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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-12-19

The failure in London of Richard Hooper d
Sons wine and spirit merchants, is announced.
Liabilities, 3d. 600.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-01

"Ha, hap thought Anton, "the proud
mink will be glad, if let her, to worship
at my feet to-morrow-sticking her pins
into paltry, winning pillow, when
1 have but to prick the ground, TOR gold
to gush up in streams unstaunchable !!
At midnight Anton was again at the
trysting-place. Less and less patiently
he waited; but no Kobold came. More
and more despsiringly he shouted:
"Kobold! Kobold the clew, the clew!'
At last hooking voice, sounding as
as it came from. miles away, replied:
81 showed thee the gold; l promised
not the clew."
A peal of far off scornful laughter fol-
lowed, and then again the stars shone
silently upon the silent mountains.
For a time Anton wandered like an
Azazel in the wilderness. At last he
crawled, almost naked, and cold and hun
CRY, to the threshold of the cottage OF
Beatrix's mother. The plying woman
took him in. When mother and daugh-
ter had nursed him into sanity once more
of mind and body, Beatrix gave him
pick and shovel, drill and powder
horn, which she had purchased out of her
savings from the earnings of her desplsedi
lace pillow. He once more descended
into the bowels of the earth, but only to
blast and prize out homely iron-stone;
and Kobold must have been little inclined
for hooking laughter-unless he chose
to deride himself-if he knew what a
pair of peacefully joyous hearts were
beating in unison in Anton's hut, when
the mountain church-bell chimed on the
first Sunday after the humbled miner
had proudly won, as prize too good for
him, affectionately exultant Beatrix for
his faithful bride.-Chdrles Camden, IN
Day Of Rest.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-01

SwALLows.-In Sweden, the swallows,
as soon as the winter begins to approach,
plunge themselves into the lakes, where
they remain asleep and hidden under the
ice till the return of summer, when, re-
vived by the new warmth, they come out
from the water and fly away as formerly.
While the lakes are frozen, if somebody
will break the ice in those parts where it
appears darker than the rest, he will find
masses of swallows-cOld, asleep, and
half dead; which, by taking out OF their
retreat and warming, either with his
hands or before fire, he will see gradual
~ vivify again and fly. In other coun-
tries they retire very often to the caverns,
under the rocks. As many of these ex-
list between the City Of Caen and the sea,
on the banks of the river Orne, there are
found sometimes during the winter piles
of swallows suspended in these vaults,
like punches of grapes. We have wit
messed the same thing in Italy; where as
we'll As in France, it is considered very
lucky by the inhabitants when swallows
build their nests on their habitations.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-01

ALL WORK AND No PLAY.-It is unfair
to expect your boys and girls to work
hard at home while they are attending
school. To acquire an education is at
this period the business of their lives.
If reluctant to learn their daily lessons,
they should sternly be obliged to do so.
They should be taught alike, that from
this there is no possible escape-and that
beyond it nothing is required of them.
The rest of the day is theirs, and they
should be permitted, in all innocent
ways, to pass it as they ist-tO frolic
and play, the prerogative and necessity
of youth, whether in the lower or higher
animal creation. But through fear of
creating habits of laziness, parents too
often exact labor of their children after
study hours, and thus, while yearning
for play and needed recreation, under
these circumstances work becomes abso-
lutely repugnant to them. This is the
way to make Jack a dull lad, and to es-
tablish the very habits that it was intend
ed to avoid-for boy that works reluc-
family is only happy when that work is
finished, and he is thus tempted to slight
and skim it over, that he may the sooner
be released. In this way not only are
habits of laziness created, but of negli-
gence, and of a deep seated dislike Of
work, which often cling through life.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-01

In GERMANY-Rent is cheap, and a
comfortable room, we'll furnished, may
be had for four or five dollars a month.
We must 'pay for everything" however:
The service of q woman to take care OF
the room costs about fifty or seventy -five
cents per month. Fires are extra. Can
dies or lamps and, matches We must fur
nish, and even soSp.. But one soon be-
comes accustomed to the ways here, and,
knowing how to economize, gets along
cheaply and comfortably. The rooms
are generally arranged in suits or "fiats."
A whole fiat will be rented by some one,
who in turn lets out single rooms to
others. We must, therefore, have a key
to our room, key to the fiat, and one
for the lower outside door. AS they
have not yet learned the art of making
anything like Yale lock, or small keys,
but make them as large as our old-fash-
toned barn-door keys, we shall find 1t
little inconvenient at first, carrying
around everywhere with US a pound or
two of cast-iron; but we are consoled on
seeing every one else do the same thing
When one, on coming home late at night
finds himself locked out at the lower
door, and has forgotten his key, all he
can do will be to arouse the inmates oil
his fiat, when his landlady will throw Out
the door key, done up in shawl, to in
! suIv its Iv;aS easily found,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-01

