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NUMBER II.

sister gave her to me" He said, 'She gave her
to me last winter" As kittie seemed pleased
with her for mistress and him for master
the discussion ended then and there. Soon af
Ter her mistress went away and left her son
and kttic sole proprictors for a season. At
length master too, had occasion to be absent
for time and as Spottie had pair of little kit
tens he wished her carefully looked after in his
absence. and engaged a neighbor to carry her
new milk every day, which he dld for few
day, as soon as he had taken his own breakfast.
One morning as he and his wife >at at the table
who should appear at the Kitchen window but
the identical Spottie, whercupOn the lady arose
and raised the window, and let her in saying, is
She did 80, II guess if YOU can come after your
milk we shall not need to carry it to you any
more" Kittie paid no attention to what She
was saying, but made her way behind the stove
where tempting dish was always Kept for the
house eat, "Jim." After rcgaiing herself She
returned to her kittens. coming the next morn
ing aud the next. On the fourth morning,
think il was, >hc came to the window and the
kind-heared lady arose ana let her in as usual,
but instead of going to The dish Of food She
went directly TO the inside hall door. 'Well,"
said the lady, Il guc>, shall ret w from my
breakfast again and Iet You in at tile window
aud out at the door. Nevertheless She opened
the door and spottie went to The outside door;
when that was opened She did not 80 out. but
gave peculiar NEW and in came her two kit
tens. Tile trio thcn went 10 the dish OF food,
where they al. ate what they wished, and then
climbed upon th, lounge and went TO sleep and
there they made themselves at homc until the
return Of their master. How she cot the kittens
up to the window at home whcu was left ajar
for her egra,> i, Still my >tcry; of course their
weight carried them down. How she got them
TO the neghbor> is auothcrmy y>tery "a, they were
loo large To carry and how did She .et them to
follow her as it was fully fifty rod- away and
last, but not least how did She make them stay
at the door while She went to the window and
how did they know she calrI them to break
fast when She gaye that peculiar mcw. a. ,hr
had never taken them abroad bctorr> She was
Spottie ;.
BY the way, wouli like to say u few words
about the house cat, Jim, before referred to.
tie was very gentle, kind, and beautiful; full
blood sha2; Iar-y, and white IT, the snow. Ile
would probably have oo,u alive NOW ii some
iuckc>> hunters h.d not hcedle>>ly Slain him.
cWa~ drarto he family because Il, WAS the gift
Of an absent >on. 50 much for jim =.
Perhaps David Crockett, Josh Billing. rctro-
Ieum Y. Nasty, lItury Ward Beccher. or our
George would, from their fertile brains, nave
written ~tilnpihiuu .lhnut ,.lfs "a tcr,ut deal
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The Hole in the Floor.

