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The Princeton union., 1879-02-12
Destructive FIRE in st. Paul.

St. Paul experienced tie largest fire
which has visited it for several years, on
Tuesday evening. The Warner Block,
better known as Music Hall, located on
the corner of Third and Wabashaw
Streets, was totally destroyed. The walls
stand but can hardly be utilized for
rebuilding. The fire originated in the
wood closet of Davis, O'Brien & Wilson
on the second floor, and there being no
fire walls in the building it swept that
floor and up through the third floor and
roof. The third floor was used BY the St.
Paul musical society for music hall, and
they lose quite heavily in music and mu-
sical instruments. The second floor was en-
tirely occupied by lawyers Offices ex-Gov.
Davis being prominent among them.
The loss of this firm over insurance is
three or four thousand dallars, they being
the heaviest sufferers by the fire of any Of
the tenants. I.V. D. Heard and E. S. Cor
man also had law offices destroyed. On the
first floor, Condit & Lambie' drug store,
Myers s. Finch's jewelry store and Lyle
barber shop all succumbed, and Mitchell
& Steenstra's printing Office in the base
ment was gutted. The estimated loss is
$4,000, the bulk of which is covered
with insurance. The building was erect
ed six years ago by Reuben Warner at
a cost of $25, 900 and was insured for
$4,000.
The Princeton union., 1879-02-12
Remedies.

Tteme01o1s
For Burns.-Strong, fresh, clear lime
water mixed with as much linseed oil as
it will cut; shake the bottle before apply
ing; wrap the burn in cotton waddinp
the saturated with thes slotion; wet as often
as it appears Observation-Disclosures
from burn for nine days, when new skin
will probably have formed.
De0dorizers-A pail of clear water IN a
newly painted room Will remove the
sicking odor of paint. Coffee pounded
in morter and roasted on an iron plate,
sugar burned on hot Goals. and vinegar
boiled with myrhh and sprinkled on the
floor and furniture of the sick room are
Observation-Disclosures.
Liqht tn the Sick Room.--Alpheus has
been having long spell Of fever, and it
was necessary to have light burning all
night in his room. We live out in the
country, so no gas was accessible. Candles
tiickered disagreeably, and a kerosene
lamp when turned low always had an
annoying smell for an invalid. 80 I
bethought of a light my mother used to
lmprovise, when was a child, before
kerosene, with its attending dangers.
was known. It was made by taking q
| saucer of lard, and cutting a piece of
| newspaper in a circle about three inches
IN diameter, then twisting the center of
this up to point and burying all but the
tip in the lard. 1t will burn all night
a shady dim light land in our case proved
a real comfort. Some of these homely
facts are we'll worth remembering---
Prairie Farmer.
The Princeton union., 1879-02-12
Origin of Water-Cure.

The originator of hydropathy, or the
water cure, was German peasant named
Vincent Priessnitz, who certainly went
through much tribu.ation before his theo-
~ was full developed. At thirteen years
of age he sprained his wrist, and he re-
leved the pain by the application of cold
water. Soon afterwards he crushed his
thumb and found relief by the same
treatment. In his nineteenth year he
fractured several of his ribs and so dis
placed the bones that the surgeon could
not reset them; but he himself was equal
TO the emergency, and, leaning across q
window-sill, he took deep breath and so
expanded his lungs that the edges Of the
broken bones were brought into place.
He then subducd the pain and soreness
by applying wet bandages to his chest.
He became known to his neighbors as
the ''water DOCTOR" and in 1889 founded
the first water.c cure institution, which was
the celebrated Grafenberg establishment.
The Princeton union., 1879-02-12
The RainboW's Treasure.
BY JOHN BOYLE o'REILLY.

