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The Portland daily press., 1877-01-12
COPARTN ERSHIP.
AUG, P. FULLER & co.

A G. FULLER is admitted to an interest
IA my business on and after Jan. LIST, 1s
under the firm name of
The Portland daily press., 1877-01-12
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
CaScO National Bank

AT PORTLAND,
IN THE STATE OF MAINE,
At the close of Business December &c,
The Portland daily press., 1877-01-12

The new firm will continue the business of manu-
facturers of Varpishes and Japans and dealers in
Lubrcating and Wool Oils.
AUG. FULLER.
Portland, JAM 1877 ja3dlm
The Portland daily press., 1877-01-12
Horses Wintered.

ON Hay and Grain So per month, on Hay $3.50
" week. Good buildings, sunny yard, running
water hay of first quality, horses well cared for
Carriages stored without extra charge The best of
references given when required.
g. ID. SMALL,
o 13d3m1m* Cornish. Me.
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$40 Per Day

zCAN be made by energetic statesmen with our
~ goods, Call at 421 Exchange Street, between
and 10 A. ,or enclose 90 fol sample, directions,
&C., to Box 1882 Portland. Maine ia2Odeodtf
Minnesota stats tidning. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1877-1882, 1877-06-07

arstid kan frambrrinnlggaa 'ett sTviettbad ~
FFhar 11amligen f6renat sig med
'ssvenska Posten - med hr 81. Roos
sasom redakt6r. Bagge tidningarne
tyckas ha vu1nnit betydligt pa denna
sscosolidation.'' 8 .@Si2.s!.' i>'< - 4
Mitt herrskap! vi lefva besyn.
ner1iga tider.. Vidunderliga histo.
rier och nervskakande rykten arc i
omlopp. Den stora sjoormen har
strandat vid skotlands kust, der den
helt' pl6tsligt forvandlades till -en
anka Sverige har' slutit forb,nd
med Turkiet,' och komm1eer senast in.
ON fjorton dagahrr att aaterer,otff otffra Fin
land iran den tyske kolo'ssen; folket
i Kina dor som fqgoar at a t ssyalt;; men
DIET NEST markvardiga af ALT ar, att
EMINNEso STATS ,T11DrN1Ne T kan er!:
ha11as,, till 'arets Slut for for endast so
cents! ~ : Samddhls kamom5.'' -
- % 80.
Minnesota stats tidning. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1877-1882, 1877-06-07

som r" innehaller ia nagotati 1T 'm1er K5star
$l..25 och' h'i i,5o 5o%"'ls '' 70: ,'-'7' 'allDs1s
"Register Of Deeds i, var stat
nlaste=f6ryissa sig ON att=alla=skat-'
tor mot fastigheten aros betalda, In.
nan hanhar rattS att mottagas deed"
for sreeord,, adesfrforr eatsdeed"
f6rst inlamnas ftill: County :Audito.
rem for hans intyg derom delta in.
tyg kostar ingenting. A35}as !1T.bI
nEnI stmortgage'' kan mottagas for
'record'i'utan att5skatternay AFRO be-.
talda.ss Det ar saFarens phgt att be-
ta1a ala forfallna SKATER, ii men III for IT
lopa1,de 'aret betalat / koparrenn I skatt,,
savida k6pet SKIER innanr inkasserin::
get. If skatterna borjatte. tte1s ,.lq rs III lnt '
=. Deed 55d e1Ier 5ft1ul1m9la3kt, 9l * utfardad !
Sverige, emaste oiysra f6rseddfy d. med med
rikanska konsuhs ;(eller- mini
,sterns intyg,ainnan den skan motta+'
gas for 'srecord'' har i lahdet:a Kon43
Attrakt ON k6p af laid, ikkasom k; in hytres trt
'e11ert a ,aarr1rende-kontrakt kanna afvienn
Iinlamnas fors record. ifalll kopare
leller arrendator So, 6nskar, men b0-
Ira da vara acknowledged, likasom
en- ssdeed." Delta, forsigtighets
matt torde i de aldra fiesta. fall 1yara
'6fverfodigt, men med=afseende pa
'' ''deed'soch T. 6 mortgage" ar det saf
den st0rsta yigt. ,,..,....,.,.,,
@'sDeed"' fran regeringen (patent)
b6f alltid' i, ,i,nla;mnas for 1} .;1r}seord, 10 -,
Gkasom EN- vanlig ':deed.n" BID . -
SET ytterhgare',G orsak for desse.
forsig gtighetsmatt,a latt! ifalLsjelf-,
va dokume entett 'skulle stjalas eller1 r1rpaB q,
annat satti if6rstoras,sa ar5,en Vidi-
merad afskrift fran ssRegister Of:
Deeds becker at ika ga Handle kraft
som sjelfva originalsh andKngen. 'rlod
=, - TEt I.iS, .r7I &C ISi3 IO13 liZS III -3't
Minnesota stats tidning. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1877-1882, 1877-06-07
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Grafsmyckningsda gsdagen.-Den
30 Mai, egna sameriik kanarne at min-


OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
80 Maj egna 9amerik kanarne at min.
net az de under inb6rde eskriget faHEf.. faaHEf.
, ne soldaterne. Dennai aminnelse-
fest ar utan gensagelse en- at de
vackraste som n8gon nation firar.
Den ar gripande, ty den ar enkel.
De afsomnade patrioternes grafyar
smyckas med blommor, musk corp
serna utfora nagra hotidliga styc-
ken, -framstaende talare tolka da-
gems ;betydelse- se-och dermed. ar fe-
stem afslutad. + f.E:#5 +
sAfven &har j Minneapolis Trades
dagen pa ett vardigt ratt.. De all
mama skolorna, So val som stadens
bank.inrattningar, postkontoret och
de mera framstaende hanlandenas
Butiker voro stangda, och vid mid
dagstiden4ta 4tagade den stora process
sionen ut till Laymans Cemetery, der
den h0gtidliga ceremonien, forsig-
gick. Processionen bestod af f6ljan-
de afdelningar: Marshall med BIZ
tradande marshaller,5 en- afdelning
polsman, musik-corps, Knights Of
Pythias, kadetter, musik-corps,
Coopers Union, xumslagare, ssGrand
Army of the Republic" ex.soldater,
medborgare i vagn, till hast och till
fots. " p s*lsy&s 75E a. g,;:-l5s;
H6gtidligheterna a kyrkogarden
forsiggingo i foljande ordning:y Sc:
dan rev. A. J. Davis forrattat en-
predikan, upplastes ett vackert poem
af hr James T.. Dudley, hvarpa kap-
ten Rec h0Il festtalet. ,4.s,,,. e.. .,
Inga oordningar st6rde den hog
tidiga sinnesstamningen.
Minnesota stats tidning. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1877-1882, 1877-06-07

De eurOpeislxa st0rmakter-;;
mas armeer och fiott0r.-Baron.
de Worms box, ":fhe Policy Of Eng :
land in the East innehaller. en-
mang intressanta uppgifter ON de
europeiska landernas folkmangd,
storleken .af deras armeer 10. m.
Haraf inhemta vi bland annat fol-
jande:
Turkiska valdet med ,dess lydsta-
ter ar bebodt af 100000 turkar,
100000 araber, 100000 tartarer,.
turkomaner och zigenare, S, l23,0 1000
rumanier, 100000 greker, 4,sO0,-
600 bulgarier och 100000 SERVER,
hvilka till6ra den muhamedanska
religionen. I Servien finnes 45O, 900
och Albanien 100000 personer som
bekanna sig till den romersk-katol-
ska laran. Rikets hela befolkningT
uppgar till 5000 OeS sjalar. / delta
tai arc likvall1 900, 900 nubier, 5,0O0,-
900 egyptier och 100000 rumanier
och SERVER inneslutna. :. =!
F6ljande tai visa de olika natio-
nernas militarstyrka: go ~.
Ryssland 1,789.57l.
Tyskland l,248,834.
Frankrike ,l,118.525. i;
Osterrike II! 855, 1903. '!E
Turkiet 829,736. 4
Den turkiska armeen bestar az
54,376 man reguliera och ATS, $50 ir-
reguliera. ~ -: / b. + =
Krigsmakten till sj6s represente.
ras af Frankrike med So pansarfar-
tyg och 38e andra krigsfartyg Eng
land har 50 pansarfartyg och 449
storre och mindre 6rlogsfartyg;
Ryssland har 81 pansarfartyg och
l24 andra krigskepp; Turkiet har q
pansarfartyg, Italien II, 0sterrike
IL, Tyskland 8 och Grekland l.
Minnesota stats tidning. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1877-1882, 1877-06-07

