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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-03-30
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-03-30

Lo0A To YOUR TAEL~.-Our readers
must remember that only recently has il
been clearI! demon,tr4,ed'ha, dead branch
on tree makes almo>; as great STRAIN on
the main plant for moisture a, doe, living
one. Il : one Of the mos, importan, dis
coyeries Of modern botanical science to the
practical aorticulturi>,. a. BY this know ledge
he can save many valuable tree. When
one has been iranspian,ed some roots get
injured, and the supply Of moisture in the
best cases Is more or less deficient ANY
dead branch or any weak one should there
fore be at once cut away arisaer's
UoHthiy.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-03-30

-Oicloths should only be eleansed with
milk and water; soap and brush ruins them
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-03-30

BoNE FELoN.-The London Lancet says
AS soon as the disease is felt, put directly
over the spot fly blister, about the size Of
your thumb nail. and let it remain for six
hours, al the expiration Of which time, d.
Tectly under the surface OF the blister may
be seen the felon, which can instantly be
taken out With the point Of needle or q
lancet"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-03-30

A barrel Of plaster should be kept in a
handy place in every stable aad manure eel
lar Where this Is used constantly, there
Will be freedom from the usual strong odor
Of stables and fermenting manure and a
saving of valuable material that would 9th
erwise escape.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-03-30

-Buckwheat is recommended as the best
remedy for the wire worm. Two or three
crops sowed in succession will completely
starve them out, as they will not eat it to
any extent.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-08
POPULATION OF NEW ENGLAND.

Dr. Allen, 8 New England physician, has an article in Popular Science Monthly on the decrease of population in that section. He says he has made a careful study of the subject, and he at- tributes the cause of this decrease to some change in physical organization. " In the last century, he says, the colo nists of New England, made up mostly of English stock, multiplied rapidly. Their natural increase was so great that they doubled in numbers in twenty-five years. Malthus regarded them as the best specimens in this respect of any people or race, and based upon facts from this source his great principle of population"
 But within the last hundred years remarkable change has taken place. Carefully kept records show that the average number of children to each family has decreased with every generation. ''They commenced with large families, averaging eight or nine, but 1t is now doubtful whether the average will exceed three children to a family, scarcely enough to keep the original stock good in numbers. D
 And ''this change has occurred in the same places, with the same people, hay ing the same climate and plenty of food. i"
 The main cause, says Dr. Allen, is that ''the men are not so strong and vigorous as their grandfathers and ancestors, and the women have deteriorated physically in surprising degree. A majority of them have a predominance of nerve tis- sue, with weak muscles and digestive organs.
 The most marked change in this one hundred years, in organization, is this loss of balance or harmony in the organs; and especially in women it is far more striking. They have been diverging more and more from that normal standard upon which the law of propagation is based. " Only about one-haf of the New England women can properly nurse their offspring, and this incapacity for nursing is con- stantly increasing. This Dr. Allen re- gards as very significant of some change in organization to which the natural de- crease is due.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-08

@ table, number of chairs, @ clock, looking-glass, two or three prayer-books, and, when there are young children in the family, school books. To these articles should of course be added kitchen utensils and table furniture, in which lat ter category napkins are much more con- spicoous than might be expected. Then, too, if the household practices any handi- craft, or tills bit of ground on its own account, the necessary tools and imple- ments will be found in the house.
 Land is the favorite investment, and the class of peasant proprietors is contin- ually recruited from the more hard work ing and economical of the agricultural laborers. Considerable amounts are also placed in the hands of notaries, whose traditional reputation for integrity still survives in the provinces. The savings banks also, although artisans in the towns folm the majority of their customers, re- ceive great many deposits from rural laborers. In one northern department it is said to be a matter of common occur renee for an agricultural workman earn ing $40 year to lay up $40. It is doubt ful whether such impressive testimony to economical habits could be furnished in any other country. We should not omit to mention that, besides their invest ments in land and their deposits in the savings banks, the rural laborers in northern France are beginning to organ ize mutual aid societies on large scale. In French Flanders alone these associa- tions number nearly forty thousand mem bers, and possess capital of nearly half million dollars. On the whole, it must be acknowledged that, tested by the mar gin for economies, the condition of the agricultural laborer in northern France exhibits, by comparison with the circum- stances of the rural population in other European countries, notable tendency to improvement and high degree o1 prosperity.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-08
The Lime.Kiln Club.

