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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-05-03
SOLDIERS AT THE POLLS.

The following is q specific account of
the effect produced on the appearance OF
Federal troops at tho Philadelphia polls,
on al election day, some nine years ago.
The Times says:
"In 1868 company of Federal marines
| were marched to the polls in Philadel-
phia under orders from the United States
Marshal. There was no open resistance;
but that single company of less than four
score soldiers, with cleaning bayonets,
moved the city from center to circumter-
encc, and thero was but ono voice that
went mp to the Governor ot the State in
regard to it. Republicans and Democrats
united as one people to demand that bay
onets and elections should be strangers
to each other in Pennsylvania, The Re-
publican Governor formally protested
against the assault upon the freedom of
elections, and a Republican Legislature
and Republican consti utional convcn-
ton have forbidden tho presence of
troops within rage of elections. Our mi
litia are forbidden to parade on election
day or to appear as military organiza-
tions, with or without arms, and any Off
Ger commanding soldiers to parade on
elec lion day is liable to fine and dismiss
al from office. Our new constitution,
framed by Republican body and adopt
ell by 900 majority, added to the old
provision declaring all elections to be
free, that mo power, civil or military,
shall at any time interfere to prevent
the free exercise Of the light of sutfra ge.
1t is IN no degree question of the num-
Der of trorps. There was less 100 in all
in Philadelphia in 1868, where 100000
voters could have disreSarded thcm with
impunity or vanquished them with a
breath if necessary; but tho bayonet rs
the symbol of the military power of the
government made the whole commwealtE
rise ND as one man and declare the SOW
ereignty of the State and the
freedom of her citizens. When the
country turns from the eloquence of
Blaine to the stubborn facts prese nted in
q much less nretentious manner, but with
unanswerablc power by Senator Wallace,
tho universal judgment of oispassionate
men must Le that the eRervescence of the |
hustings, rs offered by tho aggressive
Senator from Maine, is sorry exchange
f. Y the Statesmanship that should sum-
mon truth and soberness to tho discus
sion OF grave national issues
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-05-03

UA San Francisco woman wrote to
the Post of that city: "My husband
knocks me down with a chair or some-
thing every few hours, and last week
locked me up in the cellar while he went
shooting. When he returned after five
days absence, he released me with the
remark, Great Scot, aint you dead yet 2
Yesterday, detected him putting arse
mic in my tea. What shall I do about
it7" To which the Post replied: 'You
must win your husband by Kindness
Hiding behind the door or under the bed
will only make him worse. Plait your
hair like a, trunk handle, so that he can
drag you around the floor more easily,
and work him satin-qnilted club hold
er to hang on the bed post. Tho great
thing is the proud consciousness of hav~'
ing performed your duty. DO this, and
all will he we'll in ten or fftoen years.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-05-03

1t may not be generally known
that salt is an excellent rreservative of
timber from dry rot. The props and gal
leres of the great salt mines in Poland
aud Hungary are found to endure for
ages without any apparent decay. Wood
den piles driven into sails marshes last
much longer than those driven into fresh
water mud and experiments have been
made which show that dry rot may even
be checked after it has begun, by INNER
sion of the infected wood in salt water.
In many countries the custom prevails of
soaking logs in the sea before saving
them up, especially logs Of hard timber,
such as oak, elm and ash, with a view to
render the wood mere durable.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-05-03
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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-05-03

WHY THE WEDD WAS BROKEN OFF.
Some time ago, says the Macon Tele-
graph, prominent business gentleman
of a neighboring town and belonging to
the Hebrew faith lost his wife. Tho dis
consulate husband resolved to take unto
himself another partner. His brother
was in New York, and with due caro- and
diligence selected for the groom lady
whom he thought would be agreeable to
his brother. They were personally strang-
ers, but family connection cxisted.-
The courtship was done by proxy and the
lady's consent obtained. The would-be
bride groom wrote to the lady to come to
Macon and be married. She replied that
she would be here on the day appointed.
On Friday evening she came, accompa-
MED by two relatives. A magistrate was
summoned to tie the knot. The bride,
as the ceremony was about to be COM
menced, asked where her future husband
intended to reside. When told that he
lived in tho country she protested, and
insisted that the man who claimed her
must live in a city. She was begged to
consider tho matter, and the ceremony
was deferred until Saturday evening"
When Saturday evening came the bride
still hest tated, and just as she was about
to consent the groom refused to have the
ceremony performed. The gentleman is
in middle life, and the young lady is in
the bloom of youth and attractive. She
has returned to New York and he to his
home.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-05-03
new PIANOS FOR SIPS

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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-05-03
TILL DEATH DID THEM PART,