In the primitive days of our grandfathers time
When the fireplace, genial and bright,
Its cavernous receSscS glowing with flame,
Filled the old-fashioned kitchen with light
They used often to gather at close of the day
Round the hearth-stone, that altar of yore
But men of this modern and glorted age.
Collect round-a hole in the floor.
The grandfather sat in the chimnev-nook
In an old-faShioned. splint-bottomed chair.
And solemnly read from the blessed old Book
Then knet with the household in PRAYER:
Their altar, the time-hOnored hCarth-stone, Will
CLEANS
OF the fire light Pickering DER,
We moderns all worship meath fresco and gas
Our altar-a hole in the floor.
When from the old heartl-stone the children
went forth
To Join in the Soul-thrlling strife.
And win themselves laurels or valiantly brave
The butfetting surges of life;
Then with World-WeariCd hearts yearning sad
y for rest.
They would seek the Old hearth-stone one,
more
But we, when awcarv with toll and oppressed
Return to-the hole in the floor.
When the umult of war o'ershadowed our land
And our fOrefa1her> rushed to the fray,
TO repel the invaders that threatened the
homes,
Leaving mothers and daughters to pray
The thoughts of their hcarth-stones gave
strength to their arms
And thrilled their brave hearts TO the core.
But our heroes when called ON their homes t
defend.
Must fight fora hole in the floor.
Then let Us rejoice that we live in an age
When instead of the hearth-stone's brgh
glow,
Or the cavernous fireplace CHEEKY with flames
We have ''modern improvements yOu know
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up on the lounge. They had not noticed him
alone while they were gone.
They had not intended staying, when they
went away, and had left the table with bread.
cheese and meat upon it, yet nothing was
touched, though the cat seemed nearly starved.
His power of sef-dcnial would do credit to
wiser heads, besides resisting the temptation of
helping himself to the eatabes by getting upon
the table, which he had never been allowed to
do. One day we discovered that the gas from a
pipe in the room above was escaping, but not
until Tad had called our attention to the fact
by eevating his nose and shifting as though he
wished to let us know that something was
wrong. His master was night watchman in
r. II. Whites store, and Tad met him at the
store door at O'Clock every morning, and ac-
companed him to the house. He seemed to
think himself useful by 50 doing. After his
master died, some two year. later, he could not
seem TO comprehend the vacancy made by the
removal. and thought Cor seemed to think it
was his duty to find his master and 50 he
would 90 to the store as usual and when he had
waited long time in vain would come home
and wander over the house as though to find
some trace of him. When he would see his
mistress mourning. he would try to comfort
her by jumping upon her lap and looking into
her face, purring all the while to show his
sympathy.
These are facts, and occurred between the
years 1877 and 1880, after which time | lost
trace of Tad" but no doubt he still lives and
is beloved Nv.
Burnham, Me.
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TUESDAY, April 10.
Amount Of stock at market Cattle, 1913; sheep
ami lambs, 5000; fat swine, $500; horses, l9l.
Prices of beef cattle " 100 ID live weight, ira
quality, So 621aa7 SO; first, So 00a6 80 second,
- 00a5 s71a; third. "a 0Oa4 s7'q; poorest grades
of coarse oXen bulls, etc, S3 00a3 67ia.
Brighton Hides, 74saoc v ID; Brighton Tailow,
&c y b, Country Hides, light ones, 696]ac v ID
heavy, ia &c h. Country Tallow, 4g5c Y ID; Calf
Skins, llal218c y tb; Sheep and Lamb Skins, 75c a
81 - each.
TIE quality of the Western Cattle brought into
market this week was better upon an average, than
those III market one week since. Prices did not
vary but trifle from those noted last week. The
retail trade was more active. Prices for Cattle
suitable for the butchers trade ranged principally
from 6i4 g1c y b, live weight Those suitable for
the export trade are Cattle which command the
highest quotation.
Sheep and Lambs-Those brought in from the
West this week cost full &c Y ID advance over those
quoted one week ago. Lambs costing from 7asc,
and Sheep 7a75ac y fb, live weight.
Swine Western Fat Hogs are costing butchers
this week from 613a74c# ID. live weight, landed al
the slaughter houses.
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"Hannah" and the Bah.

She is 4 white cat with black tail; but. first
| want to tell how she happened to BE- chr>ten-
ed Hannah. Threc year-old Charlie was visit
ing at the Old homestead and the "pue>y-kittv'
was his delight. He wanted to hold her, but
she had decided objections to that. Charlie had
heard some one tell of nei4hbor's little gir ~
that name who would never krcp still to have
her head combed. and her mother would al
ways keep threatening, "lIannah! Hannah :.
III box your ears, Hannah, if You don't Keep
still" 50 one day when he had caught pussy.
who was frantically trying to get away, be
sternly said to her. "iIannah Hannah I'll box
your ears if You don't keep still, Hannah.
She didn show any particular t;ticnt except
to catch rats and mice and rear kittens, until a
blby made its advent in the household; then
Hannah took il upon herself to mother the wee
bit of humanity, always seeming to feel quite 70
care for it. When the child GOT old enough to
walk pu>sy's vigilance increased. Sometimes
Baby would start to run away into the road or
field and Hannah would always start after her.
trying TO call her back as she would kitten.
Then she would turn her face toward the house
and NEW for help. and would follow on in thai
way until some one Went for the little ruant.
North Monroe, Me. 4.
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DR.. Wilson says in the Southern Would
that it is "A mistaken idea that no fruit
should be eaten at breakfast In the
morning there is an acrid state of the Sc
cretlons, and nothing is 50 well calculat-
ed to correct it as peaches, apples, etc
The small seeded fruits, such as figs,
blackberres, raspberries, and strawber-
ries, may be classed among the best
fruits and medicines The sugar in them
is nutritious. the acid purifying, and the
seeds laxative We should look more tc
our gardens for our medicines, and less
to our drug stores.
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| was glad in my heart, when | read the
Editor, call for cat stories for now, [ said
can distinguish myself and win word-famr for
my feline pets Now to business. | have in my
home one Of The eat family, the maternal line
age of which can be traced in Il direct line
nearly sixty years; but whether the ancient
grand-dame was 4 native of Maine, or whether
my father imported her from beyond the big
waters, as he did bis tea, coffee and wines. etc.,
etc, know not But that She was comfort
| ably domicilcd in our home down by the sea,
when made my debut, and had been there for
sometime. i've often been told by my mother.
Now don't begin to Get anxious, for I'm not going
| to talk Of all the intervening cat4, from eat No.
|. TO the cat of 1881, for Shall only tell YOU of
| Whtc-foot, the survivor of her race; and pos
>lbly of two others. White-fool really canno
| boast of much beauty: but from the tip Of her
gray tail, ID her ari>ocratir, white r,- y t,.a~~.
she represents the Iad! hood Of cats Sine is
quite intelligent, seeming to understand all that
is said to hcr She is very Shy, never allow ING
| herself to De care>>cd by hcr best friends; but
| She manifcst> in other WAYS her iondncss for
them. Now comes cat Story number one My
husband j. i'll the habit OF feeding White-toot
| morning and evening, and is VERY regular
about II. one night iii the early winter, lIr.
- was later than usual, aud wcut into fhe
Kitchen, which was not accustomed to do at
that hour Whitc-foot noticed it ,t once and
when | AT down. came and at down before
me, looking inqinrinSly into my face. under
stood what she wished TO know. and told her,
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Burnhaln, Me


