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The Republican journal., 1881-06-30
The Worlds Fair.

The various sub committees Of the
committee of twenty eight who are to de-
eide the question of holding worlds fair
in Boston have been diligently at work,
and will soon be able to report to the
general committee. They have met with
generous encouragement, and it is prob
able that the fair will be held in 1885.
The plan for raising the necessary amount
OF money which appears to meet with the
most favor is the organization of a stock
company with a capital Of s., 900 900, di-
vided into 100000 shares at ter dollars a
share. BY putting these shares at such
price the stock can be placed among
the people Of limited means, who it is
thought will be disposed to aid in the
great project. If this or a similar plan
should be adopted by the general com
mttee, application will be made to the
next Legislature for a special act Of incor-
poration. The committee appointed TO
select suitable site has examined several
locations, but have arrived at no decision.
\ site on Huntington avenue, whereby
the buildings now being erected by the
New England Manufacturers and Me-
chanics' Institute and the Charitable AS
sOciation can be availed of, together with
land lying between and to the westward
Of these buildings, is favored by some
gentlemen, while others think that Bea-
con Park and the land adjacent, contain
ing nearly ninety acres, would furnish
the most acceptable and accessible loca-
ton. The Boston 4 Albany Railroad
tracks lie adjacent to this property, and a
o;1,o 1,lr
it. This place offers exceptional facil-
ties, and the land could be secured at a
very low rental Other sites considered
are in the vicinity of Corey Hill, the
Back Bay park and East Boston. The
several committees will soon be ready to
make their reports, and it is possible that
the general committee will hold meet
ing this week.
The Republican journal., 1881-06-30

love to her. | listened as though in a
dream, and deuced unpleasant one it
was, too. believe he thanked me, and
she praised, and he thanked again, and
then they urged me to come to see them,
and she said, Don't forget Saturday.
Whether said anything, or whether
| remained mute is more than | can tell.
was like man asleep, and had to give
myself a good shake to come out of the
nightmare that was in. When | looked
around, she-they- gone"
Here Hugh stopped as though he had
finished; but his friend Williams, whose
curiosity was aroused, asked.
Did you dine with her on Saturday y
'No; | sent regret"
"Have you seen her since 2"
"No, never"
"What became of your no1ueaateY de
P0ic ?"
"Nell went without them, as I went
without my English robe
"lou don't mean that she never sent
them to you ~
81 never gave her my address, and she
was not supposed to know where | was. "
The Republican journal., 1881-06-30
The Crops.

Judging from about 1000 crop reports
from all parts of the country the Rural
New orker publishes the following con-
clusions with regard to the next harvest
Wheat, Il smaller acreage than last year
and an aggregate product Of at least 20
per cent. less-a decrease of about nine
ty- six million bushels; causes, early
winter, late spring, May drought, eXces-
sive June rains and insect pests
Oats, an increased acreage and prob
ably the largest crop yet produced.
Rye and barley, a slight increase or
acreage with an average yield
Corn, an increase OF acreage but poor
stand, but ample time for great improve
ment, a likely result of the late rains a
probable decrease, however. from last
years yield Of Is per cent, or about 22o,
600, 900 bushels; causes, damaged seeds,
necesstating replanting, late spring and
May drought.
Pastures and meadows are unusually
good and a heavy hay crop is assured.
Cotton, increase , per cent. in acreage,
and good stand.
Tobacco, acreage considerable increas-
ed prospect fair and improving. Con-
siderable increase in sorghum culture,
chiefly experimental.
Peaches a very short crop everywhere.
Apples, fair crop for an ''ott year.
Pears, a medium crop. Grapes and other
small fruits abundant.
The Republican journal., 1881-06-30
VOLUME SO.
Sunlight.

