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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-11-26
Courts OF Insolvency.

courts OF Insolvency.
NOTICE Ia hereby given, Than Courts of In,o.
~ vency, will be held at the Proba. Office IN
Augusta, on TIE second and fourth MONDAYS in
each month, at two O'Clock in the afternoon, pnti
otherwise ordered.
CHARLES HEwINs, Register.
Nov. l. 1918. tAvtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-11-26

hENNEBEC COCNTf-Ia Probate Court at ~.
gusfa, on ne second Monday Of Norember, 1879.
hIlS n. PRESCOTT, Administrator on the "a.
~ tate of Epaphases n Prescott late Of Monmouth.
In said County, deceased having petitioned for Ii.
cemse to sell at public auction private SALE the
foowipg real estate of said deceascd, for the nav
ment OF debts, &C., viz part of the Daniel
Prescott farm lying the side Of the road lead
ing from Winthrop TO Lewiston:
ORDERED, That notice thereof be given three
weeks successfully prior TO the second Monday Of
December next In the kennebec journal, a news.
paper printed In Augusta, that all persons interested
may attend at Court of Probate then TO be holder
AT Augusta, and show cause IL any, why the PRAYER
Of said petition should not be granted
II. X. BAKER, Judge.
Auest' SHARLEs hEWINs, Register. 3w4S
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-11-26


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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-11-26
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03

SLEEPING TOGETHER. Nor fiar-
rels occuy between brothers. between
sisters. between hired girls, between
clerks in store, between apprentices II
mechanics shops. between hired men.
between husbands and wives. owing to
the electrical changes their nervous
systems UNDERGO BY lodging together
night after night under the same bed.
clothes. than by almost any other dis.
turhiug causes. There is nothing that
will % d-range the nervous system Of
a person who i. eliminauve ia nervous
force. as to lie all night in bed ~iIh
another person who is absorbent in
nervous fnrce. The a'sorhtr will 20
TO sleep and 81 all night. willie lie
ella. inator will b. tumbling and tossing
r. 81 l,ss aud nervous, and "akr up {
the mprnng fretfll and pre'i,h. f,u' /.
fading and discouraged. No tSo rr'.
.nns, 20 ma 'ier who th'y are. sh' d
hinlnall, slep io. .r'ucr One j
riv, IT,. oh nj lose. T!is j. =! G
l4s nj a niarr.d II il IS dcded al
~ % ali
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03

OLIVE LoGAS's ADVICE TO LADIES.
We have been requested TO publish
the following advice from Olive Logan:
L" A woman's safe guard IS to keep a
mans hands otf her. If you need his
assistance in walking, take his arm IN
stead Of him taking yours. Just tell
him in plain Ergli''. hands off," He
NAV MOI Ike it at f At. hui he will re-.
spect Nou in the 'n,ure ten-fold more.
Mn will be and do Just what the wo-
men allow them 10 do. Mn will not
do 10 trust.
"G'vr man vOnr arm aud Ou will
find lin very confidential. and he will
take a great MANY privileges he would
not take ifhe was not permitted 10 dn
40. H. will oiv' Your arm MANY low
ing ,qnerzes and -ly twists that 'e
could have no opportunity Of d. ~. and
TIE opportunity l. lu~t what he ]" hli' &.
4 few more words Of advi,s' and |
close.
Keep your girls of the STRAIT *
copt when lhey Law busin IS. Teach
them that II is unrec, s. ry for them Ia
90 to the p9stcfice every lime ;h-' "'
out. Your girls can ~all; aluug il as
well a. youl hoy-. D"n't allOs y'nr
girls. If they have bean. to 20 with
boys much olucr than Themselves. II
possible. instill into their yer, natures
that they are safr in their oYn hands
than the, are in The hands Of any man
preachers not excepted"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03