ho" DohJ ioSt LiWD anu SaNtu nef NE.
Dolly is nice, intelligent looking malta" )" but
for several years She has had only one fore paw
with which to wash her face and catch mice
and it is about how She lost her limb and saved
her life that | want to tell you.
Hermaster isa station agent and Dolly used to
IKE to run race with the cars once in Il while.
One morning she was down on the opposite
side of the track watching for The early bird
that catches the worm, when she heard an
approaching train. She is too sensible cat to
run across the track in front of an engine lust
to see how near she could come to getting run
over and miss it, AS some boys do: but She
evidently made up her mind to make the cross
ing ahead of the train, and get to the depot
first. Alas, poor Dolly. She didn't quite make
her time, and when She picked herself up She
hobbled painfully home on three Ieg>-the
other had been torn off snug to her body. Her
mistress was grieved to lose her, but she thought
it was Il hopeless ease, and She said to Il couple
Of boys who stood by, 20. boys. do take her
away and kill her"
Instantly the look of patient trust with which
she was regarding her mistress as She pitied
and petted her, changed to one of terror Is She
got up and rushed ont of the house, and when
they had recovered from their a>toni>hment
enough to look after her, She had Disappeared.
\ few days after they found that she Had
taken refuge under 4 Geighbpr's barn and
carried food TO her. but could not induce her to
leave her hiding place while any one was near.
There she hid until the wound wa, entirely
healed; when one day the lady heard a famil-
lar new at the door and on opening it, in walk
ed Dolly with the Old trusting look i'll her eyes
as she mewed her greetings to the family.
As She is not entitled to pension and ha,
never sued the NJ. {. K. K. Go. for damages,
She cannot afford to retire from business, but
IS an active, happy pussy, as quick and grace
ful lii her movements aS though She had never
lost limb IN Il railroad accident.
North Monroe, Me ANNE.
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The Judge and John Phoenix.

4 former resident of Calais who is writing
for the Times recoections of men and things
on the st. CroX says in recent issue of that pap
er; In the building in which the Advertiser was
80 long published J. Judson Ames, a siy-foot-
six specimen Of New England boy, kept shop.
and advertised that he sold ''pisen things" He
sold pies. cakes. &c. Ames. (son of Capt }.
Ames. who lived on the corner of Main and
German streets was an odd genius. He made
his counters to suit his tall stature. and not for
the accommodation of bis customers. The
counters had to be cut down about six inches
by the next occupant of the store Ames was
amongst the earliest who went to California,
and the next heard OF ''Jud" Ames was that he
was President of the "iand-cart Society of
San Francisco. ''Jud" in Calais was noted for
his aristocratic airs, and his elevation to the
Presidency ! speak of was appreciated by the
Calais community. Soon after, however, intel
llgence reached town that ''Jud' was appointed
Judge at San Diego, where he had established
newspaper. 1t was in this paper that the
celebrated humorist John Phoenix" gave his
humorous writings to the world. John Ph9.
nix" was a Lieutenant in the regular army, and
was stationed at San Diego, where he and
Ames became great friends.
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the door was opened She would walk out and
utter a similar bot more prolonged purr, which
they called Thank you.'
Like many other distinguished females, Tab
bic came to tragic as well as untmely end. A
neghbor. Who had lost pet canary convicted
her of its murder on purely circumstantial evil
dence, and cruelty shot her dead
Her memory still lives, not only in the minds
of her immediate family, but Of many others
who knew her and who are ready to vouch
for the yeracity of my cat story. 1. II. II.
Belfast Ne
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LEN IsION.
"Sp0itic :" and her Kittens.

