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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-03
Hedging the Assessment Question.

There seems to be disposition on the
part OF our Half-breed contemporaries
to flee from the wrath to come, or in
more vulgar parlance to hedge, with
respect to the assessment question.
They are full of virtuous protest against
the tone of the circulars sent out by the
Republican Congressional Committee,
but the work still goes bravely ON. AS
a rule, the Half-breed organs are in
sympathy with the Half-breed leaders,
but we do not see how they can take
exception to the Matchmaking document
that is sent with merciiess impartiality
to laborers, errand boys, widows and
orphans in Government. employ, and
still claim to be in harmony with some
of the most prominent men in their
faction. For the Congressional Commit
tee is by no means of exclusive Stalwart
composition. my dear Hubbelr' was
a Garfield man when Garfield was alive,
whatever he may be with Garfield
dead. Henderson has Blaine leanings,
at least, when Blaine is mending fences
instead of building houses, and the
three Senators, Hale, Allison and Aid
rich, would hardly consent to be held
up as representing the Stalwart wing
of the party. But the Secretary
signs the circular ''by order of the
Committee" a unanimous order so
far as the circular shows, or SO far
as we have any outside light to
go by. In short, we do not see how
the Administration can be held primari-
ly responsible for this dirty business,
anyway. The victims are directly or
indirectly of Federal appointment, it is
true, and must look to the President or
his Immediate subordinates for sacrifice
or protection; but the blackmailers are
congressman. They belong to the
legislative branch in which the Half
breeds claim that their Representatives
largely outnumber the Republicans of
the Stalwart stripe. 1t would ha div
seem fair should the Half-breed organs
succeed in making capital out of the
disgrace for which they are most largely
responsible. Moreover, in this sudden
assumption of virtue there is something
suspicious. If assessments are right in
principle it is no worse to levy them in
an 'off year" than it is in Presidential
campaign. 1t may show that the ex-
igencies of the party are greater than
usual, but not that it's methods are anv
worse-only put to little harder
objections to seeing the Half-breed
scheme for eating the party
cake and keeping it, too, sue
coed. The Half-breed organs know
as well as do the Stalwarts
that they have enjoyed at least eIoht
years of power which they would not
have enjoyed except they had employed
this and other forms of moral compul-
sion, and in the excitement of another
campaign they will use the same bridge
again, with fervent prayer that it may
not be too rotten to carry them over
Boston Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-03
4 LULLABY.

sieep, my child! the shadows fall;
Slient darkness reigns DER all:
BirG and bloom are lost to sight
IN the folded arms of night:
stars VIII soon from cloud towers peep,
While all nature lies asleep.
: Breathe thou softlyl Rest is sweet
FOR tired hearts and aching feet;
NO duh care nor toll is thine
nor sin, thou blessed child of mine;
tranquil on thy soft couch rest,
with dreams of Heaven in thy breast.
BIRDS are sleeping; close thine eyes;
Masen with soft surprise;
it3rest the morning with thy smile,
and sweet prattle without guile,
Scents lie sleeping in the flowers;
}Siumber till the daylight hours.
sleep! Thy Father guards thy rest;
Lay thy head upon His breast;
SAFER tnan these arms which hold thee,
His dear love viii firm enfold thee;
Higher love than mine shall He
Give, beloved one, to thee!
Sleep! The waves have longbeen sleeping
Angels o'er thee watch are keeping;
Ger us both the pale stars shine
With radiance half divine.
Slumber, innocent and light,
Fall from Heaven on thee to night.
Chambers journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-03
Rats on Ships.

| Rats greatly infest ships, and are by
them conveyed to every part of the
world. So industriously do they make
homes for themselves in the numerous
crannies and corners in the hull of a
ship, that it is impossible to get rid OF
them. Ships take out rats as we'll as
passengers and cargo, every voyage ;
whether the former remain in the ship
at port is best known to themselves.
When the East India Company had
ships of their own they employed rat
catcher, who sometimes captured 500
rats in one ship just returned from Cal
cutta. The ship rat is often the black
species. Sometimes black and brown
inhabit the same vessel, and unless they
carry on perpetual hostili les, one party
will keep in the head of the vessel and
the other to the stern. The ship rat is
very anxious that his supply of fresh
water shall not fail; he will come on
deck when it rains, and climb up to the
wet sails to suck them. Sometimes he
mistakes spirit cask for water cask,
and he gets drunk. A captain on an
American ship is credited Cor discred-
ited) with an ingenious bit of sharp
practice as means of clearing his ship
from rats. Having discharged a cargo
at q port in Holland, he found his ship
in juxtaposition to another which had
just taken in a cargo of Dutch cheese.
He laid a plank at night from one vessel
to the other; the rats, tempted by the
odor, trooped along the plank and be-.
gan the feast. He took care that the
plank should not be there to serve them
as a pathway back again, and so the
cheese laden ship had cruel addition
to its outward cargo.-N. 7. Scientific
Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-03

