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For Sale.
A brick house $50 Cumberland ST.
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Residence for Sale.

nyIIE large two-story House with ell and stable at
j. tached about twenty acres of tillage land with
near the Thornton Mansion, and belonging to the
estate of the late Emery Moody, deceased. The
above is one of the most attractive and desirable 10
cations in this vicinity for a Summer Residence,
commanding a fine view, and being within few
minutes walk of the p. S. g. p r. r. depot as also
short drive of either Portland Saco, Old Orchard or
r. y. LARRABEE, Administrator,
mh24n l39 1-S Middle 81.
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CONVENTION OF REFORM CLUBS.

The State Convention of Reform Clubs will be
held at
SKOyyEEEGAN, SEPT. 3 ann 4, 1879.
IT is believed that this C ion will be the
most important and the most interesting OF any
that has eve yet been holden by the Reform CLUBS
of Maine, and it is earnestly hoped that every ke-
form Club in the State may be represented by q
number of delegates.
Arrangements have been made with the principal
lines of travel, including C. II. R., for one
fare the round trip.
PAUL II. SEAVEY,
President State Committee.
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THE Boston Herald is not paper to hold
its peace when wrongs need redressing. 1t
saws of the Dixon murder:

THE Boston Herald is not paper to hold
its peace when wrongs need redressing. 1t
says of the Dixon murder:
The murder of Capt. Harry NJ. Dixon of va
ZOO City cannot fail to have disastrous effect
upon the Democratic campaign in all oil the,
northern States. 1t may be true that the quar-
rel in which he was killed was private and
not public one: but, considering the political
standing of the two men, this theory is not
likely to meet with ready credence. Indeed,
as much as we dislike to believe that such cold
blooded acts are part of the Southern pollti-
cal system, we are constrained to admit that
this persOnal-controversy story bears every
mark of being an afterthought, concocted for
the purpose of cOunteracting the effect upon
current politics which DiXon's death cannot
fail to have. 1t is no doubt true that Gen.
Ewing is in no way responsible for the doings
of the fanatical and murderous Barksdale, and
that Mr.. Fosters election as Governor OF Ohio
would not materially change the dispositions
of the fire-eaters of Mississippi; but the Demo-
cratic party leaders have not treated this Yazoo
county intimidation matter which was the
work of some of their associates with the
hearty denunciaton that the act deserved, and
now that the affair has ended in the murder of
the man who would have been an Independent
candidate, it will be impossible for them to
disdasociate themselves from the outrage. In
addition to the horror which is naturally
aroused by such brutal act, one cannot help
pitying the narrow, short-sighted men who
could even be passive witnesses of such deed.
For the mere purpose of securing political
victory in an insignificant Southern county,
they are willing to imperil the success of their
party in half dozen great States. Such men
are not to be reasoned with, and are mentally
as incapable of exercising the rights of Ameri-
can citizenship as the widest Indians on the
northwest border. They are, in politics, as
criminally careless as are in mining life those
,,,inorS who omen the door of their safety lamps
to light their pipes, knowing all the time that,
by this self-indulgence, they may, at any mo-
ment, blow a score or more of their fellow-la-
borers into eternity.
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-25

CAPE ELIZABETH, Turner's Island, TUESDAY,
August 26.
ElON. =. R. HAWLEY,
WILL SPEAK AT
LOWELL, Tuesday, 2 p. M, Sept. 2.
HON. HENRY Re. CLEAvES
WILL SPEAK AT
sOlTTH WATERBOROUGH Wednesday, Aug 27.
NORTH WINDHAN1, Monday, Sept L.
HORATHO BIsBEE, Of Florida,
WILL SPEAK AT
HIRAM Monday, Aug. %.
KEZAR FALLS, Tuesday Aug 70.
FRYEBURG, Wednesday, Aug. II.
STOWE, Thursday. Aug 2S.
SWEDEN Friday Aug. 90
WATERFORD Saturday, Aug. 80.
HON. JAMES G. BLAINE
WILL SPEAK AT
GORfIAM, Tuesday afternoon Sept I'd.
COL. z. "A. SMITH, of Boston,
viii address the citizens of the following places up
upon the political issues of the day:
WESTON, Tuesday, August 26th.
AMTrY Wednesday, August 27th.
GARFIELD, Thursday, August 2oth.
HODGDON Friday August 3Oth
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For Sale at a Great Bargain.

