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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-11-21

For the organ of revolutionary iunto
the Maine Standard is very tame this week.
Even its dirty jokes are not up to its aver
age nastiness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-11-21

Great Joy over the fact that your cough can be
thoroughly cured by DR.. A. j. Flagg's Cough and
Lung Syrup.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-11-21

KENNEBEC COUNTY.-n Probate Court, at
augusta, on the second Monday ofNorensber, $40.
4 CERTAIN INSTRUMENT, purpOrting to b.
n the last will and testament Of Samu.
Ell Stuart late of China. in said County. de
ORDERED, That notice thereOfbe given three weeks
successfully prior to the second Monday Of Decem
Der next, fnthe Daily kennebec Journal, newspa:
may attend ut Court of Probate then to be holden
ut Augusta, and show cause, II any, why
the said instrument should not be proved, approved
and allowed, as the last will and Testament
of the said deceased. II. X. BAKER, Judge.
Attest: CHARLES HEWINS, Register.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-11-21
Itching Piles, symptoms and Gu

That Cold Of Yours may run into consumption
II you don't take DIR. A. J. Fiagg's Cough and Lung
SyruD.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-11-21

DIR. Cutters Shoulder Braces correct the habit OF
STOPPING. Parsons, Bangs & Co., Wholesale Drug
gists, Portland General Agents.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11
VICE PRESIDENT CLARKE.


The East Cairo boys again in luck. J. c..
Clarke Vice President and General Manager Mis-
sissippi Central Railroad sent si6j to be divided
$50 each the two incline engineers SO each to the
two fremen on same, s15 each to the two head
switchmen, sl2 80 each to the two assistant switch
men, $40 each to the two car repairers, and SIS
each to the two telegraph operators. Mr.. Clarke,
in his letter accompanying these presents says in
substance it was not the amount, but he wished to
show his appreciation of carefuncss and strict at
tention to the incline duties, and also thanked them
on behalf of the officers Of the company. Il IS
seldom we see or hear of such episodes as this and
coming from the head of so large a corporation as
the Mississippi Central, shows that company has
the right men in the right places. The men at
East C.iro highly appreciate Mr. Carke's handsome
gift and are loud in praise Of his generosity and
goodness.-Csiro Argus.
Mr.. Clarke is given to tricks of that kind.
He has captured the people Of Louisiana
and Mississippi by stream of iherality
during the dark period Of their distress,
and his management of his great railway
line is marked throughout, from one end
to the other, by a course of impartiali,y,
justice and public spiritedness which make
all the people think it lucky Circumstance
that placed this grand railroad highway TN
der his command.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

proposition be palmer than the fact that
transactions of this kind are pecuniarily
successful?
Elsewhere we publish an article from the
New York Sun giving full exposition of
the Advocates brilliant achievements. And
we desire in this connection to caution
everybody against the promises of man
who prints a big weekly newspaper for
twenty-five cents year. He is humbug
aud he has made his calculations to swindle
you. The friends of greenbacks ought not
to suffer themselves bamboozled by such
frauds.
There is merit iii the greenback move
ment, but not as represented by the New
York Advocate, Kearney and Butler. So
far as this State is concerned-so far as the
whole South and West are commemorative
Democratic party has fully as much of the
greenback element in it as is needed and
we advise men who want to bring about a
wholesome change in the financial policy
of the government to seek it through the
Democratic party as the surest and safest
means of getting it. Nothing can be ex-
pected through such political parvenues as
Kearney, Butler, or the New York Advo-
cate.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

