The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-11-16
Centennial Notes.


greater than the invention of the average Cen
tennial beggar. The usual pitiful and repulsive |
appeals have been made daily on the streets, |
but decidedly the most original composition
coming under my observation is the following
note, presented yesterday at our door by a for
lorn darkey Of the feminine persuasion. While |
my landlaty was quzzing her, | copied the
document exactly
''MARrIIA PENNEL
She is good honest women she los her chile
and she will Thanks you for sum penny she is
not able to be buried herself Without sum help
/ hope that all of you who help me wont lose
nothn hop the lord will be blessed by it,"
There. punctuate that to suit yourself. We
had good laugh over it, seeing which the Pc
tltioner herself showed her worries extensively;
and when Mrs. D. pointed out the evident alb
surdity OF the paper, She owned that it was an
entire tabrcation written for her by a neighbor
who had tried such tricks with profit, adding,
Il can't read 4 word"
There is little occasion for begging in this city
of homes and benevolent institutions; and men,
tioning institutions reminds me that the Will
liam Penn Hospital furnished Il funny scene in
the street ear last week. Two elegantly dressed
Young ladies took their seats, and when the con-
ductor came for tickets the elder sweetlv re-
quested that the car might stop at William
Penn's grave or rs near it As possible" The
man Of the bell punch scratched his head for an
idea; finding none he replied" ou'ye cot the
best of me, ma'am," and then turning to a
young man whose smile testified his amuse-
ment, he asked ior information. " William
pa ,lt1 I
believe said the gentleman. " o, I'm sure
YOU must he mi9t1ken!" said the ,lamsel with
the irZzes and liounceS. My sister saw his
monument when she was here, but I've forgot
ten lis exact locality" Everybody WAS listen
ing now. The young man didn't care to volun-
teer any more. and the young woman still
sought for knowledge. There was a minutes
pause almost As awful as that in dali PRAYER
meeting, then a serene QuakereSs came TO the
rescue, saying-"Fhee will find the monument
to William Penn's memory in front of the Will
liam Penn Hospital, but his dust is in Eng
lundl''
i!poor George " ashln9ton, Benjamin Frank
lin and William Penn were supposed to rest be-
meath every monument to their memory, their
illiHI lltttlS Detll StullGIGu aS Nlut-
ly AZ that of the Osiris of Egyptian mythology
but the fashionable girl did not read history.
Eizi,AI AS DAME COLUMBIA.
The picture Of kilpah guarding the dead
bodies Of her sons, ~ related in the second
bUol, OF Samuel. attracts great attention. our
pend very much upon the point from which
you view it, SO some intensely patriotic parties
regarded the famous picture of "Rlzpah" in "A
new light, which showed Il degree of magma
ton rarely eXcelled. They had no catalogue
and they were puzzled at first, but only for a
minute. Rising then 10 the height of the occa-
Sion and utering Il preparatory hem,' the
husband saii--'O. | see. them j. rebel spies
hung up in the woods, and that's Dame Column
bia lighting OFT the eagle W no wants to tear 'em
to pieces She'd ruther they'd stay awhile till
folks could see how rebels should be served
and the wife of his bosom smiling approval
passed on to the next.
PROMETHEUS AS ELIJAH.
You know this is my last chance to send you
any Centennial utterances, and having these
unused briiances which are spelling for want
Of mir. you may AS well have them now. At
the end of "A corridor in Memorial Hall hangs Il
monster canvas showing Prometheu> i'll his
agony bound fast to that dreadful rock, but
wearing still the defiant scowl which none of
,Jove's tortures could change to Il submissive
aspect. Round him the horrid vultures are
clustering, eager to feast upon the living heart
perpetualy renewed, though torn Il thousand
times, but | heard Il man gravely inform his
contiding boy that the painting represented
"Yijoh fed by ravens"
1t was rather odd that the ladies should have
selected election day on which to hold their
leNee. but the authorities of the Woman's Pa
villon seemed to consider it an emnently prop
er assertion of their divine right, and though
| the streets We're about rs dirty, sloppy and I'M
comfortable as they well could be, an army of
valiant petIcoatS killed the superuous tlounces,
donned waterproofs and oyershoes and passed
in solemn review before Mrs. GILLESPIE and her
assistants. They received souvenir of the
occasion 4 little pamphlet containing Il history
OF the "Woman'S Centennial League ana its
present condition. The organi zaion has been
so successful i'll lis operations that it proposes
to extend itself indefinitely, Its principal OBJ
iect Will he to help and encourage the great
multitude Of women who might become self
sustaining, if they only knew 'the how Of the
undertaking. The Woman Pavilion has GER
tainly show "A more avenues open to Womuny
enterprise than any one had ever before esti
mated, and the plan for future work is full O.
wise and loving thought. W hen women can
actually learn 10 love and help each other
crushing out the miserable envy and jealousy
which have made many previous attempts
failures, the world will have advanced lar to
ward The nillennlal Glory Of which We dream.
God speed the Womin's League!
AMERICA AHEAD!
Nothing has so astonshed and diSmit, ed the
army of foreign manufacturers hitherto control
ling the markets Of the world, as the progress
which we have made in all processes requiring
skill. our texlie fabrics are fully equal to the
best from abroad; our iron and steel have no
superiors; and the universal ankee genius
needs only the breiest glance at the most intri-
cate machinery to thoroughly comprehend its
working. We scarcely believed this ourselves.
though Of course we assert it positively on all
occasions. Now the ex hibtion has given Ii, the
most absolute proof, we are much more COM
piacent and the foreigners are much more Wor-
ried. In common with the rest Of WomanEnl
/ supposed that American spool cotton was
well enough tor bastin& and other uses where
strength and smooihnr>e We're not specially
requisite, and | had often repeated the remark
that there was something in the humidity Of
highlands atmospheric which made Coates
thread far superior 10 cur own. This week |
learned, ., contluinG StalnStreSS that your
Coates cotton ior which You have cheertuly
paid IL high price is utUtie in Rhode island! i i.
" +. Coats are running mills there using large
ly American machinery, and notably paving to
the Willinantic Linen co. OF Hartford Il royal
ty for the use of their spooling and ticketing
machines.
Years ago went through those Willimuntic
Mills, thinking their work then WONDERFUL but
cow they have doubled their extent and ma