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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-09-23
Rev. DR.. Chickering ON Temperance.

Rev. DR.. Chickering, secretary of the old
Massachusetts, and of the Congressional Tenn
perance Societies, gave an address at High
street church last evening, on the religious and
patriotic aspects of temperance, illustrated By
numerous striking facts within his own obser-
walton in Washington and elsewhere. After
few words upon temperance in the broad
scriptural sense Of that term-glorifying God
in the body by taking care of it as His work.
manship, regulating it by His law, and using
it to His glors-Dr. G. went on to speak of all
use of Intoxicating drinks, with the 'intem.
perance" to which it lie ads, and Of which, even
in its small beginnings, it forms part, as
chief obstacle in the way of religious progress
and national prosperity. 1t wasted $l,OOO,-
100000 annually, directly or indirectly. 1t dis
turbed the public peace as We'll as domestic
quiet 1t cut off $4,000 lives every year, and
withheld the blessing of God never promised to
nations that do iniquity, and repealed the spirit
of God from hearts where vice holds sway.
The speaker drew q picture of the good
times coming when this and all other hind
RANGES being removed, the Holy Ghost no long
er insulted by wicked men defling their bodies
and hardening their hearts, Dor g,ieved by pro-
fessedly good men doing the same thing on
smaller scale of self-indulgence, shall move as
of old on the vast chaos of vice and irreligion,
and new-created world of spiritual life and
beauty spring up. Who will venture even by
neglect and Indifference to retard it?
AN UNoBJECTIoNABLE PLAY.-The charm
ing play "Olivia," which will be brought out
by Miss Fanny Davenport at the reopening of
the Portland Museum, draws out the following
note from the New England Theatre Associa-
ton:
OFFICE N. p. THEATRE REFORM AssoCIA-
TON, Boston, September 81, 1878.
r. N. Field, Esq Manager Boston Museum:-
Dear Sir-ln Transcript of recent date we
| find the following: sOliyia commends itself
| to the Society for the Elevation of the Stage"
| Allow NE to say that we admit this statement,
| with full Endorsement. Otherwise, we should
prove false to our aim. And we would not
| omit to add that this excellent play by no
means stands solitary in your management.
Please use this acknowledgment as you may
elect. Wishing you large success in the pre-
sentation of unobjectionable plays, 1 remain
Yours, sincerely,
! GEO. B. WATSON Secretary.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-09-23

HARPER's BAzAR.-This beautiful. weekly
publication is welcome visitor to the parlor
blrcle. The number for the ensuing week has
been received by Fessenden Brothers, Lancas-
ter Hall and D. Wentworth, 553 Congress, COR
ner of Oak street.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-09-23

AccIDENTs.-John Griffin, boy about 10
years old, who lives in Stafford's block, was
thrown from horse in Market Square Satur-
day eveng, outlining his head severely on the
pavement. He was assisted to horse car and
taken home.
A little girl was run over by team in Mar
ket Square Saturday evening and quite badly
injured.
Mr.. A. d. Page, formerly stage carpenter at
the Museum in this city, and now at the How
ard in Boston, fell through trap at the thea
tire the past week, a distance Of Is feet, break
ing rib and sustaining other serious injuries.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-09-23
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

AL "A SL1oNs
WE shall sell on FRIDAY, Sept. 9th, at 10 a. m,
w the entire furniture in house No. II Danforth
St.. consisting of Parlor Suit in black and hair CLOTH
Etegere Marble-top Tables, Mirrors, black walnut
able Chairs, Hat Trees, Pictures and Ornaments, Ex
tension Table and dining-room Furniture, China,
Crockery and Glass Ware, Tapestry, Ingram and Oil
Carpets Mattresses, Feather Beds and Bedding Par
lor, Albright and Cook Stoves, Sewing Machines,
Kitchen Furniture, &c., &c.
sep23 d5t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-09-23
BENEFACTORS.