BY JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY.
Where the foot fthe rainbow meets the field
And the grass respondent grow,
The earth will splendid treasure yield,
As the olden story goes. .,,
In a crystal cup are the diamonds plleo
For him who can swiftly chase
Over torrent and precipice wild,
To find the rainbOW's wandering base.
here were two in the field at work one day,
Two brothers, who blithely sung,
When across their valleys deep, winding way,
The glorious arch was flung,
And one saw naught but sign OF rain,
And one feared for his sheaves unbound;
And one is away, over mountain and plain,
Till the mystical treasure is found.
Through forest and stream, in blissful
dream
The rainbow lured him on;
With SIRENS guile it loitered awhile,
Then leagues away was gone.
Over brake and brier he followed fleet;
The people scoffed as he passed;
But in thirst and heat, and with wounded feet
he closed on the prize at last.
It is closer and closer-he wins the race
One strain for the goal in sight,.
Its radiance falls on his yearning face
The blended colOrs unite
He laves his brow in the iris beam
He reaehes-Ah, woe! The sound
From the misty gulf here he ends his dream,
And the crystal cup is found!
IT'S the old, old story. One man will read
His lesson of toll in the sky;
While another is blind to the present need,
But sees with the spirits eye.
You may grind their souls in the self-same
mill,
You NAV bind them heart and brow;
But the poet will follow the rainbow still,
And his brother will follow the plow.
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Endurance.

How much the heart may bear, and yet no
How much tae flesh may suffer, and not
die
question much il any pain or ache
OF soul or body brings our end more nigh.
Death chooses his own time; till that is worn,
All evils may be borne.
We shrink and shudder at the surgeons's
Each nerve recoiling from the cruel steel,
Whose edge seems searching for the CULVER
ing life: ,H.
Yet to our sense the bitter pangs reveal
That still, although the trembling flesh be
1"tE This also, can be borne
We see sorrow rising In our way,
And try to flee from the approaching ill,
We seek some small escape-we weep and
But when the blow falls, then our hearts
are still,
Not that the pain is of its sharpness shorn-
But think it can be borne.
We wind our life out another life
We hold it closer, dearer than our own
Anon it fairts and falls in deadly strife,
Leaving us stunned and stricken and alone
But ah! we do not die with those we mourn
This also can be borne.
thirst,
Bereavement, pain! all grief and misery.
All woe and sorrow, life inficts it's worst
On soul and bOdy-but we cannot die;
Though we be sick and tired and faint and
Lo! all things can be borne.
Good Words.
The Princeton union., 1879-02-12
Jews in Germany IN the Last Century.

In the middle of the last century we
find the Jews in Germany in the most op-
pressed condition; If it was no longer
lawful to slay and plunder tn EN- in
mGjoren' Del alori"m, yet they we're on the
other hand subjected "by State and jus.
t'ce' to every conceivable restriction; al
most every calling in life was cut off
from them; in many towns they were for
b'dden to dwell at all, in Others they
were permitted to dwell ONLY in Inn
lted numbers; even at the present dav
the question of the Jewish quarters is not
every where settled. In one place they
were forbidden to live in corner houses,
in another they were permitted to make
only a fixed number of marriages,
but every ywhere thev were burdened with
imposts of the most various kinds-in
addition to the general taxation partly
OF an iaiquitousY offensive character.
Thus, for instance, under Frederick Will
liam |, the Jews in Berlin were Obliged
to buy the boars killed in the great roval
hunts, and under Frederick the Great every
Jew on his marriage was obliged to pur-
chase, at fixed price, porcelain out of
the newly established roval porcelain
manutactory in Berlin, and. moreover
not according to his own choice, but ac-
cording to the liking of the establish. .
ment, which naturally in this way got
rid of VI, ,alab!e articles So Moses Men.
de|ssone, ,77who at that time was already
generally known and respected. was ob-
liged to take 20 massive p.rcslain apes
OF lite size, OF which few still remain
IN the family. Almost the only means
ot living which the Jews possessed was
retail trade, and even this only with re.
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"Now you Hamerican gents said the
master of ceremonies at Halifax to
party of American visitors, "afore you
are introduced to is hcxce,lency an er
'ighness there's a few rules to be hobserv-
ed. Don't expectorate hon the carpet
has you're in the 'abit of doing at 'ome,
you know, and don't keep your ats on,
as you Railways do in Hamcrica. And no
revolvers nor bowie-knives is hallowed
to be drawed in the presence of lis hex.
cellency an Ter royal ighness, which is
what you're a-doing Of in congress
continually. An you'll walk in forwards
an you won't think of shaking lands with
'er royal ighness nor even with lis hex-
cellency; nor hof course you won't had
ress i'm as "old hoss' nor "old sardine,'
as hif you Was talkin' to you're presi-
dent, you know. You simply bow an
hassume latitude Of reverence. 40
far as you know 'ow, and then retire
backwards out Of the royal presence
The Princeton union., 1879-02-12
No, You Can't Go In.

