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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-26
Superior Abilities.
[Burdette.l

[Burdette.]
Now there abideth these things, which every
man can do better than apy one else:
Poke fire.
Put on his own hat.
Edit newspaper.
Tell story-after the other man has begun
it.
Examine railway timetable.
Did you ever notice that, if you open rail-
road guide and begin to look for some particu.
lar train. some officious man in lhe crowd will
spring up and lay his great thumb right over
the column your train is in, and try TO find you
the night express on the Chicago, Burlington
s. Qaincy, by roaming up and down a column
headed Accommodation" on the Illinois Gen.
tral side of the page? And you can't bluff him
off, either. A few days ago, qulet-looki9g
mai on the Wabash Railway called the train
boy ard asked him for a railwsy-guide. for a
moment. Then he began to examine the COL
umns, and busy-looking man bshind him
leaned over the seat and said:
''What train are you looking for? Where do
you want to go? can fod it for you if you're
not mnch accustomed to this sort of thing"
The stranger thanked him, aud said he was
looking up some of the connections of the Wa
bash Railway, and be guessed he could fad
what he wanted.
The busy man Immediately took hold of the
enide and pulled il away from him.
"You'Il never find it by looking that way"
be said, ''now tell me where you want to go;
know nearly all the connections of this road; l
travel over this line twice every sixty days"
After a vain effort to get his guide-book, the
stranger reluctantly yielded, and the busy man
looked down the column of "rcket-fares," and
ascertaiued that the Strangers train reached
Danville At S4.76, and then be looked down the
column of distanc-s and discovered that the
connecting train for Vincennes left at 6.5S4
Then he handed the guide back to the stranger,
and leaned back in his seat with the air OF 9
man, a Christian, unselfish map, who had, at
some trouble to hinself, of course, set bewil-
dered way farer right. The stranger thanked
him quietly and with every appearance Of pro-
fOuno gratitude.
'Ohr the man said loftiy, that's all right /;
these railway-guides are all Greek to people
who amt accustomed to railroading."
By and by the stranger went into the other
coacb, and the busy man noticing the respect
full demeanor of the BRAKEMAN as he passed out,
called to the employe aud asked
"Who is that man."
S'H C. Townsend" said the brakeman, "the
General Passenger and Ticket Agent Of the
road"
Aud the busy man looked straight out Of the
car wirdow a long, long time, and every time
the trair-boy went By shouting Railway
guides" he turned pale AMI shuddered.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-26
The Checker Board.
[Fcom the Detroit Free Press

lFrom the Detroit Free Press
Up to three evenings ago such thing as a
checker-board was never known in Mr.. Grat-
tan's house. He ard his aged PARTNER have
managed to pass the long evenings very pleas
autly, and he supposed they were happy
enough until friend from the East paid them
flying visit and asserted over aud over again
that the game of checkers was not only all the
the rage there, but that il served to
quicken the perceptive fcaul!es, enlarge
the mind and render the brain more
active. After giving the subject due
thought Mr.. Grattan walked down town and
purchased a checker.board, and when evening
came be surprised his good wife by bringing it
in from the wood shed and saying:
"Well, Martha, we'll have a game or two
before going over to the social. l expect to
beat you all to flinders but you won't care"
"Oh, of course not, and ii i beat you, why
you won't care" she replied.
They sat down and he claimed the first move.
She objected, but when he began to grow red
in the face she yielded and be led off. at the
fourth move che took man, chuckliDg as she
raked him in.
~ don't see anything to grip at" he sneered
as be moved man bsckv ards.
"Here! you can't move that way?' she called
out
Il can't eh? Perhaps never played checkers
before You were bornp
She saw chance to jump two more men
and gave in the point, but as she moved he
cried out:
"Pot them right back therel I've concluded
not to move back wards even if Hoyle does per-
NIT it.''
She gave in agsio, but when he Jumped
man her nose grew red and she cried out:
Il didn't mean to move there, was think
lag of the socialp'
fiGan't he1 tho coo;a1 Martha-wa r,rot 0o
by Hoyle."
In about two minutes she jumped two men
and went into the king-row, shouting:
'Crown him! crown himl I've got King"
"One would think by your childish actiOas
that you never played game bsfore," be
growled out.
81 know enough to bsat youf'
"You do, eh? Some folks are awful smart"
"And some folks ain'tp' she snapped, as her
king captured another mau.
What in thunder are you jumping that
way for?"
"a king can jump any wayw
sNo he can'tp'
"Yes he CAMP
'Don't talk back to me, Martha Grattan! L
was playing checkers when you were 10 your
cradle"
81 don't care! can jump two men which,
ever way you move"'
He looked down on the board, saw that such
was the case, and roared out:
You've moved twice 10 my oncep'
81 haven'tn'
''Ill take my oath you have / can't play
against any such black-leg practices!"
"Who's a black-leg? You not only cheated,
but you tried to lie out of itl''
Board and checkers fell between them. He
could get his hat quicker than she could find
her bonnet, and that was the only reason why
he got out Of the house first A Woodward
avenue grocer found him sitting on basket of
craDberrtes at the door as he was closing up
for the night, and asked him if he was waiting
for his wife to come along.
"Well, not exactly; / stopped here to feel iu
my pocket for the key to the barn. l shall
sleep on the hay tonight and see If it won't
cure this cold in my head"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-26