The sun, if you will only open your
house to him. is faithful physician, who
will be pretty constant in attendance,
and who will send iii no bills. Many
years ago glass was something of a luXu-
ry, but now we can all have good listed
windows and plenty of them, at moder-
ate cost, and there is no excuse for max
ing loop holes through which the sun can
cast but half an eye and from which one
can gain only narrow glimpses of the
beautiful outer world. | am sufficiently
acquainted with the conservative char
acter of many country people, to know
that expressions of disdain will come
from some quarters when mention bay
windows, Nevertheless bay windows are
a good thing. Their effect is very much
like letting heaven into ones house; at
least it ought to be like that, for it is
nothing but absurdity and wickedness to
darken such windows with shutters or
heavy curtains until only a struggling ray
of sunlight can be seen.
If bay windows are too expensive a
very desirable srtbseef+ttl+ste can be had by
placing two ordinary -sizkd windows side
by side, with a wide, capacfous ledge at
the bottom for seats or for plants. \
room with window like this cannot fail
to be CHEEKY, and its effect in a simple
cottage house isquite sumptuous There
is likewise in its favor the fact that it is
less exposed than the deep bay window
to outer heat and cold. In a kitchen or
in a child's bedroom, or in an attic where
the walls are low, two half windows set
side by side and made to slide or to open
on hinges. admit a broad, generous light,
and give an apartment a pretty and
pleasing rustic air. Let the builder en-
deayor to have all rooms in daily use, es
pecially bedrooms and sitting rooms, well
lighted by the sun. so sleep on un
summed beds in unsunned chambers, and
to work day after day, in unsunned
rooms is the unrepented sin Of half the
nation" vigorously attirms prominent
writer
But this should not be said of that part
of the nation living in the country, far
from those towering brick walls whose
steps take hold on basement kitchens.
and in whose depressing sh, dows many
lives must necessarily be spent. In the
country. with a whole sky to draw from,
let there be light If any rooms in the
house must look solely to the north for
illumination, let them be the parlor and
the spare chamber. People who come
and 60 can be cheerful for a while in
a north -windowed apartment, but the
constant dWellers in Il house need its sun
niest rooms. Farm Homes
The Republican journal., 1881-06-30

The season is approaching when fruit
pickers will be tralnping through the
fields and treading down the grass, and
it may be well for them HIS for persons
upon whose lands they trespass, to know
that there IS law against it. and that
trespassers of this kind may get them
selves into the limboeS before they are
aware OF it. From Beunett's "Farm Law
recently published by IIoyt, Fogg &
Donham, We quote some passages bear
ing upon such cases which we advise
people to look over.
"By the laws Of Maine, the Wilfully
trespaSsng on the land Of another dur
inc the summer and fall months, is made
a crime; and any constable or other Off
Ger may arrest the offender on the spot
and take him before some proper tribunal
for sentence. If a persons object in com
ing into your premises is to steal fruit,
that OF itself is a crime although he does
not accomplish his purpose; and you may
put him out by force, after notice to leave,
using no unnecessary violence. Berry
picking on the land of another, is clearly
contrary to law. And not only is the
trespasser himself liable to the land hold
er, but all who buy and consume the ber-
ries so picked are in danger. The blue
| berry establishment of Jonesport in this
State were compelled to pay more than a
thousand dollars to the owners OF wild
land, over which the berry pickers had
long roamed without leave or license, and
the company had paid for the berries in
good faith If this could be recovered
for trespassing on wild lands how much
more are those liable who 90 for berries
into the enclosed field Or pasture of an
| other
The Republican journal., 1881-06-30

Stop crying "Oh my Back Get bottle of
ELINlR OF LIFE RooT and take it regular We
warrant II to cure yon.
business
HEALY's VEGETABLE Tone PILLS revitalizes
the whole system removes cancerous tendencies
and dissolve Tumors. They relieve Uterine Catarrh
at once.
About the only force some people have is the
force Of habit
Ayers Ague Cure is an intalllble cure for Fever
and Ague in all Its forms. The proprietors war
rant it, and their word is as good as L. s. bond
Trial proves if.
The man who has no enemies should look about
him to see if he has real friends.
Lydia Plnkhalns Vegetable Compound is a
remarkable remedy for all those painful com
plants and weaknesses common TO our best
female population. Send to Mrs. Lydia f Pink
ham, 2}3 Western Avenue Lynn, Mass, for pam
phlets. 2w26
The smaller the woman the larger the poke
bonnet she wears.
The PAINFUL DRAGGING sensation in the loins
and back, with which large numbers Of the human
race afflicted. will give place to and rest
fulness If DR.. BULLOCK'S KIDNEY REMEDY
''NEPHRETlCUM,' is used 1t has no equal among
medicines for this trouble.
Weeds are generally the earliest risers IN
garden bed.
In the cure of Consumption there is probably nc
known medicine equal to the Syrup of HypcphOs
phites pref ared by Mr.. James |. Fellows, chemist
st. John, n. b. number of cases have come
under our notice the past year where the results
which have followed its use have been astonishing
We advise the afflicted to try it.
EDITOR "CoLoNIAL FARMER
An umbrella is different from a man in that il
is only good for something when 1t is used up
The Peruvian Syrup has cured thousands who
were suffering from Dyspepsia, Debility, Liver
Complaint. Boils Humors, Female Complaints
etc Pamphlets free to any address. Seth W
Fowle & Sons Boston.
Hold on to your old Bibles; they will be worth
good deal of money hundred years hence
Thousands of Drunkards
Are made annually by the use of medicines call
ed toncs and bitters, containing large portion O.
and other kinds of spirits, (all of which shoult
be labelled Destruction and Death.) DR.. Kennedy
has put up the "Favorite Remedy in form of
Syrup, without one drop of spirits Hence, it may
be given to persons of all ages, of either sex, who
require a medicine to purify the blood, regulate
the Liver Kidneys or Bowels, or to give tone and
strength to the system Sold by all druggists
ST. 90 a bottle
The Republican journal., 1881-06-30
Fish Raising in Name.