FEW years ago Lincoln county had no
existence, and the town Of Brookhaven was
side issue in county government-au in
tegral part Of Lawrence, but felt that she
was abouO the biggest thing in the county.
party from Brookhaven had applied to
the Board of Supervisors at Monticello.
for license to retail. Upon the question
OF granting the license an intricate and
prolonged discussion arose. The Pearch
Greek member and the member from Pos
sum Neck were in favor of the proposition
and supported it in long arguments design
ed to show that if the town Of Brookhaven
wanted retailing institution the town OF
Brookhaven ought to contribute something
to the county treasury for the privilege.
AT that time, however, the law regulating
licenses to retail did not sustain the views
of the members from Pearch Greek and
Postum Neck, which the President proceed
ed to point out with force and vigor, as fol-
lows
Gentlemen, said the President, ''tlis
discussion is all out of order. 1t don't tech
the law of the case. 1t jumps clean over
the pint in question. There ain t no use
for gentlemen to waste their eloquence
agin the laws bulwarks. The law sais that
every incorporated town of thousand
inhabitants StM have the right to grant or
not to grant license to retail whisky. Now
if this party from the town of Brookhaven
wants license sell whisky by the small,
then tits his duty to apply to the Mayor Of
the tOson aoltoeger SHE may Oe.'
The discussion closed. The argument of
the President was irresistible, and the
seeker after license to retail
had to go to the "MayOr' of the town, who
ever she then happened to be.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11
NEW RELIGION.


The New York Sun has lot of corres-
pondents who want somebody to invent
a new religion, though the Sun itself does
not heartily indorse the idea. When we
come to reflect that the world already has
several thousands Of different kinds of re-
Hgion, and that the Christian religion itself
is divided into almost an inhnity of differ
ent sects, It is difficult 10 see the necessity
for a new one. 1t would seem that there
are enough in vogue to suit almost any pos
sible shade of religious belief. And even
If another was invented it would have to run
the same chances of being perverted by IN
worthy followers and expounderL The
houbls is not so much, after all, in the re-
ligon as in the practice. The religion of
the New Testament of the Christians, il
faithfully studied and practiced, would
bring even 10 this world q millennium Of
happiness, to say nothing Of what it would
A. fnr rs in the next
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

ALREADY the press people are carping at Gov
ernor Stone because the Trustees have selected
sarKville as the location for the Agricultural and
Mechanical College Why not Starkyille? Sew
eral other towns competed and Starkyille offered
the highest inducements, and, is in Mississippi-
why not gi it to Stark vile ?
When Gov. Stone shall get a college for every
county, and give the unhappy, fault-fnding editors
iu charge, at fat salaries he will be bigger man
than Ftzhugh, in the eyes of chronic grum-
bleIs.-Port Gibson Reyelle.
But the joke about the Smrkyilla matter
IS that Governor Stone steadily and per-
slstently voted and argued for the other
place However, If the "chronio grum-
blers can find nothing else to pitch into
Governor Stone about why not let them
take up this g Starkyillo outrage There
Is about as much truth and sense in that as
in anything else they have yet urgedagainst
him.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11
A WORD IN DEFENSE OF GENERAL
REUBEN DAVIS.

The Vicksburg Commercial says: ''The
meanest man in Mississippi to-day is Gen.
Reuben Davis"
Now why, we would like to ask, does the
Commercial set General Davis down in this
to warrant this abuse? Has the CONNER
eial forgotten the time, not long since,
when General Davis was foremost and
most jealous of the advanced courants of
the so-called column of bulldozers? Sup
pose the valiant General has seen that he
was all wrong few years ago, and that his
politics then were tinctured with sulphur
and instigated by the devil, hasn't he got as
much right to reform as anybody? What
matters it if he does couple with his refor-
nation vigorous bid for an Office? Is he
to be condemned and blackguarded for that
Don't everybody who knows General Reu-
hen Davis also know that he has been all
ways ready, willing and waiting to serve
his country in anv prominent official ca
pacity the people might demand? Suppose
he does want to be Governor or Congress-
man. Is he the only man in Mississippi
that would like thing of this sort? How
many of our leading citizens are there who
are as patriotic in this respect as he is2
General Davis has done the State some
service. he has been leader of the ferc-
est element against Radical rapscalionism
since 1866 until last year. Such was the
fierceness of his doctrine that the Democra
cy were afraid to trust him. He was too
extreme to suit Democrats. He believed
in slaughtering and quartering to such a
terrific extent that he alarmed prudent
Democrats. Consequently they didn't NOM
mate him for Governor or Congress as he
thought they ought to have done, and con-
he was forced to seek a nomina
hon somewhere else or not get any nomie
nation at all. And as he was determined to
have a nomination-as u nomination was
he only thing that would satisfy him in his
Id age, he sought and obtained it where it
las offered. What good reason can the
Commercial offer for obiecting to this
curse, or what excuse does it give the
Commercial for stigmatizing Gen. Reuben
Dais as "the meanest man in Mississippi?"
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

