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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-03-10

y. DAVIS 81 SON /,
MANUFACTURERS or .sp pr.ir's ~
STOVE, TIN { COPPER WARE,
GLASS WARE. WOODEN
WARE, &c.
No wood cook ,toyos vithou, re.er.
yoir,
No wood cook stoves with reservoir,
No. $ second hand wood cook stoves
No wood eoOs stoves without re-er.
voir.
No 0 wood cook stoves With reservoir.
No. . second hand wood cook stoves.
No coal burning cook stoves wilhoa.
reservoir,
No. coal burning cook stoves with
reservoir,
No. second hand coal burning cook
stoves
No. coal burning cook stoves without
reservoir,
No. 8 coal burning cook stoves with
reservoir,
No. 9 second hand coal burning cook
stoves.
New paflor wood stoves,
New parlor wood cook stoves,
Second hand parlor wood stoves.
New parlor coal stoves,
New parlor coal cook stoves,
Second hand parlor coal stoves.
We can sell you small box stoves,
We can sell you large DO. stoves.
We can sell you second hand box
stoves.
We can sell you stoves for cash,
We can sell you stoves on time,
We want oil the good interest bearing
notes we can get,
We cannot afford to give away stoves,
We connot afford to be cheated out OF
stoves.
We do not want any slow notes that
cannot be collected.
II yon want TO buy a stove,
If you want to sell stove,
Ii you want to trade stoves,
CALL UPON
J. DAVIS g. SON,
Manchester Depot, Vermont
10
Bresch & Misunderstanding Guns,
Revolvers and Ammunition,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-03-10

THURSDAY. MARCH a. lai
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-03-10
WANTS.

Advertisements, uhast lhis fosd, Ten ssrt.
tae oash iuseFtiep.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-10-20

received $50, 900 for betraying his post In
the Highlands, but got at least $40, 600
prize money, and possibly more, in other
captures. Mr.. Lawrence says he was the
recipient of a regular pension. Il Is also
known that he had about II 200 acres of
land given him somewhere in Canada.
With this money he went into business.
After his retirement from ST. John and
the West Indies he settled in London,
where he died obscurely about 1901. His
wife survived him few years. His son,
who was babe at the time of his treason
in the Highlands and was named Thomas
Robertson Arnold, lived to be lieutenant.
general in the British army, Signalling
himself in Egypt. He came to st. John
many years afterward, and while entering
the house his father built burst into tears.
This son died about ten years before the
opening of the American War Of Secession
in Brompton, London. Nr Lawrence said
to me: eli the British government had
possessed officers of the enterprise and
thoroughness of General Arnold. the
American colonies would not have effected
their separation. The regular officers sent
out TO subdue the American Colonies were
too cOnsiderate and polite for that kind of
work. Another gentlemen Uf st. John
who was sitting by said: "What the British
wanted TO put down America was a man
of the ability of Lord Give, who conquered
India. He was an INSCRIPTIONS man IN
his methods, but tremendous for results"
The site of Arnold's house is now occupied
by brick store. built since the fire of 1877.
The site Of his store at Lower Cove Slip is
still empty, and is said never to have had
a house upon 1t since the store burned
down. In the history of St. John there
figure several other persons Of the name of
Arnold, perhaps his sons. AS is well
known, General Arnold was descended
from one of the Colonial Governors of
Rhode Island
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-10-20
Chew Plug It's The NastIest.

