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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-06-16
Chapter So.

AN ACT to repeal section twelve of chapter twelve
of the Revised Statutes, relating to Parishes.
Be 1T enacted, &C., as follows:
SECT. l. That the twelfth section Of chapter
twelve of the revised statutes, is hereby repealed
SECT. q This act shall take effect when approved.
Approved February Is, 1861
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Chapter 81.

AN ACT to amend section fortysix of chapter three
of the Revised Statutes relating to Plantations.
Be 1T enacted, &c., as follows:
Section forty-six of chapter three of the revised
statutes is hereby amended by striking the words
sand fifty" in the sixth line thereof, that the
same, as amended, shall read as follows:
The county commissioners of the counties con-
tanning unincorporated townships, SHALL at the ex-
piration of every period of five years from March,
and sixty-one, determine from the United States
census, when taken the preceding year, and by acu
al enumeration when not taken, what townships
have not less than two hundred inhabitants, and
make suitable description and designation thereof
and return them to the Secretary of state to be by
him recorded [Approved February Is, 1861
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Chapfer 0S.

AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred and thirty
nine of the Public Laws of eighteen hundred and
seyenty-four, relating to the protection of Game.
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his coaborers for thirty days after the slate arrives
at their port of shipment. Said liens shall have
precedence of all other claims, and may be enforced
by attachment within the times aforesaid
Approved February Is, 1851
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-12-07
An Eccentric ElOpement.

A few weeks ago Mrs. H. I. Var,
brough obtained q divorce from hef
husband on the ground of desertion.
The husband went from Nashville 70
work at Hickman. Ky, and still, as IL
appears, cherished an affection Tor her,
sent letters and telegfams urging her
to come to him and marry him again.
She accordingly left Nashville on the
Hickman bound. train. When she
reached Waverley, however, she was
taken from the train upon q dispatch
which her brother had caused to be sent.
He followed her, proposing to persuade
her to return, or in any event prevent
her from going to Hickman to meet
Yarbroueh. At Waverley, under pre-
tense that she was going to her room to
lie down, she and the daughter OF the
hotel proprietor slipped out by the back
way, ran mile up the track and tagged
the western bound train. Mr.. Sweeney
now telegraphed to the conductor OF the
train at Frost station to put her OF at
that point, but the. conductor sent
back ord that he was not an officer OF
the law; that she had paid her fair to
Hickman, and was entitled to go there.
The train was tagged one mile this side
of Hickman, where she met her former
husband. He took her to the court
house, license was obtained, and they
were married three minutes thereafter.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-12-07
A Useful Suggestion.

Most of the city and town halls dotted
over Our country are, from the outside,
nothing to boast of, and inside look as
gaunt and grim as whitewash and gray
paint can make them. It has been
pointed out recently how much better
it would be if these bare walls we've
a iorned with paintings on grand scale,
illustrative of the lives of famous citi-
zens and the noteworthy incidents of
local history. The capture of fort i;
the invention of steam engine ; the
discovery of an unknown sea the lonely
watch of the astronomer the writing of
some famous book +; these and kindred
all the poetry of art. The influence OF
such paintings on the community would
subjects mig hit well be represented with
be immense. Every attendance at a
public meeting would be lesson in
aesthetics, and a silent stimulus to
every citizen to distinguish himself by
deeds of usefulness and heroism.
Money spent thus in decoration would
never show return in pounds, shillings
and pence but it might yield rich
harvest of noble deeds and many a
aui t, sleepy little town can boast n'
incidents t. Which the highest ait viii
and it difficult to do Justice.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-12-07
The Game Laws Of England.

