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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-29
THIRTY DAYS. NOTICE.

A PARTY about leaving the city will sell his
to any good responsible party the following easy
terms: $500 cash, balance in monthly installments
OF S3o-lnterest six per cent. New two story
house, 10 rooms, cemented cellar, good drainage.
warmed by furnace, bath room, hot and cold wafer
in chambers marble mantels, open CRATES SC
seplodti Address p. o. BOX 1917.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-29
Thirty Years Experience of an Old,

HEADQUARTERS for Flower Pots at
KENDALL & WHIrNEY's
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-29
From Frank J. Pierce, Periodical Depot, 13s
PORTLAND POST OFFICE.
Sept. is, 1850.

Sept. is, 1850.
OFFICE HOURS:
From 7.30 a. m. to $50 p. M, Sundays excepted.
Sundays, open for Carriers and General Delivery
from to 10 a. m.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16
Ciyility IL u Fortune.

Civility is a fortune itself. Tor u
courteous man always succeeds well
in life, and that when persons OF
ability sometimes fail. The famous
Duke of Marlborough is case In
point 1t was said of him by one co.
temporary. that his agreeable man.
ners often converted an enemy into II
friend; aud by another. that is was
more pleasing to be denied favor by
his grace, than to receive ore from
any other man. The gracious man.
ner OF Charles James Fox preserved
him from dislike. even ut time
when hc was, politically, the most
unpopular man in the kingdom. The
worlds history Ia full of such ex-
amples Of success obtained by civil
ity. The experience of every man
furnishes. If we recall the past, fire.
quent instances where cOnciliatOry
manners have made the fortunes of
physicians, lawyers, divines, pOliti.
clans. merchants, and. indeed, indi.
viduals Of all pursuits. To men, civil.
ity is what beauty is to wOmen-it Is
a general passport to favOr-a letter
of introduction, written in language
that every one understands.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16
TINE LUCKY HORSESHOE.
ny JAMES 7. FIELDS.

A farmer travelling with his load
Picked up u horseshoe In the road,
Aud nailed II fast to his barn-loor,
That Luck might down upon him pour,
That every blessing known In lie
Might crown his household ind hts wife,
And never any kind Of harm
Descend upon his growing farm,
BUT dire ill-fortunc soon began
TO visit the astonished man,
Ills hens Il clined 10 lay their eggs;
His bacon etumbled from tho pegs,
And rats dcyOured the fallen legs;
His corn, that never failed before,
Mildcwcd and rotted on the floor;
His grass refused "a end In hay:
Hts cattle died, or went astray;
In short, all moved tho crooked way.
Next spring great drought baked tho sod,
And roasted every pea In pod;
The beans declared they could not grow
so long ~ nature acted 40:
Redundant insects reared their brood
To siarvc FOR lack Of Juicy food;
The slaves from barrel sides went of
As IL they had tho ENCOURAGEMENT,
Aud nothing Of the useful kind
TO hold together felt inclinei;
In short, II was no Use tn try
While all the land was Ia fry.
one morn, demoralized with grief,
The farmer clamored for relief;
And prayed right hard tn understand
What witchcraft now possessed his land;
Why house and farm In misery grew
Since he nailed up that "lucky" shoe.
While thus dismaycd DER matters wrong
An old man Glanced to tridge along,
To whom he told, with wOrmwOOd tears,
How his affairs were In arrears,
Aud what u desperate state Of things
A picked-up horseshoe sometime brings.
no
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16
The solid South.

Defeated by the sword and de.
feated at the polls, the South, rs a
section, must look to the natural
advantages of its location, climate,
soil, mineral wealth, and water power
for that eminence or prominence
which the Southern heart Graves and
the Southern spirit deserves. People
to take up the unoccupied lands are u
first consideration. but on the princi.
pie that water runs to the river, and
that ito him that hath, more shall be
given" people will not flock to that
quarter until the social and industrial
conditions are such as to make the
situation desirable to all parties con.
cerned. Now that the South wants
laborers and settlers, laborers and
settlers give her q wide berth, but rs
as soon as her industrial condition is
such as to render her comparatively
independent of laborers, settlers, ant
capital, those desiderata will flow
southwark faster than the sector
will be able to digest them into 1t,
system. - Prairie Farmer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16
Lost Time.


