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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-24
The Intelligent COmpOsitOr.

" From the sample-trunks in the hall
ways of the hotels, we should judge the
drummers from New York houses have
arrived in town." was the innocent para
graph Western editor wrote for his pa
per.
When he returned from dinner, the
grinning office boy announced to him that
four gentlemen were waiting to see him.
g." Where are they?" asked the quill
driver.
WE'LL" said the imp, " they've been
smoking in the composing-room till the
compositors have sneezed all the type
out of their sticks, n they've sent me
out six times for things, n now they're
playln' draw-poker with the foreman on
the imposing stone"
Every well, said the editor, bringing
a large club in the corner more into view,
replacing the paper-cutter with bowie
knife, and half-opening drawer in which
reposed a revolver, "show 'em in"
Four gentlemen in very plaid suits,
with very large diamond pins and very
ends as big as dollars, entered. The fore
most laying card on the desk, inscribed:
SHARP, oHIsEL CO.,
1,001 Beekman street, New York,
Hardware and Cutlery,
in small letters, and
Presented by
GEORGE GoUGE,
in very large ones, asked:
Z" Are you the editor?"
The journalist looked at the party
quietly, as if calculating the cost of their
grave-clothes, and answered: ~ am"
Here is a little paragraph about COM
mercial Travellers" said Mr.. Gouge, pull
ing paper from his pocket, (Which me
and my friends, who are members of the
Temple of Honor, and belong to the
Young Mems Christian Association of
New York, would like explained"
The miserable man took the paper
mechanically, and gazed at his para
graph, which the printer had set as fol
lows:
From the simple DRINKS in the hall
ways of hotels, we should judge the
drunkards from New York houses have
arrived in town."
Quietly taking up his revolver the ed.
itor strobe up stairs-two sharp reports
and heavy falls were heard, and the Jour.
nalist returned and pleasantly remarked
to his visitors:
Gentlemen, there are not many en-.
tertainments in this town, but a proof
reader and compositor are to be buried
tomorrow, and, if you care for that sort
of thing, should be pleased to see you al
the funerals"
And he sat down to write an obituary
notice, while that night, " through the
cold and heavy mist" four gentlemen
bought railway tickets for Chicago
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-24

is like pigs, it wants pushin' when it's
young"
"Do you patronize the Pittsburgh
smiths and the St. Louis mills yet?"
Mot to speak of, we don't, mister.
Started mill over on Pumpkinvine
again, Jack Smith has, and we dubbed
together and sot Billy Bobkins up with a
blacksmith shop right there, so as we
could go to the shop and mill at the same
time. Billy always had such hankerin'
for workin' iron; and Jack, he never
could stand the sunshine well, poor fell
low!-and didn't like to work on cloudy
days He makes a splendid miller,
though. To keep Billy agoin' we all
hands agreed not to buy Yankee tool
that could be made at home, no matter
how cheap it was, nor how good"
Docs the mill make nice f1our?"
1T makes good -four, mister, and
that's better. It's got good rocks and
good power, and Jake knows how to
manage it, and so it grinds the wheat
well; and Jake ha'n't got no bolt to sift
the life outn it. We have it ground
few bushels at time, and take it home
and sitter; when we've mind to we sift
it again through finer sitter. 1t amt
as white as snow, mister, but made with
fat and buttermilk, it makes biscuits
none of your starch cakes, but biscuits
you can taste, and biscuits you can feel
all through your muscles and bones when
you've fed on 'em week or two. My
road turns off right here. Come over on
Pumpkinvine after harvest and spend
week with us, and eat some of them bis
cults, and the thousand and one other
good things the old woman will fix up
for you. If don't talk you to death, it
will put some flesh on them slim shanks
Gee, Beck!--and some color and fat in
them cheeks-Good-b mster!-Get up,
hosses!-Get along!-Fd like to ave for
got to tell you, mister, but l reckon
you've cotch it from my gab-me and the
old woman has jined the Changers. p
Southern HusbGndman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-24
Reading His Own Dismissal.

