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The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01
1881.

All Of us hope much from the New Year.
Most ought to be content ifit does as well by
us as the Old Year has done-if it brings us
as lew cares, spares us as many miseries,
and showers upon us as many blessings.
Most people are better off to-day than they
were year ago. Some have achieved hap
piness in that time; some have escaped what
seemed inevitable misfortune; some have
held their own-and are surprised and re-
Jolced at that The world, on the whole,
has been good to the most of us. 1t has
done as well by us as we have done by it
and In many cases much better.
That greater happiness than in the year
now gone into the past, and no misfortune
nor discomfort, may be the lot of its readers
is the wish of the PRESS.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01
Written for the PREss.l
A New Year Song.
BY ATLANTA.

Ii love were lord of suns and seasons
And mirth might master months and moons
We'd find hundred happy reasons
That they should bring their choicest boons
For gift, and crown of hope, and treasure
To those we hold in heart most dear;
we'd give them all good peace and pleasure,
A glad New Year!
If on the bough the bird would linger
And sing to us all winter long,
And frost would stay his cruel finger
Nor do the leaf or bud wrong,
And all the sunlit hours be golden,
And nights be fair and free of fear
watched OF the stars and moon-beholden
Throughout the year
Then might we say that never gladness
Would fit and fly like bird from bough,
Then might we think that ever sadness
Wouldleaye delight unspoiled as now
But all world grows green and merry
When springtide's sun is high and clear,
And winters snow not long may bury
The young bright year.
So take and give the New Years greeting.
And leA time pass as all time will;
Hold fast warm hands in kindly meeting,
The earth is good and gladstone still.
With light, and life, and friends to love us.
What day is dark, what frost shall sere?
Tho bells ring high in air above us,
A glad New Year!
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01
The Law of Farms y

FARMERS, to whose labor and skill this
country is indebted for the food it lives
upon, for edifying examples of frugality and
industry, for the production of our best
stock in men and other animals, and for
the bulk of our good citizenship, are, as
class, VIGOROUSLY litigious. They, to their
credit be it said, revere law and call upon
the goddess with the bandage over her ewes
and the balances within her hands when
ever differences arise between man and
man If they invoke Justice often, it is be-
cause of the faith they have in her admins
tration, and of the sturdy belief that courts
can remedy the wrongs wrought by neigh
borhood quarrels. Frequently they are
wrong in their suits at law and so are forced
to pay for their errors
Most OF these cases at law come from mis-
understanding of the statutes and ignorance
OF business ways. One who has seen manv
suits tried before justice Of the peace or
In our county courts easily sees that the
question is in most cases between honest
contestants, and that the misapprehension
which leads to litigation is genuine and not
assumed to serve complaint or sustain de-
tense. Clear and concise instructions in
regard to the conditions of bargain and sale,
especially as to land and its membranes,
would do away with many of the contests
that cumber the dockets of our courts. en-
riching attorneys and impoverishing farm
ers.
SIiCn InStruptinpc nj ~,
ume by Edmund FL. Bennett, the Dean of
the Boston University of Law-the revised
and re-edited collection of series of lec-
lures given to the Massachusetts, State
Board of Agriculture in 1878. BY the enter
prise of Portland publishing firm these
lectures have been put into book form.
They treat Of topics which concern every
land owner in this State. They tell as how
to buy farm, the proper method of making
the bargain and executing the conveyance;
how to arrange its boundaries; how to en-
ploy the help to carry it out; how to build
fences upon it, and of the encroachments
which the common necessity makes by
means OF the highway. We are told of the
statutes OF the State concerning wandering
cattle; OF the rights of adjoiniog proprietors
IN overhanging trees; of the privilege of
passages over neighbor's land to distant
pastures; of water rights and drainage; of
the vexed question of trespass; of the liabil-
ity for the depredations of domestic ami
mails upon a neighbours premises; and of
many other things of moment to a land
owner.
These matters are set forth clearly. con-
clsely, and entertainingly, and the book
which contains them ought to be in the
hands of all Maine farmers. The more
they study it the less tribute will they paw
to the lawyers.
'Farm Law: Treatise on the Legal Rights and
Liabilities OF Farmers. Adapted to the Statutes of
all the States. By Edmund II. Bennett. Portland:
Hoyt, Fogg g. Donham.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01