It am my painful dooty," said the President, as he opened the meeting, "to inform you dat death has again invaded our circle. Brudder Slipback Burbanks, of Syracuse, N. Y., am no mo- on airth. He breathed his last three days ago, after an illness of sixteen days. What axshun will de club take in de matter?"
 "I move dat we send de widder reso- lution of sympathy" announced Judge Cadaver.
 1T reckon dat we had better resolve dat de club has lost shining light, " tim idly added Pickles Smith.
 "De club will neither resolve nor ford any resolushuns of sympathy, remarked the President. "De widder an'-chill'en can't eat resolushun, eben if written in blue ink. De Seckretary will mail her 8 ten-dollar greenback from de club funds, an express de hope dat she ann dooin well under de circumstances.
 "Dis club hasn't lost no shinin' light by de death of Brudder Burbanks He was no sinner. Fact am, he was werry common sort of hump backed cull'o pusson, an it took him as long to ado seven an eight togeder as it would some odder men to airn two dollars. He was accomplished in nothing; he excellee only in killin' time when at work by d, day. He would be no better off if WI pronounced forty lyin' eulogies on hi character. He can be no worse off if W, tell de honest truth. De usual emblem of sorrow will be hung to de knob of d inner doah fur de space of two weeks, ar we will remember Brudder Burbanks a extremely good-natured, eben if extremel l lazy.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-08
Losing its People.
stone.

It is well known that since their Chris tianization the people of the Sanwich Is- lands have fallen off rapidly in numbers. The decrease within fifty years has been two-thirds. In 1880, when the first cen sus was taken, the population was 130,- 900. That was ten years after the Ameri- can missionaries began their work. Ac- cording to the last census the total was only about 10000 or less than one-third as many as fifty years ago. The trouble is that civilization has carried into the Sandwich Islands diseases induced by i- centiousness and intemperance, which caused a physical degeneracy in the peo- pie. The law of propagation has been violated to such an extent that it threatens the extinction of that people.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-08
Kisses on Interest.

A father talking to his careless daughter, said: "I want to speak to you of your mother. It may be that you have noticed careworn look upon her face lately. Of course it has not been brought there by any act of yours, still it is your duty to chase it away. want you to get up tomorrow morning and get breakfast; and when your mother comes and begins to express her surprise, go right up to her and kiss her. You can't imagine how it will brighten her poor face. Besides you owe her kiss or two. Away back when you were 8 little girl, she kissed you when no one else was tempted by your fever tainted breath and swollen face. You were not as attractive then as you are now. And through these years of sunshine and shadows she was always ready to cure by the magic of mothers kiss, the little, dirty, chubby hands, | whenever they were injured in those first skirmishes with the rough oldworld. And then the midnight kiss with which she routed so many bad dreams, as she leaned dOOVO yOuA 1OouAOoo P111OW, Ae1NC o11 U00u on interest these long, long years. Of course, she is not so pretty and kissable as you are; but if you had done your share of work during the last ten years the contrast would not have been so marked. Her face has more wrinkles than yours, far more; and yet if you were sick that face would appear more beautiful than an angels as it lowered over you, watching every opportunity to minister to your comfort, and every one of those wrinkles would seem to be bright wavelets of sunshine chasing each other over the dear face. She will leave you one of these days. The burdens, if not lifted from her shoulders, will break her down. Those rough, hard hands that have done so many necessary things for you, will be crossed upon her lifeless breast. Those neglected lips that gave you your first baby kiss will be forever closed, and those sad, tired eyes will have opened in eternity, and then you will appreciate your mother; but then it will be too late"
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-08
A New Paint.

A party of gentlemen recently made a trip on the Southeastern Railway, in England, with the object of testing the luminosity of railway car, portion of the interior of which had, been coated with Balmain's patent paint. The weather being dull, the zinc plates, which had re- ceived three coats of the paint specially hardened, were less sensitive than would have been the case had sunshine struck directly upon them but notwithstand- ing on entering Blackheath tunnel an agreeable, equally diffused light proceed ed from the ceiling of the compartment and the two ends, the advertisements on which were seen clearly. The hands of watch were also easily discerned and the headings of newspaper articles read Containing no phosphorus, the paint was without smell.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-08
Female Spotters.

