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The Press., 1883-11-29
SsuCd Every Thursday Evening.
Thanksgiving Night.

Across the prairie moans the wind,
 And morn will come with whirling snow; Now bolt the door, and bar the blind;
 The guests are gone, the fire is low. We'll heap the grate, and in its blaze.
 This Illinois Thanksgiving night Call back the loved of other days,
 And the old home of our delight. An, Mary here are thousand things I never thought to see or own :- Great corn fields where the sunlight filings Its gold nor finds one marring stone And breadths of waving wheat and herds
 Unnumbered on the prairies wide And brighter flowers, and rarer birds, , That flame and sing on every side. But oh, tonight Pm in the hills! hear the wind sweep through the pines, And see the lakes, the laughing rills, The far horizons mountain lines! Monadnoc's stream, the river flows By bordering elms and meadows down, Dark where the bridge it's shadow throws, And the tall church-spire marks the town ! The spire whose bell rang high and clear,
 Each Sabbath morn the country round, And mournful tolled when passed the bier Slow-moving to the burial ground. And on the common's grassy square The meeting house looms white and grim, Its sounding board still poised in air,
 Though done with sermon, psalm and hymn I search for May flowers in the dell,-
 Oh, never bloom was half so fair And lean above the moss-grown we'll ! To see my face reflected there. The glad thrush warbles by the wood The robin makes the orchard gay; And from the alders' solitude The cuckoo calls at break of day. Throned on the fragrant hay ride | Back to the barn in golden eyes And gather chestnuts brown, and hide In autumn moons amid the sheaves Or, shouting till the echoes wake, Hunt blithe for eggs among the mows And up the brook, and through the brake,
 From the far ridge bring home the COWS. And when Kearsarge is crowned with suow, And dry leaves sweep along the way, Comes on, with love and mirth aglow,
 November's pride, Thanksgiving Day. What fires are lit what feasts are set
 What welcome waits for every conner Though drifts may fall and north winds fret
 Within IS joy and song and summer. Alas that blazing hearth is cold!
 The hill stands desolate and bare No stir at morn no flocks in fold;
 No children's laugh to charm the air ! Nor orchards blush, nor lilacs blow;
 Anu Helus once Tlcn With corn ana clover Are pastures lone the foxes know,
 And the shy blower whistles oyer. While they who filled the house with cheer
 Though storms beat wild against the pane Have slumbered low this many year
 Where slope the pine-woods to the plain. Oh, memories fond Oh, sweet regret
 Oh, loves and scenes still behold. My eyes are dim with tears, and yet
 The new is nobler than the old. A larger life in larger lands I A wider heaven and warmer suns; God grant that while Monadnoc stands,
 And Mississippi seaward runs, While homes we build, and harvests reap,
 While love is dear and memory thrills, With reverent faith the prairies keep
 The ancient virtues of the hills! | e. Edna Dean Proctor
The Press., 1883-11-29
Volume 26. Number 35.

WENT BACK ON HIMSELF. When a dominic gets to simplifying quotation from the Bible, he should be little care ful about looking to see where he is com ing out. Rev. W. J. Bain, of Philadel- phia, knows how this is himself He was was preaching in Pittsburg one Sunday night, and was telling what nice place heaven was. After enumerating the things not to be found there, the reverend gentle man said ''There is no darkness there, no clouds, no sickness, no graves, no fu- nera's, no preachers" At this point a smile ran over the audience, which the speaker perceiviug, and seeing the neces- sity of an explanation, he interpolated the remark: s'I mean there's no preaching there" The amendment was accepted
 In his recently published book on '.Farm Fences" Professor Scott estimates that five dollars is invested in fences for every Ireland and that the annual maintenance of fences costs about 75 cents an acre. The total capital thus invested in the United Kingdom must be, at this rate, nearly $25O, ,0O0, 900, and the annual out lay about $32, 100000 Professor Scott be- lieves that great deal of fencing might be dispensed with to the positive advan- tage of agriculture, and that the general introduction of wire instead of wood would effect great additional saving.
 The Disston Lands in Florida are being rapidly taken up, some 4O0,O acres hay ing already been sold An English syndi- cate has purchased 5O,OOO acres in St. Johns county, on which large English colony is to be settled Colonel Dunne. the president of the Disston company, is of the opinion that the interest now mani f.sted in Florida is only in it's infancy and that it will go on increasing until 1890, when we shall see South Florida as thickly populated as the most favored county in the state.
 4 perdsct reached at last. After endless tes- timony, cross-examination and summing np' the most intelligent people agree that Crosby minute cure is the only positive remedy for all aches and pains. All frst-class druggists keep it. ~.-...-
 The only sure thing in this world is uncer- tainty.
 Potaslsa, hsFesps9sitfe to public speakers
The Press., 1883-11-29

