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Farm tor Sale +.

SlTtA ED on the Bangor road. IN North Fus.
~ worth, SIX Mules from the city About one
thra - uliage, under good cultivation Inc r.
ma.nder wood land, OF a superior growth and
pAs'sring. Also for sale one horse, two cows.
W. Wagons harness SEES, and farming tools
Tor cash Il applied for before FEB. 10Th.
Inquire OF
Jan. 10, 1870 I'm ~.
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PERSONAL NOTICE

n Noa,ee Is hereby given that all officers, sailors
late rebeliion Toanaed rIptnred, or injured in Inc
pension and thousands Of pepsioners are entis.s
70 an increased raie. Apply immetiateIv thra,eS
DR.. L. B. JACKSON.
NJ Late Surgeon, U. s. NAVY
1se~ Aork Tyr "a, Is
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al nsShIBEks hereby give public notice to
an concerned, that they have been ,iniv ~
~ ana nave taken upon themselves the trna
a a. aMRpn Of the last Win and Testament
m tee County Of Hancock, deceased. hi ais;;
bond as the law directs: " giving
I'd e y, ereofe Ieauest all persons who are ipaeb,
payment. and those who have any '% aa
1e'e0h' 70 exhibit the same for sessleneas.
JOSHUA n. PAGE.
bucksport. Nov. ssii, 1875. srs
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Report From 4 Practical Chemist am
ApOlhecary.

BosroN Jan, |. so.
brn 80 THIS j. - certify that have sold at
fciMi I5It dhFer Is. boulcs) OF your VEGETINE
-inte Aptl! IL, 1870. and truly say that II ia.
gwen The best salts faction OF any remedy fIr the
complaints tor which il il recommended that
ever sold. scarcely day passes without some
OF my customers teotitYlng 10 it, merits them.
selves Or their friends. am perfectly coglikaut
- several cases Of scrofuious Tumors being
cured W NEG'.TtNE alone IN this vicinity.
Very respectfully yours.
Al GILMAN, is Brua8way.
To II. L. STEVENS, Esq
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HOUSE

The House ordered the judiciary committee
10 report if further legislation Is needed TO PRO-
mote remedy for injuries 10 person aud prop
erty by railroads in the hands of trustees; the
financial committee to burn the bonds in the
sinking fund of 1855 in accordance with the
law of 1875. Mr. Porter of Burlington, pre-.
scented an order directing the judiciary commit
tee TO inquire into the expediency of law for
the more efectual suppression OF drinking in
toxicating liquors. Amer debate the order was
tabled.
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FAST MAINE
CONFERENCE SEMINARY
BUCksPORT, ME.

,,a., ,rtI!ns Term OF this Institution will com
tnehce March LIST, and continue fourteen vrat
- Tor Catalogue address the PRINCIPAL
+"o ReS. Geo. IOrsyth n
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500 REWARD

WE viii pay ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS 70
any person furnishing proof Of any one
cpl@lhg or Mailing any wood or timber on ar
about our and or premises known as the Jarvis
Land IN suTry' or any one making threats 10 do
~ 3w5
J. T. CRIPPES
ID. NJ. STUART. q
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THURSDAY. FEBaTAsy 3; 1876.
Renublican National Convention.
w.sursGToS. ID. c, January Is, 1876

Washington, January lS The kepuoie'. an. eoin
mittee have appointed Clhclhhati' '"Aie 'f'"' 'O'
the National Convention
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Maine Legislature.


