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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-06-22

daily toll, managed to support herself ana
hrino M her daughter. AT twenty the
latter married worthless fellow, who
broke her heart and then cast her pennl-
less upon the word with young son, the
little boy who MAS then setting the table.
The old woman took them in, and about
this time also adopted the little girl, who
was the orphan child of poor nelghoor.
..And YOU were able to support them
all by vending apples ?" asked the gentle
man. Z agsE Na&
sa"Ne, sir,r she answered. tried to;
but I couldn't. My daughter was sick,
and conldn't do nothing, and we soon got
into debt twenty dollars, Then, as If to
make bad worse, was taken down with
the iheumatics. | was taken down with
them a fortnight; and when | got up,
couldn't get round like ! could afore; so.
not KNOWN what to do, | went with my
basket onto bench, nigh the Frog Pond.
Folks came to me amazin that day, ara at
night had two dollars clean profit linen
l. saw the Lord hand he knowed
couldn't make Twin going round, so
he gave me the rheumatics, TO show me
it WAS best To open a stand on the Com'
mon.'
s.And since then have you made both
ends meet ?"
Eyes, sir; since then I've been pros
pered wonderful. I've paid off the debt,
and now when l want to can lay in
slocks of, tenydo.lars, and that you know,
brings apples cheaper"
"But have you no fear for winter?
..No, Sir. It's two months Oft; can
make thirty dollars aiore it comes, and
that, with what sewing and washing can
do, will take us round to warm
And how old are your asked the gem
t!eman, looking at her furrowed face and
which seemed to say a century.
.sSeventy next Christmas. But We
wouldn' think it TO look at me. feel al
most as peart as when was thirty"
..And at your age, and in such power
~, can you always look hopefully at the
future ?'' -8 7ta@5
Eyes, sir. The Lord is my shepherd,
shall not want. He maketh rue to lie
down in green pastures. He leadeth me
beside still waters"
The stranger looked at her with rcyer.
ent wonder. He had heard those words
before but now they had to him new
sound and new meaning. All at once
it dawned upon him that "the poor are
DlcSSeu, DcCduSc vi tucl
OF. ITSELF. is the .'kingdom of Heaven"
Drawing roll of bank notes from his
pocket. he handed one of them to the old
woman. She took it. held it up curious
" to the candle. and then, said, with
smile that made her ugly features abso-
lutely handsome:
Ills more money than | ever saw at
once afore; 'twould take us clean through
the winter. Yc is good gentleman, and
l thank We; but we can get along, and
while we can don't like to take money
from nobody"
This was said in gentle way. as if she
feared to wound his feelings. He made
no reply, but putting the note back in his
pocket, rose and babe her good even
ing," When he reached the door, he
turned, and saying: Il forgot the chill
dren.n took both of them up in his arms.
and. kissed them. Then he went down
the long stairs, and walked slowly home
ward. He had CROPPED in the dark for
thirty years. and this old woman had Civ
en- him his first living revelation.
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Deposits of any amount received from one dollar
upwards, and interest payable twice year Feb.
and Aug. Interest not drawn out Is added to the
deposit, thus making COMPOUND INTEREST.
Interest begins on the first day Of each month.
Money deposited on or before the tenth dav OF each
month, will draw interest from the first day of the
same month.
ASUnder the existing law OF this State. all de.
posts in Savings Banks, are exempt from nunict-
pal taxation, and the rate of interest limited to
No returns of names of depositors are required
to be made to State town authorities and all
counts held by this Bank to be strictly private
and confidential.
Married women and persons under age can de-
post money in their own names, 80 that it can be
drawn only by themselves or on their order.
Especial advantages afforded to Executors,
Guardians, Trustees, and others having in charge
Trust Funds.
WM.R SMITH, Treasurer.
Aupusta. Apri1 20. 1878. t&wtf
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ual remedy. can confidently recommend it to all
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TONTlNH PLAN,

