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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-02-03
The Corn Crop.

The revised statistics of the corn crop
Of the present year, as given by the de-
partment ofagriculture in the December
report, show that ii is only two per cent
rhort Of the great crop of last year, and
fully fifty per cont. greater than the crop
of 1874. The aggregate, subject to a
possible future revision, is 1926, 200, 900
bushels. Less than one per cent. of the
crop is raised in New England, scarcely
six in the middle states, twenty in the
southern, forty-four in the Ohio basin,
and twenty-nine west of the Mississippi.
The product of the South is 10, 100000
bushels greater than that of last wear:
that Of New England is SOC, 900 bushels
greater, and there is less in the middle
and western states. The states produc-
ing less that in 1875 are New Hampshire
and Rhode Island; those of the Atlantic
coast, from New York to North Caro-
lima, are Mississippi, Tennessee, Michi-
gan, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri. nli-
nois is credited with nearly 25O, OOO, 900
bushels, and Iowa with 155, 900, 900.
Next in rank are Ohio, Indiana, Mis-
souri, and Kansas. These six states pro-
duce six-tenths of the total product
Tennessee, which ono held the highest
ran In the country, now stands first i'm
the southern states, followed by Texas.
Alabama and Georgia. In quality the
crop is superior to its predecessors.
New Hampshire is an exception in New
England. In New Jersey there was in
Jury by drought. North Carolina and
Florida are slightly below the standard,
and a slight in~feriority is indicated in
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Ten
nessee, Missouri and Nebraska. In some
portions of the South and West there is
complaint of rotting, and worm in later
corn in all the states. The crop, as a
whole, reached full maturity without
injury by frost. There has been an in
crease on the area in all sections, aggre-
eating about two million acres, the adj
vance being very slight i'm the gulf
states from Alabama to Louisiana, and
scarcely p%erceptible in the middle states.
1t Is largest west Of the Missouri. Wis
eonsin shows the heaviest rate of in
crease in the Northwest, and Texas and
Georgia In the South.
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In an interesting series of expert
ments recently made on the farm of tho
Royal Agricultural Society of England
the manurial value of salt was nnmis
takably indicated. An acre of whea
dressed with 300 lbs. of common sal
yielded t|hirty-nine bushels of grain
with a proportionate amount of straw
while an adjoining acre, left unmanuret
produced only twenty-nine bushels pei
acre, with the straw impcrfcctly dcvel
oped, showing an increase of ten bush.
els per acre. The entire cost of the
crop is not stated, but this experiment
shows that the additional ten bushel,
resulting from the salt were produced
at a cost of thirty cents each.
In another case a piece of ground in
tended for wheat was ploughed the pre-.
ceeding fall, and again in May, when il
was sowed with salt, and afterward
ploughed twice before seeding. On the
LIST and 2nd of September wheat was
sowed at the rate of two bushels to the
acre. The crop when harvested yielded
according to the estimate of the owner
John Parke, forty bushcla of grain pei
acre, with a luxuriant growth of straw
From these and many similar cases the
Inference seems TO be that salt is q
specific for the wheat crop, impartins
solidity to the grain and firmness to the
straw.
We may add to this that a farmer in
Western Massachusetts informed us, Oh
q late visit to his farm, that he had used
salt, about three bushels per acre, in
growing winter rye on old plain land
with marked success. His cron finn.
produced this season was q fine one,
with clean straw, entirely free from
rust. What says our correspondent
Moses Stebbins? Shall we hear from
You In reference TO the use of salt?
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Mhaf il n Orange.