SENATE.
The senate. Friday, ordered that the com.
mittee on agriculture enquire into the expedl
eney OF providing for the payment of the anntl-
al stipend that is now paid to the State Pomo-
logical society to the State Agricultural; tina,
the committee on the judiciary consider the
expectancy OF enacting a law for the better pro.
lection of policy holders of life insurance COM
panies. The report Of the liquor commission
ers was ordered printed
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ihf NhtihfR
We have only one short month more OF
winter, and have had n slei.hiny vet and
very little cold weather. Some snow has
fallen at different times. but has disappear
ell almost before it ceased to come The
wise-wea Incorporates have been busy
bringin. to light all the old signs and ex-
aiming the goose bone that reveals so
much mnre than even "O'1 Prob" can pos
sibly prophesy, aud the result OF the inyes-
tigation i, that we must wait two weeks
more for our winter: then it will come "a
good earnest, and dining whole month
we shall have only succession OF s.nw
storms driits. high winds: cold. bitter.
piercing weather. and thus the old adage
will be verified and winter which came il
like a Lamb viii 90 ont like a roaring lion.
Mrs. sCoIr sIppoSs
Mrs. S.ddOns read last Saturday alter
noon in Horticultural Hall /, was her
last appearance here for at least two wears.
a She will shortly start Tor California and
after giving series OF .'cadings there will
20 /, Australia. trip which She has long
been contemplating. Owing to the inclen-
ency Of the weather the audience was small.
but the reading gave unqualified ,atl,ftc-
ton aud delight to those who attended, de-
spite the stormy elements. This cultured
and lovely lady Is "A great ftvoritc IN Boz
ton. and il j. a source OF regret to her
many friends that her aoseuce viii be SO
prolonged
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Last week, Bill was presented 10 the
Iagi>lature to establish Municipal Court
80 Ellsworth. and giving jurisdiction TO
the same. to the amount OF 500 1t pro
vide, for the appointment of Judge.
whose salary shall be 5000 per annum. and
a.>o of a Recorder, and terms of Court
ar, to be held on the first Tuesday of each
month. tor the trial OF civil causes.
The friends of the bill approve it, Oh the
..rcund that, it will materially diminish the
length of the terms and the expenses Of
iAe sup. Jud. Court. and more than all.
facilitate the collection of claims under
500. which now generally require in the
supreme Court at least year. On the
Whole. we think the Bill will be regarded
larorably by the people of the County
The rights of parties 10 trial by jury are
guarded, by providing that Defendants
may remove the action to the superior
Cart. II they so wish.
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N ormlCh Is hereby given that Mrs. Elizahs,b
N West, Of Ellsworth has in Wiz; I.i1aoe' =
a.e ~, nhhcock county Savings Bank of EIlswnrsb
~ the loss OF Deposit Book No 1874 Issued nv sa;d
dnnls.a 70 her. and has made application for
Any person finding or having said book sr.
requested to notify said Banks ~
3wS ,,uAprrc ~ n,-o
treasurer of Hancock Co Sayings p,
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y correspondent OF New York paper
>iy> the natural gas from the great gas
wells III Pennsylvania i extensively used
ira iie3t state.
Arrangements are being made to run it
iu.o PitteDurg and, it it works there. pipes
WI be laid to New York City. at an ex-
peHse % 50 100000
An engineer says that the whole theory
# making gas in cities is wrong. With a
natural pressure OF 800 lbs 10 the square
inch, it would almost push itself to New
York. II might be made at bituminons
fields and pumped to the city. and it would
Ue i've times as easy As TO ship coal and
make gas there. lie adds that he had an
engine piping oil through 4 two and a-half
iGeh pipe. over mountains and down rivers
for twenty miles, with big pressure. too.
aud claims that with six inch pipe, he
{ 5uld pipe TO EnglaRd.
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Mrs. sCoIT sIDDoSS.
HEAVY FuRGEKIEs.

Il would seem that The business men OF
todd, nts- u,i winnings ruaut' tfr"1dy
in the way "f failures and wrecked rrpUt4-
tious, 50 they would neither borrow nor
lend 10 any great extent. for the borrower
should know that it IS Oaly one man in ten
thousand. who se. rich by speculation
and oa capital which belong, to auuther
and the seuder should not encourage such
proceedings. even IL the man has a genial
face. a winning manner. remarkable
business talent and Il wonderful faculty OF
raising large amounts of money al any
time. The only sure way to accumulate
riches. is by patient industry. bu, the Rev.
| +. y. Wlnslow did not think So. and to
say that the community have received this
week shock from which they will not
soon recover, is but a tame way ofeXpress-
| ing the feelings OF the people. Tor every
body stands ashast at the enormous crimes
which have been committed by this Meth
odiSt clergyman and eN-member OF the
! Legislature; he was also the enterprising
manager OF the Boston Daily News ana
| Post, aud was of high social standing. He
| borrowed money from all his friends who
were % unfortunate as to have q surplus.
| forged notes 10 q large amount and then
| fled from the country.
Many Of the banks and several OF our
most prominent business men have suffer
/ ed severely by his fraudulent operations
Whom can we irusi seems 10 be the ques-
ton OF the day. and indeed it is hard one
! 10 answer. when such a man AZ Mr. Wins
| low. yields 10 temptation. and WRECKS so
deliberately. hi, fair reputation. Probably
no other man IN this city has carried on 80
! extensive business with 50 small capt
tai a he. for there has not been the time
| for several years, when he la, owed less
than two or three hundred thousand dollars
4 friend Of his said 10 him few months
since. why Winslow. | should 90 insane
If owed what you do when he replied.
''Oh don't owe much now. not so much
by hundred thousand a. did wear
ago" One morning last summer he had a
note OF ifty thousand dollars to pay be-
| fore the bank closed at two O'Clock, and
not ten dollars in his pocket. or the prom
i>e OF a single dollar; but he raised the
money. as he always did. ard with very
little trouble. His forseries will amount
doubtless, 10 nearly six hundred thousand
dollars. He took passage Thursday. for
Holland. where he is safe from the power
OF the law, as there is no treaty of extradi-
| ton there F.
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Correspondence.
Letter from Boston.
TIE wRAInFR.

