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The Portland daily press., 1881-08-02
To the Honorable Board of Rail-
road Commissioners for the state
of Maine.


of Maine.
NJOST respectfully represent the undersigned
Vl that the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Rail
road Company is a corporation established and ex-
listing nnder the laws of the State of Maine and the
owner of certain line of railroad extending from
Portland In said State to Portsmouth in the State
Of New Hampshire; that it has granted the use and
control of its said road to the Eastern Railroad
Company corporation established by law, but up
on what terms your petitioners are not informed
That ssid Eastern Railroad Company now has the
control Of said road and is operating the same and
engaged in the transportation of passengers and
freight on the entire line of said road.
That public convenience and necessity require the
and ha ns % Of for ht and
Portsmouth Railroad in Saco, in the County of
York, in said State of Maipe at or near the point
where the Old Orchard junction Railroad intersects
with said Portland, Saco g. Portsmouth Railroad in
said Saco.
Your petitioners, therefore, respectfully ask that
day m ay be appointed by your Honorable Board
for hearing upon the foregoing petition, that you
will determine whether the prayer of the petition
s ers shall u. be granted, and if such prayer is
places depot or station shall be erected, main
tanned if erected and whether for passengers for
passengers and freight.
That you will designate the site and what kind of
buildings shall be erected and maintained, and the
time in which the said Portland, Saco & Ports
mouth Railroad Company and Eastern Railroad
Company, or either of them, shall comply with said
order.
Portland, Maine, July Is, 1881.
Nathan Cleayes. j. NJ. Robbins, Morgan Butler g.
Co., Palmer, Dow s. Anderson, Dresser, McLel-
Ian Co., Allen g. Co., Loring, Short & Harmon
II. NJ. Payson, A. N. Noyes & Son, E. NJ. Stead
man g. Co., Storer Bros. g. Co., Woodman, True
& Co., o. NJ. & d. w. Nash. 6. B. Nash, Shaw
Hammond q Carney, Hodgdon Bros, Charles B.
Varney & Co., John W. Perkins & Co., VIM. L.
Alden, Howes, Hilton g. Co., j. Mcclellan, VIM.
Senter.
On the foregoin9eetition it is hereby ordered that
the petitioners give notice by publishing in the
Portland Daily PRESS said petition and this order of
notice thereon, two weeks successfully, the last
publication to be prior to the fourth day of August
1881, and by serving copy of said petition and
order of notice on said Portland Saco Portsmouth
Railroad Company and said Eastern Railroad Com
pany, fourteen days before said date, which day.
at two o'clock in the afternoon, the undersigned
Board of Railroad Commissioners will be in session
at the Old Orchard House, Old Orchard Beach, in
the City of Saco, County of York, for the purpose
indicated in said petition.
Dated at Portland July 1S, A. D., 1881
SSSs %a;:sss $sss
1uy19-tilaug3
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-02
THE RED MASK.
A Mocking Demon Stalking Abroad. All
Danger from it ayerted by n Skillful
Physician.

There are for many reasons, few diseases more to
be dreaded than Erysipelas ana it has, not inaptly
been termed "St Anthony's Fire." There is no dis
ease which SO completely deforms and disigures
the vsage of the patient, and it may fairly be COM
pared to a red mask thrown by mocking demon
over the human face. 1t is almost as dangerous as
it is repulsive. Arising from a variety of cause
running its course with paint often ends sudden
ly in death. The old treatment consisted of blood
letting and the use of strong drastic purgatives
The substance of The enlightened modern treatment
is all contained in DR.. Kennedys "Favorite REM
edy." Use this, and you have taken the essential
total of all the best physicians in the land could pre-
scribe for Eryspelas. case in point. Mr. S. B.
Carpenter, of Granville, n Z, writes that he had
for some time been afflicted with this disease in both
legs, and has regained his health by the sole use
''Favorite Remedy Other eases might be cited,
did space permit. "Fayorite Remedy" is also sure
in its action in all other diseases of the blood Ask
your druggist for it, or address the Proprietor, DIR
David Kennedy, Rondout, New York.
jy9eod1m
The Portland daily press., 1881-08-02
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pills. 25 cents. For sale by all druggists. Beware
of counterfets and limitations. The genuine manu-
factured only by JOHN G. WEST & Co., s'The Pill
Makers" 181 g. 1S3 W. Madison ST.. Chicago
Free trial package sent by mail prepaid on receipt
OF a cent staI',n ENTHUSIASTICALLY
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY, MAY 4. 1881

