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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-06-16
Kennebec Savings Bank.

This Bank il not required to make
returns to Assessors.
DEPOSITS made on or before the ION day Of any
month oU be dated back to the Hrst day Of the same
Heoath
On First Monday in May and November Of each
wear dividend will be made al deposits standing
It those dates, which have been on deposit full
month.
Money deposited in Savings Banks 10 not to be
.Axed to deposttsss hereafter.
Dtvidesds q soon - declared arc addd to the prn
Opal. thas compounding the interest every six
Loans made to depesitofs O depositing their Bank
Book - security.
Once In Efeemanss Bank Building.
RUSSELL EATON, Trea ar.
WI. HALLETT, Pfeaidsnt.
Aagusta, Jan. 1s7S. an2Dt&
West-Jersey pioneer., 1880-06-10
CARELESS FARMING.

Not only is necessity the mother of inven-
tion but also of providence and thrift
Waste not, want not, is good maxim and
one which the American farmer does not
very generally heed. He may not waste
time or money or valuable material, but he
certainly wastes magnificent opportunities.
There is an inertia in human nature that
makes us feel that what we never had we
never lost, and so we proceed, year in and
year out reaping only half what opportunity
has sown for us.
Careless farming is the trait which for
eigner most observes in this country. A
failure to raise all or even small fractional
part of what the soil is capable of yielding
is fault of wide prevalence. If man by
imperfect breaking, or slovenly sowing. or
insufficient wedding, raises only half what
his ground is capable of producing, how
much better off is he than if he had spent
half his time in idIeness? Indeed in one
sense he is worse off, for personal idleness
may be limited to personal consequences,
whereas the unusual resources of tie coun-
try remain as blot on the national char
acter and tend to produce and ingram habits
of shiftlessness and sloth. A man is seldom
better than his surroundings. Philosophers
show US that organic nature has wonder
full aptitude for conforming its character to
that of the environment. Hence careless
habits are not alone vicious for the direct
loss they entail but likewise for the positive
injury they inflict on the community, since
they are as insiduous as malaria, and as
hard to eradicate as the Canada thistle.
By contrast with American farmers Euro
pean husbandmen are models. Not spot
of ground is wasted, not an ounce that the
ground is capable of yielding that is not
laboriously and patiently drawn out, and
not a measure of replenishing the soil is
neglected. Imagine an American farmer
planting the angles of the fields at corners
which the plow cannot reach! But such is
done in Europe, and more soil is carried
from below and plastered on the ledges of
the hills to form a spot Of tillage. The
manure heap in such countries becomes an
object of tender concern, and women will
quarrel and fight on the public road over an
apronful of horse manure. In answer to
the question why we do not do so here, it
may be necessary to use the slang phrase,
"We do not have to" and this may be sat-
isfactory while there is plenty of land, but
those who live long enough to grow up with
| the country will discover when the latter
has reached respectable stature that
''many little make muckle" and that
trifes make perfection, but perfection is no
| ife-PrdSrie Farmer.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1880-06-10
BRIDGEToN, N. j.. THURSDAY, JUNE 40 1880
HAPPINESS.

Most people seem to think that happiness
is to be obtained by possessing the good
things of this world, such as riches, grand
eur, and power; but these, so far from pro-
curing it, are very often the source Of much
misery to their possessor.
Indeed the misery attendant upon riches
has become a proverb; and how men, uni
versally admitting it's truth should yet think
that riches is the ouly path to happiness, is
perfectly astonishing.
Neither must we look for happiness in
power or grandeur.
The kingly d:adem often covers brow
oppressed with care; and the royal robes
conceal a breast to which happiness is a
stranger.
Yet people are still welded to the belief
that the splendor of a crown and the fiat
terry of courtiers must make their possessor
so supremely happy, that whatever miseries
are attendant on his station must be swal-
lowed up in the preponderance of his bliss.
1t is this false idea that has melted men
to wade through seas of blood and crime in
order to obtain what they consider to be
the acme of happiness throne.
But, suppose such men do obtain the
object of their ambition; suppose they OBJ
tain the crown, the riches, and power, which
they have so long coveted, do they procure,
along with them, the happiness which they
expected?
No; for they find nothing in all their
power to allay the remorse which preys
upon their mind,
Let us now look on the other side of the
question.
Let us behold the unfortunate traveller
through life in the midst of poverty and
seeming misery, still maintain his inward
peace of mind-stll feel the bliss of being
happy.
Though frowned on and scorned by the
world though despised by those on whom
fortune has more profusely lavished her
favors-though considered but as an outcast
from society-still he will have more inward
peace, more calmness of soul than those
pangs OF guilty conscience.
There is nothing, however. either in riches
or poverty to make man happy or other
wise.
Happiness and misery depend upon the
mind-upon the inward soul of the indi-
vidual.
Outward circumstances cannot control it,
or, if they do they do so in a small degree:
for we see that nisfortunes, that poverty,
that all the ills of the world can not make a
good man miserable; and that splendor,
riches, and all the good things of this life
cannot make bad man happy.
The single thought is a mine of comfort
it is universal remedy for all the wounds
which misfortune inficts upon him.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1880-06-10
A WONDERFUL CLOCK.