A YoUNG W1FE's GREATEST TR1AL.-The greatest trial of young wife's life is the birth of child, which is usually attended with many hours of hard labor and intense pain.
 PAINLESS CHILDBIRTH, a new book by Dr. J.
 H. Dye, one of New York's most eminent physicians, however, shows that pain is not necessary in childbirth but results from causes easily understood and overcome. It proves conclusively that any woman may be- come mother without experiencing any pain whatever. It also tells how to overcome and prevent morning sickness, swelled limbs, ner- vousness, pain in back. and all the unpleasant sensations attending pregnancy. It answers hundreds of delicate questions about women and their peculiar troubles. Physicians high ly recommend it, and say it will do all that is claimed for it. Send two-cent stamp for full descriptive circular and private confidential letter sent in sealed envelope. Address, FRANK THOMAS < Co.,, Publishers, Baltimore, Md. @ 25oc3m
The Press., 1883-11-29

The latest and most convincing argu- ment in favor of sheep husbandry comes from Georgia. It is stated that an acre of land which in 1880 produced only 500 pounds of seed cotton, was manured only by having fifty sheep, penned or confined on it twenty nights, and in 1881 the pro- duct was increased to 1,50O pounds, or tripled. To increase the fertility of the soil is not the only advantage derived from keeping sheep They are remarkably ser viceable in devouring briars, bushes, weeds, etc., which otherwise are 8 nuis- ance upon the farm.
 If the proposed plan of numbering the hours from one to twenty-four is adopted it will sound funny to hear such talk as this 'Here it is nearly half-past nine- teen ! Yesterday night it was twenty min- utes past twenty one when you came home and the night before you never came near the house till twenty-five minutes past twenty three. This is got to stop. If you can't get home at half-past thirteen or a quarter to fourteen, I'll let you have the house to yourself and go back to mother. '
 WHY THE ssRoYAL" IS THE BEsr.-The i'm proved method by which it has been made possible to produce pure cream of tartar, has had an important bearing upon the manufac- ture of baking powder. By the process here tofore generally employed, 1t has been found impossible to remove all impurities, more par ticularly the tartrate of lime, which remained to such an extent as to greatly impair the quality Of the cream of tartar, and to inter fere seriously with the strength and whole someness of the baking powders into which il entered.
 In the new process, which is owned by the the Royal Baking Powder Company of New York, and exclusively employed in it's exten- sive tartar works, the imported crude grape acid is so treated as to remove all vestige o1 tartrate of lime or other impurities, giving c product before unknown-a chemically pure cream of tartar.
 By the employment of these superior facil. tiles, the Royal Baking Powder Company has made the Royal Baking Powder, as the chem ists all certify, of the highest possible degree of strength absolutely pure" and whole some, and with an always uniform leavenine power. It is for these reasons that the s'Roy al'' never fails to produce bread, biscuit, cakes etc, that are light, sweet, ,digestible, and whole some; the eating of which is never followed by indigestion or any of those physical dis comforts attendant upon the partaking of i'm properly prepared food. In rendering possi ble the production of baking powder pos sessed of these qualifications, the improved method of refining cream of tartar becomes a once matter of material importance to tn, culinary world.
The Press., 1883-11-29