A very painful scene was witnessed by
the congregation of the First Baptist
Church in Oakland, Cal. There was to
be a communion service, and consequent
ly there was large attendance. The
pastor, the Rev. Mr.. McLafferty, when
he reached the order of notices, began
reading them in the order he had re-
ceived them from one of the members.
All were commonplace except the last
This was signed by eight members of the
church and formally summoned meet.
ing, to be held the following day, Ito
consider the expediency of dispensing
with the services of the present pastor
for the furtherance of the prosperity of
the church and the exaltation of the
cause of Christ AS Mr. McLafferty had
not heard that his congregation were dis
satisfied with his services, he was natu-
rally greatly grieved and almost over
come by this call for meeting. His
wife tainted, and the excitement of the
congregation was so great that the COM
munion service was by general consent
omitted. At the meeting the following
night resolution that the p stor be re-
tanned was carried by an overwhelming
majority" Mr. McLafferty, during his
four years of service, has reduced the
church's debt from $l7000 to 50, 600.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-24
A Heart Of Stone.

A WOMAN about fifty years old yester-
day sat behind chestnut stand on Con-
gress street Eastt waiting for the avari-
cious public to come along and gobble
up her fifty cents worth of stock.
There was motherly, benevolent look
to her face, and physiognomist would
have said that she felt sorry for every
body who wasn't able to start chestnut
stand. She hadn't been there long when
lump of boy nine or ten years old,
having the blacklist bare feet ever seen
in Detroit, and his left hand rolled up in
a dirty rag, sat down on the curbstone
within three feet of her and began weep
ing and wailing in the most affecting
manner.
{" Boot boo-hool oh! boo-hoo-ho he
walled as he wandered to and fro in
seeming great distress of mind
The woman gave him passing glance
and then looked across the street. He
walled again, louder than before, but she
never moved her eyes.
"Ohl oh! I'm most dead!" he sobbed,
but her only response was to bend over
and pick out bad chestnut and crowd
it down into the middle of the full half
pint measure.
The lad then moved along until he was
at her feet, and, pulling his old cap down
a notch further, he walled:
ooh! how l wish l had ma and pa,
and wasn't poor orphan boy"
The woman looked up and down the
street to see if any runaway teams were
coming. That same benevolent look
hung around her mouth, but she didn't
seem to know that poor orphan was
near.
"Oh! how cold and hungry and sick l
ami" howled the boy as he looked up at
her with fearful eyes.
She didn't even wink one of her optics.
Nuthin' to eat for three days-slept
in an ice-house-arm out of jint-fever
almost burstin' my head open, and oh!
how l want to be somebody's darlin', and
bring in the coal, and build the fires, and
be awful good"
The woman found another bad chest
nut and slowly put it where it would do
good.
The boy was getting discouraged. He
rose right up before her and cried out:
Wont you give sufferin' orphan ten
chestnuts?"
"Gwoff!" she growled, while the be-
nevolent look increased.
Won't you give starvin' orphan
just five-five wormy ones?"
"Gwoff"
"Three-two--one-- Just one old wormy
chestnut to strengthen me till l can git
to the bankp
Her face broadened and heightened
with motherly benevolence as she reached
down for club. When she rose up he
stood in the middle of the street, his
tongue run out and his nose wrinkled
up.
"G'long" she called, as she waved the
club.
He advanced till he was just out of
reach of her weapon, and, pointing his
finger at her, he slowly said:
Il will go, my lord, will 60, kase l
see peeler down on the corner, but I'll
foller you home this noon, and I'll pizen
your dog, and I'll put tar on the door,
and I'll stone your cat, and if you have
any cabbages in the back yard I'll rend
them limb from limb! You have scorned
an orphanl You have sot there I'M
moved! Your blood be upon your own
head-farewell"
The officer got there two hundred feet
behind the boy, but he was not too late
to see her face so full of pity, kindness
and charity that he wondered If the old
woman didn't give the boy tendollar
bill by mistake for a five.-Detroit Free
Pres
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-24

condition. 1t was deplorable enough.
We were rapidly filling and there was
danger of our going down every minute
The men were hungry and exhausted
and almost fainting from their over-ex-
ertion. do not think that two of them,
Charley and Robert Willis, could have
endured the fatigue twenty-four hours
longer. Our own boats were filled with
water, and one of them was stove, so
that the boats of the Sophia Cook took
the crew off to the latter ship. This
took about two hours. l remained with
the Maggie until the last-indeed, until
she was in danger of going down--and
then consented, atCapt. Cooks request,
to go on board of his brig."-N 7. Her.
aid.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-24