'TyWO-STORY House situated in Knghtville, Cape
IL Elizabeth. Apply to w. II. ANTHO1NE,
ie23eodtf 48 Exchange st.
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HON. w. n. LUNT

WILL SPEAK AT
CAPEj ELIZABETH, Pond Cove School House,
Monday. August %.
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-25
The party back of Major Smith would not
have him approve violence, North or SouM.-
National Tribune.

THEN why is that party leagued with the
Democracy and supporting Democratic can
didates? 1t does not approve violence? In
this State it is banded with the party the
Mississippi branch of which is shooting
down Independent and Greenback voters.
Death is the treatment visited upon the
Greenbacker where the Democrat does not
need his aid and does fear his strength.
The Portland daily press., 1879-08-25
To Let.
PLEASANT ROOMS no LET.

QUITE of rooms ON second floor; plenty of sun
y light, air and water. Heat and gas furnished.
Also one room on third floor. References exchanged
Stable E'O Let.
Situated in the western central part of city. Ad-
lress Il. E. T., Daily Press Office.
je12 dtf
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-28
A Ducking-StOOI.

In the crypt of Warwick church, the
mighty arches of which spring from
one enormous pier, there is an article
which has long gone out of use-wheth-
er advantageously or not, [ shall not
venture to say-a ducking-s stool, made
for the public discipline of scolding
women. This is one of the only two, I
believe, that remain in England. 1t
consists of a strong oaken frame on low
wheels, from which seat rises from an
inclined beam that works upon pivot
or axle. The scold was dashed into the
seat, and then the institution" was
drawn to the river side at conven-
iently deep place, and rolled in until
the patient sat just above the water.
Then the land end of the beam was
tipped up, and the other end, with its
lading, went down under the water,
where it was allowed to remain not too
long, and was then raised for breathing
time. This process was repeated as
often as it Was thought beneficial to the
lady under treatment, Or necessary for
the peace Of her family or neighbor-
hood. Whether husbands ever inter-
fered for their wives thus disciplined,
as wives do now sometimes for hus-
bands who are unreasonably interfered
with in the gentle sport Of blacking
their eyes or kicking their ribs, is not
recorded
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-28

them against his sides, push back
and draw up the cart, striking him be-
hind and on the sides with it, until he
allows himself to be knocked about
by it," so to speak. This will do for one
days lesson. Next day let all his har-
ness be put on, leaving chains or straps
to hang and strike against him, while
the whole of the previous days lesson
is gone through step by step. Same on
third and fourth days. He my then be
yoked or hitched to the cart, and should
have at least one hours exercise in 60
ing up and down hill, turning, etc. First
start on level ground. It these direc-
tons are carried out, the colt learns
that the vehicle he draws is not meant
to hurt him, and he will never try to
"kick it away or "run of" from it.
Never try to beat colt into doing a
thing, for, if nervous, he may turn out
vicious horse, and if stupid he may
become stubborn. Remember that by
patience and gentleness he can be got
to do anything that will not hurt
him. When the horse shows signs of
shying at an object, dc not beat him,
but lead him up to it, allowing him to
stand and look, as he comes closer; and
after he examines it a few times he will
not fear anything Of the kind again.
In passing by hedges with colt. throw
in stones and stop him until he takes
no notice OF the noise. Before putting
on any article Of harness, let your colt
smell it, and then rub against his head,
neck and body. Always start horse
with the voice, never with cut of the
whip. In starting, turn little to one
side, and in stopping, when going up q
hill, do the same.-Londom Agricultural
Gazette.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-28
Poisoned with a Postage Stamp.
London TELEGRAPH

Young ladies who think proper to cor
respond with rejected lovers would per-
haps do well to take hint frsm the fol-
lowing curious case, which is, however,
authentic: Mile. Eelice Maxy, who
lives on the farm of Pentecote, on the
Belgian frontier, was on the point of be-
ing married, when she received letter
from an old sutton asking her to recon
slider the matter, and send him an i'm
mediate reply. A postage stamp was
gallantly inclosed to defray the cost of
transmission. The answer duly writ
ten, Mile. Maxy applied the stamp to
her fair lips; but hardly had she done
so when she felt a sharp pain IN her
tongue, and in less than no time that in
teresting member became horribly
elongated and infamed, and covered
with poisonous sores. The disconsolate
one, Alfred Camin, by name, a farmer
at Pichon, in the Nord, has been arrest
ed; but he declares that he used no OBJ
noxious drug, but simply moistened
corner Of the stamp with his own lips
delicate way of stealing kiss. Such
is the state of the case as it stands at
present, but the tale carries its own
moral
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-28
The HerOiSm of Peter Rapp.

