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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-11
Just in Place.

Webster once told good anecdote in I
speech. When asked where he got it. HI
said, II have had it laid up in my head
for IA years, and never had good chance
to use it till to-day"
MY little friend wants to know wha
good it will do to learn the ''rule OF three
or to commit verse Of the Bible or cate
chism.
The answer is this: sometime you will
need that very thing. Perhaps 1t may
be 20 years before you can make it I'll
Just in the right place. But it v i'll be jus,
in place sometime. and then if you dom,
have it, you will be like the hunter who
had no ball in his rife when he was met
by deer.
twenty-five years ago my teacher
made me study surveying" said q mar
who had recently lost his property; land
now am glad Of it. 1t Is just in place
I can get good situation and high sal
arvo
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-11
JsrA MAINE. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER IL, 1888
DaiIp Henneaee Journal.
Humanity In Slaughtering Ami
mails.

mails
T. s. Parker Of Farmingdale, has the
following interesting article in the last
issue of the Home Farm: Our last State
Legislature enacted some excellent laws
to prevent cruelty to animals, and we have
already seen much Of their wholesome ef-
feet among teamsters. II is to be regretted
that laws regulating the slauxhtering OF
animals were not enacted. l remember
Of reading . few years ago in the Maine
Farmer description OF the slaughiering
of pork in some foreign country. cannot
remember the place. where the butcher
was compelled by law to approach the
animal quietly ,and while it was vet uncon-
scious of danger, crush its brain with an
axe or hammer previous to bleeding it.
All slaughter houses were periodically
visited by an inspector and kept SO clean
that no smell, causing excitement in the
approaching animal. could be detected
How about our own slaughter housesP
Two years ago the following circum-
stances came under my observation. In
small town in Oxford county was q
slaughter house owned by farmer who
purchased fat cattle and peddled beef.
The slaughtering was done by humane
Christian gentleman In manner as mer-
ciful as 1t seemed possible. A steer was
being led by a neighbor, with slight
string, walking quietly. his eyes halt
closed, and chewing the cud. When
within about four rods If the building
the odor reached his nostrils, and he be-
came unmanageable. A strong rope was
attached to his harness and . windlass
turned by strong hands brought the fran.
tic creature. struggling and roaring at
every breath. into the building; and it
was not until his skull was crushed that
his cries ceased. The farmer informed
me that the gentlest and best trained
working oxen could not be driven within
several rods of the building at the lee
ward.
l recently called at . tarm building
where hog was being slaughtered. The
animal at the time of nv appearance was
suspended by one hind leg by means
of hook inserted through the flesh of the
gambrel under the cord, and this was
done while the animal was still alive but
too weak to stand or squeal. Soon after
my approach the butcher remarked :
F'.Well bring the water. and then if he
amt dead we'll dead him." Signifying
that plunging IN the hot water would end
his struggles. Such instacces learn are
of no uncommon occurrence and men
argue that the animal is past feeling long
before it is past struggling. How can
they tell ? Unfortunately there Is no So
ciety to prevent cruelty to animals in this
vicinity.
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In the Sleeping Car.

Very amusing incidents sometimes happen
in sleeping cars, owing to the Ignorance Of
untraveled people ~ to utilizing the limited
facilities for disrobing, etz. An Occurrences
of this kind took place . few days since,
which caused some CONSERVATION among the
ladies and considerable amusement to ths
male passengers. A nice looking old couple
were seated in one sf the sections Of the New
York sleeper, and, beyond being little rest
less. attracted no special attention until after
leaving the Grand Central station. Imme-
diately after the train pulled out, the old gsn-
tlemAn stopped . brakeman who happened to
be going through the train, and told hin
they wanted to 20 to bed. He was referred
to the colored autocrat who presidss ever
that department and gives an able imitation
Of man blacking boots. After some little
talking the old gent explained his wants, and
his birth was made up. He then wanted 70
know where the dressing room was, and The
ladies' dressing room being pointed
out, both he and his wife entered.
Although this was rather an unusual
proceeding, nothing was said about Il,
and ~ the train leaves about six O'Clock II
the evening, and il was . little too early 70
go to sleep, the balance of the Passengsss
distributed themselves about the car, and
nothing more was thought about the Old
couple until slam of the door and . snors Of
laughter from some innocent youth attssetsl
the attention of the occupants Of the ear -
= grand triumphal march executed By the old
couple from the dressing room to their bistA
They had disrobed in the ladies' dressing
room, and the old lady had apparently moth.
ing on but her ''robe de mutt" and . night
cap, and the old gentleman brought up the
rear with his clothes and those belonging -
his wife in his arms, being almost complsss-
ly hid 10 . mass of female attire not general.
ly exposed to public gaze. Il 10 nesdless 20
say that ths genuine innocence Of shs old
couple in the whols natter was % apparsns
that it protected them from any rude eoo-
ment. but after they had piped down Il ksps
the passengers in smiling mood the balance
of the trip Cincinnati HsqSsysy.
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Tho Young Wife.

