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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-09-03
Raspberry and Strawberry Runners.

If kept clear Of weeds but let otherwise
alone raspberries and Strawberries will
spend all their energy and growth in the
production Of progeny all around them of
young plants. Ifpreyented from doing this
by stopping these extensions land the
principal season for practice Of this art is
September the fluent material. damned
back as ii were. accumuIate> about the buds
and they become large fruit buds, for bloom.
and yield next June. instead Of remaining
simple, narrow extension buds.
So an amateur fads pleasant ign employ
ment in clipping the growing points of his
raspberry canes as soon as they show any
tendency to horizontal direction that is Of
turning down to the soil to take root there.
If he leaves one in order to contract its be-
havior, be finds tina, 1t approaches the
damp soil IL point becomes gorged and
swollen as if inaamed aud turgid with desire
to plunge Itself INTO the cool soil " here the
gorge would soon be relieved by the dis
charge Of the accumulation Of material in
the formation Of roots and the collar of
new plant.
The strawberry shows precisely the same
natural desire, which, If restricted, changes
to a fuller peFfecting Of the buds upon the
old plant. Long, narrow pointed, large
scissors or wool shears serve an excellent
Y,urrose IN e1t the runparS On. ar Ssran harry
hills. If STOPPING is painful it can be large
ly avoided by having a rule-Iike stick about
10 or IS ms, long, in the left hand to separ-
ate the foliage of the hills so as to expose
all the ineipient runners.
In the case of the red raspberries this
runnering takes place underground out of
sight and reach and SO cannot be so early
and entirely changed in direction We can
only prevent waste of fruit-bud-
forming material by hoeing off all young
plants around the mother as soon as their
tips appear above ground. As universally
the mother is exhausted more by the pro-
duction of this progeny than by the for
nation OF Tue mere eihJeHisnheHts vi ho"efs
and fruit, and plantation of young sets Of
red raspberries is double drain upon the
parents-frst in using the plants they have
produced, and secondly in taking with these
a norton of the horizontal mother root.
OF course only such plants as are gwen up
for full fruit should be allowed to yield
plant progeny.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-09-03
Tea as a Beverage.
WONG CHIN FOO, A CHINESE COOK, has
SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT IT.

Use a china or porcelain pot. If you
do use metal, let it be tin-new, bright and
clean never use it when the tin is worn out
and the iron exposed. If you do, you are
playing chemist and forming a tannste OF
tea-ate Of iron.
Use black tea. Green tea, when good
is kept at home. What goes abroad is bad
very bad and horrible. Besides contain
ing the two hundred and three authorizations
that the Chinese philanthropis, puts up for
the outside barbarian, it is always pervaded
by copper dust from the dirty curing pans OF
the growers.
Iufuse your tea don't boil it. Place one
teaspoonful Of tea in the pot and pour over
it one and half cups of boiling water
that is, water really boiling. If your tea
is poor use more 1t is cheaper though to
buy good tea at the outset. Pat your pot
on the back par, Of the stove, carefully COW
cred, so that ii shall not lose its heat and
The tea its bouquet. Let il remain there five
minutes then drink it.
Drink your tea plain don't add milk nor
sugar, Tea brokers and tea-tasters never
do. Mix contains fbrin, albumen or some
other such stuff and the tea delicate
amount Of .annin, Mixing the two makes
the liquid iurbid. This turbidi,y, if re-
member the cyclop"dia Alright. is tannate
Of fbrin. or leather People who put milk
in tea are therefore drinking boots and
shoes in mild disguise.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-09-03
How TO Sxean.