SEvE.At years ago Col. o. G. Dease, of
Jasper county, was a regular delegate to
every Dsmscratic State Convention, and
as he wal tia recognized spokesman of the
East, his influence was very great in the
selection q candidates. No man was more
profoundly impressed with this fact than
Judge Trot6r, who had conceived yean-
ing for the Sfice of Governor. The two
we're riding dong the highway side by side
upon their h,rses, their destination being
the State Capial to attend State Conven-
ton, when Jude Trotter opened on Col
onel Dease as fdlows
''Dease, 1 havlaa idea of submitting my
name to the Ctnyention for Governor.
You are big Meeul in State Conventions,
and want you tohelp me"
No response from Dease.
'.Dease," continted Trotter, ''if 1 get
the nomination I1llhAve the finest levees
and the finest wines aud the incest eating
for my friends you have ever seen in the
mansion" Nj
Unbroken silence on the part of Dease.
''Dease," persisted the Judge, "you en-
joy good eating and dhrking. / tell you
I'll have the finest branls of Champagne
and the sappiest roasts you ever feasted
on"
"Git up here" observed Colonel Dease
to his horse, at the same tim giving him a
kick
Trotter was man of perseverance,, and
be made one more onslaugh htfpon his non-
committal companion.
81 tell you what Dease," pc resumed,
'if you viii go for me, I'll haze under the
bed when you come to see pc jug of
splendid old rye whisky, and n ="
'Now Trotter, you are taIkip5," inter,
rupted Dease, 'I1l go for you
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11
A SOLID sOUrH's SENTIMENT.

In another place We reproduce poetic
tribute to the munifcence of our Northern
fellow-citizens and heart-fowing express
sion of Southern gratitude from the bright
pen of Emmett L. Ross, of the Canton
Mail. Aside from the sentiment which
speaks we'll for the heart of the author, the
poem possesses decided merit. Ross is a
genius, and his poetic writings always have
the charm of purity, urbounded generosity,
and glorious charity.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11
COL. CLAIBORNE,s HISTORY.

"As the bee fingers around its hive, even after it
has been sacked and pillaged, 30 1 return, in my
declining years, to myl native place and my an
csstral acres"
So beautifully writes the venerable Clai-
borne to the Paulding Herald. And he
adds
al am, as you know, writing the History Of
Mississippi For three months have suspended
work to give the necessary attention to my busi-
ness; but in week shall be at my desk at Match
es, and shall there remain until the task is finished
nv friends, however, must be patient. cannot
spin this work out Of my brain, or weave II from
the Imagination but every line must be bassd ou
facts, and these facts require time, labor and re-
search"
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11
MISS GLADSTONE.

1t is said that Gladstone has daughter
who is familiar with every work in his
library and the run of its contents. When
he wants reference she gets the book and
points it out to him instantly. A daughter
like her is worth having. But you can't
convince the average parent that it is ne
cessary for a daughter to have any real
sense. Nor can you convince the average
marriageble male youth that a girl ought to
be able to do anything. The more helpless
the girls are the more are they beloved; and
the less they know about anything which
could be put to actual use thebetter chance
they have for getting married.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11
NHE ooMIE.