There died in Cincinnati, few days
ago, a man who richly deserves the
honor of martyrdom. His name was
Peter Rapp. He drove street car,
was young-only twenty-slx- and the
sole support of an aged and infrm
father and mother. The parents were
unable to do anything. He provided
them with shelter, clothing, food and
fuel. His wages were so small that
after paying the bills of the household
he had nothing left for himself. He
could not buy either an overcoat or
undergarment to protect him from
rough weather. In order to get out with
his car at 81 every morning, he was
obliged to walk four and a-half miles.
The rules of the company forbidding
the employees to ride without paying
fare. when not on duty, forced him to
walk back every night. Thus, in addi
ton to his fifteen hours of hard work,
ne had daily work ofnine miles. For
two months he never spent a single
cent of his earnings. All went home to
his mother. Continued toll, exposure
and privation, broke down his health.
He was attacked by quick consump-
ton, and died literally that bis father
and mother might live.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-28
A Quick. Witted Boy.

During. the railroad riots in Pittsburg,
in the summer of 1877 (says the Boston
Transcript it became necessary to beat
hasty retreat from the general office
of the Panhandle railway company,
and the premises were evacuated in
double-quick time. In the confusion a
regulator clock, used by the superin-
tendent, was accidentally left behind in
the lower hall, forgotten when the last
load left the building, which at that
time was surrounded by the mob. A
youth still in his teens, messenger in
the freight department, lingering in the
doomed building, recognized it, and was
about to take it; but a burly rioter saw
it at the same time and seized it. It
was as much as ones life was worth to
expostalate with the plunderer, but the
boy pluckily laid hold of the time
piece and claimed it as his property.
The "plug-ug1y" shook him off. Moth
ing daunted, the boy tried another tack.
"See here" he said. chat clock won't
do you no good. It's made to keep
Columbus time" Thunder" answer
ed the man; " is that so? Then I don't
want no part of it. Get out with it."
The boy started, ran the gauntlet of a
volley OF revolver-shots and a shower Of
pavlng-stones, and reached his friends
in safety with the rescued clock, which
is now doing good service again.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-28

electric light to be exhibited without
some kind Of +, modifying globe or shade,
the naked efulgence being intolerable
to the eye. In the second place, he
pointed out that if platinum or platinum
alloys were required for general illumi-
nation by electricity, the expense of the
metal would be very serious draw
back. Prof. Tyndall was very careful
to declare his belief in the future of the
electric light, and his conviction that
the apparatus for pro ucing and distri-
buting would be largely improved. His
general conclusion as to the relative
merits of gas and electricity is that the
latter cannot cut the former out, there
being too many uses for it. This is I'M
doubleday the reasonable view. Gas
has by no means extinguished candles,
nor has 1t done away with oil lamps.
On the contrary endless new sources
and processes of oil and candle manu-
facture have been sought out since gas
came into use. The reason of this SIM
ply is that while gas has advantages of
its own, more portable lights have theirs
in their turn. The same thing will IN
doubtedly be the case with electricity.
1t will be used, and widely used. But
its use must always be conditioned by
certain limitations arising from it's
peculiarly dazzling character when
naked, from the delicate and, as far as
we can at present see, costly machinery
necessary for its production, and, for
time at least, by the difficulty Of distri-
buting it wisely and cheaply. There is
plenty of room for all these methods of
illumination, and for many more.
Moreover, the net results of the various
experim ents which have been made in
London with the new light is far from
being altogether favorable, especially as
regards the all-important point Of cost.
That this difficulty will be overcome Or
greatly modified we have no doubt
whatever, but the unfortunate people
who some months ago sold their gas
shares at ever SO much of a sacrifice are
not likely to be consoled just yet by the
Collapse ofthe companies they so hastily
quilted.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-28
A Jersey Romance.
Bridge:on IN. j. Correspondence Philadelphia
Press

