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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-03-19
PATENTS.
r. FL. EDDY.

No. 20 state ST., opposite kilby, Beston
Secures Patents in the United States also in Grea
Britain France and other foreign countries. Comic
Of the claims Of any Patent furnished BY remiffinR
one dollar. Assignments recorded ut Washington
No ageacy the Caifed States possesses superior IA
eiiisies for obtaining Pateafs sscerfainino he
pafcatabilas Of isrcnfiens.
Il. II. EDDY, Solicitor of Patents
TESTIMONIALS.
81 regard Mr.. Eddy as one of the most capable asd
successral practitioners with whom have had ON.
cialintercourse.
CHAS MASON. Commissioner of Pa:ents.
Inventors cannot employ person more trustwer
thy or more capable of securing for them an early
and favorable consideration at the Patent Once
EDMUND BURKE, late Commissioner of Patents,
BosToS, October 49, 1870
r. u. EDDY, Eso,-Dear Sir: you procured for
me, in $50, my first patent. Since then you have -
ted for and advised me in hundreds Of cases, and
procured many patents, reissues and extensions.
lave OCCASIONALLY employed the best agencies in New
York. Philadelphia and Washington but sin rive
ycu almost the whole of my business, In yoaf iine
Your tsly. GEORGE DRAPER.
saAsAzs y 49, lvG4
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-03-19

.sTis true, Ills pity. and pity It's, Ills
,sae." tina, too many sensible people regard
Coughs and Colds so indifferenty. DIR.
Bulrs Cough Syrup cures Coughs and Colds
and 10 only Is cents bottle.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-07-21
NUMBER 20.

an adventure. 1t is said by wise people
that the nation is happy which has no
history and | think that the same may
be said of woman. But from this ad-
venture, such as it was, there flowed
several important results. found in the
CurtiseS the klndest and most loving
friends | ever made in my life. AS |
made some mention OF my family at the
outset, may say that the young Squire
married my eldest sister, and through
her influence our curate got a living,
which enabled him to marry my second
sister. As for myself, often say that
am still governess, but with this i'm
portant ditterence-that | am goyerness
to children OF my own, and as my boys
grow up they are sometimes cheeky"
and call my dearest William the "Gov-
ernor." often bless the day when that
one geam Of romance, through tears and
troubles, brought me to the settled sun
shine Of my life. From All the lear
Round
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-07-21
Concerning Swimming.

Many good swimmers are of opinion
that nobody need be drowned who does
not lose bis head when he falls into deep
water. If he cannot swim he can float,
it is maintained, or tread water Against
this theory may be set the experience Of
most men, that they can neither float nor
tread water till they have learned how to
swim. Both operations, both floating and
treadlng, are natural and easy. But both
require precisely that calmness and bal
ance Of mind and body which in the wat
er are only possible to people who can
trust their own powers. \ swimmer
leaves his body to the laws of nature, and
presently his face and his toes are above
the surface. But 4 man who cannot swim,
as soon as he is out Of his depth, thrusts
up his arms to clutch at he knows not
what. Down goes his head, and by the
time he has reached the surface again he
has lost all nerve and forgotten all that
he ever heard about the easiness of float
ing. We doubt whether Nelson, who
''neyer saw Fear" would have retained
his calmncSs if, being unable to swim, he
had been thrown into deep water. That
most men and women become idiOtic with
terror in these circumstances is demon
stratcd by their efforts to clutch and drown
anyone who comes to their assistance.
The novelty of thisneW implacable power,
the water which is strangling them, drives
ali sense out Of the heads OF non-sWim-
moTS.
Trclawny and Shelley had been dis
cussing these things, and Trclawny had
expressed the belief, common to good
swimmers, that all men can swim by gift
of nature. Shelley never shrank from an
experiment in morals, chemistry or any
thing else, whence the frequent cNplo-
sions that varied his career. lie at once
undresscd and jumped into deep place,
sinking instantly to the bottom. There
his slim body lay, still and glistening, and
there the poet would have anticipated his
fate if Trelawny had not dived in and
dragged him to shore. If ever this eX-
pertinent is to have fair trial, it should be
by emerging a very young child in water.
Some people hold that he would swim as
naturally as puppy. But the maternal
instinct, always unscientific, has hitherto
stood in the way Of this interesting eX-
pertinent. In the present state OF opin-
ion on the subject it will be we'll for peo-
pie to learn swimming of :. competent
teacher, either in swimming bath, or in
sea or river, before trying to rival Captain
Webb by the mere light Of nature. Every
one who neglects to learn to swim should
remember that he is endangering the lives
of others, as we'll rs Lis own For it is
seldom that a man is in danger of drown
ing that one of our countrymen is not
found to peril his own life in the endcavor
to rescue his neighbor. London News.
There arc | 100 Young Mems Christian
Associations in the United States, and
2,40O in the world. A Worlds Convention
of delegates from the various Young
Mems Christian Associations to be held in
London from July 30 to August 4, and is
expected to be gathering Of great in
tereSt.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-07-21
VOLUME SO.
How London Gilt-Edge Butter is Made.