The marriage of midd|a azRe 10 compan.
ionship; the second mpfriags Of maturity.
perhaps the reDaratia6 Of . mistdke. per
haps the pallid trsnscFipt of buried JOY
but the marriage Of y eicvisg yo4th is BY
the direct blessing of 0ed. and gthe real
ization Of the complete dBsf Of lovely
human life. Letthose who have found thai
pearl hold it fast and keep 1t safe. Within
the doors where love dwells no evil thing
should enter; and the loving bride who
would be the happy wife mnst spec.
cially guard against her own impatience
and despair when the lover is merging into
the husband, the fAtterer into the friend
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Great Influence of Little Things

The man who wrote the four simple
lines beginning with "Now lay me down
to Sleep" seemed to do very small
thing. He wrote four lines for his little
child. His name has not come down to
us. but he has done more for the good of
his race than If he had commanded the
victorious army at Waterloo. The little
fires which the good man kindles here
and there on the shores Of time. never 20
out: but ever and anon they flame up
and throw light upon the pilgrims path.
There is hardly anything 50 fearful. to my
coming ages. and writing itself upon the
minds Of unborn generations. We know
not whose hand held the pen that wrote
the Arabian Nights; but what book
How few are the children who have not
sat spell-bound at the feet of that en-
chanter DR.. Todd.
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Women are apt to fancy that the lives
Of men, are different from their own, in
that they are not filed with attention to
details. But it 10 not 20. The lawyer,
The physician, the clergyman, the mechan-
ic, the laborer. each in bis calling. attends
to IN infnity Of little things. IS small in
their way - sewing on buttons or darning
stockings. - hard as washing and ironing,
- dissagreeablc - filing the lamps or
blackinG the stove, and necessary to be
done q any and al OF these.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-11

For Dyspepsia, Insiigestioa. Dspsssssea q
Spirits and General Debility, In their vasiovs
forms also ~ . preventive against Fever
and Ague, and other intermittent Fsvefs, ths
"Ferro-P Phosphorssed Elixir Of Calisaya,' .
made by Casuell, Hasard 4 Co., New York,
and sold BY oil Drussists, 10 the best tsaie /;
and for patients recovering ffo0 Fever q
9ther sickness, it has no equal.
feb7tevTues&Wov3dW
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sociation.
Queen Victoria l. reported to havs rstnrnsa
to Windsor from Scotland in Ench better
health, but still showing the effects Of the fAll
she experienced several months ago.
Miss Fanny Everett, Of West Foxeoro,
Mass. 10 ''the oldest postmistress in Aneri-
ca" Entering the postal service at the age
Of sixty yearys she 10 now eiehtv-two.
Don Donate Malossini, an Italian prisst
living at Pranlo. . few weeks ago celebrated
his Tooth birthday, going to the church and
chanting the mass He vas ordained on the
20 Of April. 1906, and has seen seven Pen
tiffs assume the throne Of st. Peter.
Mrs. Neilson, Of Norway, converted acs.
ress, 10 making an impression Ia Sweden By
reading sermons and preaching in Methodise
churches. The Lutheran ministers treated
her very kindly until they found that che vas
a Methodist, then they At once turned cold
shoulder.
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No Cure. NoPay! Dr.. Lawrence's Cough
Balsam, when once used, takes the plsce Of
all others. See our sdvertising colnmns.
noy10-tly
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KENNEBEC COUNTY.-In PpsSsts OSur4
e Assssss. On fAs fourth Monday n Hevsms~.
Jesse JRFrERY. Execssse % the essass 4
~ Lscy 4. Moody, lnte - NonAestA, II Dsa11
sell the following real estate Of aid Aeepass1 -
the payment o. 6ebts, &C., viz: 4 loe q la61 =
North Msanesth villages WITH b9iaelnGg tb0sso.
ORDkRED, That notice Thereof - Dives thsss uesas
sueeeeslvely, PRIOR - TIE Sourth 061Ay - Usoe0r
bef next. n the ksnnehss Jeasnnls nswsDaDg
tend y PFo6aSsceurt then 70 b he1laa q AaSGS11
81 seow esdse. says Why H. pfsyW Il ~ -
- KH.RY o. DnAn, Jsdvss
AttekEn0MAaD Own. ae1slss.. . 1I4es
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Professor Sophecles, Of Harvard College,
il daneerossIy Ill
Mr.. Pullman, VIE Of the palace car mag
aaee, y trsvsIisg thfussh ~ South In cor Of
Dente.
O.. n. .. Hansssk ~ bsse slssess viss
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Who're . large stock Of choice coal for family IN
can Be found at Low EST Market prices. Orderl
LETT with THOS. FULLER SON, 3. p. EATON
b. GARDINER or UULD 4 TYLER. viii receive
prompt attention. Telephone In Once.
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APleasamt AcknoWledGAeot.
"Had sour stomach and miserable appetite
for months, and grew thin every day. ]
used Burdock Blood Bittsrs with the moel
marvellous results; feel splendid" Mrs.. Je-
seph Johnson, Pittsburg, Pa
decllt&w1wlp.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-16
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS.

