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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-03
What He Knew of English.

I heard a funny story Of little Bos,
ton boy the other day, which I think
has never been in print. His father
had amused himself by teaching the
bright little fellow several words and
phrases in a number oflanguages, SO
that he had quite a reputation as a
inguist. An Englishman of some
note dined with the Family one day,
and the child was much interested in
watching him and listening to his
conversation. After. dinner the guest
took him on his knee, with the re-
mark: Ct hear you know a great
many languages; tell me how many
you know - ooh! know French and
German and Italian and Spanish, and
that is all, s'But you know English!''
sssNo! I don't know English he an
swered, with very positive shake Of
the head. ssYou. do, certainly, =
persisted the Englishman. 81 tell you
I do not!' replied the child, almost
impatiently, and very emphatically
.'My papa5knows English, pose, but
/ only know two words ia English!''
"And what are theyl .s'Ouse and
'orsei' Boston transcript.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-03
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TIE ICE.

v
Now the men are cutting ice
Crystal ice
And they'll fill up all their houses in a trice!
How they gigg1e, giggle, giggle,
In the frozen air of day,
While the mercury runs lower
And their saws go never slower,
But up and down Away,
Like the stocks, stocks, stocks,
Or like Jacky-in-t he-box,
Through the crystal congelation that hides
the ponds SO nice
With the ice, ice, ice, ice,
Through the frozen aqua para, through the
In the summer, oh, how nice,
Cooling ice!
On the table what a blessing is a slice,
In the heated air of noon,
When the butter sinks in swoon
And the water is lukewarm
And hard to drink,
And the flies about you swarm
Like the chickens on the newly planted
farm!
Oh, to think,
AS you hear the sound SO nice
OF the cart all drip, drip, dripping with the
ice,
Once or twice
That the price
Does not pinch you like wise
No thicker than the liquor
OF the ice, ice, ice,
OF the ice, ice, ice, ice,
Ice, ice, ice!
Oh, the ice-cream! oh, the cobbler! oh, the ice
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-03
Words of Wisdom.

Good will, like a good name. is got
by many actions and lost by one.
Truth is the shortest and nearest
way to our end, carrying us thither in
straight line.
is strength. The strongest are weak
without confidence.
He who despises praise will not be
likely to practise the virtues that
would entitle him to it.
Many a sweet-fashioped mouth is
made hideous by the fiery and untamed
tongue within it.
Memory is not so brilliant as hope:
but it is almost as beautiful, and a
thousand times as true.
In some apparently amiable natures
there are unsupported and unfathom-
able depths of resentment.
Melancthon said: Trouble and per-
pleXlty drive me to prayer--and pray
er drives away perplexity and trouble.
Convey thy love to thy friend as an
arrow to the mark, to stick there; not
as ball against the wall, to rebound
back to thee.
The mind of youth cannot remain
empty; if you do not put into it that
which is good, it will gather elsewhere
that which is evil.
There is no time in a mans life
when he is so great as when he cheer
fully bows to the necessity of his posi-
ton, and makes the best Of it.
The law Of the harvest is to reap
more than you SOW. Sow an act and
you reap a habit; SOW a habit and you
reap a character; SOW character and
you reap destiny.
Self-devotion is but form of gener.
osity; the generosity of those who give
themselves, having nothing more and
nothing better to give, and belongs
equally to the nobler natured Of both
sexes.
1t is we'll enough to be humble, but
it is possible to boast of your humility
until it sours into the worst kind Of
self-pride. There is hardly virtue
in the calendar which man will not
lose if he talks much about it.
Whatever your sex or position, life
is a battle in which you are to show
your pluck, and woe be to the cow
ard! Whether passed on bed of sick
ness or in the tented field, it is ever
the same fair fight, and admits Of no
distinction.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-03
"A Condensed Dime Novel.

The following extract is about as
clear as the plots of the majority Of
the sensation novels:
. ssOne cold winters night in the
month Of July, a poor man clad in
the habilments Of the rich was foot
ing it along on horseback in an open
boat over q long and dreary desert.
Not a tree or green spot cheered him
on his tedious course up mountains,
which lay spread out before him in
fertile heaps as far rs the eve could
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-03
A Narrow view.

