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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-22

E. N. Trask, State ST., adversises line of
crockery, fruit dishes etc. just received, as
desirable Christmas presents. He also has
in stock everything in the grocery line for
making up Christmas dinner, Heis selling
nice roller flour at 1913 per barrel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-22

On Water street, Saturday morning, the
mercury was 20 below, but on the other side
of the river. where it usually runs the lowest,
the glass measured only IL below. AT River
side on Saturday morning, at o'clock the
thermometer was 10 below zero.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-22
city, Personals.

S. S. Avery is with the Fargo Territorial
Militia in the Redfeld, Dakota riot.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-12-22

Capital Skating Rink will be open only on
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings
in the future, as ut the first Of the season.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-16

saon xAssAcHusHrrs. 1880.
Iro,n Hdyper's Wteklv.

YroN Hdrpers Wtektv.
over the threshold Of MS pleasant home
In simple truat, misloubt,nR mot the end;
Dear heart Of mine ~ he sad. tbs time has come
The good wife turned on each familiar thing
The lowing kline, the orchard biossotnng.
The open door that showed the hearth dres blaze
Aud calmly answered. Yea, He will provide"
silent and SLOW they crossed the hcaestssds bound,
Move on. OF stay. aud hsnEi, the shsrih cried.
They LETT behind them more than home or land.
And set sad faces to an allen strand
safer with winds and wsves than human wrath,
With raveninx wolves than thore whose zeal for God
Was cruelty to man. the eNiles trOd
Drear leagues Of forest without guide or path,
Or launching frail boats on the nncharted Sea,
Round stornvsxed cnpes, whose teeth OF granite
The waves to foam. thsir periloua way they wound,
Enduring sl things SO their souls were free.
Oh. true confesaofa shainine them who did
Anew the wrong their Pilgrim fathers borel
For you the Mayhower spread her sail once moro,
freghted with souls. to all that duty bid
pshss 2, they Who spC C =. s ~
Aqudnecks isle Nantucksts lonely shores,
And Indian.hauuted Nsrragsosett saw
Or heard the plsshinr n their weary .oarr.
And every place wherein they rested grew
Happier for pure and gracious wOnianhood,
And men whOss nAmes for stainless honor stood,
Founders Of 6tStes and rulers wise aud true.
19s H ss:, Of ,1ry ys shall MAKE Sa t .s
Beyond theft darn are lsd he Van Of thought,
And left unforfetted the name Of Friends.
Q mother STATE. how foiled was thy designI
The gain was theirs, the loss alone WA thine.
JoaS O. waiffiER.
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Tive Sides 81 . ssasVusut
nron IA SAslseytsS ARM.

When two-ysar-old Nay Blossom
comes down In clear white dress
Ana runs 10 ma dear Auntie,
And claim her sweet caIsss,
Tnen huntte takes up Blossoin,
A"u hsr eyes they glow aud china.
oh pretty baby Blossom,
II you were only mine!
" WEN n n,n,,., IN the pantry.
Has nibbled at the icing
TIL half the cake 10 bare.
Insn Auntte puts dowH Blossom.
o. az e! Pc sSyss ,Ssx Hlov ana shi,s,
ss WV NV ~ az atiS::Gi~'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-16

TIE Terrible Ceasrssss % Lifs.
Prom tAe Spectator.

"Sne world 10 very beautiful." said.
A. Yesterday, beside the trimming stream.
Glad and alone watched the tremulous CLEAN
Slant thro' the wintry wood. reencArpeted
With mosa aid serA sud curvtng brambs spray,
And bronze the thousand russell margin reeds,
Aud In the sparkling holly CLINT and play.
And kindle all the brisrs Naming seeds.
she world 10 very horrible r. SIGH.
Az In my wonted ways, to-day Thread
Chill streets, dsformed with dim monotony.
Hiding str4ugs mysteries Of unknown dreed,
The feeking court, the treathlese fever den.
The hsunts whore things unholy thronR aud brood
Grim crime the fierce despair OF strong armed ineu
Child infauiy, and shameless womsnhood
And men have looked upon this pteous thing
Blsni lives unvisi,ed BY bsauty's .peli--
Aud said. Let be II 10 not meet TO bring -.
Dfeans Of sweet freedom to the prison cell
Sing them NO scnGs Of thinGs all bright ana faf.
Paint them no Visions OF the Glad and free.
Lest with purgsd sight their misertes they see
And, thro' vain ionGings pas to blank despair"
o brother, treadne sver-dsrk enne. wsys.
would God We might unfold before your gaze
Bome Vision of the pure, aud true, aud tart
Better TO know. tho sAdder thinRa he known.
Better 10 see. tho tears half blind tins ss9nt,
Than thralldnni 10 the sense. and heart OF etoue,
And horrible contentment with the night.
70 touch the iives that lie 20 chill and dresr,
That they msysdresm Of some divlner sphere.
whence each soft ray Of love and beauty sprinfa
Each good and perfect Gift 10 from above;
And there 10 healing for esrth'e direat woes,
God hath unsealed the springs OF light and love-
10 make the desert blossom - the rose.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-16