This number TIE oSrr is sent to
considerable number Of pesons. We are
sending il to all dNr old sibscribers who
have heretofore paid in savance for the
paper, and VIII keep on doiog this until the
debt is fully discharged. There are some
five or six hundred Of these, and If any
one of them is overlooked, we hope he
will notify us. We are also sending it to
all subscribers who have paid for the Daily
Mississippian, which paper yielded grace
fully to the cajoling overturos of this dash
ing luminary, and permitted itself to be
swallowed bodily by it. Hereafter the es-
sence of the late Mississippian is in THE
COMET.
The COMET is to be run hence forward
and forever on the cash principle. No
man shall ever have the right to say that
The COMET was thrust upon him. It
will never degenerate into ''patent out
side. If there is any one point upon
which we are absolutely "solid," it is un-
dying opposition to ''patent outsides. :"
If there is any one pet humbug we have
dedicated ourselves to wage perpetual
war upon, and to extripate from the land,
if we can, it is the "patent outside"
Very many persons will receive this
number of The COMET who will be sur
prised. To such we beg to say by way of
explanation: Be not alarmed, No bill
will ever follow it. You are subscriber
without knowing it-some friend has paid
for your paper or it is sent to you per-
haps upon your request, in order to give
you chance to see the sort Of thing it
promises to be, with view to your remit
tance of the subscription price if you want
it continued. If not, the postage is pre-
paid, the paper will be stopped and we are
responsible for the slight loss. If the
paper keeps on going to you, notwith-
standing you did not order it nor nobody
else paid for it, please understand and do
us the justice to believe we are sending it
rot for any expectation of pay but out of
pure friendship and for the hope that we
cherish that it will bring comfort to your
freside and add to the store of your useful
knowledge.
We are in favor of the doctrine of allow |
ng men to do exactly as they please about
bnt at the same time desire to
impress upon the public the necessity
which this paper labors under for sub
cribers. There is nothing in this world it
leeds so much now as subscribers. The
which issue out from these
acred portals are ridiculously thin-so
hin that you would think an elephant had
walked over them and mashed them into
The fact is we are ashamed to
ay what our bona .1fde circulation really is
md as we are great admirers of Washing
on, and wish to leave becoming example
O the craft when we go to our final reward,
ye trust no friend of ours will press the
question upon us now. We would much
refer to talk about what our circulation
,ill be twelve months hence if the public
oes its duty by us.
Now, friends, countrymen, soldiers and
Williams, lend MS your ears, your names,
nd your two dollars in advance.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11
NO.. r..
MERE MENTION.

The Philadelphia Times calls Dom Patt,
''the gold-headed American blue Jay of
journalism.
Talmage is to be lighted by electricity.--
Boston Post. Why? Has his gas given out?
Philadelphia Bulletin.
VIM. Astor, who has the largest yacht in
the world, is practicing In the harbor of
Jacksonville, Fla.
The new York Commercial Advertiser
regrets to learn that in Canada the other
day 'the Empress of India was drunk
standing"
We want this country to understand that
George Washington was elected Sheriff of
Bay county, Mich, while Andrew jackson
represents Chippewa coun5y.-Detr Free
Press.
Well, sir, why didn't you tell us that be-
fore our friend out on Chunky Creek
threw away his vote on Andrew jackson
for President
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

The Coop TINE RETURNING TO THE
WEsT.-The Detroit Free Press says:
There is something wonderfully encouraging in
the improved aspect Of business as shown very sig
nihcantly by the holiday trade. Very largely the
purchases made at this of the year are made
from the surplus or the profits of the people and
the unwonted activity of trade, when compared
with the trade OF recent years, indicates unmis-
takably that the tide has turned and the people are
again producing more than they consume, instead
OF living as they have done so long from hand to
mouth"
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

TIE inhabitants of this latitude are not
fortified thoroughly with Hnow-shoes and
snow-sleds. Nevertheless, it is difficult for
the weather to get up a freak which will
catch all the denizens of jackson mapping.
On last Sunday while the streets were
whitewashed with a coat of ''beautiful
snow foot thick there we're quite a nun
Der of horses harnessed to sleds and the
jingling of sleigh-bells would have remind
ed the Norwegian or Maireite Of his
own country.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

If anybody thinks that men ever grow
too old for folly let him dismiss the idea.
Take the case of ex-senator Cameron, who
is eighty-four years old, and who Tilted the
Widow Oliver, and has now a case of
breach of promise operated against him in
Pennsylvania.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