A remarkable "game case, involving
g question of some Importance, was
tried in an English court recently. Two
miners, named Mcdonald and Sinclair,
we're accused of trespassing, in pursuit
of game, on lands the property OF Mr.
Forbes, of Calendar. From the evi-
dence, it appeared that the miners were
walking along a public road, and had
two dogs with them, which entered an
adjoining field, and, after coursing 1t,
hunted q rabbit into stone dixie built
between the road and the field. McDon.
aid left the road, got upon the TOP, OF
the dixie, and watched the escape OF the
rabbit, while Sinclair stood on the road
side close to the dixie, from which ne re-
moved some of the stones, and then &C.
cured the animal. It was contended Tor
the prosecution that Mcdonald, having
left the road and gone upon the top OF
the fence, had committed trespass, and
a conviction was asked. As to whether
Sinclair had committed a trespass by
inserting his hand within the fence it
was left to the court to say. On behalf
of the miners it was urged that they
we're not guilty of entering or being upon
lands in pursuit of game as set forth In
the complaint, and that there must be
actual personal entrance to the lands be-
fore q contravention of the statute was
committed. The court took this view Of
the matter and acquitted the accused,
who thus remained masters OF the sltua'
ton and of the rabbit,
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-12-07
The Decadence Of Halloween.

The glory of this once popular festl-
val has departed, says the Times. Its
triumphs and rough jollities, festivals
and strange rites are matters OF history.
and live only in the immortal verse OF
Burns and traditional lore. The tlmld
Amaryllis of these more prosaic times
does not trust her matrimonial fate to
the doubtful chance Of picking out,
blindfolded, the basin of dirty or clean
water, or of depending for a "weel
faur'd" man on the likelihood OF "poo-
ing" at the stroke of midnight straight
rooted "kail runt." There are still
kept up in the western and rural parts
of southern Scotland and Ireland some
of the rough old games peculiar to this
festival, but all over the world, wher-
ever Scotchmen, Englishmen or Irish
men are domiciled, the trail Of civiliza-
ton is over them all. Evening parties,
with ring hid mysteriously away in
some elegant work of the pastry cooks
genius, have taken the place of the
great "black pot " full of mashed pota-
toes and milk, around which the guests
gathered and supped "spoon and spoon
alike" until they all became puffei out
like plethoric baiies. The rough reel
and Jig have been replaced by the seduc-
tive waltz or pleasant quadrille, and the
hilarious "hoohs and clatter OF hob
nailed boots, which in olden times made
roof and rafters dir!, mingling in in
harmonious numbers with the squeak
ing of a villainous cid fiddle have been
succeeded by the rustling of silks, the
soft breathing of whispered love, or nm
meaning prattle, and the strains OF the
uigh-toned Centennial prize pianoforte:
Like the curious marriage and funeral
customs of old, strange mixture OF pa
gan and Christian, and peculiarly social
customs, the old Halloween revelries
are gone. Even in New York, among
the Scotch inhabitants, they live in the
memory only as traditions-pleasant
traditions, it is true, but never to be re-
viyed or re-enacted on this earthly stage.
In few years, when the older genera
ton gives place to the new, when modern
social customs shall have effectively
crowded out of existence the antique
pleasantries of older conditions OF So
cieties, the "heirs of civilization will
laugh at the absurdities of "the old
folks and be laughed at in their turn
hereafter.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-12-07
A Polack Wedding.

A Milwaukee paper, describing Po'
lack wedding in that city. says: And what
do you think the bride was dressed inf
A blue satin dress and green glass
breastpin2 Not exactly, but a blue
dress, green sash, white tarletan veil,
and was attended by bridesmaids in
green dresses, red sashes, and wreaths OF
white artificial flowers. They formed a
procession at the brides residence.
First, the bride and attendants; then the
groom and his supporters then the
friends and the crowd which always ac-
com oanies such pageant all this pre-
ceded by band of music, larger or
smaller, as the means of the groom will
allow; with running accompaniment OF
pistol firing and noises Of all kinds.
They then marched from the house to
the church, where the priest performed
the ceremony, after which they adjourn;
ed to some saloon, where they "danced
all night, till broad daylight, and went
home with the girls in the morning.
And that is Polack style.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-12-07
He Had Been to the Centennial.