though he secs In the gorilla and chimpanzee the
nearest allies Of mans extinct ancestor. But
how does Darwin meet the familiar objection
that palnontoloRy has not disclosed the fossil
remains OF any anthropoid ape. bridging the
gap between tho Australian and the gorilla2
With respect" he says. to tho absence OF
fossil remains serving to connect man with his
npe-like progenitors. no one will lay much
stress on this fact who reads Sir q. Lyell's dis
cussion. where he shows that In all the verte-
bra,e classes the discovery Of fossil remains
has been a very slow and fortuitous process.
Nor should II be forgotten that those regions
which are the most likely to afford remains
connecting man with some extinct ape-iike
creature have not rs yet been searched by GO
ologisis." We should here recall that Darwin
thought 1t " somewhat more probable that our
early progenitors lived on tho African CONT
nent than elsewhere"
When the doctrine OF mans descent from an
ape was first promulgated and supported By
an array Of proof which compelled respectful
attention. II not acceptance. II not unnaturally
proved highly distasteful to many persons.
Against the reason sbieness Of such repentance
Darwin argued In memorable passage In the
Descent OF Man." Referring to his own expo
rience in TERRA del Fuego. he suggests that
he who has seen savage In his native land
will not feel much shame II forced to acknowl-
edge that the blood OF some more humble crea-
ture flows In his veins. For my own Part. I
would as soon be descended from that heroic
little monkey. who brayed his dreaded enemy
in order to save the life OF his keeper. or from
that old baboon. who. descending from tho
mountains. carried away in triumph his young
comrade from crowd Of astonished dogs. as
from savage who delights to torture his one
mics. offers ur bloody sacrifices. practises in
fanticide without remorse. treats his wives like
slaves. knows no decency and is haunted by
the grossest supersttions."
Man." concludes Darwin. may be excused
for feeling some pride at having risen. though
not through his own excrtions. to the very
summit OF tho organic scale: and the fact Of
his having thus risen. instead OF having been
aboriginally placed there. may give him hone
for still higher destiny in the distant future.
But We are not here concerned with hopes or
fears. only with the truth as fur as our reason
permits us to discover 1t: and havo given tho
evidence to the best of my ability. We must.
however. acknowledge. as IL seems to me. that
man. with all his noble qualities with sympa-
thy which feels for the most debased. with be-
nevolence which extends. not only to other
men. but to tho humblest living creature. with
his Godlike intellect which has penetrated into
the movements and constitution Of this solar
systen-with all these exalted powers
still bears in his bodily franc the indelible
stamp Of his lowly origin"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-16