A sad aud touching story is told of a
scene Witnessed at the terrible railway
accident few da,s ago near Jackson,
Michigan. While the dead and woun-
ded were being exlricated from the
wreck one lady, after" ards ascertained
to be Mrs. Rice, OF Philadelphia, was
discovered % be dead with her arms
around the neck Of her little four year.
old boy. Both lay under the car, the
boy alive with his leg broken. and SO
surrounded and confined that it was fOr
an hour or more impossible TO get HIM
out. James McDonough, of the round
house force, worked long and faithfully
without a moments rest, to rescue tho
child. The poor little fellow moaned
out: oh! if 90 tan On'y dit me out III
be so good boy. Tate me out and tate
NV mamma out = At last McDonoueh
freed him from the car and DR..
Mclaughlin tenderly set the little sut'
ferer's leg. His father also lay dead
and mangled behind him, but not where
little Willie could see him.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03

A NOZZLE BoY.-A child of twelve
years had importuned his mother many
times TO permit him to attend a tenn
peranee meeting but she, being op'
posed 10 the society, would not let him
20. At last he urged her SO closely
that she permitted him to 20. but
charged him not to join; for if you do. ,
said the prudent mother, YOU shall have
nothing but bread and water for three
days The boy went, and saw that
these societies were the means to pre-
vent boys nom becoming drunkards
when they grew to he men. When the
list came round he signed. Aud now,
said the noble boy, 1 am willing to
live on bread and wafer three days, OIL
longer, if necessary
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03

l. b. i,rd.tn have "tr n 'eIy ttr'
,ler c,n c,e,vS IA arr pcrtecily
q fe 1t th., h.,r teen 'paugh'Y.'
". ri 'Ue day aid to
Il o,bei: Papa ell, m" = od, attn 10
calls q, good. aud ever bod! calls me
.ond: hu am uni GOOD.
L am very sorr, said the mother
And 50 an SAID the Child; 'bu, l
I'VE got a very naughty think
a AnaushtJ what?
Ny. think is naughty inside OF me-
And on her mother inquiring what
size SAID: Why, when 1 could not ride
the other day. did no! cry nor any
thing; but when sou was gone | wished
the carriage would turn over aud
the horses would run away and
every Thing bad. Nobody knew it ; bit
God knew it, and he cannot call me
good. Tell me, mamma, hoS can &c
good inside ofme:'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03
Living I'm Hopes.

There Is no particular reason why a
tramp should wear a polished whit,
shirt. but they lad one al the Cenira
Station recently with a shirt 30 terribl
IN want ofa soap suds bath that III,
Oldest men on the force gather around
the ello* and declared that they never
Jaw anything ike it under the blue
canopy of heaven. When asked how
long he had worn il without washing
the man seemed bur nud 'phrd:
Give me e chancr. won't you?
You zee. had this shirt on seven
months ago when | broke my arm. |
couldn I get It Of then Of course
But ,our ann got we'll Protested
one ci - fIiccrs.
va. it got well. and the ny sis'r
died.
What Of tbaif'
WY shenadr this ere SHIT with
her own blessed hands and kinder
felt it vas MY dui, to wear il H. memory
Of her for awhile. I'm hsrd-looki, %
pill. know. but / loved my sis'e, -
Poor SaraE Shea up there where IL
don't need clean shirts and never have
their halr cut
Well. Isver't v.u worn II lons
enough 10 ease ,our sisters spirr?'
Gentlemen. | should have got this
washed 'ome lime tbs ue.k. hut las,
night l lost my dog-su animal that had
stuck to me three years
And hat had the dog to,do with itf'
If | should ge, washed up. and
cleaned up. and seem to be somebody.
and should come across the dog. he'd
look al my hair. give one sniff at my
clothes, and then he'd turn tail and
keep up the search till he fell in his
tracks, l don't want 10 20 back on nv
own dog, do / don't want 10 play
any contemplate tricks on a canine
which has turned to and eaten shingle.
nails and old oyster cans when we was
on the tramp and | couldn't get moth.
ing for myself but shelled corn. I'd
look bad going back on a dog that never
LAID down beside me at night without
hunting arosud to gee where could
pick up turnIps for breakfast
After you 6nd your dog you can
wash up suggested On officer.
Well. shall live in hopes war
the dubious reply. Life is but spar
you know. We come up ike flower.
and are cut down and l tell you I'm
not going TO run risks or take any
chances for the sake OF having a clean
shirt to spit tobacco juice on"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03

