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The Portland daily press., 1877-09-28
TFMPLARS OF HONOR.

at Temp1ars' Hall, No. 100 Exchange Street.
CoUNCIL-Maine, first and third Monday in each
snth.
TEMPLE-Forest City, No. 1, every Wednesday
evening.
PATRIOTIC ORDER Sons OF AMERICA-Camps No
r and convenes over the Eastern Express Office,
n lum street. No. on Wednesday evening; No.
N fist and third Saturdays of each month; No on
Tuesday evening, at Arcana Hall No. at School
Evening.
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Lost.
MONDAY, oath inst. the road in the vicinity of
V1 Morrilrs or Aliens corner. Deering, lady's
cape of light CLOTH trimmed wi til fringe. The finder
will be suitably rewarded by leaving the same at G.
L. Bailey's gun store, 4S Exchange st. se2sd3t
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Additional Premiums.
FAMILY HORSES
G Hitchins, Portland lst
j Gilbert, Portland, %
MATCHED HOSES.
Frederick Robie Gorham, 1st.
j w Robinson, Portland.
City Farm, Portland, honorable mention.
PLows AND FLOWING.
" Cameron, Poi tand, best plow manufactured
IN cumberland county. diploma
Eyes pow.
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A man, name unknown, was seriously iniur
ed by an explosion of a charge at the Bluehil
granite quarry last Saturday
The Portland daily press., 1877-09-28
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
AMERICAN LLOYDS
Universal Register of Shining,

AMERICAN LLOYDS
Universal Register of Shipping.
Established 1857.-No 35 Wall and 10 Broad SITS.
NEW YORK, Oct 1st, 1871.
DEAR SIR
You are respectfully informed that the two Amer
lean Loyds Registers are consolidated, and the nor-
nation of both will be published in the 1877 Edition
of the American Lioyds Universal Standard
Record, which will be the fullest and most COM
prehensive Register of Shipping ever published in
this country.
TAYLOR g. KING, Directors.
Notice.
We would also suggest that the American Lloyds
Registers bave been alternately indorsed by the New
York Board of Underwriters. Ship Ow ners and Ship
Builders, and by large majority Of the Bureaus of
Underwriters and Insurance Com panies of the Unit
ed States and the Dominion of Canada together with
the Foreign Ship Owners and Ship Builders and For
eign Underwriting Institutions and is recognized by
the United States Government and by the Peruvian
Government for the selection of vessels for Guano
ter, being conducted under rules and regulations
adopted by Committees of Ship Owners, Underwrit-
ers-representiDg all the Marine Insurance C0mpa-
nies in New York-and Sh p Builders, and published
in the interest OF commerce. and recognized through
out the world as the American sta dard Ref
erence fer Insurance ana CharteriDg Pur- .
poses,
CHAS. MERRILL, III Commercial St.,
Surveyor for the District of Portland and Vicinity.
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Notice.

A NY per son wishing prescriptions reflled from
IA those form erly holden at the late Apothecary
Store of Emmons Chapman and DIR. Sawyer, Corner
of Middle and Exchan ge Streets, can obtain them
at F L. Bartlett & Co.'s. opposite City Hall.
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Public Notice.

a ) my wife, Emily j. Day, has left my bed and
"A board without just cause, all persons are here
by forbidden trustingo harborng her on my account
as shall pay no bills of her contracting after this
date. ROSCOE DAY.
West Falmouth, Sept. "a, 1877, sep26d3ts
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PORTLAND POST OFFICE.

From 7.30 m to $50 m, Sundays excepted.
sundays open for Carriers and General Delivery
from to 10 m.
PORTrAND ME- Auo 1917
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CmpHe-W. L. Slal.
The errors in this score are the errors made
III tne poS'tons first named, aud not the errors
OF the different players who filled the positions.
The changes were 50 frequenI that the SCORERS
book was not large enough to record them.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-08-17
The Wanderinss OF a Family Bible.

Long years ago Ezra Osborn, ofLong
Hill, Springfield. departed this life,
leaving behind him the record of Re-
volutionary soldier and Mrs. Abigail Os-
born, who ultimately sought the aid of II
youthful lawyer, named Henry Morris,
to get pension for her. The lawyer
requested proof that the widow of the
soldier had been married TO him before
his services expired, and in proof of this
a small family Bible was forwarded TO
Washington in 1888 that the Pension
Bureau might perusc its record ofbirths,
marriages and deahs. The pension was
secured and the lawyer soon drop
ped the business. The other day Gen.
Lee received letter from the bureau
saying that an Osborn heir was wanted
to whom the Bible might be returned,
and giving the name of the lawyer who
sent it. Correspondence was exchanged,
and the book was sent to Judge Morris,
who drove down to Long Hill and gave
it to Chester Osborn, son of the vet
eran, 90 years and 6 months old, who
gladly furnished the government with
a receipt. Mr.. Osborn is the oldest
member of the First Baptist Church,
and lively and active STILL BOSTON
Globe.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-08-17
The Necessity for Pure Air.--How 10
Obtain II.