glance is sufficient to tell him that the
young girl standing little to the left of
the others is the poSsessor of the Won
derful voice.
She is still singing, and her face, of
marvellous beauty, is turned half toward
him. Her wide blue eyes are raised to
the clear blue of the heavens and seem
to equal it in their purity and intensity.
Her complexion is pale, with just a
touch of color on the oval cheek. She
is not at all of the "dead perfection
order of girls, nor
q" The rose of the rose bush garden of girls,
Queen lily and rose in one;;''.
but healthful,, natural face, with beau
tiful eyes and regular features, framed
by golden brown hair, pushing out am
bitiously from the close bands of the
unsightly cap. Her beauty is that of
the bud, rather than the flower. Yet
there is certain firmness indicated in
the only limited lines about the mouth,
and, instinctively, one feels that this
girl is not made of such stuff as dreams
are made of but of that sterner clay of
which martyrs and heroines are nodded,
and you wonder wha. lies beyond the
red ribbons of her girlhood. She is
capable of being very happy, and also
of being very wretched; but you can not
imagine for one moment that Johanna
Rothe could ever be capable of wrong,
unwomanly act. You feel that she is
| capable of great and good things, and
only capable of such.
think it not improbable that some
such thoughts as these passed through
the mind of the young minister, as he
listened to the wonderful voice and
looked upon the beautiful face; and in
the days and weeks that followed the
Easter service know not how the young
divine became acquainted with johann
ma; but, nevertheless, an acquaintance
did spring up and prosper with more
rapidity than was usual in a Moravian
village at the early date of which our
story is faithful chronicle. Perhaps it
was because Bartholomew, having as
his special charge the younger men of
the Church, found it necessary to look
after Johanna's brother, who, indeed,
was not model of Christian virtues and
who occasionally made trips to New
York, where he imbibed much of the
world sinful tastes.
However, johanna and young Brother
Bartholomew met at glove Feasts"
and religious services; and sometimes
of a sunny afternoon, when mothers
and daughters sat in their favorite places
in the graveyard (for such was ever the
favorite resort of the good people of
Bethlehem), the young pastor would
pass that way; and as he came to one
little group after another he would stop
for a few moments and ask after the
health of each and express some word
of kindness and courtesy ere he passed
on; and red-letter days were those
when, among the others, he CHANGED to
meet Johanna.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-03

An exchange says that the move.
ment to sell potatoes il strawberry
boxes is weakening.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-08-03

In digging foundation for new
store near the Richmond and Danville
depot, in Richmond, Va, recently, the
rails of narrow-gauge road were dis
covered six or 1,yen feet below the sur
face. 1t is supposed to have been used
in loading and unloading hogsheads OF
tobacco, but no one remembers the ex-
istence of such a road.-N o. PicaVune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-02-10
The Peppermint Crop.

The peppermint crop of the United
States has for the past few years reached
the amount Of 10000 pounds per year. of
which about $4,000 pounds were annually
exported. Two-thirds of the peppermint
oil of this country is produced in New
York. and about one-thrd in Michigan.
The best oil comes from Wayne county.
New York, where it is carefully prepared
by man named Hotchkiss. whose name
it bears. and usually brings 20 cents more
than the common. The plant is peren-
NAL one. and is planted in the spring. The
next year it is ready for cutting and gen.
orally may be cut for three years. The
best yield is given in the first and second
years of cutting; in the third year the
plant becomes bitter After the plant be-
comes four years old it is not cut. and the
field is plowed over and new crop
planted. The usual method of planting
is in rows, and in August the plant is
ready for cutting.
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FsMEh1 y. BEAN, Judge.
Attest HOWARD OWEN, Register. 3v3s

kENNEBEC COUNTf.-h Probate Court. at
4ugusfo, on the fourth Monday Of January, 1852.
~ II. ANDREWS. Administrator the estate of
W. Emily ii. Harvey, late of Monmouth. in said
County deceased, having petitioned for license to
sell the following real estate of said deceased for
the payment of debts, sc. viz: One-thrd interest
in the real estate of John Harvey. deceased, in
Monmouth also oueshalf interest in parcel of land
pertaining 10 said estate con aiming about 10 acres
ORDERED, That notice thereof be given three
weeks successfully prior to the second Monday of
February next, in the kennebec Journal, a newspa.
per printed in Augusta, that ali persons interested
may attend at a Probate Court then TO be held at
Augusta and show cause. if any, why the PRAYER
Of said petition should no, be granted.
EMERY o. BEAN, Judge.
Attest: HOWARD OWEN, Register. 3wfs
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AUGUSTA POST OFFICE.

