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The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22

FIVE Hartford boys, named Cody, Hat
field, Slack, Brogan and Carl, are missing
rhey have been reading dime novels and
the Cody boy left this note: 'sDear father
/ have gone West; don's be worried. Eddie =
The gang are after indians.
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 2s.

We DO not read anonymous letters and commuDi-
cations. Tho name and address of the writer In
all cases indispensable, necessarily for publica
ton but as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve CON-
munications that are not used
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22

The Atlanta Constitution announces that
the season is approaching for one of John
". Forney's fundamental pronunciamen-
toes, but ic cannot tell which party will get
the benefit of the proclamation.
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
With Gard certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
Editor, Ali railway, steamboat and hotel managers
VIII confer favor upon US by demanding credentials
OF every person claiming to represent our journal.
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22

A CORRESPONDENT in Northern Wiscon-
sin refers to the State Ring as ''the hydra
headed serpent which has its forked tongue
at Milwaukee, its middle at La Crosse and
its tail at Melrose."
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22

A KIND suggestion Of the Memphis Ava
lanche is that Congress should make it a
criminal offence to speculate in Confederate
bonds with intention to put them off on the
innocent lambs of the financial world.
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22
INDIGESTION !

HON
Mr.. Alexander Grunnell,
of Albany, N. Y, says: 81 had
been for years troubled with great
weakness Of my digestive organs,
which seemed to be almost out
of fix. Most usually ! suffered
from constipation, and at other
times a severe running-of at the
bowels would set in. remedy
l ever tried would regulate this
function until l tried BROWNS
IRON BITTERs. It really bene-
flied me from the first day | used
it. My habits are now perfectly
regular, and as strengthener OF
the digestive organs, | think
Browns IRON BITTERs worth
its weight in diamonds"
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22

A COMMITTEE of the Albany school board
recommends that a child's magazine or pa
per be used as additional reading matter in
the primary classes.
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22
THURSDAY, Nov. s4th, A. D. 1881,

as day of Public Thanksgiving and Praise to God,
the Author OF all good and the Gver OF every good
gift: and | d commend to the people of our State
as most suitable 10 the OCCASION, the recoS men IA
tions of the President whose Proclamation is here
to annexed
Given at the Council Chamber at Augusta, this
fifteenth day Of November, in The year our
Lord one Thousand ely bit hundred and eighty
one and OF the Independence of the United
States of America the one iundred and SIKH
HARRIS M. PLAIsTED
BY the Governor:
JosAPH Q. SMITH. Seeretary Of State.
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22

IT will move many heart to pity to read
that Baldwin, the thoughtless cashier of
Newark, looked pale and careworn when ar
raigned in court for his thoughtlessness.
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22

THE Richmond Star wants Virginians to
put up again their mourning clothes used
for President Garfield, in token of mourn
ing for "our murdered State" by which it
means the defeated Bonrbons.
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22

THE Toronto Globe notes that one year
ago last Tuesday Toronto bay was frozen
over SO firmly that man walked to the is
land on the ice. rs
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22
S TAT OF AIN E
By the Governor.
A PROCLAMATION. N.

THANKSGIVING. New England's Social and
Religious Festival which originated with her Pill
grim founders has been halloweo by the Plus OBJ
servance Of two hundred and fifty years, and be-
come National Festival.
Now, therefore, in accordance with venerated
cnstopl and inc nfornity with he Proclamation OF
the Pres dent /, HARRIS M. PLAIsTED, Governor,
by and with the advice of The Cosncil do hereby ap
r,0int and eef arart
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22

THE Bourbons of Virginia declare that
Mahone's success was a Republican victory.
So much the better.
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22
HENRY D. SMITH,

i assured lives 10 m o said 15y
if to o i
~ will ~ 81 if ~ ~
dH live EN- d i 15y
If % OF
f5 if idH In send + said %1
im if Ensured 10 d
e ~ If ensured live IN en- f al
p Of
TIE PARTY WHOSE LIFE is INSURED DIES
befMedi 1.-THE o
he
rcurt
NJ
period
" hna aphda
h myf np hpd
hh At yea lapse pDdd
hn til years m nd eric
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The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22
DYSPEPSIA! /!

