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The celebrated imported Minton's & Camp
bells glazed and plain, geometrical and fancy
Tiles for all useful and decorative purposes
For sale by the Portland Cement Pipe and
Stone Company. Tel ephone No. 1913.
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SM&w&w1y

/ WOULD SAY TO MY FRIENDS, AND ALL
WHO chance to read this, that have used
Adamson's Cough Bslsam in my family for
long time. and consider 1t very valuable med
cine. 1t cures when all other remedies fall
and would cheerfully recommend it to those
afflicted with coughs, colds. asthma. etc.,
"E. s. GErCHELL Boston,"
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ASSESSORS NOTICE.

THtHE inhabitants of the Town OF Deering. and all
II Others Liable TO be taxed thersin reby
required to make and ing in u.s. the assessors of
said town, true and perfect lists # thrie lis and
all their esta es III real and personal which they
may be possesse OF en tho first day Of April next
excepting such IS may be exempted from taxation
by l%wl, and each person will be expected 10 IN ke
oath, that to the best of s knowledge, said list
contains all his taxable property, and those wbo fail
to bring in as above directed may expect no abate
ment by the sssess ~
The assessors will be- in session at the following
places the foil wing days u wit;
At Seleetmen's office on Iuasday, April LIST, from
o 10 II n M, and from till D m; on Wednes-
day, April I'd. at Cobb Leghton's store, Abbott's
Corner from to 2 a M; NJ Pot Office MoTrilIs
from to p. m. on TIL rsday, april Sd, at office
of Almon leach Wood ord's, from to II q.
M, and from t. y. m.
GEORGE B. LIE WITT. Assessors
DANIEL D. CHENERY, OF
LEMUEL W. DYER Deerlng.
Dated at Deering, March 21st, a. D., 1884.
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ADVICE TO MoTHERs.-MRS. WINSLOW,S
SOOTHING SYRUP should ALWAYS be- used
when children are cutting teeth. 1t rel ewes
the little sufferer at once; 1t produces nat. al,
quiet sleep by relieving the child from pam.
and the little chersb awakes as 'brIght as a
button" 1t is very pleasant to taste. II
soothes the child, softens the gums, allsys all
pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and
is the best known remedy for diarrhea, " neither
arising from teething her causes. Twenty
FIVE cents bottle.
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nxuuieiunt Cour,.

BEFORE RECORDER DYER
FRDAY.-owen Riley; truancy. Reform schoo
during minority.
Robert Williams; assault. Fined 50 and costs.
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DR. o. FITZGERALD, at Falmouth Hotel
Portland, Wednesday and Thursday, Marct
26th and 9th. ma,22dAt
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NOTES.

Ivy Lodge, I. 0. o. F., will give a supper
and very pleasant vocal, Instrumental and
elocntionary entertainment at Odd Fellows
Hall to-hight. There will be a brilliant COM
pany present.
The Lsceum draws good houses because it
gives good performances. Attend the matinee
to-day, or the performance tonight.
Mrs. Mary Mayer, mother of Mrs. Lawrence
Barrett (wiie of the favorite tragedian), died
at her residence in Boston on Tuesday. She
was II years old and was we'll known. For
many years Mrs. Mayer kept confectionery
establishments in fremont Row. and has been
located at other points in that CITY, She re-
tired from business number of years since.
Dave O'Conpor has left the Lyceum to act
as an agent for Fqrepaugh's Circus.
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HORSES FOR SALE.