Night air and damp weather are held
in great horror by multitudes of per-
SONS who are sickly or of weak consti-
tutions; consequently, by avoiding the
night air and damp weather, and
changeable weather, and weather that
is considered too hot or two cold. they
are kept within doors the much larger
portion OF their time, and, as a matter
of course, continue invalids. more and
more ripening for the grave every hour /;
the reason is they are breathing an i'm
pure atmosphere nineteen-twentieths of
their whole existence.
AS nothing can wash us clean but
pure water, so nothing can cleanse the
blood, nothing can make health-giying
blood, but the agency of pure air. So
great is the tendency of the blood TO
become impure in consequence of waste
and useless matters mixing with ii as it
passes through the body, that il requires
hogshead of air every hour of our
lives TO unload it of these impurities /:
but, in proportion as this air Is yitiated,
in such proportions does it inlallibly
fail to relieve the blood of these impuri-
ties, and impure blood is the foundation
of all disease. The great fact that those
who are out of doors most, summer and
winter, day and night, rain or shine.
have the best health the world over.
does of itself falsify the general impress
sion that night air or any other out
door air is unhealthy as compared with
indoor air at the same time.
Air is the great necessity of life; so
much so that if deprived of il for mo-
ment we perish; and so constant is the
necessity of the blood for contact with
the atmosphere that every drop in the
body is exposed TO the air through the
medium of the lungs every two minutes
and half of our existence.
Whatever may be the imprrity of the
outdoor air of any locality, the Indoor
air of that locality is still more impure,
because of the dust, and decaying and
odoriferous matters which are found in
all dwellings. Besides, how can III
door air be more healthy that the out
door air, other things being equal, when
the dwelling is supplied with air from
without?
To this very general law there is one
exception, which ii is of the highest i'm
portance to note. When the days are
MOI anu tlit hiSnts cool, .nefc are pc
riods of time within each tw,nty-four
hours when ii is safest TO be indoors,
with doors and windows closed; that is
TO say, for the hour or two including
sunrise and sunset, because about sun
set the air cools and the vapors which
the heats of the day have caused to
ascend far above us, condense and settle
near the surface of the earth, so as 10 be
breathed by the inhabitants; as the
night grows colder, these vapors sink
lower, and are within foot or two OF
the earth, so they are not breathed. As
the sun rises, these same vapors are
warmed, and begin TO ascend, TO be
breathed again, but as the air becomes
warmer they are carried so far above
our heads rs to be innocuous.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-08-17
''The Women Of the G. r. n. of Middle.
bury Have not Done Anything
ArAIRY STORY.

AFAIRl STORY.
Once upon time there dwolt, in a
pleasant valley through which a shining
river ran, a happy community which
was enriched by all the blessings that
providence can bcstow.
There was but ono drawback to it,
perfect prosperity, and that was that n
wicked fairy who had always scattered
the seeds of noxious weed called rum
about the place, had now begun to Cit
chant them so that any who might taste
or handle the plant that they produced
was poisoned thereby. They were also
ovcrpowercd by a strange iniatuation
for ii, and became so perverted as 10
wish TO bring others under lis control.
Thoughtful ncn who observed this
balcill effect gave orders that il be ban
ishcd from the place. But many of the
laborcrs who ought to have cradicaicd
il had learned TO take delight in it, and
after tine every one could see that
this evil plant was the most flourishine
of any in the land.
Then certain women said to one an
other, This evil plant is filling our
dooryards, it thrusts its hateful blossoms
into our windows, and the sweet air Of
home is pervaded by its poisoned
breath: all of our little ones will perish
as many of our ncighbors have already
DONE"
They took counsel together and
agreed that in so far as they could do,
1t should have no lodgmcnt about their
homes, and that they would early teach
their little ones to shun it.
Now when the men perceived that
the women were at work, they smiled
contcmptuously and said, "They have
not trusted to us, We will see what the,
can do alone
Time passed on, and wilder and yet
more dread became the evil influence OF
the noxious plant. Many once happy
homes were overshadowed and en-
twined by it, and many of the brightesi
youths laid low.
And the slothfnl men when they
pointed to the sad scene OF devastation
had only this to say "The women have
done nothing; behold the ever increas-
ing growth of our great banc. The toal.
is Weil's.'
My dear little children. would il moi
have been nobler in these men if they
too had done what they could!
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-08-17