Arlighet varar lisngst. Tvan-
ne ynglingar kommo en- dag tidigt
till ett torg; de iordningstallde
hvar slit bord, och satte sig ned FOR
att Vanta pa kopare.- Den enes bord
varibetackt med frukter och gr6nsa.
ker, dem han sjelf odlat, den andres
med fisk och hummer Torgtim-
:marne f .:rsy,mno och bada sago med
noje sina i:,rrast minskas, under det
:silfverh3gen blef ALT st6rre och
:st6rre. Den sista melonen lag pa
Harry's bord, da en- .herre narmade
sig, kande pa den och SADIE: zen So.
stor och praktig melon, hvad begar
du for den, min gosse ~ -"Det ar
den sista jag har, och ehuru han ser
bra ut, shar den dock en- osund fiacks'
sade gossen och yande pa melonen.
;--ssJa, verkligen, da trora jag eli att
jag tager den. Men, tillade han,
betraktande gossens, 6ppna ;ansigte,
ear det affarsmessigt att SO der ut.
peka sina varors bristfalligheter o.
--.'Deta al battre an att. .yara oarlig,"
svarade gossen bly, t.-ssD Du har ratt,
min van, kom alltid ihag den prin.
cipen och du skall fnna behag iinf0r
Gud och menniskor. Jag skau kom-
ma ihag dit bord hadanefter.' -
''Aro dessa humrar farska'' fortsat-
to han, vandande sig till Ben Will
sons bord.-sJa, here; de aro far
ska, jag fangade dem sjelf morgse, Z
var svaret, och sedan k6pet blifvit
uppgjordt gick herrn bort.-ssSa dunn
dusyars Harry, att visa den der FAC
ken pa melonen, nu far du taga hem
den, eller kasta bort den fM6r or dit be-
svar. - - sHyad har han for reda .paa
hummern, som jag fangade igar Z
Jag fick hka mycket for dem som
om de varit farska. Han hade al
5drig sett pa 1nelonen f6rr an han,
kommit hem. = Ben jag skulle 81
villa Iuga for dubbelt So smycket
som jag fortjent L dag. Dessutom
ar det jag som skall yinna derpa
langd den. tn jag har Ynnnit en- k6pa.
I sre och du har ff0r 0Drlorats Ell. !,
j Ftli
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'Ui. ntaturen.
- l..
tELIDEN.,..

Elden har ALA tider tilldragit
sig menniskans synnerliga VI pmark-
samhet., =" De forsta mefnisk orna!s
fiat leddes, liksom avara, ,tafs ssolens
och flxstier:nn ofnas. seldar, ..hyilkka k hMelt Z
visst lange7hade fiammat iden omat-
1iga ry1mndedn, innlaanr nah - 80 eenlniskah b6rr!
jade sin vandring glsharspa jorden.
vartt slaag;ttessz aldsta' urk ullrk under tta1a
ocksa mycketddom cid. Ibland det
forsta II m1eein1niskan larerr sig ar eldens
bruk; och intet fangslar f0rr: det
spada' barnets5 uppmarksamhet an
hans .sken.551 Endast' den sblinde SAX
mar kunskap ON hurune cid ser ut.
Men pa pa gahhska olika satt har den
tankande menniskan soktt att for sig
torklara, ,aohvad cid segentligen az.
Forr trodde man, attelden yarsett
sarskildt anne, begafvadt' med egen-
skapen att lysa, a oantanda och FOR
branna. ) Mang eni olard ,trorsa an i
dag. Men saadan ar Ell tingens ord
ming. &NI&EEalz8 ks3Eka1Hasb
Eft ordsprak sagyer:: 'nsIngen;s t;lrr65k
utan d..'''',.:M Med lika CODA skal skull k
le man kunna saga ::as' Ing gen9eld utan
varme." "d& ny ,det, som yiakaIla cid,
ar i sjelfva vverket iirntet annat an en-
verkan' af varmekraften eller. var
met mar hettan ar tillrac acklig for att
CORA en- kropp lysande, salsaga VI,
att han ar i safattad ntsf eld, som
antingen gl1der eller lagar ;;iiupph6r
:kroppe self fesanda jus. .-sa
saga vi, att hans cid slocknat.z ass
Med ALA krafter + naturene kan
man frambringa varme, 1iksom ock
den h6gre grad af vvarme, som vi
ikallas shetta. Eld kan derf6re astad-
kommas pa mangf faldigt satt. Nag
"a exempel harpa ma anforas.lIA4
Vattenhammaren sattes j rorelse
af: yattnets styngd,T som verkar pa
drifhjulet. Vidhvarje Stag az Ham.
maren uppstar varme. Genom man.
ga, tatth pa hvarandra Ifohande Stag
kan ett jjernstycke bringas att gloda.
Det samma kan en- skicklig smed
astadk komma med sin s1agga. Utan
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HVARJEHANDA.+ f.

