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POETRY.
Along the Line.

nv IRWIN RUSSELL.
What say, "A song or story Draw up q
Lox r chair,
All them that l. wantin' 10 listen but. boys,
I'm f-tellin' you fair!
See thist II 20 for the feller what tskes a
notion to laugh.
And him or me viii be Z our folk. man or .
foreiograph
You didn', know Jim-of course not-l'm
tellin' you now OF him;
A fearful chap on his muscle, wild old boy.
was Jim:
But. boys.-now don't you forgit i,-he was as
good and square
As any man ths, the county held-and plenty
o men was there.
Jim wa. slishsnil' -jerker--of course you know
t mean:
lie sot =, hts little table aud ratified the Morse
machine
And didHt it rattle, bet you, He'd studied
II down 30 fine,
There wasn't one that could "send" with
h,m. not all along the line.
one time Jim So, in the Office. a-.mokin' and
gain out,
When in come a ielIcr was lookin' .keered-
And mud to be skecred shout!
He told hi. new. In 4 minnit, and-msn Is he
wss-gol crl'n'.
And i1Lier FereT Is broken out - went
ciokin' along the line.
think ths, line WAS connected with every soul
In the land,
From what was sent L US IIowari.-Tm one.
d'yc understands
OF all the parts o the tuton, no ,ellin' bich
helped us most.
And We was a-workin', we was, sir, And jim
he kep' 10 his post.
All day long he was settin' pu.ha' AWAY a,the
or t,kin' of from the .ouuder. jus, a. the case
might be-
And mos, Of the niSh; s-nursin'. And what
was bracin' his heart
Wa, KNOWN hi, only sister N him was sev-
eniy miles apart
The air 20, full o the fever; grAs. grSwed up
iu the street:
Travel the town all over, and never = man
you'd meet.
'Cepi, NAV b.. .orne fellcr 3 runnin, y ho'd say,
ss he passed you by:
I'm iryIn' to End the Doctor" or Billy il.
bound 10 die"
When folk. went uHder-ihey might De the
very best 10 the land
We throaed em into whste-pine box. And
drAyed en- out. os-hani.
To wait Their turn TO be planted without =
word or = prayer
There wa'n'i no chance and there wa'n't no
time fos prayin' or preaohin' there.
We'll. Jim. he minded hl. duty. and stuck to
the work-oh. ycs-
But, boys. one SATURDAY night. when he wa,
bnsy scndin' the press.
There come a break. AMI hi. Office call. and
soon a. bed time 70 sigu
" Your SISTERS took he fsrcT gsd der come
hA.hln' along the line.
Throw up The win4cT ami let In air. Hon eau
/ breathe speak
Wth-Jtms oh. certainly; new. like that
bound for To IL axe him weak,
But Jim .ot straight At the tsblc-he warbt the
nan 10 .hirkl
And. calmer and cooler than ! am now. he hn-
i-bei the compAny's work.
But then he drOpped-abd In four days mOru
ali that was len OF him
Was the wasted body that once had held the
Bobe.t soul-poor jim.
oh, boy. that broihcr and sister was brother
aHi sister - H.fHc-
wonder fever well meet ewhercs
along the hnes
"Bric-d-Brac,' .>criIHSr for September
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THAT Bridle.Path." )"

Mr.. George Fawcett Rowe and Mr.. Hen
| ry Edwards made the ascent OF Mount
Washington In July aud Mr.. Rowe has
written-in Burt's Among the Clouds
a lively aud amusing accoun, OF their adj
ventures. from which the following re-
marks on the Bride Path are taken, and
from which one might infer that he does
not like ltt
Il Is sad In life 10 see our dearest illu-
sioDs dissipated, and IL was our fate this
day TO add another to our hopes collapsed.
The famous Bride Path-thc accounts ei
which | had glosted over In Osgood S
Guide. as fairy way that promised 10 un-
fold more fantastic prospects than any
other In New Hampshire-wss added to
exploded myths, before the sun set Oh
all the execrable. hideous aud dabolicsi
contrivsnces for wrccking life aud limb
this Is the most execrable | haye ever eX-
plored. In the Alpine region. where na-
ture has lightly clad the surface with
stunted vegetation. this path Is rocky, but
tolerably easy. and the magnificent pros
poets on all sides are tillps TO exertion,
but. when you enter the forest at the top
OF Clinton. then. and only then do the tor
lures OF this terrible piece of engineering
become apparent. Between Jagged dwarf
walls OF rock YOU descend through nina
tare torrents OF water; you tall over rocks
OF every conceivable size, shape and pat
tern OF ACCOMMODATION; you sInk into mud
over your knees, occasionally dropping
into holes OF unfathomable depth; you
stumble Into rotten timbcrs and over
PROSTATE trees you founder through ieru
and morass; and finally, II you are not de-
voured by vllianous hordes OF mosquitoes
you may reach bottom, after three miles of
this misery, torn, bedraggled. bedaub bed
sodden, aud sunk into a wretched mass OF
rnental and bodily disorganization. Horses
have been said TO try this path | saw q
pile Of bones laid by the way. which were
doubtless, the remains of the last horse
that tried IL.