ANOTHER nephew named Ward was
playing with Mexican sixpence, and
put it up his nose. He attempted to get
it out again, but it worked its way farther
in, and gave him great deal of pain
He went and complained to his father,
who held him firmly, and extracted the
coin with pair Of pincers. The boy wa
indignant because his nostril was LAGER
ated, and ran to his mother to tell her of
his sufferings. He said:
"Mother, fisher IL getting to be awful
mean" f.
"Mean, childi What are you talking
about3''
"Yes, ] say mean, and / stick to it. He
tore my nose oil to pieces because be Wa
afraid he would lose that sixpence!
wouldn't be 30 mean for anythingv'-
Harpsr's xogosins.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-01

TURNING THE TABLEs.-There is story
of noble lord who once gave his friend
golden snuH-box, in the cover of which
an ASS head was painted. Not much
fiattered by this present. and wishing to
turn the tables on the author Of the joke,
the recipient took out the ass and insert
ed instead the portrait of the lord. The
next day at dinner he, as if by accident,
put his box on the table. The lord, who
wished to amuse his guests at the ex-
pense of his friend, made mention of the
snuff box, and aroused the curiosity Of
those around him. A lady asked to see
it. 1t was passed to her. She opened
it and exclaimed, "Perfect! it is strik-
ing likeness. Indeed, my lord, it is one
of the best portraits of you that have
ever SEEN" The lord was naturally much
embarrassed at the joke, which he thought
was 80 hard upon him. While he was
rejecting upon the offensiveness Of it, the
lady passed the box to her neighbor, who
made similar remarks about it. The box
thus went around the table, each one ex-
patiating upon the resemblance. The
nobleman was much astonished at this
course of things; but when it came to his
turn to look, had to join in the laughter,
too, and confess that his friend had got
the best of him.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-01


Once more the year its fullness pours
To cheer the heart of toll;
Once more we take with gratitude
The blessing of the soil.
Ihear the children laugh and sing
They pull the grapes together;
And gladness breathes from everything
In this October weather.
The winter days were long and dark,
The spring was slow to come;
And summer storms brought fear and doubt
To many humble home.
But rain and sunshine had their will
And wrought their work together,
And see! we heap our baskets still,
In this October weather.
Nv heart has had its winter, too,
And lain full bare and gray;
did not think spring would come,
Much less summer day.
How little did dream that life
Would bring us two together,
And should be happy wife
In this October weather!
Doubtless the frosts will come again,
And some sweet hopes must die;
But we shall bear the passing pain,
And smile as well as sigh
Nor let us cloud with tears of i'll
This golden hour together;
Far God is in His garden still
IN this October weather
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-01

TExAs.-A careful reading OF our
Southern exchange papers justiies the
opinion that the Southern States will
unite in favor of the ''Texas and Pacific"
at the called session Of Congress, and that
this issue, 20 important TO them and the
whole country, will be made paramount
in the organization Of the House.-PhiIc-
delphia Pres.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-01

AND now comes the honest historian
and declares that Brigham Young did not
hase good-looking wife in the lot.
Nineteen-aud not one handsome onei
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-11-01
A Vintage Song.

BY E. d. r. BLANCHARD.
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-11
The Colorado Beetle and Paris Green.

We, at the East, are fortunate in being
able to profit by the experience of our West
ern brethren, who, for several years hav We
studied the habits of the insect, and the
best means of fighting them, and nearly all
the testimony is decidedly in favor of poiso n
ing with Paris green. Some have objected
to its use, believing it not only highly dam
gerous to those who apply it, but also liable
to poison the potatoes and the soil in which
they grow. Bnt we have not heard of the
first well authenticated case of persons be-
ing poisoned by eating the potatoes gro wn
where Paris green had been used, and very
few have been injured seriously by its appli-
cation. Great caution should be used in
applying it that it is not inhaled nor brought
in contact with sores upon the hands or
Farmer.
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-11
THE PRESS.
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Sawdust for Bedding OF Manure.