The Troy Times says: "a twelve
year old son of Stephen Monk, residing
in the Bowery, at Cohoes, while eating a
freshly boiled egg, suddenly paused as
his eye fell upon singular phenomenon.
This was seemingly hair curled up and
encircled by yelloy gauzy substance,
which was embedded in the white of the
egg. The substance was removed and
placed under microscope, when what
seemed to the naked eye to be hair,
proved to be welldeveloped young
snake, apparently of the garter species,
and with the young reptile was what
seemed to be the Larvae of others.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-24

LIKE a dutiful uncle, he was striving
hard to mary off his scapegrace of
nephew, and, almost in despair of &C.
complishing his purpose in any other
manner, resorted to- matrimonial ageacy.
He is well received, and the agent hands
him a register containing the list of
ladies she has in stock, descriptions of
them, their fortunes, and so on. He
carelessly turns over the pages till all at
once his attention is riveted by the sight
of his wife's name. He rubs his eyes
and reads it over; there is no mistake.
She seeks an alliance with a man be-
tween the ages of twenty.eight and
thirty five, not less than five feet six
inches high, blonde preferred. Stricken
with horror, and fancying that there was
queer taste in his coffee at breakfast,
he drops the fatal book and makes for
home. " Yes" says his wife, softly,
" that is my name, l put it down when
you were so sick with pneumonia last
spring, and the doctor said we should
prepare for the worst. "-PariS Paper.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-24

-Uriel s, Hart graduate of the law
department of the university of Iowa,
who was injured by falling walls at a
fire in Iowa City in the spring of 1878,
in consequence of which he has ever
since been paralyzed from the neck down,
has since prosecuted his studies, and, to
a certain extent, has practiced his pro-
fession He writes beautiful hand by
holding his pen in his teeth He is
notary public, and at the late election
was chosen City Collector of Camanche,
by the largest majority ever given any
candidate on the successful ticket.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-24

AN advertisement in Pittsburgh call
ing for a farm laborer received eight re-
sponses; an advertisement calling for a
book. keeper received 113. AS a people
we run altogether too muh to brain.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-11-24

THE Western farmers wives will again
be able to have new dresses-grow-grai
silk, as we remarked some years ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-02-17
Gardner NoraI Mems.

The subscription for the benefit of Miss Belle
Dearborn, the lady who was badly hurt while
sliding down hill has reached the rouud sum of
$500.
The paintings at John W. Berry's auction sale
Thursday afternoon and evening, did not bring
very high prices. Seven dollars was the highest
price paid for any picture. The sale was also con-
tinued Friday Z. NJ. and evening.
The Pttston Methodist society had good time
at their levee, Wednesday evening, and netted
about 500 from admission fees and sales. The
voting on the cake for Hayes and Tilden was
profitable as well as interesting. The vote finally
stood for Hayes $50 and for Tden 8. Accord
ingly the Loaf was sent to the fortunate candidate
next day.
One day last week man from the TOgus Asv-
lum, entered complaint against j. 4 NJ. l..
Kenniston for selling him liquor When the hour
for trial came the fellow was not to be found and
the trial was postponed. Last Tuesday City Mar
shall Siphers was Informed that the missing wit
ness was in duiance vile in Portland, and went
there and brought him here. In the police court
Thursday, Messrs. kenniston were fined $50 and
cost, and appealed.
Every morning an old man may be seen walk
ing down Water street, with his eyes intcntly fix
cd on the walks. Every few minutes he stoops
and picks up something 1t is a cigar stub, thrown
away by some smoker the past evening. Hav-
ing collected lot, he will dry them and smoke
them with as much relish a. if they were nice IIa-
vannas imported by himself. The old man has
been good workman, and IT, he had let rum alone
would have no need to degrade himself in this
manner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-02-17
SEEgi EsIFE'S SALE.