From our Boston Correspondent.
Boston. Jan. 81
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We take the liberty OF publishing the
following extract from private letter Of
- valued subscriber and friend OF Educa-
ton in the County:
-L~. Edaor;-
\, a friend Of the Normal School most heart
ily ihsnk you for your just and sensible com
ments on the Castine Controversy. They seem
10 me 10 be just about the thing. for they show
that you have comprehended the whole thing
from the beginning.
About all that | know Of the Normal School
i, that il makes many very. excellent teachers
s-eH educated, thoughtful, high toned men
and women.
In very many eases this i, the kind Of fruit
the school has borne.
OF course every thoughtful man will desire
that the school shall be unsectarian, and
even entirely secular. but when men go farther
and demand in substance, that the teachers Of
that school must be purely secular beings, they
demand more than will ever be realized.
y ell educated msn, 80 entirely destitute of
religious aspirations, as to stand entirely neu-
trial on religious matters. would be in abnor-
NAL being.
such mind by Is very nature, would lack
that deiinitenes> which Is the very germ Of
Successful teaching.
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SATURDAY, Jan, %.
SENATE.

SENATE.
The CON- on Education reported an act, re-
lating to Normal Schools, providing that same
shall be supported from money appropriated
for Common Schools). Printed under rules.
Com. on Judiciary reported Legislation in
expedient on order providing for amendment
to laws 10 relation to irusteeing wages of School
teachers.
HOUSE.
Resolve TO change Seat Of Government TO
Portland came from Senate, indefinitely post
poned. pending which on motion of N. Powers
it was tabled.
Passed 10 be Enacted
On act TO incorporate Rockland. Mt. Desert
and Sullivan Steamboat Co. an act to author.
ize A. C. Fernald 4 ais. to build fish weir In
tide water between Bar. Island and Mt. Desert !:
an act TO incorporate the Home for aged men
in Bangor; an act in relation to administrators,
executors and trustees.
The following order on motion of NJ. Powers
were passed.
Whereas, The lands or scrip granted by Con.
gress to this State for College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts ara reported to have been
koiu NJ prices lar DeloW tnOse oOtalned DIV some
other states for similar land or scrip, be it
Ordered. That committee of seven on the
part Of this House with such as the Senate NAV
join. be appointed for the purpose of in vestiga-
ting said sales, and that said committee have
power to send for persons and papers, and ad.
minister oaths, and report to this legislature.
The resolution to remove the Seat Of Govern
ment to Portland, was taken from the table,
and after considerable discussion the House
voted to adhere to its former vote.
, 1876-09-29

WAKING UP THE WRONG PASSENGER.
The passengers in the sleeping-car
we're Just doing of, when something
howled out:
"0W-wow-wowP
"Great dragons, there's a young 'un
aboardT" groWled a fat man from his
upper hearth. "I1l bet hundred dol
lars none Of us can get q wink Of sleep
tonight.
"WoW-wowi" whined the child.
'sThere he goes again. growled the
fat man. 81 never travelled but what
run across some ones bowling Off
pringF'
HWho's that talking ?" called the
mother Of the child, in loud voice.
mel" answered the fat man. "Why
didn't you either leave that child at
home, or stay at home yourself?"
"Are you talking to me ?" demanded
the woman.
"Yes, ma'am, / ami say it's shame
to bring a sick child into a sleeping-car
to disturb twenty or thirty peoplel"
Are you father ?" she asked.
mo, hain't."
Nor a mother?" she continued.
No, ma'am."
=" Well, sir" she said, as she poked
her head out between the curtains,
when you have been the mother Of
eleven children, moved forty-eight
times, lived in nine different States,
and worn one corset right along for
seventeen years, you'll begin to think
you know your businessl 1 think I
know mine, and if this baby wants to
cry he's going to do it, if 1 have to
come over there and knock ton and a
haf Of conceit out of you"
, 1876-09-29