Fish raising merl IS more attention from
farmers. There are many farms where
there are brooks which might be damned,
forming excellent ponds for fish breeding
4 correspondent of the Maine Farmer
gives an account Of a trout-pond owned
by Mr. s. G. Coffin of Brunswick, which
was made five years ago. by damming a
small brook fed by a spring, forming a
pond Of half an acre. \ few trout were
caught and placed in the pond, and have
multiplied so rapidly that now the water
seems alive with large, handsome trout,
many of them from eight to fifteen inches
in length. Some taken from the pond
have weighed three and half pounds
each. They are 50 tame that they feed
from meat held in the fingers, and will
jump from the water several inches to
obtain it, crowding each other similarly
to a lot of hungry hens to obtain corn.
Mr.. G.. considers this half acre of water
much more profitable than any acre OF
land he has on his farm, and he can find
ready market at 50 cents pound for
all the trout he takes from his pond. Mr.
Coffin says that they need but little feed
ing after the flies and grasshoppers be-
come plenty. BY improving advantages
for fish keeping, many farmers might
easily increase their annual revenue.
The Republican journal., 1881-06-30
A Remarkable Love Story of Maine and
North Carolina.

A remarkable romance is related by Morehead
City IN. g. correspondent About fifty years ago
prepossessing young woman appeared suddenly
in a small mountain village near Asheville and
obtained work in a farmers family. She called
herself Mary Burt, but gave no further clue 10 her
origin Her tasks were so skilltully performed,
and she could sing a song, dance reel and tell a
story so we'll that she became a village taVorite.
Fifteen years later the mystery surrounding her
was forgotten. Having declined moro than one
good offer of marriage, she settled down as good
natured old maid, became the benehcent 'aunt
of the neighborhood and finally was persuaded
to take charge Of country school near by.
After several years of teaching her whole char
acter seemed to change. She become moody, mel
ancholy and fond of solitude. Purchasing a lonely
spot among the mountains she had rude log hut
built, and there she lived without any companion
ship but that of her dog cat cow and chickens.
Her only book was the Bible, and this she nearly
learned by heart. The publication of this woman
hermits story III the Asheville Citizen not long
ago brought solution to the mystery. The arti-
Gle copied into Vermont paper and attracted
the notice of Robert Fletcher prominent citizen
of that State and Fletcher after visited Ashe
vile, sought the editor Of the Citizen and ogeth
er they went to Miss Burt's house. The hermit
did not recognize the Vermonter. but she soon
learned that he was her old lover.
mistake had kept them apart for halt cen
tury but when Fletcher left Asheville a few days
later, Mary Burt Howe, for that was the hermit S
1ull uaule dCCOulpduleu MN DIS HIS Wllc W ueu
Miss Howe and Fletcher were young they were
engaged to be married. The young woman fan
cied her lover was attached to another girl and
suddenly left her home in Maine. Going to Bos-
ton, she shipped as stewardess on ship bound for
Liverpool The vessel was wrecked on the North
Carolina coast, and after many adventures at sea
in an open boat and among friendly Indians on
land, Miss Howe found her way to civilization
Robert Fletcher traced his runaway sweetheart to
the ship on which she sailed, and, hearing of the
loss of the vessel, always mourned her as dead till
the North Carolina paper gave him happy sur
prise
The Republican journal., 1881-06-30
The Lilac.
BY MARION DOUGL.