The women of America ought to feel
grateful TO the city of Providence and
the state of Rhode Island for the exam
pie they set in entertaining the presi-
dent and the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie without furnishing any intoxicating
liquors. The president was the guest
of the city; the Grand Army of the
state. There were receptions and BAN
quets, but no wine nor strong drink.
Some Of the soldiers are said TO have
declared that they had heard much of
Providence water works, but did moi
anticipate being so influenced by them
as to go home web-footed. as seemed
likely. Although many of the guests
are in the habit of drinking wine and
other liquors, they were perfectly good
natured over their denial.
This was an innovation upon estab-
lished customs greatly to be commend
ed, rs not only right, but as courtesy
due to President Hayes, whose scnti-
ments respecting drinking customs are
well known. Aside from the great
wrong of tempting men TO Indulgence
in these dangerous drinks. il is certain
that the almost universal custom oi
spending the peoples money for an oh
ject that shocks the moral sense of large
numbers of the tax payers is an injustice
which should evoke earnest and contin-
ued remonstrance. II is all wrong,
view it in whatever light we may. Gov.
Van Zandt, of Rhode Island, gives his
influence for temperance, and other men
of eminence. socially and politically,
exert a great influence on the right side.
Although Rhode Island is the smallest
state, she will, if this good precedent is
followed, have more weighty imflu-
ence in morals and manners than some
that are ten times her size. We do not
hear that any one enjoyed The festival
days less for the enforced abstinence,
while the city was noiiceably quiet and
orderly. There can be no greater folly
than TO suppose that enjoyment depend
upon making oneself insane or stupid
with artificial stimulants. All honor to
our small sister, 1Our Union.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-08-17
LiuuOr and the Strike.

When we come TO analyze those Gle
mentS which wrought the recent breach
es of popular peace, we find the working
man less responsible than liquor and the
liquor traffic. True. the workers STRUCK
and would not work, true, they opened
the door of opportunity, and the mol
went through: but they did not rob and
burn, and murder: the influence which
made robbery and devastation possible
came from the saloons. aud not from
the shops. In New York il was n ~
Observation-Disclosures did most ia
incito the communstic spirit; in Chi
cago il was another oflike ilk: in Pitts
burgh. if reports be true, the terrible
violence only followed free use of Ii
quor, free entry to the saloons, and the
natural results of alcohol inside mob
We may he mistaken. but in our opin-
ion two-thirds OF the LOSSES occasioned
throughout this country by rioters may
be charged to the saloons. Pittsburgh,
it is estimated, must pay forty dollars
per capital of total population, in settle
ment of claims for property destroyed
n fearful price for privileges enjoyed
under the license system. In that city
months ago great temperance revival
took place, but il did not strike at the
root Of the evil--it did not shut up the
saloons. Men signed the pledge, and
kept their appctites. and those places
were allowed TO remain open where ap-
petite is daily tempted and overcome
Wherever practical prohibition was had
after the strike bcgun-as at Horizons
vile, for iDstance-little loss occurred.
In such emergencies many mcn rccog-
nizc the merit of prohibition, tempoin-
rily, who dcnouncc il as broad aud
bcDeicient principle. They are unrea-
sonable, to be sure: for what will ben
eft the people for day or month.
ought to benefit longer. If ii be wise lo
shut up the saloons in time of riot, and
if prohibition then be possible, il l.
wise to shut up the saloons altogether
and prohibition is daily possibility.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-08-17
NOhammedau Tradition.