from N-on. +. 3. Benson,
u rIaift ter3e, Gre- &c Ga,
/ want to say good word
for BRowN's IRON BITTERs.
am about sixty years of age;
have warehouse, railroad, and
newspaper work to do. ! have
been taking and various
other kinds Of whiskey bitters to
give me an appetite, and the on
ly appetite | got was one fer
strong drink. Rev. Mr.. Ander-
son, the presiding elder for the
district, stopped with me not long
ago, suffering dreadfully with
dyspepsia. got him Browns
IRON BITTERs. 1t cured
him. After he left, concluded
to take that remaining in the bot
tie, and ! assure you it has made
a new man out of rse. have
no desire for stimulants, and be-
lieve | could eat pair Of old
boots and digest them as easily
as rice. B. BENSON.
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22
ENTERTAINMENTS.
heWbug Street Church Entertainment

The young people of the Newbury street Church
will give an entertainment in their church Tues
day evening Nov. %. The programme will consist
of ReadiI e. Singing and Dialogues the proc eds for
the benefit Of anew Organ. Refreshmeit is will be
for sale In the Vestry at reasonable rate Adn Is
sion 10 cents. doors open at z, concert commences
at 3. Come one come all. novl9 d3t
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22
MISCELLANEOUS.
I5.YEAR
END0WM Mt
POLICY


aure Law,
i I W e OF nracG
HENRY D. SMITH, JOHN 6. DEWITT,
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22
MEDICAL.
Strong Facts +!

A great many people are
asking what particular trou-
bles Browns IRON BITTERs
is good for. We have told
you some things it is good for
and why it is specially benefi-
cial mall cases where strength
is needed.
The best way to tell you
some of the complaints that
Browns IRON BITTERs will
cure is to quote what those
who have tried it say:
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22
PAIN IN THE BACK

PAIN IN THE BACK!
Mr.. F. G. Delaney, of Norfolk,
Va, writes: at gives me great
pleasure to experience once more
that gloriously good feeling Of
perfect health. was buried in
despair, my back constantly pain
ed me, and from head to foot |
felt thoroughly i'll. | could not
walk across the yard without ia
tigue. Nothing / ate agreed
with me. Doctors could do me
no good. Itried BRoETN's IRON
BITTERs. It has given me
perfect health and strength"
The Portland daily press., 1881-11-22
KINNEY DISEASES !


Steubenville, o., May 1851.
Please send me at once one
gross of your most excellent me-
dicinal tonic, BRowN's IRON
BITTERs. | have used it in
my practice, for indigestion, dys-
pepsia, sour stomach, heartburn,
nausea, vertigo, ETC., and have
met with great success, in effect
ing cures. find they give per-
feet tone and real strength to
every part of the body, and in
cases Of kidney diseases and con-
sumption they quickly stop all
decay.
II. B. ALEXANDER, M. D.
Ask your druggist for a
bottle of BRowN's IRON BIT-
TIERS and give it fair trial.
1t will do you good.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-25
The Great Blood Purifier, Kid
ney Remedy and
Mild Laxative.

WE, the undersigned, having used DR.. Cort
w belts Shakers sarsaparilla Syrup In our
practice. and having examined the formula by
which It is prepared, would cheerfully recoms
m nd 1t to the community as the cheapest, safe
and most efhcaious Of all the preparations of
sarsaparilla In the market. Its highly concentra
ted state, (there being in given amount OF syrup
twice the amount of Vegetable Extract that anJ
other contains thecare, skill and of It's
manufacture, are sure guarantees ofits purity and
effect. I. II. f'sby, NJ. D., u. Luck, ~. d., s
Buuton. N. D., J. 8. Elliot, n. D., Jan 60 Babb. NJ
D., 2. Colburn, NJ. d., NJ. CD. Tewkbury, NJ. d.
A G. French M. D. Josiah Crosby, NJ. D., A. G.
Gale, NJ. D., James A. Gregg. NJ. d.
Those who have failed to be bene cited by other
sarsaparillas should not fall to make a sinRl,
trial OF this blood purifying and life invgoratinp
compound Of shaker sHrsRparllla, dentlellnon,
yellow dock. mandrake, black cohosb, eargei'
Indian hemp, and the berries of jupiper and
cubeb, combined with Iodidc Of Potassium made
by the Society. '-"N
Prepared by the Canterbury Society of shskers
Shaker Village, n. II. and signed by Thos, Cor.
bett, its inventor. Sold everywhere Iuouir,
for Corbeirs Shakers. Sarsaparilla.
iaSEnclose Stamp for Shaker Manual,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-25

