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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-13
by &c. SrILrHEN his Attorney.
December s, A. ID. 1879. tdeco. IA Of

'kENNEBEC COUNTY:-In Probate Court at
xdyg"sid' on e, Ie"rfh Monday Of Noremter, 1879.
w gate of Manchester, in said county. miner
license to sell at public or
ward the proceeds TO be placed on interest viz: All
,he interest Of said ward in about thirty acres of
easterly by the road leading from Manchester TO
West Gardiner southerly by II stone wall leading
from the road aforesaid to Cobbosseecontee Pond
ard westerly by said pond;
ORDERED. That police thereof be given three
weeks successfully prior TO the fourth Monday Of
december next, In the kennebec Journal, u news
paper printed In Augusta, that all persons
may attend at n Court OF Probate then TO be holden
at Augusta, and show cause, ifany why the PRAYER
.,,,., H.. BAKER. Judge.
KENNEBEC C0UNTY-In Probate Courf ~
"g gERfa al sc ,S@rh iMM9rnSay Of Nor 1879
~ the last will and testament Of ira smart,
Late late , OF China, in said County, deceased, hav.
ing been presented for probate:
ORDERED, That notice thereof be given three
weeks successfully prior to the fourth Monday Of
peeeniner next In the kennebec journal, newspa
per printed IN Augusta, that all persons interested
may attend at Court of Probate then to be holden
al augusta. and show cause, if any, why the said
Instrument should not be proved approved and al.
ceased II X RAKER indaa
Attest: CHARLES HEwINs, Register. sw5o
hENNEBEC COLNTY-In Probate Court at fu.
gnsfG, on re Ionrth Monday Of NoreD,ber, 1879.
LNNELlNE I. KING of Monmouth, hoving pre.
scnted copy, duly authorized, of the last will
ana testament OF Nathaniel Dexter, late Of Boston.
Mass as proved and allowed In the Probate for the
County OF Suffolk in that state, with a request that
the same be allowed. filed and recorded in this coun
~, there being property here iich said will can
operate:
ORDERED, That notice there Of be given three
weeks successfully prior to the seoond Monday Of an
uary next, In the kennebec journal. 4 .esss-
paper printed In Augusta, that all persons
may attend ut Court of Probate then be holden
at Augusta, and show causo, II any, why the PRAYER
OF said petition should not be granted
II. L.. BAKER, judge.
HEWf>, Req. 1xxs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-13

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-13

@737 A YEAR ana expenses TO agents. Outf.
~ ~ free. Address +. o. VICKERY, Angus.
n. Maine. Ivg
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-13

Byron Stone and his mother, son and wife
Of Levi II. Stone Of Cornish, who was found
dying in his barn some days ago with frac-
tured skull, has been arrested for murder.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-09-03
Nonsense in Spelling.

The history of our spelling is in no
small number of instances the history
of blunders which, originated in ILL
teracy almost scandalous, have now
become thoroughly sanctioned BY Gus
tom and consecrated by time. And
yet there are people who honestly be.
lieve there is something peculiarly
sacred about the present photography
of the English tongue, who look upon
this creation of type-setters as the
crowning mercy to our race of an all.
wise Providence, and actually shudder
when any new spelling is employed as
if the foundations Of the great deep
were breaking up, and the civilization
of the world were threatened with q
second deluge of barbarism. -Scribner
for September.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-09-03

SUNDRIEs.-In the weekly report Of
the treasurer of the Lime-kiln club,
it was discovered that he had fourteen
cents charged up under the head OF
"sundries,' and when he had finished
his reading the president observed,
"While I am free 10 say dat our re-
spected treasurer enjoys my full conf
dence, nebberdemor' regard it my
dooty to ask him to 'splain dat item a
little clusser. Muffin in de business
of dis club must be kivered up wild
big words" "Why dem fo'teen cents
went for sundries," exclaimed the off,
cial. "Sartin-sartin but does dat
mean railroad ties or spring ober-
coats g. 81 paid out nine cents tor
candles an de balance for matches
"Werry we'll; dat's perfectly plain to
de- club. After dis occashup, 10 save
akin queshuns, de brudder had better
put de word 'sundries' in de wood.box
an specify each item. Matches and
candles am mighty handy to hev
aroun de hall, but 'sundrles' haint
wort storage m.'-[Detroit Free
Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-09-03
simplicity of Macauley's style.