THE Providence Journal does not hesitate
to give it as its theological opinion, founded
on much study and wide observation, that
one of the first questions that St. Peter will
ask man who presents himself at Heavens
gate, will be, "Did you put sand, or ashes,
or sawdust, on the sidewalk in front of your
premises, in slippery weather, like a good
Christian" and that the man who cannot
answer that question satisfactorily will find
it harder to pass through the pearly gate
than for camel to 60 through the eye of a
needle.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01
PROF. EDIS0N'S
P0LyF0RM

After much persuasion, Prof. Edison has been
prevailed upon to give the world his truly wonder
ul discovery for allevatng PAIN For years he suffer-
ed from neuralgia pains, unable to find any remedy
among the hundreds which he tried that would give
him permanent ease. Finally he became con 5inced
that he must become his own physician and seek
by experiments, for the desired relief. He had
taken all the well known sedatives which gave only
tempory relief and produced nervousness, loss of
appetite, &c. lie now sought for combination of
such remedies as would, by ontapard application,
cure him of his distress and at the time not be
injurious to his system.
Trials and experiments followed this determine
tion until he at last produced compound which
by application, entirely subdued all pain and al
lowed his system to recuperate, and throw off the
disease e
To his discovery Prof. Edison gave the name
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01
Health is Wealth

DR. f. G. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN TIRE AT
4ENr; specific for Hysteria Dizziness, Con vul
SONS SIC Nervous Headache, Mental Depression, Loss
OF Memory Spermatorroea Impotency. Inyolun-
tary Emissions, Premature Old Age. caused by
over exerton, self-abuse or oyer-induigence which
leads to misery, decay and deas.ron,On boy will
cure recent cases. Each box cos +oxes o monfhs
treatment. One dollar box ~ tAsa;nt o. . for Ave
dollars; sent by mail prepaid aase. { price.
Weguarantee six boxes to curny acco. with
each order received by us for s,orchass mpan
led with five dollars we will the If the II r. our
written guarantee to return tmons,s isRueo eat
ment does not effect cure laraaare INV
all druggists in Portland and cry " VII n Agents.
JOHN W. PERKINS & &C Genei" ortland.
eep6deOW&WeoWly
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01

The ST. Louis Globe sees but one way to
get Gen. Garfield out of the difficulty which
confronts him in consequence of the dispro-
portion between the small number of Cabi-
net offices to be filled and the large number
OF persons who think themselves entitled to
Cabinet offices for services rendered during
the late campaign; and that is to create the
office of Cabinet Minister by brevet, and be-
stow it in liberal profusion all round.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01

PORE LEO thinks to repeat the ceremonies
of the court of st. Peter as they were cele-
brated years ago. But in order to do that
the yawning Treasury of the Vatican must
be filled, and at this time the Catholics are
as poor as we poor Protestants. Both of
us have spent our surplus in the holidays.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01

THE Des Moines Register says that the
census returns show that Iowa has $4,000
more men than women, and that the State
offers splendid inducements for cookbook
ing and good women in the East to immi-
CRATE. 1t promises them the best homes in
the world, and in time, and not very long
time either, the best of husbands.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01

ACCORDING to the Washington Post, the
Greenbackers in the next Congress purpose
supporting Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania,
for Speaker.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01
NATIONAL TRADERS BANK.

FGfHE Share holders of the National Traders Bank.
n of Portland, are hereby notified thas their an-
nua meeting will be held at their banking roonl on
TUESDAY, the l 1th. day of January next, at IL
O'Clock A. M. to choose five Directors for the
ing year. and to act any other business that may
legally come before the meeting.
EDWARD GOULD, Cashier.
Dec. IL, 1880. dec11d
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for pubca-
tion but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING, JAN. 1.

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
Editor, Ali railway, steamboat and hotel managers
Will confer favor upon us by demanding credentials
OF every person claiming to represent our journal
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01

The only Christmas box Congress has
given us is a box on the ear-between
Sparks and Weaver, and that didn't come
off. They only made faces at each other.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01

The Boer now, as frequently before, is the
prominent figure in English politics. He
isn't at all fresh in American newspaper
offices
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01
CANAL NATIONAL BANK.