Corwine on the political issues of the day.
II Mr. Corwine will come forward ] will in
troduce him to the audience / went for
ward. The Chairman said further: This
is the Hon. Mr.. Thomas Corwine, who will
address you'll thought would break
that dronishness or kill myself; / told my
funniest stories cracked my best jokes in
profusion; lavisbed remarks that would
lay Southern Ohio audience up with the
pleurisy But all were as solemn as though
| was pronouncing the funeral Grafton
over Cock Robin. Occasionally / would
see fellow put his hands to his face and
bend down as though in devotion, but when
his face came up il was again solemn. At
length gave up in despair. After we were
all out of the Church one of them came mp
to me, and doubling himself up with laugh
ter, he said: Mr.. Corwine, you said some of
the (te-he-he) funniest (te-he-he) things
ever heered (te he-he he.) du declare you
come pretty near making me laugh right in
meetin'. What terrible calamity that
would have beenl But to the Western Re-
serve Yankee laugh in the house of wor-
ship or 'meetin' house. as he call 1t, would
be an objectionable SIM"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04

Lawsons are NOT. the worthless fellows they
have been made out to be. The instructive
wisdom of nature often sits idly on cracker
barrel. Genius and good humor incarnate
and acquaintance well worth cultivat-
ing are these fellows sommeties. Not
all the wisdom of the world-nor much of
books. The village loafer who knows all
about the ways of the ehipmunks and the
foxes; who can designate every bird at a
glance; who knows the best bait and the
best holes for trout in the brook; who can
locate the bone-spavin of every horse in
town, and is familiar with every bit of vii
lage gossip, can give the minister many
valuable hint and illustration as he whites
away the slivers from the boxes and
benches of the village store. And if
the preacher can not find a chance
to read Sam and his companions
short but effective sermon once in a way,
he is not worthy of his vocation. 1t may be
that the preachers of our time mind
their books too much and talk with sinners
in familiar, sympathetic way too little. 1t
would seem that if a minister could not sit
down and talk in kindly way with even
the worst of men without receiving mortal
moral injury, his people should put him in
glass case lest the dust of this world gets
into his delicate ethical machinery and ruin
it. The minister misses an opportunity who
does not make it point to be about and
among his people in cempanionable way,
even to the extent of going a-fishing with
Sam Lawson or sitting among the loafers on
the boxes of the village store-at least when
the mail comes in.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
visitations of Providence.

This is the season of the year when minis
tiers most frequently stand at the heads OF
collins, and before benches full of solemn
mourners, to talk of mysterious DISPENSE
tons of Providence. Ii is the season In
which men who were in their prime week
ago are buried to-day, when Young men
who were certain, in their own minds, of
length of days. hurry suddenly to the land
in which we are assured they will remain
young forever, while rosy children 90 the
same way with rapidity that is startling.
In all such cases the preacher warns the
hearers to prepare for death; would 1t not
be Just as reverential and far more sensible
to improve the opportunity to warn men
that they should be more careful in prepar-
ing for life? Ii is not a visitation of Proyi-
dence that ;mpels a man to 40 out into
damp breeze, even Il he be warm, without
being we'll clad. Providence does not require
brisk young men, whom spring sunshine
throws into profuse perspiration. to sit
down by an open window 10 get COOL nor
does Providence prompt mothers 10 send chill
dren out in light attire tc play on day i'm
which the weather is not the same for more
than two hours at a time. Providence never
creates people for the purpose Of coming to
an untimely end through their own impru-
dence, and ministers are just the men who
should say as much to their hearers.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
Human Nature In the Country Store.
lChicago Alliance