Brdge:on on Correspondence Philadelphia
Press.
When John Fenwick, who purchased
Of Lord Berkly the counties Of Salem
and Cumberland, n. j., came to this
country in 1873, he brought with him
from England his daughter Elizabeth
Fenwick. She subsequently married
John Adams. Mary was bright and
intelligent child, and was the idol of
her grandfather, the proprietor Of the
colony, John Fenwick. Among those
who also accompanied Fenwick to the
country was colored servant, John
Gould by name, who was rather more
intelligent than the average of his
race at that time. Being thrown to-
gether, the colored servant began to
adore the white grandchild of the pro-
prietor Of the colony. The love must
have reciprocated, for before the
young lady reached 20 the two were
clandestinely married, and, purchasing
a tract of land in Cumberland county,
removed thereon. Fenwick was of
course indignant at the action of his
beloved grandchild, and never forgave
her for the act. In his will he directed his
executors ''to bar Mary Adams from
having the least part of his estate, as
we'll as her heirs, forever, except the
lord open her eyes 20 see her abomina-
BILE transgression against him, me, and
her poor father. by giving her true re-
pentance and forsaking and renouncins
vt black vt hath been the ruin of her,
and becoming penitent for her sins; up
on vt condition only do will and re-
quire my executors to settle 500 acres
OF land upon her, the said Mary Ad-
ANS" Soon after the decease of Fen
wick, Ann Adams husband, John
Gould, also died. 1t is handed down
by tradition that soon after her colored
husband was laid in the grave she went
into the graveyard and forsook her hus-
band by saying loudly to those who
had there assembled, 81 do hereby re-
nounce my husband" Ann Gould, nee
Adams, of course got her 500 acres of
land, and it was upon this tract that
Gouldtown of to-day is built. Her chill
dren, of whom she had many, were
intelligent, and after their mothers
death the property was divided equally
among them. Even to this day the
English blood can be traced and readily
seen in the present generation of
Goulds. They make it a rule to marry
only among themselves, and proudly
refer to the English blood in their
veins. Gouldtown is large colored
settlement, and the inhabitants are
honest in all the world implies. Some
Of the Goulds have held public offices
in the county, and their schools are
large and the attendance always great
Such is the history of Gouldtown.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-28
The Great Austrian Paper.
New York Tribune.

1t is little singular that man of
French extraction should have founded
in Austria a newspaper much superior
to any published in France. M. Ell
enne, the proprietor of the Vienna
Neue Erie P1esse, was the son Of a French
man. The early part of his career in
journalism was spent on the old Vienna
Presse, Of which he became one of the
principal editors. Victor Vissott, in his
gossipy book on Vienna, tells how Ell
enne came to leave that paper and es-
tablish rival sheet. The Presse, sup
ported the demand Of the Poles of Ca
jicla for an autonomous gOvernm ent,
and out of gratitude they sent the pro-
prietor, Herr Yang, four fine horses.
Ettienne, who had written the articles,
demaaded to share in the present. Gang
refused to give him one Of the horses,
and quarrel resulted. Etienne estab-
lished the Ne0 Free Press, and gather
ing around him the strongest editorial
staff ever attached to a newspaper on
the continent, he soen made it the
leading paper in the empire. It sup
ported the Beust and Andrassy cabi.
nets, but in an independent way about
as the London Times supports the Brit
ish ministry, and it kept pace with the
remarkable movement for personal lib
erty and constitutional government
which began after the defeat of Sadowa.
The Free Press is of about the size and
shape of Harper's Weekly. The num-
Der of pages varies from day to day
with the amount of ADVERTISING
Political leaders, and special dispatches
correspondence are the strongest fea-
lures Of the paper. It also deals in
literary criticism, and makes a speciality
of sketches Of travels. In its enter
prise and its general tone it resembles
frst-class American daily, more than
any other newspaper on the continent
of Europe.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-28
An Artists Mountain Home.
During a pleasant soiourn at Hot s

