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The Republican journal., 1884-11-20
The Early Settlement of Aroostook

The Herald desires 80 gather all possible in
formation relating to the early settlement of
Aroostook county, particularly of the valley Of
the Aroostook river Any "reminiscences by
old settlers or their descendants, Will be gladly
received and put upon record. Fifty YEAS
hence all such records Will . s,esS d value not
appreciated now. And even now the Young
men and women do not appreciate the hard
ships and priyatiune endured by their fathers
and mothers. who came here when ali thi,
beautiful land covered by an almost uu-
broken forest. They didn't have furnaces them
Yer! few bad cook stoves even. Let The Herald
describe the house OF one of the earl, settler,
in the Letter II. Ii was built OF logs The roof
WAS made OF Fir trees split in halves and
| followed out with the AK OF the wood>mau
| like spout. Two OF these were pinnt to The
| roof tmbtrs lengthWi>e, hollow sides up
| while the third was then put on upside down
over the two, and - on until the roof Wa>
| complete. The floor was Of rough cedar plank>.
| spit from the log>. not sawed. The intpr>icp>
| between the logs in the wall were .chluktd"
with moss and Clay, and was rough inside a. ouI
| except that inside the bark was peeled from
! the logs. The Fireplace would be Il genuine
| curiosity TO the young people nowadays. 1t
| was Dulit OF rough rocks, and was about >iN
| feet wide and four OF tive feet high, the chm-
| ney being built OF sticks and mud. There was
| no trouble about its not drawing, Tor the tiuc
| was large enough to let an OK drop through, if
| one could get on the trough-iike roof. The
Fireplace would hold something like IA quarter
of cord of wood cut in logs four or five feet
| long. A rock maple back log, two feet in
| diameter, With smaller log on top of it. CON
>tltuted the back of the fire. In winter the
| occupant hauled his wood on a hand-sed from
| the woods into The house, and unoaded it ON
| the TIRE, and When fairly ahidze it was hot
| one over this fire and before th4 good
woman of the house did her cooking and we
have ate at their ''cedar-spit" table The incest
| buckwheat bread, baked in a tin baker before
| this fire. with home-maCle maple syrup instead
| of butter. and it was good. The buckwhe;lt
was ground At Cochrans old gri>t mill on the
Caribou stream. This mill stood very nearly
where the stream mill stands, in the village of
| Caribou.
| That old log cabin has long since disappear
| ed. The Colonel and his wife are both gone 10
| the other world but their memory and the
memory of their unique back-wood> residence,
are fresh in mind to-day. Arocstook Herald.
The Republican journal., 1884-11-20

The contests of the future will very largely
turn upon the issue of the tariff, and Mr..
BIaine's candidacy has done much toward clari-
fying and emphasizing that issue. The principle
that i'll tariff adjustments protection to Ameri-
can industry and American labor must be taken
chiefly into the account is one which will from
year to year draw new strength to he Republi-
can party which stands for its defence.
The Republican journal., 1884-11-20
The Relation of Plants 70 Health.


Au eminent physician cites ease in
vhra his sister, aged fifty Wears, was
afflicted win tnbercuIar consumption,
bel death. As The natural result Of such a
terrible disease being expected at any
time. but pc.ng an ardent lover ot plants
and flowers, she was daily accustomed to
move among hel plauts, Of which She
possessed large number, in her Sleep
mg room as well as many other speci-
mems in beds outside. Her friends re
proved her for sleeping in the same
room with her plants; but the Years
came and went, and she was still found
moving among her flowers in her eight
ieth year, surviving those, Who many
years before predicted her immediate de
mise ITS the result of her imprudeuce
VINO Will say but what the eXhalation
from her numerous plants increasing the
humidity OF the atmosphere III which she
lived prolonged her life The above is
but one of the many cases, in which
tnbercular consumption has been arrest
ed ana sometimes wholly cured by the
sanitary effects produced by working
among plants for considerable time.
We know Of cases in which druggists
ministers, and students from school. were
compelled to reIinquish their chosen vo-
cations on account Of falling health, re-
sorted to the nursery or hot-house In
almost every instance restoration to
vigorous health was the result.
We contend, therefore, that this old
superstitution that house plants are in
furious to health, is nothing but a myth.
James Sheehan i'll American Agrcultu-
rist for Nov.
This may all be true, but amoist atmos-
phere may be secured by keeping water
On stoves or in furnaces, while the eX
halations from the earth Of plants in
which fertilizers are used cannot be
! healthiul. Ed. Journal.
The Republican journal., 1884-11-20
THE CATTLE TRADE. The committee ap-

THE CATTLE TRADE. The committee ap-
pointed by the National Bureau of Animal In
duslry to gather statistics relating to the cattle
business in the west, has nearly concluded its
203,0O0, 900 head Of cattle in States west of the
Mississippi River, being an average gain of 30
per cent. since 1880. Texas leads with gain
of 20 per cent, and Kansas is second, showing
an increase of 81 per cent.
The Republican journal., 1884-11-20
FARM. GARDEN AMI HOUSEHOLD.