The formation of the Senate committees
by the Democratic majority in that body
does not prove altogether satisfactory to the
party at large. The hard-money Democrats
who are in majority of the party in all the
Eastern States except Maine, thoroughly dis.
like the constitution of the finance commit
tee in the interest Of soft-money theories.
The appointment of Bayard as chairman
matters little as long as the greater number
OF his colleagues are unsound on the currency
question. 1t is remarked too with alarm by
Northern Democrats that the Committee on
Claims has not Northern Democrat on It.
The South will have its own way there, and
the fear is expressed that in lis zeal and
rapacity it will not postpone the considera-
tion OF Southern claims until after the Presi-
dental election. The Committee on Com
merce appears to be made up in the interests
OF river and harbor appropriations, its mem
befs representing those sections of the coun-
try that are the most clamorous for large
appropriation bills. The Naval Committee
seems to be constituted directly in the inter-
est OF navy yards.
The control of legislation is thrown into
the hands of the South. They hold the
power in neatly all the committees. The
chairmansbips that have come to Northern
Democrats have come through the obsery-
ance OF the Senatorial rule of seniority of SER
vice. But in these cases care has been taken
that the South shall be so placed as to shape
the action Of these bodies that really do the
business of the Senate. The upper house of
Congress is now controlled by the South. The
House is virtually under the same rule, and if
the Democrats succeed in securing the repeal
of the election laws they will have reason for
the greatest confidence in their ability to
elect President in 1880; for the ballot
boxes of New York and other Northern
Democratic cities will be subject to their
manipulations.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-26

THE Dexter Gazette in its issue of last
week made very savage and unjustifiabe
attack on the agent of the Associated Press
in Dexter, charging him with sending a
false and malicious despatch concerning the
Barron matter. The despatch alluded to
contained three assertions viz 4, that the re-
lations between Examiner Titcomb and the
bank officers had not been pleasant; that
treasurer Hamilton had prepared an answer
to the charge against him, and that the answer
was virtually the same old story. The first two
OF these statements the Gazette pro-
nounces malicious falsehoods. The first one
was probably incorrect, though there are
some persons quite familiar with Dexter
bauk matters who still assert, notwithstand-
ing Mr. Titcomb's denial, that it was
exactly true. But aside from the question of
its truth or falsity, the Gazette had
no justification for denouncing the agent
who telegraphed it as a malicious liar. The
agent claims that such statement was made
to him by responsible person, he believed it
and consequently telegraphed it as it was his
duty to do. He made mistake perhaps, but
all men make mistakes, the editor of the
Gazette not excepted. But he was not
guilty Of malicious falsehood. As to the
second malicious falsehood," we assert that
1t was the exact truth The Gazette saws
there is no charge against Treasurer Hamil-
ton, therefore he could not have prepared an
answer to any. There is charge,
and very grave one, against Mr..
Hamilton, the Gazette's assertion to the
contrary Notwithstanding. He in company
with his fellow officers is charged with tra-
ducing the memory of dead man, for it was
the bank officers, of which Mr.. Hamilton is
one, who first started the story that Mr.. Bar
ron was defaulter. The sole object of the
last statement was to refute this charge by
evidence from the bank books to show that
Mr.. Barron was guilty. The pretence that
this statement was simply put forth as an or
dinary report of the condition of the bank is
too shallow to deserve any credit. The As
ISOLATED Press agent described it properly.
1t was an answer to charges and that only.
The Gazettes anxiety to voice the opiAions
of the public in this Barron matter and at
the same time to keep in favor with the
bank officers has betrayed it into wholly
unjustfiable assault upon an innocent man
and it owes that man an apology.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-26

THE Boston Post regrets TO learn that
"Peter Cooper proposes to leave his large
property to Edward Cooper, Mrs. Hewitt and
the Cooper Union. This is too bad. We
had hoped he would divide it equally among
the Greenbackers of the United States. 1t
wouldn't he much, to be sure, but they'd
each get some common cents, which they
seem to lack now, whichever way you spell
81
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-26

ocME OF the Republican papers are making
great pother because Mr.. Salisbury re-
minded the Republican Senators that the. Y
are IN minority, Il really doesn't seem
mat Mr.. Salisbury was guilty of any grosser
offense than "twitting on facts;" and we
may as well make up our minds, brethren, to
agood deal of that sort of thing for few
years to come,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-26