WANTED TO Know. w.'-WheihfT
false ringlets can be properly described
A. 'curls OF ,moke.'
Whether row 10 a rookery deserve
the definition Of cav. and fleets
Whether the sailor who wanted to
know what time il was ha. gone to
sea.
Whether misnaming baby at a
christening may he sailed turning rte
into wrong.
Whether the plainest woman alive,
when she reaches the age Of seventy
seven, will be a pretty old one.
Whether It is not preferable 10 fail
out with your banker than to lose your
balance with HIM.
Whether when a horse tax he
meals he has them at bis table.
Whether sweepsteaks ore scotabIe
for sweeps'
Whether when you give child bat
it will be likely 10 give you bawl.
Whether dumb man always keeps
bis word.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03

Two men started from Minneapolis,
Mimi, on the same train carrying con-
ffictinx deeds 10 a piece Of land in
Sioux falls. and each resolved TO get bic
document recorded fret. As they ap-
proached that city, cns OF them climbed
upon the engine. slipped the coupling,
let the train take care OF itself, and
rushed on, securing record Of bic
title halt an hour in advance Of rival,
who had to wait for another loccms-
tive.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03

A WARNING TO JoYERs.-Some
tne in 1864 there was number OF
army officers stopping at a hotel IN
Washington. Among them was Capt.
Emerson. There was also C'ptain
.Tonts. Who was q first rate fellow. a
good officer. and very pompous. Emer-
.on and Jprts used 10 have a good deal
of ioking together at the table and
elsewhere o q day at the dinner
table. Nh hen the dining hall was well
filled. Captain Jones flushed his dIn-
ner first. got IN and walked almost 10
ihe dining hall door. vhep Emerson
sp. .ke 10 him in loud voice and said.
= HplIoa. Captain. see here. | want to
n,nk 70 ION minute" The Captain
,urnrd I'd walked hack 10 lie iah'e
ard hent over mm. wien EntrScn
uIi.per 4. T~s''cd 10 ask Non low
f,r vru ould hay' gon" i'll had not
.poEen 10 you.' The Captain never
hanged muscle hut sirailhiened up
aid IN, j, fingers into his vrs'-2ocse',
a..d aid n vnic. 'o' d o. omsi Tor all
..'e., I'M. Csp = Er.','n J drt
ipo, ..s b msn IL llc ""r.d | ""d'd
r..i,er iend five dolla's tn thar 'on. ut
The fac is ! hav.n't a cent with me- to-
d,v.' ard lie tun,d d on his heel o. d
walked away. Emerson WAS tie cohr
o., half dozen rainhows put he had
N sland 1t. He never heard the lat ol
il. ard il coat him more than ten do!'
lars 10 treat on il.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03
P O Z I'll c AL
ATTRACTION.

Attractioution is = curious power,
! hat none can understand;
Its influence is everywhere
In water, air and land
Il kesps the earth compact and tight,
As though strong bolts were through 1t i;
Aud. what IL more mysterit US yet,
II binds US mor;ais 10 II.
You throw stone up In the air. VI
And down 1t comes-kCr- -vhsck
The centrifugal cast "TRIP
The ceutripetal-back.
My eNes can't discover how
one object tracts another;
Unless they love each other, like
4 sister and brother.
know the compass always points
Directly to the pole
Some say the North Star causes this,
And some say-Symms Hole!
Perhaps II does-rerhsps II don't;
Perhaps some other cause
Keen on perhsDsing who can solve
attraction hidden lavs2
Az lights on a lasses cup
attraction bids him WOO 1t;
And when he's in, attraction keeps
The chap from padding through Il
Attract lures the 20; to drink,
To ali his Oubler dlown;
Iut when his legs give way no falls,
Asd traction keeps him down.
Attraction is curious power,
That none can understand:
its influence is everywhere
In water, air and land.
u operates on every thing
The sea, tsc tides the weather;
And sometiue- ais"s tie -exes up,
And Linds tl ~ fasttOgether.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03