There is q Judge in Galveston whose
head is as bald as that of the American
eagle. a little boy, living next door,
has got it into his head that lack OF hair
is inseparably connected with the title
of Judge, consequently when Q lawyer,
whose head is densely covered with hair,
called, and was addressed as 8 Judge, "
little Tommy shook his head, and said !:
You aim no Judge. Can't fool me. :"
Why am I no Judge ??
Cos yer hair amt parted wide
enough, " was the guileless reply. Gal
Ueeto11 Neags.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-03

These figures shows that England
exceeds all other countries put togeth-
er in the number of it's spindles and
the amount Of its cotton spinning.
Next come the United States, which
have more than twice as many spindles
as any other country, with the excep-
ton Of England. The United States
and England are the two great cotton
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-03
Cotton Spinning.

The cotton spinning industry is one
Of the great industries Of the world.
The total number Of spindles on the
globe, according to the latest returns,
is 1,250,e00. The distribution of
these spindles in different countries
was as follows:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-03
Better Farming Needed.

The competition among farmers is
much closer and sharper than former
~. The time has gone by in most
sections Of the country when poor
farming could insure even the moder-
ate success of making a living. Dur
ing the last four or five years thou
sands of farmers have steadily lost
money, and unless they reverse the
process, it is only question Of time
when they must go under. The losses
Of farmers have generally been at
tributed to the times and, with the
return of prosperity and general re-
vival Of business, it has been supposed
that farmers profits Wonld return and
everybody could make money again.
Undoubtedly the stress of the. times
has affected farmers as we'll as every
body else; but the time will never
come when any but the best farming
will be successful. The nominal sue
cess which has always heretofore at
tended even the poorest farming has
been due to the moderate ambition of
most farmers and the little with
which they have been contented So
long as men are satisfied with hard
work and getting little or nothing for
their invested capital, and as an out
come making a bare living, it ought
not to be difficult to satisfy them. Yet
this is what thousands of farmers
have done of late years. During the
war, and for some few years after,
in our era of high prices, most farmers
made some money. Old debts were
paid, and in some cases better modes
of farming were adopted. But the
years which have followed have
pinched us all. The more expensive
habits of living, adopted ten or twelve
years ago, are not readily dropped.
Prices OF farm produce have fallen as
low as before the war, and from al
most every quarter we are advised
that expenses of every kind must be
cut down in a corresponding ratio, OF
everybody will go to ruin.
Undoubtedly this is sensible advice
for a large proportion of farmers.
Wherever the soil has been run down;
wherever weeds have crept in increas-
ing the cost of cultivation; wherever,
from any cause, the productive capac-
lty Of the farm has decreased, an i'm
mediate cutting down Of living ex-
penses is a necessity, dire.though it may
seem. But it is foolish FOR farmers
to look at this subject from the stand
point of miserly parsimony. No class
of men work harder and none are
better entitled to the comforts and
Injuries which hard work should
obtain. While poor farming may not,
and probably will not, make even a
bare living, a better management
should give the farmers SOmethin8r
more. Prudent saving is always ad-
visable, but mania, sheer nonsense.
We have heard farmers talk about
reducing expenses bv paying less
wages, when it was a solemn fact that
they would steadily lose money every
year if their hired help worked for
nothing. What such farmers need
is management, by which the pro-
ductive capacity Of their farms can
be increased. After this they may
also find it necessary to decrease
expenses as much as possible without
decreasing production
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-03

A PLACE in Oregon is named China
cum. And the first Chinaman that ac-
cepted the invitation was run out Of the
place with rocks.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-03
Cold Feet.

Very many persons do not properly
care for their feet. They use cotton
stockings and thin shoes in winter !:
sometimes they sit, perhaps for hours,
with their feet damp and even wet. It
is not infrequent for females to go about
their household work half day at a
time with feet inadequately protected,
while the cold currents Of air cause q
temperature forty degrees less near the
floor than overhead.
Some people become SO habituated to
cold feet as not to stfeel " the chill-the
long continued cold having contracted
the blood-vessels and destroyed the
proper sensibility of the nerves. Not a
few persons 20 to bed in cold room
with the feet still cold to have them yet
further chilled by cold bed.
Now, the feet sustain close nervous
relation to the rest of the body. Hence
it is that the physician applies heat to
the feet to relieve q congested brain.
The feet of one whose legs are paralyzed
will kick when tickled, though the per
son is not conscious of the tickling, nor,
except by sight, even of the kicking.
This indicates, too, one Of the reasons
why rusty nail in the foot causes that
fearful disease, lockjaw. Good health
cannot be enjoyed unless the blood cir
culates warm and strong through the ex-
tremities.
Mothers should see to it that their
children's feet are well clad !; and should,
from time to time during the day, re-
move their shoes to make sure that they
are warm. They should further train
them to right ideas and habits in this
respect.
With all persons the rule in winter
should be wooden stockings and thick
soled shoes, and rubbers in wet weather.
Extra soles, whether Of cork, felt, or
even thick te-board, may be used to
great advantage. Slippers or shoes that
can be easily removed should be worn
about the house. IF the feet are perma-
nently cold from the sllrinkage Of the
blood-vessels, this will tend to enlarge
them again. In;such cases they should
be soaked every night for time in quite
warm water. 80 Youths Companion.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-03

