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Daily Kennebec journal., 1878-06-21

Mrs Eugene Hale and children arrived homc
Ellsworth, on Saturday last. MI Haze vii rrac
home next week.
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Capt. G. p. Cochrane has exhibited to us ripe
tomato, plucked from a plant in his garden, in
open culture. We don't believe that be
beaten.
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or less. The farmers have used every device
which they can scare Up, but all to no account.
We noticed in one field live crow hung up in a
cage warning to his fellows, in another we
noticed two dead ones hung on poles while on the
same piece were live crows pulling for dear
life.
4 rou.ins Temperance meeting was held
SUNDAY in q grove on Granite hill near the
HsllOwell granite quarres in Hallowell. Two
sessions were hell, oEe commencing at ten
o'clock \. NJ, the other at two o'clock t. NJ.
Mr.. Martha Hunt of Lewiston, VINO as
evcrybolv " knows is Que of the best temperance
speakers in Maine, was present at both sessions
and spoke With her accustomed vgor. B. ).
Kelly of Winthrop was also present with his
n-clad pledge to which he got sixty sgners.
Many other, male short speeches, and at three
and a half O'Clock. the afternoon session sd-
jaurned.
b. $. Kelly Of Winthrop, will speak before the
G ANTE Reform club, on Fli'ay evening, June
2Sth The club meets every Friday evening at
the Atherton school house near the Ilallo@ell
sfon" quauies
Farmers commencing to hoe their potatoes
AMI corn.
Fled strawberries have appeared. They are
ripening oil ten days earlier than usual
The weather has been cold and rather dry.
Grass viii be ready for the scythe a week ealier
than usual There is prospect for good apple
crop the coming iall 1t is noticeable that very
few apples have set on Baldwin apple trees.
/. W. Hawkes. of Ma nchester, lost fine swarm
Of bees lat Thu sday Mr.. Hawkes. the bees
as they were flying off and Immediately gave
chase, but being unable TO keep mp with them he
was obliged to give up the race.
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Noral an0 State Mems.

The Consumers Ice Company at Gardiner, are
shipping about 900 tons of ice daily.
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THURSDAY, June 20.
No. l0l. Alden Sptague ct ais. VS. City Of Halo
we'll Heath for pits. Jackson for defts. Action
upon an order on defts. of Feb. 3, 1874, drawn bv
O. w : ms for all monies due him, after paying
previous order and accepted by the city treas
urer. A. or about the same time Sims gave his
note to Sprague, Owen 4 Nash, the PITS, in set
tlement of his accounts, with the understand.
ing Sims testifes, that the svails of the order
should he appropriated in payment of the note.
Afterwards the note otherwise paid, and the
order still held by the pits. The note being paid,
Sims gave order to another person for the
same funds. The question therefore to be deter.
mined bv this suit is, which of these orders is the
city of Halo sell legally bound to pay. The jury
found verdict in favor Of the pits. assessing the
damages at SOS 90. 1t should be stated that
Herbert Blake. Esq, the holder of the second
Order appeared in court and agreed to abide the
result of this suit.
There trial in the afternoon, one of the
counsel in set down for trial being too i'll to
attend. The court occupied most of the af-
ternOon with trustee disclosures.
In order tomorrow
No. 81, Jewett vs.. Allen.
50 Lawrence vs.. Clifford.
" lj9 Webster vs.. Torsev.
Attorneys are requested to be in attendance in
the morning at the final assignment of jury cases.
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Graduation NerCIsrs of the High Srhool.
The commencement exercises of the gradual
ing class IN the Augusta ish school will he held
in Granite Hall, thi, Friday evening at : l-2
o'clock. The public are invited, and those who
wish to secure good seats should 90 early The
exercises will have an unsna interest in the
singing by Mis- Neuie Milliken Of Portland,
and the performances of the Augusta Cornet
Band. The following i The programme Of ever
else:
Music Augusta Band.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1878-06-21

M"k't, ami fan a,,o.t n,u' cf o'hc Aials Of
fresh fish.
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Our patrons shoul un lerstaud that our Carl
boys are not authorized to sell plp,rs under any
circumstances.
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CAIIFOR VIA.
Political.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 20. A special says the
work ingmen kearneytes have defeated both the
republican and democi atic tickets in the election
OF delegats to the State constitutional conven-
ton.
Fire.
Fire at the sugar refinery of Smith, Gregg &
Co, 10th St, this morning, caused loss OF
$1,000.
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FORT FAIRFIELD.