In Dorset dairies the milk stands for
twenty -four or thirty-s hours, accord
ing to the season of the year, and in some
cases is skinned 4 second time after hay
ing stood second period; the cream is
considered ready for churnng immed-
ately after it is skinned, and during the
hot weather is commonly churned every
day While in cold weather the churning
is done only on alternate days. TO this
practice of churning the cream while it is
quite sweet and fresh, is owing in a great
measure, the reputation which Dorset
butter has long possessed the practice
indeed presupposes the StricteSt cleanli
ness with respect to milk-pans and other
vessels used in the dairy. for without this
primary condition the daily churning
would be practically valueless. The old
fashioned barrel churn with improved
beatcrS, is commonly used in Dorset dai
lies, and after the butter is taken out of
the chlm the greatest care is taken to
wash out all traces OF buttermlk, so as to
avoid the light-colored streaks that com
monty appear in ill-made butter. The
coolest water that can he obtained is used
for this purpose, and the butter is repeat
edly turned and pressed on slab of wood.
\ dairyman whose hand is naturally cold
always succeeds best in butter-makiny,
all other things being equal.
1t is seldom that the butter is salted in
a systematic manner; the dairyman gen
orally 2uesSes the quantity OF salt to be
used, but an experienced and careful per-
SON can guess it with surprising accuracy;
it is however, generally understood that
the butter intended for market is more
sparingly salted than that intended for
home consumption.
1t is clear however, that the Dorset
dairy maids have got into a better system
of butter making than most Of their sis
terhood in other parts of the country
have done, for Dorset butter has popu
larity gIeaterthan the butter Of any other
country. and much butter made far enough
away is in London under the adVentitious
name of Dorset butter. The name is
pirated, and the name sells the butter.
This sort Of thing is at once an honor
and an Injustice to DorSctshire. Prot.
>hedcn.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-07-21

Knitting W ork.

