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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-02-26
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people are becoming more and more
convinced that reduction of city expenses
is demanded" says the Argus, "and that
Republicans will never accomplish this
needed REFORM" Considering what has
been accomplished in the way of retench-
ment by republican Mayor and council
during the last two years the assertion of the
Argus is uncommonly absurd. Mayor But
Ter has administered the affairs OF the CITY in
the spirit of the strictest economy, has re-
duced expenses 80 much that not few
Democrats have accused him of niggardli-
ness. What support has the Argus given
him in his efforts to economize? What
praise has it given him when his efforts have
proved successful? Has it sympathized in
his plans to reduce expenses? Has it for
warded those plans?
What measures of retrenchment in citv
expenses has the Arqus to suggest? What
are the needed reforms of which it prates?
Upon what grounds does it ask vote of
want OF confidence in the Republican ad-
ministration of the city? What does it
pledge Democratic Mayor if elected, to doe
In what quarter are further reductions to be
made? Is Mayor Buffers management of
the railroad debt to be improved upon? Are
the appropriations for city purposes extrava-
giant? Is the salary bill too large? Is there
any mismanagement in any of the city de-
partments? Just where are ''retrench-
ment and reform" to begin2 What better
financier or more careful administrator than
Mayor Butler has the argus to propose?
Where are the credentials, the record of SER
vice in city affairs, OF the argus candidate for
the succession? Does the argus propose to
take up the financial issue to please its
Greenback friends and transform the bonded
debt of the city into legal-tender, non-inter-
est bearing, demand notes, or pay off the
debt in fiat money?
A little more explicitness is desirable.
Will the argus tell us what it means by re-
trenchment in city expenses, and where the
retrenehment should begin? 1t should rot
content itself with vague generalites that do
not even glitter. What has il to propose?
What has the Republican administration left
undone? What does the Democratic-Green-
back-Peoples-C Citizens-anti Gary electric.mo-
tor combination promise for the good of the
city?
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1t is thought that if the Chinese bill is
vetoed, California will secede.
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In careless moment the Argus has ad-
mitted communication to its columns in
which Glow, scurilous" language is used
concerning the Saco Greenbackers, and the
"Crow." and "Beefsteak' and "Fishy"
wings of the party are mentioned. Look
out now for some heavy soldering on the
part of the argus. 1t will clasp the knees of
those Saco Greenbackers, and protest it is
their long-lost brother and beseech them 10
examine its arm. 1t will loudly assert that
it never meant to accuse the Greenback
party of being monster with three wings.
And in its righteous indignation at having
been imposed upon it will surrender the
name of its wicked correspondent
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Ex-CHIET JUSTICE LocHRANE of Georgia
has had conversation with ''Gath" upon
questions concerning the South. He doesn't
think there will be any division of the solid
South for some time to come. The Repub-
lcans. in his opinion have the better chance
OF carrying the national elections in 1880,
partly because the North is roundly opposed
to the payment of Southern claims. Judge
Lochrane never heard Southern claims dis
cussed except by Blaine, in Chicago, and
then ne said the people listened very closely.
He thinks Grant will not be nominated by
the Republicans in 1880, but wouldn't be sur
prised to see Horatio Seymour nominated by
the Democrats. If Bayard lived in New
York, he would undoubtedly be nominated.
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-10
VOLUME 42---NUMBER 2163.

scarcely clad in rags and patches of the
coarser fabrics; yet, in the midst of
filth and rags, he was recognized as a
man of above average sense and educa-
tional culture, which always brought
him respectful Difference from all. 1t
is said that, aside from his property
here, which consists of 800 acres of good
land and some personal property, he
owned valuable property in Ohio.
Some years since his brothers came
to see him, and endeavored to get him
to abandon his isolated existence, but
all in vain, for he remained alone till
the last. When it was found that he
was sick, the kind neighbors f1ocked in
and did all in their power to alleviate
his suffering, but all of no avail. After
his death box containing silver and
bank notes, deeds, mortgages, ETC., was
found, and is now in the hands of re-
sponsible parties. Quite a number of
standard works on medicine and law
were also found. Among his effects
was a letter, purpOrting to be from his
niece, directed to him at lola, and dat
ed 1865. In it several family names
are mentioned, which may serve as a
clew to the whereabouts of his relatives
that are living.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-10
Made His Point, Anyhow.
From the New York World

From the New York World
"Well, old fellow, how goes it ?" said
kindly the visitor to the invalid, who,
extended stiffiy upon his right side,
gazed feebly at him and replied with
difficulty:
"Pretty badly"
"Pretty badly, ell ? Well that's bad,
but [ hope it isn't so bad after all.
Have you up again throwing back
sOmersaults and walking a thousand
miles in thousand hours in less than
no time"
''0h- no. the DOCTOR says nv case is
very critical; in fact, when he went
out, half an hour ago, he told me to re-
main lying in this position, for if L
should turn over on my left side I'd die
instantly"
"Oh, bosh :"
II tell you that's precisely what he
said"
''He didn't mean it. He was exhibit
ing tatfy."
Don't you believe I'm as sick as
that ?"
"NO; really l think he's exaggerat-
ing"
''Then I'll prove it to you" Turns
Orer on his lett side and dies triumphant
W.)
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-10
st. Johnsbury Church Directory.