TFor this department brief suggestions, facts
and experiences are solicited from houSekepp-
ers, farmers and gardeners. Address Agi'i-
cultural editor, journal Office, Belfast Maine.
The Republican journal., 1884-11-20

II was true that 81 day was not enough TO
support man and FIVE children if q man would
insist on smoking and drinking beer. Was not
a dollar day enough to buy bread? Water
costs nothing. Men cannot live by bread alone.
it is true, but The man who cannot live on
bread and water is not fit to live When man
Is educated away from The power of sef-denial
he is falsely educated. A family may live on
good bread and water in the morning. water
and bread al midday, and good water and
bread at hight. Such may be called the bread
of atffletioE. Thousands would be very glad of
81 IA day. Henry Ward Beecher, July %, 1877.
The Republican journal., 1884-11-20
NUMBER At.


| in these directions. The most notable example
of the former class is the New York Herald
| One year ago it was generally admitted to be
| the best nerS-paper in the world, and it had a
world wide reputation for enterprise in news
! gathering. without regard to cost People
bought the Herald to read the news, and not
| because of its opinions, which We're never stable
| nor for its editorials. which in point of ability
We're inferior to those of its contemp0raries
The general tone of the paper was, however,
nonpartsan. 1t reported all matters of interest,
IN the main more fully than its rivals, and its
| special cable dispatches and ship news by cable
and telegraph were attractive features. The
average daily circulation was about 10000
| The Sun, which shines for an price two cents,
and the Morning journal, one cent having ey-
ceeded the Herald in circulation, the price of
| the latter paper was reduced from three to two
cents. This was quite reduction in the re-
| ceiptS of the paper. But greater mistake was
made when the Herald became, in other drec-
| tion>, two-cent paper. The cable specials
were divided among papers all over the cour-
| try, the editorial page was cut down one-halt,
! the piquant p. |. man took hi, leave. and there
was general lowering OF tone, which became
the more marked when The Herald began to at
vocate free trade and the election of Cleveland
and Hendricks Since then it has rapidly de-
scended the plane of journalism until now it
| caters to the lowest elements of society with its
i lurid police court reports and scandals of the
| streets and sIum>. The reduction of price
brought about quarrel with the newsdeaIers
which has cost the Herald dear, and it is report
| ed 10 have got into difficulty with the theatre
| cal managers by which it loses good deal of
advertising patronage. 1t has met these losses
by reducing expenses. it il alleged. to the ex-
tent of one million dollars a year. This is Il
| dangerous remedy for paper which owed its
circulation and advertising patronage to a repu-
| lation for Lavish expenditure, and for obtain
| ing The news at whatever cost. Bennett is re-
ported to have been influenced by Labouchere,
of London Truth, TO commit his paper to Cleve-
land and free trade, and to have also chiefly
derived from Laboueherc The IDEAS and plans
upon which hi~ once great and profitable news
paper his been brought 30 Iow.
The Boston Herald, AN imitator in some re-
>pect, of Brnnctls paper, is another example.
The Boston Herald started from the direction
in which the New York Herald j. now heading,
and after il ceased to be It daily police gazette i.
became en,erprisng in more legitimate diree.
lions, until it outgrew the editorial capacity Of
H. managers. 1t has never been really edited
since it took place among the leading daes
IL chief attraction of late has been irs CORE.
spondcnce. Its editorials often conflict with
each other i'll the same issue, and not unfre~
The Republican journal., 1884-11-20

Albaugh's Grand Opera House in Washing
ton, one of the largest theatres in the country,
was opened Monday night.
The Republican journal., 1884-11-20
LITERATURE.