WHEN board of eminent physicians and
chemists announced the discovery that by COM
bining some well known valuable remedies,
the most wonderful medicine was produced,
which would cure such wide range of dis.
eases that most all other remedies could be
dispensed with, many were sceptlcal; but
proof OF its merits by actual trial has dispelled
all doubt, and to-day the discoveries of that
great medicine, Hop Bitters, are honored and
blessed by all as benefactors. se21d2t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-09-23

IHoUGHTFUL.-At the closing Of the fair,
zen. Hilton Of Tegus sent all the vegetables,
winch he had exhibited at the fair, to the
MAINE GENERAL Hospital. We hope some of
the exhibitors at the town fairs will be equally
thoughtful
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-09-23

Sidney Smith of Cornville was entered and
gnite an amount of money and goods taken.
same town was entered and robbed. A farm
mouse IN Harmony was robbed of considerable
ifood and valuables Monday night. This is be.
lleve9 to be the work of Dutton, Sturdev ant
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-09-23

10. OF G. IA lodge of Good Templars
was instituted at Gray Corner on Thursday
night by Special Deputy Pride of Windham,
numbering 50 charter members. The follow
ing officers were elected and installed:
W. G. T.-Aug. Pennell.
W. V. T.-Jennie Hunt.
w. S.-John Huston.
W. IA. M. Higgins.
w. f. S.-Jennie Newbegin.
W. Chsp-Alvin Perley.
w. MI. McConky.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-09-23

FAILURES REPoRTED.-The following are
failures reported in this state:
Joel Colby. general store, Bingham, offers 25
cents on 81.
John Kinsman, gas filter, Portland, is in
bankruptcy
j. r.. Baker, boots and shoes, Portland, is re-
ported assigned
Nathaniel L. Thompson, shipbulder, Ken-
nebunk, is reported failed.
Allen D. French, stoves, Belfast, is reported
failed.
j. II. Douglass, hotel, Eden, is 10 bankrupt
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-09-23
THE PRESS

Nay be obtained at the Periodical Depots of Fer-
sender Bros, Marquis, Brunei q Co., Andrews,
wentworth, Moses, n. B. Kendrick, and Chisholm
Bros, on all trains that run out of the CITY,
At Saco, of L. Hodgdon and 81. b. Kendrick
At Bath, of j. o. Shaw.
At Lewiston. Of Stevens 800
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-09-23

This stock includes a large assortment
OF goods TO numerous to enumerate here
and will be sold at c0rrespOndingly lew
hgdreS. Without doubt this is the finest
stock ever offered in this market at so
low prices.
9TAny one person making a purchase
amounting TO Ten Dollars will be given a
pair OF Boots or Shoes, they having the
privilege Of selecting from lot.
sep19 diff
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04

Englishmen and Americans ride well
as long as they ride a trained saddle
horse and meet with no accident. But
a South American or an Indian will
ride wild horse, and encounter an
accident with skill which seldom per-
mits them to be worsted. An English
engineer, while engaged in deer-hunt
in Southern Brazil, saw feat of horse.
manship which, though involuntary,
shows how mind and limbs can be
trained 10 meet an emergency. A slave
had been ordered to the top of some ris-
Ing ground to look for cattle. He was
going at sharp gallOp when his mule
suddenly put fore foot i'm a hole and
went down as if shot through the heart
An English or American rider would
have instinctively gripped the saddle
with both legs and attempted to stick to
it. No so this Brazilian. He threw
back his body, opened his legs, alighted
on the ground and started on a run. In
a few strides he stopped himself and re-
turning caught his mule just as it got
upon its legs again. Remounting he
rode off as if nothing had happened.
"That's trick" remarked a Brazilian
to the engineer, ''you English could
never do with your monkey style of
riding" The English rider keeps his
seat by the "grip" of the muscles of his
thighs; the Brazilian retains his by
balancing" himself. His stirrup only
admits the insertion Of his big toe, 30
that he cannot be entangled with 1t in
case of an accident.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04
A Fulling Frolic.

A writer on Nova Scotia life says: /:
'Fulling frolics' are often given with
a view of obtaining large amount of
manual labor gratuitOusly, as at the
raising of building, digging or wall
ing cellar, moving edifices or stranded
vessels, &c. A 'fulling frolic' for the
finishing of the web of strong thick
homespun which forms the usual cloth
ing of the male portion of every family
is a common occurrence. The web,
duly wetted, is stretched upon long,
rude benches or tables, on each side of
which stands rows Of young men and
maidens, bare armed and strong-hand-
ed who, grasping the fabric with both
hands, raise, rub, and pound the same,
with great exertion, in rhythm to the
accompaniment of some rude ballad i'm
Gaelic, Irish, or the dialect of Lowland
Scotch or English county. In an ad-
joining room the balance of the party
are relieving their arms by dancing to
the music of pipe, fiddle, or concertina,
or, IL may be to some lively air slilted'
or sung by one of the number, who, as
the phrase goes. is willing to jig for the
rest. In the tchen around the huge
fireplace gather the women 'on hospita-
BILE thoughts intent preparing the SUBJ
stantial midnight repast, while around
them the older guests sit smoking and
relating the more interesting incidents
of their humble experience, or the wild
tales and legends so common among
the lower classes of fAnglo-Americans.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04
4 Builw hacker from Boston.

