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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09
A Portland Seaman's Imagination.

toOsIou fOSC
1t is astonishing how ignorant some Eng
lisbmen are regarding Observation-Disclosures
too. who at home are considered men of intelli.
gence and have travelled from one end of Eu-
rope to the other. GAN Sorts'' has In mind
one instance Of astounding ignorance and stu
pidlty, which will serve to illustrate manv
others. Some years since at table d'hote AZ
Marseilles were seated dozen persons. Among
the number was we'll known sea CAPTAIN Of
Portland, Ne, whole-souied, kind-hearted.
but outspoken man, who had fierce hatred
for all shams, snobbishness and affectation.
and supreme disgust for the narrow-minded
blgoted man'whose world was his own country
from choice. and who cared nothing about
other people unless the5 agreed with him and
conceded in all his ideas. There wers also
present on this occasion German jew. wbo
wash in America vonce too mauy dimss."
two Young Irshmeu who had travelled extern
siVeiy, ana were men Of broad and enlightened
views; French officer who never crossed the
frontier and never wanted to, and an Eoelish-
man who carried his flag with him a. ona
would his pocket handkerchief; whose world
was Eagland, whose religion was the prayer-
pook, and who looked upon the Continent of
Europe as sort of private park for the use az
English tourists. Having been served with
what looked to be very Mica piece OF roast
oee1, at any rate nice for Marseilies hotel to
otter, the Englishman. with a very pompons
air, summoned the garcon and demanded in
miserable French tine reason for his bring
ing to the table 'such nasty beef" While
the discussion between the Eoglishman
and the garcon was in progress, the former sud
denly turned towards the Name sea captain
and said, "Cap'o, was you hever in Hineland?o
Not for several years." said the captain.
Then, CaD'n," replied the Englahmap, "yer
hJughter go hover afore yer go 'ome and heat
. piece hotf the roast beef hoff hold Heneland.
Sure, Cap'n, yer ave nothin' in America Ike
that, ave yer now?" Haven't we?" said the
captain. "Why, bless you, sir, my broker does
business in New York city, on Broadway, and 1
can stand in his door any day and with my III
fis bring down young buffalo, and from that
buffalo will cut the finest piece of beef you
ever laid your eyes on" The Euelishman
looked amazed "Do yer mean ter say, Oap'n,
that these ere buffslers runs In the street?''
"Of course they do" was the captain's answer,
whole herds OF EN-" 'Shure." said the as
tonished Englishmsn, "this ERE Broadway
must bs foine spot for 'untng!'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

Boston Post: The Belfast Journal says that
Alfred Kennedy, in the State Prison, petitoned
for pardon, but was granted leave to with
draw. That seems to bs Just what Mr.. Ksnue-
dy wanted.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

THERE are Democratic witnesses to Dem
ocatic frauds in South Carolina. j. d. Camp
bell, the Democratic lawyer in Charleston who
ran as independent candidate for the State
Senate, says that $500 negroes were pre-.
vented from voting in Charleston county, and
that he received legitimate majority of about
5000, but when the vote was counted, the
stuffed tissue paper ballots gave his Demo-
cratic competitor 14,OG0, Or 5000 more votes
than were honestly cast for him, and elected
him by 5000 majority. He cites two pre-
cincts in particular, where to have cast the
ballots which were counted would have re-
quired the voting Of from three to five per.
sons every minute all day. He stood oppo-
site one of these voting places for an hour
and certides that in that time very few per-
sons voted, the place being empty sometimes
for twenty minutes. He does not propose to
contest his election, for he says the men who
perpetrated the fraud would be his judges.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

A naughty little New York girl looked at
the flushed face of one Of. her young admirers
the other day and asked, "Were you painted
before you were baked, or are you one of those
horrid, cheap American fIiences?"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

Graphic: The world ali praze the philoso-
pliers, but toss their pennies in the caps of the
monkeys. Josh Billings) Mr.. Billings is rich.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