The sun vas settlng ns our party entered
the path. and, before we had struggled
through a mile aud a half OF the terrible
road. Il was dark and silent a. the night
iself. One Of Us, fortunately. had some
matches. and with these We lighted each
scrap OF paper We could dad IN our pockets
10 throw a feeble flicker on this hcilish
path. Ny sketches were torn up and
lighted Il chuckled secretly at this, a.
they were failures aud this was 4 foe eX-
cuse for not exhibiting them Ihe last
PISTOL shot was fired; our last bank bill
had gone up u a smoke, aud but one match
vas let 70 light moist fire Ia the damp
forest, when alsght CLEANED iitiuliy among
the trce-iTunAs, far away beneath. Ii was
bat Just In time, for we had lost all traces
of the famous bride path. anl had sat
down 10 wait, in mute despair. for rhcuna-
tism. death, or daylight. Upward came
the light. and soon, with 4 wild halo that
woke the forest echoes, we welcomed two
dehgercrs, sent up with a lantern To our
succor BY the pIpus monks Of Crawford.
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FRAUD N SILKS. - The practice O

FRAUD IN SILKS. - The practice OF
'weIghting" silks has began to excite seri-
Gus attention. Sone idea OF the extent to
Inch sik adulteraliou Is carried may be
formed from recent statements by Justus
Wolh tie says the public Is made to pay
the full price for material containing only
one-third OF silk aud two-thirds OF sub
stances which are not only of very lit e
value IN themselves. but injurious to tic
small quantity of genuine SILK. Il know
English manufacturers who send their silk
To France to be dyed black, and then rs-
turned for working up, because In France
they are able to Increase the weight OF silk
while dyeing it black much more than they
can in England. The result of such prac-
lice Is beautiful black silk fabric, chang
ing into rags remarkably quick in the pos
session Of the buyer" he recommends
analyses OF weighted" black silk fabrics
TO be made. and the results published. with
the names OF the firms manufacturing or
selling the adulterated goods.
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Ou the cath OF July, under the auspices
OF the Chicago Jockey * Trotting CLUB.
the time made by Sleepy Tom, the blind
PAGER astonlshed all the horsemeu. he win
ming the contested purse in the fastest
time ever made BY PAGER In the United
States, IL IA, the sensation OF the hour
Such feat leads lnquirin. persons to
desire to know something about the history
OF such horse, though he De PAGER ln-
stead Of trotter. Sleepy Tom was bred
In Bedrock, Ohio. and is eleven years old
His dam was sired by Sam Hazard. noted
as PAGER Toms grand dam was the pac-
ing mare Pocahontas, which had = record
of2l7 IL when in foal with Toms sire,
which Was Tom Rail- out OF Pochaontas
Kaifs sire was Pugh's Aratus, son OF Ara
tus Isaac Dingler Of Bedrock bought
Tom as a colt tor $50. and began to train
him when three years old. His nrst race
was at the Dayton Fair Grounds, where he
won in 50. While owned by Mr.. Dingler
he paced mile in 222 l-2, making this
time against Sleepy George, Tom Hen
bricks, Nellie Granger and Bay Sally
TOMS blindness was caused by a cold and
Inflammation Afterwards Tom was iii.
tanced, the horse winning Ia AZ great
let-down for Tom, aud Mr.. Dinsler sold
him for el25. he deeming his pacing days
oyer. He was driven by his new owner In
9 sleigh II miles ia 20 minutes, and was
arrested for fast driving. When the sleigh
ing season was over he was sold for $50
and his owner thought he got good price,
though he was paid in whiskey and a Grip
pied. blind 3-year old colt. He was after
wards purchased for 9l00by s c. Phillips,
Xenia, who began to train him for the
track In 1878 he entered In several races
but lost in all of them He opened the
| season this year by winning the purse al
Jackson, Michigan. at East Saginaw, Tol
edo, Cincinnati. Louisville and at Colum
bus. al the latter place making q record o.
