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OLD SEE-SAWS.

(From Many Eyes.
I saw cow-hide in the grass,
A rush-light on the floor,
saw candle.stick in mud,
And bell-pull on the door,
saw horse-Ay up the creek,
A cat-nip at her food;
Isaw chestnut-bur and heard
A shell-bark in the wood,
I saw iack-plane off board,
A car-spring off the track;
saw saw-dust off the floor,
And then carpet-taok.
From lady's pate
I saw rattle snake at bird,
An hogs head on the plAtes
I saw brandy-smash glass,
lsaw a shooting-star,
I saw the corns.talk in the field,
And pig iron crcw-bar; fz
I saw pin-wheel off post,
And wheel-right in shop;
I saw gin-slisg on bar,
I saw ginger-pop,
I saw house-hy o'er field;
saw an ox-roast too;
I saw shad-roe and clam.bake,
And saw chicken-stew;
I saw sword-ish from bank,
I heard the water-spout;
Isaw tobacco-spit and then
heard an eye-ball out. w.. ej-.ter.
saw fence rail at the din,
l heard a waist-band play r,i'5.a.
A lovely strain-a sweet spit-toon-
And then I went away.
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The Times that Try a Mans Soul.
New York Express.I
ben be pOps The question

When he pops the question
When his wife wants to talk aud be
doesn't
When he writes to his best girl and
has to wait two weeks for reply
When hash is placed before him five
successive mornings at his boarding
house
When he pokes his head through his
last clean shirt, and finds no button on
behind.
When he buys new pair of shoes
and discovers two big nails sticking up
in the heels,
When he hurries around the corner
and lands square in the arms of man
who holds his y U
When be takes his girl out and discov.
ers that he has left his pocket-book at
home in his old tro wsers
When he comes home early in the
morning and his wife wants to hold a
little debating society in the lower hall
When be goes home at night, finds a
house full of company, aud his wife
blissfully ignorant of the fact that din
ner is not ready.
When in bis dreams he is standing up
on the verge of piecipice, and his wife
suddenly reminds him that he isn't, hut
he is jerking her changed hair all to
pieces
When the dominic makes call at his
house and tries to make him believe that
twenty-five dollars will purchase new red
flannel pe,ticoa;s for all the little colored
girls in Africa
When he dives down into the bottom
of his trunk, jerks out what he supposes
is clean pair of socks, but finds only
an old table napkin, with four white neck
ties. put away for next summer.
When. after waiting in barber shop
for an hour, and hearing the welcome
word "next," he sees little fellow shoot
up from behird paper and slide into
the chair like streak of creased elec
trjcitV
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H By the way, whom dues Mr.
Blaine represent 10 his present crusade r
Not the people Of, Maine, for at the last
election eleven voters out OF every twen-
" voted against him and Sis party NOT
the Republican party, for at its last como
vention his candidatufe was regarded as
certain tosbe disastrous, and there massa
stampede to- name lHsyesEllest. Blaine.
might be. chosen Not The North, for,
at the last election only forty seven vo-.,
ters 10 every hundred cast RePdbiican
ballots, and Of those forty .seveh bot alb
are, we feel sure, willinea enlist 10 shs,
Mulligan Guards. Whom does Mr.. Z
Blaine represent 2-N. r World.
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SARFoRD,s RADICAL CURE

not only promptly arrests the corrodng discharges in
Catarrh hut hy sympathetic action restores sound
health all the organs OF the head that have become
affected by and exhibit any OF the following aec
tions:-
Defective Eyesight, Infamed and Mattery
Eyes, Painful and Watery Eyes, Loss Of
Hearing, Earache, Neuralgia of the Ear,
Discharges from the Ear, Iiinging Noises
in the Head, Dizziness, Nervous Headache,
Pains in the Temples, Loss of the Senses Of
Taste and Smell, Elongation of the Uvula,
Inflammation of the Tonsils, Putrid Sore
Throat, Tickling or Hacking Cough, Bron-
chitis, and bleeding of the Lungs.
Each package contains Dr. Sanfords Improved. In
hallng Tube, with full and carefully prepared directions
for use In all cases, Price ST. For by all wholesale
and retail druggists and dealers throughout the United
States and Cana las W EKS g. POTTER, General
Agents and Wholesale Druggists, Boston, Mass.
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NOTARY PUBLIC.