MANY NEW IDEAS in the home cure of dis eases, accidents and how to treat them, and many hints of value to the sick will be found in Dr. Kaufmanns great Medical Work; ele- gant illustrations. Send two cent stamps to 4. P. Ordway < Co., Coston, Mass., and re- ceive a copy free.
The Press., 1883-11-29

LET ME SHOW YOU what saving I have made during the last year by being my own doctor. Last year paid out $96.25 for doc tors and their medicine, this year paid $5 for six bottles of Sulphur Bitters and they have kept health in my whole family. They are the best and purest medicine ever made rHafsss Kisg, 50 Tsnpttss.st., B6ssda, Mdss
The Press., 1883-11-29

Eiectrlcity.-Ofa all thtknown Electro-G -Galvan- ic Appliances at the present day it is conceded by the Medical Fraternity and Electricians generally, that the American Gavanic Co.'S HOWARD SHIELDS the best, possessing intrinsic Electrical merits one shield or appliance be fitted to any part of the body which is not true of any other. See advertise
 ment in another column of this paper.-Fectric Ga
The Press., 1883-11-29

Hop Plasters are clean, sweet and pleasant to use. Fresh Hops combined with Ralsams and Gums., Mofe powerful than any other porous plastefs, 25 cts, 12
The Press., 1883-11-29

DUKE FsROnKLY LEAD. PHENEA PURE WHHEE LEAD. LAS ,;s:AASSAEsEosv AT9UHR. EfAbNYSsd EfAbNYSsd
 Fsf sae at W:CRKNFs
The Press., 1883-11-29

Father is G eGting We'll.
 ssMy daughters say
 "How much better father fs since he used Hop Bit ters." 4s
 sHe is getting well after his long suffering from disease declared incurabe," <
 "And we glad that ke used your Bitters."- A LADY of Utica, N. Y.
The Press., 1883-11-29

( hRDER OF NOTICE. State of Connec- NJ tcut, County of Holland, ss. Stafford, Nov. 10th, A. D., 1883.
 Duane Tpraer ys. Elizabeth Turner.
 Upon the complaint of the said Duane Turner praying for therein set forth for divorce pending before the Superior Court and for Holland County, to be held the 1st Tuesday of December A. D. 1883. It appearing to, and being found by the sub from this state-gone to parts unknown. Therefore ordered, that notice of the pendency of said com plant be cve by publishing this order iu The Press newspaper printed in Stafford, in said county two weeks eqmmencing on or before the
 J w. CHANDLER, Commissioner for Holland Go.
The Press., 1883-11-29

Timothy Cowly, Danville, Pa., says he wa troubled with Piles and cutting pains across the small of the back for many years, which entirely left him after using Dr. Wishart's Pine Tree Tar Cordial
The Press., 1883-11-29

THE TALL SYCAMORE OF THE WABAsH.-The special correspondent of the Indianapolis (Ind ) Journal, embodied in Q recent commu- nication the following from Hon. Daniel w. Voorhees,: consider St. Jacobs Oil splen- did remedy. I suffered from an affection of the back and kidneys, with some rheumatism in fact, it was rheumatism of the back. I used St Jacobs Oil, and found it very efica- cious. It gave me instantaneous relief, and finally cured me completely.
The Press., 1883-11-29
Advertising Cheats!!!