Men and women, you say, wlpo go of
10 deliberate i'm a room with blinds
open, entering by passwords or signs
and allowing none but members to hear
or sec what is done. They must have
secrets. il is said. Most assuredly they
have. In the first place they relate en-
tirclv TO their own affairs, and IL is for
| that reason alone that they have failed
to CRAFTY the general curiosity by pub
fishing them Mt large. For instance. the
Changers make their hard living by till
ING the soil. says the Portsmouth Chron-
icle. When one of them begins life if
is q great matter to him 10 get his reap
err. mower, his thrasher, and his hum
bred other machines and implements.as
well rs the household furniture. his
clothing, his groceries. his ''onc-horsc
shay" and his parlor organ, ut some
thing neal half the price of the retail
merchant, or the manufacturers agent.
This he does by cooperation with others
situated like himself; but how and
where he docs ii is one of his secrets.
and a very precious one ut that.
In like manner, when at the end of a
season of incessant toll he secs his fields
yellow with the harvest of bread, and
his fattcd herds lowing in the pasture.
he reflects that he and the consumer of
all this produce are frequently situated
far apart apart, and that a host of inter-
mediate agents and traders absorb a
large portion of its value in money. lie
resolves to put into his own purse the
difference between the price paid by the
consumer, less transportion, and the
price usually paid to the farmer. lie
! does this by means of the Grange; but
the precise method of is another of
his grand secrets. When he has accom-
plished these two capital operations he
has made enough to make his business
profitable, and to give his wife and
children some of the luXuries and adj
vantagcs in which the families of the
nourishing middlc-mcn are commonly
INDUCED.
An association which promises him
such results, and which at the same
time vindicatcs the independence ofhim
and his class, opens to him Il prospect
full of roseate and radiant hucs as COM
pared with the servile and beggerly
condition from which he is rising.
Heretofore he has taken what was offer
ed and given what vas asked. Hence
forth he will, like other classes of men,
combine with those whose interests are
identical, and do himself the justice of
which he has been so long deprived.
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SCARCITY OF MONEY. There is no
doubt but the present condition of all
kinds of business is fearfully depressed,
and 1t behooves every family to look
carefully to their expenses. Winter is
coming on when children are liable to
Group. whooping cough, etc. Coughs
and colds will prevail everywhere, and
consumption, with other throat and
lung diseases, will carry off MANY.
These diseases should not be neglected.
Doctors bills are expensive, and we
would advise u people to use Bos-
chee's German Syrup. 1t never has
failed. One bottle at IS cents will keep
your whole family well during the Win
ter. Two doses will relieve any case,
Sold In all towns In the United States.
and by your druggist, n. +. Rider.
~ "
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Apples for Mich Cows.

Prof. l.. =. Arnold, of Rochester. n.
Y, an excellent authority on dairy mat.
ters, writes to the New York Tribune
that apples are an excellent food fol
mich cows and other stock, when FED
in proper quantity. They give an ex.
cellent flavor to milk. and the butter
and cheese made from it. and increase
the yield of either. The quantity which
may be fed profitably varies with the
size and constitution of the animal. A
good, healthy COW, weighing II thous-
and pounds, can safely eat a peck OF
apples twice a day, and smaller ones IN
proportion. The quantity should never
be so large as to produce either securing
ar teYerishness. The feeder should be-
gin with no more than half rations, and
gradually increase the amount, carefully
noting the effect. 1t is not well to feed
either sweet or sour exclusively. Ifonly
II kind can be used, sweet is the best,
but the cattle prefer a mixture.
The best way of feeding is to slice
them in a root cutter and feed in the
stable. When fed whole to the cows in
the orchard they are liable to get choked.
The value of apples as a milk-producing
o varies with the circumstances under
which they are fed, reference being had
10 the quantity of milk that a given
quantity of apples win produce. They
are pretty nearly if not quite equal to
potatoes for this purpose. When cows
come into milk in the spring, and their
milk is not allowed to shrink by drought
or scanty food, beyond what it naturally
would by distance from the time of
coming in, apples fed in the fall as an
extra feed, and taken promiscuously as
they usually grow, with sweet and sour
mixed, will increase the milk in quantity
and richness so much as to give a pound
of cheese from a bushel of apples, or a
pound of butter from two bushels and a
half, a peck per day to a COW being con-
sumed. To be fed advantageously to
cows, fruit must be dealt out with care
and judgment. If fed a little too freely
the result will be a loss instead of a
profit.
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Great Exhibition of Potatoes.