Sweeping, for a well woman, is one Of the
best kinds of exercise 1t calls in play es-
pecially the muscles Of the upper extremi-
ties and chest, and indeed, it is pretty
good thorough exerciser," almost too
strong for any woman with weak back
though this depends very much on what is
TO be swept. 4 painted floor and Canton
mating sweep easily; an ingram carpet is
harder; rag carpet is harder still while
Brussels and velvet are lawful" Well, then,
in any case. cover your head, and If it Is in
the parlor or sitting room cover
your furniture and books, dampen YOUR
broom, let il stand ten to twenty minutes.
and then sweep carefully but persistently.
In the corners insert your broom repeatedly,
tbut not frantlcally) until quite clean. Heavy
carpets are best swept with quick, short
stroke. In any case bring the broom to-
ward you or even with you do not flirt it
in front of you. That motion kicks up
dust which is bad for the lungs. Some
things, like straws, rawlings and bits of pa
per are best picked up with the hand, or
with small broom to which they readily
cling, ard may be removed with the other
hand. They are dirty, unwholesome and
expensive Painted or oiled floors and Can
ton mating are better Science Of Health.
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Poison from CoIored Underwear.

Medica journal, ss-n their readers
against the use Of cheap colored clothing
next 10 The person. These garments are
general. Of cotton materials, and the color
ID. stuff, bright and snowy, is not AWAY
harmful, bat frequently is dangerous one.
The Nedirai and Surgical Reporter says :
There ough; to be a sanitary Inspector not
onl, for all food whether solid or fluid
that is offered for sale, but also for articles
Of wear. The demand for cheaper goods
and the great competition has made many
manufacturers reckless. and they seem 10
care very little if they injure the health Q:
individuals, if they only produce goods
which are cheap and snowy. As no; every
buyer can be an expert. purchasers ought 10
be protected by law. making The
aduiteraiions Of any article offered for
sal a criminal otfense, and appointing in
>peo;ors for the purpose Of investigating
and discovering all dangerous swindes Of
that kind Meanwhile il would be best for
all buyers to avoid all cheap articles. vhich
mainly attract by their bright co!or.. In
wool the danger is not 20 great, as wooden
materials may be easily dyed BY lnnocuou,
vegetable co.Oriug matters"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-09-03
Farm and Home.
The Driving Horse.


No yaa,A should be permitted to have,
own or drive a horse for pleasure, until he
understands how TO care for It properly and
does 50, The only way to keep good
horse so, is BY care. If You do no. have to
dc the WON Yourself, II is necessary for you
to know how, 50 yoa can inteligent.y direct
The Iabors Of others, Before starting for
long drive. DO not. as some foolishly do
give your horse an extra heavy feed but
give him only his regular feed, and leave the
extra for him when he comes back. Drive
moderately for tbe first few miles, until your
horse gels settled. then yen ean 90 faster
~!hou; injury,
1a"! 'i'e morse has oe'h NP'l't' oH
',e"''S "ea'''!' 'AfheS''nS al once ana
~" 11''''t 1'm COVE e ny SPeeU rom
'He S''" men returning SO" up an"
wan So1I morse OF on! JoG hlih' 'of a n'''e
OF 50 from nome you nave haG Io'S OF
''I'''d oi''e' 50 a. TO 'oo' MN on Il
uo'> MOI NUN morse 10 wafer MN WINE
-.
'"-''' o''','''''''' YOU - ',J' E''' nun
"'D''' ANA a. '''' >'ei' '''7e' IMAM 80 'A,'
"1'e''-' e I'is''','"S "''N''> d" u,
'''' D ) ''1-,' Di.''N '','' - % "'''' anu
N'eP ga " '.D '''''' " " "'',''u' '''l1'! y
o.''9 A''' ''''> ''''' W. h I J1'' = '''@"
l'.' oyAS'
Al '"e "o'>. : warm N"'A Ui'IsH ~ H.
S'."7' "1' FL, 'i'''','. WIN '',' "S'''' '''o
run COW" 'l'>N's "','i "'>l'S Oh straw 0''''-
i' Is al } ''''4 wan III" AROUND Il re : very
warm 10 co'l Oil Sfaaua''!' Il 'Ae weather
Is MOI fu' nm IN the stable lei h'H' remain
uhp'AoAeied luAiess re mas peen cIIppeG j.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-09-03