A bashful appearing man stepped into
the editorial room the other evening,
and edging up to the table of the man
aging editor, hat in hand, said, in a
hesitating way:
"You like little items for your paper,
I suppose9"
"Certainly," replied the editor; "a
newspaper, like life, is made up Of little
items. What have you to offer9"
"Well," said the bashful man, play
ing with his hat band, "my name is
Smith, John Smith, and I've just got
tome."
"Glad to see you back again, Mr..
Smith; been gone longT
GIVE been," said Mr.. Smith, with q
tremor of pride in his voice. I" to the
Centennial, and if you want to make a
little notice
"What |" cried the editor, springing
to his feet, "you've been to the Centen-
MALI And you've got back9 Give us
your hand; I'm delighted to see you.
Spear, let me introduce you to John
Smith. John has been to the Centen
nial."
Spear shook hands very warmly with
Mr.. Smith, and then ran to the aperture
communicating with the reporters room
below and shouted: "O'Shaunnessey,
come in here. quick, here's man that's
been to the Centennial p
Then O'Shaunnessey bounced in, fol-
lowed by bis assistants, all of whom en-
braced the bewildered Smith warmly,
and expressed qualification it afforded
them to meet a man who had been te
the great national Exhibition. Word
got down stairs, somehow, and several
others came up stairs at tearing rate
to gaze upon the individual who ha6
been to the Exposition. It was toe
much for the modest man to bear, and
murmuring something about making al
item of his return if they wanted to, he
hurried out just in time to meet on the
stairs the foreman and thirty-two com
positors, all eager to get glimpse O
the man who had "been to the Centen
nial."
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-12-07

lin this way acquired two additional
names "Twain, the Filthy Corruption
ist," and "Twain, the Loathsome EN-
bracer.
By this time there had grown to be
such a claror for an "answer to all
the dreadful charges that were laid to
me, that the editors and leaders OF my
party said it would be political ruin for
me to remain silent any longer. As If
to make their appeal the more impera.
tive, the following appeared in one OF
the papers the very next day:
"BHHoLD THE MAN THE Independ-
ent candidate still maintains silence.
Because he dare not speak. Every ac-
cusation against him has been amply
proved, and they have been indorsed
and Reimbursed by his own eloquent
silence, till at this day he stands forever
convicted. Lcok upon your candidate,
Independents Look upon' the Infa-
nous Perjurer the Montana Thief !!
the Body Snatcher Contemplate your
Incarnate Delirium Tremensl | your
Filthy Corruptionist your Loathsome
Embracer Gaze upon him-ponder
him well-and then say if you can give
your honest votes to creature who has
earned this dismal array of titles by bis
hideous crimes, and dares not open his
mouth in denial of any one of them u
There was no possible way OF getting
out of it, and so, in deep humiliation, 1
set about preparing to "answer mass
OF baseless charges and mean and wicked
falsehoods. But I never finished the
task, for the very next morning paper
came out with new horror, q fresh
malignity, and seriously charged me
with burning a lunatic asylum with all
its inmates because it ohStructed the
view from my house. Thu threw me
into a sort of panic. Then came the
charge of poisoning my uncle to get his
property, with an imperative demand
that the grave should be opened. This
drove me to the verge Of distraction.
On top of this was accused of employ
ing toothless and incompetent old rela-
tives to prepare the food for the found
ling hospital when was warden. 1 was
wavering g-wavering. And at last, as
due and fitting climax to the shameless
persecution that party rancor had In
ficted upon me, nine little toddline
children of all shades of color and degree
of raggedness were taught to rush on tt
the platform at a public meeting ant
clasp me around the legs and call ms
"Pap
gave up. I hauled down my color
and surrendered. I was not equal Il
the requirements Of gubernatoria
campaign in the State Of New York, ant
SO 1 sent in my withdrawal from tn,
candidacy, and in bitterness of spiri
signed it:
"Truly yours, once e decent man
but now "MARK TWAIN,
~. Pm. T.. B. g., D. 4. F. O., AM
IT. E0
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-12-07
Slaughter Of $4,000 Bulgarians.