TWIN undersigned, having been appointed
l Notary Public, would inform his
friends, and the public generally, that he is
prepared to gil Pensioners Blanks. admin
is.sr 0aths, take Dispositions, acknowledge
Deeds, MortgaRss- and other instruments Of
writing. H4S JOHN JRFFBRS.
sprlS, '76Y. Besllsville. Monroe Co. Ohio.
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A maasbanged in Indiana nodded tos
the chaplain as .be. drop fell and said {,
"I'll see you later,
During 1877 1Sl German vessels were,
wrecked, and with them perished .425
men belonging to their crews and Z pas'
sengers This loss Of life was, however,
proportionally small, the total numbtr
Of persons on board Of lhe'lost vessels
having been over l4,000. aei IN OH
An American egg preserving company
has BEEN established al Shanghai foe
some time The object is to preserve,
eggs in such q manner that they will be
useful for cooking at any time and fn-
any climate The business is entirely
export, chiefly to England.
Ng. Birdsall went to Lake County,
Dakota, to buy land, just as . political
canvass was opened He concluded thstl
be would like 10 be Sheriff, and withoat.
hesitation,' although an i,entire strspeera
to the people,. announced himself % p
candidate. He was elected, too, ~.
Mrs Graves fell down stairs into. q
cellar, in Killingsly, Conn.,, and was bad.
ly scalded by hot water that she was car.
rying in q pail, Her cries brought a.
neighbor, who fell through the cellar
opening and broke three ribs Then
Mrs Graves's little boy tumbled alter
the Others and was seriously injured. Iiw
While crowd Of people we're gazing
at mammoth cougar, or Mexican lion..
chained in stock yard at San Antonio,
Texas, the ferocious animal unexpected
ly leaped the length of its chain, and
seizing . boys arm dragged him through
a gate and literally tore him to pieces.--N
All that the hundreds of cie&e could
do was to pull their revolversxad snpty
the contents into the cougars head, but I
it was too late. 80. -
The son of the celebrated Police Min
lister, ..Fouche, Due d'Otrante, has just
died in Sweden, He was formerly aide-
de.camp Of Charles. XIV better known,
perhaps, as Bernadotte, who, from the
ranks of the French army, rose to be
first Prince Of Ponte Corvo and then,
King OF Sweden. 1t is rather curious
at the ou break Of the Revolution, both
French and Bernadotte we're lawyers, and
that after the fall Of Napoleon, who had
loaded them with honors, both conceiv:s
ed the hope Of succeeding him. In the
end both died abroad. Cbsrles XIV. ,
at Stockholm and Fouche al Trieste. -
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LIP. FARQUHAR. M. ID.
~ Formerly Of zanesville, Ohio,) ~ &.

T. Physician and Surgeon,
.Aes apd residence in the Kirkbrids property,
seW,O Cd SFI Ell D., o HI0..
Having located at the above place, offers his
Professional services, where he hopes BY
Slose attention to business to merit public
,pnfdencs and patronage.
Chronic Diseases will receive speois'
shsntien. msy4,'?6Y
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Misrfllanp..
THE YOUNG IDEA.