a young fellow from ore of the wood
rugged himself up in a suit of clothes,
and boiled shirt, and promenaded Main
street, and was the subject of "whO l.
hep" from several ladies. One fair one
in particular thought he was very inter-
esting, and quite distinguished looking
and, in response to her ''whO is he?"
was told by a waggish male friend that
he was scion of wealthy family tour
ing it through the country for pleasure
and recreation-a guest of the Superin-
tendent of the Manhattan, to whom he
had brought letters of introduction and
of credit from the Eastern banks.
"Have you met him?" "Yes intro
duced to him at the mill Office yester
day." "Oh, do please introduce me;
Pm dying to know him; never saw
such an interesting looking man in nv
life" The Fourth over, the young
man went back to the hills. and re-
Gently, dusty, dirty and ragged, he
was engineering a bull-team up Main
street. He had just calculated, ..Whoa,
Bally, your onery heart"
when he recognized his lady acquaint-
ance of the Fourth passing on the side
walk; and; as any well regulated bull
whacker would do under like circum-
stances, he politely raised his hat to
her. She cast glance at him that, had
he been made of ordinary clay, would
have shriveled him into a cinder, and
crossing over to store on the other
side of the street called out one of the
clerks with whom she was acquainted,
pointed her finger at the bullwhacker,
and said, "Who is that impuIent
wretch p" .sThat?'' said the clerk:
"why, thought you knew him; saw
you talking TO him on the Fourth"
She did not faint, but she registered a
solemn VOW to get even on the chap that
had introduced her To the bullwhacker
from Boston.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04
why a sohooln.a.ter Went Abroad.

A Virginia City man who formerly
a ught school in the Honey Lake Valley
has been telling Dan De Qullle why he
eft that rural region. While employed
as teacher il seems he Sboarded round"
and one night while at the house of an
old ranchman, gave one of the boys
some extra lessons in geography. The
old man overheard him telling the boy
that the earth turned around once in
twenty-tour hours, and "kicked'
against it. He said he had heard such
stuff talked, but there was nothing in
it, as he could prove. He filed a tin
cup with water and set il ON top of his
gate post saying:
Snow, young feller, If the world
fiops over as you say, the water will be
all out of the cup in the morning, and
you will be right, and the world don't
flop over"
The water was found in the cup,
and the old man triumphantly ex-
claimed:
Thar, give me common sense any
time against book larnin'.'
Word went forth TO the neighborhood
that the teacher was an ignoramus, and
he was invited to take walk. A re-
porter asked the ex-teacher If that was
the only reason for bouncing him. He
said that it was not, that it had in
CURED the deadly hostility of one of
the school trustees by laughing up
roariously at question put by the old
man. The honest farmer got hold of
his sons geography, he appears, and
there had read that the earth had a
rotary motion. He called on the
school-master to ease his mind in regard
TO an agricultural problem this had
suggested.
"Say perfess," he remarked, s'I've
been readin' in Toms joggerfy that
the arth hez got a rot tatery motion,
aud l thought I'D jest ak you ct maby
that wasn't the cause OF the pertaty-
rot?"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04
Tropical Rains.

As the tropical rains, though gener-
ally confined only to part of the year
and then only toa few hours of the day,
fall in so much greater abundance than
under our skies, it may be naturally
supposed that the single showers must
be proportionally violent. Descending
in streams so close and so dense that
the level ground, unable to absorb it
sufficiently fast, is covered with sheet
of water, the rain rushes down the hill
sides in a volume that wears channels
surface. For hours together, the noise
OF the torrent as it beats upon the trees
and bursts upon the roofs, occasions an
uproar that browns the ordinary voice
and makes sleep impossible. In Bonn
bay, nearly nine inches of rain have
been known to fall.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04