The Cologne Gazette observes that
Bulgaria has on several occasions fg-
ured in history as the scene OF "atroci-
ties" no less horrible than those lately
committed by the Bashi- -Bazouks. The
Greek Emperor Basilius IL. was nick
named "BuIgaroktonos" because he
ordered 1900 Bulgarian prisoners to
have their eyes put out, few only be-
ing left with one eye in order that they
might guide their fellow prisoners back
to their homes. Even more atroeious
was the massacre of the Gothic settlers
in Bulgaria. The much praised EN-
peror Claudius II. gives the following
account of this massacre in a letter cited
by the historian Trebellious Polio :
Cladius to Brocchus-We have destroyed
800. 900 Cloths and sunk 1900 ships.
The rivers are covered with shields,
their banks with spears and pixies, and
the fields with bones; no road is free
from blood; the huge barricade OF
wagons is deserted; and We have CAP
tured 80 many women that each OF our
o6nquering soldiers can take twoor three
for his share.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-12-07
Cooperation In Great Britain.

As few people in this country have
any idea of the number, value, useful
ness and magnitude of the cooperative
associations in Great Britain, it will be
interesting to state few facts relative
to them. And from these our indus
trious classes may learn what their fel-
low workmep abroad are doing to i'm
prove their condition. In no civilized
country on tho globe do the middlemen,
or the shopkeepers, merchants, and
traders, make more out of the consum-
ers than in the United States. From
producer or manufacturer to the con-
sumner is a long, circuitous, and e1pen-
sive way. Generally many profits are
added to the original cost before an
article gets into the hand of the ultimate
purchaser and consumer. Not lnfre-
quently the price becomes doubled.
The laboring people of Great Britain
found, as writer on this subject says,
that there was little to earn and many
to keep that in fact they were re-
duced to such a desperate struggle to
keep body and soul together that q
penny saved in buying the necessaries
of life would be of great importance.
Cooperation societies sprung from the
urgent necessity of making penny go
as far as possible. Happily there was
sufficient number of intelligent working
men to lead off and to direct others in
this matter. The result has been that
within few years these cooperative as-
sociations have spread over many parts
of the country, and have succeeded won
derfully.
While the principle upon which the
cooperative societies work ls the
same among all of them, the mode
of operation is different in some cases.
Some of the societies, for instance, as in
London, sell articles to the members at
wholesale cost, less the expenses OF
management, while those at hand in
the neighborhood OF Glasgow, Scotland,
sell at the ordinary market price, or q
trihe less, and divide the profits in an
equitable and q iudicious manner, but
few have always furnished goods of the
first quality. A writer mentions the
fact that at the Kinning park co-opela'
tive association tho loaf factory sends
out every morning five wagons with six:
teen thousand loaves of good bread and
full weight, and that this bread is dis.
tributed among thirty-eight co-opera-
tive stores within a radius of ffteer
miles of Glasgow. But this is only one oi
the cooperative works. There are
others supply ing all sorts of necessary
things, and they are all affiliated ano
belong to the associated members. This
evidently, lie one Of the most important
economical movements of the age, and il
doing vast deal of good to the work
ing classes.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-12-07
Fur Trimmings.