ADvENT-PaddOck Village. Elder L. C. & Mrs.
Mchinstry, Pastors. Sabbath Services at 1890 a.
m. las and 6:3O p: m. Sabbath School l2 m.
Prayer Meetings at 1870 p. m Sunday, Tuesday and
Friday evenings.
BArTIsT-Railroad Street, Corner Maple Rev
(, L. Sanford Pastor. Preaching 1920 A. NJ. S.
School IL m, prayer meeting 6:3O. Prayer meet
ings Wednesday evening at 1870
Prayer meeting in Summerville school house
Thursday evenings at 1:30.
FREE BAPTIsT-Main Street, Corner Prospect
Rev. c. S. Frost, Pastor. Residence at d. Street.
ers, Prospect st. sabbath services at 1890 A. NJ
and 6:3O P. M. Sabbath School at 1900 M. Wed.
nesday evening prayer meeting at 1880
CHURCH OF THE MEssIAH-( Universalist). East
ern avenue, corner Cherry street Rev. b. NJ. Til.
lotson, Pastor. sabbath services at las and 6:3C
P. NJ. Sabbath School at - NJ. Wednesday even.
ing prayer meeting at 7:30.
METHoDIsT-Central, street. Rev. H. F. Austin
Pastor. Residence head of Summer Street
Sabbath services at 1870 A. M and $50 p. NJ
Sabbath School at 1900 NJ Wednesday evening
meeting at 1880.
st. J0hnsbury Centre Sabbath services at 1:3O
social meeting at 500; Sunday school at 1890 D. m
Thursday evening meeting at 7:30.
NORTH CoNGREGATIoNAL-Ma street, corner
Church. Rev. Henry W. Jones Pastor Sabbath
services at 1920 A. NJ. and 6:30 P. NJ. Sabbath
School at las p. NJ. Wednesday evening meeting
at 1880.
SoUTH CONGREGAuoNAL-M street. Rev.
Edward T. Fairbanks, Pastor. Sabbath services
at 1880 A. NJ and 63O p. NJ. Sabbath School at
1900 NJ. Wednesday evening meeting at 7:3O
ST. ANDREw'saatEpiscopal,I Main street, Rev.
n F. Putnam. Rector. Services Sundays at
1880 a m, and p. m. Holy days and FRIDAYS at
a: m. Wednesdays at 1870 p. NJ. Sunday School,
at $3.50 p.
ROMAN CATHOLIC Cherry Street. Rev. j. A.
Boissonnault, Parish Priest. Mass and 10 a. M ;
Nespels and BenedictiOn at p. On the
second Sunday of the month, service at $50 a. m.
and p. m. AT Lyndonvile same day al 1890 a. IN.
NOON PRAYER MEETING-Every week day, from
II to 1890 in the Y. NJ. c. a. Rooms over f. F.
Browns Store.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-10

Whatever from all countries. We have
also taken very creditable part in the
Paris Exposition, in spite of a most dis
c0uraglng combination of circumstances
IN advance, and thirteen thousand OF
our people went over to see the show.
we have been prepared, therefore,
with some honest grumbling, to pay
with general equanimity the outrageous
$4,000, 900 award dccreed against us bv
the Halifax COmmissiOn-Mr. Evarts.
however, laying an anchor to windward
in the shape of decided protest that
this award shall not serve as q prece-
dent for any purposes or to any extent
whatever.
Among the prominent dead of the
year will be found the names of Robert
L. ParrOtt, the inventor of the Parrott
gun ; Samuel Bowles, the well-known
journalist; Hon. Gideon Welles Hon.
Ben. Wade, the indOmitably true in
trying times; CommOdores Graham,
Spicer and Paulding, William M.
Tweed; the pugilist Morrissey; the
dwarf Minnie Warren; the noble Pro-
fessor Henry; Catherine E. Beecher !;
William Cullen Rrvants the brilliant
correspondent. John A. MacGahan :;
Rev. DR.. Dowliug; Evert A. Duyckinck
the author; Col. Thorpe, the amusing
sketcher; Rev. DIR. Nehemiah Adams !;
Benjamin IL. Latrobe, the distinguish
ed engineer of Maryland, and Bayard
Taylor, our Minister to Germany, la
mented 10y all.
Our neighbors on this continent, to
the north and south, seem to have pass
ed Il more quiet year than usual. Our
Canadian brethren are just now in an
extra glow of loyalty and patriotism,
the occasion being the succession of
Lord Dutferin. who served very accept
ably for six years as Governor General,
by "Sir John Douglass Sutherland
Campbell, commonly called the Marquis
of Lorne," as he styles himself in his
oath of office. Moreover if not chiefly,
he is the husband of the royal Princess
Louise. Even in the hight of their ex-
ultatlOnS, however, those Canadian cit
liens of both sexes who would pay their
respects to the exalted couple were ter
ribly chilled by Il court order redOlent
of extreme foreign regal snobbery
Their Indignation prevailed, and the
official who blundered so egregiously
on American soil was promptly sent
back to England. The elections in
Canada have resulted in Il Conservative
victory and the return of Sir John Nc
Donald-the DiSraeli of the Dominion
to power.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-10
Squibs.