Some of the railroads in the North and West, it is stated, are employing female "spotters." Often these spotters are very pretty girls, and after boarding a train, and when the conductor comes around to collect fare, the "spotter :" suddenly discovers that she has lost her pocket-book, containing her ticket and all the money she had. She shows con- siderable distress, sobs violently, and begs the conductor not to put her off the train. The conductor sees very pretty girl in very great deal of trouble, and he in manly way grants her request and allows her to ride free.
 The spotter reports the conductor, giving the number of his train, for dis obeying the order not to allow any one to ride without showing ticket, pass, or paying the exact amount of fare, and he, poor fellow, gets discharged without any explanation whatever
 The Racket" is informed that 8 pop ular conductor on @ certain line running into Cincinnati was discharged because he allowed very poor and sick woman with child in her arms to ride free. The supposition is that the action of the big-hearted cord-puller had been noted by "spotter,'' and report made tc headquarters. However, it is highly probable that the woman was the req informant. The employment of female "spotters" is an action which no respect able railway corporation should be guilty of, for the reason that no matter how desirous conductor is to enforce strictly the rules of his company, he cannot, un less he be brute, resist the fearful ap peals of 8 woman who is apparently 1T great distress.-NeaU Orleans Times.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-08
IN THE OLDEN TIME.
How Thanksgiving Day was Observed when
 Boston was a Baby.

Boston, in the days of its youth, cen- tired its public gatherings about the meet ing-house. On Thanksgivings and Fasts attendance at church was almost as oblg- atory as on Sundays. Absence from church meetings and trainings was vis- tied by fines and imprisonments.
 The Puritans regarded the Church as an essential part of the State. At it's public meetings not only was God wor- shiped as the head of the State, but the laws were proclaimed, and the duty of civil obedience and allegiance unto magistrates" inculcated. Not to attend church was consequently to disregard the plainest means of knowing the laws.
 "It is therefore ordered and declared, 7" so an old Colonial statute says, " that every person shall duly resort and attend upon the Lords Day, Fasts and Thanks givings, or be fined.''
 Boys who idled or played during church services were laid hold of by the constable and brought "before author ity." Inside of the meeting-house boys were also watched, for the old Puritan looked upon them as untamed things, whom it was expedient to suspect.
 They sat by themselves in the galleries, where special policemen, called " tithing- men," watched |" that they behaved themselves reverently in the time of Divine worship" It is doubtful if they regarded themselves, or were regarded by their elders, as part of the worshiping congregation. They were spectators, forced to attend because attendance would aid in developing them into good citizens.
 Service began, which was at nine o'clock in the morning, and at two in the afternoon, by the pastor praying fifteen minutes. A chapter was then read in the Bible, and expounded, which was followed by psalm, lined out by one of the ruling elders, who sat upon platform i'm. mediately below the pulpit
 After singing came the sermon, which was not read but preached from memory or elaborate mental preparation. It was measured, as to length, by the hour glass which stood at the preachers side One hour was the regulation length though on special occasions the glass was turned twice.
 A caricature of 8 famous Puritan preacher represents him as turning ove7 his hour-glass, and saying, "I know yo1 are good fellows; stay and take anothe glass;
 If a collection was taken, the boys il the galleries must have had good time watching what went on under their eyes
 Brethren of the congregation, sai' one of the deacons, rising from his seat below the elders platform, but above tn peoples benches, "now there is time lief for contribution, whereof as God ha prospered you, so freely offer" j The people then march two abreast u one aisle and down the other. Tn magistrates and chief gentlemen are first then the men, and last the women. Fac one puts his offering into money-bo
 held by one of the deacons-" some, f says an old chronicler, " a shilling, som } ten shillings, half crown, five shillingS according to their ability and good will 7 after this they conclude with psalm"
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-08
TERMS
THANKSGIVING DAY.

When the orchards with blossoms were blushing The willows unrolling their leaves, And the fields with the tender wheat flushing, Not then went the toiler to labor,
 The task of subduing the earth, With the sound of the pipe and the tabor, With anthems of joyance and mirth. Nor yet when processional flowers
 Passed on through the light or the gloom, When the vivid and picturesque hours
 Laughed out in splendor of bloom. When the oriole, royal and golden,
 Flashed forth like gem in the sun, Still man by stern duty was holden,
 Not yet was the victory won. When the vines on the trellis were burdened With clusters all purple and sweet; When the hand of the worker was guerdoned With bounty of harvests complete; When wide over mountain and valley
 The banners of autumn, unfurled In vast and magnificent rally,
 Shed lustre and pomp OCT the world ;- Then, pausing to think of the story
 Of promise, fulfllment, and cheer, The hope and the faith and the glory,
 The crown of the beautiful year, From the stress of our care-weighted living, The strain of our hurrying days, We break, and uplift thanksgiving
 To God, who is worthy of praise. And what if the storms lie before us
 The days that are weary and cold, Since the love that is vigilant OCT us
 Guards ever the young and the old, Still answers the earnest endesvor
 With more than measured reward, And suffers our weariness never
 To slip from the grasp of the Lord. So, silver-haired father and mother,
 So, middle-age sturdy and strong, So, dear little sister and brother,
 Join voices and hearts in the song; To the sound of the pipe and the tabor
 Weave chorals of gladness and mirth, For the toiler may rest from his labor,
 And plenty hath lowered the earth.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-08