Eft rattbO af papperspemgar.
En- fransk landtman provinsen Caux
hade i .ett skap Hggande en- summa
at 900 frcs j papperspenningar, nem-
ligen; fyra sedlari pa 100 och en- pa
500 frcs. En- dag, da manner sag
efter sin lila skatt, fnner han till
sin stora forvaning endast nagra
sma pappersbitar-rattorna hade
gnagt sender resten. Godsegaren
raider mannen att insanda qvarva-
rande bitar till banker, men yeder-,
borande banktjensteman skrifver
tillbaka, att, de icke kunde forenas,
:emedan det felades fere stycken;
dock bifogar han den anmarkningen,
att erfarenheten visat, att rattorna
icke alta sedelpapper, utan de SON
'derrifva det for att bygga sitt DO
deraf;-det vore derf6r skal att So
ka reda pa de stallen, hvarest rat
lorna hade sina spada ungar. Man
men lat icke saga sig delta tya gan
ger, utan ref ned en- gammal muir,
der han mycket riktigt bland andra
rattbon fam detaf papperspengarne.
Han skickade nu de felande bitarne
och bekom straxt hela beloppet
klingande mynt.
Judarme i Palestine. Till
s'Times'' skrifves af en- Mr. William
Knighton:
II borjan af 1879 var jag det he
liga landet. Ofverallt, fran Dan till
Berseba, sag jag beyis pa fornyad
kraft och verksamhet hos den judi
ska racen. Judarne samlas som folk
till stort antal tillbaka till sina for
faders jord fran ALA delar af Europa.
I Jerusalem och dess grannskap in
k6pa de ifrigt hyarje jordbit, som
utbjudes till salu. Judarne aro rike.
Turkarne, som till namnet rada Of
ver~deras f0rlofvade land, aro stort
behof af penningar. Skulle icke ju-
darne kunna sinsemellan teckna EFT
stort turkiskt Ian, under vilkor att
de fa rattighet att sjelfva rada 0fver
slit land under de europeiska. stor-
makternas " garanti I! Skulle 'icke
manga rike kristne vara villige att
harvid bista dem, ON ledarne for de
judiska f0rsamlingarna Europa
med nagon kraft atoge sig saken :?
En- republik eller prestregering kun
de salunda upprattas Jerusalem,
annu till .namnet under turkarne,
men verkligheten under garanti af
de kristna stormakterna Europa
en- regering, som skulle kunde bli af
oberaknelig nytta for Palestine, der
knappast ett ore af de offentliga med
len nu gifves ut for landets f0rbatt-
rande eller ,utvecklingen af dess sto-
ra naturliga hjelpkallor.''
Minnesota stats tidning. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1877-1882, 1877-06-07

En- mOdig man. I en- ensam
blockhydda,i en- at :Agizonas ursko-
gar bodde en- jagare; pa ALA sidor
hade han indianer till grammar. En-
dag kommo IL a Is indianer med
malade ansigten, sssom de 'bruka,
mar de. aroz pa krigsstigen, Il gas
marsch fran till hans hydda, tradde
ljudl0st och tysta in densamma
och satt.sig; ned. De tande sina pi-
por och b0rjade r0ka under den dju-
paste tystnad! Jagaren sade ejheller
ett ord utan fortfor att syssla med
slit arbete. Andtligen oppnade den
f0rnamste afk indianerna forhand-
ingarne. ssVi .hafva kommit for
att CORA ett forslag,''" sade ham,,
ssoch vanta anej att fa' ett' nekande
svar. - Tystnad. - '''Desse man,
som sitta omkr. mig, aro tappra man
och stora krigare. Jag ar ocksa en-
Taper man och stor krigare.> Jag
har5svarit i manga Stag, 'drapt man
ga af dina landsman, befallt ofver
manga krigshordar, som angripit
blekansigtenas rbyar och stader;
manga skalper torka i r0keni i nina
hyddor. vi villa hafva 7ett Iankare
Gud-na-tos (branvin) och tala intet
afslag..'nsDa indianen hal]it :detta
tall slhvilket han framsade som en-
man, van att foreskrifva lagar for
de; svagafe, gick jagarenbakom nag.
"a, packor med, skim och. framtog
ett ankare af det sIag,, som yanligt-
Wis Wis brukar innehalla branvfn." Han
tande tett ljus och abesvarade talet
pa samma skrytsamma satt, aiodet
han slutade: 81 .handelse de vore, sd
tkacka man, som, de br0stade sig at
att l.-vyiaara, skulle de sitta samman
He'd honom och r0ka, till dess slju-
|iset brande ut.''st Derefter satte han
det brinnande ljuset, i ankaret, som
var ,fullt med krut, 1hEilket kunde
antandas afs den minsta gnista fran
Ijuset. h Delta var for nycket for
| de modige roda mannen Imam ja-
garen hnnnit satta sig till r0, yoro
de ALA ntom dorren och langt bOT--
| ta.e Sedan kom aldrig nagra indian
till honom for att tilltvinga sig bran.
vim. Ezs' S ss. {. .l.s. ~ s.A.)
i nj
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he said, 81 thank you for your Son. 1
thank you; I'll believe in him and thank

