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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-04-21
The Little Red Hen.

Once Mouse, Frog, and little Red Hen
Together kept house;
The frog was the LATEST of frogs,
And lazier still was the Mouse
The work all fell on the little Hen,
Who had to get the wood,
And build the fires and scrub and cook,
And sometimes hunt the food
One day as she went scratching around,
She found bag of rye:
Said she. Now who will make some bread
Said the lazy Mouse, Not =
Not H. croaked the Frog as he dozed in the
shade.
Red Hen made no reply
But flew around with bowl and spoon.
And mixed and stirred the rye.
Who'll make fire to bake the bread :"
Said the mouse again. 'Not | ~
And, scarcely opning his sleepy eyes,
Frog made no reply.
The little Red Hen said never a word
But roaring fire she made:
And. while the bread was baking brown,
Who'll set the table = she said.
Not l." said the sleepy Frog, with yawn;
Nor |, said the Mouse again.
So the table she set, and the bread put on.
Who'll eat this bread ,! said the Hen.
IL will" cried the Frog "And :" squeaked the
Mouse,
As they near the table drew
Not much you won't !" SAID the little Red Hen
And away with the loaf she flew
lChrstian Register
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-04-21
A Grain Elevator.

In order 10 begin at the beginuing-geL TO the
bottom, as it were, of an eleYator-one must climb
to the very top The building is perhaps one hun
dred and fifty feet long by seventy five feet wide.
and like all of its class it rises eighty teet or more
10 the caves above which narrow top part forty
or fifty feet higher is perched upon the ridge pole
1t is built of wood sheathed with corrugated iron
little way up and then slated tie rest OF the way,
Entering one end, where two railway tracks ran
into the building. we find narrow wooden stair
way, and begin our ascent The flights are short
ones. but eighteen are stepped over before we
emerge into the topmost attic Alongside OF us,
as we climbed has been running the strong belt
which carries the power from the great engine on
the ground floor to the gearing in the roof-a belt
of rubber canvas four feet wide and perhaps Two
hundred and fifty feet long.
When grain is bought-perhaps hundred car
loads from the vast fields Of Dakota OF the wide
farms between here and st. Paul-the train is
backed right into the elevator and stands so that
opposite each car door is il receiver which is A
kind OF vat or hopper, in the platform. BY the
help of steam shovels operating almost agtomati
cay two men in each car will in ten minutes or
less empty the whole train.
As fast as the grain is dumped, the receiver de
llvers it to iron buckets holding about peck each
which are attached to endless belts and travel up
a sort of chimney called leg" to this roof
chamber These buckets will hoist 5000 bushels
an hour al their ordinary rate of speed. That is
euua to one bucket going up II 900 times at the
rate OF loo times minute-toer rably lively work
To day up here in the topmost loft there Is moth
ing dong and we arc saved strangulation. The
light hardly penetrates through the cOhwebbed
windows and the most puyerous of dust lies
everywhere haitian inch deep. showing the marks
of few boot soles many foot prints Of rats, and
the lace like tracks of hundreds of spiders and
bugs You step over and under broad horizontal
belts as YOU make vour way gingerly from one end
of the attic to the other They run tine fans that
wlnnow the grain as il comes up in the buckets,
after which It is dropped into the hopper ten feet
wide and twice as deep that open like hatchways
every few feet in the centre of the floor Now all
is perfectly quiet we are so high that even the
clamor of the wharves does not reach us But
when the machinery starts in motion, then fearful
roars and clash of cogs and whipping of slackcned
belts assault the garIet until this whole upper
region rocks like a ship iu d gale and chaff and
dust cloud the eyes and stte the throat
Descending one story we find another garret
with nothing in it but the square bodies of the
hoppers Going down second flight shows us
that the hoppers are suspended not upon pillars
but loosely on iron stirrups SO as to shake little
and the iron gate which lets on or shuts of the
fall of the grain through the tubular orice at the
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-04-21
The French Subsidy Plan.