"Whitber away, gentle yeuth2" said the
gentleman in waiting at one of Princess
Louise's receptions to an airy young
Kanuck, who tried to insert himself amid
the favored throng. II would do honor
as loyal subject to the beauteous scion
of royalty, the daughther of an Empress
whose power extends from tropic to torrid
zone. and whose morning drum-beat
circles the globe, for the perpetuation of
whose empire millions of swords would
leap flashing from their scabbards. and"
eyes, yes, but your necktie isn't the prop
er color, and inquiry has developed the
fact that your grandfather kept groc-
cry store. You can't go in!" Can
I can't 60 in and shake hands with
Louise2" Exit youth in rage.-1raosl-
The Princeton union., 1879-02-12
Witand HumOr.
A COUP D'ErAr.

If little seeds by slow degree
Put forth their leaves and fowe,s unheard
Our love had grown into tree,
And bloomed without single word.
haply hit on six o'clock.
The hour her father came from town,
gave his own peculiar knock,
And waited shyly, like clown.
The door was opened. There she stood
Lifting her mouths delicious brim.
How could waste thing SO good
took the kiss she meant for him,
moment on an awful brink
Deep breath. frown, smile, tear;
And then, 10, Robert, don't you think
That that was rather-caualiere"
London SOeiets
The Princeton union., 1879-02-12

Prof. Thomas Taylor, of the agricultural
bureau, reports that . tablespoonful of
turpentine added to pail of water will
disinfect cesspool instantly, and in the
sick room will prove q powerful auxiliary
against germs and bad odors. Another
good disinfectant Is copperas; ten cents
The Princeton union., 1879-02-12

etrictions; thus they were not permitted
to deal in groceries, because the trade
was monopoly all. that remained was
the trade in old clothes and drapery and
money, that is, the so-called usury.
The Princeton union., 1879-02-12

worth, dissolved in water, will deodorizs
your sink and other bad smelling places
about the buildings. Probably there
nothing better for the purpose than cop
peras; it possesses no bad odor.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-24
A Curious Case.


The town of Wiscass.- owes ,learI, hal
as much Us its valuation, and a.ks II.
creditors Ia settle Jill M 81 rrurs Nh m,
dollar.
At a town meeting held in " i.rassrr
Monday. IN adioIrnn4nr tr,,fl th,. ANN
al mreilnr IN March. On inc rrrn,r ,t !.
rommjtte preyjously anuojnfeJ II pnani.
mou~lv decided ;hat INK .xc4s.iyn r,ta i.
taxation which is and KIN he r4ruirnd IL,
many wears t. meet the .jabjIirie. j. ha,.
iny The effect IL lcponuIarr Ana ilonoyrr-
jsb the town. and thai fine Interests al
the creditors as we'll as of the town ahso-
IutcN require Il reduction vi thr nrinrinaI
and interest of the delft and m, sDI4,.t.
men were instructed Ia nrouo.r Ia the
rr,iitnrs i rn,nrr,,,i.. ~ tb..,. n,i,ns
TIN. drht 81 the fn,,.n .,nnunt. +, ,n,,l,
81 Der cent, of the valuation prn,isio,,
was made tor tle palnlpnt ~ tina NH M
terest to INV Isl
car correspondent SAYS The uuni-
cipal debt is about SlU3 oo0 Dr1,t oh
acrount If knnv 4 I5ne,,In .,-d II KIM.
Of three issues 500 Roo maxine in al
4 town debt of 500 }oO rhr y5Iuatinm
as taken some runt. Since L -3-:} nnr
Since this valuation WAS taken shnnin"
owned here Has deprecjated Tbi. Win
losses OF proDerty from rhr 1ovn rans4I
bv heavy taxes, has reduced The v1Ina.
rIon. The rate of tan last van was tnmr
cents ana four mini,
At the rponIar ue4tin,r in March tina
town debt was disrnssrd bnt nnfhinr
definite was arrived NJ o1tnri,,v / rnm7
1nittee Of twenty-fiye of the FIRST non nj
the town were in session nntiI Ink honr
figuring and liscussinr thr sffnarinn Iii
irving at The roncmSon thaf me- Town
could never nav the NH amounr NJ. IN
debtedness. ana 10 carrv tIn I1ss lon,,ar
without some comnrornise wonId caTCa
the ruin of the town and beavl InSs IL
The end "a its credifors -
Tbe committee accndiroIy drew nm .
Man ana nrnsantaG - tba .7,jio,,,,al t,,." :
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-24