Or upon the principle OF aceumulAting profits for
definite periods, which first introduced by this
Society, and has been recommended and endorsed
by eminent experts in Life Insurance, and by lead
ing business men. Forty-four per cent. has been
earned and accumulated on the premiums paid on
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Eve years.
The Directors of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society represent exclusively the inter ests of the
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tice they fee that it has strong claims upon public
confidence because OF the strict and conservative
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prompt and just in it's dealings.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-22
PAUL, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, p,

man from Ohio as their candidate tor
president. They understood perfectly
we'll that the party that carries Ohio in
October will be almost certain to carry
the nation in November.
What then follows? This that to
meet Hayes and overthrow him in Ohio
in October the Democrats must nominate
noble old BILL ALLEN He carried Ohio
in 1873, and he would have carried it
again in 1875, but that the school ques-
ton was sprung upon him unfairly and
suddenly. That NINE cannot be ex-
ploded again. On a fair field the hide
penients and Democrats, with Allen at
their head, will carry Ohio in October and
November 1876. The times are harder
than they were year ago. Men have
had more time to think tor themselves.
Time has strengthened the Opposition
Let the battle OF lS75,-HAYEs AND
ALLEN,-be fought over again in 1876.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-22

killed by two men who were waiting for him.
A year ago man who had been Threatened was
cut on Spoford alley, but witness did not
know whether he died or not from the effects.
Witness said there are so many cases Of cutting,
after threats have been made, that he did not
remember all. He was able to relate several
other cases, however, where women had been
wounded by blackmailing Cinnamon, and his
testimony generally was convincing that the
Chinese are law unto themselves, and not yet
thoroughly e.nancipated from barbarism He
knew OF two or three cases in which rewards
We're offered to have people killed, and the
persons escaped. There is reward on his
OWL head OF 5000. The advertisement placar-
ded on the walls, in his case read that tAny
abe-bodled man who wants to get rich sud
denly can do SO by putting witness out of ths
way, tor which service he would obtain $500 :
The placard was not signed, but it was under.
stood where the money could be got. It orig.
mated in witness enforcing a collection OF s24(
on a society Knew nothing of criminals il
the State Prison getting SO much money per da,
allowed them. Was aware of cases Of erin,
which ought to have been inv stigated il
Court, but which We're kept secret among tn
Chinese themselves.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-22
THE kEE-SToNE OF THE REfJB-
LIC4N .4RCH.

The ST. Paul Dispatch occasionally
tells the truth. Far be il from us 10
charge that this phenomenon is due TO
any ''naalicc prspense or aforetaought
i, is the result of the confederation OF
accidental circumstances and the Dis
patch should not sc held accountable for
it.
\ day or two ago. in speculating upon
the political situation. the Dispatch said !:
We still hold to the opinion thA, the antas-
onis,ic forc<s will compromise on HAYES, or,
failing in that, they viii respectively rally
around two new men, perhaps Washhurne and
Sherman, and tight i, out >quArely Blaine
wants HAYES for Vice President, AMI Conkiins
would not object to him He has solid strength
in the convention, holds Ohio in The hollow Of
his hand, I'd IS OAso IS eo.s:s<rec sA< key
sto.e i. .Ae sreA for Repsbl;eaa sseeess .Ae ~ay
.rs. sk< bcrrts sceptrs.
Yes; that is true. Ohio Il the key stone
OF Republican success; and 1t was the
recognition Of that fact that induced
the Republicans to nominate Al obscure
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-22

or, as the fellow said, as like as two
dogs cut from the same piece.
And we find in the Madison, WIS,
Patriot, (Greenback Ind.) the following
general reflections:
The two political parties of tho day, profess
in general way to abhor each others prlncl-
pies, and nave been in antagonism through all
the various moods and lenses tor three tourths
OF a century.
Under the old Whig and Democratic parties
there was something OF vital principle to con-
tend for on both sides, the lines OF demarkatlon
were clearly defined, and there was no such
thing as a Democrat getting into Whig caucus
or into the party, and not know 1t, and vice
versa.
In this latter day, however, it is quite differ
elt. Among the masses there is Just as well
defined dividing lines as ever, out among the
office seeking politicians, it Is tWeedle DUN
ana tweedle etee The great worlds syndicate
has bought up the hummer class on both sides
to favor It's stupendous scheme, to make mon
ey scarce, products labor cheap and interest
high.
Whenever the hummer class in either party
get the control over the laboring masses, their
platforms have a remar kable sameness, and a
painful monotony OF plattltudes and ''gltterlng
geneTalltles.3'
Now we are very sure this explanation
OF cause and effect, does not apply tothe
Democratic party OF Minnesota.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-22
A RECOGNITION.