There was recently exhibited in New
York clock of wonderful mechanism. Its
face indicates the local time, the difference
in time between the large cities of the
world the day of the week, calendar day of
the month, months and seasons of the year,
from the face, and supported by wires, are
a number of gold and silver globes, repre-
resenting the principal primary planets, in
Guiding the earth swinging on its imaginary
axis. These and the series of clocks ranged
about the dial are worked by huge pendu-
lum that swings under the structure. So
nice has been the calculation and so ingen-
ious the mechanism that the members of
the planetary and solar systems move with
the same relative speed with regard to each
other as do their heavenly prototypes. The
earth revolved on its axis, and at the same
time began its movement around the sun.
The moon revolved about the earth, and
with it around the sun. Then could be
plainly seen the reason of the quarterings OF
the moon and of its total observation when
the earth interposed its shadow and cut off
the sunlight from it. The planets, too,
moved gracefully around the sun. 1t was
explained that Mercury would, by means
of the mechanism, make one revolution
around the miniature world in SO days, Ve-
nus in 224 days, Mars in CSC days, Vesta in
1897 days, Juno in 1853 days, Ceres, in
1,6S1 days, Jupiter in I, 332 days, Saturn in
10, 75s days and Uranus in 30,6Ss days. If
the crank attachment of the clock were
turned continuously, twelve hours day,
for sixteen days and eight hours complete
revolution of the planet Uranus around the
sun would be made.
When the hour of 8 arrived figure of an
old man standing in an alcove struck nine
times. Then figure of skeleton repeated
the strokes upon gong. At the last stroke
a figure of Washington on the top of the
clock arose, door opened to the right of
him, and all the Presidents of the United
States, marched slowly on, legs, arms, and
head moving as in real life. On reaching
Washington each President turned his head
toward him, lifted his hand and saluted.
Then all withdrew.
At the end of the first quarter in every
hour an infant in a niche strikes out with a
tiny hammer upon bell. At the half hour
youth strikes twice. At three quarters
grown man strikes thrice. AT the fourth
quarter an old man strikes four times, and
is followed by Death, who strikes the full
hour, while music issues from box con-
cealed in the mechanism.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1880-06-10
SALT FOR PLUM TREES

Many years ago blight called the black
knot destroyed all the plum trees, and ther
attacked the cherry trees and killed them.
Every one felt the loss of these delicious
fruits, and purchased new trees to take
their places, but in spite of all efforts to
save them they met the same fate. Dis
couraged with repeated failures the inhabi-
tants of this vicinity gave up, and luscious
plums were unknown. Three years ago |
sent to another part of the State and pur-
chased a few trees of different varieties and
set them out with care, hoping to have more
favorable results. For two years they grew
finely. In the Spring of 1879 | saw signs of
the old disease upon the limbs and twigs; l
felt quite desperate and determined to do
something for their salvation. 1t was evil
IDENTIFY case where it would be kill or cure.
l had heard that plums were Indigenous
upon the seashore, and islands in the ocean,
l had quantity of fish brine and salted
cucumber brine, and l gathered it all, and
with a small mop washed the trunks of the
bath of the brine. What was left turned
around the roots of the trees. Two trees
left unwashed. Everybody said had killed
my trees. Perhaps l had; but the black
knot would have killed them if had not.
bought the trees myself, and had right
to experiment upon them if chose.
The last of May my salted plum trees
were one mass of bloom, and in September
could sit down under them and eat all the
plums chose. They were delicious. had
the Lady Washington, the large white egg
plum, the apricot and some other varieties
that I could not name, as the labels were
effaced. The trees that did not enjoy salt
bath did not blossom or fruit, made little
growth, and the knots put in an appearance.
In October l scraped off the black excres-
cences and put on some brine, hoping to
save them. looked at them the other day,
when taking a morning walk on the snow
crust, and the wounds are healed over and
there are no new eruptions. The trees
which l doctored in the Spring are still free
from all signs of the blight. enjoyed my
plums enough last Fall to pay me for my
trouble, and had enough of them for my
family and home use, and to give my friends
a treat. A neighbor said that my plum
trees bore so full they were sure to die. 1t
may be so, but have had the satisfaction of
eating the frul. { the trees planted. If
they die l shall set out some more, and if
they live shall salt them again.
My plum trees are all alive, and not a
sign of disease is to be seen, either on branch
or twig, and the bark is bright and smooth.
I state the facts as they occurred, and leave
it to chemists to give the reasons for the
results. Wife, IN Country Cen
tLenaGN.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1880-06-10