The Greenbackers are getting it all round.
The Baltimore Gazette jeeringly says: We
heard Of gentleman once who stuck a
lighted torch in his coat-tail pocket and
jumped out of window under the impress
sion that he was comet. The idea was not
more absurd than the idea that a group OF
thoroughly beaten Greenbackers should get
together on day of the assembling of Con-
gross and issue pronunciamento under the
impression that they are tidal wave.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

The Democrats hold that their next Presi-
DENTAL ticket must be Jack Spratt affair.
One candidate must be man who will have
no hard-money, the other man who will
have no soft. The psrplexing question is,
which one shall head the ticket.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

An exchange remarks: "Tslmage Is a sort.
OF dry apple; the more water you pour on him
the more he swells."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

Buffalo Express: shall never desert my
never.-Marquis of Lorne.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

Washington Post: They are agitating the
question quite seriously in Brooklyn whether
Talmsge should not be closed on Sunday.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

There was an old file named Fernando,
And there's no telling where he will land, o,
For the very first minute
He put his foot in it.
This fuss loving, foolish Fernando.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

Rockland Courier: Adelina Patti is said to
be worth round million None of our mill
lions are round
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09
NRUsECAL NOTICE.

Owing to the Increased demand for our PIANOS
and organs. we have leased and had fitted ut
expressly for onr business the rooms formerly uset
by the Mercantile Library in
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

Albany Journal: "Motber, what is an an
gel?" IAN angel? Well, an angel is a child
that flies" "But, mother, why does papa
always call my governess an angel?' "Well, "
explained the mother, after a moments pause,
''She is going to fly Immediately"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09
THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8

EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS Is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersgned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. AL railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer a favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
Ournal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

Philadelphia Chronlole-Heraid: "L don't do
this business for profit said barber when
asked how he could afford to shave q man for
five cents. 81 merely carry it on because l
love to see the dying struggles of man while
he is being talked to DEATH"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

WILLIAM BLACK got $4,000 from Good
Words for writing Macleod of Dare. Send
ing 1t to magazine of that name was like
giving sweets to the sweet.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09
Room TO Let,

. GOOD rents, from S. to $I3 per month. All Il
- good repair. Apply to
Oc26dtf w. w. CARR, 1877 Newbury st.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

GLOVER, the great investigator, is getting
ready to go to work again, and the Demo
Gratis are all in tremble. Some of them are
sure to get found out.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

'DUKE" Gwin of California is candidate
for Secretary of the Senate.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

IT is again said that General Grant will
prolong his tour and return home by way of
China and Japan.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

The coparceners are now bending their
great minds to the invention of key that
will give an innocent construction to the
cipher dispatches.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

problem how to investigate the cipher de-
spatches without hurting Tilden.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The drawing of the bridge across the Ken
nebsc at Augusta (Which was built in 1921.
made by the students in the engineering class
at Bowdoin College for the exhibition Of that
institution at the Centennial Exposition, has
been engraved and published In the leading
English engineering magazine inLoudon, Eng.
as fine example of large American wooden
bridge.
Mr.. Lathrop of Boston has Just completed
the Lincoln memorial painting in the ch Del of
Bowdoin college. This fills the last Of tha
panels on the north side of the chapel This
painting is contribution from the citizens of
Brunswick in memory of DR.. John Duplan
Lincoln who died about two years since. DR..
Lincoln was graduate of the college in the
class of '43 and of the medical Department in
'46. He was ever an earnest friend Of ths
college.
kENNEBEC COUNTY.
Mr.. Cavanaugh of Waterville who was fined
one cent BY Justice Soule, on complaint of his
pastor. the Catholic Father Halde, for dis.
turoing his meeting, has sppealld to the
Supreme Court.
PENoBSC0r COUNTY.
The following is statement of amount of
lumber surveyed in Bangor in 1878 Compared
with amount surveyed in 1876 and 1877:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

A PLEASANT front room. with hot and cold
"A water, two large closets. at No TO Congress
street, will be let to man and his wife. oc23dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

CHICAGO is now known, by the wit of the
World, as William Henry Smithville.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09
New House For Sale.