THE annual meeting of the Stockholders of 'The
L Canal National Bank, of Portland" for the
election OF seven and for the transaction of
any other business that may legally before them
will be held at their banking house. on TUESDAY,
the elevent day of January, 1881, eleven o'clock
A. NJ. b. C, SOMERBY Cashier.
Dec. IL, $780, dec1 1dtd
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01
The First National Bank of Port
land. Me.

TTIHE Annual meeting of the Stockholders of this
Il Bank will be held at the Bank, on TUESDAY,
january IL, 1881, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon,
Tor the choice OF Directors and for the transaction
of any other legal business. i.
WILLIAM Z. GOULD, Cashier.
Portland, Dec. IL, 1880. dec1 13dtd
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01
ANNUAL MEETINGS.
Eagle Sugar Refinery.

TVHE Stockholders of this corporation are here
L by notified that the Annual meeting for choice
OF Directors. and for action upon any other busl-
ness that may come before them, will be held at
the Refinery Office, on TUESDAY, the 18th day of
January 1881, at 8 o'clock In the afternoon.
1an1dtd JOS. P. THOMPSON, Clerk.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01
The Terrible Year.

HOPE 1881 will not run race with 1880
for the ice-belt.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01
CUMBERLAND NATIONAL BANK

TTNHE annual meeting of the Stockholders of
L the Cumberland National Bank of Portland,
Will be held at their Banking house. on TUESDAY,
the l1th day of January 1881, at ten o'clock A. M
for the choice of Directors for the ensuing year. and
thetransaction of any other business that may legal
ly come before them.
W. H. SOULE, Cashier.
Portland Dec. 11th. 1880. decI 3dtd
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01

TINS is the worst cold wave we have had
yet. 1t is actually depraved.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01
CASCO NATIONAL RANK-

THE Annual meeting of the Stockholders of the
4 Casco National Bank of Portland for the
choice of Directors, and the transaction. of such
other business as may legally come before them,
the 11th day of January, 1881, at 10 O'Clock A. M.
Portland, Dec 10, 1880.
WIN. A. WINSHIP, Cashier.
dec11 lid
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01

Citizens Mutual Relief Society.
TTlHE Annual Meeting for choice of officers, &C.,
Il will be held at Reception Hail. FRIDAY
EVENING next Dec. 31st, at 71a o'clock
The Directors meet at the same place half an
hour previous.
Per order
dec2sdtd NJ. IN. RICH. sec'y
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-01
Ocean Insurance Company.
Annual Meeting.

THE Stockholders of the Ocean Insurance Com
OF said Company, on MONDAY, the third day Of
January, A. D., 1881, at o'clock P. M, for the
purpose of choosing seven Directors for the ensu-
ing year. and for the transaction of any other bus
mess that may then be legally acted upon.
X. o. CONANT. Secy.
dec13 dSw
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-10-29

" provides for ones family at ordinary Life rate,
and the money returned with interest on arriving At
certain age. -
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-10-29

tho 9Th, tho flow extending nt tho foot Of
tho path (from tho Volcano House to tho
craicr) inland and up gully consuming
treos growing therein. This new flow can
DO seen mt this date by oil who may descend
into tho crater. Ono mass of matter in
tho crater Ia most evidently Increasing and
ascending to find possibly Mt n future day
an outlot. w. CnAMBrRLAig.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-10-29
CrOCcYieS.

4 PULL ASsOUrWGNr ar GROGEUIES
~ Just received from Europe by the lntcrt arrivals
aud OF choice quality. ALSO, large addition of
Gfocctien to former stock lust arrived from Han
Frnntlfoo, cN kniaknun Eureka aud sadie H. Caller.
WIN he rold to suit the tfndc.
Oct. TO- $3.50 IOLLES & 10.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-10-29
ALL FORMS OF
Life Insurance Policies Issued.
EXAMINE
EXAMINE THE NEW
TONTlNE INVESTMENT
INSURANCE.