Tobacco, like the Canadian thistle, is
weed, and, while it is indigenous to the
American States, Its cultivation as a COM
mercial commodity is limited almost en-
tirely to the States of Virginia North Car
olina, Kentucky, Connecticut, Ohio and
Illinois The Virginia and KeHtucky pro-
duct is used almost exclusively IN the man.
ufacture Nf plug; the product Of the other
States goes into cigars and cheap smoking
tobacco, except that quite all of the farcy
plugs are wrapped with North Carolina
leaf. Before the war, IN Rapides Parish,
Louisiana. an immense business was done
in growing perlque tobacco, used eXclu-
slvely for smoking, though put up in plugs
shaped somewhat like champagne bottle.
1t sold at fabulous prices and by old
smokers was esteemed higher than opium
by the MussulTan. Very little peIique is
grown now.
In the days preceding the war, tobacco
was cultivated almost entirely by slave
labor, there was no federal or state tax
upon it, and no incentive to manufacturers
to cheat or adulterate. When slavery was
abolishe when the government put a
| heavy tax upon Its sale, the cunning Amer
| ican began devlsing ways for defrauding
tho luxurious consumer, for as yet no
means have been devised for detrauding
the revenue department. Many apochry-
phal stories are told of the way plug to-
hacco is doctored and adulterated, but,
sifted down. the truth is fully expressed
in the words of prominent manufacturer:
Nothing ever goes into tobacco as dele
ferrous or injurious to the constitution as
tobacco itself" Nevertheless, skilled
wOlkmen command extraordinarily high
salaries for the dexterity with which they
will take a cheap or damaged lot of TO
bacco and so disguise it in wrapper as to
deceive even an old tar.
Ar average plug tobacco manufacturing
establishment We rks about 200 hands.
The tobacco is sorted into four grades,
from which are produced as many as
seventy-five or hundred different brands,
the pencil of the artist and the skill of the
photographer being brought into requlsi-
ton for ornamental designs to catch the
toothless old man IS well as the preoocicIs
boy. While the government reoEires
every package to bear the stencil mark Of
the manufacturer, 1t would Oe supposed
, that none but straight goods would lie put
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-10-20
Attend to Your Watch. A..

There are very few of the many who
carry watches who ever think of the
complexity of their delicate mechanism,
and of the extraordinary and unceasing
labor they perform. There are many
who think a watch ought to run and
keep good time for years, without a
particle of OIL, who would not think of
running n common piece of machinery a
day without oibng, the wheels of which
do but a fraction of the service. For
example, the main-wheel makes -four
revolutions in twenty-four hours or |, AGO
in year; the second or center-wheel
twenty-four revolutions in twenty-four
hours, or 8,760 in year the third
wheel, 192 revolutions in twenty-four
hours, or 10, 0S0 in year the fourth
wheel, carrying the second hand, l, ,44C
III twenty-four hours, or 525, 900 in 8
year; the fifth or scape-wheel, II, 964 il
twenty-four hours, or 5,529, 900 revolu.
tions i'll year, while the beats, or vibra.
tions, made In twenty-four hours are
432, 600 or 157, $50, 900 in year.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-10-20
Not on My Books.

One day this past summer a little knot
of men, among whom were two Michigan
ders, got into dispute in Deadwood re-
gartiing some of the ancients. A part of
the crowd held that Cato was great poet,
while others asserted that he was an ora
tor, and 1t was finally agreed to leave it to
grocer around the corner, who was sup
posed TO be well posted on most ali matters.
The crowd therefore proceeded to his store
in body, and the spokesman brusquely
querled:
"Say, Jim, can you settle dispute2"
eyes, sir, " was the prompt reply.
well, then, what was Cato's best
hold 2'
Cato Cato-hold on a minute"' re.
piled jim, as he started for his desk. He
opened his ledger, ran down the index tC
&C." glanced over the names and then re-
turned and sail:
''Don't find him here on my books, ant
| reckon he was some scrub who jumped
in here awhile, got down to roots and then
took the Cross-cut for Gunnison. Did he q
through any of you'
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-10-20
PERFECT TRUST.

MY boat is on the open sea
Which storms and tempest toss;
know not Of the Ills TO meet
Before get across.
DO not know how long or short
The ftfm trip may be;
But patient I'll abide His time
Who built the boat for me,
'Tis fully manned in every part,
Hope is the anchor fair;
The compass that 1t has is Faith,
And every oar is prayer.
Sometimes see the breakers nigh,
The ocean madly roars,
But all do is simply this
Bend closer To the oars.
At times the waves run mountain high
And threaten me 10 strand;
fear not, for He holds them IN
The hollow Of his hand.
The fog at times obscures my course,
see the way but dim;
But well know cannot drift
Beyond the sight OF Him.
know not where the shoals may lie,
Nor where there the whirpools be,
II is enough, dear Lord, 10 feei
That they are known 10 Thee.
And thus content glide along,
II either slow or fast,
Well knowing He viii surely bring
Me safe 10 port at last.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-10-20

TEN years ago blast furnace which
would make 400 tons of metal per week
ON 600 tons of fuel was considered big
thing. There are blast furnaces In Pitts
burg which produce 1900 tons of metal
per week on less than 1000 tons of fuel.
the old method OF heating permitted the
fame to pass ont of the furnace stack at a
temperature of 5000 deg. F. They are now
using The regenerating stoves in Pittsburg,
and do not let the gases out until they
have utilized all the heat except 800 deg.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-10-20