Bearing in mind that the stomach of a
horse is small in proportion to the size OF
his frame, he requires feeding often. and
though three times day is sufficient, four
times is better. Unlike human beings,
horses should drink before they eat, because.
owing to the conformation Of the horse,
water does not remain in the stomach, but
passes through it into large intestine call
ed the cRcum. If horse be fed first, the
water passing through the stomach would
be likely to carry with it particles of food,
and thus bring about collie. Whatever groom
may say, let horse drink just as much as
he likes. If he be watered four times day,
he will never take very much, or too much
20 he good for him. A horse, il must be
remembered, is fed on dry food. and this,
with the strong work done by hunter, al
ways produces feverishness. which suf-
ficieney of water tends to allay.-London
Field.
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PATENTS.
r, X, EDDY.

y. Is. STATE -. .??.s:.E -.-sT. s:--.G
secures Pateut- ia the United states also IN
nrcat Kritaiu. Frame and either foreign countries.
Copies of the claim7 VI anN Patent furnished hy
rrmitiGg dollar Assignments recorded AZ
Washington. No AZrnry !n thu United STATE.
pu--,--r- superior facilities fpr obtaining Patents
or a-ccrtainins the paIeniAhstts " inventions.
Il. II. EDDY, solicitor ~ Patents
TESTIMONIALS
81 regard Mr. Etdy 4. u the mast capable
auI successful Practitioners WiIh whom | have
h.st official lHtcrc"ur-s-
tHN-. Mason, Commissioner Of FIisnt-.
Inventors cannot employ person morn trust
worthy or morc capable Of -crariu. for them an
early and favorable consideration at the Patent
ONCE tpNtN Bt RkE,
Late Commissioner u Patents.
BpsToN. Dytubtr ~. I>1U.
Il II. EDDY. E-4.-Drar Sir yuu procured for
ms, IN $50, ny hr.t patent since then you have
acted Tor aud advised me IN hundreds ~ ca-c.,
and procured many patents, REISSUES aud cNtrn-
sious. | have occasionally employed the best
agencies In New ork, Philadelphia ami Washing
ton, but -tll give yuu almost the whole ~ my
business, IN your line and advise other- % EN-
plny you. Your truly, GEoRGE DRAPER.
Boston Jan. l. ls>5. tyrl
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| HAVE MADE
ARRANGEMENT

With one of the oldest
Piano Manufacturers in
Boston, viz. \ose & Sons,
TO buy Of them fortyPianos
in three months from June
l, 1855. | don't know but
what | have bitten off more
than | can chew. | am all
right 50 far, having sold
twenty of them, but | am
afraid August is going to
be 4 hard month and |
want to say to any one who
wants a Piano, that in all
human probability they
can buy one of me at whole
sale prices during that
month. | am going to sell
them in the time specified
if | don't make A cent.
This is the plain unvar-
nished fact and if you are
going to buy within a year
you had better get prices
now.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-09-03
HANCOCK COUNTY
SAVINGS BANK /,
Ellsworth. Maine.


ORGANIZED. lL4RCH 27t4, 1878.
hGo\tl deposited on or before the 1t dAy OF
M March June. september and December viii
ORA" dividends from the iir-t of same month.
Dividends on deposits payable twice year
June AMI December.
Dividends a. soon a. 'lcclarci are added 10 tho
principle. thus compromising the interest every
-IN months.
Hs- Under the existing law of th. state, al
deposits Ia savings Banks, are exempt from mu
ntrpa taxation.
No returns Of names Of depusit"r- are required
10 be made to tate or town authorities. ami al
accounts are held hy TIL, Bank 10 BE- strictly phi
yate ami confidential
Mar1lrtl women and persons under age can de
post money in their own names, that IL car
lie drawn only hy themselves, on their orier
Especial advantages Afforded IA Executors
Guardians, Trustees, and others having IN eharg,
trust funds
JAMES +. DAVIS, President,
5ltf &C. BURRIIL, Treasurer.
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$3O,OOO!
Notice to those Seeking Safe
Investments