The English are already beginning to be appre
hensive of the effect on their maritime interests
OF the general subsidy pan Of the French. Where
the margin of profit is sn.alland this is the
with a number Of those who have vessels plying
on the great trade routes-it will be hard for those
who depend on their own exertions to make
money in competition with new vessels, so heavily
subsidized that their owners can afford to take
freight for less than it costs them to carry it, But
the competition is not to be confined in its opera
tions to losses on the water, for there are certain
land trades that may also suffer. Hitherto the
wool crops Of Australia, New Zealand and South
Africa have almost all of them been sent direct to
London, to be disposed Of there at great quarterly
auction sales, which are attended by wool dealers
and manufacturers from France, Germany and this
country. The incidental results of this trade
amounts each year to a large sum, in the commits
sions warehouse charges and other items paid to
Englishmen. But the largest buyers, the
French, have determined to save these outlays by
buying their wool in Australia, and having it
shipped in French subsidized steamers to Marse H.
les BY this means saving can be made at the
expense Of the English wool factors and it is also
possible that, by these economical Inducements
the French may persuade the Germans to buy
wool Of them instead of buying it in England
Boston Herald.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-04-21
What is Behind it?

No amount of money can stand in the stead of
good name 1t is blunder everywhere and
every time to suppose the loss of cha,octe can be
paid for. Dr. David Kennedy, of Rondout, n Y,
proprietor Of the great medicine called "Favorite
Remedy would have but little confidence to
recommend the public to buy and use it ifAis o'r~
good name were not behind it, But the fact that he
has staked his yep"totoa upon it ought to be, and
is, better than a thousand cheap certifcates-in
the opinion of the people. The Doctor is a regular
physician surgeon, and despises a humbug as
heartily as any man. If you are sick with any
complaint of the Blood, Kidneys or Liver, invest
One Dollar in the "Favorite Remedy" and it will
speak for itself owls
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-04-21
Rhubarb Culture.

1t is sometimes called pie plant is
aJN much used as Il substitute in early
spring for fruit, being generally eaten in
I'VE shape Of pies and tarts. 1t is also
hr~t rate substitute for apple sauce, when
{, in small pieces and stewed, when it
way be sweetened with good molasses.
Ear, or both. tits very healthy at any
me, on account Of its gentle action on
'4e liver. 1t can also be canned and kept
II winter, when it cannot be had in mar
ttt. The two best varieties are Myatt's
i.ineaus and the Victoria. The former
early, Of very large size, and very ten
rI the latter natures later, and is also
iarge aud good, The best time for plant
i4g is fall. The ground should be plough
ed very deep first having been well
Lanured, for that is the grand secret of
aJtaining large stalks; then harrow
uooth, and take a plough and draw
urrows, five feet apart; take a spade or
uoe and put the sets also about five feet
part IN the row, deep enough to give
bout four inches Of Girt over them. The
-tts should not contain more than one OF
TWO good buds. When all is done, put
about TWO or three shoveltuls of any good
manure over and around where the set is.
In the spring, when the plants are about
FIX or eight inches high, hoe around
them, for it must be kept clean Of weeds
and the ground loose No stalks should
be pulled the first year, unless there is a
cry strong growth, and then only spar
nIly. The second year will yield full
crop.
After the patch has been in bearing
io. three or four years, it will be well to
t4ae strong spade, dig the ground away
u one side, and cut about one-half Of
tie whole plant, roots and ALL away, as
there will be TOO many eyes by that
time, causing the stocks to be thick and
pindling. OF the part cut away the best
eyes should be selected for new plant
~. With good culture and plenty of
manure in the fall, there is no trouble to
ralse giant rhubarb, and it pays we'll for
the trouble, especially as it brings a little
money early in the spring when one is
generally in need of some small change.
Rural World.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-04-21
The --latest Development IN Steamship
CONSTRUCTION.