One-haf Of double House No. ITO Congress Street
now completed and ready for occupancy. Said house
is first class in every respect. Dining room sitting
room, bath room and kitchen finished in hard wood.
Plumbed for hot and cold water. White marble
mantles CRATES. &c, &c Cemented cellar and
everything first class, and will be sold at very low
price. Enquire of A. NJ. SMITH,
aul9eodu End of Portland Peir.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

Norristown Herald: "There are fifty msn
journalists to one woman ditto in this country.~
And, therefore, brethren, isn't it rather ungep.
tlemanly to say "smart" and cruel things at
the expense of woman when she has only one
chance in fifty to return the compliment? (rhls
sounds like conundrum, but it is not one.)
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

Burlington Hawkeye; "What is this elec-
toral college everybody is talking about?.' Mr..
Tilden asked. very feebly. Some compassion
ate friend explained. ooh, yes" said the
innocent old man, "and will it have to choose
the next President when Queen Victoria dies?"
And there was silence in the house that could
be heard half block.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09
STATE NEWS.
ANpROsCodGIN CnuNr5
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.

The fancy goods store of E. p. Bristol in
Lewiston was entered Thursday night and a
few articles stolen.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09
TO LET.
PLEASANT ROOMS TO LET.

SCITE of rooms on second floor; plenty of sun
~ light, air and water. Heat and gas furnished.
Also one room on third floor. References exchanged
Stable To Let.
Situated in the western central part of city, Ad.
dress L. e. T., Daily Press Office.
je12 dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

HONEST money and an honest ballot
these are the Republican war-cries.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09
Cap and Bells.

There was an old file named Fernando,
And there's no telling where he will land, o,
For the very first minute
He put his foot in it,
This fuss loving, foolish Fernando.
Buffalo Express: shall never desert NV
mother-in-law, never.-Marquis of Lorne.
An exchange remarks: "Talmage Is a sort.
OF dry apple; the more water you pour on him
the more he swells."
Washington Post: They are agitating the
question quite seriously in Brooklyn whether
Talmsge should not be closed on Sunday.
Rockland Courier: Adelina Patti is said to
be worth a round million. None of our mill
lions are round
Graphic: The world ali praze the philoso-
pliers, but toss their pennies in the caps of the
monkeys. Josh Billings) Mr.: Billings is rich.
One of the newspaper specials at Halifax
was considerably elated when the band struck
up America. He says it showed a friendly
AoSAAo6 ~ bhO ohiboU Oboboos
Boston Post: The Belfast Journal says that
Alfred Kennedy, in the State Prison, petItioned
for pardon, but was granted leave to with
draw. That seems to bs Just what Mr.. Ksnue-
dy wanted
naughty little New York girl looked at
the flushed face of one o. her young admirers
the other day and asked, "Wsre you painted
before you were baked, or are you one of those
horrid, cheap American faiences?"
The butcher knives we'll grind to-day,
And ERE the sun has set
The fatted hog shall meet his doom,
And the pen shall be ITO Let.o
Detroit Free Press.
Go grind thy knife and slay the SOW,
Go chew the speckled hen;
But sad will be the day when thou
Shalt leave thy pleasant pen.
New York Graphic
Graphic: "Curst be he who moves nv
bones!' said Shakespeare. Yet it wasn't the
anathema that kept them from being carried
of in bag, but the fact that William spent all
his shekels before he died, and left his widow
only the Second best bedstead."
Norristown Herald: "There are fifty man
journalists to one woman ditto in this country"
And, therefore, brethren, isn't it rather ungep-
tlemanly to say "smart" and cruel things at
the expense of woman when she has only one
chance in fifty to return the compliment? (rhls
sounds like conundrum, but it is not one.)
Burlington Hawkeye; "What is this elec-
toral college everybody is talking about?.' Mr..
Tilden asked. very feebly. Some compassion
ate friend explained. "Oh, yes" said the
innocent old man, "and will it have to choose
the next President when Queen Victoria dies?''
And there was silence in the house that could
be heard half block.
Josh Billings asks and answers as follows:
"What is an editor? An editors bisness is to
write editorials, grind out poetry. sort manu.
scripts, keep mighty big waste basket, steal
matter, fite other peoples battles, take white
beans and apple sass for pay when he can get
it, work nineteen hours out of twenty-four, and
be damned by everybody"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09
Tenement 10 Let
TO Let.