POLYCHORDS. The Portland Press publishes
review of volume of poems bearing the
above title, and written by John B. L. Soule,
native of Freeport Me-, and a graduate of
Bowdon. The poems were written for recre-
alton and a private edition only is printed. The
greater part of Mr.. Soue's life has been passed
in the West and hi, pursuits include the law.
ministry, teaching, profeesor>hip>. journalism,
and an authors tasks. The Press says great
versatility is shown in the volume, and quotes
three graceful >tanzas from an Ode on page 140:
80. matron. with the silver hair
And careful brow. but still 80 fair.
And lips 80 full of meaning;
And eyes unShatird by the tears
And sorrows Of the GROVE ding wears
That on thy life are leaning.
see in all thy life complete
The treasures of the rippntd wheat
The bending shock disclOSpS;
The breath of evenings cooling miSts
The golden leaves that autumn twists
Among the lingering roses.
Thy form already seems to stand
Close bordering on the beauteous land
" here light and shade are parting:
And as We saw thee oft of yOre
Still waiting by the open door
10 zee If we are starting
The "Garden Talk between the Pink and
the Potato, the Press characterizes as a drolI
bit of morazng. bright in both rhyme and
reason, and it gives the first two and last two
verses, as follows
said Pink to Potato
Ills not good way to
Live all the time under ground:
80 rouse up ana rise up,
Ana wake all YOUR ewes ID
Aud look at the beauties around.
The rubicund poppy
Though a little too foppv.
And rather hard driukcr of dew:
And the be with BIZ flute
In his but-coored suit,
Are far more happy than YOU"
The potato replies:
with quiet surrounded,
Well rooted and grounded
In Vgor substantial and true,
We boast not the @ruce>
OF delicate faces
Like the lilies. the roses and YOU.
My dear little Pink it is
Strange You should think it is
Beauty alone can delight;
For life i complctcr
And >Wteter and >Weetcr
The farther you live out of sight"
In conclusion the Press Says: The stranger
to the author, who uIus the leaves in this vol
ume Of poems, finds some lovely lines. and
when the reviewer has ASSOCIATION to guide him
by friendships pleasant ways there must be
real delight III the cleaning
"OCT or EGYPT" Bible Readings on the
Book OF Exodus. BY George F. Pente>cot, d.
d. The author has achieved an enyiable repu-
tarion, both at home and abroad, for his SER
The Republican journal., 1884-11-20

Col. Burnside of Washington, who is accused
of stealing $4,000 from the Post Office Depart
ment. is said to be insane
The Republican journal., 1884-11-20

The soundne>s of the position assumed by
the Republicans during the recent canvass on
the tariff question has been promptly confirmed
by the cabegram> from England announcing
the qualification of British manufacturers and
mine owners at the new, of Cleve!ands alleged
election and the prospect of a Democratic
administration.
The Republican journal., 1884-11-20
Cloud On the Honeymoon.
COMEDY IN ONE ACT.


Cloua On me Honeymoon
COMEDY II ONE ACT.
ClAFA'IfNS'
MIR. RICHARD rEpnrR. MRS. RICHARD PED
h'tk, JOHN, = Waiter.
SCENE.
v,,.;.a >t.,,a
n. r.nrb win1"w "V' At back r onenimg @ on
piazza. show, views Of Mount Washington in
the distance. boorto sleel ing room Righ +.
Door 70 coIfof oi no,g tlt' 1,!d. 'Ii M
IT - ~ ~ - '''''' - ~ 7 ''N'''
John discovered looking at hllj Of fare,
Which has heen markedly BrolItd trout,
spring ehi"ken, ham "melet IN Hes
getting particular 9houl his tood. That ;
a sjen they've been married more than .
week il he STAYS nut the honeymoon
here he'll swear ut the cook Iney all
d". The cooh'e a kjad ct sat"tN-NalNe
that lets out the steam when the matri-
monii Kettle gets too hot. Well, III
order the stuff
l(,oe> left.
t,,t4r Mr. peddor from door r.
Mr. !, Anv letter.. rhls morning,
John,
Juan I.flask eir
H.. - ,rb,nE ,nn ANA bra,I.tast rs
snnn as nosojIlr
.Iubn Wna., he ten minutes. sir
rGoo. ont
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in.ei ''A',' WIN '''''r'
john. nAlN one ivt.er, slf. lor yo4' SIT.
Mr. p take letter; John goes OUT
Mr.. p. lsittjnu. looks at Ietterl From
t,t,rep. He Promised 10 wife soon.
What's he yot fnsay rReads.l "Dpar
Dfrk-IIope tbe houeymooD K nroyipo
all that that the uoets describe if TO he. >
aSn43I,s NnD ran inst be1 il is. old
hor. rPead. ..TGe city is heastly
The Republican journal., 1884-11-20

Nature is rag merchant, who works up
every shred and ort and end into new creations.
lEmerson.
The Republican journal., 1884-11-20
FEELING OF THE ENGLISH MINERS.