There was launched on March }l, from MessTs
Dobes yard Goyan, the first of three steamers
which form an entirely new departure in our com
mercial navy The owners and de>i gners Of the
Noting Hill and her sister steamers the Tower
Hill and Lit lgate Hill, now in course OF construc
ton BY the same builders, have adopted the twi
screw system now invariably applied to the armed
navies of the world, as they believe the modern
transatlantic steamer has reached the dimensions
which require the application OF means that have
after long trial been found to insure speed,
hardness, and safety The two screws at the
stern of the Noting Hill will prope her l3 knots
when laden. will enable her to turn round almost
in her own length, and allow her entirely to dis
pense with her rudder, if anything should disable
it. Should an accident betall one set OF engines
or shaTting, or propeller the remaining set will
propel the vessel at speed OF l0 knots, the aver
age OF ocean going steamers. Thus the frequent
delays, anXietieS, and Salvages almost daily result
ing from such accidents. will be avoided, to the
great relief of owners and underwriters The Not
ting Hill is built entirely of steel, and she will de-
liver larger cargo in her drat than any steamer
now running or building. Her tween decks, ready
fitted with sidelghts, would carry upwards of a
thousand steerage passengers or whole regiment
of soldiers upon the one deck She is provided
with armor tor the protection of her engines and
boilers, and with such number Of bulkheads, all
extending to the upper deck, that the steamer
when loaded will float even if any one compart
ment is absolutely open to the sea Her crank
snafts are the latest improved pullt description,
and of Nickers steel. Her propellers are of the
same material, and with movable blades. She is
fitted with instantaneous hydraulic starting gear
that enables the movements of both propellers to
be controlled at the same time by mere child.
She has Harrisons steam steering gear, Her boil
ers ten in number, with 20 furnaces, are Of steel,
made upon Turner's patent principle, which has
excited so much attention lately, and given such
satisfactory results. She has four masts and turtle
backs fore and aft. In the latter ample space for
the firemen and crew is provided. North British
Daily Mail
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-04-21
BRIGHTON Cattle Market.

Boston, WEDNESDAY, April l3.
Amount Of stock at market: Cattle, 1852; sheep
and lambs 1880; swine IL ,59l; veal i3; number of
western cattle, 3Gs; eastern cattle, 1885, milch
and northern cattle, 2lj.
Prices of beef cattle y 100 Ii live weight, extra
quality, S. 2546 -; first, s. 15aG 25 second s. 90
% 62l2; third - BIZ al 81 poorest grade of
coarse oxen, bulls, etc, 50 50d4 -.
Brighton Hides, SC y ID; Brighton Talow, DC p b
Country Hides, &c. o. III; Country Tallow, 4a4l,c
h; Calf skins, &c. Y ib; Sheep Skins, 81 25a
- each; Lamb Skins, 81 50a2 p each.
Working OXen-We quote sales in full:
pair girth it., inches, live weight 5000 h. $j2
pair girh #, inches, live weight 2600 ib, $2O
pair girth it., inches, live weight $500 ID, s75
pair girth IT., inches, live weight 1900 tb $50
pair girth it, inches, live weight 200 tb $40
pair girh #, inches, live weight 5000 tb $40;
Mich Cows-ENtra, s5O470; ordinary, s2Oa45;
springers, $lSa55 per head. We quote sales of >
cows and calves at $50.
Sheep and Lambs-Thosc from the West cost
landed at Brighton from Gi, to ec y tb for sheep
and : to Sc. v tb for lambs.
Veal Calves-There were but Il few from Maine
We note two sales of lots of Is and %, at 50 T.
head Prices for veal calves range from to &c. u
tb, live weightl
Swine-Fat hogs: All owned by butchers, cost
ing GA to &C. " ib, live weight store pigs. Only a
few in market, sucking pigs selling at - 30 to 81 u
head; shoas from to Sc. t. b, live weight, from
s. to Sl2 y head.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-04-21
Literature.
A HANCOCK COUNTY NOVELIST