The man who said Johnson wrote
sin language which nobody heard
from his mother or his nurse; in q
language in which nobody ever quar-
rels, or drives bargains or makes love
in a language in which nobady ever
Thinks" when he himself came to
write we may be sure would write in
a language ofthe household, the Ian
guage of the market, the language OF
the lover, the language of the daily
thoughts of English-speaking men
And so it was. When the history ap-
peared, it was read by clergyman Of a
parish to the workmen and laborers
of his charge, and one Of them speak
ing for his fellows, asked the rector
to give their thanks to Mr.. Macau'ay
for writing history that working
men could understand. Il Richald
Grant White.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-09-03

The wheat crop all over the West
has been abundant, exceeding in some
of the States all former years. The
correspondent of Chicago paper
writes from Indiana SIN many
cases the crop will sell for as much as
the land was considered worth year
ago." One man said, before harvest l
owed $3.50. I looked at my field and
said "If the crop will pay the debt
I shall be satisfied" have threshed
and paid the debt and have $500 still
left.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-09-03
SEEING BETTER DAYS.

The widow Minton had seen better
days. How far back wasn't exactly
certified but sho had seen them.
Better days hung mouldily about her
like the defaccd shreds Of antiqaated
embroidery.
Tho sturdy gossip OF the seaside
village, who went out with their shirts
tucked up and their bare brown arms
able fer any work, looked askance at
the widow Minton, with her pitital
meagreness Of aspect, her flicker.
ing eye, and her trailing old gown
They uudged each other, and said :
"Be,ter days-Lord save us!"
But the widow did not trouble tho
neighbors much, nor they her. A
body who couldn't do a heartsome
hands stirring was best left alone to
her brooding, aud the widows smoky
little cabin, solitarily apart on the sea
shore, was left pretty much to herself
and the boy Tom.
Tom was sturdy brown.faccd lad
who picked up living by doing odd
jobs for the boatmen, and now and
then taking a day for fishing.
Tom probably had never seen better
days. The widow shook her head
over him-so stupidity content, poor
Tom! so beaming and good natured
over beggardliness and hopelessness
A tall well grown fellow, with bare
feet torn straw hat, and a red shilt,
Tom took the world easy, looking
with reverent eyes on his mothers by
gone gentility, but in no means SEEM
ing to covet it for himself.
The widow deemed 1t due to her
past responsibility to be seen at church
ola Sunday evening, and you could
see the two walking at twi-
light along the sand together her
clean pocket handkerchief folded over
her old hymn-book and certain
doubtful hesitancy Of gait as it heaven
itself might be looking down critically
on her shabby black gown and rusty
bonnet As for Tom, patient Tom,
he went plodding slowly after her
with his smiling face, whistling to
himself as he went. Always patient
always ploddlng poor Tom! Patient-
ly falling asleep during the sermon,
and patiently listening open-mouth-
ed to the closing hymn, bis careless
bright face contrasting so oddly with
his mothers querulous and tear-worn
visage, won for him the sobriquet of
the widow Minton's rainbow.
-Fhe minister Of the parish mistaken
soul, deemed 1t incumbent to make 9
call on the widow and on charity
bent, it is said he unwarily offended
to employ her services in his house
hold for season. He deemed it his
duty 10 rouse the old woman to &C.
tivity.
He did rouse her and it is averred
that he never found time to call at
the cabin again. Did be take her for
common household drudge, or a
.low.borp field hand. She thanked
God she had too. much spirit left yet
to put herself under auybody's feet
he hadn't tar to go before be found
scores of drudges and diggers, but he
might 90 further before he knew a
lady when he found her.
1t nigh, have been the afternoon
after the good mans visit that the
widow sat idely brooding at the cabin
door. Her eyes had wandering far
away look, and her face was keener
than ever. Beyond the bluff which
sheltered her cabin stretched far-hne
of sea coast, the white sand gleam.
ing ,,lvery in the sun. Far of q
aroups Of bathers in bright dresses
ffoiicbed beswess zsssss &sed wstsr.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-09-03