A bankrupt was condoled with the
other day for his embarrassment. "Oh,
I'm not embarrassed at ALL" said he;
''it's my creditors that are embarrassed.~
The tramp has studied the habits of
the birds, and he now migrates. The
south is overrun with him this winter,
and he has a wonderful faculty of dodg-
ing buck-shot.
'If fire." said NJ. Joseph PrudhOmme,
who had just laid down the paper de-
scribing the floods, ''If fire is an awful
scOurge, water is a still more fearful one
You can extinguish a confiagration, but
you cannot put out an inundation."
Prof. Melone, the brass and string
bandit, was interviewed this morning
by man who wanted situation in the
band. "What can you play ?" asked
the professor. "Well, l amt much for
tiddlin', but if you want wind stuffed
into Il cOrnet, or wind belted out of
bass drum, Pm your oyster" Virginia
(Neu.t Chronicle.
Anybody can catch cold now. The
tronble is to let go again, like the man
who caught the bear.
A fearful suggestion: Fred Ito chum)
i dreamt about you last night, Bob
| Bob-I hope it was pleasant Fred-O,
yes! very pleasant while it lasted. l
dreamt that you paid the ten dollars
you owe me.
A cattledealer of Amherst, who prides
himself on his knowledge of all kinds of
stock, and the different breeds of sheen
especially, was asked if he had ever
seen an hydraulic ram during his fire.
xrIS re 70
promptly replied in the affirmative, de-
clarlng that it had wool IA inches long.
Smythe says he went down to the mar
ket yesterday and got some of those
Christmas greens they have been ad-
vertising. But he don't think much of
them. Mrs. s. boiled and boiled them.
and they were as tough when she got
through as when she began. Smythe
says give him spinach or beet-tops. If
anybody likes spruce and hemlock, he
can have them for all o. Smythe.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
1t was at Binghamton. He was an
aesthetic young man at ball. The floor
manager had Introduced him to divine
young creature in blue, and they stood
IN the set waiting for prompter's call.
w nat charming assembly, remark
ed the young man, gazing around on the
array of beautiful faces and costumes.
There is something so captivating, so
etherealizing in these gatherings of cul-
ture and refinement, that l am always
charmed when can mingle with such
aa,Joyous throng. Do you not pronounce
this fashionable and intelligent soiree
"a superior gathering of beauty and
gentllity ~ "It's the boss" replied the
gentle creature in blue, as she arranged
the fastenings of neat little glove. The
young man had to be carried out of the
ball.-Elmira Gasette.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-10
The Strange History of Disappoint
ed Lover.
IOswego Kan) Correspondence of Indianapolis
Sentinel


lOswego (Kan,) Correspondence of Indianapolis
Sentinel
There died one day last week, in this
vicinity, an aged and eccentric man
named Alvin Harrison. He was about
73 years of age, and was a cousin of ex-
President Harrison. In 1910 he was a
promising young lawyer of Ross county
Ohio, and stumped the state in the in
terest of his cousin, ''Old Tippecanoe. .
Several years thereafter he quit the
practice of law and took up the study
of medicine. Later on he became en-
gagged to a young lady, and at last the
happy day was fixed for the celebration
of his marriage. But before the arrival
of the eventful day the young lady
eloped with stage driver, leaving Mi
Harrison to mourn her sudden and un-
expected departure. This incident So
dlsgusted Mr.. Harrison with the tickle
ness OF human nature and civilization
IN general that he turned his back upon
the world, preferring home in the
trackless wilderness and barren prairies
to one IN the busy haunts of refined life,
Some IA years ago he built him a loo
cabin and took up his abode in the Ne
osho bottoms, some three miles from
town. His nearest neighbor at thai
time was miles away. He lived ali
alone, and subsisted on scanty and
nnwholesome diet of spoiled bacon
The cabin was open and uncomfortable
while he was content with a simple pal.
let of straw. He drove a team, poor
bony and dilapidated as himself. hal
starved, and clothed in rope and string
harness. He had an intelligent expires.
sion of countenance, but went about
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-10
An Apes Mimicry.