he said, 81 thank you for your Son. I
thank you; I'll believe in him and thank
you"
Then came Tommy radiant with good
news; his papers sold and hot break
fast, besides wood and coal for the day.
As he lit the fire and they ate their
breakfast Bobby told Tommy how much
he had already found out about God.
lyon see, Tommy, we must find out
how to believe in his Son, for he gave
him for u.s." Tommy assented, as he
would have done to anything Bobby
urged. The day passed quickly, Bob
reading aloud the wonderful stories in
the fifteenth chapter of Luke, which the
gentleman had marked. They enioyed
the prodigafs return and were surprised
at the brothers jealousy.
'He wasn't like you, Tommy said
the cripple.
'Well," said Tommy, 'perhaps the
other fellow wasn't like you, so there it
IS; but wasn't the father good, going
out to meet him ?''
Tommy went off to the House of In
dustry and had good dinner, while
Bobby enjoyed nice meal in his room,
besides the bag of goodies Tommy
brought back and about three o'clock
the gentleman who had sold Tommy
the Bible came into their room. He
was friends at once with the boys, and
was delighted to answer Bob's eager
inquiries about Gods Son. Tears rolled
down the child's thin cheeks as he heard
of that Sons life and death, and that it
was all endured for him.
"Pll never be lonely again. I'll have
Him to talk to; and, oh, sir, isn't it
good the everlasting life isn't here z
You're sure won't be sick 2"
''See, Bob, here is Gods own promise
'And there shall be no more death
neither sorrow nor crying; neither shall
there be any more pain.n
''Isn't it lovely? Oh, sir, 1 should
think ecery day would be Thanksgiv-
ing Day."
Weeks passed. The winter was a
cold one. and times were hard. Often
Tommy had not money to buy food oil
fire. Their new friend was called away
and the boys we're left with no help
But Bob had his Bible, and every day
was Thanksgiving Day. All day long
he would read, or ''talk with God )" fol
the little fellow never learned to pray
in our stereotyped fashion. At last one
morning it was very cold, and the pain
in his back and leg had grown very
bad. Tommy was off looking for work
and Bobby again gave thanks.
81 thank you, o, God, for your deal
Son, Jesus thank you for my Bible
l thank you for teaching me how to be
lieve, because now Pm sure of everlast
ing life. thank you for that everlast
ing life!"
And with his Bible folded to his heart
and his lips parted in last thanksgiv
ing, Bobby entered into life ''everlast
ing"
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Thanksgiving at the State Prison.

Usually person does not feel very
thankful when he gets into State Prison,
but to-day it has seemed to be differ
ent, for more happy, joyful looking,
and acting set of men it has never been
our privilege to behold than were the
convicts of the State Prison, this after
noon. Through invitation of Superln-
tendent Spencer and Director c. NJ.
Spaulding we were present at the
Thanksgiving dinner at the Vermont
State Prison, and although the family
was large, ge,-152-the supply was sufi-
cient. The 'Bill of Fare" would do
honor to more pretentious establish
ment. 1t consisted of roast pork, chick
en- pie, potatoes, onions, squash and
turnip. mince, apple and pumpkin pies,
corn and wheat bread, butter and cheese,
pudding, apples, and tea. After
divine blessing, the order was given,
by Superintendent Spencer, "To eat,
drink, and be merry" and for about two
hours the order was most diligently
obeyed. The tables were set in the
north and south corridors of the east
wing; each man, as he came from his
cell, took his stool with him, making it
more pleasant and sociable to be seated
at table than taking their food to their
cells, as is the custom. The whole was
under the charge of the Superintendent
who spares neither time nor labor to
make the prison a reformatory, and
serve the ends of Justice Windsor
Journal
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Village Society in Winter.

