told him to
do it twice more, and he was afraid to-
Methodist Recorder.
Jacob cried because Rachel threatened to
tell her mother.-Stnday Gazette.
He wept because there was only one
Rachel to kiss -Cgerken,ceU Neps.
+ He wept for joy because it tasted so good
-Jewish Chronicle.
We reckon Jacob cried because Rachel
had been eating onions.-British Standard
Our opinion is that Jacob wept because
he found after all it was not half what il
was cracked up to be.-Ne,o Zealander.
A mistake-not his eyes but his mouth
watered.-Ladies Chronicle.
He thought it was a fast color, but wep
to find the paint come off-FSnc Art Gazette
He remembered he was her uncle, anC
recollected what the prayer book says
Church Journal
He was fool, and did not know wha
was good for him.-EngLshma Advertiser.
He thought she might have big brother
Sporting Chronicle.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09
Funny Incident in the Pulpit.

At clerical dinner party, some time
ago, says Appleton'S journal, the question
went around to each, as follows: "Were
you ever so placed in public in the per-
formance of a service as to lose all sence of
the sOlemnity of the occasion and be COM
PEELED to laugh in spite of your more serious
self?' and the following are some of the
replies that were made: A very solemn
clergyman and his assistant, who were dis.
turbed in their chancel by miserable
looking street cat, which had come in some
unknown way, and was rubbing itself up
against their legs, meowing piteously. The
rector beckoned to his assistant to put the
cat out, which he did, but in a few minutes
she was back again. Upon this the very
solemn rector placed the poor creature
under one of the heavy box stools in the
chancel, and, placing his foot on this i'm.
proved kennel, gave out the hymn begin.
ming:
"A charge to keep have"
The last experience mentioned was that
of clergyman at his first baptism of in
fants. He was then very young in years
and had never before held baby that he
could remember of, much less hold baby
and book in the presence of a church full
of people. The first infant given into hi.
arms was big, squirming boy of thirteen
months, who Immediately began to cork
screw his way through clothes and wrap
pings. The minister held on bravely, but
in a few moments the child's face disap
peared in the wraps, and his dangling legi
beneath were worming their way to the
floor. Seized with the horrible impression
that the child was tunneling his wn
through his clothes and would soon be on
the floor in a state of nature, he clutched
the clothes violently by the sash-band, and
said to the mother, +" If you don't holc
that baby he will certainly be through hi.
clothes. and l shall have nothing left bu
the dress to baptize."
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09
Then and Now.

They fingered at the gate until he could
finish that remark, and she toyed with her
fan, while her eyes were looking down
from beneath jaunty hat, that only par
TALLY shaded her face from the light of the
silvery moon.
He stood gracefully on the outside, with
one hand resting on the gate-post and the
other tracing unintelligible hieroglyphics
on the panels. They were looking very
sentimental, and neither spoke for some
minutes, until she broke silence in a sweet
musical voice:
"And you will always think as you do
now, George?''
" Ever, dearest; your image is impressed
upon my heart so indelibly that nothing
can ever efface it. Tell me, Julia, loveliest
of your sex, that have right to wear it
there.
"Oh, you men are so deceitful," she
answered coquettishly.
"True, Julia, men are deceitful, he said,
drawing little nearer to her and insinua-
ting himself inside the gate, but who,
darling, could deceive your
Sand if were to die, wouldn't you find
some one else you could love as well
George?"
"Never, never. No one could ever fill
your place in my heart"
Oh, quit now. That amt right" she
murmured as she made feint to remove
his arm.
"Let me hold you to my heart" he
whispered passionately, "until you have
consented to be mine, and he drew hel
nearer to him and held tightly until he OBJ
tanned the coveted boon.
1t seemed but yesterday since our weary
footsteps interrupted that touching littl,
scene, but when we passed near the sam,
locality at an early hour yesterday morning
ere the moon and stars had paled, anC
heard a gentle voice exclaim:
" No sir; you stayed out this long, ant
you may just as we'll make night of il
I'll teach you to stay at the lodge unit
three o'clock in the morning, and thel
come fooling round my door and wake tn
baby. Now take that and sleep on it."
1t seemed but yesterday, as we sal
before, that that little scene took place a
the gate, but when we accidentally becam
a witness to this latter scene, we remembe
it had been longer.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09
The Parsee, Jew and Christian.