A great place in which to study human
nature is the village store, and IL the mir
ister does not nibble at the crackers, nor
steal the raisins nor sample the evaporated
apples, nor allow the current talk to drift
into the boundaries of the impure he can
get and do sight of good sitting on the
cracker barrel once in while. Thesort of man
he is who does the occasional sitting, deter
mines the good or evil Of it. And there is
deal of fun to be gained around the coun-
ter of the village store. Here the crops are
discussed, and the Sundays sermon, and the
doctrine of predestination, all with equal
daring; here the witty sallies fly, and here,
IL may be said, is settled the fate of the
Nation. We read In this paragraph: THE
boxes and benches were good deal cut up
with knives" The happiest days Of all of us
are notched into memory with jack knife
The old school house on the country hill
side-how 1t was hacked up? You had left
your mark on many tree in the forest
where you used To camp out when boy.
Perhaps the bark has not yet grown over
Oliyia's name, carved on some tree with
exceeding care. And what companionable
Sam Iawsons those idle cuts on the bench
OF the village store may signify. Your Sam
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
Tom corwin ON the Reserve.

Corwin spoke less on the Reserve, per-
haps, than in any other portion OF the State.
He was fond of relating anecdotes in regard
to the peculiarities of the people in This
portion OF the State. One of these ran
something as follows: ~ was unfortunate
enough on a certain occasion to speak in the
little town OF d., ON the Western Reserve
You have all heard of the Western Reserve
and her Yankees. presume, and so need
not particularly describe them. Well, the
meeting was to be held in the Presbyterian
church. / was escorted TO the house by
one OF the very respectable citizens, and
took my seat in front of the big, high pull
pit which was boxed up on the side OF the
Wall half way up to the ceiling. Finally,
after a prolonged deathlike stiffness, man
arose back in the center OF the room and
SAID; i nominate Mr.. Jonathan Edwards
Tor Chairman of this meeting Another
man got up in another part OF the room and
said, i second the notion After awhile
anotner man got up and said: You hev
all heered the motion and the second. You
that favor it say aye, contrary no.
Mr.. Jonathan Edwards Is elected Presi-
dent OF this meeting Mr.. Edwards
came solemnly forward, and, after being
seated few minutes, arose and said:
Ladies and Gentlemen-You hev come
togother tonight 10 listen to Hon. Thomas
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
Care of Young Turkeys.

One of the most serious objections to rails
ing turkeys for market is the great loss &C
curing among them when very young.
Indeed, this is the greatest dif1cHity the
farmer has to overcome in their manage
ment for once beyond the downy period,
and feathering all over, the task becomes an
easy one. No mother is equal to the turkey
hen in caring for them, and it Is no advant-
AGE TO place turkey eggs under common
hen when it is desired to hatch them
First of all the greatest care should be
exercised that no dampness should reach
them, as it is surely fatal. Ihey should De
kept closely confined under coup that
- water-tight until the sun has evaporated
all the moisture from the grass, and at
Ieaening they should be put up again
hyfore the sun goes down. Next comes
regularity in feeding The usual custom
is 10 feed them three times day, and,
while that will answer for GER
tain extent for young chickens, 1t will not
sufi6e Cor young turkeys. The difference is
in the time of feathering. Young turkeys
feather very rapidly, and during the process
the system is taxed TO its utmost TO supply
the demand occasioned by the rapid feather
inc For that reason they should be fed
yeTy often. An omission to feed for long
time will OCCASION death, and the food
should vary and not be of one KIM. Hard
boiled eggs chopped fine, mixed with onions
ffODS ana DlADSb 10 cACChChb-
coarsely ground. screenings OF wheat and
cracked cOrii furnish changeable diet, and
n soft food is given it should be made by
boiling potatoes and thickening them with
fne braI. In giving soft food a ways salt to
TASTE as turkeys need salt as well as animals,
but av old an excess
As soon as the dangerous period OF feath-
.ering has passed they may be allowed to
famble at will. In tobacco fields they per
form all the work of ''worming 1t, picking
Off every green worm that can be found In
field of tobacco or tomatoes. They are great
foragers. and grasshoppers and nealy. all
kinds of insects are cleared off farm where
'rney have liberty to forage. One gobbler IS
sufficient for a dozen hens and they will
protect their young vigorously if attacked.
When about half grown the young males
knOage in battle which does not end until
ne of them is master. and often whole
Mock may be seen warning with each other.
TURKEYS are very profitable, aud ON
farms that have plenty of range, Will return
a greater equivalent for the amount OF cap
ital- invested in them than anything else
III they are Matched under common her
thew will often go into the co0ps at nigh
and roo~t inside with other poultry; bu
when Matched under a turkey hen they in
variably prefer to roost on the branches o
trees or some high location They can b'
TO come at the call If they are fec
ks;th regularity. Always give them fec
Then they come up at night. This teache
them to expect it; and at certain perio'
every evening they will come for their fooC
and then go to roost.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04