SaW0ust IOr heudlmg OF manure.
OF late we have seen several articles in the
Ploughnadn approving and disappearing the
use of sawdust in our stables. As matter
of economy, everything else being equal, we
should say use it, as it can be had in many
places free of charge, excepting carriage,
whereas straw delivered in our village is
worth $40 or $25 per ton. Some six or eight
years ago I was short OF bedding for my
stock; having new mill on my premises
and plenty of soft pine sawdust, we hauled
several loads to our barn and used it freely in
my stable and leantos. A neighbor thought
it would iniure the land on account of the
pitch, it occurred to me that if given
amount was boiled very small quantity of
pitch would rise on the surface. l have
used 1t more or less every year, and have
seen no injurious effects on growing crops
and as top dressing for meadows.
Now we do not suppose dressing OF raw
sawdust would be of any great manurial
value to our lands, neither would dry straw
or bog hay until it had absorbed the liquids
of the stall and barn cellar. There is no
greater absorbent than dry sawdust, and
when once wet it retains the moisture.
For winter use it ought to lay over sum-
mer in bulk and ferment, for we should as
soon think Of bedding with snow as green
sawdust. We have an apartment under
dust is deposited five or six feet deep, where
it heats and ferments during the warm
weather. In autumn it is in condition for
winter use. For two years past in the
season of flies, have used green sawdust,
and the stalks have been less infested with
them, which we attribute to the strong and
pungent smells; no doubt the dust from green
spruce or hemlock would be more efectual.
And nothing makes so soft and easy bed
for our ''Dumb Animals" as sawdust, more
particularly the horse, as it is natural,
before laying down, either by paving or step.
ping back and forward, to brush all their
bedding, if straw is used, under their hind
feet, but would be less liable to move the
sawdust.
AS it regards injury to horses feet, or
lungs, on account of inhaling the dry dust
we know of stable where horses are let
and was informed by the owner that he
had used sawdust for twelve years, and
never had been able to discover any bad
effect from the use of it, and pointed out
several horses that had been thus bedded fol
ten or twelve years, and had sold the
manure at the usual rates, and never had
heard of any objections on account of the
sawdust.-An Old Subscriber in Mass.
Pl0ughnlGn.
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-11
CarbOIic Acid for Insects.

A correspondent of the Gardner's Monthly,
giving his experience in DISCRIMINATING insects
with carbolic acid, says:
My plan for preparing is as follows: OBJ
tain crude carbolc acid; l use it in this form
because it is stronger and better for the pur-
pose, and costs but very little (about 25 cents
per gallon, Think pour quantity of
this dark crude acid into quantity of good,
strong. domestic soft soap, stir well together
and allow it to stand for few hours. then
test the compound by mixing little of it
with soft water. If too much acid has been
added, oily particles of carbolic acid will be
observed floating on the surface. This shows
that more acid has been put in than the soap
will incorporate CT "cut," and more soap
should be added to balance the excess Of acid.
No more definite rule can be given, as so
much depends on the soap. Two or three
tablespoons full of the acid to quart of soap
may be first tried. prefer to make it as strong
of acid as the soap will perfectly cut. A very
little practice will enable any one to COM
pound it correctly. The refined acid may be
used when the crude is not at hand. When
prepared as above, make moderately strong
suds, and apply with syringe or sponge. In
using on very delicate plants, should any fear
be felt for the plants, they can be rinsed off
after few minutes.
My first and eminently successful use ofthis
compound was some years since. ION block
of young cherry trees, some $4,000 in number.
The black aphis "came down like wolf on
the fold.'' only s'they came not in single
spies, but in whole battalions." 1t soon be-
came an interesting question as to who was
proprietor of this particular block of trees,
myself or the 'bug Ethiopian" A disinter-
ested observer, of judicial turn of mind, iudg.
ing from the general appreance of things and
the very at home air assumed by the bugs,
would have said they had the best case. He
would, at least, have been compelled to admit
they had 'nine points of the law posses
stony in their favor. never saw the like be-
fore. The trees were alive with aphis. The
only scarce thing on the trees were leaves,
there being scarcely enough to afford standing
room for all the dusky guests. However, not
being convert to the doctrine of 'squatter
sovereignty" declared war, and failing to
decrease the number by culinary means,
compounded soft soap and carbolic acid, and
with single application exterminated the
oQemV.
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-11

For Sale.
House and lot at NO. 81 NeWbury
81. Apply at house, IL. RUBY,
de27 diff
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-11
A New Agent i'm Dairying.