Long after the two had leIt ION
went about with a cloud on his iaee'
and In his ears were ringing those
mocking words "l'm 10 love with
Tom" A disgust for his dsh'ng lite
and himself and for his miserable sur
rouadings Of poverty filed the LADS
heart with an unwonted bitterness
"Alother,' said he one day, as he
sat darkly brooding over the hearth
"you say you were born lady why
didn't you make gentleman OF me =
Thadn't any money lett when you
came" said tho widow briefly
"Then 1t Is money that makes peo'
plo ladies' and gentlcmcn''
~ don't know" said the widow
puzzled "thcy somehow mostly
have It,"
One day Tom came ana tolh hef he
was going to sea, There was man
down looking iors hand and had taken
Tom gladly, for Tom was handy
fellow at almost any kind OF sea craft
and would soon make II good seaman
"And you must just bide here patti
emily till come back, mother for
If there's better days any where J
shall bring 'em back with me, be sure
After that the sea looked colder aud
bluer than ever, and the solitary wo
man lived a sort Of n hermit's life. No
CHEEKY voice of gossiping neighbors
lightened the dreary cabin, no children
prattled around her and only Belle
the bright blthe-hcarted lassie, seem
ed TO remember to cheer her with q
letter now and then. Belle was away
now visiting some distant friends, but
in her kindly heart she kept a corner,
it seemed, for the poor old woman that
saved her life.
Three years-four-passcd away,
and daily Of a summer afternoon you
might have seen the widow sitting in
her doorway, eager and hollow eyed
looking out tor some possible ship
that might be Toms. Tom was not
a good correspondent bat occasionally
up at the little post.office wandering
epistle waited her trembling hand.
She had grown very old and feeble
now but Tom was getting up in the
world; Tom was first mate Of his ship /;
Tom was success; Tom was gentle
man, and oh, above all things, Tom
was coming home.
Not every ono watches in vain,
though we may not always be looking
in the right direction. 1t was so with
the widow. As she sat one
day, with straining eyes gazing on
far.off-sun-lit sails, and seeing how
some of them lowered nearer and
nearer, ard some, alas /! took wings
further and further away, the doorway
darkened suddenly; there came a
rushing upon her as itit came from the
clouds, plump dark-eyed, rosy-cheek-
ed lady, who flung herself into the
arms of the watcher with cry Of joy.
"Oh, mother she exclaimed, half
sobbing, half laughing, oh mother,
don't you know me +? Why I'm Toms
wife, and I've brought the captain
with me !"
"Mother,' said captain Tom, that
night, "you've seen better days, per-
haps, but I never have"
"For didn't tell you," said Mrs.
Tom archly, "that was in love with
Tom? And father owns his ship you
know so if Tom is Captain I'm sec
ond mate, you see. And we are going
to take you away where we found our
better daYS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-09-03
VOICES OP TIE NIGHT.
HpaKsE HsLp,

Last nighl sli through quiet dale
hoamsd iioseee ~ st ease
The musIe Of tho nighlingsls
Was waited oa the breeze
That softly blew from distant vale
And rustlsd thro' the trees,
And "a hs roansd from iisilsss choice
The bending slms amid,
hs heard the nightingale rejoice
wi.hin tho thiokst hid
When suddenly rasping voice
Sqasaksd hoarssiy, "Ksiydid,"
That voice swaked thousand more
wLieh ssisd sitk asasl sst t4.. .a
That "Ksiydid." ~hIis to the core
OF Roseos's mapglsd heart
Each hosrss. unsarthly, venomsd roar
Pierced like demon dart.
"say, nay, DO not the pure dsfsmed."
He shrieked his mosns amid
"The drunksrd husband should DO blamed
And not mo. ehickybld."
Hut still those voices all proclaimed
In chorus. "KAiydid."
ST. Louis Journal. TimD,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-09-03