a clear conscience laughs at
accusations.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-06-15
Universalist State Convention.

The next annual meeting Of the Maine Uni
versalist convention will be held in the Uni
versalist church, Bangor, June q, % and %.
The convention is composed Of its officers;
the trustees of Westbrook Seminary; of all Or
dained Universalist clergymen residing in this
State and duly admitted to its fellowship; and
Of three lay delegates from each parish in its
fellowship; and of one additional delegate
from every parish having fifty or more fami-
lies. Lay delegates, to the number above
stated, may be chosen in each instance, as the
representatives alike Of tho society, church
and Sunday school, and where but one Of those
organizations exists the required number may
be elected therefrom.
The Executive committee recommend the
following order of meetings:
Tuesday, June 21.-10 q. M, organization of the
Sunday School Interests; Essay: afSe Worlds
Need Of the Uniyersalist Church., Rev. H. 8. Whit
man; Essay: THE Importance Of Church Organixa-
Rev. C. F. Nash; Essay: .The Dsty of the Church
to the Sunday School, and Of tho Sunday School to
the Church, /" Rev. H; G. Mnnson. p. m. business
rsDor. ict tie Vice iPIssdent' and addresses y
Mrs. NJ: A. Adams, .Meirose, Mass: Mrs. W: A.
Brownfieid, Ms.. and Others .'. ,'' a. w. A.
Wednesday, June CASA. M. Conference and
Prayer Meeting. Leader, Rev. $. r. Ii. Biggs. .
.. m, Conference and Prayer Meeting; Rev. b. H.
Davis. 0 a. m, business meeting. 1880 .. m.
casional sermon, by Rev. g. w. Perry. 2 p M, Ed
brook Seminary; addresses by Rev. DR.. Weston.
Revs. H. A. Philbrook, w. R. French, Q. A. Hay
den, A. Battles, and Hon. Israel Washburn, p.
m business meeting. z p. M, Missionary Meet
ing; Essay: missionary Work = Necessity" Rev.
j. A. Little Essay: 1.-THE Spirit and Power of Mis-
sionary Work." Rev. w. s. Vail. s7
Thursday, June 23.-5 a. m, Conference and
Prayer meeting, leader, Rev. G. w. Perry. .. M,
Conference and Prayer. meeting, leader, Rev. z.
Thompson; 8 .. m, business meeting; 1880 a. m.
m, business meeting; p. m, social reunion
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-06-15
PORTLAND CADETS.
Visit of the Richards Light Infantry.

The annual shoot of the Portland Cadets oc-
ours to-day on which occasion the Richards
Light Infantry, Gardiner, will be their guests
The following arrangements have been made:
The Richards Light Infantry will arrive on
the S.45 a. m. train and be received by the
Cadets, with Chandiers Band, and after a
short parade they will be conducted to the
armory. After being shown the sights of the
city, at 11.3O they will partake of dinner at
the United States Hotel, after which both
companies will fall in and march to Custom
House Wharf, where the steamer, at 1915,
leaves for Long Island, at which place there
will be shooting, base ball, foot ball and other
amusements A clam bake will be served at
O'Clock. The steamer will leave the Island
at $50, for moonlight sail, and band concert,
arriving at State st. Wharf at 1916
The committee of arrangements are Private
A. W. Fuller, Private G. F. Tobie, Sergeant
I. Fl. Baker, Honorary A. A. bennett, A. S.
ellison and John Anderson.
The Cadets with Chambers Band will leave
the armory at a. M, and after receiving the
guests march to the armory via Commercial,
Park, Spring, High and Congress streets.
Honorary members and invited guests will
meet at the armory at 1920 p. m. to march to
the boat.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-06-15
Personal.