A GOOD tenement to let on Green street. Ga
"A and Sebago. Inquire OF j. G. WOOD MAN
at 1l9 l-2 Exchange street. noy27dtt
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09
KENNEBEC COUNTY,
Total. .....1l5,121 ,19l 117,s67.745 122 1I0. s2s


The whole amount of lumber Surveyed since
the establishment Of the Office of Surveyor
General in 1882 is 1854, ,547, 563 feet, the
average for the forty-seven years being, 150,-
O96,7 756 feet Thus il will be seen the amount
surveyed for the past three years has been con-
siderably below tine average; but that a steady
gain has been made since 1876. The outlook
for 1879 is very encouraging and the prospect is
we shall survey enouhg to make good the
average, il not more.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Last Monday morning Sheriff Douglass of
Oxford county served q writ upon the President
OF the Odd Fellows Mutual Relief Association
OF Maine, returnable at the March term of the
Supreme Judicial court for Oxford county, to
recover the sum of $1,000, the death benefit of
the association, in behalf of Mrs. Cyrene s.
Llttlehale of Bethel, widow of Orange @.
Littlehale. Agreeably to the bylaws, Mr..
Llttlehale, epreviocs to his decease, made an
assignment of the benefit to bis father, in
writing, and the benefit has been paid ac-
cording to the terms of the assignment. The
claim of Mrs. Lttlehale is based on the sup
position that her husband was not of sound
mind when the assignment was made and it is
therefore invalid. ~
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

MISSION HALL. Williams Block, dormerIy
I'VE known as "Arcana Hall) having been leased
by the undersigned, will be lei on most reasonable
terms for Lectures, concerts, Sociables, Meetings.
Suppers, Fairs. &c. Apply at the Hall. opposite
Casco Engine House.
ap16eodtf r, NJ BARTON
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09
RXGHiAGB DINING ROOMS

NF'ORM EEEL Z JOHNSON'SO
E,hlS popular saloon having been
reltfed aud panied, is again open
TO the public. The DEl sent Dr0.
prtetOrs will endeavOr to merii the
liberal patronage heretofore be-
slowed snd propose TO increase its
popularity by generally reducing
the. cost OF toOd, while fully main-
tanning the quality and quantity.
40 EXCHANGE STREET,
rarS
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

Josh Billings asks and answers as follows:
What is an editor? An editors bisness is to
write editorials, grind out poetry. sort manu.
scripts, keep mighty big waste basket, steal
matter, fite other peoples battles, take white
beans and apple sass for pay when he can get
it, work nineteen hours out of twenty-four, and
be damned by everybody"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09
On First CIas. Mortgage. or Good Note,

Houses and Stores For Sale and To Let. Apply to
W. H. WALDRON, Real Estate Broker, 1870 Middle
street, UP STAIRS sep24-eodtf.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09

Graphic: "Curst be he who moves my
bonesP' said Shakespeare. Yet it wasn't the
anathema that kept them from being carried
OF in bag, but the fact that William spent all
his shekels before he died. and left his widow
only the Second best bedstead."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09
PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS FOR coal,

FENHTRTY TONS of best Lehigh Coal, furnace size,
Il are wanted at the Normal School at Gorbam.
Proposals for furnishing the same delivered in the
cellar OF the school building, will be received by s..
T. Pulen, Esq., for the Trustees OF the school, until
Wednesday next, Dec. IL.
Per order Trustees of Normal School.
Portland. Dec. Z, 1878 dec7d4t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-12-09
FOR SALE.
Real Estate for Sale.

FTVHE valuable Real Estate Numbered 26 and %
Il Green Street, between Congress and Cumber-
land Streets, consisting of block of two q story
Houses built in 1875, Each house arranged for two
families. Sebago and good drainage. Large lot of
land 159 feet in depth. Will be sold low to close an
estate Apply to f. G. PATTERSON, Dealer in
Real Estate, 3795 Congress Street.
oc22 diff
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-09-05
Slumbering Plants.