One of Bob IngersOIl's Theories
Put to the Test. hsa Has
Not long since. says Peck's Sun, the
following utterance OF Bob Ingersoll
went the rounds Of the papers: =
Colonel Ingersoll SAYS he keeps 4
pocket book In an open drawer, ard his
childrensgo and help themselves to mon.
ey when they want it. They cal when
they want to; they may sleep all day Il
they choose. and sit mp all night ii they
desires ! donsliry 70 coerce them, ]
never puhisl never scold They buy
their. q Va <lnlhea, and are masters OF
thsu1as 's 6 s:: ..s I
A gentleman living on Marshall street
who has a boy that is full as kitteny as
his father read the article and pondered
deeply. He knew that Colonel Ingersoll
was a success at raising children in the
way they should go, and he thought he
would try it. Tue boy had caused him
considerable annoyance, and he made up
his mind that he. had not treated tue boy
right so he called the boy in from the
street, where be, was putting soft soap
on lamp-post in order to see the lamp.
lighter climb it, and said TO him: "
my son, / have decided TO adopt a
different course with you. Heretofore
have been careful about giving you mon
ey, and have wanted to know where ev.
cry cent went to. and my supervision has
no doubt been annoying to you. Now,
l am going to leave my pocket-hook in
the bureau drawer, with plenty Of money
in it, and you are at liberty to use all
you want without asking me. / want
you to buy any thing you desire, buy
your own clothes, and to feel as though
the money was yours, and that you had
not got to account for It. Just make
yourself at home nov, and try and have
good time |"
The boy looked at the old gentleman,
put his hand on his head as though be
had "got 'em sure" and went out to see
the lamp lighter climb that soft soap e
The next day the stern parent went out
l"to 'ne couh''y' Slo't,us, s'o i1.ulneu
on o. 'ue mlan,su' ,laln .n,se :,s uays @ ,a.et
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uaa pau % 'or 'na1. ne nau , also
uous"' Himself al oveicon' WIN : esa''
sAia coiiar an" cuns' a"a compls'e
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Az n's roo.n 'ue parents iouno .ue ',
mafoie Top .. soua iiouh.a'n, waeel,
barrow ana smell nlieo WIN all KINDS o.
cauueu mea's preserves anu crackers, anu
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Good Mrs Willet mourned and re
joiced at once over her own loss and her
adopted daughters good fortune, but
consoled herself with the thought that
Ada must have left her to he Hilton's
wife, and, after all, they would still be
.neighbors.
But she would not give her up until
after most brilliant wedding,and George
Hilton only welcomed his daughter to
her home when he also gave tender
greeting to Hilton's wife. ~.
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PAINTING and GRAINING

A. m. SCALES, the old Painter Of
Frame Brothers Carriage Manufactory Barnes
vile, has opened shop In Beallsville, Ohio.
he is prepared to execute all kinds of Paint.
ing and Grainipg in the best style. Painting
carriagss'and Buggies speciality.
ieo25, 5,77m6.
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As New Eegland's pumpkin pies.

At one of the stations in Paris an old
lady is taking map az the ticket office is
opened. A traveller seeing her asleep
approaches. "Madame, the train is
about to leave" "Oh, that is all the
same to me-" "Why2" Il am not go,
ing. leone here every evening after my
dinner to see the faces people make who
miss the train." Amusement is matter
of taste.
There is q wealthy brewer in Montreal
who built q church and inscribed ON it /:
"This Church Was Erected by Thomas
Molson at His Sole Expense.-Hebrews,
xx chapter" Some of the McGill col.
lege wags got ladder one night and al
tered the inscription so as to make it
read: "rhis Church Was Erected By
Thomas, Malson at His Souls Expense.
He brews tdoubie) Xxx"
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I've tried the best
In East and West,
I've lunched meath tropic sun,
I've tasted all
The fruits that fall,
And like them every one;
But, North or South,
No human mouth.
Twill the world appraiss,
Fer tasted food
One-half so gond
As New Eeoland's nunnk;n n;as
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TIE HOUSEHOLD.
Domestic Receipts.