FORT FAIRFIELD, June 20 George Fisher,
aged fourteen years, son OF VIM. Fisher of Font
Fail field village, accidentally drowned in Eos.
ter's mill pond, Wednesday night.
A Greenback Speech.
Leo Miller of New York addressed an audience
OF three hundred and fifty on greenbacks at
Presque Isle, last night
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The treasury will probably issue a call for the
redemption Ot 600 900 j-20s, this afternoon, in
the proportion of two and half mulons each Of
coupon aud registered bonds.
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BASE BALL.

At Manchester, n. lI.-Worcestor ), Manches
tiers 2.
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FROM j MAiCA.
Drought.
AbscOnded. A

New YORK, June 20. Jamaica dates of the I'd
inst state that the island is suffering from severe
drought.
AbscOnded.
Arch Deacon Row has left Kingston for Made-
ra, lesyios several peo e in Jamaica out of about
100000.
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ESSIiE.
d. sttnctive Fire.

MEMPHIS, June 20. A fire at Jackson, Tennes
see, last night, destroyed the FIRST National bank
kelley's jewelry store and King 4 Roberts drag
store. Loss S2S 900 mostly insured. .-ss
Daily Kennebec journal., 1878-06-21

W. n Sturgs to-day paid all his Indebtedness,
except that on margin contracts, and filed re-
quest with the court to allow his withdrawal OF his
petition in bankruptcy filed n week ago.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1878-06-21

Pearson and Saddler who it is supposed out
ragged MIS- Graves near Mitchellvie MAY l6,
were taken liom Springfield j4ll at | o'clock this
mo ming by 100 armed men, but not masked. The
jaier was unprepared and was compelled to give
up the keys. The men were taken five miles
from town and hanged. doubt existed as to
their guilt. Both protested their innocence.
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MONEY FOUND.

nT Tuo day, 4 GENTLE az pocket book. con.
" u "'no = sm II sum e money picked
~ On the u :" V II gfounds. The owner can
have the same by C tlling on j, L. Dutto on,
Western Avenue, and paying charges:
june20-!3s
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The Matthews Committee,

The chairman of the Matthews committee called
a meeting for tomorrow at IL o'clock.
Financial
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Sumner Increa'e Kimball, just re-appointed
superintendent of the Life Saving Service, is the
son of Hon. Increase Sumner Kimball, promi-
nent politician and lawyer of Sanford, York
county. He was appointed to the Revenue Ma
rine Bureau, as chief clerk, July |, 1870, and in
1876 superintendent of the Life Saving Service,
and with Capt. Mcrryman, established the stations
Mr. Kimball graduated at Bowdoin in lSiS, and
was appointed a clerk in the Treasury Depart
ment, Jan. l3, 1862.
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Mistletoe at Ohristmas-T Tide.

The hanging of the mistletOe is cause
of much frolic and laughter in the house.
1t is the rule that whoever is passing under
the mistletoe-bough must submit to being
kissed then and there by whosoeyer chooses
to take that liberty. As a hough usually
hangs from the center of the ceiling,
spreading over large space, it follows
that there must be much dodging or much
kissing; I am inclined to think that there
are both.
The origin of this use of the mistletoe
is not known; but we do know that more
than eighteen hundred years ago, when
the glad stars sang together over the man
ger in Bethlehem, and wise men brought
gifts Of gold, frankincense and myrrh toa
young Child in the peasant mothers arms,
England was a chill, mist-covered island,
inhabited only by savages, who wore gar
ments of skins and lived in huts of mud
and stone. Among these savage Britons
there we're pagan priests called Druids.
These priests were mysterious folk, who
lived in dense woods far away from other
men, and who, in the gloomy solitudes of
the forest, performed strange secret cere-
monies. The Sacred groves" as they
were called, were of oak; for the oak was
a divine tree, according to the Druidical
religion. Within these sacred groves, the
priests, it is recorded in history, offered
their sacrifices, and in some manner, not
now known, they employed the mistletoe.
But all mistletoe was not sacred to the
Druids. They would have none but that
which clung to the trunk and was nour-
ished by the sap of the divine oak. To
them, the apple-tree mistletoe, which mod
ern England uses SO freely in her holiday
festivities, would be worthless and COM
mon thing.
When, in later centuries, England was
taught the Christian religion by priests
who went thither from Rome, the people,
though protesting a belief in Christ, re-
tanned many of their heathen rites and
customs changed from their original mean
ing and purpose. At any rate, from the
Druids has come the modern usage of the
mistletoe-bough, strangely preserved in
festivities which commemorate the birth
of Him whose pure worship destroys all
heathen superstitions-,H. Nicholas for
December.
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For the Democratic Advocate.
The First Nantucket Tea-Party.