It is we'll known that plants sleep at
night; but their hours of sleeping are a
matter of habit, and may be disturbed
artifcially, just as cock may be walked
up to crow at untimely hours by the
light of lantern. A French chemist
subjected q sensitive plant to an exceed
ingly trying course of discipline by
completely changing it's hours-expos-
ing it to bright light at night, so as to
prevent sleep, and putting it in dark
room during the day. The plant ap-
peared to be much disturbed and puz-
zled at first It opened and closed it's
leaves irregularly, sometimes nodding,
in spite OF the artificial sun that spread
it's beams at midnight, and sometimes
waking up, from the force of habit, to
find the chamber dark in spite of the
time OF day. Such are the trammels Of
habit. But, after an obvious struggle,
the plant submitted to the change, and
turned day into night without any ap-
parent results. Springfield Union.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-09-05
Can the Truth Overtake q lie,

Investigation discloses the fact that the lady
reported in the Associated Press dispatches,
about August 10th, to have died in Chicago
after two weeks use of some reputed remedy
for corpulency, had not taken Adams Anti Fat,
but had used a preparation put up by a regular
physician in Luzerne Pa. Allan's Anti-Fat
is manufactured in Buffalo, N. Y, by the un-
dersigned. We have already sold over 100, 900
bottles of it. It has therefore been taken by
thousands, and we challenge proof that it has
ever harmed anybody, unless the reduction of
obese persons from 20 to 60 pounds, leaving
them healthy and strong, is considered mis-
fortune. Furthermore we hereby offer $5. 900
reward for evidence showing that it contains
poisonous or injurious ingredients. We also
offer SIS, 900 if we cannot prove that it has re-
duced numbers of persons as stated herein, and
always without injury. 1t is said lie will out
travel the truth any time; but we trust that
those newspapers that have misled the public
by saying that physicians attributed the lady's
death to the use Of Anti-Fat (Which is only put
up by us. the term +" Anti-Fat" being our trade
mark, will correct the false impression they
have conveyed, by publishing this refutation.
BOTANIC MEDICINE Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-09-05
A Big-Headed Boy.

George Albert Page is the name of a
remarkable boy, who lives with his
mother in small frame house a short
distance south of Lakeport, a little ham,
let near Oneida lake. He will be Ia on
the 18th day of January, 1879, and is
perfectly formed, with the exception of
his head, which is Of enormous size.
| 1t measures % inches in circumference,
| IL inches from the front to the back, 9
inches across, 49, inches from ear to ear,
over. The forehead is A inches high
and the face 103 inches long. The head,
which is twice as large as that OF the
average person, is covered with black
hair. Another singularity is the eyes;
they are inverted. and he can only look
up. He cannot see anything below the
level of his eyes. The lid that closes
over the eye, instead Of being the upper
one, as is generally the case, is the lower
one. The face otherwise presents no
unusual appearance. The boy is feet
l inch in height, and weighs about 80
pounds. He is in perfectly-healthy
condition, and eats regularly and in
large quantities. After each meal he
oAAOhCS, StuVs WOuiA NA0CUACO UuO udU1G
continually we're he allowed to do so. He
was years old before he could raise his
head, and years old before he could
stand on his feet. From his infancy un-
til nearly years old he was almost
skeleton in form, but now he is nearly as
we'll developed as an ordinary boy of his
age. In consequence of the strange po-
sitiOn of his ewes he has never been able
to acquire any learning, and does not
know the letters of the alphabet. He is,
however, quite apt, and is quick to
catch the meaning of anything spoken
within his hearing, but cannot express
himself, and, invariably, asks his mother
what to say. His head, which is very
heavy, increases in dimensions as he ad-
vances in age; and, when he reaches ma
turity will probably be half larger
than at present. Here is an opportunity
for an enterprising showman.-Au6uraa
(N. " Zaper.