T Roots and SHOES.
JOHN SULLIVAN, N. L. cor. Bat
tery and Jackson StS, San Francisco,
offers to make to order the best French
Calf Leather BOOTS at from IS TO o.;
California Leather Boots, O.; French
oAlfOxford Ties, a 90; California, % 50.
- Boys and Chlldrens Boots and Shoes
made TO order. Persons in the country ordering
Boots and Shoes to the amount Of t12 or more win
be allowed a reduction OF four per cent to make
the express charges light self Boots and Shoes Of
MY OWN MANUFACTURE ONLY. Boots End
shOeseent c. .. D. Positively one price.
, 1876-09-29
MEN

vrruo nav az SUFFERING FROM THE
w asfacf ~ xouIfnfuI follies or indiscretons VII
A. ,vai ~ avail ffiemselves Of this. the greatest
hSon e1-ar lad Al tf1e altar Of suffering hunlnty
m sp,r,xItY viii efuarantee 10 forfeit 800 for every
80 n xsanes- AZ disco Of any kind or character
Srhtrh he nnierfak ~ and fails 70 He would,
tharafore saV - NJ unfortunate sufferer who may
resd thiS noee tlatf Vou are treadlng upon danger
oSs a,ronnd -ben Y ~ longer delay In seeking the
nrofsar rennedV Tor lyour complaint YOu may be In
ne first sfa9e reufember you are approaching the
iact n voS, are fkorderinR the last, and are
snFarn~y some or sl a lis M Effects remember that
n von nersisf n frasfinaton, the time must come
,hSn ne noSf II Ilfu physician render you no
ss-sfance: when the door OF hope VIII Be closed
saInsf Won. TharL no angel Of mercy can bring you
rsiis9 n no case Ihas the Doctor failed Of success
man Lat moi despa IN work upOn your Imagination,
-. asn yonrsel Of the beneficial results Of his
enatn befere four case Is beyond the reach Of
ical stili or be fore grim death huFrea you % .
o-1at1,re 0rrve Cail or nddraM Nr. A. - SPIN
XIV = Co Ne l. nj Kearny street, San Francisco
Nelee hours from Is A. n 70 ?. n, and from Nj
SPM. Branch Q imce. lss south Sc.NuKiniA Ne
, 1876-09-29

A SINGULAR FUNERAL.-The remains
Of the Countess of Essex were inferred
at Watford recently when his Lordship
had the funeral conducted in accord
ance with the reform he advocated in
the Press some time ago. He had
hearse constructed somewhat in the
shape of a wagonette, surmounted by a
canopy supported from each angle by
a simple iron bar, and trimmed with
heavy purple and white worsted fringe.
The body of the vehicle was paiHted
purple, picked out in white, and bore a
coronet on the panels, and was drawn
by q pair of his Lordship's horses,
driven by his coachman. His Lord
ships carriage, the carriage of the Earl
of Clarendon, and hiredK carriage,
were the mourning coaches. The coffin,
over which was thrown a purple velvet
pail, was of deal wood, thd entire line
being perforated so as to admit of the
action of the earth. The failing round
the grave was painted blH He and white.
, 1876-09-29