GopEY's LADY's Book for Septem.
Der is "jast Splendid the ladies say.
Get a copy at Whites Bookstore Or
better still, send 81 10 the publish.
ers and try it six months Address
Godey's Lady's Book Publishing Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-09-03
Wlndsor Photograph Rooms,

PIRsT,cLAss WORK GUARANTEED,
OLD PICTURES copied and enlarged and
finished IN lax, Water poiors, Cil, hteTeo'
seopie Views taken Of Residences Horses
or Groups, and IN fact, all kinds Of fhole'
graph Work done satisfactory OF no charge
Albums, Picture Frames, bleleoseopesr
atereoseopie Views Of Windsor and vicinity
PsssepoTiouts, &c., Sc, always on hand
Also, Agent lor tbs celebrated Esty organ
Having had experience IN The business
we trust No shall merit . liberal public
patronage ,,,,oop a tinsansS ,.,t.,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-09-03

Never be too presumptuous. Pom
der over this observation: the reason
40 many people upset and sink in the
stream OF life is because they put up
more sails than they can carry.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-09-03
Hartland Business Cards.
+. GIL B Il Il I ,
Manufacturer Of and Dealer In

Plows, Cultiyators, Cottage and
Box Stoves, Cauldron Kettles,
SINKS, HOLLOW wARE.RoLL BAKERS
Door Rollers, Door ROLLER Track, Corn
Shelters, Sugar Arch Mouths, Crates anc
Bars, SAP Pans, Arch Tops, Mouths rnd
Rimmers, Slide Yoke Irons, boot Jacks
Registers, Door scrapers, Empire stove b'aek
Guards and Doors, Bedstead Castings, 1a,
Castings, Birdsnest Tuyer Irons, Sleigh nnd
Sled Shoes, chilled and common, Cart and
Wagon Boxes, Gr.mes's approved smut Mills,
Howc's Standard Scales, GIBBS Cy Under Flow
Shares, Harrows, &c.
NJ Orders solicited. ~
Hartland, W., May !, 1871. +St
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-09-03
WHOLE NO. 1880
Quiek.Wiited People.

Presence Of mind has lately proved
valuable Ia several interesting cases
Henry Khun, At the bottom OF q
Dubuque well, drove his plokax Into
the side. and stood under It when no
saw the eanh.laden bucket falling,
thus saving himself from beng crush
cd, John Cary, when lightning struck
the New Haven mill Of which he was
foreman, knocked down three Of tho
panic stricken operators, who were
madly rushing toward the narrow
exit, and 10 prevented q dangerous
Jam on stairway, Mrs. DunSin. OF
Long Prairie, MINI, was threatened
with an Ak by her crazy son. She
said, "Wsll, II you want to cut my
head of, let's 60 to the chopping-
block" Ho moulded, and they pass
ed out to the woodpile. II was dark,
and addressing him with, "Now, III
put my head on tho block" she drew
the white kerchiei from her neck, and
threw It down and slipped away
The lunatic struck the kerchief u
heavy but harmless blow. Julia
Clarke, a San Francisco factory girl,
was caught in machine by her hair,
She seized pair Of shears, and cut OIL
her long tresses so quickly that she
was not drawn between tho wheels
and killed, as she otherwise would
have been. Two men started down
Nevada mino 10 a small skip. The
donkey engine broke, and the miners
felt their vessel sink downwards at
lightning speed. At the first ins'ma-
ton of disaster, the engineer at the
top of the shaft seized heavy plank
and thrust the end between the pin
ion-shaft and the reel, from which tho
cable was running off. Tho drum
was revolving with terrific speed,
and the friction produced streams OF
fire and smoke. But the engineers
thrust was exactly at the right point,
and the end oftho board soon checked
the descent, bringing the skip to a
stanst,ll few feet from the bottom.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-09-03
The Conn. Valley Insurance Agency

