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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-02-19
A Brilliant Diamond RObber,

One of the cleyerest diamond robberies of
modern times is reported in tone of odd
complacency BY the leading journals of St.
Petersburg. \ fortnight ago a handsome
equipage drew up at the door of the first
leweler in the Russian capital. Alighting
from the carriage, an elegantly dressed and
remarkably pretty young lady entered the
shop and requested that some purures of
brilliants might be shown to her. Several
costly sets were forthwith submitted for in
spection; and after some hesitation she Sc
lected riviere and pendants valued at TO-
900 rubles. and stating that she was the
wife OF an eminent ad-doctor, whose name
is household word in st. Petersburg re-
quested the proprietor of the establishment
to accompany har home with the Jewels. in
order to settle finally with her husband in
regard to the price. The jeweler packed up
his diamonds and got into the carriage with
his fair customer. Presently they arrived at
large house, and were received at the porte
cochere BY a Suisse in splendid livery, who
conducted them up brilliantly Lighted stair
case into a richly furnished drawing -room
in which the lady begged her companion to
take seat. and, jewel-case in hand, pro-
ceeded to summon "her husband"
Entering the doctors consultation room
in an apparent state of uncomfortable agita-
ton, she informed the latter that she had
brought her unfortunate spouse to visit him,
in the hope that he would undertake to cure
HIM of the strange monomania under which
he had labored for some time past. my
afflicted husband" she said, sis a wealthy
landed proprietor from A., in the gov
ernment Of Minsk. He is quiet and harm
less, but has diamonds on the brain. He
will talk of nothing else. poor fellow. Will
you see him? Ihave left him in your draw
ing room, and am much too nervous to be
present while you diagnose his case. Might
l, therefore, ask you to accompany me
to my carriage before you 60 to him? 1t
will be such a relief to me to leave him in
your care.
Her ingenious device was crowned with
complete success. She drove off with the
diamonds. An interview between the doc
tor and the jeweler fully confirmed her
statement with respect to the latters alleged
monomania, and resulted in his being put
under bodily restraint, from which he was
only rescued three days later by one Of his
partners. who succeeded, with the assist
ance of the police, in tracking him to DIR.
VS. renowned private lunatic asylum.
No trace has vet been discovered of the
gifted lady who accomplished this, in every
sense Of the word, "brilliant" COUP Lon
dom Telegraph.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-02-19
|,)ottrp.
Bourbon Ballads. No. 81.
TUE PIRATES or PENoBsCor; OR. THE sLAvks

ItE ftkA ks W iENph>0OI, OK. IHt StAN ~
OF DUTY.
4 Dirgs, sung by Governors Garoslon. LAWSON aad
snuff, irhR. they sat fence and talked about
Tefohrsniag fAe ConfHsioHia Leg'siofare.
This verse was sung as rapidly a. possible
Three jolly buccaneers are we. and we would
neither cover nor
Conceal the circumstance that We pretended to
be Governor;
The life of Maine in winiertme l. merry as the
loggin' is.
Where Upper kennebec comes down TO where
the Androscoggin is,
Where sportsmen fish along the Moechunka-
munk aud Chesuncook,
And joke and talk Of politics, and maybe catch
mess an cook.
The other party had the votes, but We had the
audscity.
And so we studied up the State-its caying-in
capacity,
And its r-sourccs-vegciable. animal and min
ersl-
A-a-ummmm-oh. YES,
Until one day we ran against naughty Major
Gineral!
l'hi, verse was sung -till mor rapidly
We thought we ought to draw the sword and
set mp our authority.
For we received the ballots OF a very large
minority;
our part,sns were under srms-st " allagosa-
auegamook.
At falsquangomi., Squsw Lake, Piscataquis
and Peggsmook.
The sailor, too. were all with Us at NEEDY
bemps aud Pemmaquid-
Id sometimes handed them cigars, and often
given them quid:
Gosh. the Skowhegan fu,ilecrs and Carri,upk
artillery
Were ready to seize Blaine and Hale and pu,
them in pillory.
The Alcgash militia were resolved to have n
funeral
A-a-unmmm-oh. YES
Till suddenly we ran against an angry Major
Gineral.
Quicker yct-dHiaBf> scriosol
Jewhiitiker. o, what n chance the instruction
did afford
The Greenbacker. Of Schoodic and the Demo
crate Of Biddcford.
The Capital Was filed with folks and MANY
without any bunk.
And still they came from Macknaqusck. Sa-
basticook and ksnnebunk;
From Lake Moostocomaguntic, Chaitaquan
and Pa..adumkeas.
Wiscs-sct and >agundahock, AZ far as Malta
wamkcag.
They hadn't had an office since before the
day. Of Hannibal.
And 80 their appetite Wa, like the frenzy OF a
canniba:
The starving hosts were bound 10 have a lcgi,-
latiNe dinner. all,
A-a-ummmm-oh, YES
Till-presto,-th were captured BY stub
born hhloT-bluciai-
No stopping Ia take reathr, .tississo aoo,lerunao
dai she
And now we climb from OF the fence and sd
ly go and rusticate.
Convinced that We have bitten on much more
than We can masticatc.
q, where j. warliAe sawyer, aud the seal that
has "Dirigo" ons
The .angunsry bradbury, Gould Talbot,
White-but why go on:
Not one Of all our soldier, either sensible or
plucky i;
Our cave i, much more Msmnouth than the
cavern in Kentucky j..
Although brrscted Governors" wr-Lamsou.
smith and Garceou-
Would like 10 emigra;e to Spain. or Trinidad
or far C-N Ion.
Where We could study vegetable, animal or
mineral
A-A-ummmm-oh, yc..
And never. never meet again i naughty Major
Gineral,
IN \. Tribune.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-02-19
MiscflI
The New Departure.
By EMILY HUNTINGTON MILLER.