Good sample rooms on first noor.
Free bus to and from all trains.
Special rates to jurors and witnesses.
Strictly First CldSs.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-10-20

A REPORTER of California free-hght
says" Colonel Bagges was shot once in
the left side once in the right shOuldeT, and
once in the drinking saloon adjacent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-17
Pleasant Paragraphs.

stocking hung from the mant!epiec-;
Twas decidedly poor and holey;
But bad as 1t WAS, 1t belonged to . man
An editor meek and lowly.
II hung all night till the light of morn
Came dancing through the sashes;
But alas. for the hose, and alas, for the man
Twas filed to the top with ashes'
Ashes of many hope deferred.
And dust Of procrastination;
Ashes Of benefits conferred,
And ashes of desolation.
Woe to the man with the shattered sock
oh. darn 1t all, It's shocking!
And woe to the fellow who filed II up--
Alas for the editors stocking,
The finer the seed to be sown the finel
should be the soil to receive it.
Goliah was the first person who wore
bang on his forehead.
Without agriculture man would be a saw
age and the world wilderness
bushel of wheat. weighing sixtv-twt
pounds. contains $50. 900 kernels.
There is as much nourishment in one bush
ell of beans as in five bushels of potatoes.
Harness oil made of one gallon of meats
foot oil, with four ounces of lampblack
we'll mixed, is simple and effective.
A Western editor in putting village hotel
says: "A new toothbrush has been sup
piled in the public wash-room
II is said that Colonel Ingersoll didn't los,
faith in the Bible until he collided with tn,
story of Naomi marrying when she was So,
years old.
IL Adam had been created q bow insteao
Of full-grown man, he would have clubbet
all the apples off from the tree before tn,
serpent had chance to get through the fenc,
around the garden.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-17

BY bear movement rninous to the small
speculatou and enabling the great operzfoFs
70 increase their holdings Of telegraph stock,
With view to the great advance to come
and the great stroke Of combination in one
company upon which their control would be
strengthened The watered and inflated
stock of the three companies amount. nomi-
naily 10 abont SO. 0O0, 900, and it t. proposed
TO expand that Of the consolidated company
10 = round $50. 90. 900, the excess represent
ing no new outlay or thing Of value vhatso-
ever. According to the most Trustworthy
reports that can be obtained the shares OF
Western Union are to be merged At %
those Of the American Union .: Il3i ard
those Of the Atlantic & Pacific at sss, ali
which figures are largely in excess Of tl.e re-
cent value Of the several stocks. and an en-
tireIy new company Is to be formed with a
nominal capital Of ss0.000, 600 How much
this enormous sum is in excess Of the actual
capital involved, or Of the value Of the prop
erty based upon any legitimate relation 10 it,
cost it is impossible to state, bur, OF course,
the intention Is 10 levy tribute upon the pub
lie in the form Of rates for messages which
shall paw liberal dividends upon the whole
amount
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-17
From the Albany Evening Journal, Jan. S
Plenty Of Ice Next Summer.
Two AsD A HALF MILLioS ToSs CONC ISro
The UNHrDsoS SroKEHousEs.


The harvesting of ice along the river is
| mos, active. From this city to Rondont the
ice ranges in thickness from Eve to eighteen
inches. and i Of superior quality, gatherers
admitting that they never cut finer. II IS very
clear ami free from snow. Some Of the har-
vesters, fully conscious Of last years results
began operations a. soon as the artificial
covering would bear u horse, and had
housed considerable ive-inch ice before
Jack Frost Increased it, thickness.
Parker Hall was the first to have
his houses fall in this city. and Immediately
began on stack. The knickerbocker Ice
Compsny's houses the island abcse the
city followed, being full on Tuesday last, aud
| on Thursday they began putting up stack,
taking the lee from the same space out of
which they had filled their hous. The new
crop ranges in thickness from eight to twelve
inches. TIE ice in the northern part of the
city attained a thickness Of sixteen inches.
while in the lower part of the town it meas
ured but eight inches. and directly opposite,
on the Greenbush side, ice foot thick was
harvested. The price paid for labor is from
SIPS to 81 per day for men and 81 to
$50 for teams. Ice from fourteen
to sixteen inches thick is con-
sdered the best for transport trade, and the
New York Companies intend 10 put up stacks
Of ice Of this thickness wherever convenient
At present there are about 5000 men and
boys and 500 horses at work on the river,
and an estimate places the harvest, when
completed. at 800, 900 tons and the cost of
gathering il at go 900. 900. In 1873 the total
quantity housed was ,i05, 800 tons; in 1879,
2 0Gl 800 tons and last " inter but so 900 tons
These 9 800, 900 tons, which will make this
year crop, can be taken from a surface of
| . that ia xunpnstut, tho eal.aa "a
be twelve inches in thickness. The waste
in storing and handling is estimated at from
thirty to fifty per cent, which would leave
the amount for actual consumption at from
,250, 900 to , ,426, 600 tons. During the first
two weeks of the present harvest more ice
vas gathered than during the whole of last
| winter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-17