The following is the story of Barba-
ry ape:
Father Casaubon, il famous preacher.
brought up the animal in question,
which, having become attached to him.
wished to follow him wherever he went.
One day when Casaubon was going to
Church, the ape, not being made secuI e
followed his master to the place of wor-
ship, and being good climber. silent
ly mounted the sounding board, and
there lay, quiet and concealed, until
the sermon was in course of delivery.
1t then advanced to the edge of its
perch to see what was going on beneath
it and to watch the actions of the ora
tor. These were no sooner observed
by the able mimic than it began to
perform also, and its limitations of the
preacher were so perfectly grotesque
that the whole congregation was put
into state of great visibility, such as
could not be repressed. The good ia
ther was alike shocked and indignant
at the ill-timed levity of his audience
and began to administer some severe
reprOofs. But seeing all his efforts
failing, he launched forth into violent
action, accompanied by loud vocifera-
tions. His frequent gestures the ape
did not fail to take up Immediately,
with no less animation than that which
inspirited his master. And at this ap-
parent competition of the two individ-
uals the people burst into roars of
laughter, and when the animal was
pointed out to the pastor, though high
ly eXasperated, it is said he could hard
ly command his own cOuntenance while
he gave directions to have the ape re-
moved
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-10

IL was for the interest of bendholders as
well as stockholders that a supply be
secured before the present Congress in
creased the tax thereon. The carving
capacity of the road was entirely made
quate to transport the mackerei to mar
ket. He needed 10000 new fish cars as
soon as spring opened. Col. Jewett
further stated that if this relief was
granted by the Court he should endeav-
OF to arrange trains so the inhabitants
OF Danvflle and other western towns
could get Boston mail once in four
weeks. (The latter statement was hailed
WIN unbounded enthusiasm by every
DanvIlle man presently
AL this point, John T. Drew of Bur-
lIngtOn, asked Col. Jewett if he would
exchange receivers certificates for stock
IN the "Moonshine Mining Cor Col.
Dlckey strongly objected to this ques-
tlon' with the remark that eff Colonel
1eWett gets any money on the certifi-
cates there Will be only enough to pay
the lawyers, and | for one, shall entirely
OBJECT to taking MoOnshine Mining
STOCK In payment for legal services -
Inc Court Overruled Col. Dickey's OBJ
lection and said any one who believed
in the 'Moonshine Mining CompaafhSgf,F
and directed the clerk to Immediately
enter Col. Dickey's name for 1000 shares
(par value 1907 in Captain Drew's Com
pany.
Bliss n. Davis of Danville was next
called upon to tell what he knew about
railroads. Mr.. Davis said there was q
marked difference between the white
English turnip and the silver-skin on,
ion, but he thought the Colorado potato
beetle and the Vermont straddle bug
were identical. The evidence was OBJ,
iected to by Mr.. Noble of st. Albans, al
being irrelevant, and the Court-whC
had had experience as an agriculturist-
sustained the objection. The court ther
adjourned.
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20
what makes that noiseH asked a
little boy on the train the other day.
The cars answered his mother.
'What for? p
Because they are moving
What are they moving forG'
'The engine makes them
What engine p
The engine in 'front.'
What is it in front fOrF
'To pull the train
what train?'
This one'
This oneP' repeated the youngster,
pointing to the one in which they sat.
Yes
what does it pull it for?'
The engineer makes it,
What engineer
'The man on the engine
what engine p
'The one in 'front.'
What is it in front fOr?'
Il told you that before
Told who what?
Told you
What for ?
'Oh, he still you are nuisance
whats nuisance ?
"A boy who asks too many questions
Whose boy 2
MY boy
The conductor came just then aud
took up tickets, and the train pulled up.
at the station.
The last we heard as the lady ierked
the yOungster off the platform, was:
What conductor p
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Copies of the claims of any Patent furnished by
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TESTIM M0NIALS.
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Inventors cannot employ a person more trust
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tice."-EDMUND BURKE late Commissioner of
Patents"
Boston, October 10, 1876.
R. ii. EDDY, Esq.-Dear Sir: you procured for
me, in 1910, my first patent. Since then you have
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your line and advise others to employ you.
Yours truly, GEORGE DRAPER.
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