Miss Mary Agnes Thicker author of "Signor
Monaldini's Niece" and who has Just published
a new book, by the Tiber," which is attracting
much attention, is a native of Ellsworth and has
named the heroine of her last book vaerla Els
worth as a little compliment to her own birth
place The Ellsworth American says of Miss
Thicker: 'She belongs to family well known
here twenty Years ago, though it is long since any
have lived here Her father was Hon, Richard
Thicker known in this country IN active poll
tican in the Democratic party generation ago.
Old residents of Ellsworth will remember the fam
lily well as among the first settlers of the place.
The taste for literature was inherited, and Miss
Mary is not the only member of the family who
has shown literary taste three of the sisters hav
ing always written, though anonymously. The
sisters were and are above the average of women
in education, refinement and ability
NOTES
lnder the title of the Round Robin Series
Messrs. James R. 0sgood 4 Co. announce the pub
lication Of series of anonymous novels
These novels will be chiefly by American authors
1t will be the aim of the publishers thai each
novel shall be distinguished for power originality
and interest, and that the successive volumes of
the series shall be marked by variety Of incident
and treatment Two volumes are nearly ready
/, The Nameless Nobleman , "A Lesson in
Love
Mr. Roswell Smith, the publisher. has bought
the interest of Charles Scribners Sons 10 Scribners
Magazine and st. Nicholas. He had previously
bought the interest of DR.. ]. Il. Holland the editor
of Scribner MIR, Smith has distributed shares OF
the stock among six Of his fa thfrl assistants and
the corporation of Scrbner a Company propose to
change It's name to Century Company, with Mr.
Smith as president, and at the end OF the present
year the name of the magazine will be changed.
The name of st. Nicholas will be retained for that
Magazine
The Literary Revolution says Mrs Harriet
Prescott Spottords early novels The Amber Gods
and 'Azarian TO bereprinted IN the Leisure Hour
Series The Amber Gods" can hardly be called
a novel 1t was Miss FreScotts second story C'ln
a Cellar was the frst-Atantc Monthly Feb
1850 and was published in the Atlantic for Jan
aud Feb 1864. In tnat year published Miss
Prescott's first and believe only nove,-''Sir
Kohan's Ghost" In this book her poetcal talent
was first shown The two poems it contains are
marked bya delicacy Of expression and musical ca
dence which have characterized the later produc
tOns OF her pen.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-04-21

IHE OSBORNE PLOW SULkI. The re-
cent inventions in agricultural impe-
ments are taking the poetry all out of the
occupation of farming. Here is Fred
Atwood advertising the Osborne Plow
Suky, by which the agriculturist sits
comfortably on cushion, and turns up
The sod as though he was on 4 pleasure
drive. Poor Richard said that
lie who by the plow would thrive
Himself must either hold or drive"
But here is an invention by aid of which
ID man may double his thrift by doing
b0th-which shows how far we are in ad-
vance of Ben Franklin's time. No more
does the plowman, like the one in Gray's
tiegy ''hOmeward plod his weary way"
but at supper time just gets Oh and
ndes to his evening repast. What will
Ntwood bring forward next?
Tree planting should be encouraged
farmers clubs and oranges should dis
cuSs this subject. There are miles of
highway along which not a tree is seen.
II both sides of the road were lined with
rows of trees, the country would present
a much more attractive appearance than
1t does. The trees planted might be fruit
Trees, nut-bearing trees or timber trees,
50 that the trees would pay, either in
lfuit, nuts or timber for the trouble of
setting. There are large tracts of pine
lands which have been stripped of trees
and left in a semi-deserted condition,
Which if ornamented with long rows of
pine trees along the highway, would pre-
sent a much more cheerful aspect and
me trees would soon be worth more than
tne land along side of them. Lewiston
The Arbutus Andrachne, oriental straw
perry tree, was brought to England from
The Levant. in 1924.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-04-21

A Chicago editor advertses for a wife who
knows less than he does And if woman is fool
enough to answer the advertisement she will be
very sure to be the one he is looking for. New
Haven Register
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-04-21

Conscientious. A man asked to test a Jug of
whiskey to if it first class article, proved
himself conscientious He gave no snap judgment
on just smelling and tasting it. but tried it
different times that he might be thoroughly salts
fled before expressing his opinion. Boston Post,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-04-21

Charles F. Wmgate, in late article on
"Rural Hygiene" gives the following sig
niticant hint as to the ventilation of cess
pools. He says: "To do this two open
ings arc necessary, us is Illustrated 10y
the following simple experiment Into a
common wide mouthed pickle bottle fit a
bung; into this put piece Of tube of any
kind, about eighteen inches long. Fill
the bottle with smoke from tobacco
pipe or otherwise, then blow across the
top of the pipe, and you will find it will
not clear the bottle OF its smoke. Now
repeat the experiment, but previous to
doing so make a hole in the bung, into
which short piece of pipe is put. Then
blow across the upper opening, and you
will find the bottle clear of smoke, as if
by magic.
MI Ira 5. Bean, of Monticello, raised
last season on three -fourths Of an acre of
ground, fifty bushels Of corn. His son,
aged ID years, raised on one quarter of
an acre eighteen hundred pounds or thir-
ty-tWo and one-eighth bushels of corn,
being equal to one hundred and twenty
eight bushels to the acre. This would
indicate that corn can be made protta-
ble crop in ArOostOOk
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-04-21
Flower and Garden Notes.