Extract from letter Of Hon +. r. Low.l
certify that have taken ont Toptine poliev I'm
the ew York Life Insurance Co. for 5000; that re-
and that the principles embodied in the new plan after
careful . .1sninattn, have i,mos,d The objections
nave heretofore entertained against Life Inpnrsnce
have steadily declined to insure until the Tontine
was presented 10 me. Yours very truly.
Fellow.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-10-29
Hams and BaCor

lNAsEs or MEATS. FRUITS. JAMS,
~ Jcllica, &c., &c, For sale by
Oct, 10. 800 HOLLES g. Co,
HEMP CORDAGE. AND BOLT ROPE.
AN ASSORTMENT OF siZIs FROM . Ia
~ inch IL Inch. Also, Spunyarn, Selling, Rntlln,
liousene, Marine Rounding, SC.
Sls BOLLES s. co
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-10-29

CIGARS.
GONE VERY PINE SAMPLES.
- ES Kaakaun, for Bale by BOLLES g. co.
March ~, 1881 Is 80
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Scraps from the Volcano House Register.

VOLCANO HOUSE, Juno Goth, 1867.
We came, we saw, and were not disap-
pointed as some people have been who
have visited the volcano before us.
For the information of those whom It
may or may not concern, we would hereby
declare and say that we reached this place
at noon, June Oath, lS67, and after par
taking of generous lunch, presided over
by MIR. Jones, wo proceeded to investigate
the wonders and mysteries of the crater.
We devoted some six hours to it's explor-
alton, in which timo wo visited twelve
lakes of active boiling, surging, tossing,
heaviug and smoking liquid lava.
Some lakes were quietly boiling ms if
acted upon by an even temperature of
heat; others were by turn quiet and then
angry, but the south lake was by far the
most awe-inspiring.
AT intermissions Of from one to iivo
minutes tho fiery liquid was thrown high
up in the air by the hidden power beneath
the rolling waves lashing tho banks of the
crater, and the Kissing Jets of snlphnr
steam coming from the crcvices in tho sur.
rounding banks, presented view truly
grand and magnificent.
Returning from the south lake we wit.
messed tho bursting forth Of n new lava
flow, and passed over burning lake, tho
red burning lava being visible through
each crack in the crust over which we
trod, burning our feet and compelling US
to quicken our pace.
AT night we went to the lookout house
from which point tho crater was in full
view. Streams of glaring lava were flow
ing from the north lake, curling and twist
ing in every conceivable shape. Some Of
the lakes were very active.
We would say then of Kilauea, conten.
plated as demonstration Of the hidden
wonders, power, aud mysteries of EARTH:
ut has no equal, and as a pyrotechnic dis.
play it throws tho Fourth Of July in the
shade"
Volcano lIousE, July 10th, 1867.
On Friday the 9th inst. long-known
notable land mark Of tho crater known by
the name Of the Cathedral" located some
thirty feet from the south lake, was
observed by tho residents of this house TO
bo illuminated by the glow of fire, and
through the glass Of tho steeple or spre
was plainly seen to sway to and fro and
shortly disappear from sight; with its dis.
appearance the action Of the fires in all tho
lakes was greatly Increased, and the flow
from several Of them was quite extensive,
so Tint the appearance Of the crater as
seen at night was uncommonly grand. On
tho 'ih inst. the action was greater than on
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-10-29

DOIEED LINSEED PAINT OIL.
ID Raw Lnsccd Paint on. Watcntcd the pure Article
Lard Oh, for Lnbricating Gases OF Spirit Tur,
pentinc. Atlantic Lead, In packages 81 III, aud
upwards or 20 lbs, Paint Brushes In great
variety All OF which will be sold at Prices by
ed BOLLES & GO.
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CASE GOODS.

CASE GOODS.
~ A large assortment Of Fruits, Meats, Fish,
Iobrtctr, CLANS. Oysters, Shtimps, &c,
ut received, aud for snlc by BOLIES a. Co.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-06-23
HOPE WELL STRIKE.