healthy as Catawba, Isabella or Diana, re-
sembling the latter: is thick, leathery and
has never shown mildew or leaf blight in
the original vineyard. The fruit has no
tendency to rot. 1t is not expected
that it will succeed everywhere, nor
is ii claimed to be a grape that
will succeed over as wide range of territory
as the Concord. but it is recommended for
planting in ordinarily good grape regions
and by those who want something that is
really good 1t has also proved very proht-
able market grape for good grape-growing
localities. In speaking of this grape, Hon.
Marshall p. Wilder says: 1T is excellent,
and think will prove one of the best ac-
ouisitions in our white American grapes
that we have ever had. 1t is rich, and Its
Frontignan flavor, which few varieties pos
sess, renders it still more desirable as deli
cate fruit"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
Cultivation of Potatoes.

In this section no doubt the early varie-
'es are PLANTED by this time but the later
l.xinds should not be delayed longer than
fpossible, as some of thom, such as the
Peachblow and Peerless. require full time in
which to grow. IL manure is used it will be
found an advantage 10 heavily broadcast
2 the location after blowing, AMI then work IL
in well with harrow. Such manure must
be thoroughly rotted. IL is not only useless
and wasteful to use fresh manure on pota-
toes but detrimental. as it often causes rot
\ and detracts from the keeping qualities. No
potato has been introduced as yet that can
with the PeachblOw in keeping
Qualities. but il has the objection of grow
ing all vine until Just previous to forming
tubers and this il seems TO do very sudden
ly. 1t is not easy To judge of the prospect
i've crop bv TIE growth Of the vine on this
variety. In all other respects it is incom-
parable.
On light sandy soils the magnum Bonum
is best adapted, as it will often produce on
soils that grow no other kind.
Chemical fertilizers are better for potatoes
!, than stable manure, owing TO the injury 10
| the tuiers b. the latter and the principal
ingredient of such fertilizers is potash. For
4 an acre Of potatoes enough shosld he used
to produce more than usual One thousand
pounds Of the ashes of potatoes contai n
about 500 pounds Of potash and a little
over 100 pounds of phosphoric acid
OF course. il takes a great deal amount
of potatoes to get 1000 pounds oi
ashes. but il teaches rs TO feed oul
crops with that which will give the hest re
salts instead Of applying manure at hazard
The tops are to be supplied also. and lime
here comes into use. Without intending Il
give complete formula of chemicals, the
following would be fair proportion o
each: Muriate Of potash, $50 pounds; plas
ter. 2O0pounds; superphcspha,e. $50 pounds
nitrate Of soda. rs pounds. This would cos
about $40 and would not only repay il
original cost but would increase the mum
Der and size Of the tubers. Apply broadcas
land lightly harrow in. II is best. however
for farmers to experiment with a small
patch before trying the chemicals exten
siyely. rs soils differ. and too much is
waste. Instead of chemicals. II preferred
use wood ashes and plaster mixed, to whic
should be added bag 81 superphosphate /
the acre. Use all the ashes possible, as ther
will be no danger Of applying too much. o
sandy dry soils a mulch around the vines
beneficial for IL will not only remain moi
ture. but assist in keeping down the gra
and weeds. little guano is sometime
used on potatoes, but this vegetable does M
need IL to a very great extent. The potas
in the wood ashes is in a caustic state, an
they should not be mixed with any kind {
material that is rich in ammonia, as the
liberste it
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
Lord Beaoon.fsld,s Lying Ability.
London TRUTH

Disraeli, at the Royal Academy dinner OF
1877, amused his audience by prsising the
English artists tor imagination-a quality
which no one else has ever given them
credit for possessing Julian Hawthorne
SAYS that an hour or so later Browning met
the great statesman strolling about the
gallery and inspecting the pictures through
his eyeglasses. What | especially notice
in these things" he remarked, turning to
the poet, lis the total absence of the i'm
aginative faculty which they exhibit"
Now what can have been his object in
that?"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
Grating Wax.