A jew entered a Parsee temple, and be-
held the sacred fire. "What y said he to
the priest, do you worship the fre?'
" Not the fire." answered the priest " it
is to us an emblem of the sun, and of his
genial heat
" Do you, then, worship the sun as your
god?'' asked the Jew. "Know We not that
this luminary also is but work of that
Almighty Creator?"
awe know il" replied the priest: but
the uncultivated man requires a sensible
sign, in order to form conception of the
Most High. And is not the sun the incom-
prehensible source of light, an image OF
that invisible being who blesses and preser.
yes all things ~
Do your people, them" rejoined the Is.
realite, distinguish the type from the
original? They call the sun their god
and decending even from this to a baseI
object, they kneel before an earthly flame
Ye amuse the outward but blind the in
ward eye; and while ye hold to them the
earthly ye draw from them the heavenly
light "Thou shalt not make unto thysel
any image or any likeness"
elbow do yOu designate the Supreme
Being?" asked the Parsee.
"We call him Jehovah Adonia, that is
the Lord who is, who was, and who will be,
answered the Jew.
Your appellation is grand and sublime,
said the Parsee; but it is awful, too"
A Christian then drew nigh, and said
ave call him FATHER"
The Pagan and the Jew looked at each
other, and said, Here is at once an image
and a reality: it is word of the heart"
Therefore they all raised their eyes tc
heaven, and said, with reverence and love
"oUR FATHER " and they took each by tn
hand, and all three called one anothe
brothersi
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

carried out, will tend to purify the whole
political atmosphere of our country. For
we seek the greatest good to the greatest
number. We must always bear in mind
that no one by becoming Patron of Hus-
bandry gives up that inalienable right and
duty which belongs to every American
citizen to take a proper interest in the
politics of his country. On the contrary,
it is right for every member to do all in his
power legitimately to influence for good
the action of any political party to which
he belongs. 1t is his duty to do all he can
in his own party to put down bribery, cor
ruption and trickery; to see that none but
competent and faithful and honest men
who will unfinchingly stand by our in
dustrial interest, are nominated for all
positions of trust and to have carried out
the principles which should always char
acterize every Grange member, that the
office should seek the man, and not the man the
office.
We acknowledge the broad principle
that difference of opinion is no crime, and
hold that progress towards truth is made
by difference of opinion" while " the fault
lies in bitterness of controversy" We
desire proper equality, equity and fairness !;
protection for the weak, restraint upon the
strong; in short, justly distributed burdens
and justly distributed power These are
American ideas, the very essence of Ameri-
can independence, and to advocate the
contrary is unworthy of the sons and
daughters of an American republic. We
cherish the belief that sectionalism is, and
of right should be, dead and buried with
the past. Our work is for the present and
the future. In our agricultural brother
hood and its purposes we shall recognize
no North, no South, no East, no West
1t is reserved by every Patron, as the
right of a freeman, to affiliate with any
party that will best carry out his principles.
6. Ours being peculiarly farmers insti.
tuition, we can admit all to our ranks
Many are excluded by the nature of ouI
organization, not because they are profes
sional men, or artisans or laborers, but be
cause they have not sufficient direct in
terest in tilling or pasturing the soil, OIL
may have some interest in conflict with oul
purposes. But we appeal to all good citi
zens for their cordial cooperation TO assis
in our efforts towards reform, that we may
eventually remove from our midst the las
vestige of tyranny and corruption. W.
hail the general desire for fraternal har
mony equitable compromises, and earnes
cooperation, as an omen of our future sue
cess.
7. 1t shall be an abiding principle will
us to relieve any of our oppressed and sui
fering brotherhood by any means at ou
command. Last, but not least, we pre-
claim it among our purposes to inculcate
proper appreciation of the abilities an,
spheres of woman, as is indicated by admit
ting her to membership and position in on
order. Imploring the continued assistanc
of our Divine Master to guide us in ou
work, we here pledge ourselves to faithfr
and harmonious labor for all future time, I
justice, fraternity and political purity Of ou
return by our united efforts to the wisdom
! fore-fathers.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09
" Rock Of Ages Cleft for Me-"

In the plesent county of Devon, in one
of its sequestered passes, with few Gotta
ges sprinkled over it, mused and sang
Augustus Toplady. When a lad of sixteen
and on a visit to Ireland, he had strolled
into barn in which an illiterate layman
was preaching-but preaching reconcilia-
ton to God through the death of his Son.
The homely Sermon took effect, and from
that moment the gospel yielded all the
powers of his brilliant and active mind.
During his last illness, Augustus Toplady
seemed to lie in the very vestibule of glory.
To friends inquiry, he anwered with a
sparkling eye: 40, my dear sir, cannot
tell the comforts feel in my soul--they
are past expression. The consultations of
God are so abundant that he leaves me
nothing to pray for. Ny Prayers are all
converted into praise. enjoy heaven
already within my SOUL" And within an
hour of dying, he called his friends and
asked if they could give him up; and, when
they replied in the affirmative, tears of joy
ran down his cheeks as he added, ooh,
what blessing that you are made willing
to give me over to the hands Of my dear
Redeemer and part with me for no mortal
can live after having seen the glories which
God has manifested to my soulr ~ And
thus died the writer Of the beautiful hymn,
Rock Of Ages cleft for me-"
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