Those who ~ down To the Grand Bank
In Schooners in quest Of halIbut sometimes
strike a fish bonanza For example, the
schooner rhrasher arrived at Gloucester
recently, after an absence of four weeks,
bringing -7,2S9 lbs. Of halibut, making
gross stock Of II, 464 -, the largest of the
season, aud the second largest stock, saws
the Cape Ann Advertiser, ever made on a
halibut cruise. The crew shared SI53.
The Advertiser says:
The next best fare tins season was b 600 lbs in
sch Nathaniel W ebSter. and the next best stock
93,SNN Is net. tor olS02 lbs, by sch Guy Cunning
ham. The largest stock ever landed was 10 900
by sch Il + Whitman i'll 1871 and the next largest
I2'3'I by sch Centennial in 1876, on a three
weeks trip. The latter vessel caught 100 OO0 lbs
on her first ten trips to the Banks The Chester
K. Lawrence had fare Of i36.0O0 lbs in 1876
The best stock in this business was made by sch
IL. Phillips in 1871. She landed L $50 lbs hal
hut and 1890 lbs Goldfish, stocking - .stl in five
weeks. On II previous trip she stocked s31Si
making S9,ll2, the crew sharing Sob A. on two
trips made within nine weeks The same wear
sch Mary Carlisle stocked Si31 3 - on one trp
In 1865 sch VIM T Merchant stocked 81 200 Oh a
fare OF IS 80 lbs, the tnp occupying twenty six
DAYS
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Temperance Rally.

BRUNSWICK, Me, April II. A tenn
perance rally was held here this afternoon
and evening. The principal address in
the afternoon was made by Hon. Neal
Dow of Portland who spoke in his usual
forclble and earnest manner, and held
the attention Of his hearers for nearly two
hours. "Camp meeting" John Allen and
Mrs. Partington of Portland also made
brief addresses in the evening L. X.
Simonton, Esq, of Camden delivered an
able and interesting address upon "Wine
and its Evils" A large and attentive
audience was present upon both occasions.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-24

lows: Cobosseecontee, Belgrade, Yields,
Auburn, Hartland, Unity, BroNnville,
Enfield, Moosehead, pushaw, Phillips
and Waterville. Besides these fish there
are 10000 Rangley Lake trout and 49,
600 blue back trout at Bucksport for dis
tribution this season. The eggs received
at Buclsport from Grand Lake have been
very healthy and in good condition, and
out Of one lot of $4,000 there were but
80 bad eggs. The eggs are moved in
boxes. being carefully placed in moss.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-24
The Governor and ConnciI on Erida,

The Governor and Council on Friday
passed the following order:
"Ordered that the treasurer be directed
to forward to each of the members and
attaches Of the legislatures for the years
1872, 1873, lo74, 1873, 1876, lo77, 1878
and 1879 respectively a copy of the opin-
ion of the Judges Of the Supreme Court
upon the subject of mileage in response
to a question submitted to them by order
of the Governor and Council in March.
and that the same be accompanied with
the statement of the amount illegally paid
to and received by each, and request
that the said amount be returned to the
treasurer without delay"
Council adjourned to meet Tuesday at
1 +. NJ.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-24