We have been and are so persisten ently
abused by some small creatures here in
Minnesota, that we trust we will be par
doned Tor copying the following extract
from an article on Tree Planting ip the
Washington Cd. CO. Gazette:-
But it is in the Great West and Northwest
that the mind Of both people and statesmen
has been most activity, broadly, and efficiently
directed to this important end. In Minnesota,
particularly, is this the tact. In that large and
prosperous State there is 50 wide an expanse Of
fertile but treelrss prairie, swept by the winds
OF rigorous winter, tueess and ItlnlDerless, that
tree cultlvatlon II possible, must there strlke
every thinking mind with the intensity OF its
Importance; audit Is not surprising, therefore,
that some OF her statesmen We're early nnpelled
To consider its lIactlcaplllty.
Tie err.tic but able lguatlus Donnelly, OF
Minnesota, delivered III Congress the first
speech maintaining the feasibility of planting
trees upon the prairie and sage plains OF the tar
w est and growing them successfully; making
the fertile ground nabtable and the sage deserts
cuItivatble by arborlculture on such large
scale that eventually moisture would be drawn
from the clouds by pointing trees toward them
as Franklin drew the lightning innocuously
down by steel points elevated in their direction
That DonneIly was rldiculed and scoited at
en- III his own State, by unthlnklng men OF
partisan editors, only exempliiiei anew the
truth that prophet speaks generally FOL
strangers or another generation, and that the
retormer must expect more kicks than copper:
from the existing Ignorant OF his kind, who
are too often in the majority
But though martyrs die, their cause lives
When he left the national House Of statesmen
| Congressman DunnelD from different distric
was, fortunately for his State, venturesom
enough and thinking enough to take up Don
nely's tree planting mantle or ''mania, as TIL
scotfers called it. This new Congressman
/ Dunnell mooted again the tree question il
| Congress; had it referred to committees; had el
aborate reports, embodying facts, theories
remedies, made from them and printed TO
| general circulation, and he introduced bills t
/ commence the herculean work OF Governmen
/ farming; and delivered sensible, nervous
fact-g glowing speeches upon them.
We re called .'erratic" because WI
! prefer to follow truth and prlncipl
rather than to crawl in the rear OF som
political party, where Thrift may folio,
tawning.'
Ii this is '.erratic" we hope to contlnu
"erratic" as long as we live.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-22
THE GROWTH or OUR NEW VEST

At the risk OF hurting the feelings OF a
few malignants IN Hastings we repro
duce the following from the Pioneers
Press-Tribune. Every word OF it is true !:
The most active development at present
seelns to be along the main line of the ST. Paul
4 Pacific, in the counties west Of Kandivohi.
immigration has been fowl into that district
all winter and spring, and during the three
months OF March. April and May, the register
OF the Lltchtield land office reports that 932
Aonesteads, pre-emptlon and timber culture
entries have been filed in that land district.
covering about 100, UuU acres Of land We have
heard from but Of the other land offices that
located at New UIm. This land district has
been so extensively ravaged by 4trasshoppers
for three years past that immigration has not
been partial to it, but the register reports l24
entries IN the three months ending June lst,
embracing 1922 acres, while the first week OF
June showed very large increase Of course
the next four or five months will witness great
increase in immigration and in the entries OF
public lands at the land offices. To the lands
taken under the homestead; presumption and
tlmber-culture acts, must be added verv large
areas sold by the railroad companies. 1t NAV
be safely estimated that in these different ways
not less than 35O, 900 will be added to the area
Of settlement this year, or between three and
four thousand farms, which would imply an
addition from this source alone of twelve or tlf-
teen thousand new settlers to our population
OF course these immigrants bring with them
in the aggregate, a considerable amount o
money, and much larger amount of proper
ty IL stock and household and farming utensils
Even before they become producers, therefore
they contribute to extend the area and swell tn.
volume Of trade. Residents of the countr,
along the main line of the St. Paul & Pacific
particularly, are in fine feather by reason Of tn
general activity resulting from the rush of i'm
migration to that district. Many Of the wealth
and successful farmers in the older parts Of th
state are buying farms in that region prepare
| tory to removing there and the demand 70
| the choice lands, or rather choice situations
| for all the lands are alike fertle-is such tina
there has been good deal Of profitable specu
ation in buying and selling lands Every tra
carries scores Of land seekers, and the emigrar
wagons arr moving III procession across tn
prairies: while the new homes and shantie
going up in every direction over the wide tx
panse give lively aspect 10 the scene; and on
sees everywhere the first rude outline Of I'll
| picture which is soon To I've filled up with a
the rich and beautiful details OF rural an
home life. Thes. indications Of the rapid A.
velopment OF our prairie districts afford ne
grounds for confidence III the continued An
| increasing pros prriy II Minnesota Whatev.
SGT hack other states have received Mtnneso
| ~ yet knows np halt in It's onward march
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-22