WOMEN IN OFFIoE.-Women are now eligible to school offices in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Virginia, Massachusetts, Michi- gan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Wyoming, and to any office in Wisconsin except State Superintendent. MississiI- pi has State Board of Education, which includes the Governor, Lieutenant-Gov- ernor, and eight other persons, one of whom is a woman.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-08

LIVE STooK.-All the English counties except Cornwall, Cumberland, and Lan- cashire have less live stock than they had thirteen years ago.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-08

A SuRPR1sE.-A gentleman writing to the Sy Jdmess Gazette from a certain American inebriate asylum finds that very large proportion of the inmates re- ceiyed for treatment for chloral eating are themselves medical men,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-07-05
SALE.

MINOR Rosa E. MYERs.)
FOR No, 4O5
TuroRsH1p, &c.
Probate Docket, District Court, Parrish
Of Rapides, La.
PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF
i sale issued by the Honorable the
Twelfth Judicial District Court in and
for the Parish of Rapides, La, in the
above entitled and numbered suit.
commanding me in accordance with
the deliberations of the family meeting
held therein, to sell the hereinafter
described property, I shall offer for
sale at public auction, at the front Of
the Court House door, in the Town Of
Alexandria, La, between the houra
prescribed by law, on
SATURDAY, the 29th day of JULY.
A. D. 1882,
the following described property be
longing to said minor Rosa E. Myers,
t0-wit:-
The seven.twentieth (7>2O) interest
IN and to certain tract of land situa.
ted on Bayou Rapides, at Lsmothe's
Bridge, in the Parish Of Rapides, con.
tanning one hundred and thirty-two
(l32) acres, bounded South by the lot
No. two ~ of the Dawson partition.
West by lot No. four (4) of said parti.
ton, and North by Lamothe estate.
TERMs-CASH, subject to appraise.
ment. y. e.. PAIR.
Sheriff and ex oficio Auctioneer.
June 26-tds.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-07-05

"A STUPID assertion of boss pow.
or in Pennsylvania has called forth s
great revolt in the Republican party
there under circumstances which
gave the revolt the sympathy of g
majority of the Republican press
throughout the country. There is
an attempt to levy political assess
ments on scale so unprecedented,
and 10 a manner SO repulsive that it
appears as ii the party managers
wished to provoke and defy the re
sentiment of all fair.minded and de
cent people with whom that practice,
even when moderately carried on, has
always heen unpopular.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-07-05

-TRUE Democracy secures to {
people their inalienable rights, res
poets the will of the governed, and
exercises impartial justice toward
all. Nothing is more aatagonistic
to the true principles of Democracy
than for few to assume the author
ity vested alone in the masses, and
attempt to exercise that authority
In direct opposition to the express.
ed wishes of those whose rights arc
iniringed upon.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-07-05
Representative Hathaway Again.

The Express editorially takes us
to task for an article in our last
weeks issue in regard to Mr.. Hatha
way, and it makes, for the first time
positive charges against his official
and personal integrity. We had
nothing to say about that in our arti
Gle and simply complimented him 70,
bis work and influence in passing oul
local bills through the House of Re
representatives.. That what we did say
is true we are prepared to prove, and
the passage Of those bills through
the House and their failure in the
Senate justifies our estimate of the
value of his services. We had the
Seminary bill and the Hospital bill
both (which we wanted passed, and
through the zeal and work of Col
Wise and Mr.. Hathaway they die
pass the House. We don't know why
they failed in the Senate.
We are not the champion of Mr.
Hathaway's private character, and
if be has done anything wrong and
it can be sufficiently shown, we will
be as ready as the Express to con.
denim him for it--but we will not
condemn any man unheard. Now
that the charge has been specifically
made by the Express it will be Mr..
Hathaway's duty to let his constitu.
ents hear from him on the subject of
bis having taken bride or not. His
honor as man and his honesty as a
representative have been directly
questioned and impeached it is his
affair and not ours. Our columns
are open to him if he should choose
that method ofredress.
We reiterate what we said that he
worked faithfully for our local inter
ests and that he had great influence
in securing votes for the passage of
our local bills, and that if we wanted
faithful representatives in that res
pect we could not do better than to
re,elect both of our present members.
If the Express don't like our prac.
tical position on that point and pre-
fers to follow a Quixotic sentiment
instead, we are sorry, but We propose
nevertheless to face it's frowns with
out very great fear of being over.
come by the weight of its indigna.
ton or of trembling beneath its cen.
sure.