Sheet musiJ is best sung in bed.
, 1876-09-29

Loss OF SELF CoNrRqM IN BATTLE
In his History of the Civil War in
America" the Count de Paris gives
some curious instances of the loss of
self-possession AMONG soldiers in the
heat of battle. Hej states that among
"a, 900 loaded musk lets picked up at ran
dom on the Gettysburg battle field,
one-fourth only Were properly loaded ;
Il, 900 contained each a double charge,
and the other Fourth from three to ten
charges. In sonfe there were six balls
to a single charge Of powder; others
contained six cartridges, one on top of
the other, without having been opened.
Afew had twentf f-three complete charges
regularly inserted. Finally, in the bar
rel ora single 1husket there were found
completely iuIhbled together, twenty
two balls and sixGy-two buck-shot,
with a proper tionate quantity of pow
der "But We should not severely
criticise the American soldier" adds
the author, "A or it appears that an ex-
animation of the battle fields of the
Crimea gave similar results. s."-PoDulaT'
Science Monthly.
, 1876-09-29

uScIE's BELIEF.-Charley Backus, of
We San Francisco minstrels, paid Cape
may visit q short time since, and while
solourning at the Stockton, held con-
verse with one Of the old colored walters
On duty in the dining hall.
How dye uncle" dueried Backus of
ms sable attendant. 'fHow dy'e?"
footy we'll, Massa, but not so well
used to be. Ye see, Use gittin' ole.
eeent young nigggah no mo- Use git
ssng weak in the jints, an 1 cent able
h Isl 70 travel like I used to could,
We'll, well, " replied Backus, "never
- 'au, ~ you're good old soul, and some
Saese I, snese days you'll die and go up to
tSsen-to tSa. Abraham's booserum, and
'nen yon'n be happy"
a.. Oniie, l dunno about that hy'ar. 1
.o1s Just believe that the white folks
y y saar will be bound 10 find work for
Sv,as pOor niggahs, just the same as down
X. Why, what could they put YOU do
RI Rss.p up In heaven, uncie?" continued
chill. mnat could they put us doing? Why
AM 1 believe if they couldn't find
ths.,s 9tHer kind of labor to do. that
Ye: ~. Put me at work pushing clouds.
R.h; sSh; that my belief"
eiai iAus drifted.-Ctncinnati CONNER
, 1876-09-29
DRESSMAKING PARLORS.

MRS. R. @. LEWIS, MISS ]. T. DERBY
Formerly Of III Taylor ST. Late from the East,
"a their Elegant PaTlors, NOS. "a and rs Thur
low block, eorne Of sutter and Kearny streets,
San Francisco, where the latest novelties from Paris
and New York can be had to order.
walking Suits, Evening Dresses and Bridal Cos
Tunes made after the latest modes. Mourning
Dresses speciality. All kinds Of material furnished
Take the Elevator.
, 1876-09-29

MA sHS Ms Is scheme like a third of
'-'of When it's a-foot,
, 1876-09-29
Wanted, a Farm.

One of our real estate agents was
called on the other day by tall man
with a weed on his hat, who said he had
cash to pay for a farm, provided he
could get one to suit. The agent smiled
him to a seat, and brought out his reg
lister of descriptions. He had several
farms registered on his books. and he
had no doubt that he could suit the
wOuld-be purchaser. The stranger re-
marked
"What 1 want is a farm of about
three hundred acres"
II have it, >" replied the dealer.
II would like about six large hills
on it."
Here she is-here's a farm with ex-
actly six hills on it."
center"
"Here you are. Here's a farm with
a lake exactly in the center"
'And 1 want a big natural cavern in
one of the hills"
"Here You are. There's a cave on
this farm that can't be beat"
Tho stranger drew a long breath, and
went on:
81 want q farm with three hundred
acres, but one hundred acres must be
marsh land"
Here she is" was the ready reply.
"Just three hundred acres on the farm,
and Just one hundred acres of it marsh
land"
81 must have a waterfall twenty-six
feet high on the farm" continued the
stranger.
"Here you are. This farm has a natu-
raj waterfall of twenty-five feet and
eleven inches. 1 don't suppose an inch
more or less on a waterfall amounts to
much"
"Well, no, but I want windmill on
one of the hills"
That was put up last year," j." was the
calm reply.
1t was some time before the stranger
thought of anything else, but he finally
said
There must be a Baptist church
right across the road from the house"
lone built there last Summer, sir"
''It must be brick church"
$50 it is"
"Has it an organ?"
1T has,"
"Then I can't buy farm of you"
said the stranger, rising to go. "1f
there is anything 1 hate, it is a church
organ, and you can see for yourself that
1 would be in state of continual mis-
cry. The farm suits me frst-rate, but
1 can't go that organ"
Just what estimates those two men
placed upon each others veracity as
they separated will never be known.