Undoubtedly the greatest show ofthi.
valuable vegetable ever made was thal
held in London Sept. % and 20 last. a
at the Alexandra Palace. This is The
second of the contests among the potato
growers and potato fanciers, and was il
every respect vastly superior to that OF
last year $50, for the number was
larger and the potatoes were of better
quality. The show "a arranged in the
concert room, and the potatoes. consist
ing of nearly three thousand dishes,
were placed upon six broad tables ex-
tending the whole length of the build
ing. A line of neal plants with orna-
mental foliage was placed down the
centre of each table. All the dishes
were of the same size and pattern, the
tubers perfectly clean, and the display
was quite as attractive as an Autumn
exhibition of fruits.
The best specimens came from Scot
land, and the first prize, f12 12s for the
best twenty-four varieties. was the most
important, and was awarded to Mr..
Porter, of fAberdccnshirc. for a collcc-
ton which has never been surpassed.
1t included Prolific, Climax. Snowflake
and Early Vermont, four of the best of
tIic !tilerlca1 potatoes, II others were
English varieties.
For the class of eighteen varieties the
first prize, a silver cup of the value of
f1O los, was awarded to Il Scotch cult
vator, Mr.. Donaldson, of Inverary. All
the classes were handsomely competed
for, and all the prize stands meXcep-
tionally good, as indicating the respect
i've merits of the varieties. In the class
for a single dish of any white round
variety, Porter's Excelsior was awarded
the first prize: in the class for any red
round variety, Carriers Main Crop was
the best: the best dish of any white
kidney was that of Devonshire Kidney:
and of any red kidney, the best was
that of Extra Early Vermont. For three
single dishes between twenty and thirty
dishes were staged.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-02-03

The few compositions.
which have won the con-
fdenoo of mankind and
become household words
among not only ono but
J many nations, must have
extraordinary virtues.
Perhaps M one ever se-
cured so wide a reputa-
tion, Or maintained ii so
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-02-03

ong as AYER's CHERRy PEcrokAL. 1t has been
known to the public about forty years. by a long
continued series Of marvellous cures, that have
won for IL a confidence in its virtues never equal
ed by any other medicine. Ii still makes the
most ~oaeetual cares Of Cough, Colds, Conssap-
fion, that can be made by medical skill. Indeed
the CnERnY PICTORIAL has really robbed these
dangerous diseases Of their terrors to a great ex-
tent, and given a feeling Of immunity from their
ia tai effects, that Is we'll founded If the remedy
be taken in season. Every family should have II
in their closet for the ready and prompt relief Of
its members Sickness, suffering, and sven life is
saved by this timely protection. The prudent
should not neglect It, and the wise will not. Keep
it ty you for The protection Il affords BY its time
ly use in sudden attacks. Prepared by
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-02-03

A writer in one of our standard med
ical journals says: 81 was cured of
Dropsy in one month by using Hanf's
Remedy" AL Diseases of the Kid
neys, Bladder and Urinary Organs, are
cured by limits Remedy.
LltaHiable Eye Wash is harmless.
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SWORN STATEMENT
BOSTON DRUGGIST.