WE offer for sale, cheap fifteen or twenty
w Horses, weighing from $50 to ZOO lbs each.
suitable for teams or farm work. All good
workers.
PORTLAND RAILWAY COMPANY.
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HAvERLY's MrNsrRELs

This organization has gained a capital repu-
tAtion in Portland, because they have always
given first-rate show, and the performance
at Portland Theatre this evening will probably
prove no excep ion to the general rnle. There
has been a good demand for tickets aud an
early application for seats will be necessary.
THE HANLoNs.
lie Voyage en- Saisse is so full Of fun, action
and excits msnt th>t it seems to grow in pro-
portion with every representation. The laugh
ter is continuous and the piece gives the audi
en- ce all the hiarity necessary to stave off the
blues or kill The dyspepsia For that reason
all cur readers should attend the Hanl, MS
performances at Portland Theatre, Monday
night.
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MUSIC AND DRAMA.
rHn srooKpR1par oounsr.


The first matinee in the Sto3kbrldge course
will be given in City Hall this afternoon.
Master Carl Peirce. the boy violinist, whose
picture adorns the windows of the music
stores, is said to be not only musical prodigy,
in the usual sense of the word, but what is
more, skilled violinist. Mr.. Warren G.
Richards, the inimitable humorst, win Ike ep
the audience convulsed with laughter, the
Temple Quartette will delight with their ex-
quisite vocal music, and the Bnston Baujo aud
Guitar Quartz tte--a new oraaniz 4tion-wilI
make their first appearance here. All the
children should go. la the evening there will
b.. q epcnna nor farm q mo-
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Smyrna times., 1884-12-03
or to the Institute.

Commencing with this morning the
teachers and pupils of the public scnool
have an Oling," as far as the duties
here are concerned, the rest of the
week-the former going to Dover to
attend the Kent County Teachers In
stitute, and the latter taking a season
of recreation to wander about at their
own sweet wills. The children will
doubtless have the best time-an unre-
stricted freedom that costs them moth
mg-while the teachers in board and
car fare, have to pay pretty well for
their enforced trip to the capital. Bv
the way, Maryland acts more gener-
ously with its teachers. Prof. Swan.
Superintendent of the schools of Caro-
line County, tells us that at the Insti-
tute held at Denton a week or SO ago
the board bill of the teachers was paid
by the State. How would our teach
ers like that for change?
Smyrna times., 1884-12-03
CIaYton.

The sale of the Daniel w. Thompson
estate at Clayton, on Saturday last
called out quite Il gathering of the in,
terested and after some spirited bid
ding was knocked down to Francis
Kelley, of Wilmington, for 81 600. The
lot is 5Ox250 feet on which is a
comfortable house containing 8 rooms.
As it adiOins the Bingham House own
ed BY Mr.. Kelley we are informed that
he has made this purchase to enable
w w. WhitlOck proprietor of the
hoteD to offer increased accommoda.
ton to his Summer guests, and will
make such improvements as NAV be
necessary to connect it with the main
hotel building. Lot No. 2 on which
there is a stable was also bought by
Mr. Kelley for $508. and lot No. 3. bV
Mrs. Geo. Collier for $40.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-03

FROM July to the past two or three
weeks the most abundant product of
the farms going to waste from necessi-
ty because of the want of a paying
market has been the apple crop, but
now as the other fruits are gone and
the apple almost a necessity, it has
gone up to 40 and 80 cents basket.
and will soon doubtless be considerable
higher. Exporting apples to European
markets is now being largely carried
on by farmers in Columbia, Green,
Ulster, Duchess and other Hudson
river counties of New York. The
farmers say they can clear from SO to So
per barrel on choice fruit. Newton
Plppins, Baldwins and Northern Spies
are the principal varieties shipped.
ONE day last week a drunken man
was arrested for disturbing the peace
and after going a part of the way to the
lookup refused utterly to go further.
and prostrated himself in the gutter.
The police seeing force would be neces-
sary to get him to the place where
such offenders are deposited, put nip
pers on his wrists and after dragging
him a short distance he ceased his re-
slstance, seeing it was useless, and
walked along peaceably enough to the
place. Such we are told was the text
for the newspaper attack for "police
brutality" The man afterwards. it is
stated, thanked the police for enforc-
ing the law and learning him lesson.
taking whatever blame there was in
the matter upon himself.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-03
Personal.