from He inter- OCEAN.
saw by the PHILADELPHIA papers the other
day that the Grand Army posts hal given reception to
Mrs r. NJ Bonsal. and happening 10 walk d .wn street
with Gen. sheridan, asked him II he knew her do
know her no replied with . surprised look on his face;
=" l should say did. That woman worth q whole
brigade Of soldiers and several batteries Of artillery
down in the Winchester campaign, and she was one Of
the genuine herones of the war"
Tell me about her"
well. yon sce, always believed In lighting on infor.
nation People said was reckless and daring and all
that, and when happened TO win nght they said Il
was sheridnn's luck. But tell you there wasn't any
luck about II. never went 1t blind. I always knew
what W" going TO hit before made u STRIKE and gen.
orally tried to strike At the right time.
And down there In a." continued the Gsner.l
"when lay before Winchester. wanted inform alton
OF what WAS going on In the enemy lines and wanted
It awful bad. must have H. don't you see; but how
was going to get It didn't know. Crook was pretty
well acquainted IN all that country one day asked
MN II he didn't know some one In Winchester could
depend on lie said there was little Qusker girl the
town thzt he thought all right and concluded to
try her.
There was an old darby who had garden patch
about nftesn miles from my headquarters and he hsd
pass 80 NJ into Winchester three os four tines week
with vegetables for the Confederate officers and town
people. had him brought INTO my he on.
hisit and asked him II he knew the school maan lie
said he did. and then asked MIN IL he could get note
TO her without giving her away He said he could and
IN
her loyalty and requesting her to give
OF what was going on In tho rebel camp.
wrapped the note M In tin foil In little wsd don't
you know. and made the old darky carry IL In his
mouth The next day he went into town with load Of
vegetables and gave II to her."
"What was her nAmei
" Eebecea Wright was her name then but she 10 mar
red now, aud her husbands name IL BonssL"
Did you get an auswerf"
res the darky brought mo back . reply In which
sns gave me some very important information and pro
vided to send me more from time to time We Kent m
correspondence after that, and knew everything old
Early was doing After few weeks she sent ma von,
,hal k-rshaw's division Of r'ss ioUn men had r."
a n'a was going 10 JON Lees array As soon a.
Wthchrst-r " " "S~ s"" 'sP'utoa
- Pa you md the gir when you got into town >"
-" Indeed did and my report OF that psttis Wa writ,
ten IN her school room" "ss WI"
Naa che ever rewarded"
ana 4, Va SSt nsT place In the Treasury Department
but damn H. thnk she q entitled 10 psnSioa
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-16
The Lest ChiIa.


Thsy sought her In the nsld and grove
Whers'sr they thought her feet might rove
Exploring every nook and cove;
And down within the shady dell
Where the wild lily hung Its bell
And dlied the air with pleasant smell:
And where wild rose aud Ivy made
Aiternat~ sfreaks OF sun and shade,
And the light chestnut tassels swsyed;
And where the pals sweet May.pinks grew
And viOets opened eyes Of blue
weeping bright drops OF honeydew;
hut all In vanl Then some one said,
THE river,winds along It's bed
Through msadows blossonicd white ana red
Perhaps she wandered there" All feet
Were turned toward this last retreat
Where they might hope the child 70 meet
And one along the river side
On white sand left there BY the tide,
The prints OF tiny feet sspled.
And stoopinR down with strs,nins sight
And eyes hsnd.ahaded from the light,
Caught faint CLEAN Of sonsthing white.
He raised It with trembling hand,
And drew Il heavily to land,
And laid the dead child on the sand.
NANCY A. ". fnIEsS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-16
Amer the Hall.

FT0M LJe.
ANA 10 you've come back to the ball room
Long after the dsnctng 10 o'.r!
Couldnt sIeep-yes. know the sensation,
For I've been there myself before.
And % you climbed In 1T the windowl
II an glad there are no more spies
And you 40 straight hack to that corner
Where she looked up into your syssl
And there, where she sat In the corner,
You are looking with eager face,
In the hope that she dropped rOsSbud.
Or ribbon. or bit Of lsGs.
Buy. ales! your search will be fruitiess,
For the place has been Just sw ept clean.
10 Eood.hy 10 the d,nKy ball room,
With It's odoF Of kerOscas.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-16
swias SEES.

From Good Words.
Gwingl swingl
6ir1s In the budding wood, birds on the wing
ftll sweet sOtt air with cafolng:
The woods M more contain their gies,
Joy briins over every tree
In . futter Of leaves hitAriOusly,
swing! swiuG
Eariy primroses awaks from sleep,
In many . dswy dale they peep;
l.ol popuOus Lind, far detl and grove,
Unreal ~ y0nder clouds that move
In lGbyrinthine drifts above!
Swing! swing!
Anenone flakes OF vened anow
Lie over the sunny herbs below,
Lie over brown bentS woven and wet
Where yellow eyed white violet
with moss md strawberry hath met,
swing! swing!
Spring waves her youngling leaves for token
DArk winters deHdler springs are broken;
The nrry roofs. with low sen sound
welcome TO their calm profound
The doves long call In love swound
Swing! swing
Baby boy lies . ststerly arm
OF little maid Mary. safe from harm
Little hoy Willy will pnsi the pair
Hark! now they laugh they rush through the ART
AL the young world Laughs. oh, how fair!
Swing! swing!
ROBIN NorL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-16
a Paiat,ui story.
ROBIN NoHL.