Jan. lst, 1882
Otice Hours.
From A. NJ. to 9P. NJ. Sundays excepted.
and General Delivery.
Money Order Office opens at A. NJ. Closes al
6P.M.
Registered Letter Department opens at A. NJ.
Closes at 6 r. NJ.
Stamp Office opens at A. NJ. Closes at M.
Irriral and Departure Of Mails.
Portland Boston and Southern and Western Mails
arrive at 2l7 A NJ, and 3.25 and 74s NJ. Close at
s. 40 and $40 A. NJ and 10 P. NJ.
Portland and intermediate Offices; arrive at 3.25
Rhode Island. Connecticut and Southern and West
ern States close at 80 p. VI.
Lewiston and Auburn and intermediate Offices /;
arrive IL A NJ, 3.25, and .4s z. NJ. Close at 49,
and $40 A. NJ, and 10 2. NJ.
Brunswick, Bath, Rockland, Squirrel Island, Ocean
Close $40 and $40 A. NJ.
Bangor Belfast. Eastern and New Brunswick
arrive 10 A. NJ. and IL Pm. Close at BIS and loP.M
Skowhegan and connecting routes arrive 10 A. NJ.
and ii T. NJ Close BIS and 10 +. NJ.
Stage Mails.
Searsmont aQd intermediate Offices arrive Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at 20 A. NJ. Close at 3.l5 p.
NJ Monday, Wednesday and FRIDAY.
Belfast and intermediate offices arrive daily (Sun-
day exeepted) at 10 A. NJ. Close 3.l5 Z. NJ.
Wald"boro and intern ediate Offices, arrive daily
Sundays excepted at f. NJ. Close $50 A. NJ.
Litchield and intermediate Offices arrive daily ex-
cept sundays. at 10 A. NJ Closes 3.l5 p. NJ.
Winthrop arrives daily Sundays excepted) p. NJ.
Closes A. VI.
Manchester Mt Vernon, W. Mt Vernon and No
Vienna daily except Sundays arrives II NJ Closes
PM.
Belgrade, W. Waterville, Somerset X. X. and con-
Meeting routes errive daily Sundays excepted) at
l23O. Close at LIS.
Weeks Mills and W. Windsor arrive daily except
Sundays at 10 A. u. Closes at BIS +. NJ.
National Military Home Togus. arrives 10 A. VI.
and : r. NJ. Closes A. NJ. and s.l5 p. M.
Carriers deliveries are made daily (Sun-
DAYS and legal Holidays excepted) in the
business portion of the city, at 30 and
10 A. NJ. and and +. NJ. Deliveries are made
to all parts of the city within the delivery limits
twice a day Sundays and legal Holidays excepted
at 40 A. NJ. and Z. VI.
Collections from the street boxes are made on
week days follows The boxes on Water State,
Winthrop, Bridge, Green, Grove, corner of Chapel
and Court streets Maine Cent al X r. station, East
End kennebec Bridge, and at corner of Bangor and
Cony streets collected AT A. NJ, 30 and p NJ
All other boxes are collected at Q 4. VI. and +. NJ.
SUNDAYS and legal Holidays, collections are made
at 6 Z. VI.
All Letters delivered free by carriers when ad
dressed to the street and number. People should
inform their correspondents of above and have their
letters addressed accordingly.
Any Irregularities in the Carriers Department
should be- reported 10 the office.
J. II. MANLEY. p NJ.
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KENNEBEC CoUNTr.-Ia Prosa,. Court. he ID
at aasassa, on the fourth Monday OF January
1883.
GORGE II. ANDREWS. Administrator on the
NJ estate of Emily H Harvey, late Of Monmouth.
IN said county deceased, having presented his first
account Of administration for allowance:
ORDERED. That notice thereof be given three
weeks successively prior to the second Monday Of
FEBRUARY next, In the kennebec Journal, .
newspaper printed In Augusta tina, ali persons inter
ested may attend at 4 Probate Court then to be
held q Augusta. and show cause, nany, vhy the
sane should mot Be allowed.
EMERY 0. BEAN. Judge.
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kEANEBEC COUNTY--Ia Probate curt he'd at
fugusta. on the second Monday Of January, 1882
JOSEPH W. PATTERSON, Administrator on the
- estate of Josiah W. Humphrey, late OF Augusta,
in said County, deceased having presented his first
account of administration for allowance:
ORDERSD, That notice thereof be given three
week successfully prior to the second Monday Feb
ruary next, in the kennetec journal, a wspaper
printed In Augusta, that all persons interested may
attend ut a Probate Court then to be held III
Augusta. and show cause. If any, why the same
should not be allowed.
EMERY D. BEAN, Judge.
Rpui 2u2
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OLD PEOPLE
whose digestive powers impaired will find this
diet invaluable. Many adopting this article in
DAILY Use. IL is superior and more palatable
than oatmeal and other similar preparations, and
being thoroughly cooked in its manufacture it does
not sour spoil.
DYSPEPTICS
will find in RIDGES FooD every qualification p-ces-
sary, as il is sfeam cooked food wherein ali the
nesh-forming properties retained Its soothing
and nourishng properties particularly adap, 1t TO al
conditions of the stomach
NURSING MOTHERS
reduced by prolonged actaion or oyertaxiug tn. n.r
Sous system should at once commence using RIDGE's
Foop as a daily diet before the standard of health
Is reduced in both mother and child. wOOLRICH
co. every label. deciav9m
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What Physicians Say.