SMALL encouragement for woman to
thank man for a seat in the horse.car, for
be will bic himself to a newspaper office and
complain Of her grammar. Witness this
from the Boston Transcript: Scene, South
Eud horse car Enter an elaborately dressed
lady, diamond solitaires, eight button kids,
etc. Car crowded. At first no one moves.
Soon gentleman offers his seat. "Thank
you; you are the only gentleman here. The
rest is hogs" Fact.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-26
THE PRESS
MORNING. MARCH 96.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations The name and address of the writer are in
alcases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-26

IHE Greenbackers refuse to aid the Demo
cracy In Its attempt to attach political legsla-
tion to appropriation bills. IT this sort of
thing goes on the Maine Democrats will
think the work of their hands anything but
coed,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-26

EVERY regular attache OF the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersigped by Stanley I.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials Of every person claiming to ouI
ournal,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-26

The Senate doesn't seem i1 a hurry. 1t
has begun business by discussing the elector-
al commission,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-26

PRATT of Rea1ing appears to have been a
stupid thief after all.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-26
The Senate Committees.

III the Union was worth aub,iwp far II is
w5rsh paying for.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-26

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THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,
Published every day CsurdaYs exceptad) by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING co.
THE MAINE STATE PRESS

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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-26

[Burdette.]
Now there abideth these things, which every
man can do better than airy one else:
Poke fire
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-17
JOHN EDDINGS, Postmaster.

THE GLORIOUS 4TH IN THE COUNTRY
Although unheralded by the press, and at
tended by little ''pomp and circumstance"
there were few more enjoyable gather
ing on the 4th than picnic held near the
residence of Mr. Henry Mather, four miles
northeast from La Center. 1t was intended
to gather the neighborhood together to enjoy
the day socially, and the chief item of the
programme agreed upon was this:-that
everyone should come prepared to enjoy
themselves, and to promote the enjoyment
of others in all possible ways. Had the day
been pleasant the attendance would proba-
bly, have been quite large. As is was, a
few loyal souls refused to allow the damp
weather to dampen their patriotism, and
about fifty persons assembled at the ap-
pointed place. A natural mound furnished
the necessary elevation for stand. Seats
were conveniently placed, and songs, etc,
were provided for the entertainment of the
children. Mr.. c. W. Borden, the chief pro-
lector of the celebration, acted as master of
ceremonies. Rev. Riley Bartlett opened the
exercises with prayer, and after the reading
of the Declaration of Independence by Z.
f. w. Briggs delivered an address which
was admirable both for what it did and
what it did not contain, being original, ap-
propriate and brief. Some voluntary read
ings and recitations were offered for the gen.
eral entertainment of the people, and musi-
cal selections were rendered at suitable in
tervals When dinner time arrived We
were warned by gathering clouds to retreat
with our baskets to the dwelling of Mr..
Mather which was most Hospitality placed
at our disposal. Tea and coffee We're soon
prepared, tables improvised, and an ample
feast spread. The abundant provisions were
well seasoned with jests and laughter, and
when this important part of the business
was disposed of, an hour or two were spent
in social singing and conversation. The
party finally separated, well pleased with
each other and themselves, and feeling re-
paid for their efforts to celebrate the day,
even though most of them received thor
ough sprinkling on the homeward road.
+. f. b.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-17
To school Clerks.

Having circulated to the clerk of each
school district in the county a chart repre-
senting the boundaries of his district, &C.
companied with the necessary blanks for
his annual report, l would respectfully call
his attention to the following sections of the
school law, which defines his duties in
language not hard to understand:
.'Sec. A. 1t shall be the duty of the dis
trict clerk to take annually, between the
Goth and Both of July of each year, an exact
census of all the children and youth between
the ages of four and twenty zone years of age
residing in the district, and shall specify
the number and sex of such children, and
the names of their parents or guardians He
shall state specifically and separately a Gen.
sus of all children under years of age, and
shall specify the number and sex of said
children; but all children who may be alb
sent from home, attending boarding schools
or any public or private schools or semi
nares of learning, shall not be included by
the school district clerk in the census list
of the city, town OF district where the may
be attending such private institutions of
learning. He shall make full report
thereof on blanks furnished for that purpose,
under oath, To the county superintendent,
on or before the first day OF August there
after, and deliver copy to the school di-
rcctors. The directors shall make reason
able allowance to the clerk of the district
for the services rendered by him in accord
ance with the provisions OF this act, and
order the same paid out OF the district school
fund.
Sec. 76. In case any district clerk shall
fail to take the census provided for in this
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-17
Notice.