In Pike county soon after the surrender
colored brother enjoyed the honors and
emoluments of the Office of Justice of the
Peace in the Holmesville district by ap-
pointment from Dictator Ames. His early
education had been neglected and he was
not familiar with the hieroglyphics used in
chirography-that is to say, he had omitted
to learn how to write or read in his young
days. and when he grew to manhood the
cares of State were suddenly thrust upon
him and be didn't have time to learn. But
he was a smart man for all that. No body
knew that he didn't know a from 5Szard,
and it was no part of his official duties to
go about telling people what he knew or
what be didn't know. In legal proceed
ing, however, there at length arose neces-
sity for his signature. Here was dilem-
ma wholly unprovided for by the Loyal
League. The party that made him free
and opened the road to official grandeur
had neglected to construct their laws in a
way SO that an honorable Justice of the
Peace could avoid the necessity of signing
his name to a document. What was he to
do? Whoever had such an uncomfortable
predicament? But he mastered the emere
gency. "Capting," says he, addressing the
Sheriff, ''Captin :, will you be kind enough |
to sign my name to that ar docyment. I'm
a leete nerpt0uS dis mornin."
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

The snow which fell here on the 4th of
January, inst, has virtually upset the chro-
lology of the "oldest inhabitant. That
nythically venerable party has never seen
nything equal to it. 1t beats all of his
!iary of remarkable events and all his
totches on beech trees The snow varied
n depth from eight to twelve inches, and
IL the faOo of the earth looked like gem
inc snow Dictura
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

ANDERSON, the champion witness, is
going TO start newspaper in Nebraska A
man who can lie into scrapes and then lie
out of them with such charming mendaclty,
and never lose his temper, ought to succeed
well with Radical newspaper.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

"BREDREN," began the Rev, Mr.. Splu-
gins, an eminent coloreG divine who had
been invited to oficiate in distant church.
"Bredren, dis am de fust time have ever
had the pleasure of preachin in dis Church,
sence dis locality was located"
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

Col o. r. SINGLETON is alwi Us at his
post always at work for his constituents.
He makes a grand old Representative in
ngress-knows all the ropes, and has one
1ye open always for the main chance. By
lis efforts his constituency in the lately
lffiicted districts have received considerable
ums from the foreign relief fund distrib
tied by Secretary Evarts
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

The people in this country may dismiss
the idea of converting their cotton and corn
fields into banana farms. The appearance
of mother earth foot deep in snow last
Sunday ought to convince the most skepti-
cal that this is not region adapted to the
culture of tropical fruits.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

The people all over the South are sorry
scause Wade Hampton broke his leg. But
e part Of Wade Hampton's anatomy that
re Southern people have taken the most
tock in is his head. That is a repository
OF ideas and nursery of broad scht mes,
the loss OF which would be a severe blow
to the South and the country. There is no
man in America from whom we expect more
than from Wade Hampton.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

J. D. WEBSTER, a eolored man, of Washington
county, announces himself as a candidate for the
office Of Clerk of the Chancery Court to fill the un-
expired term of A. W. Shadd. Subject to any
action of the Democratic voters in Convention
assembled.) We would remark that Webster was
few years ago, one Of the most prominent Repub-
hsans in the river district, and exerted consider
able influence among his brethren of the colored
persuasion. He recognizes that the safety and hap
piness Of his is best promoted by cooperating
with the Democratic party.-Yazoo City Herald.
And we would remark that if Webster
recognizes this very important fact it
would be Sensible thing in the Demo-
cratic party of Washington, to give him all
proper encouragement in it. 1t is the
truth and the real key to the solution of
the race problem. Democrats owe the col
oled people protection. They have pledged
it, and we have yet to see the first deliber-
ate attempt on the part of anybody who
had a right to speak fo; the party to go
back on the pledge. The Democrats will
protect the colored citizens in their right of
franchise from their own so-called political
friends. The Democrats will protect them
from the Vaccinations of these so-called
friends against any further complications
which involves a clash of race, and the in
evitable destruction of themselves. We do
not pretend to say what the Democratic
party of Washington county ought to do
with Webster. But, if he is a deserving
man and competent to discharge the duties
Of the Office to which he aspires, we think
t would be a graceful and eminently
proper thing in them to give his claims
lair and equal consideration with any
'ther person who may offer.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

THURMAN will probably be nominated by
the Democracy for Governor of Ohio, and
if so, he will certainly be elected; and
then look out for the Presidential success
sion. 1t strikes US that there is something
of ''the coming man" in Thurman.