2l6 Mr.. Phillips then sold Tom fol
e6O00, y good advance on &l0O. Mr.. Phil
| lips drove Tom nj the late Chicago race
wheu be made the record 2.l2 Ia, the bes
ever made by = PAGER He Is q good-tem
/ pered horse and easy to handle, and Is n,
chance horse; blood tells.
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(BOston Journal
A Candidate with a Treachs rous Mem

SIR joseph l.. Sflith the Greenbsc. can
ddate for Governor in Maine. II he had
been prud.st would have waited until he
had seen The journal correspondence be
tore making SO emphatic a denial as he did
to the representatives, OF the Herald and
the Giobc, wh1 appear 10 be hunting the
Pine Tree State in pairs In the interest Of
the Greenback-Democrati combination.
l. Il possible thst these gentlemen have. in
their zeal IN behalf OF the compromised
Greenback standard bearer, made his de-
NAL rather more emphatic than Mr.. Smith
could have wished when all the facts shall
be freshly brought to his mind. Before
making denial such a. Is attributed 10
hun he should have taken an hour In which
TO carefully review every move which he
has made to reach the Chief Magistracy OF
Maine. by neglecting to DO this Mr.. Smith
has placed himself in the most awk kward po-
silon that can be conceived for a man who
Is candidate for the highest Office which
the people OF State can confer.
The truth Is that Mr. smith taxes the
stand as a witness against himself It is
not a question OF yeraclty between him ami
another mau as TO words spoken. Mr.
Smith has simply undertaken to deny his
own hand writing He says that he has
never written a letter in any way comprO-
missing his party. letter In handwrit-
ing known to be his, and to which are ap
pended the initials j. l.. 5" coufronts
him.
VIII the people of Maine accept the ver-
bal dental OF Mr.. Smith of his own hand
writing? In view of this denial II is al
together probable that every voter will
have placed within reach a Jdc-sinslle of
that letter which will enable every man u
judge for himself.
Mr.. Smiths talk OF forgery IS puerle.
Forgery Is q crime, and a forgery OF this
sort can be traced by grand jury and the
guilty parties brought TO justice. Il IS not
forgery. Mr. Joseph L. Smith wrote
that letter as bid ior Republican support.
He is not the first political intriguer who
has been exposed by a letter, but he Is the
hrst in our recollection who has been 50
foolish as 10 deny the treachery with
which his letter brands him. II the Green
back managers allow Mr. smith 10 be their
candidate alter these revelations, they
share his disgrace, for disgrace 1t Is.
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WHICH HALF?-Can | have half Of this
seatr' No, sir!" shouted the occupant,
who was trying to spread himself over the
whole of 1t. Il represent a whole church.
and am on my way to Petoskey to camp
meeting!" Now you look here" said
the man as he reached over and secured
two terrible grips on the selfish mans body :;
II don't represent nobody nor nuthin', and
stead OF bein on ny way to camp-meetng,
'spect I'm on the high road to blazes, but
you want to yell o0t mighty quick which
halt OF this seat you didn't pay for" 1t
wasn't ten seconds before the man on the
high road to bazes had all the seat he want
ed
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A SUBJECT YOR AAUsENENT.-A little
fellow 10 Norwich, Conn, rushed into the
street recently tO look at . monkey that &C
companied IN Orgsn-grlcder who was play
Ing 10 front OF an adjoining block. Never
having perused the "Origin Of Man." he
gazed In wonder and admiration . few
moments, and then rushing Into the house
be met his grandmother, 70 whom he sd-
dressed this inquiry: "GrandmOther who
made monkeyss' God. my boy" replied
the old lady In her usual candid way.
"Well," said the grandson, I'm bet God
laughed when he got the nrst monkey
dO0ev'
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that they should go down than that saving
and lending for future industry should BE-
checked. Good gardeners DO not cut up
fruitful plants In order to make more room
for weeds.
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Pat" said SnO2glethorpe, who Is fond
OF using high-sounding phrsseology, 70 bis
Dan-oi-ali-work, I'm going to town at 10
O'Clock and shah weed out the cucumber
beds 10 the interim" ''Interim," thought
Pai, "lhat's mighty quare name for .
garden, anyhow" IFS Mr.. SnoggletAorpe
st homer' asked . visitor. Who called
shortIy sftsrward. "Yis, sosr; yen Hnd
him u work In his interim there beyAnt. "
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House for. sale.