The Prog. Ase copies from Chase
Chronicle, statement that sin 1863
Simpson Of the Belfast Journal was intro
duced to Fort Warren by the Republ
cans" 1t is the feeble invention of the
Fogg horn OF the Chronicle. The Age,
knowing its falsity, copies the statement
for the evident purpose of throwing odium
upon the Republicans, by the charge that
they arbitrarily imprisoned an innocent
man. Of course such fact, if it were a
fact, would injure only the perpetrators.
But the alleged victim deems it due to
the truth of history to state that he never
saw the inside of Fort Warren, any more
than the editor of the Age has been elect
ed Governor, Congressman, Representa-
tive, school agent, or-well, what would
come next in the order of his descending
aspirations
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-24

Judge Williamson was not appointed
Reporter of Decisions, although strongly
recommended for the place. The Judge
declined to push his own claims, and that
is the kind of modest merit which does
not often succeed in these degenerate
DAYS.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-24
9eneralities.
Whitters health is failing

| Passport is moving Tor "A puouc library
Reports from Kansas Indicate a splendid yiedof
wheat
The census of Congress shows al lawyers in
/ that body.
A canoe upset near Quebec and six men were
drowned.
The rniversalst church IN Rockland has, raised
its debt
The Unitarians at Augusta intend to build
new church
Chief Moses has very much the look Of Henry
| Ward Beecher
Some tine in May 5000 landocled salmon wil
/ be put in Newport Pond
monument to John G. Calhoun viii Soon be
erected ia Charleston. ;. Y.
1t is reported that Anna Dickusous physician
| torbIds her travelling any more.
The capital Of the Name Beet sugar COMPANY
has been doubled 1t is now 80 o0o
Miss Amelia Boomer inventor Of the bIoomer
costume, lives iu retired village in Iowa.
Mir L. b Lockwood Of greenwich Coun has
. engaged s!A Cinnamon as ttrA abUrvrs
/ Nine thousand tons OF Ice we're packed ~ Lew
+ I,toH parties pa The helHcheo TINS winter.
T4y oruu4. crop Ut Florida /. ,oooo barrels
/ greater tA.t at tne present. time last year
The resident, of Aiasbn have appealed to the
President tor protection against tle udIans
1t Is said Thru certain French family .ub,,,tet
on rabbits principally during d.t winter % Fan
held
Nork upon thc Memorial church III .the twice
! murdered cashier Barron. wi.I be commeueed at
4 oDar.
rae Portland Press announces thc appearance
in that yly Of fresh -lld. fresh uackrrel and MAJ
doNels
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-24
From tile Boston tonercgauonaIist.
4 Confession.