what possible doom might I not have
brought upon myself by the wretched
passion la which had gone away that
morning.
The town clock, sounding dim and
muilled through the storm, struck
eleven rs ] hurried down the hill |
Eleven -and who know what length
OF time might clapse before could find
nor And like a fiery phantasmagoria
before my minds eye, / beheld the wild
rush of the midnight express. and
dreaded knew not what. For all that
could realize was that the storm was
growing fercer with every moment,
and Polly and the baby were out In its
furyi
AS steadily as | could l worked my
way down toward the track, but more
than once became bewildered, and had
to stop and reflect before | could resume
my quest. And when, ut length, came
out close to ruined wood and water
station on the edge OF the track, knew
that 1 was full half mile below tho
White Blackbird.
And in the di lance heard the long,
shrill shrek of the midnight trainl
Some one else had heard It, too, for,
rs stood thus. saw, family visible
through tho binding snow, shadowy
| figure issue from the ruined shed and
come out upon the track. looking with O
bewildered, uncertain air mp and down
the form of Polly, my wife, with the
little baby in her armsl
/ hurried down to her az fast as the
rapidly increasing snow-drifts would
let me, but l was only Just in time to
drag her from the place of peril, and
stand. breathlessly holding her back,
while the fery-eyed monster of steam
swept by with o rush and rattle that
nearly took our breath awayl
polly" cried, Polly! speak To
mer'
She turned her wandering gaze toward
me, with her vague eyes that seemed
scarcely to recognize me.
"Have you seen my husbandP" gaid
she. "One Jacob Ootterel, brakeman
on the local expressp"
Polly little woman don't you know
mePn gasped.
"And thought, perhaps" she added
vacantly. you might have met him
It's very cold here, and-and -"
And then she tainted in my arms.
The long, long brain fever that followed
was n sort of death. There was tim,
when they told me she never woulc
know me again, but, thank God, she
did. She recovered at last And since
that night never have tasted drop o
liquor, and, please heaven, never will
again. Tbs baby, bless its dear litt!
heart. wasn't harmed at all. 1t lay snu.
and warm on its mothers breast all thu
while. But If hadn't happened to b,
close By item ut that instant the nil
express would have ground them int
powderl
And the white stripe came into m,
hair upon the night of that fearful snow
storm. That's hov it happened. Sir.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-25

The best preventive of feveI and egu
to b. Wheat Bitters. w - Z
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-25
The Foolish Hen-A Fable,

Mrs. Brown Hen was known through
out her neighborhood as modest, hard
scratching, patient biddy She never
complained of the cold or found fault
with the heat, and no one ever heard her
express an envious wish. Great
was the surprise, therefore, when she
appeared among the barnyard fowls
one day, and began,
I'm tired of being hen. f. ia moth
ing but scratch for worms and lay eggs
for the family. Let peacock pass by
and all praise 1t. but what member OF
the family ever has u word of praise fer
meP I'm going to be 8 peacock"
Tint you cannot be" replied a vet
Gran old rooster, rs he shook the dirt off
his back. You lack in size and shape.
Nature intended you for hen, and as a
hen you are success"
But can dress like peacock" per-
etsted the hen. I'm sick and tired OF
these brown colors. / see no reason
why l shouldn't dress as well as any
other fowl"
Arguments end reasons were of no
avail, and Mrs. Brown Hen walked
away to carry out her programme. In
an hour che appeared among the
peacocks with a red ribbon around her
neck, gay feather over her ear, and q
red wooden rag tied around her leg. She
strutted about and tried to make hersel
at home, but one OF the peacocks stepped
forward and said:
"You are simply deceivipR yourself.
We all know you tor hen. While You
were acting the part OF hen we all
respected you. Now that you are crowd,
ing in where you don't belong, and
where neither nature nor education
have fitted you, you deserve only CON-
tempt"
The hen persisted in trying to be q
peacock. and as. she strutted around In
her borrowed finery the cook observed
her and said:
"No hen with her means could have
come by those things honestly. She
was the best hen in the coop as long as
she remained in her place, but now that
she Is out of it she will DO gossiped
about and made miserable, and will
therefore wiring her neck and eat her."
Detroit Free Press.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-25
Something Like a snake story.