From 0006 cheer.
'Twas In ys pleasant olden time,
On. many years ago,
when husklng hocs and singing schools
Were all the fun. you know.
The SINGING school In Tsrrytown-
A quaint old town IN Maine
waA wisely taught and Rrandlv led
BY young man named Paine.
4 gallant gentleman was Paine,
Who liked the lasses well;
But hest 10 liked Miss Patience Whits
AZ all his school could tell.
One night the singing school had met;
Young Paine, oil carelessly.
had turned the leaves aud said, wen sing
On page one.seventy."
" Sea gentle patience smile on pain"
On Psins they all then smiled,
But not 50 gently As they might;
And lie, confused and wild,
sssrchsd, quickly Tor another place,
As quickly gave II out;
The inerr!Inent, suppressed before
Rose now Into . shout.
These were the words that met his eyes
=. (Hs sank down with groan):
o give me- GRIT for others woes,
And patience for my owni''
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28
Young War Heroes.

: At the first battle of Bull Run John
Afeigs. q son of General Meigs, and
West Point cadet, seeing no generals
about, assumed and for some time di-
rected the movement of the troops, the
officers supposing he was an abide
camp, and that the orders came from
tho generals. Seeing the enemy mass.
ing in the wood to take Green's Battery,
Meigs ordered Colonel Mathewson to
move quickly with his regiment to the
support of the battery. The movement
was promptly executed by the First
California, and then two other regi-
ments were brought up, / think the
Thirty-frst and Thirty-second New
York. Later in the day the youthful
General, seeing the field was lost, said
TO Colonel Mathewson; ''You had
better fall back toward Centreville.
''And by whose authority do you
give me such an order as that !" inquired
the colonel.
well, sir" said young Meigs, 'the
truth is for the last two hours L have
been unable to find any generals, and
have been commanding myself"
: / saw Meigs on the battle field, and
he was woudded through the knee, but
remained ON duty, although in irritable
pain and faint from the loss of blood
He was afterward killed by rebels in
the Shenandoah Valley.
In the first Iowa there was little
mite of drummer boy named Edward
or. as he was more commonly called,
Eddie Lee. At Wilson's Greek he had
both feet shot off by a cannon ball. A
wounded rebel, who was shot through
the bowels and lay near Eddie, had
taken off his suspenders, and max
ing of them ligatures, tied up Eddie's
stumps to stop the flow of blood. In the
night the rebel died and Eddie lay ON the
field all night beside him. In the morn
ing, as soon as it was light, the First
Iowa were surprised to hear Eddie's
drum beating the reveille down in a ra
vine One of the men, following the
sound of the drum, went to him and
found the little fellow seated on the
ground, vigorously beating away, his
drum fastened to bush by his side.
Good morning, corporal he said;
ooh. get me some water, | am so thirsty"
The corporal got the water, and while
he was giving the boy drink, the enemy
came up and captured them both A
rebel horseman took Eddie up tenderly
before him and carried him to the rebel
camp, where his stumps were amputated
and the wounds carefully dressed, but
he died in few hours after the operation
was performed. Eddie Lees father had
been killed by rebels. and he was the
son of a poor East Tennessee woman.
He went into the army to try and earn
a living for his mother.-James s. Bris-
bin in Philadelphia Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28
a Modern Peepiug Tom.