Genuemcn,-l hereby certify that { have had
Catarrh for ten years, and for the last six years
have been q terrible %~unetrr. I was rendered par.
TALLY deaf had huz4ing IA the head, pains across
the temple. di2lN spells, weak and painful ewes,
swollen am. liberated i"nsils. hard aud constant
cough, ~rNtrc yam across the chest, and every IN
dic0tion of consumption. My head nchcd all the
time. The matt n at'ru ulat'd 50 rapidly in NV
head and tlirni tlnt cuul,l not keep them free
Frequently 40 igIi I would spring out of bed, II
seemed t. re ui the l,iint nf sufocation. ! would
then have r%crour-r to every means in my power to
dislOdge the mucus from my throat and head he.
fore being able To- sleep again. For period of sin
years my tunsils were liberated and so much in.
lamed that could with difficulty swallow. | final.
ly consulted an eminent surgeon in regard to an
operation on them, but at his request postponed IL.
The constant inflammation and liberation In my
throat caused by the poisonous matter dropping
down from my head had so irritaied and in0ame1
my lungs that I coughed incessantly,-a decp, hard
cough. Meanwhile my system began TO show the
effects of this disease, so that | lost flesh, grew
pale, ahd showed every symptom OF an early death
by consumption. When matters had reached this
stage, OF about six months ago, ] began the use of
~SANIORD'S RADICAL CuRE FOR CATARRH. Amer
using the first bottle began to improve rapidly.
The first dose seemed to clear my head as | had
not known II to hc for years. II seemed gradually
TO arrest the discharges. II stopped mn cough in
three days. by using II rs u gargle | soon reduced
the %inilamation and swelling of my tonsils, so that
they soon ceased to trouble me. The soreness
across my chest disappeared, the buzzing noises in
in my head ceased, my senses of hearing and of
tom of disease that had reduced me to the verge of
the grave disappeared by the use Of %SANFoRD's
RADICAL CURE ron CArARRl,
! have been thus explicit because, as a druggist.
| have seen n great deal of suffering from Catairh,
and hope To convince many that this is n great
remedy.
| am familiar with the treatment OF Catar1h ms
practiscd by the best physicians, and have consult.
ed the most eminent about my case. have used
every KIND or remedy and apparatus that have ap.
peared during a period of six years past, and have,
while following their use, taken great care of my
general health, but obtained no relicfor encourage.
ment from any of them.
since curing myself with ~SANrORD's RADICAL
CURE, ! have recommended il in over one hundred
eases without 4 single case of failure, and have in
numerous instances received wholesale orders
trom parties to whom I have sold ono bottle, This
Is the ON. patent medicine | have ever recon-.
mcndcd, never having believed In them before,
although constantly engaged in their sale.
Very gratefully yours,
GEORGE p. nTNSNORE.
H~">roN. tch. q, ISIS.
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BEATTY's PARLOR ORGANS
Established in 8 &

Orchestral Organ manufactured, we challenge any
manufacturer to equal them. The celebrated
golden tongue reeds in this organ in conjunction
and powerful tones. Superb cases of new and
elegant designs. Ministers, teachers, churches,
schools. lodges, etc, should send for price list
Dealers will find II 10 their advantage TO examine
this instrument. II has improvements found in no
other. Correspondence solicited.
Best offer ever given. Money refunded upon NJ.
turn Of organ and freight charges paid BY me
Daniel y. Beatty both ways IL unsatisfactory.
amer a test trial Of five days. Organ warranted
for six years. Agents discount given everywhere
l have no agent. Agents wanted. Address,
DANIEL i. BEATTY,
44-ly Washington, New jersey, L, 5. A,
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To Rent.

THVHE twos story brick dwelling house at the corner
Il of Spring and May Sts.,-No 1852 Spring St.
belonging to the estate Of the late Henry Fling.
nne yard with the premises. Inquire of MRS. HEN
RY FLING, at the house, or of the subscriber.
JOHN G. SMALL,
oc20eod* c. E. Jose & Co.
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POETRY.
HIN Memory OF John LOthrop Motley.
BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.