Let any man pass an evening in
vacant idleness, or even reading some
silly tale, and compare the state OF
his mind when he goes 10 sleep or
gets up next morning. with its state
some other day, when he has spent Il
few hours in going through the proofs
by facts and reasonings, of some OF
the great doctrines in natural science,
learning truths wholly new to him,
and satisfying himself, by careful
examination. of the grounds on
which known truths rest, so rs to be
not only acquainted with the doc.
trincs of themselves. but able to
show why he believes them, and to
prove before others that they are
true: he will find rs great q difference
rs can exist in the same being-thc
difference between looking back upon
time mprcfitably wasted, and time
spent in sclf.imprOvement; he will
feel himself. in one ease. listless and
dissatislied--.in the other, comfortable
AMI happy: in the one case. il he did
not appear to himself BUNDLED, at
least will not have earned any claim
to his own respect; in,the other case,
he will enjoy proud consciousness OF
having, by his own exertiOns. BIZ.
come a wiser, and therefore more
exalted nature.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16
Fun In Utah.

NOLAN and Gilliland were we'll
known in Utah as desperados. They
rode into Eagle Rock in quest of
amusement. They began by COM
polling temperance men to drink
with them, the alternative being in.
slant death. Their next diversion
was repeatedly to cross bridge and
dare the gate.tender, a noted athlete,
to come out of his house and collect
toll. Then they shot all the dogs
and hens in the place. by this time
the inhabitants were terrified. anu
nobody but the two marauders were
out of doors. Their browning cy.
p.oit was To fire at Il woman who was
trying TO call her pet dog into the
house. Keller and Chamberlin were
cattle-herders, and they got Weary Of
being imprisoned in store. where
they had gone to make some purchas.
es. They carefully loaded rifle a
piece, and went out to rid the town
of the nuisance. NOLAN and Gill.
land fired first, but missed, and
were speedily killed by the herders.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16

Colonel Fair. who is expecting to
he the next Senator from Nevada, is
3 feet s inches in heightand weighs 227
pounds. which, taken in connection
with his financial standing, makes
him in every respect a solid man.
He wears long, flowing beard, black,
except where tinged with gray, and
his head is surmounted with n heavy
growth Of black hair. also streaked
with gray. His complexion is horid.
which is no doubt caused by his fire..
quent visits to the heated lower levels
of the mines. where the water would
scald a man to death in two minutes.
and the air reaches a temperature of
las Fahrenheit His ewes are brown
and sparkling. He was married in
California in 1851. and has a family
of fonr children. two boys and two
girls. the Oldest James Is years old.
having accompanied him in his trip
around the world. Mrs. Fair Is Il
kindly.faced. somewhat Stout lady.
on the shady side of 40
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16
Tho Laws OF Moses.

About thirty.tive centuries ago,
wondrous scenes were enacted in
other and distant lands. In those far
off places of the earth, the epitome
of moral law for generations that
were to come was promulgated, as we
believe, by divine inspiration, coming
through the person of the leader of
the Hebrew exodus from Egypt. BY
divine inspiration, say, which by.
pothesis fully accounts for its wisdom.
But If not by inspiration, it is a
miracle of human wisdom: for have
said in public before, and now assert,
that of all mere men who have lived
in all time, Moses has done more than
any other to tunnel the mountain of
human knowledge through which
trains of living wisdom have passed
and are passing in these latter ages for
the civilization and progress of man.
kind.
We hear q great deal In modern
times about the the mistakes of
Moses. The ten grand mistakes of
Moses are the ten commandments,
the laws of modern civilization. Let
him, who points out the mistakes of
Moses, amend those ten command.
ments and improve the decalogue if
he can.-RdRdOlph Tucker.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16
A Hundred Years Ago.
One hundred years ago wedding
toncr urara not fuahionabln

One hundred years ago wedding
tours were not fashionable.
One hundred years ago farmers did
not cut their legs of with moving
machines.
One hundred years ago every young
man was not an applicant for posi-.
ton as clerk or boOkkeeper.
One hundred years ago a young
woman did not loose caste by wetting
her hands In dish water, or rubbing
the skin Off her knuckles on the
washboard.
One hundred years ago the physi'
clan who could not draw every form
of disease from the system by tapping
a large vein in the wrist was not
much Of doctor.
One hundred years ago people did
not worry about rapid transit and
cheap transportation, but threw their
grain across the backs of their horses
and uncOmplainingly went to mill.
One hundred years ago every man
cut his coat according to the cloth;
every man was estimated at his own
value: shoddy was not known: nobody
had struck ''ile,' and true merit and
honest worth were the only
grounds for promotion Terra Honfe
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16

During class meeting held sever.
al years since by the Methodist breth.
en of a Southern Village, Brother
Jones went among the colored por.
ton of the congregation. Finding
there an old man notorious for his
endeavor to serve God on the Sabbath
and Satan the rest of the week, he
said: "Well Brother Dick, / am
glad TO see you here. Haven't stole
any turkeys since l saw you last,
Brother DickF mo Brudder Jones,
no turkeys Nor chickens, Broth
err" mo, no. Brudder Jones, no
chickens. "Thank the Lord.
Brother Dick, that's doing well, my
brother!' said Brother Jones, leaving
Brother Dick, who Immediately re-
lieved his overburdened conscience
by saying to a near neighbor, with all
immense sigh of relief: 'Ef he'd
said ducks. he'd had met"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16
what Farmers Cannot Conceal.