A man was saving wood in a back yard.
He severed two sticks as thick as your
wrist and then went into the house. "Mary,"
said he to his wife, ''my country needs me;
there's no use of talking; we've just got to
slaughter all these Injuns; no true patriot
can be expected to hang around woodpile
these days. ''John," said his wife, 'if
you fight Injuns as we'll as you saw wood
and support your family it would take one
hundred and eighteen like you to capture
one squaw, and you'd have to catch her
when she had the ague and throw pepper in
her eyes.' John went back to the woods
pile wondering who told his wife all about
him.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1880-06-10

DYING BY INCHES Kate o. Day, a
sparkling and vivacious young lady of Jew.
ett City, Conn.,, was stricken in one of her
legs five months ago with a disease which
the local physicians term dry gangrene.
The limb has gradually assumed saffron
hue and become much swollen and is now
powerless. A darning needle can be run
into the flesh its entire length without being
felt. The afflction has caused the young
lady to become nearly insane with grief and
despair. Amputation is supposed to be the
only hope of saving the young lady's life,
and, in fact, she is not expected to survive
that method of treatment. She is but
twenty years old. Her family are daily an
noyed by scores Of curious visitors.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1880-06-10

So we are to have a genuine Buddhist
mission in this country. The Toxic Times,
says: "The famous Hen-guwanji of Kioto
perhaps the wealthiest and most in1uen-
tial of the various sects of Buddhisms in
Japan established mission in Shanghai
some years ago, but is not carrying oh any
great work of conversion among the Chinese.
The mission is situate in the Kiangse road
and occupies extensive and handsome prem
ises. This is the sect, it will be remem-
bered, from which it has been proposed to
send missionaries to the United States and
Europe to convert the poor benighted
heather of those countries from the errors
of Christianity to the only true faith. 1t is
fact that there is in the handsome new
college of the sect in Kioto a number of
young men who are being instructed in
English and trained in theology, with the
view of their being ultimately sent across the
seas with the object mentioned"
West-Jersey pioneer., 1880-06-10

THE MOST FAMOUS BUTTER Cow.-The
most famous living butter COW is "Jersey
Belle of Scituate," the property of Mr.. G.
o. Films, of Scituate, Mass, dropped in
1871, and bred by Mr.. E. Sohier. She is
now nine years old. She is a beautiful COW
of a rich yellow fawn color, shading into a
darker tint upon the head, diversified and
mapped out with considerable white. She
is above medium size, weighing $50 pounds
when in her best condition, and really rep
resents exactly such an animal in appear
ance, as we'll as characteristics, may be, and
frequently is, produced by the direct cross
of the Guernsey and Jersey breeds. One of
the best uses, by the way, to which inferior
or unregistered animals of either Guernsey
or Jersey blood can be put is to mingle their
blood. Cross breeds develop, with great
uniformity, the excelleuces of both of the
parent breeds. In the case of Jersey Belle
of Scituate, it is a question, which proba-
bly, can never meet with solution-how
much of her rare qualities does she, or does
she not, owe to remote Guernsey cross?
Her butter is of as rich a color, and very
much the texture and degree of firmness Tor
rather lack of firmness when compared with
average Jersey butter) as the highest COL
ored Guernsey product, and this high color
is held throughout the winter. 1.-THE Amer
ican AgricultWrist gives an accurate and
beautiful picture of this COW in connection
with the article from which this extract is
made The Ellms' cow we have said is
to. dag the most famous butter COW lscfng.
We mean to intimate that she holds that
position only until some rival shall be fully
attested to yield more than 22 pounds 13
ounces of butter in a week, or more than
705 pounds in year. Some COW will surely
do this within year or two, so that unless
this wonderful COW excels her own record,
she will be forced to accept second or even
lower place.-American Agr5cultursst.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1880-06-10
Placing the number Of ..true followers of