A SPIRITED DUET.-'Sing me, mlne
own he whispered, lovingly, as they
both sat down on the one piano stool,
'sluS me- o, whisper what thou feel
rst.'p L will, young man, | will said
the ,remulous tones Of her papa, from
the direction of the door. We Will
sing II as a duet, YOU and |. l will feel
aud YOU can whisp'r whutlt is And
then he felt for the boy with his foot,
and went on, with unfeeliug indifer
encc. Aud you needen't confine Jour-
self TO a whisper, necessarily, in telling
what you feel, aud what it feels Ike
Give it voice, young nan; give 1t voice
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03

A new and singular means OF inceD-
diarlsm is reported by the G0le'. In a
village of Poland cat was saturated
with kerosene by an unknow party, and
set on fire {; the unhappy animal rushed
to and fro, spreading fire all around, till
It perIshed in the flames, together with
a number of buildings.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03

A correspondent wishes to know the
best way 10 winter seranums. The
best and cheapest ways to sling 'em
over the back fence and buy new let
in the spring.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03

The young lady who aspires to es
admitted to the ranks Of the legal pro-
isssion does not reflect that the Sratiii'
cation Of her ambition wauld only
make her bar maid.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03

An exchange discovered that when
tive young mcn meet they address each
other a. old man. and that when two
old fellows meet they say my boy
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03

Where's your partner, this morning.
Mr. Hysons' the neighbor asked the
grocer. Don't know for certain
cautiously replied the old man, he died
last night -'.- @ =
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03

A man Is gong TO have his name
stamped upon 5O,OOO.Ooo tOoihlicks.
That mans name vii, be in everybodyb
mouth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03

A leopard never changes his spots. A
mosquito does however. 1t will settle
IN a new spot every five seconds, and
sing all the time il is changing.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03

An ounce Of generous praise will do
more to make a man your friend than .
ouud Of fault finding.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03

Do thy best to honor God in The u,e
OF this worlds currency, but make It not
thy wealth. r" -~'''-' 80
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03
The Man OF Many Cats

A parlv Of hunters while in search Of
game lately in the Santa Cruz hills,
California. came upon a rude hut ia a
small cloarug. about six miles from
Patchen, and nearly the same distance
from the Santa Cruz stage road. I'm
PEELED by curiosity they approached the
structure and finding the dnor open
went in. Imagine their surprise and
wonder at discovering a. the sole IN"
mate of the room (there was hut One)
what must have been originally intend
ed for a man. The creature wna but
partially clothed. the bod, from the
waist upward and from the knees down.
ward being entirely naked. His hair
was long and matted and hs tace.
bronzed fOm exposure and scanned and
Scared from conf rts With wild beasts
or enemies ofhis own race. prescribed an
appearance that startled the heholdrrs
Their cnnsternotioa was not lessenrd
when thev Gehcld his eyes. which. pro.
irudng from their sockels. glared Ike
those Of a man. His arms. breast and
legs were cOyere with long, coarse hair.
For a moment they Qazed and then
were about to depart with celebrity,
when the man bcckoned for them 10 re-
main. at the same time muttering II
some unintelligible jarg N. The hun
ters. not without trepidation. took seats
on huge log. the only furniture in the
room. Casting Their eyes about they
we're still more astOuished at what be-
tore bad appeared to be black mas
Of something around and about the pre-
sumed owner Of this habltation. They
aaw at least fifty cats. all black and Of
all sizes some as large and as fierce
and wild looking as wild cat. Some
of the larger started for the visitors
with spines erect, when the man gave a
peculiar whistle and all Immediately
clustered around him again. Wonder,
ing ~ hat was TO come next, the hunier.
maintained for some time perfect
silence. Then one spoke up and asked
the man how far il was TO Patchcn but
no answer came. Other questions were
asked, but the man only looked At them
with n puzzled stare. All at once he
leaped to his feet. gave a yell that near
Is curdlcd the blood Of the hstners, aud
bound, d out Of the doors. The cats
followed and the hunters saw thcm
scamperlng away over the clearing into
the brush aud out Of sight. After re-
maining for some time in the room the
hun ters, noticing a small boxln Of Q
corner, took it up, opened it and found
therein several sheets ofwritlng paper,
old and faded and with writing hardly
legible. After considerable effort they
managed to. read it and were rewarded
with the following strange narrative,
which explained vha, they desired to
know concerning the arrange occupant
Of the hut;
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03
The Caverns in PAGE.