LONDON Nov. H.. The tin and copper min
Ing industry in the west of England feels en-
couraged on account OF the expectation that
the expected forthcoming administration under
President Cleveland in the United States will
take measures to remove the existing duties on
metal imports.
GOV. Cevelaud's election to the American
Presidency has given great encouragement to
mine owners i'll the Cornwall district, who are
confident from his attitude towards the tariff
that he will seek to bring about d reduction OF
duties upon metals Imported into the United
States. The managers of number OF mines
that We're about to be closed on account OF the
duilneSs in trade, have been ordered 10 continue
their operations. better feeling prevails in
mining circles than has been known for Years.
The Vicissitudes Of Bowdoinham Lovers.
A lovers alarm clock has been brought out
to refresh the memories of those happy couples
who are too much absorbed in each other to
notice the sleepiness of their relatives. As the
clock strikes 10 p m, two little doors open,
and a small man attired in dressing gown
and cap giide> out holding III his hand il card,
with the inscription good night hint which
rarely fails to be understood, even by the most
ardent lover. We understand that Mr.. +. p.
Kendall, our genial and popular Edward, has
secured the agency of this useful article for
Bowdonham, Bath and Richmond A. the ar
ticle fills long felt want we unhesitatingly
predict for it II ready sale
One of Buwdoinham's young men recently
paid a visit to eX-Sheritf Millay's adopted
daughter. The Sheriff being away from home,
the arduous duties of doing the chores devoIv-
ed upon the daughter, who was thus engaged
when the young man drove up. Being IA man
of energy, he volunteered assistance, which
was readily accepted, and Oft they started to
drive up the cows preparatory to drawing forth
the tactical fluid. They were evidently laborng
under great mental excitement, as they not
only pnt up the shertf's cows, but IA pair of
stags belonging to his neighbor. We again
reminded that ''the course of true love never
runs smooth TBowdoinham Advertiser.
The convention of christian workers opened
in Utica, N. ", Monday. There was a large
audience present. Mr.. Moody spoke on Bible
study.
The Republican journal., 1884-11-20

MIR. RICHARD PEDprR. MRS. RICHARD PED
DUR. JOilN, a Waiter.
The Republican journal., 1884-11-20
She enters room and slams door.

Mr. r. (Alone). Whe-e Lula
Tomlinson Takes letters from his
pocket and looks them overJ. BY Jovc
I've dropped Georges, and she's read it.
And she thinks Lulu is girl :. Laughs !.
That's the best joke | ever heard. Come
to think of it, his phrases were rather
ambiguous Poor Ellen! it is really too
bad she should have been so worried.
But was worried, too. | shall have to
give her a little lesson. Goes to door,
opens it little and calls. Mrs. Ped
der
Mrs. P.'s voice. | asked you to respect
my grief.
Mr. p. Gn calmly dignitied tones).
am aware how cruelty you have misjudg-
ed me | cannot rest quietly under a
false and wicked aspersion. 1t will be
well for the future happiness OF both OF
us that you come here and listen to me.
Mrs P's voice. have proofs
Mr. p. Proofs that shall demolish.
Enter Mrs. Z.
Mrs. p. shall be only too delighted
if you can.
Mr. p. Kindly take a seat. Thank
you. When you left me, just now, you
hurled at me the name of Lulu Tomlin-
son. What if | were to assure you there
is no such person?
Mrs p (Rsing). Oh, Dick, darling,
isn't there really
The Republican journal., 1884-11-20

D.. >.tf+. Ne 353 Washington ST., Boston.
hsA>o, -+ aud BOG Washington Street,
The Republican journal., 1884-11-20
BLlCAN JOURNAL.
Republican Journal Publishing Co

lurteusl>o TERMS, For one square, zone inch
. iu lplumn,l Sl0O for one week, and 25
.i ,4cu Subsequent insertion. \ fraction Of
al1t rHilr- KS ID fun one
The Republican journal., 1884-11-20

The convention of christian workers opened
in Utica, N. ", Monday There was a large
audience present Mr.. Moody spoke on Bible
study.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-20