A sportsman who penetrated into the
Jungle lying between Buddoh and Siran.
COON, came upon lone b at in a district
called Campong Batta. upon the root of
which the skin of an enormous boa or
python was spread out. The hut was
occupied by Malay and his wife, VINO
told the sportsman the following extra
ordinary story. One night about week
previous the MALAY was awakened by the
cries of his wife. Surprising In the dark
ness that she had been attacked by thieves
ne seized his sharp parang and CROPPED
nis way to hen sleeping place, where his
hand fell upon a slimy reptile. 1t was
fully q minute before he could compre-
bend the entire situation, and when he
did be discovered that the whole Of his
wife's arm had been drawn down the
monsters throat. whittier the upper
following. Not daring to attack the
wife's death, the husband seized two
bags within reach and commenced stuff
ing them into the corners OF the snakes
Jaws, by means Of which he succeeded
In forcing them wide open and releasing
his wife's arm. No sooner had the boa
lost his prey than be attacked the hus-
band, whom he began encircling In his
fatal coils, but holding out both
arms and watching his opportunity the
man attacked the monster 80 vigorously
with his parang that 1t suddenly un-
wound itself and vanished through an
opening beneath the attap sides Of the
hut. The Malay's clothes were covered
with blood, as was also the floor of the
hut, and his wiie's arm was blue with
the squeezing 1t received between the
boa's jaws. AT daylight the husband
nearly ruined, the boa having In his
agony broken of the trees at the roots,
and In the midst Of the debris lay the
monster itself dead. The Malay stated
that he had realized $50 from the
Chinese. who came long distances to
purchase, pieces Of desh on account OF
IT. supposed medicinal properties, and
that he had refused % for the skin,
which he preferred to retain as trophy.
-G:~aits Times.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-25
The Devastated Hen C0Ops.

There was o man lived near Putnam,
Mass, who had u iavorite dog, NAL
tese crosz cat, and twenty-nine hens.
with their natural guardians and conse'
Quent broods and accompanying en-
emies. Something nightly invaded this
mans palatial henEery, sucked lew
eggs and ate q tender, weetling little
chicken now and then. The man inves-
tigated. The robber was that terrible
enemy of hen coops, the American +.
O., or the Arctic polar cat. The man
carefully opened two or three eggs; he
poisoned them with paris green and
strychnine, and laid them on the floor
of the hen-house. At late hour the
next morning he got mp and went out to
look at the dead p. o. (paleris catharti-
cus). The first thing he saw was q
dead dog, his own favorite dog midway
between the house and the hennery.
He wept with grief and rage, and won
dered who could have been 60 mean and
cruel. The next thing he saw in the
coroner's line was dead Maltese cross
cat. He shuddered and said:
II can never tell my wife Of this: "
Then be found two dead hens, and his
heart misgave him. He went into the
hennery and counted eleven more dead
hens, and then he knew that what the
dog and cat couldn't eat the hens had
finished. Hc picked UP six hens that
were just passing into the gloomy abod g
Of the shades. And while he CRASHED
his teeth and rehearsed little speeches to
himself, he saw something with his nose.
and looking afar off on the sandy hillside
he heard the p. c. that he hated, creep
ing among the rocks to his solitary
lair, like the south wind passing over q
bank OF fish, stealing and giving night
blooming cereus: "Ah, thus" he said,
from childhood's hour, my fondest
hopes have passed away; the cake Is
dough, the milk is four, ~ general flavor
of decay comes with the breeze from
yonder hillsi oh. cup of sorrows bit,
terest dregs Grim death the dog and
Maltese kills and spares the things that
sucks the eggs" This interesting chap
ter of local history Is literal transla.
ton from the true chronicles If Putnam
-B9rdette, in Burlington Hasokeye.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-25
The Fame Of the CITY.

A great rich city of power and pride,
Will 81 ests full OF traders, and ships on thu
tide:
With rich mea and workntsn. and Judges and
presohefs.
The shops full Of 81 d. ami the schous hull oi
teachers.
The people wero proni OF their opulent town,
Tho rich men spent millions TO bring it re-
nown;
The strong men built and the ,radesmen
planned,
The shipmen sailed to every land;
The lawyers ergied, tho teachers taught,
And poor shy poet his verses brougF.
And cast them toto the splendid store
Tho tmdesmen stared OF his useless craft,
The rich mon sneered and the strong men
laughed;
The preachers said il was worthless quito,
The school men claimed it was theirs TO write
But the songs wore spared, though they added
nnught
To the profit and praise the people sought,
That was waited at last from distant climes.
Ano tue toWnsmen said: 10 remoteet times
We shall send our name and our greatness
down.
The boast came true; but the famous town
Had lesson to learn when all was told.
The nations that honored cared naught tor its
gold,
Its skin they exceeded hundred;old;
Il had only been ono Of thousand more
Had the songs Of the poet been lost to its
store.
Then the rich men and trsdesmen and school,
men said
They had never derided, but praised instead; ;
And they boast OF the poet their town has
bred.
John Boyle ORetiiy, IN Harper.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-25
ina Tr.iae In Human HaIr,

Several tens OF fair hair are annual,
imported from France to England AM
Germany. The most luSuriant heads o
hair In France are 10 be found among Id
PEASANT woL On OF Normandy. Britain
yssld. plentiful crops. but Of coars
and its neizhborhOod are roductive @
Exceptionally long and glossy black hair
Throughout Il north Of France du
hpas charactspst the .growths, q fac
which the dealers attribute to the inHu
ance Of the sea air upon tn human hair
whioh. in inland mountainous district,
p generally found TO be dark an brigh
b s6pormsi length and Weight. Tb,
frsuoh hair dealers chief customer !,
America. whittier 10 annually exported
- much of the commodity In question
= y sent 10 Great Britain and Gegman
p&es7sr. 1853 ff
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-25
TIMELY TOPICS.