Walter Watson shot Ezra Compton at
Newport, Ind, in January, because Of q
slight error in an account, and Watson's s
recent execution wasprobably never sur
passed for tragical pathos. Watson's
young wife, with her babo in her arms,
vainly appealed to the Governor for mer-
cy, and when the murderer was prepared
for execution she combed his hair, and
having added the last loving touch, re-
marked: "Now you arc ready, Walter,
and I will so with you" She had an
nounce1 her determination the day be-
fore to accompany her husband on the
scaffold, but no one dreamed that she
meant to carry it out. All the attend
ants demonstrated with her. One of the
ministers said softly, Mrs. Watson, this
will never do" Quick as a flash she
turned on him, replying, "I should rot
have expected this from a minister
When wus married promised to cleave
to my husband for bettsr or for worse. I
promised this to q ministar, and am 60
ing to keep my wo-d as far as God will
lot mo-" At 2 o'clock the Sheriff led the
way to the Jail yard. About 100 wit
nesses were assembled. Holding her
husbands hand, the little woman ascend
cd the scaffoid. Two chairs were placed
over the fatal trap. One was assigned to
Watson, the other to his wife. She ten
derly took his hand, carcssed it. aud fell
sobbng on his shoulder. Then the Rev.
Mr.. Wainscott began to read a carefully
prepared prayer from manuscript, and,
on closing tho prayer, said, "Brothcr
Watson, be calm, and trust in God.''-
Meanwhile the culprit sat in his chair
unmoved. A heart broken wife was Sob
bing on his bosom, strong men sobbed,
but the man about to be hanged seemed
an uniHterested spectator of the absorb
ing scene of which he was the central
figure. For fully FIVE minutes hs sat
there without the least perceptible
twitch of muscle. There was no brav-
ado in his composure it was rather the
ca lmness of resignation. Then the Sher-
iff said "Stand up, Walter Watson."-
Mrs. Watson arose with her husband.
She threw herself OF his breast, and
said, "Gool-bye, Walter" kissed him
passionately on the lips, turned her white
face, full of bitterness and reproach, on
the multitude, stepped back, and fell
into the arms of good christian women
who stood near to receive her, and was
led away In the sheriff's residence the
widow, who had been weeping bitterly,
suddenly dried her eyes, and approaching
the coffin with {; firm step, looking long
ingly at the face, kissed the lips, eyes
and brows, arranged the hair and neck
tie with y tender hand, and then said
very quietly: "Now please close the
coffin and let no one see my Walter
again. Her request was coupled with.
She turned away with a look of woe,
and said, in Il voice full Of strange mean
ing: ~ can cry no more. have no
more tears. God have mercy OH me and
my little baby.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-05-03
JOSE Phi KRAIN
FOOT OF THE HILL,
st. Francisville--- La.

st. Francisville-..- La.
= ESPECTFULLY announces to tho
Il citizens of East and West Feliciann
and fointe Coupee, that he has constant.
iy on hand IL large and we'll selected
stock OF
STAPLE DRY GOODS, BOOTS
SHOES, HATS.
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
ALSO
Ladies' Dress Goods,
Clothing Hosiery,
House-keeper's Artic1eu.
And Notions of all Kinds,
Fancy ard Family Groceries, Westerst
Produce, Basging Il Ties, Plantation
Supplies, Clockery, Glassware,
and in fact every thing to be
foHndiu All ABUNDANT and
carefully selected
stock Of goods.
All OF which ana selling at the lowest
figures for cash. Call and see me.
.Jan1S7O-ly. Jos. KRAIN
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-05-03
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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-05-03
NO. 35.
A. F. BUDDEN,
HOUSE CARPENTER AND JOINER,
! St. Frahcisvillc, La.

NRDERS FOR work will receive im'
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-10
AGRICULTURAL.
Arithmetic on the Farm.

Arithmetic is much more necessary to
a farmer than to any others, for as his re-
sources are not so many or so lucrative, per-
haps, as the bridesmaids or merchants so
much the more need is there that he should
be safe in his calculations. Yet we will ask
you how many farmers practice anything like
strict calculations?
How many potatoes did you raise? Why,
L don't know exactly; | guess four or five
How much corn did you raise? Why, fifty
or sixty bushels.
How much hay did you cut? Why, fifteen
or twenty tons.
How much milk does your cows give? Why,
she gives a paiful night and morning. Such
are the answers, which you will, nine times
out of ten, get from our farmers, if You put
the same questions.
Now what eXactness or real definite
knowledge is there in such statements.
The Dutch have proverb that he who
keeps books seldom fails. That is, he who
keeps his accounts correctly and is arith-
medically certain what his income and his
OUTLAWS are-who knows the cost of his
property, whatever it may be-the outstand-
ing, and the amount on hand, will at once
foresee evil and ward off the danger. Far
mers should practice this particularly, for
as their articles of produce are small, and the
expense attending the feeding and rearing
many kinds of stock are large, it is absolutely
necessary that they should know the exact
cost in order to shape their course and set
their prices. Attempting to do business
without this precaution, is like navigating
the ocean without compass. You may
creep along by the shore and the help of the
stars; lucky wind may watt you to the de-
sired port but there is no certainty about
it, and if a cloud hides the planets you are
lost, and perhaps wrecked. Let those who
have been ip the habit Of applying arithmetic
to their agricultural pursuits continue the
practice; and let those who never have, be-
gin Observation-Disclosures
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-10
Cooking Potatoes.