The First Church of Acadia was in debt.
Il was case of too much steeple, too much
frescoinr. and too much organ. n cas-. of .;r.,
Church. il could not. from the very nature Of
things. be the second. hence the .,eeple. the
organ and the much frescoing a case of
pulling down barns and building a greater
when there were no goods to bes,ow in them.
hence the debt.
Matters had gone from bad TO worse. un-
I'll a, last i, was whispered at the Sewing
Society that there was actually mortgage
ON the church. and every woman stood aghast
with horror They could comnrebend deb,..
p.onle maid their debts when ,bey could bu,
,bey nigh, move in good society w;,bou,
doing il. they were no, unfamiliar u;,b f,;l
ures. bu, people had been Known TO fail and
vet wear better clothes than before; bu, a
mortgage was like one of those awful com
pac,s wherein a man signs himself over 10
the evil one. with a certainty tba, he may a,
any time foreclose and ay away with him
Wors, of all. a mortgage ON a church, 4,
was undoubtedly the ..abomina,ion Of desc.
la,ion. snoten of bv nay;J ,b. rro,,ba,
..s,anding where !, onyb, po,--a sure SION
of the las, days
Something must be done. something should
be done. and with This de,erm;n,,;on bur-
ing in her heart. every woman wen, home
From ,ba, hour a noticeable soIamp;,y
broodsd over the bear,s and bom.s 81 A.
d;s Wee,;nos were caI,ed nan.rS usr. saa,,
N c;rcula,e Committee. mel and s.nara,oJ.
there were CONSULTATIONS in the svnaeocne,
and the marLe,-nIaces and as ,Ia e. =,
tho women cbanaed from a ,ool os an.;a,,
10 one of confidence. the faces Of the men
began 70 brighten also When a woman
would she would and already The br.,bron
saw in nrosrec, ,hs ror,saa. Lei ia ,ba
reproaeh rolled awav from zon '''
..If they'll only nersevere. orea, gains .o,,.
of savings" said Deacon Doub,frl bn, ra.
nented of his wisdom the next momen, whan
his wife decided aoa;ns, the Mum nndd;na
she was contemplating Concluding .be m;Db,
as well nut the money into her mite box and
give the Deacon a nlain wholesoue d;nrer
Nobody could say they did not ne,seyere
They laid every one under con,r;hu,;on IRON,
the Lord Hiob Navor who maid taxe. 70 tho
JoneS bahv that was brouob, -, on . ho,,i"
They saved in unheard-o ways Servant
girls were nut on short allowance Of waste
naner for lIpb,;np fres. ancen, homes 49,
scru,inized with an eve N noss;ble sours.
and the man who ventnred m return nj. c,,n
of cofFae with ..a l;,,le NOR. sunar ms, d.
was met with a looL of renroech th., With
cred his beart.strinps. More suoay when
the church was mortpaped, The man Who
could ask for il would have danced xhan
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-02-19

A company Of scapegraces meeting
pious old man named Samson, one of them
exclaimed, "Ah, now we're safe. Well
take Samson along with US and then,
should we be set upon by thousand Philis-
tines, he'll slay them all" Ny young friend"
quietly responded the old man, s'to do that,
l should have to borrow your jawbone"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-02-19

AT funeral service last week the
minister in his remarks, was dwelling upon
the loss to the husband of the deceased,
when the worthy woman spoke up ''Never
mind me. Just throw all your heft on the
corpse"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-02-19
PREPARED BY
Or. J. c. AVER 1 CO., Lowell, Mass,
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
SOLD 81 ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS
II MEDICINE. bls
SheriH'S Sale.