The Moniteur Scientifque contains an in
teresting paper Of MN. Manette and Muse
on the employment of salicylic acid in the
dairy industry. They describe four series Of
experiments made in order to elucidate the
influence of salicylic acid; ~ on the preser-
walton of milk; ~ on the separation of cream :;
CD on the preservation of butter; az on the
the course of of the phenomenon OF caseifica-
tions. The addition of little of the acid. to
the milk, by processes and in proportions
that are specified, is shown to retard consid.
erably the qualifications and coagulation of
the liquid without giving it disagreeable
taste or smell or making it in the least in
furious to health, without diminishing the
yield of butter and of cheese, and without al
tering their quality. The use of salicylic
acid is recommended as economical in two
cases: (1) for preserving cream on small
farms, where butter is prepared only a few
times in the week; ~ for preserving butter
in localities where rooms cannot be had
whose temperature is under 68 degrees c., or
for keeping from rancidity butter that has to
be sent long distances in the summer months.
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-11
Wharf. Upland and Flats For Sale

"HdTIS UPIsiHU anu L fdtS FOr sale.
i COATED on both sides of the work shops of the
~ P. s. q P. Railroad, Cape Elizabeth. Good
chance TOR ship yard. Apply to VIM. H. JERRIS,
Real Estate Agent. ju29d3w*
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-11
Boston & Maine
RAILROAD.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing Monday. June II, 1877.


Passenger Trains will leave Portland for
Boston at 615, $40 q. M, 20 and $50 p. M,
arriving At Boston at 10.45 a. M, 1.15, $50.
$50 p. m. Returning, leave Boston for Portland
at S.45 a. M, 80, $50, 600 p. M, arriving at
Portland at 1880, 500, $40, 1000 p. m,
For Wells, North Berwick, Salmon Falls,
Great Falls, Dover, Newmarket, Exeter,
AndOver and Lowell at 6.15, $40 a. M, 1.2O,
$50 p. m.
For Manchester aud Concord, N. H, (via
Newmarket Junction. at 6.15 a. m. 1.20 p. M (via
Lawrence,) at $40 a. IA.
For Rochester, Farmington N. H., Alton
Bay and WolfbOrOugh at $40 a. M, 1.20 p.
For Centre Harbor at $40 a. m.
For Scarborough, Pine Point, Old Or
chard Beach, Sac0, Biddeford and Ken
nebunk at 6.15, $40 a. M, 1.2O, $50 p. m, $50
p. IN.
for Portland at 7.20 a. m.
The l.2O p. mn. Train from Portland con-
meets with all Sound Steamer Lines for
New York leaving Boston at 6. p. m.
The $50 p, m. Train from Portland makes
close connections with shore Line for New
York, leaving Boston at 1000 p, m.
and West at lowest rates.
Trains on Boston & Maine road connect with all
steamers running between Portland and Bangor,
Rockland, Mt. Desert, Machias, .Eastport, Calais,
St. John and Halifax. Also, connect with Grand
Trunk trains at Grand Trunk Station, and Maine
Central and Portland & Ogdensburg trains at
Transfer Station.
All trains stop at Exeter ten minutes for refresh
ments at first class DINING rooms.
JAS. I. FURBER, Gen. Supt.
3. ID. STEVENS. Gen. Agent, Portland. ju11tf
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-11
For Sale or to Let.

IL STORY French roof house, on Peaks Island,
1 within two minutes walk of Jones' Landing,
Inquire of WILLIAM A. STERLING,
jy9dtf on the Premises.
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-11
To Let.