kENNEBEC ss--Taken on execution, and will
he sold by public auction, on Saturday the Tenth
(Oth) day of March. A. ID. 1871 at ten O'Clock in the
forenoon, at the Office of Baker Il Baker, in Angus.
Ia, in said county, all the right in equity which
George A. Snow of Newark, in the State of New
Jersey, has, or had on the seventh day of Febru-
ary ID. 1876, at Jour O'Clock in the afternoon be-
ing the time the same was attached on the original
writ TO redeem the following described real state
situated in sassaboro, in said county, TO wit: A
certain tract or piece of land situated in vassal-
boro aforesaid being part of lot No s, in the fourth
range OF lots in said Nassalboro' bounded as fol
lows -beglnniDe at the south side OF the road lea ID
ing from the twelve mile pond to the kt nnebec riv-
err in Nassalboro', amt az the northwest corner OF
land formerly occupied by widow Macy: thence
southerly seven rods and about thirteen ieet !;
thence westt ry parallel with the road i've and one
hafrods thence norherly seven rods and about
In rteen feet to the south side of the road thence
easterly i've and one half rods to the first mention
ed olnds. cQptanng forty three square rods .
more or less, together with the buildings thereon
standing.
The above premises being subject to a MOI tgage
recorded in the kennebec Registry of Dee DIS, Book
2ij, page a56, given by alvin b. Snow 70 Mehita-
bic G. Bishop of Nassalboro' to secure the pay
ment OF three hundred and fifty dollars, payable In
the manner following in lity or one hundred paw
mens, on or before the 18th day of September 1875
being ten years from the date OF said mortgage,
with interest annually. The amount now due ON
said mortgage will be made known at the time ard
+ ace OF said sale.
wM.H.L LIBBY. Sheriff.
February ), 1871. sus
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-02-17
Churcb DlreCtOry.

ORTHODOX CONGREGATIONAL Oh.
state st., between Bridge and Oak streets. Rev.
Morning service 1890 A. NJ. sunday school
at noon. Evening services at o'clock. Preach
ing tomorrow by the pastor.
UNlNERSALlST Cor. Winthrop and Summer
streets. Rev. w. ii. Dearborn, pastor. Preach
ing at 1880 A. NJ. sabbath school at Il NJ.
Curtis. Conference meeting in the evening
PROTESTANT EPlSCOPAL,-State st, between
Oak and winthrop. Rev. Samuel Upohn rector.
p. NJ. Preaching tomorrow by the rector
FIRST BAPTIsT,-Corner Winthrop and Perham
SITS. Free seats. Rev. Horace W. Tllden, PASTOR
residence winthrop street, second house east IF
church. Morning service 1890 A. NJ Evening
p. NJ. Sabbath school at Y NJ. Preaching
FREE BApTisr,-state street, north of Bridge
Free seats. Z. +; Penney, pastor: residence
summer street. Morning service 1880 A. NJ.
the pastor.
METHODIST EPIsCOPAL-Grcen street, east OF
STATE. heV. r. l. auahsi pastor; residence AT
the parsonage, next doorto the church. Morn
ing service 1880 A. NJ. Evening, ! Z. NJ
:. f Prsachin g to morrow by the pa'tor;
SITS. Rev. Chas. A. Curtis, pastor; residence, 20
Oak street. Morning service at 1890 A. NJ.
sund ay school Immediately after the morning
services Preaching TO morrow by Rev. MIR.
Dearborn.
CATHOLIC State ST., north Of Bridge Rev R.
Nlssel. y. 5. b.. pastor. Morning service. 1870
m. Afternoon, 40 p. NJ.
The Adventists hold meetings in Darby Block
every sunday afternoon, at the usual nour.
lac Congregat onal. First Baptist, Free vii
Baptist and Methodist Churches hold social con
terence meetings in their vestries every Wednes
day evening, at ~ O'Clock.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Northern Avenue
sunday school at o';ock, r. NJ. PRAYER meeting
Sunday evening at 100; Thursday evening at $50
O'Clock. Preaching to morrow forenoon at 10 30
o'clock, by Rev. Prank .. ward
NORTH AUGUSTA-M. T.. CllURCH.-Rev. J. ". .
Perry. pastor; lcsi,ience at the parsonage, next
door north of the church. Preaching every Sab.
bath at 1890 A. NJ. sabbath school at IL NJ.
Prayer meeting at IA T.. NJ. Preaching tomorrow
by the pastor.
SOUTH PARISH CONGREGATIONAL, HALO.
WELi.-No pastor: morning service 1870;
Sunday School 2.30 L. NJ. Pulpit supplied Mt
present by Rev. IL. V. Emmons and Others.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL, HALLOW ELI-Kev.
Mr.. leLacheur pastor; residence opposite ch.
Morning service, 1880: Afternoon service, , 30;
sabbath School at quarter past one r. Nj. Preach
ing tomorrow by the pastor.
BAPTIST CHURCH, HALLOWELL.-Rev. W.
A. Newcombe, pastor. SUNDAY school ut 1880
A. NJ preaching service at $50 Z. Nj. pea N
ing to nIurr.w by the pastor.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH, HALLOWELL - Rev.
Mr.. Sawyer, rector. Morning service at 1880.
Evening service at $40. Sunday School at T. NJ.
UNlNERsALlSr, HALLOWELL.-NO pastor.
sabbath school 1880 A. NJ. Preaching 10 NOR
row afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-02-17
Disasters at Sea.

