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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-08-17
DAVHD n. YOUNG'S,
lib Bridge Si.,
may 4-tf GEORGETOWN, D. G.
OLHsFEEElEb'S
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TIME undersigned hasnow on hand about
1 10, 600 feet of White Oak Pump Stock,
which has been in soak in Spring water a
sufficient length Of time to free il from sap
Any Pump constructed of this stock is guar
anteed not to give an unpleasant taste to tn
water. His arrangements for preparing PUN
II d complete, and be will always be prepar
d to put up the
6xC SISi0Ts Puma ID
Al short notice.
Always on hand all kinds of Pump Fix
lures, of the very best quality.
Common Wooden Pumps made on the prem
Uses where they are to be placed, when desir-
ed, at so cents a foot.
AllPumps constructed by the subscriber
are warranted for one year, After the frs,
year, they will be kept in order BY him, for
ten years, for the moderate sum of$l pr year.
All Pumps put in and not proving satisfac-
tory, will be taken out and the money re-
funded.
Orders by mail, or n person, attended to
with promptness, and at moderate prices.
re- For anyfurther information apply to
Mr. BYERs, Montgomery House, Rockville,
Maryland.
WIN. 0LDFIELD,
PUMP MAKER,
apl9-ly Fountain Green, Hartford @.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-18
goetru.
MY MOTHER.

Back through the lapse of lonely
years,
OF light and shade and bitter tears,
seem to hear.
NY mothers voice soft, sweet. and
low
My mothers voice, ah! well know
Its cadence dear.
Oft sitting when the night bird
wings
His homeward flight and softly sings,
a plaintive song;
Then memory waves her magic wand
The summons from the silent land
Dear ones long gone.
Again | stand by mothers knee,
Again her sainted face | see
AS in a dream.
Then ask my heart, with voice OF
For her; also the sad, sad years
Life dark between.
Oh! mother, from that sphere divine,
On wings of light cleave realm Of
time,
Come thou to me.
If for only little space,
That may look on thy dear face,
One moment sec,
AS once | saw, thy tender eyes,
That know not tears in Paradise,
Grievcd no more.
L watch for thee, oh! mother, dear;
| listen and seem to hear
Thy song float DER
That lonely river deep and wide,
Which darkly rolls its Stygian tide
From shore to shore;
Silent and deep and through lonely
years
fI,wolien WITH 6..4.1. tarnwell tears
Forever mv-p
Trusting, I'll wait while life last
here,
Till in that Grand, immortal sphere
Where SORROWS cease
We meet, and on thy loving breast
My weary head shall be at rest
In perfect peace
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-18
Mliseellaneoas.
THE LION IAMER.

ssThat lioness will be the death O
you yet, joe"
"Pshaw !" said Joe Amberly, fthe
lion tanner" Of large travelling cir
Gus, laughing at the predictions of his
assistant.
'You may laugh as much as you
please; but some day you will find
am right, and that to your sorrow,
though then it will be too late"
81 have performed with all these
animals for some years, and never had
any diff :ulty.'
"You forget the one at Long
town."
s'That didn't amount to much. /
soon brought them into subjection. .
ssBut the trouble commenced with
this same liOness.
Eyes, though it wouldn't have
been SO bad if those cats of hunting
leopards had not set up q yell, and
drawn the black tiger into the af-
fray"
s'She has bad temper when it is
up-she is the most treacherous beast
/ ever had or had anything to do
with. l have been watching her close
for couple of days." continued the
assistant, land know she is mighty
cross-grained. So, depend upon it,
you are going to have trouble.
81 don't see why, more than at
any other time
s'There are times-and you know
it if you will only redect-and this is
one of them. If / was in your place,
/ wouldn't show off to-day with any
extras, but just give common per-
formance, and get out of the cage as
quick as / could. "
"You know what we advertise, and
what a crowd has gathered"
s.Yes, with laugh; land we
never have done one-half there is in
the bills. Paper is cheap, Joe, but
human life is precious. Think how
poorly off you would leave your wife
and child if anything should happen
to you, and what would become oi
your wife if anything should happer
to the child?'
$40 not mention it?'
The man who had handled ant
tanned and toyed with the savage
beats as if they had been harmless
kittens, groaned alound at the thought
A man of the most ardent, even pas
sionate nature, he bowed down il
worship to his wife and little girl
And that day it had been advertised
that he would take his child and-e;
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-18