DR.. f. NJ. Cloak went TO Philadel
phia on Monday to attend banquet OF
the alumni of Delaware College that
evening at the Girard House.
VIM. r. Cahoon, Jr., and wife, oil
Dover, spent Sunday and Monday in
town, guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Cot
ton.
Sanford Griffith, of Chester, has been
spending week or SO with friends in
this section.
Dr. ID. I. Smithers went to Whining
ton this morning to attend the meeting
of the State Dental Association.
Misses Mary and Della Lippincott
have gone on il visit to their former
home, Salem, y. J.
Miss Florence Kressler, of Philadel-
phia, who has been the guest of Miss
Nora Cotton returned home TODAY.
Miss Name Culbreth, of Dover. was
the guest of Miss Sue Quigg, from Sat
urday to Monday; Cove Harrington
and Wilber CahoOn, of Dover, of Miss
Nora Cotton, and J. J. Hofecker. of
MlddletOWn, of Miss Bertha HOfecker.
Rev. Henry 5. Thompson and family.
OF Keene, n. H., are expected in this
town next week en- route to Easton.
Md, whittier he has been transferred
from the New Hampshire conference.
to succeed Rev. A. w. Lightbourne, as
pastor of the NJ. +. Church.
John COsden, who has been quite
sick the past two weeks is improving
as is also 7. B. Megear, who has been
absent from his store the past week.
Mrs. Eliza +. Swinney, after SPEND
ing several weeks in Smyrna, returned
last Monday to Shiloh, New Jersey.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-03
"a I1nottv Prohlenn

If A sells you horse for ninety dol
lars, aud you sell it back to him for
eighty dollars, and he then sells it to G
for one hundred dollars, how much
does A make on the three transactions ?
The above problem was given to our
town during the latter part of last
week, and although apparent simplici-
ty itself, nothing IF we except the in
terest taken in the late election) has
created such a furore in certain circles
for a great while. 1t has struck the
whole of the business portion of the
town with such tremendous force as to
cast for the time being all other things
IN the shade. The answers to it. Of
course, vary, some giving one and
some another solution. Each party
think they are right and are willing to
prove it by demonstration, neither
willing to give in, and if some one does
not soon give a solution that cannot be
gainsayed we do not know whereit will
end, and now dear reader we will close
by saying how much did A make on
the three transactions?
Smyrna times., 1884-12-03
The New Warehouse.

The new warehouse now in course of
erection at our depot will be so feet
long by 30 feet wide, and 80 feet to top
of roof. The foundation of stone.
strong and firm, has been laid. The
building will be frame, two stories
high; the lower part will be used for
general freight, and the second story
for grain, and will have a capacity of
seven thousand bushels. Shutes will
be built so that the grain can be loaded
into cars from the bins. The structure
Is being placed near the end of the sid
ing laid during the past Summer, and a
platform extended so that freight can
be handled easily. The ground will
be properly graded around the ware.
house and every facility for the in
creasing trade of our town will be
given. By next February the build
ing will be ready for occupation.
There will be no change in the location
of the tracks.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-03
Preparations Against Fire.