UlIIE County Commissioners Of Hancock
i County, Maine. will receive proposals
until September Is. next, for portion, stating
amount wanted. for the whole OF said
County loan of $4,000. being 4 per cent.
Coupon Bonds. dated October 1et. 1885. run
ming twenty Years from said date. but payable
al the option of the County after five years.
Interest payable semi-annualy; principal and
interest payable in Boston and at the County
Treasury in Ellsworth. Maine. This i, an alb
solutey safe investment. the County being
free from debt. the loan being issued for the
purpose Of erecting County Buildings. and is
authorized by vote of the several towns.
All proposals should be directed TO II. b.
Saunders. Clerk Of Courts. Ellsworth. Maine
No bid will be entertained unless in eXces, of
the par value Of said bonds.
II. b. SAUNDERS. Clerk.
Ellsworth, August Is, lss5. 3w34
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Para>ol> at unhcard Of
Dresses in White and Color~
worth from $500 to $500.
Misses and Children from ) {
30. 80 and - cents. Li>lc {,
% cts. This is really the chen
chance to offer. Jerseys, over
H We have many other
toned here, for want Of spa,
from Boston, where We attend,
and Fancy Goods and bought
the value, we are bound to di>I
rate. This, the cause of this
&c Pcddlcr> and Storckc
wholesale rates.
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MONEY

(3l0000 Vols. Sold. RiDPATH's UNITED STATES
HISTORY (j00,000 Vols. sold. GAskELL's CoMPFN.
DIJ VI OF FORMS (2l3,O19 Vols. sold THE PEOPLES
ATLAS soon to be tssued) TREASURY ofTHoUGHI
MOTHER, HONE and HEAVEN New. The WORLD,
Historical and Actual about ready. Active
Statesmen wanted. MARTIN GARRISON 4 Co
~ Milk street, opposite the +. o., Boston
lyr50
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STATE OF MAINE.
TREAsUgER's OFFICE,
AUGUSTA, August H., lSS5,

TREAsURER's OFFICE,
AUGUSTA, August II, 1885.
PURSUANT to chap. o. sec. %, Of the Revised
1 Statutes, will at the State Treasurer's Office
at Augusta, on the ninth day OF September next,
at eleven O'Clock A. NJ, sell and convey by deed
to the highest bidder all the interest Of the State
in the tracts of land hereinafter described, lying
In unincorperated townships said tracts having
been forfeited 10 the state for state taxes and
county taxes, certified Ia the Treasurer of State
for the year lss3.
The sale and conveyance of each tract will be
made subject 10 right in the owner or part owner
whose rights have been forfeited, TO redeem the
same at any time within year after the sale by
paying or tendering to the purchaser his proportion
OF what the purchaser paid therefor at the sale,
with Interest at the rate of twenty per cent. per
annum from the time Of sale. and one dollar for
release or such owner may redeem his interest by
paying as aforesaid To the Treasurer Of state. as
provided In chap 6, see. IS, Of the Revised
Statutes.
No tact, however, will be sold at price less
than the full amount due thereon for such I'M
paid state AMI county taxes, Interest and cost as
described In the following schedule
HANCOCK COUNTY.
isas acres No. $, South Division, ss9 e,
2S'B ., " IL
ssot 10, {" ~ Is
500 " = II. Middle Division, a IS
llGso y, 90 las 81
$40 " 80 " 1921
EDWIN G. BURLEIGH.
3wA Treasurer OF State.
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LOST.
Opposite Patent Office, Washington, ID.