Some of the early efforts at tea-making
in America were nearly as bad failures as
the attempt of the Green city housekeeper
to boil her first cucumbers. An old letter,
dated September, 1745, written by young
lady of Nantucket to her mother, who had
gone sup country" describes a tea-party
given at Starbuck Plantation, on that is
land, in honor of the arrival of one Capt.
Morris, who seems to have been general
favorite. The letter, now in possession of
one of the old families of Vermont, was
transcribed by Mrs. Annie A. Preston for
the Delaware County, Pa, american.
"Aunt Content had been much pestered
in her mind because she knew not how to
cook and serve the tea, and after our
neighbors had assembled, she confded to
them her perplexity. They all gathered
about the tea-chest, smelling and tasting
the fragrant herb. Mrs. Lieut.. Marcy
said she heard it ought to be well cooked
to be palatable, and Aunt Edward Star
buck said lady in Boston who had drank
tea, told her it needed a good quantity for
a sleeping, which was the reason it was so
expensive. So Aunt Content hung the
bright fve-gallon bell-metal kettle on the
crane, and putting two-quart bowlful of
tea in it, with plenty of water, swung it
over the fire. Aunt Esther and Lydia
Ann Marcy stayed in the kitchen to keep
it boiling.
"While 1 was laying the table, I heard
Lydia Ann say, ~ have heard that when
tea was drank, it gives brilliancy to the
eyes, and youthful freshness to the COM
plexion. l am fearful thy sister-in-law
failed to put in a sufficient quantity of
leaves" So Aunt Esther put another
bowlful of tea into the bell-metal kettle.
When the tea had boiled about an hour,
my cousin and Capt. Morris arrived The
tea, which had boiled down to about a
gallon, was poured into grandma's large
silver tankard and carried to the table,
and each guest was provided with one of
her silver poringers, also with cream and
Jumps of sugar. After grandpa had asked
a blessing on the food, Aunt Content said
to her son and his friend, ~ have made a
dish of tea for you, but am fearful that
have not prepared it as it hath need, and
would like to have your own opinion.
"Whereupon my consin and the Captain
looked and shifted at the tea, and my
cousin made answer;--"As my loved
mother desires my opinion, Imust needs
tell her that spoonful of this beverage,
which she has, with such hOspitable in
tent, prepared for us, would nearly kill
everyone of us here at this table," The Cap
tain then said, laughingly, that Aunt could
keep the decoction for dye to color
woollens. He further said he would, if
she so desired, instruct her how to draw
the tea himself; which he Immediately did,
according to the approved plan, measuring
a pinch to each person, and each guest
soon had an excellent cup of tea.
Union Bridge, Nd, Dec. IL, 1878.
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UNCLE BENJAMIN'S STORY.

"With the earlier events of the story |
was personally connected, and the rest
was afterwards told me by one Of the chief
actors in it" So spake our dear old Un-
Gle Benjamin, when on visit to us last
Christmas; and we, his nephews and nieces,
who had been teasing him to tell us some OF
his adventures, delightedly composed our
selves to listen.
'sI might" he continued, "call it tale
of circumstantial evidence; but for reasons
which you will no doubt afterwards per-
ceive, prefer to style it Cast Down, But
Not Destroyed >"
"Thc homeward- bound troop ship Stir
ling Castle, Capt. Bowlby, was becalmed
in the tropics. For three days there had
hardly been a breath of wind and the sea
lay around her smooth as glass. But al
though all was so calm and peaceful out
side, yet ON board the ship painful and
intense excitement prevailed. Gen. Page,
one of the chief cabin passengers, had
been robbed and nearly killed the night
before; and the person accused of the crime
was Walter Stevenson, young lieutenant
anu y SeuSIdl idfOTltc VI al OH pO1iu.
But to explain, must go back a little.
The Stirling Castle belonged to the old
East India Company, and Gen. Page hav-
ing retired from the service, was returning
to Old England. He was accompanied by
his daughter Rose, a young lady about
twenty-five years of age, who, without be-
ing exactly beautiful, possessed a yivacity
and charm of manner which captiyated all
who approached her,"
"There were several other officers on
board, but only two enter into the story,
the first being Col. Morton, very old
friend of the General, and the other the
Lieut.. Stevenson above mentioned. Col.
Morton and the General had known each
other in youth, their respective families
owning neighboring estates; they had gone
out to India together, and were now re-
turning home in company. And still an
other tie bound the two old friends togeth-
er. Col. Morton had son, and they had
agreed that this SON should marry the Gen
erals daughter, partly because of their long
standing friendship and partly because the
two estates united would make very fine
property. Nay, the General even went
50 far as to make his will leaving all his
property to Rose, it is true, but appointing
Col. Morton sole trustee and authorizing
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Cur 0liu,
Ancient Plaques of Death.