called meeting of the Hydraulion Steam
Fire Engine Company was held last night, II.
s. Carne, first vice.president, In the chair, and
John Lannon, secretary. The chair stated
a communication from tho chief engineer to
the Board OF Fire Wardens, declaring the
company inefiicient. After some debate as to
the right of Henry Phillips, who was elected q
member, but had not signed the bylaws
within thirty days after his election, the chair
decided that he was entitled to vote, and his
action was Endorsed by vote OF II to ID. Tho
question arising as to tho best course TO
be pursued in reference TO charges
preferred against the company, George Dix Of
fered the following: "ReS0iued, That In the
judgment OF this company Its efficiency can be
best promoted by the appointment OF Joseph
II. Young as engineer" After a long and
stitute that a committee OF three be appointed
10 wait upon the chief engineer OF the fire
Wardens to ascertain wherein the company
was inefficient; which was adopted. The
chair then appointed NJ. j. Waterman, John 8.
Beach and John Lannon to act.
Mr.. George Warner, a'painter, while at work
on the steamer Mary Washington yesterday
timely assistance OF his friends, would have
been drowned
The steam tug Mary Lewis Is at the lower
shipyard for repairs.
AT Fishtown yesterday 1000 shad sold at
S1S@22 per hundred and 10000 herring
brought 81 5000 per thousand.
Joseph Brown, for assaultlnS his mother,
was sent TO the chain gang by the Mayor yes
terday In default OF the payment of ane OF
So.
house this morning, Dave Lomax, arrested for
stealing fish, and Charles Richardson, for
stealing q washbOtler.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-16
EAST WASHINGTON.

Mr.. Edward Lewis, residing on Maryland
avenue northeast, has lost several valuable
plants from the Aower.garden In front of his
residence. Last night he secreted himself In
convenient place and watched for tho thief,
who shortly appeared In the person of half.
grown colored boy with a covered basket. The
latter at once proceeded 10 pull up rose.
bush by the roots, when Mr.. Lewis darted
from behind his hiding place and adminls.
tered severe whipping to the thief with his
cane. During the struggle which ensued the
thief got away, but Mr.. Lewis says he Will
bear the marks OF his whipping for some time.
The parking along Pennsylvania avenue
east, from Second TO Eighth streets, is over.
grown and covered with weeds. 1t presents n
very unsightly appearance, and tho business
men are complaining loudly of the neglect OF
the authorities In not having the matter at
tended to.
General Hazen, Chief Signal Ofllcer, Will be
requested by the business men OF this section
TO establish public weather-map station at
Dooley's drug store.
The police picked up an old colored woman
on the commons last night who WAS raving
mad. She had stripped entirely naked, and
was gotten to the station-house with some
difficulty. Her friends soon appeared with
bundle OF clothing and made her presenta-
BILE. She was sent to the asylum to-day.
Having perfected arrangements for manu-
featuring ice cream and water Ices in all
1avors, Mr.. George Weidman, 303 Pennsyl-
vania avenue east, is prepared to serve saloon
customers or to furnish families, stores and
parties, picnics and excursions at low rates.
Pies, cakes and other CONNECTIONS manufac-
tured on the premises,
The Evening critic., 1883-05-16