A reader writes us for a recipe for making
grating wax that will not melt in summer
nor crack in winter. Replying, W. would
say that three parts resin, three parts bees
wax, and two parts tallow will make an ex-
cellent grafting-wax. A cheaper wax that
has given us good satisfaction is made by
melting together four parts good, clear resin,
two parts beeswax and one part tallow.
When the ingredients are all melted
water, when the wax will harden sufficiently
to be worked and pulled, as in working mo-
lasses candy. If used in cool weather it will
be necessary to keep it in warm water, and
in hot weather cold water will be needed.
For nursery grating, this wax is sometimes
melted and spread on narrow strips Of cloth
which are wound around the graft.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
Ton Much Fruit.

There Is nothing so generous as grape
vine, but once over load it with fruit and |
have known one to take several years rest
from over-bearing while the same sort,
grown in the same situation, would have a
good crop every year. My practice was
when in constant harness as gardner. to
go over grape vines as they broke or began
TO throw out their flower clusters and, with
a pair of small shears. cut off all small or
misshaped punches before the flowers
opened and a great many after they had
set, and thinned out the punches after. for
INV orders were "have good fruit: never
mind the quality" All our fruit was well
thinned out as soon as it had well set, and
we did not dream of off years, unless Jack
Frost, Esq, gave US recess--Perambu-
lating Gardner in Prairie Farmer.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
star Route Brady.
Isenator Joe Hawiey's Hartford coui

lsenator Joe Hawiey's Hartford courantl
The removal Of Second Assistant Post
master General Brady was accelerated by
the recent discovery of evidence of a
startling character against that official in
connection with the Star Route service con-
tracts. Those who ought to know intimate
that frst-class scandal Is impending over
this business, and that many prominent
public men, officials and contractors, will be
affected by the development II Is even
asserted that a criminal prosecution may
follow the promised exposure.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04
rha Independent Farmer.

The independent Farmer.
Let sailors sing of the windy deep,
Let soldiers praise their armor;
But in nv heart this toast I'll keep
The Indedendent Farmer.
When first the rose ia robe OF green
UnfOlds It's crimson liutng,
And 'rDuDd his homely porch Is seen
The hOneysuckle twining,
When banks of bloom their sweetness yiei
To bees that gather hOuey.
He drives the team across the neld
Where skies are soft and sunny.
The black bird clucks behiRd his pillow.
The quail pipes loud aud clearly;
Yon orchard hides behind its ooughs
The home he loved so dearly.
The gray old tarn whose doors enfold
His ample store. In measure
More rich than heaps OF boarded goio,
precious blessed treasure.
But yonder in the porch there stands
His wife, the lovely charmer,
The sweetest rose on all his lands
The independent Farmer.
To him the spring comes dancing day.
To him the summer blusnes.
The autumn smiles with mellow ray.
His sleep the winter bushes;
He cares not how the world may move
No doubts or fears c0niound him:
He smiles in calm content and love
on children gathered round him:
He trusts in God, and loves his wife,
Nor grief. nor III may harm her,
He's natures nobleman in life
The independent Farmer.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04

The grounds about the residence of Mr..
Emmett on the Boulevard are about 10 be
completely arranged. There is to be an ele-
CANT windmill, eighty feet high, and cover
ing space of fifty feet The style is ''old
Dutch" of stone and woodwork, shingled
with tile roof, iron stairways, verandas and
balconies. Away up in the top will be a
"look-of" Enclosed with colored glass, which
at night can be so illuminated as to repre-
sent the seasons by coIors. Under the mill
la reservoir will be built to receive the water
From perpetually running spring. the
water of which is cold and clear as crystal
The arms of the mill will pump the water
up from this reservoir to the top, where a
huge tank will be placed; from this eleva-
ton the water will be distributed through
pipes to the residence, the stables, the gar
dens, and a fountain.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-04

New York rribune.1

DR.. Chapin's library, his son says, cost
$fO0 900; il gave him the pleasure Of collect
ing IL and using IL all his life, and brought
SO per cent. return after bis death. IL never
heard OF library breaking any man." said
A book dealer in Philadelphia. ''Some other
form Of dissipation may sacrifice library,
but books Of themselves never ruin people"