and ], don't think / got away fast
enough to please him. He had an
idea that he could better my time ten
seconds by throwing a spade at me,
and it was bad thing for this heel.
Then gaze on this calf me as
calf but at the. calf of this leg. See
those warts? Well, they amt warts
at all, but each one represents the ex-
act spot where bird shot went IN to
look for bones. l couldn't pick 'em
out, and haye thus become q walk
ing-shot tower. Twas climbing a
fence to remove two turnips from a
field in which tens of thousands were
growing, when farmers SON, wait
ing for just such clothes-pin to come
along, shot me from a fence corner
and laughed as ] limped away to
lunch on thistle-blows." 5i-s
He struggled out of his old coat,
pulled up ragged shirt sleeve, and
blandly remarked:
"Some beautiful scars here, mister.
One night when it was raining cats
and dogs 1 erept into cow-shed to
spite the weather and have a quiet
hour to call up my childhood days.
1t was a bad night for cowlsheds.
and a good night for bloodshed.
I hadn't begun to introduce myself to
the first old cow when a couple OF
chaps, probably thinking l meant to
eat one of the animals alive, began
slashing me with corn-cntters, and
these scars will be tombstone enough
for me. If you had a bedroom up
here I'd show you a choice collection
of punches, ridges, bruises and cuts
on my back, all received in the line
of my duty while seeking to allay the
pangs Of hunger or get inside of some
body's old duds.''
He put on his coat, showed his feet
into his shoes, and observed:
'.Well. that's all wanted to say.
The public is selfish and won't APP
preciate us. 1 can talk as elegant as
a Lord, speak as courteous as Duke,
smile like Senator and bow like a
imam running for Congress, but it's
all thrown away. The minute open
a gate the folks call for the dog, the
police, the crow bar, the fat-irons,
the shotgun and various other arti-
cles of vertu, and about the time 1
] strike the steps an earthquake strikes
mt. 'ch#t's all, sir; sometime
l when you get oysot 'oia-
} head you might mnTa s....- ar"''
big enough for tramps, too, and that
sIany old dbenes, crusts, Jackets or boots
left on the steps will be thankfully
l taken in and cared for
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-18
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1.-THE TRAMP. !"
HIS SIDE OF THE STORY,

The papers almost daily contain
accounts of the bad doings of tramps,
but there's another side to the case,
and an old tramp yesterday visited this
office for the purpose of stating it.
"I'm an average tramp" he be-
gan as he dropped into a chair as
awkward rs a camel, 'I'm as homely,
impudent, ragged, hungry. and re-
vengeful as any of them, but I've
never been arrested, never fired a
haystack or a barn, never threatened
woman or struck man, and yet
I've got some statistics to show that
I'm looked upon as q human mon
ster."
lie shook off one of his old shoes
pulled up his pant-leg and continu-
ed: a
.sThat's scar number one. was
entering a farm house gate just as a
born. gentleuIan would have done,
and ] simply intended to ask for a
drink, when the farmer set his dog
on me, and / was bitten in this shame
full manner. Just above that is scar
! number two, received when farmer
pushed me off his steps for asking the
time o. day. Suppose / arm poor
and ragged? When I've made q
breakfast off a raw turnip or part of a
cabbage it's of some importance to
know when noon comes, even if there
is no show for dinner. On the knee
here is where teamster stabbed me
with hay fork for hailing him and
.inquiring the rosG to wealth. He
thought l was joking, perhaps, but
wasn't. IF any man in this world
wsnts to find that road, I'm the bye
na, and don't you forget it !"
| He kicked OF the other shoe, held
Iup the worst looking loot in America
and went on:
! sSee that big toe split in two
Man struck at me with an AK because
4 / asked his wife If she couldn't lerd
me square meal for few days;
didn't demand it nor beg for if, MOI
try to steal it, mind you, but Inel Ell,
wanted to borrow it. That famil,
q wasn't on the lend. They gavs m,
this split toe OUT and out. You Sc
how out OF. shape this heel is, eh
Looks as muck like the, the northwes
end of a three-vear old coaI-scuttl
as anything else, and was as nicei
rounded out as Apollo's. i Iwent GU
{ fof my way over half mile to ask
farmer il I shouldn't hoe corn for .
: hour to pay for my dinner, but b
:. wsan't an appreciative man. He o.
u a--->l = 49,, - s;@-sss;-.-ta~es - A. l-s
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-18
training, and something of his young
forest life blazed forth.