A Deer Isle, Hancock county, on or about Nov
II 3, 1874, two notes of the following description
4 note dated June D. Iss3 for sgi.06 and interest
signed by Z. q. Merrill and +. j. Russ, payable
to Levi ID. George, or order, (probahiy) in two
months from its date.
Given at Green's Landing in town aud county
aforesaid.
A note dated at Green's Landing, Me-, June
p, 1855, for al 80 and interest, signed by p G.
Merrill and f. J. Russ, payable to Burton George
or order probably In two months from the date
il was given.
All persons are hereby cautioned not to yat
chase OF negotiate in any manner for said notes
as payment has been stopped.
FW. CARR
Supt. American Express Company,
Bangor Me-, Aug IL, lss5. 1moS4
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Bargain No. 1.
Bargain No. 5.

" hite Goods, Mull-, PiQucs, Nnin-ooh-
and Lawns, from ) ct-. to % cts.
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Prices. Embroidered Pattern
rom $50 to $3.50. which are
Hosiery for Gents, Ladies.
ant> up. Underwear at 20. -.
loves, 5 Button lengths, at only
pest lot n good> we ever had Il
80 doz,. from - &. to $500.
Bargains which cannot be men
Z, but a We have Just returned
4 ! forced sale Of i stock ofDrv
goods IN some cases at one half
o~c Of some ofthcm at the same
pccial sale.
'pcr~ supplied at the lowest
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FOR SALE IN HANCOCK.

TUX SALE IN HANtUth.
A farm containing one hundred and six acres a
n good dwelling house, a large barn and sheds,
Store and Blacksmith shop; There is a small
orchard beautiful shade trees, situated in
Hancock, on the Franklin road, d few rods from
the Franklin Road r. X. station, fifteen minutes
ride from Ellsworth eight minutes ride from
popular summer resort. One quarter of mile
from the sea shore. same distance from good
school, handy TO two steam mills where men and
boys are employed the year round The best
place in Maine for Country hotel and store. All
Eastern travellers have to stop here to take frain
a fine chance TO put up transient teams and LEI
horses and carry passengers and freight East
For further particulars call at premises.
s. MONAGHAN
3mos5 Hancock, Me.
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Pauper Notice.

can be made selling
good, useful. every
day books, that PEG
pie want, i. e.. THE
PEOPLES CYCLoPFDIA
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11
ROCKING THE BABY,

hear her rocking the baby
Her room is just next to mine
AND fancy feel the dimpled arms
That round her neck entwine,
AS she rocks and rocks the baby,
In the room Just next to mine.
/ hear her rocking the baby
Each day when the twilight comes,
And know there's a world of blessing and
love
In the "baby by" she huns.
1 see the restless fingers
Playing with "mamma's rings"
And the sweet little smiling, pOutinG mouth,
That to hers in kissing clings,
As she rocks and sings to the baby,
And dreams as she rocks and sings
1 hear her rocking the baby,
Slower and slower now,
And know she is leaving her goodnight kiss
On its eyes and cheek, and brow.
From her rocking. rocking, rocking,
L wonder would she start,
Could she know, through the wall between US
She is rocking on heart.
While my empty arms are aching
For form they may not press,
And my emptieT heart is breaking
In its deSolate loneliness,
list to the rocking, rocking,
In the room just next to mine,
And breathe a prayer in silence,
AT mothers broken shrine,
For the woman who rocks the baby
In the room just next to mine
-.Nddge Norris, in Golden Era.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11
lows, while his near relative Cycnus be-