The New York Mail SAYS in regard tc
tho three per cent refunding scheme. thai
Mr.. Frye put the whole controversy into
the iewcst possible words He exposed
the hostility Of the democratic party. as ar
0rxanixation. to the national banks. which
an. and win remain. the only breakwater
against revival Of some form Of the fiat
money delusiou. Paper money the people
will have, and In large quantities. The
only question 10 ~ to whether the healthy
demands Of trade shall regulate the vol
ums Of circulation. through the most per.
feet and responsible banking system III
the world. or whether Congress mainly
made up Of men ignorant Of the first prin.
ciples Of finance shall have free scope fo'
the Issue Of an Increasing volume Of IRE.
deemable grecnbscks. by voting extrsva
CANT appropriations. The Three Per Cent
bill Is the most ingenious aud dangerous
form Of hostility TO the national banks
that has lately presented itself"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-17
Telegraph Consolidation.

From an editorial in the New York Time.
We take the following in relation to the pro-
posed consolidation Of the three Telegraph
companies mentioned.
In 1853. the capital Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company was SsS5. 200. Eight
years later Il had expanded 10 Sa2 ,o<,o. 600
OF this, q, S.. 900 had been issued for the
pagchase Of competing lines. but nearly
olo. Oo0, 900 waa put out IN the form Of stock
dtviAeuds. Il constituted in fact an euor-
Uous injection Of water into the capital. and
~ shares were not worth twenty-five cents on
~ dnllar in tho market. The next step
w. 70 hay up the United States Company.
or which t7,sle.SOo more Of stock was is
sod, which = believed to he i've times the
val1s of ~ propcrty acquired. Then fol-
iouea he absorption Of the American Telc-
RRopA In STOCK, which vas also enormously
5uoanad, auountcd to 43.S3s. loo. but
Oh, IS 100 more Of Western Onion was
lanneAed In securing the line. This brought
~ seminal capital up to about S4l 900. 900
49, Which the public has been providing The
9eens ~ he payment Of an per cent
0vlnnA
NJ eeuI1s ~ proposed ccusolidasion cf
~ WeoleRa ualnR> ~ Atlantic ana Racinc.
- - 49, uniee. Il vas pseceded
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-17

Saturday evening the friends of Mrs.
Thomas X. Colby on Crescent street, sur.
prised her by dropping in about tea time, 70
the number of some twenty. 1t was her 6sh
birthday. They left several beautiful
presents, as testimonials Of their esteem.
The good lady was amazed, but managed 70
entertain her self-invited guests. She wshe'
to return her thanks through the Journal for
their visit.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-17

Tuesday evening, from to 100 O'Clock
you will have the opportunity Of enjoying
bounteous supper at Meonian Hail, and "
sisting worthy object. The bill Of fare In
cludes scalloped oysters, cold meats, salads
oyster stew, chicken, turkey, relishes, rolls
cake, tea, coffee, etc. Tickets, rs cents.
Then If you want to enjoy good besfg
laugh, see the stage entertainment. Admi'
sion, 25 cents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-17

Mr.. A. G. Campbell. the Gentle who
has been awarded the certificate Of cleo
don - delegate from Utah, in an inter
view suggests plan which will render
unnecessary In future any such strained
Interpretation Of the law as that recently
made In his favor by Governor Murray
be would dsfranchise the whole Mormon
population. and when he takes his seat
will probably introduce bill to that eff
fact
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-17
The Philadelphia Press saws that 'th,

The Philadelphia Press SAYS that the
whipping post ss means of punishment
for wife heaters is growing in favor. A
few months ago Philadelphia Grand Jury
with the spectacle Of the Delaware bar
barities fresh before il. recommended this
ancient method Of punishment for this
particular class Of offenders. and now the
inquest Of the people for Essex county.
N. j.. has created sensation by advising
tho adoption Of the Delaware mode"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-17