An odd case was called up before
downtown magistrate last Friday. The
defendent was young man of about %
years of age, who is employed in the
furnishing goods department of large
general dry gooIs store in the city, and
the complainant was blooming damsel
Of 10 summers, plump. rosy-cheeked,
and in every way calculated to he an ac-
complished PLAYER upon the heartstrings
Of susceptible mankind From her six
teenth birthday the far maiden in ques-
tion has been monopolizing the affec-
lions of the young man, who was at her
mstigatioh dragged before the bar of
Justice; and there Is no reason to believe
that she did not up to the time fully re-
ciprocate the unwavering devotion he
showed toward her
As revealed at the examination, the
unhappy ending to the love affair of
this young man and maiden was brought
about in curious way. The damsel,
who resides with her parents, occupies
the third-story back room Of the resi-
dence, attached to which is au extension
bathroom that is provided with large
windows, the panes which are made of
frosted glass In the apartment the
young lady was in the habit of bathing
each morning. The back buildings of
the boarding house in which the young
man resides face the back buildings of
the fam lady's house. and from his
window he could and did throw kisses
across to her, receiving in return a sup
ply of the same kind of unsatisfactory
tokens Of affection Everything went
on swimmingIy until one morning, the
young lady received the following note:
Philadelphia, January 2, 1SS4.-I
send this to tell YOU that nearly every
morning the steam gathers on the ground
glass windows OF your room, and when
it turns into water makes them quite
Transparent so that anyone can see you
in your bath etc Nv attention was
called to this by the actions of somebody
who each morning appears to enjoy the
charming sight through pair of opera
glasses. | am yours truly, A FRIEND,
This missive was bombshell, and the
girl. furious at what she had read, re-
solved to see for herself if the writer of
the letter had spoken truly. The next
morning she prepared for the usual bath;
the steam gathered on the window panes
and trickIed down: then from the back
part of her bedroom she distinctly saw,
by means of u pair ofopera glasses, this
favored young man peeping at her bed
room through another pair of opera
glasses. She at once returned all his
presents. refused to see him and had
him brought before a magistrate to an
swer the charge of invading upon her
privacy" The Young man thoroughly
ashamed and depressed, was discharged.
Philadelphia Record
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28
xzou !. Rlizzard Annroaohes.

A Dakota paper gives the following descrip-
ton of the recent blizzard: Until about 4:15
the day was sunny, pleasant, and with temper
AZURE as mild as spring. The streets were
filled with people--ladies promenading in the
enjoyment of the ethereal mildness' Sudden
ly and without the slightest warning solid
white wall of frost and snow appeared in the
northwest 1t seemed as if the bluffs in that
direction had suddenly shot upward to q
height of thousand feet, so sudden and COM
pact did this icy wall appear In second of
time the storm burst with appalling fury, and
the windows which had by mildness Of the at
mosphere become clear of frost, were heavily
coated with cling snow on the outside, and
heavily frosted particles on the inside. The
air grew terribly cold, and was darkened by
flying frost and snow. The high walls of the
hotel directly opposite were not to be seem All
objects were hidden by the flying and rapidly
driven snow People ON the streets sought
shelter and the stores were temporarily used
for protection from the tierceness of the howl
ing blast Darker grew the atmosphere to
such an extent that business in the Office was
stopped until lights were procured
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28
ra.rfr, cvolones = the south.

A terrible cyclone passed near Rockingham,
North Carolina. late Monday night, the 18th
inst killing from fifteen to thirty people and
wounding great number.
The cyclone that swept through Alabama on
Monday caused the loss Of great many lives
and vast amount Of property. At Leeds the
residence and premises of DR. W. f. Wright, a
railroad contractor was demolished The
body Of DR. Wrights mother was found an
hundred yards from the house, fearfully man
gled Annie Jeannie Thomas, James and Ed
ward children of DIR Wright, have arms and
legs broken Harriet McCrew, a cook was
killed OF twenty-four carts, two wagons and
three horses in the place, nothing remained but
the carcass ofone horse. Latest intelligence
but adds to the horrors of the yoful story,
From the names of the dead already published
ii appears that hundreds Of lives were lost
From Georgia the reports are of the same
tenor as those from Alabama. and in North Car
olina. also. and in South Carolina, the lists OF
me dead are frightful The cyclone was Of the
same character as those of previous years,
bounding from point to point, creating terf1ilc
winds for ten Hailes ON each side Of is track
Southern Illinois. Missouri and Southern
Ohio had touch of the cyclone, and good
deal of property was destroyed, but there were
not many fatalities
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-28

For 26 years, Robert Joyce, OF Chi
cago, who is now 80 years old, drank in
cessantly, his giant frame and iron mus
cles enabling him to Withstand numer-
Gus quantities of intoxicants He esti-
mates that he drank on an average
about 90 drinks of whiskey per day,
which, according to his estimate of the
potion swallowed each time, must have
amounted to about 1000 barrels. For
many wears Mr.. Joyce has been sober,
and even abstelnious, his dissipation
having occurred at the other end of his
long Life. He says he drank the best
whiskey he could find, but thinks his
preservation is due rather to has excel
lent constitution than the quality of the
distillation absorbed by it. He was new
er drunk to his knowledge, he says, but
he often felt good He is not sorry
he drank it but, if he had to live his life
over again he wouldnot touch it. When
he began to drink he was keeping q sa-
loon in Boston From that he went in
to the wholesale liquor business. Heis
now penniless and dependent.