am not 4 Republican. but ~ cats are not
considered political | am about (accorciing to
your rcqueSt) to send YOU the story of one.
once upon a time Il young gentleman engaged
in getting out ship timber boarded with his sis
ter and her husband. As they had no children
the fowls and felneS were their pets. At that
time the. had one more of the latter than WAS
useful, and the lady gave black and white
kitten TO her brother. 1t had u pretty white
face with small black spot on the chin, hence
the name Spotte. When the man went home he
did not take Spotte as they had a very nice rat
and mou>er, which in his absence had been lent
to a neighbor to catch up his rats, Il fact the
Young mans sister was aware of. 50 She took
Spottie in her arms and proceeded to their moth
er's home. The old lady not being very well
was lying upon the lounge when her daughter
brought i'll Spottie. saying, Don't You want IA
kitten,' to which She as>ented, taking and pet
ting her while. Then kitty got down, exam
ined every accessible room and then ever after
wards seemed perfectly contented. When the
young man came in he said ''IIaoo, here's my
kitten" His mother said, 'No, my kitten, your
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lhi'f l'hh"Hrl pounds SINE average weight
VI my SISTER ''" 'h'H>' Ih' I"Ihi!t ST. NaN
ABOUT itie >i|' 81 o'A'f riiN'
-NH N''''l Wi'N ny OWE l'"'i"l taxing in0Nl
unnecessary Ni'p>' on account Vt nor a|oHd"-
p"i'' 50 III htF l"lAH N'' >aid poor h'>> must
%o' h"' poor h'>N wa >"rA = SFrat !3''f'r
~ -" '''''''1 '''' '''' '''' n 4 ""N ""''"7
!" "'>t''>'' y 'I'' " 'N'" !o'"IN'"' '' >u'h +"
'"'-">t'oP''c' N.Y. '"''7 NlHr'' H~"'' 'lH'
N'N'ei ''''' ''''i '''' ''''' "'n P''H-
l'' '''rn''"" a. ''. ~ ''''',> '''''' "-'''''
i"'' n '.P IT = "'''"' 'l''''-
ed 'h'' tilt o''A''hS parry must step do""
"hd "u'' IN" ~ ~! ''j"hi'Ahl'' II' disagree
"oe ana I''F"'>'Dr '"'y WAS assigned 10 me-
- poor rs "nd began t" a"n- Tor ho
cruelty cou.d U.s.. ihr whole r;'t-tjoEuc Of
easy deaths Wa i"'h'd 4N,' ana one above
HI others was adopted. TOOK poor Bca~ I'M
d'r one arm dhd h.'It ruho'l Pooi unirf liIr
othti. i VA Wilh ditl'nll} -"i lA' cat ad
bo'' into thD hrnIth' where a iajF aad lm-
partial iHM t""h place. Ihr charges were
Nfoo9ht ih' ana F"1' hr>> rIraa 4"'., NlN All
honest cal> should Pi.adl Wa- The judge,
and poor Br>> Wa- th, ooir witness, anG when
the judge >a'd ~ to c> "l authority. N" tr
ChMr.-otm, the prisoner Thought it WoJdd he
poor a-lnrW >-mcnt fur her, but seeing the inn
pIemcnla Of death were nothing but q rubber
boot, a sponge, apd 4 small poliit containing
90 cuoic ccntmrtre> of chIolotorm, poor tic>>
expressed her Willingness to meet death by
this agreeable process.
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OUR CAT COMPETITION.
Journal Readers Sound the Praises Of
Their Favorite Feiines.


We give below, nearly in the order in which
they were received, the eat stories in competi-
ton for prizes as announced in the journal.
The remainder will be published next week,
with the award of the gentleman who has kind
ly consented to umpire the game. We think the
collection of stories will be found mighty inter-
esting reading, even to those who are not par
tial to the fclines:
"TOpSey'-A True Story.
The subject of this sketch is jet black, coon
cat, of the female persuasion, and is very in
teligent, as the following true story will prove.
One evening last summer. as the family were
at supper, mother 1who was an invalid at the
timel said she wished she had something with
which to make broth. A partridge or chicken
she thought she could relish. | remarked had
seen flock of young partridges that morning.
had hardly finished speaking, when ''Topsey'
sprang through an open window having in her
mouth bird, which she laid down at mothers
feet. Upon examination it proved to be young
partridge about the size of a dove. Mother
spoke to her and said: "Topsey," did you catch
that for me? If you will go and get another,
you and will have nice dinner Tomorrow"
''Topsey" appeared to understand what mother
said, for in Il few moments she went out and
after being absent short time came in with
another bird, which she laid down in front of
mother She refused to eat them herself. al
though exceedingly fond of birds. | scolded
her and told her not to catch any more and
whether she did or not, cannot say, but she
brought no more to the house. The above is
only o"e of numerous incidents | could relate of
"Topsey," but will just say that when She was
but one year old a gentleman from Boston Of
fered twenty dollars for her and was refused
Her value increases with her years. which now
number seven. "Top$ey" i uot jar Sale.
Belfast, Me. w. b. ".
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Druggists say its attractiveness sells it on
sight. The people say its medicinal virtues are
all that is claimed for it, and that it is the best
thing that has been offered yet 1t is perfect
Jadwins Tar Syrup. Sold by VIM. o. Poor e
Son, Belfast.
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Clippings.