DIR. f. L. Oswald in Popular Science
Monthly says The black-death that raw
aged Asia and Southern Europe in the
fourteenth century spared the Mohamme-
dan countries Turkistan, Moroc-
co and Southern Spain-whose inhabitants
generally abstained from pork and intoxi-
eating drinks. In the Byzantine Empire,
Russia, Germany, Northern Spain (inhabi-
ted by the Christian Visigoths) and Italy,
1000, 900 died between 1873 and 1875,
but the monasteries of the stricter orders
and the frugal peasants of Calabria and
Sicily enjoyed their usual health; but
among the cities which suffered most were
Barcelona, Lyons, Florence and Moscow,
the first three situated on rocky mountain
slopes, with no lack Of drainage and pure
water, while the steppes of the Upper
Volga are generally dry and salubrious.
The pestilence of 1920 swept away 50,
600, or more than two-thirds of the 75,-
900 inhabitants of Marseilles, in less than
five weeks; but of the 5000 abstemious
Spaniards that inhabited the "Suburb of
the Catalans" only 200 died, or less than
four per cent.
The most destructive epidemic recorded
in authentic history was the four years
plague that commenced at Alexandria,
Egypt, in A. D. 542 and ragged through
the dominions of Chosroes the Great, the
Byzantine Empire, northern Africa and
southwestern Europe. 1t commenced in
Egypt, spread to the east over Syria, Per-
sia and the Indies, and penetrated to the
west along the coast of Africa and over
the continent of Europe, Asia Minor, with
its plethoric cities Constantinople, north
ern Italy and France suffered fearfully;
entire provinces were abandoned, cities
died out and remained vacant for many
years, and during three months 5000 and
at last 10000 persons died at Constanti-
nople each day! Gibbons "History; }
and the total number of victims in the
three continents is variously estimated at
from rs, 900, 900 to 12O, 100000. But in
Sicily, Morocco and Albania the disease
was confined to a few seaport towns and
the Caucasus and Arabia escaped entirely.
This dreadful plague made its first ap-
pearance III AleAduuIia3 HSJPOj 1nSn q
luxurious city of 800, 900 inhabitants, and
Paulus Diaconus, contemporary histori-
an, speaks of the RECKLESS gluttony by
which the inhabitants of the great capital
incurred yearly fevers and dangerous indi-
gestions; and at last brought this terrible
Judgment upon themselves and their inno-
cent neighbors," Alexandria lost 500, 900
of her inhabitants in 542, and $4,000 in
the following year, and for miles around
the city the fields were covered with un-
buried corpses; but the monks of the Nj
trian desert $1,000 of them had devoted
themselves to the task of collecting and
burying the dead) lost only fifty of their
fraternity, who, with few exceptions, con-
fessed that they had secretly violated the
ascetic rules of their order.
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HOLLY TIME.

The wood is barren as the void,
The leaves have rustled long ago;
The flowers have perished in the cold
Not even the hot marigold
Offers her bosom to the snow
In holly time.
The winds rend out the empty nest
The robin shivers in his song,
There is no warmth in Natures breast;
Faint CLEANS of brightness at the best,
The glory of the year prolong
In holly time.
Yet sweet as days when skies are blue,
And cherries redden on the wall
When blossoms fed with sun and dew
Their beauty silently renew
Yes, sweeter, more desired than all
Is holly time
For now, as if the Incarnate Word
Walked it again, the sterling earth,
Remembering the glad tidings heard
Ofangels, to its heart is stirred
With promptings of renewing birth,
This holly time.
Joy in life's pulses throbs and burns,
The hours, star-crested sweep along,
Shedding delight from brimming urn;
Youth to the heart of age returns
And fans the ashen brands of song
At holly time.
The sacred hearths, whence yule flames rise,
Are altars whereon, each apart,
The households offers sacrifice
Out of the tender sanctities
And superstitions of the heart,
This holly time.
Thus do celestial glimpses bless
The stricken world, as though its woes,
Its sins, its sorrows fathomless,
Had ending, and the wilderness
Began to blossom like rose
In holly timel
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Neatness in Men.