The juno number Of tho North american Re-
cieg opens with an article by Joseph Nlmmo,
jr., Chief of the Treasury Bureau OF Statistics,
on "American Manufacturing Interests" in
which Is given a singdlarly full and Instruct
I've historical sketch of tho rise and progress
OF manufacture In the United States, to-
gether with very effective presentation of
their present condition, and OF tho
agency of tariff legislation in promoting
diversified Industries and encouraging the In
ventive genius OF the people. Should this
authors advocacy OF protective legislation
prove distasteful, the reader finds the needed
corrective In an article by the Hon. William NJ.
Springer on "Incidontal Taxation, which is au
argument for free trade, ID. q. Gilman, presi-
dent OF John Hopkins University, writes of the
"Present Aspects OF College Training" as ar
fected by the increase OF wealth and luxury,
the development OF natural science aud the
influence of larger religious liberty. Edward
Self presents some weighty considerations on
the "Abuse OF Citizenship" and exhibited In
the Vaccinations OF the dynamltists against
friendly power, In disregard OF the obligations
Of American neutrality. Professor Isaac l.. Rice
crlticises some OF Herbert Spencer's Facts
and IDferences" in social and poll
teal science, and Christine Nilsson
contributes "a Few Words about Public
Singing" Finally there is n symposium on
1.-THE Moral Influence of the Drama," the par
Elephants being, on the one side, tho Rev. DR..
j. NJ. Buckley, well known as an opponent Of
the stage, and on the other, John Gilbert, tho
actor; A. NJ. Palmer, theatrical manager, and
William Winter, dramatic critic. Fifty cents
a number; So year, Published at 80 La
Fayette Place, New York.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-16
THE NEW HEADQUARTERS.
Making Preparations for Rcmova

MAKING preparations lOr Removal.
The preparations for the removal of some
of the District Offices to the HELEN Build
ing are being pushed forward. The Police
Department will probably remove to the
new quarters by the last of this month, and
the other departments will probably all be
located in the new offices by July l. The
telephone and telegraph lines will require
much time in transferring, and the work
has already been commenced.
The restaurant in the HELEN Building
will remove shortly and tho whole build
ing be devoted to the Police Department.
The telegraph and telephone service will
be located in the upper story Of the western
building and the attorney on the second
floor, the Health and Fire Departments
using the rest of the building.
The rental of the buildings to be vacated
is as follows: Health Office, per month, $65 (;
Attorneys Office per month, $o5; Police
Headquarters, per month, $75. This total
of $165 per month makes $3.50 per an
mum, while tho new buildings will afford
far better accommodations, relieve the
crowded condition of the Columbia Build
ing and supply room for the Fire Depart
ment ard Fire Commissioners for $4,000 per
year, only $50 more than the amount now
paid.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-16
WEST WASHINGTON.

Since the commencement OF spring, the resi-.
dents OF West Washington have been suffer-
ing from an influx OF tramp organ.grlnders
from the South, northward bound. Not day
passes without one OF tho itinerant musicians
passing through Bridge or High street, dis
coursing CHASTITY sounds, to distress the busi-
ness men. They seem to make Georgetown
their headquarters.
The hydrant on the corner OF Uigh and
streets is out OF repair, and the residents near
by are greatly inconvenienced by having 10 go
elsewhere for their water supply.
A large number OF colored people from
across Aqueduct Bridge and from tho rural
suburbs on the District side OF the river passed
through the streets to-day to view tho Grand
Army parade.
Twenty-nine barges loaded with $3.50 tons
OF coal left Cumberland on Monday, Of which
amount 2,93S tons was billed for dealers In
West Washington.
Seventeen hundred tons, the largest cargo of
coal ever placed In one vessel at tho West
Washington wharves, has been put below
deck on the schooner Elliot b. Church for
conveyance 10 Fall River, Mass.
Arrived: Schooners Emma Aery, Captain
Hall, with hard coal from Philadelphia; Sim.
mons, light, to load coal for Boston; Charles
E. Gibson, Captain Emery, to load coal for
Boston. Sailed: Schooner Joseph F. Baker,
Captain Davis, coal for New England; schooner
Elliot u. Church, Captain Connery, coal for
Fall River.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Sarah BeliIs, q
well.known resident OF West Washington, died
at her home ON street after painful illness.
Yesterday afternoon the funeral OF Mrs.
levin, widow OF the late A. w. levin, took
place from her late residence, No. 2911 Dun
barton avenue. The Rev. DR.. Baker, rector Of
Grace Church, performed the ceremony, aud
afterward the remains were taken TO the
Presbyterian graveyard for interment.
To-day Mary Aninger,living at ITO Twenty
eighth street, was sent TO the Washington
was in sick and destitute condition, having
no relatives TO care for her.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-16
THE EVENING CRITIC.
LACoNIC LOCALS.
HB'TA BLIBHTD AUG