Is IN lrsell great work. "OUR FIRST CEN
TURY beng a popular descriptive por-
tralture Of the one Hundred Great Me
morable Events OF Perpetual Interest in
the History of cur Countrv:" to be pub
llshed by &. \. Nicholas x Co.. Spring
field, Mass. and Hugh Heron, Chicago.
Ill lie had, | suppose, specimen pages
q the book or possibly, the entire vol
ume OF one thousand pages though
think not. What followed IS rs hunila-
ting rs should have once thought it to
be impossible The agent was person
OF gentle and adhesive manners: but
cast OF no sin upon him | am busted now
not with accusations or excuses. hut With
confession.
supposed the book to be of a popular,
historical kind, not OF great value. but OF
sort that people might read To more
purpose than mere stories wrote for
that man in a book where manv others
nave done the same thing, a very mild
statement somewhat to that effect. Fur
Their and | hope to be through with this
quickly subscribed myself tol the book
thlnhlng to use II as 4 Christmas present
ior child who was beginning To take an
interest IN history and who had wished
for something of the kind
fell indeed shorrI KHAN i. c,,si.i.r
mo that Hill mrorna,n,r WIS ,'r'[',I,'
peculiar one MIMI Jaw I,[ ' i',r,, ','3
that members ~ my ror.rra.r,t;,, I l','
purchased the book, partly 10y reason Of
what had done, and heard from some
and weII known r,rnf9naS 'i''', ,r.''
rers tbe hnmor ot ,,h, -, ~, , i;,,
h n annrnhnnd /, @ra +,,''' III. l'' }.l-
came lnd4r snc- cir,,,, N.Y. " ,'a,,A
ever tail, And II WAS n,fd t"r ,r,5 '' I3if
asiia h~mt ebr.s,r,i5, NIX III -,'''
i wnnId IT. Mi ~ III. '',+'' ''t'''- ~;
barawirb ~ van r1'a a,,.',;'''-
TIL "Dedir1tion an1 IIan II +Ln WIN. y
Nth ", gforiogs 51d a,,',,,,.;.,- r,,
r,anlin., 7c+,Ii OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES '''.i'',','
tn-uii7 I'M ~, ,,t,J, I'LL. t.'iit
nr ,rl n,rt n yyi,1, H., a..
la-,a,. H., ,,,.,.+ ~, .i,,.ii1
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\ story i going the rounds Of the pa
pers that there are to be further develop
ments in the Barron case, 4 celebrated
New York accountant having been en-
ployed to examine the affairs of the bank.
Inquiry among the bank officers failed to
discover any foundation for such a report.
Governor Garcelon has sold d pair Of
oxen which weighed when dressed $500
pounds.
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900 blue back trout at Bucksport for dis
tribution this season. The eggs received
at Bucksport from Grand Lake have been
very healthy and in good condition, and
out Of one lot of $1,000 there were but
80 bad eggs. The eggs are moved in
boxes, being carefully placed i'll moss.
New Light on an Old Subject.
The temperance question is perennial.
The battles between prohibition and To-
cal option, between total abstinence and
moderate drinking, know 10 cessation,
and are sure to be perpetuated beyond
this Gay and generation. "Doctors diff
fer" With regard to the use Of liquor as
they do On other questions and essay
succeeds essay only to leave public opin-
ion As unsettled as before The Christian
| Mon recently published 4 Series Of sen
sble articles on this subject. in which the
ground was taken That iermented liquors,
temporarily used. are not injurious to the
human system but that distilled LIQUORS
are poisonous. ana sbonld onIy l., us.d
incidentally, if at all The writer SAWS
soldiers on the march give uUt sooner II allowed
mgoholy IatIons tnan " denied them Traders ana
experience THAT thyy nast abstaln ron III n.,. IN
a ih Ia"Lj t4ey g'a4o1 b,ar the t'I4 "lt4
statistics show tnr cheot ot alcoholic irnklue III
t , NJ 4gg Thu S"'' ' 'ie III ayrflSe
cade both total a5~ainers and those who 'i,e t,,r
yr,rs MINI Hui lyr, II S,>ts .t
perate people IN w4l,A category include all those
hot merely With their ntals but druk II d,r
gl 4puF' o. ~ gay, : lllFy ii.e years ana s'N
httIe more than halt that Of the non driuker. and
LIN mi run are wnnJnrtnl r, ,l,.' u .'ir
strength and hte
Admitting lheSe statements " NJ tlue,
lh'' people VIII dIlhk strong liquors. and
lIl}l ~ IaN ila5 Ntt heen DEVISED Of II
likely TO be. that VII, prevent them. On
" choite q cVllS N therefore present
ed. \HcenSe system must he adopted,
or prohbIior\ laws enacted, under which
there Is sure Y oe q surreptItous sale amt
consumption ot liquor \ special com
mtJer q ne House Of Lords has been foI
two years considering intemperance in
England, and the possible remedies which
can be applied Dy legisiation Abstracts
Of It's reports are published in the Ems
Ugh Journals. 10 readers i'll this country
THE most useful part Of tile report viii he
its account Of the progress in sweden Of
what Il known As the Gothenbcr- plau,
which has been watched with great I'M
terest, a. a possible escape nom Some Of
the dangers evident iii DIR systems Of II
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-24

Great Britain has appointed an Old Probabih-
ties, and the London Times has begun printing
his daily forecast of the indications.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-24

Mr.. Lindsey is the Maine member of
the Republican Congressional Campaign
Committee.