he heHotropc Is 4 native ul Peru.
The credit OF having raised the first
pansy is said to belong to Lady Mary Ben
nett, at Walton-on Thames. England. in
1910
The old canes OF raspberlies should be
removed while the earth is frozen. Then
canes are taken Oft with less delay
Green's Fruit Growers.
Two teaspOonstul of carbolic acid mixed
in three or four gallons of water will kill
currant worms quickly, and is equally
valuable in destroying the rose bug when
applied to rose bushes, Exchange.
When good earth is used for potting,
plants seldom need any special manure
The best soil for plants is found in old
meadows. and the corner OF fences where
the sod has grown a long time.
In regard to watering plants in pots. as
good a rule as we can give is to let them
have water only when the surface of the
soil appears dry, except in the ease Of
plants in bloom then. as they drink
more at that time, keep them damp all
the time. American Cultivator.
II You begin pruning fruit and orna-
mental trees and shrubbcry while young,
and follow it up each year, You can form
Just such a top as You want. If your
tree needs spreading out, cut the young
shoots of Just aboEta bud on the outside
OF the shoot, and if You want to train up
ward, leave a bud on the upper side Of
the limb where YOU cut it off. Farmers
Advocate.
God Almighty first planted Il garden
and indeed it is the purest OF all human
pleasures. 1t is the greatest retreshment
of the spirit OF man, without which build
ings and palaces are but gross handi-
works, and man shall ever see that when
ages grow to ciyility and elegance, men
come to build stately sooner than to gar
den finely, as if gardening We're the great
est perfection. Lord Bacon.
Manurng OF grapes should be regulated
by the nature OF the soil. If it be damp
in most cases a bad condition for grape
growing stable manure in great quanti-
ties means diseased vine. lndIy ground,
it has beneficial effect. Many persons
Of small places have grapes in damp
ground, or can have none. They must
take care to keep the roots near the sur
face never crop the ground about them
to destroy the small tibres, if it can be
avoided and even good may often fol-
low, When the vines seem falling, to care
fully follow up the roots, left near the
surface, and encourage, as much as pos
sible, those remaining there. Wood ashes,
bone dust, and such like fertilizers are
best for grape vines in low ground.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-04-21
FARM GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

experiences are solicited from housekeepers,
farmers and gardeners. Address Agricultural
editor, Journal Office, Belfast Maine.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-04-21

The Arbutus Andrachne, oriental straw
Derry tree, was brought to England from
The Levant, in 1874
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-04-21

Needless to say that Clifford was not
famous, and he had moved, besides so
after some wanderings, Achsa's note
found its way to the Dead letter Office,
and was there opened in the search for a
clue to the writer, or the one to whom it
was addressed. But the clerk who open
ed it had never seen more puzzling let
ter 1t was dated simply:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-04-21

1t was announced from the pulpit of the First
Church. on Sunday tha, DR.. Robert q. SanwoOd
formerly principal of the Waterbury English and
Classical School, who suddenly disappeared last
summer while visiting his mother in Brunswick
Me- and was thought to have been drowned had
been heard from in Brunswick, Ga, where he
recovering from a severe attack of brain fever
DR.. Stanwood was spending the summer vaca
ton with his relatives in Brunswick Me-, and eX-
pccted to return to Waterbury in September to
again take charge of the Classical School. On the
afternoon Of Aug. - he complained of not feeling
very we'll. and thought that on the bay
would do him good. He procured a boat and
started down from Bunganuc, which is about three
miles west Of Brunswick, about 2. NJ. He rowed
down the bay as far as Little Flying Point. and
was seen to 90 ashore and cut a bush which he set
up in boat for a sail. lie then proceeded on his
way down the bay and was next seen on Grab
Island about five and half miles from Bunganue
landing His coat was off and he was evidently
making strong effort to force his way through
the eel grass that impeded his progress
He finally got clear of this, and yas seen to rise
and put on his coat and to throw the bush over
board. He was not, so tar could be learned,
seen after tins but his boat was found next day on
Spruce Point. the lower end of Cozzen's Island.
and about ten miles from Bunganuc landing. In
the boat were founder and DIR. Stanwoods coat
and hat the latter placed under the inside
rail i'll way to prevent its blowing away The
boat contained no water nor were there any marks
to show that it had suffered injury, DR.. Stanwood
had with him light cap which he was accustom-