We are always on the alert for new
strikes, SO yesterday while walking
along the street we stumbled on w.
{. Miller, who had a 7x9 grin on his
countendlice, with chunk Of rock in
his hand and he says, :'Lookee here
didn't told You So" What is it 2"
says we, roo up to the Hopewell
mine and see SO off we started. We
found Ed. Leonard who very politely
gave us the following information.
The quartz vein of the Iopewell is
about 50 feet wide with streaks of
mineral al! through it, which will
probably come together in one solid
body inside OF 200 feet. fhe dip of
the vein is about 80 degrees. and they
started vertical shaft, which is 1txo
feet, about 9 feet from the vein aiming
to cut it at depth of 50 feet. Yes
terday at depth of 43 feet they cut
the vem. which IS thoroughly impreg-
mated with ruby silver that will run at
least 1000 ounces to the ton. The
ruby silver is of two kinds, one is the
cochlneal or chinese red, which is
composed of arsenic, sulphur and sill
YER. The other is known as the dark
ruby, composed of antimony, sulphur
and silver. The former has never be-
fore been found in this camp, and is
81 per cent pure silver while the latter
is 81 per cent. The Hopeweh Is situ-
ated about half way between the Lead
Chief and Ruby Chief, about quarter
of mile from each, and it does seem
as though there is cluster of mines
within a radius of couple Of miles
that will turn out to be a perfect Col
conda. The Hopewell Co. havs COM
menced work as though they meant
business, not like some of these pros
pect holes that are not large enough
for two men to stand in. They have
= 1-ertico1 cha aft fhot &c tipoheraJ he+tar
than any mine in camp, that is large
enough for an IRON cage, ladder way,
and the pipes for a pump. This seems
to us to be the most sensible wav of
working mine, and We will be glad
to see Others start in that way. From
now on the Hopewell will more than
pay working which is saying a good
bit for only 40 feet of work.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-06-23

serving to drain the mine thoroughly
from water. At present the main
working shaft is full of water up to
the fifty foot level 80 that it is almost
lmpossibleI to work it, but Just as
soon as the drift from the tunnel !.
cut through the mine will be drained
50 that large force of men can be
employed taking out ore. Hosting
machinery and pump are now being
shipped in to work the mine at bet
ter advantage.
The Nenango mine, located on the
northwest side of Elk Basin, and
owned by Colorado Springs company
is turning out to be one of the best
mines IN camp, under the superintend-
ency of Edward Copley. One day
last week the PILOT reporter happened
along that way in his wanderings after
mining news. He found ore sorters
a. the mouth of the tunnel sorting ore,
and number Of tons sacked ready
for shipment. Mr.. Copley showed us
some ore that he was just taking out
that would run we'll up into the thou.
sands. We could find large chunks
that was richly coated with sulpherets,
intelmlxed with ruby silver with here
and there native and wire silver visible
to the eye. The tunnel, which is abou;
15o feet long, cuts the Venango vein
at right angles. After reaching the
vein Mr.. Copley has drifted both ways
on 1t, the vein running nearly east and
west. The drift on the east end is
about $50 feet long and is at depth
from the surface of about one hundred
feet. In the drift they have taken out
large quantities of mineral, the vein
being about three feet wide. The west
drift is about forty feet long to where
they have run VINE down on the vein
about sixty feet where there is a lower
level being run each way on the vein.
AS depth is gained, we learned from
the workmen, that the ore doubles in
richness every six feet, and in quantity
every three feet, SO that from the pres
ent outlook this will be a producing
mine right along now. We picked up
pieces of ore that was on the dump
that had not been sorted that would
run all the way from 1900 to $1,000
ounces to the ton on an average, it
being very rich in sulpherets. The
Venango workings are about one mile
from. the Forest Queen mine, in q
northeasterly direction, the vein of
the latter running about north and
south, while that of the Venango runs
nearer east and west.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-06-23

Last Sunday We paid short visit to
Cloud City, in company with Steve
Scribner. We found MIR. Scribner
doing good mercantile business, and
as they have saw mill running now
the people who are camping there IN
tents will begin to build. When they
get the timber cut out this place will
be pretty site for town. and from
its location it is bound to make town,
being right at the outlet Of o, Be- Joy
full, Peeier, Redwell and Poverty
Basins. Already they have started to
erect smelter and when these basins
become developed this place Cloud
City will doubtless be a business point.
In the future we will have an occasion
to say more about this place, but at
the present We are crowded for room.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-06-23

The building on the corner Of Ave.
f and Ninth street, recently occupied
by C.. S. Rrann, was sold at auction
last Tuesday, under deed of trust.
S. S. Metzler was the purchaser, pay
ing 81 200 for the same.