JUSTICE JAMES to-day granted Elizabeth
Dodge Chester divorce from u. Mott Ches-
ter. The charge was desertion.
HoLTzcLAw Bros. took out q permit to-
day TO build two brick dwellings at Massa-
chusotts avenue and Seventeenth street, to
cost 81 900.
DIR. PIERcE's ''Pellets" - little liver pills,
Sugar coated purify the blood, speedily
correct all disorders OF the liver, stomach
and bowels. By druggists.
Mr.. +, L. ALEXANDER, as attorney for
Rebecca Alexander and others, to-day fled
a bill in equity against Laura Duffy for the
partition of the real cstate..of the. late Henry
Hay, aud also for sale an account.
THE question of the removal of the little
frame church attended by President Gar
field is still pending. The proporty-owners
around the proposed site for the frame
church have been almost unanimous in
their protests against the removal, while
the friends of the Garfield and Congrega-
tonal Church, and many disinterested par
ties, have petitioned IN its favor.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-16
Literature That BerouIs.



perfect wave OF filth is sweeping over tho
indiscriminste legislation against fiction In
general, any more than intemperance can be
stopped by prohibitory acts. Both, however,
can be restricted II there Is virtue enough In
the community TO do It, II Is easy enough to
single out what 10 filthy and what Is not, what
Is Injurious TO the young and what is
not, 10 accurately define what is
vicious and immoral, TO suppress 1t, and to
frame legislation broad enough TO prevent
any new ventures Of the kind. II the New
York Legislature should do nothing more
than suppress the illustrated papers pub
lished in Its metropolis which are devoted TO
pictorial representations OF vice and crime,
1t would earn the gratitude OF all decent
agencies combined to educate tho young In
crime and to encourage those who have al.
ready graduated. 1t would BIO n still greater
work II every Legislature In the country
would promptly and thoroughly wipe out the
UNANIMOUSLY nlthy, immoral and dangerous
literature, such as cheap stories OF crime,
lust and violence, lives OF notorious crlml-
mails and sensational descriptions OF thieves
and highwayman, written expressly for sale
70 minors. Certain extremely obscene publ
cations have been wiped out through
the efforts OF the societies for the suppression
OF vice, but II may almost be
noxious stun which Is sold openly upon the
counters OF respectable tradesmen, or whether
the lewd prints which the same agencies have
seized and destroyed are any worse than some
or the suggestive photographs OF professional
women which are fiaunted In every ones face
in tho shop windows. There 10 room enough
for legislation.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-16
SOUTH WASHINGTON.

insufficient drainage has again compolled
an overflow ut tho intersection of First and ID
streets and at several other points In tho
eastern parts OF South Washington The water
is so deep at some points that the residents
nre compelled to wade kneo-deep TO reach
their homes. No section OF tho city is more in
need OF the attention OF the sanitary authori-
Ties and II Is TO be hoped that something Will
be done for tho relief Of tho citizens.
One OF the Ross Sanford dredge boats eni-
ployed above the Long Bridge became In
Jured, and number OF mechanics arc eni-
ployed IN making tho necessary repairs before
II can rocommence operations. The tramways
being constructed by tho company below tho
Long Bridge are In an advanced state OF COM
pletion, and soon the dump.cars will BIO able
TO encircle the entire portion OF tho eastern
section OF the Hats.
wholesale fish prices this morning: shad,
so 70 s2o per hundred; horring, 80 10 SO
per thousand; bunch lsh, SOC. TO 60c aud
sturgeon, " to "a each. The supply was lin.
tied.
Mrs. Bette McEwan ia instructing class OF
young people of tho Filth Baptist Church to
prepare them to take part In tho coming can
tatH.
The United States revenuecutter Ewing was
Mt the wharves this morning.
The Rosedale Pleasure Club is making grand
preparations for May 3d. Decoration day,
when they Will give an excursion % Marshall
Hall. Tho steamer Mary Washington VIII
make several trips, and it is expected that nn
Immense crowd Will participate.