Sleep, Motley, with the great Of ancient days,
Who wrote for all the years that yet shall be.
Sleep with Herodotus. whose name and praise
Have reached the isles of earth's remotest sea,
Sleep, while, defiant of the slow decays
OF Time, thy glorious writings speak for thee.
And in the answering heart Of millions raise
The generous zeal for Right and Liberty,
And should the days o'ertake us, when, at last,
The silence that-ere yet human pen
Had traced the slenderest record of the past-
flushed the primeval languages of men
Upon our English tongue its spell shall cast,
Thy memory shall perish only then.
FROM the International ReUiep for November-
December,
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RAILROADS.
BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD
Fall Arrangement,
On and After Monday lctoher


On and After Monday. Oc,oher
Isassslaaasssas9 &, 1877, trains will I.ESVE
I E::.;::s=sss.s9 PORTLAND FOR BOSTON
-G at 6.15, S.45 a. M, 315 D. m, arriv
ing at Boston attO.45 a. M, 13O, 500 p. IN. Re-
arriving at Portland at 1910 $40 $40 p. m. FOR
Wells, North Berwick, salmon Falls,
Great Falls. Dover, Kochesler, Farm.
ington, N. H.. Alton Bay, Newmarket.
Exeter, Haverhill, North Andover Law,
renee, Andover and Lowell at 6.15 S45 a.
M, 315 D. m. For Manchester and Con
cord, N. H., (va Newmarket Junctinn,) at
615 a. m. 3.15 p m. (via Lawrence,) at s.45 a. IA.
For w oIfbOrO ugh at S.45 a. m. For Cenfre
Harbor, Mondays, Wednesddys and Fridavs.
at S45 a. m. For Scarborough, Pine Point.
Old Orchard Beach, saco, Biddeford and
Kennebunk at 6.15, S.45 a. M, 315. $50, nm.
Morning Trains will leave Aennebuuk
for Portland at 7.20 a.. m. The 3.15 p. M train
from Portland connects at Boston with the Shore
Line and the Boston 81 Albany Road, for New York
arriving at New York early next morning. This Il
also the quickest route to the West. Through
TicL cts TO all Points South and West nt
lowest rates. Trains on Boston q Maine road
connect with all steamers IuuniDg between Port
land and Bangor, Rockland, Mt. Desert, Machias,
Eastport, Calais, St. John and Halifax. Also, con.
meet with Grand Trunk trains at Grand Trunk Sta
ton, and Maine Central and Portland 81 Ogdensburg
trains at Transfer Station. All trains stop at
Exeter ten minutes for refreshments at first class
DINING rooms.
JAS. I. FURBER, Gen. Supt.
s. H. STEVENS, Gen. agent, Portland.
sept5 diff
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HOTEL TO LEASE.

The New England House. Portland, Me,
Address AUG. P. FULLER,
de28dtf Portland, Me.
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Furnished House to Let.

FENO small family, containing four sleeping
T. rooms, bath room &C., parlor, dining room,
kitchen and wash room, three unfurnished third
floor rooms, &c The owner wishes room and
board, and in consideration will make the terms
easy to the right parties. Address up or call at
1874 Middle St., third foor) during day, OF calf at
old No. 81 DanfoIth st. after GAS. p m. oc1Sdtf
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REAL ESTATE.

MnNEVt to loan on first class Real Estate
NUN II Il Security, in Portland, or vi
cinity. Rents collected, taxes paid, &c. on Com
mission. Apply to F. G. PATTERSON, Dealer in
Real Estate. 1874 CONGRESS Street. no1sdtf
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10 Let.
tenement of 9 rooms to let i'm
Free Street. CA. WESTON.
motif Ok Frea Ctraa+
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.OIgSQ tn Let

TITO gentleman and wife; an elegant unfinished
IL parlor and front chamber in private house.
Inquire at 26 BROWN STREET.
oct11 dIf
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To Let.
House to Let