SDarTOTs and Horses. are
gOOdhearted little creatures after all,
though they do wrangle little among
themselves heard two of them holding
a JOY meeting over the good deeds done
by some of their fellows in New York
how they make a habits of going to
the great town stables where the car
horses are kept, and comforting the
tired beasts with their cheeryivoices and
nimble, playful ways. Some of these
horses. iU seems, have to jog back and
forth every day along their rail-tracks
for nearly the length of the great city
touching the Battery at one end of the
route and Central Park at the other,
without ever once being allowed to go
into either. Now, that must be pretty
hard. Never to run over soft grass or
rest under the green trees, But the
sparrows make up for the privation as
they can. They hop into the stables.
hop, hop along the stalls to the horses
ears, tell them all about the grass, the
trees, and the cool. sweet Shade; then
they hop, hop to the floor, and the pals,
eat their little ''till," )" and hop out again.
Bless the little sparrowsl
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04

TOpsey.-Minnie's father has a black
mare called Topsey. She Is very kind
and gentle. Sometimes Minnie's father
leads TOpsey out of her stall, fastens her
To ring which hangs from the ceiling
of the stable, and puts Minnie on her
back. Minnie pats the horses neck
with her little hand, and SAYS, go a
long. Topsey."
Topsey walks round in circle as far
as the length of the rope she is fastened
with will allow, and when Minnie says
"WhOai" she stops; but, at the first pat
of Minnle's hand, she starts Oft again.
Minnie calls this playing circus.
Topsey is fond of fapples, and if any
one goes into the stall with an apple in
his pocket. she smells it at once, and
holds up one of her forefeet. and whin-
MES, as if she meant to say, " If you
please, | would like that apple very
much"
Minnie's papa sometimes lets Topsey
walk about the yard and crop the grass.
One day, as she was grazing in the yard,
she came towards the side door. Minnie,
who was in the house, opened the door,
and held out an apple. TOpsey saw it,
and walked mp 10 tIe piazza, and would
have come into the house If Minnie
had not closed the door quickly.
She opened the window, and handed
Topsey the apple. TOpsey stood and
munched it, and, when it was gone.
stuck her head in at the window. anu
looked all about, as if she were saying,
''ls this where you tep your applesi
would like another" Minnie patted
Topsey's nose, aud said. mo no; pony
can't have any more now" ard Topsey
looked quite sad for minute, and then
went back to finish her dinner of grass
One day pile of dry leaves near the
stable took ire from lighted match
which a careless person had thrown On
them. The stable was soon filled with
smoke, and, while Minnie's papa ran
with pals of water to put the fire out,
Minnie cried bitterly, saying, "Oh. my
dear TOpsey. She'll be burned. She'll
be burnedr'
The little girl would not be still until
her papa led Topsey out of the stable
and tied her tn a tree in the yard, a long
way off from the fire; and it was not un-
I'll the fire was ali out, tand the smoke
had cleared away, that Minnie was
cOntented to have her pet taken back to
the stall.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04
..S.,.;,,;. r.;ou.tte ofth- Best Society,""


From the Boston Evening Traveller:
..We deem il a duty to bid all mothers and
fathers who are training young children into
the reiinements of HE to possess tins oooh-
1t is not to be read nd put away. but IL Is 70
be used as a guide book constantly until each
direction and suggestion Is familiar. There ls
not one bit of 'gush' or nonsense about IT,
and practical use will be most fruitful OF
good RESULTS
From the New York Evening Post:
There is 50 much in the book besides what
is commonly looked for IN byok5 Vn manners'
30 much with respect to education, home HE,
the formation of character. the maintenance
of self-respect the cultivation OF the mlnd
and heart that one might almost lament the
inadeauacy of the title a thing likely to de-
priye a wholesome work for all young folk :
reading of the ter part of its usefulness
We commend it as worS which Will help
Young men and yodng women and stimulate
them in their Efforts to lead worthy as well as
conyentially correct lives
From the New York Herald:
Mrs. II. o. Wards Sensible Etiquette of
the Best Society is one Of the few common
sense books on the subject Of which 1t treats
In the frs. place it Is we'll written, and In the
second place the writer, who is evidently
lady of refinement lends weight TO her ADVICE
ON that account We should IKE 70 oe
able to quote more Of Sensible Etiquette, but
must satisfy ourselves with recommending
every family in the land to have copy where
it can be reached conveniently. and to let the
young people study it carefully
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04