ssIt has become so common to write the be- ginning of an article, in an elegant, interest ing manner,
 ssThen run it into some advertisement that we avoid all such,
 s'And simply call attention to the merits of Hop Bitters in as plain, honest terms as pos sible,
 ssTo induce people
 ssTo give them one trial, which so proves their value that they will never use anything else.''
 1.-THE REMEDY so favorably noticed in all the papers, gs.x
 Religious and secular, is
 ssHaving large sale, and is supplanting all other medicines.
 ssThere is no denying the virtues of the Hop plant, and the proprietors of Hop Bitters have shown great shrewdness
 ''And ability
 s'In compromising medicine whose virtues are so palpable to every one's observation" Did She Die?
 s'She fingered and suffered along, pining away all the time for years.
 ''The doctors doing he. no good;"
 ''And at last was cured by this Hop Bitters the papers say so much about /" ssIndeed Indeed !" | ''HOW tlankful we SQOulu De TOT CQaG IQ0Q- icine." Daughters Misery
 ''Eleven years our daughter suffered on Q bed of misery.
 'sFrom complication of kidney, liver, rheumatic trouble and nervous debility,
 s'Under the care of the best physicians,
 ''Who gave her disease various names,
 ''But no relief,
 ''And now she is srestored to us in good health by as simple a remedy as Hop Bitters, that we had summed for years before using t."-THE | PARENTS. 4F
The Press., 1883-11-29
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

2 E a z ze VNM. A. COMINS, Horse and OK w Shoeing, Machine Forgings and Repairing of Wagons South-st., Stafford Springs. ~ HI. HOBBY, Piano Tuner and Deal Oe CT in Pianos and Organs. Residence, East Main-st., Stafford Springs.
 \ GENCY of Holland County Mutu- "A al Fire Ims. Co. at J. ". CHANDELIERS office, with Wm. Smith &5 Co.,, stafford Springs. nR. SAMUEL DAVID N SON, D Physicians and Surgeons Office West Main-st Telephonic connection in office.
 MIMI. A. KING, Attorney and Coun-
 w sellor at Law. Room No. 6, Rockwelps Block r B. RICHARDS, M. ID. Office l1s at residence, corner High-st and Fisk-aye IT SMITH, Dentist. Ti!den's Block. l1s Best work at usual prices. gChloroform, Gas T w. B ROCKS, Oak, Chestnut, Hem. gles for sale. Mill three miles from the Springs LN N. CRANE, Manufacturer of and I sdealer in Harnesses, Robes, Bells, Fancy Lap Robes, Whips. Trunks. Fancy Mats. etc.
 | V. CHANULEft, Insurance and eJ Real Estate Agency, Stafford Springs. Office at residence on Westford Avenue
 EN PUFFES, Custom Boot and Shoe IL. Maker and Repairer. The best of workmen and the best of stock. Central Hall Block, Stafford Springs.
 LNRANh E. JUN EUSE, house I Painter and Paper Hanger 1T s. CLARK, M. D.
 ROckwells Block. Room No. z.
 Residence at F, N. Crancs., East-Main-st. Tele- phone at Office and at Residence.
 M R. GRISWOLD, Dentist, 36s QXls Main-st., Hartford, Conn.,, visits Stafford Springs every three months.
 Notice given before each visit in the Press.
 Artificial teeth, $5; the best, $10. -
The Press., 1883-11-29

D A TE NTG Obtained for new IL I "A \ L " 1 o ventions, or for improve
 ments in old ones, Cav eats, Lnfringements, Trade-Marks, and all patent s,usiEess promptly attended to.
 INVENTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN REJECTED Enay still, in most cases be patented by Being opposite the U. S. Patent Offce and engaged in PA TENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY, we can secure patents ip less time than those who remote from Washington.
 When Inventors send model OF sketch, we make search in the Patent Ofce to it's patent ability, FREE OF CHARGE. Correspondence conf- dential; fees reasonable; and NO CHARGE UNI LESS PATENT IS OBTAINED.
 We refer by permission to the City Postmaster, ,and 70 the Superintendent of the Post Office Money Order Division in Washington For special references, cir eular, advice, &c.,, address
 C. A. SNOW & CO.,, atpposIrE PATENT-OFFIoE, WAsHINGToN D. D.
The Press., 1883-11-29