=. Tn. dwelling house on the corner oi
I'M Pine and Fraakiin Streets. opposite the
ssam ,a-id,nee II Mr.. Henry yhltinx. VIII be
.ss1i i,s ar cash. or part cash aud baiase gu
INN, ifwelI secured. The house Is new, mas a.
80, ,aaC nine rooms, a good eistern and Is
: s, - :, ne b,.i locations In the city. For fuI
,bsr Information in quire of the subscrioer or
a. narr,ll Eso, Al the Sa wings Bank.
l. Dai''" A. K. WOODWARD.
Ellsworth, Aug. .3th, lsss. s'''
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A very tiresome civil engineer had
been vexing the righteous soul OF one OF
the | University professors, who, for Joke,
and To rid himself of the nuisance, sent him
to DR.. B with his engineering schemes,
as to congeuial and sympathetic soul.
lie therefore came with high hopes, and
uniOlded his schemes several times with
wearl,ome multiplicity OF detail to the de
voted professor, when the listeners impa-
tieuce made itself felt. The engineer con
tinued to say, just one moment, Profes-
>Or, one thing more" Finally, his hearers
much-tried patience showed signs OF utter
ly giving way, whereupon the patentee
again said:
II only want To show You one thing
more, Professor. have invented a short
me'hod Of boring mountains, which think
will prove very valuable"
MY dear sir burst forth the wearied
listener, If you would only invent a short
method of boring individuals you would in
deed confer a lasting benefit upon the
race" The engineer departed.
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How the thoughts OF II man will revert
TO the days when 1.-TWO SPAR ows were sold
for farthing." when the honest farmer Of
to-day sells his harvest apples, not quite 20
large as a sparrow, but great deal worm
ier. at prices ranging from eighteen cents
per apple to seven dollars q peck Bur-
lington Hd,ckeye.
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The cottage in which lived John Mac
KEY, the BONANZA King" when he used 10
dig gold in Red Stsr Gulch, Is still stand
ing. 1t il = tiny shanty about l7116 fess
in size, with little porch
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WIRE SCREEN CLOTH.
BALLOON FLY TRAPS,
ELDRIDGE & PERRY.
Iy1
Pauper Notice.

rHF undersigned hereby gives notice that be
/ has contracted with the City OF Ellsworth Tor
rs,. -npuort of the Poor during the ensuing year
,oa bs- made ample provision tor thca. support.
he therefore iorbids all persons IRON furnishing
s,,t.t,ll,.s "a aav psupeT on his account, as Win
Out hls sriiieB order. he shaIi pay no o"is -
Nc. REYNOLDS
El-xaTth. April ss.is7s is'
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There Is no man SO poor but what he
kan afford TO keep one dog, and hav seen
them SO poor that they could afford " keep
three.-(J. Billings.
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"A sparkling young debater, in flight
OF eloquence, exclaimed: "Ar. President,
the world is divided into two great classes,
the learned and the unlearned, one Of
whom | am which"
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SOUTHERN SotK MILK.-The almost
universal dislike tor fresh milk which Il
found among the southern people in The
rural d!stI lets is A surprise TO the great
majority OF Northerners who visit that sec
ton OF the country. Nothing is more nat
ural, when stopping at farmhouse or a
country hotel. than to ask for milk 10
driuk, but south OF the Potomac river
the chances are that those answering this
request will give the traveller a tumbler OF
sour milk unless he expressly asks for
sweet milk. It may be that there Is some
thing more satisfying To the taste to be oh
iained from drinking sour than fresh milk
but IL Is certain that the Northern palate
has not yet been educated up to an appre-
ciation of Il. IL Is probable that the habit
arose ia the South In consequence OF the
imperfect means the country people had al
thcir command Of keeping their milk fresh,
combined with their desire not to waste
useful materials. The result has been that
most Southerucrs are decidedly aver.e To
drinking fresh milk. and ia many house
holds the fluid IS put away and 1t Is not
considered ft for use until 1t becomes sour
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crow over. u there be no mistake 10 the
statements OF the men who ough. to know
how their neighbors are going to vote.
T.. II.
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An AMBITIOUS TEHr.-The parsons do,
after all, tell the best stories. Rev. Dr.
