The Portland daily press., 1878-07-20
Brief lettings,

Give us chilly snap, shut off the heat;
North wind come back from the Boreal shore;
Let loose your stiff, bracing breeze once more;
List to us, pity US, DON'T you undo us,
Keep back that hot wave post-marked est. Louis -
Now, while the granger's nice sickle IS in sight,
Give us an icicle sparkling and bright;
Over our thermometers your cold vigils keep,
Temper the heat, Tempus, temper the heat!
Prepare to PROSTATE.
There are 910 post-ofices in Maine,
The weather was D. H., j. e. very hot, yester-
day.
pastor will be at 48 Alder street.
Owing to the scarcity of water, the horses Of
the steam fire engines are not allowed to 20 out
to work on the street.
The Bowdoin College Summer School of Sci
euce began Monday morning with eleven
students. There is prospect of few more in
the course of the week.
The Peaks Island Steamboat Company have
built fence across SCOTS wharf to prevent
boats not belonging to them from using the
wharf.
The Count Ernest Patrizio's Minstrel Troupe
arrived here Thursday night and were stranded
for want of funds. They pawned jewelry
enough to get passage to New York.
The Temperance Union will hold their regu.
lar meeting Sunday evening at Congress Hall,
commencing at u o'clock. Addresses by earn
est temperance workers. All are invited.
The Magnet and Express raced coming up
the harbor on the evening trip last night, and
the Captain of the Magnet claims to have come
out ahead. This evening there will be another
contest.
The Longshore four-oared crew are about to
get up subscription in..order to get boat. If
they can procure proper boat, they propose
to pull at the Silver Lake regatta on the 18Th of
next month.
That camera obscura at Peaks Island is
worth visiting. 1t occupies position that
overlooks the sea and harbor, and the views
projected upon the table are really magnificent.
The passage of vessels. the breakers at White
Head, and the movemedt of persons on the
island, add interesting features to the scene.
The Sunday Question.
The religious department. of the PRESS has
now been for several weeks managed by the
clergy. Whether while under their control it
has improved we leave it for the public to
judge. Its contents have been less varied, but
the treatses on the one topic under discussion
have been exhaustive and have represented all
phases of opinion. Their practical results are
yet to be determined. Sabbath dissertation is
an evil and SO acknowledged by all who have
had anything to say on the subject. The
point of disagreement has been as to the
definition of the term. When such learned
theologans as have taken part in the discus
sion differ, and so radically, the PRESS which
modestly refrains from claiming unu snail
knowledge on the subject of the ology would be
10th to express an opinion as to whom the
honors of the discussion belong. 1t believes
however that by reason of giving
undue prominence to the fourth command.
ment there is danger that the other nine which
are fully as important may be neglected.
Hence the PRESS deems it necessary to rescue
its religious department from the one topic of
Sunday observance and will therefore be com
PEELED to decline any more contributions on the
subject for the present. IF any one has any
thing to offer on the other nine command
ments which is calculated to benefit the morals
.of the community it will cheerfully be inserted
Real ESTATE TRANSFERS .-The following
transfers of real estate were recorded in this
county yesterday:
Portland-Leonard Pennell to S. III. & A.
B. Doten, land and buildings on Montgomery
street.
Deeripg-S 81. & A. r Doten to Leonard
PennelI, land and buildings on Woodfort
avenue.
Scarboro-Encch Snow to Reuben Swift,
acres of salt marsh.
Casco-Joseph Anderson to Walter Auder
son, land and buildings at Webb's Mills.
Bridgton-Stepben Porter to Charles E. Hill
part of lots, Nos aud in 18th range
Pownal-George w. Rice to james S. Rice
3-S of one acre of land and buildings