training, and something of his young
forest life blazed forth.
Amberly comprehended all in an
instsnt, and the father triumphed over
the actor. He snatched up the now
terrified and screaming child, sprang
with her to the door, thrust her into
the watchful attendant, and would
have followed, had not the lioness
grappled and drawn him back, rend-
ing his shoulder with her claws, caus-
ing the blood to stream over his rich
dress. @
He was fighting against most des-
perate odds, knew it, backed into a
corner and called for his iron. One,
red hot at the end, was handed to
him, but at the first stroke the lieness
sent 1t whirling, and her sharp teeth
almost met for a moment through his
thigh.
''Hand me something sharp, with
which I can brain the brutel"
Everything upon which hands could
be laid was thrust to him, but he fail
ed TO reach them, and the danger was
becoming more and more imminent.
The blood had been Tapped up clean
all were mad with desire, the tiger
and the leopards crouched to leap
upon him. Then the majesty of COM
mand asserted itself.
"Come, Samsonw 5a
The old lion came forward at the
words, seemed to comprehend that
something was wrong, thrust himself
between his master and his raging
mate, and, when she turned upon
him, sent her rolling with blow of
his great paw.
The lion tanner might have escaped !;
but bleeding, wounded as he was, he
would not retreat, and turned his at
tention to separating the now tangled
mass offighting animals. Picking up
one leopard after another, he drew
them into further corner of the cage,
dragged the tiger with the lioness
clinging to it and tearing its glossy
hide, thither, tore open his paws by
main strength, hurled it back and
shut the partition, turned, reeled to
! the door, fell upon it, and was drag
get.+hrough to safety, even with the
lioness ra1tdi.zg behind him when il
was closing.
) A few steps taken, and the 'l.s,.
| tanner fell fainting by the side of hi
, already insensible wife, who lay witt
, her affrighted child Rugged close t.
! her scarcely beating heart.
Then the silence that had eeen 3
, death was broken by the most tufaul
tuous shouts, and breath was draw
again, and half-fainting women ant
e fear-palsied men felt as if a mountail
had been lifted from ther hearts.
Lame, torn and weak, the liol
tanner entered the cage the next day
before the most unprecedented crowd
it having been advertised that h
would do so in his bloody clothes, ,bu
never again could he be tempted t.
take child or pail of blood behind tn,
bars.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-18
FHEsART OF KISSING.