A poor farmer cannot conceal the
fact that he is a poor farmer. All
his surroundings proclaim the YER.
dict against him--his horses. cattle,
wagons, harness, plows, fences, fields
even his wife and children bear
silent but unmistakable evidence
against him. On the other hand, all
things will testify favorably on be.
half of the good farmer. Every
passer.by can read the evidence pro
or con. This fact alone. ought to
stimulate every farmer to do his
best for the sake of his own charac.
ter, as we'll as interest; for he may
rest assured that every passer.by will
pronounce judgment according To
the evidence. -DirigO Rur0i.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16
Wha, Col. IngersOli Thinks should be
Done With Gen. Grant.


"What is your opinion of making
eX-presidents senators for life?'
II am opposed to il. am against
any man holding office for life. And
] see no more reason for making OK.
presidents senator's. than for making
ex.scnators presidents. TO me the
idea is preposterOus. Why should
ex.presidents be taken care of? III
this country labor is not disgraceful,
and after man has been president
he has still q right to be useful. ]
am personally acquainted with sever.
al men who will agree, in considera.
ton of being elected to the presi.
dency. not to ask for another office
during their natural lives. The PEG.
pie of this country should never allow
4 great man to suffer. The hand,
not Of charity, but Of justice and
generosity. should he forever open to
those who have performed great
public service.
But the ex-presidents of the future
may not all he great and good men.
and bad eX.presidcnts will not make
good senator's. II the nation does
anything. let it give reasonable
pension to eX-presidents. No man
feels like giving pension, power or
place to Gen. Grant simply because
he was once president, and because
he was great soldier, and led the
armies Of the nation to victory.
Make him general. and retire him
with the highest military title. Let
him grandly wear the laurels he so
nobly won. and should the sky ut any
time be- darkencd with a cloud OF
foreign war, the country will again
hand him the sword. Such q course
honors the nation and the man
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16
Tho Farmers Garden.

The common idea among farmers,
that the manure and labor spent on
the garden is nearly thrown away, is
absurd. The cultivated field pays
just as we invest labor and manure
upon 1t. The garden, with more
thorough cultivation, and q greater
variety of crops, pays still better.
1t brings its Offering to the table, in
some shape, every day in the year.
AS the frost comes ont of the ground
in tho early spring, 1t yields horse
radish, artichokes. and parsnips.
With the FIRST genial days Of April
and May, 1t gives you pie.plant and
asparagus, etc, etc. American Agri
c1tlturist.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16
4 EIOurinK Mill.

The time has come when Sleepy
Eye is one of the best business towns
in the Minnesota Valley. II now
numbers over 1900 inhabitants. 1t
has eighteen good business houses, a
bank, two newspapers, three physi.
clans, three attorneys at law, eight
churches and splendid school house.
The romd.house aud repair shops are
also located at this place. We are
surrounded by II rich and thickly
settled country, and yet, we are sorry
TO say, we have no Touring mill. 1t
would pay any man having capital. to
put into this town Touring mill that
would cost $50. 000.-G0zetfr.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16

y new process of obtaining stero-
type plates for printing has just been
discovered by NJ. Emile Jeanin. a
sculptor of Paris, who proposes to
employ for that purpose the material
known as celluloid. The process of
preparation takes only half an hour,
when the matter is once In type, and
the plates thus produced are remark
ably adapted for working on cylinder
presses running ut high speed. being
very light, flexible and durable. In
this last respect they are said to even
surpass metal plates.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16

During Il recent boring for water in
tho Wimmera district, Victoria, u
tree was passed through for dis.
lance Of six feet at depth of $50
feet. Several fruit stones were
brought to the surface. At some
period In the worlds history a grove
of trees is supposed to have occupied
this snbterranean spot, and the great
depth of earth now covering the re.
mains of the vegetation indicates a
vast lapse OF time since il ilourished.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16

The Treasury Department Is the
victim Of numerous practical Jokes.
Several wicked persons have recently
sent Secretary sherman renorseful
letters. confessing to have robbed the
government, and inclosing drafts
ranging from ~ to 1000, with q
"please credit the proceeds to the
science fund" Upon sending the
drafts for collection their bogus char.
acter has been discovered,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16
CnuSc and Effect.