BY MARION DOUGLASS
| feel too tired and too old
Long rambes in the woods to take
TO seek the cowslips early gold,
And search for violets in the brake
Nor can |, as used to, bend
My little bed of flowers to tend
Where grew my scented pinks, to day
The creeping witch grass has its way.
But when my door | open wide
To breathe the warm sweet air of spring,
The fragrance comes in like tide,
Great purple plumes before me swing;
For looking in, close by the door,
The lilac blossoms as of yore
The earliest flower my childhood knew
Is to the gray worn woman true.
Dear common tree that needs no care,
Whose root in any soil will live,
How many dreary spot grows fair
With the spring charm thy clusters give
The narrow court yard in the town
Knows thy sweet fragrance. and the brown
Low hill side farm house hides its caves
Beneath the gray green of thy leaves,
Loosed by the south winds S gentle touch,
In perfumed showers thy blossoms fall
Thou askest little, givest much;
Thy lavish bloom is free to all
And even |, shut in, shut out,
From all the sunny world about
Find the first flower my childhood knew
Is to the gray worn woman true.
larpers Bazaar
The Republican journal., 1881-06-30
Written for the Republican Journal
Thoughts on Dairying.

Systematic methods of manufacture are
more indispensable to success in this than
in most other callings. He who adopts
no intelligent system, and has not the
means and appliances with which to per
form his labor will be at the mercy of cir
cumstance and the sport of accidental
surroundings.
1t is the province of mind to devise
means to overcome all surmountable diff
ticulties in the way of success.
Systems are not the work of chance.
The careful attention to natural condi
tlons, and application OF natural laws to
the various steps OF any process is calOd
system; and he who perfectly understands
these laws and conditions, and applies
them perfectly. works by a correct sys-
TEN. and will accomplish perfectly uni
form results. This fully applies to but
ter. and to cheese making.
We should not accept in trust from our
fathers even, that which we ought to
know ourselves. Neither should we ac-
cept new theories or modes of practice in
regard to dairying without thorough per
sunal investigation.
1t is no doubt the desire OF every dairy
man and every keeper OF COWS to make a
inst class table article whether Of butter
or cheese TO do this requires skill in
making, judgment in selecting of cows,
and amount Of food and cleanliness in
handling and manipulating.
Estimating $4,000 COWS in the State of
Vermont kept for butter and there are
probably more. The increased receipts
from these at a moderate and entirely
practicable gain, bY raising the quality
80 to command tive cts. more per pound
than now would amount to not less than
nne million dollars per year. Think Of
thi>
Western creamery batter and western
private dairy butter equal to the best
eastern is now freely offered in all our
aTge markets and sells at the highest
lrlces. We have western competition to
contend with and can successfully do so
only hy making Il first class article.
Mental power and intelligence com
end Il premium in all departments Of
business. Mere physical force combined
with low order OF intellect is cheap in
auE market. This is especially remarked
aud true in the dairy business. The
great essential TO improvement in the
dairy business is the application Of more
ir1iI work to its Development Byiudi-
ciua~ breeding and selection the butter
product per COW may be raised 100 lbs,
"r Its equivalent twice that amount of
cheese This would make a difference of
rom @20to $50 per COW in income on the
same feed. BY better feed the product
may be raised as much more. Now the
tNfTdu4 Der COW is NOT over 80 lbs of
inter per year. j. W. LANG.
The Republican journal., 1881-06-30
As the public may not be aware t(

AS the public may not be aware to how
great an extent persons who mail letters
are responsible for delays and monde
livery, we publish the following record Of
one days business in the inquiry division
of the Boston Post Office: Received
Thirty-tive letters with no stamp; five
with one-cent stamp which required two
cents; fifty seven letters with two-cent
stamps which required three cents. In
all, ninety seven letters deficient in post
age. Seventy three misdirected letters,
of which sixty-seven were supplied with
correct addresses, and sixteen were sent
to the dead letter office; eleven postals
having no address and therefore returned
to writer's. The above is fair average
of the daily experience in the inquiry
division. 1t is presumed that for these
irregularities the post office officials were
regarded as responsible by the writer's
until otherwise informed. Many of these
instances of carelessness occur with those
who have the largest amount of CORES
pondence. Boston Journal.
The Republican journal., 1881-06-30
Written for the Republican Journal
On Grass.
When grass has grown ten thousand Years
Beneath the summer sun.
The crops OF hay will surely pay
S when they first begun