sing in praise of knitting work-a good old fash
ioned theme,
Unspoiled yet by hackneyed phrase or new
fedged poets dream
Neglected quite, and overlooked In this progress
OF bead-work and embroidery, net purses and
crotchet
grieve to know that young girls now. despise the
gentle art
Which played in ancient housewitery so prominent
part
grieye that tlimsy fancy work, of Just no use at
Usurps the place once occupied by knitting work
and ball
Only some good old fashioned dame, with wrinkled
cheek and brow,
And kerchief pinned across her breast like one
I'm watching now,
With dress of old time bombazine, and high crown
ed muslin cap,
DareS flourish an incipent sock above her ancient
lap
| mind me of my childish days-the vanished
heretofore,
When longed to spend the hvclong day III PLAYING
out of door,
But worshipping the practical, my mother made
me sit
Demurely IN my little chair beside her knee, and
Knit till the stated task was done-and then my
work was hid
With eager Joy and hurried hand beneath my
work box lid.
And then how gladly forth sped to Join the child
ish throng,
With keener relish for my sport, because deferred
so long.
mind me of the evenings since. in girlhoods
happy age
Which, knitting work in hand I've passed above a
tavorite page
almost hear the tinkling sound OF needles keep
ing time
To thrilling words of old romance or poets ring
ing rhyme
Once, knitting, thou vert tedious-but since ripper
years were nine,
I've met with seamings everyway more trouble
than thine
Found more vexatiots widenings-of care and
WEAKNESS
And other, sadder narrowiDgs-w where hope grew
less and less
\ plea for thee, oh, knitting work a warm and
earnest plea,
For years OF gentle intercourse have knit my heart
to thee,
And often when dim shapes Of i'll before me dark
ly rise.
lind sweet nepenthe in thy simple mysteries.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-07-21
Mama MurderS.

BATH, Me-. II. Benjamin Crossman,
draw tender on lIodgdon's Island, sheep
scot River, left home Monday with his
wife. to 90 to Niscasset in a dOry At
an early hour Tuesday morning. he was
found in an intoxicated condition on Bar
ter'S Island, and being questioned as to
his wife, replied: ~ have committed Il
horrible crime and want to be hung"
The dory was picked up in the river, and
found to be besmeared with blood from
end to end, the inference being that the
woman had been literally chopped in
pieces, and thrown overheard.
Crossman is a peaceable man when not
in liquor, and is about 10 wears of age.
He was taken INTO custody and sent to
Jail.
BATH, i3. CrosSman's wife, supposed
to have been murdered, was found in the
woods near the shore, in Edgecomb,
Tuesday, horribly mutilated, and was
taken to the house of Capt. Alden Pink
ham, where she now lies. During short
season of consciousness, she related that
on her way home from Wiscasset, Cross
man fell out of the boat, and after great
eXertion, she got him in, when he com
menced beating her with his fists, and at
terwards cut her with a broken knife.
Her recovery is hardly possible
Willie Cain, of Rockport, aged ten, re
ported missing since Tuesday, is found
to have been murdered. lie was taken
out in a punt on Lilly Pond by Ralph B.
Richards, aged Il, and Edward +. Goss.
aged | /, who threatened to drown him if
he did not give them twenty cents, which
they knew he possessed. The boys say
he had given up ten cents and wanted to
be set on shore, when one of them, it is
impossible to tell which, pushed him
overheard They say he came up twice
and then sank. The body has not been
recovered. The boys are hard cases and
have previously been arrested for theft.
The deputy sheriff has them in charge.
\ Washington paper proposes that for
all attempts upon the lives of Presidents
or the high officials Of the State the pun
ishment Of logging should be added to the
other penalties laid down in the statute,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-07-21

lAREULIC ACID AND WEEDS. As a
Seed destroyer. car3olc acid seems like
To prove a boon to gardeners. Such
weeds as dandclons are killed 10y one APP
H."lton, the mode Of applying it to de
y single plants being to make hole
H The crown with an iron point, and then
pour in little Of the liquid from a
'.jle. For paved yards, and also for
rden paths, the carbolic acid is mixed
win from ten to fifty times its quantity
" water in a bucket, according to its
'f9 nal strength, and applied with a
MllSh or broom, or from rose watering
'1i sunny day being the best. Florist
'iid lOmologist
Nr. r. A. Kicker of Clinton, Me-, says
" " his letter of May %, ! have used the
Meadow King Mower three years, cutting
from seventy five to hundred and TWEEN
G.-lye acres per year, and it is decidedly
1,' best ever used. have moved acres
@iJh 1t that | could not NOW with any
c'Her mower, having used three other diff
'p'eht mowers. Never have used any that
,'e3 tie work SO easy, and when have
buy another | shall buy the Meadow
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-07-21
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. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-07-21