LAMP WIcKs.-Lamp wicks soaked for
quarter OF an hour in vinegar, then dried be-
ing put into lamp, will not smoke. Try SO
simple cure.
THE INK STAND.-A few cloves added to
ink will prevent it becoming meuldy and i'm
parts pleasant perfume. Be sure to cover
up the ink-stand when not in use.
FLooRs.-Fleors should not be scrubbed too
often, and never in damp weather, as they
will not then properly dry, but leave the
room damp for long time. Once week is
often enough, as a rule, and then to choose a
sunny day.
BAKING.-Baking is more economical
mode of cooking than roasting, especially in
small families where economical stoves, or
ranges with side ovens, are used. In baking
there is less loss of weight than in roasting,
as the first is much less dried; then again, it
requires far less attention in the process.
BEEF SoUP.-Take four pounds of fresh
beef, or, what is better and more economical,
a nice beef shank or ''soup bone"; put it in
to four or five quarts of water; salt it and let
ii boil slowly five or six hours skim well; half
an hour before you wish to take it up put in
a cup partly full of rice, a small quantity OF
potatoes, carrots, onions and celery, cut in
small pieces.
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Cheap shelter.

Some persons are deferred from keeping
fine poultry by not having suitable buildings
and there being, also, lack of money these
hard times. they feel unable to erect such
buildings as they fancy necessary. To such
we would say, begin in small way. If you
haven't the funds wherewith to build an ex-
pensive fowlhouse, make your ingenuity
serve the purpose Of capital. Those who live
in country homes may always find some ma
terial at hand 10 make shelter. Nearness
to saw-mill, of course, will make it easy TO
procure cheap lumber, or slabs, for the e.
rection of rough poultry house, rustic in its
appearance, yet affording good protection
from the hot sun, pelting storms, or cold
weather. In some localities, straw, salt
marsh hay, or common swamp hay, may be
used as material. We have seen some strong,
healthy men who were raised in matched
cottages, and have no doubt that winning
birds may be reared under roof OF straw.
The fowls may be kept in one of these
homely structures till money enough is made
from than TO erect substantial building for
their accommodation. If one is in earnest,
there is way. We will suppose you have
plenty of straw; the styls of architecture is
primitive, very similar to that of the Indian.
A side-hill location is good. In such cases
only one roof is necessary. But, if the
ground is level, only poles and straw is need
ed. Let the ends of the pools rest on the
ground, being inclined to an angle suitable to
shed rain when the roof is finished. The
poles should be of equal length, and made to
serve as rafters. The upper ends OF each
pair should be securely fastened; the lower
ends should be equidistant from side to side,
at the base of the structure. Smaller poles
may be fastened on these rafters, at right
angles, and the whole covered several inches,
or even two feet, with straw. This style of
building may be continued indefinitely, as to
length, and divided into pens to accommodate
different breeds, or different selections from
the same breed. Poultry may be made profit
able, even in such wigwam as this, and the
proprietor of such structure may raise some
specimens, to sell at high price to stock
some model fowl-house, erected by the man
cation of his fancy.-Poaltry World.
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AGRICULTURAL.
Apple Trees-Their Culture.