lows, while his near relative Cycnus be-
| came voluntary wanderer on the river
which held Phaeton's moist remains.
Awakening from his sleep "down amid
the rushes," Cycnus found, one morn
ing, his voice had become squeak, his
neck elongated, webs betwixt his fin
gers, and feathers sprouting ON his back,
his mouth a beak, and so became a
swan, and to this day he frequents
| swamps and lakes, as being the most
secure against fire, which had done
such mischief to his family. But there
is nothing to justify Ovid's remark,
usually good ornithologist as he was.
that the swan MARBLES It's own funeral
song upon the near approach of death.
:. Carna'''a jam morie'ss caait e1egu,a-
Tia cyg,aus."
Like black swami was once a
well-known proverb, akin to the s.horse
marines of the present. but since the
black swan was discovered in Australia
and domesticated in English parks, the
saying has lost its force, he truth being
stranger than the fiction. The express
sion ''Swans with two necks'' arose
from the fact that in England swans
that were the property of the Dyers'
and Winners Companies were annually
marked, as they were taken from their
homes. with two hicks, one on each
side of the bill. Nick was corrupted
into "neck''
The common swans of European and
our own park lakes and streams were
introduced several centuries ago from
Eastern Europe and Asia. They are
known as the mute or tame swan;
also as the red billed" swan. 1t is TO
be hoped that our own whistlers and
trumpeters may be domesticated for
our own parks and rivers. But, except
the turkey. America has furnished few
birds of value to the world. But the
turkey is the rival of any for the table.
and our mocking-bird is a good offset
for the lark and the nightingale. III
dianapoliS Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11
HUNTING SCRUBBERS.
The Capture of Wild Cattle on the Plai
of Australia.

The Capture of Wild Cattle on the Plains
of Australia.
Extending for many miles backward
from the banks of the Barwon and the
Darling are vast scrubs, in which a few
years ago were situated the haunts of
thousands of wild cattle or ''scrubbers. "
When the country in that direction was
first settled old cattle strayed away into
the bush. In course of time these bred,
and were continually being joined by
other strays, till at length the settlers
found it well worth their while to have
periodical gatherings and brandings.
By daylight it would have been hope
less to attempt to get stock out of the
dense scrub, in some parts of which the
sun hardly ever shone, and through
which neither man nor horse could
penetrate. The only way, then, was to
watch by moonlight until the cattle
came out of the forest, as they were in
the habit of doing every night to feed
in the open country; then, having
ready a mob of tame cattle or coach
! es,' rush between the .'scrubbers' and
their retreat and once boxed or
mixed up with the coaches there was
never much difficulty in taking the lot
to the stock-yard. 1t was game that
required the most fearless riding, with
plenty of pluck, and the best horsefiesh
obtainable. In those days, and even
now in some parts, to hold the reputa-
ton of being iirst-clasS scrub rider is
still the summit Of the native-born Aus
tralian stockman's ambition. But as
fencing increases, moonlighting is al
most except in the far-out scrubs of
the Never-never" country, abandoned
most OF the wild cattle having been got
in as settlement extended year by year.
Chambers journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-11
UNCLE 'SIAH'S LAMENT.

This vale o. mis'ry's ben INV hum
rur over sixty year:
an seems ter me things never wuz
so tarnal out O. gear
re hear o SIGH disasters naow.
An SIGH grist o Crimes
unever warnt like ter this
In them ole fashund times,
Aour polytix hes cum ter be
a nasty kinder mess;
Inc scrap Nv honor left in trade
is CROWN less an less.
Inc bosses cheet. the servants steel.
Men seem ter think it's rite
Ter take jist all tibet they kin grab.
An then ter take thar fiite
The peepil jined the churches oncot
Fur tibet they'd pious harts;
But naow it's oftin jist ter hide
Thar wicked aims an arts
One nall the preachers isn't sound
In doctrine an beleef,
An longs they're paid, the growth O. sin
Don seem ter Civ em greet.
Folks ulster think the nupshil tie
Wuz like a band O. steel;
But naowerdays it, rottin thred,
An them thet'S merried feel
Thet ef they hev leetle snarl
They'll try Their law, NV coarse
An ack like fools thet's all puZZest
In gittin' divorce.
Thar's allus sum big scandal naow
Aftoatin threw the land,
An vice an selfishness hev got
All raOund the upper hand.
TWan't no SIGH thing when l WIZ young;
The world went ruther slow
But go1n fast an goin' bad
Amt no rite way ter go.
Thars got ter be rousin' up
Wv vartue fur an near,
Or else this country can't git on
Anuther sixty year.
-BroOklun Edole