Whereas, several church members have
made complaint against this paper for hav.
ing the effrontery to publish announcements
of Thos. Paine meetings and ':liberal gather.
ings;" and whereas, several Thos. Paine men
and 'liberals" have made complaint that
this paper publishes notices Of church meet.
ings, and is champion Of bigotry; there.
fore, notice is hereby given to all concerned,
that from this date forward, so long as this
paper is controlled by me, all notices of
church meetings, camp meetings, Thos. Paine
meetings, ''liberh picnics." and all other
religious or irreligious services, will be in.
serted in this paper only as advertisements,
and must be paid for as such. Thus all will
be placed upon an equal footing, and will all
b treated alike by this paper. The liberals
and the illiberals nay stand and throw as
many stones at each other as they please
but ! 40 not propose any longer to stand
between. suffering from both sides the
bruises. and must be counted out of this
contest. All sects and parties have hereto.
fore had their notices published freely and
willingly without cost to themselves, and
now that their wrangling begins to make it
cost no serious amounts in money, it is
time to stop and DON'T you .toryeta.
J. J.BxgsoN. Editor Independent.
Vancouver, July IT, 1879
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-17
Notice to Creditors.

In the Probate Court of Clarke County, Ter
ritory Of Washington.
In the matter of the estate of George Rausch,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that ! was by the
decree and order Of the Hon. Probate Court
of Clarke County, w. T., duly made on the
10th day of July, 1879, appointed adminstra-
tor of the estate of George Rausch, late of the
County OF Clarke, deceased, with the will an
neXed All persons having claims against
the said estate will present them to me at my
Office in the city of Vancouver. W. T.. with
the necessary vouchers, within one year after
the date hereof, or the same will be barred by
law. FRED W BIER
Administrator of the estate Of George
Rausch, deceased, with the will an
neXcd.
Dated Vancouver, W. T., July II, 1879.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-17

A. NJ. Mr. Gardner was gone, but the Mrs.
was there. l was somewhat hungry from
my journey over the hills, and from past
experience knew this good place to 60 to.
Dinner was served when with an agreeable
escort was soon at the building in which
the school is being held. 1t is taught by
ID. Wells Gardner. The attendance is quite
small. A new school house is being erected
winter school. When this is done the
teacher and scholars will be more pleasantly
situated. h.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-17

act at the proper time, and if through such
neglect the district shall fail to receive its
apportionment of school moneys, said dis
trict clerk shall be individually liable to the
district for the full amount so lost, and it
may be recovered in a suit brought by any
citizen of said district, in the name and for
the benefit of such district"
| would respectfully ask all school officers
to cooperate with the clerks in filling out
these blanks. ! shall be glad to assist
whenever occasion requires. Let us by all
means have complete report. SUPT.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-17

SERIOUS FALL.-Last Wednesday Mr.. n.
H. Bloomfield, Prosecuting Attorney, was
reclining in hammock at his residence in
this city. when the head rope broke, letting
him fall to the ground, distance of ten
feet. He struck heavily on his shoulders
and back, being badly shaken up, but for
tunately no bones were broken. He was
confined to his room some days, and though
now about, is recovering slowly from the eff
fects OF the fall
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-17
Vancouver Market,

Producers or first hands are paid the sollow-
ing prices:
WHEAT-sl 90 per bushel
OATS-60 cents per bushel
HAY-Loose Timothy, Sl2 per tom baled
Sl5; bottom, SS@10.
POTATOES-50c per bushel
BACON-Hams, Pc per pound; Sides, lie;
Shoulders, 6 to &C.
LARD-l21ac per pound.
BUT'rER-Fresh roll, 1S@20c
EGGS-lSc per dozen.
CHICKENS-Live,s SO 80 per dozen.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-17

In Vancouver, by s. d. Maxon, J. p, July
Z, 1879, VIM j. Steele and Isahel Miller both
of Polk Co., Oregon.
By the same, July 9th, VIM. IT. Wendt and
Martha Swager, both of MuItnomah Co, Or
By the same, July 18th, 0. VI. Dodson NJ.
d., and Eliza J. Thornton, both of Grant Co.
OrepOn
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-17

TALL PRAs.-R- Wolf raised some peas
this season in his city garden which reached
the height Of 10 feet. and he had to stand
ON bench to pick some of them. In a good
season for peas he thinks he can get them
up to 10 feet high.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-17

GAY ROOSTER II. O'Donnell, of Bat.
tie Ground, became possessed of a fine pair
OF canaries. The female recently laid four
eggs, and then the other, the singer. the
male, the rooster, laid three more. O'Don-
nell is now looking for a Brahma rooster
that can do as well.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-17

Eighty acres near Rounds mill, described
as the north half OF the south east quarter OF
Section a. In Town north Of Range I east
The land is partly open, brush and timber,
and considered desirable. For further infor-
nation apply to :. sHOBERT,
Union Ridge.
June "a. 1879 L.