Scotch saying A doar plaat VII a mons
mann on s wary goad thing, but dinner
plaat wi mons dinner on IS better.
The true estimation of living is not to bo
taken from age, but action. Some die old
at forty, others infants at fourscore.
The blush of modesty is natures alarm,
at the approach of sin, and her testimony
to the dignity of virtue.
A blind mendicant wears this ;nor;nt;on
around his neck: Don't be ashamed 70
give only cent. can't see.n
When is hen not joking2 When she's
in ernest. When is she all at sea? When
she's in the hatchway.
F." The rich," said Dutchman, " eat veni-
son because it ish deer. eat mutton
because it ish sheep"
We suppose Tweed will smoke the
" Boss" cigar in Cuba.-Ch Chicaoa 7liJ,o,e
Yes, if they Havana.
Words are cheap, but sometimes cost
much.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

A frighful accident happened in thea
tire at Sheffield, Eng, one evening not long
since. 1t appears that ballet girl was
suspended from the flies for the amuse.
ment of the spectators when her dress
caught fire, and being tightly strapped to a
piece of iron she could not move, and re-
manned in this frightful position without
ever uttering a scream, although the flames
were consuming her. At last she was
lowered, but too late to save her life, for
she died from the effects of the injuries re-
ceived.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

LOST WoMEN.-We commend the follow
ing thoughts to the public: elias it ever
occurred to you what commentary upon
our civilization are these lost women, and
the attitude of society towards them? A
little child strays from her home enclosure,
and the whole community is on the alert
to find the wanderer and restore it to its
mothers arms. What rejoicing when it is
found, what fearful sympathy, what hearth
ness of congratulations. There are no
harsh comments upon tired feet, be they
ever so miry. No reprimand for the soiled
and torn garments. No lack of kisses for
the tear-stained face. But let the child
be grown into womanhood; let her be led
from it by the scourge of want; what
happens? Do Christian men and women
60 in quest of her? Do they provide all
return Of her own notion, do they receive
her with such kindness and delicacy as to
secure her against wandering? Far from
it. AT the first step she is denounced as
lost-lost! Echo, friends and relatives
we disown you; don't ever come to dis
grace us. Lost, says society, indifIerently.
How bad these girls are. And lOst-irre-
trievably lost-is the prompt verdict OF
conventional morality, while one and all
unite in boiling every door between hel
and responsibility. Ahl will not those lost
ones be required at our hands hereafter
Hearth and Home.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09
Modes ofDying.

Augustus Caesar chose to die in stand
ing position, and was careful in arranging
his person and dress for the occasion.
Julius Caesar, when slain by the conspira-
tors in the capitol at Rome, concealed his
face beneath the folds of his toga, so that
his enemies might not see the death pang
upon his countenance. Siward, Earl of
Northumberland, when at the point of
death, quilted his bed and put on his ar
NOR, saying, alt becomes not man to
die like a beast" Maria Louisa of Aus
tria, short time before she brethed her
last, had fallen into an apparent slight
slumber, and one of the ladies in attend
ance remarked that her Majesty seemed to
be asleep. "No," replied she; "I could
sleep if would indulge repose; but am
sensible of the near approach of Death,
and would not allow myself to be sur
prised by him in my sleep; | wish to meet
him wide awake" Lord Nelson, on re-
ceiving the fatal shot, said to Capt. Hardy,
"They have done for me at last, Hardy /;
my backbone is shot through; )" and had
the presence of mind, while carried below,
to take out his handkerchief and cover his
face and tears, to be concealed from the
gaze of the crew. And last of all the great
Bonaparte died in his feld-marshal's
uniform and boots, which he had ordered
to be put on short time previous to his
dissolution.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

The character of young men depends
much upon that of the young women with
whom they associate. If the latter are
cultivated, intelligent and accomplished,
young men will feel the requirement that
they themselves should be upright and
gentlemanly; but if their female friends
are frivolous and silly, young men will be
found dissipated and worthless. A sister
is the best guardian of her brothers integ
rity. She is the surest incubator of faith
in female purity and worth. As daugh-
ter, she is the true light of home. The
pride of the father oftenest centres in his
sons, but his affection is expended on his
daughters.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

A family at Pittsburg several mornings
ago were aroused from their beds by cries
and found in the garden burglar, who, in
endeavoring to break into Abe house by
SCATTERING the window pane with his arm,
had cut frightful cash in the flesh, seve-
ing one of the main arteries. His clothes
and the ground for some yards around were
soaked with blood, and the man died before
the inmates of the house could summon O
physician.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

The boys of Minnemucca, Nevada, had
some fun with Snowman. They formed
line from the. ticket Office extending
around near corner. Each asked the
price of admission, and, when being told
that it was fifty cents, shook his head, said
it was too dear, retired, and fell in at the
rear of the line. This was kept up until
the Snowman, astounded by the unanimity
and the seemingly great number, reduced
the charge, and then every boy cleared
out
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09
WHOLE NO. 1885.

The Milford (Pa.) Herald announces the
death of Mr.. Sipley, who had lived in soli-
tude many years in Green township, Pike
county, Pennsylvania. He had been
wealthy merchant of New York, but failing
in business his reverses so preyed on his
mind that he fled to a wild and desolate,
place, several miles from any habitation,
where for thirty-fve years he lived alone,
sustaining himself by fishing and hunting.