The nutritive value Of potatoes is not ma
terially affected by the different ways OF
cooking them unless they are wasted in
peeling. When potatoes are peeled before
cooking, unless they are large and very thinly
pared, the waste is about one-fourth, and as
most of the mineral elements lie next the
skin they are generally cut away with it.
The analysis of potatoes boiled in their
jackets show that they contain double the
quantity of the salts of potash than what
remains in those that have been peeled; be-
sides this important fact, potatoes boiled in
their jackets do not waste more than an
ounce in pound. The ste in baked po-
tatoes, if peeled, is about one-fourth; if they
are eaten in their skins there is but little
waste. Baked potatoes should be served the
moment they are soft; after that the steam
which escapes in the bursting of the starch
cells begins to condense, and is absorbed by
the mealy substance of the vegetable until it
becomes sodden and heavy. Ii baked po-
tatoes are served at the right point of cook
ing they are perfectly digestible and whole
some, and they should never be placed in a
covered dish nor allowed to stand after they
are done. 1t is a very easy matter to have
mealy boiled potatoes. Let them be well
washed with a brush and cold water, ring
pared off all around them, and then plunge
them in well sailed boiling water; boil them
steadily until they are quite tender, then
drain off the water. cover them with a clean
towel folded several tim3s, and set them a
little off from the fire for five minutes. This
will make them mealy, and by putting them
where they will keep hot they will not grow
watery if they stand for characterization
Union
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TIN lIiIyE STATE PRESS

has been greatly improved during the past year and
is the largest and best weekly paper in NIaine
1t is full of news and general matter-lierary sci
enthc, agricultural and commercial. 1t has also full
marAet reports and marine news. Terms 81 per
year IN ardnce, six months for 81 and three months
for so cents.
NB-specimem Copies seat Free.~SN
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-10
TUESDAY, Dec. 8.

TUESDAY, Dec. 0.
Fine day this.
A flock of wild geese passed over this morn
ing.
Wiscasset officials passed through this morn
ing, en- route for Boston to arrange matters of
the Knox & Lincoln road.
That artesian well is down 60 feet.
Capt. Whitmore of the Bell of Baltimore is
in town.
More stone for ST. Louis passed through to-
diy.
The noon NJ G.. R. r. freight numbered %
cars.
The work at He'll Gate, it is expected, will
be completed this week.
At the Crescent Hall last Saturday quite q
party of dancers tripped to Backus' music. A
series of u dances will be given in this hall
the coming season.
Mrs. Stacy, living at the north end, owns a
parrot which sings Jack is every inch sail
orr in perfect fashion; also tanned hunming
bird which of late has been so familiar as to
need to be Gagged.
A clerk in clothing store in town, last
Sunday rowed to Parker's head, coming
back at night. The long pull took the flesh
from his tender hands.
Inc schooner Pafkof HOOKER, loaded with
1000 tons of ice sailed yesterday afternoon from
North Boothbay for Baltimore.
The bark Guy C. Goss will sail Thursday or
Friday.
Two tramps at the palais last night.
The schooner E. c. Allen sailed today from
Wiscasset with ice for the south.
Ship Ellen S. Thayer has been chartered to
load ice at the Arctic Co. for a southern port
A down river man brought up in the sloop
Morris tons of old iron today.
Gilberts assembly in Music Hall Wednes-
day night.
Reserved seats for Miss Neale's readings and
Villar's fun are now selling at Shaws.
AT Haley's factory business is brisk.
Woodward received a cargo of coal to-day.
Alonzo Jelleson and Peter Lepond have en-
tered on a series of 80 checker games for the
city championship.
A schooner fooishly went up river this
morning with load of plaster. Ten to one
she gets frozen in.
Messrs. Donnell refuse to accede to the de-
mand of the strikers.
G. A. R. levee Dec. 10Th, 18th and 18TH
Thursday ev ening there will be prize drill
by the B. I'll. S. Cadets.
Mr.. Geo. c. Cressy is not studying for the
Congregational ministry at Yale Divinity
school but is studying the sahskrit and COM
paratve philology in the past graduate de-
partment of the college proper.
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RAILROADS.
BOSTON Il MAINE RAILROAD
WFNTEzs NdsEMENE.