Arthur Hunt, Arthur Little and Charles
Brown, all of Portland, have been admitted to
the Institute of Technology, Boston, for the
four year course.
Mr.. e. L. Thompson, employed as engineer
of the tug Warren for the past eight years, has
received an appointment of assistant engineer
aboard the United States Lighthouse steamer
Myrtle.
Prof. Batchelder, Principal of the Maine
Central Institute, has resigned his position
there with view to entering upon the work of
the ministry, and will enter the Theological
school at Andover, Mass, this fall
Col. Daniel White, of Bangor, commander
of the Second Regiment, NJ. " NJ, has ten
dered his resignation. We understand he con-
templates leaving the State.
r. J. Burdette, of the Burlington Hawkeye
passed through Portland on the International
steamer New York last evening on the way to
the Provinces.
Ex-senator Hamln and Hon. Bion Brad
bury, OF Maine, and Senator Morrill,, of Ver-
mont, are at the fremont House, Boston, and
Representative Reed, of Maine, is at Youngs
Hotel. Messrs. Hamlin and Bradbury are on
their way to the meeting of the sons of Maine
in Chicago.
I3next week.
We learn that Mr.. Harrison, the wonderful
"Boy Preacher is to have charge of the
camp meeting at Fryeburg. which commences
Sept. Sd or 9th next. At one camp meeting
which he attended last year over 500 were re-
ported as being converted.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-06-15
Barnllm's Dav.

Newspapers are not only the greatest levers
to power, but their condemnation is equiva-
lent to ruin. No man can succeed in this day
of intelligence who disdains the power of the
newspapers. They are valuable alike to the
merchant who wants to advertise, the reader
who desires to keep up with fast-moving
events, and the whole world which need al
ways good and effective teacher. And as
we advance newspapers grow better and more
independent, and more conscientious, too.
They blurt out with commendable frankness
the faults and misdeeds of great men, are the
true criterion and lexicon Of the times and
the chronicles from which future history will
be made. So when the newspapers tell us
Barnum's great enterprise is "too much Of q
maximum crowded into minimum"-that it
"does away with ordinary circus business"
that the "Menagerie is the most perfect ever
shown"-that the presence of Chang, the
Chinese Giant, fills room, and that "it is
the best thing of the kind ever seen in Amer
ica' why, we believe it. The New York
Herald, Sun, Times, World, Tribune and
Post say these things, and they are reliable.
Barnum's latest and biggest venture will be at
Portland Friday, June 18th.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-06-15
In Mammalian

At meeting Of the Grattan Literary Asso-
citation the following resolutions were unani.
mously adopted
Whereas, Almighty God in his infinite wis
dom has removed from this world Rev. Her
bert s. Blodgett, we the members Of the Graf.
tan Literary Association, with heartfelt sor-
row, desire to offer an humble tribute of re-
spect and esteem; therefore be it
Resolyed, That while bowling with reverent
homage to the inscrutabls will of an all-wise
Creator, We deeply deplore the loss of a true
friend and one who has always manifested
Jealous interest in our association.
Resolced, That in the demise OF the Rever-
end Herbert S. Blodgett, the Grattan Literary
Association has lost its best friend, the State
an honored and upright citizen, the diocese .
Jealous and devoted priest. and while IL may
not become us to speak in terms of extrava-
CANT laudation Of him as clergyman, or de-
scribe in detail his many excellent characters
tics, yet we cannot refrain from stating that
the fragrant memory of his blameless life and
earnest labors is an ointment, poured forth
which will long linger, like rich perfume,
within the church and around its affairs.
Resolved, That by his death we recognize
the irreparable loss sustained by his parents
and friends, and to them we tender our heart
felt sympathy, trusting they will find conso-
lation in the thought that he has been called
by Divine Providence to receive q bright
crown OF glory in the realms above.
Resotged, That copy of the foregoing reso-
buttons be sent to parents Of the deceased and
be inscribed in the records OF our association.
THOMAS J. WEIGH,
THOMAS r. DoNAHUK,
HUGH F. MCGOWAN,
JOHN j. LAPPN,
Committee on Resolutions.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-06-15
Brief lettings.