This question Is provoNlng great eN-
citement on the Pacific coast.
China has 40. 900. 900 lnnaoitant, the
United States nave 10000, 0,0QD. China
could place two or three workmen along
side oi every workman Ia tine United
States, aud scarcely miss them. The
United States workman has to 1--we ike
civilized human being. educate his
children to perform the duties VI citizens.
and iced aad ciothe his family - Amerl-
can republicans should be ted and cloth
ed. The Chlnamaa can live on twenty :
tive-cents worth oi rIce per week. liz
has no wife. 40 children. no 0oohs. no
newspapers. no schools. C0mpetlttua n
with such 4 laborer is simply Impossible.
This government OF ours Is based on
the intelligence. the virtue. the se.i-res-
pect OF the laoorln- masses. Il these are
destroyed then comes anarchy or des-
potism and individual. virtue aud intel
.lgeuce canuot exist IN the midst ot Idle
ness and starvation. 1t is true tna, lAi,
nation owes hospitality 10 the poor and
oppressed: out what would be SAID ol
the man VINO gave the oread oi ais cai.-
dren to strangers and leil als own iiesn
and blood to starye3
We nave received a newspaper report
OF the proceedings OF an immense meets
ing held At Oakland. Cal. presided over
BIZ our friend and relative, Capt Z j.
Kelly. protesting against any turther i'm
migration of Chinese coolies.
We nave also received \ San Francis
CO paper giving the testimony taken De-
fore = Legislative committee in reference
to the Chinese. From it we extract the
/ following curious evidence:
rHE pARK wAYs OF rHB NosGoIxAx.
/ FL. Cowsoa was called, and testified that b.
+ is the publisher Of the Chinese newspaper il
/ this city. Have been ihre- years pu biishins
i Never resided in China Does pruning for tn.
1 Chinese aud sransac;s genera mercantile
+ business. A, Vallejo shooting atray occurre-1
/ and the parties sent down Ia san Francisco tol
witnesses. Two OF iho,- witnesses were to hi.
knowi-dye in the city as sn- nn= of he shoot
ing Witness narrat-d An instance OF Assassin
!. a:iou in Washington alley. He hAi INFORMED
tie man who was murdered, OF MS danger, ana
warned him 10 take care, - reward had I.ser
/ offered By the Wong Tong Sing Society for hi
death. In another instance ChinaInan 20
4 in deh< AID . reward was oder-d for bis dsakh
He went to house on Jackson street, and -
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-22
for insertion in this weeks