When man is put into the grave and
mankind leave him, hc hears the noise
they make in walking away. Then two
angels come to the dead man, black in
color, but having blue eyes. The name
of one is Monkir, and ofthe other Nakir.
They cause the dead man to sit up in
his grave, and say to him, "What was
your opinion about Mohammed" Then
the person, if he be Moslem, will say,
81 bore witness that he was the servant
of God, and His Prophet" Then the
grave will be expanded seven thousand
yards in length and seven thousanin
breadth, and light will be put into it,
and the dead man will be told to sleep.
But if the inmate of the grave be
hypocrite, on the angelic inquiry being
put to him, he will answer, "I know
him not" The angels will then say to
him, "Did not thy understanding and
reading inform thee?' Then will he
be struck with an iron hammer: and he
will roar ont so us 10 be heard by all
animals, except man and genii. Then
the ground will be ordered TO close upon
him and break his sides, and turn his
right side TO his left, and his left to his
right. Also for the grave of each unbeli-
ever, there are appointed ninety serpcnts
to bite him to the day of resurrection, any
one of which breathing upon the earth
would blast il. The day of resurrec-
ton is preceded by the coming of Anti
christ. Anlichrist is blind of one eye,
and has a great deal ofhair falling about
his face; and he brings with him the
resemblanccs of paradise and hell.
But that which seems like paradise is,
in truth, he'll fire; and that which nc
shall say is hell, Is, in fact, paradise.
lie will come out of a road between Syria
and Irak, and will move over the earth
swiftly ''likc rain followed by wind"
For such tribes as believe on him Anti
christ will order the sky, and rain will
fall; and he will order the earth, and
il will produce vordure; and in the
evening their cattle will como TO them,
with higher humps upon their backs
then they went out with in the morn
ing; and their udders will be full. But
as for those tribes who do not believe
in Antichrist, their lands will be strick-
ell with dcsolation, and they will be
afflicted with drought and famine Com
temporary Review.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-08-17
CHURCH DIRECTORY.


Congratulations Pleasant and Main sts:
Rev +. +. Hooker, pastor. Sunday services at
10 As AM. and 80 PM Thursday evening prayer
meeting at 80
Methodist North Pleasant st, Rev. W. H. Row
SON. pastor Sunday services at 10 40 AM. and
30 PM. Thursday evening prayer meeting at
80. Glass meeting on Friday evening at Z 20.
Episcopal-Sf. Stephens Chiirch-Main-s ST. -
-, rector. sunday services at 10 80 AM.
and 90 PM.
Roman Catholic c-Weybridge ST. Rev. p. Gun
ningham, pastor. Sunday services, alternate Sab
baths, High Mass at 10 90 AM, Vespers and bene-
dCton at 4 30 PM
FAST NnDDLEBURr
utthodiSt-Rev. II. Nandecar, pastor Sunday
services al ? 20 PM.
VFRGESNEs.
Bdptist-Rev. Charles Hibbard, pastor. sunday
services at 10 A. AM. and 80 PM. Weekly
PRAYER meeting on Thursday evening AT 30.
Methodast-Rev. II. \. Munger, pastor. Sunday
services at 80 and Z 30 PM Weekly prayer
meeting Oh Thursday evening at Z 30.
Episcopdl-St. PdaiPs Charch-Rev. G. l. Chaplin,
rector. Sunday services at 10 A. AN and 30 Pm
Friday evening at 80.
Mission Ch0pel-Dr H. A. InghAm. Sunday
services at 10 40 AN. and 80 PM Weekly
PRAYER meeting on Thursday evening
Roman Cathohc-Rev. +. Cunningham, pastor
Services, alternate Sabbaths High Mass al 10 OF
An, Neapers and benediction at Q .00P.M.
Conqre0dtiondi-Rey. George Z. Hall, pastor.
sunday services at 10 45 AM and 80 PM. Week.
" prayer meeting on Thursday evening al !;So
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-08-17

SLAyING THE GREEKS AND RoMANs.-
Harrison, who was born in l773. and
president in 1910, was in one sense fair
representative Of the educated men of
that day, who drew their sources of in
spiration from classic lore. Mr. Webster
was asked by him 10 revise his inaugur-
al. A few hours later the great orator
returned 10 his quarters at the hotel
heated and fatibued. Where have yo,l
been, Mr.. Webster" a gentleman re-
marked 10 him, "ihai YOU are so dis
turbedF "Ah, my friend" said he,
'ifyou but knew how many Greeks and
Romans have slain this day" The
document still retains abundant allu-
sions to the political forms of Rome and
Athens, and the names of Caesar, Octa-
wins, Antony, the elder Brutus, the
Curtii and Decii still survive the mas
sacre. What names Mr.. Webster sac
rificed i'm his hecatomb are matter OF
curious inquiry which only the lrnn oi
the inaugural itself can satisfy.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-08-17

This is progressive age. New ica-
lures are constantly being introduced,
old theories are reyolutionizcd. Music,
which but few years since was un-
thought of in that connection, has been
introduced in ourpublic schools in many
sections of our country and it has he
come almost II necessity for every iami-
ly TO possess either piano or organ, or
both, and il is important that all should
know where the best instruments can he
bought for the least money. Daniel f.
Beatty, ESP, of Washington, New .Icr-
sey, has a world wide reputation for
making the best, and we believe his
prices compare iavorably with other
iirst-class makers. We would earnestly
recommend all to write to him for IN
formation before buying. II
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-08-17