The additional fire apparatus mr.
chased recently by the Town Commis-
sloners has had no permanent abiding
place, but at meeting of the Town
Council last week it was decided to
erect an engine house 18x42 feet at
the end of the Town Hall, facing on
Main street. This building is to be
| constructed so as to serve as the foun-
datiOn for an enlargement of the hall
at that end by at least an addition for
stage and dressing rooms, which
would add from quarter to
third to the present seating capacity
of the hall. The work for the present
eOntemplates only the one story for the
accommodation of the engine, which is
to be entered on at once and completed
as soon as possible.
Our Town Commissioners seem to he
alive to the Importance of provision
against fire, as never before. In this.
as we understand, they are a unit.
The question before them is how to Sc
cure the best results with the least ex
penditure. As board they are decid-
edly in favor of water works, and i'm
this direction the most they can hope
w Ao 10 w AuhN0 IL uu ISSUE at the next
municipal election. The special com
mittee on this subject, John b. Cooper,
Geo. w. Taylor and DIR. r. S. w.
HirOns are in correspondence with
other places so as to get all the infor-
nation possible. The question of a
water supply by cisterns sunk in the
ground, to which we referred several
weeks ago, as the most economical, is
not without its objections, and has
been abandoned in several towns
where tried, for water works as far
more satisfactory.
The cisterns would cost about So. 900.
only beginning of what would be re.
quired for water works, but too much
TO waste if, in the end, the latter would
be found a necessity. These water
works are erected on two methOds-by
the municipality, or, individual enter
prise. Dover adopted the former, hav-
ing the expense of construction and re-
sponsibility Of running, &c, under its
corporate management; Chestertown,
Md, where works are now being put
In, on the other hand, has given the
Smyrna times., 1884-12-03
The Potato CrOn.

The potato crop this year has been n
partial failure because Of the dry Fall
IN this respect being very different
from that OF '83 which was large and
gave US all the Winter and Spring. a
bountiful supply of fine tubers. An
exchange that has been taking a sur
vey of the crop elsewhere thus sums il
up:
Farmers in the Eastern States are
complaining of short crops of potatoes
having planted less than usual. owing
to their cheapness and quality last sea-
son, the decrease in acreage being about
hfteen per cent. Early in the season
the crop looked well, and a large Weld
was predicted, until the drought of
June and July came on. This stopped
the growth of the tops, and caused
many fields to ripen prematurelv.
When the rains at last came ON those
that survived the drought grew So
rapidly that they became coarse and
watery, and fell an easy prey to the
rust and rot. In some places whole
fields turned brown in a single dav.
The rot has been So bad that the Weld
of sound tubers has fallen off one-third
from last year, making it much below
the average.
Even those that are harvested are
not in good condition, and many will
spoil before marketing.
In Nova Scotia and Quebec the crop
IS almost an entire failure. and mer-
chants can no longer rely on those
sources for supplies, as has been their
custom hitherto. The rot is working
badly in the great shipping section Of
Northern Maine, and many potatoes
will have to be converted into starch.
" Vermont has small crop of GOOD
quality, rot being reported less fire.
quently than elsewhere. New York's
acreage and yield are below the figures
OF 1888, and there is a certain disposi
tiOn to hold. The Eastern crop is he
low the average, and the Southern de-
mand promises to be larger than
usual"
Smyrna times., 1884-12-03
Masonic Banquet.

Last night twenty-one members OF
the Masonic order of this town attend
ed a banquet given by the Union Lodge
OF Dover at the Hotel Richardson
Over 100 sat down at the tables. the
menu of which embraced all the choice
viands of the season. commencing with
quail on toast and ending down among
the cream and jellies. 1t was pro,
nounced one of the most ENJOYABLE
banquets ever given in Dover. They
sat down at the tables at eleven O'clock
and arose at half past twelve. Amonr
those who responded TO toasts were r
V. Weldon, DR.. w. r. Collins. Prof 7
II. Groves, L. Irving Handy, and n.
r. Wilds of this town The attendants
from this place expected to leave Dover
at PA O'Clock on the Norfolk EXPRESS
but it did not arrive there until 3,45. so
1t was almost morning when thew got
home and nicely tucked in bed. TEev
had to foot it in from CLAYTON. and
some of the long legged one of the
party were home and in bed before the
others had reached the town.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-03