WM. A. GOWNS, Horse and OK
 w Shoeing, Machine Forgings and Repairing done to order Also, builder and repairer of ali styles of Wagons South-st Stafford Springs.
The Press., 1883-11-29

4 perdact reached at last. After endless tes- timony, cross-examination and summing np' the most intelligent people agree that Crosby's minute cure is the only positive remedy for all aches and pains. All first-class druggists kann it
The Press., 1883-11-29

The only sure thing in this world is uncer- tainty.
 Potaslse, iqtfesgsgsibfe to public speakers
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-09-27
Old Settlers, Reunion.

AT an adjourned meeting Of Tbs
executive committee Of the Old Set,
tiers Association Of Audrain County,
it was resolved that the members Of
the association be requested to NEE
at the court house at 10 O'Clock a. M.
of the 4th October, 1883, for the pur'
pose Of electing permanent officers o.
said association.
And after the election Of its officer
to form in procession and marcel
around the public square, preceded
by the band of music; then to dis
perse, and repair to the fair GROUND
where the balance of the proceeding
will be had.
Furthermore, that all, without ex
ception, be invited to attend our Gel
ebration on October 4th, remember
ing to bring their baskets well-fllet
with provisions.
We also hope that all old citizen
who have already enrolled, be urge,
to be present by 10 O'Clock, and I
participate in the election of officer
and the full organization of the asso
citation. w. H. LEE, Chm'n.
RoB'r PERRY. Sec'y
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-09-27

Mrs. Faulkner and children and her
sister, Miss Julia Archie Dean, Of
St. Louis, who have been stopping at
the Central ingo Hotel for the past
two months, left Wednesday for their
home in that city. Miss Dean is
truly an amiable young lady, and
won many friends by her charming
and ladylike manners.
The Sedalia BazoO says it would
like to know if Ben Dobyns did not
look charming in the self-selected lily
white frame he was in, Thursday, or
the amphitheatre at the Mexico fair.
and if there are any young ladies il
Mexico who do not sport striped
stockings.
Miss Annie F. Cummings, of Sun
bury, Pa, who has been spending tn
summer with relatives in this place
left for home Monday. Miss Cum
mings was accompanied as far a
Chicago by Mr.. and Mrs. R. M
White.
She knew him: s'Do you reside il
this city," asked a masked man OF
masked lady at a masked party til
other evening. He felt sick when sh
said to him in a low voice, "Don't b
a fool, John; I know you by the wal
on YOUR thumb 1t was his wife.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-09-27
THRIFT OF THE COLORED RACE
IN JAMAICA.

Chicago Tribune. .
= Of the half q million inhabitants Of
the island of Jamaica, all Except the
European merchants of the towns, the
English soldiery, and the English Off
cials) are negroes. Their occupation
consists mostly of Embarrassing and
sugar-cane and coffee cultivation. Since
their emancipation they have made
great progress and have most of them
become owners of their own little plots
of ground, averaging from three to four
acres. OF these 10000 are not over one
acre and rs ,0OO are between two and
three acres. "a
In the old days Of slavery sugar-cane
cultivation was the principal industry
of the island. 1t was asserted by those
who opposed the abolition that with
emancipation this industry would Ian
guish and die. It was said the negroes
would not engage in the hard work re-
quired unless under absolute compul-
SION. This has been totally disproved
by the events. The exports of sugar
and rum last year were larger than fol-
any year since 1889, and in the mean.
time various other productive indus.
tries have been established by the
emancipated negro peasant proprietors,
adding greatly to the wealth of the
island. The value of the coffee ex'
ported in 1879 alone was $1,245,000.
But the most noticeable advanc'
made by the Jamaica negroes is in tn,
cultivation Of fruit. which they sent
largely to this country. In 1867 tn,
whole fruit trade with the Unitet
Estates amounted to $3,750; last yea,
81, 00O,0 900 oranges alone were sen
here, and the total value of the frui
trade was $500 O0.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-09-27
A LOVERS WOE.
A Stony Hearted Parent Guarding
His Daughter.