Clouds, sunshine and rain yesterday. Mer-
curry $50 at sunrise, $50 at noon, $50 at sunset;
wind southwest.
A large number visited the Old Ladies'
Home yesterday. Everything in the Home is
kept in perfect order under the efficient care
of Miss Doley.
The noon train yesterday on the Grand
Trunk railway was delayed some time by the
breaking Of the locomotive pump. Another
engine was sent for from this city which took
the train to Lewiston.
The Grand Officers of the Odd Fellows in
stituted new lodge at Eastport last evening,
M be named Border Lodge, No. 81.
Collins's Portland Band will give an open
air concert ON Munjoy Hill, near the observa-
tory on Congress street, this evening, at s
O'Clock.
Upon invitation of Division 40, Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers OF Portland, Divis-
ion 81 Of Boston, will join with them in an ex-
cursion to Lake Maranacook next Sunday,
leaving Boston at $50 a. m.
A few days iago one .of the workmen at
the Rolling Mill was quite badly hurt by hav-
ing a large strip Of iron fall ON him.
The News says: "The creditors Of the
Chronicle did not abandon the property and
leave it to #. M. Fogg's father, as reported.
The mortgage held by Mr.. Fogg was defec-
tive, so that it did not cover the press and
engine. The press and engine will probably
cover all the Indebtedness and the keepers are
merely taken out to save expenses.
Mr.. Totten, the apothecary, has secured a
quaint old lantern from the old building cor
ner OF India and Middle streets, which former
ly shed its feeble rays upon the corner of King
(now India and Middle streets 1t is round
and made of tin, the light being shed through
thin horn.
On and after the 9th inst, the most strin-
gent rules will 60 into effect on the Maine
Central railroad relative to the granting of
free passes. None will be granted after that
date save in rare and exceptional cases.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians will hold a
ezeeting this evening for the annual election of
officers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-06-15
THE BIDDEFORD STRIKE.
Further Particulars of the Back Boys"
Disaffection.

The Union and Journal, in an extra, says
the origin Of the trouble in the Laconia and
Pepperell corporations in that city Ia IN
known. As to the question Of wages the cor
porations claim that the wages as a whole are
good and compare favorably with those paid In
other manufacturing places. That boys OF
eight years of age and upwards should origi-
nate a movement of such proportions Is cor
tainly an unusual circumstance.
The facts in the case are:-One week ago last
Monday the back boys, so called, in No. 8 mill
of the Pepperell corporation, left the mill
without giving any notice or making any re-
quest. The overseer went out and found them
on the street and on the ball grounds. He
brought them back and they went to work.
Yesterday morning the boys in No. 2 mill left
They make no statement to the corporation
and make no demands, but simply remain
away from their work. Although the boys
may be personally of no great value, yet they
occupy quite an important place in the produc-
ton of cloth. They might be called the key to
the whole operation, and are in this case the
cause Of all the trouble. As simple result Of
their refusing to work about half Of the mule
spinners are thrown out Of employment. This
in turn throws out the weavers and so produc-
tion ceases. But this is not all. Tho fame
which was kindled by. these little mites has
spread among the older persons and they have
gradually joined in the strike, until out Of
2575 looms on the corporation there are now
only 1900 in operation. Furthermore the card
ers are being thrown out of work as the bob
bins are all filled and there is no one to
empty them.
The strike on the Laconia is not so general
H. h,.&k ~ a.
About half of the mule spinners are thrown
out Of work, and. as consequence about half
of the looms are stopped. There are 2066 looms
usually operated by this company, but Mon
day there were but 1888.
A large number were assembled at the gates
yesterday noon and extra police were ON duty
to preserve order. The square in front Of the
Pepperell counting-room was filed and o
crowd was at the Lincoln street gate and at the
Laconia gates. As soon. as the gates were
closed they moved down through Laconia
street, up around to Alfred street, and 50 dis
tributed themselves through the city. The
number of strikers was somewhat increased, q
few joining them from each corporation.
A committee from the strikers has waited
upon the agent and stated their case. They
were received very courteously and given To
understand they would be paid as much there
as anywhere, but he would not agree to give
the fifteen per cent advance demanded. Thus
the matter stands.
Parties were in the city Monday from Fall
River, Mass, for the purpose OF organizing .
spinners' and weavers'. union, and were ex-
pected back again last night for the organizes
tion of the strikers. .-.