We find the following worldly and
irappy article in the Portland Sunday
Times, paper which is deemed the
best authority in the state on the
subject discussed:
Never kiss young girl if she don't
want you to-, The main ingredient
that makes kissing endurable is
willingness on the part of the female.
II it deepens into anxiety so much
the better. When a girl claws
mans hair and scratches his face
like a fool-drop her at once. She
is destitute of good sense and natural
affection, and the sooner you begin
to make love to her sister, the better.
As long as a girl don't claw and
yell, and struggle like panther it is
perfectly safe to continue prospect
ing. Get little behind her, pass the
right arm round the waist in front,
take the left, and If you don't know
what to do next go and associate
with the boys in the First Ward. If
you are just beginning to teach a
shy, young girl, who has only been
kissed heretofore by her brothers and
father, touch your lips gently to7her
forehead. She will take this for an
exhibition of profound respect. When
that position has been gained, work
ing the way down to the lips is rs
natural and easy as the course of
log sliding down wood fiume.
Never sit down to kiss. 1t looks
awkward in case anv one is looking,
and seems awkward anyhow. Stand
up, and the closer you press the girl
the higher estimate she will place up
on your good taste, common sense
and experience. '4
Kissing married ladies is separ-
ate branch OF the art, and requires
constant practice. Where tender
ness and a little hesitation and BASH
fulness, if well put on, will go long
ways with q young girl, such mon
sense is not swallowed by married
woman to any considerable extent.
Be warm, vigorous and hearty, and
above all things be frequent, One of
the prime requisites on such an occa-
sion is . quick ear for the footstep in
the hall, and u nice calculation as to
how long the husband win take to
reach the head Of the stairs. "A house
carpeted with Brussels requires eter-
nal vigilance and sometimes rare pre-
sencs of mind. BY he time the Mcr-
ser half Of the f,tdi.. u gets his hand
on the door-knob, YOU must be seafed
in q fargcorner Of the room intently.
perusing the stock quotations. al
kiss can sometimes be snatched when
the husband is in the, room. but this
requires an expert and is risky. On
lly the other day . married lady on B
lstreet asked her husband to wind up
Il the clock, and young man in the
room thought be saw q golden oppor-
tuaity, and went ftr it. If tnat clock
ha.a.,,t Nal /. .,.isy<.,&3 s,,af ,x..isx.a- ~.
i the face that young .aan wo0ld have
,tbeen ali right; but now he's going
about with black eye and lose
badly out Of joint. This Is one ~
the sicissitudes Of kissing ffom mere
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-18

emotions were soon conqured. The
habit of years and its natural strength
gave him self-relianee and it would
take more than idle words to turn
him from his purpose, no matter how
dangerous it might appear to Others.
The old lion in the cage, though 2
monster in size, was inoffensive, tame
and obedient. In the language ol
] +he loarnrr. hn zran sse<ool e.,-....,c*t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-18

/, ::s;..srrIrrros PsIcn, 81 re AssUM
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-06
East Buck held.

Jan. 3l.-The following were elected
officers Tor the thirty seventh quarter OF
the CIJ s,al Wave. on the 2j,h: John b.
Warren, W. c. + Miss Carrie sampson,
w. V. T.; Virgil p. DeCoster, W. 5
Henry A. Bcknel, W. +. s.; VIM. j.
Cobb. w. T; Alpheus y. Kicker, W.
c.; Frank Irish. W. NJ Walter Purkis
and VIM. l.. Morrill,, w Guards. The
Wave has not failed to elect the officers
on the lest Thursday of the quarter for
nine years, nor omitted the annual sup
per. o. one OF the most beautiful
evenings of the winter, the sob, one hun
dred partook of the ninth annual supper
of the Wave, prepared by the wives and
daughters OF farmers; after which the
audience were called to order by Vim.
B.cknell, the Oldest member present,
who introduced NJ. a. Allen as chairman,
who, after appropriate remarks, called up
on the choir " DO esponded with a select
piec,, Miss G. .orgie A ID Coster, organ
list, followed by prayer by the chaplain
Alphous Kicker, after which the lS9th
No. of the Pearl was read hy Mrs. Ja'ia
A. Forbes; then declamliiOns, r5cita
tons and 4 poem interspeTsed with music
euliveuod the happy hou". a recess then
followed to test the qlality OF some Bald
wins grown By Albion Kicker Of Turner,
BY lighting caterpilars; they were pro-
nounced extra by 4 committee of the
whole. Order being restored, some OF
those who knew by experience the ad-
vance of public opinion 10 support OF
prohibition By law. stated facts TO prove
that the order of Good Templarism had
done n great work in preparing the miod
Tor such happy result in Maine; show
ing the eaveu was to work not only in
this but in other nations. After Sweet
Home" by the audience, all left to tind i!
by the aid OF Cynthia.
A delegation of the Wave called upon
Mountain Home on the ooh. and enjoJed
Il mental and physical least worthy OF The
place here so many members OF other
lodges are pupils to that old aud extra il
s;itation, Hebron Academy.
HARTFORD.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-06
Washington Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, d c., !
Jan. %. 1877.
Mr.. Editor