The crew Of the ship Dacota Of Bath, before re-
ported destroyed by lightning on the passage from
New Orleans to Liverpool, were picked up from
the ships boats Dec. T. and taken to Fayal.
We have before alluded to the missing schooner
James A. Crookcr, Capt. Brown, of Northport,
which sailed from New York December Sth, with
cargo of coal, for Providence, Il. |. Nothing
has been definitely ascertaned that would point
to her fate, unless the following account relates to
the missing vessel. Mr.. i. A. Dickey of North
port, learning that Capt. Q. I. Scott of schooner
Sea Foam Of Islesboro', left New York at the time
Of the Crooker's departure, and hearing that he
had reported seeing schooner sink in the sound ,
wrote to him to ascertain the facts. The follow
ing is the substance:
Left New York December 9Th, Same day that
the Croker sailed) bound for Fall River; next
morning was eft Plum Island with a light breeze ;
saw scho oner Of about one hundred and twenty
tons one mile ahead; wind hauled to southwest in
the afternoon and breezed, showing thick at the
same time; took in sail; presently heavy squall
from the northwest struck us, broke main boom
and did other damage; in about half an hour it
lightened up, when We saw wreck on our lee
quarter; presently the masts of the capsized
schooner assumed an upright position and then
went down out Of sight, it would have been i'm
possible for us to have rendered any assistance
had we been near enough, owing to our disabled
condition.
The probabilities are that the vessel that went
down before the eyes of Capt. Scott and crew, was
the Croker, ard that this is all we shall ever
learn Of the sad event. The crew of the Croker
all belonged in Northpor and consisted of Capt.
James l.. Brown, master, who leaves wife and
family; Ayah Elwell, mate, single; Charles A.
Richards, who leaves wife and one child; Her
bert Patterson and Eden Tenney, both single.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-02-17
NEW YORK.
Drowned.

NEW York, February l6. Seven lives were
lost by the sinking OF an oyster schooner near
Crsfeld and the boats searching for more, as
it IS believed all on board two more schooners
went down with their craft sunk by ice.
Robbers Wanted.
q, Philadelphia dispatch says a Massachusetts
officer arrived there last evening, with a requisi-
ton from Gov Rice for two burglars who were
concerned in the Northampton bank robbery.
Insurance.
1t is generally believed that plan to organize
life insurance company here with a capital of
three millions, to re-insure the policies of the
Continental company, by western capitalists will
be accomplished to-day. The plan is said to be
endorsed by the state insurance superintendent.
Suspended.
The Miners Trust and Safe Deposit bank at
Stamokip, Pa, closed its doors this morning
Conside, able excitement exists.
Personal.
NJ. Max Ontsty, the new French minister to
this country, LETT here for Washington TO-DAY, also
Secretary Cameron, Gen. Sherman, Senator Sher-
man and party.
Marine News.
Brig Ijalia arrived in New York Wednesday
fom Prince Edward Island, which place she lett
Dec. ooh, and met with gales losing sails, bull
waiks, boats, etc. She fell in with the schooner
Grecian Bend, from 1ockport l.. S, for Barba-
does, dismasted and sinking. The brig took off
Capt. Regan and four seamen, and brought them
into New York. During the gale the mate, Enos
Rhy nard of Liverpool, was washed overheard and
drowned. The Italia was fallen in with by the
Fall River coal steamer llercu las, and towcd to
Sandy Hook Wednesday afternoon.
Fne.
\ the this forenoon burned the residence of
Solomon Splitter, on Ainsee street, Williamsburg,
New York, and the next house, occupied by MIR.
Koch of Frank Lcslies paper, and Mr.. Reddy
Loss $4,000.
Arrested.
Alexander Barlow, alleged defaulng cashier
Of the Fishkill bank, was arrested and put under
bail of $50 900, which he secured.
Perjury.
1t is reported that Superintendent Mccall in the
insurance department will demand the indictment
of the Continental life insurance company off
GERS for perjury,