- Is responsible tor the following:
In the early part Of his ministry a very
eminent clergyman OF his own denoniina-
ton visited him and spent sabbath with
HIN. pf course he invited him To preach
for him, aud, To his great satisfaction, he
consented. Rev. Dr - j. tall, and his
pulpit Was rather high. TO accommodate
his manuscript TO his sight; his visitor was
short, rather stout. and had a shining bald
head Rev. DR. proposed to lower the
pulpit little, but his friend declined, and,
on the contrary. desired that il should be
raised higher. II seemed that he was near
sighted, but for some reason preferred not
to wear svectaclrs. The desk being raised.
he proceeded TO pile upon II the closed pul-
pit Bible. two hymn-books, pile ot about
dozen sermons, and hnally his manu-
script and then, his bald head just glim-
G-crsus over The top Of his 'riemp"re fortlt
C.ttinu. he announced his trXt-"lhou shalt
see greater thlu.s than these. EDITORS
DRAWER, in Hlrer's HrgaziHs for Sspter-
bsr
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Vol. XIV. Whole No. 1881. No. So.
How Brother Blank Destroyed His
Usefulness.

A deacon OF a prominent Connecticut
Church whose pastor had just resigned. re-
Gently met Hartford divine, when the fol-
lowing conversation ensued:
IL was sorry to hear that Brother Blank
had resigned. had always liked him. He
Is regarded As very able man. isn't he 2"
"W-e-i-l, yes (hesitating). "Oh,
ye-es. he's an able man"
But be is iirst-rate preacher, isn't
heg'
"w-e-e-l-,y-e-s; he's very good preach
en-"
"And he Is man of the highest Chris
tian character; so we have always thought
here"
We'll, ye-es. Oh, yes, he's a good
Christian -
But there must be something The mat
ter, Deacon. Why do you hesitate so, and
say, Well, ye-es?' Has Brother Blank
been guilty OF auything wrong2 know
Of n church that | think he Is just the man
for, aud | mean TO recommend him very
highly. Have you any reason To suppose
that he would not give satisfaction
well, Doctor. Mr.. Blank Is all you say
about him, but l'm afraid he's not calcu-
lated To make a successful pastor In the
country"
Why not, Deacon: You surprise me
very much
We'll. will tell you one reason. Mr..
Blank lived next to neighbor whose hens
aud chickens troubled him very much by
digging up his garden. lie spoke about il
several times. but IL did no good; those
fowls kept In his garden all fhe time. And
what do you think he did? Instead of
shooting some OF them OF building q high
fence around his garden. he came here 10
Hartford and bougat the best game-cock
he could find, took him home aud turned
him loose In the garden. The next day
that n,ighbor heard great commotIon
among the poultry, and when he looked
over the fence there were all his hens and
chicken, lying in wiudrows. and that
same-cocA walking over the bodies and
Growing. Now. you can't say that was
un-thristian conduct, but il was certainly
calculated to destroy Mr.. Blanks useful
pess iu that seCtIou.- Hartford CourdRt
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-10-08

suse Tlrzs.41 Co. CrtIflz1--s
with polldm from some of these trees
by the wind, more frequently by bees
and other insects which often carry
the pollen for miles on their bodies,
and may deposit some on the bloom
with which they come in contact ? I
believe it is an admitted fact that all
the citrus family will mix. If one
variety should be fertilized by the pol
len from another, in that case it pro.
duces hybrid.
was shown little nursery of
seedlings a few days since by my
friend, Mr.. Peck, of Norwalk, who
says they were grown from seed
saved from dozen oranges purchased
in Savannah by his wife, while on her
way to Florida. The oranges were
all very sweet and of superior quail
ity, hence they saved and planted
the seed. They are very distinctly
marked sweet and sour oranges, lem
ons and citrons. Now, this was cer-
tainly the result OF accidental fertili-
zation. Orange trees do not grow
like com or other animal crops, it
takes from eight to ten years before
they come into bearing, and if they
should then prove to be inferior in
quality, it will take four or five years
more to change it into good tree
by budding. That seems to me TO
be very expensive operation, to
find at the end of so many years, and
after much care and cultivation, that
your tree is of no more value than a
sour stump. Why take an uncer.
tainty when we can Just as easy have
certainty? When we bud we get
precisely the same fruit as the tree
from which the bud or graft is taken.
If we plant 100 sweet seedlings we
get as many shades of difference in
the quality of our oranges.
The Rev. DR.. Hicks, OF Fruit Cove,
has a grove all budded from one tree
of very superior quality. ] am in.
formed the Doctor is able to realize
4 cents each for all his fruit. Hicks
oranges are as we'll know in the market
as the Baldwin or Newtown Pip.
pin apples, or as the Bartlett pear,
and when a man purchases box of
them he knows exactly what ne is
getting.
am well convinced the time is
coming when oranges will be sold by
their nomenclature, the same as other
fruit, and the well.known choice va
rieties will command much better
prices than mixed lots.
l take the following extract from