First. AS to sewing-clubs the work
should be carefully restricted to such
embroidery, ETC., as cannot be done by
women who earn their living by their
needle. The justice of this ought to be
at once apparent; but it is, as a rule,
overlooked. We have known the plain
sewing taken from the sempstresses OF
village, and given to church clubs, fol
a winter the consequences of which
was hungry women asking parish help,
and stained-glass window back of the
pulpit.
Second. In reading-clubs, let the time
for each reader be limited by infexible
rule. If this is not done, there will be
found in every such club, at least one
dOgmatic, selfish reader who will force
his author and his voice upon the club,
bers fall off and the experiment fails.
Thirdly. If we may trench upon a
most delicate topic, we would suggest
that in merely social combinations, fOI
the purpose of music, dancing or con-
versation, the old caste lines of the town
be disregarded. There is no despotism
more narrow or cruel than the aristoc-
racy of village. New blood and new
| ideas WOulu generaify feVlVlIy III OUT
side of the so-called ''good societyn OF
such place which has been fenced in
for two or three generations is frequent
ly found the larger proportion of in
telligence, culture, and breadth ol
thought.
Fourthly. The great want expert
enced by cultured men and women in a
small town is of books, periodicals, etc.
which, individually, they are not able
to buy. There are very few circulating
libraries in American towns of popu-
lation less than ten thousand. This
want can be obviated in measure, by
a friendly combination between certain
families or individuals, in which eacl
contributes a given number of books tt
a common stock these books are loan
| ed to the members in turn.
A more formal and much better wa,
is the formation of book-club, such a
were common in England before tn,
establishment of Nude, in which eacl
member pays at the beginning certain
sum, with which as many books ar
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-12-07

SCARCITY OF Song BIRDs.-From
England comes complaint of the scar
city of song birds, and the ladies are
thanked for it. Matters are not quite
so bad in this country, but soon may
be, as the fashion of wearing not only
wings but whole birds in the hats and
bonnets is again becoming alarmingly
prevalent. An English writer says that
in that country "the goldfnch is seldom
met with now, and the chafinch, bull
finch, yellowhammer, and even the
robin are very seldom met even that
prince of the woodlands, the thrush, is
each year becoming rarer. Go into the
shop of bird -fancier and the beauti-
ful feathery skins lie there in heaps,
and may be had wholesale for 25s. the
gross" We believe that New Jersey is
the only state that wholly preserves
robins. Some "sportsmen" were fined
one hundred and fifty dollars for killing
robins near Englewood, lately. We
wonder how many birds killed as Natu-
raj History specimens, find their way
to the trimmers
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-12-07

PORTRAIT OF WHITTIER.-The pro-
prieters of the Atlantic Monthly pub
lished two years ago crayon portrait
of Longfellow, and last year one of
Bryant, and furnished them to the sub
scribers to their magazine at the price
of one dollar. They have this year
added to their list similar portrait of
Whittier, done by the same artist, Mr..
j. E. Baker, in the highest style of the
art, and propose to furnish it to sub
scribers at the same price. AS is well
known, these distinguished writer's have
been intimately connected with the
Atlantic from its start, and many OF
their best productions have first ap-
peared in its pages. This is particular
ly true of Whittier, and, if for no other
reason, his likeness will be very ac-
ceptable to the readers of the magazine.
1t is offered only to subscribers and
purchasers of the Atlantic Monthly, who
can obtain the portrait, with the mag
azine for 1873, by Iemitting FIVE dollars
to the publishers. The subscription
price of the Atlantic alone is four dol
lars. The portrait will be sent by mail,
carefully rolled, so as to avoid all dan
ger of injury, and will be forwarded to
any address on receipt of the price and
subscription, by the publishers. Ad-
dress H. o. Houghton & Co., Boston, or
Hurd & Houghton, New York.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-12-07

purchased as there are members, each
one choosing book I; these pass in reg
ular rotation from hand to hand, re-
naming fortnight with each reader
twenty books may thus be read for the
cost of one. When the books have
passed around the circle, they are sold
to members for the benefit of the club
Fines for detention and abuse of books
also keep the funds. No officer is re-
quired in this association but treasur-
er. Another advantage in the plan is
that books can be bought by the quan-
tity at lower rates than singly. The
same rule applies to subscriptions fol
magazines, newspapers, etc.-"Homt
and Society,"" Scribner for December.