General Garfield made an impressive
speech to colorcd delegation which Wis
tied him few days since. declaring that
he believed education to be at the tounda-
don Of the future prosperity of the rare.
He advised them that every effort should
b made by them to achieve intelligence
and with that and industry they would
rise In the world. He expressed his de-
sire and intention to promote their inter-
ests. but did not deem Il advisable to 20
into particulars at this time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-17

The Senate Chamber was Friday afternoon
taken in possession by the refurnishers. The
carpet was taken up, and the desks scraped,
preparatory to re-varnishing. The new car.
pct was placed upon the floor Saturday. 1t is
of cheerful tone, and with the new chairs
and blazing fires in the fire-placcs will make
the room very inviting. The chairs are Of
black walnut. with leather bottoms, and very
comfortable
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-17

VIcK's FLORAL GUIDE.-Of the many
Guides and Seed and Plant Catalogues sent
out by our Seedsmen and Nurserymen, and
that are doing so much to inform the peeps
and beautify and enrich our country, none
are so beautiful, none so instructive as Vicks
Floral Guide. Its paper is the choicest, ~
Illustrations handsome and given by ~
hundred. while its colored plate is gem
This work, although costing but 10 cents, y
handsome enough for gift book, or plaee
on the parlor table. Published by jane
Wick. Rochester, N. Y.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-17

Mrs. Martha Stoddard died in Gardner,
Saturday morning, at 2 O'Clock, at the resi-
dence of her son. J. l.. Stoddard, Esq, Depu.
ty Collector. of U. S. Internal Revenue,
aged rs years. Funeral ut the NJ. z.
Church to-day at $50 p. NJ. Mrs.
Stoddard was one of the oldest members
of the NJ f. Church, being connected with
the society for more than 60 wears.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-17

Wei De Meyers Catarrh Cure. A speedy
and Certain Antidote for Catarrh, Snuffies,
Influenza and Cold in the Head. wonder
full Constitutional remedy and Absolute Cure.
Delivered at $3.50 a package. Pamphlets
furnished by Druggists or mailed free by d.
B. Dewey & Co., &c Dey Street n. Y.
Monday, March. Is.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-17

The barley crop of Canada Is estimated at
from 100000 to $1,000, 900 bushels. which,
after allowing about 2.o00. 900 bushels for
home requirement will leave . surplus Of
ZOO. 900 or {. 0O0, 600 bushels.
The annual dinner Of the New England
Commercial Traveller Aseociafion vas eaten
1t Youns's hotel, Friday night
The committee Of the Presbyterian church
in the United States, appointed last May,
waited upon the House Committee ON Indian
affairs Friday, and presented q memorial,
urging the abolution Of tribal relations among
the Indians. Re winding up Of the reservs-
tioa syseens b. granting lands in sevrsalU 70
~ ln11nnn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-17

The greenbackers will add nothing to
their campaign literature by circulating
Governor Plaisted's message. They have
had the same thing often repeated in their
campaign speeches.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-17

We wished to again remind our readers o.
the rich treat in store for them at ~
Unitarian church tonight Miss Moor
needs no Introduction to an Augusta audience'
and no1e who have heard her read will M
the opportunity to hear her again. MI
Ailliken 10 one Of the rare few whose sings
never fails to charm; while Miss Psrke
Boston, comes highly recommended 2 8
singer Of great sweetness and power. a
gether the entertainment will be an ezeeeg
insly varied and attractive one, and "
6peek them fall hoase.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-17

DIR. o. Fitzgerald. the man who makes "a
many wonderful cures, will visit Augusta. At
the Cony House, Jan. 18th, one day onlv
and will examine all who may call on him
free of charge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-17

Sherman in Ohio. Harrison in Indiana,
Hswley In Connecticut. Plat in New
York, have been nominated by the re-
publicans for United States Senators.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-17

Annual Meeting.

Nsnbsss ol the Maine Press Association are ~
0osoasl 10 meet af the State HOUSE, Augusta, on
Wednesday evepinR. January 18th. 1t II O'Clock. A
IN ateendasce II requested business Of much I'm
pogssaoe win come before the meeting. The literary
sHsse1sss win take place on Thursday afternoon.
paDess shsoughoot the State are Invited 10 AID In
exseod1sg their notice Per order,
Mn. RICH, Pre-tdsn'.