lengthy 1Or lnsertlOn IN this weeks
issue.
The whole proceeding was piece of
Ring work. It was foreordained that
the Dispatch should have the job, and it
would have got it if we had agreed to do
the work for nothing.
If our bid of eight cents per des>
cription had been accepted it would have
saved the taxpayers of Ramsey county a
very large sum of money, but it would
have interfered with the purposes OF the
Ring.
We propose to see if there is any law
that will protect us in our rights and
protect the people of Ramsey county
from this kind OF robbery. The follow
ing is the list of county commissioners
-MaAtield, Lee, Lindeke, Brainerd,
Welsh, johnson and Kelly.-Some OF
these are regarded as reputable gentle
men and we wait to see whether they
will countenance such a gross fraud.
Some OF them have been loud in their
protestations in favor OF reform and re-
trenchment: let us see if they will per-
sist in giving fifteen cts. per description
for advertising that could be done fo1
eight cents. As to whether our paper
has or has not a general circulation we
will challenge a com mparison of our lis
with the list OF the Dispatch, or any
other paper in the state. The county
commissioners might just as well have
said that they never heard OF Ignatiu
Donnelly as to pretend that they neve
heard OF the ~Monopolist-
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-22
Observation-Disclosures

Our multtarious engagements nave
prevented Us from heaetofore noticing
the Lltchiie!d independent published by
A. Sanders ana edited by n. &. Martin: !:
price ST 80 per year. 1t is one OF the
best and ablcst paper i'll the state; ana
is doing good work for Cooper and
Booth in Meeker county. we cHp the
following from its last issue =
The friends Of the grrenback have organized
a precnback cud in Forest Prairie with the
following members:
President-J 7. lIagan; Vice-Presldent-
M. B. Case; Secret ry-l d. Karr; 1're'tsu-
rer-James Mcmahon. Members -, r.
Groat. J. w. karr, j. W. Polk, VIM. n.
Cole. p. &. Woods, A. Riley, A. K. Fisher,
John Rice, charles Dougherty:
Let the good work 20 on. The dreenpack
men in every town in the county should organ
Canize themselves into clubs as soon as posi-
Bile. There can he no compromise with the
enemies of the peoples money The piow
holders of this country have rights as Well a.
the bond holders, and it lies within their pow
er to assert and maintain those rights.
We hope the people Of Meeker county
will give this spirited journal the sup
port which it deserves.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-22
THE NOMINATION. or HAYES.

Morton is cripple; Conkling snob ;
Bristow reformer; and Blaine is sus-
pected Of being suspicious! And 50 they
Settled down upon Il noneElty called
Hayes, Of whom little, good or bad, IS
known. HIS only claim to greatness IS
that he ran against Bill Allen last year,
Mr.. Lincoln was taken up by the he
publicans in 1860 because It was q lofe
gone conclusion that Douglas would pc
nominated by the Democrats Inc
Lincoln-Douglas debates Of 1879 nomin-
ated Lincoln in 1850 The liayes-Allen
contest of 1875 may lead to grander
Hayes-Allen contest in 1876.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-22
IN ENQUIRY IND IN ANSWER.

About the sorriest figure cut by auy man in
the disgraceful transaction with Miss Sweet, III
relation to the Pension Agency, uoteNeeptlug
Daye Rlakelv. is that OF Baker, the former
General Pension Agent OF Minnesota. and the
nr,,sent Surveyor tieuerai. We have no time
Is 20 into details this week, but Baker is 4
representative ii relano and his administration
OF the Interior Department. Miss Sweet and
the public 1T large will he saved all such dis
graceful proceedings while the present ineum-
{snt, the Hon A. j. Bently, is Commissioner
Of Pensions
WHY the President does not remove Baker
from his position aS Surveyor TenerM ot
Minnesota, WE cannot conjecture. Old Zach 5
friends boas, that he distrEsts fraud and Of
fetal croo kesineS>. II this IS So why does he
not scti Can the 81. Paul ANTI MoNopoLlsr
ausweri- Industrial Age.
We can't answer. unless it is that Ba-
ker is useful TO the administration. In
1872 he was employed TO make the ne
yroes OF South Carolina believe that ii
Horace Greeley was elected president
they would all be made slaves again /:
and last tall he was used 10 convince the
scarcely more Intelligent republicans OF
Blue Earth county that the Pope was
marching on Minnesota with an army ol
ten thousand monks. 10 take possession
of Mankato. and that the only way &c
defeat him rs to defeat Morton 5. vii,
kinson for the State Senate.
As long As the tools are in the malorit,
Bakerais too useful TO be turned out 0
office