Fur trimmings will be used more than
ever this winter, says Harper's Basar.
They are wider than formerly, and are
seen not only on wraps. but on poloe
naises and skirts of dresses, and also on
children's clothes. There are many
limitations and dyed furs in market sold
at low prices, but there is no economy
in buying them, as they crock and soon
geG shsbby. Furriers show among low
priced furs for trimming children's cloth
ing black and brown cony bands, we'll
made, but only two inches wide, for
fifty cents yard. Black marten trim
mings are more used than ever, and are
commended as durable when well pre-
pared and thoroughly deodorized. The
fleece is so long that the pelt an inch
and half wide gives band that ap-
pears nearly three inches broad; these
are 81. rs to So; bands three inches wide
on the pelt are very handsome, and cost
So. so a yard. The silvered black marten
with silver hairs sewed in, not glued--is
81. 80 yard for bands an inch and half
wide on the pelt; double this width it is
So SO a yard. Black hare trimmings ap.
pear we'll, as they are silky looking and
long, but they are not serviceable, as the
dyed fleece crooks and the hairs fall out;
price from seventy-five cents to 81 a
yard. Coon borders are very handsome,
with their brown shades and light tips;
they are what they profess to be, will
wear we'll, and are considered good
enough to trim black silk cloaks. They
cost from 50 to So a yard. Black jean
nette is an even, durable fur not of
long fleece, but much liked for trimming
cloth garments. Borders three inches
and half wide are 81. Natural gray fox
bands are not very good for wear, but
are snowy, and cost So for the best quail
ties; there are many limitations OF this
dressy fur. Colored gray fox is this
trimming dyed black, and sold for So. 30
q ward. Blue fox trimmings are very
pretty light fleece for $6. White fox
bands-not the hare, but the veritable
fox-are So yard. Natural lynx trim
mines of reddish shade are now being
much used in Paris; they are about $5
yard.
For more expensive trimmings, the
first noted is thegray chinchilla, two and
half inches wide on the pelt, for $6;
these bands are split, and sold for $3a
ward. The lovely but delicate silver
fo1 trimmings are from $S to $15, &C
cording to width. The fisher tail bands
are dark and durable, and cost from SIG
to $25 a yard; those at $40 are now sold
for S35 in Paris. The fisher is fast be-
ing exterminated, and it is even now
yery difficult to get the skins. Brown
sea otter is beautiful for brown cloaks or
costumes, and costs from $40 to $25 a
ward with or without silver hairs. Hud-
son bay sable tail trimmings are $l5 a
yard, and are almost as handsome as
Russian sable.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-12-07
An Indian Legend.

The following story, selected from an
Eastern teacher, may be applicable in
all climes and by all people
There was once beautiful damsel
upon whom one of the good genli
wished to bestow blessing. He led
her to the edge of large field of corn,
where he said to her
"Daughter, in the field before us the
ears of corn, in the hands Of those who
pluck them in faith, shall have tails
manic virtues, and the virtue shall be in
proportion to the size and beauty of the
ear gathered. Thou shalt pass through
the field once, and pluck one ear. 1t
must be taken as thou goest forward,
and thou shalt not stop in thy path, nor
shalt thou retrace single step in quest
of thine object. Select an ear full and
fair, and according to its size and beauty
shall be its value to thee as talismsn. "
The maiden thanked the good genius,
and then set forward upon her quest.
As she advanced she saw many ears OF
CON, large, ripe and beautiful, such as
calm Judgment might have told her
would possess virtues enough but in
her eagernees to grasp the very best she
left these fair ears behind, hoping that
she might find one still larger and
fairer. At length, as the day was closing,
she reached part of the field where the
stalks were shorter and thinner, and the
ears very small and shriveled. She
now regretted the grand ears she had
left behind, and disdained to pick from
the poor show around her, for here she
found not an ear which bore perfect
grain. She went On, but, alas only to
fiud the stalks more and more feeble
and blighted, until in the end, as the
day was closing, and the night coming
on, she found herself at the end OF the
field without having plucked an ear OF
any kind.
No need that the genius should re-
buke her for her folly. She saw it
clearly when too late, as how many, In
all climes and in all ages, in the evening
of life call sadly and regretfully to mind
the thousand golden opportunities TOR:
ever lost because they were not plucked
in their season.
Port Royal standard and commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-12-07

The building of the " City of Health"
on the Courtlands estate, about mile
and a half west of Worthing. in Eng
land. will be commenced in the spring
Of next year. In the "City Ct Health"
an attempt will be made to carry ont the
idea of DR.. Richardson, as expounded in
his description Of "Hygeia, or the
Model City of Health" at the Social
Science Congress ct Brighton Last year.