Placing the number Of sstrue followers OF
the Lord" at 100000, Congregational
minister estimates that if every one of those
should be the means of converting one per-
son during the present year, and the 2O,-
900, 900 thus obtained should each do the
same in 1881, and SO on until 1888, there
would be in 1883, 1850, ,00O,00 sstrue fol-
lowers" or many millions more than the
population of the globe.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1880-06-10
Dyspepsia! Dyspepsia! Dyspepsia!

EFF Kunkel's Bitter Wine of Iron, sure cure for
this disease 1t has been prescribed daily for many
years the practice of eminent physicians with unpaT
aleled success. Symptoms loss OF appetite, Wind
and rising of food dryness in mouth, headache, dzz
ness sieepessness. and low spirits. Get the genuine
Not sold in bulk only in 81 bottles or six bottles tor
S. Ask your druggist for E. F Kunkels Bitter Wine
Of Iron and take no other If he has it not send to
proprietor E. F. Kunkel, 25o N Ninth ST., Philadel-
phia Pa Advice free; enclose three cent stamp.
WORMS. WORMS. WORMS:
E. F. Kunkel's Worm Syrup never fails to destroy
Pin Seat and Stomach Worms. DIR. Kunkel, the only
successful physician who removes Tape Worm in two
hours alive with head, and no fee until removed Com
mon sense teaches if Tape Worms be removed all other
worms can be readily destroyed. Advice at office and
store free The doctor tell whether not the
sTent has worms. Thousands dying daily, with
worms and do not know Fits, spasns, cramps, ,chok-
ing and suffocation salow complexion, circles around
the ewes swelling and pain in the stomach restless at
night grinding of the teeth, picking at the nose cough
fever itching at the seat headache foul BREATH the
ent grows pale and hin tickling and irritation in the
anuseall these symptoms and more, come from worms.
r r Kunkeps Worm Syrup never fails to remove them
price sI 90 per bottle six bottles for $500 (For
Tane Worm write and consult the Doctor.) For all
others buy of your druggist the Worm SYRUP and he
bss II NOT send to Dr. E. F. Kunkel 25o N. Ninth St.
Ph;ladephia Pa Advice by mail free; send threecen
stamp. - :. p-:l.
bv Brewster & Camm, Reeve & Fthian, and Charles r.
Il 13}are may 27-Im
West-Jersey pioneer., 1880-06-10

81 have weighed the two pounds of butter
you sent me this morning." said an irate
article, "and am surprised to find that it is
short weight just three ounces. If that is
your way of dealing must buy my butter
somewhere else.' The butter merchant
looked up surprised, but, without declaring
his innocence, replied: "Well, that is very
strange, because l put the two pounds of
sugar bought of you in the scales and gave
you the full weight in butter"
West-Jersey pioneer., 1880-06-10

"Ma," said thoughtful boy, 81 don't
think Solomon was SO rich as they say he
was" "Why, my dear, what could have
put that into your head?" "Why, the
Bible says he slept with his fathers, and
think if he had been so very rich he would
have had a bed of his own."
West-Jersey pioneer., 1880-06-10

81 say, old lady," said man on coun-
try road yesterday, "did you see bicycle
pass here just now?" ''No, didn't see no
kind of sickle, mister; but just now l seed
a wagon wheel runnin' away with a man.
l wouldn't have believed it if hadn't seed
it myself.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1880-06-10

An Irishman, who had pig in his posses
sion, was observed to adopt the constant
practice of filling it to repletion one day and
starving it the next. On being asked his
reason for doing SO, he replied: ''Och, sure,
and isn't it that like to have bacon with
a strake O. fat and strake o. lane aqually,
one after the t'other?''
West-Jersey pioneer., 1880-06-10

81 declare, MOTHER said pretty little
girl in pretty little way sit is too bad.
You always send me to bed when am not
sleepy, and you always make me get up
when l am sleepy
West-Jersey pioneer., 1880-06-10