SAN LEANDRo, Cal, January Is, 1877.
Dr. Il. v. Pierce. Buffalo. NY. Dear Sir
i have employed your pleasant Puryative
Pellets" in my practice for the last four years.
now use no other Alternative or cathsrtic
medicines in all chronic arrangements of
the stomach, liver, and bowels. know of
nothing that equals them.
!. \. MILLER, VI. u.
feb. fdN " lw-lp
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kENNEBEc C0UNTY-Ia Probate Court held of
4ngnsta on the second Monday OF January, 1853.
WILLARD LoNGFELL0w. sr,iian Of A onie
w L. Longf-llow. Florence A. LonsfeIlow. and
Jennie I. Iongfeilew, OF Augusta, in said County.
minors, hayins presented his first account of Guar
dianship OF said Wards tor allowance:
ORDERED. That notice thereofbe given three week.
successivey prior TO the second Monday of February
next. IN the kennebec Journal, a newsparfr
printed IN Augusta that all persons interested NAV
attend at Probate Court then to be held q, Au
gusia and show cause, if any why the came should
not be allowed.
80. EMERY o. BEAN. Judge.
Atfest:-HowARD OWEN, Register. avs
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IN Insolvency. NOTICE. OF second
Meeting.
STATE OF MAINE.-KnSNEREc $: Cont q,
Insolvency. In the case of Winfield $ Puripton
OF West ws,erviIle, Insolvent Debtor.
This is TO give notice that pursuant to An order of
Court thereof, second meeting of the creditors of
said lnsolveus Debtor will be held Probate Court
room. in Augusta, in said county. on Monday, the
twenty seventh day of February. D. 1872 O'Clock
in the afternoon for the purposes named in
80 of the Act of said State OF Maine entitled IAN
Act in relation to the Insolvent Laws Of Maine"
approved February 81, ISIS.
Attest: HOWARD OWEN,
sw6s Register of said Court
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An, business man, farmer, miner or manufactures
in the United States who reads the transactons-no
Cos, sip-of the Stock Produce. Co'ton, Mining and
Z. troleum Boards of New ork City lthe trade cenr.
OF the nation finds the value hund edfold the cost
The New York Banker and Broker, Of
A. Broad street, New York, the best daily dial OIL
journal of all these Boards Exchanges, costs bu,
% u year, months .ial 81, and money refunded
if not satisfactory. samples free. l6r&w4w
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kENNEBEC C0UNTf-In Probate Court, het,ipt
dsgnsfa, on the second Monday Of January, 1882
L. W. wHIrEHoUSE, Administrator on the
lie estate of Peter Doyle. late of Chelsea in said
County deceased, having presented his first account
OF administration for allowance:
ORDERED, That notice thereof be given three
weeks successfully prior to the second Monday of
February next, in the kennebec journal, q news.
paper printed in Augusta, that all persons intere
may attend at q Probate Court then to be held AT
Augusta, aud show cause, If any, why the same
should not be allowed.
EMERY o. BEAN, Judge.
Attest: HOWARD OWEN. Register. 2w:Ss
kENNEBEC COUNT Ia Probate Conrt at
5agssta, on the second Monday OF Jaanarg, lsS2
A CERTAIN INSTRUMENT. purporting to re
"A the last will and testament of Joseph Denston
late of Augusta, In said County deceased having
been presented for probate:
ORDERED, That notice thereof be given three
weeks successively. prior to the second Monday of
February next. in the keRnebcc Journal n wspaper
printed in Augusta that all persons interested ma
attend at u Court of Probate then to be holden nj
Augusta, and show cause, II any, why the said in.
strument should not be- proved. approved and
allowed. the last will and testament of the said
deccased.
EMERY q. BEAN, Judge.
est:-HowARD OWEN. Register. swss
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e ATARR DIRECTIONS.