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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-07-21
Written for the Republican Journal

thoughts on Progress IN Farming
The possession OF a sharp tool does not
always imply skill to use it. If farmers
desire to keep abreast with other trades
and professions in intelligence and power,
they must by some means more fully sup
ply themselves with the indispensable aid
Of intelligent thinking and perspcuous
expression of thought.
Right here in Maine, any young man
Who will select that branch or branches
of farm industry best suited to himself and
his surroundings, apply himself as he will
have TO II he goes elsewhere, be temper
ate, industrious. frugal, watchtul and
ShrcWd, can not only make good living.
lint health permitting, can lay by com
pctencc iii the years of his vigorous man
hood.
A9Wcultuc is the basis of the happi-
ness aS we'll as the prosperity of the
world. We are too far along in the nine
tecnth century to ridicule science in ag-
ucu.tnre or skill in practical agricultural
knowledge Progress dcpendsupon right
practice. knowledge of the art and sci
rnce Of farming only can give skill. 1t
makes no difference where this knowl-
edge Is obtained. whether in the scientific
school, the labrdtOly of the chemist, from
books. the agricultural press, or by eXpe-
lmrnt or observation. VERY likely it
Nill come from many sources. The water
q the river comics not all from one lount-
llu. The contents Of the great hay NOW
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22
Hoifenstein on Poor People.

New Orleans Times
THerman," said Hoffenstein, as he
glanced over a book IN which he kept
small accounts, 'has dot shoemaker vot
keeps de corner around bald vat he owes
de sdore vet?"
ono, Mister Hof1enstein," replied the
clerk, "but | dhink he viii. He vas
goot man ii he vas poor.
''Dot may be 80, Herman, but You
had peddcr watch him. Don't let him
hat nodmg more on CREDIT. You must
always dlnk a man vas RASCAL until he
bays vat he owes: if you don't you viii
lose money, by blinking he vas goot. My
gr-r-a-cious, Herman, | hat seen blenty
ut poor men who we're goot. Dey would
get dings at my sdore on CREDIT, and
spend dere cash NIT some Won else.
Watch de shoemaker, Herman, hat been
poor myself vonce."
ode shoemaker, Misder Hoffenstein,
said the clerk, would half bald before
dis if he don't hat been SO poor"
"But he don't got no pisness being
dot way" replied Hoffenstein. "a man
vat vas poor, Herman, don't can blame
no Won but himself. Wy don't he get
velty like odder beoble?-If man vas
sadisvied NIT being poor he don't can be
vert angling you know. Ven Yas bed
ding | vent to a velty merchant to get
some goods on CREDIT. He don't let me
haf dem, und | dold him dat vas hon
esd if | vas poor man. Vat you dink,
Herman, he says: my trent, he'll vas SO
full Of beoble in your fix dat dere legs
vas sticking de windows out Dot ex-
berience. Herman, learned me dot n
poor man don't haf got invulence enough
in dis world to make de dogs bark at
him, und | vent to work Dree years
afdsr dot half dry goods sdore, und
vas de president uf a political associa-
ton. Ny gr-r-e-cious, Herman, nefer
want to be poor man. De only ding
vOt a poor man can get vas religion, und
he wouldn't get dot if it cost anyding.
Recgolleck do perseverance in pisness
will make you velty, ind dot ii You vail
in de rigid way dere vas money in it.
Ven | vas keeping a redail sdore in the
country, pisiDess got dull, und | vent to
Simon Krausman, my vife's uncle, und
] SAYS: 'Simon, | dnk / viii vail, dere
vas no money in de pisness any longer
Reuben, he says, de boys vas baying
as ui8u dS twenty CENTS uts year. iuu l.
dink you peter wait / dock his advice.
Herman, und nexd year ven dey vas
only baying ten cents, | vailed und
made ofer four dousand dollars. Shust
dink uf If. Now dere vas Solomon
Opponheimer, who put leetle sdore
up away out in Arkansas, und de country
for fifteen miles around vas so poor dot
all de feas vent away. Vel, he put his
sdore dere ind Tor seek years he vailed
in pisincss, ind now Solomon owns
couple of brick sdores in Houston,
Texas. He made. all uf dot by his her
severance. Dink uf it, Herman, und
vile you dink of ii, don't let de shoe
maker We vas dalbing aboud get away
mitont having vat lie owes. ="
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22
Paper Blankets.