On ana after Monday, Get.
ls9sses3l97ss5sss 1;s, 1872, PASSENGER Trains
ef.--.55-S-ssz.s55 will LEAVE PORTLAND
---2-----a-FOEs BOSTON at 500 a. m,
LOO, $50 y. No. arriving at Boston at l.3O, 0.3O,
500 D. IN. Returning, leave Boston at Z 80 a. M,
1890, $50 p. M, arriving at Portland at l2.lO,
300, 800 p. IN
For Scarborough, Beach, Pine Point, Old
Orchard aSeach, Saco, RiddefOrd, AID
kennebHmax at $40 a. M, l.OO $50, 6.40
y.
Eor wells, No. Berwick, Salmon Falls,
Great Fails, Rochester, Pennington,
N. EE., Bower, New Market, Exeter,
Lowell at $40 a. m, LOO, $50 p III.
For Alton ssay at 9.45 a. m, $50 p. IN.
For sHaucaesser and Concord via Lawrence)
at S.45 a. m; (via New Market Junction. at
$50 p. m.
Morning Train leaves Kennebunk for Portland at
no arrives at Portland at 6.O7.
The 1. 90 D. M Trains connect with Sound Line
Steamers for New Work.
The $50 p. trains make connections with
New Work all rail.
ThrOush Tickets TO ali Points South and
West at lowest rates.
steamers running between Portland and Bangor,
Rockand nt. Desert, Machias, Eastport, Calais, st.
John and Halifax. Also connect with Grand Trunk
trains at Grand Trunk Station, and Maine Central
and Portland g. Ogdensburg trains at Transfer Sta
ton.
All trains stop at Exeter ten minutes for refresh
ments. First class Dining Rooms at Portland,
Transfer Station Exeter, Lawrence and Boston.
THROUGH TICKETS to all points West ana
South may be had of Iis. H.. Williams, Ticket
Agent Boston & Maine Depot, and at Aliens
Union Ticket Office, 28 Exchange st.
JAS. 4. FURBER, Gen. Supt.
S. II. STEVENS, Gen Agent, Portland.
oc11 diff
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LEWISTON AND AUBURN.
TUESDAY, Dec. 9

TUESDAY, Dec. 8.
The roads are in just the condition to
cause the average teamster to swear and
curse his mother-in-law.
On and after Thursday morning Auburn
subscribers Of the Press and Argus can pro-
cure their papers at W. Small & Co..
book store, which will be the headquarters
for the sale of these papers. The papers
will be ready for delivery at o.45.
A proposition to cut down the grade of
High street is before the Auburn city coun-
Gil.
DR.. j. j. Vilers gave the concluding en-
tertainment in the Star course at City Hall
tonight The lecture was justly appreci-
ated by large audience.
Dennis Mahaney was detected by officer
Hinkley week ago at Lisbon depot, in
transporting liquor Dennis escaped from
the officers hands, but was re-arrested
Monday morning at his residence in gas
house patch. This morning in court he
was fined $50 and costs.
The Elm street society are still without a
pastor.
Quite a number Of scholars in the Au-
burn schools are kept at home, owing to
measles or diphtheria in their families.
This precaution of the committee is credit
able.
The Franklin Company claim that they
have been overtaxed in Auburn, and a
committee from the city council is to ad-
just the matter.
The Auburn Light Infantry, accompa-
MED by Glover's band, have decided to go
to Skowhegan Christmas eYe., where they
Iii j.
concert and ball. We can assure the citi-
zens of SkoWhegan a rare treat upon this
OCCASION
St. Joseph's Society are arranging for a
two days fair, to occur in Lyceum Hall
some time next month.
Franklin stock is quoted at 905.
The bicycle fever is raging.
The Daily News starts with circulation
of 1900.
The river retains its high pitch.
w, S. Young, Of the Elm House, is
afflicted with infamed eyes, and has been
confined in a dark room for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. B. w. Parker arrived from
Portland to-day.
Ex-Secretary of State Col. Drew has been
summoned to Augusta.
The Mendelssohn Club had full rehear-
sal last evening, which indicated brilliant
The police captured another express
package containing the ardent fluid this
morning.
Many Auburn citizens have been delin-
quent about paying the sewerage entrance
fee, and the city council has authorized the
street commissioner to disconnect the sew
ers of all such who do not settle accounts
within five days.
The little book store moved to-day to
larger quarters.
The Auburn assessors are to be paid $3.50
for extra work in preparing the state valua-
ton.
Lots of petitions have recently been pour
ing into the Auburn city government for
the location of new roads. Probably the
largest part OF them will be rejected.
W. L. Davis is fagman at the School
street crossing.
j. p Swasey of Canton was in town to-
day.
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RAILROADS.
Eastern Railroad,

FALL AND WINTER SCHEDULE.
October LS- 1870.