THE description given below was pub
ll.hed in this paper over fifty years ago.
Some suppose it to be 4 description OF
the cave now known as the Lulay Cave.
willie others contend that the Rufiner
cave IS entirely distinct and separate.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03

Ny name is X. T. yena. My father
a native Of Spain. and my mother. an
English woman. di. d MANY Years ago.
I fear that am gong craze. that be-
tore another week arrives | shall ne be-
re Fl ofreason. IN order then that the
world may at some time quo" my
strange history, Lave determined to
write It Gown while my sens"s are acu'e
and nv mind clear. have be- for
five years steward on the parla ION OF
Mr.. Morris. Two wears ago malri' d
q creole. Frrllce Gallegos. a bean'lul
woman and one whnm | believed would
make rne happy. We lived in pace un
til our child was born. An Amer' an
then came to the plantation and met
Fellce. They wtre often together. /
suspected nolhing until | obtained COM
plete and overwhelming proof Ut her n'
ideilty. She came home one night after
meeting with her lover. and then | ic d
her what ! had discovered. cant OF
remember what l SAID. l only kno"
that when l concluded this she-devi
caught her child fr,m the bed and flung
il on the floor. Then she sprang al me
with uplifted dagger and MY face will
show what resulted. Twas upprepared
for such an attack but managed 10 se:zr
Felice and wrest the dagger from her
hands. Halt mad from the bow she
had given me, caught her by the throat
and plunged the dagger into her breast ;
she sank without groan TO the floor.
Then | must have been mad, for week
aflerward | found myself miles away, in
the forest. l feel that must leave
must 90 somewhere, anywhere, and hide
my self. My brain troubles me anc
am afraid that l sl.all sOon so mad. l
will write thi- and keepit with ne. The
time may come when it may be given TO
the world.
The wording ended here. The pre-
sumption was hat Venta came to Cali
fornia and wandered to the lonely clear
ing in the Santa Cruz hills, erected the
hut aud lived there alone. The hunters
remained uAtil dusk, hoping TO meet the
strange occupant again, but he did not
come. The next day they came again,
but the uan was still absent. He prob
ably has never returned to the spot.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03
SHENANDOAH HERALD
Advertising Rates:

Advertisements will be inserted at One Dollar
Per qusrs OF ten lines or less for the frat inssr'
sion, and 50 cents for each subssqusnt insertion.
Uniess the number Of Insertions be nsrtsd ups
the manuscript, II will be published untn forbid
and charged accordingly.
Notices in the local column will be inserted 81
en cents per line, each Insertion.
Advertisements for three months or longer vi
e inserted a. lower rates.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-12-03

U.te1 Cerds.
INKEFN.s MANSION HOUSE.
IL ALEXANDRIA, VA

Z NTlL7lll 'IIIsI-iI y
r,Ers GREEN. .PEoRIEroB.
Ia ~s.-cla-s hotel in every respect. The cll
yens Of tle valley. having busines in AeXancrla or
Washine,on. anil travellers going Nort9 ~ 9pltn'
will ind this agreeable resting lIaee ol. 'tic t
sevsrai hours as from Wash nsion or Baltimore.
',,rs.s,d Steamboats, leave Ai-VaLdria tof " ash
W Jan7-tf