have long been a great lover of the apple
tree and deeply interested in its culture.
Like every other thing which administers to
mans comfort, the apple tree needs cultiva-
ton and the constant watchfulness Of the
farmers keenest powers of observation.
After years of observation l am thoroughly
convinced that any orchard to be productive
in the highest degree needs as much care as
any field of corn ever raised among our New
England hills. One of the first requisites in
orcharding is to carefully prepare the ground
by blowing and dressing for year or two be-
fore setting the trees. No ground reduced to
state OF poverty by previous groupings will
realize to the farmer his expectations in tie
growth and Vigor OF his trees, together with
that productiveness in fruit which might have
been realized had his ground been carefully
prepared by thorough tilage and liberal
supply of manure. l would as soon think
OF planting field of corn without carefully
attending to The blowing, and the kind and
quality of the dressing as of setting an or
chard without having The ground thoroughly
pulverized by previous culture, and under
high state Of cultivation.
The great trouble with our Maine orchards
why the fruit is SO small and imperfect, is the
almost utter dearth of those nutritious ele-
ments in the soil which have been removed
by previous groupings without manure or the
land has been allowed to rnn out by pasturing
or moving. The second requisite in orchard
ing is the kind and quality of trees to be set.
Our farmers generally have too great va
rety OF trees and are often perplexed during
the harvest to keep the different kinds OF fruit
separate. If were to set an orchard next
spring would not have over one half dozen
kinds all told. These should be standard
kinds Of fruit well selected,so as to be adapted
to the climate and location of the country.
Many kinds Of fruit are well adapted to GER
tain sections of the country but are almost
worthless in other sections. Much care ought
to be exercised in the selection of trees. No
tree whose trunk is black or which exhibits
in any way an unhealthy appearance, should
ever be set with the expectation of Its coming
to maturity. Such trees usually live but a
short time, when it becomes necessary to fill
their places with new ones.
/ have throwni out these few suggestions,
hoping they may serve as hints to our farm
ers who are contemplating setting new Oh
chards. Time and land are money in these
days of financial depression and much of the
former may be saved by judicious manage
ment on the part of farmers if their land is
only In proper state when their trees are
set. s.
MADISON, MAINE.
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Clean Egay,

The feeding of clean hay to cattle Is mat
ter of considerable Importance. Still very
few farmers think much about it until they,
or their neighbors, meet with some loss which
forces the truth upon their minds. A while
ago one of our acquaintance lost a fine OK.
The animal died suddenly and without any
apparent cause. An examination of the
body revealed the fact that he had swallowed
piece of steel wire which originally belonged
to hoop-skirt, which had penetrated one of
the lungs and this caused his death. The
wire had been put into his manger with some
hay, and proved very improbable material
for feeding.
And now comes a report from Kentucky
that farmer has lost three valuable COWS
from the effects of poison. A few tobocco
leaves wers mixed with the hay. The cows
ate both leaves and hay, and soon died.
Many cases can also be found in which the
results, though not nearly as bad as the
above, are decidedly unpleasant. We re-
member, when boy at home, that one win
ter the butter which we made was quite Bit
ter. The cause was for while mystery
but was at length found to be caused by
large quantity of thoroughwort in the hay.
Probably the poor quality of great deal of
the butter which is sent to market at this sea-
son of the year is due TO similar cause. And
as no possible good can come from feeding
either wire or weeds, or any other foreign
substance with the hay, it certainly seems to
be best to avoid all the dangers which such
course would involve.-Dirigo Rural.
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IN BANKRUPTCY.
TN RANKRUPTCy--Dist,

tn RANKRUPTCY.-Di Court of the
OF John Massure, Bankrupt,
rms is to give notice that petition has been pre-
sented to the Court this tenth day of January 1875
by John Massure, of Portland a Bankrupt, individ-
uaily and as a member of the firm of Measure g.
Evans praying that he may be decreed to have full
discharge from all his debts, individual and copart
reading said Petition,
1t is ordered by the Court that a hearing be had
upon the same, on the fourth day of March, A. D.
1873 before the Court in Portland, in said District
at III o'clock A. M, and that the second meeting of
the creditors OF said Bankrupt be held before James
d. Fessenden. Register, on the twenty-fifth day of
January, 1878, at 10 A. NJ and the third meeting of
the same ON the second day of February 1873 at 10
a. M, and that notice thereof be published in the
Portland Advertiser and the Portland Daily Press
newspapers printed in said District, once week for
three successive weeks, and once in the weekly Ad-
yertiser and Press the last publication to be thirty
days at least before the day Of hearing, and that all
creditors who have proved their debts and other per-
sons IN interest," may appear at said time and place.
ana snow canse, any they have, why the prayer Of
SAID Fetltion should not be granted.
VIM. P. PREBLE,
Clerk Of District Court, for said District.
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