The main cause Of nervousness is
indigestion, and that is caused by
weakness of the stomach. No one
can have sound nerves and good
health without using Hop Bitters to
strengthen the stomach, purify the
blood. and keep the liver and kidneys
active, to carry off all the poisonous
and waste matter of the system. See
other column. idr0nce.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16
A IatIy's Wish,

"Oh. how do wish my skin was as
clear and soft as yours" said lady
to her friend You can easily make
it so, answered the friend. Howl
inquired the first lady. "By using
Hop Bitters. that makes pure rich
blood and blooming health. 1t did it
for me as you observe" Read of it.
--~Tdirc BHiiein.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16

Prof. Palmieri considers it proven
that great earthquakes are always
preceded by season of preliminary
earth tremblings. He believes that.
by means of geographically connected
stations for observing these trem-
blings 1t would he possible to foretell
earthquakes just as storms are now
foretold, and to issue warnings to all
threatened districts three days in
advance.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16

keags. Then I've been confound.
eddy sOid--that's ALL"
He booked himself to be called
early. and the next morning started
for New York without making pur-
chase, not caring to meet again with
his friends, the drummers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16

The appropriations estimated for
the expenses Of the United States
Government for the fiscal year end.
ing June 80, 1882, are 1906, 200, 722.
For 1881 they were s2os, 050, 097.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16
How Family Names Change.


The manner in which names of
families become changed in this cOun.
try is truly curious. There was pre-
viOus TO the middle century among
the Dutch settlers in The southern
part of the colony, and particularly
upon Long Island. a regular system
attic change of family name with
every generation. SO that the son
never bore the family name Of his
father; thus. if the fathers name
was Letfert Jansen. and he had a son
named Jacobus, the son $ name would
not he Jansen but it would be written
Jacobus Leffcrtsen--suppose the old
gentleman had grandson Ivy his
sou, who is christained Gerrit. his
whole name would be- Gerrit Jacob.
sen. Thus We would have in sthrec
generations of that one singl" family
the following different names. viz:
|. The father named Lcifert Jan.
sen.
=. The son named .Tacobus Leirert.
sen,
3. The grandson named Gerrit
Jacobsen.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16

The freight blockade in the East
is greatly troubling the Western rail.
roads. and nearly the entire freight
movement in the West has come to a
standstill. Nearly everybody seems
to be anxious to ship, but the rail-
roads have not the rolling stock 10
move II, and If they had they would
be unable to move it, as the Eastern
lines can not handle the business fast
enough. At st. Louis the situation
Is us bad rs ut Chicago. Everything
there Is reported 10 be blocked up
with grain. The Bridge Company
has given notice that until further
notice II will move 10 freight except
such as is perishable. 1t is under
stood that, in view Of this extraor-
binary heavy freight movement an.
other advance of five cents in East.
bound freight rates will be made
Dec. Is, II being the opinion that this
measure will stop shipments some
what. and allow the roads to lift the
blockade.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-01-05
advertising Agents
FOR THE
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Daily IND WEEKLY.

raThe following Advertising Agents are authorized
to receive subscriptions and advertisements Tor the
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PRoSTRATION.

follows
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Its selection of risks as developed oy IT'S past
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5WThe application of the Mass. Non-forfeiture law
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BENZ. F. STEVENS. President.
.ent,s,eodsm JOS NJ. GIB8ENS. Secretary.
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Railroads ann Steamboats,.
Maine Central Railroad.
Change Of Time.

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AT "a 7ARGA1CNG
xYyILL be sold at once, fixtures and good VII :, o.
w A desirable laundry, doing . large ana m
cressiug business in an excellent location; for
smart Young man and wife having small Zap cIpts ~
=. W. WHIrEHOUSE, Atty, Augusta, Ne:
July 81. 1o79.
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axes Of 1879!

A IL Persons whose taxes remain unpaid win not
"A be surprised at receiving . call from the Col
lecfor. or respectful notice through the Post Oce
G. TURNER,
sepl2ff Treasurer and Collector u Augusta.
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Weekly Kennebec Journal,

Published every "wednesday morning is the largest
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Terms, 81 per asBUm ia ndrdace.
Transient Advertisements 600 per inca for tirst
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Special Notices, $50 per inch Tor frst week. %
cents DER week for each subsequent week
Business Notices, in reading columns, 20 cehts per
line for first insertion 10 cents line for each SUD-
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