UPSTAIRS rent rooms, hard and soft water,
~ garden, one-half stable, rent SO per MONTH on
Douglass ST. Also house on Lowell St.-5 rooms.
Sebago water, rent 81 per month. Inquire of G. W.
BURNHAM, 1891 Congress St.; or THOMAS
FR0THINGHAM, Saw Dentist, Temple ST., Port
land, Me. ju9d1w*ttf
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-11
Watering Gardens,

When the warm, sunny days come, and
our gardens look dry and parched, we are so
strongly tempted to use the watering pot that
we frequently yield, and so injure the plants
that we are striving to benefit. If we at
tempt to water our flower beds at all, we
must do it thoroughly. Wait until after sun
set, and then pour on water until it seems
ready to run off. Let this soak into the
ground and then water again. Finally,
spread freshly cut grass over the beds; this
covering will tend to keep the ground soft
and moist. The usual method of sprinklng
the flower beds slightly only tends to make
the surface OF the ground hard and dry, thus
excluding air and moisture.-GEobe-D Demo
crdt.
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-11
Farmers Gardens.

We know how it is so few farmers have
gardens. One reason is, that they need at:
tention just when the rush of spring work is
on. Wheat is more important than cabbage,
onions and ''garden sass" generally. So the
wheat is cared for, and the garden stuff goes
to the wall. Another reason is, that farme rs
imagine that garden work must be done with
the spade, instead of the pillow. If you find a
garden on farm it is usually in some corner
so hemmed in by trees and fences that there
is no room for plow to work. A 7x9
garden requires considerable time to "make"
if it must be done with the spade. We have
heretofore advocated the allotment by farmers
of clear, large piece of ground for garden
purposes, in order that most of the work
may be done by horse power. As we have
preached, so we have practised. We have
laid out about an acre, worked it with the
plow, and sown it with the drill. Everything
is in rows wide enough apart to work the
cultivator between them. We have row of
radishes, row of onions, row of beets, and
SO on. This may be waste of land, but it is
economy of time and labor. If you consid er
that the soil is less exhausted by only half
the usual space being cropped, perhaps there
is economy of land after all. What is an
acre out of a hundred? The too common
fault is that we till too much land. If we
titled less, and did it better, we should gain
more in the long run.-Cor. Weekly Liberal
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-11

Take.six slices of salt pork fat slreaked
with lean, three inches square and one. third
of an inch thick: cut them in bits one and a
half inches long by one third of an inch
square. Try them out in soup kettle, and
when done take them out and put into the
fat, eight parsnips nicely scraped, and sliced
thin, with boiling water enough to nearly
cover, and put the bits of pork on top. Let
it boil twenty minutes, then ladd three pints
of new milk into which had been smoothly
stirred one spoonful of -four. Let it come to
boil; give it shake of pepper and take up.
To make this soup l sometimes take four
parsnips and four potatoes, especially if
have guest at the table not fond of the for
mer vegetable. And for vegetarnns take
one-fourth pound of butter instead of pork.
1t takes less than one hour to make this
soup which is especially healthful at this sea-
son OF the year.-Lewiat0n Journal aesssszs
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-11
REAL ESTATE.
valuable Real Estate for Sale.
Lands of the late Hon. f. o. 7. Smith
In Cumberland County.

IA OM-AUVEAhHu OOunIys
TlHE following parcels of real estate are now Of
l. tered for sale:
IN DEERING.
!. Forest Home, with the mansion and other
buildings, containing about 40 acres.
Ii, The Verandah farms. adjoining the Marine
Hospital, containing about s. acres, lying ON both
sides of the road.
III. Part of the Clark farm at Rocky HILL con-
tanning about 50 acres.
:, ": The Shattuck place on the southely side of
tne falmoutn road, containing about 6 acres
". A tract of about Is acres at Graves Hill ON
the notherly side of the Falmouth road
vi. Land adjoining PresumpscOt Park grounds on
the west side OF Blake street, containing about ten
acres. WA
VII. small lot near Leighton's slaughter house,
containing about ten acres. 'N'
IN FALMOUTH.
VIII. The Waite farm near Smet Hill, at Presump-
scOt Lower rails, containing about 26 acres.
TX. The Batcheder farm, on the banks of the
Presumpscot river, near the Falmouth roa1. con-
tanning about 80 acres,
IN CAPE ELIZABETH.
X. The Buzzell place on the easterv side of the
Anthoine road, with the buildings, containing
IN PORTLAND.
XII. A part of the International Hotel lot. on FIX.
about 700 feet
IN GRAY.
XII. A part of the old Perley farm between Gray
corner and the Perley railroad station an the Maine
Central railroad, with the buildings, containing
about so acres.
For further particulars, terms of sale, &c, apply
to JOHN w. LANE, at the United States Hotel. OF
s Se$ + f SSS %szzS$$5$hHAs, Executors
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