During a pleasant sojourn at Hot Sui
phur Springs, Middle Park, we once
took occasion to visit the quaint little
mountain home of j. Harrison Mills,
the we'll known Colorado artist. "a
peculiar TASTE" some would saw, that
selected the site and fashioned the
material for this abiding place of genius.
A narrow, rocky glen just back of the
springs few hundred yards, contains
the unpretentious home, and answers
in joyful echoes to the laugh and shout
of the bright-eyed little boy and girl
who met US at the door.
The magnificent pine forest from
which Mr.. Mills cut the logs for his
cottage, runs down on one side almost
to the door yard while on the other
rise rocks so abruptly that little but the
green mountain moss clings to their
wall-like front. While looking up into
the grassy gulch from far below, you
would think there was scarcely room
for the sparkling rivulet that comes
bounding through, but nearer ex-
animation reveals graceful clumps Of
willows, and even play ground of
some pretentions. From the front
door the view is confined to two direc-
tons, skyward and eastward. By the
latter outlet, q narrow defile through
which flows the Grand, fine view of
the embryo watering place, Hot Sui
phur Springs, is obtained.
The first rays Of the morning sur
light up the scene, and that feature, it
is said, proved the strongest inducement
for Mr.. Mills. The cottage is story
and half in height, and in front has
the broad, hospitable-looking projec-
ton, vulgarly called an overthoot," q
style OF architecture so much in vogue
among the Swiss peasantry. On the
rough interior walls to the left, as the
door was entered, the etrical
outlines Of a mammoth elk first at
tracted attention. Upon these were
hung the favorite rifle and other accout-
remehts of the chase, of the artist who,
by the way, is passionately fond Of
hunting. Scattered around the room
is the simple household furniture, inter.
mingled with paintings in different
stages of completion-tor, be it remem-
bered, this is studio, sitting-room,
kitchen and closet.
Among the paintings nearly finished.
was one Of Hill, the noted hunter, trap
per, and government scout. There was
also a superb representation of the
head Of deer, and several pieces Of
mountain scenery. Of the life work Of
Mr.. Mills, little need be said, for Color
adams of taste are almost universally
familiar with his excellent standing,
both as a landscape and portrait painter.
He also possesses considerable literary
talent, having in years past done credi-
table service in the journalistic field.
His selection of the vicinity of Hot
Sulphur Springs for a permanent home
must be taken as marked testimony in
behalf of the pictursequeness of the
region, and of its other great natural
attra ctlOps
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-28
Christian Conduct.

Conduct is a language that all can un-
derstand; and if it be true that actions
speak louder than words, then all may
preach the Gospel in the distinct and
earnest and powerful eloquence of a
holy life. All may plead for religion
with living argument, all proclaim it's
excellence by conduct which is without
reproacn and above suspicion. This is
a mode of preaching which men cannot
avoid hearing. which they must respect,
which they will feel. Said an infdel of
an emlnently pious man, 81 never see
him without feeling my own unworthi-
ness; he is constant reproof to me, the
sight of him has often made me
tremble."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-28
Prof. Tyndall on the Electric Light.
London Daily News.

But it was when Prof. Tyndall came
to deal with Mr.. Edison's real or re-
ported discoveries that his evidence be-
came of most practical interest. He
declared, in the first place, that no
amount of subdivision would enable the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-28
Romance in Real Life.
NorrisioWn Herald.

That was sad, sad affair that hap
pened recently. A young man, upon
learning that a young lady whom
he adored-but whose love for him was
not very warm-was about to sail for
Europe, engaged passage on the same
vessel, so that he might bask in her
smiles during the voyage. But he
didn't bask much. The second day out
he was seized with all internal commo-
tion,-a wrenching and wretcned feel
ing that threatened to turn him inside
out, and until he reached Liverpool he
was the most miserable man in the
world. The young lady made her ap-
pearance regularly at meals, with an
appetite as savage as a Sitting Bull
indian, and flirting like all creation with
young Englishman who wore side
board collars and Scotch cap. When
the wretched young man learned this
he had serious relapse, and wished he
was at home. Some old scientist says
the ocean will be entirely dried up IN a
few million years hence, and the
brighted young man has concluded to
patiently wait until that period arrives,
and then return home overland.
MORE than eight years ago the city
authorities Of London offered prize
for any invention which could enable
them to get rid of snow in the streets.
Seventeen schemes were submitted.
The successful apparatus was at once
erected, and has been in successful OPP
Grafton every year since. 1t consists
simply CT an inclined plate of iron fixed
below a man-hole leading to the main
sewer. Under this plate are ranged gas
burners. The snow carted from the adj
Joining thoroughfares is shoveled down
the man-hole grating, falls on the heat
ed plate, is reduced to water and passes
away down the sewer.