Milliken stock stands high in this city since
The passage of the bill for the new post office.
kennebec journal.
How would Hon. William F. Frye do for Il
dark horse" in the Republican National Con-
vention: He would be strong and able man.
Fairfield journal.
Barnum's white elephant has arrived. Hope
he will have better success managing ii than the
Democrats seem to be having with theirs, Just
now. Lewiston Gazette.
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FARM GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

For this department brief suggestions, facts
and experiences are solicited from housekeep-
ers. farmers and gardeners. Address Agri-
cultural editor, journal Office, Belfast Maine. |
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The Tricks and Traits of "Thaddeus.'


presume you have heard all about black
cats, white cats and gray cats; but the one |
write of is Il maltese, large and clever, and Il
general favorite with all who have had the
pleasure Of his acquaintance. He lived in
Bedford ST., Boston, Mass. His name is 'rhad-
deus USUALLY called Ta,U and he wore a tiny
bell. attached to his neck by blue ribbon. lie
seemed to "crow" over his neghbors, for being
SO decorated with tnery. He had habit of
sitting in the yard and calling together many
neighboring fenes, and manwuverng as though
giving orders, until he got them to fight, then he
would withdraw to one side or sit upon the
window SILL and look on in evident amuse-
| ment swinging his large, bushy tail with great
force against the window pane sometimes
with such force that his mistress felt compelled
to call him into the house, thus sparing the
window pane. He never refused to obey her
calm fact, he was then quite ready to leave
the combatants to relinquish their efforts when
they should have tired of their foolish battling
He never took part in the fight himself. When
in the house he wanted to be amused and
would give his mistress no rest until he was
climb into her Work-basket, take out spool,
and begin tossing it high above his head and
rolling it around the room. This sort of play
| he would enjoy for fifteen or twenty minutes
| at time, and when tired of it, would roll the
spool close to the feet of his mistress. thus in
forming her that he was done with it for that
time. But every day he went through the
same procedure.
| When he wanted his dinner he would sit
upon his hind legs and hang his fore paws
while it was being prepared. His mistress had
small tumber for him to drink from and
| when he had finished drinking water from it.,
would quickly overturn it, splling the remain
| ing water upon the carpet; but when milk was
| given in the glass, it was allowed to stand up
| right, unless he drank every drop. Not know
ing that he had been allowed to upset the water,
| once scolded him for it, and ever after he
would watch me very closely, and when my
| face was turned from him, would put his paw
against the tumbler and overturn it and then
| look to his mistress for approval. This caused
great merriment among the inmates of the
house, which accommodated three families,-
| all of whom were childless, and 'Tad" passed
around as favOrte of all, visiting each family
as often as his mood directed. He was owned
| by the family on the first floor, the other two
families living on the second and third floors.
Once Tad was missing, and as he never strayed
| away, it was feared he had been stolen. After
searching the premises and not finding him, we
reluctantly gave up the search, but kept making
enquiries, although to no avail. After two
days had elapsed, the family on the third floor
returned from visit they had made, and on
unlocking their door and entering, the first
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MIR. DAVID MASON, one of the Seectmen of
Canaan, Me-, furnishes us with his experience
in the use of commercial fertilizers as follows ;
During the past twenty years have used
nearly every kind Of fertilizer in the market,
but | find that Bradley's Superphosphate is
superior to them ALL Four years ago l used it
on sweet corn, side by side with other kinds.
and had more than twice the corn on the plot
where ] used it than where | used another well
known fertilizer. The next year l sowed
wheat, and found the same marked difference
in the crop in favor of the Bradley, and the
ly larger yield where 1t was used. These OBJ
servations confirm my convictions that Brad
ley's Superphosphate is the best and cheapest
of any of the fertilizers i'm our market"