A Brdre Cdt.-0ne day, when some
kittens were at their rOmps near barn,
large hawk flew that way, and lon nged
to make dinner of one of them. In a
moment. he caught a kitten in his
claws; but before he could fly away,
the motbeT-cat sprung on the bold bird.
There was now a great fight. Poor
pussy was much torn; and the blood
flowed from her head and side. But
she would not let go her hold on the
bird. and kept up the fight. At last
she broke a wing of the hawk, and. af-
ter hard battle, laid him dead at her
fee5. Pussy then turned to her kitten,
licked its wounds. aud began to purr
with JOY at having saved it from claws
of the wild bird.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04

One OF the disadvantages connected
with the use of iron ships has been the
extent TO which such vessels foul or be-
come covered with marine incrustations
on long voyages, especially in tropical
climates. 1t has been estimated that in
the case of sailing ships this fouling
causes an average difference of from
one and one and half knots an hour
between the speed maintained on the
outward voyage and that when coming
home. Ii is true that fOuling could be
prevented by first covering the iron
with a layer of wood, and sheathing
this with copper, but the process is
very costly. Ii is now claimed that by
the use of paper this puzzling problem
has been solved. A kind OF paper
cement has been discovered, and tried
with encouraging results on the Eng
lish war-steamer, Scraps. In addition
10 trip TO India and back, the vessel
had lain in harbor for two months-a
much severer test for an anti-fouling
composition than ocean sailing-but Oh
being docked il was found that the
paper had afforded perfect protection
from marine incrustatlOns, except in
those few parts here it was rubbe d of.
The composition of the cement is still
kept secret.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-09-04
YOUTHS COLUMN.

The Peterkins Fourth.-MrS. Peterkin
had always been much afraid of fire.
works, and had never allowed the boys
to bring gnnpowier into the house.
She was even afraid of torpedOes; they
looked so much like sugar-plums, she
was sure some of the children would
swallow them, and explode before any
body knew 1t.
She was very timid about other
things. She was not sure even about
peanuts. Every body exclaimed over
this: 'Surely there was no danger in
pea-nutsm But Mrs. Peterkin declar-
ed she had been verymuch alarmed at
the Exhibition, and in the crowded
corners OF the streets in Boston, at the
peanuts. stand, where they had
machines to roast the peanuts. She
did not think it was safe. They might
go Oft any time, in the midst of crowd
ofpeople, too,
Mr.. Pete kin thought there actually
was no danger, and he should be sorry
to give up the peanut. He thought il an
American institution, something really
belonging to the Fourth of July. He
even confessed to a quiet pleasure in
crushing the empty shells with his feet
on the sidewalks as he went along the
streets.
Agamemnon thought it a simple joy.
In consideration, however, OF the fact
that they had no real celebration of the
Fourth the last year, Mrs. Peterkin had
consented TO give over the day, this
year, to the amusement of the family as
a Centennial celebration. She would
prepare herself for n terrible noise only
she did not want any gunpowder
brought into the house.
The little boys had begun by firing
some torpedOes few days beforehand
that their mother might be used to the
sound, and had selected their horns
some weeks before.
Solomon John had been very busy
in inventing some fire works. As Mrs.
Peterkin objected TO the use of gun
powder, he found out from the diction-
ary that the different parts of gunpOw-
der are saltpeter. charcoal, and sulphur
Charcoal he discovered they had in the
wood house; saltpeteI they would find
in the cellar, in tine beef barrel; and
sulphur they could buy at the apOthe-
cary's. He explained to his mother
that these materials had never yet ex-
ploded in the house, and she was quieted
AgamemOn, meanwhile, rene N bered
a recipe he had read somew here for
making a" Illuminating paste' of iron
filings and powder of birthstone. He
had il written down on a piece of paper
in his pocket book. But the iron
filings must be finely powdered. This
they began upon a day or two before.
and. the very afternoon before, laid
out some of the paste on the piazz.
But the best laid plans are often
doomed to disappointment. The Pc
terklns were not destined to celebrate
successfully the glorious Fourth. A
match. accidently dropped, fired pre-
maturely the whole blast and the pyro-
technics went off altogether in a blaze
of glory, and on the morning of the
the family were all laid up
with sIDged eyebrows, burned hands,
swelled faces and hairless heads, to
mediate at their leisure on the risk of
with fire.