LADIES AT SARAToGA.-Thc growing
independence and self-reliance of Am
erican woman-kind at Saratoga are
noted by a lady correspondent. Time
was, she says, when reputable woman
was shy of travelling by herself to or
from or about Saratoga. She would
come with n male escort, would leave
with male escort, and would be ac-
companied in all her little pleasure
trips by The same inevitable male es-
cort. But now ladies often come to
Saratoga by themselves; they remain
by themselves during their stay at the
springs, and when the time arrives they
pay their own bills, see to their own
baggage and depart. They saunter
around the various springs by thcmsel-
YES, they attend the hotel hops often in
groups, and all hours of the day ladies
can be seen riding out unaccompanied
by gentlemen, driving themselves, and
being therefore well driven. as q lady
expressed il.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-08-17

FEEDING MILK Cows. - Professor
Stewart, of Cornell University, has
found, by actual experiment, that one
quarter of an acre well set in clover, is
sufficient TO feed one COW one hundred
and eighty days, if cnl aud fed her,
while If allowed TO run on il il would
not probably last two weeks. Another
advantage in the care of milk cows Is
that that they give more milk from the
same amount of food, II being found
that the walking to and from the pas
ture diminishos the quantity OF mix.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-08-17

The late General Council of the Re-
formed Episcopal church, held in Pitt
adelphia, on the subject OF temperance
adopted The following:
"Res0lccd, That this council marks
with pleasure the progress Of temper
ancc revival throughout the country,
and desires to put upon record its hear
iy sympathy With that great movement,
us ordered and blessed of God. and
hereby ailcclionately commcnds this
cause to the cooperation aud support OF
the clergy and laity of this church"
The Presbyterian Convention at Chi
cago, May %, recommended total absli-
ncncc from intoxicating liquors to all
members of the church and dismissal of
those who engage in the sinful traffic in
them.
The last synod of the Reformed
Dutch) church not only aiiectionaicly
urges upon all it's members, lay and
clerical, the total disuse of all intoNi-
cants, but all completely with the traffic
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-08-17

AT the marrigc Of the Earl of Annes-
ley to Miss Markham, at Marylcbonc
Church, in London, the other day, the
bridegroom tainted during the cere-
mony, and had TO be led ont of the
church. The bride stood alone during
the remainder of the ceremony, but
Lord Annesley recovered in time 10
sign the register.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-08-17

Minister Observation-Disclosures, this
is very dreadful thingl You have
heard there is a bank note missing from
the box?
James, the sexton, who is strongly
suspected(-'Deed, sir, so they were
tellin' me.
Minister (solemniy)-James, YOU and
alone had access 10 that box.
James-It's just as You say, sir; il
must lie between us two. An the best
way'll be, you TO pay the tae half, an
I'll pay the tither, an say ma mair
about Il.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-08-17

A woman recently entered store in
Connecticut and sat down in front of
an iron safe to warm her feet. After
sitting some twenty or thirty minutes,
she remarked that she "never did like
them kind of stoves-they don't throw
out sarcely any heat, those gas-burn-
ere DON'T
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-08-17

Mr.. VIM. ii. Vanderbilt, Presiden, of
the n. Y, Central Railroad, has been
illustrating his temperance principlc~.
We commend his example. II is stated
that for one of the eating-houses owned
by the company the lessee was paying
six thousand year rent. Mr.. Wander
bilt said to him: "If YOU will give up
Your bar-cease the sale OF ,iquor--l
will reduce the rent 10 Loo The
offer was accepted.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-08-17
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
NAILS ARRIVE,

MAILS ARRIVE.
From Ripton, Granville, Hancock, East
Mddebury, Cornwall West Corn
wall and Bridport, 300 A. NJ.
Way mail from north, $50 A. M
New York, Rutland and Albany, -7:30A NJ.
New York, 3 Is and 90 p. NJ.
WAY mail irom SOUTH -~3:45 p. NJ.
MAILS CLOSE.
Way mail going south, s;30 A. NJ.
Way mail going north, 500 +. NJ
for Ripton, Granville, Hancock, East
Mddlebury, Cornwall, West Corn
wall and Brdport, 3;l5P NJ.
Closed mail for Boston and Rutland, B. 30 p. NJ
closed mail for New York and ALBANY, 7:45 p. Nj