represents tbs largest aud most reliable
Fire, Life and Accident Insur-
anee Companies
in the world, Among them are lhe Aetna
ish, North America, GeTmanis, Continental
and The leading Mutuals OF Vermont aud Mas
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York and the Travellers Life and Accident
OF Hartford,
Responsible persons having large RISKS 10
plaee will consult their interests by cores
bonding with this Agency
Our principles Of business are close sefa'
tiny OF Risks ,,.,
souare settlement OF honest losses, DO not
fail 10 have your Life and Property insured Al
the Conn. Valley Insurance Agency
L. ID. SABINE, Agent,
Windsor. VI,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-08-20
Our Washington Letter.

Washington, D. c., Aug. 8, 10.
There are three committees Of the
Democratic House abroad, to which
the attention Of the country should
be called particularly. The first &
the Hendrick B. Wright calamity
committee, which went West to dis.
cover the cause Of hard times. Hard.
~ had they commenced to inquire
when it became known that abund.
ant crops, reviving industry, and a
return Of confidence among business
men, were making hard times 3
thing of the past. It is safe to saw
that that Committee will never make
a sci ious report.
The next committee to beremem.
bered is that which went to Cincin-
natl to nnearth Republican frauds
in late elections. That committee
caught, on an average, two Demo.
Gratis to one Republican. That
committee never will make a full and
fair report.
Next and last comes the Com.
mittee on Rules, with Speak.
er Randall at its head. It IS to meet
at Long Branch where, at All ex Z.
pence Of many hundred dollars Der I.
week to the Government, It will do
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-08-20

I'm Wilton. Conn.,, . few days ago,
the family Of DR.. Turney threw away =
lot Of wild-ch erry pits which had been
soaked in brandy since last fall. On.
sunday 9 large flock Of crows came
along and made hearty meal Of the.
pits. and the consequence was that
nearly every crow became as drunk -
g fiddler. Some would stagger around
the Held and finally lie down, apparent
IL lnsensible. while others would iy up.
in the a., and then, losing all control
q their wings, would 7all to the
ground, In many instances breaking
y their necks. About fifty 81 the birds
we're ssl killed or Gap tured, and the people
'uad g great deal ct ifpn ont q the affair.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-08-20

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Ton ,,,;n, - = 70. 80 ~ oI III ~ -
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show handsome cain oa f =, = those " =,
who travel arn,,,,d H. na, u .1o 3
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The snh;act II an,,o;n+,n oaa;
t;;nnal letter a,,;ars i - tha n;f;as ~,
5hraced n The system l :. g free 1al;varr
= 90 min. cnns;darah1o 5;so,,:
son q tho bo sp'' n@ae ~ ne,,t 's' ~
main d;ff;cnltv ha;nn that the ann W.
.nr;ationa are not >enla To - Tho aP NJ
tat;on ~ the demand
Nnw;t annaa,.a thot ~ +lna ia !, i,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-08-20
PATENTS

obtained for new inventions, or for improve
ments III old ones. Caveats, Trade marks and all
patent business promptly attended to.
INVENTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN REJECTED
may still, in most cases, be patented by u.s. Being
opposite the U. S. Patent Office, and engaged in
PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY, we can Sc
mote from Washington and who must depend np
on the mails in all transactions with the Patent
Office.
When inventors send model or sketch We make
search in the Patent Office and advise IA Ia It's ma
tentability FREEoT CHARGE. Correspondence con
fdential, prices low and NO CHARGE UNLESS
PATENT IS OBTAINED.
We refer to Hon. Postmaster General D. M. Kew
Rev r. ID. Powder, to officials in the u. s. Patent
Office, and especially to clients in every state
OF the Union and in Canada: For special referen.
ces, terms, advice, &C., Address
e.. A. Snow & Co..
Opposite Patent office, Washington, D.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-08-20
Bijah In Trouble.

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