II IL amazing what progress has been
made In art In this country within the
past quarter Of q century. Art schools
are springing up in tall our large cities,
art collections are being made by
wealthy men everywhere, which would
do .redit to the galleries of the CID
world. American artists are forming
schools and styles of their own, recog-
pizing the truth that true art Is the OK.
elusive property of no one age or nation,
but is the honest working out Of an
original idea with the materials at
hand.
The attempt to Introduce Cinnamon
as workmen on Louisiana plantations is
said to be 4 failure, owing TO the inabil
ity OF the Chinese to endure the intense
heat. Recently a good many sturdy la
borers from Spain and Portugal have
been induced to cultivate and gather cot
ton and sugar, and 30 far they have given
satisfaction. The agency which origi-
nally introduced these lahorers has an
order for ten thousand more, and 1t Is
said that one hundred Thousand can be
readily obtained II employment can be
found for them.
It IL sometimes questioned by mer-
chants whether advertising pays. The
question will hardly bear discussion In
the light Of the following facts, rates tor
transient advertisements being figured.
The Chicago Tribune II is said, for a
column q veal, receives S26, 900. The New
York Herald receives for its lowest priced
column $39,723, and for the highest
e346 900. These papers are never at a
loss for advertisements to fill their
columns. Their patronage comes not
from any desire to assist the respective
papers, but from business men who find
It profitable to advertise.
Ostrich farming is to be tried on an
extensive scale in California. Mr.. d.
Whiting, of Riverside, Cal, is inclosing
LOCO acres of land with q stockade, and
proposes importing one hundred pairs
| of ostriches from South Africa, worth
from $3.50 to $500 bird. Ostriches
breed at four years Of age, and will pro-
duce four broods a year, each averaging
twenty chicks. At eight months the
feathers of bird are worth five doliari
and "a It grows older attain value oil
over el00. 1t Is said that 1t costs nc
more to keep an ostrich than to keep
sheep.
| II
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-25
Amputation of the Leg.
The old Frmliy physician at Fauit-Dr.
David Kennedy the Successful Surgeon.

Money il the universal necessity and none but
cynlc or fool will affect to despise IL. Mr. Alb
rsnl Ellsworth, of Port Ewin, Ulster countyN T.,
hau realized this truth. His disease involved the
whole OF his thigh.bone, and the suffering man
looKSu Forward not without apparent reason, TO
refused to amputale the lhnl-ass,rtiDg that tho
operation would ALL The pauent on the spot. Dr.
DAVID Kennedy, OF ROndout, N. ", who was con.
suited, held different opinion and ampututed
the limb. The Doctor then administered freely
ms great Blood-speci1c favorite Remedy to afford
turn OF the DISEASE, and MIR. Ellsworth remains
TO this Gay In the bloom OF health This gentle
mars disease was the offspring of foul blood, and
and restored to him the pow er once more TO en-.
JOY his lie. Are you suffering from any deseaso
uacenDle 10 the same cause! Try tavorite Rem.
cay. Your druggist has 1t. One dollar bottle.
Bear In mind the proprietor's name and adores
Dr. David Kennedy, kondout New YORK.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-25
NAL
UNEERM ENTED

MENTAL and Physical Exhaustion, Nervous
lNl ness. Hysts,ia, Night sweats sleeplessness.
Cough. Emaciation and Decline are at once ar
rested by NAL BfTTERs. This orr inal and
incompatible Food Medicine is rich in nourish.
ment and strength. 1t feds the body and the brain
1t regulates the stomach and bowels, cleanses the
liver and kidneys. increasest he appetite. and CT.
riches the blood. Health. strength. and peace OIL
mind Ire sure to follow its dailyuse Prepared by
the MALT BITTERs COMPANY from Unfermen,
ed Malt and Hops, and sold everywhere.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-25

Charles Hartman, Toledo Ohio,
Gays: III know 1t cursd noe, and I hope
Others similarly troubled with pain In
the chest may be helped by the "Only
Lung Pad" as l have: See Adv.