THE gist of the report of Secretary Of the
Treasury McCullOch may be summarized
under four heads: First, that we are
taxed too much, or are raising too much
revenue; second, that there ought to be an
intelligent and systematic revision Of. the
revenue; third, that the internal revenue
system, which bears hardly upon our peo-
pie, can be conveniently abolished, and
fourth, that the coinage of the standard
or Bland silver dollars ought to be stopped.
Parenthetieally, Mr.. McCulloch argues
against the issue of paper money, but that
is dead issue.
The facts which chiefly concern the peo-
pie are that according to the estimate of
Mr.. McCulloch we will pay nearly sixty
million dollars more into the treasury next
year than can be legitimately used for the
necessary expenses of the government.
The tariff is too unequal and partial and
should be readjusted, but always upon the
basis Of protection to American industry.
The system Of internal taxation, always
obnoxious to a free people, who despise in
quisitorial examination of private business.
says the Philadelphia Daily Ne,os, ought
To be abolished.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-03
a Family Thanl,sriuino

On Thanksgiving afternoon the old
est son of Mr.. and Mrs. James Truax
came in from his country home and on
going to see the " old folks " found his
mother cooking dinner. "Whv.
mother" he said, "what are YOU do,
ing here we come to get our dinner
and that won't begin to be enough. ,"
Well son" she replied, II can soon
cook some more," but she found that
quite a different arrangement from
what she was preparing was on foot.
and that this son was the forerunner
OF the crowd of sons, sOns-in-law and
daughters, who had come to take
possession of the house and have a
genuine family thanksgiving, the com
pany including every member of the
family but Frank, who lives in Phila-
delphla. They brought with them
nicely cooked, two turkeys, two pairs
OF ducks, three pairs of chickens. four
gallons of oysters, and all the other
necessary things for dinner. and it
did the old folks good to see how the
children enjoyed the rich feast set be-
lore them, quite as much, they thought
as they did the surprise. There was
one thing however Mrs. Truax did not
anticipate and which could not be en-
joyed by any but herself, Except the
pleasure which comes in giving). and
that was a handsome silk dress which
was present from the boys, VIM. w.
Nelson making the formal presentation
They were all young together, as is
their wont, for there has not been vet
even the shadow Of the raven wing,
across this portal. o.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-03

proval the language Of Secretary McCul-
loch regarding the suspension Of silver
coinage and issue of silver certificates, and
the melancholy facts of our present COM
mercial and industrial position ought to
prepare Congress to act upon the subject
speedily.
The proposition to withdraw the one and
two dollar bills, as means of getting more
silver into use is bold. The Withdrawal of two
dollar bills would force the carrying Of any
sum smaller than five dollars in specie, and
with the present habits of the people
would be sure to be unpopular.
In his second annual message President
Arthur suggested that all internal taxes
save those on distilled spirits could then be
prudently abrOgated.
lie returns to the same subject with re-
newed vigor in his present message. To
his previous argument he now adds-what
was formerly doubtful but is now GER
tain-that if the internal revenue taxes are
abolished there will still remain a surplus
revenue sufficient to allow of tariff reduc-
tion.
If the President suggestions are adopted
they will result in diminishing the cost of
revenue collections by two and a half mil
lions, and will cause to retire from Office
nearly 1000 officeholders More than this
it will reduce the revenue by between forty
and fifty millions. Most of this reduction
will come from the abolition of the tobacco
tax, which will be rendered necessary if
we accept the Spanish treaty, which should
most certainly be done
In regard to the tariff, the Presidents
remarks will hardly please those who
clamor for sO-called reform" as the one
thing Immediately needful, for he urges
that action on that matter should be de-
ferred until the results Of recent revenue
laws and commercial treaties shall have
shown in what quarters reductions can he
most judieOusly effected" He guards
against misrepresentation of his remarks
by saying that free admission should be
granted by treaty only of such merchan-
disc as this country does not produce" ." and
he would apparently recognize the same
applicable to changes Of duty.
His recommendations in regard to sim
plitying the law regarding the electoral
count, the clear presentation of the extra
ditiOn question, the meaty exposition of
our foreign trade and the iudicious treat
ment of the questions of coinage and rev.
enue taxation, all commend the nseves for
their clearness and breadth of thought.