HPPEK BENT.
u rs BROWN STREET.
sept28 diff
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1.-TWO Story House; 10 rooms; bath; perfect
Il drainage; stable; 1000 feet Of land; situated
near head of Pleasant Street. Apply to f. G..
PATTERSON, 379k Congress Street, or j. A.
STROUT, near the premises. oet29d1w
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House to Let.
ENHE lower part of house No. 234 Oxford St., very
a convenient, containing eight rooms, gas and
Sebago. For particul lars apply to f. III. WIDBER,
220 Commercial Street. seplSdtf
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"A GENTS WANTED.-To take orders for the
new illustrated History of the Dominion Of Can
adaIart lllustrations-one grand quarto volume. 1t
sparkles with $4,000 worth of art engravings.
wanted reliable man in every town and city to
whom liDera terms will be given. Agents are doing
well IN hard times on this work. Send for terms,
ton. oc24d1m
WANTED.-Any Agent can make $500 per
w month selling our Magnetic Instantaneous
Copying Book and Ink. No press, brush or water
used: Send stamp for circular or So for Outfit.
DEY ST., NEW YORK cc16d1m
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For Sale or TO Let.

"OUSE now occupied by the undersigned, sit
Ill uated on westerly side of Vaughan st., next
south of Geo. W. Woodmans. Lot s0x1O0. House
contains eight rooms, beside bathrooms. Hasdirect
sunlight during the entire day. Will be sold or let.
oc30d1m A. W. COOMBS.
Centennial Block
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For Sale.
Horse for Sale.

TTIHE English Schooner Anita, 1877 tons, four years
Il old, well found in sail and rigging. Will be
sold cheap. For further information apply to
oc30d1m j. s. WINSLOW g. co.
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PRESCOTT
Insurance Company
OF BOSTON.

Capital Paid up I'm CASH, $2OU,UUO.
ASSETS-January 4, 1877.
Loans on Bond and Mortgage First Liens 100000
Loans 49, 49, 49, - ~ 10000
pany, ...................... 26o,961OO
Loans on Stock Collaterals. ,............ 100000
Cash in Company's Office and in Bank. -. 81, $1,000
Interest due ON Stocks owned, 2S37.50
Interest due on Collateral Loans. ........ 1890
Premiums in due course Of collection. 80. 139O205
1886 1904 "a
LIABILITIES,
Loss Claims, Reserve for Reinsurance,
aud other liabilities, ,StOT
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LET.
To Let Very Low.

"A LAkGE, Pleasant House, finely located newly
"A repaired Throughout, with modern improve
menus. inquire OF B. d. VERRILL,
nOVlutI Centennial Block,
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New House for Sale in Deering,

a GOOD Family Horse, kind, hardy and ex-
"A cellent driver. Will be sold cheap. Apply at
sept13dtt % EXCHANGE STREET,
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House To Let.

MHE House, No. 162 High Street, near Danforth.
Il This house has Sebago and gas, and has Just
been thoroughly repaired.
JONAS W. CLARK
sept27eodtf sos Congress Street.
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Eastern Railroad,
OCTOBER 8, 1877.

PASSENGER TRAINs leave Portland
for Scarb0rO'. sac0, Biddeford, Ken
nebunk, Wells, North Berwick, S0ufh
Berwick, Conway Junction, Elio {,
Kittery, Portsmouth, Newburyport,
salem, Lynn, Chelsea and Boston at
S.4S a..
saco, Biddeford, Kennebunk, Kiitery,
Portsmouth, Hamptons, Newburyport,
Salem, Lynn, Chelsea and Boston mt
3.1S p. mn.
5.15 p. m. Biddeford accommodating train.
Returning, leave Biddeford at 500 a. m.
Might Express with Sleeping Car, for
Boston at 2.15 q, M, every day Except
Mondays)
RETURNING
leave Boston at 2 so a. m, 1880 and 90
p. M, connecting with Maine Central
and Il. & N, A. Railway fer 81. John
and Halifax. Pullman Sleeping Car attached
Through Tickets to all Points South and West at
owest rates. Pullman Car Tickets for Seats and
Berfhs at Ticket Once.
ju11dR A. P. ROCKWELL. President.