Vice has more martyrs than virtue.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-06-25
FRO BE Continued

There is an advertisement in Our col.
umns to which we take much pleasure in
referring our readers, because we believe
IN II and can conscientiously and hearth
ly recommend it. We refer TO Ilalrs
Hair remover. We remem Der many ca.
ses IN our midst OF old aud mi idle aged
people who formerly wore gray hair, or
whose locks were thin and faded, but
who now have presentable head picc, 8,
and With no little pride announce to their
friends that they haven't grey hair in
their heads. II is a pardonable pride,
and the world would be better OF. il
there was more of it, for when the aged
make themselves attractive TO others they
are more certain to win and retain the
esteem and respect to which n burGhcn of
well spent years entities them. Try
Halls Hair Remover If age or disease
has Trimmed on whitehead your locks and
you will thank us for our advice.--Pan.
Handle News. Wellsburg, w. Va. juno
IS. lSS0-2w.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-06-25
Partnership with nature.

Tor ihs souih 8-sach 'ntell,.euce-.
Na. HARPER :--rterc - no Class or
people that can live IS near in partner
sup with nature. as that Of tic farsoer.
he lives IA open fci6s o. culture.
breathes the pure atmosphere of the
fields and forests, listening to the joy-
Gus notes Of the winged songsters, with
the cooings OF The Dove. lie delights
in seeing his "1ocks aud herds as they
feed upon the green and billy slopes !"
he sees delightful showers falling upon
the waving gram, which will soon remu.
nera'e for all his labor. He looks With
csaseless delight on green landscapes,
and grazing hocks, on beautiful flow.
ers and springing grass. Wondering at
the great earth. wheel turning beneath
our feet; Watching tho storm with cloud
on cloud in biliowy darkness rolled,
liShtnings answered in laundering vol
ces, and again the beautiful bow hung
Out on the retiring cloud.
Walking everywhere among the beau
ties and giories OF the wide creation with
free and fearless step. Rob!. Inger-
soil says, that professional man is
doomed sometimes to feel that his pow
ers are waning. He Is doomed TO see
younger and stronger men pass him in
the race for life. He looks forward to
an old age Of intellectual mediocritv.
lie will be last where once he was first.
8. w. ANDERSON,
Hampshire Co., w. Va.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-06-25

CAPT. YoUNo DIscHARoED.-Ue HUI
a Right TO Contralict Preacher Harco,nt
Capt, Young, of The lost steamer Nay-
ragansett, wa, before the first district
police court at Jersey City, y. j.. on
Monday last, Tor examination on the
charge OF disorderly conduct in church
on Sunday evening. when he interrupted
the Rev. Mr. IIarcourt's den unciation Of
the Narragansett's Off Gers and crew as
towards by shouting You're = liar"
Two witnesses were introiuc cd on the
part OF the prosecution, who described
the scene in the church. Mr. Potter,
counsel for Captain Young then address
Ell the court. He argued that a minis
ter had no legal or moral right to take
advantage OF his position TO assail pri
va.e citizens and bring them into odium
and disrepute. Any man so assailed
had perfect right TO contradict his ca.
lumniator in the place where the calum
ny was uttered.
At this point Mr.. David Taylor, one
Of the with esses for the prosecution, be.
came very much excited, and declared
that he folL like running his cane down
Mr.. Potter's throat because of his re-
marks.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-06-25

A PAPER HoUsE.--In the exhibition
at Sydney Australia, there is a house
built and furnished tliroughou. from pa.
per. The structure is one story high,
and its skeleton is made OF wool. The
exterior Is nodded in carton. pier re,
while the interior is covered with the
same material, being plain on the floor,
forming splendid ara5esques on the
walls, and nodded in imitation of plas.
ter on the ceilings. The doors, cup.
boards and shelves are OF the same ma.
terial, while tho entire furniture, inclu.
ling chandeliers and stove in which a
lire can be lighted. is made OF papier.
mache. The carpets and curtains are
OF paper and there is a bed room in
which there is not only large bel made
OF PAPER mache, bat there are also
blankets. sheets, quilts and female un-
dresses and bonnets in the
latest styles. composed solely Of carton.
pate. 1t is proposed to give series OF
banquets in this building, in which the
plates, dishes. knives, forks and glasses
will oil be OF paper.