HANCOCK, SIS, Feb. 9Th, A. ID. 1850.
T HAVE this day taken Execution the right
i which Sewal J. Mitchell has or had on the 18th
day OF Nov. 1873 being the time of the attachment
on the original writ, 10 redeem from q mortgage TO
John Mitchell, dated June lath, 1878, and recorded
in Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Vol. leo.
Page 35s, the following described Real Estate stu
ated in Dedham, in the County of Hancock; the
Homestead farm OF John MITCHELL containing sey.
enty acres more or less with the buildings thereon
Der, on the West and south by land of Sewall J.
Mitchell, and on the North by land of William Bur
nil and Frank Gray, and shall sell said right at
public auction 10 the highest bidder therefor at the
sheriff Ofice in Ellsworth, in said County, on
"Wednesday. the 10th day of March. A. ID. 1850, at
nine O'Clock In the forenoon.
A. X. DEVEREUX, sheriff.
true copy-Attest:
A. X DEVEREUX, Sheriff.
3w-
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-02-19

The prisoner being asked whether he
struck the man in the heat of passion, re-
piled: "No. ! struck him in the pit Of the
stomach"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-12-16
POETRY.
In Vain.
BY ROSE TERRY COOKE

Put every tiny robe away,
The stitches all were set with tears,
Slow, tender drops of joy; to-day
Their rain would wither hopes or
fears.
Bitter enough to daunt the moth
That longs to fret this dainty cloth.
The filmy lace, the ribbons blue,
Tie tracery deft of flower and leaf,
The fairy shapes that bloomed and grew
Through happy hours, too sweet and
brief.
The warm, soft wraps. Oh, GOdl how
cold
It must be in that wintry mould.
Fold carefully the broidered wool,
Its silken wreaths will ne'er grow old I;
And lay the linen, soft and cool,
Above it straightly, fold and fold.
How many days in dreamed delight,
With listless fingers, working slow,
/ fashioned them, from morn till night.
And smiled to see them slowly grow.
/ thought the task too late begun,
Alasl how soon it all was done.
Go lock them safely In chest,
And in some cTevice lose the key.
Will hiding lay this ghost to rest,
Or the turned lock give peace to me!
No matter! only that dread
Lest other eyes behold my dead.
1 might have laid them in that grave,
To perish, too, like any weed;
But legends say that they who save
Such garments ne'er the like will need
But, give or burn them, need Will be,
l want but one such memory.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-12-16

If he who wrote I'VE are Seven" were
alive and should happen TO see this
pathetic incident, told in the Detroit
Free Press, what touching ballad he
would write:
was walking down one of Detroit's
beautiful avenues on lovely afternoon
last week In front of an ivy wreathed
doorway sat an old lady knitting.
A sunny haired little girl ran through
the hall and down the steps into the
street carrying her doll Her curls had
fallen over her eyes, and she stumbled
and fell.
/ had her in my arms in an instant
The smile that revealed her pretty dim
pies and snow white teeth told ms that
she was neither hurt nor frightened.
What is your name, little one?"
"Ain'r dot any"
Haven't any name? Is that aunty
on the porch ?"
No, 'at's dan'ma."
well, what does grandma call you q
"S'e tails me Puss, but sc tails e tat
puss. too"
"But what does mamma call yOu?"
"S'e doesn't tall me nuffin'-s'e done
'ay Off"
Gone away off where?"
"To see papa"
"And where is papa?"
up dere."
And she pointed to the sky, rosy with
the sunsets glow.
When did mamma go?"
"'E snow was on e drOund, and sc
went in sleigh wivout any bells on e
horses and danma c'ied."
/ am not ashamed to own that tears
filed my eyes as kissed the child and
turned away, for 1, too, had my graves
in childhood.
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spain is subscribing literally to the
Panama canal scheme.
The British Admiralty have decided
to abolish hogging in the navy.
The Bank of England has raised its
rate of discount from 2 II to 8 per cent.
During the season just closed 1874
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Seven persons were killed by boiler
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Senator Blaine has expressed himself
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