Everybody knows that layer of news
paper over bed affords as much warmth
ut night as the ordinary counterpane.
Various attempts have been made OF
late years to turn this to account. but
owing to the cracking nature of the
paper and the impossibllity OF securing
free ventilation beneath paj1er coverings
the idea has been abandoned again and
again. 4 Manchester England firm,
are however, credited with having over
come these objections, and have invent
ed a paper blanket which furnishes a
perfect ventilation rs takes place beneath
an ordinary WOODEN blanket. The new
covering Is made o. .wo sheets Of paper,
between which layer of waddinG,
chemically prepared, is inserted in such
a way that it cannot gather together IN
humps, whlle the edges are strongly
whipped, so there is no possibility OF
separation Of the two pieces taking place.
The paper ia manufactured from the
strongest fiber known, and is sottened
hy . special process until it is free from
The oh .eotiunable cracking and rustllng
sound Of paper. 1t is true there IS a
slight crisp cling when new, but this
soon wears of and the coverlet becomes
soft and limp. At the same time the
strength Is much greater, having regard
to the materisl from which it is manu-
featured. As far as looks go the new
Blanket has all the Appearance OF a WOOL
ca one, white the warmth it affords ex-
cee ds that possessed by its predecessor
whom the size and weight Of the two are
brought into comparison. 1t is, more
over, much cheaper.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22
John Adams Shattered House.

John Adams, said his friend aud
colleague Thomas Jefferson, speaking of
the Congress which issued the Declare.
ton of Independence, John Adams
was our Colossus on. the floor. He was
not graceful nor elegant nor remarkably
fluent, but he came out occasionally
with power of thought and expression
that moved us from our seats.
An illustration of Mr.. Adams force of
language and striking figure of speech
was given to Daniel Webster, just before
the venerable ex-Presidents death. Mr..
Webster called on Mr.. Adams at his
home in Quincy, and found him reclin-
ing on the sofa, breathing with great
difficulty.
Il am glad to see you, sir" said Mr..
Webster, land | hope you are getting
along pretty well"
"Ah, sir, answered Mr. Adams. draw
ing long breath, "quite the contrary.
| find | am poor tenant, occupying a
house much shattered by time; it sways
and trembles with every wind. and has.
in fact, gone almost to decay; and what
Is worse, sir, the landlord, as near as |
can find out, don't intend to make any
repairs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-12-22
An Esthefe Got Kicked.

They stood on the porch At midnight
"Ah, sweet mine, he sighed, lilly OF
my soul, dewdrop of my happiness, lei
the intensity Of our affection intensity
to mtenseness. and let us live to love,
that loving We MAY live in the ethereal
ethereality Of pa sionless passion, puri
fed 10 angelic publication.
+" Rather ever, hero mine, she en-
swered. depasiting her wealth Of golden
hair upon the houlder OF his six-dollaf
ulster, land our lives so sweetly per
haps. just now. viii be joined III the su-
perlatlye certainty of conjunctiye bliss
corrugated In happy wedlock."
Dear heart Of mine, be rapturously
exclaimed. pressing her to his new satin
necktie. "this IS too too T.
And tins Is toe, too !" abruptly broke
in tue girls father, coming down in his
boots. aud giving the young man two
kicks which landed him out IN the street
and separation like pail thenceafter.
ward fell upon those two young lives.
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