Very much has been written about neat
ness in women, and in print it looks very
easy, with plenty of calico dresses, linen
collars and cuffs, and bright ribbon bows.
The papers say young men are used to
seeing girls look neat before marriage and
year after are surprised to find they have
slovenly wives. How righteous woman's
blood boiIs at that word Not one woman
in ten becomes a sloven by choice. IF her
husband is farmer his first thought in
the morning is to swallow his breakfast as
early as possible and go to work, If his
wife stops to pin on collar or comb her
head, he thinks it lost time, and tells her
to hurry up, in half-fretful tone A rail-
road man, blacksmith, clerk or merchant
will do the same thing and hurry away to
business,
After breakfast comes the household
cares, with little crying babe ever and
anon breaking in upon the duties of the
morning. The clock points to eleven and
now the morning wrapper must do duty, or
husband will wonder what she has beenat
to mako dinner so late. He doesn't seem
to notice how she looks if everything is
right about the dinner, but if she is late,
though neatly dressed, baby sweet, and
house all in perfect order, he has not a
word Of praise, or a smile, but sits down
very sober to wait.
These are facts that every woman knows
to be true, but they have a deeper shading.
The dresses, collars and cuffs which WON.
en- are expected to have without stint, more
frequently sNm up in two or three changes
The wife's money comes through the hus-
bands purse and sometimes he forgets tc
undraw the string for a long while. The
old dresses get shabby, the shoes slip-slop
and the once tidy wife is a sloyen.
How about the men on this subject oi
ueatness2 The farmer, the mechanic ths
teamster, the miner, the clerk, have work
that causes them toperapire freely. Wher
evening comes they sic with their wiye
and children, in their soiled garments, an,
think themselves good enough for an,
company that may come in. Their hand
are only half washed, their faced unshave.
for two weeks, and hair combed With thei
fingers.
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HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

Now Time has turned. with restless hand,
His hour-glass DER and DER,
And the news goes forth on sea and land,
Old Christmas comes once more.
There never was cheer like the Christmas cheer
The last best gift of the dying year
To the weary sons of men.
The bells are ringing the story old
From out their brazen throats,
And millions listen to hear it told
As over the world it floats.
The wanderer hears the joyous sound;
God bless the bells am homeward bound
For Christmas comes again"
In the city's glare he has dwelt alone,
Alone in the "madding crowd"
And ceaseless labor no rest has known
Till the bells ring out so loud.
Then over the snow his footsteps glide;
For JOY comes back with the Christmas tide,
And peace to the souls of men.
The Joyous call that the bells have rung
Is summons to love and home
The same old song that angels sung
Who yentured on earth to roam.
Goodwill and peace where the loved ones wait
An eager hand on the cottage gate
Old Christmas comes again.
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A FABLE FOR COMMUNISTS. Here is
a shoe shop. One man in the shcp is al
ways busily at work during the day-al4
ways industrious. In the evening he goes
counting good, nice girl. There are Eve
other men in the shop who don't do any
such thing. They spend half their work
ing hours in loafng, and their evenings
in dissipation. This first young man BY
and by cuts out from the these others and
gets a boot and shoe store Of his own. Then
he marries this girl Soon he is able to
take his wife out to ride of an evening.
The five lahorers, his former companions.
who see him indulging in this little luxury,
retire to neighboring saloon and pass
resolution that there is an eternal struggle
between labor and capital al-FFom [07.
Robert IngersoWs Speech.
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CHRISTMAS Is COMING.

The old north breeze through the skeleton tree
Is chanting the year out drearily,
But loud let it blow, for at home we know
That the dry logs crackle cheerily.
And the frozen ground is in fetters bound,
But pile up the wood we can burn it,
For Christmas is come, and in every home
To summer our hearts can turn it.
Here's happiness TO all, abroad and at home,
Here's happiness to all, for Christmas is come.
And far and near DER landscape drear,
From easements brightly streaming,
With cheerful glow on the fallen snow
The ruddy light is cleaning.
The wind may shout as it likes without,
1t may bluster, but never can harm us,
For a merrier din shall resound within,
And our Christmas feelings warm u.s.
Here's happiness to all, abroad and at home
Here's happiness to all for Christmas is come