HIS 8 htSb"
Special to the Republican
STURGEON, Mo.,Sept. 25.-The Re-
publican gave an account last week of
John Peacher, proprietor of the Central
Hotel of this place, shooting three times
at +. P. Conway, leader of the Sturgeon
band, for coming to see his daughter.
Things about the Central have been in a
perfect "stew'' ever since. To-day Mr..
Peacher Swore out a warrant against
| Conway, charging him with threatening
his life. Conway was arrested and tried
by a jury before Justice Nathan. The
testimony was highly interesting but o
Trajectory and conflicting, and the jury,
after several hours of elaboration, failed
to agree. In the meantime the girl has
been spirited away. She left yesterday
in charge of her mother, who returned
late last night, but without the girl. HeI
exact whereabouts are unknown, but she
is supposed to be at her aunt's in Ran.
dolph county, neal Renick. Conway says
he will nave the girl, let the consequence
es be what they may. And there is nc
telling what these consequences may be
At the trial this morning Mr.. Preacher
was relieved by the constable of a large
navy revolver while he was on the wit
ness stand in the presence of the jury ant
court. Conway also admitted that HI
owned and occasionally carried a pistol
and he has been known to use it before
There are the usual number of busybod'
les egging on the parties, and it ma,
terminate in something serious yet.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-09-27
PADDED PUGS IN BALTIMORE

PADDED PUGS IN BALTIMORE.
New York Telegram.
AS q poodle is supposed to be an in
dispensable adjunct to a lady's outfit in
this enlightened age, the fair bellies Of
the Monumental City have hit upon an
ingenious plan to keep in the fashion
without mourning the trouble of a real
cur. The Baltimore girls are an indie
pendent species, who will not submit
to be hampered, even by fashion, too
much. If they must wear q dog, as
they do o bouquet, they will not CON
sent to allow Dame Fashion to dictate
the shape or size or style to be worn.
Hence it is that a close observer in
the park ON a fair afternoon will
see that every lady who makes
o pretense to style yea a different
make of dog-a dog with some feature
or characteristic different from any
other canine on the drive. The secret
Of this admirable variety is that every
lady makes her own dog. She decides
| for herself the style Of dog she will af-
feet. She then buys the shaded plush,
| cloth, satin, linen or fur, that her MIN
BILE fingers can manipulate into the
shape she wants, and then she cuts out
her canine pet, stuffs it with raw cot
ton. sews on its tail and ears, FITS 4
couple of glass marbles IN for eyes, and
there she has q dog which she can hold
in the most graceful attitude, suited
precisely il size and shapeto her favor
tie breed, and in color harmonizing
beautifully with her complexion and
dresa. Some uItra-fashionable ladies
have q number Of these pudding puga
and poodles made up and constantly on
hand to match their various costumes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-09-27
Superior In Every Respect.

The celebrated German Pulmonic Elixir,
commonly called German Elixir, but re-
Gently introduced on the American CONT
nent, has no equal in the world for the
cure of all Throat and Lung diseases, Ca
tarrh, Consumption, Bleeding of the
Lungs, etc. 1t is rich in the medicinal
properties of tea, wild cherry, honey,
horehound. etc. Go to your druggist,
Mr.. Llewellyn, and get a bottle; he will
present yon with n dollar and sixty-flve
cents worth of choice music, arranged
for piano or cabinet organ. The medicine
was first introduced on the Pacific Coast,
and is now sold everywhere. Be sure
you get only German Elixir, as there art
other medicines with the word German
attached to them. The genuine bears thu
Prussian coat of arms and the signature
of DR.. banning White on the wrapper
the name blown in every Is cent bottle
Samples % cents each.
no. 2. cow. 1yr.