Apply a particle into
the ear. rubbing in
thoroughly.
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kENNEBEC C0TNTT.-IR PROBATE Court held at
-facasfa, on the fosrfh Monday Of January, 1852
A SHER II. BARTON, Executor of the last will
"A and Testament Of James Rideouf. late OF Benton
in said County. deceased having presented his first
and hnal account Is Executor of said will for allow.
aEce:
KpERKp, That netics thereof be given three weeks
successfully prior TO the fourth Monday of February
next In the kenn~bec Journal. newspaper printed
at Augusta. that all persons interested may attend
at Probate Court then TO be held at Augusta, and
show cause, If any, why the same should NO; be
allowed.
EMERY o. BEAN, Judge.
Affect: HOWARD OWEN. Register. av1s
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NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, that the subscri.
~ Der has been duly appointed Executor of
the last will and testament of
SARAH WADE, late of Augusta,
In the County of kennebec, deceased testate, and
has undertaken that by giving bond the law
directs: All persons. therefore. having demands
against the estate of said deceased, desired
hibit the same for settlement; and all indebted TO
said estate requested TO make immediate payment
to II. EUGENE SMITH.
Jan. y, lss2 3w4s
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Attest Howard OWN. Register. AVA.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-11-18
A Beautiful Store.

Visitors from abroad, travelling men and al
who have occasion TO come to Ottawa note
with wonder and admiration the many fine
business houses in Ottawa, and especially
the few made respondent under the electric
light In the evening. To one Of these es-
pecially and the elegant stock 1t contains we
wish to call attention.
Recent improvements in the interior OF
Hapeman & Graham's book and fancy store
have added largely to the attractiveness OF
not only the store but OF the goods them.
selves; and not the least Of the beauty Is oc-
casioned by that electric light, which even
out-rlyals the day itself. Under its influence
every color is shown In all its brllliancy,
while texture, fiber aud the quality Of books,
bindings, paper, notions, &C., is revealed in
u manner equalled only BY sunlight.
1t is wholly out OF the question to review
the stock in detail now displayed to the pub
lie, but few suggestions and points may be
thrown out that will serve as an index to the
whole. The stock itself has been selected
with great care from first hands either the
manufacturer or the importer come
quently can be offered at the lowest prices
the proprietors only ask small profit on
each article, being content with this and
more numerous sales, which such Il policy
will insure.
| We desire to direct attention to the splen
did line of finely bound books, adapted to
presents. This includes all the works OF
standard authors, either in complete sets OF
singly; illustrated books, richly bound either
in plush, tree calf, Russia and cheaper goods
choice selection Of poets in all bindings
from the cheapest cloth to the finest moroc-
/ co; photograph and autograph albums in
plush and other grades Of fine bindings;
handsome bibles and Episcopal and Catholic
prayer books, &c.
| Their assortment of ornamental goods il
without question the finest ever shswn in
the city. 1t embraces the popular bisqut
| statuary, so much sought after at present
an elaborate variety of glassware, such az
vases, inkstands, &C., in barouque, oriental
cracked and Bohemian ware; also in Swisi
! naneless variety Of everything that attract;
the eye and delights the heart OF old ant
young.
A handsome line Of stationery is an espec.
ial feature.
In pictures an extensive selection, ranging
through Autographs, artotypes, olcotypes
steel engravings, etchings, &c. Gold anC
velvet frames ~ he most drsiratc pattern,
frames u any sizc made ~ oldrT, also, IL.
line Of artists materials.
Juvenile illustrated books and magazine
in endless quantities.
Ia fact, before anyone purchases an article
for themselves, or for q present to a friend
fiapeman & Graham's stock should be eX
amined, for the reason that none is NOR,
complete and no one can sell cheaper.