Mr.. EditOr:-
The question that has sgitated the
public mind during the last ten days, has
been the report of the Committee on
counting the Presidential vote, and ae-
companyiug bill. 1t was a great sur
prise TO most people, Notwithstanding
the newspapers had been giving sub
stantially correct foreshadowing OF what
the report would be, yet few could be
found who believed that they were
speaking from knowledge. Among re-
pubIicans OF tho "old guard" the opinion
prevailed that it was utterly impossible
that such a report could receive the
sanction OF men like Edmunds. COnkling
and FrelinghuyseD. The bill is certain
IL the mos. outrageous attempt TO tbwart
the will of the people that has ever been
made in the history OF our Country, and
is evidently intended 10 count Tilden in.
How any ether result can be reached,
seems to our mind past finding out. As
10 the first place it gives the democracy
the organization of the commission by
making Judge Clifford the president, and
virtually giving them three out OF the
four Judges judges Clifford and Fields
are both extreme party men and demo
Gratis, Judge Miller is an earnest repub-
lican, Judge Strong was put upon the
bench republican, but is not positive
man, it is not in his nature to make a
stubborn resistance, leaving the proba-
bilities very strong that Davis will be
selected as the fifth Judge. The Juror
that was created in the democratic camp
on the receipt Of the news of Davis's
election to the Senate goes very far TO
prove that they expect as much, and
now it is announced that he will not re-
sign until the first Of March. The bill is
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-06

We clip the following from the Mil
waukee Daily Sentinel, giving a brief des-
cription of the largest Dry Goods Estab-
lishment in the Northwest. The pro-
prietor of this house, T. A. Chapman, is
a native of Giead, Oxford County, Maine,
and the number of his employees including
their families and others deriving support
from this institution, exceeds the entire
population of his native town:
An Extensive Establishment.
The old saw that fields far away look
green" is being daily exemplifed in prac-
tice. People see everything but that
nearest their eyes. We know moro of
events occurring in remote parts than OF
those transpiring at cur own door. Many
pass by the palatia store Of 7. A Chap
man & Co., and perhaps stop to admire
the beautiful display Of goods in the fine
show window, who never stop for mo-
ment to think what the enterprise of one
man has done and is doing for the city.
1t is not alone in the selling of goods at
the smallest possible profit, or in doing
business is such manner that the caild
can purchase as advantageously as the
adult, that the public is directly benefited.
Few have stopped to consider what this
establishment is doing in behalf of the la
boring class, yet We venture the assertion,
without fear, that were this store closed
tomorrow, there would be actual suffer
ing and want in many homes in this city.
Over 200 men, women and girls find en-
pIoyment here, many of them the only
support of aged parents or orphan chill
dren. Over 200 homes in this city de-
rive entirely or in part the means Of sup
sistence from this establishment. Be
sides it is that class Of labUr which has
least opportunity even in good times to Sc
cure employment that here find work, for
young girls are generally supeihnous
commodity in the labor market. Here
they find respectable employment, at fair
wages, and under the eye Of one who Is
careful to see that every bad or suspicious
influence is kept at a distance. Nearly
$1,000 is paid out 10 employees every Sat,
urday night and at once goes into general
circulation, thus helping to relieve the
general striugcncy Of local monetary al
fairs.
During the month of December the
sales in the retail department aggregated
over 100000; pretty fair showing for
dull times. We are writing no puff OF
the establishment named, but plain fact;
of interest to our readers. The public
has a right to know who contributes tC
the general good and show a proper ap'
probation of enterprise by placing their
patronage where it will rebound to then
own welfare.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-02-06
ETyebmrg.

The Brass Band entertainment" OF
Tuesday night was a grand success
well attended and enjoyed. The members
are among The best men in the village,
and good musicians. May they always
prosper. Their next entertainment will
be given the 18Th, consisting OF lecture
By Rev. Henry Carpenter. The Band
will give a short concert before the
lecture.
William Loyejoy of Conway cut his.
loot very badly Thursday while splitting
wood at bis door. The wound was done
up by DR.. Lamson.
Enoeh s. Chase, while attempting 10
move heavy stick Of wood from the
road with both hands. had both feet slip
from under him. HI fell. striking on his
chin, breaking his jaw. He is quite
comfortable.
All hands are putting in their ice this
week, and better quality has never
been secured in this vicinity. Ii is being
taken from SAco river. w.