The Hon. Henry Waterson, the versa.
tile and irrepressible editor of the Louis
vile Courier-Jouraat, has started out to
make the Hon. Joseph Il. Mcdonald, of
Indiana, the next President of the United
States. With that view he will make his
headquarters in New York city and Wash
ington during the current winterand com
ing spring. In view of Mr.. Waterson's po-
tent efforts in favor of Mr.. Carlisle's elec-
tion to the Speakership it will not do to be.
little his ability to force his able indiana
statesman on the Democratic party as its
Presidential candidate, especially as Mr.
Mcdonald has a terrible political "heft"
OF his own. The New York World very
wittily says that the advent of Mr.. Wat
terson there reminds it OF the negro
house painter who saw hog roofing
around the foot of the tall ladder on
which he was perched, and who yelled
out. go way from dar; you'se gwine
to make heaps of trubbil.' 'ris even
SO. This bright and enterprising Ken
tuckian has the faculty. IN r, remarkable
degree, of spreading CONSERVATION
amongst the more sedate politicians Of
the Democratic party.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-20

The perils Of those who 20 down to
the sea in ships are always great, but
they have been specially SO this winter.
Scarcely week has passed during
months In which we have not been made
acquainted with the details Of some dra-
matte marine disaster. The telegraph
yesterday advised us Of the wreck, off
the inhospitable New England coast, of
the steamer Columbus, with great casu.
alties, while week or SO ago the sympa.
thetic world was exercised over the pitt.
full fate of the crew and passengers of the
Spanish iron steamer San Augustin. The
cargo Of this vessel had taken firo and
her occupants were nearly roasted before
n remnant of them were rescued. Many
OF the miserable wretches flung them
selves into the sea to escape their intol.
cradle agonies.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-20
A Phenomenal Maine Girl.

The antagonist OF modern advanced
education, ii there be any, shou Id have
heard little lecture that a gentleman
gave on the street Wednesday morning.
The question had arisen as to the ten
dency of modern advanced education to
create a disgust for manual labor. The
gentleman told an anecdote. A young
lady. who is very well known in Lewis
ton and Auburn, and who has had a
liberal education in America, q course
OF study in the German schools, and
who has since taught in some of the
leading schools OF this State and Others,
came home to her fathers farm this
summer. The hours hung rather
heavily. Father, your office needs
shiugling" says she one day. The next
day the shingles were on the spot. and
the young lady proposed to have some
fun and combine it in legitimate way
with solid work. She built the stagings
geometrically, ran the lines after Euclid,
and shingled the office as neatly and ex.
peditiously as the village professor of
shingling himself could have done. She
pulled down the staging and erected it
again over the ell to the house, and, in
spite of parental injunction, shingled the
ell and sloping shed attached. She
practiced music for pleasure in tie mean
time, however, and read Germkn for q
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-20

Los ANGELES is singularly favored in
that nineteen out of the twenty people
who visit this section are delighted with
what they see. They are not only
pleased but they indulge in positive rap.
ture, whether they be of high or low
degree, whether they be much or little
travelled. This is the case with nearly
all who write of this section, whether
he be the imperial Archduke Ludwig
Salvador, the nephew of the Emperor
of Austria, who dedicated whole book
of sketches and letter press, issued from
the imperial printing office at Vienna,
specially to this city and county, or the
young and brilliant member of the
editorial staff of the Glasgow Scotsman,
Mr.. A. Robertson, who lately spent
some time in our midst as the guest of
Col. II. j. Stewart, of this city. From
the letters to his paper of this keen OBJ.
server and piquant writer we propose TO
make some copious extracts early in the
coming week.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-20

In many respects the present has been
very peculiar year from a meteorolog.
ical point of view. In the northern and
central counties great many people
Nse made up their minds that this
is to be dry season, and certainly
nothing has occurred there thus far to
make the theory untenable, In South
ern California, however, everything has
gone pleasantly. We have not only had
enough rain, as far as we have gone, but
1t has come down most seasonably. San
Diego county, which ordinarily, as com.
pared with Los Angeles, has a very scant
supply Of moisture, even leads this sec.
tion at this date. Riverside, which had
very trifiing rainfall last year-only
enough, in fact, to save one irrigation
has already had more rainfall to date
than fell during the whole OF last year.
1t has grown to be recognized fact
that there may be drouth in the uorth-
ern and central counties while here we
may make splendid crop, In the first
place. it does not require third as much
rain to insure crop here as there; and,
in the second, for fully three years past,
we have had our own local, well defined
rains, which are peculiar to Southern
California. To what this change is owing
it behooves meteorologists to find out,
but il undoubtedly exists. The exten.
siye tree planting ell over Southern Cal,
ifornia may have had something TO do
With it; or the assertions OF old Cali.
fornians that, before the American oc.
cnpation. there were long cyclez Of very
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-20
FOR SALE

handsome cottage Of Eve rooms. nicely fin.
shed inside, situated on Sixth street, between
ort and Spring. For terms, etc, apply to
P0MEROY 4 MILLS.
noy2 II Opposite the Court House.