Beneath the summer sun,
The crops OF hay will surely pay
As when they first begun.
HE black mueky soils of SNamps and
wales once cleared and reclaimed Will
produce heavy crops of grass indefinitely
l1rass is king among the crops of the
Garth; more land is bearing grass, more
Het income realized from grass the world
over than from any other crop. Mankind
never existed without grass Paradise
would not have been paradise without its
tarpeted fields OF grass. Grass is an in
isenous product of our soils. 1t grows
spontaneously everywhere. Heavy crops
If grass Indicate good soil or good farm
aL. Grass precedes cattle Improvement.
1t goes before cattle increase. 1t under
les the dairy. 1t supports stock growing
and is essential to beef production. 1t is
the great fundamental crop of the State.
Ii is the base of our agriculture.
Nery few sow variety or amount Of
seed enough No one variety Of grass
llone makes good feeding hay or is long
clished by stock. The more good va
eties the better, whether in field or pas
're. Just in proportion as our hay crop
nd paSturage is increased will agricult-
ural prosperity be increased. No other
Is So sure as the grass crop. Jnderdrain-
Ing wet spots, wet lands and cold sour
uds, not only deepens the soil but vast
rs increases their yield Of grass. Top
.ressing some lands works well. Road
ash turned over fields is very beneficial
very means should be taken to increase
-4e grass crop. j. w. Lang.
The Republican journal., 1881-06-30

A Louisville observer has taken 1000
notes of the conversation of passing young
women. Out of that number 7SO begin
with either "And | said to him, or "He
said to me-" or "She told me that he
said )" l2O referred to dresses or hats that
were either "perfectly lovely, or "just
splendid" and the remainder were pretty
evenly divided between comments on
other girls, who were "horrid" or "stuck
up and hateful" new novels, studies, the
summer vacation and the latest scientific
discoveries.
"My eye. he's bumped his head off,
exclaimed the omnipresent small boy yes
terday, when he saw an old gentleman
take an unexpected seat on the ground,
his hat flying in one direction and his
wig in another.
The Republican journal., 1881-06-30

Secretary Blaine is alternately amused and an
noyed by the newspaper reports designed to kill
him off OF at least send him to the hospital. The
amusing part of the whole thing is that every day
the express and mails bring him boxes Of pills,
bottles Of medicine and all the nostrums and cure
alls, it would seem, ever made in this country.
Accompanying these is a note from the proprietor
of medicine to Mr.. Blaine, promising to cure if the
medicine is used and only asking in return that
Mr. Blaine write note saying how much good the
medicine has done him. He will soon be able to
stock drug store
The Republican journal., 1881-06-30

WEDNESDAY, June -.
Amount of stock at market: Cattle, 36sS; sheep
and lambs, 6239; swine, 1920; veas, III; number
of western cattle, 3455; eastern cattle, 80, mich
cows and northern cattle, 40.
Prices of beef cattle y 100 b live weight, extra
quality Sc 81 1a6 %; first, s. 62 a6 25 second 50
l2la a. so; third, 81 5o45 90; poorest grades of
coarse oxen, bulls, etc, 50 62la "A 3712
Brighton Hides, So a9c T. tb; Brighton Tallow,
5,4c " ID; Country. Hides, "A 47lsc y tb Country
Iallow 4g4lac y 10; Calf Skins, II Z dl3c. y III
Western Sheep skins, 80 445c each; Northern Sheep
skins, 25455c each; Lamb skins, 50c each.
Mich Cows Extra $55a$70; ordinary, $lSa
$50; springers, s2oa$55 y head. We quote sales
OF cows and calves for $500 the lot; new mich
cows at $40 each; and calves for $40 the lot
l do, $3.50 | do, $50: springers for $50 for
S3}.
store Cattle-Une lot of 24,ayerage weight 1000 lbs
sold at &c T. b, live weight; 6, average weight SG3
lbs, sold for &c T. h. live weight.
Veal Calyes-Those from Maine sold quick; 81 for
So 5G each Is for 800 the lot: 49, average weight,
li0 TBS, for 81 &c y fl, live weight.
Sheep and Lambs-Those from the West were all
owned by butchers, costing, landed at the abattor,
from 5la to 81 c t. h. live weight
Swine-PriceS of fat hogs remain unchanged,
costing 81 &C T. H. live weight landed at the
slaughter houses. Spring pigs, $1,000 $50 y head.
The Republican journal., 1881-06-30
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

For this department brief suggestions, facts and
experiences are solicited from housekeepers
farmers and gardeners. Address Agricultural
editor. Journal Office, Belfast Maine.
The Republican journal., 1881-06-30

Those who have tried it confess that Il
large healthy mustard plaster worn on
the back contains more heat than Il
heavy overcoat.
The Republican journal., 1881-06-30

"Hair switches